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Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight: the next owner of Rangers.

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American businessman, Bill Miller, given the go-ahead to buy the club.

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The administrators say that the deal secures the future and the

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past of the club. The club will continue the way it

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has 440 years. Importantly this There we will examine that claim.

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Also, a review says that dangerous offenders says -- should be tracked

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by satellite. And a drop in the number of Scottish beaches making

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it into the excellent category. And the newly released old films

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showing how we live and work in the The American businessman Bill

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Miller has been named as the preferred bidder for Rangers. The

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administrators say that his bed is unconditional and the hope he will

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complete the transaction by end of the season. Bill Miller said buying

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the club would be a great honour and privilege and he promised to

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end the culture of all spending at Ibrox. Finally some clarity.

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A we are delighted to announce that we have received an unconditional

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bid for the assets of the club. Shortly afterwards a statement from

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the man himself. He was trying to allay fears and criticising their

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During the victory over Dundee United last night some supporters

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protested against the administrators and the proposed

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takeover. Will they get Bind him now? It has not been too great for

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us from three months. We're hoping Bill Miller will get us back to

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where we used to be. I am not sure about this idea of moving assets in

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and out of a company. As long as we exist as Rangers, we do not want to

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lose the brand name. Ally McCoist said if we keep playing in blue at

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Ibrox then we will still be Rangers but we all want to keep the history.

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Brian Kennedy and Paul Murray said they are surprised and disappointed

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that their own attempt was knocked back. Why did it come up short?

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simple terms it was not as worthwhile for creditors and there

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were issues and conditions which meant that it was less deliverable.

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After weeks of uncertainty, a professor at a. The American has a

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chance to turn this club around. His biggest challenge will be to

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convince the supporters he has what it takes to keep the club alive.

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What do we know about Bell Miller and what are his plans for the

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clock? Our Football Correspondent compiled this report. Could this

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all soon be Bill Miller's? He has designs on Rangers football club.

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But what of the businessman? He is from Detroit and 65 years old. He

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is the chief executive of a touring company based in Tennessee. In the

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sport world he is best known for an unsuccessful interest in car racing.

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I cannot speak of his interest and Rangers. Although we did speak to

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one person today who said they had no idea he was even interested in

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soccer. He does have a knack for bringing companies that have been

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in the red and then bringing him out of the red, so to speak. And

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doing quite well out of that. plan was made public last month. It

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involves splitting up the current company. The beating heart, as Bill

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Miller called it, we go into a new company. Staying with the old

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company, or the ailing patient, would be the toxic debts. The

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administrators will tend to the patient buys -- seeking an

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agreement with creditors. All going well be Curate patient will be

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reunited with the beating heart. But that operation is not without

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its difficulties. Particularly if the club lose their battle with the

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taxman. It is 6 million to be shared in the region of 150

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creditors. Not hugely attractive. The Inland Revenue will be key as

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to whether that is acceptable. We think it is unlikely to be

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acceptable to age MRC. This man still owns over 80% of the club's

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shares. He could still have a significant role to play in the

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future of the club. If the CBA is agreed, how do they get money for

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the shares? Craig White does not even be too self. He could get

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shares in the new, or combined company. -- he does not need to

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sell. So yes, it is possible that he does not get a penny, but I

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would say, unlikely. Our reporter joins us now from Ibrox. What is

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also unclear is whether the club will face a further sanctions. What

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do the SPL say? They are saying nothing on the record this evening.

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The simple answer is that they are facing sanctions. The initial bed

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from Bill Miller was conditional on him receive income from the

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footballing authorities about the possibility of taking it Rangers

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into the SPL as an new company. The administrators today said that he

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had asked -- received does assumes us. But then a source at the SPL

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said to me they have given absolutely no assumes as to the

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team of Bill Miller. -- no assurances. Regards HMI see, one of

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the administrators said that they are aware and supportive of the bed.

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But they responded this evening contradicting that. Today, plenty

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of answers, but you get a feeling, plenty of questions remain

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Still to come: the 100 and 50th Anniversary of the last woman

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hanged in public in Scotland. In the sport, more punishment from the

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SFA for Neil Lennon. And Champions League football is coming to

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Motherwell. We will be speaking to A report into the case of an

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Aberdeen man who tried to kill a Women in 2009 so that he could rape

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her granddaughter's has recommended that satellite tracking be

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introduced for serious sex offenders. Ryan Yates attacked the

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women in a park with a knife as she attempted to protect the two girls.

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The incident came just days after he was released from prison. He is

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currently serving a ten-year sentence. He had been out of prison

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less than one week when he attacked a woman with an knifed in this

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Aberdeen Park. He was trying to get to have grandchildren. It prompted

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a major review which has now criticised the police, council, and

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a range of others. What happened here shocked the community. The

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Independent report has highlighted a series of failures and made

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independent recommendations to, amongst others, social workers, the

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police, and the Prison Service. Chief amongst those recommendations,

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satellite tracking for high risk offenders. There is a higher risk

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related to the release of Serial sex offenders and the need for more

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or pre-release planning. I am delighted to hear it that a

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Scottish Government a car looking at such proposals. We spoke today

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to the grandmother attacked. She welcomed the findings and hoped

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they would prevent anything similar happening again. This neighbour

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keen to her aid. It needs to be better policed. This disaster could

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have been stopped before it started. They do have to monitor and these

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types of people. The Scottish Government say that they will give

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careful consideration to the findings. A spokesperson for the

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agencies involved said it was not possible to monitor an individual

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at all times but procedures would be kept under constant review to

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keep communities three from harm. Polls have been open all day for

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the council elections and close at 10pm tonight. It is the first time

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since devolution that the council elections have not been held on the

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same day as elections to the Scottish Parliament. Counting

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begins tomorrow morning. A farmer from Elgin has told a High Court

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that he did not tell Arlene Fraser. Hector Dick was giving evidence at

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the trial of the husband accused of her murder. The prosecution claimed

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that the obvious conclusion was that Hector Dick was responsible

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for the killing but he denied the claim. The trial continues.

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There has been a drop in the number of Scottish beaches recommended in

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this year's excellent beach guide. Our reporter spent the day in the

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seaside town of larks which failed to make the list. -- Largs. Not

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only is this water cold, it has failed to make the grade. But there

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might be a good excuse. The beaches on the west coast were battered in

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the winter months by wind and waves. That could have made a difference.

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Heavier rainfall can lead to sources of bacteria being washed

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into sources of bacteria -- from our been areas. It can also create

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overflows of a fraud piloted -- raw and undiluted sewage. Only 41% of

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Scottish beaches where recommended for their excellent water quality.

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Add to drop from last year. Those who spend their days on these

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waters accept it has been a difficult year. They have been lots

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of short downpour, heavy rain over short periods. I suspect that has

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contributed to the water quality issues. We want to welcome

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international sales to these water so it is critical to offer the best

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facilities and conditions. Those relying on the tourist trade say

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there is no room for complacency. People don't want to come somewhere

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or if there is a risk of their children becoming ill or the it

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being unable to do what they plan on a day out. This is usually a

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beautiful place with at great beach normally, but it is disappointing

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to hear this. Scotland is the only place in the UK where our beach

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standards are failing to make the grade. The Marine Conservation

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Society hope that by launching this guide they can keep pressure on

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water companies and local authorities to tackle the source of

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I look now at what else has been happening across the country. A man

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has been charged in connection with two fires in Dundee eight days ago.

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15 people were evacuated in the first. Several there was were

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trapped by smoke falling another tenement fire elsewhere. The

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world's First experiment to test the impact of carbon Storage is

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being held in a gale. Carbon- dioxide Gas has been pumped into

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the sea bed. Scientists want to understand the large-scale

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implications of storage. Pumping it underground, there will it stay

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there? How will we know? Saw the results of this experiment will

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hours to see the actual effects if any of the sea or teat leaked out

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Radioactive fuel rods had been taken to Sellafield and Cumbria for

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reprocessing. Thousands of cyclists will be

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heading to Aberfeldy of a the next week for the 4th sickling Festival.

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The centrepiece is the road race next Sunday in which 5500 will take

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part. The idea for the festival is to get people involved in cycling.

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We have been trying to encourage visitors to stay longer and to

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enjoy the benefits of Perthshire. More stories from Urania other on

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BBC News's website 24 hours a day. Up -- EU area up.

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A unique snapshot of how people in Scotland lived and worked in the

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1940s has been made available to the public. Short films made by the

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British Council can now be seen and downloaded from the Organisation's

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website. Sir Walter Scott called Scotland

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stern and wild. The tones typical of a bygone age,

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but this 1941 documentary project Scotland and the world as a land of

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invention. It is part of a collection as originally

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commissioned by the British Council and has now been digitised ready to

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download. Among them, short films that offer a rose-tinted vision of

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life north of the border. It shows Scotland in its glory, it

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has never looked more beautiful especially in the technicolour

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films. Jack Cardiff was the cinematographer and started out

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making these films. This is the toll booth where wrongdoers were

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once imprisoned. Whenever these films were set, they never sold

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short by the land they showcased. They were aimed at a global

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audience of millions and a commissioned in the knowledge they

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were anything but neutral. Back then, we been involved in a bit of

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propaganda. These films were at a time when there was a critical war

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effort going on and we were told, or we decided, that they should be

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positive - an image of Britain to portray to the world.

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Within one year, 120 films will be available to download. Fact or

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fiction, it's a chance to see ourselves as others used to see us.

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In case you ask, I wasn't there. I thought that was you at the end!

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Champions League football was heading to Motherwell. They have

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qualified for European club football's which is competition for

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the first time. They have qualified for the qualifiers but it is still

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a big deal. They may still need to make budget cuts next season.

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The fairy tale is Miller reality. Motherwell are in the Champions

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League which means the likes of Lionel Messi could be coming

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through the tunnel here next season. First of all, the need to negotiate

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the qualifiers. How realistic is it they could

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reach the group stages? I am normally an optimist but it will

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require some outstanding performances because the teams we

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could get a decent teams and far stronger than we are likely to face.

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How many clubs will enjoy coming to this tight little ground? We will

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see, it is a dream. Rangers's defeat of Dundee United

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last night guaranteed Champions League that offer Motherwell.

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is something special. While it is through the default of Rangers, we

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do not care. It is unbelievable for a club like Mother will to get into

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the Champions League. Despite the achievement, mother well expect to

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have to trim their budget next season. It is not like a Scottish

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Cup final which enabled us last season to keep the same budget. The

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budget is going to get reduced and I think that is true for every

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Scottish Premier League club next season. The last big Heidi had was

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against Borussia Dortmund at back in 1984. To reach the financial

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nirvana of the Champions League group stages, they will have to

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navigate the likes of Dynamo Kiev with Chelsea lying in wait.

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Neil Lennon has been given a three- match ban for confronting the

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referee after Celtic's semi-final defeat by Hearts. They have also

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given him a suspended three-match ban for the incident. He escaped

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sanction for tweeting that he thought decisions against his team

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were personal because it was found he was not responsible for posting

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the tweets. Heads have edged closer to Premier

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League survival. There are five points ahead of Dunfermline with

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two matches to play. -- Hibs. They beat Aberdeen 2-1. Their second

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goal was scored by Sean O'Hanlon. Despite their point advantage, they

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are not taking survival for granted. Unfair one can still catch us. We

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have a big game against them on Monday. That. They got last night

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was a valuable point. We have to take confidence out of last night's

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resort. You will have your own opinion over

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whether the new Rangers would be able to play it in the Premier

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League if they emerge from administration but this man has no

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doubt. Former Celtic manager Gordon Strachan was back in Scotland as an

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ambassador for our youth football. He says the Scottish game,

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especially the top level and especially Celtic, the dangers.

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There has to be punishment but you cannot Kalla club of the history

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like that. So many players and so many managers and coaches have put

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so much into the club and two white that away, that is not right. That

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cannot be right. Celtic will enjoy winning anything if Rangers are

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there and vice versa. After knocking the seven-times

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world champion Stephen Hendry at of the World Championships, Stephen

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Maguire is up against it in his semi-final against Ali Carter.

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Carter has been in fine form leading 5-3 and just watch the shot.

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Lovely. Maguire can afford that smile as it is the first to 17

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frames and the match resumes tomorrow.

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More details on that tomorrow. 150 years ago this week, a 27-year-

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old mother of four was hanged in Dumfries. She had been convicted of

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murdering her neighbour in the remote Gallwey community where they

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both lived. The hanging of Mary Timney was to make history such was

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the revulsion at the spectacle of have a death and it was the last

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time a woman would be hanged in public in Scotland.

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-- of her death. If Walls Could Talk, what a story

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this would be. The victim of the murder - a 40-year-old spinster.

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This modest two-bedroom house and many town the's tiny cottage were

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only a few yards apart. In one of them, police found Anne Hannah

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lying in a pool of blood with terrible injuries. Mary Timney was

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found with blood on her pet a court. This writer dramatised the episode

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for radio and found the judgment. To be hanged by the neck up on a

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gibbet until she be dead. Humphreys was angry about executing a ought -

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- a young woman in public. There was a petition for mercy but none

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was given. This was the sight of the prison where Mary was brought

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to await execution. Where the gallows did, a rusting fire escape

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offers a flavour of her last walk. She had to be assisted to the

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scaffold. She was in a state of despair. She gave a piercing shriek

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when she witnessed the scaffold, the sort of sound that would have

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wanted onlookers. 3000 came to bear witness and not to gloat. They

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prayed and sang Psalms. The crowd's sympathy with some consolation for

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her descendants. It showed that people and the local area showed

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sympathy towards arrant perhaps they felt that she had done it

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because her children were starving. A short time later, the public

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hanging of women in Scotland was banned in Scotland ensuring Mary

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Timney her place in history. A fascinating story. Before the

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weather, our money expect Fergus Muirhead will be back next

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Wednesday on the lunchtime programme. He will be answering

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questions on tax and any problems What's of sunshine today, I believe.

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We will see some sunshine for the course of this evening and over the

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weekend but there will be some slight changes. Some warm sunshine

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today with high temperatures. Glasgow saw 20 Celsius but there

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was some cloud on the north-east coast. Quite a sharp contrast.

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Change on the cards tonight as this cold front pitches across Scotland

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bringing cloud and rain. It introduces colder northern winds so

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it will turn significantly colder. Plenty of sunshine on offer this

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evening and it will be lovely for most places. Rain across more

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northern areas and cloud will sink set words. Diet clear conditions. -

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- dry and clear. Five or six Celsius under the cloud.

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Tomorrow starts off rather dull with outbreaks of rain but it will

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improve and brighten up. Some wintery showers in the North

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particularly in the north-east. The south-west corner see some lovely

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sunshine. Noticeably colder tomorrow with temperatures of 10

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Celsius. Sunshine for the outer Hebrides. We should see some

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brightness and as I mentioned, the main focus of the showers tomorrow

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will be across the North-East with perhaps some sleet. Much of the

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East of Scotland hold on to drier conditions with some brightness

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breaking through. A few showers towards the eastern borders.

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Predominantly dry for the rest of the day and be showers in the North

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will continue for some time before becoming confined to the north. The

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weekend will be largely dry and bright and southern Scotland. It

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will be that bit cooler and that is A summary of the top stories:

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documents released today reveal that Osama Bin Laden was carrying

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out -- planning to carry it terrorist plot right up until he

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died. The American businessman Bill

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Miller has been named as the preferred bidder for Rangers. The

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club's administrators say his bet is unconditional and he ought to

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completed by the end of the season. I read you into the case of Ryan

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Yates who attacked a woman to try to get to his granddaughter's

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recommended that satellite tracking should be used for serious sex

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offenders. It happened just days after he was released from prison.

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Up a steady and slow economic recovery is on the way according to

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