:00:00. > 3:59:596pm. It's goodbye from me and on BBC One, we join our teams where you
:00:00. > :00:14.are. Hello and welcome to BBC Points
:00:15. > :00:17.West, our headlines this evening: Never been on a flight like it.
:00:18. > :00:21.Passengers taking off from Bristol describe how a lightning bolt hit
:00:22. > :00:25.their plane, which had been diverted due to strong winds.
:00:26. > :00:36.Still living with HIV ` 32 years after diagnosis. I got told I had
:00:37. > :00:40.three years to live. What happened? I'm still here.
:00:41. > :00:44.Also tonight, the West Country mansion house that played a secret
:00:45. > :00:46.role in the release of Nelson Mandela.
:00:47. > :00:48.And the somersaulting student who's made it to the top of the tumbling
:00:49. > :00:59.world. Strong winds are causing disruption
:01:00. > :01:04.across the West, bringing delays to some train services and flights.
:01:05. > :01:07.This morning, passengers on a flight out of Bristol had a scary
:01:08. > :01:11.experience when their plane was hit by lightning. Alice Bouverie
:01:12. > :01:15.reports. Safely on the ground at Newcastle
:01:16. > :01:20.Airport. But still 90 miles from its desired destination. EZY flight 423
:01:21. > :01:25.from Bristol was diverted from Edinburgh to Newcastle because of
:01:26. > :01:30.the strong winds in Scotland. When it tried to land at Newcastle, more
:01:31. > :01:53.problems. Passengers were quick to tweet what happened.
:01:54. > :02:00.Lightning strikes are fairly common. The civil aviation authority has had
:02:01. > :02:04.45 reported strikes this year alone. A spokesman Hugh at Bristol Airport
:02:05. > :02:08.said that the aircraft 's are equipped to deal with this, and
:02:09. > :02:10.their passenger safety was never at risk. But one aviation expert says
:02:11. > :02:18.lightning strikes are still situations pilots are keen to avoid.
:02:19. > :02:26.There can be marks on the fuse and large, Burns, examples of melting,
:02:27. > :02:31.dense, equipment can be damaged. It can be expensive and cause problems,
:02:32. > :02:35.and could lead to aircraft being withdrawn from service. But in terms
:02:36. > :02:39.of safety, no, I think the passenger and crew are well protected. The end
:02:40. > :02:42.of the story for passengers ` they had to finish their journey to
:02:43. > :02:46.Edinburgh by bus. And high winds have brought down
:02:47. > :02:49.scaffolding in Bristol. The collapse happened on Princess Victoria Street
:02:50. > :02:54.in Clifton Village early this morning. No`one was hurt. The owner
:02:55. > :02:56.of the scaffolding company told the BBC contractors had untied the
:02:57. > :03:05.scaffolding from the building yesterday so it was a freestanding
:03:06. > :03:08.structure. Ian's here. Judging by the pictures that we're seeing from
:03:09. > :03:12.around the country we've not got it as badly. What's happening out
:03:13. > :03:17.there? Well, it's a very lucky escape,
:03:18. > :03:21.especially compared to the east coast, which have been very unlucky
:03:22. > :03:28.with flooding potential. Nothing exceptional here, with the strongest
:03:29. > :03:34.gusts at 68 mph, most areas have been between 40 and 50. You can see
:03:35. > :03:39.from some of the stories, though, it is enough to cause some disruption.
:03:40. > :03:44.Thank you very much. We will have a full forecast later.
:03:45. > :03:47.A Royal Marine who was convicted of murdering a captured insurgent in
:03:48. > :03:50.Afghanistan has been named publicly today. Sergeant Alexander Blackman,
:03:51. > :03:53.who is from the Taunton area, had been described only as Marine A
:03:54. > :03:57.during his trial. He'll be sentenced at Bulford Military Court tomorrow.
:03:58. > :04:00.Four people have been arrested after a man from Gloucestershire died on a
:04:01. > :04:03.night out in Manchester. 30`year`old Nick Bonnie collapsed in September
:04:04. > :04:07.after taking what's thought to be a contaminated ecstasy tablet at a
:04:08. > :04:09.nightclub. Four men from Gloucestershire have been
:04:10. > :04:12.interviewed in connection with the supply of drugs and perverting the
:04:13. > :04:17.course of justice, and bailed for two weeks.
:04:18. > :04:19.Six men have been sentenced for selling illegal tobacco in
:04:20. > :04:24.Gloucester worth tens of thousands of pounds. Trading Standards teams
:04:25. > :04:28.caught the gang on several occasions selling the cigarettes from a store
:04:29. > :04:33.in the city. Over a ?100,000 worth of illegal tobacco was seized during
:04:34. > :04:36.the operation. Five of the men were jailed, three with suspended
:04:37. > :04:43.sentences, whilst one other was given a community order. The owner
:04:44. > :04:48.of the shop is still on the run. Things are getting better, but the
:04:49. > :04:51.cuts won't stop. That was the Chancellor's message today as he
:04:52. > :04:55.spelled out the state of the British economy. Here in the West, companies
:04:56. > :04:58.welcomed measures to keep their tax bills down, but unions have
:04:59. > :05:02.condemned the plan to raise the state pension age to 70. Our
:05:03. > :05:10.business correspondent Dave Harvey spent the day at a packaging firm in
:05:11. > :05:14.Wiltshire. They've been flat out making
:05:15. > :05:20.cardboard boxes here today. When this place is busy, it really
:05:21. > :05:25.matters. Let's follow this forklift to see the Poles. Look at that,
:05:26. > :05:31.floor`to`ceiling. All of these are destined for West Country
:05:32. > :05:38.manufacturers. This is first silicon and high`tech stuff, like in
:05:39. > :05:41.Swindon. All this matters, because of this place is busy, it means
:05:42. > :05:49.there is more manufacturing going on, so I be busy? Our business has
:05:50. > :05:53.grown by 12% in the last year, which has resulted in a record year for
:05:54. > :05:58.us. And as they grow, they will be hiring, but here's the catch. Firms
:05:59. > :06:03.like this cannot afford to give everyone a pay rise. The challenges
:06:04. > :06:08.we need to see how sustainable the recovery is. There is a lot of
:06:09. > :06:12.pressure on margins, so we don't want to put ourselves in a position
:06:13. > :06:17.where there is a downturn, we are not able to pay wages. So you can
:06:18. > :06:26.take people on, but not give them pay rises? Is that the situation?
:06:27. > :06:32.Yes, it is. But according to Mr Osborne, they will be toiling away
:06:33. > :06:36.until they are 70. It is a daunting cook thought, really, and more to
:06:37. > :06:43.the point, where is the boundary stopped? They did say it as another
:06:44. > :06:49.year next year and so on. I thought there was a promise made a long time
:06:50. > :06:54.ago that technology would mean that we would have less time at work and
:06:55. > :07:00.more time to enjoy our lives. We are rich nation that don't have to force
:07:01. > :07:07.people to work until they are old. There is, I am told, a cost of doing
:07:08. > :07:12.business crisis. Companies would quite happily take on people and the
:07:13. > :07:16.employment costs, but there is the pressure of national insurance,
:07:17. > :07:22.which becomes a tax on jobs. We have to believe rates also, so these are
:07:23. > :07:28.standing costs of running businesses before you make anything. There was
:07:29. > :07:34.some help on national insurance today. Employ someone under 21, and
:07:35. > :07:36.companies will pay no national insurance. There was some help on
:07:37. > :07:38.national insurance today. Employ someone under 21, and companies will
:07:39. > :07:44.pay no national insurers. There's an expected 3.2 rise `` 3.2% rise in
:07:45. > :07:47.business tax. The fuel rise has been scrapped. It is not so much good
:07:48. > :07:53.news, but an absence of bad. It further sums up the mood and West
:07:54. > :08:01.Country business tonight. It is not great, but not as bad as it was.
:08:02. > :08:04.Thieves have stolen over 70 Christmas trees from a nursery near
:08:05. > :08:09.Keynsham. The raid took place in the middle of the night. The owners say
:08:10. > :08:16.the stock was worth thousands of pounds. Sabet Choudhury reports. The
:08:17. > :08:23.key men over there, and came across the field. They must have had
:08:24. > :08:27.equipment to cut through the fences. I'm pretty sure someone merely where
:08:28. > :08:32.there and planned it and organised it. Yes, a professional job.
:08:33. > :08:36.John Pinkerton is far from feeling the Christmas cheer. At a time when
:08:37. > :08:45.business should be good, he's just lost over ?3,000 worth of stock.
:08:46. > :08:49.We're a small family business. It has made a big dent in our trade for
:08:50. > :08:59.the year. We will struggle on, but it will still `` I'm still angry and
:09:00. > :09:03.annoyed, but I would just get on with it. Broadleaze Nursery has been
:09:04. > :09:06.a family business for over half a century. It's the first time
:09:07. > :09:14.anything like this has ever happened to them. We don't have large
:09:15. > :09:22.stockpiles of money or anything, so we're not like a big multinational,
:09:23. > :09:26.where you can absorb the cost. We have increased security, so we're
:09:27. > :09:30.taking it in shifts through the night, which makes it a very long
:09:31. > :09:35.day, and it is called as well. The police described the theft as a mean
:09:36. > :09:38.crime at this time of year and are appealing for information. But for
:09:39. > :09:42.John and his family, it's now a matter of getting on and trying to
:09:43. > :09:45.make the most of festive season. This is Thursday's Points West on a
:09:46. > :09:51.rather blustery evening. Will and Alex with you tonight. Coming up a
:09:52. > :09:55.bit later in the programme: As the new film about Nelson Mandela makes
:09:56. > :09:58.its royal premiere in London tonight ` we discover the important role
:09:59. > :10:08.this Somerset house played in bringing down apartheid.
:10:09. > :10:13.A Cheltenham man who's lived with HIV for longer than almost anyone in
:10:14. > :10:17.the country has spoken about his battle with the devastating virus.
:10:18. > :10:21.John Percy is trying to raise awareness about the fact that here
:10:22. > :10:24.in the West the number of new infections continues to rise. Our
:10:25. > :10:29.health correspondent Matthew Hill has been to meet him.
:10:30. > :10:32.John Percy is a familiar sight in Cheltenham, raising funds for an
:10:33. > :10:40.AIDS charity as well as the profile of the disease he's been living with
:10:41. > :10:43.for 32 years. PUBLIC HEALTH FILM: AIDS is a frightening disease. It
:10:44. > :10:49.affects mainly homosexuals and the death rate from it is high. It was
:10:50. > :10:55.in 1981 when doctors first told him he had a tropical blood disease,
:10:56. > :11:04.known in those days as htlb3. I got told I had three years to live. So,
:11:05. > :11:07.what happened? I'm still here! Why? Willpower. Keeping myself fit,
:11:08. > :11:14.keeping myself healthy, keeping myself occupied, keeping my brain
:11:15. > :11:18.going. In the early days when John Percy was first diagnosed, AIDS was
:11:19. > :11:24.known as 'the gay plague,' but over recent years, this phrase couldn't
:11:25. > :11:32.be further from the truth. Ten years ago there were 240 gay men in the
:11:33. > :11:35.West diagnosed with HIV. That figure has almost tripled since then. But
:11:36. > :11:39.if you compare that with heterosexual infection, the rate of
:11:40. > :11:45.infection is even higher ` from 291 in 2003 to 840 last year. You are
:11:46. > :11:48.either HIV positive, HIV negative, or HIV unknown, so we encourage
:11:49. > :11:52.everyone to know their HIV status, and that helps, because if you find
:11:53. > :12:01.out early but you are HIV positive, treatment outcomes are excellent.
:12:02. > :12:05.That's why John has lent his voice to the public health doctors in
:12:06. > :12:09.calling for everyone to be tested if they think they could be affected.
:12:10. > :12:15.I'm a survivor, a long`term survivor. People who are living with
:12:16. > :12:21.HIV now know that the treatment has got so far advanced and the
:12:22. > :12:26.medication is phenomenal now. When I first started treatment, I was on 14
:12:27. > :12:30.tablets, three times a day. Now they've got it down to one tablet
:12:31. > :12:35.once a day. John can see his very survival might make some people
:12:36. > :12:38.become complacent about safer sex. He feels everyone needs to remember
:12:39. > :12:48.that he is still living with the virus ` and there is no cure.
:12:49. > :12:59.Dr Peter Greenhouse is a consultant on sexual health in Bristol. Thank
:13:00. > :13:03.you for coming in. Many years ago, it is used to be a death sentence,
:13:04. > :13:07.didn't it, but that is not the case now. Do you think we have become
:13:08. > :13:13.complacent? The availability of simple to take treatments has made
:13:14. > :13:19.things very much easier for people with HIV, and people can live a long
:13:20. > :13:23.and healthy life now. But, yes, there's no doubt that certainly in
:13:24. > :13:29.the gay community, there's a lot more sexually transmitted, and they
:13:30. > :13:33.are more widespread also in the wider population. They are still
:13:34. > :13:39.worried about HIV and aids, but they are perhaps taking a few more risks
:13:40. > :13:46.than CO2. I really encouraging everyone to get a test, then? Yes,
:13:47. > :13:52.absolutely. The quicker they have a test, they will be able to reassure
:13:53. > :13:59.themselves or get onto treatment quickly, which means they will live
:14:00. > :14:03.a normal life span with a new treatments that are available, but
:14:04. > :14:07.not only that, if you get onto treatment, damning to five is in
:14:08. > :14:12.your bloodstream goes going to a manageable level, and it means it is
:14:13. > :14:19.unlikely that you will pass the infection on. Testing works for
:14:20. > :14:21.prevention and also for treatment. That sounds very reasonable, but
:14:22. > :14:28.there is still a stigma attached, isn't there? Yes, individuals seem
:14:29. > :14:34.to be worried about insurance, but that has not been a problem, because
:14:35. > :14:40.now that treatments are effective, people are going to survive, so that
:14:41. > :14:46.is a moot point. It is very important that people should test,
:14:47. > :14:51.because the level of HIV in the local community in Bristol is
:14:52. > :14:57.rapidly approaching the one in 500 level that triggers the need for
:14:58. > :15:00.hospital outpatients to be tested as a routine precaution. That is
:15:01. > :15:10.happening in London, and Bristol is close to that level. Thank you very
:15:11. > :15:14.much for coming in. Tonight sees a Royal premiere of a
:15:15. > :15:18.film about the life of Nelson Mandela. Long Walk to Freedom will
:15:19. > :15:21.go on general release in the UK in the New Year. But here's a
:15:22. > :15:24.little`known story probably not in the film script ` the fall of
:15:25. > :15:27.Apartheid and the release of Mandela was partly engineered from a country
:15:28. > :15:30.mansion in Somerset. Mells Park House near Frome hosted top level
:15:31. > :15:32.and highly secret talks between leaders of Mr Mandela's African
:15:33. > :15:35.National Congress and representatives of the South African
:15:36. > :15:39.government. Our Somerset correspondent Clinton Rogers visited
:15:40. > :15:49.the house last summer. Now in private family ownership,
:15:50. > :15:52.this Somerset mansion kept a secret. A secret which, to this day, can
:15:53. > :15:56.scarcely be believed. They spent about three days on each occasion.
:15:57. > :15:59.Peter Smith was instrumental in buying this house in the late 70s
:16:00. > :16:02.for the company he worked for. Consolidated Gold Fields, a company
:16:03. > :16:08.with quarrying interests here and big gold mining interests in South
:16:09. > :16:13.Africa. And yet, even he knew nothing of the history Mells Park
:16:14. > :16:17.was about to make. Obviously, it had to be kept secret,
:16:18. > :16:24.but it was never leaked out for years? No, not until 2000. All those
:16:25. > :16:28.years, it was kept secret. And small wonder, with South Africa in the
:16:29. > :16:33.grip of apartheid and on the brink of civil war. The two sides were in
:16:34. > :16:40.no mood to meet publicly, or anywhere in South Africa. This
:16:41. > :16:46.dramatised documentary finally told the full story years later. Of how
:16:47. > :16:51.big business interests brokered talks. Of how Consolidated Gold
:16:52. > :16:56.Fields suggested that its mansion in the West of England would be the
:16:57. > :17:01.perfect retreat. Welcome seems a meagre word. A place where leading
:17:02. > :17:04.figures of Nelson Mandela's ANC, including deputy leader, Thabo
:17:05. > :17:10.Mbeki, could come face`to`face with South African government
:17:11. > :17:17.representatives. Two sides ` fiercely, violently opposed ` coming
:17:18. > :17:23.together in rural Somerset. So this is the very room where it
:17:24. > :17:27.happened? This is it. It changed a bit since then. You say that, but
:17:28. > :17:33.looking at this photograph, the decor hasn't changed. The curtains
:17:34. > :17:36.are the same. Obviously, there is a snooker table here, but this must
:17:37. > :17:41.have been... This used to be a big board table. This is where the
:17:42. > :17:45.meeting took place? That's right. Can you imagine the kind of
:17:46. > :17:49.atmosphere that was in here? It must have been really tense, I think. An
:17:50. > :17:53.understatement, I'm sure. Mells Park is just a few miles from Frome, and
:17:54. > :17:56.had been the idea of the company's communications director, Michael
:17:57. > :18:01.Young, second from right in the back row this photograph. There is no
:18:02. > :18:06.doubt that he risked his own life travelling to South Africa to set up
:18:07. > :18:12.these talks. But today, he told BBC that it was all worth it. We were
:18:13. > :18:16.all taught to look under our cars for devices, and post had to be very
:18:17. > :18:19.carefully vetted, and I was getting calls to my house at about four
:18:20. > :18:27.o'clock in the morning from people indicating that they knew what I was
:18:28. > :18:30.doing, and I better watch my back. What were you more afraid of, the
:18:31. > :18:38.South African police forces or people who were then seen as
:18:39. > :18:41.terrorists? No, I had nothing to fear from the people you call
:18:42. > :18:46.terrorists. Their leader had asked me to help build this bridge. No,
:18:47. > :18:52.the people I had to be careful of were the agents of the state in
:18:53. > :18:56.South Africa. They were people who were not averse to taking people
:18:57. > :19:05.into the bush and letting the lions and the animals do the rest. It is
:19:06. > :19:08.truly incredible to think that the beginning of the end of apartheid,
:19:09. > :19:11.the release of Nelson Mandela and the shape of the new`look Rainbow
:19:12. > :19:14.Nation was all negotiated, in part at least, in the strictest secrecy
:19:15. > :19:30.in a Somerset village, as far removed from the troubles as you can
:19:31. > :19:33.imagine. Fascinating! By day, Kristof Willerton is a
:19:34. > :19:36.biochemistry student, but in the evening the 20`year`old from
:19:37. > :19:40.Gloucester has another explosive talent. He's the current World
:19:41. > :19:44.Champion in tumbling ` a gymnastic discipline that involves sprinting
:19:45. > :19:50.and somersaulting down a track. Alistair Durden has been to meet
:19:51. > :19:54.Kristof, and see him in action. They call it the 100 metres sprint
:19:55. > :19:58.of gymnastics ` but you don't see Usain Bolt doing flips and twists
:19:59. > :20:02.like this. Kristof Willerton has been tumbling since he was ten `
:20:03. > :20:06.he's broken his foot three times and also his arm. He tried other
:20:07. > :20:16.gymnastic disciplines, but nothing to beat the thrill of this. A lot of
:20:17. > :20:18.it is being a bit of a daredevil. If you have an ability to throw
:20:19. > :20:22.yourself without questioning it, that makes you a good tumbler. A bit
:20:23. > :20:25.of craziness. It's one of those sports that you get a lot of
:20:26. > :20:29.adrenaline, because you are literally throwing yourself across
:20:30. > :20:32.the room. So it is a lot of fun. There's never going to be another
:20:33. > :20:36.Kristof. He is truly one`of`a`kind. A lot of people have to learn where
:20:37. > :20:39.they are in the air, but he just knows where he is at all times and
:20:40. > :20:42.knows where the floor is instinctively without being told or
:20:43. > :20:45.taught. Kristof is a full`time student at Oxford University, in the
:20:46. > :20:49.third year of a biochemistry degree. It means spending time in lectures
:20:50. > :20:53.and the lab during the day, then travelling nearly two hours to
:20:54. > :20:57.training, five days a week. But the two sides of his life complement
:20:58. > :21:01.each other well. In gymnastics, there's tiny margins for error. If
:21:02. > :21:05.you make a tiny mistake, that changes the result completely, and
:21:06. > :21:08.that's the same in chemistry. When you're in the lab, the pressure of
:21:09. > :21:14.actually doing your results well, and if you make a small mistake, you
:21:15. > :21:17.can ruin weeks of results. I think that's why I like thriving off the
:21:18. > :21:24.pressure, and it's why both areas work for me. He's been national
:21:25. > :21:27.champion for the last four years, and has just become the first
:21:28. > :21:32.British man to win the World title in Bulgaria, winning gold by the
:21:33. > :21:36.narrowest of margins. Going into it, I knew I had to do a perfect run.
:21:37. > :21:39.When I landed, I was happy, because I thought possibly got the silver,
:21:40. > :21:45.and in the end, just getting the gold was obviously a great relief.
:21:46. > :21:50.Tumbling was an Olympic sport back in 1932 but hasn't featured since.
:21:51. > :21:54.It means Kristof won't get to compete at Rio in 2016, but he says
:21:55. > :21:56.he'd love to coach gymnastics when his own career has taken its final
:21:57. > :22:06.twist. It's now ten years since the BBC's
:22:07. > :22:10.Restoration series brought the plight of Britain's "at risk"
:22:11. > :22:12.buildings to our attention. Here in the West, historic gems like
:22:13. > :22:15.Whitfield's Tabernacle in Kingswood and the quirky Castle House in
:22:16. > :22:22.Bridgwater competed for the chance to win a ?3 million lottery grant.
:22:23. > :22:25.Tonight, a special BBC programme looks at how some of those buildings
:22:26. > :22:28.have fared since then, and examines the challenges facing the people
:22:29. > :22:35.trying to restore our most historic but neglected buildings. Jules
:22:36. > :22:38.Hyam's been taking a look. Across the West there are many
:22:39. > :22:41.historic buildings that English Heritage considers to be "at risk" `
:22:42. > :22:48.important pieces of our local and national heritage that could
:22:49. > :22:50.disappear forever. Tonight, the architectural historian Jules
:22:51. > :22:54.Hudson, visits some of the buildings which have important stories to tell
:22:55. > :23:05.but may not be around to tell them for much longer. Time is very much
:23:06. > :23:13.against it. I have been trying over the years to try and see it saved.
:23:14. > :23:18.But I think it's got to the stage where we really do need a miracle.
:23:19. > :23:24.Whether miracles happen or not, I don't know. Of all the buildings on
:23:25. > :23:30.the at risk registers in the West, this is the one English Heritage are
:23:31. > :23:32.most concerned about. It is not just at risk, but his situation is
:23:33. > :23:35.critical. While structures like Birnbeck are seemingly caught in a
:23:36. > :23:39.vicious circle of disagreement, there is a more positive outlook for
:23:40. > :23:41.others.. As Jules found out when he visited a one`time Restoration
:23:42. > :23:49.finalist ` Sherborne House in Dorset. These new rules are the work
:23:50. > :23:53.of Sir James Thornhill. Known for pieces that Hampton Court and St
:23:54. > :23:59.Paul's, but this was a private commission. There slow deterioration
:24:00. > :24:03.is the main reason that Sherbourne House has been on the register for
:24:04. > :24:06.more than a decade, but no, they have been restored. Jules' journey
:24:07. > :24:09.through the West's building heritage takes in some unique and beautiful
:24:10. > :24:12.historical gems ` and he meets some very driven and dedicated
:24:13. > :24:15.enthusiasts, who ` even in difficult economic times ` are finding
:24:16. > :24:21.innovative ways to help restore England's Heritage.
:24:22. > :24:24.And you can see that programme tonight ` it's called Restoring
:24:25. > :24:34.England's Heritage, and it's on BBC One at 7.30pm. Now, we know from the
:24:35. > :24:36.national and local weather that hisses been very bad weather wise.
:24:37. > :24:38.It was the national and local weather that
:24:39. > :24:42.hisses been very bad weather worst past? In terms of the winds, yes,
:24:43. > :24:52.but the East Coast will be another story. We will keep a very close eye
:24:53. > :24:58.on developments on the east coast, but no such threat for us. We're
:24:59. > :25:03.going to enter a much quieter is built, and you can see here, we will
:25:04. > :25:11.have some milder air up from the south, and so things will continue
:25:12. > :25:14.into next week. It's going to be very much of a likeness in terms of
:25:15. > :25:21.the day`to`day detail right through mid`December. For tomorrow, then,
:25:22. > :25:25.mostly dry until we get into the afternoon, and then by that stage,
:25:26. > :25:29.more cloud, but nowhere near as windy as the conditions we saw
:25:30. > :25:37.today. The worst have been in the North, but a few wintry 40s will
:25:38. > :25:44.move down from Cheshire, but elsewhere will be giant with
:25:45. > :25:49.sunshine around and more cloud. For the rest of this evening and
:25:50. > :25:53.tonight, it's largely clear skies on and off, with variable cloud and
:25:54. > :25:59.showers in the North, with potential for some of them to become wintry.
:26:00. > :26:08.But elsewhere, it should be dry and the winds will been nowhere near as
:26:09. > :26:13.much of a feature. Temperatures tend to rise as you come down to watch
:26:14. > :26:19.the south`west. Tomorrow, a fair amount of sunshine so start, with a
:26:20. > :26:26.dry start as well. " Coming from the West, and you will see the signal
:26:27. > :26:30.for some showery outbreaks of light rain, and a few sports at least as
:26:31. > :26:39.we get towards the afternoon. Many areas will be largely dry, however,
:26:40. > :26:47.despite the increase in cloud. Quite a change. Temperatures tomorrow will
:26:48. > :26:51.be between 5`7, and as we head into the weekend, we will see a lot of
:26:52. > :26:56.cloud on Saturday and maybe some light rain, but most places
:26:57. > :27:00.effectively dry. You'll notice the change in the temperatures, heading
:27:01. > :27:06.upwards as we go into next week. It will be tricky gauging temperatures,
:27:07. > :27:13.because nuances in cloud cover will make a difference by two or three
:27:14. > :27:14.degrees, but generally speaking, a very benign temperature for quite a
:27:15. > :27:16.while to come. degrees, but generally speaking, a
:27:17. > :27:19.very benign temperature for Thank you, Ian.
:27:20. > :27:23.And now, it's time to open the fifth door on our advent calendar.
:27:24. > :27:33.Tonight's picture is a snowy Cheddar Gorge from Michael Deardon. Thank
:27:34. > :27:37.you very much for that, Michael. We hope you're enjoying these
:27:38. > :27:41.pictures. We love looking at them. I feel chilly just looking at it but
:27:42. > :27:45.it feels like Christmas! Thank you very much for watching. We're back
:27:46. > :27:46.10pm. From all