02/01/2012

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:00:22. > :00:26.Good evening. There is a warning that around 20,000 Scots will go

:00:26. > :00:31.bust in the coming year as the economy falters and unemployment

:00:31. > :00:36.rises. The accountancy firm PKF warns that even affluence courts

:00:36. > :00:41.could find themselves unable to cope with tough economic conditions.

:00:41. > :00:45.It had been hoped that 2012 what would see financial worries ease,

:00:46. > :00:50.but things do not seem to be getting much better. This was the

:00:50. > :00:55.picture in the centre of Glasgow today. The shops are open but the

:00:55. > :00:59.streets are quiet. As we start the new year the figures make

:00:59. > :01:04.depressing reading. It is estimated every week in Scotland 400 people

:01:04. > :01:08.will become insolvent, that is around 21,000 people he will be

:01:08. > :01:13.personally bankrupt or who will have applied for a protected trust

:01:13. > :01:19.deed by the end of 2012. Their only needs to be a couple of hundred

:01:19. > :01:24.going bankrupt and that has slowly risen to 20,000. It is a huge

:01:24. > :01:29.percentage of the population. Pro rata it is a larger percentage than

:01:29. > :01:34.England. The Scottish Government says that where it is within its

:01:34. > :01:39.power to reduce household costs it has taken steps to do so. But it

:01:39. > :01:44.does not come as a shock to many. My sister in law makes hand-made

:01:44. > :01:49.bags and purses and sells them in a lot of shops in Great Western Road.

:01:49. > :01:54.A lot of those shops have gone out of business. My husband works in

:01:54. > :01:59.the arts, so it is on our minds and is something that has affected our

:01:59. > :02:04.family and other members of the family. I do not know a single

:02:04. > :02:09.person who has not had some effect because of the cuts. With the

:02:09. > :02:13.housing market unlikely to improve and many fearing for their jobs,

:02:13. > :02:16.today's news does not herald the happiest of new years for many

:02:16. > :02:20.Scots. A man has been remanded in custody

:02:20. > :02:24.charged with the murder of a 21 year-old who was found with gunshot

:02:24. > :02:30.wounds in Paisley. The body of Stephen Pollock was discovered in a

:02:30. > :02:34.house in Weaver terrors on 21st December. 49 year-old Shane McGrath

:02:34. > :02:38.was remanded at Paisley Sheriff Court accused of shooting and

:02:38. > :02:42.killing the young abattoir worker. After more than a year of

:02:43. > :02:49.uncertainty a buyer has been found for two Clyde built ships at the

:02:49. > :02:54.centre of an international row. The offshore patrol vessels were put in

:02:54. > :02:58.Scotstoun for Trinidad and Tobago. A third was built, but they cancel

:02:58. > :03:03.the order leaving the ships in port without a buyer.

:03:03. > :03:07.The Brazilian navy will buy them. Celtic and Rangers were both

:03:07. > :03:11.winners this afternoon. The Edinburgh derby saw a thrilling end

:03:11. > :03:15.to the game with Hibs losing out to Hearts.

:03:15. > :03:22.The new league leaders Celtic were at bottom team Dunfermline and it

:03:22. > :03:27.was Anthony Stokes who opened their account and the Irishman picked his

:03:27. > :03:35.spot, curling the ball from the edge of the box. Five minutes bid

:03:35. > :03:39.for it -- half time they added the second. In the second half it was

:03:39. > :03:44.Charlie Mulgrew who made it three with a free-kick that seemed to

:03:44. > :03:49.catch the Dunfermline keeper, Chris Smith, by surprise, much to the

:03:49. > :03:53.delight of the travelling support. 10 minutes before the end they

:03:53. > :03:57.brought on last season's player of the Year making his first

:03:57. > :04:03.appearance since breaking his ankle last of us. At Easter Road the

:04:03. > :04:08.Edinburgh derby was only decided in the last seven minutes of the game.

:04:08. > :04:17.Hearts went ahead just after half- time when Ryan MacGowan headed in.

:04:17. > :04:23.But Hibs equalised straight from the restart. It was Hearts who took

:04:23. > :04:30.the points when Andy Webster fired in after 83 minutes and then a

:04:30. > :04:38.third was added in stoppage time. It leaves Hibs manager Pat Fenland

:04:39. > :04:48.still waiting for his first win as boss. Rangers are two points behind

:04:49. > :04:57.

:04:57. > :05:03.Time for the latest weather. It looks like we will see a stormy

:05:03. > :05:09.spell of weather affecting many of us denied and into tomorrow. The

:05:09. > :05:13.Met Office have issued an amber warning for wind. Wind speeds were

:05:13. > :05:20.reached severe storm force gusts, 80 miles an hour. We have got some

:05:20. > :05:26.pretty heavy snow as well. Central, eastern and southern areas will

:05:26. > :05:32.have clear spells and ate it in temperatures. As this rain moves

:05:32. > :05:37.into it, it will turn readily to snow. There will be a accumulations

:05:37. > :05:41.as the night wears on. Temperatures will rise in the south and the

:05:41. > :05:48.winds will pick up as well. Tomorrow morning it is not an ice

:05:48. > :05:55.commute into work for the first day back for many people. Gusts up to

:05:55. > :06:00.80, maybe 85 miles an hour from a westerly direction. They are coming

:06:00. > :06:05.through the central belt, the South and the West. That temperatures

:06:05. > :06:10.will start to fall. We will see some brightness in the afternoon,

:06:10. > :06:15.but in the north we encounter the remnants of the storm. Wins reach

:06:15. > :06:21.severe gale force across the North East as well. The storm will move