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Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight, torrential rain causes

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severe flooding. Roads have been closed and businesses affected.

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has risen all night. When I got up at first like it, it looked as big

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a flood as I have ever seen here. Also on tonight's programme...

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The Chancellor offers �50 million to safeguard the cross-Border

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sleeper service. We will have full analysis of what George Osborne's

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Autumn Statement means for Scotland. As Celtic's Europa League opponents

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arrive in rain-drenched Glasgow, captain Scott Brown is touch and go

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to face Spanish side Athletico Madrid.

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And police investiage a fresh attempt to topple this

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controversial Highland statue. Flooding has caused widespread

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disruption across much of Central, West and Southern Scotland. A night

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of torrential rain swamped homes and businesses and blocked some

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roads. In Glasgow, more than two weeks worth of rain fell in just 24

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hours. Sometimes assign it can see it all. This was the scene in

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Stirling Show today, after a wall gave way after the massive pressure

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of water. I looked out a few times during the night and it was

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rattling down against the roof. It has just risen all night. When I

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get up first light this morning, it looked as if it was the as bigger

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flood as I have ever seen here. the Bridge of Allan, you would have

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needed waders if you were waiting for a bus. Heading south down the

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coast to Greenock, VII had to be closed for hours at Langbank.

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have lived here for years and I am used to the weather been bad, but I

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have never seen it as bad as this. And there was no point going for a

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train, as this was the train station at Bishopton. At Greenock,

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the water did so high that sitting in the car was no longer an option.

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It even try at 60 people in a seafront hotel in Greenock. I saw a

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car and it was trying to get out, but ended up just floating

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sideways.. In Ayrshire, this video shows that some streets were turned

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into reverse. In Dumfries, by lunchtime, the flood waters had

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arrived. Our reporter Steven Duff is near

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Greenock for us tonight. How are things there? This part of

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Inverclyde was effectively an island for most of the day, such

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was the flooding. You can see the main road behind me to Glasgow is

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still closed and the efforts going on to try and clear the carriageway.

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The water is gone, but there is still a lot of debris. This was

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this the not too long ago, car strapped in the water and some

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people having to be rescued from their cars. It really was the

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perfect storm in this part of the country. The rain has stopped now,

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but the wind has now got up. It is a very difficult situation for the

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people in Greenock, who were cut off for a large part of the day.

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as the flooding actually caused any damage? A around the country, yet

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it has seen the likes of fields flooded, walls knock-down, but here

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you can see the economic effect of this. The 60 guests who in the

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hotel behind me have had to be there all night. Behind me, the

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call centre had to be closed today. Just imagine the economic effect of

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that. And there is issues Royal Bank of Scotland building nearby

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which was flooded and had to be closed today. Seoul, a big economic

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impact, as well as the flooding for people to have to cope with.

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Scotland is to get an extra �433 million for new roads, schools and

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other capital spending. The increase was announced as part of

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Chancellor George Osborne's Autumn Statement, which he delivered to

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the House of Commons today. But Scottish Finance Secretary John

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Swinney said the move fell far short of what was needed to boost

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the economy. Our Business and Economy Editor Douglas Fraser is

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here to tell us what Westminster's plans mean for Scotland.

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It is not the Autumn Statement George Osborne would have wished,

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with the independent budget adviser saying UK growth will be slower

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than previously thought, the recovery will drag on, we will have

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to borrow more and the cuts will continue longer. The best the

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Chancellor could say was that if interest rates were higher, things

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could be a lot worse. And while some budgets were further

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squeezed today, he released savings for transport, and an average of

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�150 milllion more will be coming to Holyrood's block grant in each

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of the next three years. Scottish ministers will decide how that is

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spent. The plans may be of track, but he does have a plan for rolling

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stock. A we are working to improve the links between our countries.

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The Chancellor has made Edinburgh as one of 10 "Super connected"

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cities. It has also given the Scottish government more money to

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spend on capital projects. If you look at the report, they say the

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overall spending is neutral and, as a consequence, the announcement by

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the Chancellor today will have no impact on the forecasts they are

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making. He may have shuffled around the numbers, but he has given us no

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real mule new economic stimulus. He should have delivered that, because

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only that can stimulate economic recovery. It took the Chancellor 40

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minutes before the word unemployment was mentioned. It is a

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serious problem in Scotland. It is important that the Scottish

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National Party does more to stimulate the economy and its

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courts working again. government says it is planning to

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upgrade the a name that to Perth, but that will be a few years down

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the line. It is good the government is looking at it and trying to help

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small businesses. The amount of bureaucracy and red tape it really

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is a lot of a turn-off as an employer. It is about getting

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people appear and then, once they are here, giving them a low-cost

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method of getting around the islands.

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Scotland also faces the impact of further pay restraint for public

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sector workers, who are already unhappy about their lot, with a

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widespread strike tomorrow. Our Westminster correspondent David

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Porter joins us now. And the strike is just one of the political

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challenges behind today's economic numbers? Yes, tomorrow possibly

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hundreds of thousands of public sector workers in Scotland or call

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on strike and that underlines why there are such challenges facing

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the economy. According to the government, everyone is having to

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take a share of the pain. Public sectors work workers say they're

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going to have to work longer and get worse pensions. What we will

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seek with the squeezing public- sector pay and the Chancellor deal

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that did delivering a very definite hint that there could be regional

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differences between public sector pay increases, there could be

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Loggerheads between the Scottish and Westminster government for many

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months to come. I think that many people, after today's statement,

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will realise that things may be very tough for a long time to come.

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There is more on that Autumn Statement on Newsnight Scotland

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tonight. You are watching Reporting Scotland

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from the BBC. Still to come on the programme...

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The number of Scots with a serious drug problem has risen, but there

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are fewer young addicts. And in sport, news of Scott Brown,

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who could be fit enough to face the Atletico Madrid. The Spanish giants

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arrived in Glasgow today ahead of the Europa League clash with Celtic.

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We will also have the latest from their camp.

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A former male nurse who pretended to be a lesbian and bisexual

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teenager, in order to prey on young girls on the internet, has been

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jailed and is to be monitored for life. Barry McLuskey from Glasgow

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admitted targeting 49 girls, some as young as 10. He also blackmailed

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some of his victims, contacting them on Bebo and an instant

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messaging service. Judge Rita Rae QC imposed a lifelong restriction

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order and jailed McCluksey for six years and eight months.

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Scotland is bracing itself for the biggest day of industrial action

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for more than a generation. Around 250,000 public sector workers are

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going on strike tomorrow against proposed changes to their pensions,

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which they say will leave many worse off. So just how will the

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strike affect the country? Here is our local government correspondent

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Jamie McIvor. In it is not a public service worker and is not on strike

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tomorrow, but she will feel the impact. The schools that her

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children go to are closed, so she will have to be looking after them

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instead of studying for a qualification. So, there will be no

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school, known nursery and their formal studying time for me.

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vast bulk of schools will be closed tomorrow, just one of the effects

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of this co-ordinated action. Some hospital operations may be delayed,

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council officials, job centres and libraries will be shut and the

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Glasgow subway will be closed. There could also be delays at

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airports. Even some police support staff will be on strike. The is no

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doubt that it impact on us as an organisation. We have planned for a

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number of weeks for this. But what is important is the we re assure us

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people that we will of police officers when they are required.

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The impact of the strike could be �500m. The say the figures are been

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overstated by the government. Others say there is a need for or

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reality check. Tomorrow may be the biggest the of industrial action

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since the 1970s. But everyone knows the impact then was very different.

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The strikes there lasted for weeks and led to national emergencies.

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For many people, the worst impact will be inconvenienced or

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disappointment. Our website is being constantly

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updated with the latest information about what local and national

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services are being disrupted. The address is bbc.co.uk/scotlandnews.

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Former X Factor contestant Gamu Nhengu and her family have won

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their immigration fight to stay in the UK. The Home Office failed to

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win its appeal to overturn a decision granting the 19-year-old,

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her two brothers and their mother leave to remain in the UK. The

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family have lived in Tillicoultry for several years after they left

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The number of Scots with serious drugs problems has risen, according

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to official figures just published. The raw figures are these, around

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60,000 people in Scotland have serious drugs misuse problems. 4000

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up on the last time the figures were collated. Is a problem getting

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worse? We don't know because of the statistical inexactitude. What we

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can say is that things are not getting better. The government

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introduced a new strategy a few years ago. They say that it is too

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early to say whether the new policy is bearing fruit. What are the

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hopeful signs in these figures? proportion of young people, under

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35, has dropped. That means the drug-taking population in Scotland

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is getting older. Probably because these figures include those on the

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method and a maintenance programmes. I have to say there is another way

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of looking at this, particularly here in Glasgow where the number of

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people with serious drugs problems is falling. But, the number who are

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older, is rising. Drugs workers were telling me today that a large

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number of young people are apparently abandoning drugs like

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heroin, and turning to legal highs and alcohol. These don't appear in

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the findings today but are a continuing problem for the

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government. Some of the other stories across

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Scotland this Tuesday: A 46-year- old woman who died following a fire

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in a block of flats in Aberdeen has been named as Selina Corrigan, a

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teacher at Woodside Primary School. She was taken to hospital after the

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blaze at Alexander Terrace in the Tillydrone area on Monday night,

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but died later. Grampian Police said the fire did not appear to be

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suspicious. A discount scheme for ferries is to

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be extended. A government report says the Road Equivalent Tarrif has

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increased journeys by almost a third, since it was introduced on

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routes to the Western Isles. Now, routes including the Sounds of

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Barra and Harris will also be included, with ferries to Colonsay,

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Islay and Gigha added next year. A pilot scheme for Arran will start

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in 2014. As many as 50 students have

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occupied Aberdeen University's main office building to protest against

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cuts. They've demanded the university's management protect the

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jobs of lecturers and staff, turn down any bonuses and speak out

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against the Government's economic policies. The university says it

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will respond to the points they've Scotland's largest college is to

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move into a new 200 million pound super campus. The City of Glasgow

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College formed through the merger of the Central, Metropolitan and

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Nautical College is the first of an expected wave of mergers, in a

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shake-up of further education across Scotland. Our Education

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Correspondent Seonag MacKinnon reports. Graduation day. A dream

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come true for students, and for college bosses to. Ladies and

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gentlemen, that is the green light for a new city campus in Glasgow.

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Forster to and of the future, a shiny new campus. One of the

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biggest in the UK. People without the greatest of backgrounds can

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attend a campus with great facilities, and participate in

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staff they never could before. much to celebrate, but under

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government plans this will be the first of many super colleges from

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mergers. Many have their own management teams, and ministers are

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looking at rationalisation of students, giving them fewer but

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better facilities. Some are wary. In principle, mergers can be a good

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thing if driven for educational reasons, not to reduce courses or

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numbers available for courses or reducing staff. The future of many

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of the students is mapped out, but the future of Scotland's colleges

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is in limbo. Now, is this sport or not? An

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American man has set a new record on the shores of Loch Ness. Ashrita

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Furman skipped 255 times on a skipping rope in five minutes,

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while wearing flippers. He's already in the Guiness Book of

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Records for holding more records than anyone else, with more than

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one hundred. Dougie's here with the real sport.

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Follow that. The Celtic manager Neil Lennon believes captain Scott

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Brown is close to agreeing a new contract with the club. But it may

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be touch and go whether the midfielder will have recovered

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sufficiently from an ankle injury to face Atletico Madrid tomorrow

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night in the Europa League. John Barnes reports. Neil Lennon was in

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the stand last night as Charlton faced Huddersfield, but he would

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not be drawn on whether he was looking at Jordan roads. More

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pressing is the future of Captain Scott Brown. Out of contract next

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summer, he can talk to clubs in a few days' time. It is just a

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question of talking to his representatives of soon as possible.

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I think he wants to stay, he knows the key terms and I don't think we

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are far away. Neil Lennon's men are looking to maintain their good form

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at Celtic Park in an attempt to reach the next stage of the Roper

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League. It is nearly two year since they last lost a European home

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match. We might still have a chance of qualifying with a draw but they

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were in its is what we need really. Probably our best performance of

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the season at the weekend. Atletico Madrid looked relaxed as they

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arrived at Glasgow airport. They are confident of a repeat

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performance from their winner in a Madrid. We have a team with a lot

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of qualities. As the Atletico Madrid players rushed to avoid the

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Scottish rain, at least stay had an element of a Spanish welcome.

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is turning into a bumper year for Scottish Sport after today's

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announcement that the Ryder Cup will be coming back to Gleneagles.

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The Perthshire course will host the event between 26th and 28th of

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September. Europe are the current holders of the Trophy, having won

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it at Celtic Manor in October of last year. The whole world coming

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back to Scotland to visit the old country, then the Games, one of the

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greatest, the Commonwealth, then the Ryder Cup. One of the absolute

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pinnacles for a TV audience coming home in every sense. The Ryder Cup

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back to Gleneagles where the original idea began so many years

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ago. Tickets for the London 2012

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football tournament went back on sale today with 1.5 million

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available across the six venues. Hampden will host eight matches in

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total including one women's quarter final plus some early rounds of the

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men's competition. It is quite easy to fill removed from what is going

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on in London when you are far away from it, but the chance to be part

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of it on your doorstep is amazing. The only tickets I got our for ham

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done, I am not going to London. An investigation's been launched

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into a new attempt to pull down the statue of the Duke of Sutherland in

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the Highlands. The huge statue is controversial because of the

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notorious role the Duke played in the Highland Clearances. Serious

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damage has been caused to the memorial in recent weeks, and

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police suspect it's deliberate. Jackie O'Brien reports. Love it or

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loathe it, this statue, the first Duke of Sutherland, has been part

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of the local landscape since the 1830s. The prominent landmark, even

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used as a marker by fishermen, can be seen from miles around. The 100

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ft structure has survived demolition the Thames in the past,

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but reports of a fresh attack took me to the top. A chance encounter

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with local walkers revealed an even more recent assault on the statue.?

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Damage occurred about three or four weeks ago, and since then we think

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there has been more. Police believe malicious intent occurred, because

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the stones removed from the plinth were left strewn in the heather. It

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is now feared a concerted campaign is underway to topple the Duke.

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This is not the first time it has happened. We have had it in

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previous years. It is assumed steam motive for the latest attack is

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political, because of his role in the Highland clearances, where he

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forced many local tenants to make way. The vandalism is not welcome

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for villagers at the foot of the hill. It is part of history, if you

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take it away, people won't ask. If he goes people will ask though.

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Duke's descendants, who still own the local Sutherland estate say

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they are disappointed by the damage. Time now for the latest weather

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forecast. Christopher Blanchett is with us. How are things looking,

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A lot of rain around today, the good news is the heaviest has

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pushed away towards the North Sea. We will see some heavy showers, but

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breezy for most parts. The westerly breeze, pushing some of the showers

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towards the east. If you are in the east, a dry night. Some showers are

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wintery over the hills. It will be cold, temperatures around two or

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three degrees. There is a risk of vice between those showers as the

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ground freezes. Into tomorrow, we start with showers. Later run, a

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risk of hail and thunder. Elsewhere across the country be picked is

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improving towards lunchtime, although showers fade away. Lots of

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dry weather around. South-westerly winds are strong at times. So, mid-

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afternoon, temperatures around eight or nine degrees. Mostly dry

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across the mainland. On the West Coast, gale-force winds that time.

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Rain waiting in the wings, into the northern isles pushing in later on.

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The second half of the afternoon, it all goes downhill. Rain pushing

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and from the West. We have another warning from the met Office, a

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yellow warning. Not as severe as last night. That rain will be

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falling on already saturated ground. We will have wins to contend with

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on Thursday, notice the tight isobars. We will see some severe

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gales across the northern parts of the country. We do have an early

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warning for the wind and gales, particularly affecting supplement,

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Orkney, among star other areas. The rush hour, it will be pretty

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noticeably Severe, with three wins. It will also feel quite cool on

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Thursday, on Friday, some sunshine to start with. It will be feeling

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cold, temperatures at around six or seven degrees. Keep up-to-date with

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all of that on the website. Thanks. Now, just before 7 o'clock, a

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summary of tonight's top stories: The Chancellor George Osborne has

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said public sector pay rises will be capped at 1% for two years, as

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he lowered growth forecasts for the UK economy in his autumn statement.

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The number of public sector jobs set to be lost has also risen and

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set to be lost has also risen and borrowing will have to increase.

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Labour's Ed Balls said the figures showed the government's economic

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and fiscal plans were "in tatters". Flooding has caused widespread

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disruption across much of central, west and southern Scotland. A night

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of torrential rain swamped homes and businesses, and blocked some

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roads. In Glasgow, more than two weeks worth of rain fell in just 24

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hours. Scotland is bracing itself for the

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biggest day of industrial action for more than a generation. Around

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a quarter of a million public sector workers will go on strike

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