31/05/2014

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:00:07. > :00:14.Breaking news tonight: Unconfirmed reports suggest a

:00:15. > :00:17.number of spectators have been seriously injured in a serious crash

:00:18. > :00:21.at a motor rally in the Borders. The annual Jim Clark Rally takes place

:00:22. > :00:24.on closed-off public roads between Kelso and Duns. It's believed

:00:25. > :00:27.emergency services and an air ambulance have been sent to the

:00:28. > :00:30.scene at Swinton, near Coldstream. Competitiors in the rally were due

:00:31. > :00:35.to pass though the area in the middle of the afternoon.

:00:36. > :00:38.After six years of disruption and budget disputes, Edinburgh's trams

:00:39. > :00:41.have taken their first paying customers from the airport to the

:00:42. > :00:45.city centre. It was standing room only on the first departure at 5am.

:00:46. > :01:03.The leading into the guile to pick up the first fare paying passengers.

:01:04. > :01:09.Keen to get on board, these people had queued to take part in part of

:01:10. > :01:15.Edinburgh's history. Extra services were added during the day. At your

:01:16. > :01:19.place, it was busy. This is far better. The old ones

:01:20. > :01:28.were rickety. They bumped along every inch of the road. It has been

:01:29. > :01:34.upsetting to see the length of time and amount of money that has gone

:01:35. > :01:39.into it. It was enjoyable. It was good to see how many people were on

:01:40. > :01:46.the trams today. Good fun. It has not been such a smooth ride.

:01:47. > :01:50.In the decades and is the first money was allocated, the price has

:01:51. > :01:54.doubled, the network has halved, and it has taken twice as long to build

:01:55. > :02:00.as planned. Visuals are now looking to that behind them.

:02:01. > :02:03.We hope that going forward this will become part of normal life in the

:02:04. > :02:07.city and we can reflect on what has happened in the past but very much

:02:08. > :02:12.concentrate on the future and how we can benefit from this.

:02:13. > :02:16.There are still criticism about how the project was handled but if

:02:17. > :02:20.successful, the tram network could be extended in the future. One

:02:21. > :02:28.business owner hoped that would not be the case. The Mac I am concerned

:02:29. > :02:37.that if construction returns, it will cause disruption.

:02:38. > :02:52.For now, the trams are rolling away from the problems of the past.

:02:53. > :02:55.Police have started an investigation into a sexual assault carried in

:02:56. > :02:57.Glasgow. A 35-year-old woman was attacked in Kelvingrove Park

:02:58. > :03:03.The man who carried out the assault is thought to have run off

:03:04. > :03:07.Tennis now, and Andy Murray is in action at the French Open in Paris.

:03:08. > :03:10.He's playing the 28th seed Philipp Kohlschreiber in the third round.

:03:11. > :03:12.The German beat Murray in their only previous meeting

:03:13. > :03:18.In rugby, Glasgow Warriors are taking on Leinster

:03:19. > :03:26.Warriors took the lead with a penalty from Finn Russell.

:03:27. > :03:29.Live coverage of the match continues on BBC Alba.

:03:30. > :03:32.Eight adventurers from Skye are back on dry land after rowing 100 miles

:03:33. > :03:37.from St Kilda in a century-old wooden skiff. They left the remote

:03:38. > :03:40.island early yesterday morning, and they were welcomed home by a large

:03:41. > :03:47.crowd at Portree harbour this morning.

:03:48. > :03:55.The weather was tremendous. We had been waiting for this window. It was

:03:56. > :04:01.ideal, with a westerly breeze behind us all the way from Saint Kilda to

:04:02. > :04:05.Harris. We got into day and it was like glass there.

:04:06. > :04:20.A lovely day with plenty of sunshine. 21 degrees around Loch

:04:21. > :04:28.Ness. You can see it is largely dry across most of the country. Some

:04:29. > :04:40.thicker cloud across parts of the Western Isles. Sunday will be

:04:41. > :04:55.cloudier than today. Some rain moving from the West. Temperatures

:04:56. > :04:58.around 18 degrees. Not too bad. Turning unsettled next week.

:04:59. > :05:01.And that's Reporting Scotland. Our next update is tomorrow evening.

:05:02. > :05:18.Until then, enjoy the rest of your Saturday night.

:05:19. > :05:19.Hello. So far, so good. Most of us have had a dry start of