:00:00. > :00:08.Tonight, on Reporting Scotland: Engineers explain their plan
:00:09. > :00:10.to repair the Forth Road Bridge, as ministers defend
:00:11. > :00:16.Calls for pedestrians to be protected from lorries in town
:00:17. > :00:26.centres, in the wake of the Glasgow bin lorry crash.
:00:27. > :00:35.You get no they are there. They are just reversing willy-nilly.
:00:36. > :00:38.Also on the programme: Six incidents of knives being brought to school
:00:39. > :00:40.in Aberdeenshire and Moray, since the stabbing of a boy
:00:41. > :00:46.We'll have the latest from Istanbul as Celtic face Fenerbahce.
:00:47. > :00:49.And, the rather messy north-east tradition of "blackening" a bride
:00:50. > :01:13.Engineers at the Forth Road Bridge have given details of how they plan
:01:14. > :01:15.to fix the section that cracked, leading to its closure.
:01:16. > :01:17.They say they're hopeful it will open again by
:01:18. > :01:22.Meanwhile, the First Minister has been defending the handling
:01:23. > :01:24.of the closure, saying the fault couldn't have
:01:25. > :01:28.Opposition parties accused the government of being more
:01:29. > :01:29.interested in cost cutting than maintenance.
:01:30. > :01:44.On a blustery December morning, a quick chat with the Transport
:01:45. > :01:47.Minister be for another shift on the Forth Road Bridge. While others
:01:48. > :01:52.demand to know why and when, engineers have been asking each
:01:53. > :01:58.other how, how do they make this massive structure safe to carry
:01:59. > :02:04.traffic once again. The solution is to strengthen the area using huge
:02:05. > :02:09.splints, Jack up the cracked beam and use steel plates to secure the
:02:10. > :02:14.repair, a process repeated in seven other problem areas. The actual
:02:15. > :02:18.engineering solution you could argue is not that complicated, but
:02:19. > :02:21.sometimes that is the best way, not to overcomplicate things. The
:02:22. > :02:26.biggest challenge is gaining access to it, and obviously the prevailing
:02:27. > :02:31.weather conditions. It is really difficult to gain access to this
:02:32. > :02:35.area. So they have had to be resourceful. A floating barge
:02:36. > :02:40.carrying an inspection platform was on the water this afternoon. A 50
:02:41. > :02:52.metre scaffold is taking shape. All the while, a camera keeps a constant
:02:53. > :02:54.eye on the problem from above. The Transport Minister insists the New
:02:55. > :02:56.Year deadline still stands. He is also being bullish after being
:02:57. > :02:58.accused of misleading Parliament about past maintenance of the
:02:59. > :03:03.bridge. No one has been misled by me. I am working incredibly hard to
:03:04. > :03:07.ensure we mobilise every effort to get the bridge reopened. I have made
:03:08. > :03:13.myself accountable and transparent and I will continue to do that. But
:03:14. > :03:18.the row rumbled on at Holyrood, Labour accusing ministers of
:03:19. > :03:22.sanctioning a big cut in spending on repairs. Short-term decisions made
:03:23. > :03:27.at the expense of the long-term future of an important national
:03:28. > :03:31.asset. We have budgets cuts, privatisation of services and
:03:32. > :03:35.cancelled repairs. The opposition criticism of the Scottish government
:03:36. > :03:38.appears to be that five years ago, a body which took decisions
:03:39. > :03:47.independent of the Scottish government, decided not to fix a
:03:48. > :03:50.part of the bridge that was not broken. We might not have had a
:03:51. > :03:52.crystal ball to tell us five years ago that something would become
:03:53. > :03:55.broken five years in the future, but we did have the foresight to know
:03:56. > :04:00.that an ageing structure did need replaced. More than 100 engineers
:04:01. > :04:06.and tradesmen are now working on this project. Their success -- its
:04:07. > :04:07.success is in their hands but they will need some help from mother
:04:08. > :04:09.nature. More needs to be done to protect
:04:10. > :04:12.pedestrians from large vehicles That's according to the Living
:04:13. > :04:15.Streets Scotland charity, who're calling for lower speed
:04:16. > :04:17.limits and restrictions on lorries entering shopping areas
:04:18. > :04:18.at busy times. They say lessons still need to be
:04:19. > :04:21.learned, after last year's bin lorry crash in Glasgow in
:04:22. > :04:36.which six people died. Glasgow's city centre today, busy
:04:37. > :04:41.with shoppers and the vans and lorries needed to keep the shelves
:04:42. > :04:48.stocked. Understandably, after last December's tragic crash in the city,
:04:49. > :04:52.safety is a big concern for people. Especially in the present, there are
:04:53. > :04:56.a lot of fans come up and down them. You don't know they are there. You
:04:57. > :05:01.hear beep, beep, beep, and nobody is You don't know they are there. You
:05:02. > :05:06.showing them where to go, it is just willy-nilly.
:05:07. > :05:09.I have not seen a lot of heavy lorries in this kind of area but I
:05:10. > :05:13.don't think it should be in this kind of area when there are so many
:05:14. > :05:18.people trying to cross roads and things like that. I think they have
:05:19. > :05:22.to address the issue about how the beer calls get into empty the bins
:05:23. > :05:27.and do the deliveries. Bin lorries still use the same city
:05:28. > :05:32.centre route that it did on the day that a lorry ran out of control and
:05:33. > :05:37.killed pedestrians. Glasgow city councillors say that on the day of
:05:38. > :05:42.the anniversary later this month, that large refuse lorries do avoid
:05:43. > :05:46.the rate. They understand that people may wish to return to the
:05:47. > :05:51.scene of the crash to pay their respects. The city council say they
:05:52. > :05:55.will implement recommendations from the recent enquiry to take into
:05:56. > :06:00.account the number of pedestrians on these routes. But the issue of
:06:01. > :06:05.lorries in our city centres according to the Living Streets
:06:06. > :06:09.campaign should be addressed in all city centres. You have lanes with a
:06:10. > :06:12.lot of delivery vehicles coming through, with some restrictions in
:06:13. > :06:19.place which are not always adhered to, that is an obvious one to
:06:20. > :06:24.review. Hauliers say they are happy to discuss best practice but they
:06:25. > :06:28.have to be able to deliver. We have to go into the town centres and
:06:29. > :06:32.not allowed to go in when it gets not allowed to go in when it gets
:06:33. > :06:34.busy, maybe from ten o'clock in the morning until four o'clock in the
:06:35. > :06:40.afternoon, but at the end of the morning until four o'clock in the
:06:41. > :06:44.day, we have a job to do and we have to do it. Living Streets say a
:06:45. > :06:47.review will now be discussed. Six incidents involving knives have
:06:48. > :06:49.been reported at different secondary schools in Aberdeenshire
:06:50. > :06:52.and Moray in the past month. Education officials have written
:06:53. > :06:54.to reassure parents about safety. It follows the death of 16-year-old
:06:55. > :06:58.Bailey Gwynne in a stabbing incident at Cults Academy in
:06:59. > :07:02.Aberdeen in October. Our reporter John McManus is outside
:07:03. > :07:15.one of the schools involved. Yes, I think it is there to say that
:07:16. > :07:20.many parents may be worried when these letters land on their
:07:21. > :07:23.doormats. They have been issued because Police Scotland say that
:07:24. > :07:26.have been six incidents over the past month where knives were
:07:27. > :07:36.recovered from pupils in secondary schools. The police say that nobody
:07:37. > :07:40.was injured, but they are keen to reiterate that carrying knives or
:07:41. > :07:46.any other potential weapons into schools is an offence, and they will
:07:47. > :07:53.act. This evening, Maria Walker who is director of education for
:07:54. > :07:56.Aberdeen Council said safety is her first priority. It is real important
:07:57. > :08:00.that we don't blame each other, we did try and victimise or make things
:08:01. > :08:04.more difficult, that we all work together. There are reasons for
:08:05. > :08:08.these things happening. Sometimes we don't understand them too well but
:08:09. > :08:14.there are reasons. If we work together, that is the best way to
:08:15. > :08:19.address issues. This comes after the tragic events at Cults Academy in
:08:20. > :08:29.October? That is right. 16-year-old Bailey Gwynne was stab at Cults
:08:30. > :08:33.Academy. A boy has been charged with his murder. Aberdeen Council say
:08:34. > :08:36.that is nothing to do with incidents over the past month but they do say
:08:37. > :08:40.bullying might be involved in all of this and they will start going into
:08:41. > :08:45.Aberdeenshire schools to talk to pupils about that, and about the
:08:46. > :08:50.dangers of carrying knives and the dangers that can get pupils and two.
:08:51. > :08:57.There are 30,000 pupils in Aberdeenshire, so it is a fairly big
:08:58. > :09:00.undertaking, but the council are determined to nip this problem in
:09:01. > :09:02.the bud before it grows any bigger. Thank you.
:09:03. > :09:03.You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC.
:09:04. > :09:06.Still to come on tonight's programme: A deadly fascination -
:09:07. > :09:08.the story of how contagious diseases affected our ancestors.
:09:09. > :09:10.In sport, we'll have the latest on Celtic's last European match
:09:11. > :09:13.They've already kicked off in Istanbul against Fenerbahce
:09:14. > :09:18.And the Rangers manager tells us why he's not a fan of the plans
:09:19. > :09:25.The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, is in Glasgow tonight to speak
:09:26. > :09:28.at a STUC rally against the UK government's plans to reform
:09:29. > :09:33.The First Minister is also speaking and our reporter
:09:34. > :09:50.Well, in a few short months, Nicola Sturgeon and Jeremy Corbyn will be
:09:51. > :09:54.going head-to-head in the Scottish Parliament elections. Not tonight
:09:55. > :10:01.though. They are both attending this STUC rally in Glasgow, both united
:10:02. > :10:04.in their opposition to the UK government's trade union Bill.
:10:05. > :10:09.Westminster ministers say these trade union reform laws are needed,
:10:10. > :10:13.to four example, introduce extra requirements when workers and unions
:10:14. > :10:20.want to ballot for strike action. Jeremy Corbyn, as you would expect,
:10:21. > :10:23.has described those reforms as Draconian and counter-productive.
:10:24. > :10:26.Nicola Sturgeon has said these reforms are so universally unpopular
:10:27. > :10:31.in Scotland that they are not wanted here at all. I think given tonight's
:10:32. > :10:36.audience, I think both those messages will go down pretty well.
:10:37. > :10:42.The Scottish government has attempted to stop the bill being
:10:43. > :10:45.enacted in Scotland? That is right. Earlier this week, the Scottish
:10:46. > :10:51.government made a request for what is known as a legislative consent
:10:52. > :10:56.memorandum. What they wanted to do was to get Holyrood to have a vote
:10:57. > :11:01.to block the implementation of the trade union Bill in Scotland, if and
:11:02. > :11:06.when it is passed by the Westminster government. Today, the presiding
:11:07. > :11:11.officer of the Scottish Parliament came back and told SNP ministers
:11:12. > :11:15.that would not happen. Even so, the Scottish government say there are
:11:16. > :11:21.still a few more avenues they can go down, even if that line of attack
:11:22. > :11:24.does not work for them. At the very least it has allowed them to get
:11:25. > :11:29.their grievances of the trade union Bill another airing. Thank you.
:11:30. > :11:32.A new helpline is about to go live, after a spate of suicide deaths
:11:33. > :11:36.Mikey's Line is a text service run by young volunteers for youngsters
:11:37. > :11:39.It's been established in Inverness after the sudden deaths
:11:40. > :11:54.You can see Michael there and Martin. They have known each other
:11:55. > :11:58.since school. Happy memories of school pals, Michael Williamson and
:11:59. > :12:02.Martin Shaw, who died within days of each other in October. While
:12:03. > :12:07.outgoing in public, their friend Jamie Lynn knows only too well how
:12:08. > :12:12.they suffered in private. She has battled depression herself since the
:12:13. > :12:17.age of 12. There has not been enough support in the North of Scotland for
:12:18. > :12:24.young people who want to take their life or don't know how to cope with
:12:25. > :12:28.how they are feeling. The sudden deaths of the pair who worked
:12:29. > :12:34.locally sparked a huge outpouring of grief among family and their large
:12:35. > :12:37.group of friends. It has led to the launch of a text helpline which will
:12:38. > :12:41.be run by young people for young people who are too distressed to
:12:42. > :12:48.talk. It is very important because there is nothing in Inverness for
:12:49. > :12:52.young men to turn to. Young men do not want to talk about issues so
:12:53. > :12:57.having the text line I think would be a lot better for them. The
:12:58. > :13:01.Highlands has one of the highest suicide rates in the UK,
:13:02. > :13:06.particularly among young men. The Read relatives have joined forces
:13:07. > :13:10.with the boys' friends, to promote the text messaging service, which
:13:11. > :13:14.they believe young mobile phone users will feel more comfortable
:13:15. > :13:20.using. I am hoping that the people who think they are alone, don't know
:13:21. > :13:24.that the girl on the corner desk, or the guy in the pub cracking jokes,
:13:25. > :13:28.they do not know that they are also suffering. I think we are getting it
:13:29. > :13:32.out that there are other people their age who can talk to them and
:13:33. > :13:40.give them advice. If you don't try, you don't know. If it can help just
:13:41. > :13:45.one person then it has been a success. It is hoped that Mikey's
:13:46. > :13:50.Line will complement the work of charities like the Samaritans, as
:13:51. > :13:53.well as becoming a fitting tribute to the popular Inverness youngsters
:13:54. > :13:55.whose lives were cut tragically short.
:13:56. > :13:57.From next month police are updating a scheme that will enable them
:13:58. > :14:00.to deal with some low level crimes with an on-the-spot
:14:01. > :14:05.This means that police officers will use their discretion to assess
:14:06. > :14:07.whether a recorded warning should be issued on the spot,
:14:08. > :14:10.or if a report should be made to the procurator fiscal.
:14:11. > :14:19.It won't apply serious crime, such as violence.
:14:20. > :14:25.A look at other stories from across the country.
:14:26. > :14:32.Passengers using the Caledonian sleeper from Fort William will be
:14:33. > :14:37.forced to eat take a bus to and from Oban first for three weekends from
:14:38. > :14:43.February. It is because of planned engineering works. The operator said
:14:44. > :14:46.it would test customer appetite as they consider the potential
:14:47. > :14:49.expansion of the sleeper route in the future.
:14:50. > :14:53.A huge new floating production vessel has started its journey from
:14:54. > :14:59.a shipyard in South Korea towards the west of Shetland. The Glen lion
:15:00. > :15:04.will become part of the redevelopment of oilfields. It is a
:15:05. > :15:09.joint-venture among BP, Shell and OMC.
:15:10. > :15:14.The SNP is calling on the UK government to guarantee a slots from
:15:15. > :15:18.Scotland to London, as part of the review for airport capacity in the
:15:19. > :15:21.south-east of England. A UK ministerial committee meets tonight
:15:22. > :15:26.to discuss plans to build a third runway at Heathrow.
:15:27. > :15:31.Holyrood could be heading for another vote on Edinburgh's trams.
:15:32. > :15:36.Compulsory purchase rights for the grant and spur expire within less
:15:37. > :15:40.than six months, but the council is preparing to abandon its right to
:15:41. > :15:44.requisition land in order to complete the troubled transport
:15:45. > :15:48.scheme. It will require an act of Parliament or ministers to reinstate
:15:49. > :15:53.it if the land is not bought by May. The final section of the new Royal
:15:54. > :15:58.Navy aircraft carriers have started its journey from Glasgow to Rosyth.
:15:59. > :16:03.BAE Systems said the delivery was ten weeks ahead of schedule. HMS
:16:04. > :16:05.Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales are claimed to be the largest
:16:06. > :16:08.and most advanced warships ever bought by the UK.
:16:09. > :16:11.The plague, Black Death, smallpox, just a few of the diseases our
:16:12. > :16:15.Now an exhibition at the National Library of Scotland
:16:16. > :16:18.is set to tell the story of how contagious diseases wiped out
:16:19. > :16:21.families, provoked calls for a national fast,
:16:22. > :16:24.and led to state-sanctioned executions.
:16:25. > :16:40.It's not a site you would want at your door back in the 17th century.
:16:41. > :16:48.The plague doctor would only ever be greeted with fear. Ravens warded off
:16:49. > :16:54.evil, but inside are stuffed with herbs and spices and things like
:16:55. > :16:59.that so you can't smell the victims. This new exhibition documents the
:17:00. > :17:04.history of contagious diseases over the last 700 years. The biggest
:17:05. > :17:11.killer and of the most feared was of course the plague. They went around
:17:12. > :17:16.in grey cloaks with a white cross on the front and back and stick with a
:17:17. > :17:19.white cross and they were policing households to see if anybody
:17:20. > :17:24.harboured plague victims and it could be a child, a spouse, your
:17:25. > :17:29.mother. If they found any victims that had not been reported, the rest
:17:30. > :17:37.of the people in the house would be taken away, the women were drowned
:17:38. > :17:43.and the men were hung. Nasty stuff. Then there was syphilis or leprosy
:17:44. > :17:50.and the deadly smallpox. This was the sort of place where disease
:17:51. > :17:54.would spread rapidly, the closest of Edinburgh's old town. The men, raw
:17:55. > :17:59.sewage, overcrowding, but it was not here that the last case of the
:18:00. > :18:05.plague was recorded in Scotland. In 1900, infected rats on boats brought
:18:06. > :18:14.the plague to the Clyde, killing 16 people. The exhibition shows how we
:18:15. > :18:17.coped with deadly diseases. I hope you are enjoying your T!
:18:18. > :18:22.Now the latest from Istanbul where Celtic are playing Fenerbahce
:18:23. > :18:27.Even if the Scottish champions win, they can't go through to the next
:18:28. > :18:30.round, but it's half time so let's find out how they're getting
:18:31. > :18:43.Fortune has eluded Celtic in Europe this season. Bottom of the group,
:18:44. > :18:47.belief has been shaken. Fenerbahce come in need of victory to guarantee
:18:48. > :18:51.qualification, Craig Gordon at full stretch to keep out men at top
:18:52. > :18:58.welcome with a little help from the post. Only pride at stake for Celtic
:18:59. > :19:03.in the hostile atmosphere of the stadium in Istanbul. The Turks
:19:04. > :19:08.dominated the early stages, stretching Celtic, but the Scottish
:19:09. > :19:12.champions held firm. Leigh Griffiths was left out and there was a chance
:19:13. > :19:16.for Nadir Ciftci but he failed to take it. Diego Godin most took his
:19:17. > :19:22.chance from long range for Fenerbahce, aching Craig Gordon
:19:23. > :19:28.scramble but Celtic survive -- making. But things were about to get
:19:29. > :19:33.worse for Celtic as Fenerbahce took the lead, Lazar Markovic putting
:19:34. > :19:34.them in front after a mistake from Gordon.
:19:35. > :19:37.Sports Direct have failed in a bid to have Rangers chairman Dave King
:19:38. > :19:39.jailed for breaching a gagging order.
:19:40. > :19:42.Sports Direct, which is owned by Rangers shareholder Mike Ashley,
:19:43. > :19:44.argued that Mr King, on the right here, had breached
:19:45. > :19:46.an injunction banning anyone at Rangers from revealing details
:19:47. > :19:50.But a judge at London's Royal Courts of Justice ruled no
:19:51. > :20:01.The Rangers manager, Mark Warburton, is criticising the SPFL's shake up
:20:02. > :20:06.He says it doesn't suit clubs like his.
:20:07. > :20:09.Meanwhile, Aberdeen's Derek McInnes welcomed the competition's
:20:10. > :20:15.new format but wants an even longer winter break.
:20:16. > :20:22.The Rangers assistant manager David Weir at training today. His club
:20:23. > :20:29.have won the Scottish League Cup more than any other. He lifted it as
:20:30. > :20:34.captain in 2010. The SPFL are reformatting the competition to make
:20:35. > :20:39.it more exciting. The changes include... Starting in July when the
:20:40. > :20:45.group matches will be played although teams in Uefa qualifiers
:20:46. > :20:49.will be exempt. The Rangers manager is not a fan. He would rather be
:20:50. > :20:55.playing pre-season friendlies against English or continental
:20:56. > :21:02.opposition at that time. I'm not sure it suits the bigger clubs. To
:21:03. > :21:06.have a pre-season programme when your last two games could be against
:21:07. > :21:12.lower league opposition, I don't think that ideal, not for that
:21:13. > :21:14.level. This elite level manager was a cup winner with Aberdeen a couple
:21:15. > :21:20.of seasons ago and he welcomed the changes but, although the earlier
:21:21. > :21:21.start to the season makes space for a two weekend winter break in
:21:22. > :21:26.start to the season makes space for January, he said it's not long
:21:27. > :21:31.enough. If you're going to do it, it has to be three or four weeks. Maybe
:21:32. > :21:38.that is something to work towards. In terms of the League Cup we try
:21:39. > :21:42.something different and hopefully we get a bit from it. Ranges tried
:21:43. > :21:45.something a bit different today, they trained indoors to avoid the
:21:46. > :21:47.wintry weather. Scottish Rugby's chief executive,
:21:48. > :21:49.Mark Dodson, says he's delighted Gregor Townsend has extended his
:21:50. > :21:55.contract as Glasgow Warriors head coach, claiming he's created
:21:56. > :21:58."a winning culture". has been with Glasgow since 2012,
:21:59. > :22:01.and has agreed to stay Hen and stag parties
:22:02. > :22:23.are as popular as ever, but how many of us know
:22:24. > :22:25.about "blackenings"? The pre-wedding tradition,
:22:26. > :22:27.which sees the bride and groom covered in food, flour and feathers,
:22:28. > :22:40.is the focus of a research project It is a bizarre and rather messy
:22:41. > :22:45.tradition. The blackening sees the bride or groom captured by friends
:22:46. > :22:49.and family, covered in it concoction of smelly substances and paraded
:22:50. > :22:55.through the streets. If you had no knowledge whatsoever of a blackening
:22:56. > :23:00.and you chanced upon one on the village green, you would honestly
:23:01. > :23:05.think it was some form of medieval punishment. It is a regional
:23:06. > :23:08.tradition still seen in the north-east of Scotland and in the
:23:09. > :23:15.Highlands and Islands but it is also a family one. My mum and dad had
:23:16. > :23:20.coal dust, you could see in the photograph they were completely
:23:21. > :23:25.black with coal. Mine was cocoa powder and water. They came armed
:23:26. > :23:27.with buckets of this, mixed up into a slurry and they took me into the
:23:28. > :23:36.back garden and started a slurry and they took me into the
:23:37. > :23:41.one of three generations of women to be blackened in her family. I think
:23:42. > :23:46.I would have been a bit miffed if I hadn't been blackened. The way it
:23:47. > :23:50.was sold to me by my mum was that it was almost like a ritual which
:23:51. > :23:55.showed you were part of your community. So it is perhaps not as
:23:56. > :23:57.harsh as it appears, and some B but actually enjoy the experience. But
:23:58. > :24:05.We have seen does it have a future in modern 's
:24:06. > :24:08.We have seen the popularity of the hen party and
:24:09. > :24:14.it made me wonder if the blackening would die out because of this will
:24:15. > :24:21.stop actually, I have found that it hasn't. People are embracing both
:24:22. > :24:26.rituals. It's safe to say that stag and hen dos are becoming bigger and
:24:27. > :24:29.more extravagant than ever before at this research suggests that in some
:24:30. > :24:30.communities, the this research suggests that in some
:24:31. > :24:33.seen as a rite of passage. Now here's Andrew Kerr
:24:34. > :24:43.with details of Scotland 2015. The First Minister and Jeremy Corbyn
:24:44. > :24:48.are sharing a platform to protest against controversial Conservative
:24:49. > :24:52.are sharing a platform to protest trade union reforms. But
:24:53. > :24:56.are sharing a platform to protest protect people who use public
:24:57. > :24:58.services? That is Scotland 2015 tonight at 1030 B on BBC Two.
:24:59. > :25:00.Let's see what's happening with the weather tonight.
:25:01. > :25:16.Some had some sunshine but there have also been some wintry showers.
:25:17. > :25:18.This beautiful scene in Perthshire, some snow over the roofs. And some
:25:19. > :26:04.hail in these showers, across that they get closer look.
:26:05. > :26:09.Themselves off as the winds are like that but still. Six of the
:26:10. > :26:17.filthiest. Tomorrow evening, these showers.
:26:18. > :26:38.Wait. There are some warnings out in
:26:39. > :26:42.northern England. For us, we're not in warning territory, but there is
:26:43. > :26:47.some uncertainty how far north this will likely go.
:26:48. > :26:54.We may see some showery rain or snow perhaps, even perhaps some sleet
:26:55. > :27:00.conditions in lower levels. Elsewhere, dry, but a cold one of
:27:01. > :27:07.three or 4 degrees. It is a cold day in store. There will be some
:27:08. > :27:17.sunshine, so quite unsettled for the weekend.
:27:18. > :27:19.Now a reminder of tonight's main news.
:27:20. > :27:22.Engineers at the Forth Road Bridge have given details of how they plan
:27:23. > :27:25.to fix the section that cracked, leading to its closure.
:27:26. > :27:27.They say they're hopeful it will open again by the end
:27:28. > :27:30.Meanwhile the First Minister has been defending the handling
:27:31. > :27:32.of the closure, saying the fault couldn't have
:27:33. > :27:36.David Cameron has been in Poland to discuss his plans to change
:27:37. > :27:39.benefit rules for migrants coming to work in the UK.
:27:40. > :27:42.After the talks, the Polish Prime Minister said she didn't "see eye
:27:43. > :27:44.to eye" with Mr Cameron over the proposals.
:27:45. > :27:48.I'll be back with the headlines at 8pm and the late bulletin just