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Don't look down.... Jamie McIvor and colleagues filming at the top of the iconic Titan Crane in Clydebank for tonight's Scotland 2014. BBC2 Scotland, 10.30pm.
Andy Murray could be ranked in the top five by the end of this year and challenging for Grand Slams again in 2015, according to former Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek.
The Scot's world ranking has fallen from three to nine since back surgery.
Murray, 27, lost in four sets to Novak Djokovic in the US Open quarter-finals.
"If he finished top 10 [this year], and I think he can finish top five, it's an exceptional achievement,"Dutchman Krajicek told BBC Sport.
"It's a really bad surgery and it's unbelievable that he's in the top 10."
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An independence supporter who admitted throwing eggs at MP Jim Murphy in Fifehas been sentenced to 80 hours unpaid work on a community payback order.
Stuart Mackenzie, 45, was at Mr Murphy's 100 Towns in 100 Days tour in Kirkcaldy last week.
Scottish members of transport union the RMT have come out in favour of independence,according to one of the union's officials.
Scottish organiser Michael Hogg said members had been asked whether they were for or against independence.
The result came as Labour leader Ed Miliband was campaigning in Scotland for a "No" vote.
Scotland's Richie Ramsey narrowly missed out on a magical opening round of 59at the European Masters in Switzerland. Ramsey, eight under par through 15 holes, parred the last three holes to card a 62 and hold a two-stroke lead.
Andy: Elaine, RBS is not a Scottish owned bank, it never was even before the collapse.
Anonymous: Of course the referendum is about the SNP. Was anyone else involved in writing the White Paper? NO! It only contains SNP policy and their wishes.
Celtic have signed Manchester City striker John Guidetti on loan.
The Scottish champions made the move on deadline day but it has been held up until now because of paperwork.
"After checking the documentation received and the information contained in the international transfer matching system managed by FIFA TMS (www.fifatms.com), the Scottish Football Association was informed today that the envisaged loan deal may proceed," said a Fifa spokesperson.
BBC Scotland Travel
There is still heavy congestion in Inverness with the The Piping Competition at the Northern Meeting Park generating a lot of extra traffic.
In Bowling in West Dunbartonshire, one lane is closed on the A82 Great Western Road westbound between Bowling Roundabout and the A814 Glasgow Road because of an accident.
American Indian tribesmen and Rocky mountain fur trappersare set to meet in Perthshire to commemorate links dating back to 1830.
A US museum has sponsored a visit by tribal members from the Wind River Shoshone along with living history re-enactors and leading academics.
Murthly Castle will host a number of events through the weekend.
Ian Ivancic allegedly pushed Niall Corbett against a police van before repeatedly punching him on the head in Balmedie.
He is further accused of abducting the teenager, now 17, by putting him into the back of the vehicle then driving off.
The incident happened in Balmedie's Chapelwell Drive in February last year.
Police have launched an investigation afterpart of the tail of a horse was cut at a farm outside Dumfries.
The incident happened in fields at Ingleston Farm, New Abbey, on Wednesday.
Tail-cutting can be used as a way of marking an animal in preparation for stealing it.
Elaine: One of the points that Yes voters keep saying is the state of debt that the UK is in and how it's the UK government that has got us into this position. What they seem to be conveniently forgetting is that it was a Scottish bank in RBS that caused a huge part of the debt that the UK now carries! They also seem more than happy to walk away from this debt .
Tam, Dumbarton: Reply to Nathan from Forres: The Canadian PM is entitled to an opinion like everyone else in the world. Stop seeing 'conspiracy' in every opinion that differs from yours. I can almost welcome a Yes vote if it means there's nobody else to blame but I suspect our 'everybody's against us' mentality won't change.
Anonymous: Surely people are the most important focus of a vibrant democracy?
Edinburgh Head Coach Alan Solomons says "a wind of change" has blown through the club and it's better for it.
Ahead of his side's opener against Munster,Solomons believes his new look side can deliver a top-6 finish in the Pro 12.
"We have seen 23 players leave so their is definitely a freshness to us. The winds of change have been blowing and that's part of the building process and it's great to see."
Ross Ford will captain the capital side in Munster tomorrow night with Mile Coman starting on the bench.
Travel across Inverness has been badly hit by congestion with some motorists delayed for up to an hour.
Highland Council said faulty traffic lights, the closure of Bank Street and traffic headed for a piping contest had caused problems today.
Parts of Bank Street have been closed because of work building a flood prevention scheme.
The Scottish independence referendum is not about the SNP but rather the right "to have the government of our choice,"Alex Salmond has said.
The SNP leader said the party in power after independence would be "the choice of the people of Scotland".
He added that a "Yes" vote would also be a chance to build a fairer society.
Labour leader Ed Miliband predicted "the Tories are on their way out" and a UK Labour government could deliver social justice.
A man who was found withserious head injuries on a North Lanarkshire street has died in hospital.
The 48-year-old was discovered in Windsor Walk, Viewpark, at about 23:30 on Wednesday. He was taken to Monklands Hospital, where he died.
Police Scotland said the man's death was being treated as unexplained and a post-mortem examination would be held.
BBC Scotland's senior football reporter Alasdair Lamont watched Germany's 4-2 loss at the hands of an Angel Di Maria-inspired Argentina,and believes Scotland have hope against Joachim Low's world champions.
A police investigation has been launched after an otter and her two pups were founddead inside an illegal trapping net in an East Lothian river.
It is believed that the net was being used illegally to catch eels or crayfish.
The Scottish SPCA is helping police with the investigation.
Scotland coach Gordon Strachanexpects Germany to be a different proposition from the team that lost 4-2 to Argentina.
The Scots' European Championship qualifying campaign begins in Dortmund on Sunday and Strachan believes he learned nothing from Wednesday's match.
"It will be a completely different team," predicted the Scotland boss.
"It's a competitive game and the Germans come alive when it becomes competitive."
World champions Germany were 4-0 down after 50 minutes against Argentina in a re-match of this summer's final in Brazil. Andre Schurrle and an own goal by Federico Fernandez reduced the Germans' deficit.
The band Hunter and the Bear started out as a duo that used to rehearse in a soundproofed shipping container in a London car park before becoming a four piece that supported Eric Clapton this summer.
Ahead of their appearance at Loopallu in Ullapool, lead vocalistWill Irvine tells the BBC's Steven McKenzie of growing up in Achiltibuie, listening to his parents' 1970s American rock music and the challenge of coming up with a good band name.
The Press and Journal
David, Glasgow: The only reason any UK politician such as Ed Milliband is paying attention to Scotland is because there is now a very high chance we may leave the UK. If we are silly enough to vote against our own country and return a No vote then no UK politician will pay attention to anything we say again, they wont have to as we would have voted ourselves as insignificant. Time to be brave Scotland and vote Yes.
Ed Miliband hasaccused the SNP of attempting to "con" Scottish voters into believing independence was the only way to achieve social justice.
The Labour leader described the Conservatives as "divided and demoralised" and predicted a Labour government "is on its way".
He also claimed the SNP would continue Tory policies after independence.
Mr Miliband was speaking as First Minister Alex Salmond set out his own vision of a fairer Scotland.
Coming up on Reporting Scotland, Sally Magnusson brings you the latest on Labour leader Ed Miliband's visit to Scotland as he tries to boost the Better Together campaign.
There'll also be reaction to Andy Murray's US Open exit and a look back at 50 years of the Forth Road Bridge.
You can watch the lunchtime edition of Reporting Scotland live on BBC 1 Scotland from 13:30.
A 21-year-old man has been charged in connection with therape of a woman who was attacked while walking to work in Edinburgh.
The 20-year-old woman was attacked at about 04:30 on Saturday at the entrance to the Swanfield Industrial Estate, off Bonnington Road, in Leith.
The man is due to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Friday.
Darren O'Dea won titles with Celtic and has represented the Republic of Ireland 20 times. But,as he told Richard Wilson, his recent time playing with Metalurh Donetsk was affected by the war between Ukraine and Russia.
A man has been arrested after an elderly woman was robbed in her home in South Ayrshire.
The theft took place while the 82-year-old woman was in her house in South Beach in Troon on Monday.
Police Scotland said a 28-year-old man had been arrested in connection with the incident and was in custody.
He is expected to appear at Ayr Sheriff Court later.
Jim: The main issue in the referendum is simple. Are we a nation or are we not? It's a Yes/No question with a Yes/No answer.
Gerry, Kirkcaldy: A Yes vote means self determination for Scotland. If an independent country was proposed to join in union with a system like Westminster they'd run a mile!
A £90m development of the Craighouse site in Edinburgh has been approved by councillors.
It will see 145 homes built on the site; 64 in the current listed buildings and 81 in new builds.
The vote was passed with nine in favour and six against. Plans to build housing on the old Edinburgh Napier University campus were first submitted in 2011.
Since then the plans have been changed twice and some people have campaigned against the development.
Acts are being invited to show an interest in being part of the fourth edition of the Big Burns Supper festival in Dumfries next year.
The 2015 edition promises to be "bigger than ever" and will run from 23 to 31 January.
Festival director Graham Main said the organisers were looking for acts of "every size, shape and art form" to take part.
They are particularly keen to attract traditional and classical musicians.
The Big Burns Supper has grown in size since its first edition and now attracts thousands of people to Dumfries.
Tom from Ayr: The main issue is the currency. Yes, we can use the pound but without a currency union and a lender of last resort, a Yes vote is madness.
Ann from Galloway: The most important thing is having control over all our affairs and resources right here in Scotland!
Conservationists have been weighing the chicks of one of the UK's rarest seabirds as part of an effort to better understand the species.
Leach's storm petrels are found at only a handful of sites.
On St Kilda, the National Trust for Scotland has been trying to monitor the survival rates of chicks and adult birds.
The remote archipelago has 94% of the UK's breeding population of Leach's storm petrels.
Nathan, Forres: Would people like the PM of Canada stop voicing their opinion on our referendum followed by "but its for Scottish voters to decide". Yes it is so stay out of it. It is interesting to see who these people are seeing and being briefed by directly before making their comments.