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London. If you want more details, you can head to our website. Now on

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BBC One we join the Tonight, on Reporting Scotland. The

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former NATO Secretary General says a Yes vote in the referendum would

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threaten the stability of the West. For the second military power in the

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West to shatter that would be cataclysmic in geopolitical terms.

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The Scottish Government says Lord Robertson's comments are insulting,

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crass and offensive. Also on the programme, the cost of

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the Commonwealth Games opening and closing ceremonies rises to almost

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?21 million. One of Scotland's leading

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gamekeepers calls for access to the countryside to be restricted to

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protect animals and plant life. On the road again. Sir Chris Hoy

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switches to four wheels as he takes up motorsport.

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And how an elite World War II commando force was trained in the

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Highlands. Good evening. The former NATO

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Secretary General, Lord Robertson, has told an audience in Washington

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that Scottish independence would be cataclysmic for Western security.

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The Scottish Government said his comments were insulting and

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ridiculous and insisted that an independent Scotland would not turn

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its back on its defence obligations to other countries. Here's our

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Political Correspondent, Glenn Campbell.

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We live in an unstable world. Russian forces overwhelmed the

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Ukrainians in Crimea, ignoring international condemnation. In this

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world, a former NATO top gun believes that unity between Western

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military powers is essential. He told a Washington think tank that

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Scottish independence would embolden our enemies. The loudest cheering

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would be from our adversaries and enemies. For the second military

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power in the West to shatter this year would be cataclysmic in

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geopolitical terms. With independence, SNP ministers

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want to permanently remove nuclear weapons from Scottish waters. Lord

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Robertson thinks that will make it too expensive for the rest of the UK

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to relocate and renew Trident. In short, disarming Scotland would, in

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his view, disarm the UK. Lord Robertson thinks that the UK

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government would then lose considerable influence in the

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European Union, United Nations, and the NATO military alliance.

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Those in favour, 426. Those against, 332. The resolution passes. It is 18

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months since the SNP voted for an independent Scotland to seek

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non-nuclear membership of NATO. By committing Scottish Armed Forces to

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collect of defence and security the Scottish government believe that

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independence need not alter the world order. It is about taking

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responsibility for your own decisions. Not about turning your

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back on anybody will stop we would remain partners with our friends and

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family across the UK, Europe, the wider world. That is the reality, it

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could not be farther removed from the ridiculous contribution of

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George Robertson. As a Labour politician George Robertson has long

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opposed independence. He previously predicted that devolution would kill

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the SNP. Nationalists insist that these views are no more credible. He

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is well connected however and is telling world powers to weigh in.

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Washington is officially neutral on independence, content to let

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Scotland decide. The cost of the opening and closing

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ceremonies at this year's Commonwealth Games has risen

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dramatically. Organisers say the combined tally for both events now

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stands at almost ?21 million, up from the original estimate of ?14

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million. Our Games reporter Lisa Summers is here now. This is a

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staggering hike and cost. It is. There has been controversy

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since we learned of the details. The idea of demolishing the red Road

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flats live. A petition has since been signed by 10,000 people calling

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for that controversial idea to be abolished. Now we discover that the

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cost is rising. The budget set for the opening and closing ceremonies

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was ?14 million. It is now at ?21 million. An increase of 50%.

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Organisers say that the demolition plan has nothing to do with the

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spike in costs. They say it will add to the spectacle. Especially with

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the eyes of the world on Glasgow. They say the budget for that has

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come from an existing fund and is not the -- and insurmountable

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amount. They have always said this would be

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a public transport games. Games tickets also get you free bus and

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underground travel. And details today from ScotRail about what they

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will do in order to get people about during the course of the games. We

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will double our services. We want customers to have a walk up and go

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service. So that they can plan to come from further out. But once

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you're in the city centre, you can reach venues very easily. These

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plans are subject to negotiations with unions who want to secure

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remuneration for the extra hours worked, similar to the Olympics. We

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will also get more details for plans on the underground and buses.

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A jury has heard that a man came into Greenock police station saying

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he wanted to confess to the murder of 16-year-old Elaine Doyle. Retired

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custody officer James Gamble said in a police statement, that he was on

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duty in February 2011 when an agitated man - called Alexander

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Cannon - told him he wanted to make the confession. 49-year-old John

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Docherty denies murdering Elaine in June 1986 in a lane in Greenock.

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He's submitted a list of 41 names of people he says could have killed the

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teenager, including Mr Cannon's. The murder of a 17-year-old is being

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investigated by police officers in Fife. The young man died following a

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disturbance in Methil early this morning. The police have increased

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their presence in the area, but say it is an isolated attack, and there

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is no wider risk to the public. A 22-year-old man is in custody in

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connection with the incident. The UK is currently going through

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some of the biggest welfare changes we've seen in decades. The

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Westminster Government believes they're vital, to cut the ever

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growing welfare bill. But disability organisations and campaigners claim

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disabled people are being disproportionately affected, with

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some driven into poverty. In the first of a series of films on the

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changes, our reporter Ian Hamilton looks at the impact the bedroom

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subsidy is having on disabled people in rural Scotland.

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Graham is in his 20s. But as a child, his family built this

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accessible extension to the family home, where everything is designed

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around his needs. His mother, Julia, provides 24-hour care.

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Because of housing benefit rules their extra room now costs them. In

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the past year, they have had help, but that period is now coming to an

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end. They find the whole situation very unsettling. There are not many

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options, housing wise, for people with disabilities. What we have is

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perfect already, we're not taking up a new build for someone else. There

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is a housing shortage for disabled across Scotland. According to

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critics of the bedroom tax, it is only making matters even worse.

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Housing organisations claim that of the 85,000 households affected by

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the bedroom tax, two thirds contain somebody with a disability. They

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claim the policy is wasting more public money than it is saving. It

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makes no sense when you have converted a property to meet the

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needs of a disabled person, to ask them to uproot themselves, before

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you must then spend even more money to converted back to mainstream use,

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whilst the family spent even more money to convert the smaller new

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nemesis. -- premises. ?3.5 million has been made available for those

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living in all areas. Julia and Graham are not against moving, they

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simply ask, where to? You're watching Reporting Scotland

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from the BBC. Still to come on tonight's programme. Digging deep to

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uncover the brutal, exacting training given to fledgling

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Commandos in the West Highlands seven decades ago.

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And in sport, Chris Holley is dreaming of chlorine again. Faster

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than ever. -- Chris Hoy is dreaming of glory again.

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Scotland's mountains attract walkers and climbers from all over the

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world. But some naturalists believe their popularity could actually be

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damaging the habitat of animals and plant life. Now one of the country's

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leading gamekeepers has suggested that restricting access to the hills

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could help protect endangered species. Aileen Clarke reports.

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Scotland's hills and mountains. Open for all to enjoy. But a recent

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gamekeepers Association article seemed to suggest restrictions at

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certain times of year five be worth considering. -- might be. If there

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are problem areas, it is responsible and sensible to look at those. But

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others argue that it is not walkers who are to blame. The biggest

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impact, on, for example, the capercaillie, is the loss of

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woodland habitat. That is far more to damage the capercaillie than

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people who might be walking with in the area. But some concern to claim

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that clearer guidance would be useful.

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We need much clearer signals. This particular area is so special for

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capercaillie and is not an appropriate place to go dog walking.

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There are thousands of acres elsewhere. It is not large scale,

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just identifying certain things. With these walkers agree?

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Gamekeepers, identical problem with that, if they believe it would help

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them, so long as it is not carte blanche. I do not want areas closed

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off to walkers like myself. The debate is as important to those who

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walk the hills as those who work them.

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Police say they're increasingly concerned for a man who's

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disappeared from his Falkirk home. Officers say there have been several

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potential sightings of David Paterson, who went missing yesterday

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morning. Search teams have been working throughout the day, and

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people are being urged to check gardens, sheds and outhouses for any

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sign of the 52-year-old, who also has a house in North-east Fife.

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David has worked for 15 years in the same job. He is a nurse, a man of

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routine, the fact that we have not heard from him since the back of 8am

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yesterday morning, with no contact, naturally we are concerned for his

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welfare. We have had the police helicopter out, a search specialist,

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the sniffer dog, and we are dedicated to carrying out searches

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in the locality. That indicates the level of concern.

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Now a look at other stories from across Scotland today. A man who

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died after the taxi he was driving plunged into the water at Peterhead

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harbour has been named. 42-year-old Graeme Reid died when the vehicle

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overturned after it landed in the water on Monday morning. It was

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later winched ashore. An army helicopter which made an

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emergency landing in a field near Marycooter, after suffering engine

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trouble is expected to remain there for several days. The Apache was

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taking part in a training exercise. The Ministry of Defence says an

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engine change will be carried out by military engineers, before the

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aircraft is removed. 18 birds of prey have now been found

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dead in Ross-shire. RSPB Scotland say 13 red kites and five buzzards

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have been discovered in the Conon Bridge area in what is Scotland's

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worst case of wildlife poisoning. Highland Council has been granted

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full planning permission for its Inverness-West Link road, and

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permission in principle for associated projects. The West Link

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has been proposed as a way of easing travel across the city - but

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campaigners say it will lead to the loss of green space.

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The world's largest glass manufacturer, Owens-Illinois, is to

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invest ?25 million in its plant at Alloa. The company says the move

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will safeguard 600 skilled jobs. A bronze statue of a Black Watch

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soldier will be erected in Belgium as part of events to mark the

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centenary of World War One. The statue was made to commemorate the

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nine thousand Black Watch officers and soldiers who died and more than

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20,000 who were wounded. It is the most beautiful statue and will be a

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powerful symbol of the fighting spirit of these soldiers.

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He was an Oscar winning film-maker and a pioneer of animation. But

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while Norman McLaren is celebrated in Canada, where he worked with the

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National Film Board, he's less well known in his native Scotland. A new

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festival is aiming to put that right, starting with an exhibition,

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just across the road from Norman McLaren's former family home. Our

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arts correspondent Pauline McLean reports.

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Norman McLaren was more than a film-maker, he was an innovator,

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revolutionised the world of film with his animation techniques. He

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won awards including an Oscar and taught a whole new generation at the

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National Film Board of Canada. This is the footage that he shot in the

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back garden of his house in Stirling. But his story begins

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closer to home in sterling. This archive includes personal artefacts,

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drawings and the letters he wrote home from his new life in Canada.

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Even though he is sitting on a rooftop in New York, with the

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Manhattan skyline, he feels like he's at home, sitting watching the

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footage of the back garden. Scotland is about to celebrate Norman McLaren

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with a countrywide festival. They are keen to encourage a new

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generation to find inspiration in his work. This primary School, one

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of hundreds taking part in animation workshops. I have done five etchings

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so far. At the end, it transforms it into something else. Because you

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don't have two film something properly, you can let your

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imagination go wild. Festival begins on Friday with exhibition just yards

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from Norman McLaren's childhood home were on the centenary of his birth

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and plaque will be unveiled. -- AIPAC.

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And you can see more on that story in Norman McLaren: Boogie Doodler on

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BBC Two Scotland, tonight at 10pm. Let's get tonight's sport now.

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David, what have you got for us? He's Great Britain's most successful

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Olympian, but Sir Chris Hoy is refusing to go gently into that

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goodnight of retirement. Instead, he's pursuing a new sporting dream

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and as Chris McLaughlin reports he's going faster than ever.

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In 2012, he became a national icon, but after six Olympic medals, a

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knighthood and a bucket full of tears, Sir Chris Hoy was ready to

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call it a day. There was to be no clogs or slippers or fishing. He is

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swapping the pedal Power on two wheels to the piston power of four.

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In next year, you'll be driving for Nissan in the British GT

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championship. He was on hand to show off his new toy. It has been a

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dream. Having some competitive outfit now I have retired from

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racing bikes, but never thought I would be driving a car like this in

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the British GT Championship. He will now be put through a driver

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development programme. If you told me when I was a child

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that I could race bikes for a living and then take up motor racing and

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potentially go on races, I would have laughed at you. It is crazy to

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be saying it, but just amazing. He won countless medals on this, what

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Kenny achieved in this? It seems we are about to find out. -- what can

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he. One former Hibernian captain says

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the Premiership club has the right man in charge even if they're

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relegated to the Championship on his watch. The team have won one of

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their last 14 matches. As we report, it was a familiar story last night

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against Aberdeen. In their recent tale of woe, a

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recent chapter was written by Aberdeen. His double meaning as

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Easter approaches, Hibernian have only won twice this year.

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I think they have the perfect manager in Terry. He has been there

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and done it. He has been good with Inverness. If they do find

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themselves struggling, they have a man who knows the league inside out.

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Since the New Year derby one over Arts, Hibs have struggled. They have

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won only once, collecting seven points along the way. They are now

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in the bottom six and they have only scored one goal in their last five

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matches. It is only a few weeks since they were targeting a top six

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finish, now they are involved in a five way fight to avoid relegation.

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Dog days indeed for the fans. You are walking the dog, but it has not

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been a stroll foreheads? -- for Hibs. It'll be a bit embarrassing.

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The problem is they have no money. The need to build up the team from

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scratch. Can they turn the page? The story continues away against Saint

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Mirren. Rangers say Lee Wallace is likely to

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miss the Scottish Cup semifinal against Dundee United on Sunday. He

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has a hip problem. Andy Little and David Templeton could also miss out

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with injury. Three Edinburgh rugby players have

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signed new contracts. Dougie Fife, Jack Cuthbert and Tom Brown, who we

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see scoring here, are agreeing new two-year deals.

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Scotland's Rhythmic gymnastics team for the Commonwealth Games was

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announced today. Meet Victoria Cloe, 15-year-old

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Lauren Brash and Rebecca Bee of Team Scotland. It is very challenging.

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You have to do multiple things at once.

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It's not a human sculpture, it's the three-man squash team for Glasgow

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2014 - Stuart Crawford, Greg Lobban, and Kevin Moran. You can move now,

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guys. It is probably the biggest thing that any of us will ever do,

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to be honest. Having it in our home, it'll be fantastic.

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Scotland's women remain fourth in the new world curling rankings,

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helped by bronze at the Winter Olympics for Eve Muirhead's rink.

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The men are down to third despite David Murdoch's rink's silver.

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

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day, on BBC Sport Scotland's website.

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When World War Two commandos landed on the beaches of Normandy, many

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described the conditions as 'nearly' as bad as Achnacarry, the military

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academy they trained at in the Highlands. It's never been disclosed

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how many of the recruits were killed there. And now, an archaeological

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dig has started on the estate, to find out more about the tough and

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exacting regime they had to endure. Jackie O'Brien reports from

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Lochaber. Le Mans Cassel was transferred into a military academy

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in 1942. -- Achnacarry Cassel. They came to end drew the world's most

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difficult endurance course. It must be remembered that we are

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training for war. The chances of accidents occurring cannot be

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eliminated. The ground still bears the scars today and the past is

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being dug up to help us better understand what happened. It gives

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us an idea of what's different weapons they used for training. They

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used quite a lot of German weapons, as well as British. US arranges

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trained here. -- Ranges. It looks like a 303 shell.

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Some significant finds have been found here by the riverside wearing

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number of commandos died in training while crossing the water on rope

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swings. A lot of things you don't here. You

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have to get yourself out and nobody would help you. In certain ways, it

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was harder than what we met in the real battle. The dig itself is not

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without its dangers. A bomb disposal teams will be on hand to help with

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many unexploded devices left behind at one of World War II's toughest

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training camps. Just before the weather, a reminder

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that the next in our series of referendum debates with James Cook.

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It takes place on Tuesday the 15th April in Kirkwall. If you'd like to

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apply to be in the audience, go to the BBC Scotland news website and

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click "Join In". Let's get the forecast now. It's

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been bright and breezy for much of the country today. Christopher, what

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does the rest of the week hold for us?

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It was a day of sunshine and showers and the showers are tending to fade

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away. Rain under way later. We are always seeing the precursor to that

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with coming from the West. Further outbreaks of rain in the West into

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central and southern Scotland, too. Wind blew back in south-westerly,

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not a cold night. Most will see six or eight Celsius. To tomorrow, and

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it will be cloudy in comparison. It should improve. Always dry up

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towards the North East and as we head into the afternoon it dries up

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through the central belt. A legacy of cloud here. Perhaps brighter

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spells coming through. Temperatures by around about 12 Celsius. Coming

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to Argyll and the Hebrides, the rain in play for most of the day,

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stretching up towards Orkney and later Shetland. Further South,

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around the Moray Firth and into Aberdeenshire, largely dry, best of

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the sunshine here. Drying parts of Angus, Perthshire, Fife,

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temperatures here down around ten or 11 sources. Not far of where we were

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to date. For the rest of the afternoon, rain still falls across

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the north-west, but the whole band starts to sink southwards as we had

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overnight. On the pressure chart, you can see that is associated with

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the cold front. It will be going across the South of the country

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overnight, so by Thursday morning it will be pulling away. Bind it it is

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dry, one to light passing showers -- behind it. Good conditions a few are

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out. Friday, not too bad. Generally dry

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with one or two bright spells. 11 or 12 Celsius, about average. All in

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all, not too bad. Thanks. Now, a reminder of tonight's

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main news. The former NATO Secretary General,

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Lord Robertson, has told an audience in Washington that Scottish

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independence would be "cataclysmic" for Western security. The Scottish

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Government said his comments were "insulting" and "ridiculous", and

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insisted that an independent Scotland would not turn its back on

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its defence obligations The South African athlete, Oscar Pistorius,

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broke down in court as he described the moment he realised he had shot

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his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. The 29-year-old, who denies murder,

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said he picked up his gun because he believed there was an intruder in

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his house. And that's all from Reporting

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Scotland for now. Alasdair Fraser will be here with the headlines at

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8pm. And the late bulletin just after the ten o'clock news. From

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everyone on the team here in Glasgow, and around the country,

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have a very good evening.

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