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England and Wales to segregate the most dangerous Islamist prisoners.

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Built with private money and closed on safety grounds,

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now a BBC investigation finds that many Scottish schools are owned

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There are an awful lot of people making very substantial sums of

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money out of it, which have got nothing to do with, and are of no

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benefit to Edinburgh schools. Also on the programme, salvage

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engineers prepare to try to refloat the oil rig which ran aground

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on the the Isle of Lewis. The leader of Scottish Labour says

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she's not supporting Jeremy Corbyn because he can't unite the party

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or win a general election. As Team GB heads home from Rio,

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we assess the success of Scottish And - he's climbing

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the pecking order. We find out why Edinburgh Zoo's

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best-known penguin has been promoted to the rank of Brigadier

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in the Norwegian army. More than 200 schools built

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in Scotland under private finance initiatives - or PFI schemes -

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are now at least partially owned by offshore investment funds,

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a BBC investigation has found. Parts of the projects can be traded

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in financial markets, like the 17 Edinburgh schools that

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closed earlier this year Our reporter Fiona Walker

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can tell us more. The inquiry into why the 17 schools

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in Edinburgh were found But in investigating why

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the defects happened... This is Oxgangs Primary

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when the wall collapsed. The BBC also looked at

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the role of PFI - the private finance initiative which enabled

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the schools to be built. A private company called

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the Edinburgh Schools Partnership. Well, it's been a shifting

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cast of characters - the original companies involved have

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sold their stakes. Parts of their original stakes have

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been bought and sold 13 times on financial markets,

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which has made those So the partnership is now made

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up of four companies - investment funds -

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and they are based offshore. But the Edinburgh project

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isn't the only one. There are over 300 PFI

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schools across Scotland. New research shows that 270 schools,

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the vast majority, are at least partially owned offshore in

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investment funds. These funds are regarded

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as attractive investments - This PFI analyst and critic says

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the profits extracted by investors are being put

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before children's education. The whole PFI machine is really a

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profit machine, a wealth machine, and there are an awful lot of people

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making very substantial sums of money out of it, which have got

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nothing to do with, and are of no benefit to Edinburgh's schools.

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So critics argue excess profits and lack of accountability are not

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in the best interests of the children.

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But Edinburgh City Council, for one, doesn't necessarily agree.

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As long as we have a contractual relationship that has a contract to

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do the right things by the schools, and that the pupils are in good

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schools, safe and are in good condition, that is something we

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decided ten or 15 years ago, and our job is to make sure that contract

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goes on as well as it can. That inquiry into the Edinburgh

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Schools failures is due in December and is expected to have national,

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political and policy implications. And if you want to hear

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more on that story - BBC Scotland Investigates:

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How Safe is My School? is on BBC One Scotland

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tonight at 7pm. The Isle of Lewis is tonight hoping

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to lose what's become a striking Two weeks after the drilling rig

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the Transocean Winner was blown ashore during a storm,

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workers plan to float it free on Our reporter Angus Macdonald

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is at the scene. How high are hopes

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that it can be done? Very high indeed. A lot of work has

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gone into the effort over the last couple of weeks. Men have moved onto

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the island, researchers have moved onto the island. We have to that you

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can see behind me already hooked up to the rig. Whole lot of work and

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effort has gone into it. Calculations have been made on how

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much it would take for this monster to float away. It is not just on

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this side of the island we have seen work today. There have been

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preparations coming on to receive the rig once it has been floated

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off. On the east side of Lewis, an anchorage for the rig is being

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prepared. Two tugs are headed -- hooked up. Pontoons under the rigs

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have been placed, and preparations have continued to ensure that the

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rig will float. We have 16 tanks pressurised. Two of the tanks

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yesterday we had difficulty with, getting the right level of pressure.

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A lot of work has been done, and we have confidence that there will be

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enough buoyancy to do the operation tonight. There is a chance the Red

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Bull float before the high water tonight. There is a chance the Red

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mark at 10:30pm. Then the painstaking voyage to broad-based on

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mark at 10:30pm. Then the the East Coast of Lewis will start.

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We will need to make sure everything is stable. We will need to make sure

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everything is upright, by shifting balance around the rig itself. We

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then have a passage plan. The rig will go round the coastline,

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approximately five miles offshore, with the two tugs towing it. It

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could be anything at between around 18 and 23 hours. A number of

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sightseers have gathered to say goodbye to the unexpected visitors,

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before a safe anchorage is found on the other side of the island. Thank

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you. You're watching Reporting

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Scotland from the BBC. Still to come on tonight's

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programme: Children's theatre goes on the

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road, and into the classroom. What happens when the leader

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of the Labour Party in Scotland says the leader of the UK party couldn't

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win a general election? Could it mean more division

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and uncertainty for an already Kezia Dugdale has said she will back

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Owen Smith in his leadership Our poiltical correspondent,

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Nick Eardly, reports. The Scottish Labour leader and her

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UK counterpart in better times. Kezia Dugdale had said Jeremy

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Corbyn's election at Labour leader marked a fresh start. Not now. She

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thinks this man is in a better position to unite the party and win

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thinks this man is in a better a general election. I think Owen

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Smith represents the best combination of radical policies,

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combined with a credible plan of how to achieve it. I came into politics

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to see a Labour government deliver a fairer and more equal United

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Kingdom. That isn't a view shared by everyone in Scottish Labour. Most

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local parties who backed the candidate are behind Jeremy Corbyn.

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His supporters thinks he has the backing of most members here. Jeremy

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offers the alternative that the country needs to have. It is looking

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good at the moment, from indications like canvassing and local meetings.

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He is doing very well. Who are some of the key players backing? Mr Smith

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has the support of Scotland's only Labour MP, Ian Murray. The decision

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was criticised by Kezia Dugdale's elected deputy. He said plotters

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were putting self interest first. And the new Shadow Scottish

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Secretary says Kezia Dugdale needs to get behind Mr Corbyn if he wins

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again. Dave Anderson does not speak for the Scottish Labour Party,

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author Jeremy Corbyn either, on the issue of the Progressive Alliance of

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the SNP. I work with Jeremy Corbyn all the time. We are both grown-ups.

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It is possible to have a free and frank debate and come to a different

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conclusion on an issue like this, and still work together. We will

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hear more from these two men and what they are offering Scots when

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they visit Glasgow on Thursday. Nick, where does it leave

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Kezia Dugdale if Jeremy Corbyn wins? Some believe the Scottish Labour

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leader shouldn't have publicly endorsed the candidate in this race.

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They say she will have to work with whoever wins, and if it is Jeremy

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Corbyn, the relationship could be made more difficult by her comments.

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Kezia Dugdale says this race is so important that she couldn't just sit

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by and not give her opinion. There was some suggestion that she is

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prepared to work with Mr Corbyn again in the future, that there are

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splitting the party both here in Scotland and the UK. One of the key

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challenges for the new UK leader, and for Ms Dugdale, will be to try

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and heal some of those wounds. It is unlikely to be an easy task. Thank

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you. The headteacher of a young boy

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who died, along with his mother, after being swept out to sea

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in Aberdeen has described him Six-year-old Lucas Walker

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was playing on the beach on Saturday His mother Julie, who tried

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to save him, also died. The youngster's 13-year-old brother

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Samuel, who also went to their rescue, is said

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to be recovering well. A lecturer has admitting

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killing his wife after wrongly believing he was not the father

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of their two children. Robert Kerr stabbed Shin Shiin Liu

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at their home in Newton Mearns, He was originally charged

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with murder, but the Crown accepted his plea of culpable

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homicide on the grounds of diminished responsibility,

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after it emerged he suffered "an abnormality of the mind"

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at the time of the attack. Do you have Olympics

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withdrawal symptoms yet? Are you missing televised dressage

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and athletics every night - Team GB's athletes are on the way

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home, but our reporter, Jane Lewis, is still in Rio, holding

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on to the Olympic spirit. I would imagine so, for many,

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especially those who have medals. I imagine the flight home will be very

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pleasant indeed, and I'm sure they can't wait to get home to show off

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their gold, silver and bronze medals. These Olympics were

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phenomenally successful from a Team GB point of view. They won 67 medals

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and finished second top of the table, behind America and in front

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of China. These games were successful from a sporting

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achievement, to be honest, because if you look at some of the world and

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Olympic records that were broken, it was almost 100 of them. Sporting

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success in many venues across Rio. Athletes played their part in

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helping Team GB to that historic medal tally from Scotland. 13

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Scottish medals were won in Rio, their best performance in an away

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Olympics from a Scottish point of view, equalling their best

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performance in any Olympics. The final night of athletics at the

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Olympic Stadium, and a perfect way to end a special games for the Scots

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competing as part of Team GB in Rio. It was nice to be in that group that

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had done so well. There was a lot of morale in the team, and everybody

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supporting each other, and it was great to be part of it. I think

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that's why we had so much success. In all, Scottish athletes won 13

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medals in Rio, four Gold, seven silver and two bronze across eight

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sports. This is my fourth Olympics now, and I think this is the best

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ever performance I have seen by Scottish athletes. It helps that we

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have Andy Murray, who is our Usain Bolt, but he delivered on his gold

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medal. We have had so many spectacular successes. It has been a

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games to remember. Andy Murray is the double Olympic gold medallist.

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Andy Murray's gold was an incredible personal achievement, and a 12 medal

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won by a Scot for Team GB at these games. Scottish success started in

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the pool. Day five and a relay silver. Three Scots on the podium.

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Significant medals also came our way... Silver for Katherine

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Grainger, her fifth Olympic medal. If you crack it, you would have a

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special performance. We said the day before that we believed there was

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something special we could do. And before that we believed there was

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it came. There was another gold for Heather Stanning. They are fearless,

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they are history makers! She defended her Olympic title. And on

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their Olympic debuts, there was brilliant in the velodrome, and two

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more golds. I got home late last night, and Jo's name was -- light

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was on in her room, and she was awake with her medal lying next to

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her on her bed! There was a Scottish disappointment too. Hannah Miley

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came close, and Lauren Muir gave it her all, but it wasn't quite enough.

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But there was also promising signs for the future.

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Plenty of Scottish success of their on evidence here at Rio. The big

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question is how we hold onto that and build upon it for the next major

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events on the horizon, the Commonwealth Games only two years

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away, and then the next Olympics in Tokyo in four years' time. There are

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world champions and European champions in between, so the likes

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of Sport Scotland and other sporting governing bodies that try to hone

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these athletes have their work cut out. They do not just plan for one

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Olympics at a time. This is a long-term plan, maybe even going

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back ten or 20 years. They know what they have to do, and they know they

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want to continue making Scottish athletes at the heartbeat of British

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success. How did we hope a form? There were questions over its

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abilities to host the games? Where were a lot of concerns before the

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abilities to host the games? Where games. The Zika virus was talked

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about. Was the transport up to scratch, and where the venues ready?

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There were talks of political unrest in the city, and many locals said

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they didn't want the games, and there were going to be a lot of

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protests. I think that those pregames issues, once the games were

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in full flow, they faded into the background, and as many of us

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expected, the sport became the main focus. From that point of view, Rio

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did deliver. You look at the backdrop here, there have been

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plenty of other stunning backdrops as well. These games will be

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remembered for a long time to come as being very special indeed. Thank

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you very much. Football fans still have the World

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Cup to look forward to, and the Scotland manager,

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Gordon Strachan, says "now is the time"

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for his young talent to shine. He's named his squad

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for the first of the qualifiers That game's against Malta

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in two weeks' time. Good afternoon, I'm great, very

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good. The Scotland manager in good fettle as a new campaign approaches

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and with its new blood. Callum Paterson, keirin Tierney, John

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McGinn and Barry Mackay each have just one cap. Oliver Bekker Steven

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but all could play a role as Scotland begin their quest to reach

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Russia 2018. Now is the time. They have proved to us on and off the

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pitch that we can rely on them to trust them. We hope over the next

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year that they will progress at their clubs and that will help us

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out. Those options were among a number of issues for Strachan to

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address with the media today. Some offer greater cause for optimism

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than others. Great options at left-back with Robinson and Tierney,

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but the same cannot be said of central defence or right back. A

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lack of a robust defender is an issue. I would say in the middle of

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the park with Scott Brown retiring and James McArthur still being

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unfit, that is an issue as well. Gordon Strachan wants the driving

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energy that Brown gave him, that is an issue he has to address, physical

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momentum in the middle of the park. It is not often we go into a

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qualifying campaign with a strike in such terrific form as Leigh

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Griffiths, so that is a real bonus for Gordon Strachan to have. Perhaps

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the one worried that the Tartan Army is Ross McCormack not being there.

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No McCormack and no Shaun Maloney either, the Hull City player was

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Scotland's top scorer in the last campaign but according to Strachan

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hasn't played enough recently to make the squad. It may not be his

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time, then, but this time would be a good time to wash away memories of

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nine consecutive failed qualifying campaigns.

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A look at other stories from across the country.

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The completion of a new children's hospital in Edinburgh is to be

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delayed after two construction firms in the build went bust. ?150 million

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Royal hospital for sick children was due to open next autumn but NHS

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Lothian says it will now be delayed until the spring of 2018. The firms

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involved were Dunne group and JB brick work. Some of Scotland's

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biggest local authorities are turning to take legal action against

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the government. The four including Glasgow and Aberdeen are angry they

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will not being colluded in final negotiations for next year's funding

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deal. The government says it only negotiates with the local government

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body, which these local authorities chose to leave, but the government

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says it will still consult with them. A small earthquake has been

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detected on the Isle of Mull in Argyll. The British Geological

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Survey recorded the 1.9 magnitude tremor at just after half past one

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on Friday afternoon. The epicentre was towards the south of the island.

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A summit has been held in Dunphy is to examine the key transport issues

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facing the South of Scotland. The transport minister has been urged to

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invest in the region's Road and rail links to boost the economy.

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Transport emerged as the major local issue during the election campaign.

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Upgrading the a 75 is seen as a priority. Wildlife experts have

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expressed concern that some of Scotland's best-known butterflies

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have failed to make an appearance this summer. Mid August is supposed

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to be peak season for species like a peacock, small tortoiseshell and

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to be peak season for species like a collar, but sightings have been

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rare. Conservationists say wet weather may be to blame.

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They are shows that have been around the world,

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but now school children will get a chance will get to see them

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A new project involving children's theatre makers and

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the National Theatre of Scotland is aiming to take the theatre

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Our arts correspondent, Pauline McLean, reports.

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Hey, handsome, I'm home! for shoes is an award-winning piece

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of children's Theatre. It has already toured North America,

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Ireland and Germany, but this performance in an Edinburgh primary

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Ireland and Germany, but this school is one of the most important

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to date. We in Scotland produced some of the best theatre for

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children and young audiences in the world, and that is not just me

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saying that, it is the truth, it is recognised. But I want to see is

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more children in Scotland seeing that world-class work that is made

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here in Scotland, all across the country. And these shoes are made

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for walking. This is one of two plays that have been touring in 22

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local authority areas will stop some like Edinburgh may have plenty of

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Theatre on their doorstep, but bringing it into the school is

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important. Having the opportunity to have high-quality drama productions

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in school, it just opens up all possibilities for learning in the

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classroom, and it helps us to tackle themes that might otherwise be ready

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difficult. For others, it will be the first experience of theatre, so

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it is important they are equipped from the start. It was a fantastic

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show, I really enjoyed it, and probably my favourite bit was when

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Sean stepped in the pool, because he had really nice Nike trainers on and

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he stepped into, and he was ready upset and it was really funny. I

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really enjoyed it, and I have never seen anything like it. It is really

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clever the way they used the shoes in the boxes and I would be happy to

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see it again. But the tragedy is, the tragedy of it all is... This is

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just the beginning of how the programme should bring theatre to

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15,000 children over the next few months. The ambition is for every

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child in Scotland to see at least one show like this in their nursery

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or primary school. This may sound like a bit of children's Theatre,

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but it's true! A King penguin at Edinburgh zoo has

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been made a Brigadier His first job in his promoted role

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of Brigadier. He inspected the soldiers of the King of Norway's

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guard who had taken the time out from the Edinburgh military Tattoo

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to present the award to him. An Edinburgh Penguin first became the

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mascot of the guards in 1972, because there was a certain

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affinity. The colours are the same, as is black-and-white, black and

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silver, and he is also black and silvery white in his colours, but he

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looks like our shoulders -- our soldiers, the stands firm and Paul,

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and some people say he also will looks a little bit funny like when

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and some people say he also will we march. During the soldiers last

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visit, the Penguin became a night, this time they are also making him

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Baron of a Norwegian island that he's not letting it go to his head.

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He'd not have any stardom, he has let go to his head. When he has the

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music or the singing of the Kings guard, he knows that is meant for

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him, or we think he knows that is meant to him and he walked right up

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to the front of the enclosure. So what is next, Emperor penguin? This

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is going to be a major challenge for the protocol in the royal Palace in

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Norway, I'm sure. But he has been promoted, the only Baron in Norway,

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so before they come in four years' time, they are going to have the

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work out what the next move up the chain is. After the excitement of

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today, now Brigadier and Aaron Penguin has been enjoying a relaxing

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swim, and we are told that later as a special treaty will be tucking

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into his favourite meal of sprats. It started off a bit miserable for

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many parts of the country, but it did improve. This was the scene in

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Berg Gallery this afternoon, some sunshine coming through and

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certainly lovely sunshine to end the day for most. You can see more

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clearly on the satellite and radar picture, the cloud will sing away,

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any showers fading. Probably the best of the weather right now.

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Tonight, it stays dry the most, some clear condition so chilly in the

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countryside but watch what happens in the south. The cloud builds and

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the rain arrives, a hint of what is on the way tomorrow. Overnight

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temperatures where we have the clear condition is perhaps down to 7

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degrees but elsewhere holding in double digits. And tomorrow is a

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soggy start across the South, heavy rain through Dumfries and Galloway

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in towards Lanarkshire and the Borders and moving northwards,

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though turning lighter and more patchy as it does so. For overall, a

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cloudy day, damp at times. By mid-afternoon, cloudy with continued

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outbreaks of rain. Temperatures around 17 to 19 Celsius, quite a

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humid feel at times. The further north you are, less likely to see as

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much rain as areas further south but still cloudy and damp and fairly

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extensive hill fog at times as well. For the Northern Isles, reasonably

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dry, brightness around, but some rain coming way later. In fact, as

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we head into the evening, a period of Thunder Remainer is likely across

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the South, pushing through the Borders, towards the capital, in

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towards Angus and indeed Aberdeenshire. It is brief but packs

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a punch for stock gone by Wednesday, lingering for a while to Shetland

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but it goes here to amend the most of the country Wednesday looks set

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fair, dry, bright and warm, 19 to 20 Celsius. It doesn't last. Thursday

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is a cloudy day, but not too wet. If you showers around, not as wet as we

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are likely to see tomorrow but it certainly looks as though after

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tomorrow's disappointing day, Wednesday will be the best day this

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week. Now, a reminder of

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tonight's main news. The first ballot papers had been

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sent out for in the Labour leader contest. Kezia Dougdale endorsed

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Jeremy Corbyn's opponent, Owen Smith.

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