:00:00. > :00:07.British military personnel are sent back to Afghanistan's Helmand
:00:08. > :00:16.There's been fierce fighting around Sangin -
:00:17. > :00:23.where Afghan forces are trying to hold back the Taliban advance.
:00:24. > :00:29.We will support and help Afghan security forces but not participate
:00:30. > :00:31.in the military operations. The Union flag was lowered
:00:32. > :00:33.in Helmand last year after 13 More than 100 British soldiers had
:00:34. > :00:37.died in the fight for Sangin. We'll be talking to two
:00:38. > :00:40.families who lost loved ones about their feelings on the latest
:00:41. > :00:42.fighting that's erupted. More heavy rain brings more flooding
:00:43. > :00:46.misery for parts of Cumbria Over-indulging - a sharp rise
:00:47. > :00:50.in the number of people being treated in hospital
:00:51. > :00:52.for alcohol poisoning. Malala Yousafzai joins forces
:00:53. > :00:56.with a Syrian refugee in Britain as they continue to fight for girls
:00:57. > :01:00.right to education And why land on the roof when you
:01:01. > :01:04.can take the stairs - why a couple of reindeer took
:01:05. > :01:07.a detour to Wiltshire. The Forth Road Bridge
:01:08. > :01:11.will re-open to all vehicles A service of commemoration,
:01:12. > :01:18.one year on from the Glasgow bin Good evening and welcome
:01:19. > :01:42.to the BBC News at 6. British military personnel have been
:01:43. > :01:44.deployed to Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan,
:01:45. > :01:46.after reports that the Taliban is close to taking
:01:47. > :01:49.the key town of Sangin. Heavy fighting is continuing there,
:01:50. > :01:51.with Afghan soldiers trying The Ministry of Defence said
:01:52. > :01:56.personnel are there to advise UK combat operations in Afghanistan
:01:57. > :02:01.ended officially last year. More than 450 British personnel died
:02:02. > :02:07.during the 13-year conflict - with the heaviest losses suffered
:02:08. > :02:22.in and around Sangin. Across Helmand province, Afghan
:02:23. > :02:32.troops are fighting to hold on as the Taliban advance. For years,
:02:33. > :02:42.British and American troops tried to pacify this area. Now the Afghan
:02:43. > :02:46.troops are struggling, particularly in Sangin. Nine years ago it was
:02:47. > :02:51.British troops who were deployed to Sangin to fight off the Taliban. A
:02:52. > :03:00.small contingent of British soldiers have returned to advise these
:03:01. > :03:06.forces. Group have been deployed to Helmand province, they will support
:03:07. > :03:12.and help Afghan forces as advisers and not participate in the military
:03:13. > :03:18.operations. The fate of Sangin has huge significance for Afghanistan
:03:19. > :03:24.but also Britain. It lies in the north, on a printable supply route.
:03:25. > :03:29.It is a centre for the opium trade and is close to a major highway.
:03:30. > :03:36.Sangin was the deadliest part of Helmand province for British force
:03:37. > :03:43.is who fought the Taliban between 2006 and 2014. Almost a quarter of
:03:44. > :03:49.the deaths were as a result of action in Sangin. Some experts fear
:03:50. > :04:00.that everything which was fought for hangs in the balance. I think you
:04:01. > :04:06.can give up on hopes for a political solution if Sangin collapses. But if
:04:07. > :04:10.they do manage to hold on to them, those voices in the movement telling
:04:11. > :04:18.their own leader that it is time to talk, time to agree how to run the
:04:19. > :04:27.country, will get louder. The Taliban have many faces. Some are
:04:28. > :04:30.hardline jihadis. Threatening President Obama in this video ahead
:04:31. > :04:37.of suicide attacks which killed many Afghans. The Afghan National Army
:04:38. > :04:43.has suffered huge losses trying to stand on its own, lacking the close
:04:44. > :04:47.air support which British forces once relied upon. When Britain
:04:48. > :04:51.withdrew almost all forces a year ago it was a political gamble which
:04:52. > :04:55.is now being put to the test. Peace talks with the Taliban could open
:04:56. > :04:57.the way forward for Afghanistan but an Afghan military collapse would be
:04:58. > :05:00.felt far beyond its borders. Most of the British men and women
:05:01. > :05:03.who lost their lives during the Afghan conflict died
:05:04. > :05:05.in Sangin and neighbouring Helmand Our Special Correspondent Lucy
:05:06. > :05:08.Manning has the story of two families - whose loved ones
:05:09. > :05:22.were killed in Helmand. James died 7.5 years ago. The grief
:05:23. > :05:27.never leaves you. Bans corporal James Bateman was killed in
:05:28. > :05:33.Afghanistan. For his widow, the pain never goes but what has returned is
:05:34. > :05:38.questions about what he died for. His life was not in vain, his
:05:39. > :05:42.efforts were not in vain, I fully support him and what the Armed
:05:43. > :05:49.Forces do, but unfortunately through some bad choices made by people, his
:05:50. > :05:53.death could have been in vain. The funerals have passed but for the
:05:54. > :05:58.families, the Taliban's resurgence is hard to bear. This almost takes
:05:59. > :06:02.me back to the time when it happened. You've had this life
:06:03. > :06:08.sentence imposed on you, losing the person you were meant to spend the
:06:09. > :06:13.rest of your life with, and now for you to know that the death did not
:06:14. > :06:17.mean anything, was not for any particular purpose, now the whole
:06:18. > :06:25.world sees it. As we've come back full circle, I do believe we are
:06:26. > :06:30.owed an explanation. The families of the fallen, if they wish it, are
:06:31. > :06:35.entitled to have the reasons explained as to what happened and
:06:36. > :06:39.why we are back here. Every year, those who fought in Afghanistan and
:06:40. > :06:46.those who lost sons and daughters come to the Cenotaph to remember
:06:47. > :06:52.them. The families are united in their never-ending loss but also
:06:53. > :06:58.their pride. But they differ somewhat on whether it was all worth
:06:59. > :07:03.it. Tom was 24 when he was killed in Helmand province six years ago. I
:07:04. > :07:06.don't think it was in vain. It might have shown that we wanted to change
:07:07. > :07:11.things for the better and we were not going to stand by and let the
:07:12. > :07:17.Taliban takeover. With the Taliban threatening to take over again, do
:07:18. > :07:24.those who lost the most feel the British presence changed little? I
:07:25. > :07:28.don't think it was a waste of time. Look at the forces that were
:07:29. > :07:33.deployed from all round the world to try and help suppress the Taliban
:07:34. > :07:37.and educate everybody. Just two of more than 450 British soldiers who
:07:38. > :07:41.died fighting, yet the Taliban have returned.
:07:42. > :07:43.The number of people going to hospital in England
:07:44. > :07:45.because of alcohol poisoning has doubled in six years,
:07:46. > :07:49.with many more young women aged between 15 and 19 being admitted
:07:50. > :07:51.often after binge-drinking on a night out - according
:07:52. > :07:57.Emergency admissions - due to long-term damage caused
:07:58. > :08:00.by alcohol, such as liver disease - were highest among men aged
:08:01. > :08:06.Overall - drinking levels in the UK have fallen -
:08:07. > :08:08.but worryingly those who do drink seem to be consuming more
:08:09. > :08:17.Our Health Editor Hugh Pym joins us now.
:08:18. > :08:25.Yes, of course, millions of people every week have a drink or two in a
:08:26. > :08:29.pub or bar and do it perfectly responsibly but it seems the small
:08:30. > :08:33.minority who don't are now causing problems for hospitals. One head of
:08:34. > :08:37.an emergency department told me last week had been ghastly because of the
:08:38. > :08:47.fallout from the Christmas party drinking season. You cannot do that,
:08:48. > :08:53.my dear. Filmed through a police camera. Alcohol clearly causing
:08:54. > :08:59.trouble in the streets in the run-up to Christmas. It is not just the
:09:00. > :09:04.challenge for the police. Today's figures show how much of a problem
:09:05. > :09:08.drunkenness has become for already busy accident and emergency
:09:09. > :09:11.departments. At one city Centre Hospital leading consultant said it
:09:12. > :09:15.was getting worse every year. We have busy emergency departments but
:09:16. > :09:24.the addition of a group of patients of whom the main problem is acute
:09:25. > :09:29.alcohol poisoning makes it a very unpleasant place to work. Hospital
:09:30. > :09:33.staff are not just dealing with binge drinkers. The report also
:09:34. > :09:38.shows the number with longer term alcohol problems admitted to
:09:39. > :09:43.hospital has risen rapidly. It cost me a marriage, at home, the lot of
:09:44. > :09:49.my children. Matthew, not his real name, is a recovering alcoholic. He
:09:50. > :09:56.remembers frequently ending up in hospital. Sometimes I went myself,
:09:57. > :10:02.sometimes I injured myself by falling, stumbling. Sometimes I was
:10:03. > :10:06.taken, I remember my family, friends, other times I woke up in
:10:07. > :10:13.hospital. I did not know how I got there. With major hospitals feeling
:10:14. > :10:16.the strain of dealing with patients suffering from alcohol related
:10:17. > :10:20.problems, the question remains, what is happening at Westminster? The
:10:21. > :10:24.government says it has cut down on sales of very low price drink but
:10:25. > :10:31.some campaigners say more needs to be done. There have been demands for
:10:32. > :10:35.minimum unit pricing for alcoholic drinks. The Scottish Government
:10:36. > :10:39.wants to do that but was challenged in court by the drinks industry. It
:10:40. > :10:44.has gone all the way to the European Court and the key judgment is
:10:45. > :10:47.expected tomorrow. It will be watched closely around the UK.
:10:48. > :10:50.Some homes and businesses in Cumbria are flooding for the third time this
:10:51. > :10:54.The River Eden has burst its banks in the village of Appleby.
:10:55. > :11:02.Our correspondent Ed Thomas is there.
:11:03. > :11:12.This is the River Eden, and all this is the last thing people wanted to
:11:13. > :11:22.see here. This is one of the main streets through this small town. The
:11:23. > :11:26.water has reclaimed this land, and not for the first time. Inspector
:11:27. > :11:30.Neil Thompson, thank you for taking time out to speak to us. It was only
:11:31. > :11:36.yesterday you were speaking to Prince Charles, now all this again.
:11:37. > :11:40.Correct. Sadly we are back here with more flooding in Appleby. There have
:11:41. > :11:48.been 30 houses damaged and about five people rescued from premises.
:11:49. > :11:51.Very quickly, what is the advice for people across Cumbria tonight? I
:11:52. > :11:58.would advise people to adhere to road closure signs, we have had
:11:59. > :12:03.vehicles start, to think about their journeys, are they necessary, and to
:12:04. > :12:07.remain safe. Thank you for talking to us. We have time to show you some
:12:08. > :12:12.pictures of what was happening in daylight. This should be the River
:12:13. > :12:18.Eden bursting its banks, flooding the town. This was after the
:12:19. > :12:23.torrential rain that fell here and it fell really quickly. Nobody here
:12:24. > :12:30.was expecting this to happen. But 30 homes have been damaged here. Sadly,
:12:31. > :12:35.not for the first time, I'm so sorry it has happened to you guys again.
:12:36. > :12:39.That's your house there. Were you expecting any of this? We thought
:12:40. > :12:44.there was a probability with the volume of rain that has fallen in
:12:45. > :12:48.the last 24 hours, the land in the surrounding area has not managed to
:12:49. > :12:54.get rid of the water. There is no absorption left in it. At seven this
:12:55. > :12:59.morning we got the text message from the Environment Agency, we got to
:13:00. > :13:04.work and were advised there might be around a foot of water. It did come
:13:05. > :13:08.but it was followed by a lot more. Charlotte, very quickly, how are you
:13:09. > :13:13.going to cope with all of this in the run-up to Christmas? We will
:13:14. > :13:18.just get back to cleaning up, it is what we do. You cannot give in.
:13:19. > :13:24.You've got to get back on top. It leaves a mess. There is going to be
:13:25. > :13:28.hard work. But what do you do? Thank you for saving time to speak to us.
:13:29. > :13:32.That is the view from Appleby. Streets are flooded and many people
:13:33. > :13:33.are hoping the worst has been done and these waters will quickly
:13:34. > :13:37.recede. There was a sharp rise in Government
:13:38. > :13:40.borrowing last month compared to this time last year,
:13:41. > :13:43.it was up 10% at ?14.2 billion. With four months to go until April,
:13:44. > :13:45.borrowing has now almost reached the total amount the Chancellor had
:13:46. > :13:48.planned for the whole But the Treasury says the big rise
:13:49. > :13:52.is down to "one-off factors" as our business editor,
:13:53. > :14:07.Kamal Ahmed, reports. It's that time of year when we maybe
:14:08. > :14:13.spend a bit too much and which we earned a bit more. It is feeling the
:14:14. > :14:15.same for the Treasury after today's public finance figures, Whiteley
:14:16. > :14:22.described as disappointing. Borrowing was up, spending was up,
:14:23. > :14:26.and some big bills to the European Union and the World Bank were due.
:14:27. > :14:33.It is a long way from this moment, George Osborne insisting public
:14:34. > :14:41.finances were in robust shape. Fixing the roof when the sun is
:14:42. > :14:45.shining. If the Chancellor was hoping for Christmas cheer from the
:14:46. > :14:50.borrowing figures, those hopes have not been fulfilled. Last month the
:14:51. > :14:56.government set up borrowing target of ?68.9 billion, which it said it
:14:57. > :15:02.would hit by April of next year. Last month it announced it had
:15:03. > :15:09.already borrowed ?54.3 billion and that number has increased
:15:10. > :15:13.substantially to ?66.9 billion. That means for the next four months, the
:15:14. > :15:16.government can only borrow ?2 billion more if it is to hit that
:15:17. > :15:19.target. November's figures were
:15:20. > :15:22.extremely disappointing. Borrowing was higher than economists
:15:23. > :15:24.had expected and higher than last Although things should start
:15:25. > :15:28.to improve over the next few months they would have to improve by a lot
:15:29. > :15:32.in order for him to meet his target This time last year,
:15:33. > :15:35.the banks were helping paying out ?1 The man who passes judgment
:15:36. > :15:40.on the Government's finances and spending on schools,
:15:41. > :15:42.hospitals and our pensions said We think there are a number
:15:43. > :15:50.of reasons to expect the fall in the deficit to be larger over
:15:51. > :15:53.the remainder of this financial year Things could become more bullish
:15:54. > :15:57.with the Treasury likely to see When it comes to the ups and downs
:15:58. > :16:06.of the economy, Mr Osborne knows he will need a run of very good
:16:07. > :16:09.figures in he is to British military personnel
:16:10. > :16:22.are redeployed to Afghanistan to help local forces trying to hold
:16:23. > :16:25.back a Taliban advance. Still to come: Top of
:16:26. > :16:27.the table at Christmas, but could Leicester City ever
:16:28. > :16:29.be crowned champions? Coming up on Reporting
:16:30. > :16:33.Scotland at 6.30pm. The ?1 million fine after Total
:16:34. > :16:35.admits failings that caused one of the North Sea's
:16:36. > :16:37.biggest gas leaks. And, we follow the controversial
:16:38. > :16:39.Beauly Denny power line They're teenagers from Pakistan
:16:40. > :16:57.and Syria and both are determined that girls like them should
:16:58. > :16:59.have the right to go school. Malala Yousufzai became world famous
:17:00. > :17:01.after the Taliban tried to kill her for daring to campaign
:17:02. > :17:05.for girls' education. This is Mazoun Almellehan,
:17:06. > :17:08.who met Malala in a Jordanian The pair became friends and today
:17:09. > :17:14.have been reunited in the UK after Muzoun's family
:17:15. > :17:17.was granted refugee status. They've been talking to our chief
:17:18. > :17:19.international correspondent, Lyse Doucet, about their struggle
:17:20. > :17:32.to make sure girls can go to school. Nice to see you. Hello. For two
:17:33. > :17:37.teenagers, fighting to educate girls, a library perhaps a perfect
:17:38. > :17:44.place to meet. To catch up on each other's lives. Which subjects are
:17:45. > :17:50.you doing now I don't know. After Christmas choose. The biggest news
:17:51. > :17:56.for 17-year-old Mazoun is that her family are being resettled here in
:17:57. > :18:00.Newcastle, a long way from home. The happiest moment was when I heard
:18:01. > :18:03.Mazoun was here. I remember seeing the refugee camp and the situation
:18:04. > :18:10.in which she was living there. Now we can work together. Both of you
:18:11. > :18:14.have been watching how hundreds of thousands of refugees, migrants, a
:18:15. > :18:19.lot of them Syrians are fleeing towards Europe. How does that make
:18:20. > :18:22.you feel? Some of us could not understand it because we have not
:18:23. > :18:25.seen the situation. If you think of what is happening in Syria, those
:18:26. > :18:30.people need our help right now. If we are not welcoming to them, if
:18:31. > :18:34.these countries are not welcoming to them, then these people have nowhere
:18:35. > :18:41.to live. If ever country, for example, decides to take 50,000 and
:18:42. > :18:45.there are 80 countries at the decide, I took a calculator and said
:18:46. > :18:51.- this is how many refugees are there. If each country take 50,000
:18:52. > :18:57.or 25,000 this number can divide. It's not a big problem. Malala was
:18:58. > :19:01.in Jordan this summer to visit Mazoun in her refugee camp. They
:19:02. > :19:04.called her the Malala of Syria. The teenager who urged parents to
:19:05. > :19:09.educate their daughters, not marry them off. A third of marriages in
:19:10. > :19:19.these camps now include a child bride. More people in the camp stop
:19:20. > :19:26.education and they think education not important and more parents they
:19:27. > :19:33.think because they customs and traditions they think when I will
:19:34. > :19:37.marry my daughter I will help her to get good future. They think
:19:38. > :19:42.education not important. Is the problem getting worse? Yeah. Two
:19:43. > :19:46.young girls with big dreams. Much Now that they're both in Britain,
:19:47. > :19:51.they'll work more closely on their new project to educate Syrian girls.
:19:52. > :19:54.There is also a lot of homework to finish. Lyse Doucet, BBC News,
:19:55. > :19:57.Newcastle. A remembrance service has been held
:19:58. > :20:00.to mark the first anniversary of the Glasgow bin lorry crash
:20:01. > :20:02.which left six people dead. Bereaved families, survivors
:20:03. > :20:05.and members of the emergency services were among those
:20:06. > :20:07.who attended the service at Glasgow The lorry veered out of control
:20:08. > :20:11.in the city centre after the driver, Harry Clarke, blacked
:20:12. > :20:27.out at the wheel. A senior athletics world governing
:20:28. > :20:29.body figure was planning to delay naming Russian drug cheats
:20:30. > :20:32.in the run-up to the 2013 The BBC has obtained
:20:33. > :20:37.an internal email from the Iaaf But the man who sent it -
:20:38. > :20:41.the deputy secretary general, Our Sports Editor,
:20:42. > :20:46.Dan Roan, reports. The eyes of the athletics world
:20:47. > :20:50.turned to Moscow, hosts of the 2013 World Championships. With the
:20:51. > :20:53.build-up overshadowed with a series of Russian doping scandals within
:20:54. > :20:58.the governing body there was a secret plan to minimise the damage.
:20:59. > :21:01.It was laid out in an email sent just before the event by
:21:02. > :21:04.Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia Deputy General Secretary,
:21:05. > :21:07.Nick Davies now the right-hand man of President Sebastion Coe. There is
:21:08. > :21:13.no suggestion that he was aware of the proposal. Writing to former
:21:14. > :21:38.marketing consultant he said: -- He also suggested using the
:21:39. > :21:42.political influence of Coe, then Vice-President, and his market
:21:43. > :21:46.company for an unofficial PR campaign to stop what he called
:21:47. > :21:50."planned attacks on Russia by the British media." It is a damning blow
:21:51. > :21:52.to the credibility of the organisation. That's shocking
:21:53. > :21:55.because what the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia should have been
:21:56. > :22:00.doing is saying - if we know people are cheating we will get them and
:22:01. > :22:05.expose them come what may and make sure they don't compete. That is our
:22:06. > :22:10.prime job. Not worrying about the PR strategy to make sure the stories
:22:11. > :22:15.don't come out in the first place. In a statement Nick Davies denied
:22:16. > :22:27.wrong-doing and said: Coe was the most powerful figure in
:22:28. > :22:29.athletics this year, replacing Lamine Diack, the former
:22:30. > :22:32.Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia president now facing
:22:33. > :22:37.allegations he took bribes to cover-up doping. In October Russia
:22:38. > :22:41.was banned from international competition for State-sponsored
:22:42. > :22:44.cheating, and now this. The contents of this email are highly
:22:45. > :22:55.embarrassing for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. Ing for
:22:56. > :22:59.the Iaaf. It couldn't have come at a worse time. Athletics should have
:23:00. > :23:04.much to look forward to with the Rio Olympics on the horizon. Instead
:23:05. > :23:09.it's the shadow cast by Russia that hangs over the sport. Dan Roan, BBC
:23:10. > :23:13.News. Breaking news for you on that story. In the last few few minutes
:23:14. > :23:20.the Iaaf confirmed that Nick Davies has stepped aside from his Iaaf
:23:21. > :23:20.roles pending an Iaaf Ethics Committee investigation into the
:23:21. > :23:28.email. Last Christmas, they were at
:23:29. > :23:30.the bottom of the Premier League. This Christmas, they're
:23:31. > :23:32.right at the top. Leicester City have taken
:23:33. > :23:34.everyone by surprise, Joe Wilson's been examining
:23:35. > :23:37.their change in fortunes. In the Leicester City grotto
:23:38. > :23:39.is the one thing everybody wants, Today, the trophy was just a photo
:23:40. > :23:43.opportunity for charity. At the end of the season, well,
:23:44. > :23:46.they believe in Mahrez and Vardy. No-one's scored more
:23:47. > :23:49.than them this season. COMMENTATOR: Vardy's in.
:23:50. > :23:54.Jamie Vardy scores again. In Europe's largest outdoor covered
:23:55. > :23:58.market, suddenly they're talking We've had a lot of stick from other
:23:59. > :24:09.fans and now we're giving it back. COMMENTATOR: He runs up,
:24:10. > :24:11.Mahrez, once again. Do you know, this has been
:24:12. > :24:16.a long time coming. Well, here comes the genial Italian
:24:17. > :24:20.who's keeping everyone calm. I think you're a bit
:24:21. > :24:27.like Father Christmas, You make people believe that magic
:24:28. > :24:35.can happen in Leicester. No, but I'm very happy
:24:36. > :24:45.they are happy this Christmas days. We don't have the high
:24:46. > :24:47.quality like City, Arsenal, Well, this is where the Leicester
:24:48. > :24:55.players emerge from their dressing room and immediately you can see
:24:56. > :24:58.the kind of impression they're Bottom of the Premier League last
:24:59. > :25:08.Christmas, top this. Leicester are dismantling
:25:09. > :25:11.the old order, but now there's When you're top at this time
:25:12. > :25:15.of year, you're Finally, they may be getting ready
:25:16. > :25:27.for their busiest night of the year, but Santa's reindeer took some time
:25:28. > :25:38.out this afternoon and headed And, they weren't just
:25:39. > :25:42.there to prove they have mastered stairs, they had another job to do,
:25:43. > :25:44.as Jon Kay reports. Why land on the roof when you can
:25:45. > :25:47.just use the stairs? Visiting time at the Brookside Care
:25:48. > :25:50.Home and today it was Cupid Taking care to avoid his antlers,
:25:51. > :26:14.Edna fell head over hoofs. I've just worked out,
:26:15. > :26:31.you're only 86 years Cupid had come not from Lapland,
:26:32. > :26:37.but from a farm in Somerset. The residents could feed
:26:38. > :26:44.him his favourite moss. How many reindeers have you had
:26:45. > :26:48.in your room before today? Cupid was joined by Comet to give
:26:49. > :26:56.the residents a sleigh ride arranged For two hours, this care home
:26:57. > :27:10.was more like a kindergarten, but then Cupid had
:27:11. > :27:27.to dash, things to do. Thank you very much. The good news
:27:28. > :27:30.this evening is the persistent rain has cleared from north-western parts
:27:31. > :27:33.of the UK where we have seen the flooding in Cumbria. For many of us
:27:34. > :27:38.there will be rain around this evening and it will be very
:27:39. > :27:41.blustery. In fact the next few days will remain blustery. For tonight
:27:42. > :27:45.clear spells as well as showers coming and going. During the course
:27:46. > :27:50.of the night there might be rain that will rattle our windows. Still
:27:51. > :27:54.not cold for this time of year, yesterday we were talking about 15
:27:55. > :28:02.degrees in the south, tonight it's more like eight or nine. #120r78 Eva
:28:03. > :28:06.is 1,000 miles to the west of us. It will sweep to the north-west of the
:28:07. > :28:10.UK. We will look at the details in a second. Wednesday a fine day with
:28:11. > :28:14.lots of sunshine around. It will be a little on the breezy side, but if
:28:15. > :28:18.you have any plans before Christmas it's not a bad day to do it. 12 in
:28:19. > :28:24.London, six degrees there in Scotland. Storm Eva will sweep to
:28:25. > :28:30.the north-west of Republic of Ireland. It will affect the western
:28:31. > :28:37.isles of Scotland as well as Auckney and Shetland. It will bring severe
:28:38. > :28:42.winds for a time, gusts of 70mph. Many of us Christmas Eve is going to
:28:43. > :28:46.be a very blustery day with sunshine, passing showers, the odd
:28:47. > :28:51.downpour. Quite a gusty, chilly sort of day. Even though temperatures in
:28:52. > :28:55.some areas up to 13 degrees. That sort of showery weather with clear
:28:56. > :28:59.spells will continue into Christmas Eve evening. We have some rain on
:29:00. > :29:05.the way with increasing winds. I think the main story for Christmas
:29:06. > :29:09.Day is perhaps a bit of frost in Scotland in the north, maybe some
:29:10. > :29:10.snow, for most a mild one with rain. Thank