:00:00. > :00:10.Welcome to BBC Points West with Imogen Sellers and David Garmston.
:00:11. > :00:13.Our main story tonight: A crisis at the heart of Somerset Council. The
:00:14. > :00:20.Chief Executive has been off work for two months ` and the reasons are
:00:21. > :00:23.being kept secret. I think whatever the problem is, it should be made
:00:24. > :00:26.public because this is public money and I don't think it's right that
:00:27. > :00:30.it's being kept secret. The BBC can reveal there's been a bust up
:00:31. > :00:33.between the Chief Executive and the leader of the council. There are
:00:34. > :00:34.calls for a public explanation of why the council's highest paid
:00:35. > :00:48.official is not at her desk. The others stories making the news
:00:49. > :00:52.tonight: A royal delivery on the NHS ` Zara Tindall has a baby at the
:00:53. > :00:55.Gloucestershire Royal. Out on the streets ` the number of
:00:56. > :00:59.people sleeping rough in Bristol has doubled in a year.
:01:00. > :01:01.And nerves of steel ` the West country athletes hoping to ride the
:01:02. > :01:12.skeleton at the Winter Olympics Pressure is being placed on Somerset
:01:13. > :01:16.County Council to explain why their Chief Executive hasn't been at work
:01:17. > :01:23.since November. Sheila Wheeler, who earns a salary of ?160,000, was last
:01:24. > :01:26.at work seven weeks ago. Now MPs and taxpayer groups are calling for the
:01:27. > :01:37.council to come clean about her absence. Andrew Plant has the story.
:01:38. > :01:43.Somerset county council's most senior, and highest, employee `
:01:44. > :01:47.Chief Executive Sheila Wheeler sitting next to council leader John
:01:48. > :01:51.Osman. But Mrs Wheeler hasn't been at work for almost two months and
:01:52. > :01:57.there's no official word on when she might be back. The BBC understands
:01:58. > :02:02.it's due to a disagreement at the very top of the organisation. Now
:02:03. > :02:08.local MPs are urging the council to tell people exactly why it's Chief
:02:09. > :02:11.Executive is not at work. No statement has been made by the
:02:12. > :02:16.council and members of the council have been gagged by a
:02:17. > :02:20.confidentiality clause. With a salary of ?160,000 a year, her
:02:21. > :02:26.absence could have cost taxpayers thousands of pounds. So far today,
:02:27. > :02:29.all these Somerset county council press office will say is that Sheila
:02:30. > :02:33.Wheeler isn't at work and they can't say any more for legal reasons. So
:02:34. > :02:38.we've come down to County Hall to see if we can find out a bit more.
:02:39. > :02:45.One former employee did speak to us. Well, I think there's this a
:02:46. > :02:49.falling out at the top. I don't think it's right that she's being
:02:50. > :02:54.paid while she's off. And this council confirmed there would no
:02:55. > :03:00.explanations today. What can you tell us about Sheila Wheeler?
:03:01. > :03:03.Nothing at all. Why not? The matter was discussed at the last council
:03:04. > :03:09.meeting in a confidential session so I'm not able to say anything at all,
:03:10. > :03:13.other than that. Do you think taxpayers deserve an examination? I
:03:14. > :03:16.can't say any more. The TaxPayers' Alliance has called the council was
:03:17. > :03:21.moderate silence can be be unacceptable. Seven weeks is
:03:22. > :03:27.excessive and it's important that when cases like this happen they are
:03:28. > :03:31.resolved quickly to ensure fairness for those involved and the
:03:32. > :03:35.taxpayers, who are footing the bill. We tried to contact Sheila Wheeler
:03:36. > :03:41.and council leader John Osman but neither returned our messages. Which
:03:42. > :03:47.means there is still no explanation for the absence of the county
:03:48. > :03:49.council's most senior manager. Well, in her absence, Somerset
:03:50. > :03:52.County Council has today proposed another ?18 million worth of budget
:03:53. > :03:55.cuts. The Conservative`led authority says youth and community services
:03:56. > :04:01.could be the worst hit, with almost ?1 million worth of cuts. Two
:04:02. > :04:04.recycling centres could close, and the funding for sheltered housing
:04:05. > :04:07.could be reduced by ?500,000 over two years. Council tax is set to be
:04:08. > :04:19.frozen. Full details will be released next week. The number of
:04:20. > :04:23.people sleeping rough in Bristol has doubled in the last 12 months. The
:04:24. > :04:26.city council says benefit cuts and high rents are to blame. On some
:04:27. > :04:30.nights, people are queuing for hours to get a space in the city's night
:04:31. > :04:32.shelter. Our reporter Scott Ellis is there now.
:04:33. > :04:35.This is the emergency shelter in Bristol and if you don't get in here
:04:36. > :04:38.for one of these beds, you are looking at a night in a car park or
:04:39. > :04:41.at the bus station. They will feed you and give you a sleeping bag
:04:42. > :04:44.before you go and they do have to turn people away. This afternoon, we
:04:45. > :04:49.have seen people queueing from two o'clock. Bear in mind, the doors
:04:50. > :04:54.don't open until 9:30pm. It does show, there is a big demand for
:04:55. > :05:02.places like this and also, longer term, in hostels. What's it like? Is
:05:03. > :05:08.bigger yellow cold. But you have to do it. Can I have a drink? Kirsty
:05:09. > :05:18.and others slept in a city centre car park last night. The figures are
:05:19. > :05:22.that there are about 40 people a night sleeping on the streets, which
:05:23. > :05:25.is double what it was a year ago. That is a worrying trend. We know
:05:26. > :05:29.that the night shelter tends to be full most nights, so we definitely
:05:30. > :05:35.know there's a need more emergency housing. Despite emergency funding
:05:36. > :05:42.cuts, no hospital beds have been lost but people are asking for more
:05:43. > :05:48.help. Like these magazine sellers at Positive Causes, which helps young
:05:49. > :05:52.homeless people. 80% of my lads are vulnerably housed or homeless,
:05:53. > :05:58.whether that be sofa surfing, living in dense and bushes are things like
:05:59. > :06:01.that. Dean says the problem is so bad that he wants to open his own
:06:02. > :06:05.hostile, aware that having no place to call home is a barrier to
:06:06. > :06:13.improving these young men's lives. `` his own hostel. I've got most
:06:14. > :06:19.ability in my life. There is no stability. I'm bouncing here, there
:06:20. > :06:23.and everywhere. If you're not going to help me with my housing, I'm
:06:24. > :06:30.going to go into town and start taking stuff I need to get what I
:06:31. > :06:35.want, to get clothes, food and sleeping bags, and to be able to
:06:36. > :06:39.wash and do everything I need to do. So being homeless lead Thomas to
:06:40. > :06:43.crime but he's turned things round and is now an assistant manager at
:06:44. > :06:46.Positive Causes. The view here is that hostel and housing help is
:06:47. > :06:52.available but the waiting list is getting longer. That's backed up at
:06:53. > :06:56.the Emmaus charity, where they say Bristol's housing problem is that
:06:57. > :07:00.the worst it's been for ten years. And this is not a problem just
:07:01. > :07:02.confined to Bristol. We've spoken to people who work with rough sleepers
:07:03. > :07:06.in Bath and they say they are counting the numbers around about
:07:07. > :07:11.the 20 mark but are more used to single figures. So it does seem like
:07:12. > :07:16.a doubling of the problem in Bath as well.
:07:17. > :07:20.She's 16th in line to the throne, but will be known as plain Miss
:07:21. > :07:23.Tindall. The daughter of Zara Phillips and Gloucester rugby player
:07:24. > :07:25.Mike Tindall arrived in the early hours of this morning at the
:07:26. > :07:29.Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. Mother and baby are now said to be
:07:30. > :07:37.doing well at home on the Gatcombe Estate. Here's Sally Challoner.
:07:38. > :07:42.They wed two and a half years ago ` just weeks after Prince William and
:07:43. > :07:45.Kate Middleton. But I suspect their daughter's life will be somewhat
:07:46. > :07:48.different to that of her second cousin Prince George. Famously
:07:49. > :07:51.laid`back and declining a royal title, Zara Phillips opted to give
:07:52. > :07:57.birth at the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital ` the baby arriving in the
:07:58. > :08:01.early hours of the morning. The new family is now at home at nearby
:08:02. > :08:11.Gatcombe Park, the home of Zara s mother the Princess Royal. Locals
:08:12. > :08:15.are delighted. Zara won a lot of hearts in recent years with her
:08:16. > :08:22.horse riding. Horse riding is very much a part of Britain. It's the
:08:23. > :08:27.core of our countryside. Peter Phillips has got two so I'll have to
:08:28. > :08:30.catch up but we'll let her do the Olympics first. At Hartpury College,
:08:31. > :08:34.where Zara competes in the annual horse trials, the news was also met
:08:35. > :08:37.with excitement. Zara couldn't compete at our event last August
:08:38. > :08:41.because she was in the early stages of her pregnancy but we're
:08:42. > :08:46.absolutely delighted and we look forward to seeing her competing
:08:47. > :08:49.again in August this year, and back on the road to Rio. New dad Mike
:08:50. > :08:52.Tindall, who was present at the birth. The former England captain
:08:53. > :08:55.will miss this weekend's rugby fixture for current team Gloucester
:08:56. > :09:04.` but has been tweeting with pride today. He thanked the hospital staff
:09:05. > :09:09.and everyone for their good wishes and said it was the best day of his
:09:10. > :09:12.life. His team`mate auntie at the moment ` most of them have already
:09:13. > :09:17.left for France, ahead of their Heineken Cup match this weekend But
:09:18. > :09:23.the shop here doesn't sell these, which would make a nice gift. No
:09:24. > :09:29.name yet, though. Any early suggestions locally? Olivia. It s
:09:30. > :09:36.quite posh. Elisabeth, Victoria Quite posh. Ellie is quite sweet. It
:09:37. > :09:48.doesn't sound to Royal. I would call it Rebecca after my best friend
:09:49. > :09:51.Well, we can speak now to the royal biographer Penny Junor, who's at her
:09:52. > :09:57.home near Malmesbury now. Thank you for joining us. Another very
:09:58. > :10:00.exciting day for the Royal family, just months after William and Kate
:10:01. > :10:03.became parents. But this little girl will have quite a normal upbringing,
:10:04. > :10:09.compared to her cousin Prince George. You say that but I think
:10:10. > :10:14.Prince George will probably have a reasonably normal upbringing. But
:10:15. > :10:18.Prince George is fiercely in line to the throne and, therefore, will have
:10:19. > :10:26.to have a lot of security. But about the mat, I suspect he will go to
:10:27. > :10:30.normal schools. Zara's little girl I don't imagine will have security
:10:31. > :10:33.and, I imagine, will be absolutely like the rest of us, except that
:10:34. > :10:40.she's got some rather grand grandparents and great grandparents.
:10:41. > :10:43.Recess and was also a competitive rider and was back in the saddle
:10:44. > :10:52.just four months after giving birth. `` Princess and. Do you think the
:10:53. > :10:56.Zara will be the same? I should think so. She is fit and healthy.
:10:57. > :11:00.The fact she just popped into the hospital and had her baby and was
:11:01. > :11:06.home in time with the suggests that she is really going to be out there
:11:07. > :11:14.and I suspect she'll be back on her horse by the end of the week. Azara
:11:15. > :11:18.broke the mould Road came to Royal names ` will the couple be free to
:11:19. > :11:22.choose any name they like? Any name under the sun, yes. They may be
:11:23. > :11:31.traditional and go for Royal names like Alexandra, Victoria,
:11:32. > :11:38.Elizabeth, but Zara herself has got a slightly unusual name and who
:11:39. > :11:47.knows? They may do something completely but unexpected. Thank you
:11:48. > :11:50.so much for joining us tonight. And if they're watching, good
:11:51. > :11:58.evening. Maybe imaging would be nice! They could do worse! `` images
:11:59. > :12:02.The Government says it's making almost ?7 million available to
:12:03. > :12:06.councils to help them repair the damage caused by the recent floods.
:12:07. > :12:09.People across the West are still feeling the effects of the severe
:12:10. > :12:13.weather. Today local authorities have been told they can bid for more
:12:14. > :12:16.money to help affected communities, and repair damaged roads. Well, it
:12:17. > :12:20.looks as if there's more rain to come this weekend, too. Ian, are we
:12:21. > :12:25.going to see more flooding? It has the potential, it has to be said.
:12:26. > :12:30.And all`too`familiar symbol this winter. I'll give you all the
:12:31. > :12:38.details later. A former care worker has admitted
:12:39. > :12:42.twice ill`treating a resident with dementia at a care home in Wraxall,
:12:43. > :12:45.North Somerset. It was captured on a secret camera installed at the
:12:46. > :12:52.Granary by Gladys Wright's family in 2012. Daniel Baynes also pleaded
:12:53. > :12:56.guilty today to stealing her food. He denies a further count of ill
:12:57. > :12:59.treatment and one of theft. Two former colleagues, Tomasz
:13:00. > :13:02.Gidaszewski on the right, and Januz Salnikow, also appeared at Bristol
:13:03. > :13:09.Crown Court, where they pleaded not guilty to ill`treating Mrs Wright.
:13:10. > :13:12.The family of the murdered Somerset women Catherine Wells`Burr say they
:13:13. > :13:14.feel dismayed and angry that her killers could serve out the
:13:15. > :13:19.remainder of their sentences in Poland. Catherine's boyfriend, his
:13:20. > :13:27.ex`girfriend and her Uncle, who are all Polish, were jailed for 32 years
:13:28. > :13:37.each in June. The Wells`Burr family have now launched a petition. Here's
:13:38. > :13:42.Sarah`Jane Bungay. Catherine was a British citizen was
:13:43. > :13:46.killed on British soil. We feel we've been really let down. Sick
:13:47. > :13:48.white they sat through six weeks of a trial and thought justice had been
:13:49. > :13:55.done when her killers were put behind bars. But then a website
:13:56. > :14:00.revealed two of those who took her life have asked to be removed back
:14:01. > :14:04.to their home country to serve out the rest of their sentences.
:14:05. > :14:08.Catherine's killers have been told that could mean that Harris being
:14:09. > :14:12.reduced by seven years each. Of course they are going to go back if
:14:13. > :14:16.they are going to get years knocked off. It seems like the law here
:14:17. > :14:23.doesn't count. Victims don't count. Not even to be informed. In June, a
:14:24. > :14:27.jury found Catherine's boyfriend, his former girlfriend and her uncle
:14:28. > :14:31.guilty of killing Catherine. She had been smothered before her body was
:14:32. > :14:37.set light in her Rome car. The latest news is, her family say, like
:14:38. > :14:42.a smack in the face. We are taking a step backwards instead of going
:14:43. > :14:47.forward. We've got another fight on our hands. A constant battle,
:14:48. > :14:52.really, and we thought it was our right as British citizens. This
:14:53. > :14:56.afternoon, more than 3000 people had signed the online petition but legal
:14:57. > :15:00.experts aren't surprised the killers could be moved. It's quite common
:15:01. > :15:04.for the English jurisdiction to transfer prisoners back to Poland
:15:05. > :15:08.and, indeed, for endless people who may be imprisoned in Poland or other
:15:09. > :15:13.foreign jurisdictions to be transferred back to this country for
:15:14. > :15:17.the top `` for English people. It's highly likely the authorities will
:15:18. > :15:21.decide they should be transferred. This evening the Ministry of Justice
:15:22. > :15:24.told us they couldn't clarify if the sentences would remain the same or
:15:25. > :15:35.be reduced if the move to Poland happens. Catherine's family say they
:15:36. > :15:38.will fight that in her name. The man in charge of local
:15:39. > :15:40.government has made an outspoken attack on the West's biggest
:15:41. > :15:44.council. Secretary of State Eric Pickles was campaigning in Wiltshire
:15:45. > :15:47.` but what's unusual is that his criticism was directed at members of
:15:48. > :15:52.his own party. Our political editor Paul Barltrop has more.
:15:53. > :15:55.He's a political big hitter who doesn't pull any punches ` and his
:15:56. > :15:58.target was Wiltshire Council. Leader Jane Scott was told not to take a
:15:59. > :16:01.controversial increase in her allowance. And the money earned from
:16:02. > :16:06.car parking was condemned as excessive. In a council car park in
:16:07. > :16:15.Chippenham, he helped a Conservative parliamentary candidate kick off a
:16:16. > :16:17.campaign to get them cut. Councils throughout the country are in the
:16:18. > :16:26.process of reassessing their car parking charges. A lot of the old
:16:27. > :16:30.familiar diktats that they had, when they were told by the last
:16:31. > :16:34.government to ramp up the charges ` we've got rid of all that. Isn't it
:16:35. > :16:38.for local people and the local council to decide, not for you to
:16:39. > :16:41.come and put the boot in from on high? I'm here to help. The smile
:16:42. > :16:44.said it all. After all, he's the minister who's slashed funding to
:16:45. > :16:49.councils, offering little sympathy ` whatever their political persuasion.
:16:50. > :16:53.Picking a truly local issue like parking charges, which gets people
:16:54. > :16:58.really hot and bothered, is classic campaigning. But what's surprising
:16:59. > :17:01.in this case is that the target was their fellow conservatives who run
:17:02. > :17:06.the council here. They're not best pleased. In the cold light of day I
:17:07. > :17:12.met the councillor in charge of finance. We make ?4.9 million off
:17:13. > :17:17.150 car parks across Wiltshire and all that money goes to support bus
:17:18. > :17:23.services. We put ?19.5 million into them. Busy car parks suggest many
:17:24. > :17:27.shoppers aren't deterred. There s irritation with the intervention
:17:28. > :17:31.from non`stop It frustrates me about some of the olives is that come out
:17:32. > :17:34.of all the political parties on a high`level. You wonder if they've
:17:35. > :17:38.ever been involved in local politics or spoken to anyone at a local level
:17:39. > :17:42.as it doesn't seem to have any bearing on reality or common sense
:17:43. > :17:46.and that is frustrating. Eric Pickles makes no apologies. Later
:17:47. > :17:50.this month, he'll announce new rules expected to increase the financial
:17:51. > :17:55.pressure on councils even more. The Winter Olympics begin in three
:17:56. > :18:00.weeks' time. And there are some real local medal prospects. Alistair
:18:01. > :18:12.Durden is here. Ali, high hopes ` particularly for the skeleton. I
:18:13. > :18:19.think all the winter sports contain an element of daredevil about them `
:18:20. > :18:22.but skeleton tops the lot. This is what it looks like from an
:18:23. > :18:29.athlete's point of view, this is what they see. Top speeds of 80 mph.
:18:30. > :18:32.This lead is four feet long and they wind their way round all these
:18:33. > :18:37.corners, with their chins to the ice. I don't know if you fancy a go
:18:38. > :18:44.at that that's what they have to content with. We have a track record
:18:45. > :18:49.of medals. Do we have genuine chances this time?
:18:50. > :18:55.Amy Williams has retired but Shelley Rudman is still going strong. She's
:18:56. > :19:02.being out `` outshone at the moment by Lizzy Yarnold. Lizzy has just won
:19:03. > :19:07.the latest World Cup series of events so that's four victories for
:19:08. > :19:11.her this season. She is a real contender to get the love the gold
:19:12. > :19:14.medal. Another solid performance from Shelley Rudman in her second
:19:15. > :19:20.run of the day, meaning she finished in fifth place. Sochi will be
:19:21. > :19:24.busy's first taste of the Olympics, while Shelley is eager to rediscover
:19:25. > :19:31.her best on the biggest stage of all. `` Lizzy Yarnold's first taste
:19:32. > :19:35.of the Olympics. Eight years ago, Shelley Rudman won
:19:36. > :19:38.Britain's only medal in Turin. Now the 32`year`old is gearing up for
:19:39. > :19:42.her third games. Much has changed in her life ` she now has a daughter,
:19:43. > :19:45.Ella, who travels with her to competitions ` even doing the
:19:46. > :19:48.warm`ups! She's the current world champion, and back to her best after
:19:49. > :19:53.missing out on a medal four years ago. I just thought after Vancouver
:19:54. > :19:56.that I still had unfinished business with the sport and still wanted to
:19:57. > :20:00.achieve everything possible. I set out to win the World Cup title and
:20:01. > :20:05.then the world Championships and set quite a lot of goals for myself and
:20:06. > :20:09.ticked those of us I went along Time was going past and I thought,
:20:10. > :20:17."Saatchi is still there and I could represent Great Britain" . `` Sochi
:20:18. > :20:20.is still there. Lizzy Yarnold started skeleton four years ago
:20:21. > :20:23.joining the team based at the University of Bath, just after Amy
:20:24. > :20:27.Williams had won gold in Vancouver. She's been the stand out performer
:20:28. > :20:30.in the World Cup series ` currently leading the world rankings. If I
:20:31. > :20:32.could qualify for the Olympics and be there and represent Great
:20:33. > :20:38.Britain, it would mean everything to me. I'd be so proud. I hope to
:20:39. > :20:42.perform at my best and I'm unbelievably motivated, so fingers
:20:43. > :20:45.crossed I can get there. Dom Parsons is doing a Mechanical Engineering
:20:46. > :20:49.PhD in Bath. Skills that come in handy for getting the best out of
:20:50. > :20:53.his sled. Six years after impressing on a talent`spotting day, he's the
:20:54. > :21:01.best shot of the GB men winning a first ever skeleton medal. The
:21:02. > :21:04.closer we get to the Olympics, the more everyone is talking about it
:21:05. > :21:09.and the harder it is to focus on the upcoming races. But I've been
:21:10. > :21:15.developing through the season so I hope to be as strong as I can be
:21:16. > :21:17.compared. `` come February. Dom s currently 14th in the world
:21:18. > :21:22.rankings, while Lizzy and Shelley are in the top three. Only gold
:21:23. > :21:26.could make that smile get any wider. It's also a big weekend in Austria
:21:27. > :21:29.for our bobsleigh athletes ` that's Trowbridge couple John Jackson and
:21:30. > :21:34.Paula Walker. John is the pilot and is looking to compete in the two`man
:21:35. > :21:38.and four`man events in Sochi. Paula is also the pilot in the women's
:21:39. > :21:42.event. They're both hoping to compete in their second Winter
:21:43. > :21:44.Olympics. Back in this country, Yeovil have
:21:45. > :21:49.signed Leicester defender Zoumana Bakayogo on loan for a month. He's
:21:50. > :21:54.available to make his Championship debut away at Birmingham tomorrow.
:21:55. > :21:58.Goals from all those matches, remember, in our Sunday evening
:21:59. > :22:00.bulletin. Bath Rugby are guaranteed a home
:22:01. > :22:04.quarterfinal in the European Challenge Cup after they beat
:22:05. > :22:07.Bordeaux by 54 points to 13 at the Rec last night. Amongst the try
:22:08. > :22:10.scorers was Fiji`born Semaysa Rokoduguni, who touched down twice
:22:11. > :22:19.in his first game back from injury in almost two months. Today he
:22:20. > :22:31.received his first call up to the England Saxons squad to face Ireland
:22:32. > :22:35.next week. Unfortunately, he got injured. It just shows that our
:22:36. > :22:38.medical department and strength and conditioning team can do great
:22:39. > :22:42.things with the guys, bring him back stronger than he was. He is on top
:22:43. > :22:44.of his game and it's great to have him back.
:22:45. > :22:47.Gloucester wrap up their European Cup campaign away at Perpignan, and
:22:48. > :22:52.Bristol's final British and Irish Cup pool game is away at Leeds.
:22:53. > :23:01.They're already through to the quarterfinals. Just thinking about
:23:02. > :23:04.Mike Tindall. Obviously not involved in Gloucester today but he is a
:23:05. > :23:08.world champion, Zara is a world champion ` quite a lot of pressure
:23:09. > :23:12.on the young girl as she grows up to pick a sport and be successful.
:23:13. > :23:17.She'll be her own person, I'm sure. Now, there was a time ` not so long
:23:18. > :23:20.ago ` when the little red phone box at the end of the road was the
:23:21. > :23:24.height of communication technology. Now, though, it's more of a museum
:23:25. > :23:27.item. But in one village in Wiltshire, they want to change that
:23:28. > :23:35.` and make their little landmark cutting edge once again. Jules Hyam
:23:36. > :23:42.reports. The quiet Wiltshire village of
:23:43. > :23:49.curtain. There has been a `` curtain `` curtain. There has been a church
:23:50. > :23:54.of some sort here for many years and now there is a change because of
:23:55. > :23:58.this. Public telephones and roll areas have been doing a hokey Cokie
:23:59. > :24:03.` they put a lot in and then took them out. Here they have shaken it
:24:04. > :24:11.about a bit. You notice it when you step inside. There is still a
:24:12. > :24:15.telephone here but there is also an information screen and it's already
:24:16. > :24:21.top for Wi`Fi. It will even send a little message telling people what
:24:22. > :24:25.is going on in the village. They are respected around the world and kept
:24:26. > :24:29.very good care of. But for some reason in this country, they've been
:24:30. > :24:33.neglected and not kept very well and we feel quite strongly that they
:24:34. > :24:37.need to be kept in use, doing what they were designed to do, which is a
:24:38. > :24:42.communications tool, and kept looking good. This one does look
:24:43. > :24:51.rather fetching. They are very proud of this year and they have even
:24:52. > :25:03.given it an opening ceremony. It's ringing! Well, yeah, it's a phone!
:25:04. > :25:06.We had to adopt it. There are times when mobile batteries flat. The
:25:07. > :25:09.reception is not very good and there are elderly people who don't have
:25:10. > :25:13.phones and wouldn't know how to use them. And adopted popular landmark
:25:14. > :25:25.that really is now cutting edge Some soggy dogs around tomorrow
:25:26. > :25:33.There may be some soggy dog walkers as well. Saturday brings the threat
:25:34. > :25:36.of quite a bit of rain. Initially across west and southwestern areas,
:25:37. > :25:42.it will transfer eastwards across the course of the afternoon, turning
:25:43. > :25:46.more showery in nature. Sunday has frost, is and fog. A decent day
:25:47. > :25:50.until you get further on into the afternoon, when we start to
:25:51. > :25:53.reintroduce the threat of showers in the West. The Met Office has a
:25:54. > :25:58.yellow warning out covering this area from about 4am, through all of
:25:59. > :26:00.tomorrow. It's a broad area because we are hedging our bets on where the
:26:01. > :26:05.threat of rain could cause disruption given pre`existing
:26:06. > :26:13.sensitivities. We are highlighting Minehead, the Quantock is, down
:26:14. > :26:16.towards Sidmouth. It wouldn't take much to shift that when further east
:26:17. > :26:24.towards the Somerset Levels, which would be a good deal more
:26:25. > :26:30.bothersome. `` shift the rain further east. Gradually, the rain
:26:31. > :26:34.transfers its way eastwards as the day wears on. So if you start the
:26:35. > :26:41.day without rain in the east, like Wiltshire, you will catch rain
:26:42. > :26:45.eventually. I do stress the uncertainties in what is a competent
:26:46. > :26:51.is a set of developments. `` complicated. Rain turning quite
:26:52. > :26:55.heavy through places as it moves North westwards. It clears away from
:26:56. > :27:01.many areas as we get towards daybreak. There will be a window of
:27:02. > :27:08.dryer, cloudy weather as you come further east. He is the heavy rain
:27:09. > :27:12.which is going to set in and install itself in this position. It could be
:27:13. > :27:17.further east or further west. There is a lot of uncertainty but you get
:27:18. > :27:22.the broad theme. It has potential to cause some trouble with 20
:27:23. > :27:27.millimetres during the day and, as it moves eastwards, it turns more
:27:28. > :27:29.showery. Temperatures about eight or nine. A chilly start on Sunday but
:27:30. > :27:37.it does look like a decent day. That's all from the Points West team
:27:38. > :27:42.this Friday evening. Thank you for your company. We're off to wet the
:27:43. > :27:45.baby's head. Just going outside will do the trick! See you on Monday
:27:46. > :27:48.Have a good weekend.