:00:00. > :00:16.There are regular updates throughout the night
:00:17. > :00:20.We're being warned to prepare for a stormy end to the year.
:00:21. > :00:23.Storm Frank is due to sweep across much of the country tomorrow.
:00:24. > :00:26.Weather warnings have been issued for wind and then rain -
:00:27. > :00:30.and there's the possibility of flooding in some parts.
:00:31. > :00:44.It's a been a miserable past few days for thousands of people in the
:00:45. > :00:49.North of England. Flooding is hit York, Manchester and large parts of
:00:50. > :00:52.Cumbria. Scotland hasn't seen it as anything on that scale yet, but
:00:53. > :00:57.there are Met Office went and rain warnings for the next few days.
:00:58. > :01:02.There will be some very heavy rain around, widespread totals of 35 and
:01:03. > :01:08.50 millimetres. Isolated valleys perhaps 100 millimetres. Dumfries
:01:09. > :01:13.Galloway haps even more than that, perhaps 120 millimetres of rain,
:01:14. > :01:17.particularly in Dumfries Galloway and the western borders.
:01:18. > :01:21.These are the areas likely to be affected by the heaviest rainfall on
:01:22. > :01:28.Wednesday. De Vries and Galloway could be worst hit. If the rainfall
:01:29. > :01:32.is as bad as expected, what did happen?
:01:33. > :01:38.Property value could be affected. It could be fairly widespread flooding,
:01:39. > :01:45.large areas of southern and western Scotland. It will affect travel, and
:01:46. > :01:52.transport as well. So you need to be aware and mindful of the confessions
:01:53. > :01:56.on Wednesday. Poor conditions persist until Thursday as well.
:01:57. > :02:03.Here in height at the beginning of the month and Dumfries, flooding hit
:02:04. > :02:09.a particular high. The advice is if you're in an area that is due to be
:02:10. > :02:12.flooded, be prepared to move and put important documents and valuables
:02:13. > :02:17.upstairs. It's a modern to remember that these are warnings at the
:02:18. > :02:20.moment, and not to panic. Keep checking the Sepa website to check
:02:21. > :02:24.the progress of warnings. A man has appeared in court charged
:02:25. > :02:27.with murdering a man in Dundee, Aldis Minakovskis is alleged
:02:28. > :02:30.to have stabbed Aigars Upenieks to death last
:02:31. > :02:33.week at a block of flats The 24 year old made no plea
:02:34. > :02:41.at the city's Sheriff Court Police are investigating
:02:42. > :02:45.after a coastguard vehicle was shot The 4x4 was on the woodland
:02:46. > :02:49.path near the river The weapon involved is thought
:02:50. > :02:57.to be a .22 air rifle Some of Edinburgh's most famous
:02:58. > :03:01.landmarks are set to be turned blue, as part of its Hogmanay
:03:02. > :03:03.celebrations. Edinburgh Castle is among
:03:04. > :03:06.the buildings being illuminated It's in support of a Unicef appeal
:03:07. > :03:12.for Syrian children, aiming to involve the 175,000
:03:13. > :03:29.revellers who'll see in 2016 We are raising money of this
:03:30. > :03:34.days as part of the procession which six boys on the 30th. A donation
:03:35. > :03:40.from sales of tortures will go to Unicef specifically. On the night
:03:41. > :03:45.there will be a special moment with Unicef on the 31st of December when
:03:46. > :03:47.we will set off fireworks and white Edinburgh Castle blue.
:03:48. > :03:50.Football now, and Rangers have moved three points clear at the top
:03:51. > :03:52.of the Championship after beating their nearest challengers
:03:53. > :03:55.Rangers, who had midfielder Andy Halliday sent off,
:03:56. > :03:57.came from behind to secure a 4-2 victory.
:03:58. > :04:12.A capacity crowd of 50,000 is anticipated here at Ibrox for one of
:04:13. > :04:17.the most talked about festive fixtures. Much has been made of the
:04:18. > :04:20.mind games ahead of this top of the table clash, but now it's time for
:04:21. > :04:27.the talking to stop and the action to begin. And when it did it lived
:04:28. > :04:29.up to its billing, with a brilliant opening
:04:30. > :04:33.up to its billing, with a brilliant half. Jason Cummings claiming his
:04:34. > :04:36.seventh goal in nine appearances against Rangers. Ten minutes later
:04:37. > :04:43.though, printers were back level, Jason Holt latching onto Martyn
:04:44. > :04:46.Waghorn's past. The former hearts midfield without it again, just
:04:47. > :04:51.after the interval, his deflected shot putting the home in front.
:04:52. > :04:54.Rangers introduced substitutes Dean Shiels and Nicky Clark, and the pair
:04:55. > :04:59.combined for the latter to put Rangers 35 and one in front. The
:05:00. > :05:06.home side then had midfielder Andy Halliday sent off after a clash with
:05:07. > :05:09.Fraser finally. That gave Hibs the hope of retrieving the situation,
:05:10. > :05:16.and Dominic Malonga steeped to bring a goal back. But Rangers were not
:05:17. > :05:22.perturbed, and Martyn Waghorn took his goal tally to 21 for the season
:05:23. > :05:28.with a terrific solo effort. As new year beckons, Mark Walton's Rangers
:05:29. > :05:29.hold the bragging rights and a 3-point gap at the top of the
:05:30. > :05:32.championship at the halfway stage. We covered the weather
:05:33. > :05:34.earlier in the bulletin, so here's Gillian Smart now
:05:35. > :05:43.with a full forecast. Certainly some stormy weather on the
:05:44. > :05:46.way, but tonight is not going to be quite as bad. There is a band of
:05:47. > :05:51.rain working its way eastwards across the country. Strong to gale
:05:52. > :05:59.force wind is gradually easing for most of us, but gusts of up to 75
:06:00. > :06:03.mph for Shetland. Temperatures of up to seven Celsius per most of us.
:06:04. > :06:09.Tomorrow morning the last of that rain will clear, across much of the
:06:10. > :06:14.UK through daylight hours will see fine weather. Some spells of
:06:15. > :06:18.sunshine. It is in the afternoon you will see strengthening winds ahead
:06:19. > :06:21.of the system spinning out in the Atlantic, that is Storm Frank, a
:06:22. > :06:26.rapidly deepening area of low pressure that will bring stormy
:06:27. > :06:33.conditions our way tomorrow evening. Strong to gale force of the release
:06:34. > :06:39.on the coasts, and gusts on their Western and Northern Isles. Ahead of
:06:40. > :06:43.that is well very heavy rain fall, a yellow warning covering much of
:06:44. > :06:47.Scotland for that rain. In addition, a higher-level amber warning,
:06:48. > :06:55.meaning be prepared for Dumfries Galloway, Ayrshire, as well as
:06:56. > :07:01.pasture and Stirlingshire. That extends south into Cumbria where we
:07:02. > :07:05.can see up to 90 millimetres of rainfall on already flood affected
:07:06. > :07:12.ground. Somatic conditions when ever you are on Wednesday, but
:07:13. > :07:18.particularly within that flood certain, combined with strong winds.
:07:19. > :07:22.Some improvement on Hogmanay across Scotland, particularly in the East.
:07:23. > :07:30.A much colder feel with wintry showers in the north and west.
:07:31. > :07:33.Thank you very much. That's Reporting Scotland, I next update is
:07:34. > :07:34.at breakfast tomorrow. From all of