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The convicted drug smuggler, Melissa Reid, could soon be back

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in Scotland after spending almost three years in prison in Peru.

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Reid from Lenzie near Glasgow was jailed for trying to smuggle

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cocaine worth ?1.5 million pounds out of the country.

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A Peruvian judge will decide in the next few days whether she'll

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be released and expelled from the country,

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or transferred to a Scottish prison.

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Here's our home affairs correspondent, Reevel Alderson.

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It began on the Spanish island of IB felt when Melissa Reid and Michaela

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her friend were recruited to stay smuggle drugs. This was in 20 13 in

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Lima with cocaine valued at ?1.5 million in their suitcases.

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Initially, the pair Aspasia had been coerced as drug meals but later pled

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guilty. They were sentenced to six years and eight months. Michaela was

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freed last month but was ordered to spend part of her parole improved.

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Melissa returned to court yesterday were as judge considered whether she

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to be expelled from Peru. At this stage, although it is difficult to

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understand except what is happening to her, her family hope it is not

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too long for shall be back home. 18 months ago, her father took part in

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a Home Office video, warning of the dangers of smuggling drugs abroad.

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It's horrendous seeing the condition she has to put up with. There is no

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Christmas in our house, no Christmas tree until she comes home. If

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Melissa Reid is expelled, she will be able to come home without

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spending any time in prison -- more time in prison.

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A 38-year-old man has been arrested following the death of a woman

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at a house in Newton Mearns in East Renfrewshire.

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Police say 39-year-old mother-of-two Xin Xin Liu died following

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a disturbance at the property in Beech Avenue yesterday.

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A forensics team has spent much of today at this house in Beech Avenue

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in Newton merits. Police were called about midnight after a disturbance

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and the 39-year-old woman who lived here died. It is understood she was

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the mother of two young children and had lived here with her husband and

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the children for some years. Neighbours expressed their sadness

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and disbelief at what had happened. One handwritten a heartfelt tribute

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on the spooky. I felt I had to do this. We are in terrible shock.

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Nothing like this happens. Usually about it in other places that when

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it happens on your own street, it's kind of hits you. I'm very shocked.

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This is a very quiet area. You never hear about anything like this. I'm

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badly shocked. Police have been following a definite line of enquiry

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and it is understood that robbery is not thought to be a motive in this

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case. This is the kind of quiet suburban street when people smile

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and nod and pass the time of day. Free young mother to lose her life

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in such circumstances as shocked and deeply upset people here. -- for

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such a young mother to lose her life.

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The Liam Fee murder trial has heard claims that two women accused

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of murdering the toddler were panicking as they tried

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to dismantle a cage in which they allegedly

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The evidence was from a child witness who was in the house

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near Glenrothes when Nyomi and Rachel Fee realised that

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This was the third day of recorded evidence from the second child

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witness, who was asked about the day that happened on the day that

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He spoke about a makeshift cage in which it is alleged another

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boy was imprisoned by Rachel and Nyomi Fee.

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He said they were panicking about the cage and kept

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He was asked what happened to the cage.

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The court heard allegations that the

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child and another boy had been forced to hit each other.

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The young witness said that one of the

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accused, Nyomi Fee had encouraged the other

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boy to strike him with a shoe and a tube of skin cream.

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He said the other boy kept whacking him

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The young witness also said before the police came,

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the accused told him he would go to prison if he didn't

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tell them what the other boy had done to him.

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Nyomi and Rachel Fee deny murdering Lee and mistreating two other boys.

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The Scottish Labour Party has launched its manifesto

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saying it's a return to Labour's roots.

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Labour plans to increase income tax in Scotland to boost

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spending on schools, the NHS and other services.

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Party leaders say the richest will pay most while the low paid

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will be helped by a UK increase in the point at which

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Here's our political editor Brian Taylor.

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Gathered in Edinburgh's Grassmarket, awaiting Labour's waiters manifesto.

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It the mix comes Kezia Dugdale, arguing Scotland can choose spending

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cuts or higher tax. The message is deliberately blunts and even iced

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and cupcakes. Scottish Labour has struggled of late and sold them

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these are summoned history and links the NHS to a promise to protect

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spending. This is a manifesto in the best traditions of the Labour Party.

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The key policy, 1% on all tax rates plus a new 50p top rate to boost

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public spending, particularly education. You cannot get a

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world-class education system on the cheap. Someone has to pay, so we are

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going to ask the witch just 1% to pay more sleet and invest in our

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school but we will also put a penny on the basic levels so we can stop

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the cuts. If we fail to do that, we are faced with ?3 billion of cuts

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yet to come to our schools, to the care for elderly, all the public

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services that we hold dear. We have a chance to stop the cuts, invest in

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the future and our schools with Labour's plans. Within the package

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that comprises Labour Party Labour's plans. Within the package

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education policy, they offer a prayer breakfast club for every

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primary school. For the NHS, as guaranteed appointment within 48

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hours October not make not be with an GP and they want to build 60,000

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affordable homes plus extra help for first-time buyers. Among other

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policies, Labour plans police reform with greater local accountability.

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They would band fracking, unconventional drilling for gas and

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they would use Holyrood powers to top-up pensions for women born in

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the early 90 50s who have lost out under UK changes. Kezia Dugdale

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holds out another referendum on under UK changes. Kezia Dugdale

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independence -- ruled out. The manifesto reflects Scottish Labour's

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confident decision that the new converted territories not be news

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even though Ms Dugdale takes a different line. Sign she says that

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this is about party policy, not the personal choice of the leader. Final

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major manifesto finally launched, final week.

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Union officials have travelled to Westminster to call on MPs

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to give assurances that jobs will not be lost at the Clyde

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shipyards as a result of delays in the order to build eight

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The UK Government says it remains committed to building new warships

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But the SNP, Labour and the Liberal Democrats

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are demanding job guarantees from Conservative ministers.

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There have been a number of promises given to the workforce at the Clyde

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about building frigates and there was a huge amount of investment

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supposed to be coming into the Clyde. That investment has not

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happened and what we are seeing is a constant slippage in the frigate

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building programme. What we have been told very clearly by BAE

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Systems is that the Government is pushing them to cut the work and

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send some of it down to England. Prince Charles has been

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in the Highlands to present medals to soldiers from

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the Royal Regiment of Scotland. The prince is royal colonel

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of the Black Watch, which is based at

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Fort George near Inverness. Seven members of the regiment

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as well as one civil servant received medals

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during a ceremony at the base. Storm Frank may have

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wreaked environmental havoc back in December,

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but much of the debris it left behind has been a big problem,

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especially in Aberdeenshire. Today, the Army has been in Ballater

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lending a hand to clear it, The raging torrent caused

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by Storm Frank didn't many of them damaging

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bridges and leaving Some jobs require that

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extra bit of muscle and that's why the Army have

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come here to help clear

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debris from this bridge. It is a slow job, though,

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which requires a lot of patience. We are about five hours

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into our first day, managed to make quite

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a lot of progress. Once we are done with

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the caravan behind us, on the far side,

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we are going to try to This is just one place

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that Storm Frank has Aberdeenshire Council has over 300

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damaged bridges from Storm Frank. through that prioritised

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programme of repairs. We started with the

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Inver Corbridge, we were We are now working

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our way through, and this is one of the major

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ones we are keen and we are very pleased

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the Army has tackled. There's only so much

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a winch can do, though. Sometimes you just need to get hands

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on to finish the job. Hargreaves, the operator of opencast

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coal mines in Scotland, is to accelerate the closure of

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six out of its seven sites, leaving only the House

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of Water site in Ayrshire. The company says it plans to spend

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more than ?3 million on the Scots closures,

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across Lanarkshire, It blames the slump in coal prices

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and the closure of Well, let's get the latest

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weather from Christopher. Yes, Scotland in springtime, what a

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joy (!). Clear skies so it will be called everywhere. Frosty to, towns

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and cities close to freezing and the countryside perhaps as low as -5 in

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the saddle highlands. A cold start countryside perhaps as low as -5 in

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to the day tomorrow, but a sunny one. A few showers around the West

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and north coast and at eight o'clock tomorrow morning, some sunshine and

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blue skies but still perhaps two or three Celsius. Winds should be

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relatively light. Towards Perthshire and intermarry, still freezing or

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sub zero at 8am. If you showers for Orkney and Shetland. As we have

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through the morning, cloud bills from the West are spoiling some of

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that early sunshine followed by outbreaks of rain and this weather

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surgeon of rights. It will journey eastwards around lunchtime. It

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stretches the southern Scotland into the north-west of England, through

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Cumbria and perhaps the Lord of Wales though clearing Northern

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Ireland. Reason the dry and write some sunshine and double digit

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temperatures. Not only rained here but snow. That's only on the hills.

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North towards Angus, generally dry, elsewhere cloudy and wet through the

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afternoon, feeling cool into the evening and its wings its way

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northwards but its exact tracks and position is open to doubt. A best

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guess is it will affect part of Tayside down towards the capital.

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That could change, it could be further morphed or south. I'm

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keeping a close eye on it. The Friday morning, potentially

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destruction to travel if the snow which is lower levels. For most of

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the day on Friday, showers and some bright spells. But whether it is

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pushing towards the north of England but for most of the Midlands, Wales

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and Northern Ireland, relatively dry, sunshine. Cloudy on the south

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coast, the Southern counties some rain just affecting the coastline

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near as well. Temperature is a little bit higher, but one to watch

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without snow. More tomorrow. Our next update is during Breakfast

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at 6:25 tomorrow morning. But from everyone on the late

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team here in Glasgow

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