:00:12. > :00:18.Hello and welcome to Look East. In the programme tonight...
:00:18. > :00:20.A four—hour walk out by firefighters. The impact in this
:00:20. > :00:23.region. The curse of domestic violence —
:00:23. > :00:26.experts say lessons need to be learnt from the Cromer shootings.
:00:26. > :00:29.In the cricket, Northants get promoted at Worcester. But as
:00:29. > :00:32.wickets kept tumbling they had to do it the hard way.
:00:32. > :00:35.And a sign of the times in Sudbury — why the old fashioned art of
:00:35. > :00:51.sign—writing has never been more popular.
:00:51. > :00:54.Good evening. First tonight, the region's firefighters walk out in a
:00:54. > :00:57.row over pensions. But the region's fire chiefs say
:00:57. > :01:00.there have been remarkably few incidents to report.
:01:00. > :01:03.As you may have heard it was a four—hour walk out across the
:01:03. > :01:07.country — the first national strike for a decade. During that four hours
:01:07. > :01:10.there were just three incidents across Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk.
:01:10. > :01:12.In a moment, we'll speak to the fire minister, but first this from Ian
:01:13. > :01:16.Barmer. 12 noon, and hundreds of
:01:16. > :01:19.firefighters across the East walk out. All the strikers today were
:01:19. > :01:25.members of the Fire Brigades Union, which says the fire service pension
:01:25. > :01:30.scheme will lead to a dad 's Army of 60—year—old fireman. The proposals
:01:30. > :01:36.are unsafe, unrealistic and one workable. We know that a
:01:36. > :01:42.58—year—old, 60—year—old, cannot crawl around on the belly infill
:01:42. > :01:47.dear in the smoke and a dark and rescue people. —— in filled gear.
:01:47. > :01:53.Today, all our fire service were coping with a a 50% cut in resources
:01:53. > :01:56.as fire services manned the picket lines. Senior officers were hoping
:01:56. > :02:00.for a quiet afternoon and that is how it turned out. In Essex there
:02:00. > :02:06.was one incident, flooding in flight.
:02:06. > :02:11.In Essex —— in Norfolk again just one incident, a grass fire.
:02:11. > :02:15.In the event of a large incident this afternoon, we would have had
:02:15. > :02:19.some fire engines and firefighters available to deal with it. We also
:02:19. > :02:23.managed to come to an agreement with the union that in the event of a
:02:23. > :02:26.serious incident the striking firefighters would return to work
:02:26. > :02:32.and help us to deal with that incident safely and quickly. In
:02:32. > :02:35.Norfolk, 50% of fire stations were closed by the strike and in Norwich
:02:35. > :02:42.this afternoon some drivers showed support for the pickets.
:02:42. > :02:51.TOOTING the union says this is not a
:02:51. > :02:53.profession for firefighters to the age of 60.
:02:53. > :02:58.The firefighters here in Norwich have said this is not a dispute with
:02:58. > :03:04.Norfolk Fire service but a dispute, specifically, with the government.
:03:04. > :03:07.Essex Fire and rescue decided not to use its fire station during the
:03:07. > :03:12.strike, leaving them to the pickets and moving into special centres like
:03:12. > :03:16.this one in Basildon, a breakdown recovery depot. The crews and
:03:16. > :03:20.engines here were not needed and at 4pm they left.
:03:20. > :03:25.This is likely to be the first in a series of strikes. Both sides are
:03:25. > :03:30.preparing for more disruption. Brandon Lewis is the Fire Minister.
:03:30. > :03:34.He's also the MP for Great Yarmouth. When I spoke to him just a few
:03:34. > :03:39.minutes ago, I started by asking how he had monitoring the impact across
:03:39. > :03:43.the country. We have a view of what is going on
:03:43. > :03:49.across the country. Fire services across the country have been feeding
:03:49. > :03:55.into others so we had a good overview of what has been going on.
:03:55. > :04:01.What was your greatest fear when the clock —— clocked strut —— clock
:04:01. > :04:05.struck 12 this afternoon. We had plans that fire services were in
:04:05. > :04:08.place and we wanted them to work. Our chief adviser looked at them and
:04:08. > :04:15.help they were robust and they have held up and done very well today.
:04:15. > :04:19.Robust for four hours, but what if this becomes prolonged action? The
:04:19. > :04:25.Fire Brigades Union have said this could go all the way through to the
:04:25. > :04:27.general election. All of the individual fire authorities across
:04:27. > :04:32.the country have a duty to have contingency plans in place to deal
:04:32. > :04:37.with strike action. We do feel those plans are robust, but obviously
:04:37. > :04:40.nobody wants to see strikes, certainly not prolonged strikes. We
:04:40. > :04:44.hope the Fire Brigades Union will not go forward with anything
:04:44. > :04:48.further. One of the points of the Fire Brigades Union is that they are
:04:48. > :04:52.worried firefighters will have to be on active service until the age of
:04:52. > :04:55.60. It is not like being a civil servant in an office, they may have
:04:55. > :05:02.to carry people from burning buildings.
:05:02. > :05:05.A couple of points on that — firstly the Fire Brigades Union have made it
:05:05. > :05:09.clear to the government that the age of 60 is not what they are striking
:05:09. > :05:13.about, that has been in place since 2006. In terms of fitness and
:05:13. > :05:17.capability, we have hundreds of firefighters already over 55 doing a
:05:17. > :05:21.fantastic job around the country for the communities, and that should be
:05:21. > :05:25.recognised, not criticised. We also have a demographic in the fire
:05:25. > :05:30.service that that will not can —— particularly change. So many
:05:30. > :05:34.currently in the screen have —— in this scheme have full protection of
:05:34. > :05:37.their put —— pensions anyway. It is likely disingenuous for the union to
:05:37. > :05:41.be making that argument, not least because they are not striking about
:05:41. > :05:45.that. What is this situation when it comes
:05:45. > :05:50.to making sure there is cover during strike action?
:05:50. > :05:54.We have a large proportion of what is called retained firefighters come
:05:54. > :05:58.on call firefighters. The retained firefighters union have not had
:05:58. > :06:02.strike action and they have been against strike action. They have
:06:02. > :06:05.been doing a lot of cover work out there, so those contingency plans
:06:05. > :06:08.have worked. All of those firefighters at all
:06:08. > :06:12.times have been on duty today through the strike, and the UI great
:06:12. > :06:18.debt of thanks to them for the work they have done.
:06:18. > :06:22.The police in Essex have issued an urgent appeal after a man went
:06:22. > :06:24.missing with his 12—week old son. Nathan Hamilton disappeared from a
:06:24. > :06:28.house in Mistley this morning. Officers say they're very concerned
:06:28. > :06:32.for his welfare. Gareth George is in Mistley now.
:06:32. > :06:36.There is great concern here in the Mistley area for the safety of that
:06:36. > :06:42.12—week—old baby boy. He was taken by his father from his mother's
:06:42. > :06:47.house in the Mistley area. His father is called Nathan Hamilton, 24
:06:47. > :06:50.years old. His nickname is Chase and police say there has been an issue
:06:50. > :06:56.between Nathan Hamilton and the baby Buzz Michael mother, they cannot go
:06:56. > :06:59.into details at this stage. —— the baby's mother. It is worrying
:06:59. > :07:04.because the boy has been in the care of his mother since his birth,
:07:04. > :07:08.Nathan Hamilton has had no access to the child. Inspector Christopher
:07:08. > :07:21.Willis spoke to my colleagues at BBC Essex after —— short time ago and
:07:21. > :07:23.they said they are worried because Nathan Hamilton has no childcare
:07:23. > :07:26.experience, and no clothes or food for the baby. There is a train
:07:26. > :07:28.station you're in Mistley and it is thought Nathan Hamilton may have got
:07:28. > :07:31.on to other Ipswich, Colchester or even London. Police want anyone who
:07:31. > :07:35.may have seen a man carrying a baby to contact them. Nathan Hamilton is
:07:35. > :07:39.described as black, 5'10" tall, of slim build. He has short Afro here
:07:39. > :07:45.and sometimes wears glasses and was wearing a grey Converse tracksuit.
:07:45. > :07:51.The baby was in a blue T—shirt, a grey cardigan and had she known
:07:51. > :07:55.style trousers and booties. If you think you have seen them both,
:07:55. > :07:59.please call Essex police on May nine 19 they have both been missing now
:07:59. > :08:09.for several hours. With each passing hour concern deepens. —— call Essex
:08:09. > :08:13.police on 999. More now on the hidden extent of
:08:13. > :08:16.domestic violence after an inquest into the death of a well—known
:08:16. > :08:19.couple in Norfolk. Yesterday we reported how Keith Johnson killed
:08:19. > :08:22.his wife Andrea and then turned the gun on himself. But it emerged that
:08:22. > :08:25.he subjected her to years of physical abuse behind closed doors.
:08:25. > :08:28.Tonight, a closer look at the recommendations of the review.
:08:28. > :08:31.How can professionals — how can lead people — spot the tell tale signs of
:08:31. > :08:37.violence within the home? —— lay people.
:08:37. > :08:42.Andrea Johnson chronicled her pain in a secret diary. Police find it
:08:42. > :08:46.after her brutal husband, council leader Keith Johnson, shot her and
:08:46. > :08:50.turned the gun on his cell. He planned the execution and suicide.
:08:50. > :08:56.Inside the bungalow he laid out the couple's wills. The homicidal review
:08:56. > :09:00.of this case identified witnesses in systems. Andrea suffered from
:09:00. > :09:04.depression, attempted suicide and had numerous contacts with her GP
:09:04. > :09:09.practice. Her controlling husband was already —— always with her at
:09:10. > :09:14.the Doctor. When she went to the GP, she was not seen on her own. That is
:09:14. > :09:18.something for local practitioners to be in mind. There are issues around
:09:18. > :09:23.cleaning and looking for the subtle signs of domestic abuse. The review
:09:23. > :09:27.says GPs and health professionals should receive training to spot
:09:27. > :09:30.domestic violence, improve information sharing and look at
:09:30. > :09:35.links between medical conditions and abuse. Victims are prone to
:09:35. > :09:41.depression and alcohol addiction. The report has already impact on
:09:41. > :09:45.police. —— impacted. In Norfolk we have introduced a system where are
:09:45. > :09:52.all domestic violence incidents, before officers are dispatched,
:09:52. > :09:55.checked in the control room. In the future we want to automate that
:09:55. > :10:00.across both Norfolk and Suffolk so the system is checked
:10:00. > :10:06.automatically. The review says gun licence applicants should prove they
:10:06. > :10:09.are fit and proper got —— fit and proper, pay for a medical and ensure
:10:09. > :10:12.others and household are fit and proper got —— fit and proper, pay
:10:12. > :10:15.for medical and ensure others and household checked out.
:10:15. > :10:21.It is actually quite difficult to admit it is happening to you.
:10:21. > :10:24.You are married to a guy because you loved them, you think you still love
:10:24. > :10:32.them and these things keep still happening to you. They do not happen
:10:32. > :10:37.all the time. Maybe once a week. In my case, it escalated until it was
:10:37. > :10:46.everyday. She threw things at me, she hit me... And nobody... Nobody
:10:46. > :10:52.wanted to listen to me. Nobody wanted to listen at all. The report
:10:52. > :10:56.says it is not just public agencies that must act, it is everybody's
:10:56. > :11:00.business. Friends and relatives should be alert to signs of domestic
:11:00. > :11:06.abuse and be aware of the help out there.
:11:06. > :11:10.Two men were stabbed in the street in Braintree this afternoon. Police
:11:10. > :11:13.were called to Fore Field just before 1pm. The two men's injuries
:11:13. > :11:17.are described as serious. Six people have been arrested. Parts of the
:11:17. > :11:19.area have been cordoned off while forensic investigations take place.
:11:19. > :11:22.Ipswich Hospital has admitted that its finances are much worse than
:11:22. > :11:26.predicted. £4.6 million worth of debt has been accrued so far this
:11:26. > :11:29.financial year. It could rise to £9 million by next April unless
:11:29. > :11:32.spending is brought under control. The Hospital says measures are being
:11:32. > :11:41.put in place including cutting the number of agency staff.
:11:41. > :11:44.Still to come on the programme tonight...
:11:44. > :11:47.A nail—biting day for Northants fans in the cricket.
:11:47. > :11:48.And the old—fashioned art of sign—writing — the writing's on the
:11:48. > :11:59.wall. After months of turmoil, the East of
:11:59. > :12:02.England Ambulance Service says its withdrawing its application to
:12:02. > :12:05.become a Foundation Trust. Trust status would have allowed managers
:12:05. > :12:08.more control over the way they run things.
:12:08. > :12:11.The decision comes almost a week after the directors failed to
:12:11. > :12:15.appoint a new chief executive. The interim boss, Andrew Morgan, made
:12:15. > :12:23.the short list, but didn't get the job.
:12:24. > :12:27.So, where now? In a moment, one of the MPs who has criticised the
:12:27. > :12:32.service in the past. The kiss of life came too late for
:12:32. > :12:35.most of the ambulance to trust's directors. By June, six board
:12:35. > :12:39.members had left the top table as it attempted to regain the confidence
:12:39. > :12:44.of the public and politicians. It follows a litany of poor ambulance
:12:44. > :12:48.response times, poor morale among medics and an endless list of
:12:48. > :12:52.complaints from patients. In June, a damning report by the head of the
:12:52. > :12:54.West Midlands and blood service accused the board of a sense of
:12:54. > :13:01.helplessness and a lack of canned ability. We spoke to a front line
:13:01. > :13:06.paramedic who voiced alike of confidence in the trust board. His
:13:06. > :13:10.words are spoken by an actor. I do not know who they are, they have no
:13:10. > :13:13.experience of front line work except one of them. They have continuous
:13:13. > :13:17.meetings giving directors and are disconnected from the front line and
:13:17. > :13:22.how we should work. Mindful of the need to focus on
:13:22. > :13:25.patients, today the service said it is withdrawing its current
:13:25. > :13:28.foundation trust application and will not be reapplying until
:13:28. > :13:33.sustainable improvements have been made to the service patients
:13:33. > :13:36.receive. The advantages of becoming a foundation trust are that they
:13:36. > :13:41.have freedom to implement good ideas quickly. They can invest surplus
:13:41. > :13:47.finances to improving services and have good engagement with local
:13:47. > :13:50.people. If they do not become foundation trusts they can do it in
:13:50. > :13:55.their own time and meet the standards they need to. They need to
:13:55. > :13:59.assure themselves that is right. Almost a week since the trust failed
:13:59. > :14:04.to appoint a permanent chief executive, Andrew Martin, himself a
:14:04. > :14:08.candidate, remains the interim boss. —— Andrew Morgan. The board has just
:14:08. > :14:12.one permanent director. The lack of permanence at the top of the
:14:12. > :14:19.region's beleaguered and Dillons service cranks on.
:14:19. > :14:22.—— ambulance service. The South Norfolk MP, Richard Bacon,
:14:22. > :14:26.has been hugely critical of the Trust, saying it was a case of lions
:14:26. > :14:30.led by donkeys. Earlier he came into the studio, and I asked him how
:14:30. > :14:31.worried he was that there was still no permanent chief executive
:14:31. > :14:34.appointed. I am very concerned. This is a
:14:34. > :14:36.serious and important job come a very serious and important
:14:36. > :14:39.organisation. £230 million organisation across the East of
:14:39. > :14:44.England and they have no permanent leader. It is a source of serious
:14:44. > :14:48.concern and it needs fixing. You said memorably a couple of months
:14:48. > :14:53.ago during the crisis in the trust that it was lions led by donkeys.
:14:53. > :14:59.Are you now saying it is Lions led by interim donkeys?
:14:59. > :15:03.I am concerned no appointment has been made. Everyone relies on this
:15:03. > :15:07.service from the ambulance trust and it is important it is well led. We
:15:07. > :15:11.have a team of terrific people working very hard who do not feel
:15:11. > :15:14.valued, do not feel motivated and I am concerned that in trying to make
:15:14. > :15:18.the appointment they have not looked more broadly, because there are many
:15:18. > :15:22.people, perhaps outside the health service, who may be able to do this
:15:22. > :15:31.job very well. Senior army officers with decades of experience of
:15:31. > :15:33.leading teams, motivating people, pointing them in the right
:15:33. > :15:35.direction, making sure the achieve objectives and make the best use of
:15:35. > :15:39.available resources, making sure they feel valued and thanked for
:15:39. > :15:42.what they do, who could do this job. We heard the trust is suspending its
:15:42. > :15:53.foundation trust status application, argue pleased two —— argue pleased?
:15:54. > :15:58.I think it is the right thing to do, it is a distraction. This trust is
:15:58. > :16:02.better funded than many other trusts of its kind across the country, so
:16:02. > :16:07.it is not about funding or money particularly, it is about the way it
:16:07. > :16:11.has led and managed. At a time like this, when you are trying to sort
:16:11. > :16:17.that out, thin —— filling in huge, long documents to achieve foundation
:16:17. > :16:23.did —— status is a distraction. Our local MPs have been the service ——
:16:23. > :16:33.the syphilis and forward about their criticism lately, what will you do
:16:33. > :16:39.to make things known? —— vociferous. I have not had a chance to talk to
:16:39. > :16:41.my colleagues, but we have coming into our surgeries people,
:16:41. > :16:46.paramedics working for the ambulance trust, who are very worried about
:16:46. > :16:49.what is going on. I have no doubt we will keep the pressure up and make
:16:49. > :16:53.sure an appointment is made quickly to give this organisation the top
:16:53. > :17:00.quality leadership it deserves. Richard Bacon, thank you very much.
:17:00. > :17:03.Cricket now, and Northants are celebrating winning promotion to
:17:03. > :17:06.Division One of the county championship at the expense of
:17:06. > :17:09.Essex. There were two games going on at the same time today — Northants
:17:09. > :17:13.away at Worcester, Essex away at Hampshire. All Northants had to do
:17:13. > :17:16.to guarantee promotion was to score 250. But in cricket, it's never that
:17:16. > :17:22.simple. James Burridge has just sent this report.
:17:22. > :17:26.It was a simple plan — scored another 147 runs, secure promotion
:17:26. > :17:29.and create a little bit of cricketing history.
:17:29. > :17:34.Northamptonshire's best laid plans was quickly pulled apart against the
:17:34. > :17:38.mist in Worcester. 103—4 overnight, they lost three wickets in the first
:17:39. > :17:47.hour. Fans looking for divine intervention settled instead for Rob
:17:47. > :17:53.Keogh foot took them past 200 and gained a bonus point. Then, cue the
:17:53. > :17:58.calamitous run out. One batsmen ran the other didn't, and the run chase
:17:58. > :18:02.was as good as over. If you are a fan or a court of
:18:02. > :18:05.Northamptonshire you are keeping across what is going on between
:18:05. > :18:08.Essex and Hampshire. Essex mathematically also have a chance of
:18:08. > :18:12.that second promotion spot but they have been losing wickets at a rate
:18:12. > :18:16.of knots this afternoon. If that continues, Northamptonshire's what
:18:16. > :18:20.is done for them and they can celebrate that long—awaited
:18:20. > :18:26.promotion. It didn't take long. By 4:45pm the
:18:26. > :18:33.news had come through — were out, Northamptonshire were going up. ——
:18:34. > :18:39.Essex were out. It feels good, I made get some sleep tonight. Just
:18:39. > :18:41.great to get over the line. In my mind we have done under ——
:18:42. > :18:48.undoubtedly been the second—best team in the division this year and
:18:48. > :18:52.it would have been cruel not go up. Amazing, absolutely fantastic. Great
:18:52. > :18:59.for the club and great for the supporters. How nerve racking has
:18:59. > :19:03.this afternoon been? The last few weeks have been a bit tense. It has
:19:03. > :19:06.been in our hands but we have been aware of Essex breathing down our
:19:06. > :19:14.necks, we have not been quite able to shake them off. Credit to them
:19:14. > :19:18.for fighting all the way. The 2013 cricket season will rank as
:19:18. > :19:21.Northamptonshire's best ever. A bus open top aide is planned for Friday
:19:21. > :19:26.but the planned —— party here has already started. —— an open top bus
:19:26. > :19:29.parade is planned. In golf, the former Solheim Cup
:19:29. > :19:32.captain, Alison Nicholas, has been the star attraction at a new
:19:32. > :19:35.tournament in Suffolk today. The competition at Stoke by Nayland
:19:35. > :19:38.is aimed at aspiring young players. So we took the opportunity to team
:19:38. > :19:45.Alison up with 25—year—old Hannah Moul.
:19:45. > :19:59.Nice. I am getting longer now. After 30 years on tour, Alison's game is
:19:59. > :20:01.sharp as ever. For Hannah, the WG —— WPGA International challenge
:20:02. > :20:08.represents the first taste of true life. I'm a little short.
:20:08. > :20:15.Enjoy that, yes, this is what it is all about.
:20:15. > :20:19.It is going to be a bit different for me.
:20:19. > :20:23.You will be all right, nerves are good, you will get nervous and that
:20:23. > :20:29.is fine. You have to try and embrace that feeling... Hannah is one of 20
:20:29. > :20:32.amateurs in an international field, and in a series geared at improving
:20:32. > :20:40.the links between elite amateur and professional golf.
:20:41. > :20:43.Well done. A practice round with a seasoned professional — an
:20:43. > :20:47.invaluable insight into what it might take if she turns pro.
:20:47. > :20:52.Obviously there is water on the left so I need to go right.
:20:52. > :21:02.Yes, favour the right with it comes out, then it is a layup...
:21:02. > :21:09.Perfect. Alison Nicholas, yet to win as a professional... Alison's
:21:09. > :21:13.breakthrough came in 1987. What would you say was your career
:21:13. > :21:16.highlight key matter what is the most memorable thing that has
:21:16. > :21:21.happened? When I won the British Open in 1987.
:21:21. > :21:25.A long time ago now, but it was my first tournament win. Somebody said
:21:25. > :21:29.enjoy the experience and embrace the pressure, like I said before. I
:21:29. > :21:36.managed to do that and obviously crossed the line. That was very
:21:36. > :21:42.memorable. What about you, in terms of your aspirations?
:21:42. > :21:47.I have just come back this January, I had for years off, so I am sort of
:21:47. > :21:52.looking at taking the good things from this tournament and seeing how
:21:52. > :21:58.I get on then seeing where I go from there. With a purse totalling 25,000
:21:58. > :22:00.euros, the pressure is on. On this evidence, Alison is still the one to
:22:00. > :22:19.beat. It is not compulsory that everyone
:22:19. > :22:23.working at Look East has to be good at golf.
:22:24. > :22:26.In the age of the computer you might think that traditional sign—writing
:22:26. > :22:29.would be a dying art. After all, even your own laptop can
:22:29. > :22:33.churn out hundreds of different fonts with just the click of a
:22:33. > :22:35.mouse. But it turns out that people still like things done the
:22:35. > :22:37.old—fashioned way. Richard Daniel has been speaking to Wayne Tanswell
:22:37. > :22:53.from Sudbury. In an age of mass production, Wayne
:22:53. > :22:57.Tanswell is a breath of fresh air. I could not wait to leave school. I
:22:57. > :23:02.did not even want to wait for the bus. I scarpered through the
:23:02. > :23:06.alleyways down to Milford Road and I was hitchhiking a lift. This guy
:23:06. > :23:10.came along and give me a lift and he said, what are you doing? I said I
:23:10. > :23:15.had just left school. Have you got a job? I said, no. He said I am
:23:15. > :23:23.looking for a lad to chain —— train as a sign writer, you better come
:23:23. > :23:26.with me. He never looked back. Demand for his traditional
:23:26. > :23:32.handwritten signs has never looked stronger. With a deft hand he makes
:23:32. > :23:37.it look simple. These two strokes again but a shorter right—hand one.
:23:37. > :23:48.We have got be, then we have a seat —— then we have a C...
:23:48. > :23:53.No job is too big or too small. He now teaches sign writing and has
:23:53. > :23:57.written three books. My father, who passed away in 2007, said to me the
:23:57. > :24:02.more technology moves on the more you will become a specialist. Stick
:24:02. > :24:05.at it. He said, believe me, boy, it is not about the money all the time,
:24:06. > :24:12.it is about doing something that will keep you interested in life for
:24:12. > :24:15.ever. And he was right. Next month, Wayne holds the first solo
:24:15. > :24:21.exhibition of his work in Cambridge. Not bad for a boy who left school
:24:21. > :24:26.with no qualifications. People talk about job satisfaction.
:24:26. > :24:31.It is everyday, every sign. I cannot do anything else, so it is just as
:24:31. > :24:35.well I do love it! I do have banter with my customers with my spelling,
:24:35. > :24:42.but I carry plenty of right and white spirit. Do I make a mistake?
:24:42. > :24:47.Guess, of course I do, but I can get over it.
:24:48. > :24:54.Now there is a talent. It has been beautiful today, nice warm weather.
:24:54. > :25:00.I went for a run this morning, got home a bit hot, so I took my top off
:25:00. > :25:06.outside the house... No, no, nor! I put it on top of the beleaguered. I
:25:06. > :25:12.went into the house and forgot today was collection day. —— I put it on
:25:12. > :25:15.top of the bin. I went out and they took it, so there is a lesson.
:25:15. > :25:24.Don't strip off in public! It was quite humid today, but we
:25:24. > :25:29.have some changes on the way. We have a weak cold front on the way,
:25:29. > :25:37.marking the boundary between the warm air below it and behind it some
:25:37. > :25:39.much cooler but clear air. That is introducing more cloud already
:25:39. > :25:44.across the region and will continue to increase through this evening. It
:25:44. > :25:48.will be a night of two halves. We start with a lot of cloud around,
:25:48. > :25:52.turning Misty in places, possibly some fog patches, but as the night
:25:52. > :25:56.progresses the northern half of the region will start to see the clear
:25:56. > :26:03.air. It is here that temperatures could get lower. These are the sort
:26:03. > :26:06.of values expected in tandem cities, around 11 and 12 Celsius, some
:26:06. > :26:11.places could get down to single figures and the winds will be a
:26:11. > :26:14.light north or north—easterly. Tomorrow will start cloudy in places
:26:14. > :26:18.but we should see Sunny spells developing. It will be noticeably
:26:18. > :26:23.cooler and fresher, a little bit of a chill in the air, but the cloud
:26:23. > :26:25.will continue south. Decent sunny spells are expected through the
:26:26. > :26:32.day, but temperatures will be lower than today, so for many of us highs
:26:32. > :26:36.of around 16 or 17 Celsius, perhaps getting up to 18 degrees in some
:26:36. > :26:43.places. The winds are alike to moderate easterly. Tomorrow
:26:43. > :26:47.afternoon and evening, increasing cloud on the southern half may
:26:48. > :26:51.produce an isolated shower. On the next pressure track you can see
:26:51. > :26:55.low—pressure moving up from the south—west. This will bring with it
:26:55. > :27:01.an increasing risk of showers, but not for everyone. We should stay
:27:01. > :27:06.largely dry into the weekend but the showers might start across southern
:27:06. > :27:11.counties of the region. Friday May start a little misty and foggy in
:27:11. > :27:15.places, but we should see some sunny spells, still on the cool side and a
:27:15. > :27:18.variable amounts cloud. Saturday starts dry and a bright increasing
:27:18. > :27:23.amount of cloud may produce showers across the southern half of the
:27:23. > :27:27.region, but for most of us here we should stay dry. And Friday on
:27:27. > :27:32.Sunday, but certainly a freshening easterly wind. Temperatures
:27:33. > :27:37.overnight staying in double figures, but it could get a little lower in
:27:37. > :27:42.the countryside. Good running weather! Yes, don't go
:27:42. > :27:46.out without your shirt on! That is all from us, goodbye.