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The fake Commonwealth Games accommodation.

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An exclusive report into how visitors are being tricked into

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spending hundreds of pounds booking rooms in Glasgow that don't exist.

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An Edinburgh nursing home where four residents died is to close down.

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With prosecutors still considering a police report,

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Join me in Ayrshire to find their hobbies got his government plans to

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safeguard the future of Prestwick Airport.

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Could this new life-jacket give off-shore workers more time to

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escape from a helicopter crash on water?

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You might think of the Costa Del Sol, but no, it's the river Clyde.

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Join me at the end to find out what is happening on the hottest day so

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far is the year in Scotland. BBC Scotland has learned that

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visitors to the Commonwealth Games are being duped

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into spending hundreds of pounds on Police are investigating

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after a number of bogus online companies appeared on booking

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websites such as Expedia. Our Commonwealth Games reporter Lisa

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Summers has this exclusive report. As soon as James Hardie secured

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tickets for the Commonwealth Games, he booked accommodation. He works in

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London for the BBC finance team, and used Expedia to book an apartment.

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Confirmation came through, they tell my money, then next thing I know, I

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got a consolation e-mail, and they had taken more money than I had

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agreed. I can't contact them to see what is going on, and I have tried

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to get Expedia to look into it. This is the block of flats advertised,

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where James Kelly would be staying for the Commonwealth Games. But we

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have just been inside, and the security guards at never heard of

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them. In fact, the company is being investigated by police. It would

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seem that Yankee is not the only phantom booking company advertising

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on the internet. This unassuming office park was advertised as Kyle

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Apartments, but nobody here has heard of them. We spoke to people

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listed with companies house is both directors of Yankee and Kyle

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apartments, and they told us they had been victims of identity theft,

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with people using their purpose that with personal information to set up

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fake sites. Events such as the Commonwealth Games Jack Parslow

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activity. Several thousand cases of fraudulent accommodation with

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reported during the Olympics. Fraudsters will make use of

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technology that is there for their own ends, so if they can access

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information online to make it look like they are representing a valid

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company, they will use that information to set up a website that

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looks like the real thing. In the case of Yankee, Expedia told us:

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The travel industry says accommodation fraud is costing

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consumers ?1.5 million per year. Begin and such of the Ryder Cup,

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Commonwealth Games, etc, are always a big attraction for people to come

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and visit. The opportunity is there for fraudsters to put up sites that

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look good, but in effect, are completely a scam. Police Scotland

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are urging visitors to make sure of where they are staying, to make sure

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they are not victims of a scam. Train staff have agreed bonus

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and overtime payments with ScotRail for working during the

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Commonwealth Games. They will receive

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a ?250 lump sum and ?46 per hour The union, Aslef,

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said members says extra services will see their members working

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longer and more unsociable hours. An Edinburgh nursing home

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at the centre of a police investigation into

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the care of residents is to close. Concerns were raised after

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the deaths of four people at the Pentland Hill home and prosecutors

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are considering a police report. BUPA, who run the home, say they've

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decided to close it voluntarily. Our reporter Andrew Anderson is

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at the home tonight. This care home has been under

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scrutiny for months now. Last summer, the police launched an

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investigation following the deaths of four residents at Pentland Hill.

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They launched their investigation after the death of a six T

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seven-year-old, who was living here. The police sent their report

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to the Procurator Fiscal back in February. Pentland Hill was also

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severely criticised by the care Inspectorate. They said they had

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seriously considered requesting a sheriff to use his powers to close

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this hometown. That did not happen, but it was closed to new

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admissions. Tonight, Burke, who operate this home, one of the

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biggest providers of private care in the UK, said they will close the

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home. They said they have failed to recruit a sufficient number of

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skilled nurses. There are 61 frail and elderly residents living here,

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and a night, Edinburgh City Council says it is in talks with deeper to

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explore ways that this home could be kept open. It seems this story may

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have some way to go yet. The booming housing market in London

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may be the greatest threat to That's the warning from a group of

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experts here, who've urged the Bank of England not to raise interest

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rates to tackle the problem. Our business correspondent

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David Henderson is here Jackie, unless we're looking to move

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to London, most of us don't know, and don't care how much it costs to

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live there. But it seems the spiralling price of

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a home in the capital could have a major knock-on effect for all of us.

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Here's why. In the last year, London house

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prices soared by about 19%. At the same time,

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a typical house in Scotland rose So there are growing calls

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for the Bank of England to raise interest rates in an effort to

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prevent boom and bust in London. Interest rates have been stuck

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at a record low - just half a It is not cheap and they may not be

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cheerful. These would-be buyers know London's property marble is a

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daunting climb. Across the city, the average home costs half a daunting

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climb. Across the city, the average home costs rising by 100s of pounds

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every day. With prices soaring, some fear a housing bubble that could

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burst and harm the economy. So what will the Bank of England do? In his

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speech last week, the governor of the bank warned that interest rates

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might soon go up. There is already great speculation about the exact

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timing of the first rate hike, and this decision is becoming more

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balanced. It could happen sooner than financial markets currently

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expect. That could mean a rate rise later this year. Popular, perhaps,

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with savers, but borrowers could see rising costs. Today, one of the

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country's leading economists warned of the damage that could cause to a

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Scottish economy that is on the mend. A lot of people have taken out

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mortgages very low rates of interest, and so, if you get a

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small, even a 25.2% increase, that is still a high percent increase in

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the low rates of interest that people are paying, so it is a very

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high risk for the household incomes, and you cope with that by cutting

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spending elsewhere. There is a ray of hope, with firms like this when

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taking on staff, Scotland's economy is set to grow, but some fear a rate

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rise could blow that recovery of course.

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Interest rates have been stuck at a record low - just half a

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Now if they're to rise, the Bank of England want to see them go up in

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baby-steps, a quarter of a percent at a time, to limit their impact.

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But it's clear today the Bank faces growing pressure from outside London

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not to put up rates any time soon, and to find other ways to cool the

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housing market in the south-east. Jackie.

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You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC.

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Still to come on tonight's programme:

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Could a new type of life jacket be a life-saver for the oil and gas

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industry? And find out why the Celtic manager Ronny Deila says

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there will be no trouble between his assistant and his captain. That and

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more sports later. The number of health visitors is to

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increase dramatically over the next four years,

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according to plans outlined by Five hundred new health visitors are

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to be recruited in order to comply with a new law

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which gives every child a named Our health correspondent

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Eleanor Bradford reports. Thank you. We will just get that for

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you today. From the day you are born, and you go to school, a health

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visitor is supposed to monitor your well-being. But health visitors say

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their numbers have been falling for years, and the government hasn't

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even been keeping records of staffing levels. But all that is

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about to change, as health Minister Alex Neill announced today at this

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neighbourhood centre in Edinburgh. Over the next four years, we are

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going to recruit another 500 health visitors throughout Scotland. All

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the evidence shows that if we give young children, particularly in

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their early months and years, the best possible start in life, then

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they grow up to be healthy citizens, well educated, with a good chance of

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employment. So why the sudden boost of staff? It is to do with this, the

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Children And Young Persons Act, which comes into effect this August.

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It says every child should have a named person, a scheme already in

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place in Highland. They will act as a point of contact for questions and

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offer help with any problems. The children at school will have a

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teacher as their names person, but usually, it will be a health

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visitor. Health visitors are really integral to supporting the

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government initiative, and that is why we were calling for an

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investment into significant training for other health visitors, because

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they are the people have the skills and qualifications to be able to

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support children and families and actually get them the care that they

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require. These plans have been welcomed, although they do span the

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next Holyrood election in 2016, so whoever wins that will decide if

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they are fully rolled out. Prestwick Airport is to receive

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a multi-million pound makeover, In her role as Infrastructure

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Secretary, Nicola Sturgeon also told MSPs the airport will not be renamed

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Robert Burns International. The decision to invest in Prestwick

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has been criticised by its rivals. Our transport correspondent

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David Miller reports. An $80 million aircraft landing at

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an airport bought for just ?1 will stop a reminder of the scale of

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Prestwick's problems. But we are told there are big opportunities

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here as well. Prestwick's main runway is huge, one of the longest

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anywhere in the United Kingdom. The airport supporters say that

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underlines this place's importance, not only to the Ayrshire economy,

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but to the economy of Scotland as a whole. The predicted costs of our?

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More than ?15 million. The government's goal, to avert

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closure, safeguard jobs, and return the airport to the private sector.

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The Scottish Government is making an investment in the airport, which

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will be in the form of loan funding, and we require to generate

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a long-term return for taxpayers' money. Changing the name would

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undoubtedly be a welcome move locally, but we need to promote and

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market Glasgow Prestwick Airport to airlines and passengers across the

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world. Prestwick is not being used to the fold by Eddie M in history or

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commercial interests. Prestwick has had tough times before, and always

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relied on strong public support in a ship. Passenger numbers were 2.4

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million before the recession struck, and I am optimistic that we will

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return to those figures at some point in the future, and perhaps

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exceed them. But investing in the ageing facilities here at Prestwick

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is causing real concern for bosses at Scotland's to tedious airports,

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Edinburgh and Glasgow. It will take a long time to persuade us that

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growing passenger traffic at Prestwick will not be to the

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disadvantage of Glasgow, and indeed, Edinburgh airport.

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Prestwick's staunchest critics argue it should have been allowed to

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close, but ministers are adamant it can have a viable future.

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In recent weeks, world figures including President Obama, the Pope

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and yesterday the Chinese premier have entered the Scottish

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Pro-union campaigners say most leaders want to keep the UK

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Campbell assesses the impact of these high profile interventions.

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It is the buzz this place has created by calling an independence

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referendum that is attracting global attention. International journalists

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turn out for briefings by the UK and Scottish governments. A lot of

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Norwegians feel quite close to Scotland and the UK, so they are

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quite eager to see how things are. I think there is interest on different

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levels. First, it is interesting, because it is a historical event. As

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well as international interests, there are interventions as well,

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most recently from China. When Chinese panda diplomacy sent to

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bears to Edinburgh, Alex Salmond was in Beijing to personally thank the

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then Vice Premier. He had already been hosted in Scotland by the First

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Minister. But their power in London with David Cameron on Tuesday, Mr

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Lee back a strong, prosperous and United United Kingdom. In response,

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the First Minister said the Chinese leader was entitled to his view,

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noting he had also promised to respect the choice that Scottish

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voters make. But this is not the first overseas intervention. The

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Premier's comments echo those of Barack Obama. Vladimir Putin of

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Russia was more cautious, stressing that the referendum is a domestic

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issue by the UK. Chancellor Merkel of Germany said it was a

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hypothetical question she did not want to answer. The president of

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Iceland said independence can be a road towards prosperity. So, does it

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matter what the rest of the world thinks? I think it is a reminder to

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voters that this is serious. This is probably the biggest decision we

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will ever take, and I guess it is a reminder that the world is watching,

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and we need to get this 100% right, because it is irreversible. I think

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powerful people often have a preference or an interest or thinks

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staying the same. I think the people of Scotland are pretty clear that

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they want things to change, and that is what is moving them towards yes.

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Anyone can have a view, but in the end, it is for Scottish voters to

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decide. A look at other stories

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from across the country. Brad Pitt is backing

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a fundraising appeal for the fire-damaged

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Glasgow School of Art. The actor, who has a keen interest

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in architecture, took his family to visit Mackintosh's work while

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filming in Scotland three years ago. He and fellow actor Peter Capaldi

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will be trustees of the new fund. Average speed cameras on the A9 are

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reducing speeding, months before Previous figures said one

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in three drivers was exceeding the speed limit on the stretch

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between Perth and Pitlochry. Now, it's one in ten. They are

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switched on for real in October. A lorry driver has escaped injury

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after his vehicle struck The A7 Dalkeith road near

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Cameron Toll was closed following The RSPB is backing

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a wider reintroduction Following the conclusion

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of a five-year trial in Argyll last month,

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the government has to decide whether The wildlife conservation charity

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says it would like to see beavers established in other areas

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of the Scottish countryside. The long-serving BBC reporter Colin

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Blane has been awarded an honorary Mr Blane has reported nationally

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and internationally for the corporation for the past 40 years,

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with his voice a regular presence on I just feel proud that they have

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decided to recognise all those stories over all those years. It is

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not something I expected. I am very, very pleased and proud.

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A life-jacket designed to give people more time to escape

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a helicopter crash on water is being tested in Aberdeen.

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It's been developed as part of new safety measures being

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installed in aircraft supplying North Sea oil and gas platforms.

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It follows a series of fatal accidents in recent years.

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Here's our Transport Correspondent Richard Westcott.

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August last year, and this is the dramatic rescue after a helicopter

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comes down in the North Sea near Shetland. You can see the wheels as

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the aircraft flipped over. Four people lost their lives. For the

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survivors, it was a harrowing experience. There was this almighty

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crash. When I came to, I realised I was upside down, submerged in

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water, released my seat belt, and I pretty much swam through the window

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and gave it a couple of kicks, broke the surface of the water, and that's

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when I realised I was OK. You can't recreate the fear of a

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real crash, but this training can simulate being trapped in a

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helicopter upside down. Thousands of offshore workers are

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about to be given a new life jacket that could help save lives. The BBC

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is going to be the first to try it out, but first, I had to be trained

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using the life jacket everyone has at the moment. It's intimidating!

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It's very intimidating. I am disorientated. It is everything you

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would imagine. And this is just in a swimming pool. And breathe out. With

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the current life jacket, you eventually had to re-breathe your

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own air underwater. The new jacket, to be on helicopters within weeks,

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has a separate maniac will own, like a scuba diver.

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The unions have welcomed the new kit, which is part of dozens of

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changes being brought in by this safety regulator. I am not a diver,

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but I have to say, that is a lot easier to use. I felt a lot more

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confident. It is so much nicer breathing in compressed air, nice

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and cool in your lungs. But many survivors like James also want more

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done to stop the accidents in the first place. Why are these

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helicopters falling out of the sky? That is the question. It isn't about

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the survivability rate of after the event, falling in the ocean. Back to

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the training pool, and the worst test of all. Wind, waves,

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lightning, rain, and upside down. And dark.

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It is hoped the new jacket will give workers a better chance of survival

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if they ever have two faced this in the future.

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Thousands of people have turned out in the Borders to see the

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Queen's Commonwealth Games Baton pass through on the fifth day

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The relay has been travelling from Duns to Hawick via Melrose,

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The baton will have travelled through 70 nations and territories

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before it reaches the opening ceremony at Celtic Park on July 23.

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Half and our main sports story focuses on the location. Over to

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you. The Celtic manager Ronny Deila says

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he's confident his newly appointed assistant manager John Collins

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and club captain Scott Brown will be able to sort out any differences

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they had in the past. Deila was a guest of honour today at

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a well established charity event. The Celtic manager wouldn't have

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been expecting this when he woke up this morning. But then, the Glasgow

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taxi fund's outing to Troon for sick children is usually a high spirited

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affair. Ronny Dai Lo was expecting to face questions from reporters,

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though, like was it his idea to appoint John Collins as assistant

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manager? It is, of course, my choice. We had a lot of options, but

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for me, it was important to get a guy who knows Scottish football, and

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is a good name for Celtic and the whole club. Collins was Hibs manager

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seven years ago, when there was a short lived player revolt. The

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current Celtic Captain Scott Brown was in the Hibs team back then.

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Could their relationship proved the gold? I talked with Scott about what

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I am thinking to do, and we are agreeing everything, so if they have

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something in the past, they are grown-up people, and I know that

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will be no trouble. Taxi drivers are seldom short of opinions, so what do

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Celtic minded cabbies make of a dealer/Collins double act? Hotdog

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and mustard. What a winning combination. John Collins and Ronny

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Deila, will that were? He knew we were coming today, so that is why we

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have dressed like this. Collins a lot of European experience, which

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Deila does not. His ceremonial duties over, the countdown is on to

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Ronny Deila's first so that would season as Celtic manager.

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Scotland have made eleven changes for Friday's international

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Grant Gilchrist will lead the side, becoming

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the youngest player to captain Scotland since Gregor

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Townsend 18 years ago. Now, a look at what else is happening across

:23:22.:23:24.

Andy Murray is third seed on Monday. It means you will avoid facing

:23:25.:23:31.

Djokovic on adult all the semifinals. The Ryder Cup at

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Gleneagles is just over 100 days away.

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European captain Paul McGinley has page view to those making plans

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behind-the-scenes. Every four years, we play at home, and I see them as

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part of the European success. The more fun that people are having,

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whether at be a chef or setting up the stands, whatever, they are

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setting the scene for us to come on stage in September and overly

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entertain everybody. Edinburgh Rugby have extended the contract of Sam

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Beard and another. They have signed until 2015 and

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2016. Scottish champion gymnast Amy Regan

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is making good progress recovering from a broken ankle. The 19-year-old

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is aiming for a medal at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Hopefully,

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I can qualify for the final, and qualify for the floor and vault

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final. Hopefully, I can medal on one of those. I can hopefully go wrong,

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if not three better. Read about Ronny Deila, the rugby and so much

:24:32.:24:37.

more on our website. That is it. I will never forget the

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day I interviewed a hotdog! Thank you.

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Coming up the show tonight - the Great Housing divide.

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We've been looking at what your money can buy in London

:24:51.:24:53.

and Glasgow and why one size fits all interest rates could hurt

:24:54.:24:56.

But would it be any different post-independence?

:24:57.:24:58.

And we've been to Spain to meet the Catalans who see our referendum

:24:59.:25:01.

as an inspiration and the politicians who say they might try

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So the weather now, things are looking up, because Judith is on the

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roof. Yes, that of a breeze blowing here, but a warm breeze. It has been

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a lovely one day. In fact, it looks like we have seen the highest bidder

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the year, 26.5 Celsius in Perthshire, and many places seen 25

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or 26 of these inland. As far as tonight goes, we are holding onto

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warm sunshine. Sharp showers across the Angus area will continue to die

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away. Dry overnight, although cloud will continue to thicken up across

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the north of the country. A much different feel to tonight. Last

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night was terribly humid, but tonight, around 12 or 13 Celsius, so

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a lot pressure than we have notice of late. Into tomorrow, we held onto

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quite windy conditions across the Northern Ireland 's. Try

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across-the-board. Cloudy in the North, and we have got pretty good

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spells of sunshine across southern part of the country. Into the

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afternoon, try, bright, sunny weather across south-west Scotland

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and the inner Hebrides. Temperatures not too bad, not as bad as today,

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but still 20, or maybe even 22 Celsius. Towards the north-west,

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thicker cloud. Things might be a little cooler, 16 or 17 Celsius.

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Cooler across the northern isles and breezy here as well. A cooler day

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here, but we should cease in good spells of sunshine, especially

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around the Edinburgh area, and inland parts of the Borders. Through

:26:40.:26:44.

the evening, we held onto drier conditions. Cloud will tend to

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thicken up across northern parts. The high-pressure responsible for

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the settled weather moves away slightly to the West, allowing some

:26:50.:26:55.

weather fronts to push in across northern Scotland as we head towards

:26:56.:26:58.

the weekend. That will bring thicker cloud to these parts, certainly

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across southern parts, we hold onto mainly dry, bright, sunny conditions

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across the South on Friday, although cloudy in the north. Breezy in the

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North as well, and a cooler feel across northern Scotland.

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Temperatures certainly on the cooler side than we have seen of late, but

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still 17, 18 degrees, pretty good for the time of year. That is your

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weather forecast. You can come down now. Thank you,

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Judith. And now, a reminder tonight's main news.

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Visitors to the Commonwealth Games are being duped into spending

:27:37.:27:38.

hundreds of pounds on accommodation that doesn't exist. Police are

:27:39.:27:42.

investigating a number of bogus online companies offering rooms in

:27:43.:27:44.

Glasgow. The Iraqi Prime Minister has urged

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Iraqis to unite against sunny militants who have taken control

:27:49.:27:52.

against their word of large parts of the north of the country, and have

:27:53.:27:56.

spent all day battling to control its largest oil refinery.

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The government in Baghdad has made a formal request to the US to launch

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formal air strikes against the militants. That on the news channel.

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And that is Reporting Scotland so far. There will be more in our main

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evening bulletin, at 10:35 p.m.. Until then, from everyone on the

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team, enjoy the rest of your evening. Goodbye.

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