04/03/2017 Reporting Scotland


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The Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has accused the SNP

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of talking Scotland down, and urged Nicola Sturgeon to talk up

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At the party's spring conference in Glasgow,

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on from an obsession with independence to concentrate

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Our political correspondent Nick Eardley reports

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She has won them over, and Ruth Davidson thinks Scottish voters

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agree. It is time to get back to the daily issues and take the

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agree. It is time to get back to the independence question off the paper.

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We said no, we meant it, are you listening, Nicola? No second

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referendum. So meeting for the first time since overtaking Labour at

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Holyrood, some suggestions on what focus on instead. The party will

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launch a review of the Scottish Government's curriculum for

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excellence and set up an excellent group -- expert group to look at the

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NHS and social care. We don't share the constitutional obsession when

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Scotland's children are being failed by your mishandling of schools, not

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when NHS waiting times are lengthening and tens of thousands of

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operations are being cancelled. We don't want the next year and the

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year after that and after that taken up with another independence

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referendum. We want you to do the job you were elected to do, to

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address the issues that really matter. At Westminster her party

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faces a constitutional question as well. How to deal with Brexit. Some

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say that, not the SNP, has put independence back on the agenda. The

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Scottish Tory leader admits it won't be easy but says Brexit is an

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opportunity to sell Scotland to the world. And they say to the SNP, stop

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talking Scotland down. Go out into the world and stop talking up our

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prospects for once -- start talking up. APPLAUSE.

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Her opponents accuse her of hypocrisy and say it is the UK

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Government approach to Brexit putting Scotland at least risk but

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Ruth Davidson thinks she has measures that resonates, no to

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another independence referendum, yes to focusing on education and the

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economy. Nick Eardley, Reporting Scotland In Glasgow.

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Detectives investigating the murder of a man in Renfrewshire believe

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42-year-old Steven Quail was found dead at his home

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in Johnstone last Saturday, hours after reports of a

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They also believe the killer may have confided in someone.

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A Young Man Has Lost His Life In A Particularly Violent Attack Here And

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His Family have significant difficulties coming to terms with

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that. I would appeal for these persons to come forward and give

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that information so we can pass this to the family to allow them to

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understand this and bring Steven 's killer to justice.

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It's being reported that merger talks between two of Scotland's

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largest companies have been held recently.

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The financial media says that Standard Life,

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headquartered in Edinburgh, has held discussions

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Neither company is commenting on the report.

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Put together, they would be Britain's biggest fund manager,

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controlling assets of more than ?600 billion.

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Tennis, and Andy Murray has won his first title of 2017

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by beating Spain's Fernando Verdasco in the final of the

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It was a comfortable enough victory for the Scot in straight sets.

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Joe Garner scored a second half hat-trick.

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Hibs are also through to the cup semi finals by beating Ayr.

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In the Premiership, Kilmarnock lost at home to Motherwell.

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Kilmarnock's Kris Boyd scored his 200th Premiership goal,

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Rugby, and Glasgow Warriors got a bonus point win

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against Newport Gwent Dragons in the Pro12 league.

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The final score at Scotstoun was 47-17.

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Well, it's over to Judith now with the weather outlook

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Thank you. Good evening. Many of us saw some rain today but also

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gorgeous sunshine over Shetland, but all change here overnight. We still

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have rain across northern Scotland, just about clear of the north-east,

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it has been fairly persistent here. It will be confined to Shetland

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tonight with gale force winds at times over Shetland. Elsewhere the

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wind light. Showers coming into night, some clear spells and clear

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skies towards the far north, temperatures close to freezing and

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maybe Frost, three or four Celsius. A cloudy start tomorrow with the

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showers but generally improving with the showers becoming fewer and more

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sunshine gradually developing through the day. Some showers on the

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West coast, the rain eventually clearing Shetland but not feeling as

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cold

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