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BBC website. That's all from the BBC News at Six. It's goodbye from me.

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Criticism of the Crown Office - alleged abuse victims are angry this

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former monk still hasn't been extradited from Australia.

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My expectations really are whether we will ever see Denis Alexander in

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court have been managed down to virtually zero.

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Also on the programme, post-Brexit plans -

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the First Minister proposes Scotland could stay in the single

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market after the UK leaves the European Union.

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One of our world number ones tells us why millions of pounds is needed

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for new tennis centres across the country.

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Meet a canine survivor, back on his feet despite falling 60

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And are you ready for Storm Barbara?

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We'll be looking at how it might affect the Christmas getaway.

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Exactly a year ago the Crown office announced it was seeking the

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extradition from Australia of a former Catholic monk at the centre

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of child sex allegations at a Highland school.

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It's three and a half years since the BBC revealed allegations

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of child sex abuse at former Fort Augustus Abbey school

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in the Highlands, and a year since the crown announced plans

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to extradite Fr Denis Alexander, an Australian priest

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Now one of his alleged victims has said the case no further forward and

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has accused prosecutors of dragging their heels.

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After the BBC uncovered allegations of decades of child sex abuse at

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Fort Augustus Abbey, I confronted one of the alleged abuses in

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Australia. For the Denis Alexander. I'm Mark Daly from the BBC. I don't

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care who you are, mate. It was around the same time, three and a

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half years ago, that Hugh Kennedy first told police about the abuse he

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says he suffered at the hands of Fr Alexander in the 1970s. He has

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become frustrated at the delays in prosecuting his case. The reality of

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this situation is we were placated. You were written to interrogatory

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terms with non-answers to your questions. And after a period of

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time, you were expected to just disappear. The Crown office received

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the police report on Fr Alexander more than three years ago. And a

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year ago announced plans to extradite him. You're nothing has

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changed. We are where we are last year. My expectations really around

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whether we will really see Denis Alexander in court have been managed

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down to virtually zero. I really don't know if there is much more I

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can do. Neither the Crown office in don't know if there is much more I

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Scotland nor the attorney general office in Australia will give

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details about what stage the processes at. But this Australian MP

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has taken up the case. I want to know why after a year, this man has

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not been brought to justice. He has written to the government asking

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what's taken so long. Beggars belief. At the same time we have a

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world commission going on in Australia into institutional

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cover-ups and institutional responses to child sex abuse, that

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we wouldn't be acting with great haste in Australia to bring our

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citizens to justice in a foreign jurisdiction if the charge has been

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laid against him. But concerns over the extradition intensified

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yesterday after Fr Alexander, visited by a BBC colleague, denied

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any knowledge of it. Can you tell me what you know about

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the extradition? I don't know anything about any

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extradition. Would you ever go back to Scotland to put your side of the

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story? I'm not prepared to do and ethers such thing. It has already

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been gone into by the church. Fr Alexander, stripped of his priestly

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duties in 2013, denied he abused boys. Today, the Crown office issued

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a statement. Meanwhile, has another year passes,

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Fr Alexander is another year older. Hugh Kennedy knows he might never

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see his alleged abuser in court. The First Minister has published

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plans showing how she believes Scotland could stay in the single

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market, after the UK Theresa May said she would carefully

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consider proposals put forward by the Scottish government,

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but warned that some plans Our Political Editor is outside

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Nicola Sturgeon's official Nicola Sturgeon promised that before

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Christmas she would set out details. There would be a substantial policy

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package aimed at focusing UK minds about the Scottish dimension of

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Brexit. If you like, it is a Christmas parcel from Bute House to

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Downing Street. This is West Lothian firm sells

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pizza opens worldwide. The Finnish born bosses optimistic but anxious.

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We are a growing business. We need to know where we can find future

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employees. I want to know if I can stay in the UK myself. Don't blame

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me, says Nicola Sturgeon. The plan is to ease the pain of Brexit. We

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want the UK government to make clear when it triggers Article 50 that it

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intends to stay in the single market and the Customs Union. If it will

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not do so, we want the UK government to seek as part of its negotiation

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it differentiated solution for Scotland as set out here. Two areas

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of focus. The Customs Union and the single market. Under the Customs

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Union, EU members agree common tariffs to members outside the EU.

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If the UK quits, Scotland would leave, too. It may arguably impede

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some trade. But the First Minister insists it will also remove any need

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for a Customs border between Scotland and England. Nicola

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Sturgeon once full control of devolved issues like fisheries and

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agriculture, plus employment law and the power to strike international

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bargains, including immigration. Here is the main idea. European

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economic area consists of EU member states, plus Norway, Iceland and

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Lichtenstein. Scotland would join that, retaining single market

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Lichtenstein. Scotland would join freedoms, trade, services capital

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and the movement of people. But if people could travel freely from

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Europe to say Gretna in Scotland, what is to stop them hopping over

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the border to Carlisle? Nicola Sturgeon says England could tackle

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that with checks on employment and housing. Others retain doubts. It is

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a proposal trying to keep Scotland as far as possible in both markets.

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It creates all kinds of difficulties in practice as to whether you can do

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that. An expert panel advised the First Minister. There are issues

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that need to be addressed. To manage markets, to adhere to single market

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rules. But I think it is possible and indeed these are an important

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set of proposals to address these issues in practical terms. This is

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about political strategy, too. Nicola Sturgeon is challenging the

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prime minister. To the Westminster government I say that your response

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to these proposals will tell horse much, perhaps everything, about

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whether the UK is in reality the partnership of equals that you claim

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it to be. What we are going to negotiate is a United Kingdom

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approach and a United Kingdom relationship with the European

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Union. I think you've assumed relationships. I don't think it is

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right to accept. I said when I first met the First Minister that we will

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look very seriously at the proposals that come forward from the devolved

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administrations. There may be proposals that are impracticable.

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Critics say the First Minister is in denial about the problems plan would

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bring. Nicola Sturgeon admits it is challenging but workable if the will

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is there. And Brian, what lies behind all this

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- presumably both governments I think they are to a large extent.

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There will be serious consideration of this by the UK government. There

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may be some concessions. I would be astonished if the UK government

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conceded all of this, conceded the transfer of power, conceded the

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point of access to the European single market for Scotland. I would

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be astonished given the comment is that have come from conservatives

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before this. There is a strategic question as well. Nicola Sturgeon

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insists she is genuinely advancing this as a policy solution within the

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UK, within the ambit of the UK. But when it comes to it, if she puts

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forward a second referendum on Scottish independence, she wants to

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be able to argue that she seriously considered all of the alternatives

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before going to the prospect input towards -- to the Scottish people.

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Thank you. The number of indoor tennis court in Scotland is two

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double under plans to build a legacy on our successes in the sport.

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?15 million has been pledged over the next decade.

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Scotland's Wimbledon and Paralympic champion Gordon Reid wants the whole

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of the country to benefit from the new investment

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package especially the less privileged areas.

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In Scottish tennis, whatever your level, this has been a year unlike

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any other. A Grand Slam men's doubles winner. Once again, Andy

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Murray as Olympic champion! Home-grown world leaders in the

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sport now want their success spread across Scotland. I think it is just

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about spreading the courts across the country, not just focusing on

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certain areas. It is about getting it all over the country so people

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all over Scotland can play tennis. In the poorer areas as well, where

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tennis may not be a sport that is that common. To that end, the lawn

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tennis Association and sport Scotland have together come up with

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?15 million. Right now in Scotland, there are 112 covered tennis court's

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like this. The plan by 2027 is to double that 225. ?15 million of

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investment across ten years would give an annual spend of 1.5 million.

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So to turn these plans into real tennis courts, would require

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additional money and extra funding partners from the private and public

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sectors. We have got one indoor court per 48,000 population. In the

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rest of Great Britain it is one for 20 6000. That is actually worse than

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Serbia, Germany, the Netherlands, Holland and France. Britain is not

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competing very well for indoor courts in terms of Europe. But we

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are even worse. This is the first stage of sorting it out.

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Traditionally, Wimbledon serves the tennis coppers over ?60 million per

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year. Only 1% of that trickles down to Scotland. I would say the whole

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of Great Britain, particularly indoor courts, has been underfunded

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for the last ten years. This is the start of a much bigger plan that we

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have to try to transform the input structure of tennis across Britain.

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It is a great opportunity to start in Scotland. No one knows how long

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Andy Murray will be world number one, creating a tennis legacy will

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undoubtedly take years. An investigation is under way after

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a man was found dead in a van days after police were contacted about

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concerns about the vehicle. The man was found on December the 16th in

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Stirlingshire. It's understood calls were made to police dog to days

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earlier. Offenders in Dumfries

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are helping spread some winter Sentenced by the courts to do work

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to benefit the community, they're involved in a project

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to chop and deliver firewood to more than 300 local pensioners

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and vulnerable people. It made the hard labour, but not the

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Victorian kind. This is 21st century justice in action. Ian, Robert and

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Chris are chopping logs and kindling to take two elderly and vulnerable

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people to supplement their winter fuel. The men run community payback

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orders, a sentence available to the courts as an alternative to prison.

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orders, a sentence available to the Under social work supervision, they

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give a number of hours every week. It is punishment but it is also and

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rewarding. The project is the best thing

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because it helps folk like me get out of the house and get on with it.

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It also gives me something to focus on. I think it is brilliant. They

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make these things for old people for Christmas. Basically it is sort of a

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turning point, turning crime into doing good, helping the elderly,

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keeping them warm during the winter. Community payback takes many forms.

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But this project is tried, tested and successful. It is the type of

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way in which we want to see individuals have committed a crime

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paying back something and the wider benefit that can come from that. At

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the same time, tackling underlying causes of bad behaviour. Thanks,

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voice. Have a nice Christmas. The move is received warmly by the

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clients. It really is a big help. The boys are very nice. They've got

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to do something. They are better doing this than sitting in a prison

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cell, as far as I'm concerned. They get more out of doing this and

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helping folk. Payback logs are welcome present for the Yuletide

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You're watching BBC Reporting Scotland.

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Alleged abuse victims are angry this former monk still hasn't been

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Fighting back from massive injuries in a fall -

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meet the miracle dog who cheated death.

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Police Scotland has defended its record on training

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It follows claims that the training could contribute

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A boy just wanting to feel his father's touch. The man behind the

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glass is awaiting execution in a Bahraini prison. Mohammed's wife

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wants to tell us that is her husband is a peaceful demonstrator, not a

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criminal. TRANSLATION: One day my husband just

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disappeared from his work. He was arrested and tortured in a way that

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couldn't be sustained, even by wild Bahrain is one animals. Of the

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countries which is of particular concern to the UK Government when it

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comes to human rights. Scottish police officers have been involved

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in training of Bahraini police as well as officers from three other

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countries on that official list of concern there. Are safeguards in

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place. It's official government policy that checks are carried out

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to ensure that any training doesn't contribute to human rights' abuses.

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When BBC Scotland asked to see what those safeguards were, access to the

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documents or risk assessments, if you like, was denied. For most of

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the training we were told the police didn't have them. The biggest risk

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is that by training these forces, you are assisting them, ultimately,

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with arresting, torturing and sentencing to death people. That is

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why you need to be extremely careful. There needs to be extremely

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strong safeguards in place. This is a Scottish police officer training

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the Sri Lankan police in 2013. It's part of ?2 million worth of training

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provided over four years to 15 different countries. Police Scotland

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says all the training we do supports both the UK and Scottish Government

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international development policies and objectives. Contributes to

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tackling international crime at source and tackles human rights'

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abuse. Police Scotland have a new strategy where they consult human

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rights experts before training takes place. In Bahrain, day nab wants to

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remind us that human rights' abuses are not a thing of the past.

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A multi-million pound expansion of Aberdeen harbour is to go ahead.

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It's claimed the development at Nigg Bay will create thousands

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of jobs and attract decommissioning work to the north-east.

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But some local residents are concerned about the loss

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Nigg Bay, just south of Aberdeen's existing harbour. This is what it

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could like in three years' time. Despite the downturn in oil and gas,

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could like in three years' time. a ?350 million expansion project is

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still viable. Bigger Perthes for bigger vessels, servicing the

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existing offshore industry as well as the coming decommissioning work.

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We will be able to attract that sort of business in a much larger scale.

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The larger vessels that is are doing that work in the future will be able

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to use Nigg Bay and be close to their offices in West Hill and

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elsewhere in the region. Crew ships too could become a regular sight.

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Part of the diversification away from oil and gas. Larger ferries to

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the Northern Isles would Berthe here. Not everyone supports the

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project. We wouldn't have a rich community here. We are one of the

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poorest in Scotland. It looks like it's been bumped on us. It's a huge

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development for the local area a big loss of natural resources. It could

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all be worth an extra ?1 billion a year to the economy and create up to

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7,000 jobs. By 2020 this bay could look very different. In this

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difficult economy, it's hoped the expansion could mean big business

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for the north-east. A two-year-old cocker

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spaniel called Darcy, who survived a 60-foot fall

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in the Highlands has been named Darcy, who suffered multiple

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fractures in the accident, was the only Scottish finalist

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in the awards organised Our reporter, Andrew Anderson,

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has been to visit her and her owner Good girl, come on then. Let's go.

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Let's go. Back on her feet and back where she belongs, dashing about in

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the fields. It's just six months since an accident Darcy's owner

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thought she wouldn't survive. A young dog, very energetic dog. What

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would the future hold? We were concerned if she would make a full

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recovery, would she have a life similar to what she had before. They

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had been walking over this damn, she plunged 60 feet to the bottom. She

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broke her legs and pelvis and bleeding internally. Her vet said

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she was the perfect patient? She was easy to work with considering how

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much pain she was in. She never wimperd. Ideal to work with, as far

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as that goes. It make it is worthwhile. Looking at Darcy today

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it's difficult to believe what she worthwhile. Looking at Darcy today

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went through six months ago. She looks as if she has made a full

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recovery. She has a little way to go. She is a dog who just doesn't

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give up. She's very determined, stoic, mentally strong dog. In her

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head, as I say, she has already reached that point and wants to do

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what she was doing with the other dogs before. Now Darcy is Pet

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Survivor Of the Year, she seems proud of the award from the charity,

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Pdsa. Gordon too is pretty proud of a dog who beat the odds. You can

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tell it's Christmas from cute dogs to cute babies.

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If you're writing Christmas cards or buying presents for new children -

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grandchildren or nieces and nephews - chances are there's an Olivia

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They were the most popular baby names in Scotland this year.

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round round

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# Round and round... # Just like the wheels on the bus

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certain names come round and round like, Jack, top of the table again.

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Three of the Jacks born in 2016 were at this library in Edinburgh for

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Book Bugs. When he was born he had a cheeky face. We thought Jack suited

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that more than any of the other names we had. It was going to be

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Hamish or Angus, we like the Scottish names. But having an Oliver

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already it wasn't going to sit right. My dad is a John. When we

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thought about maybe Jack being a right. My dad is a John. When we

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name that was a version of John we thought it would be a good

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compromise. Statistics were complied by #k7 national Records of Scotland.

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Jack, James and Oliver are the top three names. It's the ninth con sect

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sective name that Jack has been the top name. On the girls the number

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one is o Olivia. Sometimes you can chart them by celebrities. This sow

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Fifa was always destined to get the name? I was living in Canada. My

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husband was here already. I thought of Sophia as a nice girls name. I

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phoned it up and said I had been for the scan. He said, before you tell

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me, I thought it's a girl and we should name her Sophia. When the

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full figures are published, next March, we will find out which names

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are up and which names are down. When you are feeling warm and

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cuddly, we will spoil it now. Predictably enough - with five days

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to go till Christmas - the weather is turning and travel

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plans for the next few But, as Steven Godden reports,

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there is some good news Stornoway this morning, ferries

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cancelled, roads closed, buildings damaged. A full gale... A sign of

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things to come as the weather deter rates in the run-up to the holidays.

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High winds, peaking on Friday and Saturday, it will lead to ferry

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disruption, both to the Northern Isles and the Western Isles. That

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will be an area of concern. Delivery vehicles on the road, high sided

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vehicles might be prone to the high gusts of wind by overturning. Heavy

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rain and high winds combined isn't a pleasant combination. Storm Barbara

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will coincide with the busiest days. I want peep see their family and

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spend time with their friends on Christmas and Christmas Eve. In

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order to do so they have to plan ahead. We will get that information

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out across our network as early as we can so people can plan ahead. For

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air passengers the threat of man made disruption has been lifted

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tonight after a planned strike by baggage handlers that would have

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affected several Scottish airports was called off. Those Christmas

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contingencies can be shelved. Elsewhere, a challenging few days

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lie ahead. Unsettled weather on its way. We had

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wet and windy weather today, outbreaks of heavy rain and strong

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winds bringing these huge waves earlier today in Largs. We will see

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rain for a time. Clearer spells developing through the night. The

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weather front will progress eastwards becoming lighter and

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patchier. Under clear skies there will be a touch of frost towards

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inland areas in the east across the north-west blustery showers and the

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wind will strengthen from the south-west. Tomorrow strong winds,

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gales to the far north-west. The Met office have issued a yellow be aware

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weather warning throughout the day across the north-west. The the

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showers will follow as snow accumulating to 100 meters to 200

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meters. Frequent thunder and lightning across the north-west by

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the afternoon. A closer look at 3.00pm. We will see wintry showers

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to the Northern Isles, the far north, thunder and lightning to the

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north-west. Towards the north-east and central belt sleety conditions

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down to lower levels. The far south there may be brighter spells. The

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cold, highs of five or six degrees. Thursday is a similar day. We are

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seeing blustery showers. Wintry to higher ground. Strong winds for the

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far north and bitterly cold once more. If you have plans to travel,

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it's recommended to travel early on Thursday as Thursday, compareded to

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Friday, looks to be the better day as we take a look at the chart,

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Storm Barbara is heading towards us. A deep area of low pressure. With it

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heavy rain the concern is the strength of the winds. Across the

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whole of the of UK for north-west Scotland we will see strong winds

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indeed. If we take a closer look at the forecast gusts for Friday. There

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is a yellow warning to the whole of Scotland. Gusts of 60-70mph. We can

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have storm-force winds 80-90mph. They will transfer to Auckland and

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Shetland by the evening. There will be travel disruption. Keep

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up-to-date: Thank you very much. That's Reporting Scotland. We will

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have our update at 10.25pm. From everyone on the team, right across

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the country. Have a good evening. Byebye.

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Did you have a sense that you were playing with a living legend?

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