:00:00. > :00:14.So it's goodbye from me, and on BBC One, we now join
:00:15. > :00:18.There are renewed concerns over the way the police handle emergency
:00:19. > :00:21.calls as officers prepare for their busiest time of the year.
:00:22. > :00:23.Storm Barbara is expected to bring winds of 90mph,
:00:24. > :00:25.with travellers warned of disruption in the run-up to Christmas.
:00:26. > :00:36.Help we were due to Eve, but with the weather forecast
:00:37. > :00:39.we thought we should change the plans, so we changed it to Friday,
:00:40. > :00:41.then yesterday we changed it to Thursday.
:00:42. > :00:44.MSPs unite to call for an end to what they describe as "the horrors"
:00:45. > :00:49.And stay tuned to find out which Scottish football fans
:00:50. > :01:08.for Christmas number one in the charts.
:01:09. > :01:12.An investigation has begun into the way police responded
:01:13. > :01:14.to calls from the public about a parked van
:01:15. > :01:18.in Stirlingshire in which a man's body was later found.
:01:19. > :01:20.It took them two days to act, and the leader
:01:21. > :01:22.of the Scottish Liberal Democrats is demanding to know
:01:23. > :01:26.It's the latest concern about call handling and comes as emergency
:01:27. > :01:29.services gear up for their busiest time of the year.
:01:30. > :01:38.Here's our home affairs correspondent, Reevel Alderson.
:01:39. > :01:45.The front line for police, calls from the public range from
:01:46. > :01:48.emergencies to domestic abuse, wildlife crime, and storm related
:01:49. > :01:54.incidents. And this is the busiest time of the year. But how is police
:01:55. > :01:59.confidence in call handling? Operators at this call centre failed
:02:00. > :02:04.to tell officers about a couple who lay in their car on the AM nine for
:02:05. > :02:09.three days in July last year. Four months later, police apologised to
:02:10. > :02:14.the family of a pensioner after faults in the investigation into her
:02:15. > :02:18.disappearance. And in the case of an Inverness pensioner found two months
:02:19. > :02:22.ago, the independent police investigator was asked to review
:02:23. > :02:25.police actions. It is now also investigating the police response to
:02:26. > :02:31.calls about a man in which a man's body was found last week. Opposition
:02:32. > :02:36.parties are also demanding answers. We do need to find out what has gone
:02:37. > :02:40.wrong, whether it is the front line, with the pressure on front line
:02:41. > :02:45.police officers, or the call centre, with the old story about the backlog
:02:46. > :02:49.on calls. Whatever it is, we do need to understand what has gone wrong so
:02:50. > :02:53.we can learn lessons. The Government says it awaits the outcome of the
:02:54. > :02:57.investigation, but the Justice Secretary says he is confident that
:02:58. > :03:01.call handling procedures have improved. It is appropriate that we
:03:02. > :03:06.allow the investigation to take its course, the staff do a very good
:03:07. > :03:10.job, and there have been significant changes in the way we handle calls.
:03:11. > :03:15.I am confident that we are making as much progress as we can to ensure
:03:16. > :03:20.that they work in a coordinated fashion. Police say 30
:03:21. > :03:24.recommendations made by the Inspector of Constabulary have been
:03:25. > :03:31.implemented, with a new process to ensure high standards of call
:03:32. > :03:36.handling. 99.996 of our calls were handled without any issue at the
:03:37. > :03:40.point of first contact so that I am confident in our process, and the
:03:41. > :03:43.public should be too. The force says it cannot comment on the recent
:03:44. > :03:45.public should be too. The force says incident while the investigation by
:03:46. > :03:48.Pirc is continuing. Police Scotland say they're
:03:49. > :03:50.reviewing their security measures at the Hogmanay celebrations
:03:51. > :03:51.in Edinburgh following They emphasise that there's no
:03:52. > :03:55.specific threat but that the public Our correspondent Andrew Kerr
:03:56. > :04:13.is in Edinburgh for us tonight. Did the police voice any concerns?
:04:14. > :04:16.Well, Jackie, I am at the heart of the capital's Christmas celebrations
:04:17. > :04:23.here at the Edinburgh Christmas market, and of course there also the
:04:24. > :04:27.centrepiece of the nation's Hogmanay celebrations too. Police have been
:04:28. > :04:32.saying that their Hogmanay preparations have been in place for
:04:33. > :04:33.some time, of course, but just in light of what happened in Berlin,
:04:34. > :04:45.they are now reviewing those plans. The joy of Christmas, bright lights,
:04:46. > :04:48.tasty food, and a seasonal atmosphere at Edinburgh's market,
:04:49. > :04:53.but there was festive lights have been deemed at Berlin's
:04:54. > :04:58.Kurfuestendamm after the terrorist attack which left 12 dead. A
:04:59. > :05:03.delivery lorry was turned into a deadly weapon. But back in Scotland,
:05:04. > :05:07.people say you cannot live in fear. If something is going to happen, it
:05:08. > :05:12.is going to happen, and there's nothing you can do. Feel a bit
:05:13. > :05:17.isolated here in Scotland, you feel as if it is not going to happen. If
:05:18. > :05:23.you look at anything and think, are we going to get attack today, nobody
:05:24. > :05:28.will ever go out. Police are preparing for their busiest time of
:05:29. > :05:33.year. The message that we keep repeating is be aware of your
:05:34. > :05:37.circumstances, don't be alarmed. If you see something suspicious, if you
:05:38. > :05:42.feel uncomfortable about something, approach a police office and tell
:05:43. > :05:44.them about your concerns. In Aberdeen the organisers of the
:05:45. > :05:49.Christmas village are working with police as the First Minister also
:05:50. > :05:52.says to be aware. We must be vigilant, the police will continue
:05:53. > :05:56.to be vigilant, the Scottish Government, working with their
:05:57. > :05:59.partners in the UK Government, the police and the intelligence
:06:00. > :06:04.agencies, will make sure we are vigilant, but the public should be
:06:05. > :06:05.vigilant as well. The threat level is still severe, defined as an
:06:06. > :06:13.attack being highly likely. Well, Jackie, one security expert
:06:14. > :06:17.spoke to today said that counterterrorism is like being a
:06:18. > :06:22.goalkeeper. Even the world's best goalkeepers can occasionally let a
:06:23. > :06:26.goal in, and that is the trouble is that the security services face with
:06:27. > :06:30.these low-tech methods that terrorists are using, such as
:06:31. > :06:35.lorries. It is not like some big conspiracy that is easier to detect.
:06:36. > :06:38.But as the police, and that the people we spoke to also said, life
:06:39. > :06:42.must go on. Andrew Kerr, thank you very much.
:06:43. > :06:45.The second big storm of the winter is expected to cause widespread
:06:46. > :06:47.travel disruption in the run up to Christmas.
:06:48. > :06:50.Calmac is advising ferry travellers to check for updates with winds
:06:51. > :06:53.of up to 90mph due to hit the west of the country on Friday.
:06:54. > :06:55.Meanwhile, the airline Loganair is switching passengers
:06:56. > :06:57.onto earlier flights amid concerns that high winds could
:06:58. > :07:10.In Shetland, at Lerwick this lunchtime, travellers headed for the
:07:11. > :07:14.Aberdeen Ferry which had been bought forward five hours to try to beat
:07:15. > :07:20.the worst of the weather. They were very keen to make itself for
:07:21. > :07:23.Christmas. I was supposed to be leaving on Friday, but due to the
:07:24. > :07:26.weather conditions I have had to leave today otherwise I will be
:07:27. > :07:31.stuck on Shetland for Christmas, which I don't fancy. Sometimes we
:07:32. > :07:37.are delayed, sometimes we get away on time, all part of it. The wind is
:07:38. > :07:41.gathering, this will hit the Western Isles... At Loganair HQ, they are
:07:42. > :07:45.keen watches of the weather. They have been booking people onto
:07:46. > :07:51.flights going today and tomorrow to try to avoid the worst of the storm
:07:52. > :07:54.later in the week. Friday will see the storm at its worst, and we have
:07:55. > :07:56.moved a number of flights earlier in the day to try and plan around the
:07:57. > :07:58.moved a number of flights earlier in weather forecasts, and for a small
:07:59. > :08:02.number of flights later in the day we have decided to cancel them based
:08:03. > :08:07.on the forecast showing there is no reasonable prospect of being able to
:08:08. > :08:10.fly. Travelers here at Glasgow airport are pretty relieved to be
:08:11. > :08:15.getting away today for Christmas, rather than leaving it to the end of
:08:16. > :08:19.the week, when that storm will be at its height. Where are you heading?
:08:20. > :08:23.Were you always going to travel today? I was supposed to be
:08:24. > :08:26.travelling on Friday, I had to change it because of the weather.
:08:27. > :08:32.You wanted to get home for Christmas? Oh god I did not want to
:08:33. > :08:36.spend it in Glasgow. I had always planned to travel to Shetland today,
:08:37. > :08:40.safer to travel early. My brother was travelling on Saturday, but he
:08:41. > :08:46.has changed his flight as well. So you will be both home for Christmas.
:08:47. > :08:51.Thankfully! In Kirkwall, it will be breezy on Friday. There has been a
:08:52. > :08:55.frenzy of changing of plans here too. Wheel was go south for
:08:56. > :09:00.Christmas, we were due to go on Christmas Eve, then we changed it to
:09:01. > :09:05.Friday because of the weather, then we changed it to Thursday. Spare a
:09:06. > :09:10.thought for around 100 staff on this oil platform west of Shetland. The
:09:11. > :09:13.seas will be too high for the helicopters to operate there, so it
:09:14. > :09:18.looks like they once now get home for Christmas. For others still
:09:19. > :09:21.heading for that family reunion, though, the advice from very
:09:22. > :09:24.operators like CalMac is keep checking the websites, because there
:09:25. > :09:39.will be disruptions. Storm Barbara is bearing no gifts -- only very
:09:40. > :09:41.high winds. And we will have a full weather forecast at the end of the
:09:42. > :09:43.programme. Earlier this week, we told you how
:09:44. > :09:46.hundreds of women have still been receiving controversial
:09:47. > :09:47.mesh implants despite a call from the Scottish Government
:09:48. > :09:50.for their use to be suspended. Now new research has found
:09:51. > :09:52.that they should only be used and not other conditions
:09:53. > :09:55.like pelvic prolapse. Our political correspondent
:09:56. > :10:03.Lucy Adams Before I had the surgery, I was
:10:04. > :10:09.really active, I walked five miles everyday... Lorna's mesh implant of
:10:10. > :10:13.2008 has completely changed her life. I now have chronic pain, from
:10:14. > :10:18.the moment I opened my eyes until I go to bed at night, I am in pain. A
:10:19. > :10:23.steady today looked at hospital readmission up to five years after
:10:24. > :10:29.mesh surgery. Some women can take up to years before the problems arise.
:10:30. > :10:35.In my case, it was six and a half years before I got surgery to have
:10:36. > :10:41.it removed. And the actual removal surgery is really complicated. The
:10:42. > :10:46.substance attaches itself to organs and tissues, like I said, so it is
:10:47. > :10:52.really difficult to get it out. The report found that mesh should only
:10:53. > :10:55.be used in certain circumstances. Mesh surgery for prolapse,
:10:56. > :10:59.particularly for prolapse of the bladder or bowel, should not be
:11:00. > :11:05.recommended as a first-line treatment. Conversely, mesh surgery
:11:06. > :11:08.for incontinence, currently available evidence does support the
:11:09. > :11:15.use of mesh surgery in that instance. This is a strip of
:11:16. > :11:19.polypropylene mesh... The lead clinician on the study says that
:11:20. > :11:24.obligations could happen much later, as in Lorna's case. The study
:11:25. > :11:27.compared the number of adverse events that required admission to
:11:28. > :11:32.hospital following procedures, comparing mesh procedures and
:11:33. > :11:36.non-mesh procedures, but it did not look at the severity of these
:11:37. > :11:42.complications, or indeed the impact of these particular complications on
:11:43. > :11:44.patients's quality of life. The continued use of mesh in spite of
:11:45. > :11:49.patients's quality of life. The government advice was brought up in
:11:50. > :11:53.Parliament yesterday. We all welcome the Scottish Government moratoriums
:11:54. > :11:57.and it was announced, many health boards have respected that
:11:58. > :12:01.moratorium, can we include other than that those health boards who
:12:02. > :12:04.have not have wilfully acted, putting women's lives at risk? We
:12:05. > :12:09.can't get away from the fact that it is the job of the agency to regulate
:12:10. > :12:15.medical devices across the UK, and that so far they have not issued a
:12:16. > :12:19.medical device alert regarding the implant is concerned. The Scottish
:12:20. > :12:24.Government's own report on mesh will be published in the New Year, but
:12:25. > :12:25.forlorn at the damage is irreversible. Lucy Adams, Reporting
:12:26. > :12:31.Scotland. -- but for Lorna. for an end to the "horrors"
:12:32. > :12:34.of puppy trafficking. It comes after a BBC Scotland
:12:35. > :12:37.investigation earlier this year of dealers who make millions
:12:38. > :12:49.from the illegal trade. Meet the Springer spaniel looking
:12:50. > :12:55.for a new home. And Nicola, the First Minister, who has a fear of
:12:56. > :12:59.dogs. You might not ever get this again! She was here to open an
:13:00. > :13:04.extension to the Scottish re-homing centre in Glasgow. It can now
:13:05. > :13:10.accommodate twice the number of abandoned dogs and cats, all waiting
:13:11. > :13:14.for new owners. The problem of abandoned dogs and cats is always in
:13:15. > :13:18.the spotlight at this time of year, but it's the growing practice of
:13:19. > :13:22.illegal poppy farming which was discussed in Parliament this
:13:23. > :13:25.afternoon. These ewes were highlighted in a BBC Scotland
:13:26. > :13:31.investigation earlier this year. -- of the issues. This poppy farm in
:13:32. > :13:35.the Republic of Ireland was filled with boxes full of dogs bound for
:13:36. > :13:40.the UK market. These are kept in appalling conditions, they have very
:13:41. > :13:44.little human contact, very little light, they do not get the chance to
:13:45. > :13:49.interact with each other, it is not like regular breeding kennels that
:13:50. > :13:54.we might conceive of over here. Due more politicians with cute poppies.
:13:55. > :13:58.Today's debate in Hollywood was not so much about changing laws but
:13:59. > :14:02.highlighting best practice when it comes to buying poppies. --
:14:03. > :14:16.Holyrood. Do not buy a poppy unless you see it with its mother, do not
:14:17. > :14:19.buy a dog from a car park at night. The message from politicians is that
:14:20. > :14:25.we can all do our bit to stop the multi-million pound trade, and where
:14:26. > :14:26.better to start than with some of those deserving cases at your local
:14:27. > :14:34.dog and cat? -- dog and cat home? You're watching BBC
:14:35. > :14:36.Reporting Scotland. Police control centres say
:14:37. > :14:39.they are ready amidst renewed concerns
:14:40. > :14:42.over their call-handling systems. a forest in the Highlands
:14:43. > :14:53.which features in Harry Potter. Children with disabilities have been
:14:54. > :14:56.entitled to mainstream education But are their needs
:14:57. > :15:01.and the needs of other children In a documentary tonight,
:15:02. > :15:04.our correspondent Ian Hamilton looks at the challenges
:15:05. > :15:06.facing an education system already facing
:15:07. > :15:23.tough financial choices. Ella is in her first term at a busy
:15:24. > :15:28.Glasgow mainstream secondary school. Despite having complex medical
:15:29. > :15:34.needs, she is doing well. My first years been really amazing. I've had
:15:35. > :15:42.a good transition from primary to secondary. I'm encouraged to do most
:15:43. > :15:50.of the work myself. Which is good. Are you happy here? Or a special
:15:51. > :15:54.school? I'm quite happy here. Until 1974 children with a disability had
:15:55. > :15:58.no legal right to an education although most blind and deaf
:15:59. > :16:02.children attended special schools. In the 1970s campaigning started in
:16:03. > :16:07.earnest. Disabled people wanted the right to a full life. Through the
:16:08. > :16:10.80s and 90s the disability movements started to get a bit of traction.
:16:11. > :16:14.They wanted to see change on one of the big changes they wanted to see
:16:15. > :16:23.what's in education. They believed inequality of education and
:16:24. > :16:27.opportunities were limited. In 1985 it became illegal to diss
:16:28. > :16:37.discriminate man with a disability. The thinking was it will provide
:16:38. > :16:46.better academic chances for those children with different support
:16:47. > :16:52.needs. But not everyone is coping. This mother has three children with
:16:53. > :16:59.additional support needs. Caitlin at, ten, has cerebral palsy and her
:17:00. > :17:05.brothers have favourable problems. Caitlin is doing well in mainstream
:17:06. > :17:08.but it's not working for Ali. We are very concerned about how much he's
:17:09. > :17:14.missed. The amount of time he was excluded from school last year... No
:17:15. > :17:19.educational input from a teacher, as well. Sometimes they just can't
:17:20. > :17:26.cater for kids with extra needs. There's not enough support, not
:17:27. > :17:31.time, funding, and I think more speciality school would be a better
:17:32. > :17:38.option it's a mixed picture and there's a role for many teachers to
:17:39. > :17:41.make mainstreaming work. Teachers want to be inclusive, they want to
:17:42. > :17:44.have a comprehensive system that supports every youngster, but what
:17:45. > :17:49.they're finding at the moment is that I'm not the resources to do so.
:17:50. > :17:55.Whether it is bodies on the ground, appropriate training for staff... It
:17:56. > :18:01.makes it more difficult to help in that way. The Scottish Government is
:18:02. > :18:07.about to start a review. Critics of the current system say children with
:18:08. > :18:08.disabilities may go to mainstream schools, but are they really
:18:09. > :18:10.included? And you can see more
:18:11. > :18:12.of Ian Hamilton's investigation in Am I Included?
:18:13. > :18:18.tonight on BBC One Scotland at 7.30. A look at other stories
:18:19. > :18:27.from across the country. The Scotch Whisky Association is to
:18:28. > :18:30.take its appeal against a minimum price for alcohol to the UK
:18:31. > :18:36.Supreme Court, judges have ruled. The Association was given permission
:18:37. > :18:39.to go to Britain's highest court at a hearing at the Court
:18:40. > :18:41.of Session in Edinburgh. The whisky body believes
:18:42. > :18:43.that the proposal contravenes A health watchdog has found almost
:18:44. > :18:47.4,000 women in Scotland weren't called for breast screening
:18:48. > :18:49.within the recommended Health Improvement Scotland has
:18:50. > :18:52.reported the women weren't sent routine invitations to be screened
:18:53. > :18:55.during the timescale. National Services Scotland has
:18:56. > :18:57.apologised and said all the women The Maritime and Coastguard Agency
:18:58. > :19:03.has signed a five-year deal to maintain an emergency tug boat
:19:04. > :19:07.in the north of Scotland. A newer vessel is moving
:19:08. > :19:10.from the Adriatic Sea to replace the current emergency towing
:19:11. > :19:17.vessel, the Herakles. Health-and-safety standards
:19:18. > :19:23.in the oil-and-gas sector have dropped in the past six months,
:19:24. > :19:26.according to the Unite union. It surveyed more than 700 offshore
:19:27. > :19:29.workers, and just over 58% claimed Just over 3% reported
:19:30. > :19:32.an improvement. The union said many respondents
:19:33. > :19:34.felt unable to report an incident The industry body Oil
:19:35. > :19:42.And Gas UK said safety Engineers have just completed
:19:43. > :19:47.the first mile of what will be a three-mile long tunnel to channel
:19:48. > :19:51.waste water under Glasgow. Scottish Water's ?100 million
:19:52. > :19:56.Sheildhall Tunnel project is part of the biggest upgrade
:19:57. > :19:58.of Greater Glasgow's waste-water infrastructure
:19:59. > :20:02.since Victorian times. It's hoped the project will help
:20:03. > :20:05.improve river water quality and tackle flooding in parts
:20:06. > :20:07.of the city. A new Conservative MSP
:20:08. > :20:11.was sworn in at Holyrood today. Bill Bowman replaces
:20:12. > :20:13.the late Alex Johnstone Mr Johnstone died two weeks
:20:14. > :20:18.ago at the age of 55 A forest in the Highlands
:20:19. > :20:25.which could contain a hidden hoard of Jacobite gold has been taken over
:20:26. > :20:28.in a joint buyout by a community Loch Arkaig Forest near Fort William
:20:29. > :20:39.provided a training ground for commandos during World War II
:20:40. > :20:53.and even featured in A toaster Scotland's latest
:20:54. > :21:01.community land purchase, but this one is a big one. Loch Arkaig Forest
:21:02. > :21:05.stretches to 2500 acres, one of the largest remaining remnants of
:21:06. > :21:08.Scotland's pine. But over the decades it's been degraded by
:21:09. > :21:09.unsympathetic tree felling, overgrazing and the planting of
:21:10. > :21:15.unsympathetic tree felling, non-native trees. It's part of an
:21:16. > :21:20.ancient Caledonian pine forest. It is very special woodland and we will
:21:21. > :21:24.restore that. It's been planted with non-native species, we will take
:21:25. > :21:30.those away and encourage the native forest. Wartime special forces
:21:31. > :21:36.famously trained here. Harry Potter pals flew over on a dragon and it
:21:37. > :21:42.has wildlife from pine marten is to wild boar, to wild birds of prey. We
:21:43. > :21:48.had sea eagles nesting in one of the Woodlands and ospreys and we have
:21:49. > :21:55.red squirrels. I think it will help enormously in the wildlife, flora
:21:56. > :21:58.and fauna, of the area. The Woodlands have been sold off by the
:21:59. > :22:03.Forestry Commission, keen to encourage more groups to take over
:22:04. > :22:07.local forests. It's been one of the success stories of the last decade,
:22:08. > :22:13.how communities have become more involved in the management of local
:22:14. > :22:19.woodlands, and we welcome the opportunity to do more. As well as
:22:20. > :22:25.the wildlife and connections with commandos and Harry Potter, there is
:22:26. > :22:28.another potential attraction here, because in 1745 the French Centre
:22:29. > :22:34.consignment of gold to help Bonnie Prince Charlie's Jacobite uprising.
:22:35. > :22:38.It was supposedly buried in these hills and hasn't been discovered
:22:39. > :22:40.since. Finding that has got to be one attraction for a walk in the
:22:41. > :22:46.woods. Now to a seasonal
:22:47. > :22:47.tale with a twist. It pits one
:22:48. > :22:50.of Britain's biggest pop bands - against supporters of one of
:22:51. > :22:56.Scotland's biggest football clubs. The price resulting from this list
:22:57. > :23:00.feud... The Christmas number one. More from our sports
:23:01. > :23:08.reporter David Currie. It's become a bit of a festive
:23:09. > :23:12.tradition, like decorating the tree or squabbling over what to watch on
:23:13. > :23:16.television. Talking about the fight to be the Christmas number one in
:23:17. > :23:26.the music chart. This year it's taken a turn for the bazaar.
:23:27. > :23:34.Britain's biggest girl band are in the mix, they're called Littlemix,
:23:35. > :23:44.and their song is called touch. One of their rivals for the top spot is
:23:45. > :23:52.the 60s band. Not down to a wave of nostalgia, but to Rangers fans.
:23:53. > :23:59.Rangers fans, for some bizarre reason, have adopted this by the
:24:00. > :24:07.Dave Clark five as a musical tribute to their player Joe Gardener.
:24:08. > :24:13.A social media campaign to get the original to number one seems to be
:24:14. > :24:17.having an effect. The company compiling the official music chart
:24:18. > :24:23.have confirmed glad all over was one of the biggest selling songs in the
:24:24. > :24:33.UK in the last 24 hours. So could it be the Christmas number one? Dave
:24:34. > :24:40.Clark five winners 250-1, Littlemix 25-1. We think Aleem Dar and it will
:24:41. > :24:44.come in, 25-1 on to win this competition. In the old days you
:24:45. > :24:49.would have to go around and walk in at 15 or 20 minute intervals and by
:24:50. > :24:53.physical copies of the single. I know it, I've done it myself over
:24:54. > :24:57.the years, to try and get some Scottish bands into the top 30. Now
:24:58. > :25:01.you can sit in the comfort of your own home with your computer and you
:25:02. > :25:05.can steer a record to the top of the charts. Joe Garner is nowhere near
:25:06. > :25:12.the top of the scoring charts, but he might be celebrating being top of
:25:13. > :25:17.the Pops, sort of, this Christmas. We will find out on Friday. We will
:25:18. > :25:23.also find out about storm Barbara, what is happening weather-wise?
:25:24. > :25:30.Some lively weather in the next few days. Today has been blustery and
:25:31. > :25:33.showery. Wintry showers, especially over high ground in the north and
:25:34. > :25:38.west on that theme very much continues tonight. The showers
:25:39. > :25:43.continuing to pile in an blustery, gusty west of south-westerly winds.
:25:44. > :25:49.Snow falling, and continuing to accumulate across high ground, and
:25:50. > :25:54.some sweet at times at low levels. An additional hazard tonight will be
:25:55. > :25:58.thunder and lightning, which might lead to some power outages. There
:25:59. > :26:02.will be clear spells in between the showers. As temperatures fall to
:26:03. > :26:07.around freezing or just below, there will be the risk of ice on untreated
:26:08. > :26:12.roads and services. Tomorrow dawns on a very showery note. That theme
:26:13. > :26:17.continues throughout the day. A similar dated today. Snow over the
:26:18. > :26:21.high ground, especially inland areas north and west, leading to very
:26:22. > :26:30.difficult driving conditions. Few if any showers across much of the South
:26:31. > :26:33.tomorrow afternoon and more in the way of sunshine. For the most part,
:26:34. > :26:36.the showers continuing. Snow over the high ground, some sweet at lower
:26:37. > :26:42.levels, and some brightness or sunshine in between these showers. A
:26:43. > :26:45.cold feeling day in exposure to the gusty westerly winds. Fewer showers
:26:46. > :26:49.across Aberdeenshire tomorrow gusty westerly winds. Fewer showers
:26:50. > :26:53.afternoon and plenty of sunshine. Tomorrow evening, the very same
:26:54. > :26:57.theme continues. Plenty of showers feeding in on these strong westerly
:26:58. > :27:02.winds and again, wintry in nature. The risk of ice again on any
:27:03. > :27:07.untreated roads and services. Friday heralds the arrival of storm
:27:08. > :27:11.Barbara, our second named storm of the season. Bringing with it some
:27:12. > :27:16.heavy rain and exceptionally strong winds for some. As a result of this,
:27:17. > :27:20.the Met office does have several warnings in place. The yellow and
:27:21. > :27:24.amber warnings across the Western Isles, the north-west coast and on
:27:25. > :27:29.Friday in the northern isles we are expecting winds to dust around 90
:27:30. > :27:33.miles an hour. Here is the chart on Friday. Heavy rain pushing in as we
:27:34. > :27:37.go through the course of the morning and following that rain there will
:27:38. > :27:40.be a number of showers feeding in. All the while, the south of
:27:41. > :27:45.south-westerly winds continuing to strengthen. We are expecting travel
:27:46. > :27:48.disruption quite widely. There may be power outages and we may see some
:27:49. > :27:52.structural damage. That is the forecast.
:27:53. > :27:59.I'll be back with the late bulletin just after the 10 o'clock news.
:28:00. > :28:02.Until then, from everyone on the team -