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In Points West tonight: How I nailed the killer. We meet | :00:25. | :00:27. | |
the retired detective who secured the conviction of the farmer who | :00:27. | :00:37. | |
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buried his wife. And getting ready for the big | :00:42. | :00:46. | |
Christmas show. We join the cast and crew of the Bristol Old Vic. | :00:46. | :00:56. | |
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The curtain goes up here at 6:30pm. Hello. Six weeks after a river wall | :01:10. | :01:12. | |
partially collapsed in Bridgwater, people are being allowed back into | :01:12. | :01:16. | |
their homes, but at their own risk. The local council says the wall is | :01:16. | :01:19. | |
still unsafe and it can't guarantee their safety. Meanwhile, a meeting | :01:19. | :01:21. | |
has been called next week to discuss the way forward amid | :01:21. | :01:25. | |
growing anger at the time it's taking for repair work to be done. | :01:25. | :01:27. | |
Our Somerset Correspondent reports on the latest developments in a | :01:27. | :01:37. | |
long-running saga. Going home in spite of the risks. | :01:37. | :01:40. | |
After six weeks living in a hostel, John Allen is just happy to have | :01:40. | :01:49. | |
his own view back. Even if it is a giant hole in the ground. So happy. | :01:49. | :01:57. | |
I feel like I have won the pools. I am not budging. If this place falls | :01:57. | :02:03. | |
into the river, I will put my swimming trunks on. Ever since this | :02:03. | :02:05. | |
wall partially collapsed into the River Parrett the council have told | :02:05. | :02:09. | |
those living and working nearby by to stay away. Their concern was if | :02:09. | :02:11. | |
the wall went, so might the properties For weeks now they've | :02:11. | :02:16. | |
been monitoring the movement of the wall. Looking for even the | :02:16. | :02:21. | |
slightest shift. They've discovered it is now still. So they've relaxed | :02:21. | :02:31. | |
the restrictions. We can't say it is completely safe. We're saying we | :02:31. | :02:35. | |
don't recommend that people go back. If you do, take suitable | :02:36. | :02:40. | |
precautions that you can evacuate the building and make anyone | :02:40. | :02:45. | |
visiting the buildings as safe as possible. At the same time, the | :02:45. | :02:47. | |
physical barriers have been moved back, offering a few more | :02:47. | :02:50. | |
businesses the chance to reopen. This restaurant owner didn't need | :02:50. | :02:57. | |
asking twice. Very happy. Getting back to business. Even if it is a | :02:57. | :03:02. | |
bit late. This is the busiest period of the year. But we're | :03:02. | :03:06. | |
getting on with that now. Conversely, the owner of the shop | :03:06. | :03:09. | |
next door said he didn't want to take the risk. Even though he's | :03:09. | :03:12. | |
losing money, trading from a temporary shop. I wouldn't want to | :03:12. | :03:18. | |
put my life or my customers' lives at risk. They can come elsewhere | :03:18. | :03:24. | |
for now. It is clear from all those who today met their local ward | :03:24. | :03:26. | |
councillor that there remains unhappiness at the way the | :03:26. | :03:31. | |
situation has been handled. Of course, the 6 million dollar | :03:31. | :03:33. | |
question remains. When will a permanent solution be found to | :03:33. | :03:41. | |
this? When will that all been knocked down and rebuilt? Right now, | :03:41. | :03:50. | |
no one is saying. -- that wall. But there is a meeting next week. Maybe | :03:50. | :03:54. | |
this situation will be clearer then. Shopkeepers across the West are | :03:54. | :04:00. | |
struggling to make money, according to a new survey for Points West. | :04:00. | :04:03. | |
Three quarters of our local shops are either losing money or just | :04:03. | :04:06. | |
breaking even. The news comes on the day the latest official figures | :04:06. | :04:14. | |
show there's been a fall in retail sales. Our Business Correspondent | :04:14. | :04:17. | |
is at the West's largest out of town shopping complex, Cribbs | :04:17. | :04:19. | |
Causeway near Bristol. It looks busy enough there? | :04:19. | :04:26. | |
It does. The band have just struck up. The Christmas-tree a sparkling. | :04:26. | :04:32. | |
But don't be fooled. Management you tell me that trade is down. Not a | :04:32. | :04:42. | |
lot, just a couple of percentage points. We have done a survey of | :04:42. | :04:46. | |
independent retailers. We spoke to 200 of them. This is what they told | :04:46. | :04:56. | |
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At Christmas time, who would be a shopkeeper? | :05:06. | :05:12. | |
This man can fix beautiful things. But is lovely shop is beyond repair. | :05:12. | :05:17. | |
At Christmas, this jewellery shop will cause for the last time. | :05:17. | :05:22. | |
will be lucky if I can leave without any debts. I have been | :05:22. | :05:27. | |
working flat out for five years with no game. And just keeping the | :05:27. | :05:33. | |
shop going. We have been sliding slowly into debt. And keeping on | :05:33. | :05:43. | |
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top of that has been difficult. Christmas is crunch time. The main | :05:43. | :05:47. | |
competitor is also closing down. Jewellery is too much of a luxury | :05:47. | :05:52. | |
it seems in discount Britain. Retail experts will tell us that | :05:53. | :05:57. | |
our shopping habits have changed dramatically. Sale events are | :05:57. | :06:05. | |
happening very early. But consumers are being very careful and really | :06:05. | :06:11. | |
considering purchases before making them. Our thrift is hitting | :06:11. | :06:20. | |
shopkeepers. In our survey, average turnover dropped by nearly 3%. But | :06:20. | :06:26. | |
retailers are resilient and many can find a silver lining. There are | :06:26. | :06:32. | |
rent-free periods with vacant shops. It might have been a lifelong dream | :06:32. | :06:37. | |
and now you have a redundancy pay out. But people are opening more | :06:37. | :06:42. | |
and more shops. Business is going well despite the recession. This | :06:43. | :06:48. | |
woman opened in February. She has now taken on staff. She has | :06:48. | :06:54. | |
customers, fashion savvy and confidence. Some people were | :06:55. | :06:59. | |
getting really enthusiastic about a new and fresh shock. This is | :06:59. | :07:04. | |
different to other shops. Isn't it great to hear some | :07:04. | :07:11. | |
optimism? All week, some terrible numbers. Prices up, wages down, | :07:11. | :07:20. | |
unemployment up. So what is it like to take a setback? What would an | :07:20. | :07:23. | |
organisation for the whole of the West Country be like? Well, I have | :07:23. | :07:28. | |
been speaking to at the chief economist at our Regional | :07:28. | :07:33. | |
Development Agency. Household budgets are under | :07:33. | :07:40. | |
pressure. We have heard about the Government's across Europe. When | :07:40. | :07:44. | |
everyone is reducing budgets, there is a problem for demand. People | :07:44. | :07:50. | |
don't feel confident to go out and spend money. Not really Christmas | :07:50. | :07:53. | |
cheer. What do you see in your crystal ball? Will next year get | :07:53. | :08:01. | |
better? It once start strong. Some surveys say the first quarter will | :08:01. | :08:05. | |
stay exactly the same with the economy flat lining or worse. | :08:05. | :08:11. | |
Hopefully next year you will get some boost to confidence. Era -- | :08:11. | :08:18. | |
there are some signs that the American, -- the American economy | :08:18. | :08:28. | |
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is starting to improve. But the growth forecast is not strong. | :08:30. | :08:37. | |
There are some bright sparks in our region, are in there? We have some | :08:37. | :08:41. | |
strong industries. Era space is very important. The civil market is | :08:41. | :08:51. | |
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quite strong. They are still able to get markets. They are being | :08:53. | :08:57. | |
helped by the 20% fall in the pound we saw at the start of the | :08:57. | :09:06. | |
recession. How does it feel personally to be part of the | :09:06. | :09:12. | |
unemployment statistics now? little daunting. I am setting up my | :09:12. | :09:18. | |
own business and hoping to find work that way. Others have changed | :09:18. | :09:21. | |
career. Some are making lifestyle choices. It is a difficult year | :09:21. | :09:29. | |
ahead, not just for my colleagues but for everyone. And that is about | :09:29. | :09:34. | |
as close as you'll get to a Happy Christmas greeting from an | :09:34. | :09:40. | |
economist. I have come outside to the one part of the shopping-centre | :09:40. | :09:50. | |
that is doing well. Well, you have to have things that you cannot get | :09:50. | :09:55. | |
on the internet. You can't have been there or court ice-skating on | :09:55. | :10:04. | |
you're computer. Time to do my bit for our economy. Skates on! | :10:04. | :10:06. | |
Ten members of staff who worked at the Winterbourne View private | :10:06. | :10:10. | |
hospital near Bristol have appeared before magistrates today. They were | :10:10. | :10:13. | |
charged with offences of ill treatment and neglect. It's the | :10:13. | :10:15. | |
first time they've appeared. These are the three former carers | :10:15. | :10:18. | |
facing the most charges at Winterbourne View Wayne Rogers, | :10:18. | :10:26. | |
Graham Doyle and Allison Dove in the grey hoody. This is the private | :10:26. | :10:28. | |
hospital where they worked. Winterbourne View. Today in the | :10:28. | :10:31. | |
sunshine. This afternoon, what's alleged to have happened to | :10:31. | :10:35. | |
vulnerable adults here came before the courts for the first time. Ten | :10:35. | :10:43. | |
people are charged with 40 offences. They all concern five patients. | :10:43. | :10:45. | |
Also before the magistrates today were from the top left, Charlotte | :10:45. | :10:49. | |
Cotterell, Michael Ezenagu and Cotterell, Michael Ezenagu and | :10:49. | :10:51. | |
Sookalingum Appoo. And from the bottom left, Danny Brake, Holly | :10:51. | :10:55. | |
Draper, Jason Gardiner and Kelvin Draper, Jason Gardiner and Kelvin | :10:55. | :10:58. | |
Fore. The charges follow secret filming by the BBC Panorama | :10:58. | :11:04. | |
programme earlier this year. The defendants sat quietly through | :11:04. | :11:06. | |
today's proceedings, speaking only to confirm their names, addresses | :11:06. | :11:13. | |
and date of births. No pleas were entered here today and the | :11:13. | :11:16. | |
magistrate decided the cases should now go before a crown court in | :11:16. | :11:24. | |
early February. The ten remain on police bail until then. The | :11:24. | :11:31. | |
condition being they don't seek work with vulnerable people. | :11:31. | :11:34. | |
It seems there is some pretty horrible weather heading our way | :11:34. | :11:37. | |
this evening, which could make driving very dangerous in the early | :11:37. | :11:40. | |
hours and in the rush hour tomorrow. What are the main headlines | :11:40. | :11:50. | |
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tonight? Well, it has been annexed series of | :11:51. | :11:57. | |
potential threat. Wind will not be an issue any more. Heavy rain will | :11:57. | :12:03. | |
be in the south. And also some snow. There are some parts of the West | :12:03. | :12:07. | |
Country which are more prone to have disruptive snow than others. | :12:07. | :12:16. | |
During rush-hour, there could be some snort in this part here. | :12:16. | :12:20. | |
Exactly how far it will settle, there is some doubt. More details | :12:20. | :12:24. | |
are later. We will have a full forecast | :12:24. | :12:27. | |
looking at those headlines in detail at the end of the programme. | :12:27. | :12:30. | |
A church youth club leader from Saltford faces jail tonight after | :12:30. | :12:35. | |
being convicted of sex offences with young girls. Philip Barlow is | :12:35. | :12:42. | |
the son of the pastor at Grace Bible Church near Keynsham. He was | :12:42. | :12:45. | |
found guilty on 14 charges, including sexual assault on a child | :12:45. | :12:51. | |
under 13. He'll be sentenced at Bristol Crown Court tomorrow. | :12:51. | :12:53. | |
The retired detective who led one of Gloucestershire's most high | :12:53. | :12:56. | |
profile murder inquiries has spoken for the first time since Kate Prout | :12:57. | :13:01. | |
was found. Adrian Prout was convicted following the | :13:01. | :13:06. | |
investigation by Neil Kelly, but he could never locate her body. Last | :13:06. | :13:09. | |
month, Prout confessed and took police to the place where he buried | :13:09. | :13:13. | |
his wife. Today the former officer has been back to Redmarley with our | :13:13. | :13:23. | |
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Gloucestershire Reporter. On the first day, we didn't know what we | :13:25. | :13:35. | |
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were dealing with. But soon Neil Kelly's suspicions changed. After | :13:44. | :13:47. | |
seeing this police interview, where Prout showed no concern for his | :13:47. | :13:49. | |
wife. With no body and just circumstantial evidence, Adrian | :13:49. | :13:57. | |
Prout was found guilty of murder. The family's reaction was the most | :13:57. | :14:01. | |
telling. They were delighted with the result. Ultimately, that | :14:01. | :14:08. | |
matters to most. After the trial, Neil became an enemy of those who | :14:08. | :14:11. | |
were convinced of Adrian Prout's family and hundreds of supporters | :14:11. | :14:14. | |
who claimed he was innocent. They did not have a greater insight into | :14:14. | :14:19. | |
what had gone on. In a sense, it is understandable that close friends | :14:19. | :14:25. | |
and family will stand by Adrian. At the same time, they will now | :14:25. | :14:34. | |
realise how they were effectively corned. -- conned. Dramatically, | :14:34. | :14:37. | |
last month, Prout finally confessed and told police where he had buried | :14:37. | :14:40. | |
his wife. In a corner of the farmland police had spent weeks | :14:40. | :14:47. | |
searching. It was impossible to excavate the entire site. It was | :14:48. | :14:51. | |
always a possibility that our search strategy might have missed a | :14:52. | :14:56. | |
body lying under ground. We were satisfied she was not somehow | :14:56. | :15:01. | |
visible. Neil Kelly came back to Redmarley to see Kate Prout's body | :15:01. | :15:05. | |
recovered, to see for himself the end of the job he'd started. It was | :15:05. | :15:10. | |
satisfying to be here at the end, to see the body found and to return | :15:10. | :15:18. | |
her with some dignity to her family. Four years after it started, the | :15:18. | :15:21. | |
investigation has now closed into the murder of Kate Prout. Our | :15:21. | :15:26. | |
report has been sent to the coroner who is expected to release the body | :15:27. | :15:33. | |
to the family early in the new year so they can finally holed the | :15:33. | :15:43. | |
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funeral. -- hold. The council says the damage caused | :15:45. | :15:48. | |
by the protesters to Bristol's historic College Green will cost | :15:48. | :15:51. | |
around �100,000 to fix. The camp was set up in front of the | :15:51. | :15:54. | |
cathedral in October. But after the recent bad weather, the state of | :15:54. | :15:57. | |
the site has deteriorated. In the shadow of the cathedral, the | :15:57. | :16:00. | |
Occupy Bristol camp is now a familiar sight. It started with a | :16:00. | :16:04. | |
few tents in October and soon grew to a small community. But it's come | :16:04. | :16:07. | |
at a cost. The green - a centrepiece of the city - has been | :16:07. | :16:10. | |
damaged. Damage which the council say will cost around �100,000 to | :16:10. | :16:17. | |
fix. Recently, the council had put the figure to fix the green at | :16:17. | :16:21. | |
around �13,000. But they say as time has gone on that figure has | :16:21. | :16:27. | |
risen. Although the protesters argue the new sum is massively | :16:27. | :16:35. | |
overestimated. It is rubbish. They know full well oil would not cost | :16:35. | :16:39. | |
that. We have made it clear that when we have finished here we will | :16:39. | :16:43. | |
fix it. We don't expect the taxpayer to fit the bill for this. | :16:43. | :16:48. | |
We have paid -- we have made that clear from the start. Why should | :16:48. | :16:53. | |
anyone listen to it? The protestors have now contacted the city council | :16:53. | :16:58. | |
wanting to know how they've reached the �100,000 figure. Responsibility | :16:58. | :17:01. | |
for the green is shared between the city council and Bristol Cathedral. | :17:01. | :17:03. | |
And initially the diocese were sympathetic to Occupy Bristol's | :17:04. | :17:13. | |
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cause. But over time that attitude has changed. In the beginning, I | :17:15. | :17:20. | |
was challenged by this. We met a group of people with important | :17:21. | :17:25. | |
principles and important things to say about the economy. I was really | :17:25. | :17:29. | |
exercised by that and felt that we should be doing a better job to | :17:29. | :17:33. | |
respond. Now what I am challenge by our problems associated with | :17:33. | :17:39. | |
violence, drink and drug abuse, with safety issues on College Green. | :17:39. | :17:44. | |
And that is actually quite disappointing. It is also deeply | :17:44. | :17:48. | |
disturbing that that is the real challenge now. Despite concern from | :17:48. | :17:50. | |
the cathedral, it seems the protestors are intent on staying. | :17:50. | :17:57. | |
Although according to the council it comes at a very high cost. | :17:57. | :18:00. | |
Joining me now from outside the council house is Councillor Gary | :18:00. | :18:10. | |
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Hopkins. Where did you get this figure from? It is not just repairs. | :18:25. | :18:28. | |
We have to pitch the green back a mistake to that people will be | :18:28. | :18:38. | |
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happy with and so there are clean up costs and the man hours as well. | :18:42. | :18:49. | |
It's going to cost �100,000 to returf Wembley. We're not just | :18:49. | :18:54. | |
looking at the grass, but the total cost of the whole operation. Legal | :18:54. | :19:02. | |
costs, officer time, the work that has to be expended on solving the | :19:02. | :19:10. | |
problem. So the physical damage is less than that? Not yet. But along | :19:10. | :19:15. | |
the goes on, the worse it becomes. We are concerned about that. We are | :19:15. | :19:19. | |
also concerned that people won't have access to this site over a | :19:19. | :19:23. | |
significant time. I was asked about this issue because you might | :19:23. | :19:27. | |
remember that we won the national competition for Britain in Bloom. | :19:27. | :19:31. | |
College Green was an important factor in this. This year, we are | :19:31. | :19:39. | |
taking part in the European competition. It begs the question, | :19:39. | :19:42. | |
if it is costing the taxpayer so much, why haven't you intervened | :19:42. | :19:47. | |
earlier with the cathedral to move them on? Well, I think the | :19:47. | :19:53. | |
situation should be clear. The cathedral on the land. Some parts | :19:53. | :19:58. | |
of it, we have a lease over. Frankly, the cathedral have the | :19:58. | :20:03. | |
controlling interest in the land. But the taxpayers pay the bill? | :20:03. | :20:08. | |
That is unfortunate. Very often it is the case that the taxpayer is at | :20:08. | :20:12. | |
the wrong end of other people's actions. We as a council will have | :20:12. | :20:16. | |
to put all this right and the Bristol taxpayer will have to pay | :20:16. | :20:26. | |
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the bill. Thank you. A Wiltshire man has been given an | :20:27. | :20:33. | |
MBE for his work with children with special needs. But the unusual | :20:33. | :20:36. | |
thing about today's ceremony was that the venue wasn't a Royal | :20:36. | :20:38. | |
Palace. It was a school near Devizes. | :20:38. | :20:43. | |
A rousing reception for a very special school governor. He's a | :20:43. | :20:46. | |
very smart person because he came with the charity trust ten years | :20:46. | :20:54. | |
ago and it's been a big success ever since. He's just a really nice | :20:54. | :21:00. | |
man and he does loads of things for the school. Badge proudly pinned to | :21:00. | :21:06. | |
his chest, the new Member of the British Empire took centre stage. | :21:06. | :21:09. | |
The great thing about this school is that the staff and governors are | :21:09. | :21:19. | |
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100% cent in tune. As were those joining in with the national anthem. | :21:30. | :21:36. | |
It's 20 years since an honour like this was awarded in Wiltshire. Mike | :21:36. | :21:41. | |
was invited to Buckingham Palace to receive his medal. Instead, he | :21:41. | :21:44. | |
chose to have it presented here at the school he's worked so hard to | :21:44. | :21:48. | |
support. Everything that I have done has been towards Rowdeford | :21:48. | :21:52. | |
School and they have been a lot of fun to work with and the children | :21:52. | :22:02. | |
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have got a lot, I think, out of today. They would have got nothing | :22:02. | :22:05. | |
at all had I just gone to Buckingham Palace or Windsor Castle. | :22:05. | :22:08. | |
It's that dedication to the children that's made Mike such an | :22:08. | :22:11. | |
asset to this school. In ten years at Rowdeford School, he's raised | :22:11. | :22:14. | |
more than �1 million, paying for this arts building, among other | :22:14. | :22:24. | |
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things. A great achievement today rewarded in fitting style. | :22:24. | :22:27. | |
It's a story just right for Christmas - about how the power of | :22:27. | :22:31. | |
human kindness can transform people's lives. The Coram Boy is | :22:31. | :22:36. | |
this year's festive offering from the Bristol Old Vic. Involving | :22:36. | :22:39. | |
local children, singers, musicians as well as some more well known | :22:39. | :22:46. | |
faces. It'll be staged at the Colston Hall while the Old Vic | :22:46. | :22:48. | |
undergoes a revamp and the rehearsal space is rather unusual | :22:48. | :22:55. | |
too. Adaptability is the key requirement | :22:55. | :23:01. | |
of any actor. Those involved in this production have had to adapt | :23:01. | :23:09. | |
considerably. This used to be a sports shop. Now the actors and | :23:09. | :23:15. | |
props Phil the floor. With a substantial cast, rehearsal space | :23:15. | :23:25. | |
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is crucial. At least 100 staff. There are singers and chaperones | :23:28. | :23:34. | |
for the children and dressers. It is a one-off event for Bristol. | :23:34. | :23:40. | |
play is a piece of social history, showing a light on a hidden part of | :23:40. | :23:46. | |
the 18th century. Thomas Gorham set up the first home for abandoned | :23:46. | :23:52. | |
children and babies. Some of it is quite dark and scary. Overall, it | :23:52. | :23:59. | |
sends out a message of family unity and the family coming together. And | :23:59. | :24:06. | |
love as well. I am in the musical ensemble. Recreate the atmosphere. | :24:07. | :24:12. | |
If there is a forest, we will be the trees. If there is a church, we | :24:12. | :24:17. | |
are the gargoyles. We keep the whole feeling going. The cast of | :24:17. | :24:22. | |
musicians come from right across the West. Fitting for a story which | :24:22. | :24:26. | |
is set between Bristol and Gloucester. With a myriad of | :24:26. | :24:30. | |
children involved, the direct to must be strict. Our day is a very | :24:30. | :24:37. | |
long because the children have to go to school. There is no playtime | :24:37. | :24:46. | |
at all. Playtime is the rehearsal! Next week, the move to the real | :24:46. | :24:51. | |
venue -- the move the rehearsals to venue -- the move the rehearsals to | :24:51. | :24:59. | |
the performance venue. Miserable will be an understatement | :24:59. | :25:03. | |
first some people in Gloucestershire tomorrow morning. | :25:03. | :25:08. | |
We're expecting snow so there could be significant amounts. Once the | :25:08. | :25:12. | |
snow was out of the way, it will be cold. Some wintry showers in | :25:12. | :25:22. | |
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western part. We have been tracking the low pressure at all week. Below | :25:29. | :25:33. | |
countries will suffer some of the potentially damaging not winds, but | :25:33. | :25:43. | |
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we will not. We have a Met Office amber alert out for snow. | :25:45. | :25:51. | |
Effectively, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and the M4 corridor. That | :25:51. | :26:00. | |
is for tomorrow morning. If you're travelling anywhere within this | :26:00. | :26:10. | |
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general area, from 5pm until 9am, you will need to take care. Here or | :26:24. | :26:33. | |
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these no accumulations. -- the snow. This evening, the rain will spread | :26:42. | :26:52. | |
and and some of it will be heavy. - - spread in. Later, the era will | :26:52. | :26:57. | |
rotate. We will start to see snow falling and problems start to | :26:57. | :27:07. | |
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develop. The problems are less than as we head down towards Bristol and | :27:11. | :27:20. | |
Bath. In the rest of the morning after the snow has clear, there | :27:20. | :27:30. |