:00:00. > :00:08.This is East Midlands Today with Dominic Heale and me, Geeta Pendse.
:00:09. > :00:19.Tonight ` campaigners call for the NHS to scrap its contract with a
:00:20. > :00:24.private ambulance service. Arriva are paid to drive patients to
:00:25. > :00:30.hospital. Clients like Ron say it is in chaos. I would like the contract
:00:31. > :00:34.taken away from them and given to a proper ambulance service who are
:00:35. > :00:39.trained. Plus the student flats building boom
:00:40. > :00:44.in Nottingham, as the city tries to get them to move out of houses that
:00:45. > :00:47.could become family homes. Also tonight, the young Roma
:00:48. > :00:48.students 0 Also tonight, the young Roma
:00:49. > :01:01.students using education to counter Pres `` prejudice. I am better than
:01:02. > :01:04.some of the English people, so I guess I am doing well.
:01:05. > :01:04.And the mail centre dealing with all of Notts and Derbyshire's Christmas
:01:05. > :01:15.mail. Welcome to Tuesday's programme.
:01:16. > :01:15.First tonight, tough criticism for a company 0
:01:16. > :01:19.First tonight, tough criticism for a company given a ?26 million contract
:01:20. > :01:23.to take patients to and from their hospital appointments.
:01:24. > :01:28.Arriva was awarded the five`year contract in July last year. It's for
:01:29. > :01:32.patients in Leicestershire and Rutland. But it's already been
:01:33. > :01:36.docked more than ?30,000 for its poor performance.
:01:37. > :01:39.Now some patients and health campaigners are calling for that
:01:40. > :01:50.contract to be scrapped. Jo Healey reports.
:01:51. > :01:54.Ron is housebound at his home. He is diabetes and his legs are bad. But
:01:55. > :02:00.every three months he needs to get the Leicester Royal family. He says
:02:01. > :02:07.with Arriva he gets too late. `` Leicester Royal infirmary. I missed
:02:08. > :02:16.one appointment, and I did not get home until 5pm. I had to spend the
:02:17. > :02:24.next two days in bed. An earlier time, when they picked me up, they
:02:25. > :02:31.got me there that late but I had a hypo and finished up in A
:02:32. > :02:36.The report from East Leicestershire Clinical Commissioning Group found
:02:37. > :02:39.Arriva failed to meet all the target times they were set. They criticised
:02:40. > :02:40.them for how they handled complaints, and 0
:02:41. > :02:44.them for how they handled complaints, and also for how they
:02:45. > :02:49.controlled infection. In a statement today Arriva said
:02:50. > :02:54.they had had to do what `` more than they had been contracted to do. They
:02:55. > :02:55.have now taken on more staff, working longer, 0
:02:56. > :02:57.have now taken on more staff, working longer, but they recognise
:02:58. > :03:01.there are improvements that need to be made still, and say they will
:03:02. > :03:04.continue making them. Not good enough, says Ron. He and
:03:05. > :03:10.some health campaigners know what the contract scrapped. `` they now
:03:11. > :03:14.want the contract scrapped. Well, earlier I spoke to the health
:03:15. > :03:16.campaigner Zuffar Haq, who also believes the contract should be
:03:17. > :03:24.terminated. He described other examples where patients have been
:03:25. > :03:27.left waiting. I have heard of cases where patients have been left
:03:28. > :03:32.waiting, sometimes for an hour or two hours, and I have had cases of
:03:33. > :03:39.four or five hours as well. What you think happen next? I would
:03:40. > :03:42.like Arriva to lose the contract, it to be re`tendered out, and for
:03:43. > :03:51.another company to take this contract. And run an effective
:03:52. > :03:56.service for these patients. The Clinical Commissioning Group say it
:03:57. > :04:00.would be costly and in effect to describe Arriva's on track because
:04:01. > :04:07.of the lengthy procedure of re`tendering. Is it in the
:04:08. > :04:08.patient's' best interest? Of course. You have 0
:04:09. > :04:11.patient's' best interest? Of course. You have hundreds of patients
:04:12. > :04:17.relying on this service on a daily basis. It should be in their best
:04:18. > :04:19.interest to deliver for those patients and the patients should
:04:20. > :04:22.come first. Arriva say they have made
:04:23. > :04:29.improvements. Have you heard of these improvements? They have, but
:04:30. > :04:33.this service simply is not fit for purpose. This contract needs to be
:04:34. > :04:38.taken away from them, and action needs to be taken.
:04:39. > :04:41.Next: A student flats building boom in Nottingham. It's a deliberate
:04:42. > :04:46.policy ` designed to coax students out of traditional residential areas
:04:47. > :04:49.so families can move back in. The council says thousands more bed
:04:50. > :04:52.spaces are on the way for students in the city centre.
:04:53. > :04:53.One 0 in the city centre.
:04:54. > :04:57.One senior councillor says it's the best place for them ` as they'll
:04:58. > :05:00.help to keep the centre of Nottingham thriving. Mike
:05:01. > :05:09.O'Sullivan's been to see the progress of one huge complex which
:05:10. > :05:12.is currently under construction. 14 floors up on one of Nottingham's
:05:13. > :05:17.latest student accommodation complexes. It is being built for
:05:18. > :05:23.foreign students who will be going to Nottingham Trent University. 450
:05:24. > :05:28.bed spaces, costing ?30 million. It will be ready in September next
:05:29. > :05:32.year. The developer told me the city Council wants to see more of this
:05:33. > :05:39.type of building. And student tastes have changed as well. They always
:05:40. > :05:42.wanted to get out of the institutional halls of residence and
:05:43. > :05:48.go out into the private housing market. But now they much prefer to
:05:49. > :05:55.get into purpose`built, modern design economical accommodation. The
:05:56. > :06:00.City Council says there is around 43,000 students in Nottingham, and
:06:01. > :06:04.around 20,000 of them live in houses of multiple occupancy.
:06:05. > :06:04.A senior counsellor told me he would like 0
:06:05. > :06:04.A senior counsellor told me he would like that 0
:06:05. > :06:09.A senior counsellor told me he would like that figure reduced around a
:06:10. > :06:13.half, although that we probably upset private landlords in what are
:06:14. > :06:16.now student areas. `` that would probably upset.
:06:17. > :06:19.In the two years to 2015, the council says another 0
:06:20. > :06:20.In the two years to 2015, the council says another 3,000 dead
:06:21. > :06:26.spaces will be provided in the city centre as private developers step
:06:27. > :06:33.in. `` bed spaces. This empty office block is part of
:06:34. > :06:41.the boom as well. The challenge is for the city to get students out of
:06:42. > :06:47.residence and into dedicated accommodation.
:06:48. > :06:50.If demand for students drops, the developer has a long`term plan to
:06:51. > :06:54.allow conversion for the residential market. But for now, things are
:06:55. > :06:58.looking up. This is East Midlands Today. Still
:06:59. > :07:11.to come: The sport's live from Leicester City's King Power Stadium.
:07:12. > :07:20.There are stars all over here. Manchester City, and Sam Bailey,
:07:21. > :07:24.winner of the X Factor. With Christmas and the New Year just
:07:25. > :07:29.round the corner, our local councils have been looking ahead to 2014. It
:07:30. > :07:31.won't surprise you to learn that there's not a lot of festive cheer
:07:32. > :07:34.about. 0 there's not a lot of festive cheer
:07:35. > :07:37.about. Yes, it's the time of year when local authorities prepare their
:07:38. > :07:40.budgets for the next financial year, and many are warning of big spending
:07:41. > :07:45.cuts. Nottingham City Council is the
:07:46. > :07:46.latest: It says 76 jobs will go as it cuts its 0
:07:47. > :07:49.latest: It says 76 jobs will go as it cuts its budget by ?25 million.
:07:50. > :07:52.Let's find out more from our Political Editor John Hess.
:07:53. > :07:55.Money is still being squeezed out of council spending as the coalition
:07:56. > :07:59.attempts to reduce the national deficit. Labour leaders at
:08:00. > :08:04.Nottinghamshire County Council need savings of ?154 million over the
:08:05. > :08:07.next three years: That's a 23% spending cut.
:08:08. > :08:11.But the Conservative leader Councillor Kay Cutts says a proposed
:08:12. > :08:14.council tax increase of just under 2% is unnecessary, and has set up an
:08:15. > :08:27.online petition to demand a further tax freeze. We have had quite a few
:08:28. > :08:31.comments so far, and they have been, my income has not gone up, I
:08:32. > :08:36.cannot afford a council tax increase. That has been the strength
:08:37. > :08:39.of feeling coming over. Labour`run Nottingham City Council
:08:40. > :08:44.is warning of 76 job losses as its attempts to find ?25 million worth
:08:45. > :08:45.of savings. That's a 9.2% annual cut.
:08:46. > :08:46.It says 0 cut.
:08:47. > :08:47.It says library 0 cut.
:08:48. > :08:50.It says library services and arts funding will be hit. The opening
:08:51. > :08:59.hours of children's centres will be reduced. Council tax will also rise.
:09:00. > :09:03.But is that fair? Vulnerable people depend on councils, and it is the
:09:04. > :09:10.vulnerable that are being hit. What makes me more angry is that if I
:09:11. > :09:14.were living down south I would not be hit as hard as if I am living in
:09:15. > :09:17.Nottingham or Liverpool or Sunderland.
:09:18. > :09:20.So what's the picture, say, in Derbyshire or Leicester? Let's find
:09:21. > :09:27.out, first from BBC Radio Derby's political reporter Chris Doidge.
:09:28. > :09:30.The in the city the council says any service it doesn't have to provide
:09:31. > :09:34.is vulnerable to being cut. So street cleaning will be reviews a
:09:35. > :09:44.smack reduced, parking charges will go up. `` street cleaning will be
:09:45. > :09:48.reduced. We will know about the County Council's plans in the New
:09:49. > :09:53.Year, but we do know that the mobile library service faces big cats.
:09:54. > :10:01.The Leicester the city Council says it has already planned ?21 million
:10:02. > :10:06.in saving from April. `` here in Leicester. In Leicestershire they
:10:07. > :10:10.are still talking about saving ?110 million in the same period. They are
:10:11. > :10:16.putting up council tax by 1.5% over the next few years. `` three years.
:10:17. > :10:18.Eric Pickles is the Coalition's Local Government Secretary.
:10:19. > :10:21.Tomorrow, he confirms how much spending our councils will be
:10:22. > :10:24.allowed. If he turns into Father Christmas, that WILL be a turn`up.
:10:25. > :10:26.Our councils are already budgeting in the knowledge there'll less money
:10:27. > :10:29.around. East Midlands Airport could grow
:10:30. > :10:32.faster than any other small airport in the country, according to a new
:10:33. > :10:36.report. The Airports Commission ` set up to
:10:37. > :10:39.look at Britain's airport capacity ` says passenger numbers at Castle
:10:40. > :10:43.Donington could more than treble over the next 35 years. It says the
:10:44. > :10:44.airport, which had around four million passengers in 0
:10:45. > :10:49.airport, which had around four million passengers in 2011, could
:10:50. > :10:54.have up to 14 million in 2050. It adds it's also only using 18% of its
:10:55. > :10:57.runway capacity. Police in Derbyshire have released
:10:58. > :11:01.dramatic footage of a shopkeeper fighting back against three men who
:11:02. > :11:07.ram`raided his store. It happened at the Londis store in
:11:08. > :11:10.Ilkeston in October. The first man forces his way in just after 9:00pm,
:11:11. > :11:17.but is confronted by a member of staff. When a second man breaks in,
:11:18. > :11:21.the shopkeeper tackles him too. The raiders make off with an empty cash
:11:22. > :11:24.machine cassette. Two men have been arrested in connection with the
:11:25. > :11:26.robbery, and released on bail. Police are appealing for witnesses.
:11:27. > :11:30.Severn Trent Water has defended its decision to install wind turbines at
:11:31. > :11:34.some of its sewage treatment plants across the region.
:11:35. > :11:39.Two now dominate the landscape on the eastern side of Derby after
:11:40. > :11:42.being erected in Spondon. Similar turbines have been erected at Wanlip
:11:43. > :11:51.in Leicestershire and Newthorpe in Nottinghamshire. All four are due to
:11:52. > :11:56.be switched on in the New Year. We understand some people love them and
:11:57. > :12:00.some hate them. We are doing this for good reasons, to reduce our
:12:01. > :12:08.carbon footprint and help keep our customers bills low. `` customers'
:12:09. > :12:09.hills low. They will produce around 25,000 megawatts of power per year.
:12:10. > :12:16.`` Meghan... A college in Leicester's helping
:12:17. > :12:19.schools across the country to integrate Roma people who've come to
:12:20. > :12:23.Britain for a better life. Some pupils arrive at Babington without
:12:24. > :12:32.speaking English, but still get good exam grades.
:12:33. > :12:34.Roma parents are being offered English lessons too. And one Roma
:12:35. > :12:37.worker's been tackling community tensions in Leicester. This
:12:38. > :12:41.exclusive report from our social affairs correspondent Jeremy Ball.
:12:42. > :12:44.Andre is one of more than 80 pupils here who 0
:12:45. > :12:47.Andre is one of more than 80 pupils here who come from European Roma
:12:48. > :12:52.families. He is in the Army cadets and on course to get through ``
:12:53. > :12:53.grades for a teaching career. Some of his friends want to get into
:12:54. > :12:56.business of banking. But 0 of his friends want to get into
:12:57. > :13:00.business of banking. But they usually arrive in Leicester well
:13:01. > :13:03.behind in their studies because the old schools in parts of central
:13:04. > :13:13.Europe still segregate Roma minorities. There is one room for
:13:14. > :13:21.Roma, other rooms for whites. They thought that we are not mentally
:13:22. > :13:25.capable of doing education. They think we are stupid so no point
:13:26. > :13:30.giving them work to do. Dominik arrived without speaking a word of
:13:31. > :13:38.English, survey focused on his music skills to get him out `` up to
:13:39. > :13:43.speed. `` so they focused. Just by watching others, I learned. I was
:13:44. > :13:48.looking at them, thinking they are good, so why cannot I be like them?
:13:49. > :13:53.But does that mean diverting teaching away from other pupils? We
:13:54. > :13:58.never take away from other groups. We are very careful to focus on all
:13:59. > :14:04.our children and include all our children. The mistake people make is
:14:05. > :14:08.that `` thanking you must treat everybody the same. The Roma pupils
:14:09. > :14:14.are getting significantly better results than students elsewhere in
:14:15. > :14:20.Britain. Now those lessons are being shared with goals in the check
:14:21. > :14:27.Republic, `` schools in the Czech Republic. We make sure our lessons
:14:28. > :14:32.are engaging and exciting, that learning is fun, and that the
:14:33. > :14:37.aspirations are boosted through the way we teach our lessons, and that
:14:38. > :14:41.helps our Roma pupils to make progress but also helps all of our
:14:42. > :14:46.students to make progress. The school's trying to engage Roma
:14:47. > :14:50.patient `` parents as well. This DVD explains the system in a language
:14:51. > :14:52.they understand. And one Roma worker has set up a youth club to tackle
:14:53. > :14:52.emerging 0 has set up a youth club to tackle
:14:53. > :14:54.emerging tensions 0 has set up a youth club to tackle
:14:55. > :15:00.emerging tensions with the local community. We do not know `` they do
:15:01. > :15:06.not know `` they do not know what the laws are. Now they know that
:15:07. > :15:13.they have to go home at 0 the laws are. Now they know that
:15:14. > :15:21.they have to go home at 10pm. At this primary school, several Roma
:15:22. > :15:22.patients `` parents have been offered places on 0
:15:23. > :15:26.patients `` parents have been offered places on these language
:15:27. > :15:31.classes. I live in the UK, I need to speak English. This is all about
:15:32. > :15:34.equipping new arrivals to contribute to British society rather than
:15:35. > :15:39.becoming a burden, and if it succeeds they think is extra help
:15:40. > :15:45.will more than pay its way. `` they think this extra help.
:15:46. > :15:52.Coming up: A bit of high drama ` or should that be Hi`de`Hi drama? Soup
:15:53. > :15:54.and art here. Tune in later and find out what I am holding. `` Su
:15:55. > :16:04.Pollard. If you thought you were busy this
:16:05. > :16:09.Christmas, spare a thought for Royal Mail. This week they're handling
:16:10. > :16:11.more post than at any other time this year.
:16:12. > :16:15.In one mail centre they're sorting millions of items a day, and it
:16:16. > :16:26.seems sometimes we're not much help to them. Here's Quentin Rayner.
:16:27. > :16:31.Any letter or parcel with NG Ord E.ON its postcode comes through
:16:32. > :16:36.here. This is where all of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire's
:16:37. > :16:39.mail is sorted. Yesterday and today are the busiest
:16:40. > :16:44.in the year for the centre. Up to 2 million items of mail are handled
:16:45. > :16:49.each day. An extra 250 staff are taken on, bringing the 24`hour
:16:50. > :16:59.workforce up to 1000. How is it going? Great. I like it when it is
:17:00. > :17:04.busy. Do you think it has been this busy this year? I do. Busy sorting
:17:05. > :17:08.cards 0 busy this year? I do. Busy sorting
:17:09. > :17:10.cards and helping people make their Christmas for them.
:17:11. > :17:14.Staff say they have not noticed any difference since Royal Mail's recent
:17:15. > :17:18.privatisation, and the increase in the price of stamps has not put
:17:19. > :17:19.people off. We are seeing comparable volumes 0
:17:20. > :17:24.people off. We are seeing comparable volumes in credit `` business cards.
:17:25. > :17:29.An increase in parcels this year, and a healthy growth in that area.
:17:30. > :17:32.`` Christmas cards. No sorting office Christmas would be
:17:33. > :17:37.the same without the impossible clients to deliver. Name, but no
:17:38. > :17:40.stamp or address. At least here, there is a stamp, but
:17:41. > :17:47.no address. And what about this? !
:17:48. > :17:52.It is anticipation of all the vague mail that we get, mail that is not
:17:53. > :17:57.addressed properly. You have to use all your knowledge to be sort that
:17:58. > :18:01.male. Second`class items have to be posted by tomorrow, first class by
:18:02. > :18:06.Friday, but all Royal Mail wants for Christmas is a postcode.
:18:07. > :18:10.Sport now, and Leicester City are not just our leading East Midlands
:18:11. > :18:17.Club, they also have a really exciting cup tie tonight. Colin's at
:18:18. > :18:17.the King Power Stadium. These 0
:18:18. > :18:20.the King Power Stadium. These are the weeks you want as a
:18:21. > :18:23.football fan. Tonight's glamour match for Leicester City against the
:18:24. > :18:27.Premier League stars of Manchester City, just one of three huge games
:18:28. > :18:31.in eight days. Of the three, tonight's Carling Cup quarterfinal
:18:32. > :18:32.probably matters the least. But of the three, it's definitely 0
:18:33. > :18:37.probably matters the least. But of the three, it's definitely the most
:18:38. > :18:41.exciting. The stadium is going to be sold out, and Manchester City have
:18:42. > :18:48.just beaten Bayern Munich and thrashed Arsenal.
:18:49. > :18:52.But I am delighted to say I can introduce you to the winner of the X
:18:53. > :18:59.Factor, Sam Bailey. Huge Leicester City fan. You have a senior Dutch
:19:00. > :19:07.back season to get. Yes, and I have not been for ages. `` you have a
:19:08. > :19:14.season ticket. You are singing on the pitch. I am, singing at
:19:15. > :19:19.half`time, my new single. It is my chance to give something back. How
:19:20. > :19:25.much are you looking forward to the game? I am so excited to be actually
:19:26. > :19:30.watching a foot or match. I have not watched TV for ten weeks. `` foot
:19:31. > :19:36.all match. You have not had the chance to follow anything? I have
:19:37. > :19:40.not had time, but I have put this in my schedule to make sure I was here.
:19:41. > :19:47.I want to chat to you again in a second.
:19:48. > :19:51.Dzeko, Toure, Silva, Negredo ` Manchester City have no shortage of
:19:52. > :19:54.star names. They won't all play. But that doesn't mean Manuel Pellegrini
:19:55. > :19:58.doesn't want his team to win this. He just has a squad so strong, he
:19:59. > :20:06.can change it for games at every level. That is why we went last week
:20:07. > :20:20.to play against via Munich with five or six players, and we made six or
:20:21. > :20:28.seven changes. Tomorrow for me, we will make some changes again.
:20:29. > :20:35.There he is putting Leicester City on it power with Bayern Munich. ``
:20:36. > :20:43.on a par. Intimidated prospects for Leicester City. It is going to be
:20:44. > :20:48.tough, but I have high hopes for the boys. I have not watched a game in
:20:49. > :20:51.ages, but I think the boys are going to be all right. I think they are
:20:52. > :20:56.going to be good. Never mind the foot or, number one download,
:20:57. > :20:56.prospect 0 foot or, number one download,
:20:57. > :20:57.prospect of a 0 foot or, number one download,
:20:58. > :21:03.prospect of a Christmas number one, are you thinking about that? No, I
:21:04. > :21:07.just want people to buy it or download it. It would be amazing to
:21:08. > :21:16.have a Christmas number one, I just really excited.
:21:17. > :21:22.Thank you for talking to us. I heard Sam's sound check, she sounds
:21:23. > :21:26.amazing? `` she sounds amazing! We're starting to buzz for it in
:21:27. > :21:29.here. Let's get a taste of how things have been building up
:21:30. > :21:35.outside, with Mark Shardlow. River Place Manchester City will be
:21:36. > :21:39.expensive, world`class players, but do not roll out a shock. In the last
:21:40. > :21:44.five seasons I have seen three times East Midlands club 's bring these
:21:45. > :21:53.teams down to earth. Three years ago Leicester City drew two to two. Five
:21:54. > :22:00.years ago Forest beat them three 2`0 in Manchester.
:22:01. > :22:06.The first sell`out for three seasons. What are you thinking? Very
:22:07. > :22:16.excited. Who is going to win? Leicester. Leicester City. Are you
:22:17. > :22:25.equally confident? Yes, Leicester is going to win. It is going to be a
:22:26. > :22:28.shock tonight. `` the fans say it is going to be a shock.
:22:29. > :22:31.Thanks, Mark. Tonight's game here is live on BBC Radio Leicester.
:22:32. > :22:35.There is another big cup game tonight. Mansfield replay Oldham in
:22:36. > :22:38.the second round of the FA Cup. The prize there is a trip to Liverpool!
:22:39. > :22:41.BBC Radio Nottingham have full live commentary from the One Call
:22:42. > :22:51.stadium, starting in just a few minutes.
:22:52. > :22:59.But here, it is all about the glamour boys. Manchester City, here
:23:00. > :23:04.to play Leicester City. Let us not forget Leicester's history in this
:23:05. > :23:11.competition. Three times finalists in the late 1990s. They have won it
:23:12. > :23:15.three times overall. So there is an awful lot to take into this game,
:23:16. > :23:19.but they are the big names of Manchester City. Follow it here on
:23:20. > :23:25.East Midlands Today, we will have a report in our late bulletin. And all
:23:26. > :23:31.the goals and a full report tomorrow evening. You can already feel it
:23:32. > :23:36.here this evening. How exciting!
:23:37. > :23:39.It's nearly half a century since an actress from Nottingham began
:23:40. > :23:50.learning her craft before going on to achieve national fame.
:23:51. > :23:51.Su Pollard 0 to achieve national fame.
:23:52. > :23:54.Su Pollard ` who's currently appearing in panto at Nottingham's
:23:55. > :23:58.Theatre Royal, was presented with a drama award for best performance
:23:59. > :24:02.when she was just 16. But for the past 30 years, that trophy has been
:24:03. > :24:05.kept in the back of a cupboard. That is until now. Angelina Socci
:24:06. > :24:10.reports. 0 Thank you so much. It is such a
:24:11. > :24:17.wonderful surprise. It is 47 years since Su Pollard was
:24:18. > :24:22.presented with this award. Today pupils at this primary School had
:24:23. > :24:27.the honour of reuniting the two. It has been lying around all this
:24:28. > :24:32.time, but in beautiful condition. It was found in an office in Nottingham
:24:33. > :24:37.by John Clayton. His daughter taught at the school, but she sadly died of
:24:38. > :24:46.cancer last year. It was always her wish to reunite the trophy with the
:24:47. > :24:52.past winner. We wanted to keep that association with the school, to do
:24:53. > :24:55.the things she found important in terms of actually giving them the
:24:56. > :25:02.chance to experience different things. For these pupils it was
:25:03. > :25:07.certainly a unique day. She was amazing and really, really nice. It
:25:08. > :25:15.is weird because I have never met a celebrity and it is the first time.
:25:16. > :25:21.I am gobsmacked, because I did not know she was coming in. The only
:25:22. > :25:26.thing left to decide is whether to keep it. Wherever it is, it will
:25:27. > :25:38.just be pride of place. I am thrilled to bits. And thank you!
:25:39. > :25:47.Time now for the weather. We had a super day today, and that
:25:48. > :25:51.deserves a super photo. Some lovely festive holiday shining in the
:25:52. > :26:00.sunshine. Beautiful blue skies in the backdrop. `` Holly.
:26:01. > :26:03.Our final day today is thanks to a ridge of high pressure, but
:26:04. > :26:11.yesterday's front is reluctant to clear away. Eventually it clears out
:26:12. > :26:15.of the way, we dry up for a time, and you can see what is waiting in
:26:16. > :26:20.the wings tomorrow, another weather front which will liven things up for
:26:21. > :26:24.tomorrow. The majority of the daylight hours should not be too
:26:25. > :26:28.bad, but we are going to be seeing some very wet and windy conditions
:26:29. > :26:31.as we head on into tomorrow evening. We have some rain for this evening,
:26:32. > :26:31.across 0 We have some rain for this evening,
:26:32. > :26:33.across southern parts. 0 We have some rain for this evening,
:26:34. > :26:41.across southern parts. Clears out of the way quickly, some clear spells
:26:42. > :26:43.and light winds as well, so a little bit of mist and fog, and turning a
:26:44. > :26:50.little chilly for some of us as well. A dry start tomorrow morning,
:26:51. > :26:54.a bright start across eastern parts, but the cloud thickens up very
:26:55. > :26:58.quickly. The winds will be picking up through the morning, and we will
:26:59. > :27:00.see some rain as we head through the afternoon. Tomorrow afternoon's rain
:27:01. > :27:00.light and 0 afternoon. Tomorrow afternoon's rain
:27:01. > :27:05.light and patchy, 0 afternoon. Tomorrow afternoon's rain
:27:06. > :27:08.light and patchy, just an average wet and breezy afternoon, and
:27:09. > :27:15.bridges not much to write home about, but warmer than today. ``
:27:16. > :27:18.temperatures. Tomorrow evening a second weather front moving in,
:27:19. > :27:25.turning really windy for tomorrow evening. Gusts of up to 45 mph. For
:27:26. > :27:31.Thursday it is a much drier, brighter afternoon, temperatures
:27:32. > :27:34.around to six `` up to six Celsius. But at least we will have some
:27:35. > :27:41.sunshine by Thursday. Never a dull moment!
:27:42. > :27:46.Back with the late news.