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And on BBC One, we now join the BBC's news teams where you are. | :00:00. | :00:09. | |
Storm Barbara has begun to batter the north and west of Scotland, | :00:10. | :00:14. | |
bringing power cuts and travel problems for people heading | :00:15. | :00:16. | |
Homeless shelters gear up for what they predict will be one | :00:17. | :00:19. | |
The MasterChef:Professionals champion is Scots chef Gary Maclean. | :00:20. | :00:31. | |
Rivals Glasgow and Edinburgh gear up for the annual rugby derby. | :00:32. | :00:35. | |
And Liam Neeson and Sigourney Weaver, just | :00:36. | :00:37. | |
for the Edinburgh schoolboy who's the real star of the upcoming movie | :00:38. | :00:41. | |
Storm Barbara has battered its way across Scotland, | :00:42. | :01:01. | |
causing power cuts, school closures and tough travelling conditions. | :01:02. | :01:05. | |
Many ferry services have been cancelled and there's disruption | :01:06. | :01:07. | |
Festive events have also been affected, due to high winds. | :01:08. | :01:13. | |
It's meant a challenging Christmas getaway for many people. | :01:14. | :01:18. | |
Aileen Clarke reports on Barbara's impact. | :01:19. | :01:23. | |
By noon Storm Barbara was making her presence felt along the Clyde coast. | :01:24. | :01:30. | |
Passengers for Rossi could only watch and wait. Here at the Bay they | :01:31. | :01:36. | |
haven't managed any crossings at all today to Rothesay. That is because | :01:37. | :01:41. | |
on the pier it is gusting up to 70 mph already. Some crossings came | :01:42. | :01:47. | |
back on in the afternoon but these intrepid visitors decided it was not | :01:48. | :01:52. | |
the day for a trip to a Scottish island after all. I use surprised by | :01:53. | :01:58. | |
how bad it is? From last three days I am here and I am facing these | :01:59. | :02:03. | |
surprises. Whenever you go out, every day you have a new surprise! | :02:04. | :02:09. | |
And today is the fourth one! All along the west coast most of these | :02:10. | :02:12. | |
And today is the fourth one! All ferry services were cancelled for | :02:13. | :02:16. | |
the day. Many people have travelled earlier but for those still trying | :02:17. | :02:20. | |
to make it to family and friends it is fingers crossed for a break in | :02:21. | :02:24. | |
the weather tomorrow. We are looking at a window after three o'clock | :02:25. | :02:27. | |
tomorrow but we can't guarantee that people might be able to sell. - | :02:28. | :02:33. | |
sale. It could be no birds before Christmas? Maybe, we are reviewing | :02:34. | :02:40. | |
it, we will put announcements. On the railways more west coast | :02:41. | :02:43. | |
services run than expected, flooded lines have caused a problem on some | :02:44. | :02:46. | |
cross-border services, for those lines have caused a problem on some | :02:47. | :02:49. | |
driving the Forth Bridge like many others around the country was closed | :02:50. | :02:54. | |
to high sided vehicles. In the highlands over 100 schools started | :02:55. | :02:57. | |
the Christmas holidays one day early and on the east coast Storm Barbara | :02:58. | :03:02. | |
brought the Edinburgh Christmas market to stop until she blew | :03:03. | :03:06. | |
through. It has been on Lewis and the other western isles with the | :03:07. | :03:08. | |
winds have shown the strength, the other western isles with the | :03:09. | :03:16. | |
reaching 75 miles an hour in South A9. This retired power station was | :03:17. | :03:20. | |
brought back into service after a cut and with animals inside it was | :03:21. | :03:24. | |
time to battle through Stornoway with gifts. I've done all I can, | :03:25. | :03:28. | |
moved my livestock into sheltered areas, made sure they are safe with | :03:29. | :03:33. | |
no debris that can hurt them, the hens are locked down as part of the | :03:34. | :03:37. | |
poultry locked down so they are safe, hopefully I will sleep soundly | :03:38. | :03:40. | |
in the next couple of nights, I've done everything I can, anyway. Storm | :03:41. | :03:44. | |
Barbara is expected to clear tomorrow but following her is | :03:45. | :04:01. | |
storm,. That will cause disruption, likely to be generally located in | :04:02. | :04:03. | |
the northern isles and Shetland, perhaps touching the tip of case | :04:04. | :04:06. | |
necks and that's likely to be on Boxing Day. Before that, in the | :04:07. | :04:08. | |
northern isles they are bracing themselves for the worst wins of the | :04:09. | :04:10. | |
current storm. Aileen Clarke, Reporting Scotland. | :04:11. | :04:13. | |
And to Steven Godden at the National Traffic Control | :04:14. | :04:15. | |
You can hopefully see over my shoulder the CCTV cameras, the | :04:16. | :04:30. | |
traffic moving fairly smoothly, these of other traffic cameras that | :04:31. | :04:33. | |
cover the main rose the length and breadth of the country. Stuff you | :04:34. | :04:37. | |
always expecting that this would be a busy day, two days until | :04:38. | :04:43. | |
Christmas, people trying to get home from the holidays. But when Storm | :04:44. | :04:46. | |
Barbara was our approach they decided to get the information out | :04:47. | :04:51. | |
early, give advice to people to perhaps consider alternative travel | :04:52. | :04:54. | |
plans and most importantly to plan ahead. It seems as though a lot of | :04:55. | :05:00. | |
people have taken that advice, fewer cars on the road than would have | :05:01. | :05:04. | |
been expected this time of your but for those people travelling there | :05:05. | :05:09. | |
have been some difficult conditions, there have been restrictions, high | :05:10. | :05:13. | |
wind restrictions on the bridges today including the Forth Road | :05:14. | :05:17. | |
Bridge River, there's also been a problem with surface water on the | :05:18. | :05:21. | |
roads causing difficulties for drivers and there have been problems | :05:22. | :05:25. | |
with some flooding. Tonight there are eight flood warnings in place | :05:26. | :05:29. | |
for parts of Tayside and parts of the Borders. That requires people to | :05:30. | :05:34. | |
take immediate action. As you heard in the report, Storm Barbara will | :05:35. | :05:44. | |
move through and hard on its heels will be Storm Connor, similar | :05:45. | :05:48. | |
advice, people should plan ahead when it comes to festive travel. | :05:49. | :05:50. | |
Thank you. Six months ago today, | :05:51. | :05:53. | |
a majority of voters backed The decision to opt for Brexit | :05:54. | :05:55. | |
was a moment of enormous political significance, | :05:56. | :05:59. | |
but the future is The Prime Minister has | :06:00. | :06:00. | |
been keeping her cards close to her chest, and that has | :06:01. | :06:05. | |
attracted a great deal of criticism, in particular | :06:06. | :06:07. | |
from the Scottish government. Our political correspondent | :06:08. | :06:09. | |
Andrew Kerr has been 2016. What a jerk in politics. The | :06:10. | :06:24. | |
European Union referendum, which will lead to Brexit, shocked the | :06:25. | :06:29. | |
political class. It cost a Prime Minister his job. Now the new Prime | :06:30. | :06:33. | |
Minister has to lead the negotiations. And the vote reopened | :06:34. | :06:39. | |
the Scottish independence question. It was on a bright stay in June when | :06:40. | :06:45. | |
the UK voted in the European Union referendum. -- a bright day. Six | :06:46. | :06:50. | |
months on in the deep midwinter in the midst of a storm we still not | :06:51. | :06:55. | |
much clearer about what Brexit means. A new report from independent | :06:56. | :07:00. | |
academics suggests that the UK Government 's unwillingness to | :07:01. | :07:03. | |
explain what Brexit means is damaging. I think the public is more | :07:04. | :07:08. | |
puzzled about what is going on but where there is real surprise is in | :07:09. | :07:12. | |
Public administrations and other national | :07:13. | :07:55. | |
capitals those across the English Channel are getting increasingly | :07:56. | :07:58. | |
frustrated at the lack of definition of what the UK once. This week the | :07:59. | :08:01. | |
Scottish Government released their proposals to protect Scotland's | :08:02. | :08:03. | |
place in Europe, as they put it, they want the Prime Minister to make | :08:04. | :08:05. | |
arguments clear. In Scotland we have published a very detailed account of | :08:06. | :08:08. | |
our objectives. We have a v ision of what should take place. They need to | :08:09. | :08:11. | |
do that. I suspect Theresa May has not shown her cards because there's | :08:12. | :08:14. | |
nothing on her cards, she does not know what she wants and if she | :08:15. | :08:16. | |
doesn't know that's pretty disastrous for the whole of the | :08:17. | :08:18. | |
country and other countries in Europe. Perhaps Theresa May is | :08:19. | :08:20. | |
isolated in Europe with few friends but... People talk about what sort | :08:21. | :08:23. | |
of Brexit it will be, we want a red white and blue Brexit, the right one | :08:24. | :08:26. | |
for the UK. UK ministers were not available to date but did say they | :08:27. | :08:29. | |
were confident they would get a deal that would work for the UK and the | :08:30. | :08:32. | |
EU. Theresa May has promised to trigger Article 50 by the end of | :08:33. | :08:34. | |
March, that will start Britain's exit from the EU. Stand by for | :08:35. | :08:36. | |
another busy year. Andrew Kerr, reporting | :08:37. | :08:37. | |
Judges are to issue a written decision on an appeal to reduce | :08:38. | :08:40. | |
the 27-year sentence on the killer of 15-year-old Paige Doherty. | :08:41. | :08:43. | |
32-year-old John Letham admitted murdering the Clydebank | :08:44. | :08:45. | |
teenager at his deli in the West Dunbartonshire | :08:46. | :08:47. | |
He was given a mandatory life sentence at the High Court | :08:48. | :08:51. | |
This morning the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh | :08:52. | :08:55. | |
heard a lawyer contend that the punishment part of Letham's | :08:56. | :08:57. | |
The airline Flybe is to suspend its Dundee to Amsterdam | :08:58. | :09:01. | |
The service, which started in May, provided | :09:02. | :09:04. | |
Dundee with its only international air link. | :09:05. | :09:07. | |
Flybe says current radar coverage isn't good enough. | :09:08. | :09:11. | |
The airline says it remains committed to exploring future | :09:12. | :09:13. | |
Emergency shelters for homeless people in Scotland are expecting one | :09:14. | :09:20. | |
Numbers at the Edinburgh and Glasgow shelters have risen | :09:21. | :09:29. | |
dramatically in recent years, and they've expanded their services | :09:30. | :09:31. | |
over the cold months this year to meet growing demand. | :09:32. | :09:34. | |
Homeless charities say current figures may underestimate | :09:35. | :09:35. | |
Joanne Macaulay has been hearing about the problem. | :09:36. | :09:40. | |
... People talk about what sort of Brexit it will be, we want a red | :09:41. | :09:45. | |
white and blue Brexit, the right one for the UK. UK ministers were not | :09:46. | :09:47. | |
available to date but did say they were confident they would get a deal | :09:48. | :09:50. | |
that would work for the UK and the EU. Theresa May has promised to | :09:51. | :09:53. | |
trigger Article 50 by the end of March, that will start Britain's | :09:54. | :09:55. | |
exit from the EU. Stand by for another busy year. Andrew Kerr, | :09:56. | :09:58. | |
reporting staff at Glasgow 's city Mission get ready to bring in people | :09:59. | :10:01. | |
from the cold. There is a bed and food for anyone who finds themselves | :10:02. | :10:03. | |
with nowhere to go. Service, some may be using it once or twice, | :10:04. | :10:07. | |
others repeatedly through the duration of the service. Sword has | :10:08. | :10:11. | |
accessed about 4000 times. Our numbers this year, it is early doors | :10:12. | :10:15. | |
but they are pretty much tracking what we saw last was the busiest | :10:16. | :10:18. | |
ever and it looks like numbers will rise again this year. Last year at | :10:19. | :10:21. | |
the winter night shelter we had over 600 unique users who accessed the | :10:22. | :10:23. | |
service, some may be using it once or twice, others repeatedly through | :10:24. | :10:26. | |
the duration of the service. Sword has accessed about 4000 times. Our | :10:27. | :10:28. | |
numbers this year, it is early doors but they are pretty much tracking | :10:29. | :10:31. | |
what we saw last year. And his friend used the Bethany night | :10:32. | :10:33. | |
shelter in Edinburgh and it helped them get back on track after years | :10:34. | :10:36. | |
of alcohol and drug abuse. Must and his friend used the Bethany night | :10:37. | :10:38. | |
shelter in Edinburgh and it helped them get back on track after years | :10:39. | :10:41. | |
of alcohol and drug abuse. Most people want a put food on their | :10:42. | :10:43. | |
belly and drink, that's massive, from having nothing. I became | :10:44. | :10:45. | |
homeless through being sanctioned to put food on their belly and drink, | :10:46. | :10:47. | |
that's massive, from having nothing. I became homeless through and then | :10:48. | :10:50. | |
became homeless because I could not pay the rent the rent money. Demand | :10:51. | :10:53. | |
at the Edinburgh shelter has gone up by 131% in the last five years. It | :10:54. | :10:56. | |
has increased the drinking had overtaken the rent money. Demand at | :10:57. | :10:59. | |
the Edinburgh shelter has gone up by 131% in the last five years. It has | :11:00. | :11:10. | |
increased the number in terms of the safety nets, not just to homeless | :11:11. | :11:15. | |
services but also health. And all of these things combined along with | :11:16. | :11:20. | |
sanctions and individuals not having recourse to public funds, meaning | :11:21. | :11:23. | |
that there are more and more people in these circumstances. Charities | :11:24. | :11:27. | |
estimate that around 5000 people sleep rough in Scotland every year | :11:28. | :11:32. | |
but exact and is opening to 28 weeks, the reasons are complex. | :11:33. | :11:33. | |
Insufficient temporary accommodation, insufficient social | :11:34. | :11:35. | |
housing in terms of quantity, and tears in the fabric of society in | :11:36. | :11:37. | |
housing in terms of quantity, and terms of the safety nets, not just | :11:38. | :11:39. | |
to homeless services but also health. And all of these things | :11:40. | :11:41. | |
combined along with sanctions and individuals not having recourse to | :11:42. | :11:43. | |
public funds, meaning that there are more and more people in these | :11:44. | :11:45. | |
circumstances. Charities estimate that around 5000 people sleep rough | :11:46. | :11:47. | |
circumstances. Charities estimate in Scotland every year but exact | :11:48. | :11:48. | |
figures are You're watching BBC | :11:49. | :12:02. | |
Reporting Scotland. , the government says it is taking | :12:03. | :12:17. | |
action. I want to see everyone in a warm and affordable home and that is | :12:18. | :12:18. | |
why during this Parliament we will warm and affordable home and that is | :12:19. | :12:20. | |
deliver 50,000 affordable homes, 35,000 of them for social rent in | :12:21. | :12:23. | |
Scotland. But for many of the people using shelters the immediate future | :12:24. | :12:26. | |
is uncertain and staff expect more people through their doors of colder | :12:27. | :12:27. | |
weather sets in. Joanne Macaulay, A lecturer at City of | :12:28. | :12:31. | |
Glasgow College, Gary Maclean, has been named champion | :12:32. | :12:33. | |
of MasterChef: The Professionals. He beat 47 other professional chefs | :12:34. | :12:36. | |
over seven weeks of cooking the joy overflows as loved ones from | :12:37. | :12:50. | |
far and wide make it home for Gary Maclean, who teaches aspiring cooks | :12:51. | :12:55. | |
in Glasgow full-time... Morning, guys, how are you? Went up against | :12:56. | :13:01. | |
47 other professional chefs and seven weeks. Not all plain sailing. | :13:02. | :13:07. | |
Looks good but at the end of today disappointing. That in last night's | :13:08. | :13:13. | |
final he wowed the judges with his razor clams starter, Highland Rodeo | :13:14. | :13:17. | |
main course and chocolate pistachio ganache pudding. I think you have | :13:18. | :13:19. | |
smashed it. The choice welcome to the | :13:20. | :13:58. | |
Professional Masterchef final. The competition was tough. Gary Maclean, | :13:59. | :14:00. | |
who teaches aspiring cooks in Glasgow full-time... Morning, guys, | :14:01. | :14:03. | |
how are you? Went up against 47 other professional chefs over seven | :14:04. | :14:05. | |
weeks. Not all plain sailing. Looks good but at the end of today | :14:06. | :14:07. | |
disappointing. That in last night's final he wowed the judges with his | :14:08. | :14:09. | |
razor clams starter, Highland Rodeo main course and chocolate pistachio | :14:10. | :14:12. | |
ganache pudding. I think you have smashed it. The choice is clear. | :14:13. | :14:14. | |
Gary. It's just really unbelievable. I kind of realised the scale of what | :14:15. | :14:17. | |
I was doing, to get so far and take my name as the winner was hard to | :14:18. | :14:20. | |
take in. And Gary reckons his teaching job may have given him an | :14:21. | :14:23. | |
edge. You have to get everything right in class, be spot on when you | :14:24. | :14:26. | |
walk in front of 20 students and it's the same in the Masterchef | :14:27. | :14:28. | |
kitchen. I've been a chef since I was 15, we're talking about the | :14:29. | :14:29. | |
mid-19 being a chef was not a real was 15, we're talking about the | :14:30. | :14:33. | |
career choice then. You did not see them on TV, you never ate out in me | :14:34. | :14:36. | |
the something I love to do. He says there are no plans to give up the | :14:37. | :14:39. | |
day job yet. My main interest is to state teaching, a lot of chefs dream | :14:40. | :14:41. | |
of opening their state teaching, a lot of chefs dream | :14:42. | :14:43. | |
whole career has been about opening restaurants is about opening | :14:44. | :14:45. | |
restaurants so that is in my past, I think. His next challenge, cooking | :14:46. | :14:47. | |
Christmas dinner for the family. Andrew Black, reporting Scotland I | :14:48. | :14:49. | |
just loved cooking and someone said, why don't you be a chef. I thought | :14:50. | :14:52. | |
it was ridiculous that somebody would pay me the something I love to | :14:53. | :14:55. | |
do. He says there are no plans to give up the day job yet. My main | :14:56. | :14:58. | |
interest is to stay teaching, a lot of chefs dream of opening a | :14:59. | :15:01. | |
restaurant, my whole career has been about opening restaurants so that is | :15:02. | :15:02. | |
restaurant, my whole career has been in my past, I think. His next | :15:03. | :15:04. | |
challenge, cooking Christmas dinner for the family. Andrew Black, | :15:05. | :15:05. | |
reporting Scotland. Bird flu has been confirmed | :15:06. | :15:07. | |
in a wild peregrine falcon found The Scottish Government says | :15:08. | :15:09. | |
the bird tested positive for the H5N8 strain of Avian | :15:10. | :15:13. | |
Influenza. There is no risk to humans, | :15:14. | :15:14. | |
but officials say runoff from rainfall is likely to aid | :15:15. | :15:16. | |
the spread of the disease. It is traditionally the season of | :15:17. | :15:45. | |
giving, but not with the 1872 Cup is concerned. Not even Santa can | :15:46. | :15:51. | |
persuade former skippers to share like good boys. It's aggressive. | :15:52. | :15:56. | |
There is a lot of passion involved. It means a lot to the players to | :15:57. | :16:00. | |
play against each other and fight in the best possible way. It's an | :16:01. | :16:06. | |
historic rivalry. It's a fixture you look for every year when the | :16:07. | :16:11. | |
fixtures come out. The supporters love it as well. There has been | :16:12. | :16:16. | |
intercity rivalry for years. It love it as well. There has been | :16:17. | :16:22. | |
makes it special. Edinburgh have come out top in the last couple of | :16:23. | :16:27. | |
competitions. Glasgow won six of the nine years of the cup. Competition | :16:28. | :16:35. | |
promises to be fierce. It is even more precious, that that of | :16:36. | :16:38. | |
silverware, because we haven't had it for the last couple of seasons. | :16:39. | :16:42. | |
We would love to have it back. We will have to play really well to win | :16:43. | :16:48. | |
it. I know Gregor really well and he will be as excited as me. Slightly | :16:49. | :16:53. | |
different this year with the two legs being split. In that regard it | :16:54. | :16:58. | |
gets treated as a one-off game. There is a lot of pressure. What | :16:59. | :17:03. | |
about the indulgences of Christmas Day? Can the players enjoyed Turkey | :17:04. | :17:08. | |
and putting? It is one of the toughest parts. It is one of the | :17:09. | :17:12. | |
parts I miss the lease. Ultimately you get used to it. These boys know | :17:13. | :17:17. | |
it is a big game. The guys are professional. They know what it | :17:18. | :17:26. | |
takes. A few more chocolates aren't going to bring the house down. | :17:27. | :17:33. | |
Kick-off at Murrayfield is five past four on Boxing Day. | :17:34. | :17:35. | |
It's one of the most hotly anticipated films of the new year. | :17:36. | :17:39. | |
A Monster Calls, which opens in cinemas next week, | :17:40. | :17:41. | |
is an emotional fantasy drama, with a cast including Liam Neeson, | :17:42. | :17:44. | |
But the star of the film is an Edinburgh schoolboy. | :17:45. | :17:51. | |
A Monster Calls is about a lonely boy who finds solace in stories and | :17:52. | :18:08. | |
an unlikely ally in a monster which springs from his drawings and | :18:09. | :18:15. | |
imagination. For Edinburgh schoolboy Lewis MacDougall, just 12 at the | :18:16. | :18:19. | |
time, it was a huge leap. He had only had one film role before in a | :18:20. | :18:25. | |
local youth group. I started drama when I was nine or ten is a fun | :18:26. | :18:31. | |
thing with my friends. They were having an open past -- casting for | :18:32. | :18:35. | |
the film pan. I was reluctant to do it. I have never done in addition | :18:36. | :18:40. | |
before. But the woman convinced me to do it. Then came an agent, an | :18:41. | :18:47. | |
audition and a chance to star alongside some of the biggest names | :18:48. | :18:51. | |
in the film industry, including Sigourney Weaver, replaces | :18:52. | :18:55. | |
grandmother. I was a bit starstruck when I first met them because I had | :18:56. | :18:59. | |
been told so much by everybody. Ayew myself what big names these people | :19:00. | :19:03. | |
were. They were really nice to me and wordy welcoming and comforting | :19:04. | :19:10. | |
me with the whole process. Other co-stars were more distant, not | :19:11. | :19:15. | |
least Liam knows -- Liam Neeson, who voices the monster. Sometimes it | :19:16. | :19:20. | |
would be a tennis ball on top of a pole. They did make a monster's | :19:21. | :19:28. | |
face. Ana Matronic. That was probably the hardest aspect of | :19:29. | :19:32. | |
making the film. When you are with a real person, you react to them. But | :19:33. | :19:42. | |
I didn't have that with the monster. I know everything about you. Connor | :19:43. | :19:49. | |
Mali. The film is now hotly tipped for a string of awards. But it is | :19:50. | :19:53. | |
back to school in Edinburgh for Lewis, even if he does have a couple | :19:54. | :19:57. | |
of more films in the pipeline. And yes, he does still go to his local | :19:58. | :19:59. | |
drama club at weekends. Now, before the weather, | :20:00. | :20:03. | |
that all important moment when friends and families | :20:04. | :20:05. | |
are reunited for Christmas. Despite the unseasonal weather, | :20:06. | :20:13. | |
Lisa Summers has been to Edinburgh Airport | :20:14. | :20:15. | |
to capture that moment. It's not exactly a picture of | :20:16. | :20:24. | |
Christmas outside. More of a typical festive day in Scotland. However, | :20:25. | :20:31. | |
inside Love, actually. And there's nothing more pleasing | :20:32. | :20:48. | |
than family getting together for the happy holidays. It's just every now | :20:49. | :20:56. | |
and again, to get the chance to spend a few days of quality time. | :20:57. | :21:03. | |
It's great. In departures, the Christmas fairies were surprising | :21:04. | :21:10. | |
travellers. The weather outside is, well, quite frankly, frightful. But | :21:11. | :21:15. | |
inside Edinburgh airport with the 33,000 -- more than 33,000 | :21:16. | :21:18. | |
passengers will come through the terminal. People have been reuniting | :21:19. | :21:24. | |
with loved ones all day. I came from Los Angeles and I went to | :21:25. | :21:30. | |
Switzerland. And now I'm in Scotland. I came from Sao Paulo in | :21:31. | :21:37. | |
Brazil and I have come all the way to be with my mum and sister for | :21:38. | :21:45. | |
three days. I left this morning at seven o'clock and it was horrendous. | :21:46. | :21:52. | |
Some homecomings were locally. We were blown in, literally. But we got | :21:53. | :21:56. | |
here. Something we didn't think we would do at the beginning of the | :21:57. | :22:01. | |
week. Back for Christmas. We have only come from Essex. So where | :22:02. | :22:08. | |
interesting! Back in arrivals, a special guest braved Storm Barbara. | :22:09. | :22:12. | |
No delays or destruction with reindeer in the driving seat. | :22:13. | :22:13. | |
Merry Christmas, everyone. And now we have that all important | :22:14. | :22:17. | |
weather forecast with Kawser. Thank you. After the horrendous | :22:18. | :22:28. | |
weather we have seen today, it is a heart-warming story. We do have some | :22:29. | :22:31. | |
windy weather. We have seen the impact of Storm Barbara in the | :22:32. | :22:35. | |
programme throughout the show. We will continue to see strong winds | :22:36. | :22:39. | |
through the evening. Clearing away from the Faroe Islands but we will | :22:40. | :22:43. | |
still see some strong winds through the rest of the evening. These are | :22:44. | :22:47. | |
some of the top gusts we have recorded. Widely gusts of 60 to 70 | :22:48. | :22:57. | |
mph across the country. We will continue to see those strong winds | :22:58. | :23:00. | |
this evening. A yellow weather warning still in force. For the far | :23:01. | :23:05. | |
north, a preprepared warning. For the Northern Isles, yet to reach | :23:06. | :23:12. | |
those storms form -- Storm cross. -- costs. The added risk of icy | :23:13. | :23:18. | |
stretches as temperatures hover around freezing or below. The Met | :23:19. | :23:23. | |
office have further warnings for that across the north of the | :23:24. | :23:26. | |
country. A cold and bitter start to the day tomorrow. It is still very | :23:27. | :23:30. | |
windy and an unpleasant day in store for Christmas Eve. The winds are | :23:31. | :23:35. | |
moderate. Between these heavy, wintry showers, there will be some | :23:36. | :23:39. | |
brighter moments, especially for that towards the east. Let's take a | :23:40. | :23:42. | |
closer look at three o'clock in the afternoon. The yellow weather | :23:43. | :23:45. | |
warning still in place for the far north. Strong gusts expected. Some | :23:46. | :23:50. | |
wintry showers, the risk of hail, thunder and lightning in the mix as | :23:51. | :23:53. | |
well. Brighter spells on the East Coast. If you're brave enough to | :23:54. | :23:58. | |
head to the mountains tomorrow, some very snow showers at summit level. | :23:59. | :24:06. | |
The north-west Highlands, minus five degrees. It will feel bitterly cold. | :24:07. | :24:11. | |
Pause visibility across all of the ranges. These two ranges costing 70 | :24:12. | :24:17. | |
miles an hour. Perhaps the snow showers not as intense across the | :24:18. | :24:23. | |
northern hills. Storm Conor follows Storm Barbara. Heading towards us on | :24:24. | :24:28. | |
Christmas Eve night and Christmas Day. Outbreaks of rain and heavy | :24:29. | :24:33. | |
snow. As we look ahead, we are looking at very strong winds in the | :24:34. | :24:36. | |
far north of the country. The record to beat in terms of the milder air | :24:37. | :24:41. | |
is 15.6 Celsius per litre in Midlothian. That is for Christmas | :24:42. | :24:45. | |
Day. There is a real chance we could make that record. Regardless, it | :24:46. | :24:49. | |
will be one of the mildest Christmas is on record as temperatures reach | :24:50. | :24:52. | |
will be one of the mildest Christmas 14 to 15 Celsius in Aberdeenshire. | :24:53. | :24:55. | |
Across the West, strong winds. Yellow weather warnings in place. | :24:56. | :25:00. | |
Looking ahead to Boxing Day, it is going to be very windy for the far | :25:01. | :25:04. | |
north and the bee prepared warnings are in place for the Northern Isles. | :25:05. | :25:11. | |
The showers will slowly ease through the day. More settled conditions for | :25:12. | :25:15. | |
the and Boxing Day and for the next few days after that. Still Storm | :25:16. | :25:21. | |
stormy weather to come. Storm Conor on the way. Strong winds overnight | :25:22. | :25:27. | |
tonight. Keep up-to-date through the weekend. | :25:28. | :25:29. | |
We're back with the late news and weather at 10:30. | :25:30. | :25:41. | |
But this is the final full-length editiion | :25:42. | :25:43. | |
We'll have shorter bulletins throughout the holidays. | :25:44. | :25:46. | |
From everyone on the programme, right across the country, | :25:47. | :25:48. | |
We'll leave you with some images as Scotland prepares | :25:49. | :25:52. |