:00:00. > :00:00.Six. Now we joined the BBC News teams where you are.
:00:00. > :00:13.A festive threat from college lecturers.
:00:14. > :00:15.They call for a better pay deal, as the sector faces the possibility
:00:16. > :00:24.of the first national strike for decades.
:00:25. > :00:27.A false start but with some help Catriona takes to the waves
:00:28. > :00:32.as the latest ferry built on the Clyde is launched.
:00:33. > :00:36.Luxury electric cars go on sale in Scotland for the first time
:00:37. > :00:40.but what future do the vehicles have here.
:00:41. > :00:42.Celtic return from Turkey at the end of their campaign in Europe
:00:43. > :00:50.with Ronnie Diela defending his team.
:00:51. > :00:56.I think "frightened" is the wrong word. You need to play games like we
:00:57. > :00:59.did yesterday. Also on the programme:
:01:00. > :01:00.And the incredible story of the heroic fisherman
:01:01. > :01:02.from the north-east and his act of bravery uncovered
:01:03. > :01:18.by the Antiques Roadshow. A national strike in Scotland's
:01:19. > :01:23.colleges could be just weeks away. Lecturers are warning they'll
:01:24. > :01:25.support industrial action if they don't get
:01:26. > :01:28.a better pay offer. They're protesting about a one
:01:29. > :01:31.per cent pay offer and big differences between how much staff
:01:32. > :01:34.at different colleges earn. But their union says it's also
:01:35. > :01:36.worried about what it calls Our education correspondent,
:01:37. > :01:54.Jamie McIvor, reports. Some college lecturers are not
:01:55. > :01:59.feeling festive. They are angry over pay and cuts to colleges across
:02:00. > :02:03.Scotland. Their union held an informal ballot to see if they would
:02:04. > :02:08.support industrial action. And now an official strike ballot seems
:02:09. > :02:12.likely. In a ballot, we had 92% voted yes for industrial action.
:02:13. > :02:16.This is the first time in 23 years they have done this. This is after a
:02:17. > :02:22.year of negotiations. We do not want to do this. The dispute itself is
:02:23. > :02:32.over pay. But it is hard to separate it from a far bigger debate about
:02:33. > :02:35.the very role of colleges. Overall budgets have been cut, jobs have
:02:36. > :02:39.gone and there's been a big fall in the number of part-time students.
:02:40. > :02:45.Colleges now have budgets which are still less than they were in 2007
:02:46. > :02:49.when the SNP came to power. They have massively reduced the number of
:02:50. > :02:56.students in colleges by as much as 140,000. Colleges have also been
:02:57. > :03:00.through a big process of mergers. Two months ago, the First Minister
:03:01. > :03:05.opened City of Glasgow college's new campus. The people here used to work
:03:06. > :03:09.at three separate colleges on different sites. Nicola Sturgeon
:03:10. > :03:16.said the changes across Scotland had been worth it. These issues are
:03:17. > :03:23.always challenging and they bring difficulties and tensions. I don't
:03:24. > :03:31.deny that that has been the casement the case. The former principal and
:03:32. > :03:40.former chairman of this college found themselves under-fire from
:03:41. > :03:44.SMPs. Now lecturers' pay could trigger a national strike as soon as
:03:45. > :03:45.February. The Scottish Government called both sides to work together
:03:46. > :03:49.to find a solution. Restrictions on a priority route
:03:50. > :03:52.for HGVs and buses put in place following the closure
:03:53. > :03:55.of the Forth Road Bridge are being eased, to allow car
:03:56. > :03:58.drivers to use it at weekends. The A985 between Cairneyhill
:03:59. > :04:02.and Longannet will also be open to light goods vehicles around
:04:03. > :04:06.the clock from Monday. The Transport Minister Derek Mackay
:04:07. > :04:09.says the changes are designed to help communities
:04:10. > :04:11.and businesses in Fife cope Rangers say they'll hold a minute's
:04:12. > :04:19.silence at tomorrow's game against Morton for their former
:04:20. > :04:21.midfielder, Arnold Peralta, who's been shot dead
:04:22. > :04:25.in his hometown in Honduras. The 26-year-old player,
:04:26. > :04:27.who was also a Honduran international, was at Ibrox for 18
:04:28. > :04:32.months until January this year. Reports say he was shot
:04:33. > :04:34.from a passing motorbike Police say it appears to have been
:04:35. > :04:42.an unprovoked attack. A third diesel-electric hybrid ferry
:04:43. > :04:46.has been launched on the Clyde. The ship, named Catriona, was built
:04:47. > :04:50.by Ferguson Marine Engineering in Port Glasgow and is designed
:04:51. > :04:53.to operate on short CalMac crossing routes around the Clyde
:04:54. > :04:56.and Hebrides. It is the first ship built
:04:57. > :05:00.at the yard since Clyde Blowers billionaire Jim McColl
:05:01. > :05:15.took over last year. CHEERING
:05:16. > :05:21.Things got off to a sticky start and she needed a helping hand. But this
:05:22. > :05:26.morning, Catriona was launched. She is the first ship to be built at the
:05:27. > :05:31.yard since it was saved after going in administration in August 2014.
:05:32. > :05:35.It's been great working in the shipyard, a great bunch of guys. You
:05:36. > :05:39.are learning every day here. Camaraderie is brilliant.
:05:40. > :05:43.Management, foreman, you are always learning. I have a full-year
:05:44. > :05:49.apprenticeship. I would like to stay longer. Keeping it in the family?
:05:50. > :05:52.Yes, definitely. Workers here started building Catriona last
:05:53. > :05:57.December. She was completed six months ahead of schedule. 15 months
:05:58. > :06:02.ago, when the yard was taken over by Jim McColl, he had just five
:06:03. > :06:06.employees. Today, there are 219. He's describing this as a rebirth of
:06:07. > :06:11.merchant shipbuilding on the Clyde. We have two other ferries to build,
:06:12. > :06:16.the one behind us is 48 metres, they are 100 metres, so twice the size of
:06:17. > :06:21.this. And in volume terms, much bigger, so we have got that workload
:06:22. > :06:26.over the next two years. We have also got a pipeline about 300
:06:27. > :06:32.million of enquiries for other ships. Catriona can carry 150
:06:33. > :06:36.passengers, 23 cars or two HGVs and runs on a low-carbon hybrid of
:06:37. > :06:40.diesel and battery power and a whole new generation of children have come
:06:41. > :06:46.to see her. Would you like to do this? Yeah, it would be great. Why?
:06:47. > :06:53.I get to see all the great stuff going on and everything that
:06:54. > :06:57.happens. I want to build the boat and do the electrical stuff. I
:06:58. > :07:03.thought it would go much slower than it did. It went really fast. Would
:07:04. > :07:09.you like to work on the boats one day? No. Catriona will begin her sea
:07:10. > :07:12.trials in April and it is hoped she will be working on the shorter
:07:13. > :07:16.routes in the summer. As for her name, Catriona was voted the most
:07:17. > :07:18.popular in a competition, so maybe you will get a ferry named after you
:07:19. > :07:24.in the future! You're watching Reporting
:07:25. > :07:27.Scotland from the BBC. Still to come on tonight's
:07:28. > :07:29.programme: The incredible story of the heroic
:07:30. > :07:31.fisherman and his act of bravery Differing views from Celtic on this
:07:32. > :07:42.season's European failure. The secret of St
:07:43. > :07:45.Johnstone's success. And Townsend talks about his
:07:46. > :07:48.new Glasgow Warriors A Scottish charity has reached
:07:49. > :07:58.a milestone in its efforts to clear The Halo Trust - based at Thornhill
:07:59. > :08:03.in Dumfries and Galloway - marked the clearing of 200,000
:08:04. > :08:19.landmines in the country yesterday. A 26-year civil war left Sri Lanka
:08:20. > :08:24.one of the most mined territories on the planet. The Halo Trust started
:08:25. > :08:30.clearance work here in 2002, seven years before the official end of
:08:31. > :08:34.hostilities. 13 years later, they have made safe 200,000
:08:35. > :08:38.anti-personnel devices, nearly 1,000 anti-tank mines and several hundred
:08:39. > :08:45.thousand other items of ordnance, such as bullets and aircraft bombs.
:08:46. > :08:49.It is a huge number of mines. Halo completed clearance in Mozambique,
:08:50. > :08:55.which was declared mine-free in September of this year, and after 22
:08:56. > :08:59.years of clearance there, we had cleared 170,000 mines, so 200,000
:09:00. > :09:05.gives you an idea of the density of the mine laying in Sri Lanka, which
:09:06. > :09:09.is unusually high. Gradually, displaced people are returning to
:09:10. > :09:13.land they were forced to flee. Families able to live, work and play
:09:14. > :09:19.in safety for the first time in more than a generation. 100,000 have come
:09:20. > :09:24.back so far, but 45,000 are still waiting. There's a big job to do.
:09:25. > :09:31.Halo cleared 16,000 mines last year, we are on target to clear 10,000
:09:32. > :09:35.mines this year. So there are a lot of mines to take out of the ground.
:09:36. > :09:39.We won't know the number until we have finished. The target is for Sri
:09:40. > :09:42.Lanka to be declared mine-free in 2020.
:09:43. > :09:44.Tributes have been paid to the award-winning journalist
:09:45. > :09:48.Ian Bell - who's died at the age of 59.
:09:49. > :09:51.Ian Bell is best known for his work as a trenchant columnist and leader
:09:52. > :09:54.writer for the Herald and Sunday Herald.
:09:55. > :09:58.He won the Orwell Prize for political journalism in 1997.
:09:59. > :10:01.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said he'd be sadly missed.
:10:02. > :10:04.Magnus Llewellin, editor-in-chief of The Herald Times Group,
:10:05. > :10:13.said he was a "great writer" and a "great man".
:10:14. > :10:15.The town of Kilmarnock hasn't had its problems to seek in recent
:10:16. > :10:18.years, with a series of job losses seriously affecting its economy.
:10:19. > :10:20.But last night it received a prestigious award
:10:21. > :10:22.for the regeneration of a town centre once blighted by empty shops
:10:23. > :10:35.Our social affairs correspondent, Reevel Alderson, reports.
:10:36. > :10:43.All change at Kilmarnock railway station, these offices are back in
:10:44. > :10:49.use. This bookshop offers meeting space and activities for local
:10:50. > :10:55.groups, one of a number of community enterprises that have breathed life
:10:56. > :10:59.back into the town centre buildings. Industrial towns have seen better
:11:00. > :11:03.days, tough times, but the council have put a lot of effort in and we
:11:04. > :11:08.are supporting of what happened and to make the station a focal point as
:11:09. > :11:12.well. Nearby, in another building once sadly neglected, people finding
:11:13. > :11:16.it difficult to gain employment receive training in the hospitality
:11:17. > :11:20.industry. Apart from refurbishing old buildings, the council has been
:11:21. > :11:24.praised for relocating staff from offices around the town into the
:11:25. > :11:30.centre. It is important that we keep the retailers in the town and try
:11:31. > :11:35.and attract new retailers. That is why we moved our council staff into
:11:36. > :11:40.the town centre, into refurbished buildings where they can spend in
:11:41. > :11:45.the town. The success of this project can be measured by the fact
:11:46. > :11:50.that in contrast to many town centres in Scotland, every single
:11:51. > :11:54.shop unit has been let for at least two years. The organisation behind
:11:55. > :11:59.these awards says it is important the trend to out of town trading
:12:00. > :12:02.estates is reversed. Towns are the place of business, of living, of
:12:03. > :12:12.meaning for the people around that whole area. So it is important that
:12:13. > :12:17.it works for business and for people to gather. He says regeneration of
:12:18. > :12:18.neglected town centres has economic benefits which can help counter the
:12:19. > :12:22.effects of recession. Sales of electric cars in Scotland
:12:23. > :12:26.have reached a new record high. The news comes as the luxury
:12:27. > :12:29.electric car manufacturer, Tesla, opens its first Scottish
:12:30. > :12:33.showroom in Edinburgh. But are electric vehicles
:12:34. > :12:35.a realistic alternative Our transport correspondent,
:12:36. > :12:54.David Miller, has been finding out. Is this the future of motoring? The
:12:55. > :13:00.Tesla Model S, this car has a range of 300 miles, an autopilot function
:13:01. > :13:09.and a top speed of 155mph. It's electric in more ways than one! This
:13:10. > :13:12.is a truly extraordinary vehicle to drive. It is one of the most
:13:13. > :13:16.technologically advanced cars drive. It is one of the most
:13:17. > :13:23.world. I could never hope to afford to buy one, but what Tesla is doing
:13:24. > :13:29.here is demonstrating that electric vehicles can compete on performance
:13:30. > :13:32.and even desirability. Electric cars are generating more and more
:13:33. > :13:37.interest amongst buyers. This driver, who has already made this
:13:38. > :13:42.switch, says he won't be going back. The big issue is about the ownership
:13:43. > :13:47.costs, but if you add up how much it costs to run a regular car, you find
:13:48. > :13:51.that the ownership costs are considerably lower. Last year, more
:13:52. > :13:55.than 800 electric cars were sold in Scotland. That's more than the
:13:56. > :14:03.previous three years combined. There are now more than 2,100 electric
:14:04. > :14:08.vehicles on our roads. You don't need a deep pocket to buy one. In
:14:09. > :14:12.Orkney, electric vehicles are now a common sight. It's economics which
:14:13. > :14:17.are driving the change here. A lot of people that have enquired have
:14:18. > :14:22.their own wind turbines, so you are making your own fuel for your
:14:23. > :14:25.vehicle in your back garden. So, up here in Orkney, with lots of
:14:26. > :14:32.renewable energy, it's a real no-brainer. Supporters also argue
:14:33. > :14:38.electric cars are helping us meet our climate change targets. Their
:14:39. > :14:42.slogan in Orkney? No Co2. But what about range anxiety? The thing that
:14:43. > :14:47.is hidden from people is the extent of the charging network in Scotland
:14:48. > :14:51.so the publicly available charge points that are out and about, there
:14:52. > :14:55.are over 500 in Scotland. That is still growing. It seems Scotland's
:14:56. > :15:01.drivers are already on the road to an electric future.
:15:02. > :15:05.A look at other stories from across the country.
:15:06. > :15:08.The Muslim community in Aberdeen has launched a Winter Appeal,
:15:09. > :15:13.to provide at least 1,000 free meals to the homeless in December.
:15:14. > :15:15.It comes at the end of a week in which Donald Trump said that
:15:16. > :15:29.All he is trying to do is create divide and tension between the
:15:30. > :15:33.communities within the UK. The Muslims can contribute a lot more to
:15:34. > :15:35.the UK community. We have always been doing it but it is time we
:15:36. > :15:40.shouted out about it a bit more. Northumberland Street in Edinburgh
:15:41. > :15:42.has been named the country's most expensive with an average house
:15:43. > :15:46.price of just over ?1.3 million. Half of Scotland's ten most
:15:47. > :15:49.expensive streets are in the capital, according to research
:15:50. > :15:57.by the Bank of Scotland. A pub quiz team from Kilmarnock have
:15:58. > :16:01.released a single on social media in an effort to raise funds
:16:02. > :16:05.for Syrian refugees. The group, calling themselves 5
:16:06. > :16:08.World, Paid for the recording of We Should Be A Family
:16:09. > :16:23.from their winnings The pictures is what motivated me to
:16:24. > :16:29.write the song. We saw kids and family in bereft conditions coming
:16:30. > :16:33.off boats in the Med. That is a terrible situation, what could we do
:16:34. > :16:35.to help? I thought could we write a song?
:16:36. > :16:36.An otter cub found on a doorstep is being cared for by
:16:37. > :16:40.The Scottish SPCA believe the cub became separated from its mother
:16:41. > :16:45.It was discovered at the back door of a house in
:16:46. > :16:48.The otter, which has been nicknamed Buddy,
:16:49. > :17:02.Let's get all the sport now, from David.
:17:03. > :17:04.One Celtic player said the team looked 'afraid' in Europe this
:17:05. > :17:08.season - but the manager isn't in agreement.
:17:09. > :17:10.The Scottish Premiership champions drew 1-1 against Fenerbache last
:17:11. > :17:13.night in their final Europa League group match,
:17:14. > :17:15.although their European campaign was over before that.
:17:16. > :17:18.Celtic arrived back in Glasgow earlier today, with Ronnie Deila
:17:19. > :17:20.saying positives have been taken from their trip to Turkey.
:17:21. > :17:32.Home from Turkey, but that is the last European trip for Celtic this
:17:33. > :17:35.season, after another disappointing Europa League campaign. It has been
:17:36. > :17:43.basically one big anticlimax since August. Celtic through the group
:17:44. > :17:48.stage without a win for the first time. Celtic's European form this
:17:49. > :17:55.season is in stark contrast to their domestic showing. One player
:17:56. > :18:00.believes he knows why. We obviously need to try more. We look a bit
:18:01. > :18:05.afraid when it comes to the pressure. Hopefully we can get that
:18:06. > :18:10.off our shoulders now and play better next year. No doubt the
:18:11. > :18:16.manager will want to see that, but on the comments about being afraid,
:18:17. > :18:22.he doesn't agree. I think frightened as the wrong word. Inexperienced is
:18:23. > :18:27.important. We need to play games like yesterday, with that
:18:28. > :18:33.atmosphere, and a different way of playing from the Scottish league. It
:18:34. > :18:42.is experience that is important. It has gone through the lakes, and he
:18:43. > :18:48.scores for Fenerbache. He plays it to the right of the box, it comes in
:18:49. > :18:51.and it is 1-1. The equaliser meant a respectable result for Celtic last
:18:52. > :18:54.night but the players know that the same can't be said of the campaign
:18:55. > :18:55.as a whole. Celtic's next stop comes this Sunday
:18:56. > :18:58.in Perth when they face an on form St Johnstone who are once again
:18:59. > :19:01.pushing towards the top end of the Scottish Premiership,
:19:02. > :19:03.but what has been the key We sent Brian McLauchlin
:19:04. > :19:14.to find out. In the shadows of Matt dear
:19:15. > :19:18.mid-Park, Saints players prepare for the visit of the champions. St
:19:19. > :19:22.Johnstone currently sit in fourth place in the Scottish premiership,
:19:23. > :19:25.but should we be surprised at that? History says not. The club have
:19:26. > :19:30.finished in the top six in the past four seasons. That has come also
:19:31. > :19:34.with European qualification, and they lifted the Scottish cup for the
:19:35. > :19:42.first time just 18 months ago. But what is the key to their success?
:19:43. > :19:45.Because we do a lot of our work early in January in signing players,
:19:46. > :19:51.we are getting players with longer contracts, we have been able to have
:19:52. > :19:57.a real stable squad and a squad that you only need two or three players
:19:58. > :20:02.each season. We are creating a lot more chances, playing more expansive
:20:03. > :20:06.football. We are reaping the benefits. Attracting new fans has
:20:07. > :20:11.been a problem but it is a battle they are tackling head-on. We have a
:20:12. > :20:16.great hard-core support. We are trying to get the younger generation
:20:17. > :20:20.for next year. It helps when the club is successful. A book heralding
:20:21. > :20:25.the first 130 years of St Johnstone was released this week. Keep winning
:20:26. > :20:27.games, and a few new chapters may be required.
:20:28. > :20:29.Gregor Townsend says he hopes to continue as Glasgow Warriors head
:20:30. > :20:31.coach after his new contract expires in 2017.
:20:32. > :20:33.He's agreed a one-year extension with Scottish Rugby -
:20:34. > :20:37.but says he expects discussions about his future at this time
:20:38. > :20:54.Ground staff rolling up the covers today, the day after a new contract
:20:55. > :20:59.was rolled out for the head coach. I was honoured and privileged and
:21:00. > :21:04.grateful when I was offered the job. And I have loved my time here so far
:21:05. > :21:11.and I want that to continue. He has led Warriors to a third-place finish
:21:12. > :21:17.in the pro 12 League in 2013, second spot a year later, and this summer,
:21:18. > :21:23.to the title. Now he is signed up until 2017, but what about after
:21:24. > :21:26.that? My hope is to continue here but I will be reflecting this time
:21:27. > :21:30.next year whether I am the right person for the job, whether the team
:21:31. > :21:35.has continued to improve. I am sure we will be in discussions around
:21:36. > :21:40.that time to see whether Scottish rugby want me, but also if it is the
:21:41. > :21:45.right thing for me to stay. He may decide at that point that he has
:21:46. > :21:52.done all he can do here. It is interesting that it squares with
:21:53. > :21:56.Vern Cotter. The three big coaching job is all fall vacant at the same
:21:57. > :22:01.time, so there will be speculation that he will move to the big job.
:22:02. > :22:04.You could say that life is sweet for Gregor Townsend, especially because
:22:05. > :22:09.he has been buying everybody doughnuts to celebrate his new
:22:10. > :22:15.contract. He has tasted success at Glasgow Warriors and it seems he is
:22:16. > :22:16.hungry for more. Yes, they were delicious but I
:22:17. > :22:19.forgot to bring you any! An edition of the BBC's
:22:20. > :22:21.Antiques Roadshow has uncovered the remarkable life of a fisherman
:22:22. > :22:25.from the north-east. The programme, to be aired
:22:26. > :22:27.on Sunday, features a collection It shows that not only
:22:28. > :22:33.was he decorated for bravery in two World Wars but that he was also
:22:34. > :22:36.honoured for rescuing survivors Craig Anderson has been
:22:37. > :22:53.hearing his story. These are the medals won by John
:22:54. > :22:57.Cargill, among them a military medal and a distinguished service medal,
:22:58. > :23:03.honours awarded in both the first and Second World War is. But perhaps
:23:04. > :23:06.the rarest and most intriguing is a titanic medal, awarded two crewmen
:23:07. > :23:14.of the first vessel on the scene of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.
:23:15. > :23:20.I think when things were tough with the fishing, he would take himself
:23:21. > :23:28.off to work deep sea. I think when they arrived on the scene, I think
:23:29. > :23:35.Titanic, as far as I can remember him saying, the Titanic had sunk by
:23:36. > :23:38.then, she had gone. But a lot of people in the water and many in
:23:39. > :23:43.lifeboats, the lifeboats that they had got away. The collection
:23:44. > :23:49.overwhelmed the expert when John took them to the Antiques road show
:23:50. > :23:53.at Balmoral this summer. We have a group of medals for a man decorated
:23:54. > :23:59.for gallantry over two wars, three times. As we know, the people who
:24:00. > :24:06.were on the Carpe cor were given a medal. And he has one of those as
:24:07. > :24:09.well, doesn't he? Because he has the titanic medal. In all the years I
:24:10. > :24:16.have been collecting medals, this is the only one of these I have ever
:24:17. > :24:21.held. You have made my year. John says that even into his 19 chakra
:24:22. > :24:26.into his 70s, his grandfather was fit and up for action, although
:24:27. > :24:38.modest about his heroic exploits. As far as I know, he was in pretty
:24:39. > :24:42.tough battles, I think. Of course, the money shot in the Antiques road
:24:43. > :24:45.show is exactly that, so I can't reveal just what the collection was
:24:46. > :24:51.valued at before the programme goes out on Sunday. But for John
:24:52. > :24:52.Henderson, it is immaterial anyway, as his grandfather's decorations are
:24:53. > :25:04.not for sale. Lets see what the weather has in
:25:05. > :25:10.store this weekend. I bring good news. Good evening to you. Finally,
:25:11. > :25:13.a well-deserved bit of settled weather for the weekend, looking
:25:14. > :25:19.largely dry with sunshine. It will be cold but with lighter wind. This
:25:20. > :25:26.evening, still some showers to content with, wintry in nature over
:25:27. > :25:30.high ground. As the wind eases up, we lose the showers but we are left
:25:31. > :25:34.with a legacy of ice on untreated surfaces tonight and tomorrow
:25:35. > :25:40.morning. Widespread frost forming overnight, temperatures well below
:25:41. > :25:45.freezing in many parts. A bit of a fly in the appointment tomorrow
:25:46. > :25:49.morning, this weather front skirting the far south, introducing some
:25:50. > :25:52.cloud and outbreaks of rain, possibly hill snow, but I think it
:25:53. > :25:58.will be short lived because for most it will be a lovely start to the
:25:59. > :26:01.day. Cold and frosty, with rain fringing the far south. That will
:26:02. > :26:06.clear away. Come the afternoon, it will be brighter for the South West.
:26:07. > :26:14.Similarly for the inner Hebrides, the Glasgow area as well, but it
:26:15. > :26:21.will feel cold. Holding onto one or two showers for the Western Isles,
:26:22. > :26:26.but some brightness coming through. One or two showers for the Northern
:26:27. > :26:30.Isles. Dry, bright, sunny and cold for Inverness towards Aberdeenshire,
:26:31. > :26:36.right across eastern Scotland. Temperatures on the cold side, so
:26:37. > :26:38.wrap up warm. If you are heading hill walking, pretty good
:26:39. > :26:45.conditions, great visibility. Wintry showers towards the north-west and
:26:46. > :26:50.Rangers, but the wind will be light with no wind chill to speak of and
:26:51. > :26:54.lovely visibility. Just a bit of hill snow across the far south
:26:55. > :27:06.initially, but it should brighten up, and the wind is light.
:27:07. > :27:14.And across eastern shores as well, similar conditions with good
:27:15. > :27:18.visibility. Tomorrow evening, we hold onto drier conditions and
:27:19. > :27:23.widespread frost quickly setting in. Just a few showers in the north.
:27:24. > :27:28.Even colder overnight. Temperatures below freezing for many rural parts.
:27:29. > :27:33.A cold and frosty start on Sunday but some lovely, crisp winter
:27:34. > :27:37.sunshine, a beautiful day. It stays cold, but the threat of rain pushing
:27:38. > :27:44.in from the West as we head into the afternoon.
:27:45. > :27:46.The main news: Negotiators at the international
:27:47. > :27:51.climate change conference in Paris are confident of reaching a deal to
:27:52. > :27:55.combat global warning. The meeting has been extended until tomorrow,
:27:56. > :27:59.when France says it will present a draft agreement.
:28:00. > :28:01.I will be back at 8pm and with the late bulletin after the Ten O'Clock
:28:02. > :28:04.News. Bye-bye.