:00:15. > :00:18.Hello and welcome to Look East. In the programme tonight: As pressure
:00:19. > :00:21.increases on the man in charge of Colchester General we're shown
:00:22. > :00:24.evidence that he was told waiting times were being manipulated more
:00:25. > :00:27.than two years ago. Anger as another person loses their
:00:28. > :00:37.home following the tidal surge. It's a cowardly attitude. We should be
:00:38. > :00:40.tellign future generations we can't afford it.
:00:41. > :00:42.The Deputy Prime Minister says a new deal will bring thousands of new
:00:43. > :00:46.jobs to Norwich. And he's just a few hours away from
:00:47. > :00:58.being the first double amputee to reach the South Pole.
:00:59. > :01:02.Pressure is increasing on the man in charge at Colchester General. Look
:01:03. > :01:05.East has seen evidence that Dr Coutts was told about waiting times
:01:06. > :01:10.being manipulated... Two`and`a`half years ago. The Colchester Trust is
:01:11. > :01:15.facing three separate inquiries into claims that data about cancer
:01:16. > :01:18.patients was falsified. One commissioned by the hospital, one by
:01:19. > :01:28.NHS England and also a criminal investigation by the police. Tonight
:01:29. > :01:31.we can reveal the Finance Director who carried out an internal inquiry
:01:32. > :01:34.into claims cancer data was falsified has quit. He talks
:01:35. > :01:37.exclusively to us about his resignation. This report is from
:01:38. > :01:40.Julian Sturdy. In a hospital under intense scrutiny, one man has been
:01:41. > :01:43.coming under increasing pressure. In recent weeks, the Chief Executive Dr
:01:44. > :01:48.Gordon Coutts has stoutly defended his hospital and its record over
:01:49. > :01:54.waiting times. But what did he know, and when? At home in Colchester, one
:01:55. > :01:56.family has some of the answers. In 2011, Julie Campbell`ven`Carter's
:01:57. > :02:03.husband John faced delays to his operation. We were chatting to the
:02:04. > :02:07.nurse and in the time that we were talking to her she told us that they
:02:08. > :02:12.were taking off the names from the waiting list and putting them back
:02:13. > :02:17.on again. Everybody within the hospital was aware of it. We were
:02:18. > :02:22.quite shocked when we heard about it. They were so alarmed, they sent
:02:23. > :02:25.a fax to the Chief Executive ` alerting him to the apparent
:02:26. > :02:34.manipulation. That was sent on the 26th of April 2011. Did you get a
:02:35. > :02:39.response? The response is here. It's dated the 16th of June 2011. Dr
:02:40. > :02:42.Coutts has said that 'if you would like to provide me with any names,
:02:43. > :02:49.or evidence, of waiting list irregularities I will investigate
:02:50. > :02:54.this matter'. We've always known, back in 2011, that there have been
:02:55. > :02:58.manipulations of the waiting list. It's a pity that it's taken this
:02:59. > :03:02.amount of time and a lot of suffering before it's become common
:03:03. > :03:06.knowledge. They didn't consider it their job to provide more
:03:07. > :03:10.information. But eight months later, the Trust had another chance to
:03:11. > :03:13.uncover apparent irregularities. This man ` Financial Director Mike
:03:14. > :03:18.Baker ` held an inquiry after staff reported a manager had altered
:03:19. > :03:22.cancer data. I'd only been in the Trust in the NHS for six months, so
:03:23. > :03:26.I had very limited understanding of the detail about what was going on.
:03:27. > :03:30.I suppose, when you read the report, hindsight says yes ` knowing what I
:03:31. > :03:36.knew by now, by the end of my career with the hospital, I would perhaps
:03:37. > :03:40.have done something differently. But at the time I believe I did the
:03:41. > :03:46.right things. My judgements were based on my understanding at that
:03:47. > :03:49.time. He says he knew nothing about bullying and thought it was staff
:03:50. > :03:51.communication rather than whistle`blowing. Nevertheless, he's
:03:52. > :03:56.chosen to resign. I'm disappointed in the way that I've had to leave
:03:57. > :04:01.the Trust. From my own point of view, I was about to retire anyway.
:04:02. > :04:06.But it rather coloured the way that I left my people. I'm disappointed.
:04:07. > :04:10.I feel I've let my people down ` the people who worked for me directly `
:04:11. > :04:13.and also the people who worked around me. Walking away from the
:04:14. > :04:21.hospital, he's chosen to forgo an estimated ?25,000 severance
:04:22. > :04:33.entitlement. Gareth George is outside the hospital now. So where
:04:34. > :04:43.was Dr Coutts today? We were expecting him to be at a meeting. He
:04:44. > :04:53.normally gives an update. But he wasn't there. We're told he
:04:54. > :05:02.underwent an operation and is on sick leave. The Medical Director
:05:03. > :05:05.says it will mean a better service. We've had 14 specialist teams that
:05:06. > :05:08.have come in and looked at our cancer services at very specific
:05:09. > :05:12.areas. We've had the NHS intensive support team in, looking at things
:05:13. > :05:15.and producing a detail report. I think this is our opportunity to
:05:16. > :05:36.rebuild cancer services that are state of the art. The Medical
:05:37. > :05:45.Director told the board this has been shocking for staff and
:05:46. > :05:49.patients. This hospital is also likely to miss two cancer treatment
:05:50. > :05:52.targets. Another house on the coast of
:05:53. > :05:56.Norfolk has been added to the list of those which were unable to
:05:57. > :05:59.survive the tidal surge last week. A house in the village of Happisburgh
:06:00. > :06:02.in Norfolk was demolished this morning after the cliff face was
:06:03. > :06:06.eroded by the heavy seas. The owner is calling on the government to do
:06:07. > :06:09.more in the fight against coastal erosion. Sunrise at Happisburgh. It
:06:10. > :06:14.was cold on the cliffs this morning, but it was calm and the views were
:06:15. > :06:16.stunning. This place can be beautiful, and that's why
:06:17. > :06:22.68`year`old Briony has stayed as long as she has. Last week's storm
:06:23. > :06:26.left her bathroom hanging over the edge of the cliff. She always knew
:06:27. > :06:30.the house would go eventually but it didn't last as long as she'd hoped.
:06:31. > :06:33.I was standing on the edge of the field. Waves were being flung higher
:06:34. > :06:38.than telegraph poles. It was really frightening. The noise was
:06:39. > :06:42.indescribable. What I could see of the waves, with my flashlight, was
:06:43. > :06:46.terrifying. For the contractors it was a difficult operation. You don't
:06:47. > :06:49.put a 20 tonne digger on a crumbling cliff edge without knowing what
:06:50. > :07:00.you're doing. But piece by piece the house came down. For Briony, her
:07:01. > :07:05.family and friends, it wasn't an easy thing to watch. And the idea
:07:06. > :07:10.that Happisburgh is one of those places not worth defending against
:07:11. > :07:14.the sea... She can't understand. What if we'd have stood here when
:07:15. > :07:22.the Romans were invading? When the Vikings were invading? No. It's a
:07:23. > :07:25.cowardly attitude. It's no good going for five year governments. One
:07:26. > :07:28.says one thing and they're all trying to score points. They're not
:07:29. > :07:31.interested in long`term solutions. It's a political thing. For future
:07:32. > :07:41.generations, we must do something about coastal erosion. For Briony,
:07:42. > :07:45.this isn't the end. She plans to stay close to the cliff edge on a
:07:46. > :07:49.mobile phone and may even try to build a new house. The fight to save
:07:50. > :07:58.places like Happisburgh, she says, goes on.
:07:59. > :08:01.There is a claim tonight that 19,000 new jobs could be created in the
:08:02. > :08:04.area around Norwich after the government agreed to give the city
:08:05. > :08:10.more control over its economic development. The Deputy Prime
:08:11. > :08:14.Minister came to sign the deal. We'll hear from him in a moment, but
:08:15. > :08:18.first this from our political correspondent Andrew Sinclair. This
:08:19. > :08:21.is a relatively new idea, which Mr Clegg believes will speed up growth
:08:22. > :08:25.and bring major economic benefits to Norwich and the surrounding area.
:08:26. > :08:28.This afternoon he was visiting the Norwich Research Park which is at
:08:29. > :08:33.the centre of the city's plans to develop. We know we've got the
:08:34. > :08:37.potential to deliver jobs. We know we can really be at the centre of
:08:38. > :08:40.the East of England economy. We're a real powerhouse for growth across
:08:41. > :08:44.the UK. Norwich will now play a really important part of that. City
:08:45. > :08:48.deal status gives the local area more of a say over development.
:08:49. > :08:51.It'll be able to apply for extra grants, give loans to companies with
:08:52. > :08:56.cash flow problems and borrow money for infrastructure projects at low
:08:57. > :09:01.rates of interest. And with more of a say over planning matters, things
:09:02. > :09:04.should get done faster. It makes a tremendous difference. We know what
:09:05. > :09:07.it is local people want. We work quite closely with local businesses
:09:08. > :09:11.and we know what their needs are. And we know what people tell us when
:09:12. > :09:14.we're knocking on doorsteps. Earlier in the day, the Deputy Prime
:09:15. > :09:18.Minister was at a software firm in Cambridge. Here, too, they're
:09:19. > :09:21.getting city status. The idea of investment decisions being taken
:09:22. > :09:32.locally ` rather than in Whitehall ` has gone down well. But it's only
:09:33. > :09:35.when things start getting built that we'll know whether city status has
:09:36. > :09:39.really worked. Well, I put that point to the Deputy Prime Minister
:09:40. > :09:42.when he came into the studio late this afternoon. We won't know
:09:43. > :09:47.whether this has made a difference for some time. These are being
:09:48. > :09:49.shaped and created by local business people, by local enterprise
:09:50. > :09:52.partnerships and by local authorities in the area. They're
:09:53. > :09:55.working together. It's very much something which has been home grown.
:09:56. > :09:57.It's really the duty of local authorities and local businesses and
:09:58. > :10:01.local enterprise partnerships to make sure that their plan happens in
:10:02. > :10:05.practice. I hope we will see in the coming years that the city deal
:10:06. > :10:08.really has marked a step change in the economic development of the
:10:09. > :10:12.area. The headlines all sound great. A ?4 million cash injection and
:10:13. > :10:16.19,000 new jobs. But there's not really any new money from the
:10:17. > :10:20.government coming into this at all. Crucially, in the case of the deal
:10:21. > :10:23.in Norwich, what is new is that the government ` the Coalition
:10:24. > :10:30.Government ` is giving permission to local authorities to borrow money at
:10:31. > :10:36.lower rates. Preferential rates... In order to invest in housing. In a
:10:37. > :10:39.sense it is new money because at the moment it's not borrowed. But
:10:40. > :10:43.crucially it's borrowed at much better rates. It's cheaper to raise
:10:44. > :10:47.that money. It's hard cash for hard investments in new homes. There are
:10:48. > :10:50.places elsewhere in this region that are very deprived. They aren't
:10:51. > :10:54.getting this kind of money. Do you not think they need it more? It's
:10:55. > :10:58.all connected. What tends to be the case is that cities and towns tend
:10:59. > :11:02.to be the economic dynamo ` magnet, if you like ` to drag other areas
:11:03. > :11:10.along and create job opportunities as well. That's why it's so good
:11:11. > :11:14.that all of these areas ` rural and urban ` have been working together.
:11:15. > :11:16.Over time, I would like to see this approach from Whitehall and
:11:17. > :11:20.government giving more freedoms and flexibilities. I'd like to see that
:11:21. > :11:25.extended to all areas across the country. One of the things that
:11:26. > :11:28.Norwich said in its bid for a city deal was that it wanted to address
:11:29. > :11:33.the mismatch between what employers need and the skills that are coming
:11:34. > :11:37.out of the schools. In engineering, for example, there aren't the people
:11:38. > :11:42.coming out with the skills they need. We can do lots of things about
:11:43. > :11:47.that. Last week we announced extra money to boost engineering courses
:11:48. > :11:51.in university. That becomes a more attractive option. We're working
:11:52. > :11:56.with schools to ensure that boys and crucially girls both see these as
:11:57. > :12:00.attractive subjects. We're also massively expanding ` on a scale we
:12:01. > :12:05.haven't seen in our country for a generation. There are a number of
:12:06. > :12:08.funded apprenticeships available. There's a wider issue here,
:12:09. > :12:11.especially in Norfolk and Suffolk. They're bottom of the league tables
:12:12. > :12:14.when it comes to education, specifically in primary schools.
:12:15. > :12:19.That's happened under your government's watch. I think what we
:12:20. > :12:22.need to do is in those parts of the country where children and their
:12:23. > :12:26.parents are being let down ` because they're not getting the same quality
:12:27. > :12:30.of education you get elsewhere ` is do two things. Firstly we need to be
:12:31. > :12:33.quite uncompromising in comparing schools that aren't doing well
:12:34. > :12:41.compared to those that are doing better. Comparing like for like and
:12:42. > :12:45.casting the spotlight. Secondly, take the most talented headteachers
:12:46. > :12:48.and move them to areas where there is underperformance to make sure
:12:49. > :12:55.those schools do as well as other schools. Thank you.
:12:56. > :12:58.So that's what Nick Clegg thinks about failing schools and poor
:12:59. > :13:01.results, and last night on this programme Ofsted warned that schools
:13:02. > :13:05.in Norfolk and Suffolk are simply not good enough. The performance gap
:13:06. > :13:09.between us and the rest of the country is getting wider. One of the
:13:10. > :13:13.problems is not getting enough good teachers with the right
:13:14. > :13:21.qualifications. 90% of the teachers who train in Ipswich go on to work
:13:22. > :13:24.in Norfolk or Suffolk. This is University Campus Suffolk in Ipswich
:13:25. > :13:28.and a room full of trainee teachers ` learning how to deliver a primary
:13:29. > :13:32.school science lesson. This is the theory, but they also spend time in
:13:33. > :13:36.local schools where they're mentored by the best teachers in the
:13:37. > :13:39.classroom. I think there's a real appetite for people to meet the
:13:40. > :13:44.challenges that we're facing. We're looking to expand our teacher
:13:45. > :13:48.training provision. Next year we're looking at 10`15% more who will be
:13:49. > :13:52.trained by us. Here they handle 200 trainee teachers every year. 98% of
:13:53. > :13:57.those who finish the course are rated good or outstanding. 88`90% go
:13:58. > :14:02.on to work in schools in Suffolk or Norfolk. Around 70% are employed
:14:03. > :14:06.within the first six months. I thought I wanted to be an art
:14:07. > :14:10.teacher but after getting the experience in primary schools I fell
:14:11. > :14:13.in love with that. I wanted to teach a range of subjects rather than just
:14:14. > :14:17.one. Every child is different, so in your lessons you need to incorporate
:14:18. > :14:35.all of the interests and ability levels. That's one of the challenges
:14:36. > :14:39.that makes this job so rewarding. This man is the head of an
:14:40. > :14:42.outstanding rated school. He says there are plenty of good teachers
:14:43. > :14:46.around. So can we cast off the tag of mediocrity? I think we can.
:14:47. > :14:49.There's a real urgency out there. People want to improve. A lot of it
:14:50. > :14:53.is making sure teachers understand what excellence is. What it looks
:14:54. > :14:56.like in the classroom. The key, he says, is to work together ` building
:14:57. > :15:05.momentum to show Ofsted how quickly things can change to give our
:15:06. > :15:08.children the very best. The East Anglian Air Ambulance
:15:09. > :15:11.helicopters have been cleared to fly again. The two Eurocopter aircraft
:15:12. > :15:15.were among those grounded for checks after a possible defect was found in
:15:16. > :15:18.an air ambulance in the North West. They're the same model as the
:15:19. > :15:20.helicopter which crashed into a pub in Glasgow.
:15:21. > :15:24.A police officer from Essex who was shot dead when he tackled a gunman
:15:25. > :15:28.has been posthumously awarded the George Medal. Constable Ian Dibell
:15:29. > :15:31.was 41 when he died last year in Clacton while trying to stop a man
:15:32. > :15:35.who'd fired at two people in the street. PC Dibell is the first
:15:36. > :15:41.police officer in more than 20 years to receive the award.
:15:42. > :15:44.Still to come tonight: The shotputter training for the Olympic
:15:45. > :15:48.Games in 2020. And Duncan Slater from Norfolk is
:15:49. > :15:56.just a few hours away from being the first double amputee to reach the
:15:57. > :15:59.South Pole. After the Fukushima disaster two
:16:00. > :16:03.years ago, the owner of eight nuclear power stations in the UK
:16:04. > :16:08.agreed to spend ?180 million on extra safety measures. The first
:16:09. > :16:17.result of EDF's investment was opened today near the Sizewell B
:16:18. > :16:23.plant in Suffolk. It's cost ?12 million and as you'd expect for that
:16:24. > :16:27.money it can withstand earthquakes. The first emergency response centre
:16:28. > :16:33.to be built in the UK since the Fukushima disaster. Today it was
:16:34. > :16:38.opened, a mile from Sizewell B, by the global head of EDF. This centre
:16:39. > :16:44.is intended as an additional line of defence. It will enhance our
:16:45. > :16:53.capability to recover during and after an extreme natural event.
:16:54. > :16:58.There was a review of UK nuclear safety after the Fukushima incident
:16:59. > :17:04.in Japan two years ago. A tsunami caused nuclear meltdowns and the
:17:05. > :17:07.release of radioactive materials. The Office for UK Regulation found
:17:08. > :17:11.UK stations had no fundamental weaknesses but recommended robust
:17:12. > :17:16.off`site back`up. `` Nuclear Regulation. There's already an
:17:17. > :17:22.emergency control centre at Sizewell B itself. This place is in addition
:17:23. > :17:26.to that. The company says it has the ability to take control of the
:17:27. > :17:30.station in a dire emergency. There's a control centre and lots of serious
:17:31. > :17:35.kit. Vehicles carrying diesel generators ` capable of driving
:17:36. > :17:40.through floods. Cutting equipment, firefighting gear... Why build this
:17:41. > :17:43.place? We're not in an earthquake zone and don't intend to get
:17:44. > :17:47.tsunamis... The point is to make sure we can respond to whatever may
:17:48. > :17:51.happen. Some events you can't predict. We've worked on the
:17:52. > :17:59.principle of what the worst thing is that could happen and how we'd be
:18:00. > :18:05.best placed to respond. We want to protect the public, our environment
:18:06. > :18:09.and our personnel. Not everybody's convinced. If there was an emergency
:18:10. > :18:19.around here there would be absolute chaos. No fancy emergency centre
:18:20. > :18:22.will hide that. It won't do a great deal to mitigate the impact of an
:18:23. > :18:24.accident. Sizewell B continued to generate during last week's
:18:25. > :18:30.exceptional storm surge. EDF says the new centre will only add to its
:18:31. > :18:34.resilience. It's been a fairy tale year for the
:18:35. > :18:38.19`year`old Norfolk shot putter Sophie McKinna. She's broken a
:18:39. > :18:42.British junior record which stood for 30 years, won a Silver medal at
:18:43. > :18:48.the European Under 20 Championships and made her British senior debut.
:18:49. > :18:52.Sophie has also been included on a list of athletes who have the
:18:53. > :18:56.potential to win a medal at the 2020 Olympics. She's coached by the
:18:57. > :19:01.former world strongest man Geoff Capes. She may be Britain's number
:19:02. > :19:05.one shotputter, but Sophie McKinna doesn't escape the basic chores.
:19:06. > :19:09.Today it's a short, sharp training session for the 19`year`old.
:19:10. > :19:13.Normally a session's a little but longer, but because of the weather I
:19:14. > :19:17.don't think we'll be doing too much more! ?? WHITE There are few girls
:19:18. > :19:20.as strong as Sophie ` and her coach knows a thing or two about strength.
:19:21. > :19:25.Former World's Strongest Man Geoff Capes was also a shot put champion.
:19:26. > :19:29.He's been working with her since she was 12. I saw a bit of me in her.
:19:30. > :19:34.This aggressive, nasty little piece of work! She wanted to throw the
:19:35. > :19:39.shot out the park but didn't know how. It's just about channelling
:19:40. > :19:45.aggression and everything else, then developing her over a period of
:19:46. > :19:48.time. Sophie's made big strides this year ` making her senior British
:19:49. > :19:51.debut, winning a Silver medal at the European Under 20 Championships and
:19:52. > :19:56.breaking a 30 year British junior record. To cap it all, she's just
:19:57. > :20:00.received funding for the next four years ` deemed as having potential
:20:01. > :20:05.to win a medal at the 2020 Olympics. I just really, really enjoy the
:20:06. > :20:09.sport. As soon as I picked up the shot, I knew it was something I'd
:20:10. > :20:13.really enjoy to do. Basically, I just love athletics ` the atmosphere
:20:14. > :20:17.at all of the different events, not just my own. I've always been a
:20:18. > :20:23.competitive person in whatever I do. 30 centimetres... Come on! Fire it
:20:24. > :20:27.up! Sophie's strength is phenomenal. She can lift more than current
:20:28. > :20:30.British weightlifters of her age. If there's a downside, it's people's
:20:31. > :20:35.image of shotputters ` particularly in a world dominated by looks and
:20:36. > :20:39.appearance. If you're a little bit physical... Bigger than most
:20:40. > :20:43.girls... They can look at you sideways... Blinkered. They haven't
:20:44. > :20:47.got a clue about sport, in the realistic sense. They don't realise
:20:48. > :20:53.the effort and time that people will place on training and commitment.
:20:54. > :20:58.Obviously, I'm slightly bigger than the average human being. Slightly
:20:59. > :21:00.stronger, too. But once you have a conversation with somebody, there's
:21:01. > :21:04.always really supportive of what you do. They're interested and even come
:21:05. > :21:09.back to you to ask how you're doing. It's things like that... To me, it's
:21:10. > :21:15.not a massive problem. You have to make sacrifices to get places in
:21:16. > :21:18.your sport. One of them, I suppose, is what you look like. The
:21:19. > :21:24.19`year`old's target next year is the Commonwealth Games. Her coach
:21:25. > :21:45.won it twice in his heyday. Sophie is keen to lay down her own marker.
:21:46. > :21:57.Very confident! Those weights would crush me!
:21:58. > :22:00.Congratulations to golfer Charley Hull from Northamptonshire who is on
:22:01. > :22:03.the short list for the BBC's Young Sports Personality of the Year
:22:04. > :22:06.award. Charley's been selected as one of three from an original short
:22:07. > :22:10.list of ten. The 17`year`old turned professional this year and made her
:22:11. > :22:14.debut in the Solheim Cup. The winner will be announced at a ceremony in
:22:15. > :22:16.Leeds on Sunday night. Good luck to her!
:22:17. > :22:20.A former RAF gunner who hopes to be the first double amputee to walk to
:22:21. > :22:23.the South Pole is just hours away from making history. Duncan Slater,
:22:24. > :22:26.from Norfolk, lost both his legs in an explosion in Afghanistan. Duncan
:22:27. > :22:30.and 11 other injured servicemen and women set off for Cape Town three
:22:31. > :22:34.weeks ago ` and then on to Novo Airbase in Antarctica. From there,
:22:35. > :22:49.they were flown to the start line 200 miles from the South Pole. The
:22:50. > :22:53.start line of the South Pole allied challenge 12 days ago. Three teams
:22:54. > :22:57.racing to be the first to the bottom of the world. Many of these disabled
:22:58. > :22:59.veterans have lost limbs in war. One is completely blind. After this
:23:00. > :23:02.roadside explosion in Afghanistan, Duncan Slater lost both his legs.
:23:03. > :23:07.After months of training, tonight he's in a tent, in a gale, just 16
:23:08. > :23:12.miles from the South Pole. It's 70% mental. 20% physical. 10% luck. You
:23:13. > :23:23.can see that when you get here. I can't wait. To be able to say we
:23:24. > :23:27.made it. We've worked really hard. The teams are skiing up to ten hours
:23:28. > :23:30.a day, pulling these behind them. Temperatures are dipping to `45
:23:31. > :23:33.Celsius. Seven days in, those extreme conditions took their toll
:23:34. > :23:38.on some and a decision was made to suspend the race. With advice from
:23:39. > :23:45.my medical team, we felt it was sensible to stop here. It doesn't
:23:46. > :23:54.mean it's over. We proceed to the last checkpoint. We're still skiing.
:23:55. > :23:58.That decision lifted morale. As one united team, they pushed on. This
:23:59. > :24:04.Norfolk`based charity helps injured service personnel back into work.
:24:05. > :24:10.That's where they started. This is the track. They dreamt up this
:24:11. > :24:15.adventure. We're showcasing these individuals coming back from injury
:24:16. > :24:21.and adversity. Duncan is the first double amputee to get to the South
:24:22. > :24:32.Pole. Amazing. Prince Harry has also joined us. Outstanding. Fantastic.
:24:33. > :24:38.He's strong as an ox and helping to pull it all. Great to have him in
:24:39. > :24:42.the tent! He skips around like a ballerina! Tent`mates and team`mates
:24:43. > :24:45.together, Duncan and his fellow veterans should reach the Pole
:24:46. > :24:58.tomorrow afternoon ` Friday the 13th... Lucky for them! It looks
:24:59. > :25:15.like hard work! Now for the weather. Chance of some
:25:16. > :25:28.rain on the way. High pressure being pushed eastwards. Milder Atlantic
:25:29. > :25:39.air coming our way. Thicker cloud in the west producing patchy rain. High
:25:40. > :25:49.level cloud ahead of it. Temperatures ` lows of four or five
:25:50. > :26:00.Celsius. Isolated pockets of frost. The breeze starts to freshen.
:26:01. > :26:06.Tomorrow will be governed by two weather fronts.
:26:07. > :26:17.Some rain but not too heavy. Expect a cloudy day with rain at times.
:26:18. > :26:36.Light and patchy. It should start to clear away. Drier and possibly
:26:37. > :26:51.brighter interlude. It will feel slightly less cold. You might feel a
:26:52. > :26:53.little chilly. Rain late afternoon. Much of this out of the way on
:26:54. > :27:08.Saturday. Rain overnight on Saturday. Breezy
:27:09. > :27:19.through the night. Fairly bright but some cloud around. It will stay
:27:20. > :27:31.largely dry. Overnight rain Friday. By Saturday night, another spell of
:27:32. > :27:35.rain. Out of the way on Sunday. Here's the barometer. Thank you.
:27:36. > :27:39.Goodbye.