07/06/2014 Reporting Scotland


07/06/2014

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We're back with the late news at 10.10pm.

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A protest march took place in Shetland against plans to end

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secondary three and four classes at the five Junior High Schools across

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the islands. The campaign group, Communities United for Rural

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Education, argues pupils should be able to continue studying in their

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own area until the age of 16. The council says the changes are needed

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because of falling school rolls and the current model of Junior

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High Schools does not fit in with the new Curriculum for Excellence.

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On the march, people of all ages and backgrounds take to the streets.

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They are protesting against plans to change junior high school

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arrangements. They want the value given to rural schools, they want to

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see them supported. The Highland Council argues that the current

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model is too expensive and does not fit in with the new curriculum for

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excellence. We are subsidised more than any other local education

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authority in Scotland and recently cannot afford to do that any

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longer. No decision has yet been taken and what the future of

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education in the islands will be. Toy maker Lego has forced

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the UK government to stop using its characters to

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illustrate a campaign The Treasury has removed a series

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of images of Lego from an item about the economics of independence on its

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website. Lego says it regards itself Around 1500 fans of her dearly and

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gather outside Easter Road today, with a view of trying to oust the

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chairman of the club. The club is relegation at the end of the season

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has heart the supporters. We want the chairman of the donor. We want

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the team to be playing good football and we're not getting that at the

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moment. One of the campaign organisers as former player, Paul

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Kane. These people are willing to help. They get the feeling that

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nobody is listening. The new Chief Executive says she understands the

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frustration of the supporters. We had a great football club with the

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date the city and fan base, but I need a bit of time to prove that I

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can do the job. But around Easter Road, patients appears to be in

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short supply. After the 100,000 meal generally, the Commonwealth bat in

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his back in Scotland. It carries a message from the Queen, which will

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be read at the opening ceremony. It is very exciting. Everyone realises

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this is now the final run-in to the games. We have been talking about

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this for what seems like forever. After the 100,000 meal

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generally, the Commonwealth bat in Good evening. As you can see, the

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rainfall is coming to push its way over North forged during the course

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of the evening and overnight. Filling meal and overnight for most

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others, with temperatures in the double figures. A bit of improvement

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tomorrow, although there still are some showers around in the West.

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Further north, the showers will occur throughout the day. Some of

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these could be rather sharp in the northern islands. But in between the

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showers, nascent one, with high temperatures of 20 Celsius.

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And that is Reporting Scotland. Our next update is at lunchtime

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Good evening. Most of us have seen some rain so far today. It started

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off in the south. As it worked its way north, we lost the thunder and

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the lightning. Many of us ended the day on a decent note. After a decent

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day in the north of Scotland,

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