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Well come to BBC Points West. The headlines: he was a fine a soldier | :00:17. | :00:22. | |
who led by example. Hundreds attended the funeral of the young | :00:22. | :00:30. | |
serviceman killed in Afghanistan. Thousands of new school places are | :00:31. | :00:40. | |
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needed. And eating a you are forested | :00:47. | :00:55. | |
greens. How a new meet three menu went down with football fans. | :00:56. | :01:02. | |
First tonight, hundreds of shoppers and visitors to Bath broke into | :01:02. | :01:05. | |
spontaneous applause this afternoon in tribute to a young soldier | :01:05. | :01:10. | |
killed in Afghanistan. They paused our midst of their Christmas | :01:10. | :01:15. | |
preparations to watch the funeral cortege of Lieutenant David Boyce. | :01:15. | :01:21. | |
A former head boy at the City's Kingswood School died last month | :01:21. | :01:27. | |
when his vehicle was blown up by an improvised explosive device. | :01:27. | :01:32. | |
Lieutenant David Boyce was just at 25. He had been in Afghanistan less | :01:32. | :01:37. | |
than one month. He was described as a great soldier, a friend, and the | :01:37. | :01:45. | |
bloke. Today they remembered him. He went to school here at Kingswood. | :01:45. | :01:55. | |
He was head boy between 2004 and 2005. | :01:55. | :02:01. | |
His former headmaster said that he is fondly remember. | :02:01. | :02:08. | |
He aimed for 100% in everything he did. Everything to the best of his | :02:08. | :02:13. | |
ability. The tribute was echoed by his | :02:13. | :02:17. | |
commanding officer. He was everything the country | :02:18. | :02:22. | |
should be proud of. It is a grievous blow to his family and | :02:22. | :02:28. | |
friends. It is equally sad for the army and his wider regimental | :02:28. | :02:33. | |
family. He had a combination of professional standards and personal | :02:33. | :02:42. | |
qualities that demand you respect, admiration, and a lot. | :02:42. | :02:48. | |
As the coffin left the abbey there was spontaneous applause. Strangers | :02:48. | :02:54. | |
showed their respect for the sacrifice of Abereiddy young man. - | :02:54. | :03:04. | |
- brave. Nearly 400 servicemen and women have died in Afghanistan | :03:04. | :03:08. | |
since the start of the invasion. A former ambassador to the country's | :03:08. | :03:12. | |
said today that it was disgraceful to be conferred the withdrawal of | :03:12. | :03:21. | |
troops by 2014. -- calling for. But this was not about politics. In the | :03:21. | :03:24. | |
shadow of the Abbey many people were enjoying the market looking | :03:24. | :03:29. | |
forward to Christmas. But war for one family today was about saying | :03:29. | :03:37. | |
goodbye to a man who died too young and his memory will live on. | :03:37. | :03:41. | |
Plans to provide thousands of extra primary school places for Bristol | :03:42. | :03:45. | |
have been unveiled by the city council. The Government has agreed | :03:45. | :03:52. | |
to help by pledging millions to build new classrooms. It is hoped | :03:52. | :04:02. | |
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that the announcement will be welcomed by parents. The end | :04:05. | :04:10. | |
keepers, shepherds, and wise men are getting ready for the Nativity | :04:10. | :04:15. | |
play. Behind the scenes, governors, parents, and staff here at Filton | :04:15. | :04:21. | |
Avenue Infants are getting ready to set up a new school. They are | :04:22. | :04:27. | |
oversubscribed and from September a reception class will begin at a | :04:27. | :04:31. | |
school where spare facilities near by. The children will learn, eat, | :04:32. | :04:38. | |
and play there, but still be part of Filton Avenue Infants. | :04:38. | :04:42. | |
The plan is to adapt another wing at another school and to part of | :04:42. | :04:47. | |
the school. It would be managed by the governors of this school. We're | :04:47. | :04:54. | |
hoping that it will be full. The school population has grown | :04:54. | :05:00. | |
hugely in Bristol in recent years. There needs to be at least an extra | :05:00. | :05:06. | |
3,000 places over the next three years. There will not be any brand | :05:06. | :05:13. | |
new schools, instead, extension and -- extensions and annexes in all | :05:13. | :05:18. | |
sorts of places. 120 locations have been looked at from car showrooms | :05:19. | :05:24. | |
to warehouses and even this place, an old police station. The council | :05:24. | :05:28. | |
was given extra government cash to tackle the issue and it is hope | :05:28. | :05:34. | |
that there will be more to come. The latest proposals will provide | :05:34. | :05:41. | |
2,300 of the 3,000 needed places. But can the target to be met? | :05:41. | :05:46. | |
We need to. We have a statutory responsibility to provide school | :05:46. | :05:51. | |
places. We must do it well and put the places with been growing | :05:51. | :05:55. | |
communities so that young children do not have to travel a long way | :05:55. | :06:00. | |
for school. The scale of the challenge is | :06:00. | :06:03. | |
widely accepted but to make it the council needs lots of things to go | :06:03. | :06:12. | |
its way. Above all, space and money. Is this problem unique to Bristol? | :06:12. | :06:17. | |
No, but there are still does have a particular problem of a population | :06:17. | :06:24. | |
growth of 20% over the last for years. Many people gravitate to | :06:24. | :06:31. | |
overly successful and oversubscribed school areas. �18 | :06:31. | :06:35. | |
million of money is being provided by the Government, recognising | :06:35. | :06:44. | |
Bristol has a particular problem. Are the targets are achievable? | :06:44. | :06:49. | |
The council say they can match up parents with schools and 94% of the | :06:49. | :06:55. | |
time. People have to have their forms in by January 15th ahead of | :06:55. | :07:00. | |
next six Pemba hence the announcements today. -- next | :07:00. | :07:04. | |
September. The fact that the council has already received | :07:04. | :07:07. | |
government money makes it believed it will get more money in the | :07:07. | :07:13. | |
future. The Chancellor only last week announced an extra �600 | :07:13. | :07:16. | |
million for school building programmes across the country. But | :07:16. | :07:23. | |
the big problem as space. We're talking about a city. Schools have | :07:23. | :07:28. | |
small footprints hence the reason we see temporary classrooms and | :07:28. | :07:32. | |
Portakabin. I spoke to one person today who said that they physically | :07:32. | :07:36. | |
cannot fit any more people in there. They were quite cynical about the | :07:36. | :07:41. | |
plans. That is why the council are looking at buildings in weird and | :07:41. | :07:45. | |
wonderful places including that police station. But at the moment, | :07:45. | :07:52. | |
no new schools. You may remember scenes of | :07:52. | :07:57. | |
celebration from last month. A High Court judge had just for bed and | :07:57. | :08:03. | |
two councils to cut funding for libraries. -- for Britain. So it | :08:03. | :08:06. | |
may surprise you to learn that another of beck council is going | :08:06. | :08:12. | |
ahead with the similar cuts. Campaigners fear or that it cannot | :08:12. | :08:19. | |
be stopped. A small distance inside Dorset but a big difference. Said | :08:19. | :08:26. | |
it to be the county's smallest town, Stalbridge is classic West Country. | :08:26. | :08:32. | |
It has a library, funded, but not for much longer, by the council. | :08:33. | :08:38. | |
The Dorset - Somerset border is less than one mile away. There are | :08:38. | :08:44. | |
similarities between both counties. But while campaigners in one A rare | :08:44. | :08:50. | |
managed to stop a reduction in funding for libraries, campaigners | :08:50. | :08:56. | |
in the other are too late to stop it going ahead. �600,000 will be | :08:56. | :09:03. | |
cut from the library budget here. Regular users are angry. | :09:03. | :09:08. | |
I cannot understand this. It is such a wonderful amenity to the | :09:08. | :09:13. | |
village. Campaigners were given hope by the | :09:13. | :09:23. | |
verdict which stock Dorset and Gloucester county councils from | :09:23. | :09:28. | |
what the role in funding. -- stopped. | :09:28. | :09:32. | |
You never know what will come out of a judicial review. But we were | :09:32. | :09:38. | |
confident. Supporters are today gathered | :09:38. | :09:45. | |
outside of Stalbridge library. We accept we have lost a challenge | :09:45. | :09:51. | |
and must push on and do our own thing locally. | :09:51. | :10:01. | |
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They are being bowled. The town council is looking to even expand. | :10:01. | :10:10. | |
-- bold. This is ambitious. But we're not to | :10:10. | :10:20. | |
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tell. It is the only way to save the library. -- deterrent. | :10:21. | :10:27. | |
Coming up on the programme: a gift fit for a queen. The people of | :10:27. | :10:37. | |
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Glastonbury corner a centuries old tradition. -- Bonner. -- honour. | :10:43. | :10:48. | |
220 jobs could go at Biomet in Swindon as it attempts to focus | :10:48. | :10:53. | |
production in the Wales. The company said it did not intend the | :10:53. | :11:00. | |
reduction in operations to occur until April and that it will create | :11:00. | :11:04. | |
80 jobs in Wales. Existing employees are being encouraged to | :11:04. | :11:10. | |
apply. Union members at Unilever are due | :11:10. | :11:15. | |
to take part in the company's first ever state. It will be a national | :11:15. | :11:23. | |
walkout on Friday over pensions. -- first ever strike. | :11:23. | :11:28. | |
Several car drivers escaped serious injury after a collision with a | :11:28. | :11:34. | |
fallen tree on the A38 in Somerset, just south of Wellington. Three | :11:34. | :11:41. | |
cars collided with the to be at about six M. | :11:41. | :11:47. | |
An end to unemployment, a transport system which works, and a vast new | :11:47. | :11:53. | |
marine park under Brunel's famous bridge. That is an ambitious | :11:53. | :11:58. | |
manifesto for Bristol. But it comes not from a political party but the | :11:58. | :12:08. | |
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Make no little plants, they have no magic to Sturman's blood. Make big | :12:12. | :12:18. | |
plans. Aim higher. He was a big thing Cup. He lived in | :12:18. | :12:23. | |
Chicago 100 years ago and he dreamt up a 50 year planned for this city, | :12:23. | :12:30. | |
it put Chicago on the world map. Bristolians can think they'd do. | :12:30. | :12:33. | |
Division has a name that Bristol will be the first city that does | :12:33. | :12:41. | |
away with poverty... It may be a big fish and but it is a down-to- | :12:41. | :12:45. | |
earth Green. I do not accept that in a civilised country we have to | :12:45. | :12:52. | |
have poverty. I do not accept that we have to have unemployed people. | :12:52. | :12:58. | |
We are in a community centre. Next door, bayoneting and chatting. | :12:58. | :13:02. | |
of dozens of groups held here. This is one of Bristol's poorest | :13:02. | :13:11. | |
neighbourhoods. Do these people believe it could all change? | :13:11. | :13:15. | |
believe that eventually we could work out poverty in this community | :13:15. | :13:20. | |
but we need work and a long-term investment. If you are talking | :13:20. | :13:25. | |
about bringing people into full employment. It is not going to | :13:25. | :13:31. | |
happen. If we all go on accepting that it will never change, that 25% | :13:31. | :13:37. | |
of our population will be unemployed, we will never do it. I | :13:37. | :13:41. | |
am a businessman and I have a lot of business people behind the make | :13:41. | :13:44. | |
who accept that unemployment is unacceptable. | :13:44. | :13:49. | |
Bristol is growing, with or without a plan, the City will gain half a | :13:49. | :13:54. | |
million new people, 300,000 new jobs and most controversially, | :13:54. | :13:58. | |
200,000 more houses. Those figures are realistic. That is what is | :13:58. | :14:03. | |
going to happen over the next 40 or 50 years. The question is, how do | :14:03. | :14:09. | |
we plan for it? Is professor is a world-renowned expert on had to | :14:09. | :14:15. | |
plan A city. Quite simply, he says there is no alternative. I do not | :14:15. | :14:20. | |
know anywhere else in the United Kingdom which has such a visionary | :14:20. | :14:24. | |
plan. It is fairly unique in planning terms to have something | :14:24. | :14:32. | |
this bold, and it this far reaching. They want to down the Avon, | :14:32. | :14:36. | |
flooding the court, creating a huge water park for Bristolians to play | :14:36. | :14:42. | |
on. Seven miles of wonderful water in an amazing gorge. The dealers, | :14:42. | :14:47. | |
do not look at the little bits but look at putting all of the | :14:47. | :14:50. | |
potential to get there and making it into one grand vision that | :14:50. | :14:55. | |
produces the best place in Europe. Big, bold thinking is no stranger | :14:55. | :15:02. | |
to this city. Is it time for another grand plan? | :15:02. | :15:06. | |
Are a fascinating idea, isn't it? A new war memorial to those from | :15:06. | :15:10. | |
Prestbury who died in the First World War will be the first or 60 | :15:10. | :15:15. | |
years to be made from Box Ground stone. The original monument was | :15:15. | :15:20. | |
than realised earlier this year and now work has started on his | :15:20. | :15:25. | |
replacement -- was vandalised. It could lead to a second war memorial | :15:25. | :15:29. | |
for the village. It is a slow but highly skilled pro | :15:29. | :15:34. | |
process, recreating a 1920s war memorial from scratch. It is made | :15:34. | :15:38. | |
more difficult by the state of the original. Decades of decay leave | :15:38. | :15:43. | |
only vague clues. The job is being helped by the public who have sent | :15:43. | :15:48. | |
in their photos of the original. There were a couple of figures, | :15:48. | :15:53. | |
Jesus Christ and Mary. On the other side, there is St George and a | :15:53. | :16:00. | |
Dragon. The new monument is being made from Box Ground stone. It is | :16:01. | :16:06. | |
starting to be mined again at this quarry. It is hoped to the new | :16:06. | :16:10. | |
memorial will blend in with the past. For the first couple of years, | :16:10. | :16:15. | |
it will look new. But they are a lot of trees and bushes nearby and | :16:15. | :16:19. | |
that will help the process of it weathering. Police are still | :16:19. | :16:25. | |
searching for those who left to the war memorial in pieces. CCTV of | :16:25. | :16:29. | |
someone dumping part of the stem it has not brought results. It is | :16:29. | :16:34. | |
frustrating for the editors but it has made them more determined to | :16:34. | :16:37. | |
get the war memorial replaced. There are people still living here | :16:37. | :16:42. | |
who were named -- whose relatives were named on the war memorial. | :16:42. | :16:48. | |
There was a lot of anger. More good will come out of the story. Be | :16:48. | :16:52. | |
Parish Council is now working with the stonemasons on plans for a new | :16:52. | :16:55. | |
war memorial for those villagers who gave their lives in the Second | :16:55. | :17:02. | |
World War. Teenagers from across Bristol | :17:02. | :17:07. | |
pitched their designs for new community projects today to a panel | :17:07. | :17:11. | |
of judges made up of local professionals. They came? To win | :17:11. | :17:15. | |
�500. Five teams of 16-19 year olds | :17:15. | :17:20. | |
presented their ideas in a Dragons' Den style event. They had to win | :17:20. | :17:23. | |
them over in order to see their projects come alive. | :17:23. | :17:28. | |
This was the panel of collective wisdom they had to impress. As well | :17:28. | :17:34. | |
as an audience of teachers, students and parents. These | :17:34. | :17:37. | |
students from Filton College did not beat about the bush in talking | :17:37. | :17:43. | |
about issues that affect them. would say that I would run a mile | :17:43. | :17:52. | |
if my girlfriend got pregnant. We got into a heated debate about it... | :17:52. | :17:56. | |
They want to create a website for young parents, especially fathers. | :17:56. | :18:01. | |
This is about helping young parents who have a child. Have you thought | :18:01. | :18:05. | |
about developing this further to advise or educate younger children | :18:05. | :18:08. | |
about the problems of being a young parent? We initially identified | :18:08. | :18:16. | |
that there was a strong emphasis on prevention but then if you are, | :18:16. | :18:22. | |
through what ever circumstances, -- if you slip into the trap of | :18:22. | :18:31. | |
parenthood, there is less support available. They were hard work! | :18:31. | :18:34. | |
the boardroom deliberations, they felt there was still room for | :18:34. | :18:41. | |
expansion. I think they have found a niche. My only problem with it is | :18:41. | :18:49. | |
that they seem to be focusing on only one side of Bristol. Chew | :18:49. | :18:53. | |
Valley Court the Dragons attention with glasses that allow you to see | :18:53. | :18:57. | |
from the perspective of people who have cataracts. It is such a simple | :18:57. | :19:02. | |
solution. That is why this is so important to us. Now they will have | :19:02. | :19:07. | |
to prove it. Both of these groups got a they cash. The job now is to | :19:07. | :19:15. | |
prove that they can deliver. Pitching his hungry work. What are | :19:15. | :19:20. | |
you going to have? I think I am going to have deep red vegetable | :19:20. | :19:28. | |
burger. I am going to have a salad with mozzarella. Excellent choice. | :19:28. | :19:32. | |
It may sound like a menu at a posh restaurant but in fact it is the | :19:32. | :19:35. | |
fear that is on offer at Forest Green Rovers. | :19:35. | :19:39. | |
The club's the been overt than that meat from the menu earlier this | :19:39. | :19:48. | |
year and now he has launched a meat-free menu. How well fans cope | :19:48. | :19:53. | |
without their traditional fast food? -- the club's the been owned | :19:53. | :20:03. | |
up. Baby spinach, Corps jet, lemon and coriander dressing? Halloumi, | :20:03. | :20:13. | |
harissa rocket and chips. Proper football fare! Yes, this really is | :20:13. | :20:20. | |
proper for the terraces. Not a hot dog in aside. It is all meat-free, | :20:20. | :20:26. | |
local and organic. Forest Green Rovers are the only vegetarian club | :20:26. | :20:32. | |
in the country. They claim their food sales are at an all-time high, | :20:32. | :20:36. | |
since they cut out meat. It is very hard to please football fans | :20:36. | :20:40. | |
because they do like prize and things. We are trying to create | :20:40. | :20:48. | |
meat alternatives. We have got a stake mushroom pie. Trying to make | :20:48. | :20:55. | |
it taste as meaty as possible. We are slowly transforming them to the | :20:55. | :20:58. | |
vegetarian food. Can a clientele traditionally fond of their fast | :20:58. | :21:03. | |
food really be converted to the more highbrow menu? Would you swap | :21:03. | :21:08. | |
your chips was something healthier? I have already had a veggie burger. | :21:08. | :21:17. | |
They are gorgeous. Roast Mediterranean vegetables. Excellent. | :21:17. | :21:23. | |
Simply scrumptious! When they said they were going eco-friendly and no | :21:23. | :21:29. | |
more meet, I was not very happy. There is nothing wrong with that. | :21:29. | :21:34. | |
And as you can see, I like my food! Has it made it more expensive for | :21:34. | :21:38. | |
the football fan? The ingredients are more expensive so it is more | :21:38. | :21:44. | |
expensive for the club but we have cost -- kept the costs down. So far, | :21:44. | :21:49. | |
ate a resounding home win for Rovers. I wonder if the chant, who | :21:49. | :21:54. | |
ate all the falafel, it will ever catch on? | :21:54. | :21:59. | |
I am certainly hungry! On the field, Swindon Town are just two games | :21:59. | :22:03. | |
away from the Johnstone's Paint Trophy Final at Wembley after | :22:03. | :22:07. | |
beating Southend last night. The second half goals from Paul Caddis | :22:07. | :22:17. | |
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and Ronan Murphy gave them a win over the League Two leaders. | :22:17. | :22:20. | |
Her Majesty the Queen will be getting a Christmas present from | :22:20. | :22:24. | |
the people of Glastonbury. It follows an ancient ceremony which | :22:24. | :22:28. | |
took place in the candidate. It is the cutting of the event that -- it | :22:28. | :22:32. | |
is the cutting of the Holy Thorn. It is a tradition that dates back | :22:32. | :22:36. | |
hundreds of years. No wonder he is beaming, seven- | :22:37. | :22:40. | |
year-old Jack Rolls was at the start of the show today. As they | :22:40. | :22:44. | |
are the star that the local infant school, he had the job of cutting a | :22:45. | :22:51. | |
sprig from the Holy Thorn. He knew exactly where it was going to go. | :22:51. | :22:55. | |
Tear the Queen. It is a long- standing tradition that a cutting | :22:55. | :23:00. | |
from the Holy Thorn is sent to Buckingham Palace to adorn the | :23:01. | :23:05. | |
Queen's Christmas dinner table. dates back to the 11th century and | :23:05. | :23:10. | |
was resurrected just after the Second World War. It is brilliant. | :23:10. | :23:14. | |
The story of the Holy Thorn has it that Joseph of Aramathea, said to | :23:15. | :23:18. | |
be Jesus's great-uncle, planted his staff in the ground on a hill | :23:18. | :23:23. | |
overlooking Glastonbury and the original tree grew from that. A | :23:23. | :23:29. | |
year ago, a descendant of that tree was cut down by vandals and it was | :23:29. | :23:34. | |
feared it would die. Recently, green shoots have been spotted. The | :23:34. | :23:40. | |
shoots of recovery on this dream may indeed be very fragile at the | :23:40. | :23:44. | |
moment but those looking after it had not given up hope. They are | :23:44. | :23:49. | |
getting expert advice from plant specialists at Covent Garden. | :23:49. | :23:57. | |
Today's Holy Thorn was taken from a St John's Church of. But they hope | :23:57. | :24:01. | |
that in years to come, the Queen's Christmas gift may come from the | :24:01. | :24:10. | |
street. -- from this truth. Downend near Bristol has a new star | :24:10. | :24:17. | |
attraction. Can you guess what it is? A 15 ft a hybrid of. It has | :24:18. | :24:24. | |
taken up residence to the delight of the local children. -- a 15 ft- | :24:24. | :24:30. | |
high eight rid of. The Harrison family built steel rods to build | :24:30. | :24:33. | |
them. They do not need the speed bumps, everyone is slowing down to | :24:33. | :24:39. | |
look! We have been hearing about the | :24:39. | :24:49. | |
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You saw the pictures of the tree down in Somerset earlier. The winds | :24:52. | :24:56. | |
will be at higher tomorrow. It will be one of these days when it you | :24:56. | :25:03. | |
ponder whether it is worth putting the brolly up when the rain arrives. | :25:03. | :25:10. | |
It will be worth just in the afternoons. Up in Scotland, if you | :25:10. | :25:16. | |
have a business trip tomorrow, there will be a strong force winds | :25:16. | :25:23. | |
there. Do keep an ear to the national weather and the National | :25:23. | :25:28. | |
travel in case there is disruption, two flights or whatever. We have | :25:28. | :25:38. | |
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got Canada and the Orange at Arrows are the jet stream of winds. This | :25:38. | :25:44. | |
cloud is an ominous structure. Hidden beneath that is a deep area | :25:44. | :25:50. | |
of low pressure which will dominate tomorrow's weather. That will bring | :25:50. | :25:54. | |
these are the winds. The cold front follows on in the afternoon with | :25:54. | :25:59. | |
some strong winds and will bring the threat of heavy rain for us. | :25:59. | :26:04. | |
Through this evening, a benign story. Showers across parts of the | :26:04. | :26:13. | |
Somerset. Elsewhere, of with Cleary -- with clearing skies, sump frost | :26:13. | :26:20. | |
will form. The cloud will come in in the morning. The first hints of | :26:20. | :26:25. | |
rain appearing in Gloucestershire by dawn. Temperatures at lowest | :26:25. | :26:28. | |
during the first stop on the night could be down to three or four | :26:28. | :26:34. | |
degrees. Tamara starts with a lot of cloud and a windy set-up for the | :26:34. | :26:42. | |
morning rush-hour. Largely dry. Into the afternoon, a very dusty | :26:42. | :26:46. | |
afternoon. That will certainly bring the branches if not trees | :26:46. | :26:51. | |
down. The rain will clear way to the south-east in the evening. It | :26:51. | :26:56. | |
will be fairly when Dean there after, 40 mile an hour gusts. -- it | :26:56. | :27:06. | |
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will be fairly windy. A mild day, temperatures tempered by the wind. | :27:07. | :27:12. | |
By Friday, for the vast majority of us, it is a different story Fulstow | :27:12. | :27:16. | |
back to clear blue skies. Some showers around the Bristol Channel. | :27:16. | :27:20. | |
Cold overnight into Saturday. Saturday looks like a glorious | :27:20. | :27:25. |