:00:12. > :00:14.Cutting emergency services at Monklands hospitals could put
:00:15. > :00:17.patient safety at risk - says one of their top consultants.
:00:18. > :00:26.If you have an A Department you must have another Tab Ahmad
:00:27. > :00:28.attached, you cannot just have the A department and expect all of the
:00:29. > :00:32.trauma treated there. -- Department. We'll be asking - will this
:00:33. > :00:34.intervention make any difference to the governments' plans
:00:35. > :00:38.to move these services? Rail strike plans for this
:00:39. > :00:43.weekend are put on hold - as talks between the RMT
:00:44. > :00:45.and Scotrail continue. along with his 12 passengers -
:00:46. > :00:50.after his vehicle became stranded in flood water -
:00:51. > :00:52.has been convicted of careless As the first commercial mine
:00:53. > :01:03.in the Highlands displays its wares. And a Scot will carry the British
:01:04. > :01:06.flag and lead out Team GB during Friday's opening ceremony here at
:01:07. > :01:20.the Rio Olympics. Andy Murray has been given that on a.
:01:21. > :01:33.A surgeon at one of Scotland's busiest hospitals says people
:01:34. > :01:36.attending Monklands A will have to go elsewhere for a emergency
:01:37. > :01:38.treatments if local health board approve dot-mac proposals are
:01:39. > :01:49.approved. Lucy Adams reports. Is the hospital the current
:01:50. > :01:53.government fought to save. It is this man's view that the decision to
:01:54. > :01:57.close the hospital Monklands was wrong and it will now be reversed.
:01:58. > :02:02.The hospital the former Health Secretary almost lost his job over.
:02:03. > :02:07.NHS Lanarkshire have a meeting on Thursday. And is the hospital
:02:08. > :02:10.patients have pledged to save. Now, though, there is anger as
:02:11. > :02:15.campaigners say the Scottish Government is backsliding on earlier
:02:16. > :02:19.pledges with moves afoot to cut orthopaedics and trauma, and move
:02:20. > :02:22.services elsewhere. Those plans are also opposed by the consultants
:02:23. > :02:32.themselves, saying patient safety will suffer. Patient safety will be
:02:33. > :02:38.put at risk by their decision to close Monklands. If you have an A
:02:39. > :02:42.department, you must have an orthopaedic department attached to
:02:43. > :02:46.it. You cannot have just an A department and expect all of the
:02:47. > :02:50.trauma to be treated there. At a meeting today between staff and the
:02:51. > :02:56.local MSP Alex Neil, they tried to map out a way forward. Mr Neal stood
:02:57. > :03:01.on a ticket to save services and is under pressure to deliver. I'm
:03:02. > :03:06.absolutely determined, as I know Shona Robison, the health minister
:03:07. > :03:10.is, determined to make sure there is no downgrading of Monklands, no
:03:11. > :03:13.downgrading of the accident and emergency in Monklands. The health
:03:14. > :03:16.board argued that is not what they are doing but as I say there are too
:03:17. > :03:20.many unanswered questions for this to go ahead in its present form. The
:03:21. > :03:24.Scottish Government say they saved the A department here and that
:03:25. > :03:27.they will protect it. We are confident, as are the medical Royal
:03:28. > :03:32.colleges, that safety will be improved, quality will be improved
:03:33. > :03:35.by these changes, change is hard, change is not always universally
:03:36. > :03:39.accepted. But we believe that orthopaedic care it in NHS
:03:40. > :03:46.Lanarkshire will be improved by this. Lucy, medical issues aside,
:03:47. > :03:51.this is a hospital that keeps finding itself at the heart of local
:03:52. > :03:55.and national political battles. It does indeed. For those living in the
:03:56. > :03:58.area this is their local hospital, their local concerns about where
:03:59. > :04:02.they are going for their health care. But as we said in the piece,
:04:03. > :04:05.it has far wider political ramifications because it was Nicola
:04:06. > :04:09.Sturgeon as the former Health Secretary, who made that decision in
:04:10. > :04:13.regard to the accident and emergency Department. We have to be clear that
:04:14. > :04:18.the decision has been made by the health board that these changes will
:04:19. > :04:24.go ahead. It's not the Scottish Government. The Scottish Government
:04:25. > :04:28.say they have received assurances that patient safety will not be put
:04:29. > :04:32.at risk and they say things will be improved. But some of the local
:04:33. > :04:36.campaigners, staff, and as we have seen today, consultants, say they
:04:37. > :04:42.believe this has been done for financial reasons and at the expense
:04:43. > :04:45.of the local population. They have concerns that those national
:04:46. > :04:47.politicians are not listening to them. Di Canio said today they
:04:48. > :04:53.should not go ahead until some of these answers are delivered from the
:04:54. > :05:00.health board and some of these concerns are dealt with. Rash Alex
:05:01. > :05:05.the bus driver who drove into floods resulting in everyone on board
:05:06. > :05:09.having to be rescued by helicopter has escaped a driving ban.
:05:10. > :05:11.Tudor Davies had faced a dangerous driving charge but after a trial
:05:12. > :05:14.at Ayr Sheriff Court he was convicted of the lesser
:05:15. > :05:17.He has already been dismissed by Stagecoach bus company.
:05:18. > :05:26.A rescue helicopter hovering over a bus stranded in a torrent of flood
:05:27. > :05:37.water. The number 58 bus was on its way to Ayr as a storm raged. The
:05:38. > :05:42.driver, Tudor Davies told the court when he got the outskirts of the
:05:43. > :05:46.village was already 4-5 inches of floodwater on the road and stopped
:05:47. > :05:51.to assess the situation and pressed on. Mr Davies said 10-15 yards
:05:52. > :05:56.later, when he was around here, the force of the water knocked down this
:05:57. > :06:00.wall producing an enormous surge of floodwater which picked the bus up,
:06:01. > :06:03.took it across the road and slammed it into those trees, breaking
:06:04. > :06:08.windows and forcing the door open. These pictures taken inside the bus
:06:09. > :06:13.show how quickly the water then poured in. Moments after these were
:06:14. > :06:16.taken, the 12 passengers on board, including two children, headed to
:06:17. > :06:20.the back of the bus and climbed on seats and grab bars to try to keep
:06:21. > :06:24.as much as possible out of the filthy floodwater. Attempts by the
:06:25. > :06:27.Fire Service to rescue them were abandoned due to the ferocity of the
:06:28. > :06:33.water, and it was hours later before they could all be winched off. This
:06:34. > :06:37.very relieved passenger spoke to me after her rescue. The water came on
:06:38. > :06:41.the bus, it just came up and up, and got to the windows and it was like
:06:42. > :06:46.big waves. You could see the current, it was very scary. Sheriff
:06:47. > :06:50.to the acknowledged that this was a traumatic event for the passengers
:06:51. > :06:52.on the bus and for the driver. In fact, she said some of the
:06:53. > :06:56.passengers who had come to give evidence were still traumatised. But
:06:57. > :07:00.she said the danger of the wall collapsing was not obvious to Mr
:07:01. > :07:05.Davies at the time, and so she could not convicted of dangerous driving,
:07:06. > :07:09.instead she convicted him of careless driving. She imposed nine
:07:10. > :07:14.penalty points on his licence and fined him ?2000. That decision to
:07:15. > :07:21.drive forward, the sheriff said, was a significant error of judgment.
:07:22. > :07:24.Aileen Clarke, Reporting Scotland. The oil company Wood Group is
:07:25. > :07:28.accusing unions of reneging on an agreement which could have seen a
:07:29. > :07:31.48-hour strike by workers in the North Sea being called off.
:07:32. > :07:35.Last-minute talks between the two sides collapsed late last night.
:07:36. > :07:43.Fiona has the latest. Good evening, Jackie. This dispute
:07:44. > :07:49.and efforts to resolve it have gone on for some time. Last week members
:07:50. > :07:53.of the RMT and Unite union walked out for 24 hours. The first stoppage
:07:54. > :07:59.of its kind that the North Sea has seen since the 1980s. The dispute
:08:00. > :08:06.centres on Wood Group's plans to cut pay and allowances for around 350
:08:07. > :08:10.workers. They cover around seven Shelf platforms. That dispute is set
:08:11. > :08:14.to escalate after talks broke down. A 48-hour stoppage from tomorrow
:08:15. > :08:19.morning. Both sides seemed as though they wanted to end it, but this is
:08:20. > :08:23.the problem, the unions wanted Wood Group to remove the proposals, to
:08:24. > :08:27.take them off the table altogether. Wood Group said they would go as far
:08:28. > :08:31.as suspending implementing the cuts to pay. The unions weren't happy,
:08:32. > :08:39.this is what both sides were saying to night. We are looking to actually
:08:40. > :08:43.start on this, have full involvement from the workforce and how the
:08:44. > :08:47.changes will affect them. To do that we need to put aside what has been
:08:48. > :08:52.done previously and start fresh. Why do people want to strike when we
:08:53. > :08:58.have offered to keep the negotiation going and continue the dialogue to
:08:59. > :09:02.get to a position that will solve this. I do not have a clear mandate
:09:03. > :09:08.from the unions that says, if you give me this we will be happy.
:09:09. > :09:13.And the unions have told us to night that further strike action is highly
:09:14. > :09:16.likely, unless this dispute can be resolved. Shell, who own the
:09:17. > :09:19.platforms where the strikes have been taking place say they are
:09:20. > :09:23.deeply disappointed that the strike is going ahead. They say that the
:09:24. > :09:26.North Sea oil and gas industry is facing unprecedented challenges. If
:09:27. > :09:30.you look at what is happening to the oil price over the last month, there
:09:31. > :09:34.has been a steady decline, it has gone from around $50 to $42 today.
:09:35. > :09:39.So it doesn't look as though these gone from around $50 to $42 today.
:09:40. > :09:45.challenges are going to get any easier.
:09:46. > :09:47.This is Reporting Scotland, still to come on the programme. Small but
:09:48. > :09:56.perfectly formed, the first commercial gold mine in the
:09:57. > :09:59.Highlands displays its wares. And Australian family living in the
:10:00. > :10:01.Highlands say they are still hopeful of being allowed to stay despite a
:10:02. > :10:06.letter from the Home Office warning that official moves are being made
:10:07. > :10:08.to repatriate them. The Brain family moved to Scotland under a Visa
:10:09. > :10:11.system that has been abolished since. They are pinning their hopes
:10:12. > :10:13.on a last-minute job offer that would meet immigration rules. Craig
:10:14. > :10:21.Anderson reports. It's a litter the Brain family hoped
:10:22. > :10:25.they would never see, from Immigration Minister Robert
:10:26. > :10:27.Goodwill, it says there are no exceptional circumstances and that
:10:28. > :10:31.staff will contact the couple later this week to discuss arrangements
:10:32. > :10:35.for their voluntary return to Australia. The Visa scheme they came
:10:36. > :10:38.here and was done away with once they had committed to emigrate to
:10:39. > :10:41.Scotland and they insist they are not pleading for special treatment,
:10:42. > :10:46.just for the government to honour its word.
:10:47. > :10:49.All of our home and worldly goods are on a shipping container halfway
:10:50. > :10:53.across to Scotland when this apparent announcement came out
:10:54. > :10:59.saying they would be cancelling this Visa option 12 months after we had
:11:00. > :11:04.arrived. By then we were fully committed to the process. There was
:11:05. > :11:07.no backing out. So we're not asking for special treatment, we're just
:11:08. > :11:09.asking the government to honour what they put in the brochure, so to
:11:10. > :11:13.speak. The couple's MP argues that unlike
:11:14. > :11:17.many people hoping to gain residency in the UK, the Brains are in a
:11:18. > :11:20.unique situation and the Home Office is guilty of bad faith in their
:11:21. > :11:25.dealings with them. The government in London should do
:11:26. > :11:29.what is right, it's not about a special case, it is giving the
:11:30. > :11:33.rights they should have gone making sure the family can get back to
:11:34. > :11:36.work. We need young families in the Highlands, while would the
:11:37. > :11:39.government want to throw them out? Is disgraceful and shouldn't be
:11:40. > :11:42.allowed to happen. It was Kathryn Brain's student Visa that initially
:11:43. > :11:46.allowed the family to come here, and the one hope they now have is that
:11:47. > :11:51.even while the Home Office's deportation wheels are turning, that
:11:52. > :11:53.she received the offer of a job that needs immigration requirements.
:11:54. > :11:59.We've had a contact from a major Scottish employer this morning. Or
:12:00. > :12:02.at least from the office, the CEO will call us this afternoon. We
:12:03. > :12:06.don't know what the job offer is, we don't know whether it would fit Visa
:12:07. > :12:08.requirements, the fact it comes from a major company, would like to think
:12:09. > :12:13.they would be able to inform themselves of the requirements and
:12:14. > :12:15.it gives us some cause for cautious optimism.
:12:16. > :12:21.But for now, living on charity and with their belongings in a shipping
:12:22. > :12:23.container, the future path for the Brain family is uncertain. Craig
:12:24. > :12:28.Anderson, Reporting Scotland, Dingwall. Another series of strikes
:12:29. > :12:31.by Scot rail workers planned to begin at the weekend has been
:12:32. > :12:33.suspended to allow for further talks.
:12:34. > :12:36.Members of the RMT union had been due to take part in three 48-hour
:12:37. > :12:39.walkouts in a row over the role of staff and who open
:12:40. > :12:50.Since June there have been 11 days of industrial action and disruption
:12:51. > :12:54.to journeys up-and-down the country. The dispute focuses on the role of
:12:55. > :12:57.trained staff and specifically proposed changes to the role of
:12:58. > :13:02.train guards. Earlier today members of the RMT union met in Glasgow to
:13:03. > :13:06.consider the latest proposal from ScotRail management. As a result of
:13:07. > :13:10.that meeting planned strikes for this weekend and next weekend have
:13:11. > :13:18.been suspended. Progress has been made but there is still a lot to be
:13:19. > :13:20.done. We have not received guarantees about the guard remaining
:13:21. > :13:29.on the train. The outstanding issue for us is the doors, who actually
:13:30. > :13:34.controls the doors. That's an issue that we need to have further
:13:35. > :13:39.discussion with ScotRail in order to find a way forward on the train
:13:40. > :13:46.dispatch, the doors. Today's suspension of strike action is very
:13:47. > :13:51.welcome for all of us. After several weeks of hard work, we're not there
:13:52. > :13:55.yet, a lot of hard work still to do, but a great step forward. It was
:13:56. > :13:59.always about our customers and our people. And I think it's a good sign
:14:00. > :14:03.for what we can agree. The next step will be further talks
:14:04. > :14:07.between the RMT and ScotRail, aimed at by Na Li drawing a line under the
:14:08. > :14:10.dispute. Those have still to be scheduled, but in the meantime
:14:11. > :14:13.passengers up-and-down the country will be able to travel knowing their
:14:14. > :14:25.journey will not be disrupted by a strike. -- finally drawing.
:14:26. > :14:27.Bank of Scotland is closing 23 branches
:14:28. > :14:30.It says the move is a result of falling customer demand
:14:31. > :14:32.and because of overlaps with other nearby branches.
:14:33. > :14:35.Closures will take place in the Highlands, the North East,
:14:36. > :14:36.Tayside, the central belt and the borders.
:14:37. > :14:39.A goldmine in the Highlands today marked its first pouring
:14:40. > :14:43.The gold bar may have been less than ten ounces in weight,
:14:44. > :14:45.but this is a project with big ambitions.
:14:46. > :14:50.Our business and economy editor, Douglas Fraser, reports.
:14:51. > :14:57.Eureka, it's not quite a Klondike Gold rush yet but it's a start, with
:14:58. > :15:01.this gold mine in the Central highlands. They took on the
:15:02. > :15:05.challenge in nine years ago after a lot of planning delays and
:15:06. > :15:09.difficulty with finance its now processing, or it has reached the
:15:10. > :15:14.first port of gold and today's official opening. How has it been
:15:15. > :15:16.done? Thousands of tonnes of this gold or have been taken from a
:15:17. > :15:21.tunnel just near here, stored outside, brought into a shed, their
:15:22. > :15:25.equipment is used to drop it, spin it around, crush it, hammer it,
:15:26. > :15:28.bring it to this table, like a mechanical version of an
:15:29. > :15:35.old-fashioned gold pan, separating gold and IM from fools Gold. More
:15:36. > :15:40.than 2000 tonnes of rock comes down to what they hope is 15 kilograms of
:15:41. > :15:43.this pure gold. That's just the start. The plan is for more than
:15:44. > :15:47.half a million tonnes to be mined, processed by a team of 60 people,
:15:48. > :15:52.resulting in at least six tonnes of gold. At present values that would
:15:53. > :15:56.be worth more than ?200 million. Over 200 years ago these hills were
:15:57. > :16:01.producing lead and zinc. It has taken a while to get at this point.
:16:02. > :16:05.1980s technology is now revealing just how big a fortune lies inside.
:16:06. > :16:09.So, don't hold your breath for the next bit, but the company recently
:16:10. > :16:16.got a licence to survey gold prospects from the Argyll coasts all
:16:17. > :16:20.the way across. This particular area that runs through Scotland, this
:16:21. > :16:24.swathe, is of the right age to be respected for Gold. We know in the
:16:25. > :16:27.other parts of the world rocks of the same age have gold deposits and
:16:28. > :16:30.base metal deposits. Problems getting finance have been
:16:31. > :16:35.linked to the volatile price over the past ten years, ranging from 600
:16:36. > :16:39.US dollars per ounce to nearly $1800. But there is a ready market
:16:40. > :16:45.for Scotland's first commercially mined gold. We need to find out just
:16:46. > :16:50.what sort of premium retailers believe that consumers will pay for
:16:51. > :16:56.that provenance. But we might expect to see ten, 15% above the value of
:16:57. > :17:05.standard gold. And that goes for at least twice as
:17:06. > :17:08.much Silva that should be in that ore too. Mining Silva and gold in
:17:09. > :17:13.Scotland is a fantastic idea and I'm really looking forward to getting my
:17:14. > :17:16.hands on some before Christmas. At a time of economic uncertainty, this
:17:17. > :17:20.is at least one nugget of hope. Douglas Fraser, Reporting Scotland.
:17:21. > :17:22.A look at other stories from across the country.
:17:23. > :17:25.An Easyjet flight from Edinburgh to Madeira was forced to divert six
:17:26. > :17:28.hundred miles to Lisbon in Portugal because of a disruptive passenger.
:17:29. > :17:31.Reports that the passenger claimed to have had a gun on board Monday's
:17:32. > :17:33.flight have not been confirmed by the airline.
:17:34. > :17:36.The plane was met by police in Lisbon and then
:17:37. > :17:37.flew on to Funchal, after a two-hour delay.
:17:38. > :17:39.Easyjet apologised for the inconvenience but said
:17:40. > :17:41.they don't tolerate abusive or threatening behaviour.
:17:42. > :17:43.The Scottish firm Aggreko has reported a fall in profits
:17:44. > :17:49.It made ?61 million, compared to 102 million in the same
:17:50. > :17:55.The Glasgow-based firm says the trading environment has been
:17:56. > :17:56.difficult, with the lower oil price continuing to impact
:17:57. > :18:03.An inspection of Raigmore Hospital in Inverness found a significant
:18:04. > :18:07.improvement in the cleanliness of its emergency department.
:18:08. > :18:10.The Healthcare Environment Inspectorate carried out
:18:11. > :18:14.the unannounced check in May, and says the standard of cleanliness
:18:15. > :18:16.in the wards and the theatre department were also good and staff
:18:17. > :18:22.generally demonstrated good compliance with hand hygiene.
:18:23. > :18:24.The Emirates Arena in Glasgow will host next month's
:18:25. > :18:32.Davis Cup semi-final between Great Britain and Argentina.
:18:33. > :18:37.The tie will be played at the 8,000-capacity
:18:38. > :18:41.The British team won two ties there in their victorious Davis Cup
:18:42. > :18:47.Football, and Celtic's pursuit of a place in this
:18:48. > :18:49.season's European Champions League continues tonight.
:18:50. > :18:51.They're at home to Astana in the second leg of their
:18:52. > :18:55.It's 1-1 from the first leg in Kazakhstan last week.
:18:56. > :19:00.David Currie looks ahead to the big game from Celtic Park.
:19:01. > :19:07.It is hard to overstate the importance of this match to Celtic
:19:08. > :19:11.and to their supporters. If they prevail, they will be one round away
:19:12. > :19:15.from a place in the Champions League, with its financial and
:19:16. > :19:20.footballing rewards. If they fail, they will drop into the Europa
:19:21. > :19:28.League qualifiers, it is less glamorous and lucrative.
:19:29. > :19:37.Thank you for joining us. 1-1 from the first leg, one would presume
:19:38. > :19:43.Celtic have the advantage, can they press it home? We hope so. It would
:19:44. > :19:47.be great for Scottish football to have Celtic firing on all cylinders
:19:48. > :19:53.tonight and trying to get back into the Champions League. The key is not
:19:54. > :20:00.conceding any goals, if they keep a clean sheet, they are through. It is
:20:01. > :20:02.easier said than done, though. You said it, in previous times,
:20:03. > :20:07.especially last season, conceded a lot of silly goals, so hopefully
:20:08. > :20:12.Brendan Rodgers has sorted that out. Throw a bit of caution to the wind
:20:13. > :20:16.early doors. You want to put pressure on them, but make sure the
:20:17. > :20:22.back door is shut. In the last couple of years it has been Celtic's
:20:23. > :20:23.weakness. Brendan Rodgers said for the most important things is to
:20:24. > :20:31.weakness. Brendan Rodgers said for stay. How easy is that inside Celtic
:20:32. > :20:35.Park on a big European night? It will help if the fans can stay calm
:20:36. > :20:38.tonight and be patient. As long as it is goalless, Celtic are in
:20:39. > :20:47.control of the game. They will get the goal. You hope so. It is not
:20:48. > :20:51.exactly what -- about what Celtic do going forward, it is at the other
:20:52. > :20:56.end, whether they can keep it tight. It will be a place in the play-offs
:20:57. > :21:00.for a place in the Champions League or a play-off for a place in the
:21:01. > :21:04.Europa League. For Southwark supporters, the latter would be
:21:05. > :21:08.scant consolation, they have been starved of Champions League football
:21:09. > :21:13.here for the past three seasons. Andy Murray will be Great Britain's
:21:14. > :21:15.flag bearer at the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony. He recently won
:21:16. > :21:24.his second Wimbledon title and a gold medal at the London Olympics.
:21:25. > :21:32.He will carry the flag on Friday in Rio. What is expected? I don't think
:21:33. > :21:37.this is any surprise. It has been the talk of the team, who would
:21:38. > :21:42.carry the flag, and lead out Team GB? His name is always in
:21:43. > :21:47.contention, especially after Sir Bradley Wiggins ruled himself out.
:21:48. > :21:52.No surprise. If you look at him and how well liked he is within his
:21:53. > :21:58.sport and out with his sport, it is known as a prize. He has raised a
:21:59. > :22:03.statement. He says he is very proud to be selected, adding, it is an
:22:04. > :22:09.incredible honour to lead out Team GB, the biggest in sport. That is
:22:10. > :22:14.what he thinks. He is a big fan of the Olympics, the defending champion
:22:15. > :22:18.from London 2012, and this is his third Olympics, so it will mean a
:22:19. > :22:23.lot to him. He does not have the honour of being the first Scottish
:22:24. > :22:29.athlete to lead out the team, Sir Chris Hoy hat back on four years
:22:30. > :22:32.ago. He has been speaking today, and he says he is so impressed with the
:22:33. > :22:37.amount of Scottish athlete in Team GB.
:22:38. > :22:41.Fantastic, a great reflection in the commitment and hard work of the
:22:42. > :22:46.Scottish athlete. In terms of once to look forward to seeing, Callum
:22:47. > :22:51.Skinner has to be top of the list. I remember seeing him at Meadowbank as
:22:52. > :22:55.a kid with the local club training and learning to ride the track. He
:22:56. > :23:01.has progressed through, and he has replaced me in the team sprint. He
:23:02. > :23:05.will be riding the third lap. You are a fan of Andy Murray, he is the
:23:06. > :23:10.defending champion and is playing doubles with his Big Brother. It is
:23:11. > :23:17.exceptional, he could have two gold medals at the end. He has had a
:23:18. > :23:21.fantastic year. Morale is a big part of sport, once you have momentum and
:23:22. > :23:27.belief and your form, you can almost do anything. You would be crazy to
:23:28. > :23:32.bet against him winning a singles title. Who knows about doubles. It
:23:33. > :23:39.would be amazing for them both. He is a real figurehead, he will lead
:23:40. > :23:43.the team. There are rumours he may carry the flag, he is on the short
:23:44. > :23:51.list. Fingers crossed, I hope he does. Two things have dominated the
:23:52. > :23:57.build-up. One is drugs, the other is Rio being ready. I will not ask you
:23:58. > :24:01.about the latter, because you are just here, but viewers will be
:24:02. > :24:07.wondering, can I trust what I am watching? What is your take? I can
:24:08. > :24:13.understand why some of the public may think that. As a sporting fan
:24:14. > :24:19.myself, there is a huge number of depressing headlines coming out. All
:24:20. > :24:28.you can do is talk from your experience. You won six Olympic gold
:24:29. > :24:33.medals clean. Your message is... ? Purely and simply, it is possible to
:24:34. > :24:38.do it the right way. That is Sir Chris Hoy. This is the
:24:39. > :24:44.Olympic Park, you can see the Olympic rings, the symbol of the
:24:45. > :24:47.Olympics. That is the aquatic centre, where Robbie Renwick and
:24:48. > :24:51.Hannah Miley will be swimming. That is weighed you will find the
:24:52. > :24:55.spectators, enjoying the sunshine. That is the tennis court, where we
:24:56. > :24:59.will see Andy Murray hopefully defending his Olympic gold medal.
:25:00. > :25:04.There is the velodrome, Katie Archibald and Helen Skinner will be
:25:05. > :25:10.there. Those readers will see the likes of judo and basket all. Plenty
:25:11. > :25:15.of action. 11 sports will be housed in this Olympic Park. It is a fairly
:25:16. > :25:19.sizeable area, 2.5 million metres square. Plenty of action and Scots
:25:20. > :25:34.involved. Torrential downpours so far today,
:25:35. > :25:40.and there is more to come, especially for the north and
:25:41. > :25:43.north-east. Some of us have some brighter spells, but the cloud
:25:44. > :25:51.replaces it, some heavy downpours, thunder and lightning. We have had
:25:52. > :25:54.impressive pictures sent in. This was this afternoon. It will remain
:25:55. > :26:00.cloudy with further heavy showers into the evening. This area of low
:26:01. > :26:05.pressure is bringing the fun and games, strong wind around it. In the
:26:06. > :26:09.centre it is light and variable, but for the North, north-east and
:26:10. > :26:13.south-west, some strong wind. The Met office yellow warning is still
:26:14. > :26:20.in force for heavy showers for the north and north-east, until 9pm, but
:26:21. > :26:22.overnight it will become drier with clearer spells. It is windy for the
:26:23. > :26:34.far north. Another mile night. Cloudy to start tomorrow, and some
:26:35. > :26:39.showery bricks of rain continuing for the far north, north-east. But
:26:40. > :26:44.it improves as we head through the day. We see some brighter spells and
:26:45. > :26:51.sunshine developing. Along the West Coast into the south-west. Some
:26:52. > :26:57.cloud around for Shetland, one or two brighter spells further towards
:26:58. > :27:00.the far north, showers continue for the north-east, but longer West
:27:01. > :27:04.Coast, some sunny spells developing, and the best of the warmth will be
:27:05. > :27:08.across the central belt and further towards the south. There may be some
:27:09. > :27:13.heavy showers developing across the Lothian 's, for five and eastern
:27:14. > :27:19.borders. Perhaps the odd rumble of thunder. As we head to Thursday
:27:20. > :27:24.night, into Friday, a brief ridge of high pressure builds. It will bring
:27:25. > :27:30.some better weather for a time. Especially during the morning. It is
:27:31. > :27:31.cloudy to end the day, with one or two scattered showers, and are still
:27:32. > :27:35.quite warm. I'll be back with the headlines at 8
:27:36. > :27:43.and the late bulletin just Until then, from everyone
:27:44. > :27:45.on the team - right