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Welcome to Wednesday's Reporting Scotland. Tonight on the nation's | :00:16. | :00:19. | |
most-watched news programme: High street spending is flat, | :00:19. | :00:22. | |
bankruptcies are up and growth has hardly moved. | :00:22. | :00:24. | |
Official figures paint a disappointing picture of the | :00:24. | :00:30. | |
Scottish economy. Three years to the day until the | :00:30. | :00:33. | |
Commonwealth Games opening Glasgow - we will be live in the East End | :00:33. | :00:36. | |
of the city with a first look round the multi-million pound cycling | :00:36. | :00:40. | |
arena. Also tonight: | :00:40. | :00:50. | |
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MUSIC But just what did the lunchtime regulars make of this? | :00:52. | :00:56. | |
Looks good, doesn't it? But would you pay �2,500 for a 3,500 mile | :00:56. | :01:06. | |
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Indian takeaway? Somebody has. The fragility of Scotland's | :01:07. | :01:10. | |
economic recovery was laid bare today as latest figures show it | :01:10. | :01:15. | |
moved within a whisker of re- entering recession last winter. The | :01:15. | :01:18. | |
main measure of economic growth - gross domestic product - saw an | :01:18. | :01:21. | |
increase of just one tenth of one per cent in the first three months | :01:21. | :01:27. | |
of this year. There has also been a big rise in bankruptcies while high | :01:27. | :01:37. | |
street spending remains flat. What does this mean? Have our business | :01:37. | :01:41. | |
editor is here to explain. Jackie, some bleak economic data | :01:41. | :01:48. | |
today. We already knew there was a sharp decline in gross across the | :01:48. | :01:51. | |
UK at the end of last year - half of one percent down. In Scotland, | :01:51. | :01:54. | |
not quite so much contraction, 0.4 not quite so much contraction, 0.4 | :01:54. | :01:59. | |
percent. And what about the start of this year? A disappointing | :01:59. | :02:06. | |
rebound for the UK economy, merely repairing the winter damage. For | :02:06. | :02:08. | |
Scotland, we learned today that event was much weaker, especially | :02:08. | :02:11. | |
in construction - up only 0.1 percent. One retail last month, | :02:11. | :02:14. | |
despite inflation, total spending was static, a long way behind the | :02:14. | :02:19. | |
was static, a long way behind the UK figure. | :02:19. | :02:23. | |
There may be no shortage of reductions for shoppers but the | :02:23. | :02:29. | |
latest retail figures suggest we're keeping it our money in our pockets. | :02:29. | :02:34. | |
May show the biggest drop since 1999. June has offered no | :02:34. | :02:39. | |
improvement. Scottish sales performance is worse than for the | :02:39. | :02:43. | |
UK as a whole, consumer confidence is weaker and falling faster in | :02:43. | :02:49. | |
Scotland. One our people spending less? I think people are being | :02:49. | :02:54. | |
careful with everything. There are only spending if they have to. | :02:54. | :02:59. | |
Other things are going up so you have to make economies elsewhere. | :02:59. | :03:05. | |
am getting less money now so less money to spend. This follows a rise | :03:05. | :03:09. | |
in retail shop closures. This business says it is doing well now | :03:09. | :03:14. | |
but said it recently had to close one of its two stores. There has | :03:14. | :03:19. | |
been a substantial lowering of passing trade. We got fed up with | :03:19. | :03:25. | |
the tram works. We got fed up with high rates and add-on costs that | :03:25. | :03:30. | |
were imposed on us. Generally, it meant that business was not coming | :03:30. | :03:37. | |
to the store. These figures are immeasurable the no-confidence in | :03:37. | :03:44. | |
the economies are these figures will cause concern. They normally | :03:44. | :03:50. | |
confident retail sector says it is hard to know when the tide will | :03:50. | :03:58. | |
turn. -- they normally confident. Lots of figures - none of them did. | :03:58. | :04:02. | |
As we heard, people are getting squeezed between wages not rising | :04:02. | :04:08. | |
as high is inflation, so consumer confidence is low. There is an | :04:08. | :04:14. | |
upside about jobs. Good news about the jobs market improving but also | :04:14. | :04:18. | |
today, growing signs that a growing number of people are admitting | :04:18. | :04:23. | |
defeat in face of the debts they face. The number of personal | :04:23. | :04:29. | |
insolvencies has risen sharply. Those with assets are suffering | :04:29. | :04:34. | |
more than those who were already poor, in terms of becoming | :04:34. | :04:38. | |
insolvent. We hear from the Citizens' Advice Bureau that a | :04:38. | :04:42. | |
higher proportion of the calls they receive about debt our coming from | :04:42. | :04:48. | |
Scotland. Thank you. You're watching Reporting Scotland. | :04:48. | :04:54. | |
Still to come - we visit the site of the battle to repel Cromwell's | :04:54. | :04:59. | |
army 360 years later. In sport - will Rangers go back in | :05:00. | :05:04. | |
for Kenny Miller? We have the latest on that. Dundee United are a | :05:04. | :05:09. | |
goal down in the unique -- Europa League but keeping up for Slask | :05:09. | :05:15. | |
Wroclaw. What is Scottish football doing to tackle sectarianism - we | :05:15. | :05:24. | |
have a special report coming soon. Organisers of the 2014 Commonwealth | :05:24. | :05:28. | |
Games insist they are still on track and on budget to deliver a | :05:28. | :05:33. | |
world-class event. That is despite the shock resignation of the chief | :05:33. | :05:39. | |
executive last month. Glasgow will host the opening ceremony end three | :05:39. | :05:44. | |
years. Our Commonwealth Games correspondent is at the Sir Chris | :05:44. | :05:49. | |
Hoy velodrome where the cycling events will take place. | :05:49. | :05:54. | |
The only started work on this building behind me in January of | :05:54. | :06:00. | |
last year and as you might be able to see, it is coming along nicely. | :06:00. | :06:04. | |
Today the great and good of the Glasgow's gathering gathered inside | :06:04. | :06:11. | |
it to take a closer look. The first bike inside the 2014 velodrome | :06:11. | :06:16. | |
which will be ready by the end of next year. The games themselves are | :06:16. | :06:20. | |
three years away. According to those in charge, they are on track | :06:20. | :06:25. | |
and on budget despite the surprise resignation of the former chief | :06:25. | :06:30. | |
executive John Scott. That was a challenge but they have moved on | :06:30. | :06:35. | |
beyond that now. The committee are delivering the venues on target and | :06:35. | :06:40. | |
on budget. That is really important and I have confidence in their | :06:40. | :06:46. | |
ability to continue to do that and deliver a great games in 2014. | :06:46. | :06:50. | |
is going to be a world-class Games. Glasgow and Scotland will be very | :06:50. | :06:55. | |
proud of this. The Scottish at these will do well. There will be a | :06:55. | :07:04. | |
legacy from these games. Legacies cost money. The total budget is | :07:04. | :07:08. | |
�524 million. The Scottish government is contributing 340 | :07:08. | :07:14. | |
million. Glasgow City Council are providing the rest. They are | :07:14. | :07:19. | |
launching an inquiry to make sure it is all well spent. The council | :07:19. | :07:24. | |
itself will cap the governance and I am responsible for governance so | :07:24. | :07:30. | |
I am happy to work with my colleagues to look at all issues | :07:30. | :07:34. | |
surrounding the committee and the departure of the chief executive. | :07:34. | :07:39. | |
It is a construction site at the moment but in three years' time, | :07:39. | :07:44. | |
this velodrome will be one of the hottest tickets in town for Glasgow | :07:44. | :07:51. | |
2014. It will be ready late next year. The athlete behind me is | :07:51. | :07:55. | |
targeting three gold medals in three years' time in this arena. | :07:55. | :08:00. | |
The momentum is just starting to build and with that comes | :08:00. | :08:05. | |
excitement for the Games. If we can get a huge home support, it will be | :08:05. | :08:09. | |
the biggest event for Scottish athletes in their whole lives and | :08:09. | :08:15. | |
careers. The challenge for her is turning Delhi silver into Glasgow | :08:15. | :08:23. | |
gold. Jenny has plenty of time to get ready for her medal challenge. | :08:23. | :08:29. | |
In three years on a July Wednesday in 2014, in the stadium behind me, | :08:29. | :08:34. | |
the opening ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games will get | :08:34. | :08:39. | |
underway. Thank you very much. A Celtic fan | :08:39. | :08:41. | |
has admitted posting sectarian and racist comments on Facebook after | :08:41. | :08:43. | |
being caught during a police crackdown on internet bigots. 20- | :08:43. | :08:45. | |
year-old Michael Bailey from Glasgow left the message on the | :08:45. | :08:48. | |
social networking site, in a group called Neil Lennon should be banned | :08:48. | :08:50. | |
- and on his own page. He was caught after a police task force | :08:50. | :08:52. | |
began reviewing internet sites after March's controversial Old | :08:52. | :09:01. | |
Firm Cup replay. Sentence has been deferred for reports. | :09:01. | :09:04. | |
Business and community leaders in Maryport have asked the Defence | :09:04. | :09:14. | |
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Secretary to visit them. -- in Leuchars. This afternoon they had a | :09:15. | :09:20. | |
chance to voice their concerns about the handover of the IVF here | :09:20. | :09:26. | |
is to the army. End Leuchars village hall. The community leaders | :09:26. | :09:33. | |
try to make sense of the decision. John Swinney was here but was not | :09:33. | :09:37. | |
the politician most of them want to hear from about the plan to replace | :09:37. | :09:43. | |
the RAF with the army. I understand they want to speak to the UK | :09:43. | :09:47. | |
Government about this decision. I understand it was important that | :09:47. | :09:51. | |
the Scottish government came here today and made clear our | :09:51. | :09:54. | |
willingness to work with the community and expressed the need | :09:54. | :09:59. | |
for their concerns to be addressed by the UK Government. That is what | :09:59. | :10:04. | |
I will do in the light of the discussions today. Liam Fox was | :10:04. | :10:08. | |
afforded a welcome on the Moray coast yesterday but they feel | :10:08. | :10:14. | |
ignored in face. -- in Fife. He did not have the common decency to come | :10:14. | :10:19. | |
down here and say how sorry he was. It would not have taken long - | :10:19. | :10:25. | |
half-an-hour at the most. To me that is just being a coward. | :10:25. | :10:30. | |
MoD say the exact timetable for Leuchars is still being worked out | :10:30. | :10:37. | |
but the RAF will leave here by 2013 and by 2015 it will be an army HQ. | :10:37. | :10:42. | |
Half of the troops will be in place by then and the rest will fall by | :10:42. | :10:47. | |
the end of the decade. If you have any denudation in numbers during | :10:47. | :10:53. | |
the transition period, it can have had tremendous effect. You can lose | :10:53. | :10:58. | |
up to �20 million a year if you only have half the compliment. The | :10:58. | :11:03. | |
cumulative affect could be as much as �60 million. That is causing a | :11:03. | :11:08. | |
great deal of concern to local businesses who depend on the income | :11:08. | :11:15. | |
from the military personnel. Those accustomed to the role of the | :11:15. | :11:20. | |
jets still need convincing that local prosperity will not be | :11:20. | :11:27. | |
trampled. Some of the other stories across | :11:27. | :11:30. | |
Scotland - a man convicted of raping four women at various | :11:30. | :11:35. | |
addresses in Ayrshire has been jailed for 15 years. Raymond | :11:35. | :11:42. | |
Donnelly, who is 32, carried out the attacks between 1997 and 2010. | :11:42. | :11:45. | |
The judge ordered that Donnelly be supervised for eight years after | :11:45. | :11:49. | |
his release. A Black Watch soldier suffered | :11:49. | :11:52. | |
severe injuries after a bomb exploded in a region he and his | :11:52. | :11:58. | |
colleagues believed was safe because it had been checked. An | :11:58. | :12:02. | |
inquest heard that Corporal Tam Mason survived the blast in | :12:02. | :12:07. | |
Afghanistan, despite losing both legs. He was brought to the UK for | :12:07. | :12:13. | |
treatment but died six weeks later. Customers in rural regions could | :12:13. | :12:17. | |
see a reduction in the cost of broadband. OFCOM has ruled that BT | :12:17. | :12:22. | |
needs to cut the wholesale rate it charges other internet providers to | :12:22. | :12:26. | |
use its network in remote locations. The company often charges other | :12:26. | :12:36. | |
providers more in the countryside Staging an opera in the pub? It | :12:36. | :12:40. | |
sounds like the kind of idea you come up with whilst you are drunk. | :12:40. | :12:44. | |
In Glasgow, one of the city's all this bars is bringing this back to | :12:45. | :12:48. | |
its roots. In the performance, characters even sing about drinking | :12:48. | :12:53. | |
too much and eating too many tatties. How will it go down with | :12:53. | :13:03. | |
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What is this? Opera in a Glasgow pub? This is a perfect | :13:18. | :13:22. | |
accompaniment to lasagne and chips. As the audience watch one | :13:22. | :13:27. | |
relationship blossomed, they see another one head down the pan. | :13:27. | :13:31. | |
like the one in the bar because it is so poignant, it is just a little | :13:31. | :13:39. | |
guy sitting at the bar who sings about how tough life is. It is very | :13:39. | :13:49. | |
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moving. The pub's ghosts are brought back from the dead. This | :13:51. | :13:56. | |
landlady is said to roam the many rooms. She was quite a scary | :13:56. | :14:03. | |
character, so I am told. I really like to inhabit that character. I | :14:03. | :14:13. | |
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like to play with her passion. opera will move from floor to floor. | :14:14. | :14:18. | |
Despite having to move everything and everyone up three flights of | :14:18. | :14:23. | |
stairs, they think this is still the perfect pub to host an opera. | :14:23. | :14:28. | |
have been in this part Allott, I have played piano, I have sang. I | :14:28. | :14:33. | |
know what the job it is when you are trying to unite a room with a | :14:33. | :14:39. | |
song. For those who have just come in for lunch, it has given them a | :14:39. | :14:44. | |
taste for more. In this setting, yes, because you're not sitting in | :14:44. | :14:54. | |
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front of a stage. Really Glaswegian. Great atmosphere. This opera | :15:00. | :15:05. | |
belongs to the people of Glasgow. Their lives in this pub had inspire | :15:05. | :15:15. | |
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360 years ago today was the end of Scotland's hopes of fighting off | :15:20. | :15:25. | |
Cromwell's army. It happened at the Battle of Inverkeithing, and now | :15:25. | :15:29. | |
that battle site is being excavated to become a major tourist | :15:30. | :15:35. | |
attraction. But as we report, it has unearthed a bit of a surprised. | :15:35. | :15:40. | |
It is a muddy and messy job. The archaeologists are keen to find | :15:40. | :15:44. | |
remnants of a battle that changed the face of Scotland. Bits of | :15:44. | :15:50. | |
crockery, horseshoe nails, but they may at biggest discovery -- a | :15:50. | :15:56. | |
significant discovery. There is a group here, which shows that there | :15:57. | :16:03. | |
was explosions to blast this rock. We now think it might have come | :16:03. | :16:09. | |
from the railway cutting. They are convinced the battle happened very | :16:09. | :16:16. | |
near here. Plans for further air investigation -- further | :16:16. | :16:22. | |
investigation are on hold for a year. The more you begin to think | :16:22. | :16:26. | |
the more or audit becomes. As far as the battle is concerned, once | :16:26. | :16:30. | |
you look into the records, you start to wonder whether you would | :16:30. | :16:40. | |
have done this. Ins 1651, Oliver Cromwell pushed his army north of | :16:40. | :16:47. | |
the border. The Battle of Inverkeithing was a decisive | :16:47. | :16:53. | |
victory against the royalist Scots. Scottish resistance to Cromwell was | :16:53. | :16:59. | |
author, and for the next decade, Scots came under military rule. The | :16:59. | :17:03. | |
next bake has not yielded any battlefield relics, but they move | :17:03. | :17:09. | |
on to the next painstaking stage of research. This area is protected | :17:09. | :17:13. | |
for the wildlife. It is famous for the bridges. The history of the | :17:13. | :17:19. | |
battle which happened here remains a mystery for now. | :17:19. | :17:26. | |
Now the sport. The country's top referees are being asked to help in | :17:26. | :17:31. | |
the fight against sectarianism. BBC Scotland has learned that officials | :17:31. | :17:34. | |
will liaise with match delegates about any offensive chanting the | :17:35. | :17:42. | |
here during matches. In part two our series, Chris McLoughlin looks | :17:42. | :17:51. | |
at the Battle Against bigotry. of us are aware that the dangers | :17:51. | :17:56. | |
this presents to the game are very serious, and we cannot have the | :17:56. | :18:06. | |
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same happen this season. That would be a disaster. An old problem, last | :18:07. | :18:15. | |
year, Scottish football was blighted yet again by sectarianism. | :18:15. | :18:22. | |
It was once again highlighted by those on foreign shores. Rangers | :18:22. | :18:27. | |
fans sang sectarian songs in 2007 whilst in Spain, but you're a fat | :18:27. | :18:33. | |
charged them with a similar offence in the Netherlands. -- the fat | :18:33. | :18:42. | |
charged them. -- UEFA charged them. Scottish football's name was being | :18:42. | :18:49. | |
dragged through the mud, but now there is a zero-tolerance approach. | :18:49. | :18:52. | |
The footballing power brokers and the Government agreed an action | :18:52. | :19:01. | |
plan. Task forces are banning any sectarian singing, and today the | :19:01. | :19:05. | |
revealed an new role. Delegates have always reviewed conduct, but | :19:05. | :19:11. | |
we are asking them to focus more on that. Not just the delegates, but | :19:11. | :19:14. | |
also the men in the middle. There will be an interaction with | :19:14. | :19:22. | |
referees, in addition to looking at the bookings and sendings-off, they | :19:22. | :19:28. | |
will compare notes on what was heard or not heard during the game. | :19:28. | :19:32. | |
I have never said we can sweep away sectarianism or overnight in | :19:32. | :19:37. | |
football, but I think we made a very good start. What happened last | :19:37. | :19:42. | |
season will not be allowed to happen again. Dundee United hope | :19:42. | :19:46. | |
that home advantage will help them overturn their Europa League | :19:46. | :19:51. | |
deficit against Slask Wroclaw. The Polish team are now in Dundee ahead | :19:51. | :19:57. | |
of the Clash, but the visitors have arrived in confident mood. -- ahead | :19:57. | :20:04. | |
of the match. Dundee United trail 1-0. They will however take heart | :20:05. | :20:10. | |
from the game. They played very well. They trail only 1-0, and they | :20:10. | :20:16. | |
are confident that can be or all here tomorrow night. -- that can be | :20:16. | :20:20. | |
beaten tomorrow night. At the end of the day, you will see a lot more | :20:20. | :20:24. | |
work from us this week. We will create chances and get the crowd | :20:24. | :20:29. | |
buzzing. If we can lift the crowd, it will mean we are doing the right | :20:29. | :20:38. | |
things. Slask Wroclaw arrived in Scotland earlier today. Last week's | :20:38. | :20:43. | |
goal scorer is confident they can go through. Why not? We have a good | :20:43. | :20:53. | |
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team. I am confident. Dundee United at are well aware of what they need | :20:54. | :21:03. | |
to do. It is the prestige of getting through, you also get money. | :21:03. | :21:11. | |
We want to get through. Dundee's sizable Polish community are back | :21:11. | :21:15. | |
in the visitors and confident of all when, but Dundee United fans | :21:15. | :21:21. | |
think their side can go through. think it will be 1-04 Slask Wroclaw, | :21:21. | :21:30. | |
Hallett was in Poland. -- 1-0. will not get carried away but I | :21:30. | :21:36. | |
think Dundee United can do it. years ago Paul Hegarty was in the | :21:36. | :21:46. | |
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side which beat Slask Wroclaw 722. -- 7-2. Rangers have said they will | :21:46. | :21:50. | |
not increase their offer for Kenny Miller. They learned their bid was | :21:50. | :21:55. | |
rejected by Bursaspor. Kenny Miller joined the club in January, but | :21:55. | :22:00. | |
Rangers were keen for him to return for a third spell at Ibrox. | :22:00. | :22:05. | |
Bursaspor stared be received a higher offer from Cardiff. -- said | :22:05. | :22:15. | |
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the received. What lengths would you go took to | :22:16. | :22:23. | |
get your favourite curry? One man has paid �2,500 to get the order | :22:23. | :22:29. | |
flown from Ayrshire to his dinner table in Dubai. | :22:29. | :22:36. | |
As a nation, we love curry. This is part of one of the most expensive | :22:36. | :22:43. | |
takeaways ever ordered. The chef is making a banquet for 12, but the | :22:43. | :22:50. | |
diners are in Dubai. How does he feel about going international? | :22:50. | :23:00. | |
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am delighted. It is a special order and I feel ordered. What kind of | :23:01. | :23:11. | |
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condition is it in? It will have to be extremely cold and then reheated. | :23:11. | :23:15. | |
Most of us collect the takeaway or have it delivered, but this is one | :23:15. | :23:21. | |
curry buffet with a difference. The chef will be hand delivering it by | :23:21. | :23:27. | |
helicopter. The banquet will make the to claim five hour flight to | :23:27. | :23:32. | |
Luton airport. There they will be picked up by private jet and touch | :23:32. | :23:36. | |
down in Dubai, where the bank that will take place. It is not your | :23:36. | :23:45. | |
normal order for a Wednesday night, so what is it worth? �2,700. It is | :23:45. | :23:55. | |
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expensive because I have to go there myself. I always said to the | :23:57. | :24:00. | |
customers they should come to Scotland, but this is what they | :24:00. | :24:05. | |
want. Instead of a takeaway, he wants his international customers | :24:05. | :24:15. | |
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to sit in. I hope they got some free poppadoms with that. Fergus | :24:16. | :24:22. | |
Muirhead will be dealing with consumer queries next Wednesday. | :24:22. | :24:28. | |
The address you need is The address you need is | :24:28. | :24:32. | |
[email protected]. Talking of being short-changed, now the weather. It | :24:32. | :24:36. | |
was a fairly cloudy day across the country. We saw some brightness | :24:36. | :24:44. | |
towards the end of the afternoon, and the north-west fared quite well. | :24:44. | :24:52. | |
Here is the map from seven. Some showers will linger. Generally it | :24:52. | :25:01. | |
will be dry and cloudy. Some spot in the central Highlands. The next | :25:01. | :25:10. | |
few days will be a picture of sunshine and showers. Let us look | :25:10. | :25:15. | |
at 6am. The cloud will start to demand break and the sunshine will | :25:15. | :25:25. | |
peep through. -- it will start to thin and break. Temperature Wise, | :25:25. | :25:34. | |
up to 17 degrees. Moving further north, more at chance of a light | :25:34. | :25:40. | |
showers. -- More chance. The temperatures will not do that well. | :25:40. | :25:44. | |
The second half of the afternoon and into the evening, we hold on to | :25:44. | :25:51. | |
this picture. The showers will ease away. Moving ahead from Thursday, | :25:51. | :26:01. | |
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it is the same story. Temperatures will creep up to 19 degrees. | :26:02. | :26:10. | |
Zooming out, high pressure is with us on Thursday and Friday. There | :26:10. | :26:20. | |
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could be rain on Friday in western parts. Zooming in, looking at | :26:22. | :26:29. | |
Saturday, the rest of the country is dry and bright. Hopefully it | :26:29. | :26:36. | |
will last until Sunday. Just time for a summary. David Cameron has | :26:36. | :26:42. | |
admitted with hindsight he would not have employed Andy Coulson. He | :26:42. | :26:47. | |
told MPs that he was extremely sorry for the furore caused by the | :26:47. | :26:54. | |
appointment. Latest figures have revealed the fragility of | :26:54. | :26:59. | |
Scotland's economic recovery. The main measure of economic growth, | :26:59. | :27:06. | |
gross domestic product, increased by just 0.1 %. Investigators | :27:06. | :27:11. | |
investigating the death of three patients at Stockport hospital have | :27:11. | :27:18. | |
arrested and nurse, Rebecca Leighton. -- arrested the nurse. | :27:18. | :27:26. |