you're most likely to hear a gaelic conversation in places like here on the isle of skye, or over on uage over many years. and this academic fears for its future. continuing with current circumstances, we will be faced with the position where we have no native speaking communities of gaelic left by the end of this decade, except for exceptional, isolated speakers of it in different communities. but that does not equate with a community of speakers. but others are more upbeat at rehearsals for a concert on skye. i think it definitely does have a bright future — brighter than it was, definitely. i think the focus should be on, like, the places where it's - still strong enough that you can bring it back to a point - of everyone speaking gaelic. so like, yeah, up. in the north of skye. do either of you think that the language will be dead in ten years? definitely not. i don't think so. because... well, as long as we're not dead in ten years! j they laugh. so a language flourishing yet fragile, deeply rooted in scotland's past, its future less certain. alexandra mackenzie, bbc news, on the

you're most likely to hear a gaelic conversation in places like here on the isle of skye, or over on r many years. and this academic fears for its future. continuing with current circumstances, we will be faced with the position where we have no native speaking communities of gaelic left by the end of this decade, except for exceptional, isolated speakers of it in different communities. but that does not equate with a community of speakers. but others are more upbeat at rehearsals for a concert on skye. i think it definitely does have a bright future — brighter than it was, definitely. i think the focus should be on, like, the places where it's - still strong enough that you can bring it back to a point - of everyone speaking gaelic. so a language flourishing yet fragile, deeply rooted in scotland's past, its future less certain. alexandra mackenzie, bbc news, on the isle of skye. now before we go to the weather. here's a look ahead to a special report from myanmar you can watch on this evening's news at 10. 0ur correspondent quentin sommerville, and camera journalist darren conway, h

isles of scotland. sunny skies and the temperature should get up to around 20 so lets all head to the isle of skye.ntral and eastern parts of england. once again in scotland we are basking in the sunshine, beautiful weather. we are basking in the sunshine, beautifulweather. for we are basking in the sunshine, beautiful weather. for most of us a little fresher on friday, around the mid—teens with the warmest weather again in the western isles. that often happens with the wind is blowing out of the east. into next week, the bank holiday weekend is a mixed bag, temperature holding steady in the high teens in the south, mid—teens in edinburgh. lucky scotland. and that's today's bbc news at six.

isles of scotland. sunny skies and the temperature should get up to around 20 so lets all head to the isle of skye. the weather front still with us on friday, that means cloud and outbreaks of rain and also the potential for some storms breaking out across central and eastern parts of england. 0nce out across central and eastern parts of england. once again in scotland we are basking in the sunshine, beautiful weather. we are basking in the sunshine, beautifulweather. for we are basking in the sunshine, beautiful weather. for most of us a little fresher on friday, around the mid—teens with the warmest weather again in the western isles. that often happens with the wind is blowing out of the east. into next week, the bank holiday weekend is a mixed bag, temperature holding steady in the high teens in the south, mid—teens in edinburgh. lucky scotland. and that's today's bbc news at six. now it's time to join our colleagues for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm jane dougall. the paracentral main place to walk out to face borussia dortmund's famous yellow wall later. will they

a lot of rain across the isle of skye and outer hebrides this morning. ers orfade through this evening and overnight many showers or fade quite quickly. clear skies, the temperature will tumble, and the weather front bringing the cloud and rain into the south west will continue to advance steadily northwards and eastward. in the west, under the cloud and rain, it will be milder, the chilly night in the east, chillier than last night. we started some in chinese to areas tomorrow not long before the rain continues to push northwards and eastwards. the driest conditions tomorrow look like being where we have the wettest conditions today, in the north—east. as the weather front cleared northern ireland, wales and the south—west, we return to bright spells, sunshine and showers with temperatures very similar to today. thank you. looking forward to things settling down. this famous sporting event attracts competitors from all over the world, but it's not for the faint—hearted and it's certainly not one you should attempt to recreate at home. if you have a very