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Good evening. The headlines: As steep rise in electricity prices is | 0:00:16 | 0:00:21 | |
on the way. A man who killed a teenager but was not jailed is now | 0:00:21 | 0:00:28 | |
in prison after offending again. Northern Ireland once again tops | 0:00:28 | 0:00:35 | |
the class in the GCSE results but fewer students get higher grades. I | 0:00:35 | 0:00:41 | |
am in Castlereagh where a report into the awarding of a council | 0:00:41 | 0:00:45 | |
contract to Iris Robinson's lover will be presented to councillors | 0:00:45 | 0:00:50 | |
tonight. And after heavy showers and thunderstorms, are there any | 0:00:50 | 0:00:55 | |
signs of improvement? I will have the weather later. Businesses and | 0:00:55 | 0:01:01 | |
households that are already finding it difficult to make ends meet. Now | 0:01:01 | 0:01:06 | |
electricity prices are going up. In just over five weeks they will all | 0:01:06 | 0:01:13 | |
see an 18.6 per cent rise in the cost of electricity. As our | 0:01:13 | 0:01:16 | |
consumer affairs correspondent has been finding out, the burden will | 0:01:16 | 0:01:24 | |
be felt across the board. Running Africa may be a minor part of most | 0:01:24 | 0:01:32 | |
domestic electricity bills but for this picture's shop, an 18 point | 0:01:32 | 0:01:38 | |
six percent increase is a chilling prospect. It will be very | 0:01:38 | 0:01:44 | |
detrimental because of the amount of the refrigeration we require. | 0:01:44 | 0:01:50 | |
Our electricity bill for this shop here is in excess of over �100 per | 0:01:50 | 0:01:57 | |
week. This rise is very alarming. We are struggling for a business | 0:01:57 | 0:02:03 | |
with less people on the streets due to the recession. Consumers, to | 0:02:03 | 0:02:08 | |
know all about the recession. Domestic customers will also be | 0:02:08 | 0:02:14 | |
paying more. The typical household would see their annual bill | 0:02:14 | 0:02:22 | |
increase by �92. I cannot believe the increase now today, I have just | 0:02:22 | 0:02:26 | |
heard, we will have to cut back and make sure we switch more off at | 0:02:27 | 0:02:32 | |
night and even during the day, things we do not need. Electricity, | 0:02:32 | 0:02:38 | |
which now has around 50,000 customers, is also increasing its | 0:02:38 | 0:02:45 | |
prices. It will continue to try to take market share by offering | 0:02:45 | 0:02:51 | |
discounts. Northern Ireland simply cannot escape the sharp rise in | 0:02:51 | 0:02:57 | |
power generation costs. We last changed our prices in 2009, since | 0:02:57 | 0:03:03 | |
then the cost of wholesale fuel has gone up by 60 per cent. We have no | 0:03:03 | 0:03:09 | |
other choice but to increase our prices are which will add about | 0:03:09 | 0:03:17 | |
�1.77 to the typical customer's bill per week. The Consumer Council | 0:03:17 | 0:03:23 | |
says higher electricity prices will put another 52,000 households here | 0:03:23 | 0:03:27 | |
in two fuel poverty. The price increase will leave consumers here | 0:03:27 | 0:03:32 | |
paying about five per cent more for electricity than their counterparts | 0:03:32 | 0:03:37 | |
in Scotland, but still 10 per cent less than their counterparts in the | 0:03:37 | 0:03:46 | |
republic. We have a spokesman from the electricity regulator, can | 0:03:46 | 0:03:51 | |
anything be done to help us believe us of this electricity price | 0:03:51 | 0:03:58 | |
burden? Unfortunately this increase is unavoidable. We have scrutinised | 0:03:58 | 0:04:03 | |
the proposals extensively and got it down to 18 per cent. We have | 0:04:03 | 0:04:09 | |
seen similar rises in Ireland and the rest of the UK over the last 12 | 0:04:09 | 0:04:13 | |
months. If you opened the competition up to even more | 0:04:13 | 0:04:20 | |
suppliers, would that make any difference? It would. We already | 0:04:20 | 0:04:30 | |
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have alternatives. Some offer a substantial discount. We are | 0:04:32 | 0:04:36 | |
expecting more into the market later in the year. So the prices | 0:04:36 | 0:04:44 | |
will come down? It is possible. countries like France there is as | 0:04:44 | 0:04:49 | |
social tariffs. Down south, pensioners do not have to pay as | 0:04:49 | 0:04:54 | |
much. Is that something that you as a utility regulator should be | 0:04:54 | 0:05:00 | |
imposing? That is a decision that would rest with the Northern | 0:05:00 | 0:05:03 | |
Ireland executive. One of the things you have to remember is that | 0:05:03 | 0:05:10 | |
it is a case of robbing Peter to pay Paul. The bell still has to be | 0:05:10 | 0:05:20 | |
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paid by consumers. - D Bell. -- the bill. We suffer from an economy of | 0:05:27 | 0:05:34 | |
scale. The situation has improved recently and in the years ahead | 0:05:34 | 0:05:37 | |
becoming part of a broader regional market in Europe will improve | 0:05:37 | 0:05:43 | |
things further. That means more into connectors on this island and | 0:05:43 | 0:05:50 | |
Between the islands. A speeding driver who knocked down and killed | 0:05:50 | 0:05:57 | |
a teenage girl will now go to jail. He was originally given a suspended | 0:05:57 | 0:06:02 | |
sentence but back in court today following another offence he was | 0:06:02 | 0:06:09 | |
sent to prison for 18 months. girl was 18 when she died. She was | 0:06:09 | 0:06:14 | |
coming home from a wedding four years ago. As she walked along this | 0:06:14 | 0:06:20 | |
road she was hit by a car and thrown through the air. She landed | 0:06:20 | 0:06:27 | |
50 metres away and died at the scene. The car was driven by Martin | 0:06:27 | 0:06:31 | |
McDonnell from East Belfast. At his trial he pleaded guilty to causing | 0:06:31 | 0:06:36 | |
death by dangerous driving and was given an 18 month suspended jail | 0:06:36 | 0:06:43 | |
sentence. The family of the victim were outraged. When he said 18 | 0:06:43 | 0:06:47 | |
months I got there was no way he was going to see suspended. When he | 0:06:47 | 0:06:53 | |
did say that I was absolutely shocked. He admitted what he had | 0:06:53 | 0:06:59 | |
done, he should have got the maximum sentence, I think. Within | 0:06:59 | 0:07:03 | |
idea of getting the 18 month suspended sentence he was a | 0:07:03 | 0:07:09 | |
passenger in a stolen car which smashed into a minibus. He was | 0:07:09 | 0:07:14 | |
convicted of aggravated vehicle theft, causing injury and | 0:07:14 | 0:07:20 | |
obstructing police. He was sentenced to five months and that | 0:07:20 | 0:07:25 | |
resulted in his 18 months suspended sentence becoming a jail sentence. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:31 | |
The judge said there was no doubt that what he did was a flagrant | 0:07:31 | 0:07:37 | |
breach of the sentence imposed. He said any breach would lead to the | 0:07:37 | 0:07:46 | |
implementation of the sentence. Today, the family of the dead girl | 0:07:46 | 0:07:53 | |
saved although it is good, sentences have to be longer. | 0:07:53 | 0:07:58 | |
would actually have felt a lot better if the 18 months had been at | 0:07:58 | 0:08:03 | |
least three years. We will move on but a Dell will always be there | 0:08:03 | 0:08:13 | |
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with us. -- Adelle. McDonnell was due to be released in five months' | 0:08:17 | 0:08:24 | |
time but instead he will only be a fortnight into this 18 month | 0:08:24 | 0:08:32 | |
sentence. GCSE results have been revealed and while overall the | 0:08:32 | 0:08:38 | |
percentage of passes remains the same, there are fewer higher grades. | 0:08:38 | 0:08:43 | |
Those with learning difficulties have their success measured in a | 0:08:43 | 0:08:52 | |
different way. Some were delighted at getting better than expected | 0:08:53 | 0:08:56 | |
results and some were still working out the implication of their grades, | 0:08:56 | 0:09:03 | |
but at least the waiting was over. This school has a learning support | 0:09:03 | 0:09:07 | |
unit for pupils with special needs. They are not expected to be high- | 0:09:07 | 0:09:14 | |
fliers, but their results are still important. As long as she is happy. | 0:09:14 | 0:09:20 | |
How hard did you have to work? Really hard, I just wanted to get | 0:09:20 | 0:09:26 | |
as good as everyone else. This girl has done so well she wants to stay | 0:09:27 | 0:09:32 | |
on at school. I want to do media, religion and I have not even | 0:09:32 | 0:09:38 | |
thought of a third. Some are very modest but I know that the work | 0:09:38 | 0:09:46 | |
they have put into a chief is incredible. Rules were tightened up | 0:09:46 | 0:09:53 | |
so that pupils did not get outside help to improve their coursework. | 0:09:53 | 0:09:59 | |
We were not being told anything, it means the result is 100 per cent | 0:09:59 | 0:10:05 | |
years. Change could be on the way as the Department of Education is | 0:10:05 | 0:10:13 | |
considering scrapping the modular system. The downside is that they | 0:10:13 | 0:10:20 | |
are perhaps not mature enough to realise this is their GCSE. They | 0:10:20 | 0:10:25 | |
are continually being tested and the importance of that then can | 0:10:25 | 0:10:32 | |
slide. It does promote a reset culture. These students like that | 0:10:33 | 0:10:39 | |
style. It is so much easier to do. You can try each time and if you | 0:10:39 | 0:10:46 | |
feel you can do better, you have that chance to try. GCSEs are not | 0:10:46 | 0:10:51 | |
the final chapter in education but it is important to get at least the | 0:10:51 | 0:10:57 | |
basic qualification. Parents are still the number one influence on | 0:10:57 | 0:11:05 | |
young people at this stage. It is decision time for the 72 girls who | 0:11:05 | 0:11:11 | |
got their GCSE results here today. Some will decide to stay on at this | 0:11:11 | 0:11:15 | |
school, others will decide their future lies in further education or | 0:11:16 | 0:11:21 | |
the local grammar school. They understand that the only way to get | 0:11:21 | 0:11:26 | |
a decent career in the future is to start with good qualifications. You | 0:11:26 | 0:11:32 | |
have got your grades, what next? Is there anything GCSE students could | 0:11:32 | 0:11:41 | |
start doing now to further their employment prospects? Your | 0:11:41 | 0:11:45 | |
organisation tries to develop entrepreneurial skills in 15 and 16 | 0:11:45 | 0:11:54 | |
year-olds, how does that work? are trying to bring in a new | 0:11:54 | 0:11:59 | |
generation of entrepreneurs. Kids get an opportunity to learn and | 0:11:59 | 0:12:04 | |
develop strong business skills. are always told Northern Ireland is | 0:12:04 | 0:12:09 | |
too heavily dependent on public sector jobs, how important are | 0:12:09 | 0:12:19 | |
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It is very important. I think we can get the children to get more | 0:12:21 | 0:12:25 | |
involved in-company programmes. It will help them in all walks of life. | 0:12:25 | 0:12:35 | |
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Are they real companies? Absolutely. We can see some of the example | 0:12:40 | 0:12:47 | |
continue the good work. For young people wanting to go to university, | 0:12:47 | 0:12:52 | |
tuition fees are a factor. We have discovered that how much you pay | 0:12:52 | 0:12:56 | |
could depend on where you live if a proposal passes through Stormont. | 0:12:56 | 0:13:01 | |
Similar moves in Scotland are being challenged under European | 0:13:01 | 0:13:06 | |
legislation. Here is our correspondent. We do not need to | 0:13:06 | 0:13:11 | |
consult on the issue of student fee hikes. These hikes are several | 0:13:11 | 0:13:16 | |
thousands of pounds. They are categorically ruling them out. | 0:13:16 | 0:13:21 | |
Promises in the heat of an election. This party was not alone pulls dot | 0:13:21 | 0:13:25 | |
many parties pledged tuition fees would not increase above inflation. | 0:13:26 | 0:13:30 | |
That means fees would be kept at just above �3,000. But finding the | 0:13:30 | 0:13:36 | |
money is just one issue facing politicians. We have a problem. | 0:13:36 | 0:13:40 | |
English universities have said that their fees are going to be about | 0:13:40 | 0:13:46 | |
�9,000. It looks like we are determined to keep lower than that. | 0:13:46 | 0:13:51 | |
About �3,000. We could get a lot of students from England and Wales. To | 0:13:51 | 0:13:55 | |
prevent that from happening and raise extra money, universities are | 0:13:55 | 0:14:00 | |
allowed to increase fees for Great Britain's students. Did legislation | 0:14:00 | 0:14:04 | |
being drafted would force students from the rest of the UK to pay a | 0:14:04 | 0:14:09 | |
lot more. People outside the European Union would pay the same | 0:14:09 | 0:14:15 | |
as Northern Ireland students. right that somebody from Doncaster | 0:14:15 | 0:14:22 | |
pays �9,000 and someone from Dublin �3,000? This is about fairness. | 0:14:22 | 0:14:27 | |
Londoner that studied at Queen's certainly thinks it is very unfair. | 0:14:27 | 0:14:31 | |
I would have to reconsider my university choice because of things | 0:14:31 | 0:14:34 | |
like maintenance and transport and flying back and forth from home and | 0:14:35 | 0:14:39 | |
be tuition fees. It would not have been feasible for me to come to | 0:14:39 | 0:14:45 | |
Queen's. This teenager lives here but said it would not help him | 0:14:45 | 0:14:51 | |
escape higher fees. I cannot do my calls in Northern Ireland. I had to | 0:14:51 | 0:14:57 | |
travel to England. The cost to travel there is around �1,000 plus | 0:14:57 | 0:15:01 | |
all the other things that I bring with me. Then at the student fees | 0:15:01 | 0:15:07 | |
which could get up to �9,000 and then accommodation. I could come | 0:15:07 | 0:15:13 | |
out over three years with about �20,000 in debt. The minister | 0:15:13 | 0:15:16 | |
responsible for universities was not available to talk about the | 0:15:16 | 0:15:20 | |
proposals but is clearly under pressure from students over fees. | 0:15:21 | 0:15:24 | |
What we would like to see is all students in Northern Ireland being | 0:15:24 | 0:15:29 | |
treated equally. I am disappointed by the cuts being posed in | 0:15:29 | 0:15:32 | |
Westminster. We want the Minister to come forward and make an | 0:15:32 | 0:15:36 | |
attractive offer for people's to study in Northern Ireland and | 0:15:36 | 0:15:40 | |
protect students. Stormont ministers will meet here on | 0:15:40 | 0:15:45 | |
September 8th after the summer recess. It is not clear what is on | 0:15:45 | 0:15:48 | |
the agenda but it is clear they cannot put this issue of much | 0:15:48 | 0:15:55 | |
Still to come on the programme: Celebrating culture in stained | 0:15:55 | 0:15:58 | |
glass. Nationalists say they want their own window at Belfast City | 0:15:58 | 0:16:03 | |
Hall. And the last time they played, history was made, but how did | 0:16:03 | 0:16:13 | |
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Ireland's cricketers do today The British Medical Association | 0:16:19 | 0:16:23 | |
which represents doctors said it is crucial that people that review | 0:16:23 | 0:16:28 | |
social care talk to people that work on the front line. This latest | 0:16:28 | 0:16:32 | |
review will see a panel of experts advising and challenging how | 0:16:32 | 0:16:38 | |
services should be changed. But as we report, there is concern that | 0:16:38 | 0:16:45 | |
the time frame of just 12 weeks is far too short. This review is just | 0:16:45 | 0:16:51 | |
the latest episode in the local health drama. Experts have been | 0:16:51 | 0:16:56 | |
appointed and their remit is to find out how care is delivered. But | 0:16:56 | 0:17:01 | |
the final report will be much later. B team of five experts will be led | 0:17:01 | 0:17:07 | |
by John Compton, Chief Executive of the Social Care Board and will | 0:17:07 | 0:17:13 | |
include this professor from London. I would emphasise that this is not | 0:17:13 | 0:17:18 | |
about money. People think this is about cards but it is really not. | 0:17:18 | 0:17:23 | |
It is about what we can deliver. I want to have a public debate about | 0:17:23 | 0:17:29 | |
what we can deliver. The review will look at potentially closing | 0:17:29 | 0:17:32 | |
hospitals and amalgamating services and hospital sites and developing | 0:17:33 | 0:17:37 | |
the role of care in the community. Most importantly, the public will | 0:17:37 | 0:17:41 | |
need to be flexible and supportive. This has been one of the most | 0:17:42 | 0:17:46 | |
divisive issues for the Stormont government. But we have had | 0:17:46 | 0:17:50 | |
universal support in Northern Ireland. This review will be a | 0:17:50 | 0:17:53 | |
waste of time and money if we do not have the political | 0:17:53 | 0:17:57 | |
determination to carry through the recommended changes. Today's | 0:17:57 | 0:18:02 | |
meeting heard that such a mammoth task will be completed in just 12 | 0:18:02 | 0:18:08 | |
weeks. People on the front line are asking it that time is enough. | 0:18:08 | 0:18:12 | |
does seem to be a short consultation period. How do they | 0:18:13 | 0:18:17 | |
intend to consult with all the groups in that short time? We will | 0:18:17 | 0:18:22 | |
be asking for details as to how the consultation will be managed. | 0:18:22 | 0:18:28 | |
minister became one of the third casualties of change when back in | 0:18:28 | 0:18:34 | |
20108 lost the Accident and Emergency department here. -- back | 0:18:34 | 0:18:41 | |
in 2010 they lost. But how much say what the public have in the | 0:18:41 | 0:18:49 | |
process? How much are the experts prepared to listen? Councillors in | 0:18:49 | 0:18:53 | |
Castle rear are being presented with a report about how a council | 0:18:53 | 0:18:58 | |
contract was awarded to the former lover of Iris Robinson. The | 0:18:58 | 0:19:01 | |
consultants were asked to investigate the role of councillors | 0:19:01 | 0:19:05 | |
directly involved in the leasing of the Lock Keepers Inn to Kirk | 0:19:05 | 0:19:09 | |
McCambley. Here is our correspondent had Castlereagh | 0:19:09 | 0:19:17 | |
Borough Council. Remind us why this report was necessary. This | 0:19:17 | 0:19:20 | |
investigation was set up after a BBC Spotlight programme back in | 0:19:20 | 0:19:27 | |
2010. Iris Robinson helped her then teenage lover open a cafe with | 0:19:27 | 0:19:31 | |
money from two developers. The programme alleged that as a | 0:19:31 | 0:19:35 | |
counsellor, she had not declared their interests at a beating when | 0:19:35 | 0:19:40 | |
the council agreed to award the least. The council asked the | 0:19:40 | 0:19:44 | |
consultants Deloitte to investigate. Then the council said a report | 0:19:44 | 0:19:47 | |
concluded there was not any evidence of financial loss to the | 0:19:47 | 0:19:53 | |
council. The council said they also concluded that there was not any | 0:19:53 | 0:19:56 | |
impropriety from council officers or members directly involved in the | 0:19:56 | 0:20:01 | |
awarding of the police. The Act was based on a draft report earlier and | 0:20:01 | 0:20:09 | |
we hope now to get the full report. What will happen next? There will | 0:20:09 | 0:20:12 | |
be a private presentation by Deloitte and that will be private | 0:20:12 | 0:20:18 | |
and we will not have any press and public in that session. They will | 0:20:18 | 0:20:22 | |
run through that report and after that session, the report will be | 0:20:22 | 0:20:28 | |
released to the public. If you would like to get in touch with us, | 0:20:28 | 0:20:38 | |
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would like to get in touch with us, Belfast City Hall has invited | 0:20:46 | 0:20:50 | |
submissions for a new stained glass window depicting Irish myths and | 0:20:50 | 0:20:55 | |
legends. The funding is more than �20,000 and will be to displayed in | 0:20:55 | 0:21:02 | |
public. Some people regard it as any imbalance with regard to what | 0:21:02 | 0:21:10 | |
is actually displayed. -- an imbalance. We can see this one | 0:21:10 | 0:21:13 | |
about the Royal Ulster Constabulary. It is in line with Unionist | 0:21:13 | 0:21:18 | |
tradition in Belfast. This is connected with the British Army and | 0:21:19 | 0:21:23 | |
the Association of the City hall. But this window he will be replaced | 0:21:23 | 0:21:29 | |
by a new stained glass window which will depict the Irish mythology. | 0:21:29 | 0:21:35 | |
This is part of the City Hall and has been over a decade. The story | 0:21:35 | 0:21:40 | |
has been told from one particular perspective. People would argue it | 0:21:40 | 0:21:44 | |
is fairly upper-class and male- dominated. What we are trying to do | 0:21:44 | 0:21:51 | |
is bring the additional elements to dad. Whether you are Irish, British | 0:21:51 | 0:21:56 | |
or wherever, you can come into this place and experience it properly. | 0:21:56 | 0:22:00 | |
The programme has been agreed by everybody. We are making certain | 0:22:00 | 0:22:05 | |
that everybody gets the right experience. It will cost about | 0:22:05 | 0:22:11 | |
�20,000. Is that money well spent in the current economic climate? | 0:22:11 | 0:22:17 | |
The Minister will pay 75 % and the council will pay the rest. It is | 0:22:17 | 0:22:21 | |
one of several identical windows in the City Hall. It will be moved | 0:22:21 | 0:22:25 | |
elsewhere because of its historical significance. When the design gets | 0:22:25 | 0:22:30 | |
the go-ahead, the Irish mythology window should be installed | 0:22:30 | 0:22:40 | |
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alongside its contemporaries by Not even the weather could help | 0:22:40 | 0:22:45 | |
Ireland's cricketers in Dublin. They were beaten by England in | 0:22:45 | 0:22:49 | |
their one-day international by 11 runs. The home team's hopes of | 0:22:49 | 0:22:57 | |
causing a big upset were dampened. This is what you call Irish | 0:22:57 | 0:23:02 | |
cricket's summit in Dublin. It was your average day of breeze blocks, | 0:23:02 | 0:23:08 | |
arm Brothers, tent pegs and a lot of sitting about. There were | 0:23:08 | 0:23:12 | |
several rain interruptions and we wanted it the match would finish at | 0:23:12 | 0:23:19 | |
all. But it did clear up and we did get some memorable cricket. This | 0:23:19 | 0:23:22 | |
play will remember the day he caught and bowled England's Eoin | 0:23:22 | 0:23:29 | |
Morgan. England were bowled out for 201 in 42 overs. The home team had | 0:23:30 | 0:23:35 | |
a manageable target on paper. But the delays meant the target was | 0:23:35 | 0:23:41 | |
revised to one and and 29. Kevin O'Brien, the World Cup hero against | 0:23:41 | 0:23:47 | |
England in Bangalore had his supporters raising a glass. -- one | 0:23:47 | 0:23:54 | |
had and 29. Eight came up short and England won by 11 runs. It was a | 0:23:54 | 0:23:59 | |
bit frustrating coming off for rain and it was a bit disappointing. It | 0:23:59 | 0:24:06 | |
was a very slow day but we gave it a crack. But the one consolation, | 0:24:06 | 0:24:10 | |
an Irish man was delegated as man of the match but he was playing for | 0:24:10 | 0:24:20 | |
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Dreadful. Terrible conditions. Another Irish team is getting ready | 0:24:23 | 0:24:27 | |
to play England on Saturday. Thousands of rugby supporters | 0:24:28 | 0:24:31 | |
turned up at the Aviva Stadium to watch Ireland prepare for their | 0:24:31 | 0:24:36 | |
warm-up match against England before the World Cup. It will be | 0:24:36 | 0:24:40 | |
the first international for Stephen Ferris for more than a year. Andrew | 0:24:40 | 0:24:44 | |
Trimble keeps his place on the wing. Captain Brian O'Driscoll is being | 0:24:44 | 0:24:49 | |
rested but Ireland are determined to have the perfect World Cup send | 0:24:49 | 0:24:55 | |
off. We need to focus on this one game. We need to put in a big | 0:24:55 | 0:24:58 | |
performance for ourselves and the supporters before we get to New | 0:24:58 | 0:25:04 | |
Zealand. We want a good long will run into the first game in the | 0:25:04 | 0:25:13 | |
World Cup and we can start focusing. Good luck to them. As we head into | 0:25:13 | 0:25:17 | |
that bank holiday weekend, what can that bank holiday weekend, what can | 0:25:17 | 0:25:21 | |
we expect? The end of the summer holidays. Now the weather. It is a | 0:25:21 | 0:25:27 | |
bit of a mixed bag. It is better looking than today. Many of us got | 0:25:27 | 0:25:34 | |
showers. We had heavy downpours and thunder. Not the best but on the | 0:25:34 | 0:25:37 | |
positive side, we have got a fantastic pictures in the past 24 | 0:25:37 | 0:25:43 | |
hours. Thank you to everybody for sending these. This was taken last | 0:25:43 | 0:25:49 | |
night. It is quite turbulent in the West, or it was yesterday after | 0:25:49 | 0:25:58 | |
being. -- yesterday. It is not too late to catch some showers. But | 0:25:58 | 0:26:06 | |
they will gradually ease back to the coast tonight. Temperatures | 0:26:06 | 0:26:14 | |
getting back to five or six degrees. Wind light and a chance of mist. | 0:26:14 | 0:26:18 | |
Another day of sunny spells and showers. But the showers tomorrow | 0:26:18 | 0:26:25 | |
should not be as widespread as today. A bit of mist but generally | 0:26:25 | 0:26:31 | |
bright and dry. Getting better by lunchtime. Showers becoming more | 0:26:31 | 0:26:36 | |
frequent in these areas. But they will not be quite as intense as | 0:26:36 | 0:26:45 | |
yesterday. Any thunder will be the exception and not the rule. We will | 0:26:45 | 0:26:50 | |
get a bit of sunshine Bull. Temperatures leapt into about 18 | 0:26:50 | 0:26:59 | |
degrees. That will gradually disappear tomorrow. The all | 0:26:59 | 0:27:03 | |
important bank holiday weekend and the showers will gradually | 0:27:03 | 0:27:07 | |
disappear. Generally a lot of dry conditions on Saturday, Sunday and | 0:27:07 | 0:27:14 | |
Monday. On Sunday in particular, quite windy. That will be evident | 0:27:14 | 0:27:18 | |
on the north coast. Bear that in mind if you are heading north this | 0:27:18 | 0:27:28 | |
The headlines and some small business owners have said increased | 0:27:28 | 0:27:34 | |
electricity costs could force some people to shut down. It follows the | 0:27:34 | 0:27:40 |