01/01/2017

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:00:00. > :00:08.The police have launched a murder inquiry after a man died

:00:09. > :00:11.in a house fire in Milngavie, north of Glasgow.

:00:12. > :00:13.A joint investigation by detectives and fire officers has established

:00:14. > :00:20.that the fire was deliberately set, and is said to have been targeted.

:00:21. > :00:21.The emergency services were called

:00:22. > :00:25.A 24-year-old woman was seriously injured in the fire.

:00:26. > :00:28.A man and woman in their 50s were also treated

:00:29. > :00:35.The man who died hasn't been formally identified.

:00:36. > :00:36.Organisers of Edinburgh's Hogmanay have described the event

:00:37. > :00:41.75,000 people from around the world came to see

:00:42. > :00:48.a spectacular fireworks and laser show bring in 2017.

:00:49. > :00:50.Activities continued into today with hundreds braving the cold

:00:51. > :00:53.to take part in the famous Loony Dook.

:00:54. > :01:00.January 1st, 2017, and little sign of the 75,000 people

:01:01. > :01:05.Only the trundle of suitcases as revellers think about

:01:06. > :01:09.heading home to where they came from.

:01:10. > :01:12.It is maybe no wonder the street cleaners have been out all night

:01:13. > :01:26.A matter of hours earlier, it took 1,000 hours to plan

:01:27. > :01:37.a spectacular light show and firework display.

:01:38. > :01:43.Organisers say 2017 was one of their most ambitious programmes.

:01:44. > :01:46.Last night's event was one of the best we have ever produced,

:01:47. > :01:52.everything fell into place, the crowds, the weather, the music, it

:01:53. > :01:58.was an amazing party atmosphere. And on a bright New Year's Day,

:01:59. > :02:03.hardy souls took to the water to clear their heads at the annual

:02:04. > :02:07.Loony Dook. There is 1200 people here, many of them pretty scantily

:02:08. > :02:14.clad, and Daft enough to dump themselves in the Firth of. Off you

:02:15. > :02:21.go. It is not that cold. Have you been in yet? How was it?

:02:22. > :02:27.Freezing! We flew from Australia, just purely

:02:28. > :02:32.for this, because we watch it every year on television in Australia, and

:02:33. > :02:37.we got here and we were like, what is wrong with the Scottish? While

:02:38. > :02:41.they doing this? Like Tony, who has been doing this

:02:42. > :02:46.for five years and still has not learned.

:02:47. > :02:51.At least the lifeguards were here to save the day.

:02:52. > :02:54.Parents of newborn babies in Orkney and Clackmannanshire will receive

:02:55. > :02:57.a box of essentials including clothes, nappies,

:02:58. > :03:01.The Scottish Government scheme's being piloted for three months,

:03:02. > :03:04.before being extended to the rest of Scotland

:03:05. > :03:08.The box itself doubles up as a cot,

:03:09. > :03:10.and comes with a mattress and sheets.

:03:11. > :03:12.Baby boxes were introduced in Finland in the 1930s,

:03:13. > :03:15.and they've been credited as part of the reason for a sharp fall

:03:16. > :03:20.It encourages parents to engage with health services,

:03:21. > :03:24.and that is one of the ways in which, in Finland, it has

:03:25. > :03:27.helped to improve child and maternal health.

:03:28. > :03:31.But it is also about trying to get every young person,

:03:32. > :03:37.regardless of their background, the best start in life.

:03:38. > :03:41.This is giving a level playing field to every newborn child.

:03:42. > :03:45.There is nothing that is not going to be useful, the boxes

:03:46. > :03:48.will be used in various different sizes, there are things that can be

:03:49. > :03:59.used immediately and things that can be put by for months to come.

:04:00. > :04:06.Time for the weather forecast. Good evening, it is a cold one

:04:07. > :04:11.tonight, a frosty one as well. Clear skies allowing the temperature to

:04:12. > :04:17.faulty freezing if not lower even in towns and cities, well below in the

:04:18. > :04:23.countryside. -- hello freezing. Showers falling on frozen ground,

:04:24. > :04:26.showery tomorrow, by the afternoon, the cloud will have built up

:04:27. > :04:33.somewhat compared to the morning. For- six Celsius, Sunshine

:04:34. > :04:40.prolonged, further west showers more frequent. Turning less wintry

:04:41. > :04:46.through the course of the day. Tuesday, that is a windy day, and

:04:47. > :04:50.cloudy, rain across the West and north-west. Best of any dry and

:04:51. > :04:54.bright weather in the east, but it will be milder, highs of ten

:04:55. > :04:58.We are back tomorrow at one 15 PM. We are back tomorrow at one 15 PM.

:04:59. > :05:00.-- 1:15pm. We will be back tomorrow. Happy New

:05:01. > :05:02.Year.