:00:20. > :00:24.Welcome to Tuesday's Reporting Scotland. Tonight, sentenced to
:00:24. > :00:28.work -- life in prison. Malcolm Webster, the man who murdered his
:00:28. > :00:32.wife in a staged car crash, will serve at least 30 years before bars.
:00:32. > :00:42.It means he will be in in at least his eighties before he can apply
:00:42. > :00:46.for release. Tonight, his ex Beyonce went police told him -- his
:00:46. > :00:52.ex fiancee when police told her that she was in danger as well.
:00:52. > :00:53.Also, the early morning crash which brought the Central Scotland
:00:53. > :01:00.motorway network to a near standstill.
:01:00. > :01:04.A date at the Palace, and an OBE for the man who wrote Scotland's
:01:04. > :01:09.unofficial national anthem. And remembering three centuries of
:01:09. > :01:13.one of the Clyde's greatest shipyards.
:01:13. > :01:16.A man who murdered his first wife in a staged car accident 17 years
:01:16. > :01:21.ago and tried to kill his second in another crash has been sentenced to
:01:22. > :01:26.life in prison. Malcolm Webster was told he must serve a minimum of 30
:01:26. > :01:29.years before he can be considered for parole. The judge said the 52
:01:29. > :01:35.year-old had committed appalling and cold-blooded crimes for
:01:35. > :01:40.financial gain. The judge has passed his sentence
:01:40. > :01:44.today, a sentence of 30 years. For the murder of my sister Clare. I
:01:44. > :01:50.believe that is the correct sentence, for an extremely
:01:50. > :01:54.dangerous criminal. Four Clare's brother, today broad justice. For
:01:54. > :01:58.almost four months, this extremely dangerous criminal nonchalantly
:01:58. > :02:03.walked to court, now in custody, he arrived today by prison than to
:02:03. > :02:07.hear just how long he will spend their point On sentencing, the
:02:07. > :02:12.judge Lord Bannatyne said that Clare's murder was cold-blooded,
:02:12. > :02:17.brittle and callous. The motive utterly based on financial gain, he
:02:17. > :02:21.said. And the attempted murder of Felicity Drumm was utterly cold
:02:21. > :02:27.blooded as well. He opposed -- imposed a life sentence for the
:02:27. > :02:31.minimum term of 30 years. Malcolm Webster, of the who for years
:02:31. > :02:35.played the role of the doting bridegroom, twice, and then
:02:35. > :02:43.besotted fiancee, was convicted in May of murdering his first wife
:02:43. > :02:48.Clare by drugging her, crashing their car late at light and setting
:02:48. > :02:51.the car on fire. Clare burned to death while he stood by and watched.
:02:51. > :02:56.Despite his mild-mannered appearance, you are dealing with a
:02:56. > :03:02.very dangerous and wicked man, who, if he was at large in society,
:03:02. > :03:06.would be a danger to many women. wed -- he married for a second time,
:03:06. > :03:11.Felicity Drumm. He started dragging her on the honeymoon, and within
:03:12. > :03:17.five years of Clare's murder, he tried to kill Felicity on a car
:03:17. > :03:21.crash on an -- in New Zealand, after taking out multiple life
:03:21. > :03:26.insurance policies on his life. It has also been distressing for his
:03:26. > :03:32.former fiancee who he planned to bigamously marry. I am pleased it
:03:32. > :03:36.is at his end, I am pleased the outcome was as it was.
:03:36. > :03:40.motivation for murder was a pursuit of a lavish lifestyle. As he
:03:40. > :03:45.returned to present this afternoon, he will have little -- little need
:03:45. > :03:51.for yachts, antiques or smart cars for years.
:03:51. > :03:55.How did he react to his centre Tim? He stood in the dock, hands clasped
:03:55. > :04:01.in front of himself, looked straight ahead, no French, no
:04:01. > :04:06.reaction at all. I tell you what I did see, just after Simone Banarjee
:04:06. > :04:10.gave a statement, she turned to walk away and she was embraced by
:04:10. > :04:13.members of the jury who had convicted Webster who had come to
:04:13. > :04:18.see sentencing past. One of the woman jurors said to her, it you
:04:18. > :04:23.have a good life now. Simone Banarjee has told us exclusively at
:04:23. > :04:26.Reporting Scotland how she intends to do just that. We interviewed her
:04:26. > :04:30.a few days ago, and she told us how she is looking ahead now. But she
:04:30. > :04:34.started by telling us about that day she was at work and she was
:04:34. > :04:40.visited by two policemen who handed her a letter which contained
:04:40. > :04:43.devastating information about her then fiance, Malcolm Webster.
:04:43. > :04:47.explained to me they had a letter for me that they would read to me
:04:47. > :04:51.first, and then, they would give me to keep. And also warned me that my
:04:51. > :04:55.life would be in danger should I wish to continue my relationship
:04:55. > :04:59.with Malcolm. I thought it was complete nonsense, I had never
:04:59. > :05:03.heard such a load of rubbish in my life. This could not be the Malcolm
:05:03. > :05:08.Webster I knew. And I loved. It is only recently that Simone has
:05:08. > :05:13.thought about the danger she was in. Particularly as she regularly
:05:13. > :05:17.assailed with Webster. The biggest think that has hit me this year.
:05:17. > :05:19.The biggest thing that has hit me this year, the sailing is most
:05:19. > :05:24.likely where something would have happened to me. It would be very
:05:24. > :05:28.easy to drop some of the side of abode, whether it is pushed, hit
:05:28. > :05:31.over the head with a frying pan, I believe I am very lucky. If it was
:05:31. > :05:36.not for Strathclyde Police, things may have turned out very
:05:36. > :05:42.differently. What was it about this man that enabled him to make
:05:42. > :05:47.himself attractive to you all? think his, that comes from being,
:05:47. > :05:52.the first impression, of a fine, well-spoken, nicely dressed person
:05:52. > :05:58.with good manners. That is the immediate impact when you meet him.
:05:58. > :06:04.And then he is always very polite, treats you well. So there is
:06:04. > :06:09.nothing really that somebody would not like about him. My views are,
:06:09. > :06:14.when he goes to prison, he is a clever, clever man. The danger with
:06:14. > :06:18.him as far as I can figure out is that he learns from everybody that
:06:18. > :06:21.he meets. If I had my way, I would make sure he was in solitary
:06:21. > :06:26.confinement for the rest of his days. Because he will learn, and if
:06:26. > :06:31.he is ever released, he will be an increasing danger in my book to
:06:31. > :06:35.anyone he meets. As for the future, Simone Banarjee is determined that
:06:35. > :06:40.her time engaged to Malcolm Webster will not mark the rest of her life
:06:40. > :06:45.and relationships. I think it's fair to say that I will trusts,
:06:45. > :06:50.certainly, no problems with that, but I will be more wary and more
:06:50. > :06:55.questioning perhaps of certain things in the future. And perhaps,
:06:55. > :06:58.perhaps I was a bit naive, I don't think I was, it was not just myself.
:06:58. > :07:02.There were, apart from the women, there was a whole hospital of
:07:02. > :07:08.people who thought he had leukaemia. He was very clever. I think I am
:07:08. > :07:14.pretty much there. With getting a new job, that has given me the new
:07:14. > :07:20.page to start on. I think I am ready to well and truly move on,
:07:20. > :07:24.and he is firmly in my past. Simone Banarjee there, clearly looking to
:07:24. > :07:28.the future. I can tell you that tonight Grampian police are still
:07:28. > :07:32.delving into Malcolm Webster's past. They will not comment on those
:07:32. > :07:39.inquiries at the moment, but I understand it is to do with Malcolm
:07:39. > :07:43.Webster's time in Saudi Arabia. Scotland's busiest road, the M8,
:07:43. > :07:47.has fully reopened almost 11 hours after a fatal crash closed the main
:07:47. > :07:51.route between Glasgow and Edinburgh. A lorry driver died and a woman was
:07:51. > :07:54.injured in an accident earlier this morning. There was widespread
:07:54. > :08:00.disruption as traffic ground to a halt. It happened as authorities
:08:00. > :08:05.consider how they can better response to major incident.
:08:05. > :08:09.This was the scene of Scotland's busiest road this morning,
:08:09. > :08:15.thousands of vehicles snarled in traffic and are going nowhere. Up
:08:15. > :08:19.ahead, the emergency services deal with a serious incident, a 68 year-
:08:19. > :08:25.old lorry driver died after losing control, crossing the central
:08:25. > :08:31.reservation and crashing into a car. Its driver, a 37 year-old woman,
:08:31. > :08:34.suffered minor injuries. This all happened at just after 6am. It is
:08:34. > :08:38.basically a crime scene. They have to do their investigations to
:08:38. > :08:45.determine what happened. Once that is completed, we then get involved,
:08:45. > :08:49.help in the vehicle recovery, and then get on with fixing the roads.
:08:49. > :08:53.The M8 between Glasgow and Edinburgh remains closed in both
:08:53. > :08:58.directions. Radio bulletins warned motorists.
:08:58. > :09:01.Diversions were put in place. This incident, another reminder of how
:09:01. > :09:05.dependent Scotland is on the road, especially the highways between our
:09:05. > :09:11.biggest cities. In Glasgow, emergency planners were today
:09:11. > :09:15.gathering to discuss how they deal with major incident. One conclusion,
:09:15. > :09:19.the need for clearer communication between the authorities and
:09:19. > :09:24.motorists. We are looking at developing the social networking,
:09:24. > :09:29.media, before, during and after an incident. It is not just when a big
:09:29. > :09:32.thing happens, it is, how do we get people to use that on a regular
:09:32. > :09:36.basis. You listen to the radio every day, how do we get that
:09:36. > :09:42.message across, in the same way you would turn your radio antennae on
:09:42. > :09:47.at night? That means more use of sites like Twitter and Facebook to
:09:47. > :09:51.warn drivers for. Internet technology will not stop accidents.
:09:51. > :09:55.The challenge is how you manage them and drive it's expectations
:09:55. > :10:00.better. On this -- on the A9 in the
:10:00. > :10:06.Highlands, two men have died and another seriously injured after two
:10:06. > :10:10.vehicles collided near Kingussie. The road was closed in the area for
:10:10. > :10:13.seven hours while an asteroid -- accident investigation got under
:10:13. > :10:17.way. You are watching Reporting Scotland.
:10:17. > :10:21.Still to come before 7pm. A transplant that has transformed a
:10:21. > :10:26.life, we meet the first woman in Scotland to receive a pioneering
:10:26. > :10:30.diabetes treatment. And in sport, a possible return to
:10:30. > :10:36.Scotland for a former at Celtic favourite, and some of the world's
:10:36. > :10:40.best golfers get a look at the new home of the Scottish Open.
:10:40. > :10:44.There army in Afghanistan is still investigating the disappearance and
:10:44. > :10:47.death of a Scots soldier in Helmand province yesterday. There have been
:10:47. > :10:52.conflicting reports about exactly what happened. The soldier has not
:10:52. > :10:55.been named but his family has been informed of his death. Earlier
:10:55. > :11:02.asked -- earlier I spoke to Quentin Somerville in Kabul and asked him
:11:02. > :11:06.what he does have emerged. There is still confusion away this soldier
:11:06. > :11:11.would have left the protection of the base in the middle of the night,
:11:11. > :11:15.and left alone. Sultans -- soldiers in that dangerous part of Helmand
:11:15. > :11:18.normally travel in large numbers or in armoured vehicles. We have heard
:11:18. > :11:22.from some sources that it seems unlikely, as we were hearing
:11:22. > :11:28.yesterday, that he might have gone for a swim in the middle of the
:11:29. > :11:32.night. Afghan security officials were saying that he had a swim near
:11:32. > :11:37.by, we are hearing from officials in couple but that is not the case.
:11:37. > :11:41.Another theory is that he left a very expensive series -- piece of
:11:41. > :11:46.equipment on an earlier patrol, and he had gone to try and receive them.
:11:46. > :11:50.How much of a propaganda coup is this for the insurgents?
:11:50. > :11:54.Taliban have said that they killed this soldier, he died in a gun
:11:54. > :12:00.battle with international trips after the Taliban had banned him
:12:00. > :12:05.and taken him was -- taken him hostage. The international security
:12:05. > :12:09.forces say there was no gun battle, and we have always got to give the
:12:09. > :12:13.caveat that the the Taliban make exaggerated claims for propaganda
:12:13. > :12:16.purposes. As things stand now, we do not know who killed a soldier
:12:16. > :12:20.all the circumstances surrounding his death. There is an ongoing
:12:20. > :12:30.investigation, we are told it might be some time before that reaches a
:12:30. > :12:30.
:12:30. > :12:34.One of Scotland's leading financiers has died after a fire at
:12:34. > :12:37.his home in Falkirk. He died in hospital.
:12:37. > :12:40.The first woman in Scotland to receive a pioneering new treatment
:12:40. > :12:42.for diabetes says the procedure has transformed her life. Kathleen
:12:42. > :12:47.Duncan was injected with pancreatic cells produced in a Scottish
:12:47. > :12:54.laboratory. As Gavin Walker reports, it means she makes her own blood
:12:54. > :12:57.sugar, so no longer requires insulin.
:12:57. > :13:02.It is just great that I have the confidence that nothing is going to
:13:02. > :13:06.happen to me. Until recently, it simply going for a walk without
:13:06. > :13:13.fear was be on the hopes of Kathleen Duncan. She has had picked
:13:13. > :13:17.on by BT's most of her life and spent years on and in so when pump.
:13:17. > :13:27.She would lose consciousness four or five times a week. 1am and the
:13:27. > :13:28.
:13:28. > :13:33.House, I am conscious of my son. -- fallen unconscious. I I have done
:13:33. > :13:40.that in the street. She was the first patient to benefit from a
:13:40. > :13:47.treatment in Scotland. Others have since each scene that the therapy.
:13:47. > :13:57.She can now make her own in saloon. There are around 220,000 Scots with
:13:57. > :14:02.
:14:02. > :14:06.a diabetes. Of those, 20 -- 220,000 have tight one. 2,000 are on aware.
:14:06. > :14:15.It is a huge step forward for Scotland. It is not an easy thing
:14:15. > :14:18.to set up. It is an important programme for Scotland. It is a
:14:18. > :14:24.critical and grounding -- a critical grounding in developing
:14:24. > :14:27.self therapy for diabetes. It is hoped that the treatment will help
:14:27. > :14:31.form the basis of a gene therapy for deputies which could win the
:14:31. > :14:35.see an end to the condition. Some of the other stories across
:14:35. > :14:37.Scotland this Tuesday evening: The country's newest MP has taken
:14:37. > :14:40.up his seat in Westminster. Iain McKenzie, Labour's victor in last
:14:40. > :14:43.week's Inverclyde by-election, took his oath in the commons this
:14:43. > :14:47.afternoon. The by-election was caused by the death of the former
:14:47. > :14:50.Scotland Office Minister, David Cairns.
:14:50. > :14:54.Islay's Machrie Golf Course, known as one of the best links courses in
:14:54. > :14:57.the world, is being saved from financial collapse. The 120-year-
:14:57. > :15:00.old links and hotel are being bought by Baroness Sue Nye, a
:15:00. > :15:03.former adviser to Gordon Brown, and her husband Gavyn Davies, who was
:15:04. > :15:08.chairman of the BBC. They are hiring a golf consultancy to
:15:08. > :15:16.develop the business and preserve the famous course.
:15:16. > :15:18.One of Scotland's oldest women has celebrated her 105th birthday.
:15:18. > :15:21.Gwendoline Masonparry was joined in her celebrations by staff and
:15:21. > :15:24.friends at Bankfoot House in Moffat where she has lived for six years.
:15:24. > :15:33.Miss Masonparry was born in Wales in 1906, eight years before the
:15:33. > :15:38.outbreak of the First World War. Presented with a birthday card from
:15:38. > :15:41.the Queen, she said she was quite overwhelmed by all the attention.
:15:41. > :15:45.Figures from the worlds of sport, art, medicine and music were among
:15:45. > :15:48.those who received honours from the Queen at Holyrood Palace. Around 90
:15:48. > :15:52.people who have made a contribution to society both big and small were
:15:52. > :16:00.recognised at a ceremony in Edinburgh. Catriona Renton was
:16:00. > :16:07.there. They came from all walks of life.
:16:07. > :16:13.Today, 90 Scots were honoured by the Queen. Mr Douglas McLean for
:16:13. > :16:22.services to music and to charity. And receiving the OBE he here at
:16:22. > :16:29.Holyrood Palace has special resonance for this musician. His
:16:29. > :16:34.song has become synonymous with Scotland. It is an unofficial
:16:34. > :16:39.national anthem. I noted in my early twenties. I wrote it on a
:16:39. > :16:45.beach in France when I was homesick. Now it is some that rugby games,
:16:45. > :16:49.weddings and funerals. It is strange, but I am very proud of it.
:16:49. > :16:54.Dr George Kerr has been practising judo since he was eight years old.
:16:54. > :17:01.He is one of only seven people on the world to receive its highest
:17:01. > :17:04.accolade. Now he has received a CBE. It was exciting. You never know
:17:04. > :17:13.what to expect. I have never had the honour of meeting the Queen
:17:13. > :17:18.before. I told her I was on the British Olympic Committee and her
:17:18. > :17:21.daughter was the president. She said that was nice. Lining up
:17:21. > :17:24.behind us, you can see the recipients of today's awards
:17:24. > :17:30.waiting with their families and friends to get their official
:17:30. > :17:38.photos taken as a special remainder of the day. That was all styles for
:17:38. > :17:43.this contemporary artists. I said I was a painter and she smiled when I
:17:43. > :17:47.said I painted the West Highlands. For every one that received honours
:17:47. > :17:50.for the work, whether on the national stage or in the local
:17:50. > :17:57.communities, this event was special and it has been another busy day
:17:57. > :18:03.for the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh as holidayed week continues. --
:18:04. > :18:06.Holyrood. I know what you are thinking. You
:18:07. > :18:08.are surprised to see David Currie here with the sports news rather
:18:09. > :18:15.than picking up his award at Holyrood. David.
:18:15. > :18:18.I sent my butler long to pick it up on my behalf! Ome of the biggest
:18:18. > :18:21.names in world golf are arriving in the highlands for this year's
:18:21. > :18:23.Scottish Open. After 15 years at Loch Lomond, the tournament has
:18:24. > :18:27.been relocated to Castle Stuart, just outside Inverness. So what do
:18:27. > :18:31.the players make of the new venue? Well, some of them have been giving
:18:31. > :18:35.us their thoughts. The tranquillity of a Highland summer's afternoon
:18:35. > :18:44.only slightly disturbed by preparations for the Scottish Open.
:18:44. > :18:48.Is that a bunker or a beach that they are wrecking? Never mind. The
:18:48. > :18:52.spell of his kind of washing he was somewhere else. I would love to
:18:52. > :19:02.have gone back to lock Lomond, I have such a nice memories from last
:19:02. > :19:08.
:19:08. > :19:13.year. But, it is a bit different. But I enjoy playing links courses
:19:13. > :19:18.and I play a lot of links courses as an amateur so I am looking for
:19:18. > :19:20.two this week. The seaside setting is one advantage that castle
:19:21. > :19:27.steward has over Loch Lomond when it comes to attracting the big
:19:27. > :19:35.names. It is the ideal warm-up for the Open, which takes place next
:19:35. > :19:43.week. It is definitely playing like a true links course in terms of the
:19:43. > :19:47.ball playing very much bouncing around. The new venue could
:19:47. > :19:50.challenge the world's top golfers. I wonder how many will get stuck in
:19:50. > :19:54.this massive bunker. Well, if that has got you craving
:19:54. > :19:57.more golf, you do not have long to wait. Sport Nation is on later on
:19:57. > :20:03.BBC 2 and here are the show's presenters John Beattie and Rhona
:20:03. > :20:08.McLeod to tell us more. On tonight Show, the lure of castle
:20:08. > :20:16.steward, the Prime you venue for the Open.
:20:16. > :20:19.We go on tour with two of the biggest names in Scottish Gulf.
:20:19. > :20:25.A special report into the state of Scottish Gulf.
:20:25. > :20:30.We bring you to highs and lows of the Scottish Open Championship.
:20:30. > :20:34.That is 7:00pm, BBC Two Scotland. Craig Bellamy wants to return to
:20:34. > :20:37.Celtic and he is willing to take a pay cut to make it happen. The
:20:37. > :20:40.Welsh striker is looking to leave behind a huge wage packet at
:20:41. > :20:49.Manchester City as he searches for first team football next season. So
:20:49. > :20:53.what chance of a move back North? Chris McLaughlin reports.
:20:53. > :21:01.The Parkhead for Yate six years ago and Craig Bellamy signing on for
:21:01. > :21:11.Martin O'Neill. That did not take long for him to make an impact. --
:21:11. > :21:18.foyer. He decided to go back down south. Now Celtic want him back.
:21:18. > :21:28.The player is also keen to return. But his �90,000 a week wages mean
:21:28. > :21:30.
:21:30. > :21:34.that dealt -- add deal could be tricky. I could be a very valuable
:21:34. > :21:40.Player for Celtic if that was to happen. I think they have very good
:21:40. > :21:46.players on the squad and they do have a bit of money to spend so
:21:46. > :21:54.that would be a good move I think. If he does not, attention will move
:21:55. > :21:59.on. This man remains the preferred option.
:21:59. > :22:02.David Millar has dropped down to fourth place at the Tour De France.
:22:02. > :22:05.It is after he finished 22nd on stage four this afternoon.
:22:05. > :22:08.Australia's Cadel Evans held off a late charge from Spanish defending
:22:08. > :22:12.champion Alberto Contador to win the latest stage of Le Tour, and
:22:12. > :22:22.close the gap on David Millar's team-mate Thor Hushovd, who retains
:22:22. > :22:25.the yellow jersey. In its hey-day, it was the biggest
:22:25. > :22:27.family-owned shipbuilding company in the world. And in three
:22:27. > :22:36.centuries of business, Scotts employed thousands of people in
:22:36. > :22:39.Greenock before closing its doors in the 1990s. Now, the 300th
:22:39. > :22:49.anniversary of the birth of the company is being celebrated by the
:22:49. > :22:50.
:22:50. > :22:56.people of the town. Sally McNair The early 1970s. Shipbuilding was
:22:56. > :23:01.still a major employer on the lower Clyde. Its days were numbered. This
:23:01. > :23:07.man spent half a century working for Scott. He started in the mail
:23:07. > :23:13.room at the age of 14. Having been in the correspondence Department,
:23:13. > :23:18.of my memory is carting the mail bag, a big lead a male back, along
:23:18. > :23:25.to the post office at night. And then collecting it again at eight A
:23:25. > :23:31.M in the morning. Then delivering that male. The business was founded
:23:31. > :23:37.in 1711 by John Scott. He built votes for the herring trade. There
:23:37. > :23:42.were brimming order books to come. In the time -- in its time, the
:23:42. > :23:47.yard pulled over 1,200 vessels. At that speed, it employed around
:23:47. > :23:52.10,000 people. That is the continuity of building. They
:23:52. > :23:58.started off with the small ships and then developed the steam, iron,
:23:58. > :24:03.steel. The decline of the company followed a post-war boom in demand.
:24:03. > :24:09.Overseas competitors at more modern yards and produced cheaper ships.
:24:09. > :24:14.Scots could not compete. When the ships were being produced at half
:24:14. > :24:20.the price, there was increasing pressure on the yards. And merger
:24:20. > :24:28.in the late 1960s, was followed by a nationalisation and then the
:24:28. > :24:32.withdrawal of subsidy -- subsidies. The business closed in 1993. It
:24:32. > :24:41.provided a place of work and a sense of pride. I I was very
:24:41. > :24:51.pleased to be there and I enjoyed, I must say, every minute of it.
:24:51. > :24:51.
:24:51. > :24:56.Let's get the weather now with Patchy rain and cloud for many of
:24:56. > :25:02.us today. As we go through this week, it will turn decidedly
:25:02. > :25:05.unsettled and wet across many parts of the country. That light and
:25:05. > :25:10.patchy rain pushing the wit to the north and east, some drier skies
:25:10. > :25:17.for a time. The rain will come in again in the early hours of the
:25:17. > :25:22.morning. With all the rain around, overnight is fairly mild. That rain
:25:22. > :25:28.is heady again, so we showed that the Met Office has issued a yellow
:25:28. > :25:31.warning. That means to be aware. If we look at the pressure a chart,
:25:31. > :25:36.the idea of low-pressure it than the Atlantic is pushing in from the
:25:36. > :25:46.south-east. That rain will be heavier across the Lothian and
:25:46. > :25:49.
:25:49. > :25:54.borders, through this central belt. It just keeps going through the day
:25:54. > :25:59.tomorrow. It is a wet day across the country tomorrow. By mid-
:25:59. > :26:06.afternoon, it is starting to dry out through the south. The South
:26:06. > :26:12.West is not too bad. The rain will continue through many essentially
:26:12. > :26:16.the is but further north, generally at dry day here in comparison.
:26:16. > :26:21.Through the rest of the afternoon and into the evening, we finally
:26:21. > :26:31.see the rain the shifting away. A lot of standing water on the roads
:26:31. > :26:32.
:26:32. > :26:36.and some will localised flooding. - - localised flooding. More
:26:36. > :26:42.unsettled conditions on the Thursday evening. A lot of showers
:26:43. > :26:46.around, particularly through the south. No real improvement in
:26:46. > :26:51.temperatures. The rain that we're concerned about is that heavy rain
:26:51. > :26:55.tomorrow morning. Tricky driving conditions for some of us.
:26:55. > :26:59.Now, just before 7pm, a summary of tonight's top stories:
:26:59. > :27:02.A man who murdered his first wife in a fake car accident 17 years ago
:27:02. > :27:05.and tried to kill his second in another crash has been sentenced to
:27:05. > :27:08.life in prison. Malcolm Webster was told he will serve a minimum of 30
:27:08. > :27:11.years. The pressure on News International
:27:11. > :27:15.is growing, with fresh allegations about phone hacking. It is claimed
:27:15. > :27:19.people working for the paper interfered with voicemail messages
:27:19. > :27:22.during police murder inquiries. A number of companies are now looking
:27:22. > :27:27.to stop advertising in the News of the World and MPs are to hold an
:27:27. > :27:30.emergency debate tomorrow. An investigation into yesterday's
:27:30. > :27:33.death of a Scots' soldier serving in Afghanistan is continuing. It is
:27:33. > :27:39.believed he went missing from his Helmand base and was later found
:27:39. > :27:41.dead with gunshot wounds. The United Nations is warning of a
:27:41. > :27:44.human tragedy of unimaginable proportions in parts of Africa.
:27:44. > :27:47.Rains have failed for the past three seasons and more than 10
:27:47. > :27:50.million people across large parts of Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya are
:27:50. > :27:53.facing dire shortages of food and shelter.