:00:10. > :00:14.Welcome to BBC Points West with Imogen Sellers and David Garmston
:00:15. > :00:17.Our main story tonight: Is the fire service in meltdown?
:00:18. > :00:21.Hundreds of firefighters have just walked out on strike. There'll be
:00:22. > :00:27.another stoppage tomorrow. Things are hotting up behind the scenes as
:00:28. > :00:36.well. Two more West Country fire services say they plan to merge
:00:37. > :00:41.The other stories making the news in the West: The father jailed for
:00:42. > :00:49.shaking his baby. The little girl dies after the assault. The NSPCC
:00:50. > :00:53.warn just how fragile babies are. No room at the inn ` a Christmas Day
:00:54. > :00:55.lunch for the lonely is so popular that some pensioners are being
:00:56. > :00:58.turned away. And carrying the hopes of the West
:00:59. > :01:10.Country ` will this rugby coach taste victory at Sunday's BBC Sports
:01:11. > :01:13.Personality Awards? Good evening. Hundreds of square
:01:14. > :01:16.miles of the West Country are without fire cover tonight after
:01:17. > :01:21.another walk`out by staff across the entire region. They went on strike
:01:22. > :01:29.at 6pm and will stay out for four hours. Fire chiefs are in the
:01:30. > :01:32.control room and a skeleton service will be in operation, staffed by
:01:33. > :01:35.managers and nonunion members. It's come on the day that two of our
:01:36. > :01:39.brigades in Wiltshire and Dorset have announced plans to merge, as
:01:40. > :01:43.the financial crisis in the fire service deepens. Scott Ellis is at a
:01:44. > :01:50.central fire station in Bristol tonight.
:01:51. > :01:54.On strike for the fifth time in recent weeks over plans to raise
:01:55. > :01:56.retirement from 55 to 60 and up their pension contributions. It s
:01:57. > :02:01.all because the Government wants to reduce public spending. And those
:02:02. > :02:05.cuts are so deep in Wiltshire and Dorset, they feel the only solution
:02:06. > :02:08.is to merge the two fire services. But unions will tell you bigger
:02:09. > :02:13.isn't better. Their managers might privately agree, but times are
:02:14. > :02:18.tough. Publicly, that is the message. Wiltshire's chief fire
:02:19. > :02:22.officer told us today that if he doesn't make savings, the brigade
:02:23. > :02:25.will go bust in two years' time For that reason, Wiltshire and Dorset
:02:26. > :02:29.fire services are planning to merge. The two fire authorities say it
:02:30. > :02:33.makes sense. They're both predominantly rural so attend
:02:34. > :02:36.similar call outs. Both mostly use firefighters who are on`call or
:02:37. > :02:43.retained, rather than full time And they already work together because
:02:44. > :02:47.of their shared border. The financial situation is fundamental.
:02:48. > :02:53.We have got to get our finances in line. Looking at 2017, we are
:02:54. > :03:00.looking at a significant budget deficit of around ?3 million to ?4
:03:01. > :03:06.million. It is about resilience and making sure the front line services
:03:07. > :03:09.not put at any risk at all. The joint fire service would become the
:03:10. > :03:12.fourth biggest in the UK. Saving money by sharing a control centre
:03:13. > :03:15.based in Devizes and reducing back`room staff. It's hoped that
:03:16. > :03:21.will lessen, not eliminate, the impact of cuts on front line staff.
:03:22. > :03:27.So, do Wiltshire's taxpayers buy it? As long as the service does not
:03:28. > :03:33.change, I cannot really see what the problem is. If it resulted in
:03:34. > :03:41.closing fire stations, then I would be a bit worried the fire engines
:03:42. > :03:47.would be further away from the outlying villages. It depends if the
:03:48. > :03:55.merge means they are better able to focus. I do not know whether that
:03:56. > :03:58.would be the case. Unions say mergers don't solve the underlying
:03:59. > :04:01.funding issues. Citing the example of the 2007 merger of Devon and
:04:02. > :04:07.Somerset fire brigades, the FBU says one in five front line staff still
:04:08. > :04:11.face losing their jobs. Managers say it has been a success and cuts would
:04:12. > :04:17.have been far worse without a merger. Wiltshire and Dorset may
:04:18. > :04:20.maintain separate identities after merger. Otherwise, one name option
:04:21. > :04:29.is the Wessex Fire and Rescue Service.
:04:30. > :04:33.Let us talk now to a man from the Fire Brigades Union. The chief says
:04:34. > :04:40.he will break bust in two years time and has no choice but to merge. It
:04:41. > :04:45.is symptomatic of what is becoming a financial crisis. Firefighters
:04:46. > :04:50.taking strike action in defence of their jobs and pensions. The
:04:51. > :04:55.efficiency comes from merging. You cannot have it both ways. When the
:04:56. > :05:00.two brigades come together, they will sell off assets. The cuts will
:05:01. > :05:07.catch them up. We have an example of this. Devon and Somerset say they
:05:08. > :05:11.are in a stronger position. The reality is they have recently put in
:05:12. > :05:16.place the most massive cuts we have seen in the south`west.
:05:17. > :05:20.150 front line jobs cut. The reality is that this will happen to the
:05:21. > :05:27.public, we will have a situation where once there were two pumps and
:05:28. > :05:32.now there is one. That is the station that responded to the M
:05:33. > :05:43.disaster. It will impact on public safety. There is another strike
:05:44. > :05:45.between 6pm and 10pm tomorrow night. A Bristol father who killed his
:05:46. > :05:49.four`month`old daughter has been jailed for six years. The little
:05:50. > :05:52.girl called Paris was shaken by her father after she had been crying.
:05:53. > :05:55.The tragedy has highlighted the number of children who've died after
:05:56. > :05:57.being shaken by their parents. Children's charities are now warning
:05:58. > :06:00.new parents just how vulnerable babies can be. Here's our home
:06:01. > :06:05.affairs correspondent Steve Brodie. Paris Vince Stephens was just 1
:06:06. > :06:08.weeks old when she died. During his trial, her father, 25`year`old
:06:09. > :06:14.William Stephens, admitted he'd shaken his daughter when he'd been
:06:15. > :06:17.left to look after her in January. When Paris was brought here to
:06:18. > :06:20.Bristol's Children's Hospital, she was discovered to be suffering from
:06:21. > :06:26.catastrophic head injuries and died three days later with irreversible
:06:27. > :06:30.brain damage. This image shows how easily babies can be injured by
:06:31. > :06:33.violent shaking. Children's charities are so concerned about the
:06:34. > :06:39.number of cases they're seeing they're going to warn all new
:06:40. > :06:44.parents of the dangers. They are hoping it will educate families that
:06:45. > :06:52.such an impulsive move could cause catastrophic harm. A family, if they
:06:53. > :06:55.are fraught and Andrey, if `` and angry, you put the baby down and
:06:56. > :07:00.leave them rather than having the moment of anger where you can cause
:07:01. > :07:03.so much harm. The court heard William Stephens had one of the
:07:04. > :07:07.lowest IQs in the country, had a history of violence and lied to
:07:08. > :07:10.paramedics when they were called to the flat where Paris and her mother
:07:11. > :07:13.Danah Vince were living. Jailing Stephens for six years, the judge Mr
:07:14. > :07:17.Justice Teare told him, no`one knows why you lost your temper and you
:07:18. > :07:20.yourself admitted that Paris was crying. This is not a case when a
:07:21. > :07:23.baby has recently been illtreated. Your actions were not premeditated,
:07:24. > :07:32.there were spontaneous, but they did result in a death. The sentence of
:07:33. > :07:36.six years made call for astonishment and among the public. They will say,
:07:37. > :07:40.how is it when you kill a baby you end up with six years? It is
:07:41. > :07:45.important the community understands this was a case of manslaughter He
:07:46. > :07:51.was not guilty of murder. He did not intend to kill the child. He did not
:07:52. > :07:56.intend to cause serious harm. Life sentences are generally for murder
:07:57. > :07:58.cases. A Serious Case Review into how Bristol City Council social
:07:59. > :08:08.workers handled the couple has been completed but will not be made
:08:09. > :08:11.public until the new year. Lawyers for the Bristol businessman
:08:12. > :08:14.Shrien Dewani have been at the High Court in London asking judges to
:08:15. > :08:18.block his extradition to South Africa. Mr Dewani wants to delay his
:08:19. > :08:21.removal to face trial over his wife Anni's death until he has recovered
:08:22. > :08:26.from mental health problems. Mr Dewani denies any involvement in his
:08:27. > :08:32.wife's death. She was shot while on their honeymoon outside Cape Town in
:08:33. > :08:36.November, 2010. It's been revealed there are plans
:08:37. > :08:38.to cut general surgery at Cheltenham General Hospital and move it to
:08:39. > :08:41.Gloucestershire Royal within the next five years. In a leaked
:08:42. > :08:43.document seen by the BBC, Gloucestershire's Hospitals Trust
:08:44. > :08:47.outlines proposals to centralise general surgery and breast surgery
:08:48. > :08:50.in the county by 2018. The trust has defended it, saying it was an
:08:51. > :09:01.internal document in its early stages.
:09:02. > :09:04.The parents of a seven`year`old who died after heart surgery in Bristol
:09:05. > :09:07.have been leaked a hospital report which claims poor care may have
:09:08. > :09:10.contributed to his death. Last month, a coroner ruled Luke's death
:09:11. > :09:13.was neither predictable nor preventable. But his solicitor says
:09:14. > :09:24.the latest report should have been disclosed to the inquest. This is
:09:25. > :09:28.what turned up at the Post Office. The address in this parcel looked as
:09:29. > :09:31.if it has been scrawled by a child. But the hospital report it contained
:09:32. > :09:37.into the death of Luke Jenkins has shocked his parents. They did not
:09:38. > :09:45.want us to see it. Somebody obviously did. It is very concerning
:09:46. > :09:49.why they felt the need not to give it to the coroner. It is about our
:09:50. > :09:56.son and we are in title to see this information. `` we at entitled.
:09:57. > :09:59.After life`saving heart surgery Luke was discharged early from
:10:00. > :10:02.intensive care to this ward which had far lower nursing cover.
:10:03. > :10:05.Improvements have since been made at the hospital, including this new
:10:06. > :10:08.High Depency Unit. There have been four separate investigations by the
:10:09. > :10:11.hospital into Luke's death. The first found staffing levels were
:10:12. > :10:14.unsafe and a failure to recognise Luke's deteriorating condition had
:10:15. > :10:16.contributed to his death. Next, a review found that poor communication
:10:17. > :10:20.and team working and inadequate recognition of the severity of his
:10:21. > :10:28.illness may have contributed to Luke's ill`health or death. A third
:10:29. > :10:31.inquiry was far less critical. It found that staffing levels were not
:10:32. > :10:35.to blame and that it wasn't possible to say if his death was preventable.
:10:36. > :10:38.All three reports were disclosed to the coroner who concluded there d
:10:39. > :10:42.been no gross failure by the hospital. But the coroner didn't see
:10:43. > :10:45.this fourth report which has been leaked to the family. It was carried
:10:46. > :10:49.out months before the inquest, but the hospital didn't disclose it It
:10:50. > :10:53.questions the thoroughness of the more positive third report. It says
:10:54. > :11:03.its conclusions might have lacked validity because it failed to
:11:04. > :11:08.scrutinise Luke's clinical notes. To have this new document which was
:11:09. > :11:15.prepared by the trust in June but has only been disclosed now and
:11:16. > :11:20.obviously the reluctance... We do not know the source of the document
:11:21. > :11:25.but it is clearly at the trust `` people at the trust who felt the
:11:26. > :11:28.family should know about this. In a statement, the hospital says this
:11:29. > :11:31.leaked report was not disclosed because the coroner was not looking
:11:32. > :11:34.into the trust's investigation of Luke's death. And that all relevant
:11:35. > :11:38.documents were submitted and independent experts called. But
:11:39. > :11:41.Luke's parents believe all the evidence should have been put before
:11:42. > :11:44.the coroner. They're still planning to take legal action against the
:11:45. > :11:51.hospital. The Health Service Ombudsman is also investigating
:11:52. > :11:56.Luke's care. You're watching BBC Points West on
:11:57. > :12:00.this Friday evening. Thank you for joining us on this
:12:01. > :12:04.rather damp and drizzly evening Ian is up the roof to tell us if there's
:12:05. > :12:10.more wet weather to come. Indeed there is. Thankfully not on me
:12:11. > :12:22.tonight. By tomorrow evening, it will be a different story. More
:12:23. > :12:26.detail later in the programme. He has not got a coat and it is
:12:27. > :12:28.December! Organisers of a Christmas Day lunch
:12:29. > :12:31.for isolated pensioners in Marlborough in Wiltshire have had to
:12:32. > :12:35.start turning people away. Over 60 people have signed up for
:12:36. > :12:37.the event, with others now on a waiting list. Madeleine Ware
:12:38. > :12:41.reports. 87`year`old George's wife died five
:12:42. > :12:46.years ago. For the last few years on Christmas Day, he's attended a lunch
:12:47. > :12:54.for pensioners at the Town Hall It is a fantastic day. A social
:12:55. > :13:05.occasion. It is quite good. There are people here in the same boat as
:13:06. > :13:11.me. They are all mostly widows or widowers. It'll be the tenth year
:13:12. > :13:16.the Christmas lunch has been held here. The brainchild of Nigel Kerton
:13:17. > :13:19.and his wife, they run it with the help of volunteers and donations
:13:20. > :13:27.from local shops. And they can't keep up with demand. We started with
:13:28. > :13:31.30 people. Then the demand rose and gradually crept up to 40. For the
:13:32. > :13:40.last four or five years, it has been 44, 46. This year, we have an
:13:41. > :13:43.unprecedented record number of 4. We have had to start a waiting list
:13:44. > :13:47.for the first time ever and close the books. It would be nice for
:13:48. > :13:54.people to be aware of older people living in the streets. There are
:13:55. > :13:59.people I know who invite older people to come to them on Christmas
:14:00. > :14:03.Day and sometimes just a time close to Christmas. And it's a similar
:14:04. > :14:12.story in Frome in Somerset. This is The Big Christmas Get Together which
:14:13. > :14:15.began two years ago. It provides a Christmas lunch for the elderly
:14:16. > :14:19.people living alone and those who can't afford a good Christmas.
:14:20. > :14:22.Again, run by volunteers who say the numbers keep growing. Nigel Kerton
:14:23. > :14:25.is now urging other towns and cities to follow suit and provide a
:14:26. > :14:36.community Christmas lunch for people who might otherwise go without.
:14:37. > :14:39.A life`sized model dinosaur that roamed the Avon Gorge millions of
:14:40. > :14:41.years ago has been unveiled in central Bristol.
:14:42. > :14:44.The thecodontosaurus has taken two months to build, as part of a
:14:45. > :14:47.four`year project at the University of Bristol. Its bones were
:14:48. > :14:49.originally discovered on Durdham Downs nearly 200 years ago.
:14:50. > :15:00.Scientists have been finding out about its environment and lifestyle.
:15:01. > :15:07.It was a herbivore. It was eating plants. The locomotion was mostly on
:15:08. > :15:12.two, but it could also use four legs. It used to live on tropical
:15:13. > :15:20.islands. Bristol was very different to what it is now. There were small
:15:21. > :15:23.geckos roaming around and luxurious plants and he was feeding on those
:15:24. > :15:31.plants. Imagine bumping into that on the
:15:32. > :15:35.Downs! Music fans are in for a treat this
:15:36. > :15:38.weekend as the BBC Introducing radio programme goes on a tour of
:15:39. > :15:41.Wiltshire's up`and`coming talent. The team have taken cameras along
:15:42. > :15:45.with them and come up with something of a first, as Jules Hyam explains.
:15:46. > :15:48.It is a radio programme, a popular one. BBC Introducing showcases
:15:49. > :15:55.unsigned musical talent here in the West. But tomorrow, there's a twist.
:15:56. > :15:59.The team describe it as a just like their normal radio show, except with
:16:00. > :16:10.pictures, so you get to see the artists as well as hear them. We
:16:11. > :16:14.wanted to highlight the importance of online music videos for artists.
:16:15. > :16:23.As part of it, we spoke to loads of acts in the region, including one
:16:24. > :16:26.special one, Gabrielle. She has had a lot of success. Sam and his fellow
:16:27. > :16:29.presenter Richard Pitt travelled around Wiltshire chatting with four
:16:30. > :16:36.different musical outfits who use video as part of their work. If you
:16:37. > :16:41.do not have a music video online, you are probably not a competing
:16:42. > :16:46.artist. I think it is vital. I think a lot of artists, frankly, and we
:16:47. > :16:51.spoke to a guy at a church in Wiltshire and he said, his band
:16:52. > :16:57.they only exist on new cheap. That is the only place they only really
:16:58. > :17:06.have any content `` they only exist on YouTube . You can see and hear
:17:07. > :17:09.the show tomorrow at 8pm. The video will be available through the BBC
:17:10. > :17:13.Introducing website. A radio show, this time with added with pictures.
:17:14. > :17:17.Sport, it's nearly the halfway point of the football season and we've
:17:18. > :17:18.been checking on how Yeovil Town have adapted to life in the
:17:19. > :17:22.Championship. Alistair is here. Will they be happy
:17:23. > :17:28.with the season so far? They are loving it. Off the field, they're
:17:29. > :17:31.thrilled. Of course, everyone expected them to be in a relegation
:17:32. > :17:34.battle. They have the smallest budget in the division. And although
:17:35. > :17:38.there are positives, manager Gary Johnson says there's still a lot of
:17:39. > :17:44.room for improvement both on, and as crucially, off the pitch.
:17:45. > :17:47.With seven points from the last nine, they're heading towards
:17:48. > :17:54.Christmas in high spirits at Huish Park. Why did the footballer take a
:17:55. > :18:00.piece of rope onto the pitch? He was the skipper. The jokes may need some
:18:01. > :18:03.work, but their form on the field is as good as it's been all season And
:18:04. > :18:08.they're now looking to capitalise with five games between now and New
:18:09. > :18:12.Year's Day. This is the time to put in a big effort. You must not leave
:18:13. > :18:16.it too late on in the season to have to win the last three games. You
:18:17. > :18:20.have to get the wins now. I said that I wanted us out of the bottom
:18:21. > :18:25.three by Christmas. They are putting in the effort. The upturn in form
:18:26. > :18:29.has coincided with the arrival of a former Premier League striker, happy
:18:30. > :18:35.to join a relegation fight. I feel like it humbles you, I have been too
:18:36. > :18:40.big clubs and bigger places where you have a bigger fan base. But I
:18:41. > :18:45.feel like being here has made me happy and that is the main thing. We
:18:46. > :18:51.saw that poster and we thought it was Yeovil Town. We are the pussycat
:18:52. > :18:54.that thinks it is a lion. Yeovil know they're the minnows of the
:18:55. > :18:58.Championship, but Johnson says the team's rise now needs to be matched
:18:59. > :19:00.off the field. They don't have a permanent training base, often
:19:01. > :19:05.borrowing pitches from local schools. We cannot always be
:19:06. > :19:09.scrimping and saving for things other teams that this level take for
:19:10. > :19:16.granted. You have got to make sure the players are comfortable when you
:19:17. > :19:19.bring in professional players from the premiership. We have got to
:19:20. > :19:24.catch up if they want to keep this football club in the division. These
:19:25. > :19:27.plans for a new stand and retail store have stalled because of local
:19:28. > :19:30.opposition. With all corporate boxes sold out for this Championship
:19:31. > :19:36.season, the club says it shows redevelopment is essential. The
:19:37. > :19:39.biggest stadium `` the bigger stadium, the more you can have
:19:40. > :19:44.hospitality packages and that is crucial for the long`term future of
:19:45. > :19:46.the football club. While Yeovil s players now appear comfortable with
:19:47. > :19:49.their Championship status, bridging the gap off the field is proving to
:19:50. > :19:56.be a greater challenge. It's bottom club Barnsley for Yeovil
:19:57. > :19:59.tomorrow. Here are all the fixtures including Steve Cotterill's first
:20:00. > :20:01.home match in charge of Bristol City. They play Rotherham at Ashton
:20:02. > :20:04.Gate. In rugby, all our teams will be
:20:05. > :20:06.looking for back`to`back wins against teams they faced last
:20:07. > :20:12.weekend. Gloucester take on Edinburgh in the Heineken Cup. Bath
:20:13. > :20:15.play host to Mogliano in the Amlin Challenge Cup while Bristol are away
:20:16. > :20:23.to Gala in the British and Irish Cup.
:20:24. > :20:30.It's going to busy but don't go away. And it's Sports Personality of
:20:31. > :20:33.the Year this weekend and West Country hopes will be with Minehead
:20:34. > :20:37.rugby coach Dionne Jones. It's three weeks since we surprised her with
:20:38. > :20:41.our BBC West Sports Unsung Hero Award.
:20:42. > :20:44.That was a brilliant moment. It was in recognition for the tireless work
:20:45. > :20:47.she's done with juniors and girls teams at the West Somerset club
:20:48. > :20:51.She'll find out on Sunday if she's won the national award. And here she
:20:52. > :21:00.is, with some of the girls she coaches. Welcome, ladies. How are
:21:01. > :21:04.you feeling about Sunday? A bit nervous but I am looking forward to
:21:05. > :21:07.it. I have not had much time to think about it because I have been
:21:08. > :21:11.busy coaching. I have not tried my outfit on yet. You will look
:21:12. > :21:14.amazing. These are your helpers, some of your
:21:15. > :21:20.players. Do you think you would have played rugby without her forcing you
:21:21. > :21:27.to or encouraging you to? It was a chance to do something different.
:21:28. > :21:34.Chelsea, she is not only your courage, she is your mum. What is
:21:35. > :21:41.she like as your coach? It is not really different. It is coach at
:21:42. > :21:48.Grub B, not mum. `` coach at Rugby. I am captain of the under 13s
:21:49. > :21:53.girls' rugby, I normally get picked. But everyone has to have the chance,
:21:54. > :21:58.otherwise it is not fair. Give us an insight, what chance has she got?
:21:59. > :22:04.They are all heroes, great people, worthy winners. We think she is
:22:05. > :22:08.amazing. She has a great chance I am interested to know who you are
:22:09. > :22:13.looking forward to meeting? It would be good to talk to some of the elite
:22:14. > :22:17.rugby players and maybe steal some of their coaching ideas to take back
:22:18. > :22:24.to Minehead. What rugby team do you support? England ladies. Good
:22:25. > :22:29.choice. We have our fingers crossed for you. We have been talking to
:22:30. > :22:34.some of the local people and they have been sending you messages.
:22:35. > :22:41.Congratulations on the award. I would like to say a massive thank
:22:42. > :22:46.you on behalf of the and the RFU. Very proud to have been involved in
:22:47. > :22:50.your development as a coach and to work with you over the past year.
:22:51. > :22:54.Good luck on Sunday. I hope you win. I am so proud of you. Massive good
:22:55. > :23:01.luck for the weekend. You are an amazing friend, a brilliant man and
:23:02. > :23:09.one in a million. `` a brilliant mother. I would like to congratulate
:23:10. > :23:13.you on your award. We would like to thank you for your tireless work and
:23:14. > :23:17.wish you the very best of luck at the awards on Sunday. Lovely
:23:18. > :23:24.messages. You did not know we were going to do that. That is amazing.
:23:25. > :23:27.They have been there throughout this whole coaching journey, setting up
:23:28. > :23:35.the ladies, the girls, it is brilliant. Fantastic. We have done
:23:36. > :23:38.so well regionally. Now we are hoping for the best nationally. What
:23:39. > :23:46.could go wrong? She is the winner, isn't she? Yes. Live on Sunday on
:23:47. > :23:51.BBC One. 7:40pm. We will be watching.
:23:52. > :23:53.Rooting for you. Let us catch up with the weather.
:23:54. > :24:03.Ian is still on the roof. Positively balmy here. Temperatures
:24:04. > :24:11.have been about 11 degrees today. That will continue into a quite mild
:24:12. > :24:15.weekend. Earlier I promised there would be rain on the way. That will
:24:16. > :24:20.be accompanied by increasingly windy conditions. That will be later on
:24:21. > :24:26.Saturday. In the evening. That will be out of the way by Sunday morning.
:24:27. > :24:30.Sunday again, a reasonable window of dry places with sunny weather before
:24:31. > :24:34.things cloud over and further rain comes up from the south. How far
:24:35. > :24:40.north that extends on Sunday evening is slightly open to doubt. A summary
:24:41. > :24:43.in the broad sense. Let us start with where we are at the moment The
:24:44. > :24:49.earlier rain is well out to the east now. Decent clear skies for those of
:24:50. > :24:55.you looking for the meteor showers that peak tonight. Tomorrow the next
:24:56. > :24:58.front comes in. Meaningful feature in terms of stronger winds and
:24:59. > :25:05.persistent rain. Out of the way before Sunday morning. Sunday, a
:25:06. > :25:13.good deal of dry weather. Then in the evening, further rain threatens
:25:14. > :25:17.into Monday. There are some showers around for the time being. Pushing
:25:18. > :25:21.up through the Bristol Channel. A rarity for many of you to see those
:25:22. > :25:26.tonight. It will be decent for spotting meteors for the majority of
:25:27. > :25:29.not all. Towards the second half of the night, little in the way of
:25:30. > :25:34.significant change. A dry start tomorrow. Temperatures chillier than
:25:35. > :25:39.last night. One or two spots where we get down to about one or two
:25:40. > :25:45.degrees. Urban areas holding closer to treat five degrees. Tomorrow
:25:46. > :25:49.hazy sunshine `` three to five degrees. The key thing will be the
:25:50. > :25:53.steady increasing cloud as we kick through the course of the day.
:25:54. > :25:58.Particularly in the afternoon, much more conspicuously cloudy. It will
:25:59. > :26:02.turn wetter. That will be a feature reserved for the evening rather than
:26:03. > :26:06.the afternoon. It stayed right through most of the daylight hours.
:26:07. > :26:09.The rain will spread its weight used woods when it arrives and turned
:26:10. > :26:16.quite heavy and persistent. Winds gusting in the West in exposed areas
:26:17. > :26:20.up to 45 miles an hour. Windier than what we have seen over recent days.
:26:21. > :26:26.Temperatures will be again on the mild side. Nine or ten should be
:26:27. > :26:33.widespread by tomorrow afternoon. By Sunday, we are likely to lift those
:26:34. > :26:36.further, 11 to 13. Outbreaks of rain spreading in from the south after
:26:37. > :26:43.that. Looking beyond that, next week, we start quite an interesting
:26:44. > :26:48.summation of fortunes. A much breezier and unsettled pattern
:26:49. > :26:53.developing towards Christmas. The threat of some noticeably windy and
:26:54. > :26:57.wet weather on the Wednesday. Looking further run towards the
:26:58. > :27:00.Christmas period, broadly the same setup but with the potential of
:27:01. > :27:05.something chillier getting towards Christmas itself. We will keep on
:27:06. > :27:13.eye on that for you. Certainly mild, but like I say to
:27:14. > :27:17.much, put your coat on! `` to my children.
:27:18. > :27:28.Our highlight of the day when we open the door on our programme macro
:27:29. > :27:31.Advent calendar. `` Points West And it's this, taken by Tessa Huygens
:27:32. > :27:36.from Portishead. In magical shot. Very wintry. The snow makes
:27:37. > :27:40.everything look pretty. It depends where you are.
:27:41. > :27:44.We will have an update for you at tempi. Enjoy the weekend.