25/06/2014 Reporting Scotland

little more than two years to buy their house. This evening MSPs voted

overwhelmingly to abolish the controversial measure introduced by

Margaret thatcher almost 35 years ago. The Scottish Government says

will boost the number of homes available in the social rental

sector and it has been welcomed I housing charities. It is more than

20 years since Elsa exercised the right to buy the house she was

renting from the council. She has no regrets. It gave us security. We

were so glad to have the chance. We would not have been able to if we

have not had the opportunity. It was Margaret Thatcher who gifted

tenants the right to buy. A policy that proves far more popular than

she ever was in Scotland. Almost 500,000 properties were sold and the

right to buy in Scotland alone. It has dramatically increase home

ownership but also contributed to a serious shortage in the homes

available for social rent. Catherine and her mother applied for a larger

council house in East Lothian when she was expecting a baby. It took

three years for a suitable property to become available. It was

stressful, frustrating, towards the end of it, I was getting depressed.

Ministers say that abolishing the scheme. Councils and housing

associations are losing more homes to rent. It is the right thing to

do. It is protecting houses in the social sector over the next ten

years. We have already lost so many. Conservatives say the government is

crushing aspiration. It was a driver for social change. Abolishing it is

taking away the ladder from people who could still take the

opportunity. The Tories asked parliament to block

abolition. Heavily outvoted, one cried, shame. But the vast majority

of MSPs want the right to buy to end.

A woman from Renfrewshire is set to become the first person in the UK to

have a double and transplant. Corine Hutton had her hands and feet

amputated last summer following a pneumonia infection. She has been

accepted for surgery at Leeds General, the only hospital in the UK

to have carried out a hand transplant. The gymnasium where an

Edinburgh schoolgirl was killed will be demolished this summer. ?2.5

million will be invested in new facilities at the school. Edinburgh

City Council say that a permanent memorial is planned.

Scotland's prison population continues to rise despite efforts to

tackle overcrowding, according to the chief inspector of prisons. His

first annual report said that whilst there have been a drop in the number

of young offenders detained the increase in adult business was

disappointing. He cold for more use of home detention, curfews, and

tagging. Andy Murray has gone through to the

third round at Wimbledon. He lost just two games in a straight sets

dismissal of the world number 92 from Slovenia.

When did you get his autograph? Half an hour ago. He was walking up. We

turned around and he was right there. I'd like to think he will

win. I think semifinals, definitely. This is normally home for Andy

Murray at Wimbledon but today he had a small walk to his second-round

match. A trip to court number one. It is thirsty work, tennis. Perhaps

he thought extra supplies with the needed. He need not have worried.

Right from the first game he proved himself a cut above his opponent

will stop the only all that annoyed him all day was the one that fell

from his own pocket. That has happened before, deeper pockets

required. Otherwise, it was a struggle. -- stroll. Tied up in

straight sets in under 90 minutes. It was his first year on grass and

he has just come out of college, breaking into the top 100. So it was

tough for him. He can expect a sterner test against the world

number 23 from Spain on Friday. Next month's T in the park will be

the final time the festival will be held at Ludlow. -- Balado. It will

move location next year, prompted by the presence of a major oil pipeline

under the disused airfield. And now the weather. Generally dry

across most of the country. The last of the rain confined to the

south-west. That is how tomorrow morning starts. Dry with some early

brightness around. Lanarkshire and the Borders, brighter skies. Clouds

on the East Coast. Fairly cool at times. Inland, warmer. Generally dry

to start the day. Some early brightness, and we will see good

skills of sunshine heading through the day. Through the morning towards

the afternoon, thick cloud in the south-west holding on. Temperatures

up to 19 Celsius. That is the forecast. That is all for tonight.

Good night. afternoon. It does turn more

unsettled and there would be heavy and thundery downpours around. Good

evening. A little bit later than usual. The weather over the next

couple of days will change. Let me show you the satellite picture. You

can see the cloud streaming across the Atlantic. This weather front

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