:00:00. > :00:08.Weeks of travel disruption - the Forth Road Bridge will be
:00:09. > :00:10.closed until the new year, as engineers work to repair
:00:11. > :00:18.11-mile tailbacks at the Kincardine Bridge this morning
:00:19. > :00:30.and more pain for commuters on both road and rail tonight.
:00:31. > :00:38.It is just a pity that some of idiots could not have thought of the
:00:39. > :00:43.need for extra carriages on the trains. It is a nightmare. Really
:00:44. > :00:46.long, cramped, not very enjoyable. and a year before it's replaced, we
:00:47. > :00:51.look at a bridge built for a programme: A fall in the number
:00:52. > :00:58.of drink drivers a year on And trouble in the dressing room
:00:59. > :01:00.at Celtic - manager Ronnie Deila says Anthony
:01:01. > :01:03.Stokes was suspended for more than The Forth Road Bridge is to be
:01:04. > :01:25.closed to all traffic until at least the new year,
:01:26. > :01:27.after inspections found a crack The closure began at midnight last
:01:28. > :01:32.night and has led to severe disruption elsewhere, as motorists
:01:33. > :01:37.tried to find alternative routes. The Transport Minister says
:01:38. > :01:40.the decision was not taken lightly and measures are being put
:01:41. > :01:44.in place to lessen the impact. In a moment we'll hear from our
:01:45. > :01:49.reporters at the Kincardine Bridge, which is on the diversion route, and
:01:50. > :01:53.at the Forth Road Bridge itself. But first this report from Steven
:01:54. > :02:07.Godden on the day's developments. This should have been rush-hour.
:02:08. > :02:12.Instead, the carriageways were empty and the Forth Road Bridge was eerily
:02:13. > :02:17.quiet. The electronic signs carrying a short message with huge
:02:18. > :02:22.implications. Drivers jostled for space on alternative routes. The
:02:23. > :02:27.tailback to the Kincardine Bridge reached 11 miles at one stage. It
:02:28. > :02:31.took an extra hour because of the road closures and the bridge being
:02:32. > :02:36.closed. They closed Kincardine Bridge as well which made it worse.
:02:37. > :02:41.We needed to go five or six miles to get here. The question was how long
:02:42. > :02:46.would it last, and the answer came mid morning, with the transport
:02:47. > :02:51.Minister confirming a three-week closure necessary to fix cracked
:02:52. > :02:54.steelwork. The work will take us between Christmas and the New Year
:02:55. > :02:59.and the assumption is that the bridge would be open by New Year. I
:03:00. > :03:03.appreciate the disruption and inconvenience that will cause but
:03:04. > :03:08.safety has to be paramount for the travelling public and those working
:03:09. > :03:11.on the bridge. This image shows the 20 millimetre crack in the steel
:03:12. > :03:17.frame, beneath the southbound carriageway. By yesterday
:03:18. > :03:21.afternoon, after two days of assessment, the worst fears were
:03:22. > :03:24.confirmed. We were not concerned about it falling down but we were
:03:25. > :03:29.concerned that this component would have failed and resulted in an
:03:30. > :03:34.immediate split in the bridge deck, so the only real decision we had to
:03:35. > :03:38.make was to make the recommendation the bridge was closed. To reach
:03:39. > :03:45.Edinburgh from Fife, that means an inland diversion, adding around 30
:03:46. > :03:49.miles onto the journey. With the bridge off limits, other forms of
:03:50. > :03:54.transport will need to take the strain. The idea of a ferry has been
:03:55. > :04:00.floated, but the Railway offers the most realistic alternative. ScotRail
:04:01. > :04:08.say repeating today's effort to add extra carriages will be challenging.
:04:09. > :04:15.Commuters face a long three weeks. There should be more carriages on. I
:04:16. > :04:21.travel every day. Today is the first time I struggled a lot. Even with
:04:22. > :04:27.two extra carriages, they should at least build up some more carriages
:04:28. > :04:32.so people can travel back and forth. In the morning, just crowded.
:04:33. > :04:37.Alarming, too, for businesses, with goods and customers to transport in
:04:38. > :04:41.the run-up to Christmas. There is always a rush to get deliveries done
:04:42. > :04:45.for Christmas. If you speak to any tradesperson they will say that
:04:46. > :04:49.their customers always ask if they can get it done for Christmas. There
:04:50. > :04:54.is always a big rush in the run-up to Christmas. They will be badly
:04:55. > :04:58.affected. The aim is to have the barriers lifted by the New Year, but
:04:59. > :05:00.tonight's high wind underlines the fragile nature of a timetable that
:05:01. > :05:04.will be under the utmost scrutiny. The scale of the problem facing the
:05:05. > :05:07.engineers is best seen from the air. Aileen Clarke flew over the bridge
:05:08. > :05:24.by helicopter and saw how difficult The view of the famous Forth Road
:05:25. > :05:28.Bridge from above, but this is a view you will never have seen
:05:29. > :05:32.before. Not one car travelling across the road bridge. Over the
:05:33. > :05:36.decades it has coped with everything other than the strongest of storms,
:05:37. > :05:43.but today it stands idle and still and empty. On a normal day, 70,000
:05:44. > :05:48.cars, buses and lorries would cross that bridge, but this is far from a
:05:49. > :05:50.normal day. The only vehicles on that bridge today are those that
:05:51. > :05:54.have been taken on by engineers that bridge today are those that
:05:55. > :05:57.trying to fix this problem. This morning, engineers were on the
:05:58. > :06:01.bridge assessing the damage which has been discovered. The
:06:02. > :06:04.bridge assessing the damage which been found in steel under the North
:06:05. > :06:08.Tower but all of the steelwork is being examined for signs of stress.
:06:09. > :06:11.It is difficult to work in challenging conditions, and shortly
:06:12. > :06:15.after we saw these engineers carrying out checks beneath the
:06:16. > :06:20.other tower, all of the team had to leave the bridge Jew to
:06:21. > :06:25.deteriorating weather. The train has been an option for some commuters
:06:26. > :06:28.today but with few spare carriages to bolster them, even ScotRail
:06:29. > :06:32.wearing ker-ching people not to travel. On the other side of the
:06:33. > :06:35.road bridge, the new Queensferry bridge is taking shape but it
:06:36. > :06:39.road bridge, the new Queensferry not be taking the strain for another
:06:40. > :06:44.year yet. We are told this is the first time that a main bridge in
:06:45. > :06:48.Scotland has been completely closed because of a structural problem. But
:06:49. > :06:51.Scotland has been completely closed that will be little consolation to
:06:52. > :06:54.commuters and businesses worried about how this closure will affect
:06:55. > :06:59.them up to Christmas and into the New
:07:00. > :07:02.The Forth Road Bridge is more than 50 years old and in recent
:07:03. > :07:06.As we've heard a new crossing is being built but
:07:07. > :07:10.David Henderson has been assessing whether today's news was inevitable
:07:11. > :07:18.for a bridge designed for a different era.
:07:19. > :07:27.It is half a century since this bridge was built to link Fife with
:07:28. > :07:29.the Lothians. At the time, this was a cutting edge design with a span of
:07:30. > :07:34.more a cutting edge design with a span of
:07:35. > :07:39.been a victim of its own success. Back then, traffic was light, but
:07:40. > :07:42.over the years more Scots took to the roads. The bridge now carries
:07:43. > :07:47.about 24 million vehicles every year. Far more than it
:07:48. > :07:49.about 24 million vehicles every for. And now, there are signs of
:07:50. > :07:55.wear and tear. It was for. And now, there are signs of
:07:56. > :08:00.longest suspension bridges in the world when it was built. Certainly,
:08:01. > :08:02.the volume of traffic and the weight of the vehicles using it is much
:08:03. > :08:08.greater than would have been anticipated that in the days when it
:08:09. > :08:13.was designed. It is not the first time the bridge has needed major
:08:14. > :08:17.repairs. In recent years, the main cables had to be fixed after they
:08:18. > :08:22.were weakened with corrosion. But this latest problem is more serious.
:08:23. > :08:28.A structural fault below the North Tower, with a crack in the steelwork
:08:29. > :08:32.some 20 millimetres wide. Without the emergency repairs now underway,
:08:33. > :08:37.the problem could have spread. The first sign probably would have been
:08:38. > :08:43.that the deck would just drop at one corner when it came against the
:08:44. > :08:47.tower. The load would be transferred to the links that had not failed,
:08:48. > :08:54.and all traffic would stop immediately. Soon, a new bridge will
:08:55. > :09:00.help to spread the load. The Queensferry Crossing is due to open
:09:01. > :09:04.at some point next year. And when that new crossing comes into
:09:05. > :09:07.operation it could mean much lighter duties for the Forth Road Bridge,
:09:08. > :09:12.like a limit on the number of cars allowed to cross each day, all like
:09:13. > :09:13.this much more modest structure in Glasgow, limiting much of its
:09:14. > :09:17.traffic to just buses. In a moment we'll be speaking to our
:09:18. > :09:20.reporter at the Forth Road Bridge. But first to Andrew Black,
:09:21. > :09:23.who's at the Kincardine Bridge on How busy has it been tonight,
:09:24. > :09:40.Andrew? If you take a look behind me, you
:09:41. > :09:43.will probably be able to see traffic snaking its way across the
:09:44. > :09:48.Clackmannanshire Bridge, one of the alternative routes try those have
:09:49. > :09:53.been using today to get across. This whole area has been a traffic pinch
:09:54. > :09:56.point today. It is also the part of the world where motorists have been
:09:57. > :10:01.trying to get onto the Kincardine Bridge as well. You probably saw the
:10:02. > :10:04.tailbacks this morning. Police have been in the area all day looking at
:10:05. > :10:09.traffic management, changing the plans as things have been changing
:10:10. > :10:14.throughout the day, and they are still here this evening to keep an
:10:15. > :10:18.ion things. Definitely until there are more permanent plans put in
:10:19. > :10:22.place, it is fair to say that if you are a motorist in this part of the
:10:23. > :10:27.world you are probably going to experience a lot of misery in days
:10:28. > :10:30.to come. Let's go to the Forth Road Bridge, where Lisa Summers is in the
:10:31. > :10:40.control room. This is transport Scotland's control
:10:41. > :10:43.centre for the whole of Scotland, from where they will keep an eye on
:10:44. > :10:49.developments on the Forth Road Bridge over the next few weeks. If
:10:50. > :10:54.we look at the big screen Jew can see Clackmannanshire Bridge, and
:10:55. > :10:57.Kincardine Bridge. You can still see traffic snaking across
:10:58. > :11:04.Clackmannanshire Bridge. Next that, you can see the Forth Road Bridge
:11:05. > :11:08.absolutely deserted. On the live camera, you can see the scene
:11:09. > :11:12.outside tonight. We have the lights on the towers of the Forth Road
:11:13. > :11:16.Bridge, and just to the left, the lights of the new crossing. It is
:11:17. > :11:21.absolutely deserted. We will have to get used to that for three weeks, as
:11:22. > :11:26.only emergency vehicles and engineers will be allowed to cross.
:11:27. > :11:31.Hopefully, in terms of the transport, things will calm down
:11:32. > :11:35.over the weekend. There are bad weather warnings as well, so that
:11:36. > :11:36.should help to keep traffic off the road. But the next critical point
:11:37. > :11:39.will come on Monday morning. Lisa Summers at the Forth Road
:11:40. > :11:42.Bridge and Andrew Black at the You're watching Reporting Scotland
:11:43. > :11:45.from the BBC. Still to come
:11:46. > :11:46.on tonight's programme: Judy Murray's controversial plan for
:11:47. > :11:49.a development on green belt land We're in Belfast with
:11:50. > :11:56.Edinburgh Rugby the day And we'll hear from the Celtic
:11:57. > :12:01.manager on why he suspended one And you'll find out what happened
:12:02. > :12:05.next at the The number of drink-driving offences
:12:06. > :12:18.in Scotland has fallen since the Government lowered
:12:19. > :12:20.the legal limit a year ago, But some people say they'd still
:12:21. > :12:39.drive themselves home One continuous breath until it
:12:40. > :12:42.clicks. Convincing drivers not to drink before they get behind the
:12:43. > :12:51.wheel has been a challenge for police for years. Our police
:12:52. > :12:55.Scotland winning the fight? We saw a 12.5% reduction in drink and drive
:12:56. > :13:00.detections, which is really encouraging. Speaking to friends and
:13:01. > :13:04.colleagues, everybody knows there is a lower drink-driving limit in
:13:05. > :13:09.Scotland. The safety message about drink-driving is starting to be
:13:10. > :13:12.driven home. An online survey has shown that 82% of people thought
:13:13. > :13:17.drinking anyhow cold before driving was wrong. But one in 20 say they
:13:18. > :13:22.would still drive themselves home after a night out thinking, a figure
:13:23. > :13:26.the government wants to crack. We are moving in the right direction
:13:27. > :13:30.but we want to continue to build on that, to get the message across to
:13:31. > :13:33.those who persist in thinking they can drink and drive, to get the
:13:34. > :13:37.message to them that it will not be tolerated and there will be robust
:13:38. > :13:42.enforcement measures being taken over coming weeks and months. Our
:13:43. > :13:48.attitude is really changing? That cannot happen any more because we
:13:49. > :13:53.all live in the country and if we lost our licence that would be it.
:13:54. > :13:58.But there are probably more general things, that habits have changed and
:13:59. > :14:01.we have to change with them. But there are concerns that those
:14:02. > :14:07.changing habits are draining pub profits. We have seen a much lower
:14:08. > :14:14.trade of older, retired people who would drive out to the country, have
:14:15. > :14:19.a half of beer, a glass of wine and drive home after lunch. A lot of
:14:20. > :14:22.them have stopped coming. The message is clear, police Scotland
:14:23. > :14:27.will be on the road this Christmas looking out for unsafe drivers. For
:14:28. > :14:30.anyone thinking of knocking back a pint or spirit before getting into
:14:31. > :14:33.the car, perhaps settle for something softer instead.
:14:34. > :14:36.The findings of a fatal accident inquiry into the Glasgow bin lorry
:14:37. > :14:41.Six people died and 15 others were injured when the lorry went out of
:14:42. > :14:45.The driver, Harry Clarke, had blacked out at the wheel.
:14:46. > :14:47.The inquiry examined the circumstances
:14:48. > :14:51.of the tragedy over five weeks of evidence at Glasgow Sheriff Court.
:14:52. > :15:01.Sheriff John Beckett's determination will be issued at noon on Monday.
:15:02. > :15:05.The former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has made
:15:06. > :15:09.a last-minute plea to councillors to back controversial plans to
:15:10. > :15:11.build tennis facilities and luxury homes on green belt land between
:15:12. > :15:15.The development is being promoted by Judy Murray, in the face
:15:16. > :15:27.Our environment correspondent David Miller has this exclusive report.
:15:28. > :15:35.Judy Murray wants to see this land transformed, providing new sports
:15:36. > :15:39.facilities for future generations of young Scots. The development on
:15:40. > :15:45.green belt land between dumb Blaine and Bridge of Allan would include
:15:46. > :15:49.tennis courts, golf and football facilities, all set in a new country
:15:50. > :15:55.park. New luxury homes would be needed to help pay for it. But these
:15:56. > :15:59.are anxious times for the woman behind the scheme, who wants to
:16:00. > :16:05.create a sporting legacy for her two sons. Great Britain have done it in
:16:06. > :16:11.the most spectacular sons. Great Britain have done it in
:16:12. > :16:17.Murray! We will have a starter golf course to the right. For Judy
:16:18. > :16:21.Murray, this is shaping up to be another nail-biting finish.
:16:22. > :16:23.Murray, this is shaping up to be officials recommend the plans are
:16:24. > :16:30.rejected at a crucial meeting next Tuesday. For us as a family
:16:31. > :16:34.rejected at a crucial meeting next about legacy of what Jamie and Andy
:16:35. > :16:39.have achieved. None more so than what they achieved at the weekend,
:16:40. > :16:44.two brothers from a small town in Scotland with no track record in
:16:45. > :16:48.tennis, taking on the world and winning. For ma'am it is not
:16:49. > :16:54.necessarily about creating the next Andy Murray, but giving kids in the
:16:55. > :16:59.area an opportunity to play tennis, even if they don't like tennis,
:17:00. > :17:03.there will be a 6 hole golf course, a football pitch. In his plea to
:17:04. > :17:20.councillors, Sir Alex says... But campaigners opposed to the plans
:17:21. > :17:25.say the loss of valuable green belt is too high a price to pay. This is
:17:26. > :17:34.a hugely important piece of green belt are both communities of bridge
:17:35. > :17:39.and -- Bridge of Allan and Dunblane. We have had objection to development
:17:40. > :17:44.as opposed to letters of support. Luxury housing is not what we need.
:17:45. > :17:50.It will just make private profit out of what is at the moment a resource
:17:51. > :17:52.for all of us. Not long now until we learn which side has emerged
:17:53. > :17:55.victorious in this contest. A look at other stories from across
:17:56. > :18:07.the country. A memorial to infants at the heart
:18:08. > :18:12.of the Mortonhall baby Ashes scandal has been opened in Edinburgh. The
:18:13. > :18:18.memorial garden sits on the grounds of the crematorium and includes
:18:19. > :18:22.Blacks inscribed with the names of 149 babies. Another memorial is
:18:23. > :18:26.proposed in Princes Street Gardens. We have been through different
:18:27. > :18:31.emotions and some parents still do not know how they feel about the
:18:32. > :18:37.garden or if they want their baby's name there, but for me I feel it has
:18:38. > :18:42.given me comfort. And somewhere for us to come and remain with my
:18:43. > :18:47.daughter. Changes could be made to the controversial ways school
:18:48. > :18:53.qualifications are put into practice at Hermitage Academy. We told you
:18:54. > :18:56.about a local row about people is not sitting exams in fourth year
:18:57. > :19:01.under review by the Council suggests there should be more flexibility.
:19:02. > :19:09.The Scottish Government says it will continue to try to find a buyer for
:19:10. > :19:13.Tata Steel plants now that the 45 day minimum consultation with
:19:14. > :19:19.workers has been reached. The Indian firm announced plans to close
:19:20. > :19:25.Scotland's last two steel plants in October, threatening 400 jobs.
:19:26. > :19:30.Plans to build a 67 turbine wind farm near Fort Augustus have been
:19:31. > :19:36.overturned after judicial review. A judge said the Scottish
:19:37. > :19:40.Government's decision to approve SSE's wind farm was defective. A
:19:41. > :19:45.conservation charity challenge the decision, saying the development
:19:46. > :19:50.would destroy the character of the area. SSE say they are disappointed.
:19:51. > :19:56.It is difficult to be delighted. We never thought building 67 huge
:19:57. > :19:57.industrial scale developments in a wildlife area should have come
:19:58. > :20:03.forward. The Celtic manager Ronny Deila says
:20:04. > :20:07.he has the full respect That's as he explained the decision
:20:08. > :20:12.to suspend Anthony Stokes following Not the only open show of dissent
:20:13. > :20:30.from a Celtic player this season. Anthony Stokes watching from the
:20:31. > :20:33.stand in Inverness. He has become a bit part player at Celtic this
:20:34. > :20:36.season and the frustration of being left out again was too much for the
:20:37. > :20:51.striker. He tweeted... A subsequent apology did not placate
:20:52. > :20:56.Ronny Deila, as Stokes was banned for two weeks. I think everybody
:20:57. > :21:00.understands it is not about that single coincidence, there have been
:21:01. > :21:05.issues in the past. We felt we had to put down a marker. Stokes was
:21:06. > :21:10.started once this season and was disciplined previously by Ronny
:21:11. > :21:17.Deila. This is what sets his case apart from Chris Coleman's, for
:21:18. > :21:21.instance. Is there an issue over lack of respect? I feel I have
:21:22. > :21:29.complete respect from players and that is no issue. I said before
:21:30. > :21:33.there have not been issues, then that is a group that does not care
:21:34. > :21:36.and that is the worst thing. These players care and want to achieve
:21:37. > :21:47.things with the team and individually. So, can Anthony Stokes
:21:48. > :21:52.re-establish himself as a key member of the Celtic squad? I think he is
:21:53. > :21:56.good enough to do a job for Celtic and can score goals and I was
:21:57. > :21:59.surprised he has not been seen and now this has happened and he has
:22:00. > :22:04.been suspended for two weeks you would think it would be hard to find
:22:05. > :22:08.a way back into the first-team. Ronny Deila said Stokes can have a
:22:09. > :22:10.future here but only they will determine how that lasts.
:22:11. > :22:13.Edinburgh Rugby's head coach has extended his contract with
:22:14. > :22:17.Alan Solomons is now signed up till the summer of 2017.
:22:18. > :22:20.The South African is in Belfast for Edinburgh's match
:22:21. > :22:35.And our rugby presenter Dougie Vipond joins us.
:22:36. > :22:42.The weather in Belfast is challenging. Chucking it down here.
:22:43. > :22:47.Andy Nichol the former Scotland captain is with me. Let's talk about
:22:48. > :22:53.Solomons and the extension to the contract. It is important because it
:22:54. > :22:57.gives continuity. The players know who the coach will be for next
:22:58. > :23:02.season as well. There are a lot of players out of contract and that is
:23:03. > :23:05.the next job for the MD, to get players contracted now they know
:23:06. > :23:12.which coach they will have. A good win last week, and a bonus point win
:23:13. > :23:15.at home. Tonight in Belfast the conditions are tough and it will
:23:16. > :23:20.have an impact on the game? Massively. This is a filthy night
:23:21. > :23:26.for rug recover with swirling winds, very wet. The pitch is very firm. A
:23:27. > :23:35.horrible for rug be. The forwards will have to do everything -- for
:23:36. > :23:40.rugby. What do you think will be key tonight from the Edinburgh point of
:23:41. > :23:47.view? Possession. Maybe not having possession but having good defence.
:23:48. > :23:50.The wind is flying down. If you are a winger tonight you will not see
:23:51. > :23:55.much of the ball because it is so difficult. We are going to put our
:23:56. > :23:58.hoods up. You can enjoy yourself in the warmth of the studio!
:23:59. > :24:01.And you can watch Ulster versus Edinburgh tonight live on BBC Two
:24:02. > :24:04.Or listen with the Radio Scotland Sportsound team -
:24:05. > :24:12.The sailing partner of Scots Olympian Luke Patience has
:24:13. > :24:18.Patience, a London 2012 silver medallist, and
:24:19. > :24:24.Elliott Willis were among the first named in Team GB for Rio 2016.
:24:25. > :24:26.The impact on their campaign for Rio will be
:24:27. > :24:33.assessed in due course depending on the treatment recommended
:24:34. > :24:37.There will be no Scots in the quarter-finals of the
:24:38. > :24:40.The last man standing John Higgins losing a thrilling match 6-5 to
:24:41. > :24:43.They were both upstaged by a moth.
:24:44. > :24:46.That was its biggest mistake.
:24:47. > :24:47.Although it did evade the grasp
:24:48. > :24:58.Alas he got it
:24:59. > :25:03.at the second attempt and for the moth it was game over.
:25:04. > :25:11.Chris, the weather. You might not want to listen to what
:25:12. > :25:17.is coming. Pretty grim. Wet and windy weather on the way over the
:25:18. > :25:21.next 24, 36 hours, courtesy of Desmond, our fourth named storm. You
:25:22. > :25:31.can see the trailing weather fronts and tightly packed isobars. The rain
:25:32. > :25:35.is across the country and it will continue to reign for the next 24
:25:36. > :25:40.hours nonstop at least. We have a warning from the Met Office for the
:25:41. > :25:48.strength of the wind. Even inland up to 60 mph at times. A difficult
:25:49. > :25:53.night with surface water spray. In the north-west, the wind will ease
:25:54. > :25:59.down. Tomorrow it remains windy, but rainfall is the highest concern with
:26:00. > :26:04.an amber be prepared warning from the Met Office for the Borders and
:26:05. > :26:09.over to Strathclyde, Perthshire. Likely to see flooding as a result
:26:10. > :26:15.of that persistent rain falling on already sodden ground. River
:26:16. > :26:22.flooding and surface water flooding make difficult conditions on the
:26:23. > :26:28.road. As we head through to the middle part of the afternoon, it is
:26:29. > :26:35.wet and windy. At least it is mild. You can see the black arrows
:26:36. > :26:41.indicating the wind, still 50 mph at times. Some shelter from the
:26:42. > :26:45.Cairngorms, but that is the exception to the rule. Wet and windy
:26:46. > :26:53.and the rain continues to fall. Across the Northwest, it will be
:26:54. > :26:58.cooler than the rest of the country. Continuing on Saturday night when we
:26:59. > :27:02.could see gusts up to 70 mph in parts. The rain will continue to
:27:03. > :27:09.fall as we head through to the early hours of Sunday. But then,
:27:10. > :27:14.thankfully, it stops. Showers across the north-west but for many, Sunday
:27:15. > :27:19.is a better day. We will still feel the effect of the rainfall because
:27:20. > :27:23.as the water runs into the rivers, we could still see flooding. The dry
:27:24. > :27:29.interviewed does not last. We have low pressure on Monday. It means
:27:30. > :27:35.more rain, wind and more warnings. There we have it. Monday, rain
:27:36. > :27:43.working northwards. Likely to be further issues.
:27:44. > :27:45.Now, a reminder of tonight's main news, the Forth
:27:46. > :27:49.Road Bridge is to be closed to all traffic until at least the New Year,
:27:50. > :27:56.after inspections found a crack in part of the steelwork.
:27:57. > :27:59.I'll be back with the headlines at 8.
:28:00. > :28:01.The late bulletin just after the Ten O'clock News.
:28:02. > :28:04.Until then, from everyone on the team the