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A material change in unemployment figures,

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as the number of people out of work falls to its lowest

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Following a major operation to crackdown on human trafficking -

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police say they have found eleven potential victims.

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Nearly 20,000 people have signed a petition calling

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for Abellio to be stripped of their Scotrail contract

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because of their disatisfaction with the trains.

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We'll ask what level of service is acceptable?

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Something I have never seen before. Deaths and violence have gone up

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dramatically. The new Justice Secretary said making them safer is

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a priority, and she has announced plans to increase the numbers of

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prison staff after years of cuts. Sometimes it is late by ten minutes.

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It is standing there doing nothing. It gets me to my destination quick

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It gets me to my destination quick enough.

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It's a big game for Celtic as they prepare to take

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on Borussia Munchengladbach in tonight's Champions League match.

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And discovered off the Galloway coast -

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the first images of a German U-boat, sunk almost a century ago.

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Unemployment has fallen sharply again in Scotland.

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The number of people out of work between June and August was down

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And the unemployment rate here was lower than the rate

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Our business and economy Douglas Fraser is here with the details.

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These figures point to a significant improvement in the labour market,

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at least in the numbers out of work - down 25,000 to 127,000.

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That was the biggest fall of any part of the UK,

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and takes the Scottish unemployment rate to 4.6% - better

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But in those same summer months, the number of Scots in work fell

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by 8,000, while the UK saw 106,000 more people working.

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Scottish textiles were seen as dying and for aly finished but in

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Schofield the weaker pound has brought a new pattern of sales for

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the trade customers opening up foreign markets.

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They are obviously seeing an increase in the raw material costs

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in terms of buying yarn, but they are taking advantage of favourable

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exchange rates because they are exporting a lot to the Far East, to,

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some to Europe, quite a lot to America. So they are seeing some

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down side but some up side as well. Recover Friday the financial crash

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has brought in apprenticeship for some who had training programmes

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that collapsed back then. It has been difficult. I done a

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apprenticeship in joinery beforehand, and did that for a few

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years it went really well until the recession hit and things like that.

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Unemployment and things became an issue. But since coming here I felt

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my job has been quite secure and its as has went really good. Today's

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figures suggest there hasn't been such a simple shift. Many people,

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mostly women appear to be leaving the workforce, they are saying they

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are not available for work. That goes for 34,000 more working aged

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Scots women in the year to this summer We have seen a small increase

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in employment which is welcome, another significant decrease which

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is welcome, but unfortunately, both of these shifts are more than

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compensated for by a significant increase in economic inactivity. A

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labour market where unemployment is falling because people are

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withdrawing from the labour market rather than going into jobs isn't

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one we should be complacent about. After we learned yesterday inflation

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is on the rise, it is worth noting weekly pay increased by 2.3%, that

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is still well ahead of 1% inflation but it is not expected to stay that

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far ahead into next year. The job position looked worse than the rest

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of the UK. That was explained by the gas and oil industry. Oil in small

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reservoirs nearly 3-and-a-half billion barrels with no plans to

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extract them and at risk of being untapped. More than two thirds are

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strapped in small pools. Pools. The new industry regulator is

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challenging engineers to find new ways to extract that oil and gas, if

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they can lots more jobs long into the future.

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Police have discovered a number of children thought to be at risk

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following a Scotland-wide crackdown on people trafficking.

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Six youngsters and five adults are being cared

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for after they were discovered working in nail bars.

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15 people were arrested or detained in connection

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with alleged trafficking and immigration offences.

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Hundreds of police officers took part in a series of operations.

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Our reporter Andrew Anderson joined one of them.

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In their sights those who traffic the vulnerable, using them as slave

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labour. These teams are about to carry out a series of swoops across

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Fife. This beach is the first stop today for police and immigration

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officials, there can sometimes be scores of people on this beach

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gathering shellfish and the agencies are concerned that among them there

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may be people who have been trafficked or who are working as

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slave labour. This beach is popular with people

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from the Chinese community. This is what they are looking for. The two

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main species they will be after will be the razor clams and the cockles,

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of which the razor clams are the more valuable.

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The police approach a Chinese family who a peer to be collecting razor

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clams. Criminal gangs use cheap labour to supply the catering trade.

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What language do you speak? Chinese? They tell police they Ron o will a

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day out. This operation in Fife was repeated across Scotland yesterday.

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500 police officers looking for the signs of trafficking.

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Sometimes people who just display fear or anxiety, on some of the

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worst occasions people could perhaps display injuries which are the

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result of being assaulted. display injuries which are the

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stop, a car wash. Is there anybody else we will find? These workers are

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mainly Bulgarian, everything here was above board. The owner told me

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the traffic Kerrs are bad for business. They are, we can't compete

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with people who are doing that, because it is hard for us to, you

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know, to pay the wages and pay the bills at the end of the month. It is

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quite hard. How big a problem is trafficking in Scotland? It is a

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very difficult to put a figure on the number of people out there being

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exploited because they could be exploited in a number of way, the

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key thing for that is that where it is identified it brought to the

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police attention. The police hope this latest operation will

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ultimately lead them to those criminal gangs, who deal in people,

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for profit. A petition demanding improvements

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to Scotrail services, signed by nearly 20,000 people,

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has been handed to the Government. Campaigners claim Scotrail provides

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a poor deal for commuters, with widespread delays

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and cancellations. In response, the company says

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it is working hard to improve customer satisfaction,

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and it is expanding its fleet Here's our transport correspondent,

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David Henderson. A symbol of sips content about the

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way Scotland's railways are run. In this box, a petition, backed by

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19,000 people. Among them, this woman who is fed up with being late

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for college. Sometimes it is late by ten minutes. It is standing there

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doing nothing, there was a day it started at nine, so we all got there

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late because it is my whole class is getting that train. The campaign's

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message to Government is simple. Get tough with ScotRail bosses or strip

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them of their contract. A delay sounds like a statistic but it has

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an impact on somebody's life. We have had stories from members who

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have missed appointment, interviews and there has been real impact on

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then from delays. Waiting to meet them today, the Transport Minister,

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last month he asked ScotRail for a performance improvement plan. He

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told me that should mean fewer delay, a better deal for passengers.

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There is a plan in place over the franchise, to have more services

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running, to have high speed trains, longer trains so people don't have

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to be crowded on. Nothing is perfect. No. I hold ScotRail to

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account to make sure they deliver. It is 8 is month since the Dutch

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firm Abellio won the ScotRail franchise. It promised to invest

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millions to improve service. But not all their plans have stayed on

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track. ScotRail say that just under 90% of their services run on time,

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or less than five minutes late. That is just below their target but they

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say the huge increase in passengers travelling on the railways presents

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them with a challenge, and has caused some services to run slower.

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This hasn't helped either. ScotRail wants to improve the rail network to

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boost passenger numbers and speed up trains but that has meant

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large-scale repair work and disruption. So what do other

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passengers think? It was a nights mare when the works were getting

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done, other than that I am fine. It gets delayed every so often,

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comparing to other ways of travel I found it good I go back-and-forth

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from Glasgow to Edinburgh. It is regular and fine. ScotRail has been

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given time to improve its service by ministers and passengers wants an

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assurance that there is light at the end of the tunnel.

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The UK government has rejected a call from the SNP to give

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a guarantee that EU nationals can stay in the UK after Brexit.

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During a debate at Westminster, they claimed EU citizens

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But UK ministers say they can't make promises until similar assurances

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Here's our political correspondent, Nick Eardley.

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In the Highlands, Polish born nan has been in Scotland for ten years

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but for the first time she is considering her position after the

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EU referendum result I don't know if I will be able to stay, will I be

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able to, made to go, made to go or, yes, I just don't know, I think that

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is what makes me anxious, I have no idea what is going to happen. The

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Scottish Government says it will fight for EU citizens to stay. You

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remain welcome here, Scotland is your home. Today the SNP at

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Westminster called on the UK Government to guarantee the rights

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of EU nationals after Brexit. The status of millions of our fellow

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workers friends and neighbours is uncertain. Mr Speaker it is not good

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enough. Conservative MPs accused the SNP of scaremongering, saying they

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were the only ones raising the prospect of people being asked to

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leave. The UK Government says it wants to give assurances, but they

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will only come if there is a similar promise to British citizens living

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in Europe. There are over one million British citizens who have

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built their lives elsewhere in Europe that are counting on us to

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secure their future. We simply want a fair deal. But for some that is

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not enough. They say EU citizens may be worried so they will leave. There

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was a warning about the effect of post-Brexit rhetoric There are

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people who have been emboldens by the climate, who want to see EU

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nationals dispelled and worse. Back in Inverness she hopes there will be

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guarantees for people already here. I think people who are here for so

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many years, and, have mortgages, families, people, kids going to

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school and things, yes, I think they should be guaranteed really to stay.

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A cup of tea for now but she is not ready to completely relax just yet.

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Meanwhile, Scottish government ministers have been in Brussels

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to discuss Scotland's future relationship with the EU.

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Scotland's minister for Brexit, Mike Russell, and external affairs

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minister Fiona Hyslop had a series of meetings at the

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They say their aim is to try to keep Scotland inside the single market.

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It is very much? Scotland's interests to be parts of the single

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market. There is no doubt about that. We have to make sure that we

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are part of the single market. That is the objective we have, and we

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will go on arguing for that through the process and we will do it within

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the internal UK negotiations but it is important it is understand here

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You're watching BBC Reporting Scotland.

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The number of unemployed people in Scotland has fallen to its lowest

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It's all smiles now with these two boxers despite the heated fighting

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A charity believes Scotland can eradicate youth homelessness

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in a decade if it adopts a Canadian approach.

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The Rock Trust argues early intervention and prevention work

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with schools, social workers and families will stop young

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My mental health was going down a lot. I wanted to just be back with

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my family, but I couldn't. AJ left care aged 16. Ended up being the

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college drop out a lot. I couldn't cope with doing so many thing, I

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would leave a job because I couldn't do it because I had issues going on,

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so it was, everything just went, it was like a roller coaster. This

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charity offers practical support as was like a roller coaster. This

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well as advice. It thinks homelessness can be wiped out in ten

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years if Scotland follows a Canadian model of early intervention. We are

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asking for teachers and educators for family workers to identify young

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people who are likely to become homeless. Want to make sure they

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there are housing options goods for young people. The charity wants

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councils to help. Local Authorities are willing but argue more action is

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needed tackling underlying problems like poverty and mental health. I

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left at 16, coming on 17, and it was the worst time to leave, you are not

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fully adult yet. You might think you are but you are not. So, use the

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time you have got, while you have got it, because once you have left,

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there is no way back in. In. Voluntary work and part-time study

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have come from this help, the charity believes identifying and

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supporting vulnerable teenagers sooner could end youth homelessness

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in a decade. Three appeal judges have heard

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arguments about a court ruling to evict a group of independence

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campaigners from their camp in the The Indycamp was set up outside

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Holyrood in November last year, with supporters pledging to stay

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until Scotland became independent. The judges have said they will issue

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their written judgment later. The judges have said they will issue

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their written findings later. A woman from the Highlands credited

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with inventing the disposable nappy and transforming the lives

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of millions of parents has Shortly after the Second World War,

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Valerie Hunter-Gordon, from Beauly, made her first disposable nappies

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using an absorbent inner pad and a waterproof outer

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from parachute nylon. The design was patented and sold

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worldwide as Paddis. Celtic are hoping to take a huge

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step towards securing European The Glasgow side have one point

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so far in Group C and the Germans are bottom with no points,

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so tonight's outcome Here's our senior football reporter,

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Chris McLaughlin. Celtic go into this with lots of

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confidence after that 3-3 match a couple of weeks ago. Can they do it

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again this evening? Two former Celtic players join me now. I

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mentioned the word confidence, is it well-placed? Yes, it's here in

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mentioned the word confidence, is it abundance at the moment. Another

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good performance at the weekend against my team. In Europe they've

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been doing quite well off the back of that 3-3 and I expect them to go

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into this game with that abundance of confidence and I think they'll

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get three points tonight. We know the Germans are struggling with

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injury and illness, four first team players missing this evening -

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should that make much of a difference, this is still a top and

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a sleek aside? Yes, and the German league is one of the top leagues in

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Europe. -- top Bundesliga side. This is a team who close you down,

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fossils wrong and fit and fast with Sung-Yueng players, and they will

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play on the counterattack so so basaltic will have to be very wary.

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So, how will it go this evening? I think Celtic will win, but it will

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be close. I will say 2-1. I will say 2-0, Celtic start fast, as they

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usually do at home. It could be another memorable night here this

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evening. It will certainly be another noisy night and the game is

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live on BBC Radio Scotland. Glasgow Warriors' European match

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with Munster goes ahead as planned on Saturday,

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the day after the funeral of the Irish side's head

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coach Anthony Foley. He died suddenly at the weekend,

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with his counterpart at Warriors, Gregor Townsend, describing

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the subsequent few days as "a tough Permitting the game - perhaps more

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difficult for Glasgow's players in a week when rugby mourns monster's

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head coach Anthony Foley. The 42-year-old died suddenly at the

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weekend, but his side's match against the Warriors this Saturday

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goes ahead as planned. There will be a lot of emotion at the game. I

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think it's a game to remember. To remember what Anthony did and helped

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create at Munster. They've got a 28,000 seater stadium and he was one

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of the key players who got them that success. I was looking forward to

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catching up with him. It's such a loss for our game, a huge loss for

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Munster rugby, so our thoughts go with them and Anthony's family.

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Anthony Foley's funeral is on Friday, the day before the match.

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The players have so much respect for him than they try and get on with it

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and try and do the job the way we think and no Anthony would want us

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to go on with it. And that's what drives us. Glasgow started their

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European campaign by claiming the Leicester tigers, and handling their

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own emotions could be key this time. This is not the first time recently

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the Warriors have had to deal with difficult circumstances away from

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rugby. Last year they had a much postponed against Racing following

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the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris. This time to the match goes

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ahead as planned, but they say they hope to be representative at the

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funeral of Anthony Foley, or make an appropriate gesture and the stadium

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otherwise. Boxing now, and there were angry

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exchanges at a news conference ahead of the first professional fight

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for the Commonwealth Games His manager, the former world

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champion Barry McGuigan, was clearly angered by comments made

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by his opponent's trainer, Dave Ryan and Josh Taylor were in

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Edinburgh to promote Friday's bought. The fighting talk was not

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coming from the boxes. On Friday night, when it's on, we'll see.

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Coming into your backyard, into your house, and I'm going to put your

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pants down and spank you. I'm going to put your arms off, put your legs

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off, and I'm going to drown you. Was it a step too far? For me, it's a

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line crossed. Clifton is loud and he likes to be heard. It's always a

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step too far with Clifton Mitchell. He tends to be vociferous on behalf

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of his voters. You notice that his fighter was not as garrulous. Dave

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Ryan is a tough kid, but that's what he is. This kid is world champion

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written all over. Taylor proved himself on the international stage

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at amateur level at the Commonwealth Games two years ago. He accepts Dave

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Ryan is his best opponents of. This fight is a massive step up for me.

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proven that he's tough and durable. proven that he's tough and durable.

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-- best opponent so far. He's been Commonwealth champion, he's been the

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British champion. So he's definitely got the pedigree. He's a good

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fighter. That I believe I'm the man for the job on Friday, to claim that

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title. Any ill feeling had disappeared by the time the boxes

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went head-to-head. Friday's meeting will be less cordial.

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A German U-boat which sank almost a century ago has been discovered

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It was found by engineers laying underwater power cables.

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It's been claimed that the submarine's crew abandoned

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the boat after being attacked by a monster.

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The waters of the Irish sea off the coast of Galloway. During World War

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I, German U-boats used this place as their hunting ground. Royal Navy

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ships were trying to find and destroy them. Now, engineers laying

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cable say they have found the wreckage of one of them. This might

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be UB-85, a 45 metre long submarine which was sunk in 1918, one of about

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12 German and British World War I submarines which met their end in

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the Irish sea. Sonar images from the sea bed sureties virtually intact.

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We do really detailed surveys of the sea bed so that we can look out for

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obstacles which might be in the way, boulders and things like that. What

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we did not expect to find was a German U-boat. It's probably the

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most amazing thing I've ever come across in the whole of my

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construction experience. The sub submarine surfaced and was captured

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by a Royal Navy vessel. The German crew said they had just survive to

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fight with a sea monster! Could it crew said they had just survive to

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have been a relative of Nessie? We don't know what is down there. Loch

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Ness itself is twice the depth of the North Sea. Who knows what is

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down there, in maritime and geological terms? What could have

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actually attacked the submarine? We will just never know.

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actually attacked the submarine? We explanation just muddies the waters,

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says this historian. This submarine was caught on the surface at night

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recharging its Patrice. It saw the HM Drifter Coreopsis coming, it

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attempted to do a crash dive to get HM Drifter Coreopsis coming, it

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away, and the young officer whose job it was too shocked the hatch at

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the top did not show it properly. And so once the submarine was

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underwater, it rapidly started flooding from above. So they had no

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option but to blow all the compressed air out, bring the

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submarine to the surface and surrender. Seems that the idea of a

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watery creature defending Britain's shores may have been sunk. I like

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the idea of Nessie doing her bit for shores may have been sunk. I like

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the war effort, but I think in reality, the real sea monster is the

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U-boat. Now, here's Graham Stewart

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with details of Scotland 2016. Reports suggest the Prime Minister

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may consider a separate deal to allow the City of London to remain

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in the single market after Brexit. Well, as Scottish ministers met in

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Brussels today, we will ask if Scotland could get a similar deal.

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To the weather now, and Christopher has got the latest. It was a lovely

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day for many, largely dry. Best of the sunshine in the west and

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south-west. The cloud in the east was broken, with sunshine coming

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through there as well. Tonight, dry and chilly with any showers around

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the Borders clearing away. It will be colder than last night. In the

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countryside, rural parts of Highland and Grampian, subzero. Tomorrow,

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high pressure still with us, no pressure across the near continent

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and this weather front trying to come in several really slow

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progress. For many, after a chilly start, it will be a dry and fine

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day. One or two early showers around East Lothian and the eastern

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borders, but those should clear away after lunch. By mid-afternoon, it

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should feel fairly passant. The cloud will be thickening around the

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west coast, especially for the Hebrides and the Western Isles,

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where that weather front is approaching. But the rain will stay

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away until after dark. Into the rest of the afternoon and the evening,

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that cloud and rain starting to edge in, and it will be a cloudier day.

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This weather front edging in towards the north-west. There will be some

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outbreaks of rain. Fairly light and patchy in the name. High cloud, so

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still reasonably bright at times. Into the weekend, and it sent

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easterly wind. That's the forecast. Our main headlines... Unemployment

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has fallen sharply again in Scotland. The number of people out

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of work between June and August was down 25,000 on the previous quarter.

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It's now at its lowest level since 2008. A call by Conservative MP

:27:20.:27:25.

David Davies to carry out dental checks on child refugees to

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establish their age has been criticised as unethical. It follows

:27:30.:27:33.

claims that some who say they are children are actually over 18.

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That's Reporting Scotland. Join me again just after the Ten O'Clock

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News. Until then, from everyone on the team, enjoy the rest of your

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