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Tonight on Reporting Scotland: Just one question? Three-quarters of the

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people who got in touch with the UK Government about the independence

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referendum say they want a Yes-No vote on Scotland's future. But many

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responses came from a Labour party website.

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The deadline comes and goes for Rangers bids. There has also been a

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surprise one from the Continent. Total's Elgin platform's been

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leaking gas into the North Sea for ten days. Tonight, one of the last

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men to leave explains what happened. We trained for it regularly. We

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have drills every week. I never thought this would happen.

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Also tonight: The computer game that's good for some children.

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are going to put the goggles on again. Eye specialists in Glasgow

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find that playing games in these goggles can help treat "lazy eyes".

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Good evening. Most people who took part in the UK government's

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consultation on the independence referendum say Scots should be

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asked only one question - whether to stay in, or leave the union. The

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Scottish Secretary, Michael Moore, believes the SNP should now hold

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the vote as soon as possible. But the First Minister, Alex Salmond,

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claims the whole exercise is discredited after it emerged a

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quarter of replies were copied from a Labour party website. Our

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political correspondent, Raymond Buchanan joins me now.

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The UK government made their position clear even before the

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consultation exercise began. They support one question asked sooner

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rather than later. And, sticking to the current rules for voters, so

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that means over 18s only. After eight weeks of asking, these are

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the answers they say that they have been given. 75% said stick to a

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solitary question. 70% agreed it should be asked sooner rather than

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later, and of those who gave a view, 47% agreed the current voting age

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of 18 should be used. And surprisingly, the Scottish

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secretary is delighted most replies to his consultation seem to agree

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with his Government's position. A Trout Association, an ice-cream

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maker, and energy company, a meat supplier, all replied when asked

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about how the referendum should work. The various political signs -

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- sites are getting themselves back already. The Scottish Secretary was

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at RAF Lossiemouth today to meet personnel and celebrate so many

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consultation replies lining up on his side. Now we have got a result

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of our consultation, I meet -- want to meet with ministers to be

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cancelled at the process and get on with the big debate. That is what

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this should now be about. Quarter of the replies are used the exact

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same form of words found here on the Scottish Labour website. The

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party deny they were trying to unduly influenced the result.

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think the result are significant. The fact that three-quarters are

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saying one clear decision should be made in the referendum, that we

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have to get a move on, I think that does speak volumes. Sir, will Alex

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Salmond be tempted to abandon his referendum timetable, his

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consideration of a second question, and his plan to allow 16 and 17-

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year-olds to vote? A consultation exercise can get flooded by

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identical responses from the same website and that discredits it

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completely. But the SNP's own website has a similar form already

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filled in for their supporters to send to the Scottish government's

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consultation. Sir, What is the point of these exercises? These are

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people with an interest in the subject. They may have a degree of

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expertise and they give us an idea of the arguments people may use for

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against a particular course of action. Both sides say this is the

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biggest decision Scottish people will face in 300 years, but the UK

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government got 3,000 replies and the Scottish governments ever have

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had 12,000 so far with a month still to go. By comparison, the

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biggest ever consultation response saw 50,000 take part in the debate

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over same-sex marriage. Reporting Scotland understands that

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for bits to take over Rangers has been received by the club's

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administrators this evening. The SPL champions have been in

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administration since mid-February. The view amongst fans seems to be

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that the priority for any new owners should be to avoid

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liquidation. We know the administrators were

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expecting four or five bids before the closing time. Paul Murray and

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his Blue Knights consortium are the group we know most about. They are

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essentially are funded by a company who provided cash to the current

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owner, Craig Whyte, in return for future season tickets. That was

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followed by a crude from Singapore. -- Ait Group. We know very little

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about this consortium as they have managed to stay out of this so far.

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Another group that has managed to stay out of the Spotlight so far is

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a group from America. They are investors and we will have to see

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exactly what they bring to the table. Then this surprise one from

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the Continent - a consortium from Germany. They have been sniffing

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around Rangers for some time, I understand, but they have now

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decided to firm that up with actual offer. What happens now is the

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administrators will choose a preferred bidder early next week,

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and then grant a period of exclusivity so that consortium can

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then move forward and prove that they have what it takes to take

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Rangers forward. Most fans seem desperate to avoid liquidation. Is

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that still a possibility? Yes, it is still a possibility. But, there

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seems to be an air of confidence. Perhaps the administrators believe

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that a voluntary agreement is now possible, given the bits that are

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on the table. Of course, still massive debts at Rangers. We have

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this big tax bill hanging over the club's head so it will be an uphill

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struggle. You're watching Reporting Scotland

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from the BBC. Still to come on the programme: A murder trial hears how

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a witness feared a massacre when a gangster was shot at this

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supermarket. Network Rail is fined �4 million for failures that led to

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a train crash which claimed the life of this Glasgow woman.

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In sport, the ESFA give money that was going to Rangers to Dundee

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United instead. And, we speak to the Scot who is dreaming of glory

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at the London Olympics. One of the last men taken off

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Total's Elgin platform has been describing what happened after the

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discovery of a major gas leak. William Cardno was one of 19 people

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left to deal with the emergency ten days ago. Over 200 workers were

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lifted off the platform to safety. Colin Wight reports.

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We trained for it regularly. We have Gills every week. I never,

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ever thought this would happen. William Cardno is the offshore

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installation manager on the Elgin platform. It has been leaking gas

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now for over a week. No one is left on board. The weather today forced

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the company to abandon plans to fly a team of specialists on to the

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platform to assess what could be done. The interview with William

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Cardno was posted on the company's website. We requested our own

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interview, but Mr Cardno was unavailable. We deliberately kept

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19 people on the platform to evaluate the a situation, to see if

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there was a thing we could do, and really to maintain the system. So

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long as the platform is still alive, we could monitor the firing gas

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status on the platform. We knew that once we turned the key to

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switch everything off, all that was lost. That information was

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invaluable in trying to determine the cause of the incident. William

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Cardno says the hardest decision was deciding to keep the 19 on

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board, but they knew they could get off quickly by lifeboat if the

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situation escalated. He said the incident showed the procedures

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worked and safety was a priority. Total will assess tomorrow if and

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when they can fly out to the installation.

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One of Europe's biggest community- run wind farms is to be built in

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Shetland. More than 100 turbines will provide enough energy for

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175,000 homes - far more than the islanders could ever use. But they

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will be able to use the proceeds from selling on the power. The

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Viking Wind Farm, the third biggest in Scotland, will be built in the

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centre of Shetland. The decision has angered campaigners who are

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concerned at the environmental impact of the development.

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reaction is that I am sad and disappointed. This project is

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unsustainable, both economically and environmentally and they should

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be looking at other alternatives. believe that we are outweighed by

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the enormous economic advantage to the islands - the jobs, the

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opportunities for local businesses, the fact that developers will seek

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to use local businesses to create local jobs on a very large scale,

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and over a very long period. A woman doing her shopping has told

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a murder trial she thought she was caught up in "another Dunblane

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massacre". Emma Busby was in an Asda store in Glasgow when she saw

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Kevin "Gerbil" Carroll's car being shot at in the supermarket car park

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in January 2010. She was giving evidence in the trial of Ross

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Monaghan, who denies murdering Mr Carroll. Catriona Renton reports

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from the High Court in Glasgow. Kevin Carroll was in ASDA in

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Glasgow on 13th January 1920 10. He was sitting here in this black Audi.

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He was shot dead. At the same time, around lunchtime, Emma Busby had

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been doing a big shop with her mother. Today, she told the court

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what she saw. She said when she came out of the store with her

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trolley she became aware that something was wrong. She said a car

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drove past her at speed, and screeched to a halt. She said a man

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got out of the passenger side and ran towards a black Audi. She said

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he was holding up a Clint Eastwood style cowboy gun in his left hand,

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and then she heard gunshots. Asked how she felt, she said "I just

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thought it was someone shooting at everyone. I thought it was like

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another Dunblane massacre". She said there were a lot of people

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around and she kept hearing a baby crying. She said she thought there

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were two guns firing. She was The court also heard from Alan

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Johnson, who described himself as a good friend of Kevin Carroll. The

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advocate depute asked him if quite a few people in gangland Glasgow

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would be interested in having Kevin Carroll killed. Ross Monaghan

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denies murdering Kevin Carroll and has launched a special defence

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incriminating Mr Johnson and seven others. The trial continues. East

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Lothian Council is considering setting up a bus company following

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the announcement that First Scotland East is withdrawing most

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of its services in the area. Senior officials and councillors also

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agreed to contact other bus companies with a view to continuing

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the routes at risk. The authority is also hoping to meet Midlothian

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Council and the Transport Minister Network Rail the company

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responsible for the upkeep of railways has been fined �4 million

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over safety failures which caused the death of an 84-year-old Glasgow

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women. Margaret Masson was a passenger when it crashed in

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Grayrigg. 88 people were injured when their

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train derailed. It had gone over a set of points. One passenger died.

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Her daughter was injured. mother died and that she it --

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train crash. Understandably, she finds it offensive that it she is

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contributing as up taxpayer up for their offences committed.

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company was fined �4 million after admitting health and safety

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breaches. This Engineer had earlier told an inquest he had forgotten to

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expect the area where the crash happened. I am glad it has come to

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an end. The judge says no one can put a value on the life lost.

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Network Rail said they strive to prevent such an accident happening

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again. Some were convinced rail safety is not been taken seriously

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enough. How do you square that circle with the report into

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Grayrigg which sent unrealistic were lords were part of the reason

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for the crash. Network Rail say they have learned from the accident.

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The biggest pipe laying in the world will start at the weekend.

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Almost �1 million of lottery funding will help develop this area.

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The project has secured millions of funding to build Piers.

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The accounting officer for Aberdeen's gardens has told

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councillors it was as fair as he could make it. There has been

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criticism that supporters but not a campaign with an agreed find Jack

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and -- financial limits. Calls made using a new technology

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which keeps them cleaner have gone on display as part of the Edinburgh

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International Science Festival. It works by using chemicals to break

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down pollution and the atmosphere. Their cottage in titanium particles.

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We are very small. Those react with oxygen. Experts from the University

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of Aberdeen were looking for volunteers. They want to

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investigate whether compliance founding cabbage can prevent cancer

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and other diseases. Lacey IT is one of the most common

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sight problems in children. Scottish researchers have come up

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with the perfect solution for that were to it -- 21st century Kent. A

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video game. Video-games, we worry they are

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frazzle winger Ken's' brains. Cook the rewire their brains? Meet

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Kahlon, he spent a week wearing these gaming goggles will stop --.

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He has up lazy eye. After a week, his mum noticed he stopped falling

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over. He could fall over nothing. I don't think he was conscious of his

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sight improving. He was conscious he was finding things quicker.

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traditional treatment is an eye patch. It is not always won. It is

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annoying because you Ryland sometimes get caught in the eye

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patch. Then you have to take-off the eye patch. These calls for are

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much more fun. In tests, the correct in children's vision that

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in 10 days or less. By forcing the child to use all size, the brain

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becomes aware of the image from the lazy eye. It is as if these cells

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which had been dormant are regenerated. And the brains of much

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older people also be stimulated to correct vision problems.

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Edinburgh Zoo's and giant pandas have failed to meet after a second

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day of trying. People seem appears Tian Tian and Yang Guang have shown

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interest in each other but chances of them mating have now you it

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decreased. Another window closed a couple of

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hours a court. Plenty of news about MPs. The

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Scottish Football Association has given �35,000 which was due for

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Rangers to Dundee United. It was after Rangers paid Dundee United.

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The Celtic player Daniel Majstorovic would be happy to

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extend his plane it at Celtic. He was sent off at his last match. He

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then damaged a ligament which ended his season. Despite turning 35

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tomorrow, he is happy to stay with Celtic. By had two really good

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years. A Celtic will be that future, as I said it or, the priority is to

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focus. Next to a Scottish Olympic hopeful, he will qualify for London

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2012. He has strained every sinew. Anna, are net gem, one young Scot

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is raising the way it Orville and picked expectation. He showed

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interest as a 10-year-old and now let's nine tons a day. I have lots

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of support. Everyone is backing me. It is a great achievement. To be

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considered to go to the Olympics. He won Commonwealth silver. It is a

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dream. I never thought about when I started. Now, it has all hit me.

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His courtship was the first to celebrate at the Commonwealth Games.

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He is now aiming one better for the Commonwealth Games in 2014. He will

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try to be gold and glass go. To be an Olympian will give him a boost.

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The team isn't of Ahmed will in London. It is simply to make the

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Olympic team. Sir Chris Hoy's corpse of a mental

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have been dashed by disqualification. He was part of

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the British team thrown out in Melbourne. They were competing for

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bronze. Behind all there was deemed to be illegal.

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A quick reminder that there is Muirhead will be back here next

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The weather roller coaster is heading up flat torque. -- level

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are now it. Here is the map from 7 o'clock. Further north, cloud

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pushing him. Further south, temperatures down to around minus

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one. Tomorrow starts bright. Cloud End further north, and north-

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westerly breeze. Into the evening and over night, we can see what is

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going on. Cloudier skies and light outbreaks of rain and drizzle. For

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Friday, cloudy. On Saturday, and the weekend in general, cloudy and

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drive it pull it. -- dry. Most people who took part in the UK

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Government's consultation on resurrect -- independence think

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they should only be asked one question. Alex Salmond says it is

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discredited because a quarter of the replies were copied from a

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Labour Web site. 11 major realigns FA warning there

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can be gridlock over the years Easter break. Theseus shortage of

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staff could lead to unacceptable delays.

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