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from Downing Street - and on BBC One we now join the BBC's | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
But what might Theresa May mean for Scotland? | :00:00. | :00:12. | |
We'll hear the view from Holyrood and Westminster. | :00:13. | :00:14. | |
The drug smugglers caught off the Scottish coast with what's | :00:15. | :00:24. | |
Andy Murray talks about that Wimbledon victory, and what it means | :00:25. | :00:27. | |
to him, his family, and the team behind his succcess. | :00:28. | :00:39. | |
You start to think about everything that's gone into getting to you to | :00:40. | :00:45. | |
this place, and that's the moment when you realise that it's all worth | :00:46. | :00:47. | |
it. Also on the programme, | :00:48. | :00:48. | |
festival goers make their way home from T in the Park - | :00:49. | :00:51. | |
but the event's been marred by events away from the stage. | :00:52. | :00:53. | |
And we're on the road on one of the world's greatest drives - | :00:54. | :00:56. | |
around Scotland's north coast. A day of seismic political | :00:57. | :01:15. | |
developments resulting in the announcement | :01:16. | :01:18. | |
of a new Prime Minster - but what will Theresa May's | :01:19. | :01:21. | |
leadership mean for Scotland? Within the last hour, the First | :01:22. | :01:24. | |
Minister said she would work "constructively" with Mrs May, | :01:25. | :01:30. | |
but Nicola Sturgeon re-affirmed her comittment to keeping Scotland | :01:31. | :01:32. | |
in the European Union. In a moment, we'll be hearing | :01:33. | :01:41. | |
from our political correspondent, Glenn Campbell, at Holyrood, | :01:42. | :01:43. | |
but first, let's go Nick, what's been reaction | :01:44. | :01:45. | |
from Scottish politicians there? Jackie, I don't think many people | :01:46. | :01:51. | |
saw this coming today - certainly not the speed | :01:52. | :01:54. | |
at which things have moved. In 48 hours' time, the United | :01:55. | :02:07. | |
Kingdom will have a new Prime Minister. | :02:08. | :02:11. | |
The Scottish Secretary, David Mundell, was one | :02:12. | :02:14. | |
of her earlier backers when she announced she'd be standing. | :02:15. | :02:16. | |
He's welcomed today's events in the last hour. | :02:17. | :02:19. | |
As the only Scottish Conservative MP, it seems pretty much certain | :02:20. | :02:22. | |
When she launched her campaign last week, Mrs May said she wanted | :02:23. | :02:31. | |
pledging it would be a major priority for her new government. | :02:32. | :02:43. | |
The SNP's Westminster leader, Angus Robertson, has congratulated | :02:44. | :02:46. | |
Mrs May on her new job, but also had this to say: | :02:47. | :02:56. | |
My message to Theresa May is that I really hope she will work | :02:57. | :03:03. | |
constructively with Nicola Sturgeon and the Scottish Government. More | :03:04. | :03:08. | |
than 62% of voters who took part in the recent referendum voted to stay | :03:09. | :03:12. | |
in Europe, and we need to protect our place there. The Tories don't | :03:13. | :03:16. | |
have a great record when it comes to Europe, so I am not holding my | :03:17. | :03:21. | |
breath. That issue of Europe for politicians to mull over tonight. | :03:22. | :03:30. | |
Another day in this extraordinary spell at Westminster. | :03:31. | :03:32. | |
Who would bet against more in the weeks and months ahead? | :03:33. | :03:35. | |
So what's been the reaction here in Scotland? | :03:36. | :03:37. | |
Our political correspondent, Glenn Campbell, is at | :03:38. | :03:38. | |
The First Minister has issued a statement. She calls for early | :03:39. | :03:53. | |
engagement with her for Scotland's status in the EU. I am sure Theresa | :03:54. | :03:57. | |
May will want to have discussions with Nicola Sturgeon and other | :03:58. | :04:02. | |
devolved leaders. When Theresa May says, wrecks it means Brexit, it's | :04:03. | :04:09. | |
not clear that she in visages that meaning some special accommodation | :04:10. | :04:13. | |
for Scotland. What kind of Prime Minister will she be? I have been | :04:14. | :04:18. | |
discussing that with the leader of the Scottish Conservatives, who is | :04:19. | :04:22. | |
one of her backers. She has a tenacity and a quiet strength. She | :04:23. | :04:26. | |
plays everything with a straight bat. I think she will be a | :04:27. | :04:31. | |
straightforward and forthright Prime Minister. I think she's absolutely | :04:32. | :04:38. | |
the right woman for the job. D you think Theresa May has a mandate, not | :04:39. | :04:42. | |
having been a contest in the Conservative Party, never mind in | :04:43. | :04:46. | |
the country? I think she does. There's an awful lot of examples | :04:47. | :04:51. | |
that we've seen very recently, regarding Scottish politicians. | :04:52. | :04:56. | |
Theresa May was one of those who called for a general election when | :04:57. | :04:59. | |
Gordon Brown took over from Tony Blair. Does she need to have one | :05:00. | :05:05. | |
now? I don't think so. Given the instability that's been caused by | :05:06. | :05:10. | |
the Brexit float, we are looking to resolve that. I don't feel we need a | :05:11. | :05:17. | |
second election, and I feel it would be better for the country if the new | :05:18. | :05:20. | |
government could get its feet under the desk and get on with the job. | :05:21. | :05:25. | |
That job starts in earnest for Theresa May in Wednesday evening | :05:26. | :05:30. | |
when she walks into number ten as Prime Minister for the very first | :05:31. | :05:34. | |
time. High on her list of priorities will be negotiating the UK's exit | :05:35. | :05:39. | |
from the European Union, and trying to do that in a way that keeps | :05:40. | :05:41. | |
Scotland within the UK. Thank you. It's thought to have | :05:42. | :05:46. | |
been the biggest seizure More than three tonnes | :05:47. | :05:48. | |
of the class A drug were found hidden inside a tug boat | :05:49. | :05:52. | |
after it was boarded by customs and police officers off the coast | :05:53. | :05:54. | |
of Aberdeen in April last year. Today, the Turkish captain | :05:55. | :05:57. | |
and first officer were found From the High Court in Glasgow, | :05:58. | :05:59. | |
Aileen Clarke reports. In the international waters of the | :06:00. | :06:14. | |
North Sea, 100 miles east of Aberdeen, the Chase is on. It had | :06:15. | :06:17. | |
taken two days for the authorities to find this tug, the MV Hamal. | :06:18. | :06:24. | |
Customs officials in France had tipped off their counterparts here | :06:25. | :06:28. | |
that the tug was some way of the coast of Britain and her cargo was | :06:29. | :06:35. | |
cocaine. Boarding parties headed across the choppy sea, their | :06:36. | :06:39. | |
mission, to catch and board the target and bring her voyage to an | :06:40. | :06:45. | |
abrupt halt. The tug and crew were escorted into Aberdeen Harbour, and | :06:46. | :06:49. | |
the search began. The search team knew there was cocaine in a ballast | :06:50. | :06:53. | |
tank by traces on the drill they were using. It was so well hidden | :06:54. | :06:57. | |
that it was another two days before they uncovered how to access it | :06:58. | :07:03. | |
properly. Starting with the plans of the vessel, which is something we | :07:04. | :07:07. | |
always start from and look at, the plans gave no indication of that | :07:08. | :07:14. | |
space existing. Members of the deep rummage team took it in turns to | :07:15. | :07:20. | |
head down into the dark tank. One by one, huge bales of cocaine were | :07:21. | :07:27. | |
retrieved. 128 in total, each made up of tightly packed, book sized | :07:28. | :07:36. | |
blocks. You have a layer of latex. Very well protected, and thought to | :07:37. | :07:41. | |
be around 70% pure. This was a precious cargo indeed. It is up a | :07:42. | :07:47. | |
huge seizure. It has been the biggest ever seizure of cocaine in | :07:48. | :07:54. | |
the UK by a large amount. To give a comparison for people, the total | :07:55. | :07:56. | |
the UK by a large amount. To give a seizure of cocaine by all forces in | :07:57. | :08:00. | |
England and Wales and Border Force in the year 14-15 was 3.4 tonnes. It | :08:01. | :08:06. | |
was effectively a years worth of seizures. But that half ?1 billion | :08:07. | :08:11. | |
worth of cocaine would have to seizures. But that half ?1 billion | :08:12. | :08:13. | |
another trip before being destroyed. To the half -- to the High Court in | :08:14. | :08:20. | |
Glasgow. The prosecution wanted to see it in its entirety. That | :08:21. | :08:25. | |
entailed a massive security operation. That involved careful | :08:26. | :08:31. | |
planning. It involved firearms officers, countersurveillance, to | :08:32. | :08:34. | |
make sure the drugs could safely be taken to the court. It was just on | :08:35. | :08:39. | |
the other side of those double doors that 3.2 tonnes of cocaine were laid | :08:40. | :08:43. | |
out. There was so much of it they couldn't fit it in the courtroom, so | :08:44. | :08:49. | |
it was piled in the open hallway. The judge, the jury, the QCs and the | :08:50. | :08:56. | |
accused file out to see it. Today, the Turkish captain of the MV Hamal, | :08:57. | :09:04. | |
Mumin Sahin, and his first mate, were found guilty. It went from | :09:05. | :09:12. | |
Istanbul to the Cayman Islands, to Tenerife, South America, then to | :09:13. | :09:19. | |
Europe and the UK. The captain and his first officer convicted here | :09:20. | :09:24. | |
today are just one small part of a very large international drug | :09:25. | :09:27. | |
smuggling operation. Investigations are ongoing across Europe to find | :09:28. | :09:31. | |
out who else was involved in procuring the 3-point two tonnes of | :09:32. | :09:33. | |
cocaine. Still to come on tonight's | :09:34. | :09:38. | |
programme. We're live at Royal Troon, | :09:39. | :09:39. | |
as the world's leading golfers arrive ahead of the 145th Open | :09:40. | :09:42. | |
Championship. And I will have the weather on the | :09:43. | :09:53. | |
road on the wild and rugged north-west coast, on what has been | :09:54. | :09:57. | |
voted one of the world's best drives. | :09:58. | :09:59. | |
The Wimbledon champion Andy Murray says it is "unlikely" he will play | :10:00. | :10:02. | |
in Great Britain's Davis Cup quarter-final against Serbia | :10:03. | :10:03. | |
However Murray may travel to Belgrade even if he does not | :10:04. | :10:07. | |
play because he feels a "responsibility" to the team. | :10:08. | :10:09. | |
The 29-year-old clinched his second Wimbledon title yesterday. | :10:10. | :10:11. | |
Today, he re-lived those emotions with our tennis reporter - | :10:12. | :10:14. | |
COMMENTATOR: He's there. Straight sets again. Yesterday felt different | :10:15. | :10:34. | |
to me. I was emotional just because I know all of the hard work and | :10:35. | :10:39. | |
stuff, the effort that goes into trying to win this event. When I'd | :10:40. | :10:44. | |
done it, first of all, I was really excited and happy. Then 45 seconds | :10:45. | :10:53. | |
later, all of that, that release of the motions. You are crying, but | :10:54. | :10:57. | |
you're happy. I certainly wasn't side yesterday. It was a nice | :10:58. | :11:04. | |
feeling. What is going through your mind? Are you thinking of your | :11:05. | :11:07. | |
immediate family, your young daughter, your wife, your peers, | :11:08. | :11:14. | |
friends back in Dunblane? First, you see the people in the stand. A lot | :11:15. | :11:19. | |
of my family is there. My team as well. Just seeing how happy they | :11:20. | :11:25. | |
were. A lot of them work and have made sacrifices to allow me to do | :11:26. | :11:30. | |
what I do on the court. They spend a lot of time away from their family | :11:31. | :11:34. | |
as well. That's the first thing that you see. Then you start to think | :11:35. | :11:42. | |
about everything that's gone into getting you to this place, and | :11:43. | :11:48. | |
that's the moment you kind of realise that it's all worth it. | :11:49. | :11:52. | |
These are the moments that all the hard work's four. Let's focus on | :11:53. | :12:03. | |
Scotland. Andy Murray, Olympic champion, Scottish. Jamie Murray, | :12:04. | :12:08. | |
best doubles champion in the world, Scottish. Gordon Reid, double | :12:09. | :12:14. | |
Wimbledon champion, Scottish. How do you feel about that? How does that | :12:15. | :12:20. | |
make you feel? Can we ever repeat that ever again? It would be great | :12:21. | :12:27. | |
to try. To expect that same success to happen immediately... It is | :12:28. | :12:33. | |
amazing, really. Tennis in Scotland has never really been a big thing at | :12:34. | :12:41. | |
all. It is strange that a lot of the best players over the past few years | :12:42. | :12:47. | |
have come out of Scotland. My mum genuinely has a lot to do with it. | :12:48. | :12:50. | |
have come out of Scotland. My mum She helped a lot of others, | :12:51. | :12:57. | |
obviously me and my brother, but what we want to see now is more | :12:58. | :13:01. | |
depth, more players playing at the highest level, rather than just a | :13:02. | :13:06. | |
few playing right at the top. Hopefully, that can happen for the | :13:07. | :13:10. | |
next few years. You have made a lot of people very proud. Well done. | :13:11. | :13:18. | |
Let's pick up on what they were discussing there. | :13:19. | :13:22. | |
What does Andy Murray's success mean for the sport here in Scotland? | :13:23. | :13:24. | |
Our reporter Lisa Summers has been finding out. | :13:25. | :13:29. | |
Wimbledon has always had the power to inspire, and no prizes for | :13:30. | :13:35. | |
guessing who has inspired this lot. I like the style he plays. I try to | :13:36. | :13:44. | |
be aggressive. I have caught right next to my house. It's good to me, I | :13:45. | :13:50. | |
like it. Participation in tennis is going up. The Murray factor will | :13:51. | :13:54. | |
have a big part to play in that, but how do we keep it going? In the | :13:55. | :14:00. | |
place where it all started for the Murray brothers, doors are open | :14:01. | :14:05. | |
today. It wasn't so long ago that Andy was learning his skills on | :14:06. | :14:08. | |
these courts. But this is a private club. Tennis is often criticised as | :14:09. | :14:14. | |
being expensive and elite, something Tennis Scotland is trying to | :14:15. | :14:18. | |
address. We are working with authorities to put partnership | :14:19. | :14:23. | |
agreements in place, to put funding in, to do a bit more and take tennis | :14:24. | :14:29. | |
into schools as well. We want to see more indoor courts to make it a | :14:30. | :14:34. | |
year-round sport here in Scotland. In Edinburgh, at Morton Hall tennis | :14:35. | :14:39. | |
club, there is an enthusiasm to playing. We have over 200 children | :14:40. | :14:44. | |
signed up for tennis clubs over the next four weeks, which is brilliant. | :14:45. | :14:53. | |
This woman played for Scotland and Great Britain before becoming a | :14:54. | :14:58. | |
coach. She thinks we can have another Andy Murray, but it will | :14:59. | :15:05. | |
take a lot. I see no reason why not. There's no stopping point to | :15:06. | :15:08. | |
managing it, but it takes a lot of drive and determination. So we are | :15:09. | :15:14. | |
hitting on a winning formula. Not just Andy, but Gordon Reid as a | :15:15. | :15:20. | |
Scottish champ. So what now? This is the sort of facility where there has | :15:21. | :15:24. | |
been in investment. These courts are free to play, and there's funding | :15:25. | :15:28. | |
for a coach to encourage people to keep on playing. But there's only a | :15:29. | :15:33. | |
limited amount of money and lots of sports vying for it, from the | :15:34. | :15:37. | |
grassroots right to the elite stars. But maybe this time it will be | :15:38. | :15:41. | |
different. A teenager has pleaded guilty | :15:42. | :15:43. | |
to causing the death of an Edinburgh Dylan Jenkin was driving a car | :15:44. | :15:46. | |
which struck and killed Jill Pirrie on Old Dalkeith Road on the 12th | :15:47. | :15:50. | |
of May as she walked home from work Festival goers have been | :15:51. | :15:53. | |
making their way home from T The event was marred by the separate | :15:54. | :16:00. | |
deaths of two teenagers last week, and today police said they were also | :16:01. | :16:06. | |
investigating Overall, though, arrests were down, | :16:07. | :16:08. | |
and there wasn't a repeat of last From Strathallan Castle, | :16:09. | :16:13. | |
John McManus reports. Three days of Heaven for music | :16:14. | :16:25. | |
lovers but every party has got to Three days of Heaven for music | :16:26. | :16:33. | |
end sometime. And spirits can be a bit deflated at the end. But most | :16:34. | :16:35. | |
end sometime. And spirits can be a people had a great time at T in the | :16:36. | :16:40. | |
Park this year. Tinie Tempah was good. It was first class. Will you | :16:41. | :16:48. | |
be back next year? Definitely. I will buy a pair of wellies! But the | :16:49. | :16:54. | |
event has been marred by the rate of an 18-year-old and the deaths of | :16:55. | :16:59. | |
217-year-olds. My thoughts are absolutely with the family and | :17:00. | :17:03. | |
friends of these young people as they come to terms with what has | :17:04. | :17:07. | |
happened. It is mostly contract is now left on the site, most of the | :17:08. | :17:12. | |
festival goers have long gone. But although the event did not sell out | :17:13. | :17:15. | |
all tickets, organisers said that it has a real future. Quite a lot of | :17:16. | :17:20. | |
premiership football clubs do not sell out, every single game, and | :17:21. | :17:25. | |
they still have the future, no one asks them that question. It is a | :17:26. | :17:30. | |
strange question, if no one came to T in the Park the question would be | :17:31. | :17:34. | |
valid but you have tens of thousands coming and it makes it one of the | :17:35. | :17:38. | |
biggest festivals in the world. So it is still in demand, absolutely. | :17:39. | :17:41. | |
Some research indicates we may already have passed the festival. | :17:42. | :17:46. | |
Some research indicates we may The suit -- the shortage or | :17:47. | :17:48. | |
depletion of the touring acts, the big headliners available in the | :17:49. | :17:56. | |
1960s, 1970s and 1980s, are not so available and about better traction | :17:57. | :18:00. | |
it is difficult to sell larger numbers of tickets year upon year in | :18:01. | :18:03. | |
advance. Despite that there will always be people linked to put up | :18:04. | :18:05. | |
with this, to get some of this. A look at other stories | :18:06. | :18:09. | |
from across the country. The introduction of | :18:10. | :18:15. | |
the controversial named person scheme could be delayed | :18:16. | :18:16. | |
because of legal action. The deputy first minister, | :18:17. | :18:19. | |
John Swinney wants to see the UK supreme court's judgment | :18:20. | :18:22. | |
on the legislation before The scheme's due to start at the end | :18:23. | :18:24. | |
of August - but that Police have released | :18:25. | :18:28. | |
images of 12 more people they want to trace in connection | :18:29. | :18:36. | |
with violence and disorder Fans invaded the pitch at Hampden | :18:37. | :18:38. | |
after Hibs beat Rangers 3-2. Officers have already made | :18:39. | :18:43. | |
more than 40 arrests. Scotrail workers have taken | :18:44. | :18:47. | |
part in the second day A number of services, | :18:48. | :18:53. | |
including Edinburgh to Aberdeen and Glasgow Central to Edinburgh, | :18:54. | :18:57. | |
were cancelled today and others have The strike, by members of the RMT | :18:58. | :18:59. | |
union, is over concerns about the operation of more | :19:00. | :19:03. | |
trains without guards. The next planned | :19:04. | :19:05. | |
action is on Thursday. An online fundraising appeal set up | :19:06. | :19:10. | |
to help the family of two toddlers who died after the car | :19:11. | :19:13. | |
they were in crashed into a loch has died after the incident at Loch na | :19:14. | :19:24. | |
droomin, near the village A coastguard volunteer has spoken | :19:25. | :19:31. | |
of the heroic efforts of members Edinburgh Airport has recorded | :19:32. | :19:35. | |
the busiest ever June at a Scottish airport after it | :19:36. | :19:41. | |
welcomed almost one point -- 1.2 million passengers | :19:42. | :19:49. | |
through its doors last month. The figure represents a seven | :19:50. | :19:51. | |
per cent increase in passengers The 2016 Homeless | :19:52. | :19:54. | |
World Cup is underway The tournament, which features 48 | :19:55. | :19:58. | |
men's and 16 women's teams, More than 5,000 people watched | :19:59. | :20:01. | |
the opening ceremony It's a big week for golf fans - | :20:02. | :20:10. | |
Colin Montgomerie will strike the first ball when the 145th | :20:11. | :20:16. | |
Open Championship The world's leading golfers have | :20:17. | :20:17. | |
arrived at Royal Troon all dreaming On his home turf could this be | :20:18. | :20:22. | |
Monty's final fling? There for us this evening | :20:23. | :20:28. | |
is Jonathan Sutherland. The great golfing circus has rolled | :20:29. | :20:39. | |
into town at Royal Troon for the Open Championship of the ninth time | :20:40. | :20:44. | |
it has been held here at Royal Troon. And very much the big event | :20:45. | :20:47. | |
in terms of golf. The big story today has been about Jordan Spieth | :20:48. | :20:52. | |
withdrawing from the Olympic Games. In terms of Scotland the big story | :20:53. | :20:56. | |
has been about Colin Montgomerie who will be granted the honour of seeing | :20:57. | :21:00. | |
off this Open Championship on Thursday morning. Almost time to tee | :21:01. | :21:07. | |
off, a veteran of his Royal Troon home turf branded the honour of | :21:08. | :21:12. | |
striking the first shot on Thursday. One of the greatest players in | :21:13. | :21:15. | |
Scottish golf playing for a final time. This was not drawn out of the | :21:16. | :21:26. | |
hat! Did it come as a surprise? A great honour and I take it as such. | :21:27. | :21:35. | |
I just look forward to it. Aged 53: Montgomerie would be a popular if | :21:36. | :21:40. | |
unlikely open contender. The leading names are all here, all dreaming of | :21:41. | :21:45. | |
lifting the famous claret jug. I get excited for all the majors, excited | :21:46. | :21:50. | |
to be able to play in the Open Championship, not only because of | :21:51. | :21:53. | |
the fans but how challenging courses and the weather. I guess the most | :21:54. | :21:59. | |
satisfying thing you can get from being able to be the best in the | :22:00. | :22:02. | |
world, and some of the most challenging golf courses, that we | :22:03. | :22:07. | |
normally do not get to play. I would be over the moon if I could hold the | :22:08. | :22:13. | |
claret jug one day. Great sport is about emotion and Colin Montgomerie | :22:14. | :22:17. | |
grew up a stone 's throw from this course. In terms of the rich career | :22:18. | :22:22. | |
you have had, do feel this is something of a last hurrah in terms | :22:23. | :22:26. | |
of the Open Championship? Yes, it could well be. I'm not sure I would | :22:27. | :22:32. | |
have attempted to qualify if the open was at Saint Georges or | :22:33. | :22:37. | |
somewhere further afield. The reason I did try to qualify and put my | :22:38. | :22:42. | |
heart and soul in it was because of this year. It promises to be a | :22:43. | :22:46. | |
hugely emotional Open Championship for Colin Montgomerie, it probably | :22:47. | :22:50. | |
will be a hugely blustery Open Championship as well if conditions | :22:51. | :22:53. | |
here are anything to go by. Rain also forecast for later in the week. | :22:54. | :22:57. | |
One thing is for sure, I will be packing my waterproofs. | :22:58. | :23:01. | |
Time for the weather now and Christopher is on the road | :23:02. | :23:04. | |
around Scotland's spectacular north coast. | :23:05. | :23:08. | |
Chris, you have been so keen on forecasting rain this summer, | :23:09. | :23:10. | |
we've sent you out and about to experience it first-hand. | :23:11. | :23:19. | |
You join me tonight halfway up the past of the capital, it stretches | :23:20. | :23:29. | |
around 2000 feet up that way, one of the highest rates in Scotland and | :23:30. | :23:32. | |
one of the jewels in the crown of the driving route around the North | :23:33. | :23:36. | |
West that is gaining in popularity and recently has been voted one of | :23:37. | :23:39. | |
the best driving routes in the world. Even when the weather is | :23:40. | :23:43. | |
inclement at the scenery is stunning. It is the road that takes | :23:44. | :23:45. | |
you there. Make no mistake, the car is not the | :23:46. | :23:53. | |
star. It is the road. The north Coast 500, Scotland's answer to | :23:54. | :23:57. | |
Route 60 six. Top Gear films you recently and you can see why. 500 | :23:58. | :23:59. | |
miles of scenery. 500 miles of Scotland's soul. | :24:00. | :24:07. | |
Traversing the north-west, this is not a new road, yet its recent | :24:08. | :24:12. | |
promotion is offering new opportunities. And not just for | :24:13. | :24:16. | |
those who come to drive it. One of the most significant elements of the | :24:17. | :24:20. | |
route is not so much the tourism side of it but the economic and | :24:21. | :24:26. | |
social impact that it is having already. Underlying that is about | :24:27. | :24:32. | |
lengthening the season, more visitor numbers, creating jobs for young | :24:33. | :24:37. | |
people, the first of a geisha for businesses that are there. And | :24:38. | :24:40. | |
sustaining some businesses who might have thought about packing up and | :24:41. | :24:43. | |
leaving. People have realised there was something amazing on their | :24:44. | :24:46. | |
doorstep. I'd have just been completely bowled over by it. | :24:47. | :24:51. | |
Nestled in the mountains and caressing the coast, the route is | :24:52. | :24:56. | |
remote, it takes effort to get here. Effort that earns ample reward. And | :24:57. | :25:01. | |
they come, to draw a part of Scotland that has it all. The MC 500 | :25:02. | :25:06. | |
was always here, it is just no longer secret. And we've seen a lot | :25:07. | :25:11. | |
of people out today on the road, even when the weather has not been | :25:12. | :25:15. | |
the best. And what about the weather elsewhere M we had a number of | :25:16. | :25:20. | |
showers across eastern areas today, they are fading away and this | :25:21. | :25:23. | |
evening for many will be mainly dry. Some late sunshine around in fact to | :25:24. | :25:29. | |
enjoy for many places. Overnight it stays dry in the main, a few light | :25:30. | :25:34. | |
showers across the West and the north-west. The exception being | :25:35. | :25:37. | |
Shetland with some mist around and low cloud and rain continued at | :25:38. | :25:44. | |
times. Most of the mainland is tribalism clear spells and | :25:45. | :25:45. | |
temperatures overnight in towns and cities around 11 Celsius. The wind | :25:46. | :25:54. | |
generally light. Tomorrow not looking too bad, a lot of fine | :25:55. | :25:57. | |
weather in the forecast and bright if not sunny spells. Some showers | :25:58. | :26:01. | |
likely in the West and north-west, the further east you are the dryer | :26:02. | :26:07. | |
and warmer it will be. Taking a look at mid-afternoon, around four | :26:08. | :26:10. | |
o'clock, temperatures close to average for the time of year. Mid to | :26:11. | :26:17. | |
high teens. And the further north you go, the wind just a touch | :26:18. | :26:22. | |
pressure. Again Shetland still misty at times, Orkney improving and most | :26:23. | :26:27. | |
of the east of the country, the best of the sunshine 18 degrees. Some | :26:28. | :26:32. | |
late spells of sunshine once again to end the day. If we take a look | :26:33. | :26:38. | |
for midweek, pressure charts show high-pressure tantalisingly close | :26:39. | :26:42. | |
which will begin to exert its influence through the course of the | :26:43. | :26:46. | |
week. Wednesday, a lot of fine weather around and also some showers | :26:47. | :26:50. | |
once again, probably more well scattered than we are likely to see | :26:51. | :26:57. | |
tomorrow. Then by Thursday, the high-pressure exerting its | :26:58. | :27:00. | |
influence, a lot of dry and fine weather around and some sunshine. | :27:01. | :27:04. | |
Temperatures mid to high teens once again. For the week ahead, looking | :27:05. | :27:10. | |
good and I'm on the road all week. We will be a little further north | :27:11. | :27:11. | |
tonight. Now, a reminder of | :27:12. | :27:14. | |
tonight's main news... Theresa May will be | :27:15. | :27:16. | |
the next Prime Minister. She was confirmed as the new leader | :27:17. | :27:18. | |
of the Conservatives after her rival Andrea Leadsom unexpectedly quit | :27:19. | :27:21. | |
the leadership campaign. Mrs May said Brexit means | :27:22. | :27:23. | |
Brexit, and she vowed The First Minister Nicola Sturgeon | :27:24. | :27:25. | |
said she would work constructively with Mrs May, but she re-affirmed | :27:26. | :27:29. | |
her comittment to keeping Scotland I'll be back with the headlines at | :27:30. | :27:31. | |
8 o'clock and the late bulletin just Until then, from everyone | :27:32. | :27:43. | |
on the team - right | :27:44. | :27:46. |