26/03/2017 Reporting Scotland


26/03/2017

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Calls are to be made for police officers to be armed in the wake

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of last week's terror attack in Westminster.

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Five people died, including one police officer.

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There's expected to be an emergency debate at the Scottish Police

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The terror attack on Westminster shocked all of us.

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But the death of a serving police officer brought home

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It has raised the question on many officers' minds as to what they need

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to do not just to protect the public but themselves as well.

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Now there is expected to be an emergency debate on the subject

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I would be surprised if delegates did not bring forward a number

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of discussions given the events that took place in London

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and that could be questions about arming resources,

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that will feature in that discussion.

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I would be surprised if there is not a view expressed by many that more

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police officers should be armed as a consequence of these events.

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There is a broad church of opinion but all agree on one thing.

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Some have very polarised views on the subject, but ultimately,

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it comes down to the question that if the police service

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is expected to keep everyone else safe, who will keep

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Three years ago, armed officers were turning up at incidents

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But last year, because the terror threat was severe, the number

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of officers that could carry a gun was increased to 400.

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The Scottish Government told us it was a matter for Police Scotland.

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The authority to carry guns is reviewed quarterly

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It varies according to the level of threat that we face as a country.

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Football, and Scotland recorded a much-needed victory over

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It's a win that takes them to within two points of second place

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A half-full Hamden, the expectations of summer were higher than others.

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Scotland quickly sought to exceed most. Russell Martin setting the

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tone. Goals have been hard to come by for Scotland, familiar themes of

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mist chances and Bill Fortune began to rear their heads. Leigh Griffiths

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first international goal eluding him. James Morrison was also out of

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luck. As time ticked on the need for a goal grew ever more desperate but

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on the relocation Scotland had a sight of goal, decision and

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composure were lacking. That wasn't until the late introduction of Chris

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Martin. No sooner was he on than he breathed new life into Scotland's

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World Cup campaign. Elation for the home fans and quiet satisfaction for

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Gordon Strachan. Alisdair Lamont, Reporting Scotland.

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I'm quite calm now, quite calm during the game. You can get

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emotional when things are not going well with your team. But I cannot

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complain about that at any time, all you can ask as a manager is that

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they do certain things and they did everything they were asked to do.

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They push themselves to another level.

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We've had another lovely sunny day, but what's in store?

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Well, Mother Nature was very kind to us this weekend.

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A lot of dry weather, beautiful weather in fact,

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and today, as you can see from this UK-wide satellite

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Hardly a cloud in the sky earlier on, apart from Shetland,

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where a band of cloud lingered and it kept rather

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But elsewhere warm, the warmest day of the year so far, 20 Celsius

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It stays dry tonight, so a dry start tomorrow and it

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will be lovely first thing, but maybe quite chilly in some

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As we head through the day, the cloud across Shetland

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will thin and break at times to give some brightness.

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Cloud will start to increase across south-east Scotland.

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Quite cool towards eastern coastal areas tomorrow but come inland,

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around about 13 or 14 Celsius quite widely.

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17 degrees for more western parts of the country,

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so that's into the warm category, and as far as the rest

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of the day is concerned, it stays dry and then turning a bit

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more changeable through the course of the week.

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Our next update's at 6:25am tomorrow morning during BBC Breakfast.

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Until then, from everyone on the weekend team, enjoy the rest

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