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STV News at Six - Aberdeen Tuesday, April 17, 6:00pm

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A notorious prisoner has told a trial that he forced his way into the home of a female warder accused of harbouring him. James Holland also told jurors he thought of Christine Robertson as a "girlfriend" and threatened to have her house set on fire if she didn't respond to his advances. There's been a call for Scotland's only women's prison to be demolished. A new report says Cornton Vale is overcrowded and not fit for purpose. STV will tomorrow become the first news organisation in Britain to film and broadcast the sentencing of a convicted killer on the same day. Rangers manager Ally McCoist has called for a swift decision over the future of the club, saying the uncertainty and the lack of clarity is really concerning and worrying for everyone at Ibrox. McCoist was speaking after the Blue Knights Consortium announced last night that it was stepping back from the race to buy the club. People are under estimating the amount of sugar in so called "healthy drinks", according to new research. The study carried out by Glasgow University found that consumers think sugar levels in smoothies, fruit juice and milkshakes are significantly lower than they actually are. - and the average person can consume around a quarter of their daily calorie intake through these drinks. One of the 4 spectators injured after they were hit by a car at a north east rally event at the weekend says nothing could have been done to avoid what he says was a 'freak' accident. The Scottish Government have been defending their plans to set up an oil fund in an independent Scotland. American tycoon Donald Trump has written to Holyrood MSPs, warning that wind farms could mean financial suicide for Scotland. A Yorkshire thrill-seeker has become an internet sensation after filming himself base-jumping off a eleven-hundred foot high cliff in Orkney. Simon Brentford took his life in his hands leaping from the top of St John's Head on Hoy, the highest vertical sea cliff in the United Kingdom. This international version of STV News at Six is viewable world-wide. It has been edited for rights reasons, which also allows us to keep the programme online after the initial 24-hour broadcast window in the UK has passed. Viewers within the UK who want to watch the full episode 'as broadcast' should select the UK version of the programme.

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