:00:17. > :00:20.Good evening. Much of Scotland has been battered by severe gales today.
:00:20. > :00:27.Ferris have been cancelled and many of the country's road bridges have
:00:27. > :00:32.been closed to high sided vehicles. Throughout the day, high-speed
:00:32. > :00:37.winds battered central and southern Scotland. This was the picture on
:00:37. > :00:47.the Ayrshire coast. Even seagulls struggled. Here's the view from our
:00:47. > :00:48.
:00:48. > :00:54.roof camera, when the winds were at their peak in Glasgow. Winds were
:00:54. > :00:59.reporteded at 160mph and a Gus of 87mph were reporteded on the road
:01:00. > :01:04.bridge. It's not in the league of the storm on 9th December when wind
:01:04. > :01:09.speeds reached 106mph. There is more of this weather to come.
:01:09. > :01:13.Looking at the outlook over the next week to ten days, I think it's
:01:13. > :01:17.a very similar pattern to what we have experienced recently. We can
:01:17. > :01:22.expect more cycles of windy weather with rain, particularly in the west,
:01:22. > :01:26.followed by colder weather behind. Ferris were cancelled, flights to
:01:26. > :01:33.the highland and islands disrupted. There were wind warnings and speed
:01:33. > :01:38.restrictions on all major bridges across the country. It's about
:01:38. > :01:43.3.30pm in the afternoon in the centre of Glasgow. It's gone high
:01:43. > :01:49.tide. The water here in the Clyde is very high this afternoon. We
:01:49. > :01:56.were told that between 3.00pm and 4.00pm the winds would reach their
:01:56. > :02:02.peak. It's 60mph here at the moment. Despite the storms in Edinburgh
:02:02. > :02:08.shoppers battled on. The fun fair was off in Glasgow. A few,000 homes
:02:08. > :02:13.in Argyll and the west are without power and the Motherwell and
:02:13. > :02:16.Dunfermline match is off. If you are in the north-east the winds are
:02:16. > :02:20.on your way tonight. Investigations are continuing into a house fire in
:02:20. > :02:23.Kilmarnock in which a nine-year-old boy died. Evan Mohammed and his two
:02:23. > :02:27.younger sisters were rescued from the house by firefighters. He lost
:02:27. > :02:34.his fight for life. His sisters are in a stable condition in hospital.
:02:34. > :02:37.His mother and older sister escaped injury. Police investigating the
:02:37. > :02:41.murder of 21-year-old Stephen Pollock will tonight be stopping
:02:41. > :02:45.and interviewing motorists and pedestrians a week on from his
:02:45. > :02:48.death. He died after being involved in an argument and then shot in
:02:48. > :02:54.Paisley last Wednesday night. Detectives say they are still
:02:54. > :02:56.trying to find a motive for his murder. Lawyers for the Ultimo
:02:56. > :03:01.lingerie tycoon, Michelle Mone, have confirmed that she and her
:03:01. > :03:04.husband Michael are to separate. The statement said the split was
:03:04. > :03:09.amicable and that no other party was involved. The couple will
:03:09. > :03:13.continue to work together in their business, MJM International. Singer
:03:13. > :03:18.songwriter Emeli Sande is toasting the most successful year of her
:03:18. > :03:22.career so far back home with her family in Aberdeenshire. The 24-
:03:22. > :03:31.year-old from Alford has had a whirlwind 12 months, including
:03:32. > :03:35.supporting Coldplay and wind winning a BRIT Award. Home for the
:03:35. > :03:40.holidays. Precious time with family after an extraordinary year. This
:03:40. > :03:44.year has been filled with things that I would have been amazed if
:03:44. > :03:47.one of these things would have happened this year. It's, kind of,
:03:47. > :03:52.next week something incredible happens. You get another piece of
:03:52. > :03:58.nues. -- news. It feels like a dream because you don't have a
:03:58. > :04:03.minute where you can stop and think about, "yeah, I did that", you
:04:03. > :04:10.know! Major chart success, a MOBO nomination, to top it all, a BRIT
:04:10. > :04:16.Award. To win the Critics' Choice is something I've always wanted.
:04:16. > :04:21.Last year I was at the Brits when Jesse J picked up her awards. Being
:04:21. > :04:26.here a year later is incredible. This is where it all began. The
:04:26. > :04:30.school choir, conducted by her dad. Even at 12 she impressed. I had
:04:30. > :04:37.asked her to sing a solo in the Christmas concert. Within a couple
:04:37. > :04:43.of bars of her singing the songs she had prepared, the hairs on the
:04:43. > :04:51.back of my neck stood up. I just thought, "wow, where does that
:04:51. > :04:55.voice come from". Her dad also saw something special. She puts in so
:04:55. > :05:01.much effort. You can see that she's actually putting in a lot of
:05:01. > :05:05.emotion in the thing. That is really there. It feels like a dream
:05:05. > :05:11.really. I always thought, wouldn't it be wonderful to switch on the
:05:11. > :05:18.radio and one of her songs on the radio. It has come true. With a new
:05:18. > :05:25.album coming out, toult is tipped to be even bigger for Emeli Sande.
:05:25. > :05:28.-- 2012. My wish for 2012 is that things continue to go well. That's
:05:28. > :05:32.it. Celtic host Rangers tonight at Park head in the Chris mald Old
:05:32. > :05:35.Firm derby. The man in charge of policing say that is an evening
:05:35. > :05:39.kickoff won't make any difference to the way they deal with it.
:05:39. > :05:43.can control the people who, perhaps, have taken alcohol who will try and
:05:43. > :05:48.get admittance to the game. We can arrest them trying to get into the
:05:48. > :05:52.match Wyles drunk or turn them away if we feel they have had too much
:05:52. > :05:56.to drink. When you have an afternoon kickoff it gives people
:05:56. > :06:02.who are hell bent on anti-social behaviour and alcohol-fuelled
:06:02. > :06:07.violence all day to drink. There is a balance we have to make. A short
:06:07. > :06:11.time ago our sports correspondent sent this report from Celtic Park.
:06:11. > :06:15.So much is made about what this fixture brings off the field,
:06:15. > :06:20.remember it's a huge game for both sides on the field this evening as
:06:20. > :06:26.well. For Celtic, a chance for them to go top of the SPL table. For the
:06:26. > :06:32.very first time this season. They are one point behind Rangers that
:06:32. > :06:38.is staggering to think that Rangers were 15 points clear. A huge turn
:06:38. > :06:42.around for Celtic. For Rangers, Lee McCullough is fit and available. He
:06:42. > :06:46.was sent off in the game against the weekend. Rangers are appealing
:06:46. > :06:50.that red card. Until that appeal is heard he is available. The bad news,
:06:51. > :06:55.perhaps, is their stuttering form. They lost that game to St Mirren at
:06:55. > :06:59.the weekend. They have been a little bit stodgeyi compared to
:06:59. > :07:03.Celtic who are looking for nine straight league wins in a row. The
:07:04. > :07:06.fans hoping for a great game of football. The blustery conditions,
:07:06. > :07:10.Scottish football hoping that all the talk after the game is about
:07:10. > :07:15.what happens on the field as opposed to what happens off it.
:07:15. > :07:18.will be not be the easest of nights to play football. Severe gale force
:07:18. > :07:23.to play football. Severe gale force winds today. What is in store
:07:23. > :07:33.tomorrow? Yes, very windy across the whole of the country today. The
:07:33. > :07:35.
:07:35. > :07:39.highest wind speed was 87mph on the Tai Bridge. Amber warning will
:07:39. > :07:43.expire in the next few hours as the winds pull away. All associated
:07:43. > :07:45.with a deep area of low pressure. That is off the north-east of the
:07:45. > :07:52.country at the moment. The winds are whipping around the centre of
:07:52. > :07:56.the low there. The 70mph risk will diminish over over the next few
:07:56. > :08:00.hours but will transfer up to the north-east during the small hours
:08:00. > :08:04.over night. In the west heavy showers in the east, clear dry,
:08:04. > :08:08.colder conditions. Lows to two or three degrees. Tomorrow, that low
:08:08. > :08:14.pressure that brought the high winds today is well away from us us
:08:14. > :08:17.pushing over to Scandinavia. The next feature working in from the
:08:17. > :08:23.Atlantic will introduce showers into western parts of the country
:08:23. > :08:27.to start the day tomorrow. The further east you are, dryer,
:08:27. > :08:34.brighter conditions. Through the morning dry weather will be around.
:08:34. > :08:37.Sunshine in between the clouds. A windy day still. Some of the shores
:08:37. > :08:42.showers wintry over the higher ground. Into the evening the winds
:08:42. > :08:46.will ease down. The showers will ease. In the east clear, cold night.
:08:46. > :08:56.Clear cold and crisp in the east on Friday. In the west showery with
:08:56. > :08:58.
:08:58. > :09:03.rain pushing in. For Hogmanay showers and clear spells. It will
:09:03. > :09:08.be breezy. For the day on Saturday the showers will be in western
:09:08. > :09:12.parts. The further east that you are, dryer and brighter. By day
:09:12. > :09:16.temperatures 10 or 11 degrees. Into the evening three or four. With a
:09:16. > :09:18.strong south-westerly breeze feeling cold by midnight. Tonight,