:00:00. > :00:16.weekend. That's it from the BBC News at six, time
:00:17. > :00:20.Muirfield Golf club is stripped of the right to host the Open
:00:21. > :00:23.championship after its members vote against allowing women to join.
:00:24. > :00:27.I'm disappointed, because we recommended a vote in favour of
:00:28. > :00:32.admission of women. I hope there is another way to overturn this. I hope
:00:33. > :00:34.there is a way to look through this again.
:00:35. > :00:36.Also on the programme, Cal Mac sees off private competition
:00:37. > :00:38.to win the contract for west coast ferry services.
:00:39. > :00:40.Failures in the system of farm payments,
:00:41. > :00:42.the farmers union calls on the government to get a grip.
:00:43. > :00:46.One of the accused in the Liam Fee murder trial says there was nothing
:00:47. > :00:51.she could have done to prevent the toddler's death.
:00:52. > :00:55.And a year after winning the Scottish Cup
:00:56. > :00:57.John Hughes is set to leave Inverness after falling
:00:58. > :01:21.Nicola Sturgeon has called the decision of Muirfield Golf Club
:01:22. > :01:22.to reject women as members "indefensible".
:01:23. > :01:25.A vote at the East Lothian club failed to achieve the two-thirds
:01:26. > :01:28.majority of members required to allow women to join.
:01:29. > :01:31.from hosting the Open Championship as a result.
:01:32. > :01:41.VOICEOVER: Muirfield, the oldest recorded golf club in the world,
:01:42. > :01:44.responsible for the original rules, it is a change to the role on
:01:45. > :01:48.membership which has concentrated the minds on the club, women can
:01:49. > :01:52.only play here as guests of visitors, to allow them to become
:01:53. > :02:00.members needed a two thirds majority, most members voted for
:02:01. > :02:06.change, that still was not enough. I'm disappointed, the committee and
:02:07. > :02:10.direct amended membership vote in favour of admission of women but we
:02:11. > :02:13.respect the views of the members and I'm delighted we have had a high
:02:14. > :02:24.turnout. The captain was hardly back in the clubhouse before a statement
:02:25. > :02:29.was issued by those that run the open, the R
:02:30. > :02:37.the First Minister leaves that Muirfield has missed the chance not
:02:38. > :02:42.just of hosting the championship but to do the right thing. This is
:02:43. > :02:46.indefensible, they are a private club, in charge of their own rules
:02:47. > :02:51.and regulations but this is 2016, Scotland has women leaders in every
:02:52. > :02:54.walk of life, politics, the law, business, everywhere else, this
:02:55. > :02:59.decision is wrong and I hope there is a way of looking at it again. The
:03:00. > :03:04.Prime Minister David Cameron chipped in today, criticising Muirfield as
:03:05. > :03:10.outdated, and one mile down the road from the Muirfield club, golfers
:03:11. > :03:17.agreed. Given that the Army have women members, Augusta, Augusta
:03:18. > :03:28.courses. -- given that the R the courses. -- given that the R the
:03:29. > :03:35.-- given that the R have female members. When the open was last at
:03:36. > :03:39.Muirfield in 2013, it was estimated to be worth ?70 million to East
:03:40. > :03:43.Lothian, the loss of the open is a big disappointment for local
:03:44. > :03:48.business. It is a big impact for us, not just the competition, it is the
:03:49. > :03:55.run-up to it, we have two months to business beforehand, usually we use
:03:56. > :03:59.that for planning things, and three forwards afterwards. It is a loss of
:04:00. > :04:03.three months business. Muirfield is the most prestigious of clubs, at
:04:04. > :04:06.more than 600 clubs in Scotland, it is one of 20 who are all men, 25 are
:04:07. > :04:12.all women. STUDIO: Our Sport reporter Brian
:04:13. > :04:14.McLauchlin is at Muirfield for us. Brian, the decision by the R
:04:15. > :04:18.won't have come as a big surprise to the members voting at Muirfield
:04:19. > :04:26.will it? Certainly not, throughout the
:04:27. > :04:30.two-year consultation process, the committee here at Muirfield
:04:31. > :04:35.constantly warned the members that the R could take this decision and
:04:36. > :04:41.take away the club's membership status as an Open Championship
:04:42. > :04:45.venue, and indeed, in eight weeks' time, the 145th Open Championship
:04:46. > :04:49.takes place at Royal Troon, another club where women are not allowed to
:04:50. > :04:53.join, as members now within the last few days, I understand, the members
:04:54. > :04:57.at Royal Troon have been canvassed in regards to their opinions, and
:04:58. > :05:02.indeed, hopefully a vote will take place later this year, but looking
:05:03. > :05:06.at it, Royal Troon and Muirfield, they could be without two of their
:05:07. > :05:32.most iconic Open Championship venues within just a few months.
:05:33. > :05:36.The ferry operator, Cal Mac, has seen off competition from a private
:05:37. > :05:38.sector rival -- and won a ?900 million contract to provide Clyde
:05:39. > :05:40.and Hebridean ferry services for up to eight years. - The Scottish
:05:41. > :05:42.Government faced criticism after announcing private companies would
:05:43. > :05:44.have the chance to bid. But its decision to award the contract to
:05:45. > :05:45.Cal Mac has been welcomed by islanders and union leaders.
:05:46. > :05:48.Our transport correspondent, David Miller, reports: VOICEOVER: Up and
:05:49. > :05:50.down the West Coast, varies bearing the distinctive black white and red
:05:51. > :05:53.livery have been providing lifeline services for so long that they are
:05:54. > :05:56.almost regarded as part of the scenery. We now know that will not
:05:57. > :06:01.change any time soon, good news, we scenery. We now know that will not
:06:02. > :06:05.are told, for staff and passengers. The last few years I have had a few
:06:06. > :06:09.years at a time to see what we can invest in, now that is eight years,
:06:10. > :06:13.proper development, investment, enhancements, in the last four years
:06:14. > :06:17.we have brought in for new vessels, that is fantastic, in the next two
:06:18. > :06:21.years we will bring on for new vessels, and new tonnage as well,
:06:22. > :06:29.that is a fantastic opportunity, the next eight years looks fantastic. Do
:06:30. > :06:36.Island agree, this was the reaction? Most islanders enjoyed giving them a
:06:37. > :06:40.kicking from time to time. I think that one of the things that we have
:06:41. > :06:46.seen personally, this brought up, was the fact that Cal Mac is very
:06:47. > :06:52.much embedded, as the First Minister has said, into the fabric of
:06:53. > :06:59.Scotland. We need new ferries, they need back-up, a ferry goes down in
:07:00. > :07:09.the middle of summer, totally used, that would cause havoc. It is good,
:07:10. > :07:13.Cal Mac do a good job. I think that it is a great thing that they have
:07:14. > :07:20.got it back, they do a good job, I am very pleased. Meanwhile, Cal Mac
:07:21. > :07:23.workers and politicians attending this long planned demonstration at
:07:24. > :07:32.Holyrood found themselves overtaken by events. The members who work on
:07:33. > :07:35.the service, the communities, the Highland communities, the Scottish
:07:36. > :07:40.taxpayer, we are delighted for all of them, they will continue to
:07:41. > :07:44.subsidise lifelong ferry service rather than staff the pockets of
:07:45. > :07:48.shareholders. The rival bidder already operates North Link varies
:07:49. > :07:53.to Auckland and shiny, in a statement it said that its tender
:07:54. > :07:55.had been deemed to be noncompliant, stressed its bid had offered
:07:56. > :07:59.significant improvements to quality and reliability and argued
:08:00. > :08:06.efficiency improvements now promised by Cal Mac underlined the benefits
:08:07. > :08:10.of competitive tendering. After months of uncertainty, months of
:08:11. > :08:16.anxiety, a decision is made, a deal is done. Cal Mac workers and the
:08:17. > :08:18.island communities which depend upon them will be hoping for calmer
:08:19. > :08:40.waters ahead. STUDIO: The farmers'
:08:41. > :08:42.union has called on the Scottish Government to "get
:08:43. > :08:44.to grips" with what it calls The spending watchdog,
:08:45. > :08:48.Audit Scotland has raised serious concerns about a new IT programme
:08:49. > :08:51.which is MILLIONS of pounds over Our business correspondent
:08:52. > :08:54.David Henderson is here and can Sally, in the past, Scotland's
:08:55. > :08:59.farmers and crofters used to apply for their EU subsidies by filling
:09:00. > :09:02.in pieces of paper. through a Scottish government
:09:03. > :09:05.scheme called CAP Futures. But this IT system is set to cost
:09:06. > :09:07.the taxpayer far more The budget has spiralled
:09:08. > :09:10.from ?102 million, And Audit Scotland says
:09:11. > :09:14.the new system has seen "multiple failures"
:09:15. > :09:25.in the way it's been managed. VOICEOVER: Farmers the length and
:09:26. > :09:30.breadth of Scotland, from Nairn to Lockerbie, have had a difficult
:09:31. > :09:34.year, European subsidies, a mainstay of most farms, have been delayed,
:09:35. > :09:38.because of problems with the new farm payment scheme. If you are used
:09:39. > :09:46.to being paid in December and do not get it until January, February, in
:09:47. > :09:50.some cases even made, it is quite stressful, that way. Families do not
:09:51. > :09:55.get paid, the whole supply chain does not get paid. -- farmers do not
:09:56. > :09:59.get paid. Fences do not get sorted, outside work does not happen, the
:10:00. > :10:04.whole infrastructure of the rural community has ground to a halt. At
:10:05. > :10:07.this office in Edinburgh, the Scottish Government has been
:10:08. > :10:12.developing a computer system to process those farm payments. More
:10:13. > :10:19.than 80 months ago, this man said it began to go badly wrong. -- 18
:10:20. > :10:23.months ago. I send an e-mail immediately to Nicola Sturgeon and
:10:24. > :10:28.the agriculture Minister, to say, are you aware of what is going on?
:10:29. > :10:32.John was working on the project, he says that thousands of competent
:10:33. > :10:37.workers were being laid off for no apparent reason, he says that when
:10:38. > :10:43.he blew the whistle, some inside the programme team were not impressed.
:10:44. > :10:47.The main thing I received at that point was pressure to shut up. They
:10:48. > :10:54.wanted this silent, they wanted me to be put on one side and kept
:10:55. > :10:58.quiet. Among the issues he says he raised were concerns about a
:10:59. > :11:01.conflict of interest involving a contract on the programme. Dominic
:11:02. > :11:05.became the delivery director with a major role in recruiting staff, but
:11:06. > :11:12.he also supplied workers to the project through his own company.
:11:13. > :11:19.Accounts seen by the BBC show his firm 's assets have soared in value,
:11:20. > :11:21.by ?3 million, in just a year. It is always important when public money
:11:22. > :11:23.by ?3 million, in just a year. It is is involved that the highest
:11:24. > :11:29.standards are maintained, and conflict-of-interest is must be
:11:30. > :11:31.dealt with. The conflict was known about the safeguards put in place
:11:32. > :11:35.were not strong enough to make sure the person could not influence the
:11:36. > :11:39.criminal decision. In response the Scottish Government says it has
:11:40. > :11:44.focused on putting the system right, preventing similar mistakes in the
:11:45. > :11:50.future. What the audit Scotland report identifies is a potential
:11:51. > :11:52.flaw in the arrangements, we require staff to declare
:11:53. > :11:56.conflict-of-interest, but it is not a requirement on contract is, we
:11:57. > :12:02.have got to explore whether in procurement rules and legislation we
:12:03. > :12:07.can apply that to contractors. -- contracts. So that is the future,
:12:08. > :12:13.but for now, police Scotland are investigating what went wrong, and a
:12:14. > :12:24.crucial deadline is looming. -- contract,
:12:25. > :12:29.the Scottish Government could face a penalty of up to ?120 million.
:12:30. > :12:32.Police Scotland are investigating what went wrong.
:12:33. > :12:37.The new payment system has to be working by the end of June.
:12:38. > :12:39.If, by then, it still fails to meet standards set
:12:40. > :12:42.by the European Commission, then the Scottish government
:12:43. > :12:44.could face an eye-watering penalty, of up to ?125 million.
:12:45. > :12:49.One of two women accused of murdering Liam Fee has denied
:12:50. > :12:50.intentionally deleting three phone calls to her mother
:12:51. > :12:54.Nyomi Fee also insisted there was nothing she could have
:12:55. > :12:58.Steven Godden reports from the High Court in Livingston.
:12:59. > :13:01.VOICEOVER: On the left, Rachel Feit, on the right, her partner, giving
:13:02. > :13:03.evidence for a third day, under cross-examination she was asked why
:13:04. > :13:07.on the night that the two-year-old died, she deleted three phone calls
:13:08. > :13:13.to her mother, she said that she did not delete them on purpose, her
:13:14. > :13:18.phone is damaged, held together by tape, I clicked highlight and
:13:19. > :13:22.deleted them by mistake. In response it was said that it seemed odd, that
:13:23. > :13:28.within that cluster, this is the only three not deleted. Focusing on
:13:29. > :13:32.the build-up to the death, Nyomi Fee was asked, would you change
:13:33. > :13:36.anything? She said, yes, I would have got medical attention for him,
:13:37. > :13:41.I suspected that his leg was injured, she denied the suggestion
:13:42. > :13:45.that the one thing that she could have done to prevent this was leave
:13:46. > :13:49.them alone and never have taken up with her. Later, her best friend
:13:50. > :13:54.wept as she recalled a phone call telling her that Liam was dead. The
:13:55. > :14:00.explanation was that one of the boys have harmed him and it went too far.
:14:01. > :14:04.Nyomi Fee, the jewellery were told treated the tenure of like a son. --
:14:05. > :14:13.jury. He was said that she had no problem with him staying with Nyomi
:14:14. > :14:18.Fee before the death. Would you trust care to someone who suspected
:14:19. > :14:23.that the toddler might have a broken leg but refused to taken to
:14:24. > :14:27.hospital, she replied no. They deny murder, and abusing two other boys
:14:28. > :14:35.in their care, the trial at the High Court in Livingston continues.
:14:36. > :14:39.STUDIO: If ever there's an industry in Scotland that's fate has been
:14:40. > :14:43.bound to the European Union, it's fishing.
:14:44. > :14:45.The Fishing for Leave campaign, launched today in Peterhead,
:14:46. > :14:47.says the Common Fisheries Policy has been a disaster.
:14:48. > :14:50.But as Kevin Keane now reports, not everyone in the sector believes
:14:51. > :14:52.that rushing to exit is for the best.
:14:53. > :14:56.VOICEOVER: If there was a leave vote in June, people would be putting the
:14:57. > :15:00.flags out, in fact they already are, bringing misery to their industry
:15:01. > :15:07.and many have wanted the European Union to end for decades. They will
:15:08. > :15:11.not let this boat go by without highlighting the change to the
:15:12. > :15:20.community. Peterhead is one of the few survivors, and Peterhead alone,
:15:21. > :15:24.has seen a 60 to 70% decrease. Grimsby, Aberdeen, whole, open, air,
:15:25. > :15:34.Fleetwood, these towns synonymous with fishing, they are gone. Fish
:15:35. > :15:37.was big business in the past, but the constant flow of both coming in
:15:38. > :15:42.and out, that is now long gone. -- Hull, Oban, Ayr. Only the oil supply
:15:43. > :15:46.ships keep them in trade. In Hull, Oban, Ayr. Only the oil supply
:15:47. > :15:51.Peterhead it is not quite so bad, but this skipper has witnessed the
:15:52. > :15:55.decline and would like fishing rights repatriated. Scotland and
:15:56. > :16:03.Norway both owned the northern North Sea, negotiate with one another!
:16:04. > :16:09.The Common Fisheries Policy has had a heavy effect on ports like this.
:16:10. > :16:14.There's no doubting that Peterhead and other fishing communities are
:16:15. > :16:20.very heavily in favour of the UK leaving the European Union. But this
:16:21. > :16:28.processor says that decades of hardship from the Common Fisheries
:16:29. > :16:32.Policy is finally paying off. We have thriving species and everything
:16:33. > :16:37.is looking positive, throwing that away and say, we are going back to
:16:38. > :16:43.square one, would be very dangerous. Much of this fish ultimately ends up
:16:44. > :16:47.on dinner plates on the continent so the relationship with Europe is
:16:48. > :16:50.complex. I think the closure of the Russian market illustrates the real
:16:51. > :16:54.risks that there are for the industry. If we find ourselves
:16:55. > :17:00.disconnected from many important customers in Europe. This is an
:17:01. > :17:02.industry which is no stranger to fight, one over the EU could be its
:17:03. > :17:04.most passionate. Now a brief look at other stories
:17:05. > :17:15.from around the country... Reconviction rates for offenders in
:17:16. > :17:20.Scotland have fallen to their lowest level for 17 years according to
:17:21. > :17:25.official figures. In the year 2013-14 just over a quarter of
:17:26. > :17:29.offenders were reconvicted within AEF. Figures show that those being
:17:30. > :17:34.released from short jail sentences were more likely to reoffend than
:17:35. > :17:40.those given longer sentences or those sentenced to community orders.
:17:41. > :17:49.An attempt is underway to ditch controversial legislation aimed at
:17:50. > :17:55.tackling sectarianism. The Glasgow MSP said it was time to axe the
:17:56. > :18:00.hated law now that the SNP no longer had a majority at Holyrood. First
:18:01. > :18:02.Minister Nicola Sturgeon said it was a strange priority for opposition
:18:03. > :18:09.parties but she would discuss their concerns. 17 Scottish beaches have
:18:10. > :18:18.been classed as excellent in terms of water quality under a new, much
:18:19. > :18:27.stricter European standard. However 17 others are now rated as poor
:18:28. > :18:31.under the new system. An area around Oban on the West Coast of Scotland
:18:32. > :18:35.has been hit by two mini earthquakes, the strongest was last
:18:36. > :18:40.night, 1.9 on the Richter scale and it was felt by residents in and
:18:41. > :18:45.around the town. A 1.3 magnitude quake was recorded by the British
:18:46. > :18:52.geological survey a few days earlier. Two Scottish postcodes are
:18:53. > :18:56.among the luckiest postcodes for a big lottery wins. Paisley and
:18:57. > :19:03.Kilmarnock followed Truro in Cornwall for the biggest winners per
:19:04. > :19:08.head over the last two years. Now the sport with David. High tension
:19:09. > :19:11.at Falkirk and Inverness? You are reading my script! Good evening.
:19:12. > :19:13.John Hughes is on his way out of Inverness.
:19:14. > :19:18.The man who lead Cally Thistle to their first major trophy
:19:19. > :19:21.is negotiating details of a package to sever his ties with the club.
:19:22. > :19:24.His relationship with the board breaking down in recent months -
:19:25. > :19:30.with the player budget for next season central to that tension.
:19:31. > :19:37.His star shone brightly but it now appears rather briefly at Inverness,
:19:38. > :19:41.last week 's match against Dundee almost certainly being his last as
:19:42. > :19:45.the manager. There has been a fallout somewhere between the
:19:46. > :19:50.chairman and manager. Unfortunately when that happens, and bridges are
:19:51. > :19:54.repaired, Something s Gotta Give and in this case it's looking like it
:19:55. > :20:02.will be John. It was different a year ago, Inverness welcoming home
:20:03. > :20:04.their hero. The manager of the Scottish Cup winners, Inverness
:20:05. > :20:11.Caley Thistle! CHEERING Scottish Cup winners, Inverness
:20:12. > :20:15.He was also manager of the year with Caley Thistle, finishing third in
:20:16. > :20:19.the Premiership. Tensions emerged when the club refused to let him
:20:20. > :20:23.speak to Dundee United about moving there and it deepened with disputes
:20:24. > :20:28.over his playing budget. Losing the fight to resign the top scorer who
:20:29. > :20:33.joined Aberdeen was perhaps the last straw. His successor will face
:20:34. > :20:40.similarly tight financial restraints. The budget is set for
:20:41. > :20:44.the season. I think they have something like ten players to find
:20:45. > :20:49.on a budget so it will be a tough job for someone. It's a great
:20:50. > :20:53.opportunity as well because it's a fantastic club. History will no
:20:54. > :20:56.doubt Tibbetts had to Hughes, the man nicknamed Yogi will be a hard
:20:57. > :21:00.act to follow. -- tip its hat. Well our Senior football reporter
:21:01. > :21:02.Chris Mclaughlin is at Falkirk stadium this evening ahead
:21:03. > :21:04.of the Premeirship promotion play off final first leg
:21:05. > :21:06.against Kilmarnock, evening Chris. We'll talk to you about that
:21:07. > :21:09.in a minute, but first what do you know about who's likely
:21:10. > :21:21.to takeover from John Hughes Well, first of all, as you said,
:21:22. > :21:26.John Hughes and Inverness will have to agree a severance package which
:21:27. > :21:29.may not be simple given their financial constraints but one
:21:30. > :21:36.suggestion is that Richie Foran could step up. He is popular with
:21:37. > :21:40.the fans and has been at the club since 2009 but hasn't played for the
:21:41. > :21:44.past couple of years because of injury. That would make financial
:21:45. > :21:48.sense as well. Popular with the fans and players. If he was to step up
:21:49. > :21:54.the suggestion would be that he would need an experienced man beside
:21:55. > :21:58.him, first and foremost John Hughes and Inverness must agree the
:21:59. > :22:03.severance package. Tonight's match now, supporters are beginning to
:22:04. > :22:10.arrive, behind you, plenty at stake tonight with Championship Falkirk at
:22:11. > :22:14.home to Premiership Kilmarnock. Absolutely, no need to water the
:22:15. > :22:18.pitch, it is throwing it down for the past half-hour. A massive game
:22:19. > :22:27.for both of the sides. For Falkirk it's about promotion from the
:22:28. > :22:31.Championship. Relegated in 2010. For Killy it's all about survival, they
:22:32. > :22:37.haven't been relegated in 23 years, all of the form and momentum with
:22:38. > :22:43.Falkirk, not losing in seven games. Kilmarnock have only won three and
:22:44. > :22:48.17. Just the first game in two. The second on Sunday at Rugby Park. You
:22:49. > :22:59.can listen to that match live on BBC radio Scotland.
:23:00. > :23:12.exhibition by the Scottish artist Jacqueline Donnachie.
:23:13. > :23:15.It's called "Deep in the Heart of Your Brain", and follows a five
:23:16. > :23:17.year period of research with women affected by myotonic dystrophy.
:23:18. > :23:18.A progressive muscle wasting disorder.
:23:19. > :23:20.It's a very personal subject for the artist,
:23:21. > :23:22.since the condition runs in her own family.
:23:23. > :23:26.Our arts correspondent Pauline McLean reports.
:23:27. > :23:34.It's rare to find the worlds of science and medicine meeting in an
:23:35. > :23:39.art gallery. But it's an ongoing interest for Scots artist Jacqueline
:23:40. > :23:44.Donaghy and a very personal one. The connection with science came about
:23:45. > :23:47.through my family being diagnosed with an inherited condition called
:23:48. > :23:53.myotonic dystrophy. I don't have it but a lot of people in my family did
:23:54. > :24:00.and I wanted to find out more. In an initial way it was a desire to gain
:24:01. > :24:03.more knowledge which set me on the course of talking to doctors. She
:24:04. > :24:07.spoke to sets of sisters where one had the gene and the other didn't,
:24:08. > :24:13.mirroring her own family 's experience. The film has won acclaim
:24:14. > :24:17.from art and medical experts. For the Gallery of modern Art this
:24:18. > :24:24.exhibition offers a way into difficult discussion into care and
:24:25. > :24:28.loss as well as the chance to well over -- win over a very different
:24:29. > :24:33.audience. What I love about the space is the different groups of
:24:34. > :24:37.people that sometimes an expected in an arts space and the conversation
:24:38. > :24:41.that it generates especially around contemporary art but in particular
:24:42. > :24:45.shows like this that have other themes running through it which are
:24:46. > :24:49.kind of relating to wider discussions on science and health.
:24:50. > :24:53.Indeed a number of talks and workshops will be staged here over
:24:54. > :24:58.the next six months, culminating in a symposium in November in which
:24:59. > :24:59.academics, artists and patients will discuss many of the issues raised by
:25:00. > :25:04.the show. Now over to Shelley Joffre
:25:05. > :25:15.for details of tonight's edition Tonight, just a day after the Rooney
:25:16. > :25:20.Rule affairs secretary quit a damning report slams government
:25:21. > :25:25.mid-management -- mismanagement of subsidies to farmers. And we are in
:25:26. > :25:31.Spain hearing from expats over their concerns over the EU referendum.
:25:32. > :25:37.It's now time for the weather. Hopefully some improvement after a
:25:38. > :25:41.miserable day here. Have you got any good news? There is some good news
:25:42. > :25:46.for tomorrow. Good evening. It has been grey and miserable with a bit
:25:47. > :25:48.of rain around, the rain is now pushing into Aberdeenshire and
:25:49. > :25:54.Shetland where we have seen largely dry weather today. Behind the rain
:25:55. > :25:59.heavy showers and some clearer spells as well developing towards
:26:00. > :26:02.western areas. Take a closer look and some of the showers are
:26:03. > :26:06.spreading towards us and have had the odd rumble of thunder. We will
:26:07. > :26:12.continue to see some of those showers as we had through the
:26:13. > :26:18.evening. Clearer spells at times. Not particularly cold. The rain will
:26:19. > :26:22.eventually clear by the early hours. It is an improving day. Some breaks
:26:23. > :26:29.in the cloud with brighter spells and some sunshine by late afternoon.
:26:30. > :26:34.Still a risk of sharp showers around by the afternoon, too. By 4pm, one
:26:35. > :26:40.or two showers in Shetland but here temperatures could reach 13 degrees,
:26:41. > :26:44.warmer than in recent days. Across Aberdeenshire 17 or 18 degrees.
:26:45. > :26:49.Winds will be generally light. A good deal of sunshine around. The
:26:50. > :26:53.South West in particular will see high cloud coming through but
:26:54. > :26:58.temperature wise it is still fairly warm out there, 1718 degrees at
:26:59. > :27:16.best. This rain is associated with this
:27:17. > :27:19.weather picture for Friday night with rain coming through which may
:27:20. > :27:21.be quite heavy and persistent. Eventually clearing through four
:27:22. > :27:24.Saturday morning. Saturday will be dried to start but then we will see
:27:25. > :27:26.showers coming in from the south and spreading northwards, quite heavy at
:27:27. > :27:29.times with a risk of hail and thunder next in. There will be some
:27:30. > :27:31.drier and brighter spells around, and temperature wise, fairly warm,
:27:32. > :27:33.14-15d. Some sunshine for the Northern Isles. If we look ahead to
:27:34. > :27:36.Sunday, there will still be further showers with some of those on Sunday
:27:37. > :27:42.quite heavy and potent with a risk of hail and thunder. You can get all
:27:43. > :27:45.of the details on the website. That's the forecast. Thank you.
:27:46. > :27:47.Now, a reminder of tonight's main news...
:27:48. > :27:49.Nicola Sturgeon has called the decision of Muirfield Golf
:27:50. > :27:50.Club to reject women as members "indefensible".
:27:51. > :27:53.A vote at the East Lothian club failed to achieve the two-thirds
:27:54. > :27:56.majority of members required, to allow women to join.
:27:57. > :27:58.The club has been barred from hosting the Open Championship
:27:59. > :28:10.That's it from Reporting Scotland for now, I will be back with the
:28:11. > :28:12.headlines at 8pm and the late bulletin just after the ten o'clock
:28:13. > :28:15.news. Good evening.