14/03/2016 Reporting Scotland


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the rest of us? Join me now on BBC Two, 11pm in Scotland.

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Here on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.

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Plans to half air passenger duty on flights from Scotland have been

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Ministers say it will encourage more direct links

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But environmental groups say the change would increase carbon

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Here's our political correspondent, Glenn Campbell.

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Edinburgh airport has grown to become the busiest in Scotland, with

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out big cuts in air passenger duty. Everybody says, you are growing and

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it is fine. He cannot have too much success. We need to get the lines

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here and connect Scotland to the rest of the world and then we can

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take advantage of that. If the passenger duty is halved, a study

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has suggested the Scottish economy could receive a boost. That would

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generate far more van would be lost in tax revenues. Ministers are

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consulting on plans to make that cut over three years between April 2018,

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if the wind the Holyrood election. We want to reduce the passenger duty

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with the objective of improving the economic performance of Scotland,

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creating employment within Scotland. Labour does not support a cut in

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duty. We think it is the wrong cut at the wrong time. It will benefit

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the wealthiest people and want to benefit those who are struggling to

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make ends meet. Environmental campaigners are also against. A

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transport is the highest place for campaigners are also against. A

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transmissions of climate emissions. If you cut the taxes then more

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people will be flying and more emissions and that is bad for the

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environment. More efficient planes are helping to offset the emissions

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caused by traffic growth. EasyJet are helping to offset the emissions

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says it intends to carry 1.5 million passengers per year to and from

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Scotland if duty is halved. That makes English airports envious. The

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Scottish Government are firming makes English airports envious. The

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on their plans. What we are doing is giving Scotland a

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on their plans. What we are doing is their competitors are places like

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the north-east. We want a level playing field. When you fly from a

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UK airport, duty adds ?73 to a long haul flight. It seems a cut would

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influence the plans of some Scottish travel lawyers. -- travellers. I do

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not think I would go there again. That would be great news. There does

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seem to be, should I say and unfairness that flights that are

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cheaper if you are travelling from Manchester or from London? Take the

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easier flight than need more expensive flight. The changes in

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Scotland are still two years away, after the tax is devolved. The

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Chancellor has exempted under 16 's anti-could choose to make further UK

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wide changes to the tax in this week's budget.

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The Health and Safety Executive is liaising with police over

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the deaths of twin brothers who drowned in a fish tank

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Rhys and Shaun Scott, who were two years old,

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It's understood the family rented the property from a man who'd run

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a business from there, selling ornamental koi carp.

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The Executive can prosecute landlords if tenants have been

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Universities will have to take in a fifth of their students

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from the most deprived parts of Scotland by 2030.

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That's the target set by the Scottish government

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in response to a major report on widening access

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But as our education correspondent Jamie McIvor reports,

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helping more young people from disadvantaged areas get

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Gary Patterson never expected to end up in university. He grew up in a

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deprived area and left school at 16. Now, ten years on, he is president

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of the student union. Growing up in a socially deprived environment it

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is not something that you think of. I think that's a shame. The Scottish

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Government said helping more people to overcome barriers is the

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priority. The Government is setting new targets or universities will

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have to get more students from disadvantaged areas. By the time

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these youngsters are grown up, it will be one in five. We want to make

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further and faster progress in widening access because it is not

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just the right thing to do but it is the smart thing to do to tap into

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all talents. We have to recognise that all the talent and the young

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people that we have, that talent exists in every community in

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Scotland. The targets were one recommendation made by a special

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commission. The report has taken one year to produce. Nobody is

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pretending they are easy answers. One is addressing misconceptions of

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who goes to university. People do want this to happen but we do not

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know how to do it. We know a lot now about how this could be done. One

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suggestion is a special commissioner to it make sure there is progress.

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Pupils also have to work hard to make sure they get to university.

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These girls hope they will be the first and their families to get in.

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When I was younger that there was nothing that made me want to go. It

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was just the opportunities that it would bring, like the opportunities

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of employment. Nobody would pretend that helping young people to fulfil

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their potential is a good game but the Government is questioning

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whether it is helping it. It comes out at a time when we have seen half

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?1 billion of cuts to schools and services. Back at Strathclyde

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University, Gary uses his story to help others. Widening access is a

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long-term, complex problem. A lorry has overturned prompting

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the closure of part of the M8 motorway between

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Edinburgh and Glasgow. Police Scotland said

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the incident happened The westbound carriageway was closed

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with diversions in place. It's almost three months since homes

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and businesses in the Aberdeenshire town of Ballater were damaged

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by severe flooding. Today a sign that things

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are returning to normal with the reopening of the first shop

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in the flooded High Street. But as John McManus reports there's

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still concern about the way one insurance firm has been

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dealing with claims. This is an institution on Deeside,

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even the Queen orders her meet here. It was closed in the floods. Now it

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is leading Ballater's revival. The thing is, we got in here early and

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got things dried out. We did a refit in a few years ago and there were

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plans for the refit. We were straight to them. Down the street,

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other shops are rushing to get ready straight to them. Down the street,

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for the two wrist season. This is the heart of Ballater and it is

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slowly returning to normal. Like today, it is hard to feel

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enthusiastic for the future. It is a long time since the flooding. If you

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weeks ago Karen told us how her insurance policy was voided but she

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is still fighting. They have been in contact and giving us lots of good

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advice and communications with them. They are helping us as much as they

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can. It has been very tough. I do not sleep very well. Every night you

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go to bed and there is something else to think about. Around the

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coroner David has been renovating his hands himself after his

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insurance firm voided his policy. I am waiting to bite the bullet and

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think this was a disaster. This was flooding from two kilometres away,

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not from my neighbour. Everything came down and went towards. Even

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during the height of the flood, the water level here was higher than in

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the river. Some have gone to the reverend David Bara. There are about

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ten families that I know of and the range from old people to people with

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children and everything in between. Emotional and people are resilient

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but it is taking their toll to be told you are getting nothing. I do

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not care if the hear this from me because, do you know what? My boss

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is bigger than anyone else's boss and I hope they have a good look at

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themselves. I hope they do. We asked them for the side of the story but

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they said they would not discuss details with the media.

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The firm which operated the helicopter that crashed

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into the Clutha pub in Glasgow has had its contract renewed by Police

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The seven-year deal with Bond Air Services includes

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a helicopter fitted with a cockpit voice and flight data recorder.

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Ten people died and 32 people were injured after the helicopter

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crashed into the roof of the Clutha pub in November 2013.

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No black-box recorder was fitted to that aircraft.

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Police Scotland is investigating reports of historical abuse

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The private school is one of the most exclusive in Scotland.

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Its former pupils include Tony Blair and Sir David Murray.

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A spokeswoman for the college says it has co-operated fully

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Britain's most decorated Olympian says the commitment shown

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by the Scottish Government and Sportscotland is helping ensure

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a lasting legacy from Glasgow's Commonwealth Games.

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Sir Chris Hoy visited Drumchapel Sports Centre

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in the city, lending his support to community sports hubs.

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There are 153 of them, and ?6 million will be

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invested over 4 years in the hope of increasing that number.

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The more people who are participating in sport, there is

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more chance of someone being an Olympian champion, is Scotland

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champion, who knows? That is the exciting thing. That is not what it

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is about, it is about participation and enjoyment. If we create an

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Olympian of the back of it, even better.

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Well, let's get the weather from Judith.

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It was a beautiful day across Scotland. Quite a contrast in

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temperatures. A warm 16 Celsius towards the west and eight along the

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east coast. It is staying with us towards the west and eight along the

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over the next few days. Tonight it stays dry with clearing skies and a

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touch of frost integral parts. We will start to see hard drifting in

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by the time we reach tomorrow morning. It starts off dry tomorrow

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with grey skies. It may be some frost across rural parts. Cold first

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thing with four Celsius in towns and cities but in rural parts close to

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freezing. Those grey skies in the Northern Isles. The rest of the day

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fears well. Sunny spells across western Scotland and clouds in the

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east. Some will be pushing through the lowlands by the end of the

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afternoon. A lovely end towards the end of the day. Brightening up

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around the Norfolk coast towards the south-east. Cool along the east

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itself. Tomorrow, apart from the east coast where it will stay cool,

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the highest temperatures across Scotland. Possibly the highest of

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this year so far. Widely up to 14 or 15 Celsius in the west. The rest of

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the day will be good in the west. High-pressure in charge of our

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weather right through the working week. Easterly breeze starts to

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bring in more cloud across the country. By Wednesday a cloudy

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start. Still plenty of sunshine in the west. There is your forecast.

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Our next update is during Breakfast at 6.25 tomorrow morning.

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But from everyone on the late team here in Glasgow and around

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So this is where you sleep every night? Yes. Hm.

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