our scotland correspondent james shaw is at darvel�*s home stadium in ayrshire. james.bringing an extraordinary sense of excitement and anticipation to this game of the kind that this tiny small club in ayrshire has probably rarely felt in its history. as you said, it started last month when they beat aberdeen 1-0, last month when they beat aberdeen 1—0, a result that no one expected, that came completely out of the blue, the idea that this small club could beat one of the giants of scottish football. tonight they face falkirk also a pretty formidable club, and they will have a genuine fight on their hands, no doubt about it. falkirk will have the sense that darvel are serious opposition now. there will be about 3000 people here, and the population of darvel is only 4000 so it feels like everybody will be glued to the match tonight but win or lose, they have brought an extraordinary feeling of optimism to this little town, the feeling that with belief and commitment and dedication, extraordinary things are possible. thank you, james. a small asteroid has exploded after

our scotland correspondent james shaw is at darvel�*s home stadium in ayrshire.ating aberdeen last month, and at the start of the day hopes were high of another famous victory. is just a small town in the middle of east ayrshire, but ever since they win against aberdeen, there has been a mounting sense of excitement. darvel fans have waited years for a moment like this. you darvel fans have waited years for a moment like this.— moment like this. you can see the atmosphere _ moment like this. you can see the atmosphere in _ moment like this. you can see the atmosphere in here _ moment like this. you can see the atmosphere in here just _ moment like this. you can see the atmosphere in here just now, - moment like this. you can see the atmosphere in here just now, the| atmosphere in here just now, the whole _ atmosphere in here just now, the whole town has been buzzing since we beat aberdeen. | whole town has been buzzing since we beat aberdeen.— beat aberdeen. i have been sending texts down to _ beat aberdeen. i have been sending texts down to say _ beat aberdeen.

focusing on the game in ayrshire tonight, how is it going to be? six or 7 degrees around kick—off time, not bad at all and the weather isn't too bad for most of us, high pressure in charge so dry for most and relatively mild, the temperature is continuing to rise through the course of the week. here is the big high pressure across europe, dominating the weather across much of the continent, we are on the periphery of the high pressure, the wind blowing from the south, that means the air is coming from the south, relatively mild. not all that sunny, this morning there was quite a lot of cloud across the country but through the afternoon, sunshine for most, 9—12 the high temperatures around early afternoon. the forecast this evening is generally clear, some plants around ayrshire but generally, dry weather for most, towards the end of the night it will cloud over in northern ireland, dribs and drabs of rain but after the clear night and high pressure it will be pretty chilly. on tuesday you see the southerly wind on the edge of the high pressure, tha

focusing on the game in ayrshire tonight, how is it going to be?t of us, high pressure in charge so dry for most and relatively mild, the temperature is continuing to rise through the course of the week. here is the big high pressure across europe, dominating the weather across much of the continent, we

will progress into the quarterfinals of the scottish cup, but the prospect if they beat fokker of ayrshirenteresting night here in ayrshire. england have made it two wins out of two at the t20 women's world cup in south africa. they beat ireland by four wickets in paarl. henry moraen and alex hartley from the test match special team we are at the game. world cup winner in 2017 was watching. all doing a really good job for england. watching. all doing a really good job for england-— job for england. yeah three world-class _ job for england. yeah three world-class bowlers. - job for england. yeah three world-class bowlers. there| job for england. yeah three - world-class bowlers. there heavily world—class bowlers. there heavily relying on their spinners at the minute. we know that their spinners are going to get control of the game. they keep picking up regular wickets. , ., ., ., ., ,, ., wickets. they are going to take more of this as we — wickets. they are going to take more of this as we go _ wickets. they are going to take more of this as we go through _ wickets. they are going to take

it is a journey which began on the doorsteps of ayrshire and took her to the highest office in the landla ahead. .., . nor they could have imagined what la ahead. _, ., ,, ., lay ahead. nicola sturgeon! cheering _ cheering the first years of her leadership must have felt like a dream. shy by nature, she was filling arenas and strutting the stage like a rock star. scottish politics had never seen the like. it star. scottish politics had never seen the like.— seen the like. it is now a significant _ seen the like. it is now a significant force - seen the like. it is now a significant force in - seen the like. it is now a | significant force in british politics. _ significant force in british politics, not only scottish politics. _ politics, not only scottish politics, and indeed if the next uk election— politics, and indeed if the next uk election produces a hung parliament, the snp _ election produces a hung parliament, the snp presence at westminster might— the snp presence at westminster might yet prove to be a crucial form of leveraged for securing another referendum. but of leveraged

whether it's the ingredients we use, like the ayrshire pork or aberdeen angus steak, to use a brambleuff. with the eddoes peeled, jimmy pops them into a steamer. he then slices the haggis and throws it into a wok. wok—fried haggis. there's a first for everything. that sounds brilliant. oh, look at that! and then we'rejust going to mash that up. these are your asian tatties. so now we've got all our ingredients that we can just use and wrap up. as well as our dual heritage, jimmy and i have something else in common. both of our parents ran chinese takeaways. we've got a bit in common there, my goodness me! tight against it, so you can can feel the haggis. but even so, jimmy's definitely got the edge in his spring roll technique. bind it together, just going to drop... mine looks like an envelope as opposed to a roll. i don't know what's gone wrong there. it looks like a purse. yeah. having made my contribution, i leave it to jimmy to fry the rolls, and rustle up his chilli whisky dip. bagpipe music. but we're still missing one key ingredient. a piper�*s the perfect accompaniment to any

and if you take a step back to see where she came from, she talked about the 1980s, growing up in ayrshireand it could have been pretty lonely in those days to campaign for scottish independence when labour was dominant in scottish politics. to go from there all the way to a scottish parliament and to run the government here for eight years is no small achievement, to say the least. but she has always beenin say the least. but she has always been in politics for one thing above all, and she has not delivered to scottish independence, which leaves her successor with big challenges. first of all, immediately on the issue of gender, what to do about westminster blocking the bill that was passed to try to make it easy to legally change gender, that is contentious. secondly, on the wider issue of independence itself, what do they do, why do they go? is a de facto referendum in the general election a good idea or not? these are big challenges, difficult challenges, and it may be that we will find out in the days, weeks, months and years to come whether this was a high water mark for independence

it's a journey which began on the doorsteps of ayrshire and took her to the highest office in the lande party. neither she nor they could have imagined what lay ahead. nicola sturgeon! cheering. the first years of her leadership must have felt like a dream. shy by nature, she was filling arenas and strutting the stage like a rock star. scottish politics had never seen the likes. it is now a significant force in british politics, not only scottish politics, and indeed if the next uk election produces a hung parliament, the snp presence at westminster might yet prove to be a crucial form of leverage for securing another referendum. but the good times didn't last long. alex salmond, sturgeon's mentor, was cleared of a series of sex charges in court. the case caused a rift between the pair that would never heal. there were struggles on policy as well — on health, education and on the economy. it is argued that scotland is worse off now than when she took over. recent controversial policies, on gender reform most particularly, prompted claims she had either lost touch with or stopped caring

yes, welcome to sunny ayrshire . am welcome to sunny ayrshire. am and i am here .er here at darvel . a lot of the players at darvel. a lot of the players and the management of the club because it's just a junior club, you know, they all have other jobs and other responsibilities . jordan here was born and raised in darvel. is that right? yes. yeah, i'm from darvel originally . yes. yeah, i'm from darvel originally. i went to yes. yeah, i'm from darvel originally . i went to school yes. yeah, i'm from darvel originally. i went to school and almost my family's for darvel. so they are so . yeah. and tell so they are so. yeah. and tell me. tell me bit. what what does a march of. that's magnitude. i mean falkirk are an exactly can a talk of the spfl but they're a big say much bigger than darvel to face and what can a thing do for the local community. well it just brings everybody together so it does it can help the fight for the community and just involvement with the and involvement with the school and the touch. but the shops up in street that it never does for the ga

our sports correspondentjohn watson has been to see how the ayrshire town is preparing for the game—ch is known the world over for the famous kilmarnock pie. does it taste as good as it looks? oh, it tastes fantastic, yes. who would have thought when i took over the club seven years ago that we would get to this stage? we would beat aberdeen. we're now falkirk. into the quarter—finals. could this happen? well, i've done so well with my kilmarnock pie, why not do it with darvel? no need to guess what people are going to be eating at half time, is there? yeah, they're all going to be eating a kilmarnock pie at half time. let's try one. come on! can you tell us what's in the recipe? i know it's. .. this is... it's been in the family for generations. oh, obviously, it's a secret recipe. but i'll tell you what. .. pies and football go hand in hand with each other. hits the spot. i tell you what, if you win later, ok, you beat falkirk and you make it through, are you going to make another world famous pie? a one—off pie to mark the occasion? well, it's a special occasion, and we're getting

for gb and we send our food across here for one of my farmers wants to take his prize cattle to ayrshireire to sell at one of the marks he's able to do. but if he doesn't get the right price, he can't just put them on his lorry and bring them back home. he has to quarantine them in britain because he can't take them to this part of the kingdom. northern ireland and for at least six months, because the eu deems that northern ireland is not really part of the united kingdom, it's part their territory cattle must be territory and cattle must be quarantined. but matter hasn't even been addressed in this withdrawal agreement . and yet withdrawal agreement. and yet farming an important and farming is such an important and give examples like give you numerous examples like this. there was a you got a line there about medicines . yes. there about medicines. yes. that's wonderful for humans that we can i enjoy our rights to have the same medicines, the same concentrate on medicines. another important matter, medicines that other people in the united kingdom can have . but the united kingdom can h

nicola sturgeon grew up with her family in ayrshire.nd other scottish steel plants could be bought at a minimal cost to the scottish people. garnering experience, passion and polish started to shine through. what neither of these things can do is give scotland a seat at the top tables of europe. it removed trident from the clyde, restored benefits to 16 and 17—year—olds. these are the things that the people of scotland care about. a law career ended and she became a lawmaker, elected to the new scottish parliament in 1999. withjohn swinney bowing out as party leader in 2004, a formidable new partnership was born — salmond and sturgeon. the old party boss saw an opportunity for the snp in 2007, and they won the holyrood election — first minister and deputy. the partnership was successful. the people voted in a majority snp administration in 2011. the road to the referendum was embarked upon. it was not to be, though. scotland said no in 2014 and salmond exited the stage. it was sturgeon�*s time. and there was that popstar—style tour arou

well, she was born in ayrshire in 1970.that's the photo. her parents were working class a mum , parents were working class a mum a , parents were working class a mum , a nurse, her dad, an electrician and then showing an interest in politics from young age.indeed interest in politics from young age. indeed joining snp at the tender age of 16. well studying law, she entered the scottish parliament in 1999, the first such election after devolution granted by the new labour government . remember a close government. remember a close associate, then of the snp leader alex salmond , becoming leader alex salmond, becoming part of the scottish shadow cabinet at the same time , then cabinet at the same time, then initially standing for the leadership in 2004, but stepping aside to back alex salmond, an at that time. but as he was an mp in westminster she led the party in scotland . then in two party in scotland. then in two thousand and seven the political earthquake the snp becoming the largest party in holyrood, becoming a forming

an emergency, someone in lanarkshire tweeted 54 hours and a patient in ayrshire tweeted . 60 hours accidentan tweeted. 60 hours accident, an emergency first minister that is two and a half ds in accident. an emergency, surely no one can defend that . so doesn't this defend that. so doesn't this confirm that humza yousaf isn't even up to the job he's got at the moment? first minister. firstly presiding officer, can i also take the opportunity to mark what will be tomorrow the first anniversary of russia's illegal, unprovoked invasion of ukraine and to express my solidarity at the scottish government's continuing solidarity and i'm sure the solidarity and i'm sure the solidarity of everyone in scotland with the people of ukraine as they continue to defend and protect their sovereignty, the territory integrity. and that independence and parliament this afternoon will debate this issue. this evening i will host a reception hosted for ukraine in scotland. and our thoughts remain with them at this difficult time for them. and their country. and on them. and their country. and on the issues of the

john has been to see how the ayrshire town is getting ready. come on, darvel. come on, darvel!arvel to be in the quarter finals of the scottish cup. you know, that's what dreams are really made of. commentator: what a result! darvel. so set the scene for us. what's the chant? what are we going to be hearing on the terraces later? i think it's... # the vil...# come on, darvel. so, john, not only are you running a very successful football club at the moment, but you also run your own bakery, which is known the world over for the famous kilmarnock pie. does it taste as good as it looks? oh, it's taste fantastic. —— oh, it tastes fantastic. yes. who would have thought when i took over the club seven years ago that we would get to the stage? we would beat aberdeen. now falkirk to beat. falkirk to get into the quarter finals. could this happen? well, i've done so well with my kilmarnock pie, why not do it with darvel? no need to guess what people are going to be eating at half time, is there? yeah, they're all going to be eating a kilmarnock pie at half time. let's try one. come on.

, scotland, but dying ayrshire, scotland, but dying down a bit now.of course so all you struggling them with your bills and them with with your bills and council tax hikes. well, after the we'll finding out the break, we'll be finding out how radical solution how one man's radical solution to the of living crisis. to the cost of living crisis. and it's all of this all about getting a board . welcome back. it's 824. you're watching and listening to breakfast with angela and martin. now the uk's cost of living crisis has left many considering whether they can actually afford to live amid the crisis. james posner says he's saved three grand a month as a ditching his flat to live on a narrow narrowboat hence your efforts earlier to we're all going to get a float now because we're going to speak to james himself, who is with us to tell us more about his new lifestyle and what actually influence him to make james begin by to make the leap. james begin by telling what boat telling us what your boat looks like, because people get like, because i think people

twins jonathan and christopher easton were playing football in south ayrshire in scotland when they spottedoin walking into the sea. they join me now to describe what happened . next. hello, both thanks for joining me . thanks for having us joining me. thanks for having us on. no great. it's a treat to. lift the lift the evening by heanng lift the lift the evening by hearing from people who have actually done something so positive . when did you realise positive. when did you realise that, dee, that there was something wrong? i understand you were just playing football . you were just playing football. yeah. somewhere down the beach, playing some football for friends. and we just saw a young girl fully clothed, walking along the beach , which at first along the beach, which at first we didn't think anything of it. it was a warm summer's night, so it was unusual. it was a warm summer's night, so it was unusual . and then, in it was unusual. and then, in short, quite a stretch and started to walk into the water and start to get farther out . so and start to get farther out. so we started to w

twins jonathan and christopher easton were playing football in south ayrshire in scotland when they spottedoin walking into the sea. they join me now to describe what happened . next. hello, both thanks for joining me . thanks for having us joining me. thanks for having us on. no great. it's a treat to. lift the lift the evening by heanng lift the lift the evening by hearing from people who have actually done something so positive . when did you realise positive. when did you realise that, dee, that there was something wrong? i understand you were just playing football . you were just playing football. yeah. somewhere down the beach, playing some football for friends. and we just saw a young girl fully clothed, walking along the beach , which at first along the beach, which at first we didn't think anything of it. it was a warm summer's night, so it was unusual. it was a warm summer's night, so it was unusual . and then, in it was unusual. and then, in short, quite a stretch and started to walk into the water and start to get farther out . so and start to get farther out. so we started to w

change changes and the least in agreement in the country we've got ayrshire, we've got ayr, we've gote stirling . i've got one there in stirling. i've got one there in wales and bath and she azure you catch my drift. which is basically a of these are in scotland appears be the scotland which appears be the place where they're pushing the vast majority of them are pushing to try get this stuff pushing to try to get this stuff and that some argue, is and that some would argue, is suicide . i think it shows how suicide. i think it shows how problematic this could be nicholas sturgeon definitely it's already caused us some difficult in the past weeks . but difficult in the past weeks. but what it suggests i think that the more people are exposed to it because it can be this quite theoretical strange question , a theoretical strange question, a lot of ordinary people have never thought about. at which point then very strong feelings about it. but the more it's the news and the more governments like the scottish government trying to take forward actual changes , the law, people start change

this is a picture from south ayrshire, you can see the different colours.tted from the sun collide with above the polar reaches of the atmosphere. if it is red and yellow, it tends to be oxygen that the charged particles collide with and when they relax they emit these pockets of light. if it is magenta, it is more likely to be nitrogen. it is cold this morning, but where we have got the cloud cover this is where you would not have seen the northern lights but the temperatures are a little bit higher. high pressure is in charge of the weather this week, mainly dry with some sunshine but a light frost especially the first half of the week. clear skies today across northern and western scotland, a bit of sunshine, and although we start with some clear skies in the south—west of england and south wales, the cloud will build. we have some showers in the moment coming in the east, some are coming into the west, we will see a few of these move towards the west as we go through the course of the day. there is a breeze coming in so on the coast it will be colder th

nicola sturgeon grew up with her family in ayrshire, spurred into campaigning during the thatcher eraat a minimal cost to the scottish people. garnering experience, passion and polish started to shine through. what neither of these things can do is give scotland a seat it removed trident from the clyde, restored benefits to withjohn swinney bowing out as party leader in 2004, a formidable new partnership was born. salmond and sturgeon. the old party boss saw an opportunity for the snp in 2007 and they won the holyrood election, first minister and deputy. the partnership was successful. the people voted in a majority snp administration in 2011. the road to the referendum was embarked upon. it was not to be, though. scotland said no in 2014, and salmond exited the stage. it was sturgeon's time and there was that pop—star—style tour around the country. the next year opponents were virtually wiped off the map in the 2015 westminster election. a leader stepping up onto the uk stage. my promise is this, if you vote snp, we will make your voice heard. the snp will always stand up for scotlan

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