:00:15. > :00:18.Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight on your national news. Pass
:00:18. > :00:28.rates hit another record high, as thousands of pupils receive their
:00:28. > :00:28.
:00:28. > :00:32.exam results, and begin planning for the future. I was expecting to
:00:32. > :00:38.do a little better, but I am pleased it does not prevent me
:00:38. > :00:42.doing what I wanted. I am glad I will be able to do the Highers I
:00:42. > :00:44.want to do. The government says the improvement is down to students'
:00:44. > :00:46.hard work. Also coming up tonight. The First
:00:47. > :00:48.Minister reveals details of his dealings with Rupert Murdoch and
:00:48. > :00:50.News International over the past four years.
:00:51. > :01:00.Former World Champion athlete Liz McColgan denies assaulting her
:01:01. > :01:01.
:01:01. > :01:07.estranged husband at their home. And he hires and fires on a regular
:01:07. > :01:13.basis but does not give interviews very often. But ahead of the Europa
:01:13. > :01:17.League qualifier at Tynecastle for Hearts, the club's owner talks
:01:17. > :01:20.exclusively to Reporting Scotland. Thousands of school pupils across
:01:20. > :01:23.Scotland have been receiving their exam results and, once again, it
:01:23. > :01:26.has been a record year. Over the past four years, there has been a
:01:26. > :01:29.steady improvement. Passes for Highers are up by 3.5%. For
:01:29. > :01:34.Advanced Highers, they are up nearly 5%, and for Access Three
:01:34. > :01:41.exams, there has been an even bigger jump, up nearly 7%. With the
:01:41. > :01:47.details, here is our education correspondent, Seonag Mackinnon.
:01:47. > :01:54.Special delivery at West Lothian's Academy, to do some of the 160,000
:01:54. > :01:59.candidates receiving results today. -- to just some of. The waiting is
:01:59. > :02:03.finally over. I was expecting to do a little better but I am pleased it
:02:03. > :02:08.does not prevent me doing what I want. More relief than anything
:02:08. > :02:13.else and I am glad I will be able to sit Highers that I want.
:02:13. > :02:18.some, the content is not be surprised. By mistake, the Scottish
:02:18. > :02:25.qualifications Authority dispatched results yesterday, a daily, to
:02:25. > :02:30.almost 30,000 pupils. I looked at it and I saw the message and I was
:02:30. > :02:34.just shocked! I had not been expecting it. I was in a charity
:02:34. > :02:39.shop and had come back from lunch and was not expecting to see the
:02:39. > :02:47.message, it was a surprise! Edinburgh, more of those results,
:02:48. > :02:52.with the potential to change lives. I am staying on for the 6th year
:02:52. > :02:57.and hopefully will go to college to do travel and tourism, and if not I
:02:57. > :03:01.would like a job in a bank. It adds up to another year of record -- of
:03:01. > :03:06.record-breaking results. It is a testimony to young people who have
:03:06. > :03:12.worked hard to get the results they need. I congratulate them for that.
:03:12. > :03:15.For those who have not done as well as they wanted, do not despair,
:03:15. > :03:21.helpline people are available to use. For and they are waiting for
:03:21. > :03:26.your calls. Sometimes, parents say they tried to rink but are too
:03:26. > :03:30.upset to talk, it is perhaps first talking to their parent and making
:03:30. > :03:33.sure they are not panicking and finding out there are a lot of
:03:33. > :03:40.options. Avon exam result is not the end of the world, there are a
:03:40. > :03:44.lot of options. Fewer calls than they might have been because of a
:03:44. > :03:48.high pass rate. Pupils are believed to have been working extra hard
:03:48. > :03:55.because of the recession. They know there is a big fight ahead to
:03:55. > :04:00.secure jobs, apprenticeships, college and university places.
:04:00. > :04:05.Anyone looking for help or advice about their exam results can
:04:05. > :04:07.contact the helpline. Alex Salmond has released details
:04:07. > :04:11.of his dealings with News International over the past four
:04:11. > :04:13.years. They show that the First Minister had around 25 meetings
:04:13. > :04:20.with staff from News International, including three with Rupert Murdoch
:04:20. > :04:27.and one with Mr Murdoch's son, James. Laura Bicker is here now.
:04:27. > :04:33.What other details are there, Laura?
:04:33. > :04:37.There are a number of letters dating back to 2007. In one, he
:04:37. > :04:41.describes a meeting in New York with Rupert Murdoch and says his
:04:41. > :04:44.views were, in sight for and stimulating. In another, the First
:04:44. > :04:51.Minister says he hopes News International goes from strength to
:04:51. > :04:54.strength. And that his big bet in newspapers will pay off. As well as
:04:54. > :04:58.inviting Rupert Murdoch to Scotland as part of a homecoming
:04:58. > :05:02.celebrations, the First Minister also extends an invitation to the
:05:02. > :05:07.Ryder Cup intent -- in Kentucky. He offered to pay for accommodation
:05:07. > :05:11.and for his tickets as part of a hospitality package given to the
:05:11. > :05:17.Scottish government by the Ryder Cup. But neither man actually made
:05:17. > :05:20.it to this competition, it has to be said. But it is noteworthy that
:05:20. > :05:23.of everyone given these tickets, the one person who was was Rupert
:05:23. > :05:28.Murdoch. And the reason the SNP felt they
:05:28. > :05:33.had to release this information? The First Minister has come under
:05:33. > :05:36.increasing pressure over last few weeks. Nick Clegg, Ed Miliband,
:05:36. > :05:39.David Cameron have released details of their meetings with News
:05:39. > :05:42.International. But the First Minister has today gone one better.
:05:43. > :05:48.He has released details of his meetings with News International
:05:48. > :05:52.and these letters, which is more than any other UK party leader.
:05:52. > :05:56.What are the other parties saying? The Liberal Democrats have
:05:56. > :05:59.described the First Minister's behaviour showing a cosy
:05:59. > :06:05.willingness to cosy up to the executives at News International,
:06:05. > :06:09.and Iain Gray, the Scottish Labour leader, said the First Minister's
:06:09. > :06:12.behaviour has been highly questionable. But Alex Salmond says
:06:12. > :06:15.his relationship with News International has been reasonable
:06:15. > :06:17.and proper. The former World Champion athlete
:06:17. > :06:21.Liz McColgan has appeared in court in Arbroath charged with assaulting
:06:21. > :06:29.her estranged husband, Peter. She denies the charges and will stand
:06:29. > :06:34.trial in November. Andrew Anderson reports.
:06:34. > :06:40.In 1991, Liz McColgan take Cup -- takes Golden the 10,000 metres at
:06:40. > :06:45.the World Championships in Tokyo. - - takes gold. She was at the peak
:06:45. > :06:48.of her career, one of the top women athletes in the world. She had
:06:48. > :06:56.already won gold and silver medals at the Olympics and Commonwealth
:06:56. > :07:02.Games. Husband and wife, Peter. A alongside her always was a husband,
:07:02. > :07:07.Peter. He is a great husband! as the years passed, the couple
:07:08. > :07:13.grew apart and agreed last year to separate, they said it was amicable.
:07:13. > :07:18.Today, Liz McColgan appeared at the sheriff court in Arbroath accused
:07:18. > :07:22.of assaulting Peter. She is alleged to have attacked her husband last
:07:22. > :07:26.month at the family home would be both continued to live. She is
:07:26. > :07:30.charged with repeatedly punching him and acting in a threatening and
:07:30. > :07:36.abusive manner, and it is alleged she threw his clothes out of my
:07:36. > :07:39.window. Liz McColgan is back in court in November to stand trial.
:07:39. > :07:41.You are watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC. Still to come before
:07:41. > :07:46.seven. Were there two Greyfriars Bobbies?
:07:46. > :07:50.Doubt is cast over the tale of Edinburgh's old faithful.
:07:50. > :07:54.In sport. He has sacked a manager who was a club legend and brought
:07:54. > :08:03.in a new boss days before a big European tie. Tonight, in an
:08:03. > :08:06.exclusive interview, the Hearts owner Valdimir Romanov tells us why.
:08:06. > :08:08.That is in an exclusive interview. We'll also be looking ahead to
:08:08. > :08:12.Hearts' Europa League qualifier against Poksh here at Tynecastle,
:08:12. > :08:18.and picking through the bones of Rangers' failure to qualify for the
:08:19. > :08:22.Champions League. The new Chief Executive of the
:08:22. > :08:25.Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games could be in post by the end of next
:08:25. > :08:30.month. Chairman Lord Smith has told BBC Scotland that a world-class
:08:30. > :08:33.candidate will be appointed to deliver a world-class Games. And as
:08:33. > :08:38.that search continues, the Glasgow 2014 board is also being helped by
:08:38. > :08:46.the Olympic organisers in London. Our Games correspondent, Kheredine
:08:46. > :08:53.Idessane, got exclusive access to the Olympic Park in Stratford.
:08:54. > :08:58.For the Olympics is changing London's landscape. And with a
:08:58. > :09:02.Commonwealth Games to deliver, the Glasgow organisers do not want to
:09:02. > :09:06.miss the bus when it comes to learning lessons. We have got to
:09:06. > :09:09.remember it is unprecedented we signed a memorandum of
:09:09. > :09:14.understanding with the 2012 people, they said they would co-operate
:09:14. > :09:18.with us and we would co-operate to learn as much as possible. And it
:09:18. > :09:22.stretches across a whole area, equipment, hardware and software
:09:22. > :09:27.that they have that is not a value to them at the end of the Games may
:09:27. > :09:32.find its way into the Commonwealth Games. So there is a range from
:09:32. > :09:37.knowledge and expertise, experience of being involved in the Games that
:09:37. > :09:42.we can benefit from. The 2014 team got the best seats in the new
:09:42. > :09:45.Velodrome. Few others have set foot, and Reporting Scotland got
:09:45. > :09:52.exclusive access to an arena designed by a famous cycling
:09:52. > :09:57.Scotsman. Chris hot as design it so we were eager to see him do well. -
:09:57. > :10:01.- helped us design it. You could sell tickets here 10 times over. A
:10:01. > :10:06.staging the Olympics is much harder and expensive than hosting the
:10:07. > :10:13.Commonwealth Games. London has a budget of over �9 billion and
:10:13. > :10:22.Glasgow has feet -- and Glasgow has 524 million. And the Commonwealth
:10:22. > :10:26.Games only have to cope with 61,000 from 71 countries. One board member
:10:26. > :10:30.was keen to see what London is doing for the athletes. With the
:10:30. > :10:35.venues so close to the athlete's village, it has a massive impact
:10:35. > :10:38.because it reduces transport time and everything, so that in itself,
:10:38. > :10:42.if the venue is close to the athletes village, that makes a
:10:42. > :10:47.tremendous difference to preparation and everything else to
:10:47. > :10:51.watch your performance. Olympics is widely regarded as the
:10:51. > :10:55.greatest show on earth and it is certainly -- and it certainly seems
:10:55. > :10:57.a great state has been built in London on which the Scottish
:10:58. > :11:01.athletes will hope to perform to the best of their abilities this
:11:01. > :11:04.time next year. Scottish Water say they are
:11:04. > :11:08.confident that an e-coli scare in Moray will be short-lived and that
:11:08. > :11:11.there is little risk to public health. Householders in three
:11:11. > :11:16.communities have been told to boil all water for drinking or food
:11:16. > :11:25.preparation after the bacteria was found in the water supply. Craig
:11:25. > :11:30.Anderson reports. Water, water everywhere today, but
:11:30. > :11:36.the advice is not to drink it, not without boiling it at least. E-coli
:11:36. > :11:41.has been detected and samples taken from the supply here and consumers
:11:41. > :11:46.have been told to boil and to call any tap water for drinking, cooking
:11:46. > :11:50.or brushing teeth -- to cool. samples we have taken today are
:11:50. > :11:54.very positive and if we get a few more of those, the advice have for
:11:54. > :11:58.They will be to return to normal very quickly. But because it is e-
:11:58. > :12:04.coli, we cannot take chances so the advice is to boil water before
:12:04. > :12:08.consuming, and that is good advice. At this stage, it is nearly an
:12:08. > :12:12.inconvenience rather than a concern for villagers and businesses.
:12:12. > :12:17.small things like we have to buy up ice and we have to buy bottles
:12:17. > :12:21.rather than using machines, if we have to boil water for cooking, so
:12:21. > :12:27.used to things -- so they are just things we have to do and hopefully
:12:27. > :12:31.it is short-term. There is confidence this will not break out
:12:31. > :12:35.into an infection of e-coli in the area. The risk is low and we found
:12:35. > :12:40.only a small number of bacteria in the water so we would be surprised
:12:40. > :12:45.if we got Alness, but as a cautionary measure, we are advising
:12:45. > :12:49.people to boil water. If people get symptoms and are concerned, you
:12:49. > :12:55.should discuss it with your doctor. The mention of e-coli justifiably
:12:55. > :13:00.causes alarm, with deaths of dozens of people in Germany this summer
:13:00. > :13:04.showing just how dangerous it can be. Health experts do not expect an
:13:04. > :13:12.outbreak as a result of this finding, but for now, these
:13:12. > :13:14.Some of the other stories across Scotland this Thursday: Police
:13:14. > :13:18.investigating the murder of three family members in a deliberate
:13:18. > :13:20.house fire in Helensburgh want to speak to two people seen in the
:13:20. > :13:23.area around the time. 21-year-old Thomas Sharkey and his eight-year-
:13:23. > :13:30.old sister Bridget died following the blaze last month. Their father,
:13:30. > :13:35.Thomas, died six days later. Of she has now been told about the deaths
:13:35. > :13:38.of her children and husband. BP says it still intends to restart
:13:38. > :13:41.the Forties oil pipeline tomorrow despite delaying the detonation of
:13:41. > :13:44.a World War II bomb. The device has now been moved a safe distance from
:13:44. > :13:48.the North sea pipeline, but a controlled explosion won't now
:13:48. > :13:52.happen until visibility improves. The Scottish entrepreneur Michelle
:13:52. > :13:55.Mone has offered to help pay the cost of returning the body of a 21-
:13:55. > :14:00.year-old from Glasgow who drowned while on holiday on the Spanish
:14:00. > :14:03.island of Ibiza. Barry Hesford is believed to have been pulled
:14:03. > :14:11.unconscious from a hotel swimming pool in the resort of San Antonio
:14:11. > :14:14.on Tuesday. A day out to an agricultural show
:14:14. > :14:20.may not sound like everyone's idea of a summer treat, but the events
:14:20. > :14:23.have been part of rural life here for 200 years and are still popular.
:14:23. > :14:27.They used to be a showcase for an area's progress, but in the 21st
:14:27. > :14:34.century, do they have any relevance or are they just a habit from days
:14:34. > :14:39.gone by? Willie Johnston went to the Wigtown Show to find out.
:14:39. > :14:42.The lairds and gentry were among the founding fathers. Now, royal
:14:42. > :14:48.approval as prized for major milestones. This week, Princess
:14:48. > :14:54.Anne went to the 175th Arran Shaw. This one marked the 200 anniversary
:14:54. > :15:04.of the society behind it. Rural Scotland, a very definite place in
:15:04. > :15:05.
:15:05. > :15:10.1811. -- different. It used to be a purely subsistence activity. There
:15:10. > :15:13.was very little surplus to maintain a town population. As a result of
:15:13. > :15:17.the changes that took place in agricultural revolution,
:15:17. > :15:22.agriculture became an industry. was all about the improvement of
:15:22. > :15:31.land, crops and livestock, and to a large extent it still is. Three
:15:31. > :15:35.generations of this man's family have shown deary cattle here.
:15:35. > :15:38.were very small and very traditional. It is modernised now
:15:38. > :15:44.it and some people may say we have modernised too far. That is
:15:44. > :15:47.debatable, but we have certainly modernised. Cows give up about
:15:47. > :15:52.twice as much milk as they used to do, which they need to do to keep
:15:52. > :15:56.us in business. Showing of genetic and other developments to farmers
:15:56. > :15:59.remains a key function. They also entertain the non- farming public
:15:59. > :16:04.who flock in their thousands to see their animals and passing royalty.
:16:04. > :16:08.They show, it seems, still has its place. We're here to learn about
:16:08. > :16:12.other farming methods and other farmers. The social side and the
:16:12. > :16:16.competitive side - it is always great if you have a cow better than
:16:16. > :16:21.your neighbours. The life of a farmer can be very lonely, and it
:16:21. > :16:26.is nice to come here and beat friends and make friends. For have
:16:26. > :16:30.a talk and a drink. Even after centuries, year-on-year improvement
:16:30. > :16:40.is still their aim. Perfection is hard to achieve, but showed
:16:40. > :16:40.
:16:40. > :16:43.champions are pretty close. Let's go to Tynecastle for the
:16:43. > :16:46.sport. Welcome to Tynecastle where Hearts
:16:46. > :16:50.play Paksi of Hungary for a place in the final qualifying round of
:16:50. > :16:53.the Europa League in just over an hour. It's 1-1 from the first leg
:16:53. > :17:03.in Hungary, so you'd expect Hearts to be favourites to go through, but
:17:03. > :17:07.
:17:08. > :17:10.things are seldom straightforward here. Just a few days ago, Jim
:17:10. > :17:15.Jefferies was sacked as Hearts manager on Monday and replaced by
:17:15. > :17:18.Paulo Sergio, the former Sporting Lisbon boss. The man who hired and
:17:18. > :17:27.fired, the Hearts owner Vladimir Romanov, has been outlining why in
:17:27. > :17:33.an exclusive interview with BBC Scotland's Brian Mclauchlin.
:17:33. > :17:36.On a morning of Hearts's Europa League tie, the Hearts owner
:17:36. > :17:39.decided the ideal preparation with a dip and Loch Ness. Speaking
:17:39. > :17:48.through an interpreter, fresh in his mind was the reasons for the
:17:48. > :17:58.sacking of Jim Jefferies. I have wasted a lot of nerves taking this
:17:58. > :18:00.
:18:00. > :18:05.decision. This was a hard time. The last 15 games there has not been a
:18:05. > :18:09.lot of achievements or good results. That is something that we have to
:18:09. > :18:13.do. Vladimir Romanov did say that he offered Jim Jefferies the
:18:13. > :18:18.possibility to bring in a European courts. He also said that the
:18:18. > :18:22.sacking of himself and the Billy Brown could have been avoided.
:18:22. > :18:28.don't know how he took it. Perhaps he took it as an insult or
:18:28. > :18:34.something, but that wasn't the purpose. I was trying to help and
:18:34. > :18:39.to find a way forward. Obviously, we were not looking to replace
:18:39. > :18:45.anybody with this. He says the new coach will be allowed to bring in
:18:45. > :18:52.some new players. Now, we have to improve their game of the team. We
:18:52. > :18:59.need to improve the play of the team, and obviously we still lack a
:18:59. > :19:02.number of positions. We need to strengthen number of positions.
:19:02. > :19:06.thing that is for sure is that defeat tonight it will mean that
:19:06. > :19:09.our Hearts's European campaign will sink without trace.
:19:09. > :19:17.Well, I'm joined by the Dundee United manager Peter Houston, who
:19:17. > :19:19.is part of the BBC Radio commentary team for tonight's match. How
:19:19. > :19:24.significantly do you think the managerial turmoil all affect the
:19:24. > :19:28.result tonight? I don't think it will help the players. They were a
:19:28. > :19:31.very good team with Jim Jefferies as manager. It remains to be seen
:19:31. > :19:37.whether Paulo Sergio can make it any better, so it is a massive game
:19:37. > :19:44.for Hearts. It is a big risk for Vladimir Romanov making a change
:19:44. > :19:51.it's such a late stage? Absolutely. Jim and the delay got them here,
:19:51. > :19:57.they got a fantastic one-1 draw up over and Hungary. The later stages
:19:57. > :20:00.are where every Scottish club want to go. If you were in Paulo
:20:00. > :20:04.Sergio's shoes, and had just taken over, what would you be saying to
:20:04. > :20:07.the players now? You have to look at the opposition and see what kind
:20:07. > :20:10.of team they have. It is a difficult situation to come into
:20:10. > :20:13.when you don't even know your own players, but I'm sure the Hearts
:20:13. > :20:17.players will know the Hungarian side and will do well and get the
:20:17. > :20:27.result that is needed. A quick prediction from yourself, Hearts to
:20:27. > :20:30.go through? I think 3-0, I think they will do well.
:20:30. > :20:40.And you can listen to the match live on BBC Radio Scotland, 810 MW
:20:40. > :20:41.
:20:41. > :20:46.and on digital. You can also listen to the action online. If Hearts do
:20:46. > :20:48.go through, the draw will be tomorrow. Rangers also be in at
:20:49. > :20:54.having failed to qualify for the Champions League following their 1-
:20:54. > :21:03.1 draw last night. The financial implications of that future could
:21:03. > :21:06.be felt well be on the Ibrox. This is the goal that cost Rangers
:21:06. > :21:10.another crack at the Champions League, and a guaranteed �15
:21:10. > :21:17.million that comes with it. It could also be argued that the
:21:17. > :21:22.needless red card for Stephen Whitaker and then Madjid Bougherra
:21:22. > :21:28.or cost their team very delay. The financial consequences will be felt
:21:28. > :21:35.Biondi drugs. We get Solidarity money from Uefa. That amount of
:21:35. > :21:41.money depends on whether we have a team in the Champions League. It is
:21:41. > :21:44.about �1.3 million. If we don't, just about �300,000. There is about
:21:44. > :21:48.�1 million expected to come out of the Budget and the pockets of the
:21:48. > :21:53.other SPL clubs. Despite a lack of Champions League
:21:53. > :21:57.cash, Ally McCoist knows his club needs further strengthening.
:21:57. > :22:02.have been attempting to get players in but we have not got his many and
:22:02. > :22:12.as we would have liked. We will continue to search and press for
:22:12. > :22:22.
:22:22. > :22:29.new talent to come to the club. Craig Whyte, who said today but Mac
:22:29. > :22:34.Madjid Bougherra is pushing for a move to another site. We have
:22:34. > :22:37.already seen Vladimir Romanov take a bit of a dip earlier, but on to a
:22:37. > :22:42.significantly more serious woman now. Hannah Mike Leigh says she is
:22:42. > :22:45.prepared to work even harder in her bed to win an Olympic medal. The
:22:45. > :22:49.Inverurie swim and had that, Patrick, who is also her coach,
:22:49. > :22:53.have arrived home with a world championship silver medal. She was
:22:53. > :23:01.second in the 400 metres individual medley in China, but after a brief
:23:01. > :23:04.break, the training will begin for the 2012 games in London.
:23:04. > :23:07.Gold would have been very nice, that would have been a cherry on
:23:08. > :23:10.top, but getting silver is just fantastic. I think it was
:23:10. > :23:15.definitely all about the race, and better MoD believe everything
:23:15. > :23:20.happens for a reason. All the hard work we have put on it now makes us
:23:20. > :23:23.realise there is the long way to go. We are making plans to hopefully
:23:23. > :23:33.make next here in next season tough and challenging, and hopefully
:23:33. > :23:35.
:23:35. > :23:39.produce better results. The winger Andrew driver is in the
:23:39. > :23:42.side for Hearts tonight, he makes his first appearance this season.
:23:42. > :23:45.He's famous around the world as the dog whose loyalty lasted beyond
:23:45. > :23:53.death. Greyfriars Bobby kept vigil at his masters grave for years
:23:53. > :23:56.after the owner had died. But, new evidence appears to suggest that
:23:56. > :24:03.the whole story may have been a fake to attract tourists. Gavin
:24:03. > :24:07.Walker's been investigating. He may be on a little dog but the
:24:07. > :24:12.story of Greyfriars Bobby has been a big attraction to tourists in
:24:12. > :24:18.Edinburgh for up hundreds of years. I came up from Yorkshire because
:24:18. > :24:22.apparently he died with his master. New research suggests much of the
:24:22. > :24:27.story may be faked. It turns out Greyfriars Bobby did
:24:27. > :24:32.not belong with -- to the policeman whose grave he was supposed to stay
:24:32. > :24:35.with. He was in fact a stray from over the wall. The story proved so
:24:36. > :24:40.popular and profitable that when the original dog died, local
:24:40. > :24:46.traders and we got another dog, so they could continue to pull in the
:24:46. > :24:51.cash. The news has come as a shock to some. I am a bit disappointed. I
:24:51. > :24:57.made a lead my photograph actually. Is this not really that of us sat
:24:57. > :25:05.on the grounds? There was no dock. There was no grave. What light tell
:25:05. > :25:10.my wife! It seems many locals already knew it was a shaggy-dog
:25:10. > :25:15.story. In actual fact, John Gray was a policeman and he is buried in
:25:15. > :25:19.East Preston Street, which is two- and-a-half miles away. The dog was
:25:19. > :25:23.apparently sitting in the wrong graveyard entirely.
:25:23. > :25:26.The revelation could be a blow for the local tourist industry, but
:25:26. > :25:35.thankfully there are still other tourist attractions on a more solid
:25:35. > :25:45.footing. Ruining a few days there. Now let's
:25:45. > :25:46.
:25:46. > :25:49.see how our erratic weather is What a wet day we had with some
:25:49. > :25:54.heavy rain moving up from the south. You can see where their heaviest of
:25:54. > :25:59.the name was, across the north-west and also the east. It was also
:25:59. > :26:04.fairly mistake, but clear skies came in behind. For the rest of
:26:04. > :26:07.this evening and overnight, that rain band is slow to clear from the
:26:07. > :26:12.North and eventually, through this evening and overnight, it will
:26:12. > :26:17.continue his journey northwards. It will become confined to the
:26:17. > :26:26.Northern Isles. For the bulk of the country, mainly dry with one or two
:26:26. > :26:29.showers in the West. Winds blowing westerly. Tomorrow morning, for
:26:29. > :26:34.most of the country a better day. The cloud will break up through the
:26:34. > :26:38.morning with some decent spells coming in. It will be wet across
:26:38. > :26:44.the far north. There is that rain tomorrow, still affecting Shetland
:26:44. > :26:51.with highs of 15 Celsius. It will come further south and some decent
:26:51. > :26:57.spells as sunshine, up to 18 Celsius. Temperatures up to 20
:26:57. > :27:01.Celsius for Dundee and Edinburgh. How's it looking for the weekend?
:27:01. > :27:05.Sunshine and showers sums it up nicely. Some of them may be merging
:27:05. > :27:10.together to produce longer spells of rain. This is all down to the
:27:10. > :27:14.area of low pressure that will stick with us. White winds and this
:27:14. > :27:20.front will be the trigger factor for showers. Some decent spells of
:27:20. > :27:27.sunshine across the sheltered north-east. Temperatures Med to
:27:27. > :27:31.high teens. This theory a of low- pressure skirting to the South of
:27:31. > :27:36.Scotland but this front will produce some longer spells of rain.
:27:36. > :27:41.This is the picture for Sunday - longer spells of rain in the North
:27:41. > :27:44.and temperatures at 18 or 19 Celsius. A mixed bag for the
:27:44. > :27:46.weekend. Now, just before 7pm, a summary of
:27:46. > :27:49.tonight's top stories: World markets have suffered further big
:27:49. > :27:56.falls after the President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel
:27:56. > :27:59.Barroso, warned the sovereign debt crisis was spreading.