:00:12. > :00:16.Tonight, a union claims that staff shortages and budget cuts in
:00:17. > :00:23.Scotland's Fire Service will harm its ability to respond to 909 calls.
:00:24. > :00:26.As MPs prepared to debate extending air strikes against IS to Syria,
:00:27. > :00:31.Nicola Sturgeon confirms that the SNP will be voting against the plan.
:00:32. > :00:34.A family speaks of its shock after a woman died on her way home from her
:00:35. > :00:37.son's wedding when the tax issue was inclined to Syria, Nicola Sturgeon
:00:38. > :00:39.confirms that the SNP will be voting against the plan.
:00:40. > :00:42.A family speaks of its shock after a woman died on her way home from her
:00:43. > :00:44.son's wedding when the tax issue was in collided with a we were out
:00:45. > :00:47.dancing, having dinner, and champagne, and then to get woken up
:00:48. > :00:49.and told she is not there. Later in the programme, still basking in
:00:50. > :00:53.Davis Cup glory, but Andy Murray says talking to the leaders of the
:00:54. > :00:59.sport about its future is a waste of time. And it's the first official
:01:00. > :01:02.day of winter - how accurate are these long-range forecasts that
:01:03. > :01:16.predict that we could be facing the worst one in 50 years?
:01:17. > :01:19.Scotland's fire service is facing budget cuts and staff
:01:20. > :01:25.shortages which could harm its ability to respond to 999 calls.
:01:26. > :01:28.That's the claim of the Fire Brigades Union.
:01:29. > :01:31.But Scotland's chief fire officer says he has enough staff -
:01:32. > :01:33.they're just not always where they're needed.
:01:34. > :01:36.In Aberdeen, crew shortages can be so serious that at times, only half
:01:37. > :01:53.Wherever there is accident or trauma, Scotland's firefighters are
:01:54. > :01:57.usually in the front line. Like all other public bodies, the Scottish
:01:58. > :02:01.Fire and Rescue Service is facing budget pressures. The chief fire
:02:02. > :02:05.officer told MSPs today he has enough firefighters, but they are
:02:06. > :02:09.not necessarily in the right places. A particular pinch point is
:02:10. > :02:13.Aberdeen. The number of people that have exited the service in the
:02:14. > :02:17.north-east has been greater than in other parts of the country because
:02:18. > :02:23.the economy has been so buoyant. You would hear the same local government
:02:24. > :02:27.and everybody who seeks to employ staff within that area. Six units
:02:28. > :02:32.should be available around the clock at the three full-time stations in
:02:33. > :02:39.Aberdeen, but BBC Scotland has learned of serious problems in
:02:40. > :02:42.crowing those fire appliances. Of the six pumps that should be
:02:43. > :02:45.available, I understand that recently, there have only been
:02:46. > :02:50.enough firefighters to crew three or even just two. To try and get some
:02:51. > :02:53.degree of proper cover, firefighters have been taken off training courses
:02:54. > :03:00.at the last minute, and others taken in from other stations in Peterhead
:03:01. > :03:04.and Elgin. Overtime has also been used to provide cover, but the Fire
:03:05. > :03:09.Brigade union says that is not sustainable. I think it is not
:03:10. > :03:12.acceptable. In the long term, the public deserve a first-rate Fire
:03:13. > :03:17.Service. That was part of the reason for going to a single service, to
:03:18. > :03:21.protect the front line. But the front line is now being affected
:03:22. > :03:25.when these fire engines are unavailable. The FPU and Fire and
:03:26. > :03:30.Rescue Service averaged an agreement on allowing the transfer of
:03:31. > :03:32.firefighters around the country. A recruitment drive targeting Aberdeen
:03:33. > :03:33.is also underway, but it could be the middle of next year before those
:03:34. > :03:35.recruits are operational. Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed that
:03:36. > :03:38.the SNP will vote against Syrian air She says David Cameron has made
:03:39. > :03:45.progress in convincing sceptics, but the SNP remains concerned about
:03:46. > :03:49.the lack of reliable ground troops and the need for post-conflict
:03:50. > :04:02.reconstruction in Syria. I can confirm that SNP MPs will vote
:04:03. > :04:07.against air strikes in the House of Commons tomorrow. I have listened
:04:08. > :04:10.carefully, and I don't question the Prime Minister's motivation and
:04:11. > :04:14.desire to achieve what he is setting out to achieve, but I have not been
:04:15. > :04:15.persuaded that air strikes are the way to do this.
:04:16. > :04:17.Let's go to Brian Taylor now, who's at Holyrood for us.
:04:18. > :04:20.Brian, the SNP were always likely to come out against further action
:04:21. > :04:30.They were. I put that point to the First Minister, saying that they
:04:31. > :04:34.have been going through the motions. She was adamant that that was not
:04:35. > :04:38.the case. Her tone throughout was conciliatory rather than dogmatic.
:04:39. > :04:42.It was one of practical calculation, weighing all aspects of this
:04:43. > :04:44.decision rather than being based on pre-existing founding principles. As
:04:45. > :04:50.you mentioned, she gave qualified praise to the Prime Minister's
:04:51. > :04:53.attempts to convince sceptics, but she believes they fell short. Nicola
:04:54. > :04:57.Sturgeon is doing this for three reasons. One is a genuine conviction
:04:58. > :05:01.that this is the right way to go, secondly that it matches the
:05:02. > :05:05.troubled minds of the public after those terrorist attacks in Paris,
:05:06. > :05:09.and thirdly, intentionally or otherwise, it sets the SNP on a
:05:10. > :05:14.different course from the indecision we are expecting from the Labour
:05:15. > :05:16.Party. Nicola Sturgeon has said the police in Scotland are reassessing
:05:17. > :05:20.their terror capability after Paris and to assist with that, she
:05:21. > :05:23.announced that they would be protecting the police budget,
:05:24. > :05:25.including a real terms increase over the coming years with cash to assist
:05:26. > :05:26.their endeavours. Still to come
:05:27. > :05:30.on tonight's programme: Winter has descended -
:05:31. > :05:32.we look at the efforts to keep In sport, Andy Murray has harsh
:05:33. > :05:37.words for the Lawn Tennis Association, saying he doesn't
:05:38. > :05:41.waste his time talking to them! And the romance of the Scottish Cup
:05:42. > :05:44.- we have the full story The family of a woman killed
:05:45. > :05:55.in a road accident on the way home from her son's wedding say
:05:56. > :05:59.their lives will never be the same. Marie Laurie died in the early hours
:06:00. > :06:03.of Sunday morning in Glasgow, when the taxi in which she was travelling
:06:04. > :06:06.was involved in a crash with Her husband remains seriously ill
:06:07. > :06:23.in hospital. Last Saturday had been one of the
:06:24. > :06:27.happiest days of Marie Laurie's life. Her son had just got married
:06:28. > :06:33.and Marie, seen here in Burgundy at the front, posed for a family photo
:06:34. > :06:37.before going home. 90 minutes later, she was dead. At 1:30am on Sunday
:06:38. > :06:42.morning, seconds after she got into a taxi with her husband Jamie, it
:06:43. > :06:46.was involved in a crash with a green Vauxhall Astra that was being
:06:47. > :06:50.followed by police. Her devastated family described her as amazing, and
:06:51. > :06:59.save the wedding had been a joyful day. She was proud of her son. It is
:07:00. > :07:03.so hard, because we were all together, dancing, having dinner,
:07:04. > :07:14.drinking champagne, and then to get woken up and told she is not
:07:15. > :07:19.there... It is something that happens to other people's families,
:07:20. > :07:24.it doesn't happen to our family. She was amazing. Everybody loved her.
:07:25. > :07:27.She spoke to everybody. Marie and her husband Jamie hailed a cab in
:07:28. > :07:36.the East End of Glasgow. He is now in a stable condition in hospital.
:07:37. > :07:40.Jamie said he looked up and was hit by the car and he woke up after and
:07:41. > :07:48.could not remember anything. It might sound really bad, but somebody
:07:49. > :07:56.can walk away with a cut. My sister has not come back. It will never be
:07:57. > :07:58.the same. A 20-year-old man will be the subject of a report to the
:07:59. > :08:05.Procurator Fiscal, in connection with alleged recovered offences.
:08:06. > :08:06.Former E's family, the search for answers and the grieving have only
:08:07. > :08:09.just begun -- for Marie's family. Should the law be clearer
:08:10. > :08:11.on assisted suicide? He has Parkinson's disease
:08:12. > :08:16.and he's appealing a ruling which says there shouldn't be
:08:17. > :08:19.specific guidance on what happens But opponents say
:08:20. > :08:36.the existing law is adequate Friends and supporters of Gordon
:08:37. > :08:40.Ross's legal campaign gathered at Parliament house today. The
:08:41. > :08:43.66-year-old toughens from Parkinson's disease and now lives in
:08:44. > :08:50.a care home. He was too ill to attend this hearing at the Appeal
:08:51. > :08:54.Court. Physically, he is basically helpless. He can pick up rudimentary
:08:55. > :09:01.things with his hands together or one hand if it is something easy.
:09:02. > :09:05.But he can't walk. He can't use his fingers or his hands properly. We
:09:06. > :09:09.spoke to Gordon last February as he began his legal battle. He argued
:09:10. > :09:12.that at some point, he may want to end his life, but will need help as
:09:13. > :09:28.his physical condition deteriorated. Mr Ross had asked the courts to
:09:29. > :09:32.issue guidance on assisted suicide in the same way as there is in
:09:33. > :09:35.England and Wales. But the Lord Advocate argued that the law was
:09:36. > :09:39.sufficient. If you help somebody to die, you could be prosecuted for
:09:40. > :09:43.culpable homicide and murder. Mr Ross's case was rejected earlier
:09:44. > :09:47.this year, but now his lawyers are asking judges to reconsider. MSPs
:09:48. > :09:51.have already voted against changing the law on assisted suicide, but the
:09:52. > :09:57.ethics around this debate continue to be contentious. Today, his appeal
:09:58. > :10:01.is being heard. On radio Scotland today, pro-life campaigners argued
:10:02. > :10:04.that the law should not change. The problem is that if you produced to
:10:05. > :10:09.detailed guidance, you provide a path for anyone who might have
:10:10. > :10:13.dubious motivation to know how they can avoid being prosecuted, if they
:10:14. > :10:18.say the right things. I suspect that is why the Lord Advocate is not keen
:10:19. > :10:22.to do so. The judicial review is scheduled to last two days. After
:10:23. > :10:23.that, the judges will decide what action to take.
:10:24. > :10:26.Inspectors at Glasgow's new ?800 million hospital say two patients in
:10:27. > :10:30.a unit for elderly patients hadn't eaten solid food for over a week.
:10:31. > :10:34.The team from Healthcare Improvement Scotland said part of the unit was
:10:35. > :10:36.short-staffed, with several patients losing weight without those caring
:10:37. > :10:43.A man who raped two women and used pliers to rip out one
:10:44. > :10:46.of the victims' teeth has been jailed for 10 years and given
:10:47. > :10:51.Donald Jeffrey was convicted of three rapes, attempted murder
:10:52. > :10:56.and four assaults against a woman between 2008 and 2014.
:10:57. > :11:00.The 44-year-old from Glasgow was also convicted of five offences
:11:01. > :11:12.In the years since they lost their daughter, Linda Norgrove's
:11:13. > :11:14.parents have continued her work with a foundation in her name.
:11:15. > :11:16.They've now raised a million pounds to help improve
:11:17. > :11:19.the lives of the people she went to Afghanistan to help.
:11:20. > :11:27.Jackie O'Brien has been speaking to the aid worker's parents.
:11:28. > :11:33.Along the wild Atlantic coast of Lewis, as Lorna and John nor Grove
:11:34. > :11:39.take some time out from running the charity they set up in their late
:11:40. > :11:44.daughter's name. An aid worker from Lewis kidnapped in Afghanistan last
:11:45. > :11:48.month has been killed by... Five years after the 36-year-old was
:11:49. > :11:51.killed in a failed rescue attempt, ?1 million has been raised in her
:11:52. > :11:56.memory. The lender nor Grove foundation helps women and children
:11:57. > :12:03.in Afghanistan and their family through their loss. It is very
:12:04. > :12:08.satisfying being able to help people. So it has become a big part
:12:09. > :12:11.of our lives. As well as opening a school in one of Kabul's worst
:12:12. > :12:17.neighbourhoods, 44 girls have received scholarships to attend
:12:18. > :12:22.university. Young women like this one, who is now studying law. When
:12:23. > :12:28.we were there in March, we were so taken with their enthusiasm, their
:12:29. > :12:35.desire to know more about Linda. They hold up Linda as a role model.
:12:36. > :12:40.That was really surprising to us. And it was fantastic to think that
:12:41. > :12:43.these girls, who are now able to go to college, they wouldn't have been
:12:44. > :12:47.able to without the scholarships. Some of the last photographs taken
:12:48. > :12:50.by Linda before she was kidnapped feature in the foundation's
:12:51. > :12:58.calendars and Christmas cards this year. This is Linda's. The
:12:59. > :13:03.Norgroves strive to keep overheads to a minimum as they continue their
:13:04. > :13:06.daughter's work helping ordinary Afghans still living with the terror
:13:07. > :13:15.of the Taliban and so-called Islamic State. It will make a difference.
:13:16. > :13:19.But on the other hand, you cannot stand by and watch things
:13:20. > :13:23.deteriorate without doing something to help. Every little bit helps. The
:13:24. > :13:27.Homeland Linda left behind is a world away from troubled
:13:28. > :13:31.Afghanistan. But work is continuing here and there to change the lives
:13:32. > :13:35.of the people she left Lewis to help.
:13:36. > :13:38.Sport now, and Andy Murray is a hard hitter
:13:39. > :13:47.There has been some verbal hard-hitting as well, yes.
:13:48. > :13:50.Andy Murray has launched a scathing attack on the LTA, the
:13:51. > :13:54.The World Number Two has said "nothing ever gets done" and "I
:13:55. > :13:58.don't waste my time talking to them."
:13:59. > :14:01.The comments surface on the day Murray and his Davis Cup
:14:02. > :14:12.team-mates were guests of David Cameron at 10 Downing Street.
:14:13. > :14:18.Appearances can be deceptive. A casual arrival at 10 Downing Street
:14:19. > :14:21.as the Davis Cup team assembled to meet the Prime Minister, David
:14:22. > :14:26.Cameron. But when it's time to provide the official snapshot of
:14:27. > :14:29.success, a much more unified look as Team GB are paraded with the
:14:30. > :14:34.trophy. The pomp and celebration after the is Doric win at the
:14:35. > :14:38.weekend seems to signal an all-time high in the world of British tennis.
:14:39. > :14:43.But appearances can be deceptive. For the June in the crown of the
:14:44. > :14:48.LTA, Andy Murray has served up a barrage of criticism of the
:14:49. > :14:58.organisation. Nothing ever gets done and I don't like wasting my time.
:14:59. > :15:04.Murray has voiced his concerns about future talent coming through. It is
:15:05. > :15:10.concerning not to have any juniors in the grand slams.
:15:11. > :15:18.Those are the criticisms, but did Murray today have a solution? I
:15:19. > :15:25.don't really know. It is not really for me to say. I think we as a team
:15:26. > :15:29.have done the best we could to try to promote the game. The Davis Cup
:15:30. > :15:36.is a great way of promoting the support. So far, the LTA has not
:15:37. > :15:40.responded. Meanwhile, another coveted prize could end up in
:15:41. > :15:44.Marie's hands, as he joins an illustrious list of sports stars. He
:15:45. > :15:48.has just been aimed in the short list for the BBC Sports personality
:15:49. > :15:55.of the year. A recognition of his success in 2015. And with success, a
:15:56. > :16:00.platform for politics. Interesting conversation, no doubt, at 10
:16:01. > :16:03.Downing Street, for the future of British tennis.
:16:04. > :16:05.It's second against third from the Scottish Premiership drawn
:16:06. > :16:08.to face each other in the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.
:16:09. > :16:11.Third placed Hearts will be at home to second place Aberdeen.
:16:12. > :16:15.The fourth round in the competition is the stage
:16:16. > :16:18.where some of the country's smaller clubs dream of big money draws
:16:19. > :16:30.A couple of likely lads dreaming of romance. The romance of the cup. A
:16:31. > :16:35.cliche, perhaps. Not to them. The cliches are a reason, because they
:16:36. > :16:48.are true. And to be involved at this level, it is an amazing thing for
:16:49. > :16:52.us. You were desperate to get Celtic or
:16:53. > :16:55.Rangers. Absolutely. For the money and profile side of things. Physical
:16:56. > :17:01.we get through Saturday, we manage to get through the next round. We
:17:02. > :17:07.will happily wait for them in. David seeking go lie yats may have been
:17:08. > :17:12.disappointed. Two of Scottish football's big boys were drawn
:17:13. > :17:16.together. Heart of Midlothian will play Aberdeen. It's a good one. It
:17:17. > :17:24.will be a full house. Cracking atmosphere. I think, you know, I
:17:25. > :17:28.will fancy a draw. Who do you think will go through eventually? Somebody
:17:29. > :17:32.on penalties. Is that a young Celtic star letting his team-mates know
:17:33. > :17:40.they face a trip to Stranraer? Possibly. It's different. You don't
:17:41. > :17:45.know what to expect. It's quite a distance. We need to go there
:17:46. > :17:50.prepared. Not a draw to please hopeless row manics, but it gave
:17:51. > :17:51.everyone at ham den something to talk about when the National Stadium
:17:52. > :17:58.was evacuated during a fire alarm. Inverness Caledonian Thistle
:17:59. > :17:59.manager, John Hughes, has agreed a two-year contract
:18:00. > :18:02.extension that commits him to Last season he led Caley Thistle
:18:03. > :18:06.to a maiden Scottish Cup win. They were third in the Premiership
:18:07. > :18:09.and enjoyed a first European Hughes also was honoured with
:18:10. > :18:17.the PFA Manager of the Year award. The Dundee United head coach,
:18:18. > :18:21.Mixu Paatelainen, remains convinced they'll avoid
:18:22. > :18:24.relegation despite being seven points adrift at the bottom
:18:25. > :18:27.of the Premiership at the moment. The Finn has watched the team keep
:18:28. > :18:31.only one clean sheet in his seven matches in charge, but still has
:18:32. > :18:42.faith in his defenders after We were comfortable and - so from
:18:43. > :18:46.that respect, the players have plenty of belief also. Attacking
:18:47. > :18:51.wise, you know, we he created loads of chances. Clear-cut opportunities.
:18:52. > :18:54.Defensively we were solid. Just those stupid mistakes. That's it for
:18:55. > :18:58.tonight. Jackie. Thank you, Rhona. After the weather we've had over
:18:59. > :19:01.the last few days, you'd never know it but winter's actually only just
:19:02. > :19:04.officially beginning today. It's a challenging time
:19:05. > :19:05.for services looking after vulnerable people, to those
:19:06. > :19:08.keeping roads and pavements clear. Let's go over now to our reporter,
:19:09. > :19:10.Cameron Buttle, who is at a gritting depot in
:19:11. > :19:24.Newtown St Boswells in the Borders. Cameron. Jackie, the gritters were
:19:25. > :19:29.out in the Borders last night, right through into today. The first
:19:30. > :19:33.official day of winter. It was up in the Cairngorms area. There were
:19:34. > :19:36.local roads closed. The A9 was closed for a bit because of an
:19:37. > :19:41.accident. All of that should clear up throughout this evening. Back
:19:42. > :19:45.here in the Borders there has been a lot of chat because of long-range
:19:46. > :19:48.predictions that we could be facing the worst winter here in 50 years
:19:49. > :19:52.it. Could be snowing from December through to March. Not everybody is
:19:53. > :19:56.convinced about these long-range forecasts. More on that later. First
:19:57. > :20:01.our health correspondents has been looking at some new research which
:20:02. > :20:05.suggests that more people die in countries with warmer winters simply
:20:06. > :20:15.because they allow themselves to become too cold. It's officially the
:20:16. > :20:20.start of winter and it's getting cold. There is a clear relationship
:20:21. > :20:25.between the outdoor temperature and death rates. Cold weather causes
:20:26. > :20:28.changes to your blood. There are more infections around. All that
:20:29. > :20:32.means you are more like likely to have a heart attack or stroke or
:20:33. > :20:35.suffer breathing difficulties. Most countries have a winter death toll
:20:36. > :20:42.which is up to a third higher than normal. In Scotland that amounts to
:20:43. > :20:46.around 350 extra deaths a week. There is a curious contrast. The
:20:47. > :20:50.further south you go, the higher the death rate in winter even though
:20:51. > :20:55.they are warmer countries. The phenomenon can be seen across the
:20:56. > :20:58.UK. There are fewer deaths in Scotland compared to Wales and
:20:59. > :21:03.Northern Ireland. The highest death rate at all is in England. What is
:21:04. > :21:06.interesting paradox is that if you live in a country that is warm for
:21:07. > :21:11.the rest of the year there are more deaths in winter in those countries
:21:12. > :21:14.even at higher temperatures. We think this is because people don't
:21:15. > :21:18.insulate their houses as well in warmer countries and also that they
:21:19. > :21:22.don't take other precautions when they are going outside. They are not
:21:23. > :21:25.wearing the right clothes. They are not wearing hats and gloves. They
:21:26. > :21:30.are much more exposed to those colder temperatures. On a day when
:21:31. > :21:33.temperatures were similar in two cities, north and south, we headed
:21:34. > :21:38.out onto the streets of Plymouth and Edinburgh to see what people were
:21:39. > :21:43.wearing. Just literally a coat and a T-shirt. Yeah. I have two. It's hot
:21:44. > :21:47.in the shops. We don't want to go silly. A jacket and a T-shirt. I
:21:48. > :21:52.have it two layers under the trousers. Then a body warmer and
:21:53. > :21:58.then a top on top of that and then the jacket. I've got about three
:21:59. > :22:03.tops, a hoodie and a ski jacket. Four layers on. You are wearing your
:22:04. > :22:07.minus 20 coat as well. You are not too hot, are you? No, I'm not. That
:22:08. > :22:11.is the wind-chill for you. This winter make sure your house is warm
:22:12. > :22:19.and wrap up outside. It could save your life. Well, that is just some
:22:20. > :22:23.of the 18,500 tonnes of grit available to Scottish Borders alone
:22:24. > :22:31.to keep the roads down here open. This is just one of their gritters.
:22:32. > :22:37.Grittyst Gonzales. ?100,000 this machine. Along way from the man in
:22:38. > :22:42.the back of a van with a spade. They have monitors for cameras over the
:22:43. > :22:46.place. They have accurate sat-nav and up-to-date weather predictions.
:22:47. > :22:50.You can actually control the flow of grit coming out the back of the
:22:51. > :22:55.gritter itself and the makeup of the grit itself. They use different
:22:56. > :23:00.solutions for different roads, trunk roads and side roots roads. In the
:23:01. > :23:04.Scottish Borders they have the resilient community programme. If
:23:05. > :23:09.you sign up to that in a rural committee you get this first aid
:23:10. > :23:15.kit, synthetic sand bands and the anti-flooding kit. Why? They learnt
:23:16. > :23:25.lessons five years ago. That was the terrible winter of 2010. Who can
:23:26. > :23:30.forget the winter of 2010? Heavy snow for days on ends. Temperatures
:23:31. > :23:35.droubl to below double din its. Thousands stranded over night on the
:23:36. > :23:38.M8. Police again warning people this evening not to go out unless
:23:39. > :23:41.absolutely necessary. Five-and-a-half hours now. We have a
:23:42. > :23:45.three-year-old here. We are not moving at all. It ranks up there
:23:46. > :23:51.with Scotland's worst winters. Snow fell? Scotland... 1947, post-war
:23:52. > :23:58.misery. 23 foot snowdrifts, communities cut off for weeks. 1962,
:23:59. > :24:03.explosives blasting open rail routes trying to get the country moving
:24:04. > :24:10.after weeks of blizzards on top of a big freeze. There are predictions of
:24:11. > :24:15.us seeing the worst winter for 50 years this year. A note of caution
:24:16. > :24:19.from the experts. We can look to see whether it will be colder, dryer,
:24:20. > :24:22.wetter or warmer. These will be a percentage, a probability of whether
:24:23. > :24:26.or not we think taets's going to be different to what we would normally
:24:27. > :24:38.expect. They are very broad these seasonal forecasts. To be that
:24:39. > :24:42.specific about it being a snow mageddon is unlikely. The current
:24:43. > :24:50.Minister says lessons have been learnt and preparations are in place
:24:51. > :24:53.no matter the forecast. We know we will face snow, wind, heavy rain,
:24:54. > :24:58.what it happens to be, we have prepared much we have invested in
:24:59. > :25:01.new technology, new equipment, sharing plans and increased
:25:02. > :25:13.awaresness of weather incidents. As bad as it was in 2010 one record
:25:14. > :25:17.still stands 20 years on, the record low temperature of minus 22 degrees
:25:18. > :25:21.Celsius. Few are keen to see that one broken. Tomorrow night we will
:25:22. > :25:25.be with the Scottish Ambulance Service and looking at how their
:25:26. > :25:26.paramedics, support staff and specialist teams are gearing up for
:25:27. > :25:30.the winter. Thank you Cameron. After that build up,
:25:31. > :25:39.what does the immediate forecast It is mild tonight, Jackie. It has
:25:40. > :25:47.been wintry over the last couple of days in places. Today rain spreading
:25:48. > :25:51.North wards, there was some snow in the mix. There was a lovely picture
:25:52. > :25:58.from Aberdeenshire. Tonight will be mild. Reasonably dry compared with
:25:59. > :26:04.earlier. Heavy rain to the northern and western isles. Spots of drizzle,
:26:05. > :26:08.another band of rain will push in from the west overnight. By the end
:26:09. > :26:12.of the night pretty much double digits across the board. For many a
:26:13. > :26:16.warmer night than it was by day today. So tomorrow morning it's a
:26:17. > :26:20.fairly mild start, cloudy and damp. I have left the temperatures on
:26:21. > :26:26.there. You can see the rain clears through. It turns, dryer, brighter
:26:27. > :26:31.sunnier. Watch what happens with the temperatures, they go lower, it gets
:26:32. > :26:35.colder. As the sunshine arrives a colder air mass arrives with it too.
:26:36. > :26:41.An improvement tomorrow but getting colder. The south will start at
:26:42. > :26:46.10-11 Celsius down to seven or eight already. The further north the
:26:47. > :26:49.colder it will be. Winds lighter inland compared with this coming
:26:50. > :26:53.night. Breezy to the West Coast. One or two showers across the north-west
:26:54. > :26:58.highlands. Those wintry across the tops of the hills and mounts angst.
:26:59. > :27:01.For the northern isles showers there. Some sunshine in the mix too.
:27:02. > :27:10.As we head through the rest of the afternoon into the evening tomorrow
:27:11. > :27:14.we hold on to that dry picture under clearing skies perfect recipe for a
:27:15. > :27:18.widespread frost. Rain flirting with the borders. As we head through
:27:19. > :27:23.towards Thursday we are in that cold air. Another largely dry and bright
:27:24. > :27:27.day for most of us. Some spells of sunshine around. You can see the
:27:28. > :27:30.blue on the chart, a cold start. Towards the afternoon there will be
:27:31. > :27:34.sunshine, but for or five degrees. Light showers to the north-west and
:27:35. > :27:36.wind from the south-west too. That's the forecast for now. Thank you,
:27:37. > :27:41.Christopher. Now,
:27:42. > :27:43.a reminder of tonight's main news. The Fire Brigades Union has claimed
:27:44. > :27:46.that Scotland's Fire Service is facing budget cuts and staff
:27:47. > :27:49.shortages which could harm its