:00:00. > :00:00.That's all from the BBC News at Six, so you it's goodbye from me,
:00:07. > :00:14.Money given to councils to pay for free childcare has not been
:00:15. > :00:16.spent on funding the programme, according to a Government report.
:00:17. > :00:20.The trial of Ronnie Coulter - accused of the murder of waiter
:00:21. > :00:21.Surjit Singh Chhokar - draws to a close.
:00:22. > :00:26.Home at last - a sea cadet who was stranded on a boast
:00:27. > :00:30.off Singapore for a month returns home to the Highlands.
:00:31. > :00:38.Any romantic vision of going to sea has been well and truly done away
:00:39. > :00:39.with. But as for putting me off, no I'm determined to complete my
:00:40. > :00:43.Also on the programme: training.
:00:44. > :00:46.The mystery of 1945 plans for another rail bridge
:00:47. > :00:49.And, a six-goal thriller, as Celtic draw with English league
:00:50. > :01:07.leaders Manchester City in the Champions League.
:01:08. > :01:11.More than ?100 million given to councils to pay for free
:01:12. > :01:14.childcare has not been spent on funding the programme.
:01:15. > :01:17.That's according to a new Government report.
:01:18. > :01:20.But the local authority umbrella body, Cosla, says the report
:01:21. > :01:25.is a "crude assessment that doesn't reflect the reality".
:01:26. > :01:30.Our political correspondent Lucy Adams reports.
:01:31. > :01:37.Increasing free child care is one of SNP's most high profile promises.
:01:38. > :01:42.The policy should offer all three and four-year-old ands vulnerable
:01:43. > :01:47.two-year-olds #6 00 three hours a year. But the first analysis of its
:01:48. > :01:54.kind shows while the Scottish Government has given local
:01:55. > :01:58.authorities ?329 million to spend on the policy, just ?189 million has
:01:59. > :02:03.been spent on child care. So what has happened to the remaining money
:02:04. > :02:10.and what impact has it had on families. You might have a place
:02:11. > :02:16.between 9 o'clock and 12. You can't pay to have your child before or
:02:17. > :02:21.after. For most working parents that is unusable. So it is frustrating to
:02:22. > :02:26.hear there is funds available that haven't been spent and if we spent
:02:27. > :02:33.those could we have made the system more accessible? The BBC has learned
:02:34. > :02:38.that ministers will publish a child care blue print to propose new
:02:39. > :02:40.models, including child accounts, under which funding follows the
:02:41. > :02:47.child and not the institutions. They will use this report to help cost
:02:48. > :02:52.the models. It has shown we have fully funded councils to deliver the
:02:53. > :02:55.expansion and now it is for councils themselves to account for what they
:02:56. > :03:01.have done in relation to additional spending. But it makes it clear
:03:02. > :03:05.where additional spending was requested, we have provided that.
:03:06. > :03:10.where additional spending was But COSLA said it is a crude
:03:11. > :03:16.assessment which shouldn't detract from the success of them providing
:03:17. > :03:19.600 free hours to children and said that the government's own report
:03:20. > :03:26.said the gap will be an overestimate. The Scottish
:03:27. > :03:35.Government has promised to almost double free child care hours. The
:03:36. > :03:40.same amount of child children spend in school is expected to cost half a
:03:41. > :03:42.billion pounds. The hope is by then all the authorities will have got
:03:43. > :03:46.their sums right. Closing speeches have begun
:03:47. > :03:49.in the trial of a man accused of the 1998 murder of Indian
:03:50. > :03:52.restaurant worker Surjit Singh The prosecution has asked the jury
:03:53. > :04:08.to convict Ronnie Coulter, Ronny Coulter, the man accused of
:04:09. > :04:17.murdering Surjit Singh Chhokar arrives at court in Glasgow. The
:04:18. > :04:22.prosecution said Surjit Singh Chhokar's death was a tragic tale
:04:23. > :04:28.which happened after the theft of a giro cheque. The prosecution said in
:04:29. > :04:34.1998 Surjit Singh Chhokar was on his way home from work, looking forward
:04:35. > :04:39.to pleasant evening and he was confronted in the dark by three men,
:04:40. > :04:47.he was attacked, stabbed, killed, murdered and left in the street. He
:04:48. > :04:55.said the person responsible for that is Ronny Coulter. I ask you to
:04:56. > :05:01.convict him of murder. The jury heard Mr Coulter was tried and
:05:02. > :05:05.acquitted of murder in 1999. Mr Prentice said the outcome of that
:05:06. > :05:12.trial in relation to this case was irrelevant. The defend QC started
:05:13. > :05:16.his closing speech and said it was Mr Coulter position that he did not
:05:17. > :05:20.stab Surjit Singh Chhokar and he told the jury that the trial had
:05:21. > :05:34.heard from atrocious witnesses who told lies. And And he said race had
:05:35. > :05:36.no place in the case. 48-year-old Mr Coulter denies murdering Surjit
:05:37. > :05:39.Singh Chhokar and the trial continues.
:05:40. > :05:41.The Scottish Government has apologised after it emerged that
:05:42. > :05:43.payments to farmers have been hit by another error.
:05:44. > :05:46.The snag relates to loan payments - which were only introduced
:05:47. > :05:49.because IT problems undermined the main funding system.
:05:50. > :05:52.Farmers leaders said it was deeply disappointing.
:05:53. > :05:54.Our political editor Brian Taylor is at Holyrood tonight.
:05:55. > :06:03.An embarrassing development in this long running saga Brian?
:06:04. > :06:11.Embarrassing is right. Opposition leaders are furious and demanding a
:06:12. > :06:15.full Parliamentary statement by ministers at the earliest possible
:06:16. > :06:19.opportunities. But this is about the farmers. Bearing in mind what
:06:20. > :06:26.happened, they were due payments and they had to be processed by the
:06:27. > :06:30.Scottish Government and there were endless problems with the IT system,
:06:31. > :06:35.the money wasn't getting through. In comes a new minister who says we
:06:36. > :06:42.will sort this out and in the meantime bring in a loan system to
:06:43. > :06:46.provide support to farmers and guess what, the loan system has gone wrong
:06:47. > :06:51.and there have been miscalculations in railroad to payments due -- in
:06:52. > :06:58.regard to payments due to be paid and hundreds are said to be
:06:59. > :07:09.affected. This fall s into the department of you couldn't make it
:07:10. > :07:15.up. The NFU said there have been move o's to ensure the payments.
:07:16. > :07:20.Farmers will watch out and I have got to say I think given earlier
:07:21. > :07:23.vents they will be sceptical. Oil prices rose across the world
:07:24. > :07:27.today after plans for a cut in production was outlined
:07:28. > :07:29.by the organisation of oil Our business and economy editor
:07:30. > :07:33.Douglas Fraser is here now. What's going on internationally
:07:34. > :07:43.to explain this Douglas? This is big international politics
:07:44. > :07:52.behind this, OPEC can turn the taps on and off and if it reduces supply,
:07:53. > :07:58.the price can give up. But it has been unwilling to give up the market
:07:59. > :08:08.to the American drillers who have been using shale fracking. Some OPEC
:08:09. > :08:13.members are desperate for a deal. Saudi Arabia has blocked that and
:08:14. > :08:18.has not wanted to see a deal that gives up ground to Iran or the
:08:19. > :08:23.Americans. Last night we got a statement from OPEC's president that
:08:24. > :08:27.it intends to get to a deal that would cutback a bit on production,
:08:28. > :08:38.the first such deal we have seen for eight years. So that sent prices up.
:08:39. > :08:43.More caution today. There is more talking to do. And should they hope
:08:44. > :08:48.get to a deal then. Yes and what does this mean for the industry
:08:49. > :08:54.here? It has suffered because of the drop in the price of oil, as it has
:08:55. > :09:02.around the world. The price comes down from $115 two years ago, to
:09:03. > :09:07.below 50 now. That explains why we have seen a collapse to investment
:09:08. > :09:11.in the North Sea and job losses. A higher price would be welcomed by
:09:12. > :09:15.the industry. As long as it is sustained and comes with confidence
:09:16. > :09:21.that it will be sustained. This is not a game-changer. Not yet any way.
:09:22. > :09:27.It firms up prices to roughly the average price since May and remember
:09:28. > :09:31.while the offshore industry would welcome a rise, most of us are
:09:32. > :09:34.consumers of oil for transport and fuel. So drivers and hauliers won't
:09:35. > :09:40.consumers of oil for transport and thank you for a rise in the price.
:09:41. > :09:41.Even if it would help a large, important, but troubled parts of
:09:42. > :09:44.Scottish economy. An SNP MP has been detained
:09:45. > :09:47.and questioned by police in relation Chris Law won the Dundee West seat
:09:48. > :09:52.for the Nationalists Police Scotland say
:09:53. > :09:56.they detained a 46-year-old man, who was released pending
:09:57. > :09:58.further enquiry. A source close to the MP says Mr Law
:09:59. > :10:02.has agreed to provide the police with further information
:10:03. > :10:04.and is confident the matter A search has been launched
:10:05. > :10:14.for an RAF serviceman from Dunfermline who has been
:10:15. > :10:18.missing since the early hours Corrie McKeague, who is based at RAF
:10:19. > :10:20.Honington in Suffolk, was last seen in the town of Bury St
:10:21. > :10:23.Edmunds following a night out. CCTV footage suggests
:10:24. > :10:26.the 23-year-old briefly slept in a doorway in the early hours
:10:27. > :10:31.of Saturday morning. He then got up and moved on,
:10:32. > :10:33.possibly intending to walk A merchant navy cadet
:10:34. > :10:39.who was stranded for weeks on a container ship in the waters
:10:40. > :10:41.off Singapore has vowed to return to sea to complete
:10:42. > :10:43.his officer training. Ruaridh Hanna and three fellow
:10:44. > :10:46.students arrived back in Scotland today having been stuck
:10:47. > :10:48.on the vessel whose His family was there to meet him
:10:49. > :10:51.in an emotional homecoming. A warning that Craig Anderson's
:10:52. > :11:06.reports contain's flashing images. He needed a hair cut. Well, you
:11:07. > :11:10.can't please everyone. Back on home soil after a few weeks, Ruaridh
:11:11. > :11:16.Hanna is greeted by family and friends. He said it was the
:11:17. > :11:21.uncertainty of their situation rather than conditions that caused
:11:22. > :11:26.them most concern. But he was taken aback by the welcome at Inverness
:11:27. > :11:31.airport. I have to say I'm blown away by it. I can't believe so many
:11:32. > :11:37.people took on board our story and felt a connection to it. It is quite
:11:38. > :11:44.flattering and also a bit am bar razzing. He has another few months
:11:45. > :11:53.training to go qualify as a deck I is iffer. -- officer. It made me
:11:54. > :11:57.take a hard look at the industry and any romantic vision of going to sea
:11:58. > :12:01.has been done away with. But as for putting me off, no I'm still
:12:02. > :12:09.determined to complete my training and to become an officer. His mum,
:12:10. > :12:13.who first highlighted the plight of cadets salutes his determine nation.
:12:14. > :12:18.That is his choice and I would hope he would complete his training,
:12:19. > :12:22.because otherwise it would have been you would say a waste of time.
:12:23. > :12:26.Putting up with what he has put up with and coming through it. So I'm
:12:27. > :12:31.proud that he has wanted to go back. You're watching BBC
:12:32. > :12:33.Reporting Scotland. Money given to councils to pay
:12:34. > :12:40.for free childcare has not been spent on funding the programme,
:12:41. > :12:44.according to a Government report. And still to come -
:12:45. > :12:46.the long and winding road in the life and career of football's
:12:47. > :12:54.Steve Paterson. The public's being urged to help
:12:55. > :12:57.solve the mystery of plans for a second rail
:12:58. > :13:00.bridge over the Forth. The drawings date back to 1945
:13:01. > :13:04.but were only discovered recently. Historians are investigating a few
:13:05. > :13:19.theories about why the plans were These are two drawings we found...
:13:20. > :13:23.Plans from 1945 were found in a box under a December income Glasgow. --
:13:24. > :13:28.under a December income Glasgow. We don't know what the plan is... They
:13:29. > :13:33.want to know why the designs were made and then dropped. We have a lot
:13:34. > :13:38.of drawings, but concentrating on the original construction of the
:13:39. > :13:43.bridge we see today. So this is a real mystery and why they were
:13:44. > :13:47.created, we just don't know. The second rail bridge would have been
:13:48. > :13:54.built down stream of the existing bridge and close by. There are some
:13:55. > :14:01.theories as to why. That is the time the V bomb were landing in London.
:14:02. > :14:05.My theory is they were thinking of more rail travel. The existing
:14:06. > :14:12.bridge was being heavily used and they were thinking ahead. Network
:14:13. > :14:17.trail stress the original bridge remains in good health and there has
:14:18. > :14:22.not been a need to put the plans for a bridge coming over here into
:14:23. > :14:26.action. But it is keen to find out more about these alternative
:14:27. > :14:32.designs. What do people make of the plans? It looks ugly from what I
:14:33. > :14:40.have seen. I think it would be detrimental. It would be a great
:14:41. > :14:48.idea. Because the forth estuary does split shadow and they need a lot of
:14:49. > :14:54.joining. From all those years ago, 71 years ago. They knew what they
:14:55. > :15:01.were doing. Sometimes more then than they do now. Historians are asking
:15:02. > :15:06.for public help to solve the mystery of the plans.
:15:07. > :15:08.Work has started to move the oil rig which ran aground
:15:09. > :15:11.on the Western Isles on to a massive vessel for transport to Turkey
:15:12. > :15:16.The Transocean Winner became stranded last month
:15:17. > :15:20.but was refloated and is now in Broad Bay on the Isle of Lewis.
:15:21. > :15:23.Today it started having its eight anchors raised in preparation.
:15:24. > :15:27.It will take about 24 hours to get it on board the transport ship
:15:28. > :15:29.and an exclusion zone will be put in place
:15:30. > :15:40.The decision earlier on just after 8am, I gave approval for the
:15:41. > :15:43.operation to start. It is looking favourable over the next few days.
:15:44. > :15:47.This might be the best opportunity we are going to have for a while.
:15:48. > :15:51.I'm hopeful, I think this is the best it has been for a long time.
:15:52. > :15:56.There were some small windows last week, but not sufficient time to do
:15:57. > :16:00.the entire operation. So this is certainly the fact that we are
:16:01. > :16:02.having two and a half days that are favourable should give us enough
:16:03. > :16:08.time to do it. Other stories from around the
:16:09. > :16:11.country now: A GP from Aberdeenshire who punched
:16:12. > :16:14.a patient he was treating has Martin Thom was called to deal
:16:15. > :16:18.with an intoxicated man who'd collapsed in the street
:16:19. > :16:20.in Fraserburgh in May last year, because the town's
:16:21. > :16:22.ambulance was not available. A tribunal heard that the assault
:16:23. > :16:25.was out of character. Dr Thom was said to be "under
:16:26. > :16:27.significant pressure He was suspended from practice
:16:28. > :16:30.for two months. Western Isles Councillors have
:16:31. > :16:32.expressed concern that the islands will suffer due to uncertainty
:16:33. > :16:36.surrounding European Union's leader development scheme,
:16:37. > :16:43.through which millions of pound The UK Government has pledged
:16:44. > :16:49.to continue some European subsidy funds up to 2020 following Brexit,
:16:50. > :16:57.but the leader scheme is not Now we are not sure, we have to
:16:58. > :17:00.advise, we have to consult. There is sun certainty. We are seeking
:17:01. > :17:02.clarification from the Scottish Government and obviously they're
:17:03. > :17:08.seeking clarification from the Government in Westminster. So, at
:17:09. > :17:10.the moment, there is more uncertainty on the previous level of
:17:11. > :17:13.uncertainty with the Brexit vote. The EU paid nearly ?3 million
:17:14. > :17:15.pounds in farm grants to an Aberdeenshire farmer last
:17:16. > :17:20.year, according to BBC research. Frank Smart, who farms
:17:21. > :17:28.near Banchory, tops the UK list of those who got the most from the
:17:29. > :17:32.Common Agricultural Policy in 2015. Concern's been expressed at ongoing
:17:33. > :17:35.recruitment difficulties facing the Fire and Rescue Service
:17:36. > :17:37.in parts of Sutherland. The village of Lochinver
:17:38. > :17:39.and surrounding area's been without any volunteer fire fighters
:17:40. > :17:41.for more than a year The fire station at Bettyhill
:17:42. > :17:49.is also struggling to recruit. Leaders of the main political
:17:50. > :17:51.parties got together to show their commitment
:17:52. > :17:53.to tackling climate change. The event coincided a gathering
:17:54. > :17:55.organised by the Stop Climate Chaos Scotland coalition,
:17:56. > :17:57.which brought nearly 100 people to Holyrood to meet their MSPs
:17:58. > :18:00.and call for action to protect Councillors in the Borders have
:18:01. > :18:14.delayed a final decision on a possible site to house
:18:15. > :18:16.the Great Tapestry of Two possible locations,
:18:17. > :18:19.at Tweedbank and in Galashiels town A report to today's meeting
:18:20. > :18:24.of Scottish Borders Council had recommended that Galashiels should
:18:25. > :18:25.be the preferred option, But councillors decided they needed
:18:26. > :18:30.further information on funding Less than 24 hours after drawing
:18:31. > :18:38.with Manchester City in the Champions League,
:18:39. > :18:41.Brendan Rodgers says his Celtic side may well have English
:18:42. > :18:46.clubs running scared. The former Liverpool boss
:18:47. > :18:48.was responding to a question about how his side would fare
:18:49. > :18:51.if they ever made the switch Here's our Senior Football reporter
:18:52. > :19:02.Chris McLaughlin. For the fist time in three years,
:19:03. > :19:05.Celtic fans raised the roof in Glasgow, Champions' League-style.
:19:06. > :19:20.Believe it or not, it would get even louder. And here's why. Three
:19:21. > :19:24.minutes in, Mousa Dembele. 1-0. It was a Glasgow Celtic night.
:19:25. > :19:32.Attacking football. And a noise in the stadium which was remarkable.
:19:33. > :19:37.But City's multi-million pound stars were likely to shine always. Delight
:19:38. > :19:42.on the face of Fernandinho. But instead of the tide turning, Celtic
:19:43. > :19:47.struck ones more. Teenager, Kieran terny with the shot. Oh how they
:19:48. > :19:56.celebrated, geb. But step forward, Sterling. Another leveller just
:19:57. > :20:00.before the break. After it, Dembele combined acrobatics and accuracy to
:20:01. > :20:05.give the home side a tleed number three. Hands up who enjoyed that
:20:06. > :20:09.one. The equaliser was less enjoyable but
:20:10. > :20:14.it failed it take the shine off the achievement and here is one of the
:20:15. > :20:20.reasons Y prize money forked winning the top league in Scotland less than
:20:21. > :20:25.?3 million. In England, just short of ?160 million If Celtic were in
:20:26. > :20:30.England, Celtic are one of the four-six clubs there. So, can you
:20:31. > :20:34.imagine then the resources, playing at that level, what that would
:20:35. > :20:38.produce T would be a frightening prospect, and an exciting prospect,
:20:39. > :20:41.if it ever happened but I think for others, looking through, I think it
:20:42. > :20:47.would be very, very difficult to accept.
:20:48. > :20:50.In a night that rocked and rolled, Champions' League football was back
:20:51. > :20:58.in Glasgow and back with a bang. European football's governing body,
:20:59. > :21:00.UEFA, has fined Celtic 10,000 Palestine flags were flown
:21:01. > :21:07.in the crowd at a Champions League qualifier against Israeli team
:21:08. > :21:14.Hapoel Beer-Sheva. The UEFA rule forbids the display
:21:15. > :21:17.of anything that is of a political, ideological, religious,
:21:18. > :21:18.offensive or provocative nature. Exactly 40 years ago a talented
:21:19. > :21:21.18-year old footballer from Moray made his debut
:21:22. > :21:29.for Manchester United. Later, as a manager,
:21:30. > :21:31.Steve Paterson led Inverness Celtic when 'Super Caley went
:21:32. > :21:34.ballistic' before he went But along the way, he lost
:21:35. > :21:38.more than ?1 million on gambling and had a drink
:21:39. > :21:40.problem that saw his life, and career in football,
:21:41. > :21:42.spiral out of control. Now he's emerged to become a social
:21:43. > :21:56.worker and manager of From signing to Manchester United as
:21:57. > :22:03.a youngster, to managing Inverness to this famous win over Celtic 16
:22:04. > :22:09.years ago, Steve Paterson has seen many highs T all crumbled publicly
:22:10. > :22:12.when Aberdeen manager in 200013. I was ill because I was consuming too
:22:13. > :22:17.much alcohol at an inappropriate time. I he set a terrible example.
:22:18. > :22:22.He missed a match after drinking too much the previous night. I ruined T
:22:23. > :22:28.it finished my career. I really didn't care about anything. I was
:22:29. > :22:32.very much into gambling. Very much into drinking and I pulled off the
:22:33. > :22:37.football, you can function inside your own turmoil. Paterson admit he
:22:38. > :22:41.has blown over ?1 million on gambling along. The issue began when
:22:42. > :22:45.he signed for Manchester United and was unexpectedly handed ?10,000 in
:22:46. > :22:49.cash. The club would have, should have really put it into a trust, to
:22:50. > :22:55.get at the end of your contract and all of that. It is a long time ago,
:22:56. > :23:00.you know. And it would have been I will Lille. I was obviously -
:23:01. > :23:05.illegal. Obviously, even back then it was going on, the top, talented
:23:06. > :23:09.schoolboys were getting, you know, bunged. The money thing doesn't
:23:10. > :23:14.really bother me. I think it is more what it does to you as a person and
:23:15. > :23:19.how it affects the people around you. You damage them. He has emerged
:23:20. > :23:26.from darker areas of his life and shares his experience as a social
:23:27. > :23:30.worker, but remains in football as manager of Duffton FC. People think
:23:31. > :23:35.they know Steve the man but they don't. What he enjoys is he has had
:23:36. > :23:38.lots of bitter sweet experiences in football as well as good
:23:39. > :23:42.experiences, so coming here, for Steve, the guys are here playing for
:23:43. > :23:46.the enjoyment. He has learned many lessons through this journey.
:23:47. > :23:51.Seeking help being perhaps the most important. I was too wrapped up in
:23:52. > :23:56.my own little world, bubble. I wouldn't really have engaged. But I
:23:57. > :24:00.have engaged the last while and, you know, I can just say, for me, the
:24:01. > :24:04.world of good and there is help for everybody that needs it.
:24:05. > :24:07.And you can hear the full interview with Steve Paterson
:24:08. > :24:15.on Sportsound tonight at 7.00pm on BBC Radio Scotland 810MW.
:24:16. > :24:17.The Glasgow-based artist who designed the Partick Thistle
:24:18. > :24:20.mascot, Kingsley, has had another work chosen to stand on the plinth
:24:21. > :24:25.David Shrigley's giant thumbs up is a seven metre sculpture
:24:26. > :24:32.After it was unveiled this morning, the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan,
:24:33. > :24:34.said he hoped the gesture it portrayed would convey a positive
:24:35. > :24:43.Now here's Laura Maciver with details of Scotland 2016.
:24:44. > :24:48.The UK trade minute ste, Liam Fox says Brexit could represent a
:24:49. > :24:53.goldenp opportunity for new trade links. We'll hear from the Scottish
:24:54. > :24:55.Whiskey Association and the institute of directors on whether
:24:56. > :25:00.that could be the case and childcare has been the subject of a Holyrood
:25:01. > :25:03.debate. We'll if the ambitions for early years care can be achieved.
:25:04. > :25:07.Scotland 2016, BBC Two. 10.30. early years care can be achieved.
:25:08. > :25:11.In the meantime let's get the weather from Christopher.
:25:12. > :25:15.Good evening. Well, no escaping the fact we are well and truly into
:25:16. > :25:21.autumn. Some really windy conditions overnight. You can see there,
:25:22. > :25:25.approaching storm force across the far north and Northern Isles,
:25:26. > :25:28.creating big seas, as captured by one of our weather watchers. Tonight
:25:29. > :25:34.the winds easing down. The showers remain. Most clamping around west
:25:35. > :25:37.central Scotland. For the north and south on the mainland generally dry
:25:38. > :25:40.but a number of showers across the Northern Isles where the winds
:25:41. > :25:45.remain strong. Temperatures overnight around 7-9 in town. A
:25:46. > :25:52.touch cooler in the countryside across north-east with clear skies
:25:53. > :25:55.and, you could well see the northern lights, this picture taken last
:25:56. > :26:00.night by one of our weather watchers. Look to the north, you
:26:01. > :26:04.never know your look. Tomorrow we start with the cloudy weather across
:26:05. > :26:08.the central lowlands. North and south, dry, sunny morning and by the
:26:09. > :26:13.afternoon, bright with a few showers almost anywhere, really. But fairly
:26:14. > :26:16.light and well-scattered. Nothing like the blustery showers we had
:26:17. > :26:24.today with the winds that bitted lighter. Temperatures, 13, 14 for
:26:25. > :26:26.many. A touch mild ever across the north-east through Aberdeenshire,
:26:27. > :26:32.Moray answer Angus. Elsewhere, showers, sunshine and winds easing
:26:33. > :26:36.down. The rest of the afternoon and into the evening and we hold on thoo
:26:37. > :26:40.showery regime but for the weekend we are watching this approaching
:26:41. > :26:48.weather sweeping through Ireland and Wales come Saturday. It'll miss us
:26:49. > :26:53.but a few showers and cloud through southern Scotland. Further west and
:26:54. > :26:57.north-west you are, drier driest and brightest. Light winds from the
:26:58. > :27:02.north-east. Sprounld the pick of the two day, dry and bright and sunny
:27:03. > :27:11.for most. - Sundayy probably the pick of the two days.
:27:12. > :27:14.For those of you taking part, in the great Scottish run, Sunday is the
:27:15. > :27:19.best day. A quick reminder of the main news:
:27:20. > :27:22.More than a ?100 million given to councils to pay for free
:27:23. > :27:24.childcare has not been spent on funding the programme.
:27:25. > :27:26.That's according to a Government report.
:27:27. > :27:28.But the local authority umbrella body, COSLA, says the report
:27:29. > :27:31.is a "crude assessment that doesn't reflect the reality".
:27:32. > :27:34.I'll be back with the headlines at 8.
:27:35. > :27:39.Until then, from everyone on the team - right
:27:40. > :27:43.across the country - have a very good evening.