07/01/2017 Reporting Scotland


07/01/2017

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Now on BBC One it's time for the news where you are.

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Police investigating a deliberate house fire in East Dunbartonshire,

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which left a man dead and a woman injured,

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Police say they have had a "positive response" to their latest appeal.

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Cameron Logan was killed in the blaze in Milngavie

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His girlfriend Rebecca Williams remains in a serious

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An average of more than 21 operations were cancelled

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in hospitals every day last year, according to figures published

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Reasons included equipment or staff not being available,

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Labour claims the NHS is being under-resourced,

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but the Scottish Government says cancellations represent a fraction

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of the 900 operations carried out every day.

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On average every day last year 21 operations were cancelled for

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capacity reasons and nonclinical reasons. That is not to say a

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patient's clinical circumstances changed, this is because of a lack

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of support, capacity, staff or beds. We have to cancel some operations,

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we do not like to do so but sometimes it is unavoidable. For

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example, a specialist emergency case arrives or perhaps the surgeon is

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sick. Unfortunately even our 160,000 employees sometimes get sick

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themselves. The General Secretary

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of the Unite Union Len McCluskey has called for governments in London

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and Edinburgh to do more to protect He was speaking at the launch

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of his re-election The Scottish government says

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Westminster controls tax on oil and gas, and must take action

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to encourage investment The UK government says it's provided

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more than ?2 billion of support for the industry,

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and committed ?40 million on seismic studies to help

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uncover more opportunities Contrary to what people might say

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there are billions and billions of tonnes of oil still in the North

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Sea, it is a huge asset. We have got to make certain that both the

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Scottish Government and the Westminster Government intervene in

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the way they did with the banks, to assist this vital sector.

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Thousands of runners have been taking part in the

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Among them was the newly-knighted Sir Mo Farah.

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But he was outshone by some of the Scots on show,

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In the Holyrood Park in Edinburgh has played host to some of the

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world's top athletes today but it all kicked off with a 5000 bitter

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race around the park for the general public. -- 5000 metres. We saw some

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potential stars of the future is the best junior runners from the USA,

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Europe, the UK and Northern Ireland became the event. Then came the main

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attraction is a 5000 bitter race around the park for the general

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public. -- 5000 metres. We saw some potential stars of the future is the

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best junior runners from the USA, Europe, the UK and Northern Ireland

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became the event. Then came the main attraction as Laura Muir captaining

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Team GB's relay team to victory. I wanted to put in a good job for the

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team and when I saw the other girls placing well I thought I had to

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bring it home so luckily the legs are feeling OK. Another local

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favourite usurped Mo Farah. Calum Hawkins was just pipped in the men's

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race. I was retired at the end but it was a fun race and the guys just

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would not leave me alone. He was a stronger runner and made some good

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racing. This boat Callum Hawkins' best efforts team USA are collecting

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their award as winners of the event overall. -- despite his best

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efforts. It seems a good time was had by all.

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Tennis, and Sir Andy Murray is playing his big rival

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Novak Djokovic in the final of the Qatar Open.

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The Serb won the first set 6-3, but the Scot won the second set 7-5.

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Well, It's over to Kirsteen MacDonald now with the weather

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The lion's share of the sunshine to date has been in the north-east,

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otherwise a fairly cloudy day and that theme continues tonight and

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into tomorrow. There will be some light and patchy rain in parts of

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the North West tonight, especially misty and murky conditions in much

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of the West, Central and southern areas, with extensive hill fog. The

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clear the skies in the north-east but there will be a touch of frost,

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otherwise my old. As we look ahead and other large the cloudy day, rain

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spilling in across much of the west and north-west as we go through the

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day. The best of any brightness and sunshine across the north-east and

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temperatures on the male side. That is the forecast. -- the male side.

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Until then, from everyone here, enjoy the rest

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