:00:00. > :00:07."We won't take any powers from Scotland after Brexit",
:00:08. > :00:10.Prime Minister Theresa May tells us in an exclusive interview.
:00:11. > :00:13.One of the greats of Scottish football, Celtic and Scotland
:00:14. > :00:30.He was loved by fans for this goal and the Lisbon Lion 's victory in
:00:31. > :00:34.the European cup. His goal that day was one of the great iconic moments
:00:35. > :00:39.in Scottish football history. It is imprinted on the mind, not just
:00:40. > :00:40.because of its significance but the spectacular nature of the goal.
:00:41. > :00:43.A BBC investigation finds some hospitals are spending
:00:44. > :00:45.as little as 94p on each meal for patients.
:00:46. > :00:49.As the last council sets its budget, we'll have the details
:00:50. > :00:53.of whether the council tax will go up or be frozen in your area.
:00:54. > :00:55.And Aberdeen's chairman claims their proposals
:00:56. > :00:58.for a new stadium could prevent the city becoming a backwater.
:00:59. > :01:22.Fans and major figures from the world of football have been
:01:23. > :01:25.paying tribute to former Celtic defender and Lisbon Lion
:01:26. > :01:27.Tommy Gemmell, who has died at the age of 73.
:01:28. > :01:30.He scored one of the goals in Celtic's 2-1 victory in the 1967
:01:31. > :01:33.European Cup Final against Inter Milan.
:01:34. > :01:45.David Currie is at Celtic Park for us tonight.
:01:46. > :01:52.As night falls at Celtic Park, the mood is understandably sombre and
:01:53. > :01:57.reflective. People have been dropping by all day to remember one
:01:58. > :02:03.of the club's all-time greats. Tommy Gemmell was one of Scottish
:02:04. > :02:08.football's biggest personalities in the 1960s and 70s, a world-class
:02:09. > :02:16.player and, in 1967, a member of the first British team to win the
:02:17. > :02:18.European cup. 50 years on from Celtic's greatest triumph,
:02:19. > :02:24.supporters and fans of other teams remember one of the men who turned a
:02:25. > :02:30.footballing dream into reality. Tommy Gemmell scored Celtic's
:02:31. > :02:36.opening goal in their 2-1 win over Inter Milan in the European cup
:02:37. > :02:41.final in Lisbon. Nobody could see us winning the match. We had eight
:02:42. > :02:44.couldn't care less attitude and we played with the class and style that
:02:45. > :02:54.we played with throughout the season. As I say, we didn't have any
:02:55. > :02:58.pressure at all. Tommy Gemmell's goal that day was one of the great
:02:59. > :03:04.iconic moments in Scottish footballing history. It is imprinted
:03:05. > :03:08.on the mind, not just because of its significance but because of the
:03:09. > :03:11.spectacular nature of the goal. He had a long stride, covering the
:03:12. > :03:17.ground quickly, tremendous leg strength and a superb shot, and that
:03:18. > :03:23.all came distilled into that one single iconic moment. Wood at Celtic
:03:24. > :03:29.Park today, two of Tommy Gemmell's former team-mates shared memories of
:03:30. > :03:32.a friend and former Lisbon Lion. He was one of the best fullbacks in
:03:33. > :03:38.Europe at the time. Honestly. The most important thing for us was the
:03:39. > :03:45.dressing room, because he was so close to each of us. Tommy thought
:03:46. > :03:52.he was Danny Kaye. I know he looked like him, but he believed he was. He
:03:53. > :03:55.was an entertainer. As well as a career with Celtic, Tommy Gemmell
:03:56. > :04:03.played 18 times for Scotland, with mixed results. Oh that was uncalled
:04:04. > :04:09.for. Everybody feels sorry for him but at the time it's just a sort of
:04:10. > :04:12.thing, you can't stop yourself doing it. It's on the spur of the moment
:04:13. > :04:17.and that's it. Everyone is sorry after the fact. The undeniable fact
:04:18. > :04:25.is that Tommy Gemmell will be remembered mainly for his Celtic
:04:26. > :04:30.performances and as a Lisbon Lion. For us in this particular year, the
:04:31. > :04:36.50th anniversary, is so sad. Although we are mourning Tommy, I
:04:37. > :04:40.would hope we can celebrate as well, celebrate who Tommy was and what he
:04:41. > :04:49.did for this club and what that team did for Celtic.
:04:50. > :04:51.The Prime Minister has accused the SNP of playing politics
:04:52. > :04:54.with people's lives over the threat of a second independence referendum.
:04:55. > :04:55.Speaking exclusively to Reporting Scotland on the eve
:04:56. > :04:58.of her party's Scottish conference, Theresa May accused the Scottish
:04:59. > :04:59.government of having "tunnel vision" over independence.
:05:00. > :05:07.And she refused to drawn on whether the UK would block a referendum.
:05:08. > :05:11.Nicola Sturgeon has said that the Scottish Government has been met by
:05:12. > :05:18.a brick wall of Tory intransigence. To reason most folk the referendum.
:05:19. > :05:26.We now face a hard Brexit. Doesn't that mean that you, in choosing a
:05:27. > :05:31.hard Brexit, are potentially putting that bond that you care so
:05:32. > :05:35.passionately about under pressure? First of all, we haven't chosen a
:05:36. > :05:40.hard Brexit. We want a Brexit that is going to be right for the UK,
:05:41. > :05:43.which means being right for all parts of the UK, so I don't talk
:05:44. > :05:48.about terms like hard or soft Brexit. I want the right deal that's
:05:49. > :05:53.going to work for us, the deal about a really good trade agreement with
:05:54. > :05:58.the EU. I think that works for the EU and the United Kingdom. That will
:05:59. > :06:01.be a good trade agreement that works for the whole UK, and crucially one
:06:02. > :06:09.which works for Scotland as well. That no special deal for Scotland.
:06:10. > :06:12.We are working very closely with the Scottish Government, talking to them
:06:13. > :06:17.about the issues that particularly affect Scotland, but I want to
:06:18. > :06:21.ensure that the deal that we get, the arrangements that we have, the
:06:22. > :06:24.partnership we have with the EU when we leave is one that is good for
:06:25. > :06:32.Scotland, is also good for the other constituent parts for the UK and
:06:33. > :06:37.good for the UK as a whole. Scotland wants to remain part of the single
:06:38. > :06:40.market. You have ruled this out. In the talks before triggering Brexit
:06:41. > :06:44.with the devolved nations, you and other ministers used words like
:06:45. > :06:49.involved, consult, engage. The Scottish Government argues you have
:06:50. > :06:52.done nothing of the sort, that you haven't even issued, you haven't
:06:53. > :06:57.taken cognizance of their views. There is a 60 page document of their
:06:58. > :07:02.proposals of which they would claim they have heard nothing. What is
:07:03. > :07:06.your response? We are looking seriously at the planned the SNP
:07:07. > :07:09.government put forward. We are working with them on those plans.
:07:10. > :07:15.The issues that they have raised that we have taken on board. But,
:07:16. > :07:20.when we look at what we want to do in the future, in terms of the UK
:07:21. > :07:24.and its access to the single market and the European Union, I want a
:07:25. > :07:27.comprehensive free trade deal. I want to be able to see the best
:07:28. > :07:33.possible trading arrangement with the European Union. From Scotland's
:07:34. > :07:38.point of view, the single market that matters most in terms of trade
:07:39. > :07:42.for Scotland is the single market of the United Kingdom. In recent days,
:07:43. > :07:48.Sir John Major and Tony Blair have both warned that this hard Brexit
:07:49. > :07:52.makes a second Scottish independence referendum more likely. I am sure
:07:53. > :07:56.you have heard that Nicola Sturgeon describes it as all but inevitable.
:07:57. > :08:01.The question isn't whether they could be a referendum but whether
:08:02. > :08:05.they should be. I think in 2014 the people of Scotland voted to stay
:08:06. > :08:09.within the UK. It was described by the SNP as a once in a generation
:08:10. > :08:15.vote that took place at that time. I don't think people want a referendum
:08:16. > :08:20.today. To me, politics isn't a game. It's about people's lives. It's
:08:21. > :08:24.about delivering for people on the issues that matter to them on a
:08:25. > :08:28.day-to-day basis. I can't help but feel that SNP has tunnel vision
:08:29. > :08:33.about independence. I think people want the SNP government to get on
:08:34. > :08:37.with dealing the issues they want to see addressed day-to-day, the state
:08:38. > :08:46.of the economy, reforming schools. Education used to be such a great
:08:47. > :08:48.flagship for Scotland, but sadly in recent years we've seen that
:08:49. > :08:52.deteriorating. These are the issues that matter to people day-to-day.
:08:53. > :08:58.They don't want a referendum. They want the SNP government to get on
:08:59. > :09:01.with the day job. We know what the SNP government thinks, and they are
:09:02. > :09:05.saying a second independence referendum is all but inevitable.
:09:06. > :09:09.You have the power to grant that or not. If they ask for it, if there is
:09:10. > :09:17.a vote in the Scottish parliament and they say, we demand a second
:09:18. > :09:21.independence rapper Rendon, will you give permission? -- independence
:09:22. > :09:25.referendum. I think the SNP needs to move away from the tunnel vision of
:09:26. > :09:30.independence and focus on the issues that matter on a day-to-day basis.
:09:31. > :09:34.You are saying that the Scottish Government has tunnel vision and is
:09:35. > :09:38.playing games. You have the power to stop that by saying, you may want a
:09:39. > :09:45.second but it isn't going to happen, focus on running Scotland. You have
:09:46. > :09:53.the power to do that. Are you saying you are not going to do that? That
:09:54. > :09:56.is a hypothetical question. At the moment, I think people in Scotland
:09:57. > :10:02.are clear they don't want a referendum. I think the SNP is
:10:03. > :10:07.exhibiting tunnel vision. I think people want an SNP government
:10:08. > :10:11.getting on with the day job. So why was your clarion call, looking ahead
:10:12. > :10:16.to the local council elections that, if you vote for the Conservative
:10:17. > :10:19.Party, you are voting against a second Scottish independence
:10:20. > :10:25.referendum? That is not a positive message. In that case, you are
:10:26. > :10:29.playing the same game. No, we are saying something simple that I think
:10:30. > :10:34.is resonating with people, which is that actually I think people want to
:10:35. > :10:39.see people elected, as councillors, as MSPs, who are focusing on the
:10:40. > :10:43.issues that matter to them, and the message of the Conservative Party is
:10:44. > :10:48.that we will focus on those issues day-to-day. Do you believe the SNP
:10:49. > :10:54.government has a mandate to call a second independence referendum?
:10:55. > :10:57.Obviously, significant powers have been devolved to Scotland. The SNP
:10:58. > :11:01.government have the opportunity to use those powers to improve the
:11:02. > :11:07.day-to-day life of people in Scotland. In recent days, there has
:11:08. > :11:14.been talk of power is being taken the Scottish Government post Brexit.
:11:15. > :11:21.Can you clarify? I am clear, we are not going to take powers away. Will
:11:22. > :11:25.they receive more powers? We need to look at those powers that currently
:11:26. > :11:29.reside in Brussels, when they come back, when the UK leaves the EU, how
:11:30. > :11:33.should we deal with them? In some areas, we will need to ensure there
:11:34. > :11:38.is a UK treatment -- UK framework to make sure that the single market of
:11:39. > :11:42.the UK that matters for Scotland is working properly. What we are
:11:43. > :11:47.talking to all of the devolved administrations about is, when we do
:11:48. > :11:51.that, when we bring powers back from Brussels, what should stay at a UK
:11:52. > :11:55.level and what should be further devolved to the devolved
:11:56. > :12:00.administrations. So no powers that are currently there will be taken
:12:01. > :12:02.away. But more could come. But more could come. Thank you.
:12:03. > :12:05.Our political editor, Brian Taylor, joins me now from Holyrood.
:12:06. > :12:16.The Scottish Government had some hard-hitting words of its own this
:12:17. > :12:20.evening. You won't be surprised to know that the First Minister takes a
:12:21. > :12:26.different view of events. First of all saying that the Conservatives UK
:12:27. > :12:30.Government have no mandate to govern Scotland had no mandate to take
:12:31. > :12:33.Scotland out of the EU and the single market against the professed
:12:34. > :12:39.will of the Scottish people but, as you mentioned, that argument that,
:12:40. > :12:42.in the discussions that have taken place over Scotland's contribution
:12:43. > :12:48.and role in Brexit, the impact upon but, Nicola Sturgeon argues that she
:12:49. > :12:53.has offered consensus and compromise and has been met by a brick wall of
:12:54. > :12:57.Tory intransigence. It might suit both governments to maintain
:12:58. > :13:00.discussions at some level and in some fashion for a wee while. It
:13:01. > :13:05.might suit the UK Government as they seek to find some way, anyway of
:13:06. > :13:10.pre-empting a second independence referendum, and it might suit Nicola
:13:11. > :13:13.Sturgeon as she seeks to demonstrate to the people of Scotland that she
:13:14. > :13:21.has sought every avenue, pursued every potential by way within the
:13:22. > :13:25.ambit of the UK short of moving instantly to that referendum. Do I
:13:26. > :13:27.think there is likely to be a referendum on independence? Yes.
:13:28. > :13:28.You're watching BBC Reporting Scotland.
:13:29. > :13:33.In an exclusive interview, Prime Minister Theresa May tells
:13:34. > :13:35.us her government won't take any powers from Scotland after Brexit.
:13:36. > :13:41.Aberdeen's chairman claims their proposals
:13:42. > :13:45.for a new stadium could prevent the city becoming a backwater.
:13:46. > :13:55.BBC Scotland has found that hospitals are spending as little
:13:56. > :13:57.as 94p on each meal served to patients.
:13:58. > :13:59.It's understood that several hospitals are importing products
:14:00. > :14:02.like chicken and carrots - which could be produced
:14:03. > :14:07.It follows another investigation, which discovered that chicken
:14:08. > :14:10.from Thailand and raspberries from Serbia are going
:14:11. > :14:22.Our correspondent Lucy Adams has this exclusive report.
:14:23. > :14:29.In this hospital in Shetland, almost all the food is local. And almost ?7
:14:30. > :14:36.per day is spent on making meals mouthwatering. The patients seem to
:14:37. > :14:41.appreciate it. The food is wonderful. I had something the other
:14:42. > :14:46.day that was baked fish, and you would have gone into a restaurant
:14:47. > :14:49.and paid good money and been happy. But the BBC has found that some
:14:50. > :14:58.hospitals are spending just 94p per meal, and there is huge variation
:14:59. > :15:05.across the country. NHS Shetland is spending almost ?7 per patient per
:15:06. > :15:12.day, but Ayrshire and Arran spends just ?3 20. NHS borders spends ?3
:15:13. > :15:16.18. We took one expert some of the food currently being imported. Lumps
:15:17. > :15:23.of material which are covered in a breadcrumb and inside is this kind
:15:24. > :15:26.of shreds of presumably chicken. He says spending a little more on meals
:15:27. > :15:31.could make a big difference to patients. There has to be a lower
:15:32. > :15:35.limit. Nobody wants to spend over the odds for anything but, if you
:15:36. > :15:44.start cutting costs below a certain level, you are going to jeopardise
:15:45. > :15:48.quality, and that quality can be measured in a variety of ways, so
:15:49. > :15:53.food and milk quality is affected in taste, appearance, texture. We found
:15:54. > :16:00.that 12 out of 14 health boards are importing chicken from Thailand and
:16:01. > :16:04.carrots from Belgium. Food which could be produced here in Scotland.
:16:05. > :16:11.The Scottish Government says it is working with health boards to ensure
:16:12. > :16:14.direct requirements are met. What we have is a set of very rigorous
:16:15. > :16:20.nutritional guidelines that we expect all boards to adhere to. They
:16:21. > :16:24.were refreshed this time last year. We expect all boards to take
:16:25. > :16:30.responsibility for ensuring that food is nutritionally as good as it
:16:31. > :16:35.can be. This woman says that food she received in hospital but that --
:16:36. > :16:40.the care she received in hospital was brilliant but the quality of
:16:41. > :16:45.food and the amount she received slowed her recovery. I kept fainting
:16:46. > :16:49.and they couldn't work out why. After three or four days, I realised
:16:50. > :16:52.it was because I was hungry. My husband started bringing me in
:16:53. > :16:56.boiled eggs in the morning on his way to work and within three days I
:16:57. > :17:02.was stronger and better and getting up. I think I was on hospital a lot
:17:03. > :17:06.longer than I needed to be because I couldn't get the right food. I
:17:07. > :17:10.wasn't getting enough food. A number of patients got in touch to say how
:17:11. > :17:15.highly they waited the boot in hospitals across Scotland but, for
:17:16. > :17:17.some, the journey there food takes and the quality of it when it
:17:18. > :17:22.arrives remained a problem. A report into the death
:17:23. > :17:24.of a fisherman from Newton Stewart has concluded that he might have
:17:25. > :17:27.survived if he'd been been 31-year-old Scott Rennie never
:17:28. > :17:30.recovered consciousness, after spending ten minutes
:17:31. > :17:36.in the water when he fell overboard from the Kirkcudbright-based scallop
:17:37. > :17:40.dredger King Challenger. Its owners have since issued
:17:41. > :17:46.new safety guidance to crews. South Ayrshire Council has become
:17:47. > :17:48.the last of Scotland's 32 councils Like most others, it will raise
:17:49. > :17:52.the basic rate by 3%. But a third of councils have opted
:17:53. > :17:56.to forego some of the rise or not to put up council tax
:17:57. > :18:00.at all for most people. Our local government
:18:01. > :18:18.correspondent, Jamie McIvor, As well as you say, Sally, all 32
:18:19. > :18:23.councils have now set the council tax for the coming here and here in
:18:24. > :18:28.South Ayrshire, it'll be a 3% rise in the basic bill. But now all 32
:18:29. > :18:32.councils have named their figures for the Cogne year, how are things
:18:33. > :18:39.looking nationally. Well 21 council also put up the basic council tax by
:18:40. > :18:43.3%, that's the most they are allowed to put it up by, by the Scottish
:18:44. > :18:47.Government. A further three councils have gone for a rise of less than 3%
:18:48. > :18:50.and eight council, all run by Labour, have gone for voluntary
:18:51. > :18:54.local freezes on the basic rate of council tax, even though that adds
:18:55. > :18:58.to the pressure on what are already very tight finances. It's worth me
:18:59. > :19:03.making the point, though, that roughly one-quarter of us, no matter
:19:04. > :19:06.where we live in Scotland are facing much more significant increases,
:19:07. > :19:09.because of changes to the way council tax is calculated but
:19:10. > :19:15.certainly that is the situation as far as it looks across the country
:19:16. > :19:18.as a whole. But it is certainly interesting politically, that so
:19:19. > :19:22.many Labour councils have gone for voluntary local freezes. Let's hear
:19:23. > :19:26.what was said at first ministers' questions today. For ten years the
:19:27. > :19:29.SNP have said that the council tax is unfair. The question isn't why
:19:30. > :19:34.Labour councils are freezing it, it is why the SNP haven't scrapped it?
:19:35. > :19:39.For ten years we have had Labour councils, we have had Labour MSPs in
:19:40. > :19:44.this chamber saying - end the council tax freeze. So as soon as we
:19:45. > :19:48.end the council tax freeze, what do we have? We have Labour leaders in
:19:49. > :19:53.councils like Inverclyde saying they are going to become the
:19:54. > :19:57.longest-serving ever councils to freeze it. Labour doesn't know what
:19:58. > :20:04.it is doing from one day of the week to the next. Now councils could
:20:05. > :20:08.argue a freeze demonstrates efficiency or helps family budgets
:20:09. > :20:13.but the elephant in the room is that there is council elections in two
:20:14. > :20:17.months' time so the big question is how might a freeze or rise play with
:20:18. > :20:20.the voters? Jamie thank you very much.
:20:21. > :20:24.Aberdeen City Council is thinking about running its own bus company.
:20:25. > :20:26.The authority's Labour-run administration says bus operators
:20:27. > :20:28.have reneged on running services to certain communities
:20:29. > :20:33.The main operator in the city, First Aberdeen, said
:20:34. > :20:45.Council officials have been asked to prepare
:20:46. > :20:47.The chairman of Aberdeen football club says their proposed
:20:48. > :20:50.?50 million new stadium complex could help prevent the city
:20:51. > :20:51.becoming a "backwater", after the recent decline
:20:52. > :20:58.Stewart Milne wants to move the club away from Pittodrie,
:20:59. > :21:00.to a new site just outside the city at Kingsford.
:21:01. > :21:06.But, as Kheredine Idessane reports, there's opposition to the plan.
:21:07. > :21:14.Hello. You can show me the way. Maybe I can try and sell you a
:21:15. > :21:19.house. A home fixture for the Aberdeen Chairman, inviting us on to
:21:20. > :21:23.his own property to this patch of land outside the city where he
:21:24. > :21:25.his own property to this patch of wanted to lay foundations for the
:21:26. > :21:29.future, a ?50 million stadium and training complex, ready for the
:21:30. > :21:37.start of the 2020 football season, the third time he's tried to move
:21:38. > :21:43.from Pittodrie. It will be setting up the Football Club hopefully for
:21:44. > :21:50.the next half century at least. That can play a major deal in how
:21:51. > :21:55.Aberdeen as a city is out there in the wider world. That we are a city
:21:56. > :22:04.determined to go places. We want to build on the reputation we've got
:22:05. > :22:10.and as the North Sea oil starts to fall off, end up being a backwater.
:22:11. > :22:13.Not everyone agrees and one group is actively campaigning against the
:22:14. > :22:18.proposalsful The city has a regeneration plan and that is
:22:19. > :22:22.designed to keep the city vibrant. I don't see how removing hundreds of
:22:23. > :22:26.thousands of fans over the year is going to support that, it's going to
:22:27. > :22:32.be completely the opposite to the regeneration plan that's in place.
:22:33. > :22:35.Leafletting the locals in the area has highlighted other objection,
:22:36. > :22:42.including the road in. There's gaps in it all over the place. There's no
:22:43. > :22:48.central barrier. It's a road waiting for an accident to happen. It might
:22:49. > :22:52.actually bring some more wealth into this area It's really bad as it is
:22:53. > :22:55.just now with the bypass going on, the queues for traffic and stuff
:22:56. > :23:04.like that. I definitely think it is bad. This famous old stadium hosted
:23:05. > :23:08.the has yob years for Aberdeen when Sir
:23:09. > :23:15.A ex-Ferguson's side were not just winners in Scotland but in Europe,
:23:16. > :23:18.too. The referee in this one is Aberdeen City Council who will
:23:19. > :23:21.decide in the summer if the big move can go ahead.
:23:22. > :23:23.Timeline is on at 7.30pm over on BBC Two Scotland
:23:24. > :23:30.with Glenn Campbell and Laura MacIver.
:23:31. > :23:36.Onp tonight's show: We'll hear from Sarah Brown about how much more
:23:37. > :23:42.needs to be done to help babies born prematurely. The comedian Jop brand
:23:43. > :23:45.talks to us about Red Nose Day, mental health and her dad's struggle
:23:46. > :23:49.with depression. I was frightened of him. It is quite a weird thing being
:23:50. > :23:55.with depression. I was frightened of frightened of your own dad T took
:23:56. > :24:00.him years to seek help. Remember the kited yoga boys from last week's
:24:01. > :24:11.show. It sparked an excellent parody which we will look at. And we've
:24:12. > :24:18.asked the locals in Cumbernauld what guests will do while in town.
:24:19. > :24:22.Now the weather. Well a mixture of sunshine and showers. Tonight
:24:23. > :24:25.thikser cloud continues to spill in to the south, followed by some
:24:26. > :24:29.outbreaks of rain. Some perhaps fringing in towards the central belt
:24:30. > :24:34.during the early hours and as it meets relatively cold air it will
:24:35. > :24:37.fall as snow over the hills and high ground. Further north tonight,
:24:38. > :24:41.largely dry. The showers becoming fewer and further between. A fairly
:24:42. > :24:45.widespread frost developing under clear skies with light winds.
:24:46. > :24:50.Perhaps some icy stretches across the north and lows tonight of around
:24:51. > :24:56.main us-3 for inland areas. So tomorrow undas with a fair amount of
:24:57. > :24:59.cloud and outbreaks of rain across southern and central areas,
:25:00. > :25:02.especially. The best of the sunshine tomorrow will be further north.
:25:03. > :25:05.Taking a closer look tomorrow afternoon, across southern and
:25:06. > :25:11.central areas, becoming largely dry. Perhaps just one or two showers and
:25:12. > :25:15.some bright spells. East or north-easterly winds picking up
:25:16. > :25:19.tomorrow afternoon, making for really a chilly feel. As I was
:25:20. > :25:24.saying the best of theshine tomorrow afternoon across the Western Isles,
:25:25. > :25:28.Skye the north-west high land, towards Inverness and Moray coast
:25:29. > :25:32.and Northern Isles, with one or two showers and highs of around 8.
:25:33. > :25:37.Tomorrow evening, again cloud will thicken across the south which will
:25:38. > :25:38.be followed by outbreaks of rain tomorrow night gradually tracking
:25:39. > :25:42.be followed by outbreaks of rain its way further north. By Saturday,
:25:43. > :25:45.we firmly have low pressure in charge. Cloudy with outbreaks of
:25:46. > :25:49.we firmly have low pressure in rain for most of us. That rain
:25:50. > :25:53.continues to track its way northwards during the course of the
:25:54. > :25:57.day of the the best of any dry, bright weather will be along perhaps
:25:58. > :26:00.the north coast and Northern Isles. Again east or north-easterly winds
:26:01. > :26:04.will be fairly brisk at times making for really quite a cold feel. As we
:26:05. > :26:09.look ahead to Sunday, an improvement for some of us. Fairly cloudy
:26:10. > :26:13.conditions, just some showers along western coastal areas. The best of
:26:14. > :26:17.the brightness and sunshine will be in the east. That's the forecast.
:26:18. > :26:19.Now, a reminder of tonight's main news:
:26:20. > :26:23.The Prime Minister has accused the SNP of playing politics with
:26:24. > :26:25.people's lives over the threat of a second independence referendum
:26:26. > :26:27.but she refused to be drawn on whether the UK
:26:28. > :26:31.The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, said the Scottish Government has
:26:32. > :26:35.been met by "a brick wall of Tory intransigence".
:26:36. > :26:40.I'll be back with the headlines at 8.00pm and the late bulletin just
:26:41. > :26:44.Until then, from everyone on the team right across the country,