:00:00. > :00:00.And on BBC One, we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.
:00:00. > :00:07.Tonight, on Reporting Scotland: The wall collapse which led
:00:08. > :00:10.to the closure of 17 Edinburgh schools - A report says
:00:11. > :00:26.Somebody should be held culpable for this. That could have been a kid. In
:00:27. > :00:28.fact the could have been a whole class full of kids.
:00:29. > :00:30.The inquiry blames a lack of checks and says problems
:00:31. > :00:34.Also on the programme, Four more councils agree to put up
:00:35. > :00:37.the basic rate of council tax as the freeze ends.
:00:38. > :00:39.22 schoolchildren are taken to hospital after the bus
:00:40. > :00:43.The unpaid work done by offenders - the government says it benefits
:00:44. > :00:44.local communities and keeps reconviction rates down.
:00:45. > :00:47.And a former Rangers captain says manager Mark Warburton hasn't
:00:48. > :01:12.been given the financial backing he deserves.
:01:13. > :01:16.An independent report into safety failures that forced the closure
:01:17. > :01:21.of 17 Edinburgh schools has blamed the council and the
:01:22. > :01:23.partnership which managed the building contracts.
:01:24. > :01:27.It began with the collapse of a wall at Oxgangs Primary School in January
:01:28. > :01:30.last year which the report says could have killed pupils.
:01:31. > :01:32.That led to safety checks and the closure of the schools,
:01:33. > :01:34.which caused major disruption for 8,000 schoolchildren.
:01:35. > :01:39.Today's report found there had been a lack of proper scrutiny
:01:40. > :01:41.of the construction work and warned that the problems may
:01:42. > :01:44.Our reporter Cameron Buttle is at Oxgangs school tonight.
:01:45. > :02:02.It was the day storm Gertrude/ silly-macro/ and it was only a
:02:03. > :02:11.matter of timing and look that no one was injured. It collapsed
:02:12. > :02:16.because of these, wall ties. They are used to connect the inner wall
:02:17. > :02:19.to the outer wall. According to this report, they weren't fitted properly
:02:20. > :02:23.here at the school and that many others.
:02:24. > :02:30.This is where the children sheltered on a windy day at playtime. This is
:02:31. > :02:33.where nine tonnes of rubble fell, hundreds of bricks peeling from the
:02:34. > :02:38.wall and crashing to the ground. Luckily it happened just before the
:02:39. > :02:42.school gates open. Parents are still angry. It's ridiculous. The fact
:02:43. > :02:46.they can build a school that holds 500 children and not check it out
:02:47. > :02:51.and not have anybody independently check it out, it is a complete and
:02:52. > :02:59.utter farce. I got a phone call to say your son's not here, he's not at
:03:00. > :03:03.school. Somebody needs to be held culpable for this. That could have
:03:04. > :03:10.been a kid, in fact it could have been a whole class full of kids.
:03:11. > :03:14.This sparked an urgent inspection of schools built under the same scheme.
:03:15. > :03:19.There are 17 of them and all found to be faulty and all were shut down
:03:20. > :03:23.causing massive disruption. The main findings are that the 17 schools
:03:24. > :03:27.affected were badly built. There was a lack of supervision that would
:03:28. > :03:31.have picked up bad practices. And the problems were not bound to the
:03:32. > :03:35.use of public, private partnerships to finance the projects. The problem
:03:36. > :03:39.was with wall ties, metal fixings that strengthened the inner and
:03:40. > :03:44.outer walls. The BBC Scotland investigation revealed the problem
:03:45. > :03:49.was not confined to Edinburgh. These pictures show faulty fixings in East
:03:50. > :03:52.Renfrewshire. The fact there were different contractors and
:03:53. > :03:57.subcontractors and the same faults turned up at other schools in
:03:58. > :04:01.Scotland, where we found five wall collapse in the last four years. It
:04:02. > :04:09.says this is something which isn't just here in Edinburgh. It is going
:04:10. > :04:13.to be down to a number of agencies across the UK and the construction
:04:14. > :04:17.agency itself to look at whether the quality assurance of those buildings
:04:18. > :04:21.is good enough. The closures caused massive disruption across the city,
:04:22. > :04:28.more than 8000 children affected and their families. The report praises
:04:29. > :04:33.the Council for their response to getting pupils to class and says
:04:34. > :04:38.learning did not suffer. But for one family, they still lack confidence
:04:39. > :04:42.in the building. I still don't stand next to the wall now. I know they
:04:43. > :04:47.have fixed it and I have seen them physically drill holes into every
:04:48. > :04:50.bit, but it does put you off standing too close. It is a lot
:04:51. > :04:57.quieter in that part of the trade ground. The Scottish Government says
:04:58. > :04:58.it is writing to all local authorities across Scotland,
:04:59. > :05:02.highlighting the report's recommendations.
:05:03. > :05:08.Tonight there is a sense this report has not answered all the questions
:05:09. > :05:13.asked. There is no finger-pointing at any one individual, organisation
:05:14. > :05:18.or company. All the construction firms have either merged or change
:05:19. > :05:22.management. As for the Edinburgh schools partnership, managers of
:05:23. > :05:27.this schools, it says it is still studying the report. Thank you.
:05:28. > :05:29.Four more councils have agreed to put up the basic rate
:05:30. > :05:33.The average bill will rise by ?3 or ?4 a month,
:05:34. > :05:35.while around a quarter of people will face more significant rises
:05:36. > :05:37.because of national changes to the way their council
:05:38. > :05:41.Edinburgh Council today became the first big
:05:42. > :05:44.But as our local government correspondent Jamie McIvor reports,
:05:45. > :05:58.councils are still under huge financial pressure.
:05:59. > :06:14.Council budget day is a day of tradition. Inside council chambers
:06:15. > :06:17.and outside. For years, councils have faced tough spending decisions,
:06:18. > :06:22.but this year there is a difference. Councils across Scotland can put up
:06:23. > :06:29.the basic rate of council tax by 3%. But it won't mean the end of cuts
:06:30. > :06:33.and savings. Many councils are proposing new headline grabbing cuts
:06:34. > :06:40.this year. Protesters say one big issue is about what some call
:06:41. > :06:44.cutting by stealth. Councils feel overstretched. In Edinburgh, 1400
:06:45. > :06:49.members of staff have gone this year. It increases the workload of
:06:50. > :06:55.other people. People can provide the service they want to provide. They
:06:56. > :07:01.cannot get out to meet the people. Typically, the council tax makes up
:07:02. > :07:06.only 15p of every pound council spends. Some council leaders want
:07:07. > :07:10.new powers to find other ways to raise cash, their independence --
:07:11. > :07:16.dependence on the Scottish Parliament. I would raise tax
:07:17. > :07:21.tomorrow if I had the power to do so. I would place a parking levy
:07:22. > :07:25.tomorrow, but I don't have those powers. Edinburgh Council is one of
:07:26. > :07:29.five councils to have agreed to put a basic council tax by 3%.
:07:30. > :07:36.Aberdeenshire opted for a smaller rise. Typically, an average bill
:07:37. > :07:42.will go up by three and ?4 a month, but around a quarter face bigger
:07:43. > :07:48.rises. The bills in band E, F, G and H are rising because of changes to
:07:49. > :07:54.the system. This man's annual bill will come to almost ?1600. I have
:07:55. > :07:59.spoken to my neighbours and most of us have said we are prepared to pay
:08:00. > :08:03.a bit more if it will be held locally and local decisions are made
:08:04. > :08:13.on how to spend the money. Others face even bigger rises and some will
:08:14. > :08:15.be less sympathetic than this man. All councils should reach decisions
:08:16. > :08:16.in the council tax within the next three weeks.
:08:17. > :08:18.And Jamie joins us now from outside Edinburgh Council.
:08:19. > :08:20.Jamie, can we assume that all councils will raise
:08:21. > :08:32.In short, no we cannot. At Edinburgh Council, there is no doubt how the
:08:33. > :08:36.decision would go today, but two councils had indicated their plan
:08:37. > :08:40.was to try to maintain the freeze on basic bills. That is South
:08:41. > :08:44.Lanarkshire and Inverclyde Council. They are both Labour run councils
:08:45. > :08:49.and would say it is an interesting move by them. These councils would
:08:50. > :08:51.argue they are trying their best to help family budgets, but leave
:08:52. > :08:55.themselves open to criticism by help family budgets, but leave
:08:56. > :08:58.campaigners that by not raising the council tax or not doing all that is
:08:59. > :09:04.within their power to at least try to mitigate the impact of cuts, the
:09:05. > :09:08.Scottish Government would no doubt argue a council that doesn't raise
:09:09. > :09:12.council tax, can hardly complain how much government funding they are
:09:13. > :09:14.getting. But there are a few of the councils to make
:09:15. > :09:17.getting. But there are a few of the public. Thank you, Jamie.
:09:18. > :09:20.The First Minister has faced claims that her Government has let down
:09:21. > :09:23.The Holyrood row followed analysis from a think tank
:09:24. > :09:25.which suggests that bright pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
:09:26. > :09:27.in Scotland lag well behind their more affluent classmates.
:09:28. > :09:29.The Sutton Trust also suggested that Scotland's brightest
:09:30. > :09:32.pupils are performing below international standards.
:09:33. > :09:34.The First Minister insisted action was already well under way
:09:35. > :09:47.Here's our Political Editor Brian Taylor.
:09:48. > :09:55.If these warnings about Scotland's schools sound familiar, they are.
:09:56. > :09:57.The Sutton Trust the data from an international survey and matched
:09:58. > :10:02.pupil performance of background. They found bright children from poor
:10:03. > :10:06.households are more than two and a half years behind their wealthier
:10:07. > :10:11.classmates by the age of 15. In England, the gap in attainment link
:10:12. > :10:16.to wealth is even greater, but this report highlights a distinctive
:10:17. > :10:19.Scottish problem. Unlike in England, Scotland's brightest pupils score
:10:20. > :10:24.below the average for developed countries. The trust found no area
:10:25. > :10:27.in which the brightest 15-year-olds in Scotland really excel and they
:10:28. > :10:33.noticed a pronounced and sustained decline in science over a decade. A
:10:34. > :10:39.decade of cause, of the SNP in power at Holyrood. It is a generation of
:10:40. > :10:42.Scottish people that are being left behind in the race for
:10:43. > :10:48.qualifications and future jobs. Scotland used to lead the world in
:10:49. > :10:52.education. White under this SNP government, are we always playing
:10:53. > :10:55.catch-up? Time and time again I have come here and argued the SNP are
:10:56. > :11:01.leaving the poorest children behind. This report shows they are holding
:11:02. > :11:05.the brightest children back. A sombre Education Secretary by her
:11:06. > :11:10.side, the First Minister noted the basic figures were already two years
:11:11. > :11:16.old. But, no excuses, action was needed and was already in progress.
:11:17. > :11:20.We have embarked upon a programme of reforms in education are underpinned
:11:21. > :11:25.by substantial additional funding, going straight into the hands of
:11:26. > :11:28.head teachers. Our headteachers across this country, last week got
:11:29. > :11:32.told of the substantial additional funding that they will have at their
:11:33. > :11:36.direct disposal, to invest in additional teachers or the things
:11:37. > :11:43.they think will help raise attainment. The First Minister said
:11:44. > :11:46.again, education was her top priority and, like a political exam
:11:47. > :11:50.candidate, she was ready to be judged by results.
:11:51. > :11:52.Crews searching for missing kayaker Dominic Jackson
:11:53. > :11:56.The 35 year-old was reported overdue on Sunday night
:11:57. > :11:58.after leaving for a weekend trip from Portsoy in Aberdeenshire.
:11:59. > :12:01.His kayak was located four days ago near Lybster in Caithness.
:12:02. > :12:04.The body, which has yet to be formally identified,
:12:05. > :12:13.Typhoon aircraft from RAF Lossiemouth in Moray and RAF
:12:14. > :12:15.Coningsby in Lincolnshire have been scrambled to monitor two
:12:16. > :12:20.The Russian aircraft were said to have flown an arc around the top
:12:21. > :12:22.of Scotland from a north east direction before passing
:12:23. > :12:34.The Ministry of Defence said they were not in UK air space.
:12:35. > :12:37.they were travelling in overturned and crashed down an embankment
:12:38. > :12:42.It happened as the bus arrived at Our Lady's High School shortly
:12:43. > :12:47.Although there were no serious injuries, a major incident
:12:48. > :12:49.was declared with ambulance, police and fire appliances
:12:50. > :13:06.The scene outside the school in Cumbernauld this morning. At 8:45am
:13:07. > :13:12.a single deck of bus plunge down this ditch. The bus rolled over onto
:13:13. > :13:15.its side. One people, who got out, said the driver helped his
:13:16. > :13:21.passengers to escape. It was witnessed by this woman. I literally
:13:22. > :13:30.saw the Boscombe down the hill and the wheel hit the curb and I don't
:13:31. > :13:34.know if it exploded, but there was fire coming out of it. I just saw it
:13:35. > :13:40.literally flip right over. A major incident was declared with 20
:13:41. > :13:45.ambulances going to the scene as well as three fire appliances. The
:13:46. > :13:48.bus was on its side and the escape hatches on the roof had been popped
:13:49. > :13:54.out and we lead the kids out through those openings. A lot of the kids
:13:55. > :14:01.were pretty upset. My friends and colleagues who saw it happening,
:14:02. > :14:08.they, it was a difficult scene for those. Most pupils were taken into
:14:09. > :14:12.the school hall to recover. Later, 22 were taken to hospital.
:14:13. > :14:22.116-year-old girl is being treated for nonserious injuries and the rest
:14:23. > :14:25.are under investigation. In North Lanarkshire we take the safety of
:14:26. > :14:31.our young people very seriously. Parents on a daily basis give their
:14:32. > :14:36.most valuable possessions, their children. It is important we
:14:37. > :14:39.investigate this matter fully. The vehicle was eventually pulled out
:14:40. > :14:44.from the ditch. It will now be examined. The bus company confirmed
:14:45. > :14:49.their driver is recovering. More than 1.2 million hours
:14:50. > :14:52.of unpaid work was carried out by offenders in Scotland in the year
:14:53. > :14:55.to the end of last March. The government maintains the scheme
:14:56. > :14:58.benefits local communities and keeps Our Home Affairs Correspondent,
:14:59. > :15:16.Reevel Alderson reports. Paying back to society. Offenders
:15:17. > :15:21.who have received community payback orders alternative to prison
:15:22. > :15:25.sentences deliver donations to a foodbank. Fraser Johnston was
:15:26. > :15:30.sentenced to 240 hours unpaid work for wasting police time. He avoided
:15:31. > :15:35.jail, but said it is not a soft option. It gives me a bit of
:15:36. > :15:41.structure in my life. Before I had community service, I didn't do much.
:15:42. > :15:46.We have been painting fences and sometimes you out in the cold and
:15:47. > :15:50.the rain and stuff. I don't think it is a soft sentence because it is
:15:51. > :15:54.hard work. The foodbank says it couldn't operate without these
:15:55. > :16:00.offenders and there is an additional benefit. The young men and women who
:16:01. > :16:04.are doing unpaid work, get to see the community in action. They get to
:16:05. > :16:10.see what can be achieved with a working partnership. They feel their
:16:11. > :16:13.contribution is valued. They see they are actually making a
:16:14. > :16:19.difference to the communities they live in. Breaking the cycle of
:16:20. > :16:22.reoffending, here in Bellshill, offenders are refurbishing bikes to
:16:23. > :16:25.be given to local schools and refugee families. The Scottish
:16:26. > :16:30.Government says work like this is more effective at addressing the
:16:31. > :16:37.reasons why offenders have got into trouble. Reconviction rates are at a
:16:38. > :16:41.17 year low. It has come about as a result of community payback orders,
:16:42. > :16:46.because it helps break the cycle of offenders going on to reoffend in
:16:47. > :16:51.the future. It helps to create safer communities. Payback orders can
:16:52. > :16:55.include help for offenders to deal with addictions or violent
:16:56. > :16:59.behaviour. The cottage government gave ?4 million extra last year to
:17:00. > :17:00.support community sentences and says it will continue in the draft
:17:01. > :17:03.budget. You're watching
:17:04. > :17:07.BBC Reporting Scotland. A report into the wall collapse
:17:08. > :17:12.which led to the closure of 17 Edinburgh schools
:17:13. > :17:14.says pupils could have died. A former Rangers captain
:17:15. > :17:17.says manager Mark Warburton hasn't been given
:17:18. > :17:25.the financial backing he deserves. The family of a man
:17:26. > :17:29.from the Highlands who died in mysterious circumstances
:17:30. > :17:33.20 years ago today say they hope a review of the case will
:17:34. > :17:37.lead police to his killer. 24 year-old Kevin Mcleod
:17:38. > :17:39.was found dead in Wick harbour, and an initial police investigation
:17:40. > :17:44.concluded it was an accident. But his family maintain
:17:45. > :17:47.he was murdered and that police covered up the truth.
:17:48. > :17:59.Craig Anderson reports. 24-year-old Kevin Mcleod died after
:18:00. > :18:03.a night out with his pals, his body found in the harbour. Police from
:18:04. > :18:07.the Ven Northern Constabulary concluded that Kevin had stumbled
:18:08. > :18:11.over an ornamental pollard at the harbour-side and his death was an
:18:12. > :18:16.accident. His family have always insisted otherwise.
:18:17. > :18:23.Kevin did not fall on that ornamental street pollard. No way.
:18:24. > :18:32.It's a ludicrous excuse. Kevin was kicked in, kicked to death, and I
:18:33. > :18:36.believe he was put in the water. A pathologist report showed the
:18:37. > :18:41.young man had suffered serious internal injuries, consistent with a
:18:42. > :18:46.beating before entering the water. Police were told to treat his death
:18:47. > :18:51.as potential murder. They didn't. Everything from day one was covered
:18:52. > :19:01.up, really. No proper investigation is done. No enquiries. Didn't
:19:02. > :19:08.protect us. They didn't do anything. Everything in their procedures was
:19:09. > :19:13.done wrong. A series of free investigations have
:19:14. > :19:15.raised more questions than answers. But now the Chief Constable of
:19:16. > :19:20.police Scotland has ordered another review.
:19:21. > :19:25.Let's make no mistake, the family have been through hell in the last
:19:26. > :19:28.20 years. We are at the stage now that the reassessment of the
:19:29. > :19:34.circumstances is very welcome, whether or not it will throw up any
:19:35. > :19:38.new evidence or reason for the investigation, it still remains to
:19:39. > :19:44.be seen. Police Scotland declined to be interviewed about the case this
:19:45. > :19:47.week, but insisted it was not a reinvestigation, but an assessment
:19:48. > :19:53.of the information surrounding Kevin Mcleod's death. That distinction may
:19:54. > :19:57.be lost on many of us, but for Kevin Mcleod's family, it may lead to some
:19:58. > :19:59.hope of what they see as justice for Kevin.
:20:00. > :20:03.A look at other stories from across the country.
:20:04. > :20:06.A 55 year-old woman who died after a house fire in Aberdeenshire
:20:07. > :20:12.Elmore Mitchell died after the fire in Kindrochit Drive in Braemar
:20:13. > :20:16.Police Scotland said inquiries were ongoing,
:20:17. > :20:22.but there did not appear to be any suspicious circumstances.
:20:23. > :20:24.Patients may have to wait longer for treatment by a health board
:20:25. > :20:27.which has been bailed out by the Scottish Government
:20:28. > :20:31.NHS Tayside is considering increasing its waiting times
:20:32. > :20:38.NHS Scotland chief executive Paul Gray told MSPs
:20:39. > :20:41.on the Public Audit Committee that it was one of the options
:20:42. > :20:45.the health board had discussed to improve its financial situation.
:20:46. > :20:47.The Scottish Prison Service says it's identified a site
:20:48. > :20:54.There were protests over initial plans to build the replacement
:20:55. > :20:56.for the city's ageing Victorian jail close to a growing
:20:57. > :21:04.The SPS will now apply for planning permission to site HMP Highland
:21:05. > :21:07.between an out of town retail park and a college campus.
:21:08. > :21:10.An international design competition has been launched to replace
:21:11. > :21:15.The venue, in the city's Princes Street Gardens,
:21:16. > :21:17.was developed in 1935 and has a capacity of 2,400.
:21:18. > :21:20.Architects are being asked to submit plans for a replacement pavilion,
:21:21. > :21:28.Once a winning design is chosen, its hoped that building work
:21:29. > :21:37.The former Rangers captain Barry Ferguson says the club's
:21:38. > :21:39.manager Mark Warburton hasn't been given the financial
:21:40. > :21:45.Warburton's side face Morton in the Scottish Cup this weekend
:21:46. > :21:48.but it's faltering league form that has led to some fans asking
:21:49. > :21:52.questions about his future. But is the criticism justified?
:21:53. > :22:06.He's the man Rangers fans once lauded for turning their team's
:22:07. > :22:11.fortunes around. But with one win in the last five league matches, the
:22:12. > :22:15.pressure is mounting ahead of Sunday's game against Morton. Should
:22:16. > :22:19.it be? Celtic are way out in front, but given their financial muscle,
:22:20. > :22:23.they were always likely to be. Second place was always the target,
:22:24. > :22:28.and is still very much insight. Rangers also remain in the Scottish
:22:29. > :22:32.cup. But it is a dip in form, and questionable signings that have seen
:22:33. > :22:38.eyebrows raised. So to some examples, striker Joe Garner was
:22:39. > :22:43.bought for ?1.8 million. He has been a bit part player and has scored
:22:44. > :22:46.three times. Joey Barton was a marquee signing, but played eight
:22:47. > :22:52.times, and left after a training ground bust up. Then Matt Crookes,
:22:53. > :22:56.he signed a four-year deal, played three times, and was sent out on
:22:57. > :23:03.loan. But have the board backed him with enough cash?
:23:04. > :23:07.I look at it and think, he has not been back. He would have wanted to
:23:08. > :23:11.strengthen more. To finish second, then see what happens in the summer,
:23:12. > :23:18.hopefully get a bit back from the boards to spend some money.
:23:19. > :23:28.A good ball in, it is walk! The argument is, he should have
:23:29. > :23:30.spent enough to avoid losses. Rangers are just behind second-place
:23:31. > :23:35.Aberdeen. Roughly where they should be?
:23:36. > :23:38.I think it will be tied between them and Aberdeen for the rest of the
:23:39. > :23:42.campaign. It could go either way. Rangers are not going to be
:23:43. > :23:46.convincingly second. It is worth remembering that Aberdeen have not
:23:47. > :23:51.had an outstanding season by their measure in the league.
:23:52. > :23:54.That will matter little to how Mark Warburton's success is measured. He
:23:55. > :23:59.says the random nature of football has worked against him. Not enough
:24:00. > :24:00.backing or not enough wins? Either way, victory at the weekend feels
:24:01. > :24:04.vital. Timeline is on BBC Two
:24:05. > :24:06.tonight at 7.30pm. Here's Shereen and Glenn
:24:07. > :24:13.with the details. Andy Murray has announced he is
:24:14. > :24:17.bringing Roger Federer to Glasgow. We have the world number one on the
:24:18. > :24:22.programme. We speak to a woman horribly
:24:23. > :24:23.disfigured by a dog attack. We ask why Scotland still has no
:24:24. > :24:28.film studio. As Shereen said, more
:24:29. > :24:31.on Andy Murray later, but when he announced that
:24:32. > :24:33.Roger Federer was coming to Glasgow this was the unusual advice he had
:24:34. > :24:45.for the Swiss tennis legend. Don't try the fried Mars bars... I
:24:46. > :24:50.tried one of them for the first time last year, it was horrific. Stay
:24:51. > :24:52.away from that. You are not going to teach him how
:24:53. > :25:02.to put a job on? to put a job on?
:25:03. > :25:06.-- a kilt on. It was quite good, it was funny.
:25:07. > :25:07.Are you going to put lederhosen on for him?
:25:08. > :25:22.Some sunshine today, a beautiful shot from a weather watcher in the
:25:23. > :25:25.north-west. For many, a cloudy and grey day. More cloud than we
:25:26. > :25:29.north-west. For many, a cloudy and forecast. Tonight, cold and frosty.
:25:30. > :25:31.Dry for most, but the showers with us a cross eastern Scotland from the
:25:32. > :25:37.Dry for most, but the showers with Borders up to Shetland.
:25:38. > :25:40.Accumulations of snow in places, particularly Shetland,
:25:41. > :25:48.Aberdeenshire, and the borders. For many, a dry and cold night. In town,
:25:49. > :25:52.temperatures freezing. In the countryside, well below. Showers
:25:53. > :25:56.affect eastern parts, slippery in the morning in places, but for many,
:25:57. > :26:01.a dry and bright morning. More sunshine than we saw today. Crisp as
:26:02. > :26:07.we head through to the afternoon. But it will be a cold afternoon, and
:26:08. > :26:14.certainly a inland areas, 3-4 at best. One or two spots struggling to
:26:15. > :26:20.reach anything above zero or 1 degrees. Eastern parts using,
:26:21. > :26:25.elsewhere largely dry. Once again, the best sunshine in the north-west.
:26:26. > :26:29.We have lost the wind around the west Coast and north-east coast, not
:26:30. > :26:34.as bitter here, but still cold. The rest of the afternoon, the evening
:26:35. > :26:42.and into the night, cold weather affecting the coastal fringes, but
:26:43. > :26:48.for many, it sharp frost. To the weekend, high pressure with us, so
:26:49. > :26:50.largely dry, but still the nagging easterly, North easterly, feeding
:26:51. > :26:56.showers from Angus towards the borders. Inland as far as South
:26:57. > :27:01.Lanarkshire, elsewhere dry and bright. In the central belt and
:27:02. > :27:07.South, Central winds quite bitter. For Sunday, dry and settled, the
:27:08. > :27:10.best of the sunshine in the west, East has more cloud, and once again,
:27:11. > :27:20.rather cold for all. That's the forecast for now.
:27:21. > :27:25.An independent report into closures closing schools has blamed the
:27:26. > :27:28.council and the partnership that managed the building contract. The
:27:29. > :27:30.report found a wall collapse could have killed pupils.
:27:31. > :27:35.I'll be back with the headlines at 8:00pm and the late bulletin just
:27:36. > :27:45.Until then, from everyone on the team, have a very good evening.