:00:00. > 3:59:59To the north of the country. -- especially to the north of the
:00:00. > :00:00.country. A three year old boy dies
:00:00. > :00:11.after being knocked down We look at the changing face
:00:12. > :00:18.of the jobs market as the latest figures show more people
:00:19. > :00:30.are looking for work. A lot of students have their own
:00:31. > :00:34.dream of doing their own thing, that seems to be a chef trait.
:00:35. > :00:36.Also on the programme, a Holyrood inquiry looks
:00:37. > :00:39.at whether the gap between men and women's pay is having
:00:40. > :00:48.Concern that plans for a big increase in the amount of forests
:00:49. > :00:56.And a major blow for Scotland's Six Nations campaign as captain
:00:57. > :01:10.Greig Laidlaw is ruled out for the rest of the tournament.
:01:11. > :01:13.A three-year-old boy has died after he was knocked down
:01:14. > :01:18.The incident happened yesterday in the village of Crossgates.
:01:19. > :01:31.This farm is about a mile north of the village Crossgates near
:01:32. > :01:34.Dunfermline, it was here yesterday evening that the three-year-old boy
:01:35. > :01:39.was knocked down by a vehicle on the farm. He has been named as Stuart
:01:40. > :01:43.Nelson. The emergency services were called just after five o'clock but
:01:44. > :01:49.they were not able to save him and he was reportedly to have died at
:01:50. > :01:53.the scene. This tragic event has affected people here and the local
:01:54. > :01:58.community council said the family are highly thought of and respected.
:01:59. > :02:04.The local minister said the news has shocked and stunned people. It is so
:02:05. > :02:08.sad. It is the parents who have the heartbreak. I would not like to lose
:02:09. > :02:14.a son or daughter at that age. Tragic news. What happened at
:02:15. > :02:18.tea-time last night. It is one of the times that everyone is pulling
:02:19. > :02:24.together, sending condolences to the family. Police are now investigating
:02:25. > :02:27.the incident. The Health and Safety Executive said it is aware of the
:02:28. > :02:30.incident and is also making enquiries.
:02:31. > :02:37.The number of Scots seeking work in the final three months of last
:02:38. > :02:38.year was up by 6,000, to reach 135,000.
:02:39. > :02:41.That's while the number of people IN work was also up.
:02:42. > :02:43.And new figures show the productivity of Scottish
:02:44. > :02:49.Our business and economy editor, Douglas Fraser, joins us now.
:02:50. > :02:54.The monthly labour force survey shows unemployment slightly up
:02:55. > :02:56.in Scotland and slightly down across the UK as a whole.
:02:57. > :02:58.The jobless rate reached 4.9% - a notch
:02:59. > :03:04.Over the whole of last year, there was a drop in Scots
:03:05. > :03:12.But with economic inactivity rates rising, there was also a drop
:03:13. > :03:15.of the number in work, by 20,000, both those
:03:16. > :03:23.Compare that with the really striking story about the jobs market
:03:24. > :03:27.across the rest of the UK last year, with employment up by more
:03:28. > :03:31.than 300,000, and most of those going to women, working full-time.
:03:32. > :03:34.Now, one of the main changes underlying these numbers has been
:03:35. > :03:42.Even places where, as a customer, you might think workers are earning
:03:43. > :03:43.a wage, increasingly, they're running
:03:44. > :03:45.a small business, for which they need
:03:46. > :03:54.We are starting with a salmon which is like... You just want a job, a
:03:55. > :04:04.pay packet, but the modern jobs market is not that simple. Two soups
:04:05. > :04:08.and two chickens and two beef. In catering and hospitality at the city
:04:09. > :04:12.of Glasgow College the ability to run your own business affairs can be
:04:13. > :04:13.as important as kitchen skills. There is inspiration on hand
:04:14. > :04:18.as important as kitchen skills. Masterchef winner. There is a
:04:19. > :04:23.mixture of students, whether they go into self-employment or work for big
:04:24. > :04:26.companies, but many students have their own dream of having their own
:04:27. > :04:31.restaurant and it seems to be a kind of chef trait, they want to be doing
:04:32. > :04:35.their own thing. Next door this hair salon takes those with cutting
:04:36. > :04:42.skills and helps them build up their cutting edge business mouse. --
:04:43. > :04:48.cutting edge business intelligence. People have often done this of their
:04:49. > :04:54.own backs, but these business skills do not come naturally. It is about
:04:55. > :05:01.how to enter contract and how to run a column and how to manage your
:05:02. > :05:04.money and how to pay for your stock. Joanne Pinkerton has taken her hair
:05:05. > :05:07.cutting skills around the world but the trade winds have brought her
:05:08. > :05:12.back home to a different jobs market. What has changed, not just
:05:13. > :05:16.as simple as going into a salon at the end on a Saturday, you get a
:05:17. > :05:21.brown paper kit and that initial wage. What is happening now, when
:05:22. > :05:29.they have finished their training, they want to know, what am I allowed
:05:30. > :05:32.to do? What does this contract mean? So Joanne is renting a chair in this
:05:33. > :05:37.new College salon where the tips aren't just from customers but from
:05:38. > :05:40.In other figures out today, pay rose last year by 2.6%,
:05:41. > :05:50.And that's while prices are on the way up.
:05:51. > :05:52.The inflation figure rose this week to 1.8% -
:05:53. > :05:57.the gap between them represents the squeeze on real spending power.
:05:58. > :05:59.Scotland's retailers reflected on figures for January sales.
:06:00. > :06:02.After a merry Christmas at the tills, they said
:06:03. > :06:04.the start of this year looked 'dreich' to them.
:06:05. > :06:07.And signs of improvement in Scotland's productivity,
:06:08. > :06:09.nearly closing the gap with the UK as a whole.
:06:10. > :06:13.This measure of efficiency is vital to our economic well-being
:06:14. > :06:16.and rising living standards, and neither Scotland nor Britain has
:06:17. > :06:23.The data tells us that in 2015, business services, finance
:06:24. > :06:25.and construction have all been improving, but manufacturing?
:06:26. > :06:51.A man has been convicted of a murder in North Lanarkshire that happened
:06:52. > :06:54.James McGowan killed Owen Brannigan at a house in Coatbridge.
:06:55. > :06:56.He was also convicted of headbutting a man at this
:06:57. > :07:00.Later in the same evening he went on to a house
:07:01. > :07:03.where he found his former brother in law and attacked him repeatedly.
:07:04. > :07:06.McGowan admitted what he'd done during phone calls to a mental
:07:07. > :07:08.health helpline while he was living in Adelaide in southern Australia.
:07:09. > :07:11.He was extradidated to Scotland last year to face trial.
:07:12. > :07:15.He had returned to the house with his friend, Thomas Stewart, who is
:07:16. > :07:17.now deceased, as well. They had had a drink in the evening and were
:07:18. > :07:20.settled down to watch the football, when Owen fell asleep on the couch.
:07:21. > :07:23.James McGowan came in to the house and he was armed with a knife and he
:07:24. > :07:25.set about stabbing Owen repeatedly on the couch.
:07:26. > :07:29.Why do women still earn less money than men?
:07:30. > :07:32.That's the question MSPs are asking as an inquiry's launched into how
:07:33. > :07:37.Despite laws being introduced on equal pay almost 50 years ago -
:07:38. > :07:40.on average, full-time women workers in Scotland earn 6% less than men.
:07:41. > :07:50.Our political correspondent Andrew Kerr has more.
:07:51. > :07:58.1970, Glasgow, the year equal pay became law, a lot has changed, but
:07:59. > :08:05.maybe not that much. Going on current trends, research suggests
:08:06. > :08:14.the pay gap won't be eradicated until 2069. And equalising women's
:08:15. > :08:19.productivity could add almost ?600 billion to the UK economy.
:08:20. > :08:26.Campaigners explained why full-time women workers still earn 6% less
:08:27. > :08:28.than their male counterparts. It goes far beyond pay discrimination,
:08:29. > :08:33.there is still a stark segregation in the types of job that men and
:08:34. > :08:37.women do, with women more likely to be found in low paid undervalued
:08:38. > :08:41.jobs such as cleaning, care and retail and admin. Women still do the
:08:42. > :08:46.bulk of underpaid caring, and coupled with a lack of flexible
:08:47. > :08:51.working, that means women are less likely to be found in higher paid
:08:52. > :08:54.senior positions. So caring responsibilities could have a
:08:55. > :09:00.long-term scarring effect on pay, pension and promotion prospects.
:09:01. > :09:03.MSPs want to hear your views. How does this affect an impact the
:09:04. > :09:09.Scottish economy, could more be done and could it be beneficial? We want
:09:10. > :09:19.to look at this with an open mind and see what we come up with. If
:09:20. > :09:22.closing the Bay -- pay gap can help the economy, it stands to reason it
:09:23. > :09:28.can boost business. I've seen the positive intent and positive things
:09:29. > :09:38.that can help the economy, having women on board, if we have a more
:09:39. > :09:43.diverse workforce. For some the way ahead is complex but for others
:09:44. > :09:50.straightforward. We worked just as hard, most of the time even better.
:09:51. > :09:59.We just do it. It is not that hard. If you take tea breaks -- if you
:10:00. > :10:05.take breaks to have kids, you should not be penalised. It is not a
:10:06. > :10:08.straightforward question. It is a nightmare to work that one out
:10:09. > :10:16.because it has not been sorted out for, when was the gender equality
:10:17. > :10:19.act? 1970. We have a long way to go. Employers politicians and society as
:10:20. > :10:21.a whole now have to see how to make more progress after 50 years of
:10:22. > :10:27.trying. A special law to protect shopworkers
:10:28. > :10:30.faced with physical or verbal abuse from customers,
:10:31. > :10:31.is being called for by The organisation says its members
:10:32. > :10:35.are entitled to the same legal protection from the public as those
:10:36. > :10:48.in the emergency services. This attack happened in Glasgow last
:10:49. > :10:51.year. And for many shop workers, abuse, verbal and sometimes physical
:10:52. > :10:58.and even violent, is on the increase. You made the front page
:10:59. > :11:07.news. This man was attacked by a metal bar in his shop in Edinburgh
:11:08. > :11:14.and still has the scars. The stitches in these fingers, and
:11:15. > :11:17.stitches in here. They have cleaned up my face and this and that, but
:11:18. > :11:28.there was blood everywhere in the shop. Barbara who works in Fife has
:11:29. > :11:31.this advice for the don't stand up to them because you don't know, stay
:11:32. > :11:37.behind the till and do the thing you are meant to do, phone the police.
:11:38. > :11:40.In the last year there has been a 40% increase in violence and other
:11:41. > :11:47.forms of abuse against retail workers over the period before. In
:11:48. > :11:50.Scotland in a survey of 128 shops, 92% said they had experienced abuse
:11:51. > :11:57.either verbal or physical in the last year. With the owners of
:11:58. > :12:00.retailers to check the age and ID of people buying things like alcohol,
:12:01. > :12:05.there are fears they could be more at risk of abuse. And so there are
:12:06. > :12:14.calls for tougher laws to protect those behind the tills. We had a
:12:15. > :12:20.robbery last night. There is a law which protects Boadicea workers from
:12:21. > :12:23.violence, a specific category of us, and also in terms of impeding them,
:12:24. > :12:28.so you can't obstruct emergency workers. We want to extend that
:12:29. > :12:32.principle, we are saying if we are asking retailers to uphold the law,
:12:33. > :12:36.they need the protection of the law in terms of physically, from
:12:37. > :12:40.violence, but also just having the ability to disable I'm doing my duty
:12:41. > :12:46.and it is illegal to stop me from doing it. -- having the ability to
:12:47. > :12:47.say I'm doing my duty. Surely no one should feel unsafe in their
:12:48. > :12:51.workplace. A three year old boy dies
:12:52. > :12:55.after being knocked down Kilmarnock are looking
:12:56. > :13:05.for a new manager after Scotland will have to play
:13:06. > :13:10.the remainder of this season's Six Nations rugby championship
:13:11. > :13:12.without their captain, Greg Laidlaw will play no further
:13:13. > :13:17.part in the competition Our sports reporter David Currie
:13:18. > :13:24.joins us now from Murrayfield. Yes - after a promising
:13:25. > :13:35.start to the Six Nations with a heroic win against
:13:36. > :13:37.Ireland, and a narrow, bonus point defeat to France,
:13:38. > :13:39.Scotland will have to play their three remaining matches
:13:40. > :13:43.without their leader on the pitch. Ankle ligament damage ruling him out
:13:44. > :13:49.of two home games here against Wales and Italy, and sandwiched
:13:50. > :14:00.between them an away trip There's far more to a captain's
:14:01. > :14:06.rolled an organisation and motivating players -- captain 's
:14:07. > :14:10.role. Talking with royalty and other VIPs before matches will now be
:14:11. > :14:17.another man's responsibility for the rest of the Six Nations. Greg
:14:18. > :14:20.Laidlaw's absence will be felt. He has been hugely influential for a
:14:21. > :14:25.number of years, from just before the World Cup, really, and he will
:14:26. > :14:28.be missed. His goal-kicking will be a loss and his leadership in
:14:29. > :14:35.big-ticket and his game management. He is a hugely important figure. --
:14:36. > :14:41.leadership in particular. He is so important so it will be felt. Our
:14:42. > :14:45.chances have to go down. His leadership powers and his kicking
:14:46. > :14:53.prowess under pressure helped Scotland beat Ireland at
:14:54. > :14:59.Murrayfield. They recorded their first opening-day victory since
:15:00. > :15:04.2006. His influence over this year's tournament ended during the defeat
:15:05. > :15:12.by France in Paris on Sunday. One former Scotland player says the
:15:13. > :15:17.scrum-half is not in -- is not irreplaceable but you could argue
:15:18. > :15:21.Ali Price is quicker and he is more eager and he has a better pass and
:15:22. > :15:26.he plays the system every week with Glasgow so I would not panic about
:15:27. > :15:31.Greg Laidlaw not being in the team. So what of the leadership role? Who
:15:32. > :15:37.should take the captain 's armband? A number of captains, Josh is the
:15:38. > :15:43.captain with Glasgow, but I would go with Jonny Gray, he is the
:15:44. > :15:50.co-captain at Glasgow and he knows what goes with being a captain and
:15:51. > :15:54.it won't affect his performance. It won't faze him and I would go with
:15:55. > :15:59.him, Jonny Gray. The decision is for the head coach Vern Cotter. One he
:16:00. > :16:08.has time to make. The next Scotland match is a week on Saturday against
:16:09. > :16:12.Wales. Who does Vern Cotter go to when his go to man goes home? That
:16:13. > :16:15.is a question which will be discussed in rugby clubs and bars
:16:16. > :16:17.between now and whenever Vern Cotter goes public with his decision.
:16:18. > :16:25.Thanks for joining us. Plans to significantly increase
:16:26. > :16:32.threaten wild moorland according to mountaineers and gamekeepers.
:16:33. > :16:35.They've jointly written to the environment secretary raising
:16:36. > :16:39.Our environment correspondent Kevin Keane reports.
:16:40. > :16:43.High up in the Perthshire hills, and a dramatic snow coloured the two
:16:44. > :16:51.covered Glenn accessible only by a dramatic snow coloured the two
:16:52. > :16:56.foot. Or in our case, 4x4. For Bob Connolly, this is his workplace.
:16:57. > :17:02.There is moral and under that white stuff and he does not want it last.
:17:03. > :17:07.Basically, Heather is one of the rarer types of habitat in the world.
:17:08. > :17:14.In Britain, we have a very large percentage of it, and to cover it in
:17:15. > :17:19.trees is just vandalism. Unusually, the gamekeepers have joined forces
:17:20. > :17:23.with Scotland's climbers and hill walkers to raise their concerns.
:17:24. > :17:26.This land, they say, is what brings in the tourists. They talk about
:17:27. > :17:34.this landscape. They do not talk about going for wanders through
:17:35. > :17:38.woods, they like to be able to see, it's not very great today but you
:17:39. > :17:43.can see the hills around you, you see the shape of the landscape.
:17:44. > :17:47.Forests and woodland play an important part in protecting our
:17:48. > :17:51.environment. The trees themselves are good at soaking up the
:17:52. > :17:55.greenhouse gas emissions that might be emitted elsewhere. What this is
:17:56. > :18:00.about is getting the right balance between those environmental needs
:18:01. > :18:07.and protecting Scotland's landscape. Here is how the mirrors look at a
:18:08. > :18:14.milder time of the year. -- here is how the moors look. The groups do
:18:15. > :18:16.not object... As trees are chopped down, they are replanted but the
:18:17. > :18:23.government wants to increase the amount of land covered by forest
:18:24. > :18:27.from 70% just now to 25% in 2050. It says that the increased woodland
:18:28. > :18:29.creation that it will be taken forward in a sustainable way
:18:30. > :18:39.including working closely with the range of stakeholders.
:18:40. > :18:46.But beauty is in the eye of the bottled and getting the mix of
:18:47. > :18:47.landscape right want BEC. -- will not be easy.
:18:48. > :18:52.A look at other stories from across the country.
:18:53. > :18:59.A 23-year-old man has been charged in connection with a road accident
:19:00. > :19:04.in which a 2-year-old girl died. The girl died after a two car crash in
:19:05. > :19:08.Cupar Angus in October. Her brother and sister were seriously injured.
:19:09. > :19:13.More than ?1000 has been pledged towards the funeral of a boy who
:19:14. > :19:17.died two days after he went missing without his medication. The online
:19:18. > :19:24.fundraiser passed its target within a day. The teenager, who was said to
:19:25. > :19:31.have diabetes, was reported missing on Saturday afternoon. The
:19:32. > :19:38.accountancy firm EY is set to shed over half its workforce in
:19:39. > :19:42.Inverness. The company says it is proposing to move its audit and
:19:43. > :19:47.account compliance service to other parts of the company. It says the
:19:48. > :19:57.tax team remains unaffected. Shetland and Moray councils are to
:19:58. > :20:00.increase council tax. It means that eight out of the 32 local
:20:01. > :20:05.authorities have now voted for an increase. The 13th Glasgow Film
:20:06. > :20:10.Festival opens this evening. Final preparations are underway for the
:20:11. > :20:14.European premiere of Handsome Devil, a movie set in Ireland. It is now
:20:15. > :20:19.one of the largest film events in the UK. Over the next 11 days, there
:20:20. > :20:24.will be more than 300 screenings and events showcasing films from 13
:20:25. > :20:29.countries. That is a place for many different movies at this festival.
:20:30. > :20:34.There are some fascinating documentaries, and the red carpet
:20:35. > :20:40.colours are always good fun. Our audiences have a very broad taste.
:20:41. > :20:48.The discovery of a bronze spearhead decorated in gold in Angus has been
:20:49. > :20:51.called a valuable find. It is one of only a handful of such weapons found
:20:52. > :20:57.in Britain and Ireland, uncovered last year by archaeologists
:20:58. > :20:58.excavating a site which is being turned into football pitches in
:20:59. > :21:03.Carnoustie. There are around 70,000
:21:04. > :21:05.motability cars in Scotland - it's a welfare benefit that gives
:21:06. > :21:07.people with disability Reassessment of the system
:21:08. > :21:11.has already seen many As the Scottish government prepares
:21:12. > :21:14.to take control of the benefit, some disabled people fear
:21:15. > :21:25.they could lose their indepdendence. Tonight the Department of Work and
:21:26. > :21:31.Pensions said that the number of people receiving motability had
:21:32. > :21:36.increased. For decades, these three wheel cards were the only sort of
:21:37. > :21:44.transport for disabled drivers. -- three wheel cards. Why the 70s, the
:21:45. > :21:48.vehicle no longer met city revelations and disabled drivers
:21:49. > :21:53.were given funds by the government to invest in a standard car. To be
:21:54. > :21:58.on the scheme, you need to be on one of two benefits. Even the disability
:21:59. > :22:02.living allowance or personal intended payments. What is the
:22:03. > :22:09.nature of your disability? I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis,
:22:10. > :22:12.relaxed and remitting, 12 years ago. It has caused weakness in my arms
:22:13. > :22:14.but obviously the main problem for getting around is the weakness that
:22:15. > :22:21.has been caused in my legs. getting around is the weakness that
:22:22. > :22:26.people have been transferred to PIP, they are being reassessed and some
:22:27. > :22:28.are having their benefits that, consequently losing their
:22:29. > :22:33.entitlement to a mobility vehicle. David was one of those and he had to
:22:34. > :22:37.hand his car back. It took six months and two appeals before it was
:22:38. > :22:45.returned. How important is having this motability vehicle to you? I
:22:46. > :22:49.always see it as almost an extension of the crutch. I cannot get about
:22:50. > :22:54.without the crushed and I cannot get about without my car. -- without the
:22:55. > :23:00.crutch. Without it, I would be unable to go to work and contribute
:23:01. > :23:05.to society. I would be unable to pay my taxes and all of these kind of
:23:06. > :23:08.things. Scotland is getting power over mobility benefits. The Scottish
:23:09. > :23:13.Government say that they would like to take a different approach from
:23:14. > :23:17.Westminster. At this stage, we are still looking at options, and we are
:23:18. > :23:22.having the discussion, but we absolutely recognise the importance
:23:23. > :23:29.of that scheme for many individuals. To live an independent life, and
:23:30. > :23:35.also to access opportunities for employment, or to stay in
:23:36. > :23:39.employment. What is David's advice for the government? The government
:23:40. > :23:42.need to look at it from a person-to-person, illness to
:23:43. > :23:46.illness, point of view, rather than a one size fits all. My time is
:23:47. > :23:51.precious and it is vital that I need to be able to do the things I can do
:23:52. > :23:56.now while I still can, and so to go from that to be told that I have to
:23:57. > :24:02.sit for months and not be able to do things to the best of my ability, I
:24:03. > :24:04.found that really unfair. The Scottish Government is currently
:24:05. > :24:09.consulting with disabled people to try to get it right.
:24:10. > :24:11.The Premiership side Kilmarnock are looking
:24:12. > :24:16.It follows today's departure of Lee Clark, who's gone
:24:17. > :24:20.Brian McLauchlin is at Rugby Park in Kilmarnock now.
:24:21. > :24:27.Brian, was there any indication this was going to happen?
:24:28. > :24:33.It was a surprise, Jackie. It is exactly a year to the day since Lee
:24:34. > :24:37.Clark took over the manager's position here at rugby park. The
:24:38. > :24:41.club were struggling at the bottom of the Scottish Premiership. It is
:24:42. > :24:46.fair to say that they had a fairly rocky start under Lee Clark. The
:24:47. > :24:51.club managed to retain their status and the top flight of the Scottish
:24:52. > :24:54.football after play-off success against Falkirk. There was a major
:24:55. > :25:00.turnover of players in the summer, no fewer than 11 new players came to
:25:01. > :25:08.Rugby Park last summer. One of them being Superman Coulibaly, who the
:25:09. > :25:15.club signed under a free transfer, but sold for a profit of ?800,000.
:25:16. > :25:22.To my client is sixth in the Scottish Premiership but earlier
:25:23. > :25:26.this season, the English League 1 side Bury contacted Kilmarnock to
:25:27. > :25:30.see if Lee Clark would be capable to Lima available to take over the
:25:31. > :25:32.manager's position there. Lee Clark made it clear he wanted a new
:25:33. > :25:39.challenge in England and he wanted to move south, to be closer to his
:25:40. > :25:42.family, and the package was agreed. What now for Kilmarnock? Clark's
:25:43. > :25:46.assistant, Lee McCulloch, has been handed the job on an interim basis
:25:47. > :25:51.until the end of the season and he will be assisted by another coach
:25:52. > :25:55.here. They have already made applications for the job. However,
:25:56. > :25:58.if Lee McCulloch is doing a reasonable job between now and the
:25:59. > :26:00.end of the season, he has to be seen as the main contender to take on the
:26:01. > :26:12.job on a long-term basis. Let's get the weather. It was a
:26:13. > :26:18.fairly cloudy day for many of us but mild. Stay mild tonight but also
:26:19. > :26:22.quite damp and breezy. The culprit, low pressure towards the north-west,
:26:23. > :26:29.bringing these outbreaks of rain in. And a strengthening West and
:26:30. > :26:35.Southwest wind. The rain is stretching into the country. The
:26:36. > :26:40.rain and wind mean that it is certainly not going to be a cold
:26:41. > :26:44.night. Five or six Celsius in town, perhaps a few spots dipping cooler
:26:45. > :26:49.but for many it will be miles. The rain is still with us tomorrow, as
:26:50. > :26:57.will be the wind. It means that it is going to be a cloudy, damp
:26:58. > :27:00.morning. Expect some rain through Stirlingshire, Falkirk, perhaps
:27:01. > :27:07.towards the capital. By the afternoon, a lot of the wet weather
:27:08. > :27:12.will ease. Still reasonably cloudy. Some wintry conditions coming in
:27:13. > :27:14.towards the east. With the rain coming from a westerly direction,
:27:15. > :27:19.you will feel it in the central belt. It is difficult to know where
:27:20. > :27:23.the showers will be, but most of them will be in the west and
:27:24. > :27:27.north-west, and frequent across Orkney and Shetland. The rest of the
:27:28. > :27:31.afternoon, into the evening, we will start to see further outbreaks of
:27:32. > :27:35.rain. Elsewhere, reasonably dry but as we had overnight to Friday, with
:27:36. > :27:43.a ridge of high pressure, it will be quite cool with a patch of frost.
:27:44. > :27:50.Friday, that will still be with us. Outbreaks of rain edging towards us.
:27:51. > :27:54.Drizzle in the Highlands and Islands. The best of the brightness
:27:55. > :28:00.in the east. Once again, it will be miles, up to 10 Celsius. And so to
:28:01. > :28:06.the weekend. Two Miles Davis, and on Saturday there will be some fairly
:28:07. > :28:12.breezy conditions with showers. Further rain by Sunday night. That
:28:13. > :28:14.is the forecast. And that is Reporting Scotland. Join me at