:00:00. > :00:13.more than 9%. That is all from the BBC
:00:14. > :00:24.Tonight, on Reporting Scotland: The Grangemouth dispute escalates.
:00:25. > :00:29.Let's get over that and show these people what our opinion is! -- let's
:00:30. > :00:33.get over there. The operators tell staff to accept
:00:34. > :00:35.new conditions to save the plant. The Unite union threatens legal
:00:36. > :00:38.action, accusing them of "cynical blackmail."
:00:39. > :00:45.We have to stick together as aid unit and stand solid and fight.
:00:46. > :00:50.-- a unit. My main thing is anger and disappointment.
:00:51. > :00:52.We will have the latest on the dispute.
:00:53. > :00:55.Also in the programme. A murder trial hears of the moment this
:00:56. > :00:57.woman's battered body was discovered in a toilet during a conference in
:00:58. > :01:00.Glasgow. This little boy's life was saved
:01:01. > :01:03.thanks to an award-winning service which uses the latest in
:01:04. > :01:07.life-support technology. Services to tennis.
:01:08. > :01:15.Andy Murray receives his OBE from Prince William at Buckingham Palace.
:01:16. > :01:17.And join me in Glasgow where Glasgow City take on Standard Liege in the
:01:18. > :01:23.Champions League. The dispute at the Grangemouth
:01:24. > :01:27.refinery has tonight deepened, with both the management and the union
:01:28. > :01:30.engaged in a bitter war of words. The Scottish and UK governments have
:01:31. > :01:34.moved to reassure the public that there is no threat to fuel supplies.
:01:35. > :01:41.Catriona Renton has spent the day in Grangemouth. Catriona.
:01:42. > :01:47.Earlier today, the Unite union members, over 300, 400 outside the
:01:48. > :01:55.headquarters of INEOS at Grangemouth. We cannot see it in the
:01:56. > :01:59.picture. There were protesting outside the headquarters and they
:02:00. > :02:03.say they will do that every day in a daylight vigil from 7am until it
:02:04. > :02:09.gets dark, until Monday, the day they called D-day. That is the day
:02:10. > :02:13.they have to respond to the proposals put to them by the company
:02:14. > :02:19.this morning for changes to their pensions and terms and conditions.
:02:20. > :02:24.The company say the exchanges are absolutely -- the changes are
:02:25. > :02:27.essential to assure the future of the chemical plant here, but
:02:28. > :02:33.emotions have been running really high. I spoke to one man who did not
:02:34. > :02:37.go on camera but he is a father, a worker, and he broke down in tears
:02:38. > :02:42.when he said the consultation letter to determine his future was
:02:43. > :02:47.delivered to his door. Now we know the depth of the
:02:48. > :02:57.contempt for you and the economy and the good people of Scotland.
:02:58. > :03:01.Angry response from union members. The Dickensian workhouse was for --
:03:02. > :03:05.was far better than what we are facing here.
:03:06. > :03:11.A meeting to show seller Daugherty and then they marched to demonstrate
:03:12. > :03:15.outside the company offices. -- solidarity.
:03:16. > :03:22.My main thing is anger and disappointment.
:03:23. > :03:27.The pensioners we worked hard for, guaranteed overtime is horrendous, a
:03:28. > :03:33.terrible situation -- the pensions. Very concerned but we have
:03:34. > :03:38.solidarity and we will fight. There was a threatened strike,
:03:39. > :03:42.owners say the plans will not be fired open again until workers have
:03:43. > :03:47.responded to their proposals, and if they do not accept changes?
:03:48. > :03:52.There will be no petrochemical operations here in Grangemouth and
:03:53. > :03:55.no jobs. By buying into it, they preserve their jobs here at
:03:56. > :04:01.Grangemouth. Grangemouth buys 70% of Scottish
:04:02. > :04:06.fuel and produces over 200,000 barrels of oil each day, but the UK
:04:07. > :04:09.government insists there is no threat to supply.
:04:10. > :04:14.We have done a lot of work and I can say with confidence people will be
:04:15. > :04:19.able to see fuel supplies, they will get petrol and diesel and heating
:04:20. > :04:23.oil as they need, airports will get the aircraft fuel, contingency
:04:24. > :04:26.arrangements are bussed whatever happens.
:04:27. > :04:31.The company says they are losing ?10 million each month and the shutdown
:04:32. > :04:34.has cost ?20 million so far. The union says workers are being
:04:35. > :04:40.blackmailed. They feel they are being held to
:04:41. > :04:43.ransom here in the sense of, accept these terms and fundamental changes
:04:44. > :04:49.to your terms and conditions or we will close your workplace. It is
:04:50. > :04:53.absolutely outrageous. Members have until Monday to
:04:54. > :04:58.respond. Shareholders will meet on Tuesday to decide when this place
:04:59. > :05:05.will be back up and running again. Our business editor joins me now.
:05:06. > :05:10.Let's look at this, what are the terms and conditions that have been
:05:11. > :05:15.offered? The proposal from INEOS is a pay
:05:16. > :05:21.freeze for three years, bonuses will not be paid until 2017. The shift
:05:22. > :05:26.allowance cut by a quarter, so effectively a pay cut starting at
:05:27. > :05:30.10% and as the freeze goes on, it will get deeper. The biggest change
:05:31. > :05:38.is to pensions, moving away from guaranteed pensions, contributions
:05:39. > :05:43.tripling. That is not uncommon across the private sector and it has
:05:44. > :05:47.been resisted elsewhere. The company not talking about job losses. But
:05:48. > :05:52.what has provoked the union is this deadline, to sign up by 6pm on
:05:53. > :05:55.Monday and if you do not, your contract will be terminated and you
:05:56. > :05:58.will be hired a game under new conditions. That has brought the
:05:59. > :06:02.threat of legal action from the union.
:06:03. > :06:05.A lot of anger where might this dispute go from here?
:06:06. > :06:12.The company says it is loss-making and it will close the petrochemical
:06:13. > :06:16.and if it does not get the cuts. Refinery looks much more secure for
:06:17. > :06:21.now. It is not afraid to close plants if they are not making money,
:06:22. > :06:25.it has taken the cost, ?20 million so far, and it will not open the
:06:26. > :06:30.planned unless it gets us your insists there will be no further
:06:31. > :06:36.strikes. But the union is not backing down. --, it's it gets
:06:37. > :06:42.assurances. It is urging members to stick to the union as a negotiator.
:06:43. > :06:46.Unite is challenging claims of the company of financial distress, but
:06:47. > :06:51.both sides agreed the finances are so complex between written and
:06:52. > :06:57.Switzerland, it is hard for any outsider to make much sense of them.
:06:58. > :07:01.Thank you. Scottish Gas customers in the North of Scotland are facing
:07:02. > :07:04.higher bills than the rest of the UK, after a decision by owners
:07:05. > :07:08.Centrica to increase prices. The price rise will see an average UK
:07:09. > :07:10.dual-fuel bill going up by 9.2% from 23 November. But regional
:07:11. > :07:13.differences mean domestic customers living North of Perth will see an
:07:14. > :07:17.average rise of 11.2%, the biggest in the UK. The company blames the
:07:18. > :07:23.higher charges on network costs it pays to the transmission companies
:07:24. > :07:26.around the country. A murder trial has heard that the
:07:27. > :07:30.battered body of a woman was found in a ladies' toilet in the Clyde
:07:31. > :07:33.Auditorium by two women who were delegates at a conference there.
:07:34. > :07:36.Marie Anne Vandenhende, a doctor from France, told the High Court in
:07:37. > :07:40.Glasgow there was blood all around Khanokporn Satjawat's head and body,
:07:41. > :07:43.the left side of her face was very badly injured and she wasn't
:07:44. > :07:46.breathing. Security guard Clive Carter admits killing Khanokporn
:07:47. > :07:53.Satjawat, in November last year, but denies murdering her. Aileen Clarke
:07:54. > :08:00.was at court. Marie Anne Vandenhende, a doctor
:08:01. > :08:06.from France, and a French pharmacist told the court they attended a
:08:07. > :08:10.conference at the SECC in November last year. After lunch on Monday the
:08:11. > :08:13.12th, they left the session at the Clyde Auditorium to go to the
:08:14. > :08:17.toilet. Marie Anne Vandenhende told the court as they approached the
:08:18. > :08:23.door of the ladies toilet, it was open from inside by a security guard
:08:24. > :08:27.-- it was opened. He had a fire extinguisher and he said they could
:08:28. > :08:30.not use the toilets as there had been a fire. She identified the
:08:31. > :08:33.security guard as the accused Clive Carter. The pharmacist was asked
:08:34. > :08:47.what she noticed, she said... The court heard the two friends went
:08:48. > :08:51.to other toilets but were suspicious and on their way back, they went to
:08:52. > :08:56.the first toilets they had approached. In a cubicle, lying on
:08:57. > :09:01.the floor, they found the body of map -- they found the body of
:09:02. > :09:04.Khanokporn Satjawat. The doctor said there was blood around her head and
:09:05. > :09:09.body and she was not breathing, and she had the power of somebody who
:09:10. > :09:15.had died. She was asked, could you see the left side of her face? What
:09:16. > :09:17.was left of it, she replied. Clive Carter admits killing
:09:18. > :09:23.Khanokporn Satjawat but denies murdering her. By repeatedly hitting
:09:24. > :09:28.her with a fire extinguisher. You are watching Reporting Scotland
:09:29. > :09:31.from the BBC. Still to come on the programme: Honours for Scottish
:09:32. > :09:36.soldiers, after a six-month tour of Helmand.
:09:37. > :09:39.In sport: Bad news for Brown. The Celtic captain will miss their next
:09:40. > :09:42.three Champions League games. I will tell you why.
:09:43. > :09:46.And it is all about Europe for Glasgow City tonight, they can book
:09:47. > :09:47.their place in the last 16 of the Womens' Champions League. Join me
:09:48. > :09:54.later. The SNP leader Alex Salmond has
:09:55. > :09:57.opened his party's annual conference in Perth by saying next year's
:09:58. > :10:02.independence referendum is the biggest opportunity Scotland has
:10:03. > :10:05.ever had. He went on to claim that there exists what he calls a
:10:06. > :10:13.'natural majority' in favour of independence.
:10:14. > :10:16.Indications are that by a factor of four Khanokporn Satjawat one, people
:10:17. > :10:19.trust the Scottish government rather than Westminster to govern Scotland.
:10:20. > :10:24.We believe the Scottish Parliament should make the key decisions on
:10:25. > :10:31.tax, welfare and pensions. That, delegates, is the natural majority
:10:32. > :10:35.for Scottish independence. It exists in this land at the moment and it is
:10:36. > :10:41.why I believe it will be reflected in a majority for the Yes vote in
:10:42. > :10:44.the ballot paper next September. Our political editor, Brian Taylor,
:10:45. > :10:56.joins me now from Perth. Brian, despite Mr Salmond's confidence, the
:10:57. > :11:01.polls seems to be against him. Mr Salmond is talking about a
:11:02. > :11:05.natural potential majority, arguing Scottish people are persuadable if
:11:06. > :11:11.they can be assured on the economy. It was quite striking that his
:11:12. > :11:15.demeanour was calm and controlled. No brave heart style rhetoric. That
:11:16. > :11:21.might have infused the delegates he -- the delegates here in the hall.
:11:22. > :11:27.Part of that was the shadow of the Grangemouth dispute and calculation
:11:28. > :11:30.that while I've heart rhetoric might excite those in the hall, people
:11:31. > :11:36.outside of looking for controlled answers.
:11:37. > :11:38.This is a big opportunity for the SNP to showcase their arguments for
:11:39. > :11:44.independence. It is, and they are seizing it. In
:11:45. > :11:49.the private session, there was one complaint raised that some policies
:11:50. > :11:54.by the Scottish government had been driven through without necessarily
:11:55. > :11:59.consulting the party. We are talking about the issue of corroboration in
:12:00. > :12:02.court cases. But overwhelmingly, this is a united conference in
:12:03. > :12:05.driving forward their determination to bring about the prospect of
:12:06. > :12:13.independence. They are offering two traces, full self-government under
:12:14. > :12:17.self-governance. Nicola Sturgeon will say if Scotland says no to
:12:18. > :12:21.independence, Westminster will turn the screw on Scotland 's financial
:12:22. > :12:24.spending powers. And there will be more from the SNP
:12:25. > :12:28.Conference on Newsnight Scotland tonight over on BBC Two at 11.
:12:29. > :12:31.A national service which has saved the lives of hundreds of children
:12:32. > :12:36.across Scotland has been recognised with an award. Yorkhill Children's
:12:37. > :12:39.Hospital in Glasgow has used the latest technology to treat almost
:12:40. > :12:43.500 children, half of them newborn babies, and has been commended for
:12:44. > :12:49.excellence in life-support. Our health correspondent, Eleanor
:12:50. > :12:53.Bradford, reports. Two -year-old Matthew has just
:12:54. > :12:59.discovered this train set at Yorkhill Hospital in Glasgow. It is
:13:00. > :13:02.hard to believe this inquisitive little boy nearly died shortly after
:13:03. > :13:08.birth. He had breathed in fluid in the womb which had blocked his logs,
:13:09. > :13:15.he was rushed here at just three hours old -- his logs.
:13:16. > :13:19.There was so much fluid and the doctor said if it had been 24 hours
:13:20. > :13:26.later, he probably would not have made it.
:13:27. > :13:30.Matthew was hocked up to a Extracorporeal Membrane
:13:31. > :13:33.Oxygenation, ECMO, machine. Yorkhill Hospital was one of the
:13:34. > :13:39.first in the UK to use this technology. It does the work of the
:13:40. > :13:41.lungs and the survival rate here for children like Matthew is twice the
:13:42. > :13:47.norm. It allows us time to make the baby
:13:48. > :13:50.better or the baby to get better, or whatever other treatments we are
:13:51. > :13:57.using such as antibiotics and physiotherapy to clear out meconium
:13:58. > :14:00.like Matthew had, and we can do that in a nice orderly and controlled
:14:01. > :14:03.fashion. If you think you have heard of ECMO
:14:04. > :14:09.machines before, it you are right, they hit the headlines in the swine
:14:10. > :14:14.flu outbreak in 2009 when they helped those with lungs which were
:14:15. > :14:18.failing. Chalk Hill had been using them for decade, saving the lives of
:14:19. > :14:25.hundreds of children -- Yorkhill Hospital.
:14:26. > :14:30.The doctors give 100% support. The staff have been recognised for
:14:31. > :14:34.Excellence in Life Support. And Matthew is off to write to Santa
:14:35. > :14:38.about that train set. The Duke of York has presented
:14:39. > :14:40.soldiers from the Royal Regiment of Scotland with medals for their
:14:41. > :14:43.service in Afghanistan. Soldiers from the second Battalion, the Royal
:14:44. > :14:47.Highland Fusiliers, have just returned from a six-month tour of
:14:48. > :14:50.Helmand. At the beginning of the tour, three soldiers were killed in
:14:51. > :15:01.a roadside explosion. Cameron Buttle reports.
:15:02. > :15:04.Back to friends and family, the soldiers of the second Battalion
:15:05. > :15:08.Royal Regiment of Scotland. Hundreds lined the streets here to welcome
:15:09. > :15:13.them home at the end of a six-month tour of Afghanistan. But thoughts
:15:14. > :15:17.are never far from the three who were killed at the beginning of the
:15:18. > :15:20.tour. Corporal William Savage, Fusilier Samuel Flint, Robert
:15:21. > :15:24.Hetherington, died in a massive roadside bomb. Another six soldiers
:15:25. > :15:29.were seriously injured. It was a tragic incident and the
:15:30. > :15:34.thoughts have been with families. But what it did do was, it pulled
:15:35. > :15:37.the battalion together and it's strengthened our resolve to do what
:15:38. > :15:42.we were there to do. We were there to advise the Afghan National
:15:43. > :15:49.police, who are really very confident now, genuinely in the lead
:15:50. > :15:53.in Afghanistan, so we are doing things differently. It allowed as
:15:54. > :15:57.during the talk to step back and to allow them to read and to show their
:15:58. > :16:02.confidence, which they did do very impressively.
:16:03. > :16:04.The battalion 's Royal Colonel Prince Andrew presented medals to
:16:05. > :16:09.two Scots, he paid tribute to the work of the battalion which was
:16:10. > :16:16.first deployed to home and in 2007. This parade marks the third tour of
:16:17. > :16:20.Afghanistan and as military operations continue to wind down, it
:16:21. > :16:24.is almost certainly be end of their part in the conflict which began a
:16:25. > :16:29.decade ago. But another 1200 Scottish troops are just getting
:16:30. > :16:30.their tour of Afghanistan. All combat forces will be withdrawn next
:16:31. > :16:38.year. Other stories from across Scotland
:16:39. > :16:42.this Thursday. Police probing a spate of cash
:16:43. > :16:45.machine raids in the North East have released CCTV images of a car they
:16:46. > :16:48.want to trace. Officers are investigating recent thefts in
:16:49. > :16:53.Bieldside and New Deer, and attempts on machines in Oldmeldrum and
:16:54. > :16:58.Inverurie. A dark-coloured Audi saloon is "believed to be of
:16:59. > :17:01.relevance" to the investigation. Renewable energy developer RES UK
:17:02. > :17:04.has welcomed a decision by the Scottish Government to clear its
:17:05. > :17:08.plans for a wind farm in the Borders. The firm lodged an appeal
:17:09. > :17:16.over its 15-turbine Penmanshiel wind farm plans, after a dispute with the
:17:17. > :17:18.local council. The project was cleared, after the number of
:17:19. > :17:22.turbines was cut to 14. The new Chief Inspector of Prisons
:17:23. > :17:24.for Scotland has found that cells for vulnerable inmates at Barlinnie
:17:25. > :17:27.prison in Glasgow present an unacceptable risk, and that there
:17:28. > :17:30.has been little progress since 2011. He also found that prisoners now
:17:31. > :17:40.have more access to basic facilities, but warned of potential
:17:41. > :17:44.problems with overcrowding. One of the concerns I have is the potential
:17:45. > :17:48.increase in population here at Barlinnie prison as a result of the
:17:49. > :17:51.close of Aberdeen and Peterhead prison earlier this year.
:17:52. > :17:54.The entrepreneur Sir Tom Hunter has been awarded a Carnegie Medal of
:17:55. > :17:58.Philanthropy at a ceremony at the Scottish Parliament. He was among a
:17:59. > :18:01.group of people to be honoured for using their wealth and business
:18:02. > :18:05.acumen for public good. And there are more stories from your
:18:06. > :18:10.area - and all the latest news, 24 hours a day on BBC Scotland's
:18:11. > :18:13.website. Andy Murray - Olympic gold
:18:14. > :18:19.medallist, Wimbledon champion and now OBE. He was at Buckingham Palace
:18:20. > :18:27.today to receive his honour. But as Steven Duff reports, he almost
:18:28. > :18:33.didn't make it on time. Mr Andrew Murray for services to
:18:34. > :18:37.tennis. Scotland's biggest sports star receives his OBE at Buckingham
:18:38. > :18:42.Palace, another accolade to add to the Olympic and Grand Slam honours.
:18:43. > :18:50.A big day that started with a random drugs test. They came at about 8am
:18:51. > :18:55.this morning. I was just about to start getting ready and they turned
:18:56. > :19:01.up so I was worried I was going to be late but the taxi driver did a
:19:02. > :19:04.good job getting around London. A minor inconvenience or part of the
:19:05. > :19:11.job, the job that these young players in Aberdeen could only dream
:19:12. > :19:14.of. The top 12 and 18-year-olds from the north-east under the watchful
:19:15. > :19:24.eye of one of the biggest names in women's tennis over the last decade.
:19:25. > :19:28.Justine Henin. Wimbledon is the only Grand Slam that eluded her during
:19:29. > :19:33.her career. She is a role model to a generation of young players. I had
:19:34. > :19:37.the opportunity to have the whole country of Belgium behind me. The
:19:38. > :19:46.Children In Need the example, they need to dream. It is important for
:19:47. > :19:50.them to dream. -- the children need that example. Andy Murray is in
:19:51. > :19:57.rehabilitation after surgery on his back. Fit in time for the Australian
:19:58. > :20:01.Open? I am not going to come back unless I am 100% fit. The
:20:02. > :20:08.rehabilitation process is tedious and long. I will only come back when
:20:09. > :20:12.I am 100% fit and I hope that is at the beginning of the year. And
:20:13. > :20:17.Olympic gold medallist, two-time grand slam winner and now an OBE.
:20:18. > :20:26.All by the age of 26. No wonder these young players are working so
:20:27. > :20:30.hard at their dream job. Here is David with the sport.
:20:31. > :20:33.The Celtic captain Scott Brown will miss the club's next three Champions
:20:34. > :20:36.League matches. A one-match ban for his ordering off against Barcelona
:20:37. > :20:39.last month had been trebled by UEFA. As Brian McLauchlin reports, Celtic
:20:40. > :20:50.will appeal what they say is an excessive punishment.
:20:51. > :20:54.It was this challenge and Barcelona 's Brazilian superstar Neymar that
:20:55. > :20:58.led to a straight red card being shown to Scott Brown and speaking
:20:59. > :21:03.after the game, manager Neil Lennon gave his thoughts on the
:21:04. > :21:09.sending-off. I did not think the initial tackle was a severe one. It
:21:10. > :21:12.is a physical game. I don't think Neymar does himself any favours by
:21:13. > :21:18.the way he behaves at times. I think the sending-off is called for and
:21:19. > :21:31.unnecessary. UEFA had other thoughts and issued this date meant this
:21:32. > :21:35.afternoon. -- issued this statement. Scott Brown has been instrumental in
:21:36. > :21:39.Celtic 's unbeaten start in the Scottish premiership and he will be
:21:40. > :21:44.able to play in domestic obligation as the ban is only for the Champions
:21:45. > :21:48.League. The Parkhead club are appealing today's call by UEFA and
:21:49. > :21:51.Brown will miss the double-header against Ajax and the home game
:21:52. > :21:58.against Milan if they feel in their appeal.
:21:59. > :22:03.Glasgow city carry Scotland's hopes in the women's Champions League.
:22:04. > :22:12.They are at home to Standard Liege and the Thai is 2-2 after the first
:22:13. > :22:14.leg. Our reporter Heather Dewar is at Petershill Park with a special
:22:15. > :22:18.guest. Yes, that's right David - and what a
:22:19. > :22:21.tasty encounter that could be/ Arsenal winning their second round
:22:22. > :22:24.tie 11-1 today, so they cruise through to the last 16. Glasgow city
:22:25. > :22:29.is looking to go through, but Standard Liege are standing in their
:22:30. > :22:33.way. Tonight, Glasgow City will look to do the same - although it could
:22:34. > :22:37.be a more difficult prospect. City defender Emma Black joins me now to
:22:38. > :22:40.look ahead to the match. Emma, it's 2-2 from the first leg - two
:22:41. > :22:43.precious away goals for you in a tricky tie. What are the main
:22:44. > :22:46.challenges Standard Liege will pose tonight? We feel really prepared for
:22:47. > :22:49.this. We let ourselves down last week. It was a draw and we got away
:22:50. > :22:52.gold so it sets up nicely for this evening's game. They are a
:22:53. > :22:56.counterattacking team, they will be physical against us and patient,
:22:57. > :23:01.however we are well prepared as a team to match that. If you get
:23:02. > :23:06.through this, you are up against Arsenal. Yes. The Battle of Britain.
:23:07. > :23:11.The media have been building it up however we need to win tonight's
:23:12. > :23:14.game before we can look ahead. It sounds as if it is going to be a
:23:15. > :23:16.wonderful evening. Kick-off is at seven o'clock.
:23:17. > :23:24.And you can listen to the match live on BBC Radio Scotland 810 medium
:23:25. > :23:30.wave. Kick-off is at seven. Now, a look at what else is
:23:31. > :23:33.happening across Scottish sport. Olympic silver medallist Michael
:23:34. > :23:37.Jamieson's one of four Scots chosen to swim for Europe against the USA
:23:38. > :23:46.next month in Glasgow. The event is called the "Duel in the Pool". It is
:23:47. > :23:47.swimming's answer to golf's Ryder Cup.
:23:48. > :23:52.Edinburgh Rugby's South African flanker Cornell du Preez wants to
:23:53. > :23:56.play for Scotland. The 22-year-old has no Scots ancestry but could
:23:57. > :23:59.qualify to play in three years' time under residency rules. We know the
:24:00. > :24:03.rules. Every country has those rules so you go out there and be the best
:24:04. > :24:05.player you can be and if that means you get capped for Scotland, you
:24:06. > :24:08.have earned that. Scotland's footballers have risen 28
:24:09. > :24:11.places in the FIFA rankings after beating Croatia. The Scots are up to
:24:12. > :24:13.35th. Glasgow 2014 organisers are
:24:14. > :24:19.considering moving the Commonwealth Games netball final from the SECC to
:24:20. > :24:24.the Hydro. That could mean more tickets being made available.
:24:25. > :24:27.Athletes Laura Muir and Jamie Bowie met young people from Shettleson
:24:28. > :24:31.Harriers today. They were promoting the Team GB international taking
:24:32. > :24:35.place in Glasgow in January. And there are more sports stories -
:24:36. > :24:44.plus all the latest news, 24 hours a day, on BBC Sport Scotland's
:24:45. > :24:50.website. No excuse for missing anything!
:24:51. > :24:54.Thank you very much. As the weekend was near, let's see how the weather
:24:55. > :24:59.is shaping up. Will we get rid of that rain?
:25:00. > :25:03.A break from the rain tomorrow but it will be a brief one. It was a
:25:04. > :25:08.fairly grey day today for many of us, the weather front has been
:25:09. > :25:12.making a nuisance of itself, bringing outbreaks of rain across
:25:13. > :25:17.Scotland and it will keep some of that going for a time this evening.
:25:18. > :25:21.It makes some progress north-east word but then fizzled out, leaving a
:25:22. > :25:29.lot of dry weather overnight. Some clear spells, some patchy mist,
:25:30. > :25:33.temperatures seven to nine Celsius. By the end of the night, we see
:25:34. > :25:37.winds freshening in the south-west and some more rain pushing into
:25:38. > :25:40.Galloway. By tomorrow morning, the rain tries to make inroads from the
:25:41. > :25:45.south-west but it feels pretty much bringing some rain to the hills, but
:25:46. > :25:48.really across the country, some good advice built a model and decent
:25:49. > :25:57.spells of sunshine if we take a closer look. Temperatures up to 13
:25:58. > :26:00.Celsius in Stornoway. Another decent day for Orkney and Shetland, some
:26:01. > :26:07.good spells of sunshine for Shetland, although here once again a
:26:08. > :26:10.chilly day, eight Celsius. Some hazy sunshine for Inverness and Northern
:26:11. > :26:16.Aberdeenshire, some spells of patchy rain for the hills of Aberdeenshire,
:26:17. > :26:20.and, but not amounting to much for most of central and southern
:26:21. > :26:24.Scotland. By this stage, some rain knocking on the door of the
:26:25. > :26:27.south-west once again. Through tomorrow evening, the rain gets its
:26:28. > :26:33.act together, marching across much of the country, turning heavy. We
:26:34. > :26:36.will see winds at strengthening, touching deal for surround
:26:37. > :26:40.south-western coasts and it is all down to this area of low pressure
:26:41. > :26:43.spinning out in the Atlantic. The associated weather fronts stay with
:26:44. > :26:47.us tomorrow night and into Saturday and we have got a Met Office be
:26:48. > :26:55.aware warning for heavy rain for Angus. Generally, Saturday will be a
:26:56. > :27:00.wet and windy day. On Sunday, the heaviest rain and strongest winds
:27:01. > :27:03.are confined to the far north, elsewhere some sunshine but heavy,
:27:04. > :27:05.blustery showers. That is the forecast.
:27:06. > :27:08.Thanks. Now, a reminder of tonight's main news. The dispute at the
:27:09. > :27:11.Grangemouth refinery has tonight deepened with both the management
:27:12. > :27:14.and the union engaged in a bitter war of words. The Scottish and UK
:27:15. > :27:16.governments have moved to reassure the public that there is no threat
:27:17. > :27:19.to fuel supplies. and the union engaged in
:27:20. > :27:23.British Gas has become the latest big energy supplier in a week to
:27:24. > :27:25.announce a rise in its fuel prices this winter. Nearly eight million
:27:26. > :27:29.households will be affected, with the average dual fuel bill set to
:27:30. > :27:32.rise by more than 9%, adding more than ?120 to their annual bill.
:27:33. > :27:37.Customers north of Perth will have to pay more.
:27:38. > :27:41.A murder trial at the High Court in Glasgow has heard that the battered
:27:42. > :27:44.body of a woman was found in a ladies' toilet in the Clyde
:27:45. > :27:46.Auditorium by two delegates at a conference there. Security guard
:27:47. > :27:52.Clive Carter admits killing Khanokporn Satjawat in November last
:27:53. > :27:54.year, but denies murdering her. The England football manager Roy Hodgson
:27:55. > :27:58.has apologised for using the phrase 'feed the monkey' to Andros Townsend
:27:59. > :28:02.during the half time team talk as England beat Poland on Tuesday.
:28:03. > :28:06.He says he meant no offence by the comment which he says was a punch
:28:07. > :28:10.line to a joke. And that's Reporting Scotland. I'll
:28:11. > :28:12.be back with the headlines at eight, and the late bulletin just after the
:28:13. > :28:17.ten o'clock news. Goodbye.