:00:00. > :00:00.Brexit. That is all from us, it is goodbye from me and on BBC One we
:00:00. > :00:00.can now join the BBC's teams where you are.
:00:07. > :00:09.Tonight on Reporting Scotland: with a week to go until the election,
:00:10. > :00:14.education and child poverty top the campaign agenda.
:00:15. > :00:17.Edinburgh University apologises after sending final year students
:00:18. > :00:25.an email which implied they'd failed their final exams.
:00:26. > :00:30.Immediately I panicked thinking that I must have failed something,
:00:31. > :00:32.something has gone wrong and I'm not going to be able to graduate.
:00:33. > :00:36.The prosecution in the Craig Whyte trial asks the jury to convict
:00:37. > :00:39.the former Rangers owner of acquiring the club by fraud.
:00:40. > :00:41.Concerns about the safety of tram tracks in Edinburgh
:00:42. > :00:45.And Andy Murray battles through to the third
:00:46. > :01:04.With exactly one week to go until the election,
:01:05. > :01:06.political leaders have been arguing about the future for
:01:07. > :01:13.The issue was raised on the campaign trail this afternoon and earlier
:01:14. > :01:15.at Holyrood during questions to the First Minister.
:01:16. > :01:22.This from our political editor Brian Taylor.
:01:23. > :01:29.The new broom at Holyrood, or at least a little fresh paint. But
:01:30. > :01:34.inside, the battle lines are fixed and familiar. Nicola Sturgeon isn't
:01:35. > :01:36.personally up for election in this Westminster contest, but her record
:01:37. > :01:43.in devolved government is up for scrutiny. And Ruth Davidson said
:01:44. > :01:48.that an teacher recruitment, that record was poor. First of all they
:01:49. > :01:53.had too many trainees, with the consequence that they ended up on
:01:54. > :01:56.the dole and not in the classrooms, and then they cut it so drastically
:01:57. > :02:01.that we don't have enough teachers. Does this sound like the record of a
:02:02. > :02:05.competent government? Nicola Sturgeon said Scotland schools'
:02:06. > :02:08.record was better than elsewhere in the UK, and she warned that a UK
:02:09. > :02:12.Tory victory would have a devastating impact on Scotland's
:02:13. > :02:15.children. We need to make sure that over the next seven days we don't
:02:16. > :02:26.end up with another Westminster government that is taking action and
:02:27. > :02:36.making cuts that are likely push an additional 1 million children across
:02:37. > :02:40.the UK into poverty. All the opposition leaders accused her of
:02:41. > :02:43.neglecting her job in pursuit of independence, she said it was her
:02:44. > :02:49.rivals who are obsessed with the constitution. And one SNP candidate
:02:50. > :02:52.has gone further. George Kerrigan placed an ad in his local paper
:02:53. > :02:56.insisted the UK election is not about independence but about a
:02:57. > :03:01.strong Scottish voice. Labour said that is desperation. Labour's topic
:03:02. > :03:07.was hell. They paraded a hospital bed sheet signed by petitioners
:03:08. > :03:10.worried about health care. Again, the First Minister said Scotland's
:03:11. > :03:17.record was better than Labour in Wales. Deftly binding a bouquet of
:03:18. > :03:22.Labour red roses, Kezia Dugdale agreed these elections are about
:03:23. > :03:25.choice. We have seen an increase of 40,000 children in Scotland living
:03:26. > :03:31.in poverty. That is a scandal and it should shame both the SNP and the
:03:32. > :03:37.Tories. Willie Rennie sets off on a flying Finnish tour of key
:03:38. > :03:45.Westminster seats with the Holyrood offer. Liberal Democrats want to put
:03:46. > :03:48.a modest penny on income tax to give children of all backgrounds the
:03:49. > :03:55.chance to succeed in life. And the Tories publish a pledge card with
:03:56. > :03:58.support for the union number one. And Nicola Sturgeon meets voters of
:03:59. > :04:05.the future, while urging their elders to back her party. At
:04:06. > :04:08.Holyrood, the leaders join together to back a cancer charity, but for
:04:09. > :04:09.the next week, their political differences will be on display as
:04:10. > :04:14.they seek your votes. And Brian Taylor joins me
:04:15. > :04:16.now from Edinburgh. With a week to go to the election,
:04:17. > :04:28.how are the parties standing Brian? Politics is rarely pure and never
:04:29. > :04:32.simple, and perhaps in this curious but intriguing election, we can
:04:33. > :04:37.detect three levels. You have the UK contest primarily driven by Brexit,
:04:38. > :04:41.that was the cause given good other prime ministers are calling the
:04:42. > :04:44.election. You have the suggestions of Labour narrowing the Conservative
:04:45. > :04:48.lead in some polls, others suggesting the lead is still
:04:49. > :04:52.relatively comfortable, which would mean a decent majority, but the real
:04:53. > :04:55.intriguing fight in which of course Scotland is involved, and then you
:04:56. > :05:02.have the battle in Scotland, the battle that is perhaps dominated by
:05:03. > :05:05.the SNP because they are defending 56 out of 59 seats, basic
:05:06. > :05:09.arithmetic, and within that you have such polls as there have been
:05:10. > :05:12.suggesting the SNP is still pretty far in the lead with the Tories and
:05:13. > :05:16.the Labour Party fighting for second place. But then you have the third
:05:17. > :05:21.election, the third type of election, where individual
:05:22. > :05:24.candidates meet individual constituents in individual seats to
:05:25. > :05:29.win their individual votes which accumulate into victory and
:05:30. > :05:33.ultimately a UK Government, and it is those close encounters of the
:05:34. > :05:35.third kind which will determine this election. Brian Taylor, thank you
:05:36. > :05:40.bro much. Tax has been a battleground issue
:05:41. > :05:43.in this general election campaign. The Scottish Conservatives
:05:44. > :05:44.have repeatedly claimed that under SNP policies,
:05:45. > :05:46.Scotland has become "the highest But the SNP contend that income tax
:05:47. > :05:50.alone doesn't represent the whole Laura Maceever has run the issue
:05:51. > :06:04.through a reality check. From April, the UK Government raised
:06:05. > :06:09.the threshold for those paying a 40p rate of income tax to ?45,000. The
:06:10. > :06:17.Conservatives at Westminster aim to raise it to ?50,000 by 2020/21, but
:06:18. > :06:22.Scottish finance secretary, Derek Mackay, using new powers devolved to
:06:23. > :06:27.Holyrood, froze that threshold at ?43,000. As a result, in the current
:06:28. > :06:31.year, more than 370,000 Scots who are in this bracket pay more tax
:06:32. > :06:37.than those earning the same amount south of the border. For those
:06:38. > :06:42.earning ?45,000, the differences about ?400. However, while some pay
:06:43. > :06:46.more income tax, after a succession of freezes, most people in Scotland
:06:47. > :06:51.Payless council tax than those in England. The average band D property
:06:52. > :06:57.in Scotland pays less than the average in England, the difference
:06:58. > :07:12.is about ?429. The Scottish Government recently raised the
:07:13. > :07:17.higher bands, capital E to capital a H, but the average bill for each
:07:18. > :07:21.band is still lower in Scotland, on average ?371 cheaper than in
:07:22. > :07:26.England. So the reality check verdict, around 370,000 pay more
:07:27. > :07:30.income tax than those earning the same amount south of the border,
:07:31. > :07:34.however council tax is generally lower in Scotland. The SNP also say
:07:35. > :07:39.that Scotland has a more generous benefits system, including free
:07:40. > :07:44.prescriptions, free personal care for the elderly and free university
:07:45. > :07:46.tuition. All of the parties' tax plans are available on the BBC News
:07:47. > :07:51.website. Edinburgh University has apologised
:07:52. > :07:53.unreservedly to hundreds of students who got an e-mail which implied
:07:54. > :07:56.they'd failed their final exams. The e-mail, sent to them just
:07:57. > :07:58.after midnight last night, told them they wouldn't be able
:07:59. > :08:01.to graduate next month. The university is now trying to find
:08:02. > :08:03.out what went wrong. Our education correspondent
:08:04. > :08:15.Jamie McIvor is at Edinburgh This is an anxious enough time for
:08:16. > :08:19.students who have just set their final exams. The exam papers are
:08:20. > :08:22.being marked just now, students should know in the next few weeks
:08:23. > :08:25.whether or not they have passed or failed, and if they have passed,
:08:26. > :08:28.what class of degree they will be getting. But some students here had
:08:29. > :08:34.a sleepless night worrying that they had failed. For a university which
:08:35. > :08:38.prides itself on its international reputation, this affair is hugely
:08:39. > :08:44.embarrassing, but for many students, it was simply hugely worrying, even
:08:45. > :08:46.distressing. Calum MacLeod to become a teacher, but before he starts his
:08:47. > :08:52.teacher he'll need to get a good degree.
:08:53. > :08:55.Just after midnight, he got a disturbing e-mail. I panicked,
:08:56. > :09:00.thinking that I must have failed something, something has gone wrong,
:09:01. > :09:03.and I am not going to be able to graduate, so I logged into the same
:09:04. > :09:06.university portal which had the same message saying I couldn't graduate
:09:07. > :09:10.this summer and that I wouldn't be able to go to the ceremony and if
:09:11. > :09:13.this was wrong, to get in touch, but with it being during the night, I
:09:14. > :09:17.couldn't get in touch with anyone in the university right away. This is
:09:18. > :09:23.the e-mail sent to him and it is thought hundreds of students. It was
:09:24. > :09:26.headed graduation ceremony cancelled, no award, and it told the
:09:27. > :09:30.students they were not expected to complete studies until later in the
:09:31. > :09:34.year. The university is blaming a system error. Student leaders want
:09:35. > :09:37.assurances this error won't be repeated. Hundreds of students were
:09:38. > :09:41.immensely stressed last night because they found out about the
:09:42. > :09:43.news through social media and couldn't contact anybody at the
:09:44. > :09:48.University and thought they would be unable to graduate. In going
:09:49. > :09:56.forward, the university has to make sure nothing like this ever happens
:09:57. > :10:02.again. The university has apologised unreservedly, but didn't want to do
:10:03. > :10:07.any interviews today. It sent students another e-mail at 9:30am
:10:08. > :10:09.reassuring them that no graduation ceremonies had been cancelled and
:10:10. > :10:13.saying they would get the exam result as scheduled within the next
:10:14. > :10:17.few weeks. The university is still trying to work out exactly what it
:10:18. > :10:24.was which went wrong, but this was clearly a very serious mistake even
:10:25. > :10:25.if there may well be an innocent enough explanation for it. Thank you
:10:26. > :10:27.very much. A jury has been asked to convict
:10:28. > :10:30.former Rangers owner Craig Whyte of acquiring the club by fraud
:10:31. > :10:32.in May 2011. Summing up the prosecution case,
:10:33. > :10:35.Alex Prentice QC told the High Court in Glasgow that Mr Whyte took over
:10:36. > :10:38.the football club using money From the High Court in Glasgow,
:10:39. > :10:50.Andrew Black reports. With evidence concluded in this
:10:51. > :10:54.trial, prosecutor Alex printed QC told the jury that despite its
:10:55. > :10:58.apparent public is, the Crown's case was relatively simple. Craig Whyte
:10:59. > :11:05.did not have the money for his takeover of Rangers. In his closing
:11:06. > :11:10.speech, he said the Crown says Mr White through his company bought the
:11:11. > :11:17.football club without a single penny of his own, and used money that he
:11:18. > :11:19.was not entitled to. The trial heard previous Rangers owner Sir David
:11:20. > :11:24.Murray sold his majority shareholding in the club to Mr Whyte
:11:25. > :11:30.for ?1. The deal also required Mr Whyte to take an ?80 million of bank
:11:31. > :11:35.that and put ?5 million into the playing squad. It's alleged Mr Whyte
:11:36. > :11:41.try to conceal that he helped fund the takeover through an agreement
:11:42. > :11:46.over season tickets. Alex Prentice told the jury that this case was not
:11:47. > :11:49.about public inquiry into how Rangers was run at a corporate
:11:50. > :11:56.level, it was a case about whether a crime had been committed and whether
:11:57. > :12:00.Mr Whyte was responsible. Mr 20s said the answer to both those
:12:01. > :12:03.questions was yes. Donald Findlay, QC, representing Mr Whyte, will make
:12:04. > :12:10.his closing remarks to the jury tomorrow. Mr Whyte denies acquiring
:12:11. > :12:11.Rangers by fraud in 2011. He denies a second charge under the companies
:12:12. > :12:16.act. 90 jobs are to go at the oil
:12:17. > :12:18.giant Shell's North Sea Staff were told about
:12:19. > :12:21.the redundancies at Shell says the decision allows them
:12:22. > :12:24.to maintain competitiveness and ensure the long-term
:12:25. > :12:26.sustainability of their The jobs will go by
:12:27. > :12:37.the end of the year. The Transport Minister is to meet
:12:38. > :12:40.safety campaigners after the death The woman was hit by a minibus
:12:41. > :12:46.after her bike became Edinburgh Council is already facing
:12:47. > :12:49.dozens of compensation claims from cyclists who say they've been
:12:50. > :13:01.injured in accidents This is one of Edinburgh's easiest
:13:02. > :13:04.junctions at the West End of Princes Street, and it was here during
:13:05. > :13:09.yesterday's morning rush hour that the cyclist's bike got caught up in
:13:10. > :13:13.the tram tracks, causing her to topple over into the pathway of an
:13:14. > :13:16.oncoming tour bus. The 24 you rolled was taken to Edinburgh Royal
:13:17. > :13:23.Infirmary, but police later confirmed that she had died of as a
:13:24. > :13:26.result of her injuries. This lawyer represents 141 cyclist who claim
:13:27. > :13:30.they have been hurt after falling on Edinburgh's tram tracks, and he
:13:31. > :13:34.warned more than two years ago that it was a death waiting to happen.
:13:35. > :13:38.The response of the council to the network and the complaints made
:13:39. > :13:41.about it has been characterised as one of bloody minded arrogance, and
:13:42. > :13:45.complete and utter indifference to the safety of others. Before the
:13:46. > :13:48.trams were even on the tracks, they were warned about the dangers, they
:13:49. > :13:53.were told it was unsafe and people would be injured. They were told
:13:54. > :13:58.that we all feared somebody may eventually die. That is exactly what
:13:59. > :14:08.has happened. Cameras show the kinds of hazards faced by the capital's
:14:09. > :14:12.cyclists. We've now done about 29 operations around the body, a lot of
:14:13. > :14:18.upper limb, clavicle, wrist, elbow, but lower limb injuries, we have had
:14:19. > :14:24.a skull fracture and broken hips. Of these injuries have caused suffering
:14:25. > :14:29.and disability of time off work for people that are just going to work.
:14:30. > :14:32.Cyclists raised their concerns before the trams were even
:14:33. > :14:36.introduced, and they say the council could be doing more to reduce
:14:37. > :14:39.accidents. On the junctions you could put in separation so you have
:14:40. > :14:42.separate lights that only the cyclists would be going through
:14:43. > :14:46.rather than motor vehicle is at the same time, so they can clear the
:14:47. > :14:48.area where the tram tracks are, or you could have a separate lane going
:14:49. > :14:53.along Princes Street which would make more sense, you wouldn't have
:14:54. > :14:56.to mix in with cars and buses and the tram as well. Edinburgh City
:14:57. > :15:01.Council say they have gone to every effort to raise awareness about the
:15:02. > :15:04.impact of the trams on road users, and they say road markings have been
:15:05. > :15:09.introduced to direct cyclists along safe routes. But it will now be for
:15:10. > :15:11.the courts to decide if that's been enough. Graham Stewart, Reporting
:15:12. > :15:14.Scotland, Edinburgh. You're watching BBC
:15:15. > :15:21.Reporting Scotland. A reminder of tonight's
:15:22. > :15:24.top story: With a week to go until the election,
:15:25. > :15:27.education and child poverty top And still to come: Limbering up
:15:28. > :15:31.for the British and Irish Lions Three Scots will start
:15:32. > :15:36.in the first match. Back to the election now,
:15:37. > :15:39.and the latest in our Today it's Scotland's
:15:40. > :15:42.most northerly seat, The seat was held by
:15:43. > :15:49.Alistair Carmichael in 2015 for the Liberal Democrats by just
:15:50. > :16:04.817 votes in a close Stretching from Orkney to Shetland,
:16:05. > :16:11.it's Scotland's most northerly constituency. Machine farming and
:16:12. > :16:16.oil are the mainstays of the economy. For nearly 70 years, voters
:16:17. > :16:20.have been sending liberals to Westminster, but as the political
:16:21. > :16:26.tide turning in the Northern Isles? We've got pretty good quality
:16:27. > :16:31.education here. Liberal Democrat candidate Alistair Carmichael is
:16:32. > :16:37.campaigning hard to retain the seat. Alistair Carmichael is duly elected
:16:38. > :16:41.as the member of Parliament for the Orkney and Shetland constituency. He
:16:42. > :16:47.held it in 2015 with a vastly reduced majority of 817 votes. But
:16:48. > :16:50.he was in choppy waters after the result. It was revealed he had
:16:51. > :16:55.backed the leaking of a document which suggested Nicola Sturgeon
:16:56. > :16:59.wanted David Cameron to be Prime Minister, a claim she denied. He
:17:00. > :17:04.faced calls to resign, and was taken to an election court by campaigners.
:17:05. > :17:07.Judges say he told a lie about what he knew about the memo in a TV
:17:08. > :17:13.interview, but ruled he hadn't committed an electoral offence. To
:17:14. > :17:16.be in politics is to be judged, I have always known and accepted that,
:17:17. > :17:19.and that is the judgment people will make on the 8th of June, but people
:17:20. > :17:23.here are fair-minded, they will judge me not just on one incident
:17:24. > :17:26.but the 16 years of service I have given, the things I have achieved,
:17:27. > :17:30.the people I have helped in these communities. Mickey waves is the SNP
:17:31. > :17:39.candidate, 26 you rolled Miriam Brett. Joining her is prominent
:17:40. > :17:44.party candidate Murray Black. The SNP offer something different at a
:17:45. > :17:49.Westminster level, whether that is our opposition to posterity, our
:17:50. > :17:55.opposition to ?180 billion being squandered on nuclear weapons or our
:17:56. > :17:59.opposition to apparent policy such as the bedroom tax. Labour and Tory
:18:00. > :18:04.party fortunes in the Northern Isles have ebbed and flowed down the
:18:05. > :18:07.years. We will honour the decision made in the referendum, we will
:18:08. > :18:11.stand up to the plans for another independence referendum and we will
:18:12. > :18:15.make sure there is a strong voice in Westminster. So we can vote in a
:18:16. > :18:19.Labour Party for the many, not the few, and in places like Orkney and
:18:20. > :18:22.Shetland, they will support people like our fishermen and
:18:23. > :18:28.agriculturalists to make our lives the best that they can be. At
:18:29. > :18:31.catching votes again is fisherman Robert Smith. Standing free Ukip,
:18:32. > :18:33.he's looking to convince the electorate that his party is still
:18:34. > :18:42.relevant post Brexit. It's going to be a bunfight between
:18:43. > :18:47.the Liberals and the SNP probably but we need a big UK wide vote to
:18:48. > :18:52.put pressure on Theresa May to get this negotiating done properly. One
:18:53. > :18:58.man who wants to take the helm and the Orkney and Shetland told her own
:18:59. > :19:01.independence is Stuart Hill. And campaigning to take back Orkney and
:19:02. > :19:05.Shetland's already existing sovereignty and independence. It
:19:06. > :19:09.doesn't exist with the UK, it is ours and belongs to the people of
:19:10. > :19:14.Shetland and Orkney. Voters will decide which side to cast their
:19:15. > :19:19.vote, opting to stay liberal or turn the political tide and vote SNP.
:19:20. > :19:22.Sport now, and Andy Murray is safely through to the third
:19:23. > :19:26.But the world number one was made to work very hard for his four-set
:19:27. > :19:28.victory over Slovakia's Martin Klizan.
:19:29. > :19:35.Watching courtside in Paris was Kheredine Idessane.
:19:36. > :19:42.Selfies in the sun for some, hats for the heat for others, someone had
:19:43. > :19:48.even been reading up on Scotland's world number one, in preparation for
:19:49. > :19:55.the arrival of Andy Murray on the Susan Long long court. The usual
:19:56. > :20:00.exercises for his recovering elbow but a sluggish start was compounded
:20:01. > :20:09.by an early break of serve. Could he somehow spark himself into life?
:20:10. > :20:30.Flashes of inspiration helped him recover the break of serve.
:20:31. > :20:44.But while he was error-prone in the tie-break, Klizan was cynical. --
:20:45. > :20:49.clinical. And then the fretful and grumpy Andy Murray turned into the
:20:50. > :20:54.calmer and more focused one with immediate results. The scrapper is
:20:55. > :20:58.scrapping. The top seed broke ties and easily levelled the match at
:20:59. > :21:05.1-1. It was much the same in the third set as he looked more like
:21:06. > :21:09.himself and eased further ahead. But the fourth set mirrored the first
:21:10. > :21:13.from a 5-2 down to level things up from a 5-2 down to level things up
:21:14. > :21:20.-- Murray. And if you're going to win, do it in style.
:21:21. > :21:30.What a shot! Victory, yes, but far from vintage Andy Murray who knows
:21:31. > :21:35.he will have to improve for the third round on Saturday which is a
:21:36. > :21:36.rerun of last year's Olympic final against Argentina's Juan Martin Del
:21:37. > :21:39.Potro. All three Scots in the British
:21:40. > :21:42.and Irish lions squad are in the starting 15 for the first
:21:43. > :21:45.match of their tour of New Zealand. Stuart Hogg, Tommy Seymour
:21:46. > :21:48.and Greig Laidlaw will all line up against the Provincial Barbarians
:21:49. > :21:49.on Saturday. As David Currie reports, it's
:21:50. > :21:52.a chance to improve their prospects of facing the world champion
:21:53. > :22:10.All Blacks later this month. Not quite ready to roar, the Lions
:22:11. > :22:12.limbering up in New Zealand. Stuart Hogg one of eight Scottish trio
:22:13. > :22:16.playing in the opening match of the tour but don't read too much into
:22:17. > :22:23.the line-up. The head coach begin play is partly based on attendance
:22:24. > :22:27.at pre-tour training. -- picking players. We had 14 players in Wales
:22:28. > :22:32.for the first week and 13 of them are involved in the first game and
:22:33. > :22:35.the players who came in for the second week in Dublin, the players
:22:36. > :22:40.who have been involved in the first two weeks of camp are primarily the
:22:41. > :22:44.ones who are in the 23 involved in the first game. There are six games
:22:45. > :22:48.before the first of three Test matches against the world champions,
:22:49. > :22:51.New Zealand, and competition for places against the All Blacks will
:22:52. > :22:56.be fierce. The Scots have an early chance to stake their claims. It is
:22:57. > :23:01.a great opportunity for the players who have been selected for the first
:23:02. > :23:05.match to go out and lay down a marker and I think for everyone, the
:23:06. > :23:12.dream is to be involved in the Test matches. Tommy Seymour! Tommy
:23:13. > :23:15.Seymour could have a real chance because George North's injury record
:23:16. > :23:19.is not the best and there might be an opportunity and Stuart Hogg just
:23:20. > :23:22.had to do what he has been doing and he hopefully it will be nailed on
:23:23. > :23:26.and with three scrum halves Greig Laidlaw as a good chance of getting
:23:27. > :23:31.capped at some point but for anybody to be capped is such a huge thing.
:23:32. > :23:35.The lions have already come face-to-face with a few New
:23:36. > :23:41.Zealanders on this tour. Some have gone head-to-head. Stuart Hogg even
:23:42. > :23:44.got involved in some sort of seeing off. For the Scots in the party, the
:23:45. > :23:51.real action starts on Saturday. After Reporting Scotland,
:23:52. > :23:53.Glenn Campbell's here with another Ask The Leader,
:23:54. > :24:03.and whose turn is it tonight, Glenn? All this week we're putting
:24:04. > :24:07.Scotland's political leaders on the spot and tonight the Scottish
:24:08. > :24:12.Conservative leader, Ruth Davidson, will face questions from our studio
:24:13. > :24:14.audience here in Glasgow as Ask The Leader is live on BBC One just after
:24:15. > :24:25.7pm. This time last week it was all the
:24:26. > :24:30.talk of sunshine and barbecues but today is rather different. To
:24:31. > :24:35.welcome in the ecological summer, cloudy and quite damp. And further
:24:36. > :24:41.outbreaks of rain to come tonight. Understandably, many of the Weather
:24:42. > :24:46.Watch pictures have leaden skies. That rate is quite persistent across
:24:47. > :24:49.the hills in Argyll and part of Dumfries and Galloway and slowly
:24:50. > :24:53.moving eastwards and north of the central lowlands the rain is lighter
:24:54. > :24:56.and more patchy. A mild night with temperatures around nine to 13
:24:57. > :25:00.Celsius in towns and cities but tomorrow morning will be cloudy and
:25:01. > :25:05.dump with the heaviest rain in the rush hour across the borders and the
:25:06. > :25:08.capital and Aberdeenshire -- cloudy and damp. Heading into the
:25:09. > :25:13.afternoon, the rain will clear and the sun comes out and it should be a
:25:14. > :25:18.pleasant afternoon for many. Here is a closer look mid-afternoon around
:25:19. > :25:22.4pm, temperatures into the high teens and with light winds it will
:25:23. > :25:27.feel quite pleasant. A couple of showers but you would be unlucky to
:25:28. > :25:32.catch one. Further north and north east, a bit of cloud holding on in
:25:33. > :25:36.parts of Aberdeenshire, a few showers around Caithness, Orkney
:25:37. > :25:40.faring well but Shepley is fairly cloudy and damp for most of the
:25:41. > :25:46.dates. The rest of the afternoon and evening, plenty of sunshine on the
:25:47. > :25:50.cards but one to showers at times -- Shetland is fairly cloudy.
:25:51. > :25:53.Overnight, largely dry but at the weekend the low pressure is never
:25:54. > :25:57.far away and that will influence conditions with a fair few showers
:25:58. > :26:01.on Saturday and Sunday. In the morning, generally dry but in the
:26:02. > :26:05.afternoon the showers get going and one or two could be quite heavy and
:26:06. > :26:11.perhaps the odd rumble of thunder as well. Sunday is similar, some
:26:12. > :26:14.sunshine from some showers, mostly through the afternoon, and if you
:26:15. > :26:15.get the sunshine temperatures in the mid-to high teens. That's the
:26:16. > :26:24.forecast. Thank you. I'll be back with the headlines
:26:25. > :26:29.at 8pm and the late bulletin just Until then, from everyone on the
:26:30. > :26:32.team right across the country,