14/04/2017 Reporting Scotland

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5,000 heart-valve patients in Scotland have been warned that

bypass machines used in operations may have been contaminated

but Health Protection Scotland say the risk of infection is very low.

Here's our health correspondent, Lisa Summers.

This is in response to a UK-wide alert that has been in place

What has happened is that there is believed to be a link

between the bacteria mycobacterium chimaera

and the type of device used to heat up cold blood during certain types

This device is absolutely essential for this type of surgery, and it's

thought that perhaps the equipment may have become contaminated.

Around 5,000 people in Scotland have received these letters.

They have gone to people who had their valve repaired or replaced.

The consequences of not taking any action are clearly very serious,

Across the UK, 26 cases have been identified,

and, out of that, 15 patients have died.

Since then, measures have been taken to improve

Health Protection Scotland say that anybody who might start

experiencing symptoms - they could start as flu-like

symptoms or weight loss or night sweats -

should contact their doctor as as soon as possible.

It can lie dormant in a body for five to six years.

They say that, although the risk is low, you should contact

the GP as soon as possible if you have any symptoms.

Police have revealed that one of the men stabbed in Glasgow city

centre yesterday was deliberately targeted by his attacker.

The 33-year-old, who carried out the assault,

It's emerged that a third man was also injured,

The incident has been referred to the Police Investigations

Interpol has issued an international alert for a Scottish teacher

over the murder of a colleague in Myanmar.

Harris Binotti left the country, also known as Burma,

in November last year, after the death of English teacher

Mr Binotti, who's originally from Dumfries, took a flight

to Thailand a day before Mr Ferguson's body

Detectives investigating the alleged rape of a man in Dumfries last

weekend say they're now satisfied that no crime took place.

Specialist investigating officers had been reviewing CCTV and taking

statements from witnesses, after the alleged assault

in the town's Brooms Road in the early hours of Sunday.

But now they say they're no longer looking for a male suspect,

who was reported to have attacked the victim.

Free-range egg producers in Scotland are beginning

to release their birds from barns, where they've been

The industry took the decision to house the hens, after bird flu

forced some farmers in England to impose tight restrictions.

Our rural affairs correspondent Kevin Keane reports.

These are free-range hens which haven't been

Since bird flu arrived in December, they have been inside barns.

It's not the Government that has forced this restriction.

High-risk zones were designated in some parts of England,

The industry on both sides of the border responded as one.

They have had the upset of being shut in but they are surviving and

have coped very well. Extra bio-security measures might be

necessary, with additional feed I think it's been probably

as difficult as I expected, but more than 50% of the UK eggs

produced are free-range eggs, so we have to protect

consumer demand, Normally, if you were standing,

the hens would be coming and coming from the shed through these hatches,

giving them a free range Also things like this to try to keep

them stimulated. Since this ban has been introduced,

all of this has been out of bounds. The hens here produced thousands of

eggs every day and all of these are destined for the UK's biggest

supermarkets. Being housed indoors,

consumers have had to be told that they are no longer

technically free-range. The preventions we all have in place

expire on the 30th of April. We are looking now at

the populations of wild birds to see These birds will now be reintroduced

gradually to the outside world. Ministers will decide

whether the extra bio-security This will be decided in the coming

weeks. Four youths, who tied a metal ladder

to railway tracks in West Lothian, Officers said the consequences

could have been "catastrophic" when an Edinburgh train ran over it

at Livingston North station. The youths remained

at the scene to watch, A lorry driver had a narrow escape,

after crashing in darkness, only feet from the edge of

Loch Lomond. The vehicle went down

the embankment on the A82 south of Arrochar in the early hours

of Friday morning. Police Scotland said

the driver was not injured, but one lane of the road has been

closed, causing major tailbacks. The police have warned the public

not to approach an inmate, who's failed to return

to Scotland's open prison. 54-year-old Frederick Boyd had been

on home leave in Glasgow He's believed to have

connections to the Clydebank, The Scottish cyclist,

Katie Archibald, has won gold at the Track Cycling World

Championships in Hong Kong. Her victory in the women's omnium

gave Britain its first gold The 23-year-old from Milngavie

succeeds Laura Kenny Katie was part of the winning

Olympic team in Rio, but she admits that individual

success was a different feeling. It is odd to celebrate by yourself

and it feels lonely but looking for to going back to the Hotel... I am

feeling pain primarily, but I am happy to have pulled it off. That

was a bumpy race and I thought I had lost it in the middle. Chasing and

chasing and being attacked... I got back on in the end and pulled it out

of the bag. Let's see what we can expect from

the weather, is that a rainbow? Easter weekend is upon us and while

we cannot guarantee it will be dry, we are not expecting a washed out.

This evening and tonight, it will bring further showers, heaviest and

most frequent across the North West and Northern Isles. Perhaps Hill and

the odd rumble of thunder in the mix. The wind increasing all the

while from the north-west. Touching gale force across the Western Isles,

towards Orkney and perhaps some coasts. Viewers showers are crossed

eastern and southern, and three or five Celsius for most of us, but in

some sheltered clearer parts, around freezing. Into tomorrow, and another

day of sunshine and showers. Heaviest and most frequent across

the North and the Northern Isles, during tomorrow morning. Being

the North and the Northern Isles, driven in fresh to strong

north-westerly winds, and these will gradually ease through the day.

Tomorrow afternoon in more detail, across much of southern, central and

eastern Scotland, expect dry and bright weather with sunshine until

the afternoon, and a scattering of showers. In the sheltered east, not

too bad in the sunshine. Across much of the North, quite a chilly feel

with brisk winds, temperatures struggling. Some of these showers

may well still be on the potent side during tomorrow afternoon. Into the

evening, a lot of dry weather, brightness and sunshine, and a

scattering of showers continuing across the North. Towards Easter

Sunday, a degree of uncertainty. At this stage, expecting rain across

the west coast and central and southern areas, gradually clearing.

The driest and brightest conditions across the North, with one or two

showers, but a cold feel, with North and north-westerly winds. By Easter

Monday, a ridge of high pressure/ largely dry conditions with some

sunshine, if the wintry showers from the North but still feeling chilly.

At the forecast. That is Reporting Scotland. Our next

update is at 20 past 10pm, after the ten o'clock news. Join me then if

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