04/08/2016

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:00:00. > :00:08.Urgent repairs are needed to Scotland's roads,

:00:09. > :00:13.The body of missing fisherman Andrew Livingstone has been found

:00:14. > :00:16.in Orkney - the search for his brother continues.

:00:17. > :00:19.As Zika arrives in Scotland, we hear from an expert

:00:20. > :00:24.at the forefront of the global battle against the virus.

:00:25. > :00:26.Have you ever considered a digital detox?

:00:27. > :00:35.Almost 60% of us think we're hooked on the internet.

:00:36. > :00:43.I know that when I spend a day in the landscape without my phone and I

:00:44. > :00:48.am aware of others doing the same, it is so much healthier. And more

:00:49. > :00:50.from Rio as a former Olympic champion tips the Scottish swimmers

:00:51. > :01:01.to shine at these games. Potholes - the scourge of many

:01:02. > :01:06.a driver and cyclist. And a new report agrees,

:01:07. > :01:08.saying Scotland's roads Audit Scotland claims one in three

:01:09. > :01:16.council roads are poorly maintained, and spending on road maintenance has

:01:17. > :01:34.fallen between 2011 and 2015. Every single road, there are

:01:35. > :01:38.potholes. June has been a career in Edinburgh for 32 years. It's not

:01:39. > :01:45.very good coming onto this road in the morning after you have had your

:01:46. > :01:54.breakfast. With a fleet of vans, motorcycles and bicycles, bumpy

:01:55. > :01:58.roads are bad for business. I have had crystal, bottles, and every

:01:59. > :02:04.road, you are petrified in case something gets broken or the samples

:02:05. > :02:07.leak. Today's report shows over a third of council roads need repairs,

:02:08. > :02:14.with trunk roads and motorways also deteriorating. This car has been

:02:15. > :02:20.driving into town, went down a pothole, and it has damaged this

:02:21. > :02:23.part. And this is where the cost of poor roads is felt. As you can see,

:02:24. > :02:29.broken off at the end. Scotland has poor roads is felt. As you can see,

:02:30. > :02:35.the worst record for pothole damage in the UK. During the week, we

:02:36. > :02:42.change approximately a dozen coil springs. It is very common. Scotland

:02:43. > :02:46.has 56,000 kilometres of roads. Most, like this one, are managed by

:02:47. > :02:51.local authorities. They're spending has gone down 14%, but when it comes

:02:52. > :02:57.to trunk roads and motorways, in England spending is 25 times higher

:02:58. > :03:02.than it is in Scotland. It is a huge issue of concern to the public. 57%

:03:03. > :03:06.of the public in the Scottish household survey indicated

:03:07. > :03:11.dissatisfaction with the state of the roads. The local authority

:03:12. > :03:17.organisation say they are doing well, despite stretched finances. I

:03:18. > :03:22.would not argue that our roads are perfect, but in the last three

:03:23. > :03:26.years, the roads being looked after by local authorities have stayed

:03:27. > :03:31.stable and have not got worse. At a time of austerity and less money for

:03:32. > :03:36.councils, that is a good result. The government says it is listening. The

:03:37. > :03:42.state of the roads is a priority for us. We have invested ?6.5 billion

:03:43. > :03:46.which we had not invested since 2007. We are investing in major

:03:47. > :03:52.infrastructure projects. Where the report says we can do more, we will

:03:53. > :03:53.look to do that. But with more and more roads showing signs of

:03:54. > :03:57.disrepair, it appears that money more roads showing signs of

:03:58. > :03:59.will have to be found to keep motorists satisfied.

:04:00. > :04:01.Let's go to our local government correspondent,

:04:02. > :04:05.Jamie, given that council budgets are tight, can anything be done

:04:06. > :04:20.That is an important part of this story. Councils tend to spend money

:04:21. > :04:26.filling in potholes when it is an issue. There is a big pothole here.

:04:27. > :04:31.In an ideal world, many would accept that it would be better to change

:04:32. > :04:33.the emphasis to spending more on preventative work to stop the

:04:34. > :04:36.potholes from appearing in the first place and keep the roads in good

:04:37. > :04:40.condition. The problem with doing that is that it can be more

:04:41. > :04:43.expensive to begin with, even if it proves to be better value in the

:04:44. > :04:45.long term. That is a big issue at a proves to be better value in the

:04:46. > :04:49.time when budgets are tight. The other question is whether the system

:04:50. > :04:55.for maintaining local roads could be better. At the moment, each council

:04:56. > :05:00.decides for itself how much it needs to spend on local road maintenance.

:05:01. > :05:03.Really all of them have their own separate road departments. One

:05:04. > :05:07.question is whether there could be more regional coordination. Another

:05:08. > :05:11.question is whether you could see shared services to try to cut the

:05:12. > :05:13.overheads and spend more on the roads. Again, that means spending

:05:14. > :05:16.more. This is not an easy to solve. A fisherman whose body was recovered

:05:17. > :05:20.from a loch in Orkney yesterday has been named by police as 71-year-old

:05:21. > :05:23.Andrew Livingstone. He was found after a search

:05:24. > :05:39.operation involving coastguard, Andrew Livingstone stayed just a few

:05:40. > :05:42.miles down the road from the board house loch, where he and brother

:05:43. > :05:47.Boyd had come to fish on Tuesday evening. The search was launched

:05:48. > :05:50.early yesterday afternoon and by late afternoon, Mr Livingstone's

:05:51. > :05:54.body had been recovered from the loch as well as the small boat the

:05:55. > :05:58.pair had been on. That search effort has continued today. Members of the

:05:59. > :06:02.local community have been assisting police and coastguard teams to try

:06:03. > :06:07.and locate Boyd Livingstone. The pair were well known on the local

:06:08. > :06:10.angling circuit. They were very experienced by all accounts, and

:06:11. > :06:16.liked to go out on the loch to fish for brown trout. They lived in a

:06:17. > :06:17.nearby area, a small village, a community tonight which has been

:06:18. > :06:19.rocked by these events. At least one Scot has been caught up

:06:20. > :06:23.in an attack on foreign tourists They were among 12 travellers

:06:24. > :06:26.ambushed while on their way Six were injured, as well

:06:27. > :06:40.as an Afghan driver. The aftermath of a brutal attack in

:06:41. > :06:44.Herat province in the north-west corner of Afghanistan. The targets -

:06:45. > :06:51.an international group of travellers who had chosen to go there, despite

:06:52. > :06:52.the danger. One news agency reports a spokesman for the local Governor

:06:53. > :07:10.saying: 12 foreigners were travelling. Among

:07:11. > :07:16.the 12, there were Americans, British, a Scot. And now I have got

:07:17. > :07:19.a picture from the scene from a local journalist. When you see this

:07:20. > :07:23.picture, the minibus is totally destroyed. They were very lucky to

:07:24. > :07:26.escape this attack. It is understood that the group had been in Darmian

:07:27. > :07:29.escape this attack. It is understood and may have been on their way to

:07:30. > :07:34.the city of Herat when they were attacked. It may seem unlikely, but

:07:35. > :07:36.search the internet and there are companies offering holidays in

:07:37. > :07:42.Afghanistan. This business, based in west Yorkshire, has a group in the

:07:43. > :07:46.area where the attack happened at the moment. I have been trying to

:07:47. > :07:50.contact them to get a comment. On their website, they say that some

:07:51. > :07:53.will regard it as premature to go to Afghanistan, given the continued

:07:54. > :07:59.conflict there and a lack of effective government control. But,

:08:00. > :08:03.they say, tourists going to Afghanistan and spending money there

:08:04. > :08:09.is a way of bringing direct benefit to local people, many of whom are

:08:10. > :08:13.still desperately poor. The Foreign Office has confirmed that it is

:08:14. > :08:17.providing assistance to British nationals involved in the attack in

:08:18. > :08:23.Herat, and is coordinating closely with local authorities. It is a

:08:24. > :08:29.dilemma. The hope is that tourism, money and jobs may freeze out the

:08:30. > :08:32.violence, but perhaps today's use shows that they react to that by

:08:33. > :08:37.proving that they can strike anywhere.

:08:38. > :08:39.The Government says there's no public health risk in Scotland

:08:40. > :08:44.It follows the news that a small number of people have been diagnosed

:08:45. > :08:48.More than 50 people across the UK have been treated for the infection,

:08:49. > :08:50.which is associated with severe birth defects in babies.

:08:51. > :08:57.This is what the Chief Medical Officer had to say.

:08:58. > :09:05.There is no health risk to the general public. The virus is

:09:06. > :09:08.transmitted by a mosquito and there are no mosquitoes in Scotland, but

:09:09. > :09:13.because our climate is too cold. There is a very small risk of sexual

:09:14. > :09:16.transmission, and people who have been infected are advised very

:09:17. > :09:17.carefully about how to minimise transmission to sexual partners.

:09:18. > :09:20.Just before we came on air, I spoke to Dr Mario Stevenson.

:09:21. > :09:23.Born in Airdrie and now living in Miami, he's one of the world's

:09:24. > :09:26.leading infectious disease researchers and is at the forefront

:09:27. > :09:32.of the global battle against the Zika virus.

:09:33. > :09:38.Dr Stevenson, we have been assured there is no public health risk in

:09:39. > :09:45.Scotland from the small number of confirmed cases. It couldn't be

:09:46. > :09:50.clearer. Are we and the world overreacting to Zika? I think the

:09:51. > :09:55.response in Scotland is spot on. There is no risk to the population.

:09:56. > :10:01.The situation is different in terms of women who are planning pregnancy.

:10:02. > :10:06.The message is clear - stay away from regions where Zika is endemic,

:10:07. > :10:13.protect yourself. And if you can avoid travel to those areas, do so.

:10:14. > :10:17.It is not worth the risk. You are investigating this all the time.

:10:18. > :10:22.What is your biggest worry as you wrestle with it? We don't want to be

:10:23. > :10:26.complacent. We want to put the risks in perspective. It is up to

:10:27. > :10:32.scientists and public health officials to be responsible and not

:10:33. > :10:37.exaggerate the situation or frighten the population. But at the same

:10:38. > :10:42.time, I keep repeating myself, we hope for the best, but we prepare

:10:43. > :10:45.for the worst. Six months ago, the Governor of Florida declared a state

:10:46. > :10:50.of emergency in Florida. People thought that was an overreaction to

:10:51. > :10:54.the possibility that Zika could spread in Florida. Now we have 14

:10:55. > :11:03.cases of local infection, individuals who contacted the virus

:11:04. > :11:11.in Miami. So that was the right message. My fear is that we want to

:11:12. > :11:19.hit that sweet spot of being cautious, but not over extending the

:11:20. > :11:27.fear of Zika infection. It is serious for pregnant women, but for

:11:28. > :11:30.everybody else? For most people, you would not know you were infected.

:11:31. > :11:34.There are no symptoms. So to the general public, there is no risk,

:11:35. > :11:39.but to the pregnant woman, the situation is grave. That cannot be

:11:40. > :11:43.overstated. And no danger from midges? No danger from midges,

:11:44. > :11:45.correct, other than the nuisance they always present at picnics.

:11:46. > :11:46.Thank you very much. An elderly man has been rescued

:11:47. > :11:52.by firefighters after becoming stranded on an island

:11:53. > :11:55.in the River Don at Inverurie. He was walking his dogs at the time,

:11:56. > :11:59.and they were also taken to safety. A specialist fire service water

:12:00. > :12:02.rescue team was deployed to bring The man is not thought to have been

:12:03. > :12:07.hurt, and the dogs were looked "Insensitive and offensive" -

:12:08. > :12:13.that's how the makers of the global gaming craze Pokemon Go

:12:14. > :12:18.are being described after they sited an animated character on a memorial

:12:19. > :12:20.to offshore workers who died The group who maintain

:12:21. > :12:38.the Piper Alpha statue and garden It's the latest craze. Pokemon, a

:12:39. > :12:43.virtual game, the aim to capture animated characters that pop up on

:12:44. > :12:47.your smartphone and local landmarks. Just grew up playing the games, and

:12:48. > :12:53.I have gone back to being a 12-year-old. It's really fun, and it

:12:54. > :12:57.makes you get out and about. Pokemon and his friends are popping up all

:12:58. > :13:03.over the place, but are not always welcome. What do you think when you

:13:04. > :13:09.see this? I suppose it's the future, but as far as I am concerned, I

:13:10. > :13:15.don't think it has a place here. 167 men died in the Piper Alpha disaster

:13:16. > :13:20.in 1988. This memorial was created for their loved ones. For the

:13:21. > :13:24.families, their friends and people associated with Aberdeen, this is a

:13:25. > :13:28.place of reflection and remembrance. The last thing that everybody wants

:13:29. > :13:36.connected to this monument is to have hordes of people basically

:13:37. > :13:41.fussing around the site, looking for these virtual Pokemon characters.

:13:42. > :13:47.Those concerns are shared by others. There are a lot of silly places. A

:13:48. > :13:56.crazy idea that people who come here to look for a Pokemon on top of the

:13:57. > :14:00.statue. I would say it is inappropriate. And it's not just

:14:01. > :14:05.there that the game has been causing distress. Nearby, this baby 's

:14:06. > :14:09.memorial garden has also had a Pokemon character. The charity has

:14:10. > :14:13.been in contact with the game makers, asking them to remove it.

:14:14. > :14:18.Game makers Nintendo have also had requests to remove Pokemon

:14:19. > :14:19.characters from the Hiroshima peace Memorial Park and Auschwitz. The

:14:20. > :14:22.company has yet to comment. In the summer of 1971,

:14:23. > :14:24.Scots watching television had their viewing interrupted

:14:25. > :14:26.by a four-minute video of water The video - unannounced

:14:27. > :14:33.and unexplained - was in fact a work of art,

:14:34. > :14:36.one of a number made by artists placed in organisations

:14:37. > :14:39.around the country. Now an exhibition at

:14:40. > :14:41.the Edinburgh Fringe is celebrating the work

:14:42. > :14:43.of the Artist Placement Group. Our arts correspondent

:14:44. > :14:56.Pauline McLean reports. This installation is a work by David

:14:57. > :15:01.hall. In a gallery in Edinburgh, it's easy to see David hall's TV

:15:02. > :15:05.interruptions as artworks. But when he first made them in the summer of

:15:06. > :15:10.1971 during a placement as an artist with Scottish television, it was a

:15:11. > :15:15.lot less obvious. Viewers switched on their TVs to see this, four

:15:16. > :15:23.minutes of a tap running, with no explanation. David hall observed

:15:24. > :15:27.different examples of people acting rather surprised, but there was

:15:28. > :15:30.another example where he went into a local shop and told staff that a

:15:31. > :15:33.piece of his work was now on television, then he had to go out

:15:34. > :15:38.through the back door because they were getting really aggressive and

:15:39. > :15:41.reacting not very positively to it. Hall was one of a number of artists

:15:42. > :15:45.embedded with British companies as part of the Artist Placement Group.

:15:46. > :15:51.As well as Scottish television, others worked with British steel and

:15:52. > :15:54.even the Scottish office. John Latham, who worked there, even had

:15:55. > :16:01.his own office where he focused on the post-industrial landscape. These

:16:02. > :16:06.waste tips were works of art to him in their own right. His widow

:16:07. > :16:11.Barbara was the driving force behind the APG, writing hundreds of letters

:16:12. > :16:15.to request placements. The thing we negotiated with these organisations

:16:16. > :16:21.was the open brief that they wouldn't know, that they would take

:16:22. > :16:26.us on and we would not be required to say what we were going to do. So

:16:27. > :16:31.it was a risk initiative, and a lot of people don't want to take risk.

:16:32. > :16:37.At the time, artists were also thought of as painter or sculptor.

:16:38. > :16:40.The exhibition celebrates the legacy of those artists who wanted to make

:16:41. > :16:45.art and everyday experience, and perhaps offers an explanation to

:16:46. > :16:47.those who switched on their TV in the 1970s and were baffled by what

:16:48. > :16:55.they saw. Only to our own special artwork,

:16:56. > :16:59.David. Celtic's manager Brendan Rodgers

:17:00. > :17:01.is urging fans to be patient and to trust the players

:17:02. > :17:03.as they try to make it After beating Astana in a tense

:17:04. > :17:07.encounter, Celtic are one round away from the group stage,

:17:08. > :17:10.and now know the five potential opponents waiting

:17:11. > :17:26.in tomorrow's draw. Supporters are often described as

:17:27. > :17:32.being the 12th man, inspiring players to great things. Celtic's

:17:33. > :17:34.and claim some credit for their team's latest triumph. The first

:17:35. > :17:42.goal came from the penalties spot. goal came from the penalties spot.

:17:43. > :17:47.-- penalty spot. Griffith gave them the lead. This exceptional equaliser

:17:48. > :17:51.made for a night of high anxiety in the stands. The stress levels eased

:17:52. > :18:00.only in stoppage time. Another penalty. And another goal. The

:18:01. > :18:03.French ban's first for the club, earning them a place in the final

:18:04. > :18:09.qualifying round while supporters earning them a place in the final

:18:10. > :18:13.and a mild rebuke. They were unbelievable tonight. I think they

:18:14. > :18:18.need to show patience as well. I am a Celtic supporter. I know what they

:18:19. > :18:23.want. I know how desperately they wanted. They put players on edge at

:18:24. > :18:28.times full stop instead of having the edginess, trust the players. A

:18:29. > :18:32.little patience is also required a Celtic supporters wait to find at

:18:33. > :18:39.who they will play in the next round. Finding out tomorrow if it is

:18:40. > :18:47.dynamo so grab or a Bulgarian team, FC Copenhagen, Dundalk from Ireland

:18:48. > :18:51.or an Israeli side. Supporters know what the manager expects.

:18:52. > :18:56.It's 1-1 from the first leg, as both clubs aim for

:18:57. > :18:59.But they do so in trying circumstances, as

:19:00. > :19:18.A small memorial outside Maribor's Stadium. The Aberdeen manager laid

:19:19. > :19:25.this tribute to the two young players who died. People deal with

:19:26. > :19:35.things in different ways. We want to block it out and focus on the game.

:19:36. > :19:40.It may play a part in their minds. It gives them a boost in a way, to

:19:41. > :19:43.try harder to win the game. The sympathies of these Aberdeen fans

:19:44. > :19:50.will give way at kick-off time to a fervent desire to see their own

:19:51. > :19:57.team, on top. Maribor hold a slight advantage. They scored an away goal

:19:58. > :20:02.in the 1-1 draw. That means Aberdeen have to score to get any chance of

:20:03. > :20:06.progressing. They will need to do that without the injured Johnny

:20:07. > :20:10.Hayes. He has been a big part of Aberdeen performance going forward.

:20:11. > :20:19.It will be a tricky situation trying to replace him. Possibly they will

:20:20. > :20:23.shuffle around the pack and go with one up front instead of the two that

:20:24. > :20:29.worked so well last week. We'll be interesting to see what Derek does.

:20:30. > :20:33.One other factor to content with in this pretty Slovenian town is the

:20:34. > :20:36.searing heat. Temperatures were around 30 degrees this afternoon and

:20:37. > :20:38.forecasts still to be in the mid-20s this evening.

:20:39. > :20:41.Andy Murray has spoken of the honour of being chosen to be

:20:42. > :20:43.the British Team's flag bearer at the Olympic Games

:20:44. > :20:47.Murray will lead Team GB's athletes into the Maracana Stadium

:20:48. > :20:54.in a ceremony watched on TV by millions of people worldwide.

:20:55. > :21:05.Last night was amazing. I was just getting into bed at about 11:15pm. I

:21:06. > :21:12.was in my pants. Our team leader came and said we need to speak to

:21:13. > :21:17.you. I'd jumped out of bed, ran downstairs. I was speechless. I did

:21:18. > :21:24.not know what to say. I was repeating myself, I think, a knot,

:21:25. > :21:29.saying how honoured I was. -- honoured.

:21:30. > :21:32.Let's get more from our team in Rio now as the build-up

:21:33. > :21:36.Officials in the Brazilian city are adamant it will all be a huge

:21:37. > :21:37.success, despite a variety of concerns over

:21:38. > :21:43.After the opening ceremony tomorrow, the action will get under way in

:21:44. > :21:48.earnest on Saturday. The focus, much of it, we'll be here, in the pool,

:21:49. > :21:53.in the Aquatic Centre in the Olympic Park. There are eight Scottish

:21:54. > :21:57.swimmers in Team GB. Hannah Miley and Ross Murdoch are both in action

:21:58. > :22:03.on day one. Much is expected from the Scottish swimming pair. They put

:22:04. > :22:07.the training in and now the Olympics weight was in the last two years,

:22:08. > :22:12.Murdoch has a one world, Commonwealth and European medals

:22:13. > :22:16.will Olympic success come next? I am delighted with the way things are

:22:17. > :22:22.going. I am in the shape of my life. I'm having fun and enjoying the

:22:23. > :22:24.process as well. Scots make up a third of the GB swim team, evidence

:22:25. > :22:27.process as well. Scots make up a that Scottish swimming is in a good

:22:28. > :22:32.place, according to this former Olympic champion. We have centres of

:22:33. > :22:43.excellence around the UK. Sterling is really strong that they -- is

:22:44. > :22:53.really strong. Not too many Scottish women swimmers in the team. Lots of

:22:54. > :22:57.competition. I'm sure there will be some Scottish medals this week.

:22:58. > :23:02.Hannah Miley in her third Olympics competes on day one in the pool and

:23:03. > :23:08.in her favourite event, the 400 metres individual medley. Hannah

:23:09. > :23:12.Miley and Ross Murdoch start that Olympic campaign in the pool on

:23:13. > :23:19.Saturday. Before that, there is the opening ceremony with Andy Murray

:23:20. > :23:23.leading out Team GB and carrying the British flag. Plenty more on that on

:23:24. > :23:27.tomorrow night's Reporting Scotland. Digital overload is driving more and

:23:28. > :23:34.more robust to drastic solutions. You see

:23:35. > :23:39.it everywhere. Using smartphones and other devices to access the internet

:23:40. > :23:46.is now second nature. The range and scope of what can do online growth

:23:47. > :23:49.daily as evidenced here at the Edinburgh Digital entertainment

:23:50. > :23:54.Festival. The new survey suggests many internet users have concerns.

:23:55. > :23:57.Going online is a way of life for many of us. Lots of people so using

:23:58. > :24:04.the internet is a positive experience. There is another side as

:24:05. > :24:08.well as respondents to the Ofcom survey shows. 60% of people said

:24:09. > :24:14.they felt that to the devices are used to access the internet, whether

:24:15. > :24:20.it was a laptop or smartphone. 25% because they purposely spent time

:24:21. > :24:24.away the internet in order to digitally detox. 45% said they felt

:24:25. > :24:29.more productive as a result. Not everyone is happy. 21% people said

:24:30. > :24:37.they felt lost whenever unplugged from the internet. It is a habit

:24:38. > :24:41.that is hard to shake. It is quite hard not to be on it. It comes to

:24:42. > :24:46.the end of the day, even if I am unwinding in front of a laptop or

:24:47. > :24:49.whatever, I will with my phone next to me, checking and trying to keep

:24:50. > :24:54.up to date with people on social media all the time. Ofcom says the

:24:55. > :24:59.public is becoming more clued up about switching off technology. For

:25:00. > :25:02.a certain proportion of people in Scotland, they are hooked. What we

:25:03. > :25:07.found is some of these people do recognise this and are taking steps,

:25:08. > :25:14.positive steps, to try to detox. In other words, they are not using

:25:15. > :25:18.devices for a period of time. A wider IT of users are now

:25:19. > :25:22.re-engaging with the outside world. I have to use technology all the

:25:23. > :25:26.time that is part of my practice. When I spend a day in the landscape

:25:27. > :25:32.without my phone, and we're working with others doing the same, it is so

:25:33. > :25:36.much healthier. Seven out of ten people also said they had been

:25:37. > :25:41.snubbed by someone they were with he was on a smartphone. There is a

:25:42. > :25:50.game. You really like it and then you have to turn it off. Sometimes

:25:51. > :25:55.you get in an argument. It is good because it is good for chatting. It

:25:56. > :25:59.keeps you connected as well. It does have its prose. The families living

:26:00. > :26:05.down south, so it is an easy way to keep in touch. If -- it is messaging

:26:06. > :26:08.apps which takes a much of our time online. Is the technology serving as

:26:09. > :26:22.or have we become slaves to it? Good evening. Many and ascended the

:26:23. > :26:25.down a fine note with bright and sunny south coming throughput of

:26:26. > :26:29.this lovely pictures and timber one of our weather watchers. There have

:26:30. > :26:32.been one or two heavy downpours across the Lothians and eastern

:26:33. > :26:36.borders. As we head into the evening be largely dry. We will see some

:26:37. > :26:40.late spells brightness coming through. Across the North and

:26:41. > :26:44.north-east, it has been cloudy, to the day. Only cloud lingering across

:26:45. > :26:50.the Coast. Clear spells developing ebonite and turning quite chilly

:26:51. > :26:56.temperatures in towns and cities down to 8 degrees. The winds will be

:26:57. > :27:00.lighter. Tomorrow, good deal of sunshine around to start the day. A

:27:01. > :27:04.brief ridge of high pressure for a time for study will see more in the

:27:05. > :27:08.way of cloud coming in from the West. -- a time. A few scattered

:27:09. > :27:13.showers to their living by the afternoon. Here is 4pm you can see a

:27:14. > :27:17.scattering of summer showers, some may be quite sharp in the North

:27:18. > :27:25.West. Some sunshine around the showers and temperatures widely in

:27:26. > :27:31.the high teens may be 19, 20 across the day. The area of whether

:27:32. > :27:34.bringing the showers will clear away on Friday night and they'll become

:27:35. > :27:38.quite cool once again on Friday night. You can see behind me an area

:27:39. > :27:41.of low pressure which will bring some unseasonably wet and windy

:27:42. > :27:46.weather in times of the weekend. Saturday does start of dry with a

:27:47. > :27:49.good deal of sunshine around. Cloud thickening across the north-west.

:27:50. > :27:52.The start to see some outbreaks of rain and strengthening winds coming

:27:53. > :27:58.in from the south. As the air is coming in from the south, ill be

:27:59. > :28:05.quite 20. The winds are concerned. quite 20. The winds are concerned.

:28:06. > :28:11.-- are of concern. With a few gusts of 45, 50 miles an hour, maybe up to

:28:12. > :28:14.60 miles an hour across the Western Isles. Whilst not unusual for

:28:15. > :28:18.Scotland it is unusual for this time of year. That is

:28:19. > :28:22.I'll be back with the headlines at eight and the late bulletin just

:28:23. > :28:38.Can't have a day off, can't afford it, cos Rio's around the corner.

:28:39. > :28:42.I think I know you, and you surprise me again.