:00:00. > :00:13.and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.
:00:14. > :00:17.Tonight on Reporting Scotland - tax takes centre stage in the coming
:00:18. > :00:23.election campaign, as party leaders clash at Holyrood.
:00:24. > :00:25.College lecturers go on strike, in what could become the most
:00:26. > :00:28.serious industrial dispute to hit Scottish education for a generation.
:00:29. > :00:31.We catch up with the little boy severely burned in a gas explosion
:00:32. > :00:34.in Pakistan, as he pays a visit to the First Minister.
:00:35. > :00:37.We're live in Cardross, to see the new lease
:00:38. > :00:44.to a neglected architectural masterpiece.
:00:45. > :00:47.And we find out how Glasgow paved the way for the cartoon characters
:00:48. > :01:01.and superheroes we know today, with the world's first comic book.
:01:02. > :01:05.The election campaign hasn't even formally started,
:01:06. > :01:09.but already, tax is shaping up to be a key
:01:10. > :01:11.battleground in the run-up to May 5th.
:01:12. > :01:14.In Holyrood today, Nicola Sturgeon said she wouldn't follow
:01:15. > :01:17.the Chancellor's plan revealed in his Budget yesterday to provide
:01:18. > :01:22.But opposition leaders pressed her to give more
:01:23. > :01:30.Here is our political editor, Brian Taylor.
:01:31. > :01:39.New tax powers, due next year, mean Scotland's ministers are players,
:01:40. > :01:43.not observers. They can change the UK plans. The Chancellor has
:01:44. > :01:48.increased the income threshold at which people start paying the
:01:49. > :01:50.higher, 40p rate of tax. That adds up to a tax cut for higher earners
:01:51. > :01:56.from next year. Labour says it would up to a tax cut for higher earners
:01:57. > :01:59.reverse that for Scotland. It also plans a 1% income tax increase
:02:00. > :02:04.across the board. And also plans to increase the top tax rate from 45p
:02:05. > :02:10.to 50p. When thousands of people are increase the top tax rate from 45p
:02:11. > :02:13.losing their jobs because of cuts to councils, a tax cut for the better
:02:14. > :02:17.off simply cannot be a priority. This parliament should not be a
:02:18. > :02:26.conveyor belt for Tory austerities. The First Minister said she would
:02:27. > :02:30.spell out detailed plans next week. But when questioned repeatedly, she
:02:31. > :02:33.made plain she does not like the Chancellor's tax cut for high
:02:34. > :02:37.earners. I think the decision to give a large tax cut to 10% of the
:02:38. > :02:43.population at the highest end of the income spectrum, is the wrong
:02:44. > :02:46.choice. Clearly if I think it is the wrong choice, Presiding Officer, it
:02:47. > :02:52.is not a choice I am going to make myself. So what might she offer? She
:02:53. > :02:55.has already said, noting craze in the standard weight, arguing that
:02:56. > :03:00.would penalise the poor. She is sceptical about increasing the top
:03:01. > :03:03.rate for Scotland alone, fearing that high earners could declare
:03:04. > :03:08.income elsewhere and dodge the tax. But it looks like she will reverse
:03:09. > :03:15.the Chancellor's increase in the 40p tax threshold. From April 40p higher
:03:16. > :03:17.rate of tax comes in when you own more than ?43,000. The Chancellor
:03:18. > :03:22.April next year to ?45,000, a has increased that from
:03:23. > :03:26.April next year to ?45,000, a cut for higher earners. Limiting the
:03:27. > :03:31.increase to the CPI inflation rate would mean only a tiny increase in
:03:32. > :03:33.the threshold, sharply reducing that tax cut.
:03:34. > :03:38.It is about cross-border calculation is. The Tories said Scotland must
:03:39. > :03:40.not display the wrong message. I do not want to see a sign which
:03:41. > :03:47.says, higher taxes here, because I think that is
:03:48. > :03:52.the wrong choice for Scotland, and I am not the only one. And the Liberal
:03:53. > :03:56.Democrats, who also back a penny on tax, queried how services would be
:03:57. > :04:01.protected otherwise. Having rejected our penny for education proposal,
:04:02. > :04:07.how will the First Minister prevent damaging cuts to education budgets
:04:08. > :04:08.and colleges...? Today's exchanges confirmed, the Scottish Parliament
:04:09. > :04:14.elections in May will focus on tax. The driver of the bin lorry that
:04:15. > :04:16.crashed in Glasgow in December 2014 killing six people has appeared
:04:17. > :04:20.in court charged with dangerous 59-year-old Harry Clarke allegedly
:04:21. > :04:24.drove a car dangerously on 20th September 2015 knowing he had had
:04:25. > :04:29.two previous medical incidents. He appeared in private
:04:30. > :04:31.in Glasgow Sheriff Court this afternoon and made no plea
:04:32. > :04:34.or declaration and has been released Tens of thousands of college
:04:35. > :04:41.students had lectures cancelled today, after teaching staff went
:04:42. > :04:44.on strike in a dispute over pay. Unions say the action has
:04:45. > :04:47.been a long time coming, with its members also unhappy
:04:48. > :04:49.with college budgets Colleges had appealed
:04:50. > :04:55.for the strike to be called off. Here's our education
:04:56. > :05:13.correspondent Jamie McIvor. All we want is equal pay! All across
:05:14. > :05:17.Scotland, it has been a day of massive disruption for college
:05:18. > :05:26.students. Some 4000 lecturers at 19 colleges were out on strike. What do
:05:27. > :05:29.we want? Equal pay! The issue is pay as leader discrepancies between
:05:30. > :05:36.different colleges. The legacy of the days when there was no national
:05:37. > :05:38.budgeting in college page of out on picket UG was Susan. She is a
:05:39. > :05:42.budgeting in college page of out on business studies lecturer and she
:05:43. > :05:48.wants these disparities to be dealt with quickly. Every student who
:05:49. > :05:52.achieves a HND has to achieve the same standard of performance. And
:05:53. > :05:55.every lecturer who is involved in the delivery for those students is
:05:56. > :06:01.also having to meet the same standards of performance. She earns
:06:02. > :06:04.about ?3500 more than Katrina, who has a very similar job, at a
:06:05. > :06:09.different college. And there are other examples. In fact, the union
:06:10. > :06:14.claims the gap is sometimes more than ?10,000. If you are a nurse,
:06:15. > :06:19.you will get paid the same regardless of where you work. If you
:06:20. > :06:24.are a policeman, the same. If you are in the further education sector,
:06:25. > :06:26.lecturing, that does not happen. The organisation representing colleges
:06:27. > :06:31.is disappointed the strike went ahead. It says an agreement could be
:06:32. > :06:35.closed off over the last 20 years, those differences have built up in
:06:36. > :06:38.local management and unions negotiating. And now we are in the
:06:39. > :06:42.first period of national budgeting and we need to
:06:43. > :06:45.get to a point where we talk about those differences and look to
:06:46. > :06:50.harmonise them so that there is fair pay for doing the same job. Right
:06:51. > :06:55.now we do not have. That we do not have people doing the same. Job they
:06:56. > :07:00.do different things, with different working hours. This strike is.
:07:01. > :07:05.Overpaid it will be resolved if there is a deal on. Page but many of
:07:06. > :07:08.those taking part are keen to highlight other concerns as well. We
:07:09. > :07:09.are seeing the number of students reduced, and at the same
:07:10. > :07:16.time, anomalies in terms of pay rewards for principal macros which
:07:17. > :07:18.is fuelling the anger that there is one rule for one set of workers, and
:07:19. > :07:28.a different one for others. cash from the Scottish Government.
:07:29. > :07:31.Lecturers to their concerns to Hollywood. Talks are due tomorrow,
:07:32. > :07:34.but many more strikes are planned. You're watching Reporting
:07:35. > :07:36.Scotland from the BBC. Still to come on
:07:37. > :07:39.tonight's programme. the end of ancient fishing
:07:40. > :07:44.traditions. In sport, we're with the Scotland
:07:45. > :07:47.rugby team in Dublin, as head coach Vern Cotter
:07:48. > :07:49.makes three changes And it's another date
:07:50. > :07:54.at Hampden for Hibs, as Anthony Stokes helps them secure
:07:55. > :08:06.a Scottish Cup semifinal spot. The President of Ghana has arrived
:08:07. > :08:09.in Scotland on a trade visit amid controversy over his country's
:08:10. > :08:11.human rights record. John Dramani Mahama received polite
:08:12. > :08:37.applause at Holyrood Question Time, President Mahama has come to
:08:38. > :08:42.Scotland to strengthen ties with Scotland. It is more prosperous than
:08:43. > :08:46.many African countries, but it still has an unenviable human rights
:08:47. > :08:52.record. We really want to press on some of the specifics around use of
:08:53. > :08:54.torture, around tear gas, around how LGBT people, women accused of
:08:55. > :08:58.witchcraft, are being treated in these countries as well, to make
:08:59. > :09:02.sure that the world is watching when these issues are happening in other
:09:03. > :09:07.countries. Members will wish to join me in welcoming to the gallery the
:09:08. > :09:11.president of the Republic of Ghana. Polite applause in Hollywood but
:09:12. > :09:15.some MSPs, including the Labour leader, sat on their hands. The
:09:16. > :09:19.preserving officer resisted calls for her to raise human rights
:09:20. > :09:24.abuses, leaving that to the First Minister. What specific human rights
:09:25. > :09:28.concerns with you raise with the president of Ghana? I will make
:09:29. > :09:31.clear to the president of Ghana the importance of equality and
:09:32. > :09:36.tolerance. These are in my view universal values. The government
:09:37. > :09:42.later said there was also a specific discussion on the rights of gay
:09:43. > :09:46.Ghanaians, who can be jailed because of their sexuality. What do you say
:09:47. > :09:53.to those who criticise Ghana's human rights record? As a Ghanaian Heavey
:09:54. > :10:03.checked my credentials, the president addressed a meeting of
:10:04. > :10:08.MSPs, boycotted by the greens. Human rights transparency and the rule of
:10:09. > :10:15.law is strong... President Mahama was treated to lunch of smoked
:10:16. > :10:19.salmon. Now, he and the Ghanaian delegation are heading to Aberdeen
:10:20. > :10:23.to strike new business with the oil and gas industry. The president is
:10:24. > :10:26.coming here because he recognises the skills and expertise and
:10:27. > :10:31.technical knowledge which the businesses which operate in the
:10:32. > :10:35.North Sea can bring to that market. President Mahama is to be honoured
:10:36. > :10:38.by Aberdeen university. And as he heads north, he will be hoping to
:10:39. > :10:45.leave human rights controversy behind him at Hollywood.
:10:46. > :10:52.Edinburgh council has been forced to close three more schools after
:10:53. > :10:59.structural problems were discovered. The decision follows the second
:11:00. > :11:02.closure of another primary school yesterday. Safety inspections were
:11:03. > :11:06.ordered after a wall collapsed during a storm in January. All four
:11:07. > :11:08.schools were built ten years ago by the same contractors.
:11:09. > :11:11.The death has been announced of the Very Reverend Dr Sandy McDonald,
:11:12. > :11:13.a former Moderator of the General Assembly
:11:14. > :11:19.Dr McDonald served as Moderator for a year from 1997.
:11:20. > :11:26.Mohammed Sudais' life began in the most traumatic
:11:27. > :11:30.Aged just two months, he was seriously injured
:11:31. > :11:33.in a gas explosion which wiped out the rest of his family.
:11:34. > :11:35.His uncle - who lives here - brought him from Pakistan
:11:36. > :11:37.to Glasgow, where he could receive the care
:11:38. > :11:41.he needed, with the Scottish Government sponsoring his treatment.
:11:42. > :11:43.Now, almost three years and a dozen operations later,
:11:44. > :11:45.Mohammed and his relatives have met the First Minister.
:11:46. > :11:54.The report contains images of Muhammad before his treatment which
:11:55. > :11:55.some people might find distressing. This two-year-old
:11:56. > :11:58.has already travelled a long road in his
:11:59. > :12:08.short life. And today, the next step - he and his family meet the
:12:09. > :12:11.First Minister. It was a chance to thank the Scottish Government and
:12:12. > :12:16.the Scottish people for saving his life. We hope that he will have a
:12:17. > :12:22.normal future. The surgeon had some plans for him so he will definitely
:12:23. > :12:28.have more operations. But as you see here is a normal boy. He is a very
:12:29. > :12:31.happy boy. And all this happened due to the compassion and kindness of
:12:32. > :12:37.the Scottish people and the Scottish Government. He was less than two
:12:38. > :12:41.months old when a gas explosion in his hometown of Peshawar killed his
:12:42. > :12:45.mother, father and brother. His uncle managed to bring him here from
:12:46. > :12:53.Pakistan with the support of the Scottish Government. Suffering 80%
:12:54. > :12:58.burns to his face, the doctors in Pakistan said they could do no more
:12:59. > :13:01.for him. In Scotland he underwent life-saving surgery at Yorkhill
:13:02. > :13:05.Children's Hospital. His family cannot believe the transformation.
:13:06. > :13:10.He is like a little devil. Whatever he can destroy, he is going to go
:13:11. > :13:14.there and throw everything. But he is a very happy kid. As soon is he
:13:15. > :13:18.stepped in the house he brought all the happiness to our house. He is a
:13:19. > :13:23.beautiful baby brother and I cannot ask for a better brother to myself
:13:24. > :13:27.and to the family. It has been a big day for Sudais and his family. But
:13:28. > :13:29.while they are ready to relax with a cuppa, the typical toddler is ready
:13:30. > :13:39.to go. We get tired and he doesn't. A centuries-old salmon fishing
:13:40. > :13:41.tradition is set to end as a Government ban on killing wild
:13:42. > :13:44.salmon in inshore waters On the Solway Firth, nets
:13:45. > :13:48.near the mouth of the River Annan are being dismantled ahead
:13:49. > :13:52.of the change and those who work Kevin has tended the nets here for
:13:53. > :14:15.35 years. Now he is taking them down. Salmon
:14:16. > :14:20.fishing will be a structured across Scotland from the 1st of April. In
:14:21. > :14:25.places like Annan, the ban will last for a year, will be longer. He can
:14:26. > :14:29.still catch and release, if fishing with rods, but that is not possible
:14:30. > :14:35.with the nets. It is the end of an era. In 1538, King James V conferred
:14:36. > :14:38.on the people of Annan the right to fish by means of nets like this,
:14:39. > :14:42.so-called poker nets, further out in the US jury, as well. It is a right
:14:43. > :14:49.they have exercised for nearly 500 years. This is really part of the
:14:50. > :14:52.heritage of the town. And it should really be kept on. I am very
:14:53. > :14:57.disappointed with the way it has been dealt with. Nets April are
:14:58. > :15:02.blamed by many river owners for exacerbating the salmon shortages by
:15:03. > :15:07.stopping fish getting back to their valuable angling areas. They seem to
:15:08. > :15:14.be able to take take what the rest of us do. These have been here four
:15:15. > :15:19.years, they should not be lost. And then there is half netting, dating
:15:20. > :15:22.from Viking times, and unique to the Solway Firth. Because these nets are
:15:23. > :15:27.carried not fixed, catch and release will remain an option for them. But
:15:28. > :15:36.not, says this veteran, a very attractive one. I don't think you
:15:37. > :15:41.will get very many going out there at two o'clock in the morning when
:15:42. > :15:45.it is windy and rainy, just to catch salmon and let it go. He expects the
:15:46. > :15:50.skills involved to diminish and maybe die. Kevin knows that
:15:51. > :15:54.commercial net fishing here is finished. But he hopes that
:15:55. > :15:58.eventually, when stocks recover, a symbolic heritage net fishery can be
:15:59. > :16:03.established to keep alive ancient ways.
:16:04. > :16:05.It has been described as a modernist masterpiece,
:16:06. > :16:08.of accolades for its innovative design.
:16:09. > :16:11.But St Peter's College in Cardross was used as a training college
:16:12. > :16:13.for priests for just over a decade before it was abandoned.
:16:14. > :16:16.Now, 50 years after it first opened, it has a new lease of life,
:16:17. > :16:27.Our arts correspondent Pauline McLean is there.
:16:28. > :16:36.It is pretty much 50 years to the day that this place opened in
:16:37. > :16:41.Cardross. Upright modern building designed to wrap around the original
:16:42. > :16:45.old house that was on this country estate and create a Catholic campus
:16:46. > :16:49.not just for training priests but for the whole Catholic community. At
:16:50. > :16:53.its height it was meant to accommodate 100 priests but it never
:16:54. > :17:00.quite reached that capacity and eventually the college closed down.
:17:01. > :17:04.And for the last 30 odd years it has lain empty. This is pretty much all
:17:05. > :17:09.that remained of it, the shell of the building, there was little left
:17:10. > :17:15.to restore. The charity decided the best way to approach it was to open
:17:16. > :17:18.the country's first modernist ruin for people to come and look at much
:17:19. > :17:25.as they would a cathedral or a castle. It is quite a piece of work.
:17:26. > :17:32.It is a good reflection of what can be done. You let any artist worth
:17:33. > :17:37.their salt, a musician, a visual artist, theatre or Opera, it doesn't
:17:38. > :17:45.matter, if you respond to this place and space, great work will come from
:17:46. > :17:49.it. The first people to come through will be in the next half an hour and
:17:50. > :17:54.they are trying out some of the lighting. It looks absolutely
:17:55. > :17:59.brilliant. 7500 people have tickets to come and see the building over
:18:00. > :18:05.the next ten days and experienced this performance and, long-term, the
:18:06. > :18:08.hope is that this will allow them to reopen the building permanently so
:18:09. > :18:09.everybody can come and visit. Thank you.
:18:10. > :18:16.Let's get the latest sports news now from David.
:18:17. > :18:19.Vern Cotter says his focus is solely on winning Saturday's match
:18:20. > :18:27.in Ireland and not about Scotland's final Six Nations standing.
:18:28. > :18:35.Scotland are already in Dublin for the match on Saturday and so is our
:18:36. > :18:40.reporter. Where else to be on St Patrick's Day but Dublin? But for
:18:41. > :18:45.the Scottish players arriving today, the focus is less on revelry and
:18:46. > :18:51.more on the Irish rugby hosts. It will be tough. They have just come
:18:52. > :18:57.off a buoyant victory against Italy. They will have been preparing for
:18:58. > :19:02.this game so it is exciting to be able to have another crack at good
:19:03. > :19:06.opposition and see how we go. Vern Cotter makes three changes with Tim
:19:07. > :19:11.Swinson and Ryan Wilson coming into the pack and with Finn Russell ruled
:19:12. > :19:16.out, Duncan Weir comes in at ten for his first start of the tournament. I
:19:17. > :19:22.feel excited about the opportunity. Going to Dublin, the champions of
:19:23. > :19:27.last year, it is a big challenge but I'm looking forward to it. Scotland
:19:28. > :19:31.can finish second in the championship if results go their way
:19:32. > :19:37.and rise to seventh in the world but the head coach is not keen to dwell
:19:38. > :19:43.on such thoughts. Not thinking about it, just about the game. With less
:19:44. > :19:48.than 48 hours until kick-off, it is unlikely the Scottish players will
:19:49. > :19:50.be partying for St Patrick's Day but a victory in Dublin on Saturday and
:19:51. > :19:52.there would be much to celebrate. Leigh Griffiths says the Celtic
:19:53. > :19:55.players are affected by constant speculation about the future
:19:56. > :19:57.of their manager. The Parkhead striker responded
:19:58. > :20:01.to suggestions that out of work managers such as David Moyes,
:20:02. > :20:14.Malkay Mackay or even Neil Lennon It is frustrating for us because it
:20:15. > :20:19.is disrespectful. We are still top of the league so for other managers
:20:20. > :20:25.to say they are interested when there is someone still in charge, it
:20:26. > :20:26.is poor from them. I think the gaffer will ignore it, but we are
:20:27. > :20:28.frustrated with it. Motherwell manager Mark McGhee says
:20:29. > :20:31.he may need to ask or a postponement of Saturday's Premiership match
:20:32. > :20:33.with Aberdeen because of a virus So many have reported flu-like
:20:34. > :20:38.symptoms that Fir Park stadium was shut down yesterday with McGhee
:20:39. > :20:41.saying he may struggling to put His opposite number
:20:42. > :20:53.is sympathetic to a degree. If we turn up and there are more
:20:54. > :21:01.missing, we would be concerned as to whether the game could go ahead. But
:21:02. > :21:05.if I get nine or ten, the ones that have been playing every week, I
:21:06. > :21:12.would be quite happy. It is very unusual for the league to postpone a
:21:13. > :21:14.game. I'm confident that it will go ahead. It would be very unusual for
:21:15. > :21:16.it to be cancelled. The Hibs manager Alan Stubbs
:21:17. > :21:19.says his players showed "great character" to respond
:21:20. > :21:21.to their League Cup final defeat by booking a return
:21:22. > :21:27.to the national stadium. They can now look forward
:21:28. > :21:31.to a Scottish Cup semifinal after two goals from
:21:32. > :21:33.the on-loan Celtic striker Anthony Stokes helped
:21:34. > :21:46.knock out the holders, After questions over his form, Hibs
:21:47. > :21:50.on loan striker finally came good. It is Anthony Stokes with the
:21:51. > :21:56.opening goal! And he was not finished. After a defensive mistake,
:21:57. > :21:59.they made it to Noh with Stokes showing his poaches instinct to get
:22:00. > :22:04.his second overnight and set them on course for the win. Inverness would
:22:05. > :22:10.not give up without a fight and Ian figures got the goal. John Hughes
:22:11. > :22:16.was hoping for a revival but it would not come and the only poke in
:22:17. > :22:23.the eye was for the goalkeeper's apparent loss of a contact lens. He
:22:24. > :22:28.was booked for time wasting and will miss the semifinal. The focus was on
:22:29. > :22:34.Anthony Stokes who almost got a hand trick -- hat-trick. I am fully
:22:35. > :22:39.supportive of him, that is why he has been in the team. He has
:22:40. > :22:47.undoubted ability. We are out, simple as that, they were poor goals
:22:48. > :22:51.to lose. The second half, a real up and add them performance, we got the
:22:52. > :22:56.goal and they were on the back foot but it was too late. Hibs back to
:22:57. > :23:01.winning ways after five games without victory. The semifinal with
:23:02. > :23:03.Dundee United is on the 16th of April.
:23:04. > :23:06.Glasgow's well known for its banter, but it's being claimed the city
:23:07. > :23:09.is the first place to translate that bawdy and often satirical wit
:23:10. > :23:15.First published in the early 19th century, "The Glasgow Looking Glass"
:23:16. > :23:17.is described as the world's oldest comic.
:23:18. > :23:19.It's the centrepiece of a new exhibition hoping
:23:20. > :23:20.to establish Scotland as the recognised birthplace
:23:21. > :23:34.The Glasgow Looking Glass, published in 1825 and claiming to be the
:23:35. > :23:41.worlds first comic book. Its pages poked fun at all of society. Some of
:23:42. > :23:46.the jokes even 150 years later are still funny, there is a great one
:23:47. > :23:53.advertising lodging in a well aired room and the picture is a prison. It
:23:54. > :23:58.was 16 years before Punch and any of the ones in Paris that we know
:23:59. > :24:03.about. They were poking fun at people happily here in Glasgow. The
:24:04. > :24:07.founder, William he is, was a showman who switched to satire on
:24:08. > :24:14.the page as the prefix work -- printing Works could produces,. This
:24:15. > :24:18.exhibition also highlight the modern graphic art still thriving here
:24:19. > :24:26.almost two centuries later. This is one of the local -- local artists.
:24:27. > :24:32.From judge read -- Judge Dredd, his work is much in demand. The Scots
:24:33. > :24:37.are renowned for their storytelling, I think we punch above our weight in
:24:38. > :24:43.a lot of different areas. It seems that Glasgow in particular has a
:24:44. > :24:51.wealth of talent both in the independent press and mainstream
:24:52. > :24:59.comics. I'm not sure why it is but it certainly seems to be the case.
:25:00. > :25:04.So from soppy romances to Scooby Doo, this exhibition pulls together
:25:05. > :25:09.all kinds of art but there are calls for a more permanent hub to properly
:25:10. > :25:11.showcase the impressive comic artists of Scotland.
:25:12. > :25:17.Now here's Shelley with details of Scotland 2016.
:25:18. > :25:24.Tonight, no tax cut for high earners in Scotland say all but the Tories
:25:25. > :25:30.so are we set to become the highest taxed part of the UK? And counselled
:25:31. > :25:37.on the verge of crisis, how can they balance their budgets? Join me on
:25:38. > :25:44.BBC Two at 10:30pm. Braemar was the hottest spot in Britain today with
:25:45. > :25:51.temperatures how high? 19 degrees. There was beautiful sunshine around
:25:52. > :25:58.and 19 degrees but just 50 miles east, what a difference, 7 degrees
:25:59. > :26:02.for Dundee and Aberdeen. You can see that cloud burning back as it did
:26:03. > :26:05.for most of the mainland but around the coast it was somewhat stubborn.
:26:06. > :26:12.If you had the sunshine, beautiful scenes like these. But if you had
:26:13. > :26:20.the mist and cloud, it was a bit like that. Heading through the
:26:21. > :26:24.evening and overnight, it stays dry but the low cloud reforms and moves
:26:25. > :26:29.back inland. Still some clear conditions in the north-west and
:26:30. > :26:32.south-west, a touch of frost but for many, four or five Celsius.
:26:33. > :26:39.Tomorrow, high pressure firmly in charge again which means a lot of
:26:40. > :26:44.dry, settled weather but also cloud, probably more than today. Still some
:26:45. > :26:47.brightness coming through, most likely in the north-west and
:26:48. > :26:51.south-west but eastern parts of the Central Belt probably not improving
:26:52. > :26:56.as well as today. If you had the sunshine, double-digit temperatures
:26:57. > :27:01.but it will feel chilly in the cloud, particularly on that east
:27:02. > :27:05.coast. Further north and the cloud is still with us in the far north
:27:06. > :27:10.and Northern Isles and sick enough for the odd spot of rain. The rest
:27:11. > :27:18.of the afternoon and evening, once again reforms -- thick enough. The
:27:19. > :27:23.weekend will look a bit like this, dry but cloudy and really quite
:27:24. > :27:29.great. Some drizzle in the far north pushing down the eastern side, some
:27:30. > :27:35.brightness to the south of the hills because the breeze is from the north
:27:36. > :27:40.but it is like. Sunday into Monday, the high-pressure slips further west
:27:41. > :27:42.and south, introducing some wet weather in the north and the further
:27:43. > :27:45.south you are, the dry it will Now, a reminder of
:27:46. > :27:46.tonight's main news. Tax is shaping up to be a key
:27:47. > :27:49.battleground in the run-up In Holyrood today, Nicola Sturgeon
:27:50. > :27:53.said she wouldn't follow the Chancellor's plan to provide tax
:27:54. > :27:56.cuts to higher earners. But opposition leaders
:27:57. > :27:58.pressed her to give more detail I'll be back with the headlines
:27:59. > :28:07.at 8pm and the late bulletin just Until then, from everyone
:28:08. > :28:10.on the team right across the country, have
:28:11. > :28:13.a very good evening.