13/06/2016 Reporting Scotland


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Aberdeen council accuses ministers of leaving them

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"twisting in the wind" - warning that a shortage of teachers

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the First Minister dismisses a claim by the Leave campaign that Scotland

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could have a say on immigration policy after Brexit.

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And Glasgow stands alongside the victims of the nightclub

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shooting in Florida with a city centre vigil.

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The Education Secretary John Swinney has been visiting Aberdeen -

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as the local authority warns it may have to shut schools

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Aberdeen City Council says the number of vacant

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teaching posts has doubled in the past 12 months.

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It's accusing the Scottish Government of leaving them

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The start of construction on a new school for Aberdeen. A ?40 million

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investment in education infrastructure. The problem is in

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schools, its teachers. The City Council has 134 vacancies and it has

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warned that some schools may have to close. We didn't think we were going

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to be able to intake our pupils at one school. Thankfully, we have

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mitigated that. If it continues, we will have to close schools classes.

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The downturn in the oil and gas sector is proving to be a curse and

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a blessing for this issue. A curse because people who are losing jobs

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are moving away and taking with them their partners, many of whom are

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teachers. It is also a blessing because there is a pool of people

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who can be retrained as teachers, according to the Scottish

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Government. The Education Secretary addressed teachers with a pledge to

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retrain redundant oil and gas workers as teachers. He said it was

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ultimately a matter for local councils. They have to work out

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their individual resources to stuff councils. They have to work out

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their schools. Of course, they have to work with the government. The

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Scottish Government has been accused of doing little to help.

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Judo medallist Stephanie Inglis has arrived back in Scotland

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to continue her recovery, after a motorbike

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Stephanie was left in a coma, after the crash last month -

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and doctors gave her just a one percent chance of survival.

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She's being treated at a specialist unit in Edinburgh's Western General

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hospital, and her condition is said to be stable.

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Senior figures in the offshore oil and gas industry have called

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for radical and urgent changes to prevent rapid decline.

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They say there are just two years in which to secure

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A report by PwC includes a proposal for a "super-joint-venture"

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It would mean companies sharing profits at times,

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and co-ordinating their work in smaller oil and gas fields.

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The Conservative cabinet minister, Michael Gove,

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has claimed a UK exit from the European Union

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could lead to Holyrood having a say over immigration.

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But the first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has accused

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Here's our political correspondent, Glenn Campbell.

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The EU has a big say over fishing and farming and leave campaigners

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like Michael Gove argue a UK exit from the EU would bring these powers

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Today, Mr Gove went further, suggesting Brexit could give

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the Scottish Government more influence over immigration.

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It seems to be unfair you have an immigration policy

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If we left the EU, we could have a fair immigration policy

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and it could be shaped in the needs of Scotland's economy

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Immigration policy for the whole of the UK, including Scotland,

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is decided by the Home Office, and that wouldn't change if the UK

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But what Leave campaigners are suggesting is that

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in those circumstances, the Scottish Government

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could successfully negotiate with the UK Government to have some

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flexibility over who can and can't come and live in Scotland.

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Trying out new technology in Glasgow, the First Minister

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accused the Leave campaign of inventing their own reality

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Scotland doesn't get any power unless it has

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an agreement on the part of the UK government to devolve

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It doesn't happen because we don't to the EU.

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That is just an example and illustration of the fundamental

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dishonesty that lies at the heart of the leave campaign.

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Nicola Sturgeon would dearly like Scottish flexibility

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on immigration, but the UK Government, in which Michael Gove

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SNP ministers aren't convinced Brexit would change that.

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A deaf woman has gone missing after a night out in Glasgow.

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Kirsty Aitchison, a mother-of four from Robroyston,

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was last seen leaving the Campus bar in Sauchiehall Street at about three

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It's understood she was involved in an argument with someone

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She was wearing a black top, cream skirt and black sandals.

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The Scottish Government has set out plans to widen access

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Couples who have children from a previous relationship,

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will be able to have fertility treatment for the first time.

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The number of cycles women undergo will also be increased

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from two to three - to increase their

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Public Health Minister Aileen Campbell said the changes would make

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IVF access in Scotland the fairest across the UK.

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At least 600 people have gathered at George Square in Glasgow

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for a vigil in memory of the 49 people killed in a shooting

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People left floral tributes and lit candles, and a piper played

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The rainbow flag is flying a half mast on the city chambers.

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Members of the public, activists, civic leaders and sports teams

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gathered to stand in silence, light candles, and leave flags and

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flowers. A piper played laments and those who came reflected on why they

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wanted to be here. People go to gay bars and clubs around the city all

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the time and have a good time. All these people were trying to do was

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have a good time. Someone took offence to that and did what he did.

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A very sad time. It shows that we are all standing together and are

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not going to give in to fear or aged or anything like that. As the

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rainbow flag flies at half-mast from city Chambers, at least 600 people

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have gathered for a vigil in George Square, in memory of 49 people shot

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dead at a gay nightclub in Orlando in Florida. From some who shared the

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shooter's Afghan heritage, a keenness to distance themselves from

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what he did. These were innocent human beings who are out there to

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enjoy and have a good time. This brutal killer, the murderer, he was

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of Afghan origin and we are Afghans, we are here to show solidarity with

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gays, lesbians, transgender, whatever their grounds are.

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Organisers said today that today's event was designed to show support

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for LGBT people around the world and provide an opportunity to mourn with

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the community. A similar event takes place in Edinburgh on Wednesday.

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Plans have been unveiled to return the Stone of Destiny to Perth.

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The stone - on which Scotland's ancient kings were crowned -

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has been kept at Edinburgh Castle for the last twenty years.

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Before that, it spent almost seven centuries in Westminster Abbey

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in London - where it was taken by the English king, Edward I.

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The plan to display it in Perth would form part of

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a twenty million pound investment in the city's

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The cultural attractions of the city of Perth will be enormously enhanced

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by this. It'll be great for the local economy, it will bring in

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visitors from across world. The Scottish bias brew will be very

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interested in this and we hope to see them here to visit the stone.

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We look ahead to tomorrow's forecast, here's Andrew Kerr,

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We look ahead to tomorrow's announcement on climate change

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targets. And could Scotland really get a say in immigration policy if

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Britain left the EU. Boat Leave are suggesting that today. We will hear

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from them and their rivals. Let's get the latest weather

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forecast now - with Kirsteen. It's been a damp day across much of

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Scotland although we have seen some brightness. In the north-east and

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the Northern it's been a different story. A fair

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amount of crowd feeding into the north-east. Some mist and low cloud

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for eastern coastal areas. Perhaps into Central parts by the end of the

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night. Not a cold night. Perhaps a bit chilly for shelter drool parts.

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As we head into tomorrow, a dry, bright start across much of the

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North and west with fine spells of brightness and sunshine. In the

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east, rather cloudy from the word go. We will see some rain moving in

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from the Angus area. Haps reaching Inverness. A bit more throughout the

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course of the day with perhaps a fuchsia hours. -- view showers.

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Tomorrow it will certainly feel a bit chilly with brisk north-easterly

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wind. Forward Wednesday, a fair amount of cloud. Brisk winds for the

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coast. But the forecast.

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