03/08/2016 Reporting Scotland


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Dame Kelly Holmes and aim Piedt jowl in the studio.

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A surgeon at one of Scotland's busiest hospitals says plans to move

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key services will put patients at risk.

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People attending Monklands Hospital's A will have to go

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elsewhere for some emergency treatments if local health board

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Our political correspondent Lucy Adams reports.

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It's the hospital the current government fought to save.

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It is this government's view that the decisions to close A

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at Monklands in Ayr were wrong and they will now be reversed.

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The hospital that the former Health Secretary almost lost his job over.

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NHS Lanarkshire are having a meeting this Thursday...

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And it is the hospital patients have pledged to save.

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Now, though, there is anger as campaigners say

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the Scottish Government is backsliding on earlier pledges

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with moves afoot to cut orthopaedics and trauma,

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Those plans are also opposed by the consultants themselves,

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Patients' safety will be put at risk by their decision

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If you have an A department, you must have an orthopaedic

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You cannot have just an A department and expect all

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At a meeting today between staff and the local MSP Alex Neil,

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Mr Neil stood on a ticket to save services and is under

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I'm absolutely determined, as I know Shona Robison,

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the Health Minister is, determined to make sure there is no

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downgrading of Monklands, no downgrading of the Accident

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The health board argue that is not what they are doing,

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but as I say, there are too many unanswered questions for this to go

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The Scottish Government say they saved the A department

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We are confident, as are the medical royal colleges, that

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safety will be improved, quality will be improved

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Change is hard, change is not always universally accepted.

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But we believe that orthopaedic care in NHS Lanarkshire will be improved

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Another series of strikes by ScotRail workers planned to begin

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at the weekend has been suspended to allow for further talks.

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Members of the RMT union had been due to take part in three 48-hour

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walkouts in a row over who opens and closes the train doors,

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but have agreed to hold off taking more action for the time being.

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We have not received guarantees about the guard remaining

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The outstanding issue for us is the doors,

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That's an issue that we need to have further discussion with ScotRail

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in order to find a way forward on the train dispatch, the doors.

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Today's suspension of strike action is very welcome for all of us.

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After several weeks of hard work, we're not there yet,

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a lot of hard work still to do, but a great step forward.

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It was always about our customers and our people.

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And I think it's a good sign for what we can agree.

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The Bank of Scotland is closing 23 branches across the country.

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It says the move is a result of falling customer demand

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and because of overlaps with other nearby branches.

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Closures will take place in the Highlands, the North East,

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Tayside, the Central Belt and the Borders.

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The Glasgow-based firm Aggreko has reported a fall in profits

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It made ?61 million compared to ?102 million in the same

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The firm says the trading environment has been difficult,

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with the lower oil price continuing to impact a number of its markets.

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The bus driver who drove into floods which resulted in everyone on board

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having to be rescued by helicopter, has escaped a driving ban.

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Tudor Davies had faced a dangerous driving charge but after a trial

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at Ayr Sheriff Court he was convicted of the lesser

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He has already been dismissed by the Stagecoach bus company.

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A rescue helicopter hovering over a bus stranded

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The number 58 bus was on its way from Girvan to Ayr on 30th December

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last year as Storm Frank raged all around Ayrshire.

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The driver, Tudor Davies, told the court when he got

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to the outskirts of the village of Dailly there was already 4-5

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He stopped to assess the situation and decided to press on.

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Mr Davies said 10-15 yards later, when he was around here,

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the force of the water knocked down this wall producing an enormous

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surge of floodwater, which picked the bus up,

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took it across the road and slammed it into those trees, breaking

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These pictures taken inside the bus show how quickly the

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Moments after these were taken, the 12 passengers on board,

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including two children, headed to the back of the bus

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and climbed on seats and grabbed bars to try to keep

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as much as possible out of the filthy floodwater.

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Attempts by the Fire Service to rescue them were abandoned due

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to the ferocity of the water, and it was hours later before

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The sheriff today acknowledged that this was a traumatic event

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for the passengers on the bus and for the driver.

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In fact, she said some of the passengers who had

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come to give evidence were still traumatised.

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But she said the danger of the wall collapsing was not obvious

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to Mr Davies at the time, and so she could not convict him

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of dangerous driving, instead she convicted him

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She imposed nine penalty points on his licence and fined him ?2000.

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That decision to drive forward, the sheriff said, was

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Aileen Clarke, Reporting Scotland, Dailly.

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An Australian family living in the Highlands say they're

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still hopeful of being allowed to stay, despite a letter

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from the Home Office warning that official moves are now being made

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The Brain family moved to Scotland under a visa system that has

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since been abolished, but as Craig Anderson reports,

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they're pinning their hopes on a job offer.

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It's a letter the Brain family hoped they would never see...

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From Immigration Minister Robert Goodwill, it says there are no

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exceptional circumstances and that staff will contact the couple

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later this week to discuss arrangements for their voluntary

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The visa scheme they came here under was done away with once they had

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committed to emigrate to Scotland and they insist they are not

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pleading for special treatment, just for the Government

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All of our home and worldly goods were on a shipping container halfway

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across to Scotland when this apparent announcement came out

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saying they would be cancelling this visa option 12 months

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By then we were fully committed to the process.

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So we're not asking for special treatment, we're just asking

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the Government to honour what they put in the

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The couple's MP argues that unlike many people hoping to gain

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residency in the UK, the Brains are in a unique situation

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and the Home Office is guilty of bad faith in their dealings with them.

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The Government in London should do what is right and being asked

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of them, it's not about a special case, it is giving Kathryn

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the rights she should have, and making sure the family

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We need young families in the Highlands, why on earth

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would the Government want to throw them out?

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Is disgraceful and shouldn't be allowed to happen.

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It was Kathryn Brain's student visa that initially allowed

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the family to come here, and the one hope they now have

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is that even while the Home Office's deportation wheels are turning,

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that she receives the offer of a job that meets immigration requirements.

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We've had a contact from a major Scottish employer this morning.

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Or at least from the office, the CEO will call us this afternoon.

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We don't know what the job offer is, we don't know whether it

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The fact it comes from a major company, we would like to think

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they would be able to inform themselves of the requirements

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and it gives us some cause for cautious optimism.

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But for now, living on charity and with their belongings

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in a shipping container, the future path for the Brain

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Craig Anderson, Reporting Scotland, Dingwall.

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Celtic are through to the Champions League play-off

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round after beating Astana 2-1 at Parkhead to secure

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A Leigh Griffiths penalty put Celtic in front at the end

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Astana levelled it before Moussa Dembele also scored

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from the penalty spot in stoppage time, his first goal for the club,

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Andy Murray will be Great Britain's flag bearer at the Olympic Games

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He follows in the footsteps of Olympic cycle champion

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Sir Chris Hoy, who paraded the flag at London 2012.

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And Sir Chris has been telling Kheredine Idessane how impressed

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he is with the number of Scots in Team GB.

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Fantastic. Great reflection on the commitment and hard work that the

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Scottish athletes have put in to get to the stage. In terms of ones to

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look forward to seeing. I think Skinner has to be the top of the

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list. I saw him at Meadowbank as a child, training to ride the track

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there. He has progressed right through and he has replaced the end

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of the Team Sprint. He will be writing the third lap. You are a fan

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of Andy Murray, he is the defending champion and playing doubles with

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his big brother. Exceptional. They could get two gold medals at the end

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of the championships. He has had a fantastic year so far. Morality big

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part of sport, once you have the momentum and the belief going in

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yourself, and with the form, you can almost do anything. They would be

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crazy to bet against him winning a second title here. Who knows about

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the doubles, that would be amazing for both Andy Murray and Jamie

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Murray. He is a real figurehead. Two things have dominated the build-up

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to these Olympics, one has been drugs, the other has been well the

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city be ready. Many viewers sadly I believe wonder, can I trust what I

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am watching, can I believe these Olympics or is everyone on

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something? What is your take on that? I can understand why some of

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the public might think that. Certainly, as a fan spot myself,

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there are huge number of depressing headlines coming out recently. All

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you can do is talk about your own experiences. You won six Olympic

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gold medals clean. Your messages what? It is purely and simply that

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it is possible to do it the right way.

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Well, it's over to Kawser now with the weather outlook

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Some of us some heavy this evening. Although it remained mild and breezy

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it is this area of low pressure that brought those heavy downpours. Some

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were stunned as well. While the centre of the low pressure as light

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winds and variable winds, around then it is quite strong, especially

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towards the South West of Scotland and the South of England and also

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across the North East of Scotland, strong winds here. Rain for a time

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that becoming drier across the central areas and clear spells will

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develop as well. Temperatures around 14 15 degrees. Mild like last night.

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For tomorrow morning, it is rather cloudy to start and some showers

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across the far North and North East of the country. At eight o'clock if

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you're heading out then, largely dry across the South West, some showers

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along the East coast with temperatures widely around 14 or 15

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Celsius. Towards the far North and the Western Isles, breezy but our

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beaks of showery rain for the Northern Isles. For the rest of the

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day, every look at the rest of the UK, we will continue to see some

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showers for a time. Gradually improving, some brightness

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developing, sunny spells, along the West cost of Scotland and elsewhere

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people see some brighter spells. Temperatures around 17, up to 22

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degrees for the South East of England. Although temperatures are

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similar to today, temperatures will be fresher with the wind having an

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effect. Tomorrow night and into Friday, we developed this thread of

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high-pressure Soubry will start to see some drier and brighter weather.

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high-pressure Soubry will start to Friday morning begins sunny with

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showers around. The showers will be widespread across the West coast of

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Scotland and Northern Ireland, the far North of Scotland as well.

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Elsewhere, drier, the best of the sunshine towards the East.

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Temperatures around 16 up. Fresher on Friday with that went. -- wind.

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Our next update is during Breakfast at 6:25am tomorrow morning.

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But, from everyone on the late team here in Glasgow and around

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