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Good evening. Here are the headlines: The shock loss of so | :00:16. | :00:22. | |
much younger wife. Photos are placed at barracks in Warminster or | :00:22. | :00:26. | |
of the soldiers killed in Afghanistan - five of them were | :00:26. | :00:30. | |
only 21 or under. I want to take this opportunity to pay tribute to | :00:31. | :00:35. | |
my brave men and to offer my condolences to their families and | :00:35. | :00:40. | |
many friends. Also tonight - the drugs and gang boss jailed and told | :00:40. | :00:43. | |
he will get 10 more years if he does not give up his ill-gotten | :00:43. | :00:47. | |
gains. Celebrity Tony Robinson joined the | :00:47. | :00:53. | |
campaign to improve the care being given to their elderly and disabled. | :00:53. | :01:00. | |
And plans to pump supplies of all water to London and the south-east. | :01:00. | :01:09. | |
-- of the water in this region. In a moving ceremony pictures of | :01:09. | :01:11. | |
young soldiers killed in Afghanistan were placed outside the | :01:11. | :01:15. | |
barracks and Warminster today. Their commander paid glowing | :01:15. | :01:19. | |
tributes. The striking feature was its aegis | :01:19. | :01:27. | |
of the men who lost their lives. Five of the six were 21 or younger. | :01:27. | :01:31. | |
Our reporter has spent the day in Warminster. | :01:31. | :01:39. | |
Good evening. It was a few weeks ago that the people of war Minster | :01:39. | :01:44. | |
stood on this spot to watch a safe journey to the troops on the way to | :01:44. | :01:49. | |
Afghanistan. Many of those troops were going for the first time. It | :01:49. | :01:54. | |
is only in the past 24 hours at the news has begun to sink in that six | :01:54. | :02:01. | |
of those soldiers have died. There has been a stream of soldiers | :02:01. | :02:06. | |
coming down from the backs to pay their respects and to lay wreaths | :02:06. | :02:15. | |
and photographs. If you want an idea of how this has affected their | :02:15. | :02:18. | |
Warminster or community then you need look no further than that | :02:18. | :02:27. | |
there it believes that have been played here. | :02:27. | :02:33. | |
-- believes that have been placed here. | :02:33. | :02:38. | |
The barracks is at the heart of the community here. | :02:38. | :02:43. | |
Each bunch of flowers is a symbol of personal grief and a show of | :02:43. | :02:52. | |
collective sympathy. It was important to buy some | :02:52. | :03:00. | |
flowers and to show my respects. has hit everyone. It is very sad. | :03:00. | :03:06. | |
My brother-in-law is going in three weeks. It has hit home harshly. | :03:06. | :03:13. | |
Throughout the day they arrived before work. Alone, in pairs, or | :03:13. | :03:18. | |
even as a whole class. We have got a few service families in our | :03:18. | :03:23. | |
school. Some of them have fathers in Afghanistan at the moment. It is | :03:23. | :03:28. | |
a sad time for the whole community. We felt as a school that we wanted | :03:28. | :03:38. | |
to pay our respects this morning by leaving flowers and saying a prayer. | :03:38. | :03:44. | |
The soldiers here were filmed in Salisbury training. | :03:44. | :03:49. | |
Many more soldiers are due to leave Warminster soon. Their commanding | :03:50. | :03:56. | |
officer paid tribute to those killed. This week's six of our | :03:56. | :04:03. | |
brothers have fallen. It has been a sad day. But as their brothers in | :04:03. | :04:08. | |
arms we remain committed in our duty to continue our mission. They | :04:08. | :04:13. | |
would want nothing less. Our loss is very great today. But this is | :04:13. | :04:17. | |
nothing when compared to the deep loss felt by their families and | :04:17. | :04:25. | |
friends. Our thoughts and prayers are firmly with them today. I wish | :04:25. | :04:29. | |
to thank the many well-wishers who have shown their support to us at | :04:29. | :04:35. | |
this difficult time. Warminster has close ties to its military base. | :04:35. | :04:41. | |
Army vehicles are a daily sight here. Today people recorded their | :04:41. | :04:44. | |
memories and their condolences at a local church. These will be made | :04:44. | :04:53. | |
into a book and left on display. They are mostly young men whose | :04:53. | :05:01. | |
lives have been lost. The sadness is in for it. We feel and | :05:01. | :05:06. | |
understand the sadness that goes around in the family's. The flame | :05:06. | :05:11. | |
outside the barracks is kept burning until all the soldiers come | :05:11. | :05:14. | |
home from their tour. Tonight the thought of the people here are with | :05:14. | :05:17. | |
the families and friends of those who will not be making that journey | :05:17. | :05:22. | |
home. Wherever you go in Warminster it | :05:22. | :05:26. | |
you can see civilian and military life mixed together. Going to the | :05:26. | :05:32. | |
supermarket you can see somebody in full uniform doing their shopping. | :05:32. | :05:38. | |
Anybody talk to here is either friends with somebody who works at | :05:38. | :05:44. | |
the base, or or is in that the military themselves. There is a | :05:44. | :05:51. | |
sense of collective loss. That will continue for some time to come. | :05:51. | :05:57. | |
After the News of the soldiers debt, the mood at the medals ceremony in | :05:57. | :06:02. | |
the bath was subdued. Families of the men and women from 21st Signal | :06:02. | :06:12. | |
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Regiment had gathered to see their They spent six months in | :06:24. | :06:29. | |
Afghanistan, are working in the dry dusty heat of Helmand Province. | :06:29. | :06:39. | |
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gives me a huge pleasure to welcome Today medals were awarded. The | :06:43. | :06:48. | |
family's watch full of pride. Today is an opportunity for the men | :06:48. | :06:53. | |
of the regiment to be reunited with their families. They have carried | :06:53. | :07:01. | |
out a difficult mission in challenging circumstances. | :07:01. | :07:06. | |
But thought did not stray far from the pain others are feeling. | :07:06. | :07:13. | |
thoughts go to the families of the six soldiers. It is shocking when | :07:13. | :07:22. | |
it happens. The guys that have taken over from us will be dealing | :07:22. | :07:29. | |
with that. Today there was so much to celebrate, but the families were | :07:29. | :07:35. | |
aware of others less fortunate. have got friends whose husbands are | :07:35. | :07:42. | |
out there now. My thoughts go out to all of their families as well. I | :07:42. | :07:51. | |
cannot say more than that. Everyone here today knows they have a lot to | :07:51. | :08:01. | |
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be proud of and a lot to be The leader of a Chinese gang who | :08:02. | :08:07. | |
ran drugs factories and brothels across a region is tonight in | :08:07. | :08:11. | |
prison. Jai Jin He was sentenced to eight months, but he has been | :08:11. | :08:14. | |
warned he could face a further 10 years in jail if he does not | :08:14. | :08:21. | |
payback millions of pounds. Here is our reporter. | :08:21. | :08:25. | |
The gang's money bureau where millions of pounds were illegally | :08:25. | :08:30. | |
transferred to China. This firm was a front for organised | :08:30. | :08:36. | |
crime on a massive scale. This firm is used by Chinese | :08:36. | :08:41. | |
expatriates to send money home. The public face was just a cover. | :08:41. | :08:46. | |
The mastermind behind the operation was this man - Jai Jin He. He is no | :08:46. | :08:52. | |
stranger to money laundering. In 2008 he was convicted by a court in | :08:52. | :08:59. | |
Hong Kong and fined �250,000. Part of the gang's huge profits | :08:59. | :09:04. | |
were generated by cannabis factories including this one. | :09:04. | :09:14. | |
The drug money was then moved overseas to mainland China. | :09:14. | :09:19. | |
People were involved in cannabis factories, management and control | :09:19. | :09:29. | |
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brothels, the criminal money generated was passed through this | :09:31. | :09:41. | |
firm and transferred out of the country. Two members of his staff, | :09:41. | :09:50. | |
including Man Xu, pleaded guilty to making deceptive statements. | :09:50. | :10:00. | |
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The figures are vast. They made full use of these blacks money | :10:04. | :10:09. | |
service bureaux. The judge told Jai Jin He that he | :10:09. | :10:13. | |
had let themselves down very badly. Jai Jin He and Man Xu were ordered | :10:14. | :10:17. | |
to carry out 100 hours of committee service. | :10:18. | :10:22. | |
Tonight Jai Jin He will not be celebrating a light sentence. He is | :10:22. | :10:25. | |
estimated to have made �7 million from the scam. These are just some | :10:25. | :10:33. | |
of the luxury homes he was talking to buy. Under their Crime Act the | :10:33. | :10:37. | |
prosecution could force him it to pay back millions of pounds. If not | :10:37. | :10:41. | |
he will be looking at an extra 10 years in prison. I hearing to | :10:41. | :10:46. | |
decide how much you will have to find will be held later in the year. | :10:46. | :10:56. | |
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-- how much he will have to find. It is nearly the weekend. | :10:56. | :11:06. | |
Stay with us as there is much more. Which famous son in Wells is | :11:06. | :11:12. | |
ordered by this monument? And we need your help four hour | :11:12. | :11:18. | |
coverage of this special royal year. -- for our coverage. | :11:18. | :11:21. | |
We will tell you all about that later. | :11:21. | :11:26. | |
First, campaigners in our region are calling for politicians to | :11:26. | :11:30. | |
unite to insure their elderly and disabled are cared for. Tony | :11:30. | :11:34. | |
Robinson joined a lobby of Parliament. The lobby claimed that | :11:34. | :11:37. | |
the current system is in crisis. For this afternoon MPs debated some | :11:37. | :11:43. | |
of their concerns. They came from a region and from | :11:43. | :11:48. | |
all points of the country. Some of the most lovable and society, | :11:48. | :11:51. | |
fearful of the future. The number of elderly and disabled who need | :11:51. | :11:54. | |
care is growing and growing. With government spending being cut | :11:55. | :12:02. | |
sharply, all feel something must be done. We have not got a service | :12:02. | :12:06. | |
that is fair or fit for purpose. It is important that they have that. | :12:06. | :12:10. | |
Everybody in the country wants that. We are telling them to get their | :12:10. | :12:16. | |
act together, to have the courage to give as a care system which | :12:16. | :12:19. | |
reflects what the 21st Century Society wants. | :12:19. | :12:22. | |
Simon Langridge had travelled up from the West Country with a group | :12:22. | :12:27. | |
of people who have learning disabilities. We have protested in | :12:27. | :12:32. | |
London before and also in Bristol. We have spoken whenever we can. We | :12:32. | :12:42. | |
want to work with other charities and organisations. We want to say | :12:42. | :12:45. | |
that the cuts to adult social services are wrong. People are | :12:45. | :12:50. | |
missing out on what they need. This afternoon it was debated by | :12:50. | :12:58. | |
MPs. Of course money is important, but is it just about money? Until | :12:58. | :13:01. | |
we can re-engineer what we are trying to deliver, we will not be | :13:01. | :13:07. | |
able to look at the funding mechanisms. If the start funding | :13:07. | :13:11. | |
what we have currently got, we are finding something that is broken. | :13:11. | :13:19. | |
The government is due to bring out Water from the River Severn could | :13:20. | :13:23. | |
be used to ease the drought in the South East - it's just one of the | :13:24. | :13:26. | |
options being considered by Thames Water who have had their plans for | :13:27. | :13:29. | |
a reservoir rejected. But the scheme has already been met with | :13:29. | :13:35. | |
criticism, as Alice Bouverie reports. | :13:35. | :13:41. | |
The River Severn, the longest river in Britain, and already a source of | :13:41. | :13:45. | |
drinking water for thousands in the West. But now, there are plans for | :13:45. | :13:51. | |
that resource to go east, to the very thirsty south-east. How? | :13:51. | :13:58. | |
Through the canals. Many are disused at the moment. But Thames | :13:58. | :14:02. | |
Water says one of the options it is considering is to restore them. | :14:02. | :14:06. | |
They can now give us a chance to move the water some of the way | :14:06. | :14:10. | |
without having to build expensive pipes and plumping. Anything that | :14:10. | :14:15. | |
keeps costs down, it is just the amount of water we need to the | :14:15. | :14:20. | |
distance we needed to, is good. was first put forward in the 1970s | :14:20. | :14:25. | |
when drought first hit. It was rejected because of economic | :14:25. | :14:30. | |
reasons, but after Thames Water had its plans rejected for a reservoir, | :14:30. | :14:35. | |
it is back on the table. Much to the delight of the Cotswold Canal | :14:35. | :14:41. | |
Trust. It is a good idea. It is not just solve the problems of | :14:41. | :14:46. | |
providing water to the south-east and London, but also restores | :14:46. | :14:50. | |
valuable heritage. It is a multi- functional solution, which has got | :14:50. | :14:56. | |
a lot of merit. But is there enough water to provide barbs for | :14:56. | :15:03. | |
Londoners? 6 million people use water from the River Severn every | :15:03. | :15:09. | |
day, as do firemen. -- farmers. We cannot afford to lose any more | :15:09. | :15:14. | |
water. It or be several years before Thames Water makes a | :15:14. | :15:22. | |
decision about the canals. Doing nothing is not an option. | :15:22. | :15:25. | |
Well, elsewhere, there was another problem with the water today - a | :15:25. | :15:29. | |
couple had to be moved from their house in the Forest of Dean after a | :15:29. | :15:33. | |
mains pipe sprung a leak. One of the joints broke on the pipe and | :15:33. | :15:36. | |
around 30 firefighters have been on standby for much of the day in case | :15:36. | :15:39. | |
it burst. The road through the village of Lower Lydbrook has been | :15:40. | :15:49. | |
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closed since yesterday to stop any danger of flooding. We are pumping | :15:50. | :15:54. | |
1,500 litres a minute. We are keeping that water away from the | :15:54. | :15:58. | |
main plant. There is electricity down at there and the main the | :15:58. | :16:03. | |
pumps, so the flood water would run into that pumping station and cause | :16:03. | :16:05. | |
damage. Severn Trent says water supplies | :16:05. | :16:08. | |
haven't been affected and repairs to the broken pipe will start | :16:08. | :16:16. | |
around midnight tonight. A school for deaf children in | :16:16. | :16:19. | |
Bristol - which was under threat of closure - has been told it's to | :16:19. | :16:21. | |
stay open. The city council announced it was considering | :16:21. | :16:24. | |
shutting Elmfield School in December 2010 but its future has | :16:24. | :16:27. | |
now been secured, with a reduction in the number of places being | :16:27. | :16:36. | |
funded from 36 to 30. A memorial celebrating the life of | :16:36. | :16:39. | |
Harry Patch - the last British survivor of the World War One | :16:39. | :16:44. | |
trenches - was today lowered into place in his home city of Wells. | :16:44. | :16:47. | |
The six foot stone, with an engraved plaque, sits on the lawn | :16:47. | :16:52. | |
of Wells Cathedral. It's all the result of more than a year of | :16:52. | :16:55. | |
fundraising by a local couple, who felt the city should honour one of | :16:55. | :17:05. | |
its most famous sons. Ladies and gentlemen, please | :17:05. | :17:14. | |
welcome Mr Harry Patch. APPLAUSE Harry Patch was a reluctant | :17:14. | :17:19. | |
national treasure. A man who was rather amused by all | :17:19. | :17:25. | |
the public attention. A man who never even spoke about his war | :17:25. | :17:31. | |
memories until he was 100. So quite what he would make of a permanent | :17:31. | :17:37. | |
memorial is anyone's guess. But others were determined his home | :17:37. | :17:42. | |
city should celebrate, and commemorate, his lap. Alan and | :17:42. | :17:47. | |
Margaret Williams - who knew Harry - came up with the idea is 16 | :17:47. | :17:52. | |
months ago, and started a campaign. We went his funeral, like many | :17:52. | :18:00. | |
other people. A year had gone by, and there had not been a monument. | :18:00. | :18:10. | |
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I said to Margaret, "I am up red. Are you"? And it was born. | :18:10. | :18:19. | |
months ago now. And so, today, five tons of stone was carefully lowered | :18:19. | :18:25. | |
into place on the Cathedral Green, outside the museum. And, for the | :18:25. | :18:30. | |
first time, we got a chance to see what the finished memorial wall | :18:30. | :18:34. | |
look like. Harriet would be chuffed to bits to think he would be | :18:34. | :18:38. | |
immortalised in this way. There are plans for an official unveiling, | :18:38. | :18:46. | |
complete with military honours, in May. | :18:46. | :18:49. | |
Tomorrow night, Bath will face rivals Leicester in a game which | :18:49. | :18:53. | |
could define their season - it's the semi-final of the LV Cup. | :18:53. | :18:56. | |
Victory in the competition would mean a title and entry into next | :18:56. | :19:03. | |
season's all-important European Cup. And for full-back Sam Vestey, it's | :19:03. | :19:07. | |
also a game against the club he grew up with and played for for | :19:07. | :19:17. | |
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eight years. It could almost be an edition of | :19:17. | :19:22. | |
the good life. Sam Vesty, white and three children have settled well in | :19:22. | :19:27. | |
this village, along with their chicken and vegetable patch. It is | :19:27. | :19:32. | |
a lovely little village, very good community spirit. It is a lovely | :19:32. | :19:40. | |
part of the world to move to. about the rugby? We went through a | :19:40. | :19:46. | |
tricky patch, where we were having close games, but not quite getting | :19:46. | :19:50. | |
on the right end of the scoreline. But we feel we are playing better | :19:50. | :19:59. | |
rugby now. Sam Vesty is 30, and joined Bath 18 months ago. He first | :19:59. | :20:04. | |
started playing for Leicester juniors at 15, and won trophies in | :20:04. | :20:12. | |
84 seasons. He is aware how West Country fans you his club. I think | :20:12. | :20:22. | |
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there are victims of their own success. People take that a bit | :20:23. | :20:28. | |
grudgingly. They get a bit of bad press, I suppose. Potential | :20:28. | :20:31. | |
silverware and European qualifications are key factors, but | :20:31. | :20:39. | |
Sam Vesty also knows how much a defeat would hurt the Bath fans. | :20:39. | :20:42. | |
The managers of the two Bristol football clubs could be answering | :20:42. | :20:44. | |
some tough questions tonight when BBC Radio Bristol's Sports Forum | :20:44. | :20:50. | |
gets underway. Four of the West's top sporting figures are on the | :20:50. | :20:54. | |
panel, with the audience picking the subjects. It's all happening at | :20:55. | :20:58. | |
the home of Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. And the man in the | :20:58. | :21:01. | |
middle of it all is our own Geoff Twentyman. So, Geoff, who's your | :21:01. | :21:11. | |
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panel tonight? You mentioned the managers. As will the head coach of | :21:14. | :21:19. | |
rugby, and Somerset cricket. What questions to you think will be | :21:19. | :21:26. | |
asked to? We get subject matters like stadiums in Bristol, all the | :21:26. | :21:32. | |
opinions like that. But football fans may have a specific questions, | :21:32. | :21:39. | |
such as tactics. We get it diverse issues and specific issues. | :21:39. | :21:44. | |
tickets have gone, and presumably it is too late for anyone to come | :21:44. | :21:50. | |
up. But I presume all is not lost? The tickets have gone. I believe | :21:50. | :21:55. | |
there is a black market on Gloucester Rd! But it will be live | :21:55. | :22:05. | |
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on the radio, BBC Radio Bristol. It is also around the world on the | :22:05. | :22:15. | |
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website. It should be good. Is it there no stopping you? | :22:19. | :22:22. | |
Stacy Tad, who trained at the University of Bath, has just | :22:22. | :22:27. | |
qualified for the Olympics in the women's 200 metre breaststroke. I | :22:27. | :22:35. | |
am delighted to tell you that! People have been going to see what | :22:36. | :22:38. | |
the future could look like at Cheddar Gorge. Plans have been put | :22:39. | :22:42. | |
on display by the Longleat Estate, which manages the area. It says the | :22:42. | :22:44. | |
Gorge is in desperate need of regeneration and believes a visitor | :22:45. | :22:48. | |
centre accessible via a cable car is the way to do it. | :22:48. | :22:51. | |
Now, the Queen began her Diamond Jubilee tour today, and we need | :22:51. | :22:56. | |
your help. We want you to help us revive some memories of the 1950s | :22:56. | :23:02. | |
as part of our coverage of this very special royal year. Yes, it | :23:02. | :23:06. | |
was 60 years ago this summer that the Queen took to the throne, and | :23:06. | :23:09. | |
we want your memories of that occasion, and to find out what | :23:09. | :23:19. | |
you've got planned to mark the Jubilee. | :23:19. | :23:24. | |
1956, and the young Queen visits the West of England. Thousands turn | :23:25. | :23:31. | |
out to check in Bristol and in Bath. Lots of lovely flags. And that does | :23:31. | :23:38. | |
a nice handbag! The Queen is good enough to provide us with drinking | :23:38. | :23:42. | |
water. A lot of water has flowed under the bridge since our reigning | :23:42. | :23:48. | |
monarch opened this reservoir in 1956. Now, the Queen is celebrating | :23:48. | :23:52. | |
her Diamond Jubilee. And we want to mark this occasion, and we need | :23:52. | :23:59. | |
your help in your memories. Maybe you were down here in 1956. Did you | :23:59. | :24:03. | |
spot a sudden that footage? Or, maybe, you have met Her Majesty. | :24:03. | :24:11. | |
You have a wonderful story to tell? Are you planning a party this year? | :24:11. | :24:17. | |
Whatever you are planning, or your memories, let us know, not by Royal | :24:17. | :24:25. | |
Mail, but by e-mail: One it looks forward to hearing from you. | :24:25. | :24:32. | |
We need to wear combat, really, don't we?! We have been hearing | :24:32. | :24:37. | |
about the solar storms today. I asked on Twitter it if anybody had | :24:37. | :24:43. | |
felt the effect, and someone has written, "it is responsible for my | :24:44. | :24:53. | |
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All sorts of affect from burnt on earth, ranging from high-frequency | :25:00. | :25:05. | |
radio communications, you name it. How profound as perfect -- effect | :25:05. | :25:12. | |
will be is open to debate. The amount of cloud will be stubborn | :25:12. | :25:18. | |
tonight, as it will be to the cause of tomorrow. It will remain dry all | :25:18. | :25:25. | |
their bouts. High pressure is now establishing its up through the Bay | :25:25. | :25:35. | |
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of Biscay. New ones is in terms of the wind direction. Indeed, it is | :25:35. | :25:42. | |
the cloud cover that will be the most tricky part of the forecast. | :25:42. | :25:48. | |
The winds ball moved around the British Isles. This mild air will | :25:48. | :25:55. | |
be in situ for quite some time to come. Tonight is a case in point - | :25:55. | :26:00. | |
nowhere near as cold as last night. Beat winds turning light, and it | :26:01. | :26:07. | |
will remain dry. Good deal of cloud around tomorrow. Through the rest | :26:07. | :26:12. | |
of this evening and into tonight, it there a Briggs in the cloud. | :26:12. | :26:21. | |
That will continue to be a case on and off. Remaining dry, and those | :26:21. | :26:29. | |
like winds will bring temperatures to five or six Celsius. Tomorrow, | :26:29. | :26:34. | |
we will start with cloud. So things will continue for at most of you. | :26:34. | :26:39. | |
Just at the chance that some of you in the north and Gloucester could | :26:39. | :26:47. | |
see rain. And, perhaps, by the afternoon one of two breaks | :26:47. | :26:52. | |
developing in the cloud. Temperatures tomorrow, despite the | :26:52. | :26:58. | |
cloud cover, on a par with today - 11 Celsius. Into the weekend, the | :26:58. | :27:05. | |
cloud cover is the tricky part of the forecast. Essentially, the | :27:05. | :27:15. | |
temperatures will be reliant on how the brakes developer. And the | :27:15. | :27:21. | |
overnight low should be preventing any frost. Next week, very little | :27:21. | :27:30. |