12/08/2013 Reporting Scotland


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Scotland's economy is showing signs of recovery according to new

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figures. A young woman from Lenzie accused of

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drug trafficking in Peru. Her mother said she had no idea she had

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travelled to South America. Tributes paid to the former Scottish

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Conservative leader David McLetchie who has died at the age of 61. And

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also in tonight's programme I'm in Ayrshire, the home of the new

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potato, to find out what the problem is with the humble spud.

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And on the glorious 12th, why it is expected to be able bumper season

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for Scotland's grouse Moritz. There are signs of recovery in the

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Scottish economy. -- more as. Meanwhile, a separate report by the

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Scottish Government's cheap economies says that the -- chief

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economist says that he recovery is gaining momentum.

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Last week there was a positive news for much of the UK economy. This

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week we will learn more about the Scottish one. It starts with

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purchasing managers reporting strong growth in activity, although it is

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slightly less strong than last month. The service sector and

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manufacturing were both up and exports returned to growth. The Bank

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of Scotland survey shows firms are winning new orders, there are

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growing backlog is of work and more staff should be needed. And with a

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bit more confidence around, they are pushing up their prices. There is an

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update on inflation tomorrow. Made in Falkirk, these buses are designed

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for comfortable cornering. Its co-founder has turned it into one of

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Scotland's manufacturing success stories. To sustain success, bosses

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here are pushing on the exports accelerator. Business is OK, but I

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wouldn't say we are booming. In the UK we are finding things are still a

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little bit hard. We are down 20% on what we were last year, however we

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are growing overseas and 15% of our business is now going into other

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continents, the Far East, North America and Australia. We learned

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today from the Scottish Government's chief economist that

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productivity has bounced back and that is important for growth as

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confidence returns. The Scottish Government is taking a series of

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steps to ensure that the recovery is deeply rooted. We've been

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concentrating on strengthening the skills base in Scotland and

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improving the capital infrastructure of Scotland, and it is a confluence

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of those interventions that have created stronger foundations for

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recovery. We need to be optimistic and see in this report signs of

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recovery in the Scottish economy, although the report does say that it

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is growing slightly and at a slower rate than England. We have seen two

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other reports today, one of which says Scotland needs to create

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110,000 new jobs to get back to where we were at before the

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recession. This is as well as they fall in real earnings. The chief

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economist says there is traction, but there are fears that this is

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based on consumer spending, which could mean more debt we cannot

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afford all stop that is why we need to see exports growing if this is to

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be sustained. We will learn more about the homeless market tomorrow.

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The mother of a teenager from Lenzie held by police in Peru on suspicion

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of drug trafficking says she thought her daughter was in Ibiza.

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19-year-old Melissa Reid and a friend from Northern Ireland are

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accused of trying to smuggle more than 11 kilograms of cocaine from

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South America to Spain. It was only a couple of months ago

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that Melissa Reid decided to quit her job and take a working holiday

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in Ibiza. For updates on Facebook show a teenager making the most of

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the party lifestyle. Now she is in jail in Peru accused of being a drug

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smuggler. She was stopped at this airport in the Peruvian capital of

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Lima as he tried to board a flight to Madrid. Police in Peru said that

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when they searched bags they found cocaine worth millions of pounds.

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Her parents say they have not had a chance to speak to Melissa since she

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was arrested. In what must be every parent's nightmare, Melissa's mother

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said she had no idea her daughter was in Peru until she found out she

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had been arrested. She did not want to speak on camera today but she

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said her whole family thought Melissa was still in Ibiza having

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fun with her friends. They are now considering whether or not to go to

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Peru. Melissa Reid and her friend are being held in prison in Lima.

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The conditions are poor. Overcrowding is at 200%. People

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aren't just sleeping in cells, which are full, but in corridors and

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toilets. People accused of drug smuggling in Peru face tough

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sentences. Police allege she was carrying 11 kilograms of cocaine. If

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found guilty, that could mean seven years in jail. Even if they are

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found innocent, they face another year in prison before their case

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comes to trial. On the line is Dan Collins. You've

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been talking to police about the girls' situation. What do police

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have to say? Police told me this is a very common crime they deal with

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in Peru. At the drugs policing headquarters there are 12 other drug

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mules being held in cells in headquarters apart from these two

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young women. They also said that a police video, which I was able to

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see, shows that the two young women were at the check-in counter at the

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airport. When Melissa Reid was asked whether she knew what was in her

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bags she responded that she was forced to carry the bags, which

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police claimed carried the drugs in two containers. Meanwhile, her

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companion remained silent through the interview, which I was able to

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see on the police video. It is worth pointing out here that there is an

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ever demo of drugs mules in Peru. -- epidemic. They put this down to the

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global economic crisis. Most of them are Spanish and they say that the

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price of cocaine in Europe is at an all-time high and the imported from

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Europe on to places like Russia. The price on one kilo of cocaine can

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reach over $100,000. That is exactly what appears to have happened to

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these young women. They will remain in holding cells at the headquarters

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of the drugs police in Lima and the investigation will probably move

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them over to Santa Monica prison. Thank you very much for that update.

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The Prime Minister has led tributes to the former Scottish Conservatives

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leader David McLetchie who died today after suffering from cancer.

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David Cameron described him as one of Scottish politics' most

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formidable intellect. The current Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson

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said his passing has left a large hole in Scottish public life.

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A traditional Tory, but never pompous, never stuffy. David

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McLetchie battled consistently for his party and Scotland's interests

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as he saw them. The fault lies not with the... From his early days as a

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party activist, devolution brought into prominence in the Scottish Tory

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leadership. David McLetchie was a lead elected -- was elected leader

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of the Scottish Conservatives. knew he had to grab voters. David

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McLetchie was certainly noticed lampooning the first minister, Henry

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McLeish, over his office expenses. big boy did it and ran away. McLeish

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resigned, but years later David McLetchie was landed in trouble

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facing claims he had charged Parliament for trips on party

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business. He quit as party leader. For some that might have been the

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end, but David McLetchie regained his reputation, partly through

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diligent, intelligent Parliamentary work, not least through his party's

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business manager, but also because he was affable and widely liked. Few

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politicians could look entirely at ease serenading a boss party. David

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McLetchie could. I declare that David McLetchie... He stayed in

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Holyrood under the guise of a lawyer who was killed with Parliamentary

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debate. I think it is a fig leaf to cover up the government's

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embarrassment that its table thumping has frankly come to

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absolute not. David McLetchie had a hinterland, golfer, family man, golf

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fan. His party and family will miss him.

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You are watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC. Still to come on the

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programme before seven o'clock: Will a degree course in sign language

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correct a shortage of interpreters? In sport, we will report from

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Scotland's training base ahead of Wednesday's friendly with England.

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Also, one former Hibs player says manager Pat Fenlon should be given

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more time as he blames the players for their poor start. We will have

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athletics news as well. A cancer surgeon who lied he had

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removed a patient's brain tumour at an Aberdeen hospital has been found

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guilty of misleading and dishonest conduct. Emmanuel Labram faced a

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Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service hearing after the incident

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at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in September 2008. He misled the

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patient, who eventually sought private treatment, and light to

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colleagues and forged documents. Three men have appeared in court

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charged with murder after the death of a 26-year-old man in Aberdeen

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city centre. Offshore industry worker Craig Grant died early on

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Friday. Jonas Marcius, 21, and Kiel Hauley and Adrian Morley, who are

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both 32, appeared at Aberdeen Sheriff Court, ready made no plea

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and were on bail. When is a new potatoes not a new

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potato? When it is an old potato. The definition of what makes a new

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potato is currently a hot potato for the taxi industry. It is a hot

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potato. I'm in windy and beautiful Ayrshire. This is a new potato, it

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should be on somebody's plate later after it has been harvested.

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At this farm, harvesting starts early in the morning. These are new

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potatoes and from today they have a new definition. It is because of

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this man. He thought the potatoes he bought were not fresh, so he

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complained to the council. I noticed when I was doing shopping that new

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potatoes were on sale in January and February, and these were new

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potatoes of UK origin. Knowing that the potato harvesting season is

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basically late October, I thought months later what is a new potato

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doing on sale in one of our retailers? It turned out that these

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new potatoes were anything from that day to one-month-old. They were

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being marketed as new potatoes when they were harvested earlier in the

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year. How fresh would you expect them to be? Just out of the ground.

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I like them to be quite fresh. Just out of the ground. As of today there

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is a new definition. Over time the definition of a new potato has

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changed. They have become a small potato that is often oiled or

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steamed and they have lost the traditional meaning. That is just

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something that has changed over time. -- boiled. We have created a

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new industry standard to avoid confusion and celebrate when

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potatoes are at their best in season. With me now is Jay

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Crawford, a potato farmer. What is your definition of a new potato?

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that is harvested first thing in the morning, five o'clock, six o'clock

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in the morning, is delivered out to various jobs, is then retailed to

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the consumer and is on the dinner table the same day. What are we

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looking for? Is it feel, text? would say a new potato is generally

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small, you should be able to rub the skin off like that between your

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fingers. It has not been put in storage and brought out for resale.

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Thank you very much. There you go. Supermarket shopping for potatoes

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will never be quite the same again. That is why they don't taste the

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Students at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh are the first in

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Scotland to study for a degree- level qualification in British Sign

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level qualification in British Sign level qualification in British Sign

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level qualification in British Sign level qualification in British Sign

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level qualification in British Sign Language. There has been a lack of

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trained sign language interpreters for many years in the UK, leading

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to communication problems for deaf people. Our health correspondent

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Eleanor Bradford reports. 12-year-old Andrew was born

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profoundly deaf. When he went into hospital to have an operation, none

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of the staff could use sign- language and that was in the ear,

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nose and throat ward. For instance, our weather, it has been absolutely

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our weather, it has been absolutely our weather, it has been absolutely

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our weather, it has been absolutely our weather, it has been absolutely

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beautiful for the last four weeks. How

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How many words was that? So Andrew's mum has become one of

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Britain's first ever sign language degree students. It was like

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starting from scratch. I'd learnt vocabulary, sentence structure but

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on this course, I started from scratch again. It was the whole

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syntax of the language, the whole structure. The course has been

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running for a year at Heriot-Watt University but its tutor says it is

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not another Mickey Mouse degree. Because there is a shortage of sign

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language interpreters in Scotland and in the UK as a whole, their

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employment prospects are likely to be extremely good. Grace already

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has her next career move lined up. She will be working for the

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helpline NHS 24 and be helping deaf people via a video link. I'd like

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you to set yourself up into lines. This taster session at a Heriot-

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Watt summer school for children is already sparking interest. Turn to

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the outside of the room. I know someone that is partially sighted

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and deaf. They came to my house and it's quite interesting seeing them

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talk. I just wanted to learn more about it. I know what it is like to

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feel left out on the occasion and deaf people, they really would like

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And that is why it is so important It's the Glorious Twelfth and the

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guns have been out on estates across Scotland as shooting parties

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look to bag the first grouse of the season. The last few years have

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been difficult on the country's grouse moors but thanks to the good

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summer weather the number of birds is said to be at the highest for

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years. Andrew Anderson joined one party this morning in the Angus

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glens. Sometimes you have to travel a

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difficult road to find a grouse. This party was out early. Clearly,

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the dogs knew it was a big day. Estates like this are expecting a

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good season. The weather warmed up just in time for grouse chicks.

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work hard all year to get the grouse in shape and sometimes the

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weather goes against us. It is quite nice when it all comes

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together. Not everyone agrees with their sport, but those who ran that

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Scotland's Estates says grouse shooting brings the millions of

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pounds a year. They are looking after a natural resource,

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harvesting up and making sure they do not take too many birds. They

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look after a lot of other birds in the process. It is good for

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Scotland and that local economy. They are off to continue their

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day's shooting. I am off to a local restaurant to see the first of the

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day's grouse goal in the pan. By lunchtime, the first grouse was

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being cooked. Over the next few weeks, this will be a highly prized

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addition across the country and abroad. -- dish. Let's see what all

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Now I can see what all the fuss is about. Absolutely delicious. You

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can go now. Other stories from across Scotland

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this Monday. A tourism levy is being considered

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for Aberdeen to raise funds which would be ploughed back into

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promoting the city at home and abroad. Businesses including

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restaurants, hotels and conference venues could contribute on top of

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business rates. We are not well known as a tourist destination, but

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we are known as a business destination. Through the week, we

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are busy, but the weekend's there is spare capacity. Scottish Water

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has completed a �7 million project upgrading aqueducts supplying a

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quarter of Scotland's population. The company says it's the biggest

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improvement to the aqueducts from Loch Katrine since they were built

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more than 150 years ago. Visitors from around the world are

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gathering in the Sutherland village of Helmsdale this evening to

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commemorate the bi-centenary of the worst excesses of the Highland

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clearances. 200 years ago today, 96 people set sail from Helmsdale to

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Canada after being burnt out of their homes in the Strath of

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Kildonan. Edinburgh Military's Tattoo has

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sold-out for the 15th year in a row. All 215,000 tickets have been

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snapped up, generating almost �9 million at the Box Office. This

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year's show has over 1,000 performers.

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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 website.

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To sport now and Jane can update us. The Brighton midfielder Liam

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Bridcutt has pulled out of the Scotland squad to face England with

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a groin problem. Everyone else is fit and ready to go, though, for

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the first meeting between the two sides since 1999. The players have

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been settling into their training base ahead of Wednesday's match and

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our senior football reporter Chris McLaughlin is with them.

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In the heart of the English countryside, in a tranquil, Harte

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Roger hotel, the Scotland squad relaxes and wait. The calm before

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the storm? A few training sessions under our belt. I do not think

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there have been any call offs, so that tells you something. Only Liam

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Bridcutt has pulled out of the huge squad of 29. The players seemed

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desperate to be involved. But a confession from the camp. I am

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always an England fan when Scotland are not there. I made my living

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here. I think they have fantastic players and they have the potential

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to go all the way in any competition. Professional respect

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and even admiration for England within the Scotland camp. After 14

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years, does absence make the heart grow fonder? Let's leave the answer

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to the fans. 20,000 will start to arrive tomorrow.

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The Hibs players, rather than the manager, should be taking the blame

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for the club's current woes. So says their former League Cup

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winning captain. Their worst European defeat has been followed

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by back-to-back league losses, heaping pressure on boss Pat Fenlon.

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And their defeat to Hearts It is hard watching a derby defeat,

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but surely it is too early to talk of a manager drinking in the last

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chance saloon? One famous former player believes the club should not

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be too hasty. He has brought new players into the club. The has to

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give them time to see if they will settle him. If it does not happen,

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then it is time to make changes, but it is too early. Defeat to

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Hearts yesterday had some fans calling for Pat Fenlon's head.

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fans had been fantastic since I came here. We are working hard to

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get it right. Do you think they are sticking with you? I cannot answer

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that, you will have to ask them. we did. They are not giving him

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enough money to spend. The manager needs to go. He has not done

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anything in the lead. I think it is time for him to go. Why have some

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fans or lost patience so early in this season? Pips have lost all

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four of the matches they have played so far. They have conceded

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11 goals and have yet to score themselves.

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Scotland's Eilidh Child says she will need to go for it in her World

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Athletics 400 metres hurdles semi- final. Child, running in lane 1,

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finished second in her heat earlier today in a time of 55.17 seconds to

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reach tomorrow's semi-finals. And she's already eyeing a place in the

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Good evening. We saw some sunshine around today but also a number of

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showers. Some of them were fairly heavy. The seedling and overnight,

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those showers will fade away and be confined to the North coast. Some

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late evening sunshine for some but generally dry and the wind easing

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down as well. Overnight, a mixture of clear skies and cloud. Good use

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if you want to sit out and catch the proceeds meteor shower. -- the

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proceeds -- Perseids. Tomorrow, we have got this little ridge of high

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pressure coming in. Keeping things a relatively settled. The showers

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will not be as heavy it as today. For most of us, for most of the day,

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it will be dry and bright. Some light showers around. Good news if

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you are out on the hills War came or cycling to school. -- out on the

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hills walking. Some thicker cloud by the end of the day in the West.

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The rest of the afternoon into the evening and overnight, we continued

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to watch this weather front working his way in from the Atlantic. It

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will fragments are not too much and the way of rain with it. But it

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will cloud over in Western parts of the country. By Wednesday, it will

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be cloudier in the West. A southerly wind just pumping up some

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more murkier, 19 or 20 Celsius. Thursday, generally dry and bright

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with a few showers. Thicker cloud in the West. Friday, bright and

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breezy with showers. Thank you. Now, a reminder of

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tonight's main stories. There are signs a recovery in the Scottish

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economy is under way. Figures from the Bank of Scotland show rising

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