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will be a long way off. Thank you. That is all from the BBC's news at

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six and it is time to join the BBC News teams where you are. Tight on

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Reporting Scotland: the new Frontier for Scotland's energy industry as

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the Shetland gas terminal comes on screen.

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We'll look at the challenges involved in the multi-billion pound

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project, and also what it could mean for our beleaguered oil

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Bringing the beautiful game to players who imagined they'd never

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Also on the programme, The Scottish Cup Quarter-final draw

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is being made any moment now, we'll tell you who'll play who.

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The new test that could tell you your dog's IQ.

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It's been 5 years in the making, cost more than ?3 billion,

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and it's said to have been the UK's largest construction

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But this morning the new Shetland Gas Plant came onstream.

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Its operators Total say it'll provide enough energy

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The first commercial gas arrives from Shetland.

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At the centre of this development, this gas plant,

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one of the biggest construction projects in the United Kingdom

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Kingdom, very significant. will represent

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To make way for this development, over one

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and a half million tons of peat has been dug out.

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It has been stored, to be put back once the client has been

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For this apprentice, it is an opportunity to start

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It needs to be cleaned out, gunk taken out, it is my job

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the processes that make oil valuable.

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Only now is the technology in place to extract Gas.

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What we have done, we have taken one of the longest tie

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backs in the world nto the United Kingdom.

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At its peak, over two and a half thousand contractors were working

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on the operation, accommodation barges brought in to

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With such an investment, it was good for the local economy,

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with local contractors engaged in part of the subcontracting.

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The project has created around 200 new jobs,

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the council has also secured royalty on

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This is an important announcement, it is about the future

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of the oil and Gas industry, across the United Kingdom,

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a lot of life west of Shetland and east as well.

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Far from being a sunset industry there is a lot of life west of

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Shetland and in the East Shetland basin as well.

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With around 17% of the remaining oil and Gas reserves,

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to the west of Shetland, this is seen as key in development.

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And John is at the new gas terminal for us tonight...

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And a big day there for the Islands' energy industry?

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It is indeed. And what good news for the oil and gas industry as well.

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Uttered by low oil prices and also by thousands of job losses. Behind

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me, there's roaring in the background, 200 jobs have been

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created here and some of those for young people starting in their

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career in the oil and gas industry. Shetland has had a long history with

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oil but now the islands are turning to a new resource around the

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islands, gas, to power the UK. It is interesting to note that this plant

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will be able to power around 2 million homes across the UK. A David

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Shetland. So what hope is there that this

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new field will be the start of a resurgence for our

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troubled energy industry? Here's our Business

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and Economy Editor, Douglas Fraser. In 40 years, the industry has pumped

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42 billion barrels of oil or gas. An estimates are that it

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could realistically extract another Until recently, an investment

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to extract more, from ageing fields, in four years

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?40 billion was spent and nearly one tenth of that money has

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been on this project. Others include Clair

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Ridge and Mariner. Technically difficult

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fields, delayed until new That is because of

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the high cost, per It is also quite tough,

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offshore oil companies can go elsewhere, Africa Brazil,

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the Arctic, with better profit It could go up again,

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but it has brought uncertainty. What could help, is the technology

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used, in early 2000 feet Well heads are controlled

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by equipment on the sea Gas flows through

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a 90 mile pipeline. It has been badly held up

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by that of conditions. The harsh environment,

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and during the construction phase, during the civil works,

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we allowed down time for weather If you faced the same decisions now

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would it still get the thumbs up? A difficult decision. I think the

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sanction of projects depends on our forecasts of the oil and gas price,

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we invested for long periods, 20 years, so this project had positive

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points so it is very difficult to say that if, today, we could

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sanction it or not. Apart from the price

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and technical obstacles, another challenge is

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facing the industry. Warnings in recent weeks

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that the Palace climate change discussions could put

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constraints on oil and Gas, as governments face commitments

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to cut back on damaging Some of the more expensive

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may have to say under The new gas fields are good news

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for the North Sea but job losses It's against this backdrop that

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unions representing workers from the across the oil and gas

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industry say they're coming together Our reporter Steven Duff

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is in Aberdeen for us tonight. Tell us more. That's right, world

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oil prices fell again today and against that background trade union

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leaders met in Aberdeen to launch this fight back. The message could

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be one about workers, concerned of course about the tens of thousands

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of redundancies there have already been. They also worried about the

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the changes that workers are facing particularly when it comes to

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conditions, they fear there could be an impact on safety, particularly

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offshore when some workers are moving to a three-week pattern where

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they will have to work 12 hours a day for 21 days in a row. The

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companies say whatever the financial pressure safety remains their

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priority, the big problem for the union is, or do they represent

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because traditionally the oil and gas sector hasn't been heavily

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unionised. We want to see many more offshore workers become union

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members so we can ensure that the voice we offer is much more

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effective and stronger on their behalf. They have already started to

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effective and stronger on their engage with the employers in the

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industry, with the regulators, and with the government at UK and

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Scottish level. The Scottish Government updated its oil strategy

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today, concentrating on making the north-east and area of excellence,

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particularly focusing on undersea commissioning. Thank you.

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You're watching Reporting Scotland- still to come on tonight's

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How clever is your canine? Edinburgh scientists have developed an IQ test

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for dogs. In sport will be live at Hampden Park for the draw of the

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quarterfinals of the Scottish cup. Add a former Scotland skipper tells

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us what he believes can be the secret for Scottish success at the

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six Nations. All will be revealed in the sport very soon.

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The Orkney and Shetland MP Alistair Carmichael has lost a bid

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to have his legal fees paid by a group who took him to court.

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Four of his constituents raised the action against him,

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claiming he misled voters over a leaked memo before

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the last election, but he was cleared in December.

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A further hearing this morning concluded those who'd brought

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the case shouldn't have to pay his legal bill.

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Police say they've identified 22 organised crime groups

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based in Scotland with significant international connections.

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They say co-operation with the National Crime Agency

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and HMRC at the Scottish Crime Campus has helped uncover

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international links between gangs here and in a number

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Our Home Affairs Correspondent, Reevel Alderson reports.

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It cost ?73 million to build, and two years later,

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it is at the heart of the fight against organised

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It is not just the police investigators following the money

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at the heart of International Criminality.

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The connection between HMRC, and money, that is obvious.

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What we seek to do is bring our powers to bear and add something

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Finance is at the heart of everything that we do.

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We are an effective weapon against organised criminality.

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State-of-the-art laboratories, have helped strengthen

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22 crime gangs with overseas reach have been identified.

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Investigations have been carried out in more than 20 countries.

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Warrants for 300 fugitives executed to bring them back to Scotland

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The way that the this operates, is viewed enviously.

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Developing techniques, tactics, it is without peer.

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It is enormously important part of the jigsaw to

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Organised crime is now a global concern, so intelligence

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Since Gartcosh opened, with a range of crime agencies,

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it has made the fight so much easier.

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A look at other stories from across the country.

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Two crashes happened on the a line this morning. A woman was injured

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when the cars collided north of Inverness. Two cars involved in the

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second incident nearby. Western Isles Council has described as

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positive a meeting with an airline of the service to the islands. The

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line has been criticised recently over flights delayed by technical

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problems. Loganair says it is taking action to improve the services.

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Scotland is aiming to lead the world in the development of precision

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medicine, which involves tailoring medicines to the genetics of each

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patient. Today First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced a ?4 million

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investment in specialist labs at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital

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in Glasgow. A single run on this machine which can sequence in human

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genomics takes about two and a half hours. Whereas the human gene on

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projects took 13 years to achieve that. Edinburgh airport says the

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recent five-month trial of a controversial new flight path has

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been a success. The route so planes taking off towards the fourth,

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passing over West Lothian. The airport says it reduces congestion

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and allows increased airspace capacity but no final decision will

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be made until the end of the year. A Dutch cargo boat has been told to

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safety in Orkney after breaking down to the west of the islands at the

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weekend. The vessel which was carrying wind turbine parts was

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initially due to be towed to Aberdeen but was returned due to sea

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conditions. Students at Duncan of Jordanstone College of arts have

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brought to life some of the strangest excuses in the UK for not

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having a TV licence. They ranged from claiming that they thought a

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television was a microwave to a man who believed he was king of

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Scotland. The students have turned excuses given to TV licensing staff

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into an animation as part of a UK wide competition.

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Whether through accident, illness or maybe war injury,

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a significant number of people are without one or more

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Amputees often turn to sport to help heal physical and mental scars.

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If you only have one leg, football isn't perhaps the most

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obvious choice but, as Willie Johnston found out,

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an amputee version of the game does exist, and it's about to come

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No quarter asked and none given. They may be on crutches but mobility

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is not an issue. Neither is at ability. Brianna Murray lost his leg

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to cancer when he was ten. Only recently did he rediscover the

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game he loved. He contacted his nearest club, Everton, and plays for

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them. At the age of 406I did not think I would be playing football

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again. It takes a lot out of you. But it is all worth it. It is a long

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way from his home to games like this.

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It is even further than this player. He was co-opted for Manchester City

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to make up the numbers. There are no concessions. There are not any.

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Taken some saw once? Yes, it is very rough. Five amputee teams are linked

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to clubs in England but none in Scotland. To try and change that,

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Everton are staging an awareness they at Annan Athletic as well as

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the Scottish born coach of the British team. There are thousands of

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people out there who love football, have lost a limb, one thing has led

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to another, there is huge scope for people in. The open day is this

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Saturday. They hope to stage another in Glasgow later in the year. More

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sport now. Alastair Kellock says Fearne Cotton's men must attack to

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produce try storing opportunities. Scotland's defeat by England

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on Saturday was their eighth loss in a row in the Six Nations -

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thats their worst ever run This is exactly the start Scotland

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hoped to avoid. The loss of an early try in the opening game against

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England. But Scotland did manage to create chances. But they were

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chances they did not manage to convert into tries.

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Scotland will want Stuart Hogg on the ball. He is dangerous, fences

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struggle to deal with the M. -- with them. I believe Scotland are best

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when attacking. Sometimes they are a little bit unstructured but it

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brings out the best and we scored tries. What did the coaching team

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have to say? I think we are aware that we are frustrated with the

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outcome of the game, we felt we had a few opportunities. In a 6-point

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game it comes down to fine margins. Next up, it is Wales. For Scotland,

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the losing feeling is an emotion they will be desperate to ditch. You

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can hear more analysis on six Nations extra, available on the BBC

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sport Scotland website. Motherwell have been found guilty

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of unacceptable conduct over a series of issues surrounding

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last season's play-off An SPFL commission found the club

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guilty of offences relating to a lack of crowd control,

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but has delayed There was no Superbowl title

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for Scots-born Graham Gano - the Carolina Panthers were defeated

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by the Denver Broncos in American And there were mixed fortunes

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for the 28 year old kicker He narrowly missed this 44 yards

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field goal attempt - but later he helped reduce

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the deficit in the 4th quarter. One of Scotland's 2014

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Commonwealth Games medallists in judo has won bronze

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at the prestigious Paris Grand Slam. The 29 year old did not have

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to fight her last two rounds because of opponent injury

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and disqualification. She still had to present herself

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for the fight and perform the customary bows -

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despite no opponent being present. I got quite nervous before I went

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on, I thought, do not fall over. To do it twice in one day is strange.

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When you win a medal you are usually excited and happy. I will take the

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medal but it is different. The draft of the quarterfinal stage of the

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Scottish Cup has been taking place or at least it was meant to be. Our

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reporter is at the National Stadium. Can you explain what has happened?

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I'm not sure I can. It has been very exciting here. A ball malfunction

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has seen the draw made void. There was a problem with the balls in the

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container. These blue plastic shells which contain the notes of the

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teams, one of them had split open and they only discovered this midway

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through the draw. There was the rather embarrassing situation where

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they had to abort the draw and start all over again. That delayed matters

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for several minutes and it left people at the SFA with egg on their

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faces. They eventually got the draw done. We can show you it now.

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Basically, Heart of Midlothian author Bernie and are at home to

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Inverness. Celtic are at home to Morton. Ross County play Dundee

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United and the winner of Rangers or kill Marnoch will take on the winner

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of Dumbarton or Dundee. Those games will be played on the fifth and 6th

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of March. We eventually got there. I'm joined by Leigh Griffiths.

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You've got Martin at home. I'm guessing you're happy with that. --

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Greenock Morton at home. Yes, at first we got an away game against

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Dundee United. Greenock Morton will come to Celtic Park with confidence

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from the last game they are, they won. We will need to win this time.

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In the draw, Celtic were drawn away to Dundee United. If they had been

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drawn with Rangers, the conspiracy theorists would have come out.

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Definitely, but we've got a home game and we will look forward to it.

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It was a tricky game against East Kilbride, you scored the goal of

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your hand but you made it through. What is the feeling in the camp? Not

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the most inspiring victory. We came off the back of two Mac defeats. We

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will have a good or week of training, play bass county on

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Saturday. Thank you. I think Leigh Griffiths has summed it up.

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Headlines are written. It has been a bad draw from an operational point

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of view but at least we know which fixtures will be in the quarterfinal

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of the Scottish Cup. Thank you very much.

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So many things to say. We should avoid them all.

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You might think your dog is a pretty clever boy,

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or girl, but now you can prove it using a new canine IQ test.

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A team based at Edinburgh University have helped trial the test on Border

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The point of the exercise - apparently - is that it

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could help our understanding of the link between human

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This full bull dog food. This is a snack sized portion. -- full plates.

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This is the sort of experiment you might want to try. If it chooses the

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bigger portion it is more intelligent. This four-year-old

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lacked labrador, I'm not sure what the test told you about his IQ but

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the scientists say it could have implications for human health.

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Research suggests brighter humans tend to live longer. The scientists

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hope to show this in dogs and it could help our understanding of

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conditions like dementia. Dogs acquire some of the key

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characteristics we think by studying them we could get a lifetime's worth

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of data in 17 years, which is very quick compared to humans. Away from

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the science, at the dog's trust, we know a thing or two about them and

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what makes them tick. A smart hound is not for everyone. People are

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looking for a huge variety of things, we certainly have dogs that

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are very intelligent but a lot of people enjoy the company of silly

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dogs that just want to play and there is nothing wrong with that. On

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the Hill, owners think comparing dog and human intelligence makes perfect

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sense. I think we share some characteristics. I am quite stubborn

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as well. One of them was lovely but as thick as two Mac short planks.

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Another one is just wonderful. How about the ultimate IQ test? What

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human would want to be out in this weather? It is obvious who is taking

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the lead. Now the weather. For once, all the drama was so from the

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border. These tranquil shots sent in by our weather watcher with the

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message that not everyone is suffering from the raft of the

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storm. The heaviest is reserved for England and Wales. It has been

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pretty windy across the Solway coast. We will see this pushing in.

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Some of that will be on the heavy side. Further north, largely dry,

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scattering of showers. The clearest skies will be in the north-east and

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the temperatures will drop as low as minus three. We start the day with

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the north-south split, it is wet from the Central Belt southwards.

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Across the North, there is a reversal of fortunes. We lose a lot

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of the sunshine at the cloud filters in. By 3pm the rain will linger on

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but it will be gone by this stage, skies will be brightening. This band

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of showers affecting the Western Isles, the Moray coast as well as

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the Northern Isles. The wind will move into the North and

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strengthened. Some sleet on lower levels. Tomorrow evening, that band

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of showery weather sinks southwards and most places turn drive. For

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Wednesday, quite a lot of dry weather but the wind will come

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straight down from the North. Still will be a few showers. Some further

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south but for central and southern Scotland there will be a lot of dry

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and bright weather. It will feel chilly. It will be breezy around the

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coast. Thursday will be colder still. The rest of the sunshine in

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