:00:00. > :00:00.and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.
:00:00. > :00:10.How adding folic acid to all flour could cut the number of children
:00:11. > :00:21.I know plenty of people that have had late pregnancies or not found
:00:22. > :00:27.out who don't know to take folic acid, so if it was in the bread, it
:00:28. > :00:27.would reduce the risk of it happening.
:00:28. > :00:29.Around 80 countries around the world already add it to their flour.
:00:30. > :00:35.Climate change experts say they're concerned about cuts
:00:36. > :00:37.to the Scottish Government's spending on measures designed
:00:38. > :00:40.The Dounreay nuclear site closed more than 20 years ago,
:00:41. > :00:42.but engineers are still decommissioning the plant's main
:00:43. > :00:48.The value of Scotland's farmed salmon exports drops,
:00:49. > :00:52.with some key markets down by almost a third.
:00:53. > :00:56.And the weather Down Under makes Andy Murray feel at home,
:00:57. > :01:14.ahead of his third round match at the Australian Open.
:01:15. > :01:19.Scotland could be the first part of the UK to add
:01:20. > :01:23.Concerns are mounting that there could be an increase
:01:24. > :01:25.in birth defects if the supplement isn't added.
:01:26. > :01:29.A decision has been delayed by the Westminster government.
:01:30. > :01:32.Folic acid plays a crucial role in preventing birth defects such
:01:33. > :01:35.as spina bifida, but most women don't eat enough to minimise
:01:36. > :01:46.Here's our health correspondent Eleanor Bradford.
:01:47. > :01:54.Are you putting the baby in the bed? Linen's mum was planning her wedding
:01:55. > :01:59.and did not know she was pregnant until a scan showed Sewell -- she
:02:00. > :02:02.was seven months gone and that her baby had spina bifida. Orange Micro
:02:03. > :02:05.trying to get over the shock of having a baby in a few weeks' time
:02:06. > :02:09.but also that she had spina bifida. We were terrified before she came
:02:10. > :02:11.along. But the doctors were very good, they talked us through
:02:12. > :02:18.everything that would happen, before she came. Lily is one of an
:02:19. > :02:22.estimated 2000 babies born in the last 16 years in the UK whose
:02:23. > :02:27.disability could have been prevented if folic acid had been added to the
:02:28. > :02:31.food chain. Folic acid is found in several foods but particularly
:02:32. > :02:35.green, leafy vegetables. It is vital in pregnancy to prevent brain and
:02:36. > :02:40.spine defects but 85% of women don't get enough. That means if they have
:02:41. > :02:45.an unplanned pregnancy or don't take supplements, their babies at risk.
:02:46. > :02:50.16 years ago, the US started adding folic acid to flour. The number of
:02:51. > :02:54.affected pregnancies fell and there were no adverse effects. In
:02:55. > :02:59.Scotland, it's a different story. Every week in Scotland, there's
:03:00. > :03:03.another new pregnancy affected. Are you frustrated by the lack of action
:03:04. > :03:09.so far? It's a bit frustrating because this has gone on for years
:03:10. > :03:16.now. The evidence is clear. Fortification absolutely works. That
:03:17. > :03:16.frustration is clearly shared by the Scottish Government, who told the
:03:17. > :03:36.BBC:. If Scotland does decide to go ahead
:03:37. > :03:39.and add folic acid to flour, it would have wide repercussions.
:03:40. > :03:44.Supply lines don't end at the border. UK manufacturers may just
:03:45. > :03:49.add it to all their bread. For Yvonne, it can't come soon enough. I
:03:50. > :03:53.know plenty of people who have hardly pregnancies or not found out
:03:54. > :03:57.or don't know to take folic acid. If it was in the flour, it would reduce
:03:58. > :04:00.the risk of it happening. Eleanor Bradford, Reporting Scotland.
:04:01. > :04:02.Scotland's record on tackling climate change and fuel poverty
:04:03. > :04:04.is under renewed scrutiny, amidst criticism of the Scottish
:04:05. > :04:06.government's plan to cut spending on measures designed
:04:07. > :04:10.Ministers have defended their record.
:04:11. > :04:17.Our environment correspondent, David Miller, reports.
:04:18. > :04:23.These are the experts who advise the UK and Scottish governments on
:04:24. > :04:28.climate change. They have been meeting in Edinburgh. High on the
:04:29. > :04:32.agenda, the Scottish Guzman's plan to cut climate spending by almost
:04:33. > :04:37.10%. What we will hold their feet to the fire about is, do they achieve
:04:38. > :04:42.the end? Do they cut the omissions? Do they help detect the world from
:04:43. > :04:49.climate change? Do they keep a Scotland which is worth living in
:04:50. > :04:52.for our children and grandchildren? Critics say the cuts will make it
:04:53. > :04:57.harder for Scotland to fight fuel poverty as well as climate change.
:04:58. > :05:00.This year, the number of people in fuel poverty is the same as last
:05:01. > :05:03.which is not a standard which should be acceptable. If we want to tackle
:05:04. > :05:06.climate change and improve the quality of Scottish homes and make
:05:07. > :05:09.sure no one lives very hard to heat home, we need to increase the budget
:05:10. > :05:13.for energy efficiency to at least what it was last year but ideally
:05:14. > :05:17.above that so we can begin to invest in improving housing stock. Last
:05:18. > :05:22.year, ministers pledged spending on climate change would be a priority.
:05:23. > :05:27.We will ensure that climate change is a top priority through a Cabinet
:05:28. > :05:31.agreement to embed climate change in the autumn budget process. But
:05:32. > :05:33.campaigners say there is no evidence that has happened. In response, Dr
:05:34. > :05:50.McLeod said:. Renewable energy is an area where
:05:51. > :05:55.the committee sees Scotland as an example to the rest of the UK. But
:05:56. > :06:00.members are warning more must be done on energy efficiency,
:06:01. > :06:03.especially in social housing. Scotland does have some of the
:06:04. > :06:09.world's most ambitious climate change policies. But interim targets
:06:10. > :06:11.have repeatedly been missed. Ministers are finding their pledges
:06:12. > :06:18.are coming under increasingly intense scrutiny. David Miller,
:06:19. > :06:20.reporting Scotland, at the Edinburgh Centre for carbon innovation.
:06:21. > :06:21.You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC.
:06:22. > :06:24.Still to come on tonight's programme.
:06:25. > :06:26.Gyspy travellers in South Ayrshire receive financial help,
:06:27. > :06:30.a month after Storm Frank flooded them out of their homes.
:06:31. > :06:33.In sport, Andy Murray's got a new adversary to contend
:06:34. > :06:36.with at the Australian Open: the Aussie rain.
:06:37. > :06:45.Despite four defeats on the spin, Glasgow Warriors
:06:46. > :06:52.are in high spirits, but can they end their losing streak?
:06:53. > :06:55.Scotland's biggest fish farm business -
:06:56. > :06:57.Marine Harvest - announced earlier this week that it was losing
:06:58. > :07:03.But now Reporting Scotland has seen new figures, which show just how
:07:04. > :07:08.The volume of fish sold to key markets round the world fell
:07:09. > :07:23.We know that up to 100 jobs are going from Marine Harvest.
:07:24. > :07:31.But now we also know just how tough the past year has been for the whole
:07:32. > :07:35.fish farming industry. The value of exports sold around the world was
:07:36. > :07:42.down by more than ?100 million last year, a fall of over 20% compared
:07:43. > :07:45.with the year before. 2015 was a challenging year. A number of things
:07:46. > :07:51.happen. The Russian trade embargo was announced in late 2014. And
:07:52. > :07:54.currency has changed dramatically. Our largest competitor is Norway and
:07:55. > :08:00.their currency has dropped against the pound over 25%. The two major
:08:01. > :08:04.things have compiled -- conspired against us. Looking in detail at key
:08:05. > :08:08.export markets, the amount of fish sold to Europe went up by a tiny
:08:09. > :08:13.amount but sales to the USA and Canada were down by more than 28%
:08:14. > :08:21.and the Far East was down by almost the same amount. -- volume going to
:08:22. > :08:24.the Far East. Almost 6000 jobs are directly relied on the Scottish
:08:25. > :08:27.salmon industry and in some fragile communities. But exports are
:08:28. > :08:31.volatile and there's a lot of factors out of our control which
:08:32. > :08:34.impact whether they go up or down. But generally, we are seeing big
:08:35. > :08:37.investment in the salmon industry. We need to buy the structure to
:08:38. > :08:42.allow it to grow because the demand is there. -- to find the structures.
:08:43. > :08:45.We should know where the Marine Harvest jobs are going within the
:08:46. > :08:50.next month but the rest of the industry might be looking to cut its
:08:51. > :08:54.costs, too. We have remained static about production for 15 years and
:08:55. > :08:57.costs have been rising during that time. We can sustain and withstand
:08:58. > :09:02.that when prices are good and when the market is good but when things
:09:03. > :09:10.go as they did in 2015, it makes it much more challenging. Of course,
:09:11. > :09:12.the problem is that fish farm jobs tend to be in summer Scotland's most
:09:13. > :09:14.rural communities, where other work may be hard to find. Huw Williams,
:09:15. > :09:16.Reporting Scotland. Family and friends of those who've
:09:17. > :09:19.been killed in terrorist attacks overseas are being asked
:09:20. > :09:21.what they would like to see as a memorial, and where
:09:22. > :09:23.it should be sited. Plans for a national memorial
:09:24. > :09:26.to remember Britons killed by terrorism abroad were announced
:09:27. > :09:32.by the Prime Minister last year. 44-year-old aid worker David Haines,
:09:33. > :09:35.a father of two from Perth, was murdered by Islamic State
:09:36. > :09:48.terrorists in Syria in 2014. I think, for myself, I have thought
:09:49. > :09:56.about this. I think maybe a garden of remembrance but with plaques
:09:57. > :10:00.depicting the faces of my brother and the other people who have been
:10:01. > :10:02.lost to terrorism. Engineers at the Dounreay nuclear
:10:03. > :10:04.site in Caithness are beginning a crucial phase in decommissioning
:10:05. > :10:06.the plant's main reactor. It was shut down in 1994,
:10:07. > :10:10.but the task of dismantling highly radioactive components continues,
:10:11. > :10:15.with robots and the memories of some long serving-staff
:10:16. > :10:29.called in to help. Back in the 1950s, it was the
:10:30. > :10:32.nuclear dream, the white heat of technology that would provide
:10:33. > :10:36.limitless cheap energy. But by the end of the century, the UK's atomic
:10:37. > :10:42.fast breeder project had been snuffed out. This test rig is
:10:43. > :10:46.designed to replicate the conditions engineer 's will have to face when
:10:47. > :10:50.they begin dismantling Dounreay's prototype fast reactor. They are
:10:51. > :10:54.testing robotic tools, is specially designed on-site to be remotely
:10:55. > :10:58.operated within the highly radioactive innards of the reactor
:10:59. > :11:02.vessel. What we are doing is dividing tools to go into cut nuts
:11:03. > :11:07.and separate components so we can physically lift them out through a
:11:08. > :11:12.small penetration at the top of the reactor. Various drills, cutters and
:11:13. > :11:16.grabs have been devised and tested. Although the reactor was shut down
:11:17. > :11:21.more than 20 years ago, sending in humans would be fatal. You can't
:11:22. > :11:25.build a tool and put it straight into the reactor. If you have any
:11:26. > :11:29.problems, the thing will be contaminated. And then there's no
:11:30. > :11:36.way of decontaminating it you can't modify it. We have two ensure that
:11:37. > :11:40.each tool works perfectly. It is fortunate that a few senior staff,
:11:41. > :11:45.who have worked on the site since the 1960s and 1970s, are still
:11:46. > :11:49.around to help. There's very few people left that are still working
:11:50. > :11:52.that have the knowledge, the intense knowledge, have crawled through
:11:53. > :11:57.every corner of the reactor vessel and this is where I come in with the
:11:58. > :12:02.help with Calder. When he is designing his tools, I can visualise
:12:03. > :12:05.where they are going. When they were building the plant at Dounreay, some
:12:06. > :12:11.of the best engineering brains in the country were imported for what
:12:12. > :12:14.was a pioneering experiment. Now the plant is being decommissioned, there
:12:15. > :12:17.is some irony but also symmetry in the fact that the same brains are
:12:18. > :12:25.being used to find solutions to help dismantle it. The site is aiming to
:12:26. > :12:29.be the European reference site for decommissioning. The NDA supports
:12:30. > :12:34.that. It has to be good for the UK and it is also having to be good for
:12:35. > :12:38.any contractors working on the project, to allow them to bid for
:12:39. > :12:42.work elsewhere in Europe. Engineers expect it will take another ten
:12:43. > :12:45.years to completely dismantle the reactor. Craig Anderson, Reporting
:12:46. > :12:47.Scotland, Dounreay. A look at other stories
:12:48. > :12:49.from across the country. Highland Council says more than 500
:12:50. > :12:53.staff have responded The authority is struggling
:12:54. > :12:58.to cut its wage bill in the face of cuts and a possible budget
:12:59. > :13:02.shortfall of ?38 million. The council is the largest
:13:03. > :13:15.employer in the area, We need to provide safe and
:13:16. > :13:20.effective services, albeit within a new set of financial constraints. We
:13:21. > :13:23.will be asking directors to review all of the applications that have
:13:24. > :13:28.come forward and to see which of those can be considered manageable.
:13:29. > :13:30.Fire crews were called to Edinburgh Airport this afternoon,
:13:31. > :13:33.after three cars caught fire in the multistorey car park.
:13:34. > :13:35.The airport terminal remained open while crews tackled the blaze
:13:36. > :13:42.A Dumfriesshire pet food production company has been
:13:43. > :13:44.fined ?80,000, following the death of a 36-year-old
:13:45. > :13:52.Renatas Timofejevas was operating a loading vehicle
:13:53. > :13:54.at the Alba Proteins plant, near Dumfries, when he was found
:13:55. > :14:05.Bosses at NHS Highland say they are at risk of ending
:14:06. > :14:07.the financial year more than ?2 million in the red.
:14:08. > :14:09.The health board has revealed it's still struggling
:14:10. > :14:12.to contain overspend problems at Raigmore hospital in Inverness
:14:13. > :14:15.and in the rural north-west Highland area.
:14:16. > :14:19.Amazon is increasing its presence in Scotland,
:14:20. > :14:22.as part of its expansion plans which will see it take on 2,500
:14:23. > :14:28.The company is increasing its workforce at its research
:14:29. > :14:34.and development and customer services centres in Edinburgh.
:14:35. > :14:36.Gypsy travellers in South Ayrshire say they were largely left to fend
:14:37. > :14:39.for themselves, after Storm Frank flooded them out of their homes
:14:40. > :14:47.South Ayrshire Council have confirmed that the travellers
:14:48. > :14:49.are now receiving flood payments of ?1500 each,
:14:50. > :14:52.but families living at the site in Girvan say they were left
:14:53. > :14:54.with nothing and still need extra assistance.
:14:55. > :15:10.A family home that became a family disaster. During last month's
:15:11. > :15:13.storms. We came back and it was devastation. Everyone was screaming.
:15:14. > :15:18.My brother was trying to get to the kids to the top of the hill.
:15:19. > :15:22.Everyone made it by half an hour and then we were up to our necks. The
:15:23. > :15:26.travelling community at this site in Girvan could do nothing but watch
:15:27. > :15:31.their caravans being washed away. The water was up to here in the
:15:32. > :15:36.caravans. As you can see, everything is destroyed. The outhouses,
:15:37. > :15:40.education block, children's playground, kitchen facilities and
:15:41. > :15:44.toilets were all submerged. This site has been flooded before by the
:15:45. > :15:51.River Gervin, just behind me, but for the last four years, this pump
:15:52. > :15:54.here has kept the waters at bay. But on the night of Storm Frank, nothing
:15:55. > :16:01.could keep the waters from coming in. Eight families, including nine
:16:02. > :16:06.children and an elderly couple, asked the council for help. They
:16:07. > :16:11.gave us generators and petrol for a week. They did not supply any water.
:16:12. > :16:17.I pay my taxes and my rent and that is the way they treat me. We have
:16:18. > :16:20.stayed in caravans all our lives. Travellers have been here for
:16:21. > :16:23.millions of years in Kent and caravans. Why do they expect us to
:16:24. > :16:27.go into a house which is not ours? It is not our culture. Despite the
:16:28. > :16:32.travellers feeling neglected, the council say they are doing their
:16:33. > :16:35.bit. We have provided them with temporary accommodation where
:16:36. > :16:39.requested. Where it was not requested, we have supported them in
:16:40. > :16:43.other ways. Do you think you've done enough? It's an awful situation the
:16:44. > :16:48.travellers have faced and we will continue to work with them. In terms
:16:49. > :16:51.of have we done enough, we continue to work with them and anything we
:16:52. > :16:54.can do to support, along with the community and other organisations,
:16:55. > :16:59.we will continue to provide them. For now, some of the travellers are
:17:00. > :17:05.camped at the entrance, in borrowed caravans. They refused to leave. Are
:17:06. > :17:10.you expecting special treatment? No, no, I just want our caravans and a
:17:11. > :17:14.piece of land and some activity. We don't want the world. Although they
:17:15. > :17:17.can't live here, they are watching over it and fiercely protecting it
:17:18. > :17:23.until the help they feel they need arrives.
:17:24. > :17:30.He's been around for millions of years!
:17:31. > :17:32.Andy Murray says he has nothing but respect for his third
:17:33. > :17:34.round opponent at the Australian Open.
:17:35. > :17:37.That's despite beating Joao Sousa in all six previous meetings.
:17:38. > :17:39.The pair meet tomorrow morning, and as Kheredine Idessane reports,
:17:40. > :17:48.Murray's preparation has had a decidedly Scottish feel to it.
:17:49. > :17:53.Well, Andy Murray must have felt particularly at home in Melbourne
:17:54. > :17:57.this afternoon because for large parts of the day it was raining and
:17:58. > :18:02.it meant large parts of the tennis schedule were completely wiped out,
:18:03. > :18:07.not good news for the players who had to practice in doors, and not
:18:08. > :18:11.good for the fans either who had to take shelter or cover up until the
:18:12. > :18:16.rain finally cleared away. Andy Murray is trying to clear away into
:18:17. > :18:20.the second week at the Australian open, next up tomorrow is Joao
:18:21. > :18:26.Sousa, from Portugal who handy Murray has beaten in each of their
:18:27. > :18:31.six matches. Something the Portuguese is determined to rectify
:18:32. > :18:37.tomorrow. I've tried to learn in every match that I play against him.
:18:38. > :18:44.I tried to learn what I have done and not done well. So this time I
:18:45. > :18:51.hope it is going to be a different thing. For sure, I will give my best
:18:52. > :18:54.and I'm playing well. He knows how to win matches and he understands
:18:55. > :19:02.the game well, and he gets the most out of his game. So if I play well I
:19:03. > :19:05.have got a good chance obviously, but he is the sort of player that if
:19:06. > :19:11.your level is not quite there he will make it tough. As he did when I
:19:12. > :19:15.played him at the French Open, I was in a bit of trouble against him
:19:16. > :19:20.there. It's another trip to the second show court, the Margaret
:19:21. > :19:24.Court Arena against Joao Sousa. They will start at 8pm for a place in the
:19:25. > :19:27.fourth round against an Aussie, either Bernard Tomic or John
:19:28. > :19:28.Millman. In football, there's
:19:29. > :19:30.a hugely significant match tomorrow, one midfielder John Rankin
:19:31. > :19:33.says they simply must win. United are bottom of
:19:34. > :19:35.the Premiership, 14 points behind Kilmarnock,
:19:36. > :19:37.who they play at Tannadice. Defeat would mean relegation
:19:38. > :19:53.is increasingly likely for United. This is probably the biggest game in
:19:54. > :19:57.my career. I have played in European ties. And cup finals, but this is
:19:58. > :20:04.bigger than any cup final. We have to win tomorrow. There is no shying
:20:05. > :20:07.away from it. Everybody knows that. It is pressure. To be honest it is
:20:08. > :20:12.probably a pressure now that we have got to the stage where it will be
:20:13. > :20:15.all right, it will be all right... It won't be. We need to win now.
:20:16. > :20:19.Before that Aberdeen have the chance to narrow Celtic's lead at the top
:20:20. > :20:24.The match is live on Radio Scotland with live text on the BBC
:20:25. > :20:28.They've lost four matches in a row, are heading out
:20:29. > :20:30.of Rugby's European Cup and will soon lose 16 players
:20:31. > :20:34.Despite that, Glasgow Warriors still have high expectations
:20:35. > :20:39.for the rest of the season, according to winger Tommy Seymour.
:20:40. > :20:42.And ahead of a home game with a difference, the Warriors
:20:43. > :20:43.believe they can triumph in adversity.
:20:44. > :21:00.The Warriors' temporary home for their final European tie against
:21:01. > :21:06.Racing is Rugby Park, the posts are up and the artificial surface makes
:21:07. > :21:10.a welcome change from the sodden turfs. Which problems haven't been
:21:11. > :21:14.the only challenge. The World Cup took away 20 players which was
:21:15. > :21:17.always going to be difficult and what has compounded that is the
:21:18. > :21:23.injuries they have picked up. They have had to go into their reserves
:21:24. > :21:29.which will challenge any club. The effects are plain for all to see, at
:21:30. > :21:34.this stage last term Glasgow had lost just twice in the league and
:21:35. > :21:38.this season's form has been patchy, raising questions about their
:21:39. > :21:42.ability to defend the title. This side is capable of getting back into
:21:43. > :21:47.the play-offs, we know how difficult it will be but we will concentrate
:21:48. > :21:50.on this and we want to do it, we are not the sort of side to lower our
:21:51. > :21:56.expectations just because things have got harder. If the pressure is
:21:57. > :22:01.building on Glasgow with this four game losing run it is well hidden
:22:02. > :22:08.and Berend flap about coach draws belief from past experience. --
:22:09. > :22:11.unflappable coach. We won against Northampton in the last minute and
:22:12. > :22:16.it was such a boost, we put everything into the game to win and
:22:17. > :22:19.it kept us going for the rest of the season so we will do everything
:22:20. > :22:25.tomorrow. They could do with a ray of light as they seek to reignite
:22:26. > :22:28.their season. We need to reignite Alex Marshall.
:22:29. > :22:31.is through to the semifinals of this years singles,
:22:32. > :22:32.comprehensively beating another Scot, Stewart Anderson.
:22:33. > :22:36.The man nicknamed Tatty, who's after his seventh world title,
:22:37. > :22:39.defeated the 2013 champion 10-2, 9-2.
:22:40. > :22:45.He'll play Englands Robert Paxman in tomorrow's semifinals.
:22:46. > :22:52.I felt so comfortable out there and I felt I could have beaten anybody
:22:53. > :22:56.today. Stewart is fantastic but he wasn't at his best. You know he will
:22:57. > :23:02.be back and he will win this tournament again. I am over the moon
:23:03. > :23:05.to get back to the semifinals. All the best to Tatty. That is a great
:23:06. > :23:08.nickname. Thanks very much. The copper stills used to make
:23:09. > :23:10.whisky are unique to each distillery - playing a part in making
:23:11. > :23:13.every whisky different. Because the stills have
:23:14. > :23:15.to be made individually, they're beaten by hand
:23:16. > :23:17.in the traditional way. Sarah Toom went to meet some
:23:18. > :23:27.of the coppersmiths. Putting the perfect curve on a
:23:28. > :23:30.copper pot still, craftsman at the Abercrombie works are busier than
:23:31. > :23:35.ever thanks to the high demand for Scotch whiskey. Traditional skills
:23:36. > :23:40.take ten years to master but well learned they say it is a career that
:23:41. > :23:43.will last a lifetime. We all like different whiskeys and everybody has
:23:44. > :23:48.their favourite so whiskey stills have to be unique. That is why they
:23:49. > :23:54.are made by hand. You cannot automate the process. The craft has
:23:55. > :23:58.been passed down through the generations for two centuries,
:23:59. > :24:03.sometimes literally as is the case with these two. My dad taught me a
:24:04. > :24:08.lot. There is a good future for the young lads here. There is not many
:24:09. > :24:17.people that can actually do what we do. The stewards are not the only
:24:18. > :24:21.family pair here. This man is proud to be passing on the legacy to his
:24:22. > :24:30.nephew. It's good to see you women coming through and learning skills
:24:31. > :24:34.with their hands. -- younger men. Instead of the computer. We have
:24:35. > :24:38.always been interested in finding out how they have been made so I
:24:39. > :24:45.heard about the job and I applied for it. I got it. This is one of the
:24:46. > :24:48.most traditional crafts in Scottish industry but thanks to the
:24:49. > :24:51.continuing interest in Scotch whiskey worldwide there will be many
:24:52. > :24:54.more of these workers for years to come.
:24:55. > :24:57.Let's see what we can expect from the weekend weather.
:24:58. > :25:10.Thank you. What a difference a day made and plenty of sunshine across
:25:11. > :25:14.the country with blue skies captured by the weather watchers at the
:25:15. > :25:18.Borders. A number of showers around but fairly mild compared with recent
:25:19. > :25:27.nights. Showers being pushed in on a fairly fresh wind. As we head
:25:28. > :25:31.through the night the showers fizzle out and the wind eases down. It will
:25:32. > :25:36.be milder than of late with temperatures around five or six
:25:37. > :25:42.Celsius, cooler across the north-east. A touch of frost in one
:25:43. > :25:47.or two glens. For most it will be dry with spells of sunshine through
:25:48. > :25:50.the morning although it will increase through the afternoon and
:25:51. > :25:53.the wet weather will hold out through the Highlands and Islands
:25:54. > :26:02.and Northern Isles where it will be windy. Probably cloudy in the
:26:03. > :26:05.morning but still very mild. The wind will be lighter inland. The
:26:06. > :26:10.best of the sunshine towards Murray and Aberdeenshire. To the west of
:26:11. > :26:17.Inverness there will be wet weather and holding on as it will do through
:26:18. > :26:20.Orkney and Shetland. If you are hill walking or climbing in the
:26:21. > :26:26.north-west it will be cloudy and wet. Further south it will be dry
:26:27. > :26:30.with fog to start the day across the Galloway Hills. The wind from the
:26:31. > :26:37.south-west, steady speeds through the morning. For all ranges the wind
:26:38. > :26:43.will be easing down. The best of the sunshine across the Eastern
:26:44. > :26:45.Cairngorms. We are looking at south-westerly Force five soberly.
:26:46. > :26:51.Good visibility. -- soberly. We are looking at a south-westerly
:26:52. > :27:04.going soberly. Pushing in a cross towards the
:27:05. > :27:08.central belt in the evening and further north staying largely dry
:27:09. > :27:13.with breezes across the west coast. Low pressure in charge on Sunday.
:27:14. > :27:18.Rather windy at times, cloudy and wet but much milder. A rather wet
:27:19. > :27:22.morning with the rain being confined to the north and north-west.
:27:23. > :27:25.Elsewhere cloudy with drizzle. Fairly murky across the Southern
:27:26. > :27:32.uplands with temperatures 12 or 13 Celsius. We could even reach 15
:27:33. > :27:38.degrees. That is the forecast for now. Thanks very much, Chris. I will
:27:39. > :27:41.be back with the headlines at eight and a late bulletin after the ten
:27:42. > :27:44.o'clock news. Until then, have a good evening. Goodbye.