:00:00. > :00:09.The Labour group on Aberdeen council is suspended from the party
:00:10. > :00:10.after forming a coalition with the Conservatives against
:00:11. > :00:22.This isn't about positions, this is about the job Labour councillors are
:00:23. > :00:24.elected to do protect public service, to invest and defend public
:00:25. > :00:27.We'll be live in Aberdeen with the latest.
:00:28. > :00:31.As unemployment falls again in Scotland, we take a look at how
:00:32. > :00:35.the so-called gig economy is changing the world of work.
:00:36. > :00:37.The frightening moment a schoolgirl's tongue got trapped
:00:38. > :00:43.It took hospital staff more than four hours to free her.
:00:44. > :00:45.Why this multiple sclerosis sufferer is rethinking his plans
:00:46. > :00:53.And, after another early defeat for Andy Murray,
:00:54. > :00:55.can the world number one recover his form
:00:56. > :01:21.Scottish Labour has suspended all nine members of the Labour group
:01:22. > :01:23.of councillors in Aberdeen for breaching party rules
:01:24. > :01:26.and forming a coalition to run the City Council with the Tories.
:01:27. > :01:28.Fiona Stalker's there for us this evening.
:01:29. > :01:32.Fiona, talk us through what's been going on there today.
:01:33. > :01:40.Well, they say a week is a long time in politics, how about a few hours?
:01:41. > :01:45.It has been a day of deal, resignation, and suspensions but a
:01:46. > :01:50.coalition of, are now running Aberdeen but not even is happy.
:01:51. > :01:55.Labour's 5.00 deadline came and went. Kezia Dugdale demanding the
:01:56. > :02:00.nine Labour councillors remove themselves from a coalition with the
:02:01. > :02:04.Tories are. They refused. Your reaction your suspension? I am
:02:05. > :02:07.disappointed because I have been a member of the Labour Party for a
:02:08. > :02:11.long time or group took the decision we wanted to go into coalition
:02:12. > :02:16.because we feel it is best thing for the people of Aberdeen, we feel that
:02:17. > :02:20.we have negotiated a good deal with our partners which means that we
:02:21. > :02:24.have anti-austerity means within the programme that will be brought
:02:25. > :02:30.forward. The controversial development seen by many as the
:02:31. > :02:34.reason Labour got a thumping at the local elections but tonight they are
:02:35. > :02:41.back in power. The deal don with the Tories. A Labour Lord Provost was
:02:42. > :02:47.elected, nominated by Conservatives. The SNP, the biggest party left in
:02:48. > :02:53.opposition What have seen is a dark day for democracy s they are the
:02:54. > :02:57.three headed hound of hell. It it was a day of comes and goings, the
:02:58. > :03:02.Tories giving up council leader hip to Labour, despite being the bigger
:03:03. > :03:07.party. Has democracy I been done today? It is not the party with the
:03:08. > :03:10.most councillor that formed the coalition, but the group is coming
:03:11. > :03:14.together to have a storm partnership, so with 23 members I
:03:15. > :03:17.think it is fantastic for the city. Amid the turmoil the Liberal
:03:18. > :03:22.Democrats lost a councillor when one of theirs crossed the chamber to
:03:23. > :03:26.join the independents. I think there will be anger among a large
:03:27. > :03:33.proportion of the population in Aberdeen. They will be angry there
:03:34. > :03:37.is no change. I am shocked at the behaviour of the Conservative Party
:03:38. > :03:42.and Labour. One member of the public has made their feelings known about
:03:43. > :03:47.the new coalition. What happens next? The nine councillors have been
:03:48. > :03:49.suspended from Scottish Labour pending an investigation, they are
:03:50. > :03:53.calling themselves Aberdeen Labour and they say they will continue to
:03:54. > :03:55.campaign alongside the Scottish Labour colleague, for the up coming
:03:56. > :03:57.Labour colleague, for the up coming general election.
:03:58. > :04:01.Well, in the last half an hour, Scottish Labour Leader Kezia Dugdale
:04:02. > :04:11.This isn't about position or golds round the necks of councillor, this
:04:12. > :04:14.is about the job they are elected to do to protect public service and
:04:15. > :04:17.defend thenment the deal coming from Aberdeen didn't pass that test, that
:04:18. > :04:20.is why it was rejected by the democratic body of the Labour Party,
:04:21. > :04:21.why that must be respected and why we have moved to suspend the
:04:22. > :04:24.we have moved to suspend the councillors.
:04:25. > :04:27.And with me now is our political editor Brian Taylor -
:04:28. > :04:29.Brian, how damaging is this to the Scottish Labour
:04:30. > :04:34.I certainly think the general election is concentrating minds that
:04:35. > :04:39.it is what this row is about. Let us reremember a couple of facts in the
:04:40. > :04:43.previous set of council, both Labour and the SNP in various guises,
:04:44. > :04:46.whether in coalition or partnership with the Conservative, the SNP ruled
:04:47. > :04:52.out a deal with the Tory, Labour ruled out not a deal with the
:04:53. > :04:55.Tories, but any deal they said would increase austerity for communities
:04:56. > :04:59.but to be fair to Labour, in advance of the agreement in Aberdeen, a
:05:00. > :05:02.panel of the Scottish executive committee said they went happy with
:05:03. > :05:06.the deal, they thought it was the wrong thing to do and they said it
:05:07. > :05:10.should not happen, the councillors wept ahead regardless. How does this
:05:11. > :05:14.affect Labour? There will be some voters in Scotland who will discount
:05:15. > :05:18.this, they will pay no attention to it, they will pay no heed, they will
:05:19. > :05:23.vote as they are going to vote regardless. Some will be impressed
:05:24. > :05:27.at dug danger taking what is seemingly a tough stand, frankly
:05:28. > :05:32.against member of her own party, but there another prospective. People
:05:33. > :05:37.tend not to vote for parties that are pay tenially divided. It tends
:05:38. > :05:41.to deter the voters. Earlier Kezia Dugdale was asked on our sister
:05:42. > :05:45.programme on BBC Radio Scotland how she would rank her campaign and
:05:46. > :05:50.Labour's campaign from one o ten, she gave it six or seven with three
:05:51. > :05:51.weeks to go. I am not sure tonight she will be increasing that score
:05:52. > :05:54.all that much. Thank you for that. And speaking of the general
:05:55. > :06:02.election, the Liberal Democrats have published their UK election
:06:03. > :06:04.manifesto and reaffirmed the party's opposition to Scottish independence
:06:05. > :06:06.and a second indy referendum. But it's Brexit that's
:06:07. > :06:09.at the heart of their campaign. Here's our political
:06:10. > :06:22.correspondent, David Porter. Elections, battle buses and
:06:23. > :06:26.manifestos go together. The Liberal Democrats key is Brexit is not cut
:06:27. > :06:31.and dry. Do you have people based in markets to do the face to face...
:06:32. > :06:35.How Brexit pans out will affect everyone, including this start up
:06:36. > :06:39.company in Glasgow. It provides loyalty cards for the small business
:06:40. > :06:43.sector. That deal ultimately will have to be signed off and the
:06:44. > :06:46.question is who should do that? Who should have that choice about
:06:47. > :06:49.whether that deal is good enough? I don't think it should up to the
:06:50. > :06:54.Government or to Parliament, I think it should be the people that have
:06:55. > :06:58.that final say, and the option to remain in the EU if it a bad deal
:06:59. > :07:04.that Theresa May brings back from the negotiations.
:07:05. > :07:09.Out on the stump the SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon. She is keen to
:07:10. > :07:11.frame Brexit debate from the nationalist perspective. The key
:07:12. > :07:17.choice for people is whether we are going to give the Tories a free
:07:18. > :07:22.hand, not just to pursue Brexit but to pursue an extreme form of Brexit.
:07:23. > :07:25.An extreme Brexit could put 80,000 Scottish jobs on the line, my
:07:26. > :07:30.message in this election is if you vote for the SNP, you are giving me
:07:31. > :07:34.a mandate to demand that Scotland's interests around that negotiateling
:07:35. > :07:40.table. Rights answer if you are a Tory, at
:07:41. > :07:45.this nursery in Thornley bank the focus on early years education, but
:07:46. > :07:48.Brexit is never far away. Once you have asked that question, I think
:07:49. > :07:52.our experience in Scotland shows we shouldn't have to be dragged back
:07:53. > :07:55.and reasked us until the side that lost get what they want out of the
:07:56. > :08:00.end of it. We made the decision, we are leaving the European Union, the
:08:01. > :08:03.idea now is who is going to get the best deal, Jeremy Corbyn or Theresa
:08:04. > :08:09.May? I trust Theresa May, to get a much better deal than I would trust
:08:10. > :08:12.Jeremy Corbyn. Labour's leader also clear of the
:08:13. > :08:16.challenges ahead. I think the result of the EU
:08:17. > :08:21.referendum should be respected and even has to work hard to get the
:08:22. > :08:24.best possible deal from Brexit. That involves rejecting the Tories's hard
:08:25. > :08:31.right-wing approach to Brexit, the way do that is to vote for a Labour
:08:32. > :08:36.Government on 8th June. At Holyrood a different tone from the election.
:08:37. > :08:41.A visit from Brendan cox whose wife Jo Cox was murdered last year. I
:08:42. > :08:46.think it is more important during times where we disagree to remember
:08:47. > :08:50.the things that are more fundamental to say of course we can disagree
:08:51. > :08:54.with each other but there is no space for hatred within that debate.
:08:55. > :08:58.The Scottish party leaders took time out from the cut and thrust of the
:08:59. > :09:02.campaign, to sit down together for tea with Brendan cox. All agrees
:09:03. > :09:06.some things are just more important. All agrees some things
:09:07. > :09:08.are just more important. Unemployment in Scotland has fallen
:09:09. > :09:10.by 14,000 in the last But the world of work is changing,
:09:11. > :09:14.with more people now earning money through the so-called "gig economy"
:09:15. > :09:17.- where one-off services - like taxi rides and takeaway meals -
:09:18. > :09:20.are arranged by mobile phones. While some enjoy the freedom
:09:21. > :09:22.of life off the payroll, there's concern about the level
:09:23. > :09:25.of rights and benefits these workers are entitled to,
:09:26. > :09:33.as our political correspondent, And relax. This mass Sergeant
:09:34. > :09:38.therapist is enjoying her new career after being made redundant. Being
:09:39. > :09:41.self-employed, Elizabeth is her own boss. She doesn't receive sick pay
:09:42. > :09:46.or paid holidays but there is a Huang. A of freedom I am in charge
:09:47. > :09:52.of everything. I think if I sat down with somebody, and spoke about the
:09:53. > :09:56.plus points and also the challenges of being self-employed, to being on
:09:57. > :10:00.a payroll we could probably come up we the same amount of items on each
:10:01. > :10:04.list albeit they would be very different. There has been a rise in
:10:05. > :10:09.traditional self employment like this since the recession. But the
:10:10. > :10:14.world of work is changing. At the swipe of a screen, with the new gig
:10:15. > :10:19.economy. Big companies link workers to customers for a one officer
:10:20. > :10:24.advice, and take a cut. It's sold as giving workers more control but the
:10:25. > :10:29.reality for in uber-driver is different. Deisn't set our own fare,
:10:30. > :10:34.we are to in control of our own earnings, we have to do it the
:10:35. > :10:38.uber-way or the high way. But on the high ways of Glasgow, uber-put us in
:10:39. > :10:41.touch with one driver who sees the benefits of working for himself and
:10:42. > :10:44.the company. You press a button you are working, you press a button you
:10:45. > :10:49.stop working, nobody is there telling you what to do. That is the
:10:50. > :10:53.foundation of flexible working as far as I'm concerned. There is
:10:54. > :10:59.currently an independent review into the gig economy. In this election
:11:00. > :11:03.the parties are making various promises round increasing works'
:11:04. > :11:08.right and better pay. Budding Chancellors will want to make sure
:11:09. > :11:13.they don't miss out of tax revenue as self employment increases. If the
:11:14. > :11:17.next UK Government tries to address some of these issues round
:11:18. > :11:23.differences in tax treatment, between the self-employed and
:11:24. > :11:27.employees that has to go alongside changes in the employment rights of
:11:28. > :11:32.people working in the self employment sector. So as office
:11:33. > :11:35.staff enjoy a lunchtime rest in George Square politicians in this
:11:36. > :11:38.general election campaign are working hard, to try to adapt to
:11:39. > :11:41.this changing world of employment. Yesterday, we brought you
:11:42. > :11:45.news of the longest running criminal A husband and wife were convicted
:11:46. > :11:49.of fraud and money laundering, with victims finding out they no
:11:50. > :11:51.longer owned their homes. The court proceedings
:11:52. > :11:52.cost around ?7.5 milion. But the case raises questions
:11:53. > :11:55.about the future of these trials. This trial has been
:11:56. > :12:06.remarkable in many ways - it was originally scheduled
:12:07. > :12:07.to take 4-6 months. It lasted more than
:12:08. > :12:10.a year and a half. In that time, the judge officially
:12:11. > :12:13.retired, but had to be kept on, a juror got married,
:12:14. > :12:15.and a lawyer's baby was born. But can you imagine being called
:12:16. > :12:18.for jury duty and finding, that your normal working life had
:12:19. > :12:20.to be suspended for more Jurors do get paid, but if you're
:12:21. > :12:25.in a higher paid job But this case also raises questions
:12:26. > :12:36.about the legal system itself. The whole trial was on edge when
:12:37. > :12:40.the number of jurors fell to 12 - the minimum number required
:12:41. > :12:41.to reach a verdict. If another juror had
:12:42. > :12:43.been unable to continue, So, are jury trials the best way
:12:44. > :13:05.to achieve justice in long In terms of very very serious case,
:13:06. > :13:08.involving very complicated financial concepts and influents the ordinary
:13:09. > :13:13.person might not be familiar with you might well ask is this value for
:13:14. > :13:18.money and is it good justice, the best way to deliver justice? I am
:13:19. > :13:19.not sure on either test whether with are delivering that in Scotland
:13:20. > :13:21.are delivering that in Scotland today.
:13:22. > :13:24.The Scottish Government is planning to look at the work of juries -
:13:25. > :13:27.it will be at least two years before we find out more.
:13:28. > :13:29.Another question raised by the case is who is prosecuted.
:13:30. > :13:32.Lawyers who carried out the property transactions which turned
:13:33. > :13:34.out to be fraudulent, were not put on trial.
:13:35. > :13:37.Some of the families I spoke to who lost their home in the scam
:13:38. > :13:50.say the professionals involved should be tried too.
:13:51. > :13:56.Every single home report, surveyor should be held account, in my eyes
:13:57. > :14:00.Yet, because they gave evidence for the Crown they effectively have
:14:01. > :14:01.immunity from prosecution in the criminal court
:14:02. > :14:05.The BBC has discovered that two of the lawyers involved have been
:14:06. > :14:07.struck off by their regulator and two have previously
:14:08. > :14:18.been disciplined - all for other matters.
:14:19. > :14:24.Other lawyers take these matters very very seriously, it is a
:14:25. > :14:29.privilege to an extent to be able to handle money, and that being so,
:14:30. > :14:31.there is a zero tolerance of mortgage fraud within the profession
:14:32. > :14:34.The Law Society of Scotland, who regulate lawyers,
:14:35. > :14:37.have said they will wait for papers from court before they decide
:14:38. > :14:39.whether they will look at the actions of the solicitors
:14:40. > :14:42.involved - but what's certain is there are problems with them
:14:43. > :14:45.There is also, separately, an independent review under way
:14:46. > :14:47.into whether lawyers need to be better regulated.
:14:48. > :15:04.So there is plenty to look out for after what is now a historic case.
:15:05. > :15:06.A child's travel mug has been withdrawn from sale across Europe
:15:07. > :15:09.by The Disney Store after a school girl from Kirkintilloch
:15:10. > :15:17.Hospital staff had to use bolt cutters, a hacksaw and drill
:15:18. > :15:20.to remove the screw-top cup from the seven-year-old's mouth.
:15:21. > :15:22.The company said it was an unfortunate incident
:15:23. > :15:24.that they had taken seriously by immediately stopping sales
:15:25. > :15:34.A day out in the park is the best way for a little girl to get over
:15:35. > :15:38.her ordeal. Because this time last week the
:15:39. > :15:43.seven-year-old spent hours in hospital with her tongue stuck
:15:44. > :15:47.firmly in the lid of her drinking bottle They tried various tool,
:15:48. > :15:54.scissor, bolt cut evers, eventually a hack saw. That was what worked the
:15:55. > :15:57.best, they tried to use some local anaesthetic in her tongue which was
:15:58. > :16:01.painful. She was screaming at that point. I had to held her down. The
:16:02. > :16:05.mark on her tongue is healing nicely. Fortunately she doesn't
:16:06. > :16:10.remember much about what happened in hospital, but her injury did make a
:16:11. > :16:23.few things difficult. Talking and eating. I couldn't eat. It turns out
:16:24. > :16:26.what happened to Megan wasn't an isolated incident. Another mother
:16:27. > :16:31.from Midlothian has been in touch with this family, to say that her
:16:32. > :16:34.nine-year-old son's tongue got stuck in a similar travel mug. The main
:16:35. > :16:40.difference is her child didn't end up in hospital. It was a Disney cup
:16:41. > :16:53.like this which caused the problems. In a
:16:54. > :17:00.Three other mugs have also been withdrawn from sale, while there for
:17:01. > :17:05.plans for a full recall, customers can return the mugs for a refund.
:17:06. > :17:09.Komi An Inverness man who planned
:17:10. > :17:13.suicide clinic next month is to defer the visit.
:17:14. > :17:15.Colin Campbell, who's been encouraged to seek support
:17:16. > :17:17.by a fellow sufferer, has called for more help for others
:17:18. > :17:21.NHS Highland says support for MS patients is tailored to suit
:17:22. > :17:23.individual needs and is very much driven by them.
:17:24. > :17:39.how people should be looking at this is Colin is worn out with having had
:17:40. > :17:44.this illness and his death will give him release. Colin Campbell speaking
:17:45. > :17:49.earlier this month about his plan to end his life in Switzerland after
:17:50. > :17:56.being unable to face another winter stuck in a second-floor flat with
:17:57. > :18:02.multiple sclerosis. Isn't as nice? This is better than sitting indoors,
:18:03. > :18:07.isn't it? Now his life has taken a different turn after being contacted
:18:08. > :18:11.by a fellow MS sufferer who is encouraging him to access better
:18:12. > :18:17.support for his progressive illness. I had to fight very hard to get my
:18:18. > :18:22.help and I found lots of barriers. I now have carers, promote abilities
:18:23. > :18:28.Cooter, and a great life now, but a few years ago, my story was very
:18:29. > :18:32.different and I can see Colin the way I used to be. What did you think
:18:33. > :18:39.of that, Colin, going on your scooter for the first time? I think
:18:40. > :18:44.was excellent. I enjoyed it and I agree it's totally liberating. The
:18:45. > :18:48.56 inroad has now decided to defer his visit to the Swiss clinic while
:18:49. > :18:55.he seeks more help and treatment. My situation was extremely bleak. This
:18:56. > :19:00.has given me some kind of optimism which I definitely didn't have, so I
:19:01. > :19:06.owe that to her. There's a lot of people forgotten, who needs a lot of
:19:07. > :19:12.help and are unaware there is help and that's why people like me go to
:19:13. > :19:18.Switzerland. So a new direction and new hope for someone who felt he had
:19:19. > :19:23.nowhere left to turn. You won't ever want to be slower game. It's boring
:19:24. > :19:24.being slow. Jackie O'Brien, Inverness.
:19:25. > :19:28.Andy Murray says he's still in with a chance of winning
:19:29. > :19:30.the French Open tennis despite his recent slump in form.
:19:31. > :19:32.It continued with last night's second round defeat
:19:33. > :19:34.at the Italian Open, his fourth early exit recently.
:19:35. > :19:57.Italy is Fabiola Fellini, sending Andy Murray packing. Getting the
:19:58. > :20:03.crowd going. The world number 29, the latest player to beat the number
:20:04. > :20:07.one. I wasn't creating enough chances on my own. Normally during
:20:08. > :20:12.matches, your opponent might give you a few opportunities with some
:20:13. > :20:17.errors. So you hope to create a few yourself but that certainly wasn't
:20:18. > :20:22.the case today. In Indian Wells, it in March, he was knocked out in the
:20:23. > :20:26.second round. After that, a third round exit at Monte Carlo. Signs of
:20:27. > :20:29.a revival when he reached the semifinals in Barcelona, but it
:20:30. > :20:35.proved to be short lived with defeats in Madrid in the third round
:20:36. > :20:43.and Rome in the second. Often there's a to number one and I
:20:44. > :20:49.remembered in December, he was beating Novak Djokovic becoming the
:20:50. > :20:52.greatest player in the world. He's a couple of injuries with shingles, a
:20:53. > :20:59.debilitating illness and also an elbow injury. The French Open, a
:21:00. > :21:08.week on Sunday. Murray reach the semifinal in 2015. I have to work
:21:09. > :21:14.harder these next ten days. Really prepare very well, make the most of
:21:15. > :21:18.every single day. And then really work my way into the tournament.
:21:19. > :21:25.This man may help Murray get back to his best comment grand slam coach,
:21:26. > :21:26.Ivan Lendl, the men ten to three major titles. They will be reunited
:21:27. > :21:27.in Paris. And the cream of Scottish
:21:28. > :21:29.athletics is preparing for the World Championships
:21:30. > :21:31.in London and next year's Commonwealth Games
:21:32. > :21:34.on the Australian Gold Coast. Scots endurance running
:21:35. > :21:37.is at an all time high with several Scots training at an elite
:21:38. > :21:39.British Athletics high Rhona McLeod went to see
:21:40. > :21:59.them in action and sends Welcome to Northern Arizona which
:22:00. > :22:01.lies at an altitude of 7000 feet. It makes it absolutely ideal for
:22:02. > :22:09.distance and middle distance runners to train. It's about fitting what we
:22:10. > :22:14.take, eight weeks at home, into four weeks or so getting fitter a lot
:22:15. > :22:17.quicker and also being away in this sort of environment, yeah, it's been
:22:18. > :22:21.really good so far. Lindsay Sharp shares are trading house with fellow
:22:22. > :22:26.Scot Andrew Prichard. To get the most from their high altitude
:22:27. > :22:35.training, there oxygen levels are measured every day. 97 again. Every
:22:36. > :22:42.morning we do this morning monitoring. We let the doctors know
:22:43. > :22:45.we slept fine and we feel good in the morning and if there's anything
:22:46. > :22:52.wrong they can come to us and find out what's happened and why. Mostly
:22:53. > :23:05.just to check our oxygen levels. I'm happy. They currently tread these
:23:06. > :23:11.trails along with Lindsay. Are they a new breed of Scott 's performance?
:23:12. > :23:19.The Scottish teams in the past have enjoyed the trip and the tracksuit
:23:20. > :23:26.and we saw them getting a lot closer to it in Glasgow where we were much
:23:27. > :23:32.closer to medals than before. In in during this I have no doubt will
:23:33. > :23:37.have the medals from the Gold Coast have the medals from the Gold Coast
:23:38. > :23:42.-- in endurance events. The efforts being made are huge. Punishing
:23:43. > :23:48.sessions. All planned to deliver a Scottish success at sea-level.
:23:49. > :23:50.Finally, a shaggy dog story with a happy ending.
:23:51. > :23:52.Nan the sheepdog has been rescued after falling over
:23:53. > :23:56.She'd been chasing a rabbit and tumbled more than 100 feet
:23:57. > :24:00.Nan managed to scramble back onto a ledge and a coastguard
:24:01. > :24:06.She wasn't hurt, and was glad to be reunited with owners,
:24:07. > :24:15.And time now to get the weather from Christopher.
:24:16. > :24:21.Thank you. Good evening. Fairly pleasant conditions for many of us
:24:22. > :24:26.today. On the satellite picture, the high cloud in the south-east,
:24:27. > :24:28.showers feeding in across the West with some heavy ones in the
:24:29. > :24:36.south-west of the moment. If you had the blue skies, very pleasant day.
:24:37. > :24:40.This evening, though showers fading away and most places becoming dry by
:24:41. > :24:43.the end of the night. Some clear spells around but temperatures in
:24:44. > :24:50.towns and cities should hold around 7-8 and in the countryside, chilly,
:24:51. > :24:53.not far off freezing in the north-east and south-east so
:24:54. > :24:57.tomorrow a few showers to start the day for the Western Isles and
:24:58. > :25:01.Glasgow. They moved north and east with through the day. For many,
:25:02. > :25:07.reasonably dry with reasonably dry and sunny spells but the showers
:25:08. > :25:10.will be pushing through at times. By mid-afternoon, 4pm, for many central
:25:11. > :25:14.and southern parts of the country, largely dry and bright and there are
:25:15. > :25:19.some further showers later. Further east, through parts of Fife,
:25:20. > :25:23.Aberdeenshire, showers in the afternoon and the further north you
:25:24. > :25:29.are, the heavier they could be with the odd rumble of hail in the mix.
:25:30. > :25:32.Shetland likely to stay dry full for the rest of the afternoon into the
:25:33. > :25:41.evening, heavy shower was arriving for Northern Ireland. Then, as we
:25:42. > :25:44.head into Thursday night towards Friday, we have low pressure in the
:25:45. > :25:47.Atlantic which will bring showers across western part of the country
:25:48. > :25:51.on Friday morning and mainly for the Hebrides but one or two for the West
:25:52. > :25:56.Coast, as well. And largely fine start to the day but through the
:25:57. > :26:00.afternoon, the southerly winds delivering showers from down south
:26:01. > :26:03.and temperatures once again in the mid teens. A quick look to the
:26:04. > :26:14.weekend. Saturday, low pressure with us. Hello arriving by Sunday. Heavy
:26:15. > :26:16.rain in the West -- a low arriving. It is one to watch. We will keep you
:26:17. > :26:18.posted. That is the forecast. Now a reminder of
:26:19. > :26:22.tonight's main news. I'll be back with the headlines at 8
:26:23. > :26:25.and an extended late bulletin just Until then, from everyone on the
:26:26. > :26:30.team, right across the country,