26/12/2015 Reporting Scotland

Thousands of food and clothing parcels left Scotland this

afternoon to be delivered to refugees in Europe.

The winter aid packs have been donated to a campaign backed

these essential supplies are bound for refugee camps in France, Serbia

and Greece. This is the result of a campaign which asked people to

donate ?5 to provide means for refugees or homeless people here. I

am giving ?5. Hollywood star George Clooney kicked off the appeal when

he visited the Edinburgh sandwich shop last month. The response has

been huge. 75,000 pack mule donated to support homeless people here or

refugees in Europe. The monetary effect has diluted the divisions and

we had donations from all over the world. The fans also include warm

clothes. The aid packages should reach the refugees in the next few

days. The success of the campaign will ensure that social bite can

continue to provide free means for homeless people in Scotland.

Several galleries at the National Museum of Scotland

remained closed because of a strike by visitor services staff.

Members of the PCS union picketed outside in the latest stage

of a long-running dispute about weekend allowances.

National Museums Scotland say the payments described

This is the third Boxing Day in a row which they've

There has to be the political will from the Scottish Government and the

will from management to get this settled. If they do not, our members

are determined, the likelihood is that we'll be adding escalation of

this industrial action. We and the public do not want that and we hope

management and the Scottish Government do not want that but they

have to be serious and thought it was a serious manner.

A senior police officer is calling for CCTV cameras to be installed

at the Glasgow Necropolis to stem antisocial behaviour.

The Victorian cemetery has had issues with vandalism and drinking.

The views from the Glasgow necropolis can be breathtaking at

any time of year. With memorials for the great and good of the city

including the man who wrote the famous nursery rhyme, this historic

cemetery has something for everyone. In the past, the necropolis has had

issues with anti-social behaviour such as vandalism and drinking. One

idea suggested to keep the cemetery safe and free from anti-social

behaviour is the installation of CCTV. CCTV has been proven to be an

effective aid to policing in the city and I think it would go without

saying it would be a benefit to this area. The friends of the Glasgow

necropolis are volunteers who conduct tours of the cemetery and

they want to see the area thrive. It is no different from a large part.

We bring a lot of tourists era of archers. Tourists come all the time.

The more foot fault. People feel safe here and there wouldn't be so

many people if they didn't feel safe. Glasgow City Council said the

possibility of CCTV has been explored but the career of the site

makes it difficult. Historic environment Scotland said they would

welcome further discussions. While the issue remains in the air, it is

clear that everyone with a stake in this historic cemetery once the

Glasgow necropolis to remain a highlight of this city.

Football in the premiership Aberdeen and Inverness drew two all,

Kilmarnock beat Hamilton one nil, Ross County beat Dundee 5-2

and the matches at Partick and Dundee United were postponed.

Well, it's time now for the weather outlook for tonight and tomorrow.

Good evening. Spare a thought for our friends south of the border. We

didn't seek the rain they did. The rain will continue to clear as we

head through the course of this evening and tonight. Here is the

rain. There will be hail and snow in the mix. It becomes confined to the

far north and the Northern as. Breezy across the Northern Isles. So

it will be dry and a clear picture and with the combination of

conditions we are looking at, A cold night with a risk of ice on

untreated surfaces in the east. Some mist fog may be there in the

morning. The rain in the North clears quickly. It will brighten up

nicely. Lovely spells of winter sunshine. It will feel cold with

highs of six or seven Celsius. That is your forecast.

Our next update is tomorrow evening at 6.20.

Until then, from everyone here, enjoy the rest of your

Good evening. The rain continues to fall across parts of northern

England and Wales and we have a red weather warning in force, the top

level of weather warnings meaning there is a continued risk to life

and the threat of flooding. Right across northern England and Wales

there could be further problems as the rain continues through the

course of this evening. After midnight the rain will start to ease

off but it should be drifting southwards and easing off as we go

through the early hours of Sunday morning, the rain than arriving

across the Midlands, south Wales and south-west England, but nothing like

it has been further north. Largely dry across Scotland too, chilly

across Northern Ireland, some fault here, very mild in the south-east.

Much brighter across northern England and Northern Wales on

Sunday, but the band of rain will creep back north through the day. It

is a much weaker affair, the rain tomorrow nothing like as intense as

it has been today. In Scotland, it will be dry, very mild again across

the south. The drier theme continues into Monday, however there is the

potential for more windy and wet