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by next At's all from the BBC News at Six,

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so it's goodbye from me, Tonight, on Reporting Scotland:

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An agreement to provide hundreds of millions of pounds

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of funding for the north east Also on the programme, Scotland

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prepares for Storm Gertrude. Widespread travel disruption's

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expected, as gale force winds Half a million passengers in less

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than five months. Will the success of the Borders

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railway line fuel hopes And Andy Murray looks to follow

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in the footsteps of brother Jamie and Gordon Reed to make it

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three Scots in the finals Hundreds of millions of pounds

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is to be spent in the north-east of Scotland to improve

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infrastructure like roads, railways and harbours -

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and to create jobs. The cash is coming from both

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the Scottish Government Visiting Aberdeen,

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the Prime Minister told BBC Scotland he is "100%" behind efforts

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to strengthen the oil industry. Here's our political

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editor Brian Taylor. 1975 and Her Majesty the Queen

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starts oil flowing from the dried oilfield in the North Sea. If we use

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it right, this flood of energy can without doubt much improved our

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economic well-being. For decades after that oil and Aberdeen helped

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to bankroll Britain. During those decades, Aberdeen's economy boomed.

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Falling oil prices have left the pool of Aberdeen anxious for their

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future. It is not just oil. This life sciences company and Aberdeen

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says the city needs help. Staff face high property prices while the boss

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says the city needs help. Staff face says she has two counter the

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prospect that the city is poorly served by public transport. There is

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a sense that we're served by public transport. There is

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frozen north and not very connected to the

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frozen north and not very connected deal combines council initiatives

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frozen north and not very connected The cash will provide infrastructure

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to boost investment. The good thing about the city deal as it can

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leverage in extra money which might total ?2 billion coming from other

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sources and the private sector. I believe it will make a real

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difference to the economy here in Aberdeen and the north-east. The

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deal includes expanding Aberdeen harbour. The package extends beyond

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the city into Aberdeenshire. SNP backbenchers have criticised the

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city deal as inadequate and short of expectations. Aberdeen deserves more

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from the UK government than the 125 million they have allocated,

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particularly considering the Treasury has benefited from over

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?300 million of North Sea oil revenues, that have flowed from

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Aberdeen to London. And so, in addition, the Scottish

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government announced that new investment in rail will form part of

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a ?244 million package from five to ten years. The First Minister in

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particular was concerned we should go further than the city deal would

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allow. These projects have been identified. We know they are rooted

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in what the local communities they are important. We are pleased to be

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involved in the city deal. We are contributing half the

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involved in the city deal. We are think it is important to go further.

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The Prime Minister pledged ?20 million to fund a new search for new

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finds in the North Sea. As he met apprentices, he said today the city

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deal added to tax incentives could kick-start the industry. How would

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you answer those critics who say by comparison for the amount of money

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Aberdeen has generated, it has perished? We had a tax cut for the

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oil industry worth ?1.3 billion, when you take into account all the

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things we were putting on to the table and the city deal comes on top

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of that. This demonstrates that the broad shoulders of the United

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Kingdom can get behind the oil industry, including the oil industry

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here in Scotland, when it faces difficulties. More generally, the

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hope is that private growth will follow this public investment and in

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the future, Aberdeen's oil links remain more than a memory.

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Brian Taylor joins us now. How significant a deal for the

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north-east is this? A big day for Aberdeen. The city deal was signed

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in the town house behind me. There has been cooperation and

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collaboration between the Scottish and UK governments, but you have

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also seen competition as each sought to stress their credentials in what

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is a ten industry in Scotland and across the UK. In terms of the

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impact, folk here in Aberdeen have another question, is any of this

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going to work? Will it boost the economy? Will it boost the oil

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industry? I spoke to a senior oil industry figure who said these

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announcements were hugely welcome but the attention on the city and

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the wider region was also very valuable, the one thing that would

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sort out and improve the oil industry was an increase in the oil

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price and that is not in the gift of the Scottish government, not in the

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gift of the UK government. Thank you.

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We're being warned to expect widespread disruption

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across Scotland tomorrow, as Storm Gertrude sweeps

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Many trains and ferries are already cancelled or planning

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Aileen, gale-force winds during the morning rush-hour?

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Well, it looks like Scotland is in for a fair battering tomorrow.

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The whole country is covered by a yellow warning for severe gales

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but then on top of that the Northern isles and down the west coast

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and then across the central belt all the way to Edinburgh,

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that's where Storm Gertrude is likely to make her presence felt

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Now because of the severe gales forecast Scotrail has taken

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the decision to cancel many services tomorrow morning,

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So, no trains north of Inverness for example, no trains to Oban

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or Fort William and even the very busy Glasgow-Edinburgh trains

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will be affected, cut to half-hourly -

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as the trains will be running more slowly because of the wind.

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We had seen in the past all types of things blown onto the railway which

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poses a safety risk to our trains and our customers. Some of these are

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trees, roofs of buildings, trampolines, garden sheds and the

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like. It really poses a derailment risk and therefore we have to slow

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our trains down under these circumstances.

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So they hope to have all their routes restored

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It's also expected there will be extensive disruption on the ferries

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tomorrow, as you can imagine, and the winds may also mean

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some restrictions or even closure of some road bridges.

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And schools will be shut in Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles.

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With a bad forecast which includes winds in excess of 80 mph, high

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tides, we have decided to halt all transport, that includes public

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service transport, as well as school buses. So schools tomorrow will be

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closed. And all buses off in

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the Western Isles till 12 noon. So however you intend to get

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to where you are going tomorrow, listen to the travel news and check

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the travel websites, Many parents aren't fully

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aware of the dangers That's according to Scottish

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Government research, suggesting that a third of parents

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know little about how children can be exploited when they're

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using smartphones and computers. Now a new TV advert is being shown

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to alert them, Hello, enjoying your programme? I am

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having a great time messaging your daughter. This could easily be your

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child's phone but the message is sinister. Makes me feel grown-up,

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those pictures... The campaign is to alert parents to the dangers of the

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Internet. This helpline can advise parents how to support their

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children. Think of the Internet as a place, destination and that is where

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young people go. You would not let them out and not know where they are

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going and who they are going with. Parents used to be able to check up

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their Georgian as they used computers in the back room, but

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increasingly, tablets and mobile phones mean children can take them

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off to their bedrooms create a social, secure world. There are some

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very determined perpetrators out there. If they can get people to

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send a picture of themselves, that gets the chance to commit blackmail.

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Police have seen a 70% rise in the number of Internet investigations.

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The message of this campaign is simple, talk to your kids about what

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they do online. She is coming over tomorrow, cannot wait.

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A nine-year-old boy who suffers from dish and muscular dystrophy has met

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the First Minister to campaign for life-saving treatment. He is

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campaigning for a drug. He gave Nicola Sturgeon a letter asking to

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help him to have continued access to the medication which is still to be

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approved for use in Scotland. Would produce in Norwood is planning

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to double its capacity and safeguard around 130 jobs.

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The new Borders railway has carried nearly twice as many people

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The 500,000th traveller boarded the train from Edinburgh

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Campaigners who want the line to be extended say the bumper passenger

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numbers back their case, as Cameron Buttle reports.

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Sarah Eno, up from Selkirk to do lunch and take in an art gallery.

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Little did she know when she set off that she would be the 500,000th

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passenger on the new Borders railway. It just shows how much it

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is needed and how much it is appreciated now it is there. We come

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up from Edinburgh much more than we used to because it is so read --

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easy. It took decades of campaigning to get the line reopened after it

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was shot in 1969. After the Queen reopened it, there were 500 journeys

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in one month alone. There are growing calls for the line to be

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extended. I think it is good for the local economy and people want to

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travel on sustainable travel will stop it has been the right

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connection and I think it has encouraged people to use the trains

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once again on what we thought would be a successful route. Cost ?350

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million to get the new railway down to Tweedbank. Now there is a growing

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campaign to get the line extended down through the borders, down to

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Carlisle, another 60 odd miles. That will cost hundreds of millions of

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Carlisle, another 60 odd miles. That pounds. The worst obstacles have

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been passed already between Edinburgh and Tweedbank, so let's

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get the railway beyond Tweedbank. The Scottish government said it

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would work with any interested parties who wanted to launch a

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would work with any interested feasibility study and will look at

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any plans put forward. Some interesting findings in this

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report. Sally, some interesting findings

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in this report from the parliament's It says if you come from an ethnic

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minority you're more You're also more likely to be

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unemployed despite often performing You're also highly unlikely to be

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a senior manager. I spoke to Zarina earlier

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she was born and brought up in Newcastle and now lives

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and works in Scotland. Her 18-year-old daughter has lived

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in Kilmarnock all her life but said she had problems

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when she was applying She was born and brought up in

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colour manna, she She was born and brought up in

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after-school activities, just like her other friends. -- bought up in

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Kilmarnock. When she applied for jobs she did not get an interview,

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her friends got ten interviews. They started working, she did not. She

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got a job and was being paid ?3 an hour and they were being paid ?6 or

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?8 an hour. Fire macro even though Zarina and her daughter are British

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or Scottish, they are not seen to be Scottish. They were born and brought

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or Scottish, they are not seen to be up here but still not fully accepted

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as full citizens in society. That is a problem and a huge problem for

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Scotland with the political rhetoric which says we are open and

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inclusive. She is from Poland and came

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to Glasgow ten years ago. She had no bother getting a job

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in retail when she arrived but then said she found out

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she was being paid less When I first moved to Glasgow, I

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found it easy to find a job. It was great. But actually, I was told that

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I am Polish so why will be working really hard because that is why they

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would employ me because before they had a positive experience with

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Polish employees. At that point I realised I would be paid less. There

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was the expectation that I would accept lower wages.

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It's now 40 years since racial equality legislation

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And - obviously - this report suggests that while much has changed

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for the better, it's calling for the Scottish Government

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to tackle what it calls some deep-seated issues.

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Tonight, the Government says it is completely unacceptable that

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anyone should face barriers to training or employment

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as a result of their race or religion and that its committed

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A row is brewing over plans to allow oil tankers to undertake

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ship-to-ship oil transfers in the Moray Firth.

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The proposal from the port authority there could see dozens

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of such transfers every year, with millions of tonnes of crude oil

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But campaigners fear it could cause an environmental disaster.

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It is beyond these two headlands that they harbour authorities want

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to allow crude oil to be pumped between tankers. The practice is

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already licensed for vessels moved at this oil terminal but the

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facility's future is in doubt because the North Sea fields which

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supplies it has been decommissioned. The port authority argues that

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moving oil transfers into the open seas will not significantly increase

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the risks. It is properly managed and controlled. There are proper

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procedures, with certified ships and systems in place to make sure it is

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done safely. It is prevention rather than cure. This part of the Moray

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Firth is renowned for its natural beauty. It has golf courses,

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brilliant waters for sailing, wildlife including dolphins and poor

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poisons. And it is all this that critics believe could be under

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threat through the oil transfer plan. -- poor poisons. Putting aside

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the fact that we have an internationally important colony of

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bottlenosed Dawsons, we also have bird and seals in the area. --

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bottlenosed dolphins. Tourism in the area is very lucrative. Any oil

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spill at all, God forbid, any oil spill at all would be devastating. A

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plan for ship to ship oil transfers in the Firth of Forth several years

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ago was scrapped after cross-party condemnation. And now a political

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head of steam is building up against the Cromarty proposals. Why take the

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risk? No-one has complained about the practice tied to the Deeside.

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Why add to the potential for something to go wrong by taking it

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into the open seas? The port authority insists that part of their

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remit is the environmental protection of the area. The public

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now has less than a fortnight to register their views on the issue.

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Gorgeous guys. Here's David now with all the sport,

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including the latest from Australia. Two Scots are through to finals

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at the Australian Open tennis. Jamie Murray and Brazilian partner

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Bruno Soares will play the pairing of Nestor and Stepanek

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in the doubles. Gordon Reid's made it

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too in the wheelchair singles. Andy Murray meanwhile can

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clinch his place in the final And that is all she wrote. Utterly

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convincing performance. Is the case for the camera or for his mum, Judy?

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Maybe it is just to celebrate reaching his third consecutive grand

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slam final. Unfortunately I lost two last year. It is not a great

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feeling, to do that. Of course you are proud of yourself for getting

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that far, but once you get there, you want to win. And on Saturday

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night, we will be laying it all on the line and doing our very best to

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try to win the trophy. Gordon Reid, seen here giving it his all in the

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gym, is determined to do all he can to win the wheelchair singles. After

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beating the Argentinian today, he will play Joachim Girard tomorrow

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for the championship. It is the first time I have played a final, so

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I will go out and try to enjoy it. I will try and do what I have done in

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the last few matches, try and use my game plan and enjoy it. So to the

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third member of the trio in Melbourne. Andy Murray faces Milos

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Raonic of Canada in the semifinals of the singles tomorrow and if he

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wins that, it will be Novak Djokavic in the final.

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The Hearts winger Billy King is close to completing a loan

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The twenty-one year old has been in Glasgow for a medical.

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He's made almost ninety appearances since breaking into the Hearts team

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three years ago, but the club are looking to give him

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Ross County, who face Celtic on Sunday, are looking

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to reach their first League Cup final.

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If the men from Dingwall prevail against the cup holders it'll be

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But County have a number of players with experience of pulling off cup

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Getting the standard up should help but this might inspire a bit more

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relief in Dingwall. Six years ago, the biggest upset in the club's

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history, a 2-0 victory over Celtic in the cup semifinal. There is a

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belief in the squad is similar to 2010, that we can compete at the

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highest level. We definitely believe that we can go there and get a

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result. Not convinced? Next up, the captain. He was part of the Bradford

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side that came from two down to beat Chelsea 4-2 in one of the FA Cup's

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biggest ever upsets. That game was unbelievable but the lads have been

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in massive upsets before. You have to take inspiration from them. And

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we will take it this week, definitely. We will have to bring a

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level of performance that is right up there to win the match but I know

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we're capable of beating any team on the day. History dictates that their

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quest for this is far from impossible. And that is all your

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support for tonight. Here's Christopher now to tell us

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all about Storm Gertrude. Good evening, yes, some very stormy

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weather on the way. We have an amber preprepared warning in force. That

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is in force from 4am tomorrow morning. -- be prepared warning.

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Difficult conditions on the roads, and the wind is strengthening. The

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rain and wind is courtesy of this deep area of low pressure pushing to

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the North. The latest storm, Gertrude. And this means a very wet

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and windy start to tomorrow. The amber warning area will see gusts of

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70 or 80 mph at times and for the Northern Isles, 70 or 80 mph, with

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gusts prance in excess of 90 mph. Even where we don't have the

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warning, there is a yellow warning. It wet and windy start. Potential

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disruption to power supply and some small-scale structural

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disruption to power supply and some well. A very wet morning. Certainly,

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there will be a lot of water and spray on the roads. This is the

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picture at 8:00am. White arrow indicates a steady wind speed but it

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is those gusts that cause the most damage and disruption.

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is those gusts that cause the most around western coasts and for the

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Northern Isles, big waves. The potential for overtopping at times.

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Heading through the morning, it will brighten up with showers around. The

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but the Northern Isles, very windy. but the Northern Isles, very windy.

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By the mid-afternoon, temperatures five or six. Very chilly in those

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winds. Heading overnight, there is Gertrude. Off she goes. But the

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isobars are still tightly packed, and we drown in cold air for the

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start of the weekend. On Saturday, a windy day with frequent snow

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showers. At low levels, a separate warning in force. Gale or severe

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gale force at times. I will be back with headlines at eight o'clock and

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the late bulletin just after the ten o'clock news. Until then, from

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across the neck in the team, right across the country, goodbye.

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