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Tonight, on Reporting Scotland: Engineers explain their plan

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to repair the Forth Road Bridge, as ministers defend

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Calls for pedestrians to be protected from lorries in town

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centres, in the wake of the Glasgow bin lorry crash.

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You get no they are there. They are just reversing willy-nilly.

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Also on the programme: Six incidents of knives being brought to school

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in Aberdeenshire and Moray, since the stabbing of a boy

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We'll have the latest from Istanbul as Celtic face Fenerbahce.

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And, the rather messy north-east tradition of "blackening" a bride

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Engineers at the Forth Road Bridge have given details of how they plan

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to fix the section that cracked, leading to its closure.

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They say they're hopeful it will open again by

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Meanwhile, the First Minister has been defending the handling

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of the closure, saying the fault couldn't have

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Opposition parties accused the government of being more

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interested in cost cutting than maintenance.

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On a blustery December morning, a quick chat with the Transport

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Minister be for another shift on the Forth Road Bridge. While others

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demand to know why and when, engineers have been asking each

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other how, how do they make this massive structure safe to carry

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traffic once again. The solution is to strengthen the area using huge

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splints, Jack up the cracked beam and use steel plates to secure the

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repair, a process repeated in seven other problem areas. The actual

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engineering solution you could argue is not that complicated, but

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sometimes that is the best way, not to overcomplicate things. The

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biggest challenge is gaining access to it, and obviously the prevailing

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weather conditions. It is really difficult to gain access to this

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area. So they have had to be resourceful. A floating barge

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carrying an inspection platform was on the water this afternoon. A 50

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metre scaffold is taking shape. All the while, a camera keeps a constant

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eye on the problem from above. The Transport Minister insists the New

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Year deadline still stands. He is also being bullish after being

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accused of misleading Parliament about past maintenance of the

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bridge. No one has been misled by me. I am working incredibly hard to

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ensure we mobilise every effort to get the bridge reopened. I have made

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myself accountable and transparent and I will continue to do that. But

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the row rumbled on at Holyrood, Labour accusing ministers of

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sanctioning a big cut in spending on repairs. Short-term decisions made

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at the expense of the long-term future of an important national

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asset. We have budgets cuts, privatisation of services and

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cancelled repairs. The opposition criticism of the Scottish government

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appears to be that five years ago, a body which took decisions

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independent of the Scottish government, decided not to fix a

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part of the bridge that was not broken. We might not have had a

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crystal ball to tell us five years ago that something would become

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broken five years in the future, but we did have the foresight to know

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that an ageing structure did need replaced. More than 100 engineers

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and tradesmen are now working on this project. Their success -- its

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success is in their hands but they will need some help from mother

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nature. More needs to be done to protect

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pedestrians from large vehicles That's according to the Living

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Streets Scotland charity, who're calling for lower speed

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limits and restrictions on lorries entering shopping areas

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at busy times. They say lessons still need to be

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learned, after last year's bin lorry crash in Glasgow in

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which six people died. Glasgow's city centre today, busy

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with shoppers and the vans and lorries needed to keep the shelves

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stocked. Understandably, after last December's tragic crash in the city,

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safety is a big concern for people. Especially in the present, there are

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a lot of fans come up and down them. You don't know they are there. You

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hear beep, beep, beep, and nobody is You don't know they are there. You

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showing them where to go, it is just willy-nilly.

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I have not seen a lot of heavy lorries in this kind of area but I

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don't think it should be in this kind of area when there are so many

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people trying to cross roads and things like that. I think they have

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to address the issue about how the beer calls get into empty the bins

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and do the deliveries. Bin lorries still use the same city

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centre route that it did on the day that a lorry ran out of control and

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killed pedestrians. Glasgow city councillors say that on the day of

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the anniversary later this month, that large refuse lorries do avoid

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the rate. They understand that people may wish to return to the

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scene of the crash to pay their respects. The city council say they

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will implement recommendations from the recent enquiry to take into

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account the number of pedestrians on these routes. But the issue of

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lorries in our city centres according to the Living Streets

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campaign should be addressed in all city centres. You have lanes with a

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lot of delivery vehicles coming through, with some restrictions in

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place which are not always adhered to, that is an obvious one to

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review. Hauliers say they are happy to discuss best practice but they

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have to be able to deliver. We have to go into the town centres and

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not allowed to go in when it gets not allowed to go in when it gets

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busy, maybe from ten o'clock in the morning until four o'clock in the

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afternoon, but at the end of the morning until four o'clock in the

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day, we have a job to do and we have to do it. Living Streets say a

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review will now be discussed. Six incidents involving knives have

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been reported at different secondary schools in Aberdeenshire

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and Moray in the past month. Education officials have written

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to reassure parents about safety. It follows the death of 16-year-old

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Bailey Gwynne in a stabbing incident at Cults Academy in

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Aberdeen in October. Our reporter John McManus is outside

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one of the schools involved. Yes, I think it is there to say that

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many parents may be worried when these letters land on their

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doormats. They have been issued because Police Scotland say that

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have been six incidents over the past month where knives were

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recovered from pupils in secondary schools. The police say that nobody

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was injured, but they are keen to reiterate that carrying knives or

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any other potential weapons into schools is an offence, and they will

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act. This evening, Maria Walker who is director of education for

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Aberdeen Council said safety is her first priority. It is real important

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that we don't blame each other, we did try and victimise or make things

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more difficult, that we all work together. There are reasons for

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these things happening. Sometimes we don't understand them too well but

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there are reasons. If we work together, that is the best way to

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address issues. This comes after the tragic events at Cults Academy in

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October? That is right. 16-year-old Bailey Gwynne was stab at Cults

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Academy. A boy has been charged with his murder. Aberdeen Council say

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that is nothing to do with incidents over the past month but they do say

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bullying might be involved in all of this and they will start going into

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Aberdeenshire schools to talk to pupils about that, and about the

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dangers of carrying knives and the dangers that can get pupils and two.

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There are 30,000 pupils in Aberdeenshire, so it is a fairly big

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undertaking, but the council are determined to nip this problem in

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the bud before it grows any bigger. Thank you.

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You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC.

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Still to come on tonight's programme: A deadly fascination -

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the story of how contagious diseases affected our ancestors.

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In sport, we'll have the latest on Celtic's last European match

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They've already kicked off in Istanbul against Fenerbahce

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And the Rangers manager tells us why he's not a fan of the plans

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The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, is in Glasgow tonight to speak

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at a STUC rally against the UK government's plans to reform

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The First Minister is also speaking and our reporter

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Well, in a few short months, Nicola Sturgeon and Jeremy Corbyn will be

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going head-to-head in the Scottish Parliament elections. Not tonight

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though. They are both attending this STUC rally in Glasgow, both united

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in their opposition to the UK government's trade union Bill.

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Westminster ministers say these trade union reform laws are needed,

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to four example, introduce extra requirements when workers and unions

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want to ballot for strike action. Jeremy Corbyn, as you would expect,

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has described those reforms as Draconian and counter-productive.

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Nicola Sturgeon has said these reforms are so universally unpopular

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in Scotland that they are not wanted here at all. I think given tonight's

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audience, I think both those messages will go down pretty well.

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The Scottish government has attempted to stop the bill being

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enacted in Scotland? That is right. Earlier this week, the Scottish

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government made a request for what is known as a legislative consent

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memorandum. What they wanted to do was to get Holyrood to have a vote

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to block the implementation of the trade union Bill in Scotland, if and

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when it is passed by the Westminster government. Today, the presiding

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officer of the Scottish Parliament came back and told SNP ministers

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that would not happen. Even so, the Scottish government say there are

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still a few more avenues they can go down, even if that line of attack

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does not work for them. At the very least it has allowed them to get

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their grievances of the trade union Bill another airing. Thank you.

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A new helpline is about to go live, after a spate of suicide deaths

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Mikey's Line is a text service run by young volunteers for youngsters

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It's been established in Inverness after the sudden deaths

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You can see Michael there and Martin. They have known each other

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since school. Happy memories of school pals, Michael Williamson and

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Martin Shaw, who died within days of each other in October. While

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outgoing in public, their friend Jamie Lynn knows only too well how

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they suffered in private. She has battled depression herself since the

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age of 12. There has not been enough support in the North of Scotland for

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young people who want to take their life or don't know how to cope with

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how they are feeling. The sudden deaths of the pair who worked

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locally sparked a huge outpouring of grief among family and their large

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group of friends. It has led to the launch of a text helpline which will

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be run by young people for young people who are too distressed to

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talk. It is very important because there is nothing in Inverness for

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young men to turn to. Young men do not want to talk about issues so

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having the text line I think would be a lot better for them. The

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Highlands has one of the highest suicide rates in the UK,

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particularly among young men. The Read relatives have joined forces

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with the boys' friends, to promote the text messaging service, which

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they believe young mobile phone users will feel more comfortable

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using. I am hoping that the people who think they are alone, don't know

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that the girl on the corner desk, or the guy in the pub cracking jokes,

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they do not know that they are also suffering. I think we are getting it

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out that there are other people their age who can talk to them and

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give them advice. If you don't try, you don't know. If it can help just

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one person then it has been a success. It is hoped that Mikey's

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Line will complement the work of charities like the Samaritans, as

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well as becoming a fitting tribute to the popular Inverness youngsters

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whose lives were cut tragically short.

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From next month police are updating a scheme that will enable them

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to deal with some low level crimes with an on-the-spot

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This means that police officers will use their discretion to assess

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whether a recorded warning should be issued on the spot,

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or if a report should be made to the procurator fiscal.

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It won't apply serious crime, such as violence.

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A look at other stories from across the country.

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Passengers using the Caledonian sleeper from Fort William will be

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forced to eat take a bus to and from Oban first for three weekends from

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February. It is because of planned engineering works. The operator said

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it would test customer appetite as they consider the potential

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expansion of the sleeper route in the future.

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A huge new floating production vessel has started its journey from

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a shipyard in South Korea towards the west of Shetland. The Glen lion

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will become part of the redevelopment of oilfields. It is a

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joint-venture among BP, Shell and OMC.

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The SNP is calling on the UK government to guarantee a slots from

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Scotland to London, as part of the review for airport capacity in the

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south-east of England. A UK ministerial committee meets tonight

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to discuss plans to build a third runway at Heathrow.

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Holyrood could be heading for another vote on Edinburgh's trams.

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Compulsory purchase rights for the grant and spur expire within less

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than six months, but the council is preparing to abandon its right to

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requisition land in order to complete the troubled transport

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scheme. It will require an act of Parliament or ministers to reinstate

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it if the land is not bought by May. The final section of the new Royal

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Navy aircraft carriers have started its journey from Glasgow to Rosyth.

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BAE Systems said the delivery was ten weeks ahead of schedule. HMS

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Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales are claimed to be the largest

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and most advanced warships ever bought by the UK.

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The plague, Black Death, smallpox, just a few of the diseases our

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Now an exhibition at the National Library of Scotland

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is set to tell the story of how contagious diseases wiped out

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families, provoked calls for a national fast,

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and led to state-sanctioned executions.

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It's not a site you would want at your door back in the 17th century.

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The plague doctor would only ever be greeted with fear. Ravens warded off

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evil, but inside are stuffed with herbs and spices and things like

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that so you can't smell the victims. This new exhibition documents the

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history of contagious diseases over the last 700 years. The biggest

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killer and of the most feared was of course the plague. They went around

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in grey cloaks with a white cross on the front and back and stick with a

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white cross and they were policing households to see if anybody

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harboured plague victims and it could be a child, a spouse, your

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mother. If they found any victims that had not been reported, the rest

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of the people in the house would be taken away, the women were drowned

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and the men were hung. Nasty stuff. Then there was syphilis or leprosy

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and the deadly smallpox. This was the sort of place where disease

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would spread rapidly, the closest of Edinburgh's old town. The men, raw

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sewage, overcrowding, but it was not here that the last case of the

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plague was recorded in Scotland. In 1900, infected rats on boats brought

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the plague to the Clyde, killing 16 people. The exhibition shows how we

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coped with deadly diseases. I hope you are enjoying your T!

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Now the latest from Istanbul where Celtic are playing Fenerbahce

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Even if the Scottish champions win, they can't go through to the next

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round, but it's half time so let's find out how they're getting

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Fortune has eluded Celtic in Europe this season. Bottom of the group,

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belief has been shaken. Fenerbahce come in need of victory to guarantee

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qualification, Craig Gordon at full stretch to keep out men at top

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welcome with a little help from the post. Only pride at stake for Celtic

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in the hostile atmosphere of the stadium in Istanbul. The Turks

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dominated the early stages, stretching Celtic, but the Scottish

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champions held firm. Leigh Griffiths was left out and there was a chance

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for Nadir Ciftci but he failed to take it. Diego Godin most took his

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chance from long range for Fenerbahce, aching Craig Gordon

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scramble but Celtic survive -- making. But things were about to get

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worse for Celtic as Fenerbahce took the lead, Lazar Markovic putting

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them in front after a mistake from Gordon.

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Sports Direct have failed in a bid to have Rangers chairman Dave King

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jailed for breaching a gagging order.

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Sports Direct, which is owned by Rangers shareholder Mike Ashley,

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argued that Mr King, on the right here, had breached

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an injunction banning anyone at Rangers from revealing details

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But a judge at London's Royal Courts of Justice ruled no

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The Rangers manager, Mark Warburton, is criticising the SPFL's shake up

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He says it doesn't suit clubs like his.

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Meanwhile, Aberdeen's Derek McInnes welcomed the competition's

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new format but wants an even longer winter break.

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The Rangers assistant manager David Weir at training today. His club

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have won the Scottish League Cup more than any other. He lifted it as

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captain in 2010. The SPFL are reformatting the competition to make

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it more exciting. The changes include... Starting in July when the

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group matches will be played although teams in Uefa qualifiers

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will be exempt. The Rangers manager is not a fan. He would rather be

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playing pre-season friendlies against English or continental

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opposition at that time. I'm not sure it suits the bigger clubs. To

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have a pre-season programme when your last two games could be against

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lower league opposition, I don't think that ideal, not for that

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level. This elite level manager was a cup winner with Aberdeen a couple

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of seasons ago and he welcomed the changes but, although the earlier

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start to the season makes space for a two weekend winter break in

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start to the season makes space for January, he said it's not long

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enough. If you're going to do it, it has to be three or four weeks. Maybe

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that is something to work towards. In terms of the League Cup we try

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something different and hopefully we get a bit from it. Ranges tried

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something a bit different today, they trained indoors to avoid the

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wintry weather. Scottish Rugby's chief executive,

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Mark Dodson, says he's delighted Gregor Townsend has extended his

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contract as Glasgow Warriors head coach, claiming he's created

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"a winning culture". has been with Glasgow since 2012,

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and has agreed to stay Hen and stag parties

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are as popular as ever, but how many of us know

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about "blackenings"? The pre-wedding tradition,

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which sees the bride and groom covered in food, flour and feathers,

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is the focus of a research project It is a bizarre and rather messy

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tradition. The blackening sees the bride or groom captured by friends

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and family, covered in it concoction of smelly substances and paraded

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through the streets. If you had no knowledge whatsoever of a blackening

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and you chanced upon one on the village green, you would honestly

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think it was some form of medieval punishment. It is a regional

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tradition still seen in the north-east of Scotland and in the

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Highlands and Islands but it is also a family one. My mum and dad had

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coal dust, you could see in the photograph they were completely

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black with coal. Mine was cocoa powder and water. They came armed

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with buckets of this, mixed up into a slurry and they took me into the

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back garden and started a slurry and they took me into the

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one of three generations of women to be blackened in her family. I think

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I would have been a bit miffed if I hadn't been blackened. The way it

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was sold to me by my mum was that it was almost like a ritual which

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showed you were part of your community. So it is perhaps not as

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harsh as it appears, and some B but actually enjoy the experience. But

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We have seen does it have a future in modern 's

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We have seen the popularity of the hen party and

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it made me wonder if the blackening would die out because of this will

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stop actually, I have found that it hasn't. People are embracing both

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rituals. It's safe to say that stag and hen dos are becoming bigger and

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more extravagant than ever before at this research suggests that in some

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communities, the this research suggests that in some

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seen as a rite of passage. Now here's Andrew Kerr

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with details of Scotland 2015. The First Minister and Jeremy Corbyn

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are sharing a platform to protest against controversial Conservative

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are sharing a platform to protest trade union reforms. But

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are sharing a platform to protest protect people who use public

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services? That is Scotland 2015 tonight at 1030 B on BBC Two.

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Let's see what's happening with the weather tonight.

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Some had some sunshine but there have also been some wintry showers.

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This beautiful scene in Perthshire, some snow over the roofs. And some

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hail in these showers, across that they get closer look.

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Themselves off as the winds are like that but still. Six of the

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filthiest. Tomorrow evening, these showers.

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Wait. There are some warnings out in

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northern England. For us, we're not in warning territory, but there is

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some uncertainty how far north this will likely go.

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We may see some showery rain or snow perhaps, even perhaps some sleet

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conditions in lower levels. Elsewhere, dry, but a cold one of

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three or 4 degrees. It is a cold day in store. There will be some

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sunshine, so quite unsettled for the weekend.

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Now a reminder of tonight's main news.

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Engineers at the Forth Road Bridge have given details of how they plan

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to fix the section that cracked, leading to its closure.

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They say they're hopeful it will open again by the end

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Meanwhile the First Minister has been defending the handling

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of the closure, saying the fault couldn't have

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David Cameron has been in Poland to discuss his plans to change

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benefit rules for migrants coming to work in the UK.

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After the talks, the Polish Prime Minister said she didn't "see eye

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to eye" with Mr Cameron over the proposals.

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I'll be back with the headlines at 8pm and the late bulletin just

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