29/03/2012 Reporting Scotland


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Welcome to Thursday's Reporting Scotland. Tonight on the programme:

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These two men no longer face charges of trying to murder Neil

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Lennon. Neil McKenzie and Trevor Muirhead are now accused of

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plotting to assault the Celtic manager and two other people.

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The men running Rangers throw out a high-profile takeover bid for the

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struggling Ibrox club. We'll be live with the latest.

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Also tonight, a quiz. Do you know what's happening on May 3rd?

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Scottish Cup final? I don't know the answer. Visiting Glasgow?

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they're in Glasgow and every other part of Scotland. A look ahead to

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the local government election campaign which has just got under

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way. And they're deadly serious - the

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young offenders helping restore Victorian graveyards to their

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Two men accused of sending suspicious packages to Neil Lennon

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are no longer accused of conspiracy to murder the Celtic manager, the

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late Paul McBride and the former MSP Trish Godman. Trevor Muirhead

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and Neil McKenzie are now facing a reduced charge of plotting to

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assault the three. The jury will retire tomorrow to consider their

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verdict. Catriona Renton reports. These two men, Neil McKenzie and

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Trevor Muirhead, have been on trial for over a month, accused of

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sending suspicious packages. Today their trial took a twist. The three

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alleged victims in this trial were Celtic manager Neil Lennon and two

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high-profile supporters, the late Paul McBride QC and a former MSP,

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Trish Godman. Originally Trevor Muirhead and Mackenzie were accused

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of conspiracy to assault and murder them. Today the judge told the jury

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they were no longer accused of conspiracy to murder. He said that

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part of the charge can't be founded on the evidence heard in this trial.

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Then the jury heard the defence's closing submissions. First from

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Gordon Jackson QC acting for Trevor Muirhead. He said Mr Muirhead had

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knowledge of the parcel and had bought peroxide, but that was it.

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But he said however stupid, bad or reprehensible he had been, he had

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not done what he was charged with. The Crown accepts the parcels were

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not viable explosive devices, but its case is predicated on the

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accused's belief that they were. Addressing the jury, Mr Jackson

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Donald Findlay QC is acting for Neil McKenzie. He said his client

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had bought the components that this retail park. He said they were no

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more than elaborate hoaxes, sending The judge has told the jury how to

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approach their task and now they have retired to consider their

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verdict. Trevor Muirhead and Neil McKenzie deny all the charges

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against them. The trial continues. Total says work is well under way

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on two possible solutions to stop the gas leak on the Elgin platform

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in the North Sea. But the company says it still doesn't know how much

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gas is in the faulty well, located some 4,000 metres below the

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platform. At First Minister's Questions, Alex Salmond said the

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seriousness of the incident We will remain in close contact

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with the primary responders about the incident and we have made it

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clear that the Scottish government will continue to insist in every

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way we can on total transparency in terms of release of information.

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can cross to Aberdeen now and our reporter Steven Duff. The First

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Minister raising concern for there. You've been finding out what Total

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are doing. Yes. For a revealed today that it has employed two

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companies heavily involved in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon

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disaster in 2010. One of the experts in well-controlled and

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Total may need experts to go back on the platform and plug the well

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with mud. Also today, the environmental group Greenpeace

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released pictures it has taken off the platform from outside the air

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and sea exclusion zone. Not the best quality, but the Hayes is the

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gas cloud and the controversial flair above was left on when the

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platform was evacuated. Total also giving risk assessment for when

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they can put workers back on the platform and they are also not

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ruling out put in a helicopter back on when gas levels of safer game.

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- safe again. Our strategy at the moment is to get further definition

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on the options and we may start both in parallel. That is still

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being assessed. We are gathering information confirming plans up.

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They will not necessarily be a decision between one of the other.

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We could do both. The situation on the Elgin platform has not changed

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much in the last 24 hours. The gas is escaping at about two kilograms

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a second. That is a lot. One of the bidders looking to take

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over Rangers has been told his offer has been rejected. Brian

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Kennedy, who owns the rugby union side Sale Sharks, was thought to be

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one of the front runners. Our senior football reporter, Chris

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McLaughlin, joins me now. What went wrong with this big? Fine told it

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simply wasn't good enough. It fell well short of what the

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administrators were expecting. Brian Kennedy had said to me

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earlier that he felt the administrators were dragging their

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heels and he was looking for them to accelerate the process. It did

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not take them long to respond by rejecting his bid. He now says he

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is disappointed, perhaps not surprised that his bid was rejected

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and he's throwing his weight behind Paul Murray. Brian Kennedy would

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like to rip up the deal concerning season tickets, but would like to

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see them go on with Paul Murray. In terms of where we go now for

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Rangers, the administrators are looking to narrow down the process,

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they have four more bids on the table. They are looking to get down

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to one preferred bidder by the middle of next week, maybe. News of

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the dropping of a legal claim by a former chief executive. Martin Bain

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was the chief executive of Rangers. He was removed from the Ibrox board

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by Craig Whyte when he took over. Martin Bain was very vocal in as

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much as he did not want Craig Whyte to take over at Rangers. He took

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legal action when he was removed from the board, but he now says

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given the current plight of Rangers, he has decided to drop that claim

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altogether. You're watching Reporting Scotland

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from the BBC. Still to come on the programme:

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A grave situation - being helped by offenders on a community programme

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who are restoring local cemeteries. And why, despite the warm weather,

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some of us are loathe to give up Former Rangers captain fears the

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club will be stripped of some of their SPL titles. And the Scotland

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rugby coach keeps his job despite failing to win a single match in

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this year's Six Nations Scotland has the most disappointing

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record in the UK for recruiting students from the poorest

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backgrounds, and the highest drop- out rate. But Scottish universities

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are recruiting more from low income homes and the number of students

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from state schools is now on a par with the level in England. Our

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education correspondent Seonag MacKinnon has more.

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Who get into university? Figures out today indicate most students

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are not from families on the breadline. Just 27% of students in

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Scotland are from the poorest homes. Lagging well behind the level for

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the UK as a whole. If we look at the number of pupils from state

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schools, Scotland has climbed 2% in the year. We are now on a par with

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the level in England. But getting into university is just one issue.

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Once in, almost 10% drop out. 1% above the level in England. One of

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them is Sarah Newman, whose secondary education was mainly in

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Scotland. In October she became a waitress. She said university was

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not for her. I loved school but I was never a straight a student. I

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found -- I find work a lot more rewarding for top but rewarding

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jobs can eventually come from degrees, too. Universities are

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promising more to come. Student leaders say the country needs more.

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We need to make sure we are harnessing the potential of

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Scotland's young people as best we can. That means making sure we take

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the most talented young people into universities regardless of their

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background. That means universities have a challenge. There are no

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tuition fees in Scotland and there are a lot of financial loans and

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grants available to students, particularly those coming from low

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income families. But his money the only issue? Universities want

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schools to ensure more have the school -- skills and exam passes to

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win places. A schoolboy and a mother who killed

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a man wrongly accused of being a paedophile have been jailed.

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Williamina Stewart, who's 37, was jailed for ten years and 18-year-

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old Paul Noble for eight after they both admitted the culpable homicide

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of Gordon Morrice. The 58-year-old died months after being severely

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injured at playing fields in Aberdeen in 2010. The court heard

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he was attacked after asking to bounce on a child's trampoline near

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his flat in Seaton. A 30-year-old man has appeared in

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court charged with the murder of a Glasgow gangland figure. Ross

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Monaghan denies shooting Kevin "Gerbil" Carroll in a supermarket

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car park in Robroyston two years ago, and various other offences.

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He's lodged a special defence of incrimination, blaming eight other

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people. The trial will continue tomorrow.

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The starting gun has been fired for the council election campaign.

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Nominations closed this afternoon for candidates and it's the first

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time since devolution when the council elections haven't been held

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on the same day as the Holyrood election. Our local government

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correspondent Jamie McIvor's here to look at the issues likely to

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dominate the coming weeks. We get to choose the 1,200 or so

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councillors for all 32 of our local councils when we vote on May 3rd.

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Those councillors will then get to Those councillors will then get to

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decide on all sorts of issues - whether to close local schools, how

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much to spend repairing potholes, and even the opening hours at the

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It was like the last day of term at Scotland's biggest council today.

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The last full meeting of Glasgow But outside the City Chambers, the

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people -- did people even realised there was an election campaign

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getting under way? There's a big event on May 3rd, what is it?

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don't know the answer. Is it in Glasgow? I have no idea. Not the

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Scottish Cup final? I haven't a clue. Scottish council elections.

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write! -- oh, right. Getting some of us excited may be a challenge.

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The last time the council elections weren't held on the same day as the

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Holyrood poll, the political world was very different. There was no

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devolution. They were very poor results last night. Many councils

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saw themselves as Scotland's democratic voice against the

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unpopular of Westminster government. But even so, typically just over

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four out of 10 of us bothered to vote. What about this time? I think

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the turnout will be probably hovering down around the low 40s.

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If we are very, very lucky indeed, which means some councils will have

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a lower town that. I wouldn't be surprised to see 25 in some places.

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One challenge is making sure everyone understands the voting

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system. This stunt today was a reminder of the number of

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candidates. Different issues will feature in different areas. In

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Edinburgh,... Across the whole of Scotland, money or the lack of it

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is likely to dominate. These are tough times for councils. 13,000

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jobs have gone in the past year. The same number may go this year.

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And whoever's in charge of your council after May, the financial

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situation it's in will be just the same. The question is really

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whether your council is spending the money it's got wisely. If its

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priorities are your priorities. And, of course, the campaign's just

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starting - hopefully come May 3rd, we'll all know there's an election

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And Jamie will be reporting on the manifestos of the main parties and

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the election campaign over the next few weeks. Information about your

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There is information about York Council online.

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Scotland is generating more than a third of its amateur city from the

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rebels -- renewable sources. If overall electricity consumption in

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2011 turns out to be similar to the previous year, 35% of electricity

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came from renewable sources last year, beating the Scottish

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government's target of 31%. A crew with a number of Scotland's

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graveyards are being closed to the public because of unsafe headstones.

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Some councils like them flat to make them safe, but one resident

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has come up with a solution. This cemetery in Edinburgh is much

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like many others in Scotland. Ageing head stones lie flat on the

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ground. Too dangerous to stay standing, too expensive to restore.

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But a new pilot projects here is using people on community service

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to put Eastern's back-up. The idea came from a local resident, who

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contacted the Criminal Justice Department and the council with his

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idea. My concern was that the graveyards that we see now will

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become historic, we will be leaving this for future generations, it is

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appalling. The council says this project has been a big success,

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benefiting not just the local area, but the offenders as well. As well

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as learning new skills, and meeting new people every week. The skills

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are a key factor for myself, looking for further employment. To

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do something for somebody else, to see people asking us questions, it

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is a sense of satisfaction, it puts a smile on my face. Around 30% of

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Scotland's gravestones are in this state, normally, restoring them

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would cost too much for many councils. Now, there are plans to

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roll out the projects across the rest of the country. The hard work

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is beginning to pay off. These have been restored. With other councils

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interested, it could be the first of many.

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What else has been happening across the country this Thursday?

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Strathclyde Fire fighters who failed to rescue Alison Hume, who

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died after falling down a disused mineshaft for ages ago, displayed

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what has been described as an insufficient and inexplicable lack

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of focus. The report says senior officers did not appreciate the

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need for speed. Overnight flooding closed down

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Aberdeen City Council's headquarters. A water pipe burst in

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the Marshall College building. It should reopen tomorrow.

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Specialist seafood producer the Orkney Herring Company has closed,

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laying off 15 staff. It comes after Orkney Meat was also set to should

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come up with the loss of 30 jobs. Burntisland residents will campaign

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against plans on what they claim is building on common good land.

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Work is beginning on a new cycle route in the capital, running it to

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Edinburgh University's Kings Buildings. The council is committed

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to spending 5% of its transport budget on facilities for cyclists.

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Sightings of starlings have fallen by almost a fifth in 10 years.

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Experts say possible reasons are reductions in their insect food,

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because of climate change and new farming methods.

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Astronomers from Edinburgh University have helped produce this

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image of the Milky Way. It is the first time this detail of more than

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1 billion stars has been seen. There are more stories from your

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area on the bedside. -- on the website.

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The former Rangers captain Lorenzo and every so fierce the Premier

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League will strip the club of some of their SPL titles. He was

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speaking ahead of tomorrow night's fundraiser between Rangers legends

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and a team of Milan all-time greats. He played for Rangers between 1997

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and 2003, and for part of that period, it is alleged some players

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may have been paid through schemes which may have breached rules.

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The were you aware rough that? -- aware of that? They investigate

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everything now. They might tie -- but they might try to take away the

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trophies. I know something, but it is -- it is impossible to know what

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they are looking for. I do not know what they are looking for. If they

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want to take trophies away from this club, we want this that we won

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the trophy is on the pitch. The metal cup might not be here any

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more, but we know that we won the trophies on the pitch.

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They prayed hard moment there. The allegations that some players may

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have been paid through schemes that bridge in gulls or had second

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contracts was discussed by the SPL board at Hampden Park today.

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Matters regarding Rangers, uppermost in the minds of the

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assets will -- SPL and the SFA. that matter of allegations of

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undisclosed payments to players by Rangers was on the agenda at the

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SPL's board meeting. The leaks started their own investigation at

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the beginning of this month -- SPL started their own investigation.

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The chief executive gave some brief details of what was discussed today.

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They gave the board and a Tait, the discussions are continuing. The

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investigations are ongoing. The next board meeting will be on April

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12th. It is important there is clarity as soon as possible, but it

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is also important there is a full investigation. The investigation is

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ongoing, it continues, and as soon as we can announce more, we will do

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He is not giving much away. What about the ESFA? -- SFA? They were

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looking at alleged breaches of the rules by Rangers and their owner.

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Craig Whyte was due to appear to face those charges, but he

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requested an adjournment until July. That is in order to better prepare

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his defence. The SFA allowed the adjournment, they accepted that.

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They will convene in a poor, or rather than in July, for three days,

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to here both the cases against Craig Whyte and Rangers. Craig

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Whyte is due back here on April sixth, that is to give a

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substantive response to the allegations. And some sort of

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indication as to how prepared he isn't. The administrators gave

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their response to the adjournment, they have declared themselves

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disappointed that there is a further delay and uncertainty over

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any particular punishments that might come. It does not help them,

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as they continued to look for a new owner.

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The ESFA have been busy, they have also rejected the Celtic defender

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Cha Du-Ri's appeal against his sending-off. He was given every

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card for denying Lee Wallace thought the referee thought was an

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obvious goalscoring opportunity. He will miss the game against St

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Johnstone. St Johnstone have boosted their

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chances of qualifying to play European football by moving up to

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fourth place in the Premier League. They beat Inverness last night.

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Just one goal, scored by Francisco Sandaza, from the penalty spot. His

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18th goal of the season. The SPL have given permission for

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Ross County to ground-share with Inverness, should they win

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promotion from the first division. Their ground falls short of SPL

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seeking criteria, but plans are in place to upgrade. They need just

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two more wins to clinch the title. The Scottish Rugby Union have

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confirmed Andy Robinson will continue in his role as the head

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coach. They lost all of their Six Nations matches this season, and

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finished bottom of the table. He had a meeting today to discuss his

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future with the chief executive. He has kept his job. He is contracted

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With a record-breaking weather, warmer than the Mediterranean and

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the Caribbean, the spring has been full of surprises, but while the

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soaring temperatures are tough and the farmers a priest, there are

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still a few people who are sad to see their winter bodies go. -- but

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the farmers a boost. When the wind is soft and the days

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of warm and clear, just like a gentleman, spring is here. -- just

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like a gentleman. The lambs are thriving, the weather has given

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them a gentle introduction to the world. It is a sharp contrast to

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2010, when many hill farms were buried under snow. When you get a

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spell like this, they get up, they get a drink of them on, they never

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looked back. -- but they get a drink from their mother. The dry

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weather has also been good news for the growers. Arable farmers are

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getting a head start after the autumn washout, and the soft fruit

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growers say they expect some crops of strawberries and trespass to be

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ready 10 to 14 days early. -- strawberries and raspberries. But

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there is a cloud over the Cairngorms, there has been no

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skiing this month. Temporary staff has been laid off, they are

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bringing forward the summer activities. The guided walks are

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starting a month early, on the first April. They will run through

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the summer. We have had people walking and using the conditions.

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Lovely Paul King conditions. Just as the Easter holidays begin, the

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weather is set to break. Do not pack away beautiful coat just yet.

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:24:56.:24:58.

It is on the turn. Plenty of sunshine across central, southern

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and eastern part of the country today, cloudier in the north and

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west, but it will be dry deceiving and overnight. The cloud in the

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West continues to still further inland, which will keep the

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temperature is mild. Rural parts will be close to freezing. Tomorrow,

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in the East, it starts off Sony and it stays that way. For the central

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parts, cloudy, but the cloud will be trouble to the west coast as we

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had to was the afternoon. -- cloud will head towards the west coast.

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In the mid- afternoon, the warmest part of the date is across the

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southern part of the country. A different story on the west coast.

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There will be some light drizzle. Plenty of sunshine elsewhere. It is

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cloudy and called for Orkney and Shetland. For the rest of the

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afternoon and overnight, there will be some late sunshine towards the

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south and east, but then it changes as we head towards the weekend.

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Most notably, the temperatures. We are back down to where it should be

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for this time of year. They will be a lot of cloud around for Saturday

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and Sunday, so a colder, cloudier and club. The high-pressure is

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moving towards the Atlantic, introducing a Bill to the flow of

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air. -- northerly flow. For Saturday, the central belt, 12. The

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could see some snow-sure was in Orkney. -- we could see some snow

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showers in Orkney. Rain for the north and west. Tomorrow will be

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the last day of the warm, sunny conditions.

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The top stories. Two men accused of sending

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suspicious packages to Neil Lennon are no longer accused of conspiracy

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to murder the Celtic manager, Paul McBride and Trish Godman.

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Trevor Muirhead and Neil McKenzie are now facing a reduced charge of

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plotting to assault the three. It has been another day of heavy

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demand at the petrol pumps falling government warnings about a fuel

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strike. There have been long queues, and prices are up at some outlets.

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