:00:00. > :00:00.and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.
:00:00. > :00:07.The country's only women's prison is to close.
:00:08. > :00:09.Instead, there'll be a shift to special units addressing
:00:10. > :00:27.Obviously, with the drink and the drugs, your feelings and emotions
:00:28. > :00:31.come back. -- without. Could you see yourself going back to prison? No.
:00:32. > :00:33.Also on the programme - we're live at Holyrood,
:00:34. > :00:35.where MSPs are about to take part in an historic vote
:00:36. > :00:40.Learning another language - two thirds of Scottish primary one
:00:41. > :00:46.Scotland's rugby players head for Cardiff to face Wales,
:00:47. > :00:51.but their coach is only making one enforced change to the team.
:00:52. > :00:53.And from Barbados to Banchory - how rum, the spirit
:00:54. > :01:13.of the Caribbean, is now being made in Scotland.
:01:14. > :01:17.The women's prison at Cornton Vale is to close, with prisoners moved
:01:18. > :01:21.It's the first stage of what ministers say will be
:01:22. > :01:24.a transformation in the way Scotland deals with women in custody.
:01:25. > :01:32.Here's our Home Affairs Correspondent Reevel Alderson.
:01:33. > :01:39.It is just 40 years old but the history of Scotland's's only women's
:01:40. > :01:44.prison is controversial, including 11 suicide in seven years. Now the
:01:45. > :01:49.government plans to close it in a radical overhaul of prison policy
:01:50. > :01:54.for female offenders. Sarah has been in Cornton Vale a number of times, a
:01:55. > :01:59.typical story. Now she is receiving help at a cent in Glasgow to deal
:02:00. > :02:05.with alcohol and drug problems. -- at a centre. Without the drink and
:02:06. > :02:11.drugs, your feelings and emotions come back. The groups have helped
:02:12. > :02:16.me. I am more confident. I have got a lot of respect for myself. I
:02:17. > :02:23.didn't have that before. Could you see yourself going back to prison?
:02:24. > :02:30.No, that is in the past. Currently, there are 412 women prisoners in
:02:31. > :02:34.Scotland in four jails. 222, more than half, are held at Cornton Vale,
:02:35. > :02:40.the others are at Greenock, Edinburgh and Grampian. Dortmund
:02:41. > :02:48.plans will see just 80 in a new unit here with a further 100 in community
:02:49. > :02:52.centres around Scotland. This is to do with the increasing use of
:02:53. > :02:56.alternatives to custody. More women who have committed offences will be
:02:57. > :03:00.put on community programmes, which are much more effective at tackling
:03:01. > :03:07.offending behaviour and reducing the risk of these individuals committing
:03:08. > :03:11.offences in the future this is governed jail, representing the old
:03:12. > :03:14.style of punishment. Today's announcement of the eventual closure
:03:15. > :03:19.of Cornton Vale marks a shift in the way that particular the women
:03:20. > :03:24.offenders will be treated in future. Only the most serious offenders will
:03:25. > :03:27.go to jail and more minor offenders will be offered help and assistance
:03:28. > :03:31.to make sure they don't commit any more offences and can stay out of
:03:32. > :03:36.jail for good. One alternative to custody is a centre in Glasgow where
:03:37. > :03:43.women can receive help to break the cycle of reoffending so many find
:03:44. > :03:47.themselves in. We have only got 12 beds, which helps women to feel safe
:03:48. > :03:52.and secure and to actively engage in the programme and make different
:03:53. > :03:57.choices, better choices for their life, and to move forward with
:03:58. > :04:00.recovery. The building of the news seems to -- the new centre for
:04:01. > :04:05.serious women offenders is likely to start in the next two years. It is
:04:06. > :04:07.likely to be given a new name, a symbol of a new policy.
:04:08. > :04:09.MSPs will be voting any minute now on income tax levels
:04:10. > :04:17.Tonight's vote makes history, because it is the first time that
:04:18. > :04:20.MSPs have had to make an explicit choice on tax.
:04:21. > :04:22.I'm joined now from Holyrood by our political editor Brian
:04:23. > :04:26.Brian, the result of this vote isn't really in doubt,
:04:27. > :04:38.John Sweeney is just closing his remarks. -- John Swinney. The MSPs
:04:39. > :04:42.will vote any second now, in a couple of minutes. The argument
:04:43. > :04:46.being advanced by Labour and the Lib Dems is that there should be a 1%
:04:47. > :04:51.increase in Scottish income tax across all of the bands, primarily
:04:52. > :04:55.for education, but the Conservatives agree with John Swinney, that that
:04:56. > :04:59.would be to penalise those who are relatively low earners and would be
:05:00. > :05:03.wrong in the current economic circumstances. John Swinney argued
:05:04. > :05:08.strongly against that. I believe they have moved to the vote now.
:05:09. > :05:12.Given the SNP majority, the vote should end up with a historic
:05:13. > :05:16.decision to leave well alone. It has caused substantial controversy here
:05:17. > :05:21.at Holyrood and earlier there were substantial exchanges on this at
:05:22. > :05:30.Westin is to be First Minister, with Labour's Kezia Dugdale opening I
:05:31. > :05:37.citing what she called cuts. 186 pages worth of cuts, cuts to
:05:38. > :05:41.childcare, cuts to help for those with additional support needs, cuts
:05:42. > :05:45.to early year teachers, cuts to maths and English teachers, page of
:05:46. > :05:52.the page containing a warning of SNP cuts that will harm our children's
:05:53. > :05:59.future. She has the power. Why won't she use it? Is it finance, pride, a
:06:00. > :06:05.finance secretary, or does she care? I do care about people on low wages
:06:06. > :06:11.struggling to make ends with meat, spending every week counting every
:06:12. > :06:17.penny. -- to make ends meet. His policy would have everybody paying
:06:18. > :06:19.?11,000 more a year in tax. I think that is transferring Tory austerity
:06:20. > :06:24.to the shoulders of the low paid. You might want to do that but I am
:06:25. > :06:30.not prepared to do that. Those were the arguments, and this is the
:06:31. > :06:38.result. The vote is yes to the Scottish tax power plan advanced by
:06:39. > :06:42.John Swinney, yes, 74, no, 35. In actual outcome that means that
:06:43. > :06:47.people in Scotland's income tax rates from April the 6th this year
:06:48. > :06:51.will stay the same as the rest of the UK. John Swinney argued that is
:06:52. > :06:56.the right thing to do and he has been backed by Parliament. That is a
:06:57. > :07:00.decision for the next financial year but, looking further ahead, the
:07:01. > :07:06.talks over new tax powers continue. A huge argument here. For the year
:07:07. > :07:10.ahead, Scotland is able to increase or to vary income tax across all of
:07:11. > :07:14.the bands but it can't make a distinction between the upper and
:07:15. > :07:17.the lower. For next year, it is proposed that the Scottish
:07:18. > :07:21.parliament has control of all income tax bands, but that and a matching
:07:22. > :07:25.cut in the block grant from Westminster, which has caused an
:07:26. > :07:30.almighty row. The level of that cuts, not just for one year but for
:07:31. > :07:35.years ahead. The Treasury published a clarification letter to John
:07:36. > :07:39.Swinney today, saying, it will be ?4.5 billion worth of spending
:07:40. > :07:44.available to Scotland over ten years. Scottish ministers say, your
:07:45. > :07:47.initial proposal would cut ?7 billion out of the Scottish budget
:07:48. > :07:52.and all you are doing is mitigating that, no deal. I think John Swinney
:07:53. > :07:56.will put forward a new proposal tomorrow. There may have to be an
:07:57. > :08:00.intervention ultimately by the First Minister and Prime Minister. Thank
:08:01. > :08:01.you for getting that historic vote for us.
:08:02. > :08:03.You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC.
:08:04. > :08:05.Still to come on tonight's programme: Scientists make a massive
:08:06. > :08:07.breakthrough in our understanding of the universe -
:08:08. > :08:10.with the help of some Scottish know-how.
:08:11. > :08:13.In sport, Vern Cotter tells us why he's standing by the players
:08:14. > :08:15.who lost to England for their next Six Nations match.
:08:16. > :08:18.We'll hear from the football manager who wants clubs fined for not
:08:19. > :08:23.And we'll see Dowda doing this in Dingwall, as Hearts target
:08:24. > :08:36.It used to be unusual for children to start learning another language
:08:37. > :08:40.But figures out today suggest around two thirds of children in Primary 1
:08:41. > :08:45.The Scottish government wants every five-year-old to have the chance
:08:46. > :08:50.Our education correspondent Jamie McIvor has been to one primary
:08:51. > :09:03.school where three extra languages are now taught.
:09:04. > :09:11.At this school in Clydebank, Spanish is part of everyday life for the
:09:12. > :09:17.primary ones. COUNTING IN SPANISH
:09:18. > :09:25.The five-year-olds have been learning Spanish for a few months
:09:26. > :09:33.and some of them really enjoy it. At this age, it is easier for children
:09:34. > :09:36.to simply absorb a new language. We come to school and we greet each
:09:37. > :09:40.other in Spanish and the children order their lunch in Spanish. They
:09:41. > :09:45.also use Spanish words to different staff members. The parents in the
:09:46. > :09:52.playground sometimes also use the language, which is lovely. By 2020,
:09:53. > :09:57.every primary one pupil should have this chance. Figures out today say
:09:58. > :10:03.that primary ones are now learning a second language in 21 Scotland's 32
:10:04. > :10:08.council areas. Older children at this school also do French and
:10:09. > :10:10.gaily. Nationally, the government wants all primary children to
:10:11. > :10:17.experience two extra languages. It says there has been good progress
:10:18. > :10:20.but there is more to do. Not every teacher will have had the
:10:21. > :10:25.opportunity or the occasion to teach a language in the past in primary,
:10:26. > :10:29.although more is happening. It is making sure that teachers have the
:10:30. > :10:34.confidence and that schools have the interviews as and that there is
:10:35. > :10:38.access to the resources. The critics fear that pressure on council
:10:39. > :10:42.budgets could it education across the country, while unions say that
:10:43. > :10:46.challenges remain. There have been concerns raised about the quality of
:10:47. > :10:54.some training and maybe a suggestion it hasn't been adequate. The policy
:10:55. > :10:55.is a long-term aim. If it succeeds, what happens at this school may seem
:10:56. > :10:58.normal in four years. The shortage of GPs in Scotland's
:10:59. > :11:01.rural areas has long been a problem. Could the answer be doctors who're
:11:02. > :11:04.already here and keen to get The Refugee Doctor Project has been
:11:05. > :11:10.set up to help refugee medics attain the skills and qualifications
:11:11. > :11:27.they need to work here, Show me how you would examine this
:11:28. > :11:33.patient's pulse yaw is it OK if I check you? Doctor Laeth Al-Sadi was
:11:34. > :11:37.a GP in Iraq and he went on to work with the Iraqi military. Now a
:11:38. > :11:41.refugee, he has been in Glasgow for five years and through this project
:11:42. > :11:46.he has started some training here, a step towards him becoming a GP in
:11:47. > :11:53.Scotland. Personally, I feel it would be a way of giving back what
:11:54. > :11:58.Scotland has given me, in providing a safe place for me and my family to
:11:59. > :12:02.stay. Those running the scheme are keen to stress there will be
:12:03. > :12:07.rigorous tests to complete before refugee doctors are cleared to
:12:08. > :12:10.practice. Putted anyone becoming a trainee doctor in Scotland will have
:12:11. > :12:17.to have already gone through formal language testing, a very stringent
:12:18. > :12:21.test with a high standard in written and spoken language. They will also
:12:22. > :12:26.have to pass a test which ensures somebody is at the same level as a
:12:27. > :12:31.medical graduate. There are more than 30 doctors in the Glasgow area
:12:32. > :12:36.involved with this programme, with a variety of skills. They range from
:12:37. > :12:41.GPs to cardiothoracic surgeons, people with specialities, some from
:12:42. > :12:47.war zones with expertise in trauma, paediatrics... It could take around
:12:48. > :12:51.two years for refugee medics to be accepted into the NHS and, whatever
:12:52. > :12:56.their background, they will start as trainee doctors. Doctor Laeth
:12:57. > :13:00.Al-Sadi is in the early stages but, on his work experience so far, he
:13:01. > :13:06.says he hasn't found the accent too difficult. People are very helpful
:13:07. > :13:12.and, when you tell them to speak slowly or if they could repeat what
:13:13. > :13:16.they said, they don't mind at all. At the moment, placements are being
:13:17. > :13:20.offered in GP practices in Glasgow but the project hopes that will soon
:13:21. > :13:23.expand to around the country and in hospitals, too.
:13:24. > :13:26.Scientists have made a big breakthrough in our understanding
:13:27. > :13:30.They've detected gravitational waves, which are -
:13:31. > :13:33.apparently - ripples in the fabric of space and time.
:13:34. > :13:35.It's the result of a huge international project,
:13:36. > :13:40.with crucial technology developed at Glasgow University.
:13:41. > :13:42.This report from our science correspondent, Kenneth Macdonald,
:13:43. > :14:00.It was the breakthrough 1.3 billion years in the making. We have
:14:01. > :14:07.detected gravitational waves. We did it! The announcement came from
:14:08. > :14:11.Washington, but there were celebrations in Glasgow, too. Here
:14:12. > :14:18.is why. More than 1 billion years ago, in a galaxy far, far away,
:14:19. > :14:23.something cataclysmic happened. Two massive black holes spiralled and
:14:24. > :14:25.collided, releasing the energy of 100 billion trillion suns. Albert
:14:26. > :14:31.Einstein predicted something that big would create ripples in the
:14:32. > :14:35.fabric of space and time, gravitational waves, but getting
:14:36. > :14:39.from theory to prove has taken a century and a massive international
:14:40. > :14:42.effort. The ripples are so small that they stretch and squeeze
:14:43. > :14:47.space-time by very much less than the width of an atom. To look for
:14:48. > :14:51.them, the teams split a laser beam and said the two halves miles away
:14:52. > :14:55.at right angles, then they put the beams back together. Normally, they
:14:56. > :14:58.cancel each other rout but, when the rebel passed through planet Earth,
:14:59. > :15:05.one arm of the beam was stretched and the other squeezed. The first
:15:06. > :15:10.direct detection of gravitational waves. They built two detectors, one
:15:11. > :15:17.to corroborate the other, at opposite ends of the USA, called
:15:18. > :15:21.Ligo. Key parts of the technology were built in Scotland. The
:15:22. > :15:27.sensitivity we need is phenomenal. We are looking at changes 1 million
:15:28. > :15:33.millionth the width of a human hair. That position has eluded us until
:15:34. > :15:38.now that we achieved it because of various upgrades, turning Ligo into
:15:39. > :15:45.advanced Ligo, and Glasgow University has had a key role in
:15:46. > :15:48.making those upgrades happen. In the laboratory at Glasgow University,
:15:49. > :15:53.the first working gravity wave receivers in the country has been
:15:54. > :15:59.set up. They have been building wave detectors here for half a century
:16:00. > :16:02.and now it is no longer a dream. We have just seen the very first
:16:03. > :16:08.observation of gravitational waves and we are the same stage as Galileo
:16:09. > :16:10.was with his telescope. It means a completely new branch of science has
:16:11. > :16:13.just been born. A look at other stories
:16:14. > :16:15.from across the country: Scientists have discovered that
:16:16. > :16:19.a pod of whales stranded on the Fife coast had high concentrations
:16:20. > :16:22.of toxic chemicals that may have 31 pilot whales were beached
:16:23. > :16:44.between Anstruther and Pittenweem It is a tricky question, there are
:16:45. > :16:50.loads of possibilities of why they strand, but it could be that with
:16:51. > :16:53.toxic elements in the ocean, this might be additional toxic stress.
:16:54. > :16:55.The future of the north of Scotland's only emergency tug
:16:56. > :16:58.looks bleak, after a meeting heard yesterday that the UK government has
:16:59. > :17:03.The vessel - which covers both the Northern and Western Isles -
:17:04. > :17:07.However, its contract is set to end next month.
:17:08. > :17:11.There have been calls for the vessel to be kept on and a second one
:17:12. > :17:15.reinstated to cover west coast waters.
:17:16. > :17:17.Dundee's ?1 billion waterfront development has taken another
:17:18. > :17:22.Plans have been unveiled for a ?40 million hotel,
:17:23. > :17:25.office and flats complex on the site.
:17:26. > :17:29.The development will be located close to the new V Museum
:17:30. > :17:34.and the city's revamped railway station.
:17:35. > :17:37.The Health Secretary, Shona Robison, laid the final brick in the topping
:17:38. > :17:39.out ceremony for the first phase of the redeveloped
:17:40. > :17:47.The ?48 million project is due to be complete by the end of this year.
:17:48. > :17:49.It will provide new accommodation for various mental health services,
:17:50. > :17:55.as well as the new National Brain Injury Unit.
:17:56. > :18:03.Scotland's head rugby coach is sticking with 14 of the 15
:18:04. > :18:07.players who lost to England in their opening Six Nations match.
:18:08. > :18:09.The only change Vern Cotter is making for the weekend's trip
:18:10. > :18:15.The national side are on their worst run in the competition for more
:18:16. > :18:33.The Scotland team were on the move, destination Cardiff, where the aim
:18:34. > :18:38.is to cut a link with the past. The early 1950s was a torrid time for
:18:39. > :18:43.Scottish rugby. This victory came before a run of 15 successive
:18:44. > :18:47.defeat. The second worst run stands at eight, held by the present-day
:18:48. > :18:55.side. We are not happy because we are not winning. If we were,
:18:56. > :18:58.questions would not be asked of us. It is a matter of training and
:18:59. > :19:03.repeating things and believing in what we do. He has made one change
:19:04. > :19:07.from the side that lost to England, Duncan Taylor in at centre for the
:19:08. > :19:13.injured Matt Scott. A show of faith on the head coach. We are getting
:19:14. > :19:17.ourselves in winning situations, that is exciting for the team, and
:19:18. > :19:24.hopefully we will get into the same situation this weekend. While the
:19:25. > :19:26.mood in the Scotland camp he is positive, some believe pressure is
:19:27. > :19:32.growing on the players and head coach. Fearne Cotton has yet to win
:19:33. > :19:37.a game, this will be his seventh, and he does not want to have seven
:19:38. > :19:42.straight defeats, that was not in the script. Scotland will want to
:19:43. > :19:47.convert themselves this weekend from losers five days ago two victors in
:19:48. > :19:51.Cardiff. Fearne Cotton has given the players his vote of confidence. They
:19:52. > :19:53.will now be aiming to repay their head coach's faith.
:19:54. > :19:55.One of Scotland's Premiership managers wants clubs to be fined
:19:56. > :19:57.if they don't maintain their grass pitches properly.
:19:58. > :19:59.John Hughes of Inverness was speaking after the players'
:20:00. > :20:04.union called for an investigation into artificial surfaces - surfaces
:20:05. > :20:15.used increasingly because grass pitches suffer through the winter.
:20:16. > :20:25.In Scotland, you will see goals whatever the weather. As for the
:20:26. > :20:29.grass, when the rain falls and frostbite, it pops through when it
:20:30. > :20:37.can. Good clubs do more? I would put a bond to every club, 50 grand to
:20:38. > :20:45.get the SFA to put a bond on every club, and when the guys come and
:20:46. > :20:50.have a look at it, mark the pitch, if it meets the creaky rear, you get
:20:51. > :20:56.your 50 grand back. Artificial is the alternative, or the thinking is
:20:57. > :21:01.players don't like plastic. Their union called for an investigation
:21:02. > :21:07.into its effects. Today a current player/ interim manager had his say.
:21:08. > :21:17.We have picked up a cute injuries on the artificial surface, the numbers
:21:18. > :21:23.are quite high. For me, being an experienced player /Wardman, I find
:21:24. > :21:27.it a bit harder. The argument against plastic is clear, but the
:21:28. > :21:32.solution to grass against the Scottish winter remained elusive. A
:21:33. > :21:37.perfect pitch in the perfect weather is always the goal, even some
:21:38. > :21:39.football could not guarantee that. The annual argument goes on.
:21:40. > :21:42.The Hearts head coach Robbie Neilson says he wants to hunt down
:21:43. > :21:44.I'm sure he doesn't mean that literally.
:21:45. > :21:46.Hearts are 11 points behind leaders Celtic and Aberdeen
:21:47. > :21:49.in the Premiership after a 3-0 win away to Ross County,
:21:50. > :21:59.and Neilson thinks his in-form team can get even closer to the top two.
:22:00. > :22:04.Aficionados of fine goals fear not, a couple of prize specimens will
:22:05. > :22:11.follow. After we have seen the first. Does Jamie Walker get a touch
:22:12. > :22:16.on the ball after they failed to clear? It counts, and he is claiming
:22:17. > :22:25.it. Much more clarity about the second, the new striker scoring his
:22:26. > :22:27.first. Here is a fan's IQ of the Nigerian's second. The Canadian
:22:28. > :22:41.teenager setting him up. This will make pleasant viewing for
:22:42. > :22:45.the supporters. Their team 11 points ahead of Ross County in the league
:22:46. > :22:51.table. The head coach is eyeing up the teams above. We want to hunt
:22:52. > :22:56.down Aberdeen and Celtic and get as close as we can. While they are
:22:57. > :23:00.looking up, the Ross County manager is looking at what went wrong. We
:23:01. > :23:06.did a lot of things well, which sounds ridiculous when you lose 3-0,
:23:07. > :23:11.but we make mistakes at crucial times, it was more our own doing.
:23:12. > :23:15.Dingwall belongs to the debit and last night, his debut goal is
:23:16. > :23:16.delighting the supporters of. They enjoyed his goal celebration as
:23:17. > :23:20.well. I will show you how to do that
:23:21. > :23:23.later! It's a drink more associated
:23:24. > :23:25.with the sunny Caribbean, but now a distillery
:23:26. > :23:27.in Aberdeenshire is fast becoming The firm Dark Matter Distillers,
:23:28. > :23:31.operating from Banchory, has just landed a major
:23:32. > :23:33.supermarket deal. The two brothers run Scotland's
:23:34. > :23:37.first and only rum distillery, and they're determined
:23:38. > :23:53.to take on the big boys. Remake run from molasses. That is
:23:54. > :23:59.molasses. It is very thick, sugary. The ingredients in Scotland's first
:24:00. > :24:03.and only home distilled run. It was a holiday in the Caribbean that
:24:04. > :24:08.provided a light bulb moment. We tried to visit three distilleries in
:24:09. > :24:13.the Dominican Republic, they all said no. I jokingly said to my
:24:14. > :24:19.friend, it would be easier building one than seeing one. That night, I
:24:20. > :24:24.literally woke up in bed with the dark matter words in my head and
:24:25. > :24:30.scribbled down on a bit of paper, and that was the epiphany. Back home
:24:31. > :24:36.he shared it with his brother. They grew up in whiskey territory but
:24:37. > :24:40.they chose the less trodden path. Whiskey, there is such a huge
:24:41. > :24:46.established industry here. And you have to wait three years to sell it.
:24:47. > :24:51.We wanted to do something different. This fitted the bill perfectly. The
:24:52. > :24:55.spiced rum being distilled here has landed them a major supermarket
:24:56. > :24:59.contract and they are about to chalk up another first. This is history in
:25:00. > :25:05.the making, two years in the laboratory, another year of fine
:25:06. > :25:11.tuning, and the first batch of Scottish distilled white rum is
:25:12. > :25:17.almost ready. This is a bit like having a Christmas Day every day. It
:25:18. > :25:27.now feels like it is a portal business. The business is opening
:25:28. > :25:28.and tasting the first ever Scottish rum casket, something to raise a
:25:29. > :25:30.glass to. Now here's Shelley with
:25:31. > :25:40.details of Scotland 2016. Tonight, more on the secrets of the
:25:41. > :25:44.universe unravelled with the help of scientists at Glasgow University.
:25:45. > :25:48.And as the closure of the women's prison is announced, we ask what
:25:49. > :25:51.purpose is served by sending anyone to jail for short sentences. Join me
:25:52. > :25:54.on BBC Two at 10:30pm. Let's see how the
:25:55. > :26:04.weather is looking. A bit of everything over the next
:26:05. > :26:09.few days, it will be cold, wintry showers, but a bit of crisp sunshine
:26:10. > :26:16.thrown in. There are some good sunny spells around today. Tonight, under
:26:17. > :26:19.the clear skies, temperatures are already falling away rapidly. It
:26:20. > :26:27.will be cold, widespread frost, mist and fog patches.
:26:28. > :26:35.Tonight, we add to the snow cover with this band of wintry showers.
:26:36. > :26:40.They cold and frosty start, a risk of ice if you are hiding out first
:26:41. > :26:43.thing. A lot of fine weather for Central and southern Scotland, but a
:26:44. > :26:49.yellow warning for the snow over the Highlands, Moray, Aberdeenshire,
:26:50. > :26:55.Perthshire and Angus. Good sunny spells across southern and central
:26:56. > :26:58.Scotland. We are looking at between two and five centimetres of snow at
:26:59. > :27:03.low levels. Ten centimetres or more over the hills. Some tricky
:27:04. > :27:07.travelling conditions and strong easterly wind blowing across the
:27:08. > :27:16.North. Tomorrow evening, again it turns cold quite quickly. Which we
:27:17. > :27:20.weather starts to wear south. We have a deep area of low pressure
:27:21. > :27:27.tracking to the south. We are pulling in a strong is to the wind.
:27:28. > :27:32.That will drag in a few showers to south-east Scotland. They will be
:27:33. > :27:35.wintry to low levels, and especially for the Lothians and borders we
:27:36. > :27:40.could see significant accumulations of snow. Further north, dry and
:27:41. > :27:46.bright weather. Good sunshine, though it will feel cold. The strong
:27:47. > :27:51.is to live wind coming in off the North Sea. Sunday, it is a
:27:52. > :27:55.north-easterly airflow, so it is still cold, a scattering of wintry
:27:56. > :27:58.showers across the North, the best of the sunshine in the south-west.
:27:59. > :28:00.Now, a reminder of tonight's main news.
:28:01. > :28:03.Scientists have made a big breakthrough in our understanding
:28:04. > :28:06.I'll be back with the headlines at 8pm and the late bulletin just
:28:07. > :28:10.Until then, from everyone on the team right across
:28:11. > :28:10.the country, have a very good evening.
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