:00:00. > :00:00.and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.
:00:00. > :00:07.A minimum price for alcohol gets the go-ahead
:00:08. > :00:12.after judges reject an appeal by whisky makers.
:00:13. > :00:16.A drink driver is jailed for seven and a half years
:00:17. > :00:25.as she returned from her son's wedding.
:00:26. > :00:32.You always remember your wedding day, it is the highlight of your
:00:33. > :00:36.life and to lose your mum the next day in tragic circumstances is top.
:00:37. > :00:37.Everyone who was there have seen the happiness, then the sadness.
:00:38. > :00:42.after making what are described as homophobic comments at a dinner.
:00:43. > :00:45.The Scottish Green Party urges the people of Scotland
:00:46. > :00:47.to back holding another independence referendum in the wake
:00:48. > :00:54.as Morton take on Aberdeen in their first Hampden
:00:55. > :01:14.Scottish Government plans to set a minimum price for alcohol have
:01:15. > :01:19.The Court of Session in Edinburgh has ruled against a challenge
:01:20. > :01:22.to the legislation from the Scotch Whisky Association.
:01:23. > :01:25.It claimed the plans were a breach of European Law.
:01:26. > :01:28.The ruling now paves the way for the Scottish Government
:01:29. > :01:31.It's four years since it was passed in Holyrood,
:01:32. > :01:38.where ministers argued it would save lives and reduce crime.
:01:39. > :01:43.Steven Godden reports from the Court of Session.
:01:44. > :01:50.In a country with a complicated, often troubled relationship with
:01:51. > :01:55.alcohol, ?5 is enough to drink more in a week than doctors would
:01:56. > :01:59.recommend. Those who deal with the consequences of problem drinking
:02:00. > :02:05.believe minimum pricing is the best way to tackle it. What minimum
:02:06. > :02:08.pricing targets is the cheapest, strongest alcohol, which is
:02:09. > :02:13.precisely the alcohol that is drunk by the people who end up in our
:02:14. > :02:17.hospitals and who end up dying from alcohol-related causes. It is a
:02:18. > :02:21.very, very targeted policy. It is not about your bottles of wine, it
:02:22. > :02:27.is about cheap cider, cheap supermarket vodka. A minimum price
:02:28. > :02:32.of 50p per unit would ensure a bottle of spirits cost at least ?14,
:02:33. > :02:40.or cheap, strong side could double in price. MSPs approved the policy
:02:41. > :02:44.in 2012, but a court challenge, led by the Scotch Whisky Association,
:02:45. > :02:48.stopped it in its tracks. After four years of legal argument, here at the
:02:49. > :02:51.Court of Session in Edinburgh and at the European Court of Justice, the
:02:52. > :02:57.ruling boiled down to one key question- would encasing the tax on
:02:58. > :03:01.alcohol be as effective as minimum pricing -- increasing the tax on
:03:02. > :03:05.alcohol be as effective as minimum pricing when it came to protecting
:03:06. > :03:11.people's help? Today, the panel of three judges ruled it wouldn't and
:03:12. > :03:15.rejected the appeal. Obviously, we regret the ruling today, we believe
:03:16. > :03:22.it is a barrier to trade and not the most effective way to deal with
:03:23. > :03:27.alcohol related problems. But we will decide on it before the next
:03:28. > :03:31.steps. Now it has that report, it has the overwhelming backing up
:03:32. > :03:35.Parliament and we need to move forward with this policy because it
:03:36. > :03:38.will save lives and the evidence points us in that direction, so I
:03:39. > :03:43.would hope it does now spell the end of the legal delay. An appeal to the
:03:44. > :03:46.UK Supreme Court could be launched within the next month, but the
:03:47. > :03:50.Scottish Government said today's judgment should be respected. Their
:03:51. > :03:54.aim, to make minimum pricing a reality as quickly as possible.
:03:55. > :03:56.A drink-driver who crashed into a taxi
:03:57. > :04:00.as she returned from her son's wedding has been jailed
:04:01. > :04:04.21-year-old Steven Bennie was being chased by police
:04:05. > :04:08.at the time and had been driving at speeds of up to 80mph.
:04:09. > :04:10.Marie Laurie was getting into the taxi with her husband
:04:11. > :04:13.when the crash happened in the Easterhouse area of Glasgow
:04:14. > :04:23.Aileen Clarke reports from the High Court in Glasgow.
:04:24. > :04:30.This family have lost a mother, wife, a grandmother, because Marie
:04:31. > :04:34.Laurie was all of these things and more. They came to court hoping for
:04:35. > :04:39.a sentence which might begin to reflect their loss. It is never
:04:40. > :04:46.enough, compared to what we have lost, but we got enough for us to be
:04:47. > :04:49.happy today. Marie Laurie was killed and her husband seriously injured
:04:50. > :04:54.when Steven Bennie crashed his car into the taxi they had just got into
:04:55. > :04:57.last November. Steven Bennie, 20 at the time, was being followed by the
:04:58. > :05:01.police and driving at high speed when he drove through a red light
:05:02. > :05:05.and then hit the taxi. The judge jailed him for seven and a half
:05:06. > :05:09.years. On sentencing, Lord Boyd said to Steven Bennie that Marie Laurie
:05:10. > :05:13.had been returning home with her husband from her son's wedding, one
:05:14. > :05:18.of the happiest days of her life, he said, and in an instant, that life
:05:19. > :05:22.was gone. He said it was difficult to imagine a more serious level of
:05:23. > :05:26.dangerous driving. You had no licence, he said, you weren't
:05:27. > :05:29.insured, you had taken alcohol, he didn't stop when the police
:05:30. > :05:34.signalled to you to do so and you reached 80 mph in a 30 mph zone. You
:05:35. > :05:42.had even turned your headlights off, he said. It was the wedding of her
:05:43. > :05:45.son Martin that Marie Laurie was on her way home from and although the
:05:46. > :05:49.two events are now intertwined, he says he can't dwell on Steven Bennie
:05:50. > :05:54.and his reckless actions last night. He is just a boy that had a bad
:05:55. > :06:04.experience and he has caused the death. To be honest with you, he
:06:05. > :06:12.could be regretting for his life as well, so let's hope he takes that. I
:06:13. > :06:17.have no hatred. As I say, I do not want to be filled with anger. The
:06:18. > :06:21.first anniversary comes next month. A difficult time for the family. I
:06:22. > :06:25.will never forget those two days of my life. You always remember your
:06:26. > :06:29.wedding day, it's the highlight of your life and to lose your mum the
:06:30. > :06:33.next day in such tragic circumstances is going to be tough,
:06:34. > :06:36.it's going to be tough for the whole family, you know? Everybody was
:06:37. > :06:45.there, they had seen the happiness, they've seen the sadness. The man
:06:46. > :06:49.accused of murdering an Inverness born policeman may have cooked and
:06:50. > :06:54.eaten parts of his body, a court has heard. The remains of 59-year-old
:06:55. > :06:57.Gordon Semple were found when investigators searched a south
:06:58. > :07:02.London flat. They found his DNA on cooking utensils in the kitchen
:07:03. > :07:06.belonging to Stefano Fritz Lee, who denies murder but admits
:07:07. > :07:11.dismembering and disposing of his body. The UK Brexit
:07:12. > :07:15.secretary David Davis has been hearing a range of Scottish opinions
:07:16. > :07:19.on negotiations for leaving the European Union. He met his opposite
:07:20. > :07:23.number in the Scottish Government as well as business leaders during a
:07:24. > :07:26.meeting in Glasgow. And he heard a call for more clarity about the
:07:27. > :07:29.shape that Brexit is going to take. Here is Douglas Fraser.
:07:30. > :07:35.Protective headgear may be required for the man with a challenging new
:07:36. > :07:40.job. Secretary of State for exiting the European Union. Tell me what
:07:41. > :07:45.you're doing. David Davis was in listening mode at Clydeside today at
:07:46. > :07:52.this business start-up centre, a new fruit from the Glasgow deal. Across
:07:53. > :07:55.the North Sea, his boss was at her first Brussels summit as Prime
:07:56. > :07:59.Minister, emphasising that Britain is fully in until it is fully aired.
:08:00. > :08:02.Yet other governments think the British will eventually change their
:08:03. > :08:08.minds and remain in the European club. That's not going to happen,
:08:09. > :08:12.the Prime Minister has made clear that the now infamous phrase "Brexit
:08:13. > :08:15.means Brexit" is going to happen, the people have given us an
:08:16. > :08:19.instruction, we have to carry it out. The UK Government has to
:08:20. > :08:24.negotiate with 27 governments across Europe and devolved administrations
:08:25. > :08:27.around the UK. The trickiest one is probably with Scotland's Brexit
:08:28. > :08:30.minister. After they met today, they Holyrood minister was looking for
:08:31. > :08:35.clarity other than the hints of what we might expect. This is a matter of
:08:36. > :08:39.enormous significance to Scotland, to our economy, to the way we live
:08:40. > :08:42.in the European citizens that live here and citizens of Scotland but
:08:43. > :08:45.live elsewhere. Hints are not good enough, there must be meaningful
:08:46. > :08:51.open discussion about what happens next and that is the message I gave
:08:52. > :08:56.to David Davis. This is about tone, attitude, the human component. Next,
:08:57. > :08:58.meeting business representatives at Strathclyde University, they raised
:08:59. > :09:03.concerns about foreign recruitment and access to markets and while
:09:04. > :09:06.rebuffing calls for devolved power over immigration, David Davies
:09:07. > :09:10.insists this is more than just listening to pressure groups. These
:09:11. > :09:12.are not just lobby groups, these are the people of Scotland, they
:09:13. > :09:15.represent various groups of the people of Scotland and it will have
:09:16. > :09:19.an influence on things like fisheries policy, on farming and our
:09:20. > :09:24.approach to negotiations there, it'll have an influence on our
:09:25. > :09:27.approach to things like data, the single issue that came today raised
:09:28. > :09:31.by one of the financial services people here, management of data.
:09:32. > :09:36.Every time we have one of these meetings, some important new issues
:09:37. > :09:39.up. There are many Scottish voices around the table at the meeting here
:09:40. > :09:44.today, from fisheries to universities, all looking for risks
:09:45. > :09:46.as well as opportunities in these extremely complex Brexit
:09:47. > :09:49.as well as opportunities in these negotiations ahead. They are not
:09:50. > :09:52.your talking about outcomes, they're talking about the inputs and the
:09:53. > :09:54.process that will decide which voices dominate.
:09:55. > :09:56.Two people have charged with human trafficking
:09:57. > :09:58.for the purposes of prostitution, the arrests took place
:09:59. > :10:03.A 40-year-old man and 32-year-old woman will appear at
:10:04. > :10:09.The charges follow a day of action by police to target
:10:10. > :10:26.A well-known Aberdeen hotel owner has apologised after making
:10:27. > :10:29.what were described as homophobic comments at a fundraising dinner.
:10:30. > :10:31.Stewart Spence used the term - regarded as highly derogatory
:10:32. > :10:33.and which will be mentioned in Steven Duff's report
:10:34. > :10:40.Steven joins us now from outside the five-star Marcliffe Hotel now.
:10:41. > :10:46.Well, Stewart Spence and the Marcliffe Hotel here in the west End
:10:47. > :10:50.of Aberdeen, the city's only 5-star hotel. He is a well-known
:10:51. > :10:53.businessman, entrepreneurial, awarded the MBE for his services to
:10:54. > :10:58.the tourist industry. At a fundraising dinner last night, he
:10:59. > :11:03.was speaking and he used the term "poofs" a number of times when he
:11:04. > :11:07.was claiming the hotel industry had a history of employing homosexuals
:11:08. > :11:13.and he said himself he had never employed a homosexual. Now, today,
:11:14. > :11:16.he apologise sincerely for what he described as ill-advised comments,
:11:17. > :11:21.saying he was mortified and he said as far as he was concerned, the
:11:22. > :11:24.Marcliffe Hotel was inclusive for staff and guests, whatever their
:11:25. > :11:29.sexual orientation. You say he has apologised, what has
:11:30. > :11:33.the reaction been to his remarks? Well, the event last night was for
:11:34. > :11:38.the hospitality industry trust, which helps find funding for young
:11:39. > :11:42.people who want careers in hospitality. We were told by one
:11:43. > :11:45.guessed that the chief executive quickly disassociated himself and
:11:46. > :11:49.the Organisation from the comments, getting a round of applause in
:11:50. > :11:53.response. Today, it put out a statement saying it was shocked and
:11:54. > :11:58.distressed by what Stewart Spence had to say, saying the hospitality
:11:59. > :12:01.industry is known for being inclusive and diverse. Stonewall
:12:02. > :12:07.Scotland says the comment shows how far there is to go before LGBT staff
:12:08. > :12:11.can feel safe and included in the workplace. It says if there is one
:12:12. > :12:15.positive from what Mr Spence had to say, it is the strong reaction and
:12:16. > :12:22.strong criticism he has received. Thank you very much. The Scottish
:12:23. > :12:27.Government says it will carefully consider proposals to introduce
:12:28. > :12:27.measures to pardon gay men who were convicted of historical offences
:12:28. > :12:30.which have since been abolished. The SNP MP John Nicolson failed
:12:31. > :12:33.earlier in a bid to have automatic pardons introduced
:12:34. > :12:34.in England and Wales. The UK Government has said it
:12:35. > :12:38.will grant pardons to those still living who apply
:12:39. > :12:43.and meet criteria. The operators of the Fort William
:12:44. > :12:46.aluminium smelter have confirmed they are in negotiations
:12:47. > :12:47.to sell the plant. The operation employs around 170
:12:48. > :12:50.people and is one of the largest There have been local fears that
:12:51. > :12:57.a review by owners Rio Tinto could lead to the closure
:12:58. > :12:59.of the factory but it's believed the discussions
:13:00. > :13:02.could lead to its being sold You're watching BBC
:13:03. > :13:08.Reporting Scotland. A minimum price
:13:09. > :13:14.for alcohol is given the go-ahead after judges rejected an appeal
:13:15. > :13:19.by whisky makers. Greenock Morton prepare
:13:20. > :13:22.for their first Hampden semi-final The Scottish Green Party is urging
:13:23. > :13:33.the people of Scotland to back holding another independence
:13:34. > :13:36.referendum in the wake Speaking at his party's autumn
:13:37. > :13:41.conference, the co-convener Patrick Harvie pledged his support
:13:42. > :13:44.for the Scottish Government's stance - but he said he would also
:13:45. > :13:49.push the SNP to make Our political correspondent Andrew
:13:50. > :13:55.Kerr is in Perth this evening. Independence and Brexit dominating
:13:56. > :14:07.yet another party Yes, that's right, Sally. Like all
:14:08. > :14:11.the conferences, I suppose, Brexit has been the big issue and it was
:14:12. > :14:14.the big issue here today on the first day of the Green Party
:14:15. > :14:19.conference. This is the final conference of the autumn conference
:14:20. > :14:23.season and as the green leaves turn golden at this time of year, I
:14:24. > :14:29.suppose, the Green Party here think they are entering perhaps a golden
:14:30. > :14:33.phase, because at Holyrood, they entered... At the Holyrood election,
:14:34. > :14:35.they managed to treble their representation, they overtook the
:14:36. > :14:39.Liberal Democrats and they are now very powerful in a way, because the
:14:40. > :14:44.SNP is a minority Government, so their votes do matter. They are very
:14:45. > :14:48.important. So it looks like the Greens are going to push the SNP
:14:49. > :14:53.when it comes to issues like fracking, proposed cuts to air
:14:54. > :14:57.passenger duty and local authority taxation. They'll really giving the
:14:58. > :15:01.SNP a push in the way they want them to go, they are claiming, and now
:15:02. > :15:04.their co-convenor Patrick Harvie spoke to the conference this
:15:05. > :15:09.afternoon, he addressed the members there and it also looks like he
:15:10. > :15:10.wants to push the SNP, the Scottish Government, left wing when it comes
:15:11. > :15:19.to the Scottish Government's budget. So the SNP must make significant
:15:20. > :15:24.moves from their manifesto position in the direction of progressive tax
:15:25. > :15:26.if they expect to see Green support for their budget plans in the coming
:15:27. > :15:32.months. Now, back to Brexit and the
:15:33. > :15:37.Constitution. Patrick Harvie essentially spoke at his disgust at
:15:38. > :15:43.Brexiteers, the vote that has taken the UK out of the European Union. He
:15:44. > :15:48.wants to, as he says, protect Scotland's place in the EU, so he
:15:49. > :15:53.was fully supportive of the Scottish Government's plans to launch the
:15:54. > :15:57.consultation on the draft Referendum Bill, because he says the people of
:15:58. > :15:59.Scotland, their voice must be heard. This is what he told the conference
:16:00. > :16:07.when it came to independence. Scotland's mandate, that 62% remain
:16:08. > :16:13.vote, is being utterly ignored by Theresa May's Government. Well, we
:16:14. > :16:17.will respect that mandate. We will commit to keeping Scotland's place
:16:18. > :16:24.in Europe, because that's what the people living here voted for.
:16:25. > :16:28.APPLAUSE. One of the consequences of this vote
:16:29. > :16:34.is that the Scottish Government must be supported in their decision to
:16:35. > :16:39.publish a consultation on a bill for an independence referendum.
:16:40. > :16:45.So, as I said, the Greens supporting the Scottish Government when it
:16:46. > :16:48.comes to another referendum, but it's interesting, they are not
:16:49. > :16:53.looking for a quid pro quo when it comes to that, they are not looking
:16:54. > :16:56.for something in return. As I mentioned, votes are really vital to
:16:57. > :17:00.the Scottish Government. More on Brexit tomorrow, the Green
:17:01. > :17:07.conference here in path. They will hear from the German Green MEP
:17:08. > :17:11.outlining Scotland's connections with the rest of Europe, and the
:17:12. > :17:14.co-leader from the Scottish Green Party will be pushing the green
:17:15. > :17:17.message when it comes to the local authority elections next year.
:17:18. > :17:19.Andrew, thank you very much indeed. A look at other stories
:17:20. > :17:22.from across the country. A 12 year old boy has
:17:23. > :17:24.died, after falling Lachlan MacKenzie from Muir
:17:25. > :17:32.of Fowlis in Aberdeenshire was visiting relatives in Troon,
:17:33. > :17:34.when the accident Police in Suffolk have released
:17:35. > :17:40.new CCTV footage of the missing Scots RAF serviceman
:17:41. > :17:42.Corrie McKeague. He vanished after a night
:17:43. > :17:44.out in Bury St Edmunds Aberdeen Harbour is playing host
:17:45. > :17:58.to a flotilla of NATO ships The vessels from countries including
:17:59. > :18:02.Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Finland are part
:18:03. > :18:04.of a mine-sweeping group that's been A councillor is calling for more
:18:05. > :18:12.central government investment in roads in the Argyll islands,
:18:13. > :18:15.to help cope with the large Much of the surge is down
:18:16. > :18:19.to the introduction of the Road Equivalent Tariff -
:18:20. > :18:30.which has seen a significant All the infrastructure is done by
:18:31. > :18:34.the council, said the council has to get more funding for the
:18:35. > :18:38.infrastructure, for the increase of traffic. It's great that all that
:18:39. > :18:41.traffic is coming, but I'm afraid the infrastructure is not going to
:18:42. > :18:42.cope. The highest red phone box
:18:43. > :18:45.in the UK has been saved, after a local campaign to keep it
:18:46. > :18:48.in place.It sits two thousand feet above sea level at the base
:18:49. > :18:50.of the ski-slope in the Cairngorms. Almost a third of public payphones
:18:51. > :18:53.in Scotland have been earmarked for removal by BT,
:18:54. > :18:57.because of under-use. Pink and orange clouds
:18:58. > :19:01.appeared in the sky The phenomenon was captured
:19:02. > :19:06.in photographs taken by BBC Scotland website readers and BBC
:19:07. > :19:07.WeatherWatchers around The clouds are believed to have come
:19:08. > :19:13.from the Ineos petrochemical It's believed they were caused
:19:14. > :19:16.by heat from cooling towers, which created
:19:17. > :19:23.instability in the air. It's the Scottish League Cup
:19:24. > :19:26.semi-final weekend. Celtic and Rangers meet on Sunday,
:19:27. > :19:29.but tomorrow the action kicks off The Dons are heavy favourites
:19:30. > :19:35.to progress against the side But as our Senior Football Reporter
:19:36. > :19:41.Chris McLaughlin reports, the underdogs, who haven't enjoyed
:19:42. > :19:53.Cup success since 1922, On the banks of the River Clyde you
:19:54. > :19:59.don't have to look far for reminders of its industrial maritime past. But
:20:00. > :20:04.this is no misty eyed tale of long forgotten shipyards and days gone
:20:05. > :20:11.by, because for over 140 years here in Greenock, as the industry has
:20:12. > :20:12.ebbed and flowed like this great river, there has been one great
:20:13. > :20:22.constant. Morton's success can be enjoyed
:20:23. > :20:30.mostly in black and white, but things could be about to change.
:20:31. > :20:31.That's ?15 altogether... Merchandise tills ringing to the sound of
:20:32. > :20:37.optimism. We haven't had an easy tills ringing to the sound of
:20:38. > :20:40.time at Greenock, there have been ups and downs, but it is an
:20:41. > :20:44.incredible community with an incredible community spirit. Just
:20:45. > :20:47.ask the kit man who has been at the club 41 years. Would it be going too
:20:48. > :20:53.far to say this club has been your life? It's cost me about a dozen
:20:54. > :20:57.girlfriends in the past! I'm still single. I've been here since I was
:20:58. > :21:03.nine, a ball boy, then I got too old for doing that. I was 16 and I
:21:04. > :21:07.started on the kit and full-time 16 or 17 years. You can feel a buzz
:21:08. > :21:12.around this place and not just from the Longmore, the fan to make the
:21:13. > :21:19.pilgrimage here every other week has been starved of success for so long.
:21:20. > :21:26.In fact, you have to go back to 1979 to find footage of Morton in a
:21:27. > :21:31.League Cup semifinal. That was also against Aberdeen, and the Reds
:21:32. > :21:35.progressed with help from this goal. These days the dons are led by a
:21:36. > :21:42.former Morton midfielder, back in the days when short work short and
:21:43. > :21:45.strips were interesting. My job is to get Aberdeen to a cup final and
:21:46. > :21:48.hopefully go and win it. We're looking forward to the game. I think
:21:49. > :21:56.the players have done well to put themselves in this position. So the
:21:57. > :21:58.dons versus the tonne, two sides with plenty of history on one side
:21:59. > :21:59.with nothing to lose. The Commonwealth Games gold
:22:00. > :22:01.medallist Ross Murdoch has lost his top Podium level of funding
:22:02. > :22:09.for the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020. Instead he drops to "podium
:22:10. > :22:11.potential" after missing out on a place in the 100m
:22:12. > :22:16.Rio Olympic final. There are four Scots named
:22:17. > :22:18.in the elite Podium category. They are the Olympic relay silver
:22:19. > :22:21.medallists Stephen Milne, Duncan Scott and Dan Wallace along
:22:22. > :22:23.with the three times Olympian and multiple international medallist
:22:24. > :22:30.Hannah Miley. Scotland's men and women take
:22:31. > :22:34.on representatives from Ireland tomorrow in the annual
:22:35. > :22:35.shinty/hurling The Scots ladies were emphatic
:22:36. > :22:39.winners last year but will expect their toughest challenge of recent
:22:40. > :22:41.years as they face With the men's competition only over
:22:42. > :22:49.one leg this year, Ireland has met senior men's under
:22:50. > :23:02.the most of home advantage. Ireland has met senior men's under
:23:03. > :23:06.21 and Dublin women's hurling teams arrived at Inverness today ahead of
:23:07. > :23:10.their clash with their Scottish shindig counterparts tomorrow in
:23:11. > :23:17.Inverness. The Irish are under no illusions that a tough challenge
:23:18. > :23:23.awaits them. You have two Celtic nations who enjoy the physical
:23:24. > :23:27.contact. We're looking forward to the contest tomorrow. Scotland won
:23:28. > :23:31.outlast year before losing the return leg in Dublin. This year
:23:32. > :23:35.Scotland's manager thinks playing just one leg will be a benefit.
:23:36. > :23:41.Normally when it is a two legged affair, the next leg we struggle,
:23:42. > :23:45.and get turned over having had a nine or ten point lead. Last year
:23:46. > :23:52.there was nothing between the teams. We could have. Both games are there.
:23:53. > :23:57.Points scoring specialist Kevin Bartlett has set the Mac as a
:23:58. > :24:01.priority. The last two years we have read from the first half, which has
:24:02. > :24:04.gone on to help us win those games. They come back better in the second
:24:05. > :24:07.half. Scotland's women have been honing their skills this league and
:24:08. > :24:13.are hoping to keep the winning run from 2010 running, despite recent
:24:14. > :24:18.opposition in recent years. The whole of the women's game has
:24:19. > :24:22.progressed quite a bit but we are expecting a hard, fast, physical
:24:23. > :24:24.game, as always, with the Irish. Scotland's teams will hope to build
:24:25. > :24:29.on last year's successes at home. Let's see what we can expect
:24:30. > :24:39.from the weekend weather. Good evening. Fairly settled
:24:40. > :24:43.conditions this weekend. Much like today. There was a fair amount of
:24:44. > :24:46.cloud around. Sunshine and a few showers and we hold onto a lot of
:24:47. > :24:52.black cloud as we had overnight. Nothing desperately cold. Reasonably
:24:53. > :24:58.dry for many. The exceptions, a few showers in the North Sea. Those are
:24:59. > :25:01.likely to edge inland overnight, some patchy rain perhaps in the
:25:02. > :25:08.Western Isles, but for most it is dry. With that cloud, nothing too
:25:09. > :25:12.cold, temperatures in towns and cities around 6-8dC, but some clear
:25:13. > :25:16.conditions in the Highlands leading to a touch of Frost. Perhaps in
:25:17. > :25:20.western fog to start the day tomorrow. Quite a busy pressure
:25:21. > :25:24.chart this week but the low pressure and rain staying away from us. We
:25:25. > :25:27.are under the influence of a ridge of high pressure and there is an
:25:28. > :25:30.easterly flow coming in off the North Sea, so that means a bit of an
:25:31. > :25:34.east-west split weather-wise. In eastern parts the country, more
:25:35. > :25:38.likely some cloudier skies. Further west, more likely to and brighter
:25:39. > :25:41.weather. When we have that cloud there will be a few showers at
:25:42. > :25:59.times. Not a wash-out by any means, but cater
:26:00. > :26:03.for one or two coming in. In the West, sunshine more likely. We
:26:04. > :26:05.generally light winds, reasonably pleasant, temperatures 11-13. But on
:26:06. > :26:07.the East Coast with the breeze coming in off the coast, pressure at
:26:08. > :26:09.times, something just a touch cooler. Around the Northwest, plenty
:26:10. > :26:12.of sunshine, a pleasant afternoon in store will stop also in the Northern
:26:13. > :26:14.Isles comedies and spells of sunshine. If you are thinking of
:26:15. > :26:16.walking or climbing across the north-west, plenty of sunshine on
:26:17. > :26:23.offer. Temperatures good and winds moderate light. Across the eastern
:26:24. > :26:27.areas, little more in the way of cloud, a few showers but not a
:26:28. > :26:29.wash-out, but cater for one or two coming through. Temperatures are on
:26:30. > :26:33.the summit. The rest of the coming through. Temperatures are on
:26:34. > :26:37.afternoon into the evening, generally dry for many, still a few
:26:38. > :26:40.showers and eastern parts of the country. Into Sunday and little in
:26:41. > :26:45.the way of change. Still an easterly flow. There could be a little fog
:26:46. > :26:50.around to start the day on Sunday but plenty of sunshine went it comes
:26:51. > :26:54.up in western parts. Further ease, likely to have more cloud than some
:26:55. > :26:56.showers. The wind backing north-easterly, so shades down
:26:57. > :27:00.temperature wise perhaps. On Monday we do it all again. A bit of an
:27:01. > :27:05.east-west split. In the West plenty of sunshine and dry, further east
:27:06. > :27:06.are little more cloudy. Temperatures 10-11.
:27:07. > :27:07.Thank you, Chris. Now, a reminder of
:27:08. > :27:09.tonight's main news: Scottish Government plans to set
:27:10. > :27:12.a minimum price for alcohol have been backed by the Court
:27:13. > :27:14.of Session in Edinburgh. The Scotch Whisky Association
:27:15. > :27:27.claimed the plans were The people of Aberfan in Wales have
:27:28. > :27:38.been marking the 50th anniversary of the day a coal slurry avalanche
:27:39. > :27:42.buried at school. 26 people are being treated at the scene for
:27:43. > :27:45.breathing difficulties and two taken to hospital. I will be back with a
:27:46. > :27:48.headline that eight and the late bulletin just after the ten o'clock
:27:49. > :27:51.News. See you then, goodbye.