:00:00. > :00:00.That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me
:00:00. > :00:42.and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.
:00:43. > :00:46.Scotrail and the RMT agree on a deal to end the dispute over driver
:00:47. > :00:50.The fight for the skies over the capital -
:00:51. > :00:52.Edinburgh airport receives thousands of responses to a consultation
:00:53. > :00:55.Also on the programme, Willie Rennie tells the Lib Dem
:00:56. > :00:57.conference that the SNP and the Conservatives
:00:58. > :00:59.are the terrible twins of British politics.
:01:00. > :01:01.Rangers suspend Joey Barton for three weeks following
:01:02. > :01:05.And going the extra mile - the runner who's about to tackle his
:01:06. > :01:09.ScotRail says its reached agreement in principle with the RMT union
:01:10. > :01:12.to end a dispute over driver only operated trains.
:01:13. > :01:15.The company says it includes a guarantee that a conductor will be
:01:16. > :01:17.kept as a second member of staff on new trains being
:01:18. > :01:22.Here's Huw Williams with the latest.
:01:23. > :01:24.This dispute has always been about who operates
:01:25. > :01:32.The RMT said having a second member of staff working on a train is vital
:01:33. > :01:37.But now Scotrail says the deal which has been agreed in principle
:01:38. > :01:42.guarantees that that second person will be there.
:01:43. > :01:44.It should mean an end to the industrial action
:01:45. > :01:46.which disrputed some trains earlier in the year.
:01:47. > :01:49.And in fact more strikes were planned, but they were suspended
:01:50. > :01:53.earlier this month to allow talks to go ahead.
:01:54. > :01:55.Scotrail has welcomed the development.
:01:56. > :02:00.It says it'll make its services more efficient and effective.
:02:01. > :02:03.The union says its officials will be reporting to the RMT
:02:04. > :02:05.National executive tomorrow, where the proposals will be
:02:06. > :02:10.It'll make its position clear after that.
:02:11. > :02:13.But there'll need to be a ballot of union members to ratify the deal.
:02:14. > :02:21.I think we can confidently predict that both sides will be claiming
:02:22. > :02:25.Edinburgh airport says it has received thousands of responses
:02:26. > :02:27.to its public consultation on changing flight paths.
:02:28. > :02:30.The first phase ends today, a week later than planned
:02:31. > :02:32.after the airport was forced to apologise after losing
:02:33. > :02:49.Scotland's busiest airport is getting even more popular. Passenger
:02:50. > :02:57.numbers are up 12% on this time last year. And it plans to expand. Just
:02:58. > :03:01.the sort of news, owners of this West Lothian golf club want to hear.
:03:02. > :03:05.Certainly the airport expansion will hopefully raise the profile of the
:03:06. > :03:09.area and raise the profile of West Lothian, the more people we can draw
:03:10. > :03:16.to the area and the more awareness we can raise our golf club and clubs
:03:17. > :03:19.in the area, it can only be good. Edinburgh airport wants to get more
:03:20. > :03:23.flights in but it also wants to increase the frequency of outbound
:03:24. > :03:27.flights to one a minute and to do that, it says it wants to expand the
:03:28. > :03:31.flight path it uses. This consultation gave the public they
:03:32. > :03:38.say on proposed envelopes of air space that could be utilised. They
:03:39. > :03:43.change the flight path... In some parts of the countryside like
:03:44. > :03:46.blackness, local residents say the tranquillity has already
:03:47. > :03:52.disappeared. We are fighting against a giant and we are a small group of
:03:53. > :03:57.people, because of their oral area, there are not that many people
:03:58. > :04:02.living here. It is like David and Goliath. One every two minutes, a
:04:03. > :04:06.few thousand feet above you, the rattle in the air, it is very
:04:07. > :04:11.unpleasant. The air space here was designed in the 1970s. Back then, it
:04:12. > :04:17.handles around 1 million passengers a year and now it handles over 11
:04:18. > :04:21.million. The modernisation programme has had a bumpy ride, a cancelled
:04:22. > :04:27.flight path trial last week and an admission of lost data, but the
:04:28. > :04:30.airport says it is listening. We have a chance to redesign the sky,
:04:31. > :04:32.we could design routes that better balance our group with their
:04:33. > :04:36.requirements as well and we can look to try and alleviate some of the
:04:37. > :04:39.problems that are there through a variety of things, either
:04:40. > :04:43.modernising the flight routes or using different routes at different
:04:44. > :04:45.times. The airport says the results of this phase will inform their
:04:46. > :04:52.designs, but no changes to air space of this phase will inform their
:04:53. > :04:54.will take place before December, 2017.
:04:55. > :04:57.The leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats has accused the SNP
:04:58. > :04:59.and the Conservatives of campaiging on "fear, not hope" in his speech
:05:00. > :05:03.Willie Rennie said the Lib Dems needed to be "progressive,
:05:04. > :05:09.Our political correspondent David Porter is in Brighton.
:05:10. > :05:12.They're not the party of government they were two years ago -
:05:13. > :05:18.do the Lib Dems seem up for the fight?
:05:19. > :05:22.No, they are not and I think that is part of the reason that the language
:05:23. > :05:37.we are hearing from Willie Rennie. He is keen like other senior Liberal
:05:38. > :05:40.Democrats to get a hearing for his views, over the last couple of
:05:41. > :05:42.years, with the UK General Election and Holyrood elections, it is fair
:05:43. > :05:45.to say that the Liberal Democrats are feeling pretty marginalised at
:05:46. > :05:47.the moment. They only have one Scottish Liberal Democrat MP in
:05:48. > :05:50.Westminster and five MS peas and to that end, Willie Rennie is saying
:05:51. > :05:54.that his party will be progressive and outward looking and optimistic.
:05:55. > :05:59.Willie Rennie is acutely aware that in political times, the only show in
:06:00. > :06:04.town at the moment is Brexit and the reaction to that, hence the comments
:06:05. > :06:10.he has been making today. He has accused both the SNP and the Tories
:06:11. > :06:16.are trying to make party political advantage of that EU referendum,
:06:17. > :06:20.almost three months ago now. It is a dismal scene that has been visited
:06:21. > :06:28.upon us by the Conservatives and the SNP. Stalled investment, uncertain
:06:29. > :06:31.future for EU citizens, divided families, split communities,
:06:32. > :06:36.economic instability, tensions between the nations of the UK. This
:06:37. > :06:39.is the work of the terrible twins of divisive politics.
:06:40. > :06:41.And I believe the former Liberal Democrat leader Lord Ashdown
:06:42. > :06:52.Yes he has, three months on sense that EU referendum, he has been
:06:53. > :06:56.thinking about what it will mean for the UK and also Scotland and whether
:06:57. > :07:00.it remains part of the UK. In his words, he believes that three months
:07:01. > :07:04.on, the prospects for the union are in his words less dire than they
:07:05. > :07:09.were directly after that referendum and he says that he believes that
:07:10. > :07:13.any moves for a second independence referendum, Nicola Sturgeon will, in
:07:14. > :07:24.his words, try to play things long, but he says that if Britain does not
:07:25. > :07:26.stay part of the single market, he believes that that will strengthen
:07:27. > :07:28.Nicola Sturgeon's hands in any call for a second referendum in Scotland.
:07:29. > :07:31.Looking at what will happen in Westminster, he says depending on
:07:32. > :07:37.the way the Brexit negotiations go, he thinks the Prime Minister could
:07:38. > :07:38.be tempted to call an early UK General Election, perhaps as early
:07:39. > :07:42.as May next year. Thank you. And we will be bringing you further
:07:43. > :07:47.reports with the other Scottish political leaders
:07:48. > :07:49.as their conferences happen over A report has found that some
:07:50. > :07:57.of Glasgow's iconic Red Road flats withstood a blast demolition last
:07:58. > :08:00.year because they were built An inquiry was ordered after two
:08:01. > :08:03.of the blocks remained partially standing following
:08:04. > :08:05.the operation last October. It said the contractor, Safedem,
:08:06. > :08:07.had identified discrepancies between the construction records
:08:08. > :08:10.and the size of the steel The report concluded that Safedem
:08:11. > :08:14.had followed good practice and had been "reasonable"
:08:15. > :08:20.to "err on the safe side". A massive transport ship
:08:21. > :08:23.is preparing to head for Lewis to move the stricken oil rig
:08:24. > :08:25.Transocean Winner. The heavy lifting vessel the Hawk
:08:26. > :08:28.is due to transport the structure The rig ran aground on the island
:08:29. > :08:33.last month after it broke It's been controversial from
:08:34. > :08:40.the start but Aberdeen City Council has announced what it hopes to do
:08:41. > :08:43.with the 500 year old Campaigners had been fighting
:08:44. > :08:47.to save the historic building as a controversial office and retail
:08:48. > :08:50.development is built around it. Now there are plans to create
:08:51. > :08:53.a museum about the people Kevin Keane has been
:08:54. > :09:10.given a guided tour. Quietly hunkering down in the middle
:09:11. > :09:16.of this building site, Provost Skene House holes half a millennium of
:09:17. > :09:20.history. Inside, little has changed since the builders moved in next
:09:21. > :09:24.door, but plans are being hatched to create a new museum here, to the
:09:25. > :09:29.Aberdonians who made their mark on the world. What we want to do is try
:09:30. > :09:32.and turn it into a Who's Who from Aberdeen, people who went out into
:09:33. > :09:37.the big world and made a huge difference and that can be through
:09:38. > :09:42.science or through food or music, sport... It is about connecting the
:09:43. > :09:49.relevance of them to people who live in Aberdeen and visit today. The
:09:50. > :09:52.city 's affections for this building span the decades and centuries, the
:09:53. > :09:56.late Queen mother visited in 1953 to mark a previous refurbishment. This
:09:57. > :10:02.time almost ?2 million will be used to make it attractive to a
:10:03. > :10:06.21st-century visitor. But there have been protests about the effect
:10:07. > :10:11.Marshall Square will have on Provost Skene House as it nestles between
:10:12. > :10:16.the tall structures. You use the word nestle and I would say the word
:10:17. > :10:21.entombed. I think that this is not sympathetic. We have never had a
:10:22. > :10:25.very good view of Provost Skene House since the 1960s, but it was
:10:26. > :10:29.certainly not the density we are seen at the moment which really
:10:30. > :10:33.distracts from the area. Plans are now being drawn up about which
:10:34. > :10:40.Aberdeen notables will feature in these historic rooms and how the
:10:41. > :10:43.16th and 21st-century 's can sit comfortably together. It does not
:10:44. > :10:45.look great in the middle of a building site but will it look
:10:46. > :10:49.impressive when it is finished? At will. We will have baronial gardens
:10:50. > :10:54.around, I historical arch, you will be able to see on the ground floor,
:10:55. > :11:00.glass buildings and the thing that will catch your eye, the gardens.
:11:01. > :11:03.The aim is to have the refurbished museum finished and ready for when
:11:04. > :11:05.the Square reopens in less than one year.
:11:06. > :11:07.Accusations of homophobic language have been made after a satirical Rap
:11:08. > :11:12.song was performed on Sunday at an Independence convention.
:11:13. > :11:13.The all-female group Whatshirface impersonated female
:11:14. > :11:16.Scottish political leaders - and one of them the Tory leader
:11:17. > :11:44.This was the sketch that was performed at the Scottish
:11:45. > :11:47.independence convention on Sunday, singers representing the female
:11:48. > :11:57.political leaders of Scotland struck the stage, making political jokes
:11:58. > :12:04.and innuendo. What has caused controversy is that the Ruth
:12:05. > :12:10.Davidson character is introduced and was the term offensive? An MP was at
:12:11. > :12:17.the event and call the hilarious social media but Annie Wells who is
:12:18. > :12:25.also gay, disagreed and has written to her asking her to apologise.
:12:26. > :12:28.There is no way, we are trying to educate and have inclusive
:12:29. > :12:33.education, yet we have got a member of Parliament saying that that was
:12:34. > :12:39.OK, it was hilarious and it was just satire. It certainly was not. Ruth
:12:40. > :12:43.Davidson recently announced that she was engaged to her partner, Jennifer
:12:44. > :12:48.Wilson, but she has made jokes about lesbians as well. The Labour and
:12:49. > :12:51.Green Party also have gay leaders but Stonewall Scotland says
:12:52. > :12:56.homophobic language can still be heard in the classrooms in Scotland
:12:57. > :12:58.and workplaces. Not everyone thinks that language leads to
:12:59. > :13:01.discrimination. There is a real problem that we have lost the
:13:02. > :13:05.distinction between words and actions. There is a difference
:13:06. > :13:09.between people saying things are cracking crude jokes and people
:13:10. > :13:22.being violent and we should get back to
:13:23. > :13:25.recognising there is a great difference and one does not directly
:13:26. > :13:27.lead to the other. Joanna Cherry has issued a response to the criticism
:13:28. > :13:30.saying, I thought the performance yesterday as a satirical comedy
:13:31. > :13:32.sketch written by lesbian women and performed by lesbian women which
:13:33. > :13:34.mark representatives of all political parties including the SNP.
:13:35. > :13:37.In that context, I do not believe that was intended to be offensive,
:13:38. > :13:41.but I do understand why some find it to be. She says she regrets the
:13:42. > :13:43.offence that was caused and will continue to champion gay rights.
:13:44. > :13:46.John McManus, reporting Scotland. You're watching BBC
:13:47. > :13:47.Reporting Scotland. Scotrail and the RMT agree on a deal
:13:48. > :13:51.to end the dispute over driver And still to come...Rangers suspend
:13:52. > :13:58.Joey Barton for three weeks following a training
:13:59. > :14:10.ground argument. A small number of children
:14:11. > :14:12.from the Angus area have been quarantined in hospital
:14:13. > :14:14.as investigations continue NHS Tayside says they're
:14:15. > :14:17.being treated within a dedicated area of Ninewells
:14:18. > :14:22.hospital in Dundee. Some of the children are confirmed
:14:23. > :14:24.to have the infection while others The health board says it can't
:14:25. > :14:28.disclose the number of cases A vigil will be held
:14:29. > :14:35.outside the central mosque in Edinburgh following an attack
:14:36. > :14:37.on the building yesterday. Police are investigating a hate
:14:38. > :14:40.crime in which an object was thrown The vigil has been called
:14:41. > :14:47.by Edinburgh United Against Fascism, and will feature speeches from local
:14:48. > :14:50.councillors and a minute's Scottish Paralympians
:14:51. > :14:56.are on their way home from Rio after helping to ensure these
:14:57. > :14:58.Paralympics were a great success Paralympics GB surpassed their medal
:14:59. > :15:06.tally from London 4 years ago and the Scots competing in the GB
:15:07. > :15:08.team did likewise. Our reporter Jane
:15:09. > :15:21.lewis joins us now. Thank you, the Paralympics came to
:15:22. > :15:25.an end overnight with a closing ceremony at the Myra, stadium
:15:26. > :15:30.marking the end of 11 days of action across 22 sports. Paralympics GB won
:15:31. > :15:35.147 medals, including 64 goals -- The Paralympics in Rio came
:15:36. > :15:37.to an end overnight, with the closing ceremony
:15:38. > :15:39.at the Maracana Stadium, marking the end of 11 days
:15:40. > :15:42.of action across 22 sports. Paralympics GB won 147 medals -
:15:43. > :15:44.including 64 golds - making these Paralympics their most
:15:45. > :15:46.successful since Seoul, 1988. And the Scots competing
:15:47. > :15:49.for Paralympics GB played their part Scottish Para athletes won
:15:50. > :15:52.17 medals - five Gold, eight Silver and fourBronze,
:15:53. > :15:54.across five sports. Visually impaired sprinter
:15:55. > :15:56.Libby Clegg had a great Games - she was crowned
:15:57. > :15:58.a double-Paralympic Champion, while 16 year old Maria Lyle from
:15:59. > :16:01.Dunbar won three medals and swimmer Andrew Mullen also bagged
:16:02. > :16:03.a hat-trick of medals. While tennis player Gordon Reid won
:16:04. > :16:05.Paralympic Gold in the singles Andy Murray has always been a big
:16:06. > :16:24.inspiration of Reid's and that there is a photo of him from London,
:16:25. > :16:28.from 2012, his gold medal, the last when you see just before you enter
:16:29. > :16:35.the court. I glanced at that every day before I had a match. He
:16:36. > :16:38.inspires me. He is an incredible athlete. A true professional. And
:16:39. > :16:42.obviously comes from the same part of the world as me. It is amazing,
:16:43. > :16:46.obviously comes from the same part what he did, a real honour for me to
:16:47. > :16:57.be able to emulate his success on the court.
:16:58. > :16:59.Scottish Paralympians are on their way home from Rio
:17:00. > :17:01.after helping to ensure these Paralympics were a great success
:17:02. > :17:09.Like Gordon Reid, the majority of the Scots on Paralymics GB
:17:10. > :17:12.are on world class programmes run by UK Sport so were entitled
:17:13. > :17:18.to a share of the funding from that body in the build up to Rio.
:17:19. > :17:22.Over the 4 years leading to Rio - UK Sport invested just
:17:23. > :17:24.over ?70 million pounds in to Paralympic Sports -
:17:25. > :17:27.a forty three per cent rise in funding from the previous 4 year
:17:28. > :17:32.Or as each of those athletes will receive a competition awards and
:17:33. > :17:35.Dickie you put that together, it allows each of them to be full-time
:17:36. > :17:38.athletes. Our job in Scotland is to produce that pathway to allow the
:17:39. > :17:40.next generation of talent is to get into those programmes and we have
:17:41. > :17:41.invested ?60 million in the same cycle to add to the UK total and
:17:42. > :17:43.take things forward. Unlike UK Sport,
:17:44. > :17:47.Sportscotland integrate that ?60 million funding
:17:48. > :17:48.you heard mentioned there across Olympic
:17:49. > :17:50.and Paralympics sports. They say after the success of both
:17:51. > :17:53.Games in Rio from a Scottish point of view, the next step is to carry
:17:54. > :17:56.out a review as they look to setting their funding
:17:57. > :17:58.for the next four years. Thank you. And now for a look at
:17:59. > :18:15.other stories across the country. MSPs are to challenge the government
:18:16. > :18:19.about the... It comes as Scotland prepares to set up its own social
:18:20. > :18:24.security framework and are taking on extra welfare powers from
:18:25. > :18:27.Westminster. Restorers working on the reconstruction of the
:18:28. > :18:30.fire-damaged Glasgow School of art have been given access to Charles
:18:31. > :18:35.Rennie Mackintosh's original plans in their new home at the Kelvin
:18:36. > :18:39.Hall. This in a document is proving vital for rebuilding work. We are
:18:40. > :18:45.seeing them thinking out loud on these drawings. There are pencil
:18:46. > :18:49.marks, crossings out, and we are seeing things that he thought about,
:18:50. > :18:53.and maybe thought were not a good idea. For us it is essential because
:18:54. > :18:56.we have to get under the skin of that man to understand exactly what
:18:57. > :19:03.was in his head when he was designing that building. The stars
:19:04. > :19:09.of the musical five guys named Moe have helped launch plans for
:19:10. > :19:13.Edinburgh's Christmas celebrations. Attractions will be commented by new
:19:14. > :19:18.additions in the West End and George Street. 10,000 free tickets will be
:19:19. > :19:22.given to children for the ice rink, which is returning to St Andrews
:19:23. > :19:27.Square. It is about what it says of the city at this time of year. We
:19:28. > :19:34.are up there in terms of Christmas and Hogmanay, up there with London
:19:35. > :19:38.and Rio de Janeiro. And we want to maintain that because we are proud
:19:39. > :19:44.of it. The world's leading experts on canals are gathering in the east
:19:45. > :19:48.this week. Delegates will discuss how canals can be used as a tool in
:19:49. > :19:53.urban regeneration as well as the opportunities available for
:19:54. > :19:58.sustainable tourism. The Countess of Wessex is cycling a 450 mile palace
:19:59. > :20:03.to palace right, starting from Holyrood house to Buckingham Palace.
:20:04. > :20:06.Prince Phillip and her husband, the Earl of Wessex, waved to the
:20:07. > :20:09.Countess off as she began her bike ride in support of the 60th
:20:10. > :20:12.anniversary of the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme.
:20:13. > :20:14.Rangers have suspended their footballer Joey
:20:15. > :20:19.It follows a training ground dispute with his teammates
:20:20. > :20:22.and his manager last week, and a meeting this morning at Ibrox.
:20:23. > :20:24.The 34 year old came to Glasgow this summer,
:20:25. > :20:28.in one of Scottish football's most high profile transfers.
:20:29. > :20:35.Here's our senior football reporter, Chris McLaughlin.
:20:36. > :20:41.The usual procession of sports cars at the Rangers training ground this
:20:42. > :20:46.morning, but one was missing. A few miles south, Joey Barton was in a
:20:47. > :20:50.meeting here to discuss his future after being told to stay away
:20:51. > :20:52.following a heated training ground argument last week. Minutes after he
:20:53. > :21:23.emerged, a club statement reading: that could be interesting in itself.
:21:24. > :21:27.The midfielder releases a book on Thursday. The title, no nonsense. He
:21:28. > :21:34.has a number of TV and radio commitments in the next 48 hours to
:21:35. > :21:38.promote it. Ferguson! It's brilliant! More than likely the end
:21:39. > :21:48.of the road, according to one former captain. Rangers probably knew what
:21:49. > :21:53.they were getting with joy when they signed him. In terms of him being
:21:54. > :21:56.suspended for three weeks, I am surprised at that. I don't know what
:21:57. > :22:01.is going to happen after it. It looks to me that maybe his Rangers
:22:02. > :22:05.career is over now. Mark Warburton bought a Joey Barton in the summer
:22:06. > :22:08.to add experience but also to send a message out to Scottish football
:22:09. > :22:12.that after years of turmoil here, Rangers could still attract the big
:22:13. > :22:17.names. Some said it was a bold move, others that it was a gamble. No
:22:18. > :22:21.matter who is right and who is wrong, weeks after arriving here,
:22:22. > :22:25.Joey Barton's future at this club looks increasingly in doubt.
:22:26. > :22:27.One of Scotland's Olympic gold medallists has had his
:22:28. > :22:30.stolen medical files made public by hackers.
:22:31. > :22:34.The cyclist Callum Skinner, who won gold and silver in Rio,
:22:35. > :22:36.is among numerous athletes to have their records posted
:22:37. > :22:41.It says he was granted an exemption to use the banned substance
:22:42. > :22:48.There's no suggestion Skinner has been involved in any wrongdoing.
:22:49. > :22:53.A man from Orkney is gearing up to tackle his 100th ultra marathon.
:22:54. > :22:56.William Sishel, who's in his sixties, was inspired to take
:22:57. > :23:05.up the sport after he found he had just too much left in the tank
:23:06. > :23:09.If successful, he'll join a very small group of people worldwide
:23:10. > :23:22.Meet the man who found a marathon simply too short. 20 years since his
:23:23. > :23:26.first ultramarathon, this weekends William Sishel will be looking to
:23:27. > :23:31.complete his hundredth. During that time he has tackled everything from
:23:32. > :23:36.40 kilometres all the way up to the world's longest certified race, some
:23:37. > :23:41.3100 miles. The oldest man ever to complete it, he put that down as his
:23:42. > :23:46.biggest challenge to overcome. I went to areas where men had never
:23:47. > :23:49.been before. The demands of the event, you have to start at 6am
:23:50. > :23:53.every morning and finish at midnight. You can go home early if
:23:54. > :23:57.you want but it leaves you less time to do the distance. It is on an open
:23:58. > :24:06.street circuit in Queens in New York. It was noisy, and I was
:24:07. > :24:11.homesick. This one here is from the world's hottest ultramarathon. 135
:24:12. > :24:19.miles. Taking up the sport at 40, William has amassed 18 wins and 183
:24:20. > :24:25.records. All from a space on the small -- a small island in Orkney.
:24:26. > :24:30.This weekend, the fight is against the 24-hour road race in
:24:31. > :24:36.Switzerland, a century insight. In total, William has run a staggering
:24:37. > :24:39.20,000 miles in races. Add that to a further 57,000 in training and it is
:24:40. > :24:44.the equivalent of going around the world three times. During that
:24:45. > :24:49.period he has gone through 150 pairs of socks and 65 pairs of trainers.
:24:50. > :24:53.Yet despite the fact he is approaching pensionable age, there
:24:54. > :24:57.was no sign of retirement for the 62-year-old. Absolutely not. I don't
:24:58. > :25:00.wake up every morning and look at my birth certificate. I am fighting fit
:25:01. > :25:03.and loving every minute of it. Why would I want to retire I am doing
:25:04. > :25:08.well at it. Now here's Graham Stewart
:25:09. > :25:17.with details of Scotland 2016. The dream will never dies says Alex
:25:18. > :25:21.Salmond but to years on from the referendum, are the prospects for
:25:22. > :25:26.Scottish independence any brighter? Will we be asked to vote a second
:25:27. > :25:30.time and if so, how soon? The debate is over on BBC Two at 10:30pm.
:25:31. > :25:33.Now, a new list of names has been published by the met office.
:25:34. > :25:35.It includes Penelope, Malcolm, Wilbert and Fleur,
:25:36. > :25:37.and not forgetting Dorothy and Angus too.
:25:38. > :25:42.They're the names to be used for storms when they happen this winter.
:25:43. > :25:54.I notice my name is not there. They are all suggestions by members of
:25:55. > :25:59.the public, actually. And they compiled these lists, and that is
:26:00. > :26:04.what we have got for this winter. 11 named storms last winter. Thankfully
:26:05. > :26:08.no signs of our first one yet. They are only named when the impact is
:26:09. > :26:15.deemed severe enough. But you are right, now Christopher Aurora, but
:26:16. > :26:19.there was a Jackie on there. It is pretty settled weather across the
:26:20. > :26:21.country at the moment. Here is the satellite picture from earlier. The
:26:22. > :26:25.cloud bubbling up through the course of the day. This was what we
:26:26. > :26:29.cloud bubbling up through the course Ullapool, picture from a weather
:26:30. > :26:33.watcher. Tonight it is dry and the cloud tends to melt away, to give
:26:34. > :26:40.long, clear spells. The wind is generally light away from the West
:26:41. > :26:47.Coast, with temperatures in towns or cities nine or 10 degrees. Tomorrow,
:26:48. > :26:51.there is a weather front out in the Atlantic but it will stay there for
:26:52. > :26:56.most. Another dry and bright day for many. Early mist patches will
:26:57. > :27:00.quickly lift and cloud will bubble up during the course of the day.
:27:01. > :27:07.Still bright or sunny spells to be had. By mid-afternoon, we are
:27:08. > :27:15.looking at temperatures of 15 or 16 with light winds. For most, it is a
:27:16. > :27:19.dry day with decent spells of sunshine on offer. The rest of the
:27:20. > :27:23.afternoon, into the evening, and the showers in the North West will merge
:27:24. > :27:27.to give a longer spell of rain. That is the start of the next system
:27:28. > :27:33.arriving as we had overnight towards Wednesday. On the pressure charts,
:27:34. > :27:38.we can see that rain edging its way in, giving us a spell of wet and
:27:39. > :27:42.windy weather through the Hebrides come Wednesday. Elsewhere, dry and
:27:43. > :27:49.British. Cloudier than today or tomorrow. -- dry and bright. Later,
:27:50. > :27:54.that wet weather will dry inland, bringing a spell of rain for all. It
:27:55. > :27:57.will be gone by Thursday to bring a dry and bright day. Breezy from the
:27:58. > :28:01.south with a number of showers in the West. Looking ahead towards the
:28:02. > :28:05.end of the week, weather systems arriving off the Atlantic. An
:28:06. > :28:08.unsettled scene. Breezy and windy at times. Also, quite wet as we start
:28:09. > :28:16.the weekend. That is the forecast. I'll be back with the headlines at 8
:28:17. > :28:20.and the late bulletin just