:00:18. > :00:27.Hello and welcome to BBC Points West. In the headlines tonight: a
:00:27. > :00:30.test case for the country about have the right to die. A man who's
:00:30. > :00:32.almost totally paralysed asks the High Court to be allowed to die
:00:32. > :00:34.when he chooses. A psychiatrist says he's not
:00:34. > :00:37.satisfied John Hogan was insane when he pushed his children to
:00:37. > :00:41.their death. As the unions stand shoulder to
:00:41. > :00:45.shoulder, how tomorrow's strike will affect you.
:00:45. > :00:51.And as the Chancellor gives a boost to the economy, roads and public
:00:51. > :00:55.transport get some benefit in the West.
:00:55. > :01:01.Good evening. A severely disabled man from Wiltshire is asking the
:01:01. > :01:03.High Court to allow a doctor to lawfully end his life. Tony
:01:03. > :01:10.Nicklinson from Melksham has Locked-in Syndrome after suffering
:01:10. > :01:12.a stroke. He can only move his head and eyes. His lawyers want a new
:01:12. > :01:15.ruling introduced that if anyone assists him, they could use
:01:15. > :01:19.necessity as a defence against a murder charge. Mr Nicklinson hopes
:01:19. > :01:26.if they win, it will give him the choice to end his life when he
:01:26. > :01:36.wants. But as Ali Vowles reports this is a national test case, which
:01:36. > :01:38.
:01:38. > :01:43.raises difficult questions about euthanasia. Like most people, I did
:01:43. > :01:47.not give suicide a thought, despite being able to do it legally. Then I
:01:47. > :01:53.had my stroke and the choice was taken away from it. It is certainly
:01:53. > :01:56.true that you do not know what you have until you do not have it.
:01:56. > :02:00.Tony Nicklinson would like to have the choice of being able to end his
:02:00. > :02:02.own life. Six years ago a stroke left him paralysed below the neck
:02:02. > :02:04.and unable to speak. He communicates using a computer that
:02:04. > :02:10.recognizes his eye movements. Tony's life is unrecognizable from
:02:10. > :02:16.the one he had before his stroke. He was the life and soul of the
:02:16. > :02:19.party and he is an ex rugby player. He is an alpha male and a daredevil.
:02:19. > :02:22.He went skydiving and did all kinds of crazy things.
:02:23. > :02:26.Because of his disabilities he needs his wife Jane to help him do
:02:26. > :02:29.everything. He would also have to rely on her to help him take his
:02:30. > :02:36.own life. For this she could face a murder charge, so together they are
:02:36. > :02:41.trying to change the law. A time will come when he says enough is
:02:41. > :02:46.enough. Really his only option is Switzerland which he might consider
:02:46. > :02:50.eventually if our legal case does not pan out, or starvation which is
:02:50. > :02:53.a very nasty way to go. More than 150 people have ended their lives
:02:53. > :02:56.by travelling from the UK to countries like Switzerland where
:02:56. > :02:59.assisted suicide is legal. Tony and his wife want the law changed so
:02:59. > :03:02.that necessity is considered the defence for murder. They want to
:03:02. > :03:12.make it lawful for a doctor to terminate his life, with his
:03:12. > :03:17.consent, in cases of voluntary active euthanasia. Some days this
:03:17. > :03:21.life gets too much for me and I break down and cried. This is not
:03:21. > :03:27.helped by knowing I could live like this for another 20 years because I
:03:27. > :03:32.do not have a way out like the non- disabled have. If I had to do it, I
:03:32. > :03:35.do not know if I could until the time comes. I like to think that I
:03:35. > :03:42.could. It is what he wants and if you love someone you will do
:03:42. > :03:45.anything to help them. What more can I do? There is nothing I can do.
:03:45. > :03:49.I do not think people realise what an awful thing it is to see the
:03:49. > :03:57.person that you love in there and you cannot relieve their pain. This
:03:57. > :04:00.is all I can do for him. It's hoped the High Court will begin hearing
:04:00. > :04:03.the arguments for his case in the New Year.
:04:03. > :04:07.The father of a six-year-old boy was not mentally ill when he pushed
:04:07. > :04:09.him off a hotel balcony in Crete. This was the claim made today by a
:04:09. > :04:14.consultant forensic psychiatrist at the second inquest into Liam
:04:14. > :04:17.Hogan's death. He said doctors treating John Hogan had reached the
:04:17. > :04:23.wrong conclusion about his state of mind when he pushed Liam and his
:04:23. > :04:26.two-year-old sister Mia off the balcony in Greece five years ago.
:04:26. > :04:29.Our Home Affairs Correspondent, Steve Brodie was in court.
:04:29. > :04:32.A Greek court cleared John Hogan of murder but found he had been
:04:32. > :04:38.suffering from an earthquake of insanity when he pushed Liam and
:04:38. > :04:41.Mia off the balcony, while their mother Natasha's back was turned.
:04:41. > :04:44.When John Hogan returned to Britain, an inquest was held into Liam's
:04:44. > :04:48.death and the then Bristol Coroner ruled the six-year-old had been
:04:49. > :04:54.unlawfully killed. That decision was quashed by the High Court, so
:04:54. > :04:57.today both families were back for the second time. Natasha now lives
:04:57. > :04:59.in Australia but today members of her family arrived to hear the
:04:59. > :05:02.expert witness, Dr Akintundi Akinkummi, make the surprise claim
:05:02. > :05:07.that her former husband was not mentally ill in the moments he
:05:08. > :05:10.pushed the children from the top floor.
:05:10. > :05:13.The forensic psychiatrist told the inquest he was not satisfied that
:05:14. > :05:19.Mr Hogan was suffering from a disease of the mind whent he pushed
:05:19. > :05:24.Liam and Mia off the balcony. He went on, I cannot draw the
:05:24. > :05:26.conclusion that he was legally insane at the time of the incident.
:05:26. > :05:30.However, the consultant made it clear he had been refused
:05:31. > :05:33.permission to interview Mr Hogan. Despite repeated questioning from
:05:33. > :05:36.John Hogan's QC the consultant pyschiatrist refused to move from
:05:36. > :05:43.his position that John Hogan was not mentally ill when he pushed
:05:43. > :05:46.Liam and Mia off the balcony. He also stood by his judgement that
:05:46. > :05:54.the Greek doctors had reached the wrong conclusion and that it was
:05:54. > :05:56.only after the death that he became ill.
:05:57. > :05:59.The coroner intervened to tell the Hogan family barrister, Christina
:05:59. > :06:03.Lambert, QC, that she was asking the psychiatrist the same question
:06:03. > :06:12.repeatedly, as the couple clashed in the court room.
:06:12. > :06:15.Tomorrow the Coroner is expected to return her verdict.
:06:15. > :06:20.Union leaders are asking the Royal Bank of Scotland to reconsider
:06:20. > :06:24.closing its site in Bristol. Today it was confirmed that more than 300
:06:24. > :06:34.people will lose their jobs at the bank's office in Aztec West. Unions
:06:34. > :06:35.
:06:35. > :06:39.say it would devastate the local area. This organisation is owned by
:06:39. > :06:45.the taxpayer and can take a longer term view about job stability,
:06:45. > :06:49.keeping people in work, propping up the economy and helping the UK
:06:49. > :06:53.taxpayer. These people are not responsible for the financial
:06:53. > :06:58.crisis or the decisions that this organisation has made. They are
:06:58. > :07:01.paying the price and the future is very uncertain. The RBS says the
:07:01. > :07:04.cuts are part of 3,000 job losses announced last year and that it
:07:04. > :07:05.would do all it could to offer redeployment opportunities and keep
:07:05. > :07:08.compulsory redundancies to an absolute minimum.
:07:08. > :07:12.It's been announced the Honda car factory in Swindon will return to
:07:12. > :07:15.full production in less than three weeks. Thousands of staff have been
:07:15. > :07:19.working reduced hours since the end of September after floods in
:07:19. > :07:26.Thailand caused problems to the supply chain. The company's
:07:26. > :07:30.confirmed workers will go back to a five day week in mid-December.
:07:30. > :07:32.Today was the Chancellor's autumn statement. And while he was
:07:32. > :07:36.painting a thoroughly pessimistic view of the British economy, there
:07:36. > :07:42.was some good news for the West. Funding was announced for three
:07:42. > :07:50.major projects. It will mean the go-ahead for a link road in South
:07:50. > :07:59.Bristol, a new rapid bus route in the city and improvements to the M4.
:07:59. > :08:05.Once a vision of the future, now bought and paid for. Well, almost.
:08:05. > :08:07.We can give the go-ahead around the country to 35 new road and rail
:08:07. > :08:10.schemes to support economic development.
:08:10. > :08:13.Amidst the doom and gloom, the Chancellor pledged funding for a
:08:13. > :08:17.rapid bus route from Ashton Vale into the railway station at Bristol
:08:17. > :08:19.Temple Meads. This one is already in service in Leeds. A bus that can
:08:19. > :08:24.run on normal roads or a specially designed concrete track. It
:08:24. > :08:28.guarantees faster more reliable journeys.
:08:28. > :08:30.There's also money for the South Bristol link road. Debated for
:08:30. > :08:40.years, it's seen by the business community as vital for regenerating
:08:40. > :08:41.
:08:41. > :08:46.South Bristol. We have had several generations of difficult employment
:08:46. > :08:50.down in South Bristol ever since the cigarette factory closed and I
:08:50. > :08:54.think this will make the rest of Bristol more accessible to people
:08:54. > :08:56.who live in the area. But not everyone's in favour of a
:08:56. > :09:00.new road with campaigners opposed to the planned route.
:09:00. > :09:03.And if you use the M4 to travel to and from South Wales then there'll
:09:04. > :09:13.be improvements there too. George Osborne hopes to keep us
:09:14. > :09:16.
:09:16. > :09:19.moving, even if the economy isn't. You're watching BBC Points West. In
:09:19. > :09:29.will be hit with the weather forecast very shortly but before
:09:29. > :09:30.
:09:30. > :09:34.that there is more to bring it. Where have you been? Old George!
:09:34. > :09:41.is a wonderful Christmas favourite but what is the film's connection
:09:41. > :09:44.with the West Country? You can find out sooner. There's been no last-
:09:44. > :09:47.ditch deal to avert tomorrow's mass strike by public sector workers. So
:09:47. > :09:52.most schools in the West will shut, hospitals have postponed many
:09:52. > :09:54.operations, and government offices will be reduced to a skeleton staff.
:09:54. > :10:00.And there's likely to be traffic disruption as marches and
:10:00. > :10:03.demonstrations take place across the region.
:10:03. > :10:06.It's set to be the biggest strike in decades. Unions representing
:10:06. > :10:10.more than two million public sector workers are taking action over what
:10:10. > :10:13.the government wants to do to their pensions. Among those standing
:10:13. > :10:19.shoulder to shoulder at this photo- call in Bristol are teachers,
:10:19. > :10:22.social workers, probation officers, university lecturers and cleaners.
:10:22. > :10:27.30 unions are involved. Some, like Unison and Unite are used to taking
:10:27. > :10:30.industrial action. But for other unions and their members it'll be
:10:30. > :10:33.the first time they've ever been on strike.
:10:33. > :10:37.Football in the playground of a primary school in the Forest of
:10:37. > :10:42.Dean. But tomorrow these pupils at St White's in Cinderford will be
:10:42. > :10:51.staying away, as will their head teacher. His union has never before
:10:51. > :10:55.called a strike. Most unprecedented. It is a last resort action and we
:10:55. > :10:58.do not want to take any action, we just want schools to be open
:10:58. > :11:02.because we understand it will be an inconvenience to parents. We are
:11:02. > :11:04.doing it for the sake of the profession.
:11:04. > :11:07.It's the same for this senior council manager in Bristol. Esther
:11:07. > :11:13.Pickup-Keller is another who's never been on strike. The proposed
:11:13. > :11:17.changes would hit her hard. When we signed up to the pension scheme we
:11:17. > :11:23.were told that our benefits at the end of it would be based on our
:11:23. > :11:26.final salary. That is the point that we now have a grievance about.
:11:26. > :11:30.It is like a contract. When you sign up to it they say what you
:11:30. > :11:35.will get. You pay more, you work longer and then they will not give
:11:35. > :11:38.you as much as they promised. That is what we got upset about
:11:38. > :11:41.It's the second mass strike in this pension dispute. In June four
:11:41. > :11:48.unions were involved. Talks with the government have continued
:11:48. > :11:50.throughout. Among those striking once more are these government
:11:51. > :11:57.scientists from Swindon. Today they learnt from the Chancellor that
:11:57. > :12:01.their pay will be held back for several more years. We must be
:12:01. > :12:06.really feeling the pinch to go out and strike because it is really
:12:06. > :12:11.affecting our pockets. It is not Firth. We have had a two year pay
:12:11. > :12:15.freeze and we will be about to end our third year of pay freeze so we
:12:15. > :12:18.have had no cost-of-living increase so it is difficult. They've now
:12:18. > :12:21.left work for the day. They'll be back first thing tomorrow, to man a
:12:21. > :12:23.picket line. But that's only one side of the
:12:23. > :12:26.argument. The main reason pensions are being changed is because people
:12:26. > :12:28.are living longer, and the amount in their pension funds simply isn't
:12:29. > :12:31.enough. While these strikes may have widespread public sector
:12:31. > :12:34.support, they're seen rather differently by those in business
:12:35. > :12:40.and industry. Their pensions are often smaller, and can be hit hard
:12:40. > :12:48.by fluctuations in the stock market. And they warn stoppages could harm
:12:48. > :12:55.the West's economy. If this escalates tender sympathy may be
:12:55. > :12:57.quickly lost. Business needs to keep going. What does off or maybe
:12:57. > :13:00.more days off would be difficult to justify.
:13:00. > :13:02.For vital public services, such as the ambulances, this is a
:13:02. > :13:07.challenging time. Paramedics themselves will still be working,
:13:07. > :13:13.but other staff will be staying away. But whether here or at
:13:13. > :13:19.hospital, all stress that urgent medical work will not be hindered.
:13:19. > :13:25.We have got 15% or 20% of staff who say they will be on strike action
:13:25. > :13:28.but a lot of them still intend to provide a 999 response. We have
:13:29. > :13:32.been able to mitigate a lot of the shortfall with clinical managers so
:13:32. > :13:35.we will be able to respond to patients' needs.
:13:35. > :13:37.Politically this strike action seems to get little sympathy. The
:13:37. > :13:40.coalition Conservatives and Liberal Democrats are against, while Labour
:13:40. > :13:47.officially oppose it. What probably matters much more is what you, the
:13:47. > :13:50.Well, to discuss tomorrow's strike and to give their views, I'm joined
:13:50. > :13:53.by Mark Dampier, head of research at the finance and pensions experts
:13:53. > :14:01.Hargreaves Lansdown. And Nigel Costley, Regional secretary of the
:14:01. > :14:06.TUC.$$NEWLINE The websites for Heidi you justified causing
:14:06. > :14:11.millions of people so much disruption tomorrow at? To people
:14:11. > :14:17.who have had nothing to do with mucking about with your pensions.
:14:17. > :14:21.There is almost one year's worth of talks and months of debates and
:14:21. > :14:26.workplaces. The negotiations have got nowhere. The breadth of support
:14:26. > :14:29.for this is astonishing, how the Government has managed to pick a
:14:29. > :14:34.fight with head teachers, radiographers, senior civil
:14:34. > :14:39.servants - it is quite astonishing the level of support that has been
:14:39. > :14:43.one for this action tomorrow. effect, it is ordinary people that
:14:43. > :14:47.you're heading tomorrow. I think ordinary people are in support. As
:14:47. > :14:51.we are discussing this more and more and people are seen the truth,
:14:51. > :14:54.as there talking to their neighbours and families who are
:14:54. > :14:58.directly affected, they see the injustice and there is growing
:14:58. > :15:02.support for the action. If you were advising someone about
:15:02. > :15:06.the latest deal on their public service pension, what would you say
:15:06. > :15:11.to them? A fantastic deal. I have absolutely
:15:11. > :15:15.no sympathy on this point. In the private sector, we would die for
:15:15. > :15:20.this deal. If anyone should strike, it should be the private sector.
:15:20. > :15:25.I'm amazed that Nigel couldn't say there are lots of people and
:15:25. > :15:30.support of it. These people were promised a deal. They signed up as
:15:30. > :15:33.civil servants and then there kick in the teeth. They're getting a
:15:34. > :15:39.tremendous pensions still. In the private sector, we have had years
:15:39. > :15:48.of our pensions been de rated. Even this year, a private pension will
:15:48. > :15:52.be worth 16% less than it was. I suspect you would not swap you're
:15:52. > :15:57.pension. The average public sector's pension is just over
:15:57. > :16:02.�5,000. You're dealing in averages. We're
:16:02. > :16:06.talking about nurses and teachers who do the full requires service.
:16:06. > :16:11.They're getting index-linked pensions in excess of �20,000. In
:16:11. > :16:21.the private sector, my 21-year-old son would have to work 40 years and
:16:21. > :16:24.pay �600 a month. How many 20 year- olds could pay that? There are
:16:24. > :16:29.people who thought this had been settled a few years ago. If they're
:16:29. > :16:33.going to be asked to pay about �1,000 a year more or. Work four
:16:33. > :16:37.years longer. They will still get a worse mentioned. You are no
:16:37. > :16:42.different from anybody else. You do not have a parallel universe. The
:16:42. > :16:46.public sector seem to think that they do, but they don't. There is a
:16:46. > :16:52.crisis in the public sector. But stealing a pension of a nurse is
:16:52. > :16:57.not going to solve that problem. We are storing up a major crisis.
:16:57. > :17:01.thousands losing their jobs at the moment, and we have had 300 more in
:17:01. > :17:08.the West Country today alone, is it right to be fighting for pensions
:17:08. > :17:12.at this time? Public sector workers are fighting on many fronts. There
:17:12. > :17:16.has been a pay freeze for the last two years and it could be capped
:17:16. > :17:19.even further. And there is an attack on pensions and jobs and
:17:19. > :17:24.services. Let's look for solutions. Feelings
:17:24. > :17:29.are clearly running high. Couldn't the Government levies this in?
:17:29. > :17:35.could have done, but it has already rolled over quite significantly. No
:17:35. > :17:39.110 years away from retirement is going to face any changes at all.
:17:39. > :17:44.In the private sector, we face changes all times. These aren't bad.
:17:44. > :17:51.They still come out with a really good pension. We do not get it.
:17:51. > :17:54.You have had a gravy train up to now? The schemes are affordable
:17:54. > :17:57.unsustainable according to the Government. This is not about
:17:57. > :18:01.making the pensions affordable, this is about a tax on public
:18:01. > :18:06.sector workers to pay for a deficit that they did not cause.
:18:06. > :18:10.Thank you. The websites for local councils
:18:10. > :18:14.across the West have details about when schools are shot and which
:18:14. > :18:18.schools are shot or partially closed tomorrow if you are unsure.
:18:18. > :18:27.And of course, your local radio stations will have coverage of the
:18:27. > :18:30.strike and its impact on their breakfast programmes tomorrow.
:18:30. > :18:33.Residents forced to move out of their homes next to a collapsed
:18:33. > :18:36.flood wall in Bridgwater are being asked to pay for their temporary
:18:36. > :18:38.accommodation. A section of West Quay crumbled into the River
:18:38. > :18:41.Parrett after heavy rain three weeks ago. Eight residents have
:18:42. > :18:48.been staying in a local YMCA, but the council is going to request a
:18:48. > :18:51.charge of up to �90 per week to cover costs at the centre.
:18:51. > :18:54.In sport, the chairman of Bristol City Football Club has blamed a
:18:54. > :19:00.large wage bill for one of the highest annual deficits among
:19:00. > :19:02.Championship Clubs. They lost �11.5 million last year and the chairman
:19:02. > :19:11.says that while the figure will reduce eventually, the losses for
:19:11. > :19:14.the current season could be just as bad.
:19:14. > :19:18.Chairman Colin Sexstone says it's simple. The club has too many
:19:18. > :19:21.players, and they're paid too much. Several players out of contract in
:19:22. > :19:25.the summer and the wage bill will reduce then, but unless valuable
:19:25. > :19:31.players are sold before then or the club has a good cup run, next
:19:31. > :19:33.year's figures are likely to be just as as bad.
:19:34. > :19:43.With businessman Stephen Lansdown as the owner, there's certainly no
:19:43. > :19:47.cause for panic but things do need to change. We cannot go on losing
:19:47. > :19:51.this sort of money and being totally dependent on one person,
:19:51. > :19:56.however supportive he is. We need to get the model on a far better
:19:56. > :19:59.basis, so it is for the club's long-term interests that we do that.
:19:59. > :20:02.On the field, Bristol City are aiming for a fourth successive win
:20:02. > :20:10.tonight as they travel to Watford after their 2-0 victory over
:20:10. > :20:13.league-leaders Southampton at the weekend. The players are doing
:20:13. > :20:19.everything that is asked of them have come in it. The confidence
:20:19. > :20:23.that we were searching for has been found. It is very important. We
:20:23. > :20:26.will not be complacent. A win would almost certainly take
:20:26. > :20:36.them out of the relegation zone for the first time since early
:20:36. > :20:40.September. You can hear that interview with
:20:40. > :20:43.Colin Sexton infill on the Bristol pages of the BBC website.
:20:43. > :20:53.Gloucester centre Mike Tindall will be eligible to play for England in
:20:53. > :20:53.
:20:53. > :20:56.the New Year. The RFU announced last night that he would be re-
:20:56. > :20:59.instated into the international set-up. It comes after the 33-year-
:20:59. > :21:01.old appealed against a �25,000 fine and being dropped by England for
:21:01. > :21:09.his off-the-field antics at the World Cup. The fine has been
:21:09. > :21:14.reduced to �15,000. He says he accepts the decision but the level
:21:14. > :21:17.of fine is not in line with other finds at his level.
:21:17. > :21:20.Bed sheets and a pillow case belonging to Adolf Hitler have
:21:20. > :21:23.fetched �2,000 at auction in Bristol today. The cotton cover,
:21:23. > :21:27.which fits a single bed, has the embroidered Third Reich Eagle
:21:27. > :21:31.stitched on to it. The 60-year-old fabric had Hitler's initials
:21:31. > :21:34.decorating the corners. The rare items went under the hammer at
:21:34. > :21:43.Dreweatts in Clifton and attracted a lot of attention from bidders,
:21:43. > :21:50.who said they were keen to get their hands on a piece of history.
:21:50. > :21:57.I think we took it from about �700 up to �2,000. I probably should
:21:57. > :22:03.have gone to �2,100. But I had to pay VAT at 20% and tax at 40% and
:22:03. > :22:09.we have to make a living. That sort of item, you cannot price. I had a
:22:09. > :22:12.number of clients interested. Nadir made a mistake, I do not know.
:22:12. > :22:17.Maybe I should have paid more. It was an internet bidder who won
:22:18. > :22:20.the auction and paid �2,000. said he wanted to remain anonymous.
:22:21. > :22:29.It's amazing to think this little book here was responsible for what
:22:29. > :22:32.was today named as the best loved Christmas film of all time. And now
:22:32. > :22:36.it has a Westcountry connection. The short story called The Greatest
:22:36. > :22:42.Gift was turned into the film I'm sure you'll know called It's A
:22:42. > :22:45.Wonderful Life, starring James Stewart. The film is celebrating
:22:45. > :22:55.its 65th anniversary this year, and the book is being re-published for
:22:55. > :22:55.
:22:55. > :22:58.the first time in decades by a company based in Bristol.
:22:59. > :23:04.It's a classic story of redemption - a man who thinks he is worthless
:23:04. > :23:07.saved by a guardian angel who shows him he has made a difference.
:23:07. > :23:10.Starring James Stewart directed by Frank Capra, it was nominated for
:23:10. > :23:19.five Oscars and today named by the Radio Times as the best Christmas
:23:19. > :23:25.film ever. But this is where it all began - a short story by Philip Van
:23:25. > :23:28.Doren Stern. He wrote it in 1944. This year, the opportunity to
:23:28. > :23:37.republish six decades on, landed on the desk of a book designer in
:23:37. > :23:41.Bristol. It is a fantastic title. I could not quite believe it had not
:23:41. > :23:45.been printed. It is a really touching story because everybody
:23:46. > :23:49.feels like they feel sometimes. Just to be reminded that you're
:23:49. > :23:53.worth something and Thatcher family love you, especially at Christmas,
:23:53. > :23:56.that is really important. The new book's based on the
:23:56. > :23:59.original, which no-one wanted to publish. The author had to do it
:23:59. > :24:03.himself. He sent them out as Christmas cards. One fell into the
:24:03. > :24:05.hands of a Hollywood studio and the rest is history. Despite the
:24:05. > :24:15.associated stardust, after designing and printing the book
:24:15. > :24:23.from Bristol, Victoria is surprised at the level of interest. I am
:24:23. > :24:33.overwhelmed! It has gone so well. I am taking suitcases of blokes down
:24:33. > :24:36.to the Post Office. Every time a bell rings and Angel gets his wings.
:24:36. > :24:46.And so the short story that no-one wanted but which led to the most
:24:46. > :24:51.
:24:51. > :24:55.memorable film is now back to warm We'll all be watching that soon
:24:55. > :25:05.enough and shedding a Christmas Tia! I will be sending Christmas
:25:05. > :25:08.
:25:08. > :25:13.And now the weather. There will be more wins and
:25:13. > :25:16.downpour tomorrow night and into Thursday. Thursday suggests a
:25:16. > :25:21.repeat performance of today. Having said that, these are the sort of
:25:21. > :25:26.wind speeds that we saw across the West Country. 56 miles an hour at
:25:26. > :25:31.the top. It goes down to 40 miles an hour or so across other
:25:31. > :25:36.districts. In Cheshire and Lancashire, three reports of
:25:36. > :25:40.tornadoes. I am always a little bit hesitant until we see their it site
:25:40. > :25:47.investigation. Either way, two people injured and two of those
:25:47. > :25:51.incidents. Tomorrow will be vastly improved. It will be bright and
:25:51. > :25:55.breezy, but for most of us it will remain dry. The cold front that
:25:55. > :26:00.brought the feature today has moved out towards the East. The isobars
:26:00. > :26:05.are still fairly close together, so it is a breezy set up tonight.
:26:05. > :26:09.Further showers packing on behind. As we get into tomorrow, the when
:26:09. > :26:13.spica back more south-westerly. That should shelter us for more
:26:13. > :26:18.shores until later in the evening. That is some way off. Today is
:26:18. > :26:23.showing very nicely how this cold front came in. The brighter of its
:26:23. > :26:26.other heavier bits. It clears out towards the East and we can see the
:26:26. > :26:31.hints of further showers moving in behind it. There will be some drier
:26:31. > :26:34.phases tonight. There will be some wetter fizzes as well. Exactly
:26:34. > :26:37.where the showers will focus themselves will be down to local
:26:37. > :26:43.youngsters like were the wind is blowing. If anything, a clustering
:26:43. > :26:47.of more showers at about 3 o'clock in the morning. As we get towards
:26:47. > :26:51.the early hours of tomorrow and in towards daylight, it should be
:26:51. > :26:55.large to drive. But it will be a cold night. Temperatures are
:26:55. > :27:01.dropping to five or six degrees. Tomorrow will start with a fairly
:27:01. > :27:06.decent set up into the morning rush-hour period. The sharp words
:27:06. > :27:11.will get soaked up around the south-west peninsula. But few will
:27:11. > :27:16.migrate south west inland. As we get to the evening, none of us are
:27:16. > :27:21.likely to escape. That will be followed by another cold front into
:27:21. > :27:30.the early hours of Thursday morning. Temperatures of 10 to 11 Celsius.
:27:30. > :27:35.Beyond that, it looks like it gets Something very everyone! And a
:27:35. > :27:38.quick reminder - for all the latest disruption on the strikes tomorrow,