:00:00. > :00:00.That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me,
:00:00. > :00:09.and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.
:00:10. > :00:13.Keeping the lights on - extending the life of an aging
:00:14. > :00:25.Beaton I will be reporting from Torness on the day that EDF energy
:00:26. > :00:30.says it displays will keep powering Scotland until at least 2030.
:00:31. > :00:32.Also on the programme, the search for two experienced
:00:33. > :00:35.Robbery and violence - everyday risks facing
:00:36. > :00:39.How much does it cost to bring up baby?
:00:40. > :00:46.And, no-one's at Ayr today for the glorious weather,
:00:47. > :01:03.but attendance at Scotland's racecourses is up.
:01:04. > :01:08.Scotland's biggest nuclear power station at Torness in
:01:09. > :01:11.East Lothian is to continue operating until 2030,
:01:12. > :01:16.The plant's owner, the French energy giant EDF, says the decision follows
:01:17. > :01:20."extensive technical and safety reviews".
:01:21. > :01:23.The company says it's also extending the life of three other nuclear
:01:24. > :01:33.Here's our environment correspondent, David Miller.
:01:34. > :01:43.Torness, a familiar landmark on the East Lothian coastline, built in the
:01:44. > :01:47.1980s amid huge controversy. The Prime Minister was greeted by a
:01:48. > :01:52.throng of protesters... But at the opening, Margaret Thatcher insisted
:01:53. > :01:56.the station would be good for the environment, helping to cut
:01:57. > :02:02.greenhouse gas emissions. This is reactor one at Torness, which has
:02:03. > :02:06.been powering Scottish homes and businesses since 1989. We now know
:02:07. > :02:13.that it will continue to generate electricity until at least 2030. And
:02:14. > :02:22.despite the age of the plant, tosses here insist that can be done safely
:02:23. > :02:29.-- parsers. In the west of Scotland, Hunterston has already had its life
:02:30. > :02:33.extended until 2016 and most recently until 2023. In the East,
:02:34. > :02:39.Torness will operate for an additional seven years and it is now
:02:40. > :02:46.due to be decommissioned in 2030. We provide around a quarter of
:02:47. > :02:51.Scotland's and we generate all day everyday. We have regulators in
:02:52. > :02:56.place for nuclear safety and security and environment and they
:02:57. > :03:01.rightly spend a lot of time overseeing our activities. For a new
:03:02. > :03:06.generation of engineers the news has broad long-term job security. How
:03:07. > :03:14.are you getting on? With the guaranteed a well paid highly
:03:15. > :03:17.skilled job in Scotland. I can stay in Scotland where I have been
:03:18. > :03:22.brought up and I don't have to start looking elsewhere around the country
:03:23. > :03:28.because I still have that extra 14 years. Climate change means
:03:29. > :03:33.Scotland's focus is increasingly on sources of renewable energy but
:03:34. > :03:38.industry experts say nuclear still has a vital role to play, providing
:03:39. > :03:42.a reliable low-carbon source of power. More than a third of our
:03:43. > :03:51.electricity comes from the two nuclear power stations we have and
:03:52. > :03:56.as the wind varies, we have that bedrock of low-carbon generation
:03:57. > :04:00.from nuclear sources. The Scottish Government is opposed to the
:04:01. > :04:09.construction of new nuclear plants but said it supports life extensions
:04:10. > :04:15.for existing power stations. But critics argue the end of the nuclear
:04:16. > :04:19.era in Scotland is now long overdue. It is a private corporation saying
:04:20. > :04:24.that for another seven years we will be investing in nuclear and that
:04:25. > :04:28.kicks the decision about investing in renewables into the long grass.
:04:29. > :04:33.Despite the protests it is now clear it will be many years yet before the
:04:34. > :04:35.sun sets on Scotland's nuclear-power industry.
:04:36. > :04:39.The search for two young climbers missing on Ben Nevis has had to be
:04:40. > :04:40.suspended because of poor weather conditions.
:04:41. > :04:43.Rachel Slater and Tim Newton were last seen at the weekend
:04:44. > :04:45.but the alarm was raised after they failed to return
:04:46. > :04:51.The Lochaber mountain rescue team have found their tent close
:04:52. > :04:54.to a mountain but there was no sign of the couple.
:04:55. > :05:03.Tim Newton and Rachel Slater, together on top of Ben Nevis on a
:05:04. > :05:09.happy day out in the hills. The picture could not be more different
:05:10. > :05:12.this evening as fears grow for the safety of the two experienced
:05:13. > :05:16.climbers from Bradford. They had been camping below the North face of
:05:17. > :05:19.the mountain at the weekend but a search was launched after they
:05:20. > :05:25.failed to return and to their abandoned tent. We know they were
:05:26. > :05:28.camping, we have got their tent and their car was here so they were on
:05:29. > :05:32.Ben Nevis but they have not left any word of what they were going for and
:05:33. > :05:35.it is a very big mountain when you don't know where to look. The
:05:36. > :05:41.conditions have been so extreme today that over 30 members of
:05:42. > :05:46.Lochaber Mountain rescue team had to go up the mountain on foot because
:05:47. > :05:49.it was too windy for the helicopter but the search was suspended this
:05:50. > :05:55.afternoon after they were beaten back by 90 mph winds and a small
:05:56. > :06:03.avalanche which narrowly missed two of their team. We still looking in
:06:04. > :06:07.the area but we had some big snow slides and two of the boys got
:06:08. > :06:13.caught in an avalanche, they were OK, they walked away but it did
:06:14. > :06:17.scare them. There are fears that the pair, who had been seen by other
:06:18. > :06:22.climbers, could have been hit by an avalanche but rescue services are
:06:23. > :06:25.not giving up. A couple of very experienced climbers and information
:06:26. > :06:28.has come in from people who believe they might have seen them and all
:06:29. > :06:33.light of inquiry will be followed up. The search is due to resume
:06:34. > :06:38.tomorrow but with gale force winds and more snow forecast it is feared
:06:39. > :06:39.that the desperate efforts to find the young couple could be hampered
:06:40. > :06:44.further. A five-month-old baby girl has
:06:45. > :06:45.suffered life-threatening injuries Emergency services were called
:06:46. > :06:51.to an address in Leven on Sunday afternoon following a report
:06:52. > :06:55.of concern for a child. The baby was taken to
:06:56. > :06:57.the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh where she remains
:06:58. > :06:59.in a critical condition. They're the small grocer shops
:07:00. > :07:07.characterised in the comedy Open All Hours, but the reality
:07:08. > :07:10.of working behind the counter Over 90% of local shops questioned
:07:11. > :07:16.in a survey of Scottish grocers said they'd been victim
:07:17. > :07:18.of theft last year - Catriona Renton has met one
:07:19. > :07:36.shopkeeper who was attacked On the 3rd of January, Mohammed was
:07:37. > :07:39.working alone in this shop when he was attacked. We have paused the
:07:40. > :07:46.pictures as some people might find them upsetting. He crept up and
:07:47. > :07:52.smashed on my face and started punching for no reason and after
:07:53. > :07:56.that I realised, where in blood was everywhere, the grabbed the till and
:07:57. > :08:02.walked away without taking anything. I had three fractures on my
:08:03. > :08:07.cheekbone, one on my nose, they are going to replace it now. He has been
:08:08. > :08:13.off work on and off ever since and the experience has it affected him
:08:14. > :08:18.and his family. My confidence has been totally shaken, I come back and
:08:19. > :08:22.I feel the same thing, the after-shock of the flashes coming
:08:23. > :08:28.and I can't take it any more. The attacker did not take anything. 92%
:08:29. > :08:34.of the 200 or so retailers who were surveyed say they were stolen from
:08:35. > :08:38.in 2015 and they say the majority of abusive and threatening incidents
:08:39. > :08:44.against staff happened when customers were refused a sale or
:08:45. > :08:48.were asked to show ID. Today he is spending -- attending a seminar held
:08:49. > :08:53.by the organisation who compiled the survey and it Chief Executive also
:08:54. > :08:59.works in retail and he is today launched a charter for save the
:09:00. > :09:04.business. I have been spat on, caused all -- called all sorts of
:09:05. > :09:11.horrible names, threatened with violence and it is these issues that
:09:12. > :09:17.are facing the retailers every day. We feel that it is time for a
:09:18. > :09:21.change. The first thing anybody in that position should do is to keep
:09:22. > :09:26.themselves safe and keep on line to the police at time will stop if they
:09:27. > :09:30.are in their shop, and we talk about people working on their own, it is
:09:31. > :09:34.important they look after themselves and I would say that they are far
:09:35. > :09:38.better withdrawing from a confrontational position because
:09:39. > :09:43.what is in the shop is material goods. Ali says he does not want
:09:44. > :09:45.this to happen to anybody else. Police enquiries are continuing into
:09:46. > :09:47.his case. Still to come on
:09:48. > :09:51.tonight's programme... A charity's fears over what they say
:09:52. > :09:56.is a "generational gulf" between the housing
:09:57. > :09:59.haves and have-nots. In sport a big night ahead
:10:00. > :10:02.with the Edinburgh derby. We chase down Celtic's
:10:03. > :10:03.latest signing target. And despite the weather,
:10:04. > :10:07.numbers are up at the races. A 13% rise enjoying days out
:10:08. > :10:09.at Scotlands five courses. The cost of raising
:10:10. > :10:21.a child in Scotland - from birth to the age of 21 -
:10:22. > :10:25.has risen to more than ?230,000. That's according to a report
:10:26. > :10:29.by a financial services company. A third of the cost is spent
:10:30. > :10:43.on childcare with another If you're a parent, they are the
:10:44. > :10:47.centre of your world but there is no doubt it can be expensive bringing
:10:48. > :10:52.up a child. It is half term and families are at the science Centre
:10:53. > :10:56.in Glasgow. Trips, lunches, clothes, activities, they all add up. The
:10:57. > :11:03.report to date is the cost of bringing up a child in Scotland from
:11:04. > :11:07.birth to 21 is over ?230,000. Compare that to the average house
:11:08. > :11:13.price here which is just over ?165,000. The cost of childcare and
:11:14. > :11:18.baby-sitting takes up around a third of the money spent on raising a
:11:19. > :11:24.child. In Scotland that is over ?69,000 from birth to 21. I asked
:11:25. > :11:29.this mother if childcare was so expensive that she had to stay home.
:11:30. > :11:35.Our parents aren't local, I live in a rural area so to put fuel on the
:11:36. > :11:39.car and go into the city is not financially viable. There is a lot
:11:40. > :11:47.of non-essential stuff as well, rugby, piano lessons, they cost just
:11:48. > :11:52.over ?8,000. They can do soft play stuff or the science centre, going
:11:53. > :11:57.out for lunch, the clubs at school, football or gymnastics or ballet.
:11:58. > :12:02.You feel you are always shelling out? I have three children so yes,
:12:03. > :12:08.constantly. It seems children appreciate it. I like badminton and
:12:09. > :12:15.basketball and football. I like them. And do you appreciate your mum
:12:16. > :12:18.and dad? A little bit. Scots are known for their generosity and we
:12:19. > :12:26.give the most pocket money than any other part of the UK apart from
:12:27. > :12:31.London. I work overseas, I come home and they are more happy to see my
:12:32. > :12:35.wallet than me! What do you pay in pocket money? Sometimes it is just
:12:36. > :12:38.taking them out for entertainment. They start as bundles of joy but
:12:39. > :12:41.prepared to spend bundles. Solid fuel supplier
:12:42. > :12:43.Hargreaves Services is stopping coal production at all
:12:44. > :12:45.but one of its seven Scottish opencast mines
:12:46. > :12:47.because they are making losses. The company's not saying which site
:12:48. > :12:50.will stay open or what the effect Output was already being reduced
:12:51. > :12:54.because of the drop in demand The Church of England's General
:12:55. > :13:02.Synod is backing a proposal which could see vicars
:13:03. > :13:04.and kirk ministers working The agreement follows a presentation
:13:05. > :13:08.to the synod by the Moderator of the General Assembly
:13:09. > :13:11.of the Church of Scotland, Dr Angus Morrison, who said
:13:12. > :13:13.it would strengthen The proposal will go before
:13:14. > :13:17.the General Assembly A charity has called for urgent
:13:18. > :13:23.action to tackle what it calls It warns there's the risk
:13:24. > :13:28.of a 'generational gulf' between the housing
:13:29. > :13:39.haves and have-nots. Paul Bradley-Law his partner rent
:13:40. > :13:43.their property in Glasgow but when it comes to buying a flat, he is
:13:44. > :13:48.frustrated that the sums don't add up. By the time we had the deposit
:13:49. > :13:53.we needed, house prices will have gone up and we will need even more
:13:54. > :13:59.and that is an ongoing cycle with increases in rent, bills and travel
:14:00. > :14:05.costs. His experience is in stark contrast to his parents who bought
:14:06. > :14:13.their first home at 20 14 ?70,000. -- at 21. Shelters Gotland say it's
:14:14. > :14:19.a generational golf between haves and have-nots, just one strand in a
:14:20. > :14:24.wider housing crisis. The numbers speak for themselves, 150,000 people
:14:25. > :14:30.on waiting lists, Eddie 6000 people in Scotland applied as homeless last
:14:31. > :14:32.year, 10,500 families in temper a accommodation and 5000 children
:14:33. > :14:37.tonight will be in temporary accommodation without somewhere to
:14:38. > :14:42.call home. That is a crisis by any stretch of the imagination. With the
:14:43. > :14:46.demand for housing set to grow, Shelter have published what they are
:14:47. > :14:50.calling their manifesto for homes, and a key plank of the document is a
:14:51. > :14:54.call to build many more affordable homes for people to buy or rent like
:14:55. > :15:00.the ones taking shape here in Edinburgh. They want the next
:15:01. > :15:03.Scottish devilment to commit to building 12,000 affordable
:15:04. > :15:08.properties a year for five years, not an entirely straightforward
:15:09. > :15:11.proposition. What we saw with the recession is that a lot of builders
:15:12. > :15:15.went out of business so there are fewer competitors able to deliver
:15:16. > :15:20.and there is also a skill shortage in the constructive industry so
:15:21. > :15:24.there is a lack of capacity -- construction industry. Also the
:15:25. > :15:28.planning system can sometimes slow down development. In this
:15:29. > :15:33.Parliament, the Scottish Government say they have exceeded their
:15:34. > :15:36.affordable housing targets, investing ?1.7 billion. With an
:15:37. > :15:40.election on the horizon, the discussion around Scottish
:15:41. > :15:43.relationship with bricks and mortar has fresh impetus.
:15:44. > :15:46.A look at other stories from across the country.
:15:47. > :15:49.A 25-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection
:15:50. > :15:52.with the death of a woman whose body was found in a flat
:15:53. > :15:58.An investigation was launched after her body was found on Friday.
:15:59. > :16:01.Campaigners against controversial plans for a 109-mile line
:16:02. > :16:04.of 50-metre high super-pylons across Dumfries and Galloway have
:16:05. > :16:14.Dumgal Against Pylons claim their proposal would meet
:16:15. > :16:18.future transmission needs while minimising environmental
:16:19. > :16:23.Police in Dumfries and Galloway are warning teenagers to stay safe
:16:24. > :16:25.online after several young girls shared risque photographs
:16:26. > :16:30.with people they met over the internet.
:16:31. > :16:33.Some of the girls were blackmailed for money and told the pictures
:16:34. > :16:35.would be sent to friends if they didn't pay.
:16:36. > :16:38.One high school has sent letters to parents warning
:16:39. > :16:41.that their children could be targeted.
:16:42. > :16:44.The Director of Edinburgh's Hogmanay event is to stand down after two
:16:45. > :16:48.Pete Irvine formed Unique Events in 1992.
:16:49. > :16:51.He then became involved in creating a winter festival to celebrate
:16:52. > :16:56.The festival brings over 100,000 visitors to the capital over
:16:57. > :17:02.Scotland's beaver population may help prevent flooding,
:17:03. > :17:05.according to a study by researchers at Stirling University.
:17:06. > :17:07.Some locals believe the rodents living along the River Tay
:17:08. > :17:11.contributed to flooding in the Perthshire village of Alyth.
:17:12. > :17:14.But the scientists say the beaver dams helped reduce the effects
:17:15. > :17:19.by storing and then slowly releasing water.
:17:20. > :17:22.A woman from the north of Scotland has won ?2.5 million
:17:23. > :17:28.The same woman also won ?30,000 in another online game
:17:29. > :17:33.Bookmaker William Hill believes her windfall is the biggest
:17:34. > :17:48.The stakes are high in Edinburgh tonight, aren't they? They certainly
:17:49. > :17:53.are. They play in different leagues,
:17:54. > :17:55.but the second Edinburgh derby in nine days takes place
:17:56. > :17:57.at Easter Road tonight. The Scottish Cup tie
:17:58. > :17:59.between Hibs and Hearts The winners of tonight's replay
:18:00. > :18:03.will face Cup holders Inverness Caley Thistle
:18:04. > :18:13.in the quarter-finals. COMMENTATOR: To curl this in towards
:18:14. > :18:22.goal. A good save. It's in the net! Unbelievable. It was the goal that
:18:23. > :18:28.earned Hibs a replay against Hearts after coming back from two goals
:18:29. > :18:36.down at half time. We need to enjoy it. It's a fantastic occasion. It's
:18:37. > :18:40.a showcase game again. Full house. It will be an unbelievable
:18:41. > :18:45.atmosphere in the stadium tomorrow. We are hoping that we're the team ha
:18:46. > :18:51.comes out on top. It will be good to go to Easter Road. It can work for
:18:52. > :18:55.you or against you. If you start well and get ahead the crowd can
:18:56. > :18:58.turn and make it difficult for Hibs. If they get a good start it makes it
:18:59. > :19:03.difficult for us. It works both ways. It's one the players are
:19:04. > :19:07.looking forward to. Three of the last four Edinburgh derbies ended as
:19:08. > :19:13.draws. One thing about this evening, we are quaranteed a winner. It may
:19:14. > :19:17.take extra time, it may even take a penalty shoot-out. For the visitors
:19:18. > :19:24.to the capital they say that's the ideal way to finish the game. I
:19:25. > :19:28.think they tried Golden Gold goal. Penalty shoot-out is Hard way to
:19:29. > :19:34.fair. Lose. A great way to win. Dramatic way of finishing it. The
:19:35. > :19:39.modern way of finishing it. The sold-out signs are up ensuring a
:19:40. > :19:44.capacity crowd, all desperate for their team to triumph in what should
:19:45. > :19:48.be a dramatic, and maybe a long evening.
:19:49. > :19:50.Another replay tonight, Kilmarnock and Rangers battle it out
:19:51. > :19:52.for a quarter-final place against Dundee or Dumbarton.
:19:53. > :19:55.Killie assistant manager, Lee McCulloch, will oversee
:19:56. > :19:58.tonight's game with their new boss, Lee Clark, watching from the stand.
:19:59. > :20:02.Clark says lessons can be learned from the Ibrox clash.
:20:03. > :20:09.I watched the game. I was impressed by that. To win the game in the
:20:10. > :20:12.final third we need to be more productive from there. That is what
:20:13. > :20:19.Lee and Peter will be stressing to the players anyway. To go and enjoy
:20:20. > :20:23.it. Enjoy the occasion. It's a fantastic opportunity. A great
:20:24. > :20:26.crowd. Good atmosphere and for our young players to go and continue
:20:27. > :20:31.their good performances they had in the last couple of games.
:20:32. > :20:34.The Radio Scotland Sportsound team are already on air building up
:20:35. > :20:37.to live commentary of Hibs v Hearts on 810 medium wave and digital.
:20:38. > :20:40.With updates from the Kilmarnock Rangers Cup replay and Motherwell
:20:41. > :20:44.against Dundee United in the Premiership.
:20:45. > :20:45.Norwegian midfielder, Kristoffer Ajer, has arrived
:20:46. > :20:47.in Glasgow for signing talks with Celtic.
:20:48. > :20:49.The 17-year-old is currently with Start in Norway,
:20:50. > :20:52.but spent a week on trial at Celtic last month.
:20:53. > :20:55.He flew in from a training camp in sunny Spain to be greeted
:20:56. > :20:59.Ajer will undergo a medical and discuss personal terms
:21:00. > :21:10.You must be happy to be here in Glasgow? Yeah, I'm really happy. I
:21:11. > :21:15.enjoyed last time. Yeah. How does it feel to be coming to have talks with
:21:16. > :21:21.Celtic, such a big club? It's a big club. We will see what will happen.
:21:22. > :21:25.Tomorrow I'll talk more. So, we'll see. You like the weather here? I
:21:26. > :21:32.love it. I'm from Norway, so no problem. Thanks! Yeah, right!
:21:33. > :21:34.More and more people are enjoying a day at the races.
:21:35. > :21:37.That's according to Scottish Racing who run the five racecourses in this
:21:38. > :21:39.country - Ayr, Hamilton, Kelso, Musselburgh and Perth.
:21:40. > :21:42.The number of spectators has risen by more than 13%
:21:43. > :21:51.We sent John Barnes to Ayr races to find out.
:21:52. > :21:58.It wasn't only exhausted horses getting a soaking today, the punters
:21:59. > :22:02.were too. Despite the weather, they are still turning up in their
:22:03. > :22:07.numbers. The total attendance figures for the five Scottish
:22:08. > :22:14.courses last year was over 308,000. As far as the prize money on offer
:22:15. > :22:20.for the racehorse owners ?#6. 6. 7 million. The Scottish economy
:22:21. > :22:24.benefitted to the tune of ?173 million from Scottish racing. What's
:22:25. > :22:29.the secret to Scottish racing success? I think what we are
:22:30. > :22:33.offering is, one, good quality racing in Scotland. We have very
:22:34. > :22:39.good horses. It's exciting. I think you can also have, you know,
:22:40. > :22:43.husbands and wives, families can all come together and, unlike the
:22:44. > :22:47.football, we tend to be open towards family entertainment. They have a
:22:48. > :22:53.great team behind them most of the tracks in Scotland thech are working
:22:54. > :22:56.hard to attract runners and a lot of southern trainers bring horses up
:22:57. > :23:00.here. The bookies are usually laughing, what's the attraction for
:23:01. > :23:05.the punters? You meet really nice people at races. All sorts. A good
:23:06. > :23:09.family day out. The facilities at these racecourses are better than
:23:10. > :23:14.they used to be too. It's a big improvement and encouragement. I
:23:15. > :23:19.like horses, but the main reason is, I'm here to win money. You can do
:23:20. > :23:22.that while weathering a storm outside or relaxing inside in the
:23:23. > :23:28.warmth of the lounges. There are positive signs on the road
:23:29. > :23:31.to Rio for former world cycling The Milngavie cyclist has been named
:23:32. > :23:35.in Team GB for the Track World It's encouraging news as a crash
:23:36. > :23:39.and knee injury kept Archibald off the track last month,
:23:40. > :23:41.threatening her Olympic campaign. Fellow Scot, Callum Skinner, is also
:23:42. > :23:43.named for the World Championships The former World Boxing Champion,
:23:44. > :23:52.Walter McGowan, has died, aged 73. The Hamilton fighter won Scottish,
:23:53. > :23:56.British, European and Empire titles before winning the world
:23:57. > :24:14.flyweight title in 1966. Scotland produces good wee boxers.
:24:15. > :24:20.1966 was Walter McGowan's year. There's the bell. There's the bell.
:24:21. > :24:25.Britain has the Flyweight Championship of the World. Walter
:24:26. > :24:31.McGowan has won on points. Memories of Walter McGowan,
:24:32. > :24:35.who has passed away. Now, here's David Henderson
:24:36. > :24:45.with a preview of tonight's Tonight, the Prime Minister is in
:24:46. > :24:50.Brussels trying to hammer out a deal to reform the European Union. If he
:24:51. > :24:56.gets his way, he'll fire the starters gun for a referendum on
:24:57. > :25:02.Britain's place in Europe. And, it costs more than ?200,000 to raise a
:25:03. > :25:09.child in Scotland, so is it worth it? We'll take a look on become two
:25:10. > :25:11.at 10.30pm tonight. Now, there's a question.
:25:12. > :25:13.Let's see what the weather has in store and it's
:25:14. > :25:23.This weather Watcher watched the weather from indoors. This evening
:25:24. > :25:29.and tonight the wet and windy weather continues. Dryer conditions,
:25:30. > :25:34.drying to the north-west, gale force here. Wet for the central belt and
:25:35. > :25:38.south. If we pull out and look you can see the band of rain sandwiched
:25:39. > :25:43.between cold air ahead of it and behind it. Overnight that cold air
:25:44. > :25:48.behind it digging in. Likely to see some snow at times. A yellow be
:25:49. > :25:52.aware warning in force. You can see as we head through the early hours
:25:53. > :25:58.the rain turning to sleet and snow. Perhaps even a dusting to low levels
:25:59. > :26:03.as well. On higher ground several centimetres. Something to bear in
:26:04. > :26:06.mind for tomorrow morning's commute. Through the course of Wednesday it
:26:07. > :26:11.will improve. A line of wintry showers pushing in through the
:26:12. > :26:20.Highlands and Islands. By mid afternoon dryer for all. P. Chilly,
:26:21. > :26:25.five Celsius, cloudy. Further west some sunshine coming through here.
:26:26. > :26:30.It should brighten up through Angus and the far north later on. The rain
:26:31. > :26:33.will take a while to clear away from Shetland. The rest of the afternoon
:26:34. > :26:37.into the evening and wintry showers pushing in towards the north-west.
:26:38. > :26:42.Elsewhere, dry, clear and cold. Perhaps a touch of ice to western
:26:43. > :26:46.parts, too. Thursday, the weather front responsible for the rain we
:26:47. > :26:50.are seeing now clipping East Anglia, dryer weather behind it, although
:26:51. > :26:54.Friday's weather on the horizon. Thursday in more detail. Generally,
:26:55. > :26:58.bright with a few light showers across the west and north-west. The
:26:59. > :27:01.best of the sunshine in the east. Chilly, five to seven Celsius.
:27:02. > :27:06.Friday, that weather we saw earlier sweeping through, a wet day, windy
:27:07. > :27:10.as well. By the weekend yet more rain arriving particularly for
:27:11. > :27:13.western parts of the country. That's the forecast never end, isn't it,
:27:14. > :27:16.thank you, Christopher. Now, a reminder of
:27:17. > :27:18.tonight's main news. The Torness power station
:27:19. > :27:21.in East Lothian is to stay open until 2030, seven years beyond its
:27:22. > :27:23.previous decommissioning date. It's one of four of Britain's
:27:24. > :27:26.nuclear power plants to be given an extended lifeline
:27:27. > :27:30.beyond their scheduled closure. I'll be back with the headlines
:27:31. > :27:35.at 8.00pm and the late bulletin just Until then, from everyone
:27:36. > :27:38.on the team - right across the country -
:27:39. > :27:43.have a very good evening.