:00:00. > 3:59:59baton through. The baton will now go on to more than 400 communities
:00:00. > :00:12.before the start of The Queen's Baton Relay has arrived
:00:13. > :00:15.in Scotland ahead Over the next 40 days it will travel
:00:16. > :00:19.the length and breadth of Scotland. And tonight it's in Edinburgh,
:00:20. > :00:30.from where we join our Games Graham, you join me at Princes
:00:31. > :00:35.Street Gardens, where there has been a concert this evening to celebrate
:00:36. > :00:41.the first day of the Queen's baton arrival in squat pond. -- in
:00:42. > :00:47.Scotland. The baton has been carried down into the stand by the
:00:48. > :00:52.Commonwealth games former gold medallist Alex Arthur. Here's the
:00:53. > :00:57.last baton bearer of the day, 100 have carried it throughout its first
:00:58. > :01:01.day in Scotland, where it began its journey first thing this morning in
:01:02. > :01:11.Coldstream. There is an old Borders phrase,, and you may see the same of
:01:12. > :01:13.the baton as it is brought in on a ghillie.
:01:14. > :01:17.Daley Thompson handed it to Eilidh Child, gold medal hopeful for
:01:18. > :01:20.Glasgow. From there to Edinburgh, and
:01:21. > :01:24.on-board a tram. Much to the surprise of passengers.
:01:25. > :01:29.I am going into town to get my hair done.
:01:30. > :01:34.I have got a ticket for the opening ceremony in Glasgow. It made
:01:35. > :01:39.everyone feel so happy, it is a lovely design and it is special.
:01:40. > :01:42.This is the start of the hand to hand baton relay, for the next 40
:01:43. > :01:46.days it will be carried up and down the country.
:01:47. > :01:52.Michael Lang, the baton bearer, designed the 1986 baton.
:01:53. > :01:55.In 1986 things were very different. I love the new baton today and it
:01:56. > :02:01.has been designed with electronics and lot of new people. In 1986 it
:02:02. > :02:05.was me and a sketch pad. Then on to the castle when a 21 gun salute
:02:06. > :02:10.healed of the Queen's Birthday. The relay continued down the Royal
:02:11. > :02:14.mile to Parliament. Then a chance to soak up the
:02:15. > :02:19.atmosphere at Meadowbank, host of two previous games.
:02:20. > :02:22.That baton will go right round the country, 400 towns and villages from
:02:23. > :02:27.the Shetland Isles to everywhere. Thousands of people will get a
:02:28. > :02:31.chance to carry the baton is what will be fantastic for all of
:02:32. > :02:35.Scotland. The baton is designed to be handled and to infuse.
:02:36. > :02:38.Edinburgh has enjoyed its chance to get involved.
:02:39. > :02:42.Of course, no tour would be complete without a visit to the Commonwealth
:02:43. > :02:49.pool. It will soon be in the limelight again, our host for a
:02:50. > :02:52.third Commonwealth Games. Tomorrow the baton goes to West
:02:53. > :02:56.Lothian where there are a series of special events planned in the likes
:02:57. > :03:00.of Linlithgow and Livingston. Every day it is inching closer to
:03:01. > :03:04.the opening ceremony on July the 23rd at Celtic park.
:03:05. > :03:05.And you can see live streaming on when it visit your community on the
:03:06. > :03:08.BBC News website. People from across Scotland and
:03:09. > :03:10.from all walks of life have been recognised
:03:11. > :03:18.in the Queen's Birthday Honours. Professor Tom Devine from the
:03:19. > :03:22.University of Edinburgh has been knighted for his services to the
:03:23. > :03:26.study of Scotland's history. He paid tribute to his family, colleagues
:03:27. > :03:30.and students. The Chief Executive of the Edinburgh
:03:31. > :03:34.Festival fringe Society for the past five years is made CBE.
:03:35. > :03:39.There is an MBE for Edinburgh born Dario Franchitti, who has won the
:03:40. > :03:44.Indianapolis 500 multiple times. His driving career was ended by a
:03:45. > :03:48.crash at the end of last year. And another MBE for 24-year-old Fraser
:03:49. > :03:51.Doherty, who turned his grandmother 's jam recipes into a thriving
:03:52. > :03:54.business based in the capital and selling round the world.
:03:55. > :03:56.The Stornoway rower Neil Iain Macdonald who is
:03:57. > :03:59.attempting to cross the Atlantic from New York to the Western Isles,
:04:00. > :04:03.He contacted a control centre in Cornwall reporting that he'd got
:04:04. > :04:07.Time for the weather outlook for tonight and tomorrow.
:04:08. > :04:17.It has been lovely weather for most of today and we can expect more of
:04:18. > :04:22.the same next week. It will not be wall-to-wall sunshine, as today
:04:23. > :04:25.parts of the northern isles have struggled with cloud, but where we
:04:26. > :04:29.have had the sunshine in the south-west we got up to 22 Celsius.
:04:30. > :04:33.A few showers this evening but they will die away to leave a dry night
:04:34. > :04:38.with clear spells. Becoming quite misty come especially in the Glens
:04:39. > :04:41.and scarcely a breath of wind tonight, mild and humid and
:04:42. > :04:45.temperatures holding up at 13 Celsius. Tomorrow is a repeat
:04:46. > :04:49.performance, loud and missed-macro in the morning, that will burn off
:04:50. > :04:52.allowing the cloud to break and some spells of sunshine. There will be
:04:53. > :04:57.some showers around but very isolated, light, mainly over hills
:04:58. > :05:01.in the East. Good spells of sunshine getting temperatures widely up to
:05:02. > :05:07.the high teens or the low 20s. There is more tomorrow at lunchtime.
:05:08. > :05:13.From all of us, have a good night. Goodbye.
:05:14. > :05:16.But from all of us on the team, goodbye.