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An an and tonight on Reporting Scotland: 35 years after the

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World's End murders, an obligation is made to prosecute a man for a

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second time, under new double jeopardy laws.

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The Suzanne Pilley murder. The man who murdered her loses his appeal

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against conviction. High wind and heavy rain batter

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Scotland. I am in Stonehaven, where the town

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is possibly expecting a repeat of the weekend's heavy weather.

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Later, we reveal Scotland's most popular baby names.

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And 11 years after they last played Juventus in the Champions League,

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Celtic draw them again. The Crown Office has asked the High

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Court for approval to prosecute a man cleared of murdering two

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teenagers in Edinburgh 35 years ago. Angus Sinclair was acquitted five

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years ago of killing Christine Eadie and Helen Scott, in what

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became known as the world's end murders. If a retrial is granted,

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it will be the first held after double jeopardy legislation was

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changed last year. 17 year-olds Helen Scott and

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Christine Eadie have been on a night out in Edinburgh on 15th

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October 1977. They were last seen alive leaving this club, the

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world's end, on the Royal Mile. The case became known as the World's

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End murders. The next day, Christine's body was found in

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Castlebay in East Lothian. Helen's was found six miles away in a field,

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both brutally murdered. Police conducted an investigation. Despite

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their efforts, no one stood trial for the deaths until 30 years later.

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That is when this man, Angus Sinclair, went on trial. But he was

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acquitted after a judge ruled there was insufficient evidence against

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him, leaving Helen Scott's Father devastated. Words cannot explain

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how I feel. 30 years of trying to get a conclusion. I promised I

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would stick by this and get somebody brought and get justice,

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which honestly I do not think I have had today. It was the collapse

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of this case which prompted the review of the ban on people being

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charge price for the same effect -- defence. It is understood that

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fresh DNA evidence has since been uncovered by police in this case.

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For 35 years, Helen Scott's Father has waited for someone to be

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convicted of the murder of his daughter. Today, Morain Scott told

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the BBC this is completely new territory and another step on the

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ladder for getting justice for his daughter and her friend.

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A child has been flown to hospital in Aberdeen after a serious road

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crash. The accident between a car and a lorry happened on the A90 two

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miles south of Fraserburgh. Two other people were taken to hospital.

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The child's condition is not known. The man found guilty of murdering

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Edinburgh office worker Suzanne Pilley has had an appeal against

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his conviction refused. David Gilroy was jailed earlier this year

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for killing his ex-lover, whose body has never been found.

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David Gilroy's family arrived in court today hoping for a positive

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outcome. It was less than two hours later before his appeal was

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rejected. It was in March she was found guilty of murdering Suzanne

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Pilley, who have been trying to end their affair. This was made 2010.

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The pair were captured on CCTV shopping. Two days later, she

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disappeared. A jury convicted him of killing her in the basement of

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their office before driving to Argyll with her body in the boot of

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the car. He was questioned in a police station in Edinburgh and

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treated as a witness. Today Gilroy's lawyer argued police

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should have treated him as a suspect right from the start. He

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put to the Appeal Court judges that he should have been cautioned and

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give access to a lawyer, and that meant the same as he gave should

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never have been used in evidence against him. They also said that

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the whole trial should have been halted as the jury work given a

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pathologist's report a erroneously. Kilroy has always been vocal, as he

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claimed to be innocent. But in judge today he remained quiet. His

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legal team say they will now go to the Supreme Court in London.

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Still to come: Sophie and Jack remain the most popular baby names

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in Scotland. Amelia and Riley are new on the list.

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And in sport, reaction from Celtic and the next Champions League

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opponents -- for their next Champions League opponents,

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Juventus. And we are here from the only Scottish Formula One driver.

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Flood warnings have been issued to many parts of the country until the

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weekend, with heavy rain and strong wind already causing problems. I am

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joined from Stonehaven by our reporter Craig Anderson and first,

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from the A9 in Dunkeld, by Andrew Anderson.

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A day of totally miserable weather here in Tayside, with non-stop

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heavy rain and high wind. This is the A9, the main route to and from

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the Highlands. It has to be closed for two hours this afternoon, such

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was the volume of rainwater on the carriageway. It was covering a

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stretch about 100 yards or more and the firefighters had to pump it

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away. The road has re-opened but that caused some serious hold-ups

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for drivers only on today. A van driver was stuck in floodwater for

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a time. His band have to be towed to safety by a farmer using his

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tractor. In Dundee they are keeping a close eye on the level of the

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River Tay tonight. High tide is due just after eight Ben Clark and the

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coast levels could get as high as five metres. -- eight o'clock. The

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water cascades down into the rivers and the Burns, causing those levels

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to rise and causing concern to local communities.

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Earlier on today, heavy equipment was brought in to shore up the

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coastal defences here which had caused problems and damage to

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houses when they reached over the weekend. But today the real focus

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of concern is the River Carron here in Stonehaven. Sandbags have been

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issued to householders and all set up in Peterhead. There is also some

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concern about the river Devon further north in Huntly and alerts

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have been issued there to a care home and has told us as well. If it

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is not necessarily the heaviness of the rain but its persistence with

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the deluge expected to last. The company which operates the Aberdeen

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to the Northern Isles ferry service has called off all ferry sailings

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today. They say they may well be ferry sailings tomorrow but if not,

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there will not be any more now until Boxing Day. Extra flights

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have been put on as a result. Thank you very much.

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Some staff at Tayside health board felt bullied into fiddling waiting

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times figures and many other health boards do not have accurate ways of

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making sure they are offering patients timely appointments,

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according to auditors. Today the Scottish Government announced the

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results of audits into the ways all health boards have met waiting

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targets. Our health correspondent joins me. Why were these audits

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offered in the first place? There was suspicion that health boards

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were not actually meeting Government waiting time targets and

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that followed a scandal in NHS Lothian where it was discovered

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patients were being offered appointments they could not

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possibly keep because they were at short notice in faraway hospitals.

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These audits that were carried out found no evidence of general

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cheating. They did find, though, that the system was very complex,

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certainly not transparent for patients. There was a particular

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problem in Tayside though, where it was found 17 % of patients in a

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particular sample were wrongly marked down as unavailable.

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Knocking someone down as unavailable means there waiting

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time clock stops and it meant they were removed from the waiting time

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targets and therefore NHS Tayside did not attract attention by

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breaching those targets. Staff involved said they felt bullied

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into doing that. NHS Tayside has apologised and said it will not

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happen again. So how long should we will be waiting? The clocks start

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from when you are referred for treatment by your GP. If that

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referral was before October of this year, don't you should not wait

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longer than 18 weeks. Is the referral was after October this

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year, he should not wait longer than 12 weeks, and that is because

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a new Act has come in, giving you a legal right to wait no longer than

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12 weeks, and you should be offered two appointments, which have to be

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reasonable. The any exception to all this is if you have a very

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particular health problems which include fertility treatments, if

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you have a back problem, or if you are awaiting a transplant. In all

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those cases, the weights are much longer. If you cannot make an

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appointment, you should now be told, and this is a new directive issued

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today, you should now be told exactly how that is going to affect

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your overall waiting time. My advice is to always keep an eye on

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how long you have been waiting and if it starts to get too long, ring

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up the clinic and asked them why. Thank you.

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Scottish fishing boats will not face a cut in the number of days

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they can go to see next year. Industry leaders have welcomed a

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deal thrashed out after three days of talks at the EU in Brussels as

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the best that could have been hoped for.

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Peterhead harbour this morning, the Victoria May the struggles in to

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board. Evidence if it was needed of what he is like to go to work in

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the North Sea. A gathering south- easterly storm off Peterhead today

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but just for a change, some better news for Scottish fishermen from

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Brussels. Skipper Peter Bruce is used to bad news from the annual EU

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fish talks. This year there, some ground for optimism. Scottish

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fishing boats will not have the number of days they can go to sea

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cut. They could not take any more cuts. We were frustrated. We are

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seeing it so much fish. The last couple of years, we have been

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following the -- feeling the boat up quite quickly every trip. BAFTA

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storms at the weekend, the clear up is still going on. The good

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recovery plan which has been so damaging because of automatic cuts

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coming in, for the first time, we have managed to stop the automatic

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cuts and the ministers did it for lawyers who said that was not

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possible. We are going to find life challenging in the West of Scotland

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next year. But we knew that anyway. We are in a less bad condition all

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we have less at prospects than we thought we would have. So some

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stability for the Scottish fishing industry for once but still some

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troubled waters ahead. There is still a deal on quotas to be

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negotiated with Norway in the New The Scottish SPCA has begun a two-

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week moratorium on re-homing young pets. The idea is to prevent people

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taking ownership of puppies and kittens to give as Christmas

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presents. But it means the kennels will now begin filling up and there

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are a busy few weeks ahead for those looking after the animals.

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Kevin Keane has been to the organisation's newest re-homing

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centre at Drumoak in Aberdeenshire. This dog was a hit by a car and

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taking two D Beckham ready surgeon and his owner was struggling to pay

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for the bells. We can treat his wing Dan Thanvi jet. It would be

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far quicker and simpler for him to have the end of his tail tip

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amputated. He is being brought to the newest of the warming centre.

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Dozens of cats, dogs, rabbits and a whole range of Peps can live here

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until a new order is found. People are starting to understand that

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taking on a new pet is a big responsibility. It is a warning

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that animal charities issue every year but this one is going further

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than most to make sure that snap decisions do not turn into New Year

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misery. Other stories from across Scotland this Thrusday. 400

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Engineering jobs are being created in Easter Ross. The Global Energy

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Group say they will launch a recruitment drive in the new year.

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A land conservation charity has called on the Scottish Government

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to back attempts to stop Cape wrath being closed by the Ministry of

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Defence. Organisers of the Monte Carlo Classic Rally have decided

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the Glasgow will host one leg of the race in January. Cars will be

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on display before competitors set off from the People's Palace.

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a very glamourous event. There should be 100 cars here. There will

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be multi- competitors and heritage cars. We are having cars that did

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the Monte Carlo from the turn of the last century right up until the

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present time. They will all be here. And North Ronald C's dry-stone dyke

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was destroyed in the storms. It was built to keep their sheep inland.

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Now there is a big push to repair it. We are putting the stock

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fencing up to keep the sheep from the shore. When the all of the east

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side has been fenced it is a massive job. There are more stories

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from your area and of the latest news 24 hours per day on the BBC

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News website. 7,500 different names have been given to babies born in

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Scotland this year. We have been looking at the most popular ones.

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There was little changed among the most popular names. Riley is at

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number three. Bolivia is number three. No. 2, Lewis. No. 1 Jack. No.

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1 Sophie. 4 Add difference in the spelling this little girl would be

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in the top five. We love being named Sophie and it was again thin

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that we wanted that name. Be nice to your sister. It was only the

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night before the girls were born that we decided on the other name.

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Riley is in at number three, that is up 11 places. Amelia which is

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the top game in England is up 20 places to No. 9. Some see it is

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fascinating to watch the trends evolve., mayor, Milo. They are

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really interesting. -- Mia. Now the sport. Neil Lennon says Celtic's

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draw in the last 16 of the Champions' League is "a beauty".

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They've been paired with Juventus, a team the Celtic manager says will

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be tough to beat. The Italian giants come to Celtic Park on

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February 12th, with the return leg in Turin on March 6th. Al Lamont

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sent this report from today's draw in Switzerland. Some of European

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football most illustrious figures were here to see how the last 16

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would shake up. Rubbing shoulders with some of Europe's most elite

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were the Scottish champions. So who would they land? Juventus. It is

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fantastic, they are one of Europe's great sides. It is formidable in

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terms of the challenge but we will be ready for them. We have been

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magnificent ride the qualifiers. We look forward to agree night. Celtic

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are obvious underdogs going into the tide but one Juventus legend

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says they will take nothing for granted. Getting to the quarter-

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final will not be easy because Celtic are getting very strong, he

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says. Celtic have done well on deep two occasions they have met. First

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in 1981 and more recently when Neil Lenham was involved. A packed house.

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The all-black outfit, they looked the part. It was one of the great

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European nights. Another one of those in February when Celtic might

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just be died here for the quarter- final draw. The Hearts registration

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embargo that was due to expire this month has been extended

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indefinitely by the Premier League. It's because bonuses and some other

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payments due to players have still not been paid. The club say they

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are consulting their legal advisors. However, Hearts now cannot sign any

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players until the SPL board is satisfied the issue is resolved.

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The Glasgow Warriors captain Al Kellock has signed a new contract

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that will allow him to end his playing career with the team. It's

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a two year deal, with the option of a year's extension taking him up to

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2015. The Scotland international says it was too attractive to turn

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down. The way the contract is set up, when I am finished playing I

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will have the opportunity to do some coaching and some commercial

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stuff. I grabbed the contract with both hands because of that.

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only Scot currently competing in Formula One says he's made progress

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this year but wants further improvements next year. Paul Di

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Resta, who drives for the Force India team, is targeting at least

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one podium finish next season after narrowly missing out this time

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round. Scotland has produced some great drivers like Jim Clark and

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Jackie Stewart. This man carries the corpse of the current

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generation. The poor Cindy et team driver has yet to finish in the top

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three. As a midfield team we could certainly celebrate and look

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forward into next year. In 20 living he was a Ricky of the year

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coming 13th overall. -- 2011. He was down one place in his second

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season but his best performance was a 4th place finish. I want to step

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up the ladder, get closer to the podiums and become more successful

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in Formula One. A podium finish or two in D year ahead could earn him

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a drive with one of the bigger teams. Christmas is a family time

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but that's not always possible for people in the armed services. Last

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night we brought you the story of returning troops from Afghanistan.

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Tonight it's the turn of the Royal Navy. Wille Johnston reports on an

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emotional reunion today on the Clyde. Accrue in high spirits and

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no wonder. This is one of the smallest ships in the Navy. Not

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much space in which to live and work for six months. It is a

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challenge. I am very proud of the efforts of the team. They have done

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a very professional job over the last six months. They have been on

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operation since June. They will return in just in time for

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Christmas, that is reason enough for the top brass to come aboard. A

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medal for one Petty Officer. For him it is more than just the end of

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that tour of duty. It is the end of my 17 year at Terriers so I can

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move on and start a family life in Australia with my partner. On the

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quayside everything is now in place to make sure we have up warm

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welcome home. The Royal Marine Band, a Royal Navy helicopter and friends

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and family. I am cold but I am happy to turn up. We have a seven-

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year-old and three year-old while there that has been away. They had

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their birthdays during his tour this time. Time to look forward to

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happy family Christmases. And the start of a new life down under is

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an attractive proposition on a day like this. It looks quite wet out

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there. It is unfortunately. Forget a white Christmas, it is a wet and

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windy one. There is a weather warnings in Tayside and other areas.

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A strong South East to easterly wind which will reach a deal forced

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in certain parts of the east coast. This low pressure will see the

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winds continue overnight particularly down the east coast.

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Some coastal flooding could also be an issue. There could be flooding

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on inland rivers by tomorrow morning. Things will improve during

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the day tomorrow. It will still be cloudy but it will dry up. There

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will be snow over high ground but that is well above road levels.

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Orkney & Shetland will have coastal gales at times. Into tomorrow

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afternoon, evening and overnight the game will pull away with many

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area is becoming calm of a night and into Saturday morning. That

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will not last. Another area of low pressure will work its way in on

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Saturday. Not pleasant conditions if you have last-minute Christmas

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shopping to do. The aim will sweep end on Saturday. The ground will be

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saturated. On Sunday it will still be wet and windy and severe gales

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are possible towards Shetland by the end of the weekend. If you are

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concerned about those flood warnings you should call flat line.

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A reminder of tonight's main news in brief. The Crown Office has

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asked for approval to prosecute a man accused of two murders of

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teenage girls in Edinburgh 35 years ago. They were known as the World's

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End murders. More than 300 flood warnings and alerts for parts of

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England, Scotland and Wales tonight. With the ground already saturated

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