:00:00. > :00:00.That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me,
:00:00. > :00:00.and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.
:00:00. > :00:11.Moments later this man killed a Glasgow shopkeeper -
:00:12. > :00:24.today he received a life sentence for religiously motivated murder.
:00:25. > :00:29.This was a brutal, barbaric crime resulting from intolerance.
:00:30. > :00:31.Also on the programme, Exam results are in -
:00:32. > :00:33.and record numbers of pupils secure a place at university.
:00:34. > :00:35.Salvage operations begin on this grounded oil rig off
:00:36. > :00:57.And hopes are high this Scot could win Team GB another medal.
:00:58. > :01:07.A Muslim taxi driver from Bradford who stabbed a Glasgow shopkeeper
:01:08. > :01:09.to death after claiming he had disrespected the prophet Muhammed
:01:10. > :01:13.32-year-old Tanveer Ahmed travelled from Yorkshire to confront Asad Shah
:01:14. > :01:16.at his shop in the Shawlands area of the city in March.
:01:17. > :01:19.Sentencing Ahmed to a minimum of 27 years the judge at the High court
:01:20. > :01:22.in Glasgow described it as a brutal, barbaric and horrific crime
:01:23. > :01:32.Tanvir Ahmed the rating Asad Shah after driving to his shop on the
:01:33. > :01:36.south side of Glasgow. But that night in March Ahmed had arrived
:01:37. > :01:39.from Bradford intending to meet out much more than criticism. --
:01:40. > :01:44.berating. He was carrying a large much more than criticism. --
:01:45. > :01:47.knife. After this verbal attack he released an onslaught of what the
:01:48. > :01:50.judge called most violence. Asad Shah, this well liked friendly
:01:51. > :01:56.shopkeeper, died in the street outside. It was videos like this is
:01:57. > :02:00.posted online that had angered Tanvir Ahmed. He believed Mr Shah
:02:01. > :02:03.was disrespecting the Prophet Muhammad. Ahmed was so deeply
:02:04. > :02:09.offended that he decided he had to kill him. A crime the judge noted
:02:10. > :02:14.today as she addressed Ahmed that he has still shown no remorse for. It
:02:15. > :02:18.is clear that you are proud of what you did. And you did not consider
:02:19. > :02:22.what you did was wrong. What is particularly disturbing from some of
:02:23. > :02:27.your latest comments to the social worker, who prepared the court
:02:28. > :02:33.report, is the fact that if met with similar circumstances in the future
:02:34. > :02:40.you would do the same again. You seem oblivious to the fact you have
:02:41. > :02:45.devastated a family. The family of Mr Shah, leaving them bereft of a
:02:46. > :02:49.much loved son, husband and brother. Immediately after the judge
:02:50. > :02:52.sentenced Ahmed to life with a minimum of 27 years he raised his
:02:53. > :02:58.arm and shouted to the friends and family in court. Members of Ahmed's
:02:59. > :03:01.family and community in Bradford, mostly left the court without
:03:02. > :03:09.comment, but this man explained his outburst. It means I love my profit.
:03:10. > :03:14.That is all he said. Do you think that was respectful? He is
:03:15. > :03:20.respecting his prophet, what is wrong with that? Do you think the
:03:21. > :03:26.sentence was there? No. There is no doubt that the barbaric murder of
:03:27. > :03:29.Asad Shah was religiously motivated. But the judge has accepted that it
:03:30. > :03:34.wasn't motivated by a grudge against the Muslim community of which Mr
:03:35. > :03:38.Shah was a member. Instead, this was a specific attack on Mr Shah because
:03:39. > :03:44.Tanvir Ahmed believed that he had disrespected Islam. The Judge's
:03:45. > :03:49.comments that there is no place for such intolerance code today by the
:03:50. > :03:53.community. He shouldn't be showing any kind of love. Where there is no
:03:54. > :04:00.remorse, where there is no regrets, then Islam says strongly that such a
:04:01. > :04:04.person should be given a proper sentence and that is what has been
:04:05. > :04:07.served. In the Shawlands area Mr Shah has been much missed by his
:04:08. > :04:12.served. In the Shawlands area Mr customers who throughout the years
:04:13. > :04:16.he served with cheer and agree -- and grace. His family's Greece is
:04:17. > :04:23.such that they cannot bear to reopen the shop without him. -- grief.
:04:24. > :04:25.Students across Scotland have been receiving their exam results.
:04:26. > :04:27.140,000 certificates have been dropping through letterboxes.
:04:28. > :04:30.Figures suggest the serious problems with last year's Higher Maths exam
:04:31. > :04:33.have been put right - while concerns that changing
:04:34. > :04:36.the Higher English exam at short notice could have led
:04:37. > :04:37.to difficulties, have proved to be unfounded.
:04:38. > :04:43.Here's our education correspondent Jamie McIvor.
:04:44. > :04:53.For on the news came by text or e-mail. What? For most it was inside
:04:54. > :05:06.an envelope. For these brave youngsters their good news was live
:05:07. > :05:17.on radio Scotland. Seven As and a B. Brilliant.
:05:18. > :05:24.Five As. Exceptional results by any standard, especially because their
:05:25. > :05:29.School is not in a leafy suburb. Some students come from areas of
:05:30. > :05:33.deprivation. I was wondering why is that, and I think the single biggest
:05:34. > :05:41.influence is momentum that happens here. For many students across
:05:42. > :05:51.Scotland it was a day to remember, like keirin in Inverness. 197,000
:05:52. > :05:55.hires were sat. The overall pass rate was slightly down on last year,
:05:56. > :06:02.but it is still the second highest number of passes on record. --
:06:03. > :06:08.Highers were sat. We seem to have over 152,000 passes it Higher level.
:06:09. > :06:14.And we have an increase in vocational qualifications that
:06:15. > :06:19.pupils are receiving in Scotland. A 23% increase in those. There was no
:06:20. > :06:25.repeat of last year's Higher maths debacle. Last year the pass rate was
:06:26. > :06:29.just 34%. This year was normal. One of the things we do every years
:06:30. > :06:32.review the process of setting a paper. Last year 's paper we
:06:33. > :06:37.admitted was more challenging than it should be. Behind the statistics
:06:38. > :06:40.by the remarkable stories of personal achievement. Darren speaks
:06:41. > :06:46.English as his second language and still got five Highers. I studied
:06:47. > :06:51.really hard and I am proud of myself. There are still questions
:06:52. > :06:55.over how the shake-up of the exams is leading in. But today is about
:06:56. > :07:00.celebrations for some and commiserations for others. Well done
:07:01. > :07:03.to all of those young people who allowed us to film them. Jamie joins
:07:04. > :07:10.me. You mentioned in the report a drop in the Highers pass rate, is
:07:11. > :07:15.that significant? No need to panic. But it is worth keeping an eye on.
:07:16. > :07:17.Statisticians made one point. You wouldn't want to make a direct
:07:18. > :07:25.comparison with last year because this year only the new Highers hires
:07:26. > :07:30.were available, last year old and new. The changes cannot be seen as
:07:31. > :07:33.indicating a trend. But some people will want to get to the bottom of
:07:34. > :07:37.exactly what it was that happened. If there is a drop again next year
:07:38. > :07:43.that is when I think we will see real worry. How are the new exams
:07:44. > :07:48.setting in? This was the last year of the three-year shake-up. This is
:07:49. > :07:57.an interesting point, it is about the national four qualification. The
:07:58. > :08:01.most -- it is roughly equivalent to a general pass in a standard grade
:08:02. > :08:06.of old. But there was a drop in the number of entries this year. The
:08:07. > :08:11.reason isn't immediately clear. It might have been from the judgment of
:08:12. > :08:14.the teachers, of who should be studying for it, but there may be
:08:15. > :08:15.questions to ask as the new system beds in, just to see what is
:08:16. > :08:19.happening. Thanks very much. A small team of salvage experts have
:08:20. > :08:21.been lowered by helicopter onto the oil rig which ran aground
:08:22. > :08:24.on the Western Isles on Sunday. The UK Government has said the work
:08:25. > :08:27.to refloat it may take some time. The plan is to put a larger team
:08:28. > :08:39.on board the rig tomorrow Meetings have been going on
:08:40. > :08:42.throughout the day in Stornoway to decide how to tackle the
:08:43. > :08:47.re-flotation of the oil rig marooned on rocks at Delmore on the West
:08:48. > :08:52.Coast of Lewis. Mid-afternoon the coastguard helicopter arrived to get
:08:53. > :08:59.the first explorer to -- explorer tree
:09:00. > :09:08.The people being put aboard right now will carry out the work on the
:09:09. > :09:11.ground it rig. If their mission a success for more will be put on
:09:12. > :09:15.tomorrow to see what further work can be done before the weather
:09:16. > :09:25.breaks. -- grounded rig. What ever they find, work will still continue.
:09:26. > :09:28.By Thursday this week we will be hampered by bad weather again, so
:09:29. > :09:32.that will set the operation back. There will still be a requirement
:09:33. > :09:36.after that to gather more information. After that phase it is
:09:37. > :09:39.getting the right equipment we need to the island to do the
:09:40. > :09:43.re-connections and making sure we have got the right vessels here to
:09:44. > :09:51.try and get it out from where she is sitting at the moment. An enquiry is
:09:52. > :09:57.ongoing as to how it ended up here in the first place. The Western
:09:58. > :10:01.Isles emergency planning group also met this afternoon. Their main fear
:10:02. > :10:06.is pollution. Although it might not be an imminent threat. I've asked
:10:07. > :10:14.the team to have a look at checking the tanks and giving me reassurance
:10:15. > :10:19.that the oil is safe where it is. The work to move the rig before
:10:20. > :10:21.worse weather comes has already begun.
:10:22. > :10:23.You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC.
:10:24. > :10:25.Still to come on tonight's programme:
:10:26. > :10:28.Could David Florence be the first Scot to win a Team GB medal tonight?
:10:29. > :10:30.And Barry Humphries as you've never seen him before -
:10:31. > :10:43.The First Minister's been in Berlin for talks with a member
:10:44. > :10:45.of the German government on the EU referendum result.
:10:46. > :10:47.Nicola Sturgeon met Minister for Europe Michael Roth
:10:48. > :10:49.and afterwards said the talks had been constructive.
:10:50. > :10:51.Our political correspondent Nick Eardley is at
:10:52. > :11:03.What is the first minister trying to achieve?
:11:04. > :11:06.Formal negotiations will not begin until the UK begins the process of
:11:07. > :11:11.leaving the EU. That is something that is down to the Westminster
:11:12. > :11:14.government. Theresa May has said she won't do that until next year.
:11:15. > :11:19.Nicola Sturgeon has made clear that she wants to protect what she sees
:11:20. > :11:23.as Scotland's's interest in the EU. And today these talks were part of
:11:24. > :11:28.that process. She has met with the German Europe Minister in Berlin,
:11:29. > :11:32.where they have discussed the referendum results and what happens
:11:33. > :11:35.next. The first Minister said today's talks were constructive.
:11:36. > :11:40.She's told German television that she wanted to highlight those
:11:41. > :11:44.Scottish interests and what she believes are Scottish fears about
:11:45. > :11:48.the impact of Brexit. For his part, Michael Roth, a fairly junior
:11:49. > :11:52.minister in the German government, has said that Nicola Sturgeon is
:11:53. > :11:56.clearly a dedicated pro-European. He said today's talk emphasised the
:11:57. > :12:00.importance of what he calls diversity in Europe. Of course,
:12:01. > :12:04.there will be more senior figures in the European Union for Nicola
:12:05. > :12:08.Sturgeon to make her case to. If Scotland is to get a second deal
:12:09. > :12:10.with the UK leaves. Thanks very much.
:12:11. > :12:12.A 19-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the alleged rape
:12:13. > :12:14.of a 14-year-old girl outside a supermarket in Barrhead
:12:15. > :12:18.The teenager was allegedly attacked as she went to collect her bicycle
:12:19. > :12:22.after leaving Asda in the town's Main Street Shopping Centre.
:12:23. > :12:25.The family of a 78-year-old woman who was found unconscious
:12:26. > :12:27.in a locked public toilet after 21 hours have criticised
:12:28. > :12:34.A major search was launched for Norma Webster but it emerged
:12:35. > :12:36.she had suffered a stroke inside a cubicle.
:12:37. > :12:39.Moray council has apologised and is conducting an urgent review.
:12:40. > :12:55.Norma Webster went missing after going shopping in her hometown
:12:56. > :12:59.Forres of. The alarm was raised by her husband when she failed to
:13:00. > :13:02.return home. A major search was launched for the pensioner,
:13:03. > :13:06.involving a helicopter, but it took 21 hours to establish that she was
:13:07. > :13:11.left overnight locked in his public toilets just yards away from the
:13:12. > :13:15.local supermarket where she was last seen on CCTV. It has emerged that
:13:16. > :13:19.the pensioner had a stroke in the toilet cubicle and volunteer
:13:20. > :13:25.attendance were locked up the premises unaware she had taken ill
:13:26. > :13:32.insight. I think that's terrible. It's terrible because anything could
:13:33. > :13:36.be in there. It doesn't make sense to lock a premises without checking
:13:37. > :13:41.inside first. Moray Council, which owns the public conveniences which
:13:42. > :13:44.are managed in partnership with volunteers, has apologised to the
:13:45. > :13:48.family and has ordered an urgent investigation into the incident. We
:13:49. > :13:52.are going to work with our staff and volunteers to ensure that the
:13:53. > :13:57.procedures are in place and the training is in place to make sure
:13:58. > :14:00.this does not happen again. Norma Webster was found by toilet staff
:14:01. > :14:07.when they opened up next morning she is recovering in hospital. Her
:14:08. > :14:10.family have questioned why the police searched locked premises of
:14:11. > :14:14.the pensioner's relatives without even thinking of unlocking the
:14:15. > :14:20.toilets. We were relieved she had been found. We were upset. The
:14:21. > :14:24.bleach had been searching, but in the wrong places. Police Scotland
:14:25. > :14:29.said they worked on the assumption that when the toilets were locked
:14:30. > :14:32.they were checked. -- the police had been searching. They described the
:14:33. > :14:34.event as a tragic set of circumstances.
:14:35. > :14:36.A look at other stories from across the country.
:14:37. > :14:38.Detectives investigating the murder of an Aberdeenshire
:14:39. > :14:44.have issued a CCTV image of a car seen near his home.
:14:45. > :14:46.Brian McKandie's body was discovered at his cottage
:14:47. > :14:54.The image - taken a mile from his home - shows a red
:14:55. > :14:56.Subaru Impreza Sports Wagon, recorded around the time that
:14:57. > :14:59.a maroon estate car had been spotted at Mr McKandie's house.
:15:00. > :15:01.A drive to recruit more junior doctors into general
:15:02. > :15:03.practice has been launched by the Scottish Government.
:15:04. > :15:06.100 new GP training places are being advertised with a ?20,000
:15:07. > :15:08.incentive for those who choose to take up
:15:09. > :15:17.Edinburgh Airport is the only one in the UK rated poor
:15:18. > :15:21.The Civil Aviation Authority's assessment of 30
:15:22. > :15:23.airports found Aberdeen, Inverness and Prestwick were taking
:15:24. > :15:31.steps to improve the quality of help for passengers with a disability
:15:32. > :15:35.Glasgow was the only Scottish airport given a "good" rating.
:15:36. > :15:38.It may still be summer, but climbers have encountered deep
:15:39. > :15:40.snow on Britain's highest mountain while assisting in a scientific
:15:41. > :15:46.It is not unusual for Ben Nevis to have coverings of snow in summer,
:15:47. > :15:49.but snow expert, Iain Cameron, has described the depth of the white
:15:50. > :15:53.stuff on the mountain's North Face as "astonishing."
:15:54. > :15:59.It's been 15 metres deep in some places.
:16:00. > :16:01.People in Glasgow city centre were treated to a mini version
:16:02. > :16:03.of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo today.
:16:04. > :16:05.400 performers delivered the 40 minute lunchtime
:16:06. > :16:10.It included bands from Nepal, the US and New Zealand,
:16:11. > :16:20.as well as Highland dancers and Shetland fiddlers.
:16:21. > :16:22.It's been a successful day on the water for several
:16:23. > :16:27.of the Scots representing Team GB at the Rio Olympics,
:16:28. > :16:29.and one could clinch Great Britain's first Scottish Gold
:16:30. > :16:34.Aberdonian David Florence finished seventh fastest in the semi-final
:16:35. > :16:37.of the Men's Canoe Slalom - enough to reach the final that takes
:16:38. > :16:42.Our Olympics reporter, Kheredine Idessane, in Rio has more.
:16:43. > :16:51.Yes, hello from the whitewater centre, the Olympic Canoe Slalom
:16:52. > :16:56.venue. Scotland's David Florence, the World Champion in the C1 canoe
:16:57. > :17:03.event is through to the final later on. He qualified third fastest for
:17:04. > :17:08.the semi-final. In the semi, a good per he formance from Florence. He is
:17:09. > :17:13.one of favourites. Getting through the semi-final means he can go for a
:17:14. > :17:19.medal. Twice an Olympic silver-medallist. He will try to
:17:20. > :17:25.upgrade the silver to gold. That final will be after 7.00pm your
:17:26. > :17:30.time. Ever reason to be satisfied with his efforts here today. Plenty
:17:31. > :17:38.of action elsewhere for Scottish athletes on water. A good
:17:39. > :17:43.performance from Catherine Grainger and Vicky Thornley on the rowing
:17:44. > :17:47.lake. Defending champions from London 2012. She will defend that
:17:48. > :17:55.Gold medal. They are safely through to the final. A good effort as well
:17:56. > :18:02.from Alan Sinkler in the Men's Pair, the boat through to the final. A
:18:03. > :18:07.chance of a medal there for Alan. We have Katherine as well. Good stuff
:18:08. > :18:14.from the rowers at the Rowing Lake am we will switch the focus to
:18:15. > :18:18.sailing. Luke Patiences with a silver-medallist four years ago. He
:18:19. > :18:23.hopes to go one better in Rio. It has been a difficult journey for
:18:24. > :18:27.him. A qualification process. He has had to qualify twice. It has been a
:18:28. > :18:34.very difficult and emotional journey that's not quite over yet for Luke
:18:35. > :18:43.Patience. Olympic silver, but it's gold to Australia. A silver medal in
:18:44. > :18:49.London with partner Stuart. Patience made his intention clear for Rio. We
:18:50. > :18:57.are young boys and we will come back. Two-time World Champion Elliot
:18:58. > :19:05.Can Willis joined the Patience campaign. The Olympic gold medal is
:19:06. > :19:13.shining bright for me and Luke. They qualified for Rio in December. --
:19:14. > :19:21.September. In November he didn't feel well. He went for tests.
:19:22. > :19:28.Diagnosed with bowel cancer. Young, fit guy. It was just such a shock.
:19:29. > :19:34.You never thought that, you never do think that. Everything obviously
:19:35. > :19:37.stopped there answer thnd. Most importantly, it was all about
:19:38. > :19:42.Elliot's health at that point. The sailing took a back seat. After a
:19:43. > :19:52.period of reflection on his future, Patience came back to work. He and
:19:53. > :19:57.English sailor Chris had months to build a partnership and build for
:19:58. > :20:02.Rio. Somebody has to win. I'm not new to the sport. We are new
:20:03. > :20:07.together. Back to the underdog again. Like Stuart and I were for
:20:08. > :20:14.London. I like being the under dog. That suits me just fine. I think I
:20:15. > :20:18.will be the freest man on the racecourse come the first race of
:20:19. > :20:22.the Games. Nothing to lose. Patience thinks of the Rio journey he began
:20:23. > :20:27.with Elliot so emotions are close to the surface. Whatever I do in Rio
:20:28. > :20:32.with Chris, Elliot is part of that. He was part of that. We are
:20:33. > :20:37.finishing things that Elliot and I started together. You know, flying a
:20:38. > :20:41.few flags. Flying Elliot's flag, you know, as well. It's so sad. More to
:20:42. > :20:46.come then from Luke Patience know, as well. It's so sad. More to
:20:47. > :20:52.tomorrow in the sailing. More to come, we hope, from David Florence
:20:53. > :20:58.tonight here at the Canoe Slalom venue. He is world champion
:20:59. > :21:01.remember. That is after 7.00pm. We hope to bring you the action, the
:21:02. > :21:10.news and an interview with the man himself if he has won a medal on the
:21:11. > :21:14.late edition of Reporting Scotland. Let's hope so.
:21:15. > :21:16.Within the last hour, Andy Murray has comfortably beaten
:21:17. > :21:19.the Argentinian, Juan Monaco, to go into the third round
:21:20. > :21:23.It was a straight sets win, in just over an hour and ten minutes,
:21:24. > :21:27.Murray will be back on court tomorrow to play the winner
:21:28. > :21:40.of Fabio Fognini of Italy and the Frenchman, Benoit Paire.
:21:41. > :21:42.ScotRail and the RMT union have been holding further talks
:21:43. > :21:45.to try to resolve the industrial dispute that led to strike
:21:46. > :21:49.Last week, further planned walkouts by train staff were called off -
:21:50. > :21:51.but a final deal has yet to be reached.
:21:52. > :21:54.The dispute centres on proposals from the operator to run more
:21:55. > :21:56.trains where drivers - rather than guards -
:21:57. > :21:59.He's best known for his comic creation, Dame Edna Everage,
:22:00. > :22:01.but Australian performer, Barry Humphries, has had
:22:02. > :22:03.a passion for German cabaret since he was a boy.
:22:04. > :22:06.Now, at the age of 82, he's bringing the lost songs
:22:07. > :22:07.of the Weimar Republic to the Edinburgh
:22:08. > :22:13.Our arts correspondent, Pauline McLean, went to meet him.
:22:14. > :22:20.He's the man behind so many comic creations but this is the real Barry
:22:21. > :22:25.Humphries. This the music he's wanted to perform since he was a
:22:26. > :22:33.young boy growing up in Australia. I was very young and I discovered a
:22:34. > :22:34.pile of sheet music by German and Austrian composers I'd never heard
:22:35. > :22:40.of. I bought them cheaply. I thought of. I bought them cheaply. I thought
:22:41. > :22:48.- I want to hear this music one day. It's taken me about 65 years to hear
:22:49. > :22:51.it. With the Australian Chamber Orchestra and a cabaret singer, he
:22:52. > :23:16.began the lost songs of the vie Weimar Republic. I felt this
:23:17. > :23:23.whole submerged repertoire of exciting, modern music needed to be
:23:24. > :23:29.heard. Hello, viewers. I say viewers because I'm a viewer of life. It's a
:23:30. > :23:36.world away from his most famous creation Dame Edna. If I'm
:23:37. > :23:40.presenting some of my friends, like Dame Edna, who is not here at the
:23:41. > :23:49.moment. If I am, then I'm by myself. Now I have a full orchestra and a
:23:50. > :23:50.great star. It takes the head off me for a little. I have to hold it
:23:51. > :23:56.together. He enjoys ruffling a few for a little. I have to hold it
:23:57. > :24:03.feathers. Political correctness is aened woerful thing because I love
:24:04. > :24:04.offending it. The audience love it when political correctness is shot
:24:05. > :24:17.down in flames. Now the weather forecast from
:24:18. > :24:21.Christopher. Good evening. A number of showers around today but
:24:22. > :24:26.sunshine. Here is the latest satellite and radar picture. The
:24:27. > :24:29.heavy showers mainly across the south-east are pulling away. Some
:24:30. > :24:33.late sunshine behind for many. This evening, yes, the showers easing off
:24:34. > :24:40.and reasonably dry and bright before dusk. Here is the chart from 7.00pm.
:24:41. > :24:45.A dry and clear night at times. In the countryside cool, down to four
:24:46. > :24:50.or five Celsius. Temperatures in towns and cities closer to 8-12.
:24:51. > :24:55.Tomorrow, on the face of it it looks reasonable enough. High pressure
:24:56. > :25:01.near nearby. This weather front coming in bringing cloud and rain.
:25:02. > :25:05.Wednesday gets off to a bright, dry sunny start. The cloud will build
:25:06. > :25:08.from the west as we head through the course of Wednesday, followed by
:25:09. > :25:12.outbreaks of rain. The further east the dryer and brighter it will be
:25:13. > :25:17.for longest. The cloud increasing for all as we head through the day.
:25:18. > :25:20.By mid afternoon that wet weather will edge in towards western parts.
:25:21. > :25:25.Showers ahead of that main band of rain. In the west, 15, 16 Celsius,
:25:26. > :25:28.Showers ahead of that main band of further east 17, 18 degrees.
:25:29. > :25:34.Cloudier compared with the morning it will be dry for a good part of
:25:35. > :25:37.Grampian. The far north and Shetland will have sunshine for the whole
:25:38. > :25:41.day. The rest of the afternoon into the evening the rain will edge its
:25:42. > :25:44.way in, reaching all parts. It will be heavy and persistent to the
:25:45. > :25:48.north-west. Throughout Thursday an early warning from the Met office
:25:49. > :25:55.for that rain. Persistent and heavy at times. For most of the mainland,
:25:56. > :25:58.cloudy and damp. Temperatures on the up, 18, 19 Celsius. Friday, showers
:25:59. > :26:02.to the west, the further east it will be dryer and brighter.
:26:03. > :26:07.Temperatures will continue to climb, a high of 21. As we head through
:26:08. > :26:12.towards the weekend, Saturday and Sunday, things are being looking up.
:26:13. > :26:15.More summery. By Sunday temperatures up to 21 degrees and plenty of
:26:16. > :26:20.sunshine to go round. That's the forecast for now. Just in time for
:26:21. > :26:26.the young ones to go back to school. Thank you very much.
:26:27. > :26:28.Now, a reminder of tonight's main news.
:26:29. > :26:30.Muslim taxi driver, Tanveer Ahmed, who travelled from Bradford to kill
:26:31. > :26:32.Glasgow shopkeeper, Asad Shah, after claiming he had disrespected
:26:33. > :26:34.the Prophet Muhammed, has been jailed for life
:26:35. > :26:39.A small team of salvage experts have been lowered onto an oil
:26:40. > :26:42.rig which ran aground on the Western Isles on Sunday.
:26:43. > :26:51.The UK Government has said the work to refloat it may take some time.
:26:52. > :26:55.School pupils across Scotland have been receiving their exam results.
:26:56. > :26:58.Higher passes have dipped slightly, but a record number of pupils have
:26:59. > :27:01.Higher passes have dipped slightly, been given a university place.
:27:02. > :27:05.Our next main bulletin is just after the Ten O'Clock News.
:27:06. > :27:07.Until then, from everyone on the team - right
:27:08. > :27:12.across the country - have a very good evening.