:00:00. > :00:00.Tonight, on Reporting Scotland: New hope for steelworkers
:00:00. > :00:11.in Lanarkshire, as a potential buyer emerges for the two mothballed
:00:12. > :00:14.We have a special report from Aberdeen on how job cuts
:00:15. > :00:17.in the oil industry are having a major impact on the mental
:00:18. > :00:35.I was bursting into tears, crying, I actually thought of topping myself.
:00:36. > :00:35.Also on the programme: A fond farewell as the helicopters and crew
:00:36. > :00:37.of the Royal Navy's last search and rescue unit say goodbye
:00:38. > :00:43.In sport - no definite news yet on the future of the out of favour
:00:44. > :00:45.Celtic striker Anthony Stokes, despite interest from
:00:46. > :00:55.And thousands of musicians descend on Glasgow for the start
:00:56. > :01:11.There's new hope tonight for the future of the
:01:12. > :01:16.The international metals firm, Liberty House, has confirmed to BBC
:01:17. > :01:17.Scotland that it's interested in buying Tata's mothballed
:01:18. > :01:24.But the Scottish government says a deal is not guaranteed.
:01:25. > :01:33.Here's our political correspondent, Glenn Campbell.
:01:34. > :01:39.The steel mills of Lanarkshire need a new owner, if they're to forge a
:01:40. > :01:45.future. Interest from liberty house is welcome. I'm hopeful we will make
:01:46. > :01:52.progress, but I do not wish to raise expectations and then see them
:01:53. > :01:56.dashed. But we're working optimistically, and this is a very
:01:57. > :02:02.positive development today. For all the workforce who are affected in
:02:03. > :02:09.particular. In recent months, many steelworkers have been laid off. The
:02:10. > :02:13.nearby Clyde bridge are being mothballed. In fact, a process known
:02:14. > :02:18.as quenching came to an end at Clyde bridge this afternoon, but key
:02:19. > :02:27.workers have been kept on, to make these plants is attractive as
:02:28. > :02:29.possible to a potential buyer. In Motherwell locals say they cannot
:02:30. > :02:37.afford to lose steel. It's pretty bad, because it is pulling the place
:02:38. > :02:39.apart. You can see the state of Motherwell, it is pretty bad right
:02:40. > :02:46.now. A lot of jobs are lost. UK steel is struggling to compete with
:02:47. > :02:51.cheap Chinese imports and the consequences are harsh. In October
:02:52. > :02:59.Tata announced 270 job losses at Clyde bridge and DL and more in
:03:00. > :03:02.Scunthorpe. By Christmas Tata was in talks with Grable capital to sell
:03:03. > :03:10.all three site and some others. Today International metals firm
:03:11. > :03:17.Liberty House confirmed its interest implying that two Scottishness.
:03:18. > :03:18.Given the condition of the steel market globally, it is probably in
:03:19. > :03:22.the best interests of the Scottish plants to go it alone. We believe
:03:23. > :03:28.the business model would sustain that. That means cutting costs by
:03:29. > :03:35.buying steel from the international rather than the UK market. 25,000
:03:36. > :03:40.men work for the Scottish division of the steel Corporation.
:03:41. > :03:46.Never again will steel be Scotland's largest industrial employer, but it
:03:47. > :03:48.may still have a profitable future. Having recently saved this steel
:03:49. > :03:52.works in south Wales and another in the West Midlands, there is now a
:03:53. > :03:57.chance the liberty group could do the same for Scottish steel.
:03:58. > :04:00.The growing number of job cuts in the oil industry is having
:04:01. > :04:04.a "massive and dangerous" impact on the mental health of workers,
:04:05. > :04:05.according to a leading support group.
:04:06. > :04:07.More than 700 job losses in the sector have been announced
:04:08. > :04:12.Some 65,000 people are facing an uncertain future
:04:13. > :04:19.The suicide-prevention group "Choose Life" says it's vital those
:04:20. > :04:27.affected seek help, as Fiona Stalker reports.
:04:28. > :04:37.I was bursting into tears, crying. Me and my wife were arguing, at each
:04:38. > :04:38.other's throats. This oil worker Buzz Matte world fell apart when he
:04:39. > :04:46.lost his job. It took him to the darkest places. I came out of the
:04:47. > :04:51.job that day and burst into tears. I actually thought of topping myself,
:04:52. > :04:56.until I saw my little boy's picture on my phone. There are some very
:04:57. > :05:03.visible signs of the downturn in Aberdeen, but experts say this
:05:04. > :05:06.problem is often hidden. There are indications that what is happening
:05:07. > :05:13.in the oil and gas industries is impacting on our society does. This
:05:14. > :05:16.is a worrying trend. As part of the choose life group and choose life
:05:17. > :05:21.community, we target the north-east of Scotland, to try and get the
:05:22. > :05:24.choose life message out there. It's OK to talk about suicide, and
:05:25. > :05:30.especially OK to go and seek help when you need it. Many may not need
:05:31. > :05:38.that help but there are calls to live a more concerted support for
:05:39. > :05:39.those who do. They are broken, a lot of the most touristy hurt by it.
:05:40. > :05:48.Husbands and wives, sitting crying in cars. Lives completely ruin. It
:05:49. > :05:54.is very difficult. I know a few of them are struggling and are seeking
:05:55. > :06:01.support with the problems they are facing, financial problems,
:06:02. > :06:02.relationship problems, just break down of the family. It was fear of a
:06:03. > :06:09.family breakdown that led this oil worker to finally seek help. My
:06:10. > :06:11.little boy is worth more than that, so I ended up going for counselling.
:06:12. > :06:18.I found the counselling quite helped. I felt a bit more
:06:19. > :06:22.worthwhile. And support staff hope the story of one oil worker will
:06:23. > :06:27.help with the darkness facing many more in the weeks ahead.
:06:28. > :06:28.If you've been affected by any of the issues raised in that report,
:06:29. > :06:31.you can call the BBC Action Line to hear recorded information
:06:32. > :06:34.about organisations that offer advice and support.
:06:35. > :06:46.You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC.
:06:47. > :06:52.Still to come on tonight's programme:
:06:53. > :06:53.Helicopters and crew of the Royal Navy's last search
:06:54. > :06:56.and rescue unit at HMS Gannet take part in a final
:06:57. > :07:01.In sports, the Celtic striker who's in demand...
:07:02. > :07:14.Glasgow Warriors want an artificial surface at the Scotstoun Stadium.
:07:15. > :07:15.One of the first people in Scotland to benefit from a new surgical
:07:16. > :07:18.treatment for emphysema has been speaking about the huge improvement
:07:19. > :07:29.Patricia McCall had tiny valves inserted in her lungs as part
:07:30. > :07:29.of a trial of the devices at the Golden Jubilee
:07:30. > :07:36.Our health correspondent Eleanor Bradford reports.
:07:37. > :07:45.Nine months ago, just cleaning her windows would have left Patricia
:07:46. > :07:48.gasping for breath. It mentioned had to give up her job as a cleaner,
:07:49. > :07:52.after a life of smoking, she told me how her emphysema had left her
:07:53. > :07:55.virtually housebound. It's like someone has that aren't around you
:07:56. > :08:01.and crushing you and someone else has their hands over your mouth. Not
:08:02. > :08:04.enough air. Although Patricia couldn't breathe, her lungs were
:08:05. > :08:09.actually huge because they were trying to compensate the damaged
:08:10. > :08:16.tissue. Normally the lungs should be approximately that size, and you can
:08:17. > :08:18.see the diaphragms have been pushed right down and the lungs are much
:08:19. > :08:24.bigger than they should be. Lung surgeon Alan Clark was testing out
:08:25. > :08:27.this new valve and Patricia was the first person on his trial. Going
:08:28. > :08:32.down through the throat, the titanium and silicon valves were
:08:33. > :08:38.placed inside her lung. They allow air to come out of damaged areas,
:08:39. > :08:42.but not to go in, diverted yet just a healthy parts. If the valves are
:08:43. > :08:46.put in place so that no air can get in, ultimately that air will seep
:08:47. > :08:52.out through the one-way valve, shrinking it right down, so that as
:08:53. > :08:56.the patient breathes normally, under normal conditions, air cannot get
:08:57. > :09:02.into that damaged part. It replaces the need for major surgery and costs
:09:03. > :09:09.the same. Patricia now feels so much better she is planning her first
:09:10. > :09:12.holiday in a decade. Everybody I see, they cannot get over how good
:09:13. > :09:17.I'm looking. At 1.I said to my sister, everybody's telling me, what
:09:18. > :09:22.did I look like before it? She said, I wouldn't want to say. Because the
:09:23. > :09:23.procedure conducted here is part of the trial it is not available to
:09:24. > :09:30.most people yet. But doctors hope it could be suitable for up to a third
:09:31. > :09:34.of emphysema patients, a condition particular, in Scotland.
:09:35. > :09:38.A Glasgow man who murdered his neighbour in a row over dog fouling,
:09:39. > :09:39.will serve at least 14 years in jail.
:09:40. > :09:42.28 year Martin Carroll repeatedly stabbed Stephen Gannon
:09:43. > :09:48.in their tenement close in Springburn last August.
:09:49. > :10:00.Carroll later told his grandmother, "I've done something stupid."
:10:01. > :10:01.Today sees the launch of Sport Relief .
:10:02. > :10:02.It was set up fourteen years ago to bring together the worlds
:10:03. > :10:06.of sport and entertainment to raise money to help vulnerable people.
:10:07. > :10:07.Suzanne Allan went to meet one of the sporting ambassadors,
:10:08. > :10:12.Judy Murray, who has seen first hand how it's helping communities
:10:13. > :10:15.It is a windy Wednesday in Easterhouse and the lady behind the
:10:16. > :10:25.store is about to get a big surprise. Very nice. Delivering the
:10:26. > :10:30.winter food package for older people, run by community project
:10:31. > :10:38.Fair is one of sport relief's ambassadors, Judy Murray. It was set
:10:39. > :10:39.up 26 years ago by volunteers who wanted something positive for a part
:10:40. > :10:45.of Glasgow renowned for gang violence and social problems. It now
:10:46. > :10:47.runs everything from clubs for the elderly to sports and youth
:10:48. > :10:52.programmes and is partly funded by sport relief. Giving them an
:10:53. > :10:53.activity to do, particularly on weekends and in school holidays,
:10:54. > :10:57.when those are the key times young people with no school to go to could
:10:58. > :11:03.get into trouble, and they create all sorts of opportunities, not just
:11:04. > :11:09.within the area but taking it off site to do things like mountain
:11:10. > :11:14.biking. Things they might not have been able to do. To give them a
:11:15. > :11:15.sense of belonging and that somebody believes in them. The wind winter
:11:16. > :11:22.food drop reaches the elderly, and in it are essentials of porridge,
:11:23. > :11:22.sugar and eggs. Many residents in this part of Easterhouse cannot
:11:23. > :11:29.leave the house or are a freighter. When this boy was young, some of the
:11:30. > :11:32.streets around him a no go areas. Not any more. I can walk area to
:11:33. > :11:38.area and I don't have to worry about any gangs or any violence or any
:11:39. > :11:42.fighting. Stephen Walker is in sixth year and wants to be a youth worker,
:11:43. > :11:47.so gives talks in schools. I go to primary schools and talk to them.
:11:48. > :11:55.They will see it through your prospective. You have witnessed all
:11:56. > :12:05.this stuff, gang violence, drugs and alcohol. Easterhouse has changed a
:12:06. > :12:11.lot in the last ten years. Part of it can be explained by projects like
:12:12. > :12:14.this and others in this area, working together to change attitudes
:12:15. > :12:21.and bring people together. Over the years anti-social behaviour has
:12:22. > :12:23.dropped. People are feeling a bit more safer and looking at younger
:12:24. > :12:29.people in a different light now. These projects mean they can work
:12:30. > :12:30.together, speak together and realise they have a lot of common interests.
:12:31. > :12:32.Today is the launch for sport relief. The event itself is on the
:12:33. > :12:36.13th of March. A look at other stories
:12:37. > :12:37.from across the country: A 20-year-old driver has been jailed
:12:38. > :12:40.for four and a half years for causing the deaths of two people
:12:41. > :12:45.in a crash in Ayrshire nearly Gary Nicholson from Stewarton
:12:46. > :12:51.was said to have been driving at speeds approaching 100 miles
:12:52. > :12:56.an hour, when he lost control of his car killing one
:12:57. > :12:57.of his passengers, AND 52 year old Patricia Brown who had been
:12:58. > :13:03.travelling in another car. Police have named a worker killed
:13:04. > :13:04.on a major bridge construction site in Aberdeen as 58 year
:13:05. > :13:07.old Ian Walker from Dundee. The incident happened late yesterday
:13:08. > :13:13.afternoon at the so-called It's alleged to have taken place
:13:14. > :13:29.outside Chancers Nightclub around The writer and artist Alasdair Gray
:13:30. > :13:32.has been discharged from hospital. The 81 year-old was treated
:13:33. > :13:37.for serious injuries, after falling outside his home
:13:38. > :13:39.in June last year. Despite his injuries,
:13:40. > :13:41.he's continued to work over the last few months - on a translation
:13:42. > :13:46.of work by the poet Dante. A 30 year old from Aberdeenshire has
:13:47. > :13:49.become the first Scot to complete a solo, unassisted trek
:13:50. > :13:51.to the South Pole. Luke Robertson, who's
:13:52. > :13:55.originally from Stonehaven, completed his 41-day journey
:13:56. > :13:58.in the early hours of this morning. He took on the challenge
:13:59. > :14:13.for charity, after recovering It's really just starting to come
:14:14. > :14:21.on, the enormity of what we've actually managed to achieve. And I
:14:22. > :14:22.think right back from his illness, to come through that and then have
:14:23. > :14:25.that drive and ambition to do what he's done, we are all in awe. Very
:14:26. > :14:34.proud of what he's done. Robert Plant, Kris Kristofferson,
:14:35. > :14:39.the Chieftains and Aly Bain are among the two and a half
:14:40. > :14:39.thousand artists who'll appear The winter music festival,
:14:40. > :14:42.which begins in Glasgow tonight, brings together all sorts
:14:43. > :14:46.of traditions from across the world. Our arts correspondent
:14:47. > :14:58.Pauline McLean reports. Rehearsals for the opening concert,
:14:59. > :15:06.this one celebrating the 50th anniversary of the traditional music
:15:07. > :15:09.of Scotland. Many songs are still passed from family to family, but
:15:10. > :15:19.festivals like this are now reaching a wider audience. I performed first
:15:20. > :15:25.at Keltic Connections when I was 13 and it has been an amazing journey,
:15:26. > :15:34.for me to watch the festival develop as it has, what a wonderful place.
:15:35. > :15:35.To start off the festival, celebrating traditional song here in
:15:36. > :15:38.Glasgow in the Royal concert Hall with some of the finest musicians
:15:39. > :15:48.and singers we have here in Scotland. And indeed the world. The
:15:49. > :15:53.festival has artists from around the world from the Outer Hebrides to
:15:54. > :15:56.inner Mongolia, the Western Isles to West Africa. Who would have thought
:15:57. > :16:05.that someone playing a traditional instrument from Africa would be
:16:06. > :16:08.playing in a concert Hall with the Scottish National Orchestra? That is
:16:09. > :16:15.the extent of the connections we've reached, where anything goes. And
:16:16. > :16:16.that spills over into the city's streets and the pubs and clubs,
:16:17. > :16:27.where traditional music can be heard all year round. We are centres for
:16:28. > :16:33.the folk revival of the 1950s and 60s, and in fact it is said the
:16:34. > :16:40.father of protest music, when he spent a few days in Glasgow in the
:16:41. > :16:43.1940s, played a gig in the Victoria bar and spent a lot of time enjoying
:16:44. > :16:48.the hospitality. With 26 pages and 2500 performers it is the place to
:16:49. > :16:56.be for the next two and a half weeks. And it all kicks off this
:16:57. > :17:01.evening. This is the place to be right now, with David!
:17:02. > :17:03.He may be out of favour at Celtic but Anthony Stokes is in demand
:17:04. > :17:11.elsewhere. Dundee United have agreed a deal
:17:12. > :17:12.with Celtic to take Anthony Stokes on loan, but the striker won't be
:17:13. > :17:17.heading to Tannadice. He is likely to move somewhere
:17:18. > :17:18.before the end of the month, but for now the Irishman
:17:19. > :17:19.is keeping his options open. Here's our senior football
:17:20. > :17:25.reporter Chris McLaughlin. He's scored almost 60 goals in 135
:17:26. > :17:29.appearances for Celtic. It seems for now he's on his way. Where? A host
:17:30. > :17:34.of clubs are interested including Hibs, Inverness and Dundee United.
:17:35. > :17:43.But it seems he's decided against Tannadice. We do realise how these
:17:44. > :17:51.things go. Like I said, we put an offer on the table. Some players are
:17:52. > :17:52.more willing to join us than others. You need to be a strong character to
:17:53. > :17:57.join us at the moment. It leaves Hibs and Inverness, could he be
:17:58. > :18:04.heading north? It doesn't sound like it. You must be really fit at this
:18:05. > :18:05.moment in time, really fit, because last time I got a text four days
:18:06. > :18:11.ago, telling me, he phoned me after training. It was four days ago, he
:18:12. > :18:17.must have been training for the last four days. It's understood Easter
:18:18. > :18:27.Road is still an option and talks are ongoing. Decisions, decisions.
:18:28. > :18:31.He has exactly 17 days to make up his mind.
:18:32. > :18:32.The twenty five year old scored against the Championship leaders
:18:33. > :18:34.at Ibrox last September in the League Cup, one of his four
:18:35. > :18:39.Promotion chasing Championship club Falkirk have given their manager
:18:40. > :18:50.Peter Houston signing up till the summer of 2018.
:18:51. > :19:00.I don't know if this is how he feels right now ...but it's him at last
:19:01. > :19:01.He says he's delighted to continue the challenge of getting back
:19:02. > :19:06.Glasgow Warriors say there may be an end in sight to the problems
:19:07. > :19:13.They've had a spate of matches postponed or moved because it's
:19:14. > :19:13.unplayable. unplayable.
:19:14. > :19:14.Their solution: replacing it with an artificial surface.
:19:15. > :19:19.They say they're hopeful a deal with Glasgow City Council
:19:20. > :19:22.who own their Scotstoun stadium is close.
:19:23. > :19:30.Warriors players seem to be enjoying life, training today outdoors and on
:19:31. > :19:37.a firm surface. A bit of a treat because this isn't their pitch. This
:19:38. > :19:45.is waterlogged again and unfit for the purposes of training or playing.
:19:46. > :19:46.Warriors have switched their next home game to Kilmarnock football
:19:47. > :19:54.club's artificial surface. In terms of competitive matches we've played
:19:55. > :19:55.Cardiff Blues in the league, I enjoyed playing on a surface you
:19:56. > :20:01.know, that'll be consistent every time you play on it, it could really
:20:02. > :20:08.benefit the team. Along high kick. Scotland played Tonga at
:20:09. > :20:08.Kilmarnock's Rugby Park a couple of years ago and the Warriors head
:20:09. > :20:16.coach wants a similar service installed at his team's Stadium. I'm
:20:17. > :20:18.a big fan of this type of service. Given replay in the northern
:20:19. > :20:25.hemisphere and the wet weather that comes to the west of Scotland. We
:20:26. > :20:27.haven't had this surface all season round to play the rugby we want to
:20:28. > :20:33.play. To have a change in that would be great, to be able to play and not
:20:34. > :20:36.have games postponed would be a huge bonus. They are confident their
:20:37. > :20:38.coach's wish will be granted and positive about discussions they've
:20:39. > :20:42.had with Glasgow City Council. Funding will have to be secured
:20:43. > :20:45.before Scotstoun goes synthetic. Some of the world's best women
:20:46. > :20:50.curlers are in Glasgow over 24 rinks from 11 countries
:20:51. > :20:59.are gathering at Braehead ice rink for the ninth Glynhill Ladies
:21:00. > :20:59.International. Among the teams taking part
:21:00. > :21:01.are the European champions from Russia, led by Anna Sidorova,
:21:02. > :21:07.and the Olympic silver medallists from Sweden, skipped
:21:08. > :21:08.by Margaretha Sigfridsson. It's very nice to be in Scotland,
:21:09. > :21:14.it's the home land of curling, of course. So we don't go there very
:21:15. > :21:18.often. They have worked with ice conditions a lot, it's improved.
:21:19. > :21:34.Those are the things we want to hear when we go somewhere.
:21:35. > :21:35.The helicopters and crew of the Royal Navy's last search
:21:36. > :21:37.and rescue unit at HMS Gannet at Prestwick have been taking part
:21:38. > :21:42.The service has been taken over by the Maritime and
:21:43. > :21:45.Cameron Buttle joined them as they made their lap of honour
:21:46. > :21:57.Callsign 177 ticks of the air for the final time. -- takes to the air
:21:58. > :21:58.for the final time. Flying in formation the two Sea Kings that
:21:59. > :22:03.made up the Royal Navy search and rescue team based at Prestwick.
:22:04. > :22:05.Their route would take them over their old patch, the huge swathe of
:22:06. > :22:10.the country that stretched 98,000 square miles. They rescued thousands
:22:11. > :22:18.of people from all over it. This is the last flight of the HMS Gannett
:22:19. > :22:24.search and rescue unit were the last chance to see much loved helicopters
:22:25. > :22:25.in the Royal Navy. People have been standing out across the route to
:22:26. > :22:28.wish them well. They followed the Clyde through Glasgow, past the
:22:29. > :22:37.hospitals they've delivered patients to. Then a graceful turn north into
:22:38. > :22:44.the Highlands and mountains. The scene of some of their most daring
:22:45. > :22:50.rescues. On the ground, rescue teams from all over fired flares, waved
:22:51. > :22:55.and called in. It's all understood, once again, thank you very much for
:22:56. > :23:02.all your support and help over the many years. A genuine show of
:23:03. > :23:10.affection for what we've done. You see how many people are around, the
:23:11. > :23:13.different types of people supporting us, whether it's fire brigade, and
:23:14. > :23:19.villains service, just ordinary individuals. These teams have seen
:23:20. > :23:20.these hills and mountains at their deadly worst, in blizzards and
:23:21. > :23:31.gales, but today, appropriately, it was simply breathtaking. Final
:23:32. > :23:35.stages. Flight circled around Stirlingshire over the Forth Road
:23:36. > :23:38.Bridge and a special moment, down through the capital, past the
:23:39. > :23:45.castle, down Princes Street, over Arthur 's seat. And finally the last
:23:46. > :23:47.touchdown back at base. A lot more emotional than I thought it would
:23:48. > :23:52.be, a couple of the group mentioned that as we were taxiing out, being
:23:53. > :23:56.the people who turned out to say goodbye. It was an emotional moment.
:23:57. > :24:02.Really fabulous trip, quite emotional for all of us, great to
:24:03. > :24:05.see everybody out there waving and sorry it's over, but it's been
:24:06. > :24:10.fabulous. HMS Gannett was the last ever military search and rescue
:24:11. > :24:14.unit. The Coast Guard has now taken over, but after four decades in the
:24:15. > :24:20.air over Scotland, today was, quite simply, the end of an era.
:24:21. > :24:28.What a gorgeous country we live in. Shelley has details of Scotland
:24:29. > :24:32.2016. How do we protect children from explicit images on the
:24:33. > :24:37.Internet? I'll be speaking to the woman who teaches five-year-olds how
:24:38. > :24:40.to beat pawn aware. And Britain's first Muslim MP tells me how he
:24:41. > :24:48.thinks goodish labour just wasn't ready a black MP. Join me on BBC Two
:24:49. > :24:54.at 10:30pm. -- Scottish Labour. The helicopters were lucky with their
:24:55. > :24:58.weather. Weather watchers have been out in force, let me show you a few,
:24:59. > :25:05.Sally. Beautiful skies and snow on the ground here in Perthshire
:25:06. > :25:10.earlier on. And snowy scenes in Midlothian as well, this was earlier
:25:11. > :25:12.this morning. Even if you wanted snow and didn't have it, hopefully
:25:13. > :25:18.blue skies will have put a spring in your step. The number of showers on
:25:19. > :25:24.the radar this evening... A win to reach mix of them, they will
:25:25. > :25:26.continue overnight. We have Met Office be aware warning for snow and
:25:27. > :25:32.ice. The northern and western parts of the country. The further east you
:25:33. > :25:33.are it should stay dry. Showers continue to feed their way in on a
:25:34. > :25:39.fresh north-westerly and the wins for Shetland gusting to gale force
:25:40. > :25:46.overnight. To the east of the spine of the country largely dry, it'll be
:25:47. > :25:47.cold wherever you are with risk of ice. Temperatures in towns and
:25:48. > :25:55.cities the role-minus two. In the countryside anything to minus six.
:25:56. > :25:55.We could see issues on the roads around Glasgow towards Ayrshire,
:25:56. > :26:02.Dumfries and Galloway and Lanarkshire. Through the day,
:26:03. > :26:04.showers clear. Plenty of sunshine around, largely dry but with wins in
:26:05. > :26:09.the north we start to see showers affecting more northern and
:26:10. > :26:10.north-eastern parts. By mid-afternoon its triad bright for
:26:11. > :26:16.the Central Belt and southwards. On the West Coast 5-6dC, but for many a
:26:17. > :26:23.chilly 2-3. Wintry showers coming in on the northerly especially towards
:26:24. > :26:25.Western Aberdeenshire, the Inverness area and the far north. One or two
:26:26. > :26:29.showers, too, for Orkney and Shetland. The winds easing down.
:26:30. > :26:36.Towards evening wintry showers peppering the east coast for a
:26:37. > :26:36.while. In many areas, dry, clear and cold. Temperatures approaching minus
:26:37. > :26:44.double digits, especially where there is snow cover. Into the
:26:45. > :26:47.weekend, dry, fine weather around. A cold start but plenty of sunshine. I
:26:48. > :26:53.cloud pushing in from the west during the day turning things milky,
:26:54. > :27:00.but dry. Severe frost wherever you are, really very cold weather
:27:01. > :27:06.indeed, that's the forecast. A reminder of tonight's main news.
:27:07. > :27:13.New hope for the future of the Scottish steel industry. Liberty
:27:14. > :27:20.house has confirmed it interested in buying mothballed sites in
:27:21. > :27:28.Lanarkshire. Five people involved in the Hatton Garden robbery. The men,
:27:29. > :27:30.Bill Lincoln, huge oil and Carl Wood there were led by a group of
:27:31. > :27:34.experienced chemicals, they still jewellery and valuables worth an
:27:35. > :27:39.estimated ?40 million over Easter weekend last year. I'll be back with
:27:40. > :27:41.a headline that it PM and the late bulletin just after the ten o'clock
:27:42. > :27:43.News. Until then, good