:00:00. > :00:16.The Supreme Court says Holyrood can't have
:00:17. > :00:18.a say on the beginning of the Brexit process -
:00:19. > :00:20.Nicola Sturgeon says that raises fundamental issues
:00:21. > :00:23.We'll be looking at whether that means a second independence
:00:24. > :00:27.Also on the programme: A target is set for half of Scotland's
:00:28. > :00:32.energy needs to be met by renewables by 2030.
:00:33. > :00:34.The unexpected Commonwealth Games legacy - a drop in the number
:00:35. > :00:42.of children taking part in physical activity.
:00:43. > :00:45.And we meet the woman who's joined the ranks of Captain Scott
:00:46. > :01:02.and Shackleton with a major award for polar exploration.
:01:03. > :01:06.The First Minister says fundamental issues about Scotland's future have
:01:07. > :01:08.been raised by the Supreme Court's ruling that Holyrood doesn't need
:01:09. > :01:14.The court found that MPs should have a say
:01:15. > :01:16.on triggering Article 50 - but ministers weren't legally
:01:17. > :01:23.compelled to seek approval from the devolved administrations.
:01:24. > :01:26.In a moment, we'll ask whether this ruling takes us closer to a second
:01:27. > :01:29.But first, let's go to Westminster where our correspondent
:01:30. > :01:38.Nick Eardley has been following the day's events.
:01:39. > :01:42.This was a landmark case. It went to the heart of the
:01:43. > :01:48.relationship between different parts of the UK. What the UK Government
:01:49. > :01:52.can do, what they need the backing of the Parliament behind me to do
:01:53. > :01:54.and what legal while Scotland plays within that. Tonight, that is all a
:01:55. > :02:02.bit clearer. Time to find out who has the power
:02:03. > :02:05.to fire the starting gun on Brexit. This morning, all eyes were on the
:02:06. > :02:12.Supreme Court as it delivered a landmark ruling on the legal basis
:02:13. > :02:15.for triggering article 50. By a majority of 8-3, the Supreme Court
:02:16. > :02:22.rules that the government cannot trigger Article 50 without an act of
:02:23. > :02:27.Parliament authorising it to do so. On the devolution issues, the court
:02:28. > :02:31.unanimously rules that UK ministers are not legally compelled to consult
:02:32. > :02:34.the devolved legislatures before triggering article 50. This case was
:02:35. > :02:38.never about whether Brexit happens, but how. Now that the judges have
:02:39. > :02:42.delivered their verdict, this returns to the political realm. The
:02:43. > :02:46.Prime Minister set out last week a path towards the hardest of hard
:02:47. > :02:48.Brexits. I don't believe a majority for that in the House of Commons
:02:49. > :02:52.exists, or majority for that across for that in the House of Commons
:02:53. > :02:55.the country. So this is an opportunity for the House of Commons
:02:56. > :02:59.to assert itself and to have a say not just on the narrow question, but
:03:00. > :03:03.on the broader terms of negotiation as well. The Scottish parliament
:03:04. > :03:07.will still vote on article 50. Political pressure still matters.
:03:08. > :03:11.But legally, it will be in Westminster that ministers have to
:03:12. > :03:14.win. The government had been preparing the legislation in the
:03:15. > :03:16.expectation that it would lose at the Supreme Court. That was
:03:17. > :03:22.announced within hours of the judgment. We will within days
:03:23. > :03:25.introduce legislation to give the government legal power to trigger
:03:26. > :03:30.article 50 and begin the formal process of withdrawal. But other
:03:31. > :03:33.parties won't make that simple. The SNP wants unanimous agreement from
:03:34. > :03:37.devolved governments. Without that, it will vote against article 50.
:03:38. > :03:40.Scotland's Labour MP says he is prepared to vote against the
:03:41. > :03:45.government too, but the Labour leader said his party will...
:03:46. > :03:54.Support article 50 being triggered. We have made that clear. That is the
:03:55. > :03:57.result of the referendum, and we have respect that. It doesn't mean
:03:58. > :03:59.we abdicate the field. It means we hold the government to account on
:04:00. > :04:02.the issues of trade, rights and issues of the long term direction in
:04:03. > :04:06.which this country wants to go. His support means the Commons will
:04:07. > :04:09.almost certainly back starting the process, but with the Lib Dems
:04:10. > :04:13.likely to vote against too, that could mean just one of Scotland's
:04:14. > :04:18.MPs backs triggering article 50. Whatever the legalities, we want to
:04:19. > :04:20.work with the Scottish Government because I believe the people of
:04:21. > :04:24.Scotland want the two governments to work together and get on with
:04:25. > :04:30.ensuring that we can negotiate with the 27 other countries for the best
:04:31. > :04:34.possible deal for leaving the EU. The UK Government now hopes it can
:04:35. > :04:38.get approval to start the process, and quickly. The legal questions of
:04:39. > :04:41.Article 50 are over. It is back to politics.
:04:42. > :04:46.And that politics continues this week. It is expected on Thursday
:04:47. > :04:50.that the government will publish the legislation it hopes will allow it
:04:51. > :04:54.to trigger Article 50. It then hopes it can get that through the House of
:04:55. > :04:58.Commons within a fortnight. But as we have heard, there will be
:04:59. > :05:03.amendments. He SNP alone say they could table up to 50. Labour and the
:05:04. > :05:06.SNP agree that the UK Government needs to provide more detail. And
:05:07. > :05:09.whatever happens in the building behind me, the tensions between the
:05:10. > :05:15.Scottish Government and the UK Government over Brexit show no signs
:05:16. > :05:19.of abating. We are still at the start of the process of finding out
:05:20. > :05:20.what the ramifications of the Brexit about our, and what the future
:05:21. > :05:22.holds. The First Minister has repeatedly
:05:23. > :05:24.warned that a second independence Andrew Black has been
:05:25. > :05:42.trying to find out. Just before the last Holyrood
:05:43. > :05:48.election, Nicola Sturgeon revealed what it might take to call a second
:05:49. > :05:52.independence referendum. I don't know, perhaps if the Tories wanted
:05:53. > :05:56.to drag us out of the European Union against our will, for example. And
:05:57. > :06:02.after most of Scotland voted to stay in the EU, the First Minister said
:06:03. > :06:05.this. I think an independence referendum is now highly likely. Ms
:06:06. > :06:10.Sturgeon then said that staying in the single market would remove the
:06:11. > :06:15.short-term prospect of Indy ref two. I have said that if we can find a
:06:16. > :06:18.way of protecting Scotland's economic interests and protecting
:06:19. > :06:22.our democratic interests within the UK, I am up for trying to do that.
:06:23. > :06:28.And taking independence of the table? In terms of the timescale for
:06:29. > :06:35.Brexit, that is what I have been clear about. When the PM ruled it
:06:36. > :06:40.out, the FM hit back. Does it make a second independence referendum all
:06:41. > :06:48.but inevitable? I think that is very likely. So why like it and not
:06:49. > :06:50.definitely? The SNP never wanted a referendum under these circumstances
:06:51. > :06:56.because of Scotland becomes independent in Europe, the rest of
:06:57. > :06:59.the UK is outside Europe. You have got a single market, the hard
:07:00. > :07:02.boundary between England and Scotland, which we would not have
:07:03. > :07:06.had last time. So they wanted a referendum with both countries being
:07:07. > :07:11.inside the EU. That is why they are hesitant, and the polls are showing
:07:12. > :07:15.support for dependents where it was in 2014. -- support for
:07:16. > :07:18.support for dependents where it was independence. So what about today? I
:07:19. > :07:22.have made it clear that that option is still very much on the table and
:07:23. > :07:23.with every day that passes, it is becoming clearer that Scotland's
:07:24. > :07:29.voice is not able to be heard within becoming clearer that Scotland's
:07:30. > :07:33.the UK on this question. Nicola Sturgeon says she will never give up
:07:34. > :07:36.on independence in the long term. The question of when we might get
:07:37. > :07:37.another referendum remains unanswered.
:07:38. > :07:41.Our political editor Brian Taylor is at Holyrood for us this evening.
:07:42. > :07:47.Why doesn't Nicola Sturgeon call indyref two now?
:07:48. > :07:54.Because she fears she might lose, as I have said a number of times.
:07:55. > :07:58.Nicola Sturgeon doesn't want to hold a referendum, she wants to win one,
:07:59. > :08:01.and these are not particularly propitious circumstances, nor the
:08:02. > :08:05.time of her choosing. So if you were to hold a referendum, and I think
:08:06. > :08:10.she will, they have to prepare the ground beforehand. She wants to do
:08:11. > :08:13.several things. Firstly, she is genuinely seeking in discussions
:08:14. > :08:16.with the UK Government to get concessions towards Scotland's
:08:17. > :08:19.interests as she sees them. Secondly, she wants to prolong those
:08:20. > :08:23.discussions to enable the grand to be laid. Thirdly, if there is to be
:08:24. > :08:28.a referendum, she wants to be able to say to the British people, or the
:08:29. > :08:32.Scottish people, I did everything in my power to try and strike a deal
:08:33. > :08:37.within the ambit of the UK and it proved impossible. In other words,
:08:38. > :08:43.she wants to set the grounding for that referendum if and when it
:08:44. > :08:49.occurs. How long can she hold off? Is there a time limit? There is not
:08:50. > :08:52.a strict time limit. Again, this is not the time she would have chosen
:08:53. > :08:57.had things been other than they are, but as a popular beat combo reminded
:08:58. > :09:01.us, you can't always get what you want. I think she will try and
:09:02. > :09:06.follow a timetable if there is to be a referendum that parallels Brexit
:09:07. > :09:11.to some extent. She will want the nature of Brexit to be beginning to
:09:12. > :09:16.emerge from those discussions, the shape of Brexit to be beginning to
:09:17. > :09:20.emerge from the Stygian gloom. She will then be ready to contrast that
:09:21. > :09:27.and counterbalance that with offer of independence. At that point, if
:09:28. > :09:32.there is to be a referendum, it points to 2018. A number of MPs on
:09:33. > :09:36.the SNP 's side have said that they think Autumn 2018 is likely because
:09:37. > :09:41.by then, you get the beginnings of the picture of what Brexit will look
:09:42. > :09:45.like, but it is not too late, perhaps, for an alternative offer to
:09:46. > :09:49.be put to the Scottish people whereby perhaps they can stay within
:09:50. > :09:51.the European Union. If you ask me, do today's events bring a referendum
:09:52. > :09:59.closer? The answer is yes. Now, how to keep Scotland's lights
:10:00. > :10:02.on as our energy demands increase. Today the Scottish Government
:10:03. > :10:04.published its vision for the transition away from oil
:10:05. > :10:06.and gas dependency towards an emphasis on renewable sources,
:10:07. > :10:09.and its most ambitious target yet. But a return to coal
:10:10. > :10:11.could be on the cards. Our environment correspondent
:10:12. > :10:28.Keven Keane reports. of an era as Scotland's last
:10:29. > :10:38.coal-fired power station was finally shut down. That's it, done and
:10:39. > :10:42.dusted. But now this and other locations could be reborn from the
:10:43. > :10:48.ashes as ministers propose repowering some infrastructure.
:10:49. > :10:52.Montana is due for demolition, but is the location which is of value,
:10:53. > :10:55.right in the middle of a power line network. If carbon capture can be
:10:56. > :11:01.revived, ministers are not ruling out burning coal again. When it
:11:02. > :11:05.comes to carbon capture and storage, we make are lit in Scotland, but we
:11:06. > :11:10.have enough resource with the technology we have today to meet our
:11:11. > :11:14.carbon emissions within this timescale. Many of today's
:11:15. > :11:17.announcements were in last week's Kaymer plan, but a new target was
:11:18. > :11:23.set, creating half of our energy needs from renewables by the end of
:11:24. > :11:25.the decade. It is ambitious and it will be challenging, but the
:11:26. > :11:31.modelling we have done suggests that we are in the right ballpark between
:11:32. > :11:35.44% and 50%. With the initiatives we put in our climate change plan, we
:11:36. > :11:39.believe we can achieve that. The target is a tough one, not least
:11:40. > :11:44.because of a drive to rely more on electricity for our heating and to
:11:45. > :11:47.power our cars, so the demand is expected to rise. And there is still
:11:48. > :11:53.no intention to extend the lives of our nuclear power stations at
:11:54. > :11:56.Torness Hunterston, which some think is a mistake. It is not a strategy.
:11:57. > :12:00.This could have been written on the back of a beer mat. It is not going
:12:01. > :12:03.to tackle the issue of where our industry in Scotland gets its energy
:12:04. > :12:07.from. It is not going to tackle how we keep the lights on and the
:12:08. > :12:09.Scottish Government admit we have a problem with how we produce
:12:10. > :12:18.electricity. It is not going to with fuel poverty. In the 1970s, this was
:12:19. > :12:21.the future, and would change our lives. Ministers are to explore
:12:22. > :12:23.replacing the natural gas in our pipes with hydrogen, but that's a
:12:24. > :12:27.long way into the future. An Aberdeenshire restaurant manager
:12:28. > :12:29.who killed a chef in a row over a takeaway order has been jailed
:12:30. > :12:32.for 32 months. Hidayet Ozden repeatedly
:12:33. > :12:34.punched Shahzad Shah at the Mirchi Indian takeaway
:12:35. > :12:39.in Mintlaw in April last year. Ozden was charged with murder, but
:12:40. > :12:44.later admitted culpable homicide. Detectives are investigating
:12:45. > :12:46.an armed robbery in Two G4S staff were threatened
:12:47. > :12:53.by three armed men at around 10pm last night as they made a delivery
:12:54. > :12:56.to RBS on Sauchiehall Street. The thieves, who were wearing
:12:57. > :13:01.balaclavas, escaped in a white car Remember the Glasgow
:13:02. > :13:08.Commonwealth Games? A festival of sport
:13:09. > :13:11.which it was hoped would entertain and leave a legacy inspiring
:13:12. > :13:14.a generation of Scots to become more Recent figures show a 4% drop
:13:15. > :13:22.in the physical activity of children since the event in 2014,
:13:23. > :13:36.and MSPs want to know why. As Glasgow shone in 2014, organisers
:13:37. > :13:40.promise to not just a two-week sporting party, but a lasting
:13:41. > :13:45.legacy. That included a commitment to getting kids more active. But
:13:46. > :13:55.recent figures have shown a decline. Today MSPs wanted answers. In
:13:56. > :13:58.2014-2015, it has gone down for boys 2.5%, girls 5.5% and all children
:13:59. > :14:02.3.9%. If that evidence of a system that is working? We never said it
:14:03. > :14:10.was finished. We are building a system. It doesn't happen overnight.
:14:11. > :14:14.The bottom line is, we have put 12 years of investment into schools and
:14:15. > :14:18.that has shown progress. The Commonwealth Games was a fantastic
:14:19. > :14:22.event. It had a real economic impact. But did it have a sporting
:14:23. > :14:28.legacy? That is what we want to get to the bottom of. Today's session
:14:29. > :14:32.certainly questions that. Sportscotland insists that activity
:14:33. > :14:44.levels fluctuate and they went on to say:
:14:45. > :14:50.in the East End of Glasgow, evidence of increased participation. Scottish
:14:51. > :14:57.rugby have been working with schools to bring competition. They say that
:14:58. > :15:01.is the key. Going back to your younger days, if you were getting a
:15:02. > :15:04.game, you would be interested. And if you are interested in the game,
:15:05. > :15:09.you will turn up for training. If there is no game, you don't do
:15:10. > :15:13.anything. There was always going to be a focus on physical activity,
:15:14. > :15:17.especially amongst kids, following Glasgow 2014. Now, with figures
:15:18. > :15:21.showing a decline and despite positive examples like this one, the
:15:22. > :15:23.message from government to those running sport appears to be, up your
:15:24. > :15:27.game. The public transport watchdog,
:15:28. > :15:30.Transport Focus, says there's been a big fall in customer satisfaction
:15:31. > :15:32.with train services in Scotland although levels remain higher
:15:33. > :15:35.than the UK as a whole. The comments come as ScotRail
:15:36. > :15:38.continues to face pressure over late More than 1,300 passengers
:15:39. > :15:43.were interviewed towards the end of last year as part
:15:44. > :15:51.of a UK-wide survey. 90% of people who attended Accident
:15:52. > :15:53.Emergency departments this week were seen within four hours,
:15:54. > :15:55.according to the latest That is a slight improvement
:15:56. > :16:01.on the first week of 2017, but still below the Government's
:16:02. > :16:03.target to see, then admit, transfer or discharge 95%
:16:04. > :16:15.of patients within four hours. You're watching BBC
:16:16. > :16:17.Reporting Scotland. The Supreme Court says Holyrood can
:16:18. > :16:23.have no say on the beginning Nicola Sturgeon says that
:16:24. > :16:26.raises fundamental issues Engineers building the new
:16:27. > :16:34.Queensferry Crossing say there are no guarantees the bridge
:16:35. > :16:37.will open in May, but that A team of Scottish scientists has
:16:38. > :16:48.discovered a way to diagnose The technique could help millions
:16:49. > :16:52.of patients annually and save vast amounts of money
:16:53. > :16:54.to health services globally. Morag Kinniburgh report contains
:16:55. > :17:10.pictures of a cataract operation. Lindsey Scott was born with
:17:11. > :17:14.cataracts. She lost the sight in one eye, her other Catterick is being
:17:15. > :17:20.monitored. When I read I have to move my house. It's difficult a lot
:17:21. > :17:25.of the time. I'm limited what I see in the distance. I can't see what
:17:26. > :17:30.number of bus is coming. Small-print has to be magnified for me.
:17:31. > :17:35.Day-to-day life is generally quite difficult. Cataracts is the main
:17:36. > :17:39.cause of blindness around the world. The cloudiness can be removed by
:17:40. > :17:43.surgery after the cataract appears. That beam goes back through here
:17:44. > :17:46.through our newly invented... Now Scottish scientists can tell if
:17:47. > :17:51.someone is likely to develop a cataract before it appears. This
:17:52. > :17:55.method, we can look at the spectrum of the light that comes back and
:17:56. > :17:58.pick it up even before you can see it visibly, which is the way in
:17:59. > :18:04.which present cataracts are diagnosed. The team identified
:18:05. > :18:08.molecules in the eye which occurred during the formation of cataracts.
:18:09. > :18:12.Early detection and detailed monitoring allow for better medical
:18:13. > :18:18.intervention. It's difficult for the surgeons to know precisely when a
:18:19. > :18:22.patient needs the surgery. If we can help what we would put the patients
:18:23. > :18:26.into certain groups which allows the surgeons to operate on the patients
:18:27. > :18:29.when they need the surgery, it will greatly reduce the number of
:18:30. > :18:35.procedures required. This progress could have a significant impact on
:18:36. > :18:43.the treatment of cataract patients globally. One in six hospital
:18:44. > :18:47.appointments are for sight problems. We have an ageing population so
:18:48. > :18:51.sight problems will be problem and the rocketing rates of diabetes
:18:52. > :18:58.which can make people more prone to cataracts on one or both eyes. We
:18:59. > :19:03.welcome this news. This is not a cure for cataracts yet, but they
:19:04. > :19:05.believe it's a significant step forward, helping to save sight and
:19:06. > :19:09.reduce healthcare costs. Engineers building the new
:19:10. > :19:11.Queensferry Crossing say there are no guarantees the bridge
:19:12. > :19:14.will open in May, but that It had been due to start
:19:15. > :19:17.carrying traffic last month, but bad weather delayed construction
:19:18. > :19:20.and while the structure is almost complete, those leading
:19:21. > :19:21.the project are stressing there is still lots
:19:22. > :19:24.of work to be done. Our reporter, Steven Godden,
:19:25. > :19:36.is at the bridge for us tonight. Piece by piece the bridge behind me
:19:37. > :19:37.has taken shape. To untrained eye it might appear as if it's almost
:19:38. > :19:42.there. Yesterday, we saw the second might appear as if it's almost
:19:43. > :19:46.last section of deck lifted up and slotted into place which means there
:19:47. > :19:50.is now a gap of just a few meters left to be filled. Today, as we were
:19:51. > :19:53.given an update from engineers on the project, they were keen to
:19:54. > :19:57.stress there is still a lot of work to be done. That getting that work
:19:58. > :20:01.done, in time for traffic to be on the bridge by the end of May, will,
:20:02. > :20:09.to some degree, depend on the weather. Just one more heave from
:20:10. > :20:19.the giant blue crane to join Edinburgh and Fife via the Queen's
:20:20. > :20:24.Ferry Crossing. For engineers it's an achievement to be savioured on
:20:25. > :20:29.the move. Once the deck section is complete they need to ut with aer
:20:30. > :20:33.proof and lay 100,000 square meters of road surface on top of that, 10
:20:34. > :20:39.pairs of these giant cables still need to be fixed in place. The
:20:40. > :20:47.longest measuring 450 meters. The biggest challenge remains the
:20:48. > :20:59.unpredictable Scottish weather. The reason plans to open the bridge last
:21:00. > :21:02.month had to be delayed. We become more susceptible to rain and low
:21:03. > :21:04.temperatures for the waterproofing and road surfacing. There are
:21:05. > :21:09.challenges with the weather. We are ready for them. The recent closure
:21:10. > :21:15.of its nearest neighbour brought fresh attention on the measures
:21:16. > :21:18.designed to guard against the elements and a revised opening date
:21:19. > :21:22.in May. Building this bridge has been a challenge since day one. It
:21:23. > :21:26.will continue to be a challenge. I can't guarantee that it will be
:21:27. > :21:31.finished by the end of May. I can guarantee that there will be no
:21:32. > :21:39.effort left unspent in order to get this bridge finished at the earliest
:21:40. > :21:43.opportunity. Today is a good illustration of the challenges.
:21:44. > :21:48.Where I'm standing on the shore it's fairly calm. On the exposed sections
:21:49. > :21:51.of the bridge, on the tower, too windy to do any work. At the weekend
:21:52. > :21:57.the problem was fog. As the engineers will tell you, getting the
:21:58. > :22:00.work down will depend on their skill, hard work and depend on them
:22:01. > :22:05.having a little bit of luck. Thank you very much.
:22:06. > :22:08.The running of the Sullom Voe oil terminal in Shetland will be taken
:22:09. > :22:11.over by oil firm EnQuest after BP agreed a deal to sell
:22:12. > :22:16.BP has also announced it's selling a 25% in the Magnus oil platform,
:22:17. > :22:18.the UK's most northerly oil field, to EnQuest.
:22:19. > :22:21.It's expected around 340 BP staff across both facilities will transfer
:22:22. > :22:31.to EnQuest before the end of the year.
:22:32. > :22:34.A scientist from the Cairngorms has joined the ranks of Captain Scott
:22:35. > :22:35.and Ernest Shackleton and has received the prestigious
:22:36. > :22:39.Myrtle Simpson is getting the medal from the Queen for outstanding
:22:40. > :22:41.achievement and service in the field of polar research.
:22:42. > :22:44.It's also something of a family tradition, Myrtle's husband received
:22:45. > :23:00.When you have your anorak hood over your face, you really could have
:23:01. > :23:04.been completely alone. From the highlands to the high Arctic,
:23:05. > :23:07.85-year-old Myrtle Simpson flicks through the pages of an
:23:08. > :23:12.extraordinary life as a polar explorer. She became the first ever
:23:13. > :23:18.female to ski across Greenland in 1960, only one other group had made
:23:19. > :23:22.it before her. An expedition to the North Pole five years later was the
:23:23. > :23:26.biggest test to her team. We were lying in the tent and we heard this
:23:27. > :23:31.enormous crack noise. We knew that the ice was breaking under us. So
:23:32. > :23:34.you don't city there thinking - heavens, we are going to die. You
:23:35. > :23:37.leap to your feet. Throw everything into your sleeping bag and rush out
:23:38. > :23:44.of the tent, taking the tent down with you and move. The might of the
:23:45. > :23:48.northern ocean under the ice is just incredible. You are aware of this...
:23:49. > :23:55.There is something else sharing this world with you. You weren't always
:23:56. > :24:02.going to get on top of it. Myrtle's husband, Hugh was awarded the polar
:24:03. > :24:08.medal. The Simpson's are the only second married couple toll receive
:24:09. > :24:12.the accolade, who she dedicated to her children who she included on
:24:13. > :24:17.trips to Greenland. I thought it was safe to take them, we knew the
:24:18. > :24:22.hazards. We knew where the bears where. Am you have to do your
:24:23. > :24:27.homework. Most remote communities loved to see a family arriving.
:24:28. > :24:30.Myrtle who is a legend in Scottish skiing and mountaineering circles
:24:31. > :24:36.hopes her achievements will inspire others who are drawn to the world's
:24:37. > :24:42.wild places. You don't have to be a great explorer, as I hope I show, if
:24:43. > :24:47.you want a bit of an adventure, it's just there. It's just waiting. The
:24:48. > :24:53.pensioner does have one hurdle to clear - her visit to Buckingham
:24:54. > :24:55.Palace to collect her medal may clash with her competing in a ski
:24:56. > :25:01.race she says she won't miss. Sir David Attenborough,
:25:02. > :25:02.met Inti the Armadillo He posed with the hard-shelled
:25:03. > :25:06.creature to recreate a famous The veteran broadcaster
:25:07. > :25:11.is in the capital to collect a donation for the charity Fauna
:25:12. > :25:14.and Flora International, which works to conserve
:25:15. > :25:34.wildlife around the world. Lovely wee thing. Now the weather
:25:35. > :25:39.from Judith. Thank you very much. We did see sunshine today, sunshine in
:25:40. > :25:43.Leith sent in by our weather watcher. It will be dry tonight,
:25:44. > :25:47.drizzle to the higher ground of southern Scotland and the southern
:25:48. > :25:53.Highlands. Elsewhere holding on to dry conditions. Breezy with strong
:25:54. > :25:58.winds to the West Coast, gale force over the western isles lows of seven
:25:59. > :26:01.or eight Celsius. We will draw our air in from the Atlantic.
:26:02. > :26:10.South-westerly wind bringing more cloud. As we head through the day
:26:11. > :26:16.the winds will shift to the south. Winds touching gale force over the
:26:17. > :26:29.Western Isles. We should see sunshine by the afternoon towards
:26:30. > :26:44.Ayrshire and Galloway. Inland it will stay breezy. The northern Isles
:26:45. > :26:47.will see brighter sunny spells. Cloudier skies generally in the
:26:48. > :26:51.east. Something brighter for East Lothian and the eastern borders.
:26:52. > :26:54.Those temperatures maintaining mild conditions here as well. Into the
:26:55. > :26:57.evening. We see the rain moving to the north and dry with actually
:26:58. > :27:01.clearing skies across southern Scotland. If you look at the
:27:02. > :27:05.pressure chart, we can see why. We start to see the wind backing into
:27:06. > :27:08.the south-east during the course of Wednesday night into Thursday. It
:27:09. > :27:13.will draw colder air from the near continent. They had a cold winter so
:27:14. > :27:18.far. Thursday a different day, colder, windy as well. That biting
:27:19. > :27:21.wind taking the edge off things. Across the north, good sunny spells
:27:22. > :27:25.and generally a brighter day with the wind mixing things up. Milder
:27:26. > :27:28.towards the north-west. That's your forecast. Some sunshine, at last
:27:29. > :27:32.perhaps! Thank you very much Judith. forecast. Some sunshine, at last
:27:33. > :27:40.That's Reporting Scotland. I'll be back with the headlines
:27:41. > :27:44.at 8.00pm and the late bulletin just Until then, from everyone
:27:45. > :27:45.on the team - right