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:00:00. > :00:00.weekend, someone's and humidity. -- 22-25. And that is all

:00:00. > :00:14.So it's goodbye from me, and on BBC One we now join the BBC's

:00:15. > :00:17.A man and woman are murdered in a flat in Aberdeen,

:00:18. > :00:21.a second man, who fell to his death, is thought to be the killer.

:00:22. > :00:27.It has been playing on my mind. I keep thinking about the image of

:00:28. > :00:29.them, and I think inking -- keep thinking about the noise when he hit

:00:30. > :00:30.the ground. as the latest figures show no

:00:31. > :00:40.growth in the first three The Army begins an investigation

:00:41. > :00:46.after a Scottish soldier dies during training in the Brecon Beacons.

:00:47. > :00:47.After the sun, the storms: lightning strikes and torrential rain cause

:00:48. > :00:52.flash flooding across the country. And hoping to put the embarrassment

:00:53. > :00:55.of Gibraltar behind them, we look ahead to Celtic's return leg

:00:56. > :01:14.with Lincoln Red Imps. Police say a man and a woman found

:01:15. > :01:19.dead in a flat in Aberdeen last A second man who fell to his death

:01:20. > :01:24.from the 12th floor of the tower The Police Investigations

:01:25. > :01:27.and Review Commissioner will investigate the circumstances

:01:28. > :01:28.surrounding his death. Andrew Anderson joins us

:01:29. > :01:42.from the scene tonight. Last night Aberdeen was basking in

:01:43. > :01:46.the summer sun, here, people were sitting out, enjoying the weather,

:01:47. > :01:49.shoulder and were playing on the grass here in the late summer

:01:50. > :01:55.sunshine, the late evening sunshine, but a short time later, screams and

:01:56. > :01:59.shouts from these flats, and then, they witnessed a man fall to his

:02:00. > :02:00.death. I have been hearing from some of those who witnessed the appalling

:02:01. > :02:10.scenes. It is quite a big shock to see it as

:02:11. > :02:15.well. VOICEOVER: She watched events unfold, she saw a man fall to his

:02:16. > :02:19.death, she is still in shock. It has been playing in my head, I keep

:02:20. > :02:22.hearing what I heard when you hit the ground, the image has been

:02:23. > :02:29.playing in my head, it plays over and over. It is horrible, it is a

:02:30. > :02:43.shock. I looked out from the window... The man passed her video

:02:44. > :02:47.as he fell. -- window. There was gots police cars... They tried to

:02:48. > :02:55.rescue him, but they could not. -- there was two police cars. Another

:02:56. > :02:58.neighbour dialled 999 last night when they heard shouting and a woman

:02:59. > :03:04.crying for help, two were found dead on a flat on the 12th floor, the

:03:05. > :03:07.second man fell from the balcony as officers investigated. Throughout

:03:08. > :03:10.the day, frenzied teams have been continuing with the investigation,

:03:11. > :03:14.searching the surrounding area, checking bins, and work has been

:03:15. > :03:18.going on out of sight within the flat. Detectives say that the man

:03:19. > :03:22.and woman found dead were murdered, they are not yet saying how, the

:03:23. > :03:28.death of the second man thought to be the killer has been reported to

:03:29. > :03:31.the police watchdog. He fell, or landed, and police were in

:03:32. > :03:35.attendance around that time at the scene, because of the circumstances,

:03:36. > :03:38.they have been referred for an independent review of the

:03:39. > :03:41.circumstances, although I would state at this point that there is no

:03:42. > :03:46.suggestion of any wrongdoing on the part of the police. The events that

:03:47. > :03:52.unfolded have left many in Aberdeen's Tillydrone area in a

:03:53. > :03:59.state of shock. They may be experiencing their own trauma, the

:04:00. > :04:06.police have given assurances that they will lend support that they

:04:07. > :04:10.need to. Tonight, flowers are lying in the shadows of these flats, the

:04:11. > :04:14.events here having cast a shadow of their own.

:04:15. > :04:18.The police have not yet named those who died here last night but they

:04:19. > :04:22.have told us that they were all known to one another and that they

:04:23. > :04:28.are not looking for anyone else in connection with the murders. They

:04:29. > :04:32.are also keen to stress that the incident was restricted to the flat,

:04:33. > :04:35.although people in the area may be traumatised and concerned by the

:04:36. > :04:36.events, they want to tell the community that they should have no

:04:37. > :04:43.undue concern for their own safety. There was no growth in the Scottish

:04:44. > :04:45.economy in the first three

:04:46. > :04:47.months of this year. Latest official figures show output

:04:48. > :04:49.over the last year lagged well Our business correspondent

:04:50. > :05:07.David Henderson is in Aberdeen Mixed news, what does it mean? This

:05:08. > :05:17.is Aberdeen harbour, many of the vessels that supply the North Sea

:05:18. > :05:21.oil platforms offshore are based. The industry has been hit very hard

:05:22. > :05:26.by the fall in the price of oil, and the effect is now being felt well

:05:27. > :05:31.beyond Aberdeen. The end result is that Scotland's economy did not grow

:05:32. > :05:40.in the first three months of the year. And barely grew in the whole

:05:41. > :05:44.year. It is not just those that are directly employed by the industry

:05:45. > :05:47.feeling the effect, I have been to meet one farmer, north of Aberdeen,

:05:48. > :05:49.who is having to change his expansion plans to cope with the

:05:50. > :05:58.downturn. My name is David Stephen, I am a

:05:59. > :06:02.farmer, in Aberdeenshire. Beside old Meldrum. We started with the soft

:06:03. > :06:15.then strawberries five years later. then strawberries five years later.

:06:16. > :06:19.-- Rosebery -- Rask Breeze. -- raspberries. We had to do something

:06:20. > :06:24.to salvage it, and so we decided to make it into a set of apartments,

:06:25. > :06:27.the walls were falling in, the roof was falling in, we did a lot of

:06:28. > :06:33.renovations. The initial plan was to capture a Monday to Friday while

:06:34. > :06:37.workers, people working in the oil industry who did not have

:06:38. > :06:42.accommodation. In Aberdeen. That market has disappeared completely.

:06:43. > :06:46.We think now that we will focus more on the tourism side of things. This

:06:47. > :06:52.is where your venue is going to be, tell us about it. We were at a

:06:53. > :06:59.wedding four years ago, a similar type building, farm buildings had

:07:00. > :07:03.been converted. Into wedding venues. We thought it was a fantastic idea

:07:04. > :07:09.and something we would like to develop here. Arabism is hampered by

:07:10. > :07:15.the effects of the oil industry. -- our business. We know that there is

:07:16. > :07:21.the market we can tap into, we think that we can overcome the shortfalls

:07:22. > :07:26.of the business side of Aberdeen at the moment.

:07:27. > :07:34.Roaring optimism from David Stephen, joining me now, Mike Colin, from

:07:35. > :07:38.British oil and gas UK, and Jade Nielsen Adams, from citizens advice

:07:39. > :07:44.Scotland. Another reminder of what an impact of falling share price is

:07:45. > :07:51.having, semi-workers right across Scotland feeling the impact. The

:07:52. > :07:52.having, semi-workers right across Scottish economy has barely grown,

:07:53. > :08:04.driven by the falling oil price. Yes, that impact has been felt right

:08:05. > :08:07.down the supply chain, companies across Scotland.

:08:08. > :08:15.Hoteliers, taxi drivers, not just oil and gas, even golf courses,

:08:16. > :08:19.everyone feels the downturn. Unite you have been helping oil workers

:08:20. > :08:23.and others who have lost their jobs, what kind of health have they

:08:24. > :08:27.needed? Initially people have been coming in needing help with

:08:28. > :08:30.employment law, facing redundancy, needing to know what the process is.

:08:31. > :08:36.What responsibility the employers have. Also looking at financial

:08:37. > :08:41.implication of unemployment, looking to see what benefits they are

:08:42. > :08:45.entitled to and helping manage the financial impact as far as paying

:08:46. > :08:49.bills is concerned. People with mortgages and higher

:08:50. > :08:54.parties -- hire purchase. It must be tough.

:08:55. > :08:59.You are not expecting to be unemployed, and you make commitments

:09:00. > :09:04.that suit your job at the time, when that is taken away from you, it can

:09:05. > :09:07.be very difficult, not luxuries, that people are struggling to meet,

:09:08. > :09:14.it is just a roof over your head, food on the table. Are people now,

:09:15. > :09:15.from your experience, turning away from the offshore industry, thinking

:09:16. > :09:18.about other work, looking for a Plan B, another career, another job?

:09:19. > :09:25.People seem to have accepted that it is going to

:09:26. > :09:25.be a long time until they can get employment in

:09:26. > :09:32.this industry, they are looking to find out about retraining and

:09:33. > :09:37.developing their skills, and how to set up their own business. We have

:09:38. > :09:39.seen huge job losses, over the last couple of years, what can we expect

:09:40. > :09:43.in the coming years, the oil price is below, will things get

:09:44. > :09:53.worse before they get better? I hope that things will stop getting

:09:54. > :09:58.worse. We are really working on trying to improve the business, and

:09:59. > :09:59.improve the outlook. There we must leave it, thank you very much

:10:00. > :10:00.indeed. Challenging times here in Aberdeen,

:10:01. > :10:10.and across Scotland, for companies involved in

:10:11. > :10:10.the offshore sector. Tomorrow I will be taking a

:10:11. > :10:16.look at how Scottish companies are preparing for another potential

:10:17. > :10:31.shock, leaving the European Union. A Scottish soldier who died

:10:32. > :10:37.while training in Brecon in Wales had just finished an eight-mile

:10:38. > :10:39.fitness test, according A Scottish soldier who died

:10:40. > :10:43.while training in Brecon in Wales had just finished an eight-mile

:10:44. > :10:44.fitness test, according Corporal Joshua Hoole

:10:45. > :10:48.from Ecclefechan near Lockerbie died during pre-course training

:10:49. > :10:49.for the Platoon Sergeants' Battle A Scottish soldier who died

:10:50. > :10:52.while training in Brecon in Wales had just finished an eight-mile

:10:53. > :10:54.fitness test, according Corporal Joshua Hoole

:10:55. > :10:57.from Ecclefechan near Lockerbie died during pre-course training

:10:58. > :10:59.for the Platoon Sergeants' Battle Our Wales reporter Caroline Evans

:11:00. > :11:02.joins us from Brecon. Caroline, how much do we know

:11:03. > :11:08.about what happened? And villages were called here before

:11:09. > :11:11.9pm, during the day we have learned that he had been on this eight mile

:11:12. > :11:12.march, a fitness test, we are told, an annual test, taking place were

:11:13. > :11:13.soldiers are expected to carry 25 kilograms, around the local

:11:14. > :11:26.roads clear. Something that the MoD says is not

:11:27. > :11:34.expected to be taxing. Three years ago three soldiers died of heat

:11:35. > :11:38.exposure while they were being recruited for SAS, and people are

:11:39. > :11:42.wondering if lessons have been learned from that situation, the MoD

:11:43. > :11:46.has responded, in a statement it says that they have a demented

:11:47. > :11:51.recommendations to make training as safe as possible, but they say that

:11:52. > :12:00.the circumstances of the death of Corporal Josh Hoole are different.

:12:01. > :12:05.-- heat exhaustion. Scotland is to introduce a new law

:12:06. > :12:09.to tackle the causes of child poverty for the first time

:12:10. > :12:11.in its history, First Minister The bill is expected to follow

:12:12. > :12:15.the recommendations of the country's poverty tsar and may include

:12:16. > :12:17.income-based child poverty targets similar to those recently dropped

:12:18. > :12:19.by the UK Government. Our political correspondent

:12:20. > :12:27.Lucy Adams reports. VOICEOVER: Hitting the right tone.

:12:28. > :12:32.Nicola Sturgeon said that it is important that the government's

:12:33. > :12:35.ambitions to eradicate child poverty are put into statute. That

:12:36. > :12:41.underlines the seriousness of the ambitions and means we are in a very

:12:42. > :12:45.formal way held to account on the delivery of those ambitions,

:12:46. > :12:49.tackling poverty and child poverty in particular, making sure as far as

:12:50. > :12:53.we can that nobody is held back in life because of the conditions they

:12:54. > :12:57.are born into and grow up into is one of the most important thing is,

:12:58. > :13:00.perhaps the most important thing in an overarching sense, that any

:13:01. > :13:05.government can do. Of the new law will be to ensure better futures for

:13:06. > :13:09.young people across Scotland. -- the aim of the new law. The announcement

:13:10. > :13:12.came as the First Minister said that she was reappointing the Independent

:13:13. > :13:16.poverty adviser. I feel very strongly that we can make it less

:13:17. > :13:21.awful to live in poverty while at the same time reducing poverty. More

:13:22. > :13:25.than one in five children in Scotland live in poverty, it means

:13:26. > :13:28.they cannot obtain the kind of diet or living conditions which are the

:13:29. > :13:33.norm in 21st-century Scotland. Many of their parents are working. For

:13:34. > :13:39.some, a little help is made all the difference. I was struggling, to

:13:40. > :13:44.find what I wanted to do, I tried colleges. I had been auditioned, but

:13:45. > :13:48.some people were more likely to get colleges. I had been auditioned, but

:13:49. > :13:52.it than me because they had higher grades but the Princes Trust is

:13:53. > :13:55.help. Political opponents welcome the focus on poverty, but they say

:13:56. > :14:00.that the Scottish Government must take more responsibility. What I

:14:01. > :14:06.would say to Nicola Sturgeon, the government has been in power for

:14:07. > :14:09.nine years, they have seen what has gone on for nine years, they have

:14:10. > :14:13.the power coming to them, any welfare reform, they can use that to

:14:14. > :14:16.eradicate problems, it is not just about blaming Westminster, they must

:14:17. > :14:19.look at their own backyard. Consultation for the bill will be

:14:20. > :14:20.published over the summer, the ultimate success will depend upon

:14:21. > :14:28.people working together. Yesterday was the hottest

:14:29. > :14:31.day of the year so far. So it might have come as something

:14:32. > :14:34.of a surprise to step outside your front door this morning,

:14:35. > :14:37.to be confronted by heavy rain, Almost the whole

:14:38. > :14:39.country was affected. There was a power cut

:14:40. > :14:41.in the Aberdeen area, flash flooding in many parts,

:14:42. > :14:53.and travel disruption. VOICEOVER: It stated late last night

:14:54. > :15:02.in the West. Lightning, eliminating the sky. Funder, announcing that the

:15:03. > :15:10.storms had come. By rush-hour, the rain was torrential and visibility

:15:11. > :15:14.was poor. Drivers on the Edinburgh city bypass could barely see out of

:15:15. > :15:19.their windscreens. Commuters dodged rain drops. The rain travelled

:15:20. > :15:22.through the country, tonight it is heading for Shetland and Orkney. On

:15:23. > :15:25.a satellite map, the yellow and red areas show the heaviest and most

:15:26. > :15:30.intense rainfall throughout the course of the day. At this church,

:15:31. > :15:36.they are assessing the damage to the steeple, hit by a ball of lightning.

:15:37. > :15:42.On Glasgow's outside, this body of water was posing problems for

:15:43. > :15:45.motorists. It will take me another three or four mile detour to where I

:15:46. > :15:51.want to go, because I just want to go that side of the bridge. I will

:15:52. > :15:55.need to go back around. It will not take as in the direction we want to,

:15:56. > :15:59.probably have two detour, that is part and parcel. Most drivers like

:16:00. > :16:01.these here are attempting to go through this giant puddle, many more

:16:02. > :16:05.have taken the safe route and through this giant puddle, many more

:16:06. > :16:09.have not bothered, like most parts of Scotland today, when the rain

:16:10. > :16:13.came down, it came down like a tropical storm, stark contrast to

:16:14. > :16:22.the beautiful day that we had yesterday. Some had trouble getting

:16:23. > :16:28.through it. Others made a valiant effort. But they ended up unstuck.

:16:29. > :16:32.Today did not feel much like summer, the good news is, it is going to be

:16:33. > :16:36.warm and sunny for most of us tomorrow.

:16:37. > :16:39.Critics say the Scottish Government will have to rethink its ambitious

:16:40. > :16:41.development of offshore wind farms after a legal ruling

:16:42. > :16:43.against a group of schemes off the east coast.

:16:44. > :16:47.A judge said ministers were wrong to give the go-ahead to the four

:16:48. > :16:50.projects in the firths of Forth and Tay, after a challenge by

:16:51. > :17:05.And residents that are scuppered plans to build what together would

:17:06. > :17:11.have been Scotland's largest marina wind farms. Four schemes would have

:17:12. > :17:16.seen 335 turbines sited off the east coast, producing enough power for

:17:17. > :17:19.almost 1.5 million homes. But some conservationists argued that the

:17:20. > :17:23.turbines would be too close to vital colonies of birds like gannets and

:17:24. > :17:27.patterns. They were predicted to be many thousands of deaths of sea

:17:28. > :17:32.birds from such iconic sights on the east coast of Scotland as the bass

:17:33. > :17:40.rock or the Isle of May. And that was unacceptable to our mind, in

:17:41. > :17:44.doing a huge amount of harm to those sea bird populations. Together these

:17:45. > :17:48.four projects could have produced up to two thirds of Scotland's entire

:17:49. > :17:53.electricity demand. And that would be crucial in helping the Scottish

:17:54. > :17:58.Government to achieve its target of generating all of the country's

:17:59. > :18:03.electricity from renewables by 2020. So for a country with a quarter of

:18:04. > :18:09.Europe's Marine wind resource, just how much of a setback is all this?

:18:10. > :18:13.We have huge potential for offshore wind development and we clearly

:18:14. > :18:16.wants to get this right. The marine environment is very important to us

:18:17. > :18:18.as a country and we need to make sure that whatever we do is

:18:19. > :18:23.consistent with protecting the environment but also ensuring the

:18:24. > :18:29.exciting opportunities that are available through the development of

:18:30. > :18:31.wind farms can be taken forward. Other environmentalists are

:18:32. > :18:37.frustrated that such a key element in our energy future has been taken

:18:38. > :18:42.below the water. It is vital that we give the industry the confidence to

:18:43. > :18:45.invest. It is vital that we have processes that are straightforward

:18:46. > :18:51.and people can understand. I hope this isn't a major blow to those who

:18:52. > :18:56.are developing offshore wind because it is the future. Other offshore

:18:57. > :19:00.wind farms are progressing. Multi-million pound contracts have

:19:01. > :19:02.already been signed for this project of the Caithness coast. But if the

:19:03. > :19:06.already been signed for this project government is to hit its renewables

:19:07. > :19:08.target, it will have to navigate the often competing interests of energy

:19:09. > :19:12.and the environment. Two people have been injured

:19:13. > :19:14.in what police have described as a "disturbance" in Fort William,

:19:15. > :19:17.which is understood to have A 49 year-old man has been arrested

:19:18. > :19:21.in connection with the incident which happened in the Caol area

:19:22. > :19:25.of the town yesterday evening. A man in his seventies

:19:26. > :19:28.is in a critical, but stable condition in hospital in Glasgow,

:19:29. > :19:30.while a woman in her sixties has been released from hospital

:19:31. > :19:32.after treatment. Police Scotland say their

:19:33. > :19:37.enquires are ongoing. Pressure's on the new

:19:38. > :19:47.Celtic manager Jonathan. It certainly is. There is always

:19:48. > :19:48.pressure on Celtic but crucial that they win tonight.

:19:49. > :19:51.It might only be his second competitive match in charge

:19:52. > :19:54.of Celtic, but it's already a big game tonight for Brendan Rodgers

:19:55. > :19:56.side as they take on Lincoln Red Imps in the second leg

:19:57. > :20:00.The champions of Gibralter leading from the first leg following a shock

:20:01. > :20:04.At Celtic Park for us this evening is our senior football reporter,

:20:05. > :20:17.We are just over a week on from one of the biggest upsets, some say the

:20:18. > :20:23.biggest upset in European football. Celtic trail Lincoln Red Imps, the

:20:24. > :20:27.semiprofessional side from Gibraltar, 1-0. 45,000 Celtic fans

:20:28. > :20:30.are expected here this evening. Lincoln Red Imps regularly attract

:20:31. > :20:35.crowds of around 50. I am delighted to say I am joined by former Celtic

:20:36. > :20:41.goalkeeper, Pat Bonner. Celtic cannot win tonight, can two I know

:20:42. > :20:46.they want to win this particular tie. It is a two legged tie. They

:20:47. > :20:50.did not do it in the first leg and we were all in shock. I fully

:20:51. > :20:54.expected them to score two or three times in Gibraltar but it did not

:20:55. > :21:00.happen. I know the conditions were very poor and the pitch was not

:21:01. > :21:04.great. The wind was blowing and it was very warm. And it was early in

:21:05. > :21:08.the season. All of those things went against them but the players should

:21:09. > :21:12.have adapted. You have been around the team for a long time and

:21:13. > :21:14.everyone expects Celtic to do this tonight, why? It is the same

:21:15. > :21:19.everyone expects Celtic to do this players, 11 against 11. But they are

:21:20. > :21:23.here on their own patch. It is a big pitch, a grass pitch. I am sure it

:21:24. > :21:29.is in excellent condition. The ball will be moving around so much

:21:30. > :21:33.quicker, and hopefully they will be passing the ball. And they are

:21:34. > :21:38.weekend in their training schedule. Simply, defeat for Celtic is

:21:39. > :21:41.unthinkable tonight. It is. This is why they brought Brendan Rodgers

:21:42. > :21:45.here, to be in the Champions League. This is the early stages of the

:21:46. > :21:48.qualifying rounds, and to lose tonight would be incredible. I do

:21:49. > :21:55.not think it will happen. I think there will be -- I think they will

:21:56. > :21:58.be going to get extant, which is a bit of a joint. Matt Bonner is

:21:59. > :22:05.confident this evening. Remember, this is a side of police officers,

:22:06. > :22:08.taxi drivers, can the Lincoln Red Imps complete the fairy tale this

:22:09. > :22:09.evening? Most people say no but in this year offered Bolling shocks,

:22:10. > :22:11.you never know. And we have live coverage

:22:12. > :22:14.of the match on BBC Radio Scotland. Kick-off is at 7:45

:22:15. > :22:16.and the Sportsound team To golf and after his exertions

:22:17. > :22:22.at last week's Open Championship at Royal Troon, Colin Montgomerie

:22:23. > :22:25.is back in action as he aims to lift the Seniors Open

:22:26. > :22:30.title at Carnoustie. If variety of legends of the game

:22:31. > :22:35.are in attendance. For certain competitors

:22:36. > :22:37.at the event, it's a return mixed memories to say the least,

:22:38. > :22:45.as Brian Mclauchlin reports. The 18th hole here at Carnoustie,

:22:46. > :22:50.one of the most famous finishing holes in championship golf. This

:22:51. > :22:52.week, 28 Major winners will contest for the title of British senior Open

:22:53. > :22:57.champion. For one player, it is a for the title of British senior Open

:22:58. > :23:05.return to a course that has memories for him that he will want to forget.

:23:06. > :23:08.Requiring only six of the last to ensure victory, John Vandevelde puts

:23:09. > :23:13.his ball into the burn and capitulates. Paul Lawrie eventually

:23:14. > :23:18.lifted the Claret Jug after a play-off. Golf is a game and when

:23:19. > :23:23.you say game, you talk about luck. And sometimes you have good fortune

:23:24. > :23:29.and sometimes you do not. You have to take it all. Happy memories of

:23:30. > :23:35.the Carnoustie links for Tom Watson, who won his first-ever Major here in

:23:36. > :23:38.1975. But he has not always been a lover of links golf. The love of the

:23:39. > :23:42.bounce was disconcerting at the beginning. It took me a while to

:23:43. > :23:49.finally give up my dislike for it. I embraced it, and I learned to love

:23:50. > :23:53.the game, the way it is played on these courses. Also competing this

:23:54. > :23:57.week is a favoured Scott. Already with three senior Majors under his

:23:58. > :24:04.belt, he is looking for his first in his native country. The next time

:24:05. > :24:08.that the Major cycle comes round, it will be 2018, and we are playing at

:24:09. > :24:12.St Andrews, which will be phenomenal. I would like to think I

:24:13. > :24:17.am so competitive. I am looking at Bernard Langer at 58, still the

:24:18. > :24:22.favourite. I am 53 so hopefully there will be opportunities again.

:24:23. > :24:27.Why not take it while it is here? Over ?1.3 million is up for grabs

:24:28. > :24:31.over the next four days with play getting underway on the Angus links

:24:32. > :24:34.at seven o'clock tomorrow morning. An early start for Brian MacLachlan.

:24:35. > :24:36.That is the sport. It will not do him any harm!

:24:37. > :24:38.Let's return to the subject of the weather now.

:24:39. > :24:53.A week's a long time in politics, and a day

:24:54. > :25:01.Yes, it has been a very lively day of weather. As usual, our weather

:25:02. > :25:05.watchers have sent us some spectacular images. This wonderful

:25:06. > :25:10.image from Robert, taken during the early hours in Inverness. And this

:25:11. > :25:14.image taken just today of threatening skies across much of the

:25:15. > :25:20.country. This evening, and tonight, things beginning to settle down. We

:25:21. > :25:23.will continue to see thundery downpours across the far north of

:25:24. > :25:28.the mainland and the Northern Isles. The continued risk of localised

:25:29. > :25:31.flooding and hazardous driving conditions, and a be aware warning

:25:32. > :25:35.continuing to be in force in these areas until tomorrow morning.

:25:36. > :25:41.Elsewhere, it becomes dry and there will be some clear spells around.

:25:42. > :25:47.Still a fairly muggy nights tonight with temperatures around 10-14dC for

:25:48. > :25:50.most of us. It will not be as muggy as last night. Into tomorrow, we

:25:51. > :25:55.will have this ridge of high pressure allowing a much quieter

:25:56. > :26:01.weather day. Although we will begin to see this weather front moving in

:26:02. > :26:05.before the day is out. For tomorrow morning, we will lose the rain

:26:06. > :26:08.fairly quickly across the Northern Isles. A lot of dry and bright

:26:09. > :26:12.weather to come tomorrow with some spells of sunshine, most notably in

:26:13. > :26:17.the east and south. Tomorrow afternoon, around four o'clock, here

:26:18. > :26:20.is a closer look. Largely dry conditions with a scattering of

:26:21. > :26:24.showers in the east. Some of that could be heavy in nature. You will

:26:25. > :26:28.be unlucky if you catch it. And we may begin to see showery breaks of

:26:29. > :26:31.rain making inroads across some parts of the South West tomorrow

:26:32. > :26:35.afternoon. Continuing with a dry theme across much of the north of

:26:36. > :26:40.Scotland tomorrow afternoon and any bright or sunny spells will feel

:26:41. > :26:44.warm with temperatures peaking at around 22. Mostly light winds. Into

:26:45. > :26:49.the evening, cloud continuing to increase from the West followed by

:26:50. > :26:52.sharia breaks of rain. That will continue to track across the country

:26:53. > :26:59.so by Friday morning, it will still affect central and eastern areas for

:27:00. > :27:06.a time, beginning to clear away by the end of the day. A decent day of

:27:07. > :27:09.weather highs of 21. That is the forecast.

:27:10. > :27:16.Police say a man and a woman found dead in a flat in Aberdeen last

:27:17. > :27:24.The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner

:27:25. > :27:30.will investigate the circumstances surrounding his death.

:27:31. > :27:32.And that's all from Reporting Scotland for now.

:27:33. > :27:35.I'll be back with the headlines at 8 and the late bulletin just

:27:36. > :27:39.Until then, from everyone on the team around the country,

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