:00:14. > :00:17.Hello and welcome to BBC Points West. The headlines this evening:
:00:17. > :00:21.A young father who died because he wasn't wearing a seatbelt. After a
:00:21. > :00:28.car crash that tore them apart - a family warns about the dangers of
:00:28. > :00:31.driving in the Forest of Dean. Where your seat belt, stop speeding.
:00:31. > :00:34.The forest roads are not safe to speed.
:00:34. > :00:38.The monk convicted of abusing a schoolboy. Now the victim demands
:00:38. > :00:42.an apology from the church. Also tonight: We meet the twins
:00:42. > :00:46.born five years apart by the wonders of modern science.
:00:46. > :00:56.And with Paul Buckle gone, who'll be next to step on the Gas? Bristol
:00:56. > :00:56.
:00:56. > :00:59.Rovers begin their search for a new The family of a young father killed
:00:59. > :01:04.because he wasn't wearing a seatbelt today warned others to
:01:04. > :01:10.buckle up. Kenwill Jacobs was also found to be speeding when he died
:01:10. > :01:13.in the Forest of Dean two years ago. There's been concern in the past
:01:13. > :01:16.about the number of fatalities on roads in the area. In 2005 alone,
:01:17. > :01:20.19 people lost their lives. But after a high-profile campaign, that
:01:20. > :01:25.number is now falling. Here's our Gloucestershire reporter, Steve
:01:25. > :01:28.Knibbs. Kenwill Jacobs was a keen fitness
:01:28. > :01:32.fan, his wife was about to give birth to their second daughter when
:01:33. > :01:36.he left home to drive to the gym. He didn't wear his seatbelt and was
:01:36. > :01:41.driving at around 60 mph - twice the legal limit on this road in
:01:41. > :01:45.Drybrook. He lost control, hit a wall and rolled his car twice. It
:01:45. > :01:48.ended up over 40 metres away. He was thrown through the drivers
:01:48. > :01:51.window and died soon after. The Gloucestershire Coroner said
:01:51. > :02:01.today it was the excess speed and Kenwill Jacobs choice not to wear
:02:01. > :02:05.his seatbelt that killed him - an accidental death. Make sure you
:02:05. > :02:11.weigh your seatbelt and keep your speed down. It may seem funny at
:02:11. > :02:15.the time, but when this happens it is not. Forest roads are not safe
:02:15. > :02:18.roads to speed. Make sure you weigh your safety belts.
:02:18. > :02:21.Roads in the forest have proved lethal in the past, but it was 2005,
:02:21. > :02:24.when 19 people died in accidents, many of them young, that focussed
:02:24. > :02:33.the mind. It prompted high profile campaigns, including this awareness
:02:33. > :02:38.film. Just had a bit of an accident.
:02:38. > :02:42.you think there is no way you could have killed me? The number of
:02:42. > :02:46.deaths has fallen. Last year there were just two - down from 6 in 2010.
:02:46. > :02:54.One of the men behind the Time And Place campaign told me today it was
:02:54. > :02:59.2005 that changed attitudes. That drove home to people that
:02:59. > :03:05.there is no point in taking risks with your own life. What is the
:03:05. > :03:11.point? People now realise that to have fun in cars has a result and
:03:11. > :03:14.you can end up being killed. What is the point? What it does to
:03:14. > :03:18.families is horrific. As Kenwill Jacobs proved, accidents still do
:03:18. > :03:24.happen though, every death one too many, and one that his family said
:03:24. > :03:28.today could have been avoided. A man who suffered sexual abuse
:03:28. > :03:31.when he was a schoolboy in Somerset, has demanded an apology from the
:03:31. > :03:34.Catholic Church. Yesterday, Richard White, a monk who taught at
:03:34. > :03:37.Downside School in Stratton-on-the- Fosse, was sentenced to 5 years in
:03:37. > :03:45.prison after pleading guilty to charges of indecent assault and
:03:45. > :03:48.gross indecency during his time at the school in the 1980s. Mark
:03:48. > :03:53.McGhee is from Fentons Solicitors, the legal team who represented the
:03:53. > :04:00.victim. I asked him what his client's response has been to the
:04:00. > :04:05.sentencing. Our clients view is that this
:04:05. > :04:10.individual has received what he should have received from the
:04:10. > :04:15.criminal justice system. It is regrettable that such sentencing
:04:15. > :04:20.and such criminal process did not take place 20 years ago. What's
:04:20. > :04:24.emerged is that even after the school discovered the abuse, he was
:04:24. > :04:30.allowed to continue teaching. Police only discovered what had
:04:30. > :04:35.been going on when investigating an unrelated matter. That is correct.
:04:35. > :04:40.On the point of view from the Roman Catholic Church, it is clearly
:04:40. > :04:45.quite appalling. The abbot at Downside did issue a statement
:04:45. > :04:51.yesterday saying, we are truly sorry that any child should have
:04:51. > :04:56.been abused at Downside. Is that enough of an apology? Apology or
:04:57. > :05:01.not, the bottom line is that this individual has received a sentence
:05:01. > :05:06.of five years' imprisonment. As far as criminal law is concerned, that
:05:06. > :05:14.is what he should have received at all times since this abuse took
:05:14. > :05:19.place. So, is your client now wanting more of an apology or to
:05:19. > :05:24.claim compensation? Our client is entitled to compensation under
:05:24. > :05:31.Criminal injuries scheme, however he wants nothing of that because it
:05:31. > :05:36.is payable by the public purse. The money he is entitled to claim, he
:05:36. > :05:40.feels, should be paid by the school and by the Roman Catholic Church
:05:41. > :05:46.you failed to protect him. Furthermore, didn't just put him,
:05:46. > :05:50.but put various other young people at risk. Thank you very much for
:05:50. > :05:54.your time. A baby girl has been born in
:05:54. > :05:57.Gloucestershire, five years after her twin brother.
:05:57. > :06:00.Floren Blake was conceived from the same batch of embryos as her
:06:00. > :06:05.brother Reuben, after their parents turned to fertility treatment. John
:06:05. > :06:08.Maguire has been to meet them. They are the perfect picture of a
:06:08. > :06:16.contented young family. Mum Jody, Dad Simon, five-year-old Reuben and
:06:16. > :06:19.now "twin" sister Floren, born just seven weeks ago.
:06:19. > :06:24.The Blakes, from Cheltenham, first received fertility treatment at
:06:24. > :06:34.Southmead Hospital in Bristol in 2005. It worked then so they tried
:06:34. > :06:38.their luck again. Three embryos were frozen for storage for another
:06:38. > :06:44.day. Just in case we wanted to extend our family and that came
:06:44. > :06:50.about this year. We made the decision to try and we are very
:06:50. > :06:55.lucky that one of the embryos survived the process and was
:06:55. > :06:58.implanted into Jodi and grew into Floren.
:06:58. > :07:01.Southmead staged an extra special Christmas party last month for just
:07:02. > :07:05.some of the babies born here in 2011 - more than a thousand in fact.
:07:05. > :07:13.But even for such a successful IVF unit, Simon and Jody's case is a
:07:13. > :07:17.special one. We were very lucky the first time
:07:17. > :07:24.round for IVF to work. I don't think for one minute we thought we
:07:24. > :07:31.would be lucky enough again and we very much thought, did not expect
:07:31. > :07:36.it to work. Only one survived the boring process and we were very
:07:36. > :07:39.much expecting it to fail. We were amazed when it worked.
:07:39. > :07:42.The family are enjoying telling people they have twins, born of the
:07:42. > :07:45.same genetic material if not the same pregnancy, and they hope their
:07:45. > :07:55.story will inspire other couples that, with hope and modern science,
:07:55. > :08:02.
:08:02. > :08:05.little miracles can be possible Congratulations to the family.
:08:05. > :08:08.You're watching Wednesday's Points West with Will and Alex.
:08:08. > :08:11.It's good to have you with us. Coming up tonight:
:08:11. > :08:14.Water, water everywhere nor any drop to drink. The battle is on to
:08:14. > :08:16.get fresh drinking water to the injured servicemen from the West
:08:16. > :08:19.rowing in the toughest of challenges.
:08:19. > :08:28.And a roaring success as Bristol Zoo's asiatic lion cubs reach their
:08:28. > :08:31.first birthday. A jury has heard that a woman
:08:31. > :08:36.battered to death by her husband suffered more than 60 separate
:08:36. > :08:38.injuries. Stephen Hotson is accused of murdering his wife Julie Tottle
:08:38. > :08:45.at their home in Kewstoke near Weston-super-Mare last July after
:08:45. > :08:47.she told him she wanted to end the marriage. He denies that charge,
:08:47. > :08:51.but admits manslaughter on the grounds of diminished
:08:51. > :08:55.responsibility. Clinton Rogers reports from Bristol Crown Court on
:08:55. > :08:58.the second day of the trial. Pathologist Huw White gave graphic
:08:58. > :09:03.details today of the injuries Julie Tottle received at the hands of her
:09:03. > :09:06.husband. 61 separate wounds to her head and body, her skull fractured
:09:06. > :09:13.in five places after he battered her with the metal pole from a
:09:13. > :09:17.vacuum cleaner when she told him the marriage was over.
:09:17. > :09:20.Her body was found at the family home in Kewstoke last July. The
:09:20. > :09:24.court has already heard that her husband left her dead on the lounge
:09:24. > :09:28.floor for several days. Telling friends who called, she was in bed
:09:28. > :09:31.feeling poorly. This afternoon the court heard from
:09:31. > :09:36.one friend, Judith Bailey, who said Julie Tottle had been deeply
:09:36. > :09:41.distressed in the months before she died. She'd spoken about the black
:09:41. > :09:44.moods of her husband and how he'd attacked her in the past.
:09:45. > :09:49.Julie kept diaries, extracts of which were read to the jury today.
:09:49. > :09:58.She described her husband as a ticking time bomb. A Jeckyll and
:09:58. > :10:03.Hyde character who could be violent and uncontrollable.
:10:03. > :10:06.Although denying murder, Stephen has admitted manslaughter on the
:10:06. > :10:12.grounds of diminished responsibility. In a statement to
:10:12. > :10:18.police, he said the attack was a pillar, but that after it he tried
:10:18. > :10:24.to kill himself by setting fire to the house. He failed. Tomorrow the
:10:24. > :10:28.jury is likely to hear from psychiatrists who assessed Stephen
:10:28. > :10:32.Harston's mental state. That is the key in deciding whether this is
:10:32. > :10:35.murder or manslaughter. The funeral has taken place in
:10:35. > :10:38.Gloucestershire of Kate Prout. The 55-year-old was murdered by her
:10:38. > :10:44.husband in 2007 and, although he was convicted, Adrian Prout always
:10:44. > :10:48.denied the killing. Then last year, he finally confessed and showed
:10:48. > :10:53.police where he had buried his wife. In the last hour, Kate Prout's
:10:53. > :10:56.family have held a private service and cremation in Cheltenham. A
:10:56. > :11:00.memorial service to celebrate her life is being planned for later in
:11:00. > :11:04.the year. A new five million pound coroners
:11:04. > :11:06.court and mortuary for Gloucestershire opened today.
:11:06. > :11:11.Previously inquests were held in a conference centre and mortuary
:11:11. > :11:21.space was rented from the local hospital. Despite the big price tag
:11:21. > :11:21.
:11:21. > :11:26.the council says the new complex will save money in the long term.
:11:26. > :11:30.Although we have dreadful cuts to make, we still have to do it better
:11:30. > :11:32.and this will give us the opportunity to do it. Although
:11:33. > :11:35.inquests have already started at the site in Gloucester, the
:11:35. > :11:40.mortuary, which can cope with several post mortem examinations,
:11:40. > :11:43.will officially open in the spring. Visiting restrictions have been put
:11:43. > :11:46.in place on all wards at Cheltenham General Hospital and one at
:11:46. > :11:50.Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. The wards have been closed to the
:11:50. > :11:54.public to limit the spread of the Norovirus, which is said to be
:11:54. > :11:57.widespread in the community. A potential buyer has been found
:11:57. > :12:04.for the former Cadbury chocolate factory in Keynsham. American
:12:04. > :12:06.company, Kraft, bought the 220 acre Somerdale site in 2010. More than
:12:06. > :12:11.400 people lost their jobs following the takeover with
:12:11. > :12:17.production being moved to Poland. It's thought 600 new homes will be
:12:18. > :12:21.built on the land, but the identity of the buyer is not yet known.
:12:21. > :12:25.More than half a million people in the west country are paying their
:12:25. > :12:27.rent or mortgage with a credit card, according to research out today.
:12:27. > :12:30.Our business correspondent, Dave Harvey, has been investigating,
:12:30. > :12:37.Dave, it's a worryingly high figure, how did the researchers come up
:12:37. > :12:40.with that? It's a shocker. Housing charity
:12:40. > :12:42.Shelter interviewed 4,000 people, 1 in 7 said they'd struggled with
:12:42. > :12:52.rent or the mortgage, had to pay with credit card, unauthorised
:12:52. > :12:53.
:12:53. > :12:55.overdraft, or one of these payday loans. In our part of the world,
:12:55. > :12:58.that's 575,000 people putting the rent on plastic.
:12:58. > :13:01.The downturn's obviously part of the problem, but 1 in 7 seems
:13:01. > :13:03.awfully high, much higher than the unemployment rate, Dave, why so
:13:03. > :13:06.many people? Yes, it's obviously a cliche to say
:13:06. > :13:16.times are tough, but you're right, more people are out of work, but
:13:16. > :13:17.
:13:17. > :13:20.still only around 6% here, that's 1 in about 16 people. So I've been
:13:20. > :13:29.talking to charities who help people get out of debt, and they
:13:29. > :13:33.tell me they're seeing a new kind of client. I think the problem is
:13:33. > :13:39.that just being in work is not enough. Everyone lives to the limit
:13:39. > :13:44.of their income and with the increase in the cost of living, it
:13:44. > :13:50.just puts that little extra squeeze. Things that used to be manageable
:13:50. > :13:55.are a few pounds unmanageable. then people decide to go to
:13:55. > :14:00.something dodgy like a pay-day loans? It could be that or simply
:14:00. > :14:05.using a bank overdraft without authority and then charges build up
:14:05. > :14:08.and it becomes a vicious cycle. So what help can people like the
:14:08. > :14:11.debt advice centres offer - if people haven't got the money, they
:14:11. > :14:14.can't pay can they? Well, no easy fixes, but they say
:14:14. > :14:17.that what happens, understandably, is panic. The money runs out, the
:14:17. > :14:21.bank won't lend, the rent is due and then onto your doorstep flops
:14:21. > :14:25.one of those tempting little letters.
:14:25. > :14:29.I had one this week. Take out our new credit card, what'll it be, a
:14:29. > :14:34.holiday? A conservatory? The answer of course is usually a 25% annual
:14:34. > :14:40.interest rate, but you don't see that, you just see a lifeline. Then
:14:40. > :14:43.the interest mounts up and things get worse.
:14:43. > :14:46.There are plenty of debt advice agencies out there, citizens advice
:14:46. > :14:48.bureaux, that kind of thing, they'll help you get the essential
:14:48. > :14:54.bills organised, and work out the rest carefully. But whatever the
:14:54. > :14:57.problem, the answer really isn't plastic.
:14:57. > :14:59.Bristol Rovers have announced that the football club's former chairman
:14:59. > :15:08.Denis Dunford has died earlier today.Denis, who was 89 years old,
:15:08. > :15:12.was chairman of the club between 1986 and 2004. He's widely credited
:15:12. > :15:16.with having kept the club afloat during his time in charge. Bristol
:15:16. > :15:20.Rovers say the thoughts of everyone at the club are with his family and
:15:20. > :15:24.friends. And a minute's silence will be held at the Memorial
:15:24. > :15:27.Stadium before Saturday's FA Cup tie with Aston Villa.
:15:27. > :15:32.Well, the club's hoping to appoint a new manager within the next seven
:15:32. > :15:37.to ten days, after sacking Paul Buckle yesterday. Rovers are down
:15:37. > :15:40.in 19th place in League Two after losing their last four games. They
:15:40. > :15:45.say they want an experienced man to take over. Alistair Durden has been
:15:45. > :15:48.looking at the contenders. Well, the bookies are primed as the
:15:48. > :15:55.search begins again for Rovers - looking at a sixth man to take
:15:55. > :16:00.charge of the club in just over a year. So who's in the running? Lets
:16:00. > :16:02.have a look at the odds. Former Doncaster manager Sean
:16:02. > :16:08.O'Driscoll was interviewed for the Bristol City job back in October
:16:08. > :16:12.and he's the early favourite. Gary Johnson still lives in the West
:16:12. > :16:15.country and he's keen to get back into management. Lots of interest
:16:15. > :16:21.in him. Former Rovers captain Andy Tillson would be a popular choice,
:16:21. > :16:24.but he's on the coaching staff at Exeter. And what about a long shot?
:16:24. > :16:34.Former England manager Sven Goran Eriksson is out of work, but 20/1
:16:34. > :16:37.
:16:37. > :16:43.is the best price i could get on him. I would not mind Gary Johnson,
:16:43. > :16:50.but if they don't do well under him, they may get baric in there quickly.
:16:50. > :16:55.I suspect Gary Johnson. I would like to see Dave Jones. I would
:16:55. > :16:58.quite like to see Sean O'Driscoll. He did wonders at Doncaster.
:16:58. > :17:06.The club say they want an experienced manager, and there's
:17:06. > :17:11.been interest already. My e-mail box this morning has a number of
:17:11. > :17:19.genuine applicants of a reasonable quality. I don't think we have a
:17:19. > :17:23.Premiership One, but championship, yes. Gary Johnson? I believe he
:17:23. > :17:27.expressed an interest on your radio show last night. But has he
:17:27. > :17:30.applied? I am not going to answer that one.
:17:30. > :17:34.Rovers will finally finish paying off former manager Dave Penney
:17:34. > :17:40.later this month. After a series of costly failures, the club can't
:17:40. > :17:44.afford to gamble on their next appointment.
:17:44. > :17:47.In the red half of the city, a slightly more upbeat evening.
:17:47. > :17:51.Bristol City began the new year with a win against Millwall, but it
:17:51. > :17:54.was a nail biter. A goal in the dying minutes took
:17:54. > :17:57.the Robins to 19th in the Championship. It came from the boot
:17:57. > :18:02.of transfer listed Nicky Maynard, who could be leaving the club soon.
:18:02. > :18:05.Sabet Choudhury reports. Times have been tough for City.
:18:05. > :18:07.Things just haven't been going their way. And Marvin Elliotts
:18:07. > :18:10.their way. And Marvin Elliotts early chance seemed to sum up their
:18:10. > :18:16.fortunes for much of the season. After the break, City continued the
:18:16. > :18:19.pressure and it was only the post which kept them from going ahead.
:18:19. > :18:28.But their chance did eventually come - three minutes into injury
:18:28. > :18:33.time. The goal from Nicky Maynard - time. The goal from Nicky Maynard -
:18:33. > :18:37.a man who could be leaving the club. We should have had three or four in
:18:38. > :18:42.the first couple of minutes, but after that it was touch and go. It
:18:42. > :18:46.was nice to see us get a goal in the last minute. It was a boring
:18:46. > :18:48.game, but we won so who cares? game, but we won so who cares?
:18:48. > :18:52.Staying out of the bottom three might be harder without their
:18:52. > :19:02.leading scorer, but as yet there is no word as to where or when he
:19:02. > :19:02.
:19:02. > :19:05.might go. That is for other people to decide that. As long as he is
:19:05. > :19:10.to decide that. As long as he is with us and training, he will
:19:10. > :19:14.continue to be available for selection. Hopefully he does well
:19:14. > :19:17.tonight and scores his goal. The last few games he has been working
:19:17. > :19:20.extremely hard. City now have a break from the
:19:21. > :19:23.league action at the weekend for the 3rd round of the FA cup, but
:19:23. > :19:27.teams like Brighton and Reading await before the end of the
:19:27. > :19:29.transfer window. A man from North Somerset says he's
:19:29. > :19:31.excited, exhilarated, but also exhausted, after becoming the first
:19:31. > :19:38.visually-impaired person to trek across Antarctica to reach the
:19:38. > :19:43.south pole. Alan Lock, from Clevedon trained in Canada for the
:19:43. > :19:53.adventure. He towed a 150 pound sled behind him across the ice in
:19:53. > :19:56.
:19:56. > :20:04.temperatures of minus 45 degrees. At times you wonder, while planning,
:20:04. > :20:08.or whether it will come to fruition. It was incredible to be here and
:20:08. > :20:14.all of the team here, we have been stuck in tents in each other's
:20:14. > :20:18.pockets. Luckily we managed to do this without any serious arguments
:20:18. > :20:21.and we are all still friends. The race is on get fresh drinking
:20:21. > :20:23.water to a group of rowers, including two from the West, who
:20:23. > :20:27.are attempting what's considered one of the toughest challenges on
:20:27. > :20:30.the planet. There are six members of the
:20:30. > :20:34.Row2Recovery team, all of them current or former servicemen.
:20:34. > :20:37.Several were injured in action and are amputees.
:20:37. > :20:39.The group are currently stranded off the coast of Barbados and as
:20:40. > :20:49.Sarah-Jane Bungay reports the break down of crucial on-board equipment
:20:50. > :20:51.
:20:51. > :20:56.has put their journey in jeopardy. The spirits on this boat were high.
:20:56. > :21:02.Yes they had to cope with sleep deprivation, but their progress
:21:02. > :21:12.against 16 other teams was good. Then their worst fears were
:21:12. > :21:14.
:21:14. > :21:20.realised. The water purifier packed This is not wear any of us want to
:21:20. > :21:27.be. We have to slow right down. It has become more of a survival
:21:27. > :21:35.situation than a race. The challenge began in December.
:21:35. > :21:39.Teams race almost 3000 miles from Tenerife to Barbados. Road to
:21:39. > :21:46.recovery his problems began on day 27, still 1000 miles from their
:21:46. > :21:52.destination. They need water for drinking and for their rations.
:21:52. > :21:56.Most importantly, the wounded ones need water to wash their stumps to
:21:56. > :22:02.keep the winded areas clean and keep the salt off it. That is what
:22:02. > :22:11.a lot of the water has to go on. The men are now allowed to litres
:22:11. > :22:18.per day. 1.5 to drink and the rest to rehydrate fruit. We will be in
:22:18. > :22:21.the sea for an extra week now. It will be hard over the next few days.
:22:21. > :22:26.Fresh supplies should reach the men in the next few days. They are
:22:26. > :22:32.disqualified from the race, but their aim is to reach the finish
:22:32. > :22:36.line and inspire others with injuries to realise their potential.
:22:36. > :22:39.What a brave effort. I hope they make it.
:22:39. > :22:47.They will be glad to get that supply.
:22:47. > :22:53.Staff at Bristol Zoo are getting ready for the animal census. They
:22:53. > :22:59.will be counting every single inhabitant, big and small.
:22:59. > :23:05.Even the little ants. Among them, some new arrivals and a pair of
:23:05. > :23:09.lion cubs born last Christmas. A year ago they were just the
:23:09. > :23:15.tiniest little things. By the time it got too much, they were looking
:23:15. > :23:20.more like lions so we caught up with them today. They are slightly
:23:20. > :23:25.different. They have grown just a little bit in the last 12 months.
:23:25. > :23:32.The two babies now weigh 12 stone. Even after Christmas, that is more
:23:32. > :23:38.than me. They would be fully grown until four years of age. They have
:23:38. > :23:43.a lot of growing to do, but they have certainly shot up. A lot more
:23:43. > :23:50.playful. They absolutely adore their dad. He will come and play
:23:50. > :23:58.with them. They will roll around in the bark and they will follow us as
:23:58. > :24:04.we walk around the enclosure. Looking for anything interesting.
:24:04. > :24:08.is starting to develop and nice name. He and his sister have
:24:08. > :24:14.distinctive personalities that keepers can recognise. There are
:24:14. > :24:17.only about 400 asiatic lions in the wild and these too are part of a
:24:17. > :24:23.programme that will see them transferred in six months in the
:24:23. > :24:28.hope that they can conserve their species. The two lions are about
:24:28. > :24:34.the year old now. Here is the newest addition. A little monkey
:24:34. > :24:39.clinging to the back of its mum. Mum is only 25 centimetres tall and
:24:39. > :24:45.the baby is half that. Look carefully and you can just about
:24:45. > :24:50.see its eyes. I say it because they do not know if it is a boy or a
:24:50. > :24:55.goal and they won't known in Tell six months' time.
:24:55. > :25:02.It is just peering round the side, very sweet.
:25:02. > :25:05.12 stone, those lines. They have gone from cute and fluffy
:25:05. > :25:10.to a little bit more intimidating. We have been talking about the
:25:10. > :25:13.weather, Ian is here to tell us more. There is damage being done
:25:13. > :25:17.more. There is damage being done from the wind, isn't there?
:25:17. > :25:22.There is. North Somerset and Gloucestershire have had at least
:25:22. > :25:28.one tree down over the last Allah. Through this evening we will see
:25:28. > :25:34.more of the same. Through the day the wind will ease and it will
:25:34. > :25:41.brighten up. Part of the day will be dry and comparatively bright. In
:25:41. > :25:46.terms of wet weather spreading down, the isobars are tied together. Into
:25:46. > :25:49.tomorrow, at you notice the isobars spreading out. By this time
:25:49. > :25:55.tomorrow it will be a different story.
:25:55. > :26:02.Here is a behind the scenes shot of one of the bits of data at the Met
:26:02. > :26:08.Office and me. This is a Whinfield prognosis. Bright orange shows us
:26:08. > :26:14.where there will be strong gusts at 3am. That leads us to have concerns
:26:14. > :26:19.for one area in particular. The M5 corridor from Weston-super-Mare
:26:19. > :26:26.down to sedge more. 60 mile per hour dust developing during the
:26:26. > :26:32.night. 55 mile per hour over the top of the Mendips. This area will
:26:32. > :26:38.be the windiest, that said, there will be windy weather elsewhere. A
:26:38. > :26:42.good deal of wet weather coming with it. Heavy rain across western
:26:42. > :26:51.areas. It is all adding to the general effect of things on the
:26:51. > :26:58.road. Temperatures getting down to around six or seven Celsius. Rush
:26:58. > :27:03.hour will start in similar fashion. Strong wind and outbreaks of rain.
:27:03. > :27:09.The wet weather will move away to the south and effectively it will
:27:09. > :27:13.be dry and bright through the afternoon. Wind speed is starting
:27:13. > :27:18.to take backward so by this time tomorrow it will be a different
:27:18. > :27:23.story with a much colder night. Before then, temperatures around
:27:23. > :27:26.nine Celsius. Beyond that, it is a broadly dry it picture through to
:27:26. > :27:32.broadly dry it picture through to the weekend.
:27:32. > :27:38.Thanks very much, Ian. To keep tuned to your local radio station