:00:08. > :00:10.Thousands of children in Edinburgh are preparing to return to school
:00:11. > :00:13.buildings deemed unsafe following the collapse of a wall
:00:14. > :00:20.While those buildings are now fixed, a BBC Scotland investigation has
:00:21. > :00:22.found at least 30 schools across the country have had
:00:23. > :00:29.Fiona Walker has been meeting families affected.
:00:30. > :00:32.We were getting ready for school one morning and we have the radio on.
:00:33. > :00:39.They got a text saying there had been school damage
:00:40. > :00:43.I thought I would pass and see what was happening.
:00:44. > :00:46.I stopped the car in the middle of the road, I was so shocked.
:00:47. > :00:53.This pile of rubble weighs more than a ton and lies in the exact
:00:54. > :00:57.spot where Julia stands with her son waiting for the school day to start.
:00:58. > :01:00.If it had happened during the day it would have been
:01:01. > :01:08.You actually try not to think about it because it is such
:01:09. > :01:13.Parents were told wall ties, like these sticking
:01:14. > :01:17.They hold the wall together and connect them
:01:18. > :01:24.It turned out all 17 schools built under the same private finance deal
:01:25. > :01:27.in Edinburgh had some of these faults, so they were too
:01:28. > :01:34.The last of the repairs have now been finished in time for the school
:01:35. > :01:40.These are pictures we have not seen before of inside the cavity walls
:01:41. > :01:47.We asked an expert what he thought of them.
:01:48. > :01:54.I would suggest it is not only contravening standard practice,
:01:55. > :02:02.I would suggest some of these things are very worrying indeed.
:02:03. > :02:17.BBC Scotland has discovered at least 30 schools across the country have
:02:18. > :02:20.had wall or header tie defects that have had to be fixed over
:02:21. > :02:26.17 in Edinburgh that we already know about.
:02:27. > :02:31.There are eight more schools in South Lanarkshire had to install
:02:32. > :02:33.additional wall ties to ensure that the outside wall
:02:34. > :02:40.At five more schools, the impact was far greater.
:02:41. > :02:42.An investigation into the Edinburgh schools
:02:43. > :02:48.The Council there says the defects may not just be in schools,
:02:49. > :02:53.they are checking every public building built the same way.
:02:54. > :02:56.It might be that this is a national issue that has to be tackled
:02:57. > :02:58.in terms of how you supervise the works going on, how
:02:59. > :03:04.We have just tried to make sure that Edinburgh schools
:03:05. > :03:10.However, it depends on what the inquiry says.
:03:11. > :03:14.For now, children in Edinburgh have been reinsurer
:03:15. > :03:21.They believe that their walls are surely the safest in the country.
:03:22. > :03:24.At the Olympics, Laura Muir is in final of the 1,500m
:03:25. > :03:29.while Eilidh Doyle goes in semi of 400m hurdles later.
:03:30. > :03:31.But away from the athletes, there's another group of people
:03:32. > :03:33.helping to ensure the Rio Games are a success.
:03:34. > :03:52.Hello and welcome to the 2016 real Olympics! They have added colour and
:03:53. > :04:01.noise to these Olympics. -- Rio but the volunteers play a vital role.
:04:02. > :04:02.While the majority are from Brazil, others have come from further
:04:03. > :04:12.afield. Having a good day? I did the others have come from further
:04:13. > :04:18.Commonwealth Games in 2014 so I got the volunteer blog from that. I was
:04:19. > :04:19.on Facebook and there remember someone said Rio applications are
:04:20. > :04:25.open and I thought why not. It has someone said Rio applications are
:04:26. > :04:31.been fantastic. It has exceeded my expectations because I had seen
:04:32. > :04:44.quite negative stuff but I have just loved every minute of it here. And
:04:45. > :04:49.this Scott is a volunteer veteran, with the London 2012, Glasgow 2014
:04:50. > :04:54.and the Ryder Cup behind him. It is a big commitment, I have a full-time
:04:55. > :04:59.job and a wife and son who put up with me going abroad, but lots of
:05:00. > :05:04.skills that you get and you meet people from all over the world and
:05:05. > :05:08.embrace other cultures and integrate with other people from other
:05:09. > :05:18.countries. The game macro have been fabulous. -- game. The volunteers
:05:19. > :05:21.have played their part in that. On hand day and night to assist. And to
:05:22. > :05:23.entertain. Well, it's over to Christopher
:05:24. > :05:35.Blanchett now with the weather It was a lovely day across the
:05:36. > :05:40.country. 27 Celsius was the hot spot in the north-west Highlands. Tonight
:05:41. > :05:44.is dry with clear conditions but by tomorrow morning some mist and low
:05:45. > :05:50.cloud in the East. Temperatures there to start fairly pleasant. The
:05:51. > :05:54.whole of tomorrow from most another dry and sunny day. A bit more cloud
:05:55. > :05:59.around the west Coast and a few spots of rain as the approaching
:06:00. > :06:09.weather front shows its hand. Thicker cloud through the coast of
:06:10. > :06:12.Wales but from any, sunny and warm, 24 Celsius. A touch cooler around
:06:13. > :06:16.the coast with the breeze. The wet weather still because into the
:06:17. > :06:22.evening but come Thursday it fades away. For many, another Friday. A
:06:23. > :06:25.bit more cloud and a touch cooler as well. Temperatures by mid afternoon.
:06:26. > :06:27.Our next update is during Breakfast at 6:25am tomorrow morning.
:06:28. > :06:31.But from everyone on the late team here in Glasgow and around