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Welcome to Reporting Scotland. Tonight on your national news. | :00:14. | :00:17. | |
A new row over the independence referendum as Alex Salmond invites | :00:17. | :00:20. | |
the Prime Minister for talks, but Nick Clegg says he's got to deal | :00:20. | :00:25. | |
with the Scottish Secretary instead. The Scottish rugby international, | :00:25. | :00:28. | |
Rory Lamont, apologises after using Twitter to describe President Obama | :00:28. | :00:34. | |
as a whore. Also in the programme tonight. | :00:34. | :00:37. | |
The French breast implant scandal. A group of Scottish woman say | :00:37. | :00:39. | |
they're planning legal action against the private firms who | :00:39. | :00:49. | |
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provided them. I paid nearly �4,000 for these implants and they have | :00:53. | :00:56. | |
been proven to be a risk to my health and they could go at any | :00:56. | :01:00. | |
time and now I am being told they have to pay again. | :01:00. | :01:02. | |
And can Andy Murray finally win a grand slam title? | :01:02. | :01:06. | |
He's hoping he can go one better at the Australian open and put behind | :01:06. | :01:14. | |
his defeat by Djokovic in last The First Minister Alex Salmond | :01:14. | :01:17. | |
says he wants to hold face-to-face talks with David Cameron about the | :01:17. | :01:19. | |
independence referendum. Mr Salmond was speaking in Dublin at a summit | :01:20. | :01:22. | |
meeting he attended with the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. Earlier, | :01:22. | :01:24. | |
the First Minister accused Westminster of bullying and | :01:24. | :01:28. | |
hectoring. As Tim Reid reports, the week's events are being noted far | :01:28. | :01:38. | |
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Scotland's constitutional future is making the news around the world. | :01:46. | :01:49. | |
This tie one cartoon is not perhaps how the British media would depict | :01:49. | :01:59. | |
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the battle. == Taiwan. At a meeting of the British and Irish Council | :02:04. | :02:07. | |
and Dublin, relations look healthier but the UK Government | :02:07. | :02:13. | |
dismissed accusations of bullying from Alex Salmond. Far from | :02:13. | :02:19. | |
accusing him of bullying, we have said we will give to the Scottish | :02:19. | :02:23. | |
government the power to a hold the referendum and illegally | :02:23. | :02:28. | |
unambiguous manner. With Westminster and Edinburgh at odds | :02:28. | :02:32. | |
over the question, a jovial offer from Northern Ireland to use | :02:32. | :02:38. | |
dormant for peace talks. We have a castle in Belfast and I am sure we | :02:38. | :02:42. | |
would be prepared to make it available for peace discussions. | :02:42. | :02:45. | |
The First Minister says he is willing to host a attend formal | :02:45. | :02:50. | |
talks with the Prime Minister. are happy to talk and will not be | :02:50. | :02:56. | |
intimidated or delayed or talk down to or have a stunning spooled. The | :02:56. | :03:00. | |
extraordinary mandate of the Scottish National Party from the | :03:00. | :03:03. | |
Scottish people should lead to a constructive discussion and let us | :03:03. | :03:08. | |
not play games. Whatever the outcome - unlikely to be as | :03:08. | :03:15. | |
dramatic as some might think. A lot of public rhetoric one where | :03:15. | :03:19. | |
the other today, what is going on behind the scenes? | :03:19. | :03:24. | |
Despite some of those scenes today, here the war of words continues. | :03:24. | :03:28. | |
Government sources say it is contradictory that Alex Salmond is | :03:28. | :03:31. | |
inviting the Prime Minister to talks in Edinburgh when earlier | :03:31. | :03:39. | |
this week he said Westminster should but out of the campaign. | :03:39. | :03:45. | |
There was a warning today that Alex Salmond had been invited to talks | :03:45. | :03:51. | |
but has not replied. He said he replied today and said that Michael | :03:51. | :03:55. | |
Moore can attend the talks but what is going on today his political | :03:55. | :04:00. | |
brinkmanship. In the coming days, there will be lots more of that to | :04:00. | :04:03. | |
come. And here's Isabel Fraser with a | :04:03. | :04:11. | |
look ahead to this week's new-look Sunday Politics Scotland. | :04:11. | :04:15. | |
Who says the constitution cannot put the heather on fire? After a | :04:15. | :04:19. | |
remarkable week, we speak to the First Minister and the Scottish | :04:19. | :04:24. | |
Secretary in the all new Sunday politics Scotland. | :04:24. | :04:28. | |
Network Rail is to be prosecuted for a train crash in Cumbria, which | :04:28. | :04:31. | |
killed a woman from Scotland. An inquest into the death of Margaret | :04:31. | :04:34. | |
Masson from Glasgow revealed that faulty points on the track were to | :04:34. | :04:37. | |
blame for the derailment. Now rail bosses could face an unlimited fine. | :04:37. | :04:47. | |
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Laura Bicker reports. The Virgin train derailed at 95 mph | :04:50. | :04:57. | |
with all passengers flying on this embankment. Among the passengers - | :04:57. | :05:00. | |
84-year-old Margaret Masson from Glasgow the died from multiple | :05:00. | :05:05. | |
injuries. 86 others were injured. An inquest into the pensioner's | :05:06. | :05:11. | |
death ruled that poorly maintained points were to blame. They were | :05:11. | :05:14. | |
degraded and unchecked. This in junior admitted he had forgotten to | :05:14. | :05:21. | |
inspect them but Margaret Masson's family have said they feel he is | :05:21. | :05:30. | |
not solely responsible. This man was sincere, showed remorse and he | :05:30. | :05:34. | |
has my utmost respect. My family will not hold anything against him. | :05:34. | :05:38. | |
I met him and shook his hand and thank him for what he tried to do | :05:38. | :05:43. | |
and nobody listened to him. Today, nearly five years after the crash, | :05:43. | :05:49. | |
Network Rail will face prosecution. It seems to me that the prosecution | :05:49. | :05:54. | |
of Network Rail is inappropriate and natural consequence given the | :05:54. | :06:04. | |
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evidence that came out. -- and The charges relate to breaches of | :06:15. | :06:19. | |
health and safety regulations. If found guilty, Network Rail will | :06:19. | :06:23. | |
face an unlimited fine. Many of those caught up in this chaos say | :06:23. | :06:26. | |
they simply want justice done. You're watching Reporting Scotland | :06:27. | :06:29. | |
from the BBC. Still to come on the programme. | :06:29. | :06:32. | |
There's a new look for Scotland's oldest newspaper but it comes as | :06:32. | :06:40. | |
the industry suffers falling circulation. | :06:40. | :06:44. | |
Andy Murray's new coach tells us that people are being too critical | :06:44. | :06:49. | |
of the world No. Four. We're in Australia for the dock of the | :06:49. | :06:59. | |
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world's worst -- first Grand Slam A Scotland rugby international has | :07:00. | :07:04. | |
apologised after describing the US President Barack Obama as a whore. | :07:04. | :07:07. | |
Rory Lamont used the Twitter social network to make disparaging remarks | :07:07. | :07:09. | |
about a number of world politicians, including David Cameron and the | :07:09. | :07:19. | |
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German chancellor, Angela Merkel. Annie McGuire has the details. | :07:21. | :07:25. | |
This social media site Twitter is teaming with Scottish courts people, | :07:25. | :07:30. | |
with everyone from the head of the SFA to Andy Murray using the site. | :07:30. | :07:38. | |
-- sports people. Their views and the language used | :07:38. | :07:41. | |
by Scottish rugby international or Rory Lamont go beyond the normal | :07:41. | :07:51. | |
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fare. Tweeting on 4th January, he In March last year, he told David | :07:58. | :08:01. | |
Cameron to pay down over Colonel Gaddafi using one of the most | :08:01. | :08:08. | |
offensive words and the English language. Despite his sponsorship, | :08:08. | :08:12. | |
he has tweets criticising bankers and the involvement of Germany in | :08:12. | :08:18. | |
the Urals on crisis is compared to Hitler. This is taken seriously and | :08:18. | :08:21. | |
the Scottish Rugby Union gave players this lecture before last | :08:21. | :08:28. | |
year's Six Nations. Remember, with Twitter, Facebook and so on, it is | :08:28. | :08:32. | |
not about you because you represent Scotland. Your comments and photos | :08:32. | :08:37. | |
and videos will be circulated among more than just your friends. Is he | :08:37. | :08:47. | |
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behaving in a way befitting a The Celtic manager Neil Lennon as | :08:50. | :08:55. | |
another Twitter user but fully understands the risks involved. | :08:55. | :09:02. | |
would rather they kept their views on other areas of their life. I | :09:03. | :09:06. | |
didn't think our players are intelligent enough to docker that | :09:06. | :09:12. | |
politics. Rory Lamont remains on Twitter but for sporting bodies, | :09:12. | :09:16. | |
the question of how to manage players and an internet age remains | :09:16. | :09:20. | |
a concern. And you can hear more on that story in Sport Nation with | :09:20. | :09:22. | |
John Beattie, tomorrow morning on BBC Radio Scotland, at 9am. | :09:22. | :09:24. | |
Police investigating the disappearance of a man in East | :09:24. | :09:27. | |
Renfrewshire believe they have found his body in water close to | :09:27. | :09:30. | |
where he was last seen. 48-year-old Derek MacInulty, from Burnbank in | :09:30. | :09:32. | |
Hamilton was seen leaving a newsagent in Eaglesham on 3rd | :09:32. | :09:40. | |
January. A car, thought to be his, has been found in a river nearby. A | :09:40. | :09:43. | |
post-mortem examination will be held to establish the cause of | :09:43. | :09:47. | |
death. A group of women in Scotland who | :09:47. | :09:49. | |
received PIP breast implants are planning to take legal action | :09:49. | :09:53. | |
against the private firms who provided them. Although the UK | :09:53. | :09:56. | |
government says there's no evidence that they pose a higher risk to | :09:56. | :09:59. | |
women's health than other implants, women who had the implants on the | :09:59. | :10:05. | |
NHS can have them removed free of charge. But private firms are | :10:05. | :10:10. | |
refusing to pay the cost of removing them. Julie Peacock | :10:10. | :10:17. | |
reports. Trawling the Internet for | :10:17. | :10:22. | |
information. This women received and plants from a private clinic in | :10:22. | :10:27. | |
2004. It has emerged that some were made with industrial grade silicone | :10:27. | :10:31. | |
which could cause a threat if it ruptures. She wants them removed | :10:31. | :10:38. | |
but the clinic says it will cost almost �3,000. I paid �4,000 nearly | :10:38. | :10:43. | |
four those implants and now they have been proven to be made with | :10:43. | :10:47. | |
mattress filler, there a risk to my health and could go at any time. I | :10:47. | :10:52. | |
am being told I need to pay again so they will make a profit on the | :10:52. | :10:57. | |
needing a replacement. I think it is a scandal. Now she and many | :10:57. | :11:00. | |
others are taking legal action against the firms who are refusing | :11:00. | :11:04. | |
to remove them free of charge. The UK Government says there is no | :11:04. | :11:10. | |
clear evidence of an increased risk of harm. Even so, NHS patients can | :11:10. | :11:15. | |
have them removed for to be if they want. Both the UK and Scottish | :11:15. | :11:17. | |
government have arched private clinics to do the same but some | :11:17. | :11:22. | |
have refused. Lawyers say that is illegal. They were quick enough to | :11:22. | :11:27. | |
take the money in the first place. It seems clear from the evidence in | :11:27. | :11:30. | |
France that the goods were not a satisfactory quality and on that | :11:30. | :11:35. | |
basis, the legislation is clear. They must pay for them to be | :11:35. | :11:41. | |
replaced and there must be compensation. Private clinics like | :11:41. | :11:45. | |
this both used these implants on Scottish patients. The body which | :11:45. | :11:50. | |
represents them says it is not their responsibility to remove them. | :11:50. | :11:54. | |
It says it trusted the advice of the Department of Health and the | :11:54. | :11:59. | |
standards regulator who said these implants were safety used. It is up | :11:59. | :12:02. | |
to the Government to meet the costs of removing them. Wiseman Dairies, | :12:02. | :12:04. | |
Britain's biggest fresh milk supplier and one of Scotland's | :12:04. | :12:07. | |
largest companies, is in talks about a possible takeover offer | :12:07. | :12:11. | |
from Germany's Muller dairies. The East Kilbride-based company made | :12:11. | :12:14. | |
the announcement to the stock market, after a surge in its share | :12:14. | :12:18. | |
price. Stock market rules say Muller has until the 10th February | :12:18. | :12:23. | |
to make a formal offer or pull out of talks. | :12:24. | :12:27. | |
A look now at what else has been happening across the country this | :12:27. | :12:35. | |
Friday. Network Rail plan to place barriers | :12:35. | :12:41. | |
that all 23 open a level-crossing across Scotland. At trial at two | :12:41. | :12:46. | |
crossings and Ardrossan proved successful. They will be much safer | :12:46. | :12:49. | |
than they are at the moment with a physical barrier coming down in | :12:49. | :12:54. | |
front of people. People will have no excuse. | :12:54. | :12:59. | |
30 firefighters tackle major blaze at the Aberdeenshire roofing firm. | :12:59. | :13:05. | |
The a 90 had to be closed for four hours because of smoke. | :13:05. | :13:09. | |
More than 300 classroom assistants threatened with redundancy last | :13:09. | :13:13. | |
year will now be kept on by Highland Council but retrained as | :13:13. | :13:16. | |
pupil Support assistants. It is a turnaround from budget cuts | :13:16. | :13:21. | |
announced last year. Growing fears about the safety of | :13:21. | :13:26. | |
schoolchildren being ferried by bought around a closed still roam | :13:26. | :13:32. | |
road. The road was shut after a landslide in December. | :13:32. | :13:35. | |
Harris tweed Hebrides predict another growth here for the | :13:35. | :13:40. | |
industry and have kicked off 2012 by naming says career as a new | :13:40. | :13:45. | |
target market. We are already 25% ahead in terms of orders and we | :13:45. | :13:49. | |
wear at this time last year and that is encouraging. | :13:49. | :13:52. | |
Super-fast broad band could be available in the Highlands and | :13:52. | :13:57. | |
Islands by the start of next year. A project being carried out is the | :13:57. | :14:01. | |
largest rural broad band initiative it anywhere in the UK. | :14:01. | :14:06. | |
Talks have begun to try to save the Borders three remaining youth | :14:06. | :14:11. | |
hostels. The Scottish hostels Association say it is no longer | :14:11. | :14:13. | |
viable but to a script on them to stay. | :14:13. | :14:22. | |
More on those and other stories on The downward trend in daily | :14:22. | :14:25. | |
newspaper sales has been confirmed again by the release of the latest | :14:25. | :14:29. | |
circulation figures. All of Scotland's daily titles, with the | :14:29. | :14:33. | |
exception of the Mail, have lost readers. Not included in the | :14:33. | :14:35. | |
figures was the Aberdeen-based Press and Journal, which today made | :14:35. | :14:39. | |
a little bit of history by publishing for the last time as a | :14:39. | :14:43. | |
broadsheet. From now on, it will only be available in tabloid format. | :14:43. | :14:53. | |
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But will that be enough to keep sales up? A little piece of | :14:53. | :14:58. | |
printing history, as the last broadsheet press in general ward | :14:58. | :15:03. | |
off the presses. After today, only tabloid sized versions of the | :15:03. | :15:09. | |
newspaper will be available on the street. It is a significant change | :15:09. | :15:15. | |
after 250 years. The compact version is not new and was phased | :15:15. | :15:19. | |
in eight years ago. The current editor says it should not be a | :15:19. | :15:26. | |
shock to readers. His it is something of a gamble. It is the | :15:26. | :15:32. | |
bold step and an innovator step. But we're very positive about their | :15:32. | :15:41. | |
reactions or four. It is an evolutionary step. Readers are | :15:41. | :15:46. | |
drifting away from newspapers at an alarming rate. Circulation figures | :15:46. | :15:51. | |
show the Herald suffered a fall of nearly one 5th in the second half | :15:51. | :15:58. | |
of last year. The Scotsman dropped, as the de daily record, both by | :15:58. | :16:04. | |
over seven %. But this lecturer says the Press and Journal was one | :16:04. | :16:11. | |
of the best that slowing the decline. It is any area which is | :16:11. | :16:15. | |
economically very strong and they have a strong brand. They are able | :16:15. | :16:19. | |
to secure a much bigger share of the market. But in common with all | :16:19. | :16:27. | |
newspapers, they are having to always look for words. When the | :16:27. | :16:36. | |
Titanic sank 100 years ago, it was reported in the paper that it was | :16:36. | :16:44. | |
reported as a Aberdeen man lost its sea. That is not a true story, but | :16:44. | :16:51. | |
the current owners hope that today's change will see the paper | :16:51. | :16:56. | |
ceiling too much colder waters. BBC Scotland has learned that a new | :16:56. | :16:59. | |
funding package is being worked out to get more schoolchildren to take | :16:59. | :17:02. | |
part in physical education. At the moment, fewer than one quarter of | :17:02. | :17:05. | |
Scotland's secondary schools are delivering two hours of PE a week. | :17:05. | :17:15. | |
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Gymnastic class in the 2012 in the East End. Much of the talk is about | :17:22. | :17:30. | |
the Commonwealth Games in two years' time. I think we will get a | :17:30. | :17:33. | |
lot out of the Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games. I think it | :17:33. | :17:41. | |
could be a very important legacy. as well improving the weekly stats | :17:41. | :17:45. | |
for physical education. Less than one quarter of secondary schools | :17:45. | :17:51. | |
offered to hours per week. There are many obstacles to overcome if | :17:51. | :17:58. | |
the Scottish government is to deliver and the pledge to deliver | :17:58. | :18:08. | |
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two hours of PE a week by 2014. One man with a vision to improve | :18:11. | :18:15. | |
physical education knows we must capitalise on the Olympic and | :18:15. | :18:21. | |
Commonwealth Games legacy. It would be embarrassing if we had such high | :18:21. | :18:26. | |
profile events in or country and did not do something for young | :18:26. | :18:34. | |
people in the future. It would be criminal and embarrassing. But as | :18:34. | :18:44. | |
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Glasgow builds towards 2014, is there going to be any legacy? | :18:48. | :18:52. | |
hard to see if there will be any legacy and it is probably more | :18:52. | :18:56. | |
important that we concentrate on things which we know contribute to | :18:56. | :19:04. | |
poor health, such as poverty and poor housing. I have learned their | :19:04. | :19:07. | |
new finances are being put together by the Scottish government as it | :19:07. | :19:11. | |
tries to reach its target for physical education. We should know | :19:11. | :19:21. | |
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the details of a funding package in the next few weeks. No, it is time | :19:21. | :19:26. | |
for us all to hold our breath again, as Andy Murray goes for another | :19:26. | :19:28. | |
major title? Andy Murray's coach says his | :19:28. | :19:31. | |
protege is getting too much criticism for his failure to win a | :19:31. | :19:34. | |
major tournament. Eight-time major winner Ivan Lendl has only been in | :19:34. | :19:37. | |
post since December, but some believe he could help Murray break | :19:37. | :19:40. | |
his duck. If he is to do it at Australian Open over next fortnight, | :19:40. | :19:43. | |
he will have to overcome some tough opponents, starting with America's | :19:43. | :19:53. | |
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Ryan Harrison. The job could have been kinder for Andy Murray. To get | :20:00. | :20:06. | |
to the final, he may have to beat Joe Wilfred song Gatt and Novak | :20:07. | :20:14. | |
Djokovic. How does that leave his title chances? I think he has got | :20:14. | :20:21. | |
the 4th best chance. Obviously, after the top three days, I think | :20:21. | :20:28. | |
he has made progress, but I think that is why he hired Ivan Lendl. He | :20:29. | :20:36. | |
knows he has got to get better. It is going to be interesting. They | :20:36. | :20:42. | |
knew a coach was tight-lipped on how he would help Andy Murray. | :20:42. | :20:47. | |
am not going to go into any game things or what is going to happen | :20:47. | :20:51. | |
on court. I think it is just having someone around to has been there | :20:51. | :20:58. | |
and played a very similar game. It is someone to talk to and to listen | :20:58. | :21:07. | |
to. Many people now see Ivan Lendl as the missing piece in the Andy | :21:07. | :21:11. | |
Murray's puzzle. He has lost three Grand Slam finals, including two | :21:12. | :21:20. | |
here in Melbourne. His new course things that is harsh. I think it | :21:20. | :21:25. | |
has been very harsh. It is the same as I got when I was losing to John | :21:25. | :21:31. | |
McEnroe and Bjorn Borg. Perhaps the only way to silence the critics is | :21:32. | :21:35. | |
to win here in Australia. Rangers have offered a contract to | :21:35. | :21:39. | |
the Swedish midfielder - Mervan Celik He is one of a number of | :21:39. | :21:42. | |
players Ally McCoist is keen on. The Rangers boss will also take a | :21:42. | :21:45. | |
look at the Estonian defender Enar Jaager on trial next week. | :21:45. | :21:48. | |
And a pre-contract offer has been made to the St Johnstone striker | :21:48. | :21:51. | |
Francisco Sandaza.The Spaniard has scored 12 goals in the first half | :21:51. | :21:56. | |
of the season and will face the Ibrox club tomorrow lunchtime. | :21:56. | :21:59. | |
Edinburgh Rugby are just over an hour away from playing what their | :21:59. | :22:03. | |
coach says could be the most important match of the season. A | :22:03. | :22:06. | |
win over Racing Metro in France would earn the Scottish pro side a | :22:06. | :22:09. | |
place in the last eight of the prestigious Heineken European Cup. | :22:09. | :22:12. | |
But it would not be the first momentous Scottish victory at the | :22:12. | :22:22. | |
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stadium just outside Paris. One of the most celebrated moments in | :22:23. | :22:32. | |
Scottish sport. Eric Liddle winning gold at the Paris Olympics in 1924. | :22:32. | :22:36. | |
He inspired the Oscar-winning film Chariots of Fire and now in the | :22:36. | :22:42. | |
very stadium where he made his name, Edinburgh rugby players will try | :22:43. | :22:48. | |
and two the same. It is the scene of a great Scottish victory. Does | :22:48. | :22:54. | |
that give you inspiration? I just hope we will not have to run that | :22:54. | :23:04. | |
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fast! In the air of professional sport, we have the serious but a | :23:07. | :23:12. | |
business to do. If we get to write and play well, we will get a good | :23:12. | :23:20. | |
result. If not, it will be the end of a disappointing day. Edinburgh | :23:20. | :23:25. | |
are joint top on points in their Heineken Cup pool. A win tonight | :23:25. | :23:29. | |
over the bottom club were just about seal their qualification for | :23:29. | :23:33. | |
the knockout stages. They will either get there as one of the | :23:33. | :23:39. | |
group winners are one of the best runners-up. If they are to take | :23:39. | :23:45. | |
inspiration from the famous Scots runner, the are heading in for | :23:45. | :23:51. | |
their own Chariots of Fire. And you can keep up to date with | :23:51. | :23:53. | |
how Edinburgh are faring in Rugby Sportsound on BBC Radio Scotland | :23:53. | :24:03. | |
810 medium wave. The show starts at seven o'clock. | :24:03. | :24:10. | |
Let us see how the weather is looking ahead of the weekend, with | :24:10. | :24:20. | |
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Christopher. It is looking chilly, but it might also be sunny. Imagine | :24:22. | :24:26. | |
the line really from all been down to Teesside. South of the air, | :24:27. | :24:34. | |
temperatures down to-two, even in the towns and cities. Down in the | :24:34. | :24:40. | |
south-west, temperatures could drop down to minus four. In the Northern | :24:40. | :24:44. | |
Ireland, the temperatures staying at for a five degrees Celsius. | :24:44. | :24:48. | |
There will be some mist and fog patches forming overnight, which | :24:48. | :24:55. | |
could be stubborn to clear tomorrow morning. But it will be a dry, | :24:55. | :24:59. | |
bright and fine day, once the sun actually get there. By mid- | :24:59. | :25:06. | |
afternoon, it will be dry and bright hopefully, but cold. 10 | :25:06. | :25:14. | |
pages at a high of only three or four degrees Celsius. Further north, | :25:14. | :25:20. | |
through pressure and the islands, maybe slightly warm or. In the far | :25:20. | :25:26. | |
north, the best temperatures of the day. Between six and eight degrees | :25:26. | :25:32. | |
Celsius between the northern islands and the Shetlands. Here are | :25:32. | :25:39. | |
the temperatures on the hills. It will be cloudy in the north-west | :25:39. | :25:46. | |
Highlands, but improving throughout the weekend. Wind and Easter is | :25:46. | :25:53. | |
lighter than those in the West. If you are going skiing, the mild | :25:53. | :26:00. | |
weather has limited the snow in places. Into Saturday evening and | :26:00. | :26:06. | |
overnight, it will be dry and clear, with the widespread frost. Wind | :26:06. | :26:12. | |
increasing up the West End coast. High pressures continuing to | :26:12. | :26:19. | |
dominate on Sunday. Good for us, because there will be dry, find and | :26:19. | :26:25. | |
bright. Probably more sunshine on Sunday than opt tomorrow. It will | :26:25. | :26:34. | |
be called, however. From Sunday into Monday, the high pressure just | :26:34. | :26:38. | |
about hanging on, but as we head into Monday night, the hint of wet | :26:38. | :26:48. | |
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weather once again coming our way. Tonight, for many, cold and frosty. | :26:50. | :26:52. | |
Now, just before seven o'clock, a summary of tonight's top stories... | :26:52. | :26:55. | |
Hostilities over an independence referendum have continued at a | :26:55. | :26:57. | |
meeting of the British-Irish Council. First Minister Alex | :26:57. | :27:00. | |
Salmond invited the Prime Minister and his deputy for formal talks in | :27:00. | :27:02. | |
Edinburgh, but he was told to "engage" instead with Scottish | :27:02. | :27:05. | |
Secretary Michael Moore. David Cameron has hinted that there | :27:05. | :27:08. | |
may be a rethink of controversial plans to stop child benefit for | :27:08. | :27:16. | |
higher rate taxpayers. But Chancellor George Osborne has | :27:16. | :27:19. | |
insisted that the principle of axing the benefit for the better | :27:19. | :27:21. | |
off is right. Network Rail is to be prosecuted | :27:21. | :27:28. | |
for a train crash in Cumbria, which killed a woman from Scotland. An | :27:28. | :27:31. | |
inquest into the death of 84-year- old Margaret Masson from Glasgow, | :27:31. | :27:34. |