:00:14. > :00:22.Tonight, on Reporting Scotland: The west coast of Scotland is battered
:00:23. > :00:29.by high winds and rain, as a tidal surge threatens to flood homes and
:00:30. > :00:34.businesses. My defences are holding up OK, I
:00:35. > :00:37.just hope that everybody else's is as fortunate as I am. We'll have the
:00:38. > :00:43.latest, with more winds, rain and snow forecast for the weekend.
:00:44. > :00:46.Also in the programme: It was a time of industrial and political strife,
:00:47. > :00:48.now Cabinet papers from the 80s reveal how the Thatcher Government
:00:49. > :00:53.tried secretly to cut Scotland's budget.
:00:54. > :00:56.Could Steven Fletcher be heading for Celtic? Neil Lennon says he'd be
:00:57. > :01:03.interested, if the Sunderland striker were available. You were
:01:04. > :01:09.wonderful .
:01:10. > :01:12.And bringing the curtain down on the Perth Theatre, but there's an encore
:01:13. > :01:15.to come when the historical venue gets a multi-million pound revamp.
:01:16. > :01:18.A tidal surge, together with severe gale force winds, have been
:01:19. > :01:24.battering western and southern parts of Scotland. There's been flooding
:01:25. > :01:28.along coastal areas with nearly forty flood warnings in place at one
:01:29. > :01:31.point. In a moment we'll be reporting from Ayrshire, but first
:01:32. > :01:38.this from Laura Maxwell, who was further up the Clyde coast as the
:01:39. > :01:42.worst of the weather hit. The front at Helensburgh felt the
:01:43. > :01:45.force of today's storm, the high tide combined with strong winds,
:01:46. > :01:53.heavy rain and the storm surge saw the peer Andrew surrounding car
:01:54. > :01:58.parks almost completely submerged. Locals did their best to protect
:01:59. > :02:04.their homes. My defences are holding up OK. I hope that everybody else is
:02:05. > :02:09.as fortunate as I am the stop the conditions are horrendous. We still
:02:10. > :02:16.have not peaked, I do not think. Half an hour ago, you could see the
:02:17. > :02:20.road here, but in that time it has completely flooded. Locals say this
:02:21. > :02:24.is the worst they have seen it in living memory. They have their
:02:25. > :02:27.sandbags and are hoping for the best. Preparations were well under
:02:28. > :02:32.way this morning before the surge hit. Council workers out in force,
:02:33. > :02:40.handing out sandbags and clearing drains. We did have flood warning in
:02:41. > :02:43.place. It is a matter for local authorities, but we are having
:02:44. > :02:47.feedback today from local responders that they have done in places like
:02:48. > :02:51.Argyll and Bute, they have taken appropriate steps. Not everyone
:02:52. > :02:58.escaped. Some businesses were caught. Train services were
:02:59. > :03:05.cancelled for a time. In Dumbarton, the river burst its banks, even
:03:06. > :03:12.before high tide. This even, most people are breathing a sigh of
:03:13. > :03:14.relief. But keeping a close eye on the weekend.
:03:15. > :03:17.Winds at one point reached 68 miles per hour in some places. Severe
:03:18. > :03:20.gales combined with tidal surges affected ferries along the Clyde
:03:21. > :03:30.coast and also breached the sea defences. This report from Julie
:03:31. > :03:36.Peacock. You didn't want to get too close to
:03:37. > :03:42.the coast in Ayrshire. In a loose of water after the sea walls in
:03:43. > :03:49.Ardrossan. No trains break this line for a time. The parks and promenades
:03:50. > :03:53.were strictly off-limits, this is the worst flooding the area has seen
:03:54. > :03:58.in two decades. It's did not stop people coming to see the storm
:03:59. > :04:04.unfold in front of them. I think it is quite exciting, really. It is not
:04:05. > :04:12.very good for cars and transport and people's houses and flooding, but I
:04:13. > :04:17.like the wildness. In Troon, council workers were out patrolling since
:04:18. > :04:23.this morning, ready to clear drains and shore up homes with sandbags.
:04:24. > :04:27.High tide has been and gone thankfully. This is the only road
:04:28. > :04:32.that has been affected here. The plans that we put in place have paid
:04:33. > :04:38.dividends. Thankfully, no one has been affected too badly. The high
:04:39. > :04:45.tide has just passed and the waters are beginning to recede. It has been
:04:46. > :04:51.a very windy and wild day. Thankfully, the flooding has only
:04:52. > :04:54.been in some localised areas. Many people have said that this is the
:04:55. > :05:00.worst they have seen it in years and there is a sense of having a lucky
:05:01. > :05:04.escape. The weather has disrupted travel plans, but train and ferry
:05:05. > :05:10.services are getting back to normal. On the Isle of Arran, getting around
:05:11. > :05:14.has not been easy. Some people are making the most of the unsettled
:05:15. > :05:18.weather, these windsurfers may be glad to know that more is on the
:05:19. > :05:22.way, even if conditions want to be as dramatic as today.
:05:23. > :05:29.Laura Bicker is in Ardrossan for us tonight. Laura, what is the
:05:30. > :05:33.situation there now? It may not look like it, but
:05:34. > :05:41.conditions have dramatically improved over the last few hours. He
:05:42. > :05:48.couldn't have stood here earlier. It has receded. It has come back behind
:05:49. > :05:51.the sea walls. There are still warnings in place. Police Scotland
:05:52. > :05:55.are worried about the next high tide, particularly further north in
:05:56. > :05:59.Fort William which will peak in the next 30 minutes. They warned earlier
:06:00. > :06:03.that conditions there could be severe and there are still some
:06:04. > :06:08.disruptions to rail journeys, check before you travel is the advice.
:06:09. > :06:13.Some roads are still closed because of flood water. There is more bad
:06:14. > :06:19.weather forecast. These winds still remain pretty heavy at the moment.
:06:20. > :06:25.The advice from the Scottish Government is to check and remain
:06:26. > :06:31.vigilant when it comes to travel and with the rain on the way, keep
:06:32. > :06:34.watching for flood warnings. You're watching Reporting Scotland
:06:35. > :06:37.from the BBC. Still to come on the programme - Bringing the curtain
:06:38. > :06:46.down on the Perth Theatre, but a multi million pound revamp should
:06:47. > :06:52.ensure a bright future. Celtic are interested in signing
:06:53. > :06:54.Steven Fletcher, but how interested? We analyse the effect that that
:06:55. > :06:56.Terry Butcher is having on Hibernian.
:06:57. > :07:01.Details have emerged of attempts by ministers to make secret cuts to the
:07:02. > :07:03.Scottish budget during Margaret Thatcher's premiership. Cabinet
:07:04. > :07:06.papers released by the National Archives today reveal that the then
:07:07. > :07:09.Conservative Scottish Secretary George Younger insisted that he
:07:10. > :07:12.would only agree to half the cuts the Treasury was demanding and only
:07:13. > :07:17.if they were "invisible" to the Government's critics. George
:07:18. > :07:21.Younger's refusal to accede to bigger cuts disappointed Mrs
:07:22. > :07:29.Thatcher and sparked a Cabinet row. Our Westminster correspondent Tim
:07:30. > :07:34.Reid reports. It was the year the miners Mstrike
:07:35. > :07:40.began, a dispute that became a defining moment in Thatcher's
:07:41. > :07:44.premiership. Thousands lost jobs, it was a turbulent period and that came
:07:45. > :07:49.after years of public spending cuts. Behind closed doors, the Scottish
:07:50. > :07:56.secretary George Younger was fighting his own battle to try and
:07:57. > :08:02.beat off much larger cuts. Cabinet papers released today show
:08:03. > :08:10.that the Treasury sought ?60 million in cuts to Scotland's block grant.
:08:11. > :08:15.It was a request that Mr Younger described as astonishing. Writing to
:08:16. > :08:19.the Chief Secretary of the Treasury, Mr Younger said that the cuts
:08:20. > :08:27.offered were the most I could surrender without risk of detection.
:08:28. > :08:39.He added, I am simply not prepared to run political risks of cutting my
:08:40. > :08:43.programme further. To see this detailed correspondence
:08:44. > :08:52.about the need to keep figures in visible or visible -- in visible, I
:08:53. > :08:55.find that very interesting. Mrs Thatcher thought Scotland was
:08:56. > :09:00.getting more money than it deserved under the Barnett formula. The chief
:09:01. > :09:16.secretary wrote to Mr Younger... The documents also reveal a memo
:09:17. > :09:24.written by Mrs Thatcher's Private secretary which revealed she was
:09:25. > :09:30.disappointed. George Younger did his utmost to try
:09:31. > :09:34.and defend Scotland and Scotland's public spending against the Treasury
:09:35. > :09:38.that was trying to cut back in Scotland. To some extent, he was
:09:39. > :09:46.successful. It shows us the highly charged nature of the debate. The
:09:47. > :09:49.nature of some of the decisions being made in Government are no
:09:50. > :09:57.difference to decisions made by governments or -- of all hues. The
:09:58. > :09:59.arguments back then are not dissimilar to some that are still
:10:00. > :10:02.being made today. A murder investigation has been
:10:03. > :10:05.launched in the Govan area of Glasgow after the death of a
:10:06. > :10:09.26-year-old man. Police were called to a disturbance at a flat in Drive
:10:10. > :10:12.Road early this morning. They say they're following a definite line of
:10:13. > :10:15.inquiry in connection with the incident.
:10:16. > :10:17.Around 400 mourners in Edinburgh have paid tribute to a young
:10:18. > :10:22.footballer who died before Christmas. 13-year-old Jamie Skinner
:10:23. > :10:27.was a former Hearts youth player who collapsed during his first game for
:10:28. > :10:30.Tynecastle FC. Hearts manager Gary Locke was among football supporters
:10:31. > :10:37.from across the capital who attended the funeral service at a cemetery in
:10:38. > :10:40.Craigmillar this afternoon. This is Scotland's year of decision,
:10:41. > :10:43.the year of the independence referendum. That brings a
:10:44. > :10:47.Yesterday, we heard from Nicola Sturgeon, the Deputy First Minister.
:10:48. > :10:50.Today, it's the turn of Alistair Darling who heads Better Together,
:10:51. > :10:57.the campaign defending the Union. He spoke to our political editor Brian
:10:58. > :11:00.Taylor. I have always argued that there is
:11:01. > :11:08.no reason why Scotland couldn't be independent. But it is not in our
:11:09. > :11:11.best interests. We have devolution of powers and education and health
:11:12. > :11:15.in the Scottish parliament, but we are part of something bigger with
:11:16. > :11:18.the opportunities that come from business and the security that comes
:11:19. > :11:22.from being part of a larger country. It is in our best interests, we are
:11:23. > :11:29.better and stronger together. Don't you access to that Scotland may have
:11:30. > :11:35.different priorities on some issues, that independence would
:11:36. > :11:41.offer the possibility to pursue those priorities? It is political
:11:42. > :11:48.choices. We know that Scotland is facing the challenge of and ageing
:11:49. > :11:52.population. I don't think we should have all of the burden on that on 5
:11:53. > :12:00.million, when at the moment that burden is shared across many more.
:12:01. > :12:10.Apparently, you have a lead in the polls. What is the campaign
:12:11. > :12:14.strategy? It is important this year to try and persuade those people who
:12:15. > :12:18.are still undecided and there are a lot of them that we are better and
:12:19. > :12:23.stronger together. There is a strong positive case to be made for the
:12:24. > :12:27.United Kingdom. We have the best of the both worlds. But we are part of
:12:28. > :12:32.something larger. It is good for businesses and security. At the same
:12:33. > :12:37.time, we have two persuade those people who already are convinced
:12:38. > :12:40.that they cannot be complacent. I think this is going to be closer
:12:41. > :12:45.than people think. This is something where we need a high turnout so we
:12:46. > :12:52.get a decisive result. That is why it is our job to persuade those
:12:53. > :12:57.people who are still on the fence that they come out and vote. You are
:12:58. > :13:00.a senior member of the Labour Party. A entirely comfortable
:13:01. > :13:05.working so closely with the Conservatives? I don't have any
:13:06. > :13:09.problem with working with people when I agree with them. I disagree
:13:10. > :13:13.with the Conservatives on many things, but I happen to agree that
:13:14. > :13:18.Scottish best interests are being part of the UK. On that issue, it
:13:19. > :13:21.would be foolish as childish to say that I want to speak to them because
:13:22. > :13:26.I disagree with them when I agree with them on this. After all, this
:13:27. > :13:32.is an issue that affects the future of our country for 50 and many more
:13:33. > :13:35.years after that and that is why it is important that if we believe we
:13:36. > :13:39.are better together, we should say something stopped IEP soon that,
:13:40. > :13:45.even though one unnamed Conservative says that you are comatose? In
:13:46. > :13:51.politics, you get people who say things like that. Frankly, in ten
:13:52. > :13:59.years or 50 years, does it matter? The big issue, the biggest single
:14:00. > :14:03.issue, is whether or not we get the best of both worlds, remain part of
:14:04. > :14:08.the UK, the opportunities and security that comes from that, or do
:14:09. > :14:11.we leap into the unknown. That is a massive question and is bigger than
:14:12. > :14:15.any individual and that is why it is important we go and win a great we
:14:16. > :14:26.can. When will we know the consequences of a no vote? There are
:14:27. > :14:29.two things here. The political parties that believe in devolution,
:14:30. > :14:35.as opposed to independence, working on plans that will be published I
:14:36. > :14:43.dare say later this year. Do you need a coherence? I think that will
:14:44. > :14:49.happen anyway. Whether or not they have an agreement or whether they
:14:50. > :14:52.work towards that, in some ways I think that is secondary to the
:14:53. > :14:57.second point I wanted to make and that is I think the decision in this
:14:58. > :15:01.referendum will be made fundamentally on the economic
:15:02. > :15:05.arguments. On the currency, are we going to get into the European
:15:06. > :15:10.Union, will we be worse off better off? It is the economic arguments
:15:11. > :15:13.that will decide what happens in September. Of course, constitutional
:15:14. > :15:18.matters matter, but if you look at all of the evidence, it is those
:15:19. > :15:24.fundamental economic arguments that will clinch it, especially amongst
:15:25. > :15:28.the undecided. Large fragments of a meteorite worth
:15:29. > :15:31.more than twice their weight in gold have been found in Perthshire. It's
:15:32. > :15:34.96 years since the Strathmore meteorite fell to earth. Now the
:15:35. > :15:37.UK's only professional meteorite hunter is discovering new pieces of
:15:38. > :15:40.one of the few documented space rocks known to have fallen on
:15:41. > :15:49.Scotland. Rob Flett's been to meet him.
:15:50. > :15:54.There are lots of space rocks just waiting to be found in this area.
:15:55. > :15:59.Meet Robb Elliott, his obsession with meteorites has taken him all
:16:00. > :16:02.over the world and closer to home which at this house and picture
:16:03. > :16:08.which was hit by a meteorite in 1917. This is the top of the range
:16:09. > :16:14.when you have documented evidence of a space rock of not only hurting
:16:15. > :16:18.something man-made but coming through the roof of your house!
:16:19. > :16:23.Scotland does not have a lot of meteorites but there will be more
:16:24. > :16:27.waiting to be found. When meteorites enter the atmosphere like these
:16:28. > :16:33.pictures from Russia last February, the fragments are spread over a wide
:16:34. > :16:37.area. The pieces can be valuable and Robb has a unique way of finding
:16:38. > :16:44.them. This is a golf club with a powerful management at the end of
:16:45. > :16:51.it. Most pieces of meteorite will stick to that. This is the fifth
:16:52. > :16:55.Strathmore meteorite, a personal thing I discovered some weeks ago.
:16:56. > :17:00.You can see the magnet sticks quite readily to it. That is a feature of
:17:01. > :17:06.both eft rocks and meteorites. So we must take this back, cut it, have a
:17:07. > :17:12.look inside and make sure it really is a 4.5 billion -year-old piece of
:17:13. > :17:18.space rock. Robb Elliott has been making a living buying and selling
:17:19. > :17:22.meteorites for the past 20 years. The spat -- Strathmore meteorite is
:17:23. > :17:25.old and weathered. It will earn a lot of money.
:17:26. > :17:34.This is not found any Perthshire field turns out to be worth more
:17:35. > :17:36.than twice its weight in gold. Celtic are interested in signing the
:17:37. > :17:41.Scotland and Sunderland striker Steven Fletcher, but only if he
:17:42. > :17:45.becomes available. Now that the January transfer window is open, the
:17:46. > :17:48.Celtic manager Neil Lennon is keen to add to his squad, but could he
:17:49. > :17:57.afford an English Premiership striker? John Barnes reports.
:17:58. > :18:02.This is the latest man to be linked with a move to Celtic, Scotland
:18:03. > :18:05.international Steven Fletcher. The Sunderland striker who has scored
:18:06. > :18:09.three goals this season has been used as a substitute recently under
:18:10. > :18:15.new manager Gus Poyet, so is he on Neil Lennon's wanted list? He is an
:18:16. > :18:22.excellent player but it is purely speculation at the moment. I cannot
:18:23. > :18:27.say any more than that. I think most teams in Britain would like him and
:18:28. > :18:32.affordability may be a problem for us. The Scotland striker who moved
:18:33. > :18:37.for ?12 million 18 months ago from Wolverhampton Wanderers to
:18:38. > :18:40.Sunderland is now valued at ?6 million, but with the Celtic manager
:18:41. > :18:47.be interested in signing Fletcher and he was offered to him? Yes. His
:18:48. > :18:50.phone has been red-hot now that the transfer window is open and he says
:18:51. > :18:53.he hopes to have his first new signing agreed next week.
:18:54. > :18:56.Now, the weather may be bleak, but there have been outbreaks of
:18:57. > :19:00.sunshine on Leith. And it's in large part down to that man behind me -
:19:01. > :19:03.Terry Butcher. He led his Hibernian side to victory in last night's
:19:04. > :19:06.Edinburgh derby, lifting them to the dizzy heights of the Premiership's
:19:07. > :19:07.top six. Our senior football reporter Alasdair Lamont examines
:19:08. > :19:28.the Butcher effect. Leith and Easter Road in particular
:19:29. > :19:33.as a happier place to be these days, more so after a win and Terry
:19:34. > :19:38.Butcher's first Edinburgh derby as Hibernian manager. James Collins set
:19:39. > :19:49.them on the ride to a third consecutive victory. James Collins
:19:50. > :19:52.scores the goal of his derby games! Hearts equaliser might have sown the
:19:53. > :19:58.seeds of doubt and the names of some Hibernian fans.
:19:59. > :20:03.When you concede a goal like we did out of the blue, it's not that of
:20:04. > :20:07.our straight for a few minutes but we showed our resilience and it was
:20:08. > :20:12.a good test for the players. A few weeks ago that we would not have
:20:13. > :20:16.been able to overcome that. But this Hibernian said he seems to
:20:17. > :20:21.have a different mindset. And it looks like the goal which has won
:20:22. > :20:24.the Edinburgh derby for Hibernian! So is that down to the Terry Butcher
:20:25. > :20:33.effect? It is a massive is set. -- effect.
:20:34. > :20:37.He gives us great character. You can see on the part as a player
:20:38. > :20:41.responding, you know exactly what you have to do.
:20:42. > :20:46.What they must do now is to continue this great vein of form with only
:20:47. > :20:47.one defeat in eight games suggesting that the new man is doing something
:20:48. > :20:51.right. Now a look at what else is happening
:20:52. > :20:57.across Scottish sport, and there's a transfer window theme to it.
:20:58. > :21:00.Aberdeen have a new defender. He's Alan Tate, signing on loan for the
:21:01. > :21:09.rest of the season from English Premier League club Swansea Cit, but
:21:10. > :21:14.what kind of player is he? I do not like to talk about myself, hopefully
:21:15. > :21:18.just experience and know-how and knowing how to win games. I hope
:21:19. > :21:23.people will judge me on that basis. Lionel Ainsworth's staying with
:21:24. > :21:26.Motherwell till the summer. His loan deal from English club Rotherham
:21:27. > :21:33.United's been extended. But keeping Viking Stavanger's Henri Anier is
:21:34. > :21:38.proving more difficult. I am working as hard as I can to come up with a
:21:39. > :21:41.deal for him. If we can get some money and finance that, it is a
:21:42. > :21:44.possibility. Ross County have re-signed Greek
:21:45. > :21:47.defender Evangelos Iknomou. He played for the club last season.
:21:48. > :21:51.County have also signed Michael Tidser on loan from Rotherham.
:21:52. > :21:54.St Mirren's Gary Harkins has moved to English League One side Oldham on
:21:55. > :21:58.loan. He could make his debut against Liverpool in the FA Cup this
:21:59. > :22:02.weekend. Kilmarnock striker Kris Boyd says
:22:03. > :22:06.he's not looking for a move in the January transfer window. He scored
:22:07. > :22:10.his sixth goal in as many games in Killie's 2-1 win over St Mirren
:22:11. > :22:14.yesterday. And there are more sports stories
:22:15. > :22:26.plus all the latest news, 24 hours a day on BBC Sport Scotland's website.
:22:27. > :22:32.Always a pleasure to give you the latest transfer news, Sally.
:22:33. > :22:36.It's played an important part in the history of Scottish theatre and now
:22:37. > :22:40.Perth Theatre is about to take a big step to secure its future. When the
:22:41. > :22:43.curtain comes down tomorrow on this season's pantomime, the building
:22:44. > :22:52.will close for around two years for a ?15 million refurbishment. Andrew
:22:53. > :22:56.Anderson reports. You were wonderful! You were
:22:57. > :23:00.marvellous! A couple of ugly sisters playing at
:23:01. > :23:06.Perth Theatre, regarded as one of the most attractive in Scotland. The
:23:07. > :23:10.cast of this year and remain will be the last on the stage at Perth
:23:11. > :23:14.Theatre for a couple of years as it undergoes a ?15 million
:23:15. > :23:18.refurbishment, with audiences who enjoy the splendour of this on the
:23:19. > :23:22.auditorium should not fear, it is being preserved.
:23:23. > :23:31.Many actors have featured here at the theatre, actors like a young
:23:32. > :23:35.Alec Guinness and a Ewan MacGregor. Photographs of great actors from the
:23:36. > :23:43.past. Donald Sutherland also played this theatre. It was home to
:23:44. > :23:48.Scotland's first repertory company and back in 1955, actors had a
:23:49. > :23:53.phenomenal workrate. The same company of actors would rehearse
:23:54. > :23:59.during the day and perform at night. There was a parade of time when it
:24:00. > :24:03.was a superb place to be. They are now trying to secure this
:24:04. > :24:07.theatre's future for the next 100 years. An impressive new entrants
:24:08. > :24:14.and new studio Theatre will be built. This goes along with the
:24:15. > :24:16.development of Mill Street and a closer connection between the
:24:17. > :24:24.theatre and the concert hall will make this a very interesting place
:24:25. > :24:30.to be. The comic capers of this pantomime
:24:31. > :24:34.will bring down the curtain on at one of this theatre's long history
:24:35. > :24:40.and when the make over is complete it will once again worked its magic
:24:41. > :24:43.on audiences. Andrew Anderson, Reporting Scotland, per. --
:24:44. > :24:59.Perthshire. Good evening. Things are said to
:25:00. > :25:02.improve during the overnight period. We are seeing gale force winds at
:25:03. > :25:07.the moment but they should easily during the course of tonight. We
:25:08. > :25:12.still have put of them to contend with and if you look at the chart
:25:13. > :25:16.you can see that. Lots of rain being generated during the course of this
:25:17. > :25:20.evening. That will turn shabbily in nature and eventually the body of
:25:21. > :25:25.cold showers becomes confined to Northern areas and the winds will
:25:26. > :25:29.gradually settle down. Quite a noticeable difference. Temperatures
:25:30. > :25:33.will fall down to around four Celsius but they will remain lower
:25:34. > :25:38.for the Borders with the rest of some ice. There is an ice risk first
:25:39. > :25:42.thing tomorrow. Some showers across the Northern areas following sleet
:25:43. > :25:48.and snow over higher ground. There is a change with rain edging from
:25:49. > :25:54.the South during the later part of the morning. For the afternoon,
:25:55. > :25:58.there will be snow and dissent and the Met Office have issued a general
:25:59. > :26:04.weather warning. They believe it will mainly affect higher ground so
:26:05. > :26:11.the M74 and the A68, Haile routes could be affected. Keep your eye on
:26:12. > :26:15.that. It will be great with some sunny spells towards the Edinburgh
:26:16. > :26:19.area and the further North you go there is more sunshine. The North
:26:20. > :26:23.East gets the best of the sunshine. Sunshine for the Outer Hebrides but
:26:24. > :26:32.the Northern Isles will feel quite mild. Much lighter winds, the
:26:33. > :26:37.afternoon as well. If you are heading for the hills, Western edges
:26:38. > :26:45.will see a fresh wind but these will eventually ease. And improving day.
:26:46. > :26:52.Dry for Eastern and Southern ranges. The rain will continue to push into
:26:53. > :26:58.the South. For those who like to ski or snowboard, it is looking good
:26:59. > :27:01.weather-wise. The winds will ease but please be careful, check with
:27:02. > :27:09.the ski centres for the latest details. That rain, sleet and snow
:27:10. > :27:15.edges further North and it will be dry with some clear spells. This
:27:16. > :27:20.area of low pressure is moving towards us but it will be a wet and
:27:21. > :27:23.windy day on Sunday. It starts dry with frost and then the rain moves
:27:24. > :27:26.across a stronger gale force wind. Now, a reminder of tonight's main
:27:27. > :27:29.news: A tidal surge together with severe gale force winds have
:27:30. > :27:32.battered Western and Southern parts of Scotland today. There has been
:27:33. > :27:35.flooding along coastal areas with nearly 40 flood warnings in place at
:27:36. > :27:38.one point. In England and Wales it's been a
:27:39. > :27:42.similar picture with many properties flooded for a second time in recent
:27:43. > :27:52.days. Severe flood warnings for nine areas there have been issued meaning
:27:53. > :27:56.there is a "danger to life". Join us at 10:25pm. Goodbye.