this family have run a flower shop on the whitesands for a0 years.ork. what they need to do is dredge it. problem is they have the rising wall during the flood, and we think that might be a better idea. plus, the upheaval of the road being closed for, what, they said two years to do it. people just won't come down if they can't get parked. part of the £37 million scheme would involve transforming that very flat car park, sometimes used by the fair as well as shoppers, and creating a steeper bank along the riverside. here on the river nith you've got water coming down from the hills and you've got the tide coming in. so when you've got a lot of rain on the hills and a very high tide, well, that's a combination that can cause a lot of problems for people here on the whitesands. there's been regular flooding documented here for nearly 200 years. the council have noted, though, that in the last decade it's becoming more frequent. definitely get started, because it's a constant recurring problem. go ahead with what's already on the board. if they're going

the business on the whitesands. that's just why the rent is cheap. the scottish government would fund 80% of the planned flood scheme, but dumfries and galloway council will still have to find £7.5 million. tomorrow, councillors will debate whether to go ahead, review or go back to the drawing board. eileen clark, reporting scotland, dumfries. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. more rain on the way for that part of scotland? 5c! more rain on the way for that part of scotland?— of scotland? 50 millimetres, a coule of of scotland? 50 millimetres, a couple of inches _ of scotland? 50 millimetres, a couple of inches over - of scotland? 50 millimetres, a couple of inches over the - of scotland? 50 millimetres, a couple of inches over the next| of scotland? 50 millimetres, a . couple of inches over the next few days, triple but in some areas, lots of wet weather across parts of western and central scotland. the overall message for the uk as a whole is that it will be turning warmer, not necessarily sunny but getting warmer in the c