:00:00. > :00:00.bombing. The Co-Op Bank has said sorry
:00:00. > :00:00.Tonight on Reporting Scotland: As the SNP gathers for what it calls
:00:07. > :00:09.the most important conference in its history, deputy leader Nicola
:00:10. > :00:25.Sturgeon calls on Labour supporters to vote yes. She is. The SNP, vote
:00:26. > :00:28.yes to reclaim the Labour Party. -- the message is clear.
:00:29. > :00:31.We'll ask whether their plea could win them the referendum.
:00:32. > :00:34.Also on the programme, Glasgow MSPs tell us they're concerned about the
:00:35. > :00:37.Commonwealth Games' plan to demolish the Red Road flats.
:00:38. > :00:42.50 years on from the typhoid outbreak that shut down Aberdeen, we
:00:43. > :00:46.hear from the survivors. It's all about the hats and the
:00:47. > :00:50.heels and the horses at the Scottish National.
:00:51. > :00:54.Four teams have a chance of lifting this trophy next month. After this
:00:55. > :00:56.weekend we'll know who'll be in the final. Join me for a Scottish cup
:00:57. > :01:13.semifinal preview. Good Evening. The Deputy First
:01:14. > :01:16.Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has urged Labour voters to back independence
:01:17. > :01:21.to reclaim their party and to protect the welfare state. In her
:01:22. > :01:24.address to the last SNP conference before the referendum she said UK
:01:25. > :01:27.government welfare changes threatened the fabric of Scottish
:01:28. > :01:31.society and could be stopped by a yes vote. From Aberdeen, here's our
:01:32. > :01:42.political correspondent, Glenn Campbell.
:01:43. > :01:47.For Nicola Sturgeon, independence is a route to protect and sustain the
:01:48. > :01:53.welfare state which she argues is under threat from the
:01:54. > :01:56.Conservative-led coalition. Your morality is not our morality. And
:01:57. > :02:05.with a yes vote in September, we will put that beyond any shadow of
:02:06. > :02:08.doubt. She promised to create a fund to help the disabled live
:02:09. > :02:12.independently and more cash for food banks, to address what she called
:02:13. > :02:18.the utter scandal of want. I did not come into politics to mitigate
:02:19. > :02:23.miserable Tory policies. Like you, I came into politics because I wanted
:02:24. > :02:31.to help build a better country and with independence, that is exactly
:02:32. > :02:35.what we will do. She taunted David Cameron for turning down
:02:36. > :02:39.independence debates. The Prime Minister, who promised to fight for
:02:40. > :02:46.the union with heart, head, body and soul, is still struggling to locate
:02:47. > :02:54.that part of his anatomy that will allow him to agree to a debate with
:02:55. > :03:02.Alex Salmond. Instead of attacking Labour, Nicola Sturgeon are peeled
:03:03. > :03:10.to Labour supporters to vote yes. Do not vote no to stop the SNP, vote
:03:11. > :03:15.yes to reclaim the Labour Party. Nicola Sturgeon hopes underside of
:03:16. > :03:20.Labour supporters who share SMP priorities like free university
:03:21. > :03:25.tuition, no NHS privatisation and removing nuclear weapons from
:03:26. > :03:29.Scotland can be persuaded to vote yes and help them win the
:03:30. > :03:36.independence referendum. The vote comes 80 years after the SNP was
:03:37. > :03:42.founded. Nearly 50 years after this by-election breakthrough. Decades
:03:43. > :03:44.after oil fuelled the first SMP search.
:03:45. > :03:49.CHEERING When Alex Salmond became leader for
:03:50. > :03:55.the first time I generation ago, independence was a distant dream for
:03:56. > :03:59.nationalists. Now, the SNP leadership are counting down to the
:04:00. > :04:00.vote that could turn that to reality.
:04:01. > :04:03.Earlier, we also heard from those against Scottish independence.
:04:04. > :04:11.Here's what the Better Together campaign had to say.
:04:12. > :04:15.I think what is surprising is the outdated and negative message that
:04:16. > :04:19.we have had from the Nationalist conference. I do not find that is
:04:20. > :04:25.working with underside ofs. Voters are far more receptive to the more
:04:26. > :04:29.positive message that we have, which is about having the best of both
:04:30. > :04:33.worlds, a strong Scottish Parliament but the security of being part of
:04:34. > :04:38.the UK. We are joined by Brian Taylor. A
:04:39. > :04:45.strong pitch for Labour voters by Nicola Sturgeon. What is behind it?
:04:46. > :04:50.Customarily, keynote speeches are about walloping your opponents with
:04:51. > :04:53.searing rhetoric and satire but these are extraordinary times and so
:04:54. > :04:58.it was an extraordinary speech from Nicola Sturgeon. She is looking at
:04:59. > :05:01.Labour not with anger but sympathy and Malcolm served. It is not the
:05:02. > :05:06.Labour leadership she is pitching two, Labour voters, or Labour
:05:07. > :05:10.identifiers, arguing that they can lend their vote and reinforced, if
:05:11. > :05:13.you like, those priorities that have customarily been attached to the
:05:14. > :05:19.Labour Party. She backs that up with two points. One by arguing that this
:05:20. > :05:24.is not about the SMP, not about Alex Salmond, it is about a vote, as she
:05:25. > :05:30.called it, for democracy. I expect Alex Salmond to underline that point
:05:31. > :05:34.tomorrow in his own keynote address. Secondly, it is about a pitch to
:05:35. > :05:37.those who are undecided, who will decide this referendum. It is
:05:38. > :05:42.primarily Labour voters and sympathisers. That is about
:05:43. > :05:47.pensions, welfare, benefits and childcare. In other words, arguing
:05:48. > :05:51.that the sort of things that they are concerned about and customer Lee
:05:52. > :05:54.Labour has talked about can and would be delivered through
:05:55. > :05:58.independence. It is a strong argument and one that Weaver will
:05:59. > :06:01.set out to counter in the beauty head. Also coming up:
:06:02. > :06:05.Thank you very much to stop -- that Labour will set out to counter in
:06:06. > :06:08.the weeks head. The funeral of Margo Macdonald has
:06:09. > :06:11.taken place in Edinburgh, attended by close family and friends. Flags
:06:12. > :06:14.outside the Scottish Parliament were flown at half-mast as a mark of
:06:15. > :06:17.respect. At the SNP conference, the First Minister led one minute of
:06:18. > :06:20.applause in tribute. Margo Macdonald represented the SNP at Westminster
:06:21. > :06:24.and Holyrood before becoming an independent member of the Scottish
:06:25. > :06:31.Parliament. A celebration of her life will be held in Edinburgh on
:06:32. > :06:34.the 25th of April. Almost half of Glasgow's MSPs have
:06:35. > :06:38.told the BBC they have concerns about plans to demolish the Red Road
:06:39. > :06:44.flats as part of the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony. I'm joined
:06:45. > :06:47.in the studio by our reporter Julie Peacock, who's been looking into the
:06:48. > :06:55.issue for us. Julie, what have they been saying to you? Well, all 316
:06:56. > :07:01.MSPs in Glasgow, I have managed to get the views 11. -- of the 16. That
:07:02. > :07:07.assured us that half of them have concerns over the plans to demolish
:07:08. > :07:10.the flats as part of the opening ceremony. They say that these
:07:11. > :07:15.worries are shared by their constituents. An online petition has
:07:16. > :07:20.already gathered more than 16,000 signatures opposing it. Some of the
:07:21. > :07:24.comments that I got was that this was a terrible idea that showed
:07:25. > :07:31.Glasgow in a bad light. That it was inappropriate and Bazaar. The only
:07:32. > :07:35.two MSPs supporting it where Nicola Sturgeon, who said she thought it
:07:36. > :07:40.was a good idea, and another Labour MSP. Of the MSPs and have concerns,
:07:41. > :07:44.there are reasons vary greatly. I think there is a lot of people out
:07:45. > :07:49.there, including people I have met today, thinking this is a weirdo
:07:50. > :07:53.decision. It does not fit with the image we are trying to do. The
:07:54. > :07:59.positive image that we want. There is a risk in it and so I think it
:08:00. > :08:04.should be refused. My concern, on the of my constituents, is to make
:08:05. > :08:08.sure that safety issues, like what they will be able to do on the day
:08:09. > :08:11.of the demolition, with regard to the opening ceremony that they are
:08:12. > :08:16.such an integral part of, have been thought about and considered. We
:08:17. > :08:22.also heard safety arrangements being raised? People are usually not told
:08:23. > :08:26.when demolitions like this take ways to make sure that people stay away.
:08:27. > :08:30.Glasgow Housing Association say they're going to make sure that
:08:31. > :08:34.happens by asking people to stay away and as for the organising
:08:35. > :08:38.committee, they are saying that they are going to address the concerns of
:08:39. > :08:41.people who are worried about it and are having a meeting with people
:08:42. > :08:44.opposing it on Tuesday. A teenager's been arrested after a
:08:45. > :08:48.woman was stabbed to death in her home in Glasgow earlier this week.
:08:49. > :08:51.Isabelle Sanders died in the early hours of Wednesday morning in the
:08:52. > :08:53.Crookston area of the city. Her 85-year-old partner, Norman Busby,
:08:54. > :08:57.was also seriously injured. Police arrested a 19-year-old man in the
:08:58. > :09:02.early hours of this morning. He's expected to appear at Glasgow
:09:03. > :09:05.Sheriff Court on Monday. You're watching Reporting Scotland
:09:06. > :09:08.from the BBC. Still to come on tonight's programme:
:09:09. > :09:09.The sad story of Cabrach, the Aberdeenshire town left unpopulated
:09:10. > :09:16.by the effects of the World War One. by the effects of
:09:17. > :09:19.In sport, a big weekend of Scottish sport ahead. We'll have all the news
:09:20. > :09:22.ahead of the Scottish cup semifinals.
:09:23. > :09:26.And we're at Ayr Race Course with some of the runners, the riders and
:09:27. > :09:27.of course the hats ahead of the Scottish Grand National. See you
:09:28. > :09:37.soon. There's a warning from a former
:09:38. > :09:42.director of Rangers that the football club is in danger of going
:09:43. > :09:46.bust again. Dave King is accusing the board of acting in bad faith and
:09:47. > :09:49.also says it's vital fans don't renew their season tickets but put
:09:50. > :09:52.their money into a separate fund instead. Kheredine Idessane joins us
:09:53. > :10:03.now from outside Ibrox Stadium. Kheredine, what's going on?
:10:04. > :10:07.Sally, Ibrox will be packed with well over 30,000 Rangers fans for
:10:08. > :10:12.the biggest game of the season tomorrow, a semifinal against Dundee
:10:13. > :10:18.United. Tonight, those fans face a stark choice, lose your seat or lose
:10:19. > :10:24.your club. The warning comes from a man who once invested ?20 million in
:10:25. > :10:29.Rangers, former director Dave king. He feels that he and the fans have
:10:30. > :10:32.been deceived by the board. He claims assurances fans would be able
:10:33. > :10:36.to see a full review of club business before they bought season
:10:37. > :10:42.tickets have been ignored. Rangers had to get an emergency loans to get
:10:43. > :10:46.to the end of this season after using ?40 million last year and 3
:10:47. > :10:51.million in the first half of this. King says the club could well go
:10:52. > :10:57.bust again and he says it is not a growing concern without access to
:10:58. > :11:00.new season ticket money. Uses it is vital that fans do not renew season
:11:01. > :11:04.tickets or merchandise. Instead, he wants that cash drip-fed from a
:11:05. > :11:08.separate fans' account, overseen by him and former club captain Richard
:11:09. > :11:12.Gough. 's thank you. It's 50 years since the Aberdeen
:11:13. > :11:16.Typhoid epidemic. More than 500 people were infected and during the
:11:17. > :11:19.summer months of 1964, the city was effectively closed down as health
:11:20. > :11:25.officials battled to contain the outbreak. The source was eventually
:11:26. > :11:26.traced to an imported tin of Argentinean corned beef. Rachel
:11:27. > :11:40.Massie reports. Made 1960s Aberdeen, before any oil
:11:41. > :11:47.boom. Within weeks, the Granite city became a closed city, the seized by
:11:48. > :11:51.a typhoid epidemic. -- besieged. At hospitals, this was the only way
:11:52. > :11:56.parents could see and speak to the infected children. By the end of the
:11:57. > :12:03.outbreak, 507 typhoid cases confirmed. We were not allowed
:12:04. > :12:07.through that door. Trina Blackhall, one of the many children get in
:12:08. > :12:16.quarantine. The two will work terrified of getting it. People
:12:17. > :12:24.would not come up to a parent's door because they were terrified they
:12:25. > :12:30.would catch it. -- people where all terrified of getting. The source of
:12:31. > :12:33.the outbreak, a tin of corned beef. The number of cases steadily
:12:34. > :12:37.increased. Schools were closed, Aberdonians encouraged to stay at
:12:38. > :12:44.home. Visitors to the city were discouraged. The mothers are taking
:12:45. > :12:53.care of their children. They are keeping them in. There was nowhere
:12:54. > :12:59.to go at night. I wash my hands after the toilet and all that.
:13:00. > :13:04.Before meals and after. Street were disinfected. People became obsessive
:13:05. > :13:12.about hygiene. The lessons from the outbreak still relevant today. The
:13:13. > :13:16.supermarket was telling the court -- corned beef that was the source had
:13:17. > :13:21.been saving it for longer than they should have. We would not do that
:13:22. > :13:27.again. We would act sooner than later. Even if the suspicion was not
:13:28. > :13:30.100%, we would still act. By July, the outbreak over, the Queen made a
:13:31. > :13:35.high-profile visit. Remarkably, despite over 500 people infected, no
:13:36. > :13:40.deaths were directly linked to the outbreak. The Queen declared
:13:41. > :13:44.Aberdeen and open city again. A look at other stories from the
:13:45. > :13:47.across the country. Passenger numbers at Edinburgh
:13:48. > :13:52.Airport for March are up nearly 5% on the same period last year. Last
:13:53. > :13:56.month more than 730,000 passengers travelled through the airport. The
:13:57. > :14:01.increase has been attributed to the introduction of six daily services
:14:02. > :14:04.to London Heathrow. Glasgow City Council has been fined
:14:05. > :14:08.?20,000 after a pensioner was killed by a bin lorry. The authority
:14:09. > :14:11.admitted Health and Safety breaches because workers in charge of the
:14:12. > :14:15.lorry hadn't received adequate training. 71-year-old Malcolm
:14:16. > :14:21.McCulloch was hit by the reversing vehicle in the city centre in August
:14:22. > :14:24.2012. The National Museum of Scotland
:14:25. > :14:28.closed this lunchtime when staff walked out in a dispute over pay.
:14:29. > :14:30.The PCS union accuse management of creating a two-tier workforce by
:14:31. > :14:35.refusing new recruits a weekend working allowance. National Museums
:14:36. > :14:46.Scotland says it's regrettable that they chose to strike during the busy
:14:47. > :14:50.school holidays. This museum is world-class and it is due to the
:14:51. > :14:54.services of staff that work in it. It is inconvenient and we apologise
:14:55. > :14:56.for that but if the management talked to us, this would not be
:14:57. > :14:59.happening. The owners of the Eastgate Shopping
:15:00. > :15:03.Centre in Inverness have revealed plans for an eight-screen cinema and
:15:04. > :15:06.restaurant complex. F Reit want to expand the centre into Falcon
:15:07. > :15:10.Square. The company claims the multi-million pound plan will create
:15:11. > :15:12.more than 200 jobs - half of them at the construction stage.
:15:13. > :15:15.A campaign to encourage more people to see dolphins off the country's
:15:16. > :15:19.coast has been launched in Aberdeen. According to a wildlife charity, the
:15:20. > :15:28.mammals were recorded in the mouth of the River Dee on an average nine
:15:29. > :15:33.out of ten days last summer. You do not need to go abroad to see
:15:34. > :15:36.dolphins. You have a fantastic ovulation visible from land and you
:15:37. > :15:45.can come and join us and we can let you know what they are doing.
:15:46. > :15:48.60 years ago, Scotland's largest charity for people with a learning
:15:49. > :15:51.disability was founded. Then it was known as the Scottish Society for
:15:52. > :15:54.the Parents of Mentally Handicapped Children. Today, they're better
:15:55. > :15:57.known as Enable Scotland. Thanks to the work of those parents, the last
:15:58. > :16:00.60 years has brought a huge transformation. Our reporter Ian
:16:01. > :16:03.Hamilton looks back at the changes. For children and adults with
:16:04. > :16:09.learning disabilities, 1950 Scotland was a very different place. They had
:16:10. > :16:13.very few rates, back then these children would not even have been
:16:14. > :16:18.entitled to an education. That was not law and tonic and so 1974. That
:16:19. > :16:23.is why 20 years earlier in April of this week, 1954, 300 parents
:16:24. > :16:27.gathered together in this building to fight for the rights of their
:16:28. > :16:32.children with learning disabilities. The building behind me is now a
:16:33. > :16:36.hotel but in the 1950s that was the headquarters of the Education
:16:37. > :16:38.Department and Glasgow and it was here that the Scottish Society for
:16:39. > :16:43.the Parents of Mentally Handicapped Children was formed. It is better
:16:44. > :16:47.known today as a Naples got on. This hospital was one of 22 institutions
:16:48. > :16:54.across Scotland were over 7000 people what they learning disability
:16:55. > :16:59.lift for some cases for decades. Bell's .org Westley has a learning
:17:00. > :17:04.disability. He fought to ensure that she had every opportunity to do
:17:05. > :17:07.well. We were told to take her home and full of heart and not to have
:17:08. > :17:11.any expectations. We decided that was not good enough for our child
:17:12. > :17:19.and we investigated to see if we could get some help. As part of
:17:20. > :17:27.reforms, Lennox Castle and hospitals like this were closed, a grim
:17:28. > :17:30.reminder of its past still remains. Back in the 1950s, very little
:17:31. > :17:34.services were available for people with learning disabilities.
:17:35. > :17:42.People were isolated. They were left to cope on their own and that this
:17:43. > :17:48.gene significantly. Today get what they learning disability have more
:17:49. > :17:51.rates. BT -- they say that things are not perfect, they still are
:17:52. > :17:56.bullied, but they recognise the progress that have been made thanks
:17:57. > :17:57.to those parents 60 years ago this week.
:17:58. > :18:00.Thousands of people once lived in the Aberdeenshire town of Cabrach,
:18:01. > :18:04.which is now unpopulated. World War One brought a double blow to the
:18:05. > :18:07.community, when harsh winters drove many of the remaining families to
:18:08. > :18:10.abandon their crofts and homes. It's a community which has never
:18:11. > :18:15.recovered. Dougie Vipond has been hearing the story.
:18:16. > :18:23.Before the war, Enable -- Cabrach had a population of 7000 people. I
:18:24. > :18:27.am a journalist and author Norman who has chartered the impact of
:18:28. > :18:32.winter and Mr Maude landscape. More than 800 men and boys went off to
:18:33. > :18:38.war within the first four weeks. Julie chatted now and wonder if they
:18:39. > :18:40.could barely muster 80, but 800, it is a tremendous thing for a small
:18:41. > :18:43.team and wonder if they could barely muster 80, but 800, it is a
:18:44. > :18:45.tremendous thing for a small committee about this.
:18:46. > :18:48.For the men and boys who were so willingly, many never came back.
:18:49. > :18:54.Those that are left behind at their own battle with the elements. After
:18:55. > :19:02.a year of trying to survive they had the winter of 1516, blizzards and
:19:03. > :19:05.address, Dean blocked ten weeks on end with animals dying. They had to
:19:06. > :19:11.make a decision that was forced upon them. It was the only decision they
:19:12. > :19:14.could make. They went to work for accommodation and the surrounding
:19:15. > :19:21.towns and villages. They abandoned the crafts. Weight 100 years on,
:19:22. > :19:26.mail upon mile of this empty landscape, scattered with humbled
:19:27. > :19:32.don't crafts and farms. He called him uniquely abandoned. The
:19:33. > :19:34.buildings are poignant reminder of the price Celia Peachey for World
:19:35. > :19:38.War One. And there's more on that in Landward
:19:39. > :19:41.over on BBC Two Scotland at 7:30 tonight.
:19:42. > :19:48.Here's David with the sport and more silverware.
:19:49. > :19:52.I've got the Scottish Cup with me because it's semifinal weekend. And
:19:53. > :19:54.Rangers will be without their first-choice goalkeeper Cammy Bell
:19:55. > :19:58.for their tie against Dundee United. He suffered concussion at training.
:19:59. > :20:04.United's manager Jackie McNamara is appealing against a touchline ban so
:20:05. > :20:07.will be in the technical area. The other match is between St Johnstone
:20:08. > :20:15.and Aberdeen... So let's consider both ties with someone with ties to
:20:16. > :20:32.all four clubs. He played for them all. And he's scored for all of
:20:33. > :20:39.them. And he has still got it. Well, some of it. But can the Queen of the
:20:40. > :20:43.South coach become the king of the cup tipsters? Let us get some words
:20:44. > :20:49.with Billy Dodds. I would have to say Aberdeen that will be
:20:50. > :20:58.victorious. But I believe it will be much closer than people think.
:20:59. > :21:04.Everyone else believes it is a foregone conclusion. They think
:21:05. > :21:11.Aberdeen Harbour favourites. That suits us down to the ground. Saint
:21:12. > :21:15.Johnstone are very good seed, I have worked with a lot of the players and
:21:16. > :21:23.I know how motivated and that they are. They will see it as a great
:21:24. > :21:29.chance for them to get to the final. Time for some more odds with Billy
:21:30. > :21:35.Dodds. I think Dundee United are favourites against Rangers. Rangers
:21:36. > :21:45.players have a lot to prove this week. There is an advantage for
:21:46. > :21:48.Rangers playing at home but I'm confident in my player is' ability
:21:49. > :22:00.that every go there we can cause them problems. I just have the
:22:01. > :22:04.feeling it will be an Aberdeen versus Dundee United final.
:22:05. > :22:07.Find out if he's right by following BBC Scotland's comprehensive
:22:08. > :22:10.coverage of the semis on BBC Radio Scotland, online and on TV,
:22:11. > :22:13.including live coverage of St Johnstone versus Aberdeen on Sunday.
:22:14. > :22:15.Both Scottish golfers at the Masters have finished their second rounds in
:22:16. > :22:19.Augusta. Stephen Gallacher and Sandy Lyle both went round in 72 - level
:22:20. > :22:22.par. So world number 38 Gallacher stays on one-under-par for the
:22:23. > :22:25.tournament, while Lyle is on four over. The leaders are currently on
:22:26. > :22:27.four-under-par. It's the Scottish Grand National
:22:28. > :22:31.tomorrow afternoon at Ayr Racecourse. The Scottish-owned and
:22:32. > :22:34.trained Green Flag is picking up plenty of support for the ?100,000
:22:35. > :22:44.prize, but he faces some stiff competition. Jonathan Sutherland's
:22:45. > :22:49.been at the races. Here at Ayr Racecourse that is only
:22:50. > :22:57.question that matters, who were one tomorrow's Scottish Grand National?
:22:58. > :23:03.17,000 spectators are expected tomorrow to witness the spells and
:23:04. > :23:09.thrills of the Scottish Grand National and dreams like as the
:23:10. > :23:17.favourite. This horse has not run more than four males, so there is a?
:23:18. > :23:21.Regarding that. Hopefully his jumping monkey and the race. If he
:23:22. > :23:31.does do that, he has a very good chance. Title The fell last weekend
:23:32. > :23:43.but could pose a problem for a green flight tomorrow. -- green flight.
:23:44. > :23:48.That is not all about the wedding. It is about the collar, the
:23:49. > :23:53.location, the outfits. But a Scottish winner, picking up the
:23:54. > :24:00.?100,000 prize would be nice, not so for the bookies. At the Green Flag
:24:01. > :24:09.wins, it would be the white flag for us, it is swings and roundabouts.
:24:10. > :24:13.Give me a cap for tomorrow. Time to saddle up for a round-up of
:24:14. > :24:18.what else is happening in Scottish sport: after getting the fastest
:24:19. > :24:22.time in a world this year, Michael Jamieson reveals he has given his
:24:23. > :24:29.medal to a young supporter. There was a few children from local
:24:30. > :24:33.clubs asking for some photographs and they seemed really excited to be
:24:34. > :24:37.easier to watch the swimming. You know, I thought it would just be a
:24:38. > :24:42.nice gesture and they were all excited about it. Glasgow-born
:24:43. > :24:45.errors are often arguments for their match against Munster tomorrow.
:24:46. > :24:53.Edinburgh play Cardiff Blues Thanet. Both go into fixtures on the back of
:24:54. > :25:00.wins. No Scottish team has one this since 2008. We know how difficult it
:25:01. > :25:03.will be. We would like to keep that momentum, of course, but we
:25:04. > :25:08.appreciate that this is a very good team that we are playing. It is a
:25:09. > :25:13.huge challenge for us and we must perform well. If that is not enough
:25:14. > :25:22.rugby for you, tune in to BBC's Scotland annual tournament tomorrow
:25:23. > :25:25.starting at... Keep up with all the sport news as
:25:26. > :25:28.it breaks on our websites... And that's the sport, Sally, but
:25:29. > :25:32.I'll let you get your pictures taken with the cup later...
:25:33. > :25:35.You know me so well! Rain, sun - what's it to be this
:25:36. > :25:48.weekend? Here's Gillian. Today we have been steadily losing
:25:49. > :25:51.the sunshine to increasing cloud. You can see on the satellite picture
:25:52. > :25:55.were it has been moving across from the West. That will bring outbreaks
:25:56. > :26:02.of rain from the North West through tonight. Eddie and persistent father
:26:03. > :26:08.North West Highlands and Tynedale. Like and patchy enforced and ensure
:26:09. > :26:11.and the alia of Glasgow. Winds will pick up and become stronger along
:26:12. > :26:17.the West coast. Touching gale force in the far North West. Not a cold
:26:18. > :26:22.Thanet, temperatures around seven Celsius. And who to model and was
:26:23. > :26:28.strong to gale forced winds touching severe gales for the islands. That
:26:29. > :26:33.one will move South eastwards during the morning. It is a fast-moving
:26:34. > :26:38.feature and all clear from the South Carolina afternoon. Then becomes an
:26:39. > :26:41.improving picture what sunshine for central and Southern Scotland. Just
:26:42. > :26:45.one or two showers creating and to the coast of Galloway. A lovely
:26:46. > :26:48.afternoon for Dumfries and Galloway will stop through the central belt
:26:49. > :26:53.interface, Angus and Aberdeenshire. From Northern and gale, through much
:26:54. > :26:57.of the Highlands into the Western Isles and the Northern Isles, they
:26:58. > :27:01.will be showers through the afternoon. The old one will be heavy
:27:02. > :27:04.and it will be the rest of hail and snow to mountains as well. Across
:27:05. > :27:15.Western ranges we could see blizzard conditions with storm like ones. The
:27:16. > :27:19.bobby gusts of 90 mph across the Cairngorms and even 4%, severe gale
:27:20. > :27:30.force winds and temperatures close to freezing. Both to the West, five
:27:31. > :27:34.or six. CS2 be very rough at times. Out to the East from
:27:35. > :27:42.Berwick-upon-Tweed, the ones South westerly bearing force five at
:27:43. > :27:45.times. Visibility mainly good. For the rest of the afternoon to model
:27:46. > :27:52.towards evening we keep that feed of showers going from the North to the
:27:53. > :27:58.West. Very strong winds. Enter Sunday, stole that the risk of
:27:59. > :28:02.breast westerly earful. Western Scotland, cloudy with outbreaks of
:28:03. > :28:08.rain, heaviest and most frequent and the North West. It will be a cold
:28:09. > :28:12.feeling the everywhere on Sunday. Enter Monday, things will improve,
:28:13. > :28:15.high pressure builds, winds and sunshine. That is the forecast.
:28:16. > :28:18.Now, a reminder of tonight's main news: The Deputy First Minister,
:28:19. > :28:20.Nicola Sturgeon, has urged Labour voters to back independence to
:28:21. > :28:23."reclaim their party." In her address to the last SNP
:28:24. > :28:26.conference before the referendum, she said UK Government welfare
:28:27. > :28:30.changes threatened the fabric of Scottish society. I'll be back with
:28:31. > :28:41.the headlines at 8pm. Join me then, goodbye.