:00:00. > :00:15.Here, on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.
:00:16. > :00:19.The Forth Road Bridge has reopened after strong winds overturned
:00:20. > :00:22.a lorry and caused massive disruption throughout the day.
:00:23. > :00:26.A 54-year-old man has since been charged with dangerous driving.
:00:27. > :00:28.The bridge reopened late this evening after repair
:00:29. > :00:32.work to the damaged centre reserve barrier.
:00:33. > :00:35.More than 70,000 vehicles use the bridge each day.
:00:36. > :00:42.Our reporter Morag Kinniburgh has been following the day's events.
:00:43. > :00:49.The lorry had been travelling north in the early hours of this morning.
:00:50. > :00:53.Winds of 74 miles an hour Blewett off balance growing at across the
:00:54. > :00:58.central barrier. The driver wasn't seriously injured but he has been
:00:59. > :01:03.charged with dangerous driving. The bridge had been close to high sided
:01:04. > :01:08.vehicles because of the gale. The lorry had become entangled in the
:01:09. > :01:13.steel so what we had to do is try to lift it up, tilt it and manoeuvre it
:01:14. > :01:17.out which is not an easy operation so we have had an operational
:01:18. > :01:22.resource out there with three recovery vehicles waiting for an
:01:23. > :01:28.opportunity to take that. Instead of easing, the weather worsened during
:01:29. > :01:30.the day. Traffic disruption across eastern central Scotland was
:01:31. > :01:36.significant throughout the day and this evening and many drivers
:01:37. > :01:41.diverted, being stuck in lengthy tailbacks. There hasn't been a lot
:01:42. > :01:45.of movement. There's been frustration because of that. There
:01:46. > :01:50.has been people late for work, and they are taking silly risks, cutting
:01:51. > :01:53.each other up. Observing the roads network from the nearby operations
:01:54. > :01:55.each other up. Observing the roads room, the Transport Minister says
:01:56. > :02:01.the driver's lucky to be alive and the cost to the economy will be
:02:02. > :02:05.high. An incident like this that has closed off traffic will have had an
:02:06. > :02:10.impact financially for Scotland but our main objective is to ensure the
:02:11. > :02:14.individual is safe. Secondly, to reopen the bridge to the best
:02:15. > :02:18.possible way that we can. After hours of work in difficult
:02:19. > :02:23.conditions, engineers righted the lorry. Others had been working on
:02:24. > :02:27.replacement metal work to repair the damaged central barrier. This is the
:02:28. > :02:31.worst crash damage to the bridge in its 53 year history.
:02:32. > :02:34.Police will only be able to use stop search powers where they have
:02:35. > :02:37.reasonable grounds to do so, under a new code published today.
:02:38. > :02:39.If approved by parliament, the code will end so-called
:02:40. > :02:41."consensual" stop searches from May this year.
:02:42. > :02:50.Our political correspondent Lucy Adams reports.
:02:51. > :02:58.The aim was to cut violent crime but as the police use of stop search
:02:59. > :03:02.search to more than 600,000 a year, questions were raised about who they
:03:03. > :03:07.were searching and whiny. I'm going to make a strong statement and I'm
:03:08. > :03:11.going to say here on in we should not be searching young children
:03:12. > :03:16.under the age of consent on a consensual basis. Months later, the
:03:17. > :03:22.BBC revealed that hundreds of children under the age of 12 were
:03:23. > :03:27.still being consensually searched. That, in part, led to today's draft
:03:28. > :03:31.code. It is extremely important that when stop and searches being used,
:03:32. > :03:34.it is being used when it's necessary, proportionate and in a
:03:35. > :03:38.way within the law and what the new code does is make sure the police
:03:39. > :03:42.are clear about the powers they have. All officers are now being
:03:43. > :03:49.trained to ensure the code is followed. Stop and search is a very
:03:50. > :03:53.valuable tactic. When it is applied fairly and proportionately and
:03:54. > :03:56.justifiably. It needs to be applied to the right people in the right
:03:57. > :04:01.places and in the right times. But some say the damage has already been
:04:02. > :04:05.done to public trust. It is hard to measure it but there is a strong
:04:06. > :04:10.impression that it has caused damage to people's views of the police and
:04:11. > :04:14.to community relations in certain areas where the so-called consensual
:04:15. > :04:20.stop and search happened most often and also it was used in particular
:04:21. > :04:24.on children and young people. It's groups of young people like these
:04:25. > :04:28.that Police Scotland are now going to have to persuade that this new
:04:29. > :04:34.code is going to make a difference. And build relations which might have
:04:35. > :04:42.been undermined in the past. We were heading home from swimming. The
:04:43. > :04:46.police says let's see your bags. It's quite intimidating. It is also
:04:47. > :04:56.embarrassing being stopped and searched. They need to come into the
:04:57. > :05:01.schools, go and teach them about stop and search laws. And what they
:05:02. > :05:04.can and can't do. From this May, officers will have to record every
:05:05. > :05:11.single stop and search on the grounds for doing so. The searcher
:05:12. > :05:13.will be given the receipt but it will take more than this to rebuild
:05:14. > :05:15.trust with the public. The finance secretary Derek Mackay
:05:16. > :05:17.has faced tough questions Mr Mackay needs support
:05:18. > :05:21.from at least one other party to get Earlier our political
:05:22. > :05:37.editor Brian Taylor The standard rate of tax as it is,
:05:38. > :05:40.it doesn't want to give such big tax giveaway to high earners as proposed
:05:41. > :05:47.by the Chancellor. There one other number that matters which is the
:05:48. > :05:52.Parliamentary majority. Derek Mackay needs a charm, at least to tolerate
:05:53. > :05:56.his budget going through. A key point is there is a separate vote on
:05:57. > :06:01.tax as well as the budget. There is a separate vote on tax. The Tories
:06:02. > :06:06.and the Labour Party, Derek Mackay has given up on them. They are
:06:07. > :06:12.standing firm against the SNP position. So he's looking to the Lib
:06:13. > :06:16.Dems and the Greens. When he was defending his budget, there was very
:06:17. > :06:19.sharp exchanges with the Greens overtaxation. Patrick Harvie
:06:20. > :06:28.couldn't see why they had to be any giveaway whatsoever for those on
:06:29. > :06:39.higher earnings. What we're doing is in line with inflation. We will take
:06:40. > :06:42.tax -- decisions year-to-year. That is the figure in line with
:06:43. > :06:45.tax -- decisions year-to-year. That inflation, that feels like the right
:06:46. > :06:51.thing to do. It feels like the right thing? Why does it feel like?
:06:52. > :06:57.Patrick Harvie has a different view on the structure of income tax. We
:06:58. > :07:02.say that fits within our manifesto commitment. It commands the support
:07:03. > :07:06.of the people, it is fair, and it gives certainty at this time. The
:07:07. > :07:08.Greens are pushing very hard on tax and Derek Mackay doesn't want to
:07:09. > :07:13.concede on tax as he regards it as and Derek Mackay doesn't want to
:07:14. > :07:17.being a carefully balanced package. He points out the SNP won the
:07:18. > :07:21.majority and they won more votes than the other parties. He wants to
:07:22. > :07:24.make concessions on public spending rather than tax. The Lib Dems have
:07:25. > :07:29.their concerns about the tax package. They might possibly be
:07:30. > :07:33.persuaded on elements if public spending could be enhanced on a key
:07:34. > :07:38.issue on them, which is the provision of mental health. Right
:07:39. > :07:40.now, Derek Mackay hasn't got the votes. Winter is now making its
:07:41. > :07:40.presence felt. Now with the weather outlook
:07:41. > :07:49.for tonight and tomorrow. It has been a windy day for many of
:07:50. > :07:59.us. Those winds are still with us but our attention turns to snow.
:08:00. > :08:01.Strong to gale force north and north-west rive English hours in
:08:02. > :08:06.affecting the higher parts of these roads. Not only these roads and
:08:07. > :08:11.these higher parts. Many of us at sea level will have snow on the
:08:12. > :08:18.ground. It is a cold night, icy in places. Tomorrow, windy, some snow
:08:19. > :08:24.showers. There will be rain coming into parts of England and Wales. We
:08:25. > :08:28.could get some snow. For us, a windy morning with those frequent snow
:08:29. > :08:31.showers pushing their way across the country. They are showers are some
:08:32. > :08:36.of you will wake up tomorrow and have no snow at all. Some of you,
:08:37. > :08:42.several centimetres. Potentially difficult conditions on the roads,
:08:43. > :08:47.icy in places. Driest towards the East. Further west, the showers more
:08:48. > :08:52.likely and they will be heavy at times, perhaps with some Halen
:08:53. > :08:56.thunder in the mix too. As we head through the course of the day, that
:08:57. > :09:01.rain we saw in the south, that is going to open up the gradient. That
:09:02. > :09:07.means for us the winds will ease but the showers hold on. And they will
:09:08. > :09:11.be wintry in nature. The best of the sunshine likely in the east. There's
:09:12. > :09:18.the rain edging northwards. Tricky mix. Potentially some snow on the
:09:19. > :09:24.flank. Northern England and Scotland, it is cold and windy and
:09:25. > :09:30.wintry. Those showers continue. Look at those temperatures mid-afternoon.
:09:31. > :09:33.It is a bit afield. The winds are northerly and come Thursday evening
:09:34. > :09:39.still some snow showers in the West End than a band of rain moving in.
:09:40. > :09:43.As it meets the cold air, perhaps a significant spell of snow. Friday,
:09:44. > :09:48.most of it will have gone and it is a crisp, dry and cold day. It
:09:49. > :09:51.sprinkling of snow showers at times but quieter and calmer than the
:09:52. > :09:56.weather we are likely to see tomorrow. That's the weather
:09:57. > :09:59.forecast. And that is Reporting Scotland. Our next update is during
:10:00. > :10:02.breakfast at 6:25am. But, from everyone
:10:03. > :10:05.on the late team, goodnight.