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Tonight, on Reporting Scotland: Starting from scratch as a new | :00:15. | :00:18. | |
state - the UK government claims an independent Scotland would have to | :00:18. | :00:25. | |
apply for membership of the EU and Two years ago, he was given an | :00:25. | :00:28. | |
enthusiastic welcome by Scots. Today there's shock as the Pope | :00:28. | :00:38. | |
announces his resignation. We can pray for Pope Benedict and | :00:38. | :00:48. | |
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pray for the Church. We ask for the intercession. | :00:49. | :00:52. | |
Also in the programme tonight: Five climbers are rescued after spending | :00:52. | :00:55. | |
a night in the Cairngorms but a sixth man is found dead. | :00:55. | :00:58. | |
And bring on Juventus - Celtic make final preparations for their | :00:58. | :01:07. | |
Champions League clash at Celtic The UK Government has published a | :01:07. | :01:10. | |
legal advice which suggests an independent Scotland would be | :01:10. | :01:14. | |
treated as an entirely new state in international law and would have to | :01:14. | :01:19. | |
apply to join the EU and the Duenna. The SNP Government and Holyrood | :01:19. | :01:25. | |
have described this as breathtaking arrogance. Glen Campbell joins me | :01:25. | :01:29. | |
from the capital. One of the questions the UK | :01:29. | :01:35. | |
Government asked legal experts to give an opinion on the, was what | :01:35. | :01:39. | |
would happen if Scotland became independent? Would recreate when | :01:39. | :01:44. | |
you state or two. Ministers came here to their legal quarter to give | :01:44. | :01:49. | |
details of the findings they received. If you want weighty | :01:49. | :01:54. | |
volumes on that law of the land past and present, there library is | :01:54. | :01:59. | |
it good as place as any. The lawyers and analysts here came to | :01:59. | :02:03. | |
do consider the new legal opinion on what would happen in the future | :02:03. | :02:08. | |
if there was a Yes vote in the independence referendum. The pen -- | :02:08. | :02:14. | |
a penny was written by outside experts. The legal advice is clear. | :02:14. | :02:18. | |
The remainder of the UK would continue as before and Scotland | :02:18. | :02:24. | |
would form a new separate state. That would mean the UK kept his | :02:25. | :02:28. | |
membership of international organisations like the European | :02:28. | :02:31. | |
Union and its permanent seat on the UN Security Council, while Scotland | :02:31. | :02:36. | |
will start afresh and have to negotiate its way in the world. | :02:36. | :02:40. | |
That is to a ball according to one of the lawyers who vote today's | :02:40. | :02:45. | |
opinion. Scotland will have to apply for membership. That would be | :02:45. | :02:50. | |
a problem. It will be welcomed. They will have to apply for | :02:50. | :02:54. | |
membership of the European Union as a separate state. That won't be | :02:54. | :02:58. | |
difficult because Scotland already complies from a legal point of view. | :02:58. | :03:03. | |
They looked at independence events around the world. When the Republic | :03:03. | :03:06. | |
of Ireland left the UK, when British India became India and | :03:06. | :03:12. | |
Pakistan, when South Sudan split from Sudan. Early this smaller less | :03:12. | :03:15. | |
popular parts became new states. In our case, the Westminster | :03:15. | :03:22. | |
Government says the UK would carry on without Scotland. It is | :03:22. | :03:24. | |
inconceivable that the Government for the rest of the UK will get a | :03:24. | :03:28. | |
mandate for the people of England, Wales and Northern Ireland to a | :03:28. | :03:37. | |
blip -- to obliterate the country. They'd dissolved Czechoslovakia to | :03:37. | :03:42. | |
form two new successive states. The UK Government's position is | :03:42. | :03:48. | |
arrogant. If Scotland votes democratically to be independent, | :03:48. | :03:52. | |
that the UK and walks off with the rights and Scotland is left with | :03:52. | :03:59. | |
anything, suggests they are not an equal partner. A legal experts say | :03:59. | :04:02. | |
that divorce is possible but only if the UK and Scottish governments | :04:02. | :04:10. | |
agree. Which they do not. Where did -- where does this take | :04:10. | :04:14. | |
the debate? It is entering a new phase with both sides bringing on | :04:14. | :04:20. | |
the boffins to bolster the case is that they want to make. The UK | :04:20. | :04:23. | |
Government is a revealing more of its hand today while ministers say | :04:23. | :04:27. | |
if Scotland wants to become independent, the rest of the UK | :04:27. | :04:32. | |
would respect that decision and work to make that happen. Clearly, | :04:32. | :04:36. | |
they are determined that the rest of the UK would be the continuing | :04:36. | :04:41. | |
state and would retain some of the privileges that have gone with | :04:41. | :04:47. | |
being a former imperial power, like that -- like that pendency done | :04:47. | :04:57. | |
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their UN Council and that the tail on international accent -- action. | :04:58. | :05:01. | |
-- that veto on international action. | :05:01. | :05:05. | |
That legal row comes on the same day as a report into the way | :05:05. | :05:09. | |
Scotland's economy could be run if the country chooses independence. | :05:09. | :05:11. | |
He said South the opportunities for Scotland to do things differently | :05:11. | :05:16. | |
but it also highlights some of the constraints and the need to work | :05:16. | :05:24. | |
with London. What can see and who controls it? | :05:24. | :05:28. | |
How much good Scotland be allowed to borrow and he ensures that banks | :05:28. | :05:33. | |
don't collapse? Big questions about independence so ministers looked to | :05:33. | :05:37. | |
economists, two of them with Nobel Prize us. The report concludes the | :05:37. | :05:40. | |
Scottish economy has got what it takes to be independent but it | :05:41. | :05:45. | |
needs rules, it creamers and new institutions to make it work. It | :05:45. | :05:49. | |
should continue to use the pound Stirling and ministers should do a | :05:49. | :05:52. | |
deal with Whitehall on jointly control and the currency and | :05:52. | :06:01. | |
interest rates. It says stolen should aim to a earn a 10th of the | :06:01. | :06:07. | |
back -- is there's Scotland should aim at to earn 10% of the Bank of | :06:07. | :06:12. | |
England. It would give them joint oversight of banks and says | :06:12. | :06:18. | |
Scottish measurements -- ministers should put a side issues. How would | :06:18. | :06:23. | |
an independent Scotland not have its own currency? It is a hard | :06:23. | :06:26. | |
thing to pull off because you would need to change everybody's banker | :06:26. | :06:35. | |
gowns, changed the pricing of things. -- a bank accounts. There | :06:35. | :06:40. | |
doesn't seem to be a huge need for that at the moment. This seems to | :06:40. | :06:45. | |
fit the bill best. At the seat of Government, this report is seen as | :06:45. | :06:50. | |
an important milestone. What the arrangements have set out give us | :06:50. | :06:58. | |
the ability to put Scotland at a competitive footing and creates a | :06:58. | :07:03. | |
stronger platform for growth in the years to come. Opponents say the | :07:03. | :07:06. | |
advice is. In the opposite direction. The most striking | :07:06. | :07:12. | |
conclusion appears to be that the experts have come up with the idea | :07:12. | :07:16. | |
that Scotland gets a good deal of being part of the UK in economic | :07:16. | :07:21. | |
terms. This is a chunky report on how Scotland's economy could be run | :07:22. | :07:27. | |
if voters say yes to independence. A crucial element of it is the case | :07:27. | :07:31. | |
it makes that the rest of the UK would want to do a deal with | :07:31. | :07:34. | |
Scotland on the currency and the Bank of England. The question is on | :07:35. | :07:43. | |
what conditions? It could exact a heavy price. | :07:43. | :07:47. | |
Would an independent Scotland have to apply to join all of those | :07:47. | :07:51. | |
international clubs? We will be speaking to a Scottish Government | :07:51. | :07:54. | |
member and a minister from Westminster on Newsnight Scotland | :07:54. | :08:02. | |
tonight at 11pm. Still to come: Mackerel stocks at | :08:02. | :08:06. | |
the centre of an international row. Scotland calls on Iceland to stop | :08:06. | :08:09. | |
overfishing. And how her ground-breaking TV | :08:09. | :08:12. | |
drama has been written for the stage. | :08:12. | :08:17. | |
A Neil Lennon says underestimate us at your peril. Juventus say they | :08:17. | :08:22. | |
will treat Celtic with utmost respect. A and is this a taste of | :08:22. | :08:25. | |
things to come? Former Scotland captain believes | :08:25. | :08:29. | |
more good times are around the corner after a comprehensive win in | :08:29. | :08:38. | |
Scotland's Catholic community has reacted with shock to the news that | :08:38. | :08:41. | |
Pope Benedict has resigned. He has said he has no longer got the | :08:41. | :08:47. | |
strength of mind or body to carry out his duties. The Archbishop of | :08:47. | :08:50. | |
Glasgow and now as then used his congregation at St Andrews | :08:50. | :08:54. | |
Cathedral in the City. Laura Bicker joins me now. | :08:54. | :08:59. | |
Flora. They are several years it -- words | :08:59. | :09:04. | |
used by Scottish Catholics today. Shock, sadness, Rhyl suppliers. | :09:04. | :09:09. | |
There was a certain degree of understanding. -- real surprise. | :09:09. | :09:13. | |
Alex Salmond described the resignation as a selfless gesture | :09:13. | :09:17. | |
in the best interests of the Catholic Church. There was | :09:17. | :09:25. | |
certainly the feeling of many of the congregation here today. Today | :09:25. | :09:29. | |
was no ordinary mass. Many struggled to comprehend that the | :09:29. | :09:35. | |
Pope had resigned. The first to do so in over 600 years. It left the | :09:35. | :09:39. | |
Archbishop of Glasgow lost for words. I didn't realise how | :09:39. | :09:43. | |
emotional it was until I came to the aim of the homely and my voice | :09:43. | :09:50. | |
cracked. Although shocked, many in the congregation believe this | :09:50. | :09:59. | |
decision is in character. It is in the mould of the man. He is | :09:59. | :10:04. | |
reserved and professorial. He is a small man are physically. When he | :10:04. | :10:11. | |
decides to do them the thing -- to do something, he does it. It is | :10:11. | :10:17. | |
this visit in 2010, the first ever visit by a pope that sealed his | :10:17. | :10:22. | |
popularity in Scotland. Hundreds of thousands of people lined the | :10:22. | :10:27. | |
streets of Edinburgh for this parade. Then he travelled to for | :10:27. | :10:34. | |
Mass. 16,000 people took part and many remember this day fondly. | :10:34. | :10:43. | |
was a happy occasion. It was a lovely occasion. I am sad if he is | :10:43. | :10:49. | |
ill and Ayling. He deserves a bit of rest. I wish him all the best | :10:49. | :10:57. | |
and hopes -- and hope is half gets better. God bless him. The Pope | :10:57. | :11:00. | |
says he is fully aware of the gravity of this gesture but | :11:01. | :11:03. | |
Catholics in Scotland say they will remember him for his spiritual | :11:04. | :11:13. | |
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leadership and not just as the Pope who resigned. Scotland's most | :11:14. | :11:19. | |
senior Catholic cardinal, asked for the press of 850,000 Scottish | :11:19. | :11:25. | |
Catholics as he prepares to travel to Rome and end a conclave as they | :11:25. | :11:31. | |
try to choose a new Pope. A man's body has been found in the | :11:31. | :11:33. | |
Cairngorms by a rescue teams searching for a group of climbers | :11:33. | :11:37. | |
who went missing overnight. Five survivors, or for to be students | :11:37. | :11:41. | |
from Leeds, were airlifted to safety. Highland police want to | :11:41. | :11:44. | |
know how the group strayed miles away from where they were reported | :11:44. | :11:50. | |
to be climbing. The Cairngorm mountains remained | :11:50. | :11:54. | |
storm than today as another group of climbers counted the cost of the | :11:54. | :11:59. | |
unpredictable winter conditions. 70 Mila now wins last night prevented | :11:59. | :12:04. | |
this RAF helicopter taking part in the initial search. Today, it | :12:04. | :12:07. | |
airlifted five of the students to safety after they were forced to | :12:07. | :12:13. | |
spend the night out in a blizzard. They 6th member of the party didn't | :12:13. | :12:19. | |
survive. The mountain's may look appealing today but access roads | :12:19. | :12:21. | |
remain closed and rescuers described how it took them most of | :12:22. | :12:28. | |
the night to get to the summit of Cairngorm before the search. | :12:28. | :12:35. | |
weather conditions were testing, strong winds, lots of snow blowing. | :12:35. | :12:41. | |
There were snowdrifts. It could range from knee high up to thigh- | :12:41. | :12:47. | |
high deep. The alarm was raised after another member of the group, | :12:47. | :12:52. | |
understand -- understood to be from Leeds University, was rescued | :12:52. | :12:56. | |
earlier that day. His companions failed to walk off the mountain as | :12:56. | :13:03. | |
planned. Some were training in the vicinity and these rescuers helped | :13:03. | :13:11. | |
with the search. My understanding is the party of five were located | :13:11. | :13:21. | |
some distance away from the area reported. That may be to do with | :13:21. | :13:27. | |
the conditions and trying to get the most appropriate route. | :13:27. | :13:30. | |
Holidaymakers enjoyed the winter Wonderland at ground level today | :13:30. | :13:35. | |
but in the mountains, another victim and another reminder of how | :13:35. | :13:45. | |
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There seems little end in sight for the international dispute on the | :13:52. | :13:59. | |
rights to fish Scotland's most valuable stock. Iceland has defied | :13:59. | :14:04. | |
scientific guidelines on sustainable mackerel fishing. We | :14:04. | :14:12. | |
have been to Iceland. Morning in the capital's harbour, | :14:12. | :14:18. | |
and another consignment of frozen fish for exporting abroad. This is | :14:18. | :14:21. | |
a massive industry for the small country and so the Government is | :14:21. | :14:26. | |
doing all it can to give it a lift. The defined minister leading the | :14:26. | :14:33. | |
fight tells me there recent claims on mackerel fishing are vital for | :14:33. | :14:39. | |
the industry. It is not really Iceland that has changed its policy. | :14:39. | :14:49. | |
We are a fishing nation and we utilise our rights. What has really | :14:49. | :14:56. | |
changed his deep itself. It is scientists here at the Marine | :14:56. | :14:59. | |
Institute that are seeing the changes. They say the mackerel is | :14:59. | :15:04. | |
moving north as the sea warms up and traditional fishing targets | :15:04. | :15:09. | |
like cod are being pushed out as a result. We have seen dramatic | :15:09. | :15:16. | |
changes in oceanographic conditions since the late 1990s and as a | :15:16. | :15:21. | |
consequence, we have observed dramatic changes in the composition | :15:21. | :15:26. | |
of fish and other animal life. Iceland still has a very healthy | :15:26. | :15:32. | |
fishing fleet at ports right across this country. There is a deep | :15:33. | :15:36. | |
tradition associated with it here and people would not find any | :15:36. | :15:42. | |
Government that did not fight for its future. -- would not thank any | :15:42. | :15:46. | |
Government. And this is how hard Iceland has been prepared to fight | :15:46. | :15:54. | |
in the fast. The cod wars sort may see collisions and damaged boats. | :15:54. | :16:00. | |
Iceland eventually won their fight to extend fishing boundaries. Today | :16:00. | :16:10. | |
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skippers fear the consequences of their Government being defeated. | :16:11. | :16:19. | |
The other species are after the same food as mackerel and it could | :16:19. | :16:23. | |
end in a very sad way for us. Scotland insists the politicians | :16:23. | :16:27. | |
here in Iceland are sanctioning excessively large quotas. The | :16:28. | :16:32. | |
minister says there is blame on both sides. As each night falls | :16:32. | :16:36. | |
here in Iceland, it still looks like the road to an agreement is a | :16:36. | :16:43. | |
long one. Now for some other stories from | :16:43. | :16:47. | |
across Scotland this Monday evening. Almost 50 firefighters were called | :16:47. | :16:50. | |
out early this morning in Dingwall. A number of people were evacuated | :16:50. | :16:53. | |
from the blaze at the Royal Hotel on the town's High Street, which | :16:53. | :16:57. | |
operates as a homeless hostel. One of the key components in the | :16:57. | :16:59. | |
construction of one the UK's new aircraft carriers has arrived in | :16:59. | :17:03. | |
Scotland from Portsmouth. The bridge section of HMS Queen | :17:03. | :17:06. | |
Elizabeth passed under the Forth Bridges on its way to Rosyth, where | :17:06. | :17:10. | |
it will be placed on the ship's superstructure. | :17:10. | :17:12. | |
A report from the Scottish Parliament's Finance Committee says | :17:12. | :17:22. | |
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our ageing population means reform of pensions and housing is needed. | :17:22. | :17:31. | |
We are talking about a 144 % increase in the number of people | :17:31. | :17:38. | |
over 85 to 2050. It is a significant increase. A lot of | :17:38. | :17:43. | |
these people will be more infirm. We need to look at services. -- | :17:43. | :17:46. | |
services. A planning application has been | :17:46. | :17:49. | |
lodged for a second golf course at the Trump resort near Aberdeen. The | :17:49. | :17:51. | |
Trump organization has submitted detailed plans to Aberdeenshire | :17:51. | :17:58. | |
Council for an 18-hole course to the south of the existing course. | :17:59. | :18:01. | |
Scottish success at last night's BAFTAs - Director Lynne Ramsay took | :18:01. | :18:05. | |
the BAFTA for her short film, Swimmer. Disney's Brave, set in the | :18:05. | :18:08. | |
Highlands, won Best Animated Film. Will Anderson, from Inverness, and | :18:08. | :18:10. | |
Ainslie Henderson, from Edinburgh, won Best Short Animation for The | :18:10. | :18:16. | |
Making Of Longbird. And there are more stories from | :18:16. | :18:19. | |
your area, and all the latest news, 24 hours a day, on BBC Scotland's | :18:19. | :18:29. | |
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And night do key is here with the sport. | :18:32. | :18:36. | |
Neil Lennon says there is real belief that Celtic can beat | :18:37. | :18:40. | |
Juventus over two legs in the Champions League. And he said it | :18:40. | :18:45. | |
would be dangerous to underestimate his side. The Italian giants say | :18:45. | :18:50. | |
they will not be taking Celtic lightly but they come to Scotland | :18:50. | :18:53. | |
full of confidence. Juventus in town and the autograph | :18:53. | :19:02. | |
hunters were out in force. And some got lucky. What are you expecting | :19:02. | :19:09. | |
from Celtic tomorrow night? cannot speak now. Speaking to the | :19:09. | :19:14. | |
media was strictly off-limits. As Juventus beware using Rangers' | :19:14. | :19:20. | |
training facilities, Celtic were going through their final | :19:20. | :19:27. | |
preparations. A decision arm Samaras and another player will be | :19:27. | :19:31. | |
made tomorrow. Celtic Park is gearing up for the massive interest. | :19:31. | :19:37. | |
There have been many famous nights here in Europe. Manager Neil Lennon | :19:37. | :19:44. | |
says his players are gearing up for another one. Nothing is going to be | :19:44. | :19:51. | |
decided at the end of 90 minutes tomorrow night. It is over two | :19:51. | :19:56. | |
games and you have to prepare to play hard for 180 minutes. Juventus | :19:56. | :20:02. | |
started with defeat in the league in January. There were also draws | :20:02. | :20:06. | |
against two other sides and there were knocked out of the Italian | :20:06. | :20:16. | |
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side -- Cup. But they bounced back and with a 2-0 win on Saturday, | :20:17. | :20:27. | |
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they lead their competition by two PTS. In a certain sense, we are | :20:28. | :20:37. | |
both outsiders here. So Juventus are taking nothing for granted, as | :20:37. | :20:40. | |
Lennon relishes a huge managerial challenge. | :20:40. | :20:47. | |
The former Hearts and Scotland goalkeeper Craig Gordon fears | :20:47. | :20:51. | |
injuries will bring a premature end to his career. He will not play | :20:51. | :20:56. | |
again this season and has joined the coaching staff at Dumbarton. In | :20:56. | :21:01. | |
2007 he became Britain's most expensive goalkeeper after a �9 | :21:01. | :21:11. | |
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million move from Hearts to Scotland can now go on and win more | :21:17. | :21:22. | |
games in this year's Six Nations, the view of former captain Andy | :21:22. | :21:28. | |
Nicol, who says Saturday's 34-10 victory over the Italians is the | :21:28. | :21:33. | |
best Scottish display in years. It was the first time Scotland won a | :21:33. | :21:38. | |
Six Nations match in two years. It was all quiet at Murrayfield | :21:38. | :21:45. | |
today, quite a change from 48 hours ago, when the national stadium rock | :21:45. | :21:51. | |
to a long overdue Scottish victory. There was attitude, there was real | :21:51. | :21:56. | |
aggression, there was speedy defence, real competition in the | :21:56. | :22:02. | |
contact phrase, which was lacking at Twickenham. Scotland provided | :22:02. | :22:07. | |
the platform for wave after wave of attacks. And just when Italy were | :22:07. | :22:17. | |
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getting a foothold, Stuart Hogg did COMMENTATOR: Stuart Hogg is clear | :22:19. | :22:25. | |
all the way to the line. Scott and then revealing an attacking prowess | :22:25. | :22:31. | |
not seen in years. Now the aim is to build on it. Scotland have to be | :22:31. | :22:36. | |
bullish after that performance in Italy and say, yes, we can have | :22:36. | :22:41. | |
back-to-back wins. I of course, nobody should be getting carried | :22:41. | :22:48. | |
away. Stiffer tests begin for Scotland, including Ireland in two | :22:48. | :22:53. | |
weeks' time. But a win is a win and Saturday felt like a statement of | :22:53. | :22:57. | |
intent. A fantastic win for Scotland. That | :22:57. | :23:01. | |
is all the sport. It was a ground-breaking TV drama | :23:01. | :23:05. | |
which challenged views of mental health and launched the careers of | :23:05. | :23:11. | |
a number of actors, including David talent -- David Tennant. Now Takin' | :23:11. | :23:15. | |
Over the Asylum has been rewritten for the stage. | :23:15. | :23:20. | |
I am giving you this one last chance to snappers up... Said in a | :23:21. | :23:25. | |
Scottish psychiatric unit, Takin' Over the Asylum is about the | :23:25. | :23:30. | |
unlikely community which builds up around a hospital radio station. | :23:30. | :23:35. | |
Originally written for TV, it has been rewritten for the stage by its | :23:35. | :23:41. | |
creator. Much has changed in 20 years. It was a different landscape. | :23:41. | :23:45. | |
It was OK to write a soap about mentally ill people who were | :23:45. | :23:49. | |
killers, and if you interview the people who make them, they would | :23:49. | :23:56. | |
just say, we are not here to campaign, we are here to make good | :23:56. | :24:02. | |
television. The TV show launched the careers of several actors, | :24:02. | :24:07. | |
including a young David Tennant, but that grade D its own problems | :24:07. | :24:13. | |
for the two Theatre's collaborating on this new version. -- that | :24:13. | :24:18. | |
created its own problems. I am blessed with a new generation of | :24:18. | :24:23. | |
Scottish actors who have come in and absolutely owned it. I am | :24:23. | :24:31. | |
interested in paying my bills, not in being a professional DJ. Back | :24:31. | :24:40. | |
just like Ian Robertson, -- actors like Ian Roberts and... She is an | :24:40. | :24:45. | |
activist, she has written a serious piece of work, but it is a great | :24:45. | :24:51. | |
night out as well. You can say, I had a wonderful time but serious | :24:51. | :25:01. | |
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points have been raised as well. It We have had a mainly settled day | :25:07. | :25:11. | |
across the country and for this evening and the other night period, | :25:11. | :25:16. | |
not much changes. Some variable amounts of cloud for eastern parts | :25:16. | :25:20. | |
of the country and we will continue to see some wintery showers feeding | :25:20. | :25:24. | |
into the Northern Isles, piste -- parts of the north-east and perhaps | :25:24. | :25:31. | |
as far as the Borders. Elsewhere, generally dry and prolonged cold | :25:31. | :25:36. | |
spells leading perhaps to a widespread frost. Also, a cold | :25:36. | :25:41. | |
night to come. Temperatures yd below freezing for inland rural | :25:41. | :25:48. | |
areas. For coastal areas, holding just above freezing. There will be | :25:48. | :25:52. | |
a breeze, particularly in eastern parts of the country. Wind light | :25:52. | :25:58. | |
elsewhere. To Marham Mori, a dry, cold, frosty | :25:58. | :26:05. | |
start. These showers continuing for much of eastern Scotland. During | :26:05. | :26:10. | |
the course of the day, some bright spells. Tomorrow afternoon in the | :26:10. | :26:15. | |
South West, brightness at times. Spells of sunshine into the likes | :26:15. | :26:23. | |
of the Glasgow area, perhaps Argyll also. The best of the sunshine for | :26:23. | :26:28. | |
the North West Highlands. For some wintery spells continuing here, | :26:28. | :26:32. | |
also the likes of Aberdeenshire, Angus and much of the east coast. | :26:32. | :26:37. | |
And a cold afternoon to come. Highs of around four or five Celsius and | :26:37. | :26:43. | |
a brisk south to south-easterly wind. Looking ahead to the early | :26:43. | :26:47. | |
evening and into the air the right period, we start to see these | :26:48. | :26:51. | |
showers retreating away from eastern coastal areas, turning | :26:51. | :26:57. | |
mainly dry across the country. Again, a widespread frost to come, | :26:57. | :27:01. | |
although all changed into Wednesday, this front will feature moving in | :27:01. | :27:07. | |
from the Atlantic, meeting cold air and turning readily to snow for | :27:07. | :27:17. | |
central and eastern parts. An early The UK Government has published | :27:17. | :27:20. | |
legal advice which suggests an independent Scotland would be | :27:20. | :27:24. | |
treated as an entirely new state in international law and would have to | :27:24. | :27:32. | |
apply to join the UN and EU. The SNP has described it is as | :27:32. | :27:35. | |
breathtaking arrogance. And Pope Benedict has resigned. He | :27:36. | :27:40. |