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Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight: More trouble for the | :00:13. | :00:16. | |
Edinburgh trams project now the government says it won't give any | :00:16. | :00:23. | |
more money unless the line runs all the way to the city centre. | :00:23. | :00:25. | |
A court hears claims that a football fan accused of attacking | :00:25. | :00:28. | |
the Celtic manager Neil Lennon swore at him and called him a | :00:28. | :00:32. | |
fenian. Why increasing numbers of women are | :00:32. | :00:41. | |
likely to be diagnosed with cancer. I nearly passed out in the doctor's | :00:41. | :00:47. | |
office, it was a shock. I was naive to what it could have been. I | :00:47. | :00:50. | |
thought that is it, I will die. And big football transfer news | :00:50. | :00:54. | |
tonight as Rangers turn down a six and a half million pound bid from | :00:54. | :01:00. | |
There was another dramatic twist today in the Edinburgh trams saga | :01:00. | :01:02. | |
when the Scottish government threatened to withhold funding in | :01:02. | :01:08. | |
the project unless the line ran all the way into the city centre. Last | :01:08. | :01:12. | |
week the council decided that the trams would stop at Haymarket. But | :01:12. | :01:15. | |
today the government insisted the route should be changed or it | :01:15. | :01:18. | |
wouldn't pay �72 million, the final part of its half billion pound | :01:18. | :01:28. | |
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investment. Stephen Godden reports. For Edinburgh commuters, another | :01:29. | :01:33. | |
day spent negotiating their way under, over and around the tram | :01:33. | :01:38. | |
works. They are shrouded in uncertainty. Last Thursday, it was | :01:38. | :01:44. | |
supposed to be settled as councillors rejected plans to | :01:44. | :01:48. | |
borrow the �230 million needed to take the line to St Andrew's Square. | :01:48. | :01:52. | |
Last week's decision to end the line at Haymarket could not be | :01:53. | :01:56. | |
revisited for 12 months unless there was a material change in | :01:56. | :02:02. | |
circumstances. Now, two of those have come a long ones. From the | :02:02. | :02:08. | |
contractor, revised costs. From Scottish government, a refusal to | :02:08. | :02:13. | |
hand over the remaining �72 million funding if Haymarket remains the | :02:14. | :02:20. | |
terminus. The council has proposed ongoing public subsidy and is a | :02:20. | :02:24. | |
departure from the original proposal the government agreed to | :02:24. | :02:29. | |
fund. So, it's important the council thinks again and considers | :02:29. | :02:35. | |
the best future for the trams. shortfall his other top of the | :02:35. | :02:39. | |
agenda at a specially convened meeting on Friday. The cost of the | :02:39. | :02:43. | |
Haymarket option will be re- examined having jumped by an | :02:43. | :02:47. | |
estimated �30 million in the space of five days. Quite clearly there | :02:47. | :02:53. | |
are additional costs to be factored in. But was acknowledged by all | :02:53. | :03:00. | |
sides. This quibbling about prices going up for Haymarket, there was a | :03:00. | :03:05. | |
risk that might happen. The figures from the councillor have been | :03:05. | :03:10. | |
plucked out of the air. It was 4 million, now it is 30 million. It | :03:10. | :03:17. | |
is absolute chaos. For the opponent of the trams, the figures are up | :03:17. | :03:21. | |
heart of the problem. We need some reality, to believe in the figures. | :03:21. | :03:26. | |
The other issue is to get a contractor involved, take the gag | :03:26. | :03:30. | |
off and get him to verify the figures. Without the assurance, the | :03:30. | :03:36. | |
figures will be embellished. meeting may overturn at the Council | :03:36. | :03:39. | |
ruling so residents may yet hear the rumble of trams on Princes | :03:39. | :03:44. | |
Street, the question is at what cost to Edinburgh's finances and | :03:44. | :03:46. | |
reputation? Well Steven Godden is on Princes | :03:46. | :03:49. | |
Street tonight and the impact of what's happened today is already | :03:49. | :03:59. | |
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Yes, the meeting takes place on Friday but already there are | :04:02. | :04:07. | |
repercussions. The road was due to close this weekend, so work could | :04:07. | :04:13. | |
repair the tram tracks running up and down the lanes. They were laid | :04:13. | :04:17. | |
not in the distant past but it has been put off because they are | :04:17. | :04:21. | |
waiting to see the outcome of Friday's meeting. In the meantime, | :04:21. | :04:26. | |
the Transport representatives from the parties have been meeting at | :04:26. | :04:29. | |
City Chambers where we understand they have been given a briefing by | :04:29. | :04:32. | |
a representative from the contractor. They will hope to find | :04:32. | :04:39. | |
out the detail of the revised costs for the Haymarket option. They know | :04:39. | :04:42. | |
the Government's position is no more money if the trams do not go | :04:42. | :04:46. | |
beyond Haymarket. We have heard the same phrase from a number of | :04:46. | :04:51. | |
different people, St Andrew's Square or bust. Given the recent | :04:51. | :04:55. | |
developments, that is the scenario we are closer to. | :04:55. | :04:58. | |
And there'll be more on that in Newsnight Scotland tonight at 11 | :04:58. | :05:03. | |
o'clock on BBC2. The trial of a football fan charged | :05:03. | :05:06. | |
with attacking the Celtic manager Neil Lennon has heard how the | :05:06. | :05:10. | |
accused swore at him and called him a fenian. Peter Croy, a security | :05:10. | :05:12. | |
manager working at Tynecastle stadium told Edinburgh Sheriff | :05:12. | :05:15. | |
court that he heard John Wilson make the comments as he pinned him | :05:15. | :05:20. | |
to the ground. Wilson denies religiously aggravated assault. | :05:20. | :05:28. | |
This report from Lisa Summer contains some strong language. | :05:28. | :05:32. | |
Peter was one of the security stewards at the players' tunnel. He | :05:32. | :05:37. | |
was facing the Celtic died out. He said he saw a head and shoulders | :05:37. | :05:40. | |
pop out and realised there was someone running along pitch-side to | :05:40. | :05:46. | |
Neil Lennon. The man slipped as he moved forward and that was when the | :05:46. | :05:50. | |
security manager jumped on John Wilson and restrains him. He was | :05:50. | :05:55. | |
asked by prosecution if the man said anything. Peter said he said | :05:55. | :06:03. | |
Lennon, you bustard. He shouted it. Are you sure you heard it? He said, | :06:03. | :06:09. | |
yes. This afternoon, the jury were shown a video of the police | :06:09. | :06:14. | |
interview after the arrest. Mr Wilson was in his shirt when he was | :06:15. | :06:18. | |
interviewed, he cried at various points describing his actions on | :06:18. | :06:23. | |
the pitch as madness say it was a crazy moment five seconds of my | :06:23. | :06:29. | |
life. When asked if he made a sectarian comment, he said I never | :06:29. | :06:34. | |
said it. I never shouted that at all. Then he said it is not on my | :06:34. | :06:40. | |
agenda to say it. The court also heard from a PC he told the jury | :06:40. | :06:45. | |
the atmosphere that night was a chilling, especially after Celtic | :06:45. | :06:49. | |
scored the second goal. He escorted me alone in a way describing him | :06:49. | :06:55. | |
shaken and having a glazed look. John Wilson was arrested afterwards. | :06:55. | :07:01. | |
He said he said sorry for what he had done. John Wilson denies the | :07:01. | :07:09. | |
assault was aggravated by religious prejudice and the trial continues. | :07:09. | :07:12. | |
Still to come before seven: And going underground - a journey into | :07:12. | :07:16. | |
newly discovered caves in the Highlands. In sport. News of a big | :07:16. | :07:19. | |
money bid for Rangers prized asset - will they be tempted to sell | :07:19. | :07:24. | |
their star striker? And Celtic get their man - their new striker comes | :07:24. | :07:27. | |
highly recommended by one of the club's all time greats. More on | :07:27. | :07:36. | |
Latest statistics from the NHS shows women are increasingly likely | :07:36. | :07:41. | |
to be diagnosed with cancer. It's largely due to large rises in lung | :07:41. | :07:45. | |
cancer and skin cancer over the last decade. Our health | :07:45. | :07:51. | |
correspondent Eleanor Bradford reports. | :07:51. | :07:56. | |
With her dark hair and olive skin, Jackie thought she was not a risk | :07:56. | :08:01. | |
of skin cancer. She used sunbeds and put baby oil on in sun. Then, | :08:02. | :08:06. | |
two years ago, she was told a suspicious mole was skin cancer. | :08:06. | :08:14. | |
nearly passed out in the office. It was such a shock. It was naive. I | :08:14. | :08:20. | |
instantly thought that is it, I will die from it. The number of | :08:20. | :08:25. | |
women are diagnosed with certain kinds of cancer is rising fast. The | :08:25. | :08:29. | |
most common cancer in women is still breast cancer, it has gone up | :08:29. | :08:36. | |
by 10%. That is not where we are seeing the biggest changes. Over 10 | :08:36. | :08:40. | |
years, there has been an increase in lung cancer in women, it is up | :08:40. | :08:46. | |
by 20%. Men are giving up but women are still smoking. Lung cancer is | :08:46. | :08:51. | |
now the second most common cancer in women. Then, skin cancer. It is | :08:51. | :08:58. | |
rising fast in men and women but in women it is up 70% in a decade. It | :08:58. | :09:03. | |
is now the fourth most common cancer. We are seeing a rise in | :09:03. | :09:08. | |
other unusual cancers like cancer of the uterus, kidney and liver. | :09:08. | :09:16. | |
This is put down to more women being overweight. But there is good | :09:16. | :09:22. | |
news. Death rates are not rising. Jackie's prognosis is good because | :09:22. | :09:27. | |
I like more women she caught the cancer early. I would say it get it | :09:27. | :09:31. | |
checked out. There is no harm in get it checked out. It would | :09:31. | :09:36. | |
probably be nothing but better to be safe than sorry. | :09:36. | :09:39. | |
New figures show almost five hundred nursing and midwifery posts | :09:39. | :09:49. | |
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were cut in the Scottish NHS between March and June. Workforce | :09:50. | :09:53. | |
statistics also show there were 23 fewer consultants. Labour and the | :09:53. | :09:55. | |
Conservatives have criticised the reduction in nursing numbers but | :09:55. | :09:58. | |
the Scottish government insist the way health care is delivered is | :09:58. | :10:00. | |
changing. Ministers also point to good progress on reducing | :10:00. | :10:01. | |
administrative and senior management costs. | :10:01. | :10:04. | |
Three men have appeared at Glasgow Sheriff court after pleading guilty | :10:04. | :10:08. | |
to hunting foxes with dogs in the east end of Glasgow. The court | :10:08. | :10:11. | |
heard that they were caught by a wildlife crime officer as they | :10:11. | :10:15. | |
flushed out the foxes using four dogs with radio collars. Our | :10:15. | :10:18. | |
reporter Aileen Clarke has been to meet the wildlife officer at the | :10:18. | :10:26. | |
scene of the crime. One morning in February a local | :10:26. | :10:30. | |
wildlife crime officer was headed to check a badger sett in Glasgow. | :10:30. | :10:37. | |
He saw three men with barking dogs and called for back-up. It was | :10:37. | :10:42. | |
clear what we were dealing with. Three men, with terrier dogs, one | :10:42. | :10:48. | |
of the dogs was attached to a Red Fox. It was quite clear what we | :10:48. | :10:53. | |
were dealing with. People might think it is only foxes and might | :10:53. | :10:58. | |
not have sympathy. But this is cruelty. It is barbaric, is what it | :10:58. | :11:03. | |
is. It is against the law and barbaric. It is barbaric for the | :11:03. | :11:09. | |
dogs as well. These dogs have been taken by its and will be re- home | :11:09. | :11:14. | |
to, they had horrific injuries. this is a special case because of | :11:14. | :11:18. | |
the way you gathered evidence. is the first time in Scotland we | :11:18. | :11:22. | |
have used this technique to secure a conviction. We used Wildlife | :11:22. | :11:29. | |
forensic DNA to collect swabs from the dog's mouth to confirm they had | :11:29. | :11:37. | |
been attacking a fox. These three men from Alexandra in | :11:37. | :11:44. | |
Dunbartonshire appeared in court. Today, the sheriff ordered the dogs | :11:44. | :11:49. | |
belonging to these men would be retained and he banned them from | :11:49. | :11:53. | |
owning dogs for the next two years. He deferred sentence until next | :11:53. | :12:02. | |
August. Other stories this Tuesday. The | :12:02. | :12:05. | |
number of affordable houses being built by housing associations in | :12:05. | :12:08. | |
Scotland has fallen over the last year by around nine percent to just | :12:08. | :12:11. | |
under 7,000. There were also fewer private sector properties completed, | :12:11. | :12:14. | |
but there has been an increase in the number of council houses being | :12:14. | :12:16. | |
built. New figures show that offenders | :12:16. | :12:19. | |
jailed for three months or less are twice as likely to commit further | :12:19. | :12:24. | |
crime within a year than those sentenced to longer terms. But the | :12:24. | :12:26. | |
number of people offending again after serving a community service | :12:26. | :12:32. | |
order which the government prefers remains at just over 40%. | :12:32. | :12:35. | |
Moray council is asking people to help identify their relatives' | :12:35. | :12:39. | |
graves, after vandals smashed up parts of a local cemetery. Almost | :12:39. | :12:42. | |
fifty headstones were toppled and damaged in Elgin's cemetery in what | :12:42. | :12:45. | |
was described as a "sick and mindless" attack. Police are still | :12:45. | :12:55. | |
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A six-day canoeing trip through the Great Glen is arduous enough but | :12:55. | :12:57. | |
what makes this expedition different and more difficult is | :12:58. | :13:00. | |
that Martin MacRae is a kidney patient and he's taking a portable | :13:00. | :13:10. | |
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dialysis machine along with him. Craig Anderson takes up the story. | :13:12. | :13:17. | |
This is something Martyn it could never have contemplated before. The | :13:17. | :13:22. | |
camping and canoeing adventure with friends would mean a week away from | :13:22. | :13:28. | |
home and a hospital here tens for dialysis. But a revolutionary | :13:28. | :13:32. | |
portable machine has given him a new lease of life. No bigger than a | :13:32. | :13:39. | |
microwave, the unit can follow him and a support vehicle on his paddle. | :13:39. | :13:46. | |
With equipment like this, your freedom is when you wish to do | :13:46. | :13:51. | |
something, if you want to use it, you do not need to make an | :13:51. | :13:59. | |
arrangement with the dialysis clinic in advance. You just put | :13:59. | :14:03. | |
this in the back of your car and away you go. The machines can be | :14:03. | :14:09. | |
installed easily and cheaply in homes. Experts say using every day | :14:09. | :14:15. | |
at home has benefits for renal patients. There is good evidence | :14:15. | :14:19. | |
that six days a week you get a huge benefits and to something we have | :14:19. | :14:24. | |
seen in our patients who have gone home with the standard machines, | :14:24. | :14:27. | |
they notice much higher energy levels and better appetite. They | :14:27. | :14:35. | |
feel much better. There are only two in Scotland but they are | :14:35. | :14:38. | |
already making waves from one patient who believes they could | :14:38. | :14:40. | |
revolutionise the lives of thousands of people throughout the | :14:40. | :14:50. | |
country. I have to stress this is not prove in any sense. It is the | :14:50. | :14:55. | |
ability to get out and about to do things, to lead a normal life as | :14:55. | :15:01. | |
possible with colleagues and friends and not to be restricted by | :15:01. | :15:11. | |
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A 300-metre-long cave in the west Highlands has been described as a | :15:11. | :15:14. | |
significant national discovery. The giant underground chamber | :15:14. | :15:16. | |
containing thousands of stalactites was found by potholers near | :15:16. | :15:26. | |
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Applecross. What lies beneath? It is a tight | :15:31. | :15:35. | |
squeeze but another world awaits these potholers after the recent | :15:35. | :15:38. | |
discovery of what is thought to be the most impressive underground | :15:38. | :15:45. | |
passage of its kind in Scotland. were digging at another cave not | :15:46. | :15:53. | |
far away, somebody could not get through. We knew there was | :15:53. | :15:57. | |
something in the area. We found our way into the cave and it kept | :15:57. | :16:02. | |
getting bigger and bigger, we could not believe it. | :16:02. | :16:07. | |
The route to the cave is darkened precarious, progress is also slowed | :16:07. | :16:13. | |
by the risk of flooding at the Chamber's entrance. It is up to our | :16:13. | :16:22. | |
waste at some points, we did a lot of crawling on our hands and knees. | :16:22. | :16:27. | |
The caves are absolutely beautiful. You have an expectation of | :16:27. | :16:31. | |
something but when you actually see it, it is a lot more than we | :16:31. | :16:39. | |
thought it would be. Really nice. Stalactites of up to two metres | :16:39. | :16:42. | |
line the established route and with a bit more digging, experts believe | :16:42. | :16:50. | |
they are on the edge of something big. This stalactites are | :16:50. | :16:56. | |
staggering, like nothing we have seen before. It is amongst the | :16:56. | :16:59. | |
fifth-biggest cave so far in Scotland with potential to be a lot | :16:59. | :17:02. | |
bigger. Do not reach for your head torch | :17:02. | :17:08. | |
just yet. The cave's exact location will remain a secret until it is | :17:08. | :17:17. | |
decided how best this underground attraction can be preserved. | :17:17. | :17:19. | |
As tomorrow night's summer transfer deadline approaches there has been | :17:19. | :17:25. | |
a flurry of activity involving Rangers and Celtic. We will start | :17:25. | :17:28. | |
with the news of a big money bid for one of Rangers most prized | :17:28. | :17:38. | |
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assets Nikitcha Yellavitch. Rangers have turned down an offer | :17:41. | :17:48. | |
of �6 million for Nikica Jelavic from Leicester city. Their manager | :17:48. | :17:51. | |
has already spent quite a bit of money in the transfer market. | :17:51. | :18:01. | |
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Nikica Jelavic cost �4 million this time time last year. He has three | :18:05. | :18:09. | |
years left on his deal. By McCoist says he does not want to lose any | :18:09. | :18:14. | |
of his key players, a category which and Afits into. Leicester are | :18:14. | :18:19. | |
hungry for promotion, and perhaps see Nikica Jelavic as a player who | :18:19. | :18:29. | |
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could help them achieve their As Rangers try to hold on to a | :18:30. | :18:33. | |
striker, Celtic have got themselves a new one. The Sierra Leone | :18:33. | :18:35. | |
international Mohamed Bangura says he wants to be the new Henrik | :18:35. | :18:38. | |
Larsson and Bangura, who has signed a four year deal, comes recommended | :18:38. | :18:45. | |
by Larsson himself. Meanwhile a World cup winner has opted not to | :18:45. | :18:55. | |
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join Celtic. Mohammed is now said to be head | :18:58. | :19:03. | |
over heels for Celtic after signing a four year deal. Stay tuned for | :19:03. | :19:13. | |
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another goal later. Bangura Comes highly recommended. Another player | :19:16. | :19:24. | |
who could be pulling on the hoops has opted for I moved to the United | :19:24. | :19:34. | |
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Arab Emirates. One a former player says it is all pretty positive. | :19:35. | :19:38. | |
Neil has stamped his authority, getting the players he wants in. | :19:38. | :19:44. | |
Hopefully, given time, he will get his whole squad in place and go and | :19:44. | :19:48. | |
win the league. That is the ultimate aim. | :19:48. | :19:58. | |
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Some business here, Mohammed Bank Europe comes in. -- Bangura. A | :20:02. | :20:05. | |
central defender is the target but what chance of players going in the | :20:05. | :20:09. | |
other direction? Wigan want Sean Maloney and hope to complete the | :20:09. | :20:19. | |
deal tomorrow. The winger has yet to be convinced. Here is another | :20:19. | :20:28. | |
goal. Elena Baltacha is the first Scot to enter the fray at the US | :20:28. | :20:31. | |
Open tennis in New York. The British number one, who you can see | :20:31. | :20:34. | |
practising here at Flushing Meadows, will be up against the unseeded | :20:34. | :20:36. | |
American player Jamie Hampton. Not exactly a household name but | :20:36. | :20:44. | |
someone Baltacha knows well. I played Jamie in Australia and go | :20:44. | :20:47. | |
to a lot of hassle but they ended up winning in the third set. I know | :20:47. | :20:52. | |
that she can be very dangerous. She's going to be difficult. As | :20:52. | :20:56. | |
well, whoever you get in the draw you know they will be ready to play. | :20:56. | :21:00. | |
Everybody wants an opportunity to play well in a grand slam, you | :21:00. | :21:05. | |
cannot underestimate anyone. Andy Murray's first match is tomorrow | :21:05. | :21:07. | |
evening. He plays India's Somdev Devvarman, | :21:07. | :21:11. | |
the world number 64. And Murray's been given a sort of back handed | :21:11. | :21:14. | |
complement by the best player in the world. Novak Djokavic, who beat | :21:14. | :21:17. | |
Murray in the final of the Australian Open at the start of the | :21:17. | :21:21. | |
year, says the Scot is good enough to win the US Open if he shows he | :21:21. | :21:27. | |
has enough mental strength. We are all fully aware of his | :21:28. | :21:32. | |
potential, and that he is a great talent. There are some things he | :21:32. | :21:36. | |
just needs to get together, mentally. He has proven that he can | :21:36. | :21:41. | |
win against anybody on any surface. I am sure he is one of the | :21:41. | :21:47. | |
favourites to win the tournament. Eilidh Child has failed to achieve | :21:47. | :21:50. | |
her target of reaching the final of the 400m hurdles in the World | :21:50. | :21:52. | |
Championships. The Perthshire athlete finished sixth in her semi | :21:52. | :21:55. | |
final in South Korea this morning. The Commonwealth games silver | :21:55. | :22:02. | |
medallist says she found competing at the worlds a huge step up. | :22:02. | :22:07. | |
Here you can see hair trailing him in 6th place, of eight. She did not | :22:07. | :22:13. | |
do very well there. A team of Scottish footballers has | :22:13. | :22:16. | |
returned home as world champions. Not something you would expect to | :22:16. | :22:18. | |
hear but this is Scotland's homeless team. They arrived back | :22:18. | :22:22. | |
after their victory in the homeless World cup at the weekend. And for | :22:22. | :22:32. | |
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many in the squad it has been the These men, of their own admission, | :22:35. | :22:39. | |
have had to fight their way through life. As they lined up for this | :22:39. | :22:45. | |
homeless World Cup final, they were determined the Mexicans would not | :22:45. | :22:54. | |
stand in their way. It's all over! Scotland win! The hat-trick hero of | :22:54. | :23:01. | |
the team is now thinking of his future. I took a drink and that | :23:01. | :23:08. | |
ruined it for me. My head just went down because added not have faith | :23:08. | :23:13. | |
in myself, getting back to the standard I was that as a young boy. | :23:13. | :23:22. | |
I played for Scotland at their under 18 level at Hampden and that. | :23:22. | :23:32. | |
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Emigrate frame of mind, now. -- I am in a great. Over 100,000 | :23:35. | :23:38. | |
homeless people took part in the tournament. Scotland have brought | :23:38. | :23:42. | |
home the trophy twice. The team is trained as part of the street | :23:42. | :23:48. | |
soccer programme, and the successes motivating them to do more. I am | :23:48. | :23:53. | |
going to turn my life right around, hopefully get a job, a home. I | :23:53. | :23:56. | |
would like to go to Joe Bennett football capacity because it is | :23:56. | :24:05. | |
what I live and breed. In contrast to our other national team, they | :24:06. | :24:15. | |
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have a renewed sense of purpose and Nothing to look forward to, but | :24:21. | :24:27. | |
nothing to dread either. Hello. Be quiet week ahead of us, dry and | :24:27. | :24:30. | |
settled for the last few days of summer, cloudy as well. There will | :24:30. | :24:35. | |
be a few areas of brightness as well. He is the map from 7pm, the | :24:35. | :24:39. | |
last few showers easing southwards across the Borders. High pressure | :24:39. | :24:44. | |
builds tonight, leaving little chance of rain or showers. It will | :24:44. | :24:48. | |
be a dry night with some cloud around and some clear skies. | :24:48. | :24:55. | |
Temperatures are down to around five or six degrees. A high | :24:55. | :25:02. | |
pressure is still with us bringing dry and settled conditions, you | :25:03. | :25:08. | |
could wake up to sunshine. Through the day the cloud will bubble up, | :25:08. | :25:12. | |
if you wake up with it then by the afternoon you should see some | :25:12. | :25:21. | |
brightness. Overall, a dry and cloudy day for most. If the | :25:21. | :25:26. | |
sunshine comes out way you are it will not be too bad at all. Highs | :25:26. | :25:32. | |
of 19. Further North, cooler than that. Just the chance of one or two | :25:32. | :25:36. | |
like showers as well, not too much to worry about. Into the afternoon | :25:36. | :25:42. | |
and evening it will stay dry across most part of the country. The | :25:42. | :25:49. | |
windows on a demerger tall, either. -- the winds are not doing much at | :25:49. | :25:55. | |
all. Cast your eyes out to the Atlantic and this area of low | :25:55. | :25:58. | |
pressure, and the associated weather front coming our way for | :25:58. | :26:03. | |
the end of the week. Thursday will be dry and cloudy once again, highs | :26:03. | :26:09. | |
of 19. In late afternoon the winds picks up from the South. Then, that | :26:10. | :26:13. | |
weather front arrives on Friday bringing rain for many parts of the | :26:13. | :26:17. | |
country, temperatures up to around 18 degrees and winds will be fresh | :26:17. | :26:20. | |
to moderate. The unsettled theme continues into the weekend. The | :26:20. | :26:30. | |
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next few days are dry, settled and Tonight's top stories... | :26:32. | :26:37. | |
Libya's rebel leaders have issued a ultimatum that Gaddafi's supporters | :26:37. | :26:42. | |
must surrender by the weekend will face an all-out assault. The rebels | :26:42. | :26:46. | |
are closing in on Gaddafi's birthplace of Sirte to negotiate an | :26:46. | :26:50. | |
end to the fighting. The former leader's whereabouts remain a | :26:50. | :26:54. | |
mystery. Here, is that his Government has | :26:54. | :26:57. | |
told Edinburgh city Council it will withhold funding for a tram project | :26:57. | :27:01. | |
unless the line runs all the way into the city centre. Last week, | :27:01. | :27:06. | |
the council decided the trams would stop at Haymarket. The government | :27:06. | :27:10. | |
insisted the route would be changed or it would not pay �72 million, | :27:10. | :27:14. | |
the final part of investment. The trial of a football fan charged | :27:14. | :27:18. | |
with attacking the Celtic manager Neil Lennon has heard at the | :27:19. | :27:25. | |
accused swore at him and called it a fenian. Peter Croy told Edinburgh | :27:25. | :27:27. |