:00:00. > :00:09.That's all from the BBC News at Six - so it's goodbye from me -
:00:10. > :00:17.Tonight on Reporting Scotland: The man who was driving the bin
:00:18. > :00:18.lorry that crashed in Glasgow, killing six people,
:00:19. > :00:20.admits reckless driving in a separate incident.
:00:21. > :00:23.We speak to the mother of missing RAF serviceman Corrie Mckeague
:00:24. > :00:32.It is my son. I will do whatever it takes to get him home.
:00:33. > :00:35.Also on the programme: Plans to use compulsory purchase
:00:36. > :00:36.orders to reclaim homes in Glasgow's Govanhill
:00:37. > :00:43.Nurdles, the tiny pieces of plastic causing big problems
:00:44. > :00:51.And, from warriors to lions, hopes that Stuart Hogg and other
:00:52. > :01:17.Glasgow players can be part of the British and Irish Lions team.
:01:18. > :01:20.The driver of a bin lorry that crashed in Glasgow,
:01:21. > :01:23.killing six people, in December 2014, has pleaded guilty to culpable
:01:24. > :01:25.and reckless driving less than a year later.
:01:26. > :01:26.Our reporter is outside Glasgow Sheriff Court.
:01:27. > :01:28.Harry Clarke appeared here at Glasgow Sheriff
:01:29. > :01:36.He pleaded guilty to culpably and recklessly driving his car
:01:37. > :01:41.near Baillieston in Glasgow on 20th September last year.
:01:42. > :01:46.Nine months earlier he had lost consciousness while at the wheel of
:01:47. > :01:53.the bin lorry that crashed in Glasgow City centre.
:01:54. > :01:55.That was after his licence had been revoked.
:01:56. > :01:59.The Crown accepted his plea saying that he either knew or ought to have
:02:00. > :02:02.known he was unfit to drive and that he was at risk
:02:03. > :02:13.Harry Clarke leaves Glasgow Sheriff Court. Harry Clarke had his licence
:02:14. > :02:18.revoked after he crashed the bin lorry he was driving on the 22nd of
:02:19. > :02:22.December 20 14. George Square was full of Christmas showers when he
:02:23. > :02:27.lost consciousness that the wheel. The lorry veered out of control.
:02:28. > :02:40.Ticks people were killed, 15 others injured. -- six were killed. During
:02:41. > :02:45.a fatal accident inquiry it emerged he had fainted while driving a bus
:02:46. > :02:50.in 2010. It heard he had repeatedly lied about his fitness to dry. Nine
:02:51. > :02:54.months after the bin lorry crash Harry Clark was seen by a neighbour
:02:55. > :03:02.at the wheel of his Vauxhall Corsa. Police were called.
:03:03. > :03:08.Today he admitted culpably and recklessly driving his car even
:03:09. > :03:14.though he now he had suffered a lot of consciousness while driving on
:03:15. > :03:17.two occasions and he should have known he was unfit to be behind the
:03:18. > :03:19.wheel. He will be sentenced at the end of next month and could
:03:20. > :03:24.potentially be jailed. at the forefront of a campaign
:03:25. > :03:29.to find her missing son. 23-year old Corrie Mckeague,
:03:30. > :03:32.an RAF serviceman from Dunfermline, disappeared during a night out
:03:33. > :03:38.near his base in Bury St Edmunds. CCTV captured him leaving
:03:39. > :03:40.a nightclub in the town, and he was last seen
:03:41. > :03:42.going down an alley. His mobile was tracked and matched
:03:43. > :03:45.the route of a bin lorry, which had picked up rubbish
:03:46. > :03:48.from the town centre and was heading This weekend it's hoped a search
:03:49. > :03:54.of that landfill site will begin, but tomorrow night a ?50,000 reward
:03:55. > :03:58.offered by a local businessman Nicola Urquhart, a serving police
:03:59. > :04:14.woman in Scotland, has been Knowing the police and about to
:04:15. > :04:18.start searching the landfill, everybody knows how much we have
:04:19. > :04:26.wanted that to be searched, there there's a good chance that Corrie
:04:27. > :04:30.may be there. I do not believe that who put him there will come forward
:04:31. > :04:35.but of somebody else knows, if they know somebody that is behaving
:04:36. > :04:39.strangely or they have seen things, we are going to find Corrie if he is
:04:40. > :04:44.there so come forward and tell us where he might be. Tell us why you
:04:45. > :04:48.think he is going to be there so that whoever has put him there does
:04:49. > :04:54.not get away with saying he has fallen in a bin and it is an
:04:55. > :04:57.accident. Give us some more closure, not just finding Corrie but finding
:04:58. > :05:02.out how he got there and what happened to him. We have seen you
:05:03. > :05:08.over the past 21 weeks in front of the media using social media, even
:05:09. > :05:15.physically searching. How have you found the strength to do that? That
:05:16. > :05:27.is when I end up not having the strength. It is... It is my son. I
:05:28. > :05:32.will do whatever it takes to get him home. If somebody is not doing their
:05:33. > :05:37.job, if I think they could do something a little bit better, if I
:05:38. > :05:42.can do it myself, I will. If not I will do what it takes to help them
:05:43. > :05:45.do it properly and that is all I have ever wanted, a basic
:05:46. > :05:50.investigation, and that has given me the strength to fight for something
:05:51. > :05:56.to try to get Corrie home. Honestly, social media, coming from somebody
:05:57. > :06:00.who is a police officer who does not go out there saying to use social
:06:01. > :06:04.media to families when I am dealing with them, the press and social
:06:05. > :06:07.media is what has got me through this. People do not understand how
:06:08. > :06:11.much it means when you are reading nice comments that other people are
:06:12. > :06:16.thinking about your child and wanting to do things to help. You
:06:17. > :06:21.and your family have been brutally honest. Corrie was on a night out
:06:22. > :06:28.and was drunk. He was asked to leave a nightclub. You blame no one. No.
:06:29. > :06:35.But you think lessons can be learned. Absolutely. Lessons can be
:06:36. > :06:40.learned when there were three tone pastors standing right at the door.
:06:41. > :06:46.People who are specifically there to look after...? Yes. Hindsight is
:06:47. > :06:51.wonderful. I am not criticising them. If you are putting somebody
:06:52. > :06:55.out of the club because they are drunk perhaps there should be some
:06:56. > :06:59.kind of legislation for all pubs, all doormen to make sure they have
:07:00. > :07:08.some sort of after-care. What do you think has happened? I don't know if
:07:09. > :07:14.I will ever find out. Somebody has done something to him. That we are
:07:15. > :07:19.sure. I am not going to try to kid by hoping I could connect with
:07:20. > :07:23.somebody who has done something to my son. If they can do it, listening
:07:24. > :07:28.to me talking to them and begging them is going to make no difference
:07:29. > :07:33.to them whatsoever. There are still far more decent people in this world
:07:34. > :07:41.than awful people. If any of them know something, fallen. Letters now.
:07:42. > :07:45.Even if you think it is a waste of time, it might not be. You do not
:07:46. > :07:50.know what is important so please get in touch.
:07:51. > :07:53.Tony Blair has said the context for the Scottish independence case
:07:54. > :07:56.is "much more credible" after the Brexit vote.
:07:57. > :07:59.During a speech the former Prime Minister said the vote
:08:00. > :08:02.to leave the EU put what he called "the break-up of the UK"
:08:03. > :08:10.Our political correspondent is at Westminster.
:08:11. > :08:17.The heart of Tony Blair's speech was a rallying call for those who
:08:18. > :08:21.support the EU to continue making their case. There was also a warning
:08:22. > :08:28.about what he believes the dangers of Brexit will be, economic and
:08:29. > :08:32.political. In the political sense Tony Blair was saying he is still a
:08:33. > :08:36.unionist who believes Scotland should stay in the UK whatever
:08:37. > :08:41.happens with Brexit. He has tweeted he thinks the case for remaining in
:08:42. > :08:46.the UK is stronger than in 2014. He has been looking at the changing
:08:47. > :08:50.political landscape and says the context of the post Brexit vote
:08:51. > :08:55.could be good for independence supporters. There is the possibility
:08:56. > :09:01.of the break-up of the UK. Narrowly avoided by the resultant Scottish
:09:02. > :09:11.referendum, back on the table, this time with a context much more
:09:12. > :09:16.credible for the independence case. What has been the reaction from
:09:17. > :09:20.other parties? You will probably not be surprised to find it depends
:09:21. > :09:24.where you stand on the independence question. The SNP I give and say
:09:25. > :09:33.airfares to be another vote the context will be different -- I
:09:34. > :09:36.believe. The Conservatives say there is no appetite for another
:09:37. > :09:43.referendum and you do not solve the challenges of Brexit by leaving the
:09:44. > :09:47.UK. What Brexit has shown is that within the UK Scotland's voices not
:09:48. > :09:54.listen to and does not appear to count for much. The argument for
:09:55. > :09:59.taking control of our own future and society and place in the world
:10:00. > :10:02.becomes ever more strong. The case for Scottish independence was not
:10:03. > :10:07.credible in 2014 when people rejected it and it is not credible
:10:08. > :10:13.now. What Tony Blair might not now given that he has been out of front
:10:14. > :10:14.line politics is that only about a quarter of people in Scotland want a
:10:15. > :10:17.second referendum. The killer of a Clydebank schoolgirl
:10:18. > :10:19.has had his sentence reduced John Leathem, who admitted stabbing
:10:20. > :10:23.Paige Doherty more than 140 times, will now serve a minimum term of 23
:10:24. > :10:30.years. It was in this shop,
:10:31. > :10:33.now under new management, that John Leathem ran a
:10:34. > :10:36.delicatessen and it was here Leathem was jailed at the High Court
:10:37. > :10:49.in Glasgow for life, with The sentence was
:10:50. > :10:52.imposed because of the brutality of the killing and also
:10:53. > :10:55.because he had attempted to dispose At the Appeal Court,
:10:56. > :11:01.his lawyers argued that he showed genuine remorse and had
:11:02. > :11:05.never been in trouble before. They also said he had left her body
:11:06. > :11:09.in a place where it could easily be It was contrasted to
:11:10. > :11:30.another case in Glasgow. He had also been jailed
:11:31. > :11:33.for a minimum of 27 years and said that that case was
:11:34. > :11:35.different from that The judges agreed to reduce his
:11:36. > :11:39.minimum term to 23 years, but there is no guarantee he will get
:11:40. > :11:42.out after serving that length of That will be a matter
:11:43. > :11:45.for the parole board, who will base their decision on how
:11:46. > :11:48.safe the community will be once John Leathem
:11:49. > :11:50.is released. Drivers on Scotland's busiest
:11:51. > :11:54.motorway have been told to expect significant delays,
:11:55. > :11:57.as a diversion comes into force From 8pm, traffic on the east
:11:58. > :12:04.and westbound approaches to the Baillieston interchange
:12:05. > :12:07.on the M8 will be diverted It will allow contractors
:12:08. > :12:10.to connect a newly-built Heavy congestion is expected
:12:11. > :12:20.on surrounding roads. Last autumn you may remember we told
:12:21. > :12:23.you how residents in some parts of North Edinburgh
:12:24. > :12:25.were being terrorised Despite the focus on the problem,
:12:26. > :12:36.it appears to be getting worse. Today, local people
:12:37. > :12:37.met with officials to try to bring the crime spree
:12:38. > :12:46.to a halt. Wrong side of the road, heading
:12:47. > :12:50.north. Tearing through the streets of north Edinburgh with a police
:12:51. > :12:54.helicopter in court suit these teenagers are oblivious to the
:12:55. > :13:00.danger they are putting themselves in and others and local residents
:13:01. > :13:04.say the spate of joyriders and motor bike thieves is damaging the area.
:13:05. > :13:10.The problem of motorbike crime and car crime and vandalism that goes
:13:11. > :13:13.with it is residents say it comes in waves. They say authorities are not
:13:14. > :13:20.doing enough to apply the breaks to the culprits. Some of those
:13:21. > :13:24.residents met with police, Crown Office and city officials today to
:13:25. > :13:27.place their concerns. Many of the offenders have been caught but
:13:28. > :13:32.there's a feeling the punishments do not the crime. It seems like our
:13:33. > :13:38.criminal justice system is a revolving door. Our communities say
:13:39. > :13:45.you can go up to court and get a slap on the wrist. They come out and
:13:46. > :13:49.two fingers that the police and the criminal justice system. This local
:13:50. > :13:51.MSP has contacted the Crown Office over the sentences handed out but
:13:52. > :13:57.thinks the bigger picture is important. Although a lot of the joy
:13:58. > :14:01.reading happens here in north Edinburgh, it is an issue for the
:14:02. > :14:06.whole city because the theft of motorbikes happened in the south of
:14:07. > :14:12.the city. Some of the bike thefts are happening locally. In September
:14:13. > :14:16.CCTV footage here revealed a thief making off with his partner's
:14:17. > :14:20.motorbike. This is my girlfriend's bike. We keep it in the kitchen
:14:21. > :14:25.because it has been stolen before. The bike is back safe indoors but
:14:26. > :14:29.the anti-social behaviour outside his house continues. It is every
:14:30. > :14:33.couple of nights he can hear them and see them coming down especially
:14:34. > :14:41.during the school holidays and later nights. It has been worse because
:14:42. > :14:44.the kids have been off. Authorities say the meetings were positive and
:14:45. > :14:47.have deployed special evidence gathering officers to the area.
:14:48. > :14:48.You're watching BBC Reporting Scotland.
:14:49. > :14:54.The man who was driving the bin lorry that crashed in Glasgow,
:14:55. > :14:56.killing six people in 2014, admits reckless driving
:14:57. > :15:03.And still to come: Why were these mysterious tunnels
:15:04. > :15:13.We meet the scientists who are trying to find out.
:15:14. > :15:18.Glasgow City Council say it will now begin to use compulsory purchase
:15:19. > :15:21.powers to force rogue landlords out of the Govanhill area of the city.
:15:22. > :15:25.?34 million will be spent in the next four years
:15:26. > :15:27.in an attempt to address the issues of overcrowded, badly
:15:28. > :15:42.When cleaning up the streets in Govanhill persistence and manpower
:15:43. > :15:46.is key. Sorted out neglected housing stock is more complex. In the last
:15:47. > :15:53.two years 124 flats have been bought. 60% by private landlords.
:15:54. > :15:57.And done up for lead by the local housing association. The Scottish
:15:58. > :16:03.Government and local council have pledged more than ?30 million to
:16:04. > :16:09.keep the scheme going. ?34 million is a substantial investment. We need
:16:10. > :16:14.to make sure that all of the powers of the enhanced enforcement area are
:16:15. > :16:18.used in this area. This is the only enhanced enforcement area in
:16:19. > :16:22.Scotland which means the council can demand access to private landlords'
:16:23. > :16:28.property for rigorous inspections and they are about to introduce a
:16:29. > :16:31.tough for measure. We will continue to target rogue landlords but if we
:16:32. > :16:36.failed the scheme is not being as successful as we would like it to be
:16:37. > :16:39.we will use compulsory purchase powers to make sure those
:16:40. > :16:45.individuals are targeted and removed from the area. 87 flats taken over
:16:46. > :16:50.by the housing association are currently being refurbished and it
:16:51. > :16:54.is hoped the nature of the area will start to change when new tenants
:16:55. > :16:58.move on. People will know who are and hopefully they will be
:16:59. > :17:02.neighbours for considerably longer than just a few months at a time.
:17:03. > :17:07.That will give stability to the community. For many people who live
:17:08. > :17:15.or work here that cannot come quick enough. It is called the slums. In
:17:16. > :17:20.one house there is about 20 people living in one bedroom flat. It has
:17:21. > :17:26.downgraded this area. You have not seen any improvement? No. It is
:17:27. > :17:31.better. You can see more people are living in the properties and there
:17:32. > :17:36.should be. This pilot scheme has put in place the powers in the process
:17:37. > :17:40.to tackle some landlords and the City Council is aware there is
:17:41. > :17:42.plenty of them operating here will stop the challenge is to target the
:17:43. > :17:48.most persistent and the worst of them throughout this area.
:17:49. > :17:51.A search of hundreds of beaches around the UK has found
:17:52. > :17:53.three-quarters of them are littered with nurdles.
:17:54. > :17:55.They're lentil-sized pellets used as a raw material
:17:56. > :17:58.to make plastic products - and they can cause significant
:17:59. > :18:00.damage to wildlife, such as birds and fish which eat them.
:18:01. > :18:05.Huw Williams reports from Gullane in East Lothian.
:18:06. > :18:11.For the past five years on beaches from the south of England to
:18:12. > :18:15.Shetland they have been looking for nurdles, they are not recognisable
:18:16. > :18:20.chunks of plastic like this and they are not micro beads which cause
:18:21. > :18:24.problems for fish. They are pellets like this. On this beach in East
:18:25. > :18:32.Lothian there are literally tens of thousands of them. So what are they?
:18:33. > :18:36.And how many are out there? They are little plastic pellets, about the
:18:37. > :18:43.size of a lentil and they are used in plastics manufacturer to make
:18:44. > :18:48.most of our plastic products. In terms of the numbers we find we know
:18:49. > :18:54.there are millions of tonnes of these produced and processed each
:18:55. > :18:58.year in the UK alone and potentially billions of these little pellets are
:18:59. > :19:03.escaping into the environment every year just from accidental spillage.
:19:04. > :19:07.And they end up on beaches like this and it's not just conservationists
:19:08. > :19:12.like you who have noticed and are worried about them. I like to teach
:19:13. > :19:17.my kids to pick things up, it's part of what we do, incorporate that into
:19:18. > :19:22.the beach walk and it's tough to pick up thousands of these so we end
:19:23. > :19:26.up taking some of the bigger items home but then we are left with the
:19:27. > :19:32.idea that this is, this remains on the beach. So what should be done?
:19:33. > :19:37.There are simple solutions to stopping this spillage, companies
:19:38. > :19:42.can sign up to a scheme called operation clean sweep, a voluntary
:19:43. > :19:45.scheme that allows companies to connect is evil pellet loss and
:19:46. > :19:52.there are useful guidelines within that scheme. The problem is not many
:19:53. > :19:54.people have signed up to that and there are no checks in place to make
:19:55. > :20:00.sure companies who have signed up are doing what they promise. The
:20:01. > :20:04.beach is looking absolutely stunning tonight. But the next time you're at
:20:05. > :20:06.the seaside you might want to look a bit more closely at the sand to see
:20:07. > :20:13.what else is there. The Glasgow Warriors head coach
:20:14. > :20:15.hopes that several of his players will make a real impact
:20:16. > :20:18.for the British and Irish Lions Gregor Townsend -
:20:19. > :20:21.a former Lion himself - hopes they can push for places
:20:22. > :20:38.in the test teams and not Three more years with the Warriors
:20:39. > :20:42.for Peter Horne, committing his future to the Glasgow band of
:20:43. > :20:45.brothers whose top stars are increasingly admired on the
:20:46. > :20:50.international stage. One in particular has caught the eye is the
:20:51. > :20:54.best players in Britain and Ireland try to impress the man who will pick
:20:55. > :20:59.the Lions squad to tour New Zealand. Stuart Hogg scores in the corner!
:21:00. > :21:05.He's done it again! Stuart Hogg has played right hasn't he? Missed a few
:21:06. > :21:09.tackles last week so he will probably be looking at improving
:21:10. > :21:15.some of his defence of stuff but in attack he's been pretty good. This
:21:16. > :21:19.guy was pretty good as well as a scoring Lions full-back and thinks
:21:20. > :21:22.his fellow Scots can easily wear his old Jersey. Stuart Hogg has been
:21:23. > :21:24.playing extremely well, he has been the player of the first two rounds
:21:25. > :21:29.for many of the four home nations the player of the first two rounds
:21:30. > :21:38.and if he keeps his form up and keeps playing well then he would
:21:39. > :21:41.certainly be in with a good chance of starting at 15. Three of his
:21:42. > :21:42.Glasgow team-mates have also been tipped by Vern Cotter for possible
:21:43. > :21:51.selection. So is Scotstoun home of the Warriors
:21:52. > :21:56.the breeding ground for the next Scottish star in the British and I
:21:57. > :22:00.wish Lions? Well since the head coach here at Glasgow played in the
:22:01. > :22:06.tour of South Africa years ago only one other Scot, Tom Smith, has
:22:07. > :22:10.started a Lions Test match. It's tough because you are training and
:22:11. > :22:14.competing against the best players in Britain and Ireland. But at least
:22:15. > :22:18.once you are out there you have the opportunity to get that test place.
:22:19. > :22:25.If you look at the Scotland team you're probably looking at three,
:22:26. > :22:30.test 23, not just to list but probably three getting in the match
:22:31. > :22:34.day squad if you're picking the test squad now. Josh Strauss unlikely to
:22:35. > :22:36.be one of them, like a Greig Laidlaw the forward will miss the rest of
:22:37. > :22:39.the Six Nations effectively ending the forward will miss the rest of
:22:40. > :22:42.any hopes he had of impressing the selectors.
:22:43. > :22:44.New light is being shed on a mysterious network
:22:45. > :22:46.of tunnels and caves, hand-carved out of rock
:22:47. > :22:51.Scientists, using radar imaging equipment, have discovered
:22:52. > :22:53.that the ancient passageways at Gilmerton Cove extend much
:22:54. > :22:58.More chambers have also been uncovered.
:22:59. > :23:01.As Fiona Stalker reports, it's hoped the underground site may
:23:02. > :23:17.OK, some surface noise coming in here I think, it might be a cable or
:23:18. > :23:20.something. The latest ground penetrating radar equipment, new
:23:21. > :23:23.technology to unlock ancient secrets. The waves bounce off
:23:24. > :23:27.cavities or tunnels carved into the secrets. The waves bounce off
:23:28. > :23:35.rock below. This is where we have been looking at. When we were out
:23:36. > :23:41.there on the road we were the other side of this wall. And where this
:23:42. > :23:47.blocked up tunnel leads is just one of the questions unanswered for
:23:48. > :23:51.hundreds of years. Strange places, very few things inside these which
:23:52. > :23:55.tell us about the people who used it and what they were doing and why
:23:56. > :24:00.they built it in the first place. So perhaps the work we are doing, if we
:24:01. > :24:06.get a bigger picture we are mapping in a more extensive way the
:24:07. > :24:12.footprint of it, then what we are hoping his battle tell us something
:24:13. > :24:16.about the use. This is what is referred to in an early guidebook as
:24:17. > :24:21.the chapel. There are several theories about what these chambers
:24:22. > :24:30.and tunnels were used for. We have theories of secret religious work
:24:31. > :24:36.it, a deep cut bowl, we have stories of it being a punchbowl so I secret
:24:37. > :24:42.drinking den. Local legends that one of the tunnels leads to Craigmillar
:24:43. > :24:47.Castle a good mile from here and we have stories of May the Queen of
:24:48. > :24:51.Scots having used this place. This subterranean network card from the
:24:52. > :24:55.sandstone is now known to be at least double the size originally
:24:56. > :25:00.thought. That new information will be crucial in piecing the past
:25:01. > :25:06.together. Whether a secret drinking den, a place of worship or something
:25:07. > :25:12.more sinister the hope is that this work will finally solve the mystery.
:25:13. > :25:13.Fascinating. Let's see what we can expect
:25:14. > :25:23.from the weekend weather. Some lovely blue skies around for
:25:24. > :25:29.some of us today particularly in the east and north-east but for many
:25:30. > :25:34.rather grey. But lovely weather watcher pictures, thanks. Cloudy and
:25:35. > :25:39.breezy tonight and increasingly damp as weather starts to arrive off the
:25:40. > :25:42.Atlantic, showery outbreaks of rain. The further east in the wet weather
:25:43. > :25:46.fairly sporadic but all these factors combined, the rain and the
:25:47. > :25:51.breeze and the cloud mean it will be a mild night with temperatures for
:25:52. > :25:55.most around 6-9 C. But the breeze will be of note around the west
:25:56. > :25:59.Coast coming strong from the South West. To start the weekend, Saturday
:26:00. > :26:06.gets off to a soggy start with wet weather in the West, edging its way
:26:07. > :26:10.east, fizzling out. From around lunchtime many central southern and
:26:11. > :26:14.eastern parts will see an improvement, dryer and indeed
:26:15. > :26:18.brighter. By mid-afternoon generally driver central and southern
:26:19. > :26:23.Scotland, through Kintyre up towards the Highlands and Islands further
:26:24. > :26:34.outbreaks of rain, further east into parts of dried, perhaps 13 degrees,
:26:35. > :26:38.the rain spreading through, Shetland largely drive. If you are hell
:26:39. > :26:46.walking or climbing in the West it will be wet and windy. Temperatures
:26:47. > :26:54.falling through the course of the day. Eastern ranges more drive it
:26:55. > :26:58.still windy. Temperatures holding fast at five or six, they will not
:26:59. > :27:03.drop as far as they will as the West. Into the night and the wet
:27:04. > :27:08.weather edging its way south and east getting wet through the central
:27:09. > :27:13.belt on Saturday night and Sunday. For a Sunday, the second half of the
:27:14. > :27:20.weekend, not too bad, whether France in the north-west bringing quite
:27:21. > :27:24.windy from the West. Early Sunshine for central and eastern Scotland but
:27:25. > :27:30.through the course of the day the sunshine becoming increasingly
:27:31. > :27:38.confined to Eastern coasts, in the sunshine 13 degrees. Further west
:27:39. > :27:43.rain come in. Subtropical air coming in, that could well lead to a high
:27:44. > :27:46.of 15 or 16 degrees, it will not be sunny, it will be cloudy and indeed
:27:47. > :27:51.windy. That's the forecast. Thanks. Now, a reminder of tonight's main
:27:52. > :27:54.news: Harry Clarke - the man who was driving the bin
:27:55. > :27:57.lorry that crashed in Glasgow, killing six people -
:27:58. > :27:58.admits reckless driving And Tony Blair has said the context
:27:59. > :28:02.for the Scottish independence case is "much more credible"
:28:03. > :28:16.after the Brexit vote. He said the vote to leave the EU put
:28:17. > :28:19.what he called the break up of the UK back on the table.
:28:20. > :28:23.I'll be back with the headlines at 8pm - and the late bulletin just
:28:24. > :28:26.Until then, from everyone on the team - right
:28:27. > :28:30.Secure your place at the 500 Words Final,
:28:31. > :28:39.BBC Radio 2's writing competition for kids with our honorary judge
:28:40. > :28:43.her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall.