:00:00. > :00:00.Nicola Sturgeon starts what she's calling a "new conversation"
:00:07. > :00:15.with the people of Scotland about independence.
:00:16. > :00:22.Before we start talking, we must listen. Today we launched the first
:00:23. > :00:27.phase in our new campaign, the biggest listening exercise in our
:00:28. > :00:30.party's history. If she was listening to people in Scotland, she
:00:31. > :00:32.would know that the majority do not want to be dragged to another
:00:33. > :00:34.divisive referendum. We'll be looking at how Brexit has
:00:35. > :00:36.changed the discussion. A hearing into the social worker,
:00:37. > :00:40.who's accused of failing the murdered toddler Liam Fee
:00:41. > :00:42.is told it should find every It's a poor outlook for engineering
:00:43. > :00:46.companies, as orders slump Transport police in Scotland
:00:47. > :00:51.are to be armed with Tasers to increase security
:00:52. > :00:55.on the rail network. And should the Scotland squad be
:00:56. > :00:57.worried about their defence, Nicola Sturgeon says she's
:00:58. > :01:17.starting what she's called a "new conversation" on independence
:01:18. > :01:21.with the people of Scotland. The First Minister says she wants
:01:22. > :01:24.to reach as many as two million people before the end of November
:01:25. > :01:26.using face to face canvassing, an online survey and
:01:27. > :01:29.town hall meetings. But the leader of the Scottish
:01:30. > :01:31.Conservatives, Ruth Davidson, accused her of ignoring
:01:32. > :01:33.the priorities of the people in pursuit of her own narrow
:01:34. > :01:37.nationalist agenda. Here's our political editor,
:01:38. > :01:52.Brian Taylor. The SNP promised a summer campaign
:01:53. > :01:54.on independence, but Brexit intervened to change the political
:01:55. > :02:00.brew, and so it is an autumn intervened to change the political
:02:01. > :02:05.manoeuvre instead. Nicola Sturgeon insisted she would work to protect
:02:06. > :02:11.Scotland's European interests within the UK framework, but if that
:02:12. > :02:15.failed... I believe it is right that our party now leads a new
:02:16. > :02:20.conversation on independence. Today I want to set out the principles
:02:21. > :02:29.that will guide that debate. First, it will be a new debate. It will not
:02:30. > :02:35.be a rerun of 2014. The UK that Scotland voted to stay part of in
:02:36. > :02:40.2014 has changed. That takes me to the second principle. Before we
:02:41. > :02:47.start talking, we must listen. If they listen, what might they here?
:02:48. > :02:53.Madness, absolute madness, financial suicide. Not for me. If it came
:02:54. > :02:57.again, I would probably say yes. A lot of people might change because
:02:58. > :03:02.of the outcome last time, because they were promised things that did
:03:03. > :03:08.not happen. It definitely should be something that awaits perhaps until
:03:09. > :03:11.we know what Brexit has in store. I don't know why they have to keep
:03:12. > :03:17.trying to get the vote they want, which is what they did in Ireland,
:03:18. > :03:21.which was shameful. The First Minister cited two new reasons for
:03:22. > :03:25.independence. Labour's problems, entrenching the Tories in Downing
:03:26. > :03:30.Street and the Tories leaving the EU against Scottish opinion. Her rivals
:03:31. > :03:34.dissent. If she was listening to people, she would know they do not
:03:35. > :03:37.want to be dragged back to another divisive referendum. People want the
:03:38. > :03:41.government to do what they well it did to do, improve hospitals and
:03:42. > :03:47.schools. Keep their eye on the day job, not drag a spectre a
:03:48. > :03:50.referendum. Nicola Sturgeon has announced a listening exercise and
:03:51. > :03:54.the majority will have hoped she was listening when the people clearly
:03:55. > :03:58.said no to independence. She is a very powerful woman with the chance
:03:59. > :04:03.to go back into Parliament next week and transform lives. She should get
:04:04. > :04:09.back to that job. The First Minister told me the SNP needed to persuade
:04:10. > :04:13.and cajole. Scotland is on a journey that will end with independence. I
:04:14. > :04:18.believe that is the natural state for our country. But I don't believe
:04:19. > :04:22.we get there simply by the enthusiasm of SNP members, important
:04:23. > :04:25.though that is. We have to engage with, listen to, understand the
:04:26. > :04:32.concerns and aspirations of people and answer the hard questions people
:04:33. > :04:34.have. Nicola Sturgeon says independence might involve
:04:35. > :04:37.challengers and complexities, and she argues that it would allow
:04:38. > :04:39.Scotland to take back control. There seems to be more than one
:04:40. > :04:52.conversation going on here, Brian. Very much so. I listened to the
:04:53. > :04:59.First Minister today and was struck by how often she married passion for
:05:00. > :05:05.independence alongside directly following hard pragmatism about the
:05:06. > :05:08.challenges involved. She said nationalists might say that the
:05:09. > :05:13.union was responsible for Scotland's economic deficit. She said that
:05:14. > :05:18.still meant there had to be hard answers on that. She announced a
:05:19. > :05:23.growth commission, chaired by former MSP Andrew Wilson. Another element
:05:24. > :05:27.is the business of Brexit being counterbalanced with the
:05:28. > :05:31.independence far. That is one reason why I think if there is a further
:05:32. > :05:35.referendum it will not be instant, not in the immediate future, because
:05:36. > :05:41.I think the SNP will want to see the shape of wrecks it, what it actually
:05:42. > :05:46.means, and then and only then, if they are still unsatisfied, they
:05:47. > :05:47.would come to oppose that with their independence offer, if it happens at
:05:48. > :05:50.all. A hearing into a social worker,
:05:51. > :05:52.who's alleged to have failed the murdered Fife toddler Liam Fee
:05:53. > :05:55.and other children, has been told it should find every
:05:56. > :05:57.charge against her proven. The Scottish Social Services Council
:05:58. > :06:01.hearing has heard evidence that From the hearing,
:06:02. > :06:14.Andrew Anderson reports. Panel members have listened to days
:06:15. > :06:19.of evidence from colleagues of Lesley Bate, one of the child
:06:20. > :06:24.protection team. She had been asked to investigate concerns over Liam
:06:25. > :06:28.Fee's welfare. A childminder was worried about injuries, including a
:06:29. > :06:33.massive bruise to his forehead. The mother claimed he had fallen out of
:06:34. > :06:37.a cot. The childminder was worried he had been knocked unconscious. The
:06:38. > :06:38.hearing heard that Lesley Bate excepted the mother's explanation.
:06:39. > :06:43.It is alleged she failed to follow excepted the mother's explanation.
:06:44. > :06:47.up on further concerns about an injury to Liam Fee's neck, and there
:06:48. > :06:53.were no notes about it on council computers. Liam Fee's mother and her
:06:54. > :06:57.partner are serving life for his murder in March 2014, more than a
:06:58. > :07:02.year after concerns for his safety were first raised. The hearing was
:07:03. > :07:05.told Lesley Bate was erratic, disorganised and chaotic and her
:07:06. > :07:10.failings were not acceptable, and she had left another child at risk
:07:11. > :07:15.of harm. But the hearing was also told the child protection team was
:07:16. > :07:18.divided and dysfunctional, that some staff would not speak to others
:07:19. > :07:24.unless they had to, and that that had had an impact on other cases. It
:07:25. > :07:29.is not just Liam Fee that Lesley Bate is alleged to have failed. The
:07:30. > :07:33.charges include 15 other children. The most serious charges are that
:07:34. > :07:38.she failed to take necessary steps to minimise actual or potential risk
:07:39. > :07:43.of harm to children between December 2011, and August 2000 and 14. The
:07:44. > :07:47.lawyer for the Scottish social services Council told the panel the
:07:48. > :07:50.witnesses they had heard from where highly credible and experienced. The
:07:51. > :07:56.Chargers, he said, were supported by documentary evidence. Lesley Bate
:07:57. > :07:59.has not attempt -- attended the hearing and has not been
:08:00. > :08:02.represented. The panel was told you does not admit to any of the
:08:03. > :08:04.Chargers. The committee will convene at a later date when it will deliver
:08:05. > :08:07.its findings. Output and exports are down among
:08:08. > :08:10.Scottish firms, and one in three At the same time, research
:08:11. > :08:14.into the defence sector shows how employment has dropped,
:08:15. > :08:16.leaving shipbuilding all the more According to Scottish engineering,
:08:17. > :08:26.the first waves of an economic tsunami following the vote
:08:27. > :08:28.to leave the European Union And that's with the slump in the oil
:08:29. > :08:35.and gas sector already affecting This industry body asks members
:08:36. > :08:40.if things are up or down, and the gap is a measure of how good
:08:41. > :08:44.or bad things look. Here's the way they look with output
:08:45. > :08:48.over the past three years, many more companies down
:08:49. > :08:52.than up during summer. It's been negative
:08:53. > :08:55.for more than a year. The weaker pound since June has
:08:56. > :08:59.helped some tourism firms, but many engineering companies have
:09:00. > :09:03.seen export orders drop, and costs are up for those raw
:09:04. > :09:18.materials with prices set They are as bad as we have seen
:09:19. > :09:24.since the recession in 2009. What we are seeing is that Brexit,
:09:25. > :09:28.apparently, had a significant effect on the small to medium enterprises
:09:29. > :09:32.of Scotland. We are not seeing the benefit that is being accrued
:09:33. > :09:37.elsewhere by the weak pound helping exports. It is maybe that we are on
:09:38. > :09:42.a slow burn, because our largest market is the rest of the UK, and we
:09:43. > :09:43.may see a feed through of the improvement that has been seen
:09:44. > :09:45.elsewhere. Recruitment doesn't look too good
:09:46. > :09:47.in that survey either. And a study of the defence sector,
:09:48. > :09:50.out today, shows how employment has dropped, particularly
:09:51. > :09:52.at the Ministry of Defence. There are 3700 civilian jobs now,
:09:53. > :09:58.2800 fewer than eight years ago. In uniform, there are 10,000
:09:59. > :10:01.roles based in Scotland, That matters most in Argyll,
:10:02. > :10:10.where defence accounts for one job in eight,
:10:11. > :10:12.in Moray, one in 12. Scotland has a big role
:10:13. > :10:15.in shipbuilding for the Royal Navy, and this report for the GMB union,
:10:16. > :10:20.carried out at Strathclyde University, found it supports
:10:21. > :10:23.10,000 jobs on the Clyde, building these offshore patrol
:10:24. > :10:27.ships, and at Rosyth in Fife, where aircraft carriers
:10:28. > :10:31.are being assembled. The economic impact of those wages
:10:32. > :10:34.and on the supplier firms - reckoned to total ?268
:10:35. > :10:45.million per year. That's why the shop floor union
:10:46. > :11:11.is keen to see an end to delays Shipbuilding is absolutely crucial
:11:12. > :11:16.to the Scottish economy, and 10,000 jobs are dependent on shipbuilding
:11:17. > :11:21.and another 5000 dependent on work at Faslane. These are real jobs,
:11:22. > :11:24.real wages, supporting real families in working-class
:11:25. > :11:27.With that Brexit vote casting a long shadow over the economy,
:11:28. > :11:30.we'll be looking in more detail at the consequences so far, here on
:11:31. > :11:34.You're watching BBC Reporting Scotland.
:11:35. > :11:39.Nicola Sturgeon says she wants to have a new conversation
:11:40. > :11:42.with the people of Scotland to find out what support
:11:43. > :11:53.We look ahead to the start of the new pro-12 rugby season.
:11:54. > :11:56.And how a 90-year-old film is being given a new twist
:11:57. > :12:05.Police officers on Scotland's railways are to be armed
:12:06. > :12:08.with Tasers, in a bid to increase security on the network.
:12:09. > :12:11.British Transport Police say it's a "proportionate response"
:12:12. > :12:13.in the face of a mounting terrorism threat.
:12:14. > :12:33.The force of a Taser gun, designed to stun. The weapon delivers 50,000
:12:34. > :12:39.volts. They are already used by Police Scotland. Now they are to be
:12:40. > :12:43.deployed by British Transport Police in Scottish train stations. We
:12:44. > :12:47.looked at events in mainland Europe and nearer to home, and we looked at
:12:48. > :12:52.the options we feel are necessary to give officers the best protection
:12:53. > :12:57.for themselves, and to be able to protect the public on the railways
:12:58. > :13:01.and staff who work on the railways. This man has a knife. He had already
:13:02. > :13:08.slashed one commuter and was threatening others. British
:13:09. > :13:12.Transport Police in east London deployed a Taser before arresting
:13:13. > :13:16.him. But critics say the shock delivered can often be lethal. They
:13:17. > :13:21.are linked to at least 11 deaths in England and Wales in the last
:13:22. > :13:26.decade. Commuters in Glasgow had mixed views. I do not see it as an
:13:27. > :13:33.appropriate response to what is going on. I would not mind. For
:13:34. > :13:38.security reasons, I suppose. What if a police man was overzealous and it
:13:39. > :13:44.was a drunk person? It is a step in the wrong direction. For terrorism,
:13:45. > :13:47.yes. For drunken people fighting, no. I am told that fewer than 350
:13:48. > :13:50.officers will be issued with no. I am told that fewer than 350
:13:51. > :13:55.'s and they will be fully trained on how and when to use them. If a Taser
:13:56. > :13:59.is deployed, there will be an automatic review by specialists. The
:14:00. > :14:03.officers selected to carry them will be trained over the next few weeks.
:14:04. > :14:04.The weapons will be available for deployment across the rail network
:14:05. > :14:07.in October. Aberdeen's crematorium will not be
:14:08. > :14:10.part of this year's Doors Open Day, In June it was revealed that staff
:14:11. > :14:15.at the Hazlehead Crematorium had been telling bereaved relatives
:14:16. > :14:18.that the bodies of babies and infants were too
:14:19. > :14:22.small to leave ashes. Aberdeen City Council says
:14:23. > :14:26.the facility will no longer open to the public as planned next
:14:27. > :14:29.weekend, as a mark of respect A look at other stories
:14:30. > :14:38.from across the country. BBC Scotland has learned
:14:39. > :14:41.that the oil rig that ran aground on the Isle of Lewis is likely to be
:14:42. > :14:44.transported to Turkey later this The damaged installation will be
:14:45. > :14:48.taken there on a giant The Transocean Winner
:14:49. > :14:52.was successfully refloated just over a week ago and has been undergoing
:14:53. > :14:55.inspection at a safe anchorage Police say the two people who died
:14:56. > :15:03.when their motorcycle and a car crashed near Rosewell in Midlothian
:15:04. > :15:06.late last night were the 65-year-old motorcyclist
:15:07. > :15:11.and his 59-year-old woman passenger. A 26-year-old man was
:15:12. > :15:15.treated at the scene. The funeral of 37-year-old
:15:16. > :15:16.Julie Walker and her six-year-old son Lucas who drowned
:15:17. > :15:19.in an accident at Aberdeen beach and two other people
:15:20. > :15:27.needed hospital treatment after going into the water
:15:28. > :15:33.to try to save them. A celebration of their lives
:15:34. > :15:37.was held at Aberdeen Crematorium. Appeals against the decision
:15:38. > :15:39.to evict independence campaigners from their camp outside the Scottish
:15:40. > :15:42.parliament will be heard in the Court of Session
:15:43. > :15:46.in Edinburgh in October. Holyrood's Corporate Body won
:15:47. > :15:48.the right to evict the campers from their site in a judgment issued
:15:49. > :15:51.by Lord Turnbull in July. Four different groups have lodged
:15:52. > :15:53.appeals against the ruling, making a range of arguments
:15:54. > :16:01.against eviction. Pupils from Rockfield Primary School
:16:02. > :16:04.in Oban have made a short film they hope will help get them
:16:05. > :16:08.a new Gaelic teacher. The post has been advertised
:16:09. > :16:11.by the school several times The ten- and eleven-year-olds
:16:12. > :16:14.hope their production - viewed hundreds of times now
:16:15. > :16:16.on YouTube - will finally attract the right
:16:17. > :16:21.candidate. It was strictly old bags today
:16:22. > :16:24.at a charity auction in Edinburgh to raise money for
:16:25. > :16:26.the Princes Trust. Ambassador Judy Murray was joined
:16:27. > :16:28.by members of Scottish ballet and a clutch of celebrities
:16:29. > :16:32.at Prestonfield House Hotel. The event is expected
:16:33. > :16:34.to raise over ?500,000 Scotland's footballers
:16:35. > :16:45.begin their 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign this weekend
:16:46. > :16:50.with an away game in Malta. concern if Scotland is to qualify
:16:51. > :16:52.for its first major Willie Miller says the country needs
:16:53. > :17:16.to get its act together when it On the hunt for the great Scottish
:17:17. > :17:19.centre back. John Souter, 19, lauded in Scottish football circles as
:17:20. > :17:23.potentially the next big thing in central defence. Do you believe you
:17:24. > :17:32.can be a world-class defender one day? Yes, I've got self-confidence,
:17:33. > :17:37.I think I can. I've got a lot to learn, but I always take in what
:17:38. > :17:44.everyone says to me. I learn all the time, I am always open to ideas and
:17:45. > :17:49.don't get me wrong, I am nowhere near it now, obviously. But one day
:17:50. > :17:53.it is the aim. He has some illustrious fans, who think he could
:17:54. > :17:58.be the future of Scottish defending. Big, tall lad who can use the ball.
:17:59. > :18:04.Not frightened, he anticipates it well. I watched him against Aberdeen
:18:05. > :18:09.recently, in the right place, at the right time. I think somebody has got
:18:10. > :18:14.to take it on. I think John Souter is one we should be looking at for
:18:15. > :18:21.the future. In the 1980s, Scotland had a selection of top-class centre
:18:22. > :18:23.backs, Willie Miller, Alex McLeish and David Nehra. Now in 2016, the
:18:24. > :18:31.issue is quality. They have got and David Nehra. Now in 2016, the
:18:32. > :18:35.big problem. How we solve it is a long and complicated question. But I
:18:36. > :18:39.do think we need to get our act in order, particularly at the
:18:40. > :18:43.development level. We need to encourage young players to come
:18:44. > :18:46.through with the right stature and standing, particularly defensively
:18:47. > :18:52.in the hope that in the future it will get better. Hard work required
:18:53. > :18:56.and the John Souter, still part of the under 21 squad, there remains a
:18:57. > :19:01.long way to go. Defence is just part of the equation, when it comes to
:19:02. > :19:04.quality, questions surrounds the Scotland squad. Qualification for
:19:05. > :19:06.the 2018 World Cup is the answer we want.
:19:07. > :19:10.Well, tonight there's been another withdrawal from the Scotland squad,
:19:11. > :19:16.The Rangers skipper Lee Wallace was sidelined in training
:19:17. > :19:19.The SFA say he has a niggling injury and that there'll be no
:19:20. > :19:23.Wallace has travelled with his club team-mates to Belfast,
:19:24. > :19:26.where Rangers are playing a testimonial game.
:19:27. > :19:28.Laura Muir has won the ?30,000 jackpot for winning the overall
:19:29. > :19:30.Diamond League title for the 1500 metres.
:19:31. > :19:33.A second place finish in Zurich last night was still enough to secure
:19:34. > :19:35.top spot in the series for the Glasgow
:19:36. > :19:40.It was Muir's third fastest time of the year and the third fastest
:19:41. > :19:49.The new pro-12 rugby season starts this weekend,
:19:50. > :19:53.with both of Scotland's professional teams in action.
:19:54. > :19:56.Glasgow and Edinburgh are once again taking on the best teams in Ireland,
:19:57. > :19:58.Wales and Italy over the next nine months.
:19:59. > :20:02.One of the Scots sides has enjoyed success in recent years,
:20:03. > :20:07.But for both this season could be the end of an era,
:20:08. > :20:20.Is this the beginning of a long and perhaps meandering blood by from
:20:21. > :20:24.this gentleman? He is leaving Glasgow Warriors at the end of this
:20:25. > :20:28.season, when he will take over the national team. You must be feeling a
:20:29. > :20:33.tiny bit different at the start of the season, your last one. You are
:20:34. > :20:38.saying you don't, but the guys tell a different story. I will be honest
:20:39. > :20:41.with you, as always. The fact the announcements were made a couple of
:20:42. > :20:48.weeks ago and obviously the future for the club is secure, getting the
:20:49. > :20:54.new coach next season. It is focusing on this season. In four
:20:55. > :20:58.seasons, Townsend has delivered for top three finishers, including one
:20:59. > :21:04.championship in 2015. Compare that with Edinburgh under their head
:21:05. > :21:09.coach, Adam Solomons. In his three seasons in charge, they have always
:21:10. > :21:12.finished in the bottom half. He has done a splendid job as a coach and
:21:13. > :21:16.we mustn't take on anything away from what he has done. But the
:21:17. > :21:23.proliferation of international players they have had is made an
:21:24. > :21:27.enormous difference. One of those internationals has left Glasgow to
:21:28. > :21:32.join Edinburgh. He thinks his new team is capable of emulating his
:21:33. > :21:36.former one. The target is high at getting in the top four. I believe
:21:37. > :21:41.we have a squad capable of doing that, it is just about making sure
:21:42. > :21:45.we do our talking on the field. Edinburgh will be doing their
:21:46. > :21:50.talking against Cardiff blues in Wales tomorrow. Glasgow will be in
:21:51. > :21:55.Ireland. They are side won the Pro12 last season, but can Glasgow win it
:21:56. > :21:57.back? All of the players are capable, but we have to work
:21:58. > :22:05.back? All of the players are week in, week out. I have big belief
:22:06. > :22:07.in the squad that we can take on anybody. Winning the championship
:22:08. > :22:08.again would make parting sweet sorrow for Glasgow and Gregor
:22:09. > :22:10.Townsend. A film documentary about the herring
:22:11. > :22:14.fishery in Scotland has begun a tour of fishing communities
:22:15. > :22:16.in the north of Scotland It's a silent, black-and-white film,
:22:17. > :22:22.but it's been given a modern Mike Grundon reports on this
:22:23. > :22:39.coming-together of old film-making Back in 1929, heron fishing in the
:22:40. > :22:45.North Sea was a tough and dangerous job and it was recorded by
:22:46. > :22:53.ground-breaking documentary film-maker, John Grierson, in a film
:22:54. > :22:57.he called Drifters. People are getting to see that film now in its
:22:58. > :23:05.entirety, but with a very modern soundtrack. This is com pose, sound
:23:06. > :23:10.engineer and beat boxer, Jason Singh, using his voice to create
:23:11. > :23:17.sound effects and music. He is live on stage when the fishing film gets
:23:18. > :23:21.shown. Traditionally people would have seen a pianist, band or an
:23:22. > :23:26.orchestra playing, I am a solo show, creating the whole thing with my
:23:27. > :23:31.boys. It is a unique experience, both as a creative and also from the
:23:32. > :23:35.audience's perspective. Here in Shetland at the start of the tour,
:23:36. > :23:40.the numbers of people turning out to see the film shows how important
:23:41. > :23:46.this piece of heritage still is, 86 years on. The organiser says Jason's
:23:47. > :23:50.modern contribution is enhancing the experience and is getting a good
:23:51. > :23:56.response. They will be watching a silent film with a live, vocal
:23:57. > :24:08.score. It is an unusual experience in some cinemas, but it is a trend
:24:09. > :24:12.increasing across Scotland. The 40 minute film with its beatbox
:24:13. > :24:20.soundtrack was commissioned by the British film Institute for DVD and
:24:21. > :24:27.Blu-ray release. Taking it back home with live performance was resonating
:24:28. > :24:30.with the film-makers and the fishing community themselves.
:24:31. > :24:35.Let's get the weekend weather now, from Kirsteen.
:24:36. > :24:45.Today has brought a mixture of sunshine and showers. Thank you for
:24:46. > :24:49.this beautiful picture. Sunshine and showers theme continues into this
:24:50. > :24:52.evening. Very gradually as we go through to night, the showers will
:24:53. > :24:56.be confined to the north-west. Otherwise a lot of dry weather
:24:57. > :25:01.developing with some clear spells around. For some parts of the
:25:02. > :25:05.north-east for sheltered, rural areas, under clear skies,
:25:06. > :25:10.temperatures made it to around six or seven. But the most part we held
:25:11. > :25:16.up around ten, 13 degrees. Brits, South Westerly wind across the
:25:17. > :25:21.Northern Isles. Into tomorrow, we started with showers across the
:25:22. > :25:23.north-west, otherwise a lot of dry, bright weather. Fairly short lived
:25:24. > :25:29.and we will see cloud increasing from the south in the morning,
:25:30. > :25:32.accompanied by outbreaks of rain. By tomorrow afternoon persistent and at
:25:33. > :25:37.times heavy rain across the likes of Dumfries Galloway, the Borders
:25:38. > :25:40.area too. Generally tomorrow afternoon, cloudy with outbreaks of
:25:41. > :25:45.rain and a chilly feel under the cloud and rain with highs of around
:25:46. > :25:57.16 Celsius. Perhaps something drier and brighter for the north-east
:25:58. > :26:00.coast, Caithness, Sutherland and Ross announced tomorrow afternoon,
:26:01. > :26:03.with highs here of 18 or 19 and winds from the South will generally
:26:04. > :26:06.be light to moderate. For hill walking and climbing tomorrow for
:26:07. > :26:09.the North West and Rangers, there will be showers, but driver the
:26:10. > :26:13.Cairngorms, the Angus hills. Temperatures on the top around
:26:14. > :26:20.seven, nine Celsius and the winds will be 15 to 25 mph. For the more
:26:21. > :26:26.southern Rangers, more rain to come in the afternoon, extensive hill fog
:26:27. > :26:31.again. Celtic Southwest in ruins, 15 to 20 miles an hour. The evening in
:26:32. > :26:35.Scotland, one batch of rain in the South clearing away, although
:26:36. > :26:40.another batch of rain will move into the south-west and gradually across
:26:41. > :26:44.the country during tomorrow night. However, by Sunday, and much drier,
:26:45. > :26:49.brighter day in prospect, although this area of low pressure looming in
:26:50. > :26:53.the Atlantic coming our way by Monday. For Sunday, any remaining
:26:54. > :26:57.rain clears away during the morning to leave a fine day for most with
:26:58. > :27:01.spells of brightness and sunshine. Just a few showers across the
:27:02. > :27:04.Highlands and Borders. And with light winds in the sunshine, it will
:27:05. > :27:07.feel quite pleasant. That's the forecast.
:27:08. > :27:10.Now, a reminder of tonight's main news:
:27:11. > :27:13.Nicola Sturgeon says she's starting what she's called
:27:14. > :27:15.a "new conversation" on independence with the people of Scotland.
:27:16. > :27:17.Scottish Conservatives, Ruth Davidson, accused her
:27:18. > :27:28.Serving Royal Marine has been of the people in pursuit of her own
:27:29. > :27:32.Serving Royal Marine has been charged with terrorism offences.
:27:33. > :27:33.Kieran Maxwell is accused of storing ammunition and weapons England and
:27:34. > :27:35.Northern Ireland. I'll be back with the headlines
:27:36. > :27:39.at 8:00 and the late bulletin just I will bring you down if I ever
:27:40. > :27:52.catch you up to something larcenous.