:00:00. > :00:08.Now on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.
:00:09. > :00:11.5,000 heart-valve patients in Scotland have been warned that
:00:12. > :00:15.bypass machines used in operations may have been contaminated
:00:16. > :00:21.but Health Protection Scotland say the risk of infection is very low.
:00:22. > :00:30.Here's our health correspondent, Lisa Summers.
:00:31. > :00:33.This is in response to a UK-wide alert that has been in place
:00:34. > :00:37.What has happened is that there is believed to be a link
:00:38. > :00:39.between the bacteria mycobacterium chimaera
:00:40. > :00:42.and the type of device used to heat up cold blood during certain types
:00:43. > :00:46.This device is absolutely essential for this type of surgery, and it's
:00:47. > :00:51.thought that perhaps the equipment may have become contaminated.
:00:52. > :00:54.Around 5,000 people in Scotland have received these letters.
:00:55. > :01:04.They have gone to people who had their valve repaired or replaced.
:01:05. > :01:06.The consequences of not taking any action are clearly very serious,
:01:07. > :01:16.Across the UK, 26 cases have been identified,
:01:17. > :01:19.and, out of that, 15 patients have died.
:01:20. > :01:24.Since then, measures have been taken to improve
:01:25. > :01:29.Health Protection Scotland say that anybody who might start
:01:30. > :01:33.experiencing symptoms - they could start as flu-like
:01:34. > :01:37.symptoms or weight loss or night sweats -
:01:38. > :01:40.should contact their doctor as as soon as possible.
:01:41. > :01:45.It can lie dormant in a body for five to six years.
:01:46. > :01:47.They say that, although the risk is low, you should contact
:01:48. > :01:52.the GP as soon as possible if you have any symptoms.
:01:53. > :01:55.Police have revealed that one of the men stabbed in Glasgow city
:01:56. > :01:59.centre yesterday was deliberately targeted by his attacker.
:02:00. > :02:01.The 33-year-old, who carried out the assault,
:02:02. > :02:06.It's emerged that a third man was also injured,
:02:07. > :02:10.The incident has been referred to the Police Investigations
:02:11. > :02:18.Interpol has issued an international alert for a Scottish teacher
:02:19. > :02:20.over the murder of a colleague in Myanmar.
:02:21. > :02:23.Harris Binotti left the country, also known as Burma,
:02:24. > :02:26.in November last year, after the death of English teacher
:02:27. > :02:32.Mr Binotti, who's originally from Dumfries, took a flight
:02:33. > :02:33.to Thailand a day before Mr Ferguson's body
:02:34. > :02:42.Detectives investigating the alleged rape of a man in Dumfries last
:02:43. > :02:46.weekend say they're now satisfied that no crime took place.
:02:47. > :02:50.Specialist investigating officers had been reviewing CCTV and taking
:02:51. > :02:53.statements from witnesses, after the alleged assault
:02:54. > :02:56.in the town's Brooms Road in the early hours of Sunday.
:02:57. > :02:59.But now they say they're no longer looking for a male suspect,
:03:00. > :03:04.who was reported to have attacked the victim.
:03:05. > :03:06.Free-range egg producers in Scotland are beginning
:03:07. > :03:09.to release their birds from barns, where they've been
:03:10. > :03:13.The industry took the decision to house the hens, after bird flu
:03:14. > :03:17.forced some farmers in England to impose tight restrictions.
:03:18. > :03:23.Our rural affairs correspondent Kevin Keane reports.
:03:24. > :03:24.These are free-range hens which haven't been
:03:25. > :03:39.Since bird flu arrived in December, they have been inside barns.
:03:40. > :03:45.It's not the Government that has forced this restriction.
:03:46. > :03:47.High-risk zones were designated in some parts of England,
:03:48. > :03:55.The industry on both sides of the border responded as one.
:03:56. > :03:59.They have had the upset of being shut in but they are surviving and
:04:00. > :04:00.have coped very well. Extra bio-security measures might be
:04:01. > :04:02.necessary, with additional feed I think it's been probably
:04:03. > :04:08.as difficult as I expected, but more than 50% of the UK eggs
:04:09. > :04:13.produced are free-range eggs, so we have to protect
:04:14. > :04:14.consumer demand, Normally, if you were standing,
:04:15. > :04:24.the hens would be coming and coming from the shed through these hatches,
:04:25. > :04:26.giving them a free range Also things like this to try to keep
:04:27. > :04:37.them stimulated. Since this ban has been introduced,
:04:38. > :04:47.all of this has been out of bounds. The hens here produced thousands of
:04:48. > :04:48.eggs every day and all of these are destined for the UK's biggest
:04:49. > :04:49.supermarkets. Being housed indoors,
:04:50. > :04:51.consumers have had to be told that they are no longer
:04:52. > :04:53.technically free-range. The preventions we all have in place
:04:54. > :04:57.expire on the 30th of April. We are looking now at
:04:58. > :05:00.the populations of wild birds to see These birds will now be reintroduced
:05:01. > :05:10.gradually to the outside world. Ministers will decide
:05:11. > :05:12.whether the extra bio-security This will be decided in the coming
:05:13. > :05:21.weeks. Four youths, who tied a metal ladder
:05:22. > :05:24.to railway tracks in West Lothian, Officers said the consequences
:05:25. > :05:29.could have been "catastrophic" when an Edinburgh train ran over it
:05:30. > :05:33.at Livingston North station. The youths remained
:05:34. > :05:35.at the scene to watch, A lorry driver had a narrow escape,
:05:36. > :05:43.after crashing in darkness, only feet from the edge of
:05:44. > :05:46.Loch Lomond. The vehicle went down
:05:47. > :05:49.the embankment on the A82 south of Arrochar in the early hours
:05:50. > :05:53.of Friday morning. Police Scotland said
:05:54. > :05:56.the driver was not injured, but one lane of the road has been
:05:57. > :06:03.closed, causing major tailbacks. The police have warned the public
:06:04. > :06:06.not to approach an inmate, who's failed to return
:06:07. > :06:09.to Scotland's open prison. 54-year-old Frederick Boyd had been
:06:10. > :06:12.on home leave in Glasgow He's believed to have
:06:13. > :06:17.connections to the Clydebank, The Scottish cyclist,
:06:18. > :06:25.Katie Archibald, has won gold at the Track Cycling World
:06:26. > :06:28.Championships in Hong Kong. Her victory in the women's omnium
:06:29. > :06:32.gave Britain its first gold The 23-year-old from Milngavie
:06:33. > :06:36.succeeds Laura Kenny Katie was part of the winning
:06:37. > :06:41.Olympic team in Rio, but she admits that individual
:06:42. > :06:53.success was a different feeling. It is odd to celebrate by yourself
:06:54. > :07:01.and it feels lonely but looking for to going back to the Hotel... I am
:07:02. > :07:04.feeling pain primarily, but I am happy to have pulled it off. That
:07:05. > :07:10.was a bumpy race and I thought I had lost it in the middle. Chasing and
:07:11. > :07:15.chasing and being attacked... I got back on in the end and pulled it out
:07:16. > :07:22.of the bag. Let's see what we can expect from
:07:23. > :07:27.the weather, is that a rainbow? Easter weekend is upon us and while
:07:28. > :07:31.we cannot guarantee it will be dry, we are not expecting a washed out.
:07:32. > :07:36.This evening and tonight, it will bring further showers, heaviest and
:07:37. > :07:40.most frequent across the North West and Northern Isles. Perhaps Hill and
:07:41. > :07:44.the odd rumble of thunder in the mix. The wind increasing all the
:07:45. > :07:50.while from the north-west. Touching gale force across the Western Isles,
:07:51. > :07:56.towards Orkney and perhaps some coasts. Viewers showers are crossed
:07:57. > :08:01.eastern and southern, and three or five Celsius for most of us, but in
:08:02. > :08:06.some sheltered clearer parts, around freezing. Into tomorrow, and another
:08:07. > :08:10.day of sunshine and showers. Heaviest and most frequent across
:08:11. > :08:14.the North and the Northern Isles, during tomorrow morning. Being
:08:15. > :08:16.the North and the Northern Isles, driven in fresh to strong
:08:17. > :08:20.north-westerly winds, and these will gradually ease through the day.
:08:21. > :08:24.Tomorrow afternoon in more detail, across much of southern, central and
:08:25. > :08:29.eastern Scotland, expect dry and bright weather with sunshine until
:08:30. > :08:35.the afternoon, and a scattering of showers. In the sheltered east, not
:08:36. > :08:38.too bad in the sunshine. Across much of the North, quite a chilly feel
:08:39. > :08:43.with brisk winds, temperatures struggling. Some of these showers
:08:44. > :08:48.may well still be on the potent side during tomorrow afternoon. Into the
:08:49. > :08:50.evening, a lot of dry weather, brightness and sunshine, and a
:08:51. > :08:57.scattering of showers continuing across the North. Towards Easter
:08:58. > :09:01.Sunday, a degree of uncertainty. At this stage, expecting rain across
:09:02. > :09:04.the west coast and central and southern areas, gradually clearing.
:09:05. > :09:10.The driest and brightest conditions across the North, with one or two
:09:11. > :09:14.showers, but a cold feel, with North and north-westerly winds. By Easter
:09:15. > :09:17.Monday, a ridge of high pressure/ largely dry conditions with some
:09:18. > :09:24.sunshine, if the wintry showers from the North but still feeling chilly.
:09:25. > :09:28.At the forecast. That is Reporting Scotland. Our next
:09:29. > :09:31.update is at 20 past 10pm, after the ten o'clock news. Join me then if
:09:32. > :09:33.you can.