:00:00. > :00:00.That's all from the BBC News at Six - so it's goodbye from me -
:00:00. > :00:07.The Prime Minister says she won't be giving a running commentary
:00:08. > :00:13.The First Minister accuses her of not having a clue what to do next.
:00:14. > :00:16.BBC Scotland finds that more than 100 branches have closed
:00:17. > :00:19.across the country in the last year - with more closures to come
:00:20. > :00:25.The prison system comes under strain from the rising number
:00:26. > :00:32.of sex offenders - and from the age of those convicted.
:00:33. > :00:34.Campaigners warn that shutting a cleft surgery centre
:00:35. > :00:57.As Warren Gatland is named as coach of the British and Irish Lions,
:00:58. > :00:59.will he pick any Scots to face the world champion
:01:00. > :01:17.The prospect of Britain leaving the European Union has
:01:18. > :01:19.dominated debate at both Westminster and Holyrood.
:01:20. > :01:26.Under challenge from the SNP, the Prime Minister saidshe would not
:01:27. > :01:30.But in the Scottish Parliament, the First Minister said
:01:31. > :01:33.that was because Theresa May didn't have a clue what to do next.
:01:34. > :01:39.I'm joined now by our political editor Brian Taylor.
:01:40. > :01:47.Thank you very much indeed. The single market is the core of the
:01:48. > :01:51.economic structures of the European Union, that allows free trade across
:01:52. > :01:55.all 28 member nation, it is the single market that Japan was talking
:01:56. > :01:58.about when it said it was worried it would lose connections with its
:01:59. > :02:02.British investment and the remainder of the European Union, so it is at
:02:03. > :02:07.the centre of the whole thing. There could be continued British
:02:08. > :02:11.membership of the single market or some form of limited forms of access
:02:12. > :02:15.to the single market. The Prime Minister was charged in the Commons
:02:16. > :02:20.by the SNP Angus Robertson to say whether she sip ported full
:02:21. > :02:24.membership of the single market. She was asked that twice and she
:02:25. > :02:27.declined to answer in those term, here is what she replied The United
:02:28. > :02:31.Kingdom will leaf the European Union, and we will build a new
:02:32. > :02:36.relationship with the European Union. That new relationship will
:02:37. > :02:42.include control of the movement of people from the EU into the UK, and
:02:43. > :02:48.it will include the right deal for trade in goods and services. That
:02:49. > :02:51.formulation, that formula used by the Prime Minister didn't impress
:02:52. > :02:57.the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, she was updated MSPs here in
:02:58. > :03:01.Holyrood with regard to Brexit and Scotland's interests there on. She
:03:02. > :03:06.said she accused the Prime Minister of having a lack of clarity, with
:03:07. > :03:12.regard to Brexit, and particularly with regard to the single market. I
:03:13. > :03:17.do not think it is acceptable to have a cloud of secrecy hanging over
:03:18. > :03:19.the UK Government's negotiating position. I don't think it is accept
:03:20. > :03:22.to believe have a Prime Minister that is unable or unwilling to
:03:23. > :03:28.answer the simple question, should we remain in the single market or
:03:29. > :03:33.not? The UK Government's position is they don't want to do a running
:03:34. > :03:37.commentary, they want to allow the position to be formulate and hard
:03:38. > :03:39.bargaining with the European Union. Other development tonight, a row
:03:40. > :03:43.within the Labour Party, Jeremy Other development tonight, a row
:03:44. > :03:47.Corbyn talked in the Commons about free trade dogma and a spokesman for
:03:48. > :03:50.him later said that Mr Corbyn would not necessarily back membership of
:03:51. > :03:56.the single market. It might be something to do with access. It has
:03:57. > :04:00.caused a big row. Tonight in alert Kezia Dugdale who leads the Scottish
:04:01. > :04:04.Labour Party stressed she took an Auton Moyes position, she backed the
:04:05. > :04:07.EU, she backed the single market, and she backed the Scottish
:04:08. > :04:12.Government in seeking to retain both. Thank you Brian.
:04:13. > :04:14.If you thought finding a high street bank branch was becoming
:04:15. > :04:16.increasingly difficult, you'd be right.
:04:17. > :04:19.According to BBC research, Scotland has lost or is about to lose almost
:04:20. > :04:21.150 branches across six of the biggest names
:04:22. > :04:28.Over a hundred branches have already closed their doors this year.
:04:29. > :04:30.And over the coming months dozens will follow suit.
:04:31. > :04:33.Kevin Keane is in Aberdeen - a city losing nine of its banks -
:04:34. > :04:45.for years but are disappearing fast. for years but are disappearing fast.
:04:46. > :04:49.-- sight, in Aberdeen alone nine bank branches have shut in the last
:04:50. > :04:55.year or are currently earmarked for closure. And it is not just here,
:04:56. > :05:00.BBC analysis has found that the country is losing almost 150
:05:01. > :05:03.branches over 18 month, Edinburgh lost the most, more than 20. Eight
:05:04. > :05:10.are closing in Moray, a further eight in the Highlands.
:05:11. > :05:16.Like many other banks the TSB found it has a large number of branches
:05:17. > :05:22.concentrated into one small area and so this and four others are closing.
:05:23. > :05:30.With investment instead going into a new superbranch in the city centre.
:05:31. > :05:33.Rural banking is changing too, in Sligo the mobile bank is replacing
:05:34. > :05:38.the branch. And this basic paper based service
:05:39. > :05:41.is about to be modernised. We will still offer cash
:05:42. > :05:47.transactions both to pay money in or take it out, but we will also have
:05:48. > :05:51.digital capability so we will have broadband connection, Wi-Fi
:05:52. > :05:56.connection on the mobile branch. We will have iPad type tablets. The
:05:57. > :06:00.branch here will close next month, when the van will become the only
:06:01. > :06:07.option. For villagers it is a big change. I have always been used to
:06:08. > :06:16.going into a branch. I would like to still continue to do that. I do
:06:17. > :06:23.internet banking myself. Transferring money in. It is fine to
:06:24. > :06:28.speak to the manager now and again. In a shrinking retail sector filling
:06:29. > :06:34.the empty branches is not easy, but this former Santander has been
:06:35. > :06:38.turned into an AEG. They recognise its unlikely retailer will snap them
:06:39. > :06:47.up. They are more like toy look at the
:06:48. > :06:51.bespoke stopping centres and retail outlet, I think the largest city
:06:52. > :06:56.centre bank branches are, lend themselves proper better to the
:06:57. > :07:02.restaurant and certainly to bars and coffee houses, nightclubs etc.
:07:03. > :07:07.The face of banking is changing, as people shift online. But that is
:07:08. > :07:09.changing the face of the high street too, as more branches close for
:07:10. > :07:13.too, as more branches close for good.
:07:14. > :07:16.The Chief Inspector of Prisons has highlighted two growing problems
:07:17. > :07:20.The number of prisoners serving sentences for sexual offences has
:07:21. > :07:24.And as many are convicted of historical crimes,
:07:25. > :07:27.there's also been a significant rise in the number of older prisoners.
:07:28. > :07:32.Our home affairs correspondent, Reevel Alderson, reports.
:07:33. > :07:39.It is Scotland's biggest jail one of the older, the grim Victorian
:07:40. > :07:42.buildings present their own problems in ensuring conditions are
:07:43. > :07:45.acceptable in the 21st century. Now there is another challenge for staff
:07:46. > :07:50.here, growing numbers of sex offenders.
:07:51. > :07:56.The number of prisoners in Scotland's jails was 7416 at the end
:07:57. > :08:01.of last week, but of these, 1100 or so are convicted sex offenders,
:08:02. > :08:05.round 15% of the total. And the proportion has quadrupled in recent
:08:06. > :08:10.years. That provides extra challenge for the staff here in terms of
:08:11. > :08:17.arranging programmes and making sure they are case management is
:08:18. > :08:20.conducted properly. Because they are segregated from the normal
:08:21. > :08:25.run-of-the-mill prisoner? They are kept in one particular haul and so
:08:26. > :08:28.they are kept separate from activities, for education, for work,
:08:29. > :08:34.and that adds complication for the prison. Hall Many convicted sex
:08:35. > :08:39.offenders like John Farrell are elderly, he is 73 and serving five
:08:40. > :08:43.years for abusing boys. Paul Kelly was jailed with him for ten year,
:08:44. > :08:45.the men are typical of older prisoners serving sentences for
:08:46. > :08:51.the men are typical of older offences decades ago. 12% of
:08:52. > :08:56.prisoner, in Scotland, are over 50 and more than 100 are over 65. The
:08:57. > :08:58.Prison Service is having to buy in social care services like those
:08:59. > :09:03.provided for elderly people in the community. We are seeing increasing
:09:04. > :09:08.number of people getting sentences for crimes that were committed 30,
:09:09. > :09:12.40, even 50 years ago so the age profile of the prisoners in that
:09:13. > :09:18.population has increased considerably, these prisoners come
:09:19. > :09:23.with all of the psycho geriatric problems and we are having to cater
:09:24. > :09:29.for that. Largely designed to cater for young fit inmates prisons are
:09:30. > :09:34.increasingly having to make costly adaptation as more elderly people
:09:35. > :09:40.Health managers want to shut the Edinburgh unit -
:09:41. > :09:42.which operates on children from Shetland to Selkirk -
:09:43. > :09:45.and move all services to Glasgow, but protesters argue Scotland's
:09:46. > :09:47.children will be failed if this centralisation goes ahead.
:09:48. > :10:08.Alex has had many operations. He doesn't want his surgeon and her
:10:09. > :10:14.centre to shut. I want her to stay. Why is that? Because I've still got
:10:15. > :10:20.more operations to do. He was born with a cleft lip and
:10:21. > :10:24.palate, one of almost 100 a a year born if Scotland. Surgery can help
:10:25. > :10:29.with eating and speech. The proposal is flying in the case of quality
:10:30. > :10:34.care, it is talking about dismantling a close knit team, that
:10:35. > :10:37.is very much surgeon led. The surgery centre has a world leading
:10:38. > :10:42.reputation. But health authorities want to shut it down, and centralise
:10:43. > :10:49.services in Glasgow, because they say the single-handed surgical
:10:50. > :10:52.service here is not sustainable. Campaigners say the public
:10:53. > :10:57.consultation has been a sham. Experts argue the quality of care
:10:58. > :11:00.will suffer as Glasgow's results are worse than Edinburghs. If you look
:11:01. > :11:04.at the Freedom of Information releases you will find if you are a
:11:05. > :11:07.patient referred to Glasgow you will end up with more operation, there
:11:08. > :11:11.are other operations relating to the number of children who will be able
:11:12. > :11:15.to develop normal speech by age of five.
:11:16. > :11:19.The authorities stress this is not a cost cutting exercise and reject the
:11:20. > :11:23.claim Glasgow's results are worse We are considering all the option, what
:11:24. > :11:27.is important to recognise, if there are any moves, that what is
:11:28. > :11:32.maintained locally is the services that provide the support.
:11:33. > :11:36.Alex's family says this is not about how far they have to travel for
:11:37. > :11:42.surgery, but the continuity and quality of care for all of
:11:43. > :11:46.You're watching BBC Reporting Scotland.
:11:47. > :11:51.Research by the BBC finds more than 100 bank branches have closed
:11:52. > :11:53.in the last year - with more to in the pipeline.
:11:54. > :12:02.The Prime Minister says she won't be giving a running commentary on
:12:03. > :12:04.Brexit. And still to come. Why the Scottish food and drink industry is
:12:05. > :12:12.bullish about Brexit. The former partner of an Indian
:12:13. > :12:14.restaurant worker allegedly murdered almost 20 years ago has told a court
:12:15. > :12:18.how he died in front of her. Elizabeth Bryce said she saw
:12:19. > :12:21.Surjit Singh Chhokar dragged across a street outside their house
:12:22. > :12:39.by several men before Elizabeth Bryce seen on the left
:12:40. > :12:42.told the court on 4th November 1998, Surjit Singh Chhokar had gone to his
:12:43. > :12:47.flat to collect his Giro but found the door kicked in, and no sign of
:12:48. > :12:51.the cheque. She concluded that a man called Andrew Coulter cashed it in
:12:52. > :12:57.and approached him to resolve the situation. Elizabeth Bryce told the
:12:58. > :13:02.court on the evening of November 4th 1998 she was at her home in Wishaw
:13:03. > :13:06.waiting for Surjit Singh Chhokar to get back from work. She said as he
:13:07. > :13:10.approached the house, she heard a scream, then she saw him being
:13:11. > :13:16.pulled across the road by two men, who she identified as the accused
:13:17. > :13:20.Ronnie Coulter, and another man, David Montgomerie. She said Andrew
:13:21. > :13:24.Coulter was there. She said she picked up a spade, went outside and
:13:25. > :13:30.the three men eventually ran off. She told the court that when Surjit
:13:31. > :13:33.Singh Chhokar came back she saw him being pulled across the road by two
:13:34. > :13:35.men, who she identified as the accused Ronnie Coulter, and another
:13:36. > :13:37.man, David Montgomerie. She said Andrew Coulter was there. She said
:13:38. > :13:40.she picked up a spade, went outside and the three men eventually ran
:13:41. > :13:42.off. She told the court that when Surjit Singh Chhokar came back
:13:43. > :13:45.across the road he said "They stabbed me." She said he made a
:13:46. > :13:47.horrible sound then flopped down. The accused Ronnie Coulter, and
:13:48. > :13:49.another man, David Montgomerie. She said Andrew Coulter was there. She
:13:50. > :13:52.said she picked up a spade, went outside and the three men eventually
:13:53. > :13:54.ran off. She told the court that when Surjit Singh Chhokar came back
:13:55. > :13:57.across the road he said "They stabbed me." She said he made a
:13:58. > :13:59.horrible sound then flopped down. She said "I just couldn't believe
:14:00. > :14:01.it, he was dead. He was just lying there." Under cross-examination,
:14:02. > :14:03.defence QC Donald Finlay put it to Elizabeth Bryce she organised a
:14:04. > :14:06.meeting between Andrew Coulter and Surjit Singh Chhokar the night she
:14:07. > :14:09.died. Later she told the jury I did it and I was stupid. It was to see
:14:10. > :14:11.if they could sort it out. 48-year-old Ronnie Coulter denies
:14:12. > :14:13.murdering Surjit Singh Chhokar and trying to conceal the alleged crime.
:14:14. > :14:17.Scottish food and drink companies expect to create thousands of jobs
:14:18. > :14:19.and increase their sales over the next five years, and many see
:14:20. > :14:21.the Brexit vote particularly as an opportunity to grow.
:14:22. > :14:24.The optimistic outlook comes in a survey for Bank of Scotland.
:14:25. > :14:30.Our business correspondent David Henderson is to tell us more.
:14:31. > :14:33.a vote to leave Europe would harm Scottish business.
:14:34. > :14:45.Well, after that Brexit vote the Bank of Scotland's been speaking
:14:46. > :14:47.to about 100 firms who make and sell food and drink.
:14:48. > :14:51.They detect little doom and gloom - in fact half said the Brexit vote
:14:52. > :14:56.Over two-thirds of those surveyed want to find
:14:57. > :14:58.new international customers - that's up on last year.
:14:59. > :15:01.I've been to find out more from a food success story
:15:02. > :15:15.Business is hotting up for Bell's food group. At their factory they
:15:16. > :15:20.make food on an epic scale. 60 tonnes of pastry every year and
:15:21. > :15:25.pies. Lots of pies. They are now investing in new production lines,
:15:26. > :15:29.so they can find new customers. We are investing millions in new
:15:30. > :15:33.equipment, that allows us to increase capacity, in terms of pies
:15:34. > :15:36.we will increase from 31 million a year to approximately 43 million.
:15:37. > :15:41.That means we can increase our capacity, we can expand, not only
:15:42. > :15:45.within Scotland, but we can expand elsewhere into England, Ireland and
:15:46. > :15:52.Wales. Food and drink production is big business in Scotland. Last year,
:15:53. > :15:59.the value of exports alone topped five billion pounds. But some fear
:16:00. > :16:04.that Brexit might damage that. Today's survey suggests otherwise,
:16:05. > :16:07.half of the companies involved said they would raise their growth
:16:08. > :16:12.forecast for the coming years. There is a lot at stake. Scotland's
:16:13. > :16:17.growing reputation as a land of food and drink has created jobs, the
:16:18. > :16:22.sector now employs more than 34,000 people. Some fear cutting off access
:16:23. > :16:27.to Europe's single market could put a dent in that. There isn't a lot of
:16:28. > :16:31.uncertainty round Brexit, about 30% of workforce comes from Europe,
:16:32. > :16:35.about 80% of the food we sell out with the UK goes into European Union
:16:36. > :16:41.country, our agricultural material is funding by Europe, but ultimately
:16:42. > :16:44.the industry if we are producing a world class product, billing a
:16:45. > :16:49.reputation, there is no reason we can't keep growing in markets and
:16:50. > :16:55.initially. For Claire exporting is the next big step. She co-founded
:16:56. > :16:57.the Aberdeenshire company Summer House Drinks and is looking to sell
:16:58. > :17:01.their lemonade and top nick round House Drinks and is looking to sell
:17:02. > :17:06.the world. Europe is a important market for us because it is very
:17:07. > :17:11.close, and that makes distribution a lot easier, for us we are very
:17:12. > :17:18.outward looking Attwell, definitely looking at Canada, America, where
:17:19. > :17:22.the Scottish diaspora have gone. While selling local produce remains
:17:23. > :17:24.a popular option some see global markets as the key to future
:17:25. > :17:26.success. Now most of Scotland's
:17:27. > :17:29.food and drink exports are made up of whisky,
:17:30. > :17:32.with ?1.2 billion worth sold in EU What impact will Brexit
:17:33. > :17:45.have on them? Well, the Scotch Whisky Association
:17:46. > :17:48.is now sure taxes won't rise That's something which they'd warned
:17:49. > :17:52.could have cost thousands of jobs. And yet concerns remain about red
:17:53. > :17:55.tape and bureaucratic barriers. So they're urging the UK government
:17:56. > :17:58.to adopt a new deal, post-Brexit, which is as open
:17:59. > :18:06.and free trading as possible. Now a look at other stories
:18:07. > :18:08.from across the country. Police investigating the murder
:18:09. > :18:11.of Aberdeenshire handy man Brian McKandie say they could carry
:18:12. > :18:13.out a mass screening It's now six months since
:18:14. > :18:19.the 67-year-old was found dead Detectives say DNA profiles have
:18:20. > :18:25.been found at the house. However, so far they have not been
:18:26. > :18:34.matched on any database. There are still some other methods
:18:35. > :18:42.which we can apply in terms of the DNA profiles. Once we have exhausted
:18:43. > :18:44.those opportunities we will send out a mass screening exercise which will
:18:45. > :18:47.be a substantial undertaking. A police inquiry is underway
:18:48. > :18:50.after a man was found dying in the street close
:18:51. > :18:52.to Dundee city centre. It's thought he may have
:18:53. > :18:54.fallen from the window Forensic teams cordoned off
:18:55. > :18:58.the area on Forester Street. An influential committee of MPs
:18:59. > :19:02.is set to carry out an inquiry into the grounding of the oil-rig
:19:03. > :19:05.Transocean Winner which became stranded on the Isle
:19:06. > :19:07.of Lewis last month. The Commons Transport Select
:19:08. > :19:10.Committee could ask the rig's owners to answer questions on what risk
:19:11. > :19:13.assessment was carried out before the rig was towed west
:19:14. > :19:15.of the Hebrides where A prehistoric stone panel said to be
:19:16. > :19:23.the "most important in Europe" has been unearthed for the first time
:19:24. > :19:26.in 50 years - next to a housing The Cochno Stone was fully excavated
:19:27. > :19:31.for the first time since being buried in 1965
:19:32. > :19:37.to protect it from vandalism. It's thought to be
:19:38. > :19:39.around 5,000 years old. Council leaders in the Western Isles
:19:40. > :19:43.have repeated calls for the Scottish Government
:19:44. > :19:46.to devolve Crown Estate powers over the seabed to local authorities,
:19:47. > :19:57.as set out in the recommendations I would say the coastal community
:19:58. > :20:03.have the option of taking control over the management and assets here
:20:04. > :20:09.and it fits in well with the passing down of decision-making to local
:20:10. > :20:10.communities. If we keep this centralised think it's a very bad
:20:11. > :20:15.message to send out. -- I think. The opening ceremony of the 2016
:20:16. > :20:17.Paralympic games takes The London Games four years ago
:20:18. > :20:21.were hailed as a game changer for people's perceptions
:20:22. > :20:25.of disability in sport, but in recent months the Rio Games
:20:26. > :20:28.have been beset by controversy over funding, empty seats and even
:20:29. > :20:30.the classification of the athletes. Earlier I spoke to athletics
:20:31. > :20:32.commentator Alison Curbishley and asked to what extent those
:20:33. > :20:47.issues had been resolved. I think it's very difficult to know.
:20:48. > :20:50.Not being part of the IPC and in the setup and in the build-up, but it
:20:51. > :20:56.has been a terrible distraction for the Paralympics. The news coming
:20:57. > :21:04.out, not what athletes and the Federations getting ready, is not
:21:05. > :21:08.what they wanted to hear. And the Games themselves were beset by
:21:09. > :21:14.issues for the Olympics, but the feeling now is that the silver suits
:21:15. > :21:21.campaign has been a huge success, with Prince Harry making a donation
:21:22. > :21:26.to that yesterday -- the fill the seats campaign. They will be some
:21:27. > :21:31.to that yesterday -- the fill the Brazilian children making some noise
:21:32. > :21:35.in there, and so I hope that the negative build-up has meant that
:21:36. > :21:37.people have pulled themselves together to give the athletes what
:21:38. > :21:46.they deserve which is a fantastic Paralympics. A strong contingent of
:21:47. > :21:54.Scots out there. Yes, 33 phenomenal Scottish athletes in 12 sports, real
:21:55. > :21:58.credit to the Scottish Institute of sports getting them ready. In my
:21:59. > :22:05.event, athletics, we have six very impressive athletes many making
:22:06. > :22:12.their debut. Libby Clegg was a gold medallist in Glasgow in 2014, she's
:22:13. > :22:16.a blind athlete. She has been reclassified and so she will run in
:22:17. > :22:20.a blindfold which she says is terrifying. There are high hopes for
:22:21. > :22:27.her to finally get a Paralympics title. Stef Reid in the long jump.
:22:28. > :22:34.Joe Butterfield in the club throw, she is coming in well number one.
:22:35. > :22:37.High hopes for all six athletes. We wish Paralympic GB or the very best
:22:38. > :22:43.and we will be keeping in close touch with it -- all the very best.
:22:44. > :22:45.And good luck to Andy Murray. Andy Murray plays for a place
:22:46. > :22:48.in the semi-finals of He's up against the Japanese world
:22:49. > :22:58.number seven Kei Nishikori. Jamie Murray and his doubles partner
:22:59. > :23:05.Bruno Suarez have clinched their place in the semifinals. They were
:23:06. > :23:11.victorious 2-1 in their quarterfinal match.
:23:12. > :23:14.In rugby, the British and Irish Lions head coach for next
:23:15. > :23:16.year's tour of New Zealand is challenging Scots
:23:17. > :23:19.No Scottish player has started a Test match for
:23:20. > :23:28.You would be forgiven for thinking that because the Lions head coach
:23:29. > :23:33.was being name here in Edinburgh that he might be a Scot or at least
:23:34. > :23:39.have a Scottish connection, but I'm afraid not. Here he is, Warren
:23:40. > :23:45.Gatland, the Wales coach, his appointment coming as a surprise to
:23:46. > :23:49.know one. He was also head coach on the most recent tour in 2013 to
:23:50. > :23:55.Australia, Scots did not feature much in the big matches then, what
:23:56. > :24:02.about next year? Scotland have played some great rugby and they had
:24:03. > :24:08.a good World Cup and we went been looking solely at so-and-so, if the
:24:09. > :24:12.Scottish players are playing well for their club sides and their form
:24:13. > :24:17.is good enough for Scotland, they will have a chance of being
:24:18. > :24:21.selected. Scottish players have been restricted to cameo roles in Test
:24:22. > :24:25.matches on the last three tours. Richie Gray making an appearance in
:24:26. > :24:33.2013 and a similar story for Ross Ford four years before and Gordon
:24:34. > :24:39.Bulloch in 2005, but one former player thinks Scots can make more of
:24:40. > :24:43.a contribution. WP Nel has a great chance and the grey brothers have a
:24:44. > :24:50.real chance. Hardy in the back row. And the exciting attacking talents
:24:51. > :24:56.of Stuart Hogg. He is one of the most exciting runners in the game.
:24:57. > :25:02.Warren Gatland will name his assistance at the start of December.
:25:03. > :25:04.Scottish would be Lions will have until next spring to play their way
:25:05. > :25:10.into his travelling squad. And now we have the weather
:25:11. > :25:19.forecast. I thought we would take a look over
:25:20. > :25:26.the next few days and the jet stream is important, the fast moving ribbon
:25:27. > :25:30.of wind which delivers systems to us, the shape and position is
:25:31. > :25:34.all-important and what this means, we will have a succession of weather
:25:35. > :25:41.systems coming our way. Not a wash-out, but Windows of wet weather
:25:42. > :25:44.which will be drier and brighter. Today was quite warm, temperatures
:25:45. > :25:49.into the mid-20s, and tonight a muggy close night, reasonably dry
:25:50. > :25:56.wit showery outbreaks in the North West and murky for the far north --
:25:57. > :26:03.with. Some heavy rain in the West Coast. The mainland is still dry,
:26:04. > :26:08.and still warm, overnight lows of 17 degrees for some. Tomorrow morning
:26:09. > :26:12.the wet weather moves east, and for Thursday morning it is expected to
:26:13. > :26:17.be wet at times with rain pushing its way through and quite breezy, as
:26:18. > :26:22.well. By the afternoon the heavy rain has cleared, but still we are
:26:23. > :26:27.left with a legacy of showers and cloud, the best of any brighter
:26:28. > :26:32.weather to the east of the country, temperatures 20-21. The morning rain
:26:33. > :26:37.is still with us at this moment, so quite wet here and indeed quite
:26:38. > :26:40.windy. The rest of the afternoon into the evening at the rain clears
:26:41. > :26:45.away, but still a number of showers across the mainland and still quite
:26:46. > :26:51.breezy at times. As we look ahead towards Friday, window of something
:26:52. > :26:56.dry and brighter, a few showers across the North West but for many a
:26:57. > :27:02.decent day, but we have another area of rain arriving. Saturday
:27:03. > :27:07.reasonably dry, with a few showers, but still quite breezy, and Sunday
:27:08. > :27:11.dry and bright but with heavy rain arriving as we had overnight into
:27:12. > :27:15.Monday. Chopping and changing through the next few days.
:27:16. > :27:18.Now, a reminder of tonight's main news.
:27:19. > :27:19.The prospect of Britain leaving the European Union has
:27:20. > :27:21.dominated debate at both Westminster and Holyrood.
:27:22. > :27:24.The Prime Minister said she would not give a "running
:27:25. > :27:27.But, in the Scottish Parliament, the First Minister said
:27:28. > :27:42.that was because Theresa May didn't have a clue what to do next.
:27:43. > :27:43.I'll be back with the late bulletin just