03/04/2016 Reporting Scotland


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and I'll be back with late News at Ten.

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Police have confirmed that they are investigating threats

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against the human rights lawyer Aamer Anwar.

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Mr Anwar, who lives in Glasgow, said he received death threats

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after calling for unity within Scotland's Muslim community.

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Mr Anwar said he was taking the threats

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,. This is the versatile different types of Muslims and Christians have

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shared a platform. Many of you within this community will be

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wondering how it is possible for those fat on this platform today to

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be sitting beside each other whilst we have been so divided over the

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last few days, several weeks, months and years. The reason is simple.

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This beautiful city of Glasgow has seen another sectarian strife to

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lift it many lifetimes. The event was a call for unity in the wake of

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feeling off -- in the wake of the telling of the shopkeeper in

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Shawlands. It was also a week that allegations were made that two

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Scottish Muslim leaders, head over there on Lascaux Central Mosque, and

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the leader of the Polwarth mosque in Edinburgh, had links to a banned

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group which targets Shia Moslems and other Iraqi groups.

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Minority groups. -- minority groups. Over the past few weeks, Aamer Anwar

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says some have tried to whip up bodies and hatred against him on

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social media for speaking out against extremism. He also says he

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has received late-night phone calls. He said he has had threats on his

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life before but on this occasion... Police are investigating the threats

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against him. Scotland's outgoing

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Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland that a fatal accident inquiry

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will not be held into the M9 crash which claimed

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two lives last summer. after lying in a crashed car

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for three days after it was first

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reported to police. Opposition politicians are raising

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questions about a so-called "secret" agreement between the Scottish

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government and Chinese companies. Meanwhile, the Labour leader has

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been speaking publicly for the first time since making controversial

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comments about independence. With more on the Holyrood campaign,

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here's our political correspondent, Voting, the SNP leader is due to

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embark on a trip to the Northern Isles pledging millions more for

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mental health forecasting of. But Nicola Sturgeon's opponents are

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questioning why an agreement between Scotland and Chinese companies,

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which could be worth up to ?10 billion, was fined two weeks ago.

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The Chinese media knew about it but it seems that MSPs and the Scottish

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media did not. There is actually no agreement on the substance of any

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others at all. And if there is any proposals in the future to have

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investment into actual projects, they will be scrutinised in the

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normal way by the Scottish Parliament. The Lib Dem Leader was

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also campaigning for better mental health services are meeting people

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making a documentary on the issue. But he wants to if there is anything

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to hide about the Chinese deal. The But he wants to if there is anything

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Bill will expect to know, we'll expect answers from the government,

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as to what this is all about. -- people will expect to know. What has

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been given in return to the Chinese for this investment. Meanwhile, in

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Glasgow, the Labour leader was facing the cameras for the first

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time after she gave a controversial interview. She had said it is not

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inconceivable that she could support a yes vote is the UK leaves the EU.

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Labour got tied up in the issue as they tried to save the world only

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ones against austerity. She clarify the position. We are very clear in

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our manifesto opposing a second referendum on independence. If there

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ever was to be one, I would vote over the same reasons as last time

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but we have move on. An irresistible companion for the Tory leader! He is

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eating my ear! She pounced on her political opponents. The Labour

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Party is descending into a civil war. If people want is strong

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opposition to stand up for Scotland's plays in the UK and hold

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the SNP to account, the Scottish Conservatives are behind our union.

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Now possible vote on a busy campaign till today. -- no pause for thought.

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Football, and in the Premiership, Aberdeen beat Hamilton

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3-0 to cut Celtic's lead at the top back to four points.

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Let's get the weather forecast for this evening,

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It was a drying up process for most of us today. We even ended up with

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that of Britain but no sooner have which is one weather the underweight

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and we have got another approaching from the south-west and after a dry

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spell for most of us as evening, we see rain returning across southern

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and central Scotland. We hit the places through the early hours.

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Temperatures similar to last night, but tomorrow it is cloudy with

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outbreaks of rain for most of us. Some mist and hill fog in the mix of

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love. The best of the limited brightness for Shetland, the Western

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Isles and north-west coast of the entire spell. Brightening across the

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south later in the day, although we cannot rule out a few sharp showers

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over the borders. Temperatures nothing to right home about but

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winds at least will be mainly light. For Tuesday, it is rather cloudy,

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which start, improving gradually from the West as the day goes on

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with a bit of brightness.

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