:00:10. > :00:12.Tonight on Reporting Scotland: A Bradford man appears in court
:00:13. > :00:14.charged with the murder of Glasgow shopkeeper Asad Shah,
:00:15. > :00:20.in what police described as a religiously prejudiced attack.
:00:21. > :00:23.Inspections are being carried out at schools across Scotland built
:00:24. > :00:26.by one contractor after the collapse of a wall at an Edinburgh primary
:00:27. > :00:33.North Sea oil rig hadn't been checked for over thirty years.
:00:34. > :00:37.Also on the programme: Training's over, now it's time for action
:00:38. > :00:44.as Scotland get set to take on Denmark at Hampden.
:00:45. > :00:47.And Andy Murray gets beaten, and so does his racket,
:00:48. > :00:59.And, a band of amateur actors are joining the Royal Shakespeare
:01:00. > :01:18.Company to play a band of amateur actors in a Midsummer's Night Dream.
:01:19. > :01:23.A man has appeared in court charged with last week's murder of Glasgow
:01:24. > :01:26.32-year-old Tanveer Ahmed from Bradford is accused
:01:27. > :01:27.of the killing, which police describe
:01:28. > :01:29.as a "religiously prejudiced attack".
:01:30. > :01:40.These pictures show Asad Shah working in his shop last August. A
:01:41. > :01:46.business he had run for many years. On Thursday night, just after nine
:01:47. > :01:50.o'clock, police were called. They found Asad Shah lying in the street
:01:51. > :01:54.not far from his shop. He had been stabbed. He was taken to hospital,
:01:55. > :01:58.where he was pronounced dead. Just hours before he was stabbed, he had
:01:59. > :02:04.posted a message on Facebook wishing a Good Friday and a very happy
:02:05. > :02:11.Easter, especially, he said, to my beloved Christian nation. He was a
:02:12. > :02:16.Muslim. A very small group within Scotland's Muslim community, making
:02:17. > :02:20.up less than 1% of Scots Muslims. This is where he worshipped. Police
:02:21. > :02:23.said during the investigation, they were treating his death is
:02:24. > :02:29.religiously prejudiced, and that the man who had been arrested was
:02:30. > :02:33.Muslim. Today that man was named as 32-year-old Tanveer Ahmed from
:02:34. > :02:38.Bradford. He appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court where he was charged
:02:39. > :02:42.with Mr Shah's murder. He made no plea and was remanded in custody,
:02:43. > :02:47.and he is expected to appear in court again next week. A car inside
:02:48. > :02:55.the police cordon was registered to the taxi at Uber and registered with
:02:56. > :03:08.Glasgow City Council. A sea the taxi at Uber and registered with
:03:09. > :03:12.tributes has been left to Mr Shah from his customers. Almost ?100,000
:03:13. > :03:14.has been raised to him and his family.
:03:15. > :03:17.BBC Scotland has learned that inspections are being carried out
:03:18. > :03:19.at schools across the country following the collapse of a wall
:03:20. > :03:21.at an Edinburgh primary earlier this year.
:03:22. > :03:23.Described as "a precautionary measure", the fresh surveys -
:03:24. > :03:26.in Glasgow, Fife and Inverclyde - centre on construction work done
:03:27. > :03:28.by one company as part of controversial private finance deals.
:03:29. > :03:38.With pupils enjoying their used a fortnight, work continues to rebuild
:03:39. > :03:42.the outer wall of Oxton is primary. It collapsed in January, storm
:03:43. > :03:48.Gertrude exploding flaws in the wall's original construction.
:03:49. > :03:53.Completed a decade ago, the school was one of 17 in Edinburgh built or
:03:54. > :03:59.refurbished following a deal between the council and a private finance
:04:00. > :04:01.consortium. When the wall collapsed, inspections revealed similar
:04:02. > :04:08.problems at three others, built around the same time by Miller
:04:09. > :04:11.Construction. These issues are related to the construction
:04:12. > :04:16.techniques. I don't think it is a contractual issue. Four schools were
:04:17. > :04:22.temporarily closed, leaving families like the he needs to make the best
:04:23. > :04:26.of temporary new arrangements. It is something of which we were quite
:04:27. > :04:30.shocked, because as you can see from looking at the place, it looks like
:04:31. > :04:38.a new school, and it should be a safe environment for the children to
:04:39. > :04:53.learn in. Edinburgh's PPP digit one deal so I private consortium build
:04:54. > :04:55.and manage schools as part of a deal, and manage schools elsewhere
:04:56. > :04:58.and manage schools as part of a in Scotland. Glasgow's private
:04:59. > :05:02.finance deal first managing and building schools was worth three
:05:03. > :05:07.times as much as Edinburgh's, involving 29 secondaries and one
:05:08. > :05:12.primary. Once again, this construction group played a part, so
:05:13. > :05:16.Glasgow City Council say their PPP contract will carry out surveys at
:05:17. > :05:25.all of the schools built by the company, described in number as a
:05:26. > :05:28.handful. Miller construction used a standard technique throughout the
:05:29. > :05:33.country, we were told. Two years ago they were bought over by another
:05:34. > :05:37.building firm. When asked, the new owners reveal they have also
:05:38. > :05:42.contacted the clients of PPP schools built by Miller construction in
:05:43. > :05:45.Inverclyde and in Fife, where the council say building inspections are
:05:46. > :05:51.being carried out during the Easter holidays. In a statement, the
:05:52. > :05:55.company stressed they are not aware of any defects, describing the
:05:56. > :06:00.actions as a precautionary measure. Back in Edinburgh, Brian Heaney has
:06:01. > :06:05.been assured his daughter's School will be ready to be open in time for
:06:06. > :06:08.the new term. In the meantime, the questions he and other parents have
:06:09. > :06:12.had about school safety are now echoing more widely.
:06:13. > :06:15.The Greens have set out the most radical income tax plans of any
:06:16. > :06:18.Holyrood party, including a new 60p top rate of tax.
:06:19. > :06:21.That's higher than Labour's 50p proposal, which has been rejected
:06:22. > :06:23.by the SNP, who fear it could reduce the overall tax take.
:06:24. > :06:35.Here's our political correspondent, Glenn Campbell.
:06:36. > :06:46.One, two, three, go! As we count down to election day, the Greens are
:06:47. > :06:50.aiming to win more votes, with plans to tax the rich more and the poor
:06:51. > :06:57.less. They want new income rate and bands that reduces the tax paid by
:06:58. > :07:04.those earning below ?26,500. They want to hire 43p rate above ?43,000,
:07:05. > :07:10.and a new 60p top rate on earnings above 150,000. Is it OK to make lots
:07:11. > :07:16.of money? It is important that as a successful ascites we sure that the
:07:17. > :07:19.wealth of -- as a successful society, we ensure that the wealth
:07:20. > :07:26.of society benefits all of us rather than being hoarded by a tiny number
:07:27. > :07:29.of high-income people. In her first election as Labour leader, Kezia
:07:30. > :07:33.Dugdale favours higher taxes for the better off. Together we stand with
:07:34. > :07:38.the simple message, it doesn't have to be this way. Faced with the
:07:39. > :07:41.choice of using the powers of the parliament passing on Tory cuts, we
:07:42. > :07:46.choice of using the powers of the stand to use the powers, the SNP
:07:47. > :07:50.stand to pass on the cuts. Labour want to put a penny on all rates,
:07:51. > :07:55.bringing a new 50p top rate on earnings over ?150,000. The Liberal
:07:56. > :08:00.Democrats also want an extra penny on all existing rates. That is bound
:08:01. > :08:08.to be popular, they think, as long as the revenue raised is wisely
:08:09. > :08:14.spent. We want to guarantee investment in our children's future
:08:15. > :08:19.in education, it is a guaranteed way to guarantee our future. The SNP
:08:20. > :08:24.wants to freeze existing rates and to cancel the UK increase in the
:08:25. > :08:31.threshold for paying higher rate tax to protect revenue. The SNP leader
:08:32. > :08:36.has rejected a 50p top rate for now, arguing that unless we are careful,
:08:37. > :08:41.the highest earners will move elsewhere. I won't put forward
:08:42. > :08:45.proposals for tax increases that independent analysis says might risk
:08:46. > :08:47.a revenue, so we will continue to take balanced decisions in the
:08:48. > :08:51.interests of our economy, public services and households across the
:08:52. > :08:54.country. The Conservatives want tax in Scotland no higher than in the
:08:55. > :09:02.rest of the UK, with lower rates when finances allow. For now, the
:09:03. > :09:09.Tory story is to dine out on leaving tax alone. We need to encourage
:09:10. > :09:13.investment, growth, encourage people to come here and build here, we
:09:14. > :09:17.don't want high taxes putting off. Five parties, five leaders, five
:09:18. > :09:25.different tax takes, five more to go. -- five more weeks to go.
:09:26. > :09:26.And Glenn joins us now from Edinburgh.
:09:27. > :09:28.Glenn, the party leaders go head-to-head again in another
:09:29. > :09:39.Yes, the stage is set for the second of three TVM counters, this one
:09:40. > :09:42.hosted by STV. I don't know what the audience here in Edinburgh will
:09:43. > :09:46.choose to ask, but I would be surprised if tax didn't come up when
:09:47. > :09:48.the party leaders cross-examine one another, that will be the
:09:49. > :09:54.centrepiece for tonight's two-hour debate. Why so much focus on tax
:09:55. > :09:58.credit because for next year, for the first time, Hollywood will be in
:09:59. > :10:04.charge of setting all income tax rate and bands in Scotland, and MSP
:10:05. > :10:11.Rumack will also have new scare -- powers worth more than ?2.5 billion
:10:12. > :10:17.over welfare, in addition to the existing powers. At this election,
:10:18. > :10:23.the parties have competing plans for reform or replacement of the council
:10:24. > :10:27.tax as well, so plenty for the five leaders to talk about tonight.
:10:28. > :10:29.And Scotland 2016's also hosting a series of Election debates.
:10:30. > :10:38.On Tuesday, our first debate will be on the hot topic of tax. It is your
:10:39. > :10:40.chance to grill the politicians, if you would like to be part of the
:10:41. > :10:48.studio audience, please e-mail us: You're watching Reporting
:10:49. > :10:50.Scotland from the BBC. Still to come on
:10:51. > :10:55.tonight's programme: The amateur actors who are taking
:10:56. > :11:03.to the stage with the Shakespeare And in sport, two players
:11:04. > :11:06.are handed their Scotland debuts We'll bring you the starting line-up
:11:07. > :11:13.plus the thoughts of a former And the mystery surrounding Mauresmo
:11:14. > :11:17.- why was Andy Murray's coach not sitting with the rest
:11:18. > :11:26.of Team Murray in Miami? A gas leak on a North Sea platform
:11:27. > :11:29.was caused by a "catastrophic" failure of pipework which had not
:11:30. > :11:31.been properly inspected for more That's the conclusion of a Health
:11:32. > :11:40.and Safety investigation into what happened on Marathon Oil's
:11:41. > :11:43.Brae Alpha platform last Boxing Day. Workers described the aftermath
:11:44. > :11:45.as looking "like a bombsite". Our reporter Steven Duff
:11:46. > :11:56.is in Aberdeen tonight. The Health and Safety Executive not
:11:57. > :12:03.mincing its words in its report into what happened on the Brae Alpha, but
:12:04. > :12:08.155 miles east of where we are in Aberdeen. A catastrophic failure of
:12:09. > :12:14.pipe works cause significant damage, and according to the HSC, this posed
:12:15. > :12:19.a real, unacceptable, risk of serious injury through fire or
:12:20. > :12:23.explosion to those on board. And perhaps just as seriously, the HSC
:12:24. > :12:30.also found that the pipe involved had not been inspected for more than
:12:31. > :12:32.30 years, in fact since 1983, when the Brae Alpha was commissioned, and
:12:33. > :12:36.that goes against the guidelines of the operator, Marathon Oil, who says
:12:37. > :12:41.that these pipes should have been checked at least every 12 years. The
:12:42. > :12:46.union representative in Aberdeen has been speaking to some of those who
:12:47. > :12:52.were on board at the time. It was described to me as a bomb site, a
:12:53. > :12:57.seven inch heavy wallpaper which had failed and caused considerable
:12:58. > :13:01.damage. The line one guy used was that anybody close would have been
:13:02. > :13:09.killed. But if it ignited, the whole platform was at risk. Marathon Oil
:13:10. > :13:14.says it is complying with the HSC report, and says remedial work is
:13:15. > :13:17.under way, but significantly, the Brae Alpha has not operated since
:13:18. > :13:22.Boxing Day, since the incident, so that gives an idea of how serious
:13:23. > :13:25.the incident was. No one was injured, but it does seem it was
:13:26. > :13:27.another lucky escape on a north sea platform.
:13:28. > :13:33.Thank you Ray much. The Scotland-wide Free Bus Travel
:13:34. > :13:36.Scheme for Older and Disabled People It currently costs around
:13:37. > :13:39.?200 million a year. So, what impact has it had
:13:40. > :13:52.on people's transport needs? These older passengers don't require
:13:53. > :13:55.any cash to use the bus because they have their national entitlement
:13:56. > :13:57.card. This allows them to travel free on local registered or
:13:58. > :14:08.scheduled long-distance bus services. It is nice to go out, take
:14:09. > :14:13.the bus, get the bus back home, and if I was a bit younger and fitter! I
:14:14. > :14:16.sometimes get the bus to Glasgow and do some shopping, and if I want to
:14:17. > :14:23.venture further afield, I like to go to Oban and get on the ferry over to
:14:24. > :14:28.mull, and you can do all this because of his bus pass. A lot of my
:14:29. > :14:33.generation never learned to drive, and we couldn't afford to go very
:14:34. > :14:37.far on a bus. Now we can go anywhere we want, and the world is opened up
:14:38. > :14:42.to us, Scotland is opened up to us. The free bus travel scheme for older
:14:43. > :14:48.and disabled people was introduced in 2006, and has been very popular.
:14:49. > :14:52.When the first figures became available in 2008, there were 1.1
:14:53. > :14:58.million cardholders, and last year that went up to 1.3 million
:14:59. > :15:03.cardholders. The bus companies agree that it has been a big success and
:15:04. > :15:10.they have been wider benefits. Every pound invested concessionary travel,
:15:11. > :15:16.about ?2 67 of benefits come to the passengers or supporting transport
:15:17. > :15:21.infrastructure. Won all the person's charity believes that the scheme is
:15:22. > :15:26.helping to keep people fitter for longer. Research has shown the more
:15:27. > :15:31.people can be engaged physically, socially, mentally, it helps their
:15:32. > :15:34.health, will reduce illness, disease, ultimately reducing the
:15:35. > :15:38.health and is a bill. There have been concerns about fraud, and the
:15:39. > :15:45.cost of the scheme. Currently the annual budget is around ?200
:15:46. > :15:46.million. But with cardholders making 150 million journeys a year, the
:15:47. > :15:50.scheme is very popular. A look at other stories
:15:51. > :15:52.from across the country... Hundreds of jobs have been
:15:53. > :15:55.safeguarded at Rolls Royce in Renfrewshire, after it won
:15:56. > :15:57.a major contract from the UK Engineering staff at the Inchinnan
:15:58. > :16:03.site will make parts Fish farming company Marine Harvest
:16:04. > :16:10.say Kyleakin on Skye is their preferred location
:16:11. > :16:13.for a new fish feed plant. They say the development on the site
:16:14. > :16:27.of an old quarry will create 55 This is very important and we are
:16:28. > :16:41.delighted that they have chosen this location here on Skye, and it will
:16:42. > :16:43.bring much industry to all of the island.
:16:44. > :16:45.Work has begun on two hydro schemes in Glen Affric.
:16:46. > :16:47.The developer Green Highland Renewables says they will produce
:16:48. > :16:49.enough electricity to power more than two and a half thousand homes.
:16:50. > :16:53.We don't want to tell anybody they won't notice the construction site,
:16:54. > :16:57.but the idea is that the measures we are employing throughout that
:16:58. > :16:59.construction phase will ensure that the long-term residual effects are
:17:00. > :17:01.minimal. Plans have been approved
:17:02. > :17:04.to transform the shipyard where the QE2 and Queen Mary
:17:05. > :17:06.were built into a housing John Brown's in Clydebank closed 30
:17:07. > :17:11.years ago and the majority of the site, known as Queens Quay,
:17:12. > :17:18.has been derelict for decades. A hundred years ago today a public
:17:19. > :17:21.meeting was held in Glasgow to establish a hospital in the west
:17:22. > :17:23.of Scotland for amputees returning What became the Erskine Hospital has
:17:24. > :17:30.since treated 85,000 ex Our arts correspondent
:17:31. > :17:43.Pauline McLean reports. It was originally known as the
:17:44. > :17:48.Princess Louise Hospital for limbless sailors and soldiers, named
:17:49. > :17:55.for its patron and set up in 1916, but to most people it is Erskine.
:17:56. > :18:00.This newly discovered archive details its beginnings and its first
:18:01. > :18:04.patients and it is apt it has come here to Glasgow University. The
:18:05. > :18:11.first connection it has is through the man who founded Erskine, and was
:18:12. > :18:16.also a professor at Glasgow University. The hospital system in
:18:17. > :18:20.the UK and Scotland couldn't cope with all of the casualties returning
:18:21. > :18:28.so he felt strongly Hospital should be setup to deal with these cases.
:18:29. > :18:32.David's father was of the first 13 patients admitted to the hospital,
:18:33. > :18:36.he had been seriously injured at Gallipoli and not expected to
:18:37. > :18:44.survive. I said to him, what did you do to your arm, dad? They put it in
:18:45. > :18:49.boiling tar. He said they put me on the side of the boat, this is where
:18:50. > :18:55.they are going to put you if you are going to die. But he didn't die and
:18:56. > :18:58.was one of thousands of men to receive new limbs at Erskine
:18:59. > :19:02.Hospital. He went on to build several businesses and raised eight
:19:03. > :19:13.children including David, who was born in 1926. They built huts and
:19:14. > :19:14.bonkers, everything like that, they built all of these things with one
:19:15. > :19:20.arm, and he would dig the garden, built all of these things with one
:19:21. > :19:28.everything like that. His story is one of many told in the Erskine
:19:29. > :19:31.archive, which is hoped will be digitised as well as featured at an
:19:32. > :19:32.exhibition at the university later this
:19:33. > :19:36.Let's hand you over to sport and Jane has the round-up.
:19:37. > :19:39.Celtic's Kieran Tierney and John McGinn of Hibernian
:19:40. > :19:41.are expected to become the latest players to win Scotland
:19:42. > :19:50.The pair are in line to start for Scotland,
:19:51. > :19:52.who face Denmark in a friendly at Hampden.
:19:53. > :19:55.Our reporter Alasdair Lamont is at the national stadium and can
:19:56. > :20:03.As Gordon Strachan continues to cast his eye over players he feels might
:20:04. > :20:12.be able to help Scotland get to the next World Cup, it seems likely his
:20:13. > :20:28.team tonight will include two new caps from the start. Kieran Tierney,
:20:29. > :20:32.and John McGinn. Brown captains the side, winning his 50th cap, and
:20:33. > :20:38.Griffiths being given his chance up front. Plenty of experienced players
:20:39. > :20:47.in that team but I have been gauging fans' thoughts about the inclusion
:20:48. > :20:53.of John McGinn and Kieran Tierney. He is a young guy, I think he could
:20:54. > :20:57.be a revolution. I'm joined now by the former Scotland defender Willie
:20:58. > :21:09.Miller, alongside me. Kieran Tierney, and John McGinn being given
:21:10. > :21:12.their start tonight, is it exciting for you? Yes, I think it is really
:21:13. > :21:19.important to give young players an opportunity. To see these two Young
:21:20. > :21:24.Scottish developed players getting the chance at this level I think
:21:25. > :21:28.it's fantastic. We know also that Lee Griffiths will be given a chance
:21:29. > :21:32.upfront but Steven Fletcher also playing, it sounds more attacking
:21:33. > :21:38.than perhaps Gordon Strachan would normally go but it is a chance for
:21:39. > :21:43.Griffiths to stake a claim for the striker's point, doesn't it? He
:21:44. > :21:46.deserves it, obviously he has waited for it. Fletcher is a very good
:21:47. > :21:52.player, I would be interested to see how they link up. I think he has
:21:53. > :21:56.waited for this chance and I hope he takes it. A good performance tonight
:21:57. > :22:00.from Scotland would go down nicely, and another good result following
:22:01. > :22:04.the win in the Czech Republic last week would go down perfectly for
:22:05. > :22:06.Gordon Strachan here at Hampden this evening.
:22:07. > :22:24.And there's coverage of tonight's friendly
:22:25. > :22:28.Meanwhile Scotland's under 21 side have already been in action this
:22:29. > :22:32.After trailing Northern Ireland 1-0, this goal by Hibernian's Jason
:22:33. > :22:35.Cummings made up for his earlier penalty miss and sealed a 3-1
:22:36. > :22:38.They're fourth in their group with four games remaining,
:22:39. > :22:49.Andy Murray admits he's just not been able to take advantage
:22:50. > :22:51.of being in winning positions lately and he knows he's got
:22:52. > :22:56.But he insists his third round exit from the Miami Open was not down
:22:57. > :22:58.to any fallout with his coach Amelie Mauresmo.
:22:59. > :23:01.Murray lost to Andy Murray admits he's just not been able to take
:23:02. > :23:03.advantage of being in winning positions lately and he knows he's
:23:04. > :23:08.Murray lost to Grigor Dimitrov in three sets in Miami in a much
:23:09. > :23:13.Andy Murray says there has not been a fall out, he simply trying to a
:23:14. > :23:16.way to curb on court tantrums. Back to the drawing board on that front
:23:17. > :23:18.may be. It all started reasonably well enough for Andy Murray, the
:23:19. > :23:22.first set went to a tie-break which he won comfortably. But then the
:23:23. > :23:34.mistakes started to show as Grigor Dimitrov took charge of the second
:23:35. > :23:42.set. And, as the match progressed, the mistakes from Andy Murray
:23:43. > :23:46.continued. Andy Murray just wasn't on top form here and it was little
:23:47. > :23:56.surprise that another error came at match point. I made many more
:23:57. > :24:01.mistakes than usual, especially in the third set so that was surprising
:24:02. > :24:06.for me but it is not like I came out and played all. The whole match.
:24:07. > :24:13.It's just when you get in winning positions you need to put your foot
:24:14. > :24:17.down and in the last two tournaments I certainly haven't done that.
:24:18. > :24:21.Plenty to mull over for player and coach and perhaps a rethink on
:24:22. > :24:26.seating positions. And that's your sport.
:24:27. > :24:30.For months the hunt has been on to find Scotland's best Bottom.
:24:31. > :24:33.And the actor who won the role is one of a group of amateurs
:24:34. > :24:36.on stage at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow tonight with the prestigious
:24:37. > :24:42.The plot is too complicated to up in one minute 45 seconds but
:24:43. > :24:47.there are mismatched lovers, a fairy King and queen, and a group of
:24:48. > :24:54.amateur actors played by a group of amateur actors. I recognise a lot of
:24:55. > :24:58.what is happening in our scene within the play that you would see
:24:59. > :25:07.pretty well in any amateur company up and down the land. The production
:25:08. > :25:11.is part of celebrations for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's
:25:12. > :25:14.death. It means a lot to me as a director and to a lot of my
:25:15. > :25:20.professional cast to be here because I think it has an amazing history.
:25:21. > :25:24.Many have visited many times before but haven't worked here so to be
:25:25. > :25:26.here is a privilege, and to be here with this particular group of
:25:27. > :25:29.here is a privilege, and to be here amateur actors who are so skilled,
:25:30. > :25:40.it is lovely to see them on the stage so at home. And the chance to
:25:41. > :25:45.appear on stage with the RSC is a Midsummer nights dream come true for
:25:46. > :25:50.the group who play Shakespeare's rude mechanicals. I am a big
:25:51. > :25:54.Shakespeare geek. I think English people have adopted him as a sort of
:25:55. > :25:59.Robert Burns type figure but he's not, he transcends all of that. He's
:26:00. > :26:06.just a figure for literature and drama rather than a figure for
:26:07. > :26:08.England. The Bard himself will be keeping a beady eye on the
:26:09. > :26:09.production which runs from tonight until Saturday.
:26:10. > :26:20.Today was a case of sunshine and showers and some of those showers
:26:21. > :26:28.really quite sharp at times. Some hail leading some difficult
:26:29. > :26:34.conditions on the M74, and for some it was a carpet of white with hail
:26:35. > :26:37.covering the grass there in East Kilbride. As we had through this
:26:38. > :26:44.evening, the showers becoming confined to the north and north-west
:26:45. > :26:48.really, many areas drier. Particularly in the south-east there
:26:49. > :26:52.will be long clear spells, temperatures freezing in the
:26:53. > :26:56.countryside. A cold start of the day tomorrow, then once again a case of
:26:57. > :27:01.bright spells and showers but the showers far less frequent compared
:27:02. > :27:06.with today. By mid afternoon, around four o'clock, if you get the bright
:27:07. > :27:11.spells and light winds, highs of 10 degrees feeling pleasant but still
:27:12. > :27:16.the risk of showers is there. Not as heavy or frequent, but if you catch
:27:17. > :27:21.one you will still get wet. Notice these showers clubbing together
:27:22. > :27:26.across the Western Isles, more on that in a second. Further north
:27:27. > :27:33.towards Shetland the wind is a bit stronger, feeling cooler. Snow on
:27:34. > :27:36.the hills and high ground, rain in low levels, elsewhere reasonably
:27:37. > :27:39.dry, and as we had overnight Wednesday to Thursday we have a
:27:40. > :27:44.ridge of high pressure starting to build which means Thursday itself is
:27:45. > :27:49.probably the best day of the week. Largely fine, dry and bright. You
:27:50. > :27:55.will notice waiting in the wind is some rather heavy rain, that is
:27:56. > :28:00.Friday's weather. Thursday, largely dry and bright. To the north and
:28:01. > :28:09.south of here, decent spells of sunshine, highs of ten and light
:28:10. > :28:12.winds but the showers with us for most of the day. On Friday, the rain
:28:13. > :28:13.arrives. The winds strengthening all the while from the south too. That
:28:14. > :28:20.is the forecast. Until then, from everyone
:28:21. > :28:25.on the team, have a good evening.