23/12/2015 Reporting Scotland


23/12/2015

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after a three-week closure caused major disruption.

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All but HGVs were allowed on - they won't get the chance

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Our reporter Lisa Summers has been following the day's events.

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5:20am, and the Forth Road Bridge was back in action.

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Even Santa made an appearance to cheer on the passing traffic.

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Vans, cars, buses and bikes make 90% of users.

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They had a clear run across the water.

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It is nice to stretch your legs and get back in the swing of things.

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It's even been too busy to get the bike on.

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From paying nothing to the best part of ?15 a day has been

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For one small business about six a.m., it has been relieved. It added

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a lot onto the route. Not so good the heavy goods vehicles, it is

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another six weeks before they can cross. The industry says it will

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cost ?40 million, affecting businesses across the country.

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customers. The Scottish Government says it is set up a helpline for

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lorry drivers and there is still quite a lot of work to be done on

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the bridge in January, which means some restrictions overnight, and

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then we will have the Parliamentary inquiry to try and establish whether

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anything could have been done to stop disclosure happening in the

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place. Remains found in West Lothian last

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week have been confirmed as human. The find was made by a dog walker

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last Thursday in a wooded area Police say they're now trying

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to identify the person and establish The Scotch Whisky Association

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has welcomed a ruling by the European Court of Justice

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over the proposed introduction The court in Luxembourg said

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the policy, which the drinks lobby opposes, contravenes

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free trade laws. Scottish Government ministers say

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they'll continue to argue that minimum pricing targets

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problem drinkers. Our Home Affairs Correspondent

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Reevel Alderson reports. Scotland has a troubled

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relationship with alcohol. ?3.6 billion is the estimated

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annual cost to the NHS Last year, there were more

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than 35,000 alcohol-related The Government has proposed a 50p

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minimum that European Court of Justice

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was asked whether this policy Their ruling today is

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far from definitive. Judges have passed that baton back

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to the Court of Session in Edinburgh to determine whether an alternative

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such as increasing alcohol The Scotch Whisky Association said

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the ruling confirmed minimum unit What it does is really confirm 30

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years of European case law, it says that minimum pricing is a

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restriction on trade in the EU and therefore it is illegal to choose

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minimum pricing when there are other less restrictive means available.

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The Scottish Government also welcomed the ruling.

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Drinks taxes are reserved to Westminster, but

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Ministers here say they will try to persuade Scottish judges that

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minimum unit pricing targets drinkers.

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taxation affects all drinkers and drinks in the same way. Minimum

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pricing targets those cheap, strong products that do the most harm so we

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will argue strongly that it is actually a less restrictive measure

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and more targeted and therefore more effective. Health

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alcohol is 60% cheaper than it was in 1980 and it is vital that problem

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drinking and the anti-social behaviour it causes are tackled. We

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are really disappointed that this court case continues. We have 20

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people a week in Scotland dying of alcohol-related causes and that is

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avoidable and the best way to reduce those deaths is to get this cheap

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dangerous product of the market, and those deaths is to get this cheap

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will be appealed to the UK Supreme Court.

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It may be just two sleeps until Christmas, but Santa

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and his reindeer have taken some time out of their busy schedule

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to visit children in the north of Glasgow.

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Pupils at Saracen Primary in Possilpark enjoyed breakfast

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Our reporter Laura Maxwell joined them too.

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And when you're getting ready for a busy night,

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some relaxing pampering is welcome too.

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I want an elf. breakfast and a last minute

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All of this organised by Santa's other helpers -

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They are in a place they love to come to.

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They are having a present, having a brilliant time here

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and they are getting to see the reindeer.

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That's an experience most children don't get to do.

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Hopefully, today, we are creating a lifetime memory.

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When the time came, Santa didn't disappoint.

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Gifts specially chosen from the lists the children had written.

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And when they finally got through the wrapping paper, delight.

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I like to take a photo of the reindeer.

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And get my presents and got Santa some presents.

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Mums and dads too given a bag of Christmas treats.

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They've put a wonderful day on for the kids and the kids have

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That's all they've been speaking about all week,

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Something different for the kids as well.

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As Santa and his reindeer prepare to get back to work,

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Well, let's get the all important the weather outlook

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rest of us. If Santa was aired tonight, he may get blown off

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course, it is a wet and windy one right across the country, Gale force

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or severe gales at times, and it is all courtesy of Eva, our fifth named

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storm, but really it is a glancing blow as it pushes up the north-west

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side of Scotland. It will bring spells of high winds and heavy rain

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and we have Met Office yellow warnings to be aware of the both of

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those. Argyll down to Dumfries and Galloway and the Borders, 60 mph,

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but up towards the far west coast, the Western Isles and the

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but up towards the far west coast, coast, Kerstholt 70 mph. Come

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tomorrow morning, the overnight rain is clearing away and the wind is

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easing of but still quite strong across the far north. If you are

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journeying south of the border tomorrow, the overnight rain is

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still in play down the spine of England down to the Isle of Wight

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but the weather front is working eastwards and it is a cold front, so

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behind it, the weather on the way. Boxing Day, that

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second band of rain through Wales and into Cumbria and amber warning.

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Temperatures on the up. Our next update is during Breakfast

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at 6:25 tomorrow morning. But, from everyone on the late

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team here, good night.

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