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Tonight, a union claims that staff shortages and budget cuts in

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Scotland's Fire Service will harm its ability to respond to 909 calls.

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As MPs prepared to debate extending air strikes against IS to Syria,

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Nicola Sturgeon confirms that the SNP will be voting against the plan.

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A family speaks of its shock after a woman died on her way home from her

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son's wedding when the tax issue was inclined to Syria, Nicola Sturgeon

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confirms that the SNP will be voting against the plan.

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A family speaks of its shock after a woman died on her way home from her

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son's wedding when the tax issue was in collided with a we were out

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dancing, having dinner, and champagne, and then to get woken up

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and told she is not there. Later in the programme, still basking in

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Davis Cup glory, but Andy Murray says talking to the leaders of the

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sport about its future is a waste of time. And it's the first official

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day of winter - how accurate are these long-range forecasts that

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predict that we could be facing the worst one in 50 years?

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Scotland's fire service is facing budget cuts and staff

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shortages which could harm its ability to respond to 999 calls.

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That's the claim of the Fire Brigades Union.

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But Scotland's chief fire officer says he has enough staff -

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they're just not always where they're needed.

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In Aberdeen, crew shortages can be so serious that at times, only half

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Wherever there is accident or trauma, Scotland's firefighters are

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usually in the front line. Like all other public bodies, the Scottish

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Fire and Rescue Service is facing budget pressures. The chief fire

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officer told MSPs today he has enough firefighters, but they are

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not necessarily in the right places. A particular pinch point is

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Aberdeen. The number of people that have exited the service in the

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north-east has been greater than in other parts of the country because

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the economy has been so buoyant. You would hear the same local government

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and everybody who seeks to employ staff within that area. Six units

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should be available around the clock at the three full-time stations in

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Aberdeen, but BBC Scotland has learned of serious problems in

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crowing those fire appliances. Of the six pumps that should be

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available, I understand that recently, there have only been

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enough firefighters to crew three or even just two. To try and get some

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degree of proper cover, firefighters have been taken off training courses

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at the last minute, and others taken in from other stations in Peterhead

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and Elgin. Overtime has also been used to provide cover, but the Fire

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Brigade union says that is not sustainable. I think it is not

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acceptable. In the long term, the public deserve a first-rate Fire

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Service. That was part of the reason for going to a single service, to

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protect the front line. But the front line is now being affected

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when these fire engines are unavailable. The FPU and Fire and

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Rescue Service averaged an agreement on allowing the transfer of

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firefighters around the country. A recruitment drive targeting Aberdeen

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is also underway, but it could be the middle of next year before those

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recruits are operational. Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed that

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the SNP will vote against Syrian air She says David Cameron has made

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progress in convincing sceptics, but the SNP remains concerned about

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the lack of reliable ground troops and the need for post-conflict

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reconstruction in Syria. I can confirm that SNP MPs will vote

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against air strikes in the House of Commons tomorrow. I have listened

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carefully, and I don't question the Prime Minister's motivation and

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desire to achieve what he is setting out to achieve, but I have not been

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persuaded that air strikes are the way to do this.

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Let's go to Brian Taylor now, who's at Holyrood for us.

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Brian, the SNP were always likely to come out against further action

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They were. I put that point to the First Minister, saying that they

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have been going through the motions. She was adamant that that was not

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the case. Her tone throughout was conciliatory rather than dogmatic.

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It was one of practical calculation, weighing all aspects of this

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decision rather than being based on pre-existing founding principles. As

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you mentioned, she gave qualified praise to the Prime Minister's

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attempts to convince sceptics, but she believes they fell short. Nicola

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Sturgeon is doing this for three reasons. One is a genuine conviction

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that this is the right way to go, secondly that it matches the

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troubled minds of the public after those terrorist attacks in Paris,

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and thirdly, intentionally or otherwise, it sets the SNP on a

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different course from the indecision we are expecting from the Labour

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Party. Nicola Sturgeon has said the police in Scotland are reassessing

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their terror capability after Paris and to assist with that, she

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announced that they would be protecting the police budget,

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including a real terms increase over the coming years with cash to assist

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their endeavours. Still to come

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on tonight's programme: Winter has descended -

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we look at the efforts to keep In sport, Andy Murray has harsh

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words for the Lawn Tennis Association, saying he doesn't

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waste his time talking to them! And the romance of the Scottish Cup

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- we have the full story The family of a woman killed

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in a road accident on the way home from her son's wedding say

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their lives will never be the same. Marie Laurie died in the early hours

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of Sunday morning in Glasgow, when the taxi in which she was travelling

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was involved in a crash with Her husband remains seriously ill

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in hospital. Last Saturday had been one of the

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happiest days of Marie Laurie's life. Her son had just got married

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and Marie, seen here in Burgundy at the front, posed for a family photo

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before going home. 90 minutes later, she was dead. At 1:30am on Sunday

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morning, seconds after she got into a taxi with her husband Jamie, it

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was involved in a crash with a green Vauxhall Astra that was being

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followed by police. Her devastated family described her as amazing, and

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save the wedding had been a joyful day. She was proud of her son. It is

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so hard, because we were all together, dancing, having dinner,

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drinking champagne, and then to get woken up and told she is not

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there... It is something that happens to other people's families,

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it doesn't happen to our family. She was amazing. Everybody loved her.

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She spoke to everybody. Marie and her husband Jamie hailed a cab in

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the East End of Glasgow. He is now in a stable condition in hospital.

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Jamie said he looked up and was hit by the car and he woke up after and

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could not remember anything. It might sound really bad, but somebody

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can walk away with a cut. My sister has not come back. It will never be

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the same. A 20-year-old man will be the subject of a report to the

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Procurator Fiscal, in connection with alleged recovered offences.

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Former E's family, the search for answers and the grieving have only

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just begun -- for Marie's family. Should the law be clearer

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on assisted suicide? He has Parkinson's disease

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and he's appealing a ruling which says there shouldn't be

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specific guidance on what happens But opponents say

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the existing law is adequate Friends and supporters of Gordon

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Ross's legal campaign gathered at Parliament house today. The

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66-year-old toughens from Parkinson's disease and now lives in

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a care home. He was too ill to attend this hearing at the Appeal

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Court. Physically, he is basically helpless. He can pick up rudimentary

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things with his hands together or one hand if it is something easy.

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But he can't walk. He can't use his fingers or his hands properly. We

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spoke to Gordon last February as he began his legal battle. He argued

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that at some point, he may want to end his life, but will need help as

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his physical condition deteriorated. Mr Ross had asked the courts to

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issue guidance on assisted suicide in the same way as there is in

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England and Wales. But the Lord Advocate argued that the law was

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sufficient. If you help somebody to die, you could be prosecuted for

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culpable homicide and murder. Mr Ross's case was rejected earlier

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this year, but now his lawyers are asking judges to reconsider. MSPs

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have already voted against changing the law on assisted suicide, but the

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ethics around this debate continue to be contentious. Today, his appeal

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is being heard. On radio Scotland today, pro-life campaigners argued

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that the law should not change. The problem is that if you produced to

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detailed guidance, you provide a path for anyone who might have

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dubious motivation to know how they can avoid being prosecuted, if they

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say the right things. I suspect that is why the Lord Advocate is not keen

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to do so. The judicial review is scheduled to last two days. After

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that, the judges will decide what action to take.

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Inspectors at Glasgow's new ?800 million hospital say two patients in

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a unit for elderly patients hadn't eaten solid food for over a week.

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The team from Healthcare Improvement Scotland said part of the unit was

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short-staffed, with several patients losing weight without those caring

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A man who raped two women and used pliers to rip out one

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of the victims' teeth has been jailed for 10 years and given

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Donald Jeffrey was convicted of three rapes, attempted murder

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and four assaults against a woman between 2008 and 2014.

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The 44-year-old from Glasgow was also convicted of five offences

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In the years since they lost their daughter, Linda Norgrove's

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parents have continued her work with a foundation in her name.

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They've now raised a million pounds to help improve

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the lives of the people she went to Afghanistan to help.

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Jackie O'Brien has been speaking to the aid worker's parents.

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Along the wild Atlantic coast of Lewis, as Lorna and John nor Grove

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take some time out from running the charity they set up in their late

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daughter's name. An aid worker from Lewis kidnapped in Afghanistan last

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month has been killed by... Five years after the 36-year-old was

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killed in a failed rescue attempt, ?1 million has been raised in her

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memory. The lender nor Grove foundation helps women and children

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in Afghanistan and their family through their loss. It is very

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satisfying being able to help people. So it has become a big part

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of our lives. As well as opening a school in one of Kabul's worst

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neighbourhoods, 44 girls have received scholarships to attend

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university. Young women like this one, who is now studying law. When

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we were there in March, we were so taken with their enthusiasm, their

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desire to know more about Linda. They hold up Linda as a role model.

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That was really surprising to us. And it was fantastic to think that

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these girls, who are now able to go to college, they wouldn't have been

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able to without the scholarships. Some of the last photographs taken

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by Linda before she was kidnapped feature in the foundation's

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calendars and Christmas cards this year. This is Linda's. The

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Norgroves strive to keep overheads to a minimum as they continue their

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daughter's work helping ordinary Afghans still living with the terror

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of the Taliban and so-called Islamic State. It will make a difference.

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But on the other hand, you cannot stand by and watch things

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deteriorate without doing something to help. Every little bit helps. The

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Homeland Linda left behind is a world away from troubled

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Afghanistan. But work is continuing here and there to change the lives

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of the people she left Lewis to help.

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Sport now, and Andy Murray is a hard hitter

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There has been some verbal hard-hitting as well, yes.

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Andy Murray has launched a scathing attack on the LTA, the

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The World Number Two has said "nothing ever gets done" and "I

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don't waste my time talking to them."

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The comments surface on the day Murray and his Davis Cup

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team-mates were guests of David Cameron at 10 Downing Street.

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Appearances can be deceptive. A casual arrival at 10 Downing Street

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as the Davis Cup team assembled to meet the Prime Minister, David

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Cameron. But when it's time to provide the official snapshot of

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success, a much more unified look as Team GB are paraded with the

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trophy. The pomp and celebration after the is Doric win at the

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weekend seems to signal an all-time high in the world of British tennis.

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But appearances can be deceptive. For the June in the crown of the

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LTA, Andy Murray has served up a barrage of criticism of the

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organisation. Nothing ever gets done and I don't like wasting my time.

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Murray has voiced his concerns about future talent coming through. It is

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concerning not to have any juniors in the grand slams.

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Those are the criticisms, but did Murray today have a solution? I

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don't really know. It is not really for me to say. I think we as a team

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have done the best we could to try to promote the game. The Davis Cup

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is a great way of promoting the support. So far, the LTA has not

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responded. Meanwhile, another coveted prize could end up in

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Marie's hands, as he joins an illustrious list of sports stars. He

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has just been aimed in the short list for the BBC Sports personality

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of the year. A recognition of his success in 2015. And with success, a

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platform for politics. Interesting conversation, no doubt, at 10

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Downing Street, for the future of British tennis.

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It's second against third from the Scottish Premiership drawn

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to face each other in the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.

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Third placed Hearts will be at home to second place Aberdeen.

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The fourth round in the competition is the stage

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where some of the country's smaller clubs dream of big money draws

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A couple of likely lads dreaming of romance. The romance of the cup. A

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cliche, perhaps. Not to them. The cliches are a reason, because they

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are true. And to be involved at this level, it is an amazing thing for

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us. You were desperate to get Celtic or

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Rangers. Absolutely. For the money and profile side of things. Physical

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we get through Saturday, we manage to get through the next round. We

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will happily wait for them in. David seeking go lie yats may have been

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disappointed. Two of Scottish football's big boys were drawn

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together. Heart of Midlothian will play Aberdeen. It's a good one. It

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will be a full house. Cracking atmosphere. I think, you know, I

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will fancy a draw. Who do you think will go through eventually? Somebody

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on penalties. Is that a young Celtic star letting his team-mates know

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they face a trip to Stranraer? Possibly. It's different. You don't

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know what to expect. It's quite a distance. We need to go there

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prepared. Not a draw to please hopeless row manics, but it gave

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everyone at ham den something to talk about when the National Stadium

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was evacuated during a fire alarm. Inverness Caledonian Thistle

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manager, John Hughes, has agreed a two-year contract

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extension that commits him to Last season he led Caley Thistle

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to a maiden Scottish Cup win. They were third in the Premiership

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and enjoyed a first European Hughes also was honoured with

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the PFA Manager of the Year award. The Dundee United head coach,

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Mixu Paatelainen, remains convinced they'll avoid

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relegation despite being seven points adrift at the bottom

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of the Premiership at the moment. The Finn has watched the team keep

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only one clean sheet in his seven matches in charge, but still has

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faith in his defenders after We were comfortable and - so from

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that respect, the players have plenty of belief also. Attacking

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wise, you know, we he created loads of chances. Clear-cut opportunities.

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Defensively we were solid. Just those stupid mistakes. That's it for

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tonight. Jackie. Thank you, Rhona. After the weather we've had over

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the last few days, you'd never know it but winter's actually only just

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officially beginning today. It's a challenging time

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for services looking after vulnerable people, to those

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keeping roads and pavements clear. Let's go over now to our reporter,

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Cameron Buttle, who is at a gritting depot in

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Newtown St Boswells in the Borders. Cameron. Jackie, the gritters were

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out in the Borders last night, right through into today. The first

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official day of winter. It was up in the Cairngorms area. There were

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local roads closed. The A9 was closed for a bit because of an

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accident. All of that should clear up throughout this evening. Back

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here in the Borders there has been a lot of chat because of long-range

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predictions that we could be facing the worst winter here in 50 years

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it. Could be snowing from December through to March. Not everybody is

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convinced about these long-range forecasts. More on that later. First

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our health correspondents has been looking at some new research which

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suggests that more people die in countries with warmer winters simply

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because they allow themselves to become too cold. It's officially the

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start of winter and it's getting cold. There is a clear relationship

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between the outdoor temperature and death rates. Cold weather causes

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changes to your blood. There are more infections around. All that

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means you are more like likely to have a heart attack or stroke or

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suffer breathing difficulties. Most countries have a winter death toll

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which is up to a third higher than normal. In Scotland that amounts to

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around 350 extra deaths a week. There is a curious contrast. The

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further south you go, the higher the death rate in winter even though

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they are warmer countries. The phenomenon can be seen across the

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UK. There are fewer deaths in Scotland compared to Wales and

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Northern Ireland. The highest death rate at all is in England. What is

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interesting paradox is that if you live in a country that is warm for

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the rest of the year there are more deaths in winter in those countries

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even at higher temperatures. We think this is because people don't

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insulate their houses as well in warmer countries and also that they

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don't take other precautions when they are going outside. They are not

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wearing the right clothes. They are not wearing hats and gloves. They

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are much more exposed to those colder temperatures. On a day when

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temperatures were similar in two cities, north and south, we headed

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out onto the streets of Plymouth and Edinburgh to see what people were

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wearing. Just literally a coat and a T-shirt. Yeah. I have two. It's hot

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in the shops. We don't want to go silly. A jacket and a T-shirt. I

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have it two layers under the trousers. Then a body warmer and

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then a top on top of that and then the jacket. I've got about three

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tops, a hoodie and a ski jacket. Four layers on. You are wearing your

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minus 20 coat as well. You are not too hot, are you? No, I'm not. That

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is the wind-chill for you. This winter make sure your house is warm

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and wrap up outside. It could save your life. Well, that is just some

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of the 18,500 tonnes of grit available to Scottish Borders alone

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to keep the roads down here open. This is just one of their gritters.

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Grittyst Gonzales. ?100,000 this machine. Along way from the man in

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the back of a van with a spade. They have monitors for cameras over the

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place. They have accurate sat-nav and up-to-date weather predictions.

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You can actually control the flow of grit coming out the back of the

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gritter itself and the makeup of the grit itself. They use different

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solutions for different roads, trunk roads and side roots roads. In the

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Scottish Borders they have the resilient community programme. If

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you sign up to that in a rural committee you get this first aid

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kit, synthetic sand bands and the anti-flooding kit. Why? They learnt

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lessons five years ago. That was the terrible winter of 2010. Who can

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forget the winter of 2010? Heavy snow for days on ends. Temperatures

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droubl to below double din its. Thousands stranded over night on the

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M8. Police again warning people this evening not to go out unless

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absolutely necessary. Five-and-a-half hours now. We have a

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three-year-old here. We are not moving at all. It ranks up there

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with Scotland's worst winters. Snow fell? Scotland... 1947, post-war

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misery. 23 foot snowdrifts, communities cut off for weeks. 1962,

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explosives blasting open rail routes trying to get the country moving

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after weeks of blizzards on top of a big freeze. There are predictions of

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us seeing the worst winter for 50 years this year. A note of caution

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from the experts. We can look to see whether it will be colder, dryer,

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wetter or warmer. These will be a percentage, a probability of whether

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or not we think taets's going to be different to what we would normally

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expect. They are very broad these seasonal forecasts. To be that

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specific about it being a snow mageddon is unlikely. The current

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Minister says lessons have been learnt and preparations are in place

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no matter the forecast. We know we will face snow, wind, heavy rain,

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what it happens to be, we have prepared much we have invested in

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new technology, new equipment, sharing plans and increased

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awaresness of weather incidents. As bad as it was in 2010 one record

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still stands 20 years on, the record low temperature of minus 22 degrees

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Celsius. Few are keen to see that one broken. Tomorrow night we will

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be with the Scottish Ambulance Service and looking at how their

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paramedics, support staff and specialist teams are gearing up for

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the winter. Thank you Cameron. After that build up,

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what does the immediate forecast It is mild tonight, Jackie. It has

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been wintry over the last couple of days in places. Today rain spreading

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North wards, there was some snow in the mix. There was a lovely picture

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from Aberdeenshire. Tonight will be mild. Reasonably dry compared with

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earlier. Heavy rain to the northern and western isles. Spots of drizzle,

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another band of rain will push in from the west overnight. By the end

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of the night pretty much double digits across the board. For many a

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warmer night than it was by day today. So tomorrow morning it's a

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fairly mild start, cloudy and damp. I have left the temperatures on

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there. You can see the rain clears through. It turns, dryer, brighter

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sunnier. Watch what happens with the temperatures, they go lower, it gets

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colder. As the sunshine arrives a colder air mass arrives with it too.

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An improvement tomorrow but getting colder. The south will start at

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10-11 Celsius down to seven or eight already. The further north the

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colder it will be. Winds lighter inland compared with this coming

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night. Breezy to the West Coast. One or two showers across the north-west

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highlands. Those wintry across the tops of the hills and mounts angst.

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For the northern isles showers there. Some sunshine in the mix too.

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As we head through the rest of the afternoon into the evening tomorrow

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we hold on to that dry picture under clearing skies perfect recipe for a

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widespread frost. Rain flirting with the borders. As we head through

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towards Thursday we are in that cold air. Another largely dry and bright

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day for most of us. Some spells of sunshine around. You can see the

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blue on the chart, a cold start. Towards the afternoon there will be

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sunshine, but for or five degrees. Light showers to the north-west and

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wind from the south-west too. That's the forecast for now. Thank you,

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Christopher. Now,

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a reminder of tonight's main news. The Fire Brigades Union has claimed

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that Scotland's Fire Service is facing budget cuts and staff

:27:44.:27:46.

shortages which could harm its

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