:00:00. > :00:00.warns mortgages could go up if Britain leaves. That is the all from
:00:00. > :00:10.us. We join your news teams where you are.
:00:11. > :00:14.A week on from the start of the Edinburgh schools crisis,
:00:15. > :00:18.hundreds of pupils are still waiting to return to class.
:00:19. > :00:26.It has just been a nightmare, like checking the website, having to get
:00:27. > :00:30.friends and family to keep and I and Jamie. And it has just been stress.
:00:31. > :00:32.Meanwhile, questions remain over how the completed school
:00:33. > :00:36.Also on the programme: A boy tells the Liam Fee murder trial
:00:37. > :00:39.that he strangled the toddler, but he says Liam was sitting
:00:40. > :00:45.Putting children first - the Liberal Democrats
:00:46. > :00:46.launch their manifesto, with extra cash for education
:00:47. > :00:53.An Old Firm handshake - the Rangers and Celtic managers square up,
:00:54. > :01:03.ahead of this weekend's Scottish Cup semifinal.
:01:04. > :01:09.And here at Tollcross swimming centre in Glasgow, Ross Murdoch and
:01:10. > :01:21.Michael Jamieson renew their rivalry with Olympic places up for grabs.
:01:22. > :01:26.All 7,600 pupils affected by the Edinburgh school closures
:01:27. > :01:29.now have alternative plans for their education
:01:30. > :01:33.Many will be bussed several miles across the capital.
:01:34. > :01:36.But some of the younger students at one secondary school
:01:37. > :01:39.will not return until Wednesday, nearly a week and a half
:01:40. > :01:40.after the closures were first announced.
:01:41. > :01:55.We will confirm when pupils are turning... The news they have been
:01:56. > :02:00.waiting all week four, Susan's son is in the first year, and he will be
:02:01. > :02:03.returning to work on Tuesday in one of 16 temporary classrooms being
:02:04. > :02:08.delivered this weekend. But for his mum, it has been a stressful week.
:02:09. > :02:12.It just feels as though we have been up to 90 all week, trying to find
:02:13. > :02:18.out what the contingency plans for the council are, I just feel as
:02:19. > :02:23.though they have just, the council has been really slow with it.
:02:24. > :02:28.Hundreds of pupils are already being accommodated in other schools. More
:02:29. > :02:30.will do so next week. Some will have lessons at Napier university. The
:02:31. > :02:35.council has apologised to parents but say the alternative arrangements
:02:36. > :02:38.now in place for the. I know it is still an effort and a slight
:02:39. > :02:43.disruption for pupils to move from one location to another, but they
:02:44. > :02:47.are moving with their class groups and existing teachers, so they are
:02:48. > :02:51.still in the same classrooms, you know, not physically, but with their
:02:52. > :02:54.classmates and teachers, and apples they have placed throughout the
:02:55. > :03:04.period of time that they have to be outside of their homes cool, so to
:03:05. > :03:08.speak. -- that will stay in place. For pupils sitting exams, disruption
:03:09. > :03:14.is a concern, but not all parents are worried it will affect pass
:03:15. > :03:18.rates. It is a critical year for my oldest son, he is attempting to get
:03:19. > :03:22.good grades in his hires to get to the University of his choice.
:03:23. > :03:25.Thankfully, he has been working hard, the school have been
:03:26. > :03:30.supporting him since the preliminary results came through, so touch wood,
:03:31. > :03:34.they will be in a good place. And we gone since the safety concerns were
:03:35. > :03:39.first raised, 14 schools in the city remain closed. -- a week on.
:03:40. > :03:43.first raised, 14 schools in the city Alternative arrangements are now in
:03:44. > :03:47.place for all pupils, but if the buildings cannot be fixed soon, the
:03:48. > :03:49.question is just how adequate are those alternative arrangements?
:03:50. > :03:53.over how the completed school buildings were signed off.
:03:54. > :03:56.This was done by the construction company involved -
:03:57. > :04:08.joins us now from one of the closed schools.
:04:09. > :04:10.Jamie, many people will be surprised to learn the council
:04:11. > :04:15.didn't actually sign the buildings off when they were completed?
:04:16. > :04:22.Well, indeed, Sally, a process of self certification was used. In
:04:23. > :04:27.other words, the construction company, Milla Construction, was
:04:28. > :04:30.responsible for signing off the building and ensuring the council
:04:31. > :04:34.that they had complied with all necessary arrangements so. Council
:04:35. > :04:37.building evictions would not have been involved at that stage,
:04:38. > :04:42.although they would have been involved earlier in the process. We
:04:43. > :04:46.although they would have been have been talking to one industry
:04:47. > :04:53.expert who says we should not see the fact that self certification
:04:54. > :04:57.took place in -- as sinister in any way, he says it is a common and of
:04:58. > :05:02.arrangement, but it is a system which can potentially be open to
:05:03. > :05:08.abuse. -- common enough arrangement. The self certification of
:05:09. > :05:14.construction has been a big issue for a long time. I think that we
:05:15. > :05:17.have to rethink how construction is supervised as a health and save the
:05:18. > :05:24.issue, because there are practical issues and so on. -- a health and
:05:25. > :05:28.safety issue. Some kind of supervision of construction is
:05:29. > :05:31.required. The question of just what went wrong with the construction of
:05:32. > :05:35.these school buildings is a complex one which is going to require a lot
:05:36. > :05:40.of investigation. The likelihood is that we will see some sort of
:05:41. > :05:43.inquiry begin after the Scottish election next month. The obvious
:05:44. > :05:47.questions for that sort of inquiry to look at, simply why was there
:05:48. > :05:53.such an apparent failure in building control, and weather the financial
:05:54. > :05:56.and ownership arrangements for the school buildings, whether that added
:05:57. > :06:02.to the risk of something going wrong. These are complex questions
:06:03. > :06:07.and there is no easy or superficial answer to them.
:06:08. > :06:09.Later in the programme we will be looking at the private funding used
:06:10. > :06:12.to build and run those schools. A young boy giving evidence
:06:13. > :06:16.in the Liam Fee murder trial has told the court
:06:17. > :06:18.that he strangled the toddler. The jury at the High Court
:06:19. > :06:20.in Livingston were played talking to a policewoman
:06:21. > :06:23.and social worker. It was filmed two days
:06:24. > :06:34.after two-year-old Liam died. The jury watched three and a half
:06:35. > :06:40.hours of video evidence on the fifth day of this trial. The boy being
:06:41. > :06:46.questioned is the one who is accused of being falsely blamed for Liam
:06:47. > :06:51.Fee's death. He was found dead in Glenrothes. The young boy was asked
:06:52. > :06:54.questions about the day he died. The child broke down and struggled to
:06:55. > :06:57.speak at times when he was questioned. It was put to him that
:06:58. > :07:02.he knew something serious had happened that Saturday night. He was
:07:03. > :07:10.asked, what did you do that was bad? He replied, I strangled Liam. He
:07:11. > :07:14.raised a hand to his mouth and was asked, what happened when you took
:07:15. > :07:18.your hand away? He said that Liam was sitting up. When questioned
:07:19. > :07:22.further, he said that Liam was looking at the telly. Earlier, the
:07:23. > :07:26.boy had described accompanying others into Glenrothes on the bus.
:07:27. > :07:30.He said he had been with the couple, with Liam and another boy. He said
:07:31. > :07:35.they had lunch at McDonald's and Liam had eaten a happy meal. He said
:07:36. > :07:47.he played with Liam and the other boys at the Fees' home. The parents
:07:48. > :07:51.tonight murder, the trial continues. tonight murder, the trial continues.
:07:52. > :07:53.-- deny murder. ScotRail guards, who're
:07:54. > :07:55.members of the RMT union, are to be balloted
:07:56. > :07:57.on industrial action in a row over
:07:58. > :07:58.driver-only trains. to increase the number
:07:59. > :08:02.of driver-only services. It maintains that guards should be
:08:03. > :08:04.in control of operating doors. The company says no formal proposals
:08:05. > :08:07.have been put forward, and it will continue
:08:08. > :08:09.to work with the RMT to try to find
:08:10. > :08:22.a constructive way forward. Still to come on the programme, why
:08:23. > :08:25.it might be too early to bid farewell to our wintry weather. Our
:08:26. > :08:27.forecast will bring you up to speed. We'll be live at Hampden ahead
:08:28. > :08:30.of Scottish Cup semifinal weekend, and at Tollcross pool on a big night
:08:31. > :08:33.for Scottish swimmers' Olympic hopes plus we ask Glasgow Warriors'
:08:34. > :08:35.head coach Gregor Townsend if he'll still be at the club
:08:36. > :08:46.next season. The Liberal Democrats
:08:47. > :08:47.have launched their manifesto giving top priority
:08:48. > :08:51.to extra cash for education. They'd fund that
:08:52. > :08:53.by increasing income tax, although they insist
:08:54. > :08:56.a Westminster increase in the personal allowance
:08:57. > :08:59.will help protect the lowest paid. This from our political
:09:00. > :09:12.editor, Brian Taylor. We like to organise our visits to
:09:13. > :09:15.send a message in pictorial terms... Exactly one week ago, Blair when he
:09:16. > :09:20.finds out the hazards of working with animals. And so at the tea
:09:21. > :09:26.party for the press, he ensured that the only pictures small, sweet and
:09:27. > :09:36.above all stationery. Today's launch was at a children's play area in
:09:37. > :09:41.Leith. Why? Willie Rennie explained the event symbolised their pledge on
:09:42. > :09:49.Leith. Why? Willie Rennie explained childcare which will be extended to
:09:50. > :09:53.a wider group. The Lib Dems would raise income tax by 1% at all levels
:09:54. > :10:02.in Scotland, devoting the cash to education. Inevitably, some might
:10:03. > :10:08.frown at the tax hike. In the last Parliament, Willie Rennie was one of
:10:09. > :10:13.five Lib Dems. Are they now on the slide, falling behind the Greens?
:10:14. > :10:17.Definitely not, says the leader. With our record of punching well
:10:18. > :10:20.above our weight, and is positive, optimistic agenda to make Scotland
:10:21. > :10:24.the best in the world again, I think the Liberal Democrats are back to
:10:25. > :10:29.our best, being back to our best with that agenda means we can grow
:10:30. > :10:35.with more MSPs, punching well above our weight. I think the chances are
:10:36. > :10:38.it for our party. For the NHS, they would recruit more GPs. They promise
:10:39. > :10:45.it for our party. For the NHS, they 50,000 more affordable homes with
:10:46. > :10:47.plans to keep them warm. They would reform police powers and
:10:48. > :10:51.decriminalise sex work. They say they would transform mental health
:10:52. > :10:53.care, more cash going into the system, in particular doubling the
:10:54. > :10:56.care, more cash going into the support for younger people. They
:10:57. > :11:02.intend to reform drugs policy, offering help to users, not prison,
:11:03. > :11:07.and ultimately allowing the personal use of cannabis. And they intend to
:11:08. > :11:13.ban fracking, as well as banning opencast coal mining as part of a
:11:14. > :11:17.drive towards renewable energy. So a fun launch, but Willie Rennie knows
:11:18. > :11:22.politics is not child's play. He is seriously determined to win seats
:11:23. > :11:24.and influence policy. Brian Taylor, Reporting Scotland.
:11:25. > :11:26.Meanwhile, rural issues have been to the fore,
:11:27. > :11:27.with the parties out and about campaigning
:11:28. > :11:34.Here's our political correspondent Andrew Kerr.
:11:35. > :11:47.Taking an interest in this election. Lookout furious they are! Perhaps
:11:48. > :11:57.like some potential voters. -- look at how furious they are! One of our
:11:58. > :12:02.priorities is to make sure we have a payment system which works, some of
:12:03. > :12:08.our farmers have not received a penny despite assurances from the
:12:09. > :12:11.Scottish Government. The SNP leader was also focusing on Scotland's food
:12:12. > :12:20.and strings sector, with ?14 billion. -- food and drinks sector.
:12:21. > :12:25.At this distillery, a taste of things to come as she promised more
:12:26. > :12:28.transparency on land ownership. Making clear today that one of our
:12:29. > :12:31.earliest priorities will be the establishment of a register of
:12:32. > :12:36.controlling interests. What we have seen with the Panama Papers is that
:12:37. > :12:41.it is not acceptable to have large tracts of land in Scotland
:12:42. > :12:45.anonymously owned. But Labour were not impressed. Kezia Dugdale was out
:12:46. > :12:49.of his after-school club in Edinburgh, warning projects like
:12:50. > :12:56.this are at risk from what she says are SNP cuts. She kicked back at the
:12:57. > :13:01.SNP initiative on land reform. We have just passed the land reform act
:13:02. > :13:05.in Scotland, which the Labour Party tried to amend at every step of the
:13:06. > :13:09.way to make there, and the SNP vote and all the amendments down. It is
:13:10. > :13:14.ridiculous that they want to change their minds when there is an
:13:15. > :13:18.election. The Scottish Greens were lining up to speak about land issues
:13:19. > :13:21.in Stirlingshire. There is a real need to ensure that local people are
:13:22. > :13:23.in Stirlingshire. There is a real able to direct development in a
:13:24. > :13:33.local area, instead of being imposed upon by massive developers who have
:13:34. > :13:36.the system rigged in their favour. Meanwhile, as the Liberal Democrats
:13:37. > :13:38.sought to recapture voters, they look at a key area in their
:13:39. > :13:41.manifesto launch. The Highlands and Islands have been a good area of
:13:42. > :13:46.support over many years, and that is why we are investing in education in
:13:47. > :13:50.the islands, but also broadband, expanding that, and infrastructure.
:13:51. > :13:54.From farm to plate, voters have been eyeing up what the parties are
:13:55. > :13:57.offering on rural issues. Three weeks today, we will find out who is
:13:58. > :14:05.for the job and who is the prime choice. -- for the chop.
:14:06. > :14:07.A look at other stories from across the country.
:14:08. > :14:09.A 26-year-old man has died, after his car collided
:14:10. > :14:12.with an unmarked police vehicle on the A9 near Thurso.
:14:13. > :14:14.Officers say Dean Meiklejohn lost control of his Fiesta
:14:15. > :14:18.as he was overtaking another vehicle last night.
:14:19. > :14:20.Police are appealing for any witnesses to contact them.
:14:21. > :14:26.A fire has caused extensive damage to a Kirkudbright hotel.
:14:27. > :14:29.The blaze broke out at Gordon House shortly after eight last night.
:14:30. > :14:30.Staff, residents and customers were evacuated
:14:31. > :14:35.More than 20 firefighters spent several hours working to bring
:14:36. > :14:47.National Museums Scotland and the Public and Commercial Service Union
:14:48. > :14:50.said they had reached an agreement over weekend pay.
:14:51. > :14:53.The construction of the Gordonbush windfarm in Sutherland
:14:54. > :14:57.led to an 80% drop in the number of Golden Plovers in the area,
:14:58. > :15:00.according to a five-year research project.
:15:01. > :15:02.Scientists say it demonstrates the need
:15:03. > :15:10.for windfarm sites to be selected with nature in mind.
:15:11. > :15:17.The vast majority of wind farms do not pose any particular Rob Evans
:15:18. > :15:21.for birds, it is all about getting them in the right places. -- any
:15:22. > :15:27.particular problems for birds. We objected to this strongly when it
:15:28. > :15:28.was first proposed, and despite our concerns, it was granted consent
:15:29. > :15:30.back in 2008. A mirrored pavilion
:15:31. > :15:32.has been unveiled to the public Look Again Visual Art
:15:33. > :15:37.and Design Festival. The centrepiece exhibit has
:15:38. > :15:38.been under construction, but kept under wraps
:15:39. > :15:50.for several weeks. are excited to have it adds a
:15:51. > :15:56.backdrop and we have five other commissions that we are working on
:15:57. > :15:57.and we are excited to bring internationally acclaimed artists to
:15:58. > :16:00.the city. Lots of sport tonight,
:16:01. > :16:05.here's Eilidh. Ronny Deila says he's not surprised
:16:06. > :16:08.by Celtic's favourites tag ahead of Sunday's Old Firm Scottish Cup
:16:09. > :16:09.semifinal, because he insists his
:16:10. > :16:12.side is the best in the country. But his counterpart, Mark Warburton,
:16:13. > :16:15.believes Rangers have earned the right to be
:16:16. > :16:18.confident they can cause an upset. Our senior football reporter
:16:19. > :16:32.Chris McLaughlin looks ahead. Glasgow, a modern, vibrant city that
:16:33. > :16:40.plays host to an age old rivalry that divides the city and sometimes
:16:41. > :16:45.even the sofa. That is not bad. That is Griffiths. Miller! He's done it
:16:46. > :17:00.again! These are the men with the hopes of
:17:01. > :17:04.thousands resting on their shoulder, is the pressure on one man in
:17:05. > :17:07.particular. We are now the best team in Scotland. That is something we
:17:08. > :17:11.should be proud of and we know when we are playing at our best we can
:17:12. > :17:17.beat anybody and that is also Rangers. His opposite number said a
:17:18. > :17:22.gap exists and a neutral will say Celtic are favourites, but we know
:17:23. > :17:31.what we can do. The row about the pitch has died down and it is almost
:17:32. > :17:34.time for the main event. It is now down to the players. Most of whom
:17:35. > :17:39.time for the main event. It is now have never experienced this fixture.
:17:40. > :17:44.A draw back? Sometimes it has the opposite effect, you don't know what
:17:45. > :17:48.it is like. You can go and play with freedom and maybe when you have
:17:49. > :17:53.played one or two, you think... It is so built up you perform badly,
:17:54. > :17:58.because you have that built up in your head. If you have not
:17:59. > :18:04.experienced it, you play your normal game and it can work both ways. The
:18:05. > :18:09.team that remains the calmest with the circus that is going on will be
:18:10. > :18:11.the team that wins. The circus will be in full swing. Glasgow awaits its
:18:12. > :18:14.winner. Before that match on Sunday, though,
:18:15. > :18:16.there's another semifinal tomorrow Chris McLaughlin is at
:18:17. > :18:19.Hampden for us now. Chris, it's a chance
:18:20. > :18:21.for those two sides to put poor league
:18:22. > :18:33.form to one side? Yes, well first, good evening from
:18:34. > :18:38.me and the old trophy herself. It is hardly surprising the Old Firm have
:18:39. > :18:44.been hogging the headlines, but this game tomorrow is an intriguing one.
:18:45. > :18:49.Both sides in poor league form. Dundee United anchored at the bottom
:18:50. > :18:55.of the Premiership, Hibs third in the Championship, with just two wins
:18:56. > :19:01.in their last 11. Both sides terrible recordses here at the
:19:02. > :19:05.national stadium. Something has to give and a chance to meet Celtic or
:19:06. > :19:10.Rangers and to get their hands on this. Thank you very much.
:19:11. > :19:13.Well, you can watch the first of those semifinals on Sportscene
:19:14. > :19:14.on BBC One Scotland tomorrow from 12:10.
:19:15. > :19:24.has commentary of Rangers versus Celtic on Sunday.
:19:25. > :19:27.Andy Murray is into the semi-finals of the Monte Carlo Masters tennis
:19:28. > :19:29.after a convincing win against Milos Raonic of Canada.
:19:30. > :19:32.The world number two took just over an hour to beat
:19:33. > :19:35.the tenth seed six-two, six-love and will play Rafa Nadal
:19:36. > :19:38.tomorrow for a place in Sunday's singles final.
:19:39. > :19:40.No joy for Murray alongside Dom Inglot
:19:41. > :19:44.they were knocked out in the quarter finals by Nicolas Mahut
:19:45. > :19:51.The Glasgow Warriors head coach Gregor Townsend insists he's
:19:52. > :19:53.going nowhere despite speculation linking him with a move
:19:54. > :19:55.to English Premiership club Harlequins.
:19:56. > :19:59.Third placed Glasgow won the Pro12 title under Townsend last season
:20:00. > :20:02.and as they aim to retain it, have a crunch match
:20:03. > :20:08.against fourth-place Scarlets in Llanelli tomorrow.
:20:09. > :20:15.The players know I'm contracted here last year, like a number of players,
:20:16. > :20:22.we realise how important this game is, so all our attention has been on
:20:23. > :20:23.that. You can confirm you will be the Glasgow wor warriors manager?
:20:24. > :20:27.Yes. It's already been a big night
:20:28. > :20:29.in the pool for some of Scotland's
:20:30. > :20:31.Olympic swimming hopefuls. have been back at
:20:32. > :20:33.Glasgow's Tollcross, where they won Commonwealth
:20:34. > :20:35.gold and silver respectively. The British 200m breaststroke
:20:36. > :20:37.final has just finished, and Kheredine Idessane
:20:38. > :20:49.can tell us what happened. Well it is very noisy here as you
:20:50. > :20:53.can probably here. There was a massive roar for a Scot, but not the
:20:54. > :21:01.one we expected. We were thinking about the rivalry between Ross
:21:02. > :21:09.Murdoch and Michael Jamieson, but Craig Benson finished top Scot. He
:21:10. > :21:12.was behind Andrew Willis of Bath. Willis has qualified for the
:21:13. > :21:18.Olympics and Benson got up for second. His time not good enough to
:21:19. > :21:25.guarantee automatic qualification for Rio. Disappointment for Ross
:21:26. > :21:31.Murdoch, he was only good enough for third and may well still go to Rio
:21:32. > :21:35.in the 100 metres. Michael Jamieson was disappointed two years ago here
:21:36. > :21:39.to get only silver in the Commonwealth Games, he is a silver
:21:40. > :21:46.medallist from the the London Olympics, but he won't be going to
:21:47. > :21:51.Rio. He was fifth here and third for Ross Murdoch and second for Benson.
:21:52. > :22:03.Rio. He was fifth here and third for Thank you. A big weekend ahead.
:22:04. > :22:08.Thank you. Back to the Edinburgh schools building crisis. Does it
:22:09. > :22:14.have anything to do with the way the schools were funded. It has been
:22:15. > :22:21.claimed by some that poor quality was linked to the private financing.
:22:22. > :22:22.Is that true? Our business and economy editor Douglas Fraser has
:22:23. > :22:33.been following the money. Only 13 years ago,
:22:34. > :22:36.at the Scottish Parliament election, this was the hot topic -
:22:37. > :22:38.private funders with construction companies providing public buildings
:22:39. > :22:40.and then running them. The early ones were chosen on low
:22:41. > :22:42.price, rather than quality. But it was under John Major's
:22:43. > :22:44.Conservative government in the 1990s, the private
:22:45. > :22:46.finance initiative, protesters refusing to pay high
:22:47. > :22:52.tolls to Bank of America. Edinburgh's new Royal Infirmary saw
:22:53. > :22:55.a consortium of private companies not only build the hospital,
:22:56. > :22:57.but provide cleaning, catering, car parking,
:22:58. > :22:59.patients' televisions, In came the UK Labour
:23:00. > :23:06.government in '97, promising
:23:07. > :23:09.lots of new schools and hospitals. It re-branded PFI as PPP -
:23:10. > :23:14.public-private partnerships. Out went some of the more
:23:15. > :23:18.controversial contracted services. In came choice on best value
:23:19. > :23:22.as well as price. At Holyrood, Labour-Lib Dem
:23:23. > :23:24.coalitions embraced this As new schemes were negotiated,
:23:25. > :23:38.government officials were getting This appealed to the Chancellor
:23:39. > :23:44.and Treasury, because it brought no
:23:45. > :23:48.extra government debt. The price is paid in installments
:23:49. > :23:53.over 25 or 30 years. But since then, accounting rules
:23:54. > :23:57.have changed, forcing these projects on to government balance sheets,
:23:58. > :23:59.so they're less We've also had a recession,
:24:00. > :24:04.more cautious banks, And of course,
:24:05. > :24:08.the SNP came to power. It promised a new way
:24:09. > :24:13.of funding public buildings. The non-profit distributing model
:24:14. > :24:15.looked familiar in many ways, So now, the Scottish Government
:24:16. > :24:24.is paying out more than a billion pounds a year for these
:24:25. > :24:28.projects - ?1 in every 25. A third of that goes
:24:29. > :24:31.on schools and colleges. And new projects are
:24:32. > :24:34.still being added. So, yes, this has been
:24:35. > :24:37.very controversial. Experience has helped
:24:38. > :24:41.soften the rough edges. Some still dislike public service
:24:42. > :24:47.being driven by the profit motive. But is there evidence that this
:24:48. > :24:50.approach to funding led to mistakes being made in the building standards
:24:51. > :24:54.of Edinburgh schools? An inquiry will want to look
:24:55. > :25:00.into the incentives for cost controls by builders in any
:25:01. > :25:02.construction project - financed privately or
:25:03. > :25:06.by conventional means. Some of them, like Holyrood,
:25:07. > :25:10.didn't go so well. Why the Edinburgh Schools
:25:11. > :25:14.Partnership looks peculiar is not only for making a simple,
:25:15. > :25:16.big mistake once, but doing We're in the middle of April now,
:25:17. > :25:33.and some of us might even have been daring to think
:25:34. > :25:36.about the approach of summer. But as these pictures
:25:37. > :25:37.from the Slochd Summit, south of Inverness show,
:25:38. > :25:40.the reality is that we can be still hit by blasts
:25:41. > :25:42.of very wintry weather. Let's see what we can we expect
:25:43. > :25:55.from the weather over the weekend. Winter was back for some of us
:25:56. > :26:01.today, especially in the north. This was the scene in the Highlands
:26:02. > :26:06.today. That wintry theme is not finished us with yet. Any remaining
:26:07. > :26:11.rain, sleet and snow in the south will pull away and behind that
:26:12. > :26:17.frequent and at times heavy writtenry showers, falling as snow
:26:18. > :26:24.even to low levels. Mainly in the Highlands and north-east. A Met
:26:25. > :26:31.Office be aware force. The showers driven in on strong northerly winds.
:26:32. > :26:35.The risk of ice too as temperatures fall to freezing or below. Tomorrow,
:26:36. > :26:40.an improving picture. We start with that risk of ice and snow showers
:26:41. > :26:45.continuing. With the influence of high pressure from the west, the
:26:46. > :26:51.showers will die out, become confined to parts of the north-east.
:26:52. > :26:56.So looking at tomorrow afternoon a lot of dry, bright weather across
:26:57. > :27:03.much of southern and central Scotland. Just the outside chance of
:27:04. > :27:07.one or two showers. For the north-east, some showers and they
:27:08. > :27:12.will be wintry over high ground. Falling as rain to low levels and
:27:13. > :27:16.the strong to gale force northerly winds will ease through the day.
:27:17. > :27:21.Some brightness and sunshine for the north-west Highlands. Tending to
:27:22. > :27:25.cloud over across the Western Isles. And there will be some rain feeding
:27:26. > :27:29.into these areas tomorrow night. If you're hill walking and climbing
:27:30. > :27:32.tomorrow for the northern ranges we could see some heavy snow showers at
:27:33. > :27:39.tomorrow for the northern ranges we times. Some sunny intervals too. And
:27:40. > :27:47.strong to gale force northerly winds. For the southern ranges,
:27:48. > :27:51.fewer showers, more sunny intervals, but strong winds from the north and
:27:52. > :27:55.again that high wind chill. If you're heading to Ayr for the
:27:56. > :27:59.Scottish Grand National it is set fair with some sunshine and the odd
:28:00. > :28:04.shower and highs of around 10 Celsius. Tomorrow evening, across
:28:05. > :28:08.Scotland it becomes largely dry, clear and cold with a frost
:28:09. > :28:14.developing. Perhaps the risk of ice once again. And as we head into
:28:15. > :28:18.Sunday it is an east/west split. Cloudy in the west with rain. The
:28:19. > :28:26.best of the weather will be in the east. Thank you. I'm back at eight.
:28:27. > :28:29.Until then, good evening.