:00:07. > :00:10.Good evening. A man has appeared in court within the past hour -
:00:10. > :00:13.accused of the rape and attempted rape of two women in the city
:00:13. > :00:16.centre of Glasgow last week. The 21-year-old was arrested by police
:00:16. > :00:26.after the separate incidents in the city centre in the early hours of
:00:26. > :00:27.
:00:27. > :00:31.Wednesday. Julie Peacock reports from Glasgow Sheriff Court. When we
:00:31. > :00:35.- just 21-year-old Scott Kerr from East Kilbride appeared in private
:00:35. > :00:40.at Glasgow Sheriff Court, accused of the rate of one woman and the
:00:40. > :00:44.attempt to treat for another in Glasgow's city centre. He made no
:00:44. > :00:50.declaration and was remanded in custody. He has been refused bail.
:00:50. > :00:53.The first incident to pip place at around 4pm on Wednesday morning as
:00:53. > :00:58.a 20-year-old woman was walking home after a night out. She was
:00:58. > :01:03.walking along Sheens of what Street in the Premier Long area of the
:01:03. > :01:11.city when she was dragged into a nearby car park and seriously
:01:12. > :01:17.sexually it salted. -- assaulted. She managed to flag down help, but
:01:17. > :01:22.15 minutes later another woman aged 22 years old was raped in the car
:01:22. > :01:27.park across the road from the first attack. Police in the city stepped
:01:27. > :01:30.up patrols over the Christmas period.
:01:30. > :01:33.A teenager has been arrested in connection with a murder in Airdrie
:01:33. > :01:36.last week. 42-year-old Christopher Bergen was stabbed in the close of
:01:36. > :01:39.the flats where he lived in the Plains area of the town, in the
:01:39. > :01:42.early hours of Christmas Eve. He died later in hospital. A 19-year-
:01:42. > :01:45.old has been arrested. He's expected to appear at Airdrie
:01:46. > :01:48.Sheriff Court tomorrow. Police are investigating two
:01:48. > :01:51.shootings in the Glasgow area on Christmas Eve. A 36-year-old man
:01:52. > :01:55.was seriously injured in Springburn in the north of the city around 2am.
:01:55. > :01:58.Police say he was shot by a passenger in a car. He's said to be
:01:58. > :02:01.in a serious, but stable condition in hospital. Around ten hours later,
:02:01. > :02:04.a 23-year-old was shot near a golf range in Bishopbriggs, around three
:02:04. > :02:07.miles away. Four men were spotted running from the scene. Detectives
:02:07. > :02:17.say they're not ruling out the possibility that the two incidents
:02:17. > :02:17.
:02:17. > :02:20.are linked. There's been a lively start to the
:02:20. > :02:24.post-Christmas sales, with some shops reporting that thousands of
:02:24. > :02:34.customers were queuing from before dawn to pick up a bargain. Gavin
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:02:34. > :02:39.Walker reports. A thousands of bargain hunters hit the stores
:02:39. > :02:43.today as a sales got under way. As retailers held their breath that
:02:43. > :02:47.that money would finally start to flow. Below Christmas, shops
:02:47. > :02:53.reported below average sales, but big discounts are finally getting
:02:53. > :02:59.shoppers crowding through the doors. But so will Bowburn a shopping
:02:59. > :03:03.centre in Glasgow was expecting 50,000 customers today and around
:03:03. > :03:06.1,500 were queuing from 5am. Many stores offered substantial
:03:06. > :03:14.discounts and in Edinburgh, it looked like shoppers were taking
:03:14. > :03:20.full advantage. Just some jeans and shoes that were run as cheap offer.
:03:20. > :03:27.Today it was just because I had some vouchers, but I do not tend to
:03:27. > :03:32.brave the sales. It was madness. have spent quite a lot.
:03:32. > :03:36.Christmas season is vital for shop's turnover. Pre-Christmas
:03:36. > :03:42.purchases were slow, but there has been a lively start to the sales.
:03:42. > :03:45.They will be hoping that continues. Rangers are appealing the red card
:03:45. > :03:47.that Lee McCulloch received against St Mirren on Saturday in the SPL.
:03:47. > :03:51.The midfielder was dismissed, because the referee felt he'd
:03:51. > :03:54.caught Graham Carey with an elbow. McCulloch will now be free to play
:03:54. > :04:04.against Celtic in Wednesday's Old Firm derby at Parkhead, as the SFA
:04:04. > :04:06.
:04:06. > :04:09.are not due to hear the appeal until at least January 5th.
:04:09. > :04:12.Christmas weather conditions in Shetland saw hurricane force winds
:04:12. > :04:15.cause some damage - and some people there are still without any power.
:04:15. > :04:25.Christopher is here now to tell us how it's looking there and across
:04:25. > :04:26.
:04:26. > :04:29.The strong winds will ease as we go into this evening and tonight. The
:04:29. > :04:34.rain making its way from the north- west down to the south-east this
:04:34. > :04:40.evening. It will ease and fragment as it does so. Behind that front,
:04:40. > :04:49.much colder conditions. We will see a pocket or two of frost and icy
:04:49. > :04:54.patches idle one. It will be milder overnight. Into tonight and
:04:54. > :04:58.northern Scotland stars brighten fine and crisper. Temperatures are
:04:58. > :05:03.around eight or nine degrees for most, but wins much lighter
:05:03. > :05:07.compared to today. This evening and overnight, heavy rain pitching in
:05:07. > :05:11.from the West that will crossover Scotland fairly quickly during
:05:11. > :05:16.their early hours. It is part of an area of low pressure that is
:05:16. > :05:19.certainly Atlantic heading our way on Wednesday. It will bring very
:05:19. > :05:24.strong winds indeed. We have an early warning in force from the
:05:24. > :05:27.letter offers for that wind. It is yellow and that means to be aware
:05:28. > :05:33.that the moment but we could see severe gales anywhere across the
:05:33. > :05:40.country on Wednesday. West and central parts of the country, some
:05:40. > :05:44.blustery showers. Temperatures average for this time of year, five
:05:44. > :05:45.or six degrees. Stay tuned to the forecast, because details could
:05:45. > :05:47.change. Thanks, Christopher. That's all