:00:00. > :00:00.It's emerged the Scottish serviceman Corrie McKeague,
:00:07. > :00:13.who hasn't been seen since September, is to become a father.
:00:14. > :00:21.I had the support of everyone around me, my family and friends, which was
:00:22. > :00:24.great, but it is still not the most pleasant thing to go through on your
:00:25. > :00:26.own. Especially when the person you love is missing.
:00:27. > :00:28.Also on the programme, the Scottish Conservative leader
:00:29. > :00:31.says she wants the UK to have access to the EU single
:00:32. > :00:35.Her opponents accuse her of selling out.
:00:36. > :00:37.There's been an increase this year in the number
:00:38. > :00:40.of people caught drink-driving over the festive period,
:00:41. > :00:46.and most of those would have failed the old, higher limit, too.
:00:47. > :00:48.Calls for increased support to help people retrain,
:00:49. > :00:55.as more of us work longer and change career direction.
:00:56. > :00:57.And Scotland's top badminton player is calling for the decision
:00:58. > :01:20.to remove the sport's Olympic funding to be reversed.
:01:21. > :01:21.The Scottish Conservative leader has insisted both
:01:22. > :01:23.she and the Prime Minister are intent on securing
:01:24. > :01:26.the best Brexit deal for the whole of the UK
:01:27. > :01:29.But Ruth Davidson's SNP opponents challenged her to back
:01:30. > :01:31.plans to keep Scotland inside the European single market.
:01:32. > :01:40.This from our political editor Brian Taylor.
:01:41. > :01:50.Like all politicians, the Prime Minister prefers to sound decisive.
:01:51. > :01:54.She has colleagues that want to quit the single market entirely, but has
:01:55. > :01:58.business leaders that want to maintain links so appears to
:01:59. > :02:02.indicate no to single market membership but yes to access. But
:02:03. > :02:16.how much access? This morning Gary Robinson suggested that she had
:02:17. > :02:20.shifted ground to Ruth Davidson. A couple of days later you said what I
:02:21. > :02:25.want to see for Scotland is access to the single market, why the
:02:26. > :02:29.change? I don't think there's a huge difference here. There's a weird
:02:30. > :02:34.conception the single market is a binary choice, and it's not, there
:02:35. > :02:39.are gradations. As somebody who not only recognises the result didn't go
:02:40. > :02:46.the way I want, but who is arguing passionately to stay in it, I want
:02:47. > :02:48.the largest amount of access to the single market. Temptations all
:02:49. > :02:53.around as Nicola Sturgeon carries on the day job, visiting a day centre.
:02:54. > :02:56.But she's not tempted yet to name the date for a second is
:02:57. > :03:01.independence referendum, although she hasn't said it will be this
:03:02. > :03:11.year, which rivals says a statement of blindingly obvious. Some say the
:03:12. > :03:15.Tories are letting Scotland down. But is deeply disappointing that
:03:16. > :03:18.instead of representing the interests of people that work in
:03:19. > :03:24.Scotland, Ruth Davidson has committed to try to prevent the Tory
:03:25. > :03:31.party into splitting into a civil war. What's that? You want precise
:03:32. > :03:34.details about the future? Mind if I get back to you about that one?
:03:35. > :03:36.The girlfriend of the missing RAF serviceman Corrie McKeague has
:03:37. > :03:37.revealed she's pregnant with his child.
:03:38. > :03:40.21-year-old April Oliver discovered she was having a baby in October,
:03:41. > :03:42.weeks after Corrie disappeared after a night out in the Suffolk
:03:43. > :03:48.She said she'd always hoped he would return but has now decided
:03:49. > :04:07.She's always wanted to be a mother, but looking at the scan of her and
:04:08. > :04:13.Corrie's unborn child, she wishes circumstances could be difficult.
:04:14. > :04:17.The personal trainer first met him on an online dating site last summer
:04:18. > :04:21.and only discovered she was pregnant fortnight after the RAF gunner went
:04:22. > :04:27.missing. Being a mother is something I always wanted to be, right from
:04:28. > :04:38.when I was younger, but it is just... It is just a horrible time,
:04:39. > :04:42.isn't it really? Corrie's mother and April's parents have known about the
:04:43. > :04:46.pregnancy since the outset and they are supporting her. It's something I
:04:47. > :04:50.hoped he would be here to help me make the decision but he isn't so
:04:51. > :04:54.it's a decision I've had to make alone. Not the most pleasant thing
:04:55. > :05:00.to go through on your own, especially when the person you love
:05:01. > :05:04.is not present. Corrie was last caught on CCTV in the early hours of
:05:05. > :05:09.Saturday the 24th of September in the centre of Bury St Edmunds. The
:05:10. > :05:14.23-year-old had been enjoying a night out with friends before he
:05:15. > :05:19.left this nightclub alone in the early hours. After entering an area
:05:20. > :05:23.behind some shops, he disappeared. As this home video shows, Corrie
:05:24. > :05:27.McKeague is an extrovert and happy As this home video shows, Corrie
:05:28. > :05:36.to perform for family and friends. His family say he would talk to
:05:37. > :05:42.anyone. Every week, his mother flies to Scotland to coordinate the search
:05:43. > :05:45.for her son. It is difficult to balance the excitement of a new baby
:05:46. > :05:52.to what we are trying to focus on now and that is finding Corrie so it
:05:53. > :05:59.is just one day at a time. We will get through this but just now I have
:06:00. > :06:04.got to, for my own sanity, just try to concentrate on trying to find
:06:05. > :06:07.Corrie and doing everything I can to find him. Preparations are already
:06:08. > :06:11.in place for the birth of their baby. April now hopes to
:06:12. > :06:16.in place for the birth of their personal privacy for her and her
:06:17. > :06:21.baby's health. Both families are now determined that efforts are focused
:06:22. > :06:23.on finding Corrie, this unborn baby's father.
:06:24. > :06:25.Scotland's tougher drink-drive limits are still failing to deter
:06:26. > :06:28.motorists from drinking too much and getting behind the wheel.
:06:29. > :06:31.This festive period there was a 38% rise in the number of drivers
:06:32. > :06:34.who failed a breath test, and it seems the majority would have
:06:35. > :06:36.failed the test under the old, higher limit.
:06:37. > :06:38.Our home affairs correspondent Reevel Alderson has been taking
:06:39. > :06:43.This was the third festive season with the new,
:06:44. > :06:45.lower Scottish limits for drinking and driving, introduced
:06:46. > :06:51.And there's concern that the message that you really shouldn't drive
:06:52. > :06:55.if you've drunk any alcohol isn't fully getting through.
:06:56. > :06:58.The drink-drive limit is 50 milligrams of alcohol in 100
:06:59. > :07:02.Until two years ago, it was 80 milligrams of alcohol.
:07:03. > :07:06.The new limit's probably less than a pint of ordinary-strength
:07:07. > :07:09.beer or a glass or ordinary-strength wine.
:07:10. > :07:21.625 motorists failed a breath test - that's an increase of 38.3% over
:07:22. > :07:23.the previous festive period, although 15% more breath
:07:24. > :07:31.Worryingly, only 57 of the drivers who failed were under the old limit,
:07:32. > :07:33.meaning a whopping 90.9% would have failed before the new
:07:34. > :07:54.Police tested more motorists over the festive period than in recent
:07:55. > :07:56.years, campaigners say that the only way to deter drivers who
:07:57. > :08:00.deliberately chose to take to the wheel after drinking what they know
:08:01. > :08:07.is too much. The focuses on making sure the majority of people get the
:08:08. > :08:09.message, and majority do. Unfortunately the people breaking
:08:10. > :08:15.the limit now I fear don't take any notice of campaigns, or limit. They
:08:16. > :08:19.need to be caught by the police to stop them. And there is apparent
:08:20. > :08:21.need to be caught by the police to support in this Edinburgh pub for
:08:22. > :08:26.the tougher limits and tougher enforcement. I believe there should
:08:27. > :08:31.be zero tolerance on drink-driving. I don't think you should get in your
:08:32. > :08:35.car after drinking. You are out of control when you've had a drink so
:08:36. > :08:40.the answer should be quite simple, you shouldn't allow a limit, you
:08:41. > :08:51.should just... If you drive, you don't drink and that's it. Police
:08:52. > :08:53.say although drink-driving has had a high profile during the festive
:08:54. > :08:57.period, it will continue to be high profile during the festive
:08:58. > :09:01.focus for the force. When not going to stop targeting drink-drivers
:09:02. > :09:05.simply because the festive period is over. There will still be a focus on
:09:06. > :09:10.it throughout the year because there is a hard-core element of motorists
:09:11. > :09:14.disregarding the safety of other people and we will continue to
:09:15. > :09:17.pursue those individuals. My message is still the same, regardless of
:09:18. > :09:21.pursue those individuals. My message whether it is Christmas or summer,
:09:22. > :09:28.don't do it. The figures also showed an increase in the people caught the
:09:29. > :09:33.morning after drinking, which police said was reckless. Campaigners south
:09:34. > :09:35.of the border have been calling for a reduction in the drink-driving
:09:36. > :09:40.limit there and have expressed concern to that with so many
:09:41. > :09:45.Scottish drivers being over the old limit, it may dissuade legislators
:09:46. > :09:47.from bringing England and Wales into line with Scotland.
:09:48. > :09:55.from bringing England and Wales into Rank you. -- thank you.
:09:56. > :09:58.The driver of a lorry which crashed into a house killing a woman had
:09:59. > :10:01.blacked out with what a court heard described as an "explosive
:10:02. > :10:04.55-year-old Catherine Bonner died and her partner, Jim McColl,
:10:05. > :10:06.was badly hurt in the crash in Fairlie in 2013.
:10:07. > :10:10.A Fatal Accident Inquiry heard from a doctor who said
:10:11. > :10:11.driver George Marshall had an underlying medical condition.
:10:12. > :10:14.A charge of death by dangerous driving was dropped by the Crown
:10:15. > :10:16.after it had looked into his medical background.
:10:17. > :10:18.The way skills are taught in Scotland needs to be urgently
:10:19. > :10:20.overhauled to cope with rapid changes in the economy.
:10:21. > :10:23.That's according to a leading think tank, which is warning more needs
:10:24. > :10:26.done to help people train for a longer working life,
:10:27. > :10:36.Here's our business correspondent David Henderson.
:10:37. > :10:44.They are here to retrain and keep pace with changes at work. This
:10:45. > :10:48.class is popular with mature students who want to take on new
:10:49. > :10:53.skills for a career in nursery education. You learn to deal with
:10:54. > :10:57.people differently, your communication changes as you develop
:10:58. > :11:01.different working relationships with your mentors and lecturer and other
:11:02. > :11:08.classmates. I think it is vital that we keep learning and not give up at
:11:09. > :11:13.the age of 37, you know, decide to change your life for the better.
:11:14. > :11:18.Soon the owners classmates will take this training to where they work.
:11:19. > :11:24.For some, their first full-time job. For others, just a fresh start. Most
:11:25. > :11:27.of the students here are under 25 but the average age is on the rise
:11:28. > :11:32.as more people look to renew their skills after years at work. The
:11:33. > :11:37.college principal told me those skills are focused on the jobs that
:11:38. > :11:42.awaits students. Employers help shape and design the courses in the
:11:43. > :11:47.programmes, in some cases helping deliver those programmes with us and
:11:48. > :11:50.our lecturing staff. They provide real live work experience and
:11:51. > :11:55.projects for the students studying in college so they are tapping into
:11:56. > :12:01.talent that exists in the College at the same time as preparing the
:12:02. > :12:05.future workforce they will need. Technology is becoming ever present
:12:06. > :12:09.in the workplace, like this robot, which was taught to sort clothes,
:12:10. > :12:13.and the gathering pace of change in so many lines of work means skills
:12:14. > :12:17.and the gathering pace of change in training may have to adapt. In
:12:18. > :12:19.Scotland there is an issue with people moving from low skilled and
:12:20. > :12:22.medium skills into more highly people moving from low skilled and
:12:23. > :12:26.skilled positions and we've also found there is an issue around
:12:27. > :12:31.skills mismatch in Scotland, where the skills are not meeting the needs
:12:32. > :12:34.of employers. We feel the skills system needs to reform and become
:12:35. > :12:40.more flexible to meet these needs and to be able to be fit for the
:12:41. > :12:46.future. One the things we have done to respond to that particular
:12:47. > :12:55.challenge of helping people progress in their careers is extra funding to
:12:56. > :12:59.the tune of ?10 million. So working patterns are being redrawn and very
:13:00. > :13:04.few can expect a job for life. Instead, change is the order for the
:13:05. > :13:07.day. That presents challenges but opportunities too.
:13:08. > :13:10.A new forecast on the oil and gas industry says future tax
:13:11. > :13:12.income will be wiped out by rebates for decommissioning.
:13:13. > :13:15.Analysts Wood Mackenzie say dismantling and abandoning North Sea
:13:16. > :13:18.assets will cost the public purse ?24 billion.
:13:19. > :13:22.That's 50% more than the Treasury's own forecasts.
:13:23. > :13:24.Our energy correspondent Kevin Keane joins us now.
:13:25. > :13:40.If you look at the most up-to-date sets of figures of what the oil and
:13:41. > :13:43.gas industry contributes to the Treasury, it reveals that the net
:13:44. > :13:47.taxation paid at the moment is less than zero, partly because it's not
:13:48. > :13:52.really making any significant profits with the downturn is going
:13:53. > :13:55.on, partly because it's been receiving rebates because of
:13:56. > :14:01.exploration out wearing the North Sea. What this latest analysis has
:14:02. > :14:07.revealed and suggests is the total amount of tax that will be paid back
:14:08. > :14:11.to companies because of decommissioning is significantly
:14:12. > :14:16.higher than previously forecast. The Treasury's own figure of that is ?16
:14:17. > :14:18.higher than previously forecast. The billion, this latest analysis
:14:19. > :14:23.suggests it will be ?24 billion and it says that figure is more than the
:14:24. > :14:29.amount it can expect to receive from oil and gas in taxation in the
:14:30. > :14:33.future. This is a fluctuating figure because decommissioning is an
:14:34. > :14:37.industry in its infancy and Wood Mackenzie says it recognises that.
:14:38. > :14:41.That's not to say though that this is an industry that is not worth
:14:42. > :14:44.anything to the Treasury and to the economy in the future because
:14:45. > :14:49.decommissioning will bring with it many, many jobs. Thank you.
:14:50. > :14:50.You're watching BBC Reporting Scotland.
:14:51. > :14:54.The girlfriend of missing Scottish serviceman Corrie McKeague has
:14:55. > :14:57.revealed she is pregnant with his child.
:14:58. > :15:00.And still to come, we visit one of our most remote destinations
:15:01. > :15:10.Towards the end of last year, we heard that Glasgow was to be
:15:11. > :15:17.the first location in the UK for so-called fix rooms.
:15:18. > :15:19.These are places where drug addicts could inject or smoke hard drugs
:15:20. > :15:21.like cocaine and heroin under medical supervision,
:15:22. > :15:29.Our reporter Divia Talwar spent a day inside a fix-room in Copenhagen.
:15:30. > :15:37.A warning that her film shows scenes of illegal drug-taking.
:15:38. > :15:48.It is 8am and inside users have already turned up. My name is
:15:49. > :15:58.Elliot, and I'm 25, almost 26 years old. Tell me what you are about to
:15:59. > :16:07.inject. It is good cocaine, a lot of heroin and diazepam to make the
:16:08. > :16:10.heroine stronger. Elliott is originally from Sweden, he's
:16:11. > :16:15.homeless and will beg, borrow and steal to buy hard drugs. He injects
:16:16. > :16:34.so often that it is difficult to find a vein. I will find one. There
:16:35. > :16:40.will... Ah! How are you feeling? Alert, euphoric and relaxed. This
:16:41. > :16:44.place opened three years ago, funded by the city with public money.
:16:45. > :16:50.There's always a nurse here to supervise the users. When they come,
:16:51. > :16:52.the only thing they have to bring themselves is the drugs they will
:16:53. > :16:57.the only thing they have to bring consume. Everything else we give to
:16:58. > :17:01.the only thing they have to bring them is for free. This is just an
:17:02. > :17:05.example, we give the needles, and of course the main thing is to save
:17:06. > :17:11.lives and to prevent diseases from spreading. I think we prevent a lot.
:17:12. > :17:18.Elliott is one of about 500 users who will come here today. This feels
:17:19. > :17:23.like a second home. And it is a safe place to take things in. When I take
:17:24. > :17:29.something that is really strong, I turned to the nurse sitting by the
:17:30. > :17:35.computer and I tell them, I'm going to take this strong dose, so they
:17:36. > :17:42.know what to expect if anything goes south. The fixing room will stay
:17:43. > :17:46.open through the night. Some people would say that having a facility
:17:47. > :17:52.like this is encouraging people to use drugs. It doesn't encourage
:17:53. > :17:59.people. It's a very hard life to be a drug addict in this environment.
:18:00. > :18:07.It is a very busy life. People are working to get drugs 24 hours a day.
:18:08. > :18:10.It gives people a place where they can be safe. But it is clearly not a
:18:11. > :18:13.It gives people a place where they treatment facility to get addicts
:18:14. > :18:18.off drugs and many people, like the users I've met here today, will come
:18:19. > :18:20.in and out of the fix room and go back to their difficult and
:18:21. > :18:25.sometimes dangerous lifestyles. You can find details
:18:26. > :18:27.of organisations offering information and support with
:18:28. > :18:28.addiction at bbc.co.uk/actionline. Or you can call for free at any
:18:29. > :18:41.time to hear recorded The centralisation of the control
:18:42. > :18:43.room of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service as is being blamed for a
:18:44. > :18:45.series of call-out errors. Emergencies from across
:18:46. > :18:47.the Highlands and the north-east are now handled by operators
:18:48. > :18:49.in Dundee, but critics claim a lack of local knowledge has led
:18:50. > :19:00.to a range of mistakes in sending Fire brigade control centres in both
:19:01. > :19:04.Aberdeen and Inverness were closed down at the end of last year with
:19:05. > :19:08.the new North operations hub in Dundee part of a ?10 million
:19:09. > :19:12.reorganisation and investment in call handling. The closures were
:19:13. > :19:15.always controversial and in recent weeks it is alleged that emergency
:19:16. > :19:20.fire crews have been sent out when there were other crews close at
:19:21. > :19:27.hand. One crew was called out from leg to attend an incident on the
:19:28. > :19:33.Isle of Skye -- from Lairg. Five other crews were nearer. Another
:19:34. > :19:38.station was asked to go to an address in Dundee and that defies
:19:39. > :19:45.station was asked to go to an belief that a life-threatening
:19:46. > :19:49.situation and a life safety service, these things are happening.
:19:50. > :19:51.Councillors in the Highlands have always been against the
:19:52. > :19:55.centralisation and now calling for the closure of the local call centre
:19:56. > :19:59.to be reversed. Politicians are demanding answers to the current
:20:00. > :20:05.claims. We need to sure that fire engines go to the right place right
:20:06. > :20:07.across the Highlands and Islands and that has not happened recently so
:20:08. > :20:11.Parliament should look into it and find out what went wrong and make
:20:12. > :20:15.sure the Fire Service operate as it should do. Scottish Fire and rescue
:20:16. > :20:19.declined to be interviewed about the allegations but in a statement they
:20:20. > :20:23.said they had reviewed what were unsubstantiated claims and was set
:20:24. > :20:27.aside that in all cases the correct results have been sent to the
:20:28. > :20:31.incident involved. The added that in any area local knowledge came not
:20:32. > :20:31.just from control room staff but also from highly experienced local
:20:32. > :20:36.crews. Official figures on Scotland's
:20:37. > :20:38.tourism industry in 2016 Analysts will be watching closely
:20:39. > :20:42.for indications of what, if any, impact the Brexit vote halfway
:20:43. > :20:45.through the season might have had. Willie Johnston went to one
:20:46. > :20:47.of the country's most remote destinations to find out how tourist
:20:48. > :20:55.businesses there fared last year. You cannot go any further south
:20:56. > :21:04.than the Mull of Galloway. It comprises a lighthouse and news
:21:05. > :21:07.on the bird reserve, holiday cottages and a cafe. The land here
:21:08. > :21:10.was bought by the community three cottages and a cafe. The land here
:21:11. > :21:17.years ago and is committed as a visitor experience. We are down 8%
:21:18. > :21:21.occupancy rate in the Cottagers compared to 2015 and also with the
:21:22. > :21:26.visitor numbers to the experience, which is the exhibition and the
:21:27. > :21:29.tower, we are down by 3000 people. We have also noticed that the
:21:30. > :21:40.visitors are spending less money than in 2015.
:21:41. > :21:47.Uneconomic study showed in 2009 ?25 million was spent by the anglers
:21:48. > :21:52.in the area and I think that figure would have dropped a lot recently as
:21:53. > :21:55.the fish stocks drop. You go to the pub in the evening, it is normally
:21:56. > :21:59.full anglers telling tales of the fish they have caught but these
:22:00. > :22:03.numbers have dropped. You can see that is not the same number of
:22:04. > :22:10.people in the Tehran sites. Overall I would say we are about 10% down --
:22:11. > :22:15.caravan sites. Anglers used to provide almost all the trade for the
:22:16. > :22:19.pub and caravan park. We have seen a decline but luckily we have been
:22:20. > :22:24.able to increase the couples and families and general toasts but
:22:25. > :22:29.overall it is a reduction unfortunately -- general tourists.
:22:30. > :22:32.But other attractions save the day 16 was OK, even though there seem to
:22:33. > :22:39.be fewer people around overall -- say that 2016. We had a 2% increase
:22:40. > :22:44.and that is often reflected in the amount of events which we are now
:22:45. > :22:48.running for all the family. Four businesses, four views but a general
:22:49. > :22:54.impression that tourism footfall in 2016 was down on the previous year.
:22:55. > :22:58.Nobody I spoke to thought Brexit was eight factor. More things like the
:22:59. > :23:03.weather, transport infrastructure, tougher drink-drive law and sheer
:23:04. > :23:08.remoteness. Tourism remains fundamental here but what is the
:23:09. > :23:11.outlook? Against the many attractions and accessibility of
:23:12. > :23:12.Scottish cities, the fear is it may become harder and harder for them to
:23:13. > :23:16.compete. Scotland's top badminton player says
:23:17. > :23:20.she's worried about encouraging children to take up the sport
:23:21. > :23:22.if proposed cuts go ahead. Kirsty Gilmour, who won Commonwealth
:23:23. > :23:25.silver in Glasgow two years ago, is hoping a decision to remove
:23:26. > :23:36.badminton's Olympic Back on court, on the comeback
:23:37. > :23:43.trail. It is tough when you have had knee surgery. Tougher still when
:23:44. > :23:49.your sport loses its elite funding despite winning an Olympic medal. I
:23:50. > :23:52.specifically remember being in Rio, seeing the boys get that men's
:23:53. > :23:56.doubles medal and I can't tell you, it gives me goose bumps. Everybody
:23:57. > :24:04.was like, yes, we burn it, a medal, this is amazing. Best we have done
:24:05. > :24:09.it. And then a funding cut. I don't think any other sport has
:24:10. > :24:13.overachieved on their target set and then had funding withdrawn
:24:14. > :24:16.completely. Badminton's Olympic funding has been on the slide for a
:24:17. > :24:23.completely. Badminton's Olympic while. In 2012 it was ?7.4 million
:24:24. > :24:27.but by this year that had dropped to ?5.7 million and there is no funding
:24:28. > :24:32.at all for the next games in 2020 which would leave Scottish badminton
:24:33. > :24:35.with a shortfall of ?40,000 a year and also mean that Scottish players
:24:36. > :24:40.training at the British base in England would be sent home. We have
:24:41. > :24:45.and hope and Patrick MacHugh who are in Milton Keynes and they will be
:24:46. > :24:52.sent home -- Adam Hope. It is very sad. It is a drastic participation
:24:53. > :24:57.sport for all ages -- fantastic. And we have the World Championships in
:24:58. > :25:02.Glasgow in August. There is a lot to look forward to and this is a major
:25:03. > :25:04.setback. The poster girl for Scottish badminton is deeply
:25:05. > :25:10.troubled by the message that cuts sent out to kids. If I do in school
:25:11. > :25:15.talks, I can't go to kid and be like, it badminton is your dream, no
:25:16. > :25:19.matter what, if you reach a certain level you will be funded. I can't
:25:20. > :25:22.preach that message because the future is more uncertain. UK sport
:25:23. > :25:34.told BBC Scotland... British badminton will appeal and
:25:35. > :25:38.hope to have the decision reversed by March so that athlete like Kirsty
:25:39. > :25:41.Gilmour will not have to worry about by March so that athlete like Kirsty
:25:42. > :25:50.finance as they test themselves against the best in the world.
:25:51. > :25:56.Today has been a mixture of brighter moments but heavy showers as well
:25:57. > :26:00.and it was quite a fine end to the day in Aberdeen but looking ahead to
:26:01. > :26:04.this evening, we will continue to see those showers merging into
:26:05. > :26:07.longer spells of rain, especially in the West with some brisk winds,
:26:08. > :26:13.maybe even gales in the north-east corner. Those showers are mainly in
:26:14. > :26:18.the West with some clearer moment in the east allowing a touch of frost.
:26:19. > :26:19.Towns and cities holding up to about three or four Celsius overnight.
:26:20. > :26:23.Fairly cloudy to start the day three or four Celsius overnight.
:26:24. > :26:26.tomorrow with outbreaks of rain, mainly in the north and west again
:26:27. > :26:32.and the cloud will thin and break-up with brightest bulb in the east. In
:26:33. > :26:39.the afternoon there will be some blustery showers. Quite a cloudy
:26:40. > :26:42.afternoon in store as well, some breaks with some bright moment in
:26:43. > :26:46.the central belt and further east and we still holding onto fairly
:26:47. > :26:50.mild air with temperatures around nine or 10 Celsius in the afternoon.
:26:51. > :26:54.Tomorrow evening we will start to see that change with a weather
:26:55. > :26:57.system moving from bringing outbreaks of rain but behind it on
:26:58. > :27:04.when states you can see very tight isobars and it'll turn Windy -- on
:27:05. > :27:09.Wednesday. And cold air coming in from the north and north-west.
:27:10. > :27:13.Showers will be increasingly wintry looking at two Wednesday night and
:27:14. > :27:17.Thursday. Several warnings out from the Met office, yellow warnings for
:27:18. > :27:23.the strength of the wind, dusting and up to 55 mph, maybe severe gales
:27:24. > :27:27.in the far north. And blizzard like conditions on a higher road routes
:27:28. > :27:31.with snow in the mix, especially on Thursday daytime. This is Wednesday
:27:32. > :27:35.and you can see those wintry showers even in the morning but by the
:27:36. > :27:39.afternoon more so, especially in the north and even at lower levels at
:27:40. > :27:43.times. Some brighter moment in between but bitterly cold with
:27:44. > :27:50.temperatures only five or 6 degrees. By Thursday, even colder with the
:27:51. > :27:55.snow showers pretty much anywhere across the country.
:27:56. > :27:58.The Mart - a place to expect the unexpected...
:27:59. > :28:10.You've got to get the figures stacking up at the end of the day.