:00:00. > :00:00.building society. That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's
:00:00. > :00:11.Tonight, the stubborn division in Scotland's schools. A report finds
:00:12. > :00:14.the achievement gap between rich and poor pupils persists. We explore
:00:15. > :00:22.what can be done to raise educational ambition. It is about
:00:23. > :00:28.being given aspirations and that you can do this and your children can do
:00:29. > :00:33.this and making parents believe it. Also on Reporting Scotland: The fire
:00:34. > :00:36.that lit up a tiny Aberdeenshire village last night - today an
:00:37. > :00:38.elderly woman who lives in this cottage has still not
:00:39. > :00:41.elderly woman who lives in this With the European elections in a
:00:42. > :00:45.fortnight - a special report on how the EU affects the lives of Scottish
:00:46. > :00:55.fishermen. The Glasgow School of Art is dominating this year's Turner
:00:56. > :00:57.Prize short list. And why the ukulele seems to
:00:58. > :01:12.Prize short list. And why the than at any other time in its
:01:13. > :01:17.history. Good evening. It's a pre-school
:01:18. > :01:20.poverty gap, and it gets wider as children get older. New research
:01:21. > :01:23.suggests five-year-olds from poorer families in Scotland are a year
:01:24. > :01:29.behind other children in basic skills. It describes this attainment
:01:30. > :01:33.gap between richer and poorer children as "persistent and
:01:34. > :01:36.significant". Our Education correspondent, Jamie McIvor, is here
:01:37. > :01:39.with the details. Well, for a century or more,
:01:40. > :01:43.campaigners have tried to end the link between poverty and poor
:01:44. > :01:46.educational achievement. And the latest research from the Rowntree
:01:47. > :01:51.Foundation is a reminder of the scale of that challenge.
:01:52. > :01:54.Five-year-olds from poorer families can be a year behind better-off
:01:55. > :01:57.children when it comes to problem-solving and vocabulary,
:01:58. > :01:59.While by the early years of secondary school, only 28% of
:02:00. > :02:02.children from poorer families were performing well in numeracy - half
:02:03. > :02:10.the figure for youngsters from advantaged backgrounds. The problem
:02:11. > :02:23.itself is well documented, but what could help the solution? Let's try
:02:24. > :02:33.nine cubed. The school serves what is colder one of Scotland's most
:02:34. > :02:40.deprived areas with life expectancy in this area of Glasgow being grim.
:02:41. > :02:45.We have to look at every child as an individual and everybody is
:02:46. > :02:52.somebody's child and they want the best for them. I do not like to
:02:53. > :02:56.think that this is an area where we have a certain set of challenges
:02:57. > :03:00.because every school has its own challenges. They are all different
:03:01. > :03:08.but they all have to get the best for the child. The school has a good
:03:09. > :03:14.reputation so what is the headteacher think might help people
:03:15. > :03:19.from less well off backgrounds across Scotland achieve their
:03:20. > :03:24.potential? It is about being given aspirations and saying that you can
:03:25. > :03:38.do this and your children can do this. The latest research services
:03:39. > :03:43.ask -- serves as a reminder of the problem. One solution could be
:03:44. > :03:51.better data to help teachers make informed decisions. We need much
:03:52. > :03:54.stronger guidance for schools about how they can use the mechanisms they
:03:55. > :03:59.have because teachers in Scotland have quite a lot of freedom but need
:04:00. > :04:04.guidance to help children living in property. They need evidence about
:04:05. > :04:09.what types of interventions work for what types of community and need the
:04:10. > :04:12.data to put those things together. But nobody's pretending solving the
:04:13. > :04:15.problem is just about how schools are run. It touches on other areas
:04:16. > :04:19.of social and economic policy too. So what do the politicians say? The
:04:20. > :04:22.Scottish Government says it's making progress, but argues independence is
:04:23. > :04:26.needed to do more. Labour, of course, say independence isn't
:04:27. > :04:29.needed. And today they published a paper highlighting how issues like
:04:30. > :04:35.childcare and vocational education could also help. This is a complex
:04:36. > :04:39.problem. Nobody pretends there are easy solutions.
:04:40. > :04:42.A privately run care home in Glasgow has been strongly criticised over
:04:43. > :04:45.the quality of the care it provides. The Care Inspectorate says it
:04:46. > :04:48.inspected the Sherbrooke Lodge Care Home last August and found more than
:04:49. > :04:57.20 areas of serious concern which needed to be changed. But after an
:04:58. > :05:01.unannounced inspection in February, it says only two had been met, and
:05:02. > :05:04.the residents' health and wellbeing was being compromised. Lambhill
:05:05. > :05:11.Court Ltd, which runs the home, says a new manager has been appointed and
:05:12. > :05:14.the company is cooperating fully. Fears are growing for an elderly
:05:15. > :05:17.woman after fire destroyed her cottage in an Aberdeenshire village.
:05:18. > :05:20.Such was the devastation caused by the blaze that it's still too
:05:21. > :05:28.dangerous for crews to enter the building. Fiona Stalker reports. The
:05:29. > :05:32.fire ravaged this seafront cottage and the elderly woman who lived here
:05:33. > :05:36.was one of the few locals left in this tiny village. The other
:05:37. > :05:42.properties to holiday homes. This is the scene that met before fire crews
:05:43. > :05:46.that attended last night. It took fire crews around two and a half
:05:47. > :05:54.hours to bring the fierce blaze under control. Fire crews also used
:05:55. > :06:00.all the water supplies which were available to them. The house was
:06:01. > :06:03.very well liked and in danger of collapse and a fire crews worked
:06:04. > :06:13.extremely hard and challenging conditions to bring the fire under
:06:14. > :06:17.control. The crews worked very well using water from hydrants nearby and
:06:18. > :06:22.from the sea. The elderly woman and her dog has not been seen since the
:06:23. > :06:33.fire. She had lived here for decades. A joint police and Fire
:06:34. > :06:36.Service investigation is underway. Fishing is probably the one industry
:06:37. > :06:40.in Scotland where the European Union has the biggest day-to-day impact.
:06:41. > :06:50.EU regulations determine much of the work of our fishing boats, even down
:06:51. > :06:53.to the size of nets they use. Well, the European Elections are two weeks
:06:54. > :06:56.tomorrow when six Scottish MEPs are voted in to the European Parliament.
:06:57. > :07:09.Steven Duff has been to Peterhead to speak to skippers and fish
:07:10. > :07:26.merchants. Peterhead fish market, Europe's busiest. For 40 years, the
:07:27. > :07:29.Scottish fishing industry has worked under European rules and regulations
:07:30. > :07:32.known as the Common Fisheries Policy. It caused hardship, brought
:07:33. > :07:40.us to our knees, and if it carries on we won't have anything left.
:07:41. > :07:44.There is probably no other industry in Scotland where there is a bigger
:07:45. > :07:48.impact. They are even told what size of nets to use. They could not have
:07:49. > :08:17.done a better job if you had asked them to destroy the Scottish fishing
:08:18. > :08:21.industry. Since the 1970s two-thirds of the fishing fleet has
:08:22. > :08:25.disappeared, and since the 1990s, the number fishermen has been cut in
:08:26. > :08:28.half. Peter Bruce has fished all his working days. I know Europe is
:08:29. > :08:31.important for other industries, but nationally I would like to see us
:08:32. > :08:35.out of Europe altogether. What do people like Peter want from the six
:08:36. > :08:38.MEPs that Scotland will send to Parliament? Start negotiating far
:08:39. > :08:41.harder for the industry. I see the industry getting smaller and smaller
:08:42. > :08:44.all the time, and they must start speaking up for the industry. The
:08:45. > :08:47.fishermen here are the most conservation minded here, and that
:08:48. > :08:50.is not being recognised. But there are those who feel that
:08:51. > :08:56.is not being recognised. But there protected endangered fish stocks.
:08:57. > :08:59.The state of stocks we see now has improved considerably over the last
:09:00. > :09:02.ten years. These fish know no boundaries, they do not have
:09:03. > :09:05.passports, so you have to work with fishing partners all around Europe,
:09:06. > :09:09.and they trade with them, and much of it goes to the European partners.
:09:10. > :09:12.If they trade with them, they have to accept some of the other rules as
:09:13. > :09:14.well. The European Parliament now has extra powers in deciding
:09:15. > :09:21.legislation. Something has extra powers in deciding
:09:22. > :09:24.fishermen want the MEPs to use to the
:09:25. > :09:28.fishermen want the MEPs to use to before seven. We
:09:29. > :09:32.fishermen want the MEPs to use to system of paying for public
:09:33. > :09:48.buildings but is it any better than the old method? In sport: As
:09:49. > :09:55.buildings but is it any better than career. One of the biggest risks to
:09:56. > :10:03.buildings but is it any better than cycles on the roads are trucks and
:10:04. > :10:04.heavy goods vehicles. Lorry drivers in Edinburgh are swapping their
:10:05. > :10:09.trucks for bikes as part training to show them what the roads
:10:10. > :10:12.are like for cyclists. It's been prompted by figures which show
:10:13. > :10:14.are like for cyclists. It's been a significant proportion of injuries
:10:15. > :10:17.to cyclists happen during incidents involving heavy goods vehicles. The
:10:18. > :10:19.City Council hopes the cycling lessons will encourage
:10:20. > :10:20.City Council hopes the cycling make the roads safer.
:10:21. > :10:21.City Council hopes the cycling Macaulay reports. This is the view
:10:22. > :10:23.from a typical tipper Macaulay reports. This is the view
:10:24. > :10:25.higher up the lorry, the further out the blindspot doors. You've
:10:26. > :10:31.higher up the lorry, the further out watch. You could end up taking them
:10:32. > :10:35.out. One or two fingers above your eyebrows is fine. To give lorry
:10:36. > :10:42.drivers an idea of the dangers faced by cyclists, employees from Edinboro
:10:43. > :10:54.City Counsel transport department have swapped several wheels for just
:10:55. > :11:11.two. It gives an insult insight into what it is like to cycles. --
:11:12. > :11:16.Edinburgh City Council. This man was killed two years ago while on his
:11:17. > :11:21.bike and his family have ideas what would be a better approach. We have
:11:22. > :11:30.two work together to make it better for all of us. Lothian Buses have
:11:31. > :11:36.been trying this out and see the notice a real improvement. The
:11:37. > :11:40.training today has let drivers see what things are like from the point
:11:41. > :11:45.of view of the cyclist and it is hoped that lessons like these will
:11:46. > :11:51.be mandatory for lorry drivers from the City Council. A look at other
:11:52. > :11:53.stories from the across the country...
:11:54. > :11:56.Two women have been taken to hospital after they were hit by a
:11:57. > :11:59.car in the Aberdeenshire town of Huntly. One of the women was
:12:00. > :12:01.airlifted to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. The accident happened
:12:02. > :12:04.near the town's railway station, just before midday.
:12:05. > :12:07.The implementation of safety restrictions for seating on offshore
:12:08. > :12:11.helicopters is to be delayed by three months. The Civil Aviation
:12:12. > :12:14.Authority says the move follows consultation with helicopter
:12:15. > :12:24.operators and the oil and gas industry. From September, passengers
:12:25. > :12:27.will only be allowed to fly if they are seated next to a push-out
:12:28. > :12:37.window, allowing them to escape in an emergency. Police and water
:12:38. > :12:46.bailiffs are stepping up patrols in Loch Ness to clamp down on salmon
:12:47. > :12:53.poaching. One fisherman was reported for an offence after a patrol at the
:12:54. > :12:56.weekend. Nearly 2,000 pupils in Edinburgh
:12:57. > :12:59.have taken part in a junior triathlon, in what's been described
:13:00. > :13:02.as the largest ever schools sporting event to take place in the capital.
:13:03. > :13:05.The sport includes swimming, cycling and running, and today's event was
:13:06. > :13:17.staged to tie in with the Commonwealth Games, which opens with
:13:18. > :13:20.the triathlon. A rare first edition of Jane
:13:21. > :13:23.Austen's novel Emma was sold for ?39,000 at auction in Edinburgh
:13:24. > :13:27.today - nearly twice the estimated price. The book, in three volumes,
:13:28. > :13:29.was one of just 2,000 copies of the work printed in 1816. The
:13:30. > :13:33.auctioneers Lyon Turnbull described it as a "remarkable copy"
:13:34. > :13:36.of the novel. The first wave of public buildings which have been
:13:37. > :13:39.funded by a new system of finance have been completed. Major projects
:13:40. > :13:42.are no longer paid for by the widely-criticised Private Finance
:13:43. > :13:44.Initiatives, or PFI. But is the new system any better? Our health
:13:45. > :13:55.correspondent Eleanor Bradford's been investigating. Here we have the
:13:56. > :14:00.dental department and here we have physiotherapy. Rachel is very
:14:01. > :14:06.pleased with her new clinic. Her room is beside lots of other clinics
:14:07. > :14:09.in and airy building. It has improved things drastically and we
:14:10. > :14:13.can speak to people face-to-face and if we receive a federal and we are
:14:14. > :14:21.questioning something we can nip through and see them. This is the
:14:22. > :14:33.new health facility to be built under the new way of financing
:14:34. > :14:37.public buildings. The new sick children's hospital in Edinburgh and
:14:38. > :14:45.many other buildings and schools are being built in this fashion. While
:14:46. > :14:47.this method has resulted in many new hospitals the National Health
:14:48. > :14:54.Service has been tied into a long and expensive contracts. Lanarkshire
:14:55. > :15:01.Health Board spends several million pounds per year. This time the
:15:02. > :15:13.National Health Service is a shareholder. We will receive written
:15:14. > :15:18.are our -- we will receive a return on our investment and in the town
:15:19. > :15:30.will have an impact on the decisions that are made. That is this money
:15:31. > :15:35.for investors that could've gone straight the private sector? Three
:15:36. > :15:38.of the four nominees for this year's Turner Prize were educated at
:15:39. > :15:42.Glasgow School of Art. And 30% of nominees in the last nine years have
:15:43. > :15:49.come from there. So what is the magic dust that is sprinkled on
:15:50. > :15:52.these students? Students put together the end of
:15:53. > :16:01.term exhibition. Three of the former returner nominees, Duncan Campbell,
:16:02. > :16:09.Ciara Phillips and Tris Vonna-Michell, studied at Glasgow
:16:10. > :16:14.School of Art. This teacher taught two of them. The programme is two
:16:15. > :16:19.years long and that is unusual and allows students to become
:16:20. > :16:23.experimental. It is also a multidisciplinary programme, which
:16:24. > :16:30.means they work across a variety of mediums, film, sculpture, painting
:16:31. > :16:40.and so on. The installation behind me is by Martin Boyce, he won in
:16:41. > :16:46.2011. Four students here have won since 1996. A third of all people
:16:47. > :16:51.nominated for the price has come here. So what is it that is so
:16:52. > :16:57.special here? The Turner prize is a price for a British artist but it
:16:58. > :17:00.has global interest and these are artists that show all over the
:17:01. > :17:11.world. So for example, Duncan Campbell's film was commissioned in
:17:12. > :17:19.Venice. Ciara Phillips' show was shown in London. Tris
:17:20. > :17:23.Vonna-Michell's work has been shown in Berlin. It is great for the city
:17:24. > :17:31.and school and as for in Berlin. It is great for the city
:17:32. > :17:35.am going to come out of here and in a year's time people are going to
:17:36. > :17:42.say, how come you haven't won the Turner prize yet? It is a
:17:43. > :17:47.high-intensity course but it draws people from across the world
:17:48. > :17:49.high-intensity course but it draws gives them a lot of support. That is
:17:50. > :17:53.academically and on practical levels. The winner of the Turner
:17:54. > :17:57.prize will be announced on the 1st of December, but if you cannot wait
:17:58. > :18:05.until then, students here opened the exhibition on Friday.
:18:06. > :18:09.Now with more success from a surprisingly small source, it is
:18:10. > :18:12.David with the sport. I keep talking about me?
:18:13. > :18:15.The Highland town of Dingwall, population 6,000, will have a team
:18:16. > :18:18.in Scottish football's top division for another year. Ross County's win
:18:19. > :18:21.over Hibernian means they have enough points to finish this season
:18:22. > :18:29.above the relegation play-off spot, but Hibs are still in trouble.
:18:30. > :18:32.12 yards between penalty taker and goalkeeper. The distance between
:18:33. > :18:38.Premiership safety and jeopardy. A matter of inches,
:18:39. > :18:42.Premiership safety and jeopardy. A Britton's penalty kick leads Ben
:18:43. > :18:47.Williams. Little doubt that County deserve the penalty. Look at
:18:48. > :18:50.Robison's challenge. Little doubt that Ross County supporters deserve
:18:51. > :18:56.their celebration. If you think about it and look at the population,
:18:57. > :19:00.6000 people, and the achievements we have had in the last six years,
:19:01. > :19:09.Scottish Cup final, two seasons in the Premiership, two league titles,
:19:10. > :19:13.it is fantastic. Hibs fans look forward to, if that is
:19:14. > :19:16.phrase, their final match of the phrase, their final match of the
:19:17. > :19:17.season against Kilmarnock. It is a huge match and we are looking
:19:18. > :19:25.forward to it. We huge match and we are looking
:19:26. > :19:29.to do, when the game. Remember Derek Adams mentioned Roy of the Rovers?
:19:30. > :19:36.Give us a comic book hero who made a habit of scoring dramatic winners in
:19:37. > :19:42.important matches. This is what happened as Aberdeen beat Dundee
:19:43. > :19:45.important matches. This is what United three - one. It guarantees
:19:46. > :19:50.Aberdeen a top three finish in the European qualifiers. Motherwell will
:19:51. > :19:56.also be celebrating. Dundee United's defeat means the Steel, men
:19:57. > :20:00.are also sure of a top three finish. A busy night tonight, too -
:20:01. > :20:03.Motherwell will be a point behind Aberdeen in the fight for second
:20:04. > :20:05.place if they beat Inverness. Partick Thistle, meanwhile, can free
:20:06. > :20:09.themselves from relegation worries if they win at Hearts. After their
:20:10. > :20:13.recent defeat by Hearts, even a win for Kilmarnock at home to St Mirren
:20:14. > :20:16.isn't enough to keep them out of danger. Their fate will only be
:20:17. > :20:19.clear after their final game against Hibs. I am really looking forward to
:20:20. > :20:23.it. It is two massive games coming up and after the results at the
:20:24. > :20:25.weekend, we need a positive reaction and to bounce back quickly.
:20:26. > :20:28.Follow the action from all tonight's matches, including the Championship
:20:29. > :20:35.and lower-league play-offs, in Sportsound on BBC Radio Scotland 810
:20:36. > :20:42.medium wave, and online. The boxer Ricky Burns' promoter says
:20:43. > :20:46.the fighter must win in Glasgow next month if he's to stand any chance of
:20:47. > :20:49.becoming a world champion again. Burns lost his WBO lightweight title
:20:50. > :20:52.in March, but the Coatbridge fighter says that after changing coaches,
:20:53. > :20:57.he's hungrier than ever for success. Jonathan Sutherland reports.
:20:58. > :21:01.Despite no longer being a world champion, Ricky Burns remains hugely
:21:02. > :21:12.popular with Scottish boxing fans. After defeat by Crawford he split
:21:13. > :21:17.with trainer Billy Nelson and is now with Tony Simms. I had to make a
:21:18. > :21:21.change and freshen things up a bit. I'm so much happier with myself and
:21:22. > :21:26.for this fight, I feel I have a point to prove to myself as well. I
:21:27. > :21:36.look forward to getting out there and putting on a show. From
:21:37. > :21:42.Montenegro, his opponent has a WBC ranking of ninth and Burns will have
:21:43. > :21:48.to beat this undefeated southpaw for any chance of winning the WBC
:21:49. > :21:57.lightweight belt. Ricky Burns must win this. The WC is the body we want
:21:58. > :22:02.to go after, and it is the belt we want to win now. But ultimately,
:22:03. > :22:07.Ricky has a point to prove. He needs to get his and the fans' confidence
:22:08. > :22:13.back. It is a huge night of boxing on the 27th of June. Ricky broke his
:22:14. > :22:21.jaw in the Contra vet shall point victory over Raymundo Beltran last
:22:22. > :22:26.year. He prepares for another assault on the world title.
:22:27. > :22:29.year. He prepares for another broke his jaw in the controversial
:22:30. > :22:33.point victory over Raymundo Beltran last year.
:22:34. > :22:36.Other sport: Andy Murray's about to take to the court for his second
:22:37. > :22:39.round match against Nicolas Almagro at the Madrid Masters.
:22:40. > :22:43.He could meet Rafa Nadal in the semis. He says Murray's slide down
:22:44. > :22:47.the rankings is nothing to worry about. He is not an issue -- it is
:22:48. > :22:58.not an issue for a player like Andy, who already won the Olympics,
:22:59. > :23:01.Wimbledon, grandson stock Mac -- grand slams...
:23:02. > :23:04.Andy's brother Jamie is out of the men's doubles, he and John Peers
:23:05. > :23:08.losing to Poland's Fyrstenberg and Matkowski. After the match, he paid
:23:09. > :23:11.tribute to Elena Baltacha, who this week lost her battle with cancer.
:23:12. > :23:13.She was a great person first of all, regardless of what she did on the
:23:14. > :23:21.tennis court. Everyone that knew her will remember her being a firm lady
:23:22. > :23:25.-- will remember her fondly and I'm sure her memory will live on.
:23:26. > :23:28.St Johnstone striker Stevie May has won the Scottish Football Writers'
:23:29. > :23:31.Association Young Player of the Year award. May's scored 27 goals this
:23:32. > :23:34.season. Four more track and field athletes
:23:35. > :23:36.have been added to Team Scotland for this summer's Commonwealth Games,
:23:37. > :23:40.including 42-year-old marathon runner Hayley Haining.
:23:41. > :23:48.For all the breaking news, at your leisure, may I suggest the BBC Sport
:23:49. > :23:52.Scotland website? That is all the sport for tonight.
:23:53. > :23:55.If you're a certain age, the word "ukelele" might conjure up the image
:23:56. > :23:58.of the comedian George Formby strumming away while leaning on his
:23:59. > :24:01.lampost or cleaning windows. Strictly speaking, he was playing a
:24:02. > :24:05.banjolele, but in recent years the ukelele has enjoyed a renaissance
:24:06. > :24:13.and seems to be more popular than at any other time in its history.
:24:14. > :24:19.Willie Johnston reports. It came out of Hawaii in the 19th
:24:20. > :24:30.century. For much of the 20th century, an instrument of fun for
:24:31. > :24:37.musical comics. But in the 21st-century, the ukelele suddenly
:24:38. > :24:43.is an icon of call. Galloway -based singer songwriter Zoe Bestel
:24:44. > :24:49.launches her debut album, one of many young artists inspired in part
:24:50. > :24:55.by the ukelele's new-found popularity. Right now it is coming
:24:56. > :25:03.into its own and it is becoming quite a cool instrument. It is
:25:04. > :25:09.brilliant, exactly what I want. Everyone, it seems, wants to join
:25:10. > :25:15.in. Stuart Butterworth has taught ukelele for three years. 100 players
:25:16. > :25:21.a week attend his groups like this one in Dumfries. It is such a
:25:22. > :25:28.lovely, quirky instrument of the time, of the moment. People do say
:25:29. > :25:33.about the ukelele that you cannot play the ukelele without somebody
:25:34. > :25:36.smiling. It is its affordability and relative ease of mass to be that
:25:37. > :25:48.makes it popular for hockey players and professionals alike. -- ease of
:25:49. > :25:52.mastery. It has been superb. I started recently as a beginner. I
:25:53. > :25:59.have been to a couple of concerts and I loved the sound so I thought I
:26:00. > :26:04.would give it a try. Definitely the ukelele is my thing now. It is so
:26:05. > :26:13.light as well, you can take it everywhere. And it is quite cute!
:26:14. > :26:25.I feel 105, having had to educate Christopher on George Formby.
:26:26. > :26:32.The unsettled theme continues with weather this week. St John, showers
:26:33. > :26:36.and rain. Here is the satellite and radar picture. A swathe of rain
:26:37. > :26:41.across the Southern Upland is pushing into Glasgow and drifting
:26:42. > :26:47.down the M8. Tonight, eventually, it will be dry for most. We just need
:26:48. > :26:53.to get rid of the rain first. 7p, APM, the rain clears away towards
:26:54. > :26:57.the North Sea leaving many area strike. For most of us during the
:26:58. > :27:01.second half of the night, it is largely dry and cloudy and
:27:02. > :27:06.temperatures are no lower than six or seven or eight Celsius, rural
:27:07. > :27:12.spots possibly a touch cooler. Tomorrow, some bright spots around.
:27:13. > :27:17.A case of bright spells and showers into the afternoon. The exception is
:27:18. > :27:24.down towards the South. Here there will be a band of rain pushing in.
:27:25. > :27:28.Not as heavy as this afternoon. Further East, generally dry. Some
:27:29. > :27:39.bright skies. Similar to many parts of the central belt. Further North
:27:40. > :27:44.showers moving and further West showers not too far away and in the
:27:45. > :27:50.farther North, showers in existence, too. Wind fairly light once again
:27:51. > :27:55.which means they are slow-moving if you do catch one. The rest of the
:27:56. > :27:57.afternoon into the evening, staying fairly cloudy and damp and the
:27:58. > :28:06.reason for all of this, low pressure. A big flabby area of low
:28:07. > :28:10.pressure, as we call it. So Friday once again is unsettled. There will
:28:11. > :28:20.be showers, some heady, and with the risk of hail and under certainly
:28:21. > :28:21.across the North. The weekend is staying unsettled. Rain on Saturday,
:28:22. > :28:26.showers on Sunday. Now a reminder of tonight's main
:28:27. > :28:29.news: New research suggests five-year-olds from poorer families
:28:30. > :28:32.in Scotland are a year behind other children in basic skills by the
:28:33. > :28:35.they start school. It describes this attainment gap
:28:36. > :28:46.between richer and poorer children as "persistent and significant".
:28:47. > :28:49.I am back with the headlines at 8pm, and the late bulletin just after the
:28:50. > :28:51.ten o'clock news. Goodbye.