:00:00. > :00:09.The full re-opening of the Forth Road Bridge has been
:00:10. > :00:13.Heavy lorries have been banned from the bridge since it was forced
:00:14. > :00:16.to close in December, when a crack was found
:00:17. > :00:21.Cars and lighter vehicles were allowed back after three weeks.
:00:22. > :00:24.The Road Haulage Association says it's disappointed by the decision
:00:25. > :00:32.For the HGV drivers forced to take the long way round,
:00:33. > :00:38.progress of a sort but not what they would be hoping for.
:00:39. > :00:40.The freedom of the Forth Road Bridge by mid February
:00:41. > :00:49.Instead, the revised offer is limited night-time access
:00:50. > :00:56.The HGV trial begins at 11 o'clock tonight.
:00:57. > :00:59.What it means in practice is that lorries will be stacked up
:01:00. > :01:02.at the south end of the bridge, and allowed to cross
:01:03. > :01:07.They will be released at 30 second intervals,
:01:08. > :01:10.no more than six at a time on the bridge, and only allowed
:01:11. > :01:17.The recent bad weather is one reason for the delay,
:01:18. > :01:19.but engineers also discovered the same faults which closed
:01:20. > :01:22.the bridge in the first place, at two other locations,
:01:23. > :01:28.The fact that we introduced the phase one splints mitigates
:01:29. > :01:33.the situation, however, the links are still under stress
:01:34. > :01:36.during full traffic loading, hence the plan to introduce
:01:37. > :01:51.Less congestion since cars were reduced.
:01:52. > :01:57.They say they want compensation from the Scottish Government.
:01:58. > :02:00.It becomes increasingly problematic when you are trying to price
:02:01. > :02:03.for tenders, particularly ones which are coming out at the end
:02:04. > :02:06.of February, beginning of March, when we were told
:02:07. > :02:12.I appreciate the disruption and economic impact it causes
:02:13. > :02:16.to the HGV sector, but it is important that we make
:02:17. > :02:18.the right decisions based on the safety of the bridge
:02:19. > :02:26.MPs and engineers alike say that by mid-March the work will be done.
:02:27. > :02:37.Drivers are being asked for their cooperation and patience.
:02:38. > :02:40.An Edinburgh lawyer has been cleared of causing the deaths of three
:02:41. > :02:42.people, including his wife and seven-year-old daughter,
:02:43. > :02:48.Andrew Houston was at the wheel of his car on the A9 near Newtonmore
:02:49. > :02:53.when it crossed the road into the path of another car.
:02:54. > :02:56.Craig Anderson reports from Inverness Sheriff Court.
:02:57. > :02:59.The horrific accident happened on a July evening in 2013,
:03:00. > :03:02.when Andrew Houston was driving his family south
:03:03. > :03:07.Witnesses said his car suddenly veered onto the wrong side
:03:08. > :03:15.of the road, smashing into a Jeep driven by a German tourist.
:03:16. > :03:17.Her husband was killed, so too was Mr Houston's wife Abigail
:03:18. > :03:24.Mr Houston had faced a charge of causing death by careless
:03:25. > :03:28.driving, but a jury found him not guilty of that charge,
:03:29. > :03:38.instead convicting him of the lesser charge of careless driving.
:03:39. > :03:41.We are shocked at this verdict and believe justice has not been
:03:42. > :03:46.We do not bear any hatred for Mr Houston.
:03:47. > :03:49.I did not want him to go to prison, but we expected him to be found
:03:50. > :03:58.guilty and we are convinced this tragedy could have been avoided.
:03:59. > :04:01.The crash seriously injured Mr Houston's other daughter Lily.
:04:02. > :04:06.She spent considerable time in intensive care.
:04:07. > :04:09.During the trial, the solicitor advocate was visibly upset
:04:10. > :04:19.Mr Hewson made no comment as he left court.
:04:20. > :04:22.He has been fined ?1,000 and banned from driving for a year.
:04:23. > :04:24.But as the trial continued, the QC told the court
:04:25. > :04:31.that he would forever carry the burden of guilt and distress.
:04:32. > :04:34.Two people have been injured in an accident at the SSE
:04:35. > :04:40.It happened earlier this evening at the Nitro Motocross arena show.
:04:41. > :04:42.It's thought they were audience members who'd volunteered to take
:04:43. > :04:53.The Scottish Secretary David Mundell is suggesting the Scottish
:04:54. > :04:55.government are "chancing their arm" in budget negotiations
:04:56. > :05:01.Talks under way are aiming to ensure that the cut in the money Scotland
:05:02. > :05:05.receives as its share of UK taxes is matched by the cash raised
:05:06. > :05:09.by new tax powers being offered to Holyrood.
:05:10. > :05:10.Scottish Ministers are dismissing his comments,
:05:11. > :05:13.warning the current offer would cut billions from the amount of money
:05:14. > :05:15.the Scottish government has to spend.
:05:16. > :05:18.This from our political editor Brian Taylor.
:05:19. > :05:27.The trade is a cut in the block grant from Westminster.
:05:28. > :05:29.The First Minister says she wants an agreement,
:05:30. > :05:32.but Scottish Government sources say the current offer would add up
:05:33. > :05:36.to ?3 billion of Scotland's budget over a decade.
:05:37. > :05:39.That means, she told the Scottish Conservative
:05:40. > :05:45.I will stand up for Scotland in these talks.
:05:46. > :05:48.I will not accept the deal that would give Scotland more powers
:05:49. > :05:51.but only at a big cost for our budget.
:05:52. > :05:55.If Ruth Davidson wants the deal as well, can I suggest she gets
:05:56. > :05:58.onto the phone to her colleagues today and tell them to stop arguing
:05:59. > :06:05.for a deal that would strip billions of pounds out of Scotland's budget?
:06:06. > :06:07.Treasury officials spent the day at St Andrews House trying
:06:08. > :06:11.John Swinney has led the talks with the Treasury.
:06:12. > :06:14.UK ministers say he should now back down.
:06:15. > :06:17.I don't blame John Swinney for pushing his luck and saying
:06:18. > :06:23.I want to keep the Barnett Formula and any extra money we generate
:06:24. > :06:27.in Scotland, I did want to take on any extra risks
:06:28. > :06:29.and if there is any extra money generated
:06:30. > :06:32.in England I will have a share of that as well.
:06:33. > :06:39.Perfectly reasonable to chance his arm.
:06:40. > :06:49.The next round of talks is on Monday.
:06:50. > :06:52.Business rates will be cut for the Tata steel plants
:06:53. > :06:54.at Clydebridge and Dalzell in Lanarkshire, in order to make
:06:55. > :06:57.them more appealing to potential buyers.
:06:58. > :07:00.The Scottish government will legislate to give the rates
:07:01. > :07:03.relief to the plants for the next financial year.
:07:04. > :07:06.A bill to improve the lives of carers was been passed
:07:07. > :07:10.Young carers met the minister in charge of the bill
:07:11. > :07:17.It's designed to make local authorities give more support
:07:18. > :07:21.Some of the young people explained how their duties impact
:07:22. > :07:34.I sometimes will be late for school just to get to my brothers ready.
:07:35. > :07:39.I sometimes will be late for school And sometimes my mum would help, but
:07:40. > :07:43.she has not been keeping well. I And sometimes my mum would help, but
:07:44. > :07:48.repeating a year at school because of it and I can't concentrate when
:07:49. > :07:51.I'm there or do any work. So it is affecting things.
:07:52. > :07:53.Around a dozen GPs have been appointed to long-term vacant posts
:07:54. > :07:56.in the Highlands and Islands as a result of a high-profile
:07:57. > :07:59.NHS Highland has struggled to recruit and retain doctors.
:08:00. > :08:03.Faced with the costs of hiring locums, the health board used
:08:04. > :08:07.a marketing company to help attract applicants.
:08:08. > :08:10.MSPs have rejected a bill to ban alcohol advertising within 200
:08:11. > :08:19.Labour's Dr Richard Simpson also proposed marking cans and bottles
:08:20. > :08:25.But Ministers argued the issues raised would be better dealt
:08:26. > :08:30.with by the government's own strategy to tackle alcohol
:08:31. > :08:37.misuse and the legislation was thrown out.
:08:38. > :08:40.Scotland's latest tennis champion has arrived back home and says he's
:08:41. > :08:43.overwhelmed by the response he's had to his win at the Australian Open
:08:44. > :08:46.Helensburgh's Gordon Reid won the singles wheelchair title
:08:47. > :08:53.Even a grand slam winner has to help their brother
:08:54. > :08:55.with the dishes, especially the morning after
:08:56. > :09:04.A lot of my friends and family came round and surprised me when I got
:09:05. > :09:08.It was great to share that with everyone else.
:09:09. > :09:12.Ladies and gentlemen, our champion, Gordon Reed!
:09:13. > :09:22.We are used to seeing Gordon and his wheelchair on court,
:09:23. > :09:28.I can walk around a lot of places back home.
:09:29. > :09:32.I don't have the strength in my legs to run and play sport in my feet,
:09:33. > :09:34.that is why I need the wheelchair for wheelchair tennis.
:09:35. > :09:41.I go to interviews and schools and people expect the wheelchair
:09:42. > :09:52.I've walked in, it takes them a few minutes to understand what is going
:09:53. > :09:53.on. Gordon was sports mad
:09:54. > :09:55.from a very young age, winning cups for his tennis,
:09:56. > :09:57.that is his sister, This photo was taken weeks
:09:58. > :10:01.before he contracted It was hard for him
:10:02. > :10:08.to be lying in a bed because he was so into sport
:10:09. > :10:11.and we were quite an active family. Once he got the opportunity
:10:12. > :10:14.to play wheelchair tennis, he absolutely loved it
:10:15. > :10:18.from playing tennis before. It has been hard work and for Gordon
:10:19. > :10:21.there is more gym training We have to do more gym training
:10:22. > :10:27.for upper body strength to have the strength to push
:10:28. > :10:30.the wheelchair around on court. In an arm wrestling competition,
:10:31. > :10:34.could you take on Andy Murray? I will not say anything on camera
:10:35. > :10:38.in case I get challenged, Wimbledon and the Paralympics in Rio
:10:39. > :10:47.are all to come for him and he has plans to compete in
:10:48. > :10:50.Rotterdam next week. I did not even know that wheelchair
:10:51. > :10:56.tennis existed at the grand slams, so to come here 11 years later
:10:57. > :11:00.and be sitting here as the champion with that trophy,
:11:01. > :11:04.it is quite incredible. It has been a brilliant
:11:05. > :11:09.journey so far. Now the weather outlook
:11:10. > :11:23.for tonight and tomorrow. Some wet and windy but weather to
:11:24. > :11:28.come across the UK. The issues with frost honoured. Across the south,
:11:29. > :11:31.the rain might be light and patchy but something more persistent across
:11:32. > :11:37.Shetland and the rain turning heavier and persistent over the
:11:38. > :11:43.West, Highlands and Argyll. There's winds becoming strong along the
:11:44. > :11:48.coast, but it'll be my alter. Tomorrow, it is a mild start but a
:11:49. > :11:52.grey one. The rain goes eastwards, always heaviest in the West, and in
:11:53. > :12:00.particular the south-west where we have a yellow be aware warning from
:12:01. > :12:05.the Met Office. Difficult road conditions, perhaps localised
:12:06. > :12:09.flooding. A little bit of brightness in the east, but it'll be fairly
:12:10. > :12:14.short lived with the cloud filling in as the rain continues south and
:12:15. > :12:19.eastwards across the country. So brighter but colder conditions in
:12:20. > :12:23.the West. Some heavy rain for Cumbria with 40 millimetres of rain.
:12:24. > :12:29.In the south, light and patchy but the winds will be a feature,
:12:30. > :12:35.touching go force around the West Coast. Through the evening the front
:12:36. > :12:39.continues at progress southwards bringing heavy rain for Wales.
:12:40. > :12:41.Across Scotland, some snow on the back edge of that weather front as
:12:42. > :12:45.cooler feeds in across the back edge of that weather front as
:12:46. > :12:50.with snow confined to the high ground and wintry showers for the
:12:51. > :12:56.north-west Highlands with a risk of ice into Saturday. On Saturday,
:12:57. > :13:02.there is wet and windy weather. Very poor conditions for the South of
:13:03. > :13:05.England. Gale force winds, heavy rain, and for Scotland, another
:13:06. > :13:12.blustery day with rain tracking northwards. The best of the
:13:13. > :13:17.brightness over the Northern Isles. Temperatures inching down. Cooler on
:13:18. > :13:20.Sunday, too, staying unsettled with strong winds. That is the forecast.
:13:21. > :13:23.Our next update is during Breakfast at 6:25am tomorrow morning.
:13:24. > :13:27.But, from everyone on the late team here in Glasgow and around