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and on BBC One, we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.

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Rachel Fee's lawyer tells a court Liam Fee's death

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was a genuine tragedy, but his mother was not his murderer.

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For and against the EU: with four weeks to go

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to the referendum, Holyrood debates Britain's membership.

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Nicola Sturgeon lends her support to an Australian family threatened

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My friends are here. My cousins are here. All my friends and family are

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here. Also on the programme,

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North Sea tax revenues go into the red for the first

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since records began. And can Andy Murray get back to top

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form at the French Open after admitting to "losing his way"

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in yesterday's match? The judge in the Liam Fee

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murder trial has begun Earlier, the lawyer representing

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Rachel Fee, the boy's mother, told the court that the death

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of two-year-old Liam was a genuine tragedy

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but that she was not his murderer. From the High Court in Livingston,

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Lisa Summers reports. This morning, the lawyer for Rachel

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Fee, seen here on the left, gave his closing speech to the jury. He said

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the jury must put aside any preconceptions and prejudices they

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might have and look dispassionately at the evidence of what he called a

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harrowing case. Mr McConachie said tragedy is an overused word in these

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courts but he said the death of Liam Fee is a

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genuine tragedy. However, he urged the jury not to compound the tragedy

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by finding Rachel Fee guilty of her son's murder and there was not a

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shred of evidence against her. The lawyer said there was no evidence

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Rachel Fee was even in the house when the fatal blow was inflicted on

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Liam, or that she ever assaulted her son.

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Mr McConnachie said Rachel Fee had admitted she failed to get him

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medical treatment when she knew was a spec that he had a broken leg. He

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described that as an unforgivable crime for which you will be duly

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punished. But he said that does not make her a murderer. The lawyer said

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there was a persuasive case against another child. He said he had the

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motive, the opportunity and he had admitted it. With the defence case

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now closed, the trial judge, Lord Burns has begun to give his

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direction to the jury which he will finish tomorrow. He said there was

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no room for emotion and the jurors must act impartially as they

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consider the evidence in this circumstantial case. Rachel denies

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murdering Liam in March 20 14th and blaming his death on another child.

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They also deny harming two other boys.

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With exactly four weeks to go until the European referendum,

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MSPs have voted overwhelmingly to back Britain's continuing

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The leaders of all five parties believe it's in Scotland's

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But in the debate, that view was countered by some Conservative

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From Holyrood, here's our political editor, Brian Taylor.

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Outside Holyrood, a Leave campaign approaches two voters. An Gignac

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wrote can I convince you, do you think? Not at all? You are as well?

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Nothing daunted the Leave team from putting on a display. Remain!

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Matched earlier by their Remain counterparts? In the chamber, the

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leadership of everybody backs Remain. For the Scottish Guzman,

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Fiona Hyslop says Scotland benefit hugely from EU membership in workers

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rights and trade. Our priority as a Scottish governor is to make jobs in

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Scotland by levering our EU membership to grow exports. She says

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300,000 Scottish jobs are linked with exports to the EU. The union

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has helped fund renewable energy development in the Moray further

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only this week and union migrants -- EU migrants pay more here than they

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take. The Conservative leadership recalls that European cooperation

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was born out of European war. What sort of Britain do I actually want

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to live in? Do I want to have an internationalist view or an

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isolationist view about place in the world? And Labour's Kezia Dugdale

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values cross-border solidarity. We will argue this with reason but also

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with passion. We will make all these arguments but we will also argue

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that there is something beautiful about being part of the European

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family. But some backbenchers opt for Leave. Margaret Mitchell

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complains about unchecked EU migration to Britain. Anyone from

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this 500 million population can come and live in the UK. And new Tory MSP

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Graham Simpson says it is more fundamental still, it is about

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Graham Simpson says it is more sovereignty. Do I want decision

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affecting my country to be taken by people out with these borders? Do I

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think it is right that unelected and unaccountable European judges can

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overturn decisions of democratically elected politicians? Labour's Elaine

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Smith also backs Leave but from a diametrically different perspective.

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She condemns the EU from the left. The original title of the EU, the

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common market, told socialists it was essentially capitalist and

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designed to reverse the socialist advantage that were made in western

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Europe after World War II. She voted to leave the EU, as did seven

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Tories, including Oliver Mandell, the Scottish Secretary's son

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although one Conservative voted Leave by mistake. Still, support for

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Gabi Maine was overwhelming. The result of the vote is as follows,

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yes, 106, no, eight. There were three abstentions. The motion is

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therefore agreed. Brian Taylor, Reporting Scotland, Holyrood.

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And Glasgow will play host to a BBC television debate

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Andrew? Yes, Sally, how should I vote is the

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title of the programme. Four politicians will be trying to

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persuade the audience of 18-29 -year-olds about their case and the

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European Union. From the Gabi Maine side, we have Alex Salmond, the

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former First Minister. On the Leave side, Liam Fox, the former

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Conservative Defence Secretary, arguing for the UK to pull out of

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the European Union. A live and lively debate which you can watch on

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BBC One Scotland at 8pm. Back to you for now.

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A seven-year-old Australian boy and his family,

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who live in the Highlands, face no immediate threat

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of deportation, according to the UK immigration minister.

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The case of Lachlan Brain was the subject of a heated debate

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The family's case has also been taken up by the First Minister.

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Here's our Westminster correspondent, David Porter.

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Maybe a group hug? Hugging a politician and hoping to be allowed

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to stay. Lachlan Brain and his mum and dad, taking their case to Nicola

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Sturgeon at Holyrood this afternoon. It is the UK Government that will

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decide if they camera Maine in Scotland but no doubt where the

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First Minister's sympathies lie. -- if they can remain. The wee boy has

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lived most of his life here, he's a Gaelic speaker, used to all intents

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and purposes Scottish. It would be tragic to see them have to leave so

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I hope they can save because they have a lot of injury. -- they can

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stay. Magdeburg we are just asking the Home Office to honour the

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agreement when they gave as an inducement and got us to sell our

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house and move everything we had to arrive here, and the Visa was

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cancelled after two years. We have lived up to an end of the agreement

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is not hopefully we can ask the Home Office to do the same. My friends

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are here. My cousins are here. All my friends and family are here. The

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family moved to Dingwall in 2011 when Kathryn Brain was studying.

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There are seven-year-olds son, Lachlan Brain, is also learning

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Gaelic. But now they are facing a possible

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deals being returned to Australia. Urgent question. In the Commons,

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ministers were left in no doubt as to how MPs feel. Show some

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compassion and humanity. All of us should be judged by the actions we

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take. For goodness sake, Minister, today, do the right thing. This is a

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family who came to the UK on a government scheme, specifically

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designed to attract people to relocate here. They entered legally.

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They have integrated into their community and have fully embraced

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its way of life. From the minister, a hint of reassurance. I'm meeting

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the honourable member for Ross, Skye and Lochaber are again this

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afternoon to further discuss the matter. But he can be assured the

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family does not face an imminent risk of immediate deportation. And a

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night, signs of progress. I think the minister was listening. I think

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he's a decent Minister and I hope the does the right thing, the humane

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thing and recognises this is a family who will be a credit to the

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Highlands and Scotland. Home Office ministers insist they are listening

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and they want the best for everyone. Supporters say they are optimistic

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the family will be allowed to stay. David Porter, Reporting Scotland,

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Westminster. You're watching Reporting

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Scotland from the BBC. Still to come on tonight's

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programme: 75 years since the sinking of the Bismarck -

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the story of the Scottish pilot In sport: Andy Murray looks

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for a quick fix to avoid another five-set epic

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at the French Open tomorrow. And is amateur football

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in Scotland in decline? The UK Government has made a loss

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from oil and gas production in the North Sea for the first time

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since records began in the 1960s. In the past year, the Treasury put

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?24 million more into investment and decommissioning than it got back

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from tax revenues. The oil and gas industry is going

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through some choppy waters. Figures released today by the UK Government

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show the impact of the downturn on tax returns. Five years ago, the

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industry made ?10.9 billion for the Treasury. Last year, -?24 million.

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The lowest levels since records began in the 1960s. The Treasury put

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more into investment in decommissioning than got back in

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tax. The first time that has happened in four decades. Where we

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are in the majority of the North Sea at the moment because of the oil

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price, high cost base, we are now in a very unusual, I'm not sure it is a

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unique position but it is certainly come in all the time I've been

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dealing with oil and gas, the first time that across-the-board,

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companies are almost every single one of them in a loss position and

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therefore, they are in a position where the exchequer, in addition to

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petroleum revenue tax is, is making repayments. The industry does not

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have its troubles to seek. Yesterday, Shell announced almost

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500 jobs were going. Predictions are the industry won't get back to where

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it was during its golden years. These companies pay payroll taxes,

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national insurance and VAT. They still make a huge contribution to

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the economy but they will not, going forward, make the kind of

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contribution they have in the past in terms of the production taxes.

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The industry body, oil and gas UK, in terms of the production taxes.

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points out Company have paid more than ?330 billion to the Treasury to

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date. Perhaps some good news on the horizon. Today, a barrel of Brent

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crude oil passed the $50 mark for the first time this year. Fiona

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Stalker, Reporting Scotland, Aberdeen. The Westminster

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Parliamentary standards watchdog will not investigate the expenses of

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two SNP MPs in connection with their religion chip with the same woman.

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The commission of the standard has decided not to look further into the

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claims for accommodation expenses made by Stewart Hosie and Angus

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MacNeil. Stewart Hosie has announced he will not seek re-election as SNP

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deputy leader this autumn after news emerged of his relationship with the

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Westminster journalist who had also had a relationship with Mr McNeil.

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BBC Scotland can reveal details of why the Higher English exam had

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A replacement paper was sent to schools just days before

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It seems a teacher with knowledge of what would be in the question

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paper may have given information to students.

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Our education correspondent Jamie McIvor is with us.

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What more can you tell us? You will remember that a couple of days

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before the Higher English exam, we revealed a replacement for one of

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the two question papers had been issued and had to be compiled much

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more quickly than usual against a very tight deadline. We now know a

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bit more about what led to this near emergency. BBC Scotland understands

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the problem was sparked by a single teacher who had been involved in

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setting being Sam. The beer is the question may have given -- they may

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have given students information about the questions on how they

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could be answered. Word got back to the SQA and it acted. The concern

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was students could have been unfairly advantaged or spread the

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information widely on social media and ended up undermining the exam.

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The SQA is still investigating just what happened will stop it says it

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won't be commenting until a detailed investigation is completed. But just

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to make the point, there is no suggestion that any SQA employee

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acted inappropriately, nor of any mistakes by third-party agencies,

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like the printers. What might the consequences be? The SQA is not off

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the hook yet. We won't know until we get the results in August whether

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the replacement paper was really up to scratch. But it looks now as

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though what happened is that the SQA averted what could have been a very

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real crisis. As for the teacher, we will have to wait until we get the

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full report to find out exactly what happened. But the SQA does take

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confidentiality issues very seriously indeed. Thank you for

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joining us. It's 75 years since one

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of the most decisive actions in the Second World War -

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the sinking of the giant German It all came about thanks

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to photographs taken And as our social affairs

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correspondent, Reevel Alderson, reports, that's not the only

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Scottish connection to the story. Taken from 25,000 feet by a plane

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flying from RAF wick, these photographs proved Nazi Germany's

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largest battleship was ready for war. It tells us, the founder, this

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is the Bismarck, in the room stat field, close to Bergen. The Bismarck

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was preparing Attacking Allied shipping to staff Britain. Analysis

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of the pictures was crucial. She's not refuelling or arming. She is

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ready to go. You now know it is critical. At Bletchley park, the

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codebreakers already knew this was the case, that the operation had

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been given the green light from Berlin. The Clyde built major

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method, the Royal Navy's largest vessel, set off to intercept and on

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May the 24th, 1941, she engaged Bismarck North of Iceland. But it

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was an uneven fight. The Hood was over 20 years old and she was a

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battle cruiser, not a battleship, which meant she had rather less

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armour than a battleship, particularly horizontally, against

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plunging fire, Shell is coming down from on high and at long range. That

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is what proved to be her vulnerability. It is believed

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Could's magazines exploded, sinking her in seven minutes with the loss

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of all but three of the crew of almost 1500. It was a devastating

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blow for British morale which needed a response. We receive the signal

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from Churchill, "Sink the Bismarck". John Moffitt, then 21, was a Fleet

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Air Arm pilot on the carrier Ark Royal, flying in ancient Swordfish

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biplane, Carrington single torpedo, yet act Bismarck. Despite dense

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black comedy launched the weapon, guided by his observer, hanging out

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of the open cockpit. Eventually, he said, "Let her go!" I pressed the

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firing pin on my throttle. And the torpedo dropped. It was him that

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said, "We have got a runner, Jock!" torpedo dropped. It was him that

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The torpedo disabled Bismarck's rudder and unable to flee, she was

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caught by the Royal Navy and destroyed. The Bismarck turned on

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its side and all the sailors seems destroyed. The Bismarck turned on

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to be in the water. It must have been a terrible sight? It lived with

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me for a long time. The Bismarck could no longer threaten Britain,

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banks to these photographs taken by a Spitfire from RAF wick. Reevel

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Alderson, Reporting Scotland. A BBC Scotland investigation, which

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exposed the multi-million-pound world of dog trading,

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has won Best Current Affairs programme at the Royal

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Television Scotland awards. The Dog Factory was made by BBC

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Scotland's Investigations unit and discovered traders hiding behind

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fake identities online to profit Veteran broadcaster Jim McColl,

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of The Beechgrove Garden, won the RTS Scotland Award,

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while other BBC winners on the night included the comedy Burnistoun

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and the drama Stonemouth. Let's get the latest

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sport now, from David. We'll find out tomorrow

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morning if Andy Murray can rediscover his best form,

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after admitting to losing his way in his second-round win

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yesterday at the French Open. Murray takes on Croatia's Ivo

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Karlovic, and after two five-set victories so far,

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Murray wants to win quickly this time, as Kheredine Idessane

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reports from Paris. Straining for a view of the world

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number two. Barely even standing room at his practices this week, and

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there's plenty for him to work on after struggling badly yesterday to

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beat a player ranked over 160 places below him. Yeah, just lost my way.

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Hopefully that doesn't happen again throughout the tournament. I'm

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hitting the ball well in practice. Obviously had perfect preparation

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really and yeah, the matches aren't going to get any easier. So if you

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have those drop-offs against higher ranked or more experienced

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opponents, they'll make you pay for it. No sign of Andy Murray around

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the grounds today, preferring to train off-site away from prying

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eyes. His coach Jamie Delgado will have a key role in trying to keep

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his protege calm on court. Someone who's known Andy Murray since they

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were kids says his outbursts only come from competitiveness. That's

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why he is who he is. I think there's been time that's he would admit it's

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boiled over slightly into being too negative. But even when he's playing

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his best tennis, there's a real burning desire and passion and

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fightiness to him. He just needs to control it. He's proven he can beat

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the best in the world as he did against Djokovic in Rome. If he does

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that tomorrow he could move into the Fourth Round at the expense of

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Karlovic, who he's never lost to. If not, he may be out of the French

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Open. Some of the biggest names

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in Scottish football started off in the amateur ranks,

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but nowadays it's rare for professional clubs to recruit

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players from that level of football. Indeed, one man at the top

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of its governing body admits the amateur game is battling

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decline. Nothing amateurish looking about

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this goal. But it was scored by an amateur player in the Scottish

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amateur Cup Final. Winners coalville park from Motherwell clearly

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thriving. Not so the sport in general at this level. A tough

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thriving. Not so the sport in environment at the moment, given the

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costs involved in running an amateur team and kids nowadays have much

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more choice in sport and lessesure time. -- leisure time. Kenny

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Dalgleish like many other footballing greats was first spotted

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in his teens at amateur level. Nowadays, talent scouts sign up

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promising young players much earlier in life. Scouting used to be at

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under 19 boys club level, juvenile level and jun wore football. --

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junior football, moving into senior football. Most of the young ones

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when they show promise, they're gobbled up by the academies. A few,

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maybe all of these young folk, may become amateur players in future.

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But some amateur clubs are also targeting more mature participants

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to ensure their survival. We're looking to start an over 35s team

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for next season purely because of interest. Because we're growing,

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there is an older population coming in.

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Regardless of age, the country's amateur players have always taken

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the game seriously, on occasion, perhaps, too seriously.

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Finally from me, some news on the vacant manager's post

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at Inverness, because an unlikely candidate has missed out on the job.

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In his hand-written application, he says he can speak

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to his headmaster to "see if he can leave school early for

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Adding, "I'm sure it won't be a problem, as long

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as the players chip in and help me with my homework."

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He's going to go far! I do hope so. Thanks very much.

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It was one of the darkest features of the First World War -

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306 soldiers executed for cowardice and desertion.

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Many suffered from what we now know as post-traumatic stress.

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Now a new production by the National Theatre

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Our arts correspondent, Pauline Mclean, reports.

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In a little corner, a Baranau is the stage for a long-forgotten story of

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the First World War. The -- a barn. The 306 is about the soldiers who

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were executed for cowardice and desertion. A difficult story the

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National Theatre of Scotland felt it had to tell. No-one else had.

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There's not a lot of literature about these men. It's so bizarre to

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find a topic we all know so well and learn about in school and find a

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corner of it is undiscovered. That's what we look for. We read first-hand

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accounts by firing squads and by family members, but a lot of them,

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there was a lot of shame involved in these stories. I think people

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changed their names, moved house so they weren't associated with these

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men any more. As I think we try and make clear from the beginning of the

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show, these men aren't remembered in the way that maybe they need to be.

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It's only in the last decade that the 306 have been hardened and a

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memorial raised in their honour. For years they were written out of the

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history books. I've been a historian of the First World War for 30 years

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and we don't really know enough about it, given what a scandal it

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is. That's largely due to the fact that it's the whole story has been

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quashed for 100 years. The Government's been too embarrassed

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about the whole thing. Stories like Harry Farr's, a professional

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soldier, who suffered what we now know is post-traumatic stress, shot

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at dawn in October 1916, one of the 306 remembered 100 years later.

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Let's see what we can expect from the weather now.

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Fairly settled over the next few days. Good evening. It's been

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something of a south to north split today weather-wise. Across many

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southern and indeed central areas, it's been something grey and damp.

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This was the image from AJ's office in Stirling today. By contrast,

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across the north, we've had plenty of sunshine. This was the scene in

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the Shetland isles where even the seals appeared to be enjoying the

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sunshine. This evening and tonight, we hold onto dry condition across

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the north of Scotland with long, clear spells tonight in the North

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West, chilly here. Otherwise cloudy and murky. Some bits and pieces of

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light and patchy rain continuing for central and southern Scotland too.

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But not a cold night to come for most of us, with light

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south-easterly winds. Into tomorrow, away from the North-west, it's a

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cloudy, Americay and damp start. During the day, we should see

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something by way of improvement, drying up and many of us seeing

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bright or perhaps sunny spells come the afternoon. Taking a closer look

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tomorrow afternoon then. Brightness, sunshine working into the

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south-west. Rather cloudy, perhaps some bright spells through central

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and eastern Scotland. Some sunshine to come across argyle. However, the

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best of the sunshine tomorrow will be reserved for the likes of Harris,

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Lewis, in through the north-west Highlands, along the Murray coast

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and for north Aberdeenshire. Temperatures peak at 19 Celsius,

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feeling pleasantly warm with light winds. For the most part around 13

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to 16 degrees. Into the evening, we may see a few shore showers across

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the Highlands. Otherwise dry with spells of brightness and sunshine to

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end the day. For Saturday, high pressure to the north of the UK

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keeping things fairly settled. On Saturday again, a fair amount of

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cloud around for eastern coastal areas, otherwise mostly dry with

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some spells of brightness and sunshine. Best in the north. Highs

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of 18 or 19. Now, a reminder of

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tonight's main news. The lawyer representing Liam Fee

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estate agency mother -- Earlier, the lawyer representing

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Rachel Fee, the boy's mother, told the court that the death

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of two-year-old Liam was a genuine tragedy

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but that she was not his murderer. The Government said the figure was

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numbers below 100,000 by 20. numbers below 100,000 by 20.

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-- 2020. I'll be back with the headlines

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at 8pm and the late bulletin just

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