:00:06. > :00:09.headlines. The former head of a Wrexham
:00:09. > :00:11.children's home, John Allen, in court charged with 32 serious sexual
:00:12. > :00:18.offences relating to allegations of historical child abuse in North
:00:18. > :00:27.Wales. The scheme that could see people in
:00:28. > :00:31.some rural areas paying less at the pumps. We have had to think about
:00:31. > :00:41.whether we will drive to somewhere or whether we will not go. It has
:00:41. > :00:42.
:00:42. > :00:45.that much of an effect on the budget. The former education
:00:45. > :00:48.minister refuses claims that the Welsh government was authoritarian
:00:48. > :00:51.and incompetent. The miners strike of the 1980s. Now
:00:51. > :00:53.secret documents reveal just how far the Thatcher government would go to
:00:54. > :00:56.deal with the protests. Good evening from the Liberty
:00:56. > :00:58.Stadium, An historic night for Swansea City, back in Europe after
:00:58. > :01:03.more than 20 years. Speculation continues surrounding
:01:03. > :01:13.Gareth Bale's future. Real Madrid confirm the club are in talks to
:01:13. > :01:25.
:01:25. > :01:28.Good evening. The former head of a Wrexham children's home has been
:01:28. > :01:33.remanded in custody charged with 32 sexual offences against children.
:01:33. > :01:36.John Allen set up the Bryn Alyn Community in the late '60s.. He
:01:36. > :01:44.appeared before Flintshire magistrates this afternoon. Matthew
:01:44. > :01:47.Richards is at Mold Law Courts. Thanks. Mr Allen was the first
:01:47. > :01:52.person to be arrested as part of a new police operation into claims of
:01:52. > :01:59.past abuse at children's homes here. He's now the first to be charged. He
:01:59. > :02:02.faces a long list of serious charges dating back almost 50 years. John
:02:02. > :02:05.Allen was arrested in April by officers from Operation Pallial
:02:05. > :02:11.which has been set up to investigate allegations of historical abuse at
:02:11. > :02:13.children's homes across North Wales. It was ordered by the Home Secretary
:02:13. > :02:18.after claims that physical and sexual abuse was more widespread
:02:18. > :02:22.than had previously been thought. John Allen is the fourth person to
:02:22. > :02:26.be arrested since those inquiries began. Three other men are on police
:02:26. > :02:30.bail. Now 72 and living in Ipswich in Suffolk, Mr Allen established a
:02:30. > :02:40.cluster of homes in Wrexham under the name of the Bryn Alyn Community
:02:40. > :02:48.
:02:48. > :02:52.in the late 1960s. He faces a total of 32 charges. His alleged victims
:02:52. > :03:02.are 14 boys and a girl aged between seven and 15 at the time. They are
:03:02. > :03:02.
:03:02. > :03:06.now in their late 50s to early 50s. -- late 50s. He was remanded in
:03:06. > :03:16.custody by Mold magistrates and his case was sent to the crown court.
:03:16. > :03:17.
:03:17. > :03:20.He'll appear before a judge at Caernarfon next week.
:03:20. > :03:23.The former leader of the Conservatives in the National
:03:23. > :03:27.Assembly, Nick Bourne, is to become a working peer in the House of
:03:27. > :03:30.Lords. Mr Bourne lost his seat in the 2011 Assembly election. He'll be
:03:30. > :03:32.joined by Christine Humphreys, the former Liberal Democrat AM who's the
:03:32. > :03:35.party's president in Wales. Immigration officers are continuing
:03:35. > :03:38.to raid premises across Wales this evening as part of a UK-wide effort
:03:38. > :03:41.to tackle illegal working. There have already been arrests here
:03:41. > :03:51.following operations in Swansea, Cardiff and parts of North Wales
:03:51. > :03:58.
:03:58. > :04:02.throughout the day. Illegal working as a problem in Wales and across the
:04:02. > :04:12.UK. We are attempting to provide a very visible deterrent to the
:04:12. > :04:15.
:04:15. > :04:17.public. We are looking to target people who have illegal workers on
:04:17. > :04:20.their premises. Voters are going to the polls on
:04:20. > :04:23.Anglesey to elect a new Assembly Member. Polling stations will be
:04:23. > :04:26.open until ten o'clock tonight, with the result expected in the early
:04:26. > :04:30.hours of tomorrow morning. It comes after the former Plaid Cymru leader
:04:30. > :04:34.Ieuan Wyn Jones stood down last month to lead the new Menai Science
:04:34. > :04:37.Park. Here's the list of the six
:04:37. > :04:47.candidates standing in the by-election, which is the first to
:04:47. > :04:47.
:04:47. > :04:51.be held for the Assembly in seven In 1984, miners across Wales and the
:04:51. > :04:54.rest of Britain went on strike against threatened pit closures. But
:04:54. > :04:56.documents released today by the National Archives reveal that
:04:56. > :05:02.Margaret Thatcher secretly considered using the army to break
:05:02. > :05:05.the looming strike. The Government papers from 1983 reveal the extent
:05:05. > :05:15.of the planning by the Conservative government for the showdown with the
:05:15. > :05:19.
:05:19. > :05:24.miners. The magistrate views defined a decade. Nearly 50 years on, the
:05:24. > :05:29.strike still casts a long shadow over the premiership of Margaret
:05:29. > :05:35.Thatcher. Tens of thousands of Welsh miners took to be baited lines. The
:05:35. > :05:38.Conservative government was already drawing up plans on how to counter
:05:38. > :05:44.the strike in 1983. Documents have been released by the National
:05:44. > :05:47.archives. They show a government thrashing out contingency plans for
:05:47. > :05:52.an eventual strike. The documents reveal that as early as January
:05:52. > :05:58.1983, cabinet members were warning that the government must be ready to
:05:58. > :06:04.face a decisive showdown. The energy secretary said we must do everything
:06:04. > :06:13.in our power to defeat Arthur Scargill. A Whitehall working group
:06:13. > :06:23.prepared in secret to move coal stocks to power stations. It was
:06:23. > :06:26.
:06:26. > :06:29.predicted that this would need 5000 lorry movements in a week. It would
:06:29. > :06:36.have cost �70 million but when the strike eventually came one year
:06:37. > :06:43.later, that figure to indulge into insignificance. It cost �11 billion
:06:43. > :06:50.to beat us. They spent less probably on the Falklands war. That is crazy
:06:50. > :06:53.with your own people. The documents show a government prepared for a
:06:53. > :07:03.long conflict. Margaret Thatcher was aware of the political stakes at
:07:03. > :07:03.
:07:03. > :07:11.involved. The miners had overthrown Edward Heath before. Margaret
:07:11. > :07:16.Thatcher was simply determined to avoid those previous defeats. She
:07:16. > :07:23.was absolutely determined that the miners would not succeed. These
:07:23. > :07:33.papers show how vigorously the government planned for the dispute.
:07:33. > :07:37.
:07:37. > :07:41.A couple of years later and the dispute was over.
:07:41. > :07:44.At the pumps across Wales you'll pay an average of 136 pence a litre for
:07:44. > :07:48.unleaded, and 140.7 pence for diesel. But when it comes to the
:07:48. > :07:52.actual price on the forecourts, it all depends on where you are. Today,
:07:52. > :08:02.we've seen prices of up to 143.9 for unleaded, almost 8p more than the
:08:02. > :08:02.
:08:02. > :08:09.average price, and 146.9 pence for diesel, almost 7p more. It has been
:08:09. > :08:12.going up for years. Despite larger fuel bills at this garage people
:08:12. > :08:17.told us neighbouring garage owners are going out of business because of
:08:17. > :08:26.a lack of profit and higher fuel prices are affecting how people live
:08:26. > :08:30.their lives. There are only two of us in the editor. We have to think
:08:30. > :08:36.about whether we will drive somewhere or whether we will not go.
:08:36. > :08:43.At the other end of the country in Monmouthshire, it is also more
:08:44. > :08:48.expensive to run the cat than in more urban areas. Even though it may
:08:48. > :08:51.only be four or five miles of the main road, they probably use more
:08:51. > :08:57.fuel because they are going through the gearbox is more than someone who
:08:57. > :09:07.is travelling on a motorway. This is the only petrol station in the
:09:07. > :09:12.
:09:12. > :09:17.vicinity for seven or eight miles. They are stuck. A five piece cut in
:09:17. > :09:22.fuel duty could be considered in rural areas. But some question why
:09:22. > :09:26.other rural areas have been left out of the plans. The manager is one of
:09:26. > :09:36.the most rural areas in Wales and we are not mentioned in this
:09:36. > :09:37.
:09:37. > :09:41.consultation at all. I am concerned about that. I have people living in
:09:41. > :09:48.various areas, they are all local and Google. I am very concerned
:09:48. > :09:54.this. The announcement means people in rural Wales will not
:09:54. > :09:57.automatically get 5p of a litre of fuel. The UK government are asking
:09:57. > :10:02.garages like this one to provide them with evidence to take to the
:10:02. > :10:06.European commission to see if they can extend the scheme which already
:10:06. > :10:10.exists in parts of northern Scotland. Any 5p reduction could
:10:10. > :10:18.take years to negotiate. The debate over how to do it fairly could take
:10:18. > :10:23.even longer. Still to come. I am live at the Liberty Stadium this
:10:23. > :10:30.evening. Swansea city fans starting to arrive to watch their team play
:10:30. > :10:33.in Europe for the first time in 22 Former Education Minister Leighton
:10:33. > :10:39.Andrews has dismissed claims the Welsh Government was authoritarian
:10:39. > :10:44.and incompetent over the re-grading of exam papers last year. Nearly
:10:44. > :10:47.2,400 English language pupils got better results after the review. The
:10:47. > :10:53.former acting chair of Wales' largest exam board says Mr Andrews
:10:53. > :10:59.dismissed advice about the complexities re-grading would cause.
:10:59. > :11:02.Our Education Correspondent, Arwyn Jones is here with the details.
:11:02. > :11:05.Thanks Lucy. Last year, these students, and over two thousand
:11:05. > :11:09.others were celebrating getting higher grades after the re-grading.
:11:09. > :11:12.It was popular move, which had cross party support. But for the body
:11:12. > :11:17.setting the exams, and ensuring standards, it caused quite a
:11:17. > :11:20.headache. Why? Well it meant a C grade in Wales wasn't the same as in
:11:20. > :11:28.England or Northern Ireland. They explained that to the then education
:11:29. > :11:32.minister, but say Leighton Andrews just wouldn't listen to them.
:11:32. > :11:39.was one word and it was authoritarian. Authoritarian and
:11:39. > :11:45.without necessarily in terms of what we experienced evidence of a full
:11:45. > :11:48.grasp of what the real issues were. That is a damning thing to say, but
:11:48. > :11:55.that is the way it came over. Mr Lewis also wrote to the First
:11:55. > :11:59.Minister Carwyn Jones in June outlining his concerns. I've seen a
:11:59. > :12:01.copy of the reply from Carwyn Jones. In it he says the Welsh Government
:12:01. > :12:04.has had a "long-standing and multi-faceted relationship" with the
:12:04. > :12:12.WJEC acknowledging that, in some areas, the relationship had
:12:12. > :12:17."recently gone through a difficult period." But he goes on to say that
:12:17. > :12:20.he disputes Mr Lewis' "narrative as partial and incomplete." But is
:12:20. > :12:24.looking at whether there are "any lessons that officials here can
:12:24. > :12:27.learn." Earlier I spoke to Leighton Andrews and began by asking for his
:12:27. > :12:34.reaction to David Lewis' claims that he didn't fully understand the
:12:34. > :12:37.consequences of ordering the re-grade. We fully understood the
:12:37. > :12:41.consequences. We carried out an extensive review which resulted in a
:12:41. > :12:45.very thorough report which was conducted by my officials in the
:12:45. > :12:54.department at the time. The fundamental issue here was of
:12:54. > :12:58.fairness to students in Wales as a result of our actions over 2300
:12:58. > :13:05.students got the trade they were entitled to. I am afraid it was the
:13:05. > :13:12.WJ EC board that did not understand the issues and elevated issues of
:13:12. > :13:16.process to the principle. It is ridiculous. Those issues of process
:13:16. > :13:20.is the point of the fairness. It is the ability of those people to take
:13:20. > :13:23.their qualifications to England and Northern Ireland and elsewhere and
:13:23. > :13:26.be certain that employers and universities will say that is a
:13:26. > :13:36.copper bottomed gold standard qualification and perhaps that will
:13:36. > :13:38.
:13:38. > :13:41.not be the case in future but Mark -- in future? I think our actions
:13:41. > :13:45.will support it by all parties here and people in the teaching
:13:45. > :13:50.profession. They were supported by teachers in England as well. What
:13:51. > :13:54.did illustrate, I am afraid, is that the board members of the WJ EC, some
:13:54. > :13:58.of them could not see the wood for the trees. They consistently over
:13:58. > :14:08.the last 12 months have elevated issues that are really minor issues
:14:08. > :14:09.
:14:09. > :14:12.about process B levels of principle. We have been focusing on issues of
:14:12. > :14:16.principle as a Welsh government was up I am glad that local government
:14:16. > :14:26.leaders in Wales and now recognising that the governing structure of the
:14:26. > :14:29.WJ EC was not fit for purpose. heard from Councillor Lois who said
:14:29. > :14:36.you were bullying and validating. Did you regret any of the way you
:14:36. > :14:42.conducted yourself? The allegations are ridiculous. I am afraid the
:14:42. > :14:46.board members, some of them like Councillor Lois were not used to
:14:46. > :14:51.working in a proper regulatory environment. They wanted cosy deals
:14:52. > :14:55.behind the scenes between the WJ EC and government officials. That
:14:55. > :15:01.cannot be the relationship between the regulator and the examining body
:15:01. > :15:04.nor can it be the relationship between a democratic elected Welsh
:15:04. > :15:12.government and the examining body. That is no parallel there. They have
:15:12. > :15:15.to understand. But they are a charity and therefore must be exempt
:15:15. > :15:25.from any kind of influence from a political party. That was the issue
:15:25. > :15:34.
:15:34. > :15:41.they were grazing. Various leaders from local government had signed off
:15:41. > :15:45.on those changes. But the WJ EC is an examining body subject to
:15:46. > :15:54.regulation in Wales and in England. In England it is regulated by
:15:54. > :16:00.another body. It is located by the Welsh government in Wales. This
:16:00. > :16:03.examination body cannot have it both ways. If it does not abide by those
:16:03. > :16:05.guidelines, Welsh ministers will use their regulatory powers to direct it
:16:05. > :16:09.to comply. On the issue of a cosy relationship,
:16:09. > :16:12.the WJEC say all they did was outline what the options were to the
:16:12. > :16:15.government. So the problem here was a fundamental disagreement between
:16:15. > :16:18.what was best for pupils in Wales. The WJEC said portability of
:16:18. > :16:24.qualifications to other parts of the UK, the Welsh Government insisted it
:16:24. > :16:29.was fairness by regrading. Now, there's a new Education Minister.
:16:29. > :16:37.Part of his role now will be to see how they can move on given that
:16:37. > :16:40.There are calls for a medical school to train doctors to be set-up in
:16:40. > :16:43.North Wales because of a shortage of GPs in rural areas. Councillors say
:16:43. > :16:47.the number of doctors in Blaenau Ffestiniog has halved, putting extra
:16:47. > :16:51.pressure on those who remain. The Welsh Government says it's doing all
:16:51. > :16:59.it can to encourage doctors to stay, but campaigners say a medical school
:16:59. > :17:07.is needed for local students. present, they leave to go to Cardiff
:17:07. > :17:10.or Manchester or Liverpool. They are there for a long time and they tend
:17:10. > :17:16.to stay in those areas and it is very difficult to get them back
:17:16. > :17:26.here. I would like some sort of training for a university for
:17:26. > :17:27.
:17:27. > :17:31.doctors in North Wales. The BBC Radio Wales audience has
:17:31. > :17:34.grown to its highest level in six years according to the latest
:17:34. > :17:37.figures. 499,000 people listened every week in the three months to
:17:37. > :17:39.June. BBC Radio Cymru also recorded an increase in listeners, after
:17:39. > :17:43.getting its lowest ever audience in the previous quarter.
:17:43. > :17:46.BBC Wales has announced its Cardiff headquarters are up for sale as part
:17:46. > :17:49.of plans to relocate to a new purpose-built broadcast centre
:17:49. > :17:52.elsewhere in the city by 2018. It follows 47 years at the current
:17:52. > :17:55.building here in Llandaff. The start of the football season is
:17:55. > :17:58.upon us and it's a big night for Swansea City. Claire's at the
:17:58. > :18:03.Liberty Stadium for us tonight. Claire?
:18:03. > :18:07.Good evening. A beautiful summer evening here in Swansea to kick the
:18:07. > :18:12.season off. Swansea City are ready for their first match in Europe for
:18:12. > :18:20.more than 20 years. Swansea's last European game was against Monaco in
:18:20. > :18:25.1991. The visitors here tonight Malmo in the Europa League third
:18:25. > :18:35.qualifying round. Their Swedish opponents should provide a stern
:18:35. > :18:38.
:18:38. > :18:41.test having won their previous tie 9-1. Sachin Krishnan reports. A big
:18:41. > :18:47.day at the Liberty Stadium began with the opening of the new club
:18:47. > :18:53.shop. A chance for fans to mingle with Swansea Legends ahead of the
:18:53. > :18:56.visit tonight. It is a special day. It is what the fans deserve. They
:18:57. > :19:01.have seen is at the bottom tier almost going out of the football
:19:01. > :19:08.league. They will see us tonight playing European football. It is a
:19:08. > :19:14.massive day for Swansea and the football club. As winners of the
:19:14. > :19:23.Welsh cup, European football was a regular experience for Swansea teams
:19:23. > :19:28.of the past. But following rule changes, the game against Monaco in
:19:28. > :19:38.1991 was the last game in Europe. After winning the cup took up last
:19:38. > :19:38.
:19:38. > :19:45.season, they are in the third round of the Europa league. It is an early
:19:45. > :19:52.start following what we achieved last season. I think we are well
:19:52. > :19:58.prepared and we will be up against a Scandinavian side, a good side.
:19:58. > :20:08.opponents alive at the Liberty Stadium tonight in good form. They
:20:08. > :20:11.
:20:11. > :20:21.beat Hibernian 9-1. It is going to be difficult but the way we play, it
:20:21. > :20:21.
:20:21. > :20:30.is important that we don't concede goals. We are looking forward to it.
:20:30. > :20:40.Should Swansea get through the tide, they will face another tied to get
:20:40. > :20:44.
:20:44. > :20:54.through proper. Chris Coleman has just stopped after driving past.
:20:54. > :20:55.
:20:55. > :21:02.What a night for Swansea city? a long time from where they started.
:21:02. > :21:04.The job has been done and it is phenomenal. They find themselves in
:21:04. > :21:10.European football and winners of a major trophy. They have been
:21:10. > :21:17.mid-table in the premiership. They deserve this and I am looking
:21:17. > :21:23.forward to it. The Swansea side of today is a different prospect from
:21:23. > :21:28.the team that played in the 1980s and 1990s. Look at their style of
:21:28. > :21:35.play. They keep possession of the ball and Swansea are fantastic at
:21:35. > :21:42.that. Swansea city have maintained that philosophy from Roberto
:21:42. > :21:46.Martinez. They have done well with that. If you have the ball, the
:21:46. > :21:51.opposition cannot score. Swansea city are very good at retaining the
:21:51. > :21:55.ball. This could be another good year for Swansea. I know you do not
:21:55. > :22:00.want to be drawn on Gareth Bale, but he has been talked about on the
:22:00. > :22:09.world stage. How good is this for Welsh football that we have a player
:22:09. > :22:19.with his capabilities and being talked about by a club like Real
:22:19. > :22:21.
:22:21. > :22:25.Madrid M -- Real Madrid? He is with a huge club at Tottenham Hotspur. If
:22:25. > :22:31.he stays, he is still with a good club. But we are of course talking
:22:31. > :22:38.about Real Madrid, one of the giants. He is only getting better.
:22:38. > :22:44.We will have to wait and see what comes. I know he is a great player
:22:44. > :22:54.and whatever he does, he will get better. I appreciate your time.
:22:54. > :22:55.
:22:55. > :22:59.Enjoyed the game. This week we are looking back on
:22:59. > :23:03.last year's Summer of Sport and in the build up to the Olympic games
:23:03. > :23:06.many of us were gripped by the arrival of the Olympic Flame on its
:23:06. > :23:09.journey through Wales. In Llandudno, three sisters, the only three
:23:09. > :23:17.siblings in the country to do it, carried the flame and a year on
:23:17. > :23:20.their proving the Olympic spirit is still thriving. Meet Harriet, Alice
:23:20. > :23:25.and Charlotte. They carried the torch on this stretch of road.
:23:25. > :23:29.Things looked very different then. Thousands lined the streets in
:23:29. > :23:39.Llandudno to cheer the flame on its journey. Harriet was the first
:23:39. > :23:39.
:23:39. > :23:46.sister to carry it. It was amazing. There were loads of cars and buses
:23:46. > :23:51.and music. It was fabulous. Harriet at the flame onto her sister.
:23:51. > :23:56.would be nice to have a bit of a run. They told me to slow down
:23:56. > :24:06.because I was going too fast. I thought my trousers were going to
:24:06. > :24:08.
:24:08. > :24:13.rip. They were a bit tight. Charlotte had a bit of a job to do.
:24:13. > :24:20.Snowdon could not be left until I got it right. A huge relief when it
:24:20. > :24:27.was over. The girls all what they are torches as mementos of the Dave
:24:27. > :24:32.Woods a bit taken to charity events and schools. They cannot carry the
:24:32. > :24:37.torch is full in their tracksuits before somebody wants to talk to
:24:37. > :24:46.them. This year they have raised �5,000 for charity. They enjoy doing
:24:46. > :24:52.it. We do not think of it as volunteering. I broke my ankle in a
:24:52. > :24:58.few months ago. The doctors were asking if I carried the torch. They
:24:58. > :25:06.asked questions about how it felt and what am I doing now. I said I am
:25:06. > :25:12.still doing voluntary work and it is amazing. It is one year after and it
:25:12. > :25:16.is still an amazing feeling. girls give up a lot of their spare
:25:16. > :25:24.time to go out and schools. Having the Olympic torch in the classroom
:25:24. > :25:29.still brings out an amazing reaction. It is cooler than Batman.
:25:29. > :25:32.The flame may be long gone but these sisters will be sharing their
:25:32. > :25:35.experiences for many years to come. Well, we had lovely weather for the
:25:35. > :25:45.Torch Relay and we can't complain about this summer too much. Derek,
:25:45. > :25:46.
:25:46. > :25:49.This hot weather is only paying us a short visit. There is a change on
:25:49. > :25:52.the way. But what a difference a day makes. Yesterday, Capel Curing was
:25:53. > :25:57.the wettest place in Britain with nearly 40mm of rain, but today, dry,
:25:57. > :26:00.very warm and sunny. Usk, one of the hot spots in Wales with a high of 28
:26:00. > :26:04.Celsius. Mind you it hasn't been sunny everywhere. Parts of the west
:26:04. > :26:06.cloudy and cooler. Only 19 Celsius in Milford Haven. Tomorrow will turn
:26:06. > :26:11.cooler and fresher everywhere. The humidity dropping with a few
:26:11. > :26:15.showers. Generally fine this evening but overnight clouding-over. Some
:26:15. > :26:18.patchy rain and mist. Most of the rain in the west. A few milimetres
:26:18. > :26:20.in Pembrokeshire, Gwynedd and Anglesey. A warm, muggy night.
:26:21. > :26:25.Temperatures not falling below 16 Celsius. Tomorrow's chart low
:26:25. > :26:29.pressure near Scotland with a cold front moving east across Britain.
:26:29. > :26:33.That will push the hot and humid air out of the way and introduce cooler,
:26:33. > :26:43.fresher air from the Atlantic. Here's the picture for 8.00 in the
:26:43. > :26:45.
:26:45. > :26:49.morning. Most places dry at this stage and still quite muggy. Some
:26:49. > :26:52.cloud around but bright in places with some sunshine. Breezy in the
:26:52. > :26:56.northwest. A brisk wind from the south in Holyhead. So some sunshine
:26:56. > :26:59.tomorrow but a few scattered showers as well. If you catch one it could
:26:59. > :27:02.be heavy with thunder. Some places, though, will get away with a dry
:27:02. > :27:06.afternoon. Temperatures not as high as today but feeling pleasantly warm
:27:06. > :27:09.with a breeze. It should feel a bit fresher in the afternoon. Borth
:27:09. > :27:13.Carnival is taking place tomorrow. I wouldn't rule out a shower but most
:27:13. > :27:16.of the day. Breezy with a high of 21. Tomorrow evening and night.
:27:16. > :27:19.Scattered showers. Heavy in places. Some dry weather as well and a
:27:19. > :27:23.cooler/fresher night. Saturday will bring a mixture of sunny spells and
:27:23. > :27:26.scattered showers. The showers heavy in places with a risk of thunder but
:27:26. > :27:30.some fine weather as well. Sunday some dry weather. A few showers with
:27:30. > :27:33.a risk of rain in the afternoon and evening, especially in the north and
:27:33. > :27:36.west. So today, the hottest day of the weekend. The next few days
:27:36. > :27:40.cooler and fresher. Changeable next week. Some rain, showers and sunny