:00:00. > :00:00.on the BBC News Channel. I'm back with the News at Ten. Now it's
:00:07. > :00:11.Good evening. Householders in the South West and Ayrshire are counting
:00:12. > :00:15.the cost of flooding caused by yesterday's heavy rain. Families who
:00:16. > :00:18.were evacuated from their homes have been returning to assess the damage.
:00:19. > :00:27.Catriona Renton has been to Dumfries and Galloway. The flooding was so
:00:28. > :00:31.bad on Sam's farm yesterday that he and his four young children had to
:00:32. > :00:38.be air-lifted out as the fire service couldn't reach them. Today
:00:39. > :00:48.he is counting the cost. It is bad enough that it has knocked around
:00:49. > :00:55.100 metres offence down. - offence down. At its height the water is six
:00:56. > :01:04.foot high. How far has it gone down? Maybe four and a half or five foot.
:01:05. > :01:08.I have lost three sheep. Two were in lamb ewes. But they seem to be
:01:09. > :01:11.calming down now in the shed. Probably happier to get out of the
:01:12. > :01:18.weather than anything. Yesterday we showed you flooding in one village.
:01:19. > :01:23.This was the River Nith. But what a difference a day make, the waters
:01:24. > :01:28.have dropped, but there is heavy rain forecast here over the next few
:01:29. > :01:31.days and locals say they're take nothing chances and making sure
:01:32. > :01:36.they're prepared for the worst. Yesterday, the water had come right
:01:37. > :01:42.up over the wall at this house. This was all covered in water. What
:01:43. > :01:49.happened? The water came right up to the wall and it knocked it over. 30
:01:50. > :01:54.houses were evacuated yesterday. The whole ground floor of William's
:01:55. > :02:01.house was flooded. You have just got to get on with it. You have just got
:02:02. > :02:04.to tidy up as you go along. Tonight most people are back in their homes
:02:05. > :02:11.and the village Hogmanay partive is on tonight. But what a start to the
:02:12. > :02:15.year for those dealing with the fallout. A 32-year-old man has
:02:16. > :02:18.appeared in court charged with murdering his wife and young son in
:02:19. > :02:21.Midlothian. Garry Lockhart is accused of killing 29-year-old Janet
:02:22. > :02:24.Lockhart, along with her two-year-old son, Michael. Their
:02:25. > :02:28.bodies were found at a house in Bonnyrigg on Saturday evening.
:02:29. > :02:31.Lockhart made no plea or declaration when he appeared at Edinburgh
:02:32. > :02:38.Sheriff court and was remanded in custody. The New Year is just over
:02:39. > :02:42.five hours away and the countdown is on for Scotland's biggest street
:02:43. > :02:45.party. Around 80,000 people are expected to crowd into Edinburgh's
:02:46. > :02:56.Princes Street and our reporter Rob Flett is there tonight. That's
:02:57. > :03:01.right, at 11. 20 The Pet Shop Boys will be taking the stage. The events
:03:02. > :03:07.are sold out. But there are still some street party tickets left, if
:03:08. > :03:14.you can get here before the gates shut at 9. The weather is drizzly,
:03:15. > :03:21.but mostly it is due to be calm and clear. So wrap up warm and get here
:03:22. > :03:27.early. Are there fireworks in store for the crowd? Yes, there are five
:03:28. > :03:33.firework displays before the bells at midnight. The first is due in
:03:34. > :03:41.just over an hour. That is to mark the start of Scotland's home-coming.
:03:42. > :03:45.It is the same display as we saw at the end of the display last night.
:03:46. > :03:51.If you live in Stirling and Inverness, you will also be able to
:03:52. > :03:55.see that display and in Stonehaven, that display will go off after
:03:56. > :04:01.midnight. But wherever you are tonight, have a great evening. Thank
:04:02. > :04:04.you. An expert on cereals and brewing is heading a list of Scots
:04:05. > :04:07.being recognised in the New Year Honours. Professor Geoffrey Palmer
:04:08. > :04:10.has been knighted for services to science, human rights and charity.
:04:11. > :04:19.Also recognised is one of the country's best known chefs and food
:04:20. > :04:26.writers, as Kevin Keane reports. For one recipient a celebratory feast is
:04:27. > :04:31.on the cards after receiving an OBE, lady Claire Macdonald is a
:04:32. > :04:37.passionate advocate of Scottish produce. I'm not a born Scot, I'm
:04:38. > :04:43.only married to one. So everything I say about Scotland and particularly
:04:44. > :04:50.the food does come from the heart and it isn't immodest, icht is a
:04:51. > :04:55.very honest observation. Geoff Palmer is made a Sir. He was
:04:56. > :05:01.Scotland's first black professor and took the traditional brewing process
:05:02. > :05:07.and reduced it by days. If the process took nine days, then what
:05:08. > :05:15.the abrasion process did was reduced it to seven. That allowed companies
:05:16. > :05:19.to make a lot more malt per year than they would otherwise make.
:05:20. > :05:25.Because they were saving two days. Among the many charity workers, this
:05:26. > :05:35.28-year-old organisers of the relay for life event in Petehead. She
:05:36. > :05:39.began fund-raising aged 15. The researchers at cancer research are
:05:40. > :05:45.doing incredible work and that motivates me to keep going. I also
:05:46. > :05:52.sadly lost my aunt in August and that is a reminder that we have to
:05:53. > :05:58.keep going. More than 100 people in Scotland have been honoured. Let's
:05:59. > :06:00.find out what the weather has in store for the bells and beyond and
:06:01. > :06:02.Gillian Smart is at the map. find out what the weather has in
:06:03. > :06:05.store for the If you're out celebrating for the first part of
:06:06. > :06:10.tonight, you will need your brolly, but after that it does improve and
:06:11. > :06:15.by midnight most places will be dry, but chilly. This is the picture from
:06:16. > :06:20.7 o'clock. Still some showers, including the odd heavy one. They
:06:21. > :06:27.were be confined mostly to the north-west and elsewhere it will be
:06:28. > :06:31.dry. But chilly with temperatures at three Celsius in Glasgow. And colder
:06:32. > :06:35.in Inverness and Aberdeen and still some showers in the Western Isles
:06:36. > :06:42.with winds touching gale force. Inland winds will be light. We head
:06:43. > :06:45.into the new year and a familiar story. More weather warnings from
:06:46. > :06:50.the Met Office tomorrow. The day will start fine, but we will see
:06:51. > :06:56.rain pushing up from the south and it will turn heavy, particularly
:06:57. > :07:00.over southern and central Scotland we could see further issues with
:07:01. > :07:08.flooding and winds strengthening too. Temperatures six or so Celsius
:07:09. > :07:12.and it will feel colder in the wind. Difficult conditions if you're
:07:13. > :07:18.travelling with surface water and spray. We head into Thursday and the
:07:19. > :07:22.best day of the week, dry and bright with sunshine and just a scattering
:07:23. > :07:27.of showers. Mainly in the west. For Friday, another low pressure system
:07:28. > :07:31.pushes many bringing more wet and windy weather our way.
:07:32. > :07:45.Good evening. It looks like mother nature may provide her own
:07:46. > :07:51.pyrotechnics in the run-up to bid night tonight. We have some heavy
:07:52. > :07:52.showers in western parts, starting to ease a bit across Scotland