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Tonight, on Reporting Scotland: The extent of organised crime - police

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say it costs the economy ?2 billion a year and gangs are looking for new

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ways to make their money. As the UK Government announces

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additional support for offshore wind farms at the expense of onshore

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turbines, what does it mean for the industry in Scotland? Preparing for

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the worst as Scots and braces itself for gale force winds and travel

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disruption. Gillian Smart will also have a

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detailed weather forecast later in the programme. And in sport. And

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football referees call for urgent talks with the SFA about protecting

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match officials after this incident involving a Dundee United player.

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Police have revealed what they believe to be the extent of

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organised crime in Scotland - 227 groups involving 3,400 people.

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Organised crime is estimated to cost the Scottish economy ?2 billion a

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year and it's understood that gangs are now targeting public services

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and events. Our Home Affairs Correspondent, Reevel Alderson, has

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more. In a Blackpool car park, drugs are transferred into a vehicle of a

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member of a organised crime group. When police stopped the car, they

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found suitcases containing five kilos of heroin. Shoplifting for

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profit, and other serious crime, half of all shoplifting in Scotland

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is by organised groups. Police say they know where the groups are

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based, they say there are 227 groups organised as businesses and they

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have 3400 employees. The Commonwealth Games in Glasgow has

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contracts worth more than ?2.5 billion and police believe this is

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regarded as potentially rich pickings by groups. It is estimated

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that public contracts in Scotland are worth ?9 billion per year.

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Police say they have all of the evidence that organised crime groups

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are trying to get a slice of that action, bidding for contracts as

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varied as childcare, security and waste management. They have urged

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public bodies to tighten up on their tendering procedures. Police

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quantify their fightback in this seizure of criminals' assets like

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this luxury house on the outskirts of Oscar. For some time, cars taken

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from crime groups have been used by police to patrol the very areas

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where they operate. We have identified many assets this year

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already and that is identified so that they can confiscate that not.

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That must make a huge difference. We will hit them where it hurts, their

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pockets. We also locking them up and that is important. Police say

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another success story is activities like this, ?74 million worth of

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funding from crying proceeds. Cash support from the UK Government

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for onshore wind farms is to be cut and the money redirected to offshore

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wind farms. It will provide a boost for the renewables industry, but

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campaigners claim it won't stop wind farms blighting communities across

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Scotland. Our environment correspondent, David Miller,

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reports. This announcement was unexpected and it's left the

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renewable energy industry scrambling to assess what impact it would

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have. Tonight, we are getting different messages about what that

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impact will be. They are a common if controversial part of our landscape,

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but Scotland will need more than onshore wind farms if it is to meet

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its renewable energy ambitions. In future, we can expect to see more of

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these. Giant, offshore wind farms and power generators now know how

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much they will be paid to operate them. You mac it is about getting

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best value for money as well as making sure that offshore wind which

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has a huge potential to contribute to the economy has the commitment

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and support that it needs. In future, operators will receive ?90

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per every megawatt hour of electricity a get.

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That is ?5 less than expected. They will receive ?140 per megawatt

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generated for offshore wind farms. That compares with today's price of

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?52 paid for each megawatt hour of baseload electricity. There is

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frustration tonight at a higher price was not agreed for generators

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in Scotland's Islands. The UK Government have ignored their own

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research which pointed to the need for each of the islands, Weston,

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Orkney and Shetland to have their own specific person -- bespoke

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measure. I think it is tokenistic. They are trying to show that they

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are listening. Really, it will make no difference at all in Scotland.

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Tonight, senior sources here in Scotland have told me that they

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believe the UK Government's policy is being driven by the needs of

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English Conservative MPs. They are worried about the backlash about

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wind farm applications. That is something Danny Alexander denies.

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Plenty of wind energy tonight. Amber weather warnings are in place

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tonight across Scotland for gale force winds and snow. Gusts of up to

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70mph are predicted for some mainland areas tomorrow, and

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tonight, local authorities, businesses and emergency services

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are making preparations for serious disruption. Craig Anderson is at the

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Kessock Bridge in Inverness. Craig, what are we being told about what's

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coming? What we are being told is that in the very early hours of

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tomorrow morning, we will see these gales sweeping into the Hebrides and

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then on the West Coast. As they hit mainland Scotland, the Gaels will

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veer around and the high winds will cover most of the country as the

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morning progresses. We could see wind speeds of 70 or possibly even

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90 mph. There will be snow as well, only a few centimetres on

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lower-level roads, but possibly up to 20 centimetres on higher ground.

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The winds may affect the Kessock Bridge or the Forth Bridge, as

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well, and Transport Scotland are warning that lashing rain and high

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winds will make for difficult driving conditions and possible

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disruption. With the gusts up to 80 mph, we expect that there could be

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bridge closures, it could affect trees, we have already removed

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branches. We are monitoring the network year from the control

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centre, we have something like 380 cameras on the network. And what

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plans are being made to deal with any disruption? Come back to us,

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Craig! I'm just wondering what plans are being made to... Power companies

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say they have deployed extra staff around the country. They are

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preparing for possible disruption caused by power lines been down and

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power cuts. The operating companies on the rails say they are

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already... They say that services may be disrupted and they are also

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reducing speeds on some services. One platform in the North Sea is

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already -- has already had 85 people taken off it because of the

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potential of high winds. On the ferries, a number of services have

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already been cancelled for tomorrow. A number are also under review and

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they may well be cancelled as the weather picture becomes clearer.

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Local authorities from the islands down to the borders have been having

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emergency planning meetings and they say that power cuts may close

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schools and other facilities. I think it is fair to say that all of

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these services and authorities up and down the country are hoping for

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the best, but tonight they are preparing for the worst. Thank you.

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You are watching Reporting Scotland. Still to come: Join us in Norway

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where this plant is going to be the first in Europe to import shale gas

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from the US. The company that runs Grangemouth say that if they do that

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in Scotland, it was secure jobs there for the next 20 to 25 years.

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And in sport, ref's rage, why match officials are angry with the

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Scottish FA and what they intended to do about it. It is business as

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usual according to Inverness Caledonian Thistle's new manager. We

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will hear from him later. Air accident investigators are

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beginning their detailed examination of the helicopter which crashed into

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the Clutha bar in Glasgow last Friday. Nine people were killed and

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many more injured. Further tributes have been paid to the pilot of the

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helicopter, who died along with two police officers on board. Aileen

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Clarke reports. On the Clydeside, near the Clutha

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Vaults, the flowers keep coming. Yes, lots of flowers and lots of

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questions, too. Investigators from various agencies are trying to find

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the answers to what happened here, a specialist team is being put in

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place to liaise those with who are the most pressing reason to know

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more. We are acutely aware that the families of those who have died as

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well as the public more generally will want to know why this incident

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took place. It is important to make sure that the investigation is full

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and as thorough as possible to make sure that lessons are learned for

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future. Before a meeting of the Scottish police authority, a

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minute's silence. All of the dead and injured were in their thoughts,

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but particular mention of the police officers and pilots. They will be

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much missed and valued. They will all be sadly missed. I have met all

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three families in the last three days. No one can know what they are

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going through. But their grief is shared by a great many people. This

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lady says she was very proud to know the pilot. He would never walk past

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you. David Traill had a smile on his face when he was 18. He always had

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that smile on his face. I will remember him with that.

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The head of the Scottish Fire Service says he was "absolutely

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shocked" when he discovered that the former chief of Grampian had

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secretly recorded meetings with him. At a tribunal, 62-year-old David

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Dayell is claiming age discrimination after he failed to

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secure a top job in the new service. Kevin Keane reports. He was in an

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office in one of the buildings behind me when he had two meetings

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with Alistair Hay in the period running up to the transition from

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eight Fire services into one. During those meetings, he had a capable of

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track tape recorder on a chair and recorded what was said. Asked for

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his reaction, Mr Hayes said he was absolutely distressed and quite

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shocked that a fellow senior officer would behave in such a way and he

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said that if he had asked, he would have said yes. Asked about a

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severance package, Mr Hayes said that would not be available to

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uniformed officers without prior ministerial approval which he did

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not have. Asked whether age played any part in the decision not to give

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David one of the top jobs, he said absolutely not.

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Mary Riggins, the popular Scottish actress who was best known for her

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roles in Take the High Road and Balamory, has died. She played Effie

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in the long running STV soap opera before playing Susie Sweet in the

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BBC children's programme. She'd had a long career in radio, film and

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television until she suffered a stroke in April last year. Her

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family say she died peacefully on Monday at the age of 78.

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The company that runs the petrochemical complex at Grangemouth

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says jobs could be secure there for at least the next 20 years. Ineos is

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putting in place plans for the site to be the first in the UK to import

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American shale gas. Part of its plan includes building the biggest gas

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tank in Europe, to store the gas for the plant. It's following a model

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set up in Norway, from where Catriona Renton reports. Here in the

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south of Norway, they are putting in place the infrastructure to buy in

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shale gas from the United States. The reason? Even after shipping, it

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is much cheaper. Less than half the price of the gas they are currently

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buying from the North Sea. We import US shale gas to secure the future of

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the site. This will make sure that the site has a long life. Once up

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and running, this tank will store a 17,000 tonnes of liquefied gas which

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will be used to make plastics, just like the petrochemical plant at

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Grangemouth does. Both sites are run by the same company, INEOS, but this

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site is profitable and its owners believe it will become more so. This

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is what Grangemouth can expect. I am right on top of the first tank in

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Europe to bring in shale gas from the United States and it's an

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impressive sight. We are 37 metres up in the air here and the one in

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Grangemouth, it will have twice the capacity. For months, the heat has

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been on here at Grangemouth. In October, the chemical plant nearly

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closed following a bitter dispute between management and the Unite

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union. 800 jobs were set to go. Staff accepted the terms and

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conditions and the owners agreed to invest in its future. You lack the

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first thing we have to do is get this investment. That maintains

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jobs. Then, once we are a profitable company, we can look to see if we

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can reinvest that cash, bring new plants, new products and as a result

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of that new jobs. Managements do plan to close down three of

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Grangemouth's less profitable assets. But tonight, the Unite union

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says there will be job losses. jobs will disappear from here. You can

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get away from that. If the investment goes ahead, INEOS says

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the plant will be secure for at least 20 years. In Norway, the

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future is bright, it could be in Grangemouth, too.

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Other stories from across Scotland this Wednesday: Trams are to begin

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running through the centre of Edinburgh early tomorrow morning -

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but without passengers. Engineers will take one for a test

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trip along Princes Street - at walking pace.

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Perth's City Hall is once again facing the threat of demolition. A

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report has found plans to turn it into a food market are not viable.

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Officials say the council should apply again to pull down the

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building, which has lain empty since 2005.

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Plans are being drawn up to sell off the former ferry terminal in

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Stranraer. The one-and-a-half acre site at the East Pier has lain empty

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since Stena moved its Irish Sea operation to Cairnryan two years

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ago. Work to improve visitor facilities

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in the Galloway Forest Park is almost complete. The ?4.5 million

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project has seen a new visitor centre built at Kirroughtree Forest

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- which is the park's major mountain-biking hub.

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A fundraising campaign has been launched to keep a historic gun in

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Scotland. The 17th century blunderbuss was taken from the

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Jacobites at the Battle of Culloden. It's been on loan to the visitors'

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centre for several years, but now the owners have put it up for sale.

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The First Minister has unveiled the artwork which will feature on his

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official Christmas card. It's a depiction of Artaban, the legendary

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fourth wise man, who missed the birth of Jesus because he stopped to

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help people on the way to Bethlehem. I don't doom too many happy people.

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I decided to try to make Artaban look happy. He looks happy but also

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slightly demented. That is probably because he has got this big

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challenge, to find Jesus. He doesn't make it.

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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 discovery of a message in a bottle on the banks of a Highland

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sea loch has led to new links being formed between schools in Lochaber

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and Wales. Six-year-old Samara McCormack and her family thought

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that the letters were written in a foreign language when they first

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found them near Fort William. But as Jackie O'Brien reports, they had

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travelled hundreds of miles from the Welsh coast.

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Samara McCormack and her cousin have been out on a family walk when they

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made the discovery on the banks of Loch Lenny. We had been walking and

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my uncle spotted the bottle. He went down to figure out where it came

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from. The funny writing, as she puts it, turned out to be Welsh but the

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letters inside the bottle could be quickly translated by their

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Lochyside RC Primary School teacher. Coincidentally, Andy Sturrock once

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lived and worked near the Welsh school which sent it. It was fate.

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As expected, there was huge excitement once the news reached

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Wales. It is quite amazing. You would not believe it would have got

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so far. When we looked at the map, the children were very shocked.

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Finding this was exciting enough for a six-year-old schoolgirl but the

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discovery has led to so much more than just a message. Because it has

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become a real-life context for the children's learning, they are

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writing to children from another school and comparing their cultures.

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It has brought the project alive for them and they have learned so much

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more about another country in the British Isles. During the age of

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high-speed communication and social media, these two very similar skills

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have been brought together by an old-fashioned message in a bottle.

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Let's get the sport now, from David. Scottish referees say they are

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unhappy about the message the FA are sending out about the treatment of

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referees. This follows a one match ban giving to a Dundee United player

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for putting a hand on a linesman's throat.

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It is this incident in the League Cup quarterfinal between Inverness

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and Dundee United that has caused so much controversy. David Dayell, seen

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here, among a number of players appearing to grab a linesman by the

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throat. -- Nadir Ciftci. A SFA panel have handed player a two-game ban,

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half of which is suspended, but senior football referees in Scotland

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are unhappy with the punishment. They say that...

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This former referee agrees with them. Is there any consistency here?

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Under the umbrella of the SFA, is Scottish amateur football and I know

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that the punishment dealt out for these types of incidents to the

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amateur and junior player is much more severe to the extent that

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people have been banned for life. FSA say they have not heard from the

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body representing these referees. They are adamant that it would have

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been befitting of a member 's organisation such as the seat and

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expiration... Both parties will now be looking for reconciliation on the

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matter and this season continues. -- such as SSFRA.

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The new Inverness Caledonian Thistle manager John Hughes says he won't be

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making big changes at the club - saying it'll be business as usual.

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The former Falkirk, Hibs and Hartlepool United boss succeeds

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Terry Butcher. Here Hughes, nicknamed Yogi, gives an insight

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into his management style. One thing I will say, I do not believe there

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is a place for a big stake in football. I am here to guide the

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boys, try to make them better, and as long as I know they have got a

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standard at this club that they try to play too, the dressing room looks

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after itself. Now, a look at what else is happening across Scottish

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sport. Four goals from Nicky Clarke helped

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Rangers beat Forfar 6-1 in League One last night. It's Rangers 19th

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successive win - a post-war record for the club.

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Edinburgh rugby are in European Cup action this weekend. With one win

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and one defeat so far in the group stage, they're targeting a win over

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English club Gloucester. It is the home game. If you get beat at home,

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it is a cup challenge to qualify for the next stage.

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Meanwhile, Glasgow Warriors are aiming to beat Cardiff Blues on

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Friday. The Warriors are also with one win and one defeat in the

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competition. We have been at Wales a couple of times this year and come

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away with victory, so that is the aim, to go down to Wales and get a

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victory and return to home ground. And Warriors join Glasgow City

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football team and - seen here - the Scotland curling team, skipped by

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Eve Muirhead, on the short list for SportScotland's team of the year.

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Scotland have been drawn with Nepal, Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates

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and Canada in the qualifiers for cricket's 2015 World Cup. Three

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teams from the group go forward to a play-off competition.

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And there are more sports stories - plus all the latest news, 24 hours a

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day - on BBC Sport Scotland's website.

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That is all from me this evening. Let's find out more about what the

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comings oh has in store for us. comings oh has

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Batten down the hatches. Good evening. We are less than one week

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into winter but it is making its presence felt, some severe, Stormy

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weather on the cards for all of us tonight and tomorrow. The main issue

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is the strength of the wind. The Met Office have issued an amber weather

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warning, which means be prepared, because westerly winds will

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strengthening to severe gale force tonight. It is down to an area of

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low pressure tracking across to the north of us, bringing heavy pulses

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of rain. Look at the squeeze on those isobars. Through the early

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hours we will see gusts of 90 mph over Orkney and exposed western

:24:47.:24:49.

coasts. Tomorrow morning, the greatest impact transfers

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southwards, to the central belt, and then to the south-east, with gusts

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of 70 mph, we could see small-scale structural damage and travel

:25:00.:25:01.

disruption and potentially some power outages. For the afternoon,

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the rain clears, the strongest of the winds begin to ease and at our

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attention shifts to the north and north-east and frequent heavy snow

:25:12.:25:16.

showers. We have a separate yellow Met Office warning for those because

:25:17.:25:19.

we could see a pew centimetres of snow. Ten to 20 centimetres as

:25:20.:25:26.

possible over the high ground and it will be blowing a gale of Shetland

:25:27.:25:29.

and the coast and over the high ground. Blizzard conditions of the

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highest level roots tomorrow. Across most of the country in the afternoon

:25:34.:25:38.

it will be dry, some sunshine, it will be cold once that rain clears.

:25:39.:25:42.

We will see a few wintry flurries into the West. It shouldn't it to

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too much, though. It will stay when around the coasts and that is

:25:49.:25:52.

something to bear in mind, because big waves combined with a spring

:25:53.:25:55.

tide could lead to some flooding in coastal areas. It stays windy into

:25:56.:26:00.

tomorrow evening, particularly over Shetland, still gusts of 70 mph. We

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are pulling in arctic air, so this is no showers will continue in the

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north and north-east and it will be a cold night. On Friday, things

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start to settle down as high pressure builds to the south of us,

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but we are still pulling in that very cold there. There will be still

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some snow showers for the Northern Isles, otherwise it will be dry with

:26:23.:26:26.

sunshine, temperatures for many of us will not get much above freezing.

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It is mild in the weekend, on Saturday there will be rain in the

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north-west, dry weather in the East. Thanks. Now, a reminder of tonight's

:26:36.:26:39.

main news. Police have revealed what they believe to be the extent of

:26:40.:26:42.

organised crime in Scotland - 227 groups involving 3400 people.

:26:43.:26:43.

Thanks. Now, a reminder of tonight's main news. Organised crime is

:26:44.:26:45.

estimated to cost the Scottish economy ?2 billion a year and it's

:26:46.:26:49.

understood that gangs are now targeting public services and

:26:50.:26:56.

events. Cash support from the UK Government for onshore wind farms is

:26:57.:27:00.

to be cut and money redirected to offshore wind farms. It will provide

:27:01.:27:04.

a boost for the renewables industry. Campaigners claim it will not stop

:27:05.:27:06.

wind farms lighting communities in Scotland. Nigella Lawson had

:27:07.:27:11.

admitted in court that she has taken cocaine but denied she was an

:27:12.:27:15.

addict. Giving evidence at the fraud trial of two personal assistance,

:27:16.:27:19.

she said it happened when she was being subjected to what she called

:27:20.:27:23.

acts of intimate terrorism by her former husband Charles Saatchi. A

:27:24.:27:28.

further ?3 billion in cuts to government department is to be

:27:29.:27:30.

announced tomorrow when the Chancellor delivers his Autumn

:27:31.:27:31.

statement. And that's Reporting Scotland. I'll

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be back with the headlines at eight and the late bulletin just after the

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ten o'clock news. Until then, from everyone on the team here in Glasgow

:27:39.:27:42.

and around the country, have a very good evening.

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