:00:24. > :00:28.It's hassle-free shopping. There is necessity to get in your car and
:00:28. > :00:32.park. There are no costs involved there. Hello from Stuart and me.
:00:32. > :00:37.Also tonight, the region's budget airlines join forces to demand an
:00:37. > :00:41.end to the tax on flying. hasn't George Osborne scrapped the
:00:41. > :00:47.tax? Because he lacks the balls. Suffolk today, it's master class
:00:47. > :00:57.from Marco for the chefs of the future. And we go inside the home
:00:57. > :01:01.
:01:01. > :01:04.of a breakfast favourite across the Hello.
:01:04. > :01:07.The Christmas shopping season gets underway across the region tonight
:01:07. > :01:10.with many shops pinning their hopes on making some money over the next
:01:10. > :01:13.few weeks. For some it will be the difference between survival and
:01:13. > :01:15.going under. Official figures out today show
:01:15. > :01:19.retail spending holding up despite the highest unemployment rate for
:01:19. > :01:26.17 years.. Shop sales rose by just under one per cent in October
:01:26. > :01:30.compared with the same time last year. But experts say that was at
:01:30. > :01:40.the cost of heavy discounting and sales. Smaller stores did better -
:01:40. > :01:42.
:01:42. > :01:44.up 5.3%. But the larger stores saw takings dip by 0.3%. Tonight, it's
:01:44. > :01:48.late-night shopping with many places putting on special events to
:01:48. > :01:52.entice shoppers. The region's biggest shopping
:01:52. > :01:59.centre is Norwich where almost �1.2 billion was spent in the last year.
:01:59. > :02:01.Milton Keynes is next with a spend of just over a billion. Then it's
:02:01. > :02:08.Lakeside in Essex, Cambridge, Ipswich and Colchester. Let's get
:02:08. > :02:12.some more details now from Alex Dunlop in Norwich.
:02:12. > :02:16.In Norwich, this happens to be the 10th biggest shopping centre in the
:02:16. > :02:20.country. This gives you an idea why retail is so important in the east
:02:20. > :02:25.of England. In the next couple of minutes or so the city's Festival
:02:25. > :02:30.of Lights are going to be going on. This is late-night shopping, so for
:02:30. > :02:35.these retailers and for retailers across the region, tonight will be
:02:35. > :02:40.a real litmus test to gauge the mood of shoppers. Big discounts,
:02:40. > :02:47.the warm weather, food wars - whatever the reason, at least we're
:02:47. > :02:51.shopping more than last year, but retailers cannot rest on their pre-
:02:51. > :02:56.Christmas laurels.Ate after 180 years, this store in Durham is
:02:56. > :02:59.closing. They just can't get enough trade.
:02:59. > :03:03.I reckon it's one of the best shops in town. They definitely tightened
:03:03. > :03:07.the belt. It's really bad. You really feel it, especially this
:03:07. > :03:12.time of year with Christmas. have cut right back. It is a shame,
:03:12. > :03:15.but then again, this is the climate, isn't it? While it is hard times,
:03:15. > :03:20.we don't want to talk ourselves into a recession. I think if we
:03:20. > :03:25.talk ourselves up, a bit of optimism will at least encourage
:03:25. > :03:32.people to spend even in these hard times. Some towns in the region are
:03:32. > :03:36.faring worse than others. A straw poll in Ipswich has found an 11%
:03:36. > :03:42.rise in two years. Where retailers move out, charity shops tend to
:03:42. > :03:46.move in. This was once a thriving Virgin music store. In January the
:03:46. > :03:49.British Heart Foundation will take over the top floor, but the
:03:49. > :03:53.landlords insist there are fewer empty units than this time last
:03:53. > :03:57.year. We have a complete buzz in the shopping centre. Everyone seems
:03:57. > :04:01.to be out shopping. We do feel we're busier. I thought we were
:04:01. > :04:04.supposed to be going through a tough time. It's strange. I know
:04:04. > :04:09.that's what the reports say, but we're not seeing that at the moment.
:04:09. > :04:13.For us, it seems to be doing well. The next few weeks must be critical
:04:13. > :04:17.for you. Absolutely. Christmas is always a telling time for retailers
:04:17. > :04:21.to see how they do. Christmas is a time when people spend the most
:04:21. > :04:26.money. There are a lot more sales. Stores have to do what they can to
:04:26. > :04:30.get people in the doors. Shopping centres are about to say the glass
:04:30. > :04:37.is half full. I don't want to be a horrible Scrooge, but there was a
:04:37. > :04:42.survey out by the Nationwide saying consumer confidence was at an all-
:04:42. > :04:47.time low. The average of 78 points I am afraid hit a rock bottom of 36
:04:47. > :04:57.points. Yes, retail figures are encouraging, but as any analyst
:04:57. > :04:58.
:04:58. > :05:00.will tell you, don't look at the one figure. Look at the trend.
:05:00. > :05:03.Once again, the star performers this Christmas will almost
:05:03. > :05:06.certainly be the people who sell online. The biggest in the country,
:05:06. > :05:08.Amazon, is based in Milton Keynes, but there are many more going on-
:05:08. > :05:14.line. For more than 150 years Barwell's
:05:14. > :05:18.has sold its pies and meat to the people of Bury St Edmunds, but on
:05:18. > :05:22.Christmas eve, the shop will close its doors and move to the virtual
:05:22. > :05:26.High Street. I'll have the red onion as well. It's not a prospect
:05:26. > :05:30.the owner welcomes, but with a steady trend of customers shopping
:05:30. > :05:35.on the internet, he believes the future for his business is online.
:05:35. > :05:39.At my age, I'm sad of any change, but life goes on, and you have to
:05:39. > :05:43.respond to it. As an overall economy we have 40 employees
:05:43. > :05:47.excluding casual labour. We have to plan a company that gives them a
:05:47. > :05:51.career base of 15 years. From the warehouse in Bedfordshire, the food
:05:51. > :05:56.is prepared and shipped all over the country. Closing the shop means
:05:56. > :05:59.the business can make savings of scale, but his customers back in
:05:59. > :06:04.Bury are disappointed. People just can't compete with the supermarkets,
:06:04. > :06:10.unfortunately. It's very sad for us. I will investigate the shopping
:06:10. > :06:14.online. It's not the same, really, as coming in and having a chat.
:06:14. > :06:20.family-run firm will join the virtual ranks of online giant
:06:20. > :06:23.Amazon shipping goods from their warehouse near Milton Keynes, the
:06:23. > :06:30.world's largest online retailer employs hundreds of people in the
:06:30. > :06:34.east. It's another booming trade in Haiverhill. Fig Leaves which sells
:06:34. > :06:38.lingerie gets more than a million hits on its website each month.
:06:38. > :06:42.With rising petrol prices, they believe customers welcome shopping
:06:42. > :06:46.from their front room. I think it's hassel-free shopping. There is no
:06:46. > :06:49.necessity to get in your car, to go and park, so you've got no costs
:06:49. > :06:54.involved there. We offer great advice over the phone. You can try
:06:54. > :06:58.the items on at home and then, you know, we can offer you after-sales
:06:58. > :07:02.service, if necessary, so it's just, you know, a hassel-free service.
:07:02. > :07:06.The High Street may not be flourishing, but many retailers say
:07:06. > :07:12.online is, and for shops like Barwell's, the mantra is you have
:07:12. > :07:16.to change to survive. Everything is subject to evolution.
:07:16. > :07:18.We don't have to like it, but if we're wise, we recognise and
:07:18. > :07:22.respond to it. So can shoppers afford Christmas
:07:22. > :07:24.this year? With me in the studio is Richard Proctor, a retail analyst
:07:24. > :07:27.with Grant Thornton, and in Milton Keynes we've got Fiona Ellis-
:07:27. > :07:35.Chadwick, a senior lecturer in retail management at the Open
:07:35. > :07:38.University. If I can start with you, are you surprised by any of these
:07:38. > :07:43.figures today to see they're actually going up? I think we're
:07:43. > :07:46.all surprised, to be honest, because, as we know, disposable
:07:46. > :07:50.incomes are under pressure. Unemployment is rising, so all the
:07:50. > :07:56.science were that we were expecting a decrease, but an increase month
:07:56. > :08:00.on month and year on year - very good news. What do you put that
:08:00. > :08:04.down to? I think there are local factors. The mild weather probably
:08:04. > :08:09.helped. Digital switch-over in this region probably helped, so a
:08:09. > :08:13.combination of different things. People buying new televisions and
:08:13. > :08:18.set-top boxes. Set-top boxes, indeed. We're seeing the retailers
:08:18. > :08:22.discounting and earlier than expected. So a crucial few weeks
:08:22. > :08:28.ahead. Fiona, you look at the trends of shopping. Obviously, one
:08:28. > :08:36.of the biggest trends is the move to more online shopping.
:08:36. > :08:39.Yes. One pound in every ten is now being spent online, but most savvy
:08:39. > :08:43.retailers understand having a multi-channel approach to retailing,
:08:43. > :08:47.which means they're in the High Street. They're online. They have
:08:47. > :08:50.catalogues. They're mobile, so it's just a changing retail environment,
:08:50. > :08:54.and what you do have to remember is whilst these figures are showing
:08:54. > :08:59.that spending is up, when you factor in inflation, actually,
:09:00. > :09:04.that's not looking so good. The pound in the shopper's pocket is
:09:04. > :09:09.really being eroded, and shoppers are currently - they're spending.
:09:09. > :09:15.They're buying food, and that's a priority at Christmas. What will be
:09:15. > :09:20.much more interesting will actually - to see at the end of the
:09:20. > :09:22.Christmas trading period how the money is being spent. Is there a
:09:22. > :09:27.much bigger increase at Christmas in the online shopping because
:09:27. > :09:30.people don't want to face the Christmas rush and the crowd? So
:09:30. > :09:35.they actually do it online during the Christmas period, but maybe go
:09:35. > :09:43.back to the shops to do their traditional shopping afterwards?
:09:43. > :09:49.have become really savvy. In the UK, we're really avaricious at spending
:09:49. > :09:53.online. We have come to love it. You can be objective about what you
:09:53. > :09:58.buy online, so really calculated, and that's really bad news for
:09:58. > :10:01.retailers because it takes away that impulse spend. One of the big
:10:01. > :10:06.challenges for High Street retailers to get the consumers into
:10:06. > :10:10.the store, but discounting prices is not going to be the only thing
:10:10. > :10:14.shoppers are going to be interested in. There's got to be something
:10:14. > :10:18.extra. Richard, very briefly, a crucial few weeks ahead for those
:10:18. > :10:28.trying to sell their goods. Indeed. The next few weeks will be critical.
:10:28. > :10:28.
:10:28. > :10:32.Thank you very much. Later in Look East: with just 24
:10:32. > :10:35.hours to go before the big day the Children In Need choir in this
:10:35. > :10:38.region is put through its paces. We will be hearing from the One
:10:38. > :10:41.Show's Matt Baker as he nears the end of his rickshaw challenge.
:10:41. > :10:51.Plus: Behind the scenes at the company which makes one of our
:10:51. > :10:54.favourite breakfast cereals. The story of Weetabix coming up.
:10:54. > :10:56.Normally they're at each other's throats. But today, the two main
:10:56. > :10:59.airlines which operate in our region came together. They want the
:10:59. > :11:02.Government to scrap air passenger duty. The bosses of both easyJet
:11:02. > :11:09.and Ryanair say the tax is destroying the economy and driving
:11:09. > :11:15.passengers away from Stansted. Anyone who flies from a British
:11:15. > :11:17.airport has to pay air passenger duty. It can be as much as �170 if
:11:17. > :11:21.you're flying first class to the other side of the world, but for
:11:21. > :11:26.most of these passengers at Stansted, it's likely to be as
:11:26. > :11:30.little as �12. Is air passenger tax a big deal as far as you're
:11:30. > :11:36.concerned? I don't think so, not at �12. It's not stopped me from
:11:36. > :11:40.travelling at all. If it went up, would it deter you? Yes, if it went
:11:40. > :11:45.up. I would rather there wasn't one. Here is a site we haven't seen
:11:45. > :11:51.before - the bosses of British Airways, Ryanation, EasyJet and
:11:51. > :11:55.Virgin side by side campaigning for the tax to be scrapped. The owner
:11:55. > :12:00.of Ryanair was being kairkristically blunt. Why hasn't
:12:00. > :12:04.George Osborne scrapped the tax? Because he lacks the courage and
:12:04. > :12:08.balls. He and his hello competitors say the tax is putting people off
:12:09. > :12:13.flying, and that's affecting jobs and economic growth. Most other
:12:13. > :12:16.countries don't have APD, and their passenger numbers keep going up.
:12:16. > :12:21.million less passengers came to Britain in the last four or five
:12:21. > :12:25.years. Contrast that with Europe where 66 million more people came
:12:25. > :12:29.into mainland Europe, so this is very, very uncompetitive for
:12:29. > :12:33.Britain. The Government says British airlines benefit because
:12:33. > :12:37.there is no VAT on flights. After veesing the tax this year, it's
:12:37. > :12:42.planning an increase for 2012. Air passenger duty generates more than
:12:42. > :12:46.�2 billion a year for the Treasury. There is no way the Chancellor in
:12:46. > :12:51.the present climate will scrap the tax, but the airlines hope at the
:12:51. > :12:56.very least he may agree to a freeze or a very small increase when he
:12:56. > :12:59.delivers his autumn statement. Four children who were taken to
:12:59. > :13:09.hospital when their school bus and a car were involved in a crash have
:13:09. > :13:14.
:13:14. > :13:17.been allowed home. The driver was released after treatment.
:13:17. > :13:22.All the Tornado aircraft based at RAF Marham in Norfolk .. Have been
:13:22. > :13:24.cleared to fly again. They were grounded nine days ago after a Red
:13:24. > :13:28.Arrows pilot was killed in an accident involving his ejector seat.
:13:28. > :13:32.The GR4's are fitted with the same type of ejector seat. Travellers
:13:32. > :13:36.who were evicted from Dale Farm in Essex say more families are now
:13:36. > :13:41.returning to the site. A multi- million-pound eviction operation
:13:41. > :13:49.only ended officially this week. But the travellers say they've
:13:49. > :13:53.nowhere else to go. One of the few caravans allowed to stay. After
:13:53. > :13:58.weeks, this is all that's left of the farm. The owner of this
:13:58. > :14:02.legally-built house at Dale Farm is angry at the devastation around him.
:14:02. > :14:07.For the life of me I can't see the sense in doing that. The only thing
:14:07. > :14:12.that's going to happen is when it rains, we're going to have stagnant
:14:12. > :14:16.water, leaking sewage. But although it's not much to come back to, some
:14:16. > :14:19.travellers do seem to be returning. We're really desperate. We have no-
:14:20. > :14:23.where else to go. That's the reason we're still here and have come back.
:14:23. > :14:26.Most of the people couldn't handle watching the eviction going on.
:14:27. > :14:30.That's why they have moved out. They're back. People are entitled
:14:30. > :14:33.to stay on this road. They have permission of the landowner.
:14:33. > :14:36.They're here because they have no- where to go. This is what I said
:14:36. > :14:42.all along. They have no-where to go. They wouldn't be living like this
:14:42. > :14:47.in this condition if they had somewhere else to go. Yesterday the
:14:47. > :14:52.owners of caravans that crept too close to the pitch were threatened
:14:52. > :14:57.with legal action. They have gone back. The council says it's
:14:57. > :15:00.determined not to allow the reoccupation of Dale Farm. It
:15:00. > :15:04.denies it's persecuting the travellers. It says anyone who
:15:04. > :15:08.breaches planning law is treated the same.
:15:08. > :15:14.The Norwich-based company Virgin Money is taking over Northern Rock.
:15:14. > :15:19.The bank was nationalised three years ago when it came close to
:15:19. > :15:23.collapse. It employs 250 people in Norwich. It's paying the company
:15:23. > :15:31.�257 million for Northern Rock. That's around �400 million less
:15:31. > :15:34.than the cost of the original bail- out.
:15:34. > :15:39.The celebrity chef who taught Gordon Ramsey everything he knows
:15:39. > :15:44.about cooking has been in Bury St Edmunds today. Marco Pierre White
:15:44. > :15:50.was passing on his knowledge to a new intake of apprentice chefs at
:15:50. > :15:57.Green King. The star of Hell's Kitchen and the
:15:57. > :16:02.stock cube adverts started as an apprentice at Saint George at the
:16:02. > :16:07.age of 16. Did I learn that much about cooking? No. Did I learn how
:16:07. > :16:12.to work very long hours? Yes. Did I learn how to work 25,26, 27 days on
:16:12. > :16:17.the trot? Yes. Did I learn to be respectful? Yes. Did I learn how to
:16:17. > :16:24.use a knife? Yes. He's always been known as the bad boy of British
:16:24. > :16:28.cooking, a perfectionist, scowling, grumpy, intolerant of silly
:16:29. > :16:34.journalists. We got on OK but I did ask one question which prompted
:16:34. > :16:36.this rebuke: This is a question for The Apprentices, not for the BBC.
:16:36. > :16:40.You shouldn't allow your journalistic tendencies to get the
:16:40. > :16:46.better of you, sir. One of the watching apprentices was Ashley
:16:46. > :16:50.Wilson who works in the White Hart in Braintree. He started washing
:16:50. > :16:55.dishes and is now working his way up. He was delighted to meet the
:16:55. > :17:03.chef. Yeah, he's a good chef, nice to get on with, nice to talk to.
:17:03. > :17:08.You're going to be trying sea bass en papiot in the White House?
:17:08. > :17:15.tonight, no. Every job is hard if you're committed, and hard work is
:17:15. > :17:19.a pastime. Cooking to me is a way of life, not a job. Everyone works
:17:19. > :17:25.you have from the bottom to the top. You've got to do it. Like this man.
:17:25. > :17:31.He's got to be worth a few quid. Yeah, he has, hasn't he? He's just
:17:31. > :17:35.bought five pubs and restaurants in Norfolk and Suffolk. I did ask
:17:35. > :17:45.about the acquisition, but he didn't want to talk about it. By
:17:45. > :17:50.
:17:50. > :17:56.the way, the dish was really very How do you like your Weetabix? Do
:17:56. > :17:59.you like it hot or cold? Floating in the milk or not? With fruit or
:17:59. > :18:02.without? So many options. Well, tonight the
:18:02. > :18:06.company which makes Weetabix is celebrating after winning one of
:18:06. > :18:11.the Oscars of the food industry. They have been making the little
:18:11. > :18:17.oval biscuits for almost 80 years at a factory near Kettering. Today
:18:17. > :18:25.our Northamptonshire reporter paid a visit.
:18:25. > :18:29.Weetabix was originally developed in Australia, then in 1932 it came
:18:29. > :18:37.here, renaming itself Weetabix. Over the years the company has
:18:37. > :18:40.remained loyal to the original recipe, the original factory
:18:41. > :18:45.workers wouldn't recognise this production line. Within the process,
:18:45. > :18:50.we weigh the raw grain from the silo. We add liquor, and then we
:18:50. > :18:54.cook it, which is about temperature, pressure and time. We surface dry
:18:54. > :18:59.the grain, and then we mill it to create the flake that you see here.
:18:59. > :19:03.The flakes are then packed into moulds and baked in these ovens for
:19:03. > :19:07.nine-and-a-half minutes, precisely. Paul's job is to check the
:19:07. > :19:12.consistency of the biscuits. His father worked here for 25 years.
:19:12. > :19:17.Now he's following in his footsteps. Everybody around here know what we
:19:17. > :19:21.produce. My father worked here. He worked in production, so it was
:19:21. > :19:25.just indoctrinated into me, so I grew up hereers I got a chance to
:19:25. > :19:30.work here and jumped at it. Then after baking, the Weetabix is make
:19:30. > :19:33.row waived to dry the centre of the biscuit, then out they pop. There
:19:33. > :19:38.are four Weetabix production lines in operation at any one time. They
:19:38. > :19:41.operate right the way through 24 hours a day from Sunday through to
:19:41. > :19:45.Friday, manufacturing over 70 million Weetabix biscuits every
:19:45. > :19:55.week. Then comes the clever bit - packed,
:19:55. > :19:58.
:19:58. > :20:02.wrapped and boxed in just a few And Weetabix really is made in the
:20:02. > :20:07.east. All the wheat comes from a 50-mile radius at the factory.
:20:07. > :20:10.doing it within a 50-mile radius, obviously we're trying to reduce
:20:10. > :20:14.our carbon footprint and do our best for the environment, but the
:20:14. > :20:19.local farmers are a key part of helping us make the great products
:20:19. > :20:27.we make here. The company employs 1,000 people,
:20:27. > :20:31.making not just Weetabix, but Alpern and Ready Breck. Weetabix
:20:31. > :20:34.now exportss to 80 countries, a success story which
:20:34. > :20:38.Northamptonshire and the east can be proud of.
:20:38. > :20:46.I love to see how things like that are made.
:20:46. > :20:56.You like them floating in milk. actually like the flakes. Yes,
:20:56. > :21:00.Oata-bix flakes. The choirmaster Gareth Malone from
:21:00. > :21:09.BBC Two series The Choir is bringing together 3,000 children to
:21:09. > :21:18.sing live tomorrow night. In in region, we'll be at the
:21:18. > :21:22.Charter Hall in Colchester. Five choirs become one - tomorrow
:21:22. > :21:28.night, our Children in Need choir of 215 will be singing for Gareth
:21:28. > :21:36.Malone. They'll be coming together for the first time to perform Keep
:21:36. > :21:40.Holding on by Averil Levine. This is the Plume School rehearsing.
:21:40. > :21:46.They'll be joining up with four other schools tomorrow. The job of
:21:46. > :21:49.bringing them together falls to singer, musician and choir director
:21:49. > :21:53.Andy Hopgood. There are loads of you that are really going for it. I
:21:53. > :22:01.wouldn't say 100% of you yet, but 80% of you are really performing it
:22:02. > :22:05.and really going for it. Every choir I hear, they all are on
:22:05. > :22:08.the ball. Friday is going to be easy for me it's just bringing all
:22:08. > :22:13.the groups together to be one complete choir rather than separate
:22:13. > :22:17.groups, so I'm looking forward to meeting them. It's Gareth Malone's
:22:17. > :22:22.ambitious plan to bring together a choir of 3,000 children from all
:22:22. > :22:24.over the UK. He's calling it The Big Performance. This is something
:22:25. > :22:31.like 11 million people watching Children in Need. It's the
:22:31. > :22:37.television event of the year. Hopgood is Gareth Malone's sous
:22:37. > :22:41.chef in the east. This is a school in Colchester. The
:22:42. > :22:48.hope is they have all learned to sing the song the same and sing the
:22:48. > :22:52.same too. You really have to go for it. This is your moment to be stars.
:22:52. > :22:57.I feel like mini-celebrities. They're really excited about it,
:22:58. > :23:00.and it's just a brilliant experience to have. At this school,
:23:00. > :23:05.the students can't believe they'll be part of something big in the
:23:05. > :23:11.east that'll be part of something massive across the UK. It's a nice
:23:11. > :23:15.idea. It's nice we can be involved. All over the country. The Big
:23:15. > :23:20.Performance is at 8.30pm tomorrow night on BBC One as part of
:23:20. > :23:29.Children in Need. Will Andy pull it off? Five into one - Keep Holding
:23:29. > :23:37.On - the united choir of the east. That's going to be a great sound.
:23:37. > :23:45.Fabulous. We're doing Look East from the Charter Hall. Louise had a
:23:45. > :23:55.fashion parade today. Shall I wear this? The little ears... The Pudsey
:23:55. > :23:57.
:23:57. > :24:00.ears, yes, I think they might tame TV presenter Matt baker is in
:24:01. > :24:04.Cambridge tonight on his marathon rickshaw ride. He's raising money
:24:04. > :24:08.for Children in Need. He set off from Peterborough and arrived in
:24:08. > :24:14.Cambridge a short while ago. We caught up with him earlier. Feeling
:24:14. > :24:17.all right, good spirits. We're now - got under a hundred miles to go
:24:17. > :24:23.now, so can't grumble, keeping my head down, trying to get through
:24:23. > :24:29.the next 40, 50 miles and push on because this potentially could be
:24:29. > :24:33.quite a day. I bet you are very glad Cambridgeshire is flat. I am
:24:33. > :24:37.finding the flat is the worst for this vehicle because you get no
:24:37. > :24:41.let-up at all. It weighs an absolute tonne anyway, and you have
:24:41. > :24:45.to just keep working, keep peddling all the time. Even a slight incline
:24:45. > :24:51.is the same as the plait. Hold on. Give me a few seconds. Hello,
:24:51. > :24:54.everyone. There is a car behind us. What was the reception like in
:24:54. > :24:59.Peterborough last night? Unbelievable considering I turned
:25:00. > :25:05.up four hours later than expected. They were in lines in the street -
:25:05. > :25:10.loads of people were, yeah. That's what keeps you going, really. Watch
:25:10. > :25:14.this. You'll just be amazed by it. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
:25:14. > :25:18.Incredible. What an extraordinary challenge, and we wish him all the
:25:18. > :25:22.very best for the final leg of his journey. At least it's not too cold.
:25:22. > :25:25.At the moment, we've got some exceptionally mild autumn
:25:25. > :25:29.conditions, so at the moment, if we look at the pressure chart, you'll
:25:29. > :25:33.see there is an area of low pressure that is trying to bring in
:25:33. > :25:36.wet weather, but for the east the only thing it's going to do is
:25:36. > :25:40.increase the wind speed. This is the satellite chart before the sun
:25:40. > :25:44.went down. You can see there is a little bit of patchy cloud around,
:25:44. > :25:47.so for tonight, clear intervals, patchy cloud at times, and perhaps
:25:47. > :25:51.during the second half of the night, it will tend to cloud over from the
:25:51. > :25:56.west as that weather front approaches, but with the wind speed
:25:56. > :26:00.picking up, it's not going to get too cold. We're expecting south-
:26:00. > :26:04.west to south-westerly winds, generally moderate in strength, an
:26:04. > :26:09.expected low of 6 Celsius, which is 43 Fahrenheit. Tomorrow it may
:26:09. > :26:14.bring a bit of cloud to start with, but not a bad day at all.
:26:14. > :26:17.Reasonably sunny spells for all areas. Today parts of Norfolk and
:26:17. > :26:21.Suffolk under cloud, but tomorrow, it looks like that'll break up to
:26:21. > :26:25.allow some sunshine. You'll see some exceptionally mild
:26:25. > :26:28.temperatures - most locations getting to 13 Celsius. One or two
:26:28. > :26:33.spots perhaps 14 Celsius, which is about 5 Celsius above average for
:26:33. > :26:36.this time of year. The wind speed still stays moderate. It's south to
:26:36. > :26:42.south-westerly in direction. For the afternoon, it stays dry with
:26:42. > :26:45.further sunny spells, and we end the day with fairly clear skies. If
:26:45. > :26:50.we look at the pressure chart to see what happens next, you'll see a
:26:50. > :26:52.change on the way. Looks like we'll get some more unpredictable autumn
:26:52. > :26:56.conditions or perhaps more typical autumn conditions. By Monday this
:26:56. > :27:01.weather front here is trying to bring in some wet weather, so it
:27:01. > :27:06.looks like we might start start the beginning of next week with some
:27:06. > :27:11.wet weather potentially, but for the next few days, it stays fine.
:27:11. > :27:16.It stays dry, with daytime temperatures above average, light
:27:16. > :27:21.southerly winds and overnight lows not falling low at all. Into Monday,
:27:21. > :27:24.potentially cloud around, possibly rain. Into Tuesday as well, cooler
:27:24. > :27:34.nights, and for the barometer tonight two, readings - one for the
:27:34. > :27:35.
:27:35. > :27:39.east, 1,5020 millibars, one for the Thank you very much indeed. Did you