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Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight, cleared of a sectarian

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assault but jailed for breach of the peace. The Hearts fan who

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attacked Neil Lennon. Bucking the trend. Scottish

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unemployment is down but so are retail sales. We will look at why

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are our high streets are struggling. Coming together - many colleges and

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some universities are set to merge. And Scotland win their second match

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at the Rugby World Cup - in a bruising encounter with Georgia.

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A football fan cleared of a sectarian assault against the

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Celtic manager Neil Lennon has been sentenced to eight months for

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breach of the peace. 26 year-old John Wilson invaded the pitch,

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shouting and swearing at Neil Lennon during the Hearts Celtic

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match in Edinburgh last May. At the end of the trial last month a jury

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found a second charge of religiously aggravated assault not

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proven. Our reporter is at Saughton Prison this evening. Of it was a

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huge match. The mood was described as terrible, tense and toxic.

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Sectarian chanting came from both sets of supporters. When Celtic

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scored a second goal, John Wilson invaded the pitch. He charged at

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the dug-out shouting and swearing at Neil Lennon. The jury deleted

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the sectarian element from the charge. The Sheriff said, given the

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extreme antagonism of both sets of supporters, the breach of the peach

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offence was not mind her. It had potentially serious consequences in

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a volatile situation. The crowd contained over 16,000 supporters.

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As well as his sentence, Wilson has been given a five-year banning

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order. He admitted assaulting Neil Lennon by hitting him on his head.

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He offered a guilty plea days after it happened but denied shouting

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sectarian abuse. The Crown rejected that and went to trial. The jury

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found the religiously or aggravated assault charge not proven. The

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Crown said... No comment from Neil Lennon or the

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club but another prominent Celtic man who has also been the victim of

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sectarian death threats is concerned this sentence sends the

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wrong message. This sentence will not make him feel any safer. Did

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the jury returned a verdict anyone understands - no. Was the sentence

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appropriate? Well people feel safer? Probably not. Does this send

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her a message to people will do same thing, I'm afraid it does not.

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John Wilson was released from prison this afternoon after serving

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half of his sentence already. The number of people seeking work

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in Scotland has fallen, according to the most recent official data.

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That runs counter to a sharp increase in unemployment in the

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rest of the UK. There is worse news on Scottish retail, with consumer

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confidence running low. Our business editor has been poring

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over the figures and will explain what is going on out there.

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Jackie, there is good and bad in these figures, so let us start with

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something positive. There were 3,000 fewer people looking for work

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in the three months to July. That takes the number down to 204,000.

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At the same time there was an increase in thenumber seeking work

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across the UK. The number on unemployment benefit went up a bit.

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The survey found 23,000 more Scots were working in that three months.

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There are lots of public sector jobs being shed but private sector

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employment has been rising in Scotland. Some cause for optimism,

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except in retail where a separate set of figures looked poor.

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Some are born to shop and some look to surf up with retail in retreat,

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finding a job is proving tough for this couple. I thought I would have

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a job. So I am trying to get a job these days. It is really difficult.

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You send applications on-line. 80 % of the time, they do not even have

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the decency to e-mail your back saying sorry, no job. Employers

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know the sector is facing a slump. Retailers taking a serious bashing

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in the recession and I think that will continue into next year.

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However, Glasgow loves to shop and retailers holding its own and there

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are some jobs available. Well there is recruitment underway for a

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Christmas, high streets like Paisley have lots of empty shops.

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The total figure for last month was down. Big discounts are on offer.

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The bright spot - back to school shoes and laptops but consumer

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confidence is low. There is a real dearth of consumer confidence at

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the moment. The people are watching their pennies. They are worried

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about their jobs. They are a lot of adjectives been used by the media

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about dangerous economic times, about the crisis of the euro-zone

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and that all goes through to the consumer.

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So consumer confidence in Scotland looks weak. The business outlook is

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not so bad, particularly among those selling into growing markets

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around the world - in engineering, oil and gas, and whisky. But with

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government spending in decline, finance tight and economic storm

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clouds on the export horizon, that business optimism may be getting

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strained. The UK Supreme Court should

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continue to have a role on Scottish criminal cases according to a new

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report for the Scottish government. That finding is despite the First

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Minister, Alex Salmond, arguing against rulings been made in London.

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But a group led by the former judge, Lord McCluskey, says the Supreme

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Court should continue to decide and human-rights cases. However, they

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say there should only happen after approval from the High Court in

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Edinburgh. Lord McCluskey's review also criticises changes being made

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by the UK government as seriously flawed. Still to come before 7pm -

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Scottish government sense in a team to help manage their Edinburgh

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trams project. And how North Sea oil came close to

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be nationalised in the 1970s. And in sport - Celtic arrive in

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Spain for tomorrow's Europa League game against Atletico Madrid.

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And at the Rugby World Cup - Scotland triumph in a tough

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encounter against Georgia. Scottish universities could be

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facing a shake-up with the possibility of some of them merging.

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Education Secretary, Michael Russell, says he wants to see

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greater collaboration between both colleges and even mergers where it

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made educational and financial sense. He said it would be part of

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a reform of education for 16 to 19 year-olds. Our political

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correspondent has been to see a project helping unemployed young

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people get into work. A fresh start that hopefully leads to a lucky

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break and a job. This is the Canon Gate youth project in Edinburgh. It

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provides many services for young people, here they're learning about

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preparing for work, interview technique, finding the right job.

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They're going through job applications today. The young

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people are motivated, they volunteer for this training

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programme which also pays them �55 a week. A help you figure out the

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things you want to do later on in life. They help you achieve stuff

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you need to do that. I did not want to sign on so that is why I came

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here. It has given me my confidence which I did not have as skill. It

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is helping me with my CV and with communication with people.

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Scottish government claims some parts of the system had been

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untouched for decades. It was to reform her training and skills are

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delivered. It was a reform of colleges and universities as well.

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A ideally, I would like to see regional colleges emerged and

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access level provision delivered locally. Greater collaboration

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between university -- universities when it makes financial sense.

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are questions the viability of the screen -- of the scheme. Last year

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the SNP cut funding to colleges by 10 at present. The number of places

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at university fell, can he tell us whether this guarantee is backed up

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by funding for new places at college or university? Tonight

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there had been calls for more clarity on the proposals as soon as

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possible. The Scottish government says a proper consultation is vital

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and it will report back in December. Our education Correspondent is

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outside the parliament tonight. What is the suggestion about

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merging year sees, is a surprise? Indeed it was. -- merging the

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universities. Initially we thought it was a misprint. We checked with

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the Scottish government and it is true, they are looking at the

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possibility of higher education institutions being urged. They say

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it would only be if it makes educational and financial sense. We

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where where they were looking at the viability of individual courses.

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They were asking do we really need a subject like a lot to be provided

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in several institutions. That has sparked concern that we could beat

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in line for potential job losses. Some of the other stories across

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Scotland this Wednesday. A report has found a helicopter ditched into

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the North Sea after the crew misjudged the landing. 18 people

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were rescued in the incident. Accident investigators say the

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pilots failed to notice the Super Puma was descending into the sea as

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it approached BP's ETAP platform in February 2009. Operator Bond says

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it has already implemented safety changes. Police are appealing for

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help in finding a serious sex offender who has gone missing.

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Detectives say members of the public should not approach Brian

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Andrews to be described as a violent individual. He was last

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seen last week in landmark but police believe he may now be in the

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Livingston area. He is believed to have a tent with him and may be

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camping. Police investigating the

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disappearance of a man in North Lanarkshire who is believed to have

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been murdered have found a body near Cleland. 25-year-old Graeme

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Ferry was last seen in Bellshill in April. His family had been informed

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about their discovery. Last week three men appeared in court charged

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with his murder. Scottish ministers have stepped in

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to help run the Edinburgh trams project. A team of officials from

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Transport Scotland had been sent in to take up senior positions on his

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project. Ministers have agreed to reinstate �72 million of government

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funding the earlier decided to withhold. The government has

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announced a final delivery date and cost.

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In the summer of 2014, the government now in says these long

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empty tracks will be buzzing with the sound of trans. The latest

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estimated cost is �776 million, plus the �200 million cost of

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borrowing. The Scottish government announced a date that after years

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of washing its hands of the project, with it comes they �72 million

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withdrawn last month. As a condition of the money, the Sunday

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2 million, we had decided we need the power of direction and if

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necessary the power of veto. We do not anticipate we will need to use

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those powers, but if we need to use them, we well to make sure sensible

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decisions are taken for the next the years of this project. It is

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unclear how much responsibility the government will take. Ministers say

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it transports Colin now has the power of veto or whether tram

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project but the Edinburgh Council will remain responsible for paying

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the bell. Nevertheless, the council has

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welcomed the government announcement.

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It is good news. It is something we wanted to have and we're very

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pleased that Transport Scotland will be more involved.

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It is hoped they announcement will bring forward the recommencement of

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work on the stalled project but much remains to be done. They are

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still 700 utility junctions to take care of between sin Andrew's Square

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and the market. All that remains now is for the council and its main

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contractor to sign a new contract. Government ministers said that it

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happened this afternoon. But this evening we go stations are still

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continuing. More than 40 fire fighters have

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spent the day tackling a huge fire in the Moray town of Buckie. The

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outbreak was reported at around 7 o'clock this morning at a disused

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supermarket in the town. Grampian Fire and Rescue Service says no one

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was injured and an investigation into the cause is underway.

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Strike action is looming at a port, with tug drivers voting to take

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industrial action. They are unhappy about changes to shift patterns

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which could see them working longer hours. The council is trying to cut

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costs as activity at the port is in decline.

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Leading Government figures wanted to buy the North Sea's major oil

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fields from BP when significant discoveries were made in the 1970s.

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That's a claim from a new official history of the North Sea oil and

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gas industry. An academic from Aberdeen University has spent a

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decade trawling through government documents for the project. Kevin

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Keane reports. 1975, and the Energy Minister makes

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his first visit offshore to see the process that will bolster the UK's

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economy. It is this that makes the prospects for the future looks so

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different. But while BP were glad handling the Minister, I see was

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making plans to strip them of their 0 C interest and can then to the

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newly emerging national or or corporation. It was a paper company

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more than a real company for some time. He had some quite radical

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ideas, the most of which was to take over all of BP's assets.

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did not happen. It was too expensive, and Prime Minister

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Harold Wilson thought it took nationalisation too far. Tony Benn

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stands by his ambitions and says he was perfectly open about them with

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the oil industry. If we have been able to do that, more money would

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have come to was, greater control of the ordeal. We were very action

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-- anxious to see the oil was not depleted so rapidly that you are

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left with empty fields. The history also charts Shelton's battle with

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the government over oil revenue. It had become an increasingly

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important site, and we see it here being officially opened by the

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Queen. But the Treasury wanted any payments to be made to them. They

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threatened to cut off grants, but eventually backed down. There was a

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worry this would lead to other local authorities, in Scotland or

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maybe elsewhere, saying they should also get a share. Shetland council

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had to dig in their heels. We held all the cards. The technology of

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the day meant a oil pipelines had to come to the nearest landfall

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which was with us. And we knew that. So we just had to stay firm and in

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the end the government gave in. the 1974 elections, nationalism was

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Peking. -- at its height. The economic benefits of oil also been

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downplayed by the government as a move to down play the nationalist

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movement. A new map is being launched showing

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where all the "green spaces" are in Scotland's towns and cities.

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Information from councils has been pieced together to show everything

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from allotments to major parks. The people behind the project say the

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online map could help councils develop their planning and

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environmental policies - and be of interest to the public too.

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And from fields to fields of dreams, here's Jonathan with the sport.

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Scotland's Rugby World Cup campaign continues along a winning path but

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they were made to work for victory in their second match of the

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tournament. Scotland eventually overcoming Georgia 15 points to 6

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in Invercargill. The match wasn't a thing of beauty but it gives

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Scotland nine points in Pool B ahead of the sterner tests to come

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against Argentina and England. The kicks and Dan Parks eventually saw

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off the Georgian challenge, but it was a difficult few minutes, with

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Scotland continually spilling the ball. Very difficult conditions

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with the wet weather. Whenever we gained territory and attacked, we

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kept turning the ball over which was disappointing, so we need to be

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better at holding on to the ball. Georgian made life uncomfortable

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for Scotland, taking a point lead. Down parks' kicking was not always

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spot-on either. But by half-time he was in the groove and had kicked

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them into a 93 lead. -- 9-3 lead. Parks aged Scotland into double

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figures and all those Scotland -- and although Jorja would score

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again, Scotland maintained the lead. That is phase one out of the way,

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we going to face to now playing Argentina and England. It is now

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about winning two games there. We have to focus on Argentina were --

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first, which will get us the qualifier. And plenty of recovery

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time for the Scots, it is 11 days until that match against Argentina.

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Andy Murray feels he doesn't have to make big changes to his tennis

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game in order to achieve Grand Slam success. Just days after his semi-

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final defeat at the US Open, Murray is back in Scotland on duty with

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the Great Britain Davis Cup team. And, as David McDaid discovered, he

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appears happy to be home. Back in Scotland, backward the boys

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and back smiling. Not much banter here, to be honest, unfortunately!

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But it is good being involved in 18, it is different to what we used to.

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It is good fun, I have always enjoyed it. At the Grand Slams, you

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can be pretty selfish, you do everything to your timetable and

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whatever. Now, you're part of the team where everybody has to be

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involved in setting up the practices and that sort of thing.

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What we wear so we are all co- ordinated - that is my favourite

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part! Getting a phone call about the colours for the next day.

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here where Andy Murray will be trying to help team at GB to great

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success over the weekend. The Scot does not believe it will take much

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more before he is tasting Grand Slam success. Anybody suggesting I

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should make huge changes to my game, it is not really the way to go

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forward. You need to just keep building habitus a time. When you

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try to make drastic changes when you are at the top of his sport, it

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messes with your minds quite a lot and and mentally you will struggle

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because the differences are so small they if you try to make a

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major change, it is not normally for the best. Just like Novak

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Djokovic has been doing. He believes in the work that he does

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and things will work out. Four now, that is all to one side, as they

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prepare for hungry on Friday. The Rangers' owner Craig Whyte

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insists it is "business as usual" despite ongoing speculation about

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the club's finances. In a statement on the Rangers' website, Mr Whyte

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denied that the club was on the brink of insolvency and said it was

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trading normally with a "strong balance sheet". Former chief

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executive Martin Bain has had almost �0.5 million of the club's

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assets frozen as he pursues a �1.3m damages claim.

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Celtic have travelled to Spain for tomorrow night's Europa League tie

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against Atletico Madrid. New signing Mohamed Bangoura with the

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shiny headphones. Celtic were reinstated in the competition at

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the expense of Sion after the Swiss side were chucked out of the

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tournament for fielding ineligible players. The Celtic assistant

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manager Johan Mjallby is expecting a tough game in the Spanish capital.

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It is a very hard game against a tame -- 18 doing very well. What

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can you do? It is a great game and it will be a good experience.

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A reminder that our money man Fergus Muirhead is back with us

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next Wednesday. He'll be looking at income protection and critical

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illness cover - what options are available and which are best for

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you. Send your questions to [email protected]. He'll do his best

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Let us take a look at the weather. Hello. It was not too bad in

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central and southern parts of the country today, but a different

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story to the final. You can see that swirl of cloud around,

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bringing strong, gusty winds and rain. Into this evening, it will

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turned right for all of us and will be a chilly night as well. Here is

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the map from 7 o'clock, those winds and rain easing, leaving a calm,

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dry night against most parts of the country. Clear skies as well and

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beneath them temperatures in towns and cities will be down to five

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degrees. Chance of the grass frost in rural parts. As you step out

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tomorrow it will be quite cool and perhaps Chile. All in all, they

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stay will probably be the best day of the week there. Lots of dry

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weather and by mid-afternoon, say about four o'clock, temperatures

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will be up to 16 or 17 agrees. With light and variable winds, not too

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bad at all. A chance of rain across the Inner Hebrides, but much of the

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country will be dry, fine and bright. A bit cooler across Orkney

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and Shetland, but a far superior dated today. The rest of the

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afternoon and into the evening, stained try and calm but all

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changed overnight. -- staying dry and calm. This front will work its

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way in from the Atlantic, bringing a wet end to the week for many of

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us. He is the map for Friday, you can see that rain working its way

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in from the south and west. The North East stays dry it for the

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longest. Saturday will be a story of blustery showers, temperatures

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15 or 16 degrees. Tonight, dry but Now, let's recap tonight's main

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stories... A football fan cleared of a sectarian assault against the

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Celtic manager Neil Lennon has been sentenced to eight months for

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breach of the peace. 26-year-old John Wilson invaded the pitch,

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shouting and swearing at Neil Lennon during the Hearts-Celtic

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match in Edinburgh last May. At the end of the trial last month

:25:51.:25:54.

the jury found the second charge of religiously aggravated assault not

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proven. Two men who claim they were kept as virtual slaves on a

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travellers' site in Bedfordshire have been speaking about their

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ordeal for the first time. The men spent months at the Greenacres site,

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but they had escaped before police raided it over the weekend. They

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claim others had been trapped there for years.

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The number of people seeking work in Scotland has fallen, against a

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sharp increase in unemployment in the rest of the UK. But there's not

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such good news for the Scottish retail industry, with consumer

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confidence running low. That's the news so far this evening.

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Just over Yip -- a year after floods last year, Pakistan

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authorities are reporting the floods this year will be worse.

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They are the worst monsoon rains in a century. Over 5 million people

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