:00:10. > :00:14.Good evening and welcome to BBC Points West. Our headlines tonight:
:00:14. > :00:18.Get your act together - a warning that the west will miss out on
:00:18. > :00:22.public transport if the councils don't work as one.
:00:22. > :00:27.What you won't see this year - no fireworks at the Harbour Festival
:00:27. > :00:31.to stop money going up in smoke. The best address in town - but now
:00:31. > :00:34.Cheltenham considers selling its elegant council offices.
:00:34. > :00:44.And why a bevy of balloons from the West Country are brightening the
:00:44. > :00:46.
:00:46. > :00:49.Good evening. West country councils are burying their differences and
:00:49. > :00:54.working together in a last minute attempt to get funding for new
:00:54. > :00:57.transport systems. The councils that used to make up
:00:57. > :01:01.the old Avon area are joining forces once more to persuade the
:01:01. > :01:03.government to pay for new bus links that could transform the way we
:01:03. > :01:06.travel. But the money is tight and other local authorities right
:01:06. > :01:16.across the country are bidding for the same funding.
:01:16. > :01:21.
:01:21. > :01:25.From that image you just saw, it looks like the boss is driving on
:01:25. > :01:28.the wrong side of the street. What the local councils have been told
:01:28. > :01:34.by the government is to put forward projects for government funding
:01:34. > :01:40.that support Robert Tyre's Bryan Gunn trained minds, a sort of very
:01:40. > :01:46.high value expensive projects. The key words of by ability and
:01:46. > :01:50.affordability. But of councils across the West are in a dogfight
:01:50. > :01:52.to draw in hundreds of millions of pounds of government cash.
:01:52. > :01:55.It's the holy grail of public transport - an integrated system
:01:55. > :01:58.that connects and that works. There are several transport improvement
:01:58. > :02:03.schemes here in the west all bidding for hundreds of millions of
:02:03. > :02:07.government funding. And the four councils that once sheltered under
:02:07. > :02:11.the Avon umbrella have joined forces to try to win money for five
:02:11. > :02:14.schemes. They would be in Bath, Weston-super-Mare, and in Bristol
:02:14. > :02:24.at Ashton Vale, South Bristol and three new rapid routes across the
:02:24. > :02:25.
:02:25. > :02:29.city. The Department for Transport offered me considerable amount of
:02:29. > :02:34.money to local authorities who want to put in innovative transport
:02:34. > :02:39.schemes. We decided that we needed to do a lot to get Bristol moving
:02:39. > :02:48.again. Therefore, we would put in a number of schemes to get the whole
:02:48. > :02:51.region called Naked and moving together. -- co-ordinated. Despite
:02:51. > :02:54.the four councils working together, they are stopping short of becoming
:02:54. > :02:57.an integrated transport authority which could set its own fares as
:02:57. > :03:01.they have in London or Manchester. Too expensive they say. Others
:03:01. > :03:05.disagree. There is a clear local consensus that an integrated
:03:05. > :03:10.transport authority would be good for Bristol. It would mean that it
:03:10. > :03:14.would have a voice at the table when funding decisions are made, it
:03:14. > :03:17.would make it easier to lobby ministers and civil servants, and
:03:17. > :03:20.the public wants that. There are schemes in Taunton, Gloucester and
:03:20. > :03:23.Cheltenham too, all in competing with the five in Avon for
:03:23. > :03:31.increasingly scarce central government cash. It's the transport
:03:31. > :03:36.ticket they all want to get their hands on.
:03:36. > :03:41.Something like 50 different schemes across the country that they are
:03:41. > :03:44.all competing with. Let's talk to a Bristol West MP and pick up on that
:03:44. > :03:52.issue of the integrated transport authority. It sounds like the
:03:52. > :03:55.councils are doing a job. I hope they all do well. An integrated
:03:55. > :03:59.transport authority would make expectation the norm and not
:03:59. > :04:04.something newsworthy. It would also give us a powerful voice when we
:04:04. > :04:09.are competing across the country for schemes like this. The councils
:04:09. > :04:12.say it will cost their council tax payers more money and it would be
:04:12. > :04:17.an expensive layer of bureaucracy. You have got to look at the set-up
:04:17. > :04:25.costs and the savings it would make. Without an ITA, Bristol will never
:04:25. > :04:29.see the game changing transport infrastructure that so many people
:04:29. > :04:33.want without a structure to enable local authorities to work together.
:04:33. > :04:37.That type of infrastructure would say that so much money because it
:04:37. > :04:42.would transform the kind of transport investment we are seeing
:04:42. > :04:48.and make it a game changed it for the city. Thank you very much. To
:04:48. > :04:57.give you an idea and a timescale, and also a potential cost, the
:04:57. > :05:02.schemes vary: Anything between 30 % up to 50 %. We should know a result
:05:02. > :05:05.by December so fingers crossed for an early Christmas present.
:05:05. > :05:08.Meanwhile, it's been a tough day on the motorways surrounding the West.
:05:08. > :05:11.Traffic's been building up on the M5 near Gloucester where a lorry's
:05:12. > :05:14.overturned. Motorists are being advised to avoid the M4 near
:05:15. > :05:21.Newport which was closed earlier after a lorry fire in the Brynglas
:05:21. > :05:25.Tunnel. The Bristol man who died in a
:05:25. > :05:28.helicopter crash at the weekend has been named. Chris Watts was the
:05:28. > :05:32.only person in the helicopter when it came down in a field in North
:05:32. > :05:38.Cornwall on Sunday. His brother-in- law has told the BBC that Mr Watts
:05:38. > :05:41.was a "very safety conscious pilot" and that "flying was his passion."
:05:41. > :05:44.The 40th Bristol Harbour Festival is just a few days away but with
:05:44. > :05:50.the City Council making �28 million worth of cuts this year, the
:05:50. > :05:59.festival's budget has taken a hit. So how much does this free festival
:05:59. > :06:03.cost the city and what does it bring in? Laura Lyon has been
:06:03. > :06:05.finding out. Out on a limb, despite city budget
:06:05. > :06:12.cuts biting across Bristol, preparations for the 40th annual
:06:12. > :06:17.Harbour Festival continue apace. In 1972, the festival cost just �800
:06:17. > :06:27.to stage. Last year the budget was �450,000 but that's gone down by
:06:27. > :06:29.
:06:29. > :06:34.�90,000 for this anniversary year. We have nibbled away at different
:06:34. > :06:39.areas, been really clear that it is a lot of money to lose from a
:06:39. > :06:44.modest budget for what it delivers, up to 250,000 people. But you
:06:44. > :06:46.cannot lose the integrity of the event. One of the most expensive
:06:46. > :06:49.and popular events to go is the firework display. It's being
:06:49. > :06:53.replaced with more day time and early evening performances
:06:53. > :06:55.showcasing local, national and international talents.
:06:55. > :06:58.Rather than charge people an entrance fee, this year the
:06:58. > :07:02.organisers are introducing a �1 programme which it hopes all the
:07:02. > :07:05.visitors will buy to help bring the festival in on budget. But they say
:07:05. > :07:09.it can't be underestimated, the quarter of a million people who
:07:09. > :07:14.attend the event. Last year they spent nearly �9 million to help the
:07:14. > :07:21.economy. And it's businesses across the city
:07:21. > :07:26.that rely on a share of that money to boost their annual profits.
:07:26. > :07:31.see an absolute spike, it is the busiest weekend of the summer. We
:07:31. > :07:36.have people from 9am until midnight. We need all the money we can get in
:07:36. > :07:40.the till at this time of year so that it helps us through winter. In
:07:40. > :07:42.January and February, a can be very quiet down here. With dozens of
:07:42. > :07:45.Water Week activities like sailing lessons and historic tours already
:07:45. > :07:55.underway, organisers are confident the change to a fuller day-time
:07:55. > :07:59.
:07:59. > :08:01.programme won't affect the cultural That being looked very nice!
:08:01. > :08:05.You're watching BBC Points West this Tuesday evening. And there's
:08:05. > :08:07.still plenty coming up on tonight's programme: A far cry from a Banksy,
:08:07. > :08:10.the blot on the Bristol landscape that proves graffiti isn't always
:08:10. > :08:19.seen as art. And the German bomber uncovered in
:08:19. > :08:21.a back garden. We go on a dig with a difference in Somerset.
:08:21. > :08:26.A Swindon man with learning difficulties who'd been missing
:08:26. > :08:30.from home for more than two days has been found. 42-year-old Philip
:08:30. > :08:34.Panting disappeared on his bike on Sunday morning. His family alerted
:08:34. > :08:38.police and said he may have been trying to head to Exeter after
:08:38. > :08:46.overhearing his parents talking about a trip there. He was found
:08:46. > :08:48.this afternoon in Bridgwater. A man's been sent to prison after
:08:48. > :08:52.knocking down a parking attendant at a supermarket in Bristol. Martin
:08:52. > :08:55.Takle had left his car in a parent and child space at the ASDA store
:08:55. > :09:01.in Bedminster. He was given a �60 penalty charge for wrongly using
:09:01. > :09:04.the space, but as he raced off, he knocked the attendant to the ground.
:09:04. > :09:10.He's been jailed for six months for dangerous driving and banned from
:09:10. > :09:13.driving for 15 months. Now would you like to get your
:09:13. > :09:16.hands on one of Cheltenham's most historic buildings? The Municipal
:09:16. > :09:21.Offices could be on the market soon because the council says it will
:09:21. > :09:26.cost too much to renovate them. They're meeting tonight to discuss
:09:26. > :09:36.the sale. But with grants being cut and council tax frozen, is it any
:09:36. > :09:41.
:09:41. > :09:44.wonder councils are looking at selling off the family silver?
:09:44. > :09:47.It's the iconic image of Cheltenham on the postcards. The centre piece
:09:47. > :09:51.of this popular regency town. For almost 100 years, this building has
:09:51. > :09:54.been home for the council. But they say it's not fit for purpose. And
:09:54. > :09:58.it would cost almost �7 million to modernise it, money which the
:09:58. > :10:01.council say could be better spent. The council will meet tonight to
:10:01. > :10:09.decide whether or not to keep paying the growing maintenance cost
:10:09. > :10:14.or put the building up for sale. The main issue is using the space
:10:14. > :10:18.we have got flexibly. Take my office for example, we have got a
:10:18. > :10:22.meeting table here, a breakout space there and a workstation
:10:23. > :10:27.behind me. Most of the time, there is only me occupying all three of
:10:27. > :10:32.those spaces. If we were in an open-plan space, and I would expect
:10:32. > :10:35.that, then we would be using that accommodation in a much more
:10:35. > :10:39.effective way down we are currently. One of the preferred options for
:10:39. > :10:45.this listed building is to sell it off as a hotel, something which may
:10:45. > :10:48.be highly desirable for many developers. There are a lot of
:10:48. > :10:54.buildings, particularly coming up through the public sector, but they
:10:54. > :10:58.are often the second the property is. Something in a prime location
:10:58. > :11:02.such as the municipal buildings is very rare to come onto the market.
:11:02. > :11:06.So it is likely it could be snapped up? There will be a very strong
:11:06. > :11:11.demand. But don't forget this is a local icon and for some, the
:11:11. > :11:17.thought of it being a private business is just too much to bear.
:11:17. > :11:20.Resell far too much stuff these days in this country. We need to
:11:20. > :11:25.retain a some of our assets and buildings are one of them. This is
:11:25. > :11:28.part of our history. You destroyed this and you destroy part of
:11:28. > :11:31.Cheltenham. The proposal is still at a very early stage, although
:11:31. > :11:34.councils are under increasing pressure as the government cuts
:11:34. > :11:37.back on its funding and council tax is frozen. But what councils like
:11:37. > :11:47.Cheltenham do have is assets like this and may feel the time has come
:11:47. > :11:51.to cash in the family silver. For years, cancer patients in
:11:51. > :11:56.Swindon needing radiotherapy have had to travel to Oxford. It's meant
:11:56. > :11:58.a 70-mile round trip which can be exhausting for patients. But
:11:59. > :12:01.Swindon NHS says it's talking to providers to see whether the
:12:01. > :12:11.treatment can be made available locally in the future. Brennan
:12:11. > :12:12.
:12:12. > :12:15.Nicholls reports. Sharon knows all too well the
:12:15. > :12:24.effect of making the trip from Swindon to Oxford for radiotherapy.
:12:24. > :12:28.Her mother had to go from taxi to Oxford. She did not want to get
:12:28. > :12:33.into the taxi, but at the same time, she wanted to have treatment
:12:33. > :12:36.because she didn't want to die. She was very, very sick and nauseous so
:12:36. > :12:41.they would have to stop along the way to make sure that she could
:12:41. > :12:46.throw up. Five years ago, Sharon herself was diagnosed with breast
:12:46. > :12:51.cancer. Five times a week, for five weeks, she had to get to Oxford for
:12:51. > :12:57.treatment. People do not ask to have cancelled all to have to
:12:57. > :13:00.travel to Oxford, but what they do need is some support to make sure
:13:00. > :13:04.that we have got treatment centres going on locally so that they can
:13:04. > :13:10.get the best possible treatment without having to face that
:13:10. > :13:15.horrendous journey. This woman runs the army cancer group in Swindon.
:13:15. > :13:19.She says the patients are desperate for things do change. We have been
:13:19. > :13:23.trying to do this for years and it looks as though it is moving a bit
:13:23. > :13:27.now, but it will take several years before we can get it in Swindon.
:13:27. > :13:32.But it takes so much money, we are talking millions. It would be so
:13:32. > :13:37.good if we could get some services here. It seems as though there is
:13:37. > :13:43.real hope: NHS Swindon says it is about to pull at a tender for
:13:43. > :13:47.businesses to bid for a radiotherapy unit in the town. The
:13:47. > :13:50.NHS needs to find the right developer who needs all the
:13:50. > :13:53.necessary criteria. Police have again asked for anyone
:13:53. > :13:56.with information about the shooting of a man in Bristol to come forward.
:13:56. > :13:59.Rico Gordon was shot dead on Stapleton Road on 3rd July. Police
:14:00. > :14:03.want to talk to anyone who was there, or in the Coach House pub,
:14:03. > :14:10.at the time. A ninth man was arrested at the weekend and has
:14:10. > :14:13.been released on bail. Anyone planning to go to this
:14:13. > :14:17.year's Balloon Fiesta in Bristol is being advised to buy parking
:14:17. > :14:21.tickets in good time. Half of the available car parking spaces have
:14:21. > :14:27.already been sold. More than 100 balloons will be on display at this
:14:27. > :14:33.year's Fiesta, which runs from the 11-14th August. Parking can be
:14:33. > :14:37.booked on the balloon fiesta website.
:14:37. > :14:42.A piece of graffiti written on a cliff face of the Avon Gorge might
:14:42. > :14:44.not be removed because doing so could damage rare plant life. The
:14:44. > :14:49.slogan, painted in large white letters, appeared a couple of weeks
:14:50. > :14:53.ago. Leaving the National Trust with
:14:53. > :14:56.something of a dilemma - leave it there to protect plants or risk
:14:56. > :15:00.poisoning the plants and just paint over the whole slogan. Here's Jules
:15:00. > :15:05.Hyam. It's a world renowned landmark of
:15:05. > :15:07.Bristol, but the Avon Gorge isn't looking quite like it used to. This
:15:07. > :15:17.slogan is clearly visible to motorists and tourists on boat
:15:17. > :15:22.cruises. It is a shame because the court is an iconic place and it is
:15:22. > :15:27.a shame to have that intruding. Having said that, the majority of
:15:27. > :15:31.people do not see it, I think. It is a relatively small piece of
:15:31. > :15:33.graffiti in a very large site. stretch of the gorge has been home
:15:33. > :15:36.to more creative political expressions - a sculpture made of
:15:36. > :15:39.up rubbish collected in the area was created in 2008, and back in
:15:39. > :15:49.1999 these artists were commissioned to paint a seem of
:15:49. > :15:53.gold in the gorge cliff walls. Bristol seems to have a double
:15:53. > :15:57.edged relationship with graffiti. If it is witty and intelligent,
:15:57. > :16:01.then it tends to be celebrated and could become protected. But if it
:16:01. > :16:06.is a giant slogan painted on one of the most natural landscape, most
:16:06. > :16:11.people wanted to be removed. The trouble is, it is not always easy
:16:11. > :16:15.to do. It is not the most accessible of sides, but the site
:16:15. > :16:19.is a really important for wildlife so we have to get consent from the
:16:19. > :16:25.government advisers that anything we do well not have a detrimental
:16:25. > :16:28.effect. Avon gorge is the only place where you can come across
:16:28. > :16:32.particular plants in Britain and we would not want to lose something
:16:32. > :16:35.special like that. To make sure that the plants stay, the graffiti
:16:35. > :16:45.will probably stay until the weather does the job of getting rid
:16:45. > :16:48.of it. Mess created by pigeons in central
:16:48. > :16:51.Swindon has got so bad that birds of prey have been brought in to
:16:51. > :16:53.scare them away. Parts of the courtyard near the library have
:16:53. > :16:56.become inaccessible and there's a growing concern that droppings
:16:56. > :17:06.could pose a serious health and safety threat. Katharine Da Costa
:17:06. > :17:08.
:17:08. > :17:15.reports. This is one of a pair of walks
:17:15. > :17:20.built-in -- brought in to protect the library. The pigeons had
:17:20. > :17:25.colonised the area and there were a lot of nests in various areas that
:17:25. > :17:28.were inaccessible to us. The droppings had accumulated to an
:17:28. > :17:33.alarming extent, particularly on the balconies, and so it became
:17:33. > :17:37.apparent that we had to do something urgently. The council
:17:37. > :17:42.tried culling the pigeons a couple of years ago, but they have since
:17:42. > :17:46.recolonised and the sheer volume of mess is a potential health hazard.
:17:46. > :17:51.Now the council is spending �4,000 on the clean-up operation and it is
:17:51. > :17:54.hoped the birds of prey will prove to be a more permanent deterrent.
:17:54. > :17:59.Basic principle is to create knowledge in the flock that there
:17:59. > :18:06.is a predator. We want them to know that this is not a safe place to
:18:06. > :18:10.breed and that takes time. It does not happen overnight. This court
:18:10. > :18:14.and his handler will regularly visit the site of the next four
:18:14. > :18:24.months. It is hoped they will establish a no-fly zone for pigeons
:18:24. > :18:30.
:18:30. > :18:32.once and for all. Moves to slow down the growth of
:18:32. > :18:35.breeding seagull pairs in Gloucester have been a success
:18:35. > :18:38.according to the City Council. It says there are nearly 1,500
:18:38. > :18:41.breeding pairs in the city. That's an increase of 15% in the last nine
:18:41. > :18:44.years. Some rooftop nesting sites have been demolished and rooftops
:18:44. > :18:46.and ledges made 'bird proof'. There were fears the number may have
:18:46. > :18:49.doubled in the same period if nothing was done.
:18:49. > :18:52.The wreckage of a German bomber shot down near Bridgwater more than
:18:52. > :18:55.70 years ago has been uncovered in someone's back garden. The RAF
:18:55. > :18:56.downed the Heinkel plane after it had been on a bombing raid over
:18:56. > :18:59.Bristol. Archaeologists have now excavated
:18:59. > :19:09.the bomber, which for years has been buried under an estate of
:19:09. > :19:11.
:19:11. > :19:17.bungalows. Steve Powell has more. 6 o'clock, August 14th, 1940. A
:19:17. > :19:25.German bomber has been attacked by an RAF Spitfire. Its crew have
:19:25. > :19:32.baled out and the stricken aircraft heads straight towards a village.
:19:32. > :19:38.Miraculously, nobody was killed. 71 years later, 18 of aviation
:19:38. > :19:41.enthusiasts have moved into dig up what remains of the plane -- Lord
:19:41. > :19:51.Justice Levison from the front garden of an unsuspecting
:19:51. > :19:52.
:19:52. > :19:59.homeowners. They didn't have to dig far before they found what they
:19:59. > :20:06.were looking for. It has got one of the engine valves. We found quite a
:20:06. > :20:13.few of those. The best find until now is on the front of the engine,
:20:13. > :20:18.the Mercedes Benz badge, the emblem. This man has lived in the village
:20:18. > :20:23.all his life and remembers the events clearly. I remember the
:20:23. > :20:30.machine gun fire. I remember the plane's going around and round. I
:20:30. > :20:34.remember it shooting across this way and there was a big hole.
:20:34. > :20:38.hero was 12 and a plane in an orchard when she was confronted by
:20:38. > :20:46.the bomber heading straight towards her. We had to bend when it came
:20:46. > :20:50.over. If we didn't, it would have knocked into us, and that is your
:20:50. > :20:56.reflexes when you go down like that and something is coming towards you.
:20:56. > :21:02.You literally have to duck? Yes. an excited 10-year-old, this man
:21:02. > :21:09.picked up a souvenir which has had been puzzled ever since. What you
:21:09. > :21:12.have got there is part of the inside of a Giro compose. I have
:21:12. > :21:18.had that for so many years and I have asked hundreds of people and
:21:18. > :21:22.no one has known. There was satisfaction at having unearthed
:21:22. > :21:28.fallible memories of those who were there on that summer's day in a
:21:28. > :21:31.village that narrowly avoided tragedy.
:21:31. > :21:33.And solved the mystery is for some as well.
:21:33. > :21:36.Cricket, and at the Cheltenham Festival, Gloucestershire are
:21:36. > :21:40.chasing 196 runs to win their latest match in the Clydesdale Bank
:21:40. > :21:50.40-over competition. Essex recovered from 52 for 7, to make
:21:50. > :21:53.
:21:53. > :21:57.Bristol Old Vic's production of Swallows and Amazons is heading to
:21:57. > :22:01.the West End. The show broke box office records and will transfer to
:22:01. > :22:04.London for a five week run this Christmas. It's the first time
:22:04. > :22:08.since 1999 that an Old Vic production has transferred to the
:22:08. > :22:14.West end. It will run at the Vaudeville Theatre before going on
:22:14. > :22:18.a UK wide tour later. Now, here in the West, we probably
:22:18. > :22:21.take the sight of a hot air balloon for granted. But this week, seven
:22:21. > :22:25.balloons from Bristol are giving the city of London a rather special
:22:25. > :22:34.wake up call. They've flown across the capital
:22:34. > :22:40.playing specially composed music. Wendy Hurrell's been up with them.
:22:40. > :22:46.Five am and something very unusual is waking up in the middle of saw
:22:46. > :22:52.the park. This morning I am -- staring Londoners from their
:22:52. > :22:56.slumber from 500 metres up. This is the sky Orchestra, magical music by
:22:56. > :23:06.a Bristol composer Dan Jones, played from seven hot air balloons.
:23:06. > :23:12.
:23:12. > :23:16.Floating quietly into the air, I am I have actually got tears in my
:23:16. > :23:22.eyes. The Sun is rising over London, which is even more beautiful. The
:23:22. > :23:32.music is just incredibly the ethereal. If every morning was like
:23:32. > :23:33.
:23:33. > :23:38.this... This of project is by a Bristol man, known for putting out
:23:38. > :23:43.pianos for us to play on city streets. On the ground, the artist
:23:43. > :23:47.tells me more. The idea is not to wake them up, but just to lift them.
:23:48. > :23:52.I want them to see their imaginations so they can have
:23:52. > :23:56.curious dreams. It should be a wonderful wake-up call for London.
:23:56. > :24:04.Funded by the Mayer's office, this is one of the many wonders we will
:24:04. > :24:09.see across the UK in the year running up to the Olympics.
:24:09. > :24:13.An exciting musical idea, I like the idea about.
:24:13. > :24:23.One way of him voiding the congestion charge if you're going
:24:23. > :24:24.
:24:24. > :24:27.to the capital! -- of a voiding the Many of you in west Somerset saw
:24:27. > :24:30.the best of the sunshine, and the world through the course of
:24:30. > :24:35.tomorrow as well because the further west you are, that is where
:24:35. > :24:39.most of the sunshine will be. Further east, there will be more in
:24:39. > :24:44.the way of cloud. But warm for most of us and dry. Pressure is rising
:24:44. > :24:48.as we go through today and into tomorrow. As you can see from the
:24:48. > :24:53.chart, the cloudy area across the East of England juxtaposes with the
:24:53. > :24:56.sunny spots in the West. These weather fronts in the West will
:24:57. > :25:01.make very slow tortured progress towards us as we go through towards
:25:01. > :25:06.the end of the week. That means dry conditions much as we have seen
:25:06. > :25:10.today. The cloud cover has been dominant across some parts of will
:25:10. > :25:15.two. You have had the best of the sunshine in west Somerset, but more
:25:15. > :25:19.cloud down the M5 corridor and that is how things will remain towards
:25:19. > :25:23.this evening. For the rest of the evening, we will continue with the
:25:23. > :25:30.pleasant sunshine. More cloud in the east, more breaks developing
:25:30. > :25:37.across the districts. Light winds everywhere and the chance of mist
:25:37. > :25:42.forming in some spots. Temperatures tonight, not much of a lightness to
:25:43. > :25:46.last night, anywhere from 11 to 13 or 14 degrees. Tomorrow, we will
:25:46. > :25:51.start with a variable amounts of cloud, some sunny spells, no repeat
:25:51. > :25:54.of the showers that we saw this morning, it will be dry everywhere.
:25:54. > :25:59.It stays that way throughout the day with light winds. The best of
:25:59. > :26:03.the sunshine will be in the West in two parts of Somerset. Elsewhere,
:26:03. > :26:06.sunny spells and feeling warm into the afternoon and evening.
:26:06. > :26:10.Temperatures should be up into the low twenties for everyone. Once
:26:10. > :26:15.again, favoured spots for the war must consist -- and almost
:26:15. > :26:21.conditions will be in the south. A similar story for the likes of
:26:21. > :26:24.Bristol. Under the cloud cover, it will feel very warm. For the end of
:26:24. > :26:29.the weak, weak weather front coming westwards, particularly on Thursday
:26:29. > :26:34.and Friday. That will thicken up the cloud on Friday morning,
:26:34. > :26:39.bringing some possible rain. On Saturday, it looks like a fine day
:26:39. > :26:45.for everyone and it bodes well for the start of the Bristol Harbour
:26:45. > :26:55.Festival. There is a flower show and Country Fair in Portishead so
:26:55. > :26:56.
:26:56. > :27:01.it looks good for them. At 1pm on Friday, I believe that Alex is
:27:01. > :27:04.opening it. This is how things look into the tail-end of the week and
:27:04. > :27:09.into the weekend. Temperatures remaining in the low twenties for
:27:09. > :27:14.everyone. There is the threat of light areas of rain coming our way
:27:14. > :27:19.on Friday, but that aside, it is dry. As indeed it will be on
:27:19. > :27:21.Saturday with temperatures around 22. Sunday should follow in similar
:27:21. > :27:26.fashion. It bodes well for the weekend.
:27:26. > :27:33.I will be there, and thank you very much, I have put in a special order
:27:33. > :27:39.for good weather! That is it did. I will be back with