:00:15. > :00:23.Tonight - the News of the World's former editor in Scotland is
:00:23. > :00:26.arrested. He was the man behind the headlines about Tommy Sheridan. Bob
:00:26. > :00:30.Bird has now been charged with attempting to pervert the course of
:00:30. > :00:37.justice. High-heeled who are I have always tried to do the right thing
:00:37. > :00:42.throw out my career. I will be denying the charge that has no made
:00:42. > :00:47.against me today. -- I have always tried to do the right thing. Also
:00:47. > :00:49.on Reporting Scotland: the jury in the trial of a man accused of
:00:49. > :00:51.stealing this pensioner's car before deliberately running him
:00:51. > :00:54.over considers its verdict. Smaller measures. Scots are
:00:54. > :00:57.drinking less alcohol, but we're still buying far more than people
:00:57. > :01:06.in England and Wales. And shadows from the past loom large, Celtic
:01:06. > :01:09.aim to secure a place at Europe's top table. The former editor of the
:01:09. > :01:12.News of the World in Scotland has been arrested and charged with
:01:12. > :01:17.attempting to pervert the course of justice. Bob Bird was detained in
:01:17. > :01:20.Glasgow early this morning and later released. The charge relates
:01:20. > :01:30.to a defamation action taken against the News of the World by
:01:30. > :01:31.
:01:31. > :01:35.the former MSP Tommy Sheridan in 2006. October 31st due 1004 and the
:01:35. > :01:41.News of the World headlines which launched a defamation case and then
:01:41. > :01:48.a perjury trial. Tommy Sheridan was a Scottish Socialist MSP then, he
:01:48. > :01:53.denied the allegations and sued for defamation. He won the case. He
:01:53. > :01:57.emerged victorious with his wife. The editor of the News of the World
:01:57. > :02:03.in Scotland at that time was Bob Bird, seen here arriving at the
:02:03. > :02:07.Court of Session for the case. He arrived by police -- he arrives in
:02:07. > :02:12.a police car at this police station this morning. He spent four hours
:02:12. > :02:16.at this police station this morning. He had been picked up by police in
:02:16. > :02:22.the morning. He has been charged with attempting to pervert the
:02:22. > :02:27.course of justice in 2006, arising from his conduct at the time of
:02:27. > :02:31.that defamation action taken by Tommy Sheridan. As he emerged from
:02:31. > :02:35.here this morning, he indicated he would fight to clear his name.
:02:35. > :02:40.just want to say I am really sad and disappointed that things have
:02:40. > :02:46.come to this today. I have always tried to do the right thing in my
:02:46. > :02:51.career, throughout my 30 years in journalism. I will be denying the
:02:51. > :02:55.charge which has been made against me today. This latest arrest comes
:02:55. > :03:01.as part of an operation by Strathclyde who are investigating
:03:02. > :03:06.phone hacking and perjury, prompted in part by evidence given in the
:03:06. > :03:10.successful prosecution of Tommy Sheridan or perjury in 2010. Andy
:03:10. > :03:16.Coulson, the former editor of News of the World and London was a
:03:16. > :03:22.former director of the Conservative Party communications. He himself
:03:22. > :03:27.was charged with perjury. Earlier this month, Douglas Whyte, a former
:03:27. > :03:32.editor in Scotland was also charged with committing perjury during that
:03:32. > :03:40.trial and with conspiracy to hack telephones. This is one that
:03:40. > :03:43.tabloid headline which has not been consigned to me at chip wrapping.
:03:43. > :03:46.The jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering a South
:03:46. > :03:51.Lanarkshire pensioner with his own car has been sent home for the
:03:51. > :03:54.night after retiring to consider its verdict. Christopher Grenfell
:03:54. > :03:56.is accused of deliberately running over 76 year old James Simpson
:03:56. > :04:04.while stealing his Land Rover outside his home in November last
:04:04. > :04:10.year. Catriona Renton is at the High Court in Glasgow tonight. The
:04:10. > :04:17.jury has been out since 11:30am this morning. They wear a dress for
:04:17. > :04:21.an hour by the judge. 25-year-old Christopher Grenfell had admitted
:04:21. > :04:27.killing his 76-year-old James Simpson. He told the jury he ran
:04:27. > :04:30.over James Simpson with his own car, outside his house in South
:04:30. > :04:37.Lanarkshire on 29th November. He said he was attempting to steal the
:04:37. > :04:42.car. He said this was an accident. He offered to plead guilty to
:04:42. > :04:47.lesser charge of culpable homicide. The Crown did not accept this.
:04:47. > :04:52.Their case is that Christopher Grenfell murdered Jayne ship --
:04:52. > :05:00.James Simpson by deliberately running over him. One did the judge
:05:00. > :05:04.the in direction to the jury? -- what did. The judge said they must
:05:04. > :05:09.set aside any sympathy they must feel in this case. They must base
:05:09. > :05:13.their decision on evidence they heard in court. It is unlikely that
:05:13. > :05:18.Christopher Grenfell will walk free because of his earlier admission.
:05:18. > :05:22.The jury are considering charges of murder and culpable homicide. They
:05:22. > :05:26.had been sent home for evening and are expected to resume
:05:26. > :05:30.deliberations in the morning. Thank you very much.
:05:30. > :05:33.A 20 year-old man who was jailed for life for the brutal murder of
:05:33. > :05:36.schoolboy Jack Frew has lost a legal battle to have his eighteen-
:05:36. > :05:39.year minimum jail term cut. Craig Roy admitted stabbing the sixteen-
:05:39. > :05:42.year-old 20 times and slitting his throat in woods in East Kilbride
:05:42. > :05:46.two years ago. The killing, which he claimed to have no memory of,
:05:46. > :05:49.took place after he had cheated on his boyfriend with Jack. Two appeal
:05:49. > :05:59.judges said they would give their reasons for refusing Roy's bid to
:05:59. > :06:00.
:06:00. > :06:03.cut his sentence at a later date. Still to come on the programme: Is
:06:03. > :06:06.Sir Chris Hoy's success encouraging more of us to ditch our cars for a
:06:06. > :06:11.two-wheeled commute? And fancy seeing some of this on
:06:11. > :06:17.the streets of Glasgow? The city becomes a backdrop for another
:06:17. > :06:20.Hollywood blockbuster. In sport: Celtic are just one game
:06:20. > :06:23.away from the riches of the Champions League - that game is
:06:23. > :06:27.tonight against Helsingborgs, we will be looking ahead to it. And we
:06:27. > :06:30.will be hearing from the fastest man on the planet - Usain Bolt says
:06:30. > :06:35.he may be coming to the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, but in which
:06:35. > :06:37.event? Scots are drinking less alcohol,
:06:37. > :06:40.according to a report analysing retail sales. Although sales are
:06:40. > :06:50.down, we are still drinking more than in England and Wales. Our
:06:50. > :06:55.
:06:55. > :06:59.health correspondent explains. The best indicator of how much we are
:06:59. > :07:04.really drinking our retail sales. New figures suggest the amount we
:07:04. > :07:12.have what has fallen over the last two years. We are drinking less
:07:12. > :07:18.alcohol here in pubs and clubs. That is down by 30 % since 1994. We
:07:18. > :07:24.are buying it in supermarkets and off-licence. Sales have risen by 48
:07:24. > :07:29.% over the same period. Over the last two years, sales everywhere
:07:29. > :07:34.have started to fall. People cannot afford alcohol. I do not know how
:07:34. > :07:42.people afford it. I could not afford it. A are you drinking more
:07:42. > :07:47.or less than you used to? I do not really drink that much. When I was
:07:47. > :07:53.younger, I have been there and done that and got the T-shirt. We are
:07:53. > :07:58.buying less of every kind of drink except cider. We're still drinking
:07:58. > :08:05.more than we did a decade ago. Also more than our counterparts across
:08:05. > :08:12.the border. If you add up how much we drink, it would amount to one.
:08:12. > :08:15.Six litres every year. We drink twice as much of what can. Along
:08:15. > :08:21.with falling consumption, the number of people suffering harm
:08:21. > :08:25.from alcohol has also fallen. Do we still need minimum pricing?
:08:25. > :08:32.says good news but I do not think it is a sign we can take our foot
:08:32. > :08:37.off the pedal. Alcohol issues still cost Scotland �900 a year for every
:08:37. > :08:41.adult who lives here. That is not acceptable. Minimum pricing has
:08:41. > :08:44.been passed by Parliament and is due to become law next year, but if
:08:44. > :08:50.we are drinking less because we have less money, the recession
:08:50. > :08:53.might have done the job already. Body scanners will be in operation
:08:53. > :09:01.at Glasgow and in a report from Saturday as an extra security
:09:01. > :09:04.measure. -- Edinburgh airport. Passengers will be chosen to be
:09:05. > :09:07.scanned at random or if there is a particular safety concern. The
:09:07. > :09:12.scanners are already in operation at Manchester and Heathrow airports.
:09:12. > :09:17.The airport authorities say the change will not delay proceedings.
:09:17. > :09:25.This adds an extra layer of security to our processes. If you
:09:25. > :09:33.activate the archery, you will be asked to go through this it QT arch.
:09:33. > :09:35.-- activate the arch way. A man who is hit and killed by a train has
:09:35. > :09:39.been formally identified more than 23 years after his death. Derek
:09:39. > :09:42.Burns, of West Calder in West Lothian, was struck by a train in
:09:42. > :09:44.West Hampstead in London in 1989. He has now been identified using
:09:44. > :09:50.advanced DNA profiling which was not available to investigators when
:09:50. > :09:54.he was killed. Let us take a look at what tells has been happening
:09:54. > :09:59.across the country. The Scottish cabinet has been
:09:59. > :10:03.meeting in Orkney as part of their summer tour. Ministers gathered in
:10:04. > :10:07.Kirkwall and it was chaired by Nicola Sturgeon. There was a public
:10:07. > :10:10.question and answer session. The Western Isles council has
:10:10. > :10:16.unveiled a new scheme for school transport after being forced to
:10:16. > :10:21.delay plans to withdraw free buses. The plans include payments to buy
:10:21. > :10:26.tickets on a more flexible basis and family discounts.
:10:26. > :10:32.The future of St Kilda - the UK's only World Heritage site is the
:10:32. > :10:38.focus of a new management plan being signed tonight.
:10:38. > :10:41.It will set out a vision for the next 30 years.
:10:41. > :10:45.The Glendoe Hydro-Electric scheme which was closed three years ago
:10:45. > :10:51.after a rock fall in a tunnel is back in action. Scottish and
:10:51. > :10:56.Southern say the plans are that loch Ness is already producing cut
:10:56. > :10:59.just before then it work. The plant was opened by the Queen in 2009.
:10:59. > :11:05.The old his car to be driven between Land's End and John
:11:05. > :11:09.O'Groats is close to reaching its final destination. -- oldest car.
:11:09. > :11:16.It is expected to reach the coast tomorrow. The attempt is being made
:11:16. > :11:19.by the original owner of the car. - - descendants of the original owner.
:11:19. > :11:26.A could have been stuck in and a love know where with no support,
:11:26. > :11:32.goodness knows what they did for a food. -- they could have been stuck.
:11:32. > :11:37.Community leaders in Langham what a special service in memory of Neil
:11:37. > :11:41.Armstrong to be held. The town is the heart of Armstrong territory
:11:41. > :11:45.and made the astronaut an Honorary Freeman, three years after he
:11:45. > :11:50.became the first man on the mend. Fishermen and divers are being
:11:50. > :11:58.asked to report sightings of seahorses as part of the survey.
:11:58. > :12:03.Two species have been seen off the north-east coast and in the
:12:03. > :12:11.Northern Isles. There are more stories from your region and all
:12:11. > :12:15.the latest news on at our website. The success of cyclists like Sir
:12:15. > :12:20.Chris Hoy and Bradley Wiggins in the Olympics may have encouraged
:12:20. > :12:26.more of us to get on our bikes. Still only a tiny proportion of
:12:26. > :12:34.Scots cycle to work or use bikes to get about four business. Can we be
:12:34. > :12:39.persuaded to change? Yes! Those great British Cycling
:12:39. > :12:43.victories have done wonders for the sport. Apart from dusting down the
:12:43. > :12:48.pike and pedalling off for a Sunday Cycle, are more of us really taking
:12:48. > :12:55.to the roads on two wheels? And in the Olympics have done wonders for
:12:56. > :13:01.cycling in the UK. -- I think. There has been a huge resurgence of
:13:01. > :13:06.cyclists, of all ages. It has done wonderful things and I can see it
:13:06. > :13:11.can -- continuing. According to government statistics, only 2% of
:13:11. > :13:16.Scots use their bike for the daily commute. The lack of proper cycle
:13:16. > :13:22.lanes and concerns for safety are real barriers. I am a road cyclist
:13:22. > :13:27.and I'm quite comfortable cycling on the road. But actually, even or
:13:27. > :13:34.Inverness is a small city, that is the most nerve-racking part, being
:13:34. > :13:38.in tie-ins. Cycle lanes would be great. The Environment Minister is
:13:38. > :13:43.launching a sustainable transport pitch in Highlands. The Government
:13:43. > :13:47.has put millions into cycle routes but is not much more needed?
:13:47. > :13:51.think anything which reduces barriers and makes it easier for
:13:51. > :13:57.people to cycle is a good thing. There seems to be research
:13:57. > :14:04.suggesting that the more people who cycle, the safer it gets. Will
:14:04. > :14:07.cyclists are drivers as well. They are therefore aware of the issues.
:14:07. > :14:14.Campaigners say drivers need to be more aware of and more
:14:14. > :14:24.accommodating to cyclists. Possibly the more of us that Nadal up to
:14:24. > :14:29.create a critical mass, the more that will happen. -- that saddle up.
:14:29. > :14:33.Car chases, explosions and shootings, residents in Glasgow
:14:33. > :14:38.city centre are being expect -- are being told to expect surprises over
:14:38. > :14:48.the next couple of weeks. It becomes a backdrop for another
:14:48. > :14:49.
:14:49. > :14:54.Hollywood blockbuster, this time This is what the fast and furious
:14:54. > :14:58.songs are all its. The six film in the franchise will be no exception.
:14:58. > :15:02.For the next few weeks, parts of the city centre will be subjected
:15:02. > :15:07.to the kinds of illegal activities that would usually sparked panic,
:15:07. > :15:12.all with the blessing of be authorities. This is as close to
:15:12. > :15:16.the action as any of us is going to get. Filming takes place overnight
:15:16. > :15:23.on completely closed sets. The action scenes are being filmed here
:15:23. > :15:27.so Vin Diesel and his co-stars will not be here. Fast Six is the latest
:15:27. > :15:34.Holyrood production to come to Glasgow. Last year saw the city
:15:34. > :15:40.under siege from zombies in the latest Brad Pitt film. Glasgow has
:15:40. > :15:49.also doubled as San Francisco. is great that they are here and
:15:49. > :15:55.after the great success of filming here, word of mouth means film
:15:55. > :15:59.companies are back here because Glasgow was the place to be. Around
:15:59. > :16:03.250 cast and crew will be here for the filming. It is estimated the
:16:03. > :16:08.filming has brought �20 million to the local economy in the last year
:16:08. > :16:13.alone. It is good for Glasgow. can watch these movies and hope to
:16:13. > :16:18.see bits of Glasgow which makes it more interesting will stop I am
:16:18. > :16:23.happy. At the excitement into a boring lives see a. The council
:16:23. > :16:28.says there will be minimum disruption to life here. If you do
:16:28. > :16:33.hear the odd explosion or round of gunfire, try not to be too
:16:33. > :16:37.surprised. Sport now, what have you got for us, David?
:16:37. > :16:40.Nothing as fast or as serious as that! Celtic will qualify for the
:16:40. > :16:44.Champions League group stage for the first time in four years with a
:16:44. > :16:47.win, a draw or even a one goal defeat tonight. They lead Swedish
:16:47. > :16:49.side Helsingborgs 2-0 from the first leg last week. The manager is
:16:49. > :16:57.taking nothing for granted but the fans can't hide their excitement,
:16:57. > :17:01.Here's our senior football reporter Chris McLaughlin.
:17:01. > :17:06.The first British team to be crowned kings of Europe are much
:17:06. > :17:10.has changed since then. The game has changed and even the
:17:10. > :17:14.competition has changed. Expectations remain high. The
:17:14. > :17:21.European Cup is now the Champions League, the fans and the world or
:17:21. > :17:27.watching, so what makes it special? You going that park and you can
:17:27. > :17:32.hear the hairs in your neck tingling. That is how much it means.
:17:32. > :17:35.Play good fit Golant come up against good teams and players.
:17:35. > :17:41.lead is now one-horse race after what has happened with Rangers but
:17:41. > :17:46.it keeps us competitive and treats the fans interested. Party time.
:17:46. > :17:51.The big teams and big bucks means it is easy to see why sides are
:17:51. > :17:55.desperate to progress. The winners of the Europa League make �4
:17:55. > :18:05.million but progress into the Champions League will ensure Celtic
:18:05. > :18:05.
:18:05. > :18:08.�16 million. Pressure to get their. If we get through, and the teams we
:18:08. > :18:16.could come up against in terms of the financial muscle they have
:18:16. > :18:21.available, but Mac the mind wanders in terms of the teams you could
:18:21. > :18:26.play but we have to do the job first. The cash would pour in here
:18:26. > :18:29.if they can finish the job against Helsingborgs. The days of less than
:18:29. > :18:33.a are long gone and fans know will just be happy to see their side
:18:34. > :18:37.back playing with the big boys. And you can listen to the match in
:18:37. > :18:39.Sportsound on BBC Radio Scotland 810 medium wave. The show is on air
:18:39. > :18:42.now. He's one of the most famous
:18:42. > :18:47.sportsman in the world - you'll probably recognise him. If not, you
:18:47. > :18:49.will when you see this. It's Usain Bolt, and the Olympic 100 and 200
:18:49. > :18:54.metres champion is considering competing in the Glasgow
:18:54. > :19:03.Commonwealth Games in two years in the long jump. The Jamaican says
:19:03. > :19:09.he's going to talk to his coach about trying the event. Not sure
:19:09. > :19:16.what time it is going to take place but after the season, or maybe
:19:16. > :19:19.before we start training, why not try the Commonwealth Games? It is
:19:19. > :19:24.not as big as the world championship or Olympics. Thanks
:19:24. > :19:27.for that. Andy Murray's on court in the wee small hours of the morning
:19:27. > :19:30.UK time. He's playing Ivan Dodig in the second round of the US Open at
:19:30. > :19:33.Flushing Meadows. Although the 27- year-old Croat is unseeded for the
:19:33. > :19:42.tournament, Murray says he's aware of his potential to spring a
:19:42. > :19:50.surprise. He beat Rafael Nadal last year on the hard court and in
:19:50. > :19:55.Canada just before the US Open. He has a huge first serve. He is an
:19:55. > :20:02.extremely good athlete and his quick and flexible. It gives me a
:20:02. > :20:07.tough match. By the time Andy Murray takes to the court, the
:20:08. > :20:11.Paralympics will have opened. Our correspondent is in London and has
:20:11. > :20:16.been considering the prospects of some of the Scottish athletes
:20:16. > :20:21.taking part. The Olympic Stadium will now be
:20:21. > :20:25.filled to bursting for tonight's opening ceremony. So many golden
:20:25. > :20:29.moments during the Olympics, could it be where Scotland managed to
:20:29. > :20:33.turn sovereign to gold? A former student at the Royal Blind School
:20:33. > :20:38.in Edinburgh, she is the world champion of the 100 metres but
:20:38. > :20:43.could she become Olympic champion? The velodrome provided a wonderful
:20:43. > :20:53.backdrop for Sir Chris Hoy to become Britain's more successful
:20:53. > :20:54.
:20:54. > :21:00.Olympian. There serious gold medal chances to. Determined to defend
:21:00. > :21:05.both titles from whence in Beijing. This is the only venue built on
:21:05. > :21:12.purpose for the Paralympics, Eton Manor. Inspired by Andy Murray's
:21:12. > :21:16.Olympic gold, targeting a medal in a second Paralympics. It is good to
:21:16. > :21:22.be in the squad again. I was in Beijing four years ago which was a
:21:22. > :21:27.great experience for me. To play at the Paralympics in your home
:21:27. > :21:31.country is pretty unbelievable. Scotland has 27 athletes among the
:21:31. > :21:35.Team GB squat. We will keep you up- to-date with their progress over
:21:35. > :21:41.the next 11 days and what has been billed as the biggest and best
:21:41. > :21:44.about Paralympic Games. A wealth of sporting action on the
:21:44. > :21:46.programme tonight because next year Scotland will host the world
:21:46. > :21:48.championships of coastal rowing. Training for the home teams is
:21:48. > :21:51.already pretty intensive and unlike those pampered Olympians and
:21:51. > :22:01.paralympians, those taking part have to build the boats themselves.
:22:01. > :22:03.
:22:03. > :22:07.Our community reporter Euan Leopold spent a day on the ocean wave.
:22:07. > :22:12.A familiar sight among coastal communities around Scotland, part
:22:12. > :22:20.of an amateur sporting competition at its peak 100 years ago. Here,
:22:20. > :22:24.the rowing club and occasional quiet get ready. There are now 33
:22:24. > :22:29.votes in Scotland so it is getting bigger and bigger. It brings
:22:29. > :22:33.together a lot of different elements that are valuable. Sport,
:22:33. > :22:38.on the water, you are engaging with communities and the people build
:22:38. > :22:42.the votes. There is a lot of benefit in the fact everyone works
:22:42. > :22:47.together. The project started by the Fisheries Museum Anstruther has
:22:47. > :22:52.been putting together community workshops like this one and even in
:22:52. > :22:56.sheds at the bottom of gardens. is a fun thing to get out and meet
:22:56. > :22:59.people and get a chance to go on the water. Not a lot of people get
:22:59. > :23:06.a chance to go out on the coast and see the beautiful sites and make
:23:06. > :23:10.the beautiful people. The North Berwick team's activity get them
:23:10. > :23:16.noticed by the local wildlife but they sometimes get too close for
:23:16. > :23:19.comfort! What is this work heading towards? The World Championships
:23:19. > :23:26.happen next year and I cannot wait for that. We have people coming
:23:27. > :23:36.from New Zealand and Tasmania and I am looking forward to meeting them.
:23:37. > :23:40.
:23:40. > :23:45.There is more fun than the his rivalry. After a hard day of rowing,
:23:45. > :23:48.there is nothing like a good sing- song, but it is all too much for
:23:48. > :23:51.some. Just before the weather there's
:23:51. > :23:54.been a storm worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster across the central belt
:23:54. > :23:57.this afternoon. There was flash flooding in parts of Edinburgh and
:23:57. > :24:04.water had to be pumped out of the Usher Hall although tonight's
:24:04. > :24:07.performance is expected to go ahead as planned. Take a look at this.
:24:07. > :24:11.And this was the scene in East Kilbride in Lanarkshire where
:24:11. > :24:17.despite it being the end of August there was a freak hail storm. It
:24:17. > :24:20.set off car alarms but otherwise there were no reports of damage. A
:24:20. > :24:28.plague of locusts any day now, plague of locusts any day now,
:24:28. > :24:34.Christopher. Scottish Sumner! We talked about it last night, the
:24:34. > :24:38.effect of heavy downpours and they certainly delivered as belt. Heavy
:24:38. > :24:43.rain courtesy of this front wrapped around the Western Isles and the
:24:43. > :24:47.Northern Isles. Over the next few hours, those showers will fade away
:24:47. > :24:53.and that rain again starts to fade away becoming confined to the
:24:53. > :25:00.north-east, eventually leaving Shetland as well. As it clears the
:25:00. > :25:06.air, there some gale-force winds to contend with. We could see some
:25:06. > :25:11.grass frost and the winds still rather keen down the west coast.
:25:12. > :25:18.After that drama, into tomorrow it is not to that. Dry and bright but
:25:19. > :25:24.had damp start with the overnight rain clearing over the Lothians and
:25:24. > :25:28.borders. Still rather be easy across Orkney and Shetland. By mid-
:25:28. > :25:33.afternoon, there will be some sunshine around but with they're
:25:33. > :25:37.coming from the North, rather cool conditions. If you are out of the
:25:37. > :25:43.wind in the sunshine, it is suing pleasant on the same with the
:25:43. > :25:47.chance of some white isolated showers across the Outer Hebrides.
:25:47. > :25:52.The rest of the afternoon into the evening stays dry and bright and
:25:52. > :25:57.then overnight, clear skies once again will mean actually night for
:25:57. > :26:01.some with grass frosts spreading. Into Friday, the high pressure is
:26:01. > :26:07.squeezed out of the way and be a low pressure works its way in
:26:07. > :26:12.bringing rain to finish of the week. The heaviest and most persistent
:26:12. > :26:21.and the north and west, patchier the further south and east you are.
:26:21. > :26:24.We still have the rain over the weekend but it is split across the
:26:24. > :26:30.weekend but it is split across the country. Sunday improves for all.
:26:30. > :26:33.Now, just before 7 o'clock, a summary of tonight's top stories.
:26:33. > :26:36.The former editor of the News of the world in Scotland has been
:26:36. > :26:40.arrested and charged with attempting to pervert the course of
:26:40. > :26:45.justice. He was detained in Glasgow this morning and later released.
:26:45. > :26:49.The charge relates to a defamation action taken against the News of
:26:49. > :26:51.the world by Tommy Sheridan in 2006. The Queen, and the Duke and Duchess
:26:52. > :26:54.of Cambridge will join more than 60,000 people packed into the
:26:54. > :26:57.stadium for the opening ceremony at the Paralympics in London. The
:26:57. > :27:03.Paralympic flame has been carried through a variety of London's
:27:03. > :27:06.historic landmarks ahead of the start of the games.
:27:06. > :27:10.The duty in the trial of a man accused of murdering a says lack a
:27:10. > :27:15.pensioner with his own car has been sent home for the night after
:27:15. > :27:18.retiring to consider its verdict. He is accused of deliberately
:27:18. > :27:21.running of a James Simpson while stealing his Land Rover. The Deputy
:27:21. > :27:23.Prime Minister Nick Clegg has called for an emergency tax on
:27:23. > :27:26.Britain's wealthiest people, saying the rich should shoulder more of
:27:26. > :27:28.the UK's economic pain. But the Chancellor George Osborne has