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Welcome to Wednesday's Reporting Scotland. Tonight on the nation's

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most-watched news programme: High street spending is flat,

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bankruptcies are up and growth has hardly moved.

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Official figures paint a disappointing picture of the

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Scottish economy. Three years to the day until the

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Commonwealth Games opening Glasgow - we will be live in the East End

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of the city with a first look round the multi-million pound cycling

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arena. Also tonight:

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MUSIC But just what did the lunchtime regulars make of this?

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Looks good, doesn't it? But would you pay �2,500 for a 3,500 mile

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Indian takeaway? Somebody has. The fragility of Scotland's

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economic recovery was laid bare today as latest figures show it

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moved within a whisker of re- entering recession last winter. The

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main measure of economic growth - gross domestic product - saw an

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increase of just one tenth of one per cent in the first three months

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of this year. There has also been a big rise in bankruptcies while high

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street spending remains flat. What does this mean? Have our business

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editor is here to explain. Jackie, some bleak economic data

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today. We already knew there was a sharp decline in gross across the

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UK at the end of last year - half of one percent down. In Scotland,

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not quite so much contraction, 0.4 not quite so much contraction, 0.4

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percent. And what about the start of this year? A disappointing

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rebound for the UK economy, merely repairing the winter damage. For

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Scotland, we learned today that event was much weaker, especially

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in construction - up only 0.1 percent. One retail last month,

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despite inflation, total spending was static, a long way behind the

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was static, a long way behind the UK figure.

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There may be no shortage of reductions for shoppers but the

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latest retail figures suggest we're keeping it our money in our pockets.

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May show the biggest drop since 1999. June has offered no

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improvement. Scottish sales performance is worse than for the

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UK as a whole, consumer confidence is weaker and falling faster in

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Scotland. One our people spending less? I think people are being

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careful with everything. There are only spending if they have to.

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Other things are going up so you have to make economies elsewhere.

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am getting less money now so less money to spend. This follows a rise

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in retail shop closures. This business says it is doing well now

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but said it recently had to close one of its two stores. There has

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been a substantial lowering of passing trade. We got fed up with

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the tram works. We got fed up with high rates and add-on costs that

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were imposed on us. Generally, it meant that business was not coming

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to the store. These figures are immeasurable the no-confidence in

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the economies are these figures will cause concern. They normally

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confident retail sector says it is hard to know when the tide will

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turn. -- they normally confident. Lots of figures - none of them did.

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As we heard, people are getting squeezed between wages not rising

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as high is inflation, so consumer confidence is low. There is an

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upside about jobs. Good news about the jobs market improving but also

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today, growing signs that a growing number of people are admitting

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defeat in face of the debts they face. The number of personal

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insolvencies has risen sharply. Those with assets are suffering

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more than those who were already poor, in terms of becoming

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insolvent. We hear from the Citizens' Advice Bureau that a

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higher proportion of the calls they receive about debt our coming from

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Scotland. Thank you. You're watching Reporting Scotland.

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Still to come - we visit the site of the battle to repel Cromwell's

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army 360 years later. In sport - will Rangers go back in

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for Kenny Miller? We have the latest on that. Dundee United are a

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goal down in the unique -- Europa League but keeping up for Slask

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Wroclaw. What is Scottish football doing to tackle sectarianism - we

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have a special report coming soon. Organisers of the 2014 Commonwealth

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Games insist they are still on track and on budget to deliver a

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world-class event. That is despite the shock resignation of the chief

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executive last month. Glasgow will host the opening ceremony end three

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years. Our Commonwealth Games correspondent is at the Sir Chris

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Hoy velodrome where the cycling events will take place.

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The only started work on this building behind me in January of

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last year and as you might be able to see, it is coming along nicely.

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Today the great and good of the Glasgow's gathering gathered inside

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it to take a closer look. The first bike inside the 2014 velodrome

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which will be ready by the end of next year. The games themselves are

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three years away. According to those in charge, they are on track

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and on budget despite the surprise resignation of the former chief

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executive John Scott. That was a challenge but they have moved on

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beyond that now. The committee are delivering the venues on target and

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on budget. That is really important and I have confidence in their

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ability to continue to do that and deliver a great games in 2014.

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is going to be a world-class Games. Glasgow and Scotland will be very

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proud of this. The Scottish at these will do well. There will be a

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legacy from these games. Legacies cost money. The total budget is

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�524 million. The Scottish government is contributing 340

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million. Glasgow City Council are providing the rest. They are

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launching an inquiry to make sure it is all well spent. The council

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itself will cap the governance and I am responsible for governance so

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I am happy to work with my colleagues to look at all issues

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surrounding the committee and the departure of the chief executive.

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It is a construction site at the moment but in three years' time,

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this velodrome will be one of the hottest tickets in town for Glasgow

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2014. It will be ready late next year. The athlete behind me is

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targeting three gold medals in three years' time in this arena.

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The momentum is just starting to build and with that comes

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excitement for the Games. If we can get a huge home support, it will be

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the biggest event for Scottish athletes in their whole lives and

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careers. The challenge for her is turning Delhi silver into Glasgow

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gold. Jenny has plenty of time to get ready for her medal challenge.

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In three years on a July Wednesday in 2014, in the stadium behind me,

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the opening ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games will get

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underway. Thank you very much. A Celtic fan

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has admitted posting sectarian and racist comments on Facebook after

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being caught during a police crackdown on internet bigots. 20-

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year-old Michael Bailey from Glasgow left the message on the

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social networking site, in a group called Neil Lennon should be banned

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- and on his own page. He was caught after a police task force

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began reviewing internet sites after March's controversial Old

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Firm Cup replay. Sentence has been deferred for reports.

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Business and community leaders in Maryport have asked the Defence

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Secretary to visit them. -- in Leuchars. This afternoon they had a

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chance to voice their concerns about the handover of the IVF here

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is to the army. End Leuchars village hall. The community leaders

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try to make sense of the decision. John Swinney was here but was not

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the politician most of them want to hear from about the plan to replace

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the RAF with the army. I understand they want to speak to the UK

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Government about this decision. I understand it was important that

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the Scottish government came here today and made clear our

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willingness to work with the community and expressed the need

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for their concerns to be addressed by the UK Government. That is what

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I will do in the light of the discussions today. Liam Fox was

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afforded a welcome on the Moray coast yesterday but they feel

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ignored in face. -- in Fife. He did not have the common decency to come

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down here and say how sorry he was. It would not have taken long -

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half-an-hour at the most. To me that is just being a coward.

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MoD say the exact timetable for Leuchars is still being worked out

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but the RAF will leave here by 2013 and by 2015 it will be an army HQ.

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Half of the troops will be in place by then and the rest will fall by

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the end of the decade. If you have any denudation in numbers during

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the transition period, it can have had tremendous effect. You can lose

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up to �20 million a year if you only have half the compliment. The

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cumulative affect could be as much as �60 million. That is causing a

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great deal of concern to local businesses who depend on the income

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from the military personnel. Those accustomed to the role of the

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jets still need convincing that local prosperity will not be

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trampled. Some of the other stories across

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Scotland - a man convicted of raping four women at various

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addresses in Ayrshire has been jailed for 15 years. Raymond

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Donnelly, who is 32, carried out the attacks between 1997 and 2010.

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The judge ordered that Donnelly be supervised for eight years after

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his release. A Black Watch soldier suffered

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severe injuries after a bomb exploded in a region he and his

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colleagues believed was safe because it had been checked. An

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inquest heard that Corporal Tam Mason survived the blast in

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Afghanistan, despite losing both legs. He was brought to the UK for

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treatment but died six weeks later. Customers in rural regions could

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see a reduction in the cost of broadband. OFCOM has ruled that BT

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needs to cut the wholesale rate it charges other internet providers to

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use its network in remote locations. The company often charges other

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providers more in the countryside Staging an opera in the pub? It

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sounds like the kind of idea you come up with whilst you are drunk.

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In Glasgow, one of the city's all this bars is bringing this back to

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its roots. In the performance, characters even sing about drinking

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too much and eating too many tatties. How will it go down with

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What is this? Opera in a Glasgow pub? This is a perfect

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accompaniment to lasagne and chips. As the audience watch one

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relationship blossomed, they see another one head down the pan.

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like the one in the bar because it is so poignant, it is just a little

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guy sitting at the bar who sings about how tough life is. It is very

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moving. The pub's ghosts are brought back from the dead. This

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landlady is said to roam the many rooms. She was quite a scary

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character, so I am told. I really like to inhabit that character. I

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like to play with her passion. opera will move from floor to floor.

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Despite having to move everything and everyone up three flights of

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stairs, they think this is still the perfect pub to host an opera.

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have been in this part Allott, I have played piano, I have sang. I

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know what the job it is when you are trying to unite a room with a

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song. For those who have just come in for lunch, it has given them a

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taste for more. In this setting, yes, because you're not sitting in

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front of a stage. Really Glaswegian. Great atmosphere. This opera

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belongs to the people of Glasgow. Their lives in this pub had inspire

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360 years ago today was the end of Scotland's hopes of fighting off

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Cromwell's army. It happened at the Battle of Inverkeithing, and now

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that battle site is being excavated to become a major tourist

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attraction. But as we report, it has unearthed a bit of a surprised.

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It is a muddy and messy job. The archaeologists are keen to find

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remnants of a battle that changed the face of Scotland. Bits of

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crockery, horseshoe nails, but they may at biggest discovery -- a

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significant discovery. There is a group here, which shows that there

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was explosions to blast this rock. We now think it might have come

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from the railway cutting. They are convinced the battle happened very

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near here. Plans for further air investigation -- further

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investigation are on hold for a year. The more you begin to think

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the more or audit becomes. As far as the battle is concerned, once

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you look into the records, you start to wonder whether you would

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have done this. Ins 1651, Oliver Cromwell pushed his army north of

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the border. The Battle of Inverkeithing was a decisive

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victory against the royalist Scots. Scottish resistance to Cromwell was

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author, and for the next decade, Scots came under military rule. The

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next bake has not yielded any battlefield relics, but they move

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on to the next painstaking stage of research. This area is protected

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for the wildlife. It is famous for the bridges. The history of the

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battle which happened here remains a mystery for now.

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Now the sport. The country's top referees are being asked to help in

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the fight against sectarianism. BBC Scotland has learned that officials

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will liaise with match delegates about any offensive chanting the

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here during matches. In part two our series, Chris McLoughlin looks

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at the Battle Against bigotry. of us are aware that the dangers

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this presents to the game are very serious, and we cannot have the

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same happen this season. That would be a disaster. An old problem, last

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year, Scottish football was blighted yet again by sectarianism.

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It was once again highlighted by those on foreign shores. Rangers

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fans sang sectarian songs in 2007 whilst in Spain, but you're a fat

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charged them with a similar offence in the Netherlands. -- the fat

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charged them. -- UEFA charged them. Scottish football's name was being

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dragged through the mud, but now there is a zero-tolerance approach.

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The footballing power brokers and the Government agreed an action

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plan. Task forces are banning any sectarian singing, and today the

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revealed an new role. Delegates have always reviewed conduct, but

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we are asking them to focus more on that. Not just the delegates, but

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also the men in the middle. There will be an interaction with

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referees, in addition to looking at the bookings and sendings-off, they

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will compare notes on what was heard or not heard during the game.

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I have never said we can sweep away sectarianism or overnight in

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football, but I think we made a very good start. What happened last

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season will not be allowed to happen again. Dundee United hope

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that home advantage will help them overturn their Europa League

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deficit against Slask Wroclaw. The Polish team are now in Dundee ahead

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of the Clash, but the visitors have arrived in confident mood. -- ahead

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of the match. Dundee United trail 1-0. They will however take heart

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from the game. They played very well. They trail only 1-0, and they

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are confident that can be or all here tomorrow night. -- that can be

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beaten tomorrow night. At the end of the day, you will see a lot more

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work from us this week. We will create chances and get the crowd

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buzzing. If we can lift the crowd, it will mean we are doing the right

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things. Slask Wroclaw arrived in Scotland earlier today. Last week's

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goal scorer is confident they can go through. Why not? We have a good

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team. I am confident. Dundee United at are well aware of what they need

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to do. It is the prestige of getting through, you also get money.

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We want to get through. Dundee's sizable Polish community are back

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in the visitors and confident of all when, but Dundee United fans

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think their side can go through. think it will be 1-04 Slask Wroclaw,

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Hallett was in Poland. -- 1-0. will not get carried away but I

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think Dundee United can do it. years ago Paul Hegarty was in the

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side which beat Slask Wroclaw 722. -- 7-2. Rangers have said they will

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not increase their offer for Kenny Miller. They learned their bid was

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rejected by Bursaspor. Kenny Miller joined the club in January, but

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Rangers were keen for him to return for a third spell at Ibrox.

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Bursaspor stared be received a higher offer from Cardiff. -- said

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the received. What lengths would you go took to

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get your favourite curry? One man has paid �2,500 to get the order

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flown from Ayrshire to his dinner table in Dubai.

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As a nation, we love curry. This is part of one of the most expensive

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takeaways ever ordered. The chef is making a banquet for 12, but the

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diners are in Dubai. How does he feel about going international?

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am delighted. It is a special order and I feel ordered. What kind of

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condition is it in? It will have to be extremely cold and then reheated.

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Most of us collect the takeaway or have it delivered, but this is one

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curry buffet with a difference. The chef will be hand delivering it by

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helicopter. The banquet will make the to claim five hour flight to

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Luton airport. There they will be picked up by private jet and touch

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down in Dubai, where the bank that will take place. It is not your

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normal order for a Wednesday night, so what is it worth? �2,700. It is

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expensive because I have to go there myself. I always said to the

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customers they should come to Scotland, but this is what they

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want. Instead of a takeaway, he wants his international customers

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to sit in. I hope they got some free poppadoms with that. Fergus

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Muirhead will be dealing with consumer queries next Wednesday.

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The address you need is The address you need is

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[email protected]. Talking of being short-changed, now the weather. It

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was a fairly cloudy day across the country. We saw some brightness

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towards the end of the afternoon, and the north-west fared quite well.

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Here is the map from seven. Some showers will linger. Generally it

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will be dry and cloudy. Some spot in the central Highlands. The next

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few days will be a picture of sunshine and showers. Let us look

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at 6am. The cloud will start to demand break and the sunshine will

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peep through. -- it will start to thin and break. Temperature Wise,

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up to 17 degrees. Moving further north, more at chance of a light

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showers. -- More chance. The temperatures will not do that well.

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The second half of the afternoon and into the evening, we hold on to

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this picture. The showers will ease away. Moving ahead from Thursday,

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it is the same story. Temperatures will creep up to 19 degrees.

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Zooming out, high pressure is with us on Thursday and Friday. There

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could be rain on Friday in western parts. Zooming in, looking at

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Saturday, the rest of the country is dry and bright. Hopefully it

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will last until Sunday. Just time for a summary. David Cameron has

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admitted with hindsight he would not have employed Andy Coulson. He

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told MPs that he was extremely sorry for the furore caused by the

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appointment. Latest figures have revealed the fragility of

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Scotland's economic recovery. The main measure of economic growth,

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gross domestic product, increased by just 0.1 %. Investigators

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investigating the death of three patients at Stockport hospital have

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arrested and nurse, Rebecca Leighton. -- arrested the nurse.

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