:00:18. > :00:20.In Points West tonight: The fight to save Filton - can the
:00:20. > :00:23.West's most famous runway be saved from developers?
:00:23. > :00:25.The changing face of education - how more secondary schools are
:00:25. > :00:28.becoming academies. Nearly one year on from its opening,
:00:28. > :00:38.Weston pier counts the cost of a poor summer season.
:00:38. > :00:40.
:00:40. > :00:43.And the marathon man taking on his First, plans to build thousands of
:00:43. > :00:47.houses on the West's most famous airfields have tonight been
:00:47. > :00:49.condemned as a tragedy for the future. The warning has been issued
:00:49. > :00:53.by Sir George White, whose grandfather founded the Bristol
:00:53. > :00:57.Aeroplane Company. He is worried that the runway at
:00:57. > :00:59.Filton will become a place to "dump houses". And his fears are shared
:00:59. > :01:03.by many others, including councillors in Bristol who are
:01:03. > :01:11.discussing Filton's future at the council house tonight. Scott Ellis
:01:11. > :01:16.is there. Good evening, Scott. Good evening. The political row
:01:16. > :01:19.about the future of Filton is under way and behind me in a council
:01:19. > :01:24.house the ruling Liberal Democrats are laying out their stall, saying
:01:24. > :01:27.they want to see more businesses and jobs created up there. But
:01:27. > :01:31.South Gloucestershire Council, the ruling planning of authority, say
:01:31. > :01:36.it is an ideal brownfield site for new homes, and there are those who
:01:36. > :01:43.would agree with Sir George White that it is a shame, is not a
:01:43. > :01:46.scandal, that the runway has to close at all.
:01:46. > :01:53.If this runway could speak, it would have some stories to tell.
:01:53. > :01:56.Not just Concorde. The mighty Brabazon, too. There is a quick
:01:56. > :02:02.order over the intercom and the undercarriage leaves the runway.
:02:02. > :02:05.There were many others. No-one knows that history better than Sir
:02:05. > :02:08.George White, whose family founded the Bristol Aeroplane Company.
:02:08. > :02:16.Today, he spoke out against BAE Systems and its decision to sell
:02:16. > :02:21.off the runway. They inherited it, they didn't buy it or earn it, and
:02:21. > :02:27.for them to sell it off now and risk future job seems, to me, to be
:02:27. > :02:32.incredibly undesirable. It just seems to be, to an outsider, the
:02:32. > :02:35.biggest asset strip this district has seen in many years. It is an
:02:35. > :02:37.absolute tragedy for the future. BAE Systems insist the runway is
:02:37. > :02:45.not commercially viable and that its closure will not harm
:02:45. > :02:53.neighbours Airbus GKN or Rolls- Royce. South Gloucestershire
:02:53. > :02:58.council wants 3,500 homes built here. Not everyone agrees.
:02:58. > :03:03.believe that it should not just be about housing, but about jobs, and
:03:03. > :03:07.about a proper strategic approach to this area of the city which has
:03:07. > :03:10.been so important to the city's history. South Gloucestershire
:03:10. > :03:16.Council says the area already has twice as many jobs as resident
:03:16. > :03:19.workers. So the homes are desperately needed. Some are
:03:19. > :03:23.cropping up on the adjoining north airfield. And this new spur road
:03:23. > :03:33.heads invitingly towards the famous main runway. Presumably one day it
:03:33. > :03:36.
:03:36. > :03:40.Labour councillors are rallying to keep the run my open. Dale Barry
:03:40. > :03:47.worked at Airbus for many years. What use could there be for that
:03:47. > :03:50.airfield? There was always a use for an operational airfield of that
:03:50. > :03:56.standard so I believe that all of the options have not been looked at
:03:56. > :04:03.yet. What gives you reason to think that? Are there over airfields in
:04:03. > :04:10.use? When airfields disappear in the UK, manufacturing quickly
:04:10. > :04:14.follows. I cannot see that any city region, as we are, would
:04:14. > :04:18.contemplate putting a housing estate the size of a small town
:04:18. > :04:23.right in the middle of an engineering sector of excellence.
:04:23. > :04:28.What work could do runway bring to the city? There has been a campaign
:04:28. > :04:32.against a commercial act what. are not talking of commercial
:04:32. > :04:37.airports, that has been and gone. We are looking at operations that
:04:38. > :04:43.have always been used, servicing, MoD use. It could be used by the
:04:43. > :04:47.MoD as in the past. You are not being nostalgic? Nobody wants to
:04:47. > :04:52.see Filton closed, but this is the wrong decision economically and
:04:52. > :05:00.environmentally. Thank you for talking to us. The site is worth in
:05:00. > :05:05.the region of �120 million to GKN Systems. -- to BAE Systems. What
:05:05. > :05:08.will happen in the future will be decided in the new year.
:05:08. > :05:11.There are claims today that the next 18 months will see all schools
:05:12. > :05:14.in England seeking to become academies. The status means a
:05:14. > :05:17.school becomes independent of local council control, and already around
:05:17. > :05:23.two-thirds of secondary state schools in the West have made or
:05:24. > :05:29.intend to make the change. Experts here say education is changing at
:05:29. > :05:32.an incredibly rapid rate. John Maguire reports.
:05:32. > :05:36.These year 10 pupils are seeing things change before their eyes in
:05:36. > :05:40.today's chemistry lesson. In fact, there is a lot of change around.
:05:40. > :05:49.Last term, Churchfields in Swindon was a school. Now, it has become an
:05:49. > :05:55.academy. But why? It is in the best interests of the students. I am the
:05:55. > :06:01.head teacher, I have been for 10 years, and the initiative provides
:06:01. > :06:06.greater freedoms for us, puts us in charge of the education of the
:06:06. > :06:11.students in this school. It is the right decision for them, it
:06:11. > :06:15.provides better education and will build on our success in the past,
:06:15. > :06:18.so it is the right thing for Churchfields and its children.
:06:18. > :06:22.funded directly by the Government and not via the local council, Mr
:06:22. > :06:25.Flavin says he has seen an increase of up to 10% in the money he can
:06:25. > :06:28.spend on his pupils. And he has reduced class sizes - they are now
:06:29. > :06:32.between 15 and 20 children. He predicts all English schools will
:06:32. > :06:35.now follow suit. Around two-thirds in the West have made or are
:06:35. > :06:42.planning the transformation. So where does that leave council
:06:42. > :06:45.education departments? I think the local authorities still have a key
:06:45. > :06:49.strategic role. Their job becomes more difficult, it is still an
:06:49. > :06:55.important job and they have to fulfil their statutory obligations,
:06:55. > :06:59.and I hope the academy is that we see opening this term and have seen
:06:59. > :07:03.in the past will continue to regard themselves as part of the family of
:07:03. > :07:08.local-authority schools, working with local authorities doors, so
:07:08. > :07:14.they will all benefit from the learning in any particular school -
:07:14. > :07:16.- with local authority school. are now also seeing the first wave
:07:16. > :07:19.of primary academies. Increasingly as the Government is offering
:07:19. > :07:23.schools to run their affairs, many are opting for independence,
:07:23. > :07:29.believing teacher knows best. You're watching BBC Points West
:07:29. > :07:32.with Alex and Andrew. There's plenty more to come on tonight's
:07:32. > :07:41.programme, including a plan to turn Bristol green. Can the city grow
:07:42. > :07:45.enough crops to feed everyone who lives there?
:07:45. > :07:55.And the sweet sound of success. We meet the sisters who have been
:07:55. > :07:57.
:07:57. > :08:00.commended for their song-writing Who can forget these dramatic
:08:00. > :08:09.pictures from February 2008, when Weston's famous Grand Pier was
:08:09. > :08:13.destroyed by fire in a matter of minutes? It is now nearly a year
:08:13. > :08:17.since the pier owners rebuilt and re-opened. But what sort of year
:08:17. > :08:26.has it been? The early signs were good, but it went downhill from
:08:26. > :08:29.there. Clinton Rogers has been finding out. -- finding out why.
:08:29. > :08:32.50-mile-an-hour winds battering Weston-super-Mare. No wonder they
:08:32. > :08:37.were short on visitors today. It is almost a year now since the Grand
:08:37. > :08:43.Pier was re-born, re-opened. A year of ups and downs, of conflicting
:08:43. > :08:47.fortunes. And the figures would confound any tourism analyst. Since
:08:47. > :08:51.the rebuild, the pier has attracted 2.1 million visitors. Last winter's
:08:52. > :09:00.figures were double what was expected. This April was the best
:09:00. > :09:04.month, with 500,000 visitors. After such a brilliant start and a
:09:04. > :09:08.buoyant autumn, they have been betting here on a great summer. It
:09:08. > :09:13.turned out to be massively disappointing. There were fewer
:09:13. > :09:18.visitors in August than in April. And less than half of what they
:09:18. > :09:22.have been gambling on. What we are not seeing is people coming and
:09:22. > :09:26.staying in the resort. The pier owner says his worst ever summer
:09:26. > :09:30.wasn't just down to bad weather. is a big factor for the day-
:09:30. > :09:36.trippers, but if we had the visitors that were staying, like
:09:36. > :09:40.they used to stay, in the hotels and the caravan parks, then I don't
:09:40. > :09:44.think weather is such a factor. think people are not coming to
:09:44. > :09:47.Weston like they did? Certainly. That is a viewpoint supported by
:09:47. > :09:53.hoteliers, who say while visitor numbers are holding up - just -
:09:53. > :09:57.people are opting for much shorter stays. People are not staying as
:09:57. > :10:02.long as they used to, and we have noticed a great deal of difference
:10:02. > :10:05.where people are only doing two and three days, especially families.
:10:05. > :10:07.But the pier owners continue to invest in the future. They are
:10:07. > :10:15.planning now to build a conservatory with a retractable
:10:16. > :10:19.roof. The battle with the British weather continues.
:10:19. > :10:23.Some of the region's top hotels are about to be sold after the luxury
:10:23. > :10:26.chain Von Essen went into administration back in April. The
:10:26. > :10:30.Royal Crescent Hotel in Bath is among 19 of the properties now
:10:30. > :10:37.under offer, valued in the region of �22 million. However, Thornbury
:10:37. > :10:40.Castle in South Gloucestershire is still on the market.
:10:40. > :10:43.Little Britain comedian David Walliams has been back in the water
:10:43. > :10:47.for day two of his latest Sport Relief fundraising effort to swim
:10:47. > :10:49.the length of the River Thames. He started his 140-mile journey
:10:49. > :10:55.yesterday at the river's source near Lechlade in Gloucestershire,
:10:55. > :11:00.where the water's temperature was 15 Celsius. Hundreds of people
:11:00. > :11:03.cheered the star on. He managed 17 miles, but had to be pulled out
:11:03. > :11:08.before completing his target for the day, and was in a lot of pain
:11:08. > :11:15.last night. This morning, though, he set off at dawn to swim through
:11:15. > :11:18.Oxfordshire and is due to arrive at Abingdon Bridge in the next hour.
:11:18. > :11:21.A Bristol community project is urging people to be less reliant on
:11:21. > :11:25.food that is transported into the city, and to grow it for themselves
:11:25. > :11:28.instead. The Sims Hill Shared Harvest is a membership scheme
:11:28. > :11:31.where people grow their own fruit and veg on green belt land. The
:11:31. > :11:36.group say growing food in this way reduces environmental damage. Sabet
:11:36. > :11:46.Choudhury reports. Some long-awaited rain for the
:11:46. > :11:46.
:11:46. > :11:53.crops at the Sims Hill Shared Harvest. The 6 x of land here is
:11:53. > :11:57.right by the M32, the kind of network that takes produce into the
:11:57. > :12:01.city's supermarkets and shops, produce grown outside Bristol. The
:12:01. > :12:04.project here wants to buck that trend by growing the food
:12:04. > :12:08.themselves. This is a co-operative project where people pay a
:12:08. > :12:12.membership and they in return reap the benefits of the harvest.
:12:12. > :12:15.tried to make it as easy as possible for people to access the
:12:15. > :12:19.food here, so they can come and collect their vegetables if they
:12:19. > :12:24.want to, but what we have decided to do is have drop-off points
:12:24. > :12:28.throughout the city. We harvest the veg on Thursday morning and by the
:12:28. > :12:32.afternoon it is at the drop-off points. We have done it so they are
:12:32. > :12:38.local to our members. It is very straightforward, they can pick up
:12:38. > :12:41.their dead and had it that evening. -- pick up their vegetables and
:12:42. > :12:45.have it that evening. The land here has been used for growing in the
:12:45. > :12:48.past, and for the time being it has been given to the project rent-free
:12:48. > :12:55.by the council. We have French beans, runner beans, caused jets.
:12:55. > :13:02.We have lettuce and herbs... Membership to the scheme costs �40
:13:02. > :13:06.a month for a full share of the harvest. Or �23 for a half share.
:13:06. > :13:09.But, to James, it is a small fee considering the benefits to the
:13:09. > :13:12.community and the environment. is connecting people with the
:13:13. > :13:17.seasonality of local food, were tagging is important. In the
:13:17. > :13:20.supermarket you can get broccoli, sweet peppers, tomatoes all year
:13:20. > :13:25.round because they are flown in from overseas. What we are trying
:13:25. > :13:29.to do is say, we can produce food here as cheap as you possibly can,
:13:30. > :13:33.and it has a low environmental impact. Over the next few years,
:13:33. > :13:36.James is hoping to create a bursary with help of the community for
:13:36. > :13:43.those who cannot afford the membership. Their aim - to feed as
:13:43. > :13:46.many people as possible with food grown on their doorstep.
:13:46. > :13:53.Joining us in the studio is Richard Spalding, a senior lecturer in
:13:53. > :13:57.human geography at the University for the West of England. You have
:13:57. > :14:07.brought something in four was, so will from an area near Bristol that
:14:07. > :14:10.
:14:10. > :14:16.could be used to supply the city with food? -- soil. This is from a
:14:16. > :14:22.plot that I have christened the blue finger. It is terrific high-
:14:22. > :14:26.grade agricultural soil. What benefits could people see if this
:14:26. > :14:31.area was used to grow crops to feed the people of Bristol? Would it be
:14:31. > :14:35.cheaper? Not necessarily but the benefits would be social
:14:35. > :14:40.environmental. We would see less transport of food in and out of the
:14:40. > :14:44.city. If you stand by the M32 today, every moment you see food being
:14:44. > :14:48.transported in and out of the city, say there is a sustainability issue
:14:48. > :14:54.here. But people will say supermarkets do this very well,
:14:54. > :15:02.providing cheap food all year round. How would this be better? I think
:15:02. > :15:09.the essence here is moving towards the real localisation of the food
:15:09. > :15:14.agenda -- pre-localisation. I think that will be seen by -- will be
:15:14. > :15:20.driven by a younger people. I think we will see this continuing sea-
:15:20. > :15:24.change over the next generation. We are looking for about a million new
:15:24. > :15:27.farmers to replace those farmers who are getting older, so it is a
:15:27. > :15:31.new generation that wants to get their hands on some of this land.
:15:31. > :15:33.Interesting stuff, thanks for coming in.
:15:33. > :15:36.Sport, and Champions League football is coming to Ashton Gate.
:15:36. > :15:39.Yes, you heard me right. The Bristol Academy women's team
:15:40. > :15:42.qualified for the tournament by reaching the FA Cup final. But
:15:42. > :15:45.because their ground in Stoke Gifford doesn't meet UEFA
:15:45. > :15:50.regulations, they have struck a deal to play their tie against the
:15:50. > :15:58.Russian team FC Energy at Bristol City's ground. And today some of
:15:58. > :16:01.the squad went to have a look around. This is the home dressing-
:16:01. > :16:04.room! City's Nicky Maynard their tour
:16:04. > :16:06.guide, as the Academy girls took a peak at their new temporary home.
:16:06. > :16:14.This is where their Champions League campaign will begin on
:16:14. > :16:18.September 29th. We have had a look around the pitch, it is really nice,
:16:18. > :16:23.all very good in here. It is great to come to a place like this to
:16:23. > :16:30.play European football here. We are hoping 20,000 people in this
:16:30. > :16:34.stadium! Being a Bristol-based club we have a lot of Bristol City fans
:16:34. > :16:38.in our ranks. We have some Rovers supporters but I will not mention
:16:38. > :16:41.their names! But they cannot wait. But after the comforts of Ashton
:16:41. > :16:44.Gate, the team have to make a 13- hour journey to play the second leg
:16:44. > :16:52.in Russia, which involves making three different flights. Harder for
:16:52. > :16:56.some than others. I hate flying and I am not very happy that we have to
:16:56. > :17:02.go all the way to Russia, but it is a job that we have taken on, so
:17:02. > :17:05.whether it be Russia, China, America, we will do it and give all
:17:05. > :17:09.we have got. While the men's Champions League is awash with
:17:09. > :17:12.money, the women have had to chip in just to make it to the game in
:17:12. > :17:15.Russia. The players have made a massive gesture to forgo their
:17:15. > :17:19.match fees and bonuses for the occasion to allow us to travel, and
:17:19. > :17:25.that shows the solidarity and unity in the grip and the spirit in our
:17:25. > :17:29.football club. FC energy say they will get a crowd of over 20,000 for
:17:29. > :17:33.the second leg. How the Academy girls would love that backing back
:17:33. > :17:36.at Ashton Gate. Two dressage riders from the West
:17:36. > :17:40.have returned home with a haul of medals from the European Para-
:17:40. > :17:43.Equestrian Championships. Anne Dunham, from Broad Hinton in
:17:43. > :17:46.Wiltshire, won two golds in Belgium, taking her career total to 17 in
:17:46. > :17:49.major competitions. And Taunton's Debbie Criddle won a gold and a
:17:49. > :17:53.silver in her events. The pair were also part of the team quartet who
:17:53. > :17:58.finished first. The event was the last major Championships before
:17:58. > :18:01.next years' Paralympic Games. In football, Bristol Rovers are
:18:01. > :18:05.back in action tonight in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy. They are
:18:05. > :18:10.away to Wycombe Wanderers in the first round. The winners of the tie
:18:10. > :18:13.will play Cheltenham at home next month.
:18:13. > :18:18.Two talented sisters from Bath have made it through to the semi-finals
:18:18. > :18:22.of the UK's song-writing competition. Chloe Pinder is just
:18:22. > :18:29.14 and her sister Izzy is 11, but most of their rivals were adults,
:18:29. > :18:36.all fighting for a stake in the competition's �500,000 prize fund.
:18:36. > :18:40.I am delighted to say the two girls are with us tonight. Clowry, you
:18:40. > :18:45.are the songwriter. Congratulations to you, how does it feel? It is
:18:45. > :18:48.overwhelming. We were not expecting much to come off the competition,
:18:48. > :18:54.we just ended and thought, let's give it a shot. What feedback have
:18:54. > :19:03.you had? In terms of feedback from relatives and friends, they have
:19:03. > :19:08.been very supportive, they like our music. We were awarded seven points
:19:08. > :19:13.out of 10 in the semi-finals, a lot of people get five or six. I don't
:19:13. > :19:17.think you were lucky to get seven, it was still. I heard you rehearse!
:19:17. > :19:22.Izzy, using the harmonies. Where did they come from? They are
:19:22. > :19:28.complicated harmonies. They usually just come into my head on the spot.
:19:28. > :19:33.How is it working with the sister? It is fun. That is good! I will
:19:33. > :19:43.keep this brief, because we wanted hear you sing, and this is such a
:19:43. > :19:50.
:19:50. > :19:58.treat, you will love this. Take it # Don't run before you can walk.
:19:58. > :20:06.# It takes time to find the real person behind those eyes.
:20:06. > :20:12.# And I know you're eager-minded and strong-willed.
:20:12. > :20:17.# Now you'll learn to control that major fault line.
:20:18. > :20:20.# Before you run away and hide. # Don't hide, don't hide from me.
:20:20. > :20:27.# You will take courage in your mind.
:20:27. > :20:35.# Don't hide, don't hide from me. # Are you?
:20:35. > :20:45.# Who are you? # You can't play hide and seek with
:20:45. > :20:49.
:20:49. > :20:57.# Can't you see you're not 10 years old anymore?
:20:57. > :21:03.# And I know you're a distant thinker and a coward.
:21:03. > :21:09.# But who cares now you will learn to control that major fault line?
:21:09. > :21:12.# Before you run away and hide. # Don't hide, don't hide from me.
:21:12. > :21:16.# You will take courage in your mind.
:21:16. > :21:22.# Don't hide, don't hide from me. # Are you?
:21:22. > :21:31.# Who are you? # Are you?
:21:31. > :21:40.# Who are you? # We play hide and seek.
:21:41. > :21:44.# It's hard to watch it go. # Before you run away and hide.
:21:44. > :21:49.# Don't hide, don't hide from me. # You will take courage in your
:21:49. > :21:53.mind. # Don't hide, don't hide from me.
:21:53. > :22:03.# Are you? # Who are you?
:22:03. > :22:17.
:22:17. > :22:25.# Are you? Well than! That much applause shows
:22:25. > :22:28.how many people came to listen to you! Thank you, brilliant.
:22:28. > :22:31.It is a question that is often asked - what is the recipe for a
:22:31. > :22:34.long life and a happy marriage? 90- year-old Wilfred Cooper, from
:22:34. > :22:37.Lockleaze in Bristol, insists keeping fit - and a few cheeky
:22:37. > :22:40.secrets - is the answer. The pensioner has gone behind his
:22:40. > :22:44.wife's back many a time in recent years as a secret half marathon
:22:44. > :22:52.runner. Now the time has come for him to hang up his trainers, and
:22:52. > :22:55.this Sunday's race will be his last. Isabel Webster's been to meet him.
:22:55. > :22:57.How old were you in this photograph?
:22:57. > :23:04.To his 14 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren, Wilfred is
:23:04. > :23:09.something of a superhero. That is a sign of Superman with my face
:23:09. > :23:13.superimposed on it. In 2004, aged 83, he ran his first half marathon
:23:13. > :23:19.in Bristol, despite telling his wife something quite different.
:23:19. > :23:26.said, I'm just going down to put the barriers up to keep the people
:23:26. > :23:34.back, so I was all right with that. And then Gina next door saw him on
:23:34. > :23:39.the television! So of course he tells me then. I was in the
:23:39. > :23:42.doghouse. She didn't speak to me for three weeks. Despite a heart
:23:43. > :23:47.attack and recently falling down the stairs and dislocating his
:23:47. > :23:54.shoulder and breaking ribs, his wife Sylvia is now more supplied to
:23:54. > :23:57.-- more supportive. At the age of 90, Wilfred climbs the stairs 30
:23:57. > :24:00.times every day and runs three times a week. He has raised
:24:00. > :24:04.thousands of pounds for St Peter's Hospice over the years. And he
:24:04. > :24:07.hopes to make more than ever this year as he hangs up his running
:24:07. > :24:11.shoes. Although I am fit, the bones are beginning to creak! I think
:24:11. > :24:17.they are going to snap at any minute so I am just doing this one.
:24:17. > :24:22.I might do one or two more, but I am saying this is the last one.
:24:22. > :24:32.will be if his long-suffering wife has anything to do with it.
:24:32. > :24:32.
:24:32. > :24:42.Is this is last round? Gosh, I should hope so! -- his last one.
:24:42. > :24:43.
:24:43. > :24:53.Good luck, too him on Sunday. Let's find out if it is training
:24:53. > :24:57.
:24:57. > :25:02.Our library of weather photographs does not include many photographs
:25:02. > :25:06.of wind. I took this terrible photograph outside in the BBC car
:25:06. > :25:10.park of this tweed disaster! If you have any good ones, send them into
:25:10. > :25:14.this. Tomorrow will be another windy day.
:25:14. > :25:20.Having said that it will be for the most part a dry day and a brighter
:25:20. > :25:30.one as well to a greater or lesser dip -- or lesser extent. We have
:25:30. > :25:33.been seeing ghosts today from about 5am. -- gusts. We had a few trees
:25:33. > :25:39.down this morning in parts of Gloucestershire because of that. It
:25:39. > :25:46.is courtesy of this low pressure. The isobarss still pretty tight
:25:46. > :25:49.tomorrow but a subtle shift of direction will help shelter many
:25:49. > :25:54.districts on the showers. We had a good number of showers feeding
:25:54. > :25:59.through today, some quite heavy downpours on that. Behind, some
:25:59. > :26:03.further showers waiting in the wings. Some of our districts will
:26:03. > :26:09.be in their sides this evening. The graphics pick up on that, but
:26:09. > :26:13.broadly speaking the night tends to dry out apart from a few coastal
:26:14. > :26:19.showers. Still quite windy, gusts of about 45 miles an hour in the
:26:19. > :26:24.Bristol Channel, a bit less inland. Temperatures down to about 12 or 13
:26:24. > :26:28.for the most part. Tomorrow will start with try weather about, some
:26:28. > :26:33.showers in northern Somerset, but more in the wake of brightness
:26:33. > :26:38.generally tomorrow. Parts of Gloucestershire should be favoured
:26:38. > :26:46.for dry, bright weather but the showers will return on and off
:26:46. > :26:51.later on in the Bristol Channel, some of them feeding inland.
:26:51. > :26:55.Temperatures tomorrow about 17, 18 Celsius, at best. The sea will
:26:55. > :26:58.still be pretty rough as well. Beyond that, we continue with this
:26:58. > :27:03.inclement spell through the week and into the start of next week as
:27:03. > :27:08.well. Having said that, Thursday looks largely cloudy, somewhat damp
:27:08. > :27:12.in the morning with some light rain and drizzle, not quite as windy. On
:27:12. > :27:17.Friday it might frighten up -- it might brighten up a bit, some warm
:27:17. > :27:21.air from the tropics, with maybe a bit of sunshine, but noticeably
:27:21. > :27:24.windy, as on Saturday as well. Sunday could turn pretty wet, but
:27:24. > :27:29.as we get to that stage in the week we are looking out into the