:00:20. > :00:26.Welcome to Reporting Scotland: it guilty of killing her toddler son.
:00:26. > :00:33.Kimberley Hainey now faces a life sentence. She kept the body and her
:00:33. > :00:36.flat for months. It was a horrific and tragic set of
:00:36. > :00:42.circumstances leading to the death. One of the most horrific of tragic
:00:42. > :00:49.I have ever worked on in my police service.
:00:49. > :00:54.Also: not fit for purpose. The verdict of a committee of MSPs on
:00:54. > :01:00.the UK government plans to increase the powers of Holyrood.
:01:00. > :01:07.The vital Highland roots closed by a landslide. Now there are calls
:01:08. > :01:11.for the A83 to be up graded. And hope for all in would in the
:01:11. > :01:19.1960s but now it wins award for being the most dismal place in
:01:19. > :01:23.Scotland. -- hope for Linwood. A mother has been found guilty of
:01:23. > :01:28.killing her toddler son and then pretending for months he was still
:01:28. > :01:34.alive. Kimberley Hainey accepted gifts and money for Declan Hainey
:01:34. > :01:41.who was about 15 months old when he was last seen alive. This report
:01:42. > :01:49.from the High Court in Glasgow. Kimberley Hainey. Convicted of the
:01:49. > :01:58.murder of her son, Declan Hainey, whose body lay in the rubbish-
:01:58. > :02:01.strewn flat for months. She showed no emotion in the dock. Two women
:02:01. > :02:05.who had been her friends were in the public gallery. They gave
:02:05. > :02:10.evidence on behalf of the prosecution and heard and cried
:02:10. > :02:15.when they heard the verdict. Then she was led away to begin a life
:02:15. > :02:19.sentence. She will learn on 12th January exactly how long the
:02:19. > :02:24.minimum period will be that she must serve.
:02:24. > :02:30.It was horrific and tragic. One of the most horrific and tragic cases
:02:30. > :02:35.I have ever worked on throughout my police service.
:02:35. > :02:40.Declan Hainey's is the latest case to draw attention to the welfare of
:02:40. > :02:44.children being raised by drug or alcohol misuse and parents. At
:02:44. > :02:50.first, Kimberley Hainey did not seem to fit the picture of a
:02:50. > :02:57.chaotic life. She earned a good wage here, at a Glasgow insurance
:02:57. > :03:03.firm. She bought her own flat in Paisley. But when her uncle, a
:03:03. > :03:08.father figure, died, she began drinking. She lost her job, flat,
:03:08. > :03:14.and then a friend introduced her to heroin. She was later admitted to
:03:14. > :03:19.take a hospital with mental health and drug problems. Here she met the
:03:19. > :03:25.father of Declan Hainey. They split after she became pregnant. He
:03:25. > :03:30.wanted nothing to do with the child. She moved to a flat here. She said
:03:30. > :03:35.that the birth of the child had changed her life. She was supported
:03:35. > :03:40.on a methadone programme. At the time the initiative was based in
:03:40. > :03:45.this building. Staff said they had no concerns about the child's
:03:45. > :03:51.development but a drugs worker once smelled drink on Kimberley Hainey's
:03:51. > :03:59.breath. This a visitor attempted to visit at least seven times from
:03:59. > :04:04.summer 2009. She had a staggering 320 cases to deal with. But it was
:04:04. > :04:08.she who eventually reported Declan missing. The local authority stand
:04:08. > :04:11.by the support they offered Kimberley Hainey. But they have
:04:11. > :04:17.already reviewed and made changes to how they would deal with similar
:04:17. > :04:20.cases. We can see in retrospect what
:04:20. > :04:26.happened. Services tried to maintain contact with her to
:04:26. > :04:31.monitor what was going on for herself and her child. But she
:04:31. > :04:35.managed to defeat the best efforts and many attempts made to contact
:04:35. > :04:39.her. It may never be known exactly how
:04:39. > :04:45.Declan Hainey died but the tragic death is bound to trigger another
:04:45. > :04:49.review of how to deal with the children of addictive parents. Our
:04:49. > :04:55.social affairs Correspondent joins us now. What other way you look at
:04:55. > :04:58.this it is tragic. Given that the levels of parental drug addiction
:04:58. > :05:03.and alcoholism, given the workload that we heard about of health
:05:03. > :05:08.visitors and social workers, what more can the authorities do to
:05:08. > :05:11.prevent the sort of thing happening again?
:05:11. > :05:17.We have heard about previous tragic cases. We know from figures
:05:17. > :05:22.released by the NSPCC that there are something like 18,000 children
:05:22. > :05:27.born in Scotland whose parents are suffering from drug or alcohol
:05:27. > :05:33.addiction and/or mental health issues. But this does not fall into
:05:33. > :05:38.that category. Kimberley Hainey was adept at lying to social workers
:05:38. > :05:44.and health visitors, her neighbours, and her friends. The health visitor
:05:44. > :05:48.in that report attempted to visit 11 times. She was trying her very
:05:48. > :05:53.best. Kimberley Hainey had done well coming off heroin and then
:05:53. > :05:57.reducing her methadone does. Declan Hainey had been thriving. Without
:05:57. > :06:03.evidence of something amiss there is little that social workers can
:06:03. > :06:09.do. The father, David Gibson, made it clear he wanted nothing to do
:06:09. > :06:13.with the child. So that is the safety net. An absent father, yes,
:06:13. > :06:17.but somebody who did have contact with the child who may have alerted
:06:17. > :06:23.authorities have something was amiss. What has to be done? What
:06:23. > :06:27.have we heard? An investigation will be carried out. But there is a
:06:27. > :06:31.limited amount, social workers claim, that they can do unless they
:06:31. > :06:35.are alerted. And we all must be alert to the signs of when a child
:06:36. > :06:43.must be at risk. -- might be addressed.
:06:43. > :06:46.You might not expect SNP MSPs to turn their nose up at an extension
:06:46. > :06:50.of powers for the Scottish Parliament. But they're not sure
:06:50. > :06:56.that extra powers currently on offer from Westminster are worth
:06:56. > :06:59.having. This report from the Scottish Parliament. The SNP won a
:06:59. > :07:04.second term in power at Holyrood promising a referendum on
:07:04. > :07:09.independence. In the meantime, Alex Salmond's government must decide
:07:09. > :07:14.whether it wants the extra powers currently on offer in the UK
:07:14. > :07:20.government's Scotland Bill. One proposal is the transfer of a
:07:20. > :07:23.picture of income-tax from Westminster to Holyrood. But the
:07:23. > :07:30.SNP Committee in this Parliament has looked at the detail and is not
:07:30. > :07:34.convinced that the package is a gift worth having.
:07:34. > :07:38.The Bill as it currently stands, which we were asked to Lukacs, we
:07:38. > :07:43.would find it difficult to recommend acceptance of it as it
:07:43. > :07:48.stands. -- asked to look at. Because there are elements which
:07:48. > :07:56.damage Scotland. The committee are demanding full
:07:56. > :08:03.control taxation for Holyrood. But Liberal, Labour, and Conservative
:08:03. > :08:08.MSPs produced a minority report supporting the Westminster bill. --
:08:08. > :08:15.the Scotland Bill. It would be perverse to vote this
:08:15. > :08:20.down. I hope the reconsider their veto.
:08:20. > :08:24.I will look particularly carefully at the central proposals about the
:08:24. > :08:34.Bill as it stands. What I hope is that the Scottish Parliament as a
:08:34. > :08:36.
:08:36. > :08:43.whole will endorse our position. Without approval from both
:08:43. > :08:49.parliaments the Scotland Bill will be killed off.
:08:49. > :08:53.Still to come: ready to depart. We hear from the outgoing leader of
:08:53. > :08:57.Scottish Labour. And Heart of Midlothian players get
:08:58. > :09:05.their wages for November, but will they get their of December
:09:05. > :09:12.salaries? They are due tomorrow. And join me here in Northern Italy
:09:12. > :09:15.where the Celtic supporters are enjoying a pre-match party.
:09:15. > :09:19.The annual round of European fisheries negotiations has started
:09:19. > :09:25.with a chorus of warnings about the future of the Scottish industry.
:09:25. > :09:30.Our reporter is at Peterhead in Aberdeen, one of the largest port
:09:30. > :09:36.in Europe. These annual talks all we seem to loom over the Scottish
:09:36. > :09:41.fishing industry. Why so much concern this year?
:09:41. > :09:45.This year it is different. Normally we hear concerns about a quarter
:09:45. > :09:51.for next year - that is the amount of fish that Fisher men allowed to
:09:51. > :09:55.catch in large nets like this. Well, this year, there is less concern
:09:56. > :10:01.about that. Some species are likely to increase meaning there will be
:10:01. > :10:05.more to catch. But what will likely be reduced our days at sea - the
:10:05. > :10:12.number of days per year that fishermen can take boats like this
:10:12. > :10:15.out to sea. That is said to decrease in some cases by up to 50%.
:10:15. > :10:24.Leader Stephen Scott on say that if that where the case it would be
:10:24. > :10:34.absurd. -- leaders here in Scotland. We are facing a for days per
:10:34. > :10:35.
:10:36. > :10:41.fortnight, or, God help us, were so. -- for days. That makes less sense.
:10:41. > :10:45.What are the timescales for the Brussels talks?
:10:45. > :10:50.They began this morning and the continuing throughout the course of
:10:50. > :10:53.the day. There are minor talks which will resume tomorrow. That is
:10:53. > :10:58.winning new, revised set of proposals based on what was said
:10:58. > :11:01.today will be discussed. But these things tend to go on for a long
:11:01. > :11:06.time and it could be well into the night or walk -- even the weekend
:11:06. > :11:11.before we hear details of a final agreement.
:11:11. > :11:18.It has been closed three times in the past for heels by landslides.
:11:18. > :11:24.Now people Anna Gael claimed that the A83 must be upgraded. -- people
:11:24. > :11:26.and Argyll. The big problem rests with the Rest-and-Be-Thankful. When
:11:26. > :11:29.it is blocked, drivers face a huge detour north along Loch Lomond side
:11:29. > :11:39.on the A82 to Crianlarich, then over the A85, before heading back
:11:39. > :11:41.
:11:41. > :11:46.south on the A819 to Inveraray.. Our correspondent made the journey.
:11:46. > :11:53.It is one of the most stunning parts of Scotland's road networks.
:11:53. > :11:58.The rest and Be thankful is the narrow artery linking much of
:11:58. > :12:08.Argyll to the central belt. Traffic was flowing freely today but this
:12:08. > :12:09.
:12:09. > :12:19.artery has been blocked by a landslides, three times since 2007.
:12:19. > :12:20.
:12:20. > :12:26.So 600 tons of rock and soil here. The road remains closed...
:12:26. > :12:36.The latest was yesterday. Businesses are counting the cost.
:12:36. > :12:37.
:12:37. > :12:41.None more so than this oyster farm. We have had lots of wasted stock.
:12:41. > :12:48.We have had to discount lots of stock. And we depend on passing
:12:48. > :12:54.trade. The passing trade comes from people
:12:55. > :13:04.like John, who drive-through regularly, and feels frustrated.
:13:04. > :13:10.It seems to be getting worse. Further along, in in Brady, Donald
:13:10. > :13:14.questions whether shutting the road every night is necessary.
:13:14. > :13:19.If you can imagine Glasgow and Edinburgh commuters are having to
:13:19. > :13:29.go via Perth, there would be an outcry, and out of reach. Yet this
:13:29. > :13:32.
:13:32. > :13:38.has happened so many times in the past. -- an outcry, and outrage.
:13:38. > :13:48.The ferry terminal and the rest is still an hour or's drive.
:13:48. > :13:52.Campbeltown as two hour's drive. So what is the solution? One
:13:52. > :14:02.suggestion is there should be better alternative transport links
:14:02. > :14:05.Some of the other stories across Scotland this Thursday evening. Two
:14:05. > :14:09.people have been killed and four others injured - two of them
:14:09. > :14:12.seriously - in a crash involving a minibus from Scotland, a car and a
:14:12. > :14:15.lorry. The accident happened on the A7, near Carlisle. Those who died
:14:15. > :14:17.were the lorry driver and a woman passenger in the minibus, which had
:14:17. > :14:20.travelled from Canonbie in Dumfries and Galloway and Newcastleton in
:14:21. > :14:23.the Borders. Two men have been arrested in
:14:23. > :14:26.connection with a spate of armed robberies on security guards
:14:26. > :14:31.outside banks in the West of Scotland. The first raid happened
:14:31. > :14:34.outside the Bank of Scotland in Carmunnock Road, Glasgow, in August.
:14:34. > :14:38.The others were at the Clydesdale Bank in Bothwell, and at the
:14:39. > :14:41.Airdrie Savings Bank in Muirhead. Around 700 jobs could be created in
:14:41. > :14:47.Dundee, with plans to create a renewables energy base at the
:14:47. > :14:50.city's port. Scottish and Southern Electricity is among a group
:14:50. > :15:00.looking into establishing a base on Tayside. An offshore wind turbine
:15:00. > :15:01.
:15:01. > :15:05.Political opponents have been paying tribute to the Labour leader
:15:05. > :15:07.Iain Gray, as he prepares to step down. The East Lothian MSP
:15:07. > :15:09.announced his resignation after the party's defeat in the Scottish
:15:09. > :15:11.Parliamentary elections. His replacement will be announced this
:15:11. > :15:20.weekend. From Holyrood, our correspondent, Raymond Buchanan
:15:20. > :15:24.reports. June they say all political careers
:15:24. > :15:28.end in failure. Iain Gray can testify to that but as he made his
:15:28. > :15:37.way towards a blast First Minister's questions, he claimed
:15:37. > :15:43.this was like get -- any other. There were warm words from his
:15:43. > :15:46.opponents including his nemesis. greatly enjoyed our weekly jests in
:15:46. > :15:53.this chamber and ensure that whoever will succeed you'll have a
:15:53. > :15:59.hard act to follow. After his election, his fortunes ebbed and
:15:59. > :16:05.flowed. The former teacher brought order to Labour in Holyrood and a
:16:05. > :16:12.party one success in by-elections. It was not to last. They were
:16:12. > :16:17.humiliated in May and Ian Gray only won his seat by 151 votes. What do
:16:17. > :16:21.you blame for that result? If we were to do it again and do it
:16:21. > :16:25.differently, we would do more work to reach out to those disaffected
:16:25. > :16:30.Liberal Democrat voters, to convince them that Labour is where
:16:30. > :16:36.they should call. One episode helped to define the disastrous
:16:36. > :16:42.election campaign. Iain Gray was greeted by protesters at Glasgow's
:16:42. > :16:49.Central Station. He was pursued by the demonstrators and the wind up
:16:49. > :16:51.in a Sandwich shop. Central Station that they did not
:16:51. > :16:56.help our election campaign and that would have been good had it not
:16:56. > :17:01.happened, but it did. He says he is most proud of his work to increase
:17:01. > :17:06.the number of apprentices, the campaign to save aircraft carrier
:17:06. > :17:10.jobs and helping to pass ambitious Climate Change targets. His
:17:10. > :17:14.leadership will most likely be defined by that spectacular loss.
:17:14. > :17:16.The task for his successor is formidable. A bed tax for tourists
:17:16. > :17:20.visiting Edinburgh has been ruled out by the Scottish Government.
:17:20. > :17:23.Tourism Minister Fergus Ewing told MSPs he had no plans for such a
:17:23. > :17:28.move and Edinburgh City Council had no powers to introduce it. The
:17:28. > :17:31.council had been considering the levy to raise extra revenue.
:17:31. > :17:35.Meanwhile, after years of delays and massive increases in costs, the
:17:35. > :17:38.capital's new tram depot has been handed over to the city council.
:17:38. > :17:41.While there's still a lot of work left on the project, test runs are
:17:41. > :17:43.now underway. Council bosses say the handover demonstrates that the
:17:43. > :17:49.tram project is finally making progress. Our transport
:17:49. > :17:55.correspondent, David Miller, has been taking a look.
:17:55. > :18:03.Edinburgh's trams are finally on strike, even if they are still
:18:03. > :18:06.behind the completion of the decor is seen as a milestone.
:18:06. > :18:10.They finally have something to celebrate with today's events all
:18:10. > :18:15.the more remarkable considering that only a few months ago, this
:18:15. > :18:22.project seemed close to collapse. For relief that finally we have
:18:22. > :18:28.reached this milestone in Addis -- delivery of the trams. This is a
:18:28. > :18:33.milestone in the delivery and I have to be honest and say it is a
:18:33. > :18:37.day I feared would never come. depot will be home to the entire
:18:37. > :18:41.tram fleet - five vehicles have already arrived. The tosses
:18:41. > :18:46.Government is now playing a more hands-on role, to ensure the
:18:46. > :18:51.project is delivered. -- Scottish. We'll make sure it happens as
:18:51. > :18:54.quickly as possible so that the disruption is brought to an end and
:18:54. > :18:59.people can go about their business. We will make sure it happens for
:19:00. > :19:05.the aid budget. Council leaders still want to see the line
:19:05. > :19:13.completed as far is the waterfront. For now, other focuses on building
:19:13. > :19:16.the line as far as York Place. Signal workers in the west of
:19:16. > :19:18.Scotland are to stage a three-day strike from Christmas Eve in a row
:19:18. > :19:23.over career progression, threatening disruption to rail
:19:23. > :19:28.services. The Rail Maritime and Transport union says the walkout
:19:28. > :19:33.will last until December 27th. Network Rail said that if a strike
:19:33. > :19:36.were to take place, it would still be able to run a full service.
:19:36. > :19:40.Linwood in Renfrewshire has been given one of Scotland's most
:19:40. > :19:42.infamous awards. Voted the most dismal in the country, the town has
:19:43. > :19:50.been given what's become known as the carbuncle award. Laura Bicker
:19:50. > :19:56.spent the day there to find out what went so wrong.
:19:56. > :20:00.This town centre is like a concrete corpse, and the life remains, only
:20:00. > :20:06.an empty shell of shops whose shutters have not opened in years.
:20:06. > :20:11.Against this backdrop comes that infamous Scottish awards. Despite
:20:11. > :20:17.the seasonal cheer elsewhere in the country, gloom surrounds us here in
:20:17. > :20:24.Linwood town centre. This is that the carbuncle award for Scotland's
:20:24. > :20:30.most dismal town. This community does not deserve this award. It is
:20:30. > :20:33.a fabulous community, but having said that, I do understand why the
:20:33. > :20:40.of giving the that it to the centre because as you can see, it is
:20:40. > :20:45.dreadful. It was not always this way. It was a hub of car
:20:46. > :20:50.manufacturing and produced the Kreisler Avenger and the Sunbeam.
:20:50. > :20:54.Even with this, the first regional shopping centre was built here and
:20:54. > :21:00.there were complaints. You will find this is less than half
:21:00. > :21:05.developed and inhabited. It got worse. We had large shops and a
:21:05. > :21:09.restaurant and a cafe and it has been left to rot. People are so
:21:09. > :21:13.disgusted about the whole thing. There are plans to demolish this
:21:13. > :21:18.town centre and start again. Renfrewshire council promised the
:21:18. > :21:22.bulldozers could be in and a matter of weeks. They have plans for a
:21:22. > :21:27.town hall and a mass of Tesco. Local people say they think this is
:21:27. > :21:31.a day that may never come. The leader of the council asked to meet
:21:31. > :21:37.be beside a row of newly built houses. He says this is proof of
:21:37. > :21:41.change. The council have managed to negotiate with Tesco to build anew
:21:41. > :21:46.store. It has taken longer than they would have liked but it is on
:21:46. > :21:50.its way. An award is usually cause for celebration but at the least,
:21:50. > :21:54.people here hope that the carbuncle award will be a source of
:21:54. > :22:03.inspiration and a catalyst for change. Let's see how the sport is
:22:03. > :22:10.looking this evening. Here's David. Celtic can claim a place in the
:22:10. > :22:20.next stage of the Europa League tonight but will have to beat
:22:20. > :22:22.
:22:22. > :22:28.Udinese. It was not be easy. Those who walk the cobbled streets
:22:28. > :22:32.here are used to the Italian quiet life. Here in northern Italy, a
:22:32. > :22:42.Renaissance statue stared down. The City is not completely without
:22:42. > :22:43.
:22:43. > :22:49.foreign influence. Some more recent than others. Celtic and indeed here
:22:49. > :22:55.in the hope of a rare win on the road and Europa League progression.
:22:55. > :23:01.I think tonight is like a cup final for us. He put down at the back and
:23:01. > :23:08.we'll do well. We don't know how we will play so it is a dilemma for
:23:08. > :23:13.the Italians. We have to go for it. This Celtic fans here enjoying app
:23:13. > :23:20.3 Europa League festive party. For the players with a dismal record on
:23:20. > :23:24.the road, for them, all work to do. Soggy work in training. Injuries
:23:24. > :23:32.threaten to dampen spirits but problems at the back have eased
:23:32. > :23:40.with the return of Kelvyn Wilson. Most looking at is going in a would
:23:40. > :23:45.have put us as outsiders. I have been pleased with the way the team
:23:45. > :23:49.has plays in the previous five games. We're still a with a shot of
:23:49. > :23:53.qualifying. It is testament to the players.
:23:53. > :23:57.If the players pull it off, we could be in for another colourful
:23:57. > :24:00.party. For Hearts have paid their players their November salaries at
:24:00. > :24:03.last, the day before their December wages are due. And the club aren't
:24:03. > :24:06.saying whether that money will be paid on time. Players union
:24:06. > :24:08.representatives had a meeting with the squad today and agreed that if
:24:08. > :24:15.salaries for this month aren't received tomorrow, an official
:24:15. > :24:19.complaint will be lodged with the Scottish Premier League.
:24:19. > :24:22.The players have authorised us to move things forward. They want to
:24:22. > :24:27.get on with playing football and trying to win and keep the club
:24:27. > :24:30.afloat. They will leave that up to The former world boxing champion
:24:30. > :24:33.Scott Harrison is being allowed to return to the ring by the British
:24:33. > :24:36.Boxing Board of Control. The 34- year-old lost his licence for
:24:36. > :24:39.bringing the sport into disrepute. He hasn't fought for six years and
:24:39. > :24:47.spent some time in prison in Spain for assault and attempted theft.
:24:47. > :24:53.Harrison's issued a public apology and says he's a changed man. Sandy
:24:53. > :24:56.Lyle is to be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. The 53-
:24:56. > :24:59.year-old says being placed in the company of the greatest names in
:24:59. > :25:05.the sport is very special. Lyle, who won two majors - the Open
:25:05. > :25:11.championship in 1985 and this one - the US Masters in 1988. Other
:25:11. > :25:14.famous names in there include Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player.
:25:14. > :25:24.As the weekend approaches, let's find out how the weather is looking.
:25:24. > :25:28.find out how the weather is looking. Many places such good spells as
:25:28. > :25:34.sunshine this afternoon but as soon as it got dark, temperatures dipped
:25:34. > :25:40.rapidly and there is a warning for rice. I yellow warning, so that
:25:40. > :25:44.means do be aware. Showers in the west and south-west will pep up
:25:44. > :25:48.pushing into southern and central parts. These will be wintry so that
:25:48. > :25:55.is a mix of rain, sleet and snow and we may see a accumulations over
:25:55. > :25:57.higher ground. Further north, largely dry with widespread frost
:25:57. > :26:03.and some freezing fog as temperatures dipped to just below
:26:03. > :26:07.freezing. Actually start tomorrow morning. Those wintry showers in
:26:07. > :26:13.the south of the country continuing at first soap to be aware on your
:26:13. > :26:20.morning can -- commute that you may see those accumulations. Further
:26:20. > :26:25.north, cool and crisp to start. The freezing fog lingering in the early
:26:25. > :26:29.part of the morning, so really pretty chilly. Showers around in
:26:29. > :26:33.the West and in the far north across Shetland. We will see wintry
:26:33. > :26:37.showers across the hills. Through the day, both the wintry showers
:26:37. > :26:40.and the freezing fog will clear away and we will see are largely
:26:40. > :26:46.dry and bright the across the country with good spells of
:26:46. > :26:52.sunshine. It will feel chilly with highs reaching three Celsius. Much
:26:52. > :26:58.like today, around 3pm, temperatures will dip rapidly with
:26:59. > :27:03.a wide spread risk of ice. Into the weekend, there will be bright
:27:03. > :27:10.spells again but also wintry showers and these are mainly in the
:27:10. > :27:17.north. How do you fancy seeing your own pictures on the big screen in
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:27:25. > :27:30.can see your name in lights and Now, just before 7pm, a summary of
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:27:39. > :27:41.will help to provide security at the Olympic Games in London, next
:27:41. > :27:44.year. The operation will be police-led
:27:44. > :27:54.but the military will make a significant contribution, according
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:27:54. > :27:57.to the MOD. The American flag has been lowered in Baghdad, formally
:27:57. > :27:59.marking the end of Washington's military operations in Iraq after
:27:59. > :28:02.nearly nine years of war. The US Defence Secretary, Leon Panetta,