:00:00. > :00:21.Tonight, on Reporting Scotland - Prosecutors fail to get an increase
:00:21. > :00:26.in the sentence for this driver who was responsible for the deaths of
:00:26. > :00:31.two cyclists. Is what message are we giving to
:00:31. > :00:34.other drivers? This is someone who has killed and killed again and yet
:00:34. > :00:37.he is allowed to drive. Also in the programme - Calls for the Scottish
:00:37. > :00:41.Government to provide free school meals for children in the first
:00:41. > :00:44.three years of primary. They're off! The first athletes to
:00:45. > :00:53.make the grade for team Scotland are unveiled for next year's
:00:53. > :00:57.Commonwealth Games. It's one of the biggest upsets in
:00:57. > :01:01.Scottish football as lowly Greenock Morton celebrate their victory over
:01:01. > :01:05.Celtic in the League cup. Good evening. The family of one of
:01:05. > :01:08.two cyclists killed by an Edinburgh driver have said they're shocked and
:01:08. > :01:11.disgusted his sentence has not been increased. Appeal judges rejected
:01:11. > :01:14.the Crown's argument that 49-year-old Gary McCourt should be
:01:14. > :01:28.jailed and banned from driving for life. Morag Kinniburgh reports. This
:01:28. > :01:33.woman's family leave court stunned. They had hoped a precedent would be
:01:33. > :01:37.set this morning, that's drivers who cause the deaths of cyclists should
:01:37. > :01:43.be banned for life. What message are we giving to other drivers? This is
:01:43. > :01:50.someone who has killed and killed again. But he can still drive. Is it
:01:50. > :01:55.safe to walk up the High Street. It is not just cyclists, it is anybody
:01:55. > :02:01.on the roads. Two years ago, Audrey Fife died after being knocked off
:02:01. > :02:06.her bike. Gary McCourt was sentenced to 300 years -- 300 hours community
:02:06. > :02:10.service. The Crown appealed argued that the sentence was too lenient,
:02:10. > :02:14.especially since he had caused the death of another cyclist in 1985.
:02:14. > :02:19.The Solicitor general had argued that he should have been jailed for
:02:19. > :02:23.at least eight months and banned for life. Mrs Fyfe's family and cycle
:02:23. > :02:33.campaigners say they saw no value, but they felt a ban was needed. I am
:02:33. > :02:43.disgusted. I cannot believe it sends out the wrong message to others.
:02:43. > :02:48.That the judiciary is not fit for purpose. Cycling lobby had appealed
:02:48. > :02:53.hard. Thousands called for action to try and make the roads safer for
:02:53. > :03:00.everyone. motor drivers should have a far greater responsibility. The
:03:00. > :03:04.rejection appeal really reinforces the fact that the justice system is
:03:04. > :03:10.not protecting road leaders like we would want them to. Campaign is
:03:10. > :03:15.asking their MSP is to review sentencing to improve public
:03:15. > :03:18.protection on Scotland's roads. Unions, charities and the Church of
:03:18. > :03:21.Scotland have written to the Scottish Government demanding that
:03:21. > :03:24.primary school children here get the same free school meals deal that
:03:24. > :03:27.will be introduced in England next year. All children there in the
:03:27. > :03:31.first three years of primary will get a free lunch from September next
:03:31. > :03:34.year. Campaigners say the Scottish Government must now finally fulfill
:03:34. > :03:38.its promise to do the same. Aileen Clarke has been looking at this and
:03:38. > :03:40.can tell us more. Well, Catriona, the announcement
:03:40. > :03:44.last week by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, that all children in
:03:44. > :03:46.England will get free school meals in Primary one, two and three, has
:03:46. > :03:53.certainly galvanised campaigners here. A whole range of charities,
:03:53. > :03:57.the STUC and the Church of Scotland have signed a letter to Scottish
:03:57. > :04:00.ministers. They're demanding that a similar roll-out of free school
:04:00. > :04:04.meals, promised here three years ago, happens now. At the moment,
:04:04. > :04:09.more than 81,000 primary pupils in Scotland get free school meals.
:04:09. > :04:15.Extending that to all primary 1-3 pupils would mean that figure could
:04:15. > :04:18.double to around 165,000. John Dickie, one of the signatories to
:04:18. > :04:27.the letter, says that needs to happen. Parents are under
:04:27. > :04:31.extraordinary pressures, there is mounting evidence of health problems
:04:31. > :04:34.in children. There is mounting evidence of the educational benefits
:04:34. > :04:38.of a universal approach to free school meals. There's no time to
:04:38. > :04:43.lose. The sooner we see them getting healthy school lunch, the better.
:04:44. > :04:51.Five years ago, there was a trial carried out to pilot free school
:04:51. > :04:54.meals. During that scheme, three quarters of pupils were taking
:04:54. > :04:58.advantage of a school lunch. In some areas. That was almost a third more
:04:58. > :05:02.than when most pupils had to pay for it. Now that means of course that
:05:02. > :05:05.even at best a quarter of children didn't take the meal on offer even
:05:05. > :05:08.through it was free. Researchers explained that by terming this group
:05:08. > :05:17.of children fussy eaters. Not much evidence of fussy eaters at this
:05:17. > :05:26.primary in Glasgow this lunchtime. It seems to have gone very well at
:05:26. > :05:37.this primary school. I had custard. I had milk, salad and a chicken
:05:37. > :05:44.wrap. I had a baked petite and tuna. There is a push to produce healthy
:05:44. > :05:49.balanced meals here. Years ago, salad was a no-go area, now all the
:05:49. > :05:56.kids are into it. Resch fruit was a no-go area. Nutrition is just one
:05:56. > :06:04.aspect of lunch which is very much valued. Children come in and spend
:06:04. > :06:09.some time with their teacher seeing to look at things like manners,
:06:09. > :06:13.talking about healthy options. Instead of doing healthy eating less
:06:13. > :06:18.and in the classroom, we have moved it into the dinner school. The
:06:18. > :06:23.Scottish Government said they are committed to expanding free school
:06:23. > :06:26.meal provision and they are asking the UK Government to clarify if
:06:27. > :06:31.additional money isn't the added to the Scottish budget to reflect that
:06:31. > :06:34.extra spending. But no firm promise from Scottish ministers on when
:06:34. > :06:37.primary one to three pupils here will all be given the chance of a
:06:37. > :06:40.free school dinner. The Scottish woman accused of drug
:06:40. > :06:43.smuggling in Peru will learn her sentence at a hearing next Tuesday,
:06:43. > :06:46.according to lawyers representing her co-accused. 20-year-old Melissa
:06:46. > :06:48.Reid from Lenzie near Glasgow and Michaella McCollum, who's from
:06:48. > :06:54.County Tyrone, appeared before a judge at a prison in Lima yesterday.
:06:54. > :06:57.They both pleaded guilty to the charges. It's thought that could
:06:57. > :07:00.mean they'll be given a reduced sentence for trying to smuggle £1.5
:07:00. > :07:05.million pounds worth of cocaine out of the country. The women also hope
:07:05. > :07:11.that they might be able to serve some of their sentence in the UK.
:07:11. > :07:15.You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC. Still to come on the
:07:15. > :07:18.programme - ?NEWLINE They're off! The first athletes to make the grade
:07:18. > :07:22.for team Scotland are unveiled for next year's Commonwealth Games. And
:07:22. > :07:25.in sport: we've got a celebrity free preview of the big pro-celebrity
:07:25. > :07:29.golf at St Andrews. And it's bigger than an upset, a
:07:29. > :07:31.surprise or a shock - it's Morton's flabbergasting win over Celtic. More
:07:31. > :07:41.on those stories later. The names of the first athletes to
:07:41. > :07:46.make the grade for team Scotland ahead of next year's Commonwealth
:07:46. > :07:49.Games have been announced. 27 competitors from athletics and
:07:49. > :07:52.squash are the first to secure their places. The selection process
:07:52. > :08:02.continues for others hoping to join them. Chris McLaughlin reports.
:08:02. > :08:07.And now it is getting serious for those in the spotlight and in the
:08:07. > :08:12.team. Glasgow's Winter Gardens is the venue, next summer is the
:08:12. > :08:17.focus. The first names are now on the team sheet. Every one desperate
:08:17. > :08:22.to represent their country. You don't get the opportunity to do it
:08:22. > :08:27.very often. I'm sure it is going to be amazing. Having that home crowd
:08:27. > :08:33.and wearing that best. It'll be fantastic. From athletes to
:08:33. > :08:37.facilities and with the new hydro arena due to open, it is just
:08:38. > :08:42.Hampden as the only game's venue to revamp. It is up to the
:08:42. > :08:47.competitors. Is there extra pressure on the team Scotland because it is
:08:47. > :08:52.in Glasgow? I don't think so. Every athlete will be different in how
:08:52. > :08:56.they feel about it. For me, in some ways, once you get there and they
:08:56. > :09:01.get into the atmosphere, you are so focused on your sport and I hope it
:09:01. > :09:15.will be the opposite, I hope having the support and friendly faces will
:09:15. > :09:17.hopefully give us an advantageous rather than extra pressure. This is
:09:17. > :09:20.not just about naming names and putting together a team, it is about
:09:20. > :09:22.keeping Glasgow 2014 in the spotlight. The organisers are saying
:09:22. > :09:25.that the city is almost ready and so too is the team. It may be 300 days
:09:25. > :09:29.away, but the Glasgow, the finishing line is in sight.
:09:29. > :09:32.Union leaders and some politicians have renewed demands for a full
:09:32. > :09:35.public inquiry into offshore helicopter safety following a series
:09:35. > :09:37.of accidents. The calls came as three helicopter operators launched
:09:38. > :09:44.their own review of safety practices. Bristow, CHC and Bond say
:09:44. > :09:48.the exercise will "complement" the review announced yesterday by the
:09:48. > :09:51.Civil Aviation Authority. MSPs have been debating
:09:51. > :09:54.controversial plans to scrap the need for evidence to be backed up,
:09:54. > :09:59.or corroborated, in criminal court cases. The Conservatives are calling
:09:59. > :10:01.for a wider review of the laws of evidence to be carried out, arguing
:10:01. > :10:05.that corroboration protects against miscarriages of justice. But the
:10:05. > :10:08.Justice Secretary Kenny Macaskill told Parliament that abolition was
:10:08. > :10:15.long overdue because corroboration was a barrier to obtaining justice
:10:15. > :10:19.for the victims of crime. Holyrood's Justice Committee is continuing
:10:19. > :10:22.scrutiny of the legislation. The first dedicated Gaelic primary
:10:22. > :10:27.school in Edinburgh was officially opened today. Campaigners say the
:10:27. > :10:30.creation of a school in the capital is a symbolic moment for Gaelic
:10:30. > :10:34.education across Scotland. Only a few hundred children start out in
:10:34. > :10:36.Gaelic schools and units every year, but as our education correspondent
:10:36. > :10:38.Jamie McIvor reports, there are ambitious targets to increase this
:10:38. > :10:53.number. Encourage more children to learn
:10:53. > :10:56.Gaelic is crucial to diverse in the long-term decline of the language.
:10:56. > :11:01.Campaigners across Scotland see the long-term decline of the language.
:11:02. > :11:06.opening of Edinburgh first dedicated primary as a milestone. in terms of
:11:06. > :11:13.encouraging Gaelic across Scotland, I don't need to encourage parents. I
:11:13. > :11:18.cannot keep up with the demand. The challenge the Government is to meet
:11:18. > :11:22.that demand. The new school replaces a smaller units. It was inside a
:11:22. > :11:34.school where the other children were taught in English.
:11:35. > :11:43.Gaelic medium education is simply about teaching youngsters Gaelic --
:11:43. > :11:51.isn't, it is about teaching every subject in Gaelic. Even in English
:11:51. > :11:55.lessons, they will speak in Gaelic. Across Scotland, the target is to
:11:55. > :11:59.double the dumb -- number of children. There are some challenges.
:11:59. > :12:05.We need to make sure that there are enough teachers to meet demand. That
:12:05. > :12:13.is something that hasn't really been prepared for. There are sceptics.
:12:13. > :12:20.Some parents may question investment in Gaelic education when other parts
:12:20. > :12:25.of the budget are facing cuts. The funding for this came up, I think,
:12:25. > :12:28.from the Gaelic development fund that the Scottish Government has
:12:28. > :12:32.ring fenced for that purpose, most of the funding for this school.
:12:32. > :12:38.Frankly, if we don't act now to protect the language, we won't have
:12:38. > :12:43.one to protect in the future. Census figures tomorrow will give an update
:12:43. > :12:45.on the number of speakers, nobody is pretending that reversing
:12:45. > :12:50.generations of decline is simple, but giving more children the chance
:12:50. > :12:55.of a Gaelic education is a big part of the strategy to ensure the
:12:55. > :12:58.language's feature. Other stories from across Scotland
:12:58. > :13:01.this Wednesday. Police are treating as suspicious
:13:01. > :13:05.the death of a man whose body was found in Glasgow city centre. The
:13:05. > :13:12.body was found outside flats at Blythswood Court, near Argyle
:13:12. > :13:16.Street, early this morning. A search has been taking place for a
:13:16. > :13:19.missing hill walker in the Cuillin hills on Skye. He was reported
:13:19. > :13:22.overdue last night by a family member. Skye Mountain Rescue and the
:13:22. > :13:24.Stornoway Coastguard helicopter are involved in the operation.
:13:24. > :13:27.Pentland Ferries has been forced to suspend its services between
:13:27. > :13:29.Caithness and Orkney after their twin-hulled vessel, the Pentalina,
:13:29. > :13:33.developed a problem with its propulsion system. It's understood
:13:33. > :13:37.that one of the ship's propellers has been damaged. The company say
:13:37. > :13:40.they hope to resume normal services on Monday.
:13:40. > :13:44.Health experts are investigating two cases of Legionnaire's Disease in
:13:44. > :13:48.North Ayrshire. Both patients are recovering well. It's not known
:13:48. > :13:51.whether the cases are linked. Experts have ruled out a link with
:13:51. > :13:54.compost. The pharmacy at Edinburgh Royal
:13:54. > :13:57.Infirmary has been closed after effluent flooded an area of the
:13:57. > :14:01.building earlier. Medicine is being brought in from the Western General
:14:01. > :14:05.Hospital and a clean up operation is under way.
:14:05. > :14:09.Plans have been approved for a £1.5 million re-vamp of the historic
:14:09. > :14:12.Theatre Royal in Dumfries. The owners, the Guild of Players, plan
:14:12. > :14:23.to create a performance complex fit for the 21st century. In brief
:14:23. > :14:27.terms, there are five buildings here and we will join them together to
:14:27. > :14:33.form a lovely new Theatre. They'll be a bar area, a studio area, an
:14:33. > :14:36.area the dance, workshop facilities. It will be super.
:14:36. > :14:40.One of Scotland's Maggie's Centres is celebrating its tenth birthday
:14:40. > :14:43.today. The charity opened its Dundee centre in 2003. It's provided
:14:43. > :14:46.support to thousands of cancer patients and their families at all
:14:46. > :14:50.stages of their illness. And there are more stories from your
:14:50. > :14:52.area, and all the latest news, 24 hours a day on BBC Scotland's
:14:52. > :15:06.website. Teenagers with arthritis have made a
:15:06. > :15:09.film, to alert health staff to a condition which they say is often
:15:09. > :15:11.diagnosed too late. More than 2,000 children and young people in
:15:11. > :15:14.Scotland suffer from arthritis, although it's generally considered
:15:14. > :15:25.something that affects the elderly. Emma Ailes reports.
:15:25. > :15:30.Lucy is four years old. She has had arthritis since she was 16 months
:15:30. > :15:33.old. She went from being a normal, happy baby to a little girl who
:15:34. > :15:41.could not move her neck, her fingers were swollen, she went from crawling
:15:41. > :15:45.to not being able to move. Lucy was lucky, her condition was caught
:15:45. > :15:50.early. Drugs help to control it and her toys are specially designed to
:15:51. > :15:55.help with her physio therapy. Juvenile arthritis is rare and
:15:55. > :16:01.difficult to spot. Some children go years without it being diagnosed.
:16:01. > :16:05.This film was made by a group of young people with arthritis. Some of
:16:05. > :16:10.them were in wheelchairs by the time they were teenagers. I have been to
:16:10. > :16:15.five hospitals all over Scotland. No one could tell me what it was. We
:16:15. > :16:18.knew exactly what it was when we saw it. There is a large lack of
:16:18. > :16:25.knowledge about what arthritis means for young people. This is the
:16:25. > :16:32.physiotherapy section of your kill hospital. This doctor says things
:16:32. > :16:35.have already come a long way. Early recognition of arthritis in young
:16:35. > :16:38.people in the path has been difficult because the public
:16:38. > :16:43.perception is that children do not get arthritis. That is not the case.
:16:43. > :16:47.Prompt treatment will it lead to better outcomes for young patients.
:16:47. > :16:51.With new drugs and better training for doctors and health
:16:51. > :16:55.professionals, treatment and diagnosis of childhood arthritis
:16:55. > :16:59.improving all the time. But dealing with the physical symptoms is not
:16:59. > :17:03.the only issue. Many children living with the disease say it can be an
:17:03. > :17:12.isolating experience, they hope that sharing their stories on camera will
:17:12. > :17:17.help them overcome that. David Currie is here with the sports
:17:17. > :17:20.news. It was an unexpected result for one of the teams in the league
:17:20. > :17:22.last night. That is an understatement!
:17:22. > :17:26.It'll be remembered as one of the biggest upsets in Scottish football.
:17:26. > :17:30.Celtic knocked out of the league cup by the team next to bottom in the
:17:30. > :17:34.second tier of the SPFL - Morton. It was the Greenock club's first win at
:17:34. > :17:40.Celtic Park since 1971, a result no-one - including the Morton
:17:40. > :17:45.manager - expected. He had the chance to be a Martin
:17:45. > :17:50.Heal. That could be the goal that sent Celtic crashing out of the
:17:50. > :17:56.Scottish league cup. Shock, upset, no. Not really strong enough. How
:17:56. > :18:02.about flabbergasted. A new magnitude of surprise result. Coined in part
:18:02. > :18:08.by a jubilant Morton manager. Icon flabbergasted with what we did
:18:08. > :18:11.today. We defended brilliantly. We are hoping we can use this as a
:18:11. > :18:17.catalyst to start winning points in the league. We have told them not to
:18:17. > :18:21.go out for a drink because they have to be professional. In Greenock this
:18:21. > :18:26.afternoon, that flabbergasted word is on everyone's lips. I was
:18:26. > :18:32.flabbergasted. I put a little bet on the home team as well. I said to my
:18:32. > :18:37.wife, it must be among the top results Morton has ever had. My
:18:37. > :18:45.family is all excited. We were in the pub having drinks. I was double
:18:45. > :18:47.flabbergasted. Martin's reward for astonishing their supporters is a
:18:47. > :18:55.place in tomorrow's water final draw. Who knows, perhaps further
:18:55. > :19:00.flabbergasted mint awaits. I just invented that word. There is more
:19:00. > :19:03.flabbergasting to be done and you will not miss it on the BBC. We have
:19:03. > :19:25.live coverage of tonight's match. The Scotland midfielder Kim Little
:19:25. > :19:29.says she's confident the women's team can make it to the World Cup.
:19:29. > :19:31.The Arsenal Ladies star trained with her international team-mates at
:19:31. > :19:34.Motherwell's Fir Park, ahead of tomorrow's World Cup qualifier there
:19:34. > :19:36.against Bosnia-Herzegovina. For me it is one of the best Scotland teams
:19:36. > :19:39.against Bosnia-Herzegovina. For me I have played in since I have been
:19:39. > :19:40.here. We have got so much talent and so many players playing
:19:40. > :19:43.professionally so our fitness levels are very high. We are ambitious and
:19:43. > :19:49.we believe we can get to the World Cup.
:19:49. > :19:52.Golf meets showbiz tomorrow at the annual Dunhill Links Championship.
:19:52. > :19:55.It's one of the most unique events on the tour as it pits professional
:19:56. > :19:58.with celebrity over three courses - St Andrews, Kingsbarns and
:19:58. > :20:01.Carnounstie. Our golf reports, Phil Goodlad, is at the St Andrews for
:20:01. > :20:07.us. Welcome to St Andrews. Rather an
:20:07. > :20:11.autumnal feel here at the first and old course, but a man who will be
:20:11. > :20:15.hoping to recreate his hot form of last is defending champion Branden
:20:15. > :20:19.Grace. It must be quite a moment for you tomorrow when you stand on the
:20:19. > :20:27.first and you are annexed as defending champion. Yes. It is
:20:27. > :20:30.great. This is where it all started. This was my best win so far in my
:20:30. > :20:35.career and what a better way to defend the championship. Home of
:20:35. > :20:42.golf in St Andrews. You never know, at the end of the week it could be
:20:42. > :20:46.the same situation as last year. Baby we take St Andrews for granted
:20:46. > :20:52.but what is it like for a South African to come here to St Andrews
:20:52. > :20:58.to play. -- maybe we take St Andrews for a grant it. It is great. I have
:20:58. > :21:01.had some success here, obviously last year, and I have had some close
:21:01. > :21:06.calls in Scotland as well so I have fond memories of Scotland. In this
:21:06. > :21:10.event there are so many stars from the stage and screen, from other
:21:10. > :21:18.sports, have you had your autograph book out? A little bit! There is a
:21:18. > :21:21.lot of respect going around which is great and it is nice that the game
:21:22. > :21:29.of golf is being played in this manner. Thank you. Before tomorrow,
:21:29. > :21:34.we are going to swap autograph books to find out who each of us have got
:21:34. > :21:40.here at St Andrews. I got Hugh Grant, did you get Andy Garcia? He
:21:40. > :21:46.is a difficult man to get hold of. I played with Ian Botham once. You can
:21:46. > :21:53.leave us now. I wonder if anyone asked for Phil
:21:53. > :21:57.Goodlad's autograph! Chris has been carousing about the
:21:57. > :22:03.country with the weather this week. We are you tonight?
:22:03. > :22:07.We are in the Scottish Borders where it has been fairly cloudy and
:22:07. > :22:10.drizzly today, a far cry from the summer months of weather, which were
:22:10. > :22:16.so good. It increased the visitor numbers to this region.
:22:16. > :22:19.We are in the beautiful Borders countryside, the river Tweed behind
:22:19. > :22:24.me, Kelso in the distance and further still, the hills in the mist
:22:24. > :22:28.there. The most imposing part of the landscape here is the castle. This
:22:28. > :22:32.is a big employer in the region and the estate has had a very good year.
:22:33. > :22:38.How is this for a front door to your house? This castle is the largest
:22:38. > :22:45.inhabited castle in Scotland than 30,000 people annually come to take
:22:45. > :22:49.a look inside. This is the anteroom, one of 12 rooms open to the public
:22:49. > :22:52.out of 150 that make up the castle. Did you and the Duchess use this
:22:52. > :22:56.trim every single day, they may have a drink in here before dinner. At
:22:56. > :23:03.the end of the season, they get their sitting-room back. It cost
:23:03. > :23:06.£500 per day alone to look after the maintenance of the castle so it is
:23:06. > :23:10.very important to the family that they open it to the public to help
:23:10. > :23:12.with those costs. The one in here is complaining about the weather
:23:13. > :23:17.because the weather we saw during summer was so good that visitor
:23:17. > :23:20.numbers were up. Some parts of the castle were up 25% and they did not
:23:20. > :23:24.see the downturn that they did in 2012 back to the Olympics and Queens
:23:24. > :23:27.to believe. I have it on good authority from the Butler's wife
:23:27. > :23:34.that this is the drawing-room where you come to relax in the evening,
:23:34. > :23:38.unless you're throwing a party. I think we might be having a party
:23:38. > :23:43.tonight. Hopefully to encourage the sun to come out. What about the
:23:43. > :23:49.weather? This evening, generally it is dry across most of the country
:23:49. > :23:53.but it will be cold. There is very little in the way of cloud cover,
:23:53. > :23:58.and across most of the country there is long, clear spells overnight, the
:23:58. > :24:02.temperature falling away. It will be a cold night. Even in towns and
:24:02. > :24:05.cities, ten to five Celsius and down through the Highlands, close to
:24:05. > :24:09.freezing with the chance of Frost. Paul Flynn at the mist and fog
:24:09. > :24:14.issues we have seen over the last few nights. -- hopefully not the
:24:14. > :24:19.mist and fog issues. It will be a bright start tomorrow. As we head
:24:19. > :24:23.through the day, some cloud bubbling up at times, particularly in the
:24:23. > :24:27.South West. As we head through the middle of the afternoon, we can see
:24:27. > :24:30.through Central and southeastern parts of the country, it should be
:24:30. > :24:35.dry with some decent dry or sunny spells. Temperatures close to
:24:35. > :24:40.average for this time of year. Cloudy in the south-west, the best
:24:40. > :24:43.of the sunshine up in the north-west through parts of Lewis and Harris,
:24:43. > :24:51.into Caithness and Orkney as well and further says. Temperatures close
:24:51. > :24:57.to average for this time of year. It is cloudy in Shetland. Overnight,
:24:57. > :25:02.there is little change, staying dry with the wind for most generally
:25:02. > :25:05.light. We can see from the pressure charts that the weather front we
:25:05. > :25:08.have had sinking its way southwards is making a return and that will
:25:08. > :25:14.bring a fair amount of cloud on Friday. A cloudy day than what we
:25:14. > :25:18.will see tomorrow. On Friday, it is a dry but cloudy day. There will be
:25:18. > :25:25.outbreaks of rain likely across the north-west. Temperatures into the
:25:25. > :25:28.mid and high teens, Saturday and Sunday it is largely dry but there
:25:28. > :25:31.could be outbreaks of rain across the far north of the country.
:25:31. > :25:36.Temperatures close to average for this time of year. It is not too bad
:25:36. > :25:42.here at the moment, a lovely setting behind me. Imagine owning a house
:25:42. > :25:45.like that! It is back to you in Glasgow.
:25:45. > :25:51.like that! It is back to We thought that was your house!
:25:51. > :25:59.Now, Newsnight Scotland is looking for audience members for an event
:25:59. > :26:03.this coming Monday. They'll be discussing the role of the Arts and
:26:03. > :26:06.Culture in Scotland, including, of course, the independence referendum.
:26:06. > :26:09.Andrew Kerr will be joined by a panel of guests and if you want to
:26:09. > :26:12.join them, go to bbc.co.uk/scotland, news and search for Newsnight
:26:12. > :26:13.Scotland. Now, a reminder of tonight's main news in brief.
:26:13. > :26:16.Scotland. Now, a reminder of tonight's main news in The Labour
:26:16. > :26:19.leader is standing firm on his promise to freeze gas and
:26:19. > :26:22.electricity prices for 20 months if Labour wins the next election -
:26:22. > :26:25.insisting it's not an attack on business. Ed Miliband's plans have
:26:26. > :26:29.led to a storm of protest from the energy suppliers, with some warning
:26:29. > :26:31.of a threat to the country's energy security as well as possible power
:26:31. > :26:34.cuts. The family of one of two cyclists
:26:34. > :26:37.killed by an Edinburgh driver have said they're shocked and disgusted
:26:37. > :26:40.his sentence has not been increased. Appeal judges rejected the crown's
:26:40. > :26:47.argument that 49-year-old Gary McCourt should be jailed and banned
:26:47. > :26:51.from driving for life. The names of the first athletes to
:26:51. > :26:54.make the grade for Team Scotland ahead of next year's Commonwealth
:26:54. > :26:57.Games have been announced. 27 competitors from athletics and
:26:57. > :26:59.squash are the first to secure their places. The selection process
:26:59. > :27:05.continues for others hoping to join them. And that's Reporting Scotland.
:27:05. > :27:08.I'll be back with the headlines at 8- and the late bulletin just after
:27:08. > :27:13.the ten o'clock news. Goodbye.