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Tonight on Reporting Scotland. A major search is launched after a

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three-year-old boy goes missing in Edinburgh. Dozens of police officers

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scour the area around the little boy's home while forensic officers

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search for clues to try to find out what happened to him. He was picked

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to his bed by his mother at nine o'clock last night. When his mother

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walk up this morning, Mikaeel was not in his bed or in his house.

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Specialist teams take part in the operation and the nearby shoreline

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is searched by lifeboat crews and the coastguard.

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We'll have the latest on the investigation.

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Also in the programme tonight. What a load of rubbish. The clean-up

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begins on Loch Long where recent storms have washed up tonnes of

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litter and debris. And violinist Nicola Benedetti joins

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the traditional music scene as Celtic Connections celebrates its

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21st birthday. Three-year-old Mikaeel Kular has not

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been seen since he was put to bed by his mother last night at nine

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o'clock. It wasn't until she awoke this morning that she realised he

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was gone from their home in the Drylaw area of Edinburgh. His jacket

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and shoes are missing too. This evening, a UK-wide alert has been

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issued, with coastguards teams helping with the search. In a

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moment, we'll speak to Superintendent Liz McAinsh who is in

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charge of the search. But first, here's Rob Flett on how today's

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events unfolded. This modern housing development is

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where Mikaeel has lived for several years. Every inch is now being

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called by police. Where do you start looking? He is a lovely wee boy.

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Mikaeel was last seen by his mother yesterday evening. She is said to be

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distraught. He was put to bed by his mother last night at nine o'clock.

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When she went to get him up this morning, he was not in his bed. She

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searched the house for him, she noticed his jacket and shoes were

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missing and she contacted the police. Police believe the-year-old

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Mikaeel may have got up and got dressed and wandered out last night.

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They say there is no evidence of criminality. Mikaeel is described

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as... Police dogs have been brought in to

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look for any evidence around the development. Ferry Gait is in the

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north of Edinburgh. There is no indication of any direction he has

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taken when he has come out of his house. At this meeting, volunteers

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were anxious to know where to look. Mountain rescue teams have been

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brought in, the Coast Guard has been deployed. It is a large and mixed

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area to cover. We are searching everywhere are

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three-year-old child could go. I am a father and I know they can get

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anywhere. The community has been left

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bewildered by the disappearance of this little boy from the safety of

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his home. Speculation has been rife. Tonight, as darkness came, the

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searchers continued. Those looking for Mikaeel are painfully aware that

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time is of the essence. I'm joined now by superintendent Liz

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McAinsh from Police Scotland. It's a missing persons inquiry and

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not a criminal investigation at the moment, but are you following any

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specific leads? We are keeping all of our options

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open at the moment. Mikaeel was reported missing to us at seven 45

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this morning. He was last seen at nine o'clock last night. We have

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launched a dedicated telephone number, staffed by dedicated police

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officers in the United Kingdom. If anyone has seen Mikaeel, or believes

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they have seen him, please call us. It is one of the line we are focused

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on, the search of the local area, particularly Ferry Gait and Drylaw.

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I would thank everybody, all the members of the public who have

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helped today. But have a look around again tonight. Please, search out

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buildings, gardens, garages, anywhere at three-year-old boy might

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have gone to seek shelter. If you are out walking, please be extra

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vigilant. Are you satisfied that a three-year-old would be able to get

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through and outer door, the able to dress himself?

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That is something we have been exploring the red the day. His

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mother has told us that he can dress himself, that he could put on his

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jacket and shoes. And it would have been possible for him to have left

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the house of his own accord. We are continuing to explore all areas.

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Again, our appeal is for everyone to look out for this little boy who is

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missing in the area. We are growing increasingly concerned. We are very

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keen that everybody helped us in that search. We have got lots and

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lots of police these sources dedicated to this. -- police these

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sources -- resources. As you can see, we have lots of partner

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agencies and emergency services are helping us.

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Thank you. BBC Scotland has obtained details of

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the options being considered by the Ministry of Defence to deal with

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radioactive contamination on a Fife beach. The draft proposals for

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Dalgety Bay include putting up a fence or warning signs. The local MP

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says that would amount to doing nothing. Here's our political

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correspondent, Glenn Campbell. By the sailing club in Dalgety Bay

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and across town, radioactive contamination is already. It is a

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concern. People are worrying about safety, and also house prices. It is

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time the Ministry of Defence did something coastline is contaminated

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by radioactive particles from World War II instruments that were dumped

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here. The Ministry of Defence is looking for options to deal with the

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problem. The options are to put up warning signs, to build a stone

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barrier system, to excavate the area and remove the contaminated

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material, or a combination of these possibilities. The local MP does not

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think all the options are credible. I am shocked and dismayed that one

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of the options being considered is to do nothing, or to leave offence

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here. -- or to put up a fence here. If this coastline is not cleared up,

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it could become the only place in the UK to be formally designated as

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an area of contamination. The ministry of defence says it remains

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committed to playing an active role in achieving a long-term solution.

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

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programme. The only way is up for our power

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bills, but just how high could they rise? We have the third of our

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special reports on Scotland's energy needs.

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In sport, Andy Murray sets a personal record in the sweltering

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heat of Australia but big brother Jamie feels the heat. And Rangers

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players are asked to consider a pay cut. Join me later.

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The leader of the No campaign in the referendum is claiming Alex Salmond

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is unable to provide any guarantees over key aspects of his independence

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offer. Alistair Darling says Scotland is in the dark over issues

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like the currency and membership of the European Union. His attack was

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dismissed by supporters of independence, as our political

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editor Brian Taylor reports. Alistair Darling's target audience

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to date was young Scotland. He argued that Alex Salmond could give

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no guarantees. Ask Alex Salmond what currency and independent Scotland

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would have had he house to answer that he does not know. Ask him to

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give you I guarantee on a range of issues and the best he can say is

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that he does not know. But Nicola Sturgeon dismissed that, are giving

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that it would be in London's interest to create a sterling zone.

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We could take responsibility into our own hands only that in the hands

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of Westminster. I am arguing it is best to be in the driving seat of

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your own destiny. At first Minister's Questions,

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competing claims on the cost and benefit of independence. And much

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more tomorrow when the Foreign Secretary publishes a paper arguing

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that the United Kingdom offers strength through global diplomatic

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clout. Nicola Sturgeon will argue that the only threat to European

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membership will be the referendum being put forward by the

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Conservative Party. This week, we've been looking at

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energy bills, asking why they're so high and what we can do about it.

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Tonight, we're turning our attention to the future and asking are our gas

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and electricity bills likely to keep on rising sharply in the years to

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come? There is a financial cost no matter how we choose to generate

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electricity or heat our homes. The UK Government has warned bills are

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set to keep on rising, driven up largely by the cost of gas on the

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international markets, rather than the price of investing in renewable

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energy here at home. At this pensioners club in Glasgow, the cost

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of staying warm is a real worry. People have got bored with their

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heating bills, worrying about them. I keep watching the meter. You

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cannot afford to keep them the way you used to. So should the

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government cap prices, forcing energy companies to ease pressure on

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budgets? It controls the price company can charge without the cost

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the beer, part of which is imposed by government, and what comes out

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the end of that is they do not invest in new power stations. --

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without the cost they bear. Some ageing power stations have been

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closed, whilst the renewable energy sector has grown rapidly. Energy and

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climb it policies account for 9% of the average household bills. --

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energy and I change policies. We cannot expect to go back to lower

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prices. So we should continue to pursue the climate and renewable

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targets in difficult circumstances. Fracking is controversial, but has

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ridges prices in the US, so what impact could shale gas have on our

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bills? Shale gas could make them lower than they might otherwise have

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been. Not a particularly comforting answer. That is until you start to

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realise this is a gas import dependent country now. And

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ever-changing picture, but one thing is clear, the days of cheap energy

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will not return any case soon. -- any day soon.

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The main gearbox of a helicopter, which crashed off Peterhead with the

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loss of 16 lives, had no abnormalities the previous night, a

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fatal accident inquiry has heard. The engineer who carried out

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inspections on the Super Puma the night before it crashed has been

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giving evidence. A catastrophic gearbox failure was blamed for the

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tragedy in April 2009. All onboard died.

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200 jobs are being axed at the Rolls-Royce aerospace plant and

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redfish. The firm says it has transferred some work out of the

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Inchinnan factory whilst reviewing its supply chain and says it is

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facing challenging market conditions.

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The trial of a man accused of murdering his mother, and burying

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her body on an Edinburgh hill, has entered its final stages. James

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Dunleavy known as Seamus, who's 40, denies killing and dismembering

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66-year-old Philomena Dunleavy, and of disposing of her body in a

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shallow grave. Lawyers in the case have been making their closing

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speeches. The judge will give the jury his legal direction tomorrow.

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The village of Arrochar on Loch Long is one of the country's most popular

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beauty spots. But it's not that pretty at the moment. Recent storms

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have washed up tonnes of unsightly litter and debris. The council says

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it will work with the community to try to clear the coastline before

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the tourist season. Arrochar sees itself as the gateway

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to Argyll. But this is what has greeted visitors since the storm on

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January third. Believe it or not, this is a car park. A disaster, oil

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cans, plastic containers, wood... In fact, much of the seafront at

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Arrochar has been covered by litter and debris. It's so bad, it will

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take six days to clear this. People come to hear for the beautiful

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scenery, wildlife, and the unspoiled look of the place. When they come

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and it looks like this, unspoiled is not the best way to describe it. So

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what has caused this? Loch Long is a tidal loch. So rubbish from the

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Clyde and beyond gets carried up here. It has been studied before. We

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carried out a detailed survey of all the material on the shoreline. We

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were amazed to discover a great deal came from across the Atlantic from

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the States. It also comes from boats, yachts men, and various

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others. It's taken nearly a fortnight for the council clear up

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to start, as some other storm damage was much more dangerous. Part of the

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sea wall in Dunoon washed away. The road at Southend, near the Mull of

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Kintyre. Ultimately, most of the rubbish in Arrochar is there because

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of thoughtless behaviour by people who will never see the mess and both

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the council and local community are paying the price.

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Other stories from across Scotland this Thursday...

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Voters in Cowdenbeath will go to the polls next Thursday to elect a new

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MSP. One of the seven candidates is James Trolland of the Scottish

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Democratic Alliance. His party backs Scottish independence and wants more

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use of referendums Work has litres a year.

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There is a proposed ?40 million data storage centre on farmland near

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Eckel fecund in dumb preacher. The Scottish Government has overturned

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the appeal. It was found there were no changes to warrant closure. And

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some issues were deemed irrelevant. Surveyors are warning that house

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prices in some parts of Scotland could be unsustainable, if more

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properties don't come on to the market. The Royal Institution of

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Chartered Surveyors says its latest survey points to the number of sales

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rising through 2014. But a shortage of homes could push up prices.

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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 21st Celtic Connections festival opens tonight with a line-up

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promising to showcase Scotland's musical legacy ahead of the

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Commonwealth Games. More than 2000 musicians are performing. Tonight,

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the classical violinist Nicola Benedetti ventures into the

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traditional music scene for the first time. Nicola Benedetti as you

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have never heard her before. It could not be more different. Most of

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the stuff I have got to know within the last month. Swapping classical

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for traditional and the violin for the federal for tonight's Celtic

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Connections opening concert. -- for their fiddle. Every notice should

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note normally, I am this has more improvising and changes made and

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spontaneity. Another level, a steep learning curve, me trying to adjust

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and keep up. The musicians involved say this collaboration shows how

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Celtic Connections has grown and evolved over the past 20 years. When

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it started, it was a Celtic Festival, traditional bands from our

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London Scotland, maybe can either -- Canada, now embracing world music,

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different styles. Audiences arriving here have been promised something

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bold and ambitious. This is the 21st Celtic Connections Festival and

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organisers say this line-up proves the event has come of age. In the

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year of the Commonwealth games comes to Glasgow, this years festival

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beach is a more international line-up, a traditional Scottish

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music remains at the heart of what has become the world's biggest music

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festival. Now to go straight to David for the

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sport. Good evening. Andy Murray has set a

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new personal record at the Australian Open tennis. In the

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course of a straight sets win over Frenchman Vincent Millot, Murray won

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an impressive 23 points in a row. The second round victory came on

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another day of searing temperatures, as Kheredine Idessane reports from

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Melbourne. You keep cool anyway you can. Ice

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cold mist machines certainly help. It was 42 Celsius here today, 108

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Fahrenheit, and it felt like walking into an Avent. Andy's Big Brother

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Jamie played for two hours, but could not speak to me afterwards

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because he was ill because of the effects of the. Little surprise,

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then, that play was suspended for a while and of the heat policy.

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Unbearable! I would not like to play. You feel for them. One ball

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boy fainted. Know whether problems for Andy Murray, with a late-night

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sentient under the roof, had no problem seeing off his opponent in

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state sites. The difference between them quickly apparent. -- in

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straight sets. But with two sets down, Vincent Millot started to

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play, then Andy Murray responded to magically. He won the last 23 points

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in a row to wrap up the match in two hours. It was 6-5, and someone

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shouted I had won 19 in a row, probably the most I had ever won in

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my career by far. It is very difficult to do that, I do not know

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how I did it. Next up, one Andy Murray has never lost.

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Rangers are asking their players to take wage cuts of 15% as the club

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tries to save money. Manager Ally McCoist has been in discussions with

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chief executive Graham Wallace, who is reviewing the the Ibrox finances.

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The players' wage bil is between ?6-7 million a year. -- bill. Last

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week, McCoist agreed to a 50% wage cut.

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

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Ayr United's Michael Moffat has been banned for six matches for breaching

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football rules on betting. He'd placed wagers on 157 matches, seven

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of which involved his own team. Dundee United have given teenagers

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Ryan Gauld and John Souttar a winter break. They're being allowed to

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recharge their batteries in the sun this weekend. It won't be Dingwall,

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where their team mates play Ross County.

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Scotland's rugby sevens team have set themselves an ambitious target

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for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games despite a tough draw. They face New

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Zealand, Nigeria and Canada in the group stage. The focus is very much

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on finishing in the top table, which will get us into the quarterfinal,

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and afterwards continuing towards a medal.

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Scots Marc Warren and Craig Lee are one shot behind the leaders after

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round one of the Abu Dhabi golf championship. No TV pictures of

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them, so let's enjoy the shot of the day from Ireland's Paul McGinley at

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the 16th. Scotland have got their first win at

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the Cricket World Cup qualifiers in New Zealand. Beating Nepal by 90

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runs. Freddie Coleman 64 not out. It's one win from two for the Scots

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whose next match is against the United Arab Emirates.

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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. That is all from me.

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Thank you. Now for the weather. Some fairly stubborn mist and fog

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patches around the North, around the money first, elsewhere showers,

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ranks to low pressure. -- Moray Firth. Showers more weight spread,

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and mist and fog reforming later, showers drifting northwards. Still

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windy for the Northern Isles, severe gale force expected. Towns and

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cities, around for five Celsius, but with in cloud, lower temperatures,

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maybe some frost and a sea patches. Tomorrow bright spells, and some

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passing light showers. Noticeably in the south-west. Something heavier in

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the north-east. And by late afternoon, not looking too bad.

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Generally dry, some brightness, some passing showers. Brightness across

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the capital, Mike Leigh along the West Coast at -- brightness along

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the West Coast. Showers more frequent in the north-west. Once

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again, gales blow for Shetland. The rest of the afternoon, into the

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evening and overnight, we hold onto showers across many parts, mist and

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fog reforming. In the weekend, we need to look farther south, low

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pressure just off Cornwall will feed in a weather front which means rain

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as the head through Saturday. It starts off dry, some brightness,

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mist and fog, the rain working northwards, other North getting away

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with a largely dry day. East West split on Sunday, the farther west

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you will be, the dry it will be, wetter farther east, and still windy

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for Shetland. The wind probably more likely across the Northeast on

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Monday, cloudy on the whole, passing showers and temperatures down a

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notch or two that is the forecast. Let's return to tonight's main

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story. The search for three-year-old Mikaeel Kular, who's not been seen

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since he was put to bed by his mother last night. Our reporter

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Andrew Anderson is outside the family home in Edinburgh. What more

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you can tell us? It is no 22 hours since Mikaeel's mother put him to

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bed, the last time she saw her little boy. The police searches

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which have been going on all day will continue into the evening. In

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the last few minutes, we have seen more forensic officers go into the

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flat behind me. Mikaeel is two foot tall, white shark for a

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three-year-old, so quite a distinctive figure. Us quite short.

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Despite all of the publicity this case has attracted, so far there

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have been no positive sightings of him. It is getting cold in Edinburgh

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tonight. As the temperature drops, and the hours go on, concern for

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Mikaeel is increasing. Thank you. And that is Reporting Scotland. I'll

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be back with the headlines at 8pm and the late

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