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That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me and on

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BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.

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The First Minister said she will consider David Cameron's argument

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for action against Islamic State in Syria. I am prepared to listen.

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Given what has happened, it would be irresponsible not to do that. It is

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incumbent upon the Prime Minister for him to make the case.

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Her predecessor, Alex Salmond, says a UN mandate would be

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A fatal accident inquiry hears how this vulnerable woman was

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In Edinburgh, an extension to the tramline moves a step closer.

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Celtic's captain makes a BIG promise, to return the club to

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And a pat on the back, for spending a penny.

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The unusual award that's been given to the people of Bathgate.

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Nicola Sturgeon has told BBC Scotland she IS "prepared to listen"

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But she added she wasn't yet convinced that the case

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The First Minister's predecessor, Alex Salmond, has said a UN mandate

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would have to be a condition for SNP support of any military campaign.

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Here's our Political Correspondent, Glenn Campbell.

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In the aftermath of the bloodshed in Paris, the Prime Minister has warned

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that so-called Islamic State terrorists, also referred to as

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Isis, pose a growing threat to the UK. In Edinburgh, the First Minister

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agrees. That is undoubtedly the case. What we have witnessed in

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Paris over the last few days, the terrorist attacks that have happened

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in recent months and everything else we know about the threat from Daesh,

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suggest there is a serious threat. Do you also agree with the Prime

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Minister that the case for taking military action has grown stronger

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since the Paris attack? I am not yet convinced. She is willing to give

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fresh consideration to the argument that bombing targets in Syria could

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be legal and effective. I am prepared to listen. Given what is

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happening and what has happened, it would be irresponsible not to do

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that. It is incumbent upon the Prime Minister, for him to make that case.

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He must address that case. I would ask that this resolution is passed

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by a claim? At the SNP conference last month, opposition to use UK

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military action in Syria was unanimous. You cannot, as I said

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yesterday, outsourced to a Russian veto the decisions we need to keep

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our country safe. Could strikes be legal without a UN mandate? That is

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what he has two demonstrate. You are a lawyer. Air strikes are taking

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place without that security mandate. Are they legal? I am trying not to

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get into a polarised position on this. In a series of interviews

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today, this former SNP leader said his party would not back as strikes

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without UN are tea. The UN resolution is a precondition of SNP

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support for military action. Not just because of the Garrity but

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unless you have that UN consensus quite you cannot bring peace to

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Syria. -- legality. For British fighter jets to join the air

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strikes, David Cameron once the approval of parliament. He is

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increasingly confident of winning a vote on air strikes, with or without

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SNP packing. I certainly think we have had mixed

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messages from the SNP on this in the last 24-hour. At their conference

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they took a firm stance against UK military involvement in Syria. The

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First Minister has seen in the light of the Paris attacks to give the SNP

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some room for manoeuvre. While she is not yet convinced of the case for

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air strikes, she is prepared to listen to that case. If the Prime

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Minister intends to go ahead without UN backing, he would have to explain

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how he can so do legally and effectively. But the position set

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out by Alex Salmond boxes the party back in if there is to be a

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precondition for SNP support that there is a UN mandate. The Prime

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Minister has indicated he does not intend to go down that route because

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of the possibility of a Russian Beto. For the SNP, there is little

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point in saying you're going to listen to an argument if you have

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already decided you will object it. Thank you.

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Cracks have been found in the core of one of Hunterston B's reactors.

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The Nuclear power plant's operator made the discovery

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EDF Energy says the reactor's continuing to operate normally.

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More from our Environment Correspondent, David Miller.

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Hunterston B on the Ayrshire coast. It has been generating electricity

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since 1976. We learned today cracks have recently been discovered in a

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tiny number of the thousands of graphite bricks which make up the

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core of one of the plant's two reactors. Similar cracks were found

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in the other reactor last year. EDF energy insists the plant is safe and

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the discovery was expected. There is no cause for concern in what we have

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discovered. It is in line with our expectations. The small cracks we

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have found are anticipated and it makes no difference to the operation

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here, nor our expectation for extension. Environmental campaigners

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argue that Scotland is right on focusing of renewable sources of

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electricity generation, rather than investing in new nuclear plants.

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More cracks underline why it is right for Scotland to move away to

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nuclear power into safer and cleaner forms of energy. It shows that

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nuclear power is on its last legs. Scotland is looking for alternatives

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for its energy sources. This is a reminder that the two nuclear-power

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stations are ageing. They are due to continue operating until at least

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2023. Together, the two stations produce around the third of all the

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electricity generated in Scotland. But there are no plans to replace

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them. You're watching Reporting Scotland

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from the BBC. Still to come

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on tonight's programme... The Aberdeen composer behind

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The Military Wives Number One hit premieres his first symphony

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in the Granite City. In the sport, the Celtic captain

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makes the Champions League promised all supporters. Meet a man whose

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makes champions and changes lives. A fatal accident inquiry is underway

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to establish how a woman staying Margaret Gilchrist died in September

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2013 at her home in the East End Catriona Renton reports from

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Glasgow Sheriff Court. These pictures of Margaret Gilchrist

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in her early 20s were shown in court. Described as a very

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vulnerable women with severe learning disabilities since birth.

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Margaret had a history of epilepsy and was registered blind. Margaret

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was 50 when she died. She lived in this house in the East End of

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Glasgow where she received full-time care from the learning disability

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organisation, Enable. In papers lodged with the inquiry it is

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claimed Margaret was placed in the bath and watched by her carer at

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6:30pm in September 2013. Then it is said she was left alone for around

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an hour. At around eight p.m., her carer found her unresponsive in the

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bath and she had been scolded. The cause of death was not established

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so this fatal accident enquiry were set up. Her family has been

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listening to the evidence. Margaret had severe and complex learning

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disabilities. She was looked after by a care organiser from the age of

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20. In September, 2013, under tragic circumstances, she was found dead in

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the bath was a fatal accident enquiry has been called to

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investigate this. The family has lots of questions they want

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answered. Giving evidence was this Police Constable. He said they found

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Margaret lying in the bath, her skin was red. The enquiry into the death

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continues. For long enough,

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it seemed as if Edinburgh's trams Now, 18 months

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after the first passengers used the service, councillors in the capital

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have agreed in principle to extend Our reporter Steven Godden is

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on a tram in Edinburgh. What are the commuters you're

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with saying about it? Well, sadly, the conversations on

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the tram are much like the conversations I have had out on the

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streets of Edinburgh. Some people think the tram extension is a good

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idea and others are terrible idea and all points in between. What

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everyone is conscious of is this project. The long delays, the huge

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cost overrun, and the damage it did to the reputation of Edinburgh.

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Certainly that is something that councillors were conscious of when

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they took the decision today. What they have agreed to in principle was

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the line would extend beyond the terminus in the city centre where we

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are heading at the moment. Beyond there, down Leith and to New Haven.

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Why would they want to do that? A number of different motivations.

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They say the city is growing and they need the infrastructure to cope

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with that. They also want Leith, having had the pain of the initial

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project, to get some of the benefits of the project. Lots of fare-paying

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passengers in the most densely populated area of Edinburgh.

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Potentially they could help the trams to return a profit. How are

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they planning to pay for it? That is a thorny issue. The proposal to use

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money from the bus company in the form of dividends to help pay for

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initial costs of borrowing have been met with some resistance. We saw

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that in the chamber today. At one point they looked like they might

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have derailed the project. That has not been done but they are going to

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review the business case. A step closer, albeit a small step.

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Ten former bosses at Halifax Bank of Scotland could be banned

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from working in the financial services industry.

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That's one of the conclusions in a report into the collapse

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The failure of HBOS in 2008 hit Scotland hard, as jobs

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were shed, and Edinburgh lost the benefits and status of having

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Our Business and Economy Editor, Douglas Fraser, is with me now.

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It is certainly not good. It was never going to be good for those

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involved in what happened. The account of what went wrong may sound

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familiar. The Halifax Bank of Scotland is described as a simple

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bank that created a big problem. That was based on reckless lending

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and not enough attention to the risks that were building up. A lot

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of people at the top of the bank did not understand because they were not

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trained and experienced as bankers. That much was known. It is almost

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disputed today by the people named. There is criticism from the current

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regulator of the Financial Services Authority, which was the regulator.

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It is the watchdog that failed to bark in the case of HBOS. The

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question at ten former HBOS executives could be barred from

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working in the financial sector is more of a criticism of the regulator

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for not doing its job. Only one person has been barred and find for

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that that is Peter Cummings, he started as tea boy at the bank of

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Scotland and rose to be the man writing these loans for reckless

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corporate spending. Another way to look at this, a bank calamity where

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HBOS had to be taken over by Lloyds TSB and bailed out by the

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Government. Its business customers were among the first to suffer. We

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have been hearing from one of them today. The relationship changed

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radically, it changed overnight, when the banking crisis hit in

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2008. We were in the property industry and HBOS were over

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leveraged in that area. They decided that property was of no interest to

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them. As, like many other businesses, were swept into that

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net. What followed thereafter was a very difficult and challenging

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period of time where we effectively had to dismantle a business we have

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spent so long building up. To then take it apart in two to three years.

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It was a soul destroying experience. It is important there is now much

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stronger legislation and governance in place. Each -- HBOS, and they are

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not alone, were allowed to rack up enormous borrowings in the financial

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markets. That really cannot be allowed to happen again. Who is it

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down to now to pay for all of this? This is one arm of the Bank of

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England reviewing another arm of the Bank of England to take action. To

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be honest, it will not make much practical difference. Many have

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retired. It will not bring back the pride and status of Scottish

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banking. For Edinburgh, it has lost the cloud of two banking giants who

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collapsed. It is about making banking saves to ensure it cannot

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happen again put up some measures have been taken. Some say they are

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not radical enough and others that they have gone too far. The Royal

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Bank of Scotland today has said it is removing bonuses from its retail

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banking staff. They will get a pay rise in view of that. To take away

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the incentive for pressurised selling of financial products.

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An incident near Clydebank, where a man was apparently

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deliberately hit by a car following a row on a garage forecourt, is

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The 47-year-old was knocked down outside the Shell Garage on

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He wasn't seriously injured and did not require hospital treatment.

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The composer Paul Mealor caught the public's imagination after

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the song he wrote for The Military Wives choir became a huge hit.

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But, for nearly a decade before his chart

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topping success, he was teaching composition at Aberdeen University.

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So, it's entirely fitting that tonight he'll premiere his first

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Tonight is the night. The first performance before an audience of a

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new symphony composed by their teacher. I am excited and nervous. A

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symphony is an enormous undertaking for any composer and it says you are

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what you are thinking at that point in your life. My spiritual journey

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as someone who has a deep faith but also a musical journey. It charts my

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development as a composer of the last 20 years. His work has achieved

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global success being performed at the Royal wedding, the BBC Proms and

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by the military wives quire. The premiere of his symphony will be

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held at a cathedral close to Aberdeen University won he has been

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teaching for the past 14 years. Everything go person involved in the

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performance as a friend of mine. Students who I have become very

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close to and to understand my music. It is a huge privilege for me to

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have my music performed here in the city. In a short while the musicians

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and singers and an audience of 400 people will be making their way here

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to this cathedral to mark the combination of 20 years worth of

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work. Let's get all tonight's sport now

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from David. The Celtic captain Scott Brown wants

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fans to keep faith with the team, promising a return to the

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Champions League. Brown was speaking on the eve

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of the club's general meeting, where successive European failings

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are sure to be raised. As Alasdair Lamont reports,

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tomorrow's AGM could throw up some

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interesting plot lines. There was a big story at Celtic

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today. Scott Bowen's new has plenty of space for reams of trophy winning

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tales and bold adventures by recent chapters on that front do not make

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pleasant reading. What is his message for fans who have lost the

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plot with European performances? Keep the faith with us. It has been

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a long couple of years not with Champions League football but we

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will get there. It is one of several issues likely to be raised here

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tomorrow as shareholders gallop, gather. Others include that the

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campaign to get Celtic to sign up as a visual Living Wage employers and

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the notion of a downsizing in terms of player investment and funniest of

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all the club's size on Rangers' use of EBT is and whether that impacted

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on success here. They will be asked about it and pressed about it and I

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know a lot of supporters have written to the club asking about it

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why would expect them to make some form of noncommittal statement that

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they will continue to burst to the interests of the club. Noncommittal

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would cover the captain's view. I am having nothing to do with this. I am

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not getting dragged into it whatsoever. I will have nothing to

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do with that whatsoever. I am not saying a word. There may be some

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tricky questions for the chief executive and the manager went they

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face -year-old is here tomorrow. Inverness Caledonian Thistle say

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they've shown everyone they won't stand for any bad behaviour,

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after their striker Dani Lopez was involved

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in an alleged spitting incident. It happened during an under 20s

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match against St Johnstone, The Spaniard, who's managed just the

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one goal, this one, since signing While the club investigates,

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they don't want to talk about it. I would not deny it but I would not

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say until we get the referee's report and it is 100% clear... I am

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right behind the club. The image of the club and the values that we try

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to boot out to visit a of Inverness and the young players at Inverness.

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We will not stand for any misdemeanour.

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Jamie Murray is in action at the world tennis tour finals in London.

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He and his partner John Peers have to beat

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the all-conquering Bryan brothers to make it through to the knockout

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At the moment, they're in the first set.

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It is 5-5. This included this rather impressive chest bump.

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Now to the tale of one of Scottish sport's unsung heroes.

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For more than 40 years he's been training boxers in the Lanarkshire

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Rab's helped in the development of a number of champions.

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Ans helped troubled young people get their lives back on track.

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Here is rather getting too close to the action. Nothing comes between

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him and his lifelong passion. I love it. If you do not like it did is no

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good, you have to love it. His devotion to boxing has helped others

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make it big. Nikki Burns, two world titles. I made him. I made him. Just

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like the old door. He knows that. The veteran trainer's expertise

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still drawing aspiring champions to his German corporate. He is draining

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my son through the back and he has come on leaps and bounds. He is

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doing brilliant. Quite often the boys and girls get in trouble with

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the law and the police come in and the social workers comment and ask

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Rab to work his magic. They will be taught some discipline and life

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skills to get back on the narrow and get back to school. Once he has them

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addicted to the boxing if he does -- them I do not turn up to school he

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does not like the men. You would think after 40 years not much would

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surprise him. Not so. His brother has is a prize. My God. It is the

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unsung hear words for 2015. Recognition for his dedication to

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the sport he loves. I love a happy ending.

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The people of Bathgate have been spending

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The West Lothian town's been given an award in recognition

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of the money its people have raised to provide toilets and washing

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It's now become Scotland's first toilet "twinned town".

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There is a clue in the name. As the community prepared to lift the lid

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on my new town title at the local parish church. Scotland's first ever

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toilet twinned town. Yes. It has matched up several of its local

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lavatories with toilets in the developing world. There is a serious

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side to the fundraising effort. It costs ?60 to 28 toilet, with all of

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the money going to support sanitation projects in 42 countries

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worldwide. 2.5 billion people do not have access to a clean and safe

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place to go to the toilet which leads to disease, children dying

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under the age of five especially. What this money will do all men that

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communities will be educated about the necessity of having a clean

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toilet. This cafe is twinned with Bangladesh. Locals were taken with

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the title. I am dumbfounded, but why not? It is a new one, but people

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from Bathgate are quite enterprising and quick to take things on board.

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The locals may be flushed with success or on a roll but they are

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certainly engaged with this project. The people of Bathgate will have to

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put up with a bit of toilet humour from now on in but legitimately can

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say they have been spending a penny to help those in need.

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We are being warned. It is set to turn very cold.

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Yes. The first Arctic plunge of the season. There was some sunshine

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today in between the showers. This time tomorrow we could be seeing

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some snow in parts of the north and east because winds will be thin to

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the north than start to pool in much colder air from the Arctic. Tonight

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we have bands of showers in play and this one working southwards will

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bring heavy showers to parts of central and southern Scotland at

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most places will become dry by morning. Showers hanging on for the

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Northern Isles, of them heavy and wintry overture lent towards the end

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of the night. It will be cold with patchy ice in the islands. Tomorrow

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is chilly and showery but the showers will go and generally a lot

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of dry and great weather for central and southern Scotland but it will

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turn increasingly chilly and windy as we go through the day. A few

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wintry flurries for the hills. 12-mac showers dotted around but for

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most of the country during daylight the emphasis is on dry and bright

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weather although it will be chilly and you will feel the northerly

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wind. Showers gathering at this stage of Caithness and Sutherland

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and the Northern Isles and they will fall as sleet and snow back to low

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levels by the end of the afternoon. We have a yellow warning from the

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Met Office for parts of the north and east for snow,, combined with

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gale force winds. Those showers across the Highlands at the

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north-east and into the lobby and signed borders and combined with

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those strong to go force winds there will be temporary blizzard

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conditions. At low levels of you centimetres of snow fall and 5-10

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centimetres on ground above 150 centimetres. Snow showers confined

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to the east. It is slightly less cold. Showers falling as rain on low

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levels. Snow confined to the hills. Now,

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a reminder of tonight's main news. Nicola Sturgeon has told

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BBC Scotland she is prepared to listen to the case for airstrikes

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in Syria, but she added she wasn't yet convinced that the case

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for them had been made. The First Minister's predecessor

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Alex Salmond has said a UN mandate would have to be a condition for SNP

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support of any military campaign. The extremist who's thought to have

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organised last Friday's massacre Abdelhamid Abaaoud died when French

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police raided a flat The French authorities believe

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Abaaoud was about to launch another attack, this time

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on the financial district of Paris. That's all from Reporting Scotland

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for now. I'll be back with the headlines

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at 8pm and the late bulletin just From everyone on the team,

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right around the country, It's the one they've all

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been waiting for.

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