:00:04. > :00:08.On Look East tonight. School friends in mourning as a girl of 13
:00:08. > :00:16.is killed by a falling branch in a park. Her school was closed because
:00:16. > :00:21.of strike action. Witnesses describe what happened.
:00:21. > :00:26.I heard a crack and saw a branch for and I went over there and a
:00:26. > :00:30.jungle was lying on the floor and she didn't look good at all. Hello
:00:30. > :00:33.from David and me. Also tonight. The peer of the realm in disgrace
:00:33. > :00:37.and, now,in jail. Lord Hanningfield begins a prison sentence of nine
:00:37. > :00:40.months for fiddling his expenses. A warning from the Samaritans
:00:40. > :00:44.tonight after a coroner hears of a suicide pact hatched on the
:00:44. > :00:54.internet. And wouldn't Mum be proud as this brother and sister from
:00:54. > :01:03.
:01:03. > :01:07.Essex aim for glory in the Olympics Hello. Witnesses have today been
:01:07. > :01:11.describing the moment a girl of 13 was killed when a branch fell from
:01:11. > :01:14.a tree at a park near Peterborough. She had been playing there because
:01:14. > :01:18.her school was closed by yesterday's strike action. All day,
:01:18. > :01:22.friends of Sophie Howard have been laying floral tributes at the scene
:01:22. > :01:25.of the incident. Her school observed a minute's silence as the
:01:25. > :01:28.community around Yaxley took in the terrible news. Tonight, it was
:01:28. > :01:32.announced that the Health and Safety Executive would carry out an
:01:32. > :01:41.investigation. Let's get the details now from our reporter Mike
:01:41. > :01:46.Cartwright. Tonight we have seen her community
:01:46. > :01:50.come together in grief, a spontaneous Gavin, a vigil for
:01:50. > :01:56.Sophie. There are few people left here but only are they have won
:01:56. > :02:00.many more, of all ages. They stood, some cried, they came together to
:02:00. > :02:03.say goodbye to one of their own. Sophie, aged 13, described by her
:02:03. > :02:13.family as beautiful. A typical girlie girl who loved socialising,
:02:13. > :02:13.
:02:13. > :02:17.make-up and fashion. Sleep peacefully with the angels, rest in
:02:17. > :02:21.peace. Tributes and flowers today placed by the tree where the branch
:02:21. > :02:25.fell. Many more on the internet - and questions too. Sophie and her
:02:25. > :02:33.friends were only here because of strikes at school. A cruel twist of
:02:33. > :02:37.fate, which people here are trying to make sense of. Just upset that
:02:38. > :02:45.something like that could happen, someone so young could be heard. I
:02:45. > :02:49.saw a branch falling down, heard the crack, and I went over there.
:02:49. > :02:54.And a young girl was lying on the floor and she wasn't good at all,
:02:55. > :02:58.really. But tragedy, and of the teachers went on strike she would
:02:59. > :03:02.have been at school and still be here. Sophie's school in Sawtry
:03:02. > :03:06.said she was bright and cheerful and held in high regard, someone
:03:06. > :03:09.who appeared to have bright future in front of her. A teenager who
:03:09. > :03:19.leaves behind a twin brother who the family say is suffering greatly.
:03:19. > :03:19.
:03:19. > :03:24.Neighbours spoke of their sadness. Shocked, dumbfounded. It takes a
:03:25. > :03:31.lot to believe in. We were to go to school in the morning and come home
:03:31. > :03:37.at night. They are twins, a boy and a girl. You feel it probably a
:03:37. > :03:41.little bit more because of them being the family. To hear it, it
:03:41. > :03:44.took some believing. The bench where Sophie sat has been removed
:03:44. > :03:47.along with the branch that fell there. Police are not treating her
:03:48. > :03:57.death as suspicious. But why the branch broke is the question many
:03:57. > :04:03.is this community are asking. People sat save the's school today
:04:03. > :04:06.were given counselling. They also erected a tribute board. Earlier, I
:04:06. > :04:12.spoke to a friend of hers and he said it has been very difficult for
:04:12. > :04:17.everyone. I have known her for a year before secondary school
:04:17. > :04:21.because I used to go and talk to her here all the time. Then we
:04:21. > :04:26.started getting more from to a secondary school. How long have you
:04:27. > :04:34.know her? About three years. When you heard about this awful news,
:04:34. > :04:44.headed detected? Was in shock to start with. And I started to cry
:04:44. > :04:45.
:04:45. > :04:52.because I have heard bad news, but one of my friends... It was a shock.
:04:52. > :04:58.I couldn't cry to start with, and then I just started crying because
:04:58. > :05:05.I was so sad. One type of girl was she? He was a very happy, cheery
:05:05. > :05:11.girl. I have never seen her cry or getting a bad mood. Always seen her
:05:11. > :05:14.smile, laugh. We have learned tonight that the Health and Safety
:05:14. > :05:21.Executive will be helping police with their investigation. What they
:05:21. > :05:27.will be looking at that some of the branches here. Earlier branches had
:05:27. > :05:31.been taken earlier and they will be looking to see the other branches
:05:31. > :05:34.higher up. The disgraced Lord Hanningfield was
:05:34. > :05:38.sent to prison today, after being convicted of fiddling his
:05:38. > :05:41.parliamentary expenses. The former leader of Essex County Council is
:05:41. > :05:46.the latest high profile politician to go to jail over fraudulent
:05:46. > :05:51.expense claims. Today's court appearance comes two years after
:05:51. > :05:55.the police first interviewed Lord Hanningfield about his expenses. In
:05:55. > :05:59.February last year he was charged and forced to stand down as leader
:05:59. > :06:06.of the county council. In November, he launched a legal action to evade
:06:06. > :06:11.prosecution. That failed. In May this year, his trial got under way
:06:11. > :06:15.at Chelmsford Crown Court. Ten days later he was found guilty. Today,
:06:15. > :06:18.at just after 2 o'clock, he was jailed for nine months. Let's get
:06:18. > :06:24.the full story now from our home affairs correspondent, Sally
:06:24. > :06:29.Chidzoy. Good evening from outside Maidstone
:06:29. > :06:33.Crown Court in Kent. Write to the end, Lord Hanningfield had hoped
:06:33. > :06:37.that his poor health would save him from prison but tonight he is
:06:37. > :06:45.behind bars. Renowned for his love of good restaurants he must now
:06:45. > :06:49.face a prison menu, the price he must pay for cheating the tax payer.
:06:49. > :06:54.At 6:50am, Lord Hanningfield left his bungalow as usual to walk his
:06:54. > :06:58.job and been his rubbish but it was no ordinary day for the expenses
:06:58. > :07:03.fiddling peer and former leader of Essex County Council. It was the
:07:03. > :07:08.day he was to go to jail. He arrived at Maidstone Crown Court
:07:08. > :07:12.for sentencing. The man who claimed almost �14,000 for overnight stays
:07:12. > :07:17.and travelling to his work in the House of Lords was reduced to this.
:07:17. > :07:21.Sitting in the dock of Court Number seven. The defence did all that it
:07:21. > :07:25.could to try to keep Lord Hanningfield out of jail. It called
:07:26. > :07:28.upon a psychiatrist who told report that she felt that Lord
:07:28. > :07:33.Hanningfield was currently depressed. She told the judge that
:07:33. > :07:36.he had told her the anything he could do was to plunge a knife into
:07:36. > :07:40.his dog and then in himself. She said he had been talking today
:07:40. > :07:45.about jumping off a high building. But the judge was intent on jailing
:07:45. > :07:48.him, telling Lord Hanningfield he was important to bear in mind the
:07:48. > :07:53.sentences imposed on others who have been convicted of similar
:07:53. > :07:58.offences. He said greater trust was placed in pierced be honest in
:07:58. > :08:03.their claims for expenses. The public expects no less of them.
:08:03. > :08:05.Lord Hanningfield and others have broken that trust. As he was
:08:05. > :08:09.sentenced to nine months' imprisonment, Lord Hanningfield
:08:09. > :08:13.looked stunned. He seemed almost glued to his chair in the dock. He
:08:13. > :08:19.paused to take a sip of water before standing up and walking
:08:19. > :08:24.towards his guard. What do wide to now, he said. Just go down, came
:08:24. > :08:29.the reply. The dramatic downfall of Lord Hanningfield mark the end of
:08:30. > :08:36.an era at Essex County Council where he was the all-powerful
:08:36. > :08:46.leader, a Tory whose jailing follows an investigation dribble by
:08:46. > :08:47.
:08:47. > :08:51.that Liberal Democrat MP. There is now we a second claim by police. --
:08:51. > :08:55.second inquiry. In a statement tonight, Essex County Council said
:08:55. > :09:00.it was awaiting the outcome of Lord Hanningfield's appeal against his
:09:00. > :09:04.conviction. Until that time he remains a councillor. The council
:09:04. > :09:07.said it was continued co-operate with police on the second
:09:07. > :09:11.investigation and then it was inappropriate for them to comment
:09:11. > :09:14.until the inquiry was complete. Later on Look East, a warning from
:09:14. > :09:18.the Samaritans after two people meet through the internet to commit
:09:18. > :09:22.suicide. We meet the brother and sister from Essex hoping to make
:09:23. > :09:26.Mum proud by competing in next summer's Paralympics. In the
:09:26. > :09:29.weather, I've got your weekend forecast, plus a look back to the
:09:29. > :09:39.soggy June, the summer month which provided more rain than the whole
:09:39. > :09:42.A coroner said today that drugs were to blame for the death of a
:09:42. > :09:46.16-year-old girl and her father. The girl, who had complained of
:09:46. > :09:50.feeling unwell, stabbed her father and then herself. The father was
:09:50. > :09:53.heard to murmur, "Please stop, I love you, I love you." The incident
:09:53. > :09:57.happened in the family home at Sible Hedingham in Essex.
:09:57. > :10:01.Bernadette Bass - seen here with the blonde hair - prepared to hear
:10:01. > :10:05.details of the last moments of her husband and daughter as she arrived
:10:05. > :10:07.at the inquest this morning. It was at the family home on the 11th
:10:08. > :10:11.September last year that 16-year- old Margaret Pierides and her
:10:11. > :10:15.father Costas were found fatally injured. Post mortem examinations
:10:15. > :10:18.revealed both had died from stab wounds. Godfrey O'Toole, the senior
:10:18. > :10:21.investigating officer, said it was difficult to be sure what had
:10:21. > :10:27.happened but it appears that Margaret had had some sort of
:10:27. > :10:30.catastrophic breakdown. The coroner heard how Margaret's behaviour had
:10:31. > :10:35.changed. She'd had problems with drugs, episodes where she'd felt
:10:35. > :10:38.confused and dreams about killing her parents. Her mother said that
:10:38. > :10:41.the night before the stabbings Margaret had felt depressed and
:10:41. > :10:46.they'd spoken about seeing a psycologist. The next morning she
:10:46. > :10:51.said she found Margaret and Costas in the kitchen. She heard him
:10:51. > :10:54.saying "Stop it, I love you, stop it." She realised Margaret had a
:10:54. > :10:58.knife in her hand. She said Margaret didn't speak, just grabbed
:10:58. > :11:01.her hand. She said Margaret would never intentionally hurt her father
:11:01. > :11:06.Margaret Pierides was described as a lovely teenager, not aggressive
:11:06. > :11:10.and part of a close family unit. In her summing up, the coroner
:11:10. > :11:12.Caroline Beasley Murray said: "The tragic events of an ordinary
:11:12. > :11:17.Saturday morning highlight the dreadful risks young people take
:11:17. > :11:26.when they use drugs." She recorded a verdict of accidental death for
:11:26. > :11:30.Organisers of the Royal Norfolk Show have promised an investigation
:11:30. > :11:32.into traffic chaos which plagued the event yesterday. Up to 1,000
:11:33. > :11:36.people were stuck in queues surrounding the showground for up
:11:36. > :11:40.to four hours. Some visitors gave up and turned around because of the
:11:40. > :11:43.long wait to get into the site. An announcement on the future of
:11:43. > :11:47.the Chief Executive of Suffolk County Council, Ondrea Hill, is
:11:48. > :11:51.expected on Monday. She's been on paid leave for the past eight weeks
:11:51. > :11:54.so that whistleblowing allegations against her can be investigated. A
:11:54. > :11:57.special panel met yesterday and will meet again on Monday.
:11:58. > :12:01.A court heard today how a businessman drove his Aston Martin
:12:01. > :12:06.sports car at more than 140 miles an hour. Tobias Baker was chased
:12:06. > :12:11.after he shot past a police patrol car at Higham on the A14 in Suffolk
:12:11. > :12:15.last October. He escaped jail but was banned from the road for 18
:12:15. > :12:20.months. Tobias Baker leaving the crown
:12:20. > :12:23.court in Ipswich this afternoon, having admitted dangerous driving.
:12:23. > :12:27.The offence happened at Highham last year, just after 9 pm on
:12:27. > :12:31.Saturday 16th October. A stationary marked police car - by co-incidence
:12:31. > :12:36.there was one at the spot again today - saw Baker pass at speed,
:12:36. > :12:39.estimated at around 110-120 miles an hour. It went after him, but
:12:39. > :12:43.despite touching 140 miles an hour couldn't catch the defendant's car,
:12:43. > :12:52.which was accelerating further away. After six miles, Baker was
:12:52. > :12:58.eventually pulled over. When the defendant was asked why he was
:12:58. > :13:03.driving so fast, he told the police officer, I have no excuses, I was
:13:03. > :13:07.breaking the speed limit, stupid and irresponsible. His solicitor
:13:07. > :13:11.said his client had one simple appeal to make to the court.
:13:11. > :13:14.Anything but custody. The judge told Baker, who is 34 and had no
:13:14. > :13:18.previous convictions, that while it was a highly excessive speed, it
:13:18. > :13:22.didn't justify a prison term. He was told to do 180 hours of unpaid
:13:22. > :13:26.work, banned from the road for 18 months, and told to pay �1,200 in
:13:26. > :13:33.costs. He will also have to sit a driving retest before he gets his
:13:33. > :13:37.licence back. My road policing officers either all across the
:13:38. > :13:41.county to make sure the roads are safe. We have a really good road-
:13:41. > :13:45.safety record here in Suffolk and we want to keep it that way. Baker,
:13:45. > :13:48.who didn't want to comment after the case, no longer owns the Aston
:13:48. > :13:51.Martin. The court was told he's sold it since getting caught.
:13:51. > :13:54.Norwich City and Ipswich Town have confirmed new signings today.
:13:54. > :13:58.Midfielder Bradley Johnson joins the Canaries from Leeds United on a
:13:58. > :14:02.free transfer. Ipswich Town have snapped up 21-year-old defender
:14:02. > :14:04.Aaron Cresswell from Tranmere. Ipswich Hospital has been
:14:04. > :14:07.criticised by the Information Commissioner for losing
:14:07. > :14:11.confidential patient records. It follows an incident in February
:14:11. > :14:14.when a member of staff took home the records of 29 patients but then
:14:15. > :14:22.lost them. Ipswich Hospital is one of five NHS organisations which
:14:22. > :14:25.have recently breached the Data Protection Act.
:14:25. > :14:28.Drivers are to be charged more to use the Dartford crossing. The
:14:28. > :14:32.short journey over the Thames from Essex to Kent currently costs �1.50.
:14:32. > :14:34.But it could be �2.50 by the end of the year.
:14:34. > :14:38.When the Dartford Crossing was completed in the early '90s,
:14:38. > :14:42.motorists were told they would only have to pay tolls until the
:14:42. > :14:52.building costs had been paid off. That debt was paid eight years ago.
:14:52. > :14:54.
:14:54. > :15:00.Still the charges remain. In fact, they're due to go up. I use the
:15:00. > :15:04.crossing quite a lot and �2.50 is far too much. It is a recession and
:15:04. > :15:08.people are struggling to pay for things anyway. It is ridiculous.
:15:08. > :15:11.From the end of next year car drivers will pay an extra pound.
:15:11. > :15:14.Lorries, even more. With the crossing making a �45 million
:15:14. > :15:21.profit each year, some believe the price hikes are unnecessary and
:15:21. > :15:25.unfair. It is ridiculous that the government should be taking this
:15:25. > :15:29.line and we are appalled. The minister needs to wake up and smell
:15:29. > :15:34.the coffee. If the government wants to support small businesses, which
:15:34. > :15:38.they have said, they need to put words into action and do something.
:15:39. > :15:48.This is one area where they could do it very easily. In a statement,
:15:49. > :15:53.
:15:53. > :16:03.A public consultation is now under way. Drivers who use the crossing
:16:03. > :16:06.
:16:06. > :16:14.can have their say on the You're watching Look East from the
:16:14. > :16:17.BBC. Coming up. The story which had people fuming.
:16:17. > :16:21.Two strangers, who met through an internet forum on suicide, were
:16:21. > :16:26.found dead just days later. Today, the Samaritans warned against the
:16:26. > :16:30.darker side of the worldwide web. Joanne Lee from Essex and Stephen
:16:30. > :16:34.Lumb from West Yorkshire met up in a car park in Braintree. They took
:16:34. > :16:37.their own lives using a mixture of toxic chemicals. Both the coroner
:16:37. > :16:43.at today's inquest and the Samaritans expressed concern at the
:16:43. > :16:53.nature of the suicide forums. Kim Riley was at today's hearing in
:16:53. > :16:53.
:16:53. > :16:55.Chelmsford. Every inquest is a sombre affair,
:16:55. > :17:00.today's at County Hall particularly so. In the words of the coroner,
:17:00. > :17:04.these were the most tragic of deaths. The court heard how a 35-
:17:04. > :17:13.year-old Stephen Lumb from West Yorkshire, have met to Joanne Lee
:17:13. > :17:19.he lived alone in Great Notley mate on an internet site. She said she
:17:19. > :17:24.did not have the strength to do it on her own. This was the car found
:17:24. > :17:28.by police on an industrial estate in nine Puddy last September. He
:17:28. > :17:33.had driven from Yorkshire to meet Joe and face-to-face for the first
:17:34. > :17:38.and only time. Notices have been placed on the windows, warning of
:17:38. > :17:42.toxic chemicals inside. Fire fighters had to wear special
:17:42. > :17:45.protection suits to remove the bodies. Post mortem showed they
:17:45. > :17:49.died from chemical poisoning and two buckets of chemicals were found
:17:49. > :17:54.inside the car. The police concluded both were willing
:17:54. > :17:58.participants, there was no third party. The coroner said it was
:17:58. > :18:02.clear that the internet could be a force for good but the existence of
:18:02. > :18:07.these website showed how could be just the opposite. It was a very
:18:07. > :18:10.worrying trend. A warming trend as well for the Samaritans. For some
:18:10. > :18:18.people who were chatting to other distressed people online they can
:18:19. > :18:22.get help from that. By what it can do is it can reinforce two
:18:22. > :18:25.distressed people's negative feelings about life. It spirals out
:18:25. > :18:28.of control so they end up encouraging each other to do
:18:28. > :18:33.something, take their own lives, something they might not have done
:18:33. > :18:37.alone. After recording verdicts of suicide, the coroner told the
:18:37. > :18:42.families that these for two young people clearly much loved. She
:18:42. > :18:45.hoped they could well on the happy, positive memories. And if you are
:18:45. > :18:48.experiencing feelings of distress, despair or depression - and would
:18:48. > :18:58.like to talk to someone - you can call the Samaritans anonymously on
:18:58. > :19:01.08457 909090, or get more help On Look East last night we reported
:19:01. > :19:05.on the market town near Milton Keynes which is thinking about
:19:05. > :19:09.banning people from smoking in the streets. The idea left many of you
:19:09. > :19:12.fuming and spluttering. Some viewers welcomed the idea, saying
:19:12. > :19:16.they are fed up with breathing in cigarette smoke in the street. But
:19:16. > :19:22.others wondered where it would all end. Josef Hall reports now on the
:19:22. > :19:28.subject which has lit up Stony Stratford.
:19:28. > :19:32.I don't even Speight, it's not real pipe. But with the these Maicon not,
:19:32. > :19:37.using to have an opinion on whether Stony Stratford should be allowed
:19:37. > :19:43.to smoke or not. We had all sorts of e-mails Inc, including one who
:19:43. > :19:51.said, I think the smoking ban is ridiculous. Smokers pay most of the
:19:51. > :19:54.country's taxes. Another in Clacton on Sea says, I think it is a good
:19:54. > :20:00.thing that people are challenging people smoking in the streets. I
:20:00. > :20:05.think it is disgusting and unfair on those of us who want clean lungs.
:20:05. > :20:08.And ex-smokers says, with local shops closing all over the UK,
:20:09. > :20:14.Stony Stratford like everywhere else needs to attract customers on
:20:14. > :20:18.tried them somewhere else. I am joined by a fairly heavy weight
:20:18. > :20:23.guest to when assuming is a smoker. I am a smoker, but is not about
:20:23. > :20:28.that. It is about freedom of choice, about liberty, about the kind of
:20:28. > :20:33.country want to live in. What is Again to ban next, fish and chips,
:20:33. > :20:38.don't us, alcohol? Can we please get these awful people off our
:20:38. > :20:43.backs? The Smoking man has gone too far already. The pubs, cafes should
:20:43. > :20:47.be allowed to have separate smoking room. The last, and was the right
:20:47. > :20:52.one, the smoking ban has closed down clubs and cafes all over this
:20:52. > :20:58.country. We are grown-up, this is about liberty, it is about as
:20:58. > :21:04.making our own grown-up choices. I hope at a meeting on 19th July here
:21:04. > :21:09.in Stony Stratford, people tell them where to go. Thanks to you at
:21:09. > :21:13.home for the wealth of e-mails, text and phone calls.
:21:13. > :21:17.We are not going to smoke on the programme but a thing we should
:21:17. > :21:20.wear smoking jackets! You don't see them these days. Think of sporting
:21:20. > :21:23.siblings and straight away the likes of Jack and Bobby Charlton
:21:23. > :21:28.come to mind, or the Williams sisters. Well, there's another set
:21:28. > :21:31.of siblings on the block. James and Emma Hollis from Essex both have
:21:31. > :21:33.brittle bone disease, and this weekend they'll be swimming for
:21:33. > :21:36.Britain at the European Championships in Berlin.
:21:36. > :21:45.James and Emma Hollis can't remember a time when they have not
:21:45. > :21:49.been in plaster. They've broken their arms and legs several times.
:21:49. > :21:57.James has also smashed his ribs and his spine is fused with metal rods.
:21:58. > :22:02.Their x-rays are x-rated, like those of a stuntman. They are
:22:02. > :22:05.buying for Berlin. A went to the Europeans last time and I went on
:22:05. > :22:10.my own. Mum and dad went out but James didn't manage to come. It'll
:22:10. > :22:12.be nice to have been there this time. They have a conditon caled
:22:12. > :22:15.osteogenesis imperfecta. Brittle bone disease. Because of their
:22:15. > :22:25.brittle bones, swimming is the perfect sport and they are the
:22:25. > :22:26.
:22:26. > :22:32.perfect combination. We both live in west Essex, so just down the
:22:32. > :22:42.road. It would be amazing. It would be a first Paralympic Games for
:22:42. > :22:45.both of us. If we were both there, I reckon mum would be proud! Emma
:22:45. > :22:54.is a couple of years older. Emma is studying geography at university,
:22:54. > :22:59.but James is at home in Essex with Mum, Dad and dogs. It is it is
:22:59. > :23:02.really good to get them both at the same time. She was quicker than me
:23:02. > :23:06.when I was younger question is that bit older. I did like the day that
:23:07. > :23:10.I beat had the first time and enjoyed the case and that there
:23:10. > :23:14.where I beat her again! There was always rivalry. They live as the
:23:14. > :23:24.crow flies 20 minutes from the Olympic Park. First they'll take
:23:24. > :23:26.
:23:26. > :23:30.Berlin, but if they can stay out of That is one seriously proud mum.
:23:30. > :23:40.And we will be following their progress. Good luck to them this
:23:40. > :23:42.
:23:42. > :23:47.weekend. We had a very wet month and it was
:23:47. > :23:56.much needed rain for much of the reason. We can see some statistics
:23:56. > :24:01.sample the month of June, the regional average was 60 mm. But is
:24:01. > :24:06.a little bit above average for the month of June. But comparing that
:24:06. > :24:12.back to the springtime, we only had 10 mm in March, five in April and
:24:12. > :24:17.15 in made, which equals 30 mm. So we had twice the amount of rainfall
:24:17. > :24:23.in the month of June we head for the entire spring. So really a very
:24:23. > :24:33.wet period. If we go forward to the month of June, a few more
:24:33. > :24:42.
:24:42. > :24:47.statistics. A massive range of temperatures. That is about double
:24:47. > :24:51.the amount of rainfall for the average in the highest place. We
:24:51. > :24:56.have a settled spell of weather over the next few days. Looking
:24:56. > :25:01.pretty good for this weekend. Quite a bit of cloud earlier today but as
:25:01. > :25:06.we go into the evening that is melting away. Generally clear skies
:25:06. > :25:11.through the course of tonight. The lowest temperature overnight
:25:11. > :25:14.dropping to six or seven Celsius. It could be quite a chilly night in
:25:14. > :25:19.the rest of the region. But as a bit below average for the time of
:25:19. > :25:29.year. Knobbly wins mean you will stay a little bit milder on the
:25:29. > :25:32.coast -- more than the winds. Sunny spells, just a bit of patchy cloud.
:25:32. > :25:37.The best of the sunshine will be in the morning and in the afternoon
:25:37. > :25:42.the best of the sunshine will be around the coast. Top temperatures
:25:42. > :25:48.demurrer reaching up to 21 or 22 Celsius in the West. It will be a
:25:48. > :25:53.bit cooler with the north easterly winds. Saturday evening, fine and
:25:53. > :25:59.dry wit long clear spells. Looking forward into the rest of the
:25:59. > :26:09.weekend, a lot of sunshine on Sunday, particularly in the morning.
:26:09. > :26:13.The cloud will increase in the afternoon for a little while. The
:26:13. > :26:18.temperatures even higher on Monday, getting back into the very warm
:26:19. > :26:22.range. Our next chance of rain in the region coming either on Tuesday
:26:22. > :26:32.night or into Wednesday. A fine, dry spell of weather for the next
:26:32. > :26:35.
:26:35. > :26:43.few days. Light wind backs over the Can I just say sorry. I nearly
:26:43. > :26:48.forgot to introduce the weather! It is past my bedtime! I was upset
:26:48. > :26:53.because, as our main news, Britain's Andy Murray is out of
:26:53. > :26:58.Wimbledon. He took the first set but Rafael Nadal made a strong
:26:58. > :27:03.reply. Afterwards, Rafael Nadal said he felt sorry for the Scot and
:27:03. > :27:07.described him as a friend. Our reporter has been keeping an
:27:08. > :27:12.analytical eye on it. A fantastic game between two of the best
:27:12. > :27:19.players in the world at the moment. Big serves met by even bigger
:27:19. > :27:22.returns. These were the scenes in Norwich today, the big screen were
:27:22. > :27:28.lots of people stopped to watch the game. Some people went to watch it,
:27:28. > :27:32.others just enticed by the shopping as they wandered past. It started
:27:32. > :27:38.well fought Murray but then Rafael Nadal coming in to win the next
:27:38. > :27:43.three in a row. But before the defeat, these tennis fans told me
:27:43. > :27:48.exactly why they chose to watch the game outside. It is brilliant, the
:27:48. > :27:52.fact that Murray has got that far. Just to come here and be with
:27:52. > :27:56.everybody else, rooting for the same person. What has the
:27:56. > :28:01.atmosphere been like amongst the crowd? It has been fairly good.
:28:01. > :28:05.Everyone is behind him. Do you think it is good to give people an
:28:05. > :28:12.opportunity to come out here and get together and see someone from
:28:12. > :28:17.Britain. An unfair question, what about the final, can you make a
:28:17. > :28:22.prediction? Why don't we just toss a coin! It is the two best players
:28:22. > :28:29.in the world, and the BBC will have full coverage put on the internet