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south and a cooler wind picking up by Bank Holiday Monday. Thank you.

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That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me -

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Shell announces it's cutting almost 500 North Sea jobs,

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as it continues to be hit by lower oil prices.

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The First Minister plans a summit on school reform,

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as education's made the top priority for the government.

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The lawyer for one of the women accused of murdering Liam Fee says

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there was no evidence she harmed the child.

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New figures show the amount of alcohol we consume is up

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Cocktails at home. We tend to just drink in the house, save money. We

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do not buy drinks when we go out. Andy Murray struggles again -

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but wins in five sets to progress to the third

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round at the French Open. Shell has announced it's to cut 475

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North Sea jobs, most of them Some posts offshore

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and at its plants at Mossmorran in Fife and St Fergus

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in Aberdeenshire will Our reporter Steven Duff

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is at Aberdeen Harbour for us Unfortunately announcements on job

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losses in the oil and gas industry Unfortunately announcements on job

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are happening every two or three days at the moment. When a blue-chip

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companies like Shell makes an announcement most people set up and

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listen. This morning they told staff at the headquarters in Aberdeen that

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475 jobs would go. Most of them in that building but also around 40

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jobs going offshore and redundancy also at plants at Mossmorran in five

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and St Fergus in the Aberdeenshire coast. The reason, recent mergers

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with BG Group led to restructuring and also the continuing global world

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oil price low. The man in charge of Shell UK and Ireland described it as

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being part of an improvement journey. The engagement we had has

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been outstanding from employees, the support in terms of driving

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efficiency in the North Sea over the past 12 months. Do you think the

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people who are being made redundant will be thinking that. Clearly there

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is uncertainty for people and we will try to minimise that period

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until we make the selection of who will stay with the organisation. The

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UK and Scottish Government offered help to those who will be made

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redundant as well as reiterating help for the long term of the

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industry. The unions, the offshore unions are calling for a summit to

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be held because there is appealing that in spite of the task forces

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that had been set up, the funding being put in place, it is not doing

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anything really to help jobs cut. Many thanks for that.

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The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, is to convene

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She told the Scottish Parliament improving education would be

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the "defining mission" of her government.

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From Holyrood, here's our political correspondent, Glenn Campbell.

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Nicola Sturgeon arrived to set out the priorities of the new SNP third

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term in power with the new Education Secretary by her side. The defining

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mission of this government will be education, we want every child to

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have a fair chance in life and we know a good education is the

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foundation of that. She is promising standardised assessment of pupils to

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measure performance. A new funding model for schools, and a summit on

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school for and improving attainment with invitations to all party

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leaders. I want our work to close the attainment gap to be the mission

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not just of this government but the country as a whole. The

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Conservatives backed plans to give schools more local control. But they

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oppose the assembly commitment to keeping university tuition free.

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Education should be the best way to change lives for the better the SNP

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as well as giveaways means those who have most to gain from life changing

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chances are those that have been most harmed by this policy. Labour

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wants the government to raise more cash for schools, using new tax

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powers. SNP members sit on government benches in this

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Parliament with the power to act. The power to stop these cuts and

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invest in education and they refused to do so. Plans to bring back

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testing in primary and early years of secondary worry the Green Party.

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Educational attainment, I think all parties recognise what can be

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achieved. The case for standardised testing I do not think has been

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fully made and we will continue to question that choice of priority.

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The Education Secretary John Swinney is to publish a draft delivery plan

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before the summer. Consultations, summits, anything, but action to

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make a change for the future of our country. Other government priorities

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include building 50,000 affordable homes for the recruiting 500 extra

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health visitors. And doubling free childcare for three and

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four-year-olds. Nicola Sturgeon has also drawn inspiration from the

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labourer, green and liberal Democrat manifesto because having fallen

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short of an overall majority in parliament, she knows that she needs

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a little help from her political rivals to get things done.

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Brian Turner is at Holyrood now. This is a parliament with no

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majority. What is the strategy for delivering change? Well we had

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Nicola Sturgeon name checking labourer, the Lib Dems and the Green

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Party in terms of foreign policy is from that manifesto. One big

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absentee in that, the Conservatives. Nicola Sturgeon is hoping to build

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what she has called a progressive consensus, freezing out the

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Conservatives, squeezing out the Conservatives and working with those

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other parties where necessary. The snag is on her income tax policy,

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which was condemned as being timid by those very rivals she is name

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checking, not policy the SNP edition is closer to the Conservatives and

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she might need support from that direction on earth she comprise one

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of those other parties away from the standpoint on tax. The First

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Minister said improving education is the defining mission of government,

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what does she mean by that? I think she means quite a lot. She says it

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is not picking a fight with local authorities who mostly run schools

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now. She speaks about the possibility of schools coming

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together in a cluster and being able to run their affairs. Money going

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direct to schools and headteachers, empowering parents and teachers in

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that regard. She says she wants consensus but not inertia. She is

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quite keen to drive this forward and that means working with all

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stakeholders in education and also means a change in the law. It save

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the duty to provide education is no longer solely upon councils but also

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extends beyond that to individual schools. Many thanks.

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The lawyer for one of the women accused of murdering two-year-old

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Liam Fee has told a jury Nyomi Fee was guilty

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of a catastrophic failure of care towards the toddler

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In his closing speech to the jury, Mark Stewart QC, Nyomi Fee's lawyer,

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told the court that it was another child who was responsible

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From the high court in Livingston - Lisa Summers reports.

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Nyomi Fee can be seen on the right. Laura said she had accepted she made

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some terrible mistakes in her of Liam and she and her partner Rachel

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had neglected the two rope. He said this was a terrible case and had

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been distressing and harrowing. Mark Stewart said Nyomi Fee admitted

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failing to get help for Lee in when she's suspected he had a broken leg.

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He said it was dreadful and unforgivable, a catastrophic failure

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of care but he said that Liam did not die of a broken leg and was no

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evidence suggesting Nyomi Fee had inflicted the fatal injury on the

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toddler. Mark Stewart talked at length about another boy who they

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are accused of falsely claiming for the death. He said the unpalatable

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truth but this boy had keen -- this boy had killed the. He suggested the

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boy had sexually assaulted him and had a knitted violent conduct

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towards photographer but Mr Stewart said it was trying to deal with the

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behaviour of this crowd -- child that the couple took a wrong turn

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and neglected Liam. The court heard again the emergency call made by

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Nyomi Fee. Both accused cried in the dock as the operator was heard

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talking Nyomi Fee through on how to perform CPR on the child. The jury

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were told, you do not have to sympathise with Nyomi Fee but he

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said you must acquit because the case had not been proven by Crown.

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The lawyer for Rachel C will testify tomorrow.

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A woman has appeared in court charged with murdering

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Sadia Ahmed is accused of killing Inayah Ahmed at her home

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in Glasgow's Drumchapel area on the 17th of April.

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The 26-year-old is accused of "restricting her breathing".

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The child died three days later in hospital.

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Miss Ahmed appeared in private at Glasgow Sheriff Court, where

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she made no plea or declaration, and was remanded in custody.

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You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC.

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Still to come on tonight's programme...

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Calls for a new spirit of co-operation between landowners

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In sport: Another epic for Andy Murray at the French Open -

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against another player way down the world rankings.

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And warming up to be the warm up act.

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But one Scotland player's not pleased about that.

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Sales of alcohol in Scotland have increased for the second year

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On average, enough alcohol is sold, for every adult to drink 41

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bottles of vodka a year, or almost 500 pints of beer.

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The news has re-ignited the debate about whether a minimum price

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That legislation is still held up by a court dispute.

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Our health correspondent Eleanor Bradford reports.

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The best measure of how much we really drink is the amount of

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alcohol which is sold. And it is on the rise after almost a decade of

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decline. Last year the equivalent of 11 litres of pure alcohol was sold

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per adult in Scotland. That is the 11 litres of pure alcohol was sold

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same as 41 bottles of vodka each walk 116 bottles of wine. Or 476

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pints of beer. Enough for everyone of us to exceed safe drinking limits

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every week. What we found today is more alcohol is being sold through

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supermarkets and off-licences and levels have reached the highest

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since 1994 when records began. This coincides with a flattening of the

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price of alcohol sold through these retailers. We know prices key driver

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of consumption and we think both these trends are related. As prices

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in bars and restaurants keep on rising, more of us are drinking at

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home. Cocktails at home. That is it. If you are going on a night out we

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tend to drink in the house and go out, save a bit of money. I think we

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spend more money drinking at home and then going out with the my wife

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is teetotal, that is the irony. I had a couple of glasses but normally

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no more. It is the cheapest drinks which are drunk to harmful levels

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and the Scottish Government says imposing a minimum price on alcohol

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would calm the party. At the whiskey industry are still opposed to that.

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The underlying trend for alcohol consumption in Scotland is done, we

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drink less today than in 2000. Whether a year or two of data

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constitutes a trend we will wait and see for further data. Drinking

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habits are closely linked to the economy, we drink more when we have

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more money in our pockets. Whether minimum pricing would break that

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cycle is still hotly debated. A man who ran towards the Rangers

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goalkeeper after the Scottish Cup final against Hibernian at the

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weekend pleaded guilty to a charge under the offensive behaviour

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affable act. Also at Glasgow Sheriff Court, a teenager appeared on

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charges of attempting to punch to other Rangers players during the

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pitch invasion. The court heard your deeply ashamed,

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is that the case? Leaving Glasgow Sheriff Court today Greg Brinee made

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no comment. But on Saturday after the final

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whistle at the Scottish Cup final he was much more animated. Today he

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pled guilty to climbing over anything onto the pitch, running

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towards the Rangers goalkeeper and gesticulating in an offensive manner

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towards him. The court was told that he was deeply ashamed and the

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threats had been made to himself and his family. The sheriff told Binney

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he was being convicted under the offensive behaviour at football act.

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He said he would consider the request from the ground for a

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football banning order. Meanwhile in another court room at the sheriff

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scored another 19-year-old appeared on charges also related to the pitch

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invasion on Saturday. 19-year-old Dale pried from Edinburgh is accused

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of running towards and attempting to punch the Rangers players, Lee

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Wallace and Jason Holt and money onto the pitch towards Rangers

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supporters, brandishing a chair. He was released on bail and will appear

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back here at a later date. Binney will be sentenced in June.

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A number of survivors of the helicopter crash off Shetland

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in August 2013 have had their claims for compensation settled.

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Lawyers representing nine oil workers have confirmed that

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Four people died when the Super Puma helicopter crashed during its

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The Church of England and Church of Scotland have agreed

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to form a stronger relationship, after centuries of division.

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An historic visit by the Archbishop of Canterbury was designed

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to improve links between the two churches.

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But there have been concerns about the impact this could have

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on the Episcopal Church - which is the Anglican

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For hundreds of years the Church of Scotland was not formally recognised

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by the Church of England. Centuries of division have ended with promise

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to improve this morning. We are recognising each other as partners,

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good neighbours, and we are going to set up a working group, to think

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about how that might actually look, in terms of buildings and

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administering. A warm welcome for the Church of England's leader. What

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unites this is more than divides us. The first time an archbishop of

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Canterbury could take part in the debate at the assembly. Once you

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recognise each other as a church, there is a massive impulse to

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develop that into a deeper and deeper relationship. This has been a

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symbolic building of bridges between the two churches, but there are

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sensitivities about this agreement as well, especially among those in

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the Scottish Episcopal Church. It was a bit difficult when our sister

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begins to take an interest in our best friend. Differences between the

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Church of England remain over best friend. Differences between the

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same-sex marriage, but this paves the way for better interchurch

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relations in future. A call's been made for a new spirit

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of co-operation to be forged between Scotland's landowners,

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communities and government. At their first gathering since land

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reform legislation was passed in March, lairds were

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told they have to show they have listened to -

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and understand - Willie Johnston reports

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from an estate in Ayrshire which is being held up as a model

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for others to follow. Unlike many stayed on as Mark Gibson

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was not the manner born. He bought this place in 1989, acquiring a

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rundown mansion house on 300 acres of land in which people in the

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adjacent mining villages have very definitely not been welcomed. They

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were horrible rusty, spiked Gates saying no entry. I knew I couldn't

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live like that so one of the first things I did was to take down those

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signs and gates. What's followed really has been a fantastic

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adventure. Mark Gibson has embraced the community, planted woodland,

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Lake trails, built in Observatory. His estate, a classroom extension

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for local schoolchildren. It is an experience to come if you have never

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done any of that stuff before. How different is it when you come up

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here, from what it's like down in the village? You would think it is a

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completely different country, it's amazing. Retired prison officer Jim

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Buchanan made it his job to report the Flora and fauna and encourage

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back the native squirrels. We weren't allowed on the estate, there

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was no way you could come out of the houses and down into the woods. You

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use to get chased from the gamekeeper in case you are doing

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damage. The leader of Scottish landowners as it is a model for

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others to follow. It gets reinforced when you don't communicate, and that

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is about making a new start, a fresh start. Looking to work with the

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government, communities and ourselves to drive forward what is

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in all of our interests. It is a prosperous, fibro and rural

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Scotland. Today they were told they will have to go the extra mile to

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show they are part of the fabric of rural communities and local

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economies and demonstrating their working for the interest of others,

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not just their own. No more then and asked. -- them and asked.

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It took another five set epic to do it -

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but Andy Murray is through to the third round of

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At one stage he trailed the player ranked 164th

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But as Kheredine Idessane reports from Paris, Murray battled back

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to beat Frenchman Mathius Bourg by three sets to two.

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This was supposed to be the calm after the storms Andy Murray, after

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he finished his five set epic with Stepanek yesterday a good start was

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required. An early break was duly achieved when the first set was won

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for the loss of two gains it seemed normal service had been resumed. But

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Benny was left bamboozled as Mathius Bourg battled back. Could Mathius

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Bourg believe it himself? A second set was swiftly has. Inspired by his

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compatriots, eight games in a row were won as he claimed a decisive

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lead in the third. A question now was, did the world number to have

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another five set match in him? The answer was yes. After breaking

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Mathius Bourg's serve, they showed Murray meant business and refuse to

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go down without a fight. It is mainly in the mind sometimes, this

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game. More magic was required at the start of the next set, with the

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French Open on the line, he seemed up for it again.

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He wouldn't have wanted back-to-back five set matches just a bit of the

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third round but Murray's mantra is live to fight another day. So

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another five set struggle for Andy Murray here at the French Open and

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he admits that can't keep happening if he is to win this tournament. In

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his match against Friday, he has never lost to the giant Croat, who

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may be is a little tired, also with a five set match an hour longer than

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Andy Murray. Scotland player Steven Naismith

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says it is hard for them to accept their role as the "warm-up

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act" for nations competing in the The Scots are on their travels next

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week to play Italy and France But unlike their opponents that's

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where Scotland's season ends. The national team's preparations

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here on the banks of the Clyde for these two friendlies are as thorough

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as if Scotland had qualified for the Euro finals. In the end Easton

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matches against Italy and France are nothing more than a support act to

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the main event. That is the worst part of it. It's good to meet up and

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see the boys and get some good training in and test ourselves

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against two world-class countries, but we are the preparation. That is

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a massive disappointment, and you don't want to be doing it again.

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It's not a great feeling to be the warm up act. It has been a long,

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hard season for some of these players and while a number of their

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club team-mates are already on holiday, the Scottish coaching staff

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hope their thoughts don't stray from the challenge they face. The quality

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of the opposition is the thing to be focusing on. They know they cannot

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come into this half baked. They know these two games are against teams

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that if you're not absolutely at your best concentration wise, you

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can get embarrassed. I think that alone, playing against the sort of

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calibre players, will be the thing they focus on. Two positive

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performances against Italy and France may be the ideal boost for

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the Scots before their World Cup campaign gets up and running in the

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autumn. Celtic's new manager Brendan Rodgers

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has appointed his long term number two Chris Davies

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as assistant manager. The two worked together

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at Swansea and Liverpool. The most successful Scottish boxer

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of recent years returns to the ring It's being marketed

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as History in the making. And if Ricky Burns beats

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Italy's Michele Di Rocco it will be. He'll then have won world titles

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at three different weights. But the Coatbridge fighter's not

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distracted by the hype. When the fight was announced, I knew

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the size of the fight. Especially as I've been away for plant -- from

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Glasgow so long. Like I said, everybody that knows me, they know I

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will always fight. That is it from me.

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Thank you for that. Now, just before the weather

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forecast, here's Andrew Kerr - We will have all the political

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reaction to the First Minister's priorities over the next five years,

:24:51.:24:54.

including an extended interview with her. Nicola Sturgeon is seeking

:24:55.:24:58.

political consensus as she aims to improve education, but is that a

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realistic prospect, and is she willing to take on the educational

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establishment? That is at 10.30 BBC Two.

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Now let's hear about the forecast from Kirsteen.

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This picture taken in South Ayrshire today sums up the weather many of us

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have seen today. Fairly cloudy skies, although some hint of

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brightness here and there. If you have been in much of western and

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north-western Scotland today it has been an entirely different prospect,

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plenty of quite warm sunshine on offer. As we head into this evening

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and tonight, something of a change afoot in southern and central

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Scotland with the arrival of this batch of rain. It will continue to

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feed into the Borders, Dumfries Galloway, East Lothian and Pat

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skirting the Glasgow area by the end of the night. Most of it fairly

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light and patchy in nature but the odd heavier burst in the eastern

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light and patchy in nature but the border. Further north we hold the

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drier conditions overnight and under clearer skies across some sheltered

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parts of the north-west temperatures may dip to 3-4dC, but for most us

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holding up to 6-9. We head into tomorrow on a fairly cloudy note

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away from the Northwest. We will have some light and patchy rain

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continuing to come and go as we go through the course of the day in

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central and southern Scotland. For the north-east is a brighter map

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process. As we take a close look to tomorrow afternoon, across southern

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and central Scotland, fairly cloudy skies with some bits and pieces of

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rain. Across much of the North of Scotland is fine day to come, plenty

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of sunshine to be had. Quite warm in the Northwest again with

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temperatures peaking around 19-20dC. In stark contrast to northern

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coastal areas, where we still have that breeze coming in from the North

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Sea. A in the evening sun patchy rain continuing for central and

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southern parts, but some fine weather in the north of Scotland.

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Inter Friday that rain will continue to die out. That leaves a dry day

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across-the-board with some brightness of sunshine. The best of

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that in the Northwest again, with highs of 18-19. Cooler towards

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eastern and southern coastal areas. Over the weekend high pressure will

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be in charge, mostly dry, a few showers, and most of us seeing some

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sunny spells. Thank you.

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Now, a reminder of tonight's main news.

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Shell has announced it's to cut 475 North Sea jobs - most of them

:27:34.:27:36.

A leading economic research group says the UK could face an extra two

:27:37.:27:45.

years if Britain votes to leave the European Union.

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The Institute for Fiscal Studies says any financial gains

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from quitting would be wiped out by slower economic growth.

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But Leave campaigners say the IFS is biased because it is

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I'll be back with the headlines at 8 - and the late bulletin just

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Until then, from everyone on the team - right

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across the country - have a very good evening.

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