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So it's goodbye from me, and on BBC One we now join the BBC's

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The UK government is accused of a cover-up over the malfunction

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of a missile in a recent Trident test.

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A claim that some rape victims in Shetland are being put off

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going to the police - because they have to

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travel to the mainland for forensic examinations.

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And then you decide to start your own company.

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We meet the couple who are doing just that.

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Choose life, choose a sequel, choose hanging out on the red carpet -

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we catch up with the stars of T2 Trainspotting

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We were a bit nervous about making a sequel and not pulling it off and

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damaging the reputation or leaving a stale taste about the original film.

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And also on the programme, one of tennis's all-time greats

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tells us why she thinks Andy Murray crashed out of the

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The UK government has refused to say whether an unarmed Trident missile

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veered off course during a test of the system last June after being

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The submarine is based at Faslane on the Clyde.

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Labour and the SNP have accused the Ministry

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Here's our Westminster correspondent, David Porter.

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A foggy Monday and business as usual at the home of Britain's submarine

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nuclear deterrent. The mist may be a metaphor for the confusion

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surrounding the recent test of a Trident missile and how UK ministers

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have responded. Reports have emerged that an unarmed missile eyed from

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the base submarine page most engines last June the off-course -- fired.

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It should have headed towards Africa, but instead headed to the

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US. Yesterday the Prime Minister was not forthcoming the subject and she

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briefed on the certificate that it briefed on the certificate that it

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-- successful syndication of HMS vengeance, but we don't comment on

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these issues. -- certification. The difference secretary was reticent to

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give too much away. Neither myself or the Prime Minister I going to

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give too many details of our submarine operations or the systems

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and subsystems which are tested to a demonstration and shakedown

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operation. That cut little ice with opposition MPs. Who took the

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decision not to inform Parliament of this incident? How could the nuclear

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deterrent be certified for use when the system has filed? Is it not the

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case that the unilateralists who are complaining are in the position of

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the of eunuchs complaining about the cost of Viagra? Some say it bolsters

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the case for getting rid of all nuclear weapons. I don't want no

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renewal of Trident, no nuclear weapons. It is just disgusting,

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complete injustice, that is what it is, they don't care. Some MPs say it

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raises questions about renewing Trident altogether. Others argued

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that is what tests are for, to iron out problems. We can go to David at

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Westminster. Did the Defence Secretary do enough

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to placate MPs, David? No, and I don't think so Michael

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Fallon was ever in the view that he was going to win any prizes for

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disclosure to MPs -- Sir Michael Fallon. He was ordered by the

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Speaker of the House of Commons to come and address MPs. By and large

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of a Conservative MPs were very supportive of Michael Fallon, by his

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argument that it would be wrong to try and give details of operations

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that the Ministry of Defence carries out particularly on something as

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sensitive as Trident. Opposition MPs did not buy that and they wanted

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more information. They did not get it. He was offered the chance to

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speak to MPs tomorrow on the defence committee in private but he did not

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seem to want to take that offer, and another development, in America more

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details are coming out on this from the Trump administration. That will

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annoy many MPs. Thanks for joining us.

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The Cowdenbeath footballer David Robertson, who was last week

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judged to be a rapist in a civil case, is retiring from

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Robertson and his then Dundee United teammate David Goodwillie

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were sued by Denise Clair, who said the two men raped her

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David Robertson's professional playing career is now over, a

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statement on the website at Cowdenbeath said he was retiring

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from the game and the club's chairman said he wanted to thank

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David for his work. David Robertson and his former Dundee United

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team-mate David Goodwillie were found at the Court of Session last

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week in Edinburgh to have raped a woman in a flat in January 2011,

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Denise Clair. She took a civil case against the men because the Crown

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Office said it would not proceed with a criminal prosecution and it

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did not feel that the evidence. The love. But the court found in her

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favour -- did not feel that the evidence was strong enough. That the

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two men had taken advantage of her when she was under the influence of

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alcohol. They were ordered to pay compensation to Denise Clair. David

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Goodwillie is at Plymouth Argyle and they said they are making a decision

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about his future and by going to issue a statement in the next few

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days. -- by going. -- they are going to issue.

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Scotrail has announced who'll be replacing its current boss,

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Phil Verster, who announced last week he's quitting

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to take up another job in the industry in England.

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The current managing director of Arriva Rail North, Alex Hynes,

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There's been recent criticism of Scotrail, centering around

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Fatal Accident Inquiries are to be held into the deaths

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of two teenagers at Polmont Young Offenders'

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The deaths, which are not believed to be linked,

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Police said there appeared to be no suspicious

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Some rape victims in Shetland are being put off going

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to the police to report the crime - because they have to

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travel to the mainland for forensic examinations.

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That's according to Shetland Rape Crisis which is calling

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for facilities to be set up in Orkney and Shetland so victims

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don't have to go through the ordeal of travelling by either boat

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Linda Gray helps rape victims in Shetland and she says the way it is

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investigating the island is prolonging the pain rather than

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helping the victims. At worst it can mean a 12 our journey by boat to

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Aberdeen. -- 12 hour. You would be asked not to wash and you have got

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to give a brief statement, and not to change your clothes or the police

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will take your clothes and give you new clothes and then you will be

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escort it on the next available flight to Aberdeen. -- escorted. To

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do the forensic tests. There were 12 sexual assaults and three rapes in

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Shetland over the space of 12 months but those working with survivors

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said the true figure is much higher. Because currently there is no

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forensic tests available on the island, the evidence I'm hearing

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from the survivors is that is putting them off going forward and

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reporting the crime to the police. But the problem in the Northern

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Isles is finding the local expertise together the forensic evidence. The

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health board is looking at ways to provide the service. It is very

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difficult in Shetland because we have small numbers and it is hard to

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maintain the expertise we need to do the forensic examinations properly

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to meet the legal requirements but we are working hard to speak to

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other people, to improve things and come up with a better way of doing

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it. For Linda Gray and the victims she helps that can't happen fast

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enough. A former Catholic monk who taught

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at the Fort Augustus Abbey school in the Highlands has appeared

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in court in Australia facing extradition on charges

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of child sex abuse. Father Denis Alexander

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denies the allegations. The move to bring him back to face

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trial here follows a series Here's our Investigations

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Correspondent Mark Daly. Around a dozen Benedictine monks

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were accused of carrying out physical and sexual assaults against

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boys in their care at the Catholic Fort Augustus boarding school in the

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Highlands. One of those accused was Father Denis Alexander, also known

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as... Confronted here by me in Sydney for a BBC documentary in 2013

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which prompted a major police investigation. Just get off my

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property or I will call the cops. Three and a half years after the

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programme that investigation has taken a significant turn, he has

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been arrested in Sydney and remanded in custody, pending his extradition

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back to Scotland to face trial. He will face a hearing in the local

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court in Australia on Wednesday. One of his cues is Hugh Kennedy has

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apparent delays in the extradition apparent delays in the extradition

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-- one of his accusers. But today means he might now mean his alleged

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abuser, aged 80, in a Scottish court. It has been a long and

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frustrating journey for the likes of Hugh Kennedy and there are still

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many legal hurdles to overcome, but the arrest of Father Alexander Sigel

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is the beginning of the extradition process in Australia -- signals.

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That means the Scottish and crucially the Australian authorities

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believe that there is significant enough evidence to justify bringing

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Father Alexander back to Scotland to face trial for the crimes he is

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alleged to have committed here more than 40 years ago.

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The Transport minister says the government is to hold

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a consultation on changes to free bus passes amid reports it wants

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Currently people over 60 are automatically entitled to one.

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Now transport minister Humza Yousaf says he wants to extend it

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And he's confirmed he's reviewing the age at

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We understand that people are living longer and they are staying in work

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for longer which are great things, but we have got to look at the

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long-term sustainability. We are having continued cuts on the

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Westminster government and we have to make sure our budgets go further.

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If you have the pass you will have that, and you can use it in the same

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way, but I would urge everyone to get involved in the consultation.

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Meanwhile a retired couple from Bo'ness are trying to set up

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a new bus service - so people from their town can travel

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They say cuts to existing bus services makes it difficult

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Last week, the Unite union urged the Scottish government to improve

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bus services in remote and rural areas.

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Our transport correspondent David Henderson has this report.

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It is Scotland's most popular kind of public transport, everyday buses

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carry more than a million people to work, school, the shops, and home.

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But services can be patchy. Helen and Rab live in Bo'ness and for many

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years they have taken a bus to the city centre but that service has

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been cut back and now only runs morning and evening. For while I had

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to stop going to events, educational staff, to do research, and I've even

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turn down work in Edinburgh and my family is in Edinburgh. I found

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other ways but it involves using our car and getting my husband. I've

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even thought about thumbing a lift. They may be retired but they have a

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plan, to set up a new bus service for people in the town. It is up to

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us to take another route and anyone who wants to relative STUDIO: --

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anyone who wants to visit a relative has got to take a different road,

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and anyone who wants to go to university has got to take a

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different road. Meanwhile, on some routes people are spoilt for choice.

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By ongoing to run the route on a not for-profit basis, but some bus

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routes are operated by 200 companies and they do look to make money, and

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critics accuse them of cherry picking the most profitable routes.

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Bus operators say they rely on subsidies to run a service on

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quieter routes. Quite often the bus that goes missing can be a bus that

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has been supported by the local authority, the financial challenges

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they have got have made it a difficult area for them to continue

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to support. The industry tries its best and by working in partnership

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with local authorities we can get the best outcome for everyone. The

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Scottish Government says it supports bus travel to the tune of more than

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?200 million a year. But some are calling for a change in the rules,

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so gaps in the network are filled by bus firms, not by people in towns

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like Bo'ness. You're watching BBC

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Reporting Scotland. Ministers refused to say whether the

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last test of Trident missile system went wrong.

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Scottish rugby is in fine fettle as the national side prepares for the

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Six Nations. Hundreds of people turned out

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in Edinburgh last night for the premiere of T2

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Trainspotting. The sequel to the cult Scottish

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film, reunites the main characters Our arts correspondent

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Pauline McLean met the with cast, It may have taken 21 years for a

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sequel to Trainspotting to arrive, but for hundreds of fans it was

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worth the wait. I always hoped they would be a sequel and thankfully

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there is, I'm a huge fan of Danny Boyle and Ewan McGregor. The film

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reunites the gang, they are all older if not necessarily wiser. We

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were a bit nervous about making a sequel to Trainspotting and not

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pulling it off, and damaging the reputation or leaving a stale taste

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in people's mouths about the original film. It was amazing to

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step back into their shoes and hear those voices again, very special. I

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was very nervous about doing the play and then the film, and I've

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been nervous about doing the sequel. But I'm glad that we made it

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through. I think it was really quite epic. The film was a game changer

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for the Scottish industry, launching not just the careers of the cast,

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for the Scottish industry, launching but encouraging other film-makers.

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The production has almost doubled in Scotland in the last decade,

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including T2 which was able to use more locations from the capital. A

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lot of what you see is Edinburgh, but they have utilised both cities,

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and they have built their six in the pyramids of Bathgate -- they have

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built their sets. And before the sequel has even made it into cinemas

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they would be thinking about the next chance to reunite for stop it

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is possible. There might be a book about them again, but there is a lot

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of unanswered stuff about them, and I've also been working with Danny

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and John and Andrew, buzzing about that. Danny always said to wait this

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amount of time to do it and I had not really understood it until we

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shot it, because it is more about the life experience that you have

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and that you gone through 20 years, even though it is not Robert Carlyle

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on the screen, a lot of my 20 years experience is gone into that part.

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It is the span of time, almost a generation. We will see you again in

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another 20 years? Watch this space. LAUGHTER

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A look at other stories from across the country.

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Lawyers for parents affected by the Aberdeen baby ashes scandal

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say they've been astonished by the number of people

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A total of 67 families will be represented

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by the same legal team as they seek compensation

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from the city council over the scandal

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Baby and adult ashes were mixed together,

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and families of infants were told no ashes could be recovered.

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Two health boards paid more than ?1,500

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for an agency nurse to cover a single hospital shift.

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The figures were obtained under Freedom of Information

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by the Scottish Conservatives, who branded them "a slap

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Health Secretary Shona Robison said agency bills were down 11%

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Three people have been injured after a bus collided

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with a car and crashed into scaffolding in Aberdeen.

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It happened on Union Street beside the Summer Street

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First Bus say they're assisting police with their investigation.

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Police investigating an attempted murder outside a Glasgow primary

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school have been speaking to parents and passers by at Penilee,

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Detectives say Ross Monaghan - who'd been previously cleared

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of involvement in a gangland shooting - has gone to Spain

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which was making things very difficult for the enquiry.

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The National Theatre of Scotland has officially opened

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The new base is by the Forth and Clyde canal and will house both

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creative and administrative functions alongside rehearsal

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It's just amazing having a room that is the proper size for rehearsals.

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So often you are in tiny spaces that are not equipped with what you

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really need. Sir Andy Murray is flying

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home from Melbourne, after his shock loss at the last 16

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stage of the Australian Open. Although his world number one

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status remains intact. Kheredine Idessane's been speaking

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to one of the biggest names in world tennis,

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who says mental Foremost tennis fans it was business

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as usual around Melbourne Park. As the Australian open continued

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without its top seed. Some were even playing it for laughs. Among the

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tennis legends, one of the game 's greatest exponent shed some light on

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the world number one's shock exit. You cannot exclude the last six

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months of anti-'s life. Maybe just too much, too soon. With the season

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being this short, he gave so much of himself, winning Wimbledon and the

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Olympics and the number one ranking on the line in the very last match

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of the year, that's a lot of emotional and mental energy. He just

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didn't look happy, he was yapping at his box even when things were going

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well. I think it's just mental tiredness and I'm sure he'll snap

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out of it. Frustration for Murray yesterday but words of encouragement

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today from a man who has known him since he was a boy. It's going to

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hurt, and it should do, it will hurt since he was a boy. It's going to

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that he has lost in the fourth round. But he's made of tough stuff,

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is very ambitious he's got a huge amount of passion, he wants to get

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better. After some days of reflection then time. Taking shape

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and he'll start thinking about the rest of the year and realise there

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is an awful lot of grabs, still. He's the number one player in the

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world, still. You'll want to hold onto that. Leon Smith takes the

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Davis Cup team to Canada at the end of next week but will Andy Murray

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play? After such a gruelling end to of next week but will Andy Murray

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last season, and a disappointing start to this one, I wouldn't be too

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surprised if he missed the trip to Ottawa in favour of some rest as he

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tries to turn misery in Melbourne into joy in Paris and London later

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this year with the twin targets of the French Open and Wimbledon.

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The sky's the limit it seems for Scottish rugby right now.

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Glasgow and Edinburgh are both into European quarter finals.

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The success is timely with the six Nations less than a fortnight away.

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Stuart Hogg epitomises all that's good about Scottish rugby at the

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moment. A world-class operator. A long-term commitment to playing in

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Scotland. And a near certainty for a place at this summer 's British and

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Irish Lions squad. And he's not alone. 32 of this 36 man Scotland

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squad are now European quarterfinalists. The challenge is

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to take that form to the international stage, where they end

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to be title contenders. For us we will concentrate on Ireland first

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and foremost, here's hoping we can hit some form and train well and

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take that into the first game. I think especially the Glasgow boys,

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Finn has been playing awesome at ten. If we can get outside him it

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will be grand. If you think you've heard this kind of positivity going

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into a six Nations before, you'd be right. There have been several false

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storms in recent years. With Glasgow pulling up trees in Europe, and

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Edinburgh enjoying European success as well, maybe this time can be

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different. You've got an all Scottish starting 15 at Glasgow who

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have just destroyed one of the best English clubs, whatever the problems

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at Leicester R. To counteract that you've got to say that the six

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Nations is incredibly brutal. It's only five games but it can feel very

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long and drawn out if you are losing. Ireland have just beating

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the all Blacks. We've been optimistic before, and we have

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reason to be optimistic now, but you've always got to temper that if

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you are Scottish. But that confidence, boosted further by

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recent results, will take some tempering. If Stuart Robinson

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company can recreate their performances for Scotland it may not

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even be necessary. And from a gruelling game of rugby

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to another feat of endurance - a cycle all the way from Lands End

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to John O'Groats. It's been achieved by

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Aaron Puzey, a digital games However he's claiming to be

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the first person to have done Here's our science correspondent

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Kenneth Macdonald. It's a lovely day to go out for a

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spin, and an even better one to stay in. Aaron Pusey knew his exercise

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bike was good for him, but staring at the wall was boring. So with the

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help of Google Street view he's been cycling from lands end to John O

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groats in virtual reality. Cycle complete. Congratulations, you can

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take the goggles off now. Thank you. I know we are supposed to ask how it

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feels. Feels fantastic, such a good thing. After six to seven months of

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cycling it feels so good to finish this finally. To travel across

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Britain, the first person to do it. Aaron programmed those flying cubes

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to show him which way to go. He only took three wrong turns in 1500

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kilometres. Among the sites along the way, a woman in dressing gown

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and wellies, several horses and carts, and a fight. He found the 3-D

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information buried in Google Street view. The rest of the tech was easy,

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for him. It was just a little mobile phone app I wrote in my spare time,

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probably took me three or four weeks. Just a little bit of research

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on how it works. And yeah, it just came together really quickly. Now

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he's hoping to make it a commercial proposition, and to crowd source

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suggestions for where to go on his next epic virtual tour. Virtual

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reality is now well into its third decade, but the technology has

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advanced so much in recent years that the possibilities now are

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almost endless. Now the reality of the weather. Good evening. Many saw

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decent spells of sunshine today, especially across central and

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eastern parts. Lovely pictures sent in from weather watchers. This

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tranquil scene in Fife. Not much wind around today but that changes

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heading into this evening. Increasing cloud but clear spells

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further east. Early frost for parts of the north-east, freezing

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temperatures. Our breaks of rain pushing in across the western isles

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around midnight and the West Coast by the early hours, and drawing in

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milder hair. By the end of the night, up seven or eight Celsius.

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Tomorrow cloudy and wet further towards the West. Persistent rain

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for Dumfries and Galloway and also Argyle. Misty and murky conditions

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and as the rain spread eastwards it will fragment, become like and

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patchy. Best of sunshine across the East Coast. Heading out at 3pm, best

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sunshine likely across Orkney, around the first area, too. Some

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mist and Merck over more inland areas up over the hills. Part of the

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Central Belt and also for the South West. Nine or 10 Celsius. Tuesday

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night into Wednesday. High pressure continues to slip further eastwards.

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We allow that dare to come from the south around it, and very strong

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winds to come, too. You see how tight the isobars are, that means

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stronger winds, and whether France pushing in some outbreaks of rain.

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Here's the map for Wednesday. Strong winds, touching gale force for temp

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Skye, and the best brightness for the borders and the north-east

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corner. Still quite mild, around nine to 10 Celsius. Thursday the

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wind direction changes subtly to more south-easterly. We draw in much

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colder, bitterly cold air from the continent. Only reaching three or

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four Celsius. And that your forecast.

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

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