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Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight on your National news: Sale

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postponed - the Rangers administrators delay the

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announcement of a preferred bidder because of plans to change SPL

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financial rules. Shoppers and staff tell a trial of their shock when a

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Glasgow gangster was shot dead in a supermarket car-park.

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Later in the programme... The pianist who is defying paralysis to

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perform classics with just one hand. I focus on something else and I

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forget I have none this. It is just a little bubble when I sit at the

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piano. The SPL promotion party will soon be in full swing. Ross County

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have already arrived. We will soon get the festivities underway.

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Shoppers and staff who were at a Glasgow supermarket on the day a

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gangster was shot dead in the car park have been telling a murder

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trial of their shock at what they saw. Kevin Carroll was killed as he

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sat in a car at the Asda storein Robroyston in January 2010. From

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the High Court in Glasgow Catriona Renton reports. The piece of a

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normal Wednesday afternoon shattered by a brutal murder when

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this by dozens of innocent bystanders. Masked gunmen

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approached the black halved Kevin Carroll was sitting and where he

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was shot dead. -- the black car. This woman was putting her shopping

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in the back for car and heard a speech when a car pulled to a car -

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- pulled to a halt. She said... This man was on a shift collecting

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trolleys in the car-park. He turned around when he heard the car. He

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saw two men firing at the back windows of the black car. He said

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he did not feel in danger. This man is a community club volunteer who

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was waiting for his wife. He said he heard a lot of popping noises.

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He realised something serious had happened when the security guards

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told people to keep away from the car. Alison Cameron was driving her

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son to the cashpoint, they were leaving the cash point and her son

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said he was aware of crazy driving. Their car was overtaking at an

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estimated 70 miles an hour by dark blue golf. This paramedic also gave

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evidence. He said he looked on the back seat of the car, there was a

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man lying there. The man had been wounded on his forehead. It was

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like a hole in his head. Ross Moore in denies murdering Kevin Carroll

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and has lodged a special defence of incrimination, blaming eight others.

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The Rangers administrators say had been forced to delay the

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announcement of a preferred bidder due to SPL plans to change its

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rules regarding clubs facing insolvency. A meeting will include

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tougher sanctions for clubs in administration. The future of

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Rangers remains in doubt. The prospect of the club are becoming a

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new company remains a real possibility. Under these new

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proposals, should Rangers become the new company, they would be

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deducted 10 points for each of the next two seasons. She they say in

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administration, they will be deducted one-third of the points

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they have amassed this season. -- should they stay. It would need to

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eight of the 12 clubs to liberated these proposals for them to be

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adopted. There would also be A75 percent reduction in payments to

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any new club be launched. This would require 11 out of the 12 SPL

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clubs to agree. Where is the sale of Rangers? Near ministers say they

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are delaying the sale. They said in a statement... -- Rangers

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administrators said. With three beds on the table, the

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administrators had been hoping to name a preferred bidder but that

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process is now on hold. Jonathan, where does this leave

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Rangers? An uncertain future has become even more uncertain after

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this. The Rangers administrators think this is very unhelpful. It

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has thrown a spanner in the works. They have no idea when or if they

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will have a preferred bidder in place. One of the new bidders may

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look at the proposals and decide to walk away. They are digesting the

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proposals this evening. Rangers are not happy. Some SPL chairmen are

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not happy either. Some take a more pragmatic view. As usual with these

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meetings, consensus will be a difficult thing. Interesting to see

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how this develops on April 30th. Fish caught close to the scene of a

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gas leak on the Elgin platform in the North Sea have not been

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contaminated. That is according to the results of tests carried out

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for the Scottish government who say the environmental impact appears to

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be minimal. Our reporter is in Aberdeen tonight. The fish have

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passed the taste test and that is one good thing. The research vessel

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was out at the exclusion zone around the Elgin platform at the

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weekend picking up samples. The scientists have found something

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which goes to proving what it would have said on long - the effects of

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this gas leak on the environment are minimal. Chemical analysis --

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chemical analysis from around the platform taking place in the

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Laboratory in Aberdeen. Experts chosen because of their sensitive

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palate have tasted different fish closed -- caught in the exclusion

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zone. Their tastebuds tell them the fish are not contaminated. There is

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no evidence of contamination or trace of hydrocarbon in the fish.

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We're very reassured by that. The results of the samples taken will

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be made available later this week. At this stage, as we expected,

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there has been an animal in -- impact on the environment.

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Greenpeace have also been around the platform taking samples. It

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says is results will not be known until next week. Gas is still

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leaking from their Elgin platform, 17 days after was abandoned. The

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Scottish government says they will continue to monitor the impact on

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the environment. Two Tal say they hope to stop the lake by the end of

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the month. It was the company's managing director who said in an

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interview today that if putting that into the well could be started

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soon, it could be completed successfully by the end of the

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month. Friends of their Scott and said to date it believes that the

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effects of the gas leak could be cumulative and the real effects

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will not be known for some time. -- friends of the Earth Scotland.

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Still to come on the programme - how the police are making

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preparations for the Olympics in Scotland.

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Tonight's sport comes from Somerset Park where first division champions

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at the Ross County are the visitors. I will give you a brief history of

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the club. We will have a chat with the Ross County manager to see what

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he makes of the prospect of life in the SPL. All that to come come a

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little later. A former detective inspector in the Fife force has

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gone on trial accused of suppressing evidence in a murder

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investigation. It is alleged that 53 year-old Richard Munro altered

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witness statements to secure the conviction of the two accused.

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Julie Peacock reports from the High Court in Edinburgh.

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An Drew Forsyth was murdered in Dunfermline in 1995. Richard Munro

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was the policeman in charge of it their investigation which accused

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the two friends of Drew Forsyth of the murder. It claimed that on 3rd

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November the left his body in his living room. The men were convicted

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and served 10 years in jail. Today in court it was alleged the ex-

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policeman withheld evidence which contradicted his version of events

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and deliberately misled his bosses and the court. The case against

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Richard Munro less 13 people who told the police at the time they

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had seen the murder victim after they thought he had been murdered.

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In one case, almost a week later. It is alleged Richard Munro did not

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pass on their statements to the Crown. He claims some of the

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witnesses were unreliable. It is claimed he pressurise a witness to

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change her statement. People also told police they had visited the

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home of the victim on 7th November. Based on no bed St -- body when

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they looked in the window. This means Mr Forsyth could still be

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alive on the 7th but this was deleted from evidence passed to

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lawyers. Richard Munro denies all the charges.

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The first extensive research into the new Schools Curriculum suggests

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many teachers are anxious about its implementation. The study by

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Stirling University found that while many teachers welcome the

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thinking behind the changes, they also had concerns about putting

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them into practice. However, the Scottish government says great

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strides have been made since information was collected in the

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last school year. The final tranche of soldiers of

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the Edinburgh-based 3rd Battalion the Rifles leaves this evening for

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a six-month tour of Afghanistan. They are being deployed in Helmand

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Province, advising on operational issues, including training and

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mentoring Afghan security forces to prepare them for when British and

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American troops leave. The Rifles last tour of Afghanistan was in

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2010. The disruption of last Saturday's boat race by a lone

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protester has highlighted the issue of security around sporting events

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like the Olympic Games. Police in Scotland are now making

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preparations for the Olympic events be held here. This is a site which

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will become more common over the summer months. In June the Olympic

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torch arrives in Scotland. Glasgow horse Olympic football the

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following month. Policing both events is a massive operation as

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people gather in the city. pulling Glasgow are likely to see

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firearms officers outside hotels for the duration of the tournament.

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-- people in Glasgow. They need not be alarmed. The security would be

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the same as if the when and Manchester or London.

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disruption to the boat race at the weekend demonstrates this security

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threat for high-profile sporting events. The man who oversaw the

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visit of the Pope in 2010 is also in charge of making sure the torch

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arrives safely. The Olympics gives us a different challenge. We have

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to make sure we're all working together to the same plan and we

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operate in the same way. Areas go officially becomes a whole city on

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25th July. -- Glasgow. Hampden is no stranger to staging big events.

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The Olympics present police with a whole new set of security

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challenges. Hampden will host eight games over 10 days. Some matches

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will be played back to back. The police say there will be fewer

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visible officers than at an Old Firm match. There is no denying

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that it brings an increased threat level but we're ready for that. We

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have planned for it. It is business as usual in terms of policing the

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Games. There is an added layer on top of that as well which will help

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us rise to the challenge. security bill is estimated at more

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than �1 million. The police will plans put in place now can be used

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again when the Common wealth gains come to Glasgow in 2014. -- the

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Commonwealth Games. A look at what else has been

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happening in the country. The Scottish government advert has

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been banned for suggesting that the two pandsent by China to Edinburgh

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zoo were free. Tthey were in fact leased at substantial cost to the

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charity which owns the zoo. Dumfries and Galloway has more

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reached -- roads needing repair than any other region in Scotland.

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48 % of the network requires attention, compared to the national

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network average of 36 %. A public consultation over the

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proposed redevelopment of a large part of Pitlochry ended today. It

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followed local opposition to plans for flats, retail units and a hotel

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on the vacant site. Scientists in Aberdeen have been given a quarter

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of a million pounds field trial a process to save the world's dying

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bees. The technique attacks the Varrao

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mite which kills them. We have to protect her bees. Mankind is

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dependent on them. This technique After laying unclaimed for three

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and a half centuries, the fund is worth...

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A artist Alison Watt has unveiled a self-portrait made when still a

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student. The painting was presented to the Scottish National Portrait

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Gallery by the Art Fund. It is an amazing thing because it has a

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painting I looked at every day and have always had with me. To have it

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in this collection with so many iconic works as a great thrill.

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The Cirque du Soleil's new show opens at the SECC today and runs

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until 15th April. They were rehearsing this afternoon for what

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is billed as an oak to the power of youth.

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More stories from Urania on the BBC Scotland website.

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-- your area. A gifted music student at Aberdeen

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University has had to relearn how to play piano again with just one

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hand. He is now playing pieces most of us would find difficult with all

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Paul Murray began playing piano at the age of 15 in his native

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Bellshill. He is now 22 but in his first year at Aberdeen University,

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he developed a brain tumour or it has left his right hand almost

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useless. A couple of times when I sat back and had had two or three

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Brain surgeries. I thought, what is the point? That only lasted for a

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few showers and then I thought, let's just do it. Let's get better.

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Inspiration came from the man responsible responsible for this

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massive Christmas hit. Paul's tutor at Aberdeen suggested he played PCs

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composed solely for left hand. it comes to left-handed piano

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playing, I am very passionate. It is almost as if it is my own. When

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I start playing, it is not top order difficult. I forget

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everything that is going on in the world. One I am focused solely on

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something else, I forget the numbness or pins and needles. It

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just seems to be our little bubble around me.

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There are a surprisingly large number of pieces written just for

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one hand. Poll has also adapting others written for two. Despite the

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major setbacks, he is destined for a career in music. I am feeling

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better than I haven't a long time. It is looking great and there is a

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The oldest woman in Scotland has died peacefully in her Speyside

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home at the age of 110. Janet Sheed Roberts was born in Moray in 1901.

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She studied at Glasgow and Edinburgh universities, the only

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woman and her law class in the capital.

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It is a long way for Ross County fans to come up all the way from

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Dingwall to celebrate their club winning promotion to the SPL but

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we're expecting a couple of hundred of them here shortly to watch their

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team playing at Ayr United. The team would have probably expected

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to need a draw tonight but because of last night's results, they do

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not even need one point. They have all the benefits of a party without

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having to bother about the result. There is plenty to celebrate like

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being promoted to Scotland's top flight just 18 years after being

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admitted to the Scottish Football League.

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These Dingwall diehards are probably the most far travelled

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fans in Division One. Today, it is a 300 mile round trip to Air Show

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at, full of the joys of spring and more importantly of SPL promotion.

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I great feeling like now and everyone is enjoying it. Superb,

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fantastic. I great day out so hopefully we will win again today.

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18 years ago, we were in a Highland League. This is a dream. It has

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been quite a journey for the Staggies. Formed in Dingwall in

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1929, they started life in the Highland League. This set up a few

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years when it elected to the Scottish Football League in 1994.

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They motored along nicely winning the Third Division in 1989 and the

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second in 2008. Until now, their greatest achievement was reaching

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the final of the Scottish Cup two years ago, beating Celtic in the

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semi-finals before losing to Dundee United in the final. That has been

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eclipsed this season by winning the First Division with five matches to

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spare. Next stop, the Scottish Premier League. Party on. Thank you.

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A few parties in the next few weeks. If you support an SPL team and

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travel regularly to see them, here is a sneak preview of the newest

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destination on the SPL travelled up. -- travel map. One man who knows

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more about the history of Ross County is the current manager Derek

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Adams. Congratulations and thank you for joining us. In the SPL 18

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years after joining the Scottish Football League. How does it feel?

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At terrific achievement. We have worked away from the Third Division

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through to the First Division and ultimately we have made our way

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into the Premier League. What is the secret other club's success?

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What is the essence of Ross County? We have had a good sense of

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togetherness and the continuity through the years. We have had five

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players who played and the second division championship winning team

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and by 10 today who played in the Scottish Cup final. After promotion,

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not much to play for tonight? is an unbeaten run to be played for

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tonight. We would like to extend a run of 29 games unbeaten to 30.

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Alienated at the end of the table and they will be looking for points.

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What are you looking for most from life in the SPL next season? This

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stadium redevelopment, where we are taking that up to SPL standards,

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will be something to look forward to. Thank you for joining us and

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good luck next season. One more story to bring you tonight

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- I'll fish around Thoroton my notes which got absolutely soaked.

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Andy Murray says he is not even thinking about finishing his career

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without finish it -- winning a Grand Slam. The British No. 1 says

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that despite having to contend with the likes of Novak Djokovic, Roger

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Federer and Rafael Nadal, it just makes him all the more determined

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to succeed. I am aware of how good those guys are but I can win

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against them and beat them, that adds to the achievement even more.

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That is why I am still working hard and tried to improve. I have hired

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at Ivan Lendl, who has not cheat. -- is not cheap. He is not cheap

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but my cities and I think it is getting around here! -- my suit is

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We're seeing some heavy showers across central Scotland and

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northwards. They will die away but we also see this coming in and the

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far north than the Northern Isles. Across the country, quite a cold

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night and clear skies allow temperatures to fall to two or

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three Celsius. Even lower across rural parts. Winds reaching gale

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force across Shetlands. The reason for all the shower activity is this

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area of low pressure which will stay close to us for the next few

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days. A lot of dry weather across the country tomorrow. By the

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afternoon, not looking too bad for the likes of the Hebrides and

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Kintyre. A lot of dry weather in sunshine breaking through with

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temperatures not looking too bad. Up to 11 Celsius in the West and

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the best conditions will be across Loch Abba and the north-west

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Highlands. Showers for Orkney and brightening up for Shetland through

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the course of the afternoon. Most activity in the afternoon will be

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across Inverness. A few showers for inland parts but generally dry.

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Through the rest of the afternoon, a few more showers developing for

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inland parts of southern Scotland. We will certainly start to lose

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some of the showers across northern areas. Later winds. Generally a lot

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of dry weather in the West and showers will be went very nature

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especially over the higher ground. On Saturday, similar weather to

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A summary of tonight up stories. Rangers administrators say they had

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been forced to delay the announcement of a bidder due to the

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SPL's announcement of tougher sanctions for clubs and

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administration. The man who deliberately started a

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blaze at a furniture store in South London during last summer's IX has

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