05/08/2011 Reporting Scotland


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You have the best of everything - lovely people, great opportunities.

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Lovely landscapes and outdoor activities and green space. This

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upward trend is set to continue at least as long as the baby boomers

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continue to live a long life. By 2018, we could see the population

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hit 5.3 6 million and it is expected to keep rising until

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several years from now. A man who was jailed for life for

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the racially-motivated murder of a Glasgow teenager has lost a final

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bid to overturn his conviction. He killed a 15-year-old and set him on

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fire in March 2004. In his appeal, the 34-year-old claimed that new

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evidence would kill her -- would clear him. But there were claims

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the evidence had been fabricated and calls for a investigation into

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how it was obtained. A care group providing services to

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800 people with learning difficulties has gone into

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administration after suffering problems with cash flow. The group

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employs 1,400 staff, providing support of living, home care and

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residential services. Administrators say services are

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continuing uninterrupted. Thousands of people have a right in

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the capital for three weeks of theatre, comedy and entertainment

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as the Edinburgh Fringe gets under way. Arts Correspondent is there

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for us. What can people expect? What has been happening is that

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venues have been springing up across the city, like this one,

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which was a garden until last week. Thousands of performers have been

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pouring in and these people have come from Cuba. There are about

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20,000 performers in town for the next three weeks. Accommodation is

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almost as capacity as the world's largest arts festival gets under

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way. In August, the City of Edinburgh becomes the stage and the

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world comes here. 2542 shows between now and the end of August.

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We get performers from all over the world and media from all over the

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world. People from the industry are looking to buy work and take it

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back. The audience follows and the audience is international, too, and

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that is a great combination. That is great for the people of Scotland.

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It is not just one Festival - part of the appeal is that a relatively

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small city plays host to so many festivals, or marching in time.

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Together, they are worth eight Wapping quarter of a billion pounds.

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The tattoo has just invested �16 million in a new stand. Anyone who

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has come before will have great memories of the show, but the

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seating has always been quite tight and if you had a particularly large

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distance between your back and your knees, it has not been comfortable.

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We were very keen to give the audience a better view, so there is

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more room in each seat and more of a view. The sidelines are

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considerably improved. The Fringe dwarfs it all and that is what

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makes performers, new and established, keep coming back for

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more. I came a long time ago and did my first show here. Nobody

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could put any publicity up so we had to go round all night with blue

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tack and put my pictures up. Somebody tore them down and we had

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to put them back up. I am so in love with Edinburgh and the Fringe.

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It is the greatest place to be. Today, I bumped into and chatted

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There are 41.1000 performances still to go. That is what is so in

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unique about this festival, people choose to come here, they pay

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parade themselves, they want to be here. He does not matter who you

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are, you have to support your own show, whether you are John Markovic,

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he was out handing flies himself. Thank you very much.

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Some of the other story is that this evening.

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A lorry driver who knocked down and killed a lollipop lady in the East

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End of Glasgow has been found guilty of careless driving. He was

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fined �125. Ian McEwan knocked down Catherine Gibson up on a pedestrian

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crossing in January last year. A man has died, and three people

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injured at a serious clash in Clackmannanshire. A ban and the

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three cars were involved. It happened on the A876 just outside

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Clackmannanshire bridge. The road was closed for several hours last

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police investigated the cause. Part of the points of the lines at

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Edinburgh Waverley where they trained at the Rail had been found

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to be heavily worn. The train came off the tracks last

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week. The train's driver and signalling scored -- signalling

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staff have been played by the rail accident investigation of parity.

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Hundreds of an Archer whale watchers and dolphin spotters will

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be gathering around BC's of Scotland as they try and track the

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various populations of the mammals in UK waters.

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This is the 10th anniversary of Sea Watch in Scotland. Records of

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sightings over the weekend will help build up a picture of the

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animal's movements. Whale and dolphin Cruise are greatly excited

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of sightings around the bay. The sightings will provide a

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snapshot of the animals in our waters. People do not think they

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are around here, people say I did not know they are here. They travel

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from Florida, Australia, they do not know that they are here. This

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is the 10 appear of this exercise, the build up a ball that data is

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providing biologist with crucial -- crucial information.

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The porpoise is the one that people are most likely to see. It is

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something that I specialise in. The common dolphin, they are often seen

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in mixed schools. We are seeing quite a lot of those. The bottle-

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nosed dolphin is another one. The mean key whale is a well battle

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feeding close to shore. He did not have to be on a boat like this to

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join in with sea watch. Sometimes the best place to see it

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is from the land. I have had better sightings from the land that I have

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on the boats. I saw a basking shark from the land. You do not get to

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see that on a boat. It is a great vantage point. Anyone can join me

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in see watch. If you do not spot anything this we tend, do not worry.

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Reports of what is not there is just as important. There has been a

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side thing of the lesser spotted a David Currie Cup in the studio.

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The beef three Scottish teams trying to qualify for the Europa

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League have found that today will have to beat to get there.

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Hearts have the most eye-catching draw, they face Tottenham Hotspur

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of the Premier League. Rangers will have to have a comes Libyan

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opposition, while Celtic are heading to Switzerland. Hearts are

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swept aside these little known Hungarians to reach the final

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qualifying round. The Bay 14-1. -- Bay 14-1. The they

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face tougher opponent to reach the group stage.

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They have a very good place years, talented players. We are going to

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prepare for them. There were be two games, I hope we're going to be

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successful. It is all about the Europa League for the Scotland

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representatives. Rangers and Celtic will also enter the competition.

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Celtic will face a trip to Switzerland to play Sion. They have

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won it two out of three in their league. As with all Swiss teams

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they will be very fit, very athletic. Rangers consolation for

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failing to make the Champions' League is a European League

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qualifier against marry Boarhunt Slovenia. They face than a decade

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ago -- a decade going a Champions' League qualifier. The same result

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would do the trick. They will probably have to do it without

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Madjid Bougherra, they have accepted an offer of �1.7 million

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from Lekhwaiya in Qatar. They have signed Kyle Bartley from last on

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line. They are Bids remain in for the Anderlecht defender Roland

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Juhasz and the Den Haag winger Wesley Verhoek. Ally McCoist says

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he has been frustrated in summer is a tense but, that is not down to

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applaud a transfer policy. Everybody has a do prim value, and

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are given a pin in the their value. There is no right or wrong. You let

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the business people do what they have to do. In an ideal world you

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get the players he wants, it is a simple as that. Scotland's rugby

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players will find out if they're so summer has been well spent when

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they play their match tomorrow. World Cup starts next month, but

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coach Andy Robinson still has to make decisions over who will make

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the trip to New Zealand. Won a World Cup a better run is close to

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him booking his place. -- a one world cup of veteran. The heat is

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now on, the lead World Cup is close. We will have to be at a very best

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to be want to win a game. We have to be at a very best. Tomorrow's

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match against Ireland could be the last chance to impress the coach

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before the plane leaves for New Zealand. For one player they could

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be a stepping-stone to a you need record. That man is Chris Paterson.

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Last year he suffered serious injury, are a good game tomorrow

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and he could be going into these the 4th World Cup. He's a really

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good player to worker, a cracking person. We want every player going

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out and play at his best, that is what Chris does. This time they

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believe fans will see a new side is Scotland. We will do everything we

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have to it to win. If Chris Paterson recaptures this kind of

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format tomorrow a his match at Murrayfield, then his place on the

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aeroplane is certain. Time for me to take a bow.

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You are very good about. Thank you very much.

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They call it the Olympics blockades, it is already under way in Scotland.

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The 45th International Children's Games is being held in Lanarkshire.

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It is attracting competitors from all over the world. They already

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have won an Olympic champion in their midst. What is the connection

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between this? And be this? Having inspired a generation other

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black Americans with this salute, Tommy Smith was in Lanica share

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today, inspiring the next generation of Scottish athletes. He

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smashed the 200 metres world record in that games, he wants youngsters

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here to aim just as high. To make - - to me this step is the most

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important, athletes all over the world, you do not see this, here

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are kids from all over the world, different uniforms, different

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backgrounds. How important are these games? They have been going

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so in 1968, this edition of beaches told hundred and 50 athletes, 250

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coaches, a cross for 33 countries worldwide. I have the of these

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games since 1987, these gains will be the best one I had seen. This

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has been the coolest one I have been too. The opening ceremony was

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awesome. There were some strong Scottish performances on the track

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this afternoon. As another step to Glasgow 2014 was taking, much of

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the talk at the Children's Games was facing -- was focusing on 2014.

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There is a big international team here, we are focusing more and more.

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These games are not just about track and field. Medals will have

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been decided in eight other sports, including swimming -- swimming and

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judo. With three years to go until the Commonwealth Games, it seems

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that Scotland's stars of the future that Scotland's stars of the future

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are already in training. Let's go to the weather.

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- it is beatable where they here for star.

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Dry and bright tonight. Late sunshine in Edinburgh. You can see

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why not to spells developing. Generally tonight it will be dry

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and cool. Temperatures in town around nine-10 Celsius. Into

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Saturday, and a promising start, dry fine and bright. We will see

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some cloud bubbling up. Further north, some showers. The Met Office

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has issued a of the yellow warning. Summer thundery downpours. You can

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see that Rana making its way south. Further north it will be a dry a

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story, showers around, they could emerge to make longer spells of

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rain. They could be quite persistent, with light wins.

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Temperatures in the North a little cooler, up 17 degrees or so. If

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you're out and about in the hills or mountains, the best conditions

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will be in the north-west, some sunshine. The wins will be light

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coming from the south-east. -- will wind ups. The winds will be

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slightly stronger. Good visibility, I bring the East conditions have

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forced free, or for sport. The rest of the afternoon, we can track that

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rain as it moves northwards, parts of Angus and Fife. It will come

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back pretty much everywhere in the country. Low-pressure, it is

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anchored over us over the weekend. On Sunday, some more rain

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unfortunately, it continues to make its way northwards. The rain will

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still be with us on Monday, the wind arrows are coming from the

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North, a cooler deal to things. Some showers around, and some cloud

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that, that for holding to Tuesday that, that for holding to Tuesday

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as well. Just before seven no clock, the relatives of a family Kildare

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last attack has said it is reported a family apart.

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Two children were murdered in the attack. Fears about the global

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economy are continuing to affect the global financial markets. They

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have been sharper downturns in the last 24 hours due to the eurozone

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debt crisis. Meanwhile, Edinburgh- based Royal Bank of Scotland which

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is owned by taxpayers, has announced a loss of �1.4 billion. A

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