:00:00. > :00:00.Now on BBC One it's time for the news where you are.
:00:00. > :00:12.Shopping centres across Scotland have been busy with last minute
:00:13. > :00:14.shoppers out in force looking for that final Christmas
:00:15. > :00:29.Andrew Anderson reports, from Dundee.
:00:30. > :00:38.The merry-go-round of Christmas shopping is over for another year.
:00:39. > :00:49.Others were oblivious. We have left everything to the last minute. When
:00:50. > :00:54.did you start, this morning? Yes. Left it until the last minute as
:00:55. > :00:59.usual. In Edinburgh, it seemed quiet, maybe they were ahead of the
:01:00. > :01:06.curve. In Dundee's shopping centre some finding what they wanted. They
:01:07. > :01:10.say the traders had a good few days. Yesterday was the busiest trading
:01:11. > :01:13.day with over 62,000 through the doors yesterday. Subpar retailers
:01:14. > :01:20.have had a successful Christmas and fingers crossed for the last trading
:01:21. > :01:23.day of the year. It will be in a few weeks before we know how much we
:01:24. > :01:27.have all spent this Christmas. If you cannot wait to get back into the
:01:28. > :01:31.shops, you can do it all again from Boxing Day.
:01:32. > :01:34.A body found in West Lothian last week has been identified as one
:01:35. > :01:38.Police were hunting for Martin Hamilton since April,
:01:39. > :01:40.after he breached the terms of his release from
:01:41. > :01:59.Martin Hamilton was one of Scotland's most notorious drug
:02:00. > :02:03.dealers. Doug dubbed... He was jailed after facing a string of
:02:04. > :02:09.charges including torture and abduction. Police Scotland need your
:02:10. > :02:14.help to find Martin Hamilton. He was released from prison in September
:02:15. > :02:20.2014, but after breaching the terms of his licence, there was a manhunt
:02:21. > :02:23.which led to this appeal on the BBC's Crimewatch programme in
:02:24. > :02:27.October. The hunt has ended after police confirmed a body found in
:02:28. > :02:33.woodland last week was that of Martin Hamilton. His death is being
:02:34. > :02:38.treated as explained, although over the next few days, detectives plan
:02:39. > :02:39.to carry out further investigations to get to the bottom of what
:02:40. > :02:45.happened. It recognises the two churches'
:02:46. > :02:48.constitutional responsibilities and will be debated by the Kirk's
:02:49. > :02:52.ruling body next year. The Scottish minister
:02:53. > :02:56.who co-authored the report proposing the closer relationship says it
:02:57. > :03:05.will help the way the churches work. It is good we are talking about it.
:03:06. > :03:10.More importantly it is good we are talking about what it means to share
:03:11. > :03:15.the ministry and what it means both north and south of the border. The
:03:16. > :03:18.more we talk, the more we can learn from one another and hopefully it
:03:19. > :03:22.will produce a more effective ministry.
:03:23. > :03:25.To the battle for the Christmas Number One now, and cast your mind
:03:26. > :03:28.The man behind "Merry Christmas Everyone" hails from Edinburgh
:03:29. > :03:33.and he's been speaking to our reporter, Catriona Renton.
:03:34. > :03:43."Merry Christmas Everyone" hit the top spot in 1985.
:03:44. > :03:46.30 years later, it is still making money for Bob Heatlie.
:03:47. > :04:01.Not an awful lot of money now, because it must have been sold many
:04:02. > :04:03.Last year Bob made around ?6,000 from the hit,
:04:04. > :04:09.I have always thought it would be nice to have a big Christmas hit
:04:10. > :04:20.that becomes an evergreen, but I never thought it would happen.
:04:21. > :04:22.Whenever I have seen it played in clubs and things,
:04:23. > :04:36.Now let's get the Christmas weather outlook from Anne Lundon.
:04:37. > :05:50.A lot of dry weather around, some sunshine and brightness. Soggy
:05:51. > :05:55.through Wales. In towards East Anglia and in the far south quite
:05:56. > :05:58.mild. For us, we are in dry, cold weather but the rain is on its way
:05:59. > :06:02.as we had through towards Christmas night, extending in towards the far
:06:03. > :06:06.south and Ben it will journey into the central belt. The Met office
:06:07. > :06:11.issue a warning for that part of Dumfriesshire and the Borders. On
:06:12. > :06:15.Boxing Day, wet across the far north and this heavy rain in towards
:06:16. > :06:16.Cumbria. An amber be prepared warning here. Further south, quite
:06:17. > :06:20.mild. We'll be back with
:06:21. > :06:25.bulletins on Boxing Day. From everyone on the Reporting
:06:26. > :06:29.Scotland, have a happy and peaceful