:00:15. > :00:21.Tonight, on Reporting Scotland: The energy firm SSE says sorry to
:00:21. > :00:31.consumers as it puts up its prices by more than 8%.
:00:31. > :00:34.I've figured is disgusting, I think they are high enough. I don't
:00:34. > :00:36.believe anything when they see things will rise all the time, they
:00:36. > :00:38.are greedy. Also in the programme.
:00:38. > :00:44.The Commonwealth Games baton arrives back in Scotland as the search
:00:44. > :00:47.begins for 4,000 batonbearers. The costs of setting up an oil fund
:00:47. > :00:50.for Scotland clashes at Holyrood as the opposition claimed the
:00:50. > :00:56.government downplayed its own advice.
:00:56. > :01:01.A report describes the panic as passengers tried to escape from a
:01:01. > :01:04.plane at Glasgow Airport last year. And as he trained for England's
:01:04. > :01:11.crucial world cup qualifier, it has emerged that a young Wayne Rooney
:01:11. > :01:14.was invited to play for Scotland. Good Evening.
:01:14. > :01:17.Energy bills for ten of thousands of households across Scotland are set
:01:17. > :01:20.to rise again, just as temperatures begin to fall. SSE, which owns
:01:20. > :01:27.Scottish Hydro, says customers will see an average 8.2% rise in gas and
:01:27. > :01:38.electricity prices from next month. Andrew Anderson reports. Feeling the
:01:38. > :01:45.heat, Tom Armstrong is worried about the fuel bills he is facing. By
:01:45. > :01:49.electricity is £55 per month, my gas bill is £164 per month and I must
:01:49. > :01:56.pay monthly because I know what I am spending then. Otherwise, if you
:01:56. > :02:04.save it up and it is a bad winter, the gas bill would be quite heavy.
:02:04. > :02:10.The company which owns hydroelectric is raising their prices by just over
:02:10. > :02:15.8%, that means an extra £106 per year for the dual fuel customers.
:02:15. > :02:21.The average yearly cost will rise to £1380. At the company HQ they claim
:02:21. > :02:27.the praise of buying and delivering wholesale energy and government
:02:27. > :02:31.levies. I can honestly be absolutely clear, nobody in this country wanted
:02:31. > :02:35.to make the announcement today, we recognise that times are difficult.
:02:35. > :02:39.As a business, yes, we have announced the putting up prices in
:02:40. > :02:43.November but we are mobilising the skills of our staff to help
:02:43. > :02:48.customers on an individual basis make this -- make their way through
:02:48. > :02:55.winter. Along the road there is little sympathy. It is disgusting,
:02:55. > :03:00.really. I think they are high enough and the winters that we have, it is
:03:00. > :03:04.pretty unfair. I have a pension for an aunt who lives with me and it is
:03:04. > :03:09.a nightmare as it is to keep the house warm, so it will be worse. Is
:03:09. > :03:13.everyone working for Brent's advantage or trying to line their
:03:13. > :03:18.own pockets? Customers can switch their supplier, there are a number
:03:18. > :03:23.of websites that will show deals on offer and with other energy economy
:03:23. > :03:27.is expected to raise their prices in the weeks ahead, these websites
:03:27. > :03:31.might well be busy. Consumer groups have condemned the praise increases,
:03:31. > :03:35.one charity warns that single pensioners will suffer most.
:03:35. > :03:41.Single pensioner households are disproportionately affected by fuel
:03:41. > :03:44.poverty and pensioners are more than 50% of those in fuel poverty. It
:03:44. > :03:49.will affect people on low incomes who are perhaps living in homes that
:03:50. > :03:55.are not as energy-efficient as they could be. Energy companies say that
:03:55. > :04:00.customers can come to them for help. Tom just wishes races would stop
:04:00. > :04:04.going up. That is the view of customers, but
:04:04. > :04:08.we have heard that SSE are blaming the price rises on wholesale energy
:04:09. > :04:12.costs and government levies. Energy prices just keep burning more
:04:12. > :04:15.and more of the household budget. While earnings have barely risen
:04:15. > :04:21.over the downturn years, our average fuel bill is up 24% in four years.
:04:21. > :04:26.Why? With today's announcement, SSE points to different parts of your
:04:26. > :04:29.fuel bill. The cost of the actual energy makes up half of your bill,
:04:30. > :04:35.and SSE says wholesale costs are going up 4%. The cost of getting it
:04:35. > :04:39.to your home, by pipes and cables, and metering it, that's around
:04:39. > :04:43.quarter of the bill. And with new investment to upgrade the grids,
:04:43. > :04:45.that's up 10%. The government has imposed levies to subsidise green
:04:45. > :04:50.generation, energy saving measures, and to help lower-income households.
:04:50. > :04:54.That costs ten per cent of your bill, on average £110, and SSE says
:04:54. > :04:57.that element is going up 13%. That's why the company is, unusually,
:04:57. > :05:10.taking the fight over energy bills back to its political critics. The
:05:10. > :05:12.UK government wants to force more effective competition into the
:05:12. > :05:17.market, making it simple to switch providers. Labour leader Ed Miliband
:05:17. > :05:23.recently pledged more radical action. If we win the election in
:05:23. > :05:30.2015 the next Labour government will freeze gas and electricity prices
:05:30. > :05:33.until the start of 2017. But SSE says it would be fairer to take the
:05:33. > :05:39.green and social talents of your bill. The government 's charges are
:05:39. > :05:43.going up 13% and our recommendation to get £110 off of everyone's bill
:05:43. > :05:47.is to put that into general taxation and take it off energy accounts,
:05:47. > :05:49.that effectively tax people who can afford it.
:05:49. > :05:53.That is while it is widely expected the other big energy providers will
:05:53. > :05:57.follow SSE's lead. Now, some say it is to make big profits. SSE says it
:05:57. > :06:00.made a loss on supplying household energy in the first half of this
:06:00. > :06:04.year. Yet it has told shareholders it will put up their dividends by
:06:04. > :06:07.more than inflation. Over time, it is making around 5% in profits on
:06:07. > :06:10.supplying homes. Along with the profits it makes on sourcing or
:06:10. > :06:13.generating power, it says that's what's needed to build enough
:06:13. > :06:19.capacity to keep us warm and the lights on in future.
:06:19. > :06:21.After its ceremonial send off from Buckingham Palace, the Queens
:06:21. > :06:24.Commonwealth Baton has returned briefly to Scotland. It will spend
:06:25. > :06:28.40 days touring the country next summer and the search is now on for
:06:28. > :06:51.4000 batonbearers to accompany it. Lisa Summers reports.
:06:51. > :06:55.Chiefly this morning, the Commonwealth but travels to
:06:55. > :06:59.sterling. The university campus you will become a training of 14
:06:59. > :07:05.Scotland. Today it was the place where the bat on's domestic Brit was
:07:05. > :07:10.announced. Alongside a campaign to recruit thousands of community back
:07:10. > :07:13.and that. We are talking to organisations and territories around
:07:13. > :07:17.the world to participate in the games. When it comes to Scotland we
:07:17. > :07:22.are determined it is a community centre. We want all communities and
:07:22. > :07:27.local authority areas in Scotland to nominate baton bearers. 100 baton
:07:27. > :07:34.bearers will accompany the baton as it takes a 40 day to Scotland. For
:07:34. > :07:37.the young athletes wanting to take a place it is a good opportunity to
:07:37. > :07:43.think of the value of home support. I would be representing Scotland but
:07:43. > :07:48.it would be good to get this tone of -- to get partly on the map.
:07:48. > :07:53.Watching the Olympics in 2012 and seeing the support that all of the
:07:53. > :07:57.athletes were given will make it extra special to me. There was
:07:57. > :08:03.another brief stop at the city Chambers in Glasgow, the Queen's
:08:03. > :08:07.Private message to the Commonwealth laptop as the bat on's centrepiece.
:08:07. > :08:12.And then a taster of what is to come. Each of the Commonwealth
:08:12. > :08:18.nations. We want to have as many people at it and see it, partly
:08:18. > :08:25.owned it, so we can change the colour of the baton itself from the
:08:25. > :08:28.pristine that it is at the moment so it will get shinier and darker with
:08:28. > :08:33.all of the thousands of hands to touch it. Curators, the baton is
:08:33. > :08:39.about to be loaded onto a flight, bound for Delhi. It is bound for the
:08:39. > :08:44.countries taking part in the next -- taking part in the con love games.
:08:44. > :08:48.The hope is that it will bring communities together as it embarks
:08:48. > :08:51.on a 40 day journey and in Scotland in 287 days time.
:08:51. > :08:54.You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC. Still to come on the
:08:54. > :08:57.programme: Letting the train take the strain.
:08:57. > :09:02.Moving whisky by rail to ease congestion on the A9.
:09:02. > :09:07.And why this former badminton player and chairman of the British
:09:07. > :09:13.-- and in sport, how close was when Rooney to playing for Scotland? The
:09:13. > :09:17.former chairman of the British Olympic movement says it could stay
:09:18. > :09:20.up to a decade until the legacy of Glasgow 2014 is felt.
:09:20. > :09:22.There have been furious exchanges at Holyrood over claims that Ministers
:09:22. > :09:26.downplayed advice from their officials about the costs of setting
:09:26. > :09:29.up an oil fund. Labour's Johann Lamont landed in trouble with the
:09:29. > :09:32.chair, as she accused the First Minister of "dishonesty". Alex
:09:32. > :09:34.Salmond insisted Ministers had always been frank about the
:09:34. > :09:43.challenges and the opportunities. Here's our Political Editor Brian
:09:44. > :09:47.Taylor. Alex Salmond wants an oil fund,
:09:47. > :09:52.money set aside from the North Sea for a long-term investment. But
:09:52. > :09:54.Scotland's but it is in deficit and has been for some time. Civil
:09:54. > :09:55.servants advised the First Minister has been for some time. Civil
:09:55. > :10:10.last year that this this government says one thing in
:10:10. > :10:16.private and another in public. Will the First Minister now come clean
:10:16. > :10:21.with the people of Scotland? But what is in oil fund had been set up
:10:21. > :10:26.in the 1980s, during the early boom? The civil servants Rickenbacker that
:10:26. > :10:32.-- believe that by no instead of the death of £16 billion, Scotland could
:10:32. > :10:36.have assets worth up to 117 billion. Alex Salmond said the very latest
:10:36. > :10:40.advice from his fiscal commission was that such a fund was still
:10:40. > :10:45.possible as long as Scotland's deficit was shrinking. He said oil
:10:45. > :10:50.should not be squandered price. It is a huge advantage for the people
:10:50. > :10:53.of Scotland, with that we had it over the past 40 years, we will
:10:53. > :10:58.certainly have it over the next 40 years. But that simply angered
:10:58. > :11:02.Johann Lamont more. Under years. But that simply angered
:11:02. > :11:08.parliamentary rules, MS peas may not choose one another of lying. Johann
:11:08. > :11:17.Lamont came very close. Honesty is not something this government deals
:11:17. > :11:22.on. Johann Lamont, order! I think you should withdraw that. She duly
:11:22. > :11:26.did. For the Tories, Ruth Davidson claims that all of the good news
:11:26. > :11:31.from the civil servants had been published with the bad stuff dumped.
:11:31. > :11:34.Mr Salmond said it was insulting the intelligence of Scotland to suggest
:11:34. > :11:38.that oil was somehow a liability. A proposal to start flying the Union
:11:38. > :11:40.Flag at a council headquarters ahead of the independence referendum has
:11:40. > :11:45.been abandoned. Councillors in Stirling were due to debate the idea
:11:45. > :11:48.this evening. The move would also have meant the traditional St
:11:48. > :11:53.Andrews flag would not have been flown although this special council
:11:53. > :11:56.Saltire would have remained. Several councils across Scotland fly union
:11:56. > :12:00.flags but it is believed this was the first time in recent years when
:12:00. > :12:06.a serious proposal was made to start flying one on political grounds.
:12:06. > :12:09.An investigation's under way after an air ambulance left the runway at
:12:09. > :12:12.Aberdeen International airport after landing. No-one was injured in the
:12:12. > :12:16.incident, but other flights had to be suspended. The aircraft was
:12:16. > :12:19.transferring a patient from Shetland. It apparently experienced
:12:19. > :12:26.steering difficulties and ended up on the grass.
:12:26. > :12:29.It took more than three and a half minutes to evacuate passengers from
:12:30. > :12:32.the smoke-filled cabin of a plane at the centre of an emergency at
:12:32. > :12:36.Glasgow Airport last year. The aircraft was on an early morning
:12:36. > :12:39.flight to Spain. A report into the incident describes the panic, as the
:12:39. > :12:55.passengers tried to get to safety. Sally McNair reports. 187 passengers
:12:55. > :13:01.in a frantic struggle to get up a plane. Seconds 11 the jet had just
:13:01. > :13:10.began moving for take-off when the flight crew noticed smoke was
:13:10. > :13:18.filling the cabin. They said, vacate the plane. Hurry, hurry. Everybody
:13:18. > :13:26.panicked. An elderly woman was seriously injured when she landed
:13:26. > :13:34.badly on the tarmac. That was crazy. Look! To comply with federal
:13:34. > :13:42.aviation requirements, the plane has to be keep all being evacuated in 90
:13:42. > :13:47.seconds. In this case it took almost four minutes. The Ericsson
:13:47. > :13:51.investigation Branch report said that the age of infirmity of some
:13:51. > :14:00.passengers added to the delay. -- air investigation. They were told in
:14:00. > :14:07.no uncertain cause region terms, just get out of the aircraft! --
:14:07. > :14:12.Glaswegian. Excessive moisture in the air-conditioning system could
:14:12. > :14:17.into blame for the smoke. The company has since amended its safety
:14:17. > :14:20.advice and procedures. Other stories from across Scotland this Thursday:
:14:20. > :14:23.IT services provider CGI is to open a software development centre in
:14:23. > :14:26.Glasgow, creating nearly 250 skilled jobs during the next few years. The
:14:26. > :14:29.Open Source Digital Services Centre, which will offer services to clients
:14:29. > :14:32.in European public and commercial sectors, will open in 2014. It will
:14:32. > :14:39.see the Canadian company nearly double its Scottish workforce within
:14:39. > :14:47.three years. Two men have been convicted at the
:14:47. > :14:52.High Court we are pleased to be creating these high-value roles in
:14:52. > :14:58.Glasgow. They will be focused on new technology software. Not just for
:14:58. > :15:01.Scotland but for the UK come these. Two men been convicted in the High
:15:01. > :15:05.Court in Glasgow are carrying out an armed robbery which saw £400,000
:15:05. > :15:08.worth of Rolex watches stolen. Cousins Alan Mitchell, who's 34, and
:15:08. > :15:11.20-year-old Gary Mitchell, threatened staff with a machete at
:15:11. > :15:18.Eric N Smith jewellers in Newton Mearns. Sentence on both men was
:15:18. > :15:22.deferred. Mussel farming in Shetland should be
:15:22. > :15:24.fully resumed within a few weeks. Harvesting was shut down in July,
:15:24. > :15:27.when naturally occurring toxins reached a dangerous level and
:15:27. > :15:32.seventy customers around London were poisoned. Toxin levels have now
:15:32. > :15:42.fallen, and almost half the mussel farm areas in Shetland have now
:15:42. > :15:45.reopened. Thieves have stolen 30 tonnes of
:15:45. > :15:51.Railtrack from a yard in Aberdeen using an articulated lorry. It
:15:51. > :15:57.happened in the early hours of Tuesday morning. British transport
:15:57. > :15:59.police are appealing to anybody who saw a lorry in the area at the time
:15:59. > :16:01.police are appealing to anybody who to get in touch.
:16:01. > :16:04.Shetland Islands Council has decided to close one of its primary schools.
:16:04. > :16:08.The Olnafirth School in Voe is just five miles away from the school in
:16:08. > :16:12.Brae and councillors have decided they can save almost a £100,000 a
:16:12. > :16:14.year by closing it. The eight pupils will be transferred to Brae next
:16:14. > :16:17.autumn. A new sculpture has been erected
:16:17. > :16:19.above the entrance to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in
:16:20. > :16:23.Edinburgh. Made by Alexander Stoddart, it represents Clio - who
:16:23. > :16:26.is the muse of History in Greek mythology. It replaces the original
:16:26. > :16:31.figure of History which was weathered beyond repair.
:16:31. > :16:35.And there are more stories from your area - and all the latest news, 24
:16:35. > :16:39.hours a day on BBC Scotland's website.
:16:39. > :16:46.Whisky distilled in Speyside is once again being transported to Central
:16:46. > :16:49.Scotland by railway. It's aimed at reducing congestion and pollution on
:16:49. > :16:53.roads like the A9, where one in every seven lorries is linked to the
:16:53. > :16:56.whisky industry. Bulk whisky and spirit is normally moved 200 miles
:16:56. > :17:10.by road to bottling plants and warehouses in the central belt.
:17:10. > :17:14.Jackie O'Brien reports. 23,000 litres of whiskey are pumped into a
:17:14. > :17:24.waiting tanker at Gilligan's distillery. -- Elgin's. But this
:17:24. > :17:29.shipment which is bound for Grangemouth will not take the usual
:17:30. > :17:35.long route south on the a 95. Instead it is stripping just a
:17:35. > :17:43.couple of miles to Elgin railway station. Trains will replace lorries
:17:43. > :17:49.in a government funded pilot scheme. We are trying to prove to distillers
:17:49. > :17:51.that can work for them. There are clear environmental benefits. Carbon
:17:52. > :17:58.dioxide savings in comparison with road movements. That is where we
:17:58. > :18:04.have come from. Trying to support the aims of carbon reduction. Over
:18:04. > :18:09.half of Scottish malt is produced and Speyside. A high number of
:18:09. > :18:12.lorries on the local roads are linked to the whiskey industry. To
:18:12. > :18:18.address that a group of distilleries have signed up to a trial which will
:18:18. > :18:23.not be without challenges. We need to look at how feasible it will be.
:18:23. > :18:29.The health and safety requirements. And how commercially feasible it
:18:29. > :18:33.will be in the long-term. It has been 25 years since a significant
:18:33. > :18:36.freight was moved out of Elgin station. It is all that this
:18:36. > :18:44.initiative will encourage others to take to the tracks. -- hoped. We
:18:44. > :18:49.will open discussions with food producers. There are significant
:18:49. > :18:52.numbers of them in the area. And we will talk to supermarkets to see if
:18:52. > :18:58.they can put containers on the trains. The train will still require
:18:58. > :19:02.some old-fashioned manual assistance and keep running until November when
:19:02. > :19:05.the results of the trial will be analysed to see if the business case
:19:05. > :19:12.stacks up. Here's David now with the sport.
:19:12. > :19:15.It's been revealed the England and Manchester United striker Wayne
:19:15. > :19:18.Rooney was asked to play for Scotland. A former manager of our
:19:19. > :19:23.national team says he approached Rooney early in his career. It comes
:19:23. > :19:33.in a week when the question of national eligibility has become one
:19:33. > :19:41.of football's big talking points. This is Rene training with England
:19:41. > :19:47.today. -- Rooney. He has represented his country 84 times. But it appears
:19:47. > :19:57.he could have played for Scotland. This man tried to make it happen.
:19:57. > :20:07.Berti Vogts. Between 2002 and 2040 was the Scotland manager. He said:
:20:07. > :20:14.the reply was: Well in addition to Wayne Rooney not playing for
:20:14. > :20:17.Scotland - another English born player, Jordan Rhodes, won't be
:20:17. > :20:20.playing for the national team either at Hampden on Tuesday night. It
:20:20. > :20:28.elicited a drawl response from the current Scotland staff. Ridiculous.
:20:28. > :20:30.He would never get in our team! A Manchester United youngster has
:20:30. > :20:36.brought the issue to the fore because he can play for a number of
:20:36. > :20:40.countries. In England and quiet if you would represent them under
:20:40. > :20:42.five-year residency rules. But to play for the Scottish national team
:20:42. > :20:53.you have two: there are not many players that
:20:53. > :21:02.suddenly become available just because we render the rules a little
:21:02. > :21:05.bit more. -- bend. The Blackburn striker, who's scored three times
:21:05. > :21:08.for Scotland, has withdrawn from the squad for the final World Cup
:21:08. > :21:20.qualifier against Croatia at Hampden because of a groin injury. Glasgow
:21:20. > :21:29.City still have a good chance of reaching the last sixteen of the
:21:29. > :21:32.womens Champions League. They drew 2-2 with Standard Liege in Belgium
:21:32. > :21:34.travelling home this morning before beginning their preparations for
:21:34. > :21:41.next Thursdays second leg.Something everyone at the club is looking
:21:41. > :21:51.forward to. The Tory will be finished on the night. That is a
:21:51. > :21:55.definite. -- tie. Some would love to see it go to penalty kicks, but not
:21:55. > :21:58.me, to be honest. It will certainly be entertaining.
:21:58. > :22:01.The former chairman of the British Olympic Association says it could
:22:01. > :22:09.take up to a decade for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow to
:22:09. > :22:12.deliver a legacy. Sir Craig Reedie was in Glasgow today inspecting the
:22:12. > :22:23.refurbished home of Scottish badminton. He feels it's the type of
:22:23. > :22:27.legacy that comes with hosting big events but that it takes a lot of
:22:27. > :22:30.work from all involved. It is about infusing people about sport. That is
:22:30. > :22:36.down to the city, the government, the sports bodies. They must all be
:22:36. > :22:42.clear about what they're trying to achieve. It take years. It may take
:22:42. > :22:48.ten years to fully deliver it. Thank you. It seems tartan is
:22:48. > :22:52.enjoying a surge of popularity in the fashion world. And off the back
:22:52. > :22:54.of the catwalks in Paris and Milan, Scottish businesses are benefiting
:22:54. > :22:57.from substantial orders from high street retailers keen to get in on
:22:58. > :23:08.the act, as Elizabeth Quigley reports. Woven locally, designed
:23:08. > :23:14.locally, heading for the high Street. And in quantities that this
:23:14. > :23:21.company has never seen before. All going to make bags and shoes. We
:23:21. > :23:28.normally send out 20 or 30 little parcels of the day. The final tally
:23:28. > :23:42.of 11,000 metres was far beyond our expectations. Possibly more than we
:23:43. > :23:50.would sell in ten years. Chanel has already turned the catwalk tartan,
:23:50. > :24:00.and Scottish fabrics turn up in the unlikeliest places. Make trainers.
:24:00. > :24:07.-- Lakey. It is a much-needed boost to the industry. -- Nike. Tartan is
:24:07. > :24:18.alive and well and everywhere you look it is they are. , football and
:24:18. > :24:21.rugby matches. -- it is there. From the catwalk to the high street it
:24:21. > :24:26.seems that tartan is putting Scotland very much on the map in the
:24:26. > :24:30.fashion world. Elisabeth quickly, 44.
:24:30. > :24:38.Here's Chris now with the weather forecast. Beautiful across the West.
:24:38. > :24:42.Cool for the time of year. Maine is one last night in parts of the
:24:42. > :24:47.usher. Clear skies and similar conditions in the countryside.
:24:47. > :24:53.Beautiful sunshine across the West. Cloudy in the East. That is thanks
:24:53. > :24:57.to high pressure. It is keeping us dry over the next few days. Tonight
:24:57. > :25:04.it will be dry but Chile. One or two showers. Fading away. When is
:25:04. > :25:15.finally easing down. A dry lake on the wall. Three to five Celsius in
:25:15. > :25:22.the towns and cities. Close to freezing and related us with a
:25:22. > :25:27.frost. A fairly chilly starting places tomorrow. Tension with
:25:27. > :25:31.frosty. High-pressure steam with us. Settled, plenty of sunshine across
:25:31. > :25:37.the West. The least, the skies are cloudier. A brief easterly flow of
:25:37. > :25:49.the North Sea. Bringing moisture and cloud. Temperature rise, a living,
:25:49. > :25:52.12, 13 Celsius. There are about. Thicker cloud towards Caithness,
:25:52. > :25:57.Orkney and Shetland. Temperatures around about the 11 Celsius mark.
:25:57. > :26:02.Afternoon and evening and overnight, staying dry. But it will be chilly.
:26:02. > :26:09.Clear skies overnight. High-pressure continues to stay with us.
:26:09. > :26:14.Continuing the dry conditions. To start the weekend, try and settled.
:26:14. > :26:24.I repeat, really. Thick cloud to the East. Temperatures creeping up, 13
:26:24. > :26:31.Celsius. A slight easterly flow, as I said. Then being influenced a
:26:31. > :26:37.little bit more by low pressure. Wind increasing across the East
:26:37. > :26:39.Coast. The best of the bright and sunny weather will be in the
:26:39. > :26:44.Northwest. Some light rain in the East. Temperatures climbing. Close
:26:45. > :26:48.to average at the time of year. 14 Celsius.
:26:48. > :26:52.Now, a reminder of tonight's main news: Energy bills for ten of
:26:52. > :26:56.thousands of households across Scotland are set to rise again, just
:26:56. > :26:59.as temperatures begin to fall. SSE - which owns Scottish Hydro - says
:26:59. > :27:07.customers will see an average 8.2% rise in gas and electricity prices
:27:07. > :27:10.from next month. After its ceremonial send off from Buckingham
:27:10. > :27:13.Palace, the Queens Commonwealth Baton has returned briefly to
:27:13. > :27:16.Scotland. It will spend 40 days touring the country next summer and
:27:16. > :27:19.the search is now on for 4000 baton bearers to accompany it. The UK
:27:19. > :27:22.government has released details of its Royal Mail share offer. Small
:27:22. > :27:25.investors have been favoured, nearly 700,000 will receive £750 worth of
:27:25. > :27:30.shares each, although some who applied for larger amounts will end
:27:31. > :27:37.up empty-handed. Amid huge public demand, critics say the government's
:27:37. > :27:38.offer was far too cheap. That is reporting Scotland. Good night.