:00:00. > :00:00.and Thursday. That's
:00:00. > :00:07.The Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says opposition
:00:08. > :00:10.alternatives to an independent Scotland would fall short of
:00:11. > :00:20.tackling the problems facing the country.
:00:21. > :00:25.She is told by opponents Scotland would do better with more powers and
:00:26. > :00:28.said the UK. After the wettest winter any century
:00:29. > :00:34.the farmers union calls for action to minimise the impact.
:00:35. > :00:41.We won gold when the Commonwealth games here that came here before so
:00:42. > :00:44.today we find out why athletes are training hard to make their name in
:00:45. > :00:50.Glasgow. After an international call-up,
:00:51. > :00:57.Scotland's latest hopeful is told he will only improve. The experience he
:00:58. > :01:09.will have will only make him better and more prepared and effective.
:01:10. > :01:12.Also tonight, find out why one of Hollywood's's hottest properties has
:01:13. > :01:27.been driving around Scotland chatting up the locals.
:01:28. > :01:34.Good evening. Nicola Sturgeon says opposition alternatives to an
:01:35. > :01:37.independent Scotland would fall short of tackling the problems
:01:38. > :01:40.facing the country. In a speech in Glasgow, Nicola Sturgeon said that
:01:41. > :01:43.plans by Labour, the Lib Dems and Conservatives to extend devolution
:01:44. > :01:45.would fail to tackle challenges such as growing Scotland's population and
:01:46. > :01:54.economic strength. Our political editor Brian Taylor is here. So
:01:55. > :01:58.pressure on the No campaigners? Pressure indeed. Sally, let's not
:01:59. > :02:01.forget that there are already new tax and borrowing powers for
:02:02. > :02:04.Holyrood in the pipeline, due to be fully in place by 2016. But the
:02:05. > :02:12.SNP's opponents are under pressure to go further in order to counter
:02:13. > :02:16.the offer of independence. Nicola Sturgeon reckons they will
:02:17. > :02:28.fall short. She listed five key challenges facing Scotland.
:02:29. > :02:37.None of the other parties has so far produced substantial proposals
:02:38. > :02:39.capable of meeting the national challenges. There is no joint
:02:40. > :02:45.agreement and there are no guarantees. To vote no is to leave
:02:46. > :02:50.Scotland's future in Westminster's hands. I believe it is time to take
:02:51. > :03:00.Scotland's future into Scotland's hands. Her opponents say it is
:03:01. > :03:04.bogus. They do not believe in devolution but separation. It is a
:03:05. > :03:08.totally different concept. Devolution is about having more
:03:09. > :03:13.power in Scotland but having something bigger and more secure,
:03:14. > :03:17.the best of both worlds. If anything, it has become like a
:03:18. > :03:20.high-stakes game of cards, with rivals bidding for your attention
:03:21. > :03:23.and your vote. We already know Nicola Sturgeon's bid. It's the
:03:24. > :03:25.White Paper offering Scotland independence. For the Liberal
:03:26. > :03:28.Democrats, Sir Menzies Campbell will next week publish an update. His
:03:29. > :03:32.party favours substantial new tax powers for Scotland as part of a
:03:33. > :03:38.federal UK. Labour? There are internal tensions and they're
:03:39. > :03:41.finalising the details. But, in a fortnight's time, they'll outline
:03:42. > :03:46.plans to devolve a bigger share of income tax and powers over welfare
:03:47. > :03:50.and employment. And the Tories? A party commission headed by Lord
:03:51. > :03:53.Strathclyde will report in May. It's expected to back more devolved
:03:54. > :03:59.financial powers, with the aim of cutting taxation. Of course, it's
:04:00. > :04:02.not just about Scotland. In Cardiff today the Silk Commission
:04:03. > :04:07.recommended new devolved powers for Wales, including policing. The SNP's
:04:08. > :04:10.opponents say they'll do nothing that would disturb the emerging
:04:11. > :04:22.balance of UK power, nothing that would break the Union. That, say
:04:23. > :04:26.Nationalists, is the problem. Despite liberal Democrat efforts I
:04:27. > :04:30.do not expect a single unified over to emerge from the prounion offers.
:04:31. > :04:32.Too much time and pressure to compete with each other. Instead,
:04:33. > :04:36.Sally, there will be overlapping common ground. Bit like a Venn
:04:37. > :04:39.Diagram, if you remember them from maths.
:04:40. > :04:42.I didn't like them! The Labour led administration in
:04:43. > :04:46.Aberdeen is to ban Alex Salmond and other Scottish ministers from
:04:47. > :04:48.council-run buildings. It follows a series of spats between the
:04:49. > :04:52.authority and the Scottish Government. The SNP has described
:04:53. > :05:01.the ban as ridiculous. Steven Duff joins us from outside the council
:05:02. > :05:07.headquarters. We do not know what Robert the Bruce
:05:08. > :05:10.would have thought about this but battle lines have been drawn and
:05:11. > :05:16.Alex Salmond and his ministerial team looks set to be banned from
:05:17. > :05:21.Aberdeen council buildings including the headquarters behind me as well
:05:22. > :05:27.as schools and libraries and parks. The origin of this goes back to last
:05:28. > :05:30.summer when the Aberdeen by-election when Labour councils accused Alex
:05:31. > :05:35.Salmond of going onto council premises without permission. It has
:05:36. > :05:39.to be said he has been cleared of any blame over that but we have the
:05:40. > :05:44.ongoing row over the amount of funding Aberdeen gets. Today, the
:05:45. > :05:51.acrimonious the rhetoric notched up a level or two. The problem has been
:05:52. > :05:56.the relationship between ourselves and the Scottish government, going
:05:57. > :06:00.to a new low. Alex Salmond is a boolean the only way to deal with
:06:01. > :06:08.that is to take this kind of action. We are standing up to him. -- a
:06:09. > :06:12.bully. I do not think this is going down well with the people of
:06:13. > :06:17.Aberdeen and the questioners who will be next to be banned?
:06:18. > :06:23.Parliamentarians, the press, pressure groups? Absolutely
:06:24. > :06:27.ridiculous. It looks like this ban is only for SNP ministers but not
:06:28. > :06:32.any visiting ministers shadow ministers from any other political
:06:33. > :06:35.party. Councillors will meet on Wednesday to discuss the move and it
:06:36. > :06:38.looks as though there will be enough votes to push the band through.
:06:39. > :06:41.Police are urging supporters to name and shame those responsible for
:06:42. > :06:45.racist comments directed towards a young footballer at the weekend.
:06:46. > :06:48.17-year old East Stirlingshire player Jordan Tapping had to be
:06:49. > :06:51.substituted during the SPFL League Two game against Peterhead, after
:06:52. > :06:59.being left extremely distressed by the incident. Police Scotland say
:07:00. > :07:05.they're following a positive line of enquiry. You're watching Reporting
:07:06. > :07:12.Scotland from the BBC. Still to come on tonight's programme.
:07:13. > :07:15.The first prisoners are either Grampian's News super deal which
:07:16. > :07:18.will hose men, women and young offenders. In sport the newly
:07:19. > :07:21.deposed world champion Ricky Burns needs to get away from the ring.
:07:22. > :07:24.That's according to another former world champ.
:07:25. > :07:26.And could Leigh Griffiths and Co be the real deal? Optimism as Scotland
:07:27. > :07:28.approach yet another qualifying campaign. All that and more coming
:07:29. > :07:36.soon. The wet winter's caused huge
:07:37. > :07:41.problems for many of Scotland's farmers. With fields under water
:07:42. > :07:45.some have had to delay sowing their crops. The farmers union is calling
:07:46. > :07:55.for urgent talks to agree moves to minimise the impact of flooding on
:07:56. > :08:02.farmland. Andrew Anderson reports. David Haye is's family has farmed
:08:03. > :08:08.near Perth for four generations. At the start of January, strong winds,
:08:09. > :08:17.heavy rain and a tidal surge created a massive fall in the bank. Water
:08:18. > :08:23.came flooding in. We have 140 acres of arable land, the best soil that
:08:24. > :08:35.we farm, and it is covered and what are now twice a day. It can go up
:08:36. > :08:38.ten feet deep in water. There is no chance of cropping this land until
:08:39. > :08:42.the banks are restructured. The heavy rain has taken its toll on
:08:43. > :08:48.farms across Scotland with fields still underwater. Farmers leaders
:08:49. > :08:53.say farmland like this must be protected. The mindset over the last
:08:54. > :09:03.few years has been that farmland does not matter, it is a Visa worse
:09:04. > :09:09.we can afford to use. -- a resource. That policy is starting to bite back
:09:10. > :09:16.badly and we only have about 900,000 acres of very good land. We are
:09:17. > :09:22.throwing away precious resources. With high tides tonight, the water
:09:23. > :09:27.is again flooding onto the fields. This field is now effectively part
:09:28. > :09:32.of the River Tay and it could take months to repay. Farmers say they
:09:33. > :09:36.want to sit down with the government and other agencies to discuss how to
:09:37. > :09:40.protect farmland. The Scottish government says it is discussing
:09:41. > :09:42.initiatives to help farmers deal with climate change but will be
:09:43. > :09:45.meeting for more talks. The bus company Stagecoach has
:09:46. > :09:50.placed record orders worth more than ?100 million for hundreds of new
:09:51. > :09:55.buses and coaches. The Perth-based group has unveiled orders for 568
:09:56. > :09:59.new vehicles. All of the new vehicles will be fitted with CCTV,
:10:00. > :10:03.while more than 350 will have wi-fi installed for free internet access.
:10:04. > :10:06.A transport campaign group has called for a "rail revolution" to
:10:07. > :10:09.make train travel in Scotland faster, safer and greener. Transform
:10:10. > :10:12.Scotland is calling for a reduction in journey times from Inverness,
:10:13. > :10:17.Aberdeen and Dundee to the central belt, through the electrification
:10:18. > :10:20.and doubling of rail lines. The Scottish Government says it will be
:10:21. > :10:26.developing a strategy to identify future phases of electrification
:10:27. > :10:30.beyond current schemes. The first prisoners have arrived in
:10:31. > :10:33.the new Grampian super-jail. The facility replaces two Victorian
:10:34. > :10:38.prisons in Peterhead and Aberdeen which both closed last year. It'll
:10:39. > :10:47.house men, women and young offenders. Kevin Keane has been for
:10:48. > :10:51.a look around. It has taken years of planning,
:10:52. > :10:55.building and preparation for this moment and for the first prisoners
:10:56. > :11:01.to arrive it has been a long journey from their temporary home in
:11:02. > :11:05.Barlinnie. Chris is from Aberdeenshire and is serving eight
:11:06. > :11:10.months for assault. He says the distance from home to Glasgow has
:11:11. > :11:21.been hard for his family. Happy days. Aberdeen was extremely old and
:11:22. > :11:25.Barlinnie is massive. Today just ten prisoners were brought into the new
:11:26. > :11:30.jail but eventually some 500 offenders will be housed here. This
:11:31. > :11:43.one section is divided up into four areas like that and it can hose
:11:44. > :11:52.around 150 prisoners. -- how's -- house.. It is a far cry from these
:11:53. > :11:57.Victorian sales. Here are slopping out with pilots that had to be
:11:58. > :12:07.emptied manually where constantly criticised. Flatscreen televisions
:12:08. > :12:13.and underfloor heating feature in the sales. There is a gymnasium,
:12:14. > :12:19.sports hall, library and modern classrooms, but the government
:12:20. > :12:25.insist it is not an easy life. If you go into a cell, the door closes
:12:26. > :12:35.behind you and there is no handle on said. That is the reality. Tonight,
:12:36. > :12:39.prison officers outnumber then it's quite significantly but the
:12:40. > :12:48.population will increase as more prisoners are transferred from other
:12:49. > :12:59.jails. lead's have another look at some other stories from around
:13:00. > :13:02.Scotland tonight. 800 workers at the Faslane nuclear
:13:03. > :13:05.submarine base on the Clyde are to go on a series of strikes, after
:13:06. > :13:09.they overwhelmingly rejected a 2% wage offer. The Unite union called
:13:10. > :13:12.off a previous stoppage over the same issue last month. The Ministry
:13:13. > :13:15.of Defence says it's committed to the safe, secure and effective
:13:16. > :13:18.running of the base and has robust contingency measures in place.
:13:19. > :13:21.Aviemore will be confirmed as the preferred site for a new ?12 million
:13:22. > :13:24.hospital at an NHS Highland meeting tomorrow. But two existing
:13:25. > :13:26.hospitals, St Vincent's in Kingussie and the Ian Charles in Granton, will
:13:27. > :13:30.close. Police are hunting a man who robbed
:13:31. > :13:33.the Royal Bank of Scotland on St John's Road, in the west of
:13:34. > :13:36.Edinburgh, this morning. A man threatened a member of staff and
:13:37. > :13:40.demanded money, which he stashed in a plastic bag. He then got into a
:13:41. > :13:42.black cab, which headed west. A team of Aberdeen University-led
:13:43. > :13:46.scientists have had their first glimpse of life in one of the
:13:47. > :13:49.deepest parts of the world's oceans. Using cameras fitted to a metal
:13:50. > :13:54.frame, the researchers can study the previously unexplored New Hebrides
:13:55. > :13:57.Trench in the Pacific Ocean. They've discovered that the sea bed, more
:13:58. > :14:03.than four miles down, teems with giant fish and crustaceans.
:14:04. > :14:08.The search is on for volunteers to monitor how our changing climate is
:14:09. > :14:11.affecting trees. The study aims to help improve the management of
:14:12. > :14:19.ancient woodlands by finding out which species are doing better than
:14:20. > :14:23.others. We are also looking for people to collect data on where
:14:24. > :14:28.different flower species, like the snowdrops you can see around me now,
:14:29. > :14:31.are starting to flower. A gold medallist from the 1970
:14:32. > :14:34.Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh believes Scottish athletes will be
:14:35. > :14:40.training harder than ever, because they won't want to let the home
:14:41. > :14:42.support down. Lachie Stewart, who famously won the 10,000m, believes
:14:43. > :14:47.previously unknown athletes could become household names this summer
:14:48. > :14:53.in Glasgow. Our Commonwealth Games reporter Jane Lewis spoke to him at
:14:54. > :14:58.the venue where he made his name. Meadowbank Stadium, 2014. But for
:14:59. > :15:11.this man, memories of 44 years ago come flooding back. Stewart has done
:15:12. > :15:14.no work in front. Tell me about the atmosphere inside the stadium. Were
:15:15. > :15:17.they shouting for you? I only noticed in the last couple of laps
:15:18. > :15:21.because you are concentrating on what you are doing. But when I
:15:22. > :15:27.realised there were a couple of laps to go, I noticed the crowd. You have
:15:28. > :15:42.even got the top that you wore. This is brilliant.They don't make them
:15:43. > :15:45.like that any more, do they? There is some interesting commentary, I am
:15:46. > :15:51.sure you have watched, David Coleman. Lachie Stewart could be the
:15:52. > :15:54.one with the fastest finish, but they are not renowned, any of them,
:15:55. > :16:04.for being particularly fast over the last 400 metres.
:16:05. > :16:07.You did prove them wrong a wee bit. It was... It was quite a laugh. I'd
:16:08. > :16:10.never been beaten over the last hundred. Approaching the corner, on
:16:11. > :16:14.the final lap, you made your move. It is Lachie Stewart, all the way,
:16:15. > :16:26.and he has got them all. What does it mean to you, to have this medal?
:16:27. > :16:30.Over the years, you can forget about it, but when you are talking about
:16:31. > :16:34.the Games, that is when you start to remember it again. Tell me, what you
:16:35. > :16:38.are expecting from the Games? How much are you looking forward to it?
:16:39. > :16:42.I don't know how many medals we will win, but the Scots will train harder
:16:43. > :16:45.because it's on their home turf. It will be a great atmosphere, I'm
:16:46. > :16:48.sure. Of course, Hampden Park being the home of Scottish football, now
:16:49. > :16:50.it might be the home of Scottish sport.
:16:51. > :16:54.It was a great race. Lead's get some more sport now.
:16:55. > :16:57.Good evening. The Scotland assistant manager Mark
:16:58. > :17:01.Mcghee believes Leigh Griffiths is one of a small band of players good
:17:02. > :17:05.enough to help the country qualify for Euro 2016. Griffiths was a late
:17:06. > :17:07.call-up to the squad to play Poland on Wednesday. And as our senior
:17:08. > :17:15.football reporter Alasdair Lamont reports, he's certainly a striker in
:17:16. > :17:20.form. And the finishing touch supplied by
:17:21. > :17:24.Leigh Griffiths. A chance for Griffiths! That is a
:17:25. > :17:33.cracking finish by Leigh Griffiths, who salutes the Celtic fans.
:17:34. > :17:36.For the hat-trick! Three good reasons to call up the Leigh
:17:37. > :17:42.Griffiths to the Scotland squad. It may have been a late call, but on
:17:43. > :17:46.that form, it would seem to be the right call. Leigh Griffiths was
:17:47. > :17:48.given his first Scot. By the current management team back in June but
:17:49. > :17:53.they are in no doubt whatsoever that by the time the Euro 2016
:17:54. > :17:59.qualifiers, round, he will be even better equipped to aid the national
:18:00. > :18:02.cause. There is a fairly limited number of players we think will help
:18:03. > :18:05.to qualifiers and Leigh Griffiths is one of them. With him being at
:18:06. > :18:09.Celtic now and the new experience he will have next year of the Champions
:18:10. > :18:14.League will can only make him a better player and he can only be
:18:15. > :18:18.more prepared and better for the national team, so it will benefit
:18:19. > :18:24.Celtic and benefit us. Celtic are already benefiting from Griffiths's
:18:25. > :18:30.undoubted goal-scoring talents. If he can reproduce it in Scotland, he
:18:31. > :18:34.will be soaking up the adulation of the nation.
:18:35. > :18:40.The Rangers chairman David Somers has written to former chairman --
:18:41. > :18:43.board member David King asking him to meet with the rest of the board
:18:44. > :18:47.as soon as possible. King has said he wants Rangers fans to withhold
:18:48. > :18:50.season-ticket money unless the board are more open about the financial
:18:51. > :18:53.situation at Ibrox. The newly deposed world champion
:18:54. > :19:00.Ricky Burns needs to get away from the ring, according to another
:19:01. > :19:02.former Scottish world champion. On Saturday, Burns lost his WBO World
:19:03. > :19:07.Lightweight Title to American Terence Crawford. It was a unanimous
:19:08. > :19:10.points decision in front of a packed crowd in Glasgow. Brian McLauchlin
:19:11. > :19:15.reports. All three judges are in favour of
:19:16. > :19:22.the winner and the new... It was the call that brought an end to Burns'
:19:23. > :19:27.near four-year reign as champion Andy had little complaint. The
:19:28. > :19:30.better man one on the night but I thought me being in there, I thought
:19:31. > :19:35.some of the Rams were close and could have gone either way. Working
:19:36. > :19:41.on the job, he was first to the punch a bit too much -- working on
:19:42. > :19:46.the jab. But I will be back. But how soon? One former world champion says
:19:47. > :19:50.Burns needs to think long and hard about his future. Best to have a
:19:51. > :19:54.lengthy break away. I think part of the reason he was flat and
:19:55. > :19:58.lacklustre is because he spends too much time in the gym. I think it
:19:59. > :20:03.needs a good rest, some time away to reflect on what happened. And
:20:04. > :20:07.Burns' management are looking at the prospect of having a crack at a
:20:08. > :20:20.different world title. The WBC title is with a fighter who is with Golden
:20:21. > :20:25.Boy, the WBA champion is desperate for a fight, and the IBF Keith
:20:26. > :20:32.Askins is also desperate. The new champ did not rule out a rematch but
:20:33. > :20:39.not in Glasgow. We can have it in Omaha, see how many of you like
:20:40. > :20:45.Omaha. So Omaha it is if Burns wants a chance to regain his belt.
:20:46. > :20:48.Now look at what else is happening in Scottish sport.
:20:49. > :20:55.Scotland tight head prop Euan Murray could be back in the pack against
:20:56. > :20:58.France on Saturday. Murray has been injured and missed the opening three
:20:59. > :21:00.games of the Six Nations Championship. Today, he rejoined
:21:01. > :21:03.training with the Scotland squad. Andy Murray will play for Bangkok in
:21:04. > :21:05.the inaugural International Premier Tennis League, starting in November.
:21:06. > :21:08.Team-mates include Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Victoria Azarenka. Four
:21:09. > :21:12.specially-created teams will compete to promote tennis in Asia.
:21:13. > :21:15.Katie Archibald from Milngavie placed fourth in the points race at
:21:16. > :21:18.the World track Cycling Championships She admits winning the
:21:19. > :21:26.team pursuit gold last week added pressure to her individual event.
:21:27. > :21:33.Before I knew where I was, no one know my name, I could get away with
:21:34. > :21:38.things, but I had a pretty tough time coming into it, just
:21:39. > :21:41.overthinking things. So it is a bit of a relief to be over.
:21:42. > :21:44.Russell Knox from Inverness holed this nine-foot putt to secure his
:21:45. > :21:48.place in a four-man playoff at the Honda Classic in Florida. In the
:21:49. > :21:51.end, Knox was joint second with Rory McIlroy. The event was won by
:21:52. > :21:55.American Russell Henley. Eilidh Child has been named as
:21:56. > :21:58.captain of Team GB for the World Indoor Championships in Poland,
:21:59. > :22:01.which begins on Friday. Eilish McColgan has withdrawn from the
:22:02. > :22:10.squad after failing to recover from injury.
:22:11. > :22:14.And there are more sports stories plus all the latest news, 24 hours a
:22:15. > :22:18.day, on BBC Sport Scotland's website.
:22:19. > :22:21.And that is it that night. Sally. Thank you very much.
:22:22. > :22:24.The Glasgow Film Festival has drawn to a close, after a record-breaking
:22:25. > :22:30.year ,with a science fiction thriller set in Scotland. Under The
:22:31. > :22:32.Skin stars the Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansen as an alien,
:22:33. > :22:36.driving around the country looking for victims. Our arts correspondent
:22:37. > :22:41.Pauline McLean has more. Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson,
:22:42. > :22:44.undercover for her latest role. A glamorous alien cruising the streets
:22:45. > :22:53.of Scotland looking for victims to prey on. Do you think I'm pretty?
:22:54. > :22:56.Ie, you're gorgeous. Some were actors, but many were just ordinary
:22:57. > :23:00.members of the public, secretly filmed as she stopped to ask
:23:01. > :23:04.directions. They were only told afterwards that they had just made
:23:05. > :23:08.their big debut. -- big-screen debut. As you might imagine,
:23:09. > :23:11.everybody was pretty shocked when they were told firstly that they
:23:12. > :23:14.were being filmed, because the covert nature of the filming meant
:23:15. > :23:21.we pulled it off pretty well, so they were pretty shocked that they
:23:22. > :23:24.were being filmed. And then when they were told it was Scarlett
:23:25. > :23:29.Johansson, they couldn't believe it. Even the actors involved were left
:23:30. > :23:33.with many questions. I hope I leave with my mind still boggling and with
:23:34. > :23:37.many questions to be answered. I like stuff like that. I like stuff
:23:38. > :23:41.that asks you questions. Are we alone? What are we here for? I
:23:42. > :23:46.suppose everybody asks that, don't they? The film brought the Glasgow
:23:47. > :23:49.Film Festival to a close. A small event which has grown and grown.
:23:50. > :23:54.This was its most successful year to date, and organisers hope to keep it
:23:55. > :23:57.that way. That is the challenge, how do you grow but still have a
:23:58. > :24:01.festival that people feel connected to, that they know you, that they
:24:02. > :24:05.feel it is friendly and welcoming? I think we are still managing to
:24:06. > :24:08.achieve that. As for Scarlet Johannsson's unsuspecting co-stars,
:24:09. > :24:18.they will get their screening in the cinema next weekend as it opens on
:24:19. > :24:23.the 14th of March. Let's see how the weather is shaping
:24:24. > :24:30.up. It felt like spring had sprung today, didn't it?
:24:31. > :24:34.It was a lovely day the most diverse -- for most of us, you can see the
:24:35. > :24:37.satellite where the sunshine was getting through but tonight,
:24:38. > :24:42.temperatures fall away rapidly and we see a frost down the West Coast
:24:43. > :24:45.with the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. We will keep patchy rain
:24:46. > :24:49.going over the Northern Isles and during the second half of the night,
:24:50. > :24:53.Cloud increasing, bringing rain into the West with some snow on the
:24:54. > :24:59.hills. Tomorrow, cold start with showery rain and Hill Snow tracking
:25:00. > :25:04.eastwards, but it won't amount to much and by lunchtime, confined to
:25:05. > :25:06.the main north of the mainland and the Northern Isles. Elsewhere, we
:25:07. > :25:13.see some sunshine getting through. But if we see mid afternoon, another
:25:14. > :25:16.unsettled day for Orkney and Shetland with spells of rain and
:25:17. > :25:21.strong winds, and come the afternoon, we will see showers
:25:22. > :25:24.coming into the north-west, over the Western Isles, the north-west
:25:25. > :25:28.Highlands and Argyll, and a few of those will be heavy. But for most of
:25:29. > :25:31.the country, southern central and eastern Scotland, the emphasis is
:25:32. > :25:36.once again on dry and bright weather with this in spells of sunshine.
:25:37. > :25:39.Temperatures eight Celsius or so and mainly light winds. Tomorrow
:25:40. > :25:43.evening, a lot of dry weather, turning Chile once again but up to
:25:44. > :25:49.the north-west, something different as cloud and rain gather and wind
:25:50. > :25:53.strength, which is a sign of things to come as another system pushes in
:25:54. > :25:57.off the Atlantic on Wednesday. A fine start for most of the country
:25:58. > :26:06.with early morning sunshine but that rain already in the north-west Will
:26:07. > :26:10.edge said an eastwards and it will be heavy at times -- southwards and
:26:11. > :26:13.eastwards. It is milder air pushing inside there will be some melting or
:26:14. > :26:18.lying snow over the hills, combining to some issues with localised
:26:19. > :26:22.flooding is for the West Highlands. Thursday, the front blows away and
:26:23. > :26:25.we should see something drier and brighter with lighter winds.
:26:26. > :26:29.brighter with lighter A reminder tonight's main news. The
:26:30. > :26:33.Russians say their troops will remain in Ukraine until the
:26:34. > :26:37.political situation has been normalised. There are reports that
:26:38. > :26:41.Ukrainian forces in Crimea have been given until tomorrow morning to
:26:42. > :26:44.surrender to Russia. Here, Deputy First Minister Nicola
:26:45. > :26:47.Sturgeon has told businessmen and women that the proposals are
:26:48. > :26:52.pro-European campaigners for more powers for Scotland fell far short
:26:53. > :26:54.of what was needed, but supporters of the union say Scotland can gain
:26:55. > :26:58.enhanced powers. And that's Reporting Scotland. I'll
:26:59. > :27:01.be back with the headlines at 8pm and the late bulletin just after the
:27:02. > :27:03.Ten O'Clock News. Bye-bye.