:00:00. > :00:08.A health board apologises to five pregnant women who were turned away
:00:09. > :00:14.at Glasgow's flagship hospital because of a shortage of beds.
:00:15. > :00:17.Detectives investigating the murder of a man in a house fire
:00:18. > :00:19.in Milngavie say they're following a positive
:00:20. > :00:25.The family of a woman who died, after battling multiple
:00:26. > :00:27.sclerosis for years, say she should have been allowed
:00:28. > :00:44.Every day she would say, I want to die, please help me do I. What do
:00:45. > :00:48.you say to that when you can't help? I couldn't help her. The government
:00:49. > :00:50.could help her, doctors could help her. Why won't they do that?
:00:51. > :00:58.Just a bit of space so I can get moving, please.
:00:59. > :01:03.as Sir Andy prepares for the first grand slam tournament of the season.
:01:04. > :01:05.And one of the largest creatures in the ocean is filmed
:01:06. > :01:20.underwater off Shetland, in what's thought to be a UK first.
:01:21. > :01:24.NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde have apologised to expectant mothers
:01:25. > :01:26.who were turned away from the flagship
:01:27. > :01:29.Queen Elizabeth Hospital because of a shortage of beds.
:01:30. > :01:33.One pregnant woman, who was waiting for a bed after her waters broke,
:01:34. > :01:35.told BBC Scotland the situation last night was "chaos".
:01:36. > :01:52.Normal service has resumed today but it was a different service --
:01:53. > :01:56.different story yesterday, with Labour wards full foremost of it.
:01:57. > :01:59.This is how one expectant mother described the scene last night, when
:02:00. > :02:04.she was waiting for a bed to become available. She said it was chaos,
:02:05. > :02:09.and another woman whose contractions were two minutes apart had nowhere
:02:10. > :02:12.to give birth. NHS Glasgow and greater Clyde offered an apology but
:02:13. > :02:17.said it was a small number of patients. Three mothers were
:02:18. > :02:20.diverted to the Royal Alexandra Hospital and the Princess Royal. Two
:02:21. > :02:26.others had their planned deliveries delayed. But the pressure on
:02:27. > :02:33.services in Glasgow raises concerns about proposals to close community
:02:34. > :02:38.units. Across the country, a picture of pressure on maternity services is
:02:39. > :02:43.emerging. Our birth rate in Scotland is steady at the moment. The issue
:02:44. > :02:48.we are seeing is a greater complexity in the women we care for.
:02:49. > :02:54.That is partly to do with women being older when they have babies,
:02:55. > :02:58.maybe they come to us with some medical conditions, and there is a
:02:59. > :03:05.higher rate of Caesarean sections than in the past. Maternity services
:03:06. > :03:14.are having to adapt and as the face of the nation changes it will
:03:15. > :03:16.inevitably mean more pressure on front line services.
:03:17. > :03:18.Lisa, what is the bigger picture for maternity
:03:19. > :03:28.This was distressing for these women but this is not just one hospital in
:03:29. > :03:33.Glasgow. There are occasions when mothers have to be diverted because
:03:34. > :03:37.of pressure on beds, perhaps because they need access to specialist
:03:38. > :03:42.neonatal services. It should be done in consultation with midwives, so
:03:43. > :03:47.the expectant parents are not turning up and getting turned away
:03:48. > :03:51.again. Or example here in Edinburgh, there are around 10,000 babies born
:03:52. > :03:56.last year, and in 70 cases they were born at other hospitals. How that
:03:57. > :03:59.fits into the bigger picture of pressure on maternity services in
:04:00. > :04:05.terms of the changing demographic, we are expecting the government to
:04:06. > :04:07.publish a review of maternity and neonatal services in the coming
:04:08. > :04:09.weeks. Thank you. Detectives investigating the death
:04:10. > :04:12.of a man in an East Dunbartonshire house fire have said
:04:13. > :04:14.they are following what they call Huw Williams is at the house
:04:15. > :04:29.in Milngavie for us tonight. The body of 23 years rolled camera
:04:30. > :04:36.and Logan was found at his parents house soon after emergency services
:04:37. > :04:41.were called here just before 7:30am on New Year's Day. His girlfriend,
:04:42. > :04:44.Rebecca Williams, suffered serious injuries, although reports in the
:04:45. > :04:48.last couple of days suggest that her condition in hospital may be
:04:49. > :04:53.improving so much that she has been able to talk to police officers.
:04:54. > :04:57.Both Cameron Logan's parents needed treatment for the effects of
:04:58. > :05:01.breathing in smoke. Soon after they were called to this crime scene,
:05:02. > :05:07.forensics investigators were able to say they believed the fire had been
:05:08. > :05:10.started deliberately. Police called it a targeted, wilful attack and
:05:11. > :05:15.have been treating it as a case of murder and three cases of attempted
:05:16. > :05:18.murder. This afternoon, detectives said they were now following what
:05:19. > :05:23.they called a definite line of enquiry. To unpack what that means,
:05:24. > :05:27.it is often police speak for the fact that they have identified a
:05:28. > :05:31.suspect, and it usually means they would hope to be able to make an
:05:32. > :05:35.arrest quickly. Officers had been trying to trace dog walkers and
:05:36. > :05:40.joggers seen in the area at the time the fire started, and a week after
:05:41. > :05:44.the attack happened, they were also in nearby streets and local shops,
:05:45. > :05:46.stopping and talking to passers-by in the hopes of identifying more
:05:47. > :05:49.witnesses. The family of a woman who died
:05:50. > :05:52.after battling multiple sclerosis for years say she should have been
:05:53. > :05:55.allowed to choose when to die. Flora Lorimer, who died last month,
:05:56. > :05:58.was paralysed and in constant pain Her family have published
:05:59. > :06:04.harrowing pictures of her, ravaged by the illness,
:06:05. > :06:04.in the hope that they will persuade politicians to change the law
:06:05. > :06:10.on assisted suicide. Steven Godden's report
:06:11. > :06:28.contains pictures some Childhood sweethearts, Laura had
:06:29. > :06:36.only been married three years when she was diagnosed with MS. She
:06:37. > :06:45.shrugged and said, let's get on with life. It did not bother her, you
:06:46. > :06:49.know, for 30 years. But in the last four years, her deterioration
:06:50. > :06:54.accelerated. Completely blind, Tom could not see it, but could only
:06:55. > :06:58.feel his wife wasting away. She could not move, feed herself, could
:06:59. > :07:07.not scratch her nose. That's when she started to say, I don't want to
:07:08. > :07:12.be here. Every day she would be crying, I want to die, please help
:07:13. > :07:16.me. What do you say to that? I couldn't help her. The government
:07:17. > :07:22.could help her, doctors could help her, but they won't. Why won't they
:07:23. > :07:27.do that? If the law had allowed it, the family say she would have ended
:07:28. > :07:33.her own life two years ago. When she died last month, they took these
:07:34. > :07:36.pictures during her final few hours. Difficult to view, the difficult
:07:37. > :07:42.decision to make them public was born of frustration. People need to
:07:43. > :07:48.know why they want to stop it. Why? Nobody sees these pictures. She
:07:49. > :07:53.said, do it when I'm dead, not when I'm alive. Do it when I'm dead.
:07:54. > :07:56.Proposals to introduce right to die legislation through the Scottish
:07:57. > :08:01.parliament crystallised opinion on both sides. The Law Society and
:08:02. > :08:05.Church of Scotland were among those to voice opposition. That was two
:08:06. > :08:08.years ago. MS peas were given a free vote and the bill was defeated. The
:08:09. > :08:13.years ago. MS peas were given a free problem is that if you change the
:08:14. > :08:19.law for the hard cases, it can cause problems for many vulnerable people.
:08:20. > :08:28.They might feel under pressure from other people, or because of their
:08:29. > :08:32.own illness. Since sharing these pictures, the family say they have
:08:33. > :08:36.been inundated with messages from others with similar stories. They
:08:37. > :08:40.hope politicians might be prompted to look again at the issue of
:08:41. > :08:44.assisted suicide. Well, it has brought it back into the spotlight.
:08:45. > :08:45.I don't think it will make a difference. I've got my fingers
:08:46. > :08:51.crossed. It's the first step in the use
:08:52. > :08:54.of new, devolved powers on welfare. Tenants in the social and private
:08:55. > :08:57.sectors will be able to get the housing element
:08:58. > :08:59.of Universal Credit paid People will also be given further
:09:00. > :09:02.help to control their budgets by choosing monthly
:09:03. > :09:04.or fortnightly payments. But the Conservatives say
:09:05. > :09:26.the Scottish government's too slow It's the view from Sighthill. BBC
:09:27. > :09:31.Scotland's new documentary has been looking at the big changes in social
:09:32. > :09:37.housing. All those in, then building, residents moving into new
:09:38. > :09:43.town houses. Beautiful. It's massive. People's homes and how they
:09:44. > :09:49.pay for them. It's the first area to be impacted by new devolved powers
:09:50. > :09:54.from Westminster to Holyrood. People in places such as this might start
:09:55. > :09:57.to notice a difference. The first steps apply to universal credit. By
:09:58. > :10:03.the autumn, ministers will allow people to choose whether the housing
:10:04. > :10:07.element of the payment goes directly to the landlord, in both the social
:10:08. > :10:11.and private sectors. Also to help budgeting, tenants can choose
:10:12. > :10:17.monthly or fortnightly payments. It's not known what the admin costs
:10:18. > :10:22.will be. Campaigners say it's a step forward but want more. We welcome
:10:23. > :10:26.the use of these administrative powers to make budgeting easier
:10:27. > :10:29.following families on universal credit, but the bottom line is
:10:30. > :10:34.universal credit and support for families is inadequate. We need to
:10:35. > :10:38.invest in family benefits, and the Scottish Government now has the
:10:39. > :10:44.power to top up benefits. We would urge them to top up child benefit.
:10:45. > :10:47.The UK Conservative government devolved the power. The party here
:10:48. > :10:51.says it is time for the Scottish Government to make use of what they
:10:52. > :10:54.have. I welcome that the UK Government has given the Scottish
:10:55. > :10:57.Government these powers but the Scottish Government have only used a
:10:58. > :11:02.small portion of the powers devolved. I want to see them using
:11:03. > :11:06.more. The Scottish Government is in the process of setting up its own
:11:07. > :11:10.Social Security agency, but ministers have asked not to take on
:11:11. > :11:15.the full powers available to them until 2020. We are not delaying. We
:11:16. > :11:18.the full powers available to them are taking the right amount of time
:11:19. > :11:23.to go through the process that you need to go through in order to be
:11:24. > :11:27.sure that none of the 1.4 million people who are dependent on these 11
:11:28. > :11:34.benefits suffer because we have rushed matters. Building continues
:11:35. > :11:37.in Sighthill. The Scottish Government say they are carefully
:11:38. > :11:38.constructing the new welfare system, but their opponents think there are
:11:39. > :11:41.unnecessary delays. Canon Kenyon Wright,
:11:42. > :11:42.who chaired the Scottish Constitutional Convention,
:11:43. > :11:45.has died at the age of 84. The Convention played a central
:11:46. > :11:47.role in the creation The First Minister,
:11:48. > :11:52.Nicola Sturgeon, has paid tribute. She said Canon Wright's
:11:53. > :11:55.death is a great loss to Scotland's political,
:11:56. > :11:57.civic and religious communities. He campaigned for devolution during
:11:58. > :12:16.the 1980s, in the face of opposition What happens if that other voice we
:12:17. > :12:27.all know so well responds by saying, we say no? We say no, and we are the
:12:28. > :12:29.state. Well, we say yes, and we are the people.
:12:30. > :12:30.There's change afoot for Scottish businesses
:12:31. > :12:34.Others are demanding there should be radical reform.
:12:35. > :12:51.Two shops in Falkirk. One shopkeeper. You might think it makes
:12:52. > :12:54.sense to run one business out of these two addresses but the business
:12:55. > :13:02.rates for a single business is higher than two rates, and two still
:13:03. > :13:07.equal ?1300 a month. Now selling Prom dresses, business is as tough
:13:08. > :13:10.as it has been in 21 years, challenged by declining footfall and
:13:11. > :13:17.online competition. But the rates bill does not change and it weighs
:13:18. > :13:21.heavily. I would open another five shops because Falkirk people like
:13:22. > :13:25.independent businesses. I would love to open more shots but I can't
:13:26. > :13:29.because of the rates. The rates are crippling. If you go to any business
:13:30. > :13:39.and mention business rates, you will get somebody like me on a soapbox --
:13:40. > :13:43.on a soapbox, renting. Business rates are charged on shops, offices
:13:44. > :13:45.factories even phone masts. You pay a percentage, or a poundage of the
:13:46. > :13:49.factories even phone masts. You pay value, currently nearly half. In
:13:50. > :13:56.total, this year's bill is ?2.8 billion. The smallest commercial
:13:57. > :13:59.premises are exempt. The Scottish Finance Minister plans to raise the
:14:00. > :14:02.threshold for that bonus scheme in the budget this year, including the
:14:03. > :14:08.Paisley cafe he visited today, so that more than 100,000 businesses
:14:09. > :14:11.are exempt. It would be life changing for the business and for
:14:12. > :14:15.the young people we would be able to employ because of the saving on our
:14:16. > :14:21.rates. But bigger businesses have to pay the price. ?125 million this
:14:22. > :14:25.year. That is a supplement to the tax, which has just doubled, which
:14:26. > :14:30.is one reason why there is pressure for change. Larger businesses are
:14:31. > :14:33.paying a higher rate of tax than any other part of the UK and they have
:14:34. > :14:38.been over the past year and will continue to do so over the next
:14:39. > :14:42.year. That is something we want to see changed. So ministers have set
:14:43. > :14:48.up an independent review of business rates. The review can help to look
:14:49. > :14:51.at the different levers in relation to business rates, to make sure we
:14:52. > :14:58.have a package that is supportive for economic growth, but discourages
:14:59. > :15:00.tax avoidance and makes sure we are using all of the incentives
:15:01. > :15:06.appropriately to support business growth. The review will report back
:15:07. > :15:11.this summer. Among the questions it faces, whether some sectors are
:15:12. > :15:14.unfairly treated, like shops, is the balance right between big and small
:15:15. > :15:17.firms, is rental value the best basis for tax, or turnover be
:15:18. > :15:22.fairer, and is the appeal system fair? But the big question is how
:15:23. > :15:30.can business rate reform help new firms to create new jobs, in the
:15:31. > :15:33.economy? One condition, whatever changes it brings about, it has to
:15:34. > :15:37.raise the same amount of money as the current system.
:15:38. > :15:38.You're watching BBC Reporting Scotland.
:15:39. > :15:42.Our top story: A health board apologises to five pregnant women
:15:43. > :15:47.turned away from the maternity unit at Glasgow's flagship hospital.
:15:48. > :15:51.Murray Mania in Australia as Sir Andy prepares for the first
:15:52. > :16:04.Sir Andy Murray could come up against former champions
:16:05. > :16:07.Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka and Novak Djokovic in his last three
:16:08. > :16:09.matches should they all progress at the Australian Open,
:16:10. > :16:13.Those would be his opponents in the latter stages, after the draw
:16:14. > :16:18.But first, is a little known Ukranian, on Monday.
:16:19. > :16:23.From Melbourne, here's Kheredine Idessane.
:16:24. > :16:32.The warmest of welcomes down under for the world number one.
:16:33. > :16:36.Just a little bit of space, so I can get moving, please.
:16:37. > :16:38.His knighthood seems to appeal to the locals.
:16:39. > :16:43.He has every right to be feeling on top of the world,
:16:44. > :16:45.as he approaches one of his favourite tournaments.
:16:46. > :16:58.It's a tournament, I've been in the final five times.
:16:59. > :17:01.I've played really well in the past, but never quite managed to get
:17:02. > :17:05.I'm hoping this is going to be my year.
:17:06. > :17:07.I finished last season as best as I could, coming
:17:08. > :17:13.in as number one in the world, so I feel good.
:17:14. > :17:19.The hard work continues to make sure he is ready.
:17:20. > :17:23.He is in familiar surroundings, having first played
:17:24. > :17:31.at the Australian Open in 2006, but as Sir Andy Murray,
:17:32. > :17:33.will there be any protocol problems for the organisers?
:17:34. > :17:40.I'm sure there will be others around the locker room who will be
:17:41. > :17:43.giving him a bit of a rib on it, but it's Andy Murray,
:17:44. > :17:49.I don't think it will change too much.
:17:50. > :17:51.It's a great honour, one of the biggest honours
:17:52. > :17:53.in Britain you can get, so I'm very happy about that.
:17:54. > :17:57.But how happy will Andy Murray be with his draw here in Melbourne?
:17:58. > :18:01.He shouldn't have too many problems in his opening match
:18:02. > :18:05.against the Ukrainian, Illya Marchenko.
:18:06. > :18:09.But if he reaches further matches, he could face Roger Federer
:18:10. > :18:11.in the quarterfinal, Stan Wawrinka in the semifinals,
:18:12. > :18:14.before potentially yet another final against defending champion Novak
:18:15. > :18:27.After losing four finals to him, Andy Murray's mission is to loosen
:18:28. > :18:32.the Serb's grip on a trophy he has come to call his own.
:18:33. > :18:35.Rugby's Glasgow Warriors will have to beat the best team in Europe
:18:36. > :18:37.to have any hope of reaching the knock-out stage
:18:38. > :18:40.That's according to the club's head coach Gregor Townsend.
:18:41. > :18:42.Glasgow face Munster at Scotstoun tomorrow night,
:18:43. > :19:00.Cheers. Fear not, these are not Glasgow Warriors players as you may
:19:01. > :19:05.have guessed. Dedicated supporters already looking ahead to the big
:19:06. > :19:14.game. What is the feeling on the eve of the game for a die-hard fan? Very
:19:15. > :19:18.confident. Both teams are well matched, it depends on who comes out
:19:19. > :19:22.with more confidence tomorrow. Glasgow Warriors are a Scottish
:19:23. > :19:27.rugby success story, consistently finishing in the top four in the
:19:28. > :19:33.Pro12 league but they have never reached the last eight of the
:19:34. > :19:38.European Champions Cup. And even the experienced internationals admit the
:19:39. > :19:41.pressure is on. As we apply a lot of pressure on ourselves, we target
:19:42. > :19:44.every day in training being the best pressure on ourselves, we target
:19:45. > :19:47.team in Europe and we are going about in the right way so far but
:19:48. > :19:53.had to keep grounded and work hard and hopefully we can qualify. It is
:19:54. > :19:57.a try. Munster have already beaten them twice this season, convincingly
:19:58. > :20:04.in island in the Champions Cup and by one point in the Pro12 in
:20:05. > :20:08.Glasgow. The Warriors must buck that trend or their dream will be over.
:20:09. > :20:15.We plan for an opposition like we do every week. We work out what we can
:20:16. > :20:19.improve on from the week before, what the opposition are going to
:20:20. > :20:23.bring, their traits and areas where we can exploit but alter their
:20:24. > :20:27.strengths and they have a lot of strength in their game, they are
:20:28. > :20:31.probably the best team in Europe on form just now. Glasgow can look to
:20:32. > :20:35.their greatest achievement to date for inspiration if it is needed. It
:20:36. > :20:40.was the mighty Munster they defeated in the Pro12 final in 2015. And
:20:41. > :20:43.there will be plenty more Glasgow Warriors fans raising a glass
:20:44. > :20:48.tomorrow if there is a similar outcome. We are Warriors!
:20:49. > :20:51.A collection of more than 50 paintings depicting
:20:52. > :20:53.the story of Tam O'Shanter, will go on display in Ayrshire
:20:54. > :20:59.The paintings were made by Alexander Goudie in 1995
:21:00. > :21:05.and have only been seen in their entirety once before.
:21:06. > :21:10.Our arts correspondent Pauline McLean reports.
:21:11. > :21:16.The tale of Tam O'Shanter is regarded as one of Robert Burns'
:21:17. > :21:22.greatest poems and is painted version became artist Alexander
:21:23. > :21:27.Goudie's most celebrated work. Epic in scale and the subject, it is a
:21:28. > :21:31.challenge to display and this is the first of all 54 paintings had been
:21:32. > :21:36.seen together since the collection was donated to South Ayrshire in
:21:37. > :21:40.1999. It will give us an opportunity to bring in schoolchildren, primary
:21:41. > :21:48.and secondary, those interested in the literary side and those who want
:21:49. > :21:53.to see the value of capturing the written work onto canvas. A
:21:54. > :21:57.permanent display would be a great challenge but it is a display we
:21:58. > :22:01.would love to share with people throughout Scotland and throughout
:22:02. > :22:06.the world. The entire collection is only been seen once before at the
:22:07. > :22:09.Edinburgh festival in 1996. A bid by the National Galleries to raise the
:22:10. > :22:13.funds to buy them failed and there were fears the collection would be
:22:14. > :22:20.divided up and sold separately. I had not seen them put together for
:22:21. > :22:26.ten, 15 years. All of which makes his son Lachlan, himself an artist,
:22:27. > :22:29.relieved and delighted they are once again together in public. He had
:22:30. > :22:33.plenty of people who wanted to take away the individual works and hang
:22:34. > :22:36.them above the mantelpiece but this collection make sense when you see
:22:37. > :22:40.them from the beginning to the end and it turned the black and white
:22:41. > :22:44.text of Robert Burns' poem into the most vivid fireworks you can
:22:45. > :22:48.imagine. The exhibition opens on Sunday in times for Burns night and
:22:49. > :22:53.so minutes renditions of the tale of Tam O'Shanter, none more vivid and
:22:54. > :22:55.colourful than the one told by Alexander Goudie in this epic series
:22:56. > :22:59.of paintings. What's claimed to be the first
:23:00. > :23:02.underwater pictures of humpback whales in UK waters have been taken
:23:03. > :23:04.by a wildlife guide Richard Shucksmith has taken
:23:05. > :23:13.advantage of an exceptional year for whale sightings
:23:14. > :23:15.in the islands to get the shots. Looming out of the dark,
:23:16. > :23:27.230 tonne humpback whales. This sequence of stills was shot
:23:28. > :23:33.just before Christmas in Shetland He has seen whales many times,
:23:34. > :23:37.but never so close. To get in the water with them,
:23:38. > :23:40.and one of the biggest animals in the world coming past here,
:23:41. > :23:44.it was exhilarating, it was fun. A little bit nervous, but generally,
:23:45. > :23:50.it was an amazing experience. His encounter was captured
:23:51. > :23:52.on film by fellow wildlife It turns out this was probably
:23:53. > :24:02.the first time humpback whales have been caught on an underwater camera
:24:03. > :24:06.in the UK. an image of something,
:24:07. > :24:12.and to be the first one to get it 2016 was an exceptional year
:24:13. > :24:18.for whale watching in Shetland and local tourism organisations hope
:24:19. > :24:20.it will bring more Let's find out what the weather's
:24:21. > :24:45.going to be getting It has certainly been a wintry week
:24:46. > :24:48.for many but heading through the weekend we replace those cold winds
:24:49. > :24:55.with something a touch milder but it also introduces more moisture and
:24:56. > :25:01.cloud. Right now we are so focused on the cold, icy, and for some snowy
:25:02. > :25:06.conditions. Tonight our attention is on the risk of ice. There is a metal
:25:07. > :25:10.base yellow the aware warning enforced pretty much covering the
:25:11. > :25:14.whole country. A few showers in the West, rain on the coast which moves
:25:15. > :25:17.inland, perhaps affecting west central Scotland for a brief time
:25:18. > :25:22.but most of those showers affecting highland regions into the north-east
:25:23. > :25:29.and the Northern Isles. For many you will notice it is dry, cold and
:25:30. > :25:35.frosty and icy, temperatures even in town below freezing and in the
:25:36. > :25:38.countryside, -6, -8, even -10. A cold start tomorrow and icy in
:25:39. > :25:42.places. Rain showers on the West Coast, wintry showers in the
:25:43. > :25:48.north-east still but for many it is bright and sunny and crisp. And it
:25:49. > :25:52.is cold. By mid-afternoon in Central and eastern parts, some sunshine,
:25:53. > :25:57.further west, a bit more clout, a bit of a breeze from the West and
:25:58. > :26:01.some rain showers so milder. For many it is dry and bright although
:26:02. > :26:07.the cloud will increase through the afternoon. If you hill walking or
:26:08. > :26:11.climbing, Saturday is better than Sunday and on Saturday, in the West
:26:12. > :26:16.and north-west there will be some showers at times, some bright moment
:26:17. > :26:20.and after a windy start they will moderate by mid-afternoon, 2225
:26:21. > :26:24.miles an hour. In eastern ranges, the winds will be similar but more
:26:25. > :26:29.chance of some unbroken sunshine and it will be cold on the tops again
:26:30. > :26:35.and with any wind at all, bitingly cold with the wind chill. Into the
:26:36. > :26:37.evening and the cloud spreading across the country and we see the
:26:38. > :26:42.first signs of a change with this rate approaching from the Atlantic.
:26:43. > :26:46.That will move west to east overnight, Saturday to Sunday,
:26:47. > :26:53.initially falling as snow but quickly turning back to rain. And it
:26:54. > :26:56.pulls through but leaves a legacy of fairly cloudy, murky conditions in
:26:57. > :27:01.the second half of the weekend. Although Sunday will be a good bit
:27:02. > :27:06.milder in places, it will be a lot cloudier, some fairly extensive hill
:27:07. > :27:09.fog, drizzly rain most likely in the West but temperatures up to eight or
:27:10. > :27:11.10 Celsius. That is the forecast for now.
:27:12. > :27:13.Now, a reminder of tonight's main news...
:27:14. > :27:15.NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde have apologised to expectant mothers
:27:16. > :27:17.who were turned away from the flagship
:27:18. > :27:21.Queen Elizabeth Hospital because of a shortage of beds.
:27:22. > :27:23.Thousands of people living on the east coast of England
:27:24. > :27:26.are being evacuated after the threat of severe flooding caused by high
:27:27. > :27:36.I'll be back with the headlines at 8pm and the late bulletin just
:27:37. > :27:40.Until then, from everyone on the team right across the country,
:27:41. > :27:55.Parents are facing an explosion in the number of children saying