:00:00. > :00:08.The Scottish child abuse inquiry begins with a vigil for victims
:00:09. > :00:11.who've died and a call from survivors for better
:00:12. > :00:24.I reported my abuse in 1998 and was ignored. Things have changed,
:00:25. > :00:26.Scotland has changed. Child abuse has changed.
:00:27. > :00:29.An unlicensed dog breeder faces prison after being found
:00:30. > :00:33.guilty of causing these animals unnecessary suffering.
:00:34. > :00:35.90% of Scots diagnosed with the most lethal cancers
:00:36. > :00:37.die within five years - now there are calls
:00:38. > :00:44.The Scottish Liberal Democrats launch their manifesto promising
:00:45. > :00:47.to block a second independence referendum.
:00:48. > :00:49.And it's one of Scotland's most majestic birds,
:00:50. > :00:52.but a third of all golden eagles are killed under
:00:53. > :01:14.The Scottish child abuse inquiry has heard a succession of apologies
:01:15. > :01:22.from a variety of organisations that provided residential care.
:01:23. > :01:24.Christian and charity-run homes acknowledged the pain and suffering
:01:25. > :01:26.endured by youngsters, stretching back decades.
:01:27. > :01:28.Our reporter Morag Kinniburgh was there as the public hearing
:01:29. > :01:30.phase of the far-reaching investigation got
:01:31. > :01:43.A vigil in memory of victims of child abuse who have died. Survivors
:01:44. > :01:51.want justice and action to protect children now. I reported my abuse in
:01:52. > :01:57.1998 and was ignored. Over the years I have heard of many survivors who
:01:58. > :02:03.were the same. Things have changed. Scotland has changed. Child-abuse
:02:04. > :02:07.has changed. Reporting and recognising child-abuse has changed.
:02:08. > :02:12.I welcome you to the first day of our public hearings... The enquiry
:02:13. > :02:17.has suffered a series of resignations and criticism over its
:02:18. > :02:22.scope. Many children in Scotland have, over the years, been abused
:02:23. > :02:26.Western residential care. They suffered some terrible treatment.
:02:27. > :02:34.Infected by those to whom their carer was entrusted. That is a
:02:35. > :02:38.matter of grave concern. So far, 69 institutions have been investigated
:02:39. > :02:42.here, from private boarding schools and hospitals to counsel, church and
:02:43. > :02:46.charity care homes. It is not thousands suffered physical, sexual
:02:47. > :02:51.and emotional abuse as well as neglect by those meant to be looking
:02:52. > :02:55.after them. In these first hearings, churches and charities said sorry to
:02:56. > :02:57.the children abused. The Catholic community in Scotland has an
:02:58. > :03:04.overwhelming sense of shame that these abhorrent crimes are in the
:03:05. > :03:09.context of the Church and we are doing our utmost to ensure these
:03:10. > :03:12.things cannot happen again. Kate was seven when she was taken from
:03:13. > :03:16.Glasgow to Northern Ireland and abused. She has come back to urge
:03:17. > :03:19.Scots to testify and move the burden of abuse back onto the perpetrators.
:03:20. > :03:26.These people have a right to justice. Yes, they need to have
:03:27. > :03:31.their voice heard. And do not be frightened to come forward because
:03:32. > :03:36.it is a great feeling afterwards. The feeling of peace within.
:03:37. > :03:39.Survivors are due to give evidence in the months ahead, they're urging
:03:40. > :03:40.thousands more to break their silence to help protect children in
:03:41. > :03:42.care night. A man from North Lanarkshire has
:03:43. > :03:45.been found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to a number
:03:46. > :03:47.of dogs and selling Christopher Gorman had been keeping
:03:48. > :04:07.the animals in his back yard Dirty, covered with excrement. The
:04:08. > :04:13.disgusting conditions in which Christopher Gorman kept his dogs.
:04:14. > :04:17.Filmed by a BBC Scotland report in January in 2016 as part of an
:04:18. > :04:21.investigation into the illegal trade of dogs. Little wonder the animals,
:04:22. > :04:27.which is a defence lawyer said all had names, picked up infections.
:04:28. > :04:29.Today, Gorman was found guilty of ten offences, including causing
:04:30. > :04:34.unnecessary suffering and selling dogs without a licence. This
:04:35. > :04:40.Scottish SPCA inspector needs to remain anonymous. It took three
:04:41. > :04:44.occasions of attending his address and seizing dogs before he finally
:04:45. > :04:49.desisted so we welcome the fact that hopefully he will not cause any more
:04:50. > :04:53.dogs to suffer. The Scottish SPCA carried out a series of raids,
:04:54. > :04:59.alerted by buyers who bought dogs but became sick. So many with scabs
:05:00. > :05:05.and scars over the years and their head. Let's found conjunctivitis.
:05:06. > :05:11.Their paws were raw. This is about putting profit before the welfare of
:05:12. > :05:15.the animal. And the single biggest issue that affected Mr Gorman was
:05:16. > :05:18.how much money he would make that he didn't care what effect that had on
:05:19. > :05:26.the dogs, psychologically and physically. Each time the SSPCA took
:05:27. > :05:30.the animals away, undaunted, Gorman acquired more of them, operating as
:05:31. > :05:38.a pet shop without licence. In total, 45 were seized. Pedigree
:05:39. > :05:44.mastiffs, the SPCA said Maud Watts mastiffs, the SPCA said Maud Watts
:05:45. > :05:48.-- some of them would sell for more than ?1500. The sheriff said some
:05:49. > :05:52.dog suffered unnecessarily and to a great extent and that was illegal.
:05:53. > :05:57.One dog had suffered so badly, it had to be put down. He said the
:05:58. > :06:03.offences were so serious that all options were open to him and prison
:06:04. > :06:09.was a possibility. Christopher Gorman, who the Crown says has
:06:10. > :06:13.assets over ?1.2 million, will be sentenced next month. The SSPCA say
:06:14. > :06:14.they have families waiting to take the dogs, love them and look after
:06:15. > :06:16.them properly. Willie Rennie has told BBC Scotland
:06:17. > :06:19.that his party is set to make "great progress"
:06:20. > :06:21.in the election in Scotland. The Scottish Liberal Democrat leader
:06:22. > :06:24.was speaking after he published his This from our political
:06:25. > :06:39.editor Brian Taylor. Scotland's capital, covered in
:06:40. > :06:44.sunshine, as if it was not tough enough to get people to focus on
:06:45. > :06:48.politics. But easing through the lunchtime crowd, Willie Rennie
:06:49. > :06:53.thinks he has found the formula. Picking apart his party 's logo, he
:06:54. > :07:01.says the final Brexit deal must be put to another referendum. With the
:07:02. > :07:05.option of staying in the EU. But a second referendum on Scottish
:07:06. > :07:10.independence? That is a bird that will not fly. The SNP need to focus
:07:11. > :07:14.on the day job, that is why the Lib Dems are saying clearly that were
:07:15. > :07:19.against a second device of referendum. The launch is at the
:07:20. > :07:23.Edinburgh offices of the charity help the mind. The Lib Dems would
:07:24. > :07:28.boost spending on mental health with Scotland's share of an extra penny
:07:29. > :07:33.tax on dividends. MPs cannot alter income tax because that is devolved.
:07:34. > :07:38.The Lib Dems would enter the 1% pay cap which has affected public sector
:07:39. > :07:42.employees and keep the triple lock on pensions, which gives a short
:07:43. > :07:45.increase at a certain level. They would provide guarantees to EU
:07:46. > :07:54.residence in Scotland. Largely aimed at helping universities. Post well,
:07:55. > :07:58.they would help the north-east to diversify and they paint a picture
:07:59. > :08:02.of a struggling economy, promising to boost growth and eliminating the
:08:03. > :08:05.day-to-day deficit by 2020. They said they would make a positive case
:08:06. > :08:12.for immigration but can they gain ground here? In key seats across
:08:13. > :08:16.Scotland, Lib Dems facing the SNP, that is a direct contest and I know
:08:17. > :08:21.we will make great progress, we will grow in this election because we are
:08:22. > :08:24.crucial to stopping that second device of independence referendum
:08:25. > :08:30.before it starts. But of course, these UK wide elections are fought
:08:31. > :08:31.street by street. The Lib Dems hope that pavement politics will work for
:08:32. > :08:34.them once more. Elsewhere in the election campaign,
:08:35. > :08:37.a health think-tank has warned that tens of thousands of UK pensioners
:08:38. > :08:41.living abroad could come home for NHS treatment unless the Brexit
:08:42. > :08:44.deal secures continued access to EU Here's our political
:08:45. > :08:59.correspondent, Glenn Campbell. This pretty village in the wine
:09:00. > :09:03.producing region of France has been home to Brian and Hillary for the
:09:04. > :09:08.last eight years. But Brexit has made them feel uncertain about their
:09:09. > :09:12.future here. We are extremely worried but the consequences will be
:09:13. > :09:17.that if we cannot have some health cover here, I cannot see that we
:09:18. > :09:19.could afford private health insurance and the consequences would
:09:20. > :09:27.be that we would have to return to the UK. The health think tank The
:09:28. > :09:31.Nuffield Trust says 190,000 UK pensioners in other EU countries.
:09:32. > :09:36.The UK government contributes around ?500 million each year towards their
:09:37. > :09:41.health care. But it estimates it would cost the NHS, including NHS
:09:42. > :09:48.Scotland, another ?500 million to look after them if Brexit forced
:09:49. > :09:53.them to return home. So not everyone who leaves these shores to retire in
:09:54. > :09:59.even sunnier parts of the EU is going to come home, even if Brexit
:10:00. > :10:05.means we do not get a new deal on health care. And if we no longer pay
:10:06. > :10:08.for full membership of the EU, that could also free up some extra cash
:10:09. > :10:18.to spend on the public services like the NHS. For the SNP, health care is
:10:19. > :10:27.a snapshot of Brexit problems to come. Whatever some might wish for.
:10:28. > :10:32.Sex! With voters in Fife, Nicola Sturgeon said UK ministers could not
:10:33. > :10:34.escape their responsibilities. We have a government that still cannot
:10:35. > :10:41.answer basic questions on what they are seeking to achieve and how they
:10:42. > :10:45.are going to help our public services and our economy deal with
:10:46. > :10:49.the applications of Brexit. The Lib Dems said if there is a bad Brexit
:10:50. > :10:56.deal, voters should have the chance to reject it. There are no easy
:10:57. > :10:59.fixes to the issues Brexit razors, according to the Labour Scottish
:11:00. > :11:05.leader, campaigning in Glasgow. This is a sorry mess caused by the Tory
:11:06. > :11:09.gamble on the hard Brexit. If you vote for Labour, you have a party
:11:10. > :11:15.focused on jobs, investment in the economy and investing in the NHS.
:11:16. > :11:18.That is the choice. But on a farm in Angus, the Conservative leader
:11:19. > :11:23.insisted her party is best placed to negotiate with the EU. This report
:11:24. > :11:28.shows we need to get the Brexit deal right and this election will decide
:11:29. > :11:31.who it is that sits across the table from 27 European countries to get
:11:32. > :11:35.that good deal for Britain. Do you want that to be Theresa May Jeremy
:11:36. > :11:41.Corbyn? Whoever ends up negotiating rights for UK citizens living in the
:11:42. > :11:44.EU will probably have to guarantee similar rights to those from EU
:11:45. > :11:47.countries who choose to move to the UK.
:11:48. > :11:50.Jeremy Corbyn has changed his mind, and will now take part in tonight's
:11:51. > :11:55.The Prime Minister Theresa May will not be there.
:11:56. > :11:56.Our Westminster correspondent David Porter will be
:11:57. > :12:11.Welcome to the magnificent surroundings of Senate House
:12:12. > :12:15.Cambridge, part of the University of Cambridge. This is a venue more used
:12:16. > :12:20.to holding graduation ceremonies but tonight it is the venue for the
:12:21. > :12:26.BBC's seven we leaders debate and as you say, in terms of the dynamics,
:12:27. > :12:30.they have changed because Jeremy Corbyn will take part and Theresa
:12:31. > :12:35.May says she will not. Her place will be taken by Amber Rudd, the
:12:36. > :12:39.Home Secretary. The SNP is represented by its Deputy Leader,
:12:40. > :12:44.Angus Robertson. The first time he will take part in the UK wide debate
:12:45. > :12:47.in this general election. All of the candidates will hope to achieve
:12:48. > :12:51.three things, to get their point across, not make any mistakes and
:12:52. > :12:56.try to win over undecided voters. With just over one week left until
:12:57. > :13:00.polling day, they will want to make sure that they are on top form and a
:13:01. > :13:04.reminder that you can see that debate on BBC One Scotland starting
:13:05. > :13:05.at 7:30pm this evening. Thank you for that.
:13:06. > :13:08.Almost nine out of ten people with cancers like stomach and brain
:13:09. > :13:11.tumours in Scotland will die within five years of diagnosis.
:13:12. > :13:12.Compared with other cancers, survival rates
:13:13. > :13:17.Campaigners blame a lack of research funding and are calling
:13:18. > :13:27.Here's our health and social care correspondent, Shelley Jofre.
:13:28. > :13:33.Heather was looking forward to a career in the music industry that
:13:34. > :13:37.she began to get bad headaches. At 25, she did not imagine she had a
:13:38. > :13:41.brain tumour, and now the did her doctor. I ended up going to four
:13:42. > :13:47.different doctors before they sent me for the MRI scan. How long did it
:13:48. > :13:53.take to get the diagnosis? It must have been 15 months. Thereabouts.
:13:54. > :14:00.That is an incredibly long time. Yes. It is too long. That is why I
:14:01. > :14:05.am so passionate about raising awareness because the diagnosis
:14:06. > :14:09.Times are terrible. In the last 40 years, the survival rate for
:14:10. > :14:15.breast-cancer has doubled, it has travelled for prostate cancer buffer
:14:16. > :14:21.cancers like Heather's, the outlook is poor. 7000 deaths every year in
:14:22. > :14:25.Scotland are caused by just six cancers, brain, liver, lung,
:14:26. > :14:28.pancreatic, oesophagus and stomach. There is just 12% chance of
:14:29. > :14:36.surviving five years or from diagnosis. At this cancer centre in
:14:37. > :14:38.the West of Scotland, they are searching brain and pancreatic
:14:39. > :14:44.cancer but some are simply harder to spot and others. If you have cancer
:14:45. > :14:48.in your pancreas, that is right in the middle of your abdomen, towards
:14:49. > :14:54.the back, you may not be aware of that. Until it is quite advanced,
:14:55. > :14:58.when it causes symptoms, whereas in the breast or the skin, it might
:14:59. > :15:01.become more obvious earlier in the course of that disease and if it
:15:02. > :15:06.presents earlier, we have more opportunities to treat. Campaigners
:15:07. > :15:11.for the sixth least survivable cancers teamed up at Holyrood
:15:12. > :15:14.earlier to lobby MSPs, saying they are the poor relation when it comes
:15:15. > :15:18.to funding. I think the lack of research funding is a big issue,
:15:19. > :15:23.with only 17% of common cancer research funding going to the less
:15:24. > :15:27.survivable groups so we need to see an increase to make sure we drive up
:15:28. > :15:30.survival rates. Heather is now living one day at a time, knowing
:15:31. > :15:33.others in her position sadly have not survived so long.
:15:34. > :15:34.You're watching BBC Reporting Scotland.
:15:35. > :15:41.The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry opens with apologies
:15:42. > :15:42.from organisations which ran childen's homes.
:15:43. > :15:46.Taking the plunge - an unusual waterborne
:15:47. > :15:54.performance for the start of an international arts festival.
:15:55. > :15:56.Campaigners have gathered outside the Scottish Parliament to highlight
:15:57. > :16:00.The protestors handed in tens of thousands
:16:01. > :16:03.of consultation responses urging the Scottish Government to ban
:16:04. > :16:09.A public consultation on hydraulic fracturing and unconventional oil
:16:10. > :16:14.A moratorium is in place until ministers have
:16:15. > :16:21.They're Scotland's most iconic bird, yet a new study has found that
:16:22. > :16:24.almost a third of all golden eagles have been killed under
:16:25. > :16:31.The investigation looked at satellite-tagged birds
:16:32. > :16:34.but ministers say the levels of persecution they found are likely
:16:35. > :16:42.Our rural affairs correspondent, Kevin Keane, reports.
:16:43. > :16:48.They other majestic inhabitants of our skies but birds like golden
:16:49. > :16:52.eagles and hen harrier 's and goshawks are being threatened by
:16:53. > :16:56.persecution. Now, this copper head of study of the most iconic of those
:16:57. > :17:01.species has been completed. The result is that one in every three
:17:02. > :17:09.satellite tagged golden eagles have been killed under suspicious
:17:10. > :17:13.circumstances is startling. The environment Secretary, visiting an
:17:14. > :17:16.animal mortality laboratory in Perth, announcing new problems to
:17:17. > :17:20.tackle the problem, including a review of the impact of management
:17:21. > :17:27.practices and more police resources in key areas. Eradicating crime is
:17:28. > :17:32.an ideal but whether we can manage that is different. What we are
:17:33. > :17:36.trying to do here is reduced the circumstances in which people feel
:17:37. > :17:42.that criminal activity is necessary or required. These six areas of
:17:43. > :17:45.Scotland have been highlighted, with the disappearance of birds has been
:17:46. > :17:50.recorded in clusters. The report ruled out a range of other possible
:17:51. > :17:53.explanations for these bird fatalities, from the satellite tags
:17:54. > :17:58.themselves causing the deaths through to disorientation from local
:17:59. > :18:02.wind farms. RSPB Scotland has been increasingly frustrated in recent
:18:03. > :18:05.months, this obvious act of wildlife crime resulted in the case against a
:18:06. > :18:10.gamekeeper being dropped when the video was deemed inadmissible in the
:18:11. > :18:17.court. But today, the charity welcomed the findings. To be honest,
:18:18. > :18:19.it bankrupts them if that persecution of raptors has been in
:18:20. > :18:25.steady decline for the past 20 years, something that is regularly
:18:26. > :18:30.said by representatives of the land management sector. What they need to
:18:31. > :18:34.do is acknowledge the scale of this problem. The Scottish gamekeepers
:18:35. > :18:35.Association has described the report as difficult reading but insists
:18:36. > :18:47.progress is being made. Now back to the election,
:18:48. > :18:50.and the dominant issue of Scottish politics over the last few
:18:51. > :18:52.years - independence. East Renfrewshire is a part
:18:53. > :18:54.of the country where the issue is playing a central role
:18:55. > :18:57.in the campaign, at least Our political correspondent,
:18:58. > :19:00.Nick Eardley, is travelling around the country and joins us now
:19:01. > :19:05.from the constituency. Good evening, Nick. Sally, good
:19:06. > :19:09.evening from Clarkston. East Renfrewshire is a part of the
:19:10. > :19:12.country that voted firmly against independence back in 2014, but
:19:13. > :19:18.despite that the following year for the first time it elected an SNP MP.
:19:19. > :19:21.This time around Labour and the Tories are playing the Constitution
:19:22. > :19:27.card card in an attempt to win that seat away from the Nationalists. --
:19:28. > :19:32.playing the Constitution card hard. But what role is the threat of a
:19:33. > :19:39.second independence referendum having on people's Mes? Teeing off
:19:40. > :19:47.at Whitecraigs Golf Club, one of several members courses in East
:19:48. > :19:51.Renfrewshire. -- on people's minds? I suppose like the politics, it is
:19:52. > :19:57.quite interchangeable? The Tories and Labour have both enjoyed success
:19:58. > :20:01.here, but in 2015 the SNP won it for the first time, so will independence
:20:02. > :20:07.be on people's minds next week? I think they are totally against it in
:20:08. > :20:10.this area. I like the idea of it but I am worried about the fishing
:20:11. > :20:20.site... Independence is the key issue for Tories and here, 63% voted
:20:21. > :20:23.no, they think people want a change MP. We have an MP who has done
:20:24. > :20:25.little to nothing other than agitate for a second independence
:20:26. > :20:30.referendum. Why do you have a bigger mandate to block one than they have
:20:31. > :20:34.to hold one? We are on the side of the majority public opinion in
:20:35. > :20:38.Scotland. There is no split in the Unionist vote so that when it is put
:20:39. > :20:42.to people they should know it is the Conservatives and only then who can
:20:43. > :20:48.stand up for the Union. But he is not the only Unionist in town. Blair
:20:49. > :20:54.McDougall leather No campaign in 2014. They are sending a strong
:20:55. > :20:59.signal against a second referendum and I will back that. If they want
:21:00. > :21:03.to elect someone who can clap legacy will for Theresa May and whatever
:21:04. > :21:08.she does with a hard Brexit, or they could vote for someone who is going
:21:09. > :21:13.to protect jobs. It is not all golf clubs and Unionism here, though.
:21:14. > :21:16.Along the road past Scotland's biggest onshore wind farm is
:21:17. > :21:20.Neilston, and this is a social enterprise cafe helping the
:21:21. > :21:31.community stay active. The boss here things people are worried about more
:21:32. > :21:33.than independence. I think people are worried about the day-to-day,
:21:34. > :21:35.survival at a day-to-day level, income for their families, changes
:21:36. > :21:37.to welfare, things happening in hospitals and the social care
:21:38. > :21:46.invocations. What do the punters think? I would always fought
:21:47. > :21:50.pro-independence whatever. I will be voting for Labour. But I was
:21:51. > :21:53.pro-independence. But the Labour candidate there is very and the
:21:54. > :22:02.Independent? You would still vote for him? Yes. Kirsten Oswald won is
:22:03. > :22:06.SNP here in 2015. It is a dream for her like many of her colleagues, but
:22:07. > :22:10.is it a focus? People are concerned about Brexit, unhappy with Theresa
:22:11. > :22:13.May and how she is dealing with Brexit. There is no doubt the
:22:14. > :22:16.Scottish Parliament has a mandate for a second independence
:22:17. > :22:20.referendum. I think my job as an MP is very much focused on the needs
:22:21. > :22:24.and wants of the people in the local area. I think what we are offering
:22:25. > :22:32.is a very clear message that we are both for Scotland in the UK and the
:22:33. > :22:34.UK as part of Europe. This is a constituency that really wants to
:22:35. > :22:37.see Scotland and the UK in Europe. It will be next week before we know
:22:38. > :22:40.which way the politics is heading, but back at the golf club, a little
:22:41. > :22:43.more success reading the green. Ukip has published its Scottish
:22:44. > :22:45.general election manifesto. It says its priorities
:22:46. > :22:47.are to encourage Scots to stay in Scotland,
:22:48. > :22:48.build their businesses The party also says there should be
:22:49. > :22:52.no second independence referendum and that both Scotland and the rest
:22:53. > :22:55.of the UK must fully The party is fielding ten
:22:56. > :23:08.candidates in Scotland. The main message is we want taxes no
:23:09. > :23:13.higher than the rest of the UK, to make sure we are competitive. We
:23:14. > :23:16.want to stay in the UK and get out of the EU single market so we can
:23:17. > :23:22.make trade treaties with the world so we can get more jobs, so we can
:23:23. > :23:28.do business with the growing areas of the world, because we can't do
:23:29. > :23:29.that when we are still in with those 27 other states, and it doesn't suit
:23:30. > :23:34.us. The glamour of the Cannes Film
:23:35. > :23:38.Festival may seem miles away from a children's festival
:23:39. > :23:40.in Edinburgh, but one award-winning actor from Denmark
:23:41. > :23:42.was determined to appear at both. Claes Bang had agreed
:23:43. > :23:44.to perform at the Edinburgh International Children's Festival
:23:45. > :23:46.before his latest film won Our arts correspondent,
:23:47. > :23:57.Pauline McLean, reports. You might describe it as immersive
:23:58. > :24:01.theatre, the sort of thing usually in at a more mature theatre-goer,
:24:02. > :24:07.but this sell-out show is aimed at four-year-olds. We have a work from
:24:08. > :24:13.Germany where the audience sit around a swimming pool and observe
:24:14. > :24:17.the performance through see-through portals, ands I suppose you would
:24:18. > :24:22.call them dancers in the water, creating this very atmospheric
:24:23. > :24:28.meditative work. I just turned 13 and was having dinner with my
:24:29. > :24:33.parents at the kitchen table when our punch landed on my right cheek.
:24:34. > :24:38.Nor does the work shy away from hard subjects like bullying. This show,
:24:39. > :24:41.Evil, was selected by young people in the Craigmillar area of
:24:42. > :24:48.Edinburgh, which is why its Danish star was determined to get here,
:24:49. > :24:52.despite a clash at the Cannes Film Festival, where his work won the
:24:53. > :24:57.latest prize. We agreed it should come and I am a man of my word, but
:24:58. > :25:02.the festival was really nice and I sort of changed my schedule here so
:25:03. > :25:05.I could attend the awards ceremony in Sunday in Cannes, otherwise I
:25:06. > :25:09.would not have been able to be there. I am doing three shows today
:25:10. > :25:12.and I have not done that ever, not even in Danish, so it will be
:25:13. > :25:19.interesting to see if I can get through it. For many Scottish
:25:20. > :25:23.companies, the festival has offered an important platform for children's
:25:24. > :25:28.Theatre. It is because it doesn't dumb down to kids, make it silly.
:25:29. > :25:32.There is a real sophistication that all the adults in the theatre can
:25:33. > :25:37.enjoy the work just as much as the children. And with shows from nine
:25:38. > :25:41.countries across main days, there is something for everyone, whatever
:25:42. > :25:43.your age. As long as you're prepared to take the plunge and try something
:25:44. > :25:52.new. Reporting Scotland, Edinburgh. Now, the Ultimate Fighting
:25:53. > :25:53.Championship comes to The sport, based on Mixed Martial
:25:54. > :26:02.Arts - also known as MMA - has become hugely popular around
:26:03. > :26:04.the world in recent years. The homegrown stars are hopeful UFC
:26:05. > :26:17.will become an Olympic event The tough talking world of UFC is
:26:18. > :26:23.strolling into town. Who can land the knockout blow? Be honest, what
:26:24. > :26:29.is the biggest draw this year? Better looking, bigger, we hit
:26:30. > :26:35.harder. Nobody knows who this guy is yet! Stevie Ray was on the bill the
:26:36. > :26:43.last time UFC came to Glasgow back in 2015. The sport has become hugely
:26:44. > :26:48.popular and Ray is hopeful one day it could feature at the Olympic
:26:49. > :26:53.Games. I can see it happening in the future, hopefully. MMA is a mixture
:26:54. > :26:57.of judo, an Olympic sport, wrestling, an Olympic sport, and
:26:58. > :27:05.boxing, an Olympic sport, and MMA allows you to do all of them. The
:27:06. > :27:09.last time UFC was here in Glasgow back in 2015, tickets for the Hydro
:27:10. > :27:13.sold out in just 25 minutes. The sport might not be to everyone's
:27:14. > :27:18.taste but there is no doubt there is a huge appetite for it out there.
:27:19. > :27:22.Everyday it is getting bigger. UFC in Scotland has grown in the last
:27:23. > :27:27.few years, from recently having some Scottish guys in the UFC, to myself,
:27:28. > :27:32.it is getting bigger and will only get bigger. Would you see it is any
:27:33. > :27:38.more brutal than boxing? I would say that boxing is more brutal. In MMA
:27:39. > :27:41.we are looking at the whole body, so it is your arms and legs and not
:27:42. > :27:47.just your head. And obviously you have the grappling side of things,
:27:48. > :27:51.so we go to ground and it is not a lot of contact on the head. I would
:27:52. > :27:55.see boxing is more brutal, but maybe people would argue with that. What
:27:56. > :28:02.can't be argued with is the popularity. Tickets are likely to
:28:03. > :28:05.fly out the door for sport seriously on the up.
:28:06. > :28:08.Time to get the latest on the forecast after a lovely day.
:28:09. > :28:21.Coming in a few hours, though, Sally. Yes, last day of the
:28:22. > :28:25.meteorological spring and it was a cracker. 21 degrees in the capital,
:28:26. > :28:29.really very pleasant indeed. More cloud building in the south-west at
:28:30. > :28:34.the moment but plenty of blue sky photos from our Weather Watchers.
:28:35. > :28:40.Good day in Angus. And this evening there is still some sunshine on the
:28:41. > :28:43.cards. These are the charts. Dry, cloud building, the breeze starting
:28:44. > :28:47.to increase round the south-west. There is a change on the way, but it
:28:48. > :28:52.should remain dry overnight, low cloud around the south-west coast
:28:53. > :28:58.and the hills. A mild night. Tebbits in double-digits in towns and cities
:28:59. > :29:02.and the countryside a bit cooler. -- temperatures in double digits. This
:29:03. > :29:06.weather front is then pushing off the Atlantic reaching around about
:29:07. > :29:11.the spine of the country lunchtime to mid-afternoon, so turning cloudy
:29:12. > :29:17.and wet for sum. This is mid-afternoon. Temperatures middle
:29:18. > :29:20.to high teens. Wet further west and south-west. North of the Central
:29:21. > :29:25.Belt, any rain is fairly light and patchy and most likely focused in
:29:26. > :29:30.the West. Temperatures not far off what we had today but it will feel
:29:31. > :29:34.cooler with that cloud and rain. That wet weather is still with us
:29:35. > :29:39.this time tomorrow night, but it is pulling away slowly. However, not
:29:40. > :29:43.done just yet, because if we move out and take a look, you can see
:29:44. > :29:48.that front there, waving weather front, so it is coming back on
:29:49. > :29:51.Friday. And Friday starts cloudy and damp, mostly likely in the east, but
:29:52. > :29:55.then it hopefully clears away and will brighten up to sunshine and
:29:56. > :29:59.showers by the afternoon, so a reversal of the conditions we have
:30:00. > :30:04.tomorrow. Cloudy wet start improving by afternoon. Temperatures once
:30:05. > :30:07.again mid-teens. That theme of sunshine and showers sticks around
:30:08. > :30:13.for the weekend, both Saturday and Sunday in between these two areas of
:30:14. > :30:15.low pressure. So some sunshine at times but also a few showers to go
:30:16. > :30:16.with that as well. That is your forecast.
:30:17. > :30:28.Now a reminder of tonight's main news.
:30:29. > :30:32.-- And that's all from Reporting Scotland for now.
:30:33. > :30:35.Hear the arguments from the politicians themselves.
:30:36. > :30:39.Hear the arguments from the politicians themselves.