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The first of 7,000 pupils affected by school closures in Edinburgh

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are to return to classrooms tomorrow morning.

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But there's further uncertainty for some who've not been given

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details on where they can resume their education.

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17 schools and two other buildings have been closed

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since the Easter break amid fears over structural safety.

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We'll have more details on that in a moment.

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But first our reporter Steven Godden has been trying to get to the bottom

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of the deal that led to the schools being built using private finance.

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The pouring rain, what goes on to fix the problems that have left more

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than 7000 pupils kicking their heels. This morning list of schools

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where fresh destruction defects have been discovered numbered four.

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Tonight that total still stands. We have asked them to extend those

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surveys to make sure that no more faults can be identified before we

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are visually sure we can put our children back into schools safely

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are visually sure we can put our and in the right manner. And this

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Edinburgh builders merchant the basic problem is explained. All wall

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ties to the same job. The only difference is the actual size and

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strength of them. But in principle all wall ties to the same job. And

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if they are not there? If there are not there, there is a good chance

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the building could fall down. A fuller picture is now emerging of

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the deal struck by the City Council and the Edinburgh schools

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partnership. Documents show that by late 2003 difficulties forced the

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project is split into two. Estimates for the second stage were deemed

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unacceptable. Council officials said a ceiling price. Affordable, they

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said, but with the warning that if the final cost was to rise than they

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would walk away without any charges for development work. The bricks and

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mortar tell us that stage two of the project did go ahead. The skills

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involved, outgoing primary, Braeburn and Firhill in the distance behind

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me, and a few miles up the road, Saint Peters primary, all built by

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Miller construction, and although at the epicentre of the Edinburgh

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schools crisis. Questions around all 17 Edinburgh PPP schools, a contract

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question by this city architect. There is no architect or engineer

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inspecting the site you might pick these things up. It is left to the

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builder. As with banking, there is regulation to look after these

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things themselves, and that takes away an essential means of checking

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work has been done and means these things are more likely to happen. Is

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it simply the case that you do not know at this stage whether the

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council signed off on these buildings? That's right. We don't.

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And that's because each building will be different in its make-up and

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Howard was managed and when it was managed to stop until we have that

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picture there is no point by clicking. Based at this office, the

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office have released statements apologising and Schumann response

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ability. I was hoping to speak to someone from the Edinburgh schools

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partnership. We are told that asking anything else would require an

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appointment. The company was due a payment from the council at the end

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of the month. Negotiations continue. More pressing for parents is how

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quickly the schools will reopen. Our Education Correspondent,

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Jamie McIvor, sent this report. Five secondary schools are affected

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in Edinburgh, and the big unanswered question today concerns the first,

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second and third year students at those schools. The council has told

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us to it confident places will be found for them by next Tuesday at

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the latest, though nothing has been officially announced yet. The

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council has been prioritising the older students who are about to set

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their exams and also the primary schoolchildren. When it comes to

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primary schools, all children should be back in education by next

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Tuesday. Although some will not be in their normal school buildings. At

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least there is clarity for the parents of younger children over how

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much childcare they may need to arrange. Although for some this will

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be an expensive or very inconvenient process. Older students at four of

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the five schools who are about to set their exams will be back in

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education from tomorrow, although the children who go here to this

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code behind me will go to a different school in the city, and

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the schools the students at pregnant school will go back on Thursday but

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will go to a different school. You will find the details online. The

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counsellor stressing that children going to different school buildings

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will still be taught by their normal teachers to ensure continuity.

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Well, it's emerged that a construction firm at the centre

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of the Edinburgh schools crisis was responsible for the closure

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of a school in Glasgow with the same fault in 2012.

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The structural problem found at Lourdes Primary four years ago

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was the same as the one discovered last week at schools in Edinburgh.

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Miller Construction was involved in both cases.

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A memorial service has been held at Westminster Abbey for the victims

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of last year's terror attacks in Tunisia.

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30 British people died when a gunman opened fire on a beach in Sousse.

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They included two Scots couples Billy and Lisa Graham from Bankfoot

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near Perth and Jim and Anne McQuire from Cumbernauld in Lanarkshire.

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Prince Harry laid a wreath at the Innocent Victims Memorial

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A trial has heard that a woman accused of killing a two-year-old

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boy in Fife with her civil partner claimed in a 999 call the child

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Nyomi and Rachel Fee deny murdering Liam Fee at a house

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From the High Court in Livingston, Lisa Summers reports.

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The court was played a six minute 99 call made by Naomi the who sounds

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distressed as she reports that her baby is not breathing and another

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boy is responsible for death. The operator tells how to perform at the

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mouth resuscitation and CPR as they wait for an ambulance. As the

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emergency call was played, both Rachel and Nyomi Fee wept. The jury

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heard that the angles crew arrived at the house in Glenrothes and 8pm

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that evening. Crew members were the first to arrive. James Graham said

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that when he arrived the boy was lifeless, but he did continue with

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CPR. He described how Liam's stepmother had shouted at another

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boy saying, "You tell these men what you have done." Earlier, ton-mac's

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mother told the court that she had spoiled Liam and was shocked when

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her daughter called her to tell her that Liam was dead. The mother of

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the other accused also give evidence. She broke down in the

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witness box as she told of how Rachel had left. Rachel and Nyomi

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Fee are accused of murdering the boy and winning his death on another

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child. Also of charging other children, locking one by a makeshift

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cage, and tying another boy in a room with rats and makes. The woman

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denied the charges. Trial continues. A 52-year-old man has been arrested

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in connection with the death Emergency services were called

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to a report of man collapsing following a disturbance at an Indian

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takeaway in Mintlaw 56-year-old Shahzad Shah

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was pronounced dead at the scene. The 52-year-old will appear

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in court tomorrow. The Scottish Green Party has

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launched its Holyrood manifesto with a pledge to make the next

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Scottish Parliament bolder. Proposals include creating 200,000

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jobs, 4,000 extra teachers Our political editor Brian Taylor

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has been looking at the details. Eager Greens unlock their manifesto,

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hoping it will enthuse the public. They are now in much bigger party

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with 9000 members running a mass campaign for the first time. The

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policy packages also brought, from extra cash for carers to the

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criminalisation of cannabis for personal use. Plus familiar green

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concerns such as cycling and public transport. I really cannot tell you

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how much I have been looking forward to this election. Patrick Harvie

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sets out their approach. Higher public spending with higher income

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tax for high earners, including a 60% top rate. The learners with a

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less, but overall they would raise and extra ?679 million in tax in the

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first year with more to come. Instead of maximising North Sea oil

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they would leave reserves in the ground, than fracking and switch to

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renewable energy, contributing, they say, to 200,000 new sustainable

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jobs. They want wider land reform including more community control and

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an end to ownership by offshore tax havens. They say they would welcome

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refugees with open arms. The Greens say that with a sizeable group of

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Holyrood who would press these policies, especially tax, on the

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Holyrood who would press these next Scottish Government, which they

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expect to be led by the SNP. Who is putting them under pressure and

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asking tough questions? And we want and rights to the right by the

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Conservative Party? Do we want them decried by a Labour Party are just

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with a finger and has every thing they do is terrible or do you want

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to Greens bringing constructive pressure to bear? That is what has

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got results. Among the policies, the Greens are promising to build 12,000

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new homes for rent each year with rent controls, to hire 4000 more

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teachers, and introduce a levy on retailers who promote unhealthy

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foods. The Green party for Scotland. To the streets. The Greens are only

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contesting three constituencies, and have high hopes on top of lists were

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larger parties including the SNP want people to stay with them for

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both votes. This time, say the Greens, they are ready for that

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fight. Fresh searches have been taking

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place for the missing skipper of the fishing boat Louisa

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which sank off Mingulay They've been named as Chris Morrison

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from Harris and Martin A fourth man - Lachlan Armstrong -

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was rescued after swimming to shore. Football now, and there was just one

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match in the Scottish Hearts wrapped up third place

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in the league with a goalless draw It's over to Gillian now

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with the weather forecast Parts of the North had a charmed day

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today, but for much of the country it was damp and dreich as it is

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tonight. North of the border things will turn misty and murky, we are

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also in the middle of this frontal zone so we will see rain continuing

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for Southern and Central Scotland and edging northwards into parts of

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Aberdeenshire and the central and eastern highlands. The driest and

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clearest conditions will be over the North and Western Isles, and parts

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of the West Coast. But brisk winds affect the Northern Isles and the

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north-east coast of mainland. Pretty miserable start the day tomorrow

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from many of us. There will be missed around the coasts and fog

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over the hills, and outbreaks of rain. Rain will be added to most

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extensive during the morning. If you're heading out around ATM, it

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will be a soggy start. Not very cold, 6-7dC. The driest conditions

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over Northern light girl, the Western isles and the Northern

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Isles. And that's where we will have wanted it Esther the brightness

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through the day. A few showers for Orkney, feeling chilly in strong

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north-easterly winds around the aisles. Into the afternoon, the rain

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becomes increasingly confined to eastern Scotland. Heaviest and most

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persistent of the Lothian and borders. Something drier developing

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across the West, and elsewhere across the UK it will be a case of

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sunny spells and scattered, heavy at times and thundery showers,

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particularly for the South West, the Midlands and Wales. And a contrast

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in temperatures. 10 degrees difference north to south across the

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UK tomorrow. We head into Thursday and it is a drier and brighter day

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across the board. Will be spells of sunshine. Just a scattering of

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showers popping up as the day goes on, and later in the day, a weather

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front bringing rain into Shetland. For Friday, that France sinks

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southwards across the country, introducing colder air. We will see

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colder here even for lower levels, and a chilly feel for all of us.

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Our next update is during Breakfast at 6:25 tomorrow morning.

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But from everyone on the late team here in Glasgow and around

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