:00:00. > :00:07.we are back with the late news at 11pm, now on BBC One it's time
:00:08. > :00:10.The organisers of Edinburgh's Hogmanay street party have warned
:00:11. > :00:13.people not to travel to the capital unless they have a ticket.
:00:14. > :00:17.With 75,000 people expected, Police Scotland insist
:00:18. > :00:20.they have a "proportionate" security plan in place.
:00:21. > :00:37.At the top of the mound, a stage is taking shape, but high up on the
:00:38. > :00:43.ramparts of the castle, a fireworks display is being carefully prepared,
:00:44. > :00:47.sure signs that Edinburgh's Hogmanay celebrations are approaching.
:00:48. > :00:51.The buses and restaurants and bars are a fool. There is a huge
:00:52. > :00:57.build-up, ?42 million being brought to the city for the local economy.
:00:58. > :01:00.It is great for Edinburgh's reputation as the capital of
:01:01. > :01:05.Scotland that we can put on a fantastic event like this.
:01:06. > :01:09.It is an event that has grown into a three-day festival, with tickets for
:01:10. > :01:13.the headline act Paolo Nutini disappearing within three hours. For
:01:14. > :01:16.those thinking about going to the street party, there was a gentle
:01:17. > :01:19.warning. We encourage people to buy their
:01:20. > :01:24.tickets now and not travel unless they have bought a ticket because
:01:25. > :01:25.the event will sell out beforehand we do not want people to turn up
:01:26. > :01:33.disappointed. And other consideration is security.
:01:34. > :01:37.New Year's Eve, this place will be filled up with tens of thousands of
:01:38. > :01:41.partygoers, and the recent attacks in Berlin are focusing the mind of
:01:42. > :01:44.those policing the event. I'm confident we have the
:01:45. > :01:49.proportionate and appropriate plan in place to keep people safe. In
:01:50. > :01:52.terms of the overall threat level within the UK, that remains at
:01:53. > :01:56.severe, meaning an attack is highly likely. We ask members of the public
:01:57. > :02:02.to be alert but not alarmed. As the preparations continue,
:02:03. > :02:05.there is the one thing that organisers can't control,
:02:06. > :02:06.and that is the weather. In the past, it has not always been
:02:07. > :02:09.a friend of Edinburgh's Hogmanay, but this year's forecast doesn't
:02:10. > :02:12.contain anything too dramatic. Some rain and windy conditions,
:02:13. > :02:20.so the advice is to wrap up warm. Police say a robust plans are in
:02:21. > :02:21.place to ensure public safety for the Hogmanay football match between
:02:22. > :02:23.Rangers and Celtic. About 50,000 people are expected
:02:24. > :02:26.at Ibrox on Saturday lunchtime. Large crowds are also expected
:02:27. > :02:36.in the city centre for shopping My focus is about delivering a safe
:02:37. > :02:39.event but not only the football match, we want people to enjoy a
:02:40. > :02:42.safe environment in the city centre to do their shopping and enjoy the
:02:43. > :02:47.New Year celebrations. I would say to people, make sure you act
:02:48. > :02:51.responsibly. If you are having a drink, drink responsibly and make
:02:52. > :02:53.sure you plan your transport to and from home.
:02:54. > :02:55.Hundreds of people, who were given infected NHS blood in Scotland
:02:56. > :02:58.in the 1970s and '80s, have now received extra
:02:59. > :02:59.financial support, according to the Scottish Government.
:03:00. > :03:02.They include more than 300 people infected with hepatitis C,
:03:03. > :03:05.who received lump sums totalling tens of thousands of pounds.
:03:06. > :03:08.The news has been broadly welcomed by campaigners but they also called
:03:09. > :03:16.for urgent action to address payments to widows.
:03:17. > :03:23.From the 1st of April next year with this Scottish scheme, we have the
:03:24. > :03:30.opportunity to support Windows and widowers who have been left behind.
:03:31. > :03:34.Work has been ongoing to make sure those widows and widowers get
:03:35. > :03:36.support, because we know for many of them they are struggling
:03:37. > :03:40.financially. Is important to acknowledge that
:03:41. > :03:46.Scotland has done a much better job than south of the border in
:03:47. > :03:52.recognising the payments that have been necessary to make people who
:03:53. > :03:58.have suffered in many cases. Mark Bunn in terms of the losers, and I
:03:59. > :04:04.am afraid the widows, there is a lot of work to be done.
:04:05. > :04:06.A year ago parts of southern Scotland experienced their worst
:04:07. > :04:09.As Willie Johnston reports, Storm Frank brought around half
:04:10. > :04:12.a month's worth of rain in 24 hours and heralded New Year
:04:13. > :04:20.This is what people here will cover two on December 30 last year,
:04:21. > :04:29.festive cheer destroyed by reigning horror. -- it was rain.
:04:30. > :04:33.The water and walls started to go dark and the water came up. It is
:04:34. > :04:38.not a nice feeling and you see it all the time on the news, flooding,
:04:39. > :04:43.you do not understand the impact. That is until it happens to you. You
:04:44. > :04:51.cannot explain how it feels. On the same day, another river burst
:04:52. > :04:55.its banks, the count's worst flood in half a century. The First
:04:56. > :05:00.Minister came to meet those affected, including one man who had
:05:01. > :05:03.two shops flooded in Cumbria. He says English authorities
:05:04. > :05:09.responded better. Can more be done from Dumfries and
:05:10. > :05:15.Galloway Council? Is there a bigger plan for flood defences for the
:05:16. > :05:19.area, basically? In the past few weeks, the council
:05:20. > :05:23.has repaired the river bank and removed an old bridge which
:05:24. > :05:27.effectively became a damp. More prominent flood prevention measures
:05:28. > :05:33.here are years away still. I am always looking at the websites
:05:34. > :05:35.but we are not really any further forward. We have built our own flood
:05:36. > :05:38.defences... Hopefully to try to forward. We have built our own flood
:05:39. > :05:44.mitigate some risk. The river wall has been rebuilt
:05:45. > :05:48.here, and rainfall so far this winter has meant that this river has
:05:49. > :05:49.remained down, but some people are looking anxiously at the weather
:05:50. > :05:51.forecast. In the run-up to the Old Firm match
:05:52. > :05:54.on Hogmanay, the Rangers manager Mark Warburton says he shouldn't be
:05:55. > :05:58.judged on results against Celtic. But at Celtic, Brendan Rodgers says
:05:59. > :06:12.the pressure's on the Ibrox side. Just ahead of him, he goes for a
:06:13. > :06:18.goal. While Celtic were doing this...
:06:19. > :06:26.Finding the net... Rangers were doing this.
:06:27. > :06:32.Saved, but it comes out to Mackay. There is Maclean interested in that
:06:33. > :06:35.one and he gets there first. He keeps his goal to equalise for St
:06:36. > :06:39.Johnstone. Last night's results widen the
:06:40. > :06:45.points gap between the clubs at the top of the Premiership to 16 points.
:06:46. > :06:48.In terms of where Rangers are at in relation to the points, and with
:06:49. > :06:54.Aberdeen closing in behind them... They will want to win the game as
:06:55. > :06:59.much as we want to win. Whatever way the result goes for us... We have
:07:00. > :07:06.had a brilliant opening time to season.
:07:07. > :07:10.The league champions were better than Rangers in their Premiership
:07:11. > :07:16.match at Celtic Park, and in the League Cup semifinal at Hampden
:07:17. > :07:18.earlier this season. Rangers managed to have their manager believe he
:07:19. > :07:21.should not be judged on games against the archrivals. He says he
:07:22. > :07:37.spoke... Brendan Rodgers says Celtic's
:07:38. > :07:41.average this season of three goals per away game gives them confidence
:07:42. > :07:45.for their trip to Ibrox but this is either proof that even red-hot
:07:46. > :07:49.strikers like Leigh Griffiths can misfire or it is proof of his
:07:50. > :07:51.accuracy. David Currie, Reporting Scotland.
:07:52. > :07:53.Let's see what we can expect from the weather.
:07:54. > :08:02.Good evening. Mild but breezy conditions across the country
:08:03. > :08:07.tonight, and whilst we will be dry foremost, some of rain in the far
:08:08. > :08:10.north-west. You can see it they are, the weather front moving into worst
:08:11. > :08:14.part of the north-west Highlands. Elsewhere is fairly cloudy and
:08:15. > :08:19.reasonably mild. Temperatures in towns and cities perhaps no more
:08:20. > :08:22.than nine or 10 Celsius in the West and north-west coast, wind gusting
:08:23. > :08:26.to kill force for a time. Tomorrow, I pressure in the near continent but
:08:27. > :08:30.stepping away to allow this weather front pushing into the north-west.
:08:31. > :08:34.Tightly packed isobars means a breezy day so wet across the far
:08:35. > :08:38.north. Heaviest rain north of Inverness to Stornoway and Orkney
:08:39. > :08:41.and Shetland. South of here is cloudy with a spot of light rain or
:08:42. > :08:48.drizzle but mainly over of high ground... Double digits mostly, but
:08:49. > :08:52.Bradley Moray Coast and Aberdeenshire, 13 or 14 Celsius is
:08:53. > :08:56.possible. Wet weather in the North moves upwards as we head to the
:08:57. > :08:59.weekend. On Saturday there will be a wet day across the Highlands and
:09:00. > :09:02.Islands. Yellow be aware warning from the Met Office because of
:09:03. > :09:05.Islands. Yellow be aware warning difficult conditions on roads.
:09:06. > :09:10.Elsewhere, after a Tri-Star, wind edging its way southwards and once
:09:11. > :09:14.fairly breezy. For the celebrations, Hogmanay, that rain still with us,
:09:15. > :09:17.but it is clearing away so a wet evening but by the time we reach the
:09:18. > :09:22.bells, hopefully it should have cleared away towards the south.
:09:23. > :09:23.Behind it turning much colder with a few wintry showers to come. That is
:09:24. > :09:27.the forecast. The next bulletin
:09:28. > :09:28.is at 11.12 tonight. If you're still up,
:09:29. > :09:31.I'll see you then.