:00:00. > :00:00.a million New Yorkers celebrated 2014 in the traditional way. There's
:00:07. > :00:13.Good evening. Happy New Year. Celebrations have been taking place
:00:14. > :00:16.throughout Scotland to welcome in new year. In Edinburgh more than
:00:17. > :00:28.70,000 people attended the street party to mark the start of 2014.
:00:29. > :00:36.Joanne Macaulay reports. The start of what is going to be an
:00:37. > :00:41.eventful year for Scotland. In Edinburgh, 2014 arrived in style is
:00:42. > :00:48.more than 70,000 people partied on the street. I'd say today was one of
:00:49. > :00:56.the best street parties we have ever had. A combination of still wear bad
:00:57. > :01:00.good-natured clouds. An exceptional line-up with lots of Scottish
:01:01. > :01:09.artists as well as the Pet Shop Boys. There was nine arrests last
:01:10. > :01:13.night all for minor disorder. Nothing of any significance and from
:01:14. > :01:23.a police perspective the event went really well. Celebrations were
:01:24. > :01:29.underway elsewhere. A simultaneous fireworks display to welcome in the
:01:30. > :01:34.year of homecoming Scotland 2014. There was an invigorating start to
:01:35. > :01:43.the New Year for the 1000 people at South Queensferry! Freezing but
:01:44. > :01:53.beautiful. Refreshing! I can feel my feet. I am doing it for charity. For
:01:54. > :02:02.my nephew who is having an operation. So warm right now!
:02:03. > :02:06.For many the New Year brought the inevitable clean-up operation. At
:02:07. > :02:12.other events in Edinburgh and across Scotland, the party atmosphere
:02:13. > :02:14.continued for just a while longer. A woman was seriously sexually
:02:15. > :02:17.assaulted in Edinburgh's old town at the height of the New Year
:02:18. > :02:20.celebrations. The attack on the 21-year-old, happened in the
:02:21. > :02:23.Canongate area between midnight and two thirty in the morning. The
:02:24. > :02:29.suspect is described as being white and in his late teens or early 20s.
:02:30. > :02:32.Police are appealing for anyone who saw anything suspicious to contact
:02:33. > :02:35.them. New rules on recycling waste have
:02:36. > :02:38.come into force for Scottish businesses today. The changes mean
:02:39. > :02:44.that waste must be separated into paper, card, plastic, metals and
:02:45. > :02:47.glass. And some businesses which produce more than 50 kilogrammes of
:02:48. > :02:51.food waste each week must also recycle it. Those failing to comply
:02:52. > :03:00.with the new laws risk a maximum fine of ?10,000.
:03:01. > :03:10.Football. And there were four games in the Premiership today. Let's
:03:11. > :03:16.introduce you to what is thought to be the first baby born in Scotland
:03:17. > :03:23.in 2014. He was born at one minute after midnight.
:03:24. > :03:27.From a bundle of joy to a bundle of gloom?
:03:28. > :03:36.Hopefully an upbeat spin. The weather is almost dancing to
:03:37. > :03:43.irregular beat with outbreaks of rain across the country and we still
:03:44. > :03:49.have a yellow warning for rain through parts of southern Scotland
:03:50. > :03:52.and also Perthshire. Difficult driving conditions and the
:03:53. > :03:57.possibility of further flooding in areas already sensitive. These
:03:58. > :04:01.showers have been extending into northern parts but it turns more
:04:02. > :04:12.sherry in nature through the course of the night. -- Shelley. Overnight
:04:13. > :04:16.lows of around three Celsius. Tomorrow the area of low pressure
:04:17. > :04:21.responsible for to the area of low pressure responsible for today moves
:04:22. > :04:26.up to Iceland providing some respite and further rain across Scotland
:04:27. > :04:33.tomorrow night and into Friday. Tomorrow looks like a brightly but
:04:34. > :04:36.with showers to with. During the course of the day showers will
:04:37. > :04:42.become more confined to the north-west. We should see some dry
:04:43. > :04:49.weather with sunshine across central and southern and eastern Scotland.
:04:50. > :04:55.Into tomorrow, we see the first signs of the rain gathering force
:04:56. > :05:00.and another warning for areas mentioned before.
:05:01. > :05:02.That's all for now, enjoy the evening.