:00:00. > :00:00.Ukrainians in crime era, as the high-level talks to resume the
:00:00. > :00:07.crisis continue. Tonight on Reporting Scotland: How
:00:08. > :00:13.independence may force two of the largest banks to move south. EU
:00:14. > :00:18.regulations could mean that RBS and Lloyds would have to relocate
:00:19. > :00:20.offices from Scotland to London. After days of confusion and
:00:21. > :00:31.recrimination, Aberdeen councillors throw out plans to ban Scottish
:00:32. > :00:34.ministers from council buildings. How to make a whole city look like a
:00:35. > :00:40.bunch of numpties. It is really puerile. Aberdeen City Council are
:00:41. > :00:41.acting like a bunch of two-year-olds.
:00:42. > :00:44.Also on the programme: Cycling legend Graeme Obree and Uganda's
:00:45. > :00:47.anti-gay laws - he says the politicians who passed them should
:00:48. > :00:50.be banned from the Commonwealth Games.
:00:51. > :01:02.And Scotland are put to the test in Poland and so are the Tartan Army.
:01:03. > :01:05.And his colleagues may be less than impressed, but tonight this amateur
:01:06. > :01:20.comedian is attempting to break the world joke-telling record.
:01:21. > :01:24.If Scotland votes for independence in September's referendum, both The
:01:25. > :01:27.Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds banking groups may be forced, under
:01:28. > :01:34.law, to move their registered offices from Edinburgh to London.
:01:35. > :01:37.It's part of a European Union directive that says banks must have
:01:38. > :01:42.their head office in the same member state as its registered office. Our
:01:43. > :01:46.business and economy editor, Douglas Fraser, is here to explain what this
:01:47. > :01:53.all means for the Yes and No campaigns. Douglas.
:01:54. > :01:57.Thank you. Edinburgh has headquarters for two banking giants,
:01:58. > :02:00.but for how long? The BBC's learned Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds
:02:01. > :02:04.Banking Group are taking advice on a European law, from 19 years ago,
:02:05. > :02:07.that may require them to have their registered office and head office in
:02:08. > :02:10.the same state where most of their customers are. If Scotland becomes
:02:11. > :02:13.independent, that would put them south of the border. Would that make
:02:14. > :02:17.much difference? Well, Lloyds is technically registered in Edinburgh.
:02:18. > :02:21.But the corporate power and top jobs are in London. The Royal Bank has
:02:22. > :02:26.more of a headquarters operation here, but the power is also down
:02:27. > :02:30.south. Some jobs could move. This could be a blow to the prestige of
:02:31. > :02:36.Edinburgh's finance sector. But the European law is unclear and
:02:37. > :02:39.untested. And this could mean an independent Scottish government
:02:40. > :02:42.carries far less risk if these banks have to bailed out again. No
:02:43. > :02:51.surprise, then, that this fuels the debate on independence.
:02:52. > :02:56.The financial services sector in the banking sector are of enormous
:02:57. > :03:00.significance to Scotland's economy. If there is a Yes vote and you see
:03:01. > :03:03.these people walking away, that will be bad for the economies and
:03:04. > :03:09.business and it will be bad for jobs. They cannot argue on one hand
:03:10. > :03:14.that they cannot be -- that we cannot be independent with a formal
:03:15. > :03:17.currency union because the size of the banking industry is too big but
:03:18. > :03:21.at the same time scaremonger that large parts of that industry are
:03:22. > :03:24.down south and headquartered here. They cannot have it both ways.
:03:25. > :03:27.This follows last week's statement from Standard Life, also in
:03:28. > :03:30.Edinburgh, that it's preparing a move out of Scotland, to be nearer
:03:31. > :03:33.most of its customers, if that's felt necessary. And also continuing
:03:34. > :03:37.today, the hottest topic of dispute over independence is control of the
:03:38. > :03:40.pound. While the Chancellor, George Osborne, plus Labour and Lib Dems
:03:41. > :03:43.say 'no deal' on sharing sterling, the chief of the economic advisers
:03:44. > :03:54.to the Scottish Government was at Holyrood today, backing up what Alex
:03:55. > :03:58.Salmond's been saying. We would not want to even talk about a plan B at
:03:59. > :04:01.this stage of the game, we would say there is lots of options. At this
:04:02. > :04:06.moment, are strong advice would be, let's go down the path of
:04:07. > :04:11.recommending to the government that they stick with the monetary union
:04:12. > :04:14.and we will spend some time on the Fiscal Commission working group over
:04:15. > :04:18.the next few months trying to help the rest of the Duke understand the
:04:19. > :04:22.very strong advantage is there are two that and the strong
:04:23. > :04:27.disadvantages if they decided to go against it. -- the rest of the UK.
:04:28. > :04:30.And that may be what they're discussing when these economic
:04:31. > :04:33.advisers meet tomorrow and Friday, where they're at the heart of this
:04:34. > :04:36.independence debate. Jackie. Thank you very much, Douglas. And
:04:37. > :04:39.Newsnight Scotland will be debating the economics of the independence
:04:40. > :04:45.referendum, later - that's from 11pm over on BBC Two.
:04:46. > :04:47.After three days of confusion, it's emerged that Scottish government
:04:48. > :04:57.ministers will not now be banned from visiting Aberdeen City Council
:04:58. > :04:59.buildings. The council leader today rejected the proposal amid bitter
:05:00. > :05:02.recriminations. Here's how it played out. On Monday, Labour's Finance
:05:03. > :05:05.Convener said they'd ban the First Minister from council premises -
:05:06. > :05:09.accusing him of bullying on a previous visit. Yesterday, the
:05:10. > :05:13.Deputy Leader of the Council said the word ban had been a "slip of the
:05:14. > :05:17.tongue" - although not everyone agreed. And today, the council's
:05:18. > :05:21.leader said there would be no blanket ban on visiting ministers.
:05:22. > :05:30.Steven Duff joins us from council's headquarters. Steven, what happened
:05:31. > :05:34.today? Monday seems a long way away,
:05:35. > :05:38.certainly as far as Aberdeen City Council politics are concerned. The
:05:39. > :05:40.Labour finance convener was then talking about an outright ban on
:05:41. > :05:45.visiting Scottish government ministers, today his boss, the
:05:46. > :05:50.leader, said he never used the word ban, he got that was inappropriate
:05:51. > :05:55.and there would be no blanket ban. They will instead be a review of the
:05:56. > :05:58.protocol for visiting ministers. Dignity and respect at the start of
:05:59. > :06:02.a full meeting of Aberdeen City Council, since Monday the local
:06:03. > :06:08.authority envelope in what some describe as a media squall, others
:06:09. > :06:12.called a sorry, sordid little affair. On Monday, Labour councillor
:06:13. > :06:17.Willie Young wanted all Scottish government ministers banned from
:06:18. > :06:21.council premises. We are proposing this because the relationships with
:06:22. > :06:24.Aberdeen City Council and the Scottish Government have reached a
:06:25. > :06:30.new low and we are dealing with a bully. Today, his boss had this to
:06:31. > :06:36.say. I have never used the word ban and that would not be appropriate.
:06:37. > :06:45.Acrimony between Labour and SNP goes back to last summer's Donside
:06:46. > :06:49.by-election. What has rankled Labour councillor since is the First
:06:50. > :06:53.Minister's unannounced visit to a closure threatened primary school
:06:54. > :07:01.during the campaign. So now ban but a review of protocol form and is --
:07:02. > :07:05.for visiting ministers. We don't want the office 's prostituted for
:07:06. > :07:11.political purposes. Whoever it is. We will take that as our standard
:07:12. > :07:14.going forward. We have got on with the job, delivering public services
:07:15. > :07:19.and projects for the people of Aberdeen. I would encourage Labour
:07:20. > :07:24.and Aberdeen City Council to do the same. On the streets of Aberdeen, a
:07:25. > :07:28.sense of civic pride tarnished. I have got no time for the SNP but
:07:29. > :07:34.Aberdeen City Council are acting like two-year-olds. Should attend to
:07:35. > :07:38.what is going on in Aberdeen, never mind all of this infighting between
:07:39. > :07:46.them all. It is really puerile. I think I would rather live in Ukraine
:07:47. > :07:51.at the moment! Citizens of Aberdeen can only hope that the relationships
:07:52. > :07:56.between their City Council and the government do not think any lower.
:07:57. > :07:59.SNP will, in April, hold their spring conference in Aberdeen at the
:08:00. > :08:04.council owned exhibition and conference Centre. Councillor Young
:08:05. > :08:09.said that is fine, in fact he would personally be willing to welcome Mr
:08:10. > :08:12.Salmond and his team there. And still to come on Reporting
:08:13. > :08:15.Scotland: Latest figures show the National Museum of Scotland was the
:08:16. > :08:22.most popular visitor attraction outside London.
:08:23. > :08:23.In sport, we're in Poland with the Scotland football team ahead of
:08:24. > :08:27.tonight's international. And he's smiling now, but you'll
:08:28. > :08:35.find out what upset the national rugby team's captain. That and more
:08:36. > :08:38.later. One of Scotland's greatest athletes
:08:39. > :08:40.is calling for Ugandan politicians who backed the country's
:08:41. > :08:43.controversial anti-gay bill to be banned from attending the Glasgow
:08:44. > :08:45.Commonwealth Games. Graeme Obree, a former cycling world record holder,
:08:46. > :08:56.has launched an online petition, called "No Hate at the Games". Laura
:08:57. > :09:03.Maxwell has more. Last month, the people in -- it got
:09:04. > :09:09.much tougher in Uganda. Anti-gay sentiment is widespread on the
:09:10. > :09:11.streets. A new law means life imprisonment now awaits anyone found
:09:12. > :09:16.guilty of gay sex or same-sex marriage. The President even
:09:17. > :09:25.received a round of applause as he approved the bill. Make some noise!
:09:26. > :09:28.For Graeme Obree! As Glasgow prepares to welcome the
:09:29. > :09:31.Commonwealth, it is an issue which this sportsman feels cannot be
:09:32. > :09:35.tolerated. I would like the Commonwealth Games to send the
:09:36. > :09:38.message that we take home a phobia as seriously as racial
:09:39. > :09:42.dissemination. This would not be allowed if it was South Africa and
:09:43. > :09:48.apartheid was all happening. There is no way even athletes were banned.
:09:49. > :09:50., but games are often referred to as the friendly games and that is
:09:51. > :09:54.certainly the way the organisers would like them to be portrayed
:09:55. > :09:59.here. In a statement, they told us, Glasgow 2014 wants to engage with
:10:00. > :10:04.all individuals regardless of their sexual orientation. But the
:10:05. > :10:07.statement goes on, the Glasgow 2014 Organising Committee is not
:10:08. > :10:14.responsible for issuing invitations to foreign dignitaries. Neither is
:10:15. > :10:19.the Scottish Government. But it has described the new Ugandan Lord's as
:10:20. > :10:22.dismal and Draconian. What we are hearing from the ground in Uganda
:10:23. > :10:26.through equality organisations in Scotland is that a boycott would
:10:27. > :10:29.actually be counter-productive. We have to think about what will be in
:10:30. > :10:33.the best interest of Ugandans who will suffer under this legislation.
:10:34. > :10:38.Graeme Obree's petition went online two days ago. It has already
:10:39. > :10:41.attracted hundreds of signatures. It is not yet known which Ugandan
:10:42. > :10:48.dignitaries will attend the Commonwealth Games.
:10:49. > :10:52.Apologies for some technical problems involving sound.
:10:53. > :10:54.A teenager who racially abused an East Stirlingshire player at
:10:55. > :10:57.Peterhead's Balmoor Stadium has been given a one-year football banning
:10:58. > :11:00.order. Donnie Fraser, who's 19, admitted targeting 17-year-old
:11:01. > :11:03.Jordan Tapping on Saturday. The player was so distressed, he had to
:11:04. > :11:07.be substituted. Fraser was also ordered to pay ?300 in compensation
:11:08. > :11:11.at Peterhead Sheriff Court. Now, let's take a look at stories
:11:12. > :11:14.around Scotland this evening. The crisis facing the local
:11:15. > :11:18.government umbrella body COSLA has intensified after another council
:11:19. > :11:23.warned it could leave. West Lothian Council is the seventh to say it may
:11:24. > :11:25.quit. It says the move to give notice is precautionary given the
:11:26. > :11:30.continuing uncertainty over the organisation.
:11:31. > :11:33.Orkney's Neolithic village of Skara Brae has joined locations such as
:11:34. > :11:39.Pompeii and the Statue of Liberty as sites most likely to be affected by
:11:40. > :11:42.rising sea levels. A report in an environmental journal estimates a
:11:43. > :11:45.fifth of the 720 world heritage sites would be affected by sea-level
:11:46. > :11:57.rises caused by melting of the polar ice caps. And have been unveiled for
:11:58. > :12:03.a Scottish centre of textiles and Selkirk. The idea is to convert this
:12:04. > :12:07.misused store into a museum and a centre for skills and technology
:12:08. > :12:11.transfer. Akers believe it could attract ?15 million worth of
:12:12. > :12:12.investment into the area and help secure the future of the industry in
:12:13. > :12:16.Scotland. Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is
:12:17. > :12:20.looking to improve the way it deals with wildfires. Last year
:12:21. > :12:23.firefighters in the Highlands and Islands had to tackle more than 200
:12:24. > :12:25.outbreaks. Now the organisation says it's introduced measures to ensure
:12:26. > :12:31.better co-ordination, with improved training so wildfires are tackled
:12:32. > :12:34.more effectively and safely. The Scottish Parliament is to
:12:35. > :12:37.install beehives in its grounds. Honey bees are responsible for the
:12:38. > :12:42.pollination of more than 60% of all of Scotland's crops, fruit and
:12:43. > :12:47.flowers. It's hoped the new additions will highlight the recent
:12:48. > :12:50.decline in the honeybee population. Royal Navy divers have been called
:12:51. > :12:55.to Wick Bay to deal with unexploded ammunition from a World War Two
:12:56. > :13:00.wreck. The Isleford went down in a storm in 1942 with the loss of all
:13:01. > :13:06.hands. The Navy team say there is no danger to the public and no need to
:13:07. > :13:11.explode the shell. Could James Bond be responsible for
:13:12. > :13:13.a surge of visitors to Glencoe? Well, tourism bosses think the
:13:14. > :13:16.latest Bond film Skyfall that featured the Highland landscape and
:13:17. > :13:19.last summer's great weather have boosted numbers at many of the
:13:20. > :13:29.country's most famous tourist attractions. Catriona Renton has
:13:30. > :13:35.more. Taking photographs as the moment of the day. Today, we met
:13:36. > :13:43.visitors from all over the world. we come from Thailand. I have been here
:13:44. > :13:48.four times now. We come from Germany. We like it. We have been
:13:49. > :13:57.hit twice. I am anxious to see the castle. I came from Holland. Last
:13:58. > :14:03.year, Edinburgh Castle had 1.4 million visitors, the most ever in
:14:04. > :14:09.the castle's history, making it the most popular paid for to arrest
:14:10. > :14:19.attraction in the UK outside London. It is like a must see attraction.
:14:20. > :14:26.The Eiffel Tower but, you must come to any burka so if you come to
:14:27. > :14:36.Scotland. -- you must come to Edinburgh Castle.
:14:37. > :14:44.The week winner, Glencoe, up by around 42% on the previous year. But
:14:45. > :14:51.was down to the good weather here was their another effect? It might
:14:52. > :14:57.be down to the fact that it was the location for the last James Bond
:14:58. > :15:02.movie, Skyfall. Movie to reason is quite big business for us. Is
:15:03. > :15:06.equally demonstrated at Glen Fitton as well that the Harry Potter
:15:07. > :15:19.affect. Edinburgh zoo sort drop in its numbers. In doors, overall,
:15:20. > :15:24.fewer of us visited museums and galleries but although the numbers
:15:25. > :15:29.were down, the National Museum for Scotland had over 1,716,000
:15:30. > :15:40.visitors, making it the top free attraction outside of London. That
:15:41. > :15:45.Everex! -- that Iran is Doris Rex. If you don't know which way to vote
:15:46. > :15:49.in September's independence referendum, you can expect a letter
:15:50. > :15:53.over the next few days urging you to vote no. The Better Together
:15:54. > :15:56.campaign says it has software telling them exactly who to target
:15:57. > :15:59.and how. Yesterday, we looked at how the Yes Scotland campaign goes about
:16:00. > :16:01.its business. Tonight, our referendum correspondent Laura
:16:02. > :16:08.Bicker's been meeting the people of Better Together. They know who you
:16:09. > :16:13.are, where you live and you are about to get mail. The Better
:16:14. > :16:16.Together campaign is all about research and thanks to their
:16:17. > :16:21.so-called patriot system, borrowed from President Obama's campaign,
:16:22. > :16:26.they are targeting those who do not know which way to vote. we have
:16:27. > :16:31.dealt into who the voters -- voters are, what type of work they do, we
:16:32. > :16:38.have used that information to put into our photo ID system in order to
:16:39. > :16:44.find exactly where those people are. They are sending out personalised
:16:45. > :16:53.letters, this system knows -- means they know which household to target.
:16:54. > :16:57.How are you likely to vote? I will be voting no to independence. This
:16:58. > :17:04.one is led by a local politician, the differences has been put aside.
:17:05. > :17:17.Which party are you from? Liberal Democrats. Scottish Labour. But
:17:18. > :17:22.tonight you are Better Together. That household was strongly against
:17:23. > :17:28.independence. I congratulated them. More information to track down those
:17:29. > :17:31.who are undecided. Better Together has been criticised by some for
:17:32. > :17:37.being very negative, it has even been dubbed Project fear. We are not
:17:38. > :17:48.negative, I don't know who you are talking to. We need to convince
:17:49. > :17:53.people. The mad Mac can think brisk, businesslike. we want to cause a
:17:54. > :18:04.desert if message about staying in the UK. -- cause a positive message.
:18:05. > :18:09.David's here with tonight's sports news.
:18:10. > :18:14.Scotland's footballers are in Poland hoping to extend their unbeaten run
:18:15. > :18:17.to five matches. The teams will meet again later in the year in the Euro
:18:18. > :18:21.2016 qualifiers but tonight's match is a friendly. Our senior football
:18:22. > :18:23.reporter Alasdair Lamont is in Poland where it seems the pre-match
:18:24. > :18:49.mood is one of quiet contemplation. Warsaw, the home of show pan and for
:18:50. > :18:56.a day to, the Scotland team and its avid followers. These fans have
:18:57. > :19:01.witnessed their improvement in Scotland over the past year so what
:19:02. > :19:07.is the key difference between then and now? Going forward with more
:19:08. > :19:13.freedom to express ourselves, try more forward passes, make the other
:19:14. > :19:20.team defend, basically. A lot of times, we have thought more about
:19:21. > :19:24.defence and stopping the other team whereas now, we are going at teams,
:19:25. > :19:32.we are putting them under pressure. Two nights match took on an even
:19:33. > :19:43.more interesting dynamic. What will we learn from tonight's encounter?
:19:44. > :19:48.It is difficult. We will have no big stars in the first 11 because of
:19:49. > :19:55.injuries. But in my opinion, it is quite good because the other player
:19:56. > :20:02.had an opportunity to give a chance to this player. We will realise how
:20:03. > :20:07.really good the Polish team is. Gordon Strachan has been at pains to
:20:08. > :20:12.express that Matt will have no bearing on future confrontation.
:20:13. > :20:16.That said, a victory here could only be further cause for positivity over
:20:17. > :20:19.the qualifying hopes. And there's live coverage of
:20:20. > :20:22.tonight's match on BBC Radio Scotland 810 medium wave on line and
:20:23. > :20:26.on digital. Our national rugby team's captain
:20:27. > :20:29.has been reflecting on head Coach Scott Johnson's decision to drop him
:20:30. > :20:33.for two Six Nations matches. Kelly Brown is back in the team for the
:20:34. > :20:35.game against France on Saturday but says he was "upset and very
:20:36. > :20:42.disappointed" at missing the previous couple of games. Here's our
:20:43. > :20:47.rugby reporter Phil Goodlad. He is back and sporting a new rugged look
:20:48. > :20:53.but it has been a bruising period for Kelly Brown. I was naturally
:20:54. > :20:57.disappointed but there is no point in the sitting there feeling sorry
:20:58. > :21:00.for myself. I have gone away and worked as hard as I can and I feel
:21:01. > :21:09.that I have improved certain aspects of my game and I can't wait for the
:21:10. > :21:14.weekend. He was dropped by the coach after just a plain 55 minutes of the
:21:15. > :21:21.opening game in Dublin. Were you angry? I was disappointed and upset.
:21:22. > :21:28.But that is the same as any player would be. Scott was very open and
:21:29. > :21:35.honest with me. As a player, that is all that you can ask for. Others
:21:36. > :21:40.aren't so polite about the way Scott and's captain has been treated. I
:21:41. > :21:46.feel sorry for Kelly Brown and sorry for the Scotland fans who can relate
:21:47. > :21:53.to him. He is home, unlike many of the players who come from abroad.
:21:54. > :21:58.The fans like him, she should not be treated like this. After recently
:21:59. > :22:00.watching from a sofa, Captain Kelly Brown leads once again from the
:22:01. > :22:03.front this weekend. Come with me, I'll lead you round
:22:04. > :22:07.what else is happening across Scottish sport.
:22:08. > :22:10.Rangers are considering a ?1 million loan from businessman George Letham.
:22:11. > :22:13.It would allow them to cancel a ?1.5 million loan at a higher interest
:22:14. > :22:16.break from shareholder Laxey partners.
:22:17. > :22:19.Footballers in a betting shop - surely not. Don't worry, these St
:22:20. > :22:23.Johnstone players are promoting the Scottish Cup quarterfinals and
:22:24. > :22:31.they've got the trophy to prove it. Saints play Raith Rovers on
:22:32. > :22:40.Saturday. We have to go there like we did before. We have to give 100%.
:22:41. > :22:44.I am sure that we can get a result. Aberdeen fans keen to see their team
:22:45. > :22:48.do to Inverness in the League cup final what they did to St Johnstone
:22:49. > :22:51.in the semis have snapped up their allocation of 30,000 tickets. No
:22:52. > :22:55.wonder the club wants more. Scotland International centre Matt
:22:56. > :22:57.Scott has signed a new contract with Edinburgh Rugby. The 23-year-old
:22:58. > :23:02.committing himself to the pro-team till 2016.
:23:03. > :23:06.The Commonwealth Games may not be on his to-do list but Mo Farah is
:23:07. > :23:09.coming to Glasgow this summer. He'll take part in the cash-rich Diamond
:23:10. > :23:13.League meeting at Hampden Park in July.
:23:14. > :23:17.And there's more on Scotland captain Kelly Brown and loads more sport 24
:23:18. > :23:23.hours a day on the BBC Sport Scotland website. That if it from
:23:24. > :23:27.me. It's fair to say the world of the
:23:28. > :23:30.financial actuary, with its statistics and spreadsheets, isn't a
:23:31. > :23:34.barrel of laughs. But Donald MacLeod isn't playing to type by mounting a
:23:35. > :23:39.world record attempt this evening at joke telling. He's done the maths -
:23:40. > :23:50.he has to hit more than 550 punch lines in an hour to succeed. Julie
:23:51. > :23:53.Peacock went to meet him. Donald Macleod has to be analytical,
:23:54. > :24:04.dedicated and serious. But no one can be serious all the time. Guys, I
:24:05. > :24:14.bought a new racehorse. What is the best way to break up with a tractor?
:24:15. > :24:18.With the John Deere letter. He is a comedian by night. She hopes to add
:24:19. > :24:25.record-breaker to his list of achievements. 550 jokes in an hour.
:24:26. > :24:30.You are not telling me every single one of them is funny. I don't think
:24:31. > :24:33.any are funny. They are awful jokes but they don't have to be awful,
:24:34. > :24:38.they just have to be -- they don't have to be good, they just have to
:24:39. > :24:44.be quick. His long-suffering colleagues have heard it all before.
:24:45. > :24:50.It is OK, you get used to the jokes after a while. Every dog has his
:24:51. > :24:57.day. The majority of the jokes are not funny. It is all for a good
:24:58. > :25:01.cause so I will tolerate them. If all goes well, Donnie will be able
:25:02. > :25:05.to call himself a record-breaker. Even if he doesn't succeed, he is
:25:06. > :25:15.still hoping to raise thousands for charity as well as a few laughs. Did
:25:16. > :25:22.you hear about the magic tractor? it turned into a field. Did you hear
:25:23. > :25:28.about the scarecrow who won an Oscar? Do you know all of my jokes?
:25:29. > :25:36.Is the weather going to give us anything to smile about, Gillian?
:25:37. > :25:41.Things settling down next week but a fair bit of whether first. Tonight
:25:42. > :25:45.we'll keep heavy rain going across western Scotland, in particular the
:25:46. > :25:48.South West, some pretty poor conditions tonight and towards
:25:49. > :25:53.morning the rain becomes lighter and patchy and across the North, skies
:25:54. > :25:55.will clear and that will allow a few pockets of frost in the central
:25:56. > :26:03.highlands and Inland Aberdeenshire. South of here, cabbages holding up
:26:04. > :26:13.at six Celsius. Across the oils, dash across the aisles, frost free.
:26:14. > :26:16.It with very short lived, the cloud will spelling and so will the rain
:26:17. > :26:22.and it will turn increasingly persistent and heavy. By 4pm
:26:23. > :26:27.tomorrow, it is released just Shetlands in the clear with a couple
:26:28. > :26:33.of showers. Elsewhere, it looks like a wall of water. Heavy, persistent
:26:34. > :26:37.rain. We have yellow warnings from The Met Office. Perthshire,
:26:38. > :26:42.Stirlingshire, West Fife, the Glasgow area, west Lothian, Dumfries
:26:43. > :26:49.and Galloway is and the western borders, dangerous conditions. Some
:26:50. > :26:53.localised flooding. The winds will be fairly light but as we head into
:26:54. > :26:57.tomorrow evening, the winds will strengthen, especially the South
:26:58. > :27:01.West, and we will keep the heavy rain piling in across central and
:27:02. > :27:06.southern Scotland. In the early hours of Friday, the rain pours away
:27:07. > :27:09.into the North Sea. Friday it self, clearer conditions but it will be
:27:10. > :27:14.colder, you can see the weather front that has been bringing all the
:27:15. > :27:17.rain finally pulls away but this next feature pushes into the
:27:18. > :27:24.north-west and that will bring some fairly beefy showers into the
:27:25. > :27:26.north-west on Friday. There will be some sunshine in the mix,
:27:27. > :27:32.temperatures around seven or eight Celsius. And into Saturday, more wet
:27:33. > :27:37.and windy weather. The north-west bearing the brunt of it. Improving
:27:38. > :27:43.through the day, size of high pressure building into next week.
:27:44. > :27:47.That is it from all of us here. Goodbye.