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Tonight, on Reporting Scotland...

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The football authorities announce an independent inquiry

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into the crowd violence which marred the Scottish cup final on Saturday.

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Also on the programme, Nicola Sturgeon says Stewart Hosie

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has "done the right thing" in standing down as the SNP's deputy

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Following the controversy over armed police,

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we get access to Police Scotland's training centre for armed officers.

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Brendan Rodgers says the move to Celtic isn't a step down

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after managing a club in the English Premiership.

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And The Little White Town of Never Weary is brought to life

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The Scottish Football Association is setting up an independent

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commission to look into Saturday's violence at the end

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The First Minister has condemned the scenes,

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Police are carrying out a full investigation

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Our Home Affairs Correspondent Reevel Alderson reports.

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Hibernian have won the Scottish cup! It was billed as the showpiece of

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Scottish football, instead the pictures were of ugly scenes as Hibs

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fans invaded the pitch. The fans clashed and a number of Rangers

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players and staff were assaulted. Eventually police aided by mounted

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officers took control but questions have been raised about how it could

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have happened. You can see both sets of supporters... Rangers and Celtic

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fans rioted after the 1980 cup final. This man was there, he says

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he cannot understand why more was final. This man was there, he says

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not done to prevent the trouble. We have to make sure we have a

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stewarding, police cannot provide the resources. We need adequate

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stewarding. Traffic cones would have done a better job than these lemon

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coloured jacketed stewards because it didn't help in anyway, they just

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on. Events moved rapidly, the final whistle went at 4:51pm, then the

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pitch invasion began. Within another minute, Hibs fans were attacking

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Rangers players and rival supporters before police horses arrived and the

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pitch was secured. It was contained in five minutes and police say their

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focus is now on those who are responsible. We are gathering CCTV,

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mobile, and helicopter footage. The First Minister has condemned the

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violence, which she says has no place on or off the football pitch.

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Anybody who committed an offence after the final whistle on Saturday

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should be dealt with by police. Of course the police and authorities

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have set up a wider review of what happened, and lessons should be

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learned. The Scottish football association has established an

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independent commission to investigate, and says information

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will be shared with police. The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon,

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says Stewart Hosie is "doing the right thing" in standing down

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as deputy leader of the SNP. Mr Hosie has come under intense

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scrutiny from tabloid newspapers, but Miss Sturgeon denies the party

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has been damaged by those stories With more, here's our political

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correspondent, Nick Eardley. from the First Minister in London

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this morning. She joined Green MP Caroline Lucas and Plaid

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Cymru's Leanne Wood under the here to make their case for staying

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in the EU. But Nicola Sturgeon was also

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here to address her party's MPs. Stewart Hosie said he

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would be standing down as the party's deputy leader. I am sorry to

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see him go but he has taken a decision that

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thinks is right for him, his health and his family and I support him in

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that decision. Stewart Hosie said he had quit after reports he had an

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affair with a journalist. He announced last week he

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The -- in a letter to Nicola Sturgeon, he apologised for hurt

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caused and said he had found scrutiny of his private life

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difficult after suffering from high blood pressure, but has the row

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damaged the party? These are difficult issues and painful issues

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for the people in concerned. They are also difficult for the friends

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and colleagues of the couple concerned but fundamentally they are

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private issues. His replacement will be chosen in the autumn. As she

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meets with her MPs in Parliament tonight, Nicola Sturgeon will

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hope to make sure the focus is firmly back on politics.

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Now, the arming of police officers in Scotland has been

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With the increased terror threat across the UK,

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tactics and techniques are being reviewed and updated.

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Our reporter Cameron Buttle has been given special access to

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the Jackton Police Training College, near East Kilbride.

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And -- armed police officers are taking part in a training exercise.

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These are experienced officers constantly training for worst-case

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scenarios, always looking for the best outcome. There are 275

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dedicated firearms officers in Scotland, all had to undergo months

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of basic training and then regular refresher courses to maintain skills

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throughout their career. All firearms officers are trained to a

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very high national minimum standard, but there is far more to the

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training than just hitting those targets on the range. You try to get

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him to calm down, you are looking to be in control of him. They call this

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the judgment suite, a deadly serious video role-play system programmed to

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test the judgment of the officers, forcing them to make split second

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calls again and again. You only realise he has gone when he produces

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it from his back. For me it was late. It is about the mental

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processes, the majority, the understanding, what is the

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appropriate response to what is happening at the time, and what

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option they will use to resolve that incident. Keep your hands where I

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can see them. Carrying a firearm, resolution to the firearm isn't

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always an appropriate response. That is what's between the ears and what

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comes out of the mouth is what results it as soon as possible. The

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deployment of armed police officers has proved highly controversial.

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There were claims they were carrying firearms to attend routine

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incidents, they say that is not the case. Where we probably got it wrong

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was we didn't communicate properly in terms of telling the people of

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Scotland why we need these officers on the streets, but I have to say as

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well that whilst there was quite the male strong, even around the heated

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debate, that is not is what is reflected in the street. In the year

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to February, armed police officers were deployed to 1836 incidents.

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There has been one shooting, one man not fatally injured.

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And Cameron has also been hearing from Scotland's specialist

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You can see his special report on this programme tomorrow night.

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The leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Ruth Davidson,

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Ms Davidson tweeted that she'd popped the question to her partner

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Jen Wilson, while the pair were away over the weekend.

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The MSP also posted a picture of an engagement ring.

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The Scottish Parliament gains a string of new powers from today

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as Westminster legislation takes effect.

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But the impact of some of the most significant changes

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To explain, I'm joined now by our political

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Bring us up to speed with these new powers. The Scotland act arose from

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the Smith commission which itself rose from the referendum so quite a

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long genesis. New powers coming in today, a big range over controlling

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gaming machines, competition law, equal opportunities, and a raft of

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new transport powers including control over the policing of the

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railways in Scotland. Perhaps the biggest is one in the short-term at

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least is not likely to be used and that is control over abortion. None

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of the parties have said they are prepared to countenance any changes

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in the law, but that power is transferred from today. Widely

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further delay in some of the biggest changes? Because they need to smooth

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the path to further implementation. They are huge changes. Detail will

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be discussed between the Government. They are huge changes. Detail will

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Above all, control over taxation. There will be income taxation. Next

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year the Scottish parliament will have full control of income tax,

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rates and banding. Thank you for that.

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Scotland's largest offshore wind farm is to be built

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in the Moray Firth, off the Caithness coast.

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It represents an investment of more than two and a half billion pounds

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for Scottish and Southern Energy, and the firm's financial backers.

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It's set to bring hundreds of new jobs to the Highlands,

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Ten years ago in the first of two demonstration wind turbines, this is

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towed out to be installed in the North Sea. It may have taken a

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decade but these towers just ten miles from the coast have become the

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forerunners to Scotland's first commercial offshore wind farm.

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Scotland has been at the forefront of the renewables revolution, in

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that we have very ambitious targets for tackling climate change which

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tied into our targets for renewable energy as well. At the time they

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were the biggest wind turbines in the world, and the scale of the

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were the biggest wind turbines in Beatrice project is truly enormous.

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It will have 84 separate turbines, producing enough electricity to

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power 450,000 homes. It will cost ?2.6 billion, one of the largest

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private construction projects ever built in Scotland. And its backers

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say more than 1 billion of that will be spent in the UK. 90 long-term

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permanent jobs will be created at an operations and maintenance based at

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Wick harbour. At a time when the oil and gas prices are where they are,

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it is really good we are getting another energy project under way and

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a substantial one. Very good for Caithness and the east coast. Given

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the experience of many onshore wind farms, much of the hardware may come

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from abroad. Unfortunately a lot of the old fabrication, they were

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hoping to get work to build the turbines for Beatrice but it looks

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like most of the work will go overseas or to a new yard in Hull in

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England. But facilities could still be in the running to fabricate the

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subsea structures like these, anchoring the turbine towers to the

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sea bed. And the Beatrice wind farm may be the precursor to other

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similar wind farm developments off the Scottish coast.

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Highland Council is handing out more than ?13 million

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in redundancy payments to staff this year.

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340 people have taken voluntary redundancy packages,

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which were offered to try to cut the council's wage bill.

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Council leaders say applicants have only been accepted if there was no

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impact on what they call "the provision of safe

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Dundee airport's welcomed its first ever scheduled international flight.

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The service between the city and Amsterdam is being supported

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It's hoped the new route will boost tourism to the Tayside area,

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and help Dundee firms trade internationally.

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Let's get all the sports news with Rhona.

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Brendan Rodgers says it's not a step down to manage Celtic.

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The former Liverpool boss has had a meet and greet kind

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of day in Glasgow under the scrutiny of

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Our senior football reporter Chris McLaughlin is there now.

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Chris, what has the new man been saying?

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We will hear from Brendan Rodgers shortly. Worth pointing out that

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around 10,000 Celtic fans turned up today to welcome him, some still

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outside of the stadium. To say they are excited is an understatement.

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Friday was all about the confirmation he was taking the job,

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today it is about hearing his plans of manager of the football club. On

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a sunny afternoon in Glasgow they came in their thousands, not for a

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match but for a manager. Before that it was the media and a message to

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those who raised eyebrows about his move north. Celtic is one of the

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biggest clubs in the world and for me to come out of the Premier League

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up to here is certainly not a step down. This is one of the great clubs

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in the world, an institution in its own right. For me to come here it is

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a huge honour and a privilege. What can the fans expect? They demand

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success, something he says he is well aware of. I understand the

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values of this club and the expectation and pressure here

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because it is not just about winning. Celtic is brought up to win

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in a style and identity and that is something we can hopefully create

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here and make the supporters proud. They are certainly behind the

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opponents so what are their expectations? Brilliant. We are

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going to win ten in a row. I think he might bring stability for the

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team, maybe put us in the last 16 of Europe. To be perfectly honest,

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Ronnie did what he could but he wasn't the man.

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They now believe this is the month. Brendan Rodgers, Celtic manager. A

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dream for him and for the fans. It is now about the reality of living

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up to the hype. Incredible scenes inside and outside

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Celtic Park today, as Brendan Rodgers was shown off to the media

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and the fans. He spoke about budget, of course he doesn't have the

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millions and millions he had available as Liverpool manager but

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he did say he is confident that if a player is made available then the

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money will also be made available to get that player. That remains to be

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seen. He also had a chat about the Celtic squad, a pretty hefty squad

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under the previous manager. He said he would like to trim that squad and

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spoke about a number two. No confirmation about that as yet. Who

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will be his assistant? Suggestions that he may want to have someone

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with more knowledge of Celtic beside him. He says he has someone in mind,

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but despite Internet rumours it appears it will not be Steven

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Gerrard. It doesn't look like he will be swapping LA Galaxy for the

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East End of Glasgow. Andy Murray is in first-round action at the French

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open in Paris playing qualifier Radek stepper neck and it's not all

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going to plan so far. He is a breakdown in the first set and

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losing 4-3. It's the second grand slam of the season and the first to

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three sets. The Scotland Rugby Sevens head coach

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says the team now has a strong A year ago the Sevens

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programme was under threat. But yesterday, the Scots

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won their first World Sevens Series title -

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with a remarkable final minute victory over

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South Africa at Twickenham. It was the stuff sporting dreams are

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made of. Scotland 11 points behind the mighty Springboks with 30

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seconds to play. Then this happened. Just needs to give the pass,

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Scotland are there, that is five. In added time they did again. Today at

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triumphant return to Edinburgh and memories of making history. Didn't

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really think about that at the point, just had to help the team win

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the game, one of the boys put it on the plate for me and I just put it

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down. It was a bit frantic. A piece of Scottish rugby history! They no

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longer enjoy our home event after Scotland was removed from the series

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calendar a year ago. That decision cast doubt over the team itself,

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does this victory help protect the future? Ultimately decisions have to

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be made and to the credit of the board they made a strong call to

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retain the programme off the back of that there has been a big emphasis

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on using the sevens programme to develop fifteens players. I think

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it's got a very strong and sustainable position. For the sevens

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game the focus is on the Olympics, four Scots will be hoping to use the

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London experience to gain selection for Rio. What a remarkable

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turnaround that was. for Rio. What a remarkable

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Fantastic, thank you. A new show for children

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by Scottish Opera begins The Little White Town of Never Weary

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is about a girl called Jessie who builds a little white town out

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of cardboard and glue. The REAL Jessie was the author

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Jessie M King Who lived And it's likely to give the town

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and its most famous Our arts correspondent

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Pauline McLean reports. It's the story of a little girl

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called Jessie and a little white town called Never Weary. It has been

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brought to the stage by Scottish Opera as part of the festival of

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architecture. It wasn't a story I knew that I was introduced to the

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book and I remember thinking if I had seen this book as a child I

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would never have returned it to the library. I was obsessed as a child

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with making things out of cardboard and this entire book tells you how

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to make things. Jessie M King lived here and it's not hard to see how

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she found inspiration for the little white town of Never Weary with its

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dolls houses, churches, Robert touches and windmills all drained by

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the little girl long before she made them. Artists live and work in

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Jessie M King's old house and are happy to show visitors were she

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worked and run a trail to introduce the new generation of artists. There

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are a great range of artists in the town. I think there are some who are

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genuinely as good as the artists perform. There are some who are

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amateurs and our trail encompasses everyone, be they a child or someone

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who is 90. If they want to put everyone, be they a child or someone

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something in they can, we are not selective and I think she would like

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that. For those who know her only as an artist it's a new side to Jessie

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M King and the first time her little white town has sprung from Page to

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stage. For others it's a brand-new introduction to a story which is

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still charming children 100 years after it was written.

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Now just before the weather forecast, here's Shelley

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Tonight, what has the EU ever done for us? We will be debating if

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workers would be better protected if we stay or if we go. And we will

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hear from the former Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill who will

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be forever remembered for that decision to lease the Lockerbie

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bomber. Let's get the latest

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forecast - with Judith. Good evening, it was a lovely day

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for the West of Scotland, I fear few showers in the East. The sunshine

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across parts of the north-east. The week is looking mainly dry and very

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settled I am glad to say. We have high pressure close to us but the

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showers to content with across Eastern Scotland as we head to the

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evening they will die away and a lovely enter the day for most of us.

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Dry overnight, long clear spells over western parts of the country.

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Temperatures are around 67 Celsius but where we see clear skies in the

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West it could fall close to freezing with maybe even a touch of frost --

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six or seven Celsius. Lovely start to the day tomorrow, chilly for the

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time of year, lovely sunshine from first light. The cloud in the East

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melting away through the morning. Come the afternoon it looks dry

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across the country, called the oral across the Northern Isles where we

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will see cloud coming and going throughout the day but it will feel

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cool and the north-easterly breeze. Lovely day in the Western Isles.

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Sunshine across the board but in the east it will feel that bit cooler,

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north-easterly breeze. 18 Celsius for a good part of western Scotland,

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pleasant indeed. Those conditions stay with us as we head towards the

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evening. Maybe get the barbecue out if you are that way inclined. By the

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morning it will be cloud increasing, if we take a look at the pressure

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chart you can see why. Wind from Norway is feeding cloud across

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Eastern Scotland and the colder feel. Cloudier generally on

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Wednesday but a dry day on the whole, best of the sunshine in the

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West and feeling that bit cooler than of late.

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Now, a reminder of tonight's main news.

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The Scottish Football Association has said it's setting up

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an independent commission to look into Saturday's violence, at the end

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The First Minister has condemned the scenes which marred the occasion

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- and police say they're carrying out a full investigation

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With exactly a month to go to the EU referendum,

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the Remain campaign has warned that leaving the EU could

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trigger an "immediate and profound" economic shock.

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But many campaigning for Britain to leave said that was a "deeply

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World football 's governing body of all the advantages of leaving.

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World football 's governing body of the far have sacked the deputy

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general secretary Marcus catnap what it is calling financial breaches

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linked to his job. He had been acting general secretary after the

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previous general secretary was also dismissed for financial

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irregularities. More on that on the BBC News Channel.

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I'll be back with the headlines at 8pm - and the late bulletin just

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Until then, from everyone on the team - right

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across the country - have a very good evening.

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