:00:02. > :00:05.This is East Midlands Today with Anne Davies and me, Dominic Heale.
:00:05. > :00:12.Our top story tonight: The anguish of a mother who lost
:00:12. > :00:16.all four of her children in a house fire.
:00:17. > :00:23.Rachel Henson has spoken of the moment she realised none of the
:00:24. > :00:28.youngsters had survived. A got to A&E. As that of the doctor, how
:00:28. > :00:32.many children are alive? He didn't speak, just shook his head.
:00:32. > :00:40.Also, the horrific attack behind a pub that left a young man burnt and
:00:40. > :00:49.badly scarred. I was on fire. I thought everything. I knew my eyes
:00:49. > :00:55.were open. I saw the flames. A bleak midwinter Beckham's as
:00:55. > :01:05.council's plan more cuts. Join me later for the latest in our
:01:05. > :01:12.
:01:12. > :01:18.series on collections. Can you Welcome to Wednesday's programme
:01:18. > :01:22.live from the East Midlands. At this time last year, four children
:01:22. > :01:27.in Derbyshire were looking forward to Christmas. Weeks later, in
:01:27. > :01:30.January, they died in a fire at their home. Their mother managed to
:01:30. > :01:36.get out alive. Today a coroner recorded narrative verdicts on
:01:36. > :01:40.their deaths. He said a damp log had been put on an open fire. It
:01:40. > :01:44.had split on hot coals, and burning embers had escaped. There was no
:01:44. > :01:47.fire guard, and no working smoke alarms. He said either of these
:01:47. > :01:50.could have saved the children's lives. In a moment, we'll be
:01:50. > :01:54.hearing from the children's mother Rachel Henson about the night of
:01:54. > :02:03.the fire. But first Kylie Pentelow reports on what happened at the
:02:03. > :02:13.inquest in Derby today. 9-year-old Tommy Bowe, 6-year-old
:02:13. > :02:19.and the Show, and their brothers and sisters. They dead in January
:02:19. > :02:24.in a fire at 11pm. Their mother, Rachel Henson, got out alive. The
:02:24. > :02:27.court heard an open fire was put in the home around Christmas time.
:02:27. > :02:33.Rachel said she had been trying to get a fire guard and had not got
:02:33. > :02:36.around to it. A partner said it wasn't a priority. There was a
:02:36. > :02:40.battery operated smoke alarm that wasn't working in the house and
:02:40. > :02:46.some years before, Rachel had ripped out a hard-wired system
:02:46. > :02:52.installed. The censors were found in a box. I regret every day we
:02:52. > :02:57.didn't realise it was broken. Most people turn them off, most people
:02:57. > :03:01.don't use them, a lot of them don't have them in their house, and you
:03:01. > :03:05.think would they have made a difference? The coroner said if
:03:05. > :03:09.there had been a fire guard, the blaze would not have started and
:03:09. > :03:16.the children would have survived. If there had been working smoke
:03:16. > :03:22.alarms, they would have got time to get out alive. Rachel spoke outside
:03:22. > :03:28.the court. It was a very fair hearing. The coroner made some
:03:28. > :03:34.important points with the importance of fire guards and... It
:03:34. > :03:38.has been a distressing time. investigating officers said the
:03:38. > :03:42.blaze was extreme zero visibility. This is where his firefighters
:03:42. > :03:50.train. I went inside the smokehouse to see what those conditions are
:03:50. > :03:54.like. Visibility, deteriorating. And that is in seconds. If you woke
:03:54. > :04:01.up in this situation, even in your own home, you would know which way
:04:01. > :04:05.to get out of bed, let alone get somebody else out. There are 500
:04:05. > :04:09.accidental house fires every year in Derbyshire and only about half
:04:09. > :04:12.have working smoke alarms and the force says simply they save lives.
:04:12. > :04:16.Well, at the hearing today, there were more questions over how Rachel
:04:16. > :04:18.managed to get out of the house and the investigating fire officer was
:04:18. > :04:22.recalled to give evidence. Rachel has always maintained that she
:04:22. > :04:27.tried to help her son Tommy escape from a bedroom window, which she
:04:27. > :04:31.then fell out of. The inquest heard she'd drunk almost a bottle and a
:04:31. > :04:39.half of wine that evening. Earlier this year, Kylie Pentelow spoke to
:04:39. > :04:46.Rachel about that night and about losing her four children.
:04:46. > :04:54.Tommy was the eldest, he was nine. Just a mummy's boy, really. Then
:04:54. > :05:02.Felicia. She was beautiful. And then Apollonia. She was bossy and
:05:02. > :05:11.in charge. We were a happy family. It all changed on generally 24th.
:05:11. > :05:16.and Rachel and her four children went to bed. The next thing, I woke
:05:16. > :05:21.up and the house is full of black smoke so there you couldn't see the
:05:22. > :05:28.palm of your hand in front of you. I heard Tommy saying, "money, the
:05:28. > :05:32.house is full of something." I got into the other bedroom where
:05:33. > :05:37.Apollonia would have been asleep and I got the window open. I was
:05:37. > :05:41.standing behind Tommy and I picked it up like this, tried to push him
:05:41. > :05:47.out, but his arms and legs were going like this, and he was
:05:47. > :05:55.fighting to go through the window. I didn't have enough about me, I
:05:55. > :05:59.was confused, said, "if you don't go, you will die." the next thing
:05:59. > :06:03.she knew she was going through the air. I don't believe I jumped, she
:06:03. > :06:12.said, maybe I've Bell. The coroner said there was no forensic evidence
:06:12. > :06:18.the window had been opened and he was not able to say how she escaped.
:06:18. > :06:25.The doctor said how many children are alive? But he shook his head
:06:25. > :06:34.and I knew. In hospital is -- her partner arrived. She rolled into a
:06:34. > :06:41.ball. She had bruises everywhere. Horrible scratch down one-arm which
:06:41. > :06:47.she was staring at where Tommy was holding on to. Every time you get
:06:48. > :06:53.that smoky smell, that is all we think about. Four small coffins. A
:06:54. > :07:00.kiss for each. I summoned all my strength up and tried to compose
:07:00. > :07:04.myself. It was probably the worst day of my life. Rachel is a
:07:04. > :07:08.hairdresser and her business has helped her cope with the tragedy.
:07:08. > :07:15.My clients have come in with long hair because they have waited for
:07:15. > :07:20.me to come back. I have a new home with Clint. We have got friends.
:07:20. > :07:28.And I miss Apollonia's arms on my neck when I wake up in the morning.
:07:28. > :07:34.Rachael... Always around my legs, cuddling me. Felecia, I miss her,
:07:34. > :07:37.and doing girly things with her. I missed Tommy's support and his love.
:07:37. > :07:43.You're watching East Midlands Today. Still to come on the programme, the
:07:43. > :07:46.sport and weather. Plus, tea, cakes and TLC. We pop into a cafe in
:07:46. > :07:56.Derbyshire that's serving up advice and support for a town's local
:07:56. > :07:57.
:07:57. > :08:02.Before that, a Leicester man has been speaking about the moment he
:08:02. > :08:05.was attacked with a flammable liquid whilst drinking in a pub.
:08:05. > :08:13.Russell Banks spent a month in hospital with severe burns and is
:08:13. > :08:20.now trying to come to terms with what happened. Geeta Pendse reports.
:08:21. > :08:27.All of a sudden, I was on fire. I felt everything. My eyes were open.
:08:27. > :08:32.I saw the flames. I could feel it in my mouth. It was a night that
:08:32. > :08:36.changed this 21-year-old's life. He had been out with friends at a pub
:08:36. > :08:40.in Leicester when someone threw a flammable liquid into the beer
:08:40. > :08:43.garden which fell on him and another friend. He spent the last
:08:44. > :08:50.two months in and out of hospital after severe burns to his arms,
:08:50. > :08:55.chest, is unfazed. I was scared, lonely, heartbroken. Absolutely
:08:55. > :08:59.heartbroken because if anybody knew me before, they knew I was a
:08:59. > :09:04.perfectionist and I loved to look after myself. I like to dress
:09:04. > :09:08.myself well, get my hair nice, and just to think for a split-second
:09:08. > :09:13.that was all taken away from me from one thing... I knew we are
:09:13. > :09:17.severe. This footage recorded minutes after the attack shows a
:09:17. > :09:24.man running away with his jacket on fire. So far, the police have
:09:24. > :09:29.arrested and bailed a man. It has changed my whole life. It has me --
:09:29. > :09:34.it has made me ashamed of my scars, it is not allowing me to go out. I
:09:34. > :09:37.hate it. The performing arts graduate, he says it was the
:09:37. > :09:41.support of those around him that has kept him going. When I first
:09:42. > :09:46.broke up, I felt lonely and I didn't want to be here any more.
:09:46. > :09:49.And then you realise all of the people that cared for you. It is a
:09:49. > :09:54.shame it takes this for you to realise how many people care for
:09:54. > :10:02.you. Speaking out about his experience, Russell Banks says he
:10:02. > :10:05.is determined to move forward and not let the attack behind him. --
:10:05. > :10:08.the attack do find him. An inquest has opened into the
:10:08. > :10:11.death of a pilot killed in a mid- air collision in Leicestershire on
:10:11. > :10:13.Sunday. 55-year-old Martin Hickin, from Coalville, was taking off from
:10:13. > :10:20.Leicester Airport when his plane collided with another light
:10:20. > :10:24.aircraft and crash landed in a field. Tom Brown reports.
:10:24. > :10:29.Martin Hickin, a man with 30 years of flying experience. He owned his
:10:29. > :10:32.own plane and regularly flew out of Leicester Airport but on Sunday
:10:32. > :10:36.afternoon, shortly after taking off, his plane crashed after colliding
:10:36. > :10:40.with another light aircraft. Paramedics were called but he was
:10:40. > :10:44.pronounced dead it seemed. The inquest into the death of Martin
:10:44. > :10:48.Hickin was opened and adjourned at the coroner's office in Leicester.
:10:48. > :10:53.His partner and five members of the family attended the Kirit and the
:10:53. > :10:58.55-year-old was described as being an experienced flyer but how his
:10:58. > :11:03.plane came to collide with another is still unclear. In a statement,
:11:03. > :11:06.his families spoke of their devastation. Martin was a wonderful,
:11:06. > :11:11.generous and warm individual who was dearly loved by all his family
:11:11. > :11:15.and friends and his death has left an enormous gap in our lives.
:11:15. > :11:20.Martin bereave -- Martin's bereaved family includes two or daughters.
:11:20. > :11:23.With the police and the air in that -- air Investigation Branch will
:11:23. > :11:33.try to find out what caused the crash at the inquest will continue
:11:33. > :11:37.next year. For now, his two daughter as -- his two daughters
:11:37. > :11:40.prepare for Christmas without him. The Derbyshire chocolate maker
:11:40. > :11:43.Thorntons has said that it may not make any profit this year. The
:11:43. > :11:46.Somercotes-based firm says it's seen a drop in sales and a rise in
:11:46. > :11:48.marketing costs. Last summer it announced it was planning to close
:11:48. > :11:51.at least a third of its 360 high street stores.
:11:51. > :11:54.East Midlands Ambulance Service says only 28% of emergency calls it
:11:54. > :11:57.receives are for life-threatening conditions. Inappropriate calls in
:11:57. > :12:03.recent months have included a request for help with changing the
:12:03. > :12:05.batteries in a TV remote control. A Derbyshire man was also given a
:12:05. > :12:15.suspended prison sentence for making repeated 999 calls without
:12:15. > :12:16.
:12:16. > :12:18.good reason. This is East Midlands Today.
:12:18. > :12:21.Council leaders in the East Midlands are warning of further
:12:21. > :12:24.cuts to local services. Leicester City Council is one of the first
:12:24. > :12:27.authorities to announce where those cuts are likely to fall. Union
:12:27. > :12:37.leaders claim services for vulnerable children will be hit.
:12:37. > :12:43.
:12:43. > :12:48.Here's our Political Editor John It is a pivot Christmas Carol, but
:12:48. > :12:52.there was a touch of the bleak midwinter about the city's finances.
:12:52. > :12:58.The headlines tell part of the story. As a result of the cuts, we
:12:58. > :13:02.are being forced to slash �70 million from our budget. We still
:13:02. > :13:10.have �40 million of that to find and that is requiring some
:13:10. > :13:14.difficult decisions. Job losses in children's services and has some
:13:14. > :13:19.0.2% rent increase. Just two measures towards an immediate --
:13:19. > :13:24.immediate cuts target of �40 million. Leicester City Council and
:13:24. > :13:31.the trade unions have been working on his -- on efficiency savings for
:13:31. > :13:38.many years and we think there is not a lot more that can be taken
:13:38. > :13:43.out. It is not efficiency savings but cuts to sit -- cuts. There's
:13:43. > :13:46.not much cash around here and Leicester is one of a few big
:13:46. > :13:49.council -1 of cuts and expect some other councils to sing from the
:13:49. > :13:56.same song sheet. So is Leicester's cash difficulties
:13:56. > :14:00.pretty typical? These are year-on-year cuts ordered
:14:00. > :14:06.by the coalition Government, and many of our councils are now
:14:06. > :14:08.running out of wriggle move. Take Leicestershire. It plans to offload
:14:08. > :14:17.all of its schools, secondary and primary, so they become academies,
:14:17. > :14:19.directly funded by Whitehall. That in itself means Leicestershire
:14:19. > :14:29.finding a further �16million in cuts, because the Government has
:14:29. > :14:35.taken the education funding away from County Hall. This is a further
:14:35. > :14:40.financial headache for someone like David Parsons, the Conservative
:14:40. > :14:43.leader in the East Midlands. I asked him what impact he thought
:14:43. > :14:49.the latest financial squeeze would have on local government.
:14:49. > :14:54.I think it will have less money. If I were to have a crystal ball. The
:14:54. > :15:01.stress points will be the services that are provided. Notably for
:15:01. > :15:10.vulnerable people, for children, roads, for instance. All of those
:15:10. > :15:12.services we will have to look at. Two things to watch out for - will
:15:12. > :15:15.some councils like Nottingham and Leicester ignore the Government
:15:15. > :15:24.line and increase council tax next May? And will the Treasury demand
:15:24. > :15:28.more spending cuts because the economy is faltering?
:15:28. > :15:31.Not great news, but, anyway, thank you.
:15:31. > :15:35.Bryony Balen, the Derbyshire student who's skiing to the South
:15:35. > :15:38.Pole, will celebrate her 21st birthday on the ice today. She's
:15:38. > :15:43.hoping to become the youngest Briton to complete the full 700-
:15:43. > :15:49.mile trek across Antarctica. She's managed to lay her hands on
:15:49. > :15:55.something for today's celebration but says the big party will have to
:15:55. > :16:00.wait until she's home. Will she had a tipple to celebrate?
:16:01. > :16:10.Could it be this? Later we meet the man that has got
:16:11. > :16:11.
:16:11. > :16:15.A cafe has opened in time for Christmas. Doesn't sound a huge
:16:15. > :16:18.news story on the face of it, but this is one with a difference. Cafe
:16:18. > :16:22.Heroes at Heanor in Derbyshire is designed not only to serve the town,
:16:22. > :16:31.but also to act as a drop-in centre for ex-service people. James
:16:31. > :16:37.Roberson reports. Michael knows what it is like to be
:16:37. > :16:41.from Heanor and the military. He was a soldier, as were his father,
:16:41. > :16:43.grandfather and great-grandfather and became centres like Cafe Heroes
:16:43. > :16:48.specifically designed to help service people are needed in Heanor
:16:48. > :16:54.and elsewhere. They are going out there to give their lives for us.
:16:54. > :16:58.It is about time this country started making a contribution and
:16:58. > :17:00.helping towards them for. product has been set up by a
:17:00. > :17:05.Derbyshire based charity which helps people with social and
:17:05. > :17:10.personal difficulty is. There is more evidence that particularly
:17:10. > :17:14.young ex-servicemen are finding it hard to resettle into the community
:17:14. > :17:22.and may or may not have mental problems because of the traumas
:17:22. > :17:27.they experienced. What we need to do is refer the guys here... There
:17:28. > :17:32.are experts on hand not only from the Royal British Legion but from
:17:32. > :17:36.this ex RAF trauma counsellor. There is no particular group that
:17:36. > :17:44.is isolated from this. It can go across the board. It could be an
:17:44. > :17:49.event that happened years ago or yesterday. We can signpost to
:17:49. > :17:54.occupational therapy, or advice about money or house in or benefits.
:17:55. > :18:02.The charity helps at the Cafe will become popular with local people
:18:02. > :18:10.thus helping Heanor's regeneration as well as service people.
:18:10. > :18:14.Nothing like coffee and a cake! Time now for support.
:18:14. > :18:17.-- for sport. First Nottingham Forest key
:18:17. > :18:20.defender Wes Morgan has told us tonight he's in talks with Forest
:18:20. > :18:23.about a new contract. His current deal runs out in the summer and
:18:23. > :18:26.he's already being linked with other clubs. Wes is also out
:18:26. > :18:29.injured for six weeks but while giving out presents on a Children's
:18:29. > :18:35.Hospital Ward today he told me his problems are insignificant compared
:18:35. > :18:42.to others. So, you will feeling flustered?
:18:42. > :18:47.Absolutely. I am feeling festive. It is nice to see the children in
:18:47. > :18:54.hospital because they might be here for the end of Christmas. I am hit
:18:54. > :19:01.to cheer you up. Eight in his ear. Does this toucher doing this? --
:19:01. > :19:07.Aden is here. Of course. We love putting smiles on kids' faces.
:19:07. > :19:13.you need cheering up because you are out for six weeks. Yes. I had a
:19:13. > :19:18.scan and that. I could be out for up to six weeks. It is not the best
:19:18. > :19:22.time for me because I am missing a hectic period of football for.
:19:22. > :19:29.is your message for Forest fans this Christmas? Our performances
:19:29. > :19:32.have been good but we haven't found the right results. Cheer them up
:19:32. > :19:37.and tell them you're going to sign a new contract. It is still a long
:19:37. > :19:41.way to go before we signed it. would you like for Christmas? What
:19:41. > :19:44.is on your wish-list? Three points, please!
:19:44. > :19:47.Now onto Derby County and manager Nigel Clough was pleased to see
:19:47. > :19:52.Nathan Tyson play 65 minutes of a friendly against Burton Albion
:19:52. > :19:54.today. It means he will figure in some of the festive fixtures. Nigel
:19:54. > :20:03.himself has been giving his own special Christmas present today as
:20:03. > :20:06.Jeremy Nicholas reports. There are not many football
:20:06. > :20:11.managers as community-minded as Nigel Clough, supporting local jobs
:20:11. > :20:17.and making things better for the people of Derby. There was a
:20:17. > :20:21.hospital visit and today a bit more. A pint of blood. It is similar to a
:20:21. > :20:26.Saturday, looking out onto the pitch and feeling pain. Just 25,000
:20:26. > :20:31.people missing. He has done brilliantly. He was nervous
:20:31. > :20:35.beforehand but he is a good sport. He has given his donation and it
:20:35. > :20:45.will help save someone's wife. felt the needle going in, but it
:20:45. > :20:45.
:20:45. > :20:54.was Pamela's. Times are tough. It has been one
:20:54. > :20:59.win in a Gwytherin gaze -- home games to come. What is more painful,
:20:59. > :21:05.watching Derby County or giving blood? Watching Derby County.
:21:05. > :21:08.Coming here to watch them is very painful, believe you me. Midfielder
:21:08. > :21:12.Jeff Hendrick limped off in the final minutes of the Ipswich game
:21:12. > :21:17.and today he has been ruled out of the festive fixtures with ankle
:21:17. > :21:25.ligament damage but there is better news about Nathan Tyson. He was on
:21:25. > :21:31.the pitch on Ipswich. He has been friendly, and he will play with
:21:31. > :21:36.Burton Albion. He looks strong. He is in with a shout. Nigel Clough is
:21:36. > :21:40.hoping for points but the blood and sweat of the next few games might
:21:40. > :21:44.be rewarded, like he was today with the biscuit.
:21:44. > :21:47.One more bit of football news. Leicester City manager Nigel
:21:47. > :21:50.Pearson says there is a future for striker Steve Howard at the club.
:21:50. > :21:53.Howard is 35 but Pearson says he will play a part this season
:21:53. > :21:56.because he is still a big threat in the Championship.
:21:56. > :22:00.And in rugby the fixtures for the Heineken Cup have been announced
:22:00. > :22:08.today. The Leicester Tigers will play against Ulster in a must-win
:22:08. > :22:13.European Cup game in Belfast on Friday, 13th January.
:22:13. > :22:22.That is all the sport when Nigel Clough was a very good sport.
:22:22. > :22:25.He has, he was. -- yes, he was.
:22:25. > :22:29.Now for a drop of the black stuff. And a certain brand of Irish stout
:22:29. > :22:32.which wasn't always as famous as it is today. Guinness really took off
:22:32. > :22:34.back in the 1930s and 40s because of its arty adverts, catchy slogans
:22:34. > :22:37.and striking, collectable merchandise. Well, in the last of
:22:37. > :22:45.our series about collectors, Jeremy Nicholas meets Steve Tedds who's
:22:45. > :22:51.not really interested in the stout but the stuff that help to sell it.
:22:51. > :23:00.He waits. That is what he does. First thing I do, get up, put the
:23:00. > :23:01.kettle on, and then straight on to eBay. Steve has been collecting in
:23:01. > :23:06.his memorabilia for five years and, my goodness, he has got below.
:23:06. > :23:10.There was a guy called John Gilroy, the most famous artist that worked
:23:10. > :23:14.for a company Benson's, an advertising company, and this guy
:23:14. > :23:23.used to go around London Zoo just to do paintings and drawings of
:23:23. > :23:29.animals and then make them into the animals you see behind here.
:23:29. > :23:35.You have got quite a few of these flying to cans. People ask me why I
:23:35. > :23:38.have got so many of the same ones. My wife Tommy the kids were not
:23:38. > :23:43.getting interest on their money. That wasn't the Bank. But these
:23:43. > :23:47.will make a better return when they reach 18.
:23:47. > :23:53.The slump comes from an off-licence in the 1960s and when you switch it
:23:53. > :24:00.on, that he'd from the lamp causes the shade to spin around. It is
:24:00. > :24:03.worth �800 today. This is a nice item I got from
:24:03. > :24:08.somebody that phoned me up out of the group. The nice thing is if you
:24:08. > :24:12.look on the back of the bottle, it gives the names of 70 odd people
:24:12. > :24:16.that were left at the Park Royal brewery before it closed. You will
:24:16. > :24:21.not see many of those around are. Steve has paid first for water drew
:24:21. > :24:27.it. The one that was the rare one had the gold guineas underneath and
:24:27. > :24:32.the harp on the top. He thought the red jug was great. But when it
:24:32. > :24:36.arrived, it was crack. Unfortunately, it was smashed.
:24:36. > :24:42.has locked up to comes and penguins, but which one does he like best?
:24:42. > :24:47.have no preference. You can go out today and see a poster with the to
:24:47. > :24:56.come on at. The penguins lost it when they started to do biscuits!
:24:56. > :24:59.These are from the last 10 years. A good place to stop, so you can, too,
:24:59. > :25:03.become a collector. To come. You see?
:25:03. > :25:06.It may not be a white Christmas but it certainly will be a colourful
:25:06. > :25:09.one across the East Midlands. Yes, it's the season of Christmas lights,
:25:09. > :25:12.when householders get to vie with each other to produce ever more
:25:12. > :25:14.elaborate displays of Santas, reindeer, and snowmen. We may be in
:25:14. > :25:22.the middle of an economic downturn, but that hasn't stopped people
:25:22. > :25:26.getting into the Christmas spirit. I think they look really nice and
:25:26. > :25:31.it is nice to see somebody is getting into the Christmas spirit.
:25:31. > :25:37.The train blew off last year and dented the car, so I type it up now.
:25:37. > :25:41.I started with a couple of lights. And one of my neighbours thought we
:25:41. > :25:44.were having a competition. He pulled up -- he brought out a few
:25:44. > :25:48.more, I brought out a few more, and there we are.
:25:48. > :25:58.They are lovely. Not a time for subtlety, is it?
:25:58. > :26:00.
:26:00. > :26:07.It is not going to turn to win these are no trains frying tonight.
:26:07. > :26:12.-- it is not going to be two windy so no trains flying tonight.
:26:12. > :26:16.Thank you for sending this picture in, send them into the normal e-
:26:16. > :26:21.mail address. This area of low pressure, it is going to work
:26:21. > :26:25.towards us by the end of the week but ahead of that, mainly dry
:26:25. > :26:30.weather to come. Cloudy skies across the East Midland, but going
:26:30. > :26:38.through to the rest of that evening, we see the cloud breaking up. For
:26:38. > :26:44.now, we see just some drizzling spit sunspots, but most places dry.
:26:44. > :26:48.Around about eight overnight. The cloud will start to break up. We
:26:48. > :26:52.will see some mist and fog developing by the early hours of
:26:52. > :26:56.tomorrow morning, but a brighter start compared to this morning and
:26:56. > :27:02.a better chance of seeing some sunny spells through the day.
:27:02. > :27:06.Temperature-wise, on the mild side, 11 is your maximum. This time last
:27:06. > :27:12.year, we were struggling to get above zero. The rain has not
:27:12. > :27:17.arrived and by the time we get to Friday morning, a drizzly start and
:27:17. > :27:22.that rain turns persistent, heavy the remark of the date on Friday.
:27:22. > :27:29.Once it clears by late on, colder air feeding in soap by that time we
:27:29. > :27:35.get to Christmas Eve, it starts on a chilly note, so a little mild on