:00:00. > :00:07.That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me
:00:08. > :00:13.in the Highlands could face deportation from tonight.
:00:14. > :00:16.We'll speak to Gregg Brain about his family's fight
:00:17. > :00:23.Developments in the rail strike this evening as Scotrail make
:00:24. > :00:30.a new offer, but also accuse the RMT union of breaching the law.
:00:31. > :00:34.It's my great pleasure to hand that over to you.
:00:35. > :00:37.The end of right to buy - the policy which took Scotland
:00:38. > :00:41.from a nation of council tenants to a nation of homeowners.
:00:42. > :00:46.I've probably bought it about 20 times over, the house, which makes
:00:47. > :00:48.it a good reason to buy. Also on the programme,
:00:49. > :00:56.we're getting ready Here in Rio the City is gearing up
:00:57. > :00:58.for the Olympic Games where they will be 51 Scots competing for Team
:00:59. > :01:09.GB. Theirs has been a protracted
:01:10. > :01:15.and high-profile campaign against deportation but tonight
:01:16. > :01:17.the Brain family from Australia is hours away
:01:18. > :01:20.from losing that fight. Kathryn Brain, her husband and young
:01:21. > :01:23.son arrived in Scotland on a student visa five years ago,
:01:24. > :01:25.but immigration rules have changed. Supporters - including
:01:26. > :01:28.the first minister - say the family should
:01:29. > :01:30.be allowed to stay - but the Home office says
:01:31. > :01:47.there is a need to follow the rules. It was the Brain family's dream to
:01:48. > :01:52.live in Scotland. Seven-year-old Lachlan only knows live here but the
:01:53. > :01:58.skin that brought them here has come to an end and less Kathryn Brain
:01:59. > :02:01.gets a job offer over ?20,000. We are still hopeful common-sense will
:02:02. > :02:04.prevail and the UK Government will see they made a promise to us six
:02:05. > :02:11.years ago that these visas would be available and encouraged us to sell
:02:12. > :02:15.our house and invest our lives here in a multi-year programme. And our
:02:16. > :02:20.livelihood as well. And our livelihood. I gave up a ?40,000 a
:02:21. > :02:24.year job to come here. In 2010 the family were granted a Visa with the
:02:25. > :02:29.promise of staying here for two years after study. In March 2011
:02:30. > :02:33.this was scrapped. The family arrived here three months later. It
:02:34. > :02:37.was only the following year they realised the post study work Visa
:02:38. > :02:41.was to be withdrawn. It ended a month later. So instead of being
:02:42. > :02:46.able to stay in Scotland until 2017 and look for a job they have to go
:02:47. > :02:50.now. To be honest we don't know what will happen after midnight tonight.
:02:51. > :02:54.Greg and Kathryn Brain have spent today publicising their case in the
:02:55. > :03:04.media, hoping someone will offer her a job. They don't want to go back to
:03:05. > :03:07.Australia. Yes, we love Australia and we have friends and relatives
:03:08. > :03:09.back there but this is where we belong. This is all Lachlan knows,
:03:10. > :03:14.he doesn't know Australia at all. We really do feel that we belong here.
:03:15. > :03:17.The Home Office say all these applications are considered on their
:03:18. > :03:20.merits and applicants must meet requirements of immigration rules.
:03:21. > :03:27.One immigration lawyer says their case is very different from what she
:03:28. > :03:31.normally sees. It is quite unusual for a family to be given extension
:03:32. > :03:36.beyond the normal 28 day grace period when the Visa expires. But
:03:37. > :03:41.when your current Visa comes to an end you are required to either
:03:42. > :03:47.extend it prior to the expiry or within the grace period, or leave
:03:48. > :03:53.the UK at the end of it. They will keep fighting. Ten years of
:03:54. > :03:57.planning, struggling and saving and looking at these options, and going
:03:58. > :04:00.through a house buy, both of our mothers dying of cancer in that
:04:01. > :04:05.period and telling us don't Die with your dream still inside you. It took
:04:06. > :04:12.ten years to get here. We don't do giving up. Passing the deadline will
:04:13. > :04:16.put the Brain family in the same position as tens of thousands of
:04:17. > :04:17.others in the UK who are here without current leave to remain.
:04:18. > :04:19.Suzanne Allan, Reporting Scotland. And Gregg Brain joins
:04:20. > :04:21.me from Inverness. Mr Brain, at this late stage
:04:22. > :04:24.is anything happening behind the scenes which gives
:04:25. > :04:35.you hope of a reprieve? We've heard nothing from the Home
:04:36. > :04:40.Office. Ian Blackford, our MP, spoke to us about an hour ago telling us
:04:41. > :04:45.the efforts he is continuing to make on our behalf. We are still hopeful
:04:46. > :04:48.that the UK Government will see that the honourable solution here is to
:04:49. > :04:54.give us what they promised us when they encouraged us to come here six
:04:55. > :04:58.years ago. It's not unusual for immigration rules to change and be
:04:59. > :05:02.adjusted. Can you appreciate that there will be those out there, whose
:05:03. > :05:08.family or friends have been deported, who are asking, why should
:05:09. > :05:11.you be a special case? Absolutely and in fact that is a good question.
:05:12. > :05:15.The reason why we are fighting for this is because the rules were
:05:16. > :05:22.changed retroactively after we had invested over ?130,000 of our house
:05:23. > :05:29.sale proceeds in financing to come here. Our visas were granted in
:05:30. > :05:32.2010. By March 2011, even when the change was announced, we had already
:05:33. > :05:36.had our furniture, what we were bringing with us was in a freight
:05:37. > :05:39.container somewhere between Kuala Lumpur and the MIDI Indian Ocean, we
:05:40. > :05:43.were already committed to coming here at the change didn't come into
:05:44. > :05:48.effect until a year after we arrived and it's that retroactivity that's
:05:49. > :05:52.the problem. If, for example, you were doing something today which was
:05:53. > :05:55.an ordinary household chore which became illegal with a two-year
:05:56. > :05:58.retroactivity to it I'm sure you could see the injustice of the
:05:59. > :06:05.situation. If you are unsuccessful, do you know what the process is? The
:06:06. > :06:09.deadline is midnight tonight. We had no communication from the Home
:06:10. > :06:12.Office to let us know what the process is from here. We've been in
:06:13. > :06:16.communication with our immigration lawyer talking through options about
:06:17. > :06:20.our best path forward from here. As I said, we are still hopeful that
:06:21. > :06:23.either the UK Government will honour the deal that they put to us, or
:06:24. > :06:28.that an employer may come forward. If that happens, even at this late
:06:29. > :06:31.stage, the Immigration Minister has said if it is just a matter of
:06:32. > :06:35.getting paperwork together he would consider granting is an extension
:06:36. > :06:38.for that purpose. Mr Brain, thank you for joining us this evening.
:06:39. > :06:42.Within the last few hours, ScotRail has made a new offer aimed
:06:43. > :06:46.at ending a dispute over driver-only trains which has led
:06:47. > :06:48.to a series of strikes. The RMT union says it will closely
:06:49. > :06:51.examine the details but further Lisa Summers is in Edinburgh
:06:52. > :07:01.for us with the latest. this dispute is all about the
:07:02. > :07:03.possibility that more trains in Scotland will run with drivers
:07:04. > :07:08.opening and closing the doors without the need for a conductor to
:07:09. > :07:12.do that. The unions oppose any extension, citing safety fears, but
:07:13. > :07:16.ScotRail say they will always schedule a second person on a train.
:07:17. > :07:19.The strikes have been going on since July and the two sides have been
:07:20. > :07:23.caught in an increasingly bitter stalemate that's frustrating for
:07:24. > :07:26.passengers who have to deal with the inconvenience, especially with
:07:27. > :07:30.things like the Edinburgh Festival getting underway this weekend. What
:07:31. > :07:33.we've seen this afternoon is a small move in the right direction with
:07:34. > :07:36.ScotRail putting a new offer on the table saying they are committed to
:07:37. > :07:43.having conductors on the new electric fleet of trains that is due
:07:44. > :07:46.to come into force next year. The unions, though, say they wanted to
:07:47. > :07:50.scrutinise the detail of this proposal before calling off any
:07:51. > :07:55.strikes, so be prepared for another wave of strikes due to take place
:07:56. > :07:57.this Sunday and Monday and beyond. STUDIO: Thank you, Lisa.
:07:58. > :08:00.It's claimed it's damaged trust between police and football fans
:08:01. > :08:03.and now an MSP has lodged proposals to scrap a law that was brought
:08:04. > :08:08.The Offensive Behaviour at Football Act was introduced in 2012 -
:08:09. > :08:22.When the law came in in 2012 the Scottish Government said it was
:08:23. > :08:26.needed to tackle unacceptable behaviour like this. Historically
:08:27. > :08:29.linked to football, especially in the west of Scotland. It's always
:08:30. > :08:35.been controversial, prompting protests from supporters. There is
:08:36. > :08:39.existing legislation which appears to work much better. It's unworkable
:08:40. > :08:43.because it is poorly drafted, the sheriffs have commented on how badly
:08:44. > :08:46.it's drafted and how difficult it is to get convictions. And it's unfair
:08:47. > :08:50.because it makes behaviour is criminal in the context of a
:08:51. > :08:55.football match which are not criminal elsewhere. And that is not
:08:56. > :08:59.right. Now this Labour MSP is launching a consultation on
:09:00. > :09:03.scrapping the act. It's a case of using the existing laws, its
:09:04. > :09:07.strengthening the work in communities against sectarianism and
:09:08. > :09:12.routing it there. And also working with football clubs to act more
:09:13. > :09:15.responsibly and fans to create an environment where people can come
:09:16. > :09:18.along and enjoy the football. Something had to be put in place,
:09:19. > :09:23.legislation is now in place that shows we have an issue and we can
:09:24. > :09:26.now deal with it. If it's not the right legislation, let's look at
:09:27. > :09:33.that, but at the moment it gives the police the powers they need to. In
:09:34. > :09:36.2015-16 there were 287 charges under section one of the Offensive
:09:37. > :09:39.Behaviour at Football Act, the highest number since the law came
:09:40. > :09:46.into force. But fans claimed more than 2 million people went to games
:09:47. > :09:51.in Scotland during the 2015-16 season. The Scottish Government says
:09:52. > :09:55.its law is making things better. It claims 80% of Scots support the
:09:56. > :09:59.legislation. For the first time in a long time we will have the old firm
:10:00. > :10:02.games on a regular basis again and this is not the time to be scrapping
:10:03. > :10:06.a bill and not the time to be scrapping a bill if we can't say
:10:07. > :10:09.what we will replace it with. It's very important, this season more
:10:10. > :10:13.than any other, that this bill is in place to see how it has an effect on
:10:14. > :10:16.old firm games, particularly in Scottish football in general. All
:10:17. > :10:21.for opposition parties at Holyrood have pledged to repeal the law, so
:10:22. > :10:26.there could now be a majority in parliament for kicking the act into
:10:27. > :10:26.the long grass. -- four opposition parties. Hugh Williams, Reporting
:10:27. > :10:30.Scotland. Our political Correspondent Glenn
:10:31. > :10:33.Campbell is with me in the studio. This is obviously an important issue
:10:34. > :10:41.for football. But it also could become the first
:10:42. > :10:44.real parliamentary test for the minority Scottish Government. It
:10:45. > :10:47.could be an early test. When this legislation came before the Scottish
:10:48. > :10:51.Parliament five years ago, opposition parties were critical.
:10:52. > :10:54.But at that time the SNP had more seats in parliament than all the
:10:55. > :10:57.other parties put together and it was able to use that majority to
:10:58. > :11:03.make sure that the offensive behaviour Bill became law. Since the
:11:04. > :11:08.election this year the SNP is outnumbered at Holyrood, if all its
:11:09. > :11:13.political opponents line-up on the same side. That seems to be what's
:11:14. > :11:18.happening in this case. Although, I should say that the Dreams, while
:11:19. > :11:22.they are in favour of repeal, want to retain some aspects of the
:11:23. > :11:26.legislation that deals with threatening communications, whether
:11:27. > :11:30.that's online or by letter. And perhaps there is some room for
:11:31. > :11:34.compromise there. Certainly the Scottish Government has indicated it
:11:35. > :11:38.is willing to listen to criticisms and to try and address concerns. But
:11:39. > :11:42.at this stage it seems hard to believe that this legislation can
:11:43. > :11:43.remain in its current form. Glenn, thank you.
:11:44. > :11:49.Still to come on tonight's programme:
:11:50. > :11:51.As another big retailer closes its doors, what can be done
:11:52. > :11:55.And it's the oldest form of television -
:11:56. > :12:04.Dumfries celebrates 180 years of its Camera Obscura.
:12:05. > :12:07.Margaret Thatcher's attempt to change the UK economy by offering
:12:08. > :12:12.council house tenants the right to buy their home.
:12:13. > :12:18.Over the past 30 years, almost 500,000 did so,
:12:19. > :12:21.but from today the policy has been withdrawn amid claims that it's
:12:22. > :12:22.contributed to growing housing waiting lists.
:12:23. > :12:24.Our social affairs correspondent, Reevel Alderson, has been
:12:25. > :12:38.Building new socially rented homes, 130 on this site on the southern
:12:39. > :12:41.edge of Glasgow. This used to be one of the biggest council estates in
:12:42. > :12:45.Europe with more than 60,000 residents. Now it's transformed with
:12:46. > :12:49.many houses sold to tenants and high-rises and tenements demolished.
:12:50. > :12:53.It's a far cry from the heady days in the 80s when Mrs Thatcher's
:12:54. > :12:57.government sold off 1 million council properties. It's my great
:12:58. > :13:03.pleasure to hand that over to you. Even she was handing out champagne
:13:04. > :13:06.Mrs Thatcher's policy was being questioned. What about the 24,000
:13:07. > :13:11.homeless in Scotland? Right To Buy fundamentally changed the face of
:13:12. > :13:15.Scotland's housing stock. Since it was introduced, almost 500,000
:13:16. > :13:19.council and housing association homes have been sold. But in the
:13:20. > :13:25.past 20 years, only 84,000 homes have been built in the social
:13:26. > :13:30.sector. That's why housing charities say 150,000 people are on the
:13:31. > :13:35.housing waiting list in Scotland. I probably bought it about 20 times
:13:36. > :13:40.over, the house, which makes it a good reason to buy. June rented her
:13:41. > :13:43.flat for 27 years and she's one of the last to buy her property under
:13:44. > :13:48.the legislation being scrapped now. I really love my home, it's a lovely
:13:49. > :13:53.big flat and quite a lot of the new houses are smaller now. But I've
:13:54. > :13:58.been here, as I say, that length of time, and it would be silly not to
:13:59. > :14:01.buy it. Council and housing association properties were sold at
:14:02. > :14:05.considerable discounts, but the cash didn't go back to the housing
:14:06. > :14:10.provider. The latest figures that we saw in 2014 was that people were
:14:11. > :14:15.able to buy at 40,000 a unit, whereas the average price is 150
:14:16. > :14:19.odd. And the value of that discount is coming from the public purse and
:14:20. > :14:25.at a cost to the public purse. That money should be used in order to
:14:26. > :14:28.invest in housing. The Scottish Government has committed to
:14:29. > :14:33.delivering 35,000 homes for rent in five years, part of a ?3 billion
:14:34. > :14:37.investment programme, but many housing charities say at least
:14:38. > :14:39.12,000 must be built each year to tackle Scotland's housing crisis.
:14:40. > :14:47.Reevel Alderson, Reporting Scotland. This weekend more than half of the
:14:48. > :14:51.16 BHS branches in Scotland closed their doors for the last time,
:14:52. > :14:54.including the one on Kilmarnock's King Street.
:14:55. > :14:57.Our economy editor Douglas Fraser has visited the town to find out why
:14:58. > :15:00.the retailer failed and what can be done to help our high streets.
:15:01. > :15:07.Holidaying on his luxury yacht, this man, Sir Philip Green, has been
:15:08. > :15:12.blamed for the sinking of BHS. A damning report by MPs said he
:15:13. > :15:15.stripped the business of cash. But perhaps the uncomfortable truth is
:15:16. > :15:20.that we've all played our part in the demise of high street retail.
:15:21. > :15:24.Kilmarnock's King Street lost its BHS this weekend, but it's not the
:15:25. > :15:27.only casualty here. Burton and Brentano have closed their doors in
:15:28. > :15:32.the past year, branches of Woolworths, Comet and Homebase have
:15:33. > :15:37.shut up shop in the past decade. For a retailer like BHS there have been
:15:38. > :15:45.three big challenges, one of course is competition from Primark, the
:15:46. > :15:49.supermarkets, Marks Spencer and when shops become free it's often
:15:50. > :15:52.down-market and charity shops that take them which makes the high
:15:53. > :15:57.street are less attractive place to sell and shop. And there's the
:15:58. > :16:00.Internet which is already taking 15% of retail sales and that keeps
:16:01. > :16:04.rising. Internet retailers don't pay any rates, some of them don't have
:16:05. > :16:09.any business overheads on the high streets, they don't have read to pay
:16:10. > :16:12.and staff prices that come on the high street. But what it also does
:16:13. > :16:16.for smaller retailers is give them a chance to reach customers through
:16:17. > :16:19.social media channels. In one hand it takes away but on the other hand
:16:20. > :16:21.it offers opportunities for businesses if they want to embrace
:16:22. > :16:25.that kind of model. Kilmarnock, like many towns of its
:16:26. > :16:28.size, is looking for alternative ways to get the best out of its Town
:16:29. > :16:32.centre. There are vacancies in King Street
:16:33. > :16:35.itself and the BHS building is just behind us here. We've got a lot of
:16:36. > :16:41.experience of how to fill properties. Backstreet down here has
:16:42. > :16:43.been a real success story for Kilmarnock itself.
:16:44. > :16:48.What sort of different things are you doing with retailers?
:16:49. > :16:51.We've been working closely with the building owners and occupiers
:16:52. > :16:53.themselves and the council too has invested in the fabric of the
:16:54. > :16:56.street. I think because we all offer
:16:57. > :17:01.something a wee bit different in this street, you don't actually need
:17:02. > :17:05.to look to hard to raise footfall. But we've recently had a brand-new
:17:06. > :17:10.restaurant and bar open at just over the road, which has generated a bit
:17:11. > :17:13.more interest. Any time there is something new it will bring more
:17:14. > :17:15.more interest. Any time there is people to the area. As the bigger
:17:16. > :17:21.names are increasingly living Town centre high streets, focusing on
:17:22. > :17:25.Britain's biggest shopping centres, councils are looking at smaller
:17:26. > :17:29.shops, leisure space, offices and homes to replace them. The high
:17:30. > :17:30.street but not as we know it. Douglas Fraser, Reporting Scotland,
:17:31. > :17:33.kill Marnoch. A look at other stories
:17:34. > :17:35.from across the country. Police have appealed for information
:17:36. > :17:37.following a serious sexual assault on a woman in the Torry area
:17:38. > :17:40.of Aberdeen in the early It's thought the attack took place
:17:41. > :17:44.between 3am and 4am in Police Scotland want information
:17:45. > :17:49.on a light-coloured estate-type after the discovery of asbestos
:17:50. > :17:58.at the weekend. Council workers are continuing
:17:59. > :18:00.to patrol the shore - after members of the public kept
:18:01. > :18:04.breaking the cordon. The council says public
:18:05. > :18:08.safety is paramount. Drivers are being warned
:18:09. > :18:09.to expect months of "significant delays" on the M74
:18:10. > :18:12.as work begins to install Three months of work will begin next
:18:13. > :18:20.week on both carriageways Four months of work will start
:18:21. > :18:26.on the M8 in mid-August. The M73 will be similarly affected
:18:27. > :18:32.for six weeks from mid-September. Cineworld has apologised
:18:33. > :18:34.to customers who had to be evacuated from Europe's
:18:35. > :18:36.tallest cinema in the dark Cinema-goers at Renfrew Street
:18:37. > :18:43.in Glasgow complained of being left to walk down
:18:44. > :18:46."pitch black" fire escapes The cinema has since been closed
:18:47. > :18:50.while work is carried out Performers from as far afield
:18:51. > :18:57.as the United States, Nepal and New Zealand will join
:18:58. > :19:02.military bands and acts Now in its 66th year,
:19:03. > :19:08.the Tattoo will welcome 250,000 spectators to Edinburgh Castle over
:19:09. > :19:22.the next month. You can imagine a fanfare beyond all
:19:23. > :19:26.funfairs, and following that, the pipes and drums come thundering out
:19:27. > :19:28.of the castle, smoke billowing from under the kilt and so forth.
:19:29. > :19:30.Wonderful tunes of glory, that is under the kilt and so forth.
:19:31. > :19:40.the theme this year. Well, another big event is just
:19:41. > :19:41.about to start. You may have noticed the Rio Olympics are just around the
:19:42. > :19:44.corner. Scottish competitors are among
:19:45. > :19:45.the athletes arriving, Our BBC Scotland Sports team -
:19:46. > :19:50.who will be bringing you coverage throughout the event -
:19:51. > :19:51.have also landed There have been fears about Rio's
:19:52. > :19:59.readiness for the Games - does it feel like
:20:00. > :20:09.everything's coming together? There is a woman enjoying herself
:20:10. > :20:14.behind you, I won't put you off by telling you what she's doing! Are
:20:15. > :20:19.they ready? All indications are that the city is ready for the games.
:20:20. > :20:21.There have been issues with some of the infrastructure and venues, some
:20:22. > :20:28.of which we haven't been able to get into yet, but we are told there is
:20:29. > :20:31.work to rectify that under way. There have also been issues with
:20:32. > :20:36.transport as well, but I don't think we will know whether the issues have
:20:37. > :20:41.been rectified until the games get under way. Friday marks the opening
:20:42. > :20:44.ceremony, and then Saturday, the first day of the action, plenty of
:20:45. > :20:49.Scottish interest on the first day, in the swimming, rowing and tennis.
:20:50. > :20:52.There is also plenty of Scottish interest in the athletics, that
:20:53. > :20:58.takes place in the second week of these Olympics. One Scottish athlete
:20:59. > :21:00.has already made a name for himself. Andrew Butchart from Dublin has
:21:01. > :21:06.become the first Olympian in the history of the central athletics
:21:07. > :21:09.club. Rory McLeod has been speaking to him, in a rather rain-soaked
:21:10. > :21:17.evening, and he has been explaining to her why he founded important to
:21:18. > :21:22.stay close to his roots. This is just a normal Tuesday, Thursday,
:21:23. > :21:28.Saturday. There are around 50 of us in the coaches' group. A wide spread
:21:29. > :21:35.of athletes. This is the first time Andrew has managed a session, then
:21:36. > :21:39.he is clearing off to Brazil to what holding camp, so clearly myself and
:21:40. > :21:41.the club and all of you are hugely chuffed to bits at his achievement,
:21:42. > :21:47.the club and all of you are hugely and we wish him all the best. There
:21:48. > :21:52.wouldn't be too many Olympic athletes train with such a big
:21:53. > :21:57.squad. Do you enjoy this? If it isn't broken, don't fix it. I have
:21:58. > :22:02.done this since I was 17 years old, and I got this good with this group,
:22:03. > :22:08.so I am not going to change that, it is working well and I am happy. This
:22:09. > :22:11.is an unusual setup for an elite athlete. Does it concern you that
:22:12. > :22:17.this might not be the best setup for him? Not in the slightest, I'm
:22:18. > :22:22.convinced he's on the right place and doing the right stuff. And as
:22:23. > :22:28.far as Rio goes, what are your expectations? I will be disappointed
:22:29. > :22:32.if he doesn't reach the final, and I see no reason why he won't. The
:22:33. > :22:40.final is likely to be that Gore, and he's good in those situations, so I
:22:41. > :22:43.am hugely encouraged. There is a really special atmosphere at the
:22:44. > :22:48.club. What is it like, the pride of all of this? It sounds corny and
:22:49. > :22:53.cheesy, but we are like a big family, it is a very unusual group.
:22:54. > :23:01.Are you happy that you are preparing for the Olympic Games on a salting
:23:02. > :23:08.wet night with your two makes? This is what it is like most nights in
:23:09. > :23:14.the summer, and it makes you stronger. The sun in Rio will be
:23:15. > :23:19.much nicer when I get there. Good luck, Andrew, in Rio!
:23:20. > :23:24.Who are the other Scots athletes we will be rooting for? There are loads
:23:25. > :23:29.of Scots in great form going into these games, and in the form of
:23:30. > :23:32.their lives. On the track, Laura Muir and Ely Doyle, and a swimming
:23:33. > :23:38.pool we have Ross Murdoch and also Robbie Rennick, already a world
:23:39. > :23:41.champion. David Florence, the canoeist, and Katherine Grainger is
:23:42. > :23:46.competing in her fifth Olympics. Heather Stanning is already an
:23:47. > :23:50.Olympic champion. Plenty of Scottish success, including Andy Murray of
:23:51. > :23:54.course fresh from his Wimbledon win. Live from Copacabana Beach, it is
:23:55. > :23:55.not a bad back drop! I will send you a copy of the weather forecast
:23:56. > :24:02.coming soon! They were the forerunners
:24:03. > :24:03.of modern photography. 'Camera Obscura's' date back
:24:04. > :24:05.at least 2000 years. Scotland has three -
:24:06. > :24:07.one of which, in Dumfries, is thought to be the oldest
:24:08. > :24:16.in continuous operation As I pull this rope, if you look
:24:17. > :24:23.upwards, you will see that the cover to the camera obscura opens. 180
:24:24. > :24:31.years old, still in perfect working order. The mechanism original. The
:24:32. > :24:37.table I use the focusing. I bring it upwards, make the picture becomes
:24:38. > :24:40.clearer. The lens project alive picture of Dumfries, people around
:24:41. > :24:43.their daily business, moving cars on picture of Dumfries, people around
:24:44. > :24:48.streets and bridges, familiar landmarks from an unfamiliar angle.
:24:49. > :24:52.The old bridge across here, the white sand running behind it, and
:24:53. > :24:57.people are amazed that the picture is in colour, that is a question we
:24:58. > :25:03.get a lot. The camera obscura is at one of the top of the most stinky
:25:04. > :25:06.buildings in Dumfries. Formerly a windmill for a 17th century corn
:25:07. > :25:07.mill, it was bought by the local astronomical Society and turned into
:25:08. > :25:11.an observatory, although not quite astronomical Society and turned into
:25:12. > :25:16.as quickly as the founding fathers had hoped. Hades, it was to come
:25:17. > :25:21.across the sky in 1835, and they really hoped to have the instrument
:25:22. > :25:24.installed in time to be able to view it, but unfortunately, due to the
:25:25. > :25:28.time it took to convert the building and commissioned the instruments,
:25:29. > :25:34.they were not prepared quite in time, so they didn't see it. The
:25:35. > :25:37.observatory opened eventually on August the 1st 1836, to later Hayley
:25:38. > :25:41.is Comet, but it didn't stop evil flocking here to pay sixpence a time
:25:42. > :25:49.to see unique moving colour images of Doug Free. Scotland's first
:25:50. > :25:52.camera obscure was in Edinburgh, but it change location, so this is the
:25:53. > :25:55.longest in continuous operation in this country and it is believed the
:25:56. > :25:59.world. Modern life viewed through ancient technology. Big Brother has
:26:00. > :26:04.been around longer than you have thought!
:26:05. > :26:17.August has started on a relatively settled note with plenty of dry,
:26:18. > :26:19.bright weather and some spells of sunshine, and certainly this evening
:26:20. > :26:24.we will continue to see a scattering of showers, primarily across the
:26:25. > :26:29.east of the Northern Isles, otherwise a fine end to the day with
:26:30. > :26:33.plenty of sunshine around. A dry night will follow, with clear spells
:26:34. > :26:36.for many of us, and for some sheltered rural areas, temperatures
:26:37. > :26:43.will fall to a cool four or five Celsius. But for the most part, they
:26:44. > :26:50.will hold up at around 8-11. Rather cloudy and Shari conditions across
:26:51. > :26:53.the North. Into tomorrow, a ridge of high pressure keeping the weather
:26:54. > :26:56.fairly settled during Match Of The Day, although this weather front
:26:57. > :27:01.will begin to make inroads to the south-west later. A lovely start to
:27:02. > :27:08.the day, if a little chilly for parts. A few showers continuing
:27:09. > :27:13.across the Northern Isles. Through the afternoon, we continue to see
:27:14. > :27:17.cloud thickening across southern and central areas, especially, some rain
:27:18. > :27:24.arriving into the likes of Dumfries and Galloway, around about Barra and
:27:25. > :27:31.South Uist. Across the likes of Lewis and Harris, much of the North
:27:32. > :27:39.Highlands, we hold onto dry, bright conditions, just one or to showers
:27:40. > :27:43.across the Northern Isles. For the evening period, we will continue to
:27:44. > :27:45.see the range tracking eastwards, becoming somewhat heavy and
:27:46. > :27:51.persistent, especially across the North. By Wednesday, that rain
:27:52. > :27:53.continues to track away to the north-east, and behind it a mixture
:27:54. > :28:00.of sunshine and fairly heavy, thundery showers, with bright sunny
:28:01. > :28:04.spells in between and highs of 19 Celsius in the east. For Thursday,
:28:05. > :28:06.we hold onto a mixture of sunshine and showers, and cool northerly
:28:07. > :28:08.winds. That is the forecast.