14/04/2017 Reporting Scotland

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5,000 heart valve patients in Scotland have been warned that

bypass machines used in operations may have been contaminated

But Health Protection Scotland say the risk of infection is very low.

Here's our health correspondent, Lisa Summers.

This is in response to a UK-wide alert that has been in place

What has happened is that there is believed to be a link

between the bacteria mycobacterium chimaera

and the type of device used to heat up cold blood during certain types

This device is absolutely essential for this type of surgery, and it's

thought that perhaps the equipment may have become contaminated.

Around 5,000 people in Scotland have received these letters.

They have gone to people who had their valve repaired or replaced.

The consequences of not taking any action are clearly very serious,

Across the UK, 26 cases have been identified,

and, out of that, 15 patients have died.

Since then, measures have been taken to improve

Health Protection Scotland say that anybody who might start

experiencing symptoms - they could start as flu-like

symptoms or weight loss or night sweats -

should contact their doctor as soon as possible.

It can lie dormant in a body for five to six years.

They say that, although the risk is low, you should contact

your GP as soon as possible if you have any symptoms.

Police have revealed that one of the men stabbed in Glasgow city

centre yesterday was deliberately targeted by his attacker.

The 33-year-old who carried out the assault later died

It's emerged that a third man was also injured,

The incident has been referred to the Police Investigations

Detectives investigating the alleged rape of a man in Dumfries last

weekend say they're now satisfied that no crime took place.

Specialist investigating officers had been reviewing CCTV and

taking statements from witnesses, after the alleged assault

in the town's Brooms Road in the early hours of Sunday.

But now they say they're no longer looking for a male suspect,

who was reported to have attacked the victim.

Free-range egg producers in Scotland are beginning

where they've been housed since December.

The industry took the decision to house the hens, after bird flu

forced some farmers in England to impose tight restrictions.

Our rural affairs correspondent Kevin Keane reports.

These are free-range hens which haven't been

Since bird flu arrived in December, they have been inside barns.

It's not the Government that has forced this restriction.

High-risk zones were designated in some parts of England,

The industry on both sides of the border responded as one.

They have had the upset of being shut in but they are surviving

Extra bio-security measures might be necessary, with additional feed

I think it's been probably as difficult as I expected,

but more than 50% of the UK eggs produced are free-range eggs,

so we have to protect consumer demand,

Normally, if you were standing, the hens would be coming and coming

from the shed through these hatches, giving them a free range

Also things like this to try to keep them stimulated.

Since this ban has been introduced, all of this has been out of bounds.

The hens here produced thousands of eggs every

day and all of these are destined

for the UK's biggest supermarkets.

Being housed indoors, consumers have had to be told

that they are no longer technically free-range.

The preventions we all have in place expire on the 30th of April.

We are looking now at the populations of wild birds to see

These birds will now be reintroduced gradually to the outside world.

Ministers will decide whether the extra bio-security

The Scottish cyclist, Katie Archibald, has won gold

at the Track Cycling World Championships in Hong Kong.

gave Britain its first gold of the championships.

The 23-year-old from Milngavie succeeds Laura Kenny

Katie was part of the winning Olympic team in Rio,

but she admits that individual success was a different feeling.

It is odd to celebrate by yourself and it feels lonely but looking

forward to going back to the hotel...

I am feeling pain primarily, but I'm happy

That was a bumpy race and I thought I had lost it

Chasing and chasing and being attacked...

I got back on in the end and pulled it out of the bag.

Football, and tonight's Premiership match between Kilmarnock

and Hearts ended in a disappointing goal-less draw.

Veteran striker Kris Boyd had two chances right

at the end of the match, but couldn't break

By contrast, there was a high score at tonight's Pro 12

Warriors thumped the Italian side Zebre 45 points to 10.

They scored seven tries, and won a bonus point.

Let's get the Easter weekend weather forecast now, from Kirsteen.

Thank you very much, Sally. A mixed bag. Good evening, the Shari theme

over the past couple of days has allowed our weather watchers to take

some superb pictures of rainbows. Thank you to purple horse who

captured this gorgeous image over Loch Broom earlier today. Tonight,

showers continued, especially frequent and heavy across the North

and west, some clear spells at times elsewhere. Into tomorrow, again, a

case of some bright or sunny spells and some showers. Especially heavy

and frequent tomorrow morning across the North, being driven in on fresh

to strong north-west winds. Come tomorrow afternoon however, across

much of southern, central and eastern Scotland, a lot of dry

weather with some bright or sunny spells and just a scattering of

showers. In the sheltered East, temperatures may meet 11 or 12

Celsius, not feeling too bad. Across the North however, we hold onto the

strong winds making quite a cold feel. Although the showers will

become more scattered here tomorrow afternoon, some of them may well

still be on the heavy side. Across the rest of the UK for Northern

Ireland and northern England, much the same as ourselves. Some bright

or sunny spells and a scattering of showers. Elsewhere however, dry with

some sunshine and temperatures generally around ten to 14 Celsius.

Into tomorrow evening, showers becoming fewer and further between.

A fine end to the day, sunshine around the lid will feel chilly.

Looking ahead to Easter Day, Easter Sunday, some uncertainty regarding

this rain moving in. We expect it to come through most of the South West

of Scotland, into England and Wales steadily marching south-eastwards

during the day. The North of Scotland will see a lot of dry,

bright weather, but it will feel cold with biting northerly winds and

a few wintry showers and then for Easter Monday, a ridge of high

pressure, mostly dry conditions, again feeling rather cold.