:00:14. > :00:19.Hello and welcome to BBC Points West. The headlines this evening.
:00:19. > :00:23.The rise in counterfeit cigarettes. A warning of the risks as tens of
:00:23. > :00:25.thousands are seized in raids in Gloucester.
:00:25. > :00:31.Also tonight - an investigation after claims a pensioner was left
:00:31. > :00:34.on the floor for almost an hour by a carer after having a fall.
:00:34. > :00:43.Jailed for animal cruelty - the man who stabbed and slit the throat of
:00:43. > :00:47.his partner's pet dog. I have been an inspector for 22
:00:47. > :00:50.years and have seen this very little. It was absolutely
:00:50. > :00:56.horrendous. And how just 40 seconds of exercise three times a week
:00:57. > :01:01.could prevent diabetes. Good evening. Nearly 200,000
:01:01. > :01:05.illegal cigarettes have been seized in Gloucester. Raids have been
:01:05. > :01:09.taking place right across the West this week as part of a campaign to
:01:09. > :01:12.reduce the use of counterfeit cigarettes. Our health
:01:12. > :01:21.correspondent Matthew Hill is in Bristol now - Matthew - there are
:01:21. > :01:24.fears these could be more harmful than legal ones aren't there?
:01:24. > :01:29.Absolutely. We all know that smoking causes cancer and that is
:01:29. > :01:33.the message of this poster this evening. What people may not know
:01:33. > :01:37.is that counterfeit cigarettes can be even that more dangerous. It is
:01:37. > :01:42.estimated that of the 1 million smokers here in the south-west,
:01:42. > :01:46.one-fifth of them regularly swap illegal tobacco which can include
:01:46. > :01:50.counterfeit cigarettes. I was on and a this morning with Customs and
:01:50. > :01:56.Excise in their message this morning was that if you sell
:01:56. > :02:01.illegal tobacco, your livelihood could be at stake.
:02:01. > :02:06.Nearly 5000 illegal cigarettes and almost 400 patches of counterfeit
:02:06. > :02:11.tobacco were seized and a raid on a Gloucester shop. All part of a
:02:11. > :02:16.large campaign to highlight not only it illegality of smuggled
:02:16. > :02:20.tobacco but also the health risks. On local level, we are looking at
:02:20. > :02:25.shopkeepers and checking their stock to make sure the end up
:02:25. > :02:29.smelling -- selling smuggled goods. We also have investigators that a
:02:29. > :02:33.higher level who investigate the organised crime gangs that are
:02:33. > :02:37.behind the initial smuggling attempts. On Weston's Bournville
:02:37. > :02:39.estate, money is hard to come by. To many, smoking is one life's few
:02:39. > :02:47.pleasures. And when it comes to getting hold of cheap cigarettes,
:02:47. > :02:52.few questions are asked. I know it is wrong but at the end of the day,
:02:52. > :02:55.the cheaper the better. I buy the cheapest brand at the moment
:02:55. > :02:58.because they are so expensive. typical pack of premium brand
:02:58. > :03:02.cigarettes in the UK costs around �7 compared to around �2.60 in
:03:02. > :03:04.Poland. It's no wonder that the UK is a key market for smugglers. More
:03:04. > :03:14.than �670 million of Bristol's own Imperial Tobaco brand cigarettes
:03:14. > :03:15.
:03:15. > :03:18.were seized worldwide last year. The most troubling question to the
:03:18. > :03:26.doctor in charge of public health in the West is what exactly is in
:03:26. > :03:31.the cigarettes. People are putting themselves at extra risk. Tobacco
:03:31. > :03:37.is toxic enough containing thousands of harmful chemicals.
:03:37. > :03:41.Illegal tobacco, goodness knows what is in it. Nothing was found in
:03:41. > :03:45.this raid on an off-licence in Bristol. Customs and Excise say
:03:45. > :03:55.they will be pushing for maximum fines, especially if the find
:03:55. > :03:57.
:03:57. > :04:00.repeat offenders. We all know smoking kills - so what is it in
:04:00. > :04:04.counterfeit tobacco that they're so worried about?
:04:04. > :04:09.It is often smuggled in from African countries where they are
:04:09. > :04:13.stored in large warehouses. Rats eat tobacco and rat poison is put
:04:13. > :04:21.down and that is often found in the cigarette. It is obviously very
:04:21. > :04:24.dangerous. An investigation has begun into how
:04:24. > :04:28.a pensioner from Wiltshire was left on the floor for almost an hour by
:04:28. > :04:33.a carer after she'd had a fall. The 76-year-old was unable to move and
:04:33. > :04:37.it was only when her daughter arrived that she was helped up. The
:04:37. > :04:47.family say she's been left very upset by the incident. Imogen
:04:47. > :04:47.
:04:47. > :04:52.Sellers reports. This woman used to be a care worker
:04:52. > :04:55.herself, so finding the right care for her elderly mother was crucial.
:04:55. > :05:01.Imagine her distress when she received a call saying her mother
:05:01. > :05:05.had had a fall. The care had been with her at the time but left her
:05:05. > :05:15.lying on the floor to visit another patient. She was upset when we got
:05:15. > :05:21.here. I said, is the care or gone and she said, she has gone to the
:05:21. > :05:25.lady down the road but is coming back. I was in dismay really.
:05:25. > :05:29.care provider has stressed that the care offered to call a paramedic
:05:29. > :05:36.but the women declined. She made the patient comfortable with a
:05:36. > :05:41.cushion and a blanket and ask if they were happy for her to leave.
:05:42. > :05:48.know he told me that. I still don't think she should have left her. She
:05:48. > :05:56.may have checked but my mum and dad would not make a fuss. We're
:05:56. > :05:59.talking about two elderly people. Best practice would say that you
:05:59. > :06:05.must understand the care and made an assessment and that judgment
:06:05. > :06:11.call, it would have probably been sensible to stay with her and for
:06:11. > :06:15.that I apologise. I spoke with the daughter yesterday to apologise.
:06:15. > :06:18.Wilt shire county councils say they will conduct a full investigation.
:06:18. > :06:23.We will address these problems. This is a situation where something
:06:23. > :06:27.has gone wrong. We need to get to the bottom of it and we need to
:06:27. > :06:33.challenge the care provider to get it right. If they do not, I will
:06:33. > :06:38.cancel the contract. For the family of Sarah, it is too little, too
:06:38. > :06:42.late. Anyone can be a care but that does not mean that they care. I sit
:06:42. > :06:47.in bed and worry, if this is happening with my mum, what is
:06:47. > :06:52.happening with other people? It is very sad and a sad reflection on
:06:52. > :06:55.today's society that it has got like this.
:06:55. > :07:01.A Taunton man has been jailed for animal cruelty after he stabbed and
:07:01. > :07:04.slit the throat of his partner's pet dog. A vet said the animal died
:07:04. > :07:09.a slow and painful death and the RSPCA, who brought the case against
:07:09. > :07:14.Robert Humphries, said it was one of the worst they'd come across.
:07:14. > :07:16.Our chief Somerset Correspondent Clinton Rogers was in court.
:07:16. > :07:21.In a wheelchair following an accident, Robert Humphries arrived
:07:21. > :07:24.at court today hiding his face. Magistrates were told he inflicted
:07:24. > :07:31.horrific suffering on his partner's dog, stabbing it in the chest and
:07:31. > :07:34.slitting its throat. The five- month-old lurcher took up to half
:07:34. > :07:39.an hour to die - then Humphries bound its feet, put the body in a
:07:39. > :07:47.sack and threw it in a bin. The RSPCA who brought the prosecution
:07:47. > :07:52.said it was one of the worst acts of animal cruelty they had seen.
:07:52. > :07:56.And I have been an inspector for 22 years and I have seen this very
:07:56. > :08:00.little. It was an absolutely horrendous case and one that was
:08:00. > :08:07.very difficult to deal with. We were talking of a five-month-old
:08:07. > :08:13.puppy, defenceless. It suffered horrific injuries. A custodial
:08:13. > :08:21.sentence - are you satisfied? arrest PCA are overjoyed with that
:08:21. > :08:24.and it is the only light sentence, we believe. -- right. It was
:08:24. > :08:27.Humphries claim that he killed the dog in the garden of his home in
:08:27. > :08:31.Taunton after it jumped at his daughter and bared its teeth. He'd
:08:31. > :08:38.spoken to a vet about putting the animal down but in the end decided
:08:38. > :08:42.to do it himself. He admitted he had to kill -- used two knives to
:08:42. > :08:48.kill the dog because the first was to blunt. He said he never wished
:08:48. > :08:53.to cause any unnecessary suffering but nearly youth denies it. The vet
:08:53. > :09:00.who later examined it said it had died from horrific injuries and
:09:00. > :09:03.suffered extreme pain. -- euthanise. Humphries, seen here arriving at a
:09:03. > :09:06.previous hearing, was told by magistrates that prison was the
:09:06. > :09:09.only sentence for such a serious act of animal cruelty. He was
:09:09. > :09:14.jailed for 20 weeks and banned from keeping animals for life. His
:09:14. > :09:18.lawyer said he would appeal. Well, it's Alex and Chris with you
:09:18. > :09:22.on this windy Thursday night. There have been gusts of up to 50 miles
:09:22. > :09:27.an hour here in the West, but is the worst over? Ian will be here
:09:27. > :09:30.shortly to tell us. And the teacher whose timetable
:09:30. > :09:36.just got busier - we meet a Bristol man selected to carry the Olympic
:09:36. > :09:39.torch. First though, researchers at the
:09:39. > :09:47.University of Bath claim just 40 seconds of exercise three times a
:09:47. > :09:50.week could prevent Type 2 diabetes. Volunteers were asked to perform
:09:50. > :09:54.short cycle sprints on exercise bikes. After six weeks there had
:09:55. > :10:04.been dramatic results. Scientists hope it could help stem the rise in
:10:05. > :10:05.
:10:05. > :10:08.the condition, as Will Glennon now explains.
:10:08. > :10:11.Two-thirds of the population of this country do not get the
:10:11. > :10:16.recommended minimum amount of moderate exercise a very weak.
:10:16. > :10:20.Often because we do not have the time. This study has found that
:10:20. > :10:26.just 10 minutes on an exercise bike including only 20 seconds of hard
:10:26. > :10:31.sprinting could prevent you from getting tight to diabetes.
:10:31. > :10:35.When we eat carbohydrates, our bodies for release insulin which
:10:35. > :10:42.triggers the body to soak up carbohydrates. If you have a bad
:10:43. > :10:46.diet honour inactive, your blood sugar levels will go up hide if you
:10:46. > :10:51.eat carbohydrates. That will eventually lead to take to diabetes.
:10:51. > :10:56.We are looking at using sprints to force the muscle to use up a lot of
:10:56. > :10:59.the sugar that is stored in the muscle. The muscle get better it
:10:59. > :11:04.pulling out sugar from the bloodstream which means blood sugar
:11:04. > :11:14.levels will not get as high. works like this. Warm-up for three
:11:14. > :11:18.minutes. Then do just 20 seconds of intense
:11:18. > :11:23.sprinting, before gentle pedalling and repeating the process. A total
:11:23. > :11:33.real exercise time of just 40 seconds. They say it gives the same
:11:33. > :11:38.muscle activation as one hour of moderate steady exercise. This
:11:38. > :11:41.printing itself is very taxing but it is short and 20 seconds after
:11:41. > :11:44.finishing, I had recovered. Type 2 diabetes is a growing problem.
:11:44. > :11:46.Treatment is costing the NHS �1 million an hour across Britain
:11:46. > :11:56.million an hour across Britain according to Diabetes UK. And in
:11:56. > :12:00.the West there are thought to be the West there are thought to be
:12:00. > :12:03.200,000 people with the condition. The condition can lead to several
:12:03. > :12:07.devastating health problems including kidney disease and
:12:07. > :12:10.amputations. Research has proved that the better you can manage your
:12:10. > :12:13.diabetes, the less likely you are to develop any of those
:12:13. > :12:16.complications. The exercise is so short it can be done anywhere, at
:12:16. > :12:20.home or at work. So far the research has focused on prevention.
:12:20. > :12:28.The next step is to test the method on Type 2 diabetes sufferers to see
:12:28. > :12:31.if it can actually help combat the condition.
:12:31. > :12:33.A head teacher in Somerset has complained to the Press Complaints
:12:33. > :12:39.Commission about a newspaper article in the Daily Mail which
:12:39. > :12:42.suggested children at his school were left to freeze. It claimed
:12:42. > :12:45.staff and parents of students at Ansford Academy were furious after
:12:45. > :12:55.the heating was switched off as part of an eco-day, but the school
:12:55. > :13:00.
:13:00. > :13:05.says it had no complaints. For pupils who were allegedly left
:13:05. > :13:09.to freeze in their classrooms, this lot are remarkably hot under the
:13:09. > :13:15.collar about the negative press attention their idea to turn the
:13:15. > :13:21.heating of has attracted. We are outraged and denied. Their day was
:13:21. > :13:24.not called at all. It was really warm. When we came in, it was
:13:24. > :13:29.normal lessons and everybody enjoyed wearing their jumpers and
:13:29. > :13:34.there were no complaints. It was a pupil's idea to shut the boiler
:13:34. > :13:39.down and send the money into the idea of an outdoor classroom. The
:13:39. > :13:42.plan to raise the issue of global warming has turned into a
:13:42. > :13:46.controversy with the Head Master batting away phone calls from
:13:47. > :13:51.around the world. No parent complained to me. No student
:13:51. > :13:57.complained to me and no teacher complained to me at all. Not
:13:57. > :14:02.beforehand or during or after. Would you do it again? If the
:14:02. > :14:06.pupils want to, we will do it again. This story was a necessary and
:14:06. > :14:10.completely pointless. There is no law about what temperature will
:14:10. > :14:14.work place for classroom should be, only guidance. The headmaster says
:14:14. > :14:19.the temperature here never fell below 17 Celsius on the day. The
:14:19. > :14:22.Association of Teachers and Lecturers recommend a minimum of 18
:14:22. > :14:27.Celsius for classroom. The Health and Safety Executive say 16 Celsius
:14:27. > :14:33.should be enough for workplace where minimal activity is taking
:14:33. > :14:38.place. We invited the Daily Mail to respond to the school's comments
:14:38. > :14:41.about their article but have yet to hear from them. The pupils here are
:14:41. > :14:49.planning their next boiler shut down. Not just a day this time but
:14:49. > :14:52.The Gloucestershire woman who became famous for confronting
:14:52. > :14:55.Margaret Thatcher about the sinking of the Belgrano has died at the age
:14:55. > :15:05.of 85. Diana Gould from Cirencester challenged Baroness Thatcher on the
:15:05. > :15:12.nationwide TV programme in 1983. am sorry, I cannot see it was not
:15:12. > :15:17.sailing away from the Falklands. was a danger... You have just said
:15:18. > :15:20.at the beginning to go of your answer it was not sailing away.
:15:20. > :15:23.refusal to accept the Prime Minister's answers as to why she
:15:23. > :15:29.had ordered the Argentinian ship to be sunk made the interview famous.
:15:29. > :15:34.Radio Times readers voted it the ninth best interview of all time.
:15:34. > :15:37.Mrs Gould died at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon on Saturday.
:15:37. > :15:40.The luxury handbag-maker Mulberry bucked the economic trend today as
:15:40. > :15:43.it announced it has trebled its half-year profits. The company,
:15:43. > :15:47.which has its headquarters in Shepton Mallett, has 86 stores and
:15:47. > :15:54.concessions worldwide. It recorded pre-tax profits of over �15.5
:15:54. > :16:00.million pounds, up from �4.7 million the previous year. The
:16:00. > :16:03.group also expanded its factory in Somerset, creating 60 jobs.
:16:03. > :16:06.Bristol is to be given more powers by the Government. Ministers today
:16:06. > :16:09.announced measures they hope will boost the economies of eight of the
:16:09. > :16:18.country's biggest cities. But critics say it does not go far
:16:18. > :16:22.enough. Here is our political editor.
:16:22. > :16:26.The Deputy Prime Minister at bounded on to stage today, keen to
:16:26. > :16:30.announce England's biggest cities hard getting new powers. Instead of
:16:30. > :16:35.having to go through Whitehall, Bristol have more direct control of
:16:35. > :16:39.a funding and how it is spent. are throwing the doors open and we
:16:39. > :16:43.are saying whether it is borrowing money, whether it is keeping
:16:43. > :16:49.business rates, whether it is having one big pot of capital money
:16:49. > :16:53.going into housing and transport, whether it is having more control
:16:53. > :16:59.over how you provide skills to people locally, all of those powers
:16:59. > :17:03.are now from today available to our biggest cities. Sounds great. But
:17:03. > :17:09.do not get too excited. The reality, the Government is not giving away
:17:09. > :17:14.if a great deal of power or piles of money. There is no big money in
:17:14. > :17:18.this. I see it as a first step, an act of good faith, so far, that
:17:18. > :17:22.leads us to think they could be more powers coming our way if we
:17:22. > :17:26.can demonstrate they are going to be effective and they are going to
:17:26. > :17:30.help us deliver growth. Bristol will look carefully at the new
:17:30. > :17:34.powers that, to the Council house and other local authorities will be
:17:34. > :17:37.looking to see if they are missing out.
:17:37. > :17:39.Campaigners in the Forest of Dean are welcoming a report that has
:17:40. > :17:42.been looking into its future. Earlier this year, there were
:17:43. > :17:45.protests after the Government said it would sell off some of its
:17:45. > :17:48.woodland there. It eventually backtracked on those plans. But an
:17:48. > :17:51.independent panel was set up to assess the issues -and today it
:17:51. > :17:59.said the way the area is currently managed provides excellent value
:17:59. > :18:03.for money. The protests against the forest
:18:03. > :18:07.sell-off plans were unprecedented here but they seem to do the trick.
:18:07. > :18:10.Today's report is a progress update and it does gauge for the future
:18:10. > :18:15.temperature. The Forestry Commission was potentially going to
:18:15. > :18:21.be scrapped but the panel say its �20 million a year bill to the
:18:21. > :18:28.country appears modest and delivers benefits. The panel went on to
:18:28. > :18:32.say... Words which have been welcomed with cautious optimism by
:18:32. > :18:37.campaigners. The Forestry Commission give us huge value for
:18:37. > :18:42.money. It is less than 30p a year per person to cover two Russian
:18:42. > :18:48.50,000 acres. Fantastic value for money. I am glad they have a
:18:48. > :18:54.knowledge that. It secures the future of the public forest estate.
:18:54. > :18:56.Because the life of trees is long, we want to get out of the political
:18:57. > :19:01.set-up. Directors from the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust met
:19:01. > :19:06.the panel this year. They see today as a positive step after the
:19:06. > :19:13.Government's initial naivety. did not look at all the associated
:19:13. > :19:16.aspects, like the sheep grazing. The Forestry Commission deal with
:19:16. > :19:21.those well. They would not be possible to sell that off. People
:19:21. > :19:27.who live and work here care passionately about it. They say the
:19:27. > :19:32.area is precious and unique and the Government should not meddle with
:19:32. > :19:35.it. While there is some sense of optimism at today's progress report,
:19:35. > :19:41.the celebrations will not start until the final report comes out in
:19:42. > :19:45.the spring. In snooker, Judd Trump from Bristol
:19:45. > :19:47.is through to the semi-finals of the UK championships in York. After
:19:47. > :19:49.beating former world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan in the previous
:19:49. > :19:57.round, today he dispatched Stephen Maguire in considerable style by
:19:57. > :20:05.six frames to three. Trump lost the opening frame but then won five in
:20:05. > :20:11.a row. He told our team he is playing with great confidence.
:20:11. > :20:16.I am playing really well, potting well. My safety has not been great.
:20:17. > :20:21.When I am out there, I just feel so confident. I feel comfortable in
:20:21. > :20:24.front of the cameras. Last season, I did not want to be there.
:20:24. > :20:30.Trump will now face Australia's Neil Robertson in tomorrow's semi-
:20:30. > :20:34.final which starts at 12.30pm on BBC Two. More than 6,000 people
:20:35. > :20:39.have been chosen to carry the Olympic torch next summer and among
:20:39. > :20:44.them, many from the West. They is a chance to be part of history and it
:20:44. > :20:48.is an honour some remember from the last time the Games were held in
:20:49. > :20:53.London. Andy Townsend is one of the lucky
:20:53. > :20:58.ones. In May, he will get to carry the Olympic torch when it passes
:20:58. > :21:02.through the West over three days. have not got a clue what it is
:21:02. > :21:06.going to be like. I ultimately know I will be holding a torch, somebody
:21:06. > :21:15.will run towards me with another torch and for that 300 metres, I
:21:15. > :21:20.will have to taking the whole experience. It will be amazing.
:21:20. > :21:23.Andy teaches children at the Lifeskills Centre in Bristol. A
:21:23. > :21:27.former Paralympian volleyball player from the 1992 Games in
:21:27. > :21:31.Barcelona, he was nominated to carry the torch by his parents.
:21:31. > :21:37.Others also chosen include the Gloucestershire mountain near
:21:37. > :21:45.Kenton Cool. I found out this morning. -- my junior. My jaw hit
:21:45. > :21:50.the floor. It is amazing. I am lost for words. Kenton will be joined by
:21:50. > :21:54.this man, Damian Davis from Swindon. He led a team to go wrong mountain
:21:54. > :21:59.in a charity event to climb the highest peaks in the UK. Here is
:21:59. > :22:05.hoping his route with the torch will be a little clearer. Also on
:22:06. > :22:10.the list, 15-year-old -- this 15- year-old. He raised money for
:22:10. > :22:14.charity doing wheelchair circuits. They will carry the torch for 300
:22:14. > :22:20.metres. It is an honour that Will Johns from Bath knows all about. He
:22:20. > :22:24.ran with the flame through the West Country for the 1948 London games.
:22:24. > :22:30.It was just like the royal wedding, the crowds. Here was the torch.
:22:30. > :22:35.Here was the flame. The runner was you. Like Will, each person taking
:22:35. > :22:44.part in the relay will be left with a lasting memory of a day when they
:22:44. > :22:47.were part of something very special. It is going to be great to see.
:22:47. > :22:50.A teenager from Wiltshire is just hours away from becoming the
:22:50. > :22:53.youngest person to ski to the South Pole. 16-year-old Amelia Hempleman-
:22:53. > :22:57.Adams has spent the last 17 nights trekking across Antarctica with her
:22:57. > :23:02.father David. The young explorer has endured sub-zero temperatures
:23:02. > :23:12.of minus 55 centigrade along the way. Amelia's team back in the West
:23:12. > :23:12.
:23:12. > :23:17.expects her to reach her goal later tonight. They have got 12 miles to
:23:17. > :23:20.do today which is the longest day they have had and the weather has
:23:20. > :23:25.been horrible the last couple of days. They have had to navigate
:23:25. > :23:27.using the sun. We are hoping they are going to arrive at the South
:23:27. > :23:31.Pole tonight. Amelia's writing about her
:23:31. > :23:33.experiences online and we will keep you posted on her final push to the
:23:33. > :23:35.pole. The organisers of what is believed
:23:35. > :23:39.to be the world's largest living nativity are thanking everyone who
:23:39. > :23:45.turned out for their record attempt. They say 743 people helped turn the
:23:45. > :23:52.streets of Midsomer Norton into a modern-day Bethlehem last Friday.
:23:52. > :23:55.The previous record of 657 people was held by a village in Italy.
:23:55. > :24:03.Those behind the Somerset attempt say they are just waiting for
:24:03. > :24:09.official confirmation that it is a record.
:24:09. > :24:14.I love the angels were blowing! It looks so festive. Everyone has been
:24:14. > :24:24.talking about the weather today. Will it be it a Christmas nativity
:24:24. > :24:26.
:24:26. > :24:35.It has been very different in Scotland. So it continues. There is
:24:35. > :24:41.a worrying the band of cloud. We have had we nip turbines being
:24:41. > :24:46.blown up in Scotland. -- wind turbines. As far as the rainfall,
:24:47. > :24:51.you can see very clearly the spiral of snow and rain which is extending
:24:51. > :25:01.through Scotland. He comes a cold front across us. We will get some
:25:01. > :25:01.
:25:02. > :25:06.lively weather. The wind speed have been the highest in Gloucestershire.
:25:06. > :25:12.Filton was not far off. We have had trees down in parts of
:25:12. > :25:16.Gloucestershire, and trees down. -- telegraph poles down. All of that
:25:16. > :25:22.will either way and it will be a different story tomorrow. It will
:25:22. > :25:27.be mostly dry. There will be a good deal of sunshine. Through the rest
:25:27. > :25:32.of the week, the cold front continues its journey. It will dry
:25:32. > :25:42.out behind that. The eyes are bars spread out. They will not be as
:25:42. > :25:50.
:25:50. > :25:57.windy. -- eyes are bars. There will be no snow in The Cotswolds.. The
:25:57. > :26:07.area of rain in Salisbury will track away. The winds will
:26:07. > :26:09.
:26:09. > :26:14.gradually ease. It will be more cold. It could be two Celsius.
:26:14. > :26:18.Tomorrow will bring a good deal of sunshine. It will be crisp and
:26:18. > :26:23.clear. There will be more cloud through the Bristol Channel, and a
:26:23. > :26:28.few showers, perhaps. But not too many. Later on, that trough will
:26:28. > :26:38.come southwards and introduce more cloud. You can see the hint of some
:26:38. > :26:39.
:26:39. > :26:44.snow. Nothing more than a flake or two. Otherwise, it is a dry picture.
:26:44. > :26:48.Looking beyond that, we then have a very cold night into Saturday.
:26:48. > :26:58.Widespread frost. These and a Saturday, windy on Sunday with some
:26:58. > :27:05.
:27:05. > :27:13.That looks horrible. Let us hope it is not too bad. A reminder that
:27:13. > :27:17.tomorrow Chris finally retires from Points West. It is a day by a have
:27:17. > :27:24.been hoping would never come. Bless you. I've reached 60 last
:27:24. > :27:31.week and felt a to 28 years it was time to quit. Join us tomorrow for