:00:00. > :00:08.Tonight on Reporting Scotland. Falkirk's MP hurled insults at
:00:09. > :00:13.airport workers and racist abuse at police
:00:14. > :00:18.after drinking on a plane. Eric Joyce says he's now considering his
:00:19. > :00:25.position as a politician after being convicted for his behaviour. My
:00:26. > :00:29.instinct is to stay, but I don't know how I will feel in a few days.
:00:30. > :00:31.The best thing is to wait and see how I feel.
:00:32. > :00:34.Also on the programme: Scottish Labour unanimously backs plans for
:00:35. > :00:38.further devolution as Ed Miliband tells his party he'll keep the UK
:00:39. > :00:41.together. One year on from the extreme snow
:00:42. > :00:45.and ice-storms, we're back with the islanders on Arran.
:00:46. > :00:47.Andy Murray says he's "gutted" at losing his coach Ivan Lendal, and is
:00:48. > :01:02.hunting for a replacement. And they lifted the League Cup, now
:01:03. > :01:04.the power of The Dons is set to lift an 80s classic to the top of the
:01:05. > :01:22.music charts. The Falkirk MP Eric Joyce is
:01:23. > :01:26.considering his position as a politician after he was convicted of
:01:27. > :01:29.abusive behaviour. He repeatedly hurled insults at baggage handlers
:01:30. > :01:32.at Edinburgh Airport and also admitted racially abusing a police
:01:33. > :01:36.officer after drinking on a flight last year. Today he was fined ?1,500
:01:37. > :01:46.at the city's sheriff court and apologised for his behaviour. Steven
:01:47. > :01:51.Godden reports. It is a journey he has made before,
:01:52. > :01:56.Eric Joyce enters a court building to admit his guilt and emerges
:01:57. > :02:00.afterwards to say sorry. The MP accepts a breach of the peace charge
:02:01. > :02:07.for what the sheriff described as a prolonged, threatening, a and
:02:08. > :02:16.fuelled rant. -- drink. I should apologise. To everyone affected. I'm
:02:17. > :02:21.very embarrassed, I am very sorry it happened and I have been fined and
:02:22. > :02:22.will pay compensation accordingly. I track the abuse began at Edinburgh
:02:23. > :02:31.airport. He had been drinking and had left
:02:32. > :02:36.his phone on the plane. In the baggage terminal, he began shouting
:02:37. > :02:41.and swearing at members of staff who were visibly shaken when police
:02:42. > :02:46.arrived. His behaviour continued after his arrest. En route to the
:02:47. > :02:51.station, the former harm a major called one of the officers fat and
:02:52. > :02:55.black. On top of a ?1500 fine, he was ordered to pay the office of ?50
:02:56. > :03:01.and the baggage handler ?100 in compensation. His predecessor in the
:03:02. > :03:12.constituency said that it should be the final straw. The people of
:03:13. > :03:17.Falkirk must be fed up. He is really an unfit person to be a
:03:18. > :03:21.parliamentary representative. I think the sooner he goes, the
:03:22. > :03:28.better. In 2012, following an assault conviction, Eric Joyce said
:03:29. > :03:33.he would remain independent MP for Falkirk until the next election. A
:03:34. > :03:39.position he is now reconsidering. My instinct is to stay. The best thing
:03:40. > :03:50.is to wait and see how I feel in a few days. The decision is in his own
:03:51. > :03:53.hands. The Labour leader, Ed Miliband, has
:03:54. > :03:57.told the BBC that giving Holyood more power is "the right thing to
:03:58. > :04:00.do". He's promised to deliver further devolution if his party wins
:04:01. > :04:03.the next UK general election. Mr Miliband was speaking at Labour's
:04:04. > :04:06.Scottish Conference in Perth which has backed plans for additional tax
:04:07. > :04:09.and welfare powers to be transferred to the Scottish Parliament. From
:04:10. > :04:19.Perth, here's our political correspondent Glenn Campbell.
:04:20. > :04:26.No one spoke against more power for Holyrood, even this one-time critic
:04:27. > :04:30.was onside. I believe that we have a set of proposals which will not only
:04:31. > :04:35.enhance the settlement, it will improve people's lives. Only one
:04:36. > :04:40.speaker argued that the devolution commission was not old enough. We
:04:41. > :04:49.deny ourselves to shape a tax system in our own image. All those in
:04:50. > :04:53.favour question mark The vote was unanimous. The conference endorsed
:04:54. > :04:59.giving control of the first 15p of income tax. It was a package that
:05:00. > :05:09.the leader said Labour was committed to delivering. I believe this is an
:05:10. > :05:13.act of good faith. Of course, it would not be free Johann Lamont or
:05:14. > :05:19.for the next UK governments to revisit the powers if there is a no
:05:20. > :05:23.vote in the independence referendum. The man who hopes to lead the
:05:24. > :05:29.Government came to conference to argue that the UK allows Scotland to
:05:30. > :05:32.share risk and resources. He criticised the First Minister for
:05:33. > :05:38.promising corporation tax cut in the event of independence. Alex Salmond
:05:39. > :05:43.used to claim he was a great social democrat. He cannot any more. When
:05:44. > :05:47.he is advocating the race to the bottom that he used to condemn when
:05:48. > :05:56.it came for a Tory Government. He has been exposed. Afterwards, he was
:05:57. > :06:00.asked if you implement Labour's devolution commission plan. Yes, it
:06:01. > :06:04.is the right thing to do and it is the right way to combine fairness
:06:05. > :06:10.and redistribution across the United Kingdom with bringing power closer
:06:11. > :06:16.to people in Scotland. This is the conference where Labour committed to
:06:17. > :06:19.further devolution. In response to the Labour leader's
:06:20. > :06:22.speech, the head of the Yes Campaign, Blair Jenkins, said the UK
:06:23. > :06:25.was incapable of delivering social justice. Describing Mr Miliband's
:06:26. > :06:32.speech as "brief", Mr Jenkins said it would be a disappointment to many
:06:33. > :06:36.Labour members. He is talking about the need for greater social justice,
:06:37. > :06:40.greater quality and fairness. That is something that we have seen that
:06:41. > :06:44.the UK is incapable of delivering. We have had decades, Labour and
:06:45. > :06:48.Conservative governments, and at the same time the UK has become one of
:06:49. > :06:52.the most unfair societies in the developed world. There is nothing
:06:53. > :06:59.that was said today that would suggest there was any means to
:07:00. > :07:02.correct at huge imbalance. Let's go to our political editor
:07:03. > :07:06.Brian Taylor, who's at the Labour conference in Perth. That was the
:07:07. > :07:09.Yes campaign's response there to Ed Miliband, but how did the speech go
:07:10. > :07:14.down with his own side? It's gone down well, Sally. Labour are
:07:15. > :07:17.contented with the outcome. If you recall, one year ago they were in
:07:18. > :07:22.turmoil about more tax powers for the Scottish parliament. Now by a
:07:23. > :07:28.combination of lessening the powers and giving concessions, if you're
:07:29. > :07:33.like, to those who advocate, they have arrived at a situation where
:07:34. > :07:37.they were able to vote unanimously for the outcome. That is the
:07:38. > :07:41.internal. The external verdict, Labour argue strongly that this is a
:07:42. > :07:45.balance of more powers for the Scottish parliament with the clout
:07:46. > :07:49.of the UK, the clout of the UK's wider tax base to enable social
:07:50. > :07:53.justice to be facilitated for the people of Scotland and the remainder
:07:54. > :08:02.of the islands. We heard it from Ed Miliband, we heard it from Anas
:08:03. > :08:06.Sarwar. The record indicates that UK governance has not produced social
:08:07. > :08:13.cohesion, quite the opposite. Also, some remarks made at a Fringe
:08:14. > :08:18.meeting causing a few ripples. Yes, comments by
:08:19. > :08:25.MSP, she was talking about the business of the Armed Forces and
:08:26. > :08:32.offered the view that perhaps the military provision may be better
:08:33. > :08:36.done on a Europe-wide basis. I think the European Union looking towards
:08:37. > :08:41.the future and perhaps a single defence Force is certainly an idea
:08:42. > :08:44.that appeals to me, having been a Labour Party member who marched
:08:45. > :08:51.outside my own party's conference back in 2003 in Glasgow against the
:08:52. > :08:55.invasion of Iraq. It is certainly an idea that appeals to me to take
:08:56. > :08:58.defence out of the hands of nation-states and I know that that
:08:59. > :09:07.is not a view that is commonly shared. Tomorrow, we will hear from
:09:08. > :09:15.Johann Lamont with her keynote speech, more about social justice
:09:16. > :09:18.offer. You're watching Reporting Scotland
:09:19. > :09:22.from the BBC. Still to come on tonight's programme: # Don't you
:09:23. > :09:26.want me, baby... Why Aberdeen fans are reviving the
:09:27. > :09:30.80s to celebrate their recent cup success.
:09:31. > :09:34.Andy Murray opens his heart on the split with his coach and we hear
:09:35. > :09:43.from the coach who says that Scotland players could be stronger
:09:44. > :09:46.after a poor Six Nations. Police investigating the
:09:47. > :09:49.disappearance of a young woman from Dunfermline have been searching a
:09:50. > :09:52.house in Kilmarnock. Hazel North was reported missing more than two weeks
:09:53. > :09:59.ago by her sister. From Kilmarnock, Catriona Renton reports.
:10:00. > :10:04.I am in the long Park area of Kilmarnock. You will see a police
:10:05. > :10:07.presence outside the flat. I understand that the flat and the
:10:08. > :10:14.garden have been searched in connection with a missing teenager.
:10:15. > :10:18.She is called Hazel North, she is 19 years old and I understand she was
:10:19. > :10:21.last seen by her sister on the 4th of March when she said she was
:10:22. > :10:28.coming to kill my neck to see a friend. Hazel is five tall, she has
:10:29. > :10:31.a pale complexion and she is slim. You can see behind me police
:10:32. > :10:37.activity. I understand there has been a heavy police presence here
:10:38. > :10:40.since early morning. I have seen friends at officers coming in and
:10:41. > :10:46.out of the flat and police enquiries are ongoing. Police would like to
:10:47. > :10:54.hear from anyone who has seen Hazel since the 4th of March or knows
:10:55. > :10:57.anything about her whereabouts. The former Dunfermline MSP Bill
:10:58. > :11:03.Walker has been freed from jail after serving half of his term. The
:11:04. > :11:09.offences were against his three former wives and his stepdaughter.
:11:10. > :11:14.He left prison this morning. Mr Walker, who denies the charges,
:11:15. > :11:19.plans to appeal against his conviction. He has a court hearing
:11:20. > :11:24.for next month. Remember these scenes? A year ago
:11:25. > :11:27.today, the lights went out on Arran and the Kintyre peninsula. It was
:11:28. > :11:29.the start of a very cold week for many householders, as engineers
:11:30. > :11:33.battled through extreme conditions to restore power. Aileen Clarke has
:11:34. > :11:38.been looking back on a remarkable week of weather and community
:11:39. > :11:48.spirit. Pylons mangled, poles snapped, power
:11:49. > :11:52.cut to 15,000 homes on Kintyre and Arran, many of the homes in the
:11:53. > :11:58.first days after the storm also cut off from roads and even neighbours.
:11:59. > :12:05.Livestock not the only ones huddling together for warmth. This area was
:12:06. > :12:09.without power for the whole week, locals using the hotel which had a
:12:10. > :12:15.generator to escape their freezing homes. Among them, this new dad and
:12:16. > :12:18.his six-week-old baby. Everyone has been great, especially with the
:12:19. > :12:27.baby. Everyone has been checking if we need anything. Riley is a toddler
:12:28. > :12:33.now. His parents are very helpful for the -- grateful for the help
:12:34. > :12:35.they got. Mountain rescue came with mountains of formula and everything
:12:36. > :12:42.we could ever need, nappies and everything. It helped out so much.
:12:43. > :12:47.Just tried to keep him warm. Bottles and things needed to be sterilised,
:12:48. > :12:53.having no electricity made that difficult. We had a lot of things on
:12:54. > :12:57.the open fire. Yet we only moved in about a week before, so we did not
:12:58. > :13:02.know anyone. To be honest, it's kind of worked out well as we got to know
:13:03. > :13:07.everyone in the village. Further down the coast, there had been so
:13:08. > :13:12.much snow that the Coastguard were doing supply trips. We have a
:13:13. > :13:19.95-year-old woman at the track that is needing hot water bottles. Back
:13:20. > :13:23.to more familiar duties, but the efforts of the Coastguard and the
:13:24. > :13:26.other emergency services on the island were recognised by winning
:13:27. > :13:34.the UK resilience team of the year. A feather in a cap meaning that we
:13:35. > :13:44.beat the Metropolitan Police. Day after day, polled by poll, hundreds
:13:45. > :13:50.of electricity engineers rebuilt. Never had they seen such destruction
:13:51. > :13:53.by snow and ice. When the lights went out here, nobody predicted that
:13:54. > :13:58.it would be a week before some of the people on this island would have
:13:59. > :14:02.their power back. What was demonstrated on that long and very
:14:03. > :14:06.cold week was how a small island community could come together to
:14:07. > :14:14.cope with the largest and most severe storms.
:14:15. > :14:20.Now for a look at other stories from around the country: Drugs with an
:14:21. > :14:22.estimated street value of more than ?1.5 million have been seized by
:14:23. > :14:25.police in two unconnected operations.
:14:26. > :14:28.The drug commonly known as speed was recovered from a car on the M74 near
:14:29. > :14:30.Larkhall, while 1100 cannabis plants were seized at this industrial unit
:14:31. > :14:34.in Glasgow. A man has appeared in court, charged
:14:35. > :14:38.with murdering a fellow prisoner at Glasgow's Barlinnie jail. John Clark
:14:39. > :14:43.is alleged to have killed a 22-year-old sex offender in his
:14:44. > :14:46.cell. The prisoner's body was found in his cell early on Thursday
:14:47. > :14:50.morning. Two major oil and gas companies say
:14:51. > :14:54.tax changes made in the budget could lead to billions of pounds of new
:14:55. > :14:59.investment in the North Sea, and the creation of more than 700 jobs.
:15:00. > :15:03.Maersk Oil says it will help its Culzean gas project. And BG Group
:15:04. > :15:08.says it will improve the prospects of its Jackdaw gas field discovery.
:15:09. > :15:13.Aberdeen's involvement in The Great War is being explored in a major new
:15:14. > :15:16.exhibition in the city. The Art Gallery has drawn on some of its own
:15:17. > :15:18.collections, with sketches and photographs from internationally
:15:19. > :15:31.renowned war artist James McBey, who grew up in Aberdeenshire. He
:15:32. > :15:37.produced so many iconic pieces, both of destruction in France, entire
:15:38. > :15:43.forests reduced to splinters, as well as some very unusual pieces.
:15:44. > :15:46.Del Amitri have joined the line up for this year's Wickerman Festival.
:15:47. > :15:50.Organisers say it's the group's first festival appearance in over a
:15:51. > :15:53.decade. The band, whose best known songs include Nothing Ever Happens
:15:54. > :16:06.and Kiss This Thing Goodbye, will headline on the Saturday night.
:16:07. > :16:09.Good evening. Andy Murray says he's "gutted" to
:16:10. > :16:13.have parted company with coach Ivan Lendl and hopes to have a new man in
:16:14. > :16:16.place before May's French Open. The Wimbledon champion has revealed the
:16:17. > :16:20.split came over dinner on Saturday night in Miami. Murray's there to
:16:21. > :16:23.defend his Sony Ericsson title and plays his first match in the small
:16:24. > :16:31.hours of tomorrow morning against Australia's Matthew Ebden. Kheredine
:16:32. > :16:34.Idessane reports. For his mum Judy, a trip to BBC
:16:35. > :16:40.Scotland where she met Olympic hurdler Amy Child and kept a close
:16:41. > :16:44.eye on the Sport Relief treadmill. Much of the talk of course was about
:16:45. > :16:51.her younger son's surprise split from his coach of two years, Ivan
:16:52. > :16:59.Lendl. He wanted to do other things. The time required to make a
:17:00. > :17:08.difference, you know, is more than what he could offer. Right now. Yes,
:17:09. > :17:14.it is a shame. It seems the end of the affair was tough for his mother
:17:15. > :17:21.as well. It is very sad. I am still in mourning. I think we will miss
:17:22. > :17:27.Ivan Lendl. We used to call him Mr Lendl. He is great fun to have
:17:28. > :17:35.around. And they learned a lot from him. Lots and lots. So, who will be
:17:36. > :17:39.the next Andy Murray meant for? His hero growing up, Andre Agassi, and
:17:40. > :17:46.three-time Wimbledon champion John McEnroe could be considered. Mats
:17:47. > :17:51.Wilander is another contender. Murray is also a fan of veteran
:17:52. > :17:56.coach Bob Brett. Often with ex-players, the relationships don't
:17:57. > :18:02.tend to last for a long period. More than three or four years. So I need
:18:03. > :18:07.to decide exactly what I want now, if I want to go down that route
:18:08. > :18:10.again or do something different. Andy Murray has not won a tournament
:18:11. > :18:18.since Wimbledon. He has yet to beat a top 20 player this year. His best
:18:19. > :18:21.win of 2014 game against the world number 123 in Acapulco. He will hope
:18:22. > :18:27.to turn things around a next week in Miami, his home from home where he
:18:28. > :18:29.is defending champion. The Glasgow Warriors head-coach
:18:30. > :18:32.Gregor Townsend says his returning Scotland players will be
:18:33. > :18:34.strengthened rather than damaged by the recent Six Nations campaign.
:18:35. > :18:37.Scotland had several heavy defeats and only one win in the tournament.
:18:38. > :18:40.Internationals like Duncan Weir, Chris Cusiter and Alex Dunbar are
:18:41. > :18:44.back for the Warriors, who Townsend believes are still good enough to
:18:45. > :18:48.make the end of season PRO12 play offs.
:18:49. > :18:53.Eight games back-to-back, most games have sex with rakes. Six of those
:18:54. > :19:05.eight games are at home so we know it is going to be an exciting run.
:19:06. > :19:12.Some big aims home and away. -- most games have six or eight.
:19:13. > :19:14.Now, a look at what else is happening across Scottish sport.
:19:15. > :19:18.The Celtic manager Neil Lennon says he expects to lose a few players
:19:19. > :19:22.from his squad this summer. But he's hoping to bring in plenty of new
:19:23. > :19:24.faces too. We have an extensive list of players we are looking to bring
:19:25. > :19:27.in this summer. After their stoppage time win
:19:28. > :19:30.against St Mirren last week, Dundee United are away to the Premiership's
:19:31. > :19:32.bottom club Hearts tonight. If Hearts lose, they'll be one defeat
:19:33. > :19:36.away from relegation. This is the last time you'll see
:19:37. > :19:39.Aberdeen lifting the League Cup this week on Reporting Scotland. We're
:19:40. > :19:41.showing it again because they'll be given a guard of honour by
:19:42. > :19:45.Kilmarnock before their Premiership match at Pittodrie tomorrow. I think
:19:46. > :19:50.they deserve that. It is a fantastic result for them. They have had a
:19:51. > :19:52.really good season. We must go and make sure we frustrate them.
:19:53. > :19:56.St Johnstone manger Tommy Wright won't be in the technical area
:19:57. > :19:58.tomorrow when his team play Hibs. He's recovering from gall bladder
:19:59. > :20:01.surgery. He'll still pick the team, though.
:20:02. > :20:04.Fancy a chunk of Murrayfield turf before it's ripped up? Think again.
:20:05. > :20:07.Edinburgh rugby are inviting fans on to the pitch after tonight's match
:20:08. > :20:14.against Ulster, but are warning them not to take bits home. It's hoaching
:20:15. > :20:16.with microscopic worms! There's commentary of Edinburgh v
:20:17. > :20:22.Ulster and tonight's football in Sportsound on air now. BBC Radio
:20:23. > :20:29.Scotland 810 medium wave. And for all the breaking sports stories, go
:20:30. > :20:36.to our BBC Sports Scotland website. Where else? Always nice to see
:20:37. > :20:44.Aberdeen with that League Cup. You are going to see it again. It
:20:45. > :20:47.may have been the mid '90s when Aberdeen last won the Scottish
:20:48. > :20:50.League Cup but their victory last weekend is actually reviving part of
:20:51. > :20:54.the 1980s. Fans have adopted the Human League's hit "Don't You Want
:20:55. > :20:57.Me Baby" by changing the words to "Peter Pawlett Baby" after one of
:20:58. > :21:01.their star players. And the man who co-wrote the song says Dons' fans
:21:02. > :21:07.have made one of his dreams come true. Kevin Keane reports. FANS
:21:08. > :21:13.SING. It was a celebratory atmosphere and
:21:14. > :21:17.that the Scottish League Cup final, 40,000 Aberdeen fans helped revive
:21:18. > :21:23.this 1980s classic. Peter Pawlett Baby. For the
:21:24. > :21:28.Edinburgh-based former human league band hook or all the original, a
:21:29. > :21:31.particularly proud moment as thousands of people download the
:21:32. > :21:39.song. It is quite a surprise. Fantastic. Unbelievable. It has been
:21:40. > :21:43.a minor ambition for me to have a song that someone takes and uses as
:21:44. > :21:50.a football chant. A little bit of a dream come true. It was 1995 when
:21:51. > :21:54.Aberdeen fans last had something to sing about. A proud city turned out
:21:55. > :22:00.in force then to welcome the winning team. On Sunday, those scenes will
:22:01. > :22:04.be repeated as the Scottish League Cup is again paraded through the
:22:05. > :22:08.city centre. It is heading to a civic reception for the players and
:22:09. > :22:18.no doubt had it makes its way along Union Street, Aberdeen fans will be
:22:19. > :22:24.in full voice with that song. # Don't. Don't you want me? # You
:22:25. > :22:30.know I can't believe it when I hear that you won't see me.
:22:31. > :22:34.Back then, artist had to sell many singles to make it to the top ten
:22:35. > :22:38.but the power of the fans is impressive. It is something we
:22:39. > :22:43.should be pleased about. It brings a smile to people's faces. Only one
:22:44. > :22:47.person in the dressing room knew who the Human League where, which is a
:22:48. > :22:52.bit worrying. The whole team has got behind the song to reach the top
:22:53. > :22:57.ten. But the whole city needs to get behind it as well.
:22:58. > :22:59.Let's go to Christopher to find out what we can expect from the weekend
:23:00. > :23:03.weather. what we can expect from the weekend
:23:04. > :23:07.We have got the wet globe up tonight. It is wet and miserable
:23:08. > :23:12.outside at the moment but hopefully the weekend, it is not too bad,
:23:13. > :23:15.pretty chilly. Good evening. We are watching a band of rain across the
:23:16. > :23:18.country at the moment, it is persistent, once a clear is behind
:23:19. > :23:28.it we will continue to see a number of wintry showers and rice of ice as
:23:29. > :23:31.well. -- a risk of ice as well. It is cold and icy and further wintry
:23:32. > :23:35.showers across the Northwest again, further snowfall across the hills
:23:36. > :23:39.and the mountains. A cold night to come, temperatures down close to
:23:40. > :23:44.freezing in the countryside. To start the day tomorrow, it is a
:23:45. > :23:47.cold, icy start in places, still those showers in the Northwest being
:23:48. > :23:50.brought in on that fresh, south-westerly breeze but through
:23:51. > :23:54.the central belt, the south and east, it is largely dry and bright
:23:55. > :23:57.to start the weekend but the winds move more westerly and we will see
:23:58. > :24:03.showers come further south and east. By mid-afternoon tomorrow, expect
:24:04. > :24:06.some showers, in parts of Lanarkshire by mid-afternoon over
:24:07. > :24:09.towards the capital, through Fife and Angus as well. Further west, the
:24:10. > :24:14.showers are frequent through the day and I think nothing too heavy, some
:24:15. > :24:17.hail and under mixed in, across the hills and high ground we will see
:24:18. > :24:24.wintry showers at times as well. -- hail and thunder. Showers freak and
:24:25. > :24:28.for the Northern Isles. If you are hill walking are climbing, across
:24:29. > :24:32.the western ranges the showers will be of a wintry nature, the winds are
:24:33. > :24:37.strong enough for a chill and the temperatures are not good. Fantastic
:24:38. > :24:41.visibility. Across the eastern ranges, it stars of dry, bright and
:24:42. > :24:46.cold but later on we see that shower risk increase. If you are thinking
:24:47. > :24:51.about heading off skiing, it will be windy, but plenty of fantastic
:24:52. > :24:56.visibility around. Later on, we see wintry showers making their way
:24:57. > :24:58.further eastward. The rest of the afternoon, into the evening and
:24:59. > :25:02.overnight, we hold onto that Northwest wind and those showers are
:25:03. > :25:06.fairly frequent and widespread across the country. Looking ahead to
:25:07. > :25:11.want the second half of the weekend on Sunday, we have got this ridge of
:25:12. > :25:14.high pressure pushing its way in and that will settle things down,
:25:15. > :25:17.certainly across western and southwestern parts of the country.
:25:18. > :25:21.However, during the morning on Sunday some fairly heavy showers in
:25:22. > :25:25.the North around Inverness area, we could see snow briefly in lower
:25:26. > :25:26.levels and improving by the afternoon in the west and
:25:27. > :25:31.south-west, still quite chilly although winds will be lighter. A
:25:32. > :25:35.cold night as we head through towards Monday, but to start the new
:25:36. > :25:38.week plenty of sunshine around. It will be crisp, cold and clouding
:25:39. > :25:40.over with rain in the west by mid-afternoon and that worked its
:25:41. > :25:48.way in across all parts by Tuesday. Thank you. Now a reminder of
:25:49. > :25:50.tonight's main news. On the day President Putin signed a declaration
:25:51. > :25:53.formally absorbing Crimea into Russia, Europe has agreed closer
:25:54. > :25:56.relations with Ukraine. In a show of support for the country, the EU also
:25:57. > :26:03.issued more sanctions against individuals in Russia, aimed at
:26:04. > :26:06.President Putin's inner circle. Eric Joyce, the Falkirk MP, is
:26:07. > :26:08.considering his position as a politician, after being convicted of
:26:09. > :26:11.abusive behaviour. He repeatedly hurled insults at baggage handlers
:26:12. > :26:21.and racially abused a police officer at Edinburgh Airport last year.
:26:22. > :26:23.Today he was fined ?1,500. Police investigating the disappearance of
:26:24. > :26:28.young women have been searching a property in Kilmarnock in Ayrshire.
:26:29. > :26:32.The 19-year-old Hazel North has been missing for more than two weeks. She
:26:33. > :26:37.is described as five foot eight tall, slim and with blonde hair.
:26:38. > :26:41.Police are appealing for anyone who has seen her to get in touch. I will
:26:42. > :26:47.be back just after the Ten O'Clock News. Goodbye.