01/02/2016 Reporting Scotland


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Storm Henry is continuing to batter the country tonight,

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with gale force winds and heavy rain.

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Within the past few minutes, the Tay Bridge has been closed

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Rail services were stopped early and ferries have been

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Suzanne Allan has been following the day's events.

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In Glasgow, this afternoon, Edgar is hard to hold onto hat. It signalled

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the start of Storm Henry. In earshot, waves battered the real

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line. Schools were closed in the Western mails, as wind touched

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speeds of 90 may all spare hour. The Forth Road Bridge closed this

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afternoon. And at the Cromarty Bridge, this lorry was blown over.

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20 out of 26 Caledonian MacBrayne ferries are cancelled. We started

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with Abigail and today we have got Henry. What is causing so many

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storms? The jet stream is pushing these weather systems towards us. It

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is enough to bring these systems rattling towards us. In terms of

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impact, it will be far more reaching than the previous one. Winds blew

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part of this roof off in Dundee. It is to carry on overnight and for the

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rush hour tomorrow, although it should ease during the course of

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tomorrow. A task force has been meeting,

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in an attempt to save almost 400 jobs at the Texas Instruments

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plant in Greenock. Last week, the electronics firm said

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it would wind down operations at its Scottish factory,

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over the next three years. But it says it is still hoping

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to find a buyer for the plant. For more than 40 years, the plant

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has been at the heart of Silicon Glen, but all that work could soon

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come to an end. Workers make silicon chips for computer systems around

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the world. The client Texas Instruments orders,, intend to sell

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up within three years. A government task force has been setup to try and

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find a buyer for the plant so that clear will continue. In these

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situations, although it is a tremendous shock for the workforce,

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it is a big shock, even three years in advance, but it makes sense to

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work with the company, to have a good relationship with them. We are

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in a great place to do business in Scotland. We will investment.

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Pulling in the new buyer may be a daunting challenge, but it has

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happened here before. The local authority wants to see a repeat of

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effort made to shave Ferguson shipyard is two years ago. At that

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point, the business had collapsed but know it has been transformed and

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enslaving. I would hope that in team we can see this factory. There are

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365 fairly skilled jobs. The company has been here for many years and

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should different generations of families have worked with them

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there. For a small community like this, the skill of redundancies

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there. For a small community like would be devastating. The

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there. For a small community like is on carving out a viable future.

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Two men have been sentenced to death in China for the murder of one

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of the co-founders of the Samye Ling Buddhist monastery

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Akong Rinpoche was found dead, with multiple stab wounds,

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in the southwestern city of Chengdu in 2013, amidst a financial dispute.

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One of the men sentenced was a nephew of the murdered man

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and had, at some time, lived at the monastery.

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A Scots tourist has reportedly been killed on an elephant

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The Bangkok Post newspaper said the 36-year-old was trampled

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by the elephant and gored by its tusk during a trek

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His daughter is being treated in hospital.

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A spokesman for the Foreign Commonwealth Office said

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they are offering support to the family of a British national

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Tesco is to create 150 jobs at its Dundee call centre.

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It will bring the total workforce to more than 1,100.

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governments over planned new tax powers for Holyrood.

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They met again in London today when it is understood the Treasury

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made a revised offer over the level of spending which would be

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But afterwards, Finance Secretary John Swinney said there remained

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considerable distance between the sides.

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We are still trying to get to a point of agreement. The Treasury put

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forward some proposals today. I put forward alternatives at the last

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meeting and we discussed those further. We have go to different

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propositions on the table which they are now looking at deceive their is

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the basis for us to reach agreement. The River Dee's salmon fishing

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season got underway this morning. The recent flooding means some roads

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and buildings have been damaged, but, as John McManus reports,

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anglers face new dangers A dram of whiskey to toast the river

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at the start of the salmon fishing season. A colourful spectacle, but

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are saying that the business and industry are open. The floods in

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December caused so much damage. It will take some time to fix. A lot of

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our access routes where washed away or badly damaged. It is

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wide-ranging, the damage. Gabriel W Weir. From trees to bits of caravan

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and everything, unfortunately. Some of the fish from the river find

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hundreds of yards away in fields. Basically, we stunned the fish, put

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them in a bucket and take them back here. The start of the season also

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marks a return to normality. But there are head challenges. We need

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to know who the loose shingle and gravel is, to make people we saw the

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do not fall over and hurt themselves. Despite the problems,

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those who work in the river are optimistic. There never has an

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amazing ability to heal itself. It shook up bounce back and Friday.

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That is something that the river users will all be reflecting on.

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Researchers are looking a how sea creatures like barnacles and mussels

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could be causing problems for the growing offshore

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Our Science correspondent Kenneth Macdonald has more.

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Beautiful, but you might find things beneath less pretty. These are

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creatures, such as barnacles and mussels, of which spend their entire

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adult ladies clinging to one spot. It is an incredible make a world.

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Lots of different creatures strangers arrive in a very harsh

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environment. It took just eight weeks to create these colonies. You

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get are creatures, things like barnacles and mussels which are very

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hard shells. The other a lot heavier and can add more than 20 kilograms

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per square metre coverage. And there could be a big drag on the renewable

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energy industry, which is why the technology centre is leading this

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research. We are talking about anything offshore, particularly

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floating devices. Also, structures that XP still and remain rooted to

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the sea bed. Work is already under way near Oban. The plan is to look

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at creatures like this very closely, but true to the scientific method,

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before you work out what to do, you have to establish whether there is a

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problem in the first place. The creatures will inevitably draw on

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these structures, but there is many different creatures which could pool

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on the structures. The nature of the Mohave different effect. You could

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be a map showing which creatures are free and telling the renewables

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industry can avoid them. Football's winter transfer window

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for the buying and selling Our senior football reporter

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Chris McLaughlin has the latest. It has been a busy day, and is not

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over yet. Celtic have Saint Patrick Roberts from Manchester city only

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loan deal. Also: Richards, the Turkish international striker on a

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two-year deal. He was speaking to the media earlier this evening. To

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saying likely massive club like this, there is only one reaction, I

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am very privileged and thankful. I am ecstatic. I cannot wait. Across

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Glasgow, Rangers have finally got their man. Meikle Halligan signed a

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four-year deal from Saint Johnstone. Hearts have made a couple of deals.

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20 more on going this evening. About 90 minutes left before the transfer

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window closes. For all the latest, check out the BBC Scotland's sports

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website. We can get the latest

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on the weather, from Gillian. Very damaging winds attracting much

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of the attention across Scotland. Gusts 60-18 May will spare hour. And

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up to 90 in the extreme north of the country. Destruction food Rene,

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severe driving conditions. You could also be some structural damage

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across the North of England, Northern Ireland and Scotland. It

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could be wintry showers on the islands. That is a separate Met

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Office yellow warning for that. It has the start of the day tomorrow.

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The wind still gusting to severe gale force. There could be baby on

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the roads and trees stone. Expect disruption and delays in the morning

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commute. The showers will continue to feed into the Highlands.

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commute. The showers will continue improvement through the course of

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the day. The strongest of the wind will die

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the day. The strongest of the wind dissolved during the course of the

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day. A lot of dry and dissolved during the course of the

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across much of the country. Still that wintry weather across much of

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the country. Quite a raw feeling to the day. Into tomorrow evening, this

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feeds for a whale. It is a weakening front. Four wins the itself, just

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the band of cloud affecting England and Wales. North of the border, much

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better. Still chilly, but a few shoppers, but we will feel the

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benefit of those later winds. 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 and around

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