:00:00. > :00:00.BBC website. That's all from the BBC News at Six. It's goodbye from me.
:00:00. > :00:09.Criticism of the Crown Office - alleged abuse victims are angry this
:00:10. > :00:18.former monk still hasn't been extradited from Australia.
:00:19. > :00:29.My expectations really are whether we will ever see Denis Alexander in
:00:30. > :00:30.court have been managed down to virtually zero.
:00:31. > :00:32.Also on the programme, post-Brexit plans -
:00:33. > :00:34.the First Minister proposes Scotland could stay in the single
:00:35. > :00:37.market after the UK leaves the European Union.
:00:38. > :00:41.One of our world number ones tells us why millions of pounds is needed
:00:42. > :00:46.for new tennis centres across the country.
:00:47. > :00:49.Meet a canine survivor, back on his feet despite falling 60
:00:50. > :00:57.And are you ready for Storm Barbara?
:00:58. > :01:14.We'll be looking at how it might affect the Christmas getaway.
:01:15. > :01:26.Exactly a year ago the Crown office announced it was seeking the
:01:27. > :01:29.extradition from Australia of a former Catholic monk at the centre
:01:30. > :01:32.of child sex allegations at a Highland school.
:01:33. > :01:34.It's three and a half years since the BBC revealed allegations
:01:35. > :01:37.of child sex abuse at former Fort Augustus Abbey school
:01:38. > :01:39.in the Highlands, and a year since the crown announced plans
:01:40. > :01:41.to extradite Fr Denis Alexander, an Australian priest
:01:42. > :01:46.Now one of his alleged victims has said the case no further forward and
:01:47. > :01:49.has accused prosecutors of dragging their heels.
:01:50. > :01:56.After the BBC uncovered allegations of decades of child sex abuse at
:01:57. > :02:00.Fort Augustus Abbey, I confronted one of the alleged abuses in
:02:01. > :02:07.Australia. For the Denis Alexander. I'm Mark Daly from the BBC. I don't
:02:08. > :02:11.care who you are, mate. It was around the same time, three and a
:02:12. > :02:16.half years ago, that Hugh Kennedy first told police about the abuse he
:02:17. > :02:20.says he suffered at the hands of Fr Alexander in the 1970s. He has
:02:21. > :02:26.become frustrated at the delays in prosecuting his case. The reality of
:02:27. > :02:29.this situation is we were placated. You were written to interrogatory
:02:30. > :02:35.terms with non-answers to your questions. And after a period of
:02:36. > :02:41.time, you were expected to just disappear. The Crown office received
:02:42. > :02:44.the police report on Fr Alexander more than three years ago. And a
:02:45. > :02:49.year ago announced plans to extradite him. You're nothing has
:02:50. > :02:56.changed. We are where we are last year. My expectations really around
:02:57. > :03:04.whether we will really see Denis Alexander in court have been managed
:03:05. > :03:05.down to virtually zero. I really don't know if there is much more I
:03:06. > :03:12.can do. Neither the Crown office in don't know if there is much more I
:03:13. > :03:15.Scotland nor the attorney general office in Australia will give
:03:16. > :03:21.details about what stage the processes at. But this Australian MP
:03:22. > :03:25.has taken up the case. I want to know why after a year, this man has
:03:26. > :03:30.not been brought to justice. He has written to the government asking
:03:31. > :03:34.what's taken so long. Beggars belief. At the same time we have a
:03:35. > :03:37.world commission going on in Australia into institutional
:03:38. > :03:42.cover-ups and institutional responses to child sex abuse, that
:03:43. > :03:48.we wouldn't be acting with great haste in Australia to bring our
:03:49. > :03:52.citizens to justice in a foreign jurisdiction if the charge has been
:03:53. > :03:58.laid against him. But concerns over the extradition intensified
:03:59. > :04:02.yesterday after Fr Alexander, visited by a BBC colleague, denied
:04:03. > :04:05.any knowledge of it. Can you tell me what you know about
:04:06. > :04:10.the extradition? I don't know anything about any
:04:11. > :04:15.extradition. Would you ever go back to Scotland to put your side of the
:04:16. > :04:21.story? I'm not prepared to do and ethers such thing. It has already
:04:22. > :04:26.been gone into by the church. Fr Alexander, stripped of his priestly
:04:27. > :04:27.duties in 2013, denied he abused boys. Today, the Crown office issued
:04:28. > :04:48.a statement. Meanwhile, has another year passes,
:04:49. > :04:49.Fr Alexander is another year older. Hugh Kennedy knows he might never
:04:50. > :04:52.see his alleged abuser in court. The First Minister has published
:04:53. > :04:54.plans showing how she believes Scotland could stay in the single
:04:55. > :04:56.market, after the UK Theresa May said she would carefully
:04:57. > :05:03.consider proposals put forward by the Scottish government,
:05:04. > :05:06.but warned that some plans Our Political Editor is outside
:05:07. > :05:27.Nicola Sturgeon's official Nicola Sturgeon promised that before
:05:28. > :05:31.Christmas she would set out details. There would be a substantial policy
:05:32. > :05:36.package aimed at focusing UK minds about the Scottish dimension of
:05:37. > :05:37.Brexit. If you like, it is a Christmas parcel from Bute House to
:05:38. > :05:45.Downing Street. This is West Lothian firm sells
:05:46. > :05:50.pizza opens worldwide. The Finnish born bosses optimistic but anxious.
:05:51. > :05:53.We are a growing business. We need to know where we can find future
:05:54. > :06:00.employees. I want to know if I can stay in the UK myself. Don't blame
:06:01. > :06:05.me, says Nicola Sturgeon. The plan is to ease the pain of Brexit. We
:06:06. > :06:10.want the UK government to make clear when it triggers Article 50 that it
:06:11. > :06:14.intends to stay in the single market and the Customs Union. If it will
:06:15. > :06:17.not do so, we want the UK government to seek as part of its negotiation
:06:18. > :06:24.it differentiated solution for Scotland as set out here. Two areas
:06:25. > :06:29.of focus. The Customs Union and the single market. Under the Customs
:06:30. > :06:33.Union, EU members agree common tariffs to members outside the EU.
:06:34. > :06:38.If the UK quits, Scotland would leave, too. It may arguably impede
:06:39. > :06:41.some trade. But the First Minister insists it will also remove any need
:06:42. > :06:48.for a Customs border between Scotland and England. Nicola
:06:49. > :06:56.Sturgeon once full control of devolved issues like fisheries and
:06:57. > :06:58.agriculture, plus employment law and the power to strike international
:06:59. > :07:04.bargains, including immigration. Here is the main idea. European
:07:05. > :07:08.economic area consists of EU member states, plus Norway, Iceland and
:07:09. > :07:11.Lichtenstein. Scotland would join that, retaining single market
:07:12. > :07:15.Lichtenstein. Scotland would join freedoms, trade, services capital
:07:16. > :07:18.and the movement of people. But if people could travel freely from
:07:19. > :07:25.Europe to say Gretna in Scotland, what is to stop them hopping over
:07:26. > :07:28.the border to Carlisle? Nicola Sturgeon says England could tackle
:07:29. > :07:33.that with checks on employment and housing. Others retain doubts. It is
:07:34. > :07:37.a proposal trying to keep Scotland as far as possible in both markets.
:07:38. > :07:45.It creates all kinds of difficulties in practice as to whether you can do
:07:46. > :07:53.that. An expert panel advised the First Minister. There are issues
:07:54. > :07:55.that need to be addressed. To manage markets, to adhere to single market
:07:56. > :08:00.rules. But I think it is possible and indeed these are an important
:08:01. > :08:04.set of proposals to address these issues in practical terms. This is
:08:05. > :08:09.about political strategy, too. Nicola Sturgeon is challenging the
:08:10. > :08:14.prime minister. To the Westminster government I say that your response
:08:15. > :08:18.to these proposals will tell horse much, perhaps everything, about
:08:19. > :08:23.whether the UK is in reality the partnership of equals that you claim
:08:24. > :08:26.it to be. What we are going to negotiate is a United Kingdom
:08:27. > :08:33.approach and a United Kingdom relationship with the European
:08:34. > :08:37.Union. I think you've assumed relationships. I don't think it is
:08:38. > :08:44.right to accept. I said when I first met the First Minister that we will
:08:45. > :08:47.look very seriously at the proposals that come forward from the devolved
:08:48. > :08:53.administrations. There may be proposals that are impracticable.
:08:54. > :08:58.Critics say the First Minister is in denial about the problems plan would
:08:59. > :09:00.bring. Nicola Sturgeon admits it is challenging but workable if the will
:09:01. > :09:02.is there. And Brian, what lies behind all this
:09:03. > :09:15.- presumably both governments I think they are to a large extent.
:09:16. > :09:19.There will be serious consideration of this by the UK government. There
:09:20. > :09:23.may be some concessions. I would be astonished if the UK government
:09:24. > :09:28.conceded all of this, conceded the transfer of power, conceded the
:09:29. > :09:31.point of access to the European single market for Scotland. I would
:09:32. > :09:36.be astonished given the comment is that have come from conservatives
:09:37. > :09:40.before this. There is a strategic question as well. Nicola Sturgeon
:09:41. > :09:45.insists she is genuinely advancing this as a policy solution within the
:09:46. > :09:48.UK, within the ambit of the UK. But when it comes to it, if she puts
:09:49. > :09:55.forward a second referendum on Scottish independence, she wants to
:09:56. > :10:00.be able to argue that she seriously considered all of the alternatives
:10:01. > :10:07.before going to the prospect input towards -- to the Scottish people.
:10:08. > :10:11.Thank you. The number of indoor tennis court in Scotland is two
:10:12. > :10:17.double under plans to build a legacy on our successes in the sport.
:10:18. > :10:19.?15 million has been pledged over the next decade.
:10:20. > :10:22.Scotland's Wimbledon and Paralympic champion Gordon Reid wants the whole
:10:23. > :10:24.of the country to benefit from the new investment
:10:25. > :10:25.package especially the less privileged areas.
:10:26. > :10:36.In Scottish tennis, whatever your level, this has been a year unlike
:10:37. > :10:44.any other. A Grand Slam men's doubles winner. Once again, Andy
:10:45. > :10:47.Murray as Olympic champion! Home-grown world leaders in the
:10:48. > :10:52.sport now want their success spread across Scotland. I think it is just
:10:53. > :10:56.about spreading the courts across the country, not just focusing on
:10:57. > :11:01.certain areas. It is about getting it all over the country so people
:11:02. > :11:04.all over Scotland can play tennis. In the poorer areas as well, where
:11:05. > :11:11.tennis may not be a sport that is that common. To that end, the lawn
:11:12. > :11:16.tennis Association and sport Scotland have together come up with
:11:17. > :11:22.?15 million. Right now in Scotland, there are 112 covered tennis court's
:11:23. > :11:29.like this. The plan by 2027 is to double that 225. ?15 million of
:11:30. > :11:33.investment across ten years would give an annual spend of 1.5 million.
:11:34. > :11:39.So to turn these plans into real tennis courts, would require
:11:40. > :11:43.additional money and extra funding partners from the private and public
:11:44. > :11:49.sectors. We have got one indoor court per 48,000 population. In the
:11:50. > :11:55.rest of Great Britain it is one for 20 6000. That is actually worse than
:11:56. > :12:00.Serbia, Germany, the Netherlands, Holland and France. Britain is not
:12:01. > :12:04.competing very well for indoor courts in terms of Europe. But we
:12:05. > :12:07.are even worse. This is the first stage of sorting it out.
:12:08. > :12:13.Traditionally, Wimbledon serves the tennis coppers over ?60 million per
:12:14. > :12:17.year. Only 1% of that trickles down to Scotland. I would say the whole
:12:18. > :12:20.of Great Britain, particularly indoor courts, has been underfunded
:12:21. > :12:24.for the last ten years. This is the start of a much bigger plan that we
:12:25. > :12:28.have to try to transform the input structure of tennis across Britain.
:12:29. > :12:33.It is a great opportunity to start in Scotland. No one knows how long
:12:34. > :12:43.Andy Murray will be world number one, creating a tennis legacy will
:12:44. > :12:46.undoubtedly take years. An investigation is under way after
:12:47. > :12:53.a man was found dead in a van days after police were contacted about
:12:54. > :12:57.concerns about the vehicle. The man was found on December the 16th in
:12:58. > :12:59.Stirlingshire. It's understood calls were made to police dog to days
:13:00. > :13:00.earlier. Offenders in Dumfries
:13:01. > :13:02.are helping spread some winter Sentenced by the courts to do work
:13:03. > :13:06.to benefit the community, they're involved in a project
:13:07. > :13:09.to chop and deliver firewood to more than 300 local pensioners
:13:10. > :13:25.and vulnerable people. It made the hard labour, but not the
:13:26. > :13:31.Victorian kind. This is 21st century justice in action. Ian, Robert and
:13:32. > :13:34.Chris are chopping logs and kindling to take two elderly and vulnerable
:13:35. > :13:39.people to supplement their winter fuel. The men run community payback
:13:40. > :13:43.orders, a sentence available to the courts as an alternative to prison.
:13:44. > :13:46.orders, a sentence available to the Under social work supervision, they
:13:47. > :13:52.give a number of hours every week. It is punishment but it is also and
:13:53. > :13:55.rewarding. The project is the best thing
:13:56. > :14:03.because it helps folk like me get out of the house and get on with it.
:14:04. > :14:07.It also gives me something to focus on. I think it is brilliant. They
:14:08. > :14:19.make these things for old people for Christmas. Basically it is sort of a
:14:20. > :14:23.turning point, turning crime into doing good, helping the elderly,
:14:24. > :14:27.keeping them warm during the winter. Community payback takes many forms.
:14:28. > :14:32.But this project is tried, tested and successful. It is the type of
:14:33. > :14:40.way in which we want to see individuals have committed a crime
:14:41. > :14:43.paying back something and the wider benefit that can come from that. At
:14:44. > :14:51.the same time, tackling underlying causes of bad behaviour. Thanks,
:14:52. > :14:57.voice. Have a nice Christmas. The move is received warmly by the
:14:58. > :15:00.clients. It really is a big help. The boys are very nice. They've got
:15:01. > :15:05.to do something. They are better doing this than sitting in a prison
:15:06. > :15:10.cell, as far as I'm concerned. They get more out of doing this and
:15:11. > :15:13.helping folk. Payback logs are welcome present for the Yuletide
:15:14. > :15:16.You're watching BBC Reporting Scotland.
:15:17. > :15:23.Alleged abuse victims are angry this former monk still hasn't been
:15:24. > :15:31.Fighting back from massive injuries in a fall -
:15:32. > :15:40.meet the miracle dog who cheated death.
:15:41. > :15:42.Police Scotland has defended its record on training
:15:43. > :15:45.It follows claims that the training could contribute
:15:46. > :16:03.A boy just wanting to feel his father's touch. The man behind the
:16:04. > :16:06.glass is awaiting execution in a Bahraini prison. Mohammed's wife
:16:07. > :16:11.wants to tell us that is her husband is a peaceful demonstrator, not a
:16:12. > :16:15.criminal. TRANSLATION: One day my husband just
:16:16. > :16:21.disappeared from his work. He was arrested and tortured in a way that
:16:22. > :16:24.couldn't be sustained, even by wild Bahrain is one animals. Of the
:16:25. > :16:28.countries which is of particular concern to the UK Government when it
:16:29. > :16:31.comes to human rights. Scottish police officers have been involved
:16:32. > :16:35.in training of Bahraini police as well as officers from three other
:16:36. > :16:40.countries on that official list of concern there. Are safeguards in
:16:41. > :16:44.place. It's official government policy that checks are carried out
:16:45. > :16:50.to ensure that any training doesn't contribute to human rights' abuses.
:16:51. > :16:54.When BBC Scotland asked to see what those safeguards were, access to the
:16:55. > :16:58.documents or risk assessments, if you like, was denied. For most of
:16:59. > :17:04.the training we were told the police didn't have them. The biggest risk
:17:05. > :17:07.is that by training these forces, you are assisting them, ultimately,
:17:08. > :17:10.with arresting, torturing and sentencing to death people. That is
:17:11. > :17:17.why you need to be extremely careful. There needs to be extremely
:17:18. > :17:22.strong safeguards in place. This is a Scottish police officer training
:17:23. > :17:27.the Sri Lankan police in 2013. It's part of ?2 million worth of training
:17:28. > :17:33.provided over four years to 15 different countries. Police Scotland
:17:34. > :17:36.says all the training we do supports both the UK and Scottish Government
:17:37. > :17:41.international development policies and objectives. Contributes to
:17:42. > :17:46.tackling international crime at source and tackles human rights'
:17:47. > :17:49.abuse. Police Scotland have a new strategy where they consult human
:17:50. > :17:58.rights experts before training takes place. In Bahrain, day nab wants to
:17:59. > :18:04.remind us that human rights' abuses are not a thing of the past.
:18:05. > :18:07.A multi-million pound expansion of Aberdeen harbour is to go ahead.
:18:08. > :18:09.It's claimed the development at Nigg Bay will create thousands
:18:10. > :18:11.of jobs and attract decommissioning work to the north-east.
:18:12. > :18:13.But some local residents are concerned about the loss
:18:14. > :18:25.Nigg Bay, just south of Aberdeen's existing harbour. This is what it
:18:26. > :18:30.could like in three years' time. Despite the downturn in oil and gas,
:18:31. > :18:34.could like in three years' time. a ?350 million expansion project is
:18:35. > :18:38.still viable. Bigger Perthes for bigger vessels, servicing the
:18:39. > :18:42.existing offshore industry as well as the coming decommissioning work.
:18:43. > :18:47.We will be able to attract that sort of business in a much larger scale.
:18:48. > :18:51.The larger vessels that is are doing that work in the future will be able
:18:52. > :18:57.to use Nigg Bay and be close to their offices in West Hill and
:18:58. > :19:01.elsewhere in the region. Crew ships too could become a regular sight.
:19:02. > :19:08.Part of the diversification away from oil and gas. Larger ferries to
:19:09. > :19:13.the Northern Isles would Berthe here. Not everyone supports the
:19:14. > :19:21.project. We wouldn't have a rich community here. We are one of the
:19:22. > :19:25.poorest in Scotland. It looks like it's been bumped on us. It's a huge
:19:26. > :19:31.development for the local area a big loss of natural resources. It could
:19:32. > :19:37.all be worth an extra ?1 billion a year to the economy and create up to
:19:38. > :19:41.7,000 jobs. By 2020 this bay could look very different. In this
:19:42. > :19:43.difficult economy, it's hoped the expansion could mean big business
:19:44. > :19:48.for the north-east. A two-year-old cocker
:19:49. > :19:50.spaniel called Darcy, who survived a 60-foot fall
:19:51. > :19:52.in the Highlands has been named Darcy, who suffered multiple
:19:53. > :19:56.fractures in the accident, was the only Scottish finalist
:19:57. > :19:58.in the awards organised Our reporter, Andrew Anderson,
:19:59. > :20:14.has been to visit her and her owner Good girl, come on then. Let's go.
:20:15. > :20:19.Let's go. Back on her feet and back where she belongs, dashing about in
:20:20. > :20:24.the fields. It's just six months since an accident Darcy's owner
:20:25. > :20:28.thought she wouldn't survive. A young dog, very energetic dog. What
:20:29. > :20:33.would the future hold? We were concerned if she would make a full
:20:34. > :20:40.recovery, would she have a life similar to what she had before. They
:20:41. > :20:46.had been walking over this damn, she plunged 60 feet to the bottom. She
:20:47. > :20:54.broke her legs and pelvis and bleeding internally. Her vet said
:20:55. > :20:58.she was the perfect patient? She was easy to work with considering how
:20:59. > :21:02.much pain she was in. She never wimperd. Ideal to work with, as far
:21:03. > :21:03.as that goes. It make it is worthwhile. Looking at Darcy today
:21:04. > :21:08.it's difficult to believe what she worthwhile. Looking at Darcy today
:21:09. > :21:13.went through six months ago. She looks as if she has made a full
:21:14. > :21:20.recovery. She has a little way to go. She is a dog who just doesn't
:21:21. > :21:23.give up. She's very determined, stoic, mentally strong dog. In her
:21:24. > :21:26.head, as I say, she has already reached that point and wants to do
:21:27. > :21:34.what she was doing with the other dogs before. Now Darcy is Pet
:21:35. > :21:39.Survivor Of the Year, she seems proud of the award from the charity,
:21:40. > :21:49.Pdsa. Gordon too is pretty proud of a dog who beat the odds. You can
:21:50. > :21:51.tell it's Christmas from cute dogs to cute babies.
:21:52. > :21:54.If you're writing Christmas cards or buying presents for new children -
:21:55. > :21:57.grandchildren or nieces and nephews - chances are there's an Olivia
:21:58. > :22:01.They were the most popular baby names in Scotland this year.
:22:02. > :22:08.round round
:22:09. > :22:13.# Round and round... # Just like the wheels on the bus
:22:14. > :22:17.certain names come round and round like, Jack, top of the table again.
:22:18. > :22:24.Three of the Jacks born in 2016 were at this library in Edinburgh for
:22:25. > :22:27.Book Bugs. When he was born he had a cheeky face. We thought Jack suited
:22:28. > :22:31.that more than any of the other names we had. It was going to be
:22:32. > :22:36.Hamish or Angus, we like the Scottish names. But having an Oliver
:22:37. > :22:39.already it wasn't going to sit right. My dad is a John. When we
:22:40. > :22:43.thought about maybe Jack being a right. My dad is a John. When we
:22:44. > :22:48.name that was a version of John we thought it would be a good
:22:49. > :22:53.compromise. Statistics were complied by #k7 national Records of Scotland.
:22:54. > :22:58.Jack, James and Oliver are the top three names. It's the ninth con sect
:22:59. > :23:11.sective name that Jack has been the top name. On the girls the number
:23:12. > :23:17.one is o Olivia. Sometimes you can chart them by celebrities. This sow
:23:18. > :23:22.Fifa was always destined to get the name? I was living in Canada. My
:23:23. > :23:26.husband was here already. I thought of Sophia as a nice girls name. I
:23:27. > :23:32.phoned it up and said I had been for the scan. He said, before you tell
:23:33. > :23:38.me, I thought it's a girl and we should name her Sophia. When the
:23:39. > :23:39.full figures are published, next March, we will find out which names
:23:40. > :23:50.are up and which names are down. When you are feeling warm and
:23:51. > :23:56.cuddly, we will spoil it now. Predictably enough - with five days
:23:57. > :23:59.to go till Christmas - the weather is turning and travel
:24:00. > :24:01.plans for the next few But, as Steven Godden reports,
:24:02. > :24:08.there is some good news Stornoway this morning, ferries
:24:09. > :24:18.cancelled, roads closed, buildings damaged. A full gale... A sign of
:24:19. > :24:22.things to come as the weather deter rates in the run-up to the holidays.
:24:23. > :24:28.High winds, peaking on Friday and Saturday, it will lead to ferry
:24:29. > :24:32.disruption, both to the Northern Isles and the Western Isles. That
:24:33. > :24:37.will be an area of concern. Delivery vehicles on the road, high sided
:24:38. > :24:44.vehicles might be prone to the high gusts of wind by overturning. Heavy
:24:45. > :24:53.rain and high winds combined isn't a pleasant combination. Storm Barbara
:24:54. > :24:58.will coincide with the busiest days. I want peep see their family and
:24:59. > :25:01.spend time with their friends on Christmas and Christmas Eve. In
:25:02. > :25:04.order to do so they have to plan ahead. We will get that information
:25:05. > :25:09.out across our network as early as we can so people can plan ahead. For
:25:10. > :25:13.air passengers the threat of man made disruption has been lifted
:25:14. > :25:16.tonight after a planned strike by baggage handlers that would have
:25:17. > :25:25.affected several Scottish airports was called off. Those Christmas
:25:26. > :25:26.contingencies can be shelved. Elsewhere, a challenging few days
:25:27. > :25:38.lie ahead. Unsettled weather on its way. We had
:25:39. > :25:45.wet and windy weather today, outbreaks of heavy rain and strong
:25:46. > :25:50.winds bringing these huge waves earlier today in Largs. We will see
:25:51. > :25:54.rain for a time. Clearer spells developing through the night. The
:25:55. > :25:57.weather front will progress eastwards becoming lighter and
:25:58. > :26:03.patchier. Under clear skies there will be a touch of frost towards
:26:04. > :26:06.inland areas in the east across the north-west blustery showers and the
:26:07. > :26:11.wind will strengthen from the south-west. Tomorrow strong winds,
:26:12. > :26:16.gales to the far north-west. The Met office have issued a yellow be aware
:26:17. > :26:21.weather warning throughout the day across the north-west. The the
:26:22. > :26:26.showers will follow as snow accumulating to 100 meters to 200
:26:27. > :26:30.meters. Frequent thunder and lightning across the north-west by
:26:31. > :26:34.the afternoon. A closer look at 3.00pm. We will see wintry showers
:26:35. > :26:38.to the Northern Isles, the far north, thunder and lightning to the
:26:39. > :26:44.north-west. Towards the north-east and central belt sleety conditions
:26:45. > :26:49.down to lower levels. The far south there may be brighter spells. The
:26:50. > :26:54.cold, highs of five or six degrees. Thursday is a similar day. We are
:26:55. > :26:58.seeing blustery showers. Wintry to higher ground. Strong winds for the
:26:59. > :27:03.far north and bitterly cold once more. If you have plans to travel,
:27:04. > :27:06.it's recommended to travel early on Thursday as Thursday, compareded to
:27:07. > :27:12.Friday, looks to be the better day as we take a look at the chart,
:27:13. > :27:16.Storm Barbara is heading towards us. A deep area of low pressure. With it
:27:17. > :27:22.heavy rain the concern is the strength of the winds. Across the
:27:23. > :27:27.whole of the of UK for north-west Scotland we will see strong winds
:27:28. > :27:32.indeed. If we take a closer look at the forecast gusts for Friday. There
:27:33. > :27:45.is a yellow warning to the whole of Scotland. Gusts of 60-70mph. We can
:27:46. > :27:49.have storm-force winds 80-90mph. They will transfer to Auckland and
:27:50. > :27:59.Shetland by the evening. There will be travel disruption. Keep
:28:00. > :28:04.up-to-date: Thank you very much. That's Reporting Scotland. We will
:28:05. > :28:09.have our update at 10.25pm. From everyone on the team, right across
:28:10. > :28:20.the country. Have a good evening. Byebye.
:28:21. > :28:21.Did you have a sense that you were playing with a living legend?