13/04/2016 Reporting Scotland


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A pathologist has described a catalogue of injuries on the body

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of a two year old boy who died at a house in Fife.

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He told a murder trial Liam Fee probably died when his heart

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Liam's mother and partner deny killing him.

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You may find some of the details in Joanne Macaulay's report

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A postmortem on Liam Fee was carried out two days after his death when he

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was living at this house. Today the pathologist in charge described

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multiple external and internal injuries on his body. Doctor French

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told the court the injuries were not the result of a usual rough and

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tumble of a toddler but were caused by blunt force trauma. There were

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numerous bruises and abrasions on his body and there was evidence of a

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ruptured intestinal which Doctor French said would have caused

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obvious pain. He also had a fractured upper arm and leg. The

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prosecutor asked about the broken thigh bone. Would that be painful

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for Liam? Doctor French said it was most

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likely that Liam was killed by a blow to the torso which caused the

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child's hearts to rupture and bleed leading to rapid death. Liam's

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mother Rachel Fee and her partner Nyomi Fee deny all charges.

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Practical exams due to be held this week have been postponed at the five

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Edinburgh High schools affected by the building closures crisis.

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Six of the 17 affected schools partially reopened this

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morning but almost 5,000 pupils were off for a third day.

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A delayed first back and not at the usual school. Hundreds of grey smart

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people's art at another school. Temporary classrooms are set up

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where possible. Practical elements of exams at the five affected high

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schools will not go ahead as planned this week. We have been in

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constructive dialogue with the Scottish qualifications authority

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who have knocked back the deadlines for some of the work that needs to

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be submitted from this week to next week and beyond if required. Other

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primaries affected were also able to resume classes. We went to the

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cinema with our friends together and it was lots of fun. How worried are

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you that you were not at your own school? Just a little bit. Saint

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Peters is one of the schools shut because of building safety. We have

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concerns that they will be out of the building for a long time

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concerns that they will be out of concerns that we don't know how safe

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the buildings. What else could be wrong? Some people stop being taken

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to temporary classrooms and others are still waiting to hear on the

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final arrangements for them so that all schools can have some kind of

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teaching provision restored by next all schools can have some kind of

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Tuesday at the latest. Some farmers have been approaching food banks

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because of the school closures. They have been looking for tinned beans,

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Tim beans and veg and they are struggling with having to cater for

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the children over this extended period. Dance classes classes

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prompting concern that children are missing out. With further disruption

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ahead, many businesses are counting the cost. We have a large dams team

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and if they don't work, they don't get paid. If we are not getting

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paid, we can't afford to pay them. Questions mounts about the

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compensation claims although most peoples know when they will get

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behind the desks, there is no indication on when this disruption

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will end. A trial has begun of five men,

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now in their 60s and 70s accused of sexually and physically

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abusing boys who were in their care at the St Ninians School in Falkland

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in Fife in the 1970s and 80s. In total they face 121 charges

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of abusing 35 pupils who were aged from

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11-years-old to 16. Most of the allegations concern

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seventy three year old John Farrell All the men deny the

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charges against them. A man has appeared in court charged

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with murder after the death of a man Shahzad Shah, who was 56,

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died following an incident at an Indian takeaway

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in Mintlaw on Monday. Hidayet Ozden, who was 52,

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of Falkirk, appeared at Peterhead Sheriff Court charged

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with murder and assault. He made no plea or declaration

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and was remanded in custody. The Scottish Conservatives say

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they're out to overhaul Labour and replace them as the main

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opposition to the SNP at Holyrood. Launching their manifesto,

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the party leader, Ruth Davidson, forecast voters will turn

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to the Tories because of their pledges to hold down tax

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and defend the Union. This from our political

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editor Brian Taylor. This is not a normal election. She

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expects the SNP to win and is campaigning to come second to lead

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the opposition. Herbig page is to defend the union positively. The

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case for independence is dead. The case that the union must now be

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made. The Conservatives would scrap the named person team monitoring

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each child. On energy they are pro-nuclear and pro-fracking. They

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would freeze business rates and leave income tax the same as in the

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UK. They would raise money and would phase in prescription charges for

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those who can pay. They would charge graduates up to ?6,000 after they

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are earning 20000 and they support ending the council tax freeze

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capping increases of 3%. The Conservatives are planning increased

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spending on the NHS with a renewed focus on mental health. They are

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promising more freedom for schools with extra Casper currencies -- cash

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for colleges. Tactically the aim is to overhaul Labour as the main

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opposition to the SNP. If we are looking to have a third time at this

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SNP government, let us change the opposition because something has to

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change. I can be the strong opposition that people need and can

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hold the Scottish Government to account, to make sure they are put

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under pressure. We desperately need them to be to have a better

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government and better legislation coming out of the Scottish

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parliament. The strategy is to attract all those who said no at

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independence, to convince them to be Unionists and conservative.

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There's been a warning that last ditch efforts to save the Scottish

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wildcat from extinction are at risk, because of conflict between rival

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Our environment correspondent, David Miller, reports.

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The Scottish wildcat. It is rare and at risk. The focus of intense

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efforts by conservationists working to ensure its survival. One of the

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biggest threats is crossbreeding with domestic cats. This application

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for a trapping license released under Freedom of information rules

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states... Wildcat Haven says Betty is barbaric

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and unnecessary. The Royal zoological Society of Scotland which

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may be application has accused the group of using underhand and

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distorting info to mislead the public. They kill them by shooting.

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We are advocating using cage trapping so there is far less risk

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of wild cats being shot. Neutering of feral cats is seen as an

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important and humane way to prevent crossbreeding but with only a tiny

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population of wild cats remaining, is it enough? Conservation breeding

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is important as well as protecting the habitat and making sure there is

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sufficient habitats for Wildcats and preventing any accidents --

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accidental persecution. It requires a team effort and a sustained effort

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over many years. Researchers and engineers scouring

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Loch Ness for evidence of Nessie have this week made a dramatic

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discovery - they've It is one of the strangest creatures

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to emerge from the murky waters of the world-famous lark. No humps and

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no dinosaur's head. Instead a robot costing $200 million and equipped

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with the best sonar technology money can buy. Every expedition that comes

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here says they have the most sophisticated equipment. In this

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case, it is very, very true. It provided the best images of the

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walls of the depths of Loch Ness. She has also discovered a monster,

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albeit a massive model which sank in 1969 during the filming of a

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Sherlock Holmes movie starring Christopher Lee. They had a large

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pot with tanks below and towed it into the loch and you got this

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beautiful Loch Ness Monster out. They lost control of it and they had

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to cut her free. One kilometre from here, she has been lost ever since.

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Few experts feel this is a war to read Jurassic Park. But they are

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keen to investigate why so many people apparently do. Those behind

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this project is believed that already they have disproved the

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theory that there is a long trench in the lock. But disproving the

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existence of Nessie herself, well, that may be altogether a tougher nut

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to crack. Much of eastern and south-eastern

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Scotland was wet today. Today it ended with a drying up and that will

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lead to frost for sheltered areas. As we head into tomorrow morning,

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sunlight and patchy rain holding on across the south-east. A dry start

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across the south-west and much of the Central belt. The best of the

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brightest weather with some sunshine tomorrow morning will be found

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across the North. A chilly start for some inland parts of the Highlands

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and the north-east. As we head through the course of the day,

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across the North, we will continue to see the driest and brightest

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weather with some spells of sunshine. Cloudy across southern and

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central areas with one or two showers. Love and Celsius where we

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see the sunshine. Across the rest of the UK, a drier datacom than we have

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had of late. For much of Wales, the Midlands and East Anglia, some

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potent thundery showers once again. Across the southern counties, dry

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after a wet start and a band of rain moving into the Channel Islands, the

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Isles of Scilly and across southern Cornwall. Some real temperature

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contrast. 17 or 18 Celsius across London and 10 degrees cooler where

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we hold offices -- where we hold onto some cloud in Scotland. Into

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tomorrow evening and we see this rain pushing into the far south of

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England and at the same time we will begin to see this cold front pushing

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into the North of Scotland tomorrow night. Colder air follows that by

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Friday morning, we may some wintry showers to lower levels. Feeling

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bitterly cold. That is the forecast. Our next update is during Breakfast

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at 6:25 tomorrow morning. But, from everyone

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on the late team - goodnight.

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