:00:17. > :00:18.The First Minister says independence will save some families almost
:00:19. > :00:21.But David Cameron says the Scottish Government doesn't need
:00:22. > :00:25.Jim Murphy suspends his soapbox tour against Scottish independence,
:00:26. > :00:28.Rangers warn the club's future is uncertain if
:00:29. > :00:33.A week after this man was stabbed to death in Edinburgh, his mother calls
:00:34. > :00:38.And Team Scotland celebrate their Commonwealth Games medal haul,
:00:39. > :00:47.but one medal winner has a more important appointment in the pool.
:00:48. > :00:51.I'm Ross Murdoch. Tune in tonight to see who wins the battle between me
:00:52. > :00:54.and Brian. The gold medallist goes
:00:55. > :00:56.head-to-head with his The First Minister Alex Salmond
:00:57. > :01:09.has claimed that independence will save some families almost ?5,000
:01:10. > :01:11.pounds in childcare costs. Speaking in Edinburgh this morning,
:01:12. > :01:14.he said only a Yes vote would ensure But Prime Minister David Cameron
:01:15. > :01:20.says childcare is already devolved to Scotland
:01:21. > :01:23.and that changes could be made now. This report from our political
:01:24. > :01:41.correspondent Lucy Adams We've had the hard sell, now it's
:01:42. > :01:52.the soft sell. It's not the children, but the adults coming to
:01:53. > :02:07.soft play centres like this one that the yes campaign still has to
:02:08. > :02:25.persuade. Polls suggest women are more likely to vote No than men, and
:02:26. > :02:30.today, the Yes campaign is announcing new updated figures which
:02:31. > :02:33.they say would mean the parents of one-year-olds saving up to ?5,000 on
:02:34. > :02:38.childcare costs, and those with two, three and four-year-olds saving
:02:39. > :02:40.?2000. Their pledge is that by the end of the first parliament, all
:02:41. > :02:42.three and four-year-olds, and half of two-year-olds, will get almost
:02:43. > :02:45.double the current levels of childcare. But how would they pay
:02:46. > :02:50.for this? In order to fund a revolution in
:02:51. > :02:54.childcare and nursery education and provision, which we see as central
:02:55. > :02:57.to the future of Scotland, we must control the other side of the
:02:58. > :03:00.balance sheet. We have the benefit from the parents, the mums and dads
:03:01. > :03:02.who get back into the workforce, start paying taxes, and we have to
:03:03. > :03:04.get hold of these taxes so we can fund this policy for the future of
:03:05. > :03:09.Scotland. But members of the Better Together
:03:10. > :03:13.campaign have described it as a con, because childcare is already
:03:14. > :03:14.devolved to Holyrood. They say it is an argument about investment in
:03:15. > :03:16.childcare, not independence. As part of the United Kingdom, you
:03:17. > :03:17.will also get the tax relief on childcare that the Treasury for the
:03:18. > :03:18.whole of the United Kingdom is introducing next year, and that
:03:19. > :03:19.could be worth up to ?2000 per child for hard-working Scottish
:03:20. > :03:21.taxpayers. For some parents, childcare is an
:03:22. > :03:22.important issue. I have two young children, and at
:03:23. > :03:24.the moment I am not working, because I can't afford the childcare to get
:03:25. > :03:26.back into work. Having more hours would make a massive difference to
:03:27. > :03:30.me and help me get back to work. But some want to stay home with
:03:31. > :03:33.their children. I quite like spending this time
:03:34. > :03:39.watching them grow before they move on to school. I have got a little
:03:40. > :03:42.boy who has just started primary one, and I have had all that time
:03:43. > :03:47.with him. Both campaigns now need to reach
:03:48. > :03:50.everyone they can, young and old. There is less than three weeks
:03:51. > :03:52.before the vote, so there is No time for play.
:03:53. > :03:55.The Labour MP Jim Murphy says he's suspending his Better Together tour
:03:56. > :03:58.of Scotland, because of what he described as "coordinated
:03:59. > :04:05.Eggs were thrown at him yesterday as he spoke to a crowd in Kirkcaldy.
:04:06. > :04:08.Tonight, Yes Scotland said it condemned all forms of abusive,
:04:09. > :04:19.Here's our Home Affairs correspondent Reevel Alderson.
:04:20. > :04:39.Old-fashioned campaigning on the stump. But Jim Murphy's message
:04:40. > :04:42.isn't universally welcomed. I will not be silenced! But after this, he
:04:43. > :04:45.has taken the decision to come off the road for three days.
:04:46. > :04:48.The former Scottish Secretary was intending to take the Better
:04:49. > :04:58.Together messaged to 100 towns across the country, and at first his
:04:59. > :05:05.soapbox campaign and opposition to it was relatively low-key. But
:05:06. > :05:07.Better Together has been gathering what it says is evidence that this
:05:08. > :05:09.19th-century campaigning style is being thwarted by 21st-century
:05:10. > :05:10.technology. I have been out and about across
:05:11. > :05:13.Scotland, and the first meetings were great. They were passionate
:05:14. > :05:20.people on both sides, but in the past ten days or so, the Yes
:05:21. > :05:22.Scotland campaign has organised mobs to turn up at every meeting that I
:05:23. > :05:25.am taking part in to try to silence undecided voters and to try and
:05:26. > :05:31.intimidate me. The Yes campaign says robust debate
:05:32. > :05:34.is to be welcomed, but it's condemned what it calls
:05:35. > :05:36.inappropriate behaviour which has targeted figures on both sides of
:05:37. > :05:39.the argument. If there is any evidence that people
:05:40. > :05:43.had been acting inappropriately, action will be taken, and we would
:05:44. > :05:54.expect the same from those on the No campaign site as well. But that's
:05:55. > :05:55.not misrepresent what is happening across the country, which is a
:05:56. > :05:57.lively, constructive and mature debate, and that is the way we want
:05:58. > :05:59.to keep it. Police Scotland say they are
:06:00. > :06:01.investigating yesterday's egg attack on Jim Murphy.
:06:02. > :06:03.A man has been convicted of behaving in a threatening or
:06:04. > :06:05.abusive manner towards the First Minister Alex Salmond.
:06:06. > :06:08.26-year-old Christopher Stevenson from Glasgow wrote on Twitter
:06:09. > :06:12."I think I might assassinate Alex Salmond" while watching
:06:13. > :06:17.Glasgow Sheriff Court heard that he was reported to police
:06:18. > :06:20.by an American tourist who had seen the post online.
:06:21. > :06:23.When questioned by police, Stevenson claimed it had been a joke.
:06:24. > :06:28.Sentence has been deferred for a year for good behaviour.
:06:29. > :06:32.Rangers have warned that the future of the club is uncertain if a new
:06:33. > :06:37.The club says it wants to raise ?4 million from existing investors,
:06:38. > :06:41.but if it can't, it won't be able to pay its creditors.
:06:42. > :06:44.Our business correspondent David Henderson is here now.
:06:45. > :06:46.David, how serious is the situation for Rangers?
:06:47. > :06:52.Well, what you see on the pitch suggests Rangers are in good shape.
:06:53. > :06:55.They've signed new players - Kris Boyd, Kenny Miller.
:06:56. > :06:58.They're near the top of the Scottish Championship.
:06:59. > :07:00.But off the pitch, it's a different story.
:07:01. > :07:05.Rangers owners are having to work hard to rebuild the club.
:07:06. > :07:08.And that's a real struggle, in part because there's been
:07:09. > :07:19.The number's down by about 17,000 on last year.
:07:20. > :07:21.And that leaves a big hole in the club's finances.
:07:22. > :07:27.So today, they've said they want to raise ?4 million from shareholders -
:07:28. > :07:31.from people who already have a stake in the club.
:07:32. > :07:35.They need much of this for working capital, in other words, to meet
:07:36. > :07:39.the running costs, to pay the wages, to keep the lights on at Ibrox.
:07:40. > :07:42.They're confident they can do that, but the warning today is that
:07:43. > :07:46.if they don't get this money, the company won't be able to pay
:07:47. > :07:55.its debts and its future will be in doubt.
:07:56. > :08:02.Right now, they are spending more money than they are actually earning
:08:03. > :08:12.in terms of ticket sales. Season ticket sales are down on the prior
:08:13. > :08:15.year, which has made the situation worse. This is just paying the day
:08:16. > :08:16.today at going is at the club, and now they have indicated, if they
:08:17. > :08:17.don't raise this money, they will need to raise emergency funding,
:08:18. > :08:22.otherwise, the viability of the company is under question if they
:08:23. > :08:23.can't get funds from somewhere to pay the day-to-day expenses.
:08:24. > :08:24.So if Rangers can raise this ?4 million, are their problems solved?
:08:25. > :08:28.No, because the money won't last for long.
:08:29. > :08:30.It should tide the club over until its Annual General Meeting,
:08:31. > :08:32.which must take place in the next few months.
:08:33. > :08:36.But Rangers bosses say they also need to raise much more to keep them
:08:37. > :08:38.going until the end of this financial year,
:08:39. > :08:45.and then another ?20-30 million over the next three years.
:08:46. > :08:51.So the club could face a long haul to get back to financial health.
:08:52. > :08:54.And what the current owners will now be desperate to avoid is the sort
:08:55. > :08:58.of cash flow crisis which can force a company out
:08:59. > :09:06.of business, or which wrenches the club out of their control.
:09:07. > :09:08.David Henderson, thank you very much.
:09:09. > :09:10.You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC.
:09:11. > :09:11.Still to come on tonight's programme:
:09:12. > :09:14.He won Commonwealth gold - now Ross Murdoch has another big
:09:15. > :09:22.moment in the pool as he meets his biggest fan.
:09:23. > :09:28.And in sport, don't panic, says Celtic's chief executive. He defends
:09:29. > :09:36.the club's signing policy and its manager. And No more drama, No more
:09:37. > :09:38.pain, as Andy Murray wins through to the last 32 of the U.S. Open.
:09:39. > :09:40.The mother of a man murdered in an Edinburgh street has begged
:09:41. > :09:42.members of the local community to help catch her son's killers.
:09:43. > :09:44.Lynn Morrison's son Robbie was stabbed last Friday in
:09:45. > :09:49.Detectives say they're convinced local people know what happened to
:09:50. > :09:52.the 31-year-old and have set up a confidential phone line to encourage
:09:53. > :10:06.Police on the streets of Wester Hailes to reassure locals following
:10:07. > :10:11.Robbie Morrison's violent death, but also to encourage them to open up.
:10:12. > :10:16.One week on, and there are still gaps in the investigation. Who
:10:17. > :10:19.attacked the 31-year-old and why? Questions for detectives and his
:10:20. > :10:24.mother Lynne. I just beg anyone to come forward if
:10:25. > :10:33.they have any information. I really need to put my son 's arrest. -- to
:10:34. > :10:37.put my son to rest. I am pleading with anyone who knows something to
:10:38. > :10:40.come forward. There must be mothers here who have children that know how
:10:41. > :10:44.I feel. Robbie Morrison lived a few miles
:10:45. > :10:48.away, but last Friday afternoon, he had come here to Wester Hailes when
:10:49. > :10:53.he was seriously assaulted in this street. After being stabbed and
:10:54. > :10:57.beaten by two men, he managed to struggle 300 yards along a nearby
:10:58. > :11:01.path, where he collapsed. Father to a three-year-old, who died
:11:02. > :11:04.in hospital days later. Detectives say one of the men they are looking
:11:05. > :11:10.for was riding a mountain bike, but they need more information.
:11:11. > :11:13.We've had a good response from some areas, but we know there is a whole
:11:14. > :11:16.lot more people out there that know exactly what has happened here, and
:11:17. > :11:19.that is the point of today, to engage with them, to point out we
:11:20. > :11:23.need them to come forward so we can act on their information.
:11:24. > :11:27.Confidential tax and phone lines have been set up as police search
:11:28. > :11:28.for crucial details that for now, they believe are concealed within
:11:29. > :11:29.this community. A date has been set for a hearing
:11:30. > :11:34.in which the Crown will apply A look at other stories from
:11:35. > :11:36.across the country now. A man has been taken to hospital
:11:37. > :11:40.after his car crashed into a house The accident happened
:11:41. > :11:43.around 8 o'clock this morning. The man was taken to
:11:44. > :11:45.Aberdeen Royal Infirmary suffering The car also hit power lines
:11:46. > :11:54.on the roadside. A crash between
:11:55. > :11:57.an Edinburgh tram and a bus caused major disruption in the city centre
:11:58. > :11:59.during this morning's rush hour. No one was injured
:12:00. > :12:01.in the collision close to Haymarket It took recovery teams more than two
:12:02. > :12:05.hours to separate them Around 40 firefighters have been
:12:06. > :12:11.tackling a blaze The fire broke out in Rosemount
:12:12. > :12:18.Place shortly before two o'clock. It's affected a dry cleaners,
:12:19. > :12:21.flats and neighbouring shops. People working and living there were
:12:22. > :12:23.evacuated from buildings nearby. Council and housing association
:12:24. > :12:30.tenants will now be able to get more information about how well
:12:31. > :12:33.their landlord is performing. The Scottish Housing Regulator is
:12:34. > :12:37.putting more information online, including data on the quality
:12:38. > :12:40.of the housing stock An application for a new bookmakers
:12:41. > :12:47.in Orkney has been turned down for a second time, because of concerns
:12:48. > :12:51.over fixed odds gaming machines. A previous decision to turn
:12:52. > :12:54.down the application is currently Edinburgh Airport is increasing
:12:55. > :13:01.its charges for drivers who take more than five minutes to drop off
:13:02. > :13:04.passengers at the terminal building. The ?1 charge will increase to ?2
:13:05. > :13:09.for stays of between five and ten minutes, and rise to ?7 for stays
:13:10. > :13:15.of between 20 minutes and an hour. Thousands of people searching
:13:16. > :13:19.for their past are homing in on Glasgow over the next couple
:13:20. > :13:22.of days for one of the country's is giving amateurs
:13:23. > :13:39.the chance to find out how to trace If an time now.
:13:40. > :13:45.We have just had a 100th episode, so that was really the launch pad which
:13:46. > :13:48.allow beginners to get enthusiastic about understanding of family
:13:49. > :13:49.history, and seeing the stories that can come from understanding your
:13:50. > :13:53.ancestors. Members of Team Scotland are
:13:54. > :13:56.in Edinburgh tonight for a celebration of their achievements
:13:57. > :13:58.at the Commonwealth Games. Our Games reporter Lisa Summers is
:13:59. > :14:07.at the City Chambers for us tonight. It's hard to believe it is nearly a
:14:08. > :14:11.month since the Commonwealth Games ended. Today is a chance for those
:14:12. > :14:15.athletes who hail from Edinburgh to get a chance to meet some of the
:14:16. > :14:19.fans and also for the city to say thank you for their successes and
:14:20. > :14:23.efforts during the games. Joining me RA couple of gold medallist. We have
:14:24. > :14:28.Euan Burton, judo gold-medal list, and Josh Taylor, who won a gold
:14:29. > :14:34.medal in boxing. It has been almost a month. Has it been for you? It was
:14:35. > :14:38.kind of back to earth with a bump for me. The Monday after the closing
:14:39. > :14:42.ceremony, I was still in Glasgow doing some stuff with the BBC, and
:14:43. > :14:46.then on the Tuesday, I was back to work and did a 13 hour shift. So it
:14:47. > :14:48.is pretty much back to work for me and back to trying to prepare the
:14:49. > :14:52.next generation of athletes coming through for judo Scotland to make
:14:53. > :14:55.sure that they can replicate our success at the Commonwealth Games
:14:56. > :14:59.and go even better at World Championships and Olympics in the
:15:00. > :15:03.future. One of the sports we clearly remember, because we did so well in
:15:04. > :15:06.judo. Have you already seen that filtering through our Grassroots?
:15:07. > :15:10.Now you have officially retired, you are really working with the elite
:15:11. > :15:13.athletes, but is it starting to come through at grassroots level? I think
:15:14. > :15:17.so. More and more people are interested in the sport. We want to
:15:18. > :15:21.see judo being one of those kind of core sports in Scotland that people
:15:22. > :15:24.think of as a Scottish sport. People think of boxing that way. It is
:15:25. > :15:29.really a Scottish sport. Everybody wants their kids to learn how to
:15:30. > :15:33.cycle and to swim, but we think the judo has a lot to offer people, not
:15:34. > :15:36.just in performance, but all the way through the pathway, and we would
:15:37. > :15:39.love to see in the future that it was one of those Scottish sports
:15:40. > :15:44.that is really thought about in a higher regard in the future for
:15:45. > :15:48.Scotland. Jos, for you, you have had a few weeks off, but pretty much
:15:49. > :15:51.back to training now? You had to training now? You at least at the
:15:52. > :15:56.new Audi Olympics two Yes, back to Sheffield for training next week. I
:15:57. > :16:00.am going to feel the pace there. I will hopefully be able to focus on
:16:01. > :16:04.Rio in two years. Have you had a real chance to sit down and let it
:16:05. > :16:09.all sink in? It all seems to disappear like a puff of smoke.
:16:10. > :16:12.Definitely. The last couple of weeks I have still been on cloud nine and
:16:13. > :16:17.invited to different football games and guests here and there, and it
:16:18. > :16:21.still does not feel real. But last week was the first chance I had to
:16:22. > :16:25.sort of sit down and let it all sink in. It was brilliant. All the best
:16:26. > :16:29.with the training for the Olympics, and thank you for talking to us
:16:30. > :16:32.today. You can see behind me, quite a lot of the other athletes are
:16:33. > :16:35.enjoying meeting the fans, getting selfie is taken and that sort of
:16:36. > :16:40.thing, and in a few moments, they will head into a reception at the
:16:41. > :16:44.city Chambers, and they will be attending the junk Edinburgh sports
:16:45. > :16:46.awards, where we might see some of the new generation of sports stars.
:16:47. > :16:49.Celtic's chief executive says the club won't panic
:16:50. > :16:52.following their failure to qualify for the Champions league.
:16:53. > :16:54.Peter Lawwell's standing by the manager Ronny Deila, saying
:16:55. > :17:00.He's also been defending the club's transfer policy - but
:17:01. > :17:05.admits there have been more failures than success in recent times.
:17:06. > :17:16.He was speaking to our senior football reporter Alasdair Lamont.
:17:17. > :17:21.Today's Europa League draw lacked the star quality of its Champions
:17:22. > :17:25.League equivalent. Celtic want this to be a new chapter, but still, the
:17:26. > :17:30.memory of what might have been wants the club. Fan discontent pointed to
:17:31. > :17:34.a lack of spending on the team will stop not so, says the man copping
:17:35. > :17:36.the flak. Everything that comes in in terms of
:17:37. > :17:43.ticket sales, merchandise, player sales, is reinvested in transfers,
:17:44. > :17:46.player wages, and running the club. Would you accent that in the last
:17:47. > :17:50.year or so, that policy has been more miss than hit in terms of the
:17:51. > :17:52.guys you have brought in and their impact on the squad?
:17:53. > :17:58.Recently, it is a valid point. Have we replaced what is left,
:17:59. > :18:03.particularly in the striker department with as good quality? I
:18:04. > :18:07.think that would be a question. That is not, again, down to the lack of
:18:08. > :18:12.intent to do that, or the lack of money available to do that. It was
:18:13. > :18:16.just judgement calls at the time. One factor shaping Celtic's policy
:18:17. > :18:21.is the lack of domestic competition in the absence of Rangers. That has
:18:22. > :18:26.meant less TV money and No league sponsor. In this third year, we have
:18:27. > :18:30.suffered more than any other club, no question.
:18:31. > :18:35.I think that has been forgotten. Expectations remain the same. So I
:18:36. > :18:41.think the third year is more difficult than the first year. We
:18:42. > :18:46.need competition in Scotland, no matter where it comes from. We need
:18:47. > :18:49.meaningful games. In the meantime, Ronny Deila has the
:18:50. > :18:51.chief executive's backing as Celtic tries to get back on track.
:18:52. > :18:53.Andy Murray's through to last 32 of the US Open.
:18:54. > :18:55.He beat the German Matthias Bachinger
:18:56. > :18:58.There were no signs of the severe cramp that affected Murray
:18:59. > :19:01.in his first round match either, much to the 2012 champion's relief.
:19:02. > :19:10.Kheredine Idessane reports from New York.
:19:11. > :19:17.For the home crowd, caught 17 is the place to be. They are here to see CC
:19:18. > :19:22.Belisol the 15-year-old American who has become the youngest woman to win
:19:23. > :19:27.a match here since Anacona Gomez back in 1996. Of course, ten years
:19:28. > :19:30.ago, Scotland had its very own teen sensation who stormed through to win
:19:31. > :19:35.the US open juniors. I wonder what happened to him?
:19:36. > :19:39.Yes, and Olympic Cauldron Apple, two grand slams and exactly one decade
:19:40. > :19:42.later, Andy Murray was once again looking to make a big impression on
:19:43. > :19:46.the US open, and he did not disappoint, going through his full
:19:47. > :19:50.repertoire of tricks against the German qualifier, who played well,
:19:51. > :19:55.but just could not live with the superiority of the Scot. A straight
:19:56. > :19:58.sets win, a big improvement on his first-round victory.
:19:59. > :20:02.Physically, I felt fine tonight. I was in a lot better condition, so
:20:03. > :20:07.that helped. It was very windy tonight as well. I recovered well. I
:20:08. > :20:15.woke up on Tuesday and Wednesday feeling fine, and practised well.
:20:16. > :20:21., Russia's Andrii Kuzmenko on Saturday. Here's a top-level player,
:20:22. > :20:24.and he is a great player, and he dealt with it is not going to be
:20:25. > :20:31.easy for me. Still, I think I will have some chances. The question is
:20:32. > :20:37.whether I will use them or not. It is just nice to have no issues in
:20:38. > :20:39.the match this evening, and get a good night's sleep tonight, get
:20:40. > :20:41.ready for the next round. Now, a look at what else is
:20:42. > :20:50.happening across Scottish sport. A round of seven under par at the
:20:51. > :20:53.Italian open keeps Stephen Gallagher in with a slim chance of an
:20:54. > :20:57.automatic Ryder Cup slot. He needs to finish in the top two to make the
:20:58. > :21:00.European team. He is eight behind the leader.
:21:01. > :21:04.Calum MacLeod has agreed a new five-year deal with Celtic. The
:21:05. > :21:07.21-year-old has broken into the team this season.
:21:08. > :21:10.I'm delighted to be part of such a big club like Celtic, and I'm just
:21:11. > :21:13.really looking forward to keeping going, trying to play games and do
:21:14. > :21:19.well for the club. Danny Lennon, who led Saint Mirren
:21:20. > :21:23.two League Cup success in 2013, says he would fancy becoming manager of
:21:24. > :21:27.Ross County. Dermot dealt with former Ross County Assistant Niall
:21:28. > :21:29.Cooper is also interested in the vacancy.
:21:30. > :21:33.Scotland's Kim Little has been named the most valuable player in the
:21:34. > :21:38.women's National soccer league. She scored 16 goals in 23 matches.
:21:39. > :21:39.There is more on all today's stories on the BBC sport website. It is
:21:40. > :21:46.available seven days a It started with a letter from
:21:47. > :21:48.a five-year-old boy to his swimming hero, the 200-metre Commonwealth
:21:49. > :21:50.Gold medallist Ross Murdoch. But it took a Twitter appeal
:21:51. > :21:54.from Ross to find out how to contact Today Brian Fitzpatrick met up with
:21:55. > :22:00.Ross Murdoch at a pool in Stirling and even got
:22:01. > :22:13.the chance to swim with him. Finally, the big moment has arrived.
:22:14. > :22:22.Five-year-old Brian meets his hero, Ross. Time for a look at that
:22:23. > :22:29.letter. Is this me? Do hold it as well. So that is me? And is this
:22:30. > :22:33.you? And a hold of the gold-medal. I put out the appeal, and in under 24
:22:34. > :22:37.hours, we had managed to track down his folks, so it was a bit mental,
:22:38. > :22:45.but I'm glad we managed to find Brian. Then it was down to business.
:22:46. > :22:48.And it is into the pool. When we came here on Wednesday to help Ross
:22:49. > :22:53.try to find Brian, we did not think we would be doing this today.
:22:54. > :23:04.And now, the moment we've all been waiting for. The race.
:23:05. > :23:24.What did it feel like to beat the Commonwealth gold medallist? Doing
:23:25. > :23:28.your favourite stroke? My favourite stroke was the breaststroke. Oh,
:23:29. > :23:36.breaststroke is your favourite. Were you doing the front roll there? And
:23:37. > :23:40.you won't? Yes. How does that feel? Good. He likes to use backward
:23:41. > :23:44.swordfish, but he pulled out a sneaky front crawl at the last
:23:45. > :23:48.minute, and got his hand on the wall first! And all this from that letter
:23:49. > :23:51.from Brian. Ross' biggest fan. We didn't have a
:23:52. > :23:55.clue. We thought he was doodling on the
:23:56. > :23:59.floor. He asked his mum for help with spelling and she gave in it.
:24:00. > :24:04.The next thing we know, he asked for a stamp, which was a bit awkward,
:24:05. > :24:07.because it was on a bank slip some important information on. We scanned
:24:08. > :24:10.it and post it, and we are delighted, because we still have the
:24:11. > :24:14.original. He is a great little kid, one of the
:24:15. > :24:17.best I have seen at age five. I taught swimming by over three years,
:24:18. > :24:21.and it took me a long time to get kids aged five to do what he has
:24:22. > :24:28.done today. Will you be a Commonwealth champion?
:24:29. > :24:36.A day to remember, and Brian is definitely one to watch in the
:24:37. > :24:38.future as well. He is really good! Well done, Brian.
:24:39. > :24:44.Let's get all the weekend weather now, from Christopher.
:24:45. > :24:50.Hello. Certainly some rain around today, a lot in places, but a slow
:24:51. > :24:55.improvement this evening. The rain tends to fizzle and fade away, wind
:24:56. > :24:59.easing down as well. Across the north-west, some wet weather
:25:00. > :25:03.overnight, and still fairly cloudy even if you don't have the rain, so
:25:04. > :25:08.certainly not a cold night, temperatures in towns and cities in
:25:09. > :25:10.double digits. To the weekend, and low pressure still implementing
:25:11. > :25:14.conditions, pulling away towards the north-east, introducing a westerly
:25:15. > :25:20.flow of air, and bringing in a number of showers through the
:25:21. > :25:25.morning. Then, it tends to improve. We will hold onto those showers
:25:26. > :25:28.across the North West, and may be down towards Kintyre. Most of
:25:29. > :25:32.central and southern Scotland is dry, fairly cloudy, but that will
:25:33. > :25:36.thin we will see some bright and even sunny spells coming through. By
:25:37. > :25:40.mid-afternoon across central and southern parts, dry, one or two
:25:41. > :25:45.light showers, temperatures up to 18 degrees. Further north, in towards
:25:46. > :25:46.the Highlands and Islands, Marie, Northern Aberdeenshire and the
:25:47. > :25:52.Northern Isles, showers fairly frequent, loudly, and the odd bright
:25:53. > :25:59.glimpse at times. If you are hillwalking or climbing tomorrow, a
:26:00. > :26:02.number of heavy showers around. Further south, drier weather and
:26:03. > :26:06.brighter skies, wind veering west to leave the further south you come. A
:26:07. > :26:10.similar story across the eastern ranges. The best of any brighter
:26:11. > :26:18.weather to the south-east. Temperatures there at Munro levels
:26:19. > :26:24.or the summits. Good visibility in the inshore waters. Around the Firth
:26:25. > :26:31.of Forth on Firth of Tay, a force for to force five Breeze, good
:26:32. > :26:36.season good visibility. Into the afternoon and overnight, showers
:26:37. > :26:41.continued to fizzle and fade a way. On Sunday, it gets up to a dry and
:26:42. > :26:45.bright start, some sunshine around, and holding onto those conditions in
:26:46. > :26:49.the east. In the West, clouding over, with wet weather arriving
:26:50. > :26:53.through the day. If we look at the pressure chart, we can see that is
:26:54. > :26:57.connected to this area of high pressure towards Iceland, but it is
:26:58. > :27:00.moving away and taking that weather front with it as we head towards
:27:01. > :27:06.next week, a lambing this area of high pressure to build. At times,
:27:07. > :27:10.after what has been a rather autumnal August, September getting
:27:11. > :27:11.off to a more summary start. Dry, settled in the sunshine, and 20
:27:12. > :27:16.degrees or more. Now,
:27:17. > :27:18.a reminder of tonight's main news. The UK's terror threat level has
:27:19. > :27:20.been raised from 'substantial' to 'severe' in response to
:27:21. > :27:23.the conflicts in Syria and Iraq. The Prime Minister promised new
:27:24. > :27:25.legislation to make it easier to take passports away
:27:26. > :27:27.from people who travel abroad to The First Minister Alex Salmond has
:27:28. > :27:32.claimed that independence will save I'll be back with the headlines
:27:33. > :27:38.at 8 and the late bulletin just Until then, from everyone on
:27:39. > :27:44.the team, have a very good evening.