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Good evening and welcome to BBC Points West. Our headlines tonight: | :00:10. | :00:15. | |
A dangerous stretch of the M5. A man died here six years ago, but | :00:15. | :00:20. | |
it's too risky to carry out safety work. Crushed commuters and | :00:20. | :00:25. | |
flattened wallets - complaints as rail fares go up. Home for | :00:26. | :00:29. | |
Christmas morning for the first time in five years - the young man | :00:29. | :00:37. | |
paralysed by meningitis. He has carers, but this year he is hoping | :00:37. | :00:43. | |
that he will be hem with his family and friends and able to wake up on | :00:43. | :00:49. | |
Christmas Day in the family home. And could this be the oldest | :00:49. | :00:57. | |
Christmas tree in Britain, 74 years and still going strong. First | :00:57. | :01:00. | |
tonight, a new safety barrier on the M5 where a man fell to his | :01:00. | :01:03. | |
death six years ago can't be installed, because the Highways | :01:03. | :01:07. | |
Agency claims it would be too risky to put up and maintain. Cecil Grant | :01:07. | :01:10. | |
fell after working at the top of an embankment near the motorway at | :01:10. | :01:15. | |
Clevedon. A coroner recommended building a new barrier to prevent | :01:15. | :01:17. | |
similar accidents from happening again, but that's unlikely to | :01:17. | :01:27. | |
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happen, as Dickon Hooper reports. He was always a happy-go-lucky guy, | :01:29. | :01:36. | |
smiling from always. Aaron has fond memories of his dad. He has just | :01:36. | :01:42. | |
turned 19 and is facing another Christmas without him. Six years on, | :01:42. | :01:50. | |
the family says Cecil Grant's death was in vain. He died here. Mr Grant | :01:50. | :01:57. | |
fell 16 foot to to his death in 2006. He had been work on the | :01:57. | :02:01. | |
embankment by the side of the motorway late at night. The coroner | :02:01. | :02:07. | |
said he wanted to see a new barrier built. Because he argued, otherwise | :02:07. | :02:12. | |
a similar accident was likely to happen again. And we have learned | :02:12. | :02:18. | |
that Mr Grant's fall here wasn't the first. It was the one thing | :02:18. | :02:24. | |
myself and the children felt a bit of closure with, that this part of | :02:24. | :02:27. | |
the motorway was going to be made safe and that's not happened. | :02:27. | :02:33. | |
does that make you feel? All of us, me and the children, feel | :02:33. | :02:37. | |
devastated. It was the one thing that could help us move on. That's | :02:37. | :02:42. | |
not happened. New warning signs are in place. And the highways agency | :02:42. | :02:46. | |
did review safety here. However, no new barrier has been put up, | :02:46. | :02:52. | |
because the risk to workers of instaling and maintaining it was | :02:52. | :02:58. | |
greater than any safety benefits. Cruel irony for Karen, who knows | :02:58. | :03:02. | |
about the risks to motorway workers and anyone else who finds | :03:02. | :03:08. | |
themselves on that part of the road. A mother broke down there, with | :03:08. | :03:12. | |
children, you would get your children to safety and lift them | :03:12. | :03:16. | |
over that barrier. Something needs to be put in place to stop anyone, | :03:16. | :03:22. | |
children, adults, falling down the side. Especially when it is dark. | :03:22. | :03:27. | |
The carer in who recommended the barrier has -- coroner who | :03:27. | :03:31. | |
recommended the barrier has since died and with him perhaps the | :03:31. | :03:37. | |
chance of ever getting it built. Police are continuing to | :03:37. | :03:39. | |
investigate a company director from Somerset, who sold so-called bomb- | :03:39. | :03:42. | |
detectors to 20 countries, including Iraq. Jim McCormick, of | :03:42. | :03:45. | |
Wincanton-based ATSC Ltd - seen on the right of this picture - was | :03:45. | :03:47. | |
arrested in January last year on suspicion of fraud by | :03:47. | :03:49. | |
misrepresentation after a BBC investigation found that his | :03:49. | :03:56. | |
handheld devices couldn't possibly work. He has now been re-bailed by | :03:56. | :04:02. | |
police until a date next January, while enquiries continue. The | :04:02. | :04:05. | |
Government's been asked to make sure those who lost out when the | :04:05. | :04:07. | |
Swindon-based Christmas savings firm Farepak collapsed get their | :04:07. | :04:14. | |
money back. Today in the Commons, MPs were told victims still haven't | :04:14. | :04:17. | |
received any compensation. Farepak went into administration five years | :04:17. | :04:25. | |
ago, owing �5 million to more than 120,000 people across the UK. | :04:25. | :04:28. | |
Another price hike was announced today, this one on the railways. | :04:28. | :04:31. | |
Ticket prices will go up by just under 6% next year on every ticket | :04:31. | :04:34. | |
sold in the West Country. Why, and what will it mean for commuters | :04:34. | :04:42. | |
here? A question for our business correspondent, Dave Harvey. Well | :04:42. | :04:47. | |
the biggest price hikes are for commuters. Kemble to London, | :04:47. | :04:55. | |
hundreds do it each day. Next year it will cost them another �422. A | :04:55. | :05:01. | |
trip from Taunton to Penzance that will go up three quid to �53. Even | :05:02. | :05:07. | |
short journeys like Westbury to Swindon will rise, only by 70 pence, | :05:07. | :05:13. | |
but as they sai, every little hurts. I go to university in Portsmouth | :05:13. | :05:19. | |
and it is already �50 to get home. I won't be able to get home. | :05:19. | :05:23. | |
Everything else is going up. It is another thing and you think where | :05:23. | :05:31. | |
is it being spent? That is the problem that many people have. | :05:31. | :05:36. | |
We're just adding to the profits. So why are all these fares going | :05:36. | :05:41. | |
up? Here is your answer - overcrowded trains, late trains, | :05:41. | :05:47. | |
the company say if you want to sit down, glide on Superfast new trains, | :05:47. | :05:53. | |
they need investment and passengers must pay for it. We're governed by | :05:53. | :05:59. | |
Government policy. That is to swap the burden of payment from the | :05:59. | :06:03. | |
taxpayer on to the fare payer. It is a Government decision and we're | :06:03. | :06:08. | |
happy to implement that for them. Here are the numbers that tell the | :06:08. | :06:15. | |
story. 6% - that is what fares will go up by. Now 4% - that is what the | :06:15. | :06:19. | |
Bank of England expects inflation to be by the spring. Yes train | :06:19. | :06:25. | |
tickets will be going up more than other prices. But here is the | :06:25. | :06:30. | |
killer. 0.5% that is the average pay rise people have had in the | :06:30. | :06:36. | |
west of England this year. You're watching BBC Points West, with just | :06:36. | :06:42. | |
a few days left until Christmas. We've plenty still to come between | :06:42. | :06:47. | |
now and 7. Famous for the Mona Lisa, some of Leonardo da Vinci's works | :06:47. | :06:55. | |
are on their way to Bristol. And we are in Bath with the newest | :06:55. | :07:05. | |
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reporter. We have been looking at how to do theatre make up. A 23- | :07:06. | :07:09. | |
year-old from Stroud will wake up in his own home on Christmas Day | :07:09. | :07:17. | |
for the first time in four years, after he was paralysed. Jonathan | :07:17. | :07:19. | |
Brough caught meningitis while training to become a ski instructor | :07:19. | :07:23. | |
in Canada. Since then he's had to live in a care home in Cheltenham, | :07:23. | :07:26. | |
as his own home couldn't meet his needs. But he's determined to get | :07:26. | :07:33. | |
his life back on track. Chris James has been to meet him. Jonathan was | :07:33. | :07:43. | |
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at the peak O'his career. Brough was at the peak of his career. Fit, | :07:43. | :07:46. | |
healthy and winning awards for sports around the world. But just a | :07:46. | :07:49. | |
day after this photo was taken in Canada, he felt unwell, and | :07:49. | :07:53. | |
suddenly collapsed. When he woke up, he was paralysed from his neck down. | :07:53. | :07:57. | |
I didn't know anything about what happened. I heard about what | :07:57. | :08:03. | |
happened. But I had no idea. I woke up and in a blink of an eye it had | :08:03. | :08:10. | |
changed. I spent ten day at first with no mouth movement or anything. | :08:10. | :08:17. | |
Just having to blink for yes and no. So it was really frightening. | :08:17. | :08:20. | |
2007, Jonathan's been unable to spend Christmas at home. His house | :08:20. | :08:23. | |
in Stroud is unsuitable for his level of care. Instead he's either | :08:23. | :08:28. | |
been in hospital or here at Leonard Cheshire Home in Cheltenham. But | :08:28. | :08:31. | |
after being awarded a grant from the Meningitis Trust and a lot of | :08:31. | :08:35. | |
DIY from Dad, his dream of waking up in his old bed again, is finally | :08:35. | :08:44. | |
coming true. It's going to be so amazing to get back home again. | :08:44. | :08:49. | |
Christmas is massive, just spending it with my family. Because we | :08:49. | :08:53. | |
always have a good time. Every day in this country, 20 people catch | :08:53. | :09:01. | |
meningitis. Two die. Jonathan was lucky. Meningitis is the | :09:01. | :09:06. | |
inflammation of brain lining and can be caused by bacteria or | :09:06. | :09:16. | |
viruses. Bacteria can, about 10% of people can die. Four years on, | :09:16. | :09:19. | |
Jonathan's getting on with his life, thanks to huge support from his | :09:19. | :09:22. | |
dedicated carers and family. He's just started a media degree at | :09:22. | :09:24. | |
Plymouth University and has a passion for photography. He's | :09:24. | :09:27. | |
determined the illness won't hold him back. And for that he knows | :09:27. | :09:37. | |
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he'll need courage and commitment. Visiting hours have been restricted | :09:38. | :09:41. | |
at Weston General Hospital to help minimise an outbreak of the winter | :09:42. | :09:46. | |
vomiting bug, Norovirus. Four wards have reduced access and visiting | :09:46. | :09:51. | |
times have been cut back to an hour on all eleven wards. The Trust | :09:51. | :09:58. | |
hopes to be able to lift the restrictions in time for Christmas. | :09:58. | :10:00. | |
In football, former captain and caretaker manager Stuart Campbell | :10:00. | :10:04. | |
is to leave Bristol Rovers. The player became involved in a very | :10:04. | :10:08. | |
public and bitter row with the club over his contract two months ago. | :10:08. | :10:11. | |
But this afternoon a statement was issued saying both sides had come | :10:11. | :10:14. | |
to an agreement which means Campbell is now free to talk to | :10:14. | :10:19. | |
other clubs. Ambitious plans for Cheltenham Town Football Club to | :10:19. | :10:22. | |
build a new stadium on land at the town's famous racecourse have been | :10:22. | :10:28. | |
shelved. The club currently plays at Whaddon Road. The racecourse say | :10:28. | :10:31. | |
they could accommodate a new stadium, but after lengthy talks | :10:31. | :10:34. | |
the club announced this morning that the costs of such a move would | :10:34. | :10:39. | |
be prohibitive. A steam dredger which helped transform Gloucester | :10:39. | :10:42. | |
and Sharpness docks into major shipping ports is to be repaired, | :10:42. | :10:49. | |
after receiving a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. SND Number 4 | :10:49. | :10:54. | |
is the oldest steam dredger left in Europe. �43,000 will now be spent | :10:54. | :10:58. | |
so visitors can once again enjoy her as a working exhibit. Sarah | :10:58. | :11:04. | |
Jane Bungay has the story. At 86 years old, this old lady is in need | :11:04. | :11:14. | |
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of some TLC. This is our workshop, where we all go and play. In the | :11:15. | :11:22. | |
engine room... A dedicated team of volunteers is now beginning the | :11:22. | :11:24. | |
painstaking work of getting this dredger working again so the public | :11:25. | :11:27. | |
can enjoy and learn about her history. The children love it and | :11:27. | :11:32. | |
when it whistles and bang and the thing they like is blowing the | :11:32. | :11:36. | |
steam whistles. I have six schools coming to see this engine working. | :11:36. | :11:41. | |
That is wonderful to impart our knowledge, at our age, on to the | :11:41. | :11:46. | |
next generation. This is what the team is aiming for - these pictures | :11:46. | :11:51. | |
show how she would have looked during her working life. The | :11:52. | :11:57. | |
buckets pick up the mud and silt. There would have been no ships into | :11:57. | :12:03. | |
Gloucester without the dredger. Because all docks suffer a silting | :12:03. | :12:08. | |
problem, with this mud. We owe the life of the docks to the dredger. | :12:08. | :12:14. | |
We're so proud that this grand old lady hopefully now will keep going | :12:14. | :12:19. | |
for another umpteen years. It is not just mud and silt that the | :12:19. | :12:23. | |
dredger has picked up, has found some unusual objects. Thrie safes | :12:23. | :12:32. | |
for instance stolen from Cheltenham. A 500 pound bomb and a 28 pound jar | :12:32. | :12:38. | |
of pickled onions. Steam attracts people, specially men. They love to | :12:38. | :12:43. | |
see something working with steam and when Ken works it and blows the | :12:43. | :12:47. | |
whistle, you can see the men in the docks, their eyes light I and they | :12:48. | :12:52. | |
come over. It is hoped the dredger will go on display again as a work | :12:52. | :12:56. | |
exhibit at the museum in Gloucester in April. A chance for the public | :12:56. | :13:04. | |
to witness an important piece of industrial heritage. The work of | :13:04. | :13:07. | |
Leonardo da Vinci - the genius whose paintings include the Mona | :13:07. | :13:16. | |
Lisa - is to go on show at the City Museum in Bristol next year. | :13:16. | :13:19. | |
Unfortunately, the Mona Lisa, the lady with mysterious smile, is | :13:19. | :13:23. | |
staying at the Louvre in Paris. But a number of da Vinci's drawings | :13:23. | :13:26. | |
belong to the Royal Collection and the Queen has agreed to put them on | :13:26. | :13:29. | |
display in Bristol as part of her Jubilee celebrations. James | :13:29. | :13:39. | |
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Hassam's been to Windsor Castle for There are drawings of amazing | :13:44. | :13:54. | |
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detail. Breathtaking clarity. | :13:56. | :14:02. | |
The work of a true master. Leonardo was such a multi-faceted | :14:02. | :14:06. | |
genius and so many of his activities were known through his | :14:06. | :14:12. | |
drawings. Through these you can see study of botany, anatomy, maps, | :14:13. | :14:18. | |
landscapes, engineering, some of his fantastic designs for | :14:18. | :14:23. | |
engineering. We are managing to cover a great deal of his activity. | :14:23. | :14:27. | |
That activity was remarkable covering art, science and almost | :14:27. | :14:32. | |
everything in between. Da Vinci is best known for the Mona | :14:32. | :14:40. | |
Lisa. The Last Supper. Vitruvian Man. But it is a small selection of | :14:40. | :14:47. | |
smaller drawings going on show. Remember this? The last time there | :14:47. | :14:51. | |
was such excitement about art on display in Bristol, it was over | :14:51. | :14:56. | |
something very different. When people queued for hours to get into | :14:56. | :15:01. | |
the Banksy exhibition. And this is where the pictures will be on | :15:01. | :15:05. | |
display in Bristol next year. In this space at the city's Museum and | :15:06. | :15:09. | |
Art Gallery that is currently home to an exhibition of wildlife | :15:09. | :15:12. | |
photography. To make something of that for the | :15:12. | :15:16. | |
public is challenging. The works are not due here for more | :15:16. | :15:20. | |
than three months, but they are already generating a buzz. | :15:20. | :15:25. | |
I think because Leonardo da Vinci is such a well-known name, people | :15:25. | :15:29. | |
who do not necessarily come to art galleries will want to come and see | :15:29. | :15:34. | |
these particular works of art. They certainly did for Banksy. You | :15:34. | :15:41. | |
will find that in March if there is the same demand for Da Vinci. | :15:41. | :15:46. | |
I have no doubt. Christmas will soon be upon us, you | :15:46. | :15:49. | |
don't need to be a genius to know that and with Christmas, comes | :15:49. | :15:53. | |
panto. This here in Bath, Dick Whittington | :15:54. | :15:58. | |
has come to town and Jules Hyam is there for us tonight. | :15:58. | :16:03. | |
Good evening. Hi there. You can sit there are | :16:03. | :16:07. | |
plenty of people arriving. Naomi Wilkins is playing Dick Whittington | :16:07. | :16:13. | |
tonight. Very good she is, too. She might be playing the lead but she | :16:13. | :16:20. | |
is not the staff. Tonight is this young staff. Points West's newest | :16:20. | :16:25. | |
reporter. That is right, it takes a lot to | :16:25. | :16:29. | |
look good in a panto. Earlier today we went behind the scenes to find | :16:30. | :16:33. | |
out. Hello, my name is George and I have | :16:33. | :16:38. | |
been doing a project about make-up. Today I have been here to learn | :16:38. | :16:44. | |
more about stage make-up, in we go. The first person we will see is | :16:44. | :16:53. | |
Chris, the director. Hello, how are you? Very nice to | :16:53. | :16:57. | |
meet you. What I have done so far is put on what I call a pancake | :16:57. | :17:03. | |
which is a base. It hides all the wrinkles. Next thing I will do is | :17:03. | :17:10. | |
give myself some cheeks. Do you see how I am making the cheap stand out. | :17:10. | :17:20. | |
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It is a bit like a Dali or a clown. What is missing? -- a bowl. | :17:21. | :17:26. | |
Eyebrows. We have left Chris to get ready and have come to see a baddie | :17:26. | :17:36. | |
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in work. My fault -- I am the king. Do you use eyeliner? Had what I | :17:39. | :17:43. | |
like to use his water-based. It is like children's face paint that you | :17:43. | :17:48. | |
would find in a party. I find it washes off easier than stage make- | :17:48. | :17:54. | |
He looked scary. Now it is time to see someone nice. | :17:54. | :18:01. | |
This is Naomi. I am playing Dick Whittington, did you know that? Any | :18:01. | :18:06. | |
questions for me? What is it like? It is different because I am not | :18:06. | :18:11. | |
used to playing a boy. It is really fun because I get to hang out with | :18:11. | :18:17. | |
Abbey the cat all the time. She is my new best friend. How does she do | :18:17. | :18:21. | |
that? I put the white around my face and the black with a sponge | :18:21. | :18:26. | |
and then I adore the little bits of detail like my eyebrows all the way | :18:26. | :18:34. | |
round. Does it come of? It comes off a lot quicker than it does to | :18:34. | :18:41. | |
put on. Catt looked amazing, but look at this! This is what it looks | :18:41. | :18:48. | |
like when I am finished. Lucerne, Ladies and Gentlemen, go I think we | :18:48. | :18:54. | |
would like to say in a very Happy Christmas to you all and come and | :18:54. | :18:58. | |
see us at the Bath Theatre Royal for Dick Whittington. | :18:58. | :19:04. | |
That looked amazing. What was that like? It was really good. I enjoyed | :19:04. | :19:10. | |
the experience. What is your interest in make-up? We all had to | :19:10. | :19:14. | |
choose a theme, a project to do our theme about and I chose make-up | :19:14. | :19:19. | |
because I found it interesting and I knew a lot about it. And you got | :19:19. | :19:28. | |
an award, didn't you? Yes. I got known as the week at my school. | :19:28. | :19:31. | |
Highlighting thinking that you wrote to the theatre to find out | :19:31. | :19:38. | |
more? Yes, I wrote to three different places. Piat, the Bristol | :19:38. | :19:43. | |
Hippodrome and I only got a reply from here. Have you learned much? | :19:43. | :19:52. | |
learnt a lot. My fault there is full. Thank you very much. Wasn't | :19:52. | :19:59. | |
she brilliant. Really very good. She was so good. She is so | :19:59. | :20:04. | |
confident, we have learnt a bit as well. | :20:04. | :20:10. | |
Blind line that is the future. I use that all the time. | :20:10. | :20:14. | |
If you have just bought a Christmas tree or are a little late, consider | :20:14. | :20:19. | |
this, one couple in Somerset have been using the same tree for the | :20:19. | :20:25. | |
last 74 years. Derek and sable Parr Cup reckoned | :20:25. | :20:35. | |
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their artificial tree is the oldest Tis the season to be buying | :20:38. | :20:43. | |
Christmas trees. Unless, of course, you are Sybil and Derek Parker. In | :20:43. | :20:48. | |
which case you just bring down from a lot present artificial trade you | :20:48. | :20:54. | |
have had the 74 years. Yes, this could well be the oldest Christmas | :20:54. | :21:00. | |
tree in Britain bought by Derek's mom from Walworth in 1937. Used | :21:00. | :21:05. | |
every year since. My mother bought it when I was | :21:05. | :21:11. | |
three months old. She bought it in Walworth for seven and 6p. We have | :21:11. | :21:18. | |
had it ever since. I gather it has survived house moves. Seven | :21:18. | :21:24. | |
altogether. Remarkable to think this was the | :21:24. | :21:30. | |
year of King George the 6th Coronation, the year Wallis Simpson | :21:30. | :21:35. | |
married Edward when life was simple. And when, according to the history | :21:35. | :21:40. | |
books, you could feed a family for just �1. | :21:40. | :21:44. | |
Of course there is little Christmas-tree has also survived a | :21:44. | :21:50. | |
World War. So, what is a secret? Put it in a dustbin bag in the loft. | :21:50. | :21:57. | |
That is the secret, just that? Don't fold it up just keep it as it | :21:57. | :22:04. | |
is light and all. Some of the decorations are original? Are yes. | :22:04. | :22:10. | |
She is original. She is going strong. These still ring. Sir, | :22:10. | :22:17. | |
There it is, at 74, Britain's oldest Christmas tree. Unless, of | :22:17. | :22:22. | |
course, you know differently. Those decorations are pretty are | :22:22. | :22:27. | |
old. If you have an older one, I suspect you have. | :22:27. | :22:31. | |
This time yesterday we were enjoying the Christmas pop video | :22:31. | :22:35. | |
put together by the Community College in Bristol. Little did we | :22:35. | :22:38. | |
know there were similar goings-on in Dorset. | :22:38. | :22:43. | |
Staff at Gillingham primary told us how they called on helicopter | :22:43. | :22:53. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 93 seconds | :22:53. | :24:26. | |
pilots to Brighton at the end of Brilliant. They were so sweet. | :24:26. | :24:32. | |
Brilliant. They were so sweet. Shall we move on to the weather? | :24:32. | :24:36. | |
Good evening. We can put away the winter woolies for the next few | :24:36. | :24:41. | |
days because it certainly is going to get milder as we head towards | :24:41. | :24:44. | |
the Christmas weekend. Here is our Atlantic front heading towards us. | :24:45. | :24:51. | |
It will give as wet weather. It is a warm front so we will see mild | :24:51. | :24:55. | |
air behind it. Tomorrow is a much milder picture with temperatures | :24:55. | :25:01. | |
reaching 13 degrees. It is still going to be a cloudy picture. Not | :25:01. | :25:07. | |
too much in the way of brightness. Tonight we will see that front | :25:07. | :25:11. | |
Porsche in over the next couple of hours. Then move its way eastward | :25:11. | :25:19. | |
towards Wiltshire. By dawn, it should be a mostly dry picture. | :25:20. | :25:26. | |
Heavy bursts of rain at times, but spots over the next couple of hours. | :25:26. | :25:30. | |
Temperatures rising behind this fund so by the end of the night we | :25:30. | :25:36. | |
are looking at six or seven Celsius. No chance of a frost. It will not | :25:36. | :25:41. | |
be cold enough for one. Into Wednesday, and over can start to | :25:41. | :25:47. | |
the day. Plenty of cloud around and thick enough in places to give us | :25:47. | :25:53. | |
patchy light rain and drizzle. The best of the brightness tomorrow | :25:53. | :25:55. | |
will be other parts of Gloucestershire and eastern parts | :25:55. | :26:04. | |
of Wiltshire. High is of 12 or 13 Celsius tomorrow. A very mild for | :26:04. | :26:09. | |
this time of year. A good few degrees above what we would expect | :26:09. | :26:13. | |
in late December. Keeping that breeze as well. That was Wednesday | :26:13. | :26:18. | |
then. Not much whether to talk of on Wednesday night. Pretty overcast | :26:18. | :26:25. | |
with cloud around. Lows of 10 or 11 Celsius. Keeping the north-westerly | :26:25. | :26:32. | |
breeze as well. Thursday a similar picture. Plenty of cloud. The best | :26:32. | :26:38. | |
of the breaks in the cloud will be parts of Wiltshire. A little | :26:38. | :26:42. | |
sunshine into afternoon and mild temperatures. Our next front is | :26:42. | :26:47. | |
heading our way on Friday. It will get wet through mid-morning and | :26:47. | :26:53. | |
then turn bright as the front moves eastward in the afternoon. A little | :26:53. | :26:56. | |
bite us on Friday afternoon, but a wet morning. A cold front that it | :26:56. | :27:04. | |
will bring us call air behind it. By Saturday, we are looking at so | :27:04. | :27:07. | |
call macro picture. Christmas weekend will be dry, mild with a | :27:07. | :27:13. | |
little bit of sunshine. If you are little bit of sunshine. If you are | :27:13. | :27:16. | |
looking out for Santa, I think you will see him. | :27:16. | :27:21. | |
We have some e-mails about the Christmas tree. One from Nigel | :27:21. | :27:29. | |
saying his tree is 83. And Hillary with an 81 year-old tree. | :27:29. | :27:34. |