13/07/2014 Reporting Scotland


13/07/2014

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Scotland could be the base of the UK's first dedicated spaceport,

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Ministers are looking at eight possible sites,

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Experts say Scotland's well-placed to host

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a satellite launching station. Andrew Anderson reports.

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Liftoff! Celebrations as Scotland blasted into the space race is less

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than a week ago. The first Scottish satellite successfully entered

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Earth's orbit. UKube-1 was carried by a rocket like this, launched from

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Kazakhstan. But Scotland could soon have its own launch site. The UK

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Government is looking at eight potential locations for a spaceport,

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and six of them are in Scotland. They include the former RAF base at

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Kinloss, now used by the army, but the runways have been retained.

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Another contender is RAF Lossiemouth, also on the Murray

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Coast. The former MoD base at Machrihanish and RAF Leuchars are

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also destined to be other possibilities. Those involved in

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Scotland's space industry say the country would be the ideal location

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for a satellite launching station. When you launch a satellite into

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orbit, there is a technical explanation, but basically, you want

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to go north, so ideally, in the UK, Scotland is placed well. You also

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want to see there are No people living nearby, because of something

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goes wrong, that could be bad, so you don't want any lives in

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jeopardy. A Scottish would be the first of its kind outside of the

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USA. An announcement is expected later this week.

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The line-up for the opening ceremony of the Glasgow 2014

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Commonwealth Games has been announced.

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Rod Stewart will headline the event, performing in front of 40,000 people

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An expected global television audience of more than one

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Susan Boyle, Nicola Benedetti and Amy MacDonald

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Scotland's most senior law officer has vowed to crack down

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on organised criminals looking to profit from the Commonwealth Games.

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The Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland warned that authorities will make

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full use of their powers to stop anyone who tries to con visitors to

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Glasgow 2014, ticket touting or selling counterfeit goods.

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Sheriff courts can impose sentences of up to five years in jail

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Meanwhile, the Queen's Baton Relay has moved from the Highlands to

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The baton left Appin early this morning, finishing off for the day

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Catriona Renton followed the journey.

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Two Appin, where we caught up with the bat on. Then on to the

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Esplanade. Local school pupil Shine Henderson handed over to Brown --

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Brownie leader Caroline McInnis. Do you have any tips on what to do with

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this? Just don't drop it! Then the bat on took to the water in the

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glorious sunshine. This is some way to travel with the bat on. We are

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making our way down the canal to Lochgilphead, and Willie Young is

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the bat and error. It is an honour. I can't describe it. I was involved

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in the 1970 Commonwealth Games of the volunteer, and that memory has

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stuck with me all these years, and this memory will stick with me for

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the rest of my life. It is just phenomenal. Many of his supporters

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jogged alongside. We jogged along the canal alongside the baton, and

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then we jogged back along next to the boat, watching Bill carrying the

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baton. It was great. I thought it was good, and I thought it was great

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that the Queen has let the baton come to our little town. Oh, the

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canal for me! I don't like the wild reading see! What a day for Bill and

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the baton as it continues its journey to Argyll Bute.

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Investigations are continuing in Edinburgh

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after an 85-year-old woman was found with life-threatening injuries.

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The pensioner was discovered at a house in Morningside Grove

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Police believe she may have been attacked in her own home,

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Time now for the weather for tonight and tomorrow with Judith.

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Thank you, Alistair. Good evening to you all. It has been a pretty good

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day. T In The Park fared well, I'm glad to say. Warm as well. This

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evening, still some showers across eastern Scotland, which will

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continue to die away with clearing skies. Temperatures fresher or

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cooler than we have seen of late, which some might say is welcome. Ten

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in towns and cities, seven or eight in rural parts. Predominantly dry

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and bright, Miss clearing in the early parts, but not too soon, we

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will see outbreaks of rain showing their hand across western coastal

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areas. That rain will push inland during the course of the day,

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accompanied by a freshening southerly wind. Becoming breezy

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everywhere. The rain pushes across the country, and it stays dry during

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daylight hours for the eastern borders, Aberdeenshire, and indeed,

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the Northern Isles. Highs tomorrow of about 18 or 19 Celsius. I

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pressure on Tuesday, but that clears away, leaving a lot of dry, bright

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weather. Temperatures of 20 or 21 Celsius, and it is set to turn

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warmer as we get a flow from Iberia. Thanks, Judith.

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And that's Reporting Scotland. Until then, from everyone

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on the team here in Glasgow, enjoy Hello, most places are enjoying a

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fine end to the weekend with some sunshine. You might be firing up the

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barbecue ahead of the World Cup final but we have seen torrential

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storms in East Anglia and they still have showers. They will ease but

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showers in

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