:00:00. > :00:00.and on our website, but that is all for now. It
:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to BBC Points West with Sabet Choudhury and Alex Lovell.
:00:00. > :00:08.A deal to move the rubbish from a Swindon recycling site.
:00:09. > :00:11.After burning for three weeks ` could the cloud of smoke over
:00:12. > :00:34.Also in the programme: The end of a long wait.
:00:35. > :00:38.The emotions run high as students get their A`level results
:00:39. > :00:43.Preparing for the ride of their life.
:00:44. > :00:56.The region gets ready to welcome the Tour of Britain.
:00:57. > :01:03.Find out how this can turn into this for charity and which rock band has
:01:04. > :01:12.given three children ?2,000 towards their appeal.
:01:13. > :01:15.First tonight, after almost a month, a deal has finally been struck
:01:16. > :01:18.which its hoped will lead to a fire being extinguished
:01:19. > :01:22.The burning waste at the site in Swindon, which is run
:01:23. > :01:32.by Averies, has left a cloud of smoke handing over the town.
:01:33. > :01:36.Robin Markwell has spent the day in the town.
:01:37. > :01:44.Swindon, a town under a cloud. For 24 days the fire at this waste
:01:45. > :01:47.facility has smouldered, filling the air with a stench of burning
:01:48. > :01:52.plastic. It's proved too much for businesses nearby. This one forced
:01:53. > :01:57.to close for nine days and local residents all say enough is enough.
:01:58. > :02:01.It's been really bad actually. There's been ash falling down. It's
:02:02. > :02:07.really Smokey. You step outside to get to the car and you just stink.
:02:08. > :02:10.Your hair, your clothes, it's been horrendous when it's blowing over
:02:11. > :02:14.this way. It's been hard especially with the hot weather. We have not
:02:15. > :02:19.been able to open windows and get fresh air. Can't hang washing on the
:02:20. > :02:24.line. It's been quite hot in the house and also the smell is just
:02:25. > :02:29.horrible because it's not like a barbecue smell, but it's a rubbery,
:02:30. > :02:35.burning smell. It's been nearly a month now. This has been the problem
:02:36. > :02:39.for firefighters. Tightly stacked mounds of 1,000 tonnes of household
:02:40. > :02:43.waste, difficult to get to, difficult to put out. But today at
:02:44. > :02:47.long last for local residents, a deal has been struck which could see
:02:48. > :02:51.some of this waste that isn't on fire taken off site which would
:02:52. > :02:55.allow firefighters better access to put out the flames. The council had
:02:56. > :03:02.suggested dumping the waste at this park and ride site. But to the joy
:03:03. > :03:06.of campaigners today that plan was ditched. Instead, the firm which
:03:07. > :03:11.runs the site has been ordered to move the waste out of town and foot
:03:12. > :03:15.the bill. They've been instructed by the Environment Agency to start
:03:16. > :03:20.removing the waste from tomorrow. It will be then up to the Environment
:03:21. > :03:24.Agency if that doesn't happen to ensure that is carried out. And to
:03:25. > :03:30.enable the Fire Brigade to get in and put the fire out. Firefighters
:03:31. > :03:35.warn that removing the rubbish will in itself fan the flames, in a fire
:03:36. > :03:39.that may yet have a mnt to burn. At least today a whiff of hope for
:03:40. > :03:44.those fed up with the fumes. `` month.
:03:45. > :03:47.The Prime Minister has been in the West today as he cut short
:03:48. > :03:50.his summer break to oversee Britain's aid mission to Iraq.
:03:51. > :03:52.David Cameron was at Cotswold Airport in Gloucestershire.
:03:53. > :03:55.He was shown the aid which is being packed to leave the airport
:03:56. > :03:57.Solar`powered lamps and water filters are
:03:58. > :04:03.Thousands of teenagers are busily planning
:04:04. > :04:07.their futures this evening after picking up their A`level results.
:04:08. > :04:10.More than three`quarters of students who took the exams in the South West
:04:11. > :04:17.In a moment we'll be talking to a student advisor from one our
:04:18. > :04:19.our major Universities but first Jules Hyam reports on a day of
:04:20. > :04:38.The nervous looks, and the hugs of relief. They're scenes we see every
:04:39. > :04:41.August from Stroud to Devizes. Not surprising that emotions run high on
:04:42. > :04:49.A`level results day. Each envelope opened this morning has the power to
:04:50. > :04:55.shape a young adult's future. That's exactly what I wanted. Wow, yeah,
:04:56. > :04:59.two A*s and A. Yeah, happy. Three A*s and I am hopefully going to
:05:00. > :05:09.Bristol, well I am going to Bristol to do psychology. Oh! I am lost for
:05:10. > :05:12.words. Four A*s. Maths, physics, chemistry and further maths. It
:05:13. > :05:19.means I can go to Cambridge next year which is great. All these years
:05:20. > :05:23.have built up to a few seconds looking at these. It's weird. The
:05:24. > :05:27.south`west is the only English region where the number of students
:05:28. > :05:30.getting A* and A grades has gone up. While students have the weird
:05:31. > :05:33.results experience this morning, their teachers knew how everybody
:05:34. > :05:36.had done yesterday. Here at this school grades are just as good as
:05:37. > :05:40.they were hoping for, but staff still have to be prepared to help
:05:41. > :05:43.and support students who have to rethink their plans. It's a busy 24
:05:44. > :05:50.hours because we are getting ready to make sure that we are in support
:05:51. > :05:54.of the one that is need it. There's lots to do basically. It's not a sit
:05:55. > :05:59.down time, this is really busy for us. With extra places available at
:06:00. > :06:02.many universities this autumn, disappointment today need not mean a
:06:03. > :06:04.disappointing September and there are still a few weeks left to get
:06:05. > :06:09.ready for life at university. Today's A`level results are
:06:10. > :06:12.make or break for those student Some may have done better than
:06:13. > :06:15.anticipated and others, It's been a busy day for our
:06:16. > :06:20.universities fielding calls from The University of the West
:06:21. > :06:26.of England has dealt with more than 4,000 phone calls from young people
:06:27. > :06:31.trying to decide their next step. The person who has been overseeing
:06:32. > :06:44.it at UWE today, Jo Midley, Thank you for speaking to us. What
:06:45. > :06:47.kind of help are you offering? Well, we are offering a range of help. We
:06:48. > :06:52.know this is a really critical and important day for young people in
:06:53. > :06:56.our region and who are really keen to take university as the next step.
:06:57. > :06:59.So we have been providing them with a range of advice about the
:07:00. > :07:03.different courses available to them, what student life will be like here,
:07:04. > :07:06.the accommodation options available to them and importantly, what
:07:07. > :07:11.careers the degree courses here might lead to. I guess as
:07:12. > :07:18.universities you operate as businesses, so what incentives do
:07:19. > :07:21.you give to students to come to you? We don't provide incentives for
:07:22. > :07:25.students to come to us. We think that the degree courses we offer
:07:26. > :07:29.here are great. They lead to great outcomes for our students and we
:07:30. > :07:32.don't have the additional incentives other than a fantastic student
:07:33. > :07:36.experience for students who choose to come here. We have been hear
:07:37. > :07:44.thering are more places than ever before, do you think high fees are
:07:45. > :07:48.putting students off? We don't see that actually. Our numbers are
:07:49. > :07:51.fantastic. This year we have had fewer places available in clearing
:07:52. > :07:54.than ever before. We are now down to the last few and so we don't see
:07:55. > :07:59.that these are actually putting students off. But we see is that
:08:00. > :08:01.students are really keen understand the value they're getting for the
:08:02. > :08:04.investment they're making in their future. They're really keen to
:08:05. > :08:07.understand about the student experience and where the degree is
:08:08. > :08:11.likely to lead them after gradiation. In a moment we will hear
:08:12. > :08:14.about employers `` graduation. In a moment we will hear about employers
:08:15. > :08:18.saying students wh are graduates don't have the stills necessary for
:08:19. > :08:26.the workplace. Are you finding students are more honed in towards
:08:27. > :08:28.job`based courses? Certainly our experience is students are keen to
:08:29. > :08:32.understand where the degree will take them. We spend a lot of time
:08:33. > :08:37.making sure our courses prepare students for the real world so life
:08:38. > :08:40.after graduation. In fact, our employers have reported how happy
:08:41. > :08:43.they are with the skills we develop through our degree courses, not just
:08:44. > :08:48.the academic ability of our students, but the opportunities they
:08:49. > :08:51.take to get involved in work experience placements, internships
:08:52. > :08:54.and develop skills employers are looking for, confidence, commune
:08:55. > :08:57.indication and other skills that are critical if students are going to
:08:58. > :09:04.have successful careers `` communication.
:09:05. > :09:06.Although thousands of students will leave school with
:09:07. > :09:09.A`levels, employers have told us they still lack the vital skills
:09:10. > :09:13.Business West asked 650 local companies if young people are being
:09:14. > :09:22.Only 28% of them thought university graduates had the skills needed.
:09:23. > :09:27.That dropped to 10% when they were asked if A`level
:09:28. > :09:32.students were ready and just 5% believe those who leave school at 16
:09:33. > :09:36.So what's gone wrong and what's being done about it?
:09:37. > :09:41.Our business correspondent Dave Harvey reports.
:09:42. > :09:50.You are actually having a business network meeting in your school. Yes,
:09:51. > :09:57.it's double networking in the school hall. We are in Thorne bree at the
:09:58. > :10:02.Castle `` Thorne bury at the Castle School. They're coming face`to`face
:10:03. > :10:09.with companies to learn a vital lesson. People buy people, and
:10:10. > :10:13.people buy people they like. Next year, these students will take their
:10:14. > :10:17.A`levels, but already they've learned they need something else.
:10:18. > :10:23.Something simpler and yet scarier. The ability to talk to somebody you
:10:24. > :10:27.don't know. Our generation, people are scared to talk to people, to
:10:28. > :10:32.pick up the phone and ring someone is terrifying. We are reliant on
:10:33. > :10:37.using Facebook and Twitter and just connecting without being able to see
:10:38. > :10:41.your face. Whilst they have the hard skills when they first leave school
:10:42. > :10:45.or universities, they might know the maths that they need for accounting
:10:46. > :10:50.and suchlike, what they haven't got are some communication skills. It's
:10:51. > :10:56.a widespread complaint. Thousands of firms told business Best of their
:10:57. > :11:01.exasperation with the quality of recruits. They have to do basic
:11:02. > :11:07.training again. A lot of the attitude stuff. Getting up on time,
:11:08. > :11:12.coming to work dressed properly. Attitude, the right attitude. A
:11:13. > :11:16.combination of things. Skills, expectations and enterprise. It's
:11:17. > :11:20.why so many employers turned up for this networking day. Not to recruit,
:11:21. > :11:27.but to help people like Ben get ready for the world of work. So,
:11:28. > :11:30.what has he learned? Obviously got enthusiastic, smiling face, looking
:11:31. > :11:36.forward to meeting them, open body language, all these things. I came
:11:37. > :11:40.here today, butterflies in my stomach obviously, but once I got
:11:41. > :11:44.involved it becomes easier. So much easier to talk to people once I
:11:45. > :11:55.relax. Can you get A*s in networking? Maybe you should.
:11:56. > :11:59.It's lovely to have you with us this Thursday evening. It's been mixed
:12:00. > :12:03.weather`wise. Bright and sunny one moment. Rain the next. An update
:12:04. > :12:09.soon. There's plenty more still to come. Why these children's loomband
:12:10. > :12:14.challenge attracted the attention of some major popstars.
:12:15. > :12:20.All that's still to come. A light aircraft narrowly missed
:12:21. > :12:22.a tower in school grounds moments That's the finding of a report
:12:23. > :12:26.into an accident near Downside Abbey Investigators say
:12:27. > :12:36.the pilot did take action to avoid the tower but crashed
:12:37. > :12:46.in a wooded area moments later. It was just before 11.00 on a Monday
:12:47. > :12:54.morning when the aircraft came down. Despite a swift response from the
:12:55. > :12:58.emergency services Glenn Packmeyer, an experienced pilot was killed
:12:59. > :13:01.instantly. He had planned to started his journey home the night before
:13:02. > :13:05.but delayed it to spend more time with friends. As the plane
:13:06. > :13:08.approached the Abbey it came close to the tower. That was 30 metres.
:13:09. > :13:13.There were some people working on the roof at the time. They described
:13:14. > :13:17.how the plane started an avoiding manoeuvre, ending nose up and
:13:18. > :13:23.rolling to the right. The plane crashed into a tree in the Monday
:13:24. > :13:27.astroery gardens soon after `` monastery. Today's report said the
:13:28. > :13:32.pilot's final manoeuvre had placed the aircraft at such a low height in
:13:33. > :13:36.poor visible that it couldn't recover. We could have had boys and
:13:37. > :13:40.girls from the school, staff injured, our workmen on the Church
:13:41. > :13:44.roof seriously injured, but we were very lucky that there were no
:13:45. > :13:48.fatalities, but sadly, the pilot himself died. The pilot had obtained
:13:49. > :13:52.some weather information before the flight but it was thought to be
:13:53. > :14:02.minimal. Investigators concluded it was a tragic accident. Glenn has his
:14:03. > :14:04.own memorial here. He is believed to be a hero, believing he sacrificed
:14:05. > :14:11.his life to save others. A Cheltenham man who was the first
:14:12. > :14:14.to swim the length of Britain has Sean Conway swam from Lands End to
:14:15. > :14:18.John O'Groats over the course of He's now running between the two
:14:19. > :14:23.places, completely unsupported. His latest adventure didn't get
:14:24. > :14:27.off to the best start. He was trying to take a selfie while
:14:28. > :14:40.running and tripped on a rock. Roads are expected to be lined with
:14:41. > :14:44.excited spectators in a few weeks' time as the UK's
:14:45. > :14:47.biggest professional cycle race The tour of Britain will pass
:14:48. > 2:46:55through Gloucestershire, Bristol, Bath and Wiltshire
2:46:56 > 2:46:55and is completely free to watch. On its first ever visit to Bristol
2:46:56 > 2:46:55the Tour of Britain will bring cyclists on the fourth stage of this
2:46:56 > 2:46:55gruelling climb, Bridge Valley Road. Local cyclists gave it a go. I think
2:46:56 > 2:46:55they're going to make us look rubbish. When I look back at the
2:46:56 > 2:46:55times they get up this, we will all look rubbish. It's an excellent
2:46:56 > 2:46:55route. It's going to be fast. They'll come to a short left`hand
2:46:56 > 2:46:55turn and it ramps up almost immediately for half a mile maybe.
2:46:56 > 2:46:55The tour will start in Worcester, tackling Snowshill before racing
2:46:56 > 2:46:55along the A46, past Stroud, Dursley and into Bristol. This is where the
2:46:56 > 2:46:55finish will end, here on the Downs at about 3.00 on September 10th. It
2:46:56 > 2:46:55will be a chance to see 20 world`class teams racing alongside
2:46:56 > 2:46:55sir Bradley Wiggins. The tour had a huge welcome three years ago when
2:46:56 > 2:46:55crowds excitedly lined the route through Somerset. The cycle fans in
2:46:56 > 2:46:55the West expect the route will be packed this year. It will be superb
2:46:56 > 2:46:55seeing him in the Tour and having it finish on the Downs, the spectator
2:46:56 > 2:46:55access will be immense. I expect there to be a lot of people up
2:46:56 > 2:46:55there. It's going to be really good. What do you think about The Tour of
2:46:56 > 2:46:55Britain coming to Bristol? It's a fantastic thing for Bristol. Yes. I
2:46:56 > 2:46:55shall be at the top of the Bridge Valley Road cheering them on. There
2:46:56 > 2:46:55is a second chance to catch the Tour on Friday 12th September, starting
2:46:56 > 2:46:55in Bath and snaking through wilts shire before we bid farewell to the
2:46:56 > 2:46:55peloton and its many tired legs `` Wiltshire.
2:46:56 > 2:46:55Joining us now are Pete Thompson who has wanted the tour to come to
2:46:56 > 2:46:55Bristol store sometime and Andy Hawes who is the route director.
2:46:56 > 2:46:55Pete, you wanted it to come to Bristol particularly for sometime.
2:46:56 > 2:46:55That's right, yeah. Having worked on it for, well, over a decade, and
2:46:56 > 2:46:55been asking for it and eventually George Ferguson gave us the green
2:46:56 > 2:46:55light just before he became the mayor. You think that was the
2:46:56 > 2:46:55tipping point, because he is keen on bikes? Yeah, he always popped in to
2:46:56 > 2:46:55the design office and asked us a few questions in the past about bikes
2:46:56 > 2:46:55for charity events. Andy, let's talk about the route. Quite tough
2:46:56 > 2:46:55especially around here, the hills and everything. Yeah, reasonably
2:46:56 > 2:46:55tough. There are three categorised climbs that we have throughout the
2:46:56 > 2:46:55stage and two of them within this region, Snowshill and obviously the
2:46:56 > 2:46:55final, the Bridge Valley Road. You are covering a lot of the country.
2:46:56 > 2:46:55It must be tough because everybody probably wants it to come to them,
2:46:56 > 2:46:55don't they? Yeah, it's a very tough thing to try and please the whole of
2:46:56 > 2:46:55the UK. Obviously it's The of Britain and we try and in as much as
2:46:56 > 2:46:55we can, visiting areas that we can, but unfortunately there are winners
2:46:56 > 2:46:55and losers each year with some regions missing out but hopefully we
2:46:56 > 2:46:55try to get around the whole of the UK eventually. Pete, let's talk
2:46:56 > 2:46:55about the atmosphere. What's the atmosphere going to be like, you
2:46:56 > 2:46:55have seen it in Somerset? The closest we had to Bristol was a
2:46:56 > 2:46:55Wales finish. I was just going up in the car before and I was seeing
2:46:56 > 2:46:55faces that I recognised from Bristol all over. If they're prepared to go
2:46:56 > 2:46:55that far, Bridge Valley will be packed. That road, it could finish
2:46:56 > 2:46:55your clutch off, it's a big ask. Our riders have big engines and
2:46:56 > 2:46:55clutches. That's what it is, I am doing it wrong. A bit of a crash
2:46:56 > 2:46:55there. That's another thing, watching the Tour de France, can
2:46:56 > 2:46:55there almost be too much love and people taking selfies, as well?
2:46:56 > 2:46:55Yeah, I think that the crowds in Yorkshire for the Tour de France
2:46:56 > 2:46:55were immense and we are hoping for similar for The Tour of Britain. The
2:46:56 > 2:46:55selfie craze, I think it's probably just best, let's watch it through
2:46:56 > 2:46:55your own eyes, instead of a screen. It's a craze at the moment. We got
2:46:56 > 2:46:55some guidelines, try to put people off doing that because it can be
2:46:56 > 2:46:55dangerous, you don't get a good feel of where riders are and you wouldn't
2:46:56 > 2:46:55get a feel of how fast they're going to come past you. They do go fast.
2:46:56 > 2:46:55Good luck. Looking forward to it. The next in our Wonders of the West
2:46:56 > 2:46:55series and the City of Bath is well Tonight we're looking at one
2:46:56 > 2:46:55of the oldest and most impressive it Yes,
2:46:56 > 2:46:55I loved presenting Children in Need there last November and of course
2:46:56 > 2:46:55it's Britain's only hot springs. Tonight Jenhi Osman explores
2:46:56 > 2:46:55the Roman Baths. Much of the modern city rests on the
2:46:56 > 2:46:55shoulders of the Roman engineer who is designed these baths. Despite
2:46:56 > 2:46:55being around 2,000 years old, such is the brilliance of their design,
2:46:56 > 2:46:55that a lot of the their plumbing and drainage systems are still in use
2:46:56 > 2:46:55today. These are... This is an area not open to the public. But its
2:46:56 > 2:46:55integral to the design of the complex. This round building, we
2:46:56 > 2:46:55believe, is something that is a kind of room where there would have been
2:46:56 > 2:46:55at the level or of our feet, piles of tiles which supported a floor and
2:46:56 > 2:46:55the hot air would have gone underneath that from a nearby
2:46:56 > 2:46:55furnace. Like a sauna? Like a sauna but probably dry heat rather than
2:46:56 > 2:46:55damp heat. Those rooms are actually quite pleasant rooms. Unlike the
2:46:56 > 2:46:55kind of house you may have lived in, in pre`Roman times, these rooms
2:46:56 > 2:46:55separated heat from smoke. All this heat didn't just provide underfloor
2:46:56 > 2:46:55heating, it heated the entire building. Here is an extraordinary
2:46:56 > 2:46:55piece, that's where the hot air ended up in the roof structures. We
2:46:56 > 2:46:55have the hot air coming from the bottom, up the walls in ducts, to
2:46:56 > 2:46:55the top. We have here the roof itself, we can see by the tiles, the
2:46:56 > 2:46:55concrete and then the heating system all in one. Fantastic piece. The
2:46:56 > 2:46:55water comes out of the ground at 46C and it's still almost as hot as your
2:46:56 > 2:46:55shower when it reaches the great bath. How did they actually get the
2:46:56 > 2:46:55hot water around the whole bath site? They used a very powerful
2:46:56 > 2:46:55force, gravity. Of course it's good design, because gravity does all the
2:46:56 > 2:46:55work for you. It's sichly the water flows through the `` simply the
2:46:56 > 2:46:55water flows through the site and controlled by a system. Mark is
2:46:56 > 2:46:55logicals impressed with the way `` is also impressed with the way the
2:46:56 > 2:46:55Romans harnessed the springs. They had levels. They were letting it out
2:46:56 > 2:46:55at a constant level in to the baths and in this place alone you have 45
2:46:56 > 2:46:55sheets of lead still remaining. In that pool? Half a ton each over an
2:46:56 > 2:46:55inch thick. So, not only were Roman engineers brilliant at adapting
2:46:56 > 2:46:55their technologyingses, the baths were also utterly revolutionary
2:46:56 > 2:46:55compared to anything else in Britain at that time. `` technologies.
2:46:56 > 2:46:55The final part is tomorrow. Three schoolchildren from Frome
2:46:56 > 2:46:55who've been busy raising money for charity during
2:46:56 > 2:46:55the summer holiday were astounded to receive a donation from one
2:46:56 > 2:46:55of the biggest bands in the world. Izzy, Henry and five`year`old
2:46:56 > 2:46:55Rudy Ford wanted to do something to They received lots of donations
2:46:56 > 2:46:55online but this was one they weren't Twist it. Put it over the first two
2:46:56 > 2:46:55fingers, which ever one. What do they say about old dogs and new
2:46:56 > 2:46:55tricks? This is about as far as most people get. But not for Izzy, Rudy
2:46:56 > 2:46:55and Henry. No, they've gone a little bit further than that. It starts and
2:46:56 > 2:46:55goes through the hall, past the stairs, past the living room...
2:46:56 > 2:46:55Looming marvellous. Out to the garden there is hardly enough room
2:46:56 > 2:46:55for it. It finishes over there. It's taken 35 hours to make. The children
2:46:56 > 2:46:55reckon they're using 3,000 loom bands a day and although
2:46:56 > 2:46:55measurements are tricky, we think it stretches 300 feet. It's all for
2:46:56 > 2:46:55charity. They want to raise money for safe the children `` Save the
2:46:56 > 2:46:55Children. In Gaza there is childs dying every single day and hour.
2:46:56 > 2:46:55What do you think about that? It's sad. Plenty of people have chipped
2:46:56 > 2:46:55in, but one donation in particular stood out. Woke up and was informed
2:46:56 > 2:46:55that we got a ?2,000 donation from cold`play `` Coldplay which was
2:46:56 > 2:46:55amazing. Did you think it was for real? I don't know. I don't know if
2:46:56 > 2:46:55I processed it actually. I could see the money was there and actually I
2:46:56 > 2:46:55was contacted by Save the Children so that was really quite soon
2:46:56 > 2:46:55afterwards so I knew immediately it was real. I didn't really have time
2:46:56 > 2:46:55to doubt it or anything. No, I just went with it. Thanks to Chris Martin
2:46:56 > 2:46:55and co, th they're well on the way to making ?3,000. From one huge
2:46:56 > 2:46:55band, to another. Just spare a thought for mum. There
2:46:56 > 2:46:55is always someone that needs to clear up at the end.
2:46:56 > 2:46:55Well done! What a satisfying holiday. Brilliant work. Now another
2:46:56 > 2:46:55really mixed day of weather. Sun, rain. Anything else?
2:46:56 > 2:46:55Funnel clouds, at least two, three. This one came across the districts.
2:46:56 > 2:46:55It's been a lively day all round. Flooding in Glastonbury. Tomorrow
2:46:56 > 2:46:55you will be pleased to hear it will not bring anything as dramatic.
2:46:56 > 2:46:55Showers around, most of them light but prolonged dry and generally
2:46:56 > 2:46:55rather sunny spells. The showers have got going, packing
2:46:56 > 2:46:55in through up to recently. The next line moving down, it's been giving
2:46:56 > 2:46:55torrential downpours. All of that moving to the south`east through
2:46:56 > 2:46:55this evening. Once it's out of the way there will be a tendency to get
2:46:56 > 2:46:55a dryer night up and running and indeed a similar pattern to
2:46:56 > 2:46:55tomorrow. You will see the sign for one or two showers around. The main
2:46:56 > 2:46:55focus is to the east, late afternoon, evening. Pressure is
2:46:56 > 2:46:55rising in from the south`west, weakly but sufficiently to ensure
2:46:56 > 2:46:55that Saturday will be a dry day. Not so at the moment, though. The
2:46:56 > 2:46:55sequence of showers will continue its journey down towards the
2:46:56 > 2:46:55south`east. Gradually they will diminish and we should enter into a
2:46:56 > 2:46:55dry night or a largely dry night. Temperatures under clearer spells
2:46:56 > 2:46:55Tomorrow we will start with a good Tomorrow we will start with a good
2:46:56 > 2:46:55deal of dry weather. As the day wears on a few showers about, more
2:46:56 > 2:46:55particularly towards the east of the M5. Those of you on Exmoor, probably
2:46:56 > 2:46:55a dry day compared to some of the conditions of today certainly. Later
2:46:56 > 2:46:55into the afternoon and the evening a tendency perhaps for one or two
2:46:56 > 2:46:55somewhat heavier showers for a while before things dry out again.
2:46:56 > 2:46:55Temperatures will be slightly up on today. Saturday is looking like a
2:46:56 > 2:46:55dry day. Sunday we are starting to return to a blustery cooler set`up
2:46:56 > 2:46:55that will prevail into next week, as well.
2:46:56 > 2:46:55Thank you. Commiserations or congratulations to all the A`level
2:46:56 > 2:46:55students today. Especially actually Rose Hall, just because your mum has
2:46:56 > 2:46:55just e`mailed us. There you go! Well done to everybody. That's it from
2:46:56 > 2:46:56us. We are back in the 10.00 news. For now, bye.