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Concerns about the cost of the inquiry into

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the Edinburgh trams fiasco - it stands at ?3.7 million.

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I think it is wrong they should have to pay this much for an enquiry when

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it should be paid for by the people cost us this much money. It's like

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school, is somebody going to get the cost us this much money. It's like

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cane or something? I don't think so. The Scottish government says

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the inquiry is committed to delivering a fair

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and balanced report. Also on the programme: A month

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on from the EU referendum the UK's top law officer says Scotland

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will have no veto on Brexit, I am at a science lab in Edinburgh

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to find out what Brexit could mean for Scottish business.

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Investigations continue into how a nuclear-powered submarine

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collided with a ship off the coast of Gibraltar.

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And Brendan Rogers is looking to strengthen his squad,

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after Celtic beat the part-time footballers of Gibraltar to continue

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BBC Scotland has learned that the cost of the inquiry

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into the Edinburgh trams fiasco is already more than

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The Scottish government set up the investigation two years ago

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to look into why the project came in late and at more

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Our reporter Cameron Buttle is in Edinburgh tonight.

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Edinburgh trams have been running for about two years now and seem to

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be proving quite popular because passenger numbers are higher than

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expected. The line runs from Edinburgh airport to hear in the

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city centre, the cost ?767 million, it was five years overdue underlying

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did not go as far as it was meant to. Swift and thorough, that was the

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aim when the tram enquiry was launched back in June 20 14. It is

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said to be making good progress, already collating more than 6

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million documents. Freedom of information request from the BBC to

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the Scottish Government shows the costs have already exceeded million.

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That includes ?1.8 million on staffing costs and ?716,000 on legal

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fees. Out on this treats of the city and other multi-million pound

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headline involving the trams doesn't seem to be going down well. The cost

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the earth don't they? I am not too enamoured with that. It's wrong to

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pay this much for an enquiry that should be paid for by the people who

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cost us this much money. Why? It's like school, is somebody going to

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get the cane or something? I don't think so, you just get moved on.

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Some transport experts say there has to be an enquiry into such an

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expensive and controversial project and it will be worth it. We need to

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understand the reasons why it happened so we can inform the design

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planning of tram schemes and other major transport infrastructure

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screams in the future and hopefully save ourselves money in the future.

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That is why we shouldn't be too concerned by the cost of this

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because when we compare the cost of the enquiry to the potential savings

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to future schemes then we could save ourselves a lot of money and that is

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why it is valuable. A spokesman said Scottish ministers have been clear

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from the start that it should be timely and cost effective. The

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Scottish Government said the team is committed to delivering an fair and

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balanced report with clear recommendations for future projects.

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There is no official end to the enquiry, we were told by a spokesman

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that it was open ended but I spoke to a local politician today who

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joked that he hoped it didn't go on for too long because we don't want

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is an enquiry into the enquiry. A holiday park operator has been

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fined nearly a quarter of a million pounds after a schoolboy died

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in a swimming pool in Arbroath. Six year old Aidan Sands

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died from brain injuries following the accident

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at the Red Lion Caravan Loch Earn Caravan Parks Limited

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admitted a number of health and safety charges at

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Forfar Sheriff Court. A woman's body has been recovered,

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after a car plunged into the River Clyde

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at Renfrew this afternoon. It happened next to the Braehead

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shopping centre just Witnesses said they saw

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the car speeding along It hit two cars before

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crashing through a metal A big search and rescue

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operation was organised, involving the coastguard helicopter

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and police divers. The UK government's senior law

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officer has ruled out a veto for Scotland over when the Brexit

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process is started. The Attorney General, Jeremy Wright,

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said there would be consultations with the Scottish Government

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but that it would not be able Here's our Westminster

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correspondent, David Porter. A month ago today we were voting on

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whether to stay in the European Union. Scotland voted overwhelmingly

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to remain but the UK as a whole decided to leave. That set about

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quite a chain of events. Prime Minister has resigned. A new

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occupant has into Downing Street. The Labour leader is fighting for

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his survival and the First Minister has indicated a second independence

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his survival and the First Minister referendum is now in her words

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highly likely. Four weeks on and minds are turning to how Brexit will

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work and what role Scotland will have. The Prime Minister has stated

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that Brexit means Brexit and the First Minister has stated that

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remain remains remain, do you agree the Scottish people have spoken and

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therefore the southern JCB respected? Until there is a UK

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approach to Brexit, does the right honourable and learn a gentleman

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agree that a motion is required before the government has the legal

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authority to trigger article 50? All parts of the United Kingdom

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including the governments of devolved administrations should be

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able to participate in the process of developing the UK approach to

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these negotiations. But that does not mean that any of the parts of

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the UK have a veto over this process and so consultation most certainly

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did veto I am afraid not. But from an English Eurosceptic Conservative,

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this. I am happy with the government consulting with the devolved

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administrations but what concerns me is that we don't finish up being

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held to ransom by the Scottish Nationalists. I think the Prime

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Minister has been very clear that the United Kingdom will leave the

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European Union and that means all of the United Kingdom. As MPs packed

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their bags and head for their summer break they know one thing is almost

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certain, whatever else may happen, when they get back the Brexit

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question is likely to dominate all other issues.

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You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC.

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Still to come on tonight's programme:

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What could leaving the EU mean for Scottish businesses -

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And coming up in sport, after seeing off the Red Imps, Celtic

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now face a Champions League 6000 mile round trip.

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And closer to home, some crazy golf required at Carnoustie

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The Royal Navy is investigating how a Faslane-based nuclear-powered

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submarine collided with a civilian boat off the coast of Gibraltar.

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HMS Ambush has now been taken into port to be checked.

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Although not a Trident submarine, the SNP say the crash

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Here's our correspondent, Andrew Kerr.

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Limping back into port, HMS ambush with significant damage. The Faslane

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-based boat is now being assessed for repairs. It struck a merchant

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vessel off the coast of Gibraltar. One defence analyst says it may have

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been trying to hide as part of an exercise. One suspect might have

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been a bit too clever, perhaps using a relatively noisy tanker as cover

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and got a bit too close? Perhaps misjudged the draft of the tanker

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because apparently it was bunkering and they go up and down. If she did

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she made a significant error. A retired sub Mariner has sympathy

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with the crew. You can stand underneath the Forth road bridge and

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listen to the noise of all the vehicles, lots of them, that noise

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is, that is what you hear in the Gibraltar Strait, stop start,

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fishing vessels, big draft tankers, lots of them. You never get a minute

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to just go and stop. It's the latest incident involving an astute class

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submarine, one ran aground off sky in 2010. This type did not carry

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Trident nuclear weapons but they do have nuclear reactors. The SNP have

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expressed concern. The MOD have explaining to do as to how exactly

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this happened. It calls into question the overall safety aspect.

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The MOD don't yet know if the submarine will be repaired here at

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its home base on the Clyde or elsewhere. What we do know is that

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this has been an embarrassing incident for the Royal Navy, a

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service which normally prides itself on stealth and seamanship.

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Unions insist there'll be no redundancies as a result

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of uncertainty over the timetable to build eight Type 26

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It comes after the chief executive for Equipment at the Ministry

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of Defence told a Commons committee there was no start date

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The SNP said that meant the project was "delayed indefinitely".

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However, the Unite union said the contract was still guaranteed.

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Three people, who died after a disturbance in Aberdeen

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Police believe 40 year old Tracy Gabriel and 43 year

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old Keith Taylor were murdered by Hugh Gallacher, who was 57.

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He plunged to his death from a 12th floor balcony, after police had

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arrived on the scene at Donside Court.

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Tracy Gabriel's family described her as a very caring person.

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Yesterday economic data revealed that the Scottish

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economy is stagnating - and growing at less than half

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Much of that is down to the impact of the downturn in the oil

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industry - but what sort of threat will Brexit pose

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Our correspondent, David Henderson joins us now from Edinburgh.

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Yes, four weeks on from the EU referendum, what comes next is still

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very much an clear, and that really matters to firms like this one, a

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supplier of companies right around the world. Scottish firms do

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Williams of pounds worth of trade right across Europe -- billions of

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pounds worth. They want to make sure those links remain unaffected if and

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when the UK leads the European Union. I have been hearing from the

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boss of a shortbread factory in Union. I have been hearing from the

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Aberdeen to find out more. I am the business development manager, we

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have been around for 30 years and the business was originally

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established by my grandmother Elizabeth Duncan. We proudly

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produced hand baked shortbread and awed cakes made to traditional

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family recipes. What we are most known for is the all but short

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bread. -- butter shortbread. Small beginnings but this is a big

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productive output? Definitely, we are growing quickly, rapidly,

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productive output? Definitely, we an exciting time for the business.

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How important our European countries particularly those in the EU for you

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and your business? We export to Spain, Germany, France, Italy and

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further afield to Australia, America. We do a lot of

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private-label as well as dealing with the likes of Morrison and

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Tesco's in the UK. It is an uncertain time, a lot of people are

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asking questions and the body seems to have the answers. Butter, sugar,

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margarine, all the key ingredients in the products that we use are all

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increasing in price at the moment. Whether we are in the EU or not you

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want the single market to continue? Without a shadow of a doubt, we need

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it to continue as a business. We would have to adapt and change as we

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have done in the past but for us to maintain our growth at such a

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healthy way that we need the market to remain open. Paul Downton there,

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my apologies for the here and it I to remain open. Paul Downton there,

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had to wear. I am joined by Janet, the chief executive of this company.

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Thank you for allowing us into your laboratory, what could the vote to

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leave the EU do for your business, what would be the impact? We've not

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seen a massive impact at this stage, the turn town in the pound has had

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some benefits, we are looking to see what the opportunities will be

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long-term in terms of immigration and the regulatory landscape we work

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in. When you say regulatory landscape you are talking about

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cross-border regulation, a level landscape you are talking about

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playing field across Europe? Yes, we manufacture cells for clinical

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trials and work with companies across Europe and the US to make

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sure we manufacture there are sells across Europe and the US to make

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to a safe manner. We have to work within the European regulatory

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landscape, complying with that, still having access to Europe but

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making the benefits within the UK and having a positive impact. So you

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don't want more red tape. A team of the referendum campaign was that

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leaving the EU would cut immigration, what impact would that

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have? Immigration is an important point for us, we want to attract

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highly skilled people here to Edinburgh and for us it is important

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we get the right people and have the immigration landscape for that and

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can attract those highly skilled people. We have about 5% of our

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staff from Europe and want to make sure they can stay. Philip,

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Edinburgh is one of Europe's leading financial centres as we look towards

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Brexit, what is at stake for the city and Scotland? The story of

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Janet is no different to what we are hearing from businesses across

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Scotland. We are in a period of radical uncertainty, we all need to

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work through it. We should remember that the UK is still open for

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business, it's an agile and competitive economy and should take

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confidence in that. When you look at Brexit, it is not Brexit itself but

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how we respond to it. We know companies are mobile, they can move,

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some might threaten to move, and some might look to move if we are

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left out of the European single market, is there a risk of that

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happening? What I would encourage is not to be basing decisions on

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speculation. There is a lot of speculation, what we need to do is

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work through policy as it develops and assess the implications, be

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resilient and be agile but be well informed as to what policy means for

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your sector and the economy. Janet, as we look forward, Theresa May the

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new Prime Minister is getting into the job, do you have a message for

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her about what she should be doing? Make sure Scotland and the UK is the

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place to come per business, particularly for cell therapies but

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it's not just about what the government can do, we want

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investment into our business so we are looking more broadly. We must

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leave it there, thank you both very much indeed, a lot at stake here in

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Scotland and across the UK when it comes to Brexit as you heard. The UK

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Government will face intense calls to make sure if we do except the EU

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it doesn't harm trade. A look at other stories

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from across the country. A man has admitted killing his baby

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son at his home in East Kilbride. David Sinclair, who is 34, inflicted

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injuries so severe on five--month-old Joshua, that the

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child died in hospital hours later. Sinclair pleaded guilty to culpable

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home vied at the High Court. The glass go subway mod he

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werisation work will not be completed on time. The contractor

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needs extra time to complete the project. The subway was suspended

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from 2nd July. It is estimated the work may not be complete until the

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middle of August. Police in Edinburgh have released

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CCTV images of a woman whom officers want to trace in connection an

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alleged hate crime on a bus. In it a woman and her children were

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subjected to zenophobic comments. The Incep dent happened on #th May

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on board the number 10 Lothian bus in Leath. A Swedish energy company

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now has a 100% stake in a planned multimillion pound windfarm off the

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coast of Aberdeen. The ?300 million project has been marred with legal

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problems with the US presidential nominee, Donald Trump objecting to

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the plans on the grounds they would ruin the sfru his golf course.

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Floral tributes from fans of rosht Burns have been installed in the

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shadow of the Burns' monument to mark the 250th anniversary of the

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bard's death. Supporters of Burns from around the

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world have sent messages which are engraved on metal red roses, the

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flower which is the subject of one of Burns' most famous works.

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Some homes in Orkney are to benefit from a new smart control energy

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system linking them to renewable energy generalated by local wind

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turbines. Around 100 households in three islands are set to trial the

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system. Hundreds of whale watchers in lower wick were treated to a

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close encounter to a pod of or kas earlier today. Around ten of them

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worked their way along the shore before briefly entering the harbour.

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There have been many sightings of Wales around the Shetland's coast

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during the past two weeks. Let's get the latest sport now -

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here's Jonathan. The Celtic manager, Brendan Rodgers,

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is hoping to strengthen his squad ahead of the Champions League

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qualifier against Astana next week. Victory over Lincoln Red Imps last

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night means the Scottish champions are into the third round and despite

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the prospect of a tricky trek east, Here's our senior football

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reporter Chris McLaughlin. After seeing off the Champions of

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Gibraltar last night, Celtic were promoting a match against the

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champions of England. A weekend friendly following a mid-week

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mauling. It took 20 minutes for the Lincoln

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backline to be breached, though. Lustig settled the nerves. That was

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followed, shortly afterwards by this, Leigh Griffiths doing what he

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does best - the Itches' fairy-tale fading fast and after Patrick

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Roberts danced, jinxed and dinked his way down the right-hand side, it

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was game and tie over and so a six hour flight to Kazakhstan awaits

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next week. At the end of it, a side who will fancy their chances This

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team are good. You know they have been in the Champions' League last

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season. # I think they got points off Athletico Madrid, Benfica and

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Galatasaray at home. We know the challenge but there is no excuse for

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us. We know we are a big team and have to do a big job. We are looking

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forward to it. The shock of Gibraltar all but forgotten, it is

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onwards and eastwards in the push for progression.

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Three other Scottish sides in European action today,

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hoping to make progress in the Europa League qualifiers.

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In fact one of those sides has already played their match.

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Hearts are in action this evening at Tynecastle.

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There for us tonight is our reporter Brian Mclauchlin.

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Good evening from a sun-kissed Tyne castle where around 15,000 fans are

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expected here to watch Hearts take on the Maltese minnows. They are 0-0

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after last week's first leg in Valetta.

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Sam Nicholson is back into the starting 11 for the injured Kitchen

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but one Scottish team has already been in action this afternoon.

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Aberdeen travelled Latvia and they were 3-0 up from the first leg. And

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one goal this afternoon secured another victory for the side. It was

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the top goal scorer from last year, Adam Rooney scoring, with just 12

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minutes left. So a 4-0 aggregate for Aberdeen. Another Scottish club in

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action, kicking off at 7 O'Clock in Copenhagen, Hiberian with arguably

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the biggest task of all the Scottish clubs, 1-0 down after defeat last

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week. They lost a gel after 15 seconds but wouldn't it be terrific

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with Hearts and Hiberian could join Aberdeen in the third qualifying

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round of the yoria league next week. And there's live coverage

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of the action tonight After just a year in the job,

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Brian McClair has stepped down The former Celtic and Manchester

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United forward was tasked with developing a strategy

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for the future of the game, but it's understood he'd become

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increasingly frustrated at the amount of time

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he was spending in boardrooms. The BBC understands the SFA will now

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re-asses the role before Golf's Senior Open Championship

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is under way at Carnoustie with some of the most famous names

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in the game taking part. And quite a trio teed off

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early this afternoon - Scotland's Colin Montgomerie,

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playing alongside eight times major winner Tom Watson and the ever

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colourful John Daly. Few players can carry off troirs

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like this, but when you are John Daly and the birdies keep coming,

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nobody is too worried about dress code. He was up and down at Karen

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Ousy today but always colourful -- Carnoustie. Greats can get stuck in

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a rut but the trick is getting out of them.

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And what of Colin Montgomerie, not exactly rolling in clover after his

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exertions at the Open in Troon last weekend. : He birdied the 12th.

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Household names everywhere. Jimenez, a relative youngster, finished

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2-over. And Bernard Langer almost a perfect finish on one-under. A

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number of players, including Carlos Franco sharing an early lead. That's

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how the sport Let's see what surprises the weather

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is planning for us next. Not many I hope after the last

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couple of days. We have had fairly extreme weather

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over the last couple of days. Today provided us with fairly pleasant,

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settled summary conditions. As ever, our weather watchers have sending us

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fantastic images. This taken earlier today in Argyll and Bute. It has

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been a fine day of weather in St Andrew's in Fife and this positively

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tropical image which came in from us from the Isle of Harris in the

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Western Isles. For this evening and tonight we'll continue to see cloud

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increasing. Some fine spells of sunshine in the east. However this

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weather front already making inroads across Western Scotland and that

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continues to go north-eastwards during tonight. Some fairly heavy

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pulses of rain to come across the West Highlands, the Argyll area and

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perhaps Dumfries and Galloway. The far north-east and Shetland holding

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on to the driest, clearest conditions tonight. Temperatures

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here around 9 or 10 Celsius. Wide lid, though, around 13-16. So a

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fairly muggy and humid night to come once again. Into tomorrow, it dawns

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on a fairly cloudy note with further outbreaks of rain. However, an

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improving picture for most of us during the day, that improvement

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coming in fairly quickly across western Scotland. The rain gradually

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clearing away to the east, come the afternoon. A legacy of cloud,

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though, across some eastern areas tomorrow afternoon. One or two sharp

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showers, too, across the likes of East Lothian, the Borders, perhaps

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Angus and Aberdeenshire. For most parts come tomorrow afternoon, we

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should see brightness andshine. Light winds and highs of around 20,

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and it'll feel pleasantly warm once again. Into the evening, we should

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see any remaining showers clearing away into the North Sea, to leave

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fine conditions for most of us, with some spells of brightness andshine.

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Into Saturday, we start the day with a lot of dry weather, however, cloud

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quickly increasing from the west and this next batch of rain crossing the

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country, becoming lighter and patchier in the east during the day.

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Again with any sunshine temperatures will peak at 21. At this stage for

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Sunday, it looks like some showers and longer spells of rain, spells

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ofshine and warm in the sunshine. That's the forecast.

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Thank you very much. I'm still drooling over that light in Harris.

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It was beautiful. Here are the main headlines:

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BBC Scotland has learned that the cost of the inquiry

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into the Edinburgh trams fiasco is already more than ?3.7 million.

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The Scottish government set it up two years ago to look into why

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the project came in late and at more than double its original budget.

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A manhunt is under way for two men of Middle Eastern appearance

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who attempted to abduct a serviceman out jogging near his airbase -

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He was approached by the two men, one of whom tried to grab him,

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but he was able to fight him off and run away.

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The police say while the motive for the attack remains unclear,

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RAF Marham is home to the UK's Tornado fighter jets.

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

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Until then, from everyone on the team - right

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