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blow, with the announcement that BP is to cut a fifth of its

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The company says it's having to lose 600 posts because of the impact

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of the recent plunge in the oil price.

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In the past 50 years we have grown from an office of

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In the past 50 years we have grown 4000 false up BP is still a big

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player in the North Sea. --. BP is still a big player in the North Sea.

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They insist it will be there for the future. But today workers in

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Aberdeen are briefed on a new round of job cuts in all operations, staff

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and contractors will lose their jobs by the end of next year. BP would

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not speak publicly. The industry body said companies, like

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not speak publicly. The industry are cutting back cloth to market

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conditions. It is clearly a personal shock for all those involved. What

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is does is reflect the choices many are making across the sector in

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response to a dramatic fall in prices in the last year. The fall in

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oil prices is great news for filling up but not for a company like BP

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trying to make a profit or break even on a barrel of oil. The

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business of oil is political and economic. It is also important to

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note and welcome the BP continued commitment to the North Sea. They

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have reiterated today the investment plans in capital investment and

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operational investment in the North Sea this year and they have said

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they see a long-term future for its business in the North Sea. We need

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to continue to work with the industry as the Chancellor has done

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to make the North Sea as attractive a prospect as Rosenborg to carry on

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investment. BP will invest 4 billion dollars in this year in the North

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Sea and insist it is still very much part of its long-term future plans.

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The Scottish serial killer Robert Black, who was serving a life

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sentence for the murders of four children from across the UK

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in the 1980s, has died of natural causes in prison in Northern

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Robert Black was born in Grangemouth and as was serving 12 live sentences

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for murdering a four schoolgirls between 1981 and 1986. He uses job

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as a delivery driver to abduct and kill them. The victims were

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nine-year-old Jennifer khadi from Northern Ireland, killed in 1981. In

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1982 he killed seven Maxwell from Northumberland after snatching her

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in the Scottish Borders. -- seven-year-old. Caroline Hogg

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disappeared from her home in Portobello near Edinburgh and was

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later found dead in Leicestershire. He adopted Sarah Harper from Leeds

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in 1986. He was eventually arrested in 1990 when police stopped his van

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and found another victim, a six-year-old girl bound and gagged

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in the back of his vehicle. The child had been kidnapped at a

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village show in the Borders. He was convicted for the murders of Susan,

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Caroline and Sarah in 1994. He was convicted of Jennifer's murder in

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2011. The Department of Justice have confirmed a 68-year-old prisoner has

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died at the prison. The death is not being treated as suspicious. He was

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also considered a suspect by police in the unsolved murders and

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disappearances of at least two others, including Jeanette Tait from

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Devon, who died in 1978. In 2005 he was arrested in connection with that

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but there was not enough evidence to prosecute.

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Travellers at one of Scotland's railway busiest stations are facing

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The main tunnel serving Glasgow's Queen Street station

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is to close for 20 weeks from March until August while the

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A view things can get the travellers more annoyed than disruption on the

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trains. -- a few things. It is one of the busiest stations. Tens of

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thousands of people use it daily. Today was the news the tunnel would

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be closing for 20 weeks between March the 20th and the 8th of

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August. All the trains here on the high level will be diverted to the

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low-level and all services, some others, they will be diverted to

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Glasgow Central. That'll mean changes to timetables and longer

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journey time. For an example, customers travelling from Edinburgh

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to Glasgow face journeys of 70 minutes. This is about improving

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services and working on the tunnel to make them better. I have spoken

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to the boss of ScotRail. He said it would all be worth it in the end. We

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are equipping it with capacity to take electric trains. It has a real

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benefit for customers. When we have electric trains on the central belt,

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journey times will be about ten minutes faster. About 45% faster

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between Edinburgh and Glasgow and 30% more capacity. I spoke to some

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commuters earlier and they are not thrilled with what lies ahead. The

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rail company have started a big public information campaign handing

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out leaflets here today and posting the information on the changes

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online. The main message from ScotRail is that it is open for

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business as usual in this period of disruption but it might take a

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little bit longer to get where you are going.

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The transport minister is urging all local authorities to carry out

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roadside emissions testing to try to reduce air pollution

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It follows a BBC Scotland investigation which showed that less

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than half of the country's councils are using their powers designed

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to take the dirtiest vehicles off the roads.

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The Director General of the BBC, Tony Hall, has promised "more power"

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for BBC Scotland to control its future.

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Giving evidence to MSPs, he stressed he was keen to see

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a vibrant BBC Scotland contributing to wider output.

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But he faced sceptical questions over funding and accountability.

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This from our Political Editor, Brian Taylor.

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Programmes for Scotland, like River city, means Scottish investment and

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jobs. But how about this? Waterloo Road, transferred from Rochdale. It

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became a Scottish show and critics called it left and ship. Programmes

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with little authentic basis in Scotland. -- lift and shift.

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Evidence was given as part of a review of the BBC charter here. In

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2014-15 the licence fee raised 323 million in Scotland. TV, radio and

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other output in Scotland cost 108.2 million. Programme for the network

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made in Scotland cost 82.3 million. Leaving ?132.5 million contributing

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to other UK programmes and services available to Scotland. The BBC

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managers were questioned closely on the notion of new Scottish

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television and radio channels. MS peas were told they were only

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early-stage options later overtaken. -- members. One of the options we

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looked at were whether we should have a second service on Radio

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Scotland, what was the balance of advantage of a radio service against

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a television service and how you got to the various audiences. The

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director-general said a review of commissioning could help Scottish

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shows make the network and a review of news would reflect the change in

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UK and maybe involve a Scottish six, a television programme with

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Scottish, UK and global news. I want the director for Scotland to have

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more power to decide the services the people of Scotland want for

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Scotland. I also want the director to have a powerful voice in

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determining what the BBC does as a whole. The culture Secretary welcome

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these reviews but wanted to go further. I think it is time for BBC

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Scotland to be empowered and resource to be bold and creative for

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Scotland. The government is proposing a federalised BBC allowing

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BBC Scotland is to control decision-making in Scotland and I

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stress, independent of government. There was close questioning but also

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potential consensus. I think the committee on to Mutley wanted a

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positive note, urging the BBC -- the committee wanted a positive note,

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urging the BBC to transfer powers to Scotland. The BBC are being urged to

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act. Now, of all the tributes made

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after the news of David Bowie's death, one made in Glasgow seems

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to have captured the imagination. It came from the organist

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at Kelvingrove Art Gallery, who broke away from his usual

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repertoire and played Life on Mars. It was filmed on a mobile phone

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and so far it's been viewed by more I was not having a great day. When

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that happens I usually take myself off here. I wandered around and that

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is when the organ music started. MUSIC: Life On Mars... I knew I was

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listening to something very special. Then I brought my phone out and I

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filmed it. The hairs on the back of my neck stood up. I immediately

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loaded it up onto my Facebook. MUSIC: Life On Mars... The reaction

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I have had from people all over the world on private messages were

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saying how touched they were. I feel so pleased and proud to be part of

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it. The crescendo at the end... Just brilliant. I think David Bowie would

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be very pleased with that. Fitting indeed. Now the weather. It

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is a cold and frosty night with clearing skies. Captured nicely

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earlier on looking across the river by one weather watcher. As they

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continue clearing the temperature will plummet. Still a view shell is

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holding on. The Met office has issued a be aware warning. Anywhere

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across the mainland. It will be cold across the UK. Towns and cities in

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low single digits. In the countryside, colder. Central

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Highlands, -5, minus six. A cold start tomorrow. Frosty with some

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showers, largely dry but actually really quite sunny. The clearance of

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the skies will take a while. At six o'clock you might not clear the

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windscreen but buys nine o'clock, more than likely. -- by nine

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o'clock. A windy start in Orkney and Shetland. Pretty wet in Shetland and

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staying that way for most of Wednesday. For most of the mainland,

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plenty of sunshine, just a little fly in the ointment in the

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south-west, clouding over with outbreaks of rain. Connected with

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this weather system just across these coastal paths, particularly

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through Wales, down Devon and Cornwall and Northern Ireland. A

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cold day in Scotland but interesting heading into Wednesday evening. This

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system sweeping its way and bringing outbreaks of rain and potentially

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snow not only to the hills but low levels as well. The northern extent,

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open to sundown. We are watching it closely. Maybe some centimetres.

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Southern parts, yes. You will see snow. Low-pressure clearing away.

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High-pressure edging in. Dry and finance sunshine and fairly cold

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northerly winds writhing in showers and once again, wintry and low

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levels and quite fast across the mainland. End of the week, Friday,

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Saturday, finally clearing, high-pressure building and a lot of

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dry conditions, sunshine, but it will be cold. That is the forecast

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for now. Our next update is during Breakfast

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at 6:25 tomorrow morning. But from everyone on the late team

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here in Glasgow, good night.

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