:00:00. > :00:00.Dozens of homes evacuated, as the north-east takes the brunt
:00:07. > :00:13.of some of the worst flooding on record.
:00:14. > :00:15.By day householders have been taking stock of the damage
:00:16. > :00:29.I am in Port Elphinstone, where residents strangled -- struggle to
:00:30. > :00:31.avoid raging flood water. And I am in Ellon, when people have been
:00:32. > :00:34.returning home to assess the damage. And we take to the air to see
:00:35. > :00:37.for ourselves how the flooding has brought disruption to
:00:38. > :00:39.the road and rail network. Also on the programme: Scotland's
:00:40. > :00:42.love affair with booze - now new guidelines cut
:00:43. > :00:53.the recommended amount of alcohol And one of the biggest weekends in
:00:54. > :01:06.the Scottish football calendar starts tonight here in Paisley.
:01:07. > :01:10.Two severe flood warnings - meaning there's a risk to life -
:01:11. > :01:13.remain in place in parts of north-eastern Scotland.
:01:14. > :01:15.Heavy rain caused dozens of people to leave their homes
:01:16. > :01:20.in Aberdeenshire, after heavy rain caused rivers to overflow.
:01:21. > :01:22.Our reporter John McManus is in Port Elphinstone,
:01:23. > :01:24.near Inverurie, where homes have been flooded.
:01:25. > :01:38.The pumps are hard at work here tonight in Port Elphinstone, but it
:01:39. > :01:43.was a very different scene last night. It looked like a disaster
:01:44. > :01:45.movie, with water surging down the road, in and dating houses and
:01:46. > :01:53.causing a very sudden evacuation. Port Elphinstone this morning,
:01:54. > :01:58.another north-east town hit by flooding. Several streets and many
:01:59. > :02:04.more homes recovering from last night's onslaught by the River Don.
:02:05. > :02:06.Hundreds of people evacuated their homes but this morning emergency
:02:07. > :02:11.workers and others were still concerned about some of them. I am
:02:12. > :02:18.checking on our service users. I'm checking that she is OK. Have you
:02:19. > :02:23.managed to contact her? The firemen are checking at the moment. Laura
:02:24. > :02:30.McIntosh's ground floor flat was inundated. I saw the water rising
:02:31. > :02:34.and I thought, get out. She had heard the flood warnings and she
:02:35. > :02:40.tried to prepare. It was too late for sandbags. We just packed a few
:02:41. > :02:44.things and shipped out, basically. It wasn't until this morning we knew
:02:45. > :02:50.there were boats getting everybody out of the flats. This is what she
:02:51. > :02:55.was escaping, the River Don sweeping through the town. Families grabbing
:02:56. > :03:04.what they could, then ferried out on ambulances. Inevitably, there was
:03:05. > :03:10.some confusion, with routes to the emergency rest centre blocked by
:03:11. > :03:13.water. This is an unprecedented flood and inevitably the talk comes
:03:14. > :03:18.to what you can do to prevent it. I'm not sure any measures could have
:03:19. > :03:21.been stopped -- could have been put in to stop this but, longer term,
:03:22. > :03:27.people will want to look at river management. After a succession of
:03:28. > :03:31.devastating floods, local and national politicians are under
:03:32. > :03:32.pressure. They are finding it increasingly hard to explain scenes
:03:33. > :03:42.like this to voters. Things are much, here this evening.
:03:43. > :03:48.I'm joined now by the local MP and MSP, Alex Salmond. Have you ever
:03:49. > :03:53.seen anything like this flooding? No, it is a scene of total
:03:54. > :03:57.devastation. Canal road was part of the River Don, which was as broad as
:03:58. > :04:02.the Mississippi last night. There is a huge human angle. Down the road,
:04:03. > :04:08.Mr and Mrs Ross, they have been married for 67 years. They missed
:04:09. > :04:13.being flooded by inches last Monday but they were flooded out last
:04:14. > :04:18.night. Heart-rending. You have been speaking to local people. Are they
:04:19. > :04:21.happy with the response from local and national government? There is
:04:22. > :04:26.huge aspiration for the effort put in by the local police and Fire
:04:27. > :04:30.Service. The operation which kicked in to help people, and remember, not
:04:31. > :04:35.a single life has been lost, was exceptional last evening and earlier
:04:36. > :04:39.this week, nothing but praise. What we are looking for now is assistance
:04:40. > :04:43.from central government, not just a scheme which has already kicked in.
:04:44. > :04:49.We are hoping that we First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, will be
:04:50. > :04:56.announcing that tomorrow. Homes were also evacuated and power lost in the
:04:57. > :05:03.town of Ellon 15 miles north. Power has now been restored.
:05:04. > :05:08.Its riverside location would normally be a source of envy but, as
:05:09. > :05:15.the Ythan rose, it became a source of danger, water surrounding the
:05:16. > :05:18.house and everyone inside. It was coming in both doors, along with
:05:19. > :05:24.garage and through the house. You couldn't stand up. This video
:05:25. > :05:28.captures the Ythan's rapid rise, water levels peaking around 5am with
:05:29. > :05:33.serious consequences for those living near the river. It is the
:05:34. > :05:38.middle of the afternoon here, and the street and the pavements are
:05:39. > :05:43.still flooded, but 12 hours ago the situation was much worse, water
:05:44. > :05:47.coming up over this wall behind me, forcing the residents in these homes
:05:48. > :05:53.to leave. Inside, the dirty water had claimed furniture and
:05:54. > :05:58.possessions. Alastair Campbell returning home briefly to salvage
:05:59. > :06:05.what he could. Pretty much what we expected, to be honest, our worst
:06:06. > :06:11.fears. So, at the moment, we are just shell-shocked. We are just
:06:12. > :06:20.grabbing what we can afford things start going mouldy. Bush before.
:06:21. > :06:25.Having helped to evacuate scores of homes, firefighters turned their
:06:26. > :06:29.attention to the power supply, a flooded substation leaving around
:06:30. > :06:36.150 houses without electricity. What kind of morning has it been? I am
:06:37. > :06:43.living on my own. It hasn't been good. From the town's main bridge,
:06:44. > :06:45.the sites were so unusual that they drew a crowd including local
:06:46. > :06:51.schoolchildren, who were all given an unexpected day off. The school
:06:52. > :06:58.was nearly flooded. What have you done instead? Row we went for a
:06:59. > :07:07.walk. Is that better than going to school? The worst is yes. People are
:07:08. > :07:07.left to pick up the pieces, hoping this unwarranted spectacle doesn't
:07:08. > :07:10.return. Heartbreaking for the householders
:07:11. > :07:12.in Port Elphinstone and Ellon, John, but the floods
:07:13. > :07:14.have had an impact right There been has heavy rain for days
:07:15. > :07:19.across Aberdeenshire, For many people that has meant
:07:20. > :07:25.travel disruption as roads have been You get a better overview
:07:26. > :07:30.from the air, so Huw Williams joined a Network Rail survey team flying
:07:31. > :07:45.north from Perth to look From 1500 feet up and at more than
:07:46. > :07:50.100 mph, as the Network Rail helicopter heads out of Perth, it
:07:51. > :07:52.looks like there is water everywhere. There has been
:07:53. > :07:59.particular concern about this bridge. It was up to a very high
:08:00. > :08:05.level, just below the rail. It needed to be checked regularly just
:08:06. > :08:10.to ensure that there was no movement in the Stones underneath the track
:08:11. > :08:18.and the supporting embankment, to make sure there was no damage to it
:08:19. > :08:23.occurring because of the water. But that is not the main objective of
:08:24. > :08:27.today's survey. Even before we set off, it was clear the priority had
:08:28. > :08:35.to be a landslip at Killiecrankie tunnel. A lot of debris has fallen
:08:36. > :08:39.onto the track including some trees. We have staff on site dealing with
:08:40. > :08:42.that but we are going to look at the rest of the line which perhaps staff
:08:43. > :08:49.haven't been able to get to. We can target any response of ground crews
:08:50. > :08:52.to just go to specific sites. Engineers are working now to clear
:08:53. > :08:57.the problems but train services between Inverness and the central
:08:58. > :09:02.belt have been disrupted and there are still road closures in force.
:09:03. > :09:05.The A90 near Peterhead was shot in both directions by flood water and
:09:06. > :09:11.dozens of minor roads are still effective. You can cover much more
:09:12. > :09:17.ground much more quickly. This is revealing that, although water
:09:18. > :09:21.levels are going down... There are still plenty of areas where
:09:22. > :09:26.waterlogged ground and fallen trees are ready to slip across the track,
:09:27. > :09:33.potentially causing more problems. The trees have fallen over and the
:09:34. > :09:39.tops of the trees... From here, just to make sure. I took some pictures.
:09:40. > :09:44.We will feedback to the engineers. The next problem is going to be
:09:45. > :09:48.snow, especially in Ayrshire, the Borders and Dumfries and Galloway,
:09:49. > :09:50.but the good news is that emergency repairs have been completed to the
:09:51. > :09:52.runway at Aberdeen airport. Rail engineers say the storm damage
:09:53. > :09:55.to a crucial viaduct on the West Coast Main line is more
:09:56. > :09:59.severe than they first thought. And they're now in a race
:10:00. > :10:01.against time to make the structure safe and reopen the line
:10:02. > :10:04.by the end of the month. The Lamington viaduct was damaged
:10:05. > :10:08.by flood waters on Hogmanay. Our transport correspondent
:10:09. > :10:21.David Miller reports. This is one of Britain's's busiest
:10:22. > :10:28.railway lines but, today, and for the rest of the month, these tracks
:10:29. > :10:32.here will be silent. The only noise here, the constant rumble of
:10:33. > :10:37.hundreds of tonnes of rock being moved into position to protect this
:10:38. > :10:41.bridge from the waters of the Clyde. Inspections by divers have revealed
:10:42. > :10:45.the damage to the structure is more severe than first thought and the
:10:46. > :10:49.engineers working here on out in a race against time to make this
:10:50. > :10:55.structure safe and reopen the line by the end of the month. The raging
:10:56. > :10:59.floodwaters swept away in Victorian masonry on the bridge's central
:11:00. > :11:03.support, undermining the structure. The man in charge of the project
:11:04. > :11:07.says he faces a massive challenge. The damage we have found in the last
:11:08. > :11:13.couple of days has been much more severe than we thought, and we have
:11:14. > :11:18.this thing where, through turbulence of the water, it undermines the
:11:19. > :11:22.structure of the pier significantly. We are in a programme to stabilise
:11:23. > :11:28.that peer by Sunday and, next week, we will finalise our programme for
:11:29. > :11:31.the repairs. Transport ministers from Holyrood and Westminster
:11:32. > :11:36.arrived here to be briefed on the problems caused by the recent record
:11:37. > :11:40.rainfall. We have to plan and prepare for that because that is
:11:41. > :11:45.what the experts tell us, that we are facing more volatile weather, so
:11:46. > :11:50.we have to adapt. Preventing damage like this in the years ahead will
:11:51. > :11:54.require huge investment in Britain's rail network. The UK Government
:11:55. > :12:01.insists record amounts are already being spent. How much of the UK rail
:12:02. > :12:07.budget is being spent on climate mitigation? I don't know but, for
:12:08. > :12:10.the first time in 100 years, we are spending these amounts of money on
:12:11. > :12:16.the railway structure and the structure is much smaller than it
:12:17. > :12:20.was 100 years ago. We are spending unprecedented amounts. For now, the
:12:21. > :12:24.focus is on getting this line reopened. The train companies say
:12:25. > :12:34.they are doing everything to minimise disruption and they have
:12:35. > :12:39.thanked customers. Snow has been falling in other areas. Police said
:12:40. > :12:43.around 50 cars were stuck for a time on the A7 between Langholm and
:12:44. > :12:50.long-term in Dumfries and Galloway. The 68 MAJOR BOROUGH WAS ALSO STUCK
:12:51. > :12:59.BUSH BLOCKED. THERE HAVE BEEN HAS EASED -- THERE HAS BEEN HEAVY SNOW
:13:00. > :13:01.IN AYRSHIRE. Chris will be here with the full weekend weather forecast at
:13:02. > :13:04.the end of the programme. An 82-year-old woman found murdered
:13:05. > :13:07.in her Fife home was beaten to death with a rolling pin, BBC
:13:08. > :13:09.Scotland understands. Marie Logie's body was found
:13:10. > :13:12.in her first-floor flat in Leven She was last been seen alive
:13:13. > :13:16.at 8am that morning. Police said she was the victim
:13:17. > :13:20.of a "brutal and horrific attack" Health experts and charities
:13:21. > :13:27.in Scotland are welcoming It's now recommended that men
:13:28. > :13:33.and women drink no more than 14 units a week, with some
:13:34. > :13:36.alcohol-free days. It's less than was previously
:13:37. > :13:38.recommended, and a dramatic Our health correspondent
:13:39. > :13:52.Eleanor Bradford reports. Judging by the empty seats in this
:13:53. > :13:57.popular Glasgow Pub, many of us are still recovering after a festive
:13:58. > :14:01.binge but, to pile on the guilt, the chief medical officers of all four
:14:02. > :14:04.UK nations say we should dramatically cut our drinking to
:14:05. > :14:08.stay healthy. One problem with the new guidance is, like the old
:14:09. > :14:12.guidance, it is expressed in units rather than the kind of measures we
:14:13. > :14:16.are used to in the pub so, with the help of Eleanor, we are trying to
:14:17. > :14:22.make out what it means for you. The new guidelines say you should have
:14:23. > :14:27.14 units spread over a week with days. Each day, that is one large
:14:28. > :14:32.bottle of beer or a pint of beer or cider, just under a large glass of
:14:33. > :14:35.wine, two whiskeys or three small gin and tonics or vodka tonics. How
:14:36. > :14:45.does that compare with your consumption? About a 10th. At the
:14:46. > :14:50.weekends, I'll have if you drinks. That might be the most unhealthy
:14:51. > :14:57.weight to drink. Possibly. I think I just drink more. In France, a glass
:14:58. > :15:01.of wine would be the maximum that the government recommends. In
:15:02. > :15:04.Scotland, we drink a fifth more than England and Wales and we buy an
:15:05. > :15:10.average of 20 units of alcohol each week. The new guideline is that we
:15:11. > :15:15.should drink 14. Now the link between alcohol and cancer is much
:15:16. > :15:21.better understood. Alcohol is responsible for 6% of all cancer
:15:22. > :15:24.deaths. We knew about liver cancer in people with severe alcohol
:15:25. > :15:30.problems but the evidence now shows we have risks for breast cancer,
:15:31. > :15:36.mouth and throat cancer, gullet than Sir -- gullet cancer and colon and
:15:37. > :15:41.rectal cancer. It harms the unborn child, so the rest of the UK has now
:15:42. > :15:48.followed Scotland's lead in recommending that women don't drink
:15:49. > :15:58.at all during pregnancy. I mentioned snow earlier and, as if to prove a
:15:59. > :16:01.point, here is David. I've argued with my cameraman, I said it was
:16:02. > :16:06.snow coming he said fleet. I think you'll see is snow.
:16:07. > :16:09.I'm at the Paisley 2021 Stadium because it's Scottish Cup
:16:10. > :16:11.fourth round weekend - one of the highlights
:16:12. > :16:13.of the football year, the time when the Premiership
:16:14. > :16:21.One of them, Partick Thistle, are playing here tonight against
:16:22. > :16:27.Championship side St Mirren to begin the weekend. I am delighted to say
:16:28. > :16:32.that the neo- -ish St Mirren manager, Alex Rae, joins me. What is
:16:33. > :16:38.it about the Scottish cup? Does it still have that magic? Without a
:16:39. > :16:43.doubt, one of the trophies I never won as a player so we are trying to
:16:44. > :16:51.compose a good team tonight. Romantics like me dream of Cup
:16:52. > :16:56.upsets. Can you do it tonight? I hope so, we had a good performance
:16:57. > :17:01.at the weekend. Partick Thistle are flying in the league. He's done a
:17:02. > :17:07.great job but we want to take the game to them and impose ourselves.
:17:08. > :17:14.They are in good form. And St Mirren have not won a home came here, the
:17:15. > :17:20.stadium is in such good condition that people want to come here. We
:17:21. > :17:27.need to get a home win and hopefully build that into league campaign. And
:17:28. > :17:30.some innovation tonight, no segregation in some areas, some
:17:31. > :17:36.Partick Thistle fans will set alongside St Mirren fans, will that
:17:37. > :17:41.add to the atmosphere? I hope so. Both clubs have a good family
:17:42. > :17:47.spirit. The conditions aren't great but and would recommend to anyone to
:17:48. > :17:52.come along to night. The snow is falling. What kind of much can we
:17:53. > :17:58.expect? Great conditions for me, just a bit of wind, and that of
:17:59. > :18:03.snow, no rain, I think it will be a feisty encounter. Do you enjoy video
:18:04. > :18:08.technology and would you like that introduced? Yes. I'm glad you said
:18:09. > :18:11.that. In next season's Scottish Cup,
:18:12. > :18:13.video technology could be used The SFA's chief executive wants it
:18:14. > :18:17.to be trialled in the competition - Alasdair Lamont's been gauging
:18:18. > :18:24.opinion from others in the game. It is incidents like this that might
:18:25. > :18:28.be resolved on the spot. If the video technology proposal gets the
:18:29. > :18:33.green light. The controversy over this handball that never was might
:18:34. > :18:38.have been avoided. The football lawmaking body will decide in March
:18:39. > :18:44.if trials can take place. They will be limited to decisions on goals,
:18:45. > :18:48.red cards, penalties and cases of mistaken identity. A step forward,
:18:49. > :18:54.says the SS FA, although not for everyone. Where are you going to
:18:55. > :18:58.draw the line? If you started maybe it will be like in American
:18:59. > :19:05.football, a lot of stops in the game and we don't want that. I understand
:19:06. > :19:10.the concerns about losing the rhythm and pace of the game but technology,
:19:11. > :19:16.as it is now, there's no delay. It is split second. That split second
:19:17. > :19:21.decision could reduce injustice. The red card in this case was
:19:22. > :19:27.overturned, but not until a couple of days later, too late to help the
:19:28. > :19:31.aggrieved manager. I think its time, technology is here, the touchline,
:19:32. > :19:35.the press, the TV cameras can see it in ten seconds, if it means we get
:19:36. > :19:41.the right decisions more often, I am for it. To help get the right
:19:42. > :19:47.decisions rugby uses a similar system with the referee connected to
:19:48. > :19:50.a television match official. The football version won't be a replica
:19:51. > :19:58.but if trials are successful it could be the norm by 2018. You can
:19:59. > :20:02.follow all the fun of this season's Scottish Cup across the BBC.
:20:03. > :20:08.Including commentary of tonights match on Radio Scotland 810 medium
:20:09. > :20:11.wave, if you fancy something else there's rugby on 92-95 FM.
:20:12. > :20:13.One of the biggest stars of world athletics is in Scotland this
:20:14. > :20:15.weekend - not for the Scottish Cup though.
:20:16. > :20:19.in the Edinburgh International Cross Country, and he's been speaking
:20:20. > :20:21.to Jane Lewis about that and about the sport's
:20:22. > :20:28.on-going doping and corruption scandals.
:20:29. > :20:35.Mo Farah is hoping to lead the way in Edinburgh tomorrow. He believes
:20:36. > :20:39.Britain should be doing likewise as his sport battle stoping and
:20:40. > :20:44.corruption controversies. It will take time. We are working on it.
:20:45. > :20:49.We've got to clean up. We do the best we can in our country to do
:20:50. > :20:57.what we do and I hope that we can live by example and get rid of the
:20:58. > :21:01.bad ones. Mo Farah is going to make it two gold medals! This will be his
:21:02. > :21:05.first competitive race of the year, all part of his Olympic preparations
:21:06. > :21:10.and Edinburgh will provide a tough test. This is the course that will
:21:11. > :21:17.test him and his fellow runners, Holyrood Park will proved tricky,
:21:18. > :21:21.it's been wet although underfoot and is beginning to get hard with
:21:22. > :21:27.overnight frost. It's definitely different to running on the road,
:21:28. > :21:31.running 26 miles, it is shorter, but it should help, the kind of training
:21:32. > :21:37.and doing now. It will be a real test. I'm excited about the race and
:21:38. > :21:43.I will give 110%, see what happens. It gives me an indicator of where my
:21:44. > :21:48.training as that, where I am. Mo Farah won this event in 2011. With
:21:49. > :21:50.the final preparations being made to the course this year, he will be
:21:51. > :21:59.hoping for a repeat performance. I don't know if it will snow on Mo,
:22:00. > :22:03.but there's certainly plenty of it coming down here! Thanks very much.
:22:04. > :22:06.It's regarded as one of the most significant battles in Scottish
:22:07. > :22:08.history - yet the Battle of Stirling Bridge is barely marked.
:22:09. > :22:10.And although everyone knows about William Wallace -
:22:11. > :22:14.in some ways, thanks to Hollywood - his co-commander Andrew De Moray has
:22:15. > :22:16.Six designs shortlisted to commemorate the two men
:22:17. > :22:19.and the battle went on display in Stirling today.
:22:20. > :22:24.Our arts correspondent Pauline McLean reports.
:22:25. > :22:30.This is the site, these are the stones that we put up as phase one.
:22:31. > :22:34.It may have been one of the most significant battles in Scottish
:22:35. > :22:40.history but there is one modest stone to mark this battle and that
:22:41. > :22:43.took 700 years to arrange. I think it has been overlooked because
:22:44. > :22:47.sterling is dominated by the Wars of Independence. The Wallace money
:22:48. > :22:52.meant, the castle behind me, the Battle of Bannockburn with its
:22:53. > :22:58.eccentric, they have kind of forgotten, I think we have taken for
:22:59. > :23:02.granted this battle. Not any more. A three-year campaign has raised the
:23:03. > :23:06.money to build a new artwork, and develop this site is a tourist
:23:07. > :23:10.attraction. And, if little is known about William Wallace, even less is
:23:11. > :23:15.known about his fellow commander, Andrew De Moray. He didn't even get
:23:16. > :23:18.mentioned in the Hollywood film Braveheart so the briefers for a
:23:19. > :23:23.large-scale artwork that commemorates them both. These are
:23:24. > :23:27.the ideas of the six artists short listed. Andrew De Moray was mortally
:23:28. > :23:31.wounded at the battle and we think he died shortly afterwards. The
:23:32. > :23:37.plaudits for the victory went to Wallace. So very few of us know
:23:38. > :23:42.about Andrew De Moray. So I've tried to show him, give him the best seat,
:23:43. > :23:46.as it were. So he is elevated, on horseback. I have opted for two
:23:47. > :23:50.figures and further characterisation of the figures of Andrew De Moray
:23:51. > :23:56.and Wallace because nobody knew what they looked like. I thought I would
:23:57. > :24:00.try to interpret it from all the knowledge you could ask. All six of
:24:01. > :24:04.the designs will remain on display until the end of February, at which
:24:05. > :24:08.point they hope to have chosen the winner. As for the actual one and,
:24:09. > :24:11.they hope it will be here on this site by the anniversary of the
:24:12. > :24:18.Battle in 2017. Here's Chris to tell
:24:19. > :24:26.us what we can expect The snow has clearly arrived, can
:24:27. > :24:30.you solve the problem that David and the cameraman
:24:31. > :24:37.it looked like wet snow to me. After all that rain in the last few days,
:24:38. > :24:41.snow has caused issues today especially in the south of the
:24:42. > :24:45.country. This band of rain and snow working north, six hours later than
:24:46. > :24:49.we had forecast, causing issues on the road although it is fading away.
:24:50. > :24:54.This is one of the pictures sent in by a weather watchers seen in the
:24:55. > :25:01.Borders early on. Once that rain and snow clears our Tej will be on the
:25:02. > :25:06.ice. We have eight Met Office yellow warning in force overnight. The rain
:25:07. > :25:12.clearing away, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Perth Dundee, and then clear, cold,
:25:13. > :25:16.frosty, and indeed I see. AV patches of light rainfall Caithness,
:25:17. > :25:21.Northern Aberdeen, elsewhere, look at the temperatures, the coldest
:25:22. > :25:25.spots across the north-east, maybe -5 minus six. For tomorrow a try and
:25:26. > :25:31.foremost, some icy patches, light rain across the far north and in
:25:32. > :25:36.south again wet weather arriving and moving north, potentially some wet
:25:37. > :25:39.snow to lower levels, mainly rain, especially in towns and cities. By
:25:40. > :25:44.mid-afternoon improving in the South, called with some writers
:25:45. > :25:48.coming through airshow, to the north that snow still with us a game,
:25:49. > :25:54.difficult driving conditions at times. To the north-west, dryer, a
:25:55. > :25:59.few showers, breezy around northern coasts, some sunshine for Shetland.
:26:00. > :26:03.If you are hill walking or climbing on Western ranges, a dry start,
:26:04. > :26:13.expect wintry showers through the course of the day, generally sunny
:26:14. > :26:17.around Skye. A dry start a round the Cairngorms, those easterly winds
:26:18. > :26:23.freshening. In the south-west and begins as south-easterly, veering
:26:24. > :26:29.south, was five, forceful, good visibility. Around the Firth of
:26:30. > :26:33.Forth, a straight easterly, four, six, moderate seas, moderate
:26:34. > :26:36.visibility. Towards the evening we begin to see another band of rain
:26:37. > :26:41.arriving in the south, marching north and hitting the north-east.
:26:42. > :26:44.Another yellow warning, particularly for those areas prone to flooding
:26:45. > :26:48.way we have seen is a much devastation in the last couple of
:26:49. > :26:53.days. Low pressure still here on Sunday, still some rain, likeliest
:26:54. > :26:57.the heaviest of it across the north-west. Elsewhere, dryer, a few
:26:58. > :26:59.showers, it will be cold and the wind will get stronger around the
:27:00. > :27:09.north and the north-west thank you. A reminder of the
:27:10. > :27:13.headlines, two severe flood warnings, risk to life, remain in
:27:14. > :27:17.place around north-east Scotland, dozens of people have had to leave
:27:18. > :27:20.their homes in parts of Aberdeenshire after rivers
:27:21. > :27:24.overflowed due to heavy rain. Health experts and charities in Scotland
:27:25. > :27:28.are welcoming new guidelines for safe drinking. It is now recommended
:27:29. > :27:31.that men and women drink no more than 14 units a week with Sunday's
:27:32. > :27:33.alcohol free. A dramatic reduction for men.
:27:34. > :27:41.I'll be back with the headlines in the late bulletin just
:27:42. > :27:49.Until then, from everyone on the team, right
:27:50. > :28:00.She can marry if she likes, but she'll be unhappy if she does.