04/03/2016 Reporting Scotland


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The Scottish Conservative leader, Ruth Davidson, has ruled out

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short-term Holyrood tax cuts, but has said her manifesto will set

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out how Scottish taxes could come down in future.

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She made the pledges at her party's conference in Edinburgh,

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where both she and the Prime Minister David Cameron insisted that

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only the Tories could hold the next Scottish Government to account.

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From the conference, here's our political correspondent,

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Ruth Davidson is not playing to win power at Holyrood.

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Her party's pre-election conference at Murrayfield,

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is a pitch for the Conservatives to displace Labour and become

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the principal opposition to an SNP government.

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To challenge them to keep NHS spending rising. NHS funding should

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rise by 2%. Every single penny should be passed on. She said the

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time was not right for a tax cut but promised to resist tax rises. There

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is no justification, none at all, for demanding a higher tax burden on

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Scottish families than there is on people elsewhere in the UK.

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In all previous Holyrood contests, it would have been laughable

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for a Conservative leader to talk seriously of overtaking Labour.

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Opinion polls suggest the Tories are still the third-placed party.

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But the gap between them and Labour has never been narrower.

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In his address, the Prime Minister challenged his party

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Today, we are the effective opposition and for the next 62

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Today, we are the effective we will fight to become the official

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opposition. We have worked so

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on the EU referendum. We have worked so

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economy growing, to get our people into work, to see living standards

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rise, leaving the EU could put so much of that at risk.

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But on the conference fringe, the alternative view.

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I think that we as a country should be able to make our own laws and

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control our own borders, which we can't do while we are in the

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European Union. Here, the Tories have a Holyrood

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election to focus on, College lecturers across Scotland

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are to go on strike. They've voted overwhelmingly

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for action in a long-running Their union says there will be

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a national one-day strike the week after next and that the action

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could quickly escalate. Here's our education

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correspondent Jamie McIvor. Well, this is a complex pay dispute

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and it is linked to the return of national pay bargaining. At issue is

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the planned 1% national pay rise along with the differences between

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what lecturers earn an different colleges, despite doing similar

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jobs. colleges, despite doing similar

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Lecturers' Association so they are dashed say there are discrepancies

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of thousands of pounds a year. There is going to be a one-day strike on

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Thursday but the dispute could escalate quickly if the dispute is

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not resolved. There could be one escalate quickly if the dispute is

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strike a week every day escalate quickly if the dispute is

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Easter holidays. This could become a major issue in the run-up to the

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elections. There has been a shake-up in this area in

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elections. There has been a shake-up have been cut and there are a large

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number of cuts in the number of part-time students. These are

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controversial issues for some in part-time students. These are

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sector and we expect to hear them raised on strike today although the

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disputed Saab is strictly over pay. The body that represents colleges in

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Scotland says that the pay deal is the best on offer in the current

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difficult financial circumstances. The Scottish Government says that a

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strike would be in nobody's interest and it calls on both sides to get

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together to find a solution. The operators of Inverness Airport

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have announced plans for a ?900,000 The investment will almost double

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the size of the departure lounge, and create a new arrivals hall

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for international passengers. The airport has seen

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a steady increase in flights to and from other European cities,

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and wants to maintain that growth. Demolition on the St James centre

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in Edinburgh will begin in May. of an ?850 million retail,

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restaurant, hotel, housing Edinburgh Council is setting up

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a special squad to tackle It is to spend ?180,000

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on an intensive programme of repairs It is a full-time job,

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but a temporary solution. These teams are out

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with a quick fix to a problem For regular users, the state

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of the roads is a constant concern. One minute you are

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driving and the next minute, Then you are driving away,

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so you don't really take heed I ride a bicycle in

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town a lot, and there are a lot of serious potholes that

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could really crush a wheel. One of the most rattling

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rides I have had Up and down the country,

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it seems the streets Here in Edinburgh,

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councils acknowledge there has been an increase this

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year, which is why they have set up The council says it will also invest

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in permanent repairs We are looking at rolling out

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a new surface, so we can do more roads and it means they will not get

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into that condition. We are looking at a particular

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problem at bus stops and reinforcing bus stops in certain areas

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with heavy numbers of buses We are looking at every way

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we can to prevent us getting to the situation

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where the roads are in It is also encouraging residents

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to report defects Cyclists want

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a long-term improvement. Riding to work should be

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pleasant and enjoyable, but going with the potholes,

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it is rough and not as safe, because you have to

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keep avoiding them. If you go into them,

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you might come off. In Edinburgh, the council say

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that the pothole patrol is part of a ?50 million

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investment in the roads. Rugby now - and in tonight's Pro12

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match Edinburgh were unlucky not to capitalise after a Hidalgo-Clyne

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kick in the 69th minute took -- they add a fifth place -- the

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fifth suicide and a bonus point. Let's get the weather

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outlook for the weekend The weather front is still in place.

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North of the border, we are in this north, north-easterly airflow which

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will drive wintry air flows into eastern Scotland. Increasingly

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wintry into low levels. We could see some significant at the relations of

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a high-level roads particularly from Murray and Aberdeenshire. But also

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the Highlands and the Lothians. There could be a frost and tricky

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conditions on the road first thing. But a fine weather for western

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Scotland. A a dry, bright start and spells of sunshine. Cloud building

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up as the day goes on. If similar story from Northern Ireland, western

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England and Wales. But for other parts, a different story, cloudy

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with frequent showers which are given in on brisk northerly winds.

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Across the country, those wins were lent a chilly feel tomorrow. Even in

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the sunshine, temperatures only five or 63 is at best. Tomorrow evening,

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that weather front -- five or 6 or 63 is at best. Tomorrow evening,

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degrees. North of the border, it becomes mainly dry and high pressure

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builds on from the West. It cold night and the widespread frost

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taking us into Sunday. Sunday is a cracking day. Some wintry showers

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for the Northern Isles and the Highlands, Murray and Aberdeenshire,

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and perhaps some coming into the Highlands, Murray and Aberdeenshire,

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East Coast, but most places will be dry and bright with sunshine. Light

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winds. On Monday, we are so pulling in air from the Arctic, so it is

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cold, but still drive. From the late team here

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in Glasgow and around

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