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:00:00. > :00:00.and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.

:00:00. > :00:07.Tonight, on Reporting Scotland: Scotland lags behind England

:00:08. > :00:11.in the push to get young people from poorer backgrounds to university.

:00:12. > :00:14.The 14-year-old girl who died after collapsing in a PE class.

:00:15. > :00:20.Her family praise the efforts of school staff who tried to save her.

:00:21. > :00:23.100 years after Royal Navy warships left the Firth of Forth

:00:24. > :00:29.to engage the Germans, we remember the Battle of Jutland.

:00:30. > :00:31.World champion swimmer Robbie Renwick warns the legacy

:00:32. > :00:33.of Glasgow 2014 may be lost without more

:00:34. > :00:51.And Andy Murray gets back on track with a straight sets win to reach

:00:52. > :01:06.Helping more young people from disadvantaged areas get

:01:07. > :01:09.to university is one of the Scottish government's top priorities.

:01:10. > :01:12.But according to research published today the problem remains stark.

:01:13. > :01:16.Young Scots from disadvantaged areas are four times less likely to go

:01:17. > :01:20.to university than those from wealthy backgrounds.

:01:21. > :01:23.That's a bigger gap than anywhere else in the UK.

:01:24. > :01:35.Here's our education correspondent Jamie McIvor.

:01:36. > :01:41.The number of Scots going to university is at a record high, and

:01:42. > :01:45.more youngsters from disadvantaged areas are starting to study for a

:01:46. > :01:50.degree, but this isn't the whole story. Youngsters from the most

:01:51. > :01:54.prosperous parts of Scotland are four times more likely to go to

:01:55. > :01:57.university than those from the most deprived areas. That gap is the

:01:58. > :02:02.widest in the UK. All parts of the deprived areas. That gap is the

:02:03. > :02:06.UK are struggling with widening access but in Scotland we have not

:02:07. > :02:11.made such good progress as in England in getting more poorer young

:02:12. > :02:16.people into university. The Scottish Government says closing the gap is

:02:17. > :02:20.one of its biggest names, but this will take time. There has been a

:02:21. > :02:25.historic pub with younger people from deprived backgrounds get into

:02:26. > :02:27.university. We are seeing significant improvements, and young

:02:28. > :02:32.people in Scotland are now more likely to go to university under the

:02:33. > :02:38.SNP government than when we came to office. But there is much more to

:02:39. > :02:42.do. There is one big difference in university policy between Scotland

:02:43. > :02:48.and the rest of the UK. Free tuition. A matter of principle which

:02:49. > :02:53.comes at a cost. It means there is a rigid limit on the number of

:02:54. > :02:57.university places open to Scots. Unless the number of places

:02:58. > :03:02.continues to rise, helping the disadvantaged could cause others to

:03:03. > :03:05.lose out. There is a priority that needs to be given to those from

:03:06. > :03:10.disadvantaged backgrounds and that is a talent we take up. We have to

:03:11. > :03:15.look at how to do that without displacing other learners, many from

:03:16. > :03:20.very ordinary backgrounds. Some say direct comparison with England is

:03:21. > :03:25.now difficult. One reason is the role of colleges. More people under

:03:26. > :03:31.30 in Scotland have been in higher education ban in England, but here,

:03:32. > :03:34.two in five went to college first, whereas in England it is roughly one

:03:35. > :03:41.in eight. These students at college are hoping to go on to do degrees. I

:03:42. > :03:45.hope to do mechanical engineering at Strathclyde University. I have

:03:46. > :03:54.chosen this route because it is a good transition. There is no need to

:03:55. > :03:57.rush. Today's report is a reminder that widening access is a

:03:58. > :04:00.complicated problem with no easy sound bite solutions.

:04:01. > :04:02.The family of a teenage girl from North Lanarkshire,

:04:03. > :04:04.who died after falling ill during a PE lesson, have

:04:05. > :04:07.praised school staff for "giving her a fighting chance".

:04:08. > :04:09.14-year-old Kiera Beagle died in hospital after being airlifted

:04:10. > :04:12.from Calderhead High School, in Shotts on Thursday.

:04:13. > :04:23.Graham Stewart is there for us tonight.

:04:24. > :04:30.Kiera Beagle has been described as a popular and much respected member of

:04:31. > :04:35.the school community here. Yesterday, during a PE lesson, she

:04:36. > :04:40.felt the floor in big aims Hall. Staff immediately rushed to the

:04:41. > :04:45.scene with a different eight machine and administered several of CPR. She

:04:46. > :04:49.was flown to a hospital in Glasgow but later died. I have been speaking

:04:50. > :04:55.to the headteacher who has been paying his respects. It is a very

:04:56. > :05:02.rare event. There is a sense of sadness. Akira was a popular girl in

:05:03. > :05:08.the school. -- Akira. She had a smile for everybody. She would speak

:05:09. > :05:14.to me in the morning and wave to me on the way out at the end of the

:05:15. > :05:19.day. Kiera Beagle's grandmother has been paying tribute to the school

:05:20. > :05:25.staff and emergency services for, in her words, giving her a fighting

:05:26. > :05:30.chance. A fundraising page has now raised nearly ?2000. This is a

:05:31. > :05:35.tight-knit school community, only 400 pupils, so everybody tends to

:05:36. > :05:41.know each other. Streams of pupils have been delivering floral tributes

:05:42. > :05:44.today. Police Scotland say the death is as of yet unexplained but a

:05:45. > :05:46.postmortem examination will be carried out to establish the exact

:05:47. > :05:48.circumstances of her death. You're watching Reporting

:05:49. > :05:49.Scotland from the BBC. Still to come on tonight's

:05:50. > :05:53.programme: Breathing new life into

:05:54. > :05:55.a ground-breaking theatre Short and sweet for Andy Murray

:05:56. > :06:02.at the French Open. And you'll find out why

:06:03. > :06:06.a publicity stunt could land The jury in the Liam Fee trial have

:06:07. > :06:19.been sent home and told to return on Monday to continue

:06:20. > :06:22.considering their verdict. The toddler's mother, Rachel Fee,

:06:23. > :06:24.and her partner, Nyomi Fee, deny murdering the two-year-old

:06:25. > :06:29.in March 2014. They also deny abusing

:06:30. > :06:42.two other children. With the jury home for the weekend

:06:43. > :06:47.this long-running trial at the High Court in Livingston will go into an

:06:48. > :06:51.eight week. Lord Burns began his direction to the jury yesterday.

:06:52. > :06:59.They left to consider their verdict at 10:40am. He said the jury of

:07:00. > :07:01.eight women and six men should consider the evidence

:07:02. > :07:05.dispassionately, although it was an emotional case. He said it was a

:07:06. > :07:07.circumstantial case and any inferences from the evidence should

:07:08. > :07:13.be reasonable and without speculation. The couple are accused

:07:14. > :07:17.of eight charges, including neglecting and murdering Liam Fee,

:07:18. > :07:23.and a catalogue of abuse against two other boys over two years. The case

:07:24. > :07:26.is that they engaged in an escalating passage of cruelty which

:07:27. > :07:31.led to the young boy dying from a blow to the abdomen so severe it led

:07:32. > :07:34.to his heart rupturing. The defence say it was neither of them that

:07:35. > :07:41.killed Liam Fee, but another young child is responsible. The jury spent

:07:42. > :07:46.four hours deliberating the evidence over the course of the day before

:07:47. > :07:50.they were sent home. Nyomi Fee waved to her mother sitting in the public

:07:51. > :07:54.gallery, as Lord Burns adjourned the case for the weekend. He told the

:07:55. > :07:59.jury they could reconvene on Monday at 10am to continue their

:08:00. > :08:04.deliberations. Rachel and Nyomi Fee deny murdering Liam Fee and blaming

:08:05. > :08:05.his death on another child. They also deny abuse charges against two

:08:06. > :08:08.other children. Hundreds of North Sea workers

:08:09. > :08:11.are to be balloted for industrial Members of Unite working

:08:12. > :08:15.for Wood Group on eight Shell installations will vote

:08:16. > :08:17.on whether to strike. They claim they're facing

:08:18. > :08:19.a cut of up to 30%, The union says the cuts

:08:20. > :08:22.are unjustified. Wood Group says it's trying

:08:23. > :08:25.to safeguard the long-term Commemorations begin today to mark

:08:26. > :08:32.the 100th anniversary The naval battle between British

:08:33. > :08:36.and German forces left more John McManus has been aboard HMS

:08:37. > :08:56.Kent in Leith docks. Coming aboard to discover the

:08:57. > :09:00.history of one of World War I's most significant battles. This piece of

:09:01. > :09:05.equipment, and this, these are radar, which will sweep up to 20

:09:06. > :09:11.miles and tell us where the other ships are. Scottish and German

:09:12. > :09:14.pupils are being shown around HMS Kent in Leith as part of

:09:15. > :09:18.commemorations for the Battle of Jutland. 100 years ago when the

:09:19. > :09:23.Royal Navy confronted the German high Seas Fleet in the North Sea,

:09:24. > :09:29.more than 8000 men died. What did the visitors make of it? I like it

:09:30. > :09:36.that our countries are friends right now, and I can be here on a Royal

:09:37. > :09:41.Navy ship. I did not know much about it but the experience has been great

:09:42. > :09:47.for me to understand what happened and the history of it all. The

:09:48. > :09:51.battle left 14 Royal Navy ships at the bottom of the North Sea. But one

:09:52. > :09:59.of the survivors was Edward George Hobbs. Today, his grandson, Graham,

:10:00. > :10:02.his head gardener for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

:10:03. > :10:09.in Scotland, and has been preparing a naval cemetery in South Queensbury

:10:10. > :10:16.for remembrance events. It will be poignant, my grandfather's side,

:10:17. > :10:23.seeing commemorations. Two or three of his contemporaries are here. That

:10:24. > :10:28.could quite easily have been him. More than 6000 British see men

:10:29. > :10:35.perished at Jutland but the battle is now seen as a victory. Loss of

:10:36. > :10:39.life was great on our side and the loss of ships, too. But the German

:10:40. > :10:44.high Seas Fleet never put to sea again with the serious intention of

:10:45. > :10:47.engaging the grand Fleet. That meant that Britain retained command of the

:10:48. > :10:53.North Sea and was able to mount a blockade of German -- Germany. That

:10:54. > :10:59.was important in bringing about the end of the war. Much of the British

:11:00. > :11:04.grand Fleet, particularly battle cruisers blown up by German forces,

:11:05. > :11:10.sailed from here, which is why the area will play a central role in the

:11:11. > :11:13.centenary. Events today have been about fact-finding, children

:11:14. > :11:18.learning about the past. The major commemorations gets underway

:11:19. > :11:22.tomorrow, and on Tuesday on the Orkney Islands.

:11:23. > :11:25.Experts are warning today that fake or smuggled goods can not

:11:26. > :11:26.just be disappointing but downright dangerous.

:11:27. > :11:29.In Glasgow today the public were also being warned that selling

:11:30. > :11:32.cheap counterfeit goods has become an attractive outlet

:11:33. > :11:42.Aileen Clarke has been checking out the market.

:11:43. > :11:51.Roll up, roll up. Do you fancy some designer boots? The grey ones, the

:11:52. > :11:56.brown, or the tan? You would not want any of these, because this is

:11:57. > :12:00.the real McCoy, the proper sheepskin. These are cheap and nasty

:12:01. > :12:06.nylon and if you ended up with that, you would soon end up with this. Not

:12:07. > :12:10.much of a bargain. The firm that makes the genuine boots has had

:12:11. > :12:16.almost 70,000 websites selling fakes taken down. The trade in rip-offs of

:12:17. > :12:23.designer goods is massive. 100 arrests have been made in Glasgow

:12:24. > :12:27.alone in the last three years, and it goes far beyond accessories. We

:12:28. > :12:36.have electrical goods like phone chargers, hair straighteners, about

:12:37. > :12:40.six -- products which can go up in flames. Meet the detective .com

:12:41. > :12:44.happy to pose with a range of counterfeit goods and smuggled

:12:45. > :12:54.cigarettes. Her day job is sniffing out contraband and copies. She

:12:55. > :12:58.started on DVDs, and Viagra and tobacco as well. Has she had any big

:12:59. > :13:03.halls? In Glasgow wants we recovered tobacco as well. Has she had any big

:13:04. > :13:10.16,500 cigarettes and kilos of tobacco, so I was proud of that.

:13:11. > :13:15.Conditions were tough for everybody including the dog. There is plenty

:13:16. > :13:20.more to find, with criminal gangs controlling much of the trade.

:13:21. > :13:25.Counterfeit goods in particular are low risk and higher reward than

:13:26. > :13:32.conventional drug dealing activities they were involved in. Now we find

:13:33. > :13:36.that the money is still being used to fund other criminality. Profits

:13:37. > :13:39.that this skilled detective is keen to Seas.

:13:40. > :13:41.A look at other stories from across the country.

:13:42. > :13:43.A new report suggests that Scotland's urban areas -

:13:44. > :13:46.especially those around Glasgow - have the highest lung disease

:13:47. > :13:51.The study by the British Lung Foundation says your chances

:13:52. > :13:53.of dying from lung disease in Glasgow is nearly twice

:13:54. > :13:56.that of nearby Stirling, and nearly triple that of places

:13:57. > :14:02.like Kensington and Chelsea in London.

:14:03. > :14:04.A train driver has been arrested for allegedly being intoxicated

:14:05. > :14:06.while he was on duty at Waverley Station in Edinburgh.

:14:07. > :14:09.The 54-year-old ScotRail employee was arrested just before

:14:10. > :14:11.midnight on Wednesday - and has since been

:14:12. > :14:19.It's emerged that a plane on approach to Glasgow Airport

:14:20. > :14:23.The incident happened two months ago over Clydebank when the pilot

:14:24. > :14:29.of a Boeing 737 reported seeing the drone about 100 feet below him.

:14:30. > :14:35.Investigators said there'd been "a definite risk of collision".

:14:36. > :14:38.A woman is to stand trial charged with murdering a Fife pensioner.

:14:39. > :14:40.Sandra Weir is accused of killing 82-year-old Mary Logie at her home

:14:41. > :14:45.The 41-year-old appeared at the High Court in Glasgow

:14:46. > :14:52.where a trial date was set for December.

:14:53. > :14:54.A landowner has expressed concern as Highland Council examines

:14:55. > :14:57.new routes for the notorious Stromeferry road which is frequently

:14:58. > :15:03.The laird of Attadale Estate is opposed to the new route

:15:04. > :15:06.being built through his land and would prefer a tunnel next

:15:07. > :15:08.to the existing rail line, though that could cost

:15:09. > :15:30.A colony of caterpillars has weaved a ghostly web in Stirling. The

:15:31. > :15:33.caterpillars, which eventually become moths, create the web to

:15:34. > :15:37.allow them to grow out of the reach of predators.

:15:38. > :15:40.Two big pieces of news from the French Open tonight.

:15:41. > :15:43.Andy Murray is safely through to the fourth round

:15:44. > :15:46.on Sunday, after a straight-sets win over Ivo Karlovic.

:15:47. > :15:51.But the tournament is over for nine times champion Rafa Nadal,

:15:52. > :15:55.who's had to withdraw with a wrist injury.

:15:56. > :16:00.No such worries for Murray - who's even been practising his French.

:16:01. > :16:13.A serenade from the stands for Scotland's finest. Andy Murray was

:16:14. > :16:24.on song straightaway, banishing the blues of his previous struggles this

:16:25. > :16:30.week. When your opponent is 6ft 11in, lobbing him isn't a great

:16:31. > :16:34.plan. The margins for error in tennis are minuscule. Not that too

:16:35. > :16:39.many errors came from the Scot's side. He wanted a quick win and

:16:40. > :16:42.after 24 minutes Murray was a third of the way there. The key moment

:16:43. > :16:49.came in the first game of the second set. Another break of the Karlovic

:16:50. > :16:54.serve was all Murray needed to take a two-set lead. When it came to the

:16:55. > :17:01.tie-break in the third, Murray was too good. It is hungry work staying

:17:02. > :17:04.at the top in tennis. No sooner had victory been claimed, the winner

:17:05. > :17:15.started thinking about tonight's tea, in French.

:17:16. > :17:21.HE SPEAKS FRENCH You don't enjoy speaking languages?

:17:22. > :17:26.I do like languages, I'm not very good at them! What a difference a

:17:27. > :17:30.couple of days make. Andy Murray right back on form and all of a

:17:31. > :17:35.sudden one win away from the quarterfinals of the French Open.

:17:36. > :17:40.Standing in his way on Sunday, a similar type of opponent, the

:17:41. > :17:43.big-serving American John Isner. He hasn't managed a single win over

:17:44. > :17:44.Murray in their five previous matches.

:17:45. > :17:46.Championship club Ayr United could be in trouble with the Scottish FA

:17:47. > :17:50.over publicity shots for their new first team kit.

:17:51. > :17:53.One sporting organisation says they're sexist

:17:54. > :17:57.The SFA's compliance officer will decide whether the club faces

:17:58. > :18:04.charges of bringing Scottish football into disrepute.

:18:05. > :18:12.They have been promoted to the SPFL Championship, the second tier, but

:18:13. > :18:15.it seems months before the new season starts, Ayr United are

:18:16. > :18:20.already in trouble with the authorities. It's all because of

:18:21. > :18:32.publicity shots for the team's new kit. The shirt sponsors used images

:18:33. > :18:36.like this. That prompted complaints to the Scottish FA. What kind of

:18:37. > :18:40.message is this sending out that it is acceptable to have women naked

:18:41. > :18:44.and painted to try and sell a football strip? Ayr United are a

:18:45. > :18:48.family club. They should be appealing to families. There is an

:18:49. > :18:52.own goal here in terms of how they have tried to appeal to the

:18:53. > :18:56.families. It is a non-starter. The publicity shots have got people

:18:57. > :19:07.talking in Ayr. What do you make of that? Disgusting. It's painted on.

:19:08. > :19:19.Yeah. It's good. Covered. So it is alright. Ayr United are making no

:19:20. > :19:33.official comment. The sponsors are. Their founder told the BBC:

:19:34. > :19:39.Ayr United won a play-off final to reach the Championship, wearing

:19:40. > :19:45.their old kit. They will probably escape sanction for the post-match

:19:46. > :19:49.pitch invasion. The SFA's compliance officer will determine whether they

:19:50. > :19:50.face charges for this week's publicity stunt.

:19:51. > :19:52.Scotland's Paul Lawrie has been named as one of Darren Clarke's

:19:53. > :19:56.three vice-captains for Europe at this year's Ryder Cup.

:19:57. > :19:58.Lawrie will be joined by two other vice-captains -

:19:59. > :20:03.The former Open champion was part of the 'Miracle of Medinah' European

:20:04. > :20:11.Swimming world champion Robbie Renwick fears

:20:12. > :20:14.Glasgow's Commonwealth Games legacy will be under threat unless more

:20:15. > :20:18.money is put into sport at the grassroots level.

:20:19. > :20:20.Renwick, who won relay silver with Scotland

:20:21. > :20:22.during the Commonwealth Games two years ago, says budget cuts

:20:23. > :20:24.could have a negative effect on the next generation

:20:25. > :20:37.These school pupils walk or run the daily mile. Today they were joined

:20:38. > :20:42.by two Scottish swimmers, who will compete in this summer's Olympics

:20:43. > :20:45.with Team GB. They might inspire some of these youngsters to take up

:20:46. > :20:51.sport. One might follow in their footsteps. Robbie Renwick has tasted

:20:52. > :20:57.success at the top level. He is a World Champion and was a medal

:20:58. > :21:01.winner during Glasgow 2014. Now, another silver in 2014. He is proud

:21:02. > :21:05.of those Games but does have concerns. There's been so many

:21:06. > :21:10.budget cuts in the local councils and they are ripping away all the

:21:11. > :21:14.grassroot sport in my opinion. We have had the likes of such a

:21:15. > :21:18.fantastic successful Commonwealth Games, you know, it would be great

:21:19. > :21:23.to have all these facilities open and to have loads of kids coming

:21:24. > :21:27.through totally inspired because come ten years down the line, it

:21:28. > :21:31.will be them who will be asked to represent their country. The numbers

:21:32. > :21:36.are not coming through. It will be a huge disappointment. In response, a

:21:37. > :21:59.Scottish Government spokesman told us:

:22:00. > :22:03.Pointers to a Games legacy perhaps, but others feel more could be done.

:22:04. > :22:06.That is all from me tonight. It's nearly three decades since one

:22:07. > :22:08.of the biggest theatre 'Witch's Blood' was performed

:22:09. > :22:13.at several venues throughout Dundee Now there are plans to revive

:22:14. > :22:17.the production in time Tonight parts of the show

:22:18. > :22:21.will be performed in 'Remembering Witch's Blood',

:22:22. > :22:34.as Andrew Anderson reports. In an abandoned print works, they

:22:35. > :22:41.are remembering Witch's Blood. You can feel the tension. It was

:22:42. > :22:46.amazing. Back in 1987, Caroline Hogan was the witch. The story of

:22:47. > :22:52.the town will be told... I remember it being a lot of fun, a lot of fun.

:22:53. > :22:54.We had rehearsals to go to. We had to practice, you know, and rehearse

:22:55. > :22:58.We had rehearsals to go to. We had lines. There was so many of us all

:22:59. > :23:03.just keeping us going. I was only 15 at the time. I was still at school.

:23:04. > :23:08.This was dead exciting. The production was one of the biggest

:23:09. > :23:14.community theatre events ever seen in Scotland. A cast of 500. An

:23:15. > :23:19.audience of 1,000. They were bussed to the locations throughout Dundee.

:23:20. > :23:23.Now a slightly smaller cast is busy rehearsing some songs from the

:23:24. > :23:29.original show. The director, who put it altogether, nearly three decades

:23:30. > :23:34.ago, is back. I was looking at what was happening in Dundee. I felt a

:23:35. > :23:39.pang of homesickness, which is amazing. I really do believe that

:23:40. > :23:45.Dundee is a spiritual home for me. I think I learnt everything I know

:23:46. > :23:49.about theatre in this place. This performance is a taster. If there is

:23:50. > :23:53.an appetite for more Witch's Blood, then it is hoped to stage a fuller

:23:54. > :24:04.version of the show next year on its 30th anniversary.

:24:05. > :24:09.So, what kind of weekend can we expect from the weather?

:24:10. > :24:14.Looking fairly settled for most of us. Good evening. It has been

:24:15. > :24:19.disappointingly dull across much of Scotland today. Again, in the

:24:20. > :24:25.north-west, leading a charmed life with plenty of sunshine and clear

:24:26. > :24:28.blue skies. A few sharp showers in the north-west for a time. As we

:24:29. > :24:32.head through the overnight period, these will die out. It becomes dry,

:24:33. > :24:37.across-the-board. A fairly cloudy night to come for most of us.

:24:38. > :24:41.Perhaps some patchy mist and fog for eastern areas. Again, the clearest

:24:42. > :24:46.skies tonight will be in the north-west. And not a cold night to

:24:47. > :24:54.come for most of us. Into tomorrow, we hold on fairly cloudy skies. As

:24:55. > :24:59.we go through the day, it is a gradual brightening up process. Most

:25:00. > :25:05.of us seeing some brightness. So taking a closer look for the

:25:06. > :25:09.Argyll area. Plenty of brightness, some sunshine around. Just the odd

:25:10. > :25:22.shower through Dumfries and Galloway. For parts of the Fife

:25:23. > :25:25.area, it will feel quite cold. Inland over Aberdeenshire, and for

:25:26. > :25:28.much of the north-west, plenty of sunshine again tomorrow. A few

:25:29. > :25:36.showers developing here through the afternoon. Highs of 19 or 20

:25:37. > :25:40.Celsius. If you are hillwalking or climbing

:25:41. > :25:46.tomorrow, for the northern ranges, a lot of dry, bright weather. A few

:25:47. > :25:53.thundery showers across the north-west.

:25:54. > :25:57.For the more southern ranges, a lot of dry weather. Some brightness. A

:25:58. > :26:02.fair amount of cloud through the hills and for the Galloway hills,

:26:03. > :26:06.the odd shower. Again, 8 or 9 Celsius and light east to

:26:07. > :26:09.south-easterly winds. If you are going into the inshore waters

:26:10. > :26:14.tomorrow, it is a Force 3 or less for the more western areas. The

:26:15. > :26:20.winds will be light or slight seas and good visibility.

:26:21. > :26:26.For the inshore waters in the east, it's a Force 3 or 4 with slight seas

:26:27. > :26:30.and moderate to good visibility. Taking a look into the evening

:26:31. > :26:33.tomorrow, a few sharp showers across the north-west. Otherwise, a lot of

:26:34. > :26:37.dry, bright weather to end the day with some spells of sunshine. Sunday

:26:38. > :26:40.will be a very similar day to Saturday. A few showers developing

:26:41. > :26:44.across the north-west. Otherwise, a Saturday. A few showers developing

:26:45. > :26:47.lot of dry, bright weather with plenty of sunshine around and for

:26:48. > :26:50.bank holiday Monday, a lot of dry weather, the best of the sunshine

:26:51. > :26:52.for central and south-western Scotland.

:26:53. > :26:55.Now, a reminder of tonight's main news: Helping more young people

:26:56. > :26:58.from disadvantaged areas get to university is one of the Scottish

:26:59. > :27:03.But according to research published today the problem remains stark.

:27:04. > :27:05.Young Scots from disadvantaged areas are four times less likely to go

:27:06. > :27:10.to university than those from wealthy backgrounds.

:27:11. > :27:14.Bogus, misleading and confusing - that's how the claims being made

:27:15. > :27:17.by politicians on both sides of the EU referendum

:27:18. > :27:21.campaign have been described by an influential group of MPs.

:27:22. > :27:24.The Treasury Select Committee says the public are thoroughly fed up

:27:25. > :27:31.of what they call an "arms race" of lurid claims and counter claims.

:27:32. > :27:34.I'll be back with the headlines at 8.00pm and the late bulletin just

:27:35. > :27:38.Until then, from everyone on the team - right

:27:39. > :27:41.across the country - have a very good evening.