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let-up. Thank you. That is all from the BBC News at Six. Goodbye. Now | :00:00. | :00:17. | |
Tonight on reporting Scotland: The Treasury claims they will be a hole | :00:18. | :00:24. | |
in the finances of an independent Scotland. The SNP say that the | :00:25. | :00:28. | |
figures from the UK government do not add up. | :00:29. | :00:39. | |
A BBC investigation uncovers a wide variations in the wake police in | :00:40. | :00:42. | |
different parts of Scotland are dealing with the mystic abuse. -- | :00:43. | :00:51. | |
domestic abuse. A top swimmer tells us that a recent heart scare did not | :00:52. | :00:57. | |
frighten him. I was more interested in boasting about it to my | :00:58. | :01:01. | |
team-mates, I trained so hard that I pushed my heart rate into an | :01:02. | :01:08. | |
irregular rhythm! And a spacemen comes travelling. Chris Hadfield | :01:09. | :01:21. | |
lands in Edinburgh. The UK Treasury claims that there is | :01:22. | :01:25. | |
a financial hole in the claims of the Scottish government outlined in | :01:26. | :01:29. | |
a financial White Paper. It claims it would cost an extra 1.6 billion | :01:30. | :01:34. | |
pounds to fund pledges such as improved childcare. But Nicola | :01:35. | :01:40. | |
Sturgeon says that those claims do not add up. The Treasury claims to | :01:41. | :01:46. | |
have costed plans in the Scottish cup and White Paper. They say that | :01:47. | :01:58. | |
the policies to: They say that those policies add to a bill of ?1.6 | :01:59. | :02:05. | |
billion every year. The truth is that the plans do not add up | :02:06. | :02:11. | |
whichever way you look at them. People should be cautious about | :02:12. | :02:14. | |
voting for a plan and shaky economic foundations. Ministers claim that | :02:15. | :02:22. | |
the Treasury analysis ignores the tax which would be gained from | :02:23. | :02:27. | |
getting parents back to work. The Treasury dispute that, singer costs | :02:28. | :02:32. | |
will go up first, before benefits. -- saying that. The Prime Minister | :02:33. | :02:39. | |
responded to the first Minister, who demanded assurances over the | :02:40. | :02:41. | |
long-term future of the armoured formula. -- Barnett. In a few -- | :02:42. | :02:52. | |
letter, he said: Nicola Sturgeon points to estimates | :02:53. | :03:07. | |
that scrapping it could cost Scotland ?4 billion every year. The | :03:08. | :03:13. | |
primary studies saying he can give no guarantees about our budget. Yet | :03:14. | :03:19. | |
he is part of a campaign that guarantees future assurances from | :03:20. | :03:21. | |
the Yes campaign every day of the week. When asked for the same, he | :03:22. | :03:30. | |
will not give them. The most recent figures show that the number of | :03:31. | :03:33. | |
Scots seeking work was down by 7000, while the number of people in | :03:34. | :03:39. | |
work, went up. And a record number of women are now working. Our | :03:40. | :03:44. | |
business editor was looking at the figures. | :03:45. | :03:48. | |
There is some Christmas cheer in these figures. Even though they come | :03:49. | :03:53. | |
from the period August -October. The number seeking work, down 7000. Two | :03:54. | :04:02. | |
196,000. A really large drop at a UK level. 99,000. As a share of the | :04:03. | :04:09. | |
workforce, the unemployment rate is down to 7.1% in Scotland, 7.4% | :04:10. | :04:17. | |
across the UK. That figure is significant. The governor of the | :04:18. | :04:22. | |
Bank of England says that if 7% is reached, they could be a return to | :04:23. | :04:26. | |
normality, a rise in interest rates. That is not guaranteed, but | :04:27. | :04:33. | |
it may be a trigger for the economy to recover. | :04:34. | :04:40. | |
And those people in work? Yes, 11th hour is more Scots in | :04:41. | :04:46. | |
work. That is the 11th month of the figures rising. -- 11,000 more | :04:47. | :04:55. | |
Scots. The number in work has risen very much faster over the past year | :04:56. | :04:59. | |
than the number looking for work has fallen. But both figures are heading | :05:00. | :05:06. | |
in the right direction. However, we also got the pay rate today, | :05:07. | :05:09. | |
covering the whole of the UK, up by less than 1% in the year to October. | :05:10. | :05:17. | |
Now, the inflation rate is about 2%. That gap is the continuing | :05:18. | :05:21. | |
squeeze on household spending. It is not all good news. | :05:22. | :05:27. | |
A warning of severe gales has been issue by the Met Office for | :05:28. | :05:30. | |
Western, Central, and northern Scotland. The worst is likely to hit | :05:31. | :05:38. | |
later tonight as winds reach 90 mph in exposed areas. Flood warnings are | :05:39. | :05:41. | |
in place for West Central Scotland and Tayside. We have been having | :05:42. | :05:46. | |
some technical problems because of the weather. We can try to visit | :05:47. | :05:55. | |
Katrina Renton who is in Largs. Believe it or not, this is the calm | :05:56. | :05:59. | |
before the storm. It has gotten worse since we arrived at this | :06:00. | :06:07. | |
evening. Worse is predicted. The Met Office has provided amber warnings | :06:08. | :06:10. | |
from the Highlands, down the West Coast, to Aaron. That means winds of | :06:11. | :06:18. | |
over 80 mph. Potentially very damaging. The rest of the country is | :06:19. | :06:25. | |
not exempt either. Everyone else has been issue with a yellow warning. | :06:26. | :06:30. | |
Winds of up to 70 mph. The relatively good news is that these | :06:31. | :06:36. | |
warnings have been issued from 9pm this evening until 8am tomorrow. The | :06:37. | :06:41. | |
very worst will be in the early hours and hopefully many of us are | :06:42. | :06:45. | |
asleep in our beds. Transport Scotland are on stand-by. As our | :06:46. | :06:49. | |
power companies in case there is disruption. But there are also flood | :06:50. | :06:54. | |
warnings in place where there will be heavy rain. The Scottish | :06:55. | :06:59. | |
environmental protection agency has provided flood warnings across 16 | :07:00. | :07:00. | |
areas in the country. Escher, Argyll areas in the country. Escher, Argyll | :07:01. | :07:06. | |
Bute, Tayside, west Central Scotland. -- Ayrshire. A miserable | :07:07. | :07:13. | |
night ahead. Hopefully it will clear up in time for the morning commute. | :07:14. | :07:17. | |
But you can still expect unpleasant conditions in the morning. | :07:18. | :07:21. | |
Christopher has already told me that we can not expect a great day | :07:22. | :07:26. | |
tomorrow. Much colder, sleet, blizzards, snow in the Highlands. | :07:27. | :07:32. | |
You can expect disruption. The advice is, before you go to bed, if | :07:33. | :07:35. | |
you are in one of the worst affected areas, make one of the necessary | :07:36. | :07:41. | |
preparations. A full weather bulletin will follow at the end of | :07:42. | :07:45. | |
the programme. But let me warn you, he said it would be unsettled from | :07:46. | :07:50. | |
now until Christmas. That is is warmed. | :07:51. | :07:57. | |
You are watching reporting Scotland. Still to come: The Canadian | :07:58. | :08:04. | |
astronaut who serenaded the world from the International Space | :08:05. | :08:11. | |
Station, lands in Scotland. And the swimming version of the Ryder Cup is | :08:12. | :08:16. | |
being held in Glasgow. Michael Jamieson talks about that and his | :08:17. | :08:20. | |
recent health scare. And the Ryder Cup itself is coming to Scotland, | :08:21. | :08:24. | |
but a former European captain is concerned that there might not any | :08:25. | :08:33. | |
Scots taking part. -- might not be. A BBC investigation has discovered | :08:34. | :08:35. | |
variations in the way police in Scotland deal with cases of domestic | :08:36. | :08:42. | |
abuse. Only 50% of cases were investigated last year in the old | :08:43. | :08:48. | |
Grampian force area. I contrast, in the northern region, 90% of | :08:49. | :08:52. | |
complaints were acted upon. We heard the harrowing story of one woman's | :08:53. | :08:58. | |
experience with domestic abuse. Nicola is looking forward to | :08:59. | :09:01. | |
spending Christmas with her young son and extended family. A very | :09:02. | :09:05. | |
different picture from two years ago when she was on the point of leaving | :09:06. | :09:09. | |
a violent and abusive husband after four years of abuse. I was | :09:10. | :09:15. | |
threatened with weapons. Assaulted whilst breast-feeding. I would be in | :09:16. | :09:22. | |
bed breast-feeding my son in the dark, I was not allowed to switch | :09:23. | :09:25. | |
off lights. On one occasion he physically kick me out of bed. | :09:26. | :09:31. | |
Nicola and her son fled the family home and went into hiding for 18 | :09:32. | :09:36. | |
months. No charges were ever brought against her ex-husband. The police | :09:37. | :09:41. | |
were understanding and supportive on an emotional level. But the law is | :09:42. | :09:46. | |
weak. There was not much action they could take. They questioned my | :09:47. | :09:53. | |
abuser. He gave no comments. He would not discuss the situation. | :09:54. | :09:57. | |
There were no which assist to any of the situations which led to me | :09:58. | :10:02. | |
fleeing. Figures show that how cases are dealt with varies greatly across | :10:03. | :10:10. | |
Scotland. Victims in the Grampian saw only a few Mac cases taken to | :10:11. | :10:15. | |
the procurator fiscal. In Strathclyde, the number was three | :10:16. | :10:18. | |
quarters. But officers say that a single | :10:19. | :10:25. | |
national force has entered the postcode lottery. We can deal with | :10:26. | :10:32. | |
this in a fair, equitable, consistent, highly professional | :10:33. | :10:38. | |
manner across Scotland. Units set up across Scotland are getting results. | :10:39. | :10:45. | |
Bryan Strang was today sentenced for eight years for the rape of two | :10:46. | :10:49. | |
former partners and an attack on a third. For victims it is time that | :10:50. | :10:53. | |
abusers were held to account more often. He has not been charged for | :10:54. | :11:01. | |
any acts of abuse against us. Although I am incredibly grateful | :11:02. | :11:04. | |
for the support that we have had and the new life that we have had, and | :11:05. | :11:08. | |
they wouldn't change that for anything, I have no regrets, but the | :11:09. | :11:12. | |
cost has been enormous, and it has been nice. -- on us. And you can see | :11:13. | :11:23. | |
the investigation on BBC Scotland tonight at 10:35pm. Police divers | :11:24. | :11:28. | |
searching for a missing 17-year-old boy in Fife have recovered a body in | :11:29. | :11:39. | |
the river leaving. -- Levin. For teenagers have appeared at | :11:40. | :11:43. | |
Glasgow Sheriff Court charged with breaking into the Clutha pub where | :11:44. | :11:51. | |
ten died in a helicopter crash last week. The group are alleged to have | :11:52. | :11:58. | |
stolen items from the building. They were remanded in custody. The final | :11:59. | :12:05. | |
funeral for a victim has been held, 59-year-old Joe Cosco died in | :12:06. | :12:08. | |
hospital almost a fortnight after the accident. -- Joe Cusker. | :12:09. | :12:16. | |
Mourners gathered for the service at a crib tool in Blantyre. -- | :12:17. | :12:27. | |
crematorium. Melissa Reid, the Scot sentenced to | :12:28. | :12:32. | |
eight years after being caught with ?1.5 million of cocaine in their | :12:33. | :12:35. | |
luggage in her room in their luggage into ruin August has appealed to the | :12:36. | :12:40. | |
Peruvian government to spend part of her jail term in Scotland. It is up | :12:41. | :12:43. | |
to the Peruvian and Scottish governance to decide whether they | :12:44. | :12:47. | |
can be transferred. An investigation is underway to after a 79-year-old | :12:48. | :12:57. | |
woman was hit by a car on a dual carriageway just before 9am this | :12:58. | :13:02. | |
morning. A bill to help stamp out abuse of | :13:03. | :13:07. | |
the disabled drivers parking scheme would allow parking wardens to | :13:08. | :13:16. | |
confiscate badges from offenders. This will give powers to local | :13:17. | :13:18. | |
authorities to use badges which are being used inappropriately. If we | :13:19. | :13:23. | |
confiscate anything, we will return it to the Batchelder. -- badge | :13:24. | :13:32. | |
holder. The Scottish government says that the renewable energy potential | :13:33. | :13:35. | |
of the western and Northern Isles is huge, but could be jeopardised | :13:36. | :13:41. | |
without the backing. Plans for a ?33 million | :13:42. | :13:44. | |
redevelopment of Aberdeen Art Gallery have been approved by | :13:45. | :13:48. | |
councillors. The project involves a large roof extension condemned by | :13:49. | :13:56. | |
some as corporate vandalism. But supporters say it will create a | :13:57. | :14:01. | |
world-class cultural centre. It is being hailed as a cornerstone for | :14:02. | :14:07. | |
the regeneration of Aberdeen city centre. | :14:08. | :14:13. | |
There is concern that a wind farm in Cumbria acute undermine plans for a | :14:14. | :14:18. | |
art sculpture on the England-Scotland border. It is hoped | :14:19. | :14:22. | |
it would have a tour is attraction similar to the Angel of the North in | :14:23. | :14:28. | |
Gateshead. -- tourism. More stories from your area, and the | :14:29. | :14:36. | |
latest news, on our website. Just before the sporting action, | :14:37. | :14:40. | |
Rangers shareholders are being told to attend the AGM which takes place | :14:41. | :14:45. | |
tomorrow. The call comes from someone trying to get onto the | :14:46. | :14:51. | |
board. This is where shareholders will | :14:52. | :14:53. | |
gather tomorrow morning for a much anticipated meeting. Paul Murray, a | :14:54. | :14:58. | |
nominee trying to get elected to the board, reacted with surprise last | :14:59. | :15:03. | |
night when BBC Scotland ran a story that none of the group had earned | :15:04. | :15:07. | |
sufficient report to get a place on the board. We also brought you news | :15:08. | :15:12. | |
that the current incumbents had received sufficient votes to in | :15:13. | :15:17. | |
place. Who are these men? David Somers will remain as chairman. He | :15:18. | :15:22. | |
was brought in in November when there were only two Mac directors in | :15:23. | :15:29. | |
place. Graham Wallace stays as Chief Executive. A former director of | :15:30. | :15:35. | |
Manchester City. Brian Stockbridge, financial director since Charles | :15:36. | :15:40. | |
Green purchased the assets. He has resided over extensive losses but | :15:41. | :15:45. | |
has been re-elected. James Easdale, appointed in July, and his brother, | :15:46. | :15:50. | |
Sandy, sit on the football board. They hold voting rights over 26% of | :15:51. | :15:56. | |
shares. And Norman Crichton, a nonexecutive director, brought in in | :15:57. | :16:00. | |
November as the order sought to bolster numbers. They will continue | :16:01. | :16:07. | |
to run the club until the AGM tomorrow. I spoke to a critic of the | :16:08. | :16:15. | |
board to get his view. Last Saturday we held a red cards showing we want | :16:16. | :16:17. | |
a new board. There is disappointment. The institutional | :16:18. | :16:25. | |
investors who went along with supporters and listened, I believe | :16:26. | :16:30. | |
they are long-term investors. I would imagine there would be a | :16:31. | :16:34. | |
reaction from them. The short-term investors have got what they wanted. | :16:35. | :16:39. | |
Paul Murray has said that every shareholder should make their voice | :16:40. | :16:42. | |
heard. We will bring you all the reaction to that tomorrow night. | :16:43. | :16:48. | |
The former Rangers owner Craig Whyte has lost an appeal over a court | :16:49. | :16:52. | |
ruling that he must pay almost ?18 million to ticketing firm, Ticketus. | :16:53. | :16:55. | |
They provided funds for Mr Whyte to buy the club under a deal which | :16:56. | :16:59. | |
would have seen it paid back from sales but when Rangers entered | :17:00. | :17:02. | |
administration that deal ended. Ticketus then sued Mr Whyte, | :17:03. | :17:05. | |
claiming he had not disclosed details such as a previous | :17:06. | :17:07. | |
disqualification from serving as a director. | :17:08. | :17:15. | |
We turn our attentions to sport now, and David. | :17:16. | :17:17. | |
Some of the world's best swimmers are in Glasgow as the City plays | :17:18. | :17:24. | |
host to its first Duel in the Pool. The competition is unique and has | :17:25. | :17:30. | |
been compared to golf's Ryder Cup. One Scottish winner is backing the | :17:31. | :17:40. | |
bill after a recent heart scare. Like many other Commonwealth Games | :17:41. | :17:43. | |
venues here in Glasgow, Tollcross will get a pre-games tester. Duel in | :17:44. | :17:48. | |
the Pool will see some of the top European swimmers competing against | :17:49. | :17:53. | |
some of the best from America. Leading European challenge in | :17:54. | :17:56. | |
Scotland's Michael Jamieson, thank you for joining us. First, you had | :17:57. | :18:03. | |
us worried a few weeks ago, how are you? | :18:04. | :18:08. | |
Completely fine. A bit of a scare a few weeks ago but I've been given | :18:09. | :18:11. | |
the all clear. It was just a blip from pushing as hard as I can in | :18:12. | :18:16. | |
training. I've been given the all clear and back full-time training | :18:17. | :18:19. | |
and competing as normal. This event over Friday and Saturday | :18:20. | :18:23. | |
will count towards the preparation. Tell us about the jewel in the | :18:24. | :18:28. | |
pool. It will be a great event. The pool | :18:29. | :18:32. | |
looks fantastic. This is the first time I have been back here to | :18:33. | :18:36. | |
compete, and it will be great fun. We have a great strong side with the | :18:37. | :18:40. | |
Europeans and hopefully we will give the American team you run for their | :18:41. | :18:43. | |
money. This place has changed since you | :18:44. | :18:48. | |
used to train here, has it not? Yes, it has had a full revamp and it | :18:49. | :18:53. | |
looks great. It is a lovely venue for something of the magnitude of | :18:54. | :18:57. | |
the Commonwealth Games. Thank you for joining us. Michael is | :18:58. | :19:02. | |
off to do more training. Duel in the Pool will take place here on Friday | :19:03. | :19:05. | |
and Saturday. . | :19:06. | :19:11. | |
Now on to the Ryder Cup itself. The competition's being held in Scotland | :19:12. | :19:14. | |
next year but one former captain is worried there won't be any Scots | :19:15. | :19:17. | |
taking part. Bernard Gallacher has high hopes of a win for Europe over | :19:18. | :19:20. | |
the United States at Gleneagles. But will there be any home heroes for | :19:21. | :19:24. | |
the fans to cheer? Kheredine Idessane reports. | :19:25. | :19:28. | |
Back in the spotlight after a real scare. He reminded reporters this | :19:29. | :19:32. | |
morning he is lucky to be alive after a serious cardiac arrest | :19:33. | :19:36. | |
recently. He has been told to take it easy, but that is hard for one of | :19:37. | :19:40. | |
European golf's best-known names, a Ryder Cup winning captain in 1985, | :19:41. | :19:46. | |
he is worried that there will be no Scots in the team on Gleneagles | :19:47. | :19:50. | |
hosts next year. They can't pick a Scott when he is | :19:51. | :19:54. | |
not well enough to get in it. We will just have to hope that some | :19:55. | :19:56. | |
Scottish golfers come through and make the team. I am optimistic that | :19:57. | :20:02. | |
a few will come through and get in the running to get in the team. | :20:03. | :20:08. | |
The one Scot he does rate is Paul Lawrie who brought the famous trophy | :20:09. | :20:10. | |
to Scotland this year. He played so well in the last one. | :20:11. | :20:17. | |
He will make a big effort to make the team, especially being in | :20:18. | :20:21. | |
Scotland. He was instrumental in our victory the last time. In fact, he | :20:22. | :20:25. | |
was the catalyst for the victory when he won early doors. I would | :20:26. | :20:34. | |
hope you would make the team. Gaelic's nephew, Stephen, is another | :20:35. | :20:38. | |
who could enter the fray, but he and the other Scottish players have a | :20:39. | :20:42. | |
lot of ground to make up to join your's deadly dozen at Gleneagles. | :20:43. | :20:46. | |
Now, a look at what else is happening across Scottish sport. | :20:47. | :20:53. | |
Scotland should have a new cricket coach for the World Cup qualifiers | :20:54. | :20:59. | |
in January. The South African is parting company from Cricket | :21:00. | :21:01. | |
Scotland after the team failed to qualify for the World Cup. | :21:02. | :21:06. | |
Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins are reuniting for the tennis doubles in | :21:07. | :21:12. | |
Brisbane. Hutchins is in remission one year after being diagnosed with | :21:13. | :21:19. | |
cancer. Scotland international John Lamb and | :21:20. | :21:22. | |
could be out for up to six weeks. He has ligament damage. He could be fit | :21:23. | :21:30. | |
for the six Nations internationals. East Fife have appointed Gary | :21:31. | :21:33. | |
Naismith as manager. He joined the club as player in the summer after | :21:34. | :21:38. | |
moving from Aberdeen. Years also played for hearts, Everton and | :21:39. | :21:42. | |
Huddersfield. Scotland's woman could reach the | :21:43. | :21:45. | |
final of the international tournament in Brazil. They must beat | :21:46. | :21:48. | |
Chile by more than two goals tonight, and hope the Brazilians | :21:49. | :21:53. | |
beat Canada. More sports stories and the latest | :21:54. | :22:02. | |
news 24 hours a day on the website. I'll be on the website when I am | :22:03. | :22:05. | |
sheltering from the winter nights. He is the astronaut who became a | :22:06. | :22:10. | |
global star by singing in space. Commander Chris Hadfield captivated | :22:11. | :22:14. | |
the world with his music videos and photos from the International Space | :22:15. | :22:16. | |
Station, which he commanded until May. Now the Canadian has touched | :22:17. | :22:19. | |
down in Scotland, and Joanne Macaulay went to meet him. | :22:20. | :22:30. | |
# Ground control to Major Tom #. His performance give new meaning to | :22:31. | :22:33. | |
a David Bowie classic and brought space travel three new audience. | :22:34. | :22:41. | |
# This is ground control to Major Tom #. | :22:42. | :22:46. | |
Commander Hadfield also shared striking images of the Earth, such | :22:47. | :22:51. | |
as these from Scotland. He is amazed that his pictures and videos struck | :22:52. | :22:56. | |
a chord with so many. Hundreds of millions have seen that | :22:57. | :22:59. | |
all around the world. It is a delightful link between the science | :23:00. | :23:04. | |
of the space station and art and culture. I really enjoyed it. | :23:05. | :23:08. | |
It is not everyday you get to a spaceman at school. | :23:09. | :23:17. | |
Today's science lesson at this high school in Edinburgh was extra | :23:18. | :23:19. | |
special. Going into space is one of those | :23:20. | :23:24. | |
things people grew up thinking they would like to do, but if you're | :23:25. | :23:27. | |
someone who has actually managed to do it despite the odds, it's amazing | :23:28. | :23:32. | |
for kids to hear. Some of the pictures from space are | :23:33. | :23:36. | |
amazing. It does get inspired to get involved. | :23:37. | :23:42. | |
In the New Year I will pick my subjects for third year, and I think | :23:43. | :23:45. | |
it has inspired me to look further into studying sciences. | :23:46. | :23:51. | |
Fans queued in Edinburgh today to meet the singing spaceman as he | :23:52. | :23:55. | |
signed his book, titled case an astronaut's gay to life. | :23:56. | :24:03. | |
We are all in this together, you know? Country boundaries change, and | :24:04. | :24:10. | |
the more you see of the world, the harder it is to keep the boundary | :24:11. | :24:13. | |
between us and them. I have been round the world 2500 times, and I | :24:14. | :24:26. | |
think it gives a global view. This time last year, Amanda Hadfield | :24:27. | :24:32. | |
was preparing to spend Christmas in space. -- Commander Chris Hadfield. | :24:33. | :24:39. | |
Used against oratory more conventional Christmas season this | :24:40. | :24:45. | |
year. Now back to that severe weather | :24:46. | :24:48. | |
that's been forecast - Christopher, what's the latest? | :24:49. | :24:54. | |
what's A stormy night ahead of us. This is | :24:55. | :25:00. | |
the reason why, he deep area of low pressure. Tightly packed as a virus | :25:01. | :25:04. | |
and a lot of rain in the forecast. Because of the wind, the Met office | :25:05. | :25:10. | |
has issued an amber warning for the West Coast, the Highlands and | :25:11. | :25:13. | |
Hebrides, as far south as the Isle of Arran. The rain sweeping its | :25:14. | :25:19. | |
green Northwoods, and away from the amber warning area, still windy gale | :25:20. | :25:24. | |
force winds from the south and south-east. It is the West Coast | :25:25. | :25:30. | |
were most concerned about. Concerns for coastal communities around the | :25:31. | :25:34. | |
Firth of Clyde with potential for some localised flooding. Further | :25:35. | :25:41. | |
north gusts at times in excess of 80 mph, strong enough to cause some | :25:42. | :25:44. | |
structural damage and maybe some power cuts as well. The good news is | :25:45. | :25:49. | |
it cools through quite quickly, showers in behind, and the winds | :25:50. | :25:54. | |
started he's doing. But a cold night and the cold start tomorrow | :25:55. | :26:00. | |
morning. Another warning, this time for snow showers in the Highlands | :26:01. | :26:04. | |
and Argyll, but elsewhere it is not too bad tomorrow. Through the | :26:05. | :26:09. | |
central belt, the south and east, largely dry and bright, but called. | :26:10. | :26:13. | |
Tomorrow it will be five or six degrees and best. Some sunshine, | :26:14. | :26:19. | |
though. Difficult conditions on the high road routes through the | :26:20. | :26:22. | |
Highlands, very difficult conditions all through the day. Through the | :26:23. | :26:26. | |
rest of the afternoon and into the evening this time tomorrow night, | :26:27. | :26:30. | |
showers more widespread, we could see some fleeting snow showers | :26:31. | :26:35. | |
across parts of the central belt and into Tayside. We don't expect too | :26:36. | :26:39. | |
much disruption from those. On Friday, showers to start the day, | :26:40. | :26:44. | |
into the afternoon it will be milder and the rain returns. More warnings, | :26:45. | :26:48. | |
we could see flooding because of the heavy rain working its way in | :26:49. | :26:51. | |
through the afternoon. More information online. | :26:52. | :26:55. | |
Now, a reminder of tonight's main news: the former lead singer of the | :26:56. | :27:01. | |
rock band the Lostprophets has been jailed for 35 years for a string of | :27:02. | :27:04. | |
sex offences against a very young children's. Ian Watkins was | :27:05. | :27:08. | |
described as a determined and committed paedophile. | :27:09. | :27:12. | |
The UK Treasury have claimed there is a financial hole in this cottage | :27:13. | :27:15. | |
government's lands outlined in the independence White Paper. They say | :27:16. | :27:20. | |
it would cost an extra ?1.6 billion per year to fund pledges such as | :27:21. | :27:24. | |
improved childcare. A number of Scots seeking work is | :27:25. | :27:28. | |
down by 7000, while the number of people in work is up, and there is a | :27:29. | :27:31. | |
record number of Scots women now working. | :27:32. | :27:32. | |
And that's Reporting Scotland. I'll be back with the headlines at 8pm | :27:33. | :27:36. | |
and the late bulletin just after the ten o'clock news. Until then, from | :27:37. | :27:41. | |
everyone on the team around the country, have a very good evening. | :27:42. | :27:43. |