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stability or stupidity? Join me on BBC Two, 11pm in Scotland. On BBC

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One, time for the news where are. Good night.

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A mother and her partner have been found guilty of murdering her son,

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Rachel and Nyomi Fee were found guilty of killing the toddler

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Both women had denied killing the two-year-old in a house

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near Glenrothes in Fife, and blamed his death on another child.

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Even as the verdict was read out in court, Nyomi Fee and Rachel Fee

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looked passive, looking straight in front of them, guilty of a catalogue

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of horrendous abuse against two young boys and the murder of a

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vulnerable young child. It was an escalating pattern of violence

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against Liam Fee that left him with a broken leg, a fractured arm and

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ultimately a blow to his small body that it ruptured his heart. Liam

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Fee's father had broken down in the gallery. Some of those who had been

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friends with the women sat to the latter stages of the trial. As far

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as I ventured goes, it's finished. I can't have my kids knowing people

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like those. Monsters. I can't call them parents. Throughout this long

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trial, the jury have had to endure some truly awful evidence. Perhaps

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the worst is a crime scene video from the night the camera died. The

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camera tracks around the house and into Liam Fee's bedroom and the

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juries see the boy lying lifeless and pale on the floor, his left leg

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bent upwards at an awkward angle. It was a distressing that allow some of

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the jury members in tears and they asked the judge for a break. The

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jury were excused for Tahir from jury service for ten years. Services

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are being alerted to Liam Fee several times,. The woman arrived

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most of the time together. They face life in prison.

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The trial took seven weeks at the High Court in Livingston,

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and it took two years to come to court.

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Our reporter Andrew Anderson has been looking at the background

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The death of William the -- Liam Fee is one of Scotland's's worst child

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abuse cases. He suffered at the hands of his mother and her partner.

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They also inflicted a catalogue of abuse on two other young boys.

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One-time friends have been left in disbelief. You think you know

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someone and it just goes to prove that you don't know them. I didn't

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think in a million years she was capable of any of that stuff,

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especially towards a baby. Rachel and Rachel Fee moved from the north

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of England to this house in Fife in 2012. Within these walls, they

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repeatedly assaulted Liam Fee. He died in this bedroom. Doctors found

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Liam had suffered a ruptured heart from a bloke to his body. They also

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discovered double fractures on his leg and arm -- blow. In total, they

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counted more than 30 injuries. This man once counted Rachel Fee at his

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best friend. His account is chilling. There was no emotion in

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them, they were laughing and joking on that they were going to get sent

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to jail for neglect because they knew they were getting done for

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neglect anyway, they were saying. But laughing and joking on like, do

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you think we'll get the same cell together? Back in fact, a major

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police investigation was underway. Within a bed, a number of objects

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are hidden that adds to the officers' suspicion. There are cable

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ties, ropes and a chain. Five months after his death, police charged

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Nyomi Fee and Rachel Fee with Liam's murder. They are also showered with

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a catalogue of abuse against two other boys. It was a complex

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inquiry. The abuse has taken place over a prolonged length of time. We

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didn't want to miss some of the additional charges that could have

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been set against the women. Rachel and Rachel Fee's trial took place

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here. The jury watched video tapes with two young boys who had been in

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the house the night that Liam died. One was the target the family blamed

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for Liam's death. The social worker repeatedly reassured the boy that he

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wasn't in any trouble as they try to untangle his story. What also became

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clear was the terrible abuse the two boys has suffered. They spoke of

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being beaten, locked in a cage built from a fireguard, tied up some

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nights, forced to take hold showers and other abuses to appalling to

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detail. -- cold. The jury in this trial listen to some of the most

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horrifying evidence to come before it is a Scottish court. It has left

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many people shocked, asking how these women could have been so

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cruel. There's been a decline in how well

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children in Scottish schools are doing in maths,

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according to an official survey. The Scottish government says

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performance is now stabilising, but accepts there's

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much still to do. Critics have branded

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the figures appalling. Our Education Correspondent

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Jamie McIvor reports. George and Josh both do well in

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maths. It's one of their best subjects. It's fun doing division

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and times tables. I actually love subjects. It's fun doing division

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division, it's good. This primary for class seems to really enjoy

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maths, but across Scotland things are more of a problem. Across the

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country, a sample of 10,000 children were assessed. Since 2011, the

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proportion of primary for pupils doing well in maths has fallen

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significantly, while in primary doing well in maths has fallen

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seven the drop has been nearly as bad. Figures have been stabilising

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though in secondary school performance, it is more constant.

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But this is still a huge challenge for a Government who says that

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raising attainment has been a huge pair two. We put in a range of

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measures, designed to support the achievement of numerous A-levels in

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schools. But it is too early for those to have an affect for the

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numbers we see in front of us. We will intensify that. The most

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damning statistic is that only two out of three primary for pupils are

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confident about numerous day, yet that goes right down in secondary

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school. Promised action includes schemes to drive at the performance

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of schools covering disadvantaged areas. This specialist teacher gives

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extra help and support in maths. Nationally, today's figures are a

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disappointment. At worst, they suggest failure. Driving up

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attainment is easier said than done. A man has been arrested

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in connection with the death Francis Carolan, from

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Dundasvale Court in the Cowcaddens area of the city, died

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after a disturbance A 34-year-old is now

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in police custody. A report will be sent

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to the Procurator Fiscal. of the Battle of Jutland,

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the largest naval battle Crowds lined the streets around

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St Magnus Cathedral in Orkney. Further ceremonies took place

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at the cemetery at Lyness on Hoy, and in the area of sea off Denmark,

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where the battle took place. Shoulder to shoulder, Britain and

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Germany united in commemoration, remembering the thousands who died

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at sea fighting a war which was supposed to end all wars. Today the

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talk of peace, reconciliation. Dear friends, let us practice loving each

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other. For love comes from God. Certainly as a seal upon thine

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heart, as a seal upon thine arm, because love is strong as death,

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jealousy is cruel as the grave. Outside, hundreds lined the streets,

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local people mix with descendants of those who died. People travelled

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from all over the world to be here today to remember. The dignitaries

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then sailed across the various ease with the grand Fleet was stationed

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before the Battle of Jutland, 100 years ago today. Eight Belles

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signals the end of a watch. Today it symbolised the loss of a sailor. We

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pray that the carrot and values we commemorate in our forebears will

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continue to guide the men and women of our naval services today. We

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acknowledge the pain of so many in the aftermath of the battle and pray

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for all those who continue to suffer as a result of war. Miles from

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Orkney, crossing honesty, poppies were scattered from a warship, over

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the sunken wrecks of the ships, the final resting place of thousands of

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sailors who died in one of the biggest naval battles the world has

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ever seen. The First Minister has recommended

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that James Wolffe QC should be appointed as Scotland's new Lord

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Advocate. Nicola Sturgeon says Mr Wolffe has

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an outstanding legal background. He'll replace Frank Mulholland,

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who's stepping down. Alison Di Rollo will become

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the new Solicitor General. Rotherham are set to appoint

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Hibs boss Alan Stubbs The BBC understands

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Stubbs has agreed terms with the English Championship side

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and they hope to conclude a deal The Englishman led Hibs

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to their first Scottish Cup final success in 114 years earlier this

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month. It's over to Kirsteen now

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with the weather forecast The beginning of the meteorological

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summer. In the coming days it will feel like summer across much of

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Scotland. Tonight, it stays mostly dry. We will hold onto a fair amount

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of cloud, especially in the north and east, perhaps some drizzle,

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fairly misty and murky conditions here, some clear spells in the west.

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Tomorrow morning, we start the day with a fair amount of cloud across

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the north and west south-eastern areas especially. Around 8:00am,

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parts of East Lothian and Edinburgh having a cloudy start then this

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morning. Plenty of centre to come across Dumfries and Galloway, across

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the central belt. Western coastal areas and into the north-west

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Highlands and inland parts of the north-east, perhaps a cloudy start

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across the western isles tomorrow. Along the Murray coast and

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Aberdeenshire, brisk north-easterly winds. As we go through the day, the

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cloud will tend to burn back to what's coastal areas, leaving plenty

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of warm sunshine and a similar story across Northern Ireland. However,

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across northern England and Wales, a fairly cloudy prospect with our

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picks of rain continuing to push in from the north-east as we go through

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the day tomorrow. Giving disappointingly cool under the cloud

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and in exposure to these brisk north-easterly winds. Across

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Scotland, towards evening, plenty of north-easterly winds. Across

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sunshine around again, just across the far north and for some

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south-eastern areas disappointingly cloudy and cool. Towards Thursday,

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still high pressure dominating to the north-west of Scotland, keeping

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things set up and dry here. A similar story across Northern

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Ireland. However, across England and Wales, a fairly cloudy prospect,

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some drizzly rain, giving cool towards eastern coastal areas. The

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best recent and in the west and highs of 20 Celsius.

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Our next update is during Breakfast at 6:25 tomorrow morning.

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But, from everyone on the late team here in Glasgow and around

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