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Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight... The government's plans

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for minimum pricing for alcohol to tackle Scotland's booze culture.

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Even though I was unemployable, alcohol was so cheap and available,

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I could still drink every day. an overall majority in parliament,

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this time the bill looks certain to pass. Also tonight...

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Selling up? Then it might be time to drop your asking price. We have

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the latest assesment of the state of Scotland's housing market.

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The missing financial adviser Lynda Spence. Four men appear in court

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charged with abduction and murder. And Dr Livingstone, I presume.

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Presume no more. The Scottish explorer's previously illegible

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diary is decoded. Scotland will almost certainly

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become the first country in Europe to introduce a minimum price for

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alcohol. The SNP government thinks it is the best way to tackle the

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serious criminal, social and health problems associated with alcohol

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abuse. It means that cheap, strong drink will become more expensive.

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It is the same policy which was rejected by the Scottish Parliament

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last year. The bigger argument for minimum

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pricing is that it is too cheap to get too drunk here in Scotland.

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Ministers claim, with they just �5, a teenager can buy enough to kill

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themselves. So why went to see just how much alcohol you can buy for

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that kind of money. That is me just emerged from the shop, spending

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�4.94. This is what I have. A large a two-litre bottle of cider, 5%

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volume. Another two-litre bottle of cider, this time 7.5%. Here is

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another shop, another big bottle of cider, two litres, 7.5% volume. 15

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units of alcohol. And a bottle of fortified wine, 15%. The grand

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total was �5.80. I have blown my Budget a little, but also blown my

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recommended drinks limit for the week. I am an alcoholic. I am

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feeling quite content. Getting drunk is not expensive, but the

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cost to lives is. Addicts are treated here. Many sustained their

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habits by frequent visits to the supermarket. Even when I was

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unemployable, what alcohol been so cheap and easily available, I could

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drink every day. The Scottish Government want the days of cheap

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booze to end, introducing plans for a minimum price for alcohol.

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have never said it is a magical solution, but it is the missing

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What difference will it make? It was said that a bottle of own brand

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Minimum pricing will simply penalise the majority of Scots who

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already drink sensibly. Minimum pricing is likely to pass and

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Parliament, but may end up in court. Critics have questioned its

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legality. Ministers insist it is. If you are struggling to sell your

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home, it might be time to drop your asking price. New figures show that

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some parts of the country have seen an almost 10% fall in property

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prices. Overall, there has been a slight fall in house prices in the

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David Henderson is here with full details.

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The credit crunch and the recession have left their mark. For now at

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least, soaring property prices are a thing of the past. The average

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home actually fell in value over the last year by 0.2%. In

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Inverclyde, the typical home lost nearly 10% of its value. But the

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property market still has the occasional hot spot. Like

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Stirlingshire, were prices were up almost 8%. For most of us, the

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This houses for sale. A place like this should sell easily, but the

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homeowner is finding it challenging. Because of the area, we did not

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think we would have a problem, even in the downturn. It is a reasonable

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house in our reasonable region, good neighbours. We did not see a

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problem. Has there been much interest? One viewing. That was an

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four months. A few years ago, it would have been easy to sell this

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house. But things have changed. No more so than here in Inverclyde,

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property plight -- property prices dropping almost 10% in one year.

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Thomas selling his house at less than valuation. Others are holding

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out for a higher price. Some think that its over-optimistic. We have

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been measuring the reality gap for the best part of the year. That has

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only been increasing. Up until now at least. On average, the gap

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between what people hoped to get and what they are getting is about

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�20,000. If your house was on the market for a year and you have not

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altered your price, think about it. Listen and talk to your agent. If

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it is priced correctly, it will sell. I had one on the market for

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two years. We sold it in two days after dropping the price. So no

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So, if it is not a seller's market, is it a buyer's market? The answer

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is only if you have lots of your own money to spend. Banks want

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buyers to have bigger deposits than used to be case. That is one reason

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why sales of flats fell by almost 6% in the last year. First time

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buyers are finding it difficult to get their foot on the property

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ladder. That could spell trouble for the housing market in the years

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You are watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC. Still to come before

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seven... A delay in legal moves to evict

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anti-capitalist protesters from George Square.

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And a young surgeon helps the NHS to save cash by developing plastic

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bones. In sport, Rangers striker, Steven

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Naismith, is out for up to nine months with a knee injury. The

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Scotland squad is named for the friendly against Cyprus. And the

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draw is made for the League Cup semi-finals. These two managers

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will go head-to-head in an Ayrshire Derby.

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Four men are expected to appear at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court tonight

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charged with the abduction and murder of Lynda Spence. The 28-

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year-old financial adviser went missing in April. The arrests

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followed a search of a flat in West Kilbride over the weekend.

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Lynda Spence texted her mother at the day after she waltzed last seen

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in April, saying she was going to London. But she has not been seen

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since. Appeals brought no new leads. If you are listening, please come

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forward to let us know you are safe and well. Go to any police station

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to let us know you are all right. You have nothing to worry about.

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Whatever has happened can be sorted. As the weeks turned two months,

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this missing person inquiry turned to one of murder. Lynda Spence told

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friends she ought people money. It ran into six figures. Her mortgage

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business was in trouble. Police spent the last few months trying to

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piece together what happened. She was last seen in Partick on April

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On Friday, police searched the flat in West Kilbride. The arrests of

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four men followed. Tonight, this road remains closed. Police have

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been here for around four days and we expect them to stay longer

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carrying out a forensic searches of this house. The four men have been

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charged with the abduction and murder of Lynda Spence. They are

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expected to appear tonight at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court.

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Scottish Lib Dems leader, Willie Rennie, has apologised for a

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cartoon published online by the party, which depicts the first

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minister in Arab dress. The cartoon, mentioning the death penalty and

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gay rights, was produced after Mr Salmond hailed similarities between

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Scotland and Qatar during his five- day Middle East trip.

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A last-ditch appeal is being made to anti-capitalism protesters to

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leave Glasgow's George Square before the city council resorts to

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court action. Councillors are worried about the presence of the

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tented camp as the square prepares to be the site of the Garden of

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Remembrance and the location for official Armistice Day

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commemorations next week. Jamie McIvor joins us now.

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The camp here may be small in scale compared to the protest at St

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Paul's Cathedral. But Glasgow City Council is still worried. A court

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action to clear the camp has been held over until Thursday, but the

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council is appealing to protesters to move on.

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For more than a fortnight, this camp has occupied a corner of

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Glasgow's best-known public space. A small group of people united by

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what they are opposed to. The banks a wronged. They are bringing down

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the structure of the whole system. -- the banks are wrong. Whether it

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is the National Health, Social Security, even the police. There

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are a lot of homeless in Glasgow. I do not know where the money is

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going. I am homeless myself. That is why I am doing this. The city

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council says it respects the right to protest, but wants them to move

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on. The camp is yards from the Cenotaph, in the run-up to

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Remembrance Sunday. Thousands will come here when the Christmas lights

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are switched on. We have been clear with protesters right from the

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start, that they were not entitled to do what there doing here in this

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player and that they will run a real risk of disrupting Remembrance

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Sunday and remembering those who died in the way people of Glasgow

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would like to. It would also hinder switching on the Christmas lights

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and the Glasgow celebrations, where thousands of people enjoy the

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square. The council say the protesters can camp in other

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locations. But many of them believe George Square is where they should

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There are a number of reasons why the authorities are concerned. Last

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Wednesday, a woman was raid in one of the tents. Police inquiries are

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continued. -- rate. There are worries about the potential

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disruption about to -- disruption to big events. The meeting is a

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roundabout now deciding on a course of action. The Last fling they want

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to do is disrupt Remembrance Sunday. But be a reluctant to move decamp

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to a location where the fuel it will be less visible. Thank you.

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Some of the other stories across Scotland this Tuesday...

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Fire fighters have contained a blaze on board the aircraft carrier,

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Queen Elizabeth, which is under construction at Rosyth. The blaze

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was confined to a compartment of the vessel and no one was hurt.

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The former international athlete, Liz McColgan, is to face trial for

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allegedly attacking her estranged husband. The Olympic silver

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medallist pleaded not guilty at Arbroath Sheriff Court to punching

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Peter McColgan on the head and body in July.

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Lecturers at Scotland's newest universities are to be balloted for

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strike action over pensions. They are to consider joining industrial

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action by other public sector workers at the end of the month.

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Lecturers at the older universities are already working to rule over a

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A railway manager wept as he found out that he failed to save the

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death of 84 year-old Margaret Mason. She died in 2007 when the train

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derailed at Grayrigg in Cumbria. Fiona Trott is at the inquest.

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Before we came on air, I asked to what excuse David Lewis gave for

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his actions. He told the jury today it was like

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spinning plates. He had a backlog of maintenance work and could only

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carry out that work on Sunday mornings because his staff couldn't

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be on the track when high-speed trains were going through. There

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wasn't enough staff to carry out those duties and a lot of his work

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it had to try and do training. On Sunday, five days before the crash,

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he carried out a patrol himself because he said his team was under

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staff. He didn't patrolled the last quarter of a mile. That is

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important because the train derailed at 92 miles per hour when

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it went over a set of unsafe points. He told the inquest about a

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conversation he had with his boss the day after the crash. He said

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that the failure to patrol that part of the line was down to me. It

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is my responsibility. At that point during the hearing, his voice

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trembled and he put his hand over his mouth and looked away.

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understand he said he was under work pressures. What did he do

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about them? He told the inquest that he asked his bosses for agency

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staff. That request was declined. He sent an e-mail to Network Rail

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Buses a year before the crash and a statement was read out. He said,

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while I understand the need to remain within budget, I am at a

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loss to understand how I am expected to maintain a safe and

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complained railway. What we heard today, is that he admitted the work

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was not quite complaint and he warned bosses that it was about to

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get worse. The inquest continues. A young surgeon and self-confessed

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technology geek believes he has found a way to save the NHS

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thousands of pounds. Mark Frame has developed a way to make cheap and

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it Tommy core models. He helps surgeons plan out operations for a

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10th of the price. It -- anatomical models.

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Mark Frame shows 79 year-old at my Iraq a model of her damaged hip.

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Models like this one are helped to plan out complex surgery. Once you

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have used the physical model when you get into the operation, it is

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like you have already been there before. Usually these cost

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thousands of pounds. Mark new new technology could be made for less.

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He takes measures -- he takes measurements from C D scans and

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then uses a 3 D printing. You then get polystyrene peanuts which are a

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full representation of the patient's forearm. That is the

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model, not the real bone now we have taken out. It is quite amazing.

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The cast is �77. I was very impressed with the model. The level

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of detail is excellent. It looks so much like the defects that we have

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seen and so similar to the model. It gives us a good idea of what we

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were hoping to do in surgery. Surgeons here are accusing them

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more often. It makes surgery safer and more successful. If you want to

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make your own 3 D Burns, there is a quick guide on how to do it and is

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being considered by you can look up -- crooked up on Twitter. 3 D Burns.

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A pair of Queen Victoria's silk bloomers are sold for almost

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�10,000 at auction in Edinburgh. They were embroidered with the

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inscription, fee of two. A picture of the monarch sold for �145,000.

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That is more than five times the estimate. The connection attracted

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a huge amount of interest from around the world.

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Now for the sport. Ally McCoist says Steven Naismith

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is a fighter and is confident he will occur -- overcome his knee

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injury. He will be out of action for the rest of the season which

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means he wasn't named in the Scotland squad for the friendly

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international against Cyprus in 10 A scan revealed Steven Naismith

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suffered anterior cruciate ligament damage to his right knee in

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Aberdeen. He will be sidelined -- he will be sidelined for eight to

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nine months. Knowing the type of boy he is and his attitude, he made

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all the right noises and said the right things that will help him to

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recover. I am certain he will be back for pre-season training. He

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will quickly get back on that. player returning to the squad after

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a serious injury is Queen's Park Rangers Ranger -- Queen's Park

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Rangers player, Jamie Mackie. Jordan roads is promoted from the

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under 21's. Although his calls for Huddersfield Town this season has

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attracted interest of England, that is not why he applied for the -- he

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played for the Scot's. I want to reward him for how he has been

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playing. We want to recognise his abilities and we are confident.

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Aston Villa's Berry was suspended by his club after being arrested on

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suspicion of drink-driving after the crash on the M1 last month.

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There will be an Ayrshire derby in the Scottish League Cup as Ayr face,

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neck. The other semi- will see Folkert take on Celtic. The SFA say

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they will sit down with the Ayrshire club's to describe -- to

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discuss where their semi-finals will be played.

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It is the best role that they could have got. In terms of progress, we

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wanted to avoid Celtic because they are the most superior team left.

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Whether you want to come here and maybe half feel it, there is not

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the same atmosphere. It is a bit out of the way. The need to look at

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it. Paulo Sergio could be in more trouble with the SFA. He has been

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called to a disciplinary hearing later this month after being sent

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to the stand for verbally abusing the match officials during

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Saturday's match against Kilmarnock. He has been up for other matters.

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He has accepted a two match ban. Some senior players are still

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waiting on last month's wages. For the first ever time, the

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British Super cross championships comes to Scotland with Braehead

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Arena hosting the event. Among those competing is this man, Ross

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Rutherford, the three-times Scottish motocross champion. Today

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he was warming up for the Braehead date wishes round three of the five

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making up the series. He finds it nerve-racking.

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You get butterflies, you get nervous. Especially here today, it

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is going to be even worse for the home crowd. Do you get worried that

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you may have to pay insurance on someone's car? Definitely, with

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this I do, for sure. There was a nervous laugh.

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Fresh light has been shed on a Scottish explorer and anti-slavery

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missionary, David Livingstone. A diary which had faded so much it

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was illegible, has been decoded to reveal his first hand account of

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the horrors of the state massacre in which Livingstone's own

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foreigners -- own followers may have been involved.

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Faded writing on top of newspaper. This diary had been locked away and

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forgotten but now the signs used in satellites has been applied to

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bring you back to life. It Merc -- it worked amazingly well. We used

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infra-red portion to get the text. We revealed the handwriting. It

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went from not being able to read it to look at the picture and read it

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directly. The diary was written by Livingstone in Africa 140 years ago.

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He was ill and second further by the massacre of 400 slaves. He

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realised to some of his own followers may have taken part.

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could have felt some capability that he may have been responsible.

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He was trying to draw attention away from that. Later he described

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the massacre to Stanley, his report forced them to close the South

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African slave trade. This diary shows the confusion and conflicting

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emotions he felt at the time. time the light came on, it would

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glow. When you got to ultraviolet light and his words came out, we

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were the first people since Livingstone wrote it to read these

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words. It was a magical experience. The teams are already working on

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other manuscripts, hoping to see other historic treasures in a new

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light. Our many experts Fergus Muirhead

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will be here tomorrow lunchtime looking at the confusion that

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exists over the best energy tariffs and how you can get value for money

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on your gas and electricity. Any questions to the usual address.

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questions to the usual address. It is a beautiful start to November.

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Into this evening, it will stay dry but it will be a windy night. Winds

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gusting up to 50 mph by the end of the night. We have this rain trying

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to work its way into the Outer Hebrides before it clears away

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again. With their southerly winds, it keeps mild. Towns and cities no

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lower than seven Celsius. The weather we have at the moment is

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thanks to this low-pressure. It is the same weather system that

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brought the snow to eastern America a few days ago. Tomorrow, it will

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be another dry day. Winners will So a cloudy day than today.

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Temperatures up to 13 Celsius. The best of the sunshine is around the

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Moray Firth. If you get this sunshine wake you are, not too bad

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at all but will be a windier day ban today. Into the evening

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tomorrow, that is where the rain gets its act together. This rain

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band makes his way from the West. If we take a look at the pressure

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chart, it is a cold front. We still have that milder air. For Thursday,

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another mild day. At rain clears the way towards the north-east. We

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have some heavy and thundery showers possible in the West.

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Friday, it is a showery day with temperatures up to 15 Celsius. At

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the weekend, the weekend is now the weekend, the weekend is now

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looking to bed. -- at the minute. Degree Prime Minister's decision to

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give his voters the final say in a referendum on May the funding

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package has sent the markets reeling. They are fears that if the

:26:33.:26:37.

Greeks don't accept the deal, the whole future of the eurozone could

:26:37.:26:41.

be thrown into doubt. Scotland will almost certainly

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become the first country in Europe to introduce a minimum price for

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alcohol. The SNP Government says it is the best way to tackle the

:26:49.:26:52.

serious criminal, social and health problems associated with heart

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Harby's. Cheaper, strong drink will become more expensive.

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Both figures suggest the UK economy grew by more than expected between

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July and September. Economic output increased by 0.5% compared with a

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rise of 0.1% in the previous three months.

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Moves by Glasgow City Council to evict anti-capitalist protesters

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from an encampment in George Square has been delayed until Thursday. It

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will allow two of the protesters to get legal representation.

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