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Tonight on Reporting Scotland: the Scottish Government says its new | :00:20. | :00:24. | |
budget is backing jobs and growth. The public-sector pay freeze ends | :00:24. | :00:29. | |
and there is more cash for housing and schools. But opposition parties | :00:30. | :00:39. | |
say that the Budget is passing the buck. Also: the sister of this | :00:39. | :00:43. | |
woman killed in a bomb attack in Afghanistan says she lost her life | :00:43. | :00:51. | |
doing something she loved. course I'm worried, but it was her | :00:51. | :01:01. | |
life and what she wanted to do. we examine a threat to the Scottish | :01:01. | :01:05. | |
landscape. These trees have been felled in an attempt to reduce the | :01:05. | :01:12. | |
impact of a disease across a much wider area. How scientists are | :01:12. | :01:22. | |
tackling and the blight on at the native Caledonian pine. And the | :01:22. | :01:30. | |
mass cot for the Scottish John Swinney described their | :01:30. | :01:35. | |
spending plans in the Budget today as an investment in new, affordable | :01:35. | :01:41. | |
houses and schools as -- in a bit to boost the Scottish economy and | :01:41. | :01:50. | |
the construction sector. But Labour said he was passing the buck. We | :01:50. | :02:00. | |
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SST announcement and the impact. -- we assess. Paisley remain so proud | :02:01. | :02:07. | |
town but signs of economic decline and everywhere. Roddy Morrison | :02:07. | :02:13. | |
proudly shows me his shop. He had a larger furniture business until it | :02:13. | :02:20. | |
went bust a year ago. I thought my head would explode. Three of my | :02:20. | :02:26. | |
employees had been with me over 30 years. Most of the staff came here | :02:26. | :02:34. | |
straight from school. It was a really hard time. John Swinney is | :02:34. | :02:39. | |
focusing again and capital spending to boost business and jobs. He | :02:39. | :02:44. | |
announced an extra �80 million to build schools, �40 million for | :02:44. | :02:48. | |
affordable housing, and 30 million for insulation and energy | :02:48. | :02:53. | |
efficiency. But Labour accused the finance secretary of impoverishing | :02:53. | :03:03. | |
Scotland. These decisions have cost 30,000 public sector jobs over the | :03:03. | :03:10. | |
last here alone. Yet the Finance Minister stands before us with no | :03:10. | :03:18. | |
hint of humility and no apology. a result of partnerships with local | :03:18. | :03:21. | |
government we're putting in money to make up for a cut in local | :03:21. | :03:27. | |
council tax benefits. Local government has contributed. Finding | :03:27. | :03:31. | |
solutions for the people of Scotland, not posturing alongside | :03:31. | :03:40. | |
the Tories! After a public sector pay freeze there will be a 1% rise | :03:40. | :03:47. | |
next year. Unions warned that the cash is not their. And John Swinney | :03:47. | :03:53. | |
plans are making cuts in day-to-day spending. The Tories said he had | :03:53. | :04:01. | |
ample funds. He has �2 million more than when he arrived in office yeti | :04:01. | :04:10. | |
complaints about savage cuts. is time at. The Government to focus | :04:10. | :04:20. | |
more on independence than economic growth. -- This is timid. Another | :04:20. | :04:23. | |
million goes towards maintaining historic buildings and attracting | :04:23. | :04:32. | |
tourists. Back in Paisley, the hawk it all works. It is a marvellous | :04:32. | :04:39. | |
place to live. I am proud of coming from here. But you just need a life | :04:39. | :04:49. | |
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Obviously John Swinney hopes that the Budget will promote growth. Or | :04:55. | :05:05. | |
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We will start at the pay freeze, the slight thawing. That is bound | :05:05. | :05:10. | |
to extend to government staff. It was calculated on the presumption | :05:10. | :05:16. | |
that any increase would be held way down. There will be continuing real | :05:16. | :05:20. | |
pay restraint. The unions are already unhappy about that. Council | :05:20. | :05:26. | |
tax, households will benefit from an ongoing freeze but water charges | :05:26. | :05:31. | |
will got from next spring. In tandem with R P I level, currently | :05:31. | :05:39. | |
about 3%. John Swinney stresses, absolutely stresses, the support he | :05:39. | :05:45. | |
has given to small companies through discounts. That, against a | :05:45. | :05:50. | |
background of real economic gloom, globally, John Swinney remains | :05:50. | :05:53. | |
adamant he has done everything possible to revitalise the economy | :05:53. | :06:03. | |
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and build growth. Will it work? I The budget is about setting | :06:04. | :06:09. | |
priorities and whilst there are winners, others will face a squeeze. | :06:09. | :06:14. | |
So where will the cuts hit home? How much longer will the squeeze | :06:14. | :06:22. | |
We know there is a tax squeeze across the public sector, but when | :06:22. | :06:28. | |
is it being felt most? Health is being protected. Other areas take | :06:28. | :06:32. | |
more of the pain, including councils. After freezing pay and | :06:32. | :06:37. | |
not replacing staff and making some easier cuts, local authority sea | :06:37. | :06:43. | |
front line services will now pay the price. North Lanarkshire is | :06:43. | :06:48. | |
amongst the first to set out what that could mean. One of Scotland's | :06:48. | :06:54. | |
largest councils, setting out options. It must find �73 million | :06:54. | :07:00. | |
over three years. Some options will be hard to sell, including merging | :07:00. | :07:10. | |
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schools and closing care homes. The cost of by rail to go up by 75%. In | :07:11. | :07:21. | |
collections every three weeks. And Christmas lights could go dark. | :07:21. | :07:25. | |
know we're in a depression and things are not as we want them to | :07:25. | :07:30. | |
be. But it is confounded by having two government neither of whom came | :07:30. | :07:34. | |
about local government or local people. Therefore we must address | :07:34. | :07:39. | |
that as best we can. Our job is to guarantee be get the best service | :07:39. | :07:43. | |
at the cheapest price. And maintaining as many jobs as we | :07:43. | :07:53. | |
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possibly can. Opinion as they read. -- is a varied. I do not like it at | :07:58. | :08:08. | |
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all. They're cutting in the wrong places. You need it all the | :08:08. | :08:15. | |
services. People find it hard enough and the council should be | :08:15. | :08:25. | |
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darting front line services. -- carping. How far has holy writ | :08:27. | :08:31. | |
reached during the austerity years? They peaked here was three years | :08:31. | :08:37. | |
ago and the project at law. S four years from now. Spending power is | :08:37. | :08:46. | |
due to fall. Next year's budget, announced today, will see one of | :08:46. | :08:56. | |
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the pack is cuts, 3%. -- one of the largest cuts. The deep cuts in | :08:59. | :09:03. | |
capital spending - buildings and roads for instance - will need to | :09:03. | :09:08. | |
be three-quarters achieved by their end of this year. But the resource | :09:08. | :09:13. | |
budget that keeps services taking water, that is only around one | :09:13. | :09:17. | |
third of the way through the cuts. There is no guarantee that a seven- | :09:18. | :09:27. | |
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year squeeze will be enough to turn Still to come: how scientists are | :09:31. | :09:35. | |
battling and a blight on the native Caledonian pine. And in sport | :09:35. | :09:38. | |
Celtic are confident of reaching the knockout stages of the | :09:38. | :09:43. | |
Champions' League despite a drop last night. And Ricky in Barnes | :09:44. | :09:51. | |
prepares for what has been hyped as the boxing battle pattern. -- | :09:51. | :09:59. | |
The sister of a woman killed and a suicide bomb said she knew the | :09:59. | :10:05. | |
risks but was doing what she loved. Jeni Ayris was working in Kabul for | :10:05. | :10:10. | |
12 months and died on Tuesday. Her sister, Patricia, said she was | :10:10. | :10:14. | |
concerned about her safety, but respected her decision to travel to | :10:14. | :10:24. | |
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the country. Thousands of online tributes. A sister and best friend. | :10:29. | :10:34. | |
Their grief comes in waves. That is the only way I can describe it. One | :10:34. | :10:40. | |
minute I am fine, the next minute I am a wreck. But my sister has the | :10:40. | :10:50. | |
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most amazing friends. The response has been outstanding. Out standing. | :10:52. | :10:57. | |
Born in South Africa, Jeni Ayris's life as an aid and a cafe owner was | :10:57. | :11:03. | |
captured in a BBC documentary. -- higher life as a cafe or a. But | :11:03. | :11:08. | |
well months ago she took a job in Kabul with an aircraft charter | :11:08. | :11:18. | |
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company. She said she was always juggling plates. And she did. | :11:21. | :11:24. | |
just a couple of days before she was meant to return to Scotland the | :11:24. | :11:29. | |
bus she was travelling in was targeted by a suicide bomber. 12 | :11:29. | :11:38. | |
people were killed and an insurgent group claimed responsibility. | :11:38. | :11:42. | |
she left and what she said, they protected her as much as they | :11:42. | :11:46. | |
possibly could, she could always have walked across the street in | :11:46. | :11:52. | |
Edinburgh and been killed by a bus. There is no denying - yes, it is a | :11:52. | :11:57. | |
war-torn country and of course we want it - but it was her life and | :11:57. | :12:07. | |
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what she wanted to do. The only thing I can think of at the moment | :12:09. | :12:15. | |
as a memorial service instead of a funeral. I don't know. Then a party | :12:15. | :12:25. | |
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afterwards, because that is what At judge will fast track a case | :12:27. | :12:29. | |
deciding whether the Scottish Government will have to reveal on | :12:29. | :12:33. | |
whether it has received advice on the state is an independent | :12:33. | :12:36. | |
Scotland in Europe. The Government refused a Freedom of Information | :12:37. | :12:46. | |
request saying that to do so would Attempts are continuing to form | :12:46. | :12:52. | |
identify a body recovered from a field in Perth Show. The remains | :12:52. | :12:58. | |
are believed to be those of Adam Alexander, killed by Thomas Pryde | :12:58. | :13:01. | |
in 1999. Thomas Pryde later confessed to his wife and showed | :13:01. | :13:11. | |
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police the field where he said he Scientists are working to reduce | :13:12. | :13:15. | |
the spread of a disease which could threaten Scotland's native | :13:15. | :13:17. | |
Caledonian pinewoods. Needle Blight is already affecting large areas of | :13:17. | :13:19. | |
commercial forestry in the north. Here's our environment | :13:19. | :13:28. | |
correspondent, David Miller. Need all like has, at cost. Large | :13:28. | :13:32. | |
areas of commercial forestry are being fell than Scotland's native | :13:32. | :13:40. | |
Caledonian pinewoods could be at risk. It thrives in relatively warm | :13:40. | :13:44. | |
and humid conditions. Originally native to the southern hemisphere, | :13:44. | :13:50. | |
we have been told it has spread northwards due to climate change. | :13:50. | :13:56. | |
Scientists are working to limit its impact here. The concern at us that | :13:56. | :14:02. | |
Scotch pine, one of her iconic native, for its, and they really | :14:02. | :14:08. | |
are hour Crown Jewels. The loss of Caledonian pinewood would have far- | :14:08. | :14:15. | |
reaching consequences for the many species which depend upon it. Until | :14:15. | :14:21. | |
just last summer, the woodland here was home to the endangered caper | :14:21. | :14:27. | |
KLA. As you can see, decrees on this hillside have been felt in an | :14:27. | :14:29. | |
attempt to reduce the impact of this disease across a much wider | :14:29. | :14:35. | |
area apples up trials of a real spraying are due to begin next year | :14:35. | :14:39. | |
in an attempt to establish what fungicides could be used to limit | :14:39. | :14:44. | |
the spread of the disease. The forest industry is following the | :14:44. | :14:48. | |
developments closely. It is vital that we deal with all pests and | :14:48. | :14:53. | |
diseases that are facing Forestry in order to stay one step ahead. | :14:53. | :14:57. | |
the disease can be spread on shoes and clothing and walkers have been | :14:57. | :15:03. | |
awarded the could be unwittingly carrying the disease to unaffected | :15:03. | :15:04. | |
areas. Celtic football club is facing a | :15:04. | :15:06. | |
Scottish Football Association charge over an alleged offensive | :15:06. | :15:09. | |
banner displayed by fans in a pre- season friendly. The banner is | :15:10. | :15:12. | |
understood to have featured a gunman shooting a figure next to a | :15:13. | :15:17. | |
gravestone with the Rangers badge on it. The SFA says Celtic have | :15:17. | :15:20. | |
fallen foul of the rules by failing to prevent fans from bringing the | :15:20. | :15:25. | |
banner into the ground and displaying it. | :15:25. | :15:29. | |
A look now at what else has been happening across the country this | :15:29. | :15:38. | |
Thursday. Strathclyde Police say they've seized cash and assets | :15:38. | :15:41. | |
valued at more than �18 million from organised crime gangs over the | :15:41. | :15:44. | |
past year. They include a number of high-end cars, which will now be | :15:44. | :15:47. | |
sold to provide cash for the government, the police, and to | :15:47. | :15:49. | |
plough back into communities blighted by crime. | :15:49. | :15:58. | |
They are fighting to pay their bills and meanwhile somebody drives | :15:58. | :16:02. | |
past in one of those cars will start this is about as telling the | :16:02. | :16:06. | |
public we're getting to grips with this. We have seized �18 million | :16:06. | :16:11. | |
worth of Colonel assets this year including this stuff. Up three | :16:11. | :16:16. | |
children aged 10 and 14 have been charged after tens of thousands of | :16:16. | :16:20. | |
pounds worth of damage at a car dealership. Almost 30 cars were | :16:20. | :16:22. | |
damaged in the incident in Aberdeen on Saturday. | :16:22. | :16:24. | |
The decline of Scotland's rural pubs continues according to a | :16:24. | :16:27. | |
survey. It found that more than 700 community pubs had closed in five | :16:27. | :16:32. | |
years, with only 75 new ones opening. The economic downtown, the | :16:32. | :16:35. | |
falling popularity of draft beer and less expensive alcohol at off- | :16:35. | :16:43. | |
licences are all blamed. A rail station in the Highlands is | :16:43. | :16:48. | |
to be rebuilt, more than 50 years after it closed. The halt at Conon | :16:48. | :16:51. | |
Bridge in Ross-shire will be reinstated at a cost of �600,000 to | :16:51. | :16:54. | |
encourage Inverness commuters out of their cars, ahead of major road | :16:54. | :17:04. | |
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works on the Kessock Bridge next year. | :17:04. | :17:09. | |
It is imperative that the station opens because at the moment the | :17:09. | :17:13. | |
road is so busy and it is going to be 10 times worse if the station | :17:13. | :17:17. | |
does not open. The World Stone Skimming Championship, which was | :17:17. | :17:19. | |
under threat, will now go ahead this weekend. | :17:19. | :17:22. | |
A dispute over an insurance payment between the owners of the quarry | :17:22. | :17:25. | |
where it's held and the organisers was settled at the last minute | :17:25. | :17:29. | |
following a donation from a newspaper. And there are more | :17:29. | :17:33. | |
stories from your area and all the latest news, 24 hours a day on BBC | :17:33. | :17:42. | |
Scotland's website. Let's have a look at the sport now, | :17:42. | :17:44. | |
with David. Celtic can qualify for the last 16 | :17:44. | :17:47. | |
of the Champions League group stages according to the players who | :17:47. | :17:51. | |
opened their campaign with a draw against Benfica. No goals but Neil | :17:51. | :17:54. | |
Lennon believes there was plenty to be upbeat about in his side's first | :17:54. | :17:57. | |
match of the group stage. Here's our senior football reporter Chris | :17:57. | :18:07. | |
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McLaughlin. The famous music blared, and the | :18:09. | :18:14. | |
fans brought. After four years, the Champions League was back in | :18:14. | :18:20. | |
Glasgow. This audacious attempt was the closest Celtic came to scoring. | :18:20. | :18:25. | |
They have plenty of possession but chances were few and far between. | :18:25. | :18:31. | |
We are learning as we go long. The players have sampled it and 10 | :18:31. | :18:34. | |
players were it they are making their Champions League debut so I | :18:34. | :18:38. | |
am very proud of them. Up the visitors believed they should have | :18:38. | :18:46. | |
had a penalty in the first half and the player reinforces their claim. | :18:46. | :18:53. | |
Celtic wanted a penalty in the second half. The fans screamed in | :18:53. | :18:58. | |
hope but the referee was not having any of it. Celtic impressed and | :18:58. | :19:02. | |
spells with Kris Commons proving a pest at times to the Portuguese | :19:03. | :19:08. | |
defence but neither side could find a way through. No goals and the | :19:08. | :19:14. | |
focus is still on the last 16. Nothing to lose now. I think we | :19:14. | :19:20. | |
should get through to the next 16 and go for there. The next game is | :19:20. | :19:27. | |
against Barcelona and it should be difficult from there. After the | :19:27. | :19:37. | |
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first match day, the group she One game, one. But plenty of | :19:41. | :19:43. | |
positivity. Hearts say their coaching staff and players have now | :19:43. | :19:46. | |
received the wages that were due earlier this week. The manager John | :19:46. | :19:48. | |
McGlynn was among those who received their September salary | :19:48. | :19:51. | |
late. Tomorrow the SPL board will discuss Hearts failure to pay their | :19:51. | :19:55. | |
players on time. Possible sanctions for late payment of include a | :19:55. | :20:00. | |
transfer embargo. Aberdeen's to host the Scottish | :20:00. | :20:04. | |
Open golf in two years' time. The tournament will move to the Royal | :20:04. | :20:07. | |
Aberdeen course in 2014 from its current home at Castle Stuart near | :20:07. | :20:12. | |
Inverness. It'll be the first time a major European tour event has | :20:12. | :20:22. | |
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been held in the Granite City. are obviously very delighted and | :20:22. | :20:27. | |
excited that the next 18 months will be a very exciting time for | :20:27. | :20:31. | |
the club and Aberdeen, looking forward to a major European tour | :20:31. | :20:34. | |
event coming to the city for the first time. Scotland's world boxing | :20:34. | :20:38. | |
champion Ricky Burns has come face to face with the man who wants to | :20:38. | :20:41. | |
take the title from him. It's not the first time Burns and | :20:41. | :20:44. | |
Englishman Kevin Mitchell have met outside the ring. In fact, they are | :20:44. | :20:46. | |
close friends. On Saturday though they'll be fierce rivals and it's | :20:46. | :20:49. | |
emerged whoever wins will have a fight against a former Scottish | :20:49. | :20:57. | |
World champ to look forward to. If you believe the promoters, that | :20:57. | :21:07. | |
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so as not just a world title fight, it's the Battle of Britain. All the | :21:10. | :21:16. | |
hard work has been done and I am ready to go to war for 12 weeks. It | :21:17. | :21:23. | |
is just an expression I am using. It's the Battle of Britain and I | :21:23. | :21:30. | |
will win the battle. Hang on, these chaps are buddies. We have a beer | :21:30. | :21:36. | |
with each other after words, it sport. A kiss on the cheek and a | :21:36. | :21:42. | |
beer? I don't know about the Test and the beer but we probably will | :21:42. | :21:49. | |
go back to being pals will sup at last from the past today. Still on | :21:49. | :21:53. | |
the comeback trail after three years in prison, he's been lined up | :21:53. | :22:01. | |
as the winner's next opponent. Whoever wins, I hope to fight them. | :22:01. | :22:06. | |
At the end of the day, the sport is all about the fans and it will be a | :22:06. | :22:12. | |
cracking fight for boxing. Burns's lines the Battle of Britain, | :22:12. | :22:17. | |
we could have a Scottish skirmish to look forward to. I'm sure the | :22:17. | :22:21. | |
promoters of think of something better! | :22:21. | :22:26. | |
That is why I do not work in PR. Be honest, how many Games mascots | :22:26. | :22:29. | |
do you remember? Can you even remember the most recent Olympic | :22:29. | :22:33. | |
one? Well, the omens may not be good but the organisers of the | :22:33. | :22:37. | |
Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games are hoping we won't forget theirs. He's | :22:37. | :22:40. | |
a thistle called Clyde, and he was unveiled this morning. Laura | :22:40. | :22:50. | |
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Maxwell has more. There he is, everybody! This is | :22:51. | :22:55. | |
Clyde and he knows how to make an entrance. The cuddly Thistle is the | :22:55. | :23:02. | |
latest addition to the team for Glasgow 2014. This is his creator, | :23:02. | :23:05. | |
12-year-old pet Gilmour from Cumbernauld to be thousands of | :23:05. | :23:11. | |
others to enter the BBC competition. I was so shocked I had won because | :23:11. | :23:17. | |
it is such a big thing. I was so happy about his all and it is just | :23:17. | :23:24. | |
great. It is great. Such a pleasant surprise and it represents class: | :23:24. | :23:29. | |
Scotland so well. She has done such an amazing job. I do not think a | :23:29. | :23:34. | |
professional could have designed a better one than that. Clyde | :23:34. | :23:41. | |
represent Scotland's national flower. They seem to like him. | :23:41. | :23:47. | |
like it, it looks friendly. Very Scottish looking. I would have a | :23:47. | :23:54. | |
cuddly toy you can in my house. Although rarely remembered for long, | :23:54. | :23:59. | |
my Scots play an important role and connecting people to an event. They | :23:59. | :24:04. | |
are also crucial for revenue. have to raise �100 million from | :24:04. | :24:09. | |
sponsorship, broadcasting rights, ticket sales and merchandise. The | :24:09. | :24:13. | |
merchandise is the smallest part of all of that and we're 40% of the | :24:13. | :24:18. | |
way there with two years ago. I think we will sell a lot of | :24:18. | :24:22. | |
merchandise and this will be available for Christmas this year. | :24:22. | :24:27. | |
Thistles are not usually cuddly but this chap is just a little bit | :24:27. | :24:31. | |
different. He is a very busy boy as well. He is about to embark on a | :24:31. | :24:35. | |
national tour to make sure everyone in Scotland gets involved with the | :24:35. | :24:40. | |
games as much as people in Glasgow. Let's see how the weather is | :24:40. | :24:50. | |
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Very wet and windy for some across central and southern Scotland. | :24:52. | :24:55. | |
Rearrange should start to ease away although we should have a few more | :24:55. | :25:02. | |
hours to come so far. The brighter colours indicate the heavier | :25:02. | :25:05. | |
downpour but it will clear away with the I E skies across much of | :25:05. | :25:12. | |
the country. The central belt is down to around 4 Celsius but | :25:12. | :25:16. | |
further north that could be down to around freezing. The pay-off is | :25:16. | :25:20. | |
that tomorrow will be a dry and bright start with some sunshine | :25:20. | :25:25. | |
although Chile. Through the day, the cloud will move further south | :25:25. | :25:30. | |
with showers becoming a little more widespread. Generally, not too bad | :25:30. | :25:37. | |
with plenty of bright spells around. Further north towards Angus, that | :25:37. | :25:43. | |
is where we run into a risk of showers. Cold if you are open to | :25:43. | :25:50. | |
that north-westerly breeze and highs for some just 10 Celsius. The | :25:50. | :25:54. | |
rest of the afternoon into the evening, some late sunshine and | :25:54. | :25:59. | |
another cold night into Saturday. It will be another lovely day with | :25:59. | :26:02. | |
plenty of fine weather and lots of sunshine and later winds and | :26:02. | :26:08. | |
temperatures up to 13 Celsius. That is courtesy of the say they are | :26:08. | :26:12. | |
high pressure but if you look at the Atlantic, the saviour of low- | :26:12. | :26:17. | |
pressure as the remains of a hurricane. It is not coming our way | :26:18. | :26:23. | |
but this they are of low pressure will be coming our way. Because it | :26:23. | :26:26. | |
is topical where it is difficult to predict what it will do so we will | :26:26. | :26:33. | |
keep an eye on it. It is all to play for. We're putting our money | :26:33. | :26:39. | |
on the high pressure sticking around for Sunday. Saturday and | :26:39. | :26:44. | |
shandy should be fine and bright. Things could get wet and windy | :26:44. | :26:47. | |
Things could get wet and windy later on and probably the same for | :26:47. | :26:50. | |
Monday. Now, just before 7pm, a summary of tonight's top stories. A | :26:50. | :26:53. | |
budget for jobs and growth is how the Finance Secretary John Swinney | :26:53. | :26:55. | |
described his �28 billion spending plans. He's to invest in building | :26:55. | :26:58. | |
affordable houses and schools to boost the construction industry and | :26:58. | :27:03. | |
the economy. Opposition parties say it is a pass | :27:03. | :27:06. | |
the buck budget. Police investigating the deaths of two of | :27:06. | :27:08. | |
their colleagues in Greater Manchester have appealed to two | :27:08. | :27:11. | |
criminal families in the community to end their feuding, saying | :27:11. | :27:20. | |
"enough is enough." An inquest into the death of the former Russian spy | :27:20. | :27:22. | |
Alexander Litvinenko will examine claims that the Russian government | :27:22. | :27:25. | |
was involved. Mr Litvinenko, who was a British citizen, died after | :27:25. | :27:29. |