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Tonight, on Reporting Scotland. The government is accused of

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breaking promises over class sizes after the latest figures show

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they're on the increase. The historic city halls in Perth are

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to be demolished after councillors rejected plans to turn it into a

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food market. Why last winter's extreme weather on

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Scotland's mountains caused an unusual number of deaths and

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accidents. From Glasgow to the Punjab, we speak

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to the former MP who now has a staff of 700 and governs 90 million

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people. And Celtic fans under the spotlight

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in Barcelona as the team prepares for its last European game of the

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season. There was no trouble last year. I think after Amsterdam,

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people will keep an eye on what is happening.

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Class sizes are going up in primary schools again. New figures show

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there has been a rise in the number of younger children in larger

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classes. Opponents are accusing the government of breaking promises.

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Here to tell us more is our education correspondent Jamie

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McIvor. Cutting the size of primary school

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classes is proving easier said than done. In fact, the average size of a

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primary 1,2 or three class is creeping up again. This is how much

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it's gone up in just three years. And according to the latest

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statistics, just 13% of children in their first three years at school

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are in a class with 18 pupils or fewer. And a quarter of them are in

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a class with 26 or more. The first years at primary school can have a

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lasting impact. Helping youngsters master the basics, helping teachers

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spend more time with each pupil. It is really important there is a good

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ratio. It is difficult as class sizes go up. A small classroom is

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better. In a big classroom, there is too much noise. When the SNP came to

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power, their aim was clear, no more than 18 children in any Premier --

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primary one, two or three class. Will this actually happen? Yes, we

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are taking steps towards that. A primary one class rarely has more

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than 21 children in it. We have achieved our primary one maxima in

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law. In time of extreme financial pressure, we have not been able to

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get as far as we would like. Opposition parties say the

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government needs to do better. I want honesty from Mike Russell.

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Let's get the government to own up. The figures on class sizes are in a

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major annual report on Scottish education. Other findings are more

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positive. More probationary teachers are getting jobs. Fewer pupils are

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being taught in bad buildings. And the number of youngsters being

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excluded from school is down. But primary class sizes are such a key

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issue, this threatens to become a political row.

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Thank you. A funeral service has been held for

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the police constable who died when the helicopter she was in crashed on

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to the Clutha Bar in Glasgow 12 days ago. Family, friends and police

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colleagues of 36-year-old Kirsty Nelis gathered at St Andrews

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Cathedral in Glasgow which is just 200 yards from the site of the

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crash. The service for the married officer, who was part of the police

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helicopter unit, was also attended by the First Minister and the

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Justice Secretary. I picked the family have shown

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remarkable unity and strength. -- I think. This is a tragedy for all the

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families. But I think the dignity and grace they have shown has made

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me very humble. Perth might have only officially

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been a city since last year but councillors want to demolish its

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city hall. This afternoon, they rejected a scheme that would see the

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hall turned into a food market and are now seeking the government's

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permission to pull down the B-listed Edwardian building. Andrew Anderson

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reports. In the heart of Paris, the city

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halls has cast its shadow for over 100 years. It has welcomed Prime

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Minister 's and pop stars. It has lain empty since 2005, so should it

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stay or should it go? One consortium believes this building should have a

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new lease of life as an indoor food market. But property experts say it

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would not be viable. Three years ago, this was the vision for this

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piece currently occupied by the City Hall. Its demolition would clear the

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way for a civic square. Historic Scotland blocked that. Today,

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councillors threw out the marketplace proposal. They said the

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plan was not credible. A decision has been taken to go for demolition.

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That ends the debate on that subject. It is now time for

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everybody to move on. Those fighting to save the City Hall admitted their

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plan was incomplete but promised to oppose demolition. By failing to

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produce the necessary information in response to the marketing process,

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we made it easy for them to take that decision. But tonight, the

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signs are pointing to the end of Perth's City Hall. At this building

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has a knack of resisting and its story might not be over yet.

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The finance Secretary John Swinney has announced a series of measures

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designed to help Scottish business. He told MSPs that he'll match the

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two per cent cap on business rates announced by the Chancellor. He's

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also proposing an expansion of the small business bonus scheme which

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will extend financial support to a further four thousand properties.

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

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programme. Why last winter's extreme weather on

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Scotland's mountains caused an unusual number of deaths and

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accidents. In sport.

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Why the focus is on fans as much as football in Barcelona tonight. And

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goals galore from the replays in the Scottish Cup fourth round. That and

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more later. Could Scotland benefit from the

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shale gas revolution? A British Geological survey will look at the

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potential of fracking for shale gas in the Central Lowlands of Scotland

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next year. INEOS are planning to import cheap shale gas from the

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United States already. Environmental campaigners are concerned. Catriona

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Renton reports. The company that runs Grangemouth

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wants to bring shale gas from the United States to process into

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plastic and that will mean a big change to the already distinctive

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skyline. First of all, they will need a tank to store it in. This is

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where the giant tank is going to be built. It will hold 33,000 tonnes of

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liquefied shale gas. It will be the first place in the UK to do this and

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even though the gas is being shipped over from the United States, it will

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still be 50% cheaper than gas from the North Sea. INEOS already have

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the infrastructure in place at their plant in Norway. Last week, we

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showed you the plant there. The one in Grangemouth will have twice the

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capacity. The petrochemical plant at Grangemouth nearly closed earlier

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this year following a bitter dispute between the management and unions.

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But now workers have accepted new terms and conditions and the company

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say they will invest in the future. The workforce will be paid less in

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the long term. The upside is that we have an order food has decided to

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bring methane from America -- we have an owner who has decided.

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But some say shipping gas almost 3500 miles across the Atlantic is

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not worth it. I think this looks pretty crazy. You are going to

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compress the gas in the States, ship it across the ocean to use it in a

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plant in Scotland. The world's economics must be crazy if that

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makes sense. The other big part of this is it's from shale gas and we

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think it is a big financial bubble that will collapse. INEOS say their

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plan is essential to keep the plant going. The investment we are making

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here at Grangemouth just now can support methane gas from anywhere.

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This will provide a longer future for Grangemouth. And therein lies

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another debate about the ethics of fracking for shale gas.

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The Bank of Scotland and Lloyds TSB, both part of the same group, have

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been fined a record ?28 million by the financial regulator for serious

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failings in staff incentive schemes. Bank of Scotland advisers sold more

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than 84,000 investment and protection products to more than

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50,000 customers between January 2010 and March last year. It is the

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largest fine of its kind imposed ever by the financial regulator.

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300 jobs are being created by Edinburgh based Tesco Bank. The

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customer service and head office roles will be split between the

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bank's offices at the Gyle in Edinburgh, and Glasgow City Centre.

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Tesco Bank says it's recruiting additional staff to service the

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current account it is launching next year.

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The Scottish Secretary, Alistair Carmichael, has launched a stinging

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attack on politicans who have been briefing against the head of the

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Better Together campaign. Mr Carmichael says those who have been

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criticising Alistair Darling are guilty of bitterness and bitchiness.

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Recent reports have quoted un-named sources accusing Mr Darling of being

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comatose and lacking drive and ambition in his leadership of the

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campaign to keep Scotland part of the United Kingdom.

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A documentary to be aired on BBC Scotland tonight will try to explain

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why avalanches caused so many deaths and accidents in the Scottish

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mountains last winter. Experts say that changes in weather patterns led

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to the kind of conditions in the hills that hadn't been seen for

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decades while the snow and ice attracted high numbers of skiers and

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climbers into the great outdoors. Craig Anderson reports.

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A major search operation is underway tonight...

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January 19, 2013 and four young mountaineers lose their lives in an

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avalanche in Glencoe. In all, 14 people died in winter climbing

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accidents last season. One which saw heavy snowfalls, high winds and

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bitter cold in Scotland's hills. There's been quite a period where

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people have not experienced proper winters, real Scottish winters, so

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maybe they do not realise how prepared you have to be. It can

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change so quickly from being a lovely day to being really violent

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and full on. As snow falls, it forms layers, and

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sometimes a weak layer will not bond with those next to it. That means a

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huge area of snow is in danger of breaking off and slipping away. That

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is an avalanche. We have had real extreme events of

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wind, often over 100 miles an hour. Massive amounts of snow is being

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transported, it pushes the snow on top of these weak layers and it is

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on a hairline trigger. The climactic conditions were due to

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unusual movements high above the Earth's atmosphere, pulling in cold

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air from Siberia to Scotland. Despite evidence of global warming,

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this could be the pattern for the medium-term.

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By the 2080s, we will have warmer winters as climate change overwhelms

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natural climate variability. In the next couple of decades, there is

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still a lot of scope for our climate to vary naturally. This could lead

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us to have more intense and more frequent cold winters.

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Climbers and walkers from Scotland alone spend more than seven million

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individual days in the hills each year. That puts the number of

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accidents into some kind of perspective. But research into

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avalanches continues. Knowing more about the mountains can only make

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them safer. And you can see One Wild Winter In

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The Scottish Mountains here on BBC One Scotland tonight at 9pm.

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He's the former Scots MP who swapped the Glasgow Central constituency to

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govern 90 million people in Pakistan's Punjab. Four months on,

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Mohammad Sawar has spoken about adjusting to his new life which

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includes living in a palace, having 700 staff and travelling with an

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armed guard. BBC Scotland's Almeena Ahmed has been given rare access to

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his home in Lahore. Punjab's very own White House

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complete with 700 staff is Mohammed Sarwar's new home. A far cry from

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the streets of Glasgow. Built during the British Raj, the governor's

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house has its own private lake and exotic bird sanctuary. Even for the

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cash-and-carry millionaire, the trapping that come with the job

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takes some getting used to. I had a good house in Glasgow. But there is

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a big difference between a half acre house and an 80 acre house. It is a

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life definitely different here. But the move has not been all good. The

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governor's wife says she does not get to see her husband much and it

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can get lonely. I miss Scotland. I grew up there and it is my home.

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Even then, I would like to use this opportunity to help people and I try

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my best every day to try to do something good instead of sitting

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around. The former Glasgow Central MP gave up his British passport to

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take up this largely ceremonial post, but one of his priorities is

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to get more clean water in a province of over 19 million people.

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Past controversies over his financial affairs seem a distant

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memory when faced with the challenges here. Lahore is not a

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particularly dangerous city, but personal security is a huge concern

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as the previous governor was shot dead by his own bodyguard. Mr Sarwar

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always travels with an armed escort. When I came to this country, I

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always tried to make the point, why you need so many vehicles, so many

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police around you? But when I have come here, I am shocked myself that

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my staff and security advisers will not allow me to leave the house

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alone. The governor's son is now the MP for his father's former

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constituency and thinks his dad's new role should be good for Scotland

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as well. We have a governor now who has an emotional attachment with

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Scotland and with the UK. Someone who understands the challenges in

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both countries. I think it would be wrong for us not to take advantage

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of that opportunity. Despite being surrounded by pomp and protocol, the

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governor is determined to be seen as the man tackling poverty in Punjab.

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Other stories from across Scotland this Wednesday.

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A Roman Catholic bishop has been appointed to one of Scotland's

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oldest diocese. The Right Reverend Stephen Robson will be the new

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Bishop of Dunkeld. Bishop Robson says after the abuse allegations

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that have confronted the church, it will have to work hard to regain

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trust. We have to throw our hands up and say we definitely have lost

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credibility. It is in the first time it has happened in the church and it

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won't be the last. These problems exist everywhere but that is not the

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point, we have to regain credibility.

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A police officer has been charged with dangerous driving after a man

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was knocked down on an Aberdeenshire road. The case against Allan Masson

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was continued without plea at Aberdeen Sheriff Court for a week. A

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man believed to be in his 60s was taken to hospital after being

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seriously injured at the time. A man who admitted spray-painting

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Aberdeen City Council's historic Marischal College headquarters has

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been given a community payback order and told to pay compensation.

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Christian Weir, who's 23, committed the offence in June and the graffiti

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was successfully removed in August. Concerns are being raised about the

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number of people still on the waiting list for an NHS dentist on

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the Isle of Skye. More than 1,500 people are on waiting lists for

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dental practices in Portree, Dunvegan and Kyle of Lochalsh. NHS

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Highland say their new dental clinic in Portree will eventually be able

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to register everyone. Scotland's smallest secondary

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school, Skerries in Shetland, is set to close next summer, after a narrow

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vote by the island's council. The school, which has three pupils,

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serves the Out Skerries, a small smattering of islands an hour and a

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half's ferry journey east of the Shetland mainland.

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

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Scotland's website. Let's turn our attentions to sport

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now and David has the latest. 2,000 Celtic supporters are in

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Barcelona for their final Champions League match of the season. With the

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club unable to qualify for the last 16 and trying to address disorder

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among fans, much of the focus is on off-field matters. Here's our senior

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football reporter Alasdair Lamont. Celtic have come to Barcelona with

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only pride at stake. But that applies as much to the club forwards

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as does to the players. Our supporters of the best in the world,

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bar none. We have had a few problems at the club are trying to deal with

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it. That won't take away the fantastic support we have, not just

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in Britain but around the world and the great relationship that our

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supporters fought with other clubs. The vast majority of fans bring

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colour and are noisy but good-natured and good-humoured. But

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recent incidents at Amsterdam, and Celtic Park have the those fans

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under the spotlight. Everywhere we go, I think we will be more

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scrutinised. Even in Europe, there was no trouble at all last year but

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now people will be saying, is anything going to happen? I think

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after what happened in Amsterdam, people will keep an eye on us top we

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are here to do the club proud, to support our team, and to give a good

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impression of Glasgow and Scotland. As the Champions League campaign

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draws to a close this evening, Neil Lennon and Celtic are looking to

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refocus on good football. And there's live commentary of the

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match on BBC Radio Scotland. One Premiership club and two League

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One sides have made it through to the last 16 of the Scottish Cup

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after fourth round replays. Heather Dewar reports on a night of goals

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aplenty. A balmy night in Paisley sought and

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seven gaining revenge. Gary Hart kins netted for the home side

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following is even Thompson knocked down. The buddies doubled their lead

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with this from Stephen Thompson. His 40th goal for the club. Sean Kelly

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then compounded the misery with a winner just three minutes from time.

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The first goal for the substitute and 3-0 to the home side who take on

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Dundee United in next round. Chris Temple levelled for the home

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side in extra time in this game, to make it 3-3. Raft Douglas saved this

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goal. Craig Smith made it 4-3 on penalties. Then I take on St

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Johnstone at Station Park. In this game, Clyde went to the lead

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and Andy Stirling put them level. Seconds later, fragment you and

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added a second from Chris Aitken is corner. Jamie Longworth notched up

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the herd. -- the third. And Martin Greer made it 4-1 with this late

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finish. He set up a fifth round tie against Inverness.

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No goals in this but plenty of other snippets from around Scottish sport.

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Rangers have banned a 16-year-old girl from all their matches after

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she was charged with throwing a flare during a game at Falkirk. Emma

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Leslie from Glasgow denies the charge. It is almost an education

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programme that is have to -- that will have to be led by the SBA and

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the SFL to get this over to be found that this is an acceptable.

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Edinburgh Rugby must win this weekend to have any chance of

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qualifying for the last eight of the Heineken European Cup. They travel

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to Gloucester with just one win from three matches. Lie-macro if you lose

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your home game, it is difficult to qualify. We have a slim chance but

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that will only work if we get a result this week can. -- weekend.

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Glasgow's Scott Jamieson is defending his title at the Nelson

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Mandela championship in South Africa. But this is one of the early

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pace setters Francois Calmels of France. He's on seven under par.

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Hearts captain Danny Wilson will play against Inverness on Saturday

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despite suffering from pains in his shins. He's been given a special

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training progamme to counter shin splints.

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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. Back to you, Weather now.

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Jackie. It has been fairly mild top we are well above the seasonal

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average. Last month was a bracket -- record-breaker in the north-west,

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the mildest December night for 50 years. The night, our attention will

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be taken elsewhere because we have this area of low pressure driving in

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some heavy rain and strengthening wind. We have a yellow Met Office

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warning. Then in winds. Quite a start, then we see the rain pushing

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in from the west, heaviest over the Highlands. When strengthening to

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gale force over the North and Western isles. For the mainland,

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two, squally winds picking up. Potentially, some tricky positions

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-- conditions on roads. But while this might -- quite as mild as last

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night but we will be frost free. Tomorrow, cloudy and wet and windy.

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Heavy rain at first in the morning and then it starts to ease, it

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becomes lighter and put cheer but for most places, we will hold onto a

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good deal of cloud. Rather cloudy, some bits and pieces of patchy

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drizzle, maybe a few brighter spells in the Lothians, parts of the

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central part, it will be mild after 12 Celsius or so. Some drizzly rain

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hanging on. The brightest conditions, Orkney, Shetland, the

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North Highlands and Lewis and Harris, too. But it will be a touch

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fresher here. The strongest winds will ease down. As we head through

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the rest of the afternoon towards evening, we will see another batch

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of heavy rain pushing in from the west. That will rush across the

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country tomorrow night and winds start to pick up again. For Friday,

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that is how we will start. Cloudy, windy, without breaks of rain.

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Still, every match on the mild side. Later in the day, things broken up a

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touch from the West but on the whole, staying very unsettled as we

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head into the weekend. For Saturday, the area of low pressure giving some

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concerns. Gale force winds heading our way.

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Now, a reminder of tonight's main news.

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Class sizes are going up in primary schools again. New figures show

:26:44.:26:50.

there's been a rise in the number of younger children in larger classes.

:26:51.:26:52.

Opponents are accusing the government of breaking promises.

:26:53.:26:55.

Lloyds Banking Group has been fined a record ?28 million after staff

:26:56.:26:58.

were put under pressure to sell products to customers who didn't

:26:59.:27:01.

need them. The City regulator said the Bank offered "grand in your

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hand" bonuses to those meeting targets or demotion to those who

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didn't. Perth might have only officially

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been Scotland's seventh city since last year but councillors want to

:27:10.:27:12.

demolish its city hall. This afternoon, they rejected a scheme

:27:13.:27:16.

that would see the hall turned into a food market and are now seeking

:27:17.:27:19.

the government's permission to pull down the B-listed Edwardian

:27:20.:27:20.

building. The G8 countries have agreed to find

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either a cure for dementia or improved treatment by 2025. Here,

:27:25.:27:26.

the coalition plans to double spending on research. The World

:27:27.:27:29.

Health Organisation has forecast that numbers of people with dementia

:27:30.:27:32.

will almost double worldwide every two decades.

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And that's Reporting Scotland. I'll be back with the headlines at 8pm

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and the late bulletin just after the ten o'clock news. Until then, from

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everyone on the team have a very good evening.

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