:00:00. > :00:10.the News of the World. That's all from the News at Six.
:00:11. > :00:16.A former BBC Radio presenter who exploited his position to abuse boys
:00:17. > :00:21.is jailed for 22 years. The judge said Michael Souter had an ongoing
:00:22. > :00:28.sexual obsession with boys and could offend again. The individual that
:00:29. > :00:35.has been removed from society today is and has been a risk to children.
:00:36. > :00:46.Hello from Amelia and me. Also tonight: Protest over plans to slash
:00:47. > :00:49.money for young people in Essex. 5000 fish released into the wild to
:00:50. > :00:53.encourage more people to take up angling.
:00:54. > :01:02.And Rachel and Pasha hoping to rise to the occasion this weekend.
:01:03. > :01:07.Hello. First tonight, 22 years in jail for the former BBC Radio
:01:08. > :01:11.presenter who exploited his position to sexually abuse boys. Michael
:01:12. > :01:17.Souter was described as a "predatory paedophile", the Jimmy Savile of
:01:18. > :01:20.Norfolk. Having been convicted on 19 counts of sex abuse, the judge today
:01:21. > :01:25.described his defence as pathetic and told him he had blighted the
:01:26. > :01:34.lives of the children he abused. Our chief reporter Kim Riley was in
:01:35. > :01:39.court. He was a dominant predator who used
:01:40. > :01:42.his local celebrity status to abuse victims he had carefully groomed. On
:01:43. > :01:46.the face of it, a pillar of the community. He used to be a venture
:01:47. > :01:51.Scout leader, a mental or too vulnerable young boys. Today, six of
:01:52. > :01:55.his victims watched in court as he stood before the judge. The judge
:01:56. > :01:57.told Souter he was guilty of an appalling catalogue of abuse. These
:01:58. > :02:03.were breaches of trust of the grossest kind. He said the already
:02:04. > :02:07.damaged childhood are some of your victims was destroyed, and their
:02:08. > :02:11.lives blighted. The evidence against you was overwhelming, and the jury
:02:12. > :02:17.rightly rejected your pathetic attempts to blame the victims and
:02:18. > :02:23.others. It would be much better, much easier, if he actually now just
:02:24. > :02:27.put his hands up and said, firstly, sorry to his victims and admitted
:02:28. > :02:29.his part in it all. I think he was the only person in that courtroom
:02:30. > :02:32.who believed he was innocent will stop I would have been happier with
:02:33. > :02:38.a shorter sentence with an admission of guilt. I think it would bring
:02:39. > :02:42.closure to this much better than seeing him rotting in prison or just
:02:43. > :02:48.banning his appeal or revenge. Do you hate him? No, I don't,
:02:49. > :02:55.strangely. It was all so long ago. I was very young, very innocent, very
:02:56. > :02:59.naive, and he just played the whole thing for such a long time. The one
:03:00. > :03:04.thing I did do was protect my own children from him. A Norfolk `based
:03:05. > :03:07.charity which supports sexual abuse victims page of you to those who
:03:08. > :03:14.came forward to give evidence in court. Myself, the staff, all the
:03:15. > :03:17.volunteers who work here, we cannot overstate the courage and bravery of
:03:18. > :03:21.people who came forward. The stigma around this issue means many people
:03:22. > :03:24.bury it and it takes enormous courage to face the demons, and to
:03:25. > :03:29.open up to other people as well about what you are going through.
:03:30. > :03:34.The courage of these people is absolutely enormous. The judge said
:03:35. > :03:37.images found on Souter's computer showed a continuous session with
:03:38. > :03:40.young boys. He praised the work of the police team who had finally
:03:41. > :03:46.brought in to justice. His defence barrister put it: A distinguished
:03:47. > :03:49.career had in some respects come to nothing. His client, still
:03:50. > :03:52.protesting his innocence, would face the bulk of his final years behind
:03:53. > :03:55.prison walls. After the sentencing, I spoke to
:03:56. > :04:06.Detective Inspector Paul Brown and asked him for his reaction. It sends
:04:07. > :04:10.out a very clear message. What would have perhaps been nicer is if Mr
:04:11. > :04:18.Souter had admitted his guilt in some way, but something forward to
:04:19. > :04:23.the victims of his crimes, to lessen the burden, perhaps, on them. He has
:04:24. > :04:28.not. Because there was no admission of guilt, and there was no emotion
:04:29. > :04:31.today either, what they? Not at all. I certainly watched him of the
:04:32. > :04:36.sentence was read out, and I did not see any form of emotion at all. And
:04:37. > :04:41.do you think there could be more victims? At the moment, we have
:04:42. > :04:44.since the sentencing had a number of phone calls with information that we
:04:45. > :04:50.will clearly follow up on all stop that is really important to say. And
:04:51. > :04:56.that is important information, and there are victims you still need to
:04:57. > :05:02.talk to, what could that potentially mean for Souter? Any future action
:05:03. > :05:06.would be very much down to our conversations with the Crown
:05:07. > :05:09.Prosecution Service. Recently, the guidance and the guidelines around
:05:10. > :05:14.prosecuting these cases has changed, and that is really important, and we
:05:15. > :05:17.will work within them. That partnership to wean us and the Crown
:05:18. > :05:21.Prosecution Service is really important. I was going to ask about
:05:22. > :05:26.the new guidelines, because do they not put the onus on the allegations
:05:27. > :05:31.rather than on the victims as good witnesses? How important is that?
:05:32. > :05:36.That is significant, it really is. Actually looking at what is the
:05:37. > :05:39.offence rather than what is the background of a victim, I am not
:05:40. > :05:42.going to prejudge people, and I am not going to prejudge people, and
:05:43. > :05:46.I'm talking in a general sense, but the effect of these offences on
:05:47. > :05:52.people can be enormous and life changing. There may well be people
:05:53. > :05:56.whose lives have changed, not necessarily for the better, and they
:05:57. > :06:01.might worry that those features might make us be less inclined to
:06:02. > :06:07.look fairly upon it, and the answer to that is, not true at all. Come
:06:08. > :06:11.forward and tell us. We are looking at the offence rather than what the
:06:12. > :06:16.individual has in their background. The judge mentioned on several
:06:17. > :06:19.occasions the courage of those witnesses that have come forward.
:06:20. > :06:28.What would you like to say about them? I think we all owe them, and
:06:29. > :06:33.witnesses like them, a debt of gratitude, and if people do not come
:06:34. > :06:37.forward and have that courage to support things right from the very
:06:38. > :06:40.beginning and give their story, right the way through to standing
:06:41. > :06:42.potentially in front of a court and talking about things that have
:06:43. > :06:48.happened a month without people willing to do that, the whole of the
:06:49. > :06:53.public protection universe would fall flat on its face. And you can't
:06:54. > :06:57.do your job. Not in the slightest. Thank you very much.
:06:58. > :07:01.The prospect of a 60% cut to youth services in Essex led to a protest
:07:02. > :07:04.outside County Hall today. The union believe the jobs of 170 youth
:07:05. > :07:12.workers could be at risk, but the council says savings need to be
:07:13. > :07:16.made. Save our youth ! Essex County
:07:17. > :07:20.Council say they want to hear the views of young people, and today
:07:21. > :07:24.they did, as youngsters opposed to cuts to the council's youth service
:07:25. > :07:30.marched on County Hall in Chelmsford. It should be a positive
:07:31. > :07:34.impact. They should finally get people to understand why we are
:07:35. > :07:36.here. We won't be able to get any training or volunteering
:07:37. > :07:39.opportunities. They will all disappear. That leaves us with
:07:40. > :07:44.nothing. They provided our youth services, and now they are cutting
:07:45. > :07:48.it, and we have to go back to the streets. I do not think that is
:07:49. > :07:51.there. About Norfolk and Suffolk county councils have already made
:07:52. > :07:56.significant cuts to their youth services, so in some ways, Essex is
:07:57. > :08:02.just catching up. But, three years ago, the budget here in Essex was
:08:03. > :08:07.cut from ?12 million to ?5 million. These cuts will see that reduced
:08:08. > :08:15.again to just ?2 million. It is places like Harlow Youth Hub by
:08:16. > :08:18.campaigners say are at risk. There are 28 centres like this in Essex,
:08:19. > :08:24.used by 5000 young people for all kinds of support. Youth workers are
:08:25. > :08:28.like lifelines to young people. When young people have been let down by
:08:29. > :08:32.school, or their parents, and where they have nowhere else to turn, that
:08:33. > :08:36.youth worker can be that right role model might get them back on the
:08:37. > :08:41.right track. But the Conservative run council say the cuts are
:08:42. > :08:45.unavoidable. We are looking at the reduction in our budgets across the
:08:46. > :08:49.board over the next few years of in XS of ?215 million. That doesn't
:08:50. > :08:54.come from everywhere, and we need to make sure that no one single service
:08:55. > :08:57.bears the brunt of everything. We still have potholes to fill, and
:08:58. > :09:05.elderly people, and vulnerable people to look after. We are the
:09:06. > :09:08.future ! The council consultation closes in three weeks, but the row
:09:09. > :09:11.over the proposed cuts is likely to continue.
:09:12. > :09:14.University staff have walked out in a bitter row over money. It's
:09:15. > :09:17.affected lectures, and has been condemned by the employers. The
:09:18. > :09:26.three unions involved say it's just the start of a campaign for better
:09:27. > :09:31.pay. Lecturers, cleaners, ground staff.
:09:32. > :09:35.All were on the picket line is today the University of Essex. All angry
:09:36. > :09:40.at a 1% pay increase they say is a pay cut in real terms. Education,
:09:41. > :09:45.the core of the student experience, is delivered by the staff, and good
:09:46. > :09:48.quality staff cost money. So there we go. What the students are getting
:09:49. > :09:54.is perhaps a gay noes interruption to their education, but if we don't
:09:55. > :09:57.get the right pay, they are not going to get the staff to deliver
:09:58. > :10:02.the quality of education they really deserve . Lectures were cancelled,
:10:03. > :10:07.though not all. My lecture was cancelled today, the teacher sent us
:10:08. > :10:12.an e`mail yesterday saying it won't happen. It is only one day. If you
:10:13. > :10:15.compare with strikes in other countries, you will see in the UK,
:10:16. > :10:21.it is really civilised. They are not closing this will come as you can
:10:22. > :10:24.see, we are here. One of our lecturers is part of the union, but
:10:25. > :10:31.still she has taught us today. I thought it was brilliant. At the UDA
:10:32. > :10:36.in Norwich, more protests. We have been promised a 1% pay increase,
:10:37. > :10:41.which is insufficient, really. We have been in negotiations with the
:10:42. > :10:46.university already, and that is where they've stopped. It is not
:10:47. > :10:50.enough. They represent 13% cut since 2008. In Cambridge, the unions held
:10:51. > :10:54.a regional rally. The body that sets higher education pay, though,
:10:55. > :11:01.condemned today's strike. It dismissed its impact, calling it
:11:02. > :11:05.minimal. We have made it clear that 1% is the maximum affordability for
:11:06. > :11:07.institutions if they are to remain sustainable in a competitive and
:11:08. > :11:11.challenging environment. We hope that the unions will return to the
:11:12. > :11:15.table and recognise they have a very good offer. The University of Essex
:11:16. > :11:19.day there were little destruction. Some cancelled lectures will be
:11:20. > :11:22.rescheduled, but the three unions behind today's strike one will be
:11:23. > :11:26.further walk`outs if no improved pay offer is made.
:11:27. > :11:30.The number of homes still without power in parts of the region after
:11:31. > :11:33.the storms on Monday, is now down below 2,000. Homes and businesses in
:11:34. > :11:36.Suffolk and Essex were among the worst affected in the country. Extra
:11:37. > :11:39.engineers were brought in from Northern Ireland to help with the
:11:40. > :11:55.repair work. Three drop`in centres have been opened in Suffolk to help
:11:56. > :11:58.people who are still without power. Thieves have stolen thousands of
:11:59. > :12:01.pounds of food and equipment from a charity in Peterborough.
:12:02. > :12:04.The soup kitchen in the city has been raided twice this week. Thieves
:12:05. > :12:07.took everything, including food and cooker hobs. A short time ago Louise
:12:08. > :12:10.Hubball sent us this report. They feed up to 60 homeless people
:12:11. > :12:13.every day from this unit, and what happened was, on Tuesday night,
:12:14. > :12:17.thieves broke in and stole two handbags, and from one of those
:12:18. > :12:20.bags, they managed to get the keys, and they later came back and help
:12:21. > :12:25.themselves. These shelves were absolutely full of food to be fed to
:12:26. > :12:29.the homeless and needy in the area. As you can see, a big gap on this
:12:30. > :12:34.shelf. They took a number of tins of corn beef and June, but the most
:12:35. > :12:39.serious theft happened just through here. This is the area where the
:12:40. > :12:44.soup is heated up, and what they have done is, they have taken three
:12:45. > :12:48.of the Hobbs, so for the 150 volunteers who work for this
:12:49. > :12:52.charity, it has been absolutely devastating. If you come over here
:12:53. > :12:56.with me, we can meet Ian Davies from the charity. I just mentioned the
:12:57. > :13:01.volunteers. What is their reaction to this? Devastated. I think you're
:13:02. > :13:09.body in society would reject this, or any normal person would be, like
:13:10. > :13:15.myself now, speechless. The value of the good steak is at the ?3000. ABBA
:13:16. > :13:18.the charity keep going? The phone has not stopped ringing all day. We
:13:19. > :13:24.have had offers by e`mail for not only the food replacement, we have
:13:25. > :13:28.had offers of people asking to cook food for us. The other macro that is
:13:29. > :13:32.so good to hear. It is good that after this horrible incident, people
:13:33. > :13:35.have vowed to pulled together. They will be out again feeding the
:13:36. > :13:37.homeless tonight, and here are some of the produce they will take with
:13:38. > :13:46.them. still to come in the programme
:13:47. > :13:50.tonight, we are on the Trail of the wail of the coast of Norfolk. And
:13:51. > :13:51.Rachel and Pasha hoping to rise to the occasion in strictly this
:13:52. > :14:02.weekend. Now to some real small fry. But they
:14:03. > :14:05.will grow to be about this big, unless, of course, you are an
:14:06. > :14:08.angler, in which case it is probably out there. They were bred in
:14:09. > :14:11.Nottinghamshire, and today they were released into the Corby boating
:14:12. > :14:14.lake, where numbers have been falling. More than 5,000 carp and
:14:15. > :14:21.roach were brought on the 1.5`hour journey. And it's hoped more people
:14:22. > :14:27.will be encouraged to try fishing. The end of a long journey, the start
:14:28. > :14:34.of a new life. Transported at a steady 10 degrees, so their new home
:14:35. > :14:37.is not a shock to the system. The fish are transported on pure oxygen,
:14:38. > :14:40.so they are quite happy in the tanks. You got to be really careful
:14:41. > :14:44.when netting them out of the tank. Obviously, we don't want to damage
:14:45. > :14:49.them. It has taken 18 months to get to this point, so the last few
:14:50. > :14:52.minutes are important. Here is where they are from. And Environment
:14:53. > :14:55.Agency farm in Nottinghamshire, where they are counted out
:14:56. > :15:00.electronically after being reared in greenhouses in the vital first few
:15:01. > :15:04.months. Della macro we feed them on the little tiny shrimp we have, and
:15:05. > :15:08.then we stuck them into ponds. From there on, we are trying to rear
:15:09. > :15:11.these fish in as natural a way as possible. A big difference for our
:15:12. > :15:16.faces, we are trying to produce fish that are fit for purpose and can
:15:17. > :15:20.cope with life in the wild, and that is not easy. Among the fish being
:15:21. > :15:24.released today is the 10 million fish that has been bred to restock
:15:25. > :15:28.the nation's lakes and rivers. It could be to replace those lost by
:15:29. > :15:35.pollution, but today, they are being released to encourage more people to
:15:36. > :15:39.take up wishing. `` fishing. The people they really want to take up
:15:40. > :15:44.fishing is the next generation, hoping to attract young anglers this
:15:45. > :15:48.afternoon. I am teaching my son the basics of fishing, and how to go
:15:49. > :15:53.about it, what baits to use, how to put it, what hope to use. The basics
:15:54. > :15:57.of fishing, really. It keeps them off the streets, keeps them out of
:15:58. > :16:00.Misti, and it is learning them something. I think it is good,
:16:01. > :16:04.because you get to see the fish when you catch them, and I find this
:16:05. > :16:11.fascinating. Just catching them, and how you put them back in, and how
:16:12. > :16:16.they flap about. While today they are stuffing of the fish, others are
:16:17. > :16:18.stealing them. That has become a big problem throughout the country. We
:16:19. > :16:22.do have a lot of illegal fishermen come down here at night will stop
:16:23. > :16:26.and think once we have gone off site, that we don't return, but we
:16:27. > :16:31.do. We sneaked back in the dark and we. It is part of a nationwide
:16:32. > :16:35.restocking programme. The future's bright for the fish here, even if
:16:36. > :16:38.their new home looks murky. The tens of millions of people who
:16:39. > :16:43.watch Strictly Come Dancing will know that Rachel Riley from Essex is
:16:44. > :16:46.struggling to please the judges. Of course, she's a presenter on the
:16:47. > :16:52.programme Countdown, and has been told she needs to fight to stay on
:16:53. > :16:56.the show. You can't fault the effort. The
:16:57. > :16:59.couple are training 30 hours a week, and on Saturday they'll be hoping to
:17:00. > :17:03.impress with an American Smooth. In a moment we'll hear from her mum,
:17:04. > :17:15.but first Gareth George has been to meet Rachel and Pasha in training.
:17:16. > :17:21.At a secret location in London, Rachel Riley and her partner Pasha
:17:22. > :17:28.rehearse for this Saturday's live show. How nerve racking is it when
:17:29. > :17:33.you go out on that live show? I would be thinking, I going to get my
:17:34. > :17:37.steps? It is pretty terrifying. I can keep myself calm until the music
:17:38. > :17:43.Homs on, and then it is just, where are my? You have got so much
:17:44. > :17:47.adrenaline. Even more nerve wracking when you activate the judges. They
:17:48. > :17:53.were not too kind about Rachel's modern take on a glass of Dublin.
:17:54. > :17:56.You have come out with a lot of aggression and a lot of clean lines
:17:57. > :18:03.and clean for work, and it just did not quite work. That is a great
:18:04. > :18:07.pity. You must have a thick`skinned, have a new, because some of the
:18:08. > :18:13.judges... Do you think they have been a bit rude? The judges, I mean
:18:14. > :18:17.you have to be critiqued, obviously, but the person I want to do well for
:18:18. > :18:22.is Pasha, because he sees me in training, he sees where I have
:18:23. > :18:24.started, where I am at the start of the week, how much effort I put in
:18:25. > :18:31.and how much improvement I hopefully make. Is she a natural density macro
:18:32. > :18:34.Rachel... Sorry, Rachel. Oh, she not here. Rachel is not a natural
:18:35. > :18:42.dancer, so you see on Saturday night, it is actually... It requires
:18:43. > :18:47.hours and hours of hard work for her. But they are still rooting for
:18:48. > :18:51.that her old school, and across the rest of Essex. I am getting things
:18:52. > :18:56.through my letterbox, my old school are supporting me, there posters up
:18:57. > :18:59.in the Indian takeaway and everywhere around! It is really
:19:00. > :19:08.sweet, and having all the support is like having a talking animal. His
:19:09. > :19:12.staunchest supporter is her mum. She is put posters up. She is doing all
:19:13. > :19:15.sorts. It is brilliant. It is her favourite programme. She wants a
:19:16. > :19:17.dance with Pasha, that is a request !
:19:18. > :19:20.Late this afternoon, we spoke to Rachel's mother Celia, and started
:19:21. > :19:30.by asking is she was confident for the weekend.
:19:31. > :19:33.I am 75% confidence. I think she has had a good week of practice, she is
:19:34. > :19:38.really looking forward to it, and she is absolutely loving the dance.
:19:39. > :19:43.And do you love watching here when you see her do that live, or have
:19:44. > :19:47.you got your head in your hands? No, I haven't got my head in my hands,
:19:48. > :19:51.but my heart starts thumping, and When She Was Mine a dance off, I was
:19:52. > :19:55.grabbing hold of the seat in front of me for dear life. And when the
:19:56. > :20:01.judges say unkind things about it, what is your reaction? Well, as a
:20:02. > :20:08.mother, I am obviously feeling for Rachel. The slug in salt was not too
:20:09. > :20:11.kind, but I'm very proud of the way she keeps a smile on their face and
:20:12. > :20:16.she takes it. I don't think I could take the criticism that well. And
:20:17. > :20:20.does she take it OK, order she phoned you up and come and see you
:20:21. > :20:25.afterwards, upset by it all? No, she doesn't mention it at all. She just
:20:26. > :20:28.carries on. It makes it more determined and come back the next
:20:29. > :20:32.week and rectify anything they have mentioned that needs rectifying. It
:20:33. > :20:35.just makes you stronger. Tell me a little bit about how hard she is
:20:36. > :20:41.working at this. She is dancing all the hours she can. She thinks she is
:20:42. > :20:45.wasting time I actually being asleep or eating, and she has lost a lot of
:20:46. > :20:51.weight. And she has got blisters all over her feet, and I Inc you know
:20:52. > :20:54.that she has got a back problem, so she is in pain, but she is going to
:20:55. > :20:59.dance through that pain, and she is very determined to do her very best.
:21:00. > :21:05.And she has an incredible amount of local support. Out important is
:21:06. > :21:08.that? Extremely important. I have been canvassing all my friends and
:21:09. > :21:13.acquaintances. She has her own fan club, Pasha has his own fan club, I
:21:14. > :21:17.have been going round the town with posters. I give a lot of talks to
:21:18. > :21:21.groups. I have asked them to vote for Rachel. Some lovely comments
:21:22. > :21:25.online. She has had lovely Twitter comments from people like Liz Hurley
:21:26. > :21:29.and Sarah Milligan and other sorts of people. Everybody says it is one
:21:30. > :21:33.of the best things they do in their life will stop at leaving it has
:21:34. > :21:37.changed a? Well, for one, she absolutely loves dancing now. She
:21:38. > :21:40.has never dance in her life will stop I only saw the dance at their
:21:41. > :21:44.wedding, and that was the first time I have seen it on the dance floor. I
:21:45. > :21:48.think she wants to carry on dancing. Everybody seems to get the bug from
:21:49. > :21:53.dance thing. I have always had the bug. I used to dance very many years
:21:54. > :21:57.ago. Rachel is now loving it, and she wants to continue. Give her our
:21:58. > :22:02.best wishes. But look at the weekend, and thank you for being
:22:03. > :22:04.with us. Thank you very much indeed. Keep voting !
:22:05. > :22:13.A humpback whale has been sighted you entered one of these
:22:14. > :22:24.competitions once. Second, not first. You are going to get yourself
:22:25. > :22:26.into trouble ! We are going to talk about Wales now.
:22:27. > :22:30.A humpback whale has been sighted of the Norfolk coast in recent days. It
:22:31. > :22:33.was first spotted at Hemsby early on Tuesday morning, and since then,
:22:34. > :22:37.hundreds of people have flocked to the coast to try to catch a glimpse.
:22:38. > :22:40.It's the first time a humpback whale has been spotted in the waters off
:22:41. > :22:44.Norfolk. Mike Liggins was up bright and early this morning, to see what
:22:45. > :22:53.he could see. Sadly things didn't go exactly to plan.
:22:54. > :22:57.Hemsby, just north of great Yarmouth. This is where Ryan Irvin
:22:58. > :23:02.and his girlfriend Tabatha spotted the humpback whale early on Tuesday
:23:03. > :23:06.morning. They were the first to see it. I just looked out the patio
:23:07. > :23:10.doors, and there was a big blow, and I shouted to Tabatha, Wale ! She
:23:11. > :23:15.came running through, and we get the telescope out, and managed to see it
:23:16. > :23:24.surfacing. We were pretty certain it was a humpback whale. Both Ryan and
:23:25. > :23:29.Tabatha are marine scientists, so could they help this fine the way?
:23:30. > :23:32.Apparently, we had to look for gannets. Bewail associates with a
:23:33. > :23:37.group of gannets. They follow the Wale, looking for an easy lunch.
:23:38. > :23:41.North of the air is Winston, whether Wale was spotted on Tuesday and
:23:42. > :23:46.Wednesday. You could see a long way out, but no Wale insight. So, here's
:23:47. > :23:52.one we made earlier. The humpback whale, to 19 metres long, and 36
:23:53. > :23:59.tonnes. It is a big Wale, but it is an even bigger C. We have not
:24:00. > :24:08.spotted it yet. Just one or two very curious seals. I've got it. I have
:24:09. > :24:13.filmed it. Andy Lawson filmed it. Here's an action replay. This is
:24:14. > :24:17.what we wanted, but the humpback didn't seem to be around. I now, we
:24:18. > :24:22.had been joined by this man, who came from Nottingham to see the
:24:23. > :24:25.whale. He sensed my frustration. You need to have patience and optimism,
:24:26. > :24:34.but also, you shouldn't forget about where you are and seeing what is
:24:35. > :24:41.around you. Good advice ! There was a rumour the Wale had been
:24:42. > :24:47.spotted further north. We're now going to sea. Why has the humpback
:24:48. > :24:50.been a? Experts say, why not? A ban on commercial whaling means that
:24:51. > :24:54.numbers are growing, and it was probably only a matter of time.
:24:55. > :24:59.Sadly, we never did see the whale, but he is out there somewhere, and
:25:00. > :25:07.who knows. One day, he may even let us film him.
:25:08. > :25:13.Patients and optimism. Kind of sums up Mike, doesn't it? Well, he is
:25:14. > :25:17.optimistic, anyhow. The weather now. Good evening. We will see some rain
:25:18. > :25:21.in the next few days, and strong winds. At the moment, quite calm,
:25:22. > :25:24.although you may catch a shower. We have had lots of cloud around today,
:25:25. > :25:28.and it was they cloudy through this evening. This rant gets time to
:25:29. > :25:32.clear first thing, but if you are unlucky, you might catch a shower.
:25:33. > :25:36.For most people heading out for Halloween, it should just about stay
:25:37. > :25:39.dry. A good deal of cloud will mean a mild night. Just the chance of a
:25:40. > :25:43.shower in the first out of the night, and later, perhaps the use
:25:44. > :25:48.what's of light rain or drizzle, but mostly by the end of the night, a
:25:49. > :25:52.dry end. Temperatures for most of us are hanging around ten or 11
:25:53. > :25:59.degrees, but we might find one or two spots dropped to eight or nine
:26:00. > :26:02.Celsius. Into tomorrow, this is our pressure pattern. An area of low
:26:03. > :26:05.pressure moves in from the south`west. There is a little bit of
:26:06. > :26:10.uncertainty as to how far north it will go, and that will determine how
:26:11. > :26:14.much rain we get, so for many of us, it will be a cloudy start, and
:26:15. > :26:18.gradually, we will see some rain developing into the afternoon. We
:26:19. > :26:23.could see quite a lot of dry weather in the morning. Temperatures around
:26:24. > :26:29.12 Celsius, perhaps up to 13 in one or two spots, and the wind generally
:26:30. > :26:32.is light and south to south`westerly. Into the afternoon
:26:33. > :26:35.and evening, this is where it could get interesting, because the rain
:26:36. > :26:39.could really turn quite heavy if the low`pressure gas fire, that the
:26:40. > :26:42.moment, it looks like the heaviest rain will affect parts of Essex and
:26:43. > :26:49.Hertfordshire, and that could produce some heavy bursts of rain,
:26:50. > :26:53.some problems or a shower, no doubt. Looking ahead, the next low`pressure
:26:54. > :26:56.system is moving in on Saturday. The significance of this will be the
:26:57. > :26:59.strength of wind, particularly for the evening and overnight, with
:27:00. > :27:05.gusts possible between 40 and 50 mph. That could be a problem if you
:27:06. > :27:09.are heading out on Saturday night, the day itself does knowledge bad.
:27:10. > :27:12.It should stay mostly dry, sunny spells in the morning, increasing
:27:13. > :27:15.cloud, and then the wind speed rationing into the evening and
:27:16. > :27:20.overnight. Some rain on that front, some perhaps a bit more persistent
:27:21. > :27:24.into the overnight period. Gradually clearing away, but still windy for
:27:25. > :27:27.Sunday. There is just about a chance of a shower for Sunday, but some
:27:28. > :27:33.sunny spells as well. It looks like a settled darter next week, cooler
:27:34. > :27:40.by day, and overnight, a quick barometer check, 1014 millibars, 29
:27:41. > :27:41.inches will stop thank you. Not great for fireworks. We will see you
:27:42. > :28:24.tomorrow. Goodbye. Planet Earth - it's unique.
:28:25. > :28:28.It has life. To understand why, we're going to
:28:29. > :28:36.build a planet...up there. These were the objects that were
:28:37. > :28:39.making the Earth. We're now weightless.
:28:40. > :28:42.That's how our planet started. Your arms are a little bit long
:28:43. > :28:46.Is that as small as they go?