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warmer. That's all from us on BBC One.

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27 years in jail for the killer of Clydebank

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Her mother describes him as a monster.

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There is no sentence high enough to justify what has happened but we can

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now say there is one less evil man in the world which makes the world

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that little bit safer. Paige is safe and can rest in peace knowing

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justice has been served. Also on the programme,

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would you know how to spot someone We're being asked to look out

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for the victims of trafficking The closure of the Longannet Power

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Station caused a slowdown Can Gordon Strachan stay as Scotland

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manager after last night's 3-0 And all-singing, all-dancing -

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Gary Tank Commander faces his A sandwich shop owner has been

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jailed for at least 27 years for the murder of 15-year-old Paige

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Doherty. John Leathem carried out a frenzied

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knife attack on the teenager in the back of his shop

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in Clydebank, inflicting Paige's mother described Leatham

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as a monster who had carried out From the High Court in Glasgow,

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Aileen Clarke reports. A family left heartbroken and

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devastated by the loss of their daughter, but today they said they

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saw justice done to a high standard. Today we see a monster put behind

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bars for the unthinkable brutal crime he committed against our

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daughter Paige. A beautiful 15-year-old with a life in front of

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her, leaving her family and friends to have to carry on without her

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here. We can now say are there is one less evil man in this world.

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John Leathem ran a deli in Clydebank. Here he is opening up on

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a Saturday morning in March. CCTV outside shows Paige Doherty popping

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in for a sausage and change for the bus. She was on the way to her

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Saturday hairdressing job but she didn't read the deli alive. Within

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ten minutes of her buying that sausage roll, John Leathem had taken

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her through to the back and killed her. He stabbed Paige more than 146

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times. CCTV showed him in a white T-shirt and trainers, running to a

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shop next door to buy wipes and in bags to clean up. He went to his car

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and opened the boot. The next thing he did was carry Paige's body out

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wrapped in bin bags, he put her in the boot and closed it. Two days

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later, he dumped Paige's body just off this busy dual carriageway a

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mile from his shop. The only explanation that leaves them offered

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the court for that savage attack he launched an Paige just moments after

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she got here was that she wanted to work here and they had fallen out

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about it, but he didn't tell that to the police and the police heard

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nothing from Paige's friends or family to back that up. What he did

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tell the police was that he was positive they would not find any

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trace of Paige's blood here, but they were wrong, they did, in the

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shop and also in the boot of his car and on his jacket. No evidence of

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any motive has been put before me to and on his jacket. No evidence of

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explain the ferocity of this attack. You must have struck the victim in

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excess of 146 times with a knife, which on your account just happened

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to be handy in the back room of your shop. What you did was truly

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reprehensible. It is impossible to comprehend how an apparently happily

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married man, with a young child, who is running a successful business, is

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capable of such an horrific level of violence.

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After Lady Rae sentenced him to a minimum of 27 years in jail, the

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court room that was packed erupted. Friends and family of Paige shouted

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beast and monster and one woman relative banged on the side of the

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dock screaming, why did you do this? Leave them didn't look up, didn't

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look at them, kept his eyes on the floor as he was led downstairs to

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start his life sentence. There's a huge piece missing in our family

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that can never be replaced. I am thankful for the 15 years we had

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with Paige, from the kind and generous wee soul she was to them at

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your young woman she grew into. She may not be with us any more but she

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will live on through her brothers and sister and through all the

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memories we share. People in Scotland are to be asked

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to look out for signs that a person has been trafficked,

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and also consider whether goods they're buying have been made

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by someone forced to work It's part of a new strategy

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to address the problem as new figures show an increase

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in human trafficking in Scotland. Here's our political

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correspondent, Lucy Adams. This man was trafficked after his

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brother was involved in an investment that went wrong.

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TRANSLATION: The gangster said they would kill my family if they could

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not pay back my brother's debt. My brother was killed as a warning, and

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for my family's safety, I had to obey their request. The Scottish

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Government want people to wake up to the fact that human trafficking is

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happening here. It could be in remote rural areas or in high

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streets like this one. Last year there were 145 victims identified, a

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30% increase on the previous year. Now they want customers to think

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about if they could be victims of trafficking in their local nail bar,

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in their local shops or indeed in their car wash. A key part of this

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strategy is to raise the whole issue of human trafficking into the

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public's consciousness. Many people would think this is something that

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doesn't affect them or isn't happening within their community,

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the reality is it could be. What we want to do is make people more aware

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of the risk of human trafficking and if they have information or suspect

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it is happening, to share that concerned

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with the police so it can be appropriately investigated. The

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strategy says there is a strong presumption against prosecution

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where victims have been forced to commit crimes such as working in

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cannabis factories, however the BBC understands some victims have faced

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charges regardless. The strategy is not enough in itself. We understand

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it's a necessary first step, but there needs to be so much more. The

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strategy needs to lead to actions, to identified trafficking. Without

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that whole society effort and that relentless proactivity in our

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that whole society effort and that communities and public services,

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then we won't be get underneath this and won't be able to identify those

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who really need our assistance. Human trafficking is set to increase

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further because of the global refugee crisis. It's here to stay.

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The new strategy has been welcomed but experts say everyone involved

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needs to ensure its being implemented on the ground. Lucy

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Adams, reporting Scotland. The closure of Longannet power

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station in March cut back Scottish economic output significantly,

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according to the latest It contributed to Scottish growth

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being three times slower than the UK Our business and economy editor,

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Douglas Fraser, joins Those figures show growth was back

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in the economy, so how healthy was it? Not very healthy. This is a

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rear-view mirror as to where we were in spring. It shows growth of less

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than 0.5% in the Scottish economy. In contrast the UK economy as a

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whole growing at nearly double that pace. The Scottish economy has been

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really pretty sluggish for a year and more, or I should say early in

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the winter, it was worse news January- March, no growth at all, so

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it's picked up a little bit from that. If you look over the whole

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year you're looking at quite disappointing figures for Scotland,

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0.7% growth, nearly at recession. The UK figure is three times faster

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growth. Which parts of the economy were doing better and how might they

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be affected by the European referendum? The Scottish economy was

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growing at the same pace as the UK for two or three years, before the

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oil price fell and that clearly hit the oil and gas sector in the

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Scottish economy more widely. Quite strong construction figures in

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Scotland, but they've now gone into reverse. They are contracting,

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according to these recent numbers. As you mentioned, the power station

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in Fife closed in March, that had an impact on output. The stronger

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sector in these most recent figures with business and finance, very wide

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ranging from accountancy to office supplies. As for the Brexit foe, the

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referendum, these numbers precede that vote. We'll have to wait three

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more months to see what the immediate effect was. We are seeing

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indicators coming through all the time as to how the economy is

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performing and it's a mixed picture. Something is continuing as normal by

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consumer spending, the pound is much weaker than it was, which is good

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for exports and inflation. Uncertainty is the dominant theme

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after that referendum result. That could hold back business investment

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that has longer implications and we've yet seen. Thank you.

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Rail passengers in Scotland have been warned to expect disruption

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ahead of engineering work getting under way across the network.

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ScotRail said some services were being cancelled,

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while many journey times would increase.

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Our reporter Andrew Black is at Queen Street Station

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What sort of engineering work is going on?

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Scotland's promising a real revolution in rail services and it

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wants to improve, deliver vastly improved services but for that to

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happen it says passengers will first have to experience a bit of pain.

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The rail operator is about to start its latest round of engineering

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works out why have a big effect on services in Central Scotland,

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including the services which run here from Glasgow Queen Street

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station. That means it's starting on weekends from the 22nd of October

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and continuing to the 20th of November. There are no direct trains

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between Glasgow and Dunblane and Edinburgh and Dunblane. That's one

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of the big changes. There are other changes as well. Some services are

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going to be cancelled. Some are going to be replaced by buses and

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there will probably be queueing systems that key stations. What

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ScotRail have said is for passengers to look at their website, look at

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the alternative timetable that has been put in place before travelling.

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Earlier on I spoke to the boss of of ScotRail and he said the work they

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are carrying out is vital. We have a huge work bank of work that has to

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be completed to bring in this faster, greener and longer electric

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trains next year. Over the next five weekends there will be some work.

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Other work has to do with electrification of the line. We ask

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our customers to be really patient with us. We really appreciate it. We

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do understand this is the negative impact on some journeys. The

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Scottish Government has said ScotRail's performance this year

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hasn't quite been at the level that it expected. That's the backdrop to

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these announcements. A Dutch company has been running ScotRail trained

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since last year and says it is determined to make improvements. On

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the engineering works announced today ScotRail knows some people

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won't be happy but insists the work will ultimately transform Scotland's

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rail network into one of the best. Ultimately it says passengers will

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need to experience some short-term pain in return for long-term gain.

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Thank you, Andrew. You're watching BBC

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Reporting Scotland. A man's jailed for at least 27 years

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for the murder of Clydebank Glad Hearts, as plans

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to rebuild the main stand at the Tynecastle are approved

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by Edinburgh City Council. More slum flats will be built in the

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Govanhill area. The Scottish Government has promised more than ?2

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million to buy the properties and do them up, extending a programme

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that's running already. But critics say its owner occupiers who are

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selling and not the problematic private landlord. Our political

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correspondent Andrew Kerr has more. Busy shops, busy food banks as well

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in this part of town. The problems in some parts of Govanhill are well

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documented. Families in poverty living slum conditions exploited by

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rogue landlords. The programme is running to get these flats into

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public hands. The Scottish Government has promised another ?2.5

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million, more than 100 have been bought and sorted out. But at

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Govanhill barfs, a symbol of regeneration, the local community

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complain that half of all the flats bought up along to owner occupiers

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and not rogue landlords who need to be tackled. Owner occupiers, people

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who tend to look after the place or smaller landlords who own one flat,

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other people selling up. Some of them can move back in as tenants,

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but in general the Housing act and the legislation that was aimed

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specifically at dealing with the problem in Govanhill has left us

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high and dry and it's not solve the problem. But the local housing

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associations they then need to hold of these owner occupier flats before

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the rogue landlords do. The ones we have bought from owner occupiers, if

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we had not bought them to bring them into this then the only people

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really buying properties in this area at this time our private

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landlords, so while we were mopping it up on one side it would have been

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starting at the other and would have become self-perpetuating system. The

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minister doling out the money met community members today. He's

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promised to look at the powers available. About 60% of the

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acquisitions have been from private landlords. I think that's very, very

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important. Beyond that, what we need to do is ensure that all the

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legislation that is in place, in terms of enforcement, is used

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properly, to ensure that private landlords here delivered to the

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standards we expect. People here say this is a vibrant, busy community

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but admit there are issues, of course. Community leaders say those

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issues need to be tackled to prevent anger and frustration bubbling up

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here in Govanhill. A man who died climbing the North

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face of Ben Nevis has been named. Fraser Campbell,

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from Clackmannanshire. He was injured on Friday

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while climbing with another man, and airlifted from the scene

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to hosptal early on Saturday after what rescuers

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described as a "difficult Football now, and the Scotland

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manager Gordon Strachan says he feels sorry for the players

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and the watching fans after the national team

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were defeated 3-0 by Slovakia. At full-time the team were jeered

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by the Tartan Army and the result has raised questions

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about the manager's future. It's over. The Slovakian cheers

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almost being drowned out by the boos from the Scotland supporters.

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Familiar full-time frustration, but also anger aimed at a manager. I'm

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not sitting here thinking about myself, I'm thinking about these

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lads and looking after them and how in the future we can support them

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and give the supporters something to sing and dance about away from home.

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That was his response to a question about his future last night. Today

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it remains unanswered. I think in Gordon Strachan's mind he will be

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wondering whether he wants to carry on with this. He signed a two-year

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contract in the summer and I think he will want to see out the England

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game at Wembley. Beyond that if that result doesn't go well I think he

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may take matters into his own hands. The visitors in shocking pink

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actually started well but the colour would soon befit the performance.

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Robert Mak got one in each half. The third with 20 minutes to go turned

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it from bad night into demoralising defeat. Ultimately it comes back to

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the manager, there were players last night who did not perform to the

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levels they should have done. Over the two games the players can take

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responsibility for not stepping up to the plate but ultimately the

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manager picks the team and it's his responsibility. Anger over there.

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But back here early morning commuters were perhaps more

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philosophical. I'm not sure if it's Gordon Strachan

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that's to blame at the minute but I'd like to think he would probably

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stay on but who knows? I would have thought it would have been a

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disaster looking at the table this morning, we are only three points

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behind Ireland. This is the table. Scotland sit fourth, knowing that a

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win against England at Wembley next month could change things

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considerably. Another defeat, though Commander will be more questions for

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a manager already under pressure. Chris McLaughlin, Reporting

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Scotland. Plans to rebuild the main stand

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at the Tynecastle football stadium have been approved by Edinburgh City

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Council. ?11 million will be spent

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on the upgrade at the Hearts ground, which will increase its capacity

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to more than 20,000. The club hopes work will

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start next month and be He started life as a sketch

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in a comedy show at the Edinburgh Since then, Gary: Tank Commander

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has become a TV star. Now he has his sights set

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on the biggest stage Our arts correspondent

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Pauline McLean has been There are few things that Gary: Tank

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Commander hasn't tried. Singing, dancing, defending the nation. And

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now he's back where it all began with a stage show. Actor Brendan

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Hugh created him a decade ago for the Edinburgh Festival. If he give

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someone who is not the brightest some confidence it means you can put

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them into any situation at all and he will be so confident in himself,

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no matter how badly things are going on around him.

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Was that APB? The only PB you have is the pork belly hanging out of

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your trousers. And since Gary is in the Army the stakes are even higher.

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It wasn't long before the committee moved from stage to the small screen

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with three TV series so far. Accidentally he can be quite

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profound, whether he could identify when he is being profound or when he

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is being shallow, because he is self-centred but also character is

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not so self-centred that people are alienated by him. All of the

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comedies that I've loved watching, you've got to warm to that guy.

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And even political leaders warmed to him. I'm the First Minister of

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Scotland. And I'm terrified right now. And he conducted a series of

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eye opening interviews for the Holyrood elections. No direction

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from me, how are you doing, Nicola, let's have a chat. It was that, and

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I did it all day for eight hours. It was fascinating to see how different

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individuals coped with that setting. Some were prepared and some were

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not. I think you can see that. For now Gary is back in action, this

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time on stage in Glasgow. His biggest venue to date requires some

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big ideas. Camels, explosions, high-stakes international politics,

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and an ending that you might not quite believe is possible but it is

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in Gary's world. Pauline McLean, Reporting Scotland.

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Here is Graham Stuart with details of Scotland 2016. The people have

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spoken but was ordered Parliamentary scrutiny should be fans for Brexit

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face and I will speak to a Syrian National Coalition in living in

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Aleppo throughout the single war. That is all on BBC Two Scotland at

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10:30pm. We've had settled October so far.

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This lovely sunshine was caught by one of our weather Watchers. Things

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look like settling down once again next week. A number of showers

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across eastern Scotland tonight where it will be cloudy cloudy for

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most, but we will see skies towards the north-west and also Shetland.

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Across north-west Scotland we could see temperatures falling down to

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around two Celsius, chilly Commander touch of frost under the cloud, more

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likely to between seven or eight Celsius, quite breezy along the east

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Coast. That is how tomorrow starts, cloudy, some showers feeding in

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across eastern Scotland, the south-eastern ones picking up

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through the day. Across western area is always more in the way of

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sunshine, tending to be sunny and dry. As we had to the afternoon we

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will see this saddest easterly winds picking up introducing showers in

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part of the South and Dumfries and Galloway. I think the Glasgow area

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might escape the showers, going north with protection from the hills

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in the north-west the Western Isles could see sunny spills. Max and

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lighter winds. Showers will feed into Orkney, Shetland reading a

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charmed life, dry and sunny spells, cloudy skies force of the main focus

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of the showers across southern Aberdeenshire. They were ganged

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together becoming more prolonged and we will see showers across

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south-eastern Scotland. Getting cold as the wind picks up, you will

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notice it's becoming colder than we have seen of late. Into the evening

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the showers continuing to feed into eastern areas, becoming heavy and

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prolonged in the north-east, dry conditions in western areas. If you

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look at the pressure chart you can see why, that area of high pressure

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from Scandinavia moves away slightly, allowing this blow to feed

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up from Spain squeezing the isobars and that is why we will see a windy

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day on Friday with the wind coming in from the east, unusual, and

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frequent showers from the north-east, dry in the west and

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South. Thank you. Now a reminder of

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tonight's main news. A sandwich shop owner has been

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jailed for at least 27 years for the murder

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of 15-year-old Paige Doherty. John Leathem carried out a frenzied

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knife attack on the teenager in the back of his shop

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in Clydebank, inflicting MPs have called for the right to

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debate and vote on the Government's negotiating strategy for the UK's

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departure from the EU. The demand was made repeatedly

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in the Commons by both senior Labour I'll be back with the late bulletin

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just after the News at Ten.

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