:00:00. > :00:00.Kilda. The mystery of the stolen bowls: How
:00:00. > :00:00.Scotland's gold-medal hope at the Commonwealth Games is coping with
:00:00. > :00:16.the theft. An Edinburgh woman who is
:00:17. > :00:19.charged with murdering her three-year-old son has made her
:00:20. > :00:21.first public court appearance. 34-year-old Rosdeep Adekoya has been
:00:22. > :00:25.accused of beating Mikaeel Kular on various occasions over a four-day
:00:26. > :00:41.period and then murdering him. Arriving at court from custody,
:00:42. > :00:45.Rosdeep Adekoya is appearing under her married name. This was her first
:00:46. > :00:51.public appearance in court since she was charged with her son Mikaeel's
:00:52. > :00:54.murder. In January the 16th, Mrs Adekoya had called the police and
:00:55. > :00:58.reported her little boy missing, saying she thought he had climbed
:00:59. > :01:01.onto a stool and unlock the front door of her Edinburgh flat. The
:01:02. > :01:08.Crown says she did this knowing he will already dead. These were the
:01:09. > :01:11.pictures of hundreds of Mikaeel's neighbours, members of the public,
:01:12. > :01:15.police and coastguard who searched for the three-year-old. Then, the
:01:16. > :01:20.news that was dreaded. Mikaeel's body had been found in woodland 25
:01:21. > :01:23.miles away in Kirkcaldy, near a relative's has that Mikaeel had
:01:24. > :01:31.lived in with his family 18 months before. I can confirm that we have
:01:32. > :01:37.recovered the body of a young boy in Fife, shortly before midnight.
:01:38. > :01:42.34-year-old Rosdeep Adekoya stood in the dock. She was dressed all in
:01:43. > :01:46.black. She showed no emotion, and she did not say anything during the
:01:47. > :01:51.hearing, which lasted just three minutes. She has entered no plea.
:01:52. > :01:55.She was taken back to custody. In documents lodged with court, Mrs
:01:56. > :01:59.Adekoya is accused of hitting her son over the head and body, hitting
:02:00. > :02:03.his body against a hard object, and causing blunt force injuries to his
:02:04. > :02:08.head and body in the family home. This was between the 12 and 15th of
:02:09. > :02:12.January. She is accused of failing to seek medical attention for
:02:13. > :02:16.Mikaeel, and murdering him. She is also accused of attempting to defeat
:02:17. > :02:20.the ends of justice by wrapping Mikaeel's body in a duvet, putting
:02:21. > :02:25.him in a suitcase, and then into the boot of her car, and driving to
:02:26. > :02:29.Kirkcaldy. Mrs Adekoya is then said to have hidden the suitcase under a
:02:30. > :02:34.bush in woodland behind her home. The case is being continued, and
:02:35. > :02:37.there will be a further hearing here in Edinburgh on the 25th of July.
:02:38. > :02:39.MPs are calling for a public inquiry into concerns
:02:40. > :02:42.commercial pressure from oil and gas companies is putting
:02:43. > :02:45.The Commons transport select committee launched
:02:46. > :02:48.an inquiry following last year's fatal crash off Shetland.
:02:49. > :02:53.In all 20 people have been killed in offshore helicopter accidents
:02:54. > :03:08.James Nugent survived a Super Puma helicopter crash off Shetland last
:03:09. > :03:13.August. Full of his colleagues died. He is still coping with the
:03:14. > :03:18.after-effects. I don't have a broken leg or back or anything like that. I
:03:19. > :03:21.had very supple injuries. I have had a constant headache since the
:03:22. > :03:27.accident, I get migraines, anything up to three times a week. Those
:03:28. > :03:31.cannot me out for four days. It will be Shetland crash that sparked the
:03:32. > :03:36.enquiry by MPs. 20 people in total have died in offshore helicopter
:03:37. > :03:42.accidents since 2009. The committee chair wants a full public enquiry to
:03:43. > :03:47.investigate if commercial pressure is putting lives at risk. Do the oil
:03:48. > :03:51.and gas companies have power that has led to cost-cutting and safety
:03:52. > :03:54.measures? Has there been another enforcement of safety regulations?
:03:55. > :04:00.Is there an openness that workers can express their concerns when they
:04:01. > :04:04.feel these are correct? There are around 100 light into the North Sea
:04:05. > :04:07.and west of Shetland every day. The oil and gas companies deny
:04:08. > :04:12.helicopter operators are put under unsay pressure to make things work.
:04:13. > :04:15.If the government called for a public enquiry, we will support one.
:04:16. > :04:19.We will get intimately involved with that process. But it is not
:04:20. > :04:23.something the oil and gas industry would support unless it was
:04:24. > :04:27.ordered? We are not asking for it, but we would support it if it is
:04:28. > :04:32.required. You don't think it is necessary? I didn't say that. I said
:04:33. > :04:36.we would support it if there was evidence. Unions and relatives of
:04:37. > :04:40.those killed in other helicopter crashes have long supported a public
:04:41. > :04:45.enquiry. The UK Government says it will look at the committee's report.
:04:46. > :04:47.James Nugent says he might return offshore one day, if he feels it is
:04:48. > :04:49.safe. Now,
:04:50. > :04:50.cast your mind back to last summer. Yes, it's the time of year again
:04:51. > :04:56.when the panda-watch gets underway. Let's cross to Edinburgh Zoo
:04:57. > :05:13.and join Julie Peacock. Yes, it certainly is, but staff here
:05:14. > :05:17.at Edinburgh zoo are urging people not to get too excited about this
:05:18. > :05:21.excitement that their panda has conceived, and that is because the
:05:22. > :05:25.embryo has not yet implanted, meaning that technically she is not
:05:26. > :05:30.pregnant yet. Staff here have good reason to be cautious, because life
:05:31. > :05:34.and earths are still rare in captivity -- live panda births. And
:05:35. > :05:38.we have been here twice before. Last year, she lost a foetus late in
:05:39. > :05:45.pregnancy, and the year before, these two pandas failed to meet at
:05:46. > :05:48.all. However, we are seeing this being welcomed as a positive
:05:49. > :05:52.development. It is good news, and if all goes to plan, we could see a
:05:53. > :05:57.baby panda here in late August. Already, lots of people have been
:05:58. > :06:01.anticipating the arrival of a baby panda, including the First Minister
:06:02. > :06:06.Alex Salmond, who tweeted: This is exciting news. It would be terrific
:06:07. > :06:10.to welcome a baby panda. If we do nearly bit about our tiny beads
:06:11. > :06:13.here, any time soon, you can be rest assured, we will be right here to
:06:14. > :06:15.tell you all about it. Thank you very much.
:06:16. > :06:17.You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC.
:06:18. > :06:18.Still to come on tonight's programme:
:06:19. > :06:21.In the first of two referendum reports, we take to the streets
:06:22. > :06:25.And we meet the Scottish golfer who's come back home to show us
:06:26. > :06:33.And the Scot who has become the most expensive player in championship
:06:34. > :06:36.history. Tributes have been paid to
:06:37. > :06:38.a 14-year-old boy who drowned at Bocharie Sonnah got
:06:39. > :06:42.into difficulty while playing with Local people and the emergency
:06:43. > :07:00.services were unable to save him. They gathered to pay their
:07:01. > :07:05.respects. A silent tribute for a 14-year-old boy whose life was cut
:07:06. > :07:12.short here at Torduff reservoir. Barker Rhys on, known to friends as
:07:13. > :07:16.box, was mad about football. -- Bocharie Sonnah. There is shock and
:07:17. > :07:21.disbelief at his death. Everybody loved him. You can see just from the
:07:22. > :07:27.people leaving flowers and that, he was really taken too soon. Far too
:07:28. > :07:38.soon. Gone but never forgotten. That is the. Rest in peace, pal. He got
:07:39. > :07:41.into trouble last night in the water. One eyewitness said he will
:07:42. > :07:48.be haunted by the screens echoing across the reservoir. A lady man
:07:49. > :07:55.passed, saying a boy is drowning. My friend got on his mobile to phone
:07:56. > :07:58.the emergency services. When we got to the water, the lad had
:07:59. > :08:03.disappeared under. His other friend was trying in vain to get him from
:08:04. > :08:07.the water, but to no avail. Locals have told me it is a very popular
:08:08. > :08:11.area, especially during the summer holidays. Scottish water and this
:08:12. > :08:16.reservoir, and there are signs up saying it is unsafe to swim here.
:08:17. > :08:20.These signs warn people that they should not be swimming in the waters
:08:21. > :08:22.behind me. Today, a community reflects and remembers one they have
:08:23. > :08:26.lost. Scotland's first satellite has been
:08:27. > :08:30.launched from a space centre UKube-One was built by
:08:31. > :08:36.a Glasgow-based company. It's already in orbit, and it's
:08:37. > :08:39.due to separate from its Russian Here's our science correspondent
:08:40. > :08:56.Kenneth Macdonald. Not quite mission control Maryhill,
:08:57. > :09:07.but even without live pictures, it felt a lot like it. Confirmation
:09:08. > :09:10.that the satellite has launched. It is the first satellite fully
:09:11. > :09:13.designed and built in Scotland, so it is a big step forward from that
:09:14. > :09:19.perspective. The other benefit is, it is a different type of satellite.
:09:20. > :09:24.It is a more off the shelf type of satellite. UKube-1 is the most
:09:25. > :09:28.advanced satellite of its kind in the world. It is small, but backs
:09:29. > :09:32.six experiments into just three metres, studying things like space
:09:33. > :09:35.weather and satellite security, and giving school students a chance to
:09:36. > :09:39.contact a satellite. More than that, it is blazing a trail for the
:09:40. > :09:43.Scottish space industry. We are spending most of our time writing
:09:44. > :09:48.proposals to people all over the world who are interested in doing
:09:49. > :09:51.larger scale missions, and constellations of satellites.
:09:52. > :09:57.Somebody is talking to us about hundreds! These scientists say the
:09:58. > :10:01.buzz has already been good for business. The fact we have done it
:10:02. > :10:05.with UKube-1, which is such a complex satellite in its own right,
:10:06. > :10:09.that really as studies in good stead and allowed us to step up to the
:10:10. > :10:15.plate where the customers are concerned. Today's rocket while an
:10:16. > :10:23.updated version of the ones that once carried solely Soviet
:10:24. > :10:29.cosmonauts into orbit. The world's first artificial satellite and the
:10:30. > :10:34.first man in lifted off from here. Today, it was Scotland's turn.
:10:35. > :10:36.Both sides in the Scottish independence debate have been
:10:37. > :10:37.trading insults after campaign donations for
:10:38. > :10:41.The figures show that the pro-union Better Together campaign raised ?2.4
:10:42. > :10:46.million in big donations - twice the 1.1 million raised by Yes Scotland.
:10:47. > :10:49.Our Political Editor Brian Taylor is here.
:10:50. > :10:58.So, Brian, what are the Yes and No campaigns saying, then?
:10:59. > :11:03.The complaints are familiar. We have heard them before. A lot of the
:11:04. > :11:09.controversy is focusing upon the money that is going to the lead
:11:10. > :11:15.campaigns, but organisations that have registered on each side. They
:11:16. > :11:20.are looking to support the union, and 300,000 are going to business
:11:21. > :11:23.Scotland and Christians For Independence. Better Together are
:11:24. > :11:28.focusing on that money, saying there are effectively front organisations
:11:29. > :11:31.working together with the league campaign. You can do that, working
:11:32. > :11:35.together, but if you do so, it perhaps alters the amount that can
:11:36. > :11:39.be spent. There are rules governing that. They say these upfront
:11:40. > :11:42.organisations. In response, Yes Scotland say that is absolutely
:11:43. > :11:47.untrue, they have obeyed the rules from the start, and they continue to
:11:48. > :11:51.do so, and their response is fairly blunt to their rivals in Better
:11:52. > :11:54.Together. They say, this is a bit rich coming from a movement that is
:11:55. > :11:59.funded largely by wealthy landowners, bankers and rich Tories.
:12:00. > :12:00.Many of whom live outwith Scotland and do not have a vote in the
:12:01. > :12:06.referendum. Hankie. -- thank you. Scotland's streets have become a
:12:07. > :12:08.campaigning battleground as armies of activists in the independence
:12:09. > :12:10.referendum fight for your vote. For many, it's the first time
:12:11. > :12:13.they've been involved in politics. Our Referendum Correspondent Laura
:12:14. > :12:16.Bicker has been out with both sides Tonight, she's in Ayrshire with
:12:17. > :12:29.Yes Scotland. It is good to see as many as are
:12:30. > :12:36.here tonight. John Wallace leads the team in South Ayrshire. Keep it
:12:37. > :12:42.simple, be courteous, and don't get into any trouble. The battle lines
:12:43. > :12:48.are drawn. This army foot soldiers are now seeking targets. The
:12:49. > :12:53.undecided voter. I am undecided. Undecided. The measure support for
:12:54. > :12:57.independence on a scale of one to ten, where ten is a definite Yes.
:12:58. > :13:04.Where would you say you sit on this scale? A nine. The team will visit
:13:05. > :13:08.those who are undecided. I was born to do this. I had been wanting
:13:09. > :13:13.independence since I was that high. My father and grandfather before me.
:13:14. > :13:17.With a name like Wallace, the passion is there. John works 60
:13:18. > :13:20.hours a week, and is also a husband and father. But he now spends most
:13:21. > :13:23.evenings away from them, campaigning. What do you think about
:13:24. > :13:29.spending all your hours on doorsteps? My wife loves it! She has
:13:30. > :13:32.beaten quiet to watch the television. Straight from the
:13:33. > :13:38.doorsteps, and time to feed the troops at a pie and pints night in
:13:39. > :13:43.Prestwick. None of the speakers are elected officials. I believe a vote
:13:44. > :13:47.for No will be a vote of No confidence in ourselves. Whereas I
:13:48. > :13:51.think a vote for Yes will lead to an absolute renaissance in Scotland.
:13:52. > :13:57.Much of this meeting felt like a rally. We are all discussing these
:13:58. > :14:04.things, but we need to win that vote! Vote No is not an option. Vote
:14:05. > :14:08.No is seriously not an option, it is just the mince we have had before.
:14:09. > :14:13.But there were a few undecided voters. I came to the door, and I
:14:14. > :14:19.said to my daughter, you fancy going along, see what it is about? She
:14:20. > :14:23.said Yes, so we came. I never really knew anything about it, it was just
:14:24. > :14:27.like Braveheart and haggis and that sort of thing! And then listening to
:14:28. > :14:32.them really has convinced me to vote Yes, for definite. There is
:14:33. > :14:37.determination here, steely purpose, but there is also emotion. It is
:14:38. > :14:43.clear hearts will be broken in September. The next few weeks will
:14:44. > :14:46.determine which side of this argument that will be.
:14:47. > :14:48.Tomorrow evening, Laura will be behind-the-scenes with the No
:14:49. > :14:52.And the latest in our series of Referendum Debates from across
:14:53. > :14:58.the country is later this evening. Here's James Cook with the details.
:14:59. > :15:05.With the referendum just ten weeks away, we've come to the Isle of Skye
:15:06. > :15:09.to seek answers to the key issues. Our guests are the actor David
:15:10. > :15:13.Heymann, business and John Boyle, and representatives from Labour and
:15:14. > :15:14.the Scottish Government. Join us for the referendum debate, tonight at
:15:15. > :15:18.9pm on BBC Two Scotland. Now, a look at other stories
:15:19. > :15:20.from the across the country: A woman is in hospital
:15:21. > :15:23.after being seriously injured when The collision happened
:15:24. > :15:27.around 9 o'clock this morning The road between South St Andrews
:15:28. > :15:30.Street and West Register Street A million square feet
:15:31. > :15:33.of land has been released for It's the latest stage in the ?1
:15:34. > :15:39.billion transformation of the site. It's thought the area, which will
:15:40. > :15:42.also be home to the V A Museum, The Duchess
:15:43. > :15:49.of Rothesay has officially opened She met community groups
:15:50. > :15:54.and swimmers training The Duchess later conferred her
:15:55. > :15:59.first degrees in her new role as A businessman from Skye says
:16:00. > :16:05.the Scottish Government must put pressure on delivery companies to
:16:06. > :16:09.implement a fairer charging system. Alasdair Martin says he was recently
:16:10. > :16:15.quoted ?400 to have 1,000 DVDs delivered to the island,
:16:16. > :16:18.but only ?15 for them to be sent to a friend's house ten miles away
:16:19. > :16:33.on the mainland. There has to be political pressure
:16:34. > :16:38.put on some of these countries, -- companies, because it doesn't seem
:16:39. > :16:40.fair to charge such an exorbitant amount of money to deliver somewhere
:16:41. > :16:44.that is not really far-away. Paul Foster is
:16:45. > :16:46.a world champion lawn bowler hopes for a medal at the
:16:47. > :16:48.Commonwealth Games. However, with just two weeks to go, he's been the
:16:49. > :16:52.victim of theft. Some of his prized bowls have been stolen from his
:16:53. > :16:55.Troon club. Is it a simple case of Is it a simple case of robbery,
:16:56. > :17:10.or could it be international This is true then Portland Bowling
:17:11. > :17:15.club, and with just 15 days to go before the start of the Commonwealth
:17:16. > :17:19.Games, No surprise to see this man, Paul Foster, down here practising
:17:20. > :17:22.this evening, but Paul, it has been a hard day for you, because last
:17:23. > :17:27.night, you had to get a new set of balls. You'll agree Yes, I came down
:17:28. > :17:30.to the pub last night, and they phoned up to say it had been broken
:17:31. > :17:35.into, and my bag had been taken along with three balls. I was left
:17:36. > :17:40.with one bowl. So, what is that suggest EU, foul play? It could be a
:17:41. > :17:44.lot of things. It could be jealousy, people who don't want me to do well,
:17:45. > :17:48.but I got on the case straight away last night, and luckily enough from
:17:49. > :17:52.me, I have managed to get another set of bowls very quick. I suppose
:17:53. > :17:57.with the game is just 15 days away, you need to be practising, but all
:17:58. > :18:00.balls are not the same, so how significant is this in your run-up
:18:01. > :18:06.to the games? There is not too much difference between this set of bowls
:18:07. > :18:08.on the one I have stolen. It is psychological, but I am putting up
:18:09. > :18:12.out of my mind, because I cannot come into the games with a negative
:18:13. > :18:16.attitude, because it is not fair on my team-mates. I am gutted. I have
:18:17. > :18:19.been training for three months solid now, and doing pretty well with
:18:20. > :18:23.those bowls. It is a sad day that someone could do that to me, or
:18:24. > :18:28.anybody. There are some sad people out there. Thank you for joining us.
:18:29. > :18:31.We appreciate your time, and Police Scotland or on the case with this,
:18:32. > :18:33.and if you have any information you think could help Paul find his
:18:34. > :18:35.missing bowls, please contact them. Let's get better sporting news now
:18:36. > :18:40.from David. I can't promise you better, but I
:18:41. > :18:43.can promise you more! The Scotland international striker
:18:44. > :18:46.Ross McCormack has set a new record. He's become the most expensive
:18:47. > :18:48.player in the English championship. The 27-year-old has joined Fulham
:18:49. > :19:03.for Tries a shot and scores! He cannot
:19:04. > :19:09.stop scoring! With 28 goals, Ross McCormack is the top scorer for the
:19:10. > :19:15.season just gone. Now, he is the English second-tier's most expensive
:19:16. > :19:18.player. Scotland team-mate Steven Naismith in his native Ayrshire to
:19:19. > :19:22.back his former boys club financially today, is backing
:19:23. > :19:31.MacCormack to justify his ?11 million price tag. He is a quality
:19:32. > :19:35.player, and he has proved that. He may be lost a bit of confidence when
:19:36. > :19:40.he lost Rangers and was told by then he was not given up, but he has come
:19:41. > :19:43.back and proved everybody wrong. MacCormack left Rangers eight years
:19:44. > :19:48.ago after just 11 appearances. After a spell at Motherwell, he joined
:19:49. > :19:52.Cardiff city, and then on to Leeds, where he became a favourite of the
:19:53. > :19:55.fans. Now, he will lead the attack for one of their championship
:19:56. > :19:59.rivals, and hoping to play his way into the Scotland team for the
:20:00. > :20:05.European Championship qualifiers, which start in September. Scott
:20:06. > :20:10.Brown is likely to miss Scotland's opening qualifier against Germany.
:20:11. > :20:13.We have learned the Celtic captain is expected to be out around three
:20:14. > :20:15.months because of a hamstring injury.
:20:16. > :20:17.If so he'll miss all of Celtic's Champions League qualifying
:20:18. > :20:29.And Mo Farah has pulled out of this weekend's Diamond Lead athletics
:20:30. > :20:33.event in Glasgow. The reason appears unclear, but he is still expected to
:20:34. > :20:37.compete at the Commonwealth Games later this month. The build-up
:20:38. > :20:40.continues to be Scottish open golf, which start on Thursday. It will be
:20:41. > :20:43.something of a homecoming for Inverness golfer Russell Knox left
:20:44. > :20:44.Scotland But this week marks the first time
:20:45. > :20:49.he's come back as a pro to play. From Royal Aberdeen,
:20:50. > :21:04.here's Phil Goodlad. welcome home, Russell knocks. We had
:21:05. > :21:08.been expecting you. This is my debut, and I have been pro for seven
:21:09. > :21:12.years. I am delighted to make it here to Royal Aberdeen, and
:21:13. > :21:16.hopefully, I will do well. You may not recognise the face or indeed,
:21:17. > :21:20.the accident, but the 29-year-old from Inverness is making a name for
:21:21. > :21:25.himself on the PGA Tour, already earning $1.3 million this season. It
:21:26. > :21:30.is an extremely difficult job to crack. This is an important week, I
:21:31. > :21:34.would love to play well, and if I don't, it is not going to be the end
:21:35. > :21:37.of the world. I will still love every minute of being home in
:21:38. > :21:41.Scotland. If you are following him around this week, you will notice he
:21:42. > :21:46.is accompanied by his lucky dolphin mascot. I quite often over in the
:21:47. > :21:50.United States get asked, are you from Australia? I say No, but I can
:21:51. > :21:55.have a kangaroo on my back! It is all good. So, it is all about
:21:56. > :21:59.reacquainting himself with being back home this week. Perhaps
:22:00. > :22:03.rebuilding important relationships. I am staying with my best friend
:22:04. > :22:07.this week, who lives in Aberdeen. I haven't seen him for a long time. He
:22:08. > :22:12.used to be my best friend, it has been so long, he probably hate me
:22:13. > :22:24.now! You've earned $1.3 million so far this season. He will still be
:22:25. > :22:29.your best friend! More on the golf for the rest of the week, whether
:22:30. > :22:33.you like it or not! Thank you very much, David. Let's get the details
:22:34. > :22:37.now and what is coming up on Scotland 2014 tonight.
:22:38. > :22:41.Tonight, an exclusive story about how quickly you will get an
:22:42. > :22:44.ambulance if your life is at risk. The Scottish Government has set a
:22:45. > :22:47.target response time of eight minutes for the most severe cases,
:22:48. > :22:51.but we hear from staff who say they are being pressured to distort the
:22:52. > :22:54.figures by downgrading some of the more serious cases just to make it
:22:55. > :23:00.look like the Tigers are being that. We will also talk about how it is
:23:01. > :23:02.money the Yes And No campaigns have received, and wondering whether
:23:03. > :23:04.Scotland's future might be in space. To the Commonwealth baton relay now,
:23:05. > :23:13.and today it's been on St Kilda. It flew from Benbecula airport by
:23:14. > :23:16.helicopter to the most remote part of the UK, uninhabited St Kilda.
:23:17. > :23:25.Never far away, was our reporter. St Kilda, known as the island on the
:23:26. > :23:31.edge of the world. Beyond it, the Atlantic and America. Around 30
:23:32. > :23:36.people work here year round. They are used to the odd visitor, but
:23:37. > :23:40.this was exceptional. A couple of weeks ago, our team, including
:23:41. > :23:46.myself, try to swim from Harris out here, but we had to give up after
:23:47. > :23:50.five or six swells. We were doing it to raise money for a few different
:23:51. > :23:55.charities. St Kilda is actually a small chain of islands, and we are
:23:56. > :23:59.on the biggest right now. In the old days, during an emergency, people
:24:00. > :24:02.used to climb to the highest point here and light a fire and hope a
:24:03. > :24:08.passing ship would see it and come to their aid. The history of the
:24:09. > :24:11.island is a sad one. The population abandoned it in 1930. Now there are
:24:12. > :24:16.hopes to promote more of an understanding of its story. People
:24:17. > :24:20.do want to experience St Kilda, they want to learn about the history and
:24:21. > :24:24.culture of St Kilda and the past, and there are plans to have some way
:24:25. > :24:29.to interpret that much closer to the mainland of the UK. Hopefully, that
:24:30. > :24:33.will happen within the next two or three years. The Queen's baton has
:24:34. > :24:35.travelled the Commonwealth, going to some amazing locations, but few
:24:36. > :24:42.could rival this truly stunning island.
:24:43. > :24:45.And from Cameron on St Kilda to Tarbert on the Isle of Harris now,
:24:46. > :25:01.Thank you very much. Good evening. We have been enjoying some lovely
:25:02. > :25:05.weather across much of the Western Isles today, as the battle continues
:25:06. > :25:09.its journey from South to North. It is due to arrive here in Stornoway
:25:10. > :25:15.very shortly, and as you can see, the celebrations continue behind me.
:25:16. > :25:17.Not all of us have been as fortunate with regards to the weather today.
:25:18. > :25:22.Heavy, thundery showers across eastern parts of the country. This
:25:23. > :25:25.evening, we are looking at the showers easing, and there will be
:25:26. > :25:29.some fine spells of brightness and sunshine to end the day. Looking
:25:30. > :25:34.ahead to the overnight period, it stays largely dry, and there will be
:25:35. > :25:39.some clear spells around in the West. Further east, cloudy, misty,
:25:40. > :25:43.murky conditions, and we will also see some rain working its way into
:25:44. > :25:47.Shetland during the course of the night. Temperatures generally around
:25:48. > :25:51.10 Celsius, perhaps slightly lower in rural spots, and under clearer
:25:52. > :25:55.skies in the West, and the winds will remain light. Into tomorrow, we
:25:56. > :26:02.start on a largely finance, especially in the West. We see the
:26:03. > :26:05.cloudy, misty conditions gradually burning off towards eastern coastal
:26:06. > :26:09.areas, and we will hold onto that reign in Shetland. Tomorrow
:26:10. > :26:12.afternoon, for the likes of the Southwest and Glasgow, we will see
:26:13. > :26:17.some fine spells of brightness and sunshine, and in the sunshine here,
:26:18. > :26:21.temperatures will climb to around 22 Celsius. Another fine day to come
:26:22. > :26:25.across the west coast, the Outer Hebrides, and here, temperatures
:26:26. > :26:29.will reach 17 Celsius, and there will be very little to speak of in
:26:30. > :26:33.terms of wind, so it will be a fairly pleasant. We held on to the
:26:34. > :26:37.fairly cloudy, wet weather across Shetland. Some brightness perhaps
:26:38. > :26:40.across Orkney. A fine day across Inverness and the Murray closed,
:26:41. > :26:48.although eastern coastal areas in sharp contrast, will be cloudy and
:26:49. > :26:51.cooler, around 14 Celsius. Tomorrow evening, it stays cloudy and cruel
:26:52. > :26:57.towards eastern coastal areas, with the best of the weather around in
:26:58. > :27:01.the West. Into Thursday, we see a warm fronts moving its way into
:27:02. > :27:04.eastern coastal areas. In the West, the best of the weather here, and it
:27:05. > :27:18.will be feeling warm in the sunshine, with highs of 23 Celsius.
:27:19. > :27:18.That is the forecast. Indeed it is Stornoway!
:27:19. > :27:24.I'll be back with the headlines at 8 and the late bulletin just
:27:25. > :27:25.Until then, from everyone on the team, right across the