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ShowThe consequences of the Eurozone crisis were laid bare today with a prediction from respected economic commentators that a collapse in the Euro could cost nearly one hundred and fifty thousand Scottish jobs. It came as the unemployment figures fell for the third successive quarter and a new report shows that Scotland tops the UK in attracting inward investors. Doctors are about to go on strike for the first time in two generations in a dispute over their pensions. Tomorrow, only medical emergencies will be treated - thousands of operations and appointments have already been cancelled. Tonight, health officials say they're well prepared for the expected disruption. One man has died and another has been seriously injured after a crane collapsed in Glasgow city centre. The accident happened at lunchtime at Buchanan House, the headquarters of Network Rail. The bi-centenary of the birth of Scottish explorer David Livingstone is to be marked by a series of events next year. The Scottish Government has announced more than a quarter of a million pounds of funding to celebrate his life and achievements. The UK Supreme Court has ruled that a husband and wife should be sent to the United States to stand trial on drugs charges. Brian and Kerry Ann Howes have been fighting extradition for six years after they were accused of exporting chemicals used to make the illegal drug crystal meth. It's understood lawyers are considering a final appeal to the European Court of Human Rights. Project bosses behind Edinburgh's failed trams company TIE were given pay-outs of more than 400 thousand pounds when it was closed down. Details of the compensation packages have been revealed in council papers. A committee of MSPs is to investigate the handling of the Legionnaire's disease outbreak in Edinburgh. Two people have died and there have been 44 confirmed cases. The Scottish Parliament's Health and Sport Committee will question those responsible for dealing with the incident, including NHS Lothian and the Health and safety exectutive, next week. A policeman will go on trial in October charged with causing the death of a taxi driver by dangerous driving. 65-year-old John Lacon died following the crash in Glasgow's Great Western Road in April last year. A jury heard that the wife of a man who blew himself up in a Stockholm street sent him a text message about "paradise" three days before his death. Asda is to invest more than £20million in a new supermarket in East Renfrewshire. Glasgow's Mela takes place this weekend. The event in Kevingrove Park will feature three stages with bands, street stalls and roaming performers. Rangers owner Charles Green will meet with Ally McCoist's squad next week to discuss their futures. 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.
