:00:00. > 3:59:59even at lower levels of light dusting to come as well. Winter
:00:00. > :00:33.That's all from the BBC News at Six - so it's goodbye from me -
:00:34. > :00:36.As MPs prepare to vote on the Brexit bill,
:00:37. > :00:39.the SNP says the Prime Minister doesn't have UK-wide backing
:00:40. > :00:43.be left in the North Sea when the Brent field
:00:44. > :00:46.Measures to improve forensic examinations
:00:47. > :00:50.On show for one day only, Mary Queen of Scots last letter.
:00:51. > :00:55.And what to do about the marauding gulls stealing our seaside snacks.
:00:56. > :01:00.My niece was here at one point and a seagull swiped a hot dog from her
:01:01. > :01:08.hand. MPs are tonight preparing
:01:09. > :01:13.for a major Brexit milestone, as they vote on whether to give
:01:14. > :01:16.the Prime Minister the authority to begin the formal
:01:17. > :01:20.process of leaving the EU. But the SNP's Leader
:01:21. > :01:22.at Westminster says after Holyrood rejected the legislation,
:01:23. > :01:26.Theresa May doesn't have UK-wide Here's our Westminster
:01:27. > :01:45.correspondent, Nick Eardley. It is increasingly fast paced. It
:01:46. > :01:49.can feel relentless. There are still Brexit twists and turns down the
:01:50. > :01:54.road. Tonight an important step in the process. MPs are due to give
:01:55. > :01:57.Theresa May permission to proceed with triggering Article 50. The
:01:58. > :02:03.overwhelming majority are expected to back the Government but not
:02:04. > :02:07.everyone. Questions to the Prime Minister. Given Scottish Parliament
:02:08. > :02:11.has voted overwhelmingly against the approach and all but one MP
:02:12. > :02:17.representing a Scottish constituency in this House of Commons has voted
:02:18. > :02:22.against her approach, she does not have an agreed UK wide approach. The
:02:23. > :02:26.Prime Minister says she will continue to consult with Scottish
:02:27. > :02:31.ministers but... The Supreme Court was very clear that the Scottish
:02:32. > :02:36.Parliament does not have a veto on the triggering of Article 50. He
:02:37. > :02:41.constantly refers to the interests of Scotland inside the European
:02:42. > :02:48.Union. An Independent Scotland would not be in the European Union. They
:02:49. > :02:52.seem as far apart as ever. Brexit sparks passion and tension as well.
:02:53. > :02:59.It was seen in Parliament this afternoon as MPs continue to discuss
:03:00. > :03:05.triggering article 15. Why can't the Honourable lady read the memo before
:03:06. > :03:09.she makes a wild assertion? We can all see these amendments are an
:03:10. > :03:13.attempt to pull the wool over the British people's eyes, an attempt to
:03:14. > :03:19.fob people off and I will have nothing to do with them. The
:03:20. > :03:26.barracking of rebel members opposite and preventing SNP MPs speaking in
:03:27. > :03:33.the House plays right into Adams and headlines like this, reports for --
:03:34. > :03:39.support for independence surgery. Sir Alex Salmond said it was now
:03:40. > :03:44.game on for independence voters. The UK is now heading for the EU exit
:03:45. > :03:45.door. What that means for the future, Scotland and the UK, is just
:03:46. > :03:48.getting started. Well our political correspondent,
:03:49. > :04:00.David Porter, joins me Another day, another Brexit debate.
:04:01. > :04:04.How significant is it? What will happen tonight is it will be a very
:04:05. > :04:09.important moment in the UK's brochure is to leaving the EU.
:04:10. > :04:13.Within the next hour and a half, MPs will vote for me to give Theresa May
:04:14. > :04:17.the authority to invoke or trigger Article 50, which will then allow
:04:18. > :04:22.her formerly to begin negotiations with the EU. It is worth saying the
:04:23. > :04:24.legislation still has to go through the House of Lords. Ministers are
:04:25. > :04:33.very relaxed. They are pretty confident they will get their way.
:04:34. > :04:35.It means by the middle or early part of March, the legislation will have
:04:36. > :04:39.gone through the houses of Parliament. Theresa May will trigger
:04:40. > :04:43.Article 50 and trigger the Brexit negotiations. While that was
:04:44. > :04:47.happening, discussions were going on between the UK and the devolved
:04:48. > :04:51.administrations about the Brexit process. The Scottish Government
:04:52. > :04:56.came out and was very frustrated by what they see as a lack of progress.
:04:57. > :04:59.Doing nothing to hose down speculation there could be a second
:05:00. > :05:05.independence referendum if things do not go the way of the Scottish
:05:06. > :05:09.Government -- that the Scottish Government would like. It is
:05:10. > :05:11.important for the UK's relationship with the EU and also within the
:05:12. > :05:14.various countries within the UK. Our political editor, Brian Taylor,
:05:15. > :05:17.is at Holyrood for us tonight. More talk of a second
:05:18. > :05:19.independence referendum, Brian, and reports that Downing Street
:05:20. > :05:30.are already making preparations? Reports that the UK Government is
:05:31. > :05:35.preparing for a possible referendum on Scottish independence. Of course
:05:36. > :05:38.they are preparing for a possible referendum on independence. It is
:05:39. > :05:43.what governments do when it comes to process. They were not all that shop
:05:44. > :05:48.in preparing for the aftermath of the EU referendum. Of course they
:05:49. > :05:52.are preparing. Is it likely? Think it is decidedly likely that there
:05:53. > :05:58.would be a referendum. To independence in 2018. It is about
:05:59. > :06:02.moving to demands by the Scottish Parliament and government and
:06:03. > :06:05.suggesting the UK Government is not meeting the requirements of Scotland
:06:06. > :06:08.within these figures she ages. If it comes to the point where the SNP,
:06:09. > :06:13.the Scottish Government, says it comes to an end and the UK
:06:14. > :06:17.Government is adamantly and definitely not producing a deal, I
:06:18. > :06:21.think there will be a referendum. It could be announced by Nicola
:06:22. > :06:28.Sturgeon at the SNP conference in March was too I think she will set
:06:29. > :06:32.out the details and the date? No. Will she mention Brexit and
:06:33. > :06:32.independence? I think she might will stop
:06:33. > :06:35.It was once one of the North Sea's most valuable assets.
:06:36. > :06:37.But after 40 years of production, Shell has formally submitted
:06:38. > :06:40.its plans for dismantling its oil and gas platforms in the Brent field
:06:41. > :06:44.The company says it wants to leave in place many of the supporting legs
:06:45. > :06:47.but it insists its decommissioning proposals are environmentally sound.
:06:48. > :06:55.Here's our environment correspondent, Kevin Keane.
:06:56. > :07:03.They have produced 3 billion barrels of oil but now these platforms are
:07:04. > :07:08.at the end of their lives. Today, the operator, Shell, submitted plans
:07:09. > :07:12.to decommission them. The top portions will go but controversially
:07:13. > :07:19.Shell wants to leave behind the concrete legs. Between them they
:07:20. > :07:23.hold 42 oil storage cells, still containing sediment, made up of
:07:24. > :07:28.sand, water and oil, and they will be left behind to the mercies of the
:07:29. > :07:32.North Sea. At some point in the future they will collapse. If we do
:07:33. > :07:38.not remove the contents of the cells, they could leak into the
:07:39. > :07:43.environment. It is not the first time Shell has proposed leaving its
:07:44. > :07:48.installations at sea. The occupation of Brent Spar in the mid-1990s
:07:49. > :07:53.eventually forced the company to change plans to drop it in the deep
:07:54. > :07:59.ocean. Today's decommission means the legs will not be moved at all.
:08:00. > :08:03.Shell insists this time it has got it right. The environmental impact
:08:04. > :08:07.associated with removing transport, treatment, and disposal of the
:08:08. > :08:12.sediment, one of the key issues we have looked at, is far greater than
:08:13. > :08:18.just leaving the sediment in place. In an offshore simulator, the
:08:19. > :08:24.minister -- the First Minister announced a fund to give a lift to
:08:25. > :08:30.decommissioning infrastructure. And she says the Brent plan needs to be
:08:31. > :08:33.properly scrutinised. That has to be part of this process, making sure
:08:34. > :08:38.not only that decommissioning is done in a safe, efficient and
:08:39. > :08:43.cost-effective way in everyone's interests but in a way that respects
:08:44. > :08:48.the Marine and natural environment. In the next few months, Shell will
:08:49. > :08:53.use the ship to remove the top portion of the Brent Delta platform.
:08:54. > :08:54.Today's mission is for the rest of this field. The consultation is due
:08:55. > :08:57.to last 60 days. Rape campaigners have welcomed
:08:58. > :08:59.the announcement that new standards are to be introduced to improve
:09:00. > :09:01.forensic examinations It follows claims that rape victims
:09:02. > :09:05.in the Northern Isles don't report it because they have to travel
:09:06. > :09:08.to the mainland for forensic tests. Our Home Affairs Correspondent,
:09:09. > :09:17.Reevel Alderson, reports. This is the forensic
:09:18. > :09:20.examination area, where any client who has been raped
:09:21. > :09:22.or sexually assaulted will be This Glasgow clinic was the first
:09:23. > :09:26.of its kind in Scotland. Rape victims receive
:09:27. > :09:27.medical attention. Evidence was gathered
:09:28. > :09:33.for a possible prosecution. On this side of the area
:09:34. > :09:35.is the medical practitioners and on the other side of the screen
:09:36. > :09:38.are the police officers. Rape victims elsewhere have
:09:39. > :09:41.different experiences. One reason, a lack of female doctors
:09:42. > :09:43.to carry out testing. A government survey has been
:09:44. > :09:48.launched to find out why. The government survey aims to find
:09:49. > :09:51.out why so few female doctors are prepared to offer this service
:09:52. > :09:53.for victims of serious Whether it is because they don't
:09:54. > :09:58.understand what is involved or whether there is a fear
:09:59. > :10:01.about the length of time the events -- the eventual time
:10:02. > :10:16.the court process. In Shetland and Orkney,
:10:17. > :10:18.because no doctor carries out forensic examinations,
:10:19. > :10:20.it has been claimed some victims do not come forward
:10:21. > :10:22.because they would have to travel without washing to the mainland
:10:23. > :10:41.for forensic tests. In the Northern Isles no doctor is
:10:42. > :10:47.carrying out forensic examinations will stop some big teams are
:10:48. > :10:51.reluctant to travel without washing for forensic tests. Campaigners have
:10:52. > :10:55.welcomed the view and a government announcement for a new national
:10:56. > :10:58.standard for Parenti examinations. There is far too much variation
:10:59. > :11:04.depending where you live in Scotland and the time you are raped. The
:11:05. > :11:07.service can vary considerably. The need to look at how to get more
:11:08. > :11:11.female doctors to do these examinations because we know that is
:11:12. > :11:13.what is being looked at. The Government hopes the changes will be
:11:14. > :11:15.looked at later this year. The Holyrood parliament has called
:11:16. > :11:18.for jobcentre closures A debate today heard warnings that
:11:19. > :11:21.shutting offices would increase travel costs for those already
:11:22. > :11:25.struggling to make ends meet. But UK ministers say many centres
:11:26. > :11:27.are underused because most claims for jobseeker's allowance
:11:28. > :11:32.are now made online. Here's our political
:11:33. > :11:45.correspondent, Glenn Campbell. In Glasgow, this Jobcentre is to
:11:46. > :11:53.close. Those coming here to look for work once the UK Government to think
:11:54. > :11:59.again. This job-seeker is worried about having to travel to
:12:00. > :12:03.appointments. They should not take away the Jobcentre because it is
:12:04. > :12:08.going to give a lot of people aggro, stress, mental health problems,
:12:09. > :12:11.different things are going to occur because obviously they are going to
:12:12. > :12:15.have to worry about getting to Springburn for the appointment times
:12:16. > :12:22.when they have kids to pick up from school. The Scottish Govan shares
:12:23. > :12:25.that concern. This does not reflect reality that increased travel cost
:12:26. > :12:28.will be a strain for families already under financial pressure.
:12:29. > :12:33.Tonight the Scottish Parliament voted for a halt to Jobcentre
:12:34. > :12:38.closures in Scotland. But it is not for MSPs or the Scottish Govan to
:12:39. > :12:44.responsibility of the UK Government. responsibility of the UK Government.
:12:45. > :12:49.-- government. There are 97 Jobcentres in Scotland. Merry Hill
:12:50. > :12:54.is one of 14 to be closed by the Department for Work and Pensions.
:12:55. > :12:58.This includes eight Jobcentres in Glasgow and others from Inverness to
:12:59. > :13:03.Broxburn. An enquiry has heard existing officers are underused
:13:04. > :13:07.because benefits are increasingly claimed online and implement is
:13:08. > :13:12.falling. The fact there is lower unemployment in Glasgow and Scotland
:13:13. > :13:18.as a whole is very welcome. That has an effect on the fact that we have
:13:19. > :13:23.relatively low utilisation of the building. Closing Jobcentres will
:13:24. > :13:26.cut costs. Critics say it is those who use them who will pay.
:13:27. > :13:29.Refugee doctors living in Scotland are to benefit from a programme
:13:30. > :13:31.to help them retrain to work in the NHS.
:13:32. > :13:33.The scheme, which is funded by the Scottish government,
:13:34. > :13:35.will give training and language support to help medics
:13:36. > :13:37.meet the standards required to practice here.
:13:38. > :13:53.Just make sure this is nice and tight. BP is the same the world
:13:54. > :13:57.over. If you can take it in Syria, you can measure it in Glasgow. This
:13:58. > :14:01.man was a trainee orthopaedic surgeon. Today he is getting
:14:02. > :14:09.refresher training. We are losing our skills we are not training. I
:14:10. > :14:15.hope in the near future that we can work as a doctor. He is from here,
:14:16. > :14:20.Aleppo, in Syria. Parts of it are reduced to rubble after years of
:14:21. > :14:25.civil war. He left family, including his wife, three years ago, to come
:14:26. > :14:30.to Scotland. It was a difficult decision but I did not have any
:14:31. > :14:36.choice because it is life. I need to survive. Once the war started,
:14:37. > :14:44.medicines were sparse and queues were long. It was too difficult.
:14:45. > :14:54.Sometimes we did not have an indication. Sometimes we did not
:14:55. > :15:00.have enough rooms for our patients. Today Angela Constance amounted
:15:01. > :15:05.funding of ?161,000 for a programme which helps to train doctors in the
:15:06. > :15:09.NHS. Language can be a barrier and refugees have to pass strict English
:15:10. > :15:15.and clinical test before they can practice. It will help clinical
:15:16. > :15:20.doctors getting their met -- registration. It would give them
:15:21. > :15:24.support for English language training and clinical training. It
:15:25. > :15:32.will give them access to lots of places will stop Iranian in origin
:15:33. > :15:37.Fatima is 28 and being trained in general surgery she left her country
:15:38. > :15:40.two years ago she says being a woman in surgery is difficult. It is long
:15:41. > :15:54.and predictable -- unpredictable hours. I want to show myself as a
:15:55. > :15:59.woman and as a Muslim woman. The type of career women. We are smart
:16:00. > :16:02.and can give a lot to this country. It is better language skills and
:16:03. > :16:06.training like this which will help doctors like Ahmed get jobs in the
:16:07. > :16:09.NHS. As MPs prepare to vote
:16:10. > :16:14.on the Brexit bill, the SNP says the Prime Minister doesn't have
:16:15. > :16:16.UK-wide backing to He kicked Scotland to
:16:17. > :16:24.victory against Ireland - is Greig Laidlaw the glue that holds
:16:25. > :16:31.the team together? Hundreds of people have been queuing
:16:32. > :16:34.for a rare glimpse of the last letter Mary Queen of Scots wrote
:16:35. > :16:39.on the day she was executed. As Morag Kinniburgh reports
:16:40. > :16:41.the National Library of Scotland says it's so precious it can only go
:16:42. > :16:54.on show for the day. Queueing up to see one of the most
:16:55. > :16:59.powerful and precious papers in Scotland, on show for one day only.
:17:00. > :17:05.It is 430 years today since Mary Queen of Scots was beheaded. It
:17:06. > :17:09.shows the Queen probably at the most stressful time of her life, she was
:17:10. > :17:13.to be executed at eight o'clock in the morning and was only told of it
:17:14. > :17:17.the night before. So with what little time she had left she tried
:17:18. > :17:22.to make the most of that time and she prepared herself and rode one
:17:23. > :17:31.last letter to her brother-in-law the King of France. -- wrote. If you
:17:32. > :17:34.listen to my doctor and other unfortunate servings you will learn
:17:35. > :17:40.the truth and how thanks to God I score and death and meet it innocent
:17:41. > :17:46.of any crime. The Queen is angry at being branded a criminal, killed for
:17:47. > :17:51.being Catholic. Demand to see the letter has been so high that the
:17:52. > :17:55.library has extended its opening hours. But why queue up for so long
:17:56. > :17:59.when you consider it in many other formats? Because it is the real
:18:00. > :18:03.thing and you imagine this lady, Mary Queen of Scots, actually
:18:04. > :18:06.touched it and wrote it. We're just honoured to have that here in
:18:07. > :18:11.Scotland and the fact is that we can see it in the flash and it is so
:18:12. > :18:14.rare to be able to do that, you would be silly not to. I know you
:18:15. > :18:19.can do all kinds of things on a computer screen but really it is not
:18:20. > :18:24.the same as actually seeing it. This letter has special security status
:18:25. > :18:26.and returns to the safe tonight. No one will say when it will be shown
:18:27. > :18:29.in public again. A look at other stories
:18:30. > :18:32.from across the country... Police in Kilmarnock say they're
:18:33. > :18:38.becoming increasingly concerned for the safety of a 58 year old man
:18:39. > :18:41.who hasn't been seen Alan Galbraith went missing
:18:42. > :18:45.after he and his wife spent the evening at a friend's house
:18:46. > :18:48.in the Dundonald Road area. The M74 has fully reopened
:18:49. > :18:50.after an early morning lorry crash forced the northbound carriageway
:18:51. > :18:54.to be closed. The vehicle overturned
:18:55. > :18:57.north of Lockerbie. There was heavy congestion
:18:58. > :18:59.on the approach to the accident It's understood that
:19:00. > :19:05.the recovery of a lorry carrying part of a wind turbine
:19:06. > :19:08.tower which crashed in Dumfries and Galloway earlier in the week
:19:09. > :19:13.won't be completed until Friday. The abnormal load was part
:19:14. > :19:16.of a convoy travelling under escort to the Brockloch Windfarm
:19:17. > :19:19.site near Cars-phairn. The vehicle overturned on the road
:19:20. > :19:22.between Parton and New Galloway A new picture shows how the M8
:19:23. > :19:28.in the centre of Glasgow could look if it was covered
:19:29. > :19:31.by a rooftop garden. Plans for a "cap" over the motorway
:19:32. > :19:34.near the Mitchell Library Glasgow City Council
:19:35. > :19:38.said feasibility work The proposal is part of a plan that
:19:39. > :19:43.aims to reconnect the city A facial reconstruction has been
:19:44. > :19:49.made of Orkney's St Magnus to help mark the 900th anniversary
:19:50. > :19:53.of his death. Forensic artist Hew Morrison's
:19:54. > :19:56.research included studies of photographs taken in the 1920s
:19:57. > :19:59.of what is said to be the skull Apple's chief executive
:20:00. > :20:07.surprised staff by dropping into the Glasgow
:20:08. > :20:11.store this afternoon. Tim Cook is in the city
:20:12. > :20:14.to collect an honorary degree Before leaving, he was presented
:20:15. > :20:18.with two gifts - a tartan scarf He's the man who kept his head
:20:19. > :20:26.to make sure Scotland recorded their first opening match
:20:27. > :20:29.win in the Six Nations He's also the national captain -
:20:30. > :20:33.and according to one of his predecessors the most
:20:34. > :20:37.important member of the team. He's Greg Laidlaw and he's been
:20:38. > :20:39.speaking about how to keep calm under pressure -
:20:40. > :20:57.and his dislike of mobile phones. It is easy to look relaxed before a
:20:58. > :21:00.media conference but what about when 68,000 spectators and millions of TV
:21:01. > :21:05.viewers have their eyes fixed on you? And you have one shot to make
:21:06. > :21:10.sure of your first opening-day win in the Six Nations as Scotland
:21:11. > :21:16.captain. I have always enjoyed kicking and that helps. I'm not
:21:17. > :21:20.going to lie, I do not think anyone really likes it when a game is tight
:21:21. > :21:26.going to lie, I do not think anyone especially. It has been mentally
:21:27. > :21:31.tough and if you can hold your technique under pressure it is good.
:21:32. > :21:36.It was not always so, in the past Laidlaw admitted being too emotional
:21:37. > :21:41.at times. He consulted a sports psychologist for the World Cup in
:21:42. > :21:45.2015. Now according to one of his predecessors he is the main man in
:21:46. > :21:52.the team. In a team full of stars like Stuart Hogg, Greig Laidlaw in
:21:53. > :21:54.many ways is the glue holding the team together because of his
:21:55. > :22:01.leadership, his goal-kicking and the fact that he is the go to man in a
:22:02. > :22:07.tactical sense for Vern Cotter. His next challenge is to lead Scotland
:22:08. > :22:11.to win against France in Paris on Sunday. If we can stay in the game
:22:12. > :22:16.and play in the right areas for the first 20 minutes, if we can do that
:22:17. > :22:23.hopefully we will put them under pressure and upset the crowd a bit.
:22:24. > :22:28.You have been caricatured as a Braveheart figure in social media.
:22:29. > :22:33.What did you think of that question what I had not seen any of that to
:22:34. > :22:38.be honest with you. I try to steer clear as much as I can. The world is
:22:39. > :22:43.getting obsessed with mobile phones but I like talking to people. Isn't
:22:44. > :22:45.that a mobile phone? He's probably just looking for that Braveheart
:22:46. > :22:48.thing on social media. Now have you ever been accosted
:22:49. > :22:51.by a seagull while eating a snack Well the problem has become so bad
:22:52. > :22:56.that it's been the subject MPs heard that Largs
:22:57. > :23:00.in North Ayrshire is one town that's been badly affected
:23:01. > :23:02.by the marauding birds. Our reporter Huw Williams has been
:23:03. > :23:18.to find out how people They are definitely getting bolder.
:23:19. > :23:24.Remember this bird in Aberdeen? Get out of my shop! Or this? Now a
:23:25. > :23:27.debate at Westminster has heard MPs tell about the goals the size of
:23:28. > :23:31.dogs and that you cannot eat anything on the seafront earing
:23:32. > :23:37.Largs without risking life and limb from the beak of a vicious seagull.
:23:38. > :23:42.My own granddaughter was about 18-month-old and I was pushing her
:23:43. > :23:48.in the pram and a seagull swooped down and took a chip from her hand.
:23:49. > :23:52.It just shows you that they're so daring, if you're carrying food they
:23:53. > :23:57.will come in. Local people know this and they're careful. Unfortunately
:23:58. > :24:01.it is when visitors come to the town, they mean well when feeding
:24:02. > :24:04.the birds but it causes a problem. They're trying to get the message
:24:05. > :24:09.across in Largs but almost everyone here seems to have their own story
:24:10. > :24:13.of a close encounter with a seagull. We were sitting over there eating
:24:14. > :24:20.ice cream and a lady was eating chips and the seagulls came down and
:24:21. > :24:24.ate her chips. Out of her hand. I came down in the summer to have
:24:25. > :24:29.chips with my friends and the seagulls would attack you, hundreds
:24:30. > :24:33.of them everywhere. I had bad knees down here walking with a hot dog in
:24:34. > :24:38.your hand and the seagull swiped it from her hand. I was eating fish and
:24:39. > :24:48.chips and the seagull grabbed the fish. Personally I love seagull.
:24:49. > :24:56.Perhaps we should not blame the birds. The reason people find them
:24:57. > :24:59.irritating is that we are seeing them as a mirror of society being so
:25:00. > :25:04.wasteful. The issues to deal with the waste that we leave lying
:25:05. > :25:07.around, putting rubbish bins in place and dealing with the rubbish
:25:08. > :25:12.will be in towns and cities. A whole range of solutions are now under
:25:13. > :25:13.consideration from seagull proof smart bins to contraceptives for
:25:14. > :25:17.seagull. To the weather now and it's
:25:18. > :25:26.over to Christopher. Good evening. There was some
:25:27. > :25:31.sunshine around today towards western part of the country and some
:25:32. > :25:37.blue skies. Tonight it is cold and frosty under those clear skies.
:25:38. > :25:41.Still a number of showers across eastern areas, rain or sleet and
:25:42. > :25:47.perhaps some snow on elevated ground. Some icy patches as a result
:25:48. > :25:55.but for many it is a dry, cold and frosty night. Milder around the
:25:56. > :26:03.coast where the breezes stronger. As low as -4 in sheltered parts. So
:26:04. > :26:07.cold tomorrow but sunny for most. Further east some showers coming
:26:08. > :26:10.from the North Sea but even here some brighter moments. As we had
:26:11. > :26:15.through the afternoon the cloud built across the West and south-west
:26:16. > :26:19.after those sunny skies in the morning, a little bit grey by the
:26:20. > :26:23.afternoon and quite chilly at three or 4 degrees at best. Adding on Marc
:26:24. > :26:26.Breeze around the eastern coasts it will feel quite raw and again those
:26:27. > :26:32.showers affecting parts of the north-east. To the North west of the
:26:33. > :26:36.great Glen, that is where the prolonged sunshine will be. But
:26:37. > :26:39.still quite breezy around the west coast at times and a scattering of
:26:40. > :26:43.showers for the Northern Isles. The rest of the afternoon and overnight,
:26:44. > :26:50.showers still with us across eastern parts. Further west it is clear and
:26:51. > :26:56.cold. And overnight into Friday the easterly theme continues, a bit of a
:26:57. > :27:01.split for the end of the week with eastern areas seeing a number of
:27:02. > :27:07.showers, a game at times but further by -- bright and cold with some
:27:08. > :27:13.sunshine. At the weekend it will be quite a cold start, wintry showers
:27:14. > :27:18.across eastern parts, Sun in the West but the weather front to the
:27:19. > :27:21.north-west, keep a close eye on that because it could edging towards the
:27:22. > :27:23.Highland and Islands bringing some snow.
:27:24. > :27:25.Now, a reminder of tonight's main news.
:27:26. > :27:27.MPs will vote later on whether to give the Prime
:27:28. > :27:29.minister the authority to begin the formal process
:27:30. > :27:40.I'll be back with the late bulletin just after the ten o'clock news.
:27:41. > :27:43.Until then, from everyone on the team - right
:27:44. > :27:44.across the country - have a very good evening.