:00:00. > :00:07.Welcome to BBC Points West with Sabet Choudhury and Alex Lovell Our
:00:08. > :00:12.main story tonight: The absent chief executive and the huge legal bill.
:00:13. > :00:21.The troubles facing Somerset County Council as rumours of arguments are
:00:22. > :00:24.revealed. The county council has not been open with constituents are and
:00:25. > :00:28.there is a feeling that there is a risk that this will cost us a great
:00:29. > :00:30.deal more than we presently know about.
:00:31. > :00:32.On the day after they set their budget, we look how this will affect
:00:33. > :00:44.the council's books. Also in tonight's programme: The day
:00:45. > :00:49.the West shook. The earthquake in the Bristol Channel.
:00:50. > :00:53.How long before the Somerset Levels recover? We find out when farming is
:00:54. > :00:55.likely to start again. And going undercover ` why
:00:56. > :01:06.Stourhead's famous landmark is getting a make over.
:01:07. > :01:11.Somerset County Council is facing a large legal bill following the
:01:12. > :01:15.departure of its chief executive. It's been announced that Sheila
:01:16. > :01:20.Wheeler has left by mutual consent. She hasn't actually been at work
:01:21. > :01:23.since November. And as our political editor, Paul Barltrop has been
:01:24. > :01:28.finding out, there have been rumours of a falling out with the council
:01:29. > :01:32.leader. In happier days: council leader John
:01:33. > :01:34.Osman side by side with the woman appointed by Somerset's ruling
:01:35. > :01:38.Conservatives. Now they've parted company. In fact, Sheila Wheeler
:01:39. > :01:42.hasn't been seen at meetings since November. Councillors were first
:01:43. > :01:46.told she was on sick leave, then simply away. Yesterday it was
:01:47. > :01:52.announced she'd been given ?40, 00 ` three months' pay ` to go. The
:01:53. > :02:00.council leader was talking ` but legally restricted in what he'd say.
:02:01. > :02:05.A number of complaints were made. These needed to be investigated
:02:06. > :02:09.Obviously we have a duty to our employees to actually investigate
:02:10. > :02:13.them if personnel issues are raised, they had to be investigated
:02:14. > :02:19.fully... Beware investigated twice, once by CQC owing to a government
:02:20. > :02:24.process which had to be followed. The QC had to be followed. That
:02:25. > :02:29.time, and obviously we can't disclose personal information.
:02:30. > :02:32.5000 people work for the county council, so not surprisingly there
:02:33. > :02:37.has been plenty of gossip. All those who know have been sworn to secrecy
:02:38. > :02:40.by the lawyers. But the sense I get is that it's not as sensational as
:02:41. > :02:44.rumours might suggest. The mystery had prompted Somerset MPs to raise
:02:45. > :02:50.it in parliament. David Heath got no answers, and remains frustrated
:02:51. > :02:55.Nobody was saying anything but clearly a serious situation in the
:02:56. > :02:59.workings of the county council which had a cost to council taxpayers and
:03:00. > :03:02.one which was clearly going to have an effect on the effectiveness of
:03:03. > :03:06.the county council, particularly over recent months when dealing with
:03:07. > :03:10.the biggest crisis we have ever had. So Sheila Wheeler becomes the
:03:11. > :03:14.second chief executive in five years paid to leave by a council which
:03:15. > :03:20.says it's strapped for cash. Paul's here. A lot of money at a
:03:21. > :03:24.time when the council is making cuts.
:03:25. > :03:27.Absolutely. Somerset meeting yesterday primarily to set their
:03:28. > :03:30.budget, and it wasn't badly overshadowed. One of the things they
:03:31. > :03:36.voted through renewed charges for elderly daycare, increased bust
:03:37. > :03:38.fares, people with learning disabilities having to live outside
:03:39. > :03:42.care homes, and reductions in support for those in sheltered
:03:43. > :03:45.housing. That is just this year and the warning is more to in future
:03:46. > :03:51.years. They are not the only one setting
:03:52. > :03:54.the budget, are the? South Gloucester are talking of how
:03:55. > :03:58.to save ?36,000 over the next few years. Also Cheltenham and Stroud
:03:59. > :04:04.have been setting their budgets The only consolation for taxpayers and
:04:05. > :04:09.the council tax will not go up. If money is tight, do the councils
:04:10. > :04:12.need a Chief Executive? If you look across at Wiltshire it
:04:13. > :04:15.is one of the biggest local authorities in the West, and they
:04:16. > :04:19.don't have a Chief Executive. If you look across at Cotswold, they share
:04:20. > :04:25.their chief executive of one of their neighbours. Somerset have not
:04:26. > :04:27.yet made a decision about replacing the Chief Executive, but at the
:04:28. > :04:31.moment they are adding up the legal bill.
:04:32. > :04:34.We are left are some questions. Thank you, Paul.
:04:35. > :04:38.An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale was felt in many parts
:04:39. > :04:41.of the west today. Its epicentre was in the Bristol Channel.
:04:42. > :04:52.Our reporter Michelle Ruminski is at Severn Beach for us now. The
:04:53. > :04:58.epicentre was actually 90 miles in that direction, just south of
:04:59. > :05:04.Swansea and South Wales. It struck at about 1:30pm, lunchtime, and the
:05:05. > :05:10.very heart of this earthquake was three miles deep under the sea bed.
:05:11. > :05:15.The earthquake was 4.1 on the Richter scale and measured by the
:05:16. > :05:18.British geographical survey, and they say that is pretty small in
:05:19. > :05:25.global terms. The largest ever recorded in the UK was in 1931, and
:05:26. > :05:29.that was six on the Richter scale. To give you a little bit of context,
:05:30. > :05:35.the UK gets around 200 earthquakes every year, but only around 20 of
:05:36. > :05:40.them are ones that you and me can actually feel. The one we had today,
:05:41. > :05:46.that magnitude we only get every two or three years. The British
:05:47. > :05:49.geographical survey say that there are four and was ringing as soon as
:05:50. > :05:55.the tremors were felt. People felt that far`off, even into Gloucester
:05:56. > :06:00.and in Bristol, across Somerset and South Wales. One person called in to
:06:01. > :06:05.say that the house was rocking, and another added that it lasted several
:06:06. > :06:10.seconds and was frightening. One person likened it to be very heavy
:06:11. > :06:14.truck going up the road. People took to social media websites. One man in
:06:15. > :06:18.Devon said that his whole house shook, and were a few light`hearted
:06:19. > :06:22.comments, with many saying that it was a shame if all blinded not open
:06:23. > :06:28.up and drain away the flooding in Somerset. We are able to be
:06:29. > :06:32.light`hearted about it partly because of its magnitude and because
:06:33. > :06:35.it started quite far out to sea in that direction.
:06:36. > :06:38.Michelle, thank you. So let's get more from earthquake
:06:39. > :06:45.expert, Colin Taylor from Bristol University. Thank you for coming
:06:46. > :06:49.in. Should we be worried? Not really, this kind of earthquake
:06:50. > :06:54.happens quite often in the UK. We had about a dozen of them in the
:06:55. > :06:57.last 20 years. 4.1 is quite small from an engineering point of view,
:06:58. > :07:04.so it is unlikely to cause much damage. It is a normal pattern of
:07:05. > :07:06.events in the UK. There has been speculation that this
:07:07. > :07:10.kind of thing has happened because of the recent bad weather.
:07:11. > :07:17.There is no connection with the weather. The whole of the UK is
:07:18. > :07:19.under stress from the movement of the's crossed, and every now and
:07:20. > :07:25.then the local faults move, and that is the case.
:07:26. > :07:31.Could we see more of these things happening?
:07:32. > :07:34.We get events like this are across the body shells, everyday we have
:07:35. > :07:37.small earthquakes and most of them we don't feel. It just happened that
:07:38. > :07:41.this one was a bit stronger than normal and human beings are very
:07:42. > :07:45.sensitive to these motions so we picked them up. But it is really the
:07:46. > :07:50.normal pattern of events, there s nothing to be particularly concerned
:07:51. > :07:53.about. What happens if we do have someone
:07:54. > :07:57.to be concerned about? Whatever safety advice would you give?
:07:58. > :08:01.If you do feel the building shaking, don't run out of the building, that
:08:02. > :08:04.is the worst thing you can do because you could be killed by
:08:05. > :08:07.masonry falling. The best thing is to get under a table or a chair or
:08:08. > :08:10.in a covered, or stand under a doorway, something that will protect
:08:11. > :08:18.you from falling debris and wait until it is over.
:08:19. > :08:23.For an earthquake expert like you, what do you learn from it?
:08:24. > :08:26.It is very important that we understand the earthquake region in
:08:27. > :08:31.the UK because safety critical structures like dams and nuclear
:08:32. > :08:36.power stations have to be checked for earthquake susceptibility, and
:08:37. > :08:40.we have to check what magnitude earthquake were likely to get in the
:08:41. > :08:45.lifetime of the structures. Information we get from people, it
:08:46. > :08:51.has been any damage, it is really valuable to us to help understand
:08:52. > :08:55.the bigger picture. The Environment Agency confirmed
:08:56. > :08:59.today that dredging will begin on the Somerset Levels next month
:09:00. > :09:03.Senators as it is safe and practical for the work to start. It will
:09:04. > :09:07.include five miles of river channel where the Rivers Tone and Parrett
:09:08. > :09:10.meet at Burrowbridge. The Environment Agency says it's a key
:09:11. > :09:14.stretch of river where locals say substantial amounts of silt have
:09:15. > :09:18.built up. Here's a picture from space ` the dark areas showing the
:09:19. > :09:23.submerged ground on the levels and moors in Somerset.
:09:24. > :09:26.About 65 square miles of the county have now been underwater for several
:09:27. > :09:30.weeks. Huge pumps from Holland are working to move water back to the
:09:31. > :09:36.sea. When fully operational, they can move seven million tonnes of
:09:37. > :09:40.water each day from the levels. More than 30 other smaller pumps are also
:09:41. > :09:43.in action across the affected area. If the pumping operation goes to
:09:44. > :09:47.plan this week, the Environment Agency plans to open a sluice gate
:09:48. > :09:53.near Langport to relieve pressure on the River Parrett. But even when the
:09:54. > :09:56.water has gone, how long will it realistically be before the land on
:09:57. > :10:06.the Somerset Levels is in any fit state to be farmed? Our reporter
:10:07. > :10:11.Andrew Plant has been finding out. The Environment Agency rang and
:10:12. > :10:16.said, could they put extra pumps in... Obviously we said yes. They
:10:17. > :10:22.are pumping like mad, and the pumps run right back to the fields.
:10:23. > :10:28.Once a crop of winter wheat, no more pipes are peering. The damage is
:10:29. > :10:33.already done to James Winslade's precious planting. Months of work
:10:34. > :10:39.simply washed away. The farm, it is over 14 feet deep in
:10:40. > :10:45.places. We won't be doing anything with the land this year. It will be
:10:46. > :10:49.a complete write`off. Steward Fripp advises farmers how to
:10:50. > :10:56.get the most from their fields. . He says the most damage she is deep
:10:57. > :11:00.down in the soil. That is the start of the problems,
:11:01. > :11:05.the water. You're then looking at 23 years to get the land back to any of
:11:06. > :11:08.production. Helpers flowing in. These tractors
:11:09. > :11:13.left Essex yesterday afternoon with donations. This is where all those
:11:14. > :11:17.donation is where all those omissions are destined, Sedgemoor
:11:18. > :11:23.market, just off the side of the M5. We have here wrapped up on one
:11:24. > :11:26.side for animal feed, and straw for animal bedding over their. These are
:11:27. > :11:34.the donations are coming from all across the UK, and I am told there
:11:35. > :11:39.is more on the way. This is only part of what we have
:11:40. > :11:43.got left to send up. It is unbelievable how farmers are
:11:44. > :11:47.rallying around across the UK. If we don't get feed down and straw down,
:11:48. > :11:53.the cattle won't get fed. And the cattle don't get fed, they will
:11:54. > :11:58.die. And food prices will go up Meanwhile, dozens of farmers and
:11:59. > :12:04.dozens of families are relying on these deletions to keep their
:12:05. > :12:07.animals and their businesses alive. Over the last few weeks, we've heard
:12:08. > :12:12.many tales of Somerset pulling together as a community to overcome
:12:13. > :12:15.the floods. Well when a call to arms was made to help rescue and foster
:12:16. > :12:19.pets left homeless when their owners' homes flooded, one woman
:12:20. > :12:27.stepped forward. Julia Causton's been to meet her.
:12:28. > :12:31.This is the front room of the house. General donations from the
:12:32. > :12:37.public. And mix your dog bones, treats, tinned food, small bag
:12:38. > :12:43.mixes. The rescue effort may be over, but
:12:44. > :12:46.donations are still flooding in Most of the animals are out, we are
:12:47. > :12:50.out, we're now starting food and supplying food to the people who
:12:51. > :12:56.have had to get their pets out. I'm generally dealing with horses,
:12:57. > :12:59.sheep, rabbits, cats, dogs. Everything from a wrapped up to the
:13:00. > :13:03.size of a horse. It's been a steady stream from all
:13:04. > :13:08.over Somerset. People feel for the animals.
:13:09. > :13:12.Allsorts of the nations, we have clothes and food in the van ready to
:13:13. > :13:18.go to the next storage place. As fast as it comes in, the food and
:13:19. > :13:21.bedding goes out again. Some are notified that they needed
:13:22. > :13:27.some hay for their animals, and basically my wife volunteered me
:13:28. > :13:32.since I was going that way to drop by and collect them.
:13:33. > :13:37.The constant flow of traffic has destroyed Helen's drive, but help is
:13:38. > :13:41.at hand, a free delivery of old road tarmac from a Somerset business
:13:42. > :13:46.once again coordinated by their flood action group.
:13:47. > :13:56.I just hold this in, free of charge, and the company let us have
:13:57. > :13:59.it for free. Everybody meets up, and hug each
:14:00. > :14:03.other. We don't know half of them. , the judges themselves and then get
:14:04. > :14:08.stuck in. Neighbours have become friends in an
:14:09. > :14:13.effort to help in the following of the floods.
:14:14. > :14:16.People have really bonded over this. It's amazing how much help is
:14:17. > :14:21.out there. Yes, massively. And using social
:14:22. > :14:28.media, it's fascinating. Coming up a little later in the
:14:29. > :14:32.programme: Having a happy time on stage at the Brits ` but just who
:14:33. > :14:40.was that dancing with Pharrell Williams?
:14:41. > :14:47.A school in Bath is at the centre of a row, after a recent visit by
:14:48. > :14:51.Ofsted. Inspectors were called into Oldfield School in December in
:14:52. > :14:54.response to a number of complaints. But some parents are now unhappy
:14:55. > :14:58.that not all the concerns shared with the inspectors have been made
:14:59. > :15:04.public. They've launched an online petition calling for greater
:15:05. > :15:09.transparency. Jules Hyam reports. Oldfield School in Bath: an Academy
:15:10. > :15:13.school rated in 2012 as outstanding. It has some of the best exam results
:15:14. > :15:17.in the area, but there are growing concerns over the way the school is
:15:18. > :15:20.run and the way that it deals with issues around the safety of its
:15:21. > :15:23.pupils. In December, Ofsted inspectors
:15:24. > :15:26.visited the school because the Chief Inspector was concerned about the
:15:27. > :15:28.number of complaints and allegations made to Ofsted about the
:15:29. > :15:35.effectiveness of safeguarding arrangements.
:15:36. > :15:38.In a letter to the school Ofsted says that it found that the school's
:15:39. > :15:40.safeguarding arrangements meet requirements, but it raised concerns
:15:41. > :15:50.over the leadership, management and governance of the school ` concerns
:15:51. > :15:56.shared by some teachers' unions That is an issue that has been going
:15:57. > :15:59.on since 2010 and we have been working closely with our members to
:16:00. > :16:05.highlight these issues. We have been seeking to resolve these in a
:16:06. > :16:08.professional manner. We are in some respects pleased that this has come
:16:09. > :16:11.to the forefront because it is highlighting issues that we have
:16:12. > :16:21.been raising for a number of years and is trying to resolve.
:16:22. > :16:26.Ofsted also header argument is that it said was outside agreement but it
:16:27. > :16:29.has been passed on. A petition's been launched online calling for
:16:30. > :16:33.those concerns to be published ` this afternoon it had more than 300
:16:34. > :16:37.signatures. We contacted the school to ask its views today, but haven't
:16:38. > :16:40.yet had a reply ` but the school website says it is a caring and
:16:41. > :16:48.vibrant school community that is graded "Outstanding".
:16:49. > :16:52.Tributes have continued to be paid to a 20`year`old hairdresser who was
:16:53. > :16:55.murdered in the hair salon where she worked in Gloucester. Hollie Gazzard
:16:56. > :17:00.was stabbed at Fringe Benefits salon in Southgate Street on Tuesday
:17:01. > :17:03.evening. Police are asking people who filmed officers trying to save
:17:04. > :17:12.her life not to post the footage online. 22`year`old Asher Maslin has
:17:13. > :17:15.been charged with Hollie's murder. A year ago the Ministry of Defence
:17:16. > :17:18.revealed that more soldiers and their families would be based in
:17:19. > :17:23.Salisbury Plain as the army pulls out of Germany. Today we got an idea
:17:24. > :17:29.of the scale of what's being planned, with up to 1,400 new homes
:17:30. > :17:33.by 2020. The army says it will also need new mess buildings, garages and
:17:34. > :17:41.workshops inside existing bases James Ingham reports.
:17:42. > :17:47.Tidworth barracks, one of the main military sites in this area. It is
:17:48. > :17:52.one of four that will increase in size when British bases in Germany
:17:53. > :17:56.close. 4000 soldiers, and as many family members, are heading for
:17:57. > :17:58.Wiltshire. Is pretty complex, you would imagine
:17:59. > :18:05.there is a lot of planning involved. It is something we plan
:18:06. > :18:13.for. There is a lot of infrastructure involved, getting
:18:14. > :18:21.those units back to the UK. Facility facilities will be improved, and new
:18:22. > :18:26.areas built for families. This area is away from the base but
:18:27. > :18:30.soldiers prefer a closer site. That has been blocked by English
:18:31. > :18:34.Heritage. If families are living away, they'd
:18:35. > :18:38.have the opportunity to use all the facilities, the medical facilities,
:18:39. > :18:43.the recreational facilities. They will be out on a limb.
:18:44. > :18:46.The return of troops from Germany marks the end of an Iraq, but as the
:18:47. > :18:50.army shrinks in size and consolidates around 70 bases,
:18:51. > :18:54.Salisbury plain will be as important as ever. Getting this move right
:18:55. > :19:00.will be crucial for the military's future.
:19:01. > :19:03.A new way of tackling loneliness is being trialled in Bristol. Feeling
:19:04. > :19:12.isolated at any age can lead to serious health problems. Well, now a
:19:13. > :19:15.scheme called Social Mirror helps connect people to suitable
:19:16. > :19:19.activities in their area ` offering an alternative to a more medical
:19:20. > :19:22.approach. Martin Jones reports. Sue isn't a doctor, but she is
:19:23. > :19:26.trying to hand out prescriptions ` to help people in the Knowle West
:19:27. > :19:30.area of Bristol deal with loneliness. The tablet computer
:19:31. > :19:39.she's using suggests groups and societies for people to join.
:19:40. > :19:42.It looks of their health, whether they are involved in local
:19:43. > :19:45.communities, looks at friendship groups and networks, and there is a
:19:46. > :19:49.need, they are given a social prescriptions. It could be a walking
:19:50. > :19:53.group, a photography class, could be a dance class. The reason they call
:19:54. > :20:00.it a prescription is because loneliness can be bad for your
:20:01. > :20:02.health. Studies show lonely people drink more alcohol, eat less
:20:03. > :20:09.healthily, and even have more problems with the immune system
:20:10. > :20:12.heart and lungs. Dave Bird took part at his local doctor's surgery a few
:20:13. > :20:16.months ago. It suggested he join a walking group. He did. And he says
:20:17. > :20:21.it's transformed his life. Since August just gone, I've lost
:20:22. > :20:25.almost half a stone in weight, and it's going in the right direction.
:20:26. > :20:31.When you are sat in the flat, worrying about your own concerns,
:20:32. > :20:35.and picking up food, you pay a long way. I became a bit of a recluse. I
:20:36. > :20:40.didn't really go out might flat until that day I went to the
:20:41. > :20:42.doctor's surgery. Government figures suggest
:20:43. > :20:50.loneliness is a growing problem Just over a third of people aged
:20:51. > :20:55.over 52 say they're lonely. For people aged over 80, it's closer to
:20:56. > :21:01.half. The effects of this can range from
:21:02. > :21:04.cardiovascular disease and depression. Small changes can make a
:21:05. > :21:08.big improvement, and this is a way of making that first step from
:21:09. > :21:13.feeling alone and that you're not doing great things, to feeling part
:21:14. > :21:17.of a community. For Dave, he just hopes the rain stays away long
:21:18. > :21:21.enough to enjoy his walk. Onto rugby, and Bath prop David
:21:22. > :21:29.Wilson will play as tight`head for England in Saturday's Six Nations
:21:30. > :21:32.tie with Ireland. David only returned to club action last weekend
:21:33. > :21:35.after two months out because of injury. He'll be joined in the squad
:21:36. > :21:39.at Twickenham by Bath fly`half George Ford, who will be on the
:21:40. > :21:43.bench. It's one of the most photographed
:21:44. > :21:47.views in the West ` the world`famous Stourhead gardens with the Pantheon
:21:48. > :21:51.monument rising up across the lake. For the next few months, though it
:21:52. > :21:53.will be covered in scaffolding as work begins to restore the two
:21:54. > :21:56.250`year`old building. Lizzie Way reports.
:21:57. > :22:01.The view across the lake now looks a little different. Shrouded in a
:22:02. > :22:04.white tent, the Pantheon here is having a face`lift. But it's not
:22:05. > :22:07.just cosmetic, the bones of this building are being restored and
:22:08. > :22:16.repaired to ensure it stands proudly in the beautiful landscape.
:22:17. > :22:25.The pantheon is the centrepiece of the garden at Stourhead. It stands
:22:26. > :22:29.across the 15 acres of water, and it really teases you on your journey to
:22:30. > :22:33.get to the pantheon. You get glimpses of the pantheon, so you
:22:34. > :22:37.know where you want to go, but you don't really know how to get there,
:22:38. > :22:40.and it teases you along the pathway. Eventually you arrive at
:22:41. > :22:43.this magnificent building. The restoration team are repairing the
:22:44. > :22:49.building's roof putting right damage caused by water leaks and restoring
:22:50. > :22:52.some of the stonework. We need to replace Timbers in the
:22:53. > :22:58.roof, we might need to replace large sections of the plaster ceiling or
:22:59. > :23:05.have had a collapse of the roof timbers. We are replacing the lead.
:23:06. > :23:07.Ingleby recycled lead that will be sandblasted and brought back and
:23:08. > :23:11.fixed onto the building. There are some masonry defects in the stone
:23:12. > :23:15.that we will repair. Some of the roofs timbers will be replaced used
:23:16. > :23:18.wood from trees here, at Christmas a 250`year`old tree fell in the storms
:23:19. > :23:23.but now its history may still be used. Work here should be finished
:23:24. > :23:32.by the summer. But right now these builders have one of the best views
:23:33. > :23:35.in the West. A knitting group from Bristol `
:23:36. > :23:38.who've toured the west with their life`sized knitted nativity scene `
:23:39. > :23:44.has raised more than forty thousand pounds for St Peter's Hospice.
:23:45. > :23:47.Here's their creation in the Points West studio in December. The
:23:48. > :23:55.so`called "nutty knitters" presented a woollen cheque to the charity this
:23:56. > :23:58.lunchtime. They decided to make the figures to support the hospice after
:23:59. > :24:06.it cared for their founding member Christine Walsh. She died from
:24:07. > :24:10.cancer in December 2011. Congratulations to them.
:24:11. > :24:14.Now, we're sure many of you enjoyed the Brit Awards on TV last night.
:24:15. > :24:17.But did any of you spot Bristol s very own Levanna McLean amongst the
:24:18. > :24:21.dancers? We featured Levanna a few weeks ago after her video of
:24:22. > :24:25.northern soul dancing on Staple Hill high street went viral on the
:24:26. > :24:28.internet. She told us then that singer Pharrell had sent her a
:24:29. > :24:37.message on Twitter about it ` and then last night she found herself
:24:38. > :24:44.dancing next to the man himself .. It was absolutely amazing. The
:24:45. > :24:50.atmosphere was electric. You could feel everybody dancing with you and
:24:51. > :24:54.just to be on stage next to Pharrell was the most amazing experience to
:24:55. > :25:04.say that I've done it. He is such a genuine person. How he was on how he
:25:05. > :25:07.is offstage. She's having an amazing time, isn't
:25:08. > :25:12.she? What about that hat?
:25:13. > :25:18.Many people have disgusted. And they should, too.
:25:19. > :25:24.I was more impressed with Nile Rodgers in the white hat. The
:25:25. > :25:31.weather has shown itself to be the wettest winter so far, and so far
:25:32. > :25:34.for the South of England wettest since 1990 which comes as no
:25:35. > :25:37.surprise to many of you. We will see further rain in the shape of showers
:25:38. > :25:44.tomorrow, some of them heavy in places. Much like today, they're
:25:45. > :25:49.well equally be some dry and bright weather around, and it will be quite
:25:50. > :25:53.windy. It dry interlude this evening and into the middle of the night,
:25:54. > :25:56.and into tomorrow many of you will see a dry start, but showers
:25:57. > :26:02.starting to come in through the course of the afternoon. The isobars
:26:03. > :26:09.are quite tight, so that'll be quite a windy day. For the rest of this
:26:10. > :26:12.evening, heavy showers around, gradually with time they will fade
:26:13. > :26:16.away, and through the middle part of the night some dry weather about,
:26:17. > :26:23.some clear skies, and as we head into tomorrow morning, some of those
:26:24. > :26:33.showers could be just a little wintry. Ten bridges chillier than
:26:34. > :26:40.last night, `` temperatures will be chillier. Those showers will be less
:26:41. > :26:45.of a feature perhaps first thing in the morning, but will become so
:26:46. > :26:50.through the afternoon. Money to account for the likelihood of some
:26:51. > :26:54.hail and perhaps some lightning Some blustery winds bonito showers
:26:55. > :26:58.as they passed by. But either side of the showers there will be some
:26:59. > :27:02.dry and bright weather. The winds will offset the temperatures, but
:27:03. > :27:07.averages around seven or eight, average for the time of year. As we
:27:08. > :27:14.look to the end of the week, a better day to come on Saturday apart
:27:15. > :27:20.from one to showers in the morning. The cloud will increase through the
:27:21. > :27:27.afternoon, and that is ahead of this next system heading in on Sunday.
:27:28. > :27:28.And nest week `` next week looks like a continuation of that story,
:27:29. > :27:34.I'm afraid. like a continuation of that story,
:27:35. > :27:40.That's all from us for now. We are back after the ten o'clock
:27:41. > :27:43.news, and out of Ian where we will see we can get him dancing with Nile
:27:44. > :27:47.Rodgers next year. He will be on act`mac strictly!