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Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Scottish a van driver Robert Black

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goes on trial for the abduction and murder of a schoolgirl more than 30

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years ago. The fall-out from the Scottish budget. Businesses are

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facing a tax bill rise. The murderers of Thomas Sharkey and his

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two children, Thomas and Richard. People are hoping Crimewatch can

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find the killers. -- and Bridget. He was doing a scholarship. It was

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a surprise, a good one. After the shock exits of last night, we

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report on the draw for the next round of the Communities Cup. The

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trial has begun of a van driver from Scotland accused of abducting

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and murdering a nine-year-old schoolgirl in Northern Ireland 30

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years ago. Jennifer Cardy disappeared while riding her bike

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in the village of Ballinderry in 1981. Her body was found six days

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later. 64-year-old Robert Black, originally from Grangemouth, denies

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the charges. Many of us that lived through the disappearance and

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murder of Iwate have been left with indelible images -- Jennifer Cardy.

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Ultimately, her coffin being carried. Duck hunters found the

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body hair. It was six days after she went missing. It sparked a man

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hunt lasting more than 30 years. The file on this case has not been

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closed. But the prosecution says a painstaking job, with people

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looking at millions of receipts, will allow people to prove that

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Robert Black was in this area on the day in question, August 12th,

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1981. That indeed he would have driven right past this spot. He is

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originally from Stirlingshire but in 1981 he was living in north

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London. His job sorting travel all across the UK. He is now aged 64.

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He wore glasses and a hearing aid and appeared to be listening

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closely and impassively. Much of the time he had his arms crossed.

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Just a few metres behind him, the mother, brother and sister of

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Jennifer Cardy. They kept looking at the prosecution barrister.

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Jennifer's mother, seen here are riding at court took the stand. She

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told the jury how proud Jennifer had been of her bicycle and how she

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wanted to cycle to a friend's house. Her mother sent her a watch and

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wound it up for have. Jennifer had wanted to be home in time for

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Jagger Norwich but she did not come home. Prosecutors say that Robert

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Black stopped her, sexually assaulted her and killed her, which

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he denies. The case is expected to last up to two months. Businesses

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in Scotland face a sharp increase in their local tax bills, after the

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Holyrood budget. We understood a new levy would be on shops selling

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alcohol and tobacco but analysis of the plans indicate an increase in

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business tax goes far beyond that. Here is our correspondent. How is

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this being applied? Business rates are based on the value of

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properties in which they operate. It is just above �2 billion per

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year at the moment and support local government. Economists at

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Glasgow University have been analysing this in greater detail.

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In the next few years, it will be a big increase in the rate. 23 %. Way

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above inflation. Then, it will be almost half a billion pounds of

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additional business tax as a result. Part of that is explained by the

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controversial levy on shops selling tobacco and alcohol and clamping

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down on empty properties which previously had a great relief. But

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it is not clearly explained. We have got questions for economists

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at Glasgow University. What is the level of commitment to a growing

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business from the Scottish government? It is a rather odd

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signal. It is a mixed signal. We would like to reduce corporation

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tax. It is not identical with the business rate but they are but

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taxes on what you are doing and we want them to be a bit lower. It

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will not be well received. government says it is committed to

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helping businesses to grow be a comic. But executives are not happy

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with this increase. -- the economy. We are very disappointed with the

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business rates in Scotland. We are just coming to terms with the

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increase last year after the transitional relief. We have got

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that levy defeated in the Scottish Parliament before. Coming back here

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a lot with potentially the end of property relief is bad news for

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business. What about other findings? They had a close look at

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other figures. Universities can be quite happy about the result of

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this allegation. But much of that is at the expense of further

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education colleges at a time when it is difficult to get places and

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funding is going down. They are looking at efficiency claims. It is

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difficult to prove that them. They might simply be cut. Also, pay

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policy. People recruited to executive jobs will start on 10%

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less than their predecessors. That is getting the pay bill damned. If

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we look at health, the NHS has been protected. -- pay bill decreased.

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This is what we are becoming used to. 20 % of the funding is not

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protected. That includes dentists, GPs and opticians, all facing a

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tight squeeze. Newsnight Scotland has got a special debate tonight on

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the budget on BBC Two at 11 o'clock. The murder of three members of the

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same family at a fire in Helen's brother will feature on BBC

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Crimewatch tonight. Thomas Sharkey and his children, Thomas and

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Bridget died after the fire was started deliberately last summer.

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Detectives are hoping the appeal will lead to new evidence to catch

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Tonight, viewers will see this. It is a reconstruction of the final

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moments of a Pam Murray. It is hoped the programme will find the

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killer. -- the final moments of a family. Angela Sharkey was the only

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survivor. A husband and two children died. I was immensely

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proud of my children. Thomas had just turned 21. He was doing a golf

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scholarship. It was a surprise. But a good one. Everybody thinks their

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children are brilliant. But Brigid was brilliant. She was told her

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family had been killed as she recovered in hospital. It was

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Angela's sister that told her the terrible news. How can you begin to

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deal with what you have loved being lost? It is two months since

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somebody approached this property in the early hours of the morning

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had deliberately set a fire that would kill a partner and children.

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Police have not found Qamishli was responsible or established a motive

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for the murder. -- who was responsible. I have got to face it.

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It would be made easier if I had a reason or it somebody can explained

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to me why they felt the need to do this. Police are looking to talk to

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this person caught on camera near the family home at the time the

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fire started. The hooded figure might be a key witness, detectives

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have said, but not a suspect. More about that on BBC One Scotland at 9

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o'clock tonight. This is Reporting Scotland. Coming up... And I became

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a grandfather again for the second time will stop it was amazing. We

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have been doing a lot of this. --. It was amazing. And we find out

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about the cast of parenting. Changes to the Rugby World Cup

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against Argentina. Another big night of shocks in the Scottish

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Community leaks Cup has Falkirk defeat Rangers. -- the Scottish Cup.

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Plans for councils in the West of Scotland to work closely together

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and save money are in disarray. Glasgow City Council said it will

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not be joining the scheme for councils to combine back office

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staff after other councillors had a lukewarm response. Here is our

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correspondent outside Glasgow's city chambers. Glasgow was

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previously clean. Why use the council not joining now? -- in

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favour. This is a situation where human resources would have been

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looked after for several councils across Scotland. It would have

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affected thousands of staff. But the scheme was losing momentum. One

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council walked away completely and others decided just to have limited

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involvement. Because of this, it was not adding up for Glasgow to be

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involved. It would actually cost more to set up the agency than it

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could have saved. But Glasgow's city council, as far as their

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involvement is concerned, the idea of a big back office is effectively

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dead. We might get limited steps in this direction from some smaller

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councils in the area. But if they cannot even agree to combine

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information technology departments, when can we get more radical

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changes to the public might notice? This is the important question.

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Behind this proposal, we had got a bigger project for councils in the

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West of Scotland to look at how they could share services. That was

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at their initiative. Glasgow and the other councils in the West

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remain very keen about the principles of sharing services, but

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the question is about what is actually practical. We are

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expecting to hear about proposals for joint waste management in the

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next few weeks. But some people here in Glasgow are all wondering

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just how much willingness there will be for some councils to

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voluntarily share some services, while the Scottish government might

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need to become involved. But that looks pretty unlikely. The

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government is keen on allowing councils to decide independently

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what the solution for their area is. The Dutch owners of Halls Foods are

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creating 250 jobs and apprenticeships in West Lothian.

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Vion is getting �2 million in Scottish government funding to fund

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a centre of excellence. They are demonstrating confidence in Halls

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Foods and the Scottish pig industry, according to the company. Family

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life is difficult for many people but for many, the cost of child

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care prevents people from taking a job at all. Surveys suggested one

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third of parents in severe poverty turned down work because it was too

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expensive to pay somebody else to look after their children. Save the

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Children has issued what it calls a Tracey is a stay at home mother in

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Glasgow. She would like to take a job but says she would struggle to

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pay somebody else to look after their son. Financially, it is not

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what it, going back to work. I want to go back to work to give my son a

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good example to start like that. I want that for my sanity. I want to

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Politicians cradled lifelike robotic babies to show their

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support for more affordable childcare. We cannot do things to

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make it more affordable. One it is making a commitment to part-time

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education, and extending early education to two-year-old, starting

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with those on low income so. became a grandfather for the first

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time last week. So Scottish government ministers understand the

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problem. Thousands of Scots are forced to choose between keeping

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their job and caring for a child. Campaigners say that one not change

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unless childcare is made more affordable.

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Some of the other stories across Scotland this Thursday evening:

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A teenage girl has been raped on a Glasgow golf course while golfers

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were playing nearby. The 16-year- old was on the Littlehill Course,

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near Stobhill Hospital, around 8pm on Saturday, 10th September. A man

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grabbed her from behind and dragged her into undergrowth near the tenth

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green. As many as one in five Scottish

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publicans have thought about selling their business or closing

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it down according to research compiled for a brewer. It also

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suggests while most were optimistic about their own prospects, many

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were generally concerned for the industry's future. The Scottish

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Licensed Trade Association says pubs have suffered from the smoking

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ban, weak economy and the trend for drinking at home.

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The makers of Highland Toffee could be rescued by the same investors

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who saved the company five years ago. McCowans is in administration,

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putting 103 jobs at its Stenhousemuir factory at risk.

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Ambrosia Holdings, whose investment saved the company in 2006, say it

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still believes it is a viable business with a strong brand.

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The Edinburgh-based publisher Canongate has defended its decision

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to publish an unauthorised autobiography of the WikiLeaks

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founder Julian Assange. Mr Assange has accused Canongate of

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profiteering from an erroneous draft of the memoir.

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This, the book that is causing controversy as it arrives on the

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shelf. The subject: A man it never far from it. Julian Assange is the

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founder of WikiLeaks. He has made his name publishing material other

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people do not want in the public domain, but now he says his

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autobiography has been published without his consent. Canongate is a

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small publisher based in Edinburgh, but has an international reputation,

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and many acclaimed authors on its list. Julian Assange Cider

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contracts last year, but try to pull out of it in June. -- Julian

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Assange it signed. The book was written by a ghost

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writer, and in it, you get an insight into his obsession with

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hacking into top secret organisations. There is also a

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chapter on the event ends Sweden that led to the allegations of

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sexual assault. In a statement, Julian Assange says

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the publication is in breach of contract, confidence and in breach

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of my creative rights and personal assurances. He accuses Canon Gate

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of old-fashioned opportunity for some, screwing people over to make

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a buck. -- opportunism. We would be publishing the first draft of this

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book as an unauthorised autobiography two weeks ago. We

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gave them a 12 days' notice. Julian Assange initially agreed to the

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book deal because he needed money to pay legal fees.

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The amount of wood grown and felled in Scotland is set to rise sharply.

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By the end of the decade, 10 million tonnes of timber could be

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harvested here every year. The industry is a major employer, but

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there's concern about the impact it could have on the landscape.

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They call this a big tree country. But in this part, at the words are

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not just for looking at. They help to grow the economy. -- indeed

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woulds. Tree trunks are sliced, and diced. They make palettes for

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transporting goods to our shops. Everything has been grown and

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harvested. It is basically a cropper. I believe that we are now

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replacing more than we are picking out. Across Scotland last year, 6

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million tonnes of wood was felled. By the end of the decade, that is

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said to have sought to 10 million tonnes. There is demand for wood

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right now because it is a very versatile product. Tree-trunks get

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chopped into planks and furniture. The smaller stuff gets turned into

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a wood panels and palates. The twigs, branches and Bach get

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chopped up and used for by a mass were burning. -- barks. But

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removing trees can leave a scar. People here are angry that this

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would have been clear felled. Every tree has gone, leaving a caravan

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park and walk a's path exposed to the road. Trees leave a screen. If

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they clear fell, this is what we are left with, it is very

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devastating and not a pretty sight. And because our forests grown over

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decades can become part of the landscape, there is pressure to

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minimise the impact of failing. would ask any manager to take into

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account the impact of these proposals on this landscape. Clear

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felling might be appropriate, provided it does not detract from

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the quality of the landscape. balance may be harder to strike in

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future, as forestry grows as fast as the trees themselves.

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Sport now. Here's Jonathan. You know what it's like - you wait

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a few years for a memorable Cup shock and three come along at once.

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After East Fife had dumped SPL side Aberdeen out of the Scottish

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Communities League Cup we thought we had had our shock. But last

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night, it was the turn of Hearts and League Cup holders Rangers to

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bow out of the competition to lower League opposition. I am so proud.

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But tonight, we are engulfing all aspects of tonight's teams. For

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many of the players, they will go on to play at a higher level.

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Tonight's result was remarkable. Rangers swapped back to do happen

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to, before this late goal. started it all right in the first

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five minutes, and then stopped. We did not start playing until we were

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a goal down. Mark Roberts with a decisive penalty in the shoot-out.

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Celtic now play in the League Cup quarter-finals. It will be a tough

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game. I am looking forward to it. It will be a tough game, but I am

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confident. East Fife travelled to Kilmarnock. They have been many

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question marks over the quality of the Scottish game, but in terms of

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excitement and drama, they can still get the thumbs up.

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Scotland have made five changes in their starting team for Sunday's

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crucial Rugby World Cup Pool B match against Argentina. Chris

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Paterson and Rory Jackson come in for Rory Lamont and Dan Parks. In

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the pack, prop Geoff Cross, lock Richie Gray and openside flanker

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John Barclay return in place of Euan Murray, Nathan Hines and Ross

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Rennie. The captaincy remains with scrum-half Rory Lawson so there's

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no place for Al Kellock. Just over a year ago, he was the

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man that led Scotland to a famous victory in Argentina. Now with the

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quarter-finals beckoning, he has been dropped as coach. To be fair

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to alk, he has taken it very well. He is an outstanding character, and

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this is phase two of an operation in the World Cup. We have got two

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games to win. Jim Hamilton is the captain's replacement. Jim has

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played fantastically well, and he has worked hard. He will bring a

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physicality in dealing with the scrums. That is what he will bring

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to the game. The biggest game for Scotland for four ideas, and they

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have dropped a captain. But his replacement feels Scotland can win

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this game. We can win this game. We need to improve allow performance

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from the first and second games, and it will be a big step up in the

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challenge, but one that we are relishing and have looked forward

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to for a long time. One of Scotland's top women

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footballers has told BBC Scotland she will play for Team GB at the

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Olympics if selected. Arsenal's Kim Little was part of the team which

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thrashed Finland 7-2 in a friendly at Tynecastle last night. And

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despite the Scottish Football Association's opposition to a

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British Olympic football team, she wants to play at London 2012.

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I think it would be a great opportunity. I don't know the

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selection process. If you were asked, would you play? Yes I would.

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It is a one-off tournament. I have Tomorrow and Monday will turn

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unsettled with heavy rain at times. As the weekend approaches, not

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looking too bad, but a nice enter the day today with decent spells of

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sunshine. We will see some rain spreading in from the West

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overnight. As we look at the map, you can see a dry start to the

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night. He comes that rain, gathering slowly across the north-

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west and north-east. Later on, it really gathers up to the West. Tony

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-- turning windier as well. There the chilly under the clear skies,

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but then it gets Marbeuf. Ended tomorrow morning, it looks like a

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grey, wet start. The north-west is the wettest area. Temperatures hair

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around 14 Celsius. -- temperatures here. The Grampian so also have a

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lot of short of. For the rest of the day, we will see drier spells

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across the south. The all-important weekend, like a mentioned, a mig

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jet of sunshine and showers. -- a mixture of a. The picture is quite

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mixed for Saturday. For the east and north-east, we will see good

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spells of sunshine. More showers out to the west and fairly when the

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as well. On a Sunday, not much changed. Another mixture of

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sunshine and showers. Temperatures around 17 Celsius.

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Just before 7pm, a summary of tonight's top stories:

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The head of the International Monetrary Fund is warning the

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chances of a global economic recovery are narrower now than at

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