:00:09. > :00:15.Good evening and welcome to BBC Points West.
:00:15. > :00:17.Our headlines tonight: Why did the prosecution take so long? It's
:00:17. > :00:25.revealed this North Somerset teacher, jailed for abuse, was
:00:25. > :00:34.The new drop-in centre helping the teens who give up so much to look
:00:34. > :00:38.after ill relatives. If no one's doing it, who will? If
:00:38. > :00:41.no one else is doing it, no one else will. Also tonight, find out
:00:41. > :00:44.what makes Yeovil Town a better team than Manchester United.
:00:45. > :00:54.And the online gallery putting a part of our heritage back on public
:00:54. > :00:57.A BBC investigation has found that a North Somerset teacher, jailed
:00:57. > :01:03.last month for child abuse, was first accused of being a paedophile
:01:03. > :01:09.more than seven years ago. Keith Ruby was described by police
:01:09. > :01:11.as "manipulative". He was sentenced in January to ten years in prison
:01:11. > :01:14.for 16 counts of serious sexual offences against a teenage boy.
:01:14. > :01:17.It's emerged that a former colleague first raised allegations
:01:17. > :01:27.of abuse in 2005 but charges could not be brought at the time. Alice
:01:27. > :01:28.
:01:28. > :01:32.Teacher Keith through be abused his teenage victim for months. When
:01:32. > :01:37.sentencing him, the judge at Taunton Crown Court said the
:01:37. > :01:41.offences were an abuse of trust at the highest level. Now the BBC's
:01:41. > :01:49.inside-out programme has discovered that allegations about Keith Ruby
:01:49. > :01:53.were Firth -- first race to his employers seven years earlier.
:01:53. > :02:03.Police say the former teacher could not be charged in 2006 because the
:02:03. > :02:03.
:02:03. > :02:08.victim felt unable to disclose Unfortunately, at that time, the
:02:08. > :02:11.victim, in this case, was not in a position in his life where he could
:02:11. > :02:15.fully disclose what had happened to him. Because of the evidence
:02:15. > :02:20.available at the time, it was insufficient for him to be charged
:02:20. > :02:27.and prosecuted with any offences. The alarm was raised by a former
:02:27. > :02:31.colleague at the school. By then it Ruby had already left the school.
:02:31. > :02:34.When no charges were brought against him, I can believe it. I
:02:34. > :02:37.thought everything I had done was for nothing and I had so much
:02:37. > :02:44.sympathy for the pupils, and I felt no one was the leading me. It felt
:02:44. > :02:47.unreal. Andrew also went to make some unfounded claims against the
:02:47. > :02:52.school and was sacked for gross misconduct. A later employment try
:02:52. > :02:56.the or said he made the allegations public out of spite -- tribunal.
:02:56. > :03:01.Despite his later behaviour, we have also discovered that North
:03:01. > :03:07.Somerset council had concerns about the way Sidcot School, a private
:03:07. > :03:11.Quaker institution, dealt with the allegations. The school said it was
:03:11. > :03:21.safe guarding procedures at the time that were completely compliant.
:03:21. > :03:31.
:03:31. > :03:34.You can see the full investigation on tonight's Inside Out West on
:03:34. > :03:36.BBC1 at 7.30pm. A former vicar from North Somerset
:03:36. > :03:39.is facing jail after admitting spying on and filming intimate
:03:39. > :03:47.pictures of three children and a woman. Richard Lee, who was based
:03:47. > :03:53.at churches in Locking and Hutton, pleaded guilty to 26 charges. He'll
:03:53. > :03:56.be sentenced next month at Bristol Crown Court.
:03:56. > :03:59.The Lord Chief Justice is to decide if the sentencing of some members
:03:59. > :04:02.of a Gloucestershire family found guilty of forced labour was too
:04:02. > :04:05.lenient. The Connors family from Cheltenham were jailed last year
:04:05. > :04:09.for beating their victims and making them to work for as little
:04:09. > :04:13.as �10 a day. Detectives complained that the sentencing of William,
:04:13. > :04:17.John, James and Miles Connors was unduly lenient. The appeal will be
:04:17. > :04:22.brought by the Attorney General at the High Court on Thursday.
:04:22. > :04:25.School children across the west are on their half-term break this week.
:04:25. > :04:28.But for thousands of young people, their holiday will be spent looking
:04:28. > :04:32.after members of their own family. Charities say the number of young
:04:32. > :04:35.carers is increasing at a time when there are widespread cuts to social
:04:35. > :04:41.care funding. Today a new support group was launched in North
:04:41. > :04:46.Somerset to try to help out. Rachael Canter has been to a youth
:04:46. > :04:50.centre in Portishead to find out Billy, like many 13-year-olds,
:04:50. > :05:00.likes playing pool with his mates. But unlike many 13-year-olds he has
:05:00. > :05:00.
:05:00. > :05:02.to fit his social life around a job. Billy looks after his mum. She has
:05:03. > :05:09.arthritis and a muscle wasting condition which makes it hard for
:05:09. > :05:13.her to get around. Going up to the shops to get things we need is a
:05:13. > :05:19.lot harder for her so I'll go up and do stuff like that. And a lot
:05:19. > :05:22.of the hoovering and housework. don't have a child expecting them
:05:22. > :05:26.to look after you but I like to think maybe now, especially with
:05:26. > :05:32.the help of young carers that it's making him a better person for when
:05:32. > :05:37.he's older. Billy may not be like most 13- year-olds, but his
:05:37. > :05:40.situation is far from unique. In North Somerset, there are more than
:05:40. > :05:47.1,000 young people caring for over 30 hours a week for their parents
:05:47. > :05:51.or siblings. There are activities here for young carers of all ages.
:05:51. > :05:54.It's a chance to make friends and a break from their responsibilities.
:05:54. > :06:01.Young carers are susceptible to bullying, just because they are
:06:01. > :06:03.different. They may not be able to take their friends home after
:06:04. > :06:08.school and have those friendships that build up after school because
:06:08. > :06:12.someone in the family is disabled or misusing drugs or alcohol.
:06:12. > :06:18.Before I came to young carers I felt very alone and I had to do it
:06:18. > :06:22.all by myself and it made me very upset. But when I started coming it
:06:22. > :06:25.made me feel a lot better because there were a lot of people there
:06:26. > :06:32.that were in the same situation so it took a lot of stress off and
:06:32. > :06:37.made me feel great. This Youth Centre is holding groups for young
:06:37. > :06:47.carers every other Monday evening. And it hopes more youngsters like
:06:47. > :06:55.
:06:55. > :06:57.Billy will come here for support. And if you'd like to find out more
:06:57. > :07:01.about the support group for young carers there's more information on
:07:01. > :07:04.their website - www.crossroadscare/ns.org.uk.
:07:04. > :07:07.Well, while charities and families do a lot, much more care is
:07:07. > :07:09.provided by our local councils, especially for the elderly and
:07:09. > :07:12.disabled. Today the government announced it's to change the rules
:07:12. > :07:16.about how that care is funded. Joining us is our political editor
:07:16. > :07:19.Paul Barltrop. What is the government proposing? At the moment
:07:19. > :07:27.there is no cap on what people may have to contribute to their care,
:07:27. > :07:30.but from the -- 2017 there will be an upper limit of �75,000 and you
:07:30. > :07:34.will only have to contribute to that if you have assets of more
:07:35. > :07:38.than �123,000. Although if you own a house, you almost certainly
:07:38. > :07:42.included in that category. Much care is delivered by the local
:07:42. > :07:46.councils. How has that been affected by the cuts made? There
:07:46. > :07:50.are a lot of elderly people in the West Country, proportionally more
:07:50. > :07:55.than anywhere else in the country. For the council's it is a real
:07:55. > :07:59.challenge. You have normal people living to a ripe age. It is a
:07:59. > :08:06.ticking demographic Kuyt -- timebomb. They have struggled to
:08:06. > :08:08.cut the adult care budget. They are simply just putting in more money.
:08:08. > :08:13.Any reaction and politically from here in the West to the
:08:13. > :08:17.announcement? I spoke to Barbara Jack from Bristol City Council, and
:08:17. > :08:22.she said the cap has been set so high that most people will not
:08:22. > :08:25.benefit. Some criticism men. The big concern is that it comes in in
:08:26. > :08:29.2017 and it will cost councils more, and the government is raising money
:08:29. > :08:34.through inheritance tax changes and the council be concerned to make
:08:34. > :08:37.sure the money is passed on to them. It's Sarah Jane and Sabet here,
:08:37. > :08:40.with all your regional news and sport and weather. Do stay with us
:08:41. > :08:45.as there's plenty still to come, including: A major revamp for
:08:45. > :08:48.Clevedon Pier as it receives �500,000 in extra funding. And
:08:48. > :08:58.we're live with Lee Mears as he announces his shock retirement from
:08:58. > :08:59.
:08:59. > :09:01.The Cheltenham grandmother, who's been sentenced to death in Bali for
:09:01. > :09:05.drug trafficking, has provided fresh information to the Indonesian
:09:05. > :09:08.courts as part of her appeal. Lawyers acting for Lindsay
:09:08. > :09:15.Sandiford are trying to save her life by getting her sentence
:09:15. > :09:23.reduced. They've emphasised how sorry she is and how she co-
:09:23. > :09:25.operated with police. The appeal could take several months.
:09:25. > :09:28.Bristol Children's Hospital could lose out as one of the country's
:09:28. > :09:35.centres for infant heart surgery, if legal action launched today is
:09:35. > :09:37.successful. A report last summer concluded the number of hospitals
:09:37. > :09:40.doing children's heart operations should be reduced from ten to seven
:09:40. > :09:43.with Bristol chosen as one of the sites that should expand. But
:09:43. > :09:47.campaigners in other parts of the country are worried they will
:09:47. > :09:57.suffer and today took their case to the High Court where it is expected
:09:57. > :09:59.
:09:59. > :10:02.to be heard for two days. Clevedon Pier has received �500,000
:10:02. > :10:06.in extra funding towards a new visitor centre. It was built in the
:10:06. > :10:09.19th century as a ferry port for rail passengers and then rebuilt in
:10:09. > :10:12.the 1980s after parts of it collapsed. Now the hope is the new
:10:12. > :10:22.money will add to what Sir John Betjeman described as the most
:10:22. > :10:22.
:10:22. > :10:27.beautiful pier in England. Laura Promulgating the Victorians taking
:10:27. > :10:31.in some sea air, just exactly what the peer was designed for --
:10:31. > :10:36.promenading. Under hundred and 50 years later, a lot has changed, but
:10:36. > :10:39.it is still pulling in the crowds. But things do alter, and plans are
:10:39. > :10:45.afoot for a brand new visitor centre to keep the crowds happy.
:10:45. > :10:50.But it won't come cheap. They need to �0.2 million to build it.
:10:50. > :10:56.They've already got �750,000 and were awarded a further half million
:10:56. > :11:02.from a fund that support seaside communities. It's important to get
:11:02. > :11:04.this done for Cleveland. -- Clevedon. It will be good for
:11:04. > :11:09.businesses along the seafront, because the more people that visit
:11:10. > :11:15.here, the more people will use the whole of the facilities. The peer
:11:15. > :11:20.at Clevedon is pretty special. It was opened in 1869, and it is today
:11:20. > :11:25.the only Grade 1 listed one in the whole country. It has had a tricky
:11:25. > :11:29.time of it though. Back in 1970 it collapsed, and there was talk of
:11:29. > :11:33.demolishing it altogether. The local people reacted furiously and
:11:33. > :11:38.a trust was formed to protect and restore it. For many, it always be
:11:38. > :11:41.a treasured place. We used to live in Clevedon, so it is a tradition.
:11:41. > :11:51.There are not many Pearce left in the country, and that is one of the
:11:51. > :11:53.
:11:53. > :11:58.famous ones. I'm going there to go fishing off it. I like that you can
:11:58. > :12:01.get ice-creams. The trust still needs more money to complete the
:12:01. > :12:08.project, but they are confident they will get it and a hoping to
:12:08. > :12:16.start work in the autumn, injecting a bit of the 21st century into this
:12:16. > :12:25.You could have been the other face there? Too ugly for that, I'm
:12:25. > :12:28.afraid. This week marks the anniversary of one of the most
:12:28. > :12:32.controversial allied operations of the second world war, the bombing
:12:33. > :12:35.of Dresden. More than 20,000 people were killed. The man behind that
:12:35. > :12:38.operation was the head of Bomber Command, Cheltenham's Arthur Harris.
:12:38. > :12:40.Now an unseen interview with the man famously known as "Bomber
:12:41. > :12:48.Harris" has been released by the Ministry of Defence and Steve
:12:48. > :12:55.Knibbs has had a look. We will never descend to the German and
:12:55. > :12:59.Japanese levels, but if people want to play rough, we can play rough as
:12:59. > :13:02.well. Cinema newsreels fired steely words, forged in the heat of war,
:13:02. > :13:08.to weld a nation together. And now another film has emerged which
:13:08. > :13:14.offers a rare glimpse behind the scenes of the British war effort.
:13:14. > :13:22.For 35 years, the film reel lay hidden in the archives of the RAF.
:13:22. > :13:25.Retired Air Vice Marshall Tony Mason tracked it down. And there on
:13:25. > :13:28.the screen in 1977 sits a young, newly promoted Group Captain Tony
:13:29. > :13:35.Mason. Opposite him, the most senior RAF Officer you could
:13:36. > :13:39.imagine. Arthur Bomber Harris. Jeremy Paxman it was not. As you
:13:39. > :13:46.will see from the interview I was deferential. I hope I wasn't overly
:13:46. > :13:53.sycophantic but I was very, very nervous. When you took over were
:13:53. > :14:01.you given a specific directives? yes. I lived under a shower of
:14:01. > :14:08.directives. From the day I took over to the last day of the war.
:14:08. > :14:12.But the directives when I took over was the one I was not too
:14:12. > :14:16.specifically aimed at anything except when I was told to, and just
:14:16. > :14:21.blast the German cities as a whole. One question had to be asked, and
:14:21. > :14:28.Harris did not duck the subject has what people regard still as a city
:14:28. > :14:34.too far. 25,000 people died in Dresden, and critics say Harris hit
:14:34. > :14:38.civilians harder than the Hitler war machine. But he disagreed.
:14:38. > :14:42.kept well over one million fit people out of the army because of
:14:42. > :14:49.the bombing. Many of the anti- aircraft defences, making the
:14:49. > :14:54.ammunition, and doing urgent repairs, especially tradesmen.
:14:54. > :14:59.you had your time over again, would you do anything differently? If I
:14:59. > :15:05.had the same time over again, I would do the same thing. But I
:15:05. > :15:10.would always hope not to have the same time over again. I thought
:15:10. > :15:14.that response was astonishing. I have to say, I didn't expect him to
:15:14. > :15:18.say he'd do anything differently, because he is not that kind of man.
:15:18. > :15:22.The film is an opportunity to hear from a figure of much controversy
:15:22. > :15:29.about why he did what he did, but also how he felt at having to make
:15:29. > :15:36.A playground in the Cotswolds is to be repainted after residents
:15:36. > :15:39.complained it was too bright. The playground in Kingshill never
:15:39. > :15:41.opened after some neighbours said the colour and scale of the
:15:41. > :15:45.equipment didn't suit the area. Now the developers have agreed to
:15:45. > :15:48.repaint it. A road in Bath will be closed for
:15:48. > :15:51.six weeks from today, to help toads reach their breeding ground.
:15:51. > :15:55.Charlcombe Lane will be shut during the breeding season of the common
:15:55. > :16:05.toad, because so many of them try to cross it. Volunteers will be out
:16:05. > :16:05.
:16:05. > :16:09.escorting them safely across the lane. The group organising it all
:16:10. > :16:13.say 21,000 toads have crossed the road during the last 11 years.
:16:13. > :16:15.The Bath and England star Lee Mears shocked the sports world today by
:16:15. > :16:18.announcing his retirement from rugby with immediate effect. The
:16:18. > :16:21.hooker was advised to quit after a heart abnormality was detected on a
:16:21. > :16:25.cardiac screening. Lee spent 16 years at The Rec, making 268
:16:25. > :16:33.appearances, and has been capped 42 times for his country. He was also
:16:33. > :16:41.included in the Lions squad for the tour of South Africa in 2009. Well,
:16:41. > :16:44.I'm pleased to say Lee joins me now from his home in Bath. Great to see
:16:44. > :16:52.you smiling, but you must have been very scared when you heard the news
:16:52. > :16:57.about your heart. Yes, it took a bit of time to sink in. It is a bit
:16:57. > :17:01.of a shock. The minute you sort of hit 30 you know that rugby is going
:17:01. > :17:05.to end at some point, but you never know when. I suppose, in some ways,
:17:05. > :17:11.it was good because of short and sharp, but in other ways I did have
:17:11. > :17:14.to think about it. But you know what I'm like. I'm always smiling
:17:14. > :17:18.and positive, and I started thinking about the memories I've
:17:18. > :17:26.got. We will talk about them in a second. But does this affect any
:17:26. > :17:29.other part of your life? Are you OK otherwise? I should be fine. A bit
:17:29. > :17:34.of a de training and everything will go back to normal. They say
:17:34. > :17:41.that at the elite level, the amount you put your heart through, day-in,
:17:41. > :17:48.day-out, it could have serious and -- implications. It is time to stop
:17:48. > :17:51.with immediate effect. Let's just say that the BBC's Justin Webb
:17:51. > :17:57.tweeting that you were a proper English sporting hero, choosing the
:17:57. > :18:00.same day as the Pope, further evidence of big style. You have had
:18:00. > :18:05.an incredible career. What other biggest memory she will take away
:18:05. > :18:11.to tell your grandchildren? -- the biggest memories you will take
:18:11. > :18:16.away? My first ever game for Bath, against Saracens. Then my first cap
:18:17. > :18:21.for England against Tonga, and then the Lions was the pinnacle. They
:18:21. > :18:28.are the ones that stand fresh in your mind. But overall, winning the
:18:28. > :18:33.European Challenge Cup with Steve Borthwick, playing with the legends
:18:33. > :18:37.like Evans, Humphreys, Jeremy Guscott, all of those boys. The
:18:37. > :18:42.reason I took up rugby was for travelling and making friends, and
:18:42. > :18:50.I think I've done a pretty good job of that over the years. Hopefully
:18:50. > :18:54.the memories will stay with me. What is next for you, Lee? I'm not
:18:54. > :18:57.really sure. I always think I would like to give something back in
:18:57. > :19:02.rugby. I've had lots of guys help me through my career, so the
:19:02. > :19:07.natural progression would be a bit of coaching, but I have a business
:19:07. > :19:12.interest, and hopefully as rugby has given me loads and loads, I
:19:12. > :19:16.want to try and work on a few of those things and see where light
:19:16. > :19:21.takes me. But if I can be half as successful as I was in rugby, I
:19:21. > :19:28.will have a good few years ahead. Thank you very much. All of us will
:19:28. > :19:32.join you insane, whatever you do, good luck. -- join you in saying.
:19:32. > :19:35.Here's a quiz question. Who are the only football team in the top four
:19:35. > :19:38.divisions with a 100% league record in 2013? No, not Manchester United,
:19:38. > :19:40.in fact, it is Yeovil Town. They've managed six wins in a row
:19:40. > :19:46.stretching back into last year, and tomorrow's home game against
:19:46. > :19:52.Preston gives them a chance to break into the play-off places.
:19:52. > :19:55.Here's Alistair Durden. And they are full of confidence and
:19:55. > :20:00.unstoppable at the moment. Yeovil Town have not lost a league game
:20:00. > :20:04.since Boxing Day, making them the team of 2013 so far. Their record
:20:04. > :20:09.is better than their divisional rivals Walsall, who have won six,
:20:09. > :20:14.but also lost one. And even tops Manchester United in 2013 who have
:20:14. > :20:21.won five games but drawn one. Yeovil are on top as the only team
:20:21. > :20:26.in all the divisions to have a 100% league record. It is always down to
:20:26. > :20:30.hard work, and it's getting a group of lads who are up for it. They are
:20:30. > :20:34.showing the desire, and so are the supporters. Everyone is showing the
:20:34. > :20:39.belief as well. Hold on a minute, we are quite close to where we
:20:39. > :20:42.wanted the. One of the main reasons for the success is this man,
:20:42. > :20:47.striker Paddy Madden who rarely misses on the training ground, but
:20:47. > :20:51.more importantly a matching -- match-day. His goal at Coventry on
:20:51. > :20:58.Saturday was already his 8th of the calendar year. It has been a very
:20:58. > :21:03.happy new year for the Irishman. still Misha as -- I still miss as
:21:03. > :21:10.well. Your only seeing the good ones. I just keep getting in the
:21:10. > :21:14.right position, and the goals are going in. The Borges seems to going.
:21:14. > :21:18.Yeovil have not won seven league games since being crowned the
:21:18. > :21:24.champions of League Two back into 1005, a campaign also masterminded
:21:24. > :21:28.by Gary Johnson. We have shown the lads the video of the type of club
:21:28. > :21:32.they have came to. It is not just a quiet club in the country, it's a
:21:32. > :21:35.club that is competing in the first division. We are within touching
:21:35. > :21:39.distance of something you are really wanting, say you have to
:21:39. > :21:42.keep reminding people it's not far away. They are just five points
:21:42. > :21:46.from the top of the table. By tomorrow night the gap could be
:21:46. > :21:54.even smaller. But nobody's getting too carried away with a third of
:21:54. > :21:57.They are an important part of our heritage, but more than three
:21:57. > :22:01.quarters of the paintings in our national collection are not
:22:01. > :22:06.actually on public display. Many are in storage, others are on
:22:06. > :22:08.display - but not in places that the public can go. The Public
:22:08. > :22:11.Catalogue Foundation has been working with the BBC to collate and
:22:11. > :22:14.catalogue more than 210,000 paintings that aren't normally on
:22:14. > :22:19.show and to put them into an online gallery. Some of the works are very
:22:19. > :22:24.familiar. Others less so. And some tell a story all of their own.
:22:24. > :22:29.Here's Jules Hyam. There are around 100 million in Australia, 30
:22:29. > :22:32.million in New Zealand but they all came from elsewhere. And if you
:22:32. > :22:36.were to explore the family tree of an average Australian baa-baa, the
:22:36. > :22:39.chances are that you'd end up not just with an ancestor from the UK,
:22:39. > :22:49.but with one particular ancestor, this one, a chunky old beast of a
:22:49. > :22:52.
:22:52. > :22:56.Romeo Ram known as Two Pounder. He was a very famous Ram, part of
:22:56. > :23:00.the new Leicester beat -- breed that Robert Bakewell created. He
:23:00. > :23:04.was one of the first people to in breed sheep to make the treaty was
:23:04. > :23:07.looking for in terms of quality of meat and walk absolutely
:23:07. > :23:11.outstanding, and he produced him as a prime example of the new
:23:11. > :23:14.Leicester sheep. Two Pounder wasn't just a prime example, he was THE
:23:14. > :23:17.prime example, immortalised in his portrait kept here at the Royal
:23:17. > :23:21.Agricultural College. And in the 18th century, his celebrity status
:23:21. > :23:30.meant he got to spend an awful lot of time with an awful lot of lady
:23:30. > :23:36.sheep. He was leased out for one season, a third of the season for
:23:36. > :23:42.the 400 guineas. There are a number of paintings are cattle up there.
:23:42. > :23:45.This is a prize-winning bull, exhibited four times and it one-
:23:45. > :23:50.third the sovereigns in 1839. But if you really want to seek a very,
:23:50. > :23:55.very impressive piece of livestock, how about that for a prize-winning
:23:55. > :23:57.ox? Now, I know it doesn't really look anything like an ox. This is
:23:57. > :24:03.not photo-realism. The paintings have a style that is distinctive,
:24:03. > :24:09.and was very much deliberate. could ask the artist to enhance the
:24:09. > :24:16.0.24 almost important, so you could ask for a big, meaty body -- the
:24:16. > :24:23.point that she thought were most important. It was painted by Digby
:24:23. > :24:26.Curtis in 1790 as an advertisement before the days of IT and Twitter.
:24:26. > :24:28.It's not just rams and bulls in the online collection. There's more
:24:29. > :24:38.than 210,000 paintings are there for you to view at
:24:39. > :24:43.
:24:43. > :24:46.And beautiful. They should have a painting of us. Now just before we
:24:46. > :24:50.go to the weather, some of us woke up to more snow today, these were
:24:50. > :24:53.the scenes at Hack Pen Hill on the Ridgeway near Swindon earlier.
:24:53. > :24:56.Obviously winter hasn't finished with us just yet, or with the
:24:57. > :25:06.wildlife outside battling the elements. So will we see any more
:25:06. > :25:09.of the white stuff? Here's Ian with I can beat those pictures. This one
:25:09. > :25:14.was taken not too far from Little Rissington where they had seven
:25:14. > :25:18.centimetres, but we saw nearly double that in High Wycombe. As we
:25:18. > :25:23.run through into tomorrow, we are likely to see a little more of a
:25:23. > :25:29.wintery mix in the morning for some of you. Inconsequential amount, and
:25:29. > :25:34.broadly a dry day. Thank you to the Val Ponting for the lovely photo of
:25:34. > :25:40.Stroud. This is how the week will shape up. As Forest tomorrow is
:25:40. > :25:45.concerned, a slack flow, and a weak feature in the morning giving a few
:25:45. > :25:51.flurries of light snow. Broadly speaking, it will be dry. Going
:25:51. > :25:56.towards Wednesday, the next Atlantic front comes in, delivering
:25:56. > :26:02.snow from the Midlands or North. Maybe some transient snow over the
:26:02. > :26:05.Cotswolds. Gradually the rain will clear on Thursday, and it is drier
:26:05. > :26:08.behind that in the afternoon. That is how things should remain an
:26:08. > :26:12.temperatures should come up, as they will through the course of
:26:12. > :26:16.Friday which looks like a dry day and knocking on the door is another
:26:16. > :26:20.week system, but by the end of Friday it will go into Saturday so
:26:20. > :26:24.that temperature trend is gradually back to about average for the time
:26:24. > :26:28.of year. Not so for tonight, fairly chilly, and light snow flurries
:26:28. > :26:33.across some areas. Some sleet for some of you but a good deal of dry
:26:33. > :26:38.and cloudy weather continuing. The winds not much of an issue. Towards
:26:38. > :26:43.tomorrow morning, just running into some western areas, a week front,
:26:43. > :26:46.and temperatures will drop down to close to freezing, maybe just below
:26:46. > :26:52.in one or two spots. Tomorrow we would struggle to squeeze a
:26:52. > :26:56.centimetre out of the area in the West, a 20% chance of a centimetre
:26:56. > :27:01.of snow, if that. The rest of the day is dry, but very little hint of
:27:01. > :27:06.a break in the cloud, so it will remain Dahl, the winds will not be
:27:06. > :27:10.a feature, 10 miles an hour at most. We will notice temperatures similar
:27:10. > :27:15.to today or a little more up, three or four Celsius will be typical for
:27:15. > :27:21.the vast majority. A recap of how the week is looking. Rain, sleet
:27:21. > :27:28.and snow on Wednesday afternoon. It changes to rain. A dry a picture
:27:28. > :27:35.after, and the temperatures That is where we leave you for the