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A Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight on your national news: The | :00:16. | :00:21. | |
future of Scotland's rail network. Anger at a suggestion that sleeper | :00:21. | :00:25. | |
services north of the border could be axed or reduced. | :00:25. | :00:29. | |
The high cost of fuel in a remote committees. Help is on the way - | :00:29. | :00:36. | |
but not until the spring. We have come to fill up her car, paying | :00:36. | :00:42. | |
almost �1.43 litre which has about 20p people be on the mainland. | :00:42. | :00:46. | |
Scotland Under 21s defied the odds after an away win against the | :00:46. | :00:49. | |
Netherlands. And the touching story of the | :00:49. | :00:53. | |
Llanishen woman who gave their support to the besieged city of | :00:53. | :01:03. | |
Leningrad 70 years ago. A? Hangs across cross-border | :01:03. | :01:06. | |
sleeper services. A Scottish Government consultation document | :01:06. | :01:09. | |
suggests the number of overnight trains between Scotland and London | :01:09. | :01:13. | |
could be dramatically reduced. The document is designed to promote | :01:13. | :01:17. | |
debate about the future of our rail services, but it has already | :01:17. | :01:23. | |
provoked an angry reaction. There are major changes coming down | :01:23. | :01:29. | |
the line for Scotland's rail network. Scot Rail's contractor | :01:29. | :01:35. | |
private passenger services is coming to an end along with funding | :01:35. | :01:38. | |
arrangements were Network Rail. It must decide what it can and cannot | :01:38. | :01:43. | |
afford to provide in the future. Mrs the first time that we have had | :01:43. | :01:49. | |
their new franchises. This is a consultation, this is asking what | :01:49. | :01:55. | |
people think to come forward with their ideas. Nothing wrong with | :01:55. | :02:03. | |
that are told. But opposition parties and Holyrood say Marge -- | :02:03. | :02:11. | |
much -- many of the Brussels show that the network companies are run | :02:11. | :02:15. | |
the railway track. It is a change of direction from the one we have | :02:15. | :02:20. | |
had 10 years ago. It will force people off the trees and into their | :02:20. | :02:28. | |
cars. The FT 2014 franchise should be a real opportunity to make it | :02:28. | :02:33. | |
affordable. The future of sleeper services between Scotland and | :02:33. | :02:38. | |
London is now up for debate. Tonight a warning that should be a | :02:38. | :02:41. | |
wake up call for passengers who are being urged to voice their support | :02:41. | :02:45. | |
for the sleeper. This is a consultation at this stage, but | :02:45. | :02:50. | |
clearly, any threat to sleeper services is something that the | :02:50. | :02:53. | |
business community throughout Scotland should be concerned about. | :02:53. | :02:58. | |
Particularly in the Highlands, but also in Glasgow, Edinburgh and the | :02:58. | :03:02. | |
central belt. There public has until February to speak out on the | :03:02. | :03:06. | |
future of our rail services, with the results of the consultation | :03:06. | :03:10. | |
exercise published later in 2012. And David Millar is with us now. | :03:10. | :03:20. | |
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Enough controversy has been brought This is a wide-ranging proposal. | :03:21. | :03:24. | |
There could be higher fares at peak times in future on Scotland's | :03:24. | :03:29. | |
trains. The consumption of alcohol could be banned at all times. We | :03:29. | :03:33. | |
could see an end to first class sections on trains in a bid to | :03:33. | :03:37. | |
tackle overcrowding. There is also the possibility that Edinburgh | :03:37. | :03:41. | |
could be a major hub for cross- border services. If you are | :03:41. | :03:44. | |
travelling from the south to the north of Scotland, you would have | :03:44. | :03:49. | |
to get off the floor and is thus trained at Edinburgh and change | :03:49. | :03:56. | |
trains. This is billed as a consultation document. How much is | :03:56. | :04:00. | |
an indication of what the Scottish Harman wants to happen? | :04:00. | :04:09. | |
Scottish Government is adamant this is a consultation exercise only. We | :04:09. | :04:13. | |
can expect to hear a lot more from politicians, public transport | :04:13. | :04:17. | |
campaigners, in the weeks and months ahead. But it would be wrong | :04:17. | :04:21. | |
to suggest this is anything other than that a consultation exercise. | :04:21. | :04:25. | |
It is clear there are many difficult decisions to be taken, | :04:25. | :04:30. | |
and not everyone is going to be happy at the end of the line. | :04:30. | :04:34. | |
Staying with transport issues, a special discount scheme to | :04:34. | :04:38. | |
counteract rocketing petrol prices are remote communities could be in | :04:38. | :04:41. | |
place within months. The Westminster Government promised the | :04:41. | :04:45. | |
move last year but blames delays in Europe for the lack of progress. | :04:45. | :04:49. | |
The news came as MPs called for a UK-wide planned increase in fuel | :04:49. | :04:54. | |
duty in the New Year to be abandoned. | :04:54. | :04:59. | |
It is reckoned the average motorist is paying the Chancellor and �700 | :04:59. | :05:04. | |
in tax every year on a petrol or diesel. Sales figures for a good -- | :05:04. | :05:07. | |
suggest there being more frugal and using less. But some people have no | :05:07. | :05:13. | |
choice, especially in the more remote areas. It is in Scotland's | :05:13. | :05:16. | |
Islander minutes where water has have to deal with the highest cost | :05:16. | :05:20. | |
of petrol. Are you are got the Government was setting up the | :05:20. | :05:24. | |
discount scheme to cut the costs for violent motorists. But there is | :05:25. | :05:29. | |
anger that a year run it is still to be put in place. Many people | :05:29. | :05:34. | |
have to travel up to 70 miles on a round of every day. Where there is | :05:34. | :05:38. | |
no public transport where they -- it can be caught us. It is | :05:38. | :05:43. | |
difficult for most people. I pay out and about �250 a month in fuel. | :05:43. | :05:49. | |
Which is about 20% of her wages. It has a big impact on what I do. | :05:49. | :05:54. | |
today that the news that the island fuel tax should they came back | :05:54. | :05:59. | |
early next year. I expect to see full implementation by the spring. | :05:59. | :06:04. | |
It has to work, not just for the consumers, but for the retailers, | :06:04. | :06:07. | |
the people who are selling it as well. Their concerns have to be | :06:07. | :06:15. | |
heard and acted on. As things stand, fuel duty is set to rise again by | :06:15. | :06:19. | |
three pence a litre at the start of next year. 100,000 people have | :06:19. | :06:24. | |
signed the petition against it and today many MPs at Westminster calls | :06:24. | :06:29. | |
for that price tag to be scrapped. When fuel duty was first introduced | :06:29. | :06:34. | |
in the 1920s, it was a third but its current level in real terms. As | :06:34. | :06:39. | |
ever tax increases have had the engine of a Rolls-Royce but the | :06:39. | :06:43. | |
bricks of a lawnmower. But the uncomfortable fact remains, that | :06:43. | :06:47. | |
whether it is a few pence added are subtracted, tinkering at the | :06:47. | :06:51. | |
margins will not change the level of prices at the Poms. It looks as | :06:51. | :06:57. | |
if we will all have to grin and bear it. | :06:57. | :07:02. | |
That debate about fuel duty is underway. There is due to be a vote | :07:02. | :07:07. | |
soon. Let's go to our Westminster Correspondent. How is a full likely | :07:07. | :07:12. | |
to go? This is one of the rare occasions and Westminster were you | :07:12. | :07:16. | |
have a debate and vote which will not fall down party lines. MPs have | :07:16. | :07:21. | |
been queuing up, so many have wanted to speak, they have been | :07:21. | :07:31. | |
told to keep their speeches down to four minutes. They have said the | :07:31. | :07:37. | |
high a fuel duties are hurting people. The Government will be left | :07:37. | :07:47. | |
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in no doubt by the feeling of MPs. We will see MPs find a firing shot. | :07:57. | :08:04. | |
The problem for the Treasury is that it is strapped for cash. | :08:04. | :08:08. | |
Ministers insist that they are listening but they are giving | :08:08. | :08:14. | |
indications that if they reduce fuel duty on do not go ahead with | :08:14. | :08:19. | |
increases, extra expenses lot of a firm from else where. You will see | :08:19. | :08:24. | |
a lot of MPs making it plain to Ministers that they want something | :08:24. | :08:29. | |
done and they want something done quickly. | :08:29. | :08:37. | |
You are watching Reporting Scotland: Big on Burns, the new | :08:37. | :08:45. | |
mural aiming to capture the essence of the epic poem Tam O'Shanter. | :08:45. | :08:48. | |
And the SPL are now looking at the behaviour of some fancier in | :08:48. | :08:55. | |
Scotland. Plus, it is total football but not as we know it. | :08:55. | :09:02. | |
Scotland Under 21s give a lesson to the Dutch. | :09:02. | :09:06. | |
A fatal accident inquiry into the desert two teenage girls who fell | :09:06. | :09:08. | |
from the Erskine Bridge heard today that one of the girls who died had | :09:08. | :09:13. | |
made a pact with a third girl to jump from the bridge. The care | :09:13. | :09:16. | |
manager from the residential unit in Bishopton where all the girls | :09:16. | :09:20. | |
has been said that a girl came forward after Neve Lafferty and | :09:20. | :09:24. | |
Georgia Rowe were identified as the girls have had died. Aileen Clarke | :09:24. | :09:30. | |
was at Paisley Sheriff Court. Georgia Rowe who was 14 and Neve | :09:30. | :09:34. | |
Lafferty who was 15 died in October 2009 after falling from the Erskine | :09:35. | :09:40. | |
Bridge. They were both residents of the Good Shepherd centre in | :09:40. | :09:49. | |
Bishopton. Today, this woman who was the care | :09:49. | :09:52. | |
manager at the net will the inquiry that when Neve Lafferty was | :09:52. | :09:56. | |
readmitted into the net after enough for those, she was not aware | :09:56. | :10:02. | |
it was a suicide attempt. She told Glee inquiry that the day | :10:02. | :10:05. | |
after the girls died, another girl who was arrested at the centre to | :10:05. | :10:10. | |
older then he had approached her weeks before and asked her if she | :10:10. | :10:14. | |
would jump of their stay in bed with her. The girl said she would | :10:14. | :10:18. | |
because Neve Lafferty was her friend. She knew Enola Heggie could | :10:18. | :10:24. | |
not do it. Ms Davenport has holes - - said that the girl told that | :10:24. | :10:29. | |
Georgia was later invited to join them from jumping off the bridge. | :10:29. | :10:34. | |
They girl wrote a note for almost Davenport about this. In it she | :10:34. | :10:40. | |
said, I personally do not believe Georgia wanted to end her life. I | :10:40. | :10:44. | |
do not think she realised the severity of it. She left to issues | :10:44. | :10:50. | |
because she thought she would be back. A cry for help? | :10:50. | :10:53. | |
They know went on, but I knew that Neve Lafferty knew what was | :10:53. | :10:59. | |
happening. She just wanted one thing, Johnny. And in her mind, | :10:59. | :11:08. | |
that was the only way. God bless her. The inquiry continues tomorrow. | :11:08. | :11:12. | |
Boys, who often lag behind in reading, have close the gap and | :11:12. | :11:17. | |
girls, thanks to a pioneering literacy scheme. Now was the boys | :11:17. | :11:19. | |
and girls are outperforming those to have not taken part in the | :11:19. | :11:23. | |
scheme which was rolled out in North manager. So what is the | :11:23. | :11:27. | |
secret? Researchers say there is no wonder factor. Success has come | :11:27. | :11:30. | |
from packaging together some of the best teaching methods from around | :11:30. | :11:39. | |
the world. Horrid Henry hates babysitters. | :11:39. | :11:43. | |
many boys and girls hate reading. But at his primary school near a | :11:43. | :11:51. | |
tree, it is a different story. As well swear, children learn early | :11:51. | :11:55. | |
what sounds letters make so they can sound out unknown words. It | :11:55. | :12:00. | |
means they can move on quickly to books that have real stories. | :12:00. | :12:04. | |
will read a book from start to finish and then follow that of the | :12:04. | :12:10. | |
through. When she was not on the course, it was more of a chore. | :12:10. | :12:14. | |
wants to pick up the book at home and read it himself. He has more | :12:14. | :12:18. | |
confidence. They had been taking books to bed and reading it | :12:18. | :12:25. | |
themselves. 93% of pupils in primary three scored an average | :12:25. | :12:29. | |
above, compared to 70% of those not on the scheme. And boys recorded | :12:29. | :12:39. | |
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the same results as girls. How come the boys have got up? | :12:41. | :12:44. | |
is in active programme. Physically active and in terms of using your | :12:44. | :12:50. | |
mind. Boys respond well to working in pairs, to doing activities, to | :12:50. | :12:54. | |
be able to talk and discuss. And also the choice of books. Boys are | :12:54. | :12:58. | |
more interested in books that we are giving them to read. So few | :12:58. | :13:03. | |
seem to be switching off for long periods. Partly because the teacher | :13:03. | :13:06. | |
asks more questions, deeper questions and encourages them to | :13:06. | :13:11. | |
top books with each other. No element in his teaching scheme is | :13:11. | :13:15. | |
absolutely revolutionary. What the council has done is looked at | :13:15. | :13:18. | |
research around the world to see what works, then bundled all these | :13:18. | :13:24. | |
things together to launch it here. And critically, all staff get new | :13:24. | :13:31. | |
training in the teaching method has been proven to work. | :13:31. | :13:36. | |
A man accused of attempting to murder a senior lot official has | :13:36. | :13:40. | |
admitted witnessing the attack. Robert Kramer told the court he | :13:40. | :13:45. | |
stop the victim getting a bigger hiding. He denies attacking Leslie | :13:45. | :13:51. | |
Cumming in January 2006. Leslie Cumming was the number two | :13:52. | :13:56. | |
at the Law Society of Scotland. He was attacked on his way home from | :13:56. | :14:00. | |
work in January 2006. The assault left him with permanent scars. | :14:00. | :14:04. | |
Today the managers have tried to kill them admitted he was there but | :14:04. | :14:07. | |
said he tried to stop the attack. Robert Kramer told the court that | :14:07. | :14:12. | |
his real name was Paul France's Midi and that had he had been | :14:12. | :14:15. | |
living in Scotland on a passport that was not his own. He made | :14:15. | :14:19. | |
inquiries in the construction trade where he worked about getting a new | :14:19. | :14:22. | |
passport to help them secure a work in other parts of Europe. The court | :14:22. | :14:29. | |
heard that on 23rd January 2006, a facilitator had made arrangements | :14:29. | :14:33. | |
for Mr game to get those documents. He told the jury that he had been | :14:33. | :14:37. | |
brought here to this lane by a man. He had been told they would meet | :14:37. | :14:40. | |
somebody who would supply Mr Graham with the false passport and | :14:40. | :14:44. | |
driver's licence. He said they what a little down the lane and then | :14:44. | :14:48. | |
waited for the man to arrive. He describes a car driving past and | :14:48. | :14:54. | |
said that the man he knew when to talk to the driver. That is when he | :14:54. | :15:00. | |
said he noticed a fight breaking out. He said it was him that | :15:00. | :15:04. | |
intervened and told the attacker off Leslie Cumming. He said I did | :15:04. | :15:08. | |
not consult them. I stopped him getting a bigger hiding than he got. | :15:08. | :15:12. | |
Robert Graham said he only learned later that a man who in the car was | :15:12. | :15:15. | |
Leslie Cumming but he said that he was warned to keep his mouth shut | :15:15. | :15:20. | |
are something similar might happen to them. Robert Graham denies | :15:21. | :15:30. | |
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�10,000 reward is being offered after a deliberate fire in Glasgow | :15:32. | :15:36. | |
close to the M8 for several others last week and left thousands of | :15:36. | :15:41. | |
homes without electricity. Scottish Power said it hoped to the cash | :15:41. | :15:45. | |
would help the police inquiry at the blaze at an underpass at the M8 | :15:45. | :15:50. | |
near the M8. There was damage to high-voltage power cables. | :15:50. | :15:53. | |
A one million square foot distribution centre for the | :15:53. | :15:57. | |
internet retailer Amazon has been officially opened in Dunfermline. | :15:57. | :16:00. | |
First Minister Alex Salmond has been given a tour of the facility, | :16:00. | :16:06. | |
which will create 750 permanent jobs. The Warehouse will send goods | :16:06. | :16:10. | |
around the world. Scottish Parliament is putting in a | :16:10. | :16:15. | |
planning application for an extension. Holyrood bosses want | :16:15. | :16:18. | |
permission from Edinburgh City Council to build a new security | :16:18. | :16:20. | |
screening hall near the front entrance. The parliament has | :16:20. | :16:25. | |
already spent �2 million on recommended security improvements | :16:25. | :16:30. | |
since the terrorist attack on Glasgow Airport. | :16:30. | :16:35. | |
It was an act of kindness which crossed continents. 70 years ago, | :16:35. | :16:39. | |
the women of Airdrie and Coatbridge in Lanarkshire sent a book of | :16:39. | :16:42. | |
support to the besieged city of Leningrad. They never knew if it | :16:42. | :16:52. | |
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would ever get there. In June 1941, Nazi Germany launched | :16:55. | :16:59. | |
an attack on Leningrad. It was to last for nearly 900 days. There was | :16:59. | :17:05. | |
no heating, no water and very little food. Never 1000 miles away, | :17:05. | :17:09. | |
people in the towns of Airdrie and Coatbridge heard of their plight. | :17:09. | :17:13. | |
They wanted to send messages of support so it was decided the women | :17:13. | :17:21. | |
will write letters. We wanted to let them know the rest of the world | :17:21. | :17:26. | |
cared. This woman's father was one of the driving forces behind the | :17:26. | :17:33. | |
book. It was a simple act of humanity that blew up into not just | :17:33. | :17:36. | |
a local message but a national message and an international | :17:36. | :17:46. | |
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message. We, the women are The book was sent but with | :17:52. | :17:55. | |
Leningrad being cut off with the outside world, no one knew if it | :17:55. | :18:02. | |
would get there. Six months after, a telegram was received. The | :18:02. | :18:09. | |
messages, whilst the bodies were hungry and they have noted, the | :18:09. | :18:15. | |
messages actually fed their souls. The women of Leningrad responded by | :18:15. | :18:19. | |
sending an exquisite album of lithographs, photographs and | :18:19. | :18:23. | |
signatures. We do not know quite how it happened and how they did | :18:23. | :18:29. | |
manage to smuggle it out and the very idea that something as heavy | :18:29. | :18:35. | |
as this was a valued so much. Residents in Airdrie and Coatbridge | :18:35. | :18:43. | |
were overwhelmed. The siege ended in 1944. By then, 750,000 people | :18:43. | :18:47. | |
had starved to death. This book is kept under lock and key in | :18:47. | :18:50. | |
temperature controlled conditions. The Scottish Book is held at the | :18:51. | :18:54. | |
State Museum in St Petersburg and the story of the two Scottish towns | :18:54. | :18:59. | |
is told in classrooms across the city. The kindness of the people of | :18:59. | :19:08. | |
Airdrie and Coatbridge will never be forgotten. | :19:08. | :19:13. | |
And to the sport. Celtic are facing another | :19:13. | :19:16. | |
investigation after more reports of offensive chanting by their fans. | :19:16. | :19:21. | |
This time it is the SPL conducting the investigation. UEFA are also | :19:21. | :19:25. | |
looking into reports of illicit chanting by Celtic fans. Of | :19:25. | :19:29. | |
reporter is in the newsroom. What are the SPL at exactly | :19:29. | :19:33. | |
investigating? It all centres around an SPL match between Celtic | :19:33. | :19:39. | |
and Hibernian at Celtic Park on 29th October. In his report to the | :19:39. | :19:44. | |
SPL, the police match commander Eddie Smith said there had beat | :19:44. | :19:48. | |
pro-IRA chanting. It has also be reported there were two arrests | :19:48. | :19:53. | |
made during the game as well. This is what the SPL operations director | :19:53. | :20:03. | |
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Ian Blair is saying. I am currently And have caused this all comes hot | :20:10. | :20:13. | |
on the heels of the UEFA investigation into what they | :20:14. | :20:18. | |
describe as illicit chanting to link Celtic's UEFA leak victory | :20:18. | :20:21. | |
over Rennes at the start of this month. That disciplinary hearing | :20:21. | :20:26. | |
will be held on 8th December. are Celtic saying and what | :20:26. | :20:30. | |
punishment could they be in for if the fans are found guilty? They are | :20:30. | :20:34. | |
not saying much. They have condemned offensive singing in the | :20:34. | :20:39. | |
recent past. If found guilty, as it is a first offence, it would | :20:39. | :20:45. | |
probably be a warning although points deductions and stay | :20:45. | :20:55. | |
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enclosure are also options. -- stadium Enclosure. For the moment | :20:58. | :21:03. | |
we are away to the SPL's judgment. Scotland's Under-21s have given | :21:03. | :21:06. | |
themselves a great chance of reaching the European Championships | :21:06. | :21:10. | |
for the first time in 15 years. A 2-1 away victory over the | :21:10. | :21:13. | |
Netherlands moved Scotland up to second place in their qualifying | :21:13. | :21:16. | |
group. Back home with plenty to smile | :21:16. | :21:21. | |
about. Scotland's Under 21 victory in Holland may have been a surprise | :21:21. | :21:31. | |
:21:31. | :21:31. | ||
but according to the manager it was deserved. It was a great night. It | :21:31. | :21:36. | |
is always down to players. They got a performance deserving of the | :21:36. | :21:43. | |
result. It only takes a minute. COMMENTATOR: A spectacular start | :21:43. | :21:48. | |
for Scotland! In Jonathan Rhodes' case, it takes less than that. He | :21:48. | :21:53. | |
scored with just 59 seconds on the clock. A sixth goal in the last | :21:54. | :21:57. | |
three qualifiers for him giving Scotland an improbable lead against | :21:57. | :22:02. | |
the group 10 favourites. The Dutch started to look increasingly fluent | :22:02. | :22:07. | |
but there was a goalkeeping error and out controversial decision to | :22:07. | :22:17. | |
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even things out., total a terrific save from the goalkeeper. | :22:21. | :22:25. | |
minutes after the break, David Wotherspoon restored the lead for | :22:25. | :22:28. | |
the visitors. The Dutch goalkeeper could have done better but it was a | :22:28. | :22:34. | |
fine finish. So a win for Scotland in the Netherlands, boosting their | :22:34. | :22:41. | |
chances of reaching their first European championships since 1996. | :22:41. | :22:46. | |
That is all the sport. At 20 metres long and two metres | :22:46. | :22:52. | |
high, it is not a painting to hang above the fireplace. When | :22:52. | :22:58. | |
Edinburgh-based artist Christopher Rutter third decided to catch at | :22:58. | :23:05. | |
the essence off Tam O'Shanter, he realised he had to think big. -- | :23:05. | :23:15. | |
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Chris Wood do that. READS TAM 'O SHANTER. | :23:21. | :23:25. | |
A compilation of key scenes which come together to illustrate the | :23:25. | :23:35. | |
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poem's big picture, victory. We see the drink fuelled imaginations of | :23:37. | :23:45. | |
witches and demons on a terror fuelled by right home to a wife | :23:45. | :23:52. | |
nursing her wrath. I like the Skye Bridge his pet pig. It took six | :23:52. | :23:56. | |
months and here is how it happened. Chris sketched it all first in | :23:56. | :23:59. | |
meticulous detail before up scaling it on to canvas cover sheets of | :23:59. | :24:04. | |
private. Pastel and acrylic paints first and then boils protected by a | :24:04. | :24:14. | |
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beeswax. -- oils it was like a conveyor belt of productivity. | :24:14. | :24:18. | |
People in my studio kept saying, he has not realised quite what he has | :24:18. | :24:24. | |
left himself in for. I did not think it was in my interest to let | :24:24. | :24:28. | |
the reality peers my stupidity. I just kept belting on and you get | :24:28. | :24:33. | |
there in the end. The finished work has been on short-term display | :24:33. | :24:38. | |
where the tale is set. This really is amazing and the detail and the | :24:38. | :24:45. | |
covers are fantastic. The response has been just phenomenal. At 68 ft | :24:45. | :24:49. | |
long by 7 ft high, it is an epic illustration of an epic poem. | :24:49. | :24:53. | |
Destined eventually for the walls of a pub in Glasgow, to be hung | :24:53. | :24:57. | |
there for the edification and entertainment of its Drouthy | :24:57. | :25:07. | |
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Let's see what sort of story the Not too bad. It was cloudy today | :25:14. | :25:18. | |
but a little bit of brightness. We did have a sheet across much of | :25:18. | :25:22. | |
Scotland. However, clear skies in the North West and parts of the | :25:22. | :25:27. | |
South West. So some sunshine here. Overnight, fairly cloudy and quite | :25:27. | :25:31. | |
chilly. In those places we saw clear skies today in the north-west | :25:31. | :25:35. | |
and the south-west, we will see clear skies overnight tonight. Here | :25:35. | :25:40. | |
it will turn quite chilly. Lows around freezing. Perhaps below. | :25:40. | :25:46. | |
Some mist and fog patches forming and some ice. In general, fairly | :25:46. | :25:50. | |
cloudy and those around -- billows around five or six Celsius. | :25:50. | :25:54. | |
Tomorrow morning, mist and fog stubborn to clear but once it does, | :25:54. | :25:58. | |
again a largely dry day. A bit cloudy but as we go through the day, | :25:59. | :26:03. | |
bright and sunny spells developing. More in the way of sunshine at the | :26:03. | :26:06. | |
east coast and around the North East and Grampian, which has not | :26:06. | :26:15. | |
seen that much sunshine. And the favourite spot in the North West. | :26:15. | :26:19. | |
Some cooler spots where the fog is a bit stubborn to clear. As we had | :26:19. | :26:24. | |
to tomorrow evening and overnight, clad building on the South West. | :26:24. | :26:28. | |
This approaching weather front which will push into the West | :26:29. | :26:34. | |
overnight tonight into Thursday. Very heavy bursts of within that | :26:34. | :26:37. | |
although largely light and patchy. That sets us up for Thursday, which | :26:37. | :26:43. | |
will be quite cloudy with outbreaks of rain in the West. A drier and | :26:43. | :26:48. | |
brighter evening towards the east. Into Thursday night and we have a | :26:48. | :26:53. | |
similar thing happening. Overnight, a gain a weather front pushing in | :26:53. | :26:57. | |
across the country. However, that will linger with us for much of | :26:57. | :27:04. | |
Friday. More of a showery picture eventually. Friday is showery. | :27:04. | :27:14. | |
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Pretty mild. We will keep that for Before we go, a summary of | :27:15. | :27:19. | |
tonight's main stories: The public backlash against higher fuel prices | :27:19. | :27:22. | |
reached the UK parliament today with a boat at recording on the | :27:22. | :27:26. | |
Government to hold motoring costs down. A special discount scheme to | :27:27. | :27:31. | |
counteract rocketing petrol prices in island communities and rural | :27:31. | :27:34. | |
areas in Scotland could be in place within months. | :27:34. | :27:37. | |
The future of cross-border sleeper services is under renewed scrutiny | :27:37. | :27:42. | |
following the publication of a consultation document which suggest | :27:42. | :27:45. | |
the number of overnight trains between Scotland and London could | :27:45. | :27:49. | |
be dramatically reduced. The document is designed to promote | :27:49. | :27:55. |