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

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The trial begins of a teenager accused of the murder

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of a 16-year-old boy at a school in Aberdeen.

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His head teacher tells the court about the efforts

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which will handle the benefits that'll be devolved to Scotland.

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It came from outer space. A meteor lights up Scotland's night sky.

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-S the most surreal experience I've ever had. I looked to my son saying

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what the hell was that. He said it might have been a meteor.

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Claims that a company that provides housing to asylum seekers

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is failing to follow guidelines on eviction procedures.

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And the long distance dedication of a teenage skating star who's

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notching up the road miles to make her Olympic dreams come true.

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in Aberdeen after been stabbed in the heart during a fight.

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16-year-old Bailey Gwynne was fatally injured at Cults Academy

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Today, another 16-year-old boy, who can't be named for legal reasons,

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went on trial accused of the murder, which he denies.

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Steven Duff reports from the High Court in Aberdeen.

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The school Cults Academy should have been like any other on 20th October

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last year. It ended as a day pupils and staff will probably never

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forget. 16-year-old Bailey Gwynne strapped to death during the lunch

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break. Today, a fellow 16-year-old pupil, who can't be named for legal

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reasons, went on trial charged with his murder. Bailey's family were in

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court when, for the first time, it was revealed how he died. In a joint

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minute, that's an agreement of the facts between the prosecution and

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minute, that's an agreement of the defence, it was revealed Bailey and

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the accused had been fighting inside the school. Bailey was struck in the

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body by a knife by the accused. The cause of death, a single penetrating

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stab wound to the heart. The Cult Academy head teacher spoke of the

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moment she saw Bailey Gwynne lying injured, bleeding and very pale. She

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said the accused was distraught, gesturing towards Bailey indicating,

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that was my fault. A boy who gesturing towards Bailey indicating,

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witnessed the fight that led to the stabbing said it appeared to start

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in a row over a biscuit. He said he remembered the boys' punching each

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other, holding on to each other. He said the accused reached into his

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pocket, pulled out a knife. He thrust it into Bailey, into his

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tummy. The fight stopped and he departed. The accused denies murder

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and having two weapons on school property. The trial continues.

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Scotland is to get a new agency to handle 11 benefits

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which are to be devolved to Holyrood.

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The benefits include support for carers,

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Ministers say the new agency will treat people with

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The powers won't be transferred until after next year.

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But already there's a political battle over the level of benefits

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This from our Political Editor, Brian Taylor.

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For more than 20 years, this voluntary centre in Glasgow has

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provided helped and hope to people with disabilities. Always in the

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background, worries over benefits. They've cut my benefits right down.

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That's a worry. You'll start worry about how to pay bills, buy food.

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How am I going to live with the cuts? Pay my rent and my council

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tax? Scottish ministers offer reassurance. They say benefits will

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be paid promptly and in full by a new Scottish welfare agency. So, by

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far the biggest budget to be devolved to Holyrood, a range of

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benefits to help people with disabilities. Other benefits to be

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devolved are the careers allowance, winter fuel payments and Sure Start

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maternity grant. There's no change to the state pension and child

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benefit. Those remain in Westminster control. What age is your father?

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87. In Edinburgh, Alex Neil meets careers from ethnic minority

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communities. He's promised to increase payment to careers and

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scrap the bedroom tax. Social security is about gig knitty,

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fairness, respect and entitlement. None of us know when we're going to

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require the social security system to see us through a bad patch.

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Labour will match the ministerial offer and plans to double maternity

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grants. Visiting an east Lothian school, Kes ya promises a full grant

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for pupils going from care into higher education. She's ready to

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for pupils going from care into push up income tax by 1% and wonders

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where the SNP will find the money. You can't make promises you can't

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keep. The the SNP will have to explain how they will increase the

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amount of revenues to increase these spending powers. On-Lamont for the

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Conservatives warned any reforms must discourage dependency on

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benefits. Willie Rennie said Scotland must work together to make

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the new system effective. Back at the Glasgow voluntary centre,

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they're listening closely for signs of change. Sometimes, disabled and

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vulnerable people, you feel like sometimes you're walking around with

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a bullseye on your back. For folk here, this isn't political, it's

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personal. Brian, the Skollish Government is

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looking to allow the Scotland I bill to be voted into law by SNPs in how

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important is that? A very big deal. We're not quite there yet.

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Parliament has to Dziwisz consent. We are perhaps nearing the end. This

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started with the post referendum consideration, the Smith Commission,

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those tax power we've been debating, welfare powers we've looked at

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today. An accumulation of new powers for the Scottish Parliament. Giving

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the go-ahead to the Scotland bill, the statute that puts that forward

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at Westminster, that is a significant move indeed. After all

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the debate, there hasn't been much of a bang but a sympathetic whimper

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we're close to the policy debate. Tomorrow, we'll hear more on plans

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to reform council tax? What can we expect there? It's been on the stock

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for decades. Scottish ministers will set out their proposals tomorrow.

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They are looking to assign a share to local authorities. There will be

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new bands, particularly at the top to local authorities. There will be

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end. Perhaps those living in the largest properties paying more

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proportionately than those down the largest properties paying more

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ranks in terms of property prices. It is a very difficult decision.

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Each of the parties will have to come to that decision as to what

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their proposals are to go to those elections here for the Holyrood

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Parliament in May. Big league, big politics, big choice. Thank you.

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Inquests into the deaths of 30 British holidaymakers

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killed in a terrorist attack on a beach in Tunisia

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Two couples from Scotland, Jim and Ann McQuire from Cumbernauld

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and Billy and Lisa Graham from Bankfoot in Perthshire,

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were among those who died in the attack, in the resort

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But at a hearing in London today, the judge who's been

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appointed as coroner said there was still an enormous

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amount of work required, before the inquest could get under way.

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You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC.

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Still to come on tonight's programme:

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Claims that a company that provides housing to asylum seekers

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is failing to follow guidelines on eviction procedures.

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In sport, the Dons boss Derek McInness

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defends the mental attitude of his squad.

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And we meet the Stirlingshire teenager, with the toughest

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of regimes, hoping to go all the way to the Winter Olympic Games.

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There were dozens of calls to the emergency services

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across Scotland last night after a fireball lit up the night

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As Jackie O'Brien reports, experts say it was likely to be

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a meteor about the size of a tennis ball, burning up,

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Scotland saw the light just before 7.00pm last night. It only lasted

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seconds but a number of people managed to capture it on their

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dashboard cameras as they drove home from work. What's the hell's that?

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What the hell was that? It was the most surreal experience I've ever

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What the hell was that? It was the had. I looked at my son. I said,

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what the hell was that? He just looked at me and went, I think a

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meteor or something. Bright light then dark again straight after. It

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was absolutely amazing to see. It wasn't until I stopped the car,

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looked at my dash camfootage I realised it might have been a

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meteor. The huge flash of bright light illuminated the skies right

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across the north of Scotland. It was seen by thousands of people here in

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the Highlands and spotted as far south as County Durham. Suddenly,

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there was an enormous flash which lit up the sky. Of course, I knew it

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wasn't something simple like a firework or lightning. It was

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something very different. I called the police, 101, the officer I spoke

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to said he'd had several calls around this. He was able to tell me

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at the time it wasn't an aircraft but they were investigating. The

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earth's atmosphere creates all kinds of different light. But experts are

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convinced that this display was caused by a meteor. A small lump of

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space rock heading towards Scotland. Millions of pieces fall on the earth

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all the time. Most tiny. Every so often you get a larger chunk. The

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one last night was probably about the size of a tennis ball, maybe a

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bit bigger. We estimate something like half a million objects like

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that urn about up in our atmosphere. It is uncommon to see them as Spock

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tack laterally as last night. The identification of this flying object

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does end some of the more identification of this flying object

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far-fetched speculation that it could have been extra Terreest

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reeling or even Tim peak trying to brighten up a long, dark, Scottish

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night! A man has been arrested

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following alleged "xenophobic The incident happened

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at about 4.40pm on Saturday, during the SPFL game

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at Tynecastle Stadium in Edinburgh. The incident happened just

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before 7.30 this morning. It caused the closure

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of a nearby primary school. Police Scotland said there was a

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small fire but no-one was injured. They're trying to trace

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a silver Volkswagen car, that was seen in

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the area at the time. A new report's found Scottish

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Government policies haves helped to cut the amount of alcohol people are

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drinking. NHS health Scotland said the ban on multi-buy promotions such

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as three for the priors of two, had the ban on multi-buy promotions such

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helped tackle Cholet byes. But it warned more needs to be done,

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including the introduction of a new minimum price for alcohol.

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Asylum seekers living in Glasgow may have had their locks changed to

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remove them from their homes according to emails obtained by the

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BBC. A former employee of Orchard and Shipman, which provides housing

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to asylum seekers in Scotland told the beak the company failed to

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follow agreed eviction procedures which could leave some people

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homeless. It comes as politicians have called for an inquiry into

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asylum accommodation in the UK. The Home Office gave Serco

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contract to home asylum seekers in Glasgow. It was subcontracted to

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orchard and Shipman. The company may have breached Government guidelines

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by changing the locks of asylum seekers whose applications to remain

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in the UK have been refused potentially leaving them homeless.

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Internal emails abtaped by the BBC show staff have been issued about

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lists of asylum seekers who needed to be removed of the one e-mail from

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a manager provides a number of adryss and says staff needs to

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advice them to leave. If they do no move, perform a lock change at the

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first available opportunity. Make sure this is given absolute

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priority. In another entitled lock changes, the same manager provides a

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list of addresses. Ensure we bag and tag belongings at the same time as

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performing lock changes. The company said none of the residents left the

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properties within three months of that e-mail. Serco's agreement and

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Home Office guidelines says when someone's application for asylum has

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been refused they need to be begin 21 days to leave. We have learned

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orchard and Shipman's never obtained an eviction order in the Scottish

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courts. The company said under the asylum and immigration acted there's

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no legal requirement for orchard and Shipman to... This man told us some

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asylum seekers were removed when their applications were removed.

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They will look at a time to catch them when they are out so they can

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change the locks. As simple and brutal as that. From their

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perspective they want that flat cleared so they can move the next

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paying customer in. But it does leads to these horrendous situations

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where people that are extremely leads to these horrendous situations

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vulnerable are getting evicted. The company said it routinely changed

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vulnerable are getting evicted. The the locks after the vacation of

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granted and refused asylum seeker departures because keys may be

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duplicated. It said it followed all legislation and it was meeting its

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duplicated. It said it followed all contractual obligations. The support

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it provided excited Home Office requirements. The Home Office said:

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If there was a requirement to to do so and all other avenues have been

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exhausted, it is the responsibility of the provider to undertake legal

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proceed us to evict the people from the property. We'll investigate any

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complaint we receive that a contractor is falling short of these

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standards. Today, politicians called for an inquiry before the

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multimillion pound contract to house asylum seekers is renewed next year.

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A look now at other stories from across the country.

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Greggs is to close its bakery in Edinburgh.

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However, the company said it was investing in its Clydesmill

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Scotland's biggest fish farming company, Marine Harvest,

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has confirmed that 80 jobs are going as part

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Most of the redundancies are in Lochaber, including office

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staff in Fort William, people working at the town's fish

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processing plant and staff, at the harvesting station in

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Work is underway at an Arbroath boat yard on a pair of new masts

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They're being shaped from the trunks of two Douglas Fir trees,

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The masts, measuring up to 17 metres, will be fitted

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Nowadays it would be unusual. It's aluminium and steel mass nowadays.

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The wooden masts are a thing of the past, really. But it keeps us in a

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job. Scotrail's announced plans

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to expand its Smartcard system for all season ticket holders

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across every route in Scotland. Right now, it can only be used

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on four routes in the central belt. But by the end of the summer,

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it will be available Scotrail's also looking to introduce

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the card to buses and ferries. It's going to help transform the way

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people travel across Scotland. It will reduce the queueing time at

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ticket offices. You will buy your products on the sofa and use them

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the next day and get through the gates really quickly.

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An academic at Edinburgh University has been awarded the world's most

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Professor Richard Morris has received the Brain Prize

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in recognition of his work to understand how we

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He shares the one million euro award with fellow neuro-scientists,

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Let's get the latest sport now with Rhona.

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Thank you very much, David. Good evening

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