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Welcome to BBC Points West. The headlines: How help for a cancer | :00:18. | :00:22. | |
patient has come too late. A mother says delays in getting a new | :00:22. | :00:26. | |
procedure have taken away her only chance of life. | :00:26. | :00:30. | |
Jailed for two years - the wife who caused a car crash that killed her | :00:31. | :00:33. | |
husband. Also tonight: More than 40 years on, | :00:33. | :00:38. | |
the family of a Gloucestershire teenager feared murdered by Fred | :00:38. | :00:41. | |
West are still searching for the truth. | :00:41. | :00:46. | |
Putting skaters in a spin - the news that Bristol's ice rink is to | :00:46. | :00:51. | |
close. I find it awful. We have only just bought ice skates to go | :00:51. | :01:01. | |
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here. I love it. It is awful that A woman from North Somerset says | :01:03. | :01:08. | |
delays and Government bureaucracy have cost her her only chance of | :01:08. | :01:12. | |
life. Kerry Dunn has cancer. She was recommended for a pioneering | :01:12. | :01:15. | |
new treatment which she believes could have saved her life. By the | :01:15. | :01:19. | |
time the 46-year-old persuaded the NHS to fund it, it was already too | :01:19. | :01:26. | |
late. Kerry Dunn has cancer of the colon. | :01:26. | :01:31. | |
Her tumour lies next to her pancreas in a very inaccessible | :01:31. | :01:35. | |
place which is why her consultant wanted to send her to London to | :01:35. | :01:40. | |
Mount Vernon. It is one of only three NHS hospitals in the country | :01:40. | :01:48. | |
to use a new radiotherapy treatment called a cyberknife. It was | :01:48. | :01:52. | |
developed in places like Honda in Swindon. It moves with a patient's | :01:52. | :01:56. | |
breathing, so doctors can target tumours more accurately and there | :01:56. | :02:01. | |
is less damage to the surrounding healthy tissue. The majority of | :02:01. | :02:07. | |
tumours can be treated using other equipment. For some patients, the | :02:07. | :02:12. | |
cyberknife is the only chance. Her Primary Care Trust turned down her | :02:12. | :02:20. | |
request for special funding. It was only with the help of her friend, | :02:20. | :02:27. | |
the MP Tessa Munt, that she believes persuaded them to change | :02:27. | :02:32. | |
their mind. The tumour has grown too much. Do you think had you had | :02:32. | :02:36. | |
it two months before, it would have been viable? Yes. It was viable in | :02:36. | :02:40. | |
October. To be offered like a lifeline, a cure, and then have it | :02:40. | :02:44. | |
taken away from you, and then another lifeline comes along, yes, | :02:44. | :02:49. | |
you can have the treatment and it is taken away again, I don't know | :02:49. | :02:55. | |
what my future holds now. Tessa Munt is lobbying the Government for | :02:55. | :02:59. | |
cyberknife technology to be available on the NHS automatically. | :02:59. | :03:04. | |
They have decided they will set a price tag to this treatment, which | :03:04. | :03:09. | |
isn't 2012, they will do it in 2014. I am very cross about the fact | :03:09. | :03:12. | |
there are any number of people who could benefit from this. The | :03:12. | :03:17. | |
treatment exists. It is available in London. Or you can go to Turkey. | :03:17. | :03:25. | |
It seems ludicrous we have to go across the world. NHS North | :03:25. | :03:28. | |
Somerset declined our request for an interview. In a statement, they | :03:28. | :03:33. | |
say they adhered to guidelines surrounding these cases including | :03:33. | :03:39. | |
over timescale. They also say that a funding decision was made within | :03:39. | :03:42. | |
24 hours of new clinical and social evidence coming to light. Kerry | :03:42. | :03:49. | |
Dunn is the main carer for her daughter, who still has ongoing | :03:49. | :03:53. | |
health problems. Ruby Dunn was one of the smallest babies ever born in | :03:53. | :03:58. | |
Britain. Her mother's greatest sadness now? She won't live to see | :03:58. | :04:05. | |
her daughter grow up. We have had a statement from the | :04:05. | :04:11. | |
Health Minister who says similar radiotherapy treatment is available | :04:11. | :04:17. | |
on the NHS in over a quarter of all radiotherapy centres in England. | :04:17. | :04:21. | |
Clinicians need to make decisions locally about whether their | :04:21. | :04:25. | |
patients are suitable for the treatment. | :04:25. | :04:31. | |
A woman who killed her husband in a car crash after she grabbed the | :04:31. | :04:35. | |
handbrake at nearly 60mph has been jailed for two years. Caroline | :04:35. | :04:40. | |
Meeking and her husband, Alan, were on their way home and had been | :04:40. | :04:46. | |
having a drunken row at the time. A sudden, drunken act that had so | :04:46. | :04:50. | |
many serious consequences. Alan Meeking died almost immediately | :04:50. | :04:56. | |
when the car he was driving with his wife by his side spun across | :04:56. | :05:01. | |
the road and smashed into an oncoming vehicle. The couple were | :05:01. | :05:05. | |
driving home after a day's drinking when they started to argue. She | :05:05. | :05:09. | |
pulled on the handbrake and caused her husband's death. The court | :05:09. | :05:13. | |
repeatedly heard that this was a highly unusual case. The judge said | :05:13. | :05:17. | |
he accepted Caroline Meeking had not intended to cause any harm, or | :05:17. | :05:23. | |
any injury, but he described her actions as plainly dangerous and | :05:23. | :05:28. | |
grossly irresponsible. He sent her to jail for two years. Caroline | :05:28. | :05:32. | |
Meeking in the yellow jacket had arrived at Bristol Crown Court | :05:32. | :05:36. | |
knowing she may face jail after her manslaughter trial at the end of | :05:36. | :05:41. | |
last year. The court was told she loved and adored her husband and | :05:41. | :05:46. | |
was genuinely remorseful. But Mr Meeking's four children from a | :05:46. | :05:50. | |
previous marriage disagreed. years is never enough. The family | :05:50. | :05:54. | |
are glad the custodial sentence has been imposed. Caroline's behaviour | :05:54. | :05:59. | |
has been shocking, never any contact or the word "sorry". We | :05:59. | :06:04. | |
loved our dad very much and he will be missed by his children, brothers | :06:04. | :06:09. | |
and many friends. We would have liked a bit more time. It is not | :06:09. | :06:14. | |
going to bring him back. At least it's a custodial sentence. Both | :06:14. | :06:18. | |
Alan and Caroline supporters were in court sitting a few feet away | :06:18. | :06:24. | |
from each other. Families once brought together but now so cruelly | :06:24. | :06:31. | |
torn apart. Another attempt to rescue the | :06:31. | :06:41. | |
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propofol in Weston-super-Mare from democrat demolition has failed. -- | :06:42. | :06:50. | |
at attempt to rescue the Tropicana in Weston-super-Mare from | :06:50. | :06:53. | |
demolition has failed. The brother of a Gloucestershire | :06:53. | :06:56. | |
teenager thought to have been murdered by Fred West more than | :06:56. | :07:01. | |
four decades ago says he may never know the truth about what happened | :07:01. | :07:08. | |
to her. 15-year-old Mary Bastholm vanished from the city in January | :07:08. | :07:11. | |
1968. The serial killer reportedly confessed to her killing, but there | :07:11. | :07:17. | |
is no evidence and her body has never been found. | :07:17. | :07:22. | |
What happened to Mary Bastholm is as much as a mystery today as it | :07:22. | :07:27. | |
was in 1968. Her disappearance prompted the biggest search | :07:27. | :07:32. | |
Gloucestershire Police had ever mounted. Her brother told me today | :07:32. | :07:42. | |
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how he heard the news. I always remember it - sister Mary missing, | :07:45. | :07:48. | |
parents distressed. That's the first time I knew of anything at | :07:48. | :07:57. | |
all. It wasn't until 1994 when the young women murdered by Fred and | :07:58. | :08:07. | |
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Rose West were found that the Bastholm case was re-opened. Graham | :08:11. | :08:14. | |
Gardner was the journalist who covered the West trial for the BBC. | :08:14. | :08:19. | |
The police followed it up. They interviewed more than 100 people. | :08:19. | :08:26. | |
Still, there was nothing to substantiate that confession. | :08:26. | :08:30. | |
Fred's son said that he too was told that he killed Mary. Again, | :08:30. | :08:34. | |
without any firm evidence, what could the police do? 44 years on, | :08:34. | :08:38. | |
Peter Bastholm believes his sister was a victim of Fred West's but | :08:38. | :08:41. | |
fears he will never find out the truth. I would like to find out. | :08:41. | :08:47. | |
Both my parents died not knowing what happened to their daughter. So | :08:47. | :08:51. | |
it would be nice to find out exactly what went on. An internet | :08:51. | :08:56. | |
petition is calling on police to search the cafe again, but in | :08:56. | :08:59. | |
response, detectives say they would only do that if new evidence came | :08:59. | :09:03. | |
to light. The case file into Mary Bastholm's disappearance is still | :09:03. | :09:13. | |
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open, but her family fear after all this time, it will never be closed. | :09:13. | :09:16. | |
It's Will and Alex here with Friday's Points West. There is | :09:16. | :09:20. | |
plenty more news and sport to come. Stay with us. We will be finding | :09:20. | :09:25. | |
out about the fear of the beer belly. Why more than a third of men | :09:25. | :09:30. | |
would give up a year of their life for the perfect body. | :09:30. | :09:37. | |
Plus: We love you Cheltenham, we Ploughing their way to White Hart | :09:37. | :09:41. | |
Lane, the Cheltenham fans gearing up for one of their biggest FA Cup | :09:41. | :09:49. | |
ties ever. All the the sport coming up shortly. | :09:49. | :09:54. | |
The parents of a seriously ill boy from North Somerset say they are | :09:54. | :09:58. | |
facing a difficult decision about his treatment. Five-year-old Harvey | :09:58. | :10:01. | |
Hext is thought to be the only person in the world with Down's | :10:01. | :10:06. | |
syndrome and a rare form of cancer. The cancer hasn't responded to | :10:06. | :10:10. | |
treatment. His parents believe taking him overseas could be an | :10:10. | :10:16. | |
option but it is expensive and risky. | :10:16. | :10:23. | |
Playing at home with their mum and their sister, Harvey and Spencer | :10:23. | :10:28. | |
are two happy boys. As well as Down's syndrome, Harvey suffers | :10:28. | :10:34. | |
from another very serious and very rare problem. He has neuroblastoma, | :10:34. | :10:41. | |
a cancer that caused a tumour the size of an orange to grow in his | :10:41. | :10:46. | |
stomach. We have tried everything we can try. There's still plenty of | :10:46. | :10:50. | |
options for him. They come at a cost and we have to raise that | :10:50. | :10:54. | |
money to take him to somewhere elsewhere we can get treatment. | :10:54. | :10:59. | |
That somewhere may be Germany or the United States. It will be very | :10:59. | :11:05. | |
expensive, costing up to �300,000. For Harvey, his treatment started | :11:05. | :11:10. | |
here, at Bristol Children's Hospital. Most children who are | :11:10. | :11:16. | |
presented with it, we used to be able to offer more than a 25% | :11:16. | :11:20. | |
chance of cure. That has improved significantly. We are looking at | :11:20. | :11:27. | |
over 50%. Even so, Harvey's cancer hasn't responded well to therapy. | :11:27. | :11:33. | |
It is a year since he endured a 14- hour operation to remove a tumour. | :11:33. | :11:39. | |
Since then, he's received many hours of chemotherapy but still the | :11:39. | :11:44. | |
cancer remains. His treatment in Bristol is due to end in May. After | :11:44. | :11:48. | |
that, his parents face a difficult choice. Wait and see if the drugs | :11:48. | :11:53. | |
kill the cancer or take him overseas for more potentially risky | :11:53. | :12:01. | |
surgery. Users of Bristol's ice rink are | :12:01. | :12:04. | |
devastated at the news that it is to close later this year. The rink | :12:04. | :12:11. | |
is home to the Pitbulls' ice hockey team. Since it opened in 1966, | :12:11. | :12:16. | |
thousands of youngsters have learnt to skate there including the | :12:16. | :12:20. | |
Olympic gold medallist Robin Cousins. Sarah-Jane Bungay is there | :12:20. | :12:25. | |
now. Why is it closing? Well, the company which has Owened this | :12:25. | :12:30. | |
building for the last ten years thinks it will be put to better use | :12:31. | :12:34. | |
as student accommodation. They point to the growing numbers of | :12:34. | :12:39. | |
students attending the city's two universities. Of course, those who | :12:39. | :12:45. | |
use this rink, some of them behind me now, say it's a vital leisure | :12:45. | :12:51. | |
facility for them here in the city. We come here four times a week on a | :12:52. | :12:59. | |
holiday. It is a good place to come. I find it awful. We have only just | :12:59. | :13:05. | |
bought ice skates to go here. It is brilliant. I love it. It's a place | :13:05. | :13:09. | |
to socialise, to exercise, to try and stay upright. An icy playground | :13:09. | :13:14. | |
for children and adults alike. kept thousands of kids off the | :13:14. | :13:22. | |
streets and it's kept them positive. It is what Bristol needs. | :13:22. | :13:25. | |
Generations of families have learned to skate at this rink. It | :13:25. | :13:35. | |
was the training ground for Robin Cousins. Time and time again today, | :13:35. | :13:40. | |
I have heard how beneficial this rink is for all ages, all abilities. | :13:40. | :13:44. | |
Just last year, these plastic penguins helped children with | :13:44. | :13:51. | |
disabilities find their feet on the ice. Well done. We are looking at | :13:51. | :13:56. | |
around 23 to 25 of my staff, on top of that we have the coaches who | :13:56. | :13:59. | |
work independently from the rink, but for the rink. We have six of | :13:59. | :14:04. | |
those. It is not a small amount. Also, the suppliers to the rink and | :14:04. | :14:09. | |
those people are affected. It is a sad day. Unite, the company which | :14:09. | :14:15. | |
owns the building, wants to turn it into student flats. Time is running | :14:15. | :14:18. | |
out for the ice hockey team, set up three years ago to raise the | :14:19. | :14:25. | |
profile of the game in the city. started three years ago, we are up | :14:25. | :14:29. | |
to four teams. We will try and put a women's team in next year. We | :14:29. | :14:34. | |
have numerous amounts of programmes, charity work. I am gutted for | :14:34. | :14:37. | |
everyone that's been a part or helped us to be what we are today. | :14:37. | :14:46. | |
For now, the hopes of a new rink remain frozen. Well, an online | :14:46. | :14:51. | |
petition has started. Paula says, "My children will be devastated if | :14:51. | :14:56. | |
they had to stop coming here. I can't afford to go to Swindon or | :14:56. | :15:01. | |
Cardiff." Many people calling now on Bristol City Council to refuse | :15:01. | :15:04. | |
the planning permission for the student accommodation here. The | :15:04. | :15:07. | |
arguments will rumble on over the next months and we will bring you | :15:07. | :15:13. | |
the latest on Points West. Thank you. It's been open for so | :15:13. | :15:17. | |
long! It may come as a surprise, but a new study has found that more | :15:17. | :15:22. | |
than a third of men would sacrifice a year of their life for the | :15:22. | :15:28. | |
perfect body. Would you? I think it would take two years! Well, | :15:28. | :15:32. | |
researchers from UWE have found most men are unhappy with their | :15:32. | :15:37. | |
physiques and it is their tummies in particular! | :15:37. | :15:42. | |
That's not me, that is Olympic rower Peter Reed. Calm down, | :15:42. | :15:47. | |
ladies! Olympic medallist, Mark Foster. No beer bellies, no | :15:47. | :15:52. | |
manboobs, no way most blokes look like them! Most do talk about body | :15:52. | :15:57. | |
shape. That is being caused Body Talk. The latest scientific term | :15:57. | :16:07. | |
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defined as conversations that reinforce and fund realistic male | :16:08. | :16:15. | |
body ideals. The trouble is, that most of us mere mortals aren't all | :16:15. | :16:21. | |
that. According to a survey, us ordinary blokes, we are not that | :16:21. | :16:25. | |
happy with our ordinary bodies. Two-thirds of men said they weren't | :16:25. | :16:28. | |
satisfied with how muscley they are. More than half said that just | :16:28. | :16:34. | |
listening to general Body Talk affected them in a negative way. A | :16:34. | :16:39. | |
third of man who replied said they would be happy to live one year | :16:39. | :16:43. | |
less if they could achieve their ideal body shape. There's been a | :16:43. | :16:46. | |
growing number of studies in Australia and the United States, | :16:46. | :16:50. | |
and in the UK we are starting to see more research coming out. I | :16:50. | :16:54. | |
think this study is showing that over 80% of men talk about their | :16:54. | :16:59. | |
bodies in a way that fits in with traditional beauty ideals, gives us | :16:59. | :17:07. | |
some sense that it is an issue for most men. It is more an open-topic | :17:07. | :17:12. | |
for discussion. These days, men are more self-conscious about | :17:12. | :17:20. | |
appearance, the media has a lot to do with that. Not everyone is going | :17:20. | :17:24. | |
to look like a model, male or female. While Phillippa and her | :17:24. | :17:28. | |
team say it is a good sign that men are talking about their bodies and | :17:28. | :17:32. | |
health, obsessing about falling short of some perceived ideal can | :17:32. | :17:40. | |
lead to more serious issues. Very interesting. The vast majority | :17:40. | :17:43. | |
of my friends are saying they ate too much over Christmas and they | :17:43. | :17:47. | |
are going to hit the gym! We need different shapes and sizes. | :17:47. | :17:52. | |
To sport now, it is an exciting weekend ahead, the third round of | :17:52. | :17:56. | |
the FA Cup has produced some classic ties for their sides. Three | :17:56. | :18:00. | |
face Premier League opposition and with more, here is David. | :18:00. | :18:05. | |
Yes, we have the complete range of cup classics for you. Bristol | :18:05. | :18:10. | |
Rovers are hoping for a bit of giant-killing at home to Aston | :18:10. | :18:13. | |
Villa. As are Swindon who face Wigan. The opposite of that is | :18:13. | :18:18. | |
Bristol City who are the senior side trying to avoid an upset at | :18:18. | :18:22. | |
Crawley. The most glamorous tie of the round involves Cheltenham. They | :18:22. | :18:26. | |
travel to White Hart Lane to face Spurs who are third in the Premier | :18:26. | :18:31. | |
League. More than 5,000 fans will travel to London and some have | :18:31. | :18:34. | |
chosen an unconventional means of transport. | :18:34. | :18:40. | |
It's certainly not the quickest way to travel, but it is the most eye- | :18:40. | :18:45. | |
catching. Come on, Cheltenham! Tomorrow, this tractor will be | :18:45. | :18:49. | |
decked in red-and-white balloons and rather noisily will lead a | :18:49. | :18:54. | |
convoy of over 50 supporters' coachers out of Cheltenham to | :18:54. | :18:59. | |
London. # We all come from Cheltenham Town. | :18:59. | :19:04. | |
We have the tractor song. It is very famous. What better than | :19:04. | :19:08. | |
leading all the coaches with a tractor. It is phenomenal to see | :19:08. | :19:13. | |
League Two opposition playing such a high standard. Cheltenham, they | :19:13. | :19:18. | |
are the Cheltenham, but to play somewhere so good will be | :19:18. | :19:22. | |
phenomenal. The players' preparations included their now | :19:22. | :19:26. | |
traditional meal out together. It's become something of a lucky ritual | :19:26. | :19:33. | |
before cup ties. Everyone enjoys it. It is good. Have you done this | :19:33. | :19:42. | |
every round? Yes. The superstitions don't end there. Their ability to | :19:42. | :19:49. | |
stop Spurs will depend on crucial routines. I put my left glove on | :19:49. | :19:58. | |
twice and take it off. It's a great opportunity. You look at Tottenham, | :19:58. | :20:08. | |
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they are flying in the Premier League. We know what a daunting | :20:08. | :20:13. | |
task it will be. We could scare each other to death if we listed | :20:13. | :20:20. | |
their strengths. We don't want to get a thumping. I truly believe we | :20:20. | :20:24. | |
won't. Win, lose or draw, the team are flying to Portugal on Sunday - | :20:24. | :20:29. | |
reward for their season so far. First, Tottenham, and London you | :20:29. | :20:33. | |
have been warned. The boys from the country are on their way. | :20:33. | :20:42. | |
# Cheltenham we love you. # Let's confirm all the weekend's | :20:42. | :20:48. | |
games on your screen. For those fans who can't get to White Hart | :20:48. | :20:53. | |
Lane, you can listen to extensive coverage on BBC Radio | :20:53. | :20:56. | |
Gloucestershire. If you were watching last night, we reported on | :20:56. | :21:02. | |
the Bristol Rovers tie which kicks off at 5.30. The Memorial Stadium | :21:02. | :21:09. | |
will be packed. It's a chance for them to take a break from all that | :21:09. | :21:13. | |
and see if they can produce the shock of the round. Swindon are | :21:13. | :21:16. | |
expecting their biggest crowd for five years. They face Wigan who are | :21:16. | :21:20. | |
one place off the bottom of the Premier League. Swindon have lost | :21:20. | :21:27. | |
just one of their last 13 games. Paolo di Canio is enjoying their | :21:27. | :21:31. | |
success. Wigan have won two games since August. The manager is | :21:31. | :21:35. | |
delighted to have such a high- profile tie. I'm very happy for my | :21:35. | :21:42. | |
players. They did very well. They deserve to play a top side. I'm | :21:42. | :21:48. | |
very happy for the fans, for the club. So it's a very important game, | :21:48. | :21:56. | |
obviously. We talk of this as a bonus. Sometimes the dream can come | :21:56. | :22:01. | |
true. We will try to do everything to make a special day for us, for | :22:01. | :22:07. | |
the fans, for Swindon Town. More on all those stories on Football Focus | :22:07. | :22:11. | |
tomorrow on BBC One. There is more on several signings made today by | :22:11. | :22:16. | |
our clubs on our website. This includes the Aberdeen captain Ricky | :22:16. | :22:22. | |
Foster who joins Bristol City subject to personal terms. | :22:22. | :22:28. | |
Finally, in rugby, Bath are unchanged for one of their toughest | :22:28. | :22:34. | |
games of the season at Saracens. Gloucester confirmed that Leslie | :22:34. | :22:39. | |
Vainakolo has left to join La Rochelle. Tomorrow they are at | :22:39. | :22:43. | |
Worcester. Thank you. Now, one woman who knows all about | :22:43. | :22:48. | |
performing under pressure is Zara Davis from Clevedon. Or should I | :22:48. | :22:53. | |
say "the Queen of Speed"? She is here with us at the moment with a | :22:53. | :23:01. | |
subtle trophy(!) Zara has been named the UK Windsurfer of the Year. | :23:01. | :23:07. | |
Congratulations on this. Thank you. The public voted online and you | :23:07. | :23:11. | |
beat four men. You must be delighted? Absolutely. It is great | :23:11. | :23:18. | |
to be nominated. I'm grateful to everybody that voted. It was nice | :23:18. | :23:23. | |
to have some support. Last year was a phenomenal year for you. It is | :23:23. | :23:26. | |
only fair you should have the chance to blow your own trumpet? | :23:26. | :23:31. | |
Yes, it was great. I won everything I entered. It was good. The | :23:31. | :23:36. | |
European Championship, which had rounds in Sweden, Germany, Belgium | :23:36. | :23:43. | |
and the final round was the British Championships in Weymouth. I won | :23:43. | :23:49. | |
them all. I won Weymouth six times now. I am "the Queen of Speed"! | :23:49. | :23:55. | |
LAUGHTER It is about going as fast as you can in a straight line. You | :23:55. | :23:58. | |
trained a lot around Clevedon and Burnham-on-Sea. Are the conditions | :23:58. | :24:01. | |
good? They are great for training, but not so good for speed because | :24:01. | :24:05. | |
it is quite wavey conditions. People know the coast off here. It | :24:05. | :24:10. | |
is quite tidal so it is difficult to get wind, water and be off work | :24:10. | :24:15. | |
at the same time. We do most of our speed sailing training at Weymouth | :24:15. | :24:21. | |
or on the Wirral. You mentioned work, how hard is it to combine | :24:21. | :24:28. | |
with your work. What do you do? am an osteopath. It is really tough. | :24:28. | :24:32. | |
On Tuesday, it was very windy and it was probably one of the best | :24:32. | :24:39. | |
days ever and I was at work. There was another reason you couldn't... | :24:39. | :24:44. | |
My poor dog got attacked by a badger on the golf course. They | :24:44. | :24:50. | |
were in the vets having surgery. I was scuppered. You have enough of a | :24:50. | :24:56. | |
trophy there to be proud of. Yes. It's been a great year. Thank you | :24:56. | :25:01. | |
for coming in. We mentioned wind. It's been a bit of a respite today. | :25:01. | :25:11. | |
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Ian is here to give us the weather The respite continues. It's quite a | :25:14. | :25:18. | |
benign weekend. It is broadly dry. Generally, a good deal of cloud | :25:18. | :25:23. | |
around. The brighter day will be Saturday. It will be mild. We have | :25:23. | :25:27. | |
had a warm front come through this evening. The cold front will track | :25:27. | :25:32. | |
through later tonight. That will be a weak affair. Saturday will be the | :25:32. | :25:36. | |
brightest day. Then on Sunday we have another warm front on the way. | :25:36. | :25:40. | |
This area of high pressure starts to build. It will be a dominating | :25:40. | :25:44. | |
part of the weather season into next week. If we look at how the | :25:44. | :25:48. | |
air mass responds to this, the blues are the colder air, the | :25:48. | :25:53. | |
yellows are the milder air, it gives us a good indication of how | :25:53. | :26:00. | |
temperatures will respond. The jet stream keeps the storms away. | :26:00. | :26:05. | |
Things may change next weekend. For tonight, patchy outbreaks of light | :26:05. | :26:09. | |
rain and drizzle. Maybe some areas of hill fog. A moderately breezy | :26:10. | :26:14. | |
night to come. It will indeed be a mild one as well. Temperatures | :26:14. | :26:24. | |
somewhere around 7-8 Celsius. Tomorrow morning, that rain will | :26:24. | :26:34. | |
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have slipped to the south. Then, it should brighten up. | :26:37. | :26:41. | |
Temperatures somewhere around 8-10 Celsius. If you are off to any of | :26:41. | :26:49. | |
the football matches, they are all looking like decent weather. | :26:49. | :26:58. | |
Perfect football weather. So, into Sunday, it's going to be the | :26:58. | :27:02. | |
cloudier of the two days. There might be one or two areas that have | :27:02. | :27:06. | |
some breaks in it. I wouldn't hold your breath for that. Later on, a | :27:06. | :27:11. | |
warm front is coming in. That will start to spill some patchy | :27:11. | :27:20. | |
outbreaks of rain in from that direction. Certainly mild. | :27:20. | :27:24. | |
Temperatures 9-10 Celsius. The rest of the next working week continues | :27:24. | :27:28. | |
in a similar fashion - no threat of any frost, very little rain. It | :27:29. | :27:32. | |
could change next weekend. You always leave us on a | :27:32. | :27:35. |