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Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight on your national news.

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Two Dundee teenagers are jailed for trying to incite a riot on Facebook

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at the height of last summer's disorder in England.

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The near collapse of the Royal Bank of Scotland. Now the financial

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regulator admits it made mistakes in the way it handled the crisis.

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We all the shares Gordon and come back up, but nobody expects a bank

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to go right down to the bottom. Also in the programme tonight. The

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Royal Mail's busiest day in Scotland. More than 180 million

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items will be delivered over the festive period.

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And settling in nicely - Edinburgh zoo's newest residents make their

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Two teenagers have each been jailed for three years for trying to start

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a riot using the social networking site Facebook. 16-year-old Shawn

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Divin and Jordan McGinley, who is 18, were administrators of the page

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called Riot in the Toon where they urged people to go to Dundee city

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centre and "kill some dafties". It happened at the height of the

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summer's unrest in England. Andrew Anderson reports.

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They thought it was a joke. But when the police came Colin, he

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realised others would not see the funny side. Shawn Divin, 16,

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already has a string of convictions. Including been part of a riot. On a

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Facebook page called Riot in the Toon, the invited others to bring a

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fire arms and to kill -- and it took kill some dafties. The

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messages went online them parts of England were in the grip of some of

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the worst rioting seen in the UK in recent years. The Sheriff today

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said that context aggravated the seriousness of the crime. She

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believed that the teenager's intended the rioting to spread

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north of the border. She concluded that only custodial sentences were

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appropriate. She told the teenagers she was sentencing them to three

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years each for what were the worst of breaches of the piece she had

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ever dealt with. One criminal lawyer had this to say about the

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severity of the sentences. In this particular case, the Sheriff has

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taken the view that the potential harm might have arisen from the

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offences are -- that these young men might have been cited is the

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reason why she has imposed the sentence she has. What they thought

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was a joke seems far from funny now. Strong words from the share of, but

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despite that, many people might be surprised by these sentences?

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The Sheriff went to great pains to outline five she wanted to pass the

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sentences of three years on each of these young men. She drew on the

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experiences of English courts where the jailed two men for very some

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other offences of inciting people to riot on Facebook. They were

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sentenced to form ideas each -- to four years each. Very few people

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looked other postings in England, but many more looked at their

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Dundee pages. She got the potential for damage in Dundee was very great.

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On that basis, came the sentence. Both boys have criminal records,

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the younger of the two, Shawn Divin, has a very impressive criminal

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record which includes taking part in a small riot in Dundee.

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The Financial Services Authority has been severely criticised in its

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own report into the near collapse of the Royal Bank of Scotland. It

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is recommending new powers to penalise bankers for failure. Lord

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Turner, the chairman of the FSA admitted the regulator had made

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mistakes but at the time, confidence in the banking system

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was at a high. Here's our business and economy editor Douglas Fraser.

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Scotland's largest bank, looking after your business life. From a

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big player in a small country, to the world's fifth-biggest bank. RBS

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was of the flag-carrier for Scotland's global ambitions. But

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then a... I am extremely sorry and sad to be leaving. The Royal Bank

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of Scotland remain Scotland's biggest company, but only thanks to

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a bail-out. There was poor decision-making. It was taking big

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risks and borrowing too much from other banks. There was a division

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to manage, governments -- governance. We all know the shares

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go down and come backup, but nobody expects that from a bag.

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regulator has been harsh on its We need a structure where there are

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a clear number of people whose job is to worry about the safety and

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soundness of banks, even when the majority of people assume

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everything is going well. The one of the recommendations in this

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report is that individual bankers should face personal liability for

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failure. That is after no one end this sorry saga a house faced any

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accountability. In most professions, if you do something negligent or

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reckless, it -- that endangers the public, you get it struck off of.

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There must be lessons for the non- executive of banks here. They are

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they had to ask questions, not just to take money. The men who broke

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the Royal Bank made colossal error so -- evers.

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You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC. Still to come on the

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programme. Claims that changes to a scheme to

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encourage solar power is putting hundreds of jobs at risk.

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In sport, Dunfermline go after the SFA for compensation, Celtic are

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handed a fine from UEFA and curling's golden girl tells us the

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future of the women's game is in good hands.

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A woman accused of murdering her toddler son has told a court that

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she could not explain why she had not called the police or ambulance

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service when she found he had died. Kimberley Hainey denies murdering

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her son Declan and concealing his body at their home in Paisley.

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Catriona Renton reports. Today it was the term for Kimberly

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Hainey to be cross-examined. It was put to her that many witnesses said

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she had left debt and call alone at their home on several occasions. --

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Declan. She said she had done it, but it was not the normal thing for

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She told the court she bound Declan at Lime dead -- she found Declan

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lying dead in his cot. She did not know why she had not call the

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police or an ambulance. She pretended he was alive to friends

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and neighbours until he was Kimberly Hainey it was then

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examined again by her defence QC. She broke down in tears and the

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witness box when she was shown photographs of her son. One of them

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showed him sitting on a cloud with the words mummy's Little Angel on

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it. She said, all I have left his memories. You cannot say I did

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anything to them because that is not true. Kimberly Hainey denies

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all the charges against her. Now, were you one of the many who

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sat down at the weekend and wrote and posted your Christmas cards?

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Royal Mail had predicited that's what most of us would do and were

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anticipating that today would be their busiest day of the year. So

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was it? We sent our correspondent Jamie McIvor to find out.

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Its been the busiest day of the year for the Royal Mail in Scotland

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with 10.5 million items to handle. It is a big challenge. Even in an

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age of e-mail and austerity when some of us have cut right down on

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our cards. I think it is too expensive it. I cannot afford it.

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But most of us do send cards. Across Scotland, the Royal Mail

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expects to deliver over 180 million cards, letters and parcels over the

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festive period. This is the busiest sorting office. We have been

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investing and organised extra trains and flights to move mail in

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added of Scotland. We have extra vehicles on the road. And we have

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recruited seasonal workers. In a sign of the Times, the number of

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people who tried to get seasonal work is up 50% on last year.

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really enjoy it in you. I want to get a permanent job. It is a

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friendly atmosphere. I like working. No matter how well the system works,

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it is always a challenge if there is not a full address. But how

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about this one? If this is you, you know for your letter is. -- where

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Some of the other stories across Scotland this Monday.

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A post mortem is taking place today on a former BBC Scotland journalist

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who was murdered in New Zealand. Phillip Cottrell was found injured

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on Saturday near the Wellington offices of Radio New Zealand where

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he worked. Police now believe he was attacked in daylight within 15

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minutes of leaving the building. He died later in hospital without

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regaining consciousness. Two men have appeared at Inverness

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Sheriff Court charged with the murder of island teenager Liam

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Aitchison. The 16-year-old's body was discovered in a derelict

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building on the outskirts of Stornoway two weeks ago. 21-year-

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old Jonathan MacKinnon and co- accused Stefan Miller, who's 20,

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made no plea and were remanded in custody.

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Two people were injured when a paramedic ambulance crashed into a

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bus stop while answering a 999 call. The vehicle is believed to have

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been struck by another car in Causeyside Street in Paisley this

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morning, before veering into the shelter and injuring a pedestrian.

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The ambulance driver was also hurt. Both men have been treated in the

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The media was given access today to Edinburgh Zoo's two giant pandas.

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It's just over a week since the duo arrived in Scotland. Lisa Summers

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has been to see them in their new He is charismatic, outgoing and not

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camera-shy. Playing every bit the part of Edinburgh Zoo's rock star

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new arrival. We are told both camp -- pandas are settling in well, but

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while the female settled in doors, the Mail enjoyed the limelight. The

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male is not showing any signs of such shyness. He has been wandering

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around, enjoying the bamboo and the good weather. He is not bothered to

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talk about the people ducking in on him. He is very bold, even for a

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giant panda. He is extremely so. He will make sure he is out and been

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amongst things, seeing what is going on. She is a bit quieter and

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a bit more shy and this is why she likes to have a nap. So, while the

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female sleeps, the mailbox for her repairing closure. Perhaps a sign

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that others in the air. -- the male looks for her in her Enclosure.

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Perhaps a sign that love is in the air. The worldwide question - or we

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cannot give them too much pressure. They will love each other

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themselves. They will choose themselves. It is a huge financial

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outlay for the zoo. The Costa to post the animals is more than

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�600,000 a year, so they need to be a big hit. -- of the cost to host.

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My son is five months old but is absolutely enthralled with them

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already. It is costing us a small fortune in merchandise! Back at the

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new Panda enclosures, which officially opens on Friday, it

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would seem that the male panda is happy to chew the cud with his fans

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and show off his new home. Scot Rail say they are

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investigating after an alleged fare dodger was removed from a train by

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a member of the public. But that did of the incident has been viewed

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hundreds of thousands of times across the world. It shows a

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swearing youngster refusing to pay for his ticket. A passenger decides

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to help the conductor by grabbing the ball week by the scruff of the

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neck and dumping him on the platform at Linlithgow. British

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Transport Police say it inquiries are in -- continuing.

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Trials of the capital's new trams began today on a test track. The

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500 metres track at the tram depot near Edinburgh airport is being

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used to test the trams. Five trams have been delivered, with the

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remainder of the 20 seven-strong fleet arriving next year.

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The leaders of Scotland's solar energy industry say big cuts in the

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amount householders are paid to generate electricity will result in

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a loss of more than 1000 jobs. The feeding tariff is set to be halved

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for anyone installing solar panels after today. -- feed in the tariff.

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And East Lothian village. It is picturesque but, in the depths of

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winter, these stone cottages are hard to eat. Many villagers have

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installed solar panels and many more were hoping to follow suit. --

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hard to heat. But changes imposed by the UK government mean that for

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some, the sums no longer add up. Home owners are paid to supply

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electricity to the grid but the amount they receive is said to be

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halved for anyone who has not already signed up to have the

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panels installed. Five of us have got our panels up, but the rest

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have been caught in this trap before the deadline when the

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tariffs change. They cannot get through all the planning procedures

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they need if they are in a listed house or if they need a green it

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alone. There are proposed cut was announced only a few weeks ago,

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with the UK government arguing subsidies are simply too generous.

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The current returns now available on a solo investments, funded by

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energy consumers through our energy bills, are unsustainable. Industry

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leaders are furious, arguing the uncertainty is costing jobs.

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industry has created around 3,000 green jobs in Scotland and supports

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around another 1000 jobs in supply. We estimate that at least one-third

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of those jobs will disappear immediately. So low energy

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companies have been racing to beat today's deadline, but it has not

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been easy. I have been told that because of the bad weather, it was

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simply impossible for engineers to work on the roof. It means

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villagers here, and many of the rest of us, will have to rely on

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more traditional means of staying warm this winter.

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Now the latest sporting news. The Dunfermline chairman John

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Yorkston wants compensation from the Scottish Football Association

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for what he describes as the ridiculous postpone the day of his

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side's game against Kilmarnock. Referee Bobby Madden put the game

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off 75 minutes before kick-off because of fog, but the City was

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clear by 3 o'clock. John Yorkston claims it has caused more financial

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problems at East End Park. East End Park was a gloomy place at

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1:30pm on Saturday afternoon. The match referee Bobby Madden and his

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fellow officials carried out their inspection and 50 minutes later,

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despite conditions clearing, Bobby Madden said the game was off.

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is still fog at present -- prison. It may be slightly clearer. But I

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had to take the decision about time for the interest of all parties.

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But all parties did not agree and be financially struggling hosts are

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suffering the consequences. A we only had one home game in November

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and now we were deprived of the income for this game. We had 350

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people in hospitality. Here we had heating on, which is thousands of

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pounds worth of fuel spend for nothing. We had the police and

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stewards turned up, so we will have to pay them, and pay them again won

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the game is eventually played. Is their any suggestion that you could

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be compensated? A we are asking for compensation. John Yorkston says

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the decision cost the club more than �20,000, and the matter will

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be discussed by the SPL and B S F A. But the referee does have the

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support of his bosses, who will now have to decide whether the

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compensation plea is valid. Celtic have been fined 15,000 euros

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by a UEFA for illicit chanting at the recent match against Rennes.

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The fine equates to �12,000. No further comment has yet been made

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by UEFA. Celtic have received confirmation of the fine and a

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considering their position. Rangers have opened discussions

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over extending Maurice Edu's stay at Ibrox. The 25-year-old United

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States international move to hearing 2000 a late and has 18

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months remaining on his five-year deal.

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In curling, Eve Muirhead believes winning the International

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Championships is a stepping stone to bigger and better things - all

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because they have time on their side. Muirhead's Victoria's rink

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have an average age of just 21. -- victorious from. Just 48 hours

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before this, Eve Muirhead skipped a European gold for the first time

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since 1975. Were did it the right way. If you peak too early, you

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will not win, but we started off slow and got better and better. In

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the last couple of games, we played fantastic and I don't think that as

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a team, we have ever played so well. Playing alongside, Anna Sloan, the

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T Adams and K Adamson, the team dominated the final against Sweden.

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The scoreline was 9-2. But it did not feel that easy. No game in the

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European championships does. To get the early lead, we could not ask

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for much more. Once we get that lead, we were just keeping things

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clear. It was a great game but I think it was the pressure that we

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put on. European champion or not, all that's reading practice is

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being put to good use back in Perth shire!

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Glasgow warriors kept alive their hopes of escaping Pool Three

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against Montpellier. This try six minutes from time cap of a

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disciplined performance from Glasgow. Warriors now sit in second

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place in their pool. Four-time Olympic cycling champion

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Chris Hoy has revealed he has received a number of angry tweets

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from football fans mistaking him for the referee Chris Foy. Chris

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Foy was that the number of this -- at the centre of a number of

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contentious decisions at this match yesterday. Chris Hoy says for the

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record, he does not need glasses and does not lead a double life as

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an English referee. It is all beyond me. Apparently it

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Now the weather. Two words spring to mind about the working week we

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are facing. Wintry and windy. We are looking at outbreaks of rain

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this evening. It is heavy around the Glasgow area and down towards

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the South West. Turning towards the high ground of sterling and

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Perthshire, a lot of rain. The sleet and snow will clear away,

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becoming confined to the far North East. Some wintry showers feeding

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in on blustery wind pre-match coming into western Scotland. --

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winds. A windy night with strong to gale-force south-westerly winds

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affecting us. The Met Office have a severe warning or gales across

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western coastal areas lasting well into the day. The last of the

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overnight rain will clear up the North East and become confined to

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Shetland. We will continue to see these showers pushing in across

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Argyll and the north-west, wintry over the higher ground. A lot of

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dry, sunny weather to be found on the Clyde coast and in the South

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West. If you don't mind the cold, it will not be too bad. The north-

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west Highlands of the Hebrides, wintry. It will stay cold, too. Dry

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for Orkney and the rain will clear in Shetland. Plenty of sunshine for

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the North East corner, but wintry showers will push through to the

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likes of Angus and Perthshire. A bit of a change coming our way

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during the course of tomorrow evening. The rain will become more

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prolonged and definite in nature, with significant snow of over the

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high ground. The Met Office have eight warning in place. It could be

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a tricky rush hour because we have severe gales across the west coast.

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A very tricky drive. Her best to date on Wednesday. Not as winter

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but still cold. But we are watching this area of low pressure. Stormy

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conditions to the south of us. To Tonight's main stories: two

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teenagers have been jailed for three years for trying to start a

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riot using Facebook. The 16-year-old and 18-year-olds

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went -- urged people to go to the city centre and kill some people.

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David Cameron has defended his decision to use his veto at the EU

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summit of, saying he had gone to Brussels in good faith, genuinely

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seeking an agreement. Labour accused him of ignoring the

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national interests to appease Euro- sceptics in his party.

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The Financial Services Authority has been severely criticised in its

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own report into the near collapse of RBS. It is recommending new

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powers to penalise bankers for failure. The chairman of the FSA

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are admitted the regulator had made mistakes, but said that at the time

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confidence in the banking system was high.

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A murder inquiry has begun in West Yorkshire after the bodies of a

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couple and their two sons were found at their home in Pudsey near

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Leeds. Richard and Claire Smith and their boys, aged nine and one, were

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discovered in an upstairs bedroom. Police say they are not there

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