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Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight on your national news: | :00:15. | :00:18. | |
As oil continues to bubble from the North Sea leak, Shell begins the | :00:18. | :00:23. | |
operation to stem the flow. The SNP wants school pupils to be | :00:23. | :00:28. | |
taught Scottish studies - Labour says it's political brainwashing. | :00:28. | :00:31. | |
The Perthshire picture house that thrived during the golden age of | :00:31. | :00:41. | |
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cinema - now locals campaign to return it to its former glory. | :00:43. | :00:48. | |
have seen a few around the corner there waiting to get in. We all | :00:48. | :00:53. | |
enjoyed it on a Saturday night. And it's a big night for Scottish | :00:53. | :00:56. | |
clubs in Europe. We're live at Tynecastle as Hearts prepare to | :00:56. | :01:02. | |
take on Spurs in the pick of the ties. | :01:02. | :01:06. | |
Shell is tonight continuing its fight to shut off an oil leak in | :01:06. | :01:09. | |
the North Sea. It began the first stage of the process this morning | :01:09. | :01:12. | |
by attending to stabilise a pipeline which has lifted off the | :01:12. | :01:17. | |
sea bed. Then divers will be sent down to close off the valve from | :01:17. | :01:23. | |
which the oil is escaping. This is one of the concrete blocks | :01:23. | :01:28. | |
Shell has been using to stabilise the pipeline. Tonight the oil is | :01:28. | :01:32. | |
still bubbling out and will do until, the company says, it is safe | :01:32. | :01:37. | |
enough to stop. If we have agreement from everyone involved, | :01:37. | :01:40. | |
including the Secretary of State, to turn the valve off, we will do | :01:41. | :01:46. | |
that. Until that we will have an opportunity to review what has | :01:46. | :01:49. | |
happened and consider our next step. But others have been revealing what | :01:49. | :01:53. | |
has happened here already. Been far better experts have been examining | :01:53. | :02:02. | |
the impact on birds and marine life. -- environmental experts. Their | :02:02. | :02:06. | |
assessment of whether the equipment is up to scratch or not was, | :02:06. | :02:14. | |
frankly, wrong. This does not bode well for public confidence in the | :02:14. | :02:17. | |
oil industry's operations in the North Sea or indeed in other places. | :02:17. | :02:23. | |
In fact, this has been described as Scotland's worst oil spill since | :02:23. | :02:28. | |
this one on Shetland in 1993. Then, more than 80,000 tonnes of crude | :02:28. | :02:33. | |
oil gushed into the sea. According to Shell, the total potential leak | :02:33. | :02:38. | |
from this pipeline would be more than 800 tonnes, and that would be | :02:38. | :02:42. | |
any if there were a complete failure of the pipeline. We take | :02:42. | :02:47. | |
safety very seriously. We are subject to many inspections, by | :02:47. | :02:50. | |
independent organisations and the regulator. We will lose lessons -- | :02:50. | :02:57. | |
learn lessons once we get to the rich cause. Today, more detail | :02:57. | :03:02. | |
became known of where the oil has come from, 300 the below sea level. | :03:02. | :03:06. | |
This complex machinery just beside the well is where the gas and oil | :03:06. | :03:11. | |
separate and sea water is mixed in. If we look at a cross section of | :03:11. | :03:15. | |
pipe, we can see where it has ruptured. It is backing up to the | :03:15. | :03:19. | |
point where the water flows in, and it is here that the Balfour has to | :03:19. | :03:23. | |
be switched off. If that goes wrong, this aircraft loaded with detergent | :03:23. | :03:30. | |
is on standby to help clear up any oil which might be spilt. | :03:30. | :03:34. | |
Our reporter is outside Shell's headquarters in Aberdeen. What is | :03:34. | :03:41. | |
the latest on the leak? The latest from Shell is that so far they have | :03:41. | :03:45. | |
managed to lay down ten of these concrete blankets on top of that | :03:45. | :03:49. | |
section of pipeline to help stabilise it and by close of play | :03:49. | :03:53. | |
tonight their hope is to lay down another two. Engineers will be | :03:53. | :03:57. | |
working into the darkness to ensure that happens. They say if they | :03:57. | :04:01. | |
manage it, they hope it will be enough to give them the green light | :04:01. | :04:06. | |
tomorrow to send down divers to turn off that tap but that decision, | :04:06. | :04:11. | |
that final decision, is taken by the UK Government representative | :04:11. | :04:15. | |
here. The Scottish Government's latest in the last half an hour is | :04:15. | :04:19. | |
to say that they have sent out an aeroplane this afternoon to carry | :04:19. | :04:24. | |
out a detailed survey of birdlife in the area. That is due to touch | :04:24. | :04:30. | |
back down in Inverness in the next ten minutes. The detailed results | :04:30. | :04:33. | |
of that will not be nearer until tomorrow but initially they are | :04:33. | :04:38. | |
saying that it looks like this oil spill is unlikely to impact | :04:38. | :04:43. | |
significantly on any bird life in the North Sea. Thank you. | :04:43. | :04:48. | |
An SNP plan to introduce Scottish studies to the school curriculum | :04:48. | :04:52. | |
has been described by Labour as an attempt to brainwash schoolchildren. | :04:52. | :04:56. | |
The nationalists want a greater emphasis on Scottish culture, | :04:56. | :05:00. | |
history and literature but opponents say it amounts to | :05:00. | :05:04. | |
political interference in the classroom. | :05:04. | :05:07. | |
At Bellahouston Park Academy in Glasgow, fig your modern studies | :05:07. | :05:17. | |
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pupils are learning about China. -- fifth year. Protest over the lack | :05:18. | :05:21. | |
of human rights... Subjects like this have been taught for many | :05:21. | :05:25. | |
years. Ministers say Scotland's history has sometimes been | :05:25. | :05:30. | |
neglected in the classroom. Schools Minister Alasdair Allan turned | :05:30. | :05:34. | |
people today to take part in a class for adult Gallic learners. | :05:34. | :05:41. | |
Time to, he says, for classes on a wider Scots studies. I had a very | :05:41. | :05:46. | |
good experience at school. But in secondary school I had absolutely | :05:46. | :05:51. | |
no exposure to Scottish literature at all. We have to make sure we do | :05:51. | :05:55. | |
not just rely on the enthusiasm of individual teachers for things like | :05:55. | :06:01. | |
Scottish history, but everybody has a right to access to them. What | :06:01. | :06:05. | |
might be on offer? Ministers are keen to look specifically at | :06:05. | :06:09. | |
Scottish history. They would also like to see more Scottish | :06:09. | :06:13. | |
literature taught in schools, as well as Scots and Gallic languages. | :06:13. | :06:18. | |
They say they will not be forcing pupils to take up a cause like | :06:18. | :06:21. | |
Scottish studies if they do not want to but they do want to ensure | :06:21. | :06:25. | |
that Scottish history gets woven into a range of subject areas. But | :06:25. | :06:30. | |
Labour is highly critical. Their education spokesman claims the SNP | :06:30. | :06:36. | |
is political are sizing the education system. -- is | :06:36. | :06:41. | |
politicising the education system. My suspicion is that this is just | :06:41. | :06:46. | |
the SNP trying to brainwash children into their political view. | :06:46. | :06:51. | |
The curriculum should be to step by teachers, not politicians. Why | :06:51. | :06:55. | |
should the SNP decide what exams children will sit? The Scottish | :06:55. | :06:59. | |
governments wants to start moving forward with its proposals in the | :06:59. | :07:04. | |
next few weeks. Ministers want to hear from a wide range of groups | :07:04. | :07:08. | |
including academics, teachers and other cultural experts. They want | :07:08. | :07:12. | |
the plans in place as soon as possible but with is still a | :07:12. | :07:21. | |
contentious issue it, it may take ministers longer than they hoped. | :07:21. | :07:26. | |
You are watching Reporting Scotland. Still to come: 30 years after this | :07:26. | :07:30. | |
Highland cinema closed, locals campaign to get their picture house | :07:30. | :07:35. | |
back. And in sport, it is a huge night of | :07:35. | :07:39. | |
European action ahead for Scottish clubs. Three of them are playing | :07:39. | :07:45. | |
this evening. The glamour game is here at Tynecastle where Hearts | :07:45. | :07:47. | |
played Tottenham Hotspur of the English Premier League. We will | :07:47. | :07:55. | |
look ahead to all the games with a very special guest. | :07:55. | :07:59. | |
The First Minister's has called on the first bank -- Royal Bank of | :07:59. | :08:02. | |
Scotland to think again about bending free access for some | :08:03. | :08:07. | |
account-holders to cash machines owned by other banks, affecting one | :08:07. | :08:11. | |
million customers. Customers can still make free withdrawals from | :08:11. | :08:16. | |
Tesco and Morrison's dispensers. RBS says it remains committed to | :08:16. | :08:21. | |
helping people who may struggle for banking access. | :08:21. | :08:25. | |
Gordon is a Royal Bank of Scotland customer but the account he had was | :08:25. | :08:29. | |
the most simple one, with no overdraft or credit card. The sort | :08:29. | :08:33. | |
that is often but not always used for people who might find it hard | :08:33. | :08:38. | |
to get a bank account. He was worried. Yesterday I was fairly | :08:38. | :08:44. | |
angry when the letter arrived. It seemed to me that they were taking | :08:44. | :08:49. | |
a facility away from me that I had had for 15 years, with no reason to | :08:49. | :08:55. | |
remove it. Across the UK, up to one million Royal Bank of Scotland and | :08:55. | :09:00. | |
NatWest customers could be affected. They would only be allowed to use | :09:00. | :09:05. | |
the bank's' own cash machines for free as well as those of Tesco and | :09:05. | :09:15. | |
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Morrison's, although they could But one of their former employees | :09:17. | :09:27. | |
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is not happy. It is a big step to introduce charging. Running a bank | :09:28. | :09:32. | |
account costs the bank itself money. Customers with their basic account | :09:32. | :09:36. | |
do not pay bank charges but the bank does not profit from these | :09:36. | :09:41. | |
customers. Yet RBS still has to pay whenever someone with a basic | :09:41. | :09:46. | |
account withdraws money from a rival cash machine. But there is | :09:46. | :09:50. | |
good news for Gordon. He went into his branch today and they have now | :09:50. | :09:54. | |
changed his account so he can still use any cash machine. The first | :09:54. | :09:58. | |
thing they should do is go to the bank and find out what can be done | :09:58. | :10:06. | |
about it. But not everyone will get a different account. A company will | :10:06. | :10:13. | |
own could face PR damage for a move which may hit some of their poorest | :10:13. | :10:18. | |
customers the most. Work on Aberdeen FC's new stadium | :10:18. | :10:22. | |
could begin early next year after the preferred contractor was named. | :10:22. | :10:27. | |
Councillors earlier approved the 21,000 seat stadium at Loirston | :10:27. | :10:35. | |
Loch in the south of the city. It is hoped the complex will be ready | :10:35. | :10:39. | |
for the 2013-2014 season. They are the glamour industries | :10:39. | :10:45. | |
that many young people want to work in. Fashion, music, media. Many of | :10:45. | :10:51. | |
them some -- followed these subjects at Scotland's higher | :10:51. | :10:54. | |
education services, with no real hope of getting a job afterwards. | :10:54. | :11:00. | |
Now the Government is calling of a shake up of further education | :11:00. | :11:10. | |
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The glamourous world of the catwalk. It inspires hopes and dreams of | :11:19. | :11:24. | |
Careers in the fashion industry. But it is just one sector where | :11:24. | :11:30. | |
there are few jobs. There is a glut at the moment in certain courses, | :11:30. | :11:34. | |
such as media, fashion, radio broadcasting, dance, drama, | :11:34. | :11:39. | |
photography. It is a big shame that these students are not all getting | :11:39. | :11:43. | |
jobs by the time they finish. every year, youngsters continue to | :11:43. | :11:48. | |
be trained on courses which lead nowhere. This engineering course in | :11:48. | :11:52. | |
Midlothian is one that offers a future. At the end of their | :11:52. | :11:58. | |
training, they will come out aged 21 on a salary of �13,000 bought | :11:58. | :12:08. | |
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�40,000 offshore, with the Training by colleges and other | :12:10. | :12:15. | |
providers adds up to a staggering �4 billion each year. A landmark | :12:15. | :12:21. | |
report indicates it is hard to work out which courses are well run a | :12:21. | :12:27. | |
world leading to a happy outcome. If we do this course we are set up | :12:27. | :12:31. | |
for life. There are a lot of young people who do not have jobs. An | :12:31. | :12:34. | |
apprenticeship is a real opportunity. The Scottish | :12:34. | :12:38. | |
Government, which commissioned his report, says it aims to bring in | :12:38. | :12:42. | |
reforms. Colleges such as this one in embed s say they have some | :12:42. | :12:50. | |
concerns. We do not want to be in a position where we said there are | :12:50. | :12:55. | |
five places for sports trainers and the fact that 100 want to do sports | :12:55. | :13:00. | |
training is tough. Clearly very good training going on here but in | :13:00. | :13:04. | |
all, the quality of courses across Scotland is extremely patchy. | :13:04. | :13:08. | |
Ministers are urged to allow poorly performing colleges to merge, drop | :13:08. | :13:18. | |
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some of their services or change Some of the other stories: A woman | :13:19. | :13:24. | |
jailed for life for luring a known IRA fundraiser to his death has | :13:24. | :13:27. | |
lost an appeal against her conviction for murder. | :13:27. | :13:31. | |
Mary Ryan met businessman Manny O'Donnell at a Glasgow hotel in | :13:31. | :13:36. | |
1998 before he was driven to woodland and shot and stabbed. Ryan | :13:36. | :13:40. | |
and co-accused Francis McDonnell -- Francis O'Donnell were convicted of | :13:40. | :13:45. | |
murder the following year. A man has died and a Dundee | :13:45. | :13:49. | |
industrial estate after collapsing inside a chemical tank at and Alan | :13:49. | :13:53. | |
will repair business. The surrounding area was cordoned off | :13:53. | :13:56. | |
why the chemicals were identified. He was taken to Ninewells Hospital | :13:56. | :14:01. | |
where his death was confirmed. Scotland international and former | :14:01. | :14:04. | |
Dundee United striker David Goodwillie is set to stand trial | :14:04. | :14:08. | |
later this year charged with assault in Glasgow city centre. The | :14:08. | :14:12. | |
22-year-old, who now plays for Blackburn Rovers, pleaded not | :14:12. | :14:16. | |
guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court by letter. The trial is due to take | :14:16. | :14:24. | |
A private company has been called in to manage the troubled Edinburgh | :14:24. | :14:27. | |
trams project. Turner and Townsend is to replace TIE, the company set | :14:27. | :14:31. | |
up by Edinburgh Council to oversee the scheme. It comes a day before | :14:31. | :14:34. | |
the council publishes a report into how it will fund the more than �200 | :14:34. | :14:44. | |
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million funding shortfall. Here's The tram tracks maybe down here but | :14:44. | :14:49. | |
in truth it has been months and months since any substantial of | :14:49. | :14:54. | |
progress was made in actually getting the trams moving on to them. | :14:54. | :14:59. | |
Today it has been announced that a private company has been put in | :14:59. | :15:03. | |
charge of project management for the immediate future. They're | :15:03. | :15:07. | |
called Turner and Townsend and have direct experience in project | :15:07. | :15:13. | |
managing light rail and trams in Dublin and Croydon. It has also | :15:13. | :15:17. | |
been hinted strongly today by the convenor of the transport committee | :15:18. | :15:23. | |
at Edinburgh council that they have found a way to bridge the funding | :15:23. | :15:27. | |
gap of �200 million in order to get the tram system from the airport to | :15:27. | :15:34. | |
the west of the city, to St Andrews Square a couple of miles behind me. | :15:34. | :15:38. | |
The management and funding news have been warmly welcomed locally | :15:38. | :15:42. | |
here today. They also come on a day that the residence or central | :15:42. | :15:46. | |
Edinburgh are voting in a city council by-election, a ballad which | :15:46. | :15:51. | |
could affect the overall balance of power within the council. The | :15:51. | :15:54. | |
result of that vote are expected to be announced tomorrow before noon, | :15:54. | :16:02. | |
then tomorrow -- den next week the bigger vote from the council would | :16:02. | :16:05. | |
a vote on what to do about the transport project and whether to | :16:05. | :16:11. | |
proceed. At the heart of that, also whether to put the city a further | :16:11. | :16:17. | |
A self-portrait by the popular Scottish artist Jack Vettriano has | :16:17. | :16:20. | |
gone on display at Glasgow's Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery. | :16:20. | :16:23. | |
The painting, Self Portrait Five, was created in the 1990s and has | :16:23. | :16:26. | |
been loaned to the Kelvingrove for three years by its owners. The | :16:26. | :16:29. | |
piece shows the artist in his working clothes - a contrast to the | :16:29. | :16:31. | |
glamorous, perfectly dressed figures in the paintings for which | :16:31. | :16:41. | |
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You can forget the festival and the fringe because the biggest show in | :16:53. | :16:56. | |
Edinburgh is here at Tynecastle for one night only. Hearts are playing | :16:56. | :16:58. | |
Tottenham Hotspur in a Europa league qualifier. It's just one of | :16:58. | :17:01. | |
three matches involving Scottish clubs tonight. And we've got a very | :17:01. | :17:04. | |
special guest to preview them. Star billing goes to the Scotland | :17:04. | :17:07. | |
manager Craig Levein. We'll get Craig's thoughts in a minute after | :17:07. | :17:15. | |
this scene setter from our reporter Brian Mclaughlin. In a moment and | :17:15. | :17:21. | |
we will speak to Craig Levein. But that report first... At this time | :17:21. | :17:27. | |
of year the capital city a, days some weird and wonderful characters. | :17:27. | :17:31. | |
I don't want to make too much of a song and dance about it but tonight | :17:31. | :17:35. | |
the biggest show in town is not at the Edinburgh Fringe, it is that | :17:35. | :17:40. | |
time Castle, where 18,000 fans will watch Hearts take on Spurs. Where | :17:40. | :17:46. | |
would you rather be tonight? Here, or watching the football? Time | :17:46. | :17:51. | |
Castle! The what is the biggest show in town tonight? Hearts, | :17:51. | :17:57. | |
Tottenham? Very good. But I am here for the fringe. The club's first | :17:57. | :18:01. | |
met in 1901, when, after winning respective cup competitions, they | :18:01. | :18:07. | |
decided it was time to find out who would be crowned world champions. | :18:07. | :18:12. | |
There were many people who felt the FA Cup was a more prestigious | :18:12. | :18:18. | |
trophy than the respective league championships. So Spurs and hearts | :18:18. | :18:25. | |
decided let's get together and have hearts 13-1. But it was an | :18:25. | :18:29. | |
unofficial world championship. a good result tonight would no | :18:29. | :18:39. | |
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Is this one of the biggest ever Games? Cast aside subjectivity, | :18:42. | :18:46. | |
what kind of chance to they have against Tottenham? It is not one of | :18:46. | :18:52. | |
their biggest games, it is still early rounds of the competition. | :18:52. | :18:56. | |
With regard to the importance of the match, I do not think it is one | :18:56. | :18:59. | |
of the most important but it has attracted a lot of interest. When | :18:59. | :19:03. | |
you get a Scottish team against in English team there is the added | :19:03. | :19:09. | |
spice. -- and English team. have some fantastic players. What | :19:10. | :19:19. | |
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kind of approach would you take if There is always an element of | :19:21. | :19:26. | |
caution in European matches. I have a good feeling about tonight. Spurs | :19:26. | :19:31. | |
have not started the season yet, Hearts are six games in. They will | :19:31. | :19:36. | |
be battle-hardened and ready. It is a tight pitch that supporters on | :19:36. | :19:42. | |
top of the game. I think they can get a good result. Let's consider | :19:42. | :19:47. | |
the -- Let's consider the tasks facing the other Scottish clubs | :19:47. | :19:50. | |
trying to qualify for the Europa League. Celtic are at home to Sion | :19:50. | :19:54. | |
of Switzerland in the first leg of their tie. A whiff of controversy | :19:54. | :19:57. | |
around this one even before kick off. With Sion saying they'll field | :19:57. | :19:59. | |
a handful players the authorities say are ineligible because of a | :19:59. | :20:02. | |
transfer ban. That could lead to them being thrown out of the | :20:02. | :20:05. | |
competition. That means there's a hint of the bizarre around this | :20:05. | :20:11. | |
match. Will that affect how Neil Lennon approaches the match? Not at | :20:11. | :20:19. | |
all. It is a home game for Celtic. They will be determined to win. | :20:19. | :20:22. | |
Neil had some experience last season of Europe, so that will hold | :20:22. | :20:26. | |
him in good stead. This is the first I have heard of the situation. | :20:26. | :20:30. | |
No matter what happens the important thing is for Celtic to | :20:30. | :20:34. | |
win. They have to win at home because their away record has not | :20:34. | :20:44. | |
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been great. True. But it is a new Rangers are in Slovenia for the | :20:51. | :20:53. | |
first leg of their qualifier against Maribor. Let's turn our | :20:53. | :20:56. | |
attention to that. Rangers expected to win over two legs, but they have | :20:56. | :21:00. | |
one or two problems going into this - they're missing a few defenders, | :21:00. | :21:02. | |
but beat the transfer deadline to sign this fellow... Carlos | :21:02. | :21:09. | |
Bocanegra, the United States captain. And he is a starter for | :21:09. | :21:19. | |
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It indicates they are struggling for defenders. Normally when you | :21:21. | :21:25. | |
send a player that late you put them on the bench and maybe | :21:25. | :21:29. | |
introduce them to the game at some stage. So Alastair must be | :21:29. | :21:33. | |
struggling for players to throw somebody in as quickly as that. He | :21:33. | :21:38. | |
is experienced so should not be a problem. Predictions? A I think | :21:38. | :21:48. | |
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Rangers will win the tie overall. And there's coverage of the Celtic | :21:50. | :21:59. | |
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and Rangers matches on BBC Radio Many of us take a trip to the | :22:07. | :22:10. | |
cinema for granted but for others it's much more difficult. Now one | :22:10. | :22:12. | |
community in Highland Perthshire has become so fed-up with 60-mile | :22:12. | :22:15. | |
round trips to the pictures that they've decided to re-open a local | :22:15. | :22:21. | |
cinema which closed 30 years ago. Andrew Anderson reports. From the | :22:21. | :22:25. | |
outside this building in the centre of Aberfeldy is unmistakably a | :22:25. | :22:31. | |
cinema. But it has not shown films since the early 1980s. Inside, | :22:31. | :22:36. | |
memories of the golden age of similar, when this picture house | :22:36. | :22:40. | |
first world and an audience. Here they are on opening night in 1939, | :22:40. | :22:45. | |
a few weeks before war started. There was there, he kept a ticket | :22:45. | :22:55. | |
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from the glory days. -- bill. It was nice to be able to go to see | :23:00. | :23:04. | |
a film on a Saturday night. I have seen queues around the block to get | :23:04. | :23:10. | |
in. We all enjoyed our Saturday- night viewing. There is little left | :23:10. | :23:14. | |
of the original cinema. The building ended its days as an | :23:14. | :23:17. | |
amusement arcade seven years ago. But this is how it is hoped it will | :23:18. | :23:23. | |
look. A local trust are on the way to raising �1.8 million to bring | :23:23. | :23:33. | |
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Digital projection and 3 D, everything the modern cinema goer | :23:34. | :23:40. | |
ones. We know people are really keen, young families are keen, the | :23:40. | :23:45. | |
number of people who have said to me they would like their children | :23:45. | :23:50. | |
to be able to walk to the cinema on a Saturday, that the be fantastic. | :23:50. | :23:55. | |
Those who once worked there are delighted. It has been an eyesore | :23:55. | :24:03. | |
for a long time. It would be nice to see it reopened. Even visitors | :24:03. | :24:08. | |
to the caravan site are looking forward to it being opened. Do you | :24:08. | :24:12. | |
want your job back? I don't think so! In true cinema tradition the | :24:12. | :24:16. | |
poster says coming soon. They hope if they can get the money together | :24:16. | :24:26. | |
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the project has will be running Now the weather... It is not | :24:30. | :24:35. | |
looking too bad. A cloudy day with showers for many today. The showers | :24:35. | :24:43. | |
will continue deceiving. -- of this evening. There is a Met Office | :24:43. | :24:50. | |
warning because some of these will be heavy. The showers should | :24:50. | :24:57. | |
disappear by about dawn. No lower than seven, orate temperature is. | :24:57. | :25:03. | |
Into Friday, a brief ridge of high pressure means that dry, settled | :25:03. | :25:07. | |
conditions. A bright sunny start across the country tomorrow. | :25:07. | :25:12. | |
Towards lunchtime the weather front towards the west tries to push in | :25:12. | :25:17. | |
which will induce high cloud, turning the sunshine hazy. -- | :25:17. | :25:24. | |
introduced. By mid-afternoon it will be dry in the south-west, | :25:24. | :25:29. | |
temperatures up to 18. Further north, the rain makes its way in | :25:29. | :25:34. | |
across the Western Isles. Further north again and out towards the | :25:34. | :25:44. | |
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Further down the country towards the south-east, holding on to the | :25:46. | :25:50. | |
split with the sunshine lasting the longest the further east you off. | :25:50. | :25:54. | |
Into the evening the weather front continues to push its way in, | :25:54. | :25:59. | |
accompanied by strengthening winds from the south. The rain will die | :25:59. | :26:05. | |
out overnight. The weather front makes its way out towards the North | :26:05. | :26:10. | |
Sea during the early hours. That is good because behind it dry, settled | :26:10. | :26:13. | |
conditions for the first half of the weekend. More sunshine on | :26:13. | :26:23. | |
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Sunday - sunshine and showers, some of the showers will be heavy. This | :26:27. | :26:31. | |
evening heavy showers will be down towards the eastern half of the | :26:31. | :26:41. | |
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Now, a summary of tonight's top stories... Divers could be sent in | :26:45. | :26:48. | |
tomorrow to stop an oil leak in the North Sea. Oil company Shell says | :26:48. | :26:51. | |
efforts today to stabilise the pipeline in the Gannet field have | :26:51. | :26:54. | |
been successful. The pipeline had risen up to four feet above the | :26:54. | :27:04. | |
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seabed along a 1 kilometre section An SNP plan to introduce a Scottish | :27:07. | :27:10. | |
study is course to the school curriculum has been described by | :27:10. | :27:17. | |
Labour as an attempt to brainwash schoolchildren. Critics say it | :27:17. | :27:21. | |
amounts to political interference and the classroom. President Obama | :27:21. | :27:27. |