13/08/2016

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:00:00. > :00:00.I'll be back with the news at 10.10pm.

:00:07. > :00:09.Scotland's finance secretary says the Treasury's pledge to replace EU

:00:10. > :00:13.funding doesn't go far enough to end uncertainty after the Brexit

:00:14. > :00:17.The UK Chancellor, Philip Hammond, has pledged that EU

:00:18. > :00:19.funding for farmers, scientists and other projects

:00:20. > :00:22.will be replaced by the Treasury after Brexit.

:00:23. > :00:24.But the Scottish Government says that falls short of

:00:25. > :00:38.I welcome the Chancellor's statement in that aid as yours some funds but

:00:39. > :00:42.does not go far enough. We want every penny that Scotland was

:00:43. > :00:45.entitled to to come to Scotland and that is right for the communities of

:00:46. > :00:50.Scotland, our farmers and fishermen, who should get what was coming

:00:51. > :00:54.Scotland's Way, a substantial amount of funds.

:00:55. > :00:59.What the Chancellor has done is given confidence and security to

:01:00. > :01:02.universities, businesses and farmers so that they know going for it that

:01:03. > :01:06.they would get the money they would have got from the EU. That is the

:01:07. > :01:10.pragmatic and sensible thing to do rather than just talking from the

:01:11. > :01:13.sidelines and trying to stir up grounds for a further rerun of the

:01:14. > :01:15.independence referendum we had two or three years ago.

:01:16. > :01:18.There's been more Scottish success at the Olympics in Rio.

:01:19. > :01:20.Edinburgh rowers Karen Bennett and Polly Swann, won silver medals

:01:21. > :01:36.Yes, the medal rush continues here in Rio for Team GB and for the

:01:37. > :01:40.Scottish people. Let us look at an historic medal for the Edinburgh

:01:41. > :01:46.pair Karen Bennett and Polly Swann in the women's eight. A silver Ford

:01:47. > :01:50.GB and a silver for the Scottish people sold the most successful

:01:51. > :01:57.Olympic Games away from home for Scots within Team GB. We have eight

:01:58. > :02:00.medals across six sports, involving 13 medallists. Superb stuff from the

:02:01. > :02:07.robbers and from the rest of the Scots and breads in Rio. A man who

:02:08. > :02:12.may get his hands on a medal is Andy Murray. He took the first set 6-1

:02:13. > :02:19.against and Kei Nishikori in the tennis semifinal and Andy marry is

:02:20. > :02:22.already leading 4-2. Andy Murray is two games away from a place in the

:02:23. > :02:26.final tomorrow and that would be a guaranteed silver and officially the

:02:27. > :02:30.best ever Olympic Games away from home for Scottish athletes and Team

:02:31. > :02:34.GB. That would be nine medals. More to come from the likes of Callan

:02:35. > :02:38.Skinner in the men's sprint already a gold medallist. Katie Archbold as

:02:39. > :02:42.well in the women's team pursuit. They qualify with a world-record

:02:43. > :02:47.time so could well get another gold medal. It is an historic games are

:02:48. > :02:50.ready for Team GB and already for the Scottish athletes away from

:02:51. > :02:52.home. Thank you.

:02:53. > :02:54.A shopkeeper has been seriously injured as he fought off two

:02:55. > :02:56.attackers during an attempted robbery in the Trinity

:02:57. > :02:59.Police described it as "a cowardly attack".

:03:00. > :03:02.The winners of the World Pipe Band Championships will be crowned

:03:03. > :03:06.Around 8,000 pipers and drummers from around the world have been

:03:07. > :03:23.The sound of the pipes and drums is as echoing across Glasgow Green as

:03:24. > :03:27.234 pipe band split on what they hope will be prize-winning

:03:28. > :03:31.performances. Musicians have come from as far away as Australia and

:03:32. > :03:35.Zimbabwe and closer to home from across Scotland, Ireland and other

:03:36. > :03:43.parts of Europe. Hoping to defend their title are the reigning

:03:44. > :03:46.champions, the Caledonia pipe band. They became the first Scottish band

:03:47. > :03:49.in more than a decade to win the title last year and later tonight we

:03:50. > :03:53.will find out whether or not they have managed to make it to my dears

:03:54. > :03:56.in a row or if another band has knocked them off the number one

:03:57. > :03:57.slot. -- two years in a row. Football, and there were five

:03:58. > :04:02.matches in the Premiership today. Rangers won away at Dundee

:04:03. > :04:04.in the early match. Elsewhere, there were

:04:05. > :04:05.wins for Kilmarnock, Now let's take a look

:04:06. > :04:19.at the weather. Mother nature is smiling on us and a

:04:20. > :04:23.lot of dry weather to come into the middle of next week. Temperatures

:04:24. > :04:28.will get warmer so things look good. Some brightness around the globally

:04:29. > :04:34.across Scotland. Any showers die away to the north although rather

:04:35. > :04:36.misty across the Northern Isles, particularly Shetland. Overnight,

:04:37. > :04:43.the lows will be mild at around ten or 11 Celsius. A dry start tomorrow

:04:44. > :04:47.and will be cloudy initially in the West. The cloud will thin and break

:04:48. > :04:50.through the day and it should be a bright day with pretty good spells

:04:51. > :04:54.of sunshine towards Easter areas. It should brighten up across the far

:04:55. > :04:58.north and Northern Isles. West Nile is more in the way of cloud with 15

:04:59. > :05:03.or 16 Celsius in the South. 1819 Celsius highs. Goodbye.