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:00:05. > :00:09.Welcome to Wales Today. Our top story - selling her mother's house

:00:09. > :00:16.to pay for care home fees. Tonight the hundreds of families who may be

:00:16. > :00:20.paying out unnecessarily. It is not so much the money. It is

:00:20. > :00:25.my mother's house and if it keeps her comfortable and that is what

:00:26. > :00:30.pack -- has to happen then that is it. But it is the principle of it.

:00:30. > :00:40.My father did not have a pension. They lived on what he brought home

:00:40. > :00:47.

:00:47. > :00:50.every month. Our other headlines tonight. The

:00:50. > :00:54.future of your television viewing. The BBC and S4C reaches an

:00:54. > :00:58.agreement over how the channel will be run.

:00:58. > :01:04.Millions of pounds in rent paid for Cardiff Bay offices and an offshore

:01:04. > :01:07.tax haven. But who is the National Assembly's secret landlord?

:01:07. > :01:11.It would have been easier and cheaper to build a bridge. Happy

:01:11. > :01:15.birthday to Conwy's tunnel under the water.

:01:15. > :01:20.He captained his country and the Lions. The first to win a hundred

:01:20. > :01:26.caps for Wales. Gareth Thomas hangs up his boots.

:01:26. > :01:29.Good evening. Hundreds of families across Wales are being forced sell

:01:29. > :01:34.their homes to pay care home fees, according to a BBC Wales

:01:34. > :01:38.investigation. But a leading health care lawyer says many of those fees

:01:38. > :01:42.should have been paid by the NHS and it's now more difficult to

:01:42. > :01:45.qualify for funding in Wales than England. Graham Thomas reports.

:01:45. > :01:54.Gillian Webb, from Cardiff, is selling her parents' house to pay

:01:54. > :02:01.for the care of her 91-year-old mother Anne who has Alzheimer's.

:02:01. > :02:08.Dad worked jolly hard. He did not have a pension. They lived on what

:02:08. > :02:11.he brought home every month. That's all they've got and it has gone.

:02:11. > :02:14.The law states that if an elderly person's main requirement is to be

:02:14. > :02:17.nursed because they're ill, the state should pick up the bill. But

:02:17. > :02:24.solicitor Lisa Morgan, a specialist in care costs, believes in many

:02:24. > :02:28.cases the law is not being followed. If your primary need is a health

:02:28. > :02:32.need, you should be the responsibility of the NHS but it is

:02:32. > :02:36.a common misconception if someone needs to going to win nursing home,

:02:36. > :02:40.they have to pay the full cost of their care and that can include

:02:40. > :02:45.selling the family home. The first consideration should be whether the

:02:45. > :02:48.NHS should be paying for that individual's fees. Jane Chirko from

:02:48. > :02:50.Newport sold her family home to pay care fees for her father, Harry

:02:50. > :02:53.Denham, who suffered from Alzheimer's. But the charges had

:02:53. > :03:01.been wrongly applied and after his death the family launched a legal

:03:01. > :03:05.battle that eventually recouped �100,000. I look back on it and

:03:05. > :03:09.think, how did I ever let that happen? Why didn't I say to someone,

:03:09. > :03:14.that can't be right, we should be looking at it. I never did. I think

:03:14. > :03:18.it's because my dad was in a nursing home, my mum had just

:03:18. > :03:21.passed away, you do not think logically. BBC Wales has found that

:03:21. > :03:24.almost a thousand families in Wales have sold their homes in order to

:03:24. > :03:27.pay care fees, which commonly start at �2,000 per month. Figures

:03:27. > :03:30.obtained also show a 7% reduction in those receiving NHS continuing

:03:30. > :03:40.care funding in care homes since the assessment system was changed

:03:40. > :03:41.

:03:41. > :03:44.12 months ago. Cardiff and Vale Health Board said in a statement

:03:44. > :03:48.that it assessment process was in line with the Welsh government

:03:48. > :03:51.guidance. Dame June Clark, a former president of the Royal College of

:03:51. > :04:01.Nursing, says the system in Wales, what's known as the assessment tool,

:04:01. > :04:04.

:04:04. > :04:13.is unfair and compares unfavourably with that used in England. Why is

:04:13. > :04:17.the system so complicated? It is usually complicated. There are 11

:04:17. > :04:26.remains to be assessed. And then they need to score that in terms of

:04:26. > :04:32.levels. That is according to three dimensions of complexity, intensity

:04:32. > :04:35.and unpredictability. And that is horrendously complicated for the

:04:35. > :04:40.assessor added is even more complicated of course for the carer

:04:40. > :04:44.and the elderly person themselves, who often does not understand the

:04:44. > :04:48.detail and it is very subjective. If your family is in his

:04:48. > :04:52.predicament, who should be family turn to for independent advice?

:04:52. > :04:57.That seems to be the key, that you are getting the right advice from

:04:57. > :05:01.the right people. I think it is an getting independent advice is very

:05:01. > :05:07.difficult. You should be able to turn to your district nurse or your

:05:07. > :05:14.GP if you wanna Tom or the hospital nurses if you are in hospital. --

:05:14. > :05:19.if you're at home. You can go to organisations that have been saying

:05:19. > :05:23.for some time that we need much more by way of independent advocacy

:05:23. > :05:33.services to help old people but it is a difficult one because

:05:33. > :05:34.

:05:34. > :05:37.It seems that you get a different deal if your family live in England.

:05:37. > :05:42.When sea -- was the assessor has measured the various levels and

:05:42. > :05:47.filled in all the boxes, the things that matters is the cut-off point

:05:47. > :05:51.and it does seem to be that the cut-off point being used in Wales

:05:51. > :05:56.is higher, more stringent, and the cut-off point that is being used in

:05:56. > :06:01.England. This is such a sensitive time. The moment when your elderly

:06:01. > :06:11.relative is going to care, you really are not the most vulnerable

:06:11. > :06:13.time. Yes. Thank you very much. You can see more on that story in

:06:13. > :06:17.tonight's Week In Week Out programme, Selling Up For Mum And

:06:17. > :06:21.Dad on BBC1 Wales at 10:35pm. The BBC and S4C have finally struck

:06:21. > :06:25.an agreement over how S4C will be run in future. Like all good soaps

:06:25. > :06:29.the storyline's had its fair share of twists and turns. But as the

:06:29. > :06:32.main protagonists finally get together, is it a happy ending? All

:06:32. > :06:35.this follows the announcement about how much funding S4C will get from

:06:35. > :06:43.the BBC to make programmes. Our Welsh Affairs Editor, Vaughan

:06:43. > :06:48.Roderick, is with me now. Why has it been so difficult to get to this

:06:48. > :06:53.point, to reach this agreement? Basically, the broadcasters have

:06:53. > :06:56.been trying to square a circle. The BBC had been largely funding --

:06:56. > :07:01.will be largely funding S4C in the future and they needed to make sure

:07:01. > :07:05.that licence-fee payers money was being spent well. They needed to

:07:05. > :07:10.make sure that they had not been shenanigans as there had been in

:07:11. > :07:15.the past. S4C wanted to ensure they had continued editorial

:07:15. > :07:21.independence. They have basically come up with that -- a system where

:07:21. > :07:27.the S4C and authority will be appointed with input from the BBC

:07:27. > :07:31.and the was government. Objectives will be set up but then it will be

:07:31. > :07:38.up to S4C, to their management and authority, how they deliver on that.

:07:38. > :07:46.That is a pretty good deal for them. In day -- every day terms, there

:07:46. > :07:51.will not be any BBC suits in the building, if you like. We think

:07:51. > :07:55.this is a very good agreement which respects the principles which are

:07:55. > :08:00.important to both organisations, in particular for S4C the principle of

:08:00. > :08:04.establishing that S4C retained its operational and editorial

:08:04. > :08:09.independence, that has been safeguarded in the arrangements in

:08:09. > :08:13.the agreement. And also for the BBC, there is the very important line of

:08:13. > :08:17.accountability for the use of funds which come from the licence fee. I

:08:17. > :08:27.think we have managed between us to square quite a difficult circle.

:08:27. > :08:32.Wall of watch excites people in the television industry and politics --

:08:32. > :08:36.all of which. The agreement says that managers should meet regularly

:08:37. > :08:40.to discuss co-operating. I think that you may see a convergence of

:08:40. > :08:47.online services in the Welsh language, for instance. And there

:08:47. > :08:50.is a way for S4C to claw back a little bit of the huge cuts that

:08:50. > :08:54.they are facing. There is an agreement that if any savings are

:08:54. > :08:59.made, S4C keeps that money to invest in the programmes. In that

:08:59. > :09:02.sense, it may mean the diminishing of original, as content on the

:09:02. > :09:09.screen which was inevitable with the cuts as Fozzie was facing could

:09:09. > :09:12.be a little bit less. -- S4C. nurse who allowed schoolboys to

:09:12. > :09:16.drive the car she was given for work will be allowed to return to

:09:16. > :09:19.nursing but will have a caution on her record for one year. Victoria

:09:19. > :09:23.Horsley of Benllech on Anglesey was found guilty of misconduct by a

:09:23. > :09:25.nursing panel. She had also been accused of having sex with a 15-

:09:25. > :09:30.year-old boy, but that allegation was thrown out.

:09:30. > :09:33.Who owns your house? Perhaps you, a mortgage company or a landlord?

:09:33. > :09:37.When you ask that question in Cardiff Bay tonight, the answer is

:09:37. > :09:40.a little more complex. The National Assembly spends millions of pounds

:09:41. > :09:44.of taxpayers' money renting a red brick office block, but who is the

:09:44. > :09:47.secret landlord? The rather muddied answer involves an off shore tax

:09:47. > :09:51.haven. Our Political Correspondent, Tomos

:09:51. > :09:57.Livingstone, can tell us more. I'm outside Ty Hywel, the building

:09:57. > :10:00.where Assembly Members have had their offices since 1999. We've

:10:00. > :10:04.been trying to find out who owns the building, and how much it costs

:10:04. > :10:13.to rent. And the answer lies off the English coast, on an island

:10:13. > :10:20.known for being a tax haven. The main public home of the National

:10:20. > :10:24.Assembly. The Centre for democracy and devolution in Wales. But then

:10:24. > :10:28.you have Ty Hywel, the red-brick building where Assembly Members

:10:28. > :10:34.work and the First Minister has his office. We know who works in a

:10:34. > :10:37.house like this but what we are not so clear about his who owns it. We

:10:37. > :10:46.asked the Assembly commission, the body responsible for the day-to-day

:10:46. > :10:52.running of the -- body. But it is a body based on Douglas on the Isle

:10:52. > :10:55.of Man. The company's managing agents have not returned our calls.

:10:56. > :10:59.I am very concerned about it. The National Assembly for Wales has

:10:59. > :11:05.always claimed to be a beacon of transparency and debt -- yet this

:11:05. > :11:12.is very muddy. The people of Wales deserve to know who Lord's this

:11:12. > :11:17.building. We pay an awful lot of money in red. -- owns this building.

:11:17. > :11:23.We need to know who we are paying back money to. In 1998, the

:11:23. > :11:29.Secretary of State for Wales, Ron Davies, bought the land for the

:11:29. > :11:37.Senedd building for just �1. When Ty Hywel went on the market, the

:11:37. > :11:41.authorities balked at eight multi- million-pound price tag. It could

:11:42. > :11:51.be a pension fund, it could be a property company, a family trust.

:11:51. > :11:55.How much rent as the Assembly have to pay each year? -- Des. It has

:11:55. > :11:59.been �1.7 million recently. It is roughly the market rate for a

:11:59. > :12:06.Cardiff office. But from next year, it is going up for two -- to �2.3

:12:06. > :12:16.million. The Assembly commission say the deal is going up because

:12:16. > :12:17.

:12:17. > :12:20.the deal negotiated four years ago has come to an end.

:12:21. > :12:25.We've had a statement tonight on the Assembly commission. They say

:12:25. > :12:29.they are unable to comment on the ownership. Plenty of questions

:12:29. > :12:32.tonight as to whether this is a good deal for the taxpayer and

:12:32. > :12:41.whether it is in the spirit of the new politics that we were promised

:12:41. > :12:44.at the time of evolution. -- Much more to come before 7 o'clock.

:12:44. > :12:46.He's captained his country and the Lions. The first player to win a

:12:46. > :12:49.hundred caps for Wales, Gareth Thomas retires.

:12:49. > :12:59.Why hard pressed local councils cutting their costs might leave you

:12:59. > :12:59.

:12:59. > :13:03.It'll be the first school of its kind in Wales teaching pupils from

:13:03. > :13:09.the ages of three up to 19. Ceredigion Council wants Lampeter's

:13:09. > :13:12.primary and secondary schools to merge to form one super school. The

:13:12. > :13:20.two schools are already working together in a pilot scheme with a

:13:20. > :13:24.final decision been taken in Is it a primary school? Is it a

:13:24. > :13:26.comprehensive? No, it's a super school. For more than a year now,

:13:26. > :13:29.pupils of Ffynnonbedr primary and Lampeter comprehensive schools have

:13:29. > :13:34.been sharing the same campus, the same sports facilities and the same

:13:34. > :13:39.headteacher. According to independent advisers the

:13:39. > :13:42.arrangement is working well. They say the pilot scheme shows there

:13:42. > :13:46.are benefits to pupils making the jump from primary to secondary

:13:46. > :13:48.education. It also said Ffynnonbedr pupils had already benefited from

:13:48. > :13:54.being able to use specialist facilities and equipment on the

:13:54. > :14:04.secondary site. Other benefits included better management and

:14:04. > :14:05.

:14:05. > :14:11.improved efficiency. To benefit pupils with sea is in the education

:14:11. > :14:17.transition stage from primary to secondary. Hopefully, through this

:14:17. > :14:20.new project, it will be smoother. This morning Ceredigion Council

:14:20. > :14:23.Cabinet decided to press ahead with a proposal to make the arrangement

:14:23. > :14:25.permanent and create Wales' first school for three to 19-year-olds.

:14:25. > :14:35.There are similar plans for Llandysul but they are more

:14:35. > :14:35.

:14:35. > :14:44.contentious and involve closing a number of rural primary schools.

:14:44. > :14:52.could find that parents vote with their feet and we will see voids of

:14:52. > :14:56.provision in the rural context. We have to keep education in the rural

:14:56. > :15:04.area. Parents of children who attend both schools say they've

:15:04. > :15:11.been impressed with what they've seen. It has been of great benefit

:15:11. > :15:17.to my daughter. She has been in reading classes with the junior

:15:17. > :15:21.school and she has enjoyed it. means they have more resources to

:15:21. > :15:24.share and that can only be a good thing. The response to the

:15:24. > :15:27.experiment here in Lampeter has been positive but if there is any

:15:27. > :15:30.objection to the council's plans then the final decision will rest

:15:30. > :15:39.with the Welsh Government. A new school with a new name of course

:15:39. > :15:42.It was the most important feat of civil engineering in Wales. It took

:15:42. > :15:46.five years to build and was one of the largest road building projects

:15:46. > :15:50.ever seen in the UK. Conwy Tunnel was opened 20 years ago to ease

:15:50. > :15:58.traffic congestion in the town. The unique tunnels sit beneath the

:15:58. > :16:01.estuary and Matthew Richards is near the entrance tonight.

:16:01. > :16:05.It would have been easier to build a bridge over the estuary rather

:16:05. > :16:08.than a tunnel underneath it. But that was ruled out because it would

:16:08. > :16:14.have spoiled the view of the 12th Century castle, a World Heritage

:16:14. > :16:17.site, and Thomas Telford's bridge. So a massive feat of engineering

:16:17. > :16:27.got underway to relieve the pressure on the narrow streets

:16:27. > :16:29.

:16:29. > :16:39.This is Conwy BCT or before the Long jams and lengthy journeys made

:16:39. > :16:46.life tough for local residents and businesses. There was an abattoir a

:16:46. > :16:52.couple of miles away. We had to take a round trip. During August it

:16:52. > :16:57.could be anything up to three hours. It was problematic for us when we

:16:57. > :17:00.were busy back at the shop. But we had to get on with it. So there was

:17:00. > :17:03.relief all round when construction began on the 1000 metre long

:17:03. > :17:06.tunnels in 1986. Built in several sections over five years, it was

:17:06. > :17:16.the biggest road contract in the UK at the time and the first here to

:17:16. > :17:16.

:17:16. > :17:23.sink a tunnel like this beneath the water. Instead of digging a hole

:17:23. > :17:33.through the bed of the river, you did a trench and sank the units

:17:33. > :17:38.

:17:38. > :17:41.into the trench. He could -- the river bed was then placed on top.

:17:41. > :17:44.The Queen officially opened the tunnel in 1991 amid huge

:17:44. > :17:51.celebrations and her Royal convoy was the first of millions to drive

:17:52. > :17:54.under the Conwy estuary. Three million tonnes of silt dug out from

:17:54. > :18:04.the riverbed was used to create this RSPB nature reserve, turning

:18:04. > :18:07.

:18:07. > :18:11.excavation into conservation. have put together some into bridge

:18:11. > :18:15.-- interpretation to tell that story. It is important that we

:18:15. > :18:19.remember that out of something that could have been environmentally

:18:19. > :18:27.damaging comes something helpful. And those who remember congestion

:18:27. > :18:37.in Conwy agree, traffic is lighter at this end of the tunnel. A

:18:37. > :18:39.

:18:39. > :18:46.housing estate and the Marina were also built at the same time. A

:18:46. > :18:50.system, an early warning system has been placed in the tunnel as well.

:18:50. > :18:53.So much for spending a penny. Hard pressed local councils are trying

:18:53. > :18:55.to claw back not just the pennies, but the pounds too. That means

:18:55. > :18:58.they're looking to close some public toilets. The charity Age

:18:58. > :19:08.Cymru says it is concerned they could disappear altogether and has

:19:08. > :19:14.

:19:14. > :19:22.called for a law to force councils One song in Anglesey. This is the

:19:22. > :19:28.place with the over fifties come together. The meat and talk about

:19:28. > :19:36.the local talking points. They're not happy about plans to close

:19:36. > :19:41.local toilets. It is our human rights to have these facilities.

:19:41. > :19:46.the cities, it is not so bad because you have your large stores

:19:47. > :19:52.and cafes. But in a rural area, you do need to provide that facility

:19:52. > :19:57.for tourists and people of our age group and those who want to change

:19:57. > :20:02.nappies. You must have facilities. Who should provide those

:20:02. > :20:12.facilities? Historically, the local councils have done it but they do

:20:12. > :20:15.

:20:15. > :20:19.not have to any more. This is an issue across the country. In Conwy,

:20:19. > :20:27.T authority has drawn up a list of targets. Other authorities are

:20:27. > :20:32.doing the same. They all say the need to cut costs. A council's say

:20:32. > :20:36.some are in need of costly refurbishment. And they say it is a

:20:37. > :20:43.matter of priorities. We are looking to spend money across a

:20:43. > :20:50.range of things and public toilets fit into that list. They are a

:20:50. > :20:54.lifeline. They give people confidence to go out and take part

:20:54. > :20:57.in community life. We believe the but needs to stop somewhere and the

:20:57. > :21:06.local authority should be under obligation under law to provide

:21:06. > :21:14.public toilets. The council says they try to encourage local

:21:14. > :21:18.businesses to step in. Here they talk about access to public toilet

:21:18. > :21:23.being a right. He's captained his country and the

:21:23. > :21:25.Lions and became the first to win a hundred caps for Wales. Now Gareth

:21:25. > :21:31.Thomas says he's retiring. In an eventful career, he became the

:21:31. > :21:34.first professional rugby player to reveal that he's gay.

:21:34. > :21:44.2005 and Gareth Thomas skippers Wales to their first Grand Slam in

:21:44. > :21:48.

:21:48. > :21:51.27 years. This is everything to the boys. We worked hard for this.

:21:51. > :21:59.success followed in New Zealand, he took over the Lions captaincy and

:21:59. > :22:08.he lifted the Heineken Cup with Toulose. He was the all round

:22:08. > :22:15.player. As a captain, he kept that individual characteristic that only

:22:15. > :22:18.he could have. He made us want to play for him as well. Gareth Thomas

:22:18. > :22:22.is one of a handful of players to switch to rugby league, signing for

:22:22. > :22:25.the Crusaders two years ago. He was expected to play the national side

:22:25. > :22:33.this weekend and had been linked with a move to Wigan, so his

:22:33. > :22:43.retirement has surprised some. probably sat down and thought about

:22:43. > :22:45.

:22:45. > :22:50.what is in front of him. I think maybe he thought it was a little

:22:50. > :22:53.bit too much for a man of his age. His rise through the ranks of Welsh

:22:53. > :22:56.rugby wasn't without incident. Two years ago, he was in the spotlight

:22:56. > :23:00.after revealing he was gay, the first professional rugby player to

:23:00. > :23:10.come out in this way. He told at the time that it had been a painful

:23:10. > :23:13.

:23:13. > :23:23.journey. I feel a huge relief and a massive acceptance. I hope the

:23:23. > :23:25.

:23:25. > :23:28.world can be it better place for those of us who want to play sport.

:23:28. > :23:31.At the height of Wales' success in 2006, he was accused of undermining

:23:31. > :23:41.Wales coach Mike Ruddock and was involved in a heated debate on

:23:41. > :23:42.

:23:42. > :23:45.television. It has nothing to do with the coaching. Shortly

:23:45. > :23:48.afterwards, he was taken to hospital. He'd had a mini stroke.

:23:48. > :23:52.Gareth Thomas' story has caught the eye of Hollywood and actor Mickey

:23:52. > :23:56.Rourke came to Cardiff to see Thomas play. He is now working on a

:23:56. > :24:00.film about his life. So an end to a remarkable career. Gareth Thomas

:24:00. > :24:04.says he's now looking ahead to new challenges and a new chapter in his

:24:04. > :24:07.Cardiff City play Burnley tonight for a place in the quarter finals

:24:07. > :24:10.of the Carling Cup. They beat Leicester in the last round. All

:24:10. > :24:12.three of Cardiff's games in the competition this season have gone

:24:12. > :24:16.to extra time. Commentary of the match this

:24:16. > :24:19.evening on BBC Radio Wales from 7.30pm.

:24:19. > :24:23.Wales have slipped down two places in the world rankings despite

:24:23. > :24:30.finishing fourth at the Rugby World Cup. Warren Gatland's side are now

:24:30. > :24:32.ranked eighth in the world. World Champions New Zealand top the list.

:24:32. > :24:35.Derek, flooding yesterday in Southwest Wales, but looking better

:24:35. > :24:38.today? Much drier today, but in

:24:38. > :24:44.Pembrokeshire almost half a month's worth of rain fell in just one day

:24:45. > :24:47.yesterday. Part of Newgale was still under water this morning.

:24:48. > :24:57.Keen weather watcher Roy Watkins told us that when he checked his

:24:58. > :25:05.

:25:05. > :25:13.rain gauge he recorded the highest This morning, it was 58.9 mm. That

:25:13. > :25:20.was over 24 hours. That is the heaviest rain I have recorded since

:25:20. > :25:22.Roy's rainguage was overflowing yesterday but only a few showers in

:25:22. > :25:26.Newgale today so thankfully water levels have dropped. Some sunshine

:25:26. > :25:29.as well but a cluster of rain and heavy showers over the West Country

:25:29. > :25:36.spread into South Wales late this afternoon with reports of thunder

:25:36. > :25:40.in Caerleon and Cwmbran. This evening the rain and heavy showers

:25:40. > :25:44.will spread north. Followed by drier, clearer weather with

:25:44. > :25:47.scattered heavy showers in the south and west. A few mist and fog

:25:47. > :25:51.patches forming and chilly. Temperatures inland falling as low

:25:51. > :25:56.as 3 or 4 Celsius in Powys with a ground frost. Tomorrow's chart

:25:56. > :26:01.shows low pressure to the west of Ireland. This low near Portugal may

:26:01. > :26:06.bring us another dose of rain on Thursday. So tomorrow morning the

:26:06. > :26:09.north coast and the northeast will start off dry. Parts of Powys,

:26:09. > :26:18.Monmouthshire and the southeast dry as well with a few mist and fog

:26:18. > :26:21.patches. However, further west showers are likely. Some of these

:26:21. > :26:28.heavy with hail and thunder. During the day showers will become more

:26:28. > :26:32.widespread. Heavy in places and prolonged in the northwest. Some

:26:32. > :26:35.sunshine in between and if you're lucky you may stay dry. Top

:26:35. > :26:39.temperatures 12 to 14 Celsius with a light to moderate south to south-

:26:39. > :26:46.westerly breeze. In Merthyr Tydfil tomorrow, a mixture of cloud,

:26:47. > :26:51.sunshine and showers. Temperatures in Dowlais rising to 12 Celsius. On

:26:51. > :26:55.Thursday, cloudy with outbreaks of rain. Although it may dry-up in

:26:55. > :27:00.parts of the north and west. Friday dry and brighter. Some sunshine too

:27:00. > :27:04.once any mist and fog patches clear. The weekend cloudier. Mostly dry

:27:04. > :27:14.but a little rain is likely. Most of it on Saturday night and it will

:27:14. > :27:24.

:27:24. > :27:33.turn milder with southerly winds. The Prime Minister acknowledged