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:00:12. > :00:15.Good evening. Coming up, a ground- breaking day for the NHS or an

:00:15. > :00:21.accident waiting to happen? Hinchingbrooke Hospital divide

:00:21. > :00:27.opinion. I think it is devastating. The NHS was set up to be free to

:00:27. > :00:31.people other point of use and funded by taxation. Now there is a

:00:31. > :00:35.private company running it to have to make a profit. All change on the

:00:35. > :00:41.eastern front as the troops feel the effects of defence cuts.

:00:41. > :00:45.makes financial sense to close Waterbeach and sell it. The units

:00:45. > :00:51.there will have good memories of local area but they will build good

:00:51. > :00:54.memories with the area they go to in the future. A mother's plea for

:00:54. > :00:58.the girl from Suffolk to is one in a billion.

:00:58. > :01:08.And as Britain remembers, we have extraordinary footage of the

:01:08. > :01:15.

:01:15. > :01:19.The arguments are still raging tonight after one of our hospitals

:01:19. > :01:24.was taken over by a private company. The Government claims that it is a

:01:24. > :01:30.good deal for patients and staff. But the union's call it an accident

:01:30. > :01:33.waiting to happen. The hospital at Hinchingbrooke was

:01:33. > :01:38.described as a financial and clinical basket-case in parliament

:01:38. > :01:39.today, that had been at risk of closure. The new operator is a

:01:39. > :01:43.closure. The new operator is a private investment firm called

:01:43. > :01:49.Circle, being paid �1 billion of taxpayers' money to manage a

:01:49. > :01:54.hospital for the next 10 years. The deal comes three years after

:01:54. > :01:57.Hinchingbrooke ran up debts of �38 million. One year ago, Circle was

:01:57. > :02:02.named as the preferred bidder. Late last night, after months of delays,

:02:02. > :02:06.the firm was finally told it could go ahead. Circle officially takes

:02:06. > :02:15.over next February. In a moment, their Chief Executive talks about

:02:15. > :02:20.the plans. Our reporter is at Hinchingbrooke.

:02:20. > :02:24.Today has been a historic day. Not only for this hospital but for the

:02:24. > :02:30.NHS. Circle has been offered a contract to run this hospital for

:02:30. > :02:33.10 years. A hospital remains an NHS facility and the staff remain NHS

:02:33. > :02:37.facility and the staff remain NHS staff. But some people feel that

:02:37. > :02:41.this sets a dangerous precedent. Unison called the takeover an

:02:41. > :02:47.accident waiting to happen. They believe that there is no reason why

:02:47. > :02:51.this hospital's troubles cannot be sorted out by the NHS. It is

:02:51. > :02:57.devastating, to be honest. The NHS was set up to be too free to people

:02:57. > :03:02.at the point of use and funded by a taxation. Now we have a private

:03:02. > :03:08.company running it. Earlier this year, we visited an NHS Centre in

:03:08. > :03:13.Nottingham also managed by a Circle. Here, Circle claimed to have saved

:03:13. > :03:18.the NHS money. They also claim they have a patient approval rate of 90%.

:03:18. > :03:23.There are concerns that a district hospital like Hinchingbrooke

:03:23. > :03:27.presents Circle with a different set of challenges. A treatment

:03:27. > :03:33.centre is a planned place where people are booked in. You know what

:03:33. > :03:37.they're coming for and what they are -- when they are arriving, so

:03:37. > :03:40.you can tailor-make services. This is a walk in hospital with

:03:40. > :03:44.midwifery and accident and emergency. That is our concern,

:03:44. > :03:48.that they have no experience of running a general hospital. There

:03:48. > :03:52.are also concerns that as a private company, it will have to make money

:03:52. > :03:57.whilst also paying off debts. There are fears this could lead to

:03:57. > :04:01.services being cut. Will they guarantee to keep accident and

:04:01. > :04:05.emergency services at the hospital? Circle have a job of getting rid of

:04:05. > :04:09.debt. They have the job of efficiently running the hospital.

:04:09. > :04:14.It would be perfect for them if there was no accident and emergency

:04:14. > :04:18.and maternity services. But the NHS and the Government were today quick

:04:18. > :04:24.to reassure people that Circle is committed to maintaining services

:04:24. > :04:27.and jobs. There are no plans to change services at this point.

:04:27. > :04:31.Maternity and accident and emergency remain. That is categoric.

:04:31. > :04:34.There are no plans to change services at Hinchingbrooke.

:04:34. > :04:40.confident that this is the best way forward to establish this hospital

:04:40. > :04:45.once again on a firm footing to meet the finest health care for

:04:45. > :04:49.constituents and those of Honourable Members in the area.

:04:49. > :04:57.is now the hard work begins to prepare the hospital and staff for

:04:57. > :04:59.the changes and challenges that lie ahead.

:05:00. > :05:04.Despite these assurances, I have spoken to some people today who are

:05:04. > :05:08.still unclear as to how this will work. How will a private company

:05:08. > :05:12.make money for itself whilst clearing a �38 million debt and

:05:12. > :05:19.maintaining services? We will find out more in February when Circle

:05:19. > :05:22.takeover. Earlier, I spoke to the Chief

:05:23. > :05:27.Executive of Circle, Ali Parsa. I started by asking him how the

:05:27. > :05:31.company intended to pay off a hospital's debt within 10 years and

:05:31. > :05:36.make a profit. We're going to do that in the same way that any

:05:36. > :05:40.reasonable, rational household is dealing with finances today. By

:05:40. > :05:46.being more efficient, more productive and doing more with the

:05:46. > :05:50.resources that we have, and getting rid of waste, bureaucracy, layers

:05:50. > :05:55.of things that waste our time and effort. We have done it in

:05:55. > :06:00.Nottingham and Bath, and we will do it here. The result will be really

:06:00. > :06:03.good for patients. I am sure there are many ways in which there can be

:06:03. > :06:08.improvements in the NHS as far as bureaucracy is concerned, but the

:06:08. > :06:11.fact remains that this will still be an NHS operation. You cannot

:06:11. > :06:15.just ditched the bureaucracy and save money that way. There will

:06:15. > :06:21.still need to be paperwork and bureaucracy because you're still

:06:21. > :06:28.providing an NHS service. Absolutely. We do the same thing in

:06:28. > :06:33.Nottingham. We have NHS staff within the NHS family. With the

:06:33. > :06:38.idea of them joining us, productivity improved by 18%. 996

:06:38. > :06:41.out of 1000 patients said they would recommend it. You or eight

:06:41. > :06:45.times less likely to go back into an operating theatre if you have an

:06:45. > :06:49.operation in this facility. Why? Because the doctors and nurses can

:06:49. > :06:53.make decisions on what is good for patients and implement them. They

:06:53. > :06:57.did not need to write a paper on it, and give it to someone else. It is

:06:57. > :07:02.not about the people, it is about the system. The unions are very

:07:02. > :07:06.concerned, calling it an accident waiting to happen. They are worried

:07:06. > :07:10.about the fact that you're going to have to cut the numbers of staff in

:07:10. > :07:19.order to pay off the debt. Can you guarantee staffing levels will not

:07:19. > :07:25.be reduced? You can guarantee that we are about providing more

:07:25. > :07:30.services with existing resources. Some people have written the

:07:30. > :07:34.catchphrase, an accident waiting to happen. You say that unions are

:07:35. > :07:39.against this, I have only heard one union and one official says

:07:39. > :07:42.something. That was the Royal College of Nurses, and they have

:07:42. > :07:46.been a great supporter of what we're trying to do. Local doctors

:07:46. > :07:51.have written to the Prime Minister asking for this to happen. This is

:07:51. > :07:55.about saving a local hospital and creating a model that other

:07:55. > :08:00.hospitals can learn from. What about concerns that have been

:08:00. > :08:04.raised about Circle itself, your financial stability and your

:08:04. > :08:10.political backing, which Labour say is very much to do with the

:08:10. > :08:14.Conservative Party. That is just not true. The last four for five

:08:14. > :08:22.years, we have raised more money more successfully in the middle of

:08:22. > :08:27.the recession -- than many governments have been able to do.

:08:27. > :08:30.There is no question about that. Do some of those people who invest in

:08:30. > :08:34.our organisation support one political party versus another? I

:08:34. > :08:37.am sure they do, but I used to have this conversation with the

:08:37. > :08:42.leadership of the Labour Party when they were in power, about how we

:08:42. > :08:47.could do something extraordinary. Remember, this process started

:08:47. > :08:51.during the Labour government. This is about a simple debate. Does a

:08:51. > :08:56.small hospital in Britain work or do we shut them down and give them

:08:56. > :09:01.to the big hospitals to operate as another alternative? We believe

:09:01. > :09:05.that small community hospitals are the jewel in the crown of the NHS

:09:05. > :09:09.and by giving the power to the local doctors and nurses, we think

:09:09. > :09:15.we can demonstrate how they can do it extremely well.

:09:15. > :09:19.Thank you very much. It has been confirmed that Waterbeach Barracks

:09:19. > :09:23.near Cambridge will close as part of the defence cuts. The decision

:09:23. > :09:27.means nearly 1000 soldiers and families will be relocated to

:09:27. > :09:36.Scotland. The decision is part of a wider shake-up aimed at bringing

:09:36. > :09:40.troops home from Germany. For a region that is very dependent

:09:40. > :09:47.on defence matters, it is going to affect our part of the world quite

:09:47. > :09:51.significantly. The headlines from today's announcement, Firstly 930

:09:51. > :09:57.personnel and families from the Engineer Regiment here will move to

:09:57. > :10:05.RAF Kinloss. Another 44 from 12 Engineer Group also based here will

:10:05. > :10:08.move to RAF Wittering. 2nd Battalion the Royal Anglians will

:10:08. > :10:12.Battalion the Royal Anglians will move 620 soldiers from Cyprus to

:10:12. > :10:15.RAF Cottesmore or just over the border. Foreign made the biggest

:10:15. > :10:20.border. Foreign made the biggest impact will be here in Waterbeach.

:10:20. > :10:24.-- far and away, the biggest impact. This is what 39 Engineer Regiment

:10:24. > :10:28.does best, construction in conflict zones. Their role in building

:10:29. > :10:33.infrastructure in Afghanistan has been vital. Based at Waterbeach for

:10:33. > :10:37.44 years, they had to Scotland next summer. Those who depend on income

:10:37. > :10:46.from the base are not surprised or happy. We count on the barracks for

:10:46. > :10:49.money. When they go, it will affect us. The day have been very helpful

:10:49. > :10:58.and they are no trouble at all. -- they have been very helpful.

:10:58. > :11:01.could be worse -- it could be worse -- it could be worth �100,000 worth

:11:01. > :11:07.although money that we will lose. Another fear is that the barracks

:11:07. > :11:11.will be sold off, prime real estate for 13,000 new homes. The community

:11:11. > :11:15.has fought off the threat of the New Town three times previously.

:11:15. > :11:23.Residents are clear that they do not want 13,000 houses dumped on

:11:23. > :11:28.them. One to be just a high-value site and it makes sense financially

:11:28. > :11:31.to close it and sell it. -- Waterbeach is a high value site.

:11:31. > :11:35.The units based here will have good memories but they will build good

:11:35. > :11:41.memories of the area they are going to a. For other units, it is a game

:11:41. > :11:44.of musical chairs. This unit, training in Norfolk, will return to

:11:44. > :11:49.their heartland. Many recruits come from Cambridgeshire and the

:11:49. > :11:53.neighbouring counties. Their sister Battalion in Surrey, where so many

:11:53. > :11:57.have been welcomed home from Afghanistan, is currently moving to

:11:57. > :12:01.Wilshere to make room for members of the Yorkshire Regiment. One

:12:01. > :12:05.common thread is that soldiers from three local units are moving to

:12:05. > :12:08.former air bases. One of them, until recently, the home of the

:12:08. > :12:18.Harrier. An indication that there may be a new lease of life at aria

:12:18. > :12:18.

:12:18. > :12:26.footering. A major blow for Waterbeach. -- RAF

:12:26. > :12:30.Wittering. Some of the engineers here at Waterbeach are currently

:12:30. > :12:35.serving in the heat off Afghanistan. But this time next year, they will

:12:35. > :12:39.be experiencing the autumnal chill of northern Scotland. I have to one

:12:39. > :12:44.year, this is not the end of the defence cuts. There is more pain to

:12:44. > :12:48.come. -- I have to warn you. More to come, including a report

:12:48. > :12:52.from Brussels were one of our MPs is heading a campaign against

:12:52. > :12:57.bureaucratic waste. And on the eve of Armistice Day,

:12:57. > :13:07.recently restored film showing the horror of war. That is after a

:13:07. > :13:07.

:13:07. > :13:11.closer look at the news where you Details emerged today of another

:13:11. > :13:16.carbon monoxide tragedy in Essex. On Monday, we reported on a couple

:13:16. > :13:20.found dead at their homes in Wickford. Today, an inquest heard

:13:20. > :13:25.how two pensioners in Southend were also overcome by poisonous fumes.

:13:25. > :13:29.It looks comfortable on naff but this bungalow was a death trap for

:13:29. > :13:33.the elderly couple who lived in there. -- comfortable enough. The

:13:34. > :13:37.bodies were found side by side in the bed nude -- in the bedroom. One

:13:37. > :13:42.of the couple's sons noticed a piece of toast on the bedside table.

:13:42. > :13:48.In the kitchen, the Grill was on. It was later found to emit a

:13:48. > :13:52.dangerous level of carbon monoxide. At an inquest, the coroner,

:13:52. > :13:57.pictured at an earlier hearing, recorded the cause of death as

:13:57. > :14:00.carbon monoxide toxicity. Afterwards, the family urged

:14:00. > :14:08.everybody to have gas appliances checked and to get carbon monoxide

:14:08. > :14:16.monitors. A or I can say to people out there with elderly parents,

:14:16. > :14:21.please, please get them a carbon monoxide detector. -- all I can say.

:14:21. > :14:26.For their own safety and state of mind, please buy one of these. It

:14:26. > :14:30.may save their lives. Even as a Christmas present. You do not know

:14:30. > :14:37.what to buy people, get their gas appliances fixed and serviced. Get

:14:37. > :14:40.them checked out, because it could save their lives. The bodies of

:14:40. > :14:44.Lesley Ann Pamela Cox were discovered on Sunday. They are also

:14:44. > :14:48.thought to be victims of carbon monoxide poisoning. Flowers cover

:14:48. > :14:55.the drive of their home. Today, in response to the tragedy, the Essex

:14:55. > :14:59.fire service urged everyone to get carbon monoxide monitors.

:14:59. > :15:05.Four men have been charged with manslaughter after the death of a

:15:05. > :15:09.man outside Churchill's Bar in Southend. The 37-year-old was found

:15:09. > :15:12.with serious head injuries in June. The men will appear before

:15:12. > :15:18.magistrates later this month. The death of a Red Arrows pilot has

:15:18. > :15:20.led to the temporary grounding of Tornado jets based in Norfolk.

:15:20. > :15:24.Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham died this week when his ejector

:15:24. > :15:31.seat activated on the ground. The Tornado jets are fitted with the

:15:31. > :15:34.same type of seat. Next the story of Kiera, a seven-

:15:34. > :15:38.year-old prone to outbursts of violence. It is down to a medical

:15:38. > :15:42.condition so rare that only six people and the world are known to

:15:42. > :15:46.have it. She lives in Ipswich and her family say coping is a daily

:15:46. > :15:50.struggle. That is why they are appealing for backing to help her.

:15:51. > :16:00.This is Kiera. When we first meet, she is shy of the camera but soon

:16:00. > :16:07.she is talkative and polite. How does this switch to best? Stop! --

:16:07. > :16:10.switch to this. Mahseer bears the bruises. She took the child in as a

:16:10. > :16:15.baby and adopted her. But her condition means that three parts of

:16:15. > :16:18.her brain are underdeveloped, so there is a whole host of learning

:16:18. > :16:25.problems and that uncontrollable anger at this book of the switch.

:16:25. > :16:28.Some days she is not a pleasure. -- at the flick of a switch. She can

:16:28. > :16:33.be so aggressive and volatile. But there is no medication that can

:16:33. > :16:38.come her down. You have to learn to live with that. She wants to create

:16:38. > :16:42.a wet room and a safe from at their council home. The cost would be

:16:42. > :16:47.around �30,000 but funding has proved elusive. Extra money has

:16:47. > :16:52.been secured in the classroom. Here, two teaching assistants are on hand

:16:52. > :16:57.to help her. The school is fully aware of the pressures that the

:16:57. > :17:02.family is facing. I have been working with the family since Kiera

:17:02. > :17:07.came into the school. We talk of the day. I have seen the pressures

:17:07. > :17:15.that she is under an they are enormous. I wish there was someone

:17:15. > :17:18.they could help. Because I do not seem to get anywhere with her. I

:17:18. > :17:21.have been to all the medical people and what have you, and we'll sit

:17:21. > :17:26.around the table and they say that they're going to do this but

:17:26. > :17:33.nothing ever happens. The school is the only support that I have,

:17:34. > :17:41.really. With that frustration comes a determination to fight on. A

:17:41. > :17:46.fund-raising charity ball will take place later this month.

:17:46. > :17:50.Henry Bellingham is calling for new waste schemes to be discussed after

:17:50. > :17:52.plans for a King's Lynn incinerator were thrown into chaos. The

:17:52. > :17:57.Environment Secretary said yesterday that she will not release

:17:57. > :18:01.a grant of �169 million for the project because of the scale of

:18:01. > :18:04.local opposition. Campaigners have held several protests to try to

:18:04. > :18:08.stop it. The new facility is plans to produce electricity and burn

:18:08. > :18:12.waste. Steve Roberts, a football coach

:18:12. > :18:19.from Suffolk has won the gold award for his online training videos. So

:18:19. > :18:22.far, 40,000 people have watched his videos online.

:18:22. > :18:30.Football is my passion. It is something I have been doing all my

:18:30. > :18:34.life. Meet the coach who is taking the web by storm. Steve Roberts is

:18:34. > :18:39.from Bury St Edmunds. He has just been crowned one of YouTube's next

:18:39. > :18:47.trainers. We are going to test out your balance. Tapped the side of

:18:47. > :18:55.the ball. What you see online is also taught in Suffolk. I wanted to

:18:55. > :18:58.see if it could work for me. Keep the ball close. He does a to a

:18:58. > :19:05.clear overwhelming. I could not imagine what start and when I

:19:05. > :19:10.started uploading the videos. The response has been fantastic. -- I

:19:10. > :19:18.could not imagine what happened. claims that the videos are for all

:19:18. > :19:22.abilities. Maybe that is why they had been used 17.6 million times.

:19:22. > :19:27.He runs the St our skills school. As a father, he knows how to get

:19:28. > :19:32.the most from his pupils. Not only teaching fancy footwork, but a good

:19:33. > :19:41.attitude and respect. And it is paying off. Some of these

:19:41. > :19:49.youngsters have caught the eye of League clubs. He makes me really

:19:49. > :19:53.good and he can show me everything in the world. Mr Roberts has won a

:19:53. > :19:56.global Ward, does that make you feel proud? Very proud. His prize,

:19:56. > :20:06.new filming kit and his work promoted to the hundreds of

:20:06. > :20:14.

:20:14. > :20:17.First it was Greece. Now it is Italy. The crisis in the Eurozone

:20:17. > :20:23.is still dominating the news but there is another battle about to

:20:23. > :20:26.begin in Europe over the EU budget. Brussels is asking for a 5%

:20:26. > :20:31.increase in member contributions but many countries say it should be

:20:31. > :20:37.making cuts. One of our Euro-MPs has caused a stir by claiming that

:20:37. > :20:42.the EU could save millions by cutting down on bureaucracy.

:20:42. > :20:47.This report from Brussels. Is this the latest example of EU

:20:47. > :20:51.waste? For Parliament in Brussels has just spent 20 million euros on

:20:51. > :20:55.a visitor centre. If that is not enough, it also plans to open a

:20:55. > :20:59.museum to celebrate European democracy. In the eyes of many

:20:59. > :21:03.Eurosceptics, this is just the latest proof that the bureaucracy

:21:03. > :21:09.of Parliament is out of control. parliament is about its members but

:21:09. > :21:16.actually, this Parliament is about its officials. There are over 6000

:21:16. > :21:20.of them. Over 50% have increased in the last five or six years. They

:21:20. > :21:27.work out of 62 different buildings, double the number they had 10 years

:21:27. > :21:31.ago. Mr Van Orton has always felt strongly about waste which is why

:21:31. > :21:35.he has set up a think-tank to reduce the budget. Very quickly,

:21:35. > :21:39.you could save several hundred million. With a bit more effort,

:21:39. > :21:43.you could save nearly half a billion. The report says that

:21:43. > :21:48.ending the month we move to Strasbourg would save 200 million

:21:48. > :21:52.euros, cutting back on translation another hundred. He questions why

:21:53. > :22:02.Parliament spends millions on into the Asian offices and a TV channel

:22:02. > :22:07.with just 60,000 subscribers. -- millions on information offices.

:22:07. > :22:14.Democracy thrives on dialogue with the public. They are not receiving

:22:14. > :22:18.the reportage that they need. And that they deserve. Parliament has

:22:18. > :22:22.announced a freeze in allowances but the Tories, along with Labour

:22:22. > :22:27.and UKIP, say that in a time of austerity, they should be doing

:22:27. > :22:31.more. It is worth remembering that the cost of running this place

:22:31. > :22:35.amounts to 1% of the entire EU budget. If the European Union is

:22:35. > :22:38.going to make serious savings, it will not be here, but Mr Van Orton

:22:38. > :22:45.believes that cutting back on bureaucracy would at least be an

:22:45. > :22:50.important gesture. On the Politics Show this week, we

:22:50. > :22:56.will be finding out what the region's Europe MPs make of the

:22:56. > :23:00.European crisis and what it means for Britain's role in Europe.

:23:00. > :23:03.A documentary about the Battle of the Somme will be screened in our

:23:03. > :23:07.region for the first time this weekend. It will be shown in

:23:07. > :23:17.Norwich on Remembrance Sunday. We have been watching a film which

:23:17. > :23:19.

:23:19. > :23:25.could change the way that we think The documentary was filmed in the

:23:25. > :23:29.early days of summer 1916. A caption refers to platoons of

:23:29. > :23:33.Bedfords and Suffolks moving up on the evening before the attack. It

:23:33. > :23:38.was a propaganda film. When it was released, an estimated 20 million

:23:38. > :23:43.people saw it. Today, the documentary is that helping to

:23:43. > :23:47.change the way that historian's view the battle. The image we used

:23:47. > :23:51.to have of lions led by donkeys, of the generals being butchers who

:23:51. > :23:57.were unconcerned by what was going on, it does not fit with the

:23:57. > :24:04.reality. The generals involved were learning how to fight this form of

:24:04. > :24:08.modern industrial warfare. We see the Battle of the Somme as part of

:24:08. > :24:11.a learning curve for the British Armed Forces. Eight terribly costly

:24:11. > :24:16.learning curve that involved immense human suffering but not a

:24:16. > :24:20.complete waste. It is believed one sequence of British soldiers going

:24:20. > :24:25.over the top was recreated for the cameras, but that is only a small

:24:25. > :24:33.part of the film. On the first day of the battle, the British suffered

:24:33. > :24:37.60,000 casualties, 20,000 dead. Was it a waste? John Wickham describes

:24:37. > :24:40.the Somme as useless slaughter. He fought in the Norfolk Regiment

:24:40. > :24:44.during the Second World War. The regiment lost thousands of men at

:24:44. > :24:54.the Somme. I should not have said useless. It achieved its result in

:24:54. > :24:55.

:24:55. > :25:00.the end, but as an old soldier, I feel that many lives were lost

:25:00. > :25:05.unnecessarily. The film is being shown at Cinema City in Norwich,

:25:05. > :25:14.part of the reels of history series. The screening is a reminder of the

:25:14. > :25:15.sacrifice made by so many at the Battle of the Somme.

:25:15. > :25:20.Battle of the Somme. And to the weather.

:25:20. > :25:24.Good evening. A cloudy day across much of the area. I want to start

:25:25. > :25:32.off by showing you the Sun said yesterday. This is a picture taken

:25:32. > :25:37.at Bradwell Creek in Essex. As we go through tonight, there is a lot

:25:37. > :25:41.of cloud coming in from the east. Low pressure down to the south-west

:25:41. > :25:45.pushing France into central and western parts. This area of high

:25:45. > :25:50.pressure continues to hold. It is going to push quite a bit of cloud

:25:50. > :25:54.towards us through the night. That big area of cloud edging into the

:25:54. > :25:58.West. That will cover the region by the end of the night. Bring us

:25:58. > :26:02.patchy drizzle overnight, rather cloudy and wild but that drizzle

:26:03. > :26:06.coming in as we go through the night. Clear intervals at first but

:26:06. > :26:11.a lot of cloud and light showers across the Midlands. As we go

:26:11. > :26:17.through the night, the patchy light rain will spread in. Mist patches

:26:17. > :26:26.towards the end of the night. Low temperatures tonight. It will be

:26:26. > :26:29.quite mild, 10 and 11 near the coast. Colder inland. The wind will

:26:29. > :26:39.pick up as we go through the morning. Four tomorrow itself, we

:26:39. > :26:42.

:26:42. > :26:52.will begin with a cloudy start. Some drizzle at first. By the

:26:52. > :26:54.

:26:54. > :26:57.afternoon, the top temperatures at 1213. -- at 12 or 13. It will

:26:57. > :27:02.brighten up for a time in the afternoon but as we go into the

:27:02. > :27:08.evening, it will cloud back over. Patchy rain spreading in from the

:27:08. > :27:16.West. That will dampen down the ground. That front will push away

:27:16. > :27:21.to the north. If we look at the outlook, there will be a little bit