:00:00. > :00:00.That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me, and,
:00:00. > :00:00.on BBC One, we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.
:00:07. > :00:10.A radical extension of the use of electronic tags for offenders
:00:11. > :00:14.Road accidents are the biggest killer of young
:00:15. > :00:22.to warn teenagers to belt up and slow down.
:00:23. > :00:25.Can we learn from how Swedish football clubs cut fan violence
:00:26. > :00:30.and improved relations with the police?
:00:31. > :00:32.Former Scotland captain Barry Ferguson talks to us
:00:33. > :00:42.about boozegate and the shame that kept him away from Hampden.
:00:43. > :00:48.was a disgrace, I was embarrassing. Because it ended my career.
:00:49. > :00:50.Also on the programme: Not seeing the wood for the trees -
:00:51. > :00:53.the 100-foot specimens in the Queen's back garden
:00:54. > :01:11.The Scottish Government is planning a radical extension of the ways
:01:12. > :01:15.electronic tags can be used on offenders.
:01:16. > :01:18.Sobriety tags, GPS tracking and tagging will be used
:01:19. > :01:20.as an alternative to remand for the first time north
:01:21. > :01:32.Our political correspondent Lucy Adams has this report.
:01:33. > :01:42.Technology to replace iron bars. I volunteer to try it out. It means
:01:43. > :01:46.offenders can stay at home rather than behind bars. Electronic
:01:47. > :01:52.monitoring has been used in Scotland for almost 15 years, mainly as a
:01:53. > :01:56.form of house arrest. Now it is fitted, that's when we would
:01:57. > :02:00.normally walk around the premises. In future, these could be used as an
:02:01. > :02:05.alternative to remand and for those who offend under the influence of
:02:06. > :02:09.alcohol, and for the first time in Scotland it could be used to monitor
:02:10. > :02:16.the movements of offenders using GPS technology. This is a typical screen
:02:17. > :02:23.we would see for a person that has been GPS tracked. There is more than
:02:24. > :02:26.1000 people currently tagged in Scotland. GPS says in future the
:02:27. > :02:33.numbers could be limitless. They warned there are still blackspots in
:02:34. > :02:39.reception for GPS and tracking but said overall it is effective. It is
:02:40. > :02:43.not a soft option, it is a restriction placed not only on
:02:44. > :02:48.offenders but also the families. Sobriety tags will be able to pick
:02:49. > :02:53.up on tiny traces of drink in people's sweat for those who
:02:54. > :02:57.reoffend when drunk. We spoke to one offender who has been monitored
:02:58. > :03:04.three times by staff in this centre. He says it was life changing. When I
:03:05. > :03:07.was in prison, I was embarrassed and ashamed, I didn't want my children
:03:08. > :03:14.to visit me in a place like that because every dad is Superman to
:03:15. > :03:19.their children so they don't want to be exposed as having any weaknesses.
:03:20. > :03:24.I was ashamed to be in prison and to have done that my family, so having
:03:25. > :03:28.the opportunity to be out meant the world to me. It's all part of a
:03:29. > :03:36.wider government review on penal policy. The objective is to be about
:03:37. > :03:39.thinking about the outcome we are trying to achieve. If it is an
:03:40. > :03:43.individual where we want to monitor and restrict where they are at
:03:44. > :03:49.particular given times, GPS tagging could be the most effective way to
:03:50. > :03:52.do that alongside other measures. We are interested in looking at how we
:03:53. > :03:58.can use electronic monitoring more but we also have to be very careful.
:03:59. > :04:02.We have seen the SNP get soft on issues of justice, and whilst there
:04:03. > :04:05.is a role to play we have got to make sure victims don't feel
:04:06. > :04:09.forgotten. For the Scottish Government now, the job will be
:04:10. > :04:13.persuading judges monitoring is more effective than prison.
:04:14. > :04:15.Police in Suffolk searching for a missing airman from Fife say
:04:16. > :04:18.they still haven't found his phone after checking the contents
:04:19. > :04:21.Detectives believed his handset may have been lost or discarded
:04:22. > :04:25.Corrie McKeague, who's from Dunfermline, went missing ten
:04:26. > :04:27.days ago after a night out in Bury St Edmonds.
:04:28. > :04:44.There has already been huge publicity about the disappearance of
:04:45. > :04:49.Corrie, who went out ten days ago on a Friday night, a few beers, into
:04:50. > :04:54.the early hours of Saturday, last seen on CCTV, after that nothing.
:04:55. > :05:00.Police trapped his mobile phone from Bury St Edmunds to this area about
:05:01. > :05:05.12 miles away. They tracked by using massed in the area. The theory is it
:05:06. > :05:14.could have been lost or discarded, mixed in with rubbish, and got into
:05:15. > :05:24.the back of the bin lorry. Police seized that vehicle and found there
:05:25. > :05:28.is no phone. It is a Nokia Lumea 345. They say they are going through
:05:29. > :05:30.hours of fresh CCTV footage. They are hoping for a fresh glimpse of
:05:31. > :05:36.Corrie, and maybe a fresh clue. An MSP is calling for a fatal
:05:37. > :05:39.accident inquiry to be held into the death of the Dundee boxer
:05:40. > :05:42.Mike Towell, who died on Friday, after being knocked out in a fight
:05:43. > :05:44.the previous evening. The 25-year-old had been
:05:45. > :05:46.in a bout with Dale Evans The Conservative MSP Brian Whittle
:05:47. > :05:51.says it would be "silly" to ban boxing but there needs to be a full
:05:52. > :05:53.investigation to establish if Mr Towell had a brain injury
:05:54. > :06:07.before stepping into the ring. In this particular instance, my
:06:08. > :06:10.concern would be around if the step has been missed because we
:06:11. > :06:17.understand he was having headaches beforehand, and if that is the case,
:06:18. > :06:20.why was that missed? The steps that should not be there. So it is
:06:21. > :06:23.incumbent on this board to make sure every step has been taken, and
:06:24. > :06:25.lessons have to be learned. BBC Scotland has obtained the first
:06:26. > :06:28.exclusive pictures of an oil leak Around 95 tonnes of oil leaked
:06:29. > :06:32.from the Clair field on Sunday, BP says three surveillance flights
:06:33. > :06:36.flew over the slick today and it The company says it believes
:06:37. > :06:40.the environmental impact of the spill is likely
:06:41. > :06:45.to be minimal. A woman who suffered life-changing
:06:46. > :06:47.injuries in a car crash when she was sixteen has been
:06:48. > :06:50.warning teenagers about Laura Torrance has been a wheelchair
:06:51. > :06:59.user since the accident in 1999. With traffic accidents the biggest
:07:00. > :07:01.killer of young people in Scotland, she's hoping they'll learn
:07:02. > :07:17.from her experience. friend passed his test on the
:07:18. > :07:23.Monday, this was Thursday night, we went for a drive, had a laugh and
:07:24. > :07:27.listened to music. We had a chance to show off. We came up to the
:07:28. > :07:32.corner to quickly and rolled into the farmer's field and I don't
:07:33. > :07:36.remember much after that. I was 16 and I didn't think this would happen
:07:37. > :07:42.to me. Hopefully they will look at me and think this can happen to me,
:07:43. > :07:46.it is real life, not the movies. One can have silly mistake and it can
:07:47. > :07:54.lead to something devastating and life changing. Demonstrating safety
:07:55. > :08:08.to those about to drive on our roads. Young drivers up to 25 make
:08:09. > :08:11.up for 10% of drivers in Scotland and 20% of crashes, it is a
:08:12. > :08:14.disproportionate amount so we need to do engagement with them to make
:08:15. > :08:18.sure they are where they are vulnerable and need to work on their
:08:19. > :08:27.experience. This has been designed to show what a crash might feel
:08:28. > :08:32.like. That was a really nasty jolt and it was only six miles per hour.
:08:33. > :08:37.I'm learning to drive so this makes me more aware of my situation and
:08:38. > :08:42.make sure I'm safe. I don't think it will put off anyone from driving,
:08:43. > :08:49.but I think it will make everyone more cautious about it. If you're
:08:50. > :08:55.going faster, what would it be like? Because that was scary. One person
:08:56. > :08:59.is killed every week on our roads, campaigners want people to belt up,
:09:00. > :09:01.slow down, and not use mobile phones at the wheel.
:09:02. > :09:03.Senior Tories have tonight turned their fire on the SNP,
:09:04. > :09:08.accusing the First Minister and her party of using Brexit
:09:09. > :09:12.as a lever to try and bring about independence.
:09:13. > :09:15.The prospect of a second referendum has been described as a Sword
:09:16. > :09:17.of Damocles hanging over the Scottish economy.
:09:18. > :09:22.Here's our political correspondent, David Porter.
:09:23. > :09:30.Separate but inextricably linked, since that vote in June Brexit and
:09:31. > :09:39.Scottish independence, issues both vying for attention and causing
:09:40. > :09:45.confusion. We will make breakfast... Brexit a success. From Scotland, no
:09:46. > :09:51.such verbal pitfalls but strong rhetoric nevertheless on how Brexit
:09:52. > :09:54.is being portrayed. Using it as an excuse to threaten a second
:09:55. > :10:00.independence referendum, that's not what the people of Scotland want, it
:10:01. > :10:06.is a sort of Damocles, the single biggest threat to Scotland's
:10:07. > :10:13.economy. And a very direct message to the Government. We will negotiate
:10:14. > :10:19.as United Kingdom, leave as the United Kingdom, and face the future
:10:20. > :10:28.together as the United Kingdom. Elsewhere at the conference, time
:10:29. > :10:36.for the Conservative leader to meet the party faithful. Most of the
:10:37. > :10:40.stuff I got was, you are from who? They liked that, but again the issue
:10:41. > :10:48.of Brexit, and criticism of the First Minister. It becomes the post
:10:49. > :10:51.of First Minister, the way she has tried to exploit the vote to get
:10:52. > :10:56.independence back on the table, I think even she has realised she went
:10:57. > :11:04.too far. The First Minister will take issue with that and probably
:11:05. > :11:08.this as well. Who would we like to see Ruth in Theresa May's cabinet?
:11:09. > :11:15.Look at that, will you be disappointing these people? I have a
:11:16. > :11:20.job to do in Holyrood. So she doesn't want to be in Theresa May's
:11:21. > :11:21.cabinet but tomorrow Ruth Davidson will share a platform with the Prime
:11:22. > :11:22.Minister. You're watching BBC
:11:23. > :11:25.Reporting Scotland. The Scottish Government is planning
:11:26. > :11:30.a radical extension of the ways electronic tags can be
:11:31. > :11:35.used on offenders. Not seeing the wood for the trees -
:11:36. > :11:41.the 100-foot specimens in the Queen's back garden
:11:42. > :11:52.which were thought to be extinct. Could a Swedish football
:11:53. > :11:54.project help ease tensions between supporters and
:11:55. > :12:02.the authorities in Scotland? the Scottish Cup final,
:12:03. > :12:05.have led to calls for clubs to be There's also an ongoing debate over
:12:06. > :12:08.the effectiveness of recent legislation covering
:12:09. > :12:14.behaviour at matches. Alasdair Lamont's been
:12:15. > :12:32.to Malmo to find out Malmo, one of the biggest and most
:12:33. > :12:37.successful clubs in Sweden, but they have had issues with violence from
:12:38. > :12:42.fans. The football authorities always had a view that you could
:12:43. > :12:46.fans. The football authorities punish, and the same when you were
:12:47. > :12:53.talking to the police for example, so there was a growing conflict
:12:54. > :13:00.between big fan groups and the authorities. Four years ago, the
:13:01. > :13:03.stand-up for football project began in Sweden, since then attendances
:13:04. > :13:08.are up and football related crime and violence is down, so what
:13:09. > :13:11.changes have been made to make the football experience better for the
:13:12. > :13:17.Swedish supporters? Employing this month and others like him is partly
:13:18. > :13:22.responsible for the change. My duty is to be a bridge for the supporters
:13:23. > :13:26.to the club and the club to the supporters. If there is an issue
:13:27. > :13:31.with the police and they want to talk to the supporters, the police
:13:32. > :13:38.can talk to me and I can explain to them. We can understand each other
:13:39. > :13:45.and maybe that lowers the risk for conflict. They deal with designated
:13:46. > :13:50.full-time support the police, such direct lines of communication appear
:13:51. > :13:54.to benefit the authorities too. Recently we have the problem is that
:13:55. > :13:58.supporters from the stands are throwing bottles onto the pitch, and
:13:59. > :14:02.for this game the supporters themselves had said that nobody can
:14:03. > :14:05.do that. If somebody does this, we will take them out from the crowd so
:14:06. > :14:09.do that. If somebody does this, we it is perfect. That is what we call
:14:10. > :14:16.self policing and we hope for more and more. The issues at Swedish
:14:17. > :14:21.football may be different from those in Scotland, and no one here
:14:22. > :14:23.believes the approach is perfect, but the spirit of collaboration
:14:24. > :14:28.appears to be having a positive effect.
:14:29. > :14:32.Two Scottish-born scientists have won the 2016
:14:33. > :14:37.Professor David Thouless - who was born in Bearsden -
:14:38. > :14:39.shares it with another Scottish-American,
:14:40. > :14:40.Michael Kosterlitz of Brown University.
:14:41. > :14:43.Together with the third recipient, Duncan Haldane, they've been
:14:44. > :14:48.recognised for their work in condensed matter physics.
:14:49. > :14:50.At the announcement in Stockholm, a member of the Nobel Prize
:14:51. > :14:53.organisation attempted to explain the phenomenon by tearing a hole
:14:54. > :15:02.The jury in the trial of a man accused of the murder of a waiter
:15:03. > :15:04.in Lanarkshire nearly 18 years ago has been sent home
:15:05. > :15:07.after considering its verdict for a second day.
:15:08. > :15:10.48-year-old Ronnie Coulter denies killing Surjit Singh Chhokar
:15:11. > :15:21.The jury will resume its deliberations tomorrow.
:15:22. > :15:23.Scotland's Finance Secretary has been accused by the opposition of
:15:24. > :15:28.Derek Mackay is involved in a row about how much information MSPs can
:15:29. > :15:32.receive ahead of the Scottish Government's draft budget.
:15:33. > :15:34.Well, our political correspondent, Andrew Kerr, has been
:15:35. > :15:37.following the story and joins me now from Holyrood.
:15:38. > :15:39.Andrew, opposition MSPs feel they're being kept in the dark about
:15:40. > :15:52.Yes, they feel they are not allowed to scrutinise the
:15:53. > :15:57.Government's plans adequately. This issue may not be the talk over the
:15:58. > :16:01.dinner table in many homes tonight but they want to keep track of where
:16:02. > :16:06.every pound and Penny is going. All the opposition MSPs backed a motion
:16:07. > :16:09.from Patrick Harvie, calling for more information saying it was
:16:10. > :16:14.unacceptable the level of information they had. It's not just
:16:15. > :16:20.the opposition, the finance committee convener also wrote to the
:16:21. > :16:24.finance secretary, saying the information they had was
:16:25. > :16:28.unacceptable. The Chancellor has his Autumn Statement on the 23rd of
:16:29. > :16:33.November, the finance secretary will publish his budget on the 15th of
:16:34. > :16:37.December. Crucial statement with lots of Brexit economic information
:16:38. > :16:42.there so the finance secretary does not want to give bad information I
:16:43. > :16:50.suppose. But Derek Mackay came to Parliament today with a con session.
:16:51. > :16:55.What Parliament asked for was high-level scenario planning. I will
:16:56. > :17:03.provide that within the time scale. I'm happen where you to write to the
:17:04. > :17:11.Finance Committee and he will take a great interest in that. I've
:17:12. > :17:19.repeatedly said I won't publish a draft budget. He could offer
:17:20. > :17:24.concessions, offer to meet parliament and the Finance Committee
:17:25. > :17:28.halfway or try to brazen it out. I regret very much he decided to take
:17:29. > :17:33.the latter part. The opposition Jackie not hugely impressed with
:17:34. > :17:37.what he was offering. They say he's being coy about what might, what
:17:38. > :17:41.information he might be offering. They will keep an eye on him.
:17:42. > :17:45.Looking at this problem in the future a budget review group has
:17:46. > :17:49.been set up to try to ensure there is perhaps a new timetable to see
:17:50. > :17:51.that MSPs have adequate time to look at the budget. Jackie. Thank you
:17:52. > :17:55.very much, Andrew. A look at other stories
:17:56. > :17:58.from across the country... An ECG examination couldn't
:17:59. > :18:04.be done on an inmate suffering chest pains,
:18:05. > :18:06.in Dumfries prison because there wasn't any paper
:18:07. > :18:08.in the machine to send a fax A Fatal Accident Inquiry found that
:18:09. > :18:13.spare paper was locked in a cupboard The prisoner, Andrew Hamilton,
:18:14. > :18:19.died later that day although he had an appeal for information
:18:20. > :18:32.after a nineteen year old woman was attacked
:18:33. > :18:35.in the city early on Sunday. She fought off her attacker
:18:36. > :18:49.after the indecent assault Six foot told, haefy build, wearing
:18:50. > :18:50.a dark coloured kilt and wearing brown dark coloured thigh length
:18:51. > :18:57.boots. More than 200 young people,
:18:58. > :18:59.many from Oban High School, registered as stem cell donors
:19:00. > :19:01.through the Anthony Nolan The action followed an awareness
:19:02. > :19:05.campaign at Oban fire station arranged by teenager,
:19:06. > :19:06.Lauren Campbell. She was diagnosed with leukaemia
:19:07. > :19:11.for the third time since childhood. The age perimeters are between the
:19:12. > :19:21.ages of 16-30 that's because people The age perimeters are between the
:19:22. > :19:25.in the younger age band have more stem cells that can be release into
:19:26. > :19:26.their bloodstream that allows better stem cells that can be release into
:19:27. > :19:32.opportunity to fight infection. A protest meeting's to be held
:19:33. > :19:37.in Inverness tonight over fears that a road link between the A9 and A96
:19:38. > :19:40.will result in 17 mature oak Community leaders and politicians
:19:41. > :19:43.have joined the fight Transport Scotland insists there's
:19:44. > :19:55.no final decision on the new route. We go from a small nice, rural road,
:19:56. > :19:57.to an enlarged road with the trees gone, basically. They have been here
:19:58. > :20:01.for 150 years. The Scotland assistant manager,
:20:02. > :20:04.Mark McGhee, says he'd back Fifa proposals aimed at expanding
:20:05. > :20:09.the World Cup from 32 teams to 48. As the squad prepares to face
:20:10. > :20:12.Lithuania this weekend in the latest World Cup qualifier,
:20:13. > :20:14.he says the success of nations like Wales and Iceland at this
:20:15. > :20:24.year's European Championships proves Not just the players, the supporters
:20:25. > :20:31.of these teams made it a spectacle. Really fantastic. I know the Tartan
:20:32. > :20:38.Army would anyway. I think there is a place for countries like that. I
:20:39. > :20:41.think if there is a route to make it more manageable to get there, then,
:20:42. > :20:44.yeah, I'm all for it. The former Scotland captain,
:20:45. > :20:46.Barry Ferguson, says he believes Scotland can qualify
:20:47. > :20:48.from this current campaign. His international career ended
:20:49. > :20:50.after the notorious Boozegate He has told BBC Scotland,
:20:51. > :20:54.that since then, he has been too embarrassed to return to Hampden
:20:55. > :20:56.to watch the national team in action, saying his
:20:57. > :21:11.behaviour was a disgrace. The now infamous pictures in the
:21:12. > :21:15.aftermath of Boozegate. Rangers team-mates were dropped to the bench
:21:16. > :21:19.for Scotland v Iceland. Just three days before they had been drinking
:21:20. > :21:25.until the early hours after Scotland's loss in the World Cup
:21:26. > :21:30.qualifier against Holland. Already in disgrace they made matters worse
:21:31. > :21:35.with V signs in deviance. I was a disgrace. That was embarrassing what
:21:36. > :21:40.I'd done. It was embarrassing because it ended my career. To do
:21:41. > :21:43.what I did and not think about the consequence it is would have on
:21:44. > :21:53.family and even my team-mates at Scotland. You know what I mean? It
:21:54. > :21:59.was a sir suss. -- circus. Ferguson was banned from the Scotland team.
:22:00. > :22:05.It's only now, seven years later, he thinks he is face and support the
:22:06. > :22:08.team he once captained. I was sceptical in the past to watch
:22:09. > :22:12.Scotland. I think that is now put to bed and I'd like to go back as a
:22:13. > :22:16.fan. I was pan, at the end of the day. To be honest with you, it does
:22:17. > :22:25.hurt me when people say that I didn't care. Ferguson says he cares
:22:26. > :22:28.for the fate of the current crop and believes in Strachan and this World
:22:29. > :22:30.Cup campaign. Do you know what, I believe we have the players to do
:22:31. > :22:33.Cup campaign. Do you know what, I it. The first three games are
:22:34. > :22:36.critical. We need to get seven points out of the first three games.
:22:37. > :22:42.We haven't got world-class players. But we have got good players. We've
:22:43. > :22:48.got good players that I think can do a job and get us to a major
:22:49. > :22:49.championship. The man who once rebelled now looking for
:22:50. > :22:55.redemptions. In the grounds of the Palace
:22:56. > :22:59.of Holyrood, they stand 100 feet tall and are passed by hundreds
:23:00. > :23:02.of thousands of visitors each year. So how did two trees turn out to be
:23:03. > :23:05.a variety thought to be The Wentworth Elms were only
:23:06. > :23:09.discovered when scientists at the Royal Botanical Gardens went
:23:10. > :23:22.to carry out a survey. We have been looking at elm trees
:23:23. > :23:26.for over 20 years. It's a large tree and a weeping habit. We are standing
:23:27. > :23:31.underneath the canopy. It reaches quite close to the ground. If it was
:23:32. > :23:36.left untrimmed by the gardens here it would reach the ground and sweep
:23:37. > :23:41.the floor. The Palace gardens are land scaped with two trees over 100
:23:42. > :23:47.years old, beautiful features, attracting many an admirer. It's
:23:48. > :23:52.lovely. Beautiful. The other feature about this tree that helps us to
:23:53. > :23:57.know it's a Wentworth Elm it has large leaves. They are nearly as big
:23:58. > :24:01.as my hand. That is unusual for elm trees. It begs the question - why it
:24:02. > :24:07.took so long to spot that these trees were a rare breed? Colleagues
:24:08. > :24:12.had been to collect samples of the elm trees with the few of propgating
:24:13. > :24:15.them. They took cuttings. They couldn't identify the trees. I was
:24:16. > :24:23.asked to come along and figure out what the identity of the various
:24:24. > :24:31.trees was. There was a theory they survived Dutch elm disease while a
:24:32. > :24:35.third succumbed. Subsequent records in our archive refer to a single
:24:36. > :24:37.tree. We haven't the proof. It's tempting to think maybe these two
:24:38. > :24:45.trees in Holyrood are two donated to tempting to think maybe these two
:24:46. > :24:50.the Palace by the royal botanical garden Edinburgh. It might be time
:24:51. > :24:54.to get the cuttings to the potting shed and secure a new building for
:24:55. > :24:58.the Wentworth Elm. It's nice to see them with space to breathe and to
:24:59. > :25:00.kind of frame the landscape. It would be a great pity if we didn't
:25:01. > :25:04.plant elms for the future. Now, here's Laura McIver
:25:05. > :25:12.with details of Scotland 2016. We will have today's news from the
:25:13. > :25:15.Conservative Party conference in Birmingham and the latest pro
:25:16. > :25:24.general elections on the global economy. And we report from the
:25:25. > :25:26.headquarters of Scottish ballet who have been live streaming
:25:27. > :25:28.performances. Time to look at what the weather has
:25:29. > :25:36.in store, over to Kawser. Good evening. Many of us have ended
:25:37. > :25:39.the day on a lovely note. Lots of sunshine today and, let's cast our
:25:40. > :25:44.mind back to earlier this morning, this the sunrise. I couldn't resist
:25:45. > :25:51.showing you weather watcher pictures from early this morning. This is
:25:52. > :25:55.from Voxpopbob in the highlands and in the Western Isles glorious
:25:56. > :25:59.colours. As we head through to the evening it looks to be largely dry
:26:00. > :26:04.and rather breezy, especially for coastal areas. There is more in the
:26:05. > :26:07.way of cloud across Aberdeenshire for Angus, eastern borders and the
:26:08. > :26:12.risk of one or wo showers. For most it will be dry with clear spells
:26:13. > :26:18.developing. For the north-west temperatures could dip to four or
:26:19. > :26:22.five Celsius. For most holding up to nine to 11 shell suss. Coastal areas
:26:23. > :26:31.will be breezy. Tomorrow we will stay with the fairly strong
:26:32. > :26:35.south-easterly winds especially for t northern isles. There will be more
:26:36. > :26:38.cloud around tomorrow than there has been today. The best of the sunshine
:26:39. > :26:42.once again across the north-west of the country. Further towards the
:26:43. > :26:48.north-east more cloud. It looks as if most of us will stay largely dry.
:26:49. > :26:53.Temperatures 14 to maybe 16 degrees. A shade cooler than today. Today we
:26:54. > :26:59.reached 17 and 18 Celsius for many of us across the north-west of the
:27:00. > :27:03.country. This area of high pressure across Scandinavia keeping weather
:27:04. > :27:07.systems at bay in the Atlantic. For most of us across the UK it's fine,
:27:08. > :27:11.dry and settled and will remain that way all the way into the weekend and
:27:12. > :27:17.maybe even the start of next week as well. It does mean it's breezy. The
:27:18. > :27:20.winds are still breezy for Thursday, too. They will tend to ease as we
:27:21. > :27:26.look ahead to the end of the week. Up over the hills and the summit we
:27:27. > :27:30.have strong gusts, especially for tomorrow, 60-70mph. They will ease
:27:31. > :27:36.by Thursday. Temperatures 13 to 14 degrees. That's your forecast for
:27:37. > :27:41.now. Even a nice skyline behind me this evening. Hope it's nice where
:27:42. > :27:46.you are. We are back with the late bulletin, 10.25pm. Good evening.
:27:47. > :27:47.expected. Any cloud will be broken up by the breeze with good spells