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Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight:

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Inflation-busting price increases for rail commuters as fares are set

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to rise by more than four percent. The wife of the man accused of

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murdering the Perthshire pensioner Jenny Methven breaks down as she

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tells of the day he was arrested. Our Olympic female sporting

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champions or WAGS and reality TV stars. Where should our young women

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get their role models from? don't really have sportswomen who

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are held up to us as role models. Calls for more investment in

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women's sport. Also tonight:

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And is the future looking less than Dandy for the UK's oldest comic?

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Fears it's facing closure because of falling sales.

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Many rail passengers are facing above-inflation increases in ticket

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prices in the new year. Fares on those routes where prices are

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regulated by the Scottish Government could rise by as much as

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4.2 percent. It's significantly less than the increases facing

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passengers in England, but it still doesn't mean rail users here are

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happy, as our transport correspondent David Miller reports.

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Most ticket prices are on their way up again and hard pressed

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travellers could be kept forgiven for thinking the sky is the limit.

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Huge amounts of money are being invested in Britain's railways. How

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much of the cash should come from Government and how much should come

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from consumers? It is a question which politicians on both sides of

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the border have been wrestling with. For UK services, it is RPI plus 3%.

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We have said we will not let them in pre-set by more than 1%. We have

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said that we will look at certain cases where we think reducing fares

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will be an advantage on a rail services. Today's announcement

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could mean rises of up to 4.2% on all first, season tickets and all

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off peak returns. They have still to make a decision on increasing

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and regulated tickets including be a Caledonian sleeper services

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between Scottish stations and London. It is the UK Government's

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6.2% increase which will apply on a cross-border services on the east

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and west coast lines. There is between Scotland's biggest cities

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at the busiest times will not be affected by the nurse, but

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passengers are unimpressed. value for money. I do not think it

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is... I think it is appalling. we should do really is nationalise

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it. Instead of all the private companies. And campaigners are

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critical of the Scottish Government's role. I think it is a

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bad news story for Scotland. Those last going up 1% above inflation.

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On some journeys they are going up 3% above inflation. How does that

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fit with any Government target to encourage more people to use public

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transport? The message is clear. Improved services come at a cost

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and it is the travelling public which will have -- have to dig deep.

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And, David, elsewhere, the industry's going to find out very

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soon who's going to win the new West Coast rail franchise.

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That is right. But is hugely prestigious. Very profitable. At

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the moment it is operated by Virgin Rail in partnership with Stagecoach

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which is based in Perth. It is facing very fierce competition from

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first group based in Aberdeen. We expect an announcement from the

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authorities in London on who has won the right to operate the

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franchise as early as tomorrow. The story matters because the West

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Coast Main Line is crucially important to rare passengers

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travelling between the West Coast of Scotland and London. But now we

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know for sure, it is also vitally important for corporate Scotland.

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We are seeing two of our biggest, most successful transport companies

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battling for the right to operate this line.

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The wife of a man accused of murdering an 80-year-old woman in

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her Perthshire home said he was behaving normally a the time of her

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death. Mary Kean wept as she gave evidence at the High Court in

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Glasgow. Jenny Methven's body was found at her cottage in Forteviot

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in February. William Kean denies murder. Aileen Clarke was in court.

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Mary Kean told the court that the des Jenny Methven died had been a

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typical day in her household. She said her husband returned home

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around 5:00pm and was normal, neither up nor down. Cross examined

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for the defence, the QC said to her, so, there was nothing immature

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absurd to suggest that earlier that day, your husband was involved in

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the brutal murder of Jenny Methven? No, nothing at all, Mary Kean

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replied. And there was nothing said it done by Hemp to suggest he had

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seen her earlier that day? Nothing, Mary Kean said. Later, Alex

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Prentice QC returned to that point. He said, there was nothing in your

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husband's demeanour to indicate he had discovered a brutal murder? No,

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it said Mary Kean. Well, he said, it is a matter of agreement in this

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case that William Kean touch the arm of Jenny Methven won the day

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that she died. Did he tell you that? No, Mary Kean said. Mary Kean

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cried. Later this afternoon, the court should have from a detective

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from the CID. She recalled how when she saw Jenny Methven body lying on

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the kitchen floor of the cottage, the back of the pensioners head was

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covered in blood and blood had run down her face. She was wearing

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glasses, she said, and they were perfect. I thought it odd that they

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were not damaged. William Kean delights lurching Jenny Methven in

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February this year. He has lodged a special defence blaming Jenny

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Methven's son. You're watching Reporting Scotland

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from the BBC. Still to come on the programme:

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The Kirkcaldy-born woman and her husband who have scooped �149

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million. The Euromillions winner says the money won't change her.

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I'm Scottish. We are known for being tight. By will still be going

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to the sales. In Sport:

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Levein defends his decision to include a third division player in

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his squad to face Australia. And straight down the middle. The

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boys in blue looking for success on the green.

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The success of Team GB's female athletes at the Olympics has led to

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them being dubbed the Girly Games. Jessica Ennis and Katherine

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Grainger were just two of the women winning gold in London. But will

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young women like them become the new role models for girls and other

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young women? Lisa Summers has being looking at that and how we build on

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their sporting legacy. It all began with the first medal

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of the Games. And then the first gold. Have a stunning and her

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partner in the women's pairs. They said it would be the women's

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Olympics and it surely was. 22 medals for Team GB women, 10 of

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them gold. And for the next generation of female athletes,

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London 2012 has done the trick. played in the Commonwealth Games

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and that was in 2010. By came back and I was really up for the next

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one. This has been the biggest kick up the backside I have ever had. I

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really can't think of anything but I want more than to go to Rio in

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2016. Back in the real world, there rudder things to do and will this

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Olympics relay make a difference? We don't really have sportswomen

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who or what are held up to us as role models. Not enough. They have

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only just started to do that having had home games. I think it should

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be done much more. The reality is that any 5% of the sport we see on

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television is women's sport. And any 0.5% of the commercial

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sponsorship ghost women. Is it any wonder that goes on not inspired?

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At the other end of the spectrum, coaches are working harder than

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have vowed to get cuts involved. -- harder than ever. It is getting

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them to the right place at the right time and parents being able

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to afford it and equipment being available. There is a lot to think

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about. These gymnasts are inspired. I like the diving. When they went

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on many is so they could go in the right direction. Jessica Ennis. She

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was very good at running and jumping. I want to be in the

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Olympics. Why? Because I want to win a medal. The will is there, but

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will there be the infrastructure to support it if the only way is up,

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for women at the next Games. Tributes are being paid to the

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former MEP for mid-Scotland and Fife, Alex Falconer, who died on

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Sunday. He represented the area from 1984 to 1999. He had been

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suffering from cancer. The former prime minister, Gordon Brown, who

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was a close friend, said Alex Falconer had spent his life working

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for the Labour and trade union movement.

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Police investigating the murder 14 years ago of the Asian waiter

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Surjit Singh Chhokar last night put an elderly Ford Orion car in the

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street where he was stabbed to death. But officers have refused to

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explain the significance of the vehicle to their investigation. Our

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home affairs correspondent Reevel Alderson reports.

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Acar, its number plate that Stewart, sits in their street. It is a Ford

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Orion and was brought here by police investigating a murder of 14

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years ago. They have stepped up their inquiry into the killing of

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Indian restaurant waiter Surjit Singh Chhokar who was stabbed to

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death in the street. Police were not explaining the significance of

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the car, whether it was to help them picture the scheme at all to

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jog the memory of witnesses. The family of the murdered waiter say

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they have every confidence that police and prosecutors will gather

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evidence to bring his killer to justice. A do not want to comment

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on what the police are doing. I do not want to prejudice a life

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inquiry. Reconstructions take place in any murder and clearly, 14 years

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after the murder, people on Mark might well have seen what happened.

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And it may jog the memory. Three men, this man, whose nephew and

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friends have already been tried and acquitted of the murder after two

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separate murders in which they blamed each other. The handling of

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the original case led to a series of inquiries. Earlier this year,

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the Crown Office announced it would be the first to be reinvestigated

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following the ending of double jeopardy rules.

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

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Tuesday. Ten hydrogen-powered buses could be

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on the streets of Aberdeen within two years, making it the biggest

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fleet of its kind in Europe. First Minister Alex Salmond today

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announced �3.3 million of new funding for the project. When

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things go up, it is not just a matter of Aberdeen having more of

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these buses, but it is about all the partners being relevant to

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something that might sweep right across the world.

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There's been an unexpected bid from STV to run the UK Government's

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planned local TV stations in Glasgow and Edinburgh. STV has

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submitted bids for the licences in conjunction with Glasgow Caledonian

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and Napier Universities. 14 hill walkers have been led to

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safety after getting into difficulties in worsening weather

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in the Cairngorms. The group reported problems on Ben Macdui

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around 7:00pm yesterday evening. Members of Grampian Police, Braemar

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and Aberdeen mountain rescue teams and a helicopter from HMS Gannet

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helped in the search. A Portree man who's set up camp

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outside the town's former swimming pool in protest at plans for its

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demolition is vowing to stay there despite bulldozers being due to

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move in next week. Stewart MacPherson has been sleeping

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outside the derelict building for almost two months and around 600

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people have signed his petition. The plan is quite simple. Myself

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and a few friends will probably be able to stand under the blades of

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the digger when they start to pull down the building.

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Council leaders in the Western Isles have postponed plans to start

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charging some pupils for school buses after a political row and

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protests from parents. The council's leader Angus Campbell has

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now accepted that parents should have had more notice of the changes.

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And there are more stories from your area and all the latest news

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24 hours a day on BBC Scotland's Things are getting desperate at the

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Dandy, facing closure. Sales, wants to million per week, have slipped

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to 8,000 per issue. The publisher, Dundee-based DC Thomson, set

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decision has not been made just yet about the future of the comic. It's

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immortalised in bronze, the most famous character of the Dandy

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looking over the people of Dundee. 75 years after he first appeared in

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print, it seems that Desperate Dan is powerless in the face of falling

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circulation. Publishers DC Thomson say they are carrying out a review

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of their titles and no decision has been made yet about the future of

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the Dandy. But they have met these are challenging times. They say

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they are confident future generations will enjoy it their

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characters but will offer no guarantees about the future of

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Britain's longest-running comic. It became the most popular comic in

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the world were a circulation of 2 It established a far older and

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achieved a degree of dominance in the 1950s and 60s. -- from a hold.

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The style of British comics is so dominated by what emerged in the

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Dandy. It defined the British comic style.

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But the golden age could not last. The target audience have been

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increasingly distracted by television, that your games, and

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the Internet. Her -- video games.

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The younger generation to decor for magazines with a television angle.

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-- tend to court for. That is much more appealing to children these

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days. Online comics could offer a new

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direction but for a man with the colossal cowpat appetite, there are

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And disport news. Craig Levein admits he would not have selected

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any The Rangers FC players of everybody else was fit and

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available. He selected Ian black but only after saying that thing in

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the perturbation would make it difficult for selection. -- playing

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in their data division. A minute gone will today pledge to support

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for the team that will take on Australia. Today, backing for one

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player in particular. Ian Black has gone from their murrain of their

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SPL to the light blue of the bottom league.

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When I announced at the squad I said it would be more difficult for

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The Rangers FC players to get into the national teams because of the

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standard and the lowest division. It is not akin to international

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future. -- football. What about the future if everybody

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is fit and ready to go? Should those who opted to join The Rangers

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FC in their lowest League expect to miss out?

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We Wallace has never been the first-choice full-back and no

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disrespect to Ian black, and either. Good that is probably a fair

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statement. To say that they are bottom

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division players as disrespectful. There could players here on their

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own merit. They show on training they have the quality to play for

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Scotland. The Hearts player David Templeton

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has accepted at two match ban for violent conduct. He kicked out at

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James McPake during the Edinburgh derby at Easter Road. He will miss

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the next two matches. Pittodrie Stadium will be full

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tonight as Manchester United arrive for the testimonial of a Neil

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Simpson. He played under Alex Ferguson when he led the team to

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European glory in 1983. He is now a coach and says that the game is a

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dream come true. I enjoyed eight years with Alex

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Ferguson as manager. He gave me my first team opportunity as he did

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with a number of other young players. He brought the club to new

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heights. It was a pleasure to be part of it. I am delighted that he

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has decided to take Manchester United up here and give me a great

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evening. Golfing stars of the future will be

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on show in Ayrshire for the home internationals team event. Gailes

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Links is the venue for the tournament. Scotland, Wales, and

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Ireland all hope to upstage the defending English champions. After

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the Great British ethic of the Olympics it is back to individual

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nations. Ireland and boast the Amateur Championship winner, Alan

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Dunbar. England are seeking a 4th straight success. The happy

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youngest-ever English amateur champion. -- they have.

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There is a strong bond. We are looking for a very good week and

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number four. Jack McDonald as the top spot in

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the world amateur rankings - can he help his team to victory for a

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first time since 2006? The course is in great condition

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and we have played it plenty of times. I am really looking for what

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to it and so are the full team. We will see what happens.

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Many top professional performers perform done this event whilst

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amateurs. To join some great names is very

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special. Hopefully will -- I will one day achieve what the

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professionals have but I am only 16 and there is a lot of work to put

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Tomorrow morning, the Welsh art for a start against England. Scotland

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face Ireland. An unprecedented success for

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Scottish athletes at the Olympics and tonight we will celebrate that

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success on BBC Two. The greatest show on air if has finally finished.

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Scottish success has been at the heart of an incredible Olympic

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experience. Some disappointment, plenty of glory, some tears. You

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can see it all a Scottish Olympic What was your favourite moment from

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It is a strange one. Rebecca Adlington passionate be trying to

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justify why she did not win gold. We all knew she tried her best.

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At Katherine Grainger finally winning gold. Her look when she

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Here is a question Tilstock and Olympic gold medal or �148 million?

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One-fifth of women and her husband were presented with that massive

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cheque today. -- A Fife woman. Champagne flutes in hand, Chilean

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and Andrew have 148 million reasons to be happy. -- Chilean. -- Gillian.

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She plans to share her good fortune. We cannot give the money to people

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we want to and also asked them to be quiet about it. It is not fair,

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it is stressful. Generosity is one thing but a

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couple are keen not to waste their fortune.

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I will still be hitting the sales Are rigidly from Kirkcaldy, Gill

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wants to be sensible. -- or original. -- originally.

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I would not know what to do with that money!

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It is a good thing to do. We hope that this is not the last

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Scottish success, but do not bank Money cannot buy you love - or good

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Yes, plenty of heavy downpours. But some bright skies and over the next

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hour the showers will fade away. Shetland will stay wet. Eastern

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Scotland, the more cloud and mist rolling in off the North Sea. But

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not a cold night with temperatures no worse than 13 Celsius. Tomorrow,

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a breezy day, but overall, not too bad. Further inland, the low cloud

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is a little bit stubborn. Later on, rain will knock on the door.

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Shetland will have a lovely day, Orkney is not too bad either.

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Temperatures could be around 25 Celsius, very warm. Elsewhere, the

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low twenties. Humoured. Overall, fairly good. -- - unit. All part of

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a weather front working its way from England. Pushing into the

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central belt by this time tomorrow, just in time for rush hour. Further

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north, Aberdeenshire, it moves through quite quickly. In behind it

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we have to thirsty's weather. Not too bad. -- Thursday's. Not to that

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in the sunshine. But you will obviously get wet in those showers!

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Friday, wet, yes, cold, no. Better The main stories: many rail

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passengers face above-inflation increases in the New Year. Fares on

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routes where prices are regulated by the Scottish Government could

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rise by 4.2 %, significantly less than those increases faced by

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English passengers. Unions claim that the higher prices only mean

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higher profits for the train companies. And the wife of the man

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accused of murdering Jenny Methven became tearful at points in court

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today. She said her husband was behaving normally at the time of

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the deaf and she noticed nothing to suggest he either committed more or

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had discovered one. If -- the time The total economic output of the

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single European currency shrank by 0.2 % in the three months leading

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up to June. Germany saw some small growth but other economies remain

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Dozens of people have been killed in a series of suicide attacks in

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Afghanistan, the worst of the country has seen the sea here.

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Three bombs went off in a busy market, a short time later, 12

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