:00:10. > :00:14.Good evening. In the programme tonight:
:00:15. > :00:17.Were they putting lives at risk? #The hunt captured on camera on a
:00:17. > :00:22.railway line - police say they will investigate.
:00:22. > :00:25.The car baffling walkers in Wales. Why a man from Cheltenham decided
:00:25. > :00:27.to drive up a mountain. Back open to the public - the
:00:27. > :00:30.library now being run by volunteers in Wiltshire.
:00:30. > :00:38.And he swam the English Channel, now comedian David Walliams takes
:00:38. > :00:42.on the Thames for Sport Relief. is 120 miles longer, that is the
:00:42. > :00:52.scary thing. It is all right to be full of bravado today, but this is
:00:52. > :00:55.
:00:55. > :00:59.The police have promised an investigation after hounds from a
:00:59. > :01:02.Somerset hunt followed a fox on to a mainline railway track. The BBC
:01:02. > :01:06.has been handed film of the incident taken by anti-hunt
:01:06. > :01:12.protestors. They say it could have caused a serious accident, a view
:01:12. > :01:15.backed by the train drivers union ASLEF. The Countryside Alliance,
:01:15. > :01:19.which represents hunts across the country, say it was an isolated
:01:19. > :01:24.case, but it too has promised an investigation. Clinton Rogers has
:01:24. > :01:32.this exclusive report. The mainline from Exeter to
:01:32. > :01:35.Waterloo in London suddenly has an unwanted traveller. The fox is
:01:35. > :01:42.running to escape hounds from the Seavington Hunt in Somerset, which
:01:42. > :01:45.appear on the track less than two minutes later. The whole incident
:01:45. > :01:52.was filmed by a member of the International Fund for Animal
:01:52. > :01:57.Welfare, an anti-hunt group. He has asked not to be identified. I have
:01:57. > :02:02.seen a lot of things over the years I have been filming. This was
:02:02. > :02:06.completely irresponsible. This is a mainline railway. I don't know what
:02:06. > :02:09.would have happened if they had hit a hounds on that line. Trains pass
:02:09. > :02:13.this spot at Clapton on the Somerset-Dorset border at more than
:02:13. > :02:17.80 miles an hour. It would take the driver a mile to stop in an
:02:17. > :02:21.emergency. On Saturday morning, these hounds spent around two
:02:22. > :02:30.minutes on the track. It is clear that when hunt members see what is
:02:30. > :02:35.going on they try to get the hounds back. Police, please. But the
:02:35. > :02:41.person taking the film is angry enough to make a 999 call. Avon and
:02:41. > :02:45.Somerset Police have announced they are investigating and are seeing
:02:45. > :02:49.whether this amounted to illegal hunting. But as for dogs on the
:02:49. > :02:53.track, they say that is a matter for the British Transport Police
:02:53. > :02:56.and say that, as no people walked on to railway property, no offence
:02:56. > :03:01.was committed. This afternoon, the Countryside Alliance insisted the
:03:01. > :03:09.hunt was not acting illegally. But they say they will investigate what
:03:09. > :03:13.happened. We need to investigate why of the Hounds went on there.
:03:13. > :03:20.They were there for less than two minutes. They acted professionally
:03:20. > :03:23.in calling them off the line as quickly as possible. We showed the
:03:23. > :03:29.footage to an official from train drivers' union ASLEF. He was
:03:29. > :03:35.dismayed at what he saw. It is shocking. The amount of dogs on the
:03:35. > :03:38.line is considerable. There were around a dozen dogs there at one
:03:38. > :03:42.point, a considerable threat to the train pulls to Network Rail,
:03:42. > :03:52.responsible for the safety of the railways, has asked to see the
:03:52. > :03:57.
:03:57. > :04:00.footage. After months of campaigning, a
:04:00. > :04:03.group of parents in Bristol have today successfully opened England's
:04:03. > :04:06.largest secondary free school. With just over half of the places filled,
:04:06. > :04:09.the school is starting with one year of 11-year-olds and plans to
:04:09. > :04:13.add a year each September until it is full. John Maguire reports.
:04:13. > :04:16.It is the end of the first day at a new school, and it doesn't get much
:04:16. > :04:19.newer than this. The Bristol Free School is up and running, set up
:04:19. > :04:23.from scratch by parents and staff. So, how was day one? I quite
:04:23. > :04:26.enjoyed the maths, learning about spirals, and our tutor groups.
:04:26. > :04:31.was surprised, because the Science Laboratory was quite big and we did
:04:31. > :04:35.things with Bunsen burners. We have campaigned for it for years, so it
:04:35. > :04:39.is good that it has gone ahead. It has been up and down over the last
:04:39. > :04:44.six months but it is brilliant and the support has been superb.
:04:44. > :04:49.uniforms look great, we are hoping they will be successful and enjoyed
:04:49. > :04:54.the score. They have got a lot to prove, and hopefully will step up
:04:54. > :04:58.to the mark. You are confident they will? Yes! Although the plan is to
:04:58. > :05:01.enlarge the school year by year, it is already the largest of its kind
:05:01. > :05:04.in the country. And for those who have worked so hard, it is the
:05:04. > :05:07.realisation of a dream. At certain points we thought it would never
:05:07. > :05:10.come, but it is here, and it is a great day and a fantastic
:05:10. > :05:14.experience to see their children walking through the gate this
:05:15. > :05:19.morning in their uniforms. I am overwhelmed by the fate that people
:05:19. > :05:23.have demonstrated. It is a leap of faith, and 83 from a possible 150
:05:23. > :05:26.pupils are taking it. The original plan was to spend a year at these
:05:26. > :05:31.former Government buildings and then move to the site of St
:05:31. > :05:34.Ursula's, once a private school just down the road. But there is
:05:34. > :05:37.now a primary here, so there may not be enough space for the free
:05:37. > :05:40.school too. All options are being explored. The Government's flagship
:05:40. > :05:49.policy where parents and not councils run these schools has its
:05:49. > :05:52.opponents, who argue that only some will benefit. A lot of the free
:05:52. > :05:55.schools are opening in areas where the proximity will only have
:05:55. > :06:01.certain types of children, so children outside of that area do
:06:01. > :06:06.not have the opportunity to go to that type of school. Also, the
:06:06. > :06:09.danger is that there are certain types of children who will get
:06:09. > :06:12.places in schools that other children will not. But the parents
:06:12. > :06:15.here say they are being inclusive and want to attract children from a
:06:15. > :06:18.wide range of backgrounds. Setting up a school is far from easy, with
:06:18. > :06:25.challenges at every turn - political as well as practical.
:06:25. > :06:28.Opening the doors is just the start. It was good. I would like to come
:06:28. > :06:38.back. And tomorrow John will be reporting
:06:38. > :06:40.
:06:40. > :06:44.on the West's newest academy schools.
:06:44. > :06:46.There has been a warning that next year will bring yet more cuts.
:06:46. > :06:48.North Somerset Council today went public with its plans to save
:06:48. > :06:51.millions more pounds. The authority blames further
:06:51. > :06:54.reductions in Government funding, and warns jobs and services will be
:06:54. > :06:58.affected. Paul Barltrop joins us from the town hall in Weston-super-
:06:58. > :07:03.Mare. How bad does it look? Prepare for some pretty big figures.
:07:03. > :07:06.It is sometimes hard to digest all of this but the councils say that
:07:06. > :07:11.over a five-year period the amount of money they have to spend will be
:07:11. > :07:17.cut by a third. The number for next year in terms of savings, �14
:07:17. > :07:22.million. How will they do that? Jobs are already going, 120 posts
:07:22. > :07:26.currently going at the authority and in the next year or two another
:07:26. > :07:30.160 could go. It is about streamlining. This is the old town
:07:30. > :07:34.hall which the council is based at but we have the new building behind.
:07:34. > :07:39.We can see it is a bit of a building site at the moment because
:07:39. > :07:43.they are doing a refurbishment. The idea is you spend a lot of money,
:07:43. > :07:47.millions of pounds, and then move staff a year from across North
:07:47. > :07:52.Somerset, reducing the amount of offices from 18 to two, which
:07:52. > :07:56.should save a lot of money. But services will be affected and today
:07:56. > :08:00.the council leader conceded the public will notice a difference.
:08:00. > :08:04.They will be upset, quite understandably, at not having the
:08:04. > :08:08.same level of services that they have been used to, whether it is
:08:08. > :08:12.flowerbeds and things you can see that will disappear, like standing
:08:13. > :08:17.out, roadsides not being maintained as much as they were before, those
:08:17. > :08:22.sorts of things which we have come to expect and think is what should
:08:22. > :08:25.be happening, bows may suffer over the next few years. And the council
:08:25. > :08:30.is encouraging others to takeover running it services?
:08:30. > :08:35.Not just running but paying for, that is the crucial one. Just up
:08:35. > :08:40.the red there is a village library which used to be run by the council
:08:40. > :08:46.and is now run by locals, which is happening across the country. In
:08:46. > :08:49.the village of Purton today, volunteers took over the running of
:08:49. > :08:57.the library from world she council who said they could not afford to
:08:57. > :08:59.run it. -- Wiltshire council. Open for business, but under new
:08:59. > :09:02.management. Until last week, this library was run entirely by
:09:02. > :09:09.Wiltshire Council employees. Now, it is in the hands of these
:09:09. > :09:12.volunteers. You press the Finish button, it says you have returned
:09:12. > :09:17.three items... Getting to grips with the library's computers. They
:09:17. > :09:20.and more than 40 like them have saved this place from closure.
:09:20. > :09:25.is a centre of the community, it is an important facility for people
:09:25. > :09:29.who do not have transport to get to one of the other local libraries,
:09:29. > :09:32.particularly older people and importantly for young children,
:09:32. > :09:36.families with young children. is music to the local council's
:09:36. > :09:42.ears. In March, it announced that ten libraries were at risk. It sees
:09:42. > :09:49.volunteers like these as a big part of the county's future. Across all
:09:49. > :09:53.of our said Mrs we invest over �28 million in the voluntary sector --
:09:53. > :09:57.all of our services, and they're helping deliver services for us and
:09:57. > :10:00.a think that will be more of a pattern. A pattern that the council
:10:00. > :10:03.believes plays a big part in life in Wiltshire. People here say they
:10:03. > :10:13.are passionate about their library. These volunteers will be hoping the
:10:13. > :10:13.
:10:13. > :10:19.village's love for literature is an enduring one.
:10:19. > :10:22.We have heard a bit today about how two of our authorities, North
:10:22. > :10:26.Somerset and Wiltshire, are coping with the financial difficulties in
:10:26. > :10:29.which they find themselves, but believe you me there will be more
:10:30. > :10:32.difficult financial situations for the other councils that we will
:10:32. > :10:38.hear it in the weeks and months to come.
:10:38. > :10:43.Thank you. It is Alex and Andrew we did this
:10:43. > :10:45.Monday evening. Coming up tonight: Nothing to love
:10:45. > :10:49.and are not worth cherishing, we meet the couple whose official
:10:49. > :10:53.wedding photographs were only fit for the been forced stop and as the
:10:53. > :10:56.children go back to school for the autumn term, it definitely feels
:10:56. > :11:06.like autumn. Ian it is here with a miserable
:11:06. > :11:07.
:11:07. > :11:11.A man from Cheltenham who drove his car up Snowdon has revealed to the
:11:11. > :11:14.BBC why he did it. Craig Williams' 4x4 was found near the railway line
:11:14. > :11:16.on Saturday about 1000 metres up the mountain. He has been charged
:11:16. > :11:20.with a driving offence and will appear before magistrates in Wales
:11:20. > :11:27.next week. The car is still there, much to the continued disbelief of
:11:27. > :11:31.walkers. Roger Pinney reports. It seemed like a good idea at the
:11:31. > :11:36.time. But it has left an enormous headache and a so far answered
:11:36. > :11:42.question - how to get it down. I found the driver, Craig Williams,
:11:42. > :11:49.at the bottom of the mountain, pondering his options. He told me
:11:49. > :11:53.it took him nine hours to get his 4x4 up Snowdon. But why? Out of a
:11:53. > :11:57.list of 50 things to do before you die, this was one of them, and if
:11:57. > :12:03.you can consider that it is on the top of the list, the other 49 will
:12:03. > :12:08.not be able to be done because my backside will be sued from here to
:12:08. > :12:13.kingdom come! If you look at some publicity stunts, that was not the
:12:13. > :12:18.intention. It was done as an impulsive act, spoke of the moment.
:12:18. > :12:24.People are saying you have been irresponsible. I appreciate that,
:12:24. > :12:29.they say it is a selfish act, and I can relate to that as well. I know
:12:29. > :12:33.other people have said, you need to be in a men's Oct -- Mental
:12:33. > :12:43.Institute, you are crazy, and others are saying, thumbs-up, fair
:12:43. > :12:47.
:12:47. > :12:50.play. I guess that is as far as I can explain. Well, the best thing
:12:50. > :12:54.that can be said about it is that it is neatly parked and it does
:12:54. > :12:58.give walkers something to look at when the cloud is down as low as it
:12:58. > :13:00.is today. Getting it up here was a challenge. Getting it down again is
:13:00. > :13:03.going to be a challenge as well. Options include driving at off,
:13:03. > :13:06.flying it out, or bringing it down on a mountain railway and there are
:13:06. > :13:09.problems with all of them. In terms of where the vehicle is and where
:13:09. > :13:12.it needs to get to, somebody will have to get behind the wheel of the
:13:12. > :13:16.vehicle and I cannot indemnify my own staff to do that. Craig
:13:16. > :13:20.Williams says give him his keys back and he will drive it, but he
:13:20. > :13:25.is facing prosecution for taking his 4x4 where vehicles are banned.
:13:25. > :13:30.So, for now, it is not going anywhere, at least until the
:13:30. > :13:34.weather changes and someone comes up with a plan.
:13:34. > :13:36.He has swum the English Channel, and Gibraltar to Morocco. Today,
:13:36. > :13:39.Little Britain comedian David Walliams plunged into the cold
:13:39. > :13:42.waters of the River Thames at Lechlade in Gloucestershire for his
:13:42. > :13:47.next adventure. He is swimming 140 miles to Big Ben
:13:47. > :13:54.in London. It is all in aid of Sport Relief, and he rates this
:13:54. > :14:01.challenge tougher than any other. Scott Ellis reports.
:14:01. > :14:07.The first Little Britain saw Walliams camping it up. I would
:14:07. > :14:14.like a lady's swim, play is. Men, women, whatever, it is to �60.
:14:14. > :14:16.is right, a lady's swim. -- it is �6. And today, time for another
:14:16. > :14:25.swimming-related joke before taking the plunge. And that despite the
:14:25. > :14:28.hardships ahead. How is the water? Cold! In fact, the Thames water is
:14:28. > :14:34.colder than the English Channel. And this swim is the Channel every
:14:34. > :14:37.day for eight days. I must be a masochist. I wanted to do something
:14:37. > :14:43.else, I just turned 40 and effort, I don't have much time left because
:14:43. > :14:47.my body is falling apart. I groan and now when I bend down. I thought
:14:47. > :14:50.I had better get on and do something before it is too late!
:14:50. > :14:53.Hundreds turned out to wave him off. These schoolgirls from Fairford
:14:53. > :14:58.skipped lessons. David Walliams was happy to make a video pleading with
:14:58. > :15:03.their teacher. Please don't give them a detention! They are lovely
:15:03. > :15:09.girls, they have come to see my off. Please don't punish them severely,
:15:09. > :15:14.they don't deserve it. Walliams had asked on The One Show for cakes.
:15:14. > :15:17.You have not put any poison in, have you? He will need 4,400
:15:17. > :15:23.calories a day to fuel this endeavour. This one on its own
:15:23. > :15:28.could get him to London. Butter, icing sugar cake, lots of calories.
:15:28. > :15:31.He can eat as much as he wants. Lucky thing, I wish I could!
:15:31. > :15:36.Walliams' wife Lara Stone was on the riverbank. And his mother, who
:15:36. > :15:42.told us swimming is a family affair. A his father and I met in a
:15:42. > :15:47.swimming hall. Really? Yes, I swam, my husband swam and played water
:15:47. > :15:50.polo, so it was always something both of our children were going to
:15:50. > :15:54.do, to swim. Walliams raised a million for Sport Relief crossing
:15:54. > :16:01.the Channel. This could be very successful too, because the public
:16:01. > :16:07.can easily come and watch. Have you got another swim up your sleeve
:16:07. > :16:10.after this one? Can you let me finish this one first?! The day
:16:10. > :16:18.after I swam the Channel, people were saying, what are you doing
:16:18. > :16:26.next, Everest? I think I should hang up my trunks after that!
:16:26. > :16:28.can follow his moves online. He is very brave, good luck!
:16:28. > :16:31.They can be among your most treasured possessions, the
:16:31. > :16:33.photographs that capture the moments and form an album of
:16:33. > :16:36.memories of your wedding day. And they don't come cheap, either.
:16:36. > :16:40.You can expect to pay hundreds for a professional to photograph your
:16:40. > :16:43.big day. So if the finished prints turned out as bad as the ones from
:16:43. > :16:50.William and Kay Collins' wedding, you might well be as upset about it
:16:50. > :16:54.they are. Here's Jules Hyam. Whether it is a wedding,
:16:54. > :16:57.anniversary or just a bad day, many people choose to get a photograph
:16:57. > :17:01.taken to treasure those meant -- there's memories. If you are
:17:01. > :17:05.working with a professional, you expect the results to be good,
:17:05. > :17:08.particularly if you are paying money for it. You would not, for
:17:08. > :17:12.example, want any of the photographs to come back out of
:17:12. > :17:16.focus. You would expect them to be properly exposed, for the
:17:16. > :17:19.composition to be nice. Any decent photographer should be able to
:17:19. > :17:26.follow the action and get you in the shot. That is not what happened
:17:26. > :17:30.to one couple from Weston-super- Mare. This is what they got.
:17:30. > :17:33.Treasured moments that are barely visible. William and Kay Collins
:17:33. > :17:43.had to fork out �595 for the privilege of having these for the
:17:43. > :17:47.official wedding photographs. was our wedding day and honeymoon,
:17:47. > :17:51.the first time we have been married, and we wanted what they offered in
:17:51. > :17:55.the brochure, the crews of a lifetime, which was supposed to be
:17:55. > :17:59.unforgettable. It certainly was unforgettable, but for all the
:17:59. > :18:06.wrong reasons. It was a disaster. They forgot the wedding music,
:18:06. > :18:12.entrance, the photographs were... Terrible. I think we paid �595 for
:18:12. > :18:22.them and out of 199 photographs we have about three that we can use.
:18:22. > :18:22.
:18:22. > :18:27.They are very amateur is. It is not as though we can do it again.
:18:27. > :18:37.have agreed compensation from P&O ferries but have no wedding album
:18:37. > :18:37.
:18:38. > :18:47.to show K's parents in New Zealand. -- Kay's.This is the big moment -
:18:48. > :18:48.
:18:48. > :18:51.And before the sport, news of some runaway sheep! These pictures were
:18:51. > :18:55.sent in to Points West by a viewer who was at the Glastonbury Wool
:18:55. > :18:58.Festival today. There was a sheep drive down the road, and some of
:18:58. > :19:02.them went a little astray, as this bunch "ram-raided" a local chemist.
:19:02. > :19:09.The staff inside were left a little sheepish by the incident.
:19:09. > :19:12.Let's draw a line under those puns! To sport, and with the Rugby World
:19:12. > :19:16.Cup just four days away, it is time to get an expert view. Alistair is
:19:16. > :19:19.here. Alistair Hignell, the former
:19:19. > :19:23.England international and much- loved broadcaster, is here. We will
:19:23. > :19:27.talk about the Rugby World Cup and the opening weekend of the
:19:27. > :19:31.Premiership, but today has been a busy day for you, launching your
:19:31. > :19:35.autobiography as well. I would imagine a great pleasure to talk
:19:35. > :19:40.about your career. What about the battle with MS, was that harder to
:19:40. > :19:47.write to that? Much harder. Going back, the fantastic memories I had
:19:47. > :19:51.of playing and broadcasting, that was a joy. Going into the dark days
:19:51. > :19:54.of the aftermath of being diagnosed and multiple sclerosis was hard, it
:19:54. > :19:58.was traumatic. It was difficult to get through those days to the point
:19:58. > :20:02.where I am now accepting about it. It was important, though, to write
:20:02. > :20:06.down the good things as well as the bat to give a rounded picture of my
:20:06. > :20:13.my. Many people know you from broadcasting but you played cricket
:20:13. > :20:18.and rugby. -- a picture of my life. I am a sporting dinosaur! In those
:20:18. > :20:22.days you were able to because the seasons did not overlap. You could
:20:23. > :20:26.play both. You could not overlap now because the sports are so
:20:26. > :20:30.intense and demanding but in those days there was time to play rugby
:20:30. > :20:35.and cricket and sometimes in September, April and May, you have
:20:35. > :20:39.to play them in the same week. made your England debut, flew home
:20:39. > :20:43.and played cricket the next day? Near enough, we ride on the
:20:43. > :20:47.Thursday morning by tourist class because the England rugby team did
:20:47. > :20:52.not travel first class in those days, and I got back to my college
:20:52. > :20:56.jet lag, I was in Cambridge, and got a letter from Gloucestershire
:20:56. > :21:02.saying, can you play in a Sunday League game in Bristol the Sunday?
:21:02. > :21:06.I said, yes, I well. I had not picked up a bat for 2.5 months, but
:21:06. > :21:09.something stayed in the memory and I survived. You will not be at the
:21:09. > :21:14.World Cup in New Zealand, but we have heard today that the England
:21:14. > :21:17.captain, Bath's Lewis Moody, is not fit for the opening game. How
:21:17. > :21:21.important is it for England to get him up for the rest of the
:21:21. > :21:27.tournament? It is important because he is the best find that they have
:21:27. > :21:36.got. He is a proven player, very important to England's chances, and
:21:36. > :21:43.I think they know they can get through -- get through the Paul
:21:43. > :21:49.James so it is important to keep him. We have seen Premiership
:21:49. > :21:54.squads affected by the call-ups, but a good start for Bath. They did
:21:54. > :21:59.well, a good start for Gloucester, they could have won that game in
:21:59. > :22:02.Northampton. I think when the World Cup gets into gear, maybe not this
:22:02. > :22:06.weekend will by Wales-South Africa will be good, it will show some
:22:06. > :22:09.great stuff. Great to see you, stay with us while we looked at the rest
:22:09. > :22:12.of the sport. Cricket, and Somerset have already
:22:12. > :22:15.sold half of their allocation of 1500 tickets for the CB40 cup final
:22:15. > :22:21.against Surrey. Yesterday, without three key players including Marcus
:22:21. > :22:25.Trescothick, they beat Durham in the semi-finals. Incredibly, they
:22:25. > :22:28.have now made it to all of the last five domestic finals in one-day
:22:28. > :22:32.cricket, an incredible record. Hopefully this time they can go on
:22:32. > :22:35.and win the trophy. In football, the Bristol City
:22:35. > :22:40.winger Albert Adomah will make his international debut this evening
:22:40. > :22:45.for Ghana. It was performances and goals like this one last season
:22:45. > :22:48.against Portsmouth that caught the eye. He has been told he will
:22:48. > :22:53.feature in tonight's friendly against Brazil, which is being
:22:53. > :22:57.played at Fulham's Craven Cottage. Because of the international break,
:22:57. > :23:00.there was no game for Bristol City at the weekend. Swindon, though,
:23:00. > :23:04.ended a turbulent week with a gutsy win over top-of-the-table Rotherham.
:23:04. > :23:10.And are the players behind Paolo Di Canio? Well, take a look at this.
:23:10. > :23:14.Matt Ritchie flattening his manager. That love-in went on for some time.
:23:14. > :23:17.Alan Connell, who has been in and out of the Swindon side since
:23:17. > :23:22.arriving in the summer, grabbed his chance. Straight off the bench to
:23:22. > :23:25.score and make it 2-2. And he had the final say as well with the
:23:25. > :23:31.winner nine minutes from the end. And no sign of Di Canio calming
:23:31. > :23:36.down. He was off again to celebrate that goal.
:23:36. > :23:41.Quite a character, no doubt about I don't know if he ever had anyone
:23:41. > :23:45.like that during your career? were a lot of bonkers people, but
:23:45. > :23:51.my first international coach was John Burgess, a passing at
:23:51. > :23:56.Lancastrian who used to greeters on the way into the dressing room -- a
:23:56. > :24:01.passionate Lancastrian, with a red rose and a dirty great kiss to
:24:01. > :24:05.encourage you to do well for him! Lovely to see you, best of luck
:24:05. > :24:11.with the book. Thank you, I think that is the way
:24:11. > :24:14.things should be! There have been a lot of children
:24:14. > :24:15.going back to school today, and whereas often it's short sleeves
:24:16. > :24:19.and shorts weather, definitely not this year.
:24:19. > :24:22.This is the Downs in Bristol, where there has been a real autumnal feel.
:24:22. > :24:26.The leaves of the horse chestnuts are changing colour, and there are
:24:26. > :24:35.masses of conkers already. A lot of weather experts are saying autumn
:24:35. > :24:38.has come especially early this year because it was such a hot spring.
:24:38. > :24:48.Abdulmagid Salah Ameri weather man Ian is sampling the weather for us
:24:48. > :24:49.
:24:49. > :24:56.now. How is it looking? -- our We have some light rain falling in
:24:56. > :24:59.Bristol here. We will continue to see patchy outbreaks of rain. I can
:24:59. > :25:04.give you a hint of rush-hour tomorrow, that will be a fairly
:25:04. > :25:08.typical scene on the M4 because it will be a wet and windy start for
:25:08. > :25:14.all of us. It will ease through the day and by the afternoon it looks
:25:14. > :25:18.like a largely dry picture. We have low-pressure up to the north-west,
:25:18. > :25:22.bringing some autumnal feel to things. You can see a swathe of
:25:22. > :25:26.rain moving from the south-west through the night, turning heavy
:25:26. > :25:30.and the winds will be a feature as well. That will move tomorrow to
:25:30. > :25:36.give a drier spell for most of us into tomorrow afternoon, but the
:25:36. > :25:40.winds will be a feature tonight. They have been today, gusts of 40-
:25:40. > :25:43.45 miles an hour in some coastal districts, but from that south-
:25:43. > :25:48.westerly direction overnight they will pick up further, particularly
:25:48. > :25:55.after midnight, so we will have gusts of around 50-55 miles an hour
:25:55. > :25:59.in some coastal districts. Come inland, more like 40, 45 miles an
:25:59. > :26:04.hour, but either way, with victories in full leaves, it will
:26:04. > :26:08.be all the more noticeable, possibly a few broken fences. Let's
:26:08. > :26:12.return to now, some patchy outbreaks of rain to contend with.
:26:12. > :26:17.For many, though, a largely dry spell through this evening until we
:26:17. > :26:22.see the rain moving post midnight and it quite quickly spreads to the
:26:23. > :26:27.north-east, turning heavy as it does so. We could see and insure
:26:27. > :26:31.more in some districts, so a wet and windy start. For what it's
:26:32. > :26:40.worth, temperatures down to 13 or 14 tonight. Tomorrow morning's rush
:26:40. > :26:44.hour will see a lot of surface water and spray. We clear the rain
:26:44. > :26:49.out of eastern parts of Wiltshire by about 1pm. A good deal of cloud
:26:49. > :26:53.left behind that some bright as bows as well. Remaining breezy with
:26:53. > :26:57.the winds shifting to the north- west and I suspect we will see sham
:26:57. > :27:01.was feeding in from the Bristol Channel to affect North Somerset,
:27:01. > :27:06.Bristol and Bath, for example. Temperatures in the high teens for
:27:06. > :27:09.all others. Beyond that, still looking autumnal, a sunshine and
:27:09. > :27:14.showers set-up on Wednesday, looking like it will turn fairly
:27:14. > :27:18.but on Thursday, but a lot of uncertainty as to how it will look.
:27:19. > :27:21.By Friday, it looks like things will start to feel a bit warmer,
:27:22. > :27:25.which I think will be a feature into the weekend as well, set
:27:25. > :27:28.fingers crossed there will be an improvement into the weekend, but
:27:28. > :27:32.anything could happen between now and then!
:27:32. > :27:35.If you are travelling in the rush- hour tomorrow, tune into your local
:27:35. > :27:40.BBC radio station for regular traffic update.