05/07/2014 Reporting Scotland


05/07/2014

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Thank you. With are back

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Good evening A group of eminent scientists has warned

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that medical and scientific research in Scotland will suffer if

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The heads of three major institutions made the claim in a

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The Scottish Government says it would be fully committed to

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maintaining existing collaborative research arrangements with

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the rest of the UK. Willie Johnston reports.

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Sir Paul Nurse, president of the Royal Society, is one of the

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letter's signatories along with his counterpart at the British Academy

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and the Academy of medical sciences. They claim scientific research

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across the UK rates are at the Scotland went it alone. He told a

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meeting of academics in Edinburgh that in research terms Scotland

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punches above its weight internationally and in terms of UK

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Government research funding. The Scottish population is just over

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8% of the total population of the United Kingdom but that 8% of tracts

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over at 13% of research Council funding.

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The difference is actually not huge, about ?35 million every year. I

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think an independent Scotland could afford the different spending

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priorities to close that gap. In a statement, academics for a yes

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Port Said independents would protect Scotland's universities and a low

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research priorities to be determined.

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With 18 days to go, it's been a big day for the Commonwealth Games.

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The Scottish Team are now entering their training camps

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and last night there was a test run of Athletes' Village.

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Our Games reporter, Lisa Summers, was there but first here's

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Aileen Clarke who has been following the Queen's Baton.

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At Gleneagles, host of the Ryder Cup, it was glittering sunshine. But

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how would the baton make it onto the green?

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They have been skydiving with the baton.

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This team jumped from 8000 feet with it. The first time the baton has

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been in freefall. I actually used a baseball bat as

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the practice baton. But it was secured.

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Picking up the baton, Katrina Matthew, savouring the moment with

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her family. Very excited. I missed it when it

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came through our home town so I was being told what to do.

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This fund raiser for the Building Bridges charity had her own moment

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of glory. I had a great day.

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Are you looking forward to the Games?

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Yes. There was a chance for the Apple leads to get a photo at the

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training camp. It will be here at the Athletes'

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Village that the Scottish team will meet up again. It has the feel of a

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Scandinavian town and with over 6000 competitors and officials arriving

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soon it has to be ready. A small test run took place last night.

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Guests tried out the facilities. The structure is two and a half

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times the size of an Olympic swimming pool. We will turn the seas

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over three times in the mealtimes. We have a variety of food for

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different dietary requirements. Any day now, that community will

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come alive. In here, they will come to discuss

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the highs and lows of the day. In just over one week' time they will

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be here. We have had some sunshine and a fair

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few showers but we will see those die out. Mainly confined to the West

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Coast. Tomorrow, it looks like a repeat of today. We are going to see

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a repeat of the sunshine but also widespread shares. It start slightly

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dry and bright but we will see some shares quite quickly coming to the

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north-west Highlands and they will come inland. Some of them could be

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heavy and bundling. -- thundery. The winds will stay late across the

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country so it will be pleasant if you manage to miss the showers.

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Our next update is tomorrow lunchtime during

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Until then, from everyone here, enjoy the rest

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Good evening. It looks like for most of us the weather will be fairly

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similar to what we saw today. The broad themes throughout this

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weekend, sunny

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