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Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight, cleared of a sectarian | :00:15. | :00:19. | |
assault but jailed for breach of the peace. The Hearts fan who | :00:19. | :00:23. | |
attacked Neil Lennon. Bucking the trend. Scottish | :00:23. | :00:28. | |
unemployment is down but so are retail sales. We will look at why | :00:28. | :00:31. | |
are our high streets are struggling. Coming together - many colleges and | :00:31. | :00:37. | |
some universities are set to merge. And Scotland win their second match | :00:37. | :00:46. | |
at the Rugby World Cup - in a bruising encounter with Georgia. | :00:46. | :00:48. | |
A football fan cleared of a sectarian assault against the | :00:48. | :00:51. | |
Celtic manager Neil Lennon has been sentenced to eight months for | :00:51. | :00:55. | |
breach of the peace. 26 year-old John Wilson invaded the pitch, | :00:55. | :00:57. | |
shouting and swearing at Neil Lennon during the Hearts Celtic | :00:57. | :01:03. | |
match in Edinburgh last May. At the end of the trial last month a jury | :01:03. | :01:05. | |
found a second charge of religiously aggravated assault not | :01:05. | :01:15. | |
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proven. Our reporter is at Saughton Prison this evening. Of it was a | :01:15. | :01:25. | |
huge match. The mood was described as terrible, tense and toxic. | :01:25. | :01:30. | |
Sectarian chanting came from both sets of supporters. When Celtic | :01:30. | :01:37. | |
scored a second goal, John Wilson invaded the pitch. He charged at | :01:37. | :01:42. | |
the dug-out shouting and swearing at Neil Lennon. The jury deleted | :01:42. | :01:47. | |
the sectarian element from the charge. The Sheriff said, given the | :01:47. | :01:51. | |
extreme antagonism of both sets of supporters, the breach of the peach | :01:51. | :01:56. | |
offence was not mind her. It had potentially serious consequences in | :01:56. | :02:03. | |
a volatile situation. The crowd contained over 16,000 supporters. | :02:03. | :02:08. | |
As well as his sentence, Wilson has been given a five-year banning | :02:08. | :02:13. | |
order. He admitted assaulting Neil Lennon by hitting him on his head. | :02:13. | :02:18. | |
He offered a guilty plea days after it happened but denied shouting | :02:18. | :02:24. | |
sectarian abuse. The Crown rejected that and went to trial. The jury | :02:24. | :02:28. | |
found the religiously or aggravated assault charge not proven. The | :02:28. | :02:38. | |
Crown said... No comment from Neil Lennon or the | :02:38. | :02:43. | |
club but another prominent Celtic man who has also been the victim of | :02:43. | :02:46. | |
sectarian death threats is concerned this sentence sends the | :02:46. | :02:52. | |
wrong message. This sentence will not make him feel any safer. Did | :02:52. | :02:56. | |
the jury returned a verdict anyone understands - no. Was the sentence | :02:56. | :03:02. | |
appropriate? Well people feel safer? Probably not. Does this send | :03:02. | :03:07. | |
her a message to people will do same thing, I'm afraid it does not. | :03:07. | :03:10. | |
John Wilson was released from prison this afternoon after serving | :03:11. | :03:16. | |
half of his sentence already. The number of people seeking work | :03:16. | :03:20. | |
in Scotland has fallen, according to the most recent official data. | :03:20. | :03:23. | |
That runs counter to a sharp increase in unemployment in the | :03:23. | :03:26. | |
rest of the UK. There is worse news on Scottish retail, with consumer | :03:26. | :03:28. | |
confidence running low. Our business editor has been poring | :03:28. | :03:34. | |
over the figures and will explain what is going on out there. | :03:34. | :03:37. | |
Jackie, there is good and bad in these figures, so let us start with | :03:37. | :03:41. | |
something positive. There were 3,000 fewer people looking for work | :03:41. | :03:51. | |
in the three months to July. That takes the number down to 204,000. | :03:51. | :03:54. | |
At the same time there was an increase in thenumber seeking work | :03:54. | :04:02. | |
across the UK. The number on unemployment benefit went up a bit. | :04:02. | :04:09. | |
The survey found 23,000 more Scots were working in that three months. | :04:09. | :04:13. | |
There are lots of public sector jobs being shed but private sector | :04:13. | :04:19. | |
employment has been rising in Scotland. Some cause for optimism, | :04:19. | :04:23. | |
except in retail where a separate set of figures looked poor. | :04:23. | :04:28. | |
Some are born to shop and some look to surf up with retail in retreat, | :04:28. | :04:34. | |
finding a job is proving tough for this couple. I thought I would have | :04:34. | :04:44. | |
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a job. So I am trying to get a job these days. It is really difficult. | :04:45. | :04:55. | |
You send applications on-line. 80 % of the time, they do not even have | :04:55. | :05:01. | |
the decency to e-mail your back saying sorry, no job. Employers | :05:01. | :05:06. | |
know the sector is facing a slump. Retailers taking a serious bashing | :05:06. | :05:11. | |
in the recession and I think that will continue into next year. | :05:11. | :05:15. | |
However, Glasgow loves to shop and retailers holding its own and there | :05:15. | :05:20. | |
are some jobs available. Well there is recruitment underway for a | :05:20. | :05:25. | |
Christmas, high streets like Paisley have lots of empty shops. | :05:25. | :05:32. | |
The total figure for last month was down. Big discounts are on offer. | :05:32. | :05:37. | |
The bright spot - back to school shoes and laptops but consumer | :05:37. | :05:43. | |
confidence is low. There is a real dearth of consumer confidence at | :05:43. | :05:47. | |
the moment. The people are watching their pennies. They are worried | :05:47. | :05:53. | |
about their jobs. They are a lot of adjectives been used by the media | :05:53. | :05:59. | |
about dangerous economic times, about the crisis of the euro-zone | :05:59. | :06:01. | |
and that all goes through to the consumer. | :06:01. | :06:04. | |
So consumer confidence in Scotland looks weak. The business outlook is | :06:04. | :06:06. | |
not so bad, particularly among those selling into growing markets | :06:06. | :06:10. | |
around the world - in engineering, oil and gas, and whisky. But with | :06:10. | :06:12. | |
government spending in decline, finance tight and economic storm | :06:12. | :06:15. | |
clouds on the export horizon, that business optimism may be getting | :06:15. | :06:20. | |
strained. The UK Supreme Court should | :06:20. | :06:23. | |
continue to have a role on Scottish criminal cases according to a new | :06:23. | :06:33. | |
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report for the Scottish government. That finding is despite the First | :06:38. | :06:41. | |
Minister, Alex Salmond, arguing against rulings been made in London. | :06:41. | :06:44. | |
But a group led by the former judge, Lord McCluskey, says the Supreme | :06:44. | :06:47. | |
Court should continue to decide and human-rights cases. However, they | :06:47. | :06:50. | |
say there should only happen after approval from the High Court in | :06:50. | :06:52. | |
Edinburgh. Lord McCluskey's review also criticises changes being made | :06:52. | :07:00. | |
by the UK government as seriously flawed. Still to come before 7pm - | :07:00. | :07:04. | |
Scottish government sense in a team to help manage their Edinburgh | :07:04. | :07:08. | |
trams project. And how North Sea oil came close to | :07:08. | :07:13. | |
be nationalised in the 1970s. And in sport - Celtic arrive in | :07:13. | :07:17. | |
Spain for tomorrow's Europa League game against Atletico Madrid. | :07:17. | :07:22. | |
And at the Rugby World Cup - Scotland triumph in a tough | :07:22. | :07:27. | |
encounter against Georgia. Scottish universities could be | :07:27. | :07:31. | |
facing a shake-up with the possibility of some of them merging. | :07:31. | :07:33. | |
Education Secretary, Michael Russell, says he wants to see | :07:33. | :07:36. | |
greater collaboration between both colleges and even mergers where it | :07:36. | :07:42. | |
made educational and financial sense. He said it would be part of | :07:42. | :07:45. | |
a reform of education for 16 to 19 year-olds. Our political | :07:45. | :07:48. | |
correspondent has been to see a project helping unemployed young | :07:48. | :07:57. | |
people get into work. A fresh start that hopefully leads to a lucky | :07:57. | :08:03. | |
break and a job. This is the Canon Gate youth project in Edinburgh. It | :08:03. | :08:06. | |
provides many services for young people, here they're learning about | :08:06. | :08:11. | |
preparing for work, interview technique, finding the right job. | :08:11. | :08:15. | |
They're going through job applications today. The young | :08:15. | :08:18. | |
people are motivated, they volunteer for this training | :08:18. | :08:24. | |
programme which also pays them �55 a week. A help you figure out the | :08:24. | :08:28. | |
things you want to do later on in life. They help you achieve stuff | :08:28. | :08:33. | |
you need to do that. I did not want to sign on so that is why I came | :08:33. | :08:39. | |
here. It has given me my confidence which I did not have as skill. It | :08:39. | :08:45. | |
is helping me with my CV and with communication with people. | :08:45. | :08:49. | |
Scottish government claims some parts of the system had been | :08:49. | :08:53. | |
untouched for decades. It was to reform her training and skills are | :08:53. | :08:58. | |
delivered. It was a reform of colleges and universities as well. | :08:58. | :09:05. | |
A ideally, I would like to see regional colleges emerged and | :09:05. | :09:09. | |
access level provision delivered locally. Greater collaboration | :09:09. | :09:15. | |
between university -- universities when it makes financial sense. | :09:15. | :09:21. | |
are questions the viability of the screen -- of the scheme. Last year | :09:21. | :09:26. | |
the SNP cut funding to colleges by 10 at present. The number of places | :09:26. | :09:31. | |
at university fell, can he tell us whether this guarantee is backed up | :09:31. | :09:36. | |
by funding for new places at college or university? Tonight | :09:36. | :09:41. | |
there had been calls for more clarity on the proposals as soon as | :09:41. | :09:44. | |
possible. The Scottish government says a proper consultation is vital | :09:44. | :09:53. | |
and it will report back in December. Our education Correspondent is | :09:53. | :09:57. | |
outside the parliament tonight. What is the suggestion about | :09:57. | :10:04. | |
merging year sees, is a surprise? Indeed it was. -- merging the | :10:04. | :10:10. | |
universities. Initially we thought it was a misprint. We checked with | :10:10. | :10:15. | |
the Scottish government and it is true, they are looking at the | :10:15. | :10:19. | |
possibility of higher education institutions being urged. They say | :10:19. | :10:23. | |
it would only be if it makes educational and financial sense. We | :10:23. | :10:27. | |
where where they were looking at the viability of individual courses. | :10:27. | :10:31. | |
They were asking do we really need a subject like a lot to be provided | :10:32. | :10:39. | |
in several institutions. That has sparked concern that we could beat | :10:39. | :10:44. | |
in line for potential job losses. Some of the other stories across | :10:44. | :10:47. | |
Scotland this Wednesday. A report has found a helicopter ditched into | :10:47. | :10:50. | |
the North Sea after the crew misjudged the landing. 18 people | :10:50. | :10:52. | |
were rescued in the incident. Accident investigators say the | :10:52. | :10:56. | |
pilots failed to notice the Super Puma was descending into the sea as | :10:56. | :11:00. | |
it approached BP's ETAP platform in February 2009. Operator Bond says | :11:00. | :11:08. | |
it has already implemented safety changes. Police are appealing for | :11:08. | :11:13. | |
help in finding a serious sex offender who has gone missing. | :11:13. | :11:16. | |
Detectives say members of the public should not approach Brian | :11:16. | :11:19. | |
Andrews to be described as a violent individual. He was last | :11:19. | :11:24. | |
seen last week in landmark but police believe he may now be in the | :11:24. | :11:28. | |
Livingston area. He is believed to have a tent with him and may be | :11:28. | :11:30. | |
camping. Police investigating the | :11:30. | :11:33. | |
disappearance of a man in North Lanarkshire who is believed to have | :11:33. | :11:37. | |
been murdered have found a body near Cleland. 25-year-old Graeme | :11:38. | :11:43. | |
Ferry was last seen in Bellshill in April. His family had been informed | :11:43. | :11:46. | |
about their discovery. Last week three men appeared in court charged | :11:46. | :11:54. | |
with his murder. Scottish ministers have stepped in | :11:54. | :11:58. | |
to help run the Edinburgh trams project. A team of officials from | :11:58. | :12:02. | |
Transport Scotland had been sent in to take up senior positions on his | :12:02. | :12:07. | |
project. Ministers have agreed to reinstate �72 million of government | :12:07. | :12:11. | |
funding the earlier decided to withhold. The government has | :12:11. | :12:16. | |
announced a final delivery date and cost. | :12:16. | :12:20. | |
In the summer of 2014, the government now in says these long | :12:20. | :12:27. | |
empty tracks will be buzzing with the sound of trans. The latest | :12:27. | :12:34. | |
estimated cost is �776 million, plus the �200 million cost of | :12:34. | :12:37. | |
borrowing. The Scottish government announced a date that after years | :12:37. | :12:44. | |
of washing its hands of the project, with it comes they �72 million | :12:44. | :12:49. | |
withdrawn last month. As a condition of the money, the Sunday | :12:49. | :12:53. | |
2 million, we had decided we need the power of direction and if | :12:53. | :12:58. | |
necessary the power of veto. We do not anticipate we will need to use | :12:58. | :13:02. | |
those powers, but if we need to use them, we well to make sure sensible | :13:02. | :13:07. | |
decisions are taken for the next the years of this project. It is | :13:07. | :13:12. | |
unclear how much responsibility the government will take. Ministers say | :13:12. | :13:16. | |
it transports Colin now has the power of veto or whether tram | :13:16. | :13:19. | |
project but the Edinburgh Council will remain responsible for paying | :13:19. | :13:23. | |
the bell. Nevertheless, the council has | :13:23. | :13:27. | |
welcomed the government announcement. | :13:27. | :13:31. | |
It is good news. It is something we wanted to have and we're very | :13:31. | :13:34. | |
pleased that Transport Scotland will be more involved. | :13:34. | :13:38. | |
It is hoped they announcement will bring forward the recommencement of | :13:38. | :13:43. | |
work on the stalled project but much remains to be done. They are | :13:43. | :13:47. | |
still 700 utility junctions to take care of between sin Andrew's Square | :13:47. | :13:52. | |
and the market. All that remains now is for the council and its main | :13:52. | :13:57. | |
contractor to sign a new contract. Government ministers said that it | :13:57. | :14:00. | |
happened this afternoon. But this evening we go stations are still | :14:00. | :14:07. | |
continuing. More than 40 fire fighters have | :14:07. | :14:11. | |
spent the day tackling a huge fire in the Moray town of Buckie. The | :14:11. | :14:14. | |
outbreak was reported at around 7 o'clock this morning at a disused | :14:14. | :14:17. | |
supermarket in the town. Grampian Fire and Rescue Service says no one | :14:17. | :14:23. | |
was injured and an investigation into the cause is underway. | :14:23. | :14:28. | |
Strike action is looming at a port, with tug drivers voting to take | :14:28. | :14:32. | |
industrial action. They are unhappy about changes to shift patterns | :14:32. | :14:37. | |
which could see them working longer hours. The council is trying to cut | :14:37. | :14:41. | |
costs as activity at the port is in decline. | :14:41. | :14:44. | |
Leading Government figures wanted to buy the North Sea's major oil | :14:44. | :14:47. | |
fields from BP when significant discoveries were made in the 1970s. | :14:47. | :14:50. | |
That's a claim from a new official history of the North Sea oil and | :14:50. | :14:53. | |
gas industry. An academic from Aberdeen University has spent a | :14:53. | :14:56. | |
decade trawling through government documents for the project. Kevin | :14:56. | :15:06. | |
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Keane reports. 1975, and the Energy Minister makes | :15:06. | :15:10. | |
his first visit offshore to see the process that will bolster the UK's | :15:10. | :15:15. | |
economy. It is this that makes the prospects for the future looks so | :15:15. | :15:19. | |
different. But while BP were glad handling the Minister, I see was | :15:19. | :15:24. | |
making plans to strip them of their 0 C interest and can then to the | :15:24. | :15:29. | |
newly emerging national or or corporation. It was a paper company | :15:29. | :15:34. | |
more than a real company for some time. He had some quite radical | :15:34. | :15:39. | |
ideas, the most of which was to take over all of BP's assets. | :15:39. | :15:43. | |
did not happen. It was too expensive, and Prime Minister | :15:43. | :15:50. | |
Harold Wilson thought it took nationalisation too far. Tony Benn | :15:50. | :15:54. | |
stands by his ambitions and says he was perfectly open about them with | :15:55. | :15:58. | |
the oil industry. If we have been able to do that, more money would | :15:58. | :16:06. | |
have come to was, greater control of the ordeal. We were very action | :16:06. | :16:11. | |
-- anxious to see the oil was not depleted so rapidly that you are | :16:11. | :16:17. | |
left with empty fields. The history also charts Shelton's battle with | :16:18. | :16:22. | |
the government over oil revenue. It had become an increasingly | :16:22. | :16:26. | |
important site, and we see it here being officially opened by the | :16:26. | :16:31. | |
Queen. But the Treasury wanted any payments to be made to them. They | :16:31. | :16:36. | |
threatened to cut off grants, but eventually backed down. There was a | :16:36. | :16:42. | |
worry this would lead to other local authorities, in Scotland or | :16:42. | :16:48. | |
maybe elsewhere, saying they should also get a share. Shetland council | :16:48. | :16:56. | |
had to dig in their heels. We held all the cards. The technology of | :16:56. | :17:00. | |
the day meant a oil pipelines had to come to the nearest landfall | :17:00. | :17:06. | |
which was with us. And we knew that. So we just had to stay firm and in | :17:06. | :17:12. | |
the end the government gave in. the 1974 elections, nationalism was | :17:12. | :17:22. | |
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Peking. -- at its height. The economic benefits of oil also been | :17:24. | :17:29. | |
downplayed by the government as a move to down play the nationalist | :17:29. | :17:36. | |
movement. A new map is being launched showing | :17:36. | :17:39. | |
where all the "green spaces" are in Scotland's towns and cities. | :17:39. | :17:41. | |
Information from councils has been pieced together to show everything | :17:41. | :17:44. | |
from allotments to major parks. The people behind the project say the | :17:44. | :17:46. | |
online map could help councils develop their planning and | :17:46. | :17:52. | |
environmental policies - and be of interest to the public too. | :17:52. | :17:57. | |
And from fields to fields of dreams, here's Jonathan with the sport. | :17:57. | :18:00. | |
Scotland's Rugby World Cup campaign continues along a winning path but | :18:00. | :18:03. | |
they were made to work for victory in their second match of the | :18:03. | :18:05. | |
tournament. Scotland eventually overcoming Georgia 15 points to 6 | :18:05. | :18:08. | |
in Invercargill. The match wasn't a thing of beauty but it gives | :18:08. | :18:12. | |
Scotland nine points in Pool B ahead of the sterner tests to come | :18:12. | :18:22. | |
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against Argentina and England. The kicks and Dan Parks eventually saw | :18:25. | :18:30. | |
off the Georgian challenge, but it was a difficult few minutes, with | :18:30. | :18:37. | |
Scotland continually spilling the ball. Very difficult conditions | :18:37. | :18:42. | |
with the wet weather. Whenever we gained territory and attacked, we | :18:42. | :18:48. | |
kept turning the ball over which was disappointing, so we need to be | :18:48. | :18:52. | |
better at holding on to the ball. Georgian made life uncomfortable | :18:52. | :19:02. | |
for Scotland, taking a point lead. Down parks' kicking was not always | :19:02. | :19:07. | |
spot-on either. But by half-time he was in the groove and had kicked | :19:08. | :19:17. | |
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them into a 93 lead. -- 9-3 lead. Parks aged Scotland into double | :19:23. | :19:30. | |
figures and all those Scotland -- and although Jorja would score | :19:30. | :19:37. | |
again, Scotland maintained the lead. That is phase one out of the way, | :19:37. | :19:41. | |
we going to face to now playing Argentina and England. It is now | :19:41. | :19:48. | |
about winning two games there. We have to focus on Argentina were -- | :19:48. | :19:53. | |
first, which will get us the qualifier. And plenty of recovery | :19:53. | :19:58. | |
time for the Scots, it is 11 days until that match against Argentina. | :19:58. | :20:01. | |
Andy Murray feels he doesn't have to make big changes to his tennis | :20:01. | :20:07. | |
game in order to achieve Grand Slam success. Just days after his semi- | :20:07. | :20:10. | |
final defeat at the US Open, Murray is back in Scotland on duty with | :20:10. | :20:13. | |
the Great Britain Davis Cup team. And, as David McDaid discovered, he | :20:13. | :20:23. | |
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appears happy to be home. Back in Scotland, backward the boys | :20:26. | :20:32. | |
and back smiling. Not much banter here, to be honest, unfortunately! | :20:32. | :20:38. | |
But it is good being involved in 18, it is different to what we used to. | :20:38. | :20:46. | |
It is good fun, I have always enjoyed it. At the Grand Slams, you | :20:46. | :20:51. | |
can be pretty selfish, you do everything to your timetable and | :20:51. | :20:57. | |
whatever. Now, you're part of the team where everybody has to be | :20:57. | :21:01. | |
involved in setting up the practices and that sort of thing. | :21:01. | :21:05. | |
What we wear so we are all co- ordinated - that is my favourite | :21:05. | :21:13. | |
part! Getting a phone call about the colours for the next day. | :21:13. | :21:17. | |
here where Andy Murray will be trying to help team at GB to great | :21:17. | :21:22. | |
success over the weekend. The Scot does not believe it will take much | :21:22. | :21:28. | |
more before he is tasting Grand Slam success. Anybody suggesting I | :21:28. | :21:31. | |
should make huge changes to my game, it is not really the way to go | :21:31. | :21:35. | |
forward. You need to just keep building habitus a time. When you | :21:35. | :21:40. | |
try to make drastic changes when you are at the top of his sport, it | :21:40. | :21:46. | |
messes with your minds quite a lot and and mentally you will struggle | :21:46. | :21:49. | |
because the differences are so small they if you try to make a | :21:50. | :21:55. | |
major change, it is not normally for the best. Just like Novak | :21:55. | :21:59. | |
Djokovic has been doing. He believes in the work that he does | :21:59. | :22:07. | |
and things will work out. Four now, that is all to one side, as they | :22:07. | :22:12. | |
prepare for hungry on Friday. The Rangers' owner Craig Whyte | :22:12. | :22:15. | |
insists it is "business as usual" despite ongoing speculation about | :22:15. | :22:18. | |
the club's finances. In a statement on the Rangers' website, Mr Whyte | :22:18. | :22:21. | |
denied that the club was on the brink of insolvency and said it was | :22:21. | :22:24. | |
trading normally with a "strong balance sheet". Former chief | :22:24. | :22:26. | |
executive Martin Bain has had almost �0.5 million of the club's | :22:27. | :22:34. | |
assets frozen as he pursues a �1.3m damages claim. | :22:34. | :22:36. | |
Celtic have travelled to Spain for tomorrow night's Europa League tie | :22:36. | :22:41. | |
against Atletico Madrid. New signing Mohamed Bangoura with the | :22:41. | :22:43. | |
shiny headphones. Celtic were reinstated in the competition at | :22:43. | :22:46. | |
the expense of Sion after the Swiss side were chucked out of the | :22:46. | :22:48. | |
tournament for fielding ineligible players. The Celtic assistant | :22:48. | :22:56. | |
manager Johan Mjallby is expecting a tough game in the Spanish capital. | :22:56. | :23:03. | |
It is a very hard game against a tame -- 18 doing very well. What | :23:03. | :23:13. | |
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can you do? It is a great game and it will be a good experience. | :23:14. | :23:17. | |
A reminder that our money man Fergus Muirhead is back with us | :23:17. | :23:19. | |
next Wednesday. He'll be looking at income protection and critical | :23:19. | :23:22. | |
illness cover - what options are available and which are best for | :23:22. | :23:25. | |
you. Send your questions to [email protected]. He'll do his best | :23:25. | :23:35. | |
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Let us take a look at the weather. Hello. It was not too bad in | :23:35. | :23:38. | |
central and southern parts of the country today, but a different | :23:38. | :23:43. | |
story to the final. You can see that swirl of cloud around, | :23:43. | :23:49. | |
bringing strong, gusty winds and rain. Into this evening, it will | :23:49. | :23:53. | |
turned right for all of us and will be a chilly night as well. Here is | :23:53. | :23:58. | |
the map from 7 o'clock, those winds and rain easing, leaving a calm, | :23:58. | :24:03. | |
dry night against most parts of the country. Clear skies as well and | :24:03. | :24:08. | |
beneath them temperatures in towns and cities will be down to five | :24:08. | :24:13. | |
degrees. Chance of the grass frost in rural parts. As you step out | :24:13. | :24:18. | |
tomorrow it will be quite cool and perhaps Chile. All in all, they | :24:18. | :24:24. | |
stay will probably be the best day of the week there. Lots of dry | :24:24. | :24:28. | |
weather and by mid-afternoon, say about four o'clock, temperatures | :24:29. | :24:35. | |
will be up to 16 or 17 agrees. With light and variable winds, not too | :24:35. | :24:39. | |
bad at all. A chance of rain across the Inner Hebrides, but much of the | :24:39. | :24:45. | |
country will be dry, fine and bright. A bit cooler across Orkney | :24:45. | :24:50. | |
and Shetland, but a far superior dated today. The rest of the | :24:50. | :24:55. | |
afternoon and into the evening, stained try and calm but all | :24:55. | :25:04. | |
changed overnight. -- staying dry and calm. This front will work its | :25:04. | :25:08. | |
way in from the Atlantic, bringing a wet end to the week for many of | :25:08. | :25:12. | |
us. He is the map for Friday, you can see that rain working its way | :25:12. | :25:16. | |
in from the south and west. The North East stays dry it for the | :25:16. | :25:23. | |
longest. Saturday will be a story of blustery showers, temperatures | :25:23. | :25:33. | |
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15 or 16 degrees. Tonight, dry but Now, let's recap tonight's main | :25:36. | :25:40. | |
stories... A football fan cleared of a sectarian assault against the | :25:40. | :25:43. | |
Celtic manager Neil Lennon has been sentenced to eight months for | :25:43. | :25:46. | |
breach of the peace. 26-year-old John Wilson invaded the pitch, | :25:46. | :25:48. | |
shouting and swearing at Neil Lennon during the Hearts-Celtic | :25:48. | :25:51. | |
match in Edinburgh last May. At the end of the trial last month | :25:51. | :25:54. | |
the jury found the second charge of religiously aggravated assault not | :25:54. | :26:04. | |
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proven. Two men who claim they were kept as virtual slaves on a | :26:11. | :26:13. | |
travellers' site in Bedfordshire have been speaking about their | :26:13. | :26:16. | |
ordeal for the first time. The men spent months at the Greenacres site, | :26:16. | :26:19. | |
but they had escaped before police raided it over the weekend. They | :26:19. | :26:21. | |
claim others had been trapped there for years. | :26:21. | :26:24. | |
The number of people seeking work in Scotland has fallen, against a | :26:25. | :26:28. | |
sharp increase in unemployment in the rest of the UK. But there's not | :26:28. | :26:31. | |
such good news for the Scottish retail industry, with consumer | :26:31. | :26:41. | |
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confidence running low. That's the news so far this evening. | :26:41. | :26:49. | |
Just over Yip -- a year after floods last year, Pakistan | :26:49. | :26:53. | |
authorities are reporting the floods this year will be worse. | :26:53. | :26:57. | |
They are the worst monsoon rains in a century. Over 5 million people | :26:57. | :27:01. |