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Tonight on Reporting Scotland: A Bradford man appears in court

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charged with the murder of Glasgow shopkeeper Asad Shah,

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in what police described as a religiously prejudiced attack.

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Inspections are being carried out at schools across Scotland built

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by one contractor after the collapse of a wall at an Edinburgh primary

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North Sea oil rig hadn't been checked for over thirty years.

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Also on the programme: Training's over, now it's time for action

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as Scotland get set to take on Denmark at Hampden.

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And Andy Murray gets beaten, and so does his racket,

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And, a band of amateur actors are joining the Royal Shakespeare

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Company to play a band of amateur actors in a Midsummer's Night Dream.

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A man has appeared in court charged with last week's murder of Glasgow

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32-year-old Tanveer Ahmed from Bradford is accused

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of the killing, which police describe

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as a "religiously prejudiced attack".

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These pictures show Asad Shah working in his shop last August. A

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business he had run for many years. On Thursday night, just after nine

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o'clock, police were called. They found Asad Shah lying in the street

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not far from his shop. He had been stabbed. He was taken to hospital,

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where he was pronounced dead. Just hours before he was stabbed, he had

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posted a message on Facebook wishing a Good Friday and a very happy

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Easter, especially, he said, to my beloved Christian nation. He was a

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Muslim. A very small group within Scotland's Muslim community, making

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up less than 1% of Scots Muslims. This is where he worshipped. Police

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said during the investigation, they were treating his death is

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religiously prejudiced, and that the man who had been arrested was

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Muslim. Today that man was named as 32-year-old Tanveer Ahmed from

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Bradford. He appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court where he was charged

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with Mr Shah's murder. He made no plea and was remanded in custody,

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and he is expected to appear in court again next week. A car inside

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the police cordon was registered to the taxi at Uber and registered with

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Glasgow City Council. A sea the taxi at Uber and registered with

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tributes has been left to Mr Shah from his customers. Almost ?100,000

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has been raised to him and his family.

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BBC Scotland has learned that inspections are being carried out

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at schools across the country following the collapse of a wall

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at an Edinburgh primary earlier this year.

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Described as "a precautionary measure", the fresh surveys -

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in Glasgow, Fife and Inverclyde - centre on construction work done

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by one company as part of controversial private finance deals.

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With pupils enjoying their used a fortnight, work continues to rebuild

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the outer wall of Oxton is primary. It collapsed in January, storm

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Gertrude exploding flaws in the wall's original construction.

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Completed a decade ago, the school was one of 17 in Edinburgh built or

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refurbished following a deal between the council and a private finance

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consortium. When the wall collapsed, inspections revealed similar

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problems at three others, built around the same time by Miller

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Construction. These issues are related to the construction

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techniques. I don't think it is a contractual issue. Four schools were

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temporarily closed, leaving families like the he needs to make the best

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of temporary new arrangements. It is something of which we were quite

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shocked, because as you can see from looking at the place, it looks like

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a new school, and it should be a safe environment for the children to

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learn in. Edinburgh's PPP digit one deal so I private consortium build

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and manage schools as part of a deal, and manage schools elsewhere

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and manage schools as part of a in Scotland. Glasgow's private

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finance deal first managing and building schools was worth three

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times as much as Edinburgh's, involving 29 secondaries and one

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primary. Once again, this construction group played a part, so

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Glasgow City Council say their PPP contract will carry out surveys at

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all of the schools built by the company, described in number as a

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handful. Miller construction used a standard technique throughout the

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country, we were told. Two years ago they were bought over by another

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building firm. When asked, the new owners reveal they have also

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contacted the clients of PPP schools built by Miller construction in

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Inverclyde and in Fife, where the council say building inspections are

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being carried out during the Easter holidays. In a statement, the

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company stressed they are not aware of any defects, describing the

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actions as a precautionary measure. Back in Edinburgh, Brian Heaney has

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been assured his daughter's School will be ready to be open in time for

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the new term. In the meantime, the questions he and other parents have

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had about school safety are now echoing more widely.

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The Greens have set out the most radical income tax plans of any

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Holyrood party, including a new 60p top rate of tax.

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That's higher than Labour's 50p proposal, which has been rejected

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by the SNP, who fear it could reduce the overall tax take.

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Here's our political correspondent, Glenn Campbell.

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One, two, three, go! As we count down to election day, the Greens are

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aiming to win more votes, with plans to tax the rich more and the poor

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less. They want new income rate and bands that reduces the tax paid by

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those earning below ?26,500. They want to hire 43p rate above ?43,000,

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and a new 60p top rate on earnings above 150,000. Is it OK to make lots

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of money? It is important that as a successful ascites we sure that the

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wealth of -- as a successful society, we ensure that the wealth

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of society benefits all of us rather than being hoarded by a tiny number

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of high-income people. In her first election as Labour leader, Kezia

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Dugdale favours higher taxes for the better off. Together we stand with

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the simple message, it doesn't have to be this way. Faced with the

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choice of using the powers of the parliament passing on Tory cuts, we

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choice of using the powers of the stand to use the powers, the SNP

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stand to pass on the cuts. Labour want to put a penny on all rates,

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bringing a new 50p top rate on earnings over ?150,000. The Liberal

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Democrats also want an extra penny on all existing rates. That is bound

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to be popular, they think, as long as the revenue raised is wisely

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spent. We want to guarantee investment in our children's future

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in education, it is a guaranteed way to guarantee our future. The SNP

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wants to freeze existing rates and to cancel the UK increase in the

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threshold for paying higher rate tax to protect revenue. The SNP leader

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has rejected a 50p top rate for now, arguing that unless we are careful,

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the highest earners will move elsewhere. I won't put forward

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proposals for tax increases that independent analysis says might risk

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a revenue, so we will continue to take balanced decisions in the

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interests of our economy, public services and households across the

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country. The Conservatives want tax in Scotland no higher than in the

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rest of the UK, with lower rates when finances allow. For now, the

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Tory story is to dine out on leaving tax alone. We need to encourage

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investment, growth, encourage people to come here and build here, we

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don't want high taxes putting off. Five parties, five leaders, five

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different tax takes, five more to go. -- five more weeks to go.

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And Glenn joins us now from Edinburgh.

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Glenn, the party leaders go head-to-head again in another

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Yes, the stage is set for the second of three TVM counters, this one

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hosted by STV. I don't know what the audience here in Edinburgh will

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choose to ask, but I would be surprised if tax didn't come up when

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the party leaders cross-examine one another, that will be the

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centrepiece for tonight's two-hour debate. Why so much focus on tax

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credit because for next year, for the first time, Hollywood will be in

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charge of setting all income tax rate and bands in Scotland, and MSP

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Rumack will also have new scare -- powers worth more than ?2.5 billion

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over welfare, in addition to the existing powers. At this election,

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the parties have competing plans for reform or replacement of the council

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tax as well, so plenty for the five leaders to talk about tonight.

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And Scotland 2016's also hosting a series of Election debates.

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On Tuesday, our first debate will be on the hot topic of tax. It is your

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chance to grill the politicians, if you would like to be part of the

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studio audience, please e-mail us: You're watching Reporting

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Scotland from the BBC. Still to come on

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tonight's programme: The amateur actors who are taking

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to the stage with the Shakespeare And in sport, two players

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are handed their Scotland debuts We'll bring you the starting line-up

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plus the thoughts of a former And the mystery surrounding Mauresmo

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- why was Andy Murray's coach not sitting with the rest

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of Team Murray in Miami? A gas leak on a North Sea platform

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was caused by a "catastrophic" failure of pipework which had not

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been properly inspected for more That's the conclusion of a Health

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and Safety investigation into what happened on Marathon Oil's

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Brae Alpha platform last Boxing Day. Workers described the aftermath

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as looking "like a bombsite". Our reporter Steven Duff

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is in Aberdeen tonight. The Health and Safety Executive not

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mincing its words in its report into what happened on the Brae Alpha, but

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155 miles east of where we are in Aberdeen. A catastrophic failure of

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pipe works cause significant damage, and according to the HSC, this posed

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a real, unacceptable, risk of serious injury through fire or

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explosion to those on board. And perhaps just as seriously, the HSC

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also found that the pipe involved had not been inspected for more than

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30 years, in fact since 1983, when the Brae Alpha was commissioned, and

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that goes against the guidelines of the operator, Marathon Oil, who says

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that these pipes should have been checked at least every 12 years. The

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union representative in Aberdeen has been speaking to some of those who

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were on board at the time. It was described to me as a bomb site, a

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seven inch heavy wallpaper which had failed and caused considerable

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damage. The line one guy used was that anybody close would have been

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killed. But if it ignited, the whole platform was at risk. Marathon Oil

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says it is complying with the HSC report, and says remedial work is

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under way, but significantly, the Brae Alpha has not operated since

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Boxing Day, since the incident, so that gives an idea of how serious

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the incident was. No one was injured, but it does seem it was

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another lucky escape on a north sea platform.

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Thank you Ray much. The Scotland-wide Free Bus Travel

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Scheme for Older and Disabled People It currently costs around

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?200 million a year. So, what impact has it had

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on people's transport needs? These older passengers don't require

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any cash to use the bus because they have their national entitlement

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card. This allows them to travel free on local registered or

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scheduled long-distance bus services. It is nice to go out, take

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the bus, get the bus back home, and if I was a bit younger and fitter! I

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sometimes get the bus to Glasgow and do some shopping, and if I want to

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venture further afield, I like to go to Oban and get on the ferry over to

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mull, and you can do all this because of his bus pass. A lot of my

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generation never learned to drive, and we couldn't afford to go very

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far on a bus. Now we can go anywhere we want, and the world is opened up

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to us, Scotland is opened up to us. The free bus travel scheme for older

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and disabled people was introduced in 2006, and has been very popular.

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When the first figures became available in 2008, there were 1.1

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million cardholders, and last year that went up to 1.3 million

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cardholders. The bus companies agree that it has been a big success and

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they have been wider benefits. Every pound invested concessionary travel,

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about ?2 67 of benefits come to the passengers or supporting transport

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infrastructure. Won all the person's charity believes that the scheme is

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helping to keep people fitter for longer. Research has shown the more

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people can be engaged physically, socially, mentally, it helps their

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health, will reduce illness, disease, ultimately reducing the

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health and is a bill. There have been concerns about fraud, and the

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cost of the scheme. Currently the annual budget is around ?200

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million. But with cardholders making 150 million journeys a year, the

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scheme is very popular. A look at other stories

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from across the country... Hundreds of jobs have been

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safeguarded at Rolls Royce in Renfrewshire, after it won

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a major contract from the UK Engineering staff at the Inchinnan

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site will make parts Fish farming company Marine Harvest

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say Kyleakin on Skye is their preferred location

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for a new fish feed plant. They say the development on the site

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of an old quarry will create 55 This is very important and we are

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delighted that they have chosen this location here on Skye, and it will

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bring much industry to all of the island.

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Work has begun on two hydro schemes in Glen Affric.

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The developer Green Highland Renewables says they will produce

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enough electricity to power more than two and a half thousand homes.

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We don't want to tell anybody they won't notice the construction site,

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but the idea is that the measures we are employing throughout that

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construction phase will ensure that the long-term residual effects are

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minimal. Plans have been approved

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to transform the shipyard where the QE2 and Queen Mary

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were built into a housing John Brown's in Clydebank closed 30

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years ago and the majority of the site, known as Queens Quay,

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has been derelict for decades. A hundred years ago today a public

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meeting was held in Glasgow to establish a hospital in the west

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of Scotland for amputees returning What became the Erskine Hospital has

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since treated 85,000 ex Our arts correspondent

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Pauline McLean reports. It was originally known as the

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Princess Louise Hospital for limbless sailors and soldiers, named

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for its patron and set up in 1916, but to most people it is Erskine.

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This newly discovered archive details its beginnings and its first

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patients and it is apt it has come here to Glasgow University. The

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first connection it has is through the man who founded Erskine, and was

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also a professor at Glasgow University. The hospital system in

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the UK and Scotland couldn't cope with all of the casualties returning

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so he felt strongly Hospital should be setup to deal with these cases.

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David's father was of the first 13 patients admitted to the hospital,

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he had been seriously injured at Gallipoli and not expected to

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survive. I said to him, what did you do to your arm, dad? They put it in

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boiling tar. He said they put me on the side of the boat, this is where

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they are going to put you if you are going to die. But he didn't die and

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was one of thousands of men to receive new limbs at Erskine

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Hospital. He went on to build several businesses and raised eight

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children including David, who was born in 1926. They built huts and

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bonkers, everything like that, they built all of these things with one

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arm, and he would dig the garden, built all of these things with one

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everything like that. His story is one of many told in the Erskine

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archive, which is hoped will be digitised as well as featured at an

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exhibition at the university later this

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Let's hand you over to sport and Jane has the round-up.

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Celtic's Kieran Tierney and John McGinn of Hibernian

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are expected to become the latest players to win Scotland

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The pair are in line to start for Scotland,

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who face Denmark in a friendly at Hampden.

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Our reporter Alasdair Lamont is at the national stadium and can

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As Gordon Strachan continues to cast his eye over players he feels might

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be able to help Scotland get to the next World Cup, it seems likely his

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team tonight will include two new caps from the start. Kieran Tierney,

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and John McGinn. Brown captains the side, winning his 50th cap, and

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Griffiths being given his chance up front. Plenty of experienced players

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in that team but I have been gauging fans' thoughts about the inclusion

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of John McGinn and Kieran Tierney. He is a young guy, I think he could

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be a revolution. I'm joined now by the former Scotland defender Willie

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Miller, alongside me. Kieran Tierney, and John McGinn being given

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their start tonight, is it exciting for you? Yes, I think it is really

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important to give young players an opportunity. To see these two Young

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Scottish developed players getting the chance at this level I think

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it's fantastic. We know also that Lee Griffiths will be given a chance

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upfront but Steven Fletcher also playing, it sounds more attacking

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than perhaps Gordon Strachan would normally go but it is a chance for

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Griffiths to stake a claim for the striker's point, doesn't it? He

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deserves it, obviously he has waited for it. Fletcher is a very good

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player, I would be interested to see how they link up. I think he has

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waited for this chance and I hope he takes it. A good performance tonight

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from Scotland would go down nicely, and another good result following

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the win in the Czech Republic last week would go down perfectly for

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Gordon Strachan here at Hampden this evening.

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And there's coverage of tonight's friendly

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Meanwhile Scotland's under 21 side have already been in action this

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After trailing Northern Ireland 1-0, this goal by Hibernian's Jason

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Cummings made up for his earlier penalty miss and sealed a 3-1

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They're fourth in their group with four games remaining,

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Andy Murray admits he's just not been able to take advantage

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of being in winning positions lately and he knows he's got

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But he insists his third round exit from the Miami Open was not down

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to any fallout with his coach Amelie Mauresmo.

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Murray lost to Andy Murray admits he's just not been able to take

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advantage of being in winning positions lately and he knows he's

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Murray lost to Grigor Dimitrov in three sets in Miami in a much

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Andy Murray says there has not been a fall out, he simply trying to a

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way to curb on court tantrums. Back to the drawing board on that front

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may be. It all started reasonably well enough for Andy Murray, the

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first set went to a tie-break which he won comfortably. But then the

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mistakes started to show as Grigor Dimitrov took charge of the second

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set. And, as the match progressed, the mistakes from Andy Murray

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continued. Andy Murray just wasn't on top form here and it was little

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surprise that another error came at match point. I made many more

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mistakes than usual, especially in the third set so that was surprising

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for me but it is not like I came out and played all. The whole match.

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It's just when you get in winning positions you need to put your foot

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down and in the last two tournaments I certainly haven't done that.

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Plenty to mull over for player and coach and perhaps a rethink on

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seating positions. And that's your sport.

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For months the hunt has been on to find Scotland's best Bottom.

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And the actor who won the role is one of a group of amateurs

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on stage at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow tonight with the prestigious

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The plot is too complicated to up in one minute 45 seconds but

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there are mismatched lovers, a fairy King and queen, and a group of

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amateur actors played by a group of amateur actors. I recognise a lot of

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what is happening in our scene within the play that you would see

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pretty well in any amateur company up and down the land. The production

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is part of celebrations for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's

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death. It means a lot to me as a director and to a lot of my

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professional cast to be here because I think it has an amazing history.

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Many have visited many times before but haven't worked here so to be

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here is a privilege, and to be here with this particular group of

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here is a privilege, and to be here amateur actors who are so skilled,

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it is lovely to see them on the stage so at home. And the chance to

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appear on stage with the RSC is a Midsummer nights dream come true for

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the group who play Shakespeare's rude mechanicals. I am a big

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Shakespeare geek. I think English people have adopted him as a sort of

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Robert Burns type figure but he's not, he transcends all of that. He's

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just a figure for literature and drama rather than a figure for

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England. The Bard himself will be keeping a beady eye on the

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production which runs from tonight until Saturday.

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Today was a case of sunshine and showers and some of those showers

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really quite sharp at times. Some hail leading some difficult

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conditions on the M74, and for some it was a carpet of white with hail

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covering the grass there in East Kilbride. As we had through this

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evening, the showers becoming confined to the north and north-west

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really, many areas drier. Particularly in the south-east there

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will be long clear spells, temperatures freezing in the

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countryside. A cold start of the day tomorrow, then once again a case of

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bright spells and showers but the showers far less frequent compared

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with today. By mid afternoon, around four o'clock, if you get the bright

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spells and light winds, highs of 10 degrees feeling pleasant but still

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the risk of showers is there. Not as heavy or frequent, but if you catch

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one you will still get wet. Notice these showers clubbing together

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across the Western Isles, more on that in a second. Further north

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towards Shetland the wind is a bit stronger, feeling cooler. Snow on

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the hills and high ground, rain in low levels, elsewhere reasonably

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dry, and as we had overnight Wednesday to Thursday we have a

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ridge of high pressure starting to build which means Thursday itself is

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probably the best day of the week. Largely fine, dry and bright. You

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will notice waiting in the wind is some rather heavy rain, that is

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Friday's weather. Thursday, largely dry and bright. To the north and

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south of here, decent spells of sunshine, highs of ten and light

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winds but the showers with us for most of the day. On Friday, the rain

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arrives. The winds strengthening all the while from the south too. That

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is the forecast. Until then, from everyone

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on the team, have a good evening.

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