:00:00. > :00:13.things will get colder and sweet, find out
:00:14. > :00:19.Tonight, on Reporting Scotland: The Clutha victims receive compensation.
:00:20. > :00:22.The company operating the police helicopter that crashed into a
:00:23. > :00:31.Glasgow bar, killing ten people, begins interim payments. If you
:00:32. > :00:35.don't have money to pay for your bills, it is just an add-on, to the
:00:36. > :00:41.thing that is happening in your mind, what happened on the night.
:00:42. > :00:43.The loss of friends, family members, it is really, really difficult. Also
:00:44. > :00:52.tonight: Remembering little Mikaeel Kular. Here in Edinburgh and Fife,
:00:53. > :00:59.hundreds of people are paying tribute to this three-year-old who
:01:00. > :01:02.was found dead last week. Handshakes and hugs for Labour's
:01:03. > :01:09.Alex Rowley, the newest Member of the Scottish Parliament, following
:01:10. > :01:12.Cowdenbeath by-election victory. Rangers' controversial finance
:01:13. > :01:14.director Brian Stockbridge leaves the club.
:01:15. > :01:17.It's Burns Night tomorrow - we hear from one act with a rather risque
:01:18. > :01:23.take on the works of Scotland's Bard.
:01:24. > :01:26.The company that operated the police helicopter which crashed into the
:01:27. > :01:29.Clutha pub in Glasgow, killing ten people, has begun making payments to
:01:30. > :01:31.victims and their families. Solicitors representing Bond Air
:01:32. > :01:35.Services have accepted the firm is liable for the losses suffered by
:01:36. > :01:42.those killed or injured. Our reporter Julie Peacock is outside
:01:43. > :01:48.the Clutha tonight. Julie. Yes, today we learned that Bond Air
:01:49. > :01:51.Services is making interim compensation payments to those
:01:52. > :01:56.affected by the crash here last November. That is because the
:01:57. > :02:03.company had accepted liability for the crash. This is not about
:02:04. > :02:08.accepting blame, because of the crash is unknown, it is simply
:02:09. > :02:13.because any owner of the helicopter is liable for any damage or loss of
:02:14. > :02:17.life that it causes. It will be many months before the final compensation
:02:18. > :02:20.amount is agreed, so this interim payment is about helping those
:02:21. > :02:26.affected pay their bills until that cheque comes in. It is almost two
:02:27. > :02:30.months since that Friday night in November when a police helicopter
:02:31. > :02:35.fell like a stone into the Clutha bar in Glasgow. Ten people died.
:02:36. > :02:42.Their family's lives were changed for ever. Many of the survivors were
:02:43. > :02:45.a seriously injured. One person remains in hospital. The strain on
:02:46. > :02:52.those affected has not just been physical and emotional. It has been
:02:53. > :02:56.financial as well. The Clutha pub was just one of the people left
:02:57. > :03:00.without an income since the crash. If you don't have money to pay for
:03:01. > :03:03.your bills, it is an add-on to the thing that is happening in your
:03:04. > :03:08.mind, what happened on the night, the loss of friends and family
:03:09. > :03:14.members, it is really difficult. You can't imagine how hard that will be.
:03:15. > :03:19.Many of those who were injured have not been able to work since. Lawyers
:03:20. > :03:23.representing those affected say the payments by Bond Air Services will
:03:24. > :03:26.make an enormous difference. They have begun making interim payments
:03:27. > :03:30.to our clients. That is welcome because some of our clients are
:03:31. > :03:33.suffering financially. They have been through a bad life changing
:03:34. > :03:41.event and the last thing they need is more stress and worry about
:03:42. > :03:46.finances. This pay out will only help cover people's loss of salary.
:03:47. > :03:53.It be many more months before a final figure for compensation is
:03:54. > :03:57.agreed. The amount that each person gets will vary case-by-case, but it
:03:58. > :04:00.is to cover things like loss of salary are any medical bills that
:04:01. > :04:05.people might have, for example video then the order psychological help
:04:06. > :04:11.that they have had to get. -- for example physiotherapy. It could
:04:12. > :04:19.range from a ?300 to thousands of pounds. -- it could range from a few
:04:20. > :04:22.hundred to thousands of pounds. Hundreds of people have gathered in
:04:23. > :04:25.Edinburgh and Fife to pay tribute to three-year-old Mikaeel Kular, who
:04:26. > :04:29.was found dead in Kirkcaldy a week ago. Our reporter Rob Flett is on
:04:30. > :04:33.the south side of the Firth of Forth, at Cramond shore. Rob. That's
:04:34. > :04:38.right. This is a community here which has been through a lot in the
:04:39. > :04:42.past week, such tragic events which the community has really rallied
:04:43. > :04:45.together through. This event has been organised by local people both
:04:46. > :04:53.here and over in Fife, where they are gathering at Ravenscraig. They
:04:54. > :04:57.are releasing balloons as a mark of respect to Mikaeel Kular who was
:04:58. > :04:59.found dead last week. It is one week since the search for a
:05:00. > :05:06.three-year-old Mikaeel Kular was led by people from this area. Police
:05:07. > :05:11.have now left his family home. Today the windows of the house had been
:05:12. > :05:15.boarded over. In the park around the corner, gazebos have been put up to
:05:16. > :05:20.shelter the hundreds of soft toys left in his memory, a sign of the
:05:21. > :05:24.community's respect. There is a continued need to remember the
:05:25. > :05:30.tragic loss of a young life, but also to begin the process of moving
:05:31. > :05:34.on. I hope this final sendoff for Mikaeel Kular will be the start of
:05:35. > :05:37.bringing together the positive community spirit we have seen in the
:05:38. > :05:42.last few days and we can build on that wave. And that the local people
:05:43. > :05:48.and council can look at how we develop a lasting memory of Mikaeel
:05:49. > :05:51.Kular and how we can develop that. This has affected communities on
:05:52. > :05:56.both sides of the Forth Bridge. His body was found in the woods in
:05:57. > :05:59.Kirkcaldy. Ravenscraig Beach is one of three locations where hundreds of
:06:00. > :06:04.people are expected to join in tonight's candlelit vigil, drawn by
:06:05. > :06:09.the need to be together. It is a nice thing that is happening, to
:06:10. > :06:13.remember him. I think it is brilliant that everyone is finding a
:06:14. > :06:19.way to a respect for a poor little boy who has recently been found. It
:06:20. > :06:25.is horrible and tragic. I am emotional for the wee man. Tonight,
:06:26. > :06:32.as a final community sendoff for a little Mikaeel Kular, more lasting
:06:33. > :06:36.memorials are now being planned. Mikaeel Kular's mother has been
:06:37. > :06:41.charged with his murder. But for the community here this is about finding
:06:42. > :06:45.something positive out of his death and efforts to remember him will
:06:46. > :06:49.continue now in the form of sponsored walks and cycles to raise
:06:50. > :06:55.money for practical memorials, and also for the wider community to help
:06:56. > :06:58.children who may be new Mikaeel Kular or didn't know him but stand
:06:59. > :07:02.to benefit in some way from his tragic death.
:07:03. > :07:05.Labour has held the Scottish Parliamentary seat of Cowdenbeath in
:07:06. > :07:09.Fife. The party increased its majority to 5,000, beating the SNP
:07:10. > :07:14.with an 11% swing. The Conservatives came third, with UKIP pushing the
:07:15. > :07:18.Lib Dems into fifth place. Steven Godden reports.
:07:19. > :07:22.Bleary eyed but happy, the winning candidate celebrates with his
:07:23. > :07:26.supporters. Cowdenbeath was already Labour territory. Helen Eadie
:07:27. > :07:30.resisted the SNP landslide three years ago, but this morning, it was
:07:31. > :07:35.those in red focusing on the scale of victory. It is important to treat
:07:36. > :07:39.people with respect and not take them for granted but there is no
:07:40. > :07:46.doubt that the scale of the victory yesterday was very significant
:07:47. > :07:49.indeed. Alex Rowley, Scottish Labour Party, 11,192. Alex Rowley secured
:07:50. > :07:56.almost 5500 more votes than his nearest rival. Testament, he argued,
:07:57. > :08:01.to what he calls a bigger vision than independence. It is about full
:08:02. > :08:05.employment, every young person being able to get the opportunities that
:08:06. > :08:09.they deserve in their lifetime. It is about elderly people being able
:08:10. > :08:14.to live with pride and dignity and when they need the services, the
:08:15. > :08:20.services are available. Despite the winning margin, the SNP said they
:08:21. > :08:23.found in courage on the doorsteps. What was really interesting is the
:08:24. > :08:26.results that lie behind the by-election and independent support,
:08:27. > :08:28.which showed that right across the political spectrum, but crucially
:08:29. > :08:31.from Labour voters, people who voted Labour in the by-election and
:08:32. > :08:34.associate with the Labour Party, clearly many of them were supporting
:08:35. > :08:36.independence. -- they found encouragement. In the end, the
:08:37. > :08:40.Cowdenbeath by-election produced the result that most people expected. A
:08:41. > :08:48.34% turnout underlining the view that this was not a contest that
:08:49. > :08:53.particularly roused the voters. Hollywood's newest MSP will be sworn
:08:54. > :09:01.in on Wednesday, a Labour victory in the first political skirmish of
:09:02. > :09:04.2014. Big battles still lie ahead. You're watching Reporting Scotland
:09:05. > :09:07.from the BBC. Still to come on the programme: Why the main ingredient
:09:08. > :09:10.of Scotch whisky is now increasingly being grown in England.
:09:11. > :09:14.In sport: Big news from Rangers tonight - as finance director Brian
:09:15. > :09:19.Stockbridge resigns. All the details later. And have some of the world's
:09:20. > :09:27.best athletes bitten off more than they can chew?
:09:28. > :09:30.A cancer charity says too many over-65s are being "written off"
:09:31. > :09:34.after a cancer diagnosis, whereas in fact they can live for many years,
:09:35. > :09:37.given the right treatment. MacMillan Cancer Support says decisions on
:09:38. > :09:43.treatment should be based on a patient's level of fitness, not
:09:44. > :09:49.their age. Our health correspondent Eleanor Bradford reports.
:09:50. > :09:53.When his doctor suspected the symptoms of lung cancer, Jim
:09:54. > :09:58.Robertson was immediately sent for tests. He got the same treatment at
:09:59. > :10:05.the age of 76 as he would have got if he was 36. And two years on, his
:10:06. > :10:12.treatment appears to have worked. At 76, I suppose I would be prepared to
:10:13. > :10:17.have a short life thereafter, but as it has turned out, it is very
:10:18. > :10:23.contrary and I am looking forward to at least another ten years of
:10:24. > :10:26.healthy living. 11,000 over 65-year-old in Scotland have
:10:27. > :10:33.survived for at least a decade after being diagnosed with cancer. 735 of
:10:34. > :10:37.them were over the age of 80. Which is encouraging, but survival rates
:10:38. > :10:42.in the UK are much lower than in other countries. To give you an
:10:43. > :10:48.example for lung cancer, in general people with lung cancer survive five
:10:49. > :10:53.years, we are 9% lower than the rest of Europe for adults, but for older
:10:54. > :10:57.people that is high as 40%. Kim is planning to stick around for at
:10:58. > :11:03.least another ten years. -- Jim is planning to stick around. But with
:11:04. > :11:09.an ageing population, who are more likely to be diagnosed with cancer
:11:10. > :11:17.but less likely to accept that as their fate.
:11:18. > :11:19.The new National Police and Fire Services have announced proposals to
:11:20. > :11:26.reduce the number of their control rooms. Here is our home affairs
:11:27. > :11:31.correspondent. Police control rooms in Scotland
:11:32. > :11:36.respond to about 600,000 999 calls per year. And 3.6 million
:11:37. > :11:41.nonemergency calls to the new 101 number. The old forces all had their
:11:42. > :11:44.own way of working. What we have at the moment is a entirely different
:11:45. > :11:48.systems across the country we have inherited from the legacy forces. We
:11:49. > :11:52.need to get them all working as one and right now I cannot do that. The
:11:53. > :11:56.driver is to make sure that we deliver the same level of service in
:11:57. > :11:59.the same manner right across the country to every member of the
:12:00. > :12:03.public. The proposal from Police Scotland is to reduce the number of
:12:04. > :12:08.control rooms, 11, spread across the country from Inverness to Dumfries.
:12:09. > :12:11.Instead there will be four, Govan and Motherwell covering the West,
:12:12. > :12:21.Bilston Glen the West and Dundee serving the North. Moving from eight
:12:22. > :12:24.regional forces to a single service always meant that Police Scotland
:12:25. > :12:30.was likely to have to reduce the number of control rooms it operates.
:12:31. > :12:33.This proposal envisages that up to 212 people may lose their jobs with
:12:34. > :12:38.others redeployed within the service. And the savings are
:12:39. > :12:42.estimated at up to ?6 million per year over the next four years.
:12:43. > :12:46.Opposition parties have criticised the plans and the union representing
:12:47. > :12:50.civilian staff says that cuts, after local police stations have been
:12:51. > :12:55.closed, meaning more people are using the new 101 service. 60
:12:56. > :12:59.offices have been closed or their hours reduced. That is because the
:13:00. > :13:06.public were using the 101 service more. 280,000 calls per month taking
:13:07. > :13:09.place. Now they are going to have to number of force control centres and
:13:10. > :13:13.call centres. That means that the public are not going to be getting
:13:14. > :13:17.the local police service they wanted. The National Fire and Rescue
:13:18. > :13:21.Service is also planning control room closures. Only three will
:13:22. > :13:28.remain in Renfrewshire, Dundee or Aberdeen and Edinburgh. A decision
:13:29. > :13:31.will be made next week. Other stories from across Scotland this
:13:32. > :13:35.Friday: The police have now joined an investigation into complaints
:13:36. > :13:37.against an Aberdeen private school. The Care Inspectorate and Aberdeen
:13:38. > :13:40.City Council revealed earlier this week that they were looking into
:13:41. > :13:44.concerns raised over care at Hamilton School in the city's west
:13:45. > :13:48.end. The UK Government has added six new
:13:49. > :13:51.areas in the Highlands and Argyll to its list of places that could
:13:52. > :13:55.benefit from their fuel duty discount scheme. The initiative,
:13:56. > :14:00.cutting 5p per litre off the price of diesel and petrol, is already in
:14:01. > :14:03.place in the Scottish islands. But ministers are seeking permission
:14:04. > :14:07.from the European Commission to roll it out in remote parts of the
:14:08. > :14:11.mainland. Two people have been injured after a
:14:12. > :14:13.lorry crashed into a house in Ayrshire. The incident happened
:14:14. > :14:18.first thing this morning in Irvine, when the lorry collided with a car.
:14:19. > :14:21.A third person was treated at the scene, but no-one was seriously
:14:22. > :14:24.injured. The Forth Bridge is applying for
:14:25. > :14:30.worldwide recognition, alongside structures like the Sidney Opera
:14:31. > :14:33.House and the Taj Mahal. -- Sydney Opera House. The rail bridge, which
:14:34. > :14:37.is 100 years old, is being nominated for World Heritage status. It will
:14:38. > :14:40.join Scotland's five other world heritage sites, if the bid is
:14:41. > :14:43.approved next year. An exhibition exploring the lives of
:14:44. > :14:47.mammoths and mastodons during the Ice Age is on display at the
:14:48. > :14:52.National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. It's the first time in
:14:53. > :14:55.Europe that the collection has been brought together.
:14:56. > :14:59.And there are more stories from your area - and all the latest news, 24
:15:00. > :15:05.hours a day - on BBC Scotland's website.
:15:06. > :15:08.It's emerged that increasing amounts of the main ingredient for Scotch
:15:09. > :15:11.whisky are being imported from England. Booming sales of whisky
:15:12. > :15:14.around the world have led to soaring demand for malting barley. And
:15:15. > :15:24.English farmers are now being encouraged to grow more of it, as
:15:25. > :15:32.Craig Anderson reports. Hardest time in Lincolnshire, the grain here
:15:33. > :15:36.destined for Scottish whiskey. The success of Scott around the world
:15:37. > :15:41.has led to increased demand for Malta in Bali, and English farmers
:15:42. > :15:45.are being urged to fill the gap. Some of this, all of it, is going
:15:46. > :15:51.for malting, some of this will produce lager and the majority of
:15:52. > :15:55.it, that which has the right specification, will go to British
:15:56. > :16:03.whiskey. The distillers are after fermentable extract, they need as
:16:04. > :16:05.much alcohol as we can supply as possible and the barley growing
:16:06. > :16:12.regions of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire are brilliant at
:16:13. > :16:15.producing good, local team Bali. The whiskey industry has always sourced
:16:16. > :16:21.it malting barley from whatever they could get the right quality at the
:16:22. > :16:29.right price, even abroad. But this is leading to more Scotch being
:16:30. > :16:32.produced from English grain. The fact is that Scottish whiskey
:16:33. > :16:36.production is so large at the moment that Scottish farmers cannot meet
:16:37. > :16:41.the demand for Bali so we must take Bali from England. So well the main
:16:42. > :16:47.including that has gone into this whiskey made me Bali from south of
:16:48. > :16:49.the border, the skill and tradition that has gone into making the
:16:50. > :16:54.whiskey is definitely local. And definitely Scottish. What is being
:16:55. > :17:04.produced here is most definitely Scotch. Some breaking news in sport,
:17:05. > :17:07.accuses David. Big news from Rangers tonight
:17:08. > :17:09.concerning the boardroom. The club's finance director Brian Stockbridge
:17:10. > :17:12.has resigned with immediate effect. Our reporter Jonathan Sutherland
:17:13. > :17:16.joins us now from the newsroom. Jonathan this news seems to have
:17:17. > :17:27.come out of the blue, but is it really a surprise.
:17:28. > :17:30.Probably not is the honest answer. He was brought in by Charles Green
:17:31. > :17:33.but has been an unpopular figure for some time. It's pretty major news
:17:34. > :17:39.this for Rangers, their finances very much under the microscope at
:17:40. > :17:42.the moment. As Finance Director Brian Stockbridge had responsibility
:17:43. > :17:46.for the spending at the club, frankly many people think the club
:17:47. > :17:49.has been spending too much money. In fact at the Rangers AGM back in
:17:50. > :17:52.December you may remember there was plenty of booing for the board, the
:17:53. > :17:55.loudest booing reserved for Stockbridge. Rangers had reported
:17:56. > :17:58.losses of ?14million back in October. And for many Rangers fans,
:17:59. > :18:01.as Finance Director the buck stopped with Stockbridge. This decision for
:18:02. > :18:04.him to leave reflects all that, especially with new chief executive
:18:05. > :18:07.Graham Wallace very much in the process of driving down spending at
:18:08. > :18:09.the club. The search for Brian Stockbridge's replacement will begin
:18:10. > :18:18.immediately, and Stockbridge leaves Rangers with immediate effect. Will
:18:19. > :18:23.Rangers look to replace Mr Starbucks? How quickly? That remains
:18:24. > :18:26.quite -- slightly unclear. The search for the replacement will
:18:27. > :18:30.begin immediately. Who that will be remains unknown. Stockbridge leaves
:18:31. > :18:33.Rangers with immediate effect. In a statement to the stock market
:18:34. > :18:36.Rangers say the decision was by mutual consent and Stockbridge
:18:37. > :18:39.leaves the company by mutual consent and has resigned as a director of
:18:40. > :18:43.the company. Rangers have also confirmed no ex gratia benefit or
:18:44. > :18:46.bonus has been offered or paid to Stockbridge and they thank him for
:18:47. > :18:50.his contribution to the Club during a difficult period. Thank you very
:18:51. > :18:54.much. More on that on our website. Some of the world's best athletes
:18:55. > :18:57.are in Glasgow for the start of the international indoor season. They'll
:18:58. > :19:00.be competing against a Great Britain team, and a Scotland team tomorrow.
:19:01. > :19:13.But as Jane Lewis reports, some of the track superstars have already
:19:14. > :19:16.faced an unexpected challenge. In honour of Barnsley tomorrow, the
:19:17. > :19:25.Scottish welcome for some of the biggest names in world athletics.
:19:26. > :19:31.Although the address to the Haggis was lost on some. I did not
:19:32. > :19:34.understand one word, but it was a great experience. I tasted the
:19:35. > :19:37.Haggis and it was really good. We probably should have told me it was
:19:38. > :19:43.sheep stomach before I hate it but it was really tasty. So to
:19:44. > :19:47.experience" the way the Scottish do was great. There is an impressive
:19:48. > :19:52.line up for the international tomorrow, and for the first time a
:19:53. > :19:56.Scotland team is taking part. I have been trying to work out what to see
:19:57. > :20:00.the team to keep them motivated, I have never had that responsibility.
:20:01. > :20:06.I was honoured to be asked and hopefully I can just go out there
:20:07. > :20:09.and motivate the team. Child and call will do battle against the
:20:10. > :20:18.Great Britain and Northern Ireland team, a team from the USA and the
:20:19. > :20:21.Commonwealth select. This man will lead the way for them, and after
:20:22. > :20:28.four second-place finishes in Glasgow, there is one thing on his
:20:29. > :20:33.mind. To come out and win and shall that you are fit and ready to race.
:20:34. > :20:42.That is my goal tomorrow. If he does that, Haggis may just be on the
:20:43. > :20:47.series menu again. And now for a look at what else is happening
:20:48. > :20:53.across Scottish sport. Scotland will be among the fourth seed for the
:20:54. > :20:58.euro 2016 qualifying draw, as it groups of six and one of five.
:20:59. > :21:03.Second versus third in the premiership tomorrow, Aberdeen
:21:04. > :21:08.visiting Motherwell. Aberdeen have already won at Fir Park. Your Mac we
:21:09. > :21:11.have won twice then there already, we had two strong performances. We
:21:12. > :21:18.need to give ourselves a chance at that. Paul Lawrie's two shots in the
:21:19. > :21:23.readers at the Masters. He is ten under par going into the third
:21:24. > :21:26.round. Stuart Anderson from Auchinleck is out of the world
:21:27. > :21:32.indoor Bowls Championships, beaten by Darren Burnett of Arbroath. We
:21:33. > :21:35.were playing well in the matter is, slightly better each round,
:21:36. > :21:40.hopefully that continues. I am delighted to still be in the event.
:21:41. > :21:45.2012 Olympic medal gold winner in daily is retiring. He won the canoe
:21:46. > :21:52.slalom with partner Eddie and start. -- Ken Bailey. There are more sports
:21:53. > :22:01.stories plus the latest news 24 hours a day on BBC sport Scotland
:22:02. > :22:02.websites. I am away home. All of that Haggis earlier, my stomach is
:22:03. > :22:05.rumbling. The third annual Big Burns Supper
:22:06. > :22:09.festival gets underway across Dumfries today. Top attractions at
:22:10. > :22:11.the weekend music and arts extravaganza include Big Country,
:22:12. > :22:16.Fred Macaulay, Dick Gaughan and Mull Historical Society. But a rather
:22:17. > :22:19.different feature this year is a series of Burlesque Burns Suppers.
:22:20. > :22:22.But are they strictly relevant to the work of the Scottish Bard? Well,
:22:23. > :22:30.probably yes, as Willie Johnston explains.
:22:31. > :22:36.Burns always had an eye for the woman, but perhaps not an Eiffel
:22:37. > :22:43.quite like this. Burlesque is adding space to this Burns summer. People
:22:44. > :22:46.have always tried to be imaginative when treating an alternative Burns
:22:47. > :22:49.supper, but I imagine this is the most alternative Burns supper, but I
:22:50. > :22:51.imagine this is the mortal tempter it has gotten. Provocative, a little
:22:52. > :22:57.bit sexy, high-energy people spinning around the air. Whilst
:22:58. > :23:01.people are having their Burns suppers. I think this is the most
:23:02. > :23:04.outrageous it would have gotten. Would Burns have approved? He would
:23:05. > :23:10.have, I think he would have been front of house and back of house.
:23:11. > :23:14.Image be raped, Burns could have been beautifully dramatic but base
:23:15. > :23:24.and crude. Songs in this collection secretly circulated. -- I imagine he
:23:25. > :23:28.would, Burns could have been beautifully dramatic. This would
:23:29. > :23:35.have been enjoyed in gentleman 's club, friends would have enjoyed the
:23:36. > :23:42.pawns and sent them to one another. Also, Burns could have been seen to
:23:43. > :23:47.send poetry to flatter patrons, you are as open-minded as I am, you will
:23:48. > :23:52.enjoy this. This festival is about far more than Burns's body.
:23:53. > :23:58.Organisers report regular advance ticket sales for a packed programme
:23:59. > :24:01.for a Children and Families Bill and diverse shows encompassing all case
:24:02. > :24:07.of music, drama, poetry and visual arts. With one of course is standing
:24:08. > :24:14.out as the most diverse and visualise all. -- visual of all.
:24:15. > :24:22.Time for the weather. It certainly was a very wet stay
:24:23. > :24:28.across the central and eastern parts of the country, the rain still with
:24:29. > :24:35.us for a time and get some blustery showers. Q is the man from 7pm, here
:24:36. > :24:42.is that brain. It is still breezy across the coast. Too late blustery
:24:43. > :24:49.showers, the focus of them in the north-west, but not as cold as last
:24:50. > :24:53.night. Temperatures in towns and cities around three or five degrees.
:24:54. > :24:57.On Saturday it will be blustery showers, the focus will be the
:24:58. > :25:00.north-west but at times that is a fresh westerly breeze and will push
:25:01. > :25:05.as ever further east and south-east across the country. Across the hills
:25:06. > :25:08.and high ground, it will be when the ad even at times in the Highlands
:25:09. > :25:13.and north-west levels. Temperatures will be seven or eight degrees, and
:25:14. > :25:23.these showers will, go. There will be some shelter across Aberdeen and
:25:24. > :25:29.Angus but not entirely dry. There will at least be some sunshine and
:25:30. > :25:33.later winds for you. If you are hill walking across the western Rangers,
:25:34. > :25:40.those showers will be of snow and fairly heavy at times. -- Western
:25:41. > :25:43.ranges. Across the eastern arranges fairly similar conditions, Baker
:25:44. > :25:57.skies here and there at temperatures up to the -- 2-3 or -2. There will
:25:58. > :26:03.be a southeasterly force eight wind with mother visibility. There will
:26:04. > :26:09.be a south-westerly force five and force seven. In any showers that
:26:10. > :26:12.visibility will decrease. Yesterday afternoon into the evening the
:26:13. > :26:16.showery theme will continue but as we look ahead towards Sunday the
:26:17. > :26:20.real deal arrives, this big area of low pressure out in the Atlantic,
:26:21. > :26:25.fairly deep and coming our way bringing rain and indeed wind. On
:26:26. > :26:31.Sunday morning it is the wet and windy across the central part of the
:26:32. > :26:36.country, readily to snow. Still across the mountains make affect
:26:37. > :26:42.higher road routes. The rain hit parts of the site in Aberdeenshire
:26:43. > :26:46.possibly causing river flooding. By the afternoon we will have some
:26:47. > :26:52.sunshine on the West Coast, two, gusting to 70 or 80 mile an hour.
:26:53. > :26:55.The remainder of the top stories. The company that operated the breeze
:26:56. > :27:00.helicopter that crashed into the Clutha Bar in classical cooling ten
:27:01. > :27:07.people has begun making payments to victims and their families.
:27:08. > :27:12.Selectors and -- solicitors have said he, they have admitted they are
:27:13. > :27:15.liable. Downing Street say that take-home pay rose faster than
:27:16. > :27:18.inflation last year. Labour said the figures are misleading because they
:27:19. > :27:21.do not take into account cost to taxpayers and tell benefit.
:27:22. > :27:24.A series of bomb attacks in Egypt's capital Cairo has killed six people
:27:25. > :27:28.and wounded dozens more. A group with links to Al-Qaeda has said it
:27:29. > :27:31.carried out the attacks on the eve of the third anniversary of the
:27:32. > :27:34.popular uprising that removed President Mubarak from power and
:27:35. > :27:40.brought hopes of new democracy. That is Reporting Scotland. I am back at
:27:41. > :27:43.8pm and 10:25pm. We are back with a new work on Monday. Goodbye.