:00:00. > :00:00.trial, accused of indecent `nd sexual assault and rape. On BBC One
:00:00. > :00:07.we now joined the BBC news teams where you are.
:00:08. > :00:12.Tonight on BBC London News... Claims a decision to stop dredging on the
:00:13. > :00:14.Thames in the '90s made this winter's flooding worse. A former
:00:15. > :00:24.dredger says they warned thd authorities of the risks. They can
:00:25. > :00:27.predict Kingfisher and a bad badger, but they cannot protect people. That
:00:28. > :00:30.is what happened, conservathon overtook flood defences.
:00:31. > :00:33.We'll speak live to the Envhronment Agency. Also tonight... Givd us a
:00:34. > :00:36.second runway and we'll pay your council tax ` Gatwick's compensation
:00:37. > :00:48.offer to residents living under the flight path. It is not going to
:00:49. > :00:52.prevent the noise at all. I just think it is a waste. We havd decided
:00:53. > :00:55.we will move away. Plus the ?100 million bike bonanza `
:00:56. > :01:03.the Mayor outlines who will benefit in the capital.
:01:04. > :01:08.And it is a very blustery d`y here at the top of the BT Tower, but that
:01:09. > :01:11.has not stopped 30 celebrithes and Royal Marines from abseiling down
:01:12. > :01:18.eight. Find out later how they got on.
:01:19. > :01:23.Good evening and welcome to the programme. First tonight ` could
:01:24. > :01:27.dredging the Thames have prdvented some homes from flooding thhs
:01:28. > :01:30.winter? That's been the concern of many residents in towns and villages
:01:31. > :01:33.along the river ` but one that's been dismissed by the Environment
:01:34. > :01:36.Agency. However, BBC London has spoken to former employees with
:01:37. > :01:39.decades of dredging experience, who claim the authorities were warned in
:01:40. > :01:45.the 1990s about the risk of not removing sediment from the Thames.
:01:46. > :01:46.In a moment, we'll speak to the Environment Agency. First, this
:01:47. > :01:59.exclusive report from Gareth Furby. It is a new housing developlent by
:02:00. > :02:02.the Thames in Sunbury. But what is bothering some locals is not that
:02:03. > :02:12.this is in their backyard, but the fact that a large piece of kit is
:02:13. > :02:17.now missing from the yard. Ht was certainly 30`40ft high. Yes.
:02:18. > :02:21.Everybody was sad to see it go because we believed it was `
:02:22. > :02:26.necessity. What he was talkhng about was this, one of the dredgers which
:02:27. > :02:28.used to work up and down thd Thames. But now, the Environment Agdncy yard
:02:29. > :02:36.is changing. The big dredgers have gone, and some people believe the
:02:37. > :02:40.recent floods were made worse because the Thames was not being
:02:41. > :02:45.regularly cleared of silt. @ll throughout the office was a seven
:02:46. > :02:49.inches of water... Johnny used to work as a dredging contract. His
:02:50. > :02:53.property was flooded last month and he has no doubt that if the Thames
:02:54. > :02:57.was still dredged, the flood was not have been as bad. The water levels
:02:58. > :03:02.would have been lower, up to four or five inches difference. That would
:03:03. > :03:05.have saved a lot of properthes. So, how much material was being removed
:03:06. > :03:13.from the Thames before dredging was wound down in the middle of the
:03:14. > :03:21.1990s? BBC London has trackdd down two ex`employees. About 400`500
:03:22. > :03:24.tonnes a day. Kenny was a supervisor. In his career, he thinks
:03:25. > :03:29.he personally shifted 100,000 tonnes, and he remembers well the
:03:30. > :03:36.day his bosses said the rivdr was self dredging. Yes! What was the
:03:37. > :03:44.response?! We just laughed, and said, OK, all right. If that is what
:03:45. > :03:49.you reckon! It has got to go back to the way it was, and it is going to
:03:50. > :03:53.cost millions. Malcolm is a former dredger master. He says somd staff
:03:54. > :03:59.protested, but the policy still went ahead. Now, following the floods, he
:04:00. > :04:04.is angry with his former employers. It is criminal damage, what they
:04:05. > :04:10.have done. Why? Because thex have ignored people. They can protect
:04:11. > :04:16.Kingfisher and a badger, but they cannot protect people. That is what
:04:17. > :04:22.happened, conservation overtook flood defence. The Environmdnt
:04:23. > :04:26.Agency says it was advised by experts, that the scouring dffect of
:04:27. > :04:32.the Thames would remove mord silt than dredging. So, does this work?
:04:33. > :04:36.On the River Wey, tributary of the Thames, we found a man who hs not so
:04:37. > :04:41.sure. What do you think of the idea that a river can be self scouring?
:04:42. > :04:44.Well, I think you can probably see where I am sitting in the mhddle of
:04:45. > :04:49.the river, it is about an inch deep, it does not quite work like they
:04:50. > :04:53.think it might do. Know what we spoke to was too sure about what has
:04:54. > :04:57.happened to the two biggest tragedies. But BBC London h`s
:04:58. > :05:02.tracked down this former Th`mes dredger to a boat yard on the river
:05:03. > :05:11.Medway. And we were told it was sold for about ?20,000. They had a big
:05:12. > :05:19.auction ` barges, tugs, and she was one of them. All she is now is
:05:20. > :05:24.piling barge. It has all gone, yes, which is sad, very sad. The Thames
:05:25. > :05:32.dredging fleet may have gond away, but for some affected by thd
:05:33. > :05:35.floods, the issue hasn't. Wdll, joining us now from Marlow now is
:05:36. > :05:42.Barry Russell from the Environment Agency. We heard there that men with
:05:43. > :05:50.decades of dredging experience say you got it wrong? Well, we recognise
:05:51. > :05:54.that dredging does play a p`rt in the overall mix of flood risk
:05:55. > :05:59.protection. We spend over ?45 million a year on our maintdnance
:06:00. > :06:05.activitiessome of that does include a dredging. But we have got to put
:06:06. > :06:08.things into perspective... Sorry to interrupt, you say it does hnclude
:06:09. > :06:15.dredging, but surely it is not on the same scale as it was thdn, there
:06:16. > :06:22.is no comparison, is there `? Absolutely not. We do dredghng where
:06:23. > :06:25.it is appropriate, and on places in the Somerset Levels, we will be
:06:26. > :06:30.doing dredging as part of the mix of measures there. But on the Thames,
:06:31. > :06:35.we do movement of shoals, and we actually have a need to keep the
:06:36. > :06:39.centre of the river open, for navigation purposes. But drddging in
:06:40. > :06:44.itself is not the solution. Behind us here, you can see the We`r at
:06:45. > :06:46.Marlow, which is a fixed pohnt. You can dredge the river further
:06:47. > :06:51.upstream, and the sediment will still come down, and it will fall
:06:52. > :06:55.into the areas you have cre`ted So, it is not the solution. In the
:06:56. > :07:02.floods we have just had, we have more water coming down then in 894
:07:03. > :07:08.and 1947 combined. There were less properties flooded this timd than in
:07:09. > :07:12.1947, and dredging was undertaken in 1947 extensively. In which case the
:07:13. > :07:17.poor are not convinced, bec`use residents we have spoken to over the
:07:18. > :07:21.past weeks and months believe that the lack of dredging was in some way
:07:22. > :07:24.to blame, and we heard from two people there with years and years of
:07:25. > :07:31.experience, so you are not convincing people? Absolutely.
:07:32. > :07:34.Everyone has a view. I have got 24 years of experience of workhng on
:07:35. > :07:38.the River Thames, so I have seen it going through all of the ch`nges
:07:39. > :07:42.from when we did dredging, to how we manage the river now. She volume of
:07:43. > :07:48.water that we have had has been way beyond what we have seen before
:07:49. > :07:51.There are opportunities for reducing the risk of flooding, but it is not
:07:52. > :07:56.through dredging. It is through putting in schemes such as the
:07:57. > :08:04.Jubilee river, further upstream and continuing that down. Is it an issue
:08:05. > :08:09.of cost? It is not. It is actually about, what is right for thd
:08:10. > :08:15.locations. We have a scheme down on the lower part of the Thames, the
:08:16. > :08:19.River Thames scheme, ?256 mhllion, to provide flood risk reduction to
:08:20. > :08:25.15,000 properties. That is the long`term solution. Dredging is a
:08:26. > :08:29.very short`term solution. Dtring low flows, during drought situations,
:08:30. > :08:33.sediment coming down will fhll those holes very quickly and we whll be
:08:34. > :08:37.back to square one again. It is not a cost`effective long`term solution,
:08:38. > :08:47.which is why we want to work with partners to provide that long`term
:08:48. > :08:49.solution. We must leave it there. Coming up later in the programme...
:08:50. > :08:52.The parking firm which forcdd over`67s from their jobs after
:08:53. > :08:58.initially claiming it couldn't get them insurance cover.
:08:59. > :09:03.Thousands of households affdcted by noise from a possible second runway
:09:04. > :09:08.at Gatwick are to be given ?1,0 0 a year in compensation if it's built.
:09:09. > :09:11.The airport's operator promhses to offer annual compensation to around
:09:12. > :09:16.4,000 households that would be the most severely affected. Somd have
:09:17. > :09:26.described the move as "little more than a bribe". Sarah Smith reports.
:09:27. > :09:31.Gatwick has long been a noisy neighbour to Langley Green, and
:09:32. > :09:34.resident of 30 years Ian Whxte is not impressed at the compensation on
:09:35. > :09:40.offer. You get used to living with it over the years, but with another
:09:41. > :09:47.one, it is going to be bringing ?1000 a year will not help? Not at
:09:48. > :09:51.all. What is ?1000 going to do? They are not going to come around and put
:09:52. > :09:56.new windows in my house to stop the noise. The ?1000 would go to council
:09:57. > :10:01.taxpayers in areas likely to have noise levels up to 57 decibdl is,
:10:02. > :10:07.which is said to equate to standing next to a washing machine on spin
:10:08. > :10:11.cycle. We are reacting to qtestions which have been put to us bx people
:10:12. > :10:14.who want to understand how we could minimise the impact of a second
:10:15. > :10:20.runway. We see that compens`tion is one part of that. In this vhllage,
:10:21. > :10:23.campaigners have long spoken out against airport noise. They are
:10:24. > :10:28.outside the compensation arda, they say it would not have worked
:10:29. > :10:33.anyway. Is ?1000 compensation for the complete change in the
:10:34. > :10:37.infrastructure, schools, thd hospitals, doctors surgeries,
:10:38. > :10:42.traffic on the roads, peopld will experience in the community? It is
:10:43. > :10:45.not. You cannot just give somebody ?1000 because they live on one side
:10:46. > :10:54.of the road or the other, to deal with a noise problem. It dods not
:10:55. > :10:59.work that way. You cannot t`ke away people's statutory nuisance rights.
:11:00. > :11:06.Some, though, are happy with nobody is going to say no to that. So, yes,
:11:07. > :11:12.if that was there, on the b`ck of having the second runway, then, why
:11:13. > :11:17.not? Many businesses believd airport expansion is crucial, and G`twick is
:11:18. > :11:21.desperate to be chosen when it makes its recommendations next ye`r. If it
:11:22. > :11:29.does, the second runway would open around ten years later. And Sarah's
:11:30. > :11:34.at Gatwick now. How does thd airport think this offer will help hts
:11:35. > :11:38.chances of getting a second runway? Well, they say they are doing it
:11:39. > :11:42.because they are listening to local people, but they do not think it
:11:43. > :11:45.would do any harm for the ahrports commission to hear them sayhng they
:11:46. > :11:49.can afford to do this. Becatse actually, relatively few people live
:11:50. > :11:54.near here. Unlike Heathrow, their main competitor. It is so ddnsely
:11:55. > :11:58.populated around there. It would be cripplingly expensive to do
:11:59. > :12:03.something like this, and it would only cost about ?4 million ` year
:12:04. > :12:06.for Gatwick to do this, which would be peanuts compared with wh`t they
:12:07. > :12:10.would expect to make from a second runway. This comes just before what
:12:11. > :12:14.is being described as a first summit on airport noise, which is being
:12:15. > :12:21.held tomorrow at City Hall with the Mayor of London in attendance.
:12:22. > :12:27.The Home Secretary has told MPs that every effort will be made to make
:12:28. > :12:30.sure the truth comes out about the conduct of the police following the
:12:31. > :12:32.murder of Stephen Lawrence. A report looking at the way Stephen's murder
:12:33. > :12:35.was investigated revealed that officers had spied on the f`mily.
:12:36. > :12:38.Theresa May also suggested ht will be difficult to find out who was
:12:39. > :12:40.responsible after the review found that the Met had shredded kdy
:12:41. > :12:47.evidence in 2003. A witness in the trial of a man
:12:48. > :12:49.accused of murdering PC Keith Blakelock in 1985 during thd
:12:50. > :12:53.Broadwater Farm riots says he saw the defendant carrying a knhfe in a
:12:54. > :12:56.group of people who were surrounding the officer. PC Blakelock w`s
:12:57. > :12:59.stabbed to death as he tried to protect firefighters. Our special
:13:00. > :13:01.correspondent Kurt Barling has been in court and joins us from the Old
:13:02. > :13:18.Bailey. John Brown was the pseudonyl of the
:13:19. > :13:21.witness, who said that back in 985, he saw Nicky Jacobs with a lachete
:13:22. > :13:28.chopping at PC Keith Blakelock. He was one of the group that ctts down
:13:29. > :13:34.that officer. He said that `t the time, he was an 18`year`old or
:13:35. > :13:38.19`year`old. He had come onto the estate at about eight o'clock at
:13:39. > :13:45.night. The evidence he was giving in court today was part of a statement
:13:46. > :13:48.that he gave to the police hn 1 92. He had given several previots
:13:49. > :13:53.statements to the police, and the defence counsel today was that some
:13:54. > :13:58.pains to try to test the evhdence that he had given to the cotrt about
:13:59. > :14:03.what he did. Remember, this witness said that he personally kicked PC
:14:04. > :14:09.Blakelock ten times, but th`t he was not a stabber, he was somebody who
:14:10. > :14:15.had only kicked him. He said Nicky Jacobs was one of the stabbdrs. But
:14:16. > :14:21.when he was asked why he had implicated in an earlier st`tement
:14:22. > :14:25.in 1986 three of his close friends, and not Nicky Jacobs, he sahd he
:14:26. > :14:30.could not say. He was asked about PC Blakelock, and whether PC Blakelock
:14:31. > :14:35.had been running towards thd crowd, and he said, yes, he had. As he had
:14:36. > :14:40.won towards the crowd, he ttrned around, and that is when thd crowd
:14:41. > :14:44.set upon him. Interestingly, that is where the recollection of the police
:14:45. > :14:49.officers who were with PC Blakelock at the time differ with those of
:14:50. > :14:54.this particular witness. Thhs witness said, the reason thdre is a
:14:55. > :15:00.discrepancy between his statement in 1986 and the other one was that ..
:15:01. > :15:13.Nicky Jacobs denies murder. Eight London boroughs are to receive
:15:14. > :15:15.a share of ?100 million to become more cycle friendly. Kingston,
:15:16. > :15:19.Enfield and Waltham Forest will get up to ?30 million each to hdlp turn
:15:20. > :15:23.them into what the Mayor describes as mini`Hollands". Another five
:15:24. > :15:26.boroughs will get less monex but are still said to have exceptional"
:15:27. > :15:27.ideas for cyclists. With more details here's our Transport
:15:28. > :15:40.Correspondent, Tom Edwards. Kingston, Enfield, Waltham forest.
:15:41. > :15:44.Three boroughs getting up to ?3 million of mayoral money for cycling
:15:45. > :15:48.projects. What we want is to make it friendlier for people that `re maybe
:15:49. > :15:52.a bit hesitant for cycling, get them on bikes and give them the
:15:53. > :15:56.confidence they need. Is it enough? It is certainly enough to gdt it
:15:57. > :16:00.going, you can never spend dnough on this but clearly this is a
:16:01. > :16:04.beginning. This is the most eye`catching, a boardwalk for bikes
:16:05. > :16:11.in Kingston. The theory is to target the funding, which means thdre are
:16:12. > :16:15.losers and winners. An outbreak of harmony at City Hall between
:16:16. > :16:19.councillors and the Mayor, ht seems a bit unusual? I think we all have
:16:20. > :16:22.the same vision for cycling, particularly in Outer London. We
:16:23. > :16:29.don't have the tubes, so we need to make the most of the buses, the rail
:16:30. > :16:31.networks, walking and cycling. All new investment in cycling
:16:32. > :16:34.infrastructure is to be welcomed. Or is in London want to get people out
:16:35. > :16:47.of their cars, get people hdalthier and decrease congestion. Thd
:16:48. > :16:52.councils that missed out will get ?10 million between them to develop
:16:53. > :16:56.their proposals. What we nedd as examples. We all get examplds. If
:16:57. > :17:02.you can do it in a small sp`ce, in part of a city, in a whole city and
:17:03. > :17:07.say, we can do it in the UK, it gives everybody else confiddnce to
:17:08. > :17:10.change. I think, really, it's a massive opportunity. If we can do it
:17:11. > :17:16.in London, the rest of the country will follow. The real test now, say
:17:17. > :17:17.campaigners, will be if these projects deliver safe streets where
:17:18. > :17:29.anyone can cycle. Still to come: Stepping out for a
:17:30. > :17:36.good cause. Find out why celebrities are abseiling down a very t`ll
:17:37. > :17:39.London landmark. Former workers at an airport parking
:17:40. > :17:41.company are awaiting compensation after the company accepted liability
:17:42. > :17:46.in their claim of age discrimination. In June 2012 Purple
:17:47. > :17:52.Parking dismissed its drivers over the age of 67, saying it cotldn t
:17:53. > :17:55.get insurance for them. But after the insurance company proved that
:17:56. > :17:58.wasn't the case, the companx was ordered to pay damages. Katharine
:17:59. > :18:03.Carpenter's been following the story. It sounds like this tribunal
:18:04. > :18:05.heard two different versions of events A former Leyton Orient
:18:06. > :18:12.defender who was jailed for intimidating a
:18:13. > :18:17.They were told they were dismissed because the company couldn't get
:18:18. > :18:30.insurance for them because of the Heineken of claims for older
:18:31. > :18:32.drivers. They gave the same information to the tribunal. They
:18:33. > :18:37.then went directly to the insurers and they went to ask for thd
:18:38. > :18:41.documents. They told a diffdrent story. According to Alliancd
:18:42. > :18:49.Insurance they had been askdd by Purple Parking to exclude the older
:18:50. > :18:55.drivers. An invoice confirms this. It says, we discussed an upper age
:18:56. > :19:00.restriction on the policy. We would like this to be applied frol the
:19:01. > :19:04.30th of June 2012, with drivers aged 67 and above exclude it frol cover.
:19:05. > :19:09.It seemed like the company wanted different treatment for man`gement.
:19:10. > :19:13.It went on to say, we do nedd to insure that the directors and
:19:14. > :19:17.spouses are included over this age. It's not clear why they wanted this
:19:18. > :19:20.clause in the policy, but it ended up conceding liability. The workers
:19:21. > :19:23.have won their case. The unhon representing some of them h`s
:19:24. > :19:30.described how this has made them feel. The drivers have given loyal
:19:31. > :19:35.service to Purple Parking and they were shocked when they were told
:19:36. > :19:40.they were going to be summarily dismissed, in effect. They `re
:19:41. > :19:44.disappointed, they are disgtsted they have had to go through a court
:19:45. > :19:51.in this country, to actuallx reach justice. So, what happens now?
:19:52. > :19:55.Purple Parking has to pay compensation to the 21 workdrs that
:19:56. > :19:58.brought the action. The dam`ges are going to be higher than thex might
:19:59. > :20:01.have been because they are known as aggravated damages, the typds of
:20:02. > :20:04.damages awarded in cases whdre the respondent has acted in what is
:20:05. > :20:09.called a high`handed or oppressive manner. We should hear more about
:20:10. > :20:11.this when the tribunal gives its written judgement. As for Ptrple
:20:12. > :20:16.Parking, we have heard very little from them. They say the company
:20:17. > :20:19.conceded liability and we'll talk more about the award is madd and
:20:20. > :20:25.consider its position when ht gets this written judgement.
:20:26. > :20:31.It may seem an unlikely way to deal with the issue of immigration in
:20:32. > :20:34.London, but one Italian choreographer has decided to express
:20:35. > :20:36.his views through dance. Border Tales looks at multi`cultur`lism in
:20:37. > :20:38.the capital. Our Arts Correspondent Brenda Emmanus went to see the cast
:20:39. > :20:46.in action. Luca Silvestrini is an Italhan`born
:20:47. > :20:48.choreographer who has lived and worked in the capital for over a
:20:49. > :20:54.decade. Through his company, Protein, he
:20:55. > :21:01.creates original dance theatre that examines human relationships. His
:21:02. > :21:05.latest subject, multicultur`lism. For me, it's an easy way of bringing
:21:06. > :21:16.something topical or timely, or relevant to people, to make a dance
:21:17. > :21:21.show about it. However, it's not that easy because it's a very
:21:22. > :21:23.delicate subject. Border Tales was inspired by his own research and
:21:24. > :21:28.workshops with refugees, asxlum seekers and other people from
:21:29. > :21:30.diverse backgrounds. Their experiences and opinions were used
:21:31. > :21:36.to produce this work, exploring multicultural living. If we just
:21:37. > :21:40.came across with our own stories, we'd make up what we thought would
:21:41. > :21:43.be interesting. So, it was dssential that we have this first`hand account
:21:44. > :21:54.from other refugees and all the interviews that Luca had done. No!
:21:55. > :21:57.Don't take my job! I think ht's an experience, as opposed to bding
:21:58. > :22:00.entertained or just coming to a show and going, "Well, that was nice now
:22:01. > :22:02.we'll go home." It's somethhng you come to and you're left with
:22:03. > :22:10.questions and challenges, to stimulate ideas. From this
:22:11. > :22:14.experience, how has changed, or has it changed your perception of
:22:15. > :22:18.multiculturalism in the caphtal My idea of multiculturalism through
:22:19. > :22:21.this piece hasn't really ch`nged. Ultimately, I think there's this
:22:22. > :22:31.unsolved and difficult to explain feeling about displacement. In the
:22:32. > :22:33.show, we're playing with it. Border Tales runs at The Place unthl the
:22:34. > :22:42.15th of March. It's only the third time anxone has
:22:43. > :22:45.been allowed to abseil down the BT Tower. And today it was for a good
:22:46. > :22:47.cause. Celebrities and Royal Marines teamed up to help raise mondy for
:22:48. > :23:01.Sport Relief. At 189 metres high, the BT Tower has
:23:02. > :23:07.graced the London skyline for 4 years. But today was only the third
:23:08. > :23:12.time it stores have open for anyone to abseil down it. 30 celebrities,
:23:13. > :23:20.Royal Marines and charity abseil is joined forces to raise monex for
:23:21. > :23:24.Sport Relief and the Royal Larines Charity Trust Fund. One famhliar
:23:25. > :23:34.face was their grills, who `dmitted the city was not his comfort zone.
:23:35. > :23:39.`` Bear Grylls. Era I feel better in mountains and jungles than big
:23:40. > :23:42.cities. You can't be I don't think you are human if you don't look down
:23:43. > :23:47.and feel a little flutter in your heart. I'm definitely nervots. On a
:23:48. > :23:51.clear day, we are told you can see as far as the QE2 bridge. It's a
:23:52. > :23:58.little bit hazy, but it's still a stunning Panorama of London.
:23:59. > :24:03.Albeit, on this very blustery day, the daunting if you are going over
:24:04. > :24:07.the edge. Era the wind pickdd up, I had a fire and the building, so
:24:08. > :24:11.that's a bit nicer. They st`rted singing on their way down, H was
:24:12. > :24:20.thinking, I don't want this to be a tragedy! The likes of Helen Skelton
:24:21. > :24:25.were assisted and advised bx the Marines. There was quite an uneasy
:24:26. > :24:31.silence on the lift. But thdy all got over the edge quite happily Do
:24:32. > :24:34.the Marines get scared of hdights? I'm not too fazed, but we do have a
:24:35. > :24:42.couple of metres of safety before the edge. I do get shaky legs only
:24:43. > :24:43.get to the edge. Even you? Dven me! The big weekend starts on the 3 st
:24:44. > :24:52.of March. Time for the weather. After a
:24:53. > :24:56.gorgeous day yesterday, what is the week looking like?
:24:57. > :25:00.We'll start with that gorgeous day, I think we should relive it again. A
:25:01. > :25:05.few people out and about enjoying themselves. It was like sumler. This
:25:06. > :25:08.is Greenwich Park. 21 degreds at Gravesend. The blue skies are
:25:09. > :25:16.replicated right across London. This is how it was setting over Hampstead
:25:17. > :25:20.Heath. This week it will relain dry and calm. You've probably already
:25:21. > :25:24.noticed it's a bit cooler. That is thanks to the fact there was this
:25:25. > :25:27.little cold front introducing some cloud. Also, the position of the
:25:28. > :25:31.high pressure means the bredzes coming from an easterly dirdction.
:25:32. > :25:35.That's a non`2 warmer area for a breeze to come from at this time of
:25:36. > :25:39.year. Today, we got to 12 or 13 Similar tomorrow as well. The one
:25:40. > :25:43.benefit of that cloud today is that it will not be quite as cold
:25:44. > :25:46.overnight tonight. We'll hang on to the breeze coming from a
:25:47. > :25:49.north`easterly direction. Underneath the cloud, we will have temperatures
:25:50. > :25:53.holding up at about four five Celsius. While there are sole parts
:25:54. > :25:57.of the country that will turn frosty tonight, it will not be for others
:25:58. > :26:01.in the south`east. We start the day tomorrow with that cloud around To
:26:02. > :26:05.be honest, it doesn't look like we are going to get much brightness,
:26:06. > :26:07.particularly the further sotth east you go. We will have this breeze
:26:08. > :26:13.continuing from the north`e`st. That will make it feel a little bit
:26:14. > :26:15.nippy. There is coming in from the north, which means part of
:26:16. > :26:20.Buckinghamshire might see some brightness by the end of thd day.
:26:21. > :26:24.Temperatures will struggle hs the cloud `` underneath the clotd. The
:26:25. > :26:29.sunshine will be back midwedk. Looks like we will have some lovely
:26:30. > :26:30.sunshine on Wednesday. Even Thursday and Friday will have some stnny
:26:31. > :26:37.spells. Generally, dry and calm The main headlines now: Emergency
:26:38. > :26:40.teams looking for the Malaysian Airlines jet which disappeared on
:26:41. > :26:44.its way to Beijing have extdnded the search area. No trace of thd Boeing
:26:45. > :26:53.777, which was carrying 239 people, has been found despite a three day
:26:54. > :26:57.search. Two former dredgers claim that last month's flooding `cross
:26:58. > :27:01.the Thames was made worse bx not removing sediment from the river,
:27:02. > :27:04.something that the Environmdnt Agency denies. That's it, I'll be
:27:05. > :27:07.back with the latest during the 10 O'Clock News. Thanks very mtch for
:27:08. > :27:10.watching, have a lovely evening Goodbye.