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A senior judge is appointed as the new chairwoman

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of the Scottish government's child abuse inquiry.

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Why the amount of money health boards are spending

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A political and legal battle at Holyrood -

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as independence supporters are told they cannot camp outside

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What about human rights in Scotland? Hopefully we have the right to stage

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an appeal. The onus is on them to remove themselves but ultimately if

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they don't we will seek to remove them.

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Also on the programme, calls for a decision to be made

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about the future of wild beavers in Scotland.

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And Leigh Griffiths brings Celtic a 1-1 draw in Kazakhstan

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BBC Scotland can reveal that survivors of abuse at the former

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Fort Augustus Abbey School have turned to England

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It comes as the government has announced a new chair to head

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the independent inquiry into child sex abuse in care in Scotland.

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Our Home Affairs Correspondent, Reevel Alderson reports.

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It is four short months until the independent inquiry into the abuse

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of children in care held its first session outlining its high ideals.

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This inquiry is not just for survivors of abuse in the past, it

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is also, for some Scottish children yet to be born. Yet earlier this

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month the chip resigned leaving the process in limbo. Now in place of Ms

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O'Brien, one of the most senior High Court judges in Scotland, Lady Anne

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Smith. Survivor groups welcomed the speed of the appointment yet have

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criticised the government for failing to consult them and have

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demanded that the Education Secretary widens the inquiry scope.

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A bit surprised why we are pleased about the speed of the appointment

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that he hasn't able to indicate today that he is prepared to extend

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remit and include a recommendation about redress in the inquiry. Now we

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are seeking an urgent meeting with him with a view to resolving not

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only this issue but a number of others as well. Allegations of

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systematic abuse at the school run by the Benedictine order will be a

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part of the inquiry Dexter one survivors group is so disillusioned

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with progress in Scotland it has been accepted as core participants

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in the English inquiry held by Dame Goddard. In a notice published in

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the court she said one of the individuals experienced sexual abuse

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in Scotland which falls outside the inquiries terms of reference, the

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alleged institutional failure relates to an institution based in

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England and Wales. This means the group, White Flowers Alba is

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eligible for redress, something it has pressed the government to offer

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but so far ministers have avoided changing the remit. I want to

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discuss that further with survivors groups and with Ladysmith following

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her appointment. These issues are under active consideration to make

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sure we have an inquiry that can properly and fully address the

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issues of concern, to summarise the awful experiences of individuals and

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we can do that task properly on their behalf. The government insists

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the inquiry will continue to operate independently with no assistance

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from ministers. Reeva Alderson, Reporting Scotland.

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Figures the BBC has obtained show that the amount of money

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healthboards are spending on overtime payments to consultants

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In the last three years the bill has increased by almost 50%

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Doctors argue it points up the lack of full time consultants in post.

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-- The Scottish Government says it's a very small portion

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Our reporter Aileen Clarke has been looking at the figures.

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Well, it makes quite interesting reading.....these figures have come

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from a UK-wide freedom of information request by the BBC.

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So three years ago in Scotland the bill for consultants' overtime

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was ?14.27 million, last year that had risen to almost ?21 million.

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Now, remember this is overtime so money consultants earned

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for extra shifts often in the evenings or at weekends.

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In one example a consultant working for NHS Lanarkshire earned

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The healthboard say that was necessary to meet waiting

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list targets at a time of pressure due to staff vacancies.

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Critics say there is simply not enough staff to cope

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with the growing pressures on our hospitals

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We need long-term solutions that create a sustainable NHS. So many of

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the issues that are faced deal with sticking plaster, temporary

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solutions that do not solve the problem. They may patch and meant

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for the short-term but we need to think not just about the next five

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years, but the next 25 years. Three years ago NHS Grampian

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spent nothing at all Last year they spent more than one

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and a half million pounds. Again, they say that spend

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is due to a lack of staff, particularly at busy periods

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for surgery like hip operations The BMA, who talk on behalf

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of Scotland's consultants, say that the overtime bill could be

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dramatically reduced if the right number of consultants could be

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recruited, latest figures And in the meantime

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here's a suggestion. We have to think more sensibly and

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carefully about simplistic targets for waiting times alone. It is

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really important, both from the doctor 's perspective and from the

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patient but perspective that we are concentrating on the quality of

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care, making sure that the outcome for patients, whether the operation

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is successful or not is what we are measuring rather than sticking to

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counting the easy thing which is how long it took to have the operation.

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The Scottish Government says the overtime bill is in contact, but the

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number of consultants has risen by 40% in the last ten years and

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training places are being increased but Health Secretary takes on board

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there may be better ways of prioritising care.

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Patients want to be seen as quickly as possible, that remains important,

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however measuring outcomes, it's also important that some of us,

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waiting time targets are blunt instrument and we want to listen to

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the professions and listen to patient groups about how we could

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focus more on the outcomes for patients, but we need to see what

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the group comes up with and what recommendations they need to make.

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The best way to achieve that balance of delivering quality care

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but in an acceptable time frame, at a reasonable price,

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is what it seems is now very much up for discussion.

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A group of independence supporters have lost a legal fight to remain

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camped outside the Scottish Parliament.

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A judge has ruled that they can be evicted.

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Here's our political correspondent, Glenn Campbell.

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Parliament welcomes protesters but not this eight month long occupation

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by supporters of Scottish independence. It took these

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so-called IndyCamp members to court in what became one of the weirdest

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of cases. There are unusual arguments heard in the case, the

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compass are good about the declaration of Arbroath and tried to

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call the Queen as a witness and actually claimed that Christ had

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returned to Earth and was backing Scottish independence. Yet at the

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end of the day the case was based on serious law, human rights, whether

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the group at the right to stay here and the right to freedom of

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assembly. In a written statement Lord Turnbull has turned in favour

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of Parliament and against the IndyCampers, whose position come he

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says, is arrogant in that they seemed to assert that their right to

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use this space is greater than the rights of others. Lord Turnbull said

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it would not be disproportionate for Parliament to seek the removal of

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this independence vigil. I think it's shocking. Basically it has

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walked all over human rights in Scotland. Hopefully we have the

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right to appeal and stadium in the appeal because the vigil is a good

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thing. We are not a bad thing, we've never had any reported incidents to

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the police. Parliament officials welcomed the judgment and hoped to

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persuade them to leave peacefully. We have to have those conversations

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with them, clearly Lord Turnbull has said the onus is on them to remove

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themselves, if they don't we will seek to remove them. After 244 days

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of occupation today's judgment should mean that the days of

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IndyCamp are numbered yet the campus hope that they can still stay put

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until Scotland becomes an independent country. - the campus.

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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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The search for evidence of a rare pre-Bronze Age site

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In sport, we'll have reaction from the Celtic manager

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following their Champions League tie in Khazakstan.

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And we'll hear from one of our top medal prospects as she prepares

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Glaxo Smith Kline has announced plans for a huge expansion of its

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Montrose site. It is vesting of ?100 million despite warning during the

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referendum campaign that a vote to leave the EU would be a mistake. Our

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business correspondent David Henderson is with me. A big

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investment, what more can you say about it? A big commitment.

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All in all they say they'll invest ?275 million

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One here at their Scottish site at Montrose in Angus.

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It is the biggest employer in town. They currently make medicine for

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conditions like asthma and HIV. And the plan is to invest

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?110 million there Currently 460 people work

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full time at the site. The company says these jobs should

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be safeguarded by this investment. This going to be investment to build

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a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility to make products which are

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part of our respiratory product portfolio. These active ingredients

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will go into medication that treats problems like asthma and pulmonary

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disorders. And David - before the EU

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referendum - this company had warned of the THREAT posed

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by a Brexit vote. I am not sure they have changed

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their mind. Well, their last chief executive

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said a vote to leave They want to able to recruit

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scientists from right across Europe. And they want a single set of rules

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across Europe for approving drugs. And regulating drugs. They want no

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more red tape. The company's clearly decided that

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basing their operations in Scotland and the UK still has

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a lot to offer. A lot of incentives to invest in

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research. the pound's fallen in value

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against the dollar. That's a benefit - if you're

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producing things to sell overseas. Now this announcement's been seized

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upon by supporters of Brexit who say it shows the UK

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is still good for business. But firms like Glaxo

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will still be wary - about whether leaving the EU

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could bring red tape and new barriers to trade with other

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countries in Europe. We will wait and see. Thank you,

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David. Edinburgh is to become the first

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city in Scotland to impose a twenty mile an hour speed limit

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across the city. The new regulations apply

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to residential and shopping streets. The move is designed to reduce

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injuries and save lives - but critics argue it's unnecessary,

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and could damage trade. 20 is plenty for Edinburgh. The new

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limit is being rolled out across the city in phases from Sunday. Main

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roads are not affected. Surely a few minutes difference in your journey

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if you go at 20 miles an hour or 30 miles an hour it is more likely that

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at 30 miles an hour you'll have a serious accident in terms of a

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pedestrian or a child. Critics say it will slow down the city,

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increasing road rage, disrupting trade and adding to travel times. We

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work 24-7, what happens at 3am when you are driving on an empty road

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with no traffic, is crawling at 20 miles an hour saving lives or just

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creating unnecessary noise and emissions and making everyone take

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longer to get from a to B? Five areas in Glasgow already have 20

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miles and is, Edinburgh is the first to roll them out across the city.

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Suburban residents have different views. People with a brain will know

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it's sensible to have it onside roads. Most people do that anyway

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especially in these slowest it's because of speed bumps. Your car is

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just up at 30, 40, sometimes before you even know it. A lot of cars just

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goes fast. I think they forget. We've been allowed on board one

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police safety van which will enforce the new speed limit. There's a laser

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gun on-board which bounces a signal of vehicles to detect how fast they

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are going. Anyone breaking the limit faces a fine of ?100 and three

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penalty points. It's not a defence as such and that is why the market

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campaign is in place today. Part of that officers looking at the

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scenario and deciding what action they will take in particular, and

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that could be issuing a ticket or it could be giving advice. ?2 million

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of public funding is being invested in this initiative is trying to save

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lives by slowing down. Reporting Scotland, Edinburgh.

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Conservationists are calling for the government to make

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a decision of the future of beavers in Scotland.

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After becoming extinct here in the 16th century,

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a trial reintroduction of beavers took place at Knapdale in Argyll.

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In the first couple of weeks they swam around here, soon they found

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this little burn, they build this dam and it's created this beautiful

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beaver pond, full of life. After an absence of 400 years Beavers were

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introduced in Argyll in 2009 for a five-year monitor to trial. They

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used to be a key link in the wildlife chain and it is claimed

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they should be again. They create the perfect wetland habitat to allow

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dragonfly to lay larvae in the water. It attracts fishlike pike to

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the water and birds of prey which will feed on the pike and so forth.

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They also have proven flood mitigation benefits. So you get this

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echoing and effect from one animal to a wide variety of ecosystem

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benefits. Signs of beaver activity are easy to spot, less so the

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animals. The lodge is 200 metres away, across the Loc, it's eight

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o'clock in the evening and we are told that between now and dusk is

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the best chance we have to spot a beaver before the evening feed so I

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guess it's just a waiting game. Within minutes we are lucky as a

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beaver trundles past. In the nearby reed bed he leaves the water to pick

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and eat his supper. However, on Tayside there is a larger,

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unregulated beaver population, created by an escape or illegal

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release. This, says it costs ?5,000 a year to clear dams and drainage

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ditches and repair damage to cropland. In low ground farming like

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this I don't believe they can live in harmony. When you go up into less

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food producing areas, where the trains are not so critical to that

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cultural land, that may be more of a place for them. Conservationists say

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many sites are suitable. We've got a suite of reserves across Scotland

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and two years ago we had an independent assessment done so that

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if the decision went the way of our findings we could potentially

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reintroduce them. The trial report was sent to the government two years

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ago, yet no conclusion has been reached. Spokesperson said the

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complex issues around their management and legal protection

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which ministers are considering before making a decision on the

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future of Beavers in Scotland later this year. Willie Johnston,

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Reporting Scotland. A look at other stories

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from across the country. Natalie Harrison helped the women at

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the surface until lifeboat crew were able to halt on to the boat. The

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incident happened on Monday afternoon close to Shakespeare's

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Globe Theatre. Rail safety officers have issued a warning to young

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people across the country after a rise in the number of reports of

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children playing on the tracks. There has been an 18% increase

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between 2013 and 2015. Glasgow has the highest rate of people venturing

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onto train lines in Scotland with 50 incidents last year. The second

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Edinburgh food festival is underway, it's one of the capital 's newest

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and hosts talks and debates about the food industry as well as

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showcasing Scottish produce. There is a plan to increase the number of

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golden eagles in the South of Scotland, the scheme aims to have up

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to 16 pairs of the birds across the Scotland, the scheme aims to have up

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borders and companies in Galloway and it's getting ?1 million of

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lottery money. We'll have more robust population of golden eagles

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in the south of Scotland, but also we anticipate that over time we will

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also have nature tourism and other benefits locally. Tickets for

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Edinburgh 's Hogmanay street party are on sale even though the

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programme isn't announced until the autumn. Around 75,000 people took

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part in the celebrations last year which saw live music and fireworks.

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Let's get tonight's sport now, from David.

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Creditable performance from Celtic this afternoon in their

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Yes Sally, Celtic earning a one all draw in the first leg

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of their qualifier against FC Astana in Khazakstan this afternoon.

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We'll hear from the manager of the Scottish champions

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Brendan Rodgers shortly, but first the story

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Having suffered June lesion in Gibraltar in the last round, Brendan

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Rodgers was hoping his side would produce a result more worthy of note

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in Kaz extant. It was Celtic who had the first real chance, Leigh

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Griffiths finding space. But Astana were quick on the break and Mikael

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Lustig had to be alert to deal with this cross. From the resulting

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corner, Astana made the breakthrough. Craig Gordon flapping

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at fresh air as Kazakhstan champions were headed in front. Astana

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unbeaten in their last seven Champions League games at home came

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close to adding a second. But this time Gordon was up to the task.

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There was another fright for the Scottish champions early in the

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second half, a striker clipping the crossbar. But 12 minutes from the

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end Celtic got the equaliser, and it might prove to be priceless. Leigh

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Griffiths! Leigh Griffiths, last season's 40 goal hero coming up

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trumps for the new Celtic manager. It was Celtic 's only shot on target

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and sets them up nicely for the second leg in Glasgow next week.

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So as John was saying there, that draw leaves Celtic with a good

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chance of making the final round of Champions

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We can hear what manager Brendan Rodgers makes of that

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What it is is a very good result. It is half-time, huge amount of credit

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to the players. Thinking of the team they are playing, we were all

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written off before the game, everyone had been pretty clear in

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their opinion on the game, that we would do well to come back from

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anything other than a loss but I think you saw the players deserve an

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immense amount of credit. To fight an sure that spirit and passion in

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the game as well, the second half, gaining more controlled the game. A

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wonderful goal by Leigh We know the significance of the goal but like I

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said we are not getting too carried away, we have another good game

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against a very good side. One of our best medal prospects

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at the Rio Games says it was never her childhood dream

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to compete at the Olympics. But cyclist Katie Archibald

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will be there as part of the British Women's

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track pursuit team. And as Jane Lewis reports her rise

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to prominence has been impressive. Katie Archibald likes to be unique.

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Coloured here, body art, even her route into cycling was different.

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She came to the sport from swimming and has only been on the British

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cycling programme for two years. Great Britain leading the way with

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Katie Archibald and Laura Trott and Elinor Barker. They will bring it

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home. That sets her apart from the team-mate Shi won gold with at the

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World Championships in 2014. As a child I did not think I would go to

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the Olympic Games. There is a big difference, I have other team-mates

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who knew they wanted to be there. When I was a kid I wanted to beat my

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next-door neighbour and then when I got older I wanted to beat my

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brother. Now I am at the point where got older I wanted to beat my

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I want to be in a team which beat the rest of the world. She was a

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spectator during London 2012, some of her idols from four years ago are

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now team-mates. They were the sort of separate superhumans on the other

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side of the TV. Now they are rivals or team-mates and we appears and I

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guess that's just stopped being reared. The British women's pursuit

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team are among the favourites for gold in Rio but this is the

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question, what colour will your hair be? We have already packed, I have

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one pot of paint. And if she makes top spot on the podium it's not just

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hair which will be the pink. Now we know the Vikings landed

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in the Northern Isles and the Outer Hebrides

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hundreds of years ago - Archaelogical students from Wales

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and the United States are hoping The team are spending four weeks

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on a dig on the small isle of Ian Hamilton visited

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the work in progress. These archaeology students from

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Cardiff and Pennsylvania in the United States are working on a joint

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project. They believe that under this small island could be a

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settlement which goes back as far as 4000 years. Here on the south-west

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of the rest Uist, they say there could be an important site but until

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the cover the rest of the mines the could be an important site but until

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one now. We have opened up three, one has a substantial stone house

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which we are now time to get the precise date of. It is certainly

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pre-Viking, it could be about 600, 700 A.D. Or it could be much earlier

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which I think is most likely, about 2300 BC. Similar sites like this

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along the coast have disappeared due to erosion and the fear is if they

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don't work fast it could also happen here. Americans are here to see if

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they can find any parallels between Viking settlements in Scotland and

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those in North America. The hope is if we continue this research over

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multiple years we will continue to look at more Viking era Norse

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settlements. The work I do is on colonialism and what happens to

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locals when non-locals emigrate so looking at the process over

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centuries you see long-term culture changes both in the recent colonists

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as well as the long indigenous population. The theory is there

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could be an iron age settlement under here and if that is the case

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have international importance due to being so rare.

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Before we go, time to catch up with Kawser,

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Lovely day for most of us, more in a bit of cloud around to end the day,

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if we look at the satellite you can see where we have at the breaks, it

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remained quite cloudy across the far north-west, the cloud spreading

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across other areas as we head through to the end of the day but

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still some decent spells of sunshine to end the day across the East

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especially. Remaining dry, 12 showers around, still quite cloudy

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and showery across the far north and north-west as we

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head. Clear spells developing elsewhere, temperatures are widely

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holding onto double figures, under the cleaver spells in the

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countryside they could dip down to around six, 7 degrees which will

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make it quite cool. You can see from the map outbreaks of cloud pushing

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on and that'll be the rest of the of the day, the rain pushing across

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Dumfries Galloway, heavy at times spreading across the east to the

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Borders and might edge to the central belt for a time with Glasgow

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and Edinburgh are seeing more in the way of cloud and perhaps patchy

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outbreaks rain. Towards the north for a time there will be spells of

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sunshine. Let's take a closer look at tomorrow afternoon, 4pm. For the

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far north and north-west it will remain cloudy and drizzly conditions

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buttress guy across to Tayside and part of Aberdeen shirt some good

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spells sunshine. Further south cloudy conditions, the rain becoming

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patchy by the afternoon and temperatures widely in the mid to

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high teens possibly reaching 19 or 20 degrees from parts of

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Aberdeenshire. Tomorrow evening the weather slips away, still mainly

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fairly cloudy from the far north-west and the Northern Isles,

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drawing in air from the north-west as we look ahead to Friday and the

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weekend, fresher feeling conditions. Friday there will be showers across

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the far north at first, drier and brighter elsewhere with sunshine but

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those showers becoming more widespread. That's the forecast.

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That's it, I will be back for the headlines at 8pm and the late

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bulletin just after the ten o'clock News. From all of us here have a

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