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Good evening and welcome to Spotlight. Complaints about the | :00:11. | :00:17. | |
noise as England's largest onshore wind farm prepares to go online. | :00:17. | :00:20. | |
The noise comes straight down the valley and it sounds like a giant | :00:20. | :00:25. | |
cement mixer. It grinds. We'll hear more from North Devon and look at | :00:25. | :00:29. | |
the future of renewable energy. Also tonight. A court appearance | :00:29. | :00:33. | |
after an explosion at a house in Bodmin. A 49 year-old man is | :00:33. | :00:37. | |
charged with arson and recklessly endangering life. And high-tech | :00:37. | :00:47. | |
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Torbay, attracting more skilled workers to South Devon. The Defence | :00:52. | :00:55. | |
Secretary has confirmed the Government's commitment to | :00:55. | :01:02. | |
Devonport naval base. Philip Hammond was making his first | :01:02. | :01:05. | |
Commons appearance in the new job when he gave the assurances to a | :01:05. | :01:08. | |
Plymouth MP. Our political editor, Martyn Oates, joins us now. This | :01:08. | :01:10. | |
follows the resignation of the previous Defence Secretary, Liam | :01:10. | :01:16. | |
Fox? Oliver Colville seized the opportunity to ask Mr Hammond | :01:16. | :01:23. | |
several questions, some of which are easier than others. Can I | :01:23. | :01:27. | |
welcome the new Secretary of State for Defence and urge him to stay | :01:27. | :01:31. | |
there as long as he possibly can because we need to break the cycle | :01:31. | :01:35. | |
of permanently changing secretaries of state. And I thank you for | :01:35. | :01:39. | |
agreeing to come to meet three Commando Brigade when they come | :01:39. | :01:45. | |
back but also, ask at Plymouth will continue to remain at principal | :01:45. | :01:51. | |
naval port in the defence of the country. This is what he said in | :01:51. | :01:56. | |
reply... I am happy to do my best to remain in the post for as long | :01:56. | :02:01. | |
as I can and he might address his plea to my friend, the Prime | :02:01. | :02:07. | |
Minister. It is part of the government policy that Plymouth to | :02:07. | :02:12. | |
remain one of the principal UK naval bases. So the general | :02:12. | :02:17. | |
commitment. But what are the detailed concerns? The next issue | :02:17. | :02:21. | |
is whether Plymouth or Portsmouth will be the base port for the | :02:21. | :02:25. | |
generation of frigates. Realistically, that decision could | :02:25. | :02:28. | |
be years away and following recent changes made by the Coalition, it | :02:28. | :02:34. | |
will be made by the head of the Navy. Rather than ministers. Future | :02:34. | :02:38. | |
secretaries are down to the Prime Minister but he will not want to | :02:38. | :02:41. | |
find himself forced to appointing a new one soon. Thank you very much | :02:41. | :02:50. | |
indeed. A man has appeared in court after an explosion and fire at a | :02:50. | :02:53. | |
house in Bodmin. The property has been almost completely destroyed by | :02:53. | :02:55. | |
the explosion. Today, 49 year-old Glen Heather was charged with arson | :02:55. | :02:59. | |
and recklessly endangering life. Eleanor Parkinson reports. This is | :03:00. | :03:03. | |
a fight that followed the explosion at the house on a housing estate in | :03:03. | :03:06. | |
Boardman. Neighbours had to leave their homes, some of them for the | :03:06. | :03:10. | |
whole night, because of fears of further explosions. By morning | :03:10. | :03:14. | |
there was little left. And fire crews were unable to get into the | :03:14. | :03:20. | |
building for some time because it was judged unsafe. Today, the | :03:20. | :03:25. | |
honour, Glen Heather, appeared before the district judge at Bodmin | :03:25. | :03:29. | |
magistrates court. The court was told that Mr Heather jointly owns a | :03:29. | :03:33. | |
property with his estranged wife. He was charged with arson and | :03:33. | :03:37. | |
recklessly endangering life. He made no plea and was remanded in | :03:37. | :03:42. | |
custody. Mr Heather will appear before Truro Crown Court before the | :03:42. | :03:46. | |
end of the month and a fire investigation team are still at the | :03:46. | :03:55. | |
scene, working to establish how the fire started. A scheme to use local | :03:55. | :03:58. | |
libraries to help cancer patients and their families get all the | :03:58. | :04:00. | |
information they need has been launched in Cornwall. Libraries | :04:00. | :04:03. | |
will be used as a central hub for books and online support. Patients | :04:03. | :04:06. | |
will also be able to review and recommend material they have found | :04:06. | :04:09. | |
useful. The project is being run by the local NHS, Macmillan Cancer | :04:09. | :04:14. | |
Support and Cornwall Council. Cornwall Council has approved plans | :04:14. | :04:17. | |
to build a supermarket on the site of the heliport linking Cornwall to | :04:17. | :04:20. | |
the Isles of Scilly in Penzance. The heliport will relocate to St | :04:20. | :04:22. | |
Erth. British International Helicopters says it will help | :04:22. | :04:29. | |
secure the long-term survival of the service. Torbay's hi-tech | :04:29. | :04:32. | |
industries say they're confident they can provide more jobs in the | :04:32. | :04:35. | |
region. An event has been held in Torquay today aimed at attracting | :04:35. | :04:38. | |
new electronics companies and skilled workers back to the bay. In | :04:38. | :04:41. | |
the past, the closure of companies like Nortel left thousands without | :04:41. | :04:46. | |
jobs. But the companies that sprang up in its wake claim manufacturing | :04:46. | :04:53. | |
is moving away from China and back to places like Paignton. Emma | :04:53. | :04:57. | |
Ruminski reports on how the bay hopes to strengthen one of its more | :04:57. | :05:01. | |
lucrative industries. When Nortel made this man redundant, he set up | :05:01. | :05:08. | |
a new company. He started out in a boat shed and one decade later, it | :05:08. | :05:12. | |
employs 150 staff to manufacture electronics for devices like GPS | :05:12. | :05:17. | |
but tracking and hospital call systems. Many of the old Nortel | :05:17. | :05:23. | |
workers found jobs. They help his firm turnover �17 million each year. | :05:23. | :05:28. | |
This year we have seen a turnaround, more opportunities, certainly a lot | :05:28. | :05:33. | |
of product that we manufacture that would have gone to China and it is | :05:33. | :05:39. | |
coming back to the UK. We are looking to grow to about �30 | :05:39. | :05:44. | |
million in the next five years. Thousands used to work in the high- | :05:44. | :05:48. | |
tech industries in Torbay and today's conference hopes to attract | :05:48. | :05:53. | |
new firms and skilled workers back to the region. Amongst the industry | :05:53. | :05:59. | |
itself, they probably do quite well in making themselves known to the | :05:59. | :06:04. | |
wider world but it isn't such a big story for everyone. And it is about | :06:05. | :06:09. | |
time that Torbay put itself on the not. But with so many public sector | :06:09. | :06:14. | |
jobs due to be cut, can the growing hi-tech industry absorb them? | :06:14. | :06:19. | |
in the day, there are probably not quite as many elements of fall-out | :06:19. | :06:23. | |
in the public sector as in other places. But I am convinced that we | :06:23. | :06:27. | |
can grow our employment in hi-tech areas. There were lots of students | :06:27. | :06:31. | |
at the conference hoping to find out what skills they need for a job | :06:31. | :06:35. | |
in the high-tech industries. would like to go into anything | :06:35. | :06:40. | |
automotive. But anything electrical does interest me. I have an | :06:40. | :06:44. | |
apprenticeship, getting paid to learn, what more could you want? | :06:44. | :06:48. | |
The company is one business keeping highly skilled jobs in South Devon | :06:48. | :06:57. | |
but it is hoped even more will return as the industry grows. | :06:57. | :07:00. | |
Penny-pinching befitting of Scrooge himself or prudent moneysaving in | :07:00. | :07:02. | |
tough times? The sharply divided opinions on the threat to the | :07:02. | :07:06. | |
traditional Christmas lights in one of the south west's cities. | :07:06. | :07:09. | |
Exeter's festive show has now been saved after local businesses staged | :07:09. | :07:14. | |
a last-minute rescue. But a row has developed over who should fund the | :07:14. | :07:24. | |
lights in future. Simon Hall reports. The spectacle of the | :07:24. | :07:28. | |
seasonal switch on brings thousands into Exeter. But this year's | :07:29. | :07:33. | |
Christmas lights were threatened after the council withdrew funding. | :07:33. | :07:37. | |
Now they have been saved by two local businesses. Some get so you | :07:37. | :07:40. | |
will put up the lights and South West Communications will underwrite | :07:40. | :07:47. | |
the cost. Things are tough. I don't have too much sympathy for the | :07:47. | :07:53. | |
council because they pay rates and they keep asking when they go. But | :07:53. | :07:58. | |
you cannot put all the blame on them, their matching the funding | :07:58. | :08:02. | |
that has been raised by the private sector and I think that some of | :08:02. | :08:05. | |
those retailers on the High Street will have a conscience this | :08:05. | :08:09. | |
Christmas. In Exeter there was a mix of views on the decision to | :08:09. | :08:15. | |
withdraw funding for the lights. wasn't overly bothered, to be fair. | :08:15. | :08:19. | |
The lights will be nice. But I don't know why all the shops should | :08:19. | :08:25. | |
pay. I suppose they have to make cuts. Perhaps we don't it so many | :08:25. | :08:29. | |
doubts. Perhaps it can be reduced. Disappointing, it is something that | :08:29. | :08:34. | |
everyone looks forward to so they should keep it coming. These are | :08:34. | :08:39. | |
difficult times, challenging times for the public sector, for public | :08:39. | :08:45. | |
finance. When the city council looked at these issues and asked | :08:45. | :08:48. | |
voters and residents, they said it was right to protect frontline | :08:49. | :08:54. | |
public services against festivals and lights. Other high streets have | :08:54. | :08:57. | |
also seen a threat to their Christmas lights. The issue is the | :08:57. | :09:03. | |
old story. Austerity cuts to council budgets. What delights due | :09:03. | :09:06. | |
to be switched on next month, this roe rut -- this row went to the | :09:06. | :09:10. | |
wire. But the council and traders agree that cannot be allowed to | :09:10. | :09:14. | |
happen again. The spectacle is too important for Exeter. Negotiations | :09:15. | :09:24. | |
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on funding the Christmas lights for 2012 will be again much sooner. | :09:25. | :09:27. | |
England's largest onshore wind farm will start contributing energy to | :09:27. | :09:30. | |
the national grid within the next two weeks. The company behind | :09:30. | :09:33. | |
Fullabrook Wind Farm, based in North Devon, says it will provide | :09:33. | :09:36. | |
enough power for 30,000 homes. There are 22 turbines on the site, | :09:36. | :09:46. | |
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but like all wind farms, it's not been without controversy. Earlier I | :09:47. | :09:50. | |
spoke to Merlin Hyman from Regen South West, the organisation which | :09:50. | :09:53. | |
promotes renewable energy in the region. I asked him what the future | :09:53. | :09:56. | |
holds for large-scale onshore wind farms, bearing in mind how | :09:56. | :10:02. | |
controversial they are. I don't think in this part of the world | :10:02. | :10:07. | |
that we will see very much more in the shape of a large scale onshore | :10:07. | :10:12. | |
wind farms. The resources we have here, the wind resources in Devon | :10:12. | :10:17. | |
and Cornwall, is excellent. But it tends to be in small pockets and | :10:17. | :10:22. | |
what we will see coming forward is smaller groups of turbines, often | :10:22. | :10:26. | |
brought forward by community groups keen to reap the benefits of | :10:26. | :10:31. | |
sustainable energy. The other point that viewers have made is that | :10:31. | :10:34. | |
they're not all of producing electricity. If there is no wind, | :10:34. | :10:39. | |
you will not get electricity? turbines for a very well-proven | :10:39. | :10:44. | |
technology over 20 years. They are deployed successfully across the | :10:44. | :10:50. | |
world so they are an excellent and well proven energy technology. As | :10:50. | :10:53. | |
part of the overall mix of electricity generation. But if he | :10:54. | :10:58. | |
were not expecting any more large- scale development in the south-west, | :10:58. | :11:04. | |
where will the next generation of renewable energy come from? To meet | :11:04. | :11:09. | |
our energy targets and make most use of the resources we have and | :11:09. | :11:14. | |
create local green jobs, we need a range of renewable energy | :11:14. | :11:19. | |
technologies so there is a future for onshore wind and it is very | :11:19. | :11:24. | |
efficient and proven but we would tend to see that in smaller scales. | :11:24. | :11:29. | |
But there are up at -- lots of other technologies, offshore wind, | :11:29. | :11:36. | |
biomass heating has a lot of potential. In replacing oil from on | :11:36. | :11:42. | |
certain parts of the world. And we have power and tidal power. And the | :11:42. | :11:45. | |
Government has said there will be more encouragement for people to | :11:45. | :11:52. | |
invest in things like waves. It has proven difficult to get anyone to | :11:52. | :11:58. | |
plug into this and test it. With this move things forward? We have | :11:58. | :12:04. | |
been coming and the Government for some time. There has to be an equal | :12:04. | :12:08. | |
incentive for companies investing in tidal technology and the rest of | :12:08. | :12:14. | |
the UK as there is in Scotland. This jump in the incentive that the | :12:14. | :12:19. | |
Government will play his answer to vital for the future of the south- | :12:19. | :12:25. | |
west Marine, Energy industry. This is one part of a jigsaw. There will | :12:25. | :12:30. | |
be more to do to help that fledgling industry really take-off | :12:30. | :12:37. | |
but this is an absolutely key step. Thank you very much for joining us. | :12:37. | :12:40. | |
There's poetry on the programme later. The poet laureate has been | :12:40. | :12:43. | |
visiting one of the region's schools. A setback for Jemma | :12:43. | :12:47. | |
Simpson, one of Cornwall's Olympic hopefuls. And the youngsters | :12:47. | :12:49. | |
getting to perform with one of the world's best-known cellists, Julian | :12:49. | :12:59. | |
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Lloyd Webber. Businesses in the South West are being encouraged to | :13:00. | :13:02. | |
use social networking sites to connect with customers. As a | :13:02. | :13:05. | |
leading conference on social and digital media takes place in Exeter, | :13:05. | :13:08. | |
some firms in the region are already using the technology in | :13:08. | :13:16. | |
place of traditional advertising. John Danks reports. This is one | :13:16. | :13:23. | |
film guaranteed to make you hungry. One of a series of recipe videos on | :13:23. | :13:28. | |
Youtube, uploaded by at bakery in Lyme Regis. It is the only thing we | :13:28. | :13:35. | |
do. We don't do advertising. People do not trust advertising. They | :13:35. | :13:41. | |
don't trust leaflets. But people trust their friends. Social BDA is | :13:41. | :13:45. | |
really important. The man who made the film was 21 year-old Steven | :13:45. | :13:49. | |
Banks from Dorset. He is at the like mines conference in Exeter to | :13:49. | :13:54. | |
inspire others. It is important to come along because we have already | :13:54. | :13:59. | |
met to people from the business: Exeter who were sent by the | :13:59. | :14:04. | |
University and it is a fantastic breeding-ground for ideas. Great | :14:05. | :14:10. | |
for networking and you get to meet like minds. The event is in its 4th | :14:10. | :14:14. | |
year and takes place at venues across the city. It attracts major | :14:14. | :14:18. | |
players from the technology industry. Organisers say that half | :14:18. | :14:21. | |
a million people have connected to the conference on Twitter over the | :14:21. | :14:25. | |
previous events. And it is social EDF that is enabling South West | :14:25. | :14:30. | |
firms to do business with some of the biggest brands. Local companies, | :14:30. | :14:35. | |
South West based companies, they're working with Nokia, Orange, Ogilvy, | :14:35. | :14:40. | |
big agencies. Local people can get at work and there can collaborate | :14:40. | :14:44. | |
with other local people because in recession it is vital for business | :14:44. | :14:49. | |
to bloom. The conference continues until Friday and as you would | :14:49. | :14:58. | |
expect, there is plenty more information online... Exeter | :14:58. | :15:02. | |
Chiefs's Sandy Park will miss out on becoming one of the venues for | :15:02. | :15:06. | |
the Rugby World Cup. This despite members supporting plans to make | :15:06. | :15:10. | |
the ground the biggest stadium in the south-west. The cheats, in the | :15:10. | :15:14. | |
second season as a Premiership club, one to turn Sandy Park into the | :15:14. | :15:18. | |
20,000 all-seater ground but still not be selected for the next World | :15:18. | :15:24. | |
Cup, staged in England. Even if he managed in four years to increase | :15:24. | :15:31. | |
the capacity to 20,000, it is unlikely. The decision has already | :15:31. | :15:37. | |
been taken to use some football stadiums around the country because | :15:37. | :15:42. | |
they have higher capacities. Cornwall's international middle | :15:42. | :15:45. | |
distance runner, Jemma Simpson, has received a blow ahead of the 2012 | :15:45. | :15:48. | |
Olympics. The 27 year-old has been told by UK Athletics that she'll no | :15:48. | :15:51. | |
longer be funded by their world- class performance program for next | :15:51. | :15:57. | |
season. Dave Gibbins is here to talk about the implications. Why | :15:58. | :16:03. | |
has she missed out? Two reasons. She has been blighted by injuries | :16:04. | :16:07. | |
throughout the season. And disappointing performances when it | :16:07. | :16:12. | |
has mattered the most. Her preparation work has been excellent, | :16:12. | :16:16. | |
she is a three-times British champion over 800 metres. But when | :16:16. | :16:20. | |
it comes to big tournaments, major competitions, she has let yourself | :16:20. | :16:25. | |
down. She is appealing the decision to and she has been reacting to the | :16:25. | :16:29. | |
news by talking to BBC Radio Cornwall from her training camp in | :16:29. | :16:37. | |
the USA. I feel that justice and entering the years in my life were | :16:37. | :16:40. | |
and developed enough to start performing, they have dropped it. | :16:40. | :16:44. | |
At the last minute. What do you do? You train all your life for this | :16:45. | :16:48. | |
point to be the pinnacle and then they decide, they take your career | :16:48. | :16:51. | |
into their hands and decide your fate for you. So it is kind of | :16:51. | :17:01. | |
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like... It is a blow. Oliver focus has been on 2012, the Olympics. How | :17:03. | :17:10. | |
can she my father? With great difficulty. To rub salt into the | :17:10. | :17:16. | |
wind, her biggest rivals over 800 metres, the British Girls' Jenny | :17:16. | :17:22. | |
Meadows and Marilyn O'Connell, have been funded by UK Athletics. We | :17:22. | :17:26. | |
know that individuals as well as big sporting clubs take money to | :17:26. | :17:31. | |
achieve success. However, to kick- start this, it could kick-start | :17:31. | :17:36. | |
Gemma into proving UK Athletics wrong. We wait to see. We were sure | :17:36. | :17:42. | |
the best. Thank you very much indeed. In this age of texting and | :17:42. | :17:45. | |
tweeting, is there any room left for poetry? According to the poet | :17:45. | :17:49. | |
laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, the answer is a resounding yes. The | :17:49. | :17:52. | |
famous writer has been at a local school today to spread the word. | :17:52. | :17:59. | |
Spotlight's Andrea Ormsby was there. For poetry lovers at the King's | :17:59. | :18:04. | |
School in Ottery Saint Mary, this was like a royal visit. I love you | :18:04. | :18:09. | |
writing so much. Carol Ann Duffy is two-and-a-half years into her ten- | :18:09. | :18:13. | |
year stint as poet Laureate. Her work is now studied as part of the | :18:13. | :18:19. | |
curriculum. I would not be a poet if I had not had fantastic English | :18:19. | :18:23. | |
teachers and engage with poetry from a young age. Along with many | :18:23. | :18:28. | |
other poets in this country, I am passionate about going into schools | :18:28. | :18:32. | |
and reading poems and meeting young students. As well as signing copies | :18:32. | :18:36. | |
of her books, Carol Ann Duffy performed some of her work with the | :18:36. | :18:46. | |
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help of musician, John Samson. APPLAUSE. The visit was organised | :18:52. | :18:57. | |
for the school librarians in this National Poetry Month. It is | :18:57. | :19:02. | |
probably the least understood of the English literature forms that | :19:02. | :19:09. | |
students learn and yet it is so important and it is an opportunity | :19:09. | :19:13. | |
to get children and young people to engage with the written word in a | :19:13. | :19:18. | |
way that is really very special. The rain and snow and fog or | :19:19. | :19:27. | |
something like it. A man on a coal- black course came riding. Fantastic. | :19:27. | :19:31. | |
The new study something a school you are inspired to go out and read | :19:31. | :19:34. | |
more. And then to make that person who has inspired you to look for | :19:34. | :19:40. | |
more literature, it is such a fantastic feeling. When you have | :19:40. | :19:45. | |
studies someone and so much depth, then you get to meet them and | :19:45. | :19:55. | |
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actually talk to her, it is really exciting. I love it. I enter | :20:00. | :20:05. | |
competitions so it's a real inspiration. You can just go along. | :20:06. | :20:10. | |
I love rating. Her poems are just so inspirational and so different | :20:10. | :20:14. | |
to anything else I have read. According to Carol Ann Duffy, this | :20:14. | :20:22. | |
is the century for poetry. Poetry says more about a society that is | :20:22. | :20:27. | |
in a hurry and used to using texts and tweeting. The porn is the | :20:27. | :20:32. | |
perfect literary form for our times. -- pawn. The mission is to inspire | :20:32. | :20:42. | |
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a passion for poetry. It might just have worked. This is a cultural | :20:42. | :20:47. | |
section of the programme. From poetry to music. 50 talented young | :20:48. | :20:50. | |
musicians from the South West are tonight performing with world- | :20:50. | :20:52. | |
famous cellist Julian Lloyd Webber. The teenagers are playing alongside | :20:53. | :20:55. | |
a professional orchestra at Exeter Cathedral as part of the Two Moors | :20:56. | :21:02. | |
Festival. Johnny Rutherford went along to the rehearsal. Beautiful | :21:02. | :21:08. | |
location for beautiful music. Elgar's cello concerto played by 50 | :21:08. | :21:13. | |
schoolchildren amongst professionals, led by Julian Lloyd | :21:13. | :21:21. | |
Webber. It is a fantastic idea. It really brings music all over Devon. | :21:21. | :21:26. | |
It is good for the area. concert is unique, like all 30 | :21:26. | :21:31. | |
musical events held across the festival. This one is a dream maker | :21:31. | :21:37. | |
for the young students. I am very nervous. It means the world to me. | :21:37. | :21:40. | |
I have always dreamed of an opportunity like this, to play with | :21:40. | :21:45. | |
someone as good as Julian Lloyd Webber. Having to perform it at | :21:45. | :21:50. | |
high level, with professional musicians. Because I want to go | :21:50. | :21:57. | |
into this as a career. I want to be professional. Doing it at this age | :21:58. | :22:03. | |
is great. The idea of the festival is to take music to various | :22:03. | :22:07. | |
locations across the murders but also to enthuse young people with | :22:07. | :22:11. | |
classical music. At this time, particularly, it is hugely | :22:11. | :22:16. | |
important for people to have music in their lives. It should be a | :22:16. | :22:20. | |
birthright. Music is a tremendous thing for bringing people together. | :22:20. | :22:25. | |
Especially working in the orchestra, hearing children work at something | :22:25. | :22:30. | |
that is basically bigger than them individually and trying... It is a | :22:31. | :22:34. | |
fantastic building block for teamwork. Unfortunately, the | :22:34. | :22:39. | |
concert is only on this evening at 7:30pm but those in the area, there | :22:39. | :22:49. | |
:22:49. | :22:52. | ||
are some tickets left... Sounding good. Time for the weather. It was | :22:52. | :23:02. | |
a chilly night last night. Not so The temperatures will be higher. We | :23:02. | :23:06. | |
had some fairly low temperatures last night, the lowest was that he | :23:06. | :23:15. | |
Overton, down to freezing, Exeter's three degrees... Tonight, it will | :23:15. | :23:20. | |
not be quite so cold. There is more cloud coming in. We had a good | :23:20. | :23:25. | |
start today. And some sunshine. This was area. We did have some | :23:25. | :23:31. | |
sunshine. And some mist in the valley. We did have some cloud | :23:31. | :23:34. | |
coming in through the morning, spoiling things a little. If you | :23:34. | :23:39. | |
were up early, you would have caught the sunshine. And at this | :23:39. | :23:45. | |
time of year with those early temperatures, it has not really | :23:45. | :23:49. | |
lifted that cold feeling. 13 degrees. These were filmed by | :23:49. | :23:57. | |
Stephen. Some excellent pictures. Let's look at the details. Lots of | :23:58. | :24:01. | |
cloud and the satellite. Coming from the north-west. As we move | :24:01. | :24:05. | |
through the next two days. We have a battle going on, the high | :24:05. | :24:10. | |
pressure with cold weather across the south. That moves steadily | :24:10. | :24:14. | |
eastwards. At the same time, low pressure developing in the middle | :24:14. | :24:22. | |
of the Atlantic. And as those ripples develop across the weather | :24:22. | :24:28. | |
system, the isobars get tighter. This is lunchtime on Saturday. With | :24:28. | :24:30. | |
that weather fronts to the West. That could bring persistent rain as | :24:30. | :24:35. | |
we move into Sunday. This is the feature making it very windy. This | :24:35. | :24:40. | |
low pressure. Banging into the back of the weather system, forcing this | :24:40. | :24:47. | |
front across us. Bringing wind and rain. Saturday is a better day. We | :24:47. | :24:53. | |
have all this cloud coming in. There would be many holes. It is | :24:53. | :24:59. | |
extensive. Overnight, son spots of rain. That is beginning to appear. | :24:59. | :25:03. | |
For the rest of us, some places might get single figures, the | :25:03. | :25:08. | |
further west, the milder. More of a breeze developing in the second | :25:08. | :25:14. | |
half and some shallow missed developing. Here, the lowest | :25:14. | :25:19. | |
temperature, six or seven degrees. For the rest of us, anything up to | :25:19. | :25:24. | |
10 degrees. Through the day tomorrow, it will become cloudy but | :25:24. | :25:29. | |
sunny spells developing through the day. Most likely across parts of | :25:29. | :25:33. | |
north and east Devon as well as across Somerset. The further west, | :25:34. | :25:39. | |
particularly Cornwall, it will stay cloudy. Although that does stay dry | :25:39. | :25:43. | |
and the cloud and more of a breeze will hold temperatures up tonight | :25:43. | :25:46. | |
and with somebody went, they will rise by one degree tomorrow. | :25:46. | :25:53. | |
Possibly as high as 15 degrees for the afternoon. Also becoming breezy. | :25:53. | :25:57. | |
Especially further west. Quite a breeze across the Isles of Scilly. | :25:57. | :26:07. | |
:26:07. | :26:13. | ||
And the odd spot of drizzle. The And for the surfing... It is clean. | :26:13. | :26:20. | |
Three feet. The South Coast becoming choppy. The coastal waters | :26:20. | :26:26. | |
forecasts... That wind is south- westerly. But increasing by late | :26:26. | :26:34. | |
afternoon. Possibly six into the evening. And the weekend. On | :26:34. | :26:38. | |
Saturday, a lot of cloud, somebody and South East Today went. The risk | :26:38. | :26:42. | |
of patchy rain in the far west. But the more persistent rain on Sunday. | :26:42. | :26:48. | |
Not only wet, it could be very windy with gale-force wind from the | :26:48. | :26:52. | |
south and south-east. And that rain stays with us into Monday. Up to 17 | :26:52. | :27:01. | |
degrees on Sunday so milder into the weekend. Thank you. Before we | :27:01. | :27:04. | |
go, a reminder that we're looking for nominations for your Unsung | :27:04. | :27:07. | |
Sporting Hero. Every year, we honour the volunteers who go the | :27:07. | :27:09. | |
extra mile and make a real difference to their communities | :27:09. | :27:12. | |
through sport. There are a few different ways that you can get | :27:12. | :27:16. | |
different ways that you can get hold of a nomination form. You can | :27:16. | :27:19. | |
log onto either your local BBC website or to the Unsung Hero site. | :27:19. | :27:23. |