26/01/2016 Reporting Scotland


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With 100 days to go until Scotland goes to the polls to choose the next

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Scottish Government, the campaigning has begun.

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While Labour's Kezia Dugdale insists she can turn round her party's poor

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showing at recent elections, the SNP Leader Nicola Sturgeon says

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she's taking nothing for granted and will be fighting for every vote.

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Here's our political editor, Brian Taylor.

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Kezia's leading a fantastic campaign.

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Labour's Scottish leader talks tactics with Jeremy Corbyn's Shadow

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Polls suggest Labour is struggling in Scotland,

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It is a challenging time, the polls are evidence of that

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but I'm determined to turn that around.

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I am confident and I'm upbeat about the future and faced

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between using the new powers of the Parliament to invest

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in our kids' education or to continue to manage austerity

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are intent on doing, I know which one Scots will choose.

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The First Minister leads Scottish Cabinet talks on North Sea

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oil and gas, identifying four key areas for action.

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She defends the SNP's record in power but looks

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Education and closing the attainment gap is top of my agenda,

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the health service so that it copes with challenges of the future,

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and make sure we are supporting a knowledge-based

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So we'll have big ideas and big ambitions in this

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campaign and I look forward to persuading people in Scotland

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Ruth Davidson says she is ready to tackle the challenge

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of supplanting Labaour as principal opposition at Holyrood.

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I would say to people out there, if you don't change

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the Government, think about changing the opposition, have an opposition

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that will truly hold the Government to account.

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The Scottish Conservatives pledge to properly do that.

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Also to protect your family's finances when the new tax powers

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always stand up for Scotland's place in the UK.

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Willie Rennie's current team at Holyrood is limited,

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but he insists there is potential support out there.

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People in Scotland like their liberal values of investing

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in education, protecting the NHS and what's best about it,

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but also safeguarding our civil liberties and protecting

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People like those policies, that package is progressive

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and positive and that's why I think more and more people will come back

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Enduring the inclement climate in Glasgow, the Greens say they can

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move up the Holyrood ranks with focus on the environment.

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There is no reason we couldn't overtake the Liberal Democrats

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to become the fourth party, or better still, in the next

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Parliament, but the most important thing

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is to get the message right about the direction

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A fairer, more equal, more sustainable and healthy society.

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Told you these elections were a big deal!

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The Electoral Commission and the homeless charity Shelter

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have urged everyone to register to vote, but don't worry,

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the ballot boxes that you fill should be to scale.

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Earlier I spoke to our political editor Brian Taylor and I asked him

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what's going to be different in this election.

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We are used to debates about education, the health service and

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transport, about public sector -- pub expecting. In the next 100 days

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of other parties will have to spill at their plans on tax and

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specifically what they plan to do to amend or replace the council tax.

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There are plans for business rates and above all their plans for what

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they will do with the new powers coming Holyrood's week on all the

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income tax rates and banned in Scotland. This is why this is a big

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election. -- bans. A second man has been arrested

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following the death of a 21 year-old Jamie Johnstone, from

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Cranhill, died after being found with serious injuries

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in Balbeggie Street, Police have confirmed that

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a 25-year-old man has been arrested and is being detained in connection

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with the incident. 22-year-old Nico Donnelly has

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already been charged A man's been arrested

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after a shopkeeper was shot in the leg during an attempted

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robbery at a convenience store The 25-year-old who's been detained

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is expected to appear The engineers in charge

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of the construction of the Queensferry Crossing say

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they're using every available break in the winter weather to ensure

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the bridge can be completed, as scheduled, by

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the end of this year. Our transport correspondent,

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David Miller, reports. The Queensferry Crossing is now less

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than a year from completion. This remarkable drone footage

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reveals the progress being made. Construction remains under

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budget and on schedule, This is the first break

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in the weather we have had The rain has stopped for the moment

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but as you can probably see, the wind remains strong,

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and all of that has an impact out there, where high winds can play

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havoc with the schedule. Sections of the deck cannot be

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slotted into place in high winds, that can mean a long

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and frustrating wait for workers. We took a section out

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there on the barge, we had it sitting underneath

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the South Pier all day. It looked as if it wasn't

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going to be able to go, but we knew there was a chance

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of a lull, and they got finished Bosses say that once it is complete,

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the new crossing will be well-placed The wires are coated in wax,

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then encased in this sheathing. The wires were exposed for a year

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or so on the Forth Road Bridge against the elements,

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and when they were protected a lot of moisture was already in the cable

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at that point before so that is the fundamental

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difference between the two. It is still hard to believe

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the first vehicles are due to cross this bridge in December,

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much remains to be done but plans are already under way

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for the opening celebrations. The storm that caused severe

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blizzards across the east coast of America at the weekend brought

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heavy rain and winds to much High winds upturned two lorries

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on the A1. Pupils in Aberfoyle had to be

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rescued from a flooded school. And in Edinburgh, a passenger

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on a bus was injured after a chimney For the two drivers, a lucky escape.

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of wind on the A1 this morning, In the capital, the high

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winds were responsible In Edinburgh, there were dramatic

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scenes earlier when a chimney pot It left a male passenger injured.

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and smashed into the window The road remained closed

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for much of the day. As the rain hammered

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down and winds swept through, there was

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transport disruption. Waves crashed over the train line

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in Saltcoats, and in Stornoway waves Much of the afternoon was spent

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pumping water away on the A9. The M8 carriageway

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was closed for a while. It is persistent rain,

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not necessarily a downpour, The hills are wet, the water

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is running off them Even though the drainage

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system is running free, that amount of water on the road,

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the drainage system Firefighters were called out

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to a flooded school in Aberfoyle But the bad weather always brings

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joy to some, this windsurfer was catching some very

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big waves in Troon. With more rain on its way tonight,

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maybe it is time to get Tony Blair says he thinks Scotland

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will become an independent country if the UK votes to break away

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from the European Union. Speaking to a French radio station,

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the former Prime Minister added that he hopes voters will choose

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to stay part of the EU Earlier this week,

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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said there would be "overwhelming demand"

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for a second independence vote, should Scotland be taken out

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of Europe, despite Figures out today show there were no

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lives lost in accidents on the A9 between Inverness and Dunblane

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during the second half of last year. It's the longest period of time

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without a fatal crash on the road Safety groups say it's clear that

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average speed cameras, installed last October,

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are saving lives. I think it does show the indication

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for the measures that have been put in place. Some have criticised, but

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what it has shown is that we have been able to save lives, make the

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roads safer, reduce speeding and particularly excessive speeding.

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Plans to restrict camping in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

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National Park have been approved by the Scottish Government.

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New bylaws will "regulate" camping in three areas.

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Ramblers Scotland and the Mountaineering Council

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of Scotland have criticised the move, saying the laws

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Football, and there were two Scottish Cup fourth

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Dundee beat Falkirk 3-1 at Dens Park in their rearranged match -

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And Linlithgow Rose will meet Ross County in the next round,

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after beating Forfar 1-0 in extra time.

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Scotland's oldest football club has appealed for help in tracing

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Queen's Park say Harry the Hoopo's head has recently been taken

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from the Glasgow club's youth and community facility.

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And world number two Andy Murray will continue his pursuit of a first

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Australian Open title when he plays the Spaniard, 34-year-old

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David Ferrer, in a quarterfinal tie in Melbourne early tomorrow morning.

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Murray has made it to the finals of the event on four occasions,

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The Up Helly Aa fire festival in Shetland put almost 1,000

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torch-bearing guizers on the streets of Lerwick this evening.

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The annual celebration of the islands' Viking heritage

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attracts visitors from all over the world.

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It's seen as a great honour to play the part of the lead viking

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Mark Evans has spent seven years preparing for the role.

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He says it's been an experience like no other.

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Now back to the weather and Chris is here with the outlook

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Thank you, Sally. Good evening. Sunshine Tour parts of Aberdeenshire

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but for most of us it was wet and windy. Our weather watcher on the

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Isle of Bute sending in this picture of the high tides. More rain in the

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forecast tonight. A devil we're warning in force tonight for the

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risk of flooding and difficult conditions on the roads. -- be

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aware. If you are joining up and down the road like the A9 tonight or

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first thing tomorrow morning, what bearing in mind. Through the course

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tomorrow morning, the wet weather will head towards the North Sea and,

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some nice it is reasonably dry through the central belt and the

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South, perhaps one or two spots of rain in some places. The timing of

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the green cleaning from the North East could be a little bit longer

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compare to what we are showing any graphics. -- clearing. The winds are

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lighter across the country compared with today of all the West towards

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the afternoon. Mid morning some brightness coming through but you

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will not showers are arriving towards the West coast. Across the

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UK overall, cooler conditions, some of the showers will be wintry at

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times. Further South, milder, cloudy for the North of England but further

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South, the weather fronts staggering down towards the channel with some

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rain. For us, we continue to colder air so the showers increasingly

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wintry and further South and East. Thursday, the Shari Westerly wind

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continues. -- showery. Consistent wet weather for the evening. Showers

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in the West, wind in the South West. Temperatures up a notch and that

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weather front arrives with the rain. Across the UK, for most of Thursday,

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dry and England but that rain pushing tin and lasting overnight

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and indeed, into Friday. That is the forecast for now.

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Reporting Scotland is back with updates from 6:25 tomorrow morning.

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From all of us here on the late team in Glasgow, goodnight.

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