:00:11. > :00:20.Good evening and welcome to BBC Points West. Our headlines tonight,
:00:20. > :00:26.jail for a rapper who got caught up -- told she will never work again.
:00:26. > :00:31.The woman who claims stress at work ruined her life. I would wake up in
:00:31. > :00:36.the morning and be physically sick. Eight years in jail for a Bristol
:00:36. > :00:40.rapper macro got caught up in drugs. Also tonight, makeovers at last for
:00:40. > :00:45.the hospital wards in Taunton which were built during the war.
:00:45. > :00:55.And me and My Shadow, why the leader of a university spent a day
:00:55. > :00:56.
:00:56. > :00:58.following one of her students. Good evening. The former managing
:00:59. > :01:02.director of Cheltenham Borough Council says she still suffers
:01:02. > :01:04.panic attacks, despite winning her case against her ex-employer.
:01:04. > :01:07.Christine Laird claimed the atmosphere towards her at work made
:01:07. > :01:15.her mentally ill. The council tried and failed to sue her for �1
:01:15. > :01:18.million for not telling them she'd previously suffered from depression.
:01:18. > :01:20.Today in her first television interview, Christine Laird has been
:01:20. > :01:21.talking to our Gloucestershire reporter Steve Knibbs about how
:01:22. > :01:27.she's struggling to rebuild her life.
:01:27. > :01:30.Running Cheltenham Borough Council was Christine Laird's dream job. It
:01:30. > :01:36.came with a salary of �88,000 a year. But she says it quickly
:01:36. > :01:39.became a nightmare, through no fault of her own. It's got to the
:01:39. > :01:44.point where I would get up in the morning and be physically sick at
:01:44. > :01:48.the idea of going to work. I would risk endure my meetings or shaking
:01:48. > :01:52.at the thought I might have to have a meeting with particular
:01:52. > :01:57.individuals. You are filled with self-doubt and you begin to think,
:01:57. > :02:02."what is it about me that they don't like? What can I do different
:02:02. > :02:05.day?" Things got so bad her relationship with the then-leader
:02:05. > :02:08.of the council broke down and she tried to take take out an
:02:08. > :02:10.injunction against him to stop him coming near her. The case was
:02:10. > :02:13.eventually dropped. As the situation became untenable, she was
:02:13. > :02:16.suspended and then retired on ill health. The council unsuccessfully
:02:16. > :02:22.tried to sue her for �1 million for lying on her application form about
:02:22. > :02:26.her mental health. She admits she had suffered from depression in the
:02:26. > :02:36.past but was more than capable to taking on such a big role. She told
:02:36. > :02:37.
:02:37. > :02:44.me the trial was a "cruel" blow. Part of that trial is still -- were
:02:44. > :02:47.so horrific, they accused me of things I did not do, it is a
:02:47. > :02:52.nightmare, still to this day. But today the council told us they
:02:52. > :02:56.still don't accept responsibility for Mrs Laird's mental breakdown.
:02:56. > :03:00.The job of chief executive is quite a stressful and difficult one. If
:03:00. > :03:05.somebody comes into a job with a pre-existing condition which makes
:03:05. > :03:09.them vulnerable, their job of course may well be that more acute
:03:09. > :03:11.-- make that more acute and that I think is what happened. Cheltenham
:03:11. > :03:14.Borough Council has been told to pay around �375,000 towards
:03:14. > :03:16.Christine Laird's legal costs. She's just become the first person
:03:16. > :03:18.in the country to be awarded maximum industrial injuries
:03:18. > :03:28.disablement benefits for life because she's been told she'll
:03:28. > :03:31.
:03:31. > :03:37.never work again. There were times when I hit rock bottom. I cannot
:03:37. > :03:41.think of anything worse than some body with mental illness being
:03:41. > :03:46.dragged through court. If I can survive that, then you can survive
:03:46. > :03:56.your illness and stick with it. I feel as if I have been a victim of
:03:56. > :03:57.
:03:57. > :04:02.a campaign to destroy me. Not just reputation-wise, but it is
:04:02. > :04:09.incredibly difficult that I am of so little worth or value as to not
:04:09. > :04:10.matter. My mental health matters. She says she still suffers from
:04:10. > :04:13.panic attacks. Her long-term prognosis is
:04:14. > :04:20.uncertain but having made it this far, she says she'll now focus on
:04:20. > :04:23.helping others to overcome the Mental health charities are worried
:04:23. > :04:29.that the publicity and huge costs involved in this case may stop
:04:29. > :04:32.employers offering people with a history of depression a job.
:04:32. > :04:41.Earlier I spoke to Paul Clarke, the director of Bristol Mind and I
:04:41. > :04:44.asked him how this whole affair could have been better managed.
:04:45. > :04:48.think it importantly highlight the issue of mental health in the
:04:48. > :04:53.workplace and one in six people today will be people taking a day
:04:53. > :04:58.off through stress or anxiety or depression. That is important but
:04:58. > :05:00.it is also important that the right lessons are learned in terms of how
:05:00. > :05:03.players manage to workplace environment. It is clearly
:05:03. > :05:07.something that has gone wrong in this case. One effect that bosses
:05:07. > :05:12.might look at an application form and say that somebody has had
:05:12. > :05:16.depression in the past, and they do not want to touch them. As the boss
:05:16. > :05:24.of an organisation where 50% of people who work for us have had
:05:24. > :05:31.mental health problems directly and somebody who would be included
:05:31. > :05:39.would be myself, you might be filtering people out and the people
:05:39. > :05:43.will experience that. Christine Laird's case was recruited directly,
:05:43. > :05:47.the public were paying their wages, are they not expected to find that
:05:47. > :05:51.the person recruited has some very stable and robust mental health?
:05:51. > :05:56.think they are entitled to expect that anyone in any post can do
:05:56. > :06:00.their job effectively but any of us can be in a post where the
:06:00. > :06:06.pressures by an organisation not being run well causes anxiety and
:06:06. > :06:14.depression. That can happen right to the senior levels in politics,
:06:14. > :06:21.at any level of jobs. If you look at the health the workplace, in
:06:21. > :06:24.2009, the top 100 companies in the FT two index, those who had really
:06:24. > :06:29.robust mental health systems performs 10% better than
:06:29. > :06:32.competitors. Some people sick competing for jobs, writing an
:06:32. > :06:36.application form, should they admit having mental health issues?
:06:36. > :06:40.should only say people should be honest in any walk of life. It
:06:40. > :06:44.saddens me that I know in the current environment, even putting
:06:44. > :06:52.that down can cause people who should get jobs to not get jobs and
:06:52. > :06:55.that saddens me. Thank you, Paul A well-known musician from Bristol
:06:55. > :06:57.has been jailed for eight years after being found guilty of
:06:57. > :07:01.possession of a firearm and ammunition. Leon Baker was
:07:01. > :07:04.described by a judge as extremely talented. The rapper, who has
:07:04. > :07:08.worked with the country's top urban music artists, was arrested by
:07:08. > :07:18.armed officers during an operation against drug dealers. Our home
:07:18. > :07:19.
:07:19. > :07:22.affairs correspondent, Steve Brodie, He's 30 and a talented musician and
:07:22. > :07:27.actor, already having performed with the biggest rap artist in the
:07:27. > :07:32.UK, Tinie Tempah, and appeared on the television drama, Casualty.
:07:32. > :07:35.But tonight Leon Baker is beginning a long prison sentence. He was
:07:35. > :07:38.arrested in an armed police operation in Whiteladies Road in
:07:38. > :07:46.May. He had this gun and ammunition
:07:46. > :07:52.hidden in his boxer shorts. This is an eight millimetre reacted firearm
:07:52. > :07:57.and was loaded at the time when it was found on Mr Baker. Clearly,
:07:57. > :08:00.very dangerous? Very dangerous. It has been examined and it could
:08:00. > :08:03.seriously injure or fatally injure somebody.
:08:03. > :08:06.Baker goes by the name of Baker Trouble on stage. He's also
:08:06. > :08:09.performed with one of the most successful hip-hop groups in the UK,
:08:09. > :08:12.N-Dubz. This clip on his now aptly- named website shows him being
:08:12. > :08:15.arrested, not for real but was a mirror for what happened next.
:08:15. > :08:18.Jailing Baker, who he described as a talented young man, judge David
:08:18. > :08:24.Ticehurst told him, "You were convicted on the clearest of
:08:24. > :08:32.evidence. Guns are designed to kill and maim. Those who carry guns can
:08:32. > :08:35.expect to be given lengthy prison sentences". We will always treat
:08:35. > :08:39.any information to do with the illegal use of firearms very
:08:39. > :08:42.seriously and we will put all our resources to deal with it and that
:08:42. > :08:45.activity. Avon and Somerset is committed to dealing with firearms
:08:45. > :08:48.offences. With Baker in the car was Leon
:08:48. > :08:51.Fergus who had earlier pleaded guilty to possessing an ounce of
:08:51. > :08:57.cocaine with a street value of �7,500 with intent to supply. He
:08:57. > :09:07.was jailed for five years and nine Meanwhile tonight, Baker's once-
:09:07. > :09:08.
:09:08. > :09:18.bright musical career has come to You're watching BBC Points West,
:09:18. > :09:21.
:09:21. > :09:30.still to come: Even with the latest weather forecast. And find out what
:09:30. > :09:33.it takes to clear up at the First though, the inquests into the
:09:33. > :09:36.deaths of two young Royal Marines from 40 Commando based near Taunton
:09:36. > :09:38.have praised their courage while serving in Afghanistan. Marines
:09:38. > :09:40.Steven Birdsall and Richard Hollington both died in hospital in
:09:40. > :09:49.Birmingham after injuries sustained in separate insurgent attacks last
:09:49. > :09:51.year. John Maguire reports from the Steven Birdsall was guarding Royal
:09:51. > :09:57.Engineers as they worked to reinforce protection at a
:09:57. > :09:59.checkpoint when he was shot in the head by a single bullet. Today,
:09:59. > :10:02.Birmingham's deputy coroner described as "remarkable" the
:10:02. > :10:11.effort to transport him to medical help first in Afghanistan and then
:10:11. > :10:17.just the next day back in the UK in Birmingham. But the bullet caused
:10:17. > :10:20.such a serious injury that he could never have survived. At his inquest
:10:20. > :10:24.his family drew some solace from repeated evidence that he hadn't
:10:24. > :10:34.suffered. The hearing found he had been unlawfully killed while on
:10:34. > :10:35.
:10:35. > :10:38.active service. He was just 20 years old. The come up -- the
:10:38. > :10:42.coroner said she wanted to take the unusual step of paying some
:10:42. > :10:48.tributes. She described Stephen as an incredibly brave Breen, liked
:10:48. > :10:54.and respected who died protecting others -- incredibly brave Marine.
:10:54. > :10:58.She had warm words for their quiet dignity. It was a credit to them
:10:58. > :11:01.and he was a credit to them as well. 40 Commando endured a tough time in
:11:01. > :11:04.the Afghan summer of 2010. Today an officer described how they were
:11:04. > :11:06.undermanned until American troops arrived and doubled their numbers.
:11:07. > :11:08.Some of the Marines who gave evidence this morning also
:11:09. > :11:14.witnessed the explosion that wounded another young colleague,
:11:14. > :11:19.Richard Hollington. He had been on foot patrol in the same area in
:11:19. > :11:22.Sangin just the day before Marine Birdsall was shot. He died later at
:11:22. > :11:27.the same military medical unit in Birmingham as a result of the
:11:27. > :11:37.wounds he sustained. At his inquest here, he too was praised for his
:11:37. > :11:39.
:11:39. > :11:45.bravery, his professionalism and at A Somerset charity is warning
:11:45. > :11:49.others to beware, after a fraudster tried to con them out of �30,000.
:11:49. > :11:55.The team at SOS Africa in Shepton Mallet are fundraising for a new
:11:55. > :12:03.minibus in South Africa. One expert has told the BBC that charities are
:12:03. > :12:07.often being seen as a soft touch. Back to school for Matt Crowcombe
:12:07. > :12:12.in South Africa. His charity works to help children in the townships
:12:12. > :12:15.here. It's a long way from his office in Shepton Mallet, where he
:12:15. > :12:25.received this email from a supposed Italian businessman who wanted to
:12:25. > :12:25.
:12:25. > :12:30.donate �30,000. We were obviously a bit sceptical. It is a large sum of
:12:30. > :12:34.money. We have not received that sort of donation just yet. We did
:12:34. > :12:39.not see any real signs that it was a scam, given that they would write
:12:39. > :12:42.as a cheque. But it was a scam. The cheque was
:12:42. > :12:47.fake and made out for �60,000, double what was promised. The
:12:47. > :12:52.businessman, Francisco, wanted Matt to send half the money back.
:12:52. > :13:02.What would you say to Francisco now? I'd ask him for 30,000 and why
:13:02. > :13:03.
:13:03. > :13:06.he could do such a thing as well. Matt is not alone.
:13:06. > :13:16.Those who investigate these scams say they always increase in a
:13:16. > :13:21.recession. Charities are seen as a soft touch. It is seen as a chance
:13:21. > :13:24.to exploit their very nature. and his team visit South Africa
:13:24. > :13:27.several times a year. If they'd paid out to the fraudsters, this
:13:27. > :13:30.one could have been the last. A Somerset hospital is to spend �34
:13:30. > :13:33.million replacing wards that date from World War II. The old building
:13:33. > :13:36.at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton was meant to be a temporary
:13:37. > :13:46.hospital for American soldiers. Now at last much of it is to be
:13:46. > :13:49.They built this place in 1942. Then it was called the 67th General
:13:49. > :13:57.Hospital and was designed for American servicemen wounded in the
:13:57. > :14:01.Second World War. You don't have to look far to see
:14:01. > :14:07.that this place is well past its sell-by date. In fact, one
:14:07. > :14:11.consultant told me that the fact this still exists shames the 21st
:14:11. > :14:14.century NHS. Very excited... Small wonder then the chief
:14:14. > :14:16.executive is excited that much of the old building is to be
:14:16. > :14:23.demolished and replaced by a new three-storey centre which will
:14:23. > :14:26.provide 112 single rooms, all with en suite facilities. It'll cost
:14:26. > :14:33.around �34 million and about a third of that is coming in the form
:14:33. > :14:41.of a Government loan. We have saved a large proportion of that money
:14:41. > :14:44.ourselves and being more efficient and delivering the care we do
:14:45. > :14:48.efficiently, we have managed to do that and we have topped it up.
:14:48. > :14:51.This is the Queen Mother visiting this old wards of Musgrove back in
:14:52. > :14:57.1959, not long after it was taken over by the NHS. Today the beds and
:14:57. > :15:04.the staff may have changed. But you can see the buildings haven't. Five
:15:04. > :15:08.wards are pretty much as they always were. When we have had a
:15:08. > :15:13.heavy winter, we do get some water coming through the ceiling at times
:15:13. > :15:16.and things like that. It has been repaired every time I have been
:15:16. > :15:20.here for the last 10. Even now, not all these buildings
:15:20. > :15:23.are being demolished. Operating theatres and the intensive care
:15:23. > :15:26.unit will still be here. But at least the wartime wards will go.
:15:26. > :15:35.Rebuilding work should start in the spring and be completed by Autumn
:15:35. > :15:38.Joining me now is our health correspondent, Matthew Hill. In
:15:38. > :15:47.such a tough economic climate, how has Musgrove Park managed to find
:15:47. > :15:53.the money to rebuild? It was one of the first foundation status trusts
:15:53. > :15:57.which means it can use savings. Others cannot and any surpluses
:15:57. > :16:01.have to be reinvested to other hospitals. It was able to do that
:16:01. > :16:04.at a time when growth in the NHS was above inflation. What about
:16:04. > :16:10.elsewhere in the West, are the hospital tried to find money to do
:16:10. > :16:15.something similar? Yes, there are other projects going on, the
:16:15. > :16:19.biggest is the �430 million private finance scheme with a new hospital
:16:19. > :16:26.being built at the very moment and also we will have a new children's
:16:26. > :16:30.hospital expansion at the BR right to take a more patient there. --
:16:30. > :16:33.the Bristol Royal Infirmary. I suspect less will be going on in
:16:33. > :16:40.the next few years because we will not get these above-inflation rises
:16:40. > :16:44.that we have had in the past. The Vice Chancellor of the
:16:44. > :16:47.University of Bath got a taste of student life today. Glynis
:16:47. > :16:50.Breakwell was taking part in a new project where senior managers
:16:50. > :16:53.shadow students for a day to learn more about what they do. And in
:16:53. > :16:59.some cases, the results proved surprising, as Will Glennon found
:16:59. > :17:03.out when he joined them. How many of us have thought it'd be
:17:03. > :17:06.a good idea for the boss to come down to the shop floor and see how
:17:06. > :17:10.things are, what daily life is really like? Well, that's just what
:17:11. > :17:13.they're doing here at Bath University. The Vice Chancellor is
:17:14. > :17:23.picking up her pencil case, and she's joining a typical student for
:17:24. > :17:25.
:17:26. > :17:29.seminars and socialising. Hello, Hanna. It is really nice to see you.
:17:29. > :17:31.Students, up early? Well, this one was, meeting before nine in the
:17:31. > :17:35.Vice Chancellor's office. How things have changed, and after a
:17:35. > :17:37.brief introduction... It was off to the first lesson. The Vice
:17:38. > :17:40.chancellor's had quite an academic career, and published 20 books.
:17:41. > :17:50.Student days though were a few years ago. Hanna Wade's in her
:17:51. > :17:53.
:17:53. > :17:56.fourth year of a languages degree. And a French seminar is today's
:17:56. > :18:00.premiere classe, an early tester. Now the Vice Chancellor told me her
:18:00. > :18:03.French is a bit rusty so she may have struggled a bit in that
:18:03. > :18:08.seminar, the next task is easier though, it's coffee break. Off we
:18:08. > :18:11.They're calling this the shadowing project and the whole idea is for
:18:11. > :18:21.managers to find out what life is really like for students, and vice
:18:21. > :18:22.
:18:22. > :18:26.In my day it was grim and nobody spoke in your lectures and you
:18:26. > :18:29.wrote your notes and there was no interaction so this was a totally
:18:29. > :18:35.different experience, very much more positive.
:18:35. > :18:39.But did the presence of the Vice Chancellor change things? I was a
:18:39. > :18:42.bit nervous and the lecturer was a bit nervous as well but ultimately,
:18:42. > :18:46.it is a lecture here, it was not any different to how it would
:18:46. > :18:49.normally be on any other day and I think it was relatively normal. I
:18:49. > :18:51.don't think anything special happened that would not have
:18:51. > :18:54.happened any other day. Professor Breakwell says she's
:18:55. > :18:57.gained a lot from today. No lie-ins or drinking games. Instead, a real
:18:57. > :19:00.feel for what it means to be a student.
:19:00. > :19:03.Hanna will get her management experience day sometime next week
:19:03. > :19:05.and there are about a dozen or so other students involved in this
:19:05. > :19:15.programme, which both sides hope will lead to a greater
:19:15. > :19:17.
:19:17. > :19:20.I hope she enjoys the party's tonight!
:19:20. > :19:23.In sport, Judd Trump from Bristol is through to the quarter finals of
:19:23. > :19:27.the UK Championships in York. Today he beat the three times world
:19:27. > :19:35.champion Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final frame. Despite some quality
:19:35. > :19:40.shots it was a game littered with this to take the final frame down
:19:40. > :19:43.to the wire. But he missed and Trump was through. Trump now faces
:19:43. > :19:53.either John Higgins or Stephen Maguire in the next round and was
:19:53. > :19:53.
:19:53. > :19:57.Ronnie has been playing well lately so I was looking forward to the
:19:57. > :20:02.game. It was a good game today and the last couple of times it has
:20:02. > :20:07.come down to the decider. I think we are roughly at the same level at
:20:07. > :20:11.the moment. Any preferences, Maguire or Higgins was back they
:20:11. > :20:15.are both good players. I would rather stay away from Higgins
:20:15. > :20:19.because he is such a good player but Maguire is exactly the same on
:20:19. > :20:21.his day, he can beat anyone. In football, after the excitement
:20:21. > :20:24.of drawing Premier League opposition in the FA Cup, Swindon
:20:24. > :20:30.are tonight in action in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy. They play
:20:30. > :20:33.League Two leaders Southend in the southern area semi-final. Swindon
:20:33. > :20:43.won the last round after a penalty shootout with AFC Wimbledon. They
:20:43. > :20:45.
:20:45. > :20:50.will play either Barnet or I know you are a fan of Strictly
:20:50. > :20:52.Come Dancing, just imagine I am Bruce Forsyth! A young dance club
:20:52. > :20:58.from Gloucester are still celebrating after beating 17 other
:20:58. > :21:02.teams to take the title of the National Supadance Champions. The
:21:02. > :21:06.team from dance stars are aged between 9 and 12 and represented
:21:06. > :21:15.the South West at Blackpool this weekend. Tonight, they are back
:21:15. > :21:18.rehearsing with Jules-who is with I am hiding away because you
:21:18. > :21:21.mentioned Strictly Come Dancing and I know it is popular and ball and
:21:21. > :21:25.is popular at the moment but that is not where the real stars of
:21:25. > :21:30.dance are, this is where they are. These are the Gloucester dance
:21:30. > :21:34.stars and they are national champions. I have to say that the
:21:34. > :21:38.surroundings may not be that glamourous but their achievements
:21:38. > :21:43.are. Look at this, they are as you say recovering from winning and
:21:43. > :21:48.winning big. Three medals, loads more medals, individual trophies,
:21:48. > :21:53.and then the all-important National Supadance Champions Trophy. These
:21:53. > :21:57.guys, most of them, are only 12. The person getting them all in
:21:57. > :22:00.shape and their feet in time with the music is this man, John, their
:22:00. > :22:05.instructor. How tough was the competition? Extremely tough for
:22:05. > :22:11.them. They were up in schools that were far bigger and had all the
:22:11. > :22:18.great facilities to train with whereas these guys, they do it
:22:18. > :22:21.part-time, they do it twice a week. To take on these schools to do it
:22:21. > :22:28.full-time, it is absolutely terrific. What do you think gave
:22:28. > :22:35.them the edge? I think it was the desire to win, they wanted it that
:22:35. > :22:38.bad that they literally danced their hardest they could do.
:22:38. > :22:42.are not full time or well-funded, how do you manage that level of
:22:42. > :22:48.success? It is a lot of hard work from myself and my wife to put in
:22:48. > :22:52.the work with the kids and to train them to the right standard to take
:22:52. > :22:56.on these big schools who have got all the facilities that we have not.
:22:56. > :23:00.Congratulations again, John. Thank you very much. I mention the team
:23:00. > :23:07.prize but also an individual prize. The individual national champions
:23:07. > :23:12.are... They are over here, they keep moving about! This is Elli and
:23:12. > :23:20.Mrs James. Congratulations. How did it feel when you were about to
:23:20. > :23:23.dance, what went through your mind? Really nerve-racking. I was really
:23:23. > :23:28.excited but very pleased when it came first. It was one of the best
:23:28. > :23:31.days of my life, really. How does it make you feel to win that?
:23:31. > :23:36.everybody was screaming, it was emotional, everybody was crying,
:23:36. > :23:42.but I was really happy. James, let us have a quick word with you. What
:23:42. > :23:49.was the Dow's you did to win? was the waltz and the quickstep.
:23:49. > :23:52.What do you like about that? It is easier and I enjoy the quickstep
:23:52. > :24:01.more. You are doing jive tonight, is that difficult was my guess,
:24:02. > :24:09.We would like to see you do more dancing, if that is OK. So we will
:24:09. > :24:19.go back in there with the jibe. We will leave you with the Police
:24:19. > :24:23.
:24:23. > :24:30.-- with the National Supadance They are still going with the
:24:30. > :24:38.cameras going. They were fabulous, darlings! We will not ask him in to
:24:38. > :24:42.do anything like that, just have a It will be a day tomorrow which for
:24:42. > :24:46.the vast majority of us will be dry. It will be a win the affair from
:24:46. > :24:50.start to finish with some virtually clear skies and that will be pretty
:24:50. > :24:54.typical for the vast majority of the West Country. A different story
:24:54. > :24:58.if you're heading abroad. Winter starting to set in further north.
:24:58. > :25:04.These are the temperatures you can expect if you are heading off, and
:25:04. > :25:11.if you're going to Tunisia, get the sunbed and Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt,
:25:11. > :25:16.around 27 degrees. Different story here, you will have heard about the
:25:16. > :25:20.snow over the northern parts. The win the set-up will be a feature
:25:20. > :25:29.for all of us tomorrow but also the showers will not -- the windy set
:25:29. > :25:35.up. The Welsh high ground giving us a decent shelter apart from the
:25:35. > :25:38.western parts of Somerset. A fair number of showers over part of
:25:38. > :25:42.Gloucestershire and now they are becoming more confined to southern
:25:42. > :25:49.areas and with time they will fade away. Largely speaking, the night
:25:49. > :25:55.will become dry bark some of these showers would continue through the
:25:55. > :26:01.Bristol Channel. The winds starts to pick up and it will be a fairly
:26:01. > :26:04.chilly story, not as cold as last night and will see the icy patches
:26:04. > :26:13.in part of Wiltshire on the road but nonetheless, down to around
:26:13. > :26:16.five Celsius but may be below that in sheltered areas. Tomorrow,
:26:16. > :26:22.starts with some showers into western districts but they should
:26:22. > :26:26.be confined to the west of the M5 motorway and other parts of the
:26:26. > :26:29.south-western quarter of Somerset. Elsewhere, virtually clear, blue
:26:29. > :26:34.skies and as you can see from the wind speeds it will be windy
:26:34. > :26:39.through the middle part of the day and then they tend to ease of as we
:26:39. > :26:44.get to was the evening. The hint of blue starting to appear and that is
:26:44. > :26:47.because the high pressure starts to edge in. We could see a frost
:26:47. > :26:55.forming that that process will then get reversed. Temperatures tomorrow
:26:55. > :27:05.up to around nine degrees with a chilly filled with the wind as into
:27:05. > :27:06.
:27:06. > :27:10.a -- the wind adding to it. It will mostly be mild compared to what we
:27:10. > :27:14.have had recently on Thursday, and then we are back to the chilly set
:27:14. > :27:24.up as we go into Friday and Saturday. Saturday looks lovely, a
:27:24. > :27:25.
:27:25. > :27:29.I cannot imagine it being 27 degrees anywhere. A reminder that
:27:29. > :27:34.our friend Chris is retiring this weekend, his final programme this