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:00:00. > :00:00.and on BBC one we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.

:00:07. > :00:15.Tonight on reporting Scotland: a BBC investigation discovers trafficked

:00:16. > :00:23.women are being sold repeatedly to gangs in Glasgow as part of a crime

:00:24. > :00:28.at work. Asian crime gangs will provide accommodation. Also in the

:00:29. > :00:37.programme, jurors in the trial, here from the lawyers that represented

:00:38. > :00:41.Craig Wighton arranges takeover. We made a couple taking on the big six

:00:42. > :00:47.energy providers by setting up their own gas and electricity company. And

:00:48. > :00:51.as the draw for the 2019 Rugby World Cup is made, one former player says

:00:52. > :01:05.the Scots should target a place in the semifinals.

:01:06. > :01:11.Good evening. A BBC investigation has discovered trafficked women are

:01:12. > :01:15.being sold repeatedly to Asian crime gangs in Glasgow as part of a

:01:16. > :01:19.massive international organised crime that work. Once in a vacuum

:01:20. > :01:26.goalless trafficked to the city three times, others have been sold

:01:27. > :01:32.and forced into sham marriages. The law enforcement agency is now

:01:33. > :01:36.investigating. Sam has this exclusive report.

:01:37. > :01:46.What you are watching is an illegal deal. How much do you want? This

:01:47. > :01:55.Romanian is selling a kidney to the woman beside him, she says he is his

:01:56. > :02:02.wife. He does these transplants all people are now the second most

:02:03. > :02:06.lucrative commodity next to drugs, sold for Labour or exploitation and

:02:07. > :02:09.for their organs. We discovered criminal gangs are now targeting

:02:10. > :02:17.specific areas of Scotland for the selling of women trafficked from

:02:18. > :02:24.abroad. There's a high number of victims and that's because there's a

:02:25. > :02:28.link between Eastern European crime gangs who have human trafficking is

:02:29. > :02:35.one of the things they do, but mixed with Asian crime gangs in Glasgow.

:02:36. > :02:40.So European crime gangs will provide victims and Asian will provide

:02:41. > :02:44.accommodation. I went to Slovakia to try and track down some of the

:02:45. > :02:47.victims, including one girl who was trafficked twice previously to

:02:48. > :02:57.Glasgow, but when we get to the house, we are in for a shock.

:02:58. > :03:02.You think your daughter may have been trafficked?

:03:03. > :03:07.Other victims also appear to have been trafficked again. We know now

:03:08. > :03:13.there are three girls currently missing, who are back in the UK in

:03:14. > :03:19.Glasgow? Yes. And inside this house, this girl was sold for a sham

:03:20. > :03:28.marriage by a family member. This birth certificate, there is no

:03:29. > :03:32.farther's name. It allows them to apply for EU residency. The family

:03:33. > :03:37.called the traffic and tell the mind they're asking awkward questions. If

:03:38. > :03:41.I start to ask the questions I really want to ask, the men are

:03:42. > :03:45.going to get very angry? I'm taken by a social worker to what is known

:03:46. > :03:49.locally as a transit house, where girls are kept for a few days before

:03:50. > :03:56.being transported to Glasgow for sham marriages. How many girls would

:03:57. > :04:05.have come? Five, ten? Hundreds? More than 100. Really? Really. Slovakian

:04:06. > :04:08.police discovered many sold into sham managers are then being

:04:09. > :04:19.sexually exploited by the men who buy them.

:04:20. > :04:24.Back in Scotland, I searched the marriage records and found numerous

:04:25. > :04:29.suspicious marriages between young Eastern European brides and older

:04:30. > :04:33.Asian men with the same address is being used on multiple occasions,

:04:34. > :04:39.and yet little trace of any of the couples living there. This street

:04:40. > :04:43.cropped up many times with numerous sham marriages attached to hear.

:04:44. > :04:46.This street has more than a dozen links to marriages between Pakistani

:04:47. > :04:49.This street has more than a dozen men and Eastern European brides in

:04:50. > :05:03.recent years. I'm going to try and see if I can speak to them. See if

:05:04. > :05:09.they are there. Hello, I'm looking for... He was registered as being

:05:10. > :05:15.married and living here, but he's not here? No. OK, the next one, the

:05:16. > :05:22.bride, the groom and the witness or gave this as the address. You don't

:05:23. > :05:26.know any of the names of the people? The man that was registered as

:05:27. > :05:28.living here, he's gone? And his wife, she's gone? Right, no luck

:05:29. > :05:35.living here, he's gone? And his getting anyone. One of a dozen

:05:36. > :05:42.marriages linked to this street. Brides, grooms, witnesses to the

:05:43. > :05:51.weddings, and of all of the doors I've knocked, not one couple lives

:05:52. > :05:57.there. Not one witness a nobody. Euro poll, the EU's Laurette agency,

:05:58. > :05:58.confirmed Scotland is now being specifically targeted by the

:05:59. > :06:03.trafficking trade. And you can watch Sam Poling's

:06:04. > :06:08.investigation Humans for Sale in full tonight on BBC One

:06:09. > :06:13.at 9pm. A lawyer who handled Craig Whyte's

:06:14. > :06:15.takeover of Rangers football club has told a court that Mr Whyte

:06:16. > :06:18.was presented as a man of the deal, that Craig Whyte had

:06:19. > :06:25.the funds available to buy the club. Mr Whyte denies fraud,

:06:26. > :06:27.in connection with his acquisition Our correspondent David

:06:28. > :06:38.Henderson reports. The London lawyer who played a key

:06:39. > :06:44.role in the deal to buy Rangers Football Club, Gary Withey. His

:06:45. > :06:49.client at the time, a company run by Craig Whyte, who acquired Rangers in

:06:50. > :06:52.2011. He is now on trial here at the High Court, accused of pretending he

:06:53. > :06:57.had the funds available to buy the Ibrox club. But Gary Withey said he

:06:58. > :07:03.got the impression Craig Whyte had lots of money. Gary Withey told the

:07:04. > :07:08.court that Craig Whyte was portrayed in the City of London as someone

:07:09. > :07:15.with substantial financial wealth. One person, he said, confused Craig

:07:16. > :07:19.Whyte with a whiskey tycoon. At one point, he said, that's who I thought

:07:20. > :07:24.I was dealing with. Much of today's evidence focused on whether Craig

:07:25. > :07:30.Whyte had the money needed to buy the Ibrox club, and the assurances

:07:31. > :07:35.Gary Withey gave our behalf of his company that funds were in place to

:07:36. > :07:39.make a deal possible. The jury was shown an e-mail, the so-called

:07:40. > :07:44.comfort letter, allegedly sent from Gary Withey's firm months before the

:07:45. > :07:51.club changed hands. The lawyers for the Rangers owners. In it it said

:07:52. > :07:53.there would be up to ?33 million in funding from a financial

:07:54. > :07:58.institution, to be utilised for the acquisition for the club. Gary

:07:59. > :08:05.Withey said, I would not have signed a comfort letter unless I had

:08:06. > :08:09.comfort. I don't like he said. It's not proper, you just don't do it.

:08:10. > :08:17.The prosecutor Alex Prentice highlighted a deal involving Craig

:08:18. > :08:21.Whyte and a company around the time Rangers was sold, Ticketus. An

:08:22. > :08:30.e-mail that said necessary steps had been taken for the sale of season

:08:31. > :08:33.tickets. Gary Withey returns to court tomorrow to give more

:08:34. > :08:37.evidence. Craig Whyte denies the charges on the trial continues.

:08:38. > :08:39.There's been a dispute over the impact of Brexit

:08:40. > :08:43.Doctors' leaders have warned of an uncertain future for more

:08:44. > :08:46.than 200 GPs in Scotland who came here from other parts

:08:47. > :08:57.This from our political editor Brian Taylor.

:08:58. > :09:05.The local GP, originally from Poland. Talk of Brexit leads her and

:09:06. > :09:12.fellow EU nationals anxious and they fellow EU nationals anxious and they

:09:13. > :09:17.-- their concern extends to their patients. I want my patients to have

:09:18. > :09:20.access to GPs whenever they need to, in emergency situations as well as

:09:21. > :09:24.routine appointments. I'm not sure what will happen to that. It can be

:09:25. > :09:28.potentially dangerous. The issue took centre stage in the election

:09:29. > :09:34.campaign today, with a focus on Brexit. Here's one I made earlier!

:09:35. > :09:40.Who made all the pies? Nicola Sturgeon did. She said the EU

:09:41. > :09:44.doctors issue proved the need for a big SNP presence in the Commons.

:09:45. > :09:48.This really highlights the dangers of a hard, reckless Brexit. That

:09:49. > :09:52.makes it really important that this election delivers MPs from Scotland,

:09:53. > :09:55.will fight Scotland's corner, not MPs who were just be a rubber stamp

:09:56. > :10:06.for Theresa May, whatever she wants to do. Kezia Dugdale is talking to

:10:07. > :10:11.worried nurses. Scottish ministers say they have funded every pay

:10:12. > :10:16.recommendation. The doctors, Labour says things can only get worse.

:10:17. > :10:21.There is a workforce crisis among GPs, but let's not pretend Brexit

:10:22. > :10:24.calls that, it existed long before that because of decisions SNP made.

:10:25. > :10:30.It would get worse with independence. In Dingwall Willie

:10:31. > :10:34.Rennie presses his case. He says the concern over doctors proves that

:10:35. > :10:38.Brexit is a blunder. It is one of the many reasons we're discovering

:10:39. > :10:41.as to why we should be remaining at the heart of Europe, because it's

:10:42. > :10:48.going to damage our NHS, with the loss of GPs. We're going to lose

:10:49. > :10:53.many nurses from the NHS as well. But what does it all mean for the

:10:54. > :10:57.price of fish? Ruth Davidson and Peterhead save the industry will

:10:58. > :11:01.gain from escaping EU rules. The SNP fears UK ministers will strike a

:11:02. > :11:07.deal to maintain access the EU fleets. And today's other European

:11:08. > :11:13.topic, the Tories say they want an agreement to keep EU doctors here,

:11:14. > :11:17.but they diagnose other health problems. We have to look at our NHS

:11:18. > :11:24.staff of the future. Why is it at the moment there is an ineffective

:11:25. > :11:26.cap on doctors going to medical schools and doctors for the future

:11:27. > :11:30.question about something we can sort in Scotland. Student numbers in

:11:31. > :11:35.medicine have long since been controlled but competition has eased

:11:36. > :11:38.slightly in recent years. Back in Millport, this doctor has just

:11:39. > :11:39.celebrated her first year as the island's GP. She hopes for many

:11:40. > :11:42.more. Health is a devolved matter -

:11:43. > :11:45.under the control of MSPs. And there was a debate on NHS pay

:11:46. > :11:49.at Holyrood this afternoon. Our political correspondent,

:11:50. > :12:04.Glenn Campbell's at This was a Labour Party debate,

:12:05. > :12:07.calling for NHS staff to have real terms pay rises. Instead the

:12:08. > :12:14.Scottish Government has offered to carry out a study on the effect of

:12:15. > :12:19.pay restraint. But during the debate one SNP MSP, a former nurse, became

:12:20. > :12:26.visibly upset. I hear what you're saying. My colleagues would love a

:12:27. > :12:32.pay rise, but how can we do that with constraints that we are being

:12:33. > :12:38.put under? Constant austerity measures of the Tory government?

:12:39. > :12:42.In response, the Conservatives pointed out that NHS Scotland has

:12:43. > :12:48.been under SNP control for the last ten years, and they said it was

:12:49. > :12:53.entirely for the SNP here at Holyrood to decide how much of their

:12:54. > :12:58.budget to spend on health. On the general election front, what

:12:59. > :13:02.other developments today? The Scottish Conservative leader

:13:03. > :13:08.Aretha Davidson told the BBC she is open to reviewing the operation of

:13:09. > :13:13.the so-called rape clause. The exception that allow women who have

:13:14. > :13:16.a third child as a result of rape to claim tax credits, which are

:13:17. > :13:20.otherwise limited to the first two children in most cases. If this

:13:21. > :13:24.sounds like a change in Ruth Davidson's position, I don't think

:13:25. > :13:29.it is. She still supports the two child limit the tax credits and the

:13:30. > :13:33.exception for rape survivors. Adding what she's doing is reminding us

:13:34. > :13:39.that she's not against changing the way this policy is administered, if

:13:40. > :13:44.a better way can be found. The SMP's are Pulis says there's no way of

:13:45. > :13:45.reviewing it to make it acceptable because it requires women to share

:13:46. > :13:50.details of their rape with the state because it requires women to share

:13:51. > :13:56.in order to make a tax credit claim. One other thing to manage mentioned

:13:57. > :14:01.today, nominations close tomorrow and tonight the Green Party have

:14:02. > :14:07.confirmed they will have only three candidates standing. That is down

:14:08. > :14:13.from 30 22-macro years ago. The Tories and Labour have seized on

:14:14. > :14:16.that. Labour say the Greens have capitulated to the SNP, in order to

:14:17. > :14:21.avoid splitting support for independence. The Tories say they

:14:22. > :14:24.now look forward to the Greens withdrawing from TV debates. The

:14:25. > :14:27.now look forward to the Greens Greens say they are fighting a

:14:28. > :14:30.targeted campaign, so much so that it seems even Ukip will have more

:14:31. > :14:35.candidates than the Scottish Greens. Thank you.

:14:36. > :14:39.A headteacher has been telling MSPs how she was left "utterly exhausted"

:14:40. > :14:41.by the job and is now seeking a new career.

:14:42. > :14:44.She was one of a number of teachers who told

:14:45. > :14:46.Holyrood's Education Committee today about the pressure they're facing.

:14:47. > :14:48.The MSPs are looking at how to attract more people

:14:49. > :14:50.into the profession and how to stop them leaving.

:14:51. > :14:54.Our education correspondent Jamie McIvor reports.

:14:55. > :15:00.When cameras are allowed into the classroom, it's usually to feature

:15:01. > :15:05.positive examples. Unions often describe stress and overworked, but

:15:06. > :15:11.it's rare to hear public testimony from those who say they actually

:15:12. > :15:16.face these challenges. Today, MSP is heard just that. Headteacher Isabel

:15:17. > :15:20.Marshall recently resigned from a job she loves. I have loved it. I

:15:21. > :15:27.would advise anyone to go into as a career but I am utterly exhausted.

:15:28. > :15:31.It's been the breadth of social demands which are mainly reached a

:15:32. > :15:35.point where I feel I need a break. Others spoke of long hours and

:15:36. > :15:39.constant change. I mean, I could work a hundred hours a week and I

:15:40. > :15:46.wouldn't get it all done, to the level I would be happy with. We have

:15:47. > :15:50.to draw a line. I mean, I can't see how I'd continue working full-time

:15:51. > :15:54.and a low 67, it just won't happen. We seem to be reacting with

:15:55. > :15:58.short-term ideas, where tonnes of money is thrown in and we are all

:15:59. > :16:03.expected to learn them and embed them, but then the next one comes

:16:04. > :16:05.along before we've had a chance to catch our breath.

:16:06. > :16:10.This is part of a wider investigation by MSP 's into the

:16:11. > :16:15.problems facing teachers. In some parts of the country filling

:16:16. > :16:20.vacancies is hard, where there are also specific problems in individual

:16:21. > :16:23.subjects. There are a number of elements on the agenda... Speaking

:16:24. > :16:25.earlier today the Education Secretary said he would listen

:16:26. > :16:29.earlier today the Education carefully to teachers. We have to

:16:30. > :16:32.make sure that in every respect we are attracting the right individuals

:16:33. > :16:36.into the teaching profession, they are being trained well and educated

:16:37. > :16:39.well to deliver education to young people in Scotland. That they are

:16:40. > :16:43.supported within our school environment and they continue to

:16:44. > :16:46.enhance their professional learning. The Scottish Government's critics

:16:47. > :16:50.argue there is mounting evidence of real problems in education. The MSPs

:16:51. > :17:00.will publish the report later. A paedophile from Renfrew has been

:17:01. > :17:02.convicted of abusing a girl aged between three and five,

:17:03. > :17:04.and filming the abuse. The High Court in Glasgow heard

:17:05. > :17:07.videos and still photographs made by 30-year-old Hugh Sim were seen

:17:08. > :17:09.during a police investigation in New Zealand into

:17:10. > :17:11.a paedophile chat group. This established one of the users

:17:12. > :17:14.had logged on from the UK, and it was revealed

:17:15. > :17:16.the subscriber was Sim. The jury found him guilty of five

:17:17. > :17:19.offences, and he'll be A BBC investigation has

:17:20. > :17:32.discovered girls are being repeatedly trafficked

:17:33. > :17:34.here by organised crime gangs. And still to come -

:17:35. > :17:36.Scotland is drawn against Japan and Ireland in the 2019 Rugby World

:17:37. > :17:43.Cup. A couple, so fed up with the Big Six

:17:44. > :17:46.energy providers have set up their own gas

:17:47. > :17:48.and electricity company. David Pike and Karin Sode have

:17:49. > :17:50.called it People's Energy and say But analysts warn it's a difficult

:17:51. > :17:55.market and other small suppliers have failed in challenging

:17:56. > :18:13.the energy giants. Fed up with the big six energy

:18:14. > :18:19.providers this couple set up a rival firm. We are official gas and

:18:20. > :18:23.electricity supplier. People's Energy promises to give profits back

:18:24. > :18:27.to customers. There are lots of people who have had bad experiences

:18:28. > :18:31.and feel treated unfairly and we wanted to change that. We wanted to

:18:32. > :18:36.create a company that puts customers first that is setup to put the

:18:37. > :18:40.customers at the centre. That is why we decided to give 75% of the

:18:41. > :18:44.profits back to the customers. Nothing less than a revolution, we

:18:45. > :18:49.put the power back in your hands. Energy analysts warn are risks. What

:18:50. > :18:53.people have to consider when looking at independent suppliers is first of

:18:54. > :18:56.all on pricing but also when the wholesale markets are volatile,

:18:57. > :19:01.particularly when they start to rise after a period of decreases them

:19:02. > :19:04.there have been cases of independent suppliers like GB energy supply

:19:05. > :19:07.going to the wall and that ultimately means you need to find a

:19:08. > :19:12.new supplier. The company say they have planned for that. We have

:19:13. > :19:15.researched very carefully and got lots of advice from industry

:19:16. > :19:17.experts. In fact industry experts have given their time freely to make

:19:18. > :19:20.experts. In fact industry experts sure we are successful and we have

:19:21. > :19:23.also made sure we have a robust hedging policy to make sure we have

:19:24. > :19:29.bought the energy ahead and we will not be caught out by rising

:19:30. > :19:32.wholesale prices. So our gas and electricity customers interested. In

:19:33. > :19:35.principle it is a good idea but I think people like to know who they

:19:36. > :19:39.are dealing with. If it got off the ground and got trusted fair enough.

:19:40. > :19:45.If it helps people to reduce bills it is a good idea. I wouldn't try

:19:46. > :19:49.it, not at my age! Now I'm retired and I'm quite happy with what I've

:19:50. > :19:54.got. We are also working on our systems. They start to supply gas

:19:55. > :19:57.and electricity across the UK this August. Morag Kinniburgh, Reporting

:19:58. > :19:59.Scotland, East Lothian. The Scottish Football Association's

:20:00. > :20:01.former compliance officer has told BBC Scotland a zero-tolerance

:20:02. > :20:03.approach to betting within football has to be maintained

:20:04. > :20:05.to prevent match fixing. This comes a day after the SFA took

:20:06. > :20:08.action against a player and a chairman for gambling

:20:09. > :20:10.on football matches, Our senior football reporter

:20:11. > :20:23.Chris McLaughlan reports. I am a member of the world's

:20:24. > :20:26.favourite online sports betting company.

:20:27. > :20:30.Football fans can bet, players, though, count, despite some clubs

:20:31. > :20:32.and competition is being sponsored by betting companies. The problem is

:20:33. > :20:38.some do and not just players. This by betting companies. The problem is

:20:39. > :20:45.is the chairman of Annan Athletic stub he's been charged by the SFA

:20:46. > :20:49.for placing football bets gush over 4000, some against his own team. The

:20:50. > :20:53.current rules workable? Basically have to be, according to the man who

:20:54. > :20:57.used to enforce them. If you don't stop it now than in three or four

:20:58. > :21:01.years' time you could be looking at matches being manipulated and if

:21:02. > :21:04.that is the case confidence is lost in the sport and the integrity, and

:21:05. > :21:06.the fact you are watching a free match were either team can mean Doug

:21:07. > :21:12.McGuigan. Lewis Wynne of match were either team can mean Doug

:21:13. > :21:18.has admitted previously to having a problem. Others say it's the norm. I

:21:19. > :21:22.bet frequently, most weeks I put coupons on, whether it was in my

:21:23. > :21:31.league or in other leagues in the world. And others likewise, probably

:21:32. > :21:34.more than 50% of the players and most of the teams I play for had

:21:35. > :21:38.bets on and I'm sure nothing has really changed that much.

:21:39. > :21:45.But is that the case, our players are circumventing rules and betting

:21:46. > :21:50.regularly? At our club I wouldn't say it was a big issue. Across

:21:51. > :21:56.Scottish football in general obviously it probably still is. Play

:21:57. > :21:59.by the rules and enjoy the prize, or gamble and face the consequences.

:22:00. > :22:02.The terms of an uneasy marriage between football and gambling. Chris

:22:03. > :22:04.McLaughlin, Reporting Scotland. Rugby now, and the former Scotland

:22:05. > :22:07.star Sean Lamont says the semifinals are the target for the national team

:22:08. > :22:10.at the next World Cup. The draw for the 2019

:22:11. > :22:12.tournament was made today, with Gregor Townsend's men emerging

:22:13. > :22:36.in a group with Ireland The countdown to the next Rugby

:22:37. > :22:44.World Cup is on and it seems Scotland are quite a draw. Scotland!

:22:45. > :22:47.The reaction of the room tells you all you need to know, Scotland are

:22:48. > :22:53.into pool eight once again and will meet Japan in the pool stages.

:22:54. > :22:57.The land of the bullet train is hosting, Scotland travelled there on

:22:58. > :23:01.a successful tour last year. When they return they will face Ireland

:23:02. > :23:04.as top seeds in their group with Japan ranked third. The rest of the

:23:05. > :23:09.pool will be made up of two teams from qualifying. For a man who wore

:23:10. > :23:16.the Scotland jersey over 100 times the draw could scarcely be any

:23:17. > :23:19.better. It's a great opportunity to qualify and qualify top. What are

:23:20. > :23:23.the expectations and hopes going into the World Cup? How far can

:23:24. > :23:29.Scotland go? After the last one we should be looking for at least the

:23:30. > :23:32.semis, against Australia. That is the standard we need to start aiming

:23:33. > :23:36.for, especially the way we have played recently, there is no reason

:23:37. > :23:40.why we can't aim for the semis and onwards. The reasons to be cheerful

:23:41. > :23:45.are clear. Scotland beat Ireland in the first game of this year's Six

:23:46. > :23:48.Nations and will be pleased to have avoided the likes of New Zealand,

:23:49. > :23:51.Australia and England. Even though Japan will have the support of a

:23:52. > :23:58.nation behind them Scotland beat them twice in their own backyard in

:23:59. > :24:01.last summer's tests. The hosts can play, though, they famously beat

:24:02. > :24:05.South Africa in the last World Cup and scored a terrific try against

:24:06. > :24:09.Scotland last year. New national head coach Gregor Townsend says he

:24:10. > :24:11.is excited by the draw. Winning the group could be the key to

:24:12. > :24:15.progressing further because that could mean Scotland avoiding the

:24:16. > :24:22.defending champion All Blacks in the quarterfinals. Khairuddin Ebersohn,

:24:23. > :24:23.Reporting Scotland. -- Kheredine Idesanne.

:24:24. > :24:25.Laura McIver is here with details of tonight's extended

:24:26. > :24:28.We're bringing you news and views from the general election

:24:29. > :24:31.Tonight - health's being discussed after a warning

:24:32. > :24:34.from the Royal College of GPs about the impact of Brexit

:24:35. > :24:37.We'll also hear from a politics number cruncher.

:24:38. > :24:45.And now its time for the weather with Christopher.

:24:46. > :24:50.Good evening, cloudy today than what we have been used to over recent

:24:51. > :24:55.days but still some sunshine coming through and more this evening. In

:24:56. > :24:59.fact, the south-westward get the lion's share and that is where this

:25:00. > :25:02.evening's Weather watcher photo comes from. Evening sunshine for

:25:03. > :25:07.many of us, still thicker cloud with outbreaks of light rain up towards

:25:08. > :25:11.Caithness and Orkney but elsewhere overnight largely dry with a mixture

:25:12. > :25:17.of cloud and some clear spells. Overnight lows in towns and cities

:25:18. > :25:20.around 5-7dC but a touch cooler in the countryside, certainly across

:25:21. > :25:23.the north-east and south-east. Tomorrow it is a dry start for and a

:25:24. > :25:26.bright start for most, some morning Tomorrow it is a dry start for and a

:25:27. > :25:30.cloud towards parts of Aberdeenshire, Angus, Tayside and

:25:31. > :25:33.the eastern borders which will clear by the afternoon, so sunny

:25:34. > :25:46.across-the-board. A little more cloud the further north you are

:25:47. > :25:50.for Orkney and Shetland but drier than today without the drizzly rain

:25:51. > :25:53.we have had. By mid-afternoon in the sunshine it is really quite warm, 20

:25:54. > :25:55.Celsius in the south-west, Dumfries and Galloway coming towards

:25:56. > :25:57.Ayrshire, even for parts of Lanarkshire and towards the eastern

:25:58. > :25:59.side, mid-to high teens on the east coast with a breeze off the see it

:26:00. > :26:01.will feel cool. Towards the north-west some sunshine, meet teen

:26:02. > :26:05.temperatures, cloudy but dry for Orkney, some sunshine for Shetland.

:26:06. > :26:09.For the rest of the afternoon into the evening, evening sunshine to end

:26:10. > :26:13.the day. And then the change, on the Solway you will see showers edging

:26:14. > :26:17.in from England. On the pressure chart you can see low-pressure

:26:18. > :26:22.looming through England bringing some rain and humid conditions. What

:26:23. > :26:25.it means for us come Friday is we will see showers, most of them

:26:26. > :26:29.likely across the west coast and Hebrides, many central and western

:26:30. > :26:33.parts of the mainland dry and sunny, eastern areas cloudy, some low cloud

:26:34. > :26:36.at times. Into the weekend on Saturday, a wet morning but

:26:37. > :26:40.improving for the afternoon with sunshine. This front pushes through

:26:41. > :26:43.by Sunday giving a fresher feel, some sunshine but equally a few

:26:44. > :26:47.showers at times. That's the forecast.

:26:48. > :26:51.Now, a reminder of tonight's main news.

:26:52. > :26:53.There's been widespread criticism of President Trump's shock dismissal

:26:54. > :26:56.Opponents have raised suspicion his dismissal was linked

:26:57. > :26:58.to his investigation into allegations the Trump election

:26:59. > :27:02.And a BBC investigation has discovered girls

:27:03. > :27:04.are being repeatedly trafficked here by organised crime gangs.

:27:05. > :27:13.Our next main bulletin is at 10.30pm.

:27:14. > :27:15.Until then from all the team, good evening.