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:00:00. > :00:11.the windscreen first thing in the morning. That is all from

:00:12. > :00:16.Hello and welcome to South Today from Oxford. In tonight's programme:

:00:17. > :00:19.He said flooding was God's response to government policy on same`sex

:00:20. > :00:22.marriage. Tonight a councillor is at the centre of a storm out of his

:00:23. > :00:28.political party, labelled out of order by the Church and the subject

:00:29. > :00:32.of outrage in the town he serves. We are ashamed that someone in our

:00:33. > :00:34.community holds those ideals. Also: As temperatures fall below

:00:35. > :00:38.freezing, an admission that Oxford is not meeting a pledge that no`one

:00:39. > :00:41.would sleep on the streets for two nights in a row.

:00:42. > :00:55.Later on: Wroe for Oxford as the U's sink the Blues. We round up all the

:00:56. > :00:57.weekend's sporting action. Good evening. He's been disowned by

:00:58. > :01:00.the leadership of UKIP, the political party he represents on

:01:01. > :01:03.Henley Town Council. Today the pastor at his church has also

:01:04. > :01:07.distanced himself from controversial comments made by David Silvester.

:01:08. > :01:10.The councillor has been at the centre of a media storm since

:01:11. > :01:13.suggesting that the recent flooding in Oxfordshire and further afield is

:01:14. > :01:18.God's response to the government's policies on same`sex marriage. In a

:01:19. > :01:23.moment, we'll hear from a church group working to change attitudes

:01:24. > :01:30.towards gay and lesbian people. But first, Angie Walker's spent the day

:01:31. > :01:34.gauging reaction in Henley. Flooding and misery. Not a product

:01:35. > :01:45.of nature but the wrath of God says this man, David Sylvester, a UKIP

:01:46. > :01:48.councillor in Henley. He says he wrote to the Prime Minister warning

:01:49. > :01:51.that disasters would accompany the the passage of the same`sex bill. In

:01:52. > :01:55.a letter published in this newspaper, David Sylvester said the

:01:56. > :01:57.country was recently beset by storms and flooding as a direct result of

:01:58. > :02:03.government legislation on same`sex marriage. He says he's unrepentant

:02:04. > :02:09.about those comments and it's his duty as a Christianto speak out.

:02:10. > :02:20.Meanwhile, here in Henley, he's created quite a storm himself. We

:02:21. > :02:30.are ashamed that someone in our community holds those ideals. Most

:02:31. > :02:38.people are laughing at him. It's such a crazy thing for someone to

:02:39. > :02:47.come out with. I have just come past the church and might ask God what he

:02:48. > :02:52.thinks. I have never met him, I have never heard from him. He is one

:02:53. > :03:01.member who recently joined the party. Henley Baptist church was

:03:02. > :03:07.also keen to distance itself from his comments, but stopped short of

:03:08. > :03:11.condemning them. I don't think there has been any preaching to associate

:03:12. > :03:17.the flood with gay marriage. David's view is a view he has put

:03:18. > :03:25.together himself and I don't think that reflects us. Henley town

:03:26. > :03:30.Council confirmed it has received several complaints and these will be

:03:31. > :03:31.dealt with under the code of conduct of South Oxfordshire district

:03:32. > :03:34.Council. A short time ago, I spoke with the

:03:35. > :03:37.Reverend Colin Coward, the director of a group called Changing

:03:38. > :03:40.Attitudes, which works towards the inclusion of gay, lesbian and

:03:41. > :03:50.bisexual people within the Anglican Church. I asked what he makes of

:03:51. > :03:58.Councillor Silvester's comments. I think it reveals both a terrible

:03:59. > :04:03.prejudice against the place of lesbian and gay people in society

:04:04. > :04:07.and the church and also an extraordinarily naive attitude

:04:08. > :04:13.towards the Bible and the nature of Christian teaching and theology.

:04:14. > :04:18.Your group is working towards changing attitudes to same`sex

:04:19. > :04:25.relationships. It was his views commonly held amongst churchgoers?

:04:26. > :04:29.No. It is held by remarkably few people. 80% of those who go

:04:30. > :04:36.regularly to church know perfectly well that gay and lesbian people are

:04:37. > :04:43.equal members in society, are created and valued by Grant, and

:04:44. > :04:50.they would find David as extraordinary and offensive as I

:04:51. > :04:54.would. I think it will not make any difference to the church whatsoever,

:04:55. > :05:07.to be honest. It hasn't put your work back? No. Changing attitudes

:05:08. > :05:13.works very proactively. I was a conference all day on Thursday in

:05:14. > :05:18.London with key groups that opposed the inclusion of LGB T people, but

:05:19. > :05:23.their stance is not similar to David's. I was welcomed at the

:05:24. > :05:31.conference and even allowed to put forward my views, so I think David

:05:32. > :05:34.is in a very unusual minority. Well, meanwhile, a group of 100

:05:35. > :05:37.Christian volunteers have been hard at work in Oxfordshire since

:05:38. > :05:40.yesterday, helping locals to clear up after the recent floods. Members

:05:41. > :05:43.of the congregation from the World Mission Society Church of God

:05:44. > :05:47.travelled from the Manchester area to some of the worst hit parts of

:05:48. > :05:51.the county, helping clear debris and retrieve sandbags. The church say

:05:52. > :05:55.its efforts were intended to give hope and courage to those who've

:05:56. > :05:58.suffered. Next tonight, a formal conduct

:05:59. > :06:01.hearing has begun, looking into the way a Wiltshire police officer

:06:02. > :06:06.mishandled a high profile murder investigation. The police watchdog

:06:07. > :06:08.found Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher had breached guidelines in

:06:09. > :06:12.his dealings with murder suspect Christopher Halliwell. Halliwell

:06:13. > :06:17.admitted murdering Sian O'Callaghan but instead of being read his rights

:06:18. > :06:19.at a police station, he then led the investigating officer to the site

:06:20. > :06:31.where another woman, Becky Godden, had been buried. It meant no one's

:06:32. > :06:35.been prosecuted over her murder. More people in Oxford are sleeping

:06:36. > :06:38.rough, according to new figures, and there's concern the situation's only

:06:39. > :06:41.going to get worse. That's because even though the city council has

:06:42. > :06:44.pledged that nobody should have to spend two nights in a row out on the

:06:45. > :06:47.streets, the organisations which exist to help rough sleepers are

:06:48. > :06:51.facing funding cuts. Adina Campbell's been to meet one man who

:06:52. > :06:56.says the support he received turned his life around.

:06:57. > :07:01.Two years ago, Kevin ended up homeless in Bicester and spent three

:07:02. > :07:07.weeks on the streets here. This was one of the places he found shelter.

:07:08. > :07:14.I used to clean the seat and climb into a sleeping bag to try and get

:07:15. > :07:22.warm. How does it make you feel, seeing this toilet again? But with

:07:23. > :07:26.help from a hostel, he has had a bedroom for the last 18 months,

:07:27. > :07:31.providing him with bathroom facilities and a place to have hot

:07:32. > :07:39.meals. Kevin also overcame his alcohol and mental health problems.

:07:40. > :07:47.I became very low. Didn't know whether I wanted to carry on and

:07:48. > :07:52.thought nobody cared. People used to look down on you. The numbers are

:07:53. > :07:57.small but latest figures show there has been a rise across Oxford. 12

:07:58. > :08:03.people were sleeping rough in 2012, but during the same month last

:08:04. > :08:09.year, that number went up to 19. Since the City Council introduced

:08:10. > :08:13.its programme in 2012, more than 250 people have accessed a bed as part

:08:14. > :08:20.of this campaign. But services like this are facing cuts of nearly 30%,

:08:21. > :08:25.which would mean fewer staff to provide support. The council says as

:08:26. > :08:32.well as that, there is a shortage of housing. We have the highest rate

:08:33. > :08:35.outside London for very inadequate accommodation and the amount of

:08:36. > :08:39.accommodation available for the type of person we're looking at is very

:08:40. > :08:44.small, so there is a real need for more building of housing. The car

:08:45. > :08:49.park here is another place where Kevin used to find shelter when he

:08:50. > :08:53.didn't have anywhere else to live. Even though latest figures show

:08:54. > :08:58.homelessness has gone up across the city, the hostel staff we have

:08:59. > :09:02.spoken to says this doesn't reveal the whole picture and claimed dozens

:09:03. > :09:05.more are either sleeping on the streets or drifting from one

:09:06. > :09:09.friend's sofa the next. The man who was once in charge of

:09:10. > :09:13.tackling fraud on behalf of Oxfam will go on trial in March, accused

:09:14. > :09:17.of defrauding the charity out of more than ?62,000. Edward

:09:18. > :09:20.McKenzie`Green from Chipping Norton has already pleaded not guilty to

:09:21. > :09:25.theft and also "fraud by abuse of position". Details of the case and

:09:26. > :09:28.future hearing were discussed today at The Old Bailey. It's claimed he

:09:29. > :09:32.made payments from Oxfam accounts to nonexistent businesses. His father,

:09:33. > :09:37.Edward Green, from Glasgow, is also charged with moving the money

:09:38. > :09:40.between bank accounts. One of the busiest road bridges

:09:41. > :09:43.across the River Thames has re`opened today following the recent

:09:44. > :09:46.flooding. But drivers using Sonning Bridge to travel between Oxfordshire

:09:47. > :09:51.and Berkshire will continue to face disruption for some time yet. That's

:09:52. > :09:54.because the road surface has been badly damaged. As Ben Moore reports,

:09:55. > :09:58.businesses in the area fear the disruption they've suffered will

:09:59. > :10:03.continue. The river was the only thing flowing

:10:04. > :10:07.through Sonning this morning. The bridge closure has affected most

:10:08. > :10:12.commuters in Redding, even those trying to get to school on the bus.

:10:13. > :10:21.We have had an hour's wait for the last two weeks. So many students get

:10:22. > :10:26.the bus into school. There have been quite a few late students in. The

:10:27. > :10:30.flooding may have gone but the road here has been underwater since the

:10:31. > :10:36.New Year and that has taken its toll. It was inspected this morning

:10:37. > :10:41.but damage means it's down to one lane. Businesses fear that will mean

:10:42. > :10:47.going from no traffic to too much. It's not going to be good. We will

:10:48. > :10:53.have two lots of traffic meeting head`on and nowhere for them to go.

:10:54. > :11:00.Redding has been gridlocked because of the closure and it has proved

:11:01. > :11:06.more than just an inconvenience. The lateness of people getting to work,

:11:07. > :11:09.that is happening an enormous number of times, the general congestion is

:11:10. > :11:17.a deterrent to businesses coming to the country. Redding's commuters are

:11:18. > :11:21.happy that Sonning Bridge has reopened but the last two weeks have

:11:22. > :11:27.shown just how fragile the road system can be. The issue is

:11:28. > :11:46.certainly not water under the bridge. We have our own TV bridge.

:11:47. > :11:49.Wiltshire is known for its historical landmarks but people are

:11:50. > :11:56.hoping that there will be those who want to spend eternity on this

:11:57. > :12:00.ancient burial ground. Still to come: Reunited at last ` we

:12:01. > :12:06.hear from the owner whose dog was stolen a year ago.

:12:07. > :12:10.Last year the number of passengers commuting into London went up by

:12:11. > :12:14.just under 5%. But the income received by the train operators went

:12:15. > :12:17.up by almost 18%. So where did this money come from? The Government

:12:18. > :12:20.capped fare increases to just above inflation. The figures don't appear

:12:21. > :12:27.to add up, because the railway's income is clearly rising a lot

:12:28. > :12:29.faster than that. Our transport correspondent Paul Clifton has some

:12:30. > :12:32.answers. This is an extraordinary rate of

:12:33. > :12:36.increase in railway income. 5% more people in this region took the train

:12:37. > :12:40.last year. Yet the income from those passengers went up by 18% ` almost a

:12:41. > :12:47.fifth ` Even though the Government capped commuter fare rises to 4%,

:12:48. > :12:51.just above inflation. So how did it happen? The Government does not cap

:12:52. > :12:55.off`peak fares. Train companies can put those up as much as they like.

:12:56. > :12:58.They can do the same with station car parking charges. They can

:12:59. > :13:03.massage the fare boundaries too, moving the time when peak fares

:13:04. > :13:07.become off`peak. They can put up the rent for shops on station platforms.

:13:08. > :13:11.And they can trim their operating costs. The statistics call into

:13:12. > :13:15.question the fairness of allowing specific tickets to be increased by

:13:16. > :13:21.up to 6% above inflation last year, provided there are reductions

:13:22. > :13:30.elsewhere in the fares basket. That happened in the past at Reading, by

:13:31. > :13:33.far the region's busiest station. What's clear is that commuters in

:13:34. > :13:37.London and the south`east have been taken for a ride, paying huge

:13:38. > :13:41.amounts of money ` more to the Treasury every year. Rail fares are

:13:42. > :13:44.going up faster than inflation and then we've got a huge hidden costs

:13:45. > :13:49.are like the cost of station parking. In Southampton, Chargers

:13:50. > :13:54.have gone up by about 40 present in three years. Everywhere you turn,

:13:55. > :14:04.commuters are being hit. The cost of commuting into London has risen by a

:14:05. > :14:08.quarter in the last five years. I'd say that's an important thing and I

:14:09. > :14:12.wouldn't mind paying more but it should be more in line with

:14:13. > :14:18.inflation. They have developed a lot in the last three years. A better

:14:19. > :14:21.railway would be good but the cost is far too high and doesn't really

:14:22. > :14:28.compare with a car if you have more than one passenger. This extra money

:14:29. > :14:31.isn't going into the pockets of rail managers. The Government is now

:14:32. > :14:34.making a net profit from rail franchises ` it is more than meeting

:14:35. > :14:38.the cost of providing services. It still gave ?5 billion to Network

:14:39. > :14:41.Rail last year for improvements such as the Reading upgrade ` that's

:14:42. > :14:44.about stimulating the economy. It is also buying a railway that carries

:14:45. > :14:48.twice as many passengers as it did 15 years ago. And passengers are

:14:49. > :14:57.clearly paying a great deal more for it, too.

:14:58. > :14:59.We often hear about the demise of UK manufacturing. Well, today, the

:15:00. > :15:06.Eastleigh`based cable making company Prysmian is celebrating its

:15:07. > :15:09.centenary. The industry may now only employ a fraction of the numbers of

:15:10. > :15:13.its heyday but every month Prysmian makes enough energy cables to reach

:15:14. > :15:16.all the way around the world. The company began as Pirelli ` and our

:15:17. > :15:21.business correspondent Alastair Fee has had exclusive access to its

:15:22. > :15:30.plant. This is what keeps the country going

:15:31. > :15:36.without power cables, our businesses would grind to a halt. Davies in his

:15:37. > :15:40.41st year. Both his parents worked here before him and last year his

:15:41. > :15:44.son followed the family tradition. I've never seen this amount of work

:15:45. > :15:48.coming through so quickly than in the last couple of years. It's

:15:49. > :15:55.tremendous. It's good the younger people coming in here, like myself.

:15:56. > :15:59.I started at 20 and here we are, 40 odd years on, still going and

:16:00. > :16:02.getting stronger. Orders are healthy here on the outskirts of Eastleigh

:16:03. > :16:08.but UK manufacturing has fallen sharply. In 1995, there were 65

:16:09. > :16:15.companies making cables. That's dropped to just four and company

:16:16. > :16:21.macros the only big player left. So `` Prysmian is the only big player.

:16:22. > :16:27.We've had to move as technology has moved. Whether it is within power or

:16:28. > :16:34.the telecommunications sector, it is something we've had to always

:16:35. > :16:38.continually be on top of. The manufacture of fibre`optic cables

:16:39. > :16:42.that deliver superfast broadband is now big business and sustained a

:16:43. > :16:49.dedicated factory. They produce enough every year to go to the moon

:16:50. > :16:56.and back. In terms of our UK telecom business, it makes up the vast

:16:57. > :16:59.majority of it. The future is firmly in the optical area and that's where

:17:00. > :17:06.we are now with significant investments. But change has seen a

:17:07. > :17:12.decline in the number of workers. The industry used to employ tens of

:17:13. > :17:15.thousands of people. Technology has changed its hugely. I imagine that

:17:16. > :17:21.it is the leap from my grandfather to my father, which was a lot

:17:22. > :17:26.smaller than the leap that has happened in my time here. This high

:17:27. > :17:29.voltage testing lab was opened last year. Exports make up 20 present of

:17:30. > :17:41.what is made here and the work is good because the business is kept

:17:42. > :17:45.moving. `` 20%. Tony is back with us after being ill

:17:46. > :17:50.last week but he has managed to share his illness around with

:17:51. > :18:03.everybody! Thanks ever so much! Loving you dearly(!).

:18:04. > :18:11.Reading are continuing to talk to US investors over a proposed takeover.

:18:12. > :18:16.The club want to conclude a deal this month, amid reported interest

:18:17. > :18:20.from another group based in Oman. On the field the club stormed to their

:18:21. > :18:27.best result of the season, 7`1 over Bolton. Striker Adam Le Fondre

:18:28. > :18:31.bagged a hat trick in the first half as the visitors were blown away by

:18:32. > :18:34.Nigel Adkins' men. The Royals have won their last two and, after a

:18:35. > :18:37.tricky spell around Christmas, have rediscovered their form to go sixth

:18:38. > :18:45.in the table. Pavel Pogrebnyak, Nick Blackman, Hope Akpan, and Kaspars

:18:46. > :18:50.Gorks were the other goal scorers. You can feel it to rally around the

:18:51. > :18:54.whole football club. Players have been working extremely hard on the

:18:55. > :18:58.training ground. We're looking forward to where we want to get to

:18:59. > :19:01.and great credit to the players because everyone is together,

:19:02. > :19:05.everyone is working hard and it was a good victory today. We'll keep a

:19:06. > :19:12.close eye on what's going on at Southampton, because owner Katharina

:19:13. > :19:15.Liebherr addressed the club's staff today after the high`profile exit of

:19:16. > :19:18.Executive Chairman Nicola Cortese. Her first priority is to appoint a

:19:19. > :19:21.new Chief Executive. And the BBC understands former Blackburn Rovers

:19:22. > :19:24.Chief John Williams, seen here on the right, is the lead candidate.

:19:25. > :19:27.Saints led 2`0 at Sunderland on Saturday through early goals from

:19:28. > :19:30.Jay Rodriguez and a superbly controlled volley by Dejan Lovren,

:19:31. > :19:34.one of two players to be stretchered off by the end of the game.

:19:35. > :19:38.Sunderland got one back before half time and went onto claim a point.

:19:39. > :19:40.Saints captain Adam Lallana played down the events of the past week,

:19:41. > :20:07.saying nothing has really changed. The home side was reduced to ten

:20:08. > :20:13.men. Despite that disadvantage, they kept that you's bay until three

:20:14. > :20:22.minutes from time. Oxford's support was sent home happy. In league one,

:20:23. > :20:25.MK dons had to settle for a point. Well executed finishes put the

:20:26. > :20:40.visitors in control, but after the break, the striker was on hand to

:20:41. > :20:42.spoil the party. Swindon also continued to foot in their push for

:20:43. > :20:50.the play`offs. It leaves a deal for a new training ground.

:20:51. > :20:52.Pompey got another point. Guildford Flames suffered a 5`1

:20:53. > :21:10.defeat against Swindon in ice hockey's Premier League. While they

:21:11. > :21:12.slip to third, Basingstoke are second after a come`from`behind win

:21:13. > :21:16.over Peterborough on Saturday night. The Bison were two down within a

:21:17. > :21:19.minute as the Panthers caught them napping. By early in the second

:21:20. > :21:21.period it was 4`3 to the Bison before Thomas Karpov finally netted

:21:22. > :21:24.the winner. England's men beat Australia in

:21:25. > :21:27.controversial circumstances to win the bronze medal match at the

:21:28. > :21:30.inaugural Hockey World League Final in India. Goals from Reading's Tom

:21:31. > :21:34.Carson and Barry Middleton either side of a Glenn Turner equaliser had

:21:35. > :21:36.given the Bisham Abbey based squad a 2`1 lead. Australia then thought

:21:37. > :21:39.they had forced extra time, after finally breaching England's

:21:40. > :21:41.determined defence from a penalty corner in the closing seconds.

:21:42. > :21:46.However, Turner's strike was ruled out for obstruction by the video

:21:47. > :21:49.umpire. I like those video umpires because they are very quick and get

:21:50. > :21:52.the decision made. Last January, South Today reported

:21:53. > :21:55.on a string of thefts of working dogs across Hampshire and Sussex.

:21:56. > :21:59.It's not just the wrench for the owners of losing what is considered

:22:00. > :22:02.a family member ` the dogs are also high value breeds. Sammy Thatcher

:22:03. > :22:06.was one of those victims, losing two spaniels. She's just been reunited

:22:07. > :22:11.with Tia a year after she was taken ` but Maisy is still missing. A

:22:12. > :22:20.short time ago, I asked Sammy about the night she lost both dogs. It was

:22:21. > :22:26.absolutely horrible, bearing in mind it was 2am. So from then until a

:22:27. > :22:32.good few days later, I haven't slept. It was constantly just trying

:22:33. > :22:42.to keep easy and not try and think about where they could be. It was

:22:43. > :22:47.just horrible. When you were reunited with Tia, what was the

:22:48. > :22:50.moment like? Absolutely brilliant. I didn't know if she would remember me

:22:51. > :22:56.but she could. She couldn't stop wagging her tail. I know Maisie is

:22:57. > :23:00.still missing and that must be very distressing for you but you've got

:23:01. > :23:04.Tia back. Do you think they were stolen to order because they're

:23:05. > :23:09.working dogs? Possibly, more than likely. When I went to the vets,

:23:10. > :23:15.they told me that she would definitely have a litter. `` she had

:23:16. > :23:23.definitely had a litter. In the time she's been away? Yes, so we think

:23:24. > :23:25.that may be why. The crucial part of this is that they both have

:23:26. > :23:30.microchips and that is how you were traced as the owner after the raid

:23:31. > :23:35.on the farm. Absolutely. If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't have got

:23:36. > :23:40.her home. Do you think you will get the other dog back? Definitely now.

:23:41. > :23:47.We will not be giving up until she comes home as well. Let me turn to

:23:48. > :23:51.Jon, who is the presenter of Inside Out. You've done many programmes on

:23:52. > :23:58.this over the years. It's very distressing. Indeed and it won't go

:23:59. > :24:02.away. There are still hundreds out there missing for everyone we get

:24:03. > :24:07.back. What can we expect a night on Inside Out? It's an energy special.

:24:08. > :24:12.We find out about the power cuts over Christmas. We're after the

:24:13. > :24:21.energy thieves ` people who take it for free. And how would you like a

:24:22. > :24:24.fuel bill of ?3 per month. Thank you for coming in. I'm glad you're

:24:25. > :24:30.reunited with at least Tia. That's lovely. Thank you. Jon will be back

:24:31. > :24:42.on Inside Out tonight at 7:30pm. On to the weather, Alexis. You've

:24:43. > :24:47.done well today and yesterday. A bit of rain to come. I'll tell you

:24:48. > :24:50.about the forecast in a minute but the big issue tonight is fog. Ken

:24:51. > :24:54.Rayner captured the sun burning through the fog over the swing

:24:55. > :24:57.bridge on Kennet and Avon Canal in Hungerford. Martin Perry took this

:24:58. > :25:00.photo of the blue skies over Christchurch Quay in Dorset.

:25:01. > :25:03.And Alan Smith took this photo of a male Gadwall in the sunshine at

:25:04. > :25:09.Langford Lakes Nature Reserve in Wiltshire.

:25:10. > :25:14.Lots of sunshine today but the big issue tonight will be quite

:25:15. > :25:18.widespread, dense fog patches. Staging to your BBC local radio

:25:19. > :25:22.stations for the latest on the travel because it will reduce this

:25:23. > :25:27.ability on the roads. The Met Office has issued a yellow warning, in

:25:28. > :25:31.force for the next 12 hours or so. Through the course of tonight, we

:25:32. > :25:35.see the fog form and there may be some frost and Mr patches.

:25:36. > :25:41.Temperatures will take a plunge down to freezing, even in our towns and

:25:42. > :25:47.cities. Lows of minus one or minus two in the countryside so it may be

:25:48. > :25:49.freezing fog patches. The fog will slowly clear tomorrow morning,

:25:50. > :25:57.lingering throughout the mourning period, but we hope that the winds

:25:58. > :26:00.will increase. The best of any brightness the further east you are,

:26:01. > :26:06.east of the Isle of Wight. Temperatures will reach a high of

:26:07. > :26:09.seven to nine. The rain is waiting in the wings, which is going to head

:26:10. > :26:15.towards us tomorrow night after dark. Winds will increase in

:26:16. > :26:20.strength tomorrow afternoon. The fog patches will disperse through the

:26:21. > :26:24.morning. You can see the dark blues and greens and that is further Wayne

:26:25. > :26:30.fall, which is unwelcome. Temperatures around four to seven. A

:26:31. > :26:35.wet start to the day on Wednesday and the band of rain isn't going

:26:36. > :26:38.anywhere quickly. It lingers over the southeastern part of the

:26:39. > :26:44.country, so parts of Sussex and Surrey may have an unpleasant day.

:26:45. > :26:50.The winds will be fairly light on Wednesday, hence the weather front

:26:51. > :26:54.will be slow to clear eastwards. We are looking at some rain this week

:26:55. > :26:59.but the main issue is the fog patches, which will be very dense,

:27:00. > :27:03.reducing visibility on the roads. Rain on Wednesday with the best of

:27:04. > :27:10.any dryness and bright conditions the further west you are.

:27:11. > :27:15.You might want to sit at the end of the couch because we've got germs! I

:27:16. > :27:19.thought it was because of the dog that was there earlier!

:27:20. > :27:22.There is more later on. Good night.