26/05/2017 Reporting Scotland

the weekend, and it will be gradually turning fresher for all.

That's all from the BBC News at One, so it's goodbye from me.

Barack Obama tees off on the Old Course. With less than two weeks to

go, the parties are out on the election Trail once again.

Former US President Barack Obama landed in Edinburgh earlier this

morning, and is currently playing golf in St Andrews.

Mr Obama is due back in Edinburgh later to address a charity

fundraising event at the city's exhibition and conference centre.

Our reporter Steven Godden watched the ex-President tee off.

How are you doing? Where are you from? When you're a former president

of the United States, this passes for low-key. Barack Obama flew in

this morning, landing in Edinburgh and coming straight here to St

Andrews. Golf seems to be a popular past time for presidents past and

present. He chose to test himself here at the Old Course, the home of

golf. It was an unannounced visit but by the time he stepped on the

first two quite a crowd had gathered to watch. -- on the first tee. We

saw the police at the Old Course, got chatting with some friends and

found out it was Obama here so we came down. I've never seen him in

person, he's someone I admire greatly so it was nice to see him in

the fresh. Barack Obama was invited by Sir Tom Hunter the businessman.

Tonight he will give a speech at a charity dinner in Edinburgh. The

cost of the table starts at ?5,000. More than 300 children's charities

in Scotland will benefit. Security will be tight. It has been reviewed

following the terrorist attack in Manchester on Monday night. The

reason people here have had the opportunity to get much closer to

the former president, who in a short time or move up the fairway behind

me to one of the most famous holes in golf. Steven Godden, St Andrews.

The family of Barra teenager Laura MacIntyre,

who is in a critical condition in hospital following

the Manchester attack, have described her as "strong-willed

In a statement issued through Police Scotland,

they said that they know the 15-year-old is in

the best possible place, and receiving the best care.

Earlier, the parents of 14-yearold Eilidh Macleod,

who attended the concert with Laura and was killed in the bombing,

said that words could not express how they felt

Two bodies have been recovered from the sea,

after a light aircraft crashed into the waters off

The alarm was raised after the aeroplane,

which took off from Oban Airport, failed to arrive in Carlisle

Police say the bodies of two men and some wreckage from the aircraft

were recovered in the sea, near to Skipness in Argyll.

Officers are trying to establish the identities of the men.

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch is looking into the incident.

A man has been seriously injured in an incident in Govan in Glasgow.

Police say they received a report of a disturbance at a flat

A 35-year-old man has been taken to the Queen Elizabeth

University Hospital, where his condition

Forensics officers have been examining the scene

Election campaigning has resumed in Scotland

after the paused prompted by the Manchester terror attack.

Politicians from all the parties are keen to get started again,

as a show of defiance to terrorism and to underline a commitment

I'm joined from the banks of the Clyde by our political

Brian, that Manchester attack remains at the top of the agenda.

It does, Sally. Jeremy Corbyn making a speech today in the last hour,

stressing that those who are responsible for the Manchester

outrage are those who carried it out, but also making a link between

terror in the UK and the UK's involvement in global conflict,

particularly in the Middle East. This has prompted a range of

reactions in Scotland. Kezia Dugdale stressing again that the

responsibility lies with those who carried it out, but saying it is a

complex matter. But also saying that one must be aware of efforts to

counter terrorism but also to counter the causes of terror. Read

the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats are really attacking Mr

Corbyn very hard indeed. They regard his remarks as cross and

insensitive. The Tories saying Al-Qaeda leader were targeting

Britain for terror attacks before the conflict in Afghanistan and

Iraq. The response from the SNP a bit more nuanced. Nicola Sturgeon

saying there must be no excuse given to the terrorists but equally saying

there must be a view that is aware of the impact of Britain's

involvement in global matters. She made a statement saying we are

living in a dangerous and unpredictable world and all actions

and interventions overseas should be properly thought through. What else

have the Scottish party leaders been up to? Each pursuing their own

agenda. Labour arguing they are in pole position in several key SNP

seats. The Conservatives are talking about delays in receiving NHS

treatment. The Liberal Democrats also talking about the NHS but

talking about there being some 200 GPs in Scotland from the EU and

arguing that that is placed in jeopardy by Brexit. The SNP said the

Conservatives are planning five more years of austerity, they say that is

disclosed by the Institute for Fiscal Studies and they argue Labour

are not keen or eager to tackle that. Thank you.

One more local authority has managed to form an administration.

A Labour minority administration is to run West Lothian Council,

even though the SNP has more councillors locally.

I'm joined by our local government correspondent Jamie McIvor.

Jamie, there are quite a few councils where the single biggest

It's now three weeks since the council elections,

and there wasn't a single council where one political party

That means coalitions or minority administrations

are the order of the day, and there's no rule that says

the biggest party has to be part of the administration.

But, yes, there are a number of prominent examples of the biggest

For instance, the SNP has the most councillors in North Lanarkshire,

The SNP's also been left out in Moray, for example.

Meanwhile, the Conservatives are the opposition in South Ayrshire

and Dumfries and Galloway, despite their size.

Overall, the SNP is the most powerful party in local government,

but it doesn't hold quite so much power as you might have predicted,

By the way, still no administrations agreed in two places,

On another glorious day let's get the weather forecast for today.

Good afternoon. Those temperatures are continuing to rise as we head

through the afternoon with almost wall-to-wall sunshine and low cloud

shifting from Shetland as we speak. We could see highs of 22, 24 for

Orkney, widely up to 28 the northern Scotland, possibly even 30 degrees.

Even in coastal areas still into the low 20s. A lovely end to the day,

dry overnight with long clear spells. You may see... It stays dry

and it will be another muggy night. We'll have high pressure tomorrow

with warmer or hot air, this weather front approaching. As it bangs into

the hot air, it's going to release some energy and some quite heavy,

thundery downpours as well. Actually the quiet before the storm, there is

a warning in place for the rain as it crosses the country tomorrow.

That's from lunchtime until the early hours of Sunday. But actually

it starts of dry, some sunshine. Then we see the band of rain moving

in. During the afternoon though showers becoming more volatile

particularly across northern Scotland, triggered by the high

temperatures will see across more northern areas. Staying dry for the

far north and the Northern Isles. Becoming brighter and drier in the

South. Sally Magnusson will be

here with much more news, sport and weather in Reporting Scotland

at 6:30pm tonight. From everyone on the lunchtime,

do have a very good afternoon.