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details throughout the evening. Thank you very much.

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Tonight on Reporting Scotland: Dark times at Grangemouth oil refinery. A

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planned strike is called off, but owners Inoes say the plant is shut

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and will remain shut until at least Tuesday, as the dispute escalates.

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The reason that the site is shutdown at the moment is a clear result of

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the action taken by the Unite union. It is holding people hostage. It is

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holding the Scottish economy hostage and that is outrageous. We'll be

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live at Grangemouth and we'll be assessing the impact of the shutdown

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on the economy. Also tonight: Calls for an inquiry

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into food poverty as an increasing number of people turn to food banks.

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Coming home - the works of pioneering wildlife photographer

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Fredrick Walter Champion go on show. Out on a high - as Scotland ends its

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World Cup campaign with a win, Gordon Strachan says he can cope

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with a nation's raised expectations. The dispute at the Grangemouth

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refinery took a dramatic turn today when unions called off a planned

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strike, and its owners shut it down until Tuesday at least. Unions

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described the move as economic vandalism, while Ineos said it

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wanted guarantees the site - which supplies most of Scotland's fuel

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supplies - wouldn't face further industrial action over the winter.

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Our reporter Catriona Renton has been following developments and

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joins us now from Grangemouth. There are 1400 people employed

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directly here by Ineos, the company that runs Grangemouth, as well as

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2000 contract workers. Tonight, their futures are uncertain. Ineos

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has been running down Grangemouth in anticipation of the strike that was

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threatened for the weekend. Early this morning, the strike was called

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off, but Ineos says they will not be firing the plant up again. Until at

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least Tuesday. They said the Grangemouth is shutdown and will

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remain shut down. Unions and management had been trying to

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resolve their dispute since Monday, but even after their talks at the

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arbitration service Acas started, they were briefing against each

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other. Yesterday they talked for 16 hours right through the night but at

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six o'clock in the morning, they broke up. The strike was off but

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relations between both sides were worse than ever. Then this. The

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reason that the site is shutdown at the moment is a clear result of the

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action taken by the Unite union. This site is a distressed site and

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has been for some time. The action that has been taken this week has

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further posted that read performance of the site. The dispute was over a

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union convenor who works at the site but seems to have become more than

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this. Ineos said the deal breaker came when the union would not agree

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that there would be no further strikes this winter. The union said

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that is ludicrous and it guaranteed no action for three months to work

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on a survival plan for the plant. It is holding people to hostage,

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holding the Scottish economy to hostage and that is outrageous. This

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is economic vandalism. The union is calling on the Scottish and

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Westminster governments to intervene. We have indicated that we

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will do everything we can to facilitate investment in the plant

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but that depends on there being an investment plan to back because we

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want to see a long-term future for Grangemouth and we want both the

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Unite union and Ineos to back that future. Learn that the best people

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to conduct negotiations are Acas. But if there is a role that the

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government can play, then both the UK and the Scottish Government is

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stand ready to do so. Tomorrow workers will hear the company's

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proposals. Whether they buy into this will determine how quickly this

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place is back up and running. The shareholders will hear their

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feedback on Tuesday. Our Business and Economy editor

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Douglas Fraser is with me now. This has been a turbulent 24 hours.

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What's going on? The owners of the plant want to get

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their costs down. That is pay, pensions, perhaps jobs cuts. They

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say they will permanently shutdown the petrochemical part of the plant

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within three years if they do not get it. If they do get it, they will

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invest long term. After shutting it down, until next Tuesday no one is

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willing to promise that petrochemicals will start up again.

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The refinery looks certain but not petrochemicals. This is an assertive

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management tactic that appear to have put the Unite union on the back

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foot. It has pulled out of the strike without getting what it set

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out to achieve and they did not want to take the blame for the shutdown

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and says it is not necessary. The pressure is on the workers. They

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will get a proposal tomorrow which they have to think about over the

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weekend. The management want a response by Monday. And then the

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stakeholders, including a Chinese company, will take a decision on

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when it opens up again. In the meantime, the impact of the shutdown

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will be on the wider Scottish economy. Yes. People are concerned

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about the forecourt petrochemical supplies. That looks secure. There

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are arrangements for shipping in petrol and diesel but the

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significant long-term concern is about roughly 1500 people who

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operate in the petrochemical part of this plant and this is a vital plant

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for supplying chemicals and fuels throughout the whole Scottish

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economy. It does not look like a plant Scotland can afford to see

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shutdown. There's been a significant rise in

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the number of people in Scotland receiving emergency food aid. The

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charity the Trussell Trust says 23,000 people used its food banks in

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the first half of this year compared to just 4,000 in 2012. It's also

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claimed that three-quarters of those in need of food were forced to

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because of cuts to the benefits system. Jackie O'Brien reports.

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Food banks like this one in Inverness have never been in such

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demand. As modern day Scotland faces an unprecedented rise in the number

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of people left humiliated by the fact that they cannot afford to feed

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themselves. It makes you feel so small. You are grateful to

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everything the food bank helps you with. Last week, when I came round

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and went home, they took the stuff it, I stood there and cried. Janet

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Murray is one of the 23,000 Scottish people, a quarter of them children,

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who need emergency food aid from the Trussell Trust's food banks in the

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past year. A food parcel will contain enough supplies to last

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someone three days, its contents will depend on what has been donated

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but typically it will include you heat the milk, pasta, they are

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coffee and of course tinned beans. The Trussell Trust charity found

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that the majority of those using a food bank did so because of changes

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to the benefit system. -- UHT milk. We are seeing a lot of people who

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are being sanctioned for all sorts of reasons. People are being faced

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with a lot of confusion about the benefit system and the changes that

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are being made. The one man we met today, tracking down food was the

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easy part. Cooking it while sleeping rough was his next challenge. I am

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sleeping in different places, then she's -- benches. I cannot afford a

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bed and breakfast. I am really desperate.

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Employment in Scotland has reached its highest level for five years,

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according to the latest official figures. Employment rose by 37,000

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over the three months to August, and now stands at just over two and a

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half million. The number of unemployed Scots fell by 3,000 to

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201,000 over the summer period. Meanwhile, the latest retail figures

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suggest growth was subdued during September, with sales up by only

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1.8%. You're watching Reporting Scotland

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from the BBC. Still to come on the programme: The ground-breaking work

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of the wildlife photographer who captured images like this goes on

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display in Dumfries. In sport: Why the Scotland manger

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says the win over Croatia was beyond a dream. And why a Dunfermline

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Athletic legend says it's been a momentous day for the Fife club.

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That and more later. A murder trial has heard that the

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victim left a medical lecture to go to the toilet, and never returned.

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The High Court in Glasgow was also told that Khanokporn Satjawat

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complained to her friend that her conference badge had been checked on

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many occasions the day before she was killed. Aileen Clark reports.

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The T-shirt told the court that she had known their for ten years and

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that Khanokporn Satjawat had been working as a product manager for the

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same pharmaceutical company as her for 18 months. They travelled to

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Glasgow last of Emperor with ten doctors for an HIV conference at the

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SEC C. After the first day of the conference, the group had dinner at

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this restaurant. Khanokporn Satjawat told the court that Khanokporn

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Satjawat complained to her that she had had her conference ID badge

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checked many occasions. The next day, the group returned to the

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conference that the SEC C. Khanokporn Satjawat and her friend

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went to the Clyde Auditorium for a top. Khanokporn Satjawat's friend

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told the court that Khanokporn Satjawat went to the toilet but when

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she did not return after 20 minutes, she became worried and went to look

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for her and found out from the police later that Khanokporn

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Satjawat was dead. Security guard Clive Carter admits killing

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Khanokporn Satjawat but denies murdering her by hitting her

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repeatedly with a fire extinguisher. The SNP conference will open in

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Perth tomorrow - with a claim that the independence referendum is there

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to be won. But party leaders will insist that the campaign is about

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empowering the people of Scotland - and not the SNP. This from our

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political editor Brian Taylor. Nightfall. As yes campaigners spread

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the message in Musselburgh. Should Scotland be an independent country?

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No I am not 100% sure. SMP is by far the prime mover in advocating

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independence. But they insist it is not about them. Let's do it a few

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sums. When FNP first gained power in 2007, this was the share of the

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vote. 32.9%. Skip forward to 2011, and overall majority for the SNP,

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their share of the vote, 45.4%. Even in that larger figure, not all of

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those can be relied upon to vote yes in the referendum, to vote for

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independence. The SNP cannot bank up on that. What they require for the

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referendum victory is 50% of the people in Scotland to boot yes. Plus

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one person. As the Perth venue prepared for the

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SNP conference, party leaders played down their personal pitch. Vote in

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the referendum is not able for me or the SNP, it is able to principal to

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make sure that Scotland is independent so that the people of

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Scotland, for every election thereafter, get to choose their own

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government. On a scale of one to ten, where would you place yourself

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on that scale? It would be five. So where do the waverers lie? Of the

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party supporters, it seemed a Labour Party supporters are those who are

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most one over and we know that people are... Who are less well off

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are willing to vote for independence. The second group will

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be the body of people who are not strongly committed to a political

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party. Union supporters say people want concrete cancer is mainly on

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the economy but are not getting them. Nationalists say they can and

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will address those concerns. At party conferences, the message is

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generally pretty straight forward, it is vote for us and we will do

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good things. But I've SNP get ready for this conference, it is slightly

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different. It is, but for independence and then you, the

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people of Scotland, will be able to select your own list of policies. It

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is less about political power and more about popular potency. And more

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conference footage tomorrow morning when Deputy Leader Nicola Sturgeon

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will be interviewed. Other stories from across Scotland

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this Wednesday: private rents in Aberdeen are now averaging more than

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?1000 a month, according to figures from letting website Citylets.

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That's up 11.5% on last year. Average rents in Edinburgh are ?820

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a month, and Glasgow ?618. Police investigating the theft of a

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Henry Moore sculpture from Dumfriesshire want to speak to the

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three occupants of a Ford Transit style van in what's described as an

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"unusual shade of blue". The three men were seen looking at the statue

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before it was stolen. The bronze sculpture is valued at ?3 million,

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but would fetch only a few hundred pounds if, as suspected, it was

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stolen for scrap. A further appeal is being made to

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the company behind plans for a 31 turbine wind farm on the edge of the

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Cairngorms National Park to withdraw its application. The firm RWE's

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plans for the Allt Duine wind farm in the Monadhliath Mountains are

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currently being considered by Scottish Ministers following a

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public local inquiry. Scotland's Fisheries Secretary

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Richard Lochhead has asked the UK government to allow him to lead

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negotiations at EU quota talks. The UK Fishing Minister George Eustace

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only took up his job last week. Mr Lochhead claims it would be unfair

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to ask him to lead tomorrow's talks in Brussels just days into the post.

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And there are more stories from your area, and all the latest news, 24

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hours a day on BBC Scotland's website.

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The boardroom upheaval continues at Rangers football club. Chief

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Executive Craig Mather left his position today amid a row over

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proposed board members. So what does the continuous turmoil mean for the

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team and its management? Heather Dewar reports.

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He has been in the position less than six months and today, his

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tenure at Rangers came to an abrupt end. A statement on the club 's

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website insisted Craig Mather had agreed to step down to help calm

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speculation over the governance and executive management of Rangers. So

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with the latest upheaval at Ibrox, the question must be, what happens

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now? They will but we were to appoint a new Chief Executive as

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soon as possible, likely before the club 's annual general meeting next

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month. The club has just one executive the and one nonexecutive

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director. The resignation of Craig Mather comes two days after former

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director Paul Murray won a court battle to postpone the annual

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general meeting in a row over proposed new directors. But in any

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other business, what would this turbulence and ward level mean?

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It is unusual to see that level of movement at board level and

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executive level in any sort of business and one thing I am sure the

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club, fans, board and chair holders will be looking to see is some level

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of continuity and consistency. And that is what fans want. We just

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want it settled down and I do not know what the right expression is,

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but we want to make on the field had lines and to see the club on a

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stable financial footing -- headlines.

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Rangers will be hoping the focus soon is on the football.

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Now to sporting matters on the field, here is David. We might not

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be on the road to Rio, but it was pretty good! It will be true beach

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for me! -- Troon. The Scotland manager

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Gordon Strachan says he is confident the team can cope with the nation's

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raised expectations after beating Croatia. The 2-nil win at Hampden

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means the failed 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign ended with a

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bang and not a whimper. Robert Snodgrass! He has done it

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again! Penshaw selves, this really did happen.

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-- hinge yourselves. A chance for a second goal, it is saved.

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Scotland beating a team rated as the eighth best in the world. They were

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in the manager describes as, be on and a dream. But how did he help

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make it a reality? -- beyond a dream. No idea, I do what I do and

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my staff do what they do. At the moment, we are happy with

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what we are doing. The campaign as a whole was a failure, Scotland

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finishing fourth behind Belgium, Croatia and Serbia in the qualifying

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group. The damage done before Gordon

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Strachan took over from Craig of lead halfway through the process.

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Under Gordon Strachan, results and performances have improved.

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He has got us approaching the game the right way, we believed we could

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beat Croatia and not many times she would have said that, so delighted.

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So perhaps the nation can look forward to the Euro 16 -- the Euro

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2016 qualifiers, because things are getting better, aren't they?

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I think there is an obvious and succumbing to your way. Yes!

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A direct answer. Dunfermline Athletic Supporters

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Group Pars United have taken control of the club. They say it is a

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"momentous occasion," but are warning the hard work has just

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begun. A deal to buy the stadium and the club could lead the Pars out of

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administration, as Steven Godden reports.

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After months of gloom, something for supporters to smile about, at client

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-- at times, a club appeared destined for liquidation but a deal

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was confirmed tonight but in the power in the hands of those wearing

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the Scots. With a club of unbroken history, it is good to have another

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chapter about to start because we are about to write another chapter

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in the history of Dunfermline Athletic football club. It has been

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difficult so it is great and the future is in our own hands.

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They may like the spectacle of highlights like the 1961 Scottish

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Cup win. But the fans takeover is just a

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significance, according to a legend. He is a member of the new

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board task with making Dunfermline a sustainable business, plenty to be

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done and he welcomes a shift in focus. The future is about the

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players. We can start talking about sport back row and how well the boys

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are doing. -- talking about the game. Getting us focused to win

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points on a Saturday. With fans now in charge of the stage and the club,

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they have set themselves the challenge of returning to the top

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flight in Scotland again, a journey that continues here on Saturday

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against East Fife. A quick look at what else is happening against -- in

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Scottish sport. Glasgow city are confident of

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reaching the last 16 of the Champions League tomorrow, their tie

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is poised at 2-all in the first leg. We believe we are good enough and we

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have built up our reputation and have a good ranking and the higher

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ranked side. Scotland striker Steven Fletcher

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could be back in action for Sunderland on Saturday after

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recovering from a soldier -- shoulder injury earlier than

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expected. As go worry is for their first win of the Heineken Cup

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campaign this weekend when they play Exeter Chiefs.

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They lost to a French side on Wednesday.

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We need to put in a good performance against Exeter, a good team with a

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good women, so we need to be at our best.

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The best amateur boxers in the country are in Kazakhstan for the

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World Championships. Scotland have sent a nine man team. Everybody can

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compete with Scotland but when you box the best nations in the world,

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it is different altogether. More stories and the latest news 24

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hours a day on the website. We will be live with Glasgow

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tomorrow for the Champions League match.

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Thank you very much. He was a pioneer of wildlife photography,

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developing techniques such as trip-wire technology which are still

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used today. The images produced by Frederick Walter Champion are held

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by the Natural History Museum in London. But 50 are currently on loan

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to Dumfries Museum, close to where the adopted Scot made his home.

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Willie Johnston reports. Perched on the branches of a small

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tree, tiger hunter Frederick Walter Champion shoots his prey. The big

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cat looks up and snarls, he knows he is being watched. Champion is no

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threat. Armed with only a camera, the trophy he desires is some of the

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earliest images of tigers in the wild ever captured. Champion 's job

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as a chorister in the engine jungle in the early part of the 20th

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century gave him the opportunity. He pay need the use of tripwires to

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trigger the flash to make these pictures possible. -- Ukrainian.

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-- he pioneered. He would find the part of a tiger and set up his

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camera on a small tripod, focus the camera on the tiger 's face, and if

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it was going in the direction he hoped, when it put its paw on the

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wire. He used a box camera like this with a glass rate negative and the

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light was from a magnesium flash. He took one photograph each night. He

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got endless images, that was nothing short of miraculous. The exhibition

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includes this picture of a boy captured by a flash when he

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triggered the wire meant for a tiger. 18 years later, the son of

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Frederick Walter Champion, Nigel, remembers the night. It went off

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with a loud noise and I held still for hours! The exhibition is on show

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until November the 9th. Having asked Julian what the weather

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is like tomorrow and she said, rubbish, I think we are now getting

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a longer assessment. We could just leave it there!

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A miserable commute for many of us tonight and a miserable spell of

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weather. Rain is spreading North, reaching all but the far North by

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morning. Under the influence of low pressure, that is the weather front

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responsible and you can see already well in across southern and central

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Scotland. We tonight, that rain continues North. Heavy at times. --

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throughout tonight. Heavy rain polls to the North Sea, lighter rain

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behind it and heavy showers in the south-west later in the night. Not

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as cold as last night, temperatures almost at eight, nine Celsius. A

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cloudy start tomorrow, outbreaks of rain resident drew much of the

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country and a gradual improvement in the afternoon. -- through much of

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the country. At around three o'clock, decent sunshine for the

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inner Hebrides, Dumfries and Galloway, temperatures up to 14

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Celsius. More cloud in the East, rain still hanging on over five,

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Angus, Aberdeenshire and cooler North East. Shetland has a mainly

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dry and bright today but cold air in the North, the temperature is

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limited at seven Celsius. After a bright morning in the north-west,

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clouding over in the afternoon. Outbreaks of rain. In the afternoon

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and evening, brightness extends further North at the rain hangs on

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in the North East and there is more rain waiting. Through the week, rain

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is not far away. Those weather fronts are threatening. On Friday,

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there will be a break for a time from the heavy rain, it is a damp

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pitch across the country and the best weather in the North and North

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East -- action. More rain will set us up for an unsettled weekend.

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Thank you, I think! Now, a reminder of tonight's main news. Unions at

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the Grangemouth refinery have cold off a planned strike, but its owners

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have shut the plant down until Tuesday at least. Unions described

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the move as economic vandalism, while Ineos said it wanted

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guarantees the site would not face further industrial action over the

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winter. There were angry exchanges in the

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Commons today over Britain's economic prospects. But David

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Cameron insisted that the latest jobs figures showed the Coalition's

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economic policy is the right one. Employment in Scotland is now at its

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highest level for five years. The charity the Trussell Trust says

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23,000 people used its food banks in the first half of this year compared

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to just 4,000 in 2012. The police watchdog the IPCC says it

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has begun an investigation into a former officer on the West Yorkshire

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force who is alleged to have acted on behalf of Jimmy Savile. The

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officer is said to have contacted Surrey Police before they conducted

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an interview with Savile in 2009. And that is Reporting Scotland. Our

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next main round up is at 10:25, join me for that if you can. Until then,

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from everyone on the team, have a good evening.

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