25/06/2014

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:00:16. > :00:22.little more than two years to buy their house. This evening MSPs voted

:00:23. > :00:25.overwhelmingly to abolish the controversial measure introduced by

:00:26. > :00:32.Margaret thatcher almost 35 years ago. The Scottish Government says

:00:33. > :00:34.will boost the number of homes available in the social rental

:00:35. > :00:44.sector and it has been welcomed I housing charities. It is more than

:00:45. > :00:48.20 years since Elsa exercised the right to buy the house she was

:00:49. > :00:57.renting from the council. She has no regrets. It gave us security. We

:00:58. > :01:03.were so glad to have the chance. We would not have been able to if we

:01:04. > :01:10.have not had the opportunity. It was Margaret Thatcher who gifted

:01:11. > :01:16.tenants the right to buy. A policy that proves far more popular than

:01:17. > :01:24.she ever was in Scotland. Almost 500,000 properties were sold and the

:01:25. > :01:27.right to buy in Scotland alone. It has dramatically increase home

:01:28. > :01:33.ownership but also contributed to a serious shortage in the homes

:01:34. > :01:36.available for social rent. Catherine and her mother applied for a larger

:01:37. > :01:43.council house in East Lothian when she was expecting a baby. It took

:01:44. > :01:49.three years for a suitable property to become available. It was

:01:50. > :01:55.stressful, frustrating, towards the end of it, I was getting depressed.

:01:56. > :01:58.Ministers say that abolishing the scheme. Councils and housing

:01:59. > :02:05.associations are losing more homes to rent. It is the right thing to

:02:06. > :02:12.do. It is protecting houses in the social sector over the next ten

:02:13. > :02:17.years. We have already lost so many. Conservatives say the government is

:02:18. > :02:23.crushing aspiration. It was a driver for social change. Abolishing it is

:02:24. > :02:27.taking away the ladder from people who could still take the

:02:28. > :02:36.opportunity. The Tories asked parliament to block

:02:37. > :02:42.abolition. Heavily outvoted, one cried, shame. But the vast majority

:02:43. > :02:49.of MSPs want the right to buy to end.

:02:50. > :02:56.A woman from Renfrewshire is set to become the first person in the UK to

:02:57. > :03:01.have a double and transplant. Corine Hutton had her hands and feet

:03:02. > :03:05.amputated last summer following a pneumonia infection. She has been

:03:06. > :03:08.accepted for surgery at Leeds General, the only hospital in the UK

:03:09. > :03:14.to have carried out a hand transplant. The gymnasium where an

:03:15. > :03:19.Edinburgh schoolgirl was killed will be demolished this summer. ?2.5

:03:20. > :03:25.million will be invested in new facilities at the school. Edinburgh

:03:26. > :03:30.City Council say that a permanent memorial is planned.

:03:31. > :03:34.Scotland's prison population continues to rise despite efforts to

:03:35. > :03:39.tackle overcrowding, according to the chief inspector of prisons. His

:03:40. > :03:42.first annual report said that whilst there have been a drop in the number

:03:43. > :03:48.of young offenders detained the increase in adult business was

:03:49. > :03:53.disappointing. He cold for more use of home detention, curfews, and

:03:54. > :04:00.tagging. Andy Murray has gone through to the

:04:01. > :04:04.third round at Wimbledon. He lost just two games in a straight sets

:04:05. > :04:18.dismissal of the world number 92 from Slovenia.

:04:19. > :04:24.When did you get his autograph? Half an hour ago. He was walking up. We

:04:25. > :04:35.turned around and he was right there. I'd like to think he will

:04:36. > :04:38.win. I think semifinals, definitely. This is normally home for Andy

:04:39. > :04:54.Murray at Wimbledon but today he had a small walk to his second-round

:04:55. > :04:58.match. A trip to court number one. It is thirsty work, tennis. Perhaps

:04:59. > :05:04.he thought extra supplies with the needed. He need not have worried.

:05:05. > :05:09.Right from the first game he proved himself a cut above his opponent

:05:10. > :05:13.will stop the only all that annoyed him all day was the one that fell

:05:14. > :05:20.from his own pocket. That has happened before, deeper pockets

:05:21. > :05:35.required. Otherwise, it was a struggle. -- stroll. Tied up in

:05:36. > :05:39.straight sets in under 90 minutes. It was his first year on grass and

:05:40. > :05:46.he has just come out of college, breaking into the top 100. So it was

:05:47. > :05:54.tough for him. He can expect a sterner test against the world

:05:55. > :05:57.number 23 from Spain on Friday. Next month's T in the park will be

:05:58. > :06:11.the final time the festival will be held at Ludlow. -- Balado. It will

:06:12. > :06:16.move location next year, prompted by the presence of a major oil pipeline

:06:17. > :06:25.under the disused airfield. And now the weather. Generally dry

:06:26. > :06:28.across most of the country. The last of the rain confined to the

:06:29. > :06:40.south-west. That is how tomorrow morning starts. Dry with some early

:06:41. > :06:44.brightness around. Lanarkshire and the Borders, brighter skies. Clouds

:06:45. > :06:57.on the East Coast. Fairly cool at times. Inland, warmer. Generally dry

:06:58. > :07:07.to start the day. Some early brightness, and we will see good

:07:08. > :07:10.skills of sunshine heading through the day. Through the morning towards

:07:11. > :07:18.the afternoon, thick cloud in the south-west holding on. Temperatures

:07:19. > :07:22.up to 19 Celsius. That is the forecast. That is all for tonight.

:07:23. > :07:35.Good night. afternoon. It does turn more

:07:36. > :07:43.unsettled and there would be heavy and thundery downpours around. Good

:07:44. > :07:47.evening. A little bit later than usual. The weather over the next

:07:48. > :07:53.couple of days will change. Let me show you the satellite picture. You

:07:54. > :07:55.can see the cloud streaming across the Atlantic. This weather front

:07:56. > :07:56.Weller