:00:00. > :00:00.And on BBC One, we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.
:00:00. > :00:00.Tonight, on Reporting Scotland: A husband who poisoned his wife
:00:07. > :00:10.with laxatives is jailed for three and a half years.
:00:11. > :00:15.She says she thought she was going to die.
:00:16. > :00:23.I was in bed for almost two years on and off, I was so ill. They thought
:00:24. > :00:24.I had the early stages of motor neurone disease.
:00:25. > :00:27.The court hears he was a lying fantasist who told people
:00:28. > :00:30.Also on the programme - a big increase in consultant
:00:31. > :00:33.and nursing vacancies in the NHS in Scotland but the Government says
:00:34. > :00:37.A further delay for the controversial Named Person Scheme
:00:38. > :00:41.as ministers draw up new legislation to overcome legal obstacles.
:00:42. > :00:45.It's official - Scotland's streets are getting dirtier.
:00:46. > :00:49.Now campaigners say we should all do more to reduce litter and how
:00:50. > :00:50.Scottish ballet is helping people living with Parkinson's
:00:51. > :01:14.To his wife he was a successful businessman, whom she described
:01:15. > :01:20.Tonight David Smith is starting a three and a half year jail
:01:21. > :01:25.Over three years he laced her food with laxatives till
:01:26. > :01:28.she was too weak to stand - at one point doctors thought
:01:29. > :01:36.Elizabeth Smith has been speaking to our reporter Suzanne Allan.
:01:37. > :01:47.Elizabeth Smith left court, shaken but satisfied. She had just seen her
:01:48. > :01:50.husband jailed. This man, David Smith, claimed to be an SAS war hero
:01:51. > :01:58.and successful businessman. In reality, he was a poisoner, a lie
:01:59. > :02:04.and three. When I first met him, he was the kindest... Just a lovely,
:02:05. > :02:07.normal guy. They were married, but he lived in England. They saw each
:02:08. > :02:11.other every couple of weeks. The plan was to buy a place together
:02:12. > :02:16.eventually. He told her he had been any SAS and involved in the siege of
:02:17. > :02:21.the Iranian embassy in 1980. He seemed loving and attentive, making
:02:22. > :02:27.spaghetti Bolognese and smoothies. But they were laced with laxatives.
:02:28. > :02:30.One day, at work at her hairdressing business, she collapsed. I was
:02:31. > :02:34.working and chatting and I would suddenly feel really dizzy. I would
:02:35. > :02:41.think, God, thinking it was my head. I would go to stand up, and cold.
:02:42. > :02:45.Blue lighted to hospital. It got worse. I was in bed for almost two
:02:46. > :02:52.years on and off. I couldn't do anything. It was horrific. They
:02:53. > :02:56.thought I had early stages of motor neurone disease. More lies were
:02:57. > :03:00.told. This was supposedly him with cancer. He didn't have it. He was
:03:01. > :03:03.finally caught after faking a break-in at Elizabeth's home.
:03:04. > :03:12.Thousands of pounds of her money was found in his car. For me, there were
:03:13. > :03:15.no signs of anything. Even above the SAS, everything, that part of his
:03:16. > :03:22.life, the only time, at one point, I said to him, I haven't seen anything
:03:23. > :03:26.about your past. As he left to go to jail, does she think he is a
:03:27. > :03:32.fantasist, a conman or just greedy? I don't think that man knows what
:03:33. > :03:35.love is. He saw money in me. I want people to be aware that there are
:03:36. > :03:39.these people out there and they are very, very dangerous man. On
:03:40. > :03:44.sentencing him to three and a half years in prison, the sheriff told
:03:45. > :03:48.David Smith he embarks on a prolonged, evil course of criminal
:03:49. > :03:56.conduct that caused mental and physical anguish to his victim.
:03:57. > :04:00.In the past few minutes we have had an update from Suffolk police on the
:04:01. > :04:06.case of missing airman Corrie McKeague. This is a significant
:04:07. > :04:12.development tonight. 23-year-old Corrie McKeague, the airmen from
:04:13. > :04:17.Fife, vanished while on a night out in Bury St Edmunds in September. A
:04:18. > :04:23.bin lorry collected refuse later that night, where he was last seen.
:04:24. > :04:28.You may remember in the early stages of the investigation, police said
:04:29. > :04:31.that the rubbish in the waste lorry weighed just 11 kilos. Obviously
:04:32. > :04:36.that was not heavy enough to possibly include a body. Tonight,
:04:37. > :04:39.police have announced following rechecks, that the wait was far
:04:40. > :04:46.higher than originally thought. Police revealed it was over 100
:04:47. > :04:49.kilograms. This led to an arrest of a 26-year-old, six days ago, on
:04:50. > :04:53.suspicion of conspiracy to convert the course of justice. A second man
:04:54. > :04:58.was also interviewed under caution. Both of them have been told that
:04:59. > :05:02.face no further action, as detectives believe there was no
:05:03. > :05:08.attempt to hide information. Police say this makes their search of the
:05:09. > :05:11.landfill site the next logical site to try to find him. That started
:05:12. > :05:15.yesterday and could take anything between six to ten weeks to
:05:16. > :05:21.complete. His family have been made aware of this new information. His
:05:22. > :05:23.mother has told us that it is incredibly difficult for the family.
:05:24. > :05:26.mother has told us that it is They are taking it one day at a
:05:27. > :05:30.time. They are just waiting for the phone to ring. She says her whole
:05:31. > :05:37.focus has been on trying to get this avenue investigated.
:05:38. > :05:39.Almost half of unfilled NHS consultant posts in Scotland
:05:40. > :05:44.Figures published by health boards today, also show a 15% rise
:05:45. > :05:46.in the number of vacant nursing and midwifery posts
:05:47. > :05:50.Doctors and nursing unions say it is having
:05:51. > :05:54.The Scottish Government says record numbers of people are now
:05:55. > :06:00.Here's our health correspondent, Lisa Summers
:06:01. > :06:07.It is in areas like the Highlands that the challenge of recruitment is
:06:08. > :06:16.most acute. 9% of consultant posts here are unfilled. 6% of nursing and
:06:17. > :06:21.midwifery roles. In Shetland, paediatric orthopaedic surgeon Simon
:06:22. > :06:25.Barker has travelled from Aberdeen to provide a visiting clinic. It
:06:26. > :06:32.makes a huge difference to his patients to have the doctor come to
:06:33. > :06:39.them. It was difficult to go to Aberdeen every week. It put a lot of
:06:40. > :06:45.strain on us. Stretch that foot, the naughty one there. Simon Barker says
:06:46. > :06:50.it puts additional pressure on doctors. We have a worsening crisis
:06:51. > :06:54.of longer term vacancies in consultants across Scotland. That is
:06:55. > :06:57.a very big concern. There is a huge amount of pressure on clinicians in
:06:58. > :07:02.that apartment to maintain the service. At the other end of the
:07:03. > :07:08.country, they are having recruitment problems of their own. I worked in
:07:09. > :07:12.hospital here and it was very difficult to try to get doctors to
:07:13. > :07:17.come and work. There are hardly any GPs left. They can't seem to get
:07:18. > :07:24.doctors that want to come here. I don't know if it is because it is
:07:25. > :07:27.such a small place. This local GP practice has been advertising for
:07:28. > :07:32.six months. They have not had one response. Now it is to be taken over
:07:33. > :07:41.by the health board. Most of us are close to retirement age and there
:07:42. > :07:45.are very few GPs who will still be GPs in ten years' time. The
:07:46. > :07:50.Government points to record levels of training places and says 1000 new
:07:51. > :07:55.staff have been taken on by the NHS last year alone. The Health
:07:56. > :07:58.Secretary says even then the Government is working to fill vacant
:07:59. > :08:04.posts. We are working with networks across more than one hospital, for
:08:05. > :08:07.example, to help those rural general hospitals to sometimes recruited to
:08:08. > :08:09.posts that are more difficult to fill if they were stand-alone. We
:08:10. > :08:18.have brought in things like recruitment bonuses for GPs in
:08:19. > :08:22.harder to fill areas. Nursing unions say the recruitment crisis is having
:08:23. > :08:26.an effect on patient care. Nurses come out every day, trying to do a
:08:27. > :08:28.good job, to look after the most vulnerable in our society. If they
:08:29. > :08:33.are telling us they don't have the resources to do the job the best of
:08:34. > :08:37.their ability, we should to that. Today's figures are a gauge of the
:08:38. > :08:38.pressures on NHS staff. A workforce plan for the future is due in
:08:39. > :08:47.spring. These figures on recruitment were
:08:48. > :08:51.not the only ones released today? That is right. Health boards
:08:52. > :08:55.regularly publish statistics to get a picture of how the NHS is
:08:56. > :08:59.performing at any given time. We saw the latest staffing level statistics
:09:00. > :09:02.today, but also something else very much in the public domain, access
:09:03. > :09:06.for children and young people to mental health counselling. We saw a
:09:07. > :09:10.slight increase in the number of people that were referred to
:09:11. > :09:13.councillors within the 18 week target. Overall, since the
:09:14. > :09:16.Government set the target, it hasn't been met and there were considerable
:09:17. > :09:20.variations up and down the country. When you look at the bigger picture
:09:21. > :09:24.of how the NHS is performing, the Government will tell you it is doing
:09:25. > :09:27.a lot of groundwork to try to change the way that staff and services
:09:28. > :09:31.operate. The fact that we will integrate with the NHS, interact
:09:32. > :09:35.with the NHS, I should say. If you look at the general trend, for now,
:09:36. > :09:37.we are seeing an NHS that is increasingly stretched.
:09:38. > :09:39.New laws will be introduced to address legal concerns
:09:40. > :09:42.in the controversial named person scheme - meaning a further
:09:43. > :09:45.The Supreme Court ruled last year that information-sharing
:09:46. > :09:46.elements were incompatible with human rights law.
:09:47. > :09:51.The Conservatives say the whole idea should be abolished.
:09:52. > :10:01.Our political correspondent Andrew Kerr has more.
:10:02. > :10:06.The Conservatives like to think they have been driving the opposition
:10:07. > :10:10.against the named person scheme. The party leader was on a visit to
:10:11. > :10:14.Lothian buses this morning. She voiced her anger again at the
:10:15. > :10:17.controversial plan. At the same time, the Education Secretary was
:10:18. > :10:21.trying to beat his policy into shape. John Swinney came to
:10:22. > :10:25.parliament to tell MSPs what he planned. I propose to bring forward
:10:26. > :10:28.a bill that will include new provisions on when and how
:10:29. > :10:33.information can be shared by hand with the named person service. The
:10:34. > :10:35.new provisions will ensure that we address the Supreme Court judgment,
:10:36. > :10:38.live up to our objective of supporting children and young
:10:39. > :10:44.people, and give them and their family reassurance that their rights
:10:45. > :10:49.are fully respected. The new provisions mean information will be
:10:50. > :10:52.shared without consent, only in exceptional circumstances. Ministers
:10:53. > :10:56.expect that will address the Supreme Court's ruling that elements of
:10:57. > :11:00.policy were incompatible with the right to privacy and family life. It
:11:01. > :11:03.is hoped the plan for young people to have a single point of contact,
:11:04. > :11:08.such as a teacher or health visitor to look out for their welfare, will
:11:09. > :11:12.be in place by next year. The Conservatives continue to dismiss
:11:13. > :11:16.the policy. The whole scheme is an absolute dog 's breakfast, it has
:11:17. > :11:19.been kicked into the long grass, it was ruled unlawful, John Swinney
:11:20. > :11:22.came to Parliament to try to clarify things. He has not actually given
:11:23. > :11:26.any information about what exactly will change. We know parents across
:11:27. > :11:30.the country do not want this, that practitioners are in the dark. He
:11:31. > :11:33.would be better off swallowing his pride, scrapping the whole thing and
:11:34. > :11:38.starting again from the beginning. Campaigners called it a climb-down.
:11:39. > :11:40.John Swinney accused the Conservatives of fuelling
:11:41. > :11:46.opposition. The Education Secretary says he is strong and robust on
:11:47. > :11:49.answers that are being raised. It is clear John Swinney is determined to
:11:50. > :11:51.keep fighting on this controversial issue. He will face plenty of
:11:52. > :11:54.Parliamentary battles ahead. Almost 500 people have been
:11:55. > :11:57.suspended by the Scottish Youth Football Association for failing
:11:58. > :12:01.to complete background checks. It follows a BBC Scotland
:12:02. > :12:10.investigation in December which revealed more than 2000
:12:11. > :12:12.coaches were working in youth football without
:12:13. > :12:16.the required clearance. The Association had called
:12:17. > :12:18.on all coaches and officials to complete the checks by the end
:12:19. > :12:20.of last month. Holyrood's Health and Sport
:12:21. > :12:22.Committee heard those who didn't comply have been suspended
:12:23. > :12:25.until they do, and won't be allowed to take part in any
:12:26. > :12:27.football-related activity. A man who killed a Scottish toddler
:12:28. > :12:31.in a shootout at a Turkish cafe in 2003 has been shot dead
:12:32. > :12:33.at his own wedding. Two-year-old Alistair Grimason
:12:34. > :12:36.was hit by a bullet as he slept in his pram in the Aegean seaside
:12:37. > :12:43.town of Foca. Daimi Akyuz was jailed for life
:12:44. > :12:46.for killing the child and another Akyuz was released last week but,
:12:47. > :12:49.according to reports in the Turkish media,
:12:50. > :13:02.was gunned down at his own wedding In the next few weeks, Theresa May
:13:03. > :13:08.is expected to trigger formal talks that will take the UK out of the EU.
:13:09. > :13:10.That could prompt the first minister Nicola Sturgeon to demand another
:13:11. > :13:15.Our political correspondent, Glenn Campbell, has been looking
:13:16. > :13:21.at some of the competing advice she has to weigh up.
:13:22. > :13:26.For some who believe Scotland would flourish as an independent country,
:13:27. > :13:32.another referendum cannot come straight enough. Yes, I would like
:13:33. > :13:35.another referendum, the sooner the better, as far as I'm concerned.
:13:36. > :13:41.Public support has not withered from the 45% accorded in the last
:13:42. > :13:45.referendum. But not everybody wants the question asked again. I don't
:13:46. > :13:49.think we should have another vote. We voted two years ago and it should
:13:50. > :13:56.stand. We are part of the UK. We should, definitely. Sorted out once
:13:57. > :14:00.and for all that we are staying or going. Last spring, the SNP
:14:01. > :14:08.manifesto said Holyrood should be able to hold an Indyref2, if the UK
:14:09. > :14:12.voted to leave the EU and Scotland voted Remain. That is how the Brexit
:14:13. > :14:15.referendum turned out. The First Minister said it was highly likely
:14:16. > :14:18.there would be another vote on independence. In the winter, the
:14:19. > :14:25.Scottish Government proposed what it described as a compromise that might
:14:26. > :14:29.keep Scotland in the UK. Nicola Sturgeon said she would accept
:14:30. > :14:34.Brexit if Theresa May could find a way to keep Scotland rooted in the
:14:35. > :14:38.European single market. The Prime Minister doesn't seem likely to
:14:39. > :14:43.accept that idea, which might leave the First Minister with little
:14:44. > :14:49.option but to push for another independence vote. I think
:14:50. > :14:52.legitimately she would have every right, if the negotiations fail, to
:14:53. > :14:59.call a referendum or set a date, at least. We hope the referendum will
:15:00. > :15:05.be called at a time when we could win it. Some independent supporters
:15:06. > :15:08.are also backed Brexit want leave talks to run their course before
:15:09. > :15:13.there is another Scottish vote. I think it is far too early. If you
:15:14. > :15:18.take a decision now to have a referendum, you do not know what the
:15:19. > :15:25.issues are going to be as Brexit is negotiated. Another potential snag
:15:26. > :15:27.is the power to hold a referendum. She would need to ask the Prime
:15:28. > :15:29.Minister for that, and she has refused to say whether or not she
:15:30. > :15:30.would And tomorrow we'll look
:15:31. > :15:32.at the dilemmas facing the UK Government over possibility
:15:33. > :15:44.of another independence referendum. And in the last few minutes, Theresa
:15:45. > :15:50.May has suffered another sizeable defeat in the House of Lords over
:15:51. > :15:55.Brexit. By almost 100 votes, peers have demanded a legal guarantee that
:15:56. > :15:57.there will be a vote in parliament before the UK leaves the EU in two
:15:58. > :15:58.years. You're watching BBC
:15:59. > :15:59.Reporting Scotland. A reminder of tonight's top story:
:16:00. > :16:02.A husband who poisoned his wife with laxatives is jailed for three
:16:03. > :16:05.and a half years. And still to come: It's official -
:16:06. > :16:07.Scotland's streets Now, campaigners say we should
:16:08. > :16:17.all do more to reduce litter. A campaign launched today is aimed
:16:18. > :16:19.at educating the public, and future jurors, that when facing
:16:20. > :16:23.a violent or sexual assault, many people freeze
:16:24. > :16:26.rather than fight back. From next month, judges in Scotland,
:16:27. > :16:30.when considering such cases, will direct the jury to consider how
:16:31. > :16:33.differently people might react. Our correspondent
:16:34. > :16:48.Lucy Adams reports. I always thought, if it happened to
:16:49. > :16:56.me, I would fight back, but actually, I just froze. Last year,
:16:57. > :17:00.more than 1600 rapes were reported in Scotland, but few matched the
:17:01. > :17:05.common preconception of a violent struggle with a stranger in the
:17:06. > :17:10.dark. You do just freeze, you don't know what to do. Your body goes into
:17:11. > :17:15.shock to protect you, and you can't move. You don't know what to do, and
:17:16. > :17:20.to me, the safest option was to do what he wanted, because if I didn't,
:17:21. > :17:25.I probably wouldn't be here speaking to you today. Sarah was raped two
:17:26. > :17:31.and a half years ago by a friend of a friend. I was at a party, I had
:17:32. > :17:38.two drinks, wasn't drunk. I was wearing a long dress with dark tight
:17:39. > :17:42.and a pair of boots. It was winter. I wasn't the stereotype that people
:17:43. > :17:46.believe rape victims are, that you have to be a certain way, to look a
:17:47. > :17:53.certain weight for someone to rape you, but you can be anybody. It
:17:54. > :17:58.doesn't matter, they don't discriminate. From next month, if
:17:59. > :18:02.you are really juror in a court like this one, the judge will tell you
:18:03. > :18:08.that many rape victims don't fight back and it could take them years to
:18:09. > :18:12.go to the police. Last year, some judges spoke out against the
:18:13. > :18:15.introduction of statutory jury directions, but experts say the jury
:18:16. > :18:20.are simply being presented with the facts. For many people, a natural
:18:21. > :18:24.response to trauma is to freeze, to not be able to fight back or screen.
:18:25. > :18:29.It is important that the jury making the decision in a rape trial are
:18:30. > :18:33.aware that this is a natural reaction, because otherwise, our
:18:34. > :18:37.concern is that their assumptions might influence how they assess the
:18:38. > :18:44.evidence in a case in a way that acts as a barrier to justice. The
:18:45. > :18:49.campaign, much of which is voiced by actress Daniela Nardini, seeks to
:18:50. > :18:54.address the balance between myth and fact, to make sure that the public,
:18:55. > :18:56.who ultimately form the jury, understand how different victims
:18:57. > :18:58.react. The oil and gas sector will face
:18:59. > :19:01.a significant decline in production if fresh capital isn't urgently
:19:02. > :19:03.secured, according to The business outlook warns that
:19:04. > :19:07.capital investment is likely to fall Our energy correspondent Kevin Keane
:19:08. > :19:12.is in Aberdeen for us tonight. Kevin, what else
:19:13. > :19:25.does the report say? All in all, Jackie, this report
:19:26. > :19:28.paints a gloomy picture of the industry in 2016, and that won't be
:19:29. > :19:32.a surprise to people who live and work here in the north-east. They
:19:33. > :19:37.talked about development drilling being at its lowest level since the
:19:38. > :19:43.1970s, and the supply chain being depressed. It makes a prediction
:19:44. > :19:48.that in 2020, if there is an urgent investment now, there will be a
:19:49. > :19:52.significant drop-off in production from 2020 onwards, coupled with the
:19:53. > :19:56.fact that capital investment is predicted to fall, to continue
:19:57. > :20:01.falling, for the next two years. There is optimism highlighted, in
:20:02. > :20:04.that operators are starting to show positive cash flow, so they are
:20:05. > :20:10.making more money for the first time in recent years than they are
:20:11. > :20:15.investing. Does it mean the future is Rosie? One description, from the
:20:16. > :20:19.Chief Executive of the industry body oil and gas UK, says it indicates
:20:20. > :20:22.they are at rock bottom and looking at ways to begin a recovery.
:20:23. > :20:24.Scotland's streets are getting dirtier -
:20:25. > :20:27.The public spending watchdog says most councils are spending
:20:28. > :20:31.Councils have faced years of tight budgets, but campaigners say we can
:20:32. > :20:33.all help to reduce the amount of litter on our streets.
:20:34. > :20:38.Here's our local government correspondent, Jamie McIvor.
:20:39. > :20:45.It's one of the most basic local services, and according to the
:20:46. > :20:46.public spending watchdog, in most of Scotland, street cleaning is getting
:20:47. > :20:51.worse. The biggest drop in Scotland, street cleaning is getting
:20:52. > :20:57.cleanliness was in Aberdeen. Letter, chewing gum, dirtiness - it is just
:20:58. > :21:03.never washed down. Chewing gum and cigarettes. If they started fining
:21:04. > :21:07.people for dropping litter, that would make a difference. They should
:21:08. > :21:11.put all the waste in the bin and that will save the council and the
:21:12. > :21:16.public a lot of money. Some would say that rubbish like this is almost
:21:17. > :21:20.a national disgrace. This picture was taken in Edinburgh, near the
:21:21. > :21:23.National Museum of Scotland. All but four councils have cut the amount
:21:24. > :21:30.they spend on street cleaning in recent years. Aberdeen saw the worst
:21:31. > :21:34.dropping cleanser -- drop in cleanliness. Some have made
:21:35. > :21:39.improvements, despite cuts. These included Shetland, Moray and East
:21:40. > :21:42.Ayrshire. With budgets tight, some councils would argue that spending
:21:43. > :21:45.less on street cleaning is preferable to other cats, but some
:21:46. > :21:52.rubbish is there because of ignorant or thought let's behave. -- other
:21:53. > :21:55.cuts. And councillors left to clean up the mess. It is the case that
:21:56. > :22:02.people are showing a great deal of this respect for themselves and
:22:03. > :22:06.their neighbours. This is a way that we can assist councils in this time
:22:07. > :22:12.where they are facing issues with budgets and really make a
:22:13. > :22:16.difference. The debate on local services is often about money, but
:22:17. > :22:21.for many voters, what things boil down to is whether a service is good
:22:22. > :22:28.enough. Could how clean the streets up and be an issue in these local
:22:29. > :22:30.elections? -- how clean the streets are.
:22:31. > :22:33.It began as a local class for people living with Parkinson's.
:22:34. > :22:35.But the free weekly dance classes offered jointly by Scottish Ballet
:22:36. > :22:38.in Glasgow and Dance Base in Edinburgh are now among
:22:39. > :22:42.They've won a string of awards, and built up a waiting list
:22:43. > :22:44.of participants who believe they help them feel better
:22:45. > :22:48.Now organisers hope they can extend them across the country.
:22:49. > :22:51.Our arts correspondent Pauline McLean reports.
:22:52. > :22:58.This is a class for those living with Parkinson is. The condition
:22:59. > :23:05.affects the central nervous system, causing the trademark tremors, but
:23:06. > :23:12.dance helps not just those who have the condition but their partners. It
:23:13. > :23:16.helps me. You can see I am bad just now, but that is the excitement of
:23:17. > :23:23.being in front of you. Does that slowdown? Yes. What else happens? My
:23:24. > :23:28.balance and coordination are better, and just being amongst people that
:23:29. > :23:34.understand. I am not saying we are good at it, but we both enjoy it.
:23:35. > :23:38.Speak for yourself! But this is about more than the physical
:23:39. > :23:44.benefits. These classes, part of an 18 month pilot by Scottish Ballet in
:23:45. > :23:51.Glasgow and Dance Base in Edinburgh offer important research for those
:23:52. > :23:55.studying Parkinson's. Thinking out movement is speeded up in a class
:23:56. > :23:59.environment, is held by the music in the class environment, and then the
:24:00. > :24:05.person can practice after or between classes as well. And it is more than
:24:06. > :24:09.movement. Parkinson's also affects mental health, and the social side
:24:10. > :24:18.of the weekly gatherings is important. We talk about movement,
:24:19. > :24:22.not Parkinson's. We all have it, but that is almost incidental at times.
:24:23. > :24:31.All of this group from one local class, and there are now plans to
:24:32. > :24:36.extend them across Scotland. Even if many of those who attends did not
:24:37. > :24:40.see themselves ever doing it. Never in my life did I see myself in a
:24:41. > :24:49.dance studio, jumping about. I love it. We are all Shakers and movers
:24:50. > :24:51.here! Bill was certainly enjoying it!
:24:52. > :24:52.She's Britain's most decorated female Olympian
:24:53. > :25:02.and today the Scottish rower, Katherine Grainger was made a Dame.
:25:03. > :25:05.Dame Katherine Grainger, for services to sport and charity.
:25:06. > :25:10.During her career she won one gold and four silvers over five
:25:11. > :25:15.She retired from international rowing after narrowly missing out
:25:16. > :25:25.It takes a bit of getting used to. I am used aiming for medals and
:25:26. > :25:30.achieving titles in roving, but this is one you don't dream of. It is
:25:31. > :25:32.sinking in now that it has happened, but it will take awhile to bed it
:25:33. > :25:51.in. Now, the weather. Looking at the pressure chart, low
:25:52. > :25:54.pressure is never too far away, this front sweeping across the country
:25:55. > :25:59.tonight, introducing rain and strong wind. Once that clears, we have
:26:00. > :26:04.westerly winds, which means a lot of showers, especially with that load
:26:05. > :26:08.never too far-away. Driver eastern areas on the hole at the moment.
:26:09. > :26:13.This rain will push across the country fairly quickly. Rather
:26:14. > :26:17.persistent in nature, with snow over the hills and strengthening
:26:18. > :26:22.south-westerly winds. Showers will be confined to the Northern Isles by
:26:23. > :26:25.the end of the night. A risk of ice first thing in the morning,
:26:26. > :26:33.particularly in the North East. Showers push in from the West, with
:26:34. > :26:36.strong winds. A largely dry and bright start with sunny spells. Here
:26:37. > :26:40.are the showers in the north-west. With those westerly winds, they will
:26:41. > :26:44.push further across the country. We will see a lot of showers across the
:26:45. > :26:49.northern half of Scotland, but there are brighter in between. We will see
:26:50. > :26:56.gale force winds across the far north and Western Isles. Something
:26:57. > :27:03.brighter in between. Some bright spells and showers coming and going
:27:04. > :27:12.for Caithness. The further south you go, the fewer the showers. Southern
:27:13. > :27:15.Scotland should escape predominantly dry, with spells of sunshine for the
:27:16. > :27:19.rest of the afternoon. Heading towards the evening, still some
:27:20. > :27:23.showers in the north, but they begin to fade. As we head into the
:27:24. > :27:28.overnight period, more showers piling in. There is a little feature
:27:29. > :27:32.coming in, bringing a band of showers across the country. It will
:27:33. > :27:35.be as showery start across northern Scotland on Thursday. The showers
:27:36. > :27:37.start to die away, the winds ease and it brightens up, with spells of
:27:38. > :27:38.sunshine. Now, a reminder of tonight's main
:27:39. > :27:51.news: The Government is facing ... The Government has been defeated
:27:52. > :27:56.in the House of Lords in a vote over Brexit. It is the second defeat in a
:27:57. > :28:01.week for the Government in the Lords over Brexit. That's Reporting
:28:02. > :28:05.Scotland. We have an update that have passed then. Until then, from
:28:06. > :28:13.all of us can enjoy the rest of your evening.
:28:14. > :28:16.The Chancellor, Philip Hammond, presents the first Budget of 2017.
:28:17. > :28:20.What will it mean for you and your family's finances?