:00:00. > :00:09.As the First Minister says she is up for talks with the Prime Minister
:00:10. > :00:11.over another independence referendum, a warning
:00:12. > :00:16.of a constitutional crisis if no agreement can be reached.
:00:17. > :00:19.How a row over haddock stocks in the North Sea could be
:00:20. > :00:31.threatening your traditional Scottish fish supper.
:00:32. > :00:37.Has Scotland prepared to face Italy, can they manage their best ever six
:00:38. > :00:39.Nations finish? A farewell fly-past from the Tornado
:00:40. > :00:42.squadron at RAF Lossiemouth. And saved for the nation after a ?4
:00:43. > :00:45.million fundraising campaign - the iconic Monarch of the Glen
:00:46. > :01:01.painting. Scottish National Party leaders
:01:02. > :01:05.are delivering a defiant warning to the Prime Minister,
:01:06. > :01:07.telling the party's conference they won't allow her to thwart plans
:01:08. > :01:12.for an independence referendum. The First Minister is also
:01:13. > :01:14.urging Theresa May to take We'll bring you the Prime Minister's
:01:15. > :01:19.response in a moment. But first our political editor
:01:20. > :01:36.Brian Taylor reports A sense of history. The SNP's deputy
:01:37. > :01:42.leader brandishes a slogan devised by Willie Ewing. Delegates also
:01:43. > :01:50.reckon historic changes underway now. It has been a pretty momentous
:01:51. > :01:55.week in Scottish politics. Derek Mackay maintained the momentum. The
:01:56. > :02:03.First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon. The SNP want a referendum
:02:04. > :02:08.before, or shortly after, Brexit is concluded. The Prime Minister won't
:02:09. > :02:12.countenance that. Scotland will have its referendum and the people of
:02:13. > :02:20.this country will have their choice. They will not be denied their say.
:02:21. > :02:25.And for the avoidance of doubt, he identified the obstacle. Scotland's
:02:26. > :02:30.referendum is going to happen, and no UK Prime Minister, no UK Prime
:02:31. > :02:41.Minister should dare to stand in the way of Scotland's democracy. So what
:02:42. > :02:46.to do? Who knows? Another election I be around the corner. A throwaway
:02:47. > :02:52.line but is it possible, and early Hollywood election to force the
:02:53. > :02:56.Prime Minister to the negotiating table. Senior strategist discovered
:02:57. > :03:00.the idea for three reasons. One, people tend to hate unnecessary
:03:01. > :03:07.elections. Two, it might not go into the wealth of the SNP. Under PR, you
:03:08. > :03:13.can never be sure. And three, the SNP incest they already have a
:03:14. > :03:17.mandate for a further referendum and arguably to call another election
:03:18. > :03:21.would weaken that case. The SNP has sampled opinion in focus groups and
:03:22. > :03:26.elsewhere, and there is a degree of resistance to an early referendum.
:03:27. > :03:30.But the party insists people are open to the idea of Scotland having
:03:31. > :03:36.a choice in time to impact upon Brexit when the option is explained.
:03:37. > :03:40.So what about a non-statutory, advisory referendum? Nicola Sturgeon
:03:41. > :03:45.rules mapping out but is far from keen on that idea, viewing it as
:03:46. > :03:50.gesture politics. She once the Prime Minister to talk now about possible
:03:51. > :03:54.dates for a future referendum. Let her set out when she pings it would
:03:55. > :04:00.be right and let's have a discussion about it. We might only be weeks or
:04:01. > :04:06.months apart. I am up for continued discussion. There is devolved policy
:04:07. > :04:09.here, too. John Swinney defended the Scottish Government's education
:04:10. > :04:15.record and offered advice on the constitutional battle. I share the
:04:16. > :04:20.outrage every Democrat feels at the actions of the Westminster Tory
:04:21. > :04:24.government. I say to you this is a time for local heads, cool, clear
:04:25. > :04:31.head that must now stand up for Scotland's sovereignty. Outside the
:04:32. > :04:36.hall, prounion campaign is made their point bluntly. Inside,
:04:37. > :04:37.delegates are intent on independence and their leader appears undeterred
:04:38. > :04:40.by the obstacles in her path. And we'll hear more from Brian
:04:41. > :04:42.in a moment, but first the Scottish Government's Brexit
:04:43. > :04:45.minister claims the UK is heading for a "constitutional crisis"
:04:46. > :04:47.if the UK Government continues Mike Russell was speaking
:04:48. > :04:50.after the Prime Minister, Theresa May, renewed her opposition
:04:51. > :04:53.to another vote on Scotland's future while the UK
:04:54. > :04:55.is in the process of leaving the EU. Here's our political
:04:56. > :05:12.correspondent, Glenn Campbell. There is no meeting of minds between
:05:13. > :05:17.these two leaders on Scotland's future. In Cardiff today, the Prime
:05:18. > :05:22.Minister accused the SNP of exploiting Brexit to pursue
:05:23. > :05:26.independence. It is now clear that using Brexit as a pretext to
:05:27. > :05:31.engineer a second independence referendum has been the SNP's sole
:05:32. > :05:36.objective ever since last June. But it would be bad for Scotland, bad
:05:37. > :05:41.for the United Kingdom and bad for us all. At the SNP conference,
:05:42. > :05:44.Scottish ministers say their attempts to broker a Brexit
:05:45. > :05:46.Scottish ministers say their compromise were re-Bath, and that
:05:47. > :05:52.another independence referendum must be allowed when the terms of Brexit
:05:53. > :05:56.become clear. If the Scottish Parliament votes for a referendum it
:05:57. > :06:00.would be extremely undemocratic to try and stop that. What if she still
:06:01. > :06:05.says no? The reality is we are then try and stop that. What if she still
:06:06. > :06:08.in a constitutional crisis because the Scottish Parliament has
:06:09. > :06:14.expressed its opinion. We have to have a way of discussing that. Could
:06:15. > :06:17.expressed its opinion. We have to you have a referendum anyway? We are
:06:18. > :06:21.nowhere near that stage but the view is there must be a referendum if the
:06:22. > :06:25.Scottish Parliament votes for it. What do SNP supporters think? I'm
:06:26. > :06:32.sure Nicola Sturgeon will have her way. If she is unwilling to
:06:33. > :06:36.compromise, yes, we should go for one without their consent. It is an
:06:37. > :06:41.option but I don't think anyone would want that. We would want to
:06:42. > :06:45.have the agreement. This expert thinks it could be a lengthy
:06:46. > :06:50.dispute. This could go on for a long time, several years, with neither
:06:51. > :06:55.side doing well. Meanwhile, Brexit has to be negotiated and things have
:06:56. > :06:59.to be done on a practical level. There is no obvious end to the
:07:00. > :07:04.stand-off insight, unless there is a big shift in public opinion, either
:07:05. > :07:07.for or against another independence referendum.
:07:08. > :07:09.Our political editor Brian Taylor joins me now.
:07:10. > :07:22.Quite a week indeed. A pre-emptive strike by the First Minister, a
:07:23. > :07:26.retaliatory strike by the Prime Minister, and now a contest of
:07:27. > :07:32.wills, predicated by each side claiming to be acting in tune with
:07:33. > :07:38.public opinion. What might lie ahead? We have the important vote at
:07:39. > :07:42.Holyrood next week. Yes. We have the remainder of conference, and a
:07:43. > :07:46.two-day debate in Hollywood next week, concluding with a vote on
:07:47. > :07:50.Wednesday evening, that vote, presumably with the SNP getting the
:07:51. > :07:55.backing of the Greens, will be a demand for powers to be transferred
:07:56. > :07:58.to Holyrood, in order to enable an independence referendum to be held
:07:59. > :08:03.within the timescale set out by the First Minister. So that will be a
:08:04. > :08:07.formal demand to the UK Government for those powers to be transferred.
:08:08. > :08:11.You will then get a formal response from the Prime Minister, and that
:08:12. > :08:18.formal was France will be no dice. Then you have a contest of Wills,
:08:19. > :08:22.each side trying to claim public opinion. You will have parliamentary
:08:23. > :08:25.manoeuvres from the Scottish Government, both here at Holyrood
:08:26. > :08:30.and also at Westminster. You will have political campaigning as well.
:08:31. > :08:34.I stress again, this is about both sides trying to win and to
:08:35. > :08:36.demonstrate palpable support from the people of Scotland and the wider
:08:37. > :08:38.UK. A man who admitted rape after having
:08:39. > :08:41.sex with a 12 year-old girl Daniel Cieslak, who was 19
:08:42. > :08:46.at the time, had believed the girl who he met in a taxi queue
:08:47. > :08:50.in Edinburgh was 16. The judge, Lady Scott,
:08:51. > :08:52.said she was taking the "wholly exceptional decision" not
:08:53. > :08:54.to sentence him as there Instead, she gave him
:08:55. > :08:59.an absolute discharge Our Home affairs correspondent,
:09:00. > :09:06.Reevel Alderson, is here. Reevel, this is an extremely unusual
:09:07. > :09:09.ruling from a judge. What were the exceptional
:09:10. > :09:19.circumstances in this case? Be exceptional circumstances were
:09:20. > :09:23.that Daniel Cieslak had met this girl sometime after midnight a
:09:24. > :09:27.couple of years ago in Edinburgh city centre. They had gone back to
:09:28. > :09:31.his flat where there was an impromptu party. They had sex. She
:09:32. > :09:36.left the next morning and had not appeared in any way distressed by
:09:37. > :09:42.the experience. Later, he was charged with rape. Why? Because she
:09:43. > :09:46.was under 13, and legally any child under 13 is incapable, in law, of
:09:47. > :09:52.giving consent to sexual intercourse. So he was charged. But
:09:53. > :09:55.the judge said there were exceptional circumstances. These
:09:56. > :10:02.were effectively that she looked a lot older than 16 and he had every
:10:03. > :10:06.reasonable opportunity to say, well, she was over 16. We know that
:10:07. > :10:11.because police officers who had been called to see her friend, and to
:10:12. > :10:16.whom she talked at length, thought she was over 16 and had not bothered
:10:17. > :10:22.with talking to her. The taxi driver taking them to Daniel's flat thought
:10:23. > :10:27.she was 20, and the judge herself, having viewed CCTV footage, thought
:10:28. > :10:34.she appeared to be over 16. This absolute discharge, what is that? It
:10:35. > :10:37.is not a conviction, not a punishment. It is the lowest form of
:10:38. > :10:42.disposal a court can make. The effect of this is that he has no
:10:43. > :10:46.criminal record as a result and has not been placed on the sex offenders
:10:47. > :10:49.register. However, if he goes back before the court for any other
:10:50. > :10:56.offence, this could be taken into consideration. But it is a very
:10:57. > :10:57.controversial ruling, as you might imagine, and certainly it is
:10:58. > :11:00.unprecedented as far as I can find. Now, should you be tucking
:11:01. > :11:03.into a haddock supper tonight? haddock off its list
:11:04. > :11:26.of sustainable fish to eat. OK, come on. Haddock was on the menu
:11:27. > :11:30.today for these twins. It is their favourite fish but according to the
:11:31. > :11:34.Marine conservation Society, stocks are lower than they should be. They
:11:35. > :11:38.have taken it off their sustainability list and suggest
:11:39. > :11:42.people try hake or whiting instead. This fish merchant disagrees. I
:11:43. > :11:47.could not believe it. There have been some of the biggest landings in
:11:48. > :11:52.Peterhead. In December last year there was a record landing for 20
:11:53. > :11:57.years. Much of it was Haddock. I hope the consumer will see it. I
:11:58. > :12:03.hope they will keep eating Haddock, because most of them love it. The
:12:04. > :12:10.Marine conservation Society say it downgraded the fish on its good food
:12:11. > :12:13.guide after stocks fell last year. The scientific assessment of this
:12:14. > :12:21.fishery is that the fishing pressure and the biomass is above and below
:12:22. > :12:26.the levels recommended for maintaining a sustainable fishery in
:12:27. > :12:28.the longer term. The Scottish fishermen's Federation has demanded
:12:29. > :12:35.the Society retract its claims, which they say are false. They are
:12:36. > :12:40.not fishermen, not scientists. They are not embedded, as we are, in the
:12:41. > :12:43.day-to-day stewardship of stocks. We know when they are sustainable and
:12:44. > :12:47.we get proper accreditation for them, and they come out with this
:12:48. > :12:52.lightweight stuff that is potentially damaging. We are not
:12:53. > :12:55.happy. Several hundred boxes of Haddock have been landed in
:12:56. > :13:00.Peterhead in the last week alone, much of it headed for fish and chip
:13:01. > :13:04.shops. Mixed messages over sustainability will undoubtedly
:13:05. > :13:07.confuse consumers, who will be left wondering whether or not they can
:13:08. > :13:11.order their Friday fish supper with a clear conscience.
:13:12. > :13:13.Police searching for Moira Anderson, the schoolgirl who disappeared 60
:13:14. > :13:15.years ago, say they've identified five areas of interest on the
:13:16. > :13:22.Radar and sonar equipment has been used to pinpoint the areas
:13:23. > :13:27.The 11-year-old left her grandmother's house in Coatbridge
:13:28. > :13:33.Police believe that the bus driver, Alexander Gartshore,
:13:34. > :13:36.murdered her, before disposing of her body.
:13:37. > :13:43.The UK Supreme Court has refused an application by the owners
:13:44. > :13:46.of the defunct News of the World newspaper, to be allowed to appeal
:13:47. > :13:51.against a court ruling which found they had defamed Tommy Sheridan,
:13:52. > :13:53.the former leader of the Scottish Socialist Party.
:13:54. > :13:56.The judgement finally brings to an end a lengthy legal process
:13:57. > :13:59.which began when the newspaper published articles about
:14:00. > :14:06.BP has confirmed it's in talks with the chemicals group Ineos over
:14:07. > :14:08.the sale of the North Sea's largest oil pipeline.
:14:09. > :14:12.The Forties Pipeline System was the first to transport
:14:13. > :14:14.oil from the North Sea to the Scottish mainland.
:14:15. > :14:16.It now carries about 450,000 barrels of oil every day
:14:17. > :14:38.We saw the oil from the Forties field begin to flow through the pipe
:14:39. > :14:42.at Grangemouth. The Queen pressed the on switch and the first oil was
:14:43. > :14:49.pumped to the mainland from the Forties field. It was in 1975, when
:14:50. > :14:53.BP started operating the pipeline. At its peak, 1 million barrels of
:14:54. > :14:57.oil each day came through. It is believed to be the oldest and
:14:58. > :15:02.largest pipeline in the North Sea. It starts 100 miles offshore,
:15:03. > :15:07.carrying oil to the terminal at crude and brave. From there, it is
:15:08. > :15:11.carried to the processing facility near the Grangemouth refinery.
:15:12. > :15:16.Today, on average it transports around 450,000 barrels of oil each
:15:17. > :15:23.day, 40% of UK production, and employs around 300 people. Now, its
:15:24. > :15:26.owner, BP, is in talks with global petrochemical giant in the arts
:15:27. > :15:33.about selling it. The Unite union was involved in a bitter industrial
:15:34. > :15:38.dispute at the Grangemouth refinery in 2013. The plant nearly closed.
:15:39. > :15:43.The union says it was not told about the potential sale of the pipeline
:15:44. > :15:49.system. When it comes out of the blue of this nature and people have
:15:50. > :15:54.not spoken to us beforehand, very often in situations like this we are
:15:55. > :15:57.involved in discussions where guarantees are given and fears are
:15:58. > :16:03.allayed. It hasn't happened this time. So of course there will be
:16:04. > :16:09.concerns. My members in BP will be concerned. Any such negotiations, if
:16:10. > :16:12.there was a deal, would be between the companies, but clearly we would
:16:13. > :16:20.want to understand what the union's concerns were, and we having gauge
:16:21. > :16:27.meant with BP, as major employers. We can try to help broker a dialogue
:16:28. > :16:29.between the parties. BP say they are committed to engaging openly with
:16:30. > :16:34.staff and stakeholders as soon as they are able. At the moment, the
:16:35. > :16:44.details are confidential and they cannot say any more at this stage.
:16:45. > :16:50.Tonight's top story: as the First Minister says she is up for talks
:16:51. > :16:52.with the Prime Minister over another independence referendum, a warning
:16:53. > :16:59.of a constitutional crisis if no agreement can be reached. Still to
:17:00. > :17:04.come, a farewell fly-past from the Tornado squadron at RAF Lossiemouth.
:17:05. > :17:09.Now it's the final weekend of the Six Nations championship.
:17:10. > :17:12.Some Italian fans are already enjoying the delights of Edinburgh.
:17:13. > :17:15.Scotland can't win it but there's still plenty to play
:17:16. > :17:25.To tell us why, David Currie is at Murrayfield tonight.
:17:26. > :17:31.Hi, yes, England may have obliterated Scotland's chances of
:17:32. > :17:36.winning the Six Nations Championship for the first time last weekend at
:17:37. > :17:38.Twickenham, but do not despair, the Scots can still achieve their
:17:39. > :17:45.highest ever finish in the tournament. Not a bad way to end one
:17:46. > :17:50.particular chapter in the national team's history. Putting the
:17:51. > :17:56.finishing touches to the Murrayfield pitch, but tomorrow a line will be
:17:57. > :18:00.drawn under the Vern Cotter era. The match, his last as head coach. There
:18:01. > :18:10.is no escaping the fact that there will be changes after this game. But
:18:11. > :18:14.that is not a consideration for the team. Scotland have some amends to
:18:15. > :18:21.make for trauma, the thrashing at Twickenham. England, with a
:18:22. > :18:28.conversion to come, will surely hit 60. Last week was unacceptable in a
:18:29. > :18:32.Scotland shirt. We are excited to right the wrongs, go out and put a
:18:33. > :18:36.good performance on. Scotland can't catch England at the top of the Six
:18:37. > :18:39.Nations table. Level on points with Wales, one behind Ireland and
:18:40. > :18:46.France, the Scots could finish second. Simply beating Italy
:18:47. > :18:51.probably won't be enough. What do you need to do, in your mind, to get
:18:52. > :18:56.second? A bonus point win, and then Wales beat France in Paris without a
:18:57. > :19:01.bonus. Then England to beat Ireland. Those results could happen. All we
:19:02. > :19:08.can control is what happens out here at Murrayfield. I would love
:19:09. > :19:12.Scotland to finish what had been such a promising Six Nations on a
:19:13. > :19:16.high. Italy have lost all four of their matches and will finish
:19:17. > :19:24.bottom. However, they won here two years ago. We have two perhaps
:19:25. > :19:32.expect the unexpected. Doesn't that mean it is expected? It is a funny
:19:33. > :19:38.expect the unexpected. Doesn't that phrase. We are preparing for
:19:39. > :19:44.everything. We will make sure that we go through the scenarios that
:19:45. > :19:49.might happen, being as best prepared as we can be. A metaphorical new
:19:50. > :19:52.broom will sweep through the national team when Greg Townsend
:19:53. > :19:53.takes over in the summer. He will be hoping to build on groundwork laid
:19:54. > :19:58.by Vern Cotter. Police have released images of 56
:19:59. > :20:01.more fans they want to trace over disorder at last May's Scottish Cup
:20:02. > :20:04.final at Hampden Stadium in Glasgow. Officers are investigating
:20:05. > :20:06.the violence and vandalism that took place during the pitch invasion
:20:07. > :20:08.at end of the match Thousands of Hibs fans ran
:20:09. > :20:12.on to the pitch after the Edinburgh club won the cup for the first time
:20:13. > :20:15.in 114 years. A number of Rangers fans also
:20:16. > :20:19.came on to the pitch 252 people have suffered
:20:20. > :20:21.tram-related injuries in Edinburgh over the seven years since the tram
:20:22. > :20:24.tracks were laid. Figures collated by a consultant
:20:25. > :20:27.at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital, show 191 of those who were
:20:28. > :20:33.injured were cyclists. The last squadron of Tornado
:20:34. > :20:35.aircraft based at RAF Lossiemouth have staged an a farewell flypast -
:20:36. > :20:37.marking their withdrawal The supersonic RAF jets,
:20:38. > :20:44.which have been in military service for almost 40 years,
:20:45. > :20:47.are being replaced at the Moray base Many RAF staff and local people say
:20:48. > :21:03.it's the end of an era. It is a sound which has become part
:21:04. > :21:09.of the landscape over Moray four quarters of a century, since were
:21:10. > :21:13.first stationed here. The jets are capable of attacking targets on the
:21:14. > :21:16.ground and sea, as well as providing aerial reconnaissance and defence.
:21:17. > :21:23.At the ageing planes are being phased out and a final fly-past at
:21:24. > :21:28.Lossiemouth was an emotional affair. I have flown a plane like this since
:21:29. > :21:33.I left school, nearly 38 years ago. For me, flying these things is just
:21:34. > :21:37.normal. It's like going shopping, just normal. I have flown it in the
:21:38. > :21:44.Middle East, Afghanistan, and also over Kosovo. The last tornadoes may
:21:45. > :21:47.be leaving Scotland's last operational RAF station. But after
:21:48. > :21:51.fears it might be closed down several years ago, there is now
:21:52. > :21:54.optimism over the long-term future of Lossiemouth, which now boasts
:21:55. > :22:02.four squadrons of high-tech typhoon aircraft and is soon to be the home
:22:03. > :22:07.of a new maritime patrol plane. We have such an exciting future here.
:22:08. > :22:10.Another typhoon squadron coming, four front line squadrons will be
:22:11. > :22:16.here, in 2019 will see the first Poseidon control plane, a really
:22:17. > :22:22.exciting capability. It has been the key strike attack aircraft for
:22:23. > :22:26.decades. It has seen service in combat in places like Afghanistan,
:22:27. > :22:33.Iraq and Syria. These individual planes are going to be moved to RAF
:22:34. > :22:36.Marham, to see the rest of their operational lives, and will be
:22:37. > :22:37.decommissioned in 2019, almost 50 years after the Tornado first took
:22:38. > :22:42.to the air. The Monarch of the Glen -
:22:43. > :22:45.it's iconic for some, The National Galleries of Scotland
:22:46. > :22:51.have raised ?4 million to buy the painting from drinks giant
:22:52. > :22:53.Diageo. Here's our arts correspondent
:22:54. > :23:04.Pauline Mclean. The challenge was huge. When the
:23:05. > :23:07.National Galleries of Scotland announced a campaign to capture the
:23:08. > :23:11.Monarch of the Glen for the nation, they were under no illusions. Four
:23:12. > :23:15.months and many donations later, they met the deadline set by the
:23:16. > :23:20.owners, the drinks company Secret Sofas. They promised half of the ?8
:23:21. > :23:21.million expected to raised -- be raised at auction if they could find
:23:22. > :23:33.the rest. -- drinks company Diagio. I am delighted to announce that the
:23:34. > :23:36.funds have been raised. The response has been amazing. We had donations
:23:37. > :23:41.from all over the world, all over Scotland. People clearly care deeply
:23:42. > :23:45.about the culture will stop the picture strikes a chord. Here is
:23:46. > :23:53.Victoria... He certainly struck a chord with the
:23:54. > :23:57.audience, he was Queen Victoria's favourite artist and popular with
:23:58. > :24:01.non-royals as well. His work may seem sentimental and romantic now,
:24:02. > :24:06.but to those who campaigned to buy it, it is an important painting.
:24:07. > :24:13.It's a very fine painting, a work of considerable merit. In Scottish
:24:14. > :24:19.terms, it has... I hate the word iconic, but let me use it, a kind of
:24:20. > :24:24.iconic status in popularity. That makes it just the kind of painting
:24:25. > :24:28.that people are drawn to. That irrespective of whether they are
:24:29. > :24:34.into art or not. It crosses those boundaries of being both the art,
:24:35. > :24:41.great art, and incredibly popular, and familiar to people. You are not
:24:42. > :24:50.having that, it's mine! What painting can claim to have the
:24:51. > :24:54.backing of the Goodies as well as gamekeepers? It has been used to
:24:55. > :24:56.sell soap, soup and whiskey. Once settled into its new home, it is
:24:57. > :25:00.sell soap, soup and whiskey. Once hoped it will to Scotland as a thank
:25:01. > :25:02.you to those who made sure it stayed.
:25:03. > :25:07.The weather forecast now - and it's a wet one, Kawser.
:25:08. > :25:13.It has been grey and wet for the day and we will see outbreaks of
:25:14. > :25:16.rain on and off at times. That is thanks to this quite extensive area
:25:17. > :25:23.of low pressure to the north and the weather system expanding all the way
:25:24. > :25:28.back to the Atlantic. Some fresh westerly wind, especially for
:25:29. > :25:29.western coastal areas. A familiar sight for many, this weather watcher
:25:30. > :25:33.western coastal areas. A familiar picture sent from the Western Isles.
:25:34. > :25:39.Wireless will be cloudy and wet for much of the evening, it will improve
:25:40. > :25:42.by becoming drier. This evening it is quite wet, rain falling snow over
:25:43. > :25:45.the highest hills in the north. By the end of the night, it will clear
:25:46. > :25:51.away and we are left with fairly cloudy skies. Temperatures dipping
:25:52. > :25:56.close to freezing, perhaps the risk of icy stretches on untreated roads
:25:57. > :25:59.and services, and a touch of Frost. For the Central Belt, fairly cloudy
:26:00. > :26:05.and mild air, minimum temperatures of seven or 8 degrees. For tomorrow,
:26:06. > :26:08.largely dry. Some showers for Orkney and the Northeast. If you are
:26:09. > :26:11.heading to Edinburgh for the rugby, it looks like it will be largely dry
:26:12. > :26:16.with some sunny spells to start. As we head through the day at
:26:17. > :26:19.Murrayfield, we will see more in the way of cloud increasing. It looks
:26:20. > :26:24.like it'll stay largely dry the match. For the rest of the afternoon
:26:25. > :26:29.you can see cloud thickening across the West, with it outbreaks of rain
:26:30. > :26:32.arriving. If you are heading out to rout 5pm, for Dumfries and Galloway,
:26:33. > :26:37.the western borders, showery outbreaks of rain starting to occur.
:26:38. > :26:41.Mild conditions, reaching nine or 10 Celsius. Holding on to the best of
:26:42. > :26:43.the sunshine across parts of Angus, Perthshire and Aberdeenshire. Those
:26:44. > :26:48.showers continuing mainly across Orkney. Some of them could be quite
:26:49. > :26:51.heavy. If you are heading outdoors to the hills and mountains, quite a
:26:52. > :26:58.chilly start for the Northwestern ranges. There might be patchy and
:26:59. > :27:02.showery rain arriving later, with gusts of up to 45 mph coming from
:27:03. > :27:07.the West. Further south, mild air, cloudy conditions for the Galloway
:27:08. > :27:11.Hills. To the east, some showery rain at times. It will be drier for
:27:12. > :27:15.the Cairngorms in the afternoon and a bit milder for the border hills.
:27:16. > :27:20.For tomorrow evening, dry to start in the east. We will start to see
:27:21. > :27:23.rain pushing in. With it, heavy and persistent rain across the
:27:24. > :27:27.south-west and the north-west. By the time we reach Sunday, we are
:27:28. > :27:34.going to see some rain around. Some uncertainty about this, how far
:27:35. > :27:36.north it will go. It looks like by the afternoon things will improve
:27:37. > :27:40.and we will see some sunny spells. That is your forecast.
:27:41. > :27:44.I'll be back with the late bulletin at 10:30.
:27:45. > :27:46.Have a very good evening and a great weekend.