:00:15. > :00:20.Tonight, on Reporting Scotland: The First Minister is challenged over a
:00:20. > :00:23.cancelled rail project and a controversial land deal that cost
:00:23. > :00:32.taxpayers hundreds of thousands of pounds. The rising number of
:00:32. > :00:37.children being poisoned after eating gel laundry tablets. Now a health
:00:37. > :00:40.board is offering help to families. The Church of Scotland says it might
:00:40. > :00:43.have to stop performing all weddings, because of the impact of
:00:43. > :00:46.same-sex marriage legislation. The cost of watching football in
:00:46. > :00:55.Scotland is going up - but are the fans getting value for money? It is
:00:55. > :01:00.very poor. And that is judged by the fans that do not bother turning up.
:01:00. > :01:04.Very expensive. And some of the quality of the football does not
:01:04. > :01:07.merit the price they are charging. And the Rangers midfielder Ian Black
:01:07. > :01:14.is given a three-match ban for betting on his own team not to win.
:01:14. > :01:17.Good evening. Another row has broken out between the Labour Party and the
:01:17. > :01:20.Scottish Government over the cancelled railway line, planned to
:01:20. > :01:23.link Glasgow to the city's airport. Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont
:01:23. > :01:28.says £840,000 of taxpayers' money was spent buying a patch of land
:01:28. > :01:32.needed to build the track. But, when the plans were cancelled, it was
:01:32. > :01:38.sold back for just £50,000, to its original owner. Tonight the
:01:38. > :01:40.businessmen involved is accusing Labour of Here's our political
:01:40. > :01:45.correspondent, Glenn Campbell. Trying to smear him.
:01:45. > :01:51.This is the businessmen, John McGlynn, who is at the centre of
:01:51. > :01:56.this land is a out. His company sold a patch of ground next to these
:01:56. > :02:01.paisley warehouses for a premium price and purchased it back again
:02:01. > :02:05.for what looks like a bargain. The land was needed at public expense
:02:05. > :02:09.for the Glasgow Airport rail link until the Scottish Government
:02:09. > :02:13.cancelled construction. At Holyrood, Labour challenged the
:02:13. > :02:16.First Minister to explain the deal which Mr McGlynn, a former
:02:16. > :02:24.Conservative donor, had managed to strike. Now he supports the yes
:02:24. > :02:25.campaign. Since then he has been appointed to the Scottish Government
:02:26. > :02:28.and national economic Forum and appointed to the Scottish Government
:02:28. > :02:36.purchased the land back from the Scottish Government for just £50,000
:02:36. > :02:44.and made a profit of £790,000. Is there some connection here or has Mr
:02:44. > :02:52.McGlynn just benefited from the First Minister's gross incompetence
:02:52. > :02:58.with public funds? If Joe and Lamb and had any evidence whatsoever that
:02:58. > :03:01.anything untoward has been happening in property transactions, let her
:03:02. > :03:09.bring it to the chamber or bring it into the public notice. -- Johann
:03:09. > :03:12.Lamont. Do not make attacks on people in Scotland with no reason
:03:12. > :03:17.whatsoever for making them and come to this chamber and attack people
:03:17. > :03:23.who cannot and is back in the chamber. Ridiculous! Mr Salmond
:03:23. > :03:26.recently opened the company's knew of disease but John McGlynn said his
:03:26. > :03:32.business dealings with government are above board. I was unsure what
:03:32. > :03:35.to think when I actually listen to the recording and I have to come to
:03:35. > :03:39.the conclusion that this is a personal smear on my character in
:03:39. > :03:43.some way. Saying that things are fishy, the language that is used, is
:03:43. > :03:50.in my view not professional as it should be. Mr McGlynn is offering to
:03:50. > :03:56.meet Joe and Lamb and and is demanding an apology from her. --
:03:56. > :03:59.Johann Lamont. What are the Scottish Government
:03:59. > :04:07.saying about this tonight? Is Labour saying sorry? No, they are not. They
:04:07. > :04:12.are saying that their attack is not on him, but on the First Minister,
:04:12. > :04:18.for, and they say it, by King high and selling low. It has become clear
:04:18. > :04:22.tonight that in addition to the £840,000 that was paid for this
:04:22. > :04:28.piece of land, Mr McGlynn also received an additional undisclosed
:04:28. > :04:35.sum in compensation. -- biking high and selling low. Labour has said
:04:35. > :04:38.they bought the land not from John McGlynn but from Strathclyde
:04:38. > :04:41.Partnership for Transport which had purchased it from Mr McGlynn and
:04:42. > :04:46.they say that when it came to it, the project, the Glasgow Airport
:04:46. > :04:52.rail Link project being scrapped, they were obliged to sell the land.
:04:52. > :04:57.By the time they had sold it, there had been the global economic crash
:04:57. > :05:01.which had a sound effect on the value of commercial property. John
:05:01. > :05:08.McGlynn has been clarifying his position tonight, saying that he
:05:08. > :05:11.supports neither the Yes or No side in the independence debate although
:05:11. > :05:22.he does favour further powers for this Parliament.
:05:22. > :05:24.MSPs have voted in favour of the legislation to enable the
:05:24. > :05:27.independence referendum to take place on the 18th of September next
:05:27. > :05:30.year. The Scottish Parliament spent the afternoon debating the bill,
:05:30. > :05:33.which sets out the date, the question to be asked, the campaign
:05:33. > :05:36.finance limits and the period when government announcements should be
:05:36. > :05:39.put on hold so they don't influence the outcome. The legislation will
:05:39. > :05:41.now face further scrutiny in committee.
:05:41. > :05:44.Scotland's largest health board is to give cupboard catches to every
:05:44. > :05:47.household with a baby, to remind them of the dangers of gel laundry
:05:47. > :05:50.capsules. Doctors in Greater Glasgow and Clyde have seen rising numbers
:05:50. > :05:53.of children being harmed by the brightly coloured "liquitabs", which
:05:53. > :05:58.haven't been locked away with other household chemicals. Our health
:05:58. > :06:06.correspondent, Eleanor Bradford, reports.
:06:06. > :06:10.This child's mother got the fright of her life when she turned round to
:06:10. > :06:14.find her daughter had bitten into a laundry capsules. It was on a shelf
:06:14. > :06:18.but the box they were in had a certainly done it that I did not
:06:18. > :06:24.think she would be able to get into it. At the age she is, everything is
:06:24. > :06:27.straight in her mouth. No damage was done but doctors here at the West of
:06:27. > :06:35.Scotland mean Children's Hospital are seeing more children who have
:06:35. > :06:39.got hold of liquitabs. We have had nine children through our health
:06:39. > :06:46.unit in the last year. Nine seriously injured children needing
:06:46. > :06:51.to be on a ventilator to breathe. One children had to be on a
:06:51. > :06:55.ventilator. Certainly it was a surprise to need us to damaging
:06:55. > :06:58.these things can't be. We first reported on this issue one year ago
:06:58. > :07:01.and since then the manufacturers have changed their packaging. The
:07:01. > :07:05.old-style, see-through boxes have gone, replaced with opiate boxes.
:07:05. > :07:10.There is warning labels on the front, and what is supposed to be
:07:10. > :07:13.child frustrating catches that will take them before the end of the year
:07:13. > :07:18.before these changes are seen in older products. In the meantime, the
:07:18. > :07:24.poisoning continues. Scotland's largest health board and safety
:07:24. > :07:28.experts have come up with a plan. We are coming up with packs like this
:07:28. > :07:30.and it is a leaflet, the most important part of the campaign,
:07:31. > :07:37.because we want to raise awareness of the issue. We have a covered
:07:37. > :07:42.latch for every family to put this on their cupboard. Cupboard catches
:07:42. > :07:45.will be handed out to every household in Greater Glasgow and
:07:45. > :07:49.Clyde with a three or four -month-old child. But the safest
:07:49. > :07:54.solution is to treat laundry capsules like bleach and keep them
:07:54. > :07:57.out of reach. The Church of Scotland is
:07:57. > :08:00.considering whether it can continue to marry people, in the light of
:08:00. > :08:04.plans to introduce same-sex marriage. The convener of the Kirk's
:08:04. > :08:07.legal questions committee told MSPs that the church had concerns about
:08:07. > :08:16.being dragged through the courts and about how much it would cost.
:08:16. > :08:19.Catriona Renton reports. Traditionally, marriage has been in
:08:19. > :08:22.the foundations of the Kirk for centuries. The Church of Scotland
:08:22. > :08:28.carries out the highest number of religious marriages in the country,
:08:28. > :08:32.more than 5500 last year. The Kirk believes marriage should be between
:08:32. > :08:36.a man and a woman. And with the game marriage bill making its way through
:08:36. > :08:40.Parliament, one representative told MSP's that the Kirk had concerns
:08:40. > :08:44.about court challenges under human rights laws and how much it would
:08:44. > :08:52.cost. He said this might jeopardise managed in the Kirk altogether. The
:08:52. > :08:55.journalist instructed my committee, together with the other councils and
:08:55. > :08:59.committees of the Church of Scotland, to consider whether in
:08:59. > :09:05.fact, and I am seeing this column clearly, whether in fact the Church
:09:05. > :09:12.of Scotland, it is actually worth the Church of Scotland continuing to
:09:12. > :09:17.offer marriages in Scotland. However, equality campaigners say
:09:17. > :09:20.this is a bit of an overreaction. Nine countries in Europe have
:09:20. > :09:24.same-sex marriage. In the last decade of those marriages, no
:09:24. > :09:28.country had ever required a religious body to conduct same-sex
:09:28. > :09:31.marriages against its will. The European Convention on human rights
:09:31. > :09:36.is really clear on this. In a statement, the reverend Hamilton
:09:36. > :09:44.clarified the Kirk's position, saying that they are urging that any
:09:45. > :09:49.legislation is approved. The Scottish Government says they have
:09:49. > :09:52.addressed this. We are putting in place, through the amendments to the
:09:52. > :10:03.Duke equality act, very substantial safeguards both for churches and
:10:03. > :10:06.councils. -- the UK equality act. The Church of Scotland said it has
:10:06. > :10:10.no plans to stop conducting marriages, but it is reviewing
:10:10. > :10:14.whether it should continue to celebrate them in the way that it
:10:14. > :10:18.does now. And it is looking abroad to the continent where it is common
:10:18. > :10:22.practice for the state to carriage at marriages and couples, if they
:10:22. > :10:25.wish, and then have a church blessing. Some church leaders
:10:25. > :10:29.believe that would make a church there are many more meaningful and
:10:29. > :10:34.it would remove any potential legal challenge in the courts.
:10:34. > :10:38.You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC. Still to come on the
:10:38. > :10:43.programme. Hopes that Scotland's first Gaelic soap in 15 years will
:10:43. > :10:46.be a hit with viewers. And in sport, there's an early
:10:46. > :10:50.season award for league leaders Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
:10:50. > :10:53.And we have all the details on the punishment meted out to the Rangers
:10:53. > :11:02.midfielder Ian Black for breaching SFA betting rules.
:11:02. > :11:06.Edinburgh has beat off competition from Stirling and Dundee to be the
:11:06. > :11:09.home of a new National Performance Centre for Sport. It'll be built at
:11:09. > :11:12.Heriot-Watt University in the capital. The facility will focus on
:11:12. > :11:21.football but also support elite athletes in other sports. Lisa
:11:21. > :11:24.Summers reports. A £30 million centre with expectations of
:11:24. > :11:28.excellence. The Deputy First Minister announced Henriette what is
:11:28. > :11:31.the winning bid. This will be a world-class facility and it gives
:11:31. > :11:35.our top-class athletes the chants to perfect their skills and in hand
:11:35. > :11:38.their performance and help to Scotland at the world rankings of
:11:38. > :11:44.the sports. The government are putting up £25 million for the new
:11:44. > :11:47.facility. Another five will come from Edinburgh City Council, and the
:11:47. > :11:50.remainder from Heriot-Watt, who believe it was location and
:11:50. > :11:52.flexibility that gave them the edge. Meeting the needs of elite football
:11:52. > :11:57.players alongside up and coming young sports players, that will be
:11:57. > :12:02.able to have access to those facilities and therefore can see
:12:02. > :12:06.their careers in sport advanced. Hearts football club duties this
:12:06. > :12:13.area for training and area behind me will be developed. We will have an
:12:13. > :12:16.indoor hand in style pitch, also there will be more football pitches
:12:16. > :12:23.and rugby pitches that will extend up this hill. -- Hamden style pitch.
:12:23. > :12:33.There will be room for athletics, volleyball and rugby. There is just
:12:33. > :12:38.a hint of optimism in the Scotland camp, but our national side has a
:12:38. > :12:42.huge amount of catching up to do. It was said it would take a generation
:12:42. > :12:45.to bring child through who have not had the required coaching, who have
:12:45. > :12:51.not had the amount of time with the ball to develop and elite players so
:12:51. > :12:54.we are on a journey and we have opened seven performance schools
:12:54. > :12:58.across Scotland, we have got boys and girls having coaching daily.
:12:58. > :13:02.Work will start on the facility next bring. The plan is to have the
:13:02. > :13:09.performance set up and running by 2016. Scotland's spending watchdog
:13:09. > :13:14.performance set up and running by has warned that the government
:13:14. > :13:19.target for changing to renewable resources has been hindered aid
:13:19. > :13:24.economic crisis and the caution of the private sector. Ordered sectors
:13:24. > :13:28.says uncertainties over UK energy policy and access to the grid are
:13:28. > :13:31.also delaying investment. Television viewers in Scotland are
:13:31. > :13:38.getting a new soap opera. It is backed by the producer of the hugely
:13:38. > :13:45.successful comedy series The Inbetweeners. As we are about to
:13:45. > :13:54.report, it will be in Gaelic, the first continuing drama since Machair
:13:54. > :13:57.ended in 2000 -- in 1998. Not since Machair fizzled out 15 years ago has
:13:57. > :14:03.there been a programme in the Gaelic language. Even if producers try to
:14:03. > :14:11.create the programmes on a budget, they will all be speak perfect to
:14:11. > :14:18.high-ranking soaps. The producer in charge to charge The Inbetweeners.
:14:18. > :14:25.It became a phenomenon phenomenon. We did it on a low budget. We got an
:14:25. > :14:31.audience for it and that is the best way of convincing people to give you
:14:31. > :14:36.money. Location filming has begun where Chris Young lives and both
:14:36. > :14:42.experienced and novice TV actors have been brought in. I had no idea
:14:42. > :14:49.there was this many people involved and all the intricate jobs involved.
:14:49. > :14:52.It is brilliant. White back the scripts are originated in Gaelic,
:14:52. > :14:58.unlike Machair which was largely written in English and translated.
:14:58. > :15:05.Onset a speaking director, a former star of the BBC programme River
:15:05. > :15:08.City, it is a treat for all involved. It is about performance,
:15:09. > :15:14.director, through rehearsals and going for the take. It is all
:15:14. > :15:19.through the medium of this language and that is how it has to be. The
:15:19. > :15:29.crew and non-Gullikson beakers are picking up phrases. -- non-Gillick
:15:29. > :15:33.speakers. It could create a non-dash-mac money spinning
:15:33. > :15:39.reduction centre here on the Isle of Skye.
:15:39. > :15:43.Let's take a look at other stories from across Scotland.
:15:43. > :15:45.The Scottish Government is investing more than £14 million in new
:15:45. > :15:48.electric vehicles and charging points. Ministers want Scotland's
:15:48. > :15:51.towns and cities to be free of petrol and diesel vehicles by 2050.
:15:51. > :15:55.Tourist businesses could boost their income if they made better use of
:15:55. > :15:57.Scottish produce, according to Visit Scotland. It's launched a new
:15:57. > :16:00.quality award for any outlet offering Scottish food and drink
:16:00. > :16:09.based on research showing that visitors will pay more for an
:16:09. > :16:14.authentic experience. Not only are visitors looking to find businesses
:16:14. > :16:20.where they can have Scottish produce on the menu, also there willing to
:16:20. > :16:24.pay more for food with problems and that is good news for the tourism
:16:24. > :16:27.industry and also for the food and drink sector.
:16:27. > :16:30.There was a big drop in the value of fish landed at Scottish ports last
:16:30. > :16:34.year. Scottish Government figures show that prices were down ine per
:16:34. > :16:38.cent. £466 million worth of fish was landed in total. There was also a
:16:38. > :16:41.five per cent drop in the number of fishermen working in the industry
:16:41. > :16:44.with nearly 50 fewer fishing boats. Cat owners in the north-east are
:16:44. > :16:46.being asked to record what their pets catch and bring back into their
:16:46. > :16:49.homes. The North-East Scotland pets catch and bring back into their
:16:49. > :16:59.Biological Records Centre is compiling a so-called "mammal atlas"
:16:59. > :17:02.of the area. You have to use trapping techniques to build up a
:17:02. > :17:06.profile of where they might be most of the time. But by tapping into the
:17:06. > :17:10.resource of cats bringing species into the house, we can get a better
:17:10. > :17:11.understanding of where they might be.
:17:11. > :17:14.United Airlines has announced plans to introduce an Edinburgh to Chicago
:17:14. > :17:17.service, the first scheduled, nonstop flight between the two
:17:17. > :17:20.cities. They'll operate from May to October.
:17:20. > :17:31.There's more from around the country, 24 hours a day, on the BBC
:17:31. > :17:35.Scotland website. Going to watch football in Scotland
:17:35. > :17:39.is getting more expensive according to a BBC survey. Most of the
:17:39. > :17:44.country's 42 clubs took part in the survey. Those in charge say clubs
:17:44. > :17:52.are working hard to make the game more attractive to supporters. Our
:17:52. > :17:55.correspondent reports. The fans are often referred to as the lifeblood
:17:55. > :18:01.of the game and they dig deep to buy the gate -- to buy the tickets. So
:18:01. > :18:08.that club offers the best value for money? The BBC asked all clubs for a
:18:08. > :18:13.financial breakdown of the match day experience. The cheapest pies to be
:18:13. > :18:23.found at St Johnstone. Inverness fans enjoy the cheapest programmes.
:18:23. > :18:31.Hibernian fans have to dig deep, the tickets are over £350. Celtic topped
:18:31. > :18:36.the table for the most expensive season ticket. Partick Thistle
:18:36. > :18:41.allows free entry for children up to the age of 16. We're proud to do it
:18:41. > :18:47.and have been doing it for a number of years. You have to balance
:18:47. > :18:51.attendances and season-ticket money compared to what's happening on the
:18:51. > :18:56.pitch. It is something we are committed to. We see the benefit it
:18:56. > :19:00.has put the number of children coming through the gates and we are
:19:00. > :19:06.delighted to keep it going. But not all fans are convinced they are
:19:06. > :19:07.getting their moneys worth. A day out at Tynecastle a couple of weeks
:19:07. > :19:13.ago was £60. You pay for what you out at Tynecastle a couple of weeks
:19:13. > :19:21.get the is not brilliant. The SPL product is very poor. That is judged
:19:21. > :19:27.by the fans who do not come. Some of the quality of the food hall is not
:19:27. > :19:30.shown in the price they are charging. So why those in charge
:19:30. > :19:36.doing enough to get people through the turnstiles? When you look at
:19:36. > :19:40.what ever it is, sporting or theatrical, live events are
:19:40. > :19:47.difficult to produce. Scottish book all continuing lead delivers good
:19:47. > :19:50.value for families. All 42 clubs are doing whatever they can to make that
:19:50. > :19:56.experience as affordable as possible. -- Scottish football. Our
:19:56. > :20:01.national obsession with the beautiful game shows no sign of
:20:01. > :20:09.ending any time soon. Lets get some on the pitch news. It
:20:09. > :20:14.has been an interesting day. Rangers midfielder Ian Black will serve a
:20:14. > :20:17.three match ban for breaching Scottish Football Association
:20:17. > :20:20.betting rules. He admitted betting on 160 matches over a seven-year
:20:20. > :20:24.stretch into loading three matches when he bet involving his own side.
:20:24. > :20:30.Our reporter has been following what when he bet involving his own side.
:20:30. > :20:36.has been happening. Can you tell us more on the details on the crime and
:20:36. > :20:43.punishment here? We know that even Black was charged with 160 charges
:20:43. > :20:46.of betting on the court matches totally against the rules of the
:20:46. > :20:49.Scottish Football Association. We know three of the matters related to
:20:49. > :20:57.him betting on his then registered club not to win the game. Ian Black
:20:57. > :21:02.left Hampden this afternoon along with his representative and neither
:21:02. > :21:07.of them would make any comment. Inside the hearing, alongside Ian
:21:07. > :21:11.Black, was a players union boss who told us afterwards that the outcome
:21:11. > :21:18.of the hearing was a warning to other players in Scotland who do bet
:21:18. > :21:22.on football. If there is any good outcome for this then it has raised
:21:22. > :21:25.the spectre of this regulation. We as a union that in talking to
:21:25. > :21:31.players for the last three years about it. There is a role on
:21:31. > :21:38.betting. At least it has opened it up and it is in the public domain.
:21:38. > :21:56.-- a room on betting. -- a round left. Even black played a part in a
:21:56. > :22:01.match last season against East Stirlingshire and he that on a
:22:01. > :22:07.draft. He came off the substitutes bench and there was a 3-2 win for
:22:07. > :22:15.Rangers. There was a rule that no Scottish football player can bet on
:22:15. > :22:17.any much anywhere in the world. A group of Rangers shareholders have
:22:17. > :22:21.dropped their demands for the removal of three of the clubs
:22:21. > :22:24.current directors and the appointment of two of their own
:22:24. > :22:27.faction. A club statement to the stock exchange says the group added
:22:27. > :22:33.agreed they would be no boardroom changes providing the annual general
:22:33. > :22:37.meeting is convened by the 31st of October.
:22:37. > :22:40.On the field, he may be at the summit of Scottish football but
:22:40. > :22:41.there is still room for improvement for Inverness Caledonian Thistle
:22:41. > :22:46.stuff that is according to Captain for Inverness Caledonian Thistle
:22:46. > :22:49.Richie Warren who won the test DFL Player of the Year award for
:22:49. > :22:53.August. It reflects the fine start to the season and comes along way
:22:53. > :23:00.since the bitter inception as Heather Dewar reports. September
:23:00. > :23:04.1993. Two Highland league clubs Inverness Thistle and Canada William
:23:04. > :23:21.Culliton -- Caledonia will vote to Red Jasmine. -- thought to emerge as
:23:21. > :23:30.one. -- opt to combine. 100 years gone, for what! That moment led to
:23:30. > :23:33.the very inception of Inverness Caledonian Thistle. 20 years later
:23:33. > :23:36.this is the club as we now know it and they have well and truly
:23:36. > :23:41.cemented their place in the top flight. We are progressing forward
:23:41. > :23:46.well. The club itself is on a solid footing. We have the boys lined up
:23:46. > :23:51.for next year as well so the long-term future is looking rosy.
:23:51. > :23:57.Performances like these have put them top of the league. The Captain
:23:57. > :24:00.Richie Foran was rewarded with the SPFL Player of the Month Award for
:24:00. > :24:05.August. What is the secret to success? Ask the players and they
:24:05. > :24:10.will tell you hard work and an incredible team spirit. It is a
:24:10. > :24:15.warning there is more to come. We want to do better and we are always
:24:15. > :24:20.looking for improvement. I have never met a player who said he had
:24:20. > :24:26.that perfect game. We have been good -- good, but good is not good
:24:26. > :24:31.enough. After 20 years, is winning the Premiership achievable? On
:24:31. > :24:38.current form, it is surely not impossible. Tim Visser says he is
:24:38. > :24:43.hopeful Scottish clubs will avoid being excluded from the Heineken
:24:43. > :24:47.club -- Heineken Cup. Clubs from England and France had threatened to
:24:47. > :24:53.break away saying they are not happy the way the tournament is organised.
:24:53. > :24:57.Talks continue on that front. Tim Visser says he envisages Scottish
:24:57. > :25:03.clubs -- does not envisage clubs being left out. The diversity of
:25:03. > :25:09.countries in the Heineken Cup is great. It was the tournament's
:25:09. > :25:13.greatest asset, getting all the nations involved. It gives them the
:25:13. > :25:17.opportunity to play against teams from other countries.
:25:17. > :25:19.Interesting day on and off the pitch.
:25:19. > :25:37.Time for a weather update. We will be battening down the
:25:37. > :25:43.hatches at the weekend. There are still a few heavy patches of rain to
:25:43. > :25:48.come tonight but afterwards it will clear although it will remain cloudy
:25:48. > :25:54.and misty and temperatures will drop. Tomorrow, we start off with a
:25:54. > :25:59.fair amount of cloud for southern Scotland and you will see some bits
:25:59. > :26:04.and pieces of patchy rain at first stop the emphasis is on dry and
:26:04. > :26:11.bright weather with some decent spells of sunshine. At around 3pm,
:26:11. > :26:14.may be some thicker spells of rain. But that will be interspersed with
:26:14. > :26:23.good spells of sunshine in the central belt. The North Highlands
:26:23. > :26:27.will see very good weather as well and towards the Northern and Western
:26:27. > :26:30.Isles you may see a few light showers. Temperatures tomorrow will
:26:30. > :26:37.be cooler than we have seen recently. Throughout the rest of the
:26:37. > :26:40.afternoon and towards the evening the showers will die away and you
:26:40. > :26:48.will be treated to some evening sunshine. Tomorrow night will be
:26:48. > :26:53.cooled and the high-pressure system means it will remain dry and settled
:26:53. > :26:58.for the weekend. In the east you will see dry and bright weather, but
:26:58. > :27:04.in the West, a very deep area of low pressure is threatening, and on
:27:04. > :27:08.Sunday that will bring very wet and windy weather. The Met Office has
:27:08. > :27:13.issued as yellow weather warning for Sunday. That weather will sweep
:27:13. > :27:19.across the country on Sunday morning. The main fact is the wind,
:27:19. > :27:26.and you will see some potentially damaging gusts with the winds
:27:26. > :27:33.reaching around 70 mph. Keep up-to-date online.
:27:33. > :27:38.A reminder of the main news. Royal mail will be privatised within
:27:38. > :27:54.weeks. UK government says shares will be sold workers and the public.
:27:54. > :27:58.For the first time, President Assad has confirmed he is willing to put
:27:58. > :28:02.his country's chemical weapons under international control.
:28:02. > :28:07.Church of Scotland is considering whether it can continue to carry out
:28:07. > :28:11.weddings under plans for same-sex legislation. That is all for now.
:28:11. > :28:15.weddings under plans for same-sex Thank you for joining us. Goodbye..