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Storm Barbara has battered its way across Scotland, causing power | :00:11. | :00:14. | |
cuts, school closures and tough travelling conditions. | :00:15. | :00:15. | |
Many ferry services have been cancelled and there's disruption | :00:16. | :00:18. | |
Festive events have also been affected due to high winds. | :00:19. | :00:21. | |
It's meant a challenging Christmas getaway for many people. | :00:22. | :00:23. | |
Aileen Clarke reports on Barbara's impact. | :00:24. | :00:34. | |
By noon Storm Barbara was making her presence felt | :00:35. | :00:37. | |
Passengers for Rothesay could only watch and wait. | :00:38. | :00:43. | |
Here at Wemyss Bay, they haven't managed any crossings at all | :00:44. | :00:46. | |
That is because here on the pier it is gusting up to 70 | :00:47. | :00:52. | |
Some crossings came back on in the afternoon but these | :00:53. | :00:57. | |
intrepid visitors decided it was not the day for | :00:58. | :01:00. | |
From last three days I am here and I am facing these | :01:01. | :01:09. | |
Whenever you go out, every day you have a new surprise! | :01:10. | :01:13. | |
All along the west coast, most of the CalMac | :01:14. | :01:21. | |
Many people have travelled earlier but for those still trying | :01:22. | :01:35. | |
to make it to family and friends, it is fingers | :01:36. | :01:38. | |
crossed for a break in the weather tomorrow. | :01:39. | :01:40. | |
We are looking at a window after three o'clock | :01:41. | :01:42. | |
tomorrow but we can't guarantee that people could be | :01:43. | :01:44. | |
So it might be that there's no boats before Christmas? | :01:45. | :01:47. | |
However, we are reviewing it ongoing, and we will | :01:48. | :01:51. | |
put announcements out as we can define that. | :01:52. | :01:53. | |
On the railways, a few more west coast services ran | :01:54. | :01:55. | |
than had been expected, though flooded | :01:56. | :01:56. | |
lines have caused a problem on some cross-border services. | :01:57. | :01:59. | |
For those driving, the Forth Bridge, like many others around | :02:00. | :02:01. | |
the country, was closed to high-sided vehicles. | :02:02. | :02:03. | |
In the Highlands, more than 100 schools started | :02:04. | :02:05. | |
their Christmas holidays a day early. | :02:06. | :02:09. | |
And on the east coast, Storm Barbara brought | :02:10. | :02:11. | |
the Edinburgh Christmas Market to a stop until she blew through. | :02:12. | :02:15. | |
It has been on Lewis and the other Western Isles where the winds have | :02:16. | :02:19. | |
really been showing their strength, reaching 75 miles | :02:20. | :02:20. | |
This retired power station was pressed back into service after a | :02:21. | :02:25. | |
power cut and with the animals safely inside, there was time | :02:26. | :02:29. | |
to battle through the gales in Stornoway with gifts. | :02:30. | :02:35. | |
I've done all I can, moved livestock into sheltered areas, | :02:36. | :02:38. | |
made sure they are safe with no debris lying about | :02:39. | :02:40. | |
The hens are locked down as part of the poultry | :02:41. | :02:48. | |
lockdown, so they are safe and hopefully I will sleep soundly | :02:49. | :02:51. | |
over the next couple of nights, I've done everything I can now, anyway. | :02:52. | :02:54. | |
Storm Barbara is expected to clear tomorrow but | :02:55. | :02:56. | |
That will cause disruption, likely to be generally located | :02:57. | :03:01. | |
in the Northern Isles - Orkney and Shetland - | :03:02. | :03:03. | |
but perhaps touching the tip of Caithness as well and that's | :03:04. | :03:06. | |
But before that, tonight in the Northern Isles, | :03:07. | :03:14. | |
they are bracing themselves for the worst winds | :03:15. | :03:17. | |
Our reporter Craig Anderson has been assessing the storm's effects | :03:18. | :03:25. | |
in the north of the country and earlier sent this report | :03:26. | :03:28. | |
Well, the winds may have reached their peak about earlier, but there | :03:29. | :03:40. | |
were still travel problems tonight with two planes heading for | :03:41. | :03:44. | |
Stornoway forced to turn back to both Inverness and Aberdeen as they | :03:45. | :03:48. | |
were unable to land because of the weather conditions. Stornoway | :03:49. | :03:51. | |
airport closed shortly afterwards. The winds are due to abate overnight | :03:52. | :03:56. | |
but with that comes a drop in temperatures and because of that, | :03:57. | :04:02. | |
more of this stuff, snow. I am on one of the highest sections of the | :04:03. | :04:06. | |
A9 between Inverness and Perth and the forecasters have said there will | :04:07. | :04:10. | |
be quite heavy showers of snow on the ground up 200 metres up to about | :04:11. | :04:16. | |
ten centimetres and that two to three centimetres on lower ground. | :04:17. | :04:20. | |
Tomorrow that could lead to treacherous driving conditions. | :04:21. | :04:23. | |
Police said because of the travel chaos today there could be more | :04:24. | :04:27. | |
people on the boards tomorrow and their message is this, I just your | :04:28. | :04:31. | |
driving to suit the conditions, that means leaving plenty of time for | :04:32. | :04:36. | |
your journey, leaving plenty of distance between you and a vehicle | :04:37. | :04:39. | |
in front and also perhaps taking things like a torch, extra warm | :04:40. | :04:44. | |
clothing and also something to eat on the way, just in case you get | :04:45. | :04:50. | |
stuck. Storm Barbara may have passed, but the effects of that | :04:51. | :04:55. | |
storm will be felt overnight and tomorrow as well. | :04:56. | :04:58. | |
Craig Anderson. Six months ago today, | :04:59. | :05:02. | |
a majority of voters backed The decision to opt for Brexit | :05:03. | :05:04. | |
was a moment of enormous political significance but the future | :05:05. | :05:08. | |
is still very unclear. Our political correspondent | :05:09. | :05:10. | |
Andrew Kerr reports. The European Union referendum, | :05:11. | :05:14. | |
which will lead to Brexit, Now the new Prime Minister has | :05:15. | :05:21. | |
to lead the negotiations. And the vote reopened the Scottish | :05:22. | :05:27. | |
independence question. It was on a bright day | :05:28. | :05:44. | |
in June when the UK voted Six months on in the deep midwinter | :05:45. | :05:47. | |
in the midst of a storm we are still not much clearer | :05:48. | :05:51. | |
about what Brexit means. A new report from independent | :05:52. | :05:53. | |
academics suggests that the UK Government's unwillingness | :05:54. | :05:56. | |
to explain what Brexit I think the public is more puzzled | :05:57. | :05:57. | |
about what is going on but where there is real surprise is in public | :05:58. | :06:02. | |
administrations and other national capitals cos those | :06:03. | :06:06. | |
across the English Channel are getting increasingly frustrated | :06:07. | :06:08. | |
at the lack of definition This week the Scottish Government | :06:09. | :06:12. | |
released their proposals to protect Scotland's place in Europe, | :06:13. | :06:17. | |
as they put it, they want the Prime Minister to | :06:18. | :06:19. | |
make arguments clear. In Scotland we have published a very | :06:20. | :06:23. | |
detailed account of our objectives. We have a vision of | :06:24. | :06:27. | |
what should take place. I suspect Theresa May has not | :06:28. | :06:29. | |
shown her cards because there's nothing on her cards, | :06:30. | :06:33. | |
she does not know what she wants and if she doesn't know that that's | :06:34. | :06:40. | |
pretty disastrous for the whole of the country and other | :06:41. | :06:43. | |
countries in Europe. Perhaps Theresa May is isolated | :06:44. | :06:45. | |
in Europe with few friends but... Her strategy is not to reveal the | :06:46. | :06:52. | |
plan at the moment. People talk about what sort | :06:53. | :06:55. | |
of Brexit it will be, we want a red white and blue Brexit, | :06:56. | :07:00. | |
the right one for the UK. UK ministers were not | :07:01. | :07:06. | |
available today but did say they were confident they would get | :07:07. | :07:08. | |
a deal that would work that will start Britain's exit | :07:09. | :07:10. | |
from the EU. Football, and Aberdeen beat | :07:11. | :07:17. | |
Motherwell 3-1 in their Scottish Niall McGinn hit his side's third | :07:18. | :07:30. | |
goal to seal victory at Fir Park. Elsewhere, Dundee beat Hearts 3-2, | :07:31. | :07:34. | |
Kilmarnock lost 1-0 to St Johnstone and Ross County lost 3-1 to Partick | :07:35. | :07:37. | |
Thistle. Well, it's over to Kawser now | :07:38. | :07:42. | |
with the weather outlook Good evening. Well, it is still a | :07:43. | :07:54. | |
very windy out there but the strongest gusts have surpassed from | :07:55. | :07:57. | |
storm Barbara but we will continue to see wintry showers as we head | :07:58. | :08:01. | |
through the night. You can see Storm Barbara is to the North of us by the | :08:02. | :08:05. | |
isobars remain tight and we have seen some wintry showers across the | :08:06. | :08:09. | |
North with some snow at lower levels for a time. There is a Met Office | :08:10. | :08:14. | |
VLB were warning overnight and it across the far North for the Western | :08:15. | :08:17. | |
Isles and the Northern Isles we can expect some strong gusts. For the | :08:18. | :08:22. | |
rest of the night, still quite breezy and the risk of icy stretches | :08:23. | :08:26. | |
across the North of the Central Belt, snow and ice warnings are in | :08:27. | :08:29. | |
force from the Met office overnight as temperatures dipped close to | :08:30. | :08:38. | |
freezing and we will continue with those wintry showers falling any | :08:39. | :08:41. | |
North as sweet and small. Falling as rain any South. It will be a cold | :08:42. | :08:44. | |
start to Christmas Eve, when the web gales for the farm but compared to | :08:45. | :08:46. | |
today, the winds will be moderate and it is a better bet for | :08:47. | :08:50. | |
travelling during the course of the day although we will see more and | :08:51. | :08:53. | |
the way of outbreaks of rain across the South West. If you are planning | :08:54. | :08:57. | |
any last-minute Christmas shopping tomorrow afternoon or have any | :08:58. | :08:59. | |
travel plans there will be wintry showers and they could be quite | :09:00. | :09:08. | |
hazardous over that Hiya road routes with that small following. Some | :09:09. | :09:10. | |
brighter moments in between the showers, especially across the East | :09:11. | :09:12. | |
coast. Bitterly cold, Isil 56 degrees. It will feel cold with the | :09:13. | :09:16. | |
wind chill. Storm Barbara has left us but Storm Conor is heading | :09:17. | :09:20. | |
towards us on Christmas Eve night and Christmas Day. There will be | :09:21. | :09:23. | |
strong winds and outbreaks of rain but milder air so we start of | :09:24. | :09:27. | |
Christmas Day with mild error. Temperatures are in the double | :09:28. | :09:35. | |
digits, 12 of the 14 degrees Celsius for the North East, potentially | :09:36. | :09:38. | |
record-breaking. Strong winds will continue across the North West and | :09:39. | :09:42. | |
we expect gusts of up to 60 mph with warnings in force. On Christmas Day | :09:43. | :09:47. | |
night we are expecting wintry weather so it might be a white | :09:48. | :09:51. | |
Christmas to end but for Boxing Day it will remain windy in the North | :09:52. | :09:54. | |
with warnings in force, becoming more settled by the end of the day. | :09:55. | :09:58. | |
From everyone on the late team here in Glasgow | :09:59. | :10:02. | |
and around the country, goodnight and have | :10:03. | :10:05. |