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:00:00. > :00:08.Tonight, on Reporting Scotland: claims that the safety of Scotland's

:00:09. > :00:10.railways could be at risk because new zero hours contracts mean

:00:11. > :00:19.experienced maintenance staff are leaving the industry.

:00:20. > :00:22.Also on the programme: and inexperienced young man coming along

:00:23. > :00:29.does not always look. He does not know how to find fault.

:00:30. > :00:32.It is a very dangerous environment. Gordon Brown proposes that the

:00:33. > :00:36.Scotland is given new tax raising powers to create a "partnership of

:00:37. > :00:39.equals" with the rest of the UK. An inquiry hears how a driver who

:00:40. > :00:45.crashed into two students killing them both told police he had nothing

:00:46. > :00:48.to say, just sorry. We meet the Edinburgh film-maker who's gone back

:00:49. > :00:52.to his roots to encourage teenagers to pick up a camera.

:00:53. > :00:55.And after the disappointment of coming so close to a Cup upset,

:00:56. > :00:56.Albion Rovers say they're looking forward to their money-spinning

:00:57. > :01:19.replay with Rangers. There's a claim this evening that

:01:20. > :01:21.lives are being put at risk on our railways because experienced

:01:22. > :01:24.maintenance staff are leaving the industry following the introduction

:01:25. > :01:29.of controversial zero hours contracts. One rail worker has told

:01:30. > :01:32.BBC Scotland he fears the consequences of the use of

:01:33. > :01:35.inexperienced staff. And tonight, the chairman of a House of Commons

:01:36. > :01:47.committee has said he's investigating. Safety checks are

:01:48. > :01:50.ordered across Britain's rail network after a high-speed train

:01:51. > :01:55.derailed in Cumbria. An express train in 2007 derailed in

:01:56. > :02:02.Cumbria. 28 people were seriously injured. Investigators concluded a

:02:03. > :02:06.track fault was to blame. The testicle, Britain's railways are

:02:07. > :02:12.among the safest in Europe. Could that record be at risk? Maintaining

:02:13. > :02:19.our railways is a vast and complex task requiring a highly skilled

:02:20. > :02:24.workforce. There is a warning today that the introduction of zero hours

:02:25. > :02:29.contracts is forcing more and more skilled workers to turn their backs

:02:30. > :02:33.on the rail industry. It is more intricate than most

:02:34. > :02:38.people understand. This specialist welder on the

:02:39. > :02:41.railways refused to accept a zero hours contract from a previous

:02:42. > :02:45.employer. It would have meant no guarantee of work or play, while

:02:46. > :02:51.preventing him working for anyone else. He took his case all the way

:02:52. > :02:56.to the Court of Session and one. He still has safety concerns.

:02:57. > :03:03.I understand the layout of the track. And inexperienced young man

:03:04. > :03:09.coming along does not know what he is looking at. He doesn't know how

:03:10. > :03:15.to find fault. It is a very dangerous environment. Dangerous for

:03:16. > :03:25.the employees and for the people on the trains. If I do not do my job

:03:26. > :03:31.correctly, that is coming off. Tonight the chairman of the Commons

:03:32. > :03:34.committee says he is investigating. There are issues of safety on the

:03:35. > :03:38.site but also safety in general because they are losing a skilled

:03:39. > :03:42.workforce. This gives us cause for concern.

:03:43. > :03:46.Any statement, Network Rail said that they were aware of the concerns

:03:47. > :03:50.of zero hours contracts by some track maintenance companies. It was

:03:51. > :03:55.conducting a thorough review and it would be implementing a new approach

:03:56. > :04:00.this year. Employers are often seeking

:04:01. > :04:03.flexibility within the workforce. What this judgement says that you

:04:04. > :04:07.cannot achieve that by moving permanent staff onto zero hours

:04:08. > :04:12.contracts, without going through clear consultation.

:04:13. > :04:16.This crash till serves as a stark reminder of what can go from when it

:04:17. > :04:25.is a fault on the track. These are scenes that nobody wants to see

:04:26. > :04:28.repeated. Two major figures in the No campaign

:04:29. > :04:31.have outlined their vision for further powers for Holyrood in the

:04:32. > :04:34.event their side wins the independence referendum. The SNP has

:04:35. > :04:37.been calling for opponents to come forward and say what the alternative

:04:38. > :04:40.to independence would be. Today former Labour Prime Minister Gordon

:04:41. > :04:43.Brown and the Liberal Democrats Ming Campbell both set out their

:04:44. > :04:47.thinking. Our political editor Brian Taylor is here to tell us what they

:04:48. > :04:51.are. It's just one man's views. But then

:04:52. > :04:56.that man is the former Prime Minister. Put it this way, I reckon

:04:57. > :04:59.that today we learned the broad shape of the Labour offer to

:05:00. > :05:02.Scotland. Gordon Brown wants to recalibrate the Union. So that, for

:05:03. > :05:06.example, Holyrood cannot be over-ruled on devolved powers. He

:05:07. > :05:12.also wants a formal UK constitution - covering common defence, security

:05:13. > :05:15.and, importantly, welfare. That means continuing to share money so

:05:16. > :05:18.that pensions and benefits remain the same across the UK. But he wants

:05:19. > :05:27.Holyrood to have more financial clout as well.

:05:28. > :05:31.Were in a new world where it is a partnership of Scotland, England,

:05:32. > :05:37.Wales and Northern Ireland. There is also risk and resource sharing. That

:05:38. > :05:39.is why we must retain power for pensions and social security and

:05:40. > :05:43.security that people want for the future of their lives.

:05:44. > :05:46.So the idea is - make MSPs more responsible for raising money, not

:05:47. > :05:52.just spending it. But how? Transfer control of VAT? European Union rules

:05:53. > :05:58.say No. How about corporation tax? Labour says No, companies would just

:05:59. > :06:01.move around the UK to dodge tax. So income tax it is. The Scottish

:06:02. > :06:05.Parliament already has a very limited power to vary income tax -

:06:06. > :06:08.but hasn't used it. From 2016, Holyrood will control 10p in the

:06:09. > :06:13.pound of your income tax. They can raise that, lower it or leave it

:06:14. > :06:17.alone. Gordon Brown says: make that 15 pence instead. He says that would

:06:18. > :06:22.leave Holyrood raising 40% of its spending. I reckon Labour will go

:06:23. > :06:27.for that - while still pondering what to do with upper rates of

:06:28. > :06:31.income tax. Perhaps a limited power to reverse any Westminster cuts

:06:32. > :06:34.which benefit high earners? How about other parties? A Tory

:06:35. > :06:40.commission on extra powers will report in May. And the Liberal

:06:41. > :06:43.Democrats? Sir Menzies Campbell has been updating their thinking. He

:06:44. > :06:46.wants all supporters of the Union to work together and promise more

:06:47. > :06:49.powers for Holyrood next year - whoever wins the UK election. But

:06:50. > :06:53.he'd go further on tax than Labour - so that Holyrood raise the money for

:06:54. > :07:05.the majority of its spending. He also wants Holyrood entrenched -

:07:06. > :07:10.that means it cannot be abolished. What I am seeking to do is to turn

:07:11. > :07:19.that into commitment. And the supporters of independence?

:07:20. > :07:23.To say the least, they're sceptical. For Nicola Sturgeon this is not

:07:24. > :07:28.child's play. Today she was outlining new plans to tackle child

:07:29. > :07:32.poverty. It is only possible with the full powers of independence. She

:07:33. > :07:35.says Labour initially talked about devolving income tax entirely and

:07:36. > :07:39.cannot be trusted. Gordon Brown was pregnant as a folly

:07:40. > :07:42.number of years and was in Government for more than ten years

:07:43. > :07:47.and did not deliver the powers that he is now saying he thinks Scotland

:07:48. > :07:51.needs. That underlines the point that the only way we can secure new

:07:52. > :07:54.powers and the new powers that Scotland needs to meet the

:07:55. > :07:58.challenges we face, is to vote yes in the referendum and support

:07:59. > :08:02.independence. As new posters appeared in

:08:03. > :08:03.Scotland, National insisted there was no single beer alternative to

:08:04. > :08:09.independence. The ideas for reform of the Union

:08:10. > :08:12.are emerging. And there may well be co-operation. But there's another

:08:13. > :08:15.motivation - which is for the pro-Union parties to compete for

:08:16. > :08:20.voter attention with a UK General Election just over the horizon.

:08:21. > :08:23.The result of the independence referendum will not make a

:08:24. > :08:25.difference to the future of the Grangemouth oil refinery according

:08:26. > :08:29.to its boss. Jim Ratcliffe, whose company Ineos operates the plant,

:08:30. > :08:31.told the BBC: "It will survive in both scenarios." The petrochemical

:08:32. > :08:35.giant employs more than 1300 people at Grangemouth.

:08:36. > :08:41.You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC. Still to come on

:08:42. > :08:45.tonight's programme: Events take place across the world to mark

:08:46. > :08:48.Commonwealth Day - but one charity says it should be used to highlight

:08:49. > :08:52.human rights issues. In sport, Albion Rovers will reap

:08:53. > :08:55.the rewards of their Scottish Cup replay against Rangers.

:08:56. > :08:58.And if you can bear to watch, the interception we'd rather not see

:08:59. > :09:01.again. We talk to former skipper Al Kellock about Scotland's oh so close

:09:02. > :09:11.performance against France in the Six Nations.

:09:12. > :09:15.A driver whose car mounted a pavement and smashed into two

:09:16. > :09:18.students killing them told police he was "just sorry". Fifty-year-old

:09:19. > :09:21.William Payne told police probing the double tragedy in Glasgow on

:09:22. > :09:25.December 17, 2010 he thought he was fit to drive. Mr Payne then went on

:09:26. > :09:28.to tell officers that he had been suffering blackouts since Christmas

:09:29. > :09:31.Day 2007. Mhairi Convy and Laura Stewart both were killed. Criminal

:09:32. > :09:39.proceedings against Mr Payne were dropped. After the fatal crash, this

:09:40. > :09:44.man was interviewed by police. The enquiry had that tape recording

:09:45. > :09:49.today. In it, he admitted he had had seven or eight blackouts since

:09:50. > :09:58.Christmas Day 2007. On the 17th of December 2010, these girls were

:09:59. > :10:05.going Christmas shopping. William Payne was driving down the street in

:10:06. > :10:08.the town centre, when his car mounted the pavement and knocked

:10:09. > :10:13.down the girls. They died later in hospital. He told the police later

:10:14. > :10:17.that he had not informed the DVLA or his insurance company about his

:10:18. > :10:23.blackouts. He said that he had had eight medical. A DVLA form had to be

:10:24. > :10:30.filled out and it asked if he had any history of blackouts in the last

:10:31. > :10:33.five years. The no box was taped. Doctors had told he had a viral

:10:34. > :10:39.infection and he did not think he done anything wrong. He was taken to

:10:40. > :10:43.Glasgow's Western Infirmary where he had two further blackouts. He was

:10:44. > :10:47.fitted with a pacemaker to stop him, soon. At the end of the police

:10:48. > :10:50.interview William Payne was charged with injuries driving and injuring

:10:51. > :10:58.the girls so seriously that they died. Asked if he had anything to

:10:59. > :11:01.say, he replied, just "sorry". Some members of the girls families were

:11:02. > :11:08.in tears at this point. Criminal charges were later dropped. He did

:11:09. > :11:12.not tell police that he had seen doctors prior to the accident. It

:11:13. > :11:17.transpired that he had been tested for blackouts and in 2009 missed an

:11:18. > :11:21.appointment. His doctor asked for him to be excused from jury duty in

:11:22. > :11:25.2009 because he was concerned that the stress could cause him to

:11:26. > :11:30.collapse again. William Payne is due to give evidence at this fatal

:11:31. > :11:34.accident enquiry. His lawyers argue that he should not answer questions

:11:35. > :11:38.that would incriminate him because it is still a possibility that he

:11:39. > :11:41.could be criminally prosecuted. A sixteen-year-old youth has been

:11:42. > :11:44.arrested after another teenager was taken to hospital having taken drugs

:11:45. > :11:48.at party in North Lanarkshire - he was treated in intensive care after

:11:49. > :11:52.falling ill at a house in Coatbridge and remains in hospital. A second

:11:53. > :11:55.youth was also treated and released. The sixteen year old will appear at

:11:56. > :12:00.Airdrie Sheriff Court tomorrow. The A83 at the Rest and Be Thankful

:12:01. > :12:03.is due to re-open around about now - though traffic lights will continue.

:12:04. > :12:06.The road's been closed since the early hours of Thursday morning

:12:07. > :12:09.after it was hit by a landslip. For the first time an emergency

:12:10. > :12:15.diversion route using the old military road was used to spare

:12:16. > :12:20.drivers a 60 mile diversion. A look at other stories from the

:12:21. > :12:23.across the country. Health inspectors have called for a

:12:24. > :12:25.string of improvements after finding poor cleaning practices in the

:12:26. > :12:28.intensive care unit at Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary. The health

:12:29. > :12:31.care Environment Inspectorate found patient equipment was dirty and

:12:32. > :12:41.infection control procedures were not followed.

:12:42. > :12:46.We took immediate steps and the inspectors visited some days after

:12:47. > :12:51.their initial inspection and commended us on our progress. We

:12:52. > :12:53.doing a fundamental refit. Police Scotland have launched a

:12:54. > :12:56.month-long campaign to raise awareness about rape. It's aimed at

:12:57. > :13:00.educating young men about the law, which changed in 2010 - but it's

:13:01. > :13:03.also hoped it will persuade victims that reporting rape early increases

:13:04. > :13:06.the chances of offenders being traced.

:13:07. > :13:10.A solo round-the-world yachtsman from Shetland has been rescued after

:13:11. > :13:13.his boat was damaged in a storm off the tip of South America.

:13:14. > :13:19.54-year-old Andrew Halcrow was west of Cape Horn when the mast of his

:13:20. > :13:22.yacht snapped. The colour of fire engines in

:13:23. > :13:26.Aberdeen and the North east is to change from white to red. It's 15

:13:27. > :13:29.years since the old Grampian Fire and Rescue Service changed the

:13:30. > :13:32.livery of its vehicles, saying white was easier for motorists to see. The

:13:33. > :13:37.new Scottish Fire and Rescue Service says it will gradually standardise

:13:38. > :13:40.its fleet. A BBC investigation has found

:13:41. > :13:43.breaches of procedure, policy and legal requirements at an education

:13:44. > :13:45.project at Western Isles Council. The irregularities, going back to

:13:46. > :13:48.2007, included excessive overtime claims with one employee receiving

:13:49. > :13:57.fourteen thousand pounds. The Council declined to comment on any

:13:58. > :14:01.action taken. A neglected lane in Aberdeen's City

:14:02. > :14:04.Centre has had a make over with the help of local artists. A pair of

:14:05. > :14:08.murals have been painted at the entrance to Adelphi Lane - just off

:14:09. > :14:10.Union Street. The work was commissioned by business group

:14:11. > :14:20.Aberdeen Inspired, which is paying for a clean-up of the city centre.

:14:21. > :14:27.Events have been taking place across the country today to mark

:14:28. > :14:30.Commonwealth Day. The Queen delivered a message at a service at

:14:31. > :14:33.Westminster Abbey and in Glasgow a special clock was unveiled at

:14:34. > :14:36.Central Station. But as the countdown enters its final stage,

:14:37. > :14:39.one charity says the Commonwealth Games should be used to highlight

:14:40. > :14:45.human rights issues in competing countries. Here's our Commonwealth

:14:46. > :14:50.Games reporter, Lisa Summers. In Glasgow the official countdown

:14:51. > :14:55.begins. Time for the athletes to focus on the hard work ahead. It

:14:56. > :15:04.will be the biggest event of my career. I am all guns blazing in

:15:05. > :15:10.training. But for these children, a chance to reflect on what it means

:15:11. > :15:15.to be a young Commonwealth citizen. I come from Uganda. I care about the

:15:16. > :15:23.poverty in my country and hopefully when I am older I can go and help

:15:24. > :15:29.them. I come from Kenya. At primary school we learn about children's

:15:30. > :15:36.rights. I come from Scotland. I enjoy learning about other cultures.

:15:37. > :15:43.65% of the pupils at the school come from other countries, many are

:15:44. > :15:47.refugees are asylum seekers. They enjoy learning about other

:15:48. > :15:54.countries. They understand that not always to children enjoy the rights

:15:55. > :15:57.they are entitled to. In London, the Queen attended a service at

:15:58. > :16:03.Westminster Abbey, talking about working together to achieve the same

:16:04. > :16:08.goals. The Commonwealth may be achieved -- United through sport,

:16:09. > :16:12.but there are flash points. Graham Brady call for action against Uganda

:16:13. > :16:19.because of their treatment of gay people. Sporting events or for an

:16:20. > :16:25.opportunity to shine a light on human rights abuses. Whether they

:16:26. > :16:30.make change is questionable. But they do encourage progress

:16:31. > :16:37.behind-the-scenes. Amnesty does not want a boycott of the games. But it

:16:38. > :16:41.does want a dialogue. It says the games can be a platform to influence

:16:42. > :16:45.political change. The games are still five months away but the heat

:16:46. > :16:52.is being turned up on what they are expected to deliver.

:16:53. > :16:57.Some use just coming in, a mother who was jailed for killing her three

:16:58. > :17:02.children has been found dead. Trees reason Reid was serving a 16 year

:17:03. > :17:10.sentence for killing the children in 2010. -- Theresa. She had recently

:17:11. > :17:16.been moved to a high security psychiatric hospital in England. A

:17:17. > :17:24.desperately sad case. She was convicted in 2011 of the culpable

:17:25. > :17:30.homicide of her three children, twins who were just eight years old,

:17:31. > :17:35.and a younger sister, just five. She stabbed them several times at a flat

:17:36. > :17:41.in Edinburgh. Then tried to set fire to the property. Apparently trying

:17:42. > :17:46.to cause an explosion, before throwing herself from the balcony.

:17:47. > :17:51.She was severely injured. She was serving a sentence of 16 years,

:17:52. > :17:57.convicted of the lesser charge of culpable homicide. The court heard

:17:58. > :18:01.that she had multiple personality disorders. I will never forget the

:18:02. > :18:06.sight of her in the dock in the High Court, sobbing uncontrollably.

:18:07. > :18:11.Unable to comprehend what was happening around her what she had

:18:12. > :18:16.done. She said she had tried, perversely, to protect her children,

:18:17. > :18:21.doing so because she believed she would be with them in heaven. Now we

:18:22. > :18:26.believe that she has died in a secure hospital. She was with the

:18:27. > :18:30.prison service in Scotland, there were alleged attacks on her. She was

:18:31. > :18:41.transferred to England. There will now cost the enquiry into what

:18:42. > :18:45.happened. -- of course the enquiry. -- be an enquiry.

:18:46. > :18:49.His own film about his tough upbringing in the Muirhouse area of

:18:50. > :18:51.Edinburgh won him a Bafta award. Now film-maker Garry Fraser wants to

:18:52. > :18:55.encourage young people from other schemes to make their own films.

:18:56. > :18:58.Last summer he set up a course for teenagers at Edinburgh College.

:18:59. > :19:01.They've now made their own film as our arts correspondent Pauline

:19:02. > :19:08.McLean reports. This was the film which one Gary

:19:09. > :19:15.Fraser a Scottish BAFTA. Abused as a child he ended up in prison. But

:19:16. > :19:19.film-making offered an opportunity. For the first ever time in my life I

:19:20. > :19:26.had a sense of identity that wasn't, chunky, drug dealer. I felt amazing.

:19:27. > :19:31.The film has since been seen at festivals around the world and of

:19:32. > :19:35.the doors for him. He is keen to do the same for other communities, like

:19:36. > :19:38.the one where he grew up will stop it has been working with young

:19:39. > :19:45.people from similar backgrounds at Edinburgh College. It is always fun

:19:46. > :19:52.with Gary. He is in the same boat as you. Does not take you out of your

:19:53. > :19:55.comfort zone if you don't want to. Instead of going to some posh school

:19:56. > :20:02.and doing it with people who are looking down on you, he is at the

:20:03. > :20:07.same point as you. Not enough stories from the streets get told on

:20:08. > :20:13.film. There are lots of films that are maybe in a different market to

:20:14. > :20:20.people from schemes. They cannot knock the same ideas, really. Most

:20:21. > :20:25.of the young film-makers have signed up for college courses and Gary has

:20:26. > :20:29.plans to expand his own film-making across the country, encouraging

:20:30. > :20:44.others to tell their own story. This is not the scheme. It is not in a

:20:45. > :20:50.fit Street. -- in benefit Street. We wanted to stand up as a good short

:20:51. > :20:54.film at film festivals. Sport now and it's over to Rhona. Albion

:20:55. > :21:00.Rovers will use the fruits of their Scottish Cup run to improve their

:21:01. > :21:03.squad - and their stadium. The League Two club has already earned

:21:04. > :21:07.as much as they usually would in a year - and a replay against Rangers

:21:08. > :21:10.will bring another six figure windfall. And as our senior football

:21:11. > :21:19.reporter Alasdair Lamont reports, they're not ruling out even more cup

:21:20. > :21:24.success. The emotions at full time of the jubilant Albion Rovers

:21:25. > :21:28.supporters. It could scarcely have contrasted more with those of the

:21:29. > :21:35.goalkeeper. Reflecting at home on what might have been had this

:21:36. > :21:42.equaliser been disallowed. I am disappointed with the decision. But

:21:43. > :21:48.it does not take away from a tremendous performance from the

:21:49. > :21:57.team. We were excellent. Well worth a draw in the end. Controversy aside

:21:58. > :22:03.the team wanted to be happy about. This Scottish cup run has earned

:22:04. > :22:11.them ?250,000. The equivalent of the normal income for a year. They stand

:22:12. > :22:19.two ?100,000 from the replay. This man must decide how to spend the

:22:20. > :22:25.windfall. We have an old stadium, not a lot has changed. We already

:22:26. > :22:35.had plans laid out to redevelop it and increase the capacity. This may

:22:36. > :22:41.accelerate some of those plans. As well as sitting down with the

:22:42. > :22:46.manager. The money spinning replay will take place at Douglas Park were

:22:47. > :22:51.Albion disposed of Motherwell earlier in the competition. Who's to

:22:52. > :23:04.say they will not be celebrating again? The former Scotland captain

:23:05. > :23:06.Al Kellock admits the effect of one misplaced Scotland pass was

:23:07. > :23:10."massive" - It gifted France the momentum in what HAD looked like an

:23:11. > :23:13.unlikely Scotland win. That leaves Ireland, England and France battling

:23:14. > :23:18.it out to win the Six Nations, and the Scots second bottom of the

:23:19. > :23:23.table. Kenny Crawford reports. Dejection at the final whistle.

:23:24. > :23:42.Stark contrast to the 70 previous minutes. Scott Johnson relaxed until

:23:43. > :23:53.this. Interception! And it may be a try! He goes the length of the park

:23:54. > :24:00.to score. Nine times out of ten that ball close to hand and we score

:24:01. > :24:03.under the posts. But taking that out of the equation we still had

:24:04. > :24:08.opportunities to win the game. That one moment was crucial. It gave them

:24:09. > :24:18.a lot of momentum going into the final stages. Scotland were kicked

:24:19. > :24:26.back in front. But France replied with a penalty of their own.

:24:27. > :24:28.Injuries to Johnnie Beattie and Sean Lamont mean they will not face

:24:29. > :24:42.Wales. Now, a look at what else is

:24:43. > :24:46.happening across Scottish sport. Jamie Bouley from Inverness helped

:24:47. > :24:56.Britain to a silver medal in the four X 400 metres. The winners were

:24:57. > :25:03.USA, Great Britain were second. There was a bronze medal for the

:25:04. > :25:06.women's quartet. But they were unable to defend their world indoor

:25:07. > :25:14.title, beaten by the USA and Jamaica. Aileen Neilson led her team

:25:15. > :25:21.to a valuable victory at the Winter Paralympics. It ended the unbeaten

:25:22. > :25:26.run of Slovakia. Great Britain are now joint second in the standings.

:25:27. > :25:35.The West Lothian golfer, Stephen Gallacher, has secured a place at

:25:36. > :25:38.the Masters. The 39-year-old is closer to securing automatic

:25:39. > :25:44.selection for this year's Ryder Cup at Gleneagles. For full details of

:25:45. > :25:52.all these stories and more, check out our website.

:25:53. > :26:06.It has been beautiful across much of the country today. Fine conditions

:26:07. > :26:11.are set to stay with us this week. This high pressure will become

:26:12. > :26:17.firmly established. This evening and overnight, staying dry, long and

:26:18. > :26:25.clear spells. One or two mist and fog patches around. With a fresh to

:26:26. > :26:34.strong south-westerly wind, it will help keep temperatures up. Towns and

:26:35. > :26:40.cities, fairly close to freezing. Perhaps even a couple of degrees

:26:41. > :26:47.below. Tomorrow morning, starting on a dry note. Frost around for a time.

:26:48. > :26:53.But it will quickly burned that with the arrival of some sunshine. Taking

:26:54. > :26:58.a closer look and tomorrow afternoon, across the Northern and

:26:59. > :27:07.Western Isles, sunshine, somewhat hazy. Elsewhere, a fine afternoon in

:27:08. > :27:13.store. Highs of ten, 11, perhaps even 12 Celsius. It will feel quite

:27:14. > :27:22.resident of the time of year. -- pleasant. The evening, staying dry

:27:23. > :27:29.across the country. Under clear skies a widespread frost. Looking

:27:30. > :27:36.ahead to Wednesday, the high-pressure really staying with

:27:37. > :27:42.us. It remains the dominant feature. Looking dry, find spells of

:27:43. > :27:49.sunshine. In the north-east, highs around 14 Celsius. Perhaps cloudier

:27:50. > :28:05.skies across Western and Northern Isles once again. Thursday, looking

:28:06. > :28:09.at the highest staying with us. It is claimed the lives of input at

:28:10. > :28:12.risk and railways because experienced maintenance staff are

:28:13. > :28:14.leaving the industry following the introduction of zero hours

:28:15. > :28:17.contracts. Three days after a Malaysian airlines plane bound for

:28:18. > :28:20.Beijing disappeared from the radar a massive search operation has failed

:28:21. > :28:23.to find any evidence at all of the plane. And a woman jailed for

:28:24. > :28:29.killing her three children in 2010 has been found dead. She was serving

:28:30. > :28:32.a 16 year sentence and had been recently moved to a high security

:28:33. > :28:34.psychiatric hospital in England. Good night.