:00:00. > :00:15.Hello. In the next 30 minutes, the Cambridge academic goodbye Highland
:00:16. > :00:20.stag is making progress. We have a special report from the scene of the
:00:21. > :00:22.incident in Scotland. The stag ran out of the gate and God someone as
:00:23. > :00:26.they came out. A woman from Cambridge who was
:00:27. > :00:29.critically injured when she was gored by a Highland stag is tonight
:00:30. > :00:31.making progress in hospital. It is unbelievable. It has got great sea
:00:32. > :00:38.views, and the seller only wants ?40,000. Dr Kate Stone
:00:39. > :00:43.and the writer Lou Reed Bernier pays tribute to his friend and neighbour,
:00:44. > :00:56.the acclaimed novelist Jane Elizabeth Howard.
:00:57. > :01:00.First tonight, a woman from Cambridgeshire was critically
:01:01. > :01:03.injured when she was gored by a Highland stag is recovering in
:01:04. > :01:07.hospital. Dr Kate Stone suffered a life`threatening injury to her neck
:01:08. > :01:11.when the stag bolted and struck her. Tonight, Dr Stone is in an induced
:01:12. > :01:14.coma. Staff at the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow say they are
:01:15. > :01:17."pleased" with the progress she is making. She was on holiday in the
:01:18. > :01:21.Scottish Highlands when the incident took place. Our reporter Alex Dunlop
:01:22. > :01:28.has spent the day in the area piecing together what happened. He's
:01:29. > :01:34.in Glasgow now. Doctors have carried out an
:01:35. > :01:38.operation on Kate Stone's throat. They say tonight her condition is
:01:39. > :01:41.serious but stable. They have placed in a medically induced coma so that
:01:42. > :01:51.hopefully her chattier, her windpipe, can heal relatively
:01:52. > :01:54.undisturbed. I spent the day at the village in the West of Scotland, and
:01:55. > :01:56.found a community shocked by what appear to have been a freak
:01:57. > :02:02.accident. The Gateway Kate Stone was gored by a stag. It's hoofprints
:02:03. > :02:04.where altered were still clearly visible. Doctor Stone had been
:02:05. > :02:08.enjoying a short break in the Highlands with friends and had
:02:09. > :02:11.joined a party at this in. Afterwards, a local musician invited
:02:12. > :02:15.them back to his home for a nightcap. That is when they discover
:02:16. > :02:19.the animal. It seems the stag had wandered into this garden and become
:02:20. > :02:25.disorientated, unable to find its way out because of this rather high
:02:26. > :02:27.deer proof fence. When Kate Stone and her friends returned from a
:02:28. > :02:32.party later that night, they walked through the Gateway, the stag became
:02:33. > :02:36.scared, and charged at her. The antlers pierced her neck and chest.
:02:37. > :02:41.Doctor Stone was airlifted to hospital in Glasgow, where where
:02:42. > :02:45.doctors operated on her windpipe. In the high summer, they are by mail.
:02:46. > :02:49.Local people are appalled by what happens. This woman lives next door.
:02:50. > :02:55.The stag ran out of the gate and good someone and they came out,
:02:56. > :03:00.which was unbelievable. Someone described it as a one in in the lean
:03:01. > :03:05.event. It is, it is. I think the gear was trapped and just tried to
:03:06. > :03:12.run out of the gate. I also heard that everyone else in the group had
:03:13. > :03:16.a head torches on, and she did not. The 44`year`old research engineer
:03:17. > :03:19.from Cambridge, an expert in microelectronics, recently showed
:03:20. > :03:25.off her latest project to the BBC. Following Monday's accident,
:03:26. > :03:28.technology company, based in the, told us they had received
:03:29. > :03:31.overwhelming support from friends around the world. Read stags are
:03:32. > :03:35.common in this part of the Scottish Highlands, and are not very shy.
:03:36. > :03:38.Attacks on humans, however, are virtually unheard of. This man is a
:03:39. > :03:44.local shepherd, and know the area well. A macro the stags go around in
:03:45. > :03:50.open ground. You are safe enough that they won't attack you there. It
:03:51. > :03:57.is when they are cornered in small Gardens and corners that they might
:03:58. > :04:01.attack you. Get out of the way. This part of Scotland is an important
:04:02. > :04:05.tourist area, and locals are keen to reassure visitors than what happened
:04:06. > :04:11.to Kate Stone was a very rare event, albeit one that has shocked the
:04:12. > :04:14.whole community. One worrying aspect of this, I'm afraid, is that the
:04:15. > :04:18.antlers of the stag may have pierced Kate Stone's spinal area. Her
:04:19. > :04:23.sister, who has been at her bedside in Glasgow, says that may leave her
:04:24. > :04:26.paralysed. But it is very early days yet. Doctors say she is making good
:04:27. > :04:30.progress. They should have a fuller assessment when they bring out of
:04:31. > :04:33.the medically induced coma in a view days. Thank you very much.
:04:34. > :04:36.House prices are reaching the levels not seen since the financial crash
:04:37. > :04:39.of 2008. But on the coast of Suffolk, you can find a real
:04:40. > :04:43.bargain. Estate agents are marketing a seaside home at Easton Bavents,
:04:44. > :04:51.near Southwold, with fine sea views. The problem is that it is in danger
:04:52. > :04:58.of falling off a cliff. We are coming into the kitchen, and it is
:04:59. > :05:02.quite a compact house. It is a semidetached by the sea, on the
:05:03. > :05:07.market for a guide price of 25 to ?50,000. And then, the other window,
:05:08. > :05:14.the water tower, a lovely view, but it might be short term. From in
:05:15. > :05:17.estate agent's point of view, it is a challenge. We have been instructed
:05:18. > :05:22.to sell it. We're going to put it to public auction in February, but we
:05:23. > :05:25.clearly have to realise it may have a short life because of coastal
:05:26. > :05:31.erosion. This leads into two bedrooms, the bathroom, all off a
:05:32. > :05:36.landing. The owner went bankrupt, and the house is being sold to pay
:05:37. > :05:42.off creditors. The question is, if you buy this house, what do you get?
:05:43. > :05:48.What happens if it does fall into the sea? The ANSI is not entirely
:05:49. > :05:52.clear. But it appears that the District Council would pay ?10,000
:05:53. > :05:58.towards the cost of demolition. It would also look favourably on any
:05:59. > :06:01.planning application to build another house inland. What kind of
:06:02. > :06:06.individual do you think might buy this? A good risk taker. They are
:06:07. > :06:10.about and then see the opportunity, and I think probably somebody who
:06:11. > :06:15.knows property well may enjoy a view month or a few years here, but they
:06:16. > :06:20.will have to demolish the house as a condition of planning consent for a
:06:21. > :06:23.new dwelling. When the weather takes a turn for the worse, you can see
:06:24. > :06:30.why the cliffs here might be eroding. This man spent seven years
:06:31. > :06:38.building his own sea defences here. He thinks the semidetached for sale
:06:39. > :06:41.could be a good buy. If the person who buys it is genuine in their
:06:42. > :06:50.endeavour and they get the cooperation of the Council, they
:06:51. > :06:54.could be on a very good buy. The house goes up for sale next month,
:06:55. > :06:59.and how long it survives after that is anyone's gas. The semidetached at
:07:00. > :07:09.the end of this lane could be a bargain, or a nightmare.
:07:10. > :07:13.Detectives have released a CCTV image after an armed robbery in
:07:14. > :07:16.Colchester. Two men escaped with a three`figure sum of cash from the
:07:17. > :07:20.Corals betting shop in the Willows last night. One was armed with a
:07:21. > :07:23.knife, the other is thought to have been carrying a handgun wrapped in a
:07:24. > :07:27.plastic bag. This time last year, Matt Adkins
:07:28. > :07:30.from Essex was at a pretty low ebb. On benefits and unemployed, he'd
:07:31. > :07:33.tried everything to find a job. Finally, in desperation, he stood on
:07:34. > :07:42.a busy roundabout, holding a placard appealing for work. Since that
:07:43. > :07:50.moment, he's never looked back. Matt Adkins was back on a busy
:07:51. > :07:53.roundabout at Basildon beneath the rumbling A127 this morning, but for
:07:54. > :07:56.a very different reason. This was him last April, desperate for
:07:57. > :08:00.someone to give him a leg up on to the employment ladder. It did the
:08:01. > :08:04.trick, and now he is into landscape gardening at this roundabout and
:08:05. > :08:11.many others which she looked after. You walk around, you knock on doors,
:08:12. > :08:13.you go into shops, go around industrial estates. I have got no
:08:14. > :08:19.qualifications, so no one would touch me with a barge pole. So I sat
:08:20. > :08:23.down and said to my wife, that's it, I'm going to make a sign and
:08:24. > :08:27.stand on the roundabout and see what happens. Sums in his backyard idea
:08:28. > :08:32.as no more than a publicity stunt, but it was, he says, motivated by
:08:33. > :08:38.desperation, not a desire for headlines. You do everything normal
:08:39. > :08:42.and you just get overlooked. If you do some thing out of the blue,
:08:43. > :08:46.people take notice. He got several immediate opposite work, but this
:08:47. > :08:50.man, who runs a local cleaning firm, got in touch a few days later after
:08:51. > :08:53.he saw the story in the newspaper. He created a post with a mix of
:08:54. > :08:58.responsibilities and then tapped into Matt's talent for landscaping,
:08:59. > :09:02.and promotion followed to manage that side of the business. I felt if
:09:03. > :09:07.this individual had the courage to stand on a roundabout publicly
:09:08. > :09:13.asking for a job, then it told me a little bit about his character. All
:09:14. > :09:17.right, Matt? Just to update you. When I saw Matt, I felt that was a
:09:18. > :09:22.real shame that someone had to do that just to receive a job. But the
:09:23. > :09:27.reality was, if he did not, I wouldn't be sitting here today
:09:28. > :09:33.talking to you about him. The man is amazing. I've got such admiration
:09:34. > :09:40.for him. Not very nice being on benefits. You have nothing, you do
:09:41. > :09:44.nothing, so I lost my Will a long time ago and this has enabled me to
:09:45. > :09:48.get it back. This time last year, Matt looked at in so little hope,
:09:49. > :09:51.but this time, he feels nothing but optimism for the future.
:09:52. > :09:54.Millions of people go down with food poisoning each year. Chickens in
:09:55. > :09:58.particular carry lots of bacteria that are harmful to humans if food
:09:59. > :10:01.isn't cooked properly. But scientists in Norwich are now trying
:10:02. > :10:08.to find a way of attacking those bacteria at source.
:10:09. > :10:12.Chickens all carry certain strains of bacteria in their stomach. In
:10:13. > :10:17.most cases, it does them no harm, but if we ingested, in poorly
:10:18. > :10:21.prepared meat, it cannot then lead to food poisoning. Scientists here
:10:22. > :10:24.in Norwich think they have found a way of neutralising their bad
:10:25. > :10:32.bacteria. It involves one of these, a probiotic for chickens. At the inn
:10:33. > :10:36.'s Institute of food research, they have isolated a friendly bacteria
:10:37. > :10:40.which we carry in our gut, and so do poultry. Scientists have discovered
:10:41. > :10:44.that it has the ability to overpower bad bacteria, and if given to
:10:45. > :10:50.chickens, in a probiotic, it could make their meat for Sabre for human
:10:51. > :10:57.consumption. In the way that we provide for our own health, we are
:10:58. > :11:00.trained to provide for animals. This bacteria we are working with was
:11:01. > :11:06.only Isa later from the gut of the animal. We are just trying to
:11:07. > :11:10.multiply it in large numbers and then give it to the animal at an
:11:11. > :11:16.early stage of their growth. Food poisoning costs the NHS and industry
:11:17. > :11:19.millions. The food standards as there were agency estimate five and
:11:20. > :11:23.a half million people go down with it every year. Camp I live actor,
:11:24. > :11:27.the most common bug, accounts for 20,000 hospital admissions alone,
:11:28. > :11:32.and also 100 deaths. The research can also help the poultry industry.
:11:33. > :11:35.Many farms use antibiotics to control disease, but many bacteria
:11:36. > :11:40.are becoming resistant. A probiotic alternative could help stem the
:11:41. > :11:44.problem. For scientists, the other problem is how they actually see the
:11:45. > :11:49.probiotic to chickens. There are a number of different ways. We can
:11:50. > :11:55.either add it to the drinking water that poultry use, all we can add it
:11:56. > :11:58.to the poultry feed. Indeed, we can also actually spray of into the
:11:59. > :12:01.environment. Trials are now underway to test the probiotic and real
:12:02. > :12:03.poultry. If it works, it would be a major breakthrough in the fight
:12:04. > :12:22.against poisoning. Still to come: What the sporting
:12:23. > :12:25.calendar has in store for 2014. And the weekend weather forecast, on a
:12:26. > :12:28.day when we saw plenty of wintry weather.
:12:29. > :12:31.The acclaimed novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard was being remembered
:12:32. > :12:34.today by her friends and neighbours in Suffolk. In recent years, the
:12:35. > :12:38.writer lived in Bungay. She died there yesterday at the age of 90.
:12:39. > :12:41.Today, the best`selling author Louis de Bernieres paid his own tribute,
:12:42. > :12:45.saying she inspired him to move to the area. Our chief reporter Kim
:12:46. > :12:53.Riley has spent the day in Bungay, gathering memories of one of our
:12:54. > :12:56.most talented writers. For more than 20 years since she
:12:57. > :13:02.moved out of London, this market town has been home to Jane Howard.
:13:03. > :13:06.Here, the author of 14 novels and three works of nonfiction continued
:13:07. > :13:10.writing to the very end. Married three times, most famously to fellow
:13:11. > :13:21.author Kingsley Amis, she never won a major literary prize. But her most
:13:22. > :13:23.famous works, how about a middle`class English family around
:13:24. > :13:29.the time of World War II, were hugely popular, and made it to TV
:13:30. > :13:34.and radio. A young Hugh Bonneville, one of the rising stars. Just two
:13:35. > :13:40.months ago at this restaurant near her home, a launch party was held
:13:41. > :13:43.for her fifth novel in the series. I was utterly charmed by her. I
:13:44. > :13:48.thought she was the most remarkable lady. She was great fun. She did
:13:49. > :13:53.not, for me, come across as particularly frail. She had a great
:13:54. > :13:58.commerce sparkly sense of humour. It is thanks to Jane Howard that this
:13:59. > :14:01.old Rectory is home to novelist Louis de Bernieres. When she heard I
:14:02. > :14:05.was looking for a house in Sussex near to my family, she said, there
:14:06. > :14:10.is a wonderful house near here. Why do you not go and look at it? So I
:14:11. > :14:16.did. That is why I am here. She always said she was my honorary
:14:17. > :14:22.aunt. My own aunts died, and she appointed herself my aunt. And you
:14:23. > :14:26.have that in one of the books here. I have, an inscription in one of her
:14:27. > :14:35.books. To my nephew Louis, from aunt Jane. You will miss your Jane. Very
:14:36. > :14:38.much. Jane Howard's daughter Nicola told
:14:39. > :14:43.me her mother had been devastated by the death of her brother Colin last
:14:44. > :14:46.month. She had become physically very frail, but was mentally strong.
:14:47. > :14:54.She spent three hours per day every day writing, and was halfway through
:14:55. > :14:58.her next novel. A prolific writer more and by her many friends.
:14:59. > :14:59.You can find a full obituary of Elizabeth Jane Howard on the BBC
:15:00. > :15:08.website. Let's move on to sport, and it's a
:15:09. > :15:11.busy weekend ahead, starting with the rugby tonight. It's football
:15:12. > :15:16.tomorrow dominated by the FA Cup. Here's Tom.
:15:17. > :15:19.It's that time again ` round three of the FA Cup. Some say the
:15:20. > :15:23.competition's unique. Others admit they could do without it. However,
:15:24. > :15:28.it remains one of the highlights of the footballing calendar. We have
:15:29. > :15:31.six sides still in it. Here are the ties. Stevenage, who're bottom of
:15:32. > :15:34.League One, travel to Doncaster. In`form Ipswich are at home.
:15:35. > :15:38.Peterborough with a potential banana skin away to non`league
:15:39. > :15:43.Kidderminster. It's Norwich`Fulham. Southend are at home, with MK Dons
:15:44. > :15:52.away at last year's winners Wigan. The 1`1 Premier League affair there
:15:53. > :15:56.sees Fulham back at Carrow Road. I think it is a good distraction. It
:15:57. > :16:01.is a club competition that everyone looks forward to, we are playing
:16:02. > :16:08.against top`class opposition, which makes the Tasker even tougher, but
:16:09. > :16:14.we are at home, so I think it is a good distraction. There isn't
:16:15. > :16:17.anybody that doesn't enjoy the feel of the FA Cup.
:16:18. > :16:20.Certainly not every manager agrees, including Norwich's former boss Paul
:16:21. > :16:23.Lambert. He believes the majority of top`flight clubs would rather not
:16:24. > :16:30.have the distraction, and that "survival" is the priority. The
:16:31. > :16:42.debate's certainly raging. It's something you want to try and
:16:43. > :16:49.progress into. The cup has a special meaning to everybody, and in our
:16:50. > :16:54.game, everybody wants to win. The FA Cup is a big competition. I think it
:16:55. > :17:01.is a unique competition. Everyone in world football, you always get the
:17:02. > :17:03.cup, and nothing is like what we've got in our country.
:17:04. > :17:07.Rob Butler is BBC Radio Norfolk's football pundit. He joins us now.
:17:08. > :17:15.Rob, does the FA Cup still matter? Of course. As a Norwich fan growing
:17:16. > :17:19.up, I had great memories of two semifinals in 1989 and 1992. We lost
:17:20. > :17:22.both, sadly, but those quarterfinal replay nights when we got through
:17:23. > :17:26.with some of the most magical night there I have ever experienced, and
:17:27. > :17:31.have still not been tops. Going back a long way, in the 1959 cup run for
:17:32. > :17:35.Norwich, when the whole history of the club is built on the FA Cup. It
:17:36. > :17:38.is a real shame that Paul Lambert, of all people, has decided to
:17:39. > :17:43.degrade it, almost, with his comments, but as a fan, the FA Cup
:17:44. > :17:47.means everything. And FA Cup win at Norwich would be great. And for
:17:48. > :17:51.smaller clubs, the chance to earn an upset, and make some money. Yes, we
:17:52. > :17:59.know too much about that. Last year, at Norwich, Luton town gamely
:18:00. > :18:02.and one. The first time in non`league team has beaten a Premier
:18:03. > :18:04.league team. That was very embarrassing. Yesterday, Chris
:18:05. > :18:07.Hughton said it was the low point of his Norwich career. Also, fans will
:18:08. > :18:11.remember when we thrashed Sutton United. The certain players were
:18:12. > :18:16.clapped off by the Norwich fans that day, and it is great to see MK dons
:18:17. > :18:23.having a crack, and Wigan Athletic, the FA Cup holders, and
:18:24. > :18:27.Kidderminster go to Peter Rook, which is a potential banana skin as
:18:28. > :18:33.well. Thank you very much for that. You can hear more on the BBC Radio
:18:34. > :18:38.one but their word Norfolk broadcast tomorrow. Andy King has been in
:18:39. > :18:41.temporary charge at Northampton since the sacking of Aydi Boothroyd,
:18:42. > :18:44.before Christmas. And you can hear more from Rob and
:18:45. > :18:49.Still no word from Northampton on their next manager.
:18:50. > :18:52.In rugby, Northampton play tonight against one of their Premiership
:18:53. > :18:55.rivals, Harlequins. It's second versus fourth at Franklin's Gardens.
:18:56. > :18:58.Saints could go top with victory. So they're going for the title. We
:18:59. > :19:02.have football clubs in promotion and relegation battles. Much to look
:19:03. > :19:04.forward to in 2014. Golf's Ryder Cup. Football's World Cup and of
:19:05. > :19:07.course the Commonwealth Games. 17 sports on show in Glasgow, including
:19:08. > :19:14.gymnastics and shooting. Both have athletes from our region looking to
:19:15. > :19:19.impress this summer. They are on a roll at this gym club.
:19:20. > :19:25.British men's champions for years in a row, led by man of the moment Max
:19:26. > :19:30.Whitlock. 2014 is a big year for Macs and gymnastics. Medals at the
:19:31. > :19:34.Europeans, the worlds, and the Commonwealth games are there for the
:19:35. > :19:38.taking. The Commonwealth games are a great competition for us. In the
:19:39. > :19:41.public eye, it is massive. We just want to go out there and enjoy the
:19:42. > :19:44.petition. That is what I want to do. And hopefully I can qualify for
:19:45. > :19:50.the Commonwealth games, because it would be an amazing experience.
:19:51. > :19:54.Believe it or not, Max and his training planners are out of shape.
:19:55. > :19:57.Motivated for the year ahead, but carrying a few extra pounds. We
:19:58. > :20:05.trained a little bit in between Christmas and New Year, and I could
:20:06. > :20:08.see they were struggling. Gymnastics is one of 17 sports at the
:20:09. > :20:10.Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Another sport on the programme
:20:11. > :20:16.requires a little movement as possible, apart from the trigger
:20:17. > :20:21.finger. From Basildon to Cambridge, where to Britain's best shooters set
:20:22. > :20:27.their sights on Glasgow. They are team`mates at this club, but in
:20:28. > :20:31.Glasgow, they could be rivals. The rest will play for England, Jenny
:20:32. > :20:34.for Wales. I'm pretty sure it will not be much of a rivalry, but at the
:20:35. > :20:38.end of the day, both of us will come off the podium with smiles on our
:20:39. > :20:43.faces. Whatever happens, there will be a hug at the end. Jenny has
:20:44. > :20:46.already been selected, while the rest, 17, is on target to reach her
:20:47. > :20:52.first major competition and shoot against a training partner. I am
:20:53. > :20:56.going there for one reason. It will be my first time on the podium. Last
:20:57. > :21:01.games, I was forth. This time I want to be on the podium. Ultimately,
:21:02. > :21:05.having someone who can shoot and at every training session, someone who
:21:06. > :21:07.has that push that just makes you shoot that little bit better, and
:21:08. > :21:11.one that little bit more, going into a competition with the mindset that
:21:12. > :21:17.you have trained with, you can't ask for anything better. For our leading
:21:18. > :21:21.athletes, they have to put a disappointing 12 months behind them.
:21:22. > :21:25.Robbie Grabarz's initial aim is the indoor Championships in March. In
:21:26. > :21:29.the same month, Formula one returns, with Red Bull once again favourites
:21:30. > :21:33.to dominate. There are few who think England's football team will do that
:21:34. > :21:36.in Brazil this summer. As for England's believe good cricket
:21:37. > :21:41.captain Alastair Cook, will he still be in charge in June when Sri Lanka
:21:42. > :21:44.arrive? One thing is sure, Milton Keynes golfer Ian Poulter wants to
:21:45. > :21:47.spend his summer at Gleneagles, hoping to be Europe's Ryder Cup
:21:48. > :21:51.talismans again. And as a footnote to that, worth a
:21:52. > :21:53.quick glance at the top of the Football Conference. Luton and
:21:54. > :21:56.Cambridge seem to be going head`to`head in the race to be
:21:57. > :22:00.promoted back to the Football League. The Hatters are unbeaten in
:22:01. > :22:04.18 matches. The U's start the new year protecting a 100% home record.
:22:05. > :22:07.Now, severe weather is threatening the weekend's sporting calendar.
:22:08. > :22:10.Keep an eye on the BBC Sport website for news of cancellation, plus, of
:22:11. > :22:19.course, your local BBC Radio station.
:22:20. > :22:24.Now, dare I ask from. Lots of things to look forward to in 2014. What
:22:25. > :22:28.you're looking forward to? It would be lovely to see Luton or Cambridge
:22:29. > :22:33.get back into the league. But I am a big golf not, and the Ryder Cup is
:22:34. > :22:37.very special. Ian Poulter, who has been unbeaten in his last couple of
:22:38. > :22:41.Ryder Cup matches, to win at Gleneagles will be magic. And your
:22:42. > :22:45.New Year 's resolution is to tweet more. Seriously! Follow me.
:22:46. > :22:48.Now, of course, you've seen parts of the country are being battered by
:22:49. > :22:52.storms and high tides. But it looks as though our region has got away
:22:53. > :22:55.with it, this time. In our region, the Environment Agency has issued a
:22:56. > :22:58.number of flood warnings, which means flooding is expected, and
:22:59. > :23:01.flood alerts, which means flooding is possible. Be prepared. Our
:23:02. > :23:09.reporter Neil Bradford is at North Bank near Peterborough now.
:23:10. > :23:14.Good evening. Tonight, the water levels near this sluice have dropped
:23:15. > :23:19.quite significantly, but the road remains closed only for access and
:23:20. > :23:25.is likely to do so for some time. Earlier today, the road, which runs
:23:26. > :23:28.to beat Brad, was submerged. This was one of two areas where flood
:23:29. > :23:36.warnings remain in place. The other is across the county border in
:23:37. > :23:39.Northamptonshire. That's at a caravan park which is prone to
:23:40. > :23:44.flooding. As you can see, the levels of the river there are quite high,
:23:45. > :23:48.but no damage to property yet. Elsewhere across the region, there
:23:49. > :23:54.are nine flood alerts in place, which means flooding is possible.
:23:55. > :23:57.And it is not only flooding. We have had a number of hailstorms across
:23:58. > :24:03.the region today? Yes, that is right. They viewer sent us this
:24:04. > :24:09.footage of what he described as a massive hailstorm, which in just a
:24:10. > :24:17.few minutes, left his Road in South Cambridgeshire in a carpet of
:24:18. > :24:21.white, and another viewer from Westley is not only got his camera
:24:22. > :24:24.out, but also his tape measure. He says the hailstones varied in size,
:24:25. > :24:31.but some were as big as two centimetres in diameter. Of course,
:24:32. > :24:36.here in the open and land, it is the wind that is causing the problems
:24:37. > :24:39.tonight. If you are concerned about flooding, however, you can get the
:24:40. > :24:44.latest information on the Environment Agency website for their
:24:45. > :24:49.flood line. The screen. Thank you very much. All kinds of weather to
:24:50. > :24:56.content with today. What can we expect this weekend?
:24:57. > :24:59.Still unsettled, and the Atlantic continue to throw all it can at the
:25:00. > :25:03.British Isles. We have got off more likely than other parts of the
:25:04. > :25:08.country, but today we have had rain, hail, strong wind, blowing in from
:25:09. > :25:13.the south`west, and costs between 40 and 50 miles an hour. Let's look at
:25:14. > :25:17.the showers and where they have affected the region. Where there are
:25:18. > :25:20.bright colours, you can see how heavy they were, but there are less
:25:21. > :25:23.of them around. So although there is still a risk of show this evening
:25:24. > :25:27.and overnight, they will be less frequent will stop also, the wind
:25:28. > :25:33.will become much lighter through the night. Still breezy by the end of
:25:34. > :25:37.the night, but more of a light to moderate south`westerly by dawn. In
:25:38. > :25:40.terms of temperature, the Atlantic brings in slightly milder air. For
:25:41. > :25:46.some of us, we might get down to around three Celsius, but at most,
:25:47. > :25:50.four or five degrees, keeping us free of the frost. The next area of
:25:51. > :25:53.rain you can see on the chart is moving in to start Saturday. This is
:25:54. > :25:59.the pressure pattern for the weekend. You can see low`pressure on
:26:00. > :26:02.Saturday. The next low winds itself up in the Atlantic to bring some wet
:26:03. > :26:06.and windy weather later on on Sunday. So although it will not rain
:26:07. > :26:09.all the time, expect some wet and windy weather right through the
:26:10. > :26:12.weekend. Having said that, it will not be as windy through tomorrow,
:26:13. > :26:15.but there will be quite a lot of rain to content with through the
:26:16. > :26:19.morning. Some of it is on the heavy side. The good news is, it looked as
:26:20. > :26:23.if it were clear into the afternoon, so for some of us, we cease to be
:26:24. > :26:27.drier and brighter, particularly across the west by the end of the
:26:28. > :26:30.day. But in coastal part of Essex and Suffolk, you may well hang on to
:26:31. > :26:34.some wet and cloudy conditions until much later, before it gradually
:26:35. > :26:40.clears away, and then we get clearing skies for tomorrow night.
:26:41. > :26:43.That means it will be a widespread frost, and there is a chance of icy
:26:44. > :26:47.patches where there has been alien rain. This is our pressure pattern
:26:48. > :26:50.for Sunday. Huge area of low`pressure filling almost the
:26:51. > :26:55.whole north Atlantic. It will not as much impact as was previously
:26:56. > :26:58.thought, but it will bring rain and strong winds on Sunday. Having said
:26:59. > :27:03.that, much of the daily 's like this. Try and bright weather. We
:27:04. > :27:07.start next week still unsettled, so just be aware of the frost tomorrow
:27:08. > :27:10.night. Everything thrown in for good measure.
:27:11. > :27:14.Have a good weekend. Goodbye.