:00:11. > :00:19.Good evening. The headlines: a year after four men died in Ecclesia pet,
:00:19. > :00:28.their families tell us that they are still looking answers. --
:00:28. > :00:36.lesion pet. I should be coping, but it is getting worse. They have said
:00:36. > :00:41.that it is close to get better, but it is getting worse. Gleision Pet.
:00:41. > :00:51.I asked their undertaker if I could walk the coffin to the grave. I
:00:51. > :01:01.
:01:01. > :01:07.thought he would be there when he Darren Jackson is jailed for life
:01:07. > :01:11.for the brutal rape and murder of a grandmother from Carmarthenshire.
:01:11. > :01:15.Irene Lawless was attacked by her neighbour as she slept.
:01:15. > :01:18.England is scrapping GCSEs - what does that mean for children in
:01:18. > :01:24.Wales? Why slow internet access is holding
:01:24. > :01:29.back the economy and costing jobs. I will have all tonight's sport,
:01:30. > :01:37.including what are we to spend a weekend! As Wem, about right and
:01:37. > :01:47.then a marathon, why it took an Ironman marathon to win in Tenby.
:01:47. > :01:47.
:01:47. > :01:53.And we have the inside story from when Tom was still making -- still
:01:53. > :01:59.learning the trade. Good evening. The families of the
:01:59. > :02:04.four miners who were killed in the Gleision and Collier Bay --
:02:04. > :02:10.Gleision Colliery are still looking answers. The men were killed when
:02:10. > :02:16.the mine in Swansea Valley was flooded. Its licence has been
:02:16. > :02:26.suspended and it is currently closed.
:02:26. > :02:30.Today it is quiet, NT and closed. Gleision Colliery, now and for ever,
:02:30. > :02:35.synonymous with tragedy. The men who died you were Garry
:02:35. > :02:39.Jenkins, David Powell, Philip Hill and Charles Breslin. They were
:02:39. > :02:43.trapped underground by flood water. When the news broke that they had
:02:43. > :02:53.become trapped their families gathered at a nearby some -- nearby
:02:53. > :02:54.
:02:54. > :03:02.community centre. At first there was hope. Hayley Phillips, any subs
:03:02. > :03:07.Philip Hill talks about the moment when she was told by police that
:03:07. > :03:13.his body had been found. The whole place has collapsed. There was
:03:13. > :03:17.tears and hugs. People said, he is it? It was so unreal. Totally
:03:17. > :03:21.unreal. The main's rescue service did
:03:22. > :03:27.everything it could. The men they were trying to reach had many
:03:27. > :03:37.years's experience between them. Charles Breslin was just two months
:03:37. > :03:37.
:03:37. > :03:44.away from retirement. I didn't care, as long as I had him home. But no.
:03:44. > :03:47.David Powell had just turned 50 and at his home his widow is still
:03:47. > :03:54.struggling to come to terms with his death. The love of my life. I
:03:54. > :03:59.have lost him for ever. And I don't know how to cope. I know it is a
:04:00. > :04:03.year and I should be coping, but it is getting worse. They say that it
:04:03. > :04:07.is supposed to get better, but it is getting worse.
:04:08. > :04:14.The funeral has focused the grief and sent the All the whole
:04:14. > :04:19.community. Alex Jenkins paid his own special tribute to his father,
:04:19. > :04:29.Garry Jenkins. I asked they undertake refracted what the coffin
:04:29. > :04:30.
:04:30. > :04:33.to the grave, because I thought I would be there when he is taken out.
:04:33. > :04:38.One man escaped but was seriously injured when the mine flooded. He
:04:39. > :04:43.has been questioned by police on suspicion of causing manslaughter
:04:43. > :04:48.through gross negligence -- gross negligence. The case is being
:04:48. > :04:52.reviewed. This has been a year-long investigation. We have transferred
:04:53. > :04:59.a file to the Crown Prosecution Service, apparently considering
:04:59. > :05:02.evidence that we have gathered. And we await a decision from the Crown
:05:02. > :05:07.Prosecution Service as to what the future holds.
:05:07. > :05:11.A public appeal raised more than �1 million for the families, but what
:05:11. > :05:15.they want more than anything now is to find out exactly how and why the
:05:15. > :05:23.men died. And to find out whether this tragedy could have been
:05:23. > :05:27.prevented. There are still so many unanswered questions. How could
:05:27. > :05:34.this possibly have happened and ruined four lights and four
:05:34. > :05:44.families. Let us talk to Rosalyn Davies, a
:05:44. > :05:51.local councillor. Use other rescuers arrived, 1 euros on how is
:05:51. > :05:56.it community coping? -- in one year on. The community have coped pretty
:05:56. > :06:01.well on the whole. Especially helping the families out. They have
:06:01. > :06:06.done their very best, I can assure you. If there is any comfort to be
:06:06. > :06:13.derived from this terrible tragedy, surely it must be the generosity of
:06:13. > :06:17.that community that has so much been in evidence? It is not allay
:06:17. > :06:23.the generosity of the community, but it seems to have been at the
:06:23. > :06:31.generosity worldwide in the gifts and money that had been donated to
:06:31. > :06:37.the fund. What are your memories of that night when you recall? -- won
:06:37. > :06:41.the year ago. The actual day, when I found out in the morning that an
:06:41. > :06:47.accident had happened, of course I spend the whole of the Thursday
:06:47. > :06:52.looking over from my house what in the helicopter and looking at the
:06:52. > :06:56.ambulances and police cars and hoping that they would be making,
:06:56. > :07:02.but unfortunately it doesn't happen that way.
:07:02. > :07:07.Thank you very much for talking to us this evening. You can see more
:07:07. > :07:12.on the Gleision tragedy tonight at 8:30pm.
:07:12. > :07:17.A man has been jailed for life for the brutal rape and murder of a
:07:17. > :07:21.grandmother from Carmarthenshire. Irene Lawless was attacked in her
:07:21. > :07:26.home in the village of Llanllwni by her next-door neighbour as she
:07:26. > :07:33.slept. The Crown Court was told that her attacker, Darren Jackson,
:07:33. > :07:37.had a warped and perverted mind. This CCTV per -- ft it shows Darren
:07:37. > :07:41.Jackson within half-an-hour of the shockingly brutal times. He is
:07:41. > :07:46.filling up a car with petrol in Carmarthen. It is a car that he has
:07:46. > :07:51.stolen from a woman that he has just rate and killed. His it in his
:07:51. > :07:56.Irene Lawless, a keen painter and guard dinner he lived alone in the
:07:56. > :08:01.bungalow and has the misfortune of being Darren Jackson's neighbour.
:08:01. > :08:06.The court heard that he had a perverted interest in sexual
:08:06. > :08:10.violence towards the elderly woman. He had visited websites have a
:08:10. > :08:15.disturbing nature. He broke into Irene Lawless's house
:08:15. > :08:20.to her front window. For at least two hours he subjected her to an
:08:20. > :08:23.horrific sexual attack before strangling her. Pictures show him
:08:23. > :08:30.with a deep scratch on his face, inflicted by Irene Lawless in her
:08:30. > :08:38.desperate struggle to fight him off. He drove a stolen car to Kent,
:08:38. > :08:43.where he is originally from, but until the next day. Irene Lawless's
:08:43. > :08:48.family had to listen to harrowing evidence in court, which the judge
:08:48. > :08:55.described as nothing short of depravity. The minimum sentence of
:08:55. > :09:00.28 years was welcomed. Their actions of this man have shocked
:09:00. > :09:05.the family, the community of Llanllwni and the investigating
:09:05. > :09:09.team. Although tinged with sadness, their verdict today has been
:09:09. > :09:13.welcomed because we believe that the public is much safer as a
:09:13. > :09:17.result of Darren Jackson being publically -- being firmly put
:09:17. > :09:25.behind bars. Irene Lawless has been described as
:09:25. > :09:29.a down-to-earth helpful lady he was a support others. Her murder has
:09:29. > :09:36.left the community appalled. Although Darren Jackson will spend
:09:36. > :09:41.a minimum of 28 years in prison, his crimes show up at -- showed a
:09:41. > :09:45.perversion of mind and it is likely he may never be released.
:09:45. > :09:50.Anglesey County Council says that it will reconsider the future of
:09:50. > :09:57.residential care homes on the island. A consultation process will
:09:57. > :10:00.be under taking to remodel the community services.
:10:00. > :10:05.The family of Aamir Siddiqi, the 17-year-old from Cardiff he was
:10:05. > :10:10.that to death in his home, has told Swansea Crown Court how he tried to
:10:10. > :10:14.tackle the killers. His Faber, who was recovering from surgery at the
:10:14. > :10:20.time, said that he used all his energy to pin one of them against
:10:20. > :10:26.the wall and his wife jumped on the shoulders of another man. The trial
:10:26. > :10:34.continues. Wheels's education minister
:10:34. > :10:43.Leighton Andrews -- Wales's education minister, has described
:10:43. > :10:48.England's plans to introduce any exam system as a backward step.
:10:48. > :10:56.Speaking in the Commons earlier this afternoon, Michael Gove
:10:56. > :10:59.renewed his attack on Wales's educational performance. As someone
:11:00. > :11:06.match -- as someone married to a Welsh girl it grieves me that the
:11:06. > :11:09.Welsh education system under Labour has gone backwards, and it shows
:11:09. > :11:12.that education in England has improved more quickly and more
:11:12. > :11:17.effectively. The Welsh government has said
:11:17. > :11:22.tonight that it will wait for a consultation report on the future
:11:22. > :11:26.of education reforms before rushing into anything. Parents and pupils
:11:26. > :11:32.watching are going to be wondering what this means for them in Wales.
:11:32. > :11:35.This new system has not been introduced here in Wales. The Welsh
:11:35. > :11:40.government are holding qualifications consultation on the
:11:40. > :11:44.future of qualifications here in Wales for high school students.
:11:44. > :11:48.Leighton Andrews has made it clear that he will wait for the report
:11:48. > :11:53.which is jet in November before he makes any decision on the future of
:11:53. > :11:57.GCSEs here in Wales. He has made it clear that even though England will
:11:57. > :12:01.discarded GCSEs over the border, we could still keep the GCSEs here in
:12:01. > :12:07.Wales, even whatever happens with the qualification review, he says
:12:07. > :12:12.that we will not be introducing and all levels del exam here. All this
:12:12. > :12:22.is happening on the eve of the regrading. The yes, you remember
:12:22. > :12:24.
:12:24. > :12:30.that the English language GCSE has been regraded to, and it is ready
:12:30. > :12:34.now to be published. They will be sending these results to the
:12:34. > :12:38.centres, schools and colleges by 5pm tomorrow afternoon. Most
:12:38. > :12:43.students will be receiving their results on Wednesday mining. Every
:12:43. > :12:49.pupil has left school than they need to get in touch with the
:12:49. > :12:59.Much more to come before 7.00pm... Reporting the story of all of our
:12:59. > :13:12.
:13:12. > :13:15.lives - Wales Today celebrates 50 Slow internet access in parts of
:13:15. > :13:18.Wales is still holding back the economy and costing jobs in rural
:13:18. > :13:22.areas. That's the conclusion of a study by a group of MPs. It also
:13:22. > :13:25.says Wales is still behind the rest of the UK when it comes to
:13:25. > :13:33.broadband coverage. Chris Dearden has been to one part of Gwynedd to
:13:33. > :13:38.see the effect on businesses there. Back to the drawing board.
:13:38. > :13:41.Literally. This woman is an architect who works from home. She
:13:42. > :13:48.cannot use the computer to do her design work because her internet
:13:48. > :13:53.link is not good enough to send big files. It really is a genuine break
:13:53. > :13:57.on the expansion of businesses in the rural area. We are being
:13:57. > :14:02.encouraged to work from home because it cuts down on road travel.
:14:02. > :14:06.If we have not got decent broadband links to houses in the rural area,
:14:06. > :14:10.how can people run businesses from home?
:14:10. > :14:14.Francis isn't the only one asking that question. She has even looked
:14:14. > :14:18.at getting her internet over a satellite but find that trees and
:14:18. > :14:23.wind would be an obstacle. A few minutes down the road, this man
:14:23. > :14:28.runs a business helping people set up websites and e-mail. Jobs are
:14:28. > :14:31.becoming more on line, if you like. You cannot run a business without
:14:31. > :14:35.the internet. Not every business needs a fast connection, but they
:14:35. > :14:40.do need a connection. There are still places for you cannot get a
:14:40. > :14:44.connection. Today's report says the only way you can get broadband
:14:44. > :14:47.connections to all of Rural Wales is to get creative. The UK
:14:47. > :14:52.Government needs to speed up improvements to the mobile phone
:14:52. > :14:55.network so people could use that to get decent internet access. The UK
:14:55. > :14:59.Government says it is continuing to the Gatt solutions. Francis says
:14:59. > :15:03.she intends to retire in a few years. She just hopes it will not
:15:03. > :15:05.take that long before her connection is up to speed.
:15:05. > :15:12.Let's talk to the chairman of the Welsh Affairs Select Committee,
:15:12. > :15:20.David Davies. David Davies, its still a postcode
:15:20. > :15:25.lottery in wales when it comes to broadband.
:15:25. > :15:28.Yes. Obviously, coverage is getting better and it is getting
:15:28. > :15:33.significantly faster. I think the point of the report was that we
:15:33. > :15:37.were looking at particular at those areas that still have no broadband
:15:37. > :15:41.access whatsoever. What we are hoping will come out of this is
:15:41. > :15:45.that there will be a renewed emphasis on this areas, because
:15:45. > :15:48.whilst we work on the progress that is going on in the urban
:15:48. > :15:52.conurbations, we cannot have a situation where some people are
:15:52. > :15:59.completely left out of the lip. should pay for it? Government or
:15:59. > :16:04.customers? It will always be a combination. There are always
:16:04. > :16:08.limited funds. Those funds are being used to upgrade the broadband
:16:08. > :16:12.connections of those who have already got it. We should be
:16:12. > :16:16.prioritising those who have none at all. But despite what came out of
:16:16. > :16:20.that report, there are alternatives to using fibreoptic cable that have
:16:20. > :16:24.been shown to work already another remote parts of the UK. Satellite
:16:24. > :16:28.is one of them. I appreciate the person you're speaking to said they
:16:28. > :16:32.could not get a connection because of trees, but we have heard
:16:32. > :16:38.compelling evidence that the vast majority of places could get a
:16:38. > :16:42.satellite connection. But it is not that fast. While I was doing this
:16:42. > :16:47.report, I helped to set up a satellite connection on an
:16:47. > :16:54.experimental basis with the Post Office. That has been working out
:16:54. > :16:57.very well. Thank you.
:16:57. > :17:00.Craig Bellamy settled any doubts about his desire to keep playing
:17:00. > :17:03.football with a stunning goal for Cardiff City at the weekend, but he
:17:03. > :17:06.may not start in tomorrow's match at Millwall. In the Premier League,
:17:06. > :17:13.Swansea lost their unbeaten record at Aston Villa. But manager Michael
:17:13. > :17:16.Laudrup seemed to take it all in wrong time for Swansea, putting the
:17:16. > :17:19.brakes on their early season momentum. But despite a 2-0 defeat
:17:19. > :17:29.at Aston Villa, their first loss of the season, the Swans manager is
:17:29. > :17:33.
:17:33. > :17:41.Every game will be better. Sometimes it is good to lose, to
:17:41. > :17:43.substitute Craig Bellamy did not look like a man who was thinking of
:17:43. > :17:45.quitting. His stunning second half strike,
:17:45. > :17:48.and Peter Whittingham's penalty, secured a 2-1 against Leeds. But
:17:48. > :17:58.after two-week injury layoff, Bellamy could be on the bench again
:17:58. > :18:02.He has not done a lot of training and we have to be cautious. We have
:18:02. > :18:05.two away games coming up and we have to be cautious of how he is
:18:05. > :18:09.playing. In the Conference, Newport County
:18:09. > :18:10.are back on top after a 3-0 win at Barrow. Wrexham are only a point
:18:10. > :18:13.behind after their goaless draw in Luton.
:18:13. > :18:16.In other news, Wales manager Chris Coleman has received the full
:18:16. > :18:19.backing of the FAW's chief executive. But Jonathan Ford says
:18:19. > :18:26.he expects some changes in the team to face Scotland after the 6-1
:18:26. > :18:29.thrashing in Serbia. We want to make sure that we take every
:18:29. > :18:34.opportunity to learn from our mistakes, to understand what went
:18:34. > :18:37.wrong. I have every faith that this will happen.
:18:37. > :18:47.And disappointment for Wales' women - they lost 2-1 to Scotland, ending
:18:47. > :18:51.
:18:51. > :18:55.their hopes of qualifying for next year's European Championships.
:18:56. > :19:05.1,600 athletes were competing in the Ironman triathlon. It involved
:19:06. > :19:11.
:19:11. > :19:14.before, just when followed by a 180, the bike ride and then in marathon.
:19:14. > :19:17.As dawn broke, they set off in the hundreds. Wave after wave of
:19:17. > :19:26.competitors entered the sea knowing what they faced over the hours
:19:26. > :19:30.ahead would push mind and body to the limit. It is your own personal
:19:30. > :19:34.battle and everybody here has their own reason for being here. It is
:19:34. > :19:39.really exciting to see everyone from all over the world.
:19:39. > :19:43.favourite part is the pipe. You were on it for seven hours cycling
:19:43. > :19:47.round the National Park. What is not a lot about that? I started 10
:19:47. > :19:50.years ago when someone told me I was too old and too that!
:19:50. > :19:53.The first challenge, a swim of nearly four kilometres.
:19:53. > :19:59.Next, a 180 km bikeride, followed by a full marathon, all in front of
:19:59. > :20:04.thousands of cheering supporters. And then after 8 hours and 52
:20:04. > :20:12.minutes, Sylvain Rota of France crossed the line first. Paul
:20:12. > :20:18.Hawkins from Wrexham was the first Welshman to finish. It was
:20:18. > :20:23.brilliant. It is a massive event worldwide. There is such a brutal
:20:23. > :20:27.course here. It says it all about wheels! This is probably the rock
:20:27. > :20:30.this course in the world. We have got a pretty good place here.
:20:30. > :20:33.In truth, anyone who completed this extraordinary race can consider
:20:33. > :20:38.themselves a winner. All those still out on the course at midnight
:20:38. > :20:44.had to admit defeat. Until next time, perhaps.
:20:44. > :20:46.On this day in 1962, Wales Today went on air for the very first time.
:20:46. > :20:51.To celebrate our 50th birthday, we're bringing you special reports
:20:51. > :20:54.all this week looking back at five decades of news broadcasting.
:20:54. > :20:58.From the stories that shaped our lives to the reporters and
:20:58. > :21:08.presenters who brought the news into our homes. Tonight, Carwyn
:21:08. > :21:16.
:21:16. > :21:20.Jones reports on the 1960s and It may have been the beginning of
:21:20. > :21:28.this is its -- sophisticated 1960s, but television broadcasting was
:21:28. > :21:31.still pretty basic. Wales Today's was the studio -- first home was a
:21:31. > :21:38.studio here in this Church in Cardiff and it was from here that
:21:38. > :21:43.the first programme was broadcast on the 17th of some temper, 1962.
:21:43. > :21:47.Hollow and good evening to you on this most important day in history.
:21:47. > :21:53.The first time the music came on for Wales Today, you butterflies
:21:53. > :21:57.started going. They were the days when technology was not as it is
:21:57. > :22:03.night. There was no autocue, so you have to remember what you were
:22:03. > :22:09.doing. We had limited experience. Prior to that, we had had a five-
:22:10. > :22:18.minute blitz and. It was simply reading the news to camera. The
:22:18. > :22:22.first news reader ever was Michael Aspull. Whatever happened to him?
:22:23. > :22:26.Wales Today had only been on air a few months when the country was
:22:26. > :22:31.brought to a standstill in the extremes of 1963. Lorries struggle
:22:31. > :22:36.to get vital supplies to homes and journalists struggle to get that
:22:36. > :22:46.footage. Everything had to be brought back to the studio. It was
:22:46. > :22:52.all on film. You had to allow time for the film editor to do his work.
:22:52. > :22:57.I can remember, oh dear, many a stressful seen. As the embraced the
:22:57. > :23:02.Swinging 60s, Wales Today was there to capture the mood. It reported on
:23:02. > :23:05.the Beatles' visit to Binder, the emergence of a singer from Tiger
:23:05. > :23:11.Bay and a deep and policy on Tom Jones as the record of one of his
:23:11. > :23:17.early hits. White you think you peel to middle-aged women as much
:23:17. > :23:21.as teenagers? A lot of middle-aged people write to the fan club and
:23:21. > :23:31.they say they'd like it because I have a good voice. I'm very pleased
:23:31. > :23:36.about that. That is what they say! The 1960s was the decade of
:23:36. > :23:40.revolution. In Wales, the tinder box of change was large point The
:23:41. > :23:46.decision to flood the valley to provide water for Liverpool Bulwark
:23:46. > :23:51.a new mood of political protest. our own community is our own
:23:51. > :23:59.responsibility! On the streets, protests turned to direct action
:23:59. > :24:04.and the rise of the Free Wales Army. On top of a slurry is a few men
:24:04. > :24:10.chain. Wales Today's reporters were often first on the scene. That
:24:10. > :24:16.proved the case on Friday 21st October, 1966. The young Peter
:24:16. > :24:23.Walker was one of the first journalists to have a ban.
:24:23. > :24:28.started to ask the residents about what had happened. I suddenly
:24:28. > :24:36.thought I was at Goole. This is an awful tragedy and I'm trying to
:24:36. > :24:41.talk to people about how they view. So much so that I put my recorder a
:24:41. > :24:48.way. I put it down on the steps of one of the terraced houses and I
:24:48. > :24:52.went and helped the miners who were coming of shift to use their bare
:24:52. > :25:01.hands to try and pull this she'll ancillary a way to see if anyone
:25:01. > :25:05.was there. It was hopeless. By the close of the decade, the eyes of
:25:05. > :25:11.the world had turned two wheels once again, but in happier
:25:11. > :25:15.circumstances. The investiture of Prince Charles. In 1969, Wales
:25:15. > :25:20.Today reported on how we might be living in the future. Most of the
:25:20. > :25:25.predictions failed to country, but one of them was spot on. In the
:25:25. > :25:30.year 2000, there will still be news bulletins, of we in Wales tomorrow,
:25:31. > :25:34.they will not exactly sound as they do in Wales Today.
:25:34. > :25:37.Well, tomorrow, flares and the long hot summer of '76, but back in 1962,
:25:37. > :25:42.Wales Today didn't have it's own weather presenter. How times have
:25:42. > :25:46.changed. Now we couldn't do without you!
:25:47. > :25:50.I feel part of the furniture! I haven't been here quite as long as
:25:50. > :25:54.Jean, though! Some of you will remember the
:25:54. > :25:58.Winter of 1962 to 1963, which was the coldest of the century! There's
:25:58. > :26:06.no sign of any really cold weather yet but we are in for some chilly
:26:06. > :26:09.nights this week. Showers and some Hopefully a few lovely sunsets, too.
:26:09. > :26:12.Like this one taken in Llanelli by Jason Dale. Tonight, some dry,
:26:12. > :26:15.clear weather but also some cloud and showers as well. Most of the
:26:15. > :26:18.showers in mid Wales and the north. Drier in Monmouthshire. Windy on
:26:18. > :26:21.Anglesey with temperatures in Torfaen dropping to eight Celsius.
:26:21. > :26:23.Tomorrow's chart shows low pressure over Norway. A high over the
:26:23. > :26:27.Atlantic and that means cool north- westerly winds for Britain. Here's
:26:27. > :26:30.the picture for eight in the morning. A few showers in the north
:26:30. > :26:33.and feeling cool. The wind strong on Anglesey and the Lleyn Peninsula.
:26:33. > :26:36.Windy on the Cardigan Bay coast with a few showers in Pembrokeshire,
:26:36. > :26:39.Ceredigion and Powys as well. Parts of the south dry and bright with
:26:39. > :26:42.sunshine in Newport. So a mixture of sunshine and showers tomorrow
:26:42. > :26:47.but not everywhere will have showers. Most of them in the north
:26:47. > :26:50.with a chance of hail. Some places dry will stay dry, especially in
:26:50. > :26:53.the south. There will be a noticeable breeze tomorrow. Blowing
:26:53. > :26:57.from the northwest. Making it feel cool. Top temperatures 12 to 15
:26:57. > :26:59.Celsius. In the Vale of Glamorgan tomorrow, it should stay dry with
:26:59. > :27:03.broken clouds and sunshine. Temperatures in Penarth rising to
:27:03. > :27:06.15 Celsius. Tomorrow night, a few more showers. Mainly in Mid Wales
:27:06. > :27:09.and the north. Elsewhere, dry, clear and chilly. Temperatures in
:27:09. > :27:12.Monmouth falling as low as five Celsius with perhaps a touch of
:27:12. > :27:16.ground frost in rural spots. So a chilly start to Wednesday but not a
:27:16. > :27:19.bad day. A few light showers in the north otherwise dry with some
:27:19. > :27:22.sunshine. On Thursday a front may bring rain to the north. The south
:27:22. > :27:25.staying dry. On Friday, rain first thing will clear followed by drier,
:27:25. > :27:29.brighter weather. At the moment, it looks like the weekend will start
:27:29. > :27:32.dry but the signs are it won't last. So autumn is upon us but if you're