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Welcome to South East Today. I'm Polly Evans. | :00:02. | :00:04. | |
And I'm Rob Smith. Tonight's top stories. | :00:04. | :00:07. | |
A �10,000 reward to catch the callous thugs who beat up a 78- | :00:07. | :00:16. | |
year-old woman in her own home. of them said, "We're going to kill | :00:16. | :00:20. | |
you. Where's your money?" The Archbishop of Canterbury sets | :00:20. | :00:23. | |
up a new inquiry into child protection following Church | :00:23. | :00:26. | |
failures that allowed paedophile priests to abuse boys in Sussex. | :00:26. | :00:29. | |
Also in tonight's programme. Against all the odds. The premature | :00:29. | :00:32. | |
twins given less than a 1% chance of survival are at home in Kent for | :00:33. | :00:38. | |
Christmas. It's the trip of a lifetime! The | :00:38. | :00:43. | |
Sussex tour operator offering the spectacular sights of the M25. | :00:43. | :00:46. | |
And they know how to celebrate Christmas in Westfield. Quite | :00:46. | :00:48. | |
possibly the most festive village in the South East. Our | :00:48. | :00:58. | |
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illuminations correspondent is there tonight. | :01:03. | :01:05. | |
Good evening. A pensioner who was savagely beaten | :01:05. | :01:09. | |
by a gang of young men in her own home has described the moment the | :01:09. | :01:13. | |
robbers burst in and threatened to kill her. 78-year-old Jean Thomas | :01:13. | :01:16. | |
was attacked by three men in Staplehurst, near Maidstone. | :01:17. | :01:19. | |
Tonight, a local property tycoon has offered a �10,000 pound reward | :01:19. | :01:29. | |
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to help catch them. Alex Beard reports. One of them are said, "we | :01:31. | :01:40. | |
are going to kill you, where is your money?". The she woke to find | :01:41. | :01:45. | |
a three man at her bedside. The Ace said it was my money they were | :01:45. | :01:50. | |
after. -- they said. They punched and punched and punched me back on | :01:50. | :01:55. | |
the bed. They are men could not find money and fled when Jean tried | :01:55. | :02:00. | |
to escape from the window and they left her pleading and bruised. | :02:00. | :02:10. | |
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head hacked to be stitched. My face was black almost. They sat on my | :02:11. | :02:16. | |
hands. I could not move. It was bruised all the way here. Police | :02:16. | :02:26. | |
have revealed CCTV footage. We are looking for information from the | :02:26. | :02:30. | |
public in relation to this offence to help with inquiries. | :02:30. | :02:35. | |
brutality of the attack prompted this local property tycoon to offer | :02:35. | :02:43. | |
an award -- reward for information leading to an arrest. Initially, I | :02:43. | :02:50. | |
put up �1,000. Somebody else put up �500. I've then increased it to | :02:50. | :02:56. | |
5000 and I have now increased it to 10,000. Christmas is coming. I am | :02:57. | :03:05. | |
sure that Jean Thomas would like to see an end to this. Jean Thomas has | :03:05. | :03:09. | |
increased security at her home. She said the attack has left her | :03:09. | :03:13. | |
emotionally scarred. The Archbishop of Canterbury has | :03:13. | :03:15. | |
set up a new inquiry into child protection policies within the | :03:16. | :03:20. | |
Church of England in Sussex. It follows our exclusive reports into | :03:20. | :03:23. | |
serious failures that allowed two paedophile priests to sexually | :03:23. | :03:27. | |
abuse boys in Eastbourne in the 1970s and 80s. Our home affairs | :03:27. | :03:33. | |
correspondent Colin Campbell reports. | :03:33. | :03:38. | |
It is the first time in over 100 years that such an inquiry has been | :03:38. | :03:44. | |
ordered by the Archbishop of Canterbury in. It is in response to | :03:44. | :03:49. | |
concerns about safeguarding children, and paedophile priests, | :03:49. | :03:54. | |
something the BBC has been investigating for over a year. | :03:54. | :03:59. | |
Martley encouraged that the Archbishop of Canterbury -- | :03:59. | :04:09. | |
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I am encouraged he is taking this move. But it is now investigating | :04:16. | :04:26. | |
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itself. The inquiry is known as an archiepiscopal visitation. Lambeth | :04:27. | :04:35. | |
They will examine current child- protection arrangements and make | :04:35. | :04:41. | |
recommendations for the future. A report was highly critical of | :04:41. | :04:46. | |
senior clergy men in the diocese, including this bishop who allowed | :04:46. | :04:54. | |
the paedophile priest, Roy cotton, to remain in position. In July, our | :04:54. | :04:58. | |
investigations showed that he had given inaccurate information to the | :04:58. | :05:03. | |
review. One of the victims called for the findings of the inquiry to | :05:03. | :05:08. | |
be open and transparent. I wanted to get to the truth. It needs to | :05:08. | :05:13. | |
look at the real issues, not just safeguarding. It needs to look at | :05:13. | :05:19. | |
the mistakes from the past. And why so many people have been allowed to | :05:19. | :05:24. | |
carry on working. The Archbishop of Canterbury's investigators have | :05:24. | :05:31. | |
started their work and will report back by the end of February. Colin | :05:31. | :05:37. | |
Campbell joins me. Has there been any response? The Bishop of | :05:37. | :05:41. | |
Chichester has issued a statement saying he gives the inquiry his | :05:41. | :05:49. | |
support. He will however retire in April next year. We understand this | :05:49. | :05:59. | |
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is the 4th inquiry looking at paedophile priests and looking at | :05:59. | :06:07. | |
this. They say it is the start of a legal process that has been kick- | :06:07. | :06:11. | |
started by Canon Law. Victims hope that it will be open and | :06:11. | :06:17. | |
transparent. They want the findings to be made public. | :06:17. | :06:24. | |
In a moment, the campaign over live animal exports. 1 million signed up | :06:24. | :06:28. | |
for a ban in Europe. A man who led a campaign of arson | :06:28. | :06:31. | |
attacks across Kent wrote on his laptop that he was planning to | :06:31. | :06:36. | |
commit murder and thought daily about burning people alive. Neil | :06:36. | :06:38. | |
Clark and his teenage accomplice Marc Hitchcock daubed numbers at | :06:38. | :06:43. | |
the scene of each fire they started. They were caught after being traced | :06:43. | :06:46. | |
through e-mails they sent to a newspaper, complaining about the | :06:46. | :06:52. | |
way their crimes were being reported. Both were jailed at | :06:52. | :07:00. | |
Maidstone Crown Court. The blackened remains of an | :07:00. | :07:08. | |
ironmonger. A business 30 years and the building ruined. The Office of | :07:08. | :07:14. | |
the local MP was gutted. The arsonists were Neil Clark and | :07:14. | :07:18. | |
teenager Marc Hitchcock. This was the first of five fires, each | :07:18. | :07:23. | |
marked by a number painted in yellow. No biddy was hurt. That was | :07:23. | :07:30. | |
only good fortune. -- nobody was hurt. It was only a matter of time | :07:30. | :07:35. | |
before they were. This caused economic loss to businesses in the | :07:35. | :07:41. | |
area. The fires were started over a four-month period within an eight- | :07:41. | :07:47. | |
mile radius. Targets included a bathroom shop and newsagent's store | :07:47. | :07:51. | |
and petrol station. The two were traced through e-mail messages sent | :07:51. | :07:56. | |
to the Kent Messenger offices, threatening to firebomb the | :07:56. | :08:04. | |
newspaper and the officer leading the inquiry. On arrest, they found | :08:04. | :08:14. | |
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messages on the lap top of Neil Also on the computer, his next | :08:15. | :08:20. | |
intended target, this time a shop surrounded by family homes. The | :08:20. | :08:24. | |
judge told Neil Clark he was devious and manipulative and he | :08:24. | :08:30. | |
told Marc Hitchcock he had been a willing accomplice. Neil Clark was | :08:30. | :08:34. | |
sentenced to ten years and Marc Hitchcock four-and-a-half years in | :08:34. | :08:42. | |
a young defender's institution. -- offenders. | :08:42. | :08:45. | |
Sussex Police have launched a two- week campaign to try to reduce | :08:45. | :08:47. | |
domestic violence over Christmas. The crime tends to increase over | :08:47. | :08:50. | |
the festive period. But a team of dedicated officers will use cameras | :08:50. | :08:52. | |
attached to their uniforms to gather evidence. Last year, | :08:52. | :08:55. | |
officers in Sussex were called to more than 750 incidents of domestic | :08:55. | :08:57. | |
abuse between the 23rd December and 2nd January. | :08:57. | :09:00. | |
South East Water has been given permission to take water from the | :09:00. | :09:04. | |
River Ouse in Sussex to maintain supplies to its customers. The | :09:04. | :09:07. | |
Department for the Environment agreed to the request in order to | :09:07. | :09:11. | |
protect the Ardingly Reservoir after a period of low rainfall. | :09:11. | :09:16. | |
A major airline is axing its services from Manston Airport. | :09:16. | :09:18. | |
Flybe will stop operating flights between Kent International and | :09:18. | :09:28. | |
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Edinburgh from the end of March. -- also to Orkney. The company says it | :09:32. | :09:35. | |
has taken the decision because of poor ticket sales. It is another | :09:35. | :09:38. | |
major blow for Manston, which for several years has attempted to | :09:38. | :09:39. | |
attract large airlines to provide passenger services. | :09:39. | :09:43. | |
They were so premature at birth that doctors gave them less than a | :09:43. | :09:46. | |
one per cent chance of survival. Twins Kai and Tien Smith were born | :09:46. | :09:49. | |
at just 26 weeks and spent several months receiving specialist care in | :09:49. | :09:52. | |
hospital. They defied the odds, and are now thriving at home in Ashford, | :09:52. | :09:55. | |
where their proud parents are preparing for their first proper | :09:55. | :10:00. | |
family Christmas. Lynda Hardy went to meet them. | :10:00. | :10:05. | |
Christmas time in this household means frosty the Snowman for the | :10:05. | :10:11. | |
twins and the best Christmas their parents have ever had. They weighed | :10:12. | :10:17. | |
just 1 kilogram when they came into the world. They were 14 weeks | :10:17. | :10:22. | |
premature. It meant their first Christmas was spent in hospital. | :10:22. | :10:28. | |
This time last year, I did not think I would bring them home. To | :10:28. | :10:36. | |
actually have them home, Christmas is all about children. They have | :10:36. | :10:45. | |
just made our family. It is really difficult for any baby who is born | :10:45. | :10:51. | |
to the edge of viability. They have a poor chance at this stage but as | :10:51. | :10:55. | |
they get older their chances improve. They have to fight to get | :10:55. | :11:01. | |
to where they are today. Their parents hope to raise money online | :11:02. | :11:07. | |
with a few extra lights on the house to give back to the neonatal | :11:07. | :11:14. | |
unit in Ashford helping other tiny babies like this one. The staff, | :11:14. | :11:20. | |
really, and to show how much we appreciate it. Anything we can give | :11:20. | :11:30. | |
to help other people who are as lucky as ours, who are -- or who | :11:30. | :11:34. | |
are not. That is all we can do. We did not put like sour last year, | :11:35. | :11:39. | |
and I saved my electric bill then! And we have put a few more up this | :11:39. | :11:46. | |
year and put a little box outside. What seemed like a dream last | :11:46. | :11:52. | |
Christmas now sees two additions to the Smith family celebrations. | :11:52. | :11:56. | |
Our top story. A pensioner who was beaten by a gang of robbers has | :11:56. | :11:59. | |
described the moment they burst in and threatened to kill her. 78- | :11:59. | :12:03. | |
year-old Jean Thomas was attacked in her own home in Staplehurst. | :12:03. | :12:07. | |
Kent Police have released an image of a man they want to question, and | :12:07. | :12:10. | |
a local property tycoon has offered a ten-thousand pound reward. | :12:10. | :12:14. | |
Also in tonight's programme. Forget Paris, New York, Rome. The | :12:14. | :12:19. | |
tour operator offering the spectacular sights of the M25. | :12:19. | :12:22. | |
Campaigners opposed to live animal exports across the Channel through | :12:22. | :12:25. | |
Kent are hoping to force the European Union to end the trade by | :12:25. | :12:35. | |
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calling for an eight-hour time limit on the transport of livestock. | :12:52. | :13:00. | |
It would effectively prevent exports from Ports like Ramsgate. | :13:00. | :13:02. | |
An international petition has already attracted almost a million | :13:02. | :13:11. | |
signatures. But livestock farmers say that such a time limit would be | :13:11. | :13:21. | |
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totally impractical. Katherine Downes has tonight's special report. | :13:28. | :13:34. | |
Ban Live exports! Protesters this morning calling on the council to | :13:34. | :13:40. | |
stop live exports. The council said there is nothing they can do. | :13:40. | :13:46. | |
are doing everything we can to find a way to stop the trade taking | :13:46. | :13:51. | |
place here. It is a gorgeous place and we do not want to be associated | :13:51. | :13:56. | |
with things like this. Can pain as are trying new tactics. They are | :13:57. | :14:02. | |
calling for the length of journeys to be limited by law to eight hours | :14:02. | :14:07. | |
in order to bring the issue to the European Commission under the | :14:07. | :14:12. | |
Citizen's Initiative, it has to be backed by 1 million people, least | :14:12. | :14:18. | |
seven countries. The commission has three months to examine it. We need | :14:18. | :14:23. | |
to clamp down on rogue dealers who have no consideration for animals | :14:23. | :14:27. | |
and who transport them across Europe. A are you saying farmer | :14:27. | :14:34. | |
should not trade with Europe? course not. There is an important | :14:34. | :14:40. | |
trade with Europe. Farmers who do not care about animals do not want | :14:40. | :14:45. | |
to be able to put them into trucks and travel with them for hours and | :14:45. | :14:50. | |
hours. They know it would effectively stop live exports to | :14:50. | :14:55. | |
the Continent because the crossing takes around four hours. Farmers | :14:55. | :15:00. | |
understand the implications and say they will suffer. If you look in | :15:00. | :15:05. | |
the British Isles, animals have to travel further than eight hours. If | :15:05. | :15:10. | |
you look at the islands and Highlands of Scotland, it is over | :15:10. | :15:16. | |
14 hours. We have to be realistic. When they travel, they travel the | :15:16. | :15:22. | |
best way possible. This sailing this morning is the only ship | :15:22. | :15:29. | |
carrying live exports. Campaigners say the only way to stop her is to | :15:29. | :15:34. | |
make it to impractical and expensive to transport them. | :15:34. | :15:37. | |
Katherine Downes joins us live from Dover, where they used to run live | :15:37. | :15:46. | |
animal exports. They say it would be more humane to start it from | :15:46. | :15:52. | |
there. Yes they say they should be | :15:52. | :15:56. | |
lobbying for the animals to travel from Dover because it is a shorter | :15:56. | :16:03. | |
journey. It the MP said the limit was suggested to protect the | :16:03. | :16:08. | |
comfort of animals, but others say it is away to make exporters lives | :16:08. | :16:12. | |
more difficult and that is what they want to do, to stop live | :16:12. | :16:22. | |
exports entirely, be they from Ramsgate all here in Dover. -- or. | :16:22. | :16:25. | |
When you think of the South East's top tourist destinations, what | :16:25. | :16:30. | |
springs to mind? Leeds Castle or the South Downs, perhaps? How about | :16:30. | :16:33. | |
the M25? One tour operator is convinced it's a winner and their | :16:33. | :16:36. | |
flight of fancy tour takes in a range of attractions such as the | :16:36. | :16:43. | |
Dartford Tunnel and Clacket Lane Services. If you love spending | :16:43. | :16:46. | |
hours and hours on the motorway, and who in their right mind doesn't, | :16:46. | :16:50. | |
then Brighton and Hove Buses new luxury coach tour of the M25 is for | :16:50. | :16:57. | |
you. Bryony MacKenzie reports. | :16:57. | :17:04. | |
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. This is a journey from point aid to | :17:04. | :17:14. | |
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point A. The talk shows off Heathrow Airport, Epping Forest and | :17:17. | :17:24. | |
Clacket Lane services from a coach window. Really?! Is it can be | :17:24. | :17:28. | |
perceived as crackers. But there car-parts people do not see or | :17:28. | :17:33. | |
travel from and it would be nice to say that you have travelled on the | :17:33. | :17:41. | |
whole M25. What about sampling the refreshments at one of the only two | :17:41. | :17:47. | |
service stations? You would also hit the Dartford crossing. 150,000 | :17:47. | :17:53. | |
vehicles a day cross it. There are also some of the worst traffic jams. | :17:53. | :17:58. | |
And why not rest at the second serve the station, Clacket Lane | :17:58. | :18:04. | |
services? This is it. This is the highlight of the tour, Clacket Lane | :18:04. | :18:13. | |
services. Mayor, it really is it. - - no. Apparently, there is a lot to | :18:14. | :18:23. | |
see. Would you be up for that? I would not be interested. No. It | :18:23. | :18:30. | |
is horrible. It is hell with wheels! Tell me why that is so | :18:30. | :18:39. | |
funny? It is bad enough driving on the M25! Misery for drivers, but | :18:39. | :18:46. | |
perhaps joy for drivers. -- passengers. This couple celebrated | :18:46. | :18:56. | |
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their wedding on the M25. Lucky lady. Now I know what to get you | :18:59. | :19:05. | |
next Christmas! I think travelling the entire M25 is something I can | :19:05. | :19:15. | |
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live without. You have not experienced everything life has to | :19:16. | :19:18. | |
offer. It's an early Christmas present for | :19:19. | :19:21. | |
sports clubs across the South East. They are sharing hundreds of | :19:21. | :19:24. | |
thousands of pounds in lottery funding, ahead of next year's | :19:24. | :19:27. | |
London Olympics. The grants are being handed out to try to bring | :19:27. | :19:29. | |
the Olympic spirit into local communities across Kent, Sussex and | :19:29. | :19:35. | |
Surrey. Inspirational moments that the Olympic committee hopes to see | :19:35. | :19:41. | |
more of next summer. But is to is the next generation of sporting | :19:41. | :19:47. | |
stars the money supports. Here, they have �100,000 towards a new | :19:47. | :19:53. | |
pitch. And for footballers pain -- playing on a waterlogged field, it | :19:53. | :19:59. | |
is welcome news. Your boots get very heavy. It is hard to keep | :19:59. | :20:06. | |
running. It is really annoying. With the all-weather pitch, you | :20:06. | :20:16. | |
will be able to play properly. the 1930s, Graves end cricket club | :20:16. | :20:22. | |
hosted internationals. Now they have more than �40,000 of lottery | :20:22. | :20:27. | |
money and hope to restore some of that legacy with me next, which it | :20:27. | :20:31. | |
covers and a bowling machine. We are wanted to create something that | :20:31. | :20:37. | |
was for the future. As a result, with the grant available and the | :20:37. | :20:40. | |
new equipment and coaching behind the scenes, we are creating | :20:40. | :20:45. | |
something to give youngsters the opportunity to fulfil their promise. | :20:45. | :20:50. | |
Thousands of pounds will be spent across the region, breathing life | :20:50. | :21:00. | |
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Money spent now that it is hoped will create a Olympic golds of | :21:06. | :21:09. | |
tomorrow. Christmas is traditionally seen as | :21:09. | :21:15. | |
a bad time to be a turkey. But that is not the case for Annabel the | :21:15. | :21:18. | |
turkey, who has become a much-loved family pet. She will spend | :21:18. | :21:21. | |
Christmas Day in the lap of luxury in Chartham, near Canterbury, with | :21:21. | :21:24. | |
her owner Jean Morrison, who lets Annabel snuggle up on the sofa to | :21:24. | :21:30. | |
watch TV. And in case you're wondering, the family will not be | :21:30. | :21:40. | |
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serving turkey for Christmas lunch. We will have a normal Christmas Day, | :21:40. | :21:45. | |
apart from are not eating turkey. We will be cooking for the turkey. | :21:45. | :21:53. | |
Annabel will have a lovely dinner, beef Wellington. With my partner. | :21:53. | :21:59. | |
They can join in with some of the activities. Apparently she likes Dr | :21:59. | :22:06. | |
Who. Really? More people should have turkeys as pets. | :22:06. | :22:10. | |
Over the last couple of weeks, we have been taking a look at some of | :22:10. | :22:12. | |
the houses with the most extravagant and lavish Christmas | :22:12. | :22:15. | |
decorations. But tonight we go a step further, to a place where | :22:15. | :22:18. | |
pretty much everyone in the village has gone over the top. Dozens of | :22:18. | :22:20. | |
homeowners in Westfield, near Hastings, are displaying Christmas | :22:20. | :22:23. | |
lights this year, raising thousands of pounds for charity in the | :22:23. | :22:25. | |
process. Our festive illuminations specialist Peter Whittlesea is | :22:25. | :22:34. | |
there for us tonight. It started with a simple community | :22:34. | :22:44. | |
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Christmas tree 35 years ago. Back then, Johnny match this was number | :22:47. | :22:52. | |
one with his Christmas hit. Over time, Westfield has become the | :22:52. | :22:56. | |
capital of Christmas lights in Sussex. It is more than festive | :22:56. | :23:03. | |
cheer. For this man it is an obsession. He cannot wait to switch | :23:03. | :23:10. | |
the lights on. The in the past ten years, all the houses have had no | :23:10. | :23:16. | |
lights bar two. I love people's faces, they talk to you. They say | :23:16. | :23:22. | |
how marvellous it is. People who have not been before, they come | :23:22. | :23:27. | |
around the church and suddenly they see this lot and cannot believe it. | :23:27. | :23:31. | |
No one is forced to put lights on their houses. It has grown | :23:31. | :23:36. | |
organically. Each year, hundreds of people come to see the Westfield | :23:36. | :23:43. | |
lights. It is for a good cause. They have raised �17,500 in the | :23:43. | :23:47. | |
past six years. They will raise up to �3,000 this year. That is a | :23:47. | :23:55. | |
great deal of money. We have to raise �3.5 million a year. | :23:55. | :24:01. | |
light show gets bigger and bigger. And with modern lighting, the costs | :24:01. | :24:06. | |
are kept down. They do not worry about the electricity bill here | :24:06. | :24:11. | |
because they know they are raising money for charity. | :24:11. | :24:18. | |
Peter reporting from Westfield. That was a picture. I know what you | :24:18. | :24:22. | |
are thinking. What does the no ice have to say to the people of the | :24:22. | :24:29. | |
South East this Christmas? Hey, this is then allowed eyes. It | :24:29. | :24:38. | |
is time to say Happy Christmas, man. -- of similar ice. I wish everybody | :24:38. | :24:45. | |
in the South East a happy Christmas. Hello, I am playing the bad fairy | :24:45. | :24:51. | |
in Sleeping Beauty in Tunbridge Wells. Even though this goes | :24:51. | :24:55. | |
against my bad fairy principles, I want to wish you a very merry | :24:55. | :25:02. | |
Christmas. Have a good one. I will put a spell on you. Have a good | :25:02. | :25:12. | |
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Christmas. Have a good Christmas, says the bad fairy. I'm not sure I | :25:14. | :25:17. | |
says the bad fairy. I'm not sure I know what they know there ice said. | :25:17. | :25:25. | |
Cloud has been thickening over the afternoon. Tomorrow, dry through | :25:25. | :25:30. | |
the morning, but rain in the afternoon. Today, it has been | :25:30. | :25:36. | |
settled. Decent spells of sunshine, particularly through the morning. | :25:36. | :25:43. | |
The cloud thickened through the afternoon. Westerly winds light for | :25:43. | :25:52. | |
everybody. Temperatures are above the seasonal average. We are | :25:52. | :25:59. | |
holding on to cloud cover tonight. Temperatures will hardly change | :25:59. | :26:06. | |
from their daytime values. It will be a mild start to the day tomorrow. | :26:06. | :26:15. | |
It will be dry through the morning. It will not stay dry for long. We | :26:15. | :26:21. | |
will see rain by the late morning. Mild in the morning. Staying dry | :26:21. | :26:27. | |
initially. South-westerly wind picking up. Temperatures still | :26:27. | :26:36. | |
similar to what we saw today in double figures. The wind will feel | :26:36. | :26:43. | |
cooler. Behind the rain, a different picture. Clear skies and | :26:43. | :26:50. | |
temperatures dropping to two degrees. We will start Christmas | :26:50. | :26:56. | |
Eve with ground frost. The day itself will be cold and bright. | :26:56. | :27:02. | |
Temperatures in single figures. For Christmas Day itself, it will | :27:02. | :27:12. | |
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remain settled cloud. We have high pressure in control of things. | :27:20. | :27:26. | |
Tomorrow morning, initially dry and increasingly unsettled. Chris but | :27:26. | :27:33. |