:00:00. > :00:00.That's all from the BBC News at Six so it's goodbye from me
:00:00. > :00:09.A jury hears how a man accused of murdering Surjit Singh Chokhar
:00:10. > :00:13.has already stood trial for the crime and been acquitted.
:00:14. > :00:15.Grieving relatives who visited Elgin mortuary
:00:16. > :00:23.describe the experience as appalling.
:00:24. > :00:30.We were accompanied by police constables, approached the building,
:00:31. > :00:32.and within two steps of being outside we were in front of my dad's
:00:33. > :00:34.body, with very little preparation. They're calling for all Scottish
:00:35. > :00:37.mortuaries to be inspected to make This British Airways
:00:38. > :00:42.flight to the States had to be diverted so an unruly
:00:43. > :00:45.Scottish passenger could be escorted A new, independent lifeboat arrives
:00:46. > :00:49.in the Borders coastal town of St Abbs, a year after the RNLI
:00:50. > :00:55.withdrew its facility. And Rangers and Celtic
:00:56. > :00:57.play their first league match in four years when they meet
:00:58. > :01:17.at Celtic park tomorrow. A grieving family is calling
:01:18. > :01:26.for improvements to be made A jury has heard a man accused
:01:27. > :01:29.of murdering a waiter in Lanarkshire nearly 18 years ago has
:01:30. > :01:31.already stood trial The details emerged today
:01:32. > :01:34.during the cross examination 48-year-old Ronnie Coulter denies
:01:35. > :01:37.murdering Surjit Singh Chhokar in Overtown near Wishaw
:01:38. > :01:39.in November 1998. From the High Court in Glasgow
:01:40. > :01:53.here's our Home Affairs For the third day, Elizabeth Bryce
:01:54. > :01:58.has been in the witness box recalling the events of November
:01:59. > :02:02.four 1998. She was the partner of Indian waiter Surjit Singh Chokhar,
:02:03. > :02:06.who was stabbed to death outside her house in Overtown, near Wishaw. His
:02:07. > :02:10.family were watching when the jury were told the man in the dock has
:02:11. > :02:15.already been tried for the crime. It's the third time Miss Bryce has
:02:16. > :02:20.given evidence in a trial about his death. In March 1999, Ronnie Coulter
:02:21. > :02:25.was tried for his murder and acquitted. A year later Ronnie
:02:26. > :02:28.Coulter's nephew, Andrew, and a third man were tried for the same
:02:29. > :02:31.murder and also acquitted. Now Ronnie Coulter is back in court
:02:32. > :02:37.accused of the murder for a second time. Elizabeth Bryce was questioned
:02:38. > :02:41.by the defence QC. She said on the night when her partner died, she
:02:42. > :02:47.found him outside her flat bleeding heavily from a chest wound. She then
:02:48. > :02:53.told police that three men had been involved, but she only named Andrew
:02:54. > :03:00.Coltart. A police constable was first on the scene. He said he had
:03:01. > :03:05.taken a statement in the ambulance taking Mr Chokhar to hospital. He
:03:06. > :03:09.said Elizabeth Bryce had only given him the name of Andrew, and if she
:03:10. > :03:13.had told him the names of the other two men he would have passed them
:03:14. > :03:14.on. The trial of Ronnie Coulter at the High Court in Glasgow resumes on
:03:15. > :03:19.Monday. A grieving family is calling
:03:20. > :03:22.for improvements to be made to mortuaries around the country,
:03:23. > :03:24.after branding conditions at their local one
:03:25. > :03:25.in Elgin "appalling". The widow and daughters of a man
:03:26. > :03:28.who died in a sailing accident were called to identify his body
:03:29. > :03:31.but say they were shocked at facilities at the mortuary,
:03:32. > :03:47.which didn't even include a toilet These are the waters of the Moray
:03:48. > :03:52.coast which claimed the life of keen sailor Frank White in May. He had
:03:53. > :03:57.set off in his boat to spectate on a race series run by the local yacht
:03:58. > :04:01.club when his boat was overturned. Tragic enough for his family, but
:04:02. > :04:07.when they were asked to come and identify his body at the mortuary in
:04:08. > :04:13.Elgin, this is what greeted them. What looked like a disused, unkempt
:04:14. > :04:19.building, outbuildings is what it looked like. Within two steps of
:04:20. > :04:23.being outside we were in front of my dad's body, with very little
:04:24. > :04:27.preparation. Are you ready? You think, OK, we will now move forward,
:04:28. > :04:33.and actually, you are there with your loved one right in front of
:04:34. > :04:37.you. NHS Grampian said they had immediately apologised to the family
:04:38. > :04:41.and had taken steps to make sure what they had experienced did not
:04:42. > :04:46.happen again. They are no longer using this mortuary for family
:04:47. > :04:51.visits. But the family and their MSP are concerned there may be other
:04:52. > :04:54.mortuaries in Scotland that provide a similarly dismal welcome for
:04:55. > :05:00.families who are grieving for recently lost loved ones. The family
:05:01. > :05:04.who have been through the horrific experience of identifying the body
:05:05. > :05:07.of a loved one in mortuary facilities that were wholly
:05:08. > :05:11.inappropriate, way below standard, they want to not have any other
:05:12. > :05:15.family go through that and I agree with them that now is the time to
:05:16. > :05:20.ensure standards are other mortuaries are checked. The MSP is
:05:21. > :05:23.going to raise the issue at Holyrood, calling for all mortuaries
:05:24. > :05:30.in Scotland to be checked to make sure they could -- they meet
:05:31. > :05:34.acceptable standards. It felt so wrong. Nobody should have that lack
:05:35. > :05:41.of dignity and respect, either for the living or the deceased. If this
:05:42. > :05:46.was the position here, what was it like across the rest of Scotland?
:05:47. > :05:48.The Princess Royal has cancelled her public engagements
:05:49. > :05:50.next week because she is "feeling unwell", Buckingham Palace has said.
:05:51. > :05:53.66-year-old Princess Anne is understood to have had some tests
:05:54. > :05:55.at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary on Wednesday.
:05:56. > :05:57.Buckingham Palace said the Queen's daughter had been suffering
:05:58. > :05:59.from a bad chest infection and had cancelled her engagements
:06:00. > :06:08.She has been staying at Balmoral, the Queen's Aberdeenshire residence.
:06:09. > :06:10.A British Airways flight from London to Florida
:06:11. > :06:13.was forced to divert to Boston because of the "unruly" behaviour
:06:14. > :06:19.The 24-year-old man from Glasgow was then removed by police officers
:06:20. > :06:22.before the flight continued its journey to Orlando.
:06:23. > :06:36.As it entered US airspace, this is the moment a routine flight from
:06:37. > :06:40.London to Orlando had to make a sudden diversion because a passenger
:06:41. > :06:45.had become too disruptive for the crew to handle. This is the
:06:46. > :06:47.24-year-old Glaswegian, who passengers say was drunkenly
:06:48. > :06:52.wandering around the plane and seemed to want to get off. The
:06:53. > :06:57.flight left Gatwick on Thursday afternoon but made its unscheduled
:06:58. > :07:01.stop on the coast of the US, meaning passengers reached their eventual
:07:02. > :07:05.destination two hours late. One of the business people on the plane was
:07:06. > :07:10.sitting directly in front of the man. He wanted off the flight. At
:07:11. > :07:17.some stage, he did not even realise he was on a plane. He just wanted
:07:18. > :07:24.off, he wanted out. How did the crew deal with him? They did not
:07:25. > :07:30.physically restrain him. They would escort him back to his seat. On
:07:31. > :07:35.several occasions they had to physically keep him in his seat
:07:36. > :07:38.area, but the majority of the time he was standing up. Eventually, the
:07:39. > :07:55.pilot radioed the ground. The pilot went on to warn that he
:07:56. > :08:09.did not know what the passenger might do next.
:08:10. > :08:15.The US authorities say the man will be returned to the UK on Saturday
:08:16. > :08:21.but he will also be summoned to a Boston court. Airlines take this
:08:22. > :08:25.kind of behaviour very seriously. British Airways has apologised to
:08:26. > :08:26.the other passengers, saying disruptive behaviour will not be
:08:27. > :08:28.tolerated. Motorists using the M8 and M74
:08:29. > :08:31.on the outskirts of Glasgow are being warned they face even
:08:32. > :08:33.longer delays from Monday, as the next phase of work to improve
:08:34. > :08:36.the motorway network begins. The installation of new motorway
:08:37. > :08:55.gantries means another three months Diane standing above the M8 motorway
:08:56. > :09:01.on the outskirts of Glasgow, and the team behind a huge project to
:09:02. > :09:05.reconfigure the M8, the M73 and the M74 in this area move onto the next
:09:06. > :09:09.phase on Monday by replacing the overhead gantry is along there,
:09:10. > :09:14.which will lead to a great deal of disruption. The project manager
:09:15. > :09:19.joins me now to talk through what they will be doing. What will you be
:09:20. > :09:24.doing with these gantries, and what is the impact on travellers? From
:09:25. > :09:27.Monday we move on the M8 and we have to start constructing the
:09:28. > :09:36.foundations, building large piles into the ground. We have to have two
:09:37. > :09:39.lanes in each direction. This massive project has already led to
:09:40. > :09:45.disruption. How much more delay will people face on Monday. The M74 has
:09:46. > :09:51.already been down to two lanes and this is the first time the M8 has
:09:52. > :09:54.been down to two lanes. We expect significant disruption and asked
:09:55. > :10:00.drivers to use alternative routes or allow extra time. The work will take
:10:01. > :10:04.three months and we will try to phase it to minimise disruption.
:10:05. > :10:11.What will the impact be when the project is finished? In terms of
:10:12. > :10:18.journey time in the morning, we will see a benefit of 20 minutes on M8.
:10:19. > :10:23.On the M74 there will be a journey time benefit of 15 minutes. Lots of
:10:24. > :10:27.change coming and the message for people driving between Glasgow and
:10:28. > :10:29.Edinburgh on Monday is to leave extra time for your journey and if
:10:30. > :10:31.possible, find an alternative route. They call it the hidden
:10:32. > :10:33.problem of homelessness. Tens of thousands of people
:10:34. > :10:36.across Scotland waiting to rent a house from a council
:10:37. > :10:38.or a housing association. Some are in temporary
:10:39. > :10:41.accommodation, others are living Jamie McIvor's been investigating
:10:42. > :11:00.the pressure on the social housing. Linda never imagined she would be
:11:01. > :11:04.homeless. Her marriage broke up and later a serious medical condition
:11:05. > :11:08.stopped her from working, socially is living in this flat for the
:11:09. > :11:12.moment until a more suitable place to rent becomes available. The
:11:13. > :11:18.bottom line was that I had to sell my house. And when you have to do
:11:19. > :11:24.that, you have to do that. You realise, I can't find another job. I
:11:25. > :11:29.am not well enough to be doing X, Y, Z. Living on the ninth floor can be
:11:30. > :11:36.a problem for someone using a wheelchair. While temporary
:11:37. > :11:40.accommodation of any sort is far from ideal. All of our possessions
:11:41. > :11:47.have been in storage for the and a half. What I am sitting with his
:11:48. > :11:52.second hand goods. Stories like this may challenge misconceptions about
:11:53. > :11:56.just who might become homeless. Across Scotland, 30,000 households
:11:57. > :12:00.became homeless last year. Sleeping rough is just the tip of the
:12:01. > :12:06.iceberg. The vast majority of homeless people do have a roof over
:12:07. > :12:09.their head. In Aberdeen, almost 500 households are in temporary
:12:10. > :12:15.accommodation. In Edinburgh, it is over 1000, and in Glasgow it is
:12:16. > :12:19.2000. It could happen to anybody. That is the resounding message I
:12:20. > :12:25.want to get across, because we work with a wide diversity of people. One
:12:26. > :12:30.person this charity is working with is Carol Andrews soon, she hopes to
:12:31. > :12:33.have a permanent home. For now, the charity is giving her accommodation
:12:34. > :12:42.and teaching her new skills, which can help solve this team. I think
:12:43. > :12:46.the way they are doing it, they are preparing you for moving into your
:12:47. > :12:54.own house, whereas just giving you a house and putting you in, you could
:12:55. > :12:58.end up back to square one. The Scottish Government wants 45,000 new
:12:59. > :13:03.rigid homes within five years but 160,000 are on the waiting list for
:13:04. > :13:05.all sorts of reasons. Campaigners worry that those in temporary
:13:06. > :13:08.accommodation can easily become invisible statistics.
:13:09. > :13:10.You're watching BBC Reporting Scotland.
:13:11. > :13:18.A jury hears how a man accused of murdering Surjit Singh Chokhar
:13:19. > :13:20.has already stood trial for the crime and been acquitted.
:13:21. > :13:25.There's controversy at the Paralympics as Scot Libby Clegg
:13:26. > :13:36.is disqualified and then reinstated in the 100 metres semi final.
:13:37. > :13:39.The new independent lifeboat in St Abbs has been out on training
:13:40. > :13:41.exercises 12 months after the RNLI withdrew its lifeboat
:13:42. > :13:47.The boat, which was bought from funds raised by the community
:13:48. > :13:51.and a major donor, will be officially launched next weekend.
:13:52. > :14:09.They say this is the fastest lifeboat in the country. A year to
:14:10. > :14:12.the day the RNLI withdrew its lifeboat, the St Abbs crew are out
:14:13. > :14:17.training on the one they bought themselves. Brand-new,
:14:18. > :14:23.purpose-built, they say this will save lives. This isn't all about
:14:24. > :14:27.speed. This rocky coastline is great for swimmers and divers but very
:14:28. > :14:31.dangerous for boats. That is why the St Abbs crew have chosen the
:14:32. > :14:36.specialist lifeboat to be able to get in about the rocks to rescue
:14:37. > :14:41.people. The area is world-famous for its diving. There can be hundreds in
:14:42. > :14:46.the water over a weekend. We are really glad. A lot of people use the
:14:47. > :14:51.sea, use the coast. We hope we never need it, but it is nice to know it's
:14:52. > :14:55.in there and nice to know that if we needed it, it would get there
:14:56. > :15:00.quickly. Wonderful to know there is a lifeboat there. If we get swept
:15:01. > :15:04.out to sea, someone will come and rescue us. Let's hope it's never
:15:05. > :15:09.needed, but it is there. It is a really good dive site with lots to
:15:10. > :15:12.see, used by a lot of divers, and it's great to know there is a
:15:13. > :15:18.lifeboat there for anyone that gets into difficulty. The RNLI said this
:15:19. > :15:25.area could be covered by a station a few miles away. The risks did not
:15:26. > :15:29.justify two Botes so close together. St Abbs disagreed. There are 30,000
:15:30. > :15:34.individual dive is taking place. If a diver gets in trouble you need to
:15:35. > :15:37.be there as quickly as possible. The RNLI have moved the boats about
:15:38. > :15:42.three miles further from the dive sites. We are in the middle of them
:15:43. > :15:46.and should be able to react quicker. The community have raised nearly
:15:47. > :15:51.?500,000 to get this boat in the water and believe it is worth every
:15:52. > :15:55.penny. The crew here say there is no hard feelings with the RNLI crew
:15:56. > :16:00.around the coast. In fact, they were on a joint rescue a few days ago,
:16:01. > :16:01.and the RNLI have issued a statement wishing this crew every success in
:16:02. > :16:07.their new venture. A look at other stories
:16:08. > :16:10.from across the country. Glasgow Airport is operating
:16:11. > :16:13.as normal, after a gas leak forced the evacuation of about 200 guests
:16:14. > :16:16.from a hotel near the main terminal. The alarm was raised
:16:17. > :16:19.at St Andrew's Drive around 3am. Engineers spent the day trying
:16:20. > :16:23.to resolve the problem. A military training camp,
:16:24. > :16:27.where a Scots soldier was accidentally killed last month,
:16:28. > :16:31.saw more than 100 other accidents in which soldiers were injured last
:16:32. > :16:33.year, Ministry of Private Conor McPherson from Paisley
:16:34. > :16:39.died after suffering a serious head wound while taking part in a night,
:16:40. > :16:42.live-firing exercise 24-year-old Private McPherson
:16:43. > :16:50.served in the Black Watch. A further batch of Dunsyre Blue
:16:51. > :16:55.cheese is being recalled, following an outbreak
:16:56. > :16:57.of E.coli which resulted Food Standards Scotland said
:16:58. > :17:01.Lanarkshire-based Errington Cheese has instigated the "precautionary
:17:02. > :17:05.recall" of a batch of the product. Health officials have been
:17:06. > :17:08.exploring possible links The company says there's no
:17:09. > :17:12.confirmed link between the E.coli More than 1 million passengers have
:17:13. > :17:19.used the Borders Railway since it was officially opened
:17:20. > :17:21.by the Queen. The figure was announced
:17:22. > :17:23.by Transport Minister, Humza Yousaf, and ScotRail Alliance managing
:17:24. > :17:27.director, Phil Verster, The first services ran on the route
:17:28. > :17:33.from Tweedbank to Edinburgh on 6th Double gold medal-winning gymnast,
:17:34. > :17:40.Max Whitlock, has performed in a specially-designed
:17:41. > :17:44.suit for Prince Charles. The Olympic star spun on his hands
:17:45. > :17:47.on a table in a woollen suit His performance, at Dumfries House
:17:48. > :17:53.in Cumnock, received cheers from delegates at a conference
:17:54. > :18:02.staged by the Campaign for Wool. Football now and Rangers and Celtic
:18:03. > :18:04.play their first league match in four years when they meet
:18:05. > :18:07.at Celtic park tomorrow. The Rangers manager Mark Warburton
:18:08. > :18:11.says victory over Celtic would simply mean three
:18:12. > :18:14.points for his side. Since their last league match,
:18:15. > :18:17.the Ibrox club has endured financial Here's our Senior Football Reporter
:18:18. > :18:29.Chris McLaughlin. For four years, this club has been
:18:30. > :18:34.flying high at the top of Scottish football. Winning, but, perhaps,
:18:35. > :18:38.also waiting. Waiting for the regular return of a fixture and a
:18:39. > :18:46.rivalry so intense that even liquidation failed to kill it off.
:18:47. > :18:50.It's honours even from two cup matches at Hampden, but this time
:18:51. > :18:54.one side plays host. I've heard noise in stadiums at Celtic Park
:18:55. > :18:59.that I haven't heard before, as a manager and a coach, wherever I have
:19:00. > :19:03.been. Home or away. So, the passion and - that's why so many players
:19:04. > :19:08.around the world, why they speak so fondly and highly of the atmosphere
:19:09. > :19:12.at Celtic Park. It really is a unique atmosphere. The noise levels
:19:13. > :19:17.are never in doubt but his opposite number is keen not to get caught up
:19:18. > :19:22.in the hype. Mark Warburton says "You are never going to under
:19:23. > :19:26.underestimate the importance of this occasion but it is just three
:19:27. > :19:35.points. If you see the odds and belief them, there's not much point
:19:36. > :19:43.in turning up, we're relishing it." Another man with big questions to
:19:44. > :19:46.answer, is also turning U Tackling political issues is a hobby but his
:19:47. > :19:53.job tomorrow could be tackling this man. The Celtic captain, Scott?Brown
:19:54. > :19:57.is never one to shy away, either. Joey says if he reaches his level,
:19:58. > :20:02.Scott?Brown can't live with him, he wouldn't get anywhere here his
:20:03. > :20:07.level. Scott?Brown taunted him on Twitter for being a Celtic fan. Joey
:20:08. > :20:17.Barton responded with a picture of Scott?Brown as a kid in a Rangers'
:20:18. > :20:20.jersey. It is typical pre-Old Firm fayre but every fixture needs a
:20:21. > :20:25.favourite. Celtic were favourites when they met in the Cup. Rangers
:20:26. > :20:29.came out on top but much has changed here and across the City since then.
:20:30. > :20:31.Players, managers, even owners come and go but the rivalry, well, the
:20:32. > :20:38.rivalry always remains. There was drama at the Paralympics
:20:39. > :20:41.in Rio for one Scottish athlete. After reaching
:20:42. > :20:42.the final of the 100m, sprinter Libby Clegg
:20:43. > :20:45.was then disqualified. The British team appealed
:20:46. > :21:02.and in the last few moments Clegg - was her appeal successful? Libby
:21:03. > :21:07.Clegg, tethered to her guide - and the pair were off in a bid to reach
:21:08. > :21:12.the final of the 100m, an event she'd won silver medals in, at the
:21:13. > :21:17.last two Games. COMMENTATOR: Libby Clegg. And job
:21:18. > :21:21.done. Not just winning her semifinal... COMMENTATOR: A new
:21:22. > :21:27.World Record. Delight for Clegg as she set a new World Record but, an
:21:28. > :21:31.hour later, she was out of the final, disqualified, after her guide
:21:32. > :21:35.Chris Clark was adjudged to have pulled her along here. Paralympic GB
:21:36. > :21:40.appealed against the decision and, after a bit of a wait, it was
:21:41. > :21:47.successful. Clegg, back in tonight's final. Earlier there was also good
:21:48. > :21:54.news for Scottish long jumper, Stef Reid. 5.64 she has done. A silver
:21:55. > :21:58.medal, her second in as many Paralympics. So, Reid gets her
:21:59. > :22:04.medal. And Clegg gets another chance of trying for one.
:22:05. > :22:07.Scotland's crime writing festival gets under way in Stirling tonight,
:22:08. > :22:10.with a prize dedicated to one of the country's best known writers.
:22:11. > :22:11.Our arts correspondent Pauline McLean is there
:22:12. > :22:23.Scotland has a fine selection of crime writers. So many so that they
:22:24. > :22:25.founded their own festival here in stirling four years ago. And this
:22:26. > :22:30.year they've decided tie ward their stirling four years ago. And this
:22:31. > :22:35.main prize. The Scottish Crime Novel of the Year, decided to dedicate it
:22:36. > :22:42.to the man that many believe started it all, William Mcel veriy. And the
:22:43. > :22:47.prize, just about to be announced. - McIlveny.
:22:48. > :22:55.The winner of the prize is Chris... APPLAUSE
:22:56. > :23:08.Well, we are joined by Christopher Brook myer, what does it mean to
:23:09. > :23:12.win? A great deal. I was always such a fan of William McIlvanney so to
:23:13. > :23:15.win the award in the year it has been named after him means more.
:23:16. > :23:17.There is a wealth of Scottish crime fiction. Look at the people on the
:23:18. > :23:22.long list, never mind the short fiction. Look at the people on the
:23:23. > :23:27.list. It is a great, great honour. Also, this is my - 20 years since my
:23:28. > :23:31.first novel and I was just talking to someone before and saying - my
:23:32. > :23:36.first novel was published when I was 27. That's considered pretty young.
:23:37. > :23:42.But 20 years on, I kind of feel like I'm just hitting my stride. And why
:23:43. > :23:47.is Scotland so good at producing crime writers? What is it about
:23:48. > :23:51.here? I think there is a kind of conglomerate economy. If people are
:23:52. > :23:55.writing crime fiction and reading crime fiction, that's the genre they
:23:56. > :24:02.are going to want to write. If you grew up somewhere where everyone is
:24:03. > :24:05.writing aga-sagas, the Home Counties, maybe that's the book you
:24:06. > :24:09.will aspire to write. The more crime fiction there is in Scotland, I
:24:10. > :24:14.think the more there will be. Congratulations again, Chris. Chris
:24:15. > :24:17.is here this weekend as are the other short listed finalists.
:24:18. > :24:22.There's plenty of grim and gritty stuff n a good way, from now until
:24:23. > :24:26.Sunday. Well, let's see what we can expect from the weekend weather,
:24:27. > :24:31.Chris. Well, what a wet end to the day it
:24:32. > :24:35.has been. You can see on the rainfall radar the weather sweeping
:24:36. > :24:38.across the country. Difficult conditions on the road and weather
:24:39. > :24:42.watchers have been out snapping pictures like that. Not only the
:24:43. > :24:47.rain, windy as well. Galeforce up the west coast and a few hours of
:24:48. > :24:51.wet and wupdy fayre to come. Overnight the rain clears. A few
:24:52. > :24:55.showers over Highland and Islands but many areas dry with clear
:24:56. > :24:59.spells. Temperatures in towns and cities holding around 10 to 12. A
:25:00. > :25:05.touch cooler in the countryside. So, to the weekend and Saturday doesn't
:25:06. > :25:07.look too bad. A small nose of high pressure just keeping the weather at
:25:08. > :25:09.look too bad. A small nose of high bay. Actually a lot of dry, fine
:25:10. > :25:14.weather in the forecast for Saturday. There will be a few light
:25:15. > :25:17.showers akro cross Highland and Islands. Breezy in the south-west
:25:18. > :25:21.but not the wind we have seen today. Else where the winds are lighter and
:25:22. > :25:25.well-broken cloud, spells of sunshine, actually quite pleasant.
:25:26. > :25:29.By mid-afternoon, we will have temperatures around 16-18. You may
:25:30. > :25:33.see the odd light shower but you would be unlucky if you catch one.
:25:34. > :25:37.More likely to catch one across the north-west, for areas to the
:25:38. > :25:44.north-west of the great glen and through the Hebrides. Across most of
:25:45. > :25:46.Grampian and far north and Northern Isles, cooler with some sunshine.
:25:47. > :25:50.Temperatures close to average for the time offee. If you are hill
:25:51. > :25:53.walking or climbing across the north-west ranges, the chance of a
:25:54. > :25:57.shower at times. Elsewhere dry. The winds from a south-westerly, and
:25:58. > :26:02.those are steady speeds. The eastern ranges, generally dry with some
:26:03. > :26:07.sunshine overhead and the summit etch it tours there, too. So, for
:26:08. > :26:11.the Old Firm derby in Glasgow on Saturday, well, generally dry. Some
:26:12. > :26:14.sunshine overhead and light winds. If you are planning something
:26:15. > :26:19.entirely different, heading off to the Proms in the Park come Saturday
:26:20. > :26:23.night at Glasgow Green, dry and bright generally but after the rain
:26:24. > :26:26.we have seen today, the ground will be sodden. You run the risk of a
:26:27. > :26:31.soggy bottom or two. Saturday night, a number of showers,
:26:32. > :26:34.some could be heavy across the north-west, maybe one or two in
:26:35. > :26:38.towards the central belt. Sunday high pressure with us but a deep low
:26:39. > :26:41.in the Atlantic threatening. However for most of Sunday we should escape
:26:42. > :26:45.with things largely dry, some sunshine. Clouding over in the west
:26:46. > :26:48.through the course of the day and winds will strengthen as well. By
:26:49. > :26:52.the end of play, well that rain arrives and it'll turn wet and
:26:53. > :26:56.indeed very windy overnight into Monday. That's the forecast, for now
:26:57. > :26:57.Thank you very much. Watch these soggy bottoms.
:26:58. > :27:06.Now, a reminder of the main news: accused of murdering a waiter
:27:07. > :27:10.in Lanarkshire nearly 18 years ago has already stood trial
:27:11. > :27:13.for the crime and been acquitted. 48-year-old Ronnie Coulter denies
:27:14. > :27:15.murdering Surjit Singh Chhokar in Overtown near Wishaw
:27:16. > :27:17.in November 1998. Surgeons in Oxford
:27:18. > :27:19.have used a robot to operate inside the eye -
:27:20. > :27:22.in a world first. The milestone for robotic technology
:27:23. > :27:26.should mean that in future surgeons will be able to do more complex
:27:27. > :27:32.procedures than are I'll be back with the headlines
:27:33. > :27:37.at 8.00pm and the late bulletin just Until then, from everyone
:27:38. > :27:41.on the team - right across the country -
:27:42. > :27:45.have a very good evening.