:00:19. > :00:23.Tonight on Reporting Scotland, a rescue plan is launched for As many
:00:23. > :00:25.as are of the opinion, say "aye". To the contrary, "no" as the Scottish
:00:25. > :00:29.government announces it is to take it into public ownership.
:00:29. > :00:33.A Nobel prize for the Edinburgh University scientist, Professor
:00:34. > :00:40.Peter Higgs much to the delight of his colleagues. You could not hear
:00:40. > :00:42.what was being said because it was complete joy from everybody here who
:00:42. > :00:47.had been waiting for this for such a long time. Also tonight, the Tibetan
:00:47. > :00:52.monk who founded the UK's first Buddhist monastery in Eskdalemuir is
:00:52. > :00:59.killed in China. A royal opening for the MS centre
:00:59. > :01:09.with JK Rowling. And no punches pulled over the state of the current
:01:09. > :01:11.Rangers board. Prestwick airport in Ayrshire is to be taken into public
:01:11. > :01:15.ownership by the Scottish government. The owners have been
:01:15. > :01:20.trying to sell it for the past 18 months and it has been losing £2
:01:20. > :01:28.million a year. Our correspondent is at Prestwick Airport tonight for us.
:01:28. > :01:35.This deal has thrown a lifeline to Prestwick Airport, with no private
:01:35. > :01:39.investor willing to spend the millions needed to keep this airport
:01:39. > :01:44.open. The threat of closure was looming. It has been given a fresh
:01:44. > :01:47.lease of life with public money but a huge amount of work is required to
:01:47. > :01:57.turn Prestwick Airport around. It is Scotland's largest commercial
:01:57. > :02:02.airport and it has a runaway big enough for almost any plane,
:02:02. > :02:03.civilian or military but that big scale has not shielded Prestwick
:02:03. > :02:06.Airport from commercial pressures scale has not shielded Prestwick
:02:06. > :02:09.and in recent years, it has struggled. Now the Scottish
:02:09. > :02:15.government is stepping into by the airport. We want to secure the
:02:15. > :02:21.future of Prestwick Airport and the businesses that depend on it, we
:02:21. > :02:24.want to reassure staff that we will work with them and I can advise
:02:24. > :02:30.Parliament that the Government has advised the current air port owners
:02:30. > :02:35.towards a process of acquisition. APPLAUSE.
:02:35. > :02:41.The for sale sign has been up for 18 months with no success. The New
:02:41. > :02:46.Zealand firm which owns it has failed to find a buyer because
:02:46. > :02:51.commercially, it is struggling. This airport handles a lot of freight.
:02:51. > :02:56.12,000 tonnes last year but only one airline flies from here, a budget
:02:56. > :03:02.carrier, Ryanair. Passenger numbers have been falling. In 2007, almost
:03:02. > :03:06.2.5 million people were using Prestwick Airport. Five years on,
:03:06. > :03:12.that number had fallen to just 1.1 million. That slide forced the
:03:12. > :03:18.Government to step in. It is a moving the right direction. Either
:03:18. > :03:25.that or the shuts. -- a movement in the right direction. It is not the
:03:25. > :03:31.first airport to be bought or owned by the state. The Welsh government
:03:31. > :03:34.bought Cardiff airport in March this year and the Highlands and Islands
:03:34. > :03:40.airports are controlled by Scottish ministers and part funded by the
:03:40. > :03:43.Government. Ministers aim to close the deal for Prestwick Airport
:03:43. > :03:47.within six weeks and then with the hard work begins to return it to
:03:47. > :03:55.strength and one day sell it off to a private company.
:03:55. > :04:01.This is a pretty unusual move to nationalise an airport. Why is the
:04:01. > :04:05.Scottish government doing this? Two very clear reasons, jobs and money.
:04:05. > :04:10.There are about 300 people employed at the airport itself but this is
:04:10. > :04:14.also an aeronautical hub here at Prestwick. Lots of businesses,
:04:14. > :04:20.industry associated with the airport. The threat was that if the
:04:20. > :04:30.airport itself were too close, those jobs would go anywhere between 3000
:04:30. > :04:35.and 6000 links to the airport's future with the prospect of the
:04:35. > :04:39.Scottish economy suffering to the tune of around £66 million a year so
:04:39. > :04:42.potentially a devastating loss. But I think ministers are also aware
:04:43. > :04:46.they have got a huge challenge on their hands because they will now
:04:46. > :04:50.have to attract much more air freight to Prestwick Airport,
:04:50. > :04:56.attract more airlines, not just Ryanair but other lines as well.
:04:56. > :05:00.Critics say that the terminal building itself is in need of a
:05:00. > :05:07.major make over. One MSP said that if you will do all that, let's go
:05:07. > :05:11.the whole hog and rename the airport Robert Burns International. I am not
:05:11. > :05:16.sure they will go that far but it is a sign that they were too radical
:05:16. > :05:19.plan is required to make this place profitable again. It has got a good
:05:19. > :05:22.ring to it! It was a long wait but worth it.
:05:22. > :05:26.Professor Peter Higgs of Edinburgh It was a long wait but worth it.
:05:26. > :05:30.University has won the Nobel Prize for physics. The 84-year-old shares
:05:30. > :05:35.it with the Belgian, Francois Englert, for explaining how the
:05:35. > :05:38.building blocks of the universe acquired their mass. They published
:05:38. > :05:46.findings 50 years ago but were only proved right last year.
:05:46. > :05:50.No computer, no calculator, just pen, paper and his intellect. That
:05:50. > :05:58.is what Peter Higgs used to explain the universe we know. It was 1964
:05:58. > :06:02.fast forward 49 years. Professor Peter Higgs, the University of
:06:02. > :06:08.Edinburgh in Great Britain. Peter Higgs had theorised that I'm instant
:06:08. > :06:12.after the big bang, some fundamental particles acquired their mass. With
:06:12. > :06:16.that, their ability to come together into the matter that makes up our
:06:16. > :06:22.universe has a roof that you would see a new particle, the Higgs boson.
:06:22. > :06:28.This particle now at last has been observed last year by the
:06:28. > :06:35.collaborations for experiments at the International Cern laboratory
:06:35. > :06:40.outside Geneva. They had built the most complex machine in history
:06:40. > :06:43.there, the large hadron Collider which accelerated two beams of
:06:43. > :06:48.protons to almost the speed of light and smashed them together and there,
:06:48. > :06:52.looking in the data, was the Higgs boson. I had never been in a
:06:52. > :07:01.scientific meeting like that before. We all got up and cheered and
:07:01. > :07:10.stamped. It was a completely new experience! But you must accept that
:07:10. > :07:20.they were cheering you. It was not me they were cheering, I regarded it
:07:20. > :07:23.as Cheers for the home team. Professor Peter Higgs has just won
:07:23. > :07:28.the Nobel Prize! APPLAUSE.
:07:28. > :07:35.It was greeted with applause at his old school and at Edinburgh
:07:35. > :07:39.University. He came up with a theoretical explanation of the way
:07:39. > :07:43.the world works, 50 years ago. And for that now to have been proven to
:07:43. > :07:49.be true is really telling us that we are on the right track. This leaves
:07:49. > :07:56.just one big question unanswered, where is the Higgs? Not the
:07:56. > :08:04.particle, Peter Higgs. Apart from a short statement, he is nowhere to be
:08:04. > :08:07.seen. I am not sure he yet knows, I hope he does! It took an
:08:07. > :08:17.international effort to prove him right, and it look back to big -- it
:08:17. > :08:20.looked back to the beginning of everything.
:08:20. > :08:26.And Gordon Brewer will be discussing the significance of the Nobel Prize
:08:26. > :08:29.on Newsnight Scotland tonight at 11 o'clock on BBC Two Scotland.
:08:29. > :08:32.The founder of the UK's this Buddhist monastery has been killed
:08:32. > :08:38.The founder of the UK's this in south-west China. Akong Rinpoche
:08:38. > :08:42.set it up at Eskdalemuir in 1967. A statement from his brother says he
:08:42. > :08:44.was killed along with another family member and a monk. We can cross now
:08:44. > :08:55.to the monastery and our reporter. The building behind me is a Buddhist
:08:55. > :09:00.symbol of peace but the piece of the monetary here at Eskdalemuir has
:09:00. > :09:05.been shattered today by news of the murder in China of its founder,
:09:05. > :09:10.Akong Rinpoche. Chinese police have issued a statement saying that he
:09:10. > :09:12.was killed along with his nephew and driver in the city of Chengdu in
:09:13. > :09:18.south-west China this morning. Apparently, by three other Tibetans
:09:18. > :09:24.and apparently over a dispute about money. Those details have yet to be
:09:24. > :09:29.confirmed. But news of his death was relayed to people here at around
:09:29. > :09:37.four o'clock this morning and it was met with unbelievable shock and
:09:37. > :09:54.disbelief. I think everyone here is in a state of shock. It seems such a
:09:54. > :09:58.sudden cutting off of life that was incredible and with so many
:09:58. > :10:03.different activities. He fled from his native Tibet in the 1960s,
:10:03. > :10:08.walking out over the mountains to escape Chinese oppression. He ended
:10:08. > :10:11.up here at Eskdalemuir in 1967 and has been developing the military and
:10:11. > :10:18.the whole complex here ever since. He also founded the trust which is
:10:18. > :10:20.in charity which has helped tens of thousands of people internationally
:10:20. > :10:24.through humanitarian work around the world. He was a spiritual leader,
:10:24. > :10:31.and educational leader, a Tibetan doctor and people here tonight as
:10:31. > :10:36.saying he is simply irreplaceable. The defence secretary Philip Hammond
:10:36. > :10:39.says the Scottish government's defence plans under Independents
:10:39. > :10:43.remain insultingly vague. Speaking in Edinburgh, he claimed thousands
:10:43. > :10:47.of Scottish jobs depended on Scotland remaining part of the
:10:47. > :10:50.union. The SNP veterans Minister Keith Brown is challenging Mr
:10:50. > :10:54.Hammonds to have what he called a proper debate on defence. -- Mr
:10:54. > :11:03.Hammond. Independence is on the MoD's radar.
:11:03. > :11:08.The Defence Secretary came to Edinburgh to meet workers making
:11:08. > :11:12.military hardware. Launching his government's analysis of the defence
:11:12. > :11:16.implications of independence, Philip Hammond says firms like this would
:11:16. > :11:22.lose out if they voted yes. He said thousands of jobs relied on contract
:11:22. > :11:26.is only awarded within the UK. The majority of those jobs are dependent
:11:26. > :11:32.on the very large procurement budgets of the UK MoD and these
:11:32. > :11:36.businesses owned industries are successful because they have
:11:36. > :11:41.critical mass. If you take away a significant chunk of their demand,
:11:41. > :11:44.it is far from certain that the rump of the demand would be able to
:11:44. > :11:49.sustain business. The Scottish government insist that companies
:11:49. > :11:53.will be able to bid for MOD business north of the border if they voted
:11:53. > :11:58.yes. They say an unfair share of cuts, not independence, is the real
:11:58. > :12:02.threat to defence jobs. We asked the question about where the defence
:12:02. > :12:05.jobs will come from, but we must ask where they have gone. And Philip
:12:05. > :12:08.Hammond contradicted those who said in the House of Commons that
:12:08. > :12:13.Scotland has had a disproportionate share of the cuts, Philip Hammond
:12:13. > :12:16.has now rubbished his readers is a was figures on this are the
:12:16. > :12:22.important thing is we would increase the number of defence jobs from
:12:22. > :12:27.around 11,000 up to 15,000. The SNP says defence budget of £2.5 billion
:12:27. > :12:30.would detect jobs and give an independent Scotland the Armed
:12:30. > :12:33.Forces it needs. Philip Hammond Corby plans insultingly vague today.
:12:33. > :12:38.The arguments today are not just Corby plans insultingly vague today.
:12:38. > :12:41.about the defence of the realm, they are about defending jobs. With so
:12:41. > :12:45.many of them connected to the defence industry in Scotland, the
:12:45. > :12:49.future has become a key independent issue with the battle lines now
:12:49. > :12:56.drawn and that will only get harder fought as referendum day approaches.
:12:56. > :13:00.You are watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC, still to come, the
:13:00. > :13:05.Princess Royal opens a new love for research into multiple sclerosis
:13:05. > :13:09.funded by the author, JK Rowling. In sport, the former Rangers manager
:13:09. > :13:13.and chairman Walter Smith says the club needs to get rid of the
:13:13. > :13:17.boardroom turmoil and make the team the top priority. And Ricky Burns is
:13:17. > :13:21.talking to us about the broken jaw that made him question his future in
:13:21. > :13:27.the ring. Join me for the sport coming soon. The children's minister
:13:27. > :13:46.has been defending Government plans for every child to have a named
:13:46. > :13:53.person. Catriona Renton reports. You will remember the faces of these
:13:53. > :13:57.children. Brandon Muir, Carla Nicole Bone and Caleb Ness all died after
:13:57. > :14:01.being neglected or abused. The idea behind having a named person for
:14:01. > :14:04.every child could perhaps provide a safeguard not just in such extreme
:14:04. > :14:09.and isolated cases but could give families who need help somewhere to
:14:09. > :14:13.turn. From the moment a child is born in
:14:13. > :14:17.Scotland, the Government would like them to have a named person as a
:14:17. > :14:22.single point of contact for their welfare. This would probably be a
:14:22. > :14:33.health visitor, or a teacher as the child gets older. For children and
:14:33. > :14:39.their families and having someone who can work with them about any
:14:39. > :14:46.help that they need. It could be as simple as signposting to repeat
:14:46. > :14:48.service within the local area. In a school it could be around
:14:48. > :14:51.identifying if there's a need assistance with homework or
:14:51. > :14:57.identifying that that child need support. It could be as light such
:14:57. > :15:04.as that. Where there is great in need, they will be a real bonus in
:15:04. > :15:09.having the named person to coordinate services. Highland
:15:09. > :15:14.Council has been running the scheme since 2010, and they say it works.
:15:14. > :15:21.The role of named person reduces bureaucracy. It allows things to
:15:21. > :15:24.happen more quickly. Previously, if a headteacher thought the child
:15:24. > :15:29.needed a bit of extra support they might have to contact a whole range
:15:29. > :15:34.of agencies. They might have to go to a meeting, submit a new
:15:34. > :15:37.assessment. Now they simply say, I know this chore, I have spoken to
:15:37. > :15:43.the family, they need more support. And it happens. However, the plans
:15:43. > :15:49.are being criticised by those who feel they could lead into
:15:50. > :15:53.unnecessary intrusion. I concern that this is for every child
:15:53. > :15:57.irrespective of whether there are any problems within the family.
:15:57. > :16:03.Their phallic up to us by the Faculty of Advocates -- we have had
:16:03. > :16:10.it put to us by the Faculty of Advocates that this is
:16:10. > :16:18.inappropriate. Implementation would be a massive task. There are more
:16:18. > :16:20.than 1 million under 18 to in Scotland and there are concerns
:16:20. > :16:23.about this whole system could work in practice, with teachers and
:16:23. > :16:29.others were worried about the knock-on effects.
:16:29. > :16:32.Police Scotland want to trace a 15-year-old girl from Dumbarton who
:16:32. > :16:36.was last seen on Thursday October three. Emma McDonald travelled to
:16:36. > :16:40.Perth to stay with her boyfriend and his family and was reported missing
:16:40. > :16:47.last Monday after efforts to contact her failed. Emma, was last seen she
:16:47. > :16:49.was wearing red jeans and a pink top.
:16:49. > :16:51.Multiple sclerosis is a condition that has touched many lives in
:16:51. > :16:55.Scotland, including Harry Potter author J K Rowling, whose mother
:16:55. > :16:58.died of the disease. Today she saw the Princess Royal open the research
:16:58. > :17:02.centre at Edinburgh University which she has funded, and which she hopes
:17:02. > :17:06.will provide hope to thousands of MS sufferers.
:17:06. > :17:13.It was the Princess Royal that hope and the new clinic but beside her
:17:13. > :17:17.was the woman who funded it. None of this happened without support and
:17:17. > :17:24.have such exceptional support is quite astonishing. A £10 million by
:17:24. > :17:30.JK Rowling, the Saint is named after her mother, who died of MS aged just
:17:30. > :17:37.45. In the past he has spoken of white is so close to her heart. It
:17:37. > :17:42.was awful to watch. I started writing Harry six months before she
:17:42. > :17:48.died, which is obviously real regret, because I never told her I
:17:48. > :17:53.was even writing it. She knew I wanted to write, I'm not sure how
:17:53. > :17:57.seriously she took it, so she never knew anything about Harry Potter. It
:17:57. > :18:02.is patients like Chris Shaw who will be at the heart of research
:18:02. > :18:09.undertaken here will stop he was diagnosed with MS at the age of 24.
:18:09. > :18:12.It is not going to go away, you know from the moment you wake up how
:18:12. > :18:17.you're going to be feeling for the rest of the day. Because I have good
:18:17. > :18:26.days and bad days. Patients will be involved in clinical trials.
:18:26. > :18:30.Presently, all these neurological diseases are without treatment,
:18:30. > :18:34.effective treatment, and what patients want our treatment. The
:18:34. > :18:39.challenge for the research community is to deliver treatments that will
:18:39. > :18:42.make a difference. Chris hopes that he will be part of that. It may be
:18:42. > :18:46.too late for me, I do not know, but he will be part of that. It may be
:18:46. > :18:50.if I can help somebody else who's coming along behind, it may even
:18:51. > :18:55.have MS at the moment but does not know it, I can then help towards
:18:55. > :18:58.finding a cure for finding to make life easier.
:18:58. > :19:01.Other stories from across Scotland life easier.
:19:01. > :19:05.this Tuesday. Cineworld has been ordered to sell
:19:06. > :19:08.one of its cinemas in Aberdeen. The Competition Commission says its
:19:08. > :19:11.takeover of the Picturehouse chain could drive up prices for
:19:11. > :19:14.film-goers. Cineworld, which currently owns three of Aberdeen's
:19:14. > :19:19.four cinemas, says it intends to sell the Belmont Picturehouse as a
:19:19. > :19:23.going concern. Tram testing has started in the
:19:23. > :19:26.capital between the depot at Gogar and Edinburgh Park Station. It will
:19:26. > :19:30.continue until the service begins next year. Pedestrians and drivers
:19:30. > :19:34.are being warned to take extra care on the roads at the points where the
:19:34. > :19:37.trams will cross. The test programme will build up gradually, but
:19:37. > :19:46.eventually there will be more than 150 tram journeys a day along the
:19:46. > :19:51.line. The world-renowned school of textile
:19:51. > :19:56.design at Heriot Watt University is teaming up with the makers of Harris
:19:56. > :20:01.Tweed. The project aims to introduce new technology to the world-famous
:20:01. > :20:05.fabric. That could lead to new products in fashion and interior
:20:05. > :20:08.design. Moray Council looks set to be the first local authority in
:20:08. > :20:12.Scotland to double council tax rates on long-term empty properties to try
:20:12. > :20:15.to bring them back into use. Councillors have agreed to increase
:20:15. > :20:20.council tax on such homes by 50% next year and then by 100% in April
:20:20. > :20:24.2015. There are believed to be over 600 properties in Moray that have
:20:24. > :20:28.been left empty for over a year. And there are more stories from your
:20:28. > :20:37.area - and all the latest news, 24 hours a day, on BBC Scotland's
:20:37. > :20:41.website. The former Rangers chairman Walter
:20:41. > :20:46.Smith is urging the club to return to making the football team the
:20:46. > :20:49.priority. Smith says there's "an obvious suspicion" that that's not
:20:49. > :20:53.the case the way it's currently being run. He wants rid of what he
:20:53. > :20:57.calls the "boardroom turmoil" and hopes the upcoming AGM will settle
:20:58. > :21:07.any arguments. Kheredine Idessane has more.
:21:07. > :21:15.When this man dons the clubs, expect him to pack a punch. Arguably
:21:15. > :21:17.Rangers greatest ever manager, he is still an Ibrox heavyweight and he
:21:17. > :21:23.has aimed a blow at some of the current custodians who have resided
:21:23. > :21:29.over £40 million loss, questioning whether they are all acting in the
:21:29. > :21:32.club 's best interest. There is an obvious suspicion that the club is
:21:32. > :21:41.not the main reason why people are running it. I think after the AGM,
:21:41. > :21:45.if we get back to the fact that Rangers is a football club and it
:21:45. > :21:51.should be run for the football club and for the football team. I think
:21:51. > :21:57.that would be a massive step. Some supporters and the shareholders want
:21:57. > :22:01.big boardroom changes at the upcoming annual general meeting.
:22:01. > :22:07.Smith simply longs for a return to normality. We have to get rid of the
:22:07. > :22:17.boardroom turmoil. The football side will look after itself. We have to
:22:17. > :22:23.settle down the boardroom, which may happen after the AGM. Former
:22:23. > :22:26.director Dave King has been speaking to Rangers in South Africa about
:22:26. > :22:31.renewing his arrangement with the club. It is a move Walter Smith says
:22:31. > :22:35.he would welcome. The Aberdeen manager, Derek McInnes,
:22:35. > :22:38.may be the manager of the month for September, but he knows his team are
:22:38. > :22:41.far from the finished article. Aberdeen were unbeaten last month
:22:41. > :22:45.and lie fourth in the Premiership. McInnes, though, says their start to
:22:45. > :22:52.the season has been no better than decent and he's keen for that to
:22:52. > :22:55.improve. If we can get a level of consistency, as other teams have
:22:55. > :23:01.shown in recent years and get involved in European sports, then
:23:01. > :23:04.that is right for us. Evra course of the season you have to do well
:23:04. > :23:11.enough. We have not shown anything to suggest that yet. We have done is
:23:11. > :23:14.get off a decent start. Ricky Burns says he questioned his
:23:14. > :23:18.boxing future after suffering a broken jaw in his last fight but
:23:18. > :23:21.he's now raring to get back in the ring. The WBO World Lightweight
:23:21. > :23:25.champion expects to fight again in February. Talks are under way for a
:23:25. > :23:28.re-match in Glasgow with the man who broke his jaw, the Mexican Raymundo
:23:28. > :23:35.Beltran. Burns has been speaking to our reporter Phil Goodlad. Four
:23:35. > :23:39.weeks ago, the career of Ricky Burns looking real danger. Now the world
:23:39. > :23:46.champion is planning his ring return. I'm hoping the jaw is going
:23:46. > :23:50.to hear back to the way it was, which the surgeon said it would.
:23:50. > :23:56.Once I start sparring, I will be more confident. The broken jaw
:23:56. > :24:01.required metal plate inserted into his face. The injury and the pain
:24:01. > :24:07.made him question his future in boxing. At the time I thought about
:24:07. > :24:11.what is going to happen with my boxing career. It was just a couple
:24:11. > :24:15.of days after the injury had happened. When they took me to
:24:15. > :24:18.hospital odyssey they gave me painkillers and nothing was
:24:18. > :24:24.working, not even the strongest ones. He expects to get the all
:24:24. > :24:27.clear from doctors next month and by then he should know who he will face
:24:28. > :24:35.in his comeback fight next year. But he wants only one man. Raymundo
:24:35. > :24:39.Beltran has got to get his rematch. I know they have spoken to him about
:24:39. > :24:45.it and whether he wants to come over here for it. I think it makes sense
:24:45. > :24:49.to have the fight over here. There is still much to D4 Ricky Burns
:24:49. > :24:53.before he re-enters the ring but the prognosis looks a lot healthier than
:24:53. > :24:56.it did for weeks ago. It's been a successful year for
:24:56. > :24:58.Scotland's female athletes, which has been reflected in the
:24:58. > :25:02.nominations for Scottish athlete of the year. Eilidh Child is one of the
:25:02. > :25:05.nominees along with Eilish McColgan, Laura Muir, Libby Clegg and Sunday's
:25:05. > :25:14.Great Scottish Run women's winner, Susan Partridge. Chris O'Hare is the
:25:14. > :25:22.only male on the short list. A bit of girl power there the
:25:22. > :25:28.athletes. Just like in here! And spray much! This week,
:25:28. > :25:35.temperatures are taking a bit of a dive. Certainly by Thursday,
:25:35. > :25:37.reaching for the heating, I think. On Wednesday the showers will be
:25:37. > :25:43.increasing and the wind strengthening. A dry and cloudy
:25:43. > :25:47.start to the night for most. To the far north, a band of showers.
:25:47. > :25:57.Certainly a cold at night and of late. Tomorrow we have this area of
:25:57. > :26:05.hype treasure act to the West and the strong winds tracking down cold
:26:05. > :26:11.air from the Arctic. Temperatures taking a plunge, certainly compared
:26:11. > :26:14.to the last few days. Tomorrow, there will be a rational showers
:26:14. > :26:21.across the north and north-west. Fairly cloudy with showers elsewhere
:26:21. > :26:26.through the morning. As we head to the afternoon the central belt
:26:26. > :26:32.writing up. A different story in the North. Showers will be frequent
:26:32. > :26:37.across the Northern Ireland and the north of the mainland. Winds around
:26:37. > :26:47.60 mph. Pretty raw in the wind as well. That is also snow over the
:26:47. > :26:51.hills, above around 600 metres. Further south, temperatures not that
:26:51. > :26:54.much higher, but given a bit of sunshine and the wind a bit lighter,
:26:54. > :27:01.eating much better can add with further north. The rest of the
:27:01. > :27:09.evening and overnight, the showers tending to clear away at staying
:27:09. > :27:12.windy. It will be a cold night. High pressure starts to establish itself
:27:13. > :27:19.as we head towards Thursday. Settling things down. It is dry and
:27:19. > :27:26.bright but still cold. Still windy down the East Coast.
:27:26. > :27:30.Now, a reminder of tonight's main news in brief. Prestwick Airport in
:27:31. > :27:33.Ayrshire is to be taken into public ownership by the Scottish
:27:33. > :27:37.Government. The airport's owners have been trying to sell it for the
:27:37. > :27:41.past 18 months and it's been losing £2 million a year. Professor Peter
:27:41. > :27:44.Higgs of Edinburgh University has won the Nobel Prize for Physics. The
:27:44. > :27:47.84-year-old shares the prize with the Belgian Francois Englert for
:27:47. > :27:51.explaining how the building blocks of the universe acquired their mass.
:27:51. > :27:55.And that's Reporting Scotland. From everyone on the team here in Glasgow
:27:55. > :27:56.and around the country, have a very good evening.