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The main railway line between Glasgow and Edinburgh remains closed after a landslip.

Mud and rocks fell onto the line at Winchburgh in West Lothian at 12:00 as Storm Georgina swept over Scotland.

Services between Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh are stopping at Linlithgow, with replacement buses between Linlithgow and Edinburgh.

There has been severe travel disruptionacross much of Scotland caused by heavy rain and strong winds.

ScotRail said delays and cancellations are expected until the end of the day.

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Tory MSP Jamie Greene says this week has been miserable for rail commuters with the landslip on thje Glasgow to Edinburgh line and other troubles across the network in Scotland.

Ms Sturgeon say it has been an incredibly difficult week for those who work on and use the railways.

She says as off 08:30 this morning the performance measure was 91%.

The first minister says the closure of the Edinburgh to Glasgow railway line was due to a landslip with work to reinstate the railway planned to be completed by this afternoon.

She deeply regrets inconvenience caused to passengers.

During the leaders' debate on 1 May 2016, a member of the audience asked about the future of services of the Royal Alexandria Hospital in Paisley.

Ms Sturgeon said her party would "keep services as local as they need to be".

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Mr Macintosh says people in this chamber should treat each other with respect, not personal accusations.

Mr Rennie says he was there, standing next to Nicola Sturgeon, during the debate when Ms Sturgeon said the children's ward was safe in her hands.

That is what was pathetic, he says, and asks: "Does she feel guilty for misleading the parent's of sick children?"

Ms Sturgeon says she said there was no proposal to close the ward in the TV debate because there was no proposal at that time.

The first minister says Mr Rennie is saying the health secretary should have stood against all of the clinical evidence of the nurses and pediatricians.

The health secretary has approved plans to close the children's ward at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley.

Shona Robison has agreed NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde can move in-patient and day care services for children to Glasgow's Royal Hospital for Children.

She said the move was "in the best interests of children".

But she blocked another proposal to close Lightburn Hospital in Glasgow until new services have been put in place in the east end of the city.

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Scottish Lib Dems leader Willie Rennie says the first minister is hiding behind doctors who "did not force her to lie in that TV debate" over the Royal Alexandra children's ward.

Mr Rennie is warned by the presiding officer to watch his language, amidst uproar in the chamber.

"Is the first minister not ashamed for blaming the doctors for her broken promise?" Mr Rennie asks.

Ms Sturgeon retorts: "All we've learned from that question is Willie Rennie is a pathetic attention seeker."

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She says the proposal for the closure of the children's ward came to the government a full year after the TV debate.

The first minister says she is hardly hiding as she is in plain sight in the chamber.

She again cites the clinical advice of the doctors.

Her reply is met with prolonged applause from the SNP benches, which does not impress anybody according to Mr Macintosh.

The presiding officer says to both Mr Rennie and Ms Sturgeon to watch their language.

Conservative MSP Tom Mason raise the issue of pain relief clinic targets being missed.

The first minister says she will ask the health secretary to look into this.

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SNP MSP Jenny Gilruth raises job losses at Murray & Murray Ltd.

The first minister says the government will work with the company to minimise any threat to employment or help employees into alternative employment.

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The Scottish Labour leader says Ms Sturgeon does not understand the "depth of anger" over this issue.

This is not just about party politics, it is about the first minister's integrity, says Mr Leonard.

"This government tried to bury bad news in the middle of a snow storm," he says, referring to the timing of a press release from the government last Friday.

"Why should the people of Paisley ever trust you again?" he asks.

The first minister says the health secretary informed the parliament about the closure in a statement earlier this week.

Ms Sturgeon again says clinical evidence underpinned the health secretary's decision.

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The first minister says every decision that effects the health of children should be a difficult one to make, referring to the health secretary's statement earlier this week.

The health secretary arrived at the decision based on the advice of clinicians, she states.

Clinicians believe the change will implement standards required for higher quality healthcare, Ms Sturgeon highlights.

The first minister points to the condition that individual care plans must be in place for patients before the change is made.

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Scotland's health secretary has described thedecision to close a hospital children's wardas one of the most difficult she has had to make.

Shona Robison confirmed on Friday that child in-patient and day care services at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley would move to Glasgow.

She told the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday that there was "overwhelming clinical support" for the move.

But opposition parties said the closure broke an SNP election pledge.

Scottish Conservative health spokesman Miles Briggs said the first minister had told voters there were no plans to close the ward in May 2016, just before the Holyrood elections.

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Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard says last week he raised the Save our Bield Campaign.

Ms Sturgeon say the health secretary spoke to one of the campaigners last night and will meet with them again on 6 February.

Mr Leonard says: "When a government makes a promise to the people it is important that promise is met, not least when it comes to the wellbeing of families".

He says in May 2016 the first minister gave a promise to Gordon Clark on national TV that there was no proposal to close the children's ward at the Royal Alexandra Hospital, but now the government is closing the ward down.

Mr Clark is in the gallery, says Mr Leonard, and he calls for the first minister to apologise to him.

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Ms Sturgeon again says: "The justice secretary acted entirely appropriately."

The first minister says Andrew Flanagan told the committee that he had not been requested by the justice secretary to change the decision.

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Police Scotland Chief Constable Phil Gormley is facing a seventh complaint.

It is understood it was made to the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) by the Scottish Police Federation (SPF), which represents rank-and-file officers.

The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (Pirc) is currently investing four complaints while three are now being assessed internally.

Mr Gormley, who has been on leave since September, has denied any wrongdoing.

The SPA, which is expected to provide an update on Mr Gormley's special leave on Thursday, declined to comment on disciplinary matters.

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Ms Davidson says we are still having to piece together the details of what happened in November about one of the most important decisions about the police since Mr Matheson became justice secretary.

She says we were told transparency would be the watchword of the new force, and asks if that can still be said to be true.

The first minister says there is nothing today different from what Ms Davidson said last week.

She says the justice secretary gave a full statement and answered questions in the chamber.

There was also a debate yesterday on this issue where the Tories lost the vote, she says.