:00:00. > :00:00.That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me
:00:00. > :00:00.and on BBC One, we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.
:00:00. > :00:11.Two years after a BBC investigation, a former Catholic monk accused
:00:12. > :00:12.of sexually abusing children at a Highland school
:00:13. > :00:26.My experience of having brought this to the attention of the Scottish
:00:27. > :00:32.judiciary and to the police has been, quite frankly, awful, and I
:00:33. > :00:35.can see why so many men decide not to bother.
:00:36. > :00:38.opposition parties claim the budget cuts will damage education,
:00:39. > :00:43.but the First Minister says the Government will protect schools.
:00:44. > :00:49.we reveal the most popular babies' names in Scotland.
:00:50. > :00:52.The Celtic and Rangers managers agree
:00:53. > :00:58.that expanding Scotland's top flight could benefit the game.
:00:59. > :01:03.And it may look like a dinky donkey derby,
:01:04. > :01:16.but it's actually the Grand National for Shetland ponies.
:01:17. > :01:21.A former Catholic monk who taught at the Fort Augustus Abbey school
:01:22. > :01:24.in the Highlands, is set to be extradited
:01:25. > :01:27.from Australia to face charges of child sex abuse.
:01:28. > :01:30.The move by the Crown Office to bring Father Denis Alexander
:01:31. > :01:34.back to face trial in Scotland comes after a two-and-a-half-year inquiry,
:01:35. > :01:39.which was sparked by a BBC Scotland investigation.
:01:40. > :01:40.The development follows criticism by alleged victims that
:01:41. > :01:46.Our investigations correspondent Mark Daly,
:01:47. > :01:53.who broke the original story, has this exclusive report.
:01:54. > :02:01.Tucked away in the Highlands, Fort Augustus Abbey should have been a
:02:02. > :02:05.safe place for children to learn. Run by Catholic Benedictine monks,
:02:06. > :02:08.the school closed its doors in 1993 amidst whispers of a dark past.
:02:09. > :02:12.Allegations of decades of child amidst whispers of a dark past.
:02:13. > :02:17.sexual and physical abuse were finally made public by a BBC
:02:18. > :02:21.Scotland investigation in June 2013 which led to a major police inquiry.
:02:22. > :02:26.Two and a half years after which led to a major police inquiry.
:02:27. > :02:32.told police about his alleged abuser, Hugh told me this week that
:02:33. > :02:36.he had been ready to give up. My experience of having brought this to
:02:37. > :02:42.the attention of the Scottish judiciary and to the police has
:02:43. > :02:47.been, quite frankly, awful, and I can see why so many men decide not
:02:48. > :02:55.to bother, and why so many men decided is -- decided is just not
:02:56. > :02:59.worth the effort. It feels as though, if I am held at bay long
:03:00. > :03:04.enough, the matter will just go away. I interviewed Hugh on Tuesday.
:03:05. > :03:09.That same day he said he was told by his Crown liaison there was no news
:03:10. > :03:13.about his case. On Wednesday, yesterday, I put to them the claim
:03:14. > :03:19.that prosecutors were dragging their heels over his case. Today a major
:03:20. > :03:23.development - the Ground has told the BBC that it has started
:03:24. > :03:26.proceedings to bring the man back to Scotland to face trial. A spokesman
:03:27. > :03:43.told us: can I speak to you, please? I tried
:03:44. > :03:51.to interview the alleged abuser in Sydney in 2013. This morning, a BBC
:03:52. > :03:56.colleague did so again. He denied the allegations and said the matter
:03:57. > :04:01.was being looked at by Archbishop. One other former Fort Augustus Monk
:04:02. > :04:05.has appeared in court on charges of assault. A further seven cases
:04:06. > :04:10.remain under consideration. The final decision to extradite will be
:04:11. > :04:15.up to the Australian authorities, but it now seems likely that Hugh
:04:16. > :04:16.Kennedy will get the chance to face his alleged abuser across a
:04:17. > :04:19.courtroom. The First Minister has come under
:04:20. > :04:21.fire at Holyrood for Opposition leaders claimed
:04:22. > :04:25.it would damage education. But Nicola Sturgeon said the SNP had
:04:26. > :04:29.a plan in place to protect schools and challenged her critics to say
:04:30. > :04:33.how they would fund their proposals. This from our political editor,
:04:34. > :04:45.Brian Taylor. Nicola Sturgeon acknowledged that
:04:46. > :04:49.the revenue budget for councils was tough, a ?320 million cut next year.
:04:50. > :04:53.But she insisted there was new money for social care and for school
:04:54. > :04:59.attainment. Desi Dugdale said the overall cuts were bound to hurt
:05:00. > :05:04.education. -- Kasia Madera. Councils are central to education, but the
:05:05. > :05:09.budget pulled out the rug from under them. The Labour leader set out a
:05:10. > :05:13.plan to give head teachers ?1000 for every people from a deprived
:05:14. > :05:20.background, taking in once Holyrood had more flexible income tax raising
:05:21. > :05:23.powers. Now any increase has to be across-the-board, so where, said the
:05:24. > :05:28.First Minister, would the money come from? Is she saying that in this
:05:29. > :05:31.trapped budget the Scottish Government, she thinks the Scottish
:05:32. > :05:38.Government should put up the basic rate of income tax? That is a simple
:05:39. > :05:42.question, let's hear the answer. She's sidestepped the question,
:05:43. > :05:51.Labour would not change tax next year, but they want a commitment for
:05:52. > :05:56.future years. What is more credible, no plan for the future, like this
:05:57. > :06:00.government has? The Lib Dem leader joined in. The biggest thing that
:06:01. > :06:07.councils do is education, and they have been hammered in this budget.
:06:08. > :06:23.She clings onto this attainment fund while she butchers school budgets.
:06:24. > :06:26.All good news and all without independence, so since it is the
:06:27. > :06:30.season of goodwill, I would wonder if the First Minister could find it
:06:31. > :06:36.within herself, just once find it within herself, to accept that she
:06:37. > :06:39.and her colleagues got it wrong. In the spirit of Christmas... With
:06:40. > :06:42.heavy irony, the First Minister offered thanks for a vote of
:06:43. > :06:45.confidence in her government. Several councils say they'll need
:06:46. > :06:47.to make bigger cuts next year Councils have been weighing up
:06:48. > :06:51.the details of what yesterday's Nationally, it's being claimed
:06:52. > :06:54.the cut in their finances is equivalent to the
:06:55. > :06:56.loss of 15,000 jobs. Our local government correspondent
:06:57. > :07:03.Jamie McIvor is with me. Well, I think there is a large
:07:04. > :07:09.degree of hyperbole in that figure. But some non-SNP councils
:07:10. > :07:11.are certainly angry and feel they're taking
:07:12. > :07:14.too much of the pain. Most councils are still going
:07:15. > :07:17.through the numbers but some are now saying just
:07:18. > :07:20.how they think they'll be affected. Highland is expecting to find
:07:21. > :07:24.?40 million of cuts and savings next year - that's more
:07:25. > :07:28.than they'd already anticipated. They're looking
:07:29. > :07:30.at voluntary redundancies and also giving staff
:07:31. > :07:33.the option to cut their hours. it'll get ?5 million less
:07:34. > :07:38.cash than expected. And in the Central Belt,
:07:39. > :07:42.South Lanarkshire is expecting so they'll be looking
:07:43. > :07:58.at how to make that saving. These councils will be looking
:07:59. > :08:03.urgently at making savings, and I am sure we will have more details about
:08:04. > :08:07.how that will affect local services in the next few weeks. Why can't
:08:08. > :08:09.councils just raise more money through council tax?
:08:10. > :08:11.The reason is that councils have little practical choice.
:08:12. > :08:15.If any did put it up, it would have to be by a substantial
:08:16. > :08:17.amount as they'd lose some government money as a result.
:08:18. > :08:20.I think the Scottish Government is definitely taking a gamble
:08:21. > :08:24.They're gambling that voters won't blame them for any unpopular cuts
:08:25. > :08:27.to local services, and some of these decisions on cuts
:08:28. > :08:28.will come in February, just as the election
:08:29. > :08:31.You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC.
:08:32. > :08:33.Still to come on tonight's programme:
:08:34. > :08:36.We take a look behind the scenes at Aberdeen Art Gallery,
:08:37. > :08:39.which is being refurbished to reveal some hidden treasures.
:08:40. > :08:43.In sport, the managers of two of Scotland's biggest clubs
:08:44. > :08:46.agree on the possible benefits of league re-structuring.
:08:47. > :09:00.And they're off, we're on London for an unusual equestrian event.
:09:01. > :09:03.A 47-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the alleged
:09:04. > :09:05.attempted murder of an 81-year-old man in South Lanarkshire.
:09:06. > :09:08.The victim was stabbed at his home in Larkhall yesterday afternoon.
:09:09. > :09:10.He's said to be in a stable condition.
:09:11. > :09:18.is expected to appear at Hamilton Sheriff Court tomorrow.
:09:19. > :09:20.Officials in Vietnam believe they have located the body
:09:21. > :09:23.of Scottish botanist Jamie Taggart, who has been missing in the country
:09:24. > :09:30.Mr Taggart, from the village of Cove in Argyll and Bute,
:09:31. > :09:32.failed to return from a plant-hunting trip
:09:33. > :09:34.in the northern mountainous region in November 2013.
:09:35. > :09:43.were later found at a guest house in the town of Sapa.
:09:44. > :09:45.A working group to consider the amount of financial support
:09:46. > :09:48.which should be paid to victims of contaminated NHS blood products
:09:49. > :09:51.has recommended they receive higher payments.
:09:52. > :09:52.It follows the findings of the Penrose Inquiry
:09:53. > :09:57.The group has suggested that those with HIV or advanced hepatitis C
:09:58. > :10:02.Bereaved spouses will also get a pension.
:10:03. > :10:10.but others have welcomed the proposals.
:10:11. > :10:17.The difference could be enormous. Money will never bring back people
:10:18. > :10:21.balls loved ones or indeed where people are suffering really serious
:10:22. > :10:28.health problems. It won't bring back their health. But it will at least
:10:29. > :10:32.enable them to live rather more hopeful lives, particularly in the
:10:33. > :10:36.case of widows, and that is one of the most important elements of this
:10:37. > :10:40.review, for those who have been left behind as a result of this disaster.
:10:41. > :10:42.It's understood that workers involved in the construction
:10:43. > :10:45.of the the Queensferry Crossing who had walked out after
:10:46. > :10:47.a pay dispute have struck a deal with their employers.
:10:48. > :10:49.Around 50 employees downed tools this afternoon to raise concerns
:10:50. > :10:52.Forth Crossing Bridge Constructors and the workers union'
:10:53. > :10:58.Plans to turn the old Royal High School building in Edinburgh
:10:59. > :11:03.into a luxury hotel have been rejected.
:11:04. > :11:05.The decision was reached after more than seven hours of debate
:11:06. > :11:10.Steven Godden is in Edinburgh for us tonight.
:11:11. > :11:18.This development was always pretty controversial, wasn't it?
:11:19. > :11:25.Yes, it was, Sally. Behind me as one of the most distinctive buildings in
:11:26. > :11:30.Edinburgh. The problem for the last 50 years or so has been finding a
:11:31. > :11:34.use for it. Ever since pupils moved out in the 1960s, all sorts of
:11:35. > :11:39.proposals have come and gone, it was spoken about as a possible site for
:11:40. > :11:42.the Scottish Parliament. This latest proposal was hugely controversial.
:11:43. > :11:47.What developers wanted to do was to turn it into a hotel using the
:11:48. > :11:55.Hamilton building as the centrepiece and building two wings either side.
:11:56. > :11:57.The developers say that the ?75 million investment would help create
:11:58. > :12:00.jobs, it would boost the economy, but there were strong objections
:12:01. > :12:04.from local residents, from conservation groups, and from
:12:05. > :12:08.politicians. Council planning officials recommended rejecting it,
:12:09. > :12:12.saying that there was simply too much building proposed for what is a
:12:13. > :12:15.sensitive side, and today they ran through the arguments at the city
:12:16. > :12:20.Chambers. Councillors debated for more than seven hours, and in the
:12:21. > :12:23.end they reached that same conclusion, rejecting it by one
:12:24. > :12:28.vote. Not the only new development to have
:12:29. > :12:33.caused controversy, is it? It is not, no, I think it feeds into
:12:34. > :12:38.a wider debate about a need for balance between conservation and
:12:39. > :12:41.development in Edinburgh. This site sits in the middle of a UNESCO world
:12:42. > :12:45.heritage site, and reflected in the debate were concerns about what
:12:46. > :12:50.happens here and also at other developments, such as the St James
:12:51. > :12:54.Centre at the road, about whether that might in any way jeopardise
:12:55. > :12:59.that status. As I say, those concerns reflected in the debate. As
:13:00. > :13:04.for what happens here, I do not think this is the end of the story.
:13:05. > :13:08.The developers have the option to appear, and that may end up in the
:13:09. > :13:10.hands of the Scottish Government. They say they are disappointed and
:13:11. > :13:13.are considering their options. A look at other stories
:13:14. > :13:16.from across the country now. A man with two previous
:13:17. > :13:18.drink-driving convictions has admitted killing a woman in a crash
:13:19. > :13:21.while he was over the limit Darren Ferris, who's 24
:13:22. > :13:27.and from Motherwell, lost control of his Ford Mondeo,
:13:28. > :13:31.which hit 44-year-old Linda Carson in the town's
:13:32. > :13:33.Muirhouse Road in September. Ferris admitted causing her death
:13:34. > :13:37.by dangerous driving. Sentenced was deferred,
:13:38. > :13:41.and he was returned to prison. A law banning smoking in cars
:13:42. > :13:44.with children The legislation is designed
:13:45. > :13:50.to protect children from A similar ban was introduced
:13:51. > :14:04.in England and Wales in September. We found that 60,000 children every
:14:05. > :14:07.week in Scotland were being exposed to second-hand smoke in this
:14:08. > :14:12.confined space. We know the dangers for that child, no option but to go
:14:13. > :14:14.to the car, and parliament has backed my bill to protect those
:14:15. > :14:16.children. Nearly three-quarters of pupils are
:14:17. > :14:19.now off sick at an Angus primary school, after an outbreak
:14:20. > :14:20.of the so-called 329 pupils are absent
:14:21. > :14:24.from Langlands Primary in Forfar, Angus Council says action has been
:14:25. > :14:31.taken to get rid of the bug. A new civilian search-and-rescue
:14:32. > :14:32.helicopter base Bristow Helicopters -
:14:33. > :14:39.on behalf of the Coastguard - are taking over the service
:14:40. > :14:42.currently operated by the Royal Navy The service begins operations
:14:43. > :14:56.on January 1st. It is a very significant day for
:14:57. > :14:59.Prestwick, a significant day for the United Kingdom, as this completes
:15:00. > :15:03.the handover of search and rescue from the military, who have done
:15:04. > :15:10.sterling service over he is, to this new contract, with 22 new aircraft,
:15:11. > :15:11.new facilities, to deliver state-of-the-art service with
:15:12. > :15:14.state-of-the-art aircraft. Three neighbouring schools
:15:15. > :15:16.in East Ayrshire have been evacuated after a chemical scare
:15:17. > :15:18.at a science laboratory. A strong-smelling liquid
:15:19. > :15:20.leaked onto the floor after a bottle was broken in
:15:21. > :15:22.the chemistry department The school was evacuated
:15:23. > :15:28.as a precaution, along with nearby
:15:29. > :15:32.Annanhill Primary and Park School. A look behind the scenes
:15:33. > :15:36.at Aberdeen Art Gallery - which is being refurbished -
:15:37. > :15:39.has revealed some hidden treasures. The museum shut in March
:15:40. > :15:42.for the ?30 million redevelopment. Our reporter Fiona Stalker
:15:43. > :15:56.has been for a keek. This Victorian exhibition space is
:15:57. > :16:00.now seven months into a two-year refurbishment. Wars have come down,
:16:01. > :16:04.scaffolding has been put up, all of the hundreds of works of art were
:16:05. > :16:08.painstakingly taking down and put into storage, and so far the work as
:16:09. > :16:15.a blown up some surprises. For example, behind as there is curved
:16:16. > :16:19.arches that we have found, obviously part of the original 1885 building.
:16:20. > :16:23.We have removed the freeze that we had around the central corridor,
:16:24. > :16:27.based on the Parthenon. What was really exciting was to find, behind
:16:28. > :16:33.that, the names of the trades men who had installed it back in 1904.
:16:34. > :16:39.The grand old age of the building meant it was an urgent need of
:16:40. > :16:42.repair, inside and out. The new design will almost double that of
:16:43. > :16:46.exhibition areas and to link the gallery with a concert hall next
:16:47. > :16:48.door. We will be able to display the collections in a much better way,
:16:49. > :16:52.with the new flooring, we will be collections in a much better way,
:16:53. > :16:57.able to get much better expeditions -- exhibitions. The thing that
:16:58. > :17:01.complicated the design most was the copper clad roof, described as a
:17:02. > :17:06.tactician and iconic. But there was still around nine foot ?5 million of
:17:07. > :17:11.a ?10 million funding raising target to be met -- nine and a half million
:17:12. > :17:16.pounds. I think people of Aberdeen want this to happen and we are in a
:17:17. > :17:20.difficult time in terms of the oil industry but there is a lot of
:17:21. > :17:23.personal wealth in the city and our forefathers contributed and I think
:17:24. > :17:27.the current well. The new gallery will be unveiled to the public at
:17:28. > :17:34.the end of 2017 and no doubt, that will spark a passionate debate, but
:17:35. > :17:36.it is art, and it is meant to. Overnight to our star exhibit for
:17:37. > :17:38.the sport. The managers of Celtic and Rangers
:17:39. > :17:41.agree that expanding Scottish football's top league
:17:42. > :17:47.could benefit the game Mark Warburton is strongly
:17:48. > :17:51.in favour of a 16-team league, Celtic's Ronny Deila
:17:52. > :17:58.believes it might also But he says a bigger league they
:17:59. > :18:01.create space for young talent to develop. -- may create space.
:18:02. > :18:05.It's part of an ongoing debate as to how to improve the game here,
:18:06. > :18:10.Recent disappointment on the international front has got us
:18:11. > :18:15.football and even more recently in Europe has sharpen the focus on the
:18:16. > :18:19.state of the game here. Among the questions being raised, would a
:18:20. > :18:22.bigger Topley helped lift standards? When you have less teams in the
:18:23. > :18:26.league, it should be higher quality and when you add more teams into the
:18:27. > :18:31.league, it is easy for talents to grow up and get a chance. You get
:18:32. > :18:35.spread out over the whole country to get games, so everybody gets to see
:18:36. > :18:42.Celtic or the big teams coming to their place, so it is positive and
:18:43. > :18:45.negative, both things. The pros and cons have been debated long and hard
:18:46. > :18:50.over many years. The principal obstacle to a bigger league means
:18:51. > :18:55.that you have fewer games, which in turn leads to a dropping gate money
:18:56. > :19:00.and General match their income and in an already tight financial
:19:01. > :19:04.climate, many clubs just won't take the risk. Sometimes it is short-term
:19:05. > :19:07.pain for long-term gain and right now, it is not working. I keep being
:19:08. > :19:12.told there are problems with the national game and radical measures
:19:13. > :19:15.are needed, so there may be short-term pain. You look at the
:19:16. > :19:19.league and I know Gordon and his staff, I am sure, are looking at how
:19:20. > :19:23.to improve the quality players coming through. Changes to the
:19:24. > :19:27.League Cup format have recently been announced but altering the league
:19:28. > :19:29.setup again is more complex and even by summer, it would require 11 of
:19:30. > :19:32.the top 12 to change. The Rangers director Paul Murray
:19:33. > :19:35.says the ?5 million loan owed to Sports Direct will be repaid
:19:36. > :19:37.as soon as the paperwork He says the money has been lodged
:19:38. > :19:41.with the club's solicitors. Murray also said that Rangers
:19:42. > :19:43.will still spend whatever is required to ensure promotion
:19:44. > :19:51.to the Scottish Premiership. He says they need to find around ?20
:19:52. > :19:56.million but it won't necessarily come from the chairman, David King.
:19:57. > :20:01.I don't think anyone would come into the club unjust but ?20 million into
:20:02. > :20:04.a bank account. Some would say, that is going back to what you did
:20:05. > :20:09.before. The chairman did say he would put in whatever is required.
:20:10. > :20:12.And he has done that so far, we still think that is the number that
:20:13. > :20:14.is required to rebuild the club back to the top level.
:20:15. > :20:16.Hibernian have been successful with an appeal against John McGinn's
:20:17. > :20:18.red card from Saturday's draw with Falkirk.
:20:19. > :20:20.Although the referee sent the midfielder off for this tackle,
:20:21. > :20:23.a disciplinary panel has decided it was only a yellow card offence.
:20:24. > :20:30.He's now free to face Queen of the South and league leaders
:20:31. > :20:35.It's that time of year when everyone gets terribly excited.
:20:36. > :20:37.That's because the PDC World darts championship begins
:20:38. > :20:43.Scotland's Peter Wright faces Keegan Brown, before the reigning
:20:44. > :20:49.champion Gary Anderson plays Andy Boulton or Per Laursen.
:20:50. > :20:52.Anderson - originally from Tranent - won last year's title for the first
:20:53. > :20:57.time and he's been speaking about life as the champion .
:20:58. > :21:06.It has been fantastic. Like I say, Glasgow, my first return after
:21:07. > :21:12.reading it, I haven't heard anything like it. -- after winning it. I
:21:13. > :21:15.didn't want to go out, I was shaking, every hair in my body was
:21:16. > :21:17.standing up, I felt sick and didn't want to walk through the curtains, I
:21:18. > :21:17.have never Now to the London International
:21:18. > :21:22.Horse Show, where a Scots teenager is taking part in an event which has
:21:23. > :21:25.been a springboard for riders who've gone on to successful
:21:26. > :21:27.careers as jockeys. It's the third time Rebecca Fraser
:21:28. > :21:30.from Shetland has competed in it - and it's definitely one of the more
:21:31. > :21:41.unusual equestrian events. The jockeys are perhaps smaller than
:21:42. > :21:45.you were expecting. So, are the horses? For this is the
:21:46. > :21:59.Shetland pony Grand National. Away they go. I have been three
:22:00. > :22:05.times and it is so amazing, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It
:22:06. > :22:19.is so good. Cute, yes, but these ponies are no pushovers. Rebecca's
:22:20. > :22:25.is called Coffee Night Idiot. He is hard to control -- easy to control
:22:26. > :22:29.that can be hard sometimes. A dozen races take place over the next week
:22:30. > :22:34.or so and it is more than just a sporting curiosity. It started 30
:22:35. > :22:38.years ago and since then, we have produced a lot of national Hunt
:22:39. > :22:46.jockeys, including Tristram Hunt, and it has been phenomenal. Rebecca
:22:47. > :22:54.didn't win this race. No matter, there are 11 more for her and Idiot
:22:55. > :22:59.between now and Christmas. I think you enjoy that, sadly.
:23:00. > :23:00.I did, great fun. And we continue with the small people theme.
:23:01. > :23:03.Jack and Emily are the most popular names for babies born in Scotland
:23:04. > :23:07.The annual list of baby names was published this morning
:23:08. > :23:21.There is a world to explore out there and maybe a future desire to
:23:22. > :23:27.become a name to remember. Although there is something familiar about
:23:28. > :23:31.this year's chart. Meet Emily, representing the 368 born in
:23:32. > :23:34.Scotland this year. And she seems to fit her personality. She hates being
:23:35. > :23:39.the centre of attention, obviously. But she is a little giggle, she
:23:40. > :23:46.likes a good laugh. SNEEZES.
:23:47. > :23:50.Bless you. Jack has held the top spot for three years in a row, but
:23:51. > :23:54.despite the top two staying the same, there is much more diversity
:23:55. > :24:02.in the name changes over the last decade. Jack accounts the 2%, Emily
:24:03. > :24:08.accounts for 149%. Instead, names like Jackson, Cooper and Aria are on
:24:09. > :24:17.the rise. Rubin and Sony are new entries, as our Kali and Harriet.
:24:18. > :24:27.Meet twins axel and thin, popular names in Scandinavia but just one of
:24:28. > :24:31.the 7,000 choices here -- Finn. Finn is outgoing, he cares about the
:24:32. > :24:38.place, Axle is more calm but still causes quite a bit of trouble.
:24:39. > :24:41.Across the country, there are regional differences. They prefer
:24:42. > :24:46.Amelia in Aberdeen and in Glasgow, Mohammed tops the boys' list. But
:24:47. > :24:50.while parents agonise over it and the kids must live with it, there is
:24:51. > :24:55.no time to worry about your name when you have superhero things to
:24:56. > :25:00.do. Just before we go to the weather...
:25:01. > :25:04.pretty strange places this week - even the penguin pen
:25:05. > :25:07.The keepers there reckon their penguins sound like
:25:08. > :25:09.a certain Wookie from a galaxy far, far away.
:25:10. > :25:25.What do you reckon? It is certainly know whether the
:25:26. > :25:29.Penguins, I can tell you that much. Good evening, yes, very mild across
:25:30. > :25:33.the whole of the country today and tonight. In fact, we got up to 15
:25:34. > :25:38.degrees at Kinloss earlier. The average at this point would be
:25:39. > :25:43.closer to seven. We are still a way of the record, that record for
:25:44. > :25:47.December is 18. The picture tonight is a lovely sunset and there will be
:25:48. > :25:51.some clear skies around tonight but also a number of showers and once
:25:52. > :25:56.again, very mild indeed. Those showers in the West are edging their
:25:57. > :25:59.way eastwards, driven in on a fresh, occasionally strong around the coast
:26:00. > :26:12.south-westerly wind but the showers I hit and miss and will fade away by
:26:13. > :26:16.the end of year. Tomorrow gets off to a reasonable start, reasonably
:26:17. > :26:18.dry and brighter and some sunshine across the Northeast, Inverness
:26:19. > :26:22.towards Aberdeen and further south, but through the day, the cloud will
:26:23. > :26:25.thicken and the rain arrives, marching in towards the central
:26:26. > :26:29.lowlands and further north and quite heavy across the West and
:26:30. > :26:35.south-west. You can see the Greens and yellows indicating the rain. But
:26:36. > :26:42.once again, temperatures in double digits, 12 or 13. To the north and
:26:43. > :26:46.east of high ground, the borders, reasonably dry. Elsewhere, wet and
:26:47. > :26:53.quite breezy around the close line, but mild -- coastline. In the
:26:54. > :26:55.evening, the rain quite heavy in the south-west, anywhere from Argyll
:26:56. > :27:03.counterpart of Dumfriesshire, the Met Office weather warning in force.
:27:04. > :27:07.Saturday remains unsettled, low pressure with tightly packed
:27:08. > :27:10.isobars, it will be windy come Saturday, but
:27:11. > :27:13.isobars, it will be windy come bad. After a cloudy and damp start,
:27:14. > :27:17.some bright weather around and look at the temperatures, 14 or 15, you
:27:18. > :27:20.won't be cold trudging around the shops if you are doing some last
:27:21. > :27:22.won't be cold trudging around the minute Christmas shopping. Sunday,
:27:23. > :27:27.bright and breezy, a bit cooler, highs of ten.
:27:28. > :27:29.That is the focus. A reminder of the main news. A former Catholic monk
:27:30. > :27:33.who taught at the main news. A former Catholic monk
:27:34. > :27:35.Abbey School in the Highlands is set to be extradited from Australia
:27:36. > :27:37.Abbey School in the Highlands is set face charges of child sex abuse. The
:27:38. > :27:41.move by the Crown face charges of child sex abuse. The
:27:42. > :27:44.Father Denis Alexander back to face charges of child sex abuse. The
:27:45. > :27:50.Scotland comes after a two and a half year inquiry. And that is
:27:51. > :27:53.Reporting Scotland. I will be back with the headlines at a PM and just
:27:54. > :27:54.after the Ten O'Clock News. Have a good evening.