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ShowAdministrators running Rangers tonight say that the 3 latest bidders for the club are all new, and could complete a deal to take the club forward. They also hope to have chosen the new preferred bidder by the end of the week. It comes less than 24 hours after American businessman Bill Miller sensationally pulled out. Arthritis fears - a warning that the number of Scots with the condition could soar to one and a half million. The Westminster Government has set out its legislative programme pledging to put economic growth at the heart of its agenda. In all, the Queen's speech outlined 19 bills including one to reform the House of Lords. On the economy there were measures to cut red tape for businesses, reform the banks and change employment law. There were also changes to pensions and new rights for paternity and maternity leave. The number of people living with arthritis in Scotland is set to soar with predictions that one and a half million of us will be living with the condition by 2030. A report, by the charity Arthritis Care, puts the rise down to an ageing population and a growing obesity problem. Thousands of Scots public-sector workers will go on strike tomorrow in a dispute over pensions. Everything from job centres to the coastguard and courts will be affected as workers walk out. Unions claim the pension reforms mean members are being asked to work longer and pay more but get less. Jurors have been shown CCTV images from a shop's camera of the moment a man blew himself up in a busy Stockholm street. The footage was part of evidence at the High Court in Glasgow, in the trial of Nasserdine Menni, who is accused of being involved in a conspiracy with a man named Taimour Abdul-wahab, which resulted in a bomb going off in the Swedish capital. Controversial proposals to demolish Perth's City Halls have been turned down. Last year councillors approved plans to knock down the one-hundred year-old building and develop a civic square in its place. But Historic Scotland announced today that it's refusing permission for the demolition. A mother has been describing her ordeal after being wrongly told three times during pregnancy that her baby daughter had died. But despite medical staff at Dundee's Ninewells hospital missing the baby's heartbeat in routine scans, Kirsty Andrews gave birth to a healthy girl. Three police officers have been hailed as heroes after rescuing a woman from a fire in Midlothian. The officers arrived at the blaze in Buccleuch Street in Dalkeith before the fire brigade and helped the fifty-year-old out of the block of flats. The woman is still being treated in hospital. Ten other people were evacuated from the building. Police are appealing for witnesses after an attempted armed robbery at a newsagents in East Lothian. A man threatened a female shop assistant with a knife at the RS McColl Store in Musselburgh's Delta Drive just before 10 o'clock on Monday night. He demanded she hand over money but when she refused, he tried to force the till open. He eventually fled empty handed. Edinburgh Council's licensing board has refused all applications for extended opening hours for pubs on the day of the Scottish Cup Final. The decision was taken following concerns raised by both Lothian and Borders and Strathclyde Police. A spokesman for the council said the safety of all fans in the city was their main concern. Hearts have brought in two youth players from Spanish giants Real Madrid for a trial as the club looks to bolster the squad for next season. Goalkeeper David Soria and striker Diego Moreno both featured in an under-19 bounce game against Livingston earlier this week. 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.
