:00:00. > :00:13.the windscreen first thing in the morning. That is all from us. Now,
:00:14. > :00:20.Tonight on Reporting Scotland. A mother is charged with murder.
:00:21. > :00:22.Rosdeep Adekoya appeared in court this afternoon after her
:00:23. > :00:29.three-year-old son Mikaeel Kular was found dead in Fife woodland.
:00:30. > :00:37.BBC Scotland finds further evidence that Scots are being wrongly charged
:00:38. > :00:45.care home costs. The actual guidelines are so rigid
:00:46. > :00:49.and so hard to qualify for that nobody in Scotland can qualify for
:00:50. > :00:55.them. Also on the programme. Scottish
:00:56. > :00:58.researchers are pushing the frontiers of space, with technology
:00:59. > :01:01.that helps us peer further into the universe than ever.
:01:02. > :01:05.And packing his bags but not going home. Andy Murray is through to play
:01:06. > :01:10.Roger Federer for a place in the semi finals of the Australian Open.
:01:11. > :01:13.The mother of three-year-old Mikaeel Kular has appeared in court late
:01:14. > :01:20.this afternoon charged with his murder and attempting to defeat the
:01:21. > :01:24.ends of justice. It follows the discovery of the boy's body in woods
:01:25. > :01:27.behind a house in Fife at the weekend. A massive search was
:01:28. > :01:30.launched for Mikaeel after he was reported missing from his home in
:01:31. > :01:36.Edinburgh by his mother Rosdeep on Thursday. Our reporter Steven Godden
:01:37. > :01:39.is in Edinburgh for us tonight. There has been an intense focus on
:01:40. > :01:46.this court building throughout the day. Mikaeel Kular's mother advised
:01:47. > :01:53.around midday. Four hours later, her hearing took place, it lasted only a
:01:54. > :01:58.few moments. She faces two charges. One charge of murder. Leading the
:01:59. > :02:05.back door of the court building, a van believed to be carrying Mikhail
:02:06. > :02:13.cooler's mother. She was arrested on Saturday night after her son's body
:02:14. > :02:18.was discovered in woodland. The 33-year-old appeared in court under
:02:19. > :02:22.her married name Rosdeep Adekoya. She was told she faces two charges,
:02:23. > :02:27.one of attempting to defeat the ends of justice and the other of murder.
:02:28. > :02:36.She made no plea or declaration and was remanded in custody ahead of
:02:37. > :02:41.another Private hearing to be held next week. Last night, locals
:02:42. > :02:46.gathered for a vigil to remember the toddler. This morning, his
:02:47. > :02:51.classmates were offered support as they returned to nursery for the
:02:52. > :02:55.first time since hearing the news. Their parents were sent letters by
:02:56. > :03:02.police asking for information on Mikaeel's movements last week. It is
:03:03. > :03:13.tragic, especially as we have to share this with our children.
:03:14. > :03:19.Devastated. He is in the next class to my son. Terrible. This image was
:03:20. > :03:24.first seen last Thursday when he was reported missing from his home. Over
:03:25. > :03:29.the next 48 hours, hundreds of locals were involved in the search.
:03:30. > :03:35.Then came the announcement everybody was dreading.
:03:36. > :03:43.We have recovered the body of a young boy in Fife, shortly before
:03:44. > :03:48.midnight. His body was discovered close to their former home in
:03:49. > :03:56.Kirkcaldy. The investigation is continuing. Forensic officers are
:03:57. > :04:11.carrying out a search of the house. Meanwhile, people arrived to lay
:04:12. > :04:14.flowers. BBC Scotland has further evidence
:04:15. > :04:18.that vulnerable are being wrongly charged care home costs. The BBC has
:04:19. > :04:21.learned of three people who are minimally conscious or in a
:04:22. > :04:23.vegetative state who have been told they're not ill enough for NHS
:04:24. > :04:31.funding. Our health correspondent Eleanor Bradford is here with more.
:04:32. > :04:34.Who gets their care costs paid? Everyone gets free personal care,
:04:35. > :04:38.help with washing and toileting. If you have assets under ?25,000, you
:04:39. > :04:44.get some or all of your care costs paid by the council. If you have
:04:45. > :04:48.complex ongoing health needs, you should get your care costs paid by
:04:49. > :04:53.the NHS under an arrangement called continuing health care. Last year we
:04:54. > :04:58.revealed how, in England, the number of people getting this benefit is
:04:59. > :05:02.rising. In Scotland, it's falling. As I've been finding out, some of
:05:03. > :05:05.the Scots being told they don't qualify are in a vegetative state,
:05:06. > :05:10.which prompts the question, just how sick do you have to be to get this
:05:11. > :05:13.benefit? On a crisp winter's morning, I
:05:14. > :05:17.visited Robert Fyans's house. Robert's mother has been in a care
:05:18. > :05:21.home for the last three years. A severe stroke left her in a
:05:22. > :05:26.vegetative state. But despite that, Robert has been told the NHS will
:05:27. > :05:30.not pay for her care home costs. The actual NHS health care guidelines
:05:31. > :05:38.are so rigid and so hard to qualify for that nobody apparently in
:05:39. > :05:51.Scotland can qualify for it. Or very few people in Scotland could
:05:52. > :05:55.qualify. We commissioned an independent expert to look into Mrs
:05:56. > :05:59.Fyans' case. She concluded that if Mrs Fyans lived in England, she
:06:00. > :06:05.would have all her care bills paid for by the NHS, a sum which so far
:06:06. > :06:08.exceeds ?40,000. Last year, the Health Secretary urged anyone who
:06:09. > :06:17.felt they had been unfairly charged for care to contact him. Robert did
:06:18. > :06:21.that, but the decision stood. The purpose of contacting me is not for
:06:22. > :06:27.me to make the decision. These are clinical decisions made by senior
:06:28. > :06:30.doctors. The last thing anybody would want is for these decisions to
:06:31. > :06:37.be made by politicians or ministers. Lawyers say the way patients are
:06:38. > :06:41.being assessed is not fair. At present, if you need this care in
:06:42. > :06:45.Scotland, you are disadvantaged compared to someone living in
:06:46. > :06:49.England or Wales. As there is no appeal system in
:06:50. > :06:53.Scotland and Mr Fyans cannot afford to go to court, his mother's flat is
:06:54. > :07:01.still up for sale to pay for the care home bills. Several Scottish
:07:02. > :07:04.charities have told the BBC they believe people aren't getting the
:07:05. > :07:07.NHS funding they're entitled to. A review into this whole system of
:07:08. > :07:09.continuing health care is due out shortly.
:07:10. > :07:12.You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC. Still to come on the
:07:13. > :07:15.programme. Why tourism is becoming increasingly important to the Forth
:07:16. > :07:19.rail and road bridges. In sport, we are in Melbourne as
:07:20. > :07:22.Andy Murray beats Frenchman Stephane Robert at the Australian Open to set
:07:23. > :07:28.up a quarterfinal against Roger Federer. And after this season's
:07:29. > :07:30.European adventure ended for both Glasgow and Edinburgh, how will it
:07:31. > :07:38.impact Scotland's upcoming Six Nations campaign?
:07:39. > :07:43.Claims about the standard of care at a private school in Aberdeen are
:07:44. > :07:46.being investigated. The Care Inspectorate has confirmed to BBC
:07:47. > :07:49.Scotland that it's become aware allegations in connection with the
:07:50. > :07:53.Hamilton School. The claims have been made by former staff and
:07:54. > :08:03.parents. Our reporter Fiona Stalker is outside the school for us
:08:04. > :08:08.tonight. What more can you tell us? The Hamilton School, a privately run
:08:09. > :08:14.school, in Aberdeen, it was set up in 1975. Akira inspected it told us
:08:15. > :08:19.this afternoon that it had been made aware of allegations in connection
:08:20. > :08:23.with the school. It had passed on those allegations to Aberdeen City
:08:24. > :08:26.Council. It is up to the Council officials to determine whether or
:08:27. > :08:31.not there is an issue that needs to be investigated. The council told us
:08:32. > :08:36.this afternoon that staff had had a meeting here at the Hamilton School
:08:37. > :08:39.to discuss the matter. In May and June last year, the care
:08:40. > :08:47.Inspectorate upheld complaints against this school. They were over
:08:48. > :08:53.staff training, staff levels, staff qualifications and communications
:08:54. > :09:00.between staff. Has the school has anything to say?
:09:01. > :09:07.We have got a statement from Hamilton School here. The care
:09:08. > :09:10.Inspectorate are responding to allegations and initiated by a
:09:11. > :09:15.disgruntled former employee in the nursery department. They are duty
:09:16. > :09:20.bound to investigate the complaint. We will offer them entry support in
:09:21. > :09:25.their investigations, but I am satisfied with my staff and
:09:26. > :09:35.procedures at the school. She says she is appalled at the allegations.
:09:36. > :09:39.She continues, we have an exemplary history and we continue to maintain
:09:40. > :09:44.the highest possible standards of care and education for all of our
:09:45. > :09:48.children. We are greatly reassured by the many messages of support
:09:49. > :09:54.which parents, former parents and staff have offered.
:09:55. > :09:58.Thank you. Tributes have been paid to an off
:09:59. > :10:01.duty paramedic who died after being swept into the sea in Aberdeenshire.
:10:02. > :10:03.43-year-old Peter Trudgill was walking with his family near
:10:04. > :10:06.Stonehaven harbour when the incident happened on Saturday afternoon. The
:10:07. > :10:10.Scottish Ambulance Service says Mr Trudgill was an exemplary paramedic
:10:11. > :10:13.who will be sadly missed by all of his colleagues.
:10:14. > :10:18.Scottish researchers have developed a new laser technique to help us see
:10:19. > :10:23.further into space than ever before. The team at Heriot-Watt university
:10:24. > :10:26.are producing photonic lanterns. They enable a new generation of
:10:27. > :10:34.telescopes to look back in time. Here's our science correspondent
:10:35. > :10:37.Kenneth Macdonald. Ever since Galileo first pointed a
:10:38. > :10:43.telescope at the stars, we have wanted to see deeper into space. A
:10:44. > :10:53.new generation of extremely large telescopes will help us do just
:10:54. > :11:01.that. Bigger telescopes bring more celestial light. But that brings
:11:02. > :11:03.problems. The way that the light is handled by the telescope has not
:11:04. > :11:06.changed much since the day of Galileo.
:11:07. > :11:09.Astronomers have always wanted bigger telescopes and are hoping to
:11:10. > :11:12.build bigger telescopes in the future. But as the telescopes get
:11:13. > :11:15.bigger, the instruments get bigger as well. And soon they will be
:11:16. > :11:19.unmanageably large. Unless you can make those sensors
:11:20. > :11:21.much smaller. That is what they are doing at Herriot Watt University,
:11:22. > :11:24.they are creating photonic lanterns, tiny glass devices that handle the
:11:25. > :11:38.individual photons of light like electrons in a cirbuit. -- circuit.
:11:39. > :11:45.We are able to write into the material optical circuits, analogous
:11:46. > :11:49.to electrical wires. Each laser pulse in this process
:11:50. > :11:51.lasts just one million millionth of a second. The photonic lanterns they
:11:52. > :12:01.create could revolutionise astronomy. We can break away from
:12:02. > :12:04.the constraints that conventional optics present. By using photonic
:12:05. > :12:15.technologies, we can guide and mould the flow of the light from the
:12:16. > :12:18.telescope into the instrument. They have already been tested on
:12:19. > :12:21.existing telescopes and will be ready for the next generation of
:12:22. > :12:29.extremely large devices. These big telescopes can do almost anything,
:12:30. > :12:30.they can detect planets around nearby stars and we can also hope to
:12:31. > :12:34.detect galaxies right at the edge of the universe.
:12:35. > :12:37.The further away we can see, the further back in time we will be
:12:38. > :12:48.looking. One day, perhaps, tantalisingly close to the big bang.
:12:49. > :12:53.Other stories from across Scotland this Monday.
:12:54. > :12:57.More needs to be done to tackle the drop in UK oil and gas exploration.
:12:58. > :13:00.The chief executive of Oil and Gas UK says high taxation is one reason
:13:01. > :13:04.for what he describes as the collapse in spending in the North
:13:05. > :13:10.sea. Just 15 wells were drilled last year compared to nearly 50 in 2008.
:13:11. > :13:13.Research suggests the Pentland Firth could one day provide enough
:13:14. > :13:16.renewable energy to power about half of Scotland. Engineers from
:13:17. > :13:19.Edinburgh and Oxford Universities said turbines placed in the stretch
:13:20. > :13:28.of water could generate 1.9 giga watts of clean energy.
:13:29. > :13:31.Police say a 30-year-old local man will be reported to the Procurator
:13:32. > :13:34.Fiscal in connection with a fire that destroyed the village shop at
:13:35. > :13:43.Kirkcum in Galloway early on Sunday morning. -- Kirkholm. It leaves
:13:44. > :13:46.villagers facing a 15-mile round trip to Stranraer for basic
:13:47. > :13:50.provisions and post office services although moves are underway to set
:13:51. > :13:57.up a temporary shop in the village hall. I am absolutely devastated.
:13:58. > :14:06.This was going to be everything. My son and myself worked really hard to
:14:07. > :14:09.give the community their shop. It's been revealed that 54 lorries
:14:10. > :14:14.have crashed into this railway bridge in the past seven years. The
:14:15. > :14:17.Challoch Bridge on the A75 at Dunragit, near Stranraer, is thought
:14:18. > :14:21.to be the most frequently struck bridge in the UK. A new by-pass to
:14:22. > :14:23.take traffic away from the bridge is nearing completion.
:14:24. > :14:29.A new lifeboat is now in operation at the RNLI's station in North
:14:30. > :14:32.Kessock in the Black Isle. The institute says it has increased
:14:33. > :14:34.capacity for crew and improved search and rescue for the whole of
:14:35. > :14:38.the Moray Firth. And there are more stories from your
:14:39. > :14:48.area and all the latest news on BBC Scotland's website. Now the Forth
:14:49. > :14:54.and rail bridges are significant transport links, but they're
:14:55. > :14:59.becoming increasingly valuable tourist attractions. As the road
:15:00. > :15:06.bridge celebrates its 50th birthday, both are developing significant
:15:07. > :15:10.business. Underneath the Forth road bridge,
:15:11. > :15:15.look closely, you can glimpse traffic passing above. The bridge
:15:16. > :15:19.was designed to move with the elements. It's a bit disconcerting
:15:20. > :15:23.at first... Workers are proud of the bridge. They hope this anniversary
:15:24. > :15:28.who will improve the image by drivers who moan about the age. We
:15:29. > :15:34.forget how difficult it was in the age of ferries. Bridges provoid a
:15:35. > :15:39.visual statement, they look elegant, fantastic, they're engineering
:15:40. > :15:43.marvels. The amount of traffic has grown six times since it opened.
:15:44. > :15:47.Lorries are twice as heavy. There are congestion and Croatian
:15:48. > :15:51.problems. So a Newbridge is being built alongside. Then this one will
:15:52. > :15:55.be used for public transport walkers and cyclists and there are ambitious
:15:56. > :15:59.plans to build significant tourist business too. I know there's talk
:16:00. > :16:05.and plans about having a canopy on the top of the towers that people
:16:06. > :16:07.can walk around, like the Eiffel Tower, something similar. There will
:16:08. > :16:12.be more of a connection with this bridge, even if it's only to look at
:16:13. > :16:16.the other two either side. The road and rail bridges are opening to
:16:17. > :16:18.visitors more than before. Each is planning different tourist
:16:19. > :16:21.opportunities to come on top of these structures, encouraging the
:16:22. > :16:27.general public to take these bridges to heart instead of maybe just
:16:28. > :16:31.taking them for granted. The rail bridge is already admired worldwide.
:16:32. > :16:36.Bosses here are finalising a massive visitor development to make more of
:16:37. > :16:40.this attention. We're a train service, that's why the bridge is
:16:41. > :16:44.here. However, the bridge has such a lovely place in the hearts of people
:16:45. > :16:47.in Scotland, we think there's an opportunity for letting everyone
:16:48. > :16:53.experience the bridge. Will be over a year before the public can make
:16:54. > :16:54.bridge walks here. But 2,000 trips on the road bridge this summer will
:16:55. > :17:08.mark its half century. Now it's hopped the forth coming
:17:09. > :17:11.Commonwealth Games will be inspiring for children and not just on the
:17:12. > :17:14.playing fields. Commonwealth Class is a series of debates bringing
:17:15. > :17:24.together schools from across the world. This week they've been
:17:25. > :17:32.discussing homelessness. Key six, seven is watching a film about Joe
:17:33. > :17:36.Hodgson. I'm a 400 metre runner. After moving to London, he found
:17:37. > :17:41.himself homeless for a short time. This is where me and my partner used
:17:42. > :17:46.to come to try and find somewhere nice and warm and safe to sleep at
:17:47. > :17:51.night. Did he have a place to go? No. So he became... Homeless. Not
:17:52. > :17:58.just here in Scotland that Joe's story is being discussed. Someone
:17:59. > :18:02.from Sri Lanka says... 700 schools across every Commonwealth nation and
:18:03. > :18:06.territory are taking part in a debate streamed online. Other
:18:07. > :18:12.countries have very different issues than we have near Scotland. It gives
:18:13. > :18:17.them more of a real-life context to learn about tolerance and to learn
:18:18. > :18:24.about working together. Hi! Today Scotland is linking up live to
:18:25. > :18:32.India. Is your country looking forward to the Commonwealth Games
:18:33. > :18:36.and why? I would love to see the Commonwealth Games. I'm anxiously
:18:37. > :18:40.waiting to watch the inaugural ceremony and the spectacular
:18:41. > :18:44.performances. The projects run by the BBC British Council and
:18:45. > :18:50.secretariat, it uses the Games for wider learning. The few facts
:18:51. > :18:55.perhaps lost on the way. There's 54 countries and we have all been
:18:56. > :19:00.joined up by the British Empire that was once upon a time. Equality,
:19:01. > :19:05.tolerance, no matter how small your country is everyone has the same
:19:06. > :19:08.right. The debates take place every fortnight in the run up to the
:19:09. > :19:14.Games. Now, with news of someone who is
:19:15. > :19:19.doing well in his Commonwealth gaem, Rhona has the sport. Too bad he's
:19:20. > :19:23.not going to be at Glasgow 2014. Victory for Andy Murray in the
:19:24. > :19:26.Australian Open has set up a quarter final with Roger Federer. Murray was
:19:27. > :19:31.taken to a fourth set for the first time in this year's tournament, as
:19:32. > :19:39.he beat Frenchman Stephane Robert this morning.
:19:40. > :19:43.The Murray autograph is as popular as ever. The faith of his fans,
:19:44. > :19:47.unwaivering. Probably going to come close to taking the Australian Open,
:19:48. > :19:51.why wouldn't you love him. I think he's back to his best now. He's
:19:52. > :19:54.going to get to the semis, then after that it's up for grabs. Such
:19:55. > :19:59.confidence was well placed when Andy Murray sprinted to a two-set lead
:20:00. > :20:03.against Stephane Robert. But there was nothing lucky about the way he
:20:04. > :20:07.played in the third. First of all, saving two match points at 5-4 down.
:20:08. > :20:11.Then in an amazing tie-break, the Frenchman saved a further two match
:20:12. > :20:18.points which pushed the match into a fourth set, much to Murray's fury.
:20:19. > :20:22.COMMENTATOR: It's out. Not what we expected. Normal service resumed
:20:23. > :20:25.shortly afterwards, as the Wimbledon champion secured his place in the
:20:26. > :20:28.quarter finals by taking the fourth set 6-2.
:20:29. > :20:33.It's been a good effort so far to get to the quarter finals of a slam,
:20:34. > :20:41.this soon after back surgery. So I'm happy with that. But, you know, I'm
:20:42. > :20:44.not far away from winning the event, anyone that's in the quarters is
:20:45. > :20:48.close. Up next in the quarter finals, arguably the greatest player
:20:49. > :20:53.ever to pick up a racquet. The good news for Andy Murray is even against
:20:54. > :20:56.the great Roger Federer, he has a winning head-to-head record,
:20:57. > :20:59.including here in the semifinals last year.
:21:00. > :21:03.It was a disappointing weekend for Scottish rugby fans, with both
:21:04. > :21:07.Edinburgh and Glasgow bowing out of European competition. The focus now
:21:08. > :21:14.turns to the RBS Six Nations that begins in under two weeks' time. The
:21:15. > :21:18.form of our pro teams in Europe is causing concern for the prospects of
:21:19. > :21:22.our national team. This was the last of six tries
:21:23. > :21:28.scored against Edinburgh by Munster to send them tumbling out of Europe.
:21:29. > :21:32.We let ourselves down. We let the Edinburgh Jersey down today as well.
:21:33. > :21:37.That's the most disappointing thing. It won't linger for the rest of the
:21:38. > :21:45.season. It can't. There's no more Europe. Jonny Wilkinson was the
:21:46. > :21:50.dagger in the heart of Glasgow. Why do our two professional sides
:21:51. > :21:56.struggle for success in Europe? Both teams have struggled, Edinburgh a
:21:57. > :22:01.couple of years ago, no, but both struggle. I think that's sheer
:22:02. > :22:07.expectation, you get very few chances. In the Celtic chances you
:22:08. > :22:10.have 20 games. If you get a blip in the Heineken Cup, you're out of the
:22:11. > :22:14.competition completely. Scotland's first opponents in the six nations
:22:15. > :22:20.are Ireland. With a side likely to be dominated by home-based players,
:22:21. > :22:25.will confidence be an issue? Psychologically you'd have preferred
:22:26. > :22:28.two strong victories, strong performances. I think certainly
:22:29. > :22:32.Edinburgh was very disappointing yesterday. That Irish game, if you
:22:33. > :22:37.think Ireland's last game was the last minute defeat against New
:22:38. > :22:40.Zealand, they'll be really hurting. Our provincial sides are left to
:22:41. > :22:46.lick their wounds as the players get ready for Six Nations battleground.
:22:47. > :22:50.Elsewhere, it's been a Big Weekend for several Scots hoping for winter
:22:51. > :22:54.Olympic success in Sochi and in football, a season-ending knee
:22:55. > :23:03.injury. Here's what else is happening across Scottish sport.
:23:04. > :23:10.Elease cysty is the European champion. She has successfully
:23:11. > :23:13.defended her 1,000 metres title. She believes the winter Games will be a
:23:14. > :23:16.success. I think it will be one of the best. They've built everything
:23:17. > :23:19.from scratch. Just now, maybe that doesn't look like it's ready, but
:23:20. > :23:26.that's just because they're building everything from scratch. Stuart
:23:27. > :23:33.Benson is set for Olympic selection after Team GB qualified two four-man
:23:34. > :23:38.bobsleigh teams. He was a sprinter who switched sports with his first
:23:39. > :23:47.run two years ago. Scots bad Monday ton players were the stars of the
:23:48. > :23:51.Swedish masters. Ryan Stephenson will miss Hearts League Cup
:23:52. > :23:55.semifinal against Inverness Cali after being red carded at the
:23:56. > :24:01.weekend. He was sent off along with St Johnstone keeper.
:24:02. > :24:05.At the same game, a painful ending for midfielder Murray Davidson, he's
:24:06. > :24:10.out for the season. The midfielder left for hospital at halftime. He
:24:11. > :24:14.was having surgery earlier today. There are more sports stories, plus
:24:15. > :24:22.all the latest News 24 hours a day on BBC Sport Scotland's website.
:24:23. > :24:27.That's all of your Monday sport. Just before the weather, a reminder,
:24:28. > :24:32.the first in a series of referendum debates starts tomorrow night on BBC
:24:33. > :24:36.Two at 9pm. Join James Cook with a panel of senior politicians to
:24:37. > :24:39.discuss key issues surrounding the independence referendum.
:24:40. > :24:43.Now to discuss key issues surrounding the weather, it's
:24:44. > :24:48.Judith. Good evening to you. A changeable
:24:49. > :24:52.week on the cards. In saying that, a lot of dry weather in the forecast
:24:53. > :24:55.as far as this evening is concerned. We're already seeing temperatures
:24:56. > :24:59.dropping so there will be a touch of frost and also possibly some mist
:25:00. > :25:03.and fog patches by morning. We'll start to see southerly winds freshen
:25:04. > :25:06.during the night, which will lift temperatures by the end of the
:25:07. > :25:10.night. Cloud comes in across western areas, outbreaks of rain into the
:25:11. > :25:15.west. Across the Northern Isles it's windy. We will see a few showers.
:25:16. > :25:19.Eventually temperatures settling at around three Celsius for most of us.
:25:20. > :25:22.Tomorrow morning starts off dry with some morning sunshine across eastern
:25:23. > :25:27.Scotland. That rain gathering force in the west, extending across a good
:25:28. > :25:30.part of the country come the afternoon. It will fall as snow over
:25:31. > :25:37.higher ground. We are looking at persistent rain around argyle. More
:25:38. > :25:41.southern parts, the higher ground, that strong wind driving the rain
:25:42. > :25:46.into the higher ground here. In sheltered parts towards eastern
:25:47. > :25:51.Scotland, very little rain reaching here. Across areas north of the
:25:52. > :25:54.central belt, there's a weather warning for heavy rain here
:25:55. > :25:58.throughout the afternoon. That rain falling as snow over the higher
:25:59. > :26:03.ground. Again, as we leap over the mountains into sheltered
:26:04. > :26:06.Aberdeenshire, very little in the way of rain. Drier conditions and
:26:07. > :26:11.not too bad a day for the Northern Isles either. Just the odd passing
:26:12. > :26:13.shower for Shetland. Rain for the Western Isles. It will stay windy
:26:14. > :26:17.over the Northern Isles. That's something we don't lose tomorrow.
:26:18. > :26:21.It's quite windy everywhere. The fresh southerly wind across many
:26:22. > :26:26.parts. That rain falls as know over higher ground, confined to eastern
:26:27. > :26:29.areas eventually. Drier, clearer conditions coming in by the end of
:26:30. > :26:33.the night. The weather front responsible for that rain eventually
:26:34. > :26:38.clears away on Wednesday, but becoming static over the Northern
:26:39. > :26:41.Isles. It will be a sweat start on Wednesday across eastern Scotland.
:26:42. > :26:45.Drier conditions in the west push that rain away. It becomes confined
:26:46. > :26:48.to the Northern Isles. Lighter winds in the west with highs of seven
:26:49. > :26:53.Celsius. Now a reminder of tonight's main
:26:54. > :26:56.news: The mother of three-year-old Mikaeel Kular has appeared in court
:26:57. > :27:00.late this afternoon, charged with his murder and attempting to defeat
:27:01. > :27:07.the ends of justice. It follows the discovery of the boy's body in woods
:27:08. > :27:11.in Fife at the weekend. Lord Rennard has been suspended from
:27:12. > :27:15.the party after refusing to apologise over allegations of sexual
:27:16. > :27:18.harassment. The long awaited Peace Talks over the crisis in Syria are
:27:19. > :27:24.due to start on Wednesday, but they've been thrown into disarray
:27:25. > :27:28.before they've begun. It follows a last-minute invitation asking Iran
:27:29. > :27:32.to attend. Syria's main opposition group has threatened to pull out.
:27:33. > :27:36.I'm back with our main update just after the 10pm news. Until then,
:27:37. > :27:37.from everyone on the team, around the country, enjoy your evening.
:27:38. > :27:42.Bye-bye.