:00:10. > :00:13.Concerns about the cost of the inquiry into
:00:14. > :00:16.the Edinburgh trams fiasco - it stands at ?3.7 million.
:00:17. > :00:22.I think it is wrong they should have to pay this much for an enquiry when
:00:23. > :00:26.it should be paid for by the people cost us this much money. It's like
:00:27. > :00:27.school, is somebody going to get the cost us this much money. It's like
:00:28. > :00:31.cane or something? I don't think so. The Scottish government says
:00:32. > :00:33.the inquiry is committed to delivering a fair
:00:34. > :00:35.and balanced report. Also on the programme: A month
:00:36. > :00:38.on from the EU referendum the UK's top law officer says Scotland
:00:39. > :00:50.will have no veto on Brexit, I am at a science lab in Edinburgh
:00:51. > :00:53.to find out what Brexit could mean for Scottish business.
:00:54. > :00:54.Investigations continue into how a nuclear-powered submarine
:00:55. > :00:57.collided with a ship off the coast of Gibraltar.
:00:58. > :00:59.And Brendan Rogers is looking to strengthen his squad,
:01:00. > :01:01.after Celtic beat the part-time footballers of Gibraltar to continue
:01:02. > :01:25.BBC Scotland has learned that the cost of the inquiry
:01:26. > :01:27.into the Edinburgh trams fiasco is already more than
:01:28. > :01:30.The Scottish government set up the investigation two years ago
:01:31. > :01:33.to look into why the project came in late and at more
:01:34. > :01:44.Our reporter Cameron Buttle is in Edinburgh tonight.
:01:45. > :01:50.Edinburgh trams have been running for about two years now and seem to
:01:51. > :01:54.be proving quite popular because passenger numbers are higher than
:01:55. > :02:00.expected. The line runs from Edinburgh airport to hear in the
:02:01. > :02:03.city centre, the cost ?767 million, it was five years overdue underlying
:02:04. > :02:10.did not go as far as it was meant to. Swift and thorough, that was the
:02:11. > :02:15.aim when the tram enquiry was launched back in June 20 14. It is
:02:16. > :02:20.said to be making good progress, already collating more than 6
:02:21. > :02:23.million documents. Freedom of information request from the BBC to
:02:24. > :02:29.the Scottish Government shows the costs have already exceeded million.
:02:30. > :02:36.That includes ?1.8 million on staffing costs and ?716,000 on legal
:02:37. > :02:38.fees. Out on this treats of the city and other multi-million pound
:02:39. > :02:45.headline involving the trams doesn't seem to be going down well. The cost
:02:46. > :02:50.the earth don't they? I am not too enamoured with that. It's wrong to
:02:51. > :02:56.pay this much for an enquiry that should be paid for by the people who
:02:57. > :02:59.cost us this much money. Why? It's like school, is somebody going to
:03:00. > :03:04.get the cane or something? I don't think so, you just get moved on.
:03:05. > :03:07.Some transport experts say there has to be an enquiry into such an
:03:08. > :03:12.expensive and controversial project and it will be worth it. We need to
:03:13. > :03:18.understand the reasons why it happened so we can inform the design
:03:19. > :03:20.planning of tram schemes and other major transport infrastructure
:03:21. > :03:24.screams in the future and hopefully save ourselves money in the future.
:03:25. > :03:27.That is why we shouldn't be too concerned by the cost of this
:03:28. > :03:32.because when we compare the cost of the enquiry to the potential savings
:03:33. > :03:37.to future schemes then we could save ourselves a lot of money and that is
:03:38. > :03:41.why it is valuable. A spokesman said Scottish ministers have been clear
:03:42. > :03:44.from the start that it should be timely and cost effective. The
:03:45. > :03:47.Scottish Government said the team is committed to delivering an fair and
:03:48. > :03:55.balanced report with clear recommendations for future projects.
:03:56. > :03:58.There is no official end to the enquiry, we were told by a spokesman
:03:59. > :04:02.that it was open ended but I spoke to a local politician today who
:04:03. > :04:04.joked that he hoped it didn't go on for too long because we don't want
:04:05. > :04:08.is an enquiry into the enquiry. A holiday park operator has been
:04:09. > :04:11.fined nearly a quarter of a million pounds after a schoolboy died
:04:12. > :04:14.in a swimming pool in Arbroath. Six year old Aidan Sands
:04:15. > :04:17.died from brain injuries following the accident
:04:18. > :04:19.at the Red Lion Caravan Loch Earn Caravan Parks Limited
:04:20. > :04:25.admitted a number of health and safety charges at
:04:26. > :04:30.Forfar Sheriff Court. A woman's body has been recovered,
:04:31. > :04:32.after a car plunged into the River Clyde
:04:33. > :04:36.at Renfrew this afternoon. It happened next to the Braehead
:04:37. > :04:38.shopping centre just Witnesses said they saw
:04:39. > :04:42.the car speeding along It hit two cars before
:04:43. > :04:46.crashing through a metal A big search and rescue
:04:47. > :04:49.operation was organised, involving the coastguard helicopter
:04:50. > :04:53.and police divers. The UK government's senior law
:04:54. > :04:59.officer has ruled out a veto for Scotland over when the Brexit
:05:00. > :05:02.process is started. The Attorney General, Jeremy Wright,
:05:03. > :05:04.said there would be consultations with the Scottish Government
:05:05. > :05:07.but that it would not be able Here's our Westminster
:05:08. > :05:25.correspondent, David Porter. A month ago today we were voting on
:05:26. > :05:29.whether to stay in the European Union. Scotland voted overwhelmingly
:05:30. > :05:36.to remain but the UK as a whole decided to leave. That set about
:05:37. > :05:41.quite a chain of events. Prime Minister has resigned. A new
:05:42. > :05:45.occupant has into Downing Street. The Labour leader is fighting for
:05:46. > :05:48.his survival and the First Minister has indicated a second independence
:05:49. > :05:54.his survival and the First Minister referendum is now in her words
:05:55. > :05:57.highly likely. Four weeks on and minds are turning to how Brexit will
:05:58. > :06:05.work and what role Scotland will have. The Prime Minister has stated
:06:06. > :06:09.that Brexit means Brexit and the First Minister has stated that
:06:10. > :06:11.remain remains remain, do you agree the Scottish people have spoken and
:06:12. > :06:21.therefore the southern JCB respected? Until there is a UK
:06:22. > :06:24.approach to Brexit, does the right honourable and learn a gentleman
:06:25. > :06:29.agree that a motion is required before the government has the legal
:06:30. > :06:32.authority to trigger article 50? All parts of the United Kingdom
:06:33. > :06:36.including the governments of devolved administrations should be
:06:37. > :06:39.able to participate in the process of developing the UK approach to
:06:40. > :06:45.these negotiations. But that does not mean that any of the parts of
:06:46. > :06:51.the UK have a veto over this process and so consultation most certainly
:06:52. > :06:55.did veto I am afraid not. But from an English Eurosceptic Conservative,
:06:56. > :06:58.this. I am happy with the government consulting with the devolved
:06:59. > :07:01.administrations but what concerns me is that we don't finish up being
:07:02. > :07:06.held to ransom by the Scottish Nationalists. I think the Prime
:07:07. > :07:09.Minister has been very clear that the United Kingdom will leave the
:07:10. > :07:14.European Union and that means all of the United Kingdom. As MPs packed
:07:15. > :07:19.their bags and head for their summer break they know one thing is almost
:07:20. > :07:23.certain, whatever else may happen, when they get back the Brexit
:07:24. > :07:27.question is likely to dominate all other issues.
:07:28. > :07:28.You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC.
:07:29. > :07:31.Still to come on tonight's programme:
:07:32. > :07:33.What could leaving the EU mean for Scottish businesses -
:07:34. > :07:40.And coming up in sport, after seeing off the Red Imps, Celtic
:07:41. > :07:44.now face a Champions League 6000 mile round trip.
:07:45. > :07:46.And closer to home, some crazy golf required at Carnoustie
:07:47. > :07:58.The Royal Navy is investigating how a Faslane-based nuclear-powered
:07:59. > :08:00.submarine collided with a civilian boat off the coast of Gibraltar.
:08:01. > :08:05.HMS Ambush has now been taken into port to be checked.
:08:06. > :08:08.Although not a Trident submarine, the SNP say the crash
:08:09. > :08:19.Here's our correspondent, Andrew Kerr.
:08:20. > :08:25.Limping back into port, HMS ambush with significant damage. The Faslane
:08:26. > :08:30.-based boat is now being assessed for repairs. It struck a merchant
:08:31. > :08:34.vessel off the coast of Gibraltar. One defence analyst says it may have
:08:35. > :08:40.been trying to hide as part of an exercise. One suspect might have
:08:41. > :08:46.been a bit too clever, perhaps using a relatively noisy tanker as cover
:08:47. > :08:48.and got a bit too close? Perhaps misjudged the draft of the tanker
:08:49. > :08:54.because apparently it was bunkering and they go up and down. If she did
:08:55. > :08:59.she made a significant error. A retired sub Mariner has sympathy
:09:00. > :09:02.with the crew. You can stand underneath the Forth road bridge and
:09:03. > :09:08.listen to the noise of all the vehicles, lots of them, that noise
:09:09. > :09:14.is, that is what you hear in the Gibraltar Strait, stop start,
:09:15. > :09:23.fishing vessels, big draft tankers, lots of them. You never get a minute
:09:24. > :09:26.to just go and stop. It's the latest incident involving an astute class
:09:27. > :09:32.submarine, one ran aground off sky in 2010. This type did not carry
:09:33. > :09:43.Trident nuclear weapons but they do have nuclear reactors. The SNP have
:09:44. > :09:47.expressed concern. The MOD have explaining to do as to how exactly
:09:48. > :09:53.this happened. It calls into question the overall safety aspect.
:09:54. > :09:57.The MOD don't yet know if the submarine will be repaired here at
:09:58. > :10:00.its home base on the Clyde or elsewhere. What we do know is that
:10:01. > :10:04.this has been an embarrassing incident for the Royal Navy, a
:10:05. > :10:08.service which normally prides itself on stealth and seamanship.
:10:09. > :10:10.Unions insist there'll be no redundancies as a result
:10:11. > :10:13.of uncertainty over the timetable to build eight Type 26
:10:14. > :10:19.It comes after the chief executive for Equipment at the Ministry
:10:20. > :10:22.of Defence told a Commons committee there was no start date
:10:23. > :10:27.The SNP said that meant the project was "delayed indefinitely".
:10:28. > :10:33.However, the Unite union said the contract was still guaranteed.
:10:34. > :10:35.Three people, who died after a disturbance in Aberdeen
:10:36. > :10:42.Police believe 40 year old Tracy Gabriel and 43 year
:10:43. > :10:47.old Keith Taylor were murdered by Hugh Gallacher, who was 57.
:10:48. > :10:50.He plunged to his death from a 12th floor balcony, after police had
:10:51. > :10:53.arrived on the scene at Donside Court.
:10:54. > :11:00.Tracy Gabriel's family described her as a very caring person.
:11:01. > :11:01.Yesterday economic data revealed that the Scottish
:11:02. > :11:04.economy is stagnating - and growing at less than half
:11:05. > :11:10.Much of that is down to the impact of the downturn in the oil
:11:11. > :11:12.industry - but what sort of threat will Brexit pose
:11:13. > :11:25.Our correspondent, David Henderson joins us now from Edinburgh.
:11:26. > :11:33.Yes, four weeks on from the EU referendum, what comes next is still
:11:34. > :11:40.very much an clear, and that really matters to firms like this one, a
:11:41. > :11:44.supplier of companies right around the world. Scottish firms do
:11:45. > :11:50.Williams of pounds worth of trade right across Europe -- billions of
:11:51. > :11:55.pounds worth. They want to make sure those links remain unaffected if and
:11:56. > :11:57.when the UK leads the European Union. I have been hearing from the
:11:58. > :12:05.boss of a shortbread factory in Union. I have been hearing from the
:12:06. > :12:08.Aberdeen to find out more. I am the business development manager, we
:12:09. > :12:11.have been around for 30 years and the business was originally
:12:12. > :12:17.established by my grandmother Elizabeth Duncan. We proudly
:12:18. > :12:20.produced hand baked shortbread and awed cakes made to traditional
:12:21. > :12:32.family recipes. What we are most known for is the all but short
:12:33. > :12:37.bread. -- butter shortbread. Small beginnings but this is a big
:12:38. > :12:39.productive output? Definitely, we are growing quickly, rapidly,
:12:40. > :12:44.productive output? Definitely, we an exciting time for the business.
:12:45. > :12:49.How important our European countries particularly those in the EU for you
:12:50. > :12:53.and your business? We export to Spain, Germany, France, Italy and
:12:54. > :12:57.further afield to Australia, America. We do a lot of
:12:58. > :13:01.private-label as well as dealing with the likes of Morrison and
:13:02. > :13:05.Tesco's in the UK. It is an uncertain time, a lot of people are
:13:06. > :13:10.asking questions and the body seems to have the answers. Butter, sugar,
:13:11. > :13:15.margarine, all the key ingredients in the products that we use are all
:13:16. > :13:20.increasing in price at the moment. Whether we are in the EU or not you
:13:21. > :13:25.want the single market to continue? Without a shadow of a doubt, we need
:13:26. > :13:28.it to continue as a business. We would have to adapt and change as we
:13:29. > :13:32.have done in the past but for us to maintain our growth at such a
:13:33. > :13:38.healthy way that we need the market to remain open. Paul Downton there,
:13:39. > :13:43.my apologies for the here and it I to remain open. Paul Downton there,
:13:44. > :13:54.had to wear. I am joined by Janet, the chief executive of this company.
:13:55. > :13:57.Thank you for allowing us into your laboratory, what could the vote to
:13:58. > :14:03.leave the EU do for your business, what would be the impact? We've not
:14:04. > :14:08.seen a massive impact at this stage, the turn town in the pound has had
:14:09. > :14:11.some benefits, we are looking to see what the opportunities will be
:14:12. > :14:18.long-term in terms of immigration and the regulatory landscape we work
:14:19. > :14:20.in. When you say regulatory landscape you are talking about
:14:21. > :14:25.cross-border regulation, a level landscape you are talking about
:14:26. > :14:28.playing field across Europe? Yes, we manufacture cells for clinical
:14:29. > :14:30.trials and work with companies across Europe and the US to make
:14:31. > :14:36.sure we manufacture there are sells across Europe and the US to make
:14:37. > :14:39.to a safe manner. We have to work within the European regulatory
:14:40. > :14:42.landscape, complying with that, still having access to Europe but
:14:43. > :14:48.making the benefits within the UK and having a positive impact. So you
:14:49. > :14:52.don't want more red tape. A team of the referendum campaign was that
:14:53. > :14:56.leaving the EU would cut immigration, what impact would that
:14:57. > :15:01.have? Immigration is an important point for us, we want to attract
:15:02. > :15:05.highly skilled people here to Edinburgh and for us it is important
:15:06. > :15:07.we get the right people and have the immigration landscape for that and
:15:08. > :15:13.can attract those highly skilled people. We have about 5% of our
:15:14. > :15:18.staff from Europe and want to make sure they can stay. Philip,
:15:19. > :15:23.Edinburgh is one of Europe's leading financial centres as we look towards
:15:24. > :15:28.Brexit, what is at stake for the city and Scotland? The story of
:15:29. > :15:32.Janet is no different to what we are hearing from businesses across
:15:33. > :15:37.Scotland. We are in a period of radical uncertainty, we all need to
:15:38. > :15:44.work through it. We should remember that the UK is still open for
:15:45. > :15:48.business, it's an agile and competitive economy and should take
:15:49. > :15:53.confidence in that. When you look at Brexit, it is not Brexit itself but
:15:54. > :15:58.how we respond to it. We know companies are mobile, they can move,
:15:59. > :16:01.some might threaten to move, and some might look to move if we are
:16:02. > :16:05.left out of the European single market, is there a risk of that
:16:06. > :16:12.happening? What I would encourage is not to be basing decisions on
:16:13. > :16:16.speculation. There is a lot of speculation, what we need to do is
:16:17. > :16:19.work through policy as it develops and assess the implications, be
:16:20. > :16:26.resilient and be agile but be well informed as to what policy means for
:16:27. > :16:29.your sector and the economy. Janet, as we look forward, Theresa May the
:16:30. > :16:36.new Prime Minister is getting into the job, do you have a message for
:16:37. > :16:40.her about what she should be doing? Make sure Scotland and the UK is the
:16:41. > :16:43.place to come per business, particularly for cell therapies but
:16:44. > :16:46.it's not just about what the government can do, we want
:16:47. > :16:50.investment into our business so we are looking more broadly. We must
:16:51. > :16:57.leave it there, thank you both very much indeed, a lot at stake here in
:16:58. > :17:01.Scotland and across the UK when it comes to Brexit as you heard. The UK
:17:02. > :17:05.Government will face intense calls to make sure if we do except the EU
:17:06. > :17:13.it doesn't harm trade. A look at other stories
:17:14. > :17:22.from across the country. A man has admitted killing his baby
:17:23. > :17:27.son at his home in East Kilbride. David Sinclair, who is 34, inflicted
:17:28. > :17:31.injuries so severe on five--month-old Joshua, that the
:17:32. > :17:35.child died in hospital hours later. Sinclair pleaded guilty to culpable
:17:36. > :17:38.home vied at the High Court. The glass go subway mod he
:17:39. > :17:43.werisation work will not be completed on time. The contractor
:17:44. > :17:47.needs extra time to complete the project. The subway was suspended
:17:48. > :17:51.from 2nd July. It is estimated the work may not be complete until the
:17:52. > :17:56.middle of August. Police in Edinburgh have released
:17:57. > :18:01.CCTV images of a woman whom officers want to trace in connection an
:18:02. > :18:03.alleged hate crime on a bus. In it a woman and her children were
:18:04. > :18:10.subjected to zenophobic comments. The Incep dent happened on #th May
:18:11. > :18:16.on board the number 10 Lothian bus in Leath. A Swedish energy company
:18:17. > :18:21.now has a 100% stake in a planned multimillion pound windfarm off the
:18:22. > :18:25.coast of Aberdeen. The ?300 million project has been marred with legal
:18:26. > :18:29.problems with the US presidential nominee, Donald Trump objecting to
:18:30. > :18:33.the plans on the grounds they would ruin the sfru his golf course.
:18:34. > :18:38.Floral tributes from fans of rosht Burns have been installed in the
:18:39. > :18:41.shadow of the Burns' monument to mark the 250th anniversary of the
:18:42. > :18:45.bard's death. Supporters of Burns from around the
:18:46. > :18:48.world have sent messages which are engraved on metal red roses, the
:18:49. > :18:54.flower which is the subject of one of Burns' most famous works.
:18:55. > :18:59.Some homes in Orkney are to benefit from a new smart control energy
:19:00. > :19:02.system linking them to renewable energy generalated by local wind
:19:03. > :19:08.turbines. Around 100 households in three islands are set to trial the
:19:09. > :19:12.system. Hundreds of whale watchers in lower wick were treated to a
:19:13. > :19:15.close encounter to a pod of or kas earlier today. Around ten of them
:19:16. > :19:19.worked their way along the shore before briefly entering the harbour.
:19:20. > :19:20.There have been many sightings of Wales around the Shetland's coast
:19:21. > :19:23.during the past two weeks. Let's get the latest sport now -
:19:24. > :19:26.here's Jonathan. The Celtic manager, Brendan Rodgers,
:19:27. > :19:31.is hoping to strengthen his squad ahead of the Champions League
:19:32. > :19:34.qualifier against Astana next week. Victory over Lincoln Red Imps last
:19:35. > :19:39.night means the Scottish champions are into the third round and despite
:19:40. > :19:42.the prospect of a tricky trek east, Here's our senior football
:19:43. > :19:53.reporter Chris McLaughlin. After seeing off the Champions of
:19:54. > :19:57.Gibraltar last night, Celtic were promoting a match against the
:19:58. > :19:59.champions of England. A weekend friendly following a mid-week
:20:00. > :20:05.mauling. It took 20 minutes for the Lincoln
:20:06. > :20:10.backline to be breached, though. Lustig settled the nerves. That was
:20:11. > :20:16.followed, shortly afterwards by this, Leigh Griffiths doing what he
:20:17. > :20:20.does best - the Itches' fairy-tale fading fast and after Patrick
:20:21. > :20:26.Roberts danced, jinxed and dinked his way down the right-hand side, it
:20:27. > :20:32.was game and tie over and so a six hour flight to Kazakhstan awaits
:20:33. > :20:35.next week. At the end of it, a side who will fancy their chances This
:20:36. > :20:43.team are good. You know they have been in the Champions' League last
:20:44. > :20:46.season. # I think they got points off Athletico Madrid, Benfica and
:20:47. > :20:51.Galatasaray at home. We know the challenge but there is no excuse for
:20:52. > :20:55.us. We know we are a big team and have to do a big job. We are looking
:20:56. > :20:58.forward to it. The shock of Gibraltar all but forgotten, it is
:20:59. > :21:02.onwards and eastwards in the push for progression.
:21:03. > :21:03.Three other Scottish sides in European action today,
:21:04. > :21:10.hoping to make progress in the Europa League qualifiers.
:21:11. > :21:13.In fact one of those sides has already played their match.
:21:14. > :21:15.Hearts are in action this evening at Tynecastle.
:21:16. > :21:20.There for us tonight is our reporter Brian Mclauchlin.
:21:21. > :21:27.Good evening from a sun-kissed Tyne castle where around 15,000 fans are
:21:28. > :21:33.expected here to watch Hearts take on the Maltese minnows. They are 0-0
:21:34. > :21:38.after last week's first leg in Valetta.
:21:39. > :21:41.Sam Nicholson is back into the starting 11 for the injured Kitchen
:21:42. > :21:48.but one Scottish team has already been in action this afternoon.
:21:49. > :21:53.Aberdeen travelled Latvia and they were 3-0 up from the first leg. And
:21:54. > :21:57.one goal this afternoon secured another victory for the side. It was
:21:58. > :22:07.the top goal scorer from last year, Adam Rooney scoring, with just 12
:22:08. > :22:15.minutes left. So a 4-0 aggregate for Aberdeen. Another Scottish club in
:22:16. > :22:19.action, kicking off at 7 O'Clock in Copenhagen, Hiberian with arguably
:22:20. > :22:22.the biggest task of all the Scottish clubs, 1-0 down after defeat last
:22:23. > :22:27.week. They lost a gel after 15 seconds but wouldn't it be terrific
:22:28. > :22:29.with Hearts and Hiberian could join Aberdeen in the third qualifying
:22:30. > :22:33.round of the yoria league next week. And there's live coverage
:22:34. > :22:35.of the action tonight After just a year in the job,
:22:36. > :22:42.Brian McClair has stepped down The former Celtic and Manchester
:22:43. > :22:48.United forward was tasked with developing a strategy
:22:49. > :22:50.for the future of the game, but it's understood he'd become
:22:51. > :22:52.increasingly frustrated at the amount of time
:22:53. > :22:55.he was spending in boardrooms. The BBC understands the SFA will now
:22:56. > :22:58.re-asses the role before Golf's Senior Open Championship
:22:59. > :23:06.is under way at Carnoustie with some of the most famous names
:23:07. > :23:08.in the game taking part. And quite a trio teed off
:23:09. > :23:11.early this afternoon - Scotland's Colin Montgomerie,
:23:12. > :23:12.playing alongside eight times major winner Tom Watson and the ever
:23:13. > :23:25.colourful John Daly. Few players can carry off troirs
:23:26. > :23:28.like this, but when you are John Daly and the birdies keep coming,
:23:29. > :23:40.nobody is too worried about dress code. He was up and down at Karen
:23:41. > :23:46.Ousy today but always colourful -- Carnoustie. Greats can get stuck in
:23:47. > :23:51.a rut but the trick is getting out of them.
:23:52. > :23:55.And what of Colin Montgomerie, not exactly rolling in clover after his
:23:56. > :24:04.exertions at the Open in Troon last weekend. : He birdied the 12th.
:24:05. > :24:08.Household names everywhere. Jimenez, a relative youngster, finished
:24:09. > :24:16.2-over. And Bernard Langer almost a perfect finish on one-under. A
:24:17. > :24:18.number of players, including Carlos Franco sharing an early lead. That's
:24:19. > :24:22.how the sport Let's see what surprises the weather
:24:23. > :24:30.is planning for us next. Not many I hope after the last
:24:31. > :24:35.couple of days. We have had fairly extreme weather
:24:36. > :24:40.over the last couple of days. Today provided us with fairly pleasant,
:24:41. > :24:45.settled summary conditions. As ever, our weather watchers have sending us
:24:46. > :24:50.fantastic images. This taken earlier today in Argyll and Bute. It has
:24:51. > :24:56.been a fine day of weather in St Andrew's in Fife and this positively
:24:57. > :24:59.tropical image which came in from us from the Isle of Harris in the
:25:00. > :25:03.Western Isles. For this evening and tonight we'll continue to see cloud
:25:04. > :25:08.increasing. Some fine spells of sunshine in the east. However this
:25:09. > :25:11.weather front already making inroads across Western Scotland and that
:25:12. > :25:16.continues to go north-eastwards during tonight. Some fairly heavy
:25:17. > :25:20.pulses of rain to come across the West Highlands, the Argyll area and
:25:21. > :25:22.perhaps Dumfries and Galloway. The far north-east and Shetland holding
:25:23. > :25:27.on to the driest, clearest conditions tonight. Temperatures
:25:28. > :25:32.here around 9 or 10 Celsius. Wide lid, though, around 13-16. So a
:25:33. > :25:37.fairly muggy and humid night to come once again. Into tomorrow, it dawns
:25:38. > :25:40.on a fairly cloudy note with further outbreaks of rain. However, an
:25:41. > :25:43.improving picture for most of us during the day, that improvement
:25:44. > :25:47.coming in fairly quickly across western Scotland. The rain gradually
:25:48. > :25:50.clearing away to the east, come the afternoon. A legacy of cloud,
:25:51. > :25:57.though, across some eastern areas tomorrow afternoon. One or two sharp
:25:58. > :26:02.showers, too, across the likes of East Lothian, the Borders, perhaps
:26:03. > :26:05.Angus and Aberdeenshire. For most parts come tomorrow afternoon, we
:26:06. > :26:10.should see brightness andshine. Light winds and highs of around 20,
:26:11. > :26:13.and it'll feel pleasantly warm once again. Into the evening, we should
:26:14. > :26:18.see any remaining showers clearing away into the North Sea, to leave
:26:19. > :26:22.fine conditions for most of us, with some spells of brightness andshine.
:26:23. > :26:26.Into Saturday, we start the day with a lot of dry weather, however, cloud
:26:27. > :26:30.quickly increasing from the west and this next batch of rain crossing the
:26:31. > :26:35.country, becoming lighter and patchier in the east during the day.
:26:36. > :26:40.Again with any sunshine temperatures will peak at 21. At this stage for
:26:41. > :26:43.Sunday, it looks like some showers and longer spells of rain, spells
:26:44. > :26:46.ofshine and warm in the sunshine. That's the forecast.
:26:47. > :26:51.Thank you very much. I'm still drooling over that light in Harris.
:26:52. > :26:56.It was beautiful. Here are the main headlines:
:26:57. > :26:58.BBC Scotland has learned that the cost of the inquiry
:26:59. > :27:01.into the Edinburgh trams fiasco is already more than ?3.7 million.
:27:02. > :27:04.The Scottish government set it up two years ago to look into why
:27:05. > :27:07.the project came in late and at more than double its original budget.
:27:08. > :27:10.A manhunt is under way for two men of Middle Eastern appearance
:27:11. > :27:13.who attempted to abduct a serviceman out jogging near his airbase -
:27:14. > :27:18.He was approached by the two men, one of whom tried to grab him,
:27:19. > :27:21.but he was able to fight him off and run away.
:27:22. > :27:23.The police say while the motive for the attack remains unclear,
:27:24. > :27:31.RAF Marham is home to the UK's Tornado fighter jets.
:27:32. > :27:42.I'll be back with the headlines at 8 and the late bulletin just
:27:43. > :27:45.Until then, from everyone on the team - right