26/07/2014 Reporting Scotland


26/07/2014

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There's more throughout the evening on the BBC News Channel.

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The World's fastest man has arrived in Glasgow for the

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Usain Bolt says he's here to win gold with

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On Day Three of the Games, Team Scotland could be poised

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for a golden evening after another successful day.

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It is a sight many feared would not be seen in Glasgow. Usain Bolt has

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arrived. He says he is here to mix business with pleasure. I'm going to

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go out and see the country. Try to show me their culture. I know I will

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see a lot. I think I need the runs really because this is my first run

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for the season. I really need to get it going. Bolt in action next week

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in the relay sprints. COMMENTATOR: There is an awful lot

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to be. It has been another medal winning day. Neil Fachy and Craig

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McLean winning today. There was silver in the skeet. Scotland won

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their first bowls medal of the games, silver in the para pairs.

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Four Scots are in finals action. Led by Euan Burton in the 100 kilo

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class, after he came through his semi-final. Five Scots will go for

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gold in the pool. The women's 4x200 m also in finals action. A good day

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for Team Scotland is poise to get even better. In the last few minutes

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Neil Fachy and Craig McLean have won their second Gold medals of the

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Games in the Para Sprint cycling. Scotland is still sitting

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comfortably in third place on 18. That's eight Gold,

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five Silver and five Bronze medals. England and Australia are still

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in first and second place. The largest flotilla ever seen

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on the River Clyde sailed from Greenock to Glasgow as part

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of the Games celebrations. Around 250 small ships, yachts,

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clippers We are heading down towards Pacfic

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Quay where we are expecting large crowds. 250 boats from right across

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the UK have made their way here to the Collide to be part of this. The

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atmosphere throughout the whole day has been incredible.

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Commonwealth Games organisers have said that this weekend could be

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Hundreds of thousands of people will descend on the city for the sport as

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From the sport in the venues, and the flotilla on the Collide. To the

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tourists on the streets -- Clyde. And the cultural festival. Glasgow

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is buzzer than ever. 350,000 tickets have been sold. That doesn't include

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the free stuff like the marathon tomorrow. A couple of years ago,

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when we had the papal visit they estimated 60,000 people on that

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given day coming down, descending on to Glasgow. We are expecting well

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over 100,000 to 150,000 people. It's one of Glasgow's busiest weekends in

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its history. People were tweeting about problems getting to venues.

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The music marathon going on all day behind me is part of the city's

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cultural festival. It is adding to the busiest weekend that Glasgow has

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seen in years. Bars and restaurants are twice as full as normal. The

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hotel occupancy is around 95%. The city is vibrant and buzzing. Police

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Scotland can't say how many officers will be involved in the information.

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Forces from England and Wales have been drafted in to help over the

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next few days. A large-scale demonstration took

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place in Edinburgh city centre this afternoon against the Israeli

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military operation in Gaza. Israel had launched ground

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operations in Gaza in recent weeks in a bid to stop Hamas

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firing rockets across the border. Protestors are calling for an end to

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Israeli military action in Gaza and Time now for the weather

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for tonight and tomorrow. We have seen a change in the weather

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today. It has turned cloudy. This band of cloud pushing in from the

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west that brought outbreaks of rain to western Scotland. It will

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continue eastwards through the night tonight. We have seen heavy thundery

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downpours across the north and east. The Met office issue a yellow

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warning. There will be a return of rain to western Scotland tomorrow

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morning. That band of rain across the north-east will clear away. For

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some, we could see clearer skies. It will be a cooler night, 11-12

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Celsius. Tomorrow, another cloudy day. It is will feel much cooler

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than it has over the last week. Tomorrow morning, a cloudy start. We

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will see outbreaks of rain to western Scotland pushing into

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Dumfries and Galloway. The brightness for the western isles and

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the highlands, heavy showers and these will be fairly slow moving. If

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you catch one, it could be with you for quite some time. Temperatures

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tomorrow around 20 Celsius. Cooler. Our next update is tomorrow

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lunchtime during Until then,

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from everyone on the team, enjoy

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