:00:07. > :00:13.Tonight on Reporting Scotland: From Pembrokeshire to Perth, from Belfast
:00:14. > :00:18.from us to the people of Scotland, let the message be this, we want you
:00:19. > :00:27.to stay. I think it's incredible that the Prime Minister wants a
:00:28. > :00:34.sermon from Mount Owe - instead of having an open democratic debate.
:00:35. > :00:37.Also on the programme: The family of a teenager found dead at the side of
:00:38. > :00:41.a road four years ago make a plea for fresh information.
:00:42. > :00:45.I am in Sochi where the opening ceremony for the winter Olympics is
:00:46. > :00:48.under way. After dropping their Captain, can
:00:49. > :00:54.Scotland pull off their first victory over England in six years?
:00:55. > :00:58.And, star signings, why the language of space is the final frontier for
:00:59. > :01:11.deaf people learning about astronomy.
:01:12. > :01:16.Good evening. Seven months to save the most extraordinary country in
:01:17. > :01:19.history - a plea from the Prime Minister in his highest profile
:01:20. > :01:24.intervention yet in the independence debate. David Cameron made his
:01:25. > :01:31.speech in the Olympic Velodrome, evoking the successes of Team GB in
:01:32. > :01:34.London 2012. But the Yes campaign dismissed his intervention as a
:01:35. > :01:40.threadbare defence of the Union. Here's our political correspondent
:01:41. > :01:45.Tim Reid. Scotland's most successful Olympian,
:01:46. > :01:49.Chris Hoy, adding another goal to his medal tally at the 2012 Games.
:01:50. > :01:54.The sporting crowds are gone but today the Prime Minister back at
:01:55. > :01:57.Olympic Park sought to use those patriotic memories to make a
:01:58. > :02:01.passionate case for the Union. Those voting, they're our friends, our
:02:02. > :02:06.neighbours. They're our family. You do have an influence. So get on the
:02:07. > :02:12.phone, get together, e-mail, tweet, speak, let the message ring out from
:02:13. > :02:16.Manchester to Motherwell, from Pembrokeshire to Perth, from Belfast
:02:17. > :02:21.to Bute, from us to the people of Scotland, let the message be this -
:02:22. > :02:25.we want you to stay! His remarks were aimed not just at those in
:02:26. > :02:28.Scotland who have a vote, MrCameron wants those elsewhere in Britain who
:02:29. > :02:33.don't to try having a bit of influence in the outcome. This was
:02:34. > :02:40.an attempt by the Prime Minister to use an emotional argument, to tug at
:02:41. > :02:44.the heart strings. He knows many people will make their mind up not
:02:45. > :02:49.on currency or EU membership but how they feel in here. While the
:02:50. > :02:53.Olympics was a success for Team GB, those fighting for independence say
:02:54. > :02:57.Mr Cameron's wrong to politicise the Games and say he is scared of coming
:02:58. > :03:03.north. I think it's incredible that the Prime Minister wants to have a
:03:04. > :03:11.sermon from Mount Olympus, instead of having an open democratic debate.
:03:12. > :03:15.In a couple of weeks' time the UK Cabinet and Scottish Cabinet are
:03:16. > :03:20.meeting, why don't we have that debate? Somebody can answer the
:03:21. > :03:23.Prime Minister back. On the Eve of another sporting battle between
:03:24. > :03:30.Scotland and England, these rugby fans in Edinburgh had mixed views
:03:31. > :03:34.about Mr Cameron's plea for the UK to get involved. It's your country
:03:35. > :03:40.and you decide your fate, nothing to do with us. I think we all should
:03:41. > :03:43.get involved. It's got big implications, both north and south
:03:44. > :03:47.of the border. It's Great Britain. It's a decision for all of us. We
:03:48. > :03:51.should all be part of it. I feel it's a Scottish decision. It should
:03:52. > :03:55.be left to the Scottish people to decide. How important is it for
:03:56. > :04:00.politicians in this battle to appeal to people's hearts, not their heads?
:04:01. > :04:05.Emotions are working for the Yes campaign, the whole putting a kilt
:04:06. > :04:11.around it seems to be working in the polls, British patriotism is a bit
:04:12. > :04:17.of an inknown. I don't think it MrWork. -- unknown. A lot of people
:04:18. > :04:21.are fearing they might be worse off. Scotland and Britain's athletes know
:04:22. > :04:24.how emotional an Olympian victory can feel as the referendum looms,
:04:25. > :04:30.both sides in this political debate will be looking to replicate that
:04:31. > :04:34.joy. Earlier I asked our political editor
:04:35. > :04:38.Brian Taylor whether the speech from David Cameron marked a shift in tone
:04:39. > :04:44.for the independence debate? I think it's a change of emphasis. It's been
:04:45. > :04:47.coming for sometime, those advocating the Union have been
:04:48. > :04:51.pressing on the economic case, pressing on the case of working
:04:52. > :04:55.together around the globe. This is attempting to address the identity
:04:56. > :04:59.question that perhaps under underpins the issue here. The Prime
:05:00. > :05:04.Minister is effectively saying identity in Scotland is Scottish, we
:05:05. > :05:08.get the concept, he even says he shares the concement given he is
:05:09. > :05:12.called Cameron. There is a British element to that identity that
:05:13. > :05:16.reaches across the border, it might be friends, it might be family, it
:05:17. > :05:20.might be intermarriage or the example he uses of the Olympics. He
:05:21. > :05:25.tries to turn that into undermining, if you like, the case for
:05:26. > :05:31.independence, reverting to a better together argument. Now why does the
:05:32. > :05:33.- why is he resisting the idea of a debate with Alex Salmond? Because he
:05:34. > :05:37.fears that will be seen as Scotland in the person of the First Minister,
:05:38. > :05:41.versus the Tories and the Tories have something of a marketing
:05:42. > :05:47.problem in Scotland, let's put it no higher than that. He is trying to
:05:48. > :05:52.post a sense of Britishness and place that in distinction with Alex
:05:53. > :05:55.Salmond, so it's Britain versus Alex Salmond, rather than Scotland versus
:05:56. > :06:00.the Tories, that's the offer he is trying to make. You are watching
:06:01. > :06:06.Reporting Scotland. Still to come: As the Olympics get under way, we
:06:07. > :06:13.focus on the Scots' medal hopes in Team GB.
:06:14. > :06:17.In sport: Neil Lennon says he's had enough of the abuse,so what now for
:06:18. > :06:19.the Celtic manager? And why Scotland rugby players are massive underdogs
:06:20. > :06:27.going into tomorrows Six Nations rugby match against England.
:06:28. > :06:30.Four years ago today the body of Dean Geary was found on a country
:06:31. > :06:34.road near Drymen. The police investiation concluded he'd been hit
:06:35. > :06:45.by a car. But the 19-year-old's wallet and mobile phone were
:06:46. > :06:50.missing. Catriona Renton reports. Dean's family need answers. It's all
:06:51. > :06:56.still fresh in our minds, everything he did. We miss him and want
:06:57. > :07:01.answers. He was amazing, my best friend. Miss him a lot.
:07:02. > :07:07.This CCTV which police released today shows Dean Dean on the left
:07:08. > :07:10.and his friend Mark arriving at Glasgow's Queen Street station for a
:07:11. > :07:14.night out. He is believed to have left a nightclub alone at about 2.00
:07:15. > :07:18.am. 40 minutes later he is seen in George Square.
:07:19. > :07:23.Other sightings put him at this taxi rank at about 3. 20 am and he spoke
:07:24. > :07:29.to a friend and said he was in a taxi. An hour-and-a-half later he
:07:30. > :07:38.was seen by three motorists walking on the A 811.
:07:39. > :07:44.Dean's body was found on the road half an hour later by a passer-by.
:07:45. > :07:48.Four years on, floral tributes are still being laid here to remember
:07:49. > :07:53.him. A police investigation concluded that Dean died because of
:07:54. > :07:57.severe head injuries after being accidentally struck by a vehicle but
:07:58. > :08:02.on this, the anniversary of his death, there are still unanswered
:08:03. > :08:07.questions as to how and why Dean came to be here that night.
:08:08. > :08:11.I would ask people were you celebrating a particular event on
:08:12. > :08:15.either 6th or 7th? Perhaps it took to you the city centre of Glasgow.
:08:16. > :08:19.Do you recall seeing a lad of Dean's description? At the time John Ross,
:08:20. > :08:24.a taxi driver, said he had driven Dean to that area. He was later
:08:25. > :08:27.charged with wasting police time but was never prosecuted. Dean's wallet
:08:28. > :08:35.and phone have never been found. His dad believes someone can help.
:08:36. > :08:38.Someone must know something. A fatal accident inquiry is to be
:08:39. > :08:41.held into the circumstances surrounding the murder of a
:08:42. > :08:45.six-week-old baby girl in Aberdeen over six years ago. Mark Simpson was
:08:46. > :08:48.jailed for a minimum of 20 years for killing his then girlfriend's
:08:49. > :08:51.daughter Alexis Matheson. Trial judge Lord Uist said he had concerns
:08:52. > :08:59.about how baby Alexis was dealt with by the NHS and whether her death
:09:00. > :09:02.could have been prevented. The Winter Olympic Games in Sochi is
:09:03. > :09:05.almost officially open - and 40,000 fans are inside the Olympic Stadium
:09:06. > :09:09.on Russia's Black Sea Coast. Scottish athletes make up nearly a
:09:10. > :09:12.third of the Great Britain team, who have been paraded inside the Olympic
:09:13. > :09:15.Park. Our reporter David McDaid is there for us.
:09:16. > :09:20.It's been billed as oneth most complex and technical shows ever
:09:21. > :09:25.attempted at an Olympics. Behind me in the stadium the opening ceremony
:09:26. > :09:31.for the Sochi Winter Olympics is under way. It has been a spectacle
:09:32. > :09:36.of colour, music, light, we have been taken through a journey of
:09:37. > :09:40.Russia's history and culture. As always, at these opening ceremonies,
:09:41. > :09:45.the athletes take centre-stage. They entered in a different way from
:09:46. > :09:52.usual, coming from beneath the floor of the arena. Team GB were there
:09:53. > :09:55.sporting Russian bearskin hats as part of the uniform. Not all
:09:56. > :10:00.athletes making up the team were there, some are in competition mode
:10:01. > :10:04.and others have yet to arrive. Before the Games started there were
:10:05. > :10:09.issues surrounding the politics and human rights issues ahead of the
:10:10. > :10:14.Games. Now that the opening ceremony has started and the sport gets under
:10:15. > :10:18.way, the focus will shift towards the athletes. Great Britain has sent
:10:19. > :10:22.its biggest delegation to a winter Olympics for 20 years and I asked
:10:23. > :10:26.the head of the delegation how he thought those athletes would fare.
:10:27. > :10:30.We know there is a heck of a lot of pressure on our athletes going into
:10:31. > :10:34.these Games to try and deliver and we are giving them all the support
:10:35. > :10:38.we can. I am very pleased to be in the position leading a team where we
:10:39. > :10:42.have quality athletes who are absolutely going to challenge for
:10:43. > :10:47.medals, I hope we are able to produce their personal best out
:10:48. > :10:51.here. Mike Hay cagey there on chances of medals here. But they've
:10:52. > :10:56.set a target of between 3-7 medals. If they were to achieve that, it
:10:57. > :11:07.would be their most successful Winter Olympics since 1936. The We
:11:08. > :11:11.know if we perform the way we know we can, at the end of the week we
:11:12. > :11:15.will be close. If we can go home with no regrets, know we have played
:11:16. > :11:21.our hearts out, put in everything, we will be close. The curlers by no
:11:22. > :11:26.means the only hopes among the Scottish athletes of hopes here.
:11:27. > :11:32.Elysee Christie is a strong contender in the short track speed
:11:33. > :11:37.skating and a young man has also emerged as Jackie O'Brien reports.
:11:38. > :11:42.Andrew Musgrave arrives in the form of his life after causing an upset
:11:43. > :11:46.by beating the Norwegians at their own sport in the country's main
:11:47. > :11:50.championships last month. Looking back to his early skiing years, the
:11:51. > :11:57.23-year-old can hardly believe he is here. We were not the most amazing
:11:58. > :12:03.skiers at all. I remember skiing around in the forests where we used
:12:04. > :12:08.to go skiing and definitely wouldn't have been able to see that we were
:12:09. > :12:13.going to the Olympics when you looked at us when we were 12, not
:12:14. > :12:18.really doing anything. Great Britain's four cross-country skiers
:12:19. > :12:22.all come from the same Aberdeenshire ski club. They grew up together and
:12:23. > :12:27.raced in the forests after outgrowing their local ski centre.
:12:28. > :12:33.The team even includes Andrew's big centre. -- sister. I am the older
:12:34. > :12:36.sister, sometimes it feels like I am following him, it's his second
:12:37. > :12:41.Olympics. It's nice to be here with him. Sometimes I think our whole
:12:42. > :12:48.team's like a family anyway. The family affair conditions. Team-mate
:12:49. > :12:53.Andrew Young's father, Roy, also doubles up as the group's head
:12:54. > :12:58.coach. Many of them could have been very, very good athletes in other
:12:59. > :13:03.sports. It's just that for cross-country skiing in Britain it
:13:04. > :13:09.was this sport that took their fancy and they've gone with it. What
:13:10. > :13:14.happens if Poesy gets gold then? He will be jealous! And surprised.
:13:15. > :13:18.There's nothing wrong with a touch of sibling riflery although Poesy
:13:19. > :13:25.does have the edge when communicating at the Games because
:13:26. > :13:29.she speaks Russian. -- rivalry. That's just hello, welcome to
:13:30. > :13:34.Russia, I am glad to be at the Olympics. They've come a long way
:13:35. > :13:45.since skiing as school kids but the team is ready to take on the world.
:13:46. > :13:48.Now some other stories from across Scotland:
:13:49. > :13:54.Councillors in Aberdeen have voted to leave the local Government
:13:55. > :13:57.umbrella body Cosla, it comes amid growing anger over the financial
:13:58. > :14:00.settlement the city receives from the Scottish Government. Dumfries
:14:01. > :14:07.and Galloway council is also looking at the possibility of leaving.
:14:08. > :14:12.A bid to transform a form former oil fabrication yard to an renewable
:14:13. > :14:17.centre has won the backing of ministers. Chief Secretary to the
:14:18. > :14:21.Treasury and Scottish Secretary visited the old yard to support the
:14:22. > :14:26.project. For the first time in almost 90
:14:27. > :14:32.years, there have been no registered sightings of the Loch Ness monster
:14:33. > :14:38.during the calendar year. Experts say technology may to be blame for
:14:39. > :14:42.the reluckance of monster-spot -- reluctance of monster-spotters to
:14:43. > :14:46.come forward. Everybody has a video and they go home to look at it and
:14:47. > :14:51.think, I just saw a boat and that's the end of that. The marathon route
:14:52. > :14:54.for this summer's Commonwealth Games has been revealed. The race starts
:14:55. > :15:00.and finishes at Glasgow Green. Runners will also see some of the
:15:01. > :15:06.city's famous landmarks, such as George Square and the new Hydro
:15:07. > :15:09.Building. The call to action is to get many people out on the streets,
:15:10. > :15:14.this is one of those fantastic events that you don't need to have a
:15:15. > :15:19.ticket to come to. It's accessible and inclusive. The first sports club
:15:20. > :15:23.in the Lothians to offer wheelchair based activities for children and
:15:24. > :15:26.young people has opened. The coach sessions aim to encourage youngsters
:15:27. > :15:36.with physical disabilities to take up sport and increase participation
:15:37. > :15:39.rates. The debate about whether there's
:15:40. > :15:42.dumbing down in schools took an unexpected turn this week when a
:15:43. > :15:43.pupil's concerns were raised in parliament. 15-year-old Flora
:15:44. > :15:47.Scarabello thinks the exams replacing Standard Grades are too
:15:48. > :15:49.easy and wants a return to more traditional education. Our education
:15:50. > :15:51.correspondent Jamie McIvor's been to meet her.
:15:52. > :15:53.Flora is an academic high-flyer. She is studying for her highers in maths
:15:54. > :16:04.and English a year earlier than most. But she's also taking some of
:16:05. > :16:08.the new national fives, the qualifications equivalent to a
:16:09. > :16:15.standard grade. She got exceptional marks. 94% in physics, 95% in
:16:16. > :16:19.chemistry, 100% in French. But for flora these marks raise a concern.
:16:20. > :16:24.She thinks there's dumbing down. We should go back to a more traditional
:16:25. > :16:28.way of doing things. Exams should be harder, rigorous. A should mean
:16:29. > :16:32.something. I think that teaching standards which are very high in
:16:33. > :16:36.Scotland, certainly, have some of the best teachers, but the methods
:16:37. > :16:42.of teaching need to change. I am writing to express my anger and...
:16:43. > :16:46.Flora felt so strongly she wrote to three national newspapers and her
:16:47. > :16:50.letters were spotted by an MSP. Can I ask the Minister to respond to
:16:51. > :16:59.this criticism and to hopefully help to bring assurances to parents,
:17:00. > :17:02.pupils and teachers? I don't think the SQA, many experts responsible
:17:03. > :17:07.for setting exams with agree with that stance. The new courses
:17:08. > :17:11.generally place less emphasis on MEP rising facts and figures and pay
:17:12. > :17:15.more attention to what students actually understand how to use them.
:17:16. > :17:20.We don't want a narrow test of how much you can remember. The Crick is
:17:21. > :17:24.all built around skills -- curriculum. Few teenagers would go
:17:25. > :17:29.so far as to publicly complain if they found a test too easy but
:17:30. > :17:36.Flora's concerns may well strike a chord with traditionalists.
:17:37. > :17:43.The latest sports news now. Good evening.
:17:44. > :17:46.Neil Lennon says he's so fed up with the abuse he faces in this country
:17:47. > :17:49.he's considered his future in Scottish football. The Celtic
:17:50. > :17:52.manager is speaking out as police investigate claims he was verbally
:17:53. > :17:55.abused and had coins thrown at him during the League Cup semi-final
:17:56. > :17:58.between Aberdeen and St Johnstone. In the past there was no question it
:17:59. > :18:01.was sectarian, there were sectarian elements to what happened to me and
:18:02. > :18:05.people want to bury their head about that. I don't. I want it said, I
:18:06. > :18:10.want something done about it. This last week again there's no evidence
:18:11. > :18:13.of sectarian element but certainly a hooligan element. I look at some of
:18:14. > :18:18.the comments, he was a thug on the pitch, no I wasn't. I wasn't at all.
:18:19. > :18:23.Never lifted my hand to anyone. Never two-footed anyone. Never
:18:24. > :18:28.elbowed anyone. Played the game aggressively which was my job, what
:18:29. > :18:31.I was paid to do. I don't think condemnation is enough, I get the
:18:32. > :18:36.feeling at the back of my mind, well, it's Lenny, he can take it, he
:18:37. > :18:41.is a street fighting man. Fed up with it, now know. I don't go street
:18:42. > :18:46.fighting. I look after myself, my friends, my family. I live my life.
:18:47. > :18:51.As quietly as I can away from football but I am in the public eye
:18:52. > :18:56.and you get scrutinised a lot. A lot of the stuff has been, you know,
:18:57. > :19:00.almost life-threatening and the condemnation has been nowhere near
:19:01. > :19:04.enough. Has that come to a head now, are you considering whether you can
:19:05. > :19:10.stay within Scottish football? I don't know. I don't know. It's a lot
:19:11. > :19:19.to give up. I don't really want to do that if I can avoid it. No, it
:19:20. > :19:24.hasn't come to that point yet, certainly not.
:19:25. > :19:28.Scotland are big underdogs going into tomorrow's Calcutta Cup match
:19:29. > :19:31.with England. After a week of strong words from the coaches following a
:19:32. > :19:35.heavy defeat to Ireland, the Scots would appear to have it all to do at
:19:36. > :19:36.Murrayfield. Here's our rugby reporter Phil Goodlad.
:19:37. > :19:40.In rugby's oldest international fixture, one thing seems to stand
:19:41. > :19:44.the test of time, Scotland always raise their game for England. Even
:19:45. > :19:52.if the result is sometimes upsetting.
:19:53. > :19:56.The players behind me have to raise their performance to face England
:19:57. > :20:01.here at Murrayfield tomorrow. After last week's result in Dublin,
:20:02. > :20:06.branded dismal by the coaches, the Scots have something to prove. It
:20:07. > :20:10.has been quite a tough week mentally as well as physically, but we have
:20:11. > :20:13.kind of put that game to bed now and everyone's looking forward to the
:20:14. > :20:17.challenge ahead. In contrast, England come here full of confidence
:20:18. > :20:24.after a good showing in Paris. Despite losing late on, visiting
:20:25. > :20:29.fans are buoyant. 15 points-plus for England. If we played the way we did
:20:30. > :20:34.against France and Scotland we will be a big points difference between
:20:35. > :20:39.the both of us. The last Murrayfield match between the two ended in in a
:20:40. > :20:42.narrow home defeat but Scotland's new Captain seems to know his
:20:43. > :20:46.history. This is when Scotland are at their best, we come off the back
:20:47. > :20:52.of a bad result. Scotland and England games will always be a lot
:20:53. > :20:55.of blood and guts in there. So massive underdogs against red hot
:20:56. > :20:59.favourites. How many times have we been here before? Let's hope the
:21:00. > :21:02.pitch doesn't grab all the headlines.
:21:03. > :21:09.There's live coverage of the match across the BBC.
:21:10. > :21:17.Dundee United have cleared their ?4 million bank debt thanks to a group
:21:18. > :21:21.of beat beaty -- wealthy supporters. They're under no financial pressure
:21:22. > :21:24.to sell their top players. The fans don't want to be known
:21:25. > :21:31.publicly, they want to help the club. They've done that and put news
:21:32. > :21:34.a fantastic position going forward. United in Scottish Cup action this
:21:35. > :21:38.weekend, they play St Mirren on Sunday. The teams have already
:21:39. > :21:44.played some high-scoring match this is season. We played them on Boxing
:21:45. > :21:49.Day and won 4-1. They beat us up there 4-0. With the romance of the
:21:50. > :21:50.Cup it's exciting. The weekend's Cup action starts tonight and you can
:21:51. > :22:05.watch it on BBC1 Scotland. Celtic will play their home European
:22:06. > :22:09.qualifying ties at Murrayfield. Celtic Park is being used for the
:22:10. > :22:24.Commonwealth Games in July. Craig Lee is joint leader at the
:22:25. > :22:31.halfway stage of the joburg Open. Katie Archibald will make her debut
:22:32. > :22:37.this month. More on all those stories and latest news 24 hours a
:22:38. > :22:43.day on BBC Sport Scotland website. That's tonight's sport.
:22:44. > :22:47.Thank you very much. Space is set to be the final
:22:48. > :22:50.frontier to be overcome by deaf students. There are no specific
:22:51. > :22:52.signs in British Sign Language for planets, stars or other astronomical
:22:53. > :22:55.terms. But scientists in Edinburgh are changing all that, as Elizabeth
:22:56. > :22:59.Quigley found out. It's got lots of stripes on it, so
:23:00. > :23:07.we indicate like this... Space as you have never seen it before. Here
:23:08. > :23:14.astronomy explained in a brand new way, in sign language. We have made
:23:15. > :23:20.sure we have left the hands open, as opposed to a closed fist for a Rocky
:23:21. > :23:26.planet. This project is opening up the skies to everyone. Until we
:23:27. > :23:29.created these people had to finger spell the planets which is fine,
:23:30. > :23:33.people know what the planets are but don't really get an idea of what
:23:34. > :23:37.they're like. It was definitely about making it accessible to the
:23:38. > :23:40.deaf community and sign language users and make sure the signs had
:23:41. > :23:45.these visual aspects to them that really got across the different
:23:46. > :23:53.concepts. More than 90 signs like this have been developed by the
:23:54. > :23:58.centre along with a university and the Royal Observatory Edinburgh.
:23:59. > :24:04.Deaf people have been excluded from enjoying astronomy if they go along
:24:05. > :24:10.to the Royal Observe are to yes Edinburgh. They're excluded from
:24:11. > :24:14.information. Even if they go to the Science Centre they're going to miss
:24:15. > :24:19.out on information there, as well. At the Royal Observatory Edinburgh,
:24:20. > :24:25.they want to have access for deaf people, that's why they're working
:24:26. > :24:30.with us to create new signs. Fantastic. It's a great experience
:24:31. > :24:37.today. Brilliant to see, especially signs in BSL. They've created signs
:24:38. > :24:42.for etch and every planet, for example, Mercury and other planets,
:24:43. > :24:45.it's fantastic to see. Portrayed in a visual means, I think it's great
:24:46. > :24:53.for hearing people at the same time to see signs, especially signs,
:24:54. > :24:59.hearing children are also interested in learning signs, as well. It's a
:25:00. > :25:07.first for astronomy and a first for sign language. Maybe space really is
:25:08. > :25:10.the final frontier. Staying with the skies, here is the
:25:11. > :25:15.weather. We had some blue sky today. Good
:25:16. > :25:19.evening. Unfortunately, it's the calm before the storm. This was the
:25:20. > :25:24.satellite picture from earlier today, well broken cloud allowing
:25:25. > :25:28.that sunshine to come through. But this ominous cloud is a sign of
:25:29. > :25:32.things to come as low pressure swings in tonight. For the first
:25:33. > :25:36.part of tonight most of us will be dry with clear spells allowing
:25:37. > :25:40.temperatures to take an early dip. And a touch of frost inland. That
:25:41. > :25:46.rain pushes into the south-west and winds strengthening.
:25:47. > :25:53.Snow on the higher ground, so the higher parts of Argyll, sterling
:25:54. > :25:57.shire and Aberdeenshire will have a covering of snow by the morning.
:25:58. > :26:01.Temperatures recovering slightly by the end of the night. But winds
:26:02. > :26:05.strong around the coasts, even touching gale force over the Western
:26:06. > :26:10.Isles. A miserable start to the weekend. Tomorrow a lot of cloud
:26:11. > :26:15.around, some hill fog and showers or longer spells of rain. That band of
:26:16. > :26:18.rain will clear the mainland pretty quickly coming to rest over
:26:19. > :26:22.Shetland. Then we will see something brighter for the afternoon across
:26:23. > :26:26.the north of the mainland but plenty of showers following in for southern
:26:27. > :26:30.and central Scotland. They'll be heavy and fouling as snow over the
:26:31. > :26:34.hills. The best -- fouling as snow over the -- falling as snow over the
:26:35. > :26:40.hills. Orkney faring well. But the rain
:26:41. > :26:46.hanging on over Shetland. Winds easing down for most of us. The wind
:26:47. > :26:50.is feature across the hills tomorrow. The best of companies over
:26:51. > :26:56.the north-west Highlands. Here there will be some sunshine, but with
:26:57. > :27:01.winds gusting to 65mph and temperatures of minus two across the
:27:02. > :27:06.summits, a significant wind chill and for most of the ranges we will
:27:07. > :27:11.see show snours - -- snow showers too. All in all poor visibility.
:27:12. > :27:15.Through the rest of the day tomorrow into the evening we keep a feed of
:27:16. > :27:19.showers going, trundling northwards across the country. Again they'll be
:27:20. > :27:23.heavy at sometimes, they'll befalling as snow over the hills. It
:27:24. > :27:27.stays windy along that east coast. It's a theme that continues into the
:27:28. > :27:31.second half of the weekend. That low pulls away to the north of us, but
:27:32. > :27:35.it exerts its influence still. Still a showery day across western
:27:36. > :27:38.Scotland, some of those showers heavy again. Snow for the hills. The
:27:39. > :27:42.best of the dryer and brighter weather in the east. Temperatures
:27:43. > :27:44.six or seven, but feeling cold in the breeze.
:27:45. > :27:49.That's the forecast. Thank you very much.
:27:50. > :27:56.That's all from us for now. Enjoy the rest of your evening, bye.