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The Catholic Church in Scotland has once again come under attack for the

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way it handles abuse victims. Do the Christian thing and help people.

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People have suffered. Also: The mother of a chance left

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blind and deaf after being struck by E. Coli calls for better education.

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All over the town, there is the pall of smoke and...

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25 years on from the Lockerbie bombing, we look back at the

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disaster. The Scottish manager who took

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Cardiff into the English Premier league looks set to lose his job.

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And I will be finding out how we aren't getting ready to get away for

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Christmas. The Catholic Church in Scotland has

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come under attack by the way it treats abuse victims. Almost five

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months since we revealed the child sex abuse scandal at two prestigious

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Catholic boarding schools, BBC Scotland can reveal that no senior

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clergy has sought out any of the victims to offer support. It comes

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as the police Scotland investigation into the scandal continues. Our

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investigations correspondent Mark Daly has this report.

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Claims of physical and sexual abuse at two Scotland's most prestigious

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Catholic boarding schools, spanning five decades. The Catholic Church's

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initial reaction to the scandal was to say it was nothing to do with

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them, it was the Benedictines, the religious order which man the

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schools. But as the story escalated and more victims came forward, one

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of the church's most senior bishops, Hugh Gilbert, spoke out. We are

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anxious that they will be a full police investigation into all of

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this, and all that can be done for the victims will be done. So what

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happens next? The BBC asked each of the men featured in our programme

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what the church had done since the statement was made. Absolutely

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nothing. There has been no contact from anyone for sub as far as I am

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aware, nobody else had any positive approach from anyone. Donald was

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abused by this month, Aidan Dorgan, now dead. Donald is now considering

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legal action but what he says he really wants is for the church to

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reach out to him. I had expected a phone call or some contact because

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they knew how to contact me quite simply and easily. What did you

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expect the church to do? Live up to the responsibility and to the

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Christian thing and help people who, in their care, have suffered. That

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is what Christianity is about. We asked why the church seemed to fail

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to follow up the Bishop's words. A spokesman said:

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the spokesman added that at least one former pupil had been referred

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to an abbot who has twice visited Saint Augustus since the scandal

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broke. A major police investigation is underway and to date, three men

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have been referred to Prakash Crown prosecutors by the police. The BBC

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understands one others reported as this former monk, Denis Alexander,

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confronted by BBC Scotland earlier this year in Australia. More

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referrals are likely, as police Scotland continue to investigate

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both at home and abroad. A man who attacked and injured a

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newborn baby has escaped a prison sentence despite a sheriff

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describing his behaviour as unpardonable. 21-year-old Nathan

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Allen was sentenced to community service for assaulting the

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three-week old girl while she was in his care at a house in Aberdeen in

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November last year. The infant suffered a brain haemorrhage. The

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children's charity NSPCC Scotland said tonight it believed Allen

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should have been jailed. A man has been convicted of killing

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the former leader of a council with a single punch. John Morrison had

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been on a Christmas night out with friends when he was attacked by

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Darren Murphy in Glasgow city centre. The High Court heard that if

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you went to a nightclub with friends, leaving his victim dying.

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He will be sentenced next month. He's described as the most severely

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affected surviving patient of the worst strain of ecoli and has been

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left deaf, blind and needing almost daily dialysis.

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Now the mother of three-year-old Bo Cox, who caught the bug at a nursery

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in Aberdeenshire, is calling for better education about the 0157

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bacteria. It's one of the things he craves the

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most but he can have only 200 millimetres of water a day. That is

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all he wants. Controlling his water intake is the tip of the iceberg for

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him. He has had 16 operations. His kidneys don't function. Only a

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quarter of his bowel is left. He is both blind and deaf. He can often be

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vomiting. With diarrhoea, he can have up to 20 nappies a day. Today,

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he faces two and a half hours of dialysis to remove toxins from his

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blood. It is the job his kidneys should perform but they don't work.

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I'm going to attach him to his machine. These are the lines that

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take the blood out of him, through the machine where the dialysis takes

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place, and then give it back. This one takes the blood out and this one

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gives the blood back. Until 18 months ago, he was a normal, healthy

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young boy. This is him on holiday just three weeks before the

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infection. For children and two adults contracted the bacteria at

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this nursery. Poor hand hygiene was blamed and within a few days, the

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youngster was being treated in intensive care. His consultant says

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it has caused massive damage. Many children get these infections but

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not many need dialysis and even fewer of them end up as severely

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affected us this. He is probably the most severely affected surviving

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patient we've ever had. He occasionally gets home. But the

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authorities are still setting up a care package. His needs are complex

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but most agree that his quality of life would be improved in a family

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environment. There are so many interventions. Minor things but it

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creates such a big picture of misery for him. This is the happiest he

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will be, when he is outside playing like this. Lucy is angry at what

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happened but once nursery providers to learn from them how devastating

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it can be. Simple hand washing techniques to stop its spread are

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vitally important. You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC.

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Still to come on the programme. How cutting edge medical techniques

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transformed the life of this heart attack victim.

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In sport: widespread condemnation for the treatment of the Scots

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manager who broke new ground with a Welsh side in the English

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premiership. And the world number one is at

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Olympia. He tells us about achieving his dreams.

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The 25th anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing will be marked

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this weekend with ceremonies in Scotland, London and America. The

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disaster gave Lockerbie an international profile it never

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wanted and has never shaken off. But good has also come from tragedy.

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Willie Johnston is in Lockerbie this evening, Willie.

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Let's remember that this was Britain's worst ever terrorist

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atrocity. It was the UK's single loss of life. It truly was a

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massive, massive event of historical proportions. 270 dead, 259 of them

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on the plane. 11 poor souls in Lockerbie, whose homes were

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obliterated. It has rarely been far from the headlines.

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This was the site I encountered when I got to Lockerbie, an hour after

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the plane came down. I had arrived thinking that a military jet had

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crashed. But the Inferno, the spread of wreckage and debris, the chaos

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and confusion quickly pointed me towards the shocking truth. After a

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while, I had to file a radio report. No Bowbelle phones in those

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days. On a whim, I decided to stop on this flyover. I spoke into my

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microphone and say what I could see. All over the time, there is a pall

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of smoke and the smell of burning is in the air. The debris from the

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plane crash appears to have spread over a wide area of the time. My

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first of countless reports from and about Lockerbie. I recall walking

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through the still smoking devastation of Sherwood Crescent.

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The heartbreak of funerals. Respectful repatriation of foreign

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victims. The poignancy of shop services. The erection and

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dedication of memorials. I was at Arlington in 1995, when President

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Clinton dedicated the Panhandle memorial cairn. I was at in - I was

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in the Netherlands in 2000, for the trial of a man and back for his

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appeal a year later. I have reported on all the big anniversaries, the

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first, the fifth, the 10th, the 20th. Now, a quarter of a century

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has passed and I wonder yet again if this finally is the watershed. Many

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in Lockerbie hope it is. Time to move on. Keep the positives like the

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Lockerbie scholarships, like the links with the states, like the good

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things that have come out of the events. But let Lockerbie move on.

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Tomorrow, there will be a wreath-laying at the Garden of

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remembrance, attended by that first Minister and representatives of the

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UK and American governments. Later, a short service in the church in the

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town centre. Will this be the last big set piece commemoration? We just

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don't know yet but if it is, it is not a sign that the community here

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is about to forget. They will not. Their pledge to the victims is, we

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will always be here for you. The family of a security guard from

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Argyll, who has been detailed in jail in India say they are now

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worried about his health. He and 34 colleagues have been refused bail on

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four occasions. He is being treated in hospital and there have been no

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formal charges brought. Jamie Ifan should be looking forward

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to a festive pint with his brother, Billy. But he has still got no idea

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when his younger brother will be home. Billy Irving was working as an

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anti-piracy guard while international security company when

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he was arrested with the other security guards and crew on board

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the company vessel in the Indian port in October. In jail, he has

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been ill and lost weight. The family is desperate for more consular

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assistance. He was in hospital on the 27th of November, when he was

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diagnosed with dysentery. It took him two days to visit to see how he

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was. From that stage on, his last visit was just yesterday. During

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that period, from his last and first visit, he has been in hospital. It's

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not the best situation. Billy 's employers are outraged that bail has

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been refused and say the mystifying investigation by Indian authorities

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has dragged on for two months already, while the company continues

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to languish in despicable and barbaric conditions at Indian

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prisons. The men, including five other Britons, are being held on

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suspicion of the unauthorised possession of 31 assault rifles and

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ammunition, and the illegal procurement of diesel but no charges

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have been brought so far. The family hasn't been able to see that speak

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to Billy since his arrest and with little progress through the courts,

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it's going to be an anxious Christmas. Billy is very social.

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It's the highlight of his character. Not having him back for Christmas is

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going to leave a whole. The It's the start of the Christmas holidays and

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the big festive getaway is underway. Thousands of people are heading off

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to visit family and friends for the festive season. Lisa Summers is at

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Edinburgh Airport. It is officially on the list for it

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those of us trying to get somewhere. There expecting 50,000 people to

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travel here over the next couple of days. Glasgow airport says it has

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been the busiest Christmas in five years. It is a headache getting

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ready to travel for the best of it is beginning. Let's look at the

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picture across Scotland. The backing is done and it is time to get away.

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Have you asked for something special from Santa? Yes. We are going to

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Paris. These are special presents for the children for the aeroplane.

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Extra carriages have been put on ScotRail services, with 1.5 million

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journeys beam to be made between now and Christmas eve. It will be really

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busy this Christmas. We have seen a 12% increase compared to last year.

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Today will be the last day of school and for a lot of people it is a

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steal for it. We're expecting it to get more busy over the weekend. It

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has been quite a steady picture on the roads. This is Scotland's

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transport nerve centre, so if you are planning a journey this weekend,

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teams of experts here will be monitoring every main road to 24

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hours a day, looking for any changes in the weather conditions. We have

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over 360 cameras across the network and we are constantly monitoring the

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well here. -- the well. As soon as anything happens, we get in touch

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with the appropriate people. Warnings of high winds across the

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weekend could cause disruption. So if you are heading home for

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Christmas this weekend, be prepared, be patient and of course,

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Pete C. We are in the midst of rotten

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weather at the moment and there are warnings for Scotland, mostly for

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rain and wind. If you are travelling over that exceeded, check with the

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operator, Czech social media and check the BBC website before we go.

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Other stories from across Scotland this Friday. Revellers in Edinburgh

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are winning people arrested for alcohol-related offences that they

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will be barred from all places until the appear. We end this debate this

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will continue as a standard operating procedures for buses and

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in prayer. More than 300 offshore workers have launched a campaign

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after a crash killed for workers in August. The Ambassador Theatre group

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is to carry out safety checks on the loose and ceilings of orders

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theatres. The move follows the ceiling collapsed last night in

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London. Peterhead power station is a happy ?50 million refit to improve

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its flexibility and extend its operating life. Mounted police are

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to be used in Inverness for the first time. This weekend, forces and

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their riders will help control street traders and will be used at

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tomorrow's Aberdeen football match. More stories from your area and the

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latest news on our website. Organ donation saves thousands of

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lives each year - and Brian Keeley from Glasgow is one of them. He had

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a heart attack in July. But after three months in intensive care and a

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heart transplant, he's looking forward to spending Christmas with

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his new wife and family. Julie Peacock reports.

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Meeting up with old friends for Christmas, it is something that

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Brown would not have dared to dream about just a few weeks ago. Just the

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day after this photo was taken in July, brining suffered a severe

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heart attack. After surgery, he was kept alive using artificial hearts

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until the transplant was found. One of the doctors treating me describe

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me as a Lazarus case for the ambled through. It was not an accident, it

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was due to the work of the team. Doctor C of this had happened three

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years ago, things would have been very different. Brian would have had

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no chance of surviving for five years ago. Now we have these new

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devices, we can reset the people with resuscitation devices and

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mechanical hearts that just didn't exist a few years ago. But it was

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the heart transplant that gave Brian a second chance at life. As he and

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his girlfriend this the agonising wait for a transplant, they decided

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to get married. They advised us we could not wait much longer. It

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proved to be a turning point, because almost immediately after the

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wedding, my health started to improve, so I think that this did my

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strength and it was really just a matter of weeks after that when I

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got the all clear to have the heart transplant. I was not going to

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survive without it, that was very clear, so it gave me new life. Brian

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still has some way to go before he's back to full fitness, but doctors

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believe that in time you'll be able to a full and active life.

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Let's get the sport now, from Rhona. The Scot who led Cardiff to the

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English Premier League for the first time stands on the verge of the sack

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tonight. There's been widespread condemnation of his treatment. Malky

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Mackay is expected to be dismissed by the club's Malaysian owner

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Vincent Tan in the next 24 hours. Our senior football reporter

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Alasdair Lamont reports. Only a few months ago, Malky Mackay

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and kind of wear on the crest of a wave, celebrating a place in the

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English top flight for the first in 51 years. Although, Malky Mackay's

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relationship with this man has broken down. The winners grapes I

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principally the results. Cardiff are currently 15th, and transfers, the

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players signed and money spent, ?50 million in total. It cannot be

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decision about football, because Malky has done everything right. He

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has them really competitive, he has a stadium and eating right behind

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him. There having problems when the change that colours were changed.

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Back on but also by Mackay's and stamping ground, his treatment has

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also been greeted with amusement. I don't see what the problem is with

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him and by the owner wants to get involved in such a way that is

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disruptive to what Malky and his team have been doing, because it has

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been a real success story this season. His achievements have not

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been enough to satisfy Ten, who obviously thinks he deserves no

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return on his investment. The Celtic manager Neil Lennon has

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conceded it is becoming more likely that two of his key players are

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likely to leave the club next summer. Joe Ledley has made 98

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appearances since joining from Cardiff City. The other player out

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of contract and likely to leave is Georgios Samaras. The striker has

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been a mainstay of the Celtic side since joining from Manchester City

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five years ago. Now, a look at what else is happening across Scottish

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sport. In around ten minutes, the best

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swimmers in Europe take: Rob's bestselling nation, the USA, at the

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cross in Glasgow. Olympics only medallist Michael Jamieson is one of

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those Scottish people in the team. This is the crash that ended his

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career, only now, to monthly to has he been well enough to make his

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first appearance. He intends to remain in response, but on the

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sidelines. I would love to stay in this sport and that is something we

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are working on. We are working to make that happen. It is Olympia, the

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highly the British show jumping calendar and a very special time for

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those pupils or a slider. He is relishing his introduction to the

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crowd as world number one. It is in a tough task to become world number

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one, but after the Olympics, it was my big goal, it was my lifetime goal

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that I really wanted to do. I didn't think it would happen as quickly, to

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be honest. Edinburgh and Glasgow return to rugby action. At

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Scotstoun, Glasgow will take on the Italian team Treviso. You can keep

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up with all of tonight's and the weekend's sporting action and all

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the latest news on our sport Scotland website.

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That match between Glasgow and Treviso has just been called off

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because of heavy rain in the city this evening. It is not very nice

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tonight. It is chucking it down.

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Technical term! The big message for this weekend is staying unsettled.

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The does clear away quickly, but we also have strong to be a force wins

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to contend with. We stuck to see blustery showers feeding in across

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northern and western Scotland, but predominantly dry in the south by

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the end of the night. It is age I started the south tomorrow, plenty

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of showers blowing in across more northern parts, turning to snow over

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higher ground. Can the afternoon, a good part of southern Scotland steam

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drive. Some sunshine coming through for the Lothians. Some dry

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conditions around the Glasgow area. Temperatures 60 trees were seven

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degrees at best. Best of the sunshine tomorrow will be around

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Aberdeen. Some sunny spells coming through for Caithness. Showers never

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too far away from the Northern Isles, although they will see some

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brightness coming through. If you are thinking of heading to the hills

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tomorrow, treacherous conditions. Severe gales and sub 's

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temperatures. Wizards conditions drifting off the snow. There will be

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fewer showers in the East, but there are still severe over the top two

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content with. Possibly gusts of 60 to 70 mph. Very treacherous

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conditions in deed. On Saturday evening, it stays rather windy. On

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Sunday, the blustery showers will turn to snow in some places. Always

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fewer showers in the south, but it will be quite a windy or braided

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day. This area of low pressure coming towards us on Monday, looking

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like bringing very stormy conditions in deed. There is already an early

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warning for severe gales in the western coastal areas, so keep an

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eye on the forecast on Monday. Keep an eye on the forecast.

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Now, a reminder of tonight's main news. The Catholic Church in

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Scotland has come under attack for the way it treats abuse victims.

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Almost five months since the child sex abuse scandal at two Catholic

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boarding schools was revealed no senior clergy has sought out any of

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the victims to offer support. Two former assistants to the

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celebrity chef Nigella Lawson have been cleared of spending huge

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amounts of her money without permission. And that's Reporting

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Scotland. I'll be back with the headlines at eight - and the late

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bulletin just after the ten o'clock news. Goodbye.

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