:00:00. > :00:08.it's time for the news where you are.
:00:09. > :00:14.Scots are being advised to prepare for a stormy end to the year,
:00:15. > :00:17.with "Storm Frank" due to sweep across much of the country tomorrow
:00:18. > :00:24.The Met Office has issued weather warnings for wind and then for rain.
:00:25. > :00:26.The Scottish Environment Protection Agency says parts of the country
:00:27. > :00:28.should prepare for the possibility of flooding.
:00:29. > :00:42.It has been a miserable last few days for thousands of people in the
:00:43. > :00:44.north of England. Flooding has hit York, Manchester and large parts of
:00:45. > :00:49.Cumbria. Scotland hasn't seen anything on that scale yet but there
:00:50. > :00:56.are Met Office wind and rain warnings for the next few days. Some
:00:57. > :00:59.heavy rain around, 30-50 millimetres, a couple of inches and
:01:00. > :01:04.isolated valley was perhaps 100 millimetres. Dumfries and Galloway,
:01:05. > :01:12.maybe over 120 millimetres of rain in that particular area and the
:01:13. > :01:15.western borders. These are the areas likely to be affected by the
:01:16. > :01:20.heaviest rainfall on Wednesday. Southern and western Scotland and
:01:21. > :01:24.Dumfries and Galloway could be the worst hit. If it is as bad as
:01:25. > :01:30.predicted, what impact would it have? Robert E flooding, maybe road
:01:31. > :01:35.flooding and there would be fairly widespread flooding, not just one
:01:36. > :01:38.specific locality. We are talking about large areas of southern and
:01:39. > :01:43.western Scotland. It will affect travel and transport as well. People
:01:44. > :01:46.need to be aware of the conditions on Wednesday, poor weather
:01:47. > :01:51.conditions and flooding persisting into Thursday as well. It has been
:01:52. > :01:54.an exceptionally wet December. Here in quake at the beginning of the
:01:55. > :02:00.month and in Dumfries, it hit particularly hard. The advice if you
:02:01. > :02:04.are in an area particularly badly affected, make sure you are prepared
:02:05. > :02:08.to move and put valuables and documents upstairs. It is important
:02:09. > :02:15.to remember that these are just warnings, not to panic. The best
:02:16. > :02:18.thing to do is to keep checking the websites, the SEPA and whether
:02:19. > :02:20.websites. If there are flood warnings, SEPA will let us know
:02:21. > :02:22.nearer the time. A woman who died after a crash
:02:23. > :02:25.on the outskirts of Aberdeen has Shiralee Duncan from Dundee
:02:26. > :02:29.died from her injuries after the collision at
:02:30. > :02:32.the Charleston flyover on Thursday. Police are appealing to anyone
:02:33. > :02:38.with information to contact them. A man has appeared in court charged
:02:39. > :02:42.with murdering a man in Dundee two Aldis Minakovskis is alleged to have
:02:43. > :02:50.stabbed Aigars Upenieks to death last week at a block of flats
:02:51. > :02:53.in the city's Menzieshill area. The 24-year-old made no plea
:02:54. > :02:56.at the city's Sheriff Court Police are investigating
:02:57. > :03:02.after a coastguard vehicle was shot The 4x4 was on the woodland
:03:03. > :03:07.path near the river The weapon involved is thought
:03:08. > :03:16.to be a .22 air rifle. Some of Edinburgh's most famous
:03:17. > :03:19.landmarks are set to be turned blue, as part of its Hogmanay
:03:20. > :03:20.celebrations. Edinburgh Castle is among
:03:21. > :03:24.the buildings being illuminated It's in support of a UNICEF appeal
:03:25. > :03:29.for Syrian children, aiming to involve the 175,000
:03:30. > :03:44.revellers who'll see in 2016 We are raising money over the three
:03:45. > :03:48.days as part of the torchlight procession event on the 30th. A
:03:49. > :03:52.donation of the sales will go towards Unicef and our tickets have
:03:53. > :03:56.been donated since November and on the night there will be a special
:03:57. > :03:59.moment with Unicef on the 31st at 10pm when will set off fireworks and
:04:00. > :04:02.light up Edinburgh Castle blue. There's been a marked rise
:04:03. > :04:05.in the number of barber shops Barbers say that's because men
:04:06. > :04:08.are getting more accustomed to grooming services like hot
:04:09. > :04:18.towel shaves and waxing. Just a short back and sides? Not any
:04:19. > :04:23.more. It seems that the world of male -- the world of male grooming
:04:24. > :04:28.has moved on. Hot towels shaves and waxing are also on offer and the
:04:29. > :04:33.current trend for beards means that beard maintenance is also required.
:04:34. > :04:36.Clients's desire for a more indulgent experience is being met by
:04:37. > :04:40.this bustling business, one of many in this growing industry. Guys want
:04:41. > :04:47.to look after themselves now, that is why it is they look at this as a
:04:48. > :04:50.one-stop shop, it is hair, it is waxing, Matt Sergeant, manicure is.
:04:51. > :04:54.I think it's a great thing that they want to do that rather than just
:04:55. > :04:59.running in and having a quick haircut that doesn't look great. The
:05:00. > :05:02.data shows the number of empty shop units in Scotland actually dropped
:05:03. > :05:10.over the last year and barbershops are one of the services filling the
:05:11. > :05:14.gaps. This barber shop in Glasgow is one of 175 that have opened in
:05:15. > :05:19.Scotland over the last year alone, an increase of 50% on the year
:05:20. > :05:22.before. It seems that men don't mind paying for the experience. The
:05:23. > :05:26.British barber 's Association says the average price of a haircut is
:05:27. > :05:32.90p higher than a year ago, ?12 and five buttons. -- 5p.
:05:33. > :05:35.Football now: and Rangers have moved three points clear at the top
:05:36. > :05:37.of the Championship after beating their nearest challengers
:05:38. > :05:40.Rangers, who had midfielder Andy Halliday sent off,
:05:41. > :05:43.came from behind to secure a 4-2 victory.
:05:44. > :05:55.A capacity crowd of 50,000 anticipated at Ibrox for one of the
:05:56. > :05:59.most talked about festive fixtures. Much has been made of the managerial
:06:00. > :06:02.mind games ahead of this top of the table clash but now it's time for
:06:03. > :06:08.the talking to stop and the action to begin. And when it did, it lived
:06:09. > :06:12.up to the billings with Hibernian opening the scoring halfway the
:06:13. > :06:17.first half. Jason Cummings claiming his seventh goal against Rangers in
:06:18. > :06:21.nine appearances. Ten minutes later, Rangers were level. Jason hope
:06:22. > :06:26.latching onto Martin Michael Lumb's pass. Hope, the former Hearts
:06:27. > :06:32.midfielder, was at it again before the interval as his deflected shot
:06:33. > :06:35.put the home team in front. Rangers introduced Dean Shiels and Nicky
:06:36. > :06:41.Clarke and they combined for the latter to put Rangers 3-1 in front.
:06:42. > :06:47.The home side had midfielder Andy Halliday sent off after eight clash
:06:48. > :06:55.and that gave Burnley and hope of retrieving the situation and Dominic
:06:56. > :06:58.Mulumbu tried to pull it back. Rangers were unperturbed and top
:06:59. > :07:03.scorer Martin Michael Lumb took his tally to 21 for the season in the
:07:04. > :07:08.final minute, with a terrific effort. As the new year beckons,
:07:09. > :07:11.Mark Warburton's Rangers hold the bragging rights and a 3-point
:07:12. > :07:14.advantage at the top of the championship at the halfway stage.
:07:15. > :07:17.Now, we mentioned the weather at the beginning of the programme,
:07:18. > :07:21.so here's Gillian Smart with a full forecast.
:07:22. > :07:27.It will be stormy by this time tomorrow. Not looking as bad tonight
:07:28. > :07:32.although we will have this band of rain tracking east across the
:07:33. > :07:37.country. Heavy, strong DeGale force wind, gradually easing but gusts up
:07:38. > :07:43.to 70 mph in Shetland. Not a very cold night, temperatures 5-7.
:07:44. > :07:47.Tomorrow the last of the rain will clear in the morning and for most of
:07:48. > :07:51.the daylight hours, not a bad day. Dry, bright, some sunshine. Only
:07:52. > :07:56.later will we notice strengthening southerly wind, a sign of what's to
:07:57. > :08:00.come, Storm Frank. They rapidly deepening area of low pressure
:08:01. > :08:05.bringing stormy conditions tomorrow night. Firstly the wind, strong
:08:06. > :08:14.DeGale forced southerly is, DeGale force around the coast. And on top
:08:15. > :08:19.of that, the rain. We have a yellow beer where warning covering much of
:08:20. > :08:25.the country but besides that, a high level and be prepared warning for
:08:26. > :08:29.Dumfries and Galloway, the western borders and Perthshire and
:08:30. > :08:33.Stirlingshire. Nasty conditions tomorrow but in these areas, a
:08:34. > :08:39.significant risk of surface water and river flooding. The rain will
:08:40. > :08:45.still be with us on Wednesday, heavy and persistent, the gale force winds
:08:46. > :08:49.gradually easing in the afternoon. A brighter day for Hogmanay, certainly
:08:50. > :08:51.in the east but colder, and wintry showers in the North and West, with
:08:52. > :08:54.sleet at low levels. And that's Reporting Scotland,
:08:55. > :08:56.I'm back at 10.20. Until then, from the team,
:08:57. > :09:00.have a very good evening.