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Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight, the man jailed for

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murdering an Asian waiter on Orkney appeals his conviction.

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Troubled times ahead for this Scottish bank, as its owners review

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operations. What will it mean for jobs and for call -- for customers?

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And it's a try for England! Dan Parks quits international rugby

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following Saturday's Calcutta Cup defeat.

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All and the sport of angling may be dominated by men, but we find out

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why it is the women who land the biggest fish. We are very patient.

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We will take a work time and we seemed to catch more fish away.

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A former soldier, described as "vicious and evil" by a judge for

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the murder of an Asian waiter, has begun an appeal against his

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conviction. Michael Ross was just 15 when he shot Shamsuddin Mahmood

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at point-blank range in an Orkney restaurant in 1994. It was a summer

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evening in 1994 in the Indian restaurant in Kirkwall was busy.

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Amass gunmen came in and shot Shamsuddin Mahmood at point blank

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range. This scene-of-crime video shows a bowl at all on the wall.

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This is the man convicted of the murder. Michael Ross was found

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guilty in 2008. At the time of the killing, he was just 15. He was

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sentenced to 25 years in jail, but at the end of the trial he tried to

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escape court. Today, he is that the Court of Appeal in Edinburgh

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challenging his conviction. It centres around come things out for

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work at the original trial. He says that certain evidence put forward

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by the police should not have been admitted and he was therefore

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denied a fair trial. He it was 14 years after the death of Shamsuddin

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Mahmood that he was convicted. Tutors at the original trial heard

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he was a race is to sort out one of the few Asian people on the island.

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The tax authorities have taken Hearts Football Club to court again,

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over an unpaid tax bill. The Edinburgh club has eight days to

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respond or face the threat of liquidation. Our business

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correspondent David Henderson is here with the latest.

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Yes, yet again, Hearts are slow in paying their taxes. And yet again

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they are being dragged through the courts. If they cannot get the cash

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together, the effect could be devastating.

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The tax authorities are threatening to liquidate the club. They say

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this is the last resort and unless bills are paid within ten days,

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they could break up Hearts and sell off the pieces. Business-as-usual

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question mark well, it is on the pitch, but off it, the players must

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wonder what the future might hold. Time and again, their wages have

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not been paid and time and now it a tax bill threatens the very future.

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The financial situation is as it is. It is then let that we do not know.

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If someone had come in and told us the situation it would be much

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clear. The club owner from Lithuania is a rich man, but he has

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had a habit of being hard to amount to pay his bills. He it is not a

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good sign that things were not going well financially. Hearts are

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not the only person feeling the pressure over tax. Tottenham

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manager Harry Redknapp is in court just now accused of taking bungs

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and avoiding tax. The Rangers' owner is also facing the same type

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of questions. In a all days, football clubs were very much left

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alone. But they are very much in the forefront now. They are now

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looking into the arrangements as regards tax trusts. There are also

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even looking down to the margins of we're cleaner's have been paying

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their tax properly. Hearts have told the BBC they have

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paid off part of this latest tax bill and plan to pay off the rest

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of it before the deadline tenders from now. -- ten days from now.

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They have done it before and are confident they can do it again.

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By all this is a high risk strategy and some will ask, if money is not

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a problem, why are they leaving it so late?

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

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programme... Taking to the waves - how

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Scotland's lifeboats rescued more than 800 people in 2011.

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And in sport, just days after losing their opening Six Nations

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match to England, the man blamed by some for the defeat quits

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international rugby. We will also catch up with Andy

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Murray on a rare visit home to Scotland.

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And we are in Miami with an Olympic medal hopeful. All that coming up.

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The Australian owners of the Clydesdale Bank are launching a

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radical review of the business. There are fears it could lead to

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substantial job losses or even the sell-off of hundreds of branches.

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Bosses say bad debts and zero growth have forced the move.

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Founded a way back in 1838, the link has been central in Scotland.

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Any trading statement, the owner said their frustration with banking

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The bank will need to be a smaller bank going forward. I think we

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could expect to see some slimming down, some cutting of costs, like

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what we have seen with many other banks. The Clydesdale and Yorkshire

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banks have 340 branches and 8,000 staff throughout the UK. The

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company say nothing is been ruled out at this review, it would appear

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that job losses may be inevitable. Which do not know any of the facts

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yet. We do not really know what the review contains. The parent company

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has enough problems of its own back home in Australia and it may seem

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that they do not want the Clydesdale Bank to be dragging them

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down with it. Who put on a wig and make-up and posed as an elderly

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woman to steal �11,000 from her bank account. It was part of an

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elaborate fraud. It has been carried out by a very callous

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individual who has preyed on am really vulnerable lady and robbed

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her of a large sum of money. In the space of a few days, the thief went

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into several different Royal Bank of Scotland branches withdrawing

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more than �11,000 in total. dressed up to do this? Yes, he did

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this, presumably because he was holding a bank card which had a

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woman's name on it. The rulers, do not take anything at face value and

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double check everything. The police are keen to get any information

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which may help them in this case are many other similar case. And

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their messages, no matter how plausible someone appears, do not

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ever give out your PIN number. A millionaire property developer

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accused of assassinating his brother has been telling his trial

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about how their business relationship began to sour.

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Mohammed Siddique and two Bulgarian men all deny murdering Toby

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Siddique at a flat in Glenrothes which the brothers owned. The High

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Court in Edinburgh was told the brothers' business relationship

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went bad after Toby became involved in illegal activities.

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Over the past decade, thousands of Scottish troops have fought in

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Afghanistan. There are still more than 9,000 British troops based

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there, but now they are responsible for a much smaller area.

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Now the emphasis is on developing the country in the run-up to the

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British withdrawal 2014. Military commanders have always talked about

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teeth three-pronged strategy here. They want to push back the enemy,

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all back the ground that you have already won and then bring back the

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infrastructure. After years of fighting, they are saying that in

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some parts of Helmand, that strategy is beginning to work. This

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was once one of the most dangerous areas. The children have never

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known Afghanistan without fighting or foreign trips. This is their

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brand new school built within the last six months. Security is much

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improved in this part of Afghanistan. Soldiers from the

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Black Watch will patrol. The district governor talks about the

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need to provide every three things to every be a people after years of

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fighting. In needs to be seen to come from the Afghan government.

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The things that we are familiar with them a community level or been

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talked about. It is the average person is security for their family

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and the ability to earn money to pay for food and other essentials.

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When people see that quality of life beginning to happen, we're

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hoping it will have that domino effect around the area. The units

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will continue to patrol areas of damp of Afghanistan for another two

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years, it only then be clear of the exit strategy has worked.

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A look now at what else has been happening across the country this

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Tuesday. Cannabis plants worth �100,000 have been found in a house

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near Lyneham. These two recent incidents have led to the recovery

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of more than �200,000 worth of cannabis. Special measures to

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ensure that military personnel can adapt it back to civvy street are

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being introduced in Dumfries and Galloway. A national campaign was

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launched in Aberdeenshire against the number of vessels which are

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fishing under a flag of convenience. The Inverness military tattoo is

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ending after 60 years. They say that many military units are either

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being disbanded it up or are on military duty. The theme of the

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Edinburgh Science Festival lobby a mix of sport, technology and dance.

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A weary aiming to get the entire public involved, of whether there

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three years older 83 years old. A big danger have said farewell to a

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bought which helped many escaped from the Nazi is. It is been

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returned home to be restored. And Madonna will play at Murrayfield in

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July. You can keep up-to-date with all these stories and the BBC

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website. I cannot remember the last time we had Madonna on Reporting

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Scotland's lifeboats rescued more than eight hundred people last year.

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According to the RNLI 2011 was one of the most demanding years on

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record, with the recent storms forcing some crews to launch in

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hurricane conditions. Our reporter Andrew Anderson has been out with

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the busiest crew in Scotland. Patrolling the river, the lifeboat

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crew were the busiest in Scotland last year called out more than 100

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tonnes. Books like these on the Scottish coast rescued more than

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800 people in 2011. People like Stephen and his family. They found

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themselves stranded on an island when the boat broke its anchor line.

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They do not know until they get on the boat what they are going to. It

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could be a major incident they are required for. It's a beautiful calm

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day to day and the lifeboat crews have to be prepared in any

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conditions. Those conditions can be horrendous. This kind of weather

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has been a challenge for the lifeboat crews recently. Hurricanes

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and gales will not stop them. were six or seven significant gales,

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but Crewe go out in all weathers. People forget the wind is that

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strong and it is very cold. course most of the crews of

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volunteers. On call every hour of every day.

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102-year-old twin sisters from Fife have been recognised as the world's

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oldest living twins by the Guinness Book of Records. Edith Richie and

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"Evie" Middleton, were born on a farm in 1909, near Newburgh, when

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King Edward the Seventh was on the throne. They now live together in a

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care home in Ellon in Aberdeenshire. Edith says her secret to long life

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is "Simple living, hard work and a good husband." My wife is already

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102! Big trouble now. Now tonight's

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sport and the story behind Dan Park's shock retirement. Just three

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days after losing their opening Six Nations match against England - the

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man who's taken most of the flack for the defeat has quit. Stand-off

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Dan Parks is retiring from international rugby with immediate

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effect. And the national team coach Andy Robinson says he's made the

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right decision. Jane Lewis reports. Dan Parks last appearance in a

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Scotland jersey, and fortunately it was not his best. Parkes won 67

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caps admits he was thinking about hanging up his boots before the Six

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On reflection, after the game and talking It Over, I have come to a

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decision at now is the right time to retire. Coming down to that kick,

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the phase before that and things leading up to it, the criticism he

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has come under is pretty harsh. has scored 266 points in his

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Scotland career but his decision to retire is the right one, says the

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Scotland head coach. I think partly because of an Australian background

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and partly because sometimes he had the odd howler, we all did, the

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fans never have brought in to him. Robinson it names the team for

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Sunday in Wales tomorrow. This man will not be part of it.

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Andy Murray says his coach Ivan Lendl will make sure he doesn't hit

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a form slump the way he did last year after the Australian Open.

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Murray got to the semis this year playing some of the best tennis of

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his life. Last year he got to the final but then hit a real dip. He

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spoke to our reporter a short while ago during a rare visit home to

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Scotland. Good evening from Scotland where

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Andy Murray and family will be quizzed by a live audience this

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evening. Let's talk to the man himself. Have you had a chance to

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reflect on your tournament at the Australian Open? Is your best

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tennis? I think so. I have not watched the match but from the

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reaction I have had from people, everyone has been very supportive.

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It was a great match. It could have gone either way. It did not quite

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go mind. Hopefully it will be a stepping stone. Your hopes for the

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rest of the year, can you get the Grand Slam in 2012, you have a new

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coach? It is a huge year. Lots to look forward to. The last the years

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I started well and had a tough period. I will work hard in the

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next few days and make sure I do not have a slump. I am looking

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forward to the rest of the year. I even has been a great help so far.

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It should be good. -- even Lendl. And you are trying to get kids

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active in sport. Yes, it is something the whole family loves

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sport since we were kids. Me and Jamie used to play everything from

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golf, tennis, squash and rugby. I love boxing. It is something that

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is really important for kids to stay active and my mum has lots of

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experience in how to deal with kids that play sports to a high level.

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She has done a good job with centre. Have fun with that and I had the

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questions are better than mine. I have to its hand back to the studio.

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The first Scot to be selected for Great Britain at London twenty

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twelve is being tipped as a possible gold medallist. The sailor

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Luke Patience from Rhu in Dunbartonshire is having a

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remarkable year - that's why The team GB sailing manager is

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predicting great things for him and also why Rhona McLeod went to Miami

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This is Miami, famous for Art Deco, Centre's, dogs in costumes, beaches,

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palm trees and more dogs in costumes. Miami is also a Necker

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for sailing and it's here we find the future Olympian Luke Patience

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he began his career in Dunbartonshire. This is my office,

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look at it. Fantastic. I do not take it for granted. Welcome to

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sailing. This is Stewart, this is my crew. She has performed well for

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us. It is like Formula One on water. Built to go fast and race. It is

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not about comfort or pleasure. It is a rough and fast ride. It is wet

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and exciting. He is training in Miami for London 2012. Yes, the

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first Scot to be selected. I had no idea. It's a great privilege. There

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are not many of us in Scotland. We are a minority. To be one of the

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few is fantastic. I am very proud. They have had a fantastic year.

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Rarely have they been off the podium. They have a good chance of

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delivering a medal in the summer Olympic Games. I am certain they

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And if you liked that you'll love Sport Nation on BBC Two at seven

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o'clock. You can always tape the one show. There's more Luke

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Patience in Miami, Andy Murray in Melbourne and some rugby too.

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Thank you very much. The sport of fishing is dominated by men. There

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are relatively few women anglers. But some of the biggest salmon have

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been landed by the fairer sex. Now a new name has been added to that

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list. Colin Wight has been to meet her.

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I have fished since I was very young, I have fished in most rivers

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since I was young. Barber's 14 when I caught my first big salmon. I

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love everything about fishing. I love being out on the river. I love

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the birds and wildlife, everything. June it leads to being out on the

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river. It is only a few yards from the home and casting school she

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shares with her husband, Tom. They are so dedicated to the sport they

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were married in their wages. Jane is an expert, she will be awarded a

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trophy for landing the heaviest Tom is not jealous. Not really.

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There is bound to. There is bound to. I do not think it would get to

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divorce stages. I do not know, if she keeps catching bigger fish! She

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landed her fish in competition with three men and in the face of a

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howling gale. The biggest salmon was landed by a woman, that was on

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the River Tay by Georgina Ballantyne in 1922. Jane would like

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to see more women anglers. Men are more aggressive, they need to cast

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out as long a line as they can. Women are patient, they will fish

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slower and take their time and watch the pool. -- Paul macro. We

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catch more fish that way. ambition is to land a 40 pound fish.

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Time and patience is on her side. And a lovely day it looked. Let's

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take a look at what the weather has in store from Judith. It has been a

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cold settled spell of weather. As far as this evening is concerned,

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it looks quite dry, Frost. Some fog patches developing around the

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borders. Tonight, cloud continues to thicken. The potential for

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outbreaks of rain in the Outer Hebrides. Across coastal parts,

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stay mild. A fresh and strong southerly wind. Lows of-two or

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southerly wind. Lows of-two or minus three. Tomorrow, high

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pressure dominates and drifts away it allowing the Atlantic weather

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fronts to pull through pruning outbreaks of rain. Windy conditions.

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Starting off dry with widespread frost across eastern Scotland. The

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cloud thickens up with outbreaks of rain by tomorrow afternoon. By

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early afternoon, a wet Picture for the Inner Hebrides, the rain not

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into the south-west of Scotland but it will cloud over. Generate

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temperatures fall five Celsius. Heavy bursts for northern Argyll.

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The range extends across the North into Orkney and Shetland. Not

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looking too bad for eastern Scotland. Staying dry in the

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daylight hours. Eastern parts of Aberdeen steak with the sunshine. -

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- sticking with sunshine. 2 or three Celsius so feeling quite cold

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and raw. Thursday, we lose the stronger wind, a cloudy day come up

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bricks of rain through central Scotland but feeling mild. --

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outbreaks of rain. Thanks Judith. Now, a summary of

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tonight's top stories. The Metropolitan Police failed to warn

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people they were the victims of phone hacking by the News of the

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World, a judicial review has ruled. The Met's Commissioner has also

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accepted the failure to warn victims was unlawful. Arab states

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in the gulf are expelling Syrian ambassadors and recalling their own

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envoys. The move comes as Syrian government forces continue their

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fierce assault on the city of Homs. A former soldier who was jailed for

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the murder of an Asian waiter has began an appeal against his

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conviction. Michael Ross was just 15 when he shot Shamsuddin Mahmood

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at point blank range in an Orkney restaurant.

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Hearts football club have been in court again over an unpaid tax bill.

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The Edinburgh club has 8 days to respond, or face the threat of

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