:00:10. > :00:12.. Good evening and welcome to BBC Points West.
:00:12. > :00:15.Our headlines tonight: Plans to take methane out of the
:00:15. > :00:21.Mendips, but campaigners say look what can happen if the gas leaks
:00:21. > :00:25.into the water supply. Fears for missing William, another
:00:25. > :00:30.student disappears after a night out.
:00:30. > :00:33.A series of police drugs raids in Swindon today.
:00:33. > :00:43.And a "didgeridoo" of a row, after art gallery bosses walk out over
:00:43. > :00:46.
:00:46. > :00:50.plans to showcase work from the Hello. Plans are being put forward
:00:50. > :00:53.to drill for natural gas in the Mendip Hills. A company hopes to
:00:53. > :00:57.extract methane from deep in the earth in Somerset which could be
:00:57. > :01:00.used to power homes and create hundreds of jobs. The practice
:01:00. > :01:02.known as "fracking" is widely used in America, but is proving
:01:02. > :01:05.controversial and the proposals here have already run into problems
:01:05. > :01:15.too with campaigners warning the drilling could prove dangerous and
:01:15. > :01:17.
:01:17. > :01:21.threaten water supplies. John Even on a day like today the
:01:21. > :01:25.Mendips offer spectacular views from the Bristol Channel to
:01:25. > :01:32.Dorset's Jurassic coast. The hills provide water, tourism, farming,
:01:32. > :01:39.but could they provide so much more? A huge gas supply?
:01:39. > :01:44.The company UK Methane wants to sink test holes across 564
:01:44. > :01:54.kilometres of Somerset in search of gas that it would access through
:01:54. > :01:55.
:01:55. > :02:01.fracking. So what is fracking? Well, its full name is hydraulic
:02:01. > :02:05.fracturing. Bores drill down 9,000 feet to access the gas. Explosions
:02:05. > :02:09.strip the rock and water, sand and other chemical are pumped in to
:02:09. > :02:13.release the gas. And my concern is that any activity,
:02:13. > :02:18.is going to come back and through the caves and pollute the water and
:02:18. > :02:24.out into the atmosphere. Explosives expert, Nigel Taylor
:02:24. > :02:29.says the geology in the Mendips is just too unstable to handle process.
:02:29. > :02:32.The fracking will damage the limestone and the gases will expand
:02:32. > :02:36.out through the rocks. These gases will come out and
:02:36. > :02:40.pollute the water supplies and the area. It is not to be treated
:02:40. > :02:48.lightly. We must get the checks and balances in place before
:02:48. > :02:52.permissions are given. In America, there are claims that
:02:52. > :03:02.the methane can leak into the domestic water supply with alarming
:03:02. > :03:04.
:03:04. > :03:09.And in Lancashire, drilling has stopped for an investigation after
:03:09. > :03:15.two small earthquakes occurred in recent months. The company mined
:03:15. > :03:18.the Somerset plans says its work is approved by the Government and is
:03:18. > :03:23.tightly controlled. I know there has been a lot of
:03:23. > :03:26.controversy over fracking, but if you go by the Government Select
:03:26. > :03:30.Committee's report and the Environment Agency comments, then
:03:30. > :03:36.it is quite safe and this is all very, very strictly governed. We
:03:37. > :03:42.wouldn't be able to do do anything that was not safe.
:03:42. > :03:46.If fracking comes here, UK Methane says thousands of jobs will be
:03:46. > :03:51.created and the the gasworks could be concealed underground. Right now,
:03:51. > :04:01.there are more questions than answers. Crucially, is there gas in
:04:01. > :04:02.
:04:02. > :04:04.the hills in the the first place? Friends and family of a Bristol
:04:05. > :04:07.student, who has now been missing for four days, say they're
:04:07. > :04:12.extremely concerned for his safety. 19-year-old William Appleby was
:04:12. > :04:16.last seen inside a nightclub in the early hours of Sunday morning.
:04:16. > :04:26.Laura Lyon is in St Philips for us now. Laura, what's the latest
:04:26. > :04:27.
:04:27. > :04:31.Well, David, this is Motion Nightclub and on Saturday night
:04:31. > :04:34.there were 1700 people out here enjoying themselves. Among them was
:04:34. > :04:37.William Appleby with his group of friends. They were celebrating the
:04:38. > :04:42.end of their first year at university. We are told it wasn't a
:04:42. > :04:46.wild night out, but we know that William had been drinking. None of
:04:46. > :04:50.his friends saw him leave the club and it was later on Sunday that the
:04:50. > :04:55.alarm was raised. A a keen skateboarder, William
:04:55. > :04:58.Appleby and his friends regularly go to Motion Nightclub in Bristol.
:04:58. > :05:04.The club has a skate park inside and is busy on Saturday nights. He
:05:04. > :05:08.is a student at UWE studying for a media degree and he and his friends
:05:08. > :05:13.were relaxing before starting their summer break. They saw him inside
:05:13. > :05:17.the club at around 2.30 am. Usually after nights out, he would
:05:17. > :05:23.be the first one awake. He would be knocking on our doors trying to get
:05:23. > :05:26.us up and stuff. For him to go the opposite and not be about is out of
:05:26. > :05:31.character. Avon and Somerset Police say his
:05:31. > :05:35.mobile phone was in use at 3.30 am. We know Will had been drinking with
:05:35. > :05:38.his friends. It wasn't unusual for Will to leave the nightclub by
:05:38. > :05:43.himself and his friends who tried to text him were not concerned at
:05:43. > :05:47.the time, but it wasn't until the following morning that Will wasn't
:05:47. > :05:53.at their accommodation that they raised the alarm and we were aware
:05:53. > :05:58.and we started the investigation. William's family family contacted
:05:58. > :06:02.police after he failed to catch a bus. In the back of their minds
:06:02. > :06:08.students like James Bubear and Casper Flagg who died in Bath after
:06:08. > :06:12.after nights out. Although term has finished at UWE. The university is
:06:12. > :06:17.advising students to be careful. We have a clear message around that
:06:17. > :06:25.which is about, if it feels unsafe then you know, think twice about it.
:06:25. > :06:29.So we encourage our our to go in -- students to go in pairs and you
:06:29. > :06:34.know, we hope that is what they do. For now, William's family and
:06:34. > :06:42.friends are hoping the police appeal and a Facebook campaign will
:06:42. > :06:45.help jog people's memories and they Well, Avon and Somerset Police say
:06:45. > :06:49.they want to hear from anyone that was inside the club and might have
:06:49. > :06:55.seen William on his way home. It is likely he headed back to the city
:06:55. > :06:59.as that's where his student residence is. This evening missing
:06:59. > :07:03.posters are going up around Park Street and the city centre hoping
:07:03. > :07:07.to jog people's attention. William's family, his twin brother
:07:07. > :07:15.and parents were due to be going on holiday on Friday. Instead they are
:07:15. > :07:18.making plans to come to Bristol to Let's hope for good news soon.
:07:18. > :07:20.Heroin and crack dealers were the target in Swindon early this
:07:20. > :07:24.morningas police mounted the biggest operation of its kind in
:07:24. > :07:34.the town for ten years. It follows a rise in violent crime in the last
:07:34. > :07:36.
:07:36. > :07:42.year linked to street dealing. A door opens on Swindon's illegal
:07:43. > :07:47.and violent Class A drugs trade. This, one of 16, suspected dealers
:07:47. > :07:54.targeted by 130 police officers. They have to break in quickly using
:07:54. > :07:58.what they call the big red key. It creates a shock for them, but
:07:58. > :08:01.also they will get rid of evidence. They will flush it or they will
:08:01. > :08:05.swallow it. They will try and distribute it to other people in
:08:05. > :08:11.the house. At this home, hours of searching.
:08:11. > :08:16.Officers find a set of weighing scales. An estimated �6,000 in this
:08:16. > :08:20.bundle. Then bags buried in the garden.
:08:20. > :08:24.A lot of dealers bury their drugs because they are not in the house.
:08:24. > :08:27.Operation was launched after a series of stabbings in Swindon
:08:27. > :08:32.linked to street drug dealing. It is known that dealers from London,
:08:33. > :08:36.Reading and Birmingham are now targeting the town. On this estate,
:08:36. > :08:40.neighbours were glad something is being done.
:08:40. > :08:46.It should make life safer for everybody, shouldn't it and less
:08:47. > :08:51.hassle. Normal Syringes and with three
:08:51. > :08:56.young kids, it is worrying. I don't think they get stiff enough
:08:56. > :09:03.penalties to be honest with you. You know, if you don't really stamp
:09:03. > :09:07.down on them as Nick just said, the next one will come along.
:09:07. > :09:11.Officers admit they will only disrupt drugs trading for 24 hours.
:09:11. > :09:14.Soon someone else will be supplying, but they say it is worth of months
:09:14. > :09:18.of surveillance. This case isn't just about drugs
:09:18. > :09:21.supply, it is about reducing violence with drugs supply and I
:09:21. > :09:25.think that is going to have a significant impact because the
:09:25. > :09:29.people we've gone after are the people that we have got that cause
:09:29. > :09:33.people's lives a misery. 14 arrests were made including one
:09:33. > :09:42.in London and two of inmates already doing time at Bristol
:09:42. > :09:47.Well, you are watching BBC Points West.
:09:47. > :09:51.It is a rather grey Wednesday, but stay with us as there is more,
:09:52. > :09:55.including: 25 years on, find out how plans for
:09:55. > :10:05.a science park are becoming a reality.
:10:05. > :10:05.
:10:05. > :10:09.We meet the boxer called Bang Bang Blackwell.
:10:09. > :10:14.Stay with us. Last year, more than 1,300 elderly
:10:14. > :10:17.people in the West were reported as abused, neglected or swindled. The
:10:17. > :10:20.BBC has obtained the figures from local authorities who are trying to
:10:20. > :10:29.highlight the issue. Here's our Health Correspondent, Matthew Hill,
:10:29. > :10:32.Today has been dubbed national Elder Abuse Dayand to give you an
:10:32. > :10:36.indication of how widespread the problem is here in the West, we've
:10:36. > :10:39.been number crunching all the figures from local councils.
:10:39. > :10:44.Overall there were 1,306 reports of safeguarding concerns for the over
:10:44. > :10:52.65s to local authorities in the last year. More than half were
:10:52. > :10:56.found to be true. 594 of them were categorised as Physical abuse. 402
:10:56. > :10:59.were financial and 342 were about neglect. We've all been shocked by
:10:59. > :11:03.the cases of abuse of elderly people in our care homes, most
:11:03. > :11:06.recently at the hands of nurse manager, Rachel Baker. She is
:11:06. > :11:10.serving ten years after the manslaughter of an elderly resident
:11:10. > :11:13.at Parkfields Care home in Somerset. Concerns have also been raised
:11:13. > :11:17.about a number of homes run by Mimosa Health Care in Bristol
:11:17. > :11:21.including worries about the alleged neglect of a patient. They have
:11:21. > :11:24.been told to improve by the regulator or face legal action. Now
:11:24. > :11:27.we also have data from Bristol City Council revealed under the Freedom
:11:27. > :11:29.of Information Act which shows that last year 654 vulnerable adults
:11:29. > :11:38.were referred to Social Services because of suspected abuse, but
:11:38. > :11:44.there was not a single serious case review. That's something which
:11:44. > :11:51.review. That's something which concerns the charity, Elder Abuse.
:11:51. > :11:59.That's a concerning statistic for Action on Eld abuse. Within child
:11:59. > :12:04.pro tux, serious case reviews are are mandatory.
:12:04. > :12:08.But we are concerned out of that many referrals, there hasn't been a
:12:08. > :12:11.Serious Case Review because serious case reviews are about learning
:12:11. > :12:14.lessons and ensuring there is better protection for other older
:12:14. > :12:17.people. Bristol City Council says there
:12:17. > :12:20.would only be a serious case review if there was a death caused by
:12:20. > :12:23.institutional failure, but one thing all parties do agree on is
:12:23. > :12:26.the need for people report concerns to councils and if that abuse could
:12:27. > :12:36.be life threatening then the police should also be involved and on this
:12:37. > :12:38.
:12:38. > :12:41.day, all believe more must be done A man has been jailed for two years
:12:41. > :12:44.for his part in the violence in the Stokes Croft area of Bristol
:12:45. > :12:49.earlier this year. Steven Farthing, who is 32, was charged with violent
:12:49. > :12:54.disorder, burglary and possessing cannabis. So far 60 people have
:12:54. > :12:57.been arrested in connection with the protests in April.
:12:57. > :13:01.The Bristol DJ Roni Size was back in court today to challenge claims
:13:01. > :13:05.by his former girlfriend that he threw her down the stairs of his
:13:05. > :13:13.home in a jealous rage. 32-year-old Jane Andrews claims the musician
:13:13. > :13:16.caused her to shatter her heel when he pushed her during an argument.
:13:16. > :13:21.He denies grievous bodily harm and says she fell during a row. The
:13:21. > :13:25.case at Bristol Crown Court continues.
:13:25. > :13:28.A Wiltshire MP has called for a new Bank Holiday to be created to
:13:28. > :13:31.remember the armed forces. Claire Perry, who represents Devizes,
:13:31. > :13:34.today asked Parliament to make the Monday after Remembrance Day an
:13:34. > :13:44.official public holiday. She says it would be the best way of
:13:44. > :13:47.
:13:47. > :13:52.bringing people together to support the military. A big celebration was
:13:52. > :13:57.held today at the Bristol and Bath Bath Science Park. Developers and
:13:57. > :14:05.the three universities behind the scheme say the park will bring
:14:05. > :14:10.6,000 hi-tech jobs into the region. The Bristol, and Bath region is a
:14:10. > :14:13.very, very strong region economically and we are one of the
:14:13. > :14:16.only science city that is doesn't have a science park and we have
:14:16. > :14:22.needed one for a long time. These events are always a big deal
:14:22. > :14:29.when a big construction project comes to an en. Scientists and
:14:29. > :14:38.industrialists waited 25 years for this moment.
:14:38. > :14:41.He. A guided tour for the physicist who has been dreaming of this place
:14:41. > :14:45.since 1987. It is wonderful to see the flesh on
:14:46. > :14:52.the bare bones on what I have been working on for many years.
:14:52. > :14:54.Soon this room will be filled with brand-new hi-tech companies. The
:14:54. > :14:58.decades of delay cost the West Country dear.
:14:58. > :15:00.We have lost a lot of our industrial strength. We need to
:15:00. > :15:09.have new industries and have employment for local people, but
:15:09. > :15:14.also for the bright people people at the three three academic
:15:14. > :15:17.institutions who migrate, often going overseas for employment.
:15:17. > :15:23.This is the kind of company they are looking for.
:15:23. > :15:28.This is some exciting data coming from our first patients in our
:15:28. > :15:31.second trial for multiple sclerosis. It takes year to to develop a
:15:31. > :15:35.treatment like there, but if they are right, they will change the
:15:35. > :15:38.lives of MS sufferers and make money and employ a lot of people.
:15:38. > :15:46.To get there, they don't only need science, they need investment.
:15:46. > :15:48.Recently they raised 10 million euros, if the company is anymore
:15:48. > :15:52.successful, it will be too big for the university.
:15:52. > :15:55.We have grown from two people and we have now got 28 people working
:15:55. > :16:00.for the company. As you continue to grow, you have got to have space to
:16:00. > :16:05.do that in and clearly that needs to be in something like the science
:16:05. > :16:13.park. It is not just small companies
:16:13. > :16:19.coming to the park, yesterday this 9 tonne flat bed -- 92 tonne
:16:19. > :16:24.flatbed truck left Filton head to go Emerson's Green. On board a
:16:24. > :16:31.giant oven. Airbus use it to cook their carbon-fibre components
:16:31. > :16:36.creating light aircraft. They brought it here, the new National
:16:36. > :16:41.Research Centre on the other side of the Science Park.
:16:41. > :16:46.Bristol is first class in research. It is a real academic centre for it,
:16:46. > :16:50.but the UK is not great at at bridging the golf between academic
:16:50. > :16:53.research and industry application. The NCC is here to fill that void.
:16:53. > :17:01.It was all smiles today at the science park, but they know their
:17:01. > :17:11.job starts now. Getting the brightest hi-tech entrepreneurs to
:17:11. > :17:15.
:17:15. > :17:21.The science park 25 years in the making.
:17:21. > :17:24.Now to the world of art. It has emerged that for the first
:17:24. > :17:26.time in over 150 years the President of the Royal West of
:17:26. > :17:29.England Art Academy has resigned. Simon Quadrat quit in protest at
:17:29. > :17:32.the artistic direction the Academy was taking. Its new management team
:17:32. > :17:37.has been trying to attract more visitors by showing works by
:17:37. > :17:47.popular artists like Jack Vettriano and possibly Rolf Harris. But some
:17:47. > :17:49.
:17:49. > :17:57.local painters claim it amounts to There is over 150 years of history
:17:57. > :17:59.that's here, but but its the future that's at stake. The current
:17:59. > :18:02.exhibition includes the giant Damian Hirst sculpture outside plus
:18:02. > :18:05.work by painter Mary Fedden and sculptor Elisabeth Frink. But its
:18:05. > :18:07.plans to bring in more popular artists and change the way they're
:18:07. > :18:10.chosen that have angered many and caused president and painter Simon
:18:10. > :18:14.Quadrat to resign.. It would be foolish to say the only way of
:18:14. > :18:19.bringing people through the door is putting on populist art. Anything
:18:19. > :18:23.like that that undermines the integrity of the art we show, where
:18:23. > :18:27.the academy has no opportunity to say one way or the other, whether
:18:27. > :18:31.they approve or disapprove of it, well these are not to the credit of
:18:31. > :18:36.the current regime of this academy. In terms of the programme and
:18:36. > :18:39.planning, we want to have a cross- fertilisation between audiences.
:18:39. > :18:43.Somebody might see something like the Damien Hirst and hopefully
:18:43. > :18:46.develop a bigger understanding of the visual arts.
:18:46. > :18:48.The upcoming exhibition by Jack Vettriano has caused problems.
:18:48. > :18:51.You'll probably recognise his pictures, they're hugely popular,
:18:51. > :19:01.but not critically acclaimed and there was even talk of bringing in
:19:01. > :19:02.
:19:02. > :19:09.Rolf Harris. The fascinating thing about art is that there is so much
:19:09. > :19:14.agreement and disagreement about it. Often it is very subjective. What
:19:14. > :19:18.one thinks is popular another person says, "That's not for me."
:19:18. > :19:23.Of course, I understand that they can have different views and
:19:23. > :19:27.different tastes. Some artists fear their views and
:19:27. > :19:31.experience are being ignored at the academy, but the board and the
:19:31. > :19:35.director say the majority of the public have never set foot through
:19:35. > :19:45.the doors of the gallery so they have no modernise and change to
:19:45. > :19:49.
:19:49. > :19:54.The Trowbridge boxer Nick Blackwell is confident he can spring a
:19:54. > :19:57.surprise despite being the under dog for this weekend's fight. The
:19:57. > :20:01.20-year-old made headlines last November when he became the
:20:01. > :20:06.youngest winner of the English middleweight belt. This next big
:20:06. > :20:12.opportunity has come quickly. He found a way to keep any nerves in
:20:12. > :20:16.Far from the toil and sweat of the boxing ring, this is where Nick
:20:16. > :20:21.Blackwell comes to relax. A keen fisherman since he was young,
:20:21. > :20:25.it is the perfect way to clear his head days before the biggest fight
:20:25. > :20:31.of his life. It takes your mind off it out in
:20:31. > :20:36.the countryside and yeah, just think about fushing and just to
:20:36. > :20:40.chill out. Especially when it is a big fight like this, but I deal
:20:40. > :20:43.with them this the right way. If I win, it opens so many more doors
:20:43. > :20:46.for me. Getting a British title chance
:20:46. > :20:51.after just eight professional fights is virtually unheard of. The
:20:51. > :20:56.man he is fighting Martin Murray, is eight years older than him and
:20:56. > :20:58.had three times as many bouts, but it seems the Murray camp may have
:20:58. > :21:06.underestimated their opponent's background.
:21:06. > :21:11.They haven't seen a lot of me. They have been asking for tapes and we
:21:11. > :21:15.haven't given them any. Their attitude is starting to change and
:21:15. > :21:18.they are getting more worried and they have respect for me. I'm
:21:18. > :21:22.trying to play with his head really and it is working.
:21:22. > :21:27.Nick had the assistance of a top conditioning coach for the last six
:21:27. > :21:31.months. He is around the same weight as his last fight, but it is
:21:31. > :21:35.now muscle. We have got him leaner so he is
:21:35. > :21:41.quicker when he is he is throwing punches. His hands are quicker than
:21:41. > :21:46.they were previously. The whole package has improved another 20%
:21:46. > :21:51.from where he was five or six months.
:21:51. > :21:55.Commonwealth Intercontinental belts are on the line on Saturday.
:21:55. > :22:05.A win would give Nick a world ranking and then he would be with
:22:05. > :22:15.Now, in tonight's Twenty20 cricket, Gloucestershire are batting first
:22:15. > :22:17.
:22:17. > :22:27.in their match against Kent. Somerset's game away to Essex
:22:27. > :22:29.
:22:29. > :22:34.It has been billed as Bristol's flagship museum and on Friday the M
:22:34. > :22:38.Shed will open. Some of the items on display have been donated by the
:22:39. > :22:46.public. We will give you a sneak pre-view. First, a bike used in
:22:46. > :22:53.Bristol and used by three The bike was made for me in 1946 by
:22:53. > :22:57.my father who was a fitter at the Bristol Aeroplane Company. The bike
:22:57. > :23:03.used to have ordinary forks, but because I kept on going over the
:23:03. > :23:08.payments and breaking -- pavements and breaking the forks, my father
:23:08. > :23:16.put the forks on for me. I remember riding it on the Downs with my
:23:16. > :23:21.mother and father down Lady's Mile and place like that.
:23:21. > :23:28.My son rode it afterwards when he was three. My grandson has just
:23:28. > :23:32.ridden it. Very well done, Thomas, I am very proud of you.
:23:32. > :23:35.Today was the first day that Thomas rode the bike and I was privileged
:23:35. > :23:38.to see that. I am glad we have the tune to have
:23:38. > :23:47.this day with them -- opportunity to have this day with them to be
:23:47. > :23:51.honest. I decided to donate it for posterity and everybody can admire
:23:51. > :24:00.British workmanship from the 19 hos. I am proud that my father made it
:24:00. > :24:06.and it is there for everybody to Now we have seen pigs and lions if
:24:06. > :24:13.Bath. Now life sized gorillas are to be place d around Bristol. The
:24:13. > :24:18.trail is being set-up to celebrate Bristol Zoo's 175th birthday.
:24:18. > :24:26.Businesses, charities and children are helping to hand pain the --
:24:26. > :24:33.hand-paint the animals. Why gorillas? We were looking for a
:24:33. > :24:38.project that would help celebrate the zoo's 175th anniversary. We
:24:38. > :24:42.thought the gorillas are big creatures and they would make a big
:24:42. > :24:47.impact. At the end of the trail, we will bring them back in and auction
:24:47. > :24:51.them off at end of September and proceeds are going to gorilla
:24:51. > :24:58.conservation projects and the Wallace and Gromit appeal.
:24:58. > :25:01.There are 100 smaller gorillas. This one, King Alfred, was made in
:25:01. > :25:05.Bristol. They will be on display from the start of July for ten
:25:05. > :25:08.weeks. Don't they look great!
:25:08. > :25:11.Let's move on to the weather. It has been really gloomy today. Not
:25:11. > :25:14.has been really gloomy today. Not much rain, but just grey.
:25:14. > :25:18.Well, we have had a fair few showers. We have had everything
:25:18. > :25:22.this week. It has been a mixed bag and there is more unsettled weather
:25:22. > :25:26.on the way. Today's unsettled weather was the legacy of several
:25:26. > :25:30.systems. One that came in overnight. That was a Warm Front. Several more
:25:30. > :25:34.behind and more tomorrow. The last one really, really dragging its
:25:34. > :25:39.heels and bringing cloudy and wet weather on the way. We have cloudy
:25:39. > :25:42.and wet weather tonight. If you are an amateur astronomer, there is a
:25:43. > :25:47.possibility we might have just enough visibility at times to see
:25:47. > :25:51.it. It is a significant one, but the moon is low in the sky at this
:25:51. > :25:56.time of year and we have the showers to contend. For those 100
:25:56. > :26:01.minutes while there is breaks in the sky, you might see T for tonne,
:26:01. > :26:06.we see a continuation of the showers. A few breaks here and
:26:06. > :26:11.there but a band of rain spreads in. Heavy at times, especially over
:26:11. > :26:16.Somerset, but the cloud coverage means our overnight lows not
:26:16. > :26:20.particularly low, typically between 10 and 12 Celsius. The rain lingers
:26:20. > :26:26.on into the first part of Wednesday. Early doors, rather wet. Then
:26:26. > :26:31.things brighten up, but behind that, more showers to come. The showers
:26:31. > :26:37.tomorrow heavier than today. I wouldn't be surprised if we see
:26:37. > :26:40.hail and hear a rumble or two of thunder. With a brisk westerly,
:26:40. > :26:46.temperatures take ago tumble. It was warm and sticky today and we
:26:46. > :26:50.got to 20 Celsius. Tomorrow, 16 and 17 Celsius at best.
:26:50. > :26:54.The outlook after that, there is your stats again for tomorrow. The
:26:54. > :26:59.sun index low despite the fact that we will be seeing sunny spells. The
:26:59. > :27:04.grass pollen is low. After that, more low pressure coming in. We end
:27:04. > :27:11.the week on a grey, gloomy, wet and windy note and rather chilly as
:27:11. > :27:16.well on Friday. Saturday and Sunday, more showers
:27:16. > :27:19.to come. Accompanied by once again a still south-westerly wind. The
:27:20. > :27:29.showers should make a disappearance by Sunday. At least ending the
:27:30. > :27:31.
:27:31. > :27:35.I am really excited about the lunar Thank you very much.
:27:35. > :27:39.Get your telescope out. Hopefully we won't need to.