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Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight on your national news: Help

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catch my father's killer. An emotional appeal over the pensioner

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murdered when he tried to stop someone stealing his car.

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One day ago, I saw my father lying on a cold table with blood on his

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face. I've never had to watch my mother suffer from flashbacks from

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what she witnessed that day. Later in the programme : Panda

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preparations are in full swing in China and Edinburgh as Scotland

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gets ready for its new guests. Scotch whisky exports are soaring,

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but would minimum alcohol pricing here hit sales abroad?

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And you might think it looks like vandalism, but they say it's art on

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wheels. The family of a man knocked down and killed by his own car as

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he tried to stop thieves stealing it have made an emotional appeal.

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76-year-old James Simpson died in the driveway of his home in

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Lanarkshire on Tuesday night. Today his son Jamie said his death's had

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a devastating effect on his family and urged anyone with information

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to come forward. This report contains flash photography.

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Tributes for a man who loved life. 76-year-old James Simpson was at

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home on Tuesday evening. He heard his Land Rover in the driveway

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being started up. He ran outside. The thieves ran him over. Today,

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his son told how deeply content his dad was with life. He and his wife

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were an active couple in their 706s, they walked up to ten miles a day.

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All of a sudden, that life has come to an end. One day ago, I saw my

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father lying on a cold table with blood on his face. I've never had

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to watch my mother suffer from flashbacks from what she witnessed

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that day. Breaking into uncontrollable fits and listen

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every day as mother tells me she no longer wants to live any more.

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These individuals thought it was their right to break into my

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parents' home, take the car keys, steal the car and when my father

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ran to defend his property he worked hard to get, these

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individuals also felt it was their right to run over my father,

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leaving my dad abandoned, dying on the kerbside. Three miles later,

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they decided to abandon the car they took his life for leaving my

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father dead and my family devastated.

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In Ashgill today, a heightened police presence. Police believe

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this was a theft that went badly wrong.

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This was in the first instance the theft of a motor vehicle. This has

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gone horribly wrong, resulting he one of the most horrendous murders

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possible whereby Mr Simpson lost his life. Due to this escalation

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that night, the person responsible will have confided in someone.

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a family is left devastated, gone a husband and dad that was loved so

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much. We are joined by our correspondent from outside the

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family home. The family struggling to come to terms with what's

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happened and no wonder? You saw James Simpson's widow there,

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72-year-old Minnie. She still works as a part-time teacher at her local

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primary school at Larkhall, but this week her world's fallen

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completely apart. She's been left devastated after witnessing what

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happened to her husband on Tuesday night. She's so traumatised that

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she's as yet not been able to give the police a statement to tell them

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exactly what she saw happen. We have two new pieces of information

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for you this evening. James Simpson's Land Rover Discovery was

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found abandoned a few miles up the road at Cross Ford the reg station

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is SG57, GVN. We also have the description of a man seen in the

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vehicle, described as white, in his 30s with short, dark hair and

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wearing dark clothes. Police don't know how many people were involved

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in this horrific crime. They've pointed out how close we are to the

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M74, the main route south, so potentially these criminals could

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have come from anywhere in the UK or indeed beyond. But tonight,

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James Simpson's family just hope that someone with some information

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will come forward. A court has heard how a ten-year-old girl

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suffered a broken jaw and was left permanently scarred after an attack

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by three Rottweiler dogs in Dundee. She needed plastic surgery after

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suffering the injuries in the incident in August last year. Derek

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Adam and Sarah Kerr deny charges they failed to control the animals.

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Final preparationss are under way at Edinburgh zoo for the arrival of

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two giant pandas in the zoo. There is a huge amount of interests the

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guests are expected to generate. The pandas may hardly have noticed,

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but today there was a ceremony. The panda sanctuary was marking the

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departure of the country's favourite cultural icon and

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diplomatic export. At the zoo, final preparations are

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all but complete. Banners were this morning put in place to welcome the

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bears and visitors. The final brush strokes were being made to the

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public walkway. The enclosures are ready and staff have been

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practising how to transfer the bears from their transport to what

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will be their new homes. It's about the logistics of

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reversing the lorries and getting the fork-lifts and getting the

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access from a transport crate into the internals and that the keepers

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can handle them and make sure that everything's done as safely as

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possible. At the airport this morning, staff met with members of

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the team responsible for transporting the bears between

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China and Scotland. Here, preparations have been more low-key.

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We are operational so we have to leave a lot of the building work,

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platforms and other parts of the jigsaw to the last minute, so from

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Sunday morning, this will be a hive of activity. At the moment, we are

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finalising the plans. With much of the detail of the animals' arrival

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still being kept secret, including the exact route they'll take from

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the airport to the zoo, that's been done to head off any potential

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protests by animal rights activists. They shouldn't be there, they

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should be in the wild, we should be protecting their habitat, not

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trying to use them to raise money for an ailing zoo. Footage has been

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releases of the plane in which the animals will be transported as it

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was transformed into the so-called panda Express.

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The sending of the pandas to Scotland has attracted a lot of

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attention. People in China are especially interested in any news

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about the pandas because they are regarded as the state treasures of

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the Chinese people. With just hours until the pandas arrived, their

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immediate neighbours at the zoo seemed rather indifferent. With

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bamboo growing all around the site, at least the bears oo first

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Scottish meal awaits. Interesting to note that ever since

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the 7th century, they've been used by the Chinese as a way of

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developing ties with other countries. We have been exploring

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our love affair with the bear and how the Chinese Government's

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capitalising on panda power. NEWSREEL: A giant panda brought

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from Tibet... This was the first giant panda shown to the western

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world in December 1936. He became a celebrity and a love

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affair was born. From the 1950s, the Chinese government started to

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use pandas as a diplomatic tool. President Richard Nixon received

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two in 1972. Then two years later, Prime Minister Edward Heath toured

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the country. He too was rewarded with two giant pandas.

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It could be back to the 7th century, the first pair of pandas. After

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that, over 20 pandas have been despatched to different countries.

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As Jonathan Jones said, pandas help mankind find common ground for

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improving international relations. When a deal was struck between the

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Japanese and Chinese, it provoked some of the largest pandemonium

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ever seen. Panda viewing had to be rationed to just one minute. They

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may bring in visitor, but what else do we get out of it? There is a

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sign of friendship and also there are scientific ties, educational

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and cultural links and, above all, there is the growing friendship

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between China and other countries. Sunday's delivery will be perfectly

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timed, just as the First Minister arrives in Beijing to encourage

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trade between the countries. There is only a handful of breeding pair

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in China. To have a breeding pair in Edinburgh is an ultimate

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accolade of friendship. When the pandas are making themselves at

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home in Edinburgh, I'll be signing an accord of cultural friendship in

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Beijing with the Chinese government. This gift remind us that China is a

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country on the up. The key for the UK and Scotland now is capitalising

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on this panda power and divoching links which will last at least

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their lifetimes. -- developing links.

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Still to come: Graffiti or street art? This project gets the official

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thumbs up and even motorists vol fear to help -- volunteer to help.

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Hibs new manager prepares to take charge of the team for the first

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time tonight. Wael hear from him. As Glasgow Warriors latest recruit

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gets the X fock for, the man who signed him tells us why -- X Factor.

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Scotch whisky exports are soared over the first nine months of this

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year with the valuation of shipments rising by 23%. Industry

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leaders say lans for minimum pricing of alcohol at home could

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damage the industry's overseas sales -- say plans.

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Spain and Greece's stuff they use to drown their economic problems.

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Whisky is on the up despite the downturn. In the first nine months

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of the year, exports rose 22% to reach �125 per second. The US

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spends more than any other country. France is importing the largest

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quantity. It's emerging markets growing fastest, exports to Brazil

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rose 50% to �75 million in the nine months to September. All that is

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before the festive season bonanza. We are on this wave whereby there

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are more consumers in such markets. They are becoming more economically

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empowered and they are turning to the brands that our industry can

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offer. The Scottish Government likes the success story and with �1

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billion invested in the past five years, it wants other industries to

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follow the lead. The compliments aren't being returned. The

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Government is reviving its plans with a mandate and support from the

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health lobby, but industry leaders handing over chairmanship this

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month think the plans are bad for the important Scottish ierkon and

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industry. We think the impact of it could be quite significant for our

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industry -- icon. We have been talking about the growth and

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opportunity and the international nature of the industry and we have

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a significant concern that any policies around minimum pricing

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within Scotland have the potential to have a negative impact on the

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overall dynamic for the industry. This is one industry set fair for

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robust growth in tough economic times. But here is a challenge.

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This takes at least five years from distillery to glass and with these

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rapid growth rates, there's a question of whether there's enough

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laid down in casks around Scotland to meet all that global demand.

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One of the countries where whisky exports are on the increase is

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Brazil. All this week, we have been following a trade mission promoting

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Scottish business there. In the last of his reports, Tim Reid has

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been looking at moves to improve cultural links between Scotland and

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Brazil. Doing the cocoa, young Brazilian

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students learning one of this country's many hundreds of dances.

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The Samba may be the most colourful and famous, but it's a cultural

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stereotype these youngsters are keen to shake off.

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As the economy here spirals upwards, so too the arts, something Scottish

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festival chiefs who're also in Brazil this week have to learn

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about. We are already living and breathing that legacy. The

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relationships we have established are already creating projects for

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next year. But what we believe is that this is just the first stage

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in a long-term relationship, one where individual artists performing

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companies and visual artists can start to build relationships in

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each direction with curators and producers and presenting houses.

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Why the tie up? Think sport and the possible cultural offshoots.

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Edinburgh's festival chief and her Brazilian counterpart have their

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sights set on the Commonwealth Games. We cannot improve as a

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country, economic or social, without the culture. The culture is

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really the refined transmitting the right message. This international

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work is really, really important for our culture. Two nations may

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not at first glance have many cultural connections, but after

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this week, new themes may begin to emerge. A traditional tipple,

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albeit 6,000 miles from home, an opportunity for the minister who's

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led the trade mission to promote Scotland, its products and services

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for a final time. Energy and construction opportunities seem

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endless, but the old favourite, whisky exports, are soaring.

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hope that by the end of the few days I'll spend here in Brazil,

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that we'll begin to do some small amount of business in the beginning,

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but hopefully that will lead to something bigger in the future.

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Exports here were worth just over �29 million a decade ago, that's

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more than doubled. There is no doubt that Brazil's economy is

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booming, that thousands of jobs are being created and that there's lots

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of money to be spent. But as ministers and trade officials go

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back home to Scotland, the question is, can Scotland really benefit?

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Only time will tell. Some of the other stories: Two men

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have been arrested in connection with the death of a man whose body

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was found on a forestry track near a reservoir on Sunday. Police say

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34-year-old Stewart Barrett from Kirkintilloch died after being

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subjected to a violent assault. His body was discovered half a mile

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along a track next to the Carron Valley reservoir near fin tree. �51

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million will be spent on a new university campus in Inverness. The

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cash will bring students and staff of Inverness college into the city.

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The project is to be delivered through the Government's non-profit

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distributing scheme rather than through PFI. The Press and Journal

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newspaper is to stop publishing as a broad sheet after 250 years. They

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began printing a Saturday tabloid eight years ago and recebtly

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introduced a smaller version on Mondays -- recently. There's been a

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leak of a corrosive chemical. Grampian fire and rescue workers

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were called to Dyce. Workers were asked to stay indoors.

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It's the stuff of urban nightmares. A gang of masked hoodies wielding

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spray cans in a gloom of a city centre multistorey. This raid has

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official blessings and motorists have volunteered their own car

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force a street art make-over. These graffiti artists do have the

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owners' consent. They don't have to leg it from the scene before their

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paint's dry. While this may be organised, one classic question

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remains - is it art? Probably 50% of the people we work

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with have been to art school and 50% haven't and often you wouldn't

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be able to tell. Just because they are use ago spray can, doesn't mean

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it's a bad thing. But why would anyone bring their car in for a

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respray when they have no idea what the new paint job will look like?

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What if they hate it? I'm not sure what happens then. I'm sure I will,

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but I'm not sure what will happen when I don't. It's got to be better

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than a white van. The artists are amazed they got far more offers of

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cars than they can handle. Quite excited. It's one thing painting

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somebody's car, it's another thing for them to drive it around town.

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Hopefully everybody will like them and we'll have a swop shop at the

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end. It should be interesting to see people's reactions. Several

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spray cans down, what about the owners' reactions? It's good. If

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you look at that, he will still be white van man, but I won't. We'll

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see the vehicles out and about, you know, across the mountains, you

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know, or down at the harbour or whatever. It will be easy to spot.

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So far the owners of these motors, it could be the ultimate in Pimp my

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Ride, or severe embarrassment on One of Scotland's best known boxing

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gyms has been severely damaged by fire. The premises in Dan mar knock

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are owned by Alex Morison who manages the world light weight

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champion Ricky Burns. Strathclyde fire and rescue say no-one was hurt

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and they are trying to find the cause.

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Now some sporting news now. The new Hibs manager, Pat Fenlon,

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is hoping to make an immediate and positive impact when he takes

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charge of the team for the first time tonight. They play Motherwell

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in the latest installment of the Premier League's Friday night

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football experiment. Irishman knows Hibs' results will have to improve

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quickly if he's to get the chance to implement his long-term vision.

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Pat Fenlon's had a week in his new surroundings. Collectively, he

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believes Hibs can rid themselves of their Achilles heel. Soft goals and

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generally bad defending have been a regular feature of their season. On

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Fenlon's watch, he'll strive to make that a thing of the past.

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People ask the question how you want to play and are you going to

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play this or that way. We are in a position where we need results and

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the team needs to be solid. We need to climb our way up the table. Then

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introduce things as it goes along. People see an improvement and see

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the whole thing progressing, then obviously they buy into that more

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and more. Fenlon badly needs the Hibs players to buy into his vision.

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They insist their attitude under Calderwood was not in question,

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equally though there's an acknowledgement things have to

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improve. We all need to step up aund be accounted for and be men in

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this difficult time that we are in -- up and be counted for. If we get

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a positive result, we can maybe change our fortune and win a few

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games. There's always someone looking to put a spanner in the

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works. Tonight, it's high will have flying Motherwell who'll be wary of

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the potential new manager effect. People who haven't been in the side

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might get a chance. A new manager normally gets more out of the team.

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We have got to concentrate and put in a good performance and we'll be

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striving to win the game. So who, will be smiling later tonight? You

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can find out by listening to the match live online. The young Celtic

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midfielder Dylan McGeoch says he turned down a personal plea by

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Walter Smith in order to join his boyhood heroes. He scored this

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memorable goal at the weekend and moved from Rangers to Celtic in the

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summer and revealed that even the former Rangers boss couldn't

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convince him to stay. It was more what he could do for me,

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Rangers-wise. We never really played each other off each other.

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It was really what Rangers could do for me. As a Celtic fan I thought,

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Celtic is the place for me. Glasgow Warriors have signed Rory

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Lament. He rejoins Warriors four years after leaving them for spells

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in England at Sale Sharks and in France with Toulon who released him

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last week. His new boss is waxing lyrical about his latest

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acquisition. She's a big lad, runs hard, very powerful. He's an X

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Factor player. That seems to be the thing you are looking for. Last

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time he was here, you said the latest player was having The X

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Factor. Are you catching Saturday night TV? I'm A Celebrity, Get Me

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Out Of Here! Is more my bag. My son watches that. You want players 20

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excite the crowd and scare the opposition -- to excite the crowd.

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Thank you very much. Before the weather. A reminder that our money

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expert Fergus Muirhead will be here at lunch time next Wednesday

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looking at the financial issues in looking at the financial issues in

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the run-up to Christmas. Now a look at the weather:

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Snow?! Looking wintry this weekend for some. Wet and wundy to start

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with this evening. Not as cold as last night, but we will see some

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showers merging to form longer periods of rain. Wet and windy.

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Strong winds in the north, severe gales at time for Lewis and Harris,

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Caithness and Sutherland and Orkney as well. Not as cold as last night.

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Temperatures for most five or six. Later on, towards the end of the

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night, we could see it down to two in Aberdeen. Looking ahead to

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tomorrow, we can see the low pressure to the north in Scotland.

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Follow the isobars back towards Greenland and Iceland. That's the

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source region for the air, so a cold blast coming our way to start

:24:48.:24:51.

the weekend, accompanied by strong to gale force winds. A bitterly

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cold day. Also showers fed into the west as well. The further east you

:24:55.:25:00.

are, the drier and brighter, sunshine along the coast. Around 3

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o'clock, some cloud, one or two showers around and the thermometer

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may read six, seven or even eight, but add in the wind and it will

:25:10.:25:16.

feel closer to freezing if you are out and about. Sunshine in the East

:25:16.:25:24.

Coast. Showers currenting wintry -- turning wintry. If you are walking

:25:24.:25:32.

or clueming, the wind will be the feature -- climbing. Snow showers

:25:32.:25:35.

with a blizzard risk early on. Temperatures below freezing for

:25:36.:25:40.

most and if further south and east you are, drier with some shien. A

:25:40.:25:50.
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cold and very windy day -- some Later on Saturday into Saturday

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evening, showers continue in the west, falling as snow. The further

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east you are, drier and clear skies, so a cold night. Sunday, sunshine

:26:09.:26:13.

and showers. Showers in the west turning wintry. Snow down to all

:26:13.:26:18.

levels by the end of the afternoon. A cold day with five or six degrees.

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The snow in the west is a concern. We have an early warning from the

:26:21.:26:26.

Met Office because of that. It will be affected by Monday highlands,

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Argyle, Strathclyde and even into Glasgow as well. We could see

:26:30.:26:33.

cumulations of one to three centimetres. Keep tuned to the

:26:33.:26:36.

forecast because Monday morning if you are in the west, you could be

:26:36.:26:39.

dealing with snow. Thank you very much.

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Now just before 7, a summary of the top stories: The Prime Minister has

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promised to protect Britain's interests as the German Chancellor

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unveiled her plan to rewrite the EU treaty and impose greater central

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control over tax and spending across the eurozone. Ang ra Merkel

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said it was the best way to force countries that use the euro to

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still within their budgets -- Angela Merkel.

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The son of a pensioner murdered when a car thief ran him over

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outside his south Lanarkshire home has said his mother no longer wants

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to live. Jamie Simpson's father, 76-year-old James Simpson died

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after being hit by his own car on Tuesday night. Police in Essex are

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treating two incidents in which concrete blocks were dropped on to

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cars on the A12 as attempted murder. A woman passenger was badly injured

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