23/04/2017 Reporting Scotland


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You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.

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But do stay with us on BBC One, it's now time for the news where you are.

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The family of the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing

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are stepping up their campaign to have his conviction appealed.

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They want the organisation which looks into possible

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miscarriages of justice to look again at Abdelbaset

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Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was the only person ever convicted of the bombing

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of Pan Am flight 103 of the UK's worst terrorist atrocity. He lost an

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appeal but in 2009, eight years after being jailed for life in

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Scotland, he dropped it. At the same time he was released from prison on

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compassionate grounds because he was terminally ill. Now almost five

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years after his death at home in Libya, his family is to have a

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dossier to the Scottish criminal cases review commission which they

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say casts doubt on his conviction. They are asking the commission to

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review the file and decide whether to refer the case to the Appeal

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Court. There has been listed above does this conviction, the only place

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where this can be cleared up once and for all come can be anything out

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it is in the Appeal Court, that is it is most appropriate for the legal

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system in this country to decide. The Crown Office has said it doesn't

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fear scrutiny from the review commission and says it stands ready

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to vigorously defend the conviction. Meanwhile his family expect the next

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part of its campaign to get under way when it had its files to the

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Scottish criminal cases review commission in the next fortnight.

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The deputy leader of the Scottish Conservatives,

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Jackson Carlaw, has admitted the UK Government's so-called rape

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But he defended the measure and said it should not be scrapped.

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It was one of the issues debated today as Scotland's political

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parties set out their stalls for the General Election.

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The so-called rape laws has been dogging the Conservatives. The

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policy refers to child tax credit, now limited to the first two

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children, but which can be claimed for subsequent offspring if they

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were conceived through rape. And if that can be proved. There has been

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widespread condemnation and it seems some Tories are not entirely

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comfortable that the comfortable with that. We felt it appropriate

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that should be multiple exemptions, multiple boss fights doubled, and

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any child that was subsequently born as a rod of nonconsensual sex. It is

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not like we think it is right that benefit is attached but I accept it

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is an open policy. The SNP had been challenged by the Tories to use

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default powers to mitigate the rape clause. We support its repeal at

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Westminster, that is where our focus is, and if ever we wanted a timely

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reminder that the Tories are the nasty party, an epithet that was

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coined by Theresa May, the current trimester, it is this heinous rape

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clause. Looking ahead to the election, the Liberal Democrats say

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that allowing another referendum on the final Brexit deal will boost

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their prospects. If Labour don't get what they want, they are left

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impotent in the process, and as such they will be as Kezia Dugdale

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foretold, carping from the sidelines. This is not a credible

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opposition. We want to be the new opposition to the Tory Government

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and business. But Labour incest they are the only real opposition to the

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Conservatives. If you want a Brexit deal that is in the best interests

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of Scotland and the United Kingdom, deal that is in the best interests

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then vote Labour. The Tories want to spend this whole election talking

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about Brexit talking about independence. Two elections, endless

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opportunities for point-scoring. Celtic have beaten Rangers 2-0

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in the Scottish Cup, to set up a final against Aberdeen

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and the chance to complete The old firm derby, deafening noise,

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check. Lots of colour, check. Some feisty early tackles, indeed. But

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rarely are these matches so one-sided. After 15 minutes of total

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domination, boom. Rangers change things at the break, but they just

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could not live with their rivals. Griffiths run only ever looked like

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ending one way. And when Sinclair smashed home from the spot, handing

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rocks and rolled. At the end, the new Rangers manager looked relieved

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it was all over. Concealed by a man with his eyes on an even bigger

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prize. You and tantalising close to the treble. Can you will allow

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yourself to discuss what that will mean to you and this club? Melo only

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after we do it. A season to see at any type of invincible. The --

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after we do it. A season to see at Celtic under Brendan Rodgers

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Marchant. A cold spell on and Shetland saw

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some snow today has captured by one of our weather watchers. We will see

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rain tonight pushing across the country. He is the pressure chart,

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to my string pulling away to the south, then this cold front, this is

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what is good open the floodgates, the cold arctic air which will track

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in right across the country eventually. The Met office to have a

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yellow warning for snow for the Highlands and the Grampian area for

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tomorrow. They'll be significance for high ground for this time of

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year and even some snow at a lower levels. Tricky driving conditions

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just to be aware of. First thing tomorrow, fairly frequent showers

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initially, though showers will gather together and become prolonged

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along the north, extending and the Grampian, through the course of the

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morning improving, showers feeding and across eastern Scotland, but a

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lot of dry, sunny weather in the west. The rest of the UK, a cloudier

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picture, soft of the north of England, it was the patchy rain or

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drizzle. In front of the weather front, to his mother, not be tempted

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to fall away. It was tomorrow afternoon, across Scotland, further

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showers in the east, snow of a high ground for the south-east. That

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clears away and showers may be confined to the north and it will be

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a very cold night, widespread frost, a risk of ice as well. Tuesday, that

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cold air and offsets have across the UK, but a straightforward northerly

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on Tuesday meaning plenty of wintry showers in the north, in a lot of

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dry sunny weather in the south. Our next update is at

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6.25 tomorrow morning. Until then, from everyone

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on the weekend team, enjoy what's This is all Roz,

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she's trying to frame me! This is the final push,

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we cannot fail. He sent you, didn't he?

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Are you expecting someone else?

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