:00:00. > :00:45.Also tonight, Farewell to a Bristol legend, rejoin friends and
:00:46. > :00:50.colleagues at the funeral of Tony Benn.
:00:51. > :00:54.How our police are feigning some victims of domestic abuse.
:00:55. > :00:57.And, our School Report journalists get a taste of the glamorous life on
:00:58. > :01:04.the road! Good evening.
:01:05. > :01:08.The keys to the West's first super hospital have been handed over, and
:01:09. > :01:11.the countdown to the opening of the new Southmead has begun. Thd ?4 0
:01:12. > :01:14.million site in Bristol will take its first patients in May, `nd
:01:15. > :01:21.promises a transformation in treatment. Doctors and nursds have
:01:22. > :01:25.helped design it, and three`quarters of the 800 beds will be in private
:01:26. > :01:27.single rooms. Today, I went to see what the future of health c`re looks
:01:28. > :01:34.like. It's as tall as Westminster Abbey,
:01:35. > :01:42.and covers 114,000 square mdtres. A mix of steel, concrete and glass.
:01:43. > :01:54.Which, combined with doctors and nurses and the latest technology,
:01:55. > :01:58.promises world`class patient care. If you have been rushed to hospital
:01:59. > :02:06.in an ambulance, this is whdre you will arrive, the Emergency
:02:07. > :02:10.Department. If you've had a stroke or a heart attack, or been hn a car
:02:11. > :02:14.accident, this is where staff will try and save your life. Julhette
:02:15. > :02:17.Hughes helped design this area. It's where she'll be working. And they've
:02:18. > :02:19.tried to get everything in the right place.
:02:20. > :02:23.It is everything we hoped it would be, and a little bit more. We went
:02:24. > :02:27.to lots of hospitals and took the best thing from other places and
:02:28. > :02:29.learned some lessons. When we look at how this is finished, it is
:02:30. > :02:32.pretty impressive. Up on the wards, the rooms `re
:02:33. > :02:38.nearly ready. This is one of our individu`l side
:02:39. > :02:42.rooms. The space here is fantastic. Privacy and dignity is important for
:02:43. > :02:46.patients, they need to know they can have a conversation with a nurse or
:02:47. > :02:52.doctor or therapist which is out of hearing from people who don't need
:02:53. > :02:56.to hear it. Also, any examination can be done in the privacy of this
:02:57. > :02:59.room. It is so much better. And, from outside, the layott means
:03:00. > :03:07.nursing staff can easily chdck on four rooms at a time. And, while
:03:08. > :03:18.wards are on one side of thd hospital, all the operations will
:03:19. > :03:21.take place on the other. This is one of 24 new operating
:03:22. > :03:24.theatres in this new hospit`l, equipped with the latest technology,
:03:25. > :03:27.scanning, lasers, X`rays. To help surgeons and patients. Having
:03:28. > :03:31.everything in one place shotld make surgeons' jobs easier, and could
:03:32. > :03:34.even cut the number of oper`tions. There are still some finishhng
:03:35. > :03:38.touches being put to the buhlding, but it's on time, and on budget The
:03:39. > :03:47.first patients are due throtgh the doors in May.
:03:48. > :03:50.It's taken many years to get to this point, including a fight by
:03:51. > :03:54.campaigners at Frenchay Hospital in South Gloucestershire, who wanted it
:03:55. > :03:57.built there. But Frenchay, where some of the buildings date back more
:03:58. > :04:00.than 80 years, will instead be downgraded, while some of the land
:04:01. > :04:03.there will be redeveloped. Here s our health correspondent Matthew
:04:04. > :04:07.Hill. These wards were built during the
:04:08. > :04:11.Second World War as a temporary measure to treat burns victhms. The
:04:12. > :04:19.problem is, they have been tsed ever since. It is quite a check between
:04:20. > :04:23.departments. For patients, the journey between being assessed,
:04:24. > :04:29.tested and having treatment, has meant tortuous journey on trolleys,
:04:30. > :04:34.often exposed to the elements. So, when is the new move the patience to
:04:35. > :04:39.the new super hospital at Southmead? Everything will take place over the
:04:40. > :04:47.next two months. This is thd first move, the children, the paediatric
:04:48. > :04:52.unit which will close on Max seven. They will be transferred to the
:04:53. > :04:56.Bristol Children's Hospital. This Emergency Department at Frenchay has
:04:57. > :05:01.been the specialist trauma centre for decades. At 2am on May the 9th,
:05:02. > :05:07.ambulances will no longer t`ke patients here. Instead, thex will go
:05:08. > :05:12.to the new purpose`built Emdrgency Department at Southmead. Thd rest of
:05:13. > :05:18.the move for other departments will take place between May the 02th and
:05:19. > :05:23.28. What will be here at Frdnchay was patients have gone? All these
:05:24. > :05:29.buildings will be demolished and the land sold off. It is hoped ht will
:05:30. > :05:35.become home to nearly 500 houses, a primary school, and 28 acres of
:05:36. > :05:41.green space. There will be ` rehabilitation centre with tp to 68
:05:42. > :05:45.beds. This is a huge project. The logistics of moving hundreds of very
:05:46. > :05:49.sick patients are incrediblx challenging. What is certain is
:05:50. > :05:53.today marks the start of a new era of health care in Bristol and across
:05:54. > :05:57.the West. Well, as Matthew said there, it s a
:05:58. > :06:01.huge logistical challenge to get all the patients and staff transferred
:06:02. > :06:04.to the new hospital. We're joined from there by the chief executive of
:06:05. > :06:13.the North Bristol NHS Trust, Andrea Young.
:06:14. > :06:18.Good evening. You have got the building, how will you get `ll the
:06:19. > :06:24.people in it? We have been planning for this to nearly ten years. As you
:06:25. > :06:31.can imagine, the last six months, that planning has intensifidd. We
:06:32. > :06:36.have got every detail mapped out, when the furniture moves. At the
:06:37. > :06:41.moment, we are kitting everxthing out so we are ready to recehve
:06:42. > :06:47.patients from Southmead, st`rting the week commencing 12th of May and
:06:48. > :06:52.from French egg on the 19th of May. We have a command centre in
:06:53. > :06:56.operation now, staffed seven days a week, 24 hours a day,
:06:57. > :07:01.troubleshooting through the next two months. We hope there won't be many
:07:02. > :07:05.problems but we have staff on stand`by for the next two months,
:07:06. > :07:09.making sure we can deal with problems should they arise. Patients
:07:10. > :07:15.will get a letter... Command centre sounds impressive, but some patients
:07:16. > :07:25.will be very sick. How will you manage them? We already do transfers
:07:26. > :07:29.for patients who are very shck. We are a regional trauma centrd
:07:30. > :07:34.bringing patients in from other hospitals. Our consultants `nd
:07:35. > :07:37.nurses and therapists are skilled at this. We will plan the move
:07:38. > :07:43.incredibly carefully. Everything will be waiting for the pathents. We
:07:44. > :07:50.will have planned this is the week before. The doctors and nurses will
:07:51. > :07:54.be waiting to receive them. We hope it will minimise disruption for
:07:55. > :08:01.those patients. When they gdt here, the facilities are so fantastic The
:08:02. > :08:06.light, space, privacy, the `bility to close the door, sleep and rest
:08:07. > :08:12.when you want, have loved ones by you in your single room, will be
:08:13. > :08:15.fantastic. In other news, an investigation s
:08:16. > :08:18.begun into allegations that Jimmy Savile may have carried out abuse at
:08:19. > :08:25.a children's home in Gloucestershire. Parklands Home at
:08:26. > :08:28.Whitminster closed in 2002. It's one of more than 20 mentioned in claims
:08:29. > :08:31.against the disgraced presenter as the result of an anonymous letter.
:08:32. > :08:41.Gloucestershire County Council says it'll be carrying out a full
:08:42. > :08:46.investigation into the allegations. The former Bishop of Gloucester is
:08:47. > :08:51.to be prosecuted for misconduct in public office and indecent `ssault.
:08:52. > :08:56.Peter Ball is now 82 and was the Bishop of Gloucester in 1992, but
:08:57. > :09:03.resigned the following year. The charges related to alleged hnstances
:09:04. > :09:08.between 1977 and 1992. The decision to prosecute follows an
:09:09. > :09:11.investigation by Sussex Polhce. Ireland's National Trust is being
:09:12. > :09:14.allowed to challenge a decision giving permission for a new nuclear
:09:15. > :09:18.power station in Somerset. The trust is questioning the legality of last
:09:19. > :09:21.year's decision to give consent for the ?16 billion nuclear fachlity at
:09:22. > :09:24.Hinkley Point. It would be built around 150 miles from the Irish
:09:25. > :09:27.Coast, and it's being claimdd people in Ireland weren't consulted
:09:28. > :09:31.properly. The government here has said it carried out all the
:09:32. > :09:38.necessary investigations. A judicial review could be carried out this
:09:39. > :09:50.summer. Still to come: a driving obsession,
:09:51. > :09:54.the motor museum that has spent ?5 million on an upgrade.
:09:55. > :10:04.Ian has been helping the next generation of weather presenters
:10:05. > :10:08.from School Report Day. Friends and colleagues from the West
:10:09. > :10:12.travelled to Westminster today to bid an emotional farewell to the
:10:13. > :10:17.Labour stalwart and former Bristol South East MP Tony Benn. Figures as
:10:18. > :10:19.diverse as a former IRA comlander, hard`right Tory opponents, `nd a
:10:20. > :10:22.television impressionist, g`thered in Westminster to pay their
:10:23. > :10:24.respects. Our political reporter Chris Brierley was there.
:10:25. > :10:27.For a few moments, London fdll silent. Broken only by the
:10:28. > :10:37.spontaneous applause of the hundreds of well`wishers. Politicians from
:10:38. > :10:41.Westminster and the West were here. But it wasn't just the political
:10:42. > :10:45.elite. Tony Benn came to our show for the
:10:46. > :10:51.last ten years. A great entertainer, he cared about issues,
:10:52. > :11:00.he spoke from the heart. A top man. All the youngsters loved hil as
:11:01. > :11:04.well. Within the shadows of Westmhnster
:11:05. > :11:12.Abbey, and Saint Margaret Church, the crowd gathered and paid tribute
:11:13. > :11:16.to Tony Blair. A 22 page order of service listing what was gohng on in
:11:17. > :11:20.the church. The very last words he heard on this
:11:21. > :11:23.earth were the four of us tdlling him that we loved him.
:11:24. > :11:26.Those outside the church cotld listen in, as Tony's eldest son gave
:11:27. > :11:34.a moving tribute. He always said that, on his epitaph,
:11:35. > :11:42.he wanted the phrase, he encouraged us. Well, dad, you did encotrage us
:11:43. > :11:46.and you did inspire us, and that will never end.
:11:47. > :11:50.Tony Benn was a family man. His other great love, politics. As his
:11:51. > :12:03.coffin left the church, the socialist anthem rang out.
:12:04. > :12:08.The West remembered Tony Benn today. From the Black Rights campahgner.
:12:09. > :12:12.He was deeply committed to human rights and justice.
:12:13. > :12:18.To the two Bristol MPs who've learnt from him.
:12:19. > :12:23.It is about belief, and belheving in everybody as basically good. And
:12:24. > :12:26.fighting for those principlds all his life. Similar to when Ndlson
:12:27. > :12:32.Mandela died, a life well lhved There aren't any regrets at the end
:12:33. > :12:36.of lies like that, because they fulfilled their purpose on darth, if
:12:37. > :12:40.that is not too grandiose a way of putting it.
:12:41. > :12:45.Today was a day to remember, a man who stood up for what he believed.
:12:46. > :12:49.Later in the year, there will be another event to honour him.
:12:50. > :12:54.Good, average, room for improvement, and struggling. The verdict on how
:12:55. > :12:59.the police forces in our arda deal with victims of domestic abtse.
:13:00. > :13:03.Dorset has won the highest praise from Her Majesty's Inspectorate of
:13:04. > :13:07.Constabulary. Today's report says that "domestic abuse is a clear
:13:08. > :13:10.priority for the force therd." There's been a mixed response for
:13:11. > :13:13.Avon and Somerset Police. The inspectors found that the force was
:13:14. > :13:17."committed" but, at times, "disorganised". In Wiltshird,
:13:18. > :13:22.although "effective work" is going on, "several areas for improvement"
:13:23. > :13:24.were also identified. The hhghest criticism, though, was reserved for
:13:25. > :13:29.Gloucestershire, where inspdctors found the police force was
:13:30. > :13:34.struggling to help victims. From there, Steve Knibbs reports.
:13:35. > :13:37.Gloucestershire Constabularx deals with nearly 2,000 crimes related to
:13:38. > :13:40.domestic abuse every year. But today's report says there are
:13:41. > :13:43.significant concerns over the way officers identify victims of
:13:44. > :13:53.domestic abuse. How they're protected. And how low`risk victims
:13:54. > :13:58.are kept safe in the future. There needs to be more education `nd
:13:59. > :14:04.training for police. They nded to be more responsive to individu`l cases.
:14:05. > :14:09.Domestic violence is not just broken bones but mental violence. They need
:14:10. > :14:13.more information. I know I would have left sooner if I knew there was
:14:14. > :14:14.more support and somewhere H could go.
:14:15. > :14:17.Domestic abuse charities in Gloucestershire say one of the key
:14:18. > :14:23.problems is grassroots officers often not recognising the shgns The
:14:24. > :14:28.specialist police officers `re very good. They understand domestic
:14:29. > :14:32.abuse, the dynamics of it. We are not so sure the average polhce
:14:33. > :14:36.officer going out has that understanding. So, we would like
:14:37. > :14:41.there to be better training for police officers, to be involved in
:14:42. > :14:45.that training. And we would like victims to be a big part of that
:14:46. > :14:47.training. Criminologist Jane Monkton`Smith is
:14:48. > :14:50.working with Gloucestershird Police on that training, helping all
:14:51. > :14:57.officers to understand what can lead to domestic abuse. Some of the
:14:58. > :15:00.practices of domestic abuse, especially most high`risk practices
:15:01. > :15:04.which are about control and coercion, are not necessarily
:15:05. > :15:07.against the law. This is probably where the police are having some
:15:08. > :15:13.difficulties are recognising high risk victims. Are you disturbed by
:15:14. > :15:16.what you are hearing in your own force?
:15:17. > :15:19.In a round of media intervidws this morning, the Assistant Chief
:15:20. > :15:21.Constable welcomed the report, but said his officers have alre`dy made
:15:22. > :15:26.significant changes. One of the great things about our constabulary
:15:27. > :15:31.is we are innovative, and adaptable to change. We are moving very
:15:32. > :15:37.quickly. There is a governance board being set up to drive through
:15:38. > :15:40.changes. People can be reassured we have a structured and fast living
:15:41. > :15:44.approach to improvements. Charities say a lot of good work is
:15:45. > :15:47.going on in Gloucestershire, and victims shouldn't be put off from
:15:48. > :15:50.coming forward as a result of today's report. Police clail that,
:15:51. > :15:53.since the inspection, those facing domestic abuse are safer, btt that
:15:54. > :16:04.they will look back to see hf they've failed victims in the past.
:16:05. > :16:09.Dredging equipment has been arriving on the Somerset Levels, ready for
:16:10. > :16:12.work to begin removing silt from the River Parrett on Monday. Thd
:16:13. > :16:14.Environment Agency says the first stretch to be dredged is between
:16:15. > :16:17.Burrowbridge and the Northmoor pumping station. Between now and
:16:18. > :16:21.Monday, the Agency will work to clear vegetation along the banks,
:16:22. > :16:32.and test if the land is stable enough to support the dredghng
:16:33. > :16:35.machinery. Now on to a story which has been
:16:36. > :16:38.described in court as distrdssing and tragic.
:16:39. > :16:41.It all started ten years ago, when a teenager called Donna Small was
:16:42. > :16:44.gunned down, an innocent victim of a Bristol gang war. The shoothng left
:16:45. > :16:47.her with bullet fragments in her brain, and she was partiallx
:16:48. > :16:50.disabled. As a result of her injuries, she was awarded
:16:51. > :16:52.compensation. But the builddr trusted to convert her bung`low left
:16:53. > :16:55.it in a state. Frustrated and angry, Donna and her
:16:56. > :16:59.mother demanded their money back. But they went too far and, today,
:17:00. > :17:01.both women were found guiltx of harassment. Our home affairs
:17:02. > :17:03.correspondent Steve Brodie has followed the story from the day of
:17:04. > :17:07.the shooting. She wasn't expected to live. She
:17:08. > :17:10.spent hundreds of hours in rehab. There are fragments of machhne gun
:17:11. > :17:13.bullets inside her brain. This was Donna Small in August 2006. Two
:17:14. > :17:17.years before, her life had changed forever. She and her friend Asha
:17:18. > :17:20.Jamma were on a night out in Bristol. But they got caught in a
:17:21. > :17:24.gangland shoot out. The car they were in was riddled with bullets.
:17:25. > :17:26.Asha lost the sight in one dye, Donna was left disabled.
:17:27. > :17:29.It changed everything. I have to do exercises every morning when I get
:17:30. > :17:33.up. I am scared to go outside the house.
:17:34. > :17:36.It took eight long years for Donna Small to win compensation, `fter
:17:37. > :17:39.being shot down in the stredt. An incident which left her dis`bled.
:17:40. > :17:42.She invested her award in this bungalow, and hired builder Darren
:17:43. > :17:45.Finnear to carry out the renovation. Solicitors acting for Donna handed
:17:46. > :17:47.over nearly ?70,000. But, when his contract was eventually terlinated,
:17:48. > :17:52.the house was uninhabitable. Alan Wright is a chartered surveyor
:17:53. > :17:56.and an independent building expert. The frame has been smashed
:17:57. > :18:03.completely with wires hanging around. Very substandard. The state
:18:04. > :18:10.of the site itself is diabolical. There is debris, loose wires. No
:18:11. > :18:13.regard to health and safety. We asked Mr Finnear for an
:18:14. > :18:16.interview, but he declined. Today, magistrates were told the house was
:18:17. > :18:20.in a worse condition than it had been before the work began. But
:18:21. > :18:23.with no money, Donna and her mother Jacqui Probert angrily pursted the
:18:24. > :18:27.builder for their money. Thdy sent him a series of angry and abusive
:18:28. > :18:30.texts, shouted at him in thd street, and Donna threw a small bottle of
:18:31. > :18:32.after shave at him. Bristol magistrates found Donna guilty of
:18:33. > :18:35.harassment and assault. She was handed a conditional discharge. Her
:18:36. > :18:38.mother was found guilty of harassment, and was given a
:18:39. > :18:44.community order for one year. The ten`year ordeal has left its toll on
:18:45. > :18:49.Donna. It has been awful. I think he is
:18:50. > :18:55.disgusting. I feel so let down. There have been a lot of te`rs, ups
:18:56. > :18:58.and downs. Today, the magistrates described the background to the case
:18:59. > :19:04.as" distressing", but said the course taken by the women w`s wrong.
:19:05. > :19:08.Young people from across thd west have been taking part in thd BBC's
:19:09. > :19:13.annual School Report day. It gives them the chance to produce their own
:19:14. > :19:16.news stories. Here, on BBC Points West, we've asked students from
:19:17. > :19:19.Haygrove School in Bridgwatdr to help film this report, about how the
:19:20. > :19:26.recent flooding on the Somerset Levels has affected their community.
:19:27. > :19:29.This is the scene at the River Parrett in Bridgwater today.
:19:30. > :19:33.Everything is calm and under control. But, just two weeks ago, it
:19:34. > :19:40.was very different. The watdr was right up to the top of this arch.
:19:41. > :19:44.Here, flooding struck twice. Fortunately, this was one of the few
:19:45. > :19:47.that was affected by the rising water. Here, at the bandstand, the
:19:48. > :19:51.water reached the top level. So if you really wanted to, you could have
:19:52. > :19:54.swum to work. Villages and towns surrounding Bridgwater were affected
:19:55. > :19:58.even worse. Our friend Becca has had a terrible
:19:59. > :20:02.time. Her home was cut off, her family were forced to live `part.
:20:03. > :20:06.Her animals had to go to sl`ughter. What difficulties have you had to
:20:07. > :20:10.overcome? The separation in family was very
:20:11. > :20:17.difficult. Coming to terms with the fact that we didn't have a home for
:20:18. > :20:23.a month. It is just difficult. In a way, it has brought us all
:20:24. > :20:26.together. As stressful as it was. We needed to band together and help
:20:27. > :20:33.each other, otherwise we wotldn t have been able to pull throtgh.
:20:34. > :20:37.Our drama teacher Mrs Guppy also had to flee her home.
:20:38. > :20:41.Our major problem is rehoushng our animals. And that has been the focus
:20:42. > :20:46.of most of the week's activhties, to try to work out where are animals
:20:47. > :20:51.are going. What are your future plans?
:20:52. > :20:57.It is rather a day`to`day existence. I am hoping there will be an end in
:20:58. > :21:01.sight. On a beautiful day like tod`y, it is
:21:02. > :21:05.hard to imagine the scenes of recent weeks. Let's hope the communities of
:21:06. > :21:08.Somerset and the local councils can work together to make sure such
:21:09. > :21:20.events never have the same hmpact in the future.
:21:21. > :21:23.Well done, all of them. Excdllent effort. It reminds me of whdn we
:21:24. > :21:26.were starting out. Not only have our school reporters
:21:27. > :21:30.been making that report, thdy've also been working on their very own
:21:31. > :21:33.weather forecast. Ian will be here shortly. But, before that, looking
:21:34. > :21:34.ahead to the weekend, here's Francesca from Haygrove School in
:21:35. > :21:41.Bridgwater. Hello, and good evening. Let's take
:21:42. > :21:44.a look at the weather expected over the next four days here, in the West
:21:45. > :21:48.Country. Tomorrow brings another showery day, with the threat of some
:21:49. > :21:51.heavy downpours in places, but sunny spells too. Temperatures will be up
:21:52. > :21:55.a bit on today's, typically around nine to 13 Celsius. Saturdax and
:21:56. > :21:58.Sunday will see things warmhng up, as temperatures start to re`ch into
:21:59. > :22:01.the mid to upper teens. The weekend actually looks very promising, with
:22:02. > :22:05.hazy sunshine, and dry or l`rgely dry conditions continuing until
:22:06. > :22:09.later on Sunday. By then, ftrther showery rain will be spreadhng back
:22:10. > :22:12.in from the west, to give pdriods of wet weather on Monday. But remaining
:22:13. > :22:16.quite warm as we start next week. Well, that's all from me. You can
:22:17. > :22:21.find more detail online at: bbc.co.uk/weather. Bye`bye.
:22:22. > :22:26.Well done, Francesca. And wd've been filming behind the scenes this
:22:27. > :22:29.afternoon. The results are on the Points West Facebook page if you
:22:30. > :22:33.want to take a look. Now, it all began nearly 30 years
:22:34. > :22:38.ago as one man's obsession with cars. Today, the Haynes Motor Museum
:22:39. > :22:42.in Somerset hosts one of thd UK s biggest collections of classic cars,
:22:43. > :22:47.400 in total. And it's about to open its doors on a new look. A new look
:22:48. > :22:50.which has cost more than ?5 million. Our Somerset correspondent Clinton
:22:51. > :22:57.Rogers has been for a peek behind the scenes.
:22:58. > :23:08.The ultimate boy's toy. A p`rty of schoolchildren getting their hands
:23:09. > :23:12.on a bit of motoring historx today. And now, history has a new 21st
:23:13. > :23:20.century home which has been two years in the making, and cost ?
:23:21. > :23:24.million. How times have changed When it all started in 1985, there
:23:25. > :23:27.were just 33 cars. The priv`te collection of John Haynes, the man
:23:28. > :23:34.behind the famous motoring lanuals. He would readily admit an indulgent
:23:35. > :23:41.obsession. Well the obsession has grown some.
:23:42. > :23:47.400 cars now. From classic pieces of history, to supercars. And, how
:23:48. > :23:54.about this? If you were supdr`rich and American in the 1930s, this is
:23:55. > :24:01.what you had. A Dusenberg. Today, the boss of the collection hs John
:24:02. > :24:06.Haynes' son Mark. If you had to pick one car you are most fond of, what
:24:07. > :24:12.would it be? I think this Dtsenberg would be higher on the list. A
:24:13. > :24:16.magnificent American motor car. That is worth if you Bob. Probably our
:24:17. > :24:22.most valuable car. If I offdred you a million would you take it? No
:24:23. > :24:26.probably not. This afternoon, they were preparing a new hall for the
:24:27. > :24:33.supercars, moving a few exhhbits to new places, ready for the grand
:24:34. > :24:38.opening next month. Welcome to our brand`new, unopened mini hall. Oh,
:24:39. > :24:45.and putting the finishing touches to an exhibition dedicated to ` British
:24:46. > :24:49.favourite. One of the uniqud things about this museum is that some of
:24:50. > :24:54.the cars are actually taxed and insured, which means... You can
:24:55. > :24:57.actually drive them on the road See you in a couple of weeks, then.
:24:58. > :25:14.Goodbye. Goodbye. I hope he makes it back!
:25:15. > :25:20.Time now for the weather. A bit of pressure fee you tonight!
:25:21. > :25:27.Francesca was brilliant. Whhle we were recording that, snow w`s coming
:25:28. > :25:31.down in and settling. Only 79 metres above sea`level. Which shows the
:25:32. > :25:37.potential for showers to deliver some different weather. Manx of you
:25:38. > :25:43.have seen the opposite of stnshine. But there have been drier
:25:44. > :25:49.conditions. A bit milder. This is how things are shaping up over the
:25:50. > :25:54.next 24 hours. The showers `re tending to focus towards thd south
:25:55. > :26:00.west, as we run through the next night. This area of low pressure is
:26:01. > :26:08.spinning around and the showers are rotating. We are never that far RA
:26:09. > :26:16.`` away from the threat of showers. Here and now, the showers are across
:26:17. > :26:22.Gloucestershire. Gradually, it will wane away. A good deal of dry
:26:23. > :26:28.weather over the bulk of thd night. In the early hours, by rush hour,
:26:29. > :26:34.showers could be heavy. Temperatures tonight down to two Celsius. Into
:26:35. > :26:40.tomorrow, we run the school that of the threat of further showers,
:26:41. > :26:44.associated with the threat of lightning and hail. Some difficult
:26:45. > :26:52.driving conditions. Some of you will miss the showers, and have some dry
:26:53. > :26:58.and probably sunny weather. Always in competition with a lot of cloud.
:26:59. > :27:06.This evening, the threat of showers coming back in again. The potential
:27:07. > :27:14.is there. Temperatures down to eight degrees. Conversely, 12 Celsius
:27:15. > :27:19.could be widespread with thd potential of being higher than that
:27:20. > :27:24.in the sunshine. Things are getting quite warm over the weekend. It is
:27:25. > :27:31.looking very promising. Temperatures easily into the mid`teens. Ht
:27:32. > :27:35.continues into next week, albeit with heavy showers around.
:27:36. > :27:40.That's all from us. Join us tonight at 10.25pm. Goodbye.