18/04/2014 Reporting Scotland


18/04/2014

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on the BBC News Channel. I'll be back with the late news at 10pm.

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Good evening. A seven-year-old boy is in hospital

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in Aberdeen with serious burns, after being found on fire in a

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street in the city. Police say petrol was involved in the incident

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and they're following a positive line of inquiry. Our reporter Steven

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Duff is at the scene tonight. What do we know about what happened,

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Steven? Really horrible events here just

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after lunchtime on Bedford Avenue in Aberdeen. A lot of children were out

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enjoying the sunshine in the school holidays. Emergency services

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received a call just before 2pm saying that a boy was on fire.

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Eyewitnesses saw him come down from these flats on fire from his neck to

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his legs. He was running and screaming, trying to douse himself

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will stop tonight, he is in a serious condition at Aberdeen Royal

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Infirmary. We spoke to two neighbours who saw what happened.

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We heard him screaming. He had been lying on the floor, trying to get

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himself calm, but nothing was working. He was screaming and

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crying. He was on fire from the neck

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downwards. His clothes were sticking to him. Was horrid.

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The flames weren't really big but enough to do damage.

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We saw his clothes and shoes lying on the ground. By the time we got

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there, it was sticking to his skin. It looked like it had melted onto

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his skin. It was horrible. There were lots of people around.

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You couldn't really see anything, and then somebody handed him a

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bucket of water. A lot of police activity here

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tonight on Bedford Avenue. Police Scotland say enquiries are at an

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early stage. They are following a positive line of enquiry. They don't

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know if there is any criminal elements, whether this was a tragic

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accident. Thank you. Two Scottish companies, led by

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supporters of the Yes campaign in the independence debate, say they're

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leaving the CBI over its support for a 'no' vote. Aquamarine Power, which

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develops wave turbines, made the move after the CBI registered with

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the Electoral Commission as a campaign group in favour of keeping

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the union. Balhousie care home group is also pulling out of the business

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organisation. A Highland farmer, whose properties

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have been raided by police investigating the birds of prey

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poisonings, has called for more resources for the investigation. A

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number of the dead birds were found close to Ewan Macdonald's land at

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Conon Bridge. He says neither he nor the local farming community has

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anything to hide, but fear their reputation is being tarnished.

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We are worried that our industry again get its name blackened. I am

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almost certain it has nothing to do with the farming industry. I would

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find it very shocking if it was. As an industry, we are desperate to get

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to the bottom of this. Police in Fife have released a CCTV

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image of a man they want to contact in connection with two sexual

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assaults in St Andrews. A 27-yar-old woman was attacked in

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the early hours of Wednesday, the 9th of April. An 18-year-old was

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indecently assaulted the following day at about one in the morning,

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while she was walking in the grounds of the University.

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Fire crews from Inverness have been fighting a major heath fire, which

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broke out this afternoon south of the city. A total of eight

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appliances and dozens of firefighters were brought in to

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tackle the blaze, and at one point there were fears for nearby houses.

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Police urged sightseers to stay away and advised local people to stay

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indoors because of the thick smoke. Sporting history has been made in

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Musselburgh, after the town hosted horse racing on Good Friday for the

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very first time. One of the most significant days on the Christian

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calendar, Good Friday was traditionally considered a day of

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rest for jockeys. Not everyone has welcomed the change, but the course

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management say they're moving with the times and hope they'll

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eventually be able to stage a three day Easter Festival of racing.

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It's a question that has been put to racing for many years. Just as

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society moves on and things change, we have got to the point where we

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are now racing. It is demand driven. Yesterday we were being promised a

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gorgeous Easter Weekend. Let's see how it's shaping up.

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There can't have been many complaints today. It should be

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fairer for most of the weekend. Blue skies across much of the country.

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This is a satellite picture from this afternoon. There has been a

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figure out of cloud in the far north-west. Through this evening,

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that will bring some outbreaks of rain. Elsewhere, it will stay dry

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with clear spells. It will become quite chilly, though not as cold

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last night. -- not as cold as last night. Into tomorrow, still cloudy

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with outbreaks of rain for the aisles, and the foreign north-west.

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But those are the exceptions. Elsewhere, it dry and bright.

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Temperature is widely into the maid or high teens. Always cooler around

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coastal areas. That is due to onshore breezes. On Easter Sunday,

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still plenty of dry and bright weather. A bit more clouds towards

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the east coast, so it will be cooler here. The best of the temperature is

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in the West. And that's Reporting Scotland. Our

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next update is tomorrow lunchtime during Sunday Politics Scotland.

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Until then, from everyone here, Today we have seen temperatures

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rising if Scotland but again tonight, with the clear skies and

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light wind temperatures will fall sharply, and for many of us, we are

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looking at a touch of frost. sharply, and for many of us, we are

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satellite picture tells a story nicely. This belt of cloud is

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sitting in the far north-west of

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