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News at Six, we will join our news teams where you are. Bye for now.

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Right now in Westminster, MPs are debating whether to bomb

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All but two Scots members are expected to vote against action.

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Typhoons at RAF Lossiemouth could leave for the Middle East tonight,

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We'll also hear from Syrians living in Scotland about their hopes

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Scotland gets a new top cop - the former head of

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And drivers are still stuck in jams on the Forth Bridge, as engineers

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It's the most important decision we entrust to the people we elect -

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whether or not to take military action.

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At Westminster, that decision-making is under way.

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Should Britain take part in airstrikes against so-called

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Critics of airstrikes are cross-party but include

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If the vote is carried, those jets would leave from Lossiemouth.

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We'll hear from our reporter there in a moment.

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Looking there now, it suggests that the jets are already being prepared.

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First, our political correspondent. In one parliament, calls for peace,

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a staunch opposition at Holyrood to British air strikes in Syria against

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so-called Islamic State. In another Parliament, hundreds of miles away,

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a call to arms. The debate on air strikes was scheduled to ten hours,

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not long enough for some. Every member of Parliament in this house

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has the right to represent their constituents on an issue of such

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importance, and our constituents have the right to listen to their

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MPs. The Prime Minister pressed on, describing IS, or Daesh, as a

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fundamental threat to Britain. Do we work with our allies to degrade and

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destroy this threat and though we do -- do we go after these terrorists

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from their heartlands, or do we sit back and wait for them to attack us?

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A hard choice for MPs but taking action is necessary for many. We

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have seen the events in Paris, in Beirut, in Sharm el-Sheikh in recent

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weeks. We have seen the flow of refugees coming from that civil war

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in Syria. This is one part of what needs to be done to bring security

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to that region and end that threat to us. The Labour leader isn't

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supporting the Prime Minister's 's position but some of his MPs are. As

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the party splits, Scotland's only Labour MP is taking Jeremy Corbyn's

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line. I won't be supporting the government. I appreciate we are

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involved in air strikes in Iraq but one reason why that was successful

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is because of the ground troops and I have significant doubts that these

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70,003 Syrian army troops exist. This issue has been a serious

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sticking point for the SNP. The case for action has not been made, they

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sticking point for the SNP. The case say. We party's Westminster leader

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also highlighted what he as another fundamental issue. The UK Government

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is going to have a huge problem with legitimacy and mandate for this

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operation in Scotland. It may well win the vote tonight, but it will do

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so with the support of only two macro out of 59 Scottish MPs. Mr

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Robertson also pointed out that, if there is to be action, most of the

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aircraft deployed to the region will be from here, Lossiemouth, in his

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constituency. Despite the party's opposition, he sent a message to the

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Armed Forces saying that he wished for their safety. Back here, the

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debate goes on. The arithmetic seems to stack up for the Prime Minister,

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as MPs take difficult decisions about war and peace.

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Craig, there are suggestions the jets are already being readied

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Can you tell us any more? Clearly, there has been no confirmation of

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that from the Ministry of Defence, but it is my understanding that, if

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the government wins the vote, as we expect, it will be Typhoon jets from

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RAF Lossiemouth that will be winging their way to the Middle East,

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possibly within hours of that vote taking place in the early hours of

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tomorrow morning. The Typhoon jet that is based here is one of the

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most capable anywhere in the world. It is faster than the older Tornado

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and it carries the Brimstone missile, capable of hitting a moving

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target such as a vehicle from seven miles -- several miles away. As we

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heard in Andrew's report, the MP for this area, ironically, is Angus

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Robertson, and he is the leader of the SNP at Westminster, but he is

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one of the main signatories to the Commons motion which has rejected

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air strikes against Syria. Meanwhile, Scotland's only Liberal

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Democrat MP, Alistair Carmichael from the northern isles, Orkney and

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Shetland, says that he will vote in failure -- in favour. We have been

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finding out what some constituents feel. We should not be bombing. Why

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not? It is just causing more conflict, more trouble, definitely,

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by fighting one against the other. It is bad what they are doing and

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then we are making it worse. Something has to be done with Isis.

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Sitting back and thinking they are not coming to your door is a

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mistake. I have looked online and the money we could spend on other

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things rather than air strikes would seek better results. We could spend

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it on medical care. If they don't do anything, as Cameron said, when will

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you take action against them? I firmly agree that now is the time to

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do it. I don't know if it is the right thing to do but something has

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to be done. I just don't know. Something has to be done about it

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but what worries me is that there is no back-up plan for after. We have

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seen that too often in the last few years. In a further twist of irony,

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the Typhoon jets based here belong to the quick reaction alert force,

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the RAF force that patrols the skies around the Scottish coast. Within

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recent months, it has been responsible for shepherding away

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Russian warplanes from our skies. If they are sent to the Middle East,

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they will probably be robbing wings with Russian planes, taking part in

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the same sort of mission against state one targets as they are.

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The debate in the Commons has not surprisingly centred on the effect

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of airstrikes on UK security, but it's also dealt with the effects

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Our reporter Catriona Renton's been speaking to one Syrian

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Looking at photos of happier times at home in Syria. This man was a

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lawyer who came to Glasgow three years ago. His wife and four

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children followed a year later. He told me he was not safe there. I

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have to live where I was at the time because my life had become dangerous

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and I had to live. His 18-year-old son is in the 60 at school but it

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has not been easy for the family to leave family and friends behind. We

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used to have a decent life with a house, jobs, my mum and dad had

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jobs. You know, plus we have the fact that a boy of my age, to move

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to a new country and for the language and all of that stuff is

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difficult. My mother is 85 and my brother and sister, my cousins, my

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friends are still there and I am worried about them.

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They told me their views on what the UK Parliament is discussing. If they

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target Isis area, but I am against air strikes if they bomb the

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civilians by mistake or something. When you do the air strikes, you

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cannot identify where exactly these terrorist groups are. The family

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hope for peace in Syria and that one day they can go home. I would like

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to be an engineer and rebuild my country.

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Our political correspondent David Porter is in Westminster.

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David, can you give us a flavour of the Scottish involvement?

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Without wishing to want to bamboozle you with facts and figures, it is

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worth remembering that there are 59 Scottish MPs at Westminster. That

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debate is still going on. It has got about three and a half hours to run.

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When it comes to voting at 10pm, overwhelmingly, they will vote

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against, taking and extending military action in Syria. Only two

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macro MPs, the Scottish Secretary David Mundell and the former

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Scottish secretary, the Liberal Democrat Alistair Carmichael, will

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vote with the government. That means that 57 of the 59 MPs at Westminster

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for Scotland will vote against. It is one issue that, in Scottish

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terms, links Labour and the SNP, that they will both be voting the

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same way. The vote will go in favour of the government tonight. There is

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no doubt about that. But it is going to be very interesting in the days

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and weeks that come ahead to see what the reaction will be in

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Scotland to the vote that will take place here. We will have a situation

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where Scotland's elected representatives are at the odds cars

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are at odds with the views of their English colleagues. We just saw a

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scene from what is happening at the Commons. That will be one of the

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main issues tonight on Scotland 2015. The vote takes place when they

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are on air. Join the team for reaction

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and analysis. That's with Shelley Jofre

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at 10.30pm over on BBC Two. Phil Gormley first joined

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the police in 1985, rising to become chief constable of Norfolk

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Constabulary and the deputy director He'll take over from Sir Stephen

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House as Police Scotland's Chief Here's our home affairs

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correspondent, Reevel Alderson. I would not have applied for any

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other Chief Constable job. This is the best you can have. This was two

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years ago, when Phil Gormley was leading Norfolk. Next month, he

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takes over as Chief Constable of police Scotland. He has been a

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police officer for 30 years and has wide experience in a number of

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policing environments. He began his career in Thames Valley, a mixture

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of rural and urban policing. He was Deputy Chief Constable of West

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Midlands and after three years in Norfolk became deputy

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director-general of the National Crime Agency. It is that breadth of

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experience in urban and rural policing, along with his experience

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in the national strategic issues such as serious and organised crime,

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terrorism and child sexual exploitation, which I understand

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impress the interview panel at the Scottish police authority. Phil

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Gormley has never worked in Scotland but the head of the police authority

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said that should not be a problem. We will give him support to get him

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up to speed in terms of Scottish issues and the differences between

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Scotland and the rest of the UK. He is very capable. He has moved around

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in his career, working in different parts of the UK, so he is used to

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adapting to local circumstances. I think he will be very good. But the

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men that Phil Gormley will lead say that he can expect to experience

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some flak after a series of controversies around police Scotland

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in recent months. The police service has continued to perform

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particularly well, despite the challenges it has faced. That being

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said, of course there is a recognition that bad headlines have

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caused reputational problems and I am sure Phil Gormley will turn his

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attention to them. Ministers have welcomed Phil Gormley's appointment

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and say that they expect he will engage with local communities to

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drive forward police reform. 24 hours on and the misery

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for drivers on the One side is still closed,

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as engineers inspect a defect. Our reporter Morag

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Kinniburgh joins us now. Any update on what's wrong and

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when it might be fixed? Traffic has been pretty stop start

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over the bridge. Big problems on approaches to the bridge during the

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day. This evening, the bridge operator has said they have found

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eight sites on the bridge which could have similar problems to the

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defect found this time yesterday, which has caused so much disruption

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on a key transport link. A weary journey to work before dawn,

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traffic restricted to just half the bridge. 70,000 vehicles use this key

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crossing every weekday. Delays and disruption were significant.

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Terrible. I came down from Fife and I was stuck for about two hours. I

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was coming from Edinburgh. I was sitting there for an hour and a

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half. If you don't know the area, it is a nightmare. Engineers have found

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a new defect in a steel joined under the roadway. A full inspection was

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delayed for calm weather. It is a piece of steel that has failed an

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important structural component, so we can't take chances with safety.

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We took the precaution of removing the load. When one of Scotland's key

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transport links partly closes, the impact is significant. There was

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congestion at other bridges across the Forth, too. It has been very

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challenging. All of the traffic went income from Flo, one lane in each

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direction. That takes away more than half of the capacity of the bridge.

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Engineers will work throughout the night on temporary repairs.

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The bridge operators have apologised to drivers for the disruption and

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they have thanked people who have planned their journeys carefully,

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kept themselves abreast of a developing situation and made

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alternative arrangements. 24 hours after the disruption began,

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especially with concerns emerging the signalling that more problems

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may yet come forward, people are asking how much longer this

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disruption is going to last. Councils are to be banned

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from cutting the length The Government is to change

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the law to make sure primary schools are open for an average

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of 25 hours a week. A few councils have discussed

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cutting the time schools are open The move's been welcomed

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by the largest teachers' union, the EIS, but the council organisation,

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COSLA, is unhappy about the way A group of burger van owners have

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won a legal action to overturn a ban on selling snacks to children

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outside school gates. The business owners took North

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Lanarkshire Council to court after it set out an exclusion zone for the

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fast-food vans near its schools. The sheriff ruled

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the local authority does not have the power to impose this condition

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on the licences of street traders. The Scottish Parliament is taking

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legal advice on how to deal with independence supporters who have

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set up camp at Holyrood. A group calling themselves

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IndyCamp Live plan to keep vigil in the Parliament's grounds,

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until the day Scotland declares A letter to MSPs from the

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Parliament's chief executive, Paul Grice, says the protestors do not

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have permission to occupy the land. The Scottish winter provides

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particular challenges to The Ambulance Service sees

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a massive increase in emergency calls over the festive

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period and has just brought in new winter plans that include specialist

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teams geared to treat casualties Our reporter, Cameron Buttle,

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is with them this evening. Well, this is one of the 450

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ambulances and emergency response vehicles that can be deployed across

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Scotland. That is the backbone of the Scottish ambulance response

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winter plan for this winter, which is now operational. What about the

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casualties in extreme conditions? That is when they will call on the

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Special Operations Response Team. There are three of them in Scotland,

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one in Aberdeen, one near Glasgow and one near Edinburgh. They have

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vehicles like the Polaris Vehicle. This one can go anywhere. That is

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what it is all about, delivering the specialist paramedic care to

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wherever they are. They have a forward command vehicle amongst the

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equipment here. This can be deployed to major incidents. Paramedics do

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not use body cameras, but someone working with this vehicle can be

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deployed inside a building and they can show a live picture straight

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back to the Command Centre here. The cameraman Alan there. We will have a

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quick glance inside. Robert is operational there, monitoring what

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we are doing. As well as the live pictures, it can throw up maps or

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aerial photographs and that can be used for briefing any of the

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emergency services that attend a major incident. You also have an

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incident response unit. This unit has been called out today. None of

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the specialist equipment on board was required to be used. It's full

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of kit like this, this is for treating multiple casualties in

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events like a train crash or a coach crash. The SORT is one small part of

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a large plan that is in place for this winter. Last year, we dealt

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with 35,600 emergency calls over the festive period. What that has

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allowed us to do is put in additional staff, put them in

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specific areas which allows us to create capacity in the 999 emergency

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system to deal with those calls. Ideally, nobody wants to see this

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equipment being used so there is some advice this winter - if you

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need medicine, make sure you have plenty of it. Look after yourself

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and other people. If you want more advice, try the 111 phone line.

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Thank you. A look at other stories from

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across the country. A man swept overboard from a fishing

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boat off Shetland in February died because the crew didn't know how to

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rescue him, according to accident Joshua Aryeetey was wearing

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a life jacket when he was carried The Marine Accident Investigation

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Branch says the crew had never completed a "man

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overboard" drill and didn't know A retired couple from Gartcosh

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in Lanarkshire had a narrow escape after a car crashed

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into their garden this morning. before coming to

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a halt just feet from their home. Quite a shock this morning when I

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come out to see, especially the damage that's been done. We have

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been very lucky. Katie Morag features

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on this year's official Christmas Some Edinburgh schoolchildren were

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at Bute House to re-enact the scene from the card, which also features

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Nicola Sturgeon in a cameo role. I decided the door would be

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half-open a bit, which would be welcoming and I found myself doing

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this silhouette of Nicola through into the hallway of Bute House. I

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thought I don't think she will like that. She loved it!

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The Rangers manager Mark Warburton says he's in the "right place,

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right now" in the face of serious interest from Fulham.

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The English Championship club are keen to make Warburton

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their new boss, but he says such talk is "disrespectful".

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All this as his side reopened a gap at the

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No sooner had Mark Warburton congratulated his players on a job

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well done, he was fending off questions about interest from

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Fulham. I think it is disrespectful to me, to Rangers, and to a club of

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Fulham's standards, who I'm sure conduct their business in the right

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manner. They will be disappointed to hear these rumours, as I am. . I'll

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answer it one more time. I'm the manager of Rangers Football Club. We

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are in a good place. I'm in the right place right now. The man on

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the right decided the Fulham manager was no longer in the right place. He

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needs a manager to improve on their 13th place in the Championship. A

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run of four games without a win has left them six points outside the

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play-off spot. No official approach has been made for Warburton, but

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results, like last night, is why he is attracting interest. The second

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half was more to the liking of the Rangers' support. Jason Holt's third

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goal got them off and running. Martyn Waghorn has 19 for the

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season, but this might have been his best. There was a third goal for

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Nathan Oduwa, but Andy Halliday completed the scoring putting

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Rangers three points clear at the top.

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Celtic have suspended Anthony Stokes for two weeks after he complained

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on social media about being left out of the team.

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The striker watched his team's win over Inverness

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from the stand on Sunday after tweeting his frustration about being

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forced to travel to the Highlands despite not being in the squad.

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Inverness Caledonian Thistle manager John Hughes says he's delighted to

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have extended his contract by two and a half years and believes

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Hughes did admit though that he was frustrated

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at being denied permission to speak with Dundee United

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when they sought a replacement for Jackie McNamara earlier this

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Inverness Caley Thistle have retained their man. The challenge

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for John Hughes is to try to replicate the success they enjoyed

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last season. Hughes has committed until the summer of 2018. The

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manager admits he thought the approach from Dundee United could

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have been handled better. I don't know what we have done over the last

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few years, if you could get any better. My question is, I'm saying

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to myself, can we keep moving it forward? 1100%. One former player

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believes with that deal agreed, the club should be aiming for top six

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each season and that Hughes requires more funding to boost his squad.

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They have had long-term injuries, so that is when the club have to back

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their manager. They have given him a two-year contract. It is time for

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them to give him the funds that he needs to improve the players that

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they have got. There is scope to bring one or two in at Christmas

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time. There is scope to bring Ryan Christie back. With Hughes' future

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resolved, it seems there is plenty of other business still to be done.

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That is tonight's sport. Thank you. Our Weather Watcher

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captured the clear skies down in the Borders. There are a few showers

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around at the moment. Those clear, however we hold on to a feed of

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showers across the extreme north and north-west. Elsewhere, the winds are

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light, the skies are clear, a widespread frost. Towns and cities,

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temperatures around 0 to 2 Celsius, in the countryside as low as -3 or

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-4. As you would expect, a chilly start to the day tomorrow, but

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largely dry. We do have a line of showers drifting inland. Elsewhere,

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dry with some early sunshine. Cloud increasing through the day. Look to

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dry with some early sunshine. Cloud the south, we have cloud and rain

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pushing up from England. And the exact northern extent of that rain

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is open to some doubt so we could see the rain into the central belt

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by mid-afternoon. It is causing a few headaches for the forecast. It

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is one to watch. Further north, it should stay dry, but the cloud will

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have increased compared to the morning. In the north-west, still a

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feed of showers here. And the breeze from the west or south-west, but not

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as strong as tonight. A chilly day for all. That rain just pivots up

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towards Fife. Then, Friday, and all eyes on this area of deep low

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pressure up towards Iceland, bringing us a spell of wet and windy

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weather to end the week. We do have a Met Office yellow be aware early

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warning in force for the strength of the wind. A milder day on Friday.

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The wind is coming from the south-west. Rain in the north-west

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will extend over the country by the evening. It is the wind that is of

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note. And by evening, gusts of around 60mph for the central belt.

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If you would like to be a Weather Watcher, all the details are online.

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Now, a reminder of tonight's main news:

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In a ten-hour Commons debate on Britain bombing Syria, David Cameron

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has told MPs that the action will keep the British people safe. The

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Labour Leader said it would increase the short-term risk of terrorist

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attacks on Britain. The SNP MP John Nichol son is on his feet now.

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I'll be back with the headlines at 8.00pm and the late bulletin

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Until then, from everyone on the team - right across the

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