:00:00. > :00:00.combat for the first time. That's all from the BBC News.
:00:00. > :00:09.Tonight, on Reporting Scotland. The number of patients waiting more than
:00:10. > :00:15.four hours for treatment in A trebles in past five years.
:00:16. > :00:18.As police try to tackle domestic abuse the Scottish government
:00:19. > :00:30.considers allowing people to find out if their partner has a history
:00:31. > :00:36.of violence. Scottish success at the Olympics but
:00:37. > :00:38.what good independence mean for sport in Scotland? An exclusive
:00:39. > :00:41.report. We join Scotland's busiest lifeboat
:00:42. > :00:49.as stranded walkers cause a huge surge in the number of people being
:00:50. > :00:51.rescued. And the superb second half
:00:52. > :00:52.performance that guaranteed Partick Thistle Premiership football next
:00:53. > :01:07.season. The number of patients who've waited
:01:08. > :01:11.more than four hours to be treated in accident and emergency has almost
:01:12. > :01:13.trebled in the last five years. Scotland's financial watchdog found
:01:14. > :01:18.the performance of emergency units plummeted in 2012 and 2013. Our
:01:19. > :01:27.reporter Catriona Renton is outside one of Scotland's largest A for
:01:28. > :01:39.us this evening. Catriona. As you say, Wishaw General Hospital
:01:40. > :01:44.was one of the biggest A departments in Scotland but it is
:01:45. > :01:50.failing to meet the target that 90% of patients to be treated within
:01:51. > :01:54.four hours. Last year, only to hospitals out of 31 A departments
:01:55. > :02:00.consistently met that target. The Scottish government has decided to
:02:01. > :02:07.revise that down to 95% but so far only half have reach that target.
:02:08. > :02:12.The image of trolleys queueing up waiting at accident and emergency.
:02:13. > :02:19.The NHS aims to treat 98% of patients with an ball-mac hours in
:02:20. > :02:23.Scotland's accident and emergency departments. A report found the
:02:24. > :02:31.number waiting more than four hours almost trebled within the last five
:02:32. > :02:37.years. In 2008 two 2009, 30 6000 waited beyond the target, but in
:02:38. > :02:46.2012 and 22013, that number rose to 104,000. The proportion being seen
:02:47. > :02:53.with in the target fell from 97.2% to 93.5%. The Scottish government
:02:54. > :03:00.downgraded their target from 98% to 95%. Today's report says only around
:03:01. > :03:08.half of even reaching this reduced target. We have had these statistics
:03:09. > :03:16.for the long time and that is why I launched this ?50 million plan to
:03:17. > :03:23.make sure we get to the target. As the auditor general has pointed out,
:03:24. > :03:28.we are 94% already. Only two hospitals in the whole of Scotland
:03:29. > :03:32.including the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital achieved the 90%
:03:33. > :03:40.target for every month of the financial year 2012, 2013. In some
:03:41. > :03:44.cases, this is because beds are not available at the right time so they
:03:45. > :03:52.are waiting longer for the bed to be available. In some places it is
:03:53. > :03:56.differences in the way GPs with their patients, so the report is
:03:57. > :04:01.about understanding the causes and putting in place the right
:04:02. > :04:06.solutions. These pressures can have an impact on staff. It is relentless
:04:07. > :04:11.for staff and for all those who provide services because when you
:04:12. > :04:16.have demand it means that people have had to continually work harder
:04:17. > :04:21.and faster to meet that demand, and that pressure can take its toll on
:04:22. > :04:25.staff. The auditor acknowledges that both the Scottish government and NHS
:04:26. > :04:30.wards are taking steps to address some of the causes.
:04:31. > :04:38.Are the only areas in which performance is particularly poor?
:04:39. > :04:42.Lanarkshire and the Lothians have been named by places that need
:04:43. > :04:50.improvement. Tayside is doing particularly well and Fife had very
:04:51. > :04:55.bad figures two years ago but is now one of the best places to be in
:04:56. > :04:58.Scotland. The auditor says these examples of best practice should be
:04:59. > :05:00.used to help places that are struggling.
:05:01. > :05:03.A scheme to allow people access to information about partners who may
:05:04. > :05:06.have a history of domestic violence, is to be piloted here. Known as
:05:07. > :05:09.Clare's Law, it's recently been rolled out across England and Wales.
:05:10. > :05:12.Ministers here are also considering a new offence with a wider
:05:13. > :05:16.definition of what constitutes domestic abuse. Our Home Affairs
:05:17. > :05:28.Correspondent, Reevel Alderson reports.
:05:29. > :05:36.The first thing he would ask me is who have been speaking to. This
:05:37. > :05:41.story presented by an actor is typical of domestic abuse and
:05:42. > :05:48.insidious control. By that stage I had become a shell of a person. I
:05:49. > :05:56.felt like an outline of a person. An outline that would be raised. They
:05:57. > :05:59.are six courts in Glasgow hearing domestic abuse cases but for
:06:00. > :06:05.prosecutors that is difficult to bring cases involving controlling
:06:06. > :06:11.behaviour before the sheriff. That is why the second most senior law
:06:12. > :06:16.officer wants new legislation. Controlling an individual with any
:06:17. > :06:23.relationship by physical behaviour, sexual behaviour, psychological and
:06:24. > :06:27.financial, emotional, all with the purpose of dominating that person
:06:28. > :06:31.and removing their identity, that is what we need to put before the
:06:32. > :06:39.court. They is a call for Scotland to have its own Clare's Law, named
:06:40. > :06:44.after the woman murdered by her boyfriend, that would allow people
:06:45. > :06:51.to find out if their partners have a history. Domestic rape cases being
:06:52. > :06:58.investigated are up by 18% and reports of stocking offences are up
:06:59. > :07:03.43%. There have been two domestic murders and the government says it
:07:04. > :07:08.is keen to strengthen laws. We ask the government to act carefully to
:07:09. > :07:14.consider a new offence of domestic abuse. The chief constable has today
:07:15. > :07:23.imposed a multi-agency group set up to develop a pilot on the Clare's
:07:24. > :07:29.Law scheme in Scotland. Campaigners say domestic abuse is more than
:07:30. > :07:31.simple violence. They hope the proposed law changes will give
:07:32. > :07:34.prosecutors an additional tool to tackle the problem.
:07:35. > :07:41.You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC. Still to come on
:07:42. > :07:45.tonight's programme. The Health Secretary says now one
:07:46. > :07:49.suffering a chronic illness will have to pay care home fees despite a
:07:50. > :07:54.government report advising they should.
:07:55. > :07:57.And joy for Partick Thistle as their premiership future is secured for
:07:58. > :08:02.another season. England's secateurs and in Aberdeen.
:08:03. > :08:10.We will find what the Scots skipper has to say.
:08:11. > :08:15.Scottish athletes will be able to choose between Team GB and team
:08:16. > :08:19.Scotland ahead of the 2016 Olympics in the country but said
:08:20. > :08:24.independence, according to a Scottish government report. The
:08:25. > :08:27.independent analysis compiled by Henry McLeish concludes there are no
:08:28. > :08:34.obvious barriers to Scotland competing at the games in two years'
:08:35. > :08:41.time. It is a golden triumphs! When a
:08:42. > :08:46.Scottish heroes struck gold for team GB in 2012, a nation celebrated, but
:08:47. > :08:54.if he wants to defend his crown in 2016, just how will he and other
:08:55. > :08:57.Scots be represented? This report has the answers, a report
:08:58. > :09:01.commissioned independently by the Scottish government and compiled by
:09:02. > :09:07.the former first Minister Henry McLeish. With sport high on the
:09:08. > :09:11.agenda in Glasgow, it is a report that that is at the impact
:09:12. > :09:17.independence may have on Scottish sport. It makes for some interesting
:09:18. > :09:19.reading. It highlights the need for urgency in securing funding for
:09:20. > :09:25.Scottish athletes, because the report says there are no obvious
:09:26. > :09:31.barriers to Scotland fielding a team at the Olympics in 2016. It also
:09:32. > :09:36.suggests Scottish athletes will be able to choose between team Scotland
:09:37. > :09:39.and Team GB. One athlete who has represented Scotland at the
:09:40. > :09:45.Commonwealth Games and Team GB at the Olympics thinks it could come
:09:46. > :09:49.down to a fight for funding. A lot of athletes will not be able to make
:09:50. > :09:56.a living outside of funding, they need to survive and compete. I think
:09:57. > :10:01.depending who is providing the funding, that could move you and to
:10:02. > :10:05.who you will be competing for. A Scot in a position of power within
:10:06. > :10:08.the Olympic Committee says Scotland would need United Nations status
:10:09. > :10:16.first, and thinks the timing could be an issue for 2016. It is a
:10:17. > :10:22.process that takes time and entries close in July at the very latest,
:10:23. > :10:25.and presumably the Scottish National Olympic Committee would like to have
:10:26. > :10:30.its own qualifying standards. That would be a lots to do and I am not
:10:31. > :10:35.sure it could be achieved in the time available. If Scotland vote yes
:10:36. > :10:37.in September it seems the country's athletes could have big decision of
:10:38. > :10:41.their own. A senior official in charge of a
:10:42. > :10:43.council department involved in the Mortonhall baby ashes scandal has
:10:44. > :10:47.been suspended pending an internal investigation. Mark Turley is
:10:48. > :10:51.Edinburgh City Council's director of services for communities. His
:10:52. > :10:55.department governs Mortonhall Crematorium. A recent report heavily
:10:56. > :10:59.condemned its decades-long practice of burying baby ashes in secret, and
:11:00. > :11:04.found hundreds of parents will never know what happened to their baby's
:11:05. > :11:07.remains. The Defence Secretary Philip Hammond
:11:08. > :11:11.has said that it would take significantly longer than a decade
:11:12. > :11:14.for the UK to remove its nuclear weapons base from Scotland if there
:11:15. > :11:18.is a Yes vote for independence in September. Speaking to the Press
:11:19. > :11:21.Gallery at Westminster, he said that removing the submarines, missiles
:11:22. > :11:25.and warheads from Faslane and building a new base elsewhere would
:11:26. > :11:28.cost tens of billions of pounds. Although the Scottish Government has
:11:29. > :11:31.claimed that Trident could be removed from Scotland by 2020, Mr
:11:32. > :11:34.Hammond said that this would be a matter for negotiation and neither
:11:35. > :11:44.side can unilaterally impose its aims.
:11:45. > :11:48.A major investigation is under goal in West Lothian after the woman was
:11:49. > :11:52.indecently assaulted yesterday morning. Detectives have description
:11:53. > :11:55.of the man they are looking for and reassuring the public they are doing
:11:56. > :12:01.everything they can to find him. The woman who was attacked it in her
:12:02. > :12:07.20s. She came home from her work on Tuesday night, went to bed in the
:12:08. > :12:13.early hours. She woke around 3:30am to the horrifying sight of a
:12:14. > :12:17.stranger standing in the room. A 27-year-old woman who has been
:12:18. > :12:22.residing alone. She retires to her bed in the early hours of Wednesday
:12:23. > :12:29.morning and while asleep she was awakened by a man entering her
:12:30. > :12:34.bedroom. She has afterwards subjected her to a horrendous
:12:35. > :12:40.indecent assault. Police say the motive was not robbery, it was
:12:41. > :12:43.sexual. They spoke the ordeal, the woman phoned 999 as soon as the man
:12:44. > :12:48.left and has given a good description. He is said to be aged
:12:49. > :12:55.between 20 and 30, Aaron 6-foot tall and wearing a light hooded top.
:12:56. > :13:00.Police said he knew the woman left at that house alone. There have
:13:01. > :13:04.already been sightings into Wednesday morning and they are keen
:13:05. > :13:13.to hear from anyone who believes they saw this man to get in touch.
:13:14. > :13:17.The Health Secretary says he has no plans to have chronically ill people
:13:18. > :13:19.pay for their own care home fees that's despite a Scottish government
:13:20. > :13:22.report advising precisely the opposite. Last week, the SNP
:13:23. > :13:25.government said it would accept the main findings of the Anderson
:13:26. > :13:28.Review, which would have meant hundreds of seriously ill people
:13:29. > :13:31.paying tens of thousands of pounds in care home fees. Now the health
:13:32. > :13:33.secretary appears to have changed his mind, as our Health
:13:34. > :13:43.Correspondent Eleanor Bradford reports. Margaret has spent ?72,000
:13:44. > :13:46.on care phone bills. Her husband needs round-the-clock nursing care
:13:47. > :13:51.but if you lived in England the NHS would be paying. There will be
:13:52. > :13:58.people watching who will say you were very lucky to have the money to
:13:59. > :14:02.pay. But it doesn't seem fair if for any other illness, and this is an
:14:03. > :14:07.illness, it doesn't seem right you should be paying to be ill. If you
:14:08. > :14:12.are frail and have savings of over ?25,000, you pay care home fees over
:14:13. > :14:18.and above personal care which is free. If your needs are health
:14:19. > :14:22.related, the NHS should pay. In England, a clear system for claims
:14:23. > :14:28.was set up following a landmark court cases. A recent review in
:14:29. > :14:32.Scotland found patients faced a postcode lottery. To the surprise of
:14:33. > :14:40.charities, the government accepted a proposal this benefit should be
:14:41. > :14:41.scrapped. This will be potentially disastrous for families living with
:14:42. > :14:47.advanced Parkinson's disease in Scotland. And be liable for
:14:48. > :14:54.thousands of pounds a month for accommodation fees. Today in
:14:55. > :15:01.Parliament, the Health Secretary had a change of heart. There will be no
:15:02. > :15:03.system of charging for health care needs in Scotland, no matter whether
:15:04. > :15:11.someone is being treated in hospital, at home or in a nursing
:15:12. > :15:18.home. The Cabinet Secretary has made it as clear as mud regarding the
:15:19. > :15:22.continuation of care. Margaret is no clearer whether she will get her
:15:23. > :15:25.money back. This is for everybody in my
:15:26. > :15:30.situation and the people coming up behind me, the next generation.
:15:31. > :15:34.There is now going to be a consultation, maybe that will clear
:15:35. > :15:40.up exactly what is and isn't on the table.
:15:41. > :15:45.In exactly two weeks' time, it will be polling day in the European
:15:46. > :15:48.parliamentary elections. The people of Scotland will elect six members
:15:49. > :15:51.to the co-legislative body that sits in Brussels and Strasbourg. The
:15:52. > :15:55.Scottish contingent elected in 2009 is made up of two SNP members, two
:15:56. > :15:58.from Labour, and one each from the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.
:15:59. > :16:00.And it's that last seat that the Scottish Greens say they are
:16:01. > :16:10.targeting. Our political correspondent, Lucy Adams, has been
:16:11. > :16:15.speaking to their lead candidate. It could be any housing estate in
:16:16. > :16:18.Edinburgh, it is here the Scottish Greens chose to discuss their
:16:19. > :16:22.campaign because they see their fight for social justice as a
:16:23. > :16:31.priority. To help the poor, imposed higher taxes on the rich, and offer
:16:32. > :16:35.a worm -- and welcome to outsiders. This is a politics about a just
:16:36. > :16:39.economy, in welcoming Scotland and a nation of peace. We are standing
:16:40. > :16:42.with people suffering from the economic crisis, standing up for
:16:43. > :16:48.immigration which is good for our culture and economy, and against
:16:49. > :16:53.military aggression which is NATO. There are six seats up for grabs.
:16:54. > :16:58.The Greens believe the first viable go to Labour, the SNP and
:16:59. > :17:04.conservatives, and there will be a battle with UKIP. Voting for them,
:17:05. > :17:08.they say, is the only way to stop the racist messages of UKIP getting
:17:09. > :17:16.a foothold. It is clear if voters who reject the mean-spirited and
:17:17. > :17:22.deceitful values of UKIP, if voters are looking for an alternative, it
:17:23. > :17:28.is the Greens. The Greens are offering in welcoming Scotland that
:17:29. > :17:34.once to value and respect immigrants and make a contribution. In the last
:17:35. > :17:38.elections, the Greens polled 7%. This may, they say they will get
:17:39. > :17:47.10%, and their first MEP north of the border.
:17:48. > :17:52.A list of all the candidates is on our website.
:17:53. > :17:57.A look at other stories from the across the country.
:17:58. > :18:01.RBS is to remove about one in five of its branch managers in Scotland.
:18:02. > :18:04.It's part of a major shake-up at the group. The bank says that, although
:18:05. > :18:09.this will simplify its operations, every branch will still have a
:18:10. > :18:11.manager. A total of 58 manager or deputy manager posts will be lost in
:18:12. > :18:14.the move. Aberdeen City Council has appointed
:18:15. > :18:17.a new chief executive. Angela Scott is the city's current director of
:18:18. > :18:23.corporate governance. She said Aberdeen was ready to meet the
:18:24. > :18:26.financial challenges ahead. The Mountaineering Council Of
:18:27. > :18:29.Scotland has warned that a mild winter might have encouraged the
:18:30. > :18:32.spread of parasitic ticks. It said hill walkers were encountering large
:18:33. > :18:34.numbers of the pests. Lyme disease, an infection that can cause
:18:35. > :18:36.arthritis if untreated, can be transmitted to humans through a tick
:18:37. > :18:39.bite. The director designate of the
:18:40. > :18:44.Edinburgh International Festival has announced details of the programme
:18:45. > :18:46.for 2015. Fergus Linehan is planning more co-productions, including one
:18:47. > :18:50.starring French actress Juliette Binoche, more music, and greater use
:18:51. > :19:01.of public spaces. The festival will also begin earlier, bringing it back
:19:02. > :19:05.into line with the Edinburgh Fringe. When we inherited this incredible
:19:06. > :19:08.history, it is really about making sure that you hand it onto the next
:19:09. > :19:16.person and the next generation in good condition.
:19:17. > :19:20.There's been a surge in the number of people rescued by Scotland's
:19:21. > :19:24.busiest lifeboat. 500 people were brought to safety in the last five
:19:25. > :19:27.years after becoming stranded on a tidal island. As Morag Kinniburgh
:19:28. > :19:30.reports, the public is being urged to stop risking their lives by
:19:31. > :19:33.wading back across a flooding causeway.
:19:34. > :19:39.Queensbury lifeboat is the busiest in Scotland in terms of people
:19:40. > :19:43.rescued. The most common call-out, to the island here. But on the left,
:19:44. > :19:48.a young child is among those rescued after trying to wade back along the
:19:49. > :19:54.submerged causeway. The numbers rescued has soared due to the
:19:55. > :19:59.growing popularity of the island. But some choose not to call for help
:20:00. > :20:04.and it can be perilous walking back through rising water and strong
:20:05. > :20:08.currents. There are big holes that people can't see when it is covered
:20:09. > :20:14.by water. And a considerable drop. If the water is cloudy and they
:20:15. > :20:19.stray, they can fall into three feet of water. Putting them into danger.
:20:20. > :20:23.Many get distracted and lose track of time, then panic when they
:20:24. > :20:29.realised they are cut off. Anyone attempting to cross over to the
:20:30. > :20:35.island or any other tidal island is X -- is advised to check the tidal
:20:36. > :20:41.times. The message is, even if you do get cut off, never attempt to
:20:42. > :20:48.wade or walk back to the mainland. The lace buyouts are operated by
:20:49. > :20:52.volunteers -- the lifeboats. People often make light of it, but
:20:53. > :20:56.being cut off is incredibly dangerous. It is only real luck and
:20:57. > :21:01.the dedication of these crews we haven't had a fatality. The lifeboat
:21:02. > :21:06.will always respond to a call but they want the public to help by
:21:07. > :21:18.taking care rather than taking risks with the tides.
:21:19. > :21:20.Time now for the sport. After securing their Premiership
:21:21. > :21:23.status, the Partick Thistle manager Alan Archibald has now set his
:21:24. > :21:27.sights on finishing top of the bottom half of the Premiership, and
:21:28. > :21:30.netting the club a cash windfall. The Glasgow side, last night,
:21:31. > :21:33.ensured their top flight survival with a 4-2 victory over Hearts.
:21:34. > :21:39.Jonathan Sutherland reports. Relief come the final whistle for
:21:40. > :21:43.Partick Thistle. Winners of a game enough to guaranteed another season
:21:44. > :21:50.in the Premiership. It has been a lot of hard week -- hard work. We
:21:51. > :21:55.have a good team. We have worked hard all year. It was a sense of
:21:56. > :22:01.relief. Two - one down at Tynecastle, a contender of goal of
:22:02. > :22:06.the season drew Partick Thistle level. When Higginbotham fired home
:22:07. > :22:10.the fourth, they knew they had saved their skins, avoiding the 11th spot
:22:11. > :22:14.play-off. After a good start to the season, Partick Thistle slid down
:22:15. > :22:22.the table, winning just eight games this season. But they have been draw
:22:23. > :22:28.specialists, 14, the highest total of any side in the division. They
:22:29. > :22:33.are now seven with one match to go. If we win on Saturday, we get the
:22:34. > :22:38.chance to finish seventh. Naturally it is another quarter of ?1 million.
:22:39. > :22:45.The things we could that would be great for the squad will stop a
:22:46. > :22:48.couple of extra players. Partick Thistle have refused to let the
:22:49. > :22:52.Premiership chance slip through their fingers. The fans have stood
:22:53. > :22:56.by them and will cheer on their side for another season in the top
:22:57. > :23:02.flight. Well done to them. A busy day for
:23:03. > :23:06.clubs elsewhere. Dundee United have refused the
:23:07. > :23:11.English Championship club that will to talk to their marriage are about
:23:12. > :23:19.taking over. -- manager. Saint Mirren are
:23:20. > :23:22.considering whether to offer a new contract to their manager.
:23:23. > :23:29.Jamie Hammill has been banned for four matches for barging into the
:23:30. > :23:34.Ross County manager last month. Kris Boyd's winner last month means a
:23:35. > :23:39.draw for Kilmarnock will keep them safe from relegation.
:23:40. > :23:44.Hibernian must win to avoid it. The Albion Rovers chairman is
:23:45. > :23:48.offering one of the cheapest tickets, a pay what you can afford
:23:49. > :23:54.season ticket. We don't have anything to lose. This is ground
:23:55. > :24:00.zero for Albion Rovers to re-establish ourselves as a
:24:01. > :24:07.community club. There is up-to-date sports news and last night's action
:24:08. > :24:12.on our website. Tennis, Andy Murray admits he was
:24:13. > :24:16.poor as he crashed out of the Madrid Masters. He says he will step up the
:24:17. > :24:23.search for a new coach following a shock loss to the world number 40
:24:24. > :24:28.six, Santiago Giraldo. He said his performance has not been up to
:24:29. > :24:34.scratch. I have had a number of early losses.
:24:35. > :24:39.I won a tournament, then lost in the second round. I made the
:24:40. > :24:42.quarterfinals. It is probably something mental rather than the way
:24:43. > :24:48.I am hitting tennis balls. I need to have a little think about that, and
:24:49. > :24:53.see exactly what is going on. That needs to change.
:24:54. > :24:56.The Scotland cricket captain is positive saying his team could
:24:57. > :25:01.record a historic win tomorrow. They have to beat England. Over 2,000
:25:02. > :25:03.spectators are expected to watch Scotland take on England, at a
:25:04. > :25:08.one-day international in Aberdeen tomorrow.
:25:09. > :25:12.The stage in Aberdeen is set, so time for some last minute practice.
:25:13. > :25:23.There is a rich cricketing heritage will stop --. . With the England
:25:24. > :25:29.side struggling for form, can the Scots get their first win over them
:25:30. > :25:33.in living memory? England may not have had the winter they would have
:25:34. > :25:36.liked. From our point of view, we want to put pressure on them and
:25:37. > :25:43.hope we can bring back some bad memories. The Scotland team are very
:25:44. > :25:48.much on the rise, after qualifying for the World Cup. Things are very
:25:49. > :25:51.different for England. They were annihilated by Australia and had a
:25:52. > :25:57.disappointing recent results against Holland. With their new coach,
:25:58. > :26:02.England are confident they can stop the rot. But they insist they are
:26:03. > :26:05.taking their opponents seriously. If we play well, we will be hard to
:26:06. > :26:13.beat. That doesn't guarantee anything. As always, with cricket in
:26:14. > :26:15.Scotland, the weather is the main potential enemy. With all involved
:26:16. > :26:32.hoping the dark clouds stay away. Time now for the weather. Good
:26:33. > :26:37.evening. Yes, fairly unsettled as we head into the next few days. No
:26:38. > :26:42.change to what we have seen so far. Tonight is cloudy and wet with low
:26:43. > :26:47.pressure feeding in weather fronts, rain and cloud. This evening and
:26:48. > :26:57.overnight, a band of rain spreads north-east. It will cloud over with
:26:58. > :27:02.outbreaks of rain, heavy at times. Generally in the early hours. Not
:27:03. > :27:08.really too cold, six Celsius. It does mean tomorrow morning gets off
:27:09. > :27:13.to a disappointing start, cloudy and damp but it should improve. The rain
:27:14. > :27:17.tends to fade, the cloud will break. There will be a number of
:27:18. > :27:25.showers as well. Across the southern half of the country come at a brisk
:27:26. > :27:30.westerly breeze. Showers should push across quite quickly. Some brighter
:27:31. > :27:40.skies. Further north, the winds are quite lighter. Temperatures similar
:27:41. > :27:46.to today, 13 degrees. In sunnier skies, with light winds, it will
:27:47. > :27:50.feel pleasant. Into the evening, a small ridge of high pressure will
:27:51. > :27:56.build. The showers will die off. Some late evening sunshine to end
:27:57. > :28:02.the week. It doesn't last. Saturday, another area of low pressure
:28:03. > :28:07.bringing more rain and cloud. The weekend will be disappointing,
:28:08. > :28:14.cloudy and wet. A dry start in the far north, turning wet. Behind it,
:28:15. > :28:18.some showers. The rain is never far away. Sunday is not much different,
:28:19. > :28:26.a number of showers around. Feeling cooler. 10 degrees at best. Make the
:28:27. > :28:29.best of the sunshine if you get it tomorrow.
:28:30. > :28:36.Now, a reminder of tonight's main news. The number of patients who
:28:37. > :28:43.have waited more than four hours to be treated in A has almost trebled
:28:44. > :28:47.in the last four years. The performance of emergency units
:28:48. > :28:51.plummeted in 2012 and 2013. And that's Reporting Scotland. I'll
:28:52. > :28:55.be back with the headlines at 8pm, and the late bulletin just after the
:28:56. > :28:58.ten o'clock news. Until then, from everyone on the team right across
:28:59. > :28:59.the country, have a very good evening.