their nearest rivals, rangers, beat bottom club inverness caledonian thistle 1—0.d suddenly in hospital in spain at the age of 68. in a statement, his family said he'd died as a result of a severe infection after being treated for complications following a shoulder injury. david sillito looks back at his life. i've got to where i wanted to go. you know, to become a pop star or a rock star. to quo fans, he was easy to spot. he was the bobbing blond head, and he was responsible for some of rock's greatest riffs. 1972's piledriver was the beginning of a run of a0 hit albums. 57 top a0 singles. no other rock band comes close, and it all began at butlins. rick parfitt met francis rossi when they were teenagers. their first single was a bit of 60s psychedelia. but their passion was something a bit more raw, a hit—making rock formula. all our records do sound alike, of course they do, because it's status quo. i am not trying to get out of a corner here. they are going to sound like us. who are we supposed to sound like? who would you get to open this thing? as soon as i h

rangers beat inverness 1-0. hamilton. rangers beat inverness 1—0.ion premiership. wasps are beating bath 34-111. union premiership. wasps are beating bath 34—14. christian weight has scored a hat—trick of tries. saracens are also winning against newcastle. some bad news for the england rugby union team and saracens, they could be without mako vunipola for the six nations. he has suspected ligament damage in his left knee. his brother billy is already ruled out of the tournament. an update in the next hour. the star wars actress carrie fisher is in intensive care in hospital in los angeles, after suffering what's believed to have been a heart attack on a flight from london. she fell ill, minutes before the plane landed. her condition isn't clear. angus crawford reports. come on, we've got to get out of here! it is the role that made carrie fisher a star. beautiful, resourceful, tough. princess leia. she played the part in the first star wars films and again in the force awakens, released last year. here she is just a fortnight ago on the graham norto

craig anderson, bbc news, inverness.ng with her lover in the murder of her husband, kyriakos amiridis. a police investigator said francoise amiridis had admitted having an affair with a policeman who she blamed for the killing. catriona renton reports. the greek ambassador's wife, francoise amiridis, arriving at a police station in rio de janeiro. her husband, kyriakos amiridis, had been missing since monday. his body was found in the boot of a burnt—out car on the outskirts of rio on thursday. his wife told police he left in his rented car and did not tell her where he was going. it's been claimed that mrs amiridis was having an affair with a policeman. he has now confessed to killing her husband. it is understood he told detectives she told him to do it. investigators say the two had been planning this for days. mrs amiridis admitted to the affair, but denies ordering the murder. a cousin of the policeman has been accused of taking part in the crime and moving the body. investigations have been carried out at a house i

craig anderson, bbc news, inverness. let's get more now on the queen's new year's honours.ing recognised. marcia shakespeare, whose daughter was killed in a drive—by shooting in birmingham in 2003 is getting an mbe for her work as an anti—gun campaigner. it will be a sweet moment. it is better in that my daughter went out on new years and lost her life from being murdered. the sweet moment is that there is a reward at the end to say all of the work and effort i have put into trying to make a change is being recognised. the last 14 change is being recognised. the last 1a years i have been working with the community, working with west midlands police and maturity doing workshops and presentations on healthy relationships, decision—making and choices. choices with regard to come when people make a choice, the fact when someone is murdered and how there are no winners in murder. do you think you have managed to make a difference to the country? there has been a big difference in regard, if you look at in 2001 - difference in regard, if you look at in 2001- 2002, difference in r

and aberdeen, because they we re inverness and aberdeen, because they were unable to land and also, throughout scotland largely in tayside and the borders so whilst all barbra may be moving away now, she is still having an effect —— whilst all two british men have been found guilty of using aid convoys to send thousands of pounds in cash to extremists in syria. the court heard how high profile muslim community—led convoys became unwitting participants in a plan to fund terrorism. one of the infiltrated aid missions included alan henning, the taxi driverfrom eccles, who was subsequently kidnapped and murdered by so—called islamic state. dominic casciani reports. mat turner aid for some of the people stuck in one of the most ages places in perth. three years ago, these convoys were at the heart of these convoys were at the heart of these efforts. two men have been found guilty of input tray to them. a former probation officer, and others, used the convoys to bring things. he advised to the enemies but not mutilate them, he sent for under half thousand pounds over to unwitting convoys.

the two other games in the scottish premiership saw motherwell beat bottom side inverness 2—1, whileee 2—0. so here's what it has done for the table. celtic, with that 16—point lead at the top, ahead of rangers. and the old firm derby takes place on new year's eve, so there is a chance they could lead by 19 points heading into 2017. looking ominous — unless you're a celtic fan, of course. the former wales and manchester united captain ryan giggs and the current wales manager, chris coleman, are among the favourites for the vacant job at swansea city. the premier league side sacked bob bradley last night, afterjust 85 days in charge. here is nick palit with more. despite making history when he was appointed in october as the first american to manage in the premier league, under bob bradley's tenure, the swans have had a dire record. they have won just two out of 11 games, and conceded 29 goals. after another humiliating defeat to west ham here on boxing day, fans were chanting for bradley to be sacked, with half the premier league season remaining. last night, the swans did just that.

rangers beat inverness today but it needed a brad mackay own goal to do it. 1—0 at ibrox. on new year's eve. there are eight premier league matches on boxing day. david moyes returns to manchester united, two and a half years after he was sacked. his sunderland side are currently in the relegation zone. asked about his 11 months at old trafford, he says he didn't get enough time. i was definitely unfairly treated. i think you need to look and say that over the piece, other managers have come and gone and it's been difficult for them, as well. i actually think whoever follows sir alex ferguson, whether it wasjose mourinho or klopp or david moyes, i think it would have been the same, i think it would have been the same, i think it would have been the same, i think it would have taken whoever it was time to change the squad around. they had great players, manchester united. there was one or two getting near the end of their career and it was going to be a little bit of a rebuilding job and it was never going to get done immediately. there were three matches in the rugby union

we are looking at temperature still in the upper 60s crystal river and inverness . the dewpoint show drier air rolling in. dewpoints down the 50s crystal river as oppod the cold front -- southern spots . the cold front will move south. with the -- we should stay mostly dry tomorrow morning but a little bit breezy. that will continue through the day tomorrow. we should see plenty of sunshine. with highs in the mid-70s we can't beat that for friday. saturday's look just as nice. as we head into the afternoon hours we will top out in the mid-to upper 70s. of sunshine but we quickly heat up as we head into the end of the weekend. 80s as we head into next week, but a big cold front rolling through next thursday. that will drop our temperatures down just in time for kindness day. were member that is next friday here at the new center. you can stop by and donate a lot of great items for that. you can see dry conditions for the next few days. the best ra tuesday and thursday of next week. >>> here's how much the 12 days of christmas will cost you in 2016. if you purchase th

right now max defender 8 is showing crystal clear conditions, 52 in inverness, that's where we've got some of the colder locations. 63 bradenton and apollo beach. north of i-4 you may need a little jacket this morning but the dew points, it's so much more comfortable this morning. these numbers have been dropping, 75 is your average high and we'll hit 75 later this afternoon. coming up hour by hour including a preview of the weekend, but first weather is nice, are the roads as nice? >>> they're not perfect but pretty good. there's no congestion out there appeared that's the issue that really slows you down. well i'm going to start off with south tampa. we mentioned this earlier. the stand off, and here's what's going on. traffic wise we've got bay to bay blocked. and this is due to police activity out there. we'll have more on exactly what's need to know is you can get by. you just need to block yourself around it. there are plenty of side streets available and no congestion. so you'll just be moved around that area. also out in the sun coast area university parkway blocked completely

at 75, 52 in inverness. maybe get a light jacket especially if you live north of i-4. it's generally low 60s south of i-4. 40s in the panhandle this morning. so our fo front way to the south, that's where the rain will stay for today. we've got drier air continuing to settle into our region. so looking beautiful as we go into today and even into tomorrow a clear start, cooler start, and then the next weather system starts to develop out west. we'll be tracking that over the next couple of days. our forecast keeps it in the 80s by sunday, better rain chances with a series of systems into next week. >>> time for traffic on the 8s start with the good news. looks great not having any issues but a lot of police activity out here and this is actually on bay to bay. it's blocked off completely. so i'm keeping an eye on this. we're live on the scene and we'll have more what's happening here coming up later. but keep this in mind. you can get by just fine there's church avenue all these different streets and that will help you out. that's a look and traffic. >>> this is not our

craig anderson, bbc news, inverness. hull becomes the second ever uk city of culture tomorrow. up residence, and the humber bridge being turned into a musical instrument. 0rganisers say perceptions of hull will be changed forever. 0ur arts correspondent colin paterson has more. hull, city of culture 2017. many were surprised when it was chosen. tomorrow, its year in the spotlight begins. and last minute preparations continue. the ferens art gallery. five millionjust been imprinted. it's great. one of its most famous residents is very excited. we always thought culture was rugby and fish and chips! now we're seeing it's more — it's art, its history. it's a wonderful feeling, it's new buildings. it's a new confidence that people in hull are proud to say, come and see us in hull. hull is promising at least one cultural event every day of 2017, with £32 million being spent. what are you hoping the city of culture will achieve for hull? i want, nationally and internationally, people to see that this is a fantastic city with great stories, great people, and a lot to offer. because ev

it is picking up near inverness. it doesn't mean that you don't have rain.in, san francisco and oakland south, not much until you hit the santa cruz mountains. rain is beginning to move in. that is along highway 9, scott's valley over to santa cruz as well. you see the moisture. two sources here coming up from the west/southwest. it has tapped into tropical moisture. if you don't have rain yet, hang in there. you have a good breeze and the gusts will continue with the wind advisories out. 50s and 60s. we get the cold air tomorrow. this is what i will show you here. cold air feeding into the back side of this system. they're lifting towards us. 50s for a few. 60s. but the rain will be with us. i think the evening commute, if you can get away soon enough, sal, i would. i would move. maybe you got into work okay. trying to get home will be a different ball game. >> that is a good plan or adjust your expectations and realize if you're driving you will have to drive slowly and carefully. >> put on music. >> yeah. and allow for extra time. >> yeah. >> that's what

fall day, comfortable and sunny bradenton, northern spots perhaps a little bit cooler overall, 50 inverness, crystal river. skies clearing, a bit warmer. it takes a while for the southern folks to sample some of that cooler air. highs tomorrow upper 70s, generally very nice day overall, normal highs. then we start the warming trend again as we cruise into saturday and sunday, but still a very nice florida day. 60 degrees to start the day and overall maybe a saturday and sunday nice temperatures, 79, 82 and 83 degrees on monday. the warming trend carries through the weekend and we stick near 80 degrees. long term if you're looking for a real cooldown, we're getting an indication that may happen out eight days or beyond, maybe a rain chance ahead of that. very cold air across the country, so much chillier temperatures overall. >> that sounds kind of festive. >> yeah. the college coaching rumor mihm, could usf's willy taggert be headed to oregon? >> the lightning, could they rally or will they be singing the blues in st. louis? >> help channel 8 support a number of worthy causes, the teddy bea

rangers beat inverness but it needed an own goal to do it. celtic had their new year's eve.n boxing day, david moyes returns to manchester united over two years after he was sacked. they are currently in the relegation zone. asked about his 11 month at old trafford, he said he did not get enough time. i was definitely treated unfairly. i think you need to look and say that over the period a lot of managers have come and gone and it has been difficult for them, too. i think whoever follows sir alex ferguson would have been the same. it would have taken whoever it was some time to change the squad around. they are great players, manchester united and one or two macro near the end of their career. and it was going to be a little bit ofa and it was going to be a little bit of a rebuilding job and it was never going to get done immediately. they've had three matches in the by they've had three matches in the rugby union premiership, and a top five teams have all played. saracens remain top, but wasps are level on points with them after they secured a bonus point win against bath

craig anderson, news, inverness.ns yesterday to pay tribute to the actress carrie fisher. fans dressed as a variety of characters from the film series — from her iconic character princess leia, to wookiees and stormtroopers. a group called the "intergalactic krewe of chewbacchus" organised the parade in honour of the woman they consider royalty. let's have a look at this morning's papers. a lot of them are with pictures of those being announced on the honours list. this is one on the foreign aid budget. that is the daily mail's take. also a play on the word. you can see what they have done. we will hear more about some of the sporting nominations and also many of those who have an awarded for service to the community, we are speaking to them later. andy murray is on the front of the daily telegraph was not now, sir andy murray, front of the daily telegraph was not now, sirandy murray, of front of the daily telegraph was not now, sir andy murray, of course. also a story of people drinking and the pressure of —— that p

registered gun dealers like this one in inverness are providing a safe house for air weapons whose ownershe gun trade think the clamp—down is using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. shooting people at high rise flats is illegal. you're not allowed to do that, you never were. this legislation is a piece of tokenism which will achieve nothing. the people who will misuse air rifle are not the type of people who are going to go to the trouble of licensing their weapons anyway. but backers of the new laws say air weapons are involved in half of all gun crime in scotland and with an estimated 500,000 of them in scotland, tightening the legislation is justified. thousands of airguns have already been handed in to police to be destroyed. if you're staying up to welcome in the new year then you'll have a bit longer to wait as a "leap second" will be added to this year's countdown to compensate for a slowdown in the earth's rotation. the extra second will occur as clocks strike midnight and the change is needed because standard time lags behind atomic clocks. here's our science correspondent, rebecca

rangers beat inverness, but he needed an own goal to do it. celtic had their on new year's eve.oxing day. david moyes returns to manchester united two years after he was sacked. his sunderland side are cruel in the relegation zone. asked about his time at old trafford, he said he did not get enough time. time at old trafford, he said he did not get enough timelj time at old trafford, he said he did not get enough time. i was definitely unfairly treated. and i think you need to look on see that other managers have come and gone and found it difficult as well. i think whoever follows sir alex ferguson it would be in the same. it would have taken whoever it was time to change the squad around. they had great players and one or two getting near the end of their careers. and it was going to be a little bit of a rebuilding job and it was never going to get done immediately. there have been three matches in the rugby union premiership and the top five teams all play. saracens remain top, but wasps level after securing a bonus point win against bath at the ricoh arena. 40—26 the final s

right now 67 in tampa, 63 inverness and brooksville, 70 in plant city. high pressure stays in charge across our area through the rest of today. if you're doing will cooperate rate for you. just some showers across south florida. heading into your weekend saturday morning mid-50s out there right about where we should be for this time of year. and afternoon temperatures will likely be a little bit warmer as the winds start to transition to more of an easterly and southeasterly direction. so we're going to bump up the highs for a few degrees for saturday and then the next weather system takes shape. this area of low pressure starts to form out over texas. as we start going into pattern. first cold front will arrive on tuesday bringing us a chance of rain followed by a second cold front that looks to arrive either late thursday or early friday. that will also be bringing us a chain of rain. the weekend fantastic 78 for saturday and for sunday 82. it is going to become more humid as we start going towards the end of the weekend. look at the temperatures we st

but inverness and crystal river, middle and upper 60s. a huge contrast. temperatures about 10 degrees dew points sky hi ahead of the front. that is why we're seeing the fog formation now but much drier air now rolling in behind that boundary. as that continues to slowly progress through the area we're going to call for just scattered clouds and couple of sprinkles out there. the rain chances only around 20% today. tomorrow morning you're going to feel like -- more seasonable start. what we should typically see for early december, a cooler, less humid start. and as we go into the weekend we i would suggest making some. saturday looks great. fair weather clouds and 78. it gets to 81 by sunday afternoon. it's going to become a little more humid as we go into the afternoon there. and that's going to lead into next week. we're going to keep it dry for monday. i show say just a slim rain chance monday. then by tuesday and wednesday still some questions as to exactly when the next couple of cold fronts slide through but do look to have a little more moisture to

spotty rain throughout the middle of the day and into the afternoon. 68 for zephyrhills. 70 inverness and bradenton. 68 venice. our weather watcher, wendy in brooksville reporting 68 degrees. the cold front moving through on a weaker fashion. again only a few hit and miss showers with this as it slides through the area. we'll stay humid, then drier, much more comfortable air starts to roll in, starting tomorrow morning. and you'll certainly feel it by your friday afternoon. as temperatures get back to where they should be for this time of warming up through the weekend but will stay dry with better rain chances by next week. let's see how the roads are doing as we get close to rush hour. >>> we're definitely getting busier, still a good drive on 275 here in pinellas county. not seeing any delays as we go ahead and zoom in, still an accident working 49th street at some injuries involved. that is usually a hot spot. a lot of accidents there. tamiami trail, u.s. 41 seeing big delays southbound and this is right at somerset avenue where we have an accident. that is blocking some lanes so

brooksville, still sitting at 63 inverness is 66 degrees. lakeland, you're -- orlando is 76 degrees and sarasota at 74 throughout the interior, some 60s and 70s, getting into the mid 70s as you go down to highlands county. it was really a pretty significant told front that moved through. temperatures runng up to some cases 12 degrees colder compared to this time yesterday. and then on top of that, the much drier air yesterday with those dew points, they were in the 70s and it really felt fairly muggy outside. now we drop the numbers into the 30s and the 40s, 41 here in tampa. that's the kind of weather, even with these daytime highs getting into the mid and some cases approaching the upper 70s, it still feels very, very the weekend and into about sunday. by sunday, things will start to change because this high pressure, which is sitting to the north, that will continue to shift out into the atlantic and you can see, you don't have to go far to really find more cloudy skies and moisture already starting to make a return. as we go through the

napa, sonoma, petaluma and over towards inverness. the heaviest is getting closer to san rafael.ot there yet. it has about an hour or two to go. now, moisture coming up from the west/southwest. not associated with the front. it has moved into the peninsula. santa cruz mountains. also the santa clara valley. that's not the front. the front though is on its way. so is the associated low. once that arrives, the rain rates will really pick up. the breeze and wind advisories are up. gusts to 50 in higher elevations. it is all out of the east, out of the south/southeast. that is a relatively warm pattern for now. the cold air arrives tomorrow and gets really cold as we go into the weekend. there's a long way to go on this system. it is tapped into tropical moisture. two lows, one a colder source coming out of the gulf of alaska. the other one coming up from the hawaiian islands. rain and heavy winds. tomorrow morning, most of this will be done. off and on rain friday. and then dry but cold, baby, as we go into the weekend. >> thank you, steve. >> you're welcome. >> you heard the man. i

i could use though info -- i get sleepy hollow and san rafael, inverness. i could use ross. that would be nice. if you know anybody who takes rainfall there, that would be good. i know they get good rain. speaking of, we will have good rain tomorrow. you know, you weather people sometimes you get up there on your soapbox and say this and that and this and that. well, tomorrow is going to be this and that. it will be wind and rain. already high wind watch has been posted. it looks like an inch and a half to two. some areas near the north bay, four, maybe five. the breeze and gusts will be up to 55 for some. high wind warning for the high sierra winter watch. it won't be like the pattern that we had coming out of the zone al southeast. this is coming down from north and isn't. the rain rates could be intense as the actual front, when this begins to move through, i've seen one inch of rain in six hours over sfo between 6:00 p.m. and midnight tomorrow. ahead of that, it will be a wind event. it will start in the north and make its way to the south. it will make it to san jose. u

max defender 8 is a clean sweep through the region. 54 in inverness, lots of sunshine today with fair weather clouds and 75 warming up through the weekend with rain chances by next week. >>> it is a beautiful day to be driving not too bad. also on the ray traffic lighter than normal. not too bad coming off the howard frankland, westbound i-4 as well. we do have a crash u.s. 19 around nebraska and a little bit of slow and go action as you approach that crash. also taking a live look slow 275. >>> a bazaar seen on bay to bay boulevard where an apartment building was on fire. with a hammer. the man barricaded himself in a bathroom but eventually they were taking ? [ cheers and applause ] >>> it's 8:30. it's friday morning, december what a great day. we got a great crowd. and we want to remind everybody, that we are going -- we are starting our toy drive. if you're going to be in the plaza, we have this great crowd. bring your unwrapped gift. >> no question about it. >> we have fergie coming up. >> we do. fergie is going to perform. she is right over there. she's about to grab some toys a