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revenues contributes to a ?15 billion hole

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"Nothing will give us back what has been taken."

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The mother of Bailey Gwynne has spoken after the outcome

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The so-called police spying row: one of Scotland's most senior officers

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is accused by a detective of making false claims about him.

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In the Premiership, it's even tighter at the top.

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Aberdeen celebrate getting within a point of Celtic.

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And could Cumbernauld become Scotland's answer to Hollywood?

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New plans for a purpose-built film studio are drawn up

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The huge drop in oil revenues has contributed to Scotland's budget

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deficit, reaching almost ?15 billion, according

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The slump in the oil price means the country's overall tax take

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per head lags marginally behind the UK, for the first time

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Ministers insist Scotland's economy remains fundamentally strong.

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But the opposition says there would have been big

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spending cuts if Scots had opted for independence.

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Our Political Editor Brian Taylor reports.

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The slump in oil prices means lower tax revenues, and has now worked

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through to Scotland's balance sheet. We are talking here about 2014-15.

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In that financial year, it is reckoned that Scotland's share of

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North Sea all revenues was ?1.8 billion, down from nearly ?4 billion

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the previous year, a reduction of 55%. Scottish ministers visit a

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high-tech site in Edinburgh, and stressed that Scotland's wider

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economy is growing on the compensating for the problems in the

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North Sea. But they admit the figures are challenging. There is no

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getting away from the fact that this is a difficult time for the North

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Sea oil and gas sector. But Scotland's economy is strong, and if

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you look over the medium term, that strength is obvious. If you look at

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our higher employment and higher productivity growth, that strength

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is obvious as well. Scotland's deficit is ?15 billion, twice the UK

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level as a share of the economy. Total Scottish spending remains

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?1400 per person higher than for the UK as a whole. But Scotland's

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overall tax take per head, including oil, is now fractionally lower than

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overall tax take per head, including the UK for the first time in 36

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years. According to the Prime Minister, it didn't add up. I dread

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to think what taxation will have to be levied not just on whiskey, but

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on petrol, on work, on incomes and homes. That is the prospect of life

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outside the United Kingdom and that is why I am glad we voted to stay

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together. The oil revenue figures may be worse in the current

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financial year. Nicola Sturgeon's economic credibility has been

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smashed to smithereens. It is not that she got the projection is

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wrong. Lots of people got it wrong. It's the fact that she recklessly

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recommended that Scotland should vote yes to independence. These are

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devastating figures, which showed the impact that leaving the UK would

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have had on Scotland. It means cuts five times as deep as what the

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Tories are already imposing. But Scottish ministers say North Sea oil

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has sent a total of ?300 billion to the Treasury without any oil fund

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being established in Scotland. They have urged the Chancellor to insist

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the industry in his forthcoming Budget.

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And Brian Taylor joins me now from Hollywood. News tonight that the

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government got one of its key figures wrong? This is the document

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here, government spending and revenue for Scotland. It is a

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fetching shade of blue, but has caused some red faces in the

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Scottish Government tonight. They got one of the table is wrong. It is

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Aten if you want to look it up. The figures are generally expressed

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through a financial year, 2013 - 14 and so on, but the IMF and other

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organisations like them in calendar years, so they translated them over

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to the calendar years for that table. They got their sums wrong and

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the read-through didn't work and they have had to correct them in the

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online version. It doesn't change the headline figures and it doesn't

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change the headline story or the impact upon the figures. To use the

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First Minister's phrase, they are difficult.

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Ministers have granted legal aid to the families of victims

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of the Glasgow bin lorry crash who are trying to bring a private

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Six people died when the lorry ran out of control in the city centre

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Among them were Jack and Lorraine Sweeney

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and their granddaughter Erin McQuade.

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Their families want the driver Harry Clarke to be prosecuted,

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after an inquiry found the crash could have been avoided if he hadn't

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Mr Clarke will also to receive legal aid.

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Judges at the High Court in Edinburgh are still to decide

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whether the prosecution can go ahead.

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A murder squad detective has accused one of Police Scotland's most senior

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officers of making "outrageous and completely false" claims

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Detective Inspector David Moran says the deputy chief constable,

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Neil Richardson, is guilty of "misconduct"

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for wrongly identifying him as the source of a newspaper leak.

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The force says it's reviewing the allegations.

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Here's our political correspondent, Glenn Campbell.

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The unsolved murder of a Coldwell in South Lanarkshire is being

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re-examined by detectives. When the Sunday mail revealed details of the

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investigation on the 10th anniversary of the case, Police

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Scotland suspected a leak. They tried to identify the source by

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monitoring the communications of four serving and retired officers

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without a judge's consent. The force breached guidelines. MSPs asked one

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of Police Scotland's most senior officers to explain their leaking

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quarry. There was a breach from a murder inquiry involving a police

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officer to a retired police officer. And the focus was on the serving

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officer within the murder squad. Detective Inspector David Moran

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thinks that comment points the finger at him, because he believes

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he is the only officer on the murder squad to have been targeted by

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Police Scotland's leak inquiry. So, in a letter to the Justice

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committee, DI Moran says he has been falsely exposed, his reputation

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severely scarred and that the Deputy Chief Constable may be give tea of

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misconduct as a result. Mr Moran's lawyer is pursuing his complaint. He

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has a 32 year reputation as an outstanding officer which is at

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stake. And if there is a basis for suspicion, which there isn't, he is

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asking for that to be declared. Tonight, Police Scotland said the

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matter has been referred to the Scottish police authority, which it

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said is normal when a complaint is received about a senior officer.

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The family of 16-year-old Bailey Gwynne, who was stabbed

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to death at Cults Academy in Aberdeen last October,

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have released a statement about their son.

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Bailey died after a fight with another 16-year-old boy,

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who was found guilty of his culpable homicide at the High Court

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Our reporter Steven Duff is at Cults Academy tonight.

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What are Bailey's family saying, Steven?

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The this statement comes 48 hours after the culpable homicide verdict

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at the High Court in Aberdeen, quite a lengthy statement, paid tribute to

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Bailey. It ends, we will always be proud that Bailey is our son. We now

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need time and space to come to terms with what has happened. It has

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always been a blessing and privileged to have Bailey and to

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share the honour of knowing, raising and loving him. That is not

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something that time or our parting will ever change. It ends, Bailey, a

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true gent, we love and hold you in our hearts. Walk tall, Bailey boy.

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And that is from Bailey's mum. Have we heard anything from Aberdeen

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Council about the circumstances surrounding the stabbing? They

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haven't and cert questions or being giving any interviews about the

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circumstances of what happened here giving any interviews about the

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last October. They did put a statement on their website last

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night with questions they say they have been asked and some cancers.

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But they say they don't want to go further because it could infringe

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upon an independent review that is to be carried out. No one questioned

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the statement did not answer is why the headteacher at Cults Academy had

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the statement did not answer is why to warn the killer of Bailey

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-- Bailey Gwynne about the danger of having knives at school when he was

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in the first and second year. We have still not had an answer to that

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or the importance of what the answer to that is.

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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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We look at the work of the Scottish soldiers who protect military

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Do Aberdeen have the mental toughness

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And the bleached blonde Scotland rugby player of 10 years ago,

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With the 20th anniversary of the Dunblane massacre

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approaching, a BBC documentary team has been talking to some

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of the people affected by the atrocity.

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As Reevel Alderson reports, for some, it's the first time

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they've ever spoken about what happened that day.

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In Dunblane, the morning of Wednesday March the 13th, 1996, was

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cold and crisp. At the school, snowdrops poked through a scattering

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of snow on the ground. Reports are coming in that one person is dead

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and several people have been injured after a shooting incident at

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Dunblane primary School in Scotland. Around 9.30, Thomas Hamilton,

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carrying four handguns and more than 700 ammunition cartridges, had

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entered the school gym hall. He killed 16 primary one children and

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entered the school gym hall. He their teacher before turning the gun

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on himself. Few survivors of that terrible day have spoken publicly

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about it, but tonight a BBC Scotland documentary hears from some who were

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in the PE class. I just remember my legs turned to jelly and falling to

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the floor. And then dragging myself to the gym cupboard. There were

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other people there. Three adults in the gym were shot. The class teacher

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was killed. Her daughter Debbie spoke to the programme. She had

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defensive wounds through her wrists. She would have been the first person

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killed, so she would not have seen anything else. The emergency

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services were called at 9.41. Hamilton had just killed himself.

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The air was thick with smoke, the smell of cordite. And there was a

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group of children standing. The smell of cordite. And there was a

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first thing we were able to do was get them out of there. One of the

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injured survivors was Matthew Burnley, who was taken to style and

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Royal Infirmary, where a surgeon gave his parents the news they were

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praying for all stop the first thing he said to us was, you are bad and

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you are Steve. Matthew has a little sister and his favourite food is

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baked beans. And to be honest, that is the first thing he could have

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said to us, because we knew he hadn't been shot so seriously that

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he couldn't talk. There was a national outpouring of grief over

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the disaster, but just over a week later, Dunblane primary school

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the disaster, but just over a week reopened to help the community and

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the pupils return to a form of normality. This has been a long,

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the pupils return to a form of dark week, full of tears. Dunblane

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is still in mourning. However, the evil that came last week is gone.

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Within two years following a nationwide campaign, laws had

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changed give Britain some of the toughest anti-gun legislation in the

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world, the legacy of Dunblane. And you can see that documentary,

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Dunblane: Our Story, tonight on BBC One

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Scotland at 9 o'clock. The UK Government has been defeated

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in the House of Commons over its plans to extend Sunday

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opening hours in England and Wales. The SNP has joined Tory rebels

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to vote against the proposals, which would have allowed local

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authorities to decide whether larger Our correspondent David Porter

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is at Westminster for us tonight. Why did the SNP vote the way they

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did? On the face of it, it does seem Why did the SNP vote the way they

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a little strange that the SNP is intervening in

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legislation which technically just applies to England and Wales.

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Scotland, of course, has Sunday trading laws which are far more

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relaxed. Stores can open for longer than they can in England and Wales.

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Also, workers in Scotland, many of them get so-called enhanced payments

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for that. The SNP say they were worried that if the laws were

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relaxed throughout the UK, that those premium payments may no longer

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continue for Scottish workers, so they argued that they were looking

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after the rights of Scottish workers. Also politically important

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in the decision that the SNP made with the upcoming Holyrood

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in the decision that the SNP made elections. They were worried that if

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they voted for these proposals or abstained, that the Labour Party

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would say the SNP was propping up unpopular measures by a Conservative

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government. That could have played very badly in

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the upcoming Holyrood elections. In the end, the SNP voted with

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Labour. The government were defeated by 31 votes. There is a block of

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more than 50 SNP MPs in Westminster. If they had abstained, ministers

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would be celebrating tonight with a very small victory. Instead, UK

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investors are licking their wounds. The friend of a man who died

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following an incident while they were both

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camping in Renfrewshire has appeared in court

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charged with his murder. William Cameron,

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who is 37, is charged with killing 43-year-old

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Darryl Fitch at Locher Water near Bridge of Weir

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in July last year. Prosecutors allege he hit

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Mr Fitch on the head, At Paisley Sheriff Court,

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Mr Cameron made no plea or declaration, and was

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remanded in custody. They're called Guardian Angels,

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soldiers who stand guard over military trainers

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working in Afghanistan. In the second

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of our reports has been with the Scots troops

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deployed at a training centre British soldiers first looked at

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over Kabul from the Hindu area in the 1800 's, now they look down on

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the new officer training academy for the Afghan army, nicknamed Sandhurst

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in the sand. How are you? I'm fine, how are you. The Academy is three

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years old and still heavily reliant on international aid. See if you can

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tell me what the parts are on the computer. At the back, the so-called

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Guardian Angels, their main role to prevent what the military call green

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and blue attacks on Afghan soldiers turn on Nato soldiers. The Academy

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is seen as Britain's legacy from a campaign that lasted 13 years and

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cost more than 450 British lives. I'm optimistic that over time we

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will produce a high-quality armed force, particularly the Army side

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will produce a high-quality armed it yet it will take time. The

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commanding officer says a long-term commitment to the Academy is vital

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for its success. TRANSLATION: We need some mentors to be in this

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academy with us so we can use the experience and they can share their

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experience with us so we can take this Academy and also the training

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academy for what. The battalion last served in Afghanistan in November 20

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13. For some this is their first tour, for others a chance to see if

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anything has changed. Is the fourth to offer the unit, the dust is

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settling so it's just maintaining the security that we are doing. In

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seven years I've seen it changed radically. It's changed to the

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batter so I'm quite happy with that. From what the guys who have been

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before have said the country has improved massively from the role

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they played before two and they are doing now. A massive change. It's

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good to be a part of that. The tour comes to an end in a few weeks'

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time. An extradition unit is already getting ready to take over and

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another after that. The Americans have extended their operations in

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Afghanistan, no decision has been made yet on when Britain will end

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its operations here. Cameron Buttle, in Kabul.

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Let's get tonight's sport now, from David.

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Tension mounting at the top of the Premiership, David.

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The Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes says it's ridiculous to question

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whether his team have the character to last the pace in the Premiership

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They've narrowed Celtic's lead at the top to one point,

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after coming from a goal down to win at Partick Thistle last night.

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Does the team in black and white have the mental toughness to win the

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premiership? To speak bluntly, do Aberdeen have the bottle? Consider

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this, won goal down a way to Partick Thistle, then this happens. , Ted

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Mack it big boost, Considine scoring, and Church has found the

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net one minutes later, Aberdeen have gone from potentially suffering a

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damaging blow to their hopes of taking the title from Celtic to

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leading this game. It is ridiculous to question the bottle of my team

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because for almost three seasons we've had enough big games that we

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because for almost three seasons have won when the pressure has been

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on. Has a great attitude. It is not always down to bottle, sometimes

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that word is used when a team fails. I think its character, a winning

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mentality. Clearly the pressure has switched to Celtic because in the

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eyes of their fans and also for Celtic themselves, the job should

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almost have been done by now. Aberdeen may have the spirit and

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character for the title run-in, Celtic have a 1-point lead and a

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game in hand. The question is perhaps how they will stand up to

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the challenge from the dons. And there is more premiership action

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tonight. Sixth versus ninth Fort Saint Johnstone busting Inverness.

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-- hosting Inverness. One of Scotland's most capped-ever

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rugby players says it's up to others to call time on his international

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rugby career Sean Lamont could make his 104th

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appearance for the national side this weekend against France

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in a fixture that stands out for him He has altered his appearance in his

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career, yet his dedication to the national team remains constant.

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2006, the last time Scotland beat France helped by two tries from

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striking individual. COMMENTATOR: Sean Lamont has two score! It's not

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bad to bag a brace, one was poached, if I remember, the head got me

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noticed. It's worse for some people! He has been an almost permanent

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fixture in the Scotland squad since he made his debut 12 years ago. Only

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Chris Paterson boasts more caps. And his influence has helped both on and

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off the park. Over 100 caps speaks for itself, Sean has probably been

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written off in the past and has always come back stronger and he's a

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great professional and a great role model within the squad. At the age

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of 35 Sean Lamont says self that time is ticking on his international

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career so if involved on Sunday, could be the last time we see him in

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a Scotland shirt at Murrayfield? Just having that conversation with

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my Mrs yesterday, could be the last time at Murrayfield, I said, I'll

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keep going. I've said that all the time, I stand by it. I will become

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surplus to requirements rather than retire! If this is to be his last

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hurrah at Murrayfield and a repeat of his performance one decade ago it

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hurrah at Murrayfield and a repeat would be a fitting finale.

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Meanwhile, there's been disappointing injury news

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for Scotland centre Matt Scott.

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He damaged elbow ligaments playing for Edinburgh at the weekend and has

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been ruled out of the rest of Scotland's Six Nations campaign.

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And Leon Smith says it's a huge honour to have his contract

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as British Davis Cup captain extended until 2018.

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The Scot's been in the job since 2010 and unsurprisingly,

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his highlight was leading Great Britain

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to their first Davis Cup title in 79 years by beating Belgium

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Congratulations to him, that's Sally?

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Scotland could have a new permanent film and TV studio, based

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The Culture Secretary confirmed details of the project this morning.

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It would build on existing studio space used by the TV

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Our arts correspondent Pauline McLean reports.

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Scotland has always offered good locations for film makers. This was

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Sunset Song in Aberdeen but studio has taken longer. This latest plan

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would build on an existing complex in Cumbernauld created for the

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American TV series Outlander. We bought the facility in 2013 with a

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view to manufacturing parts for trucks and buses but within two

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weeks we had an approach from Creative Scotland, would we talk to

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Sony pictures? We did and the rest is history. Two seasons of the show

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have been made, a decision on a third has yet to be taken yet

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whether they stay or go the plan is to expand and the facilities, adding

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two more sound stages and a back lot. What is exciting about the

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proposal is that we would add some fantastic infrastructure, 30,000

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square feet, high which would house just about any global production in

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Scotland. For those who have argued that Scotland needs to offer studio

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facilities as well as locations, a welcome start but more is needed.

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The project will support Outlander and will probably be used for the

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next ten years by Sony and by Left Back and other film productions

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coming in one see that. We need other studio space that will serve

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high end television getting made, and serve the big budgets. Plans

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like this private development which the government insists is still

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under consideration. It hopes the Ward Plans due to be submitted this

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week are just part of a wider studio deferment. Pauline McLean,

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programmer. -- programme macro. Now, here's Shelley Joffre,

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to tell us about tonight's edition Public spending was ?15 billion

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higher than tax last year so what if we'd been gearing up for

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independence? And good in new TV studio boost Scotland's economy?

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Join me at 10:30pm. And after another beautiful day,

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let's get the lowdown on tomorrow's Thank you, yes, we've had fine

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weather across much of Scotland today, plenty of sunshine around as

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illustrated by one of our weather watchers here, and another in Argyll

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and Bute. However we have had cloud lingering along eastern coastal

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areas with a few showers and that is how it will stay for these areas

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tonight. These conditions will prevent temperatures from falling

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away to file. Elsewhere it is looking dry, long clear spells and

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light winds giving a fairly widespread frost, temperatures in

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the towns and cities fallen to around freezing and that bit lower

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for some sheltered rural areas. As we head into tomorrow, high pressure

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will dominate proceedings, keeping weather settled and keeping us

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will dominate proceedings, keeping largely dry. Again lovely spells of

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sunshine developing as we go through the day after a fairly cold and

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frosty start with some mist and fog patches. A couple of flies in the

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ointment again, in the form of thick cloud across the borders tomorrow

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afternoon with a few showers and cloud beginning to thicken along

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West or coastal areas across the Western Isles to perhaps some drops

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of rain. Elsewhere, though, it's looking dry, bright, plenty of

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sunshine around again, highs of potentially 10 Celsius along the

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coast with light winds in the sunshine here, it will feel quite

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pleasant. As we head into tomorrow evening, cloud thickening and

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gradually moving further inland, light and patchy rain moving into

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the north-west. Drier and clearer for southern and eastern areas,

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perhaps with a touch of Frost. For Friday it will be cloudier overall,

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perhaps some bright spells, especially in the east with highs of

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ten or 11 Celsius, cloudy and wet conditions for Western and northern

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areas, similar on Saturday with rain in the north-west, highs of 12 or 13

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Celsius. That is the forecast. Thank you.

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Now, a reminder of tonight's main news...

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The huge drop in oil revenues has contributed to Scotland's budget

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deficit reaching almost ?15 billion, according

:27:23.:27:23.

And Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have led tributes

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to Sir George Martin, the man known

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And that's all from Reporting Scotland for now.

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I'll be back with the headlines at eight and the late bulletin just

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From everyone on the team around the country, have

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