:00:00. > :00:00.Tonight, on Reporting Scotland: Hospital bed-blocking.
:00:07. > :00:08.Figures suggest patients are still ending up stuck in hospitals,
:00:09. > :00:11.instead of finding community care, despite extra investment
:00:12. > :00:17.Air accident investigators head to Aberdeen after a helicopter
:00:18. > :00:24.A call for the UK Government to devolve power over immigration -
:00:25. > :00:26.allowing the Scottish Government to let more people
:00:27. > :00:33.A record-breaking run - Laura Muir smashes the British
:00:34. > :00:49.First race of the season, haven't raced for a while. It was great to
:00:50. > :00:50.get out there and put a marker down, and a pretty quick one at that.
:00:51. > :00:52.Also on the programme, not going the distance?
:00:53. > :00:55.The route of last year's Great Scottish Run is to be measured
:00:56. > :01:13.again, amid concerns it wasn't long enough.
:01:14. > :01:17.Nearly 700 patients died in hospital while awaiting discharge,
:01:18. > :01:22.over a 19 month period from March 2015.
:01:23. > :01:22.That's according to figures released to Scottish Labour,
:01:23. > :01:28.The Scottish Government says it's allocated more than ?30 million
:01:29. > :01:38.Our social affairs correspondent, Reevel Alderson reports.
:01:39. > :01:44.Doctors agree when a patient is well enough they should leave hospital.
:01:45. > :01:48.But sometimes it's not possible, because there is nowhere suitable to
:01:49. > :01:52.meet the patient's needs. This is bed blocking. Very many of the
:01:53. > :01:55.people that are blocking beds in hospital, if you use that
:01:56. > :01:59.expression, are people affected by dementia. If they are very poorly,
:02:00. > :02:03.they have to go into a care home. If there is not a bad for them there,
:02:04. > :02:11.they have to stay in hospital until they die. The reason for there not
:02:12. > :02:13.being a care home bed can be financial, or it can be that the
:02:14. > :02:15.care homes are full. In the majority of cases, it is a question of
:02:16. > :02:19.organising finance, that is something we should do earlier. The
:02:20. > :02:21.Scottish Government pledged two years ago to eradicate bed blocking,
:02:22. > :02:24.but it is still happening, with years ago to eradicate bed blocking,
:02:25. > :02:28.Scottish Labour calls shocking results. In a 19 month period,
:02:29. > :02:33.almost 700 died in hospital, though judged fit enough to be discharged.
:02:34. > :02:37.In almost a quarter of cases, it was in NHS Grampian, with Lothian and
:02:38. > :02:48.Lanarkshire close behind. Overall, bed blocking is reducing by 9% last
:02:49. > :02:50.year. Labour says that is no consolation to those whose relatives
:02:51. > :02:53.died. This is 700 people who have lost their lives in hospital while
:02:54. > :02:56.waiting for a care package. It could be your mother, father, grandfather,
:02:57. > :03:00.tragic cases and tragic stories. I think the Scottish Government needs
:03:01. > :03:04.to wake up to do reality, the impact it's having on patients and
:03:05. > :03:11.families, the that cuts are having on patients and family. The Scottish
:03:12. > :03:14.Government insists that patients continue to receive care in hospital
:03:15. > :03:18.and says that while being discharged is preferable, there is no evidence
:03:19. > :03:23.to link the deaths with patience with delays in leaving. We don't
:03:24. > :03:28.ignore them, they are well looked after in the hospital. The delay
:03:29. > :03:32.means that we cannot get them home or to a nursing home, or a social
:03:33. > :03:38.care package. Sometimes, that might be a more appropriate place for them
:03:39. > :03:41.to die, at home or in a nursing home, with family around them.
:03:42. > :03:43.Ministers say they have given ?33 million to the NHS to tackle the
:03:44. > :03:45.wider problem of bed blocking. Air accident investigators
:03:46. > :03:46.are being sent to Aberdeen, after the wheel of a helicopter
:03:47. > :03:50.caused damage to a helideck The helicopter has since been
:03:51. > :03:54.brought ashore by boat. Our energy correspondent Kevin Keane
:03:55. > :04:08.is at Aberdeen airport. Well, as you say, the incident
:04:09. > :04:11.happened on Wednesday of last week, on the west Franklin platform in the
:04:12. > :04:19.North Sea. It was in the final stages of landing, the Cessnock
:04:20. > :04:25.helicopter, when it failed to respond to some of the inputs being
:04:26. > :04:30.issued to it from the pilots. It landed heavily on the deck itself.
:04:31. > :04:37.The wheels caused a few points of significant damage, although CHC
:04:38. > :04:40.described as minor. Photographs on social media taken by somebody on
:04:41. > :04:49.board the platform clearly show some degree of gouging in the metalwork.
:04:50. > :04:53.The nine people, the passengers and crew on board, none of them suffered
:04:54. > :04:56.any kind of injury and they were taken off the platform. The
:04:57. > :05:02.helicopter itself has been brought back here to Aberdeen by boat and
:05:03. > :05:06.investigators are examining it. Neither the company nor any of the
:05:07. > :05:10.unions involved in offshore work have been willing to be interviewed
:05:11. > :05:12.about this today, but they have jointly issued a statement saying
:05:13. > :05:19.that the investigation is focusing on part of the tail rotor. That tail
:05:20. > :05:25.rotor has been the subject of some concern in other parts of the world
:05:26. > :05:29.in recent months. The group responsible for helicopter safety in
:05:30. > :05:34.Aberdeen says it has been assured that previous incidents bear no
:05:35. > :05:35.connection to what happened here. Thank you very much, apologies for
:05:36. > :05:37.the quality of the sound. A 36-year-old man has
:05:38. > :05:39.appeared on petition at Edinburgh Sheriff Court
:05:40. > :05:41.charged with murder. It follows the death
:05:42. > :05:43.of Carlo Volante, who was 40, after an alleged incident
:05:44. > :05:45.in Bonnyrigg on the Robert Kay made no
:05:46. > :05:47.plea or declaration, The investigations editor
:05:48. > :05:53.for the Scottish Sun newspaper has told a jury how acid was thrown
:05:54. > :05:55.at his face by a man, during Russell Findlay was giving evidence
:05:56. > :06:03.at the trial of William Burns and Alexander Porter -
:06:04. > :06:05.who deny targeting him Mr Findlay also described
:06:06. > :06:08.how his ten year-old daughter ran for help as he grappled with the man
:06:09. > :06:11.on his doorstep. From the High Court in Glasgow,
:06:12. > :06:23.John McManus reports. On the first day of the trial, the
:06:24. > :06:26.court heard evidence from Russell Findlay, the investigations editor
:06:27. > :06:30.for the Scottish Sun newspaper. He told the court he had been at home
:06:31. > :06:34.on the morning of the 23rd of December, 2015, when he answered his
:06:35. > :06:36.doorbell. The caller said they were a postman and wanted him to sign for
:06:37. > :06:39.doorbell. The caller said they were a package. He said that when he
:06:40. > :06:44.answered the door, he felt a liquid on his face and then saw a bottle
:06:45. > :06:49.fly past his head. Then he came through the door and attempted to
:06:50. > :06:53.fight me, I pushed back and we both exited the front door and fell while
:06:54. > :06:57.holding onto each other. Mr Findlay said his ten-year-old daughter,
:06:58. > :06:59.Daisy appeared, and he sent her to get help from neighbours. He
:07:00. > :07:05.continued to grapple with the attack. He told the court he said to
:07:06. > :07:12.the man, why did they send a fat clown like you? Is that all I am
:07:13. > :07:20.with? He said that the defendant spat at him and said wee Jamie sends
:07:21. > :07:25.his regards. He said he had contact with one of the accused in 2006, but
:07:26. > :07:28.he denied a suggestion that he and asked him to come round to his house
:07:29. > :07:32.the night before the incident. I would find it beyond laughable that
:07:33. > :07:34.he would come up with that, he told the court. The trial continues.
:07:35. > :07:37.A group of MPs and Peers have called on ministers in London to consider
:07:38. > :07:41.giving the Scottish Parliament more control over immigration.
:07:42. > :07:44.The group wants the UK government to look at a system
:07:45. > :07:46.similar to that in Canada - where individual provinces can issue
:07:47. > :07:51.The Scottish government believes Scotland's immigration needs
:07:52. > :07:55.Our political correspondent Nick Eardley is in
:07:56. > :08:00.Why does this group think Scotland should get some control
:08:01. > :08:09.Sally, the future of the immigration system will be a big talking point
:08:10. > :08:15.as the UK prepares to leave the European Union.
:08:16. > :08:17.This group thinks more needs to be done to help
:08:18. > :08:19.new arrivals integrate with local communities.
:08:20. > :08:21.They want for example compulsory English classes
:08:22. > :08:25.But they also argue it's a good opportunity to move some
:08:26. > :08:29.control over immigration away from Westminster.
:08:30. > :08:31.And they're urging ministers here in London to look at Canadian
:08:32. > :08:33.model which could see areas like scotland given the power
:08:34. > :08:50.They would be based on local economic need and allow immigrants
:08:51. > :08:53.to live and work in an area, though not across the UK as a whole.
:08:54. > :08:55.The Labour MP Chuka Umunna chairs the group.
:08:56. > :08:58.He explained why he thinks devolving powers could make
:08:59. > :09:09.You get to decide how many people are allowed to come and settle into
:09:10. > :09:14.your community, based on the needs of your local businesses and local
:09:15. > :09:19.labour market. We think that way you will actually be able to give people
:09:20. > :09:23.greater control and detoxify the immigration debate in the United
:09:24. > :09:28.Kingdom. The Scottish Government held a similar view. What do UK
:09:29. > :09:32.ministers then? The Scottish Government has long argued it needs
:09:33. > :09:37.more powers over immigration. It thinks Scotland has different
:09:38. > :09:40.population needs, indeed in the document it published last month on
:09:41. > :09:45.its Brexit proposals, more flexibility in the immigration
:09:46. > :09:49.system was one of their key demands. Ministers in London have pledged to
:09:50. > :09:54.look at those proposals. I think there is a degree of scepticism in
:09:55. > :09:58.London as to whether a separate immigration system could work.
:09:59. > :10:01.Ministers are worried it would make things too complicated, that it
:10:02. > :10:06.could actually affect the integrity of the immigration system across the
:10:07. > :10:12.UK. Of course, they want immigration numbers to come down. For now, the
:10:13. > :10:13.Home Office says it is focused on creating an immigration system that
:10:14. > :10:16.works for everyone, across the UK. That's one conversation that's been
:10:17. > :10:18.going on about Brexit But the Scottish Labour leader has
:10:19. > :10:24.questioned the Scottish Government's attempts to keep access
:10:25. > :10:25.to the European single Kezia Dugdale - who says
:10:26. > :10:30.the UK's more important to Scotland than the EU -
:10:31. > :10:32.claims arguments are being Ministers say she doesn't
:10:33. > :10:37.even have a plan. Here's our political
:10:38. > :10:51.correspondent, Andrew Kerr. It is eight o'clock, Thursday the
:10:52. > :10:53.5th of January... On air, and time for Kezia Dugdale to be on message.
:10:54. > :10:58.It is the first in a series of for Kezia Dugdale to be on message.
:10:59. > :11:03.leader interviews on BBC radio Scotland. She says she is trying to
:11:04. > :11:08.save the union. She used the opportunity to make clear which one
:11:09. > :11:13.she prefers. The EU is very important, and I campaigned hard for
:11:14. > :11:16.a Remain vote. But you can't argue, as Nicola Sturgeon often does, that
:11:17. > :11:19.Scotland's relationship with Europe is more important than its
:11:20. > :11:23.relationship with the rest of the United Kingdom. She claims the
:11:24. > :11:27.Conservatives put the union at risk as they push for a hard Brexit,
:11:28. > :11:31.although they question their commitment. She says the SNP threat
:11:32. > :11:35.net by pursuing independence. The Scottish Government's attempts to
:11:36. > :11:39.keep Scotland in the EU single market came in for criticism as
:11:40. > :11:42.well. I would like to see evidence it is possible. I said to Nicola
:11:43. > :11:45.Sturgeon at the start of the summer that I wanted what she wanted, that
:11:46. > :11:50.we shared those values and I wanted to work with her on that. I've done
:11:51. > :11:52.that over the past months, in good faith. But good faith is fast
:11:53. > :11:55.becoming blind faith, because she is faith. But good faith is fast
:11:56. > :12:03.yet to present any real evidence it is possible. That critic is
:12:04. > :12:04.yet to present any real evidence it dismissed from the man in charge of
:12:05. > :12:06.the Constitution for the Scottish Government. What we are doing is
:12:07. > :12:10.standing for Scottish interests, making sure we get the best deal
:12:11. > :12:15.possible. That means putting forward a proposal. But Labour have no new
:12:16. > :12:18.ideas when it comes to the Constitution or our position. The
:12:19. > :12:22.Scottish Government has put a proposal and it is up to the UK
:12:23. > :12:26.Government to consider that. We are keeping all options on the table to
:12:27. > :12:30.get the best outcome for Scotland. On the point of Kezia Dugdale saying
:12:31. > :12:34.the UK union is more important than the EU, Derek Mackay says he is not
:12:35. > :12:38.asking people to choose between the EU and the UK. Depending on how
:12:39. > :12:41.things work out, Scottish voters might be asked once again for their
:12:42. > :12:43.opinion in the not too distant future.
:12:44. > :12:47.You're watching BBC Reporting Scotland.
:12:48. > :12:54.are still ending up stuck in hospital, instead
:12:55. > :12:58.of being offered community care, despite extra investment.
:12:59. > :13:15.are using a unique system to create completely new materials.
:13:16. > :13:27.It has been a great start to the year for Laura Muir. Last night, she
:13:28. > :13:29.smashed the 5000 metres record, eclipsing the time set by Liz
:13:30. > :13:30.McColgan. But she and her coach
:13:31. > :13:39.have their sights set much higher, No TV cameras to record the
:13:40. > :13:45.occasion, but this piece of history was recorded by one alert spectator.
:13:46. > :13:50.Laura Muir, wiping 14 seconds off the British indoor 5000 metre
:13:51. > :13:54.record. That beat Liz McColgan's time, set in 1992. As she reflected
:13:55. > :13:59.today, it adds to the British 1500 metre record she sets last year.
:14:00. > :14:03.Being in the record books is always very special, especially the names I
:14:04. > :14:06.am getting them off, Dame Kelly Holmes and Liz McColgan, big names.
:14:07. > :14:13.I'm really honoured to be alongside where they were. I just hope I can
:14:14. > :14:18.get a feel more. An element of doubt has emerged about whether the time
:14:19. > :14:22.she ran would qualify as an official record. Liz McColgan congratulated
:14:23. > :14:25.her fellow Scot, but did query whether the official criteria have
:14:26. > :14:29.been met by the race, in terms of the doping controls at the event and
:14:30. > :14:34.also the fact the other athletes in the race only ran 3000 metres.
:14:35. > :14:38.British athletics told BBC Scotland today that, subject to normal
:14:39. > :14:43.checks, she expected the time to be confirmed. With that in the bag, the
:14:44. > :14:48.focus is very much on turning record sometimes into major medals. It
:14:49. > :14:51.takes time to learn to racing championships, to get that
:14:52. > :14:58.experience. So, that is why I tried putting more realistic times on. She
:14:59. > :15:01.was running remarkably fast times in 2013-14, but I recognised there was
:15:02. > :15:12.still some sort of athletic development, some learning to go on
:15:13. > :15:14.before you are probably in a position that you should be
:15:15. > :15:17.challenging for those models. I think that is where we have got to
:15:18. > :15:20.now. Definitely, I think I had been unlucky in previous champion chips.
:15:21. > :15:22.The World Championships, I was placed fifth. That was a really big
:15:23. > :15:29.achievement for me. Getting back into the medals. Diamond League
:15:30. > :15:32.success shows she can beat the best. Now she is ready to do that on the
:15:33. > :15:34.biggest stages. The distance of last year's
:15:35. > :15:37.Great Scottish Run is to be checked amid concerns that the route
:15:38. > :15:39.was too short. Olympic distance runner
:15:40. > :15:40.Callum Hawkins broke the Scottish half marathon record
:15:41. > :15:42.during the race. But an official responsible
:15:43. > :15:45.for measuring the course says he believes athletes may have run
:15:46. > :16:04.a different route. It is a highlight of the year for
:16:05. > :16:05.thousands of people, elite runners, club competitors and sweaty
:16:06. > :16:10.enthusiasts. They fill club competitors and sweaty
:16:11. > :16:15.centre, their supporters lined the streets, and good causes across
:16:16. > :16:18.Scotland benefit from all that sponsorship money raised. Last year,
:16:19. > :16:23.the added excitement of a new Scottish art marathon record. He's a
:16:24. > :16:32.record-breaker here in Glasgow today! An absolutely staggering run
:16:33. > :16:37.from Callum Hawkins - a new star is born! I was not expecting anything
:16:38. > :16:42.near as quick as that. I am just pleased I went out to win, and
:16:43. > :16:46.that's what I did. But now, the record could be in doubt, after the
:16:47. > :16:50.man who satisfied the distance watched BBC Scotland's coverage and
:16:51. > :16:55.felt that the runners were not following the route that he had
:16:56. > :16:59.measured. The questions were also raised by competitors, like these
:17:00. > :17:01.runners we met today training on the banks of the Clyde. Hundreds of
:17:02. > :17:07.their GPS recorders told them that they had run less than the official
:17:08. > :17:11.distance of 13.1 miles. It is still a personal best for me regardless. I
:17:12. > :17:16.think that will still be true for 95% of the people who ran. It does
:17:17. > :17:21.not make a difference for your average one, I don't think. Some
:17:22. > :17:26.people are just in it to compete and have fun. For them it probably does
:17:27. > :17:29.not matter. But if you are more of a top Enron, looking for a personal
:17:30. > :17:32.best, it will have more of an impact. It is best if you are
:17:33. > :17:40.comparing year-on-year. I would be pretty annoyed, actually. If it is
:17:41. > :17:46.not an accurate time, I would be annoyed. It is good you want to run
:17:47. > :17:51.your half marathon, but for me, it was just about finishing. Organisers
:17:52. > :17:55.say an independent re-measuring of the course will be completed by the
:17:56. > :18:00.end of January. They say they're confident that it will be confirm
:18:01. > :18:09.that it was the correct distance. COMMENTATOR: He deserves this! An
:18:10. > :18:13.official measure is due to cycle the route later in the month. And then
:18:14. > :18:14.we will know if that new record can stand.
:18:15. > :18:16.In exactly four months' time, it'll be polling day -
:18:17. > :18:20.More than 12,000 councillors in Scotland will be elected.
:18:21. > :18:22.In many areas, the elections will see fierce battles
:18:23. > :18:25.Many Central Belt councils are the remnants of Labour's
:18:26. > :18:27.old dominance of politics in urban Scotland.
:18:28. > :18:29.Our local government correspondent Jamie McIvor sets the scene
:18:30. > :18:45.It is a scene even the most optimistic Labour councillors
:18:46. > :18:51.scarcely expected. At the last council elections, Labour reinforced
:18:52. > :18:56.its control of Scotland's largest local authority. Many thought the
:18:57. > :19:02.SNP would make big strides forward. In fact, councils became the last
:19:03. > :19:07.citadel of Labour's code power. Google government is the one thing
:19:08. > :19:12.where Labour is still very strong. It did well in May 2012. It seems to
:19:13. > :19:16.be under serious threat. In by-elections, on average, Labour's
:19:17. > :19:22.vote is down by 12 points compared with five years ago. In fact, in
:19:23. > :19:27.2012, across Scotland, the SNP won the most votes, with a narrow lead
:19:28. > :19:31.over Labour. The SNP also has more councillors than any other party.
:19:32. > :19:36.But in most of central and southern Scotland, it is Labour that is in
:19:37. > :19:39.power. In fact, the party won outright control of some councils in
:19:40. > :19:44.the west, including this one, Glasgow. Faggot the last five years
:19:45. > :19:46.have seen seismic shifts in national politics, with the independence
:19:47. > :19:53.referendum, the surge in SNP politics, with the independence
:19:54. > :19:56.membership and the Labour results. Come the council elections, will
:19:57. > :20:01.voters be thinking of local or national issues? All the media
:20:02. > :20:05.coverage will nor be for the national issues, to be honest. I
:20:06. > :20:10.would be having an opinion on the candidate, and if that candidate I
:20:11. > :20:13.felt was going to do his job or her job. A lot of people are talking on
:20:14. > :20:18.social media about Donald Trump and things. I think they may need to
:20:19. > :20:23.change their tactics to catch the eye of the public. In urban
:20:24. > :20:28.Scotland, undoubtedly it will be party preferences on the most part,
:20:29. > :20:32.national party preferences, which will be most important. However, in
:20:33. > :20:35.rural Scotland, there will be a different picture, with the three
:20:36. > :20:39.islands councils still dominated by independence to call when the votes
:20:40. > :20:41.are counted eventually, the consequences for the Labour Party in
:20:42. > :20:47.Scotland could be huge record A woman's been taken to hospital
:20:48. > :20:50.after she was knocked down by a taxi The pedestrian had been
:20:51. > :20:53.crossing Princes Street, opposite the Waverley Steps
:20:54. > :20:56.at around 12:20 this afternoon Police say inquiries
:20:57. > :21:01.into the incident are ongoing. A woman has been cleared
:21:02. > :21:03.of attempting to murder an 89-year-old man after she hit him
:21:04. > :21:06.with a hammer to fend 43-year-old Gillian Lavery
:21:07. > :21:12.was cleaning Tom Winter's flat in Clydebank when the incident
:21:13. > :21:15.happened last February. A jury found her not guilty -
:21:16. > :21:19.after accepting she Two climbers were airlifted
:21:20. > :21:24.to safety after getting A coastguard search and rescue
:21:25. > :21:31.helicopter was called out following a report that a man had
:21:32. > :21:34.injured his ankle on the mountain's Both climbers were eventually
:21:35. > :21:44.winched to safety. Police are trying to find a
:21:45. > :21:46.54-year-old Dutch national since setting off for a walk
:21:47. > :21:50.in the Glen Affric area Cornelius Van Der Wetering was last
:21:51. > :21:54.spotted after leaving a guest ?500,000 is to be spent
:21:55. > :22:02.to try to refurbish one of Europe's largest dry docks at Kishorn
:22:03. > :22:04.in Wester Ross. The site was originally built
:22:05. > :22:11.as an oil fabrication yard in the 1970s, but has been
:22:12. > :22:13.mothballed for 25 years. It's hoped to regenerate the yard,
:22:14. > :22:26.for decommissioning North Sea a remote Shetland Croft owner was
:22:27. > :22:30.forced to deliver his own baby at the side of road yesterday. Alastair
:22:31. > :22:34.Morgan was driving his wife to hospital after she had gone into
:22:35. > :22:38.labour. Along the Hill track, they hit a pothole and her waters broke.
:22:39. > :22:44.Alastair says there was no time to think. You do not have time to worry
:22:45. > :22:49.about that, you just go and do it. It was just a case of getting out of
:22:50. > :22:52.the car, jacket off, their sleeves, and deliver the baby!
:22:53. > :22:56.Physicists at St Andrews University are using a unique system to create
:22:57. > :23:00.The new centre for designer quantum materials will help create the next
:23:01. > :23:03.generation of electronic devices, one atom at a time.
:23:04. > :23:13.Our science correspondent Kenneth Macdonald has this report.
:23:14. > :23:22.Despite appearances, this is science fact, not science fiction. For what
:23:23. > :23:24.is it exactly? This is a molecular-beam epitaxy system, which
:23:25. > :23:33.is an instrument which allows us to build materials, one single atomic
:23:34. > :23:40.is an instrument which allows us to lay at a time, basically changing
:23:41. > :23:45.the material, with each individual layer. You will not find these
:23:46. > :23:48.materials anywhere else in nature. To make those materials, the machine
:23:49. > :23:54.creates a vacuum close to that of deep space with temperatures at
:23:55. > :23:58.around 1000 Celsius. Creating quantum materials means many plating
:23:59. > :24:02.things at the most a sick level, where a phenomenon like the spin of
:24:03. > :24:06.an electron comes into play. What that in particular means is that the
:24:07. > :24:11.spin of the electron plays an important role for what we observe.
:24:12. > :24:21.So, for example, one relatively large field of potential application
:24:22. > :24:26.is in what is called spin-tronics, where one can it spite the spinning
:24:27. > :24:30.of the electron for different functionalities. Stick it has been
:24:31. > :24:37.compared to Lego, making new stuff which is very in interesting indeed!
:24:38. > :24:42.Content with this machine, we will be able to make materials in single
:24:43. > :24:50.atomic layer form, and then one can cast them into devices and make, for
:24:51. > :24:52.example, censors with completely new bodies, which are unheard of, and
:24:53. > :24:57.which are potentially much more sensitive. The components inside our
:24:58. > :25:00.current computers and electronic devices are getting close to the
:25:01. > :25:04.limits of the materials they're made of. The stuff being created in here
:25:05. > :25:09.is giving a sequence of the future. Now over to Christopher for a look
:25:10. > :25:22.ahead to the weekend weather. Thanks very much indeed. It was a
:25:23. > :25:27.lovely day for many of us today. But tonight, the cloud hills and the
:25:28. > :25:31.rain arrives, but not straightaway. Initially there will be some frost.
:25:32. > :25:34.But watch what happens as we had through the next few hours. Loud
:25:35. > :25:39.arriving, rain moving in and temperatures creeping up. As the
:25:40. > :25:47.rain falls on cold ground, there could be some icy patches around.
:25:48. > :25:50.Tomorrow, with all that cloud and rain, a very different day in store
:25:51. > :25:54.compared with today. There is the weather system crossing the country
:25:55. > :25:57.during Friday. It will be really quite soggy for many west and
:25:58. > :26:01.south-western parts. The rain quite soggy for many west and
:26:02. > :26:08.heavily and persistent at times, slowly edging eastwards. More patchy
:26:09. > :26:17.across the north-east. In the west, heavy and persistent, but improving
:26:18. > :26:21.by the afternoon. By mid-afternoon, still fairly cloudy and damp and
:26:22. > :26:26.breezy, but the winds easing. Much milder than today. Up into double
:26:27. > :26:28.figures in places. There will be some brightness around, most likely
:26:29. > :26:33.around the far north and the Moray Firth. Still some showers here,
:26:34. > :26:39.however. And the winds for Orkney and Shetland, still brisk. Friday
:26:40. > :26:44.night, damp and murky at times, but heading through towards the weekend,
:26:45. > :26:50.not too bad. High pressure is with us, so it's largely dry. Fairly
:26:51. > :26:55.settled but also fairly cloudy. As we start the weekend on Saturday,
:26:56. > :27:03.yes, it is dry and cloudy but there will be some spots of light rain.
:27:04. > :27:07.The winds are very light. Knowing exactly where the breaks in the
:27:08. > :27:12.cloud will happen is tricky. Sunday morning, still fairly cloudy but
:27:13. > :27:17.settled. A few spots of rain in the far north and north-west.
:27:18. > :27:20.Now, a reminder of tonight's main news: Nearly 700 patients died
:27:21. > :27:22.in hospital while awaiting discharge, over a 19 month
:27:23. > :27:33.The Scottish Government says it's allocated more than ?30 million
:27:34. > :27:54.I'll be back with the headlines at 8:00 and the late bulletin just
:27:55. > :27:55.We're looking for someone who can sing, someone who can move.
:27:56. > :28:01.Someone who can keep an audience on the edge of their seat.
:28:02. > :28:02.Something like this could change my life.