:00:00. > :00:12.In the programme tonight, six months after the worst tidal surge
:00:13. > :00:15.in living memory, the fears of our coastal communities if the defences
:00:16. > :00:20.Where the houses fell in the sea, the gaps have all been filled in.
:00:21. > :00:23.We still remember our friends and neighbours who lived there,
:00:24. > :00:27.and we worry how much longer it'll be before our houses go in the sea.
:00:28. > :00:29.Possible cases of the baby infection linked to liquid
:00:30. > :00:40.The winner is Eimear McBride ` A Girl Is A Half Formed Thing.
:00:41. > :00:45.The author whose award`winning novel was turned down for a decade.
:00:46. > :00:48.And why this school, for a very good reason, is celebrating
:00:49. > :01:07.First tonight, exactly six months after the worst tidal surge
:01:08. > :01:13.on the east coast in living memory concern that some communities could
:01:14. > :01:19.still be vulnerable if we get more big storms this winter.
:01:20. > :01:21.On December 5th last year, conditions combined to cause
:01:22. > :01:24.an even bigger surge than the famous flood of 1953.The
:01:25. > :01:26.tide was six feet higher than normal.
:01:27. > :01:28.Thousands of homes were flooded along the east coast
:01:29. > :01:35.The Environment Agency was given ?10 million to repair flood defences
:01:36. > :01:38.and, six months, on there's a race to finish
:01:39. > :01:46.In a moment, Kim Riley on the situation in Norfolk.
:01:47. > :01:48.But first our environment reporter Richard Daniel on the fears
:01:49. > :01:52.Hundreds of homes and businesses flooded.
:01:53. > :01:56.Sea fronts wrecked. Defences holed.
:01:57. > :01:59.December's tidal surge was the worst in 60 years.
:02:00. > :02:02.In the immediate aftermath of the tidal surge,
:02:03. > :02:04.the most serious breaches, such as this one in Shingle Street,
:02:05. > :02:11.The trouble is, the scale of the damage was huge.
:02:12. > :02:17.Six months on, only half the repairs needed have been completed.
:02:18. > :02:21.In Snape, the Crown Pub and 26 houses were left under water.
:02:22. > :02:24.The pub was shut for over two months.
:02:25. > :02:31.With the tidal surge, came up the river, on this side.
:02:32. > :02:37.It overtopped, and it came all across these marshes.
:02:38. > :02:40.We have been told the work will be done to raise the wall to the
:02:41. > :02:46.As of yet, nothing's really happened.
:02:47. > :02:49.We keep hearing the excuse that nothing's happened because there's
:02:50. > :02:55.This is the piano room, which took a lot of watter.
:02:56. > :02:59.Sarah Gallagher is still not back in her home.
:03:00. > :03:06.I think they want protection and wall raised at the bottom.
:03:07. > :03:09.Some people have been here a long time, since 1953 when it
:03:10. > :03:14.They know that that the wall was higher then.
:03:15. > :03:17.While repairs will be made to the river wall soon, its height
:03:18. > :03:21.Lowestoft was worst hit in the surge.
:03:22. > :03:23.300 businesses and homes were flooded.
:03:24. > :03:30.The environment agency has scores of repairs yet to complete.
:03:31. > :03:35.And the Government expects all works, or the vast majority
:03:36. > :03:38.of works to be completed by this winter's storms, and we're doing
:03:39. > :03:46.Are you on target to get there, do you think, or is it very tight?
:03:47. > :03:49.Your answer seems to suggest that you are really battling
:03:50. > :03:52.It is tight and we will have to use all
:03:53. > :03:58.Back in Snape, the disruption of the past six months is nearly over.
:03:59. > :04:05.But the worry it could all happen again isn't.
:04:06. > :04:08.That was Suffolk and Essex. But what about Norfolk?
:04:09. > :04:11.9,000 homes were evacuated and the Army was brought in to help
:04:12. > :04:16.Cromer pier was battered and in Hemsby seven homes were washed
:04:17. > :04:24.This from our chief reporter Kim Riley.
:04:25. > :04:36.A calm sea this morning. So different from six months ago, when
:04:37. > :04:42.a Sea Life Centre was surrounded by a vast lake. As each wave came in,
:04:43. > :04:47.at the height, it was rolling over the top of the sea defence walls. We
:04:48. > :04:53.had water entering the building from all doorways. We had water coming up
:04:54. > :04:56.through the drains in the flaws. No matter how many sandbags you have
:04:57. > :05:01.outside your doors, nothing was going to stop this water. From
:05:02. > :05:05.sharks to penguins, all creatures safely evacuated before the ?3
:05:06. > :05:09.million rebuilding programme could begin. The centre, which normally
:05:10. > :05:14.attracts over 100,000 visitors a year, hopes to reopen its doors in
:05:15. > :05:18.October. This was the scene at Wells next the Sea, after December's
:05:19. > :05:23.surge, which flooded properties. Six months on, most are back in
:05:24. > :05:33.business, but not all. Work is still going on at this amusement arcade
:05:34. > :05:38.and at K's, nearby. The owner was distressed that work hadn't begun.
:05:39. > :05:43.She worked here with her late parent since the age of 15. Today, things
:05:44. > :05:48.are looking brighter. I feel so relieved. It's taken longer than I
:05:49. > :05:52.wanted, but we are getting there. Hopefully, we will be open by the
:05:53. > :06:00.end of this month. In Hemsby, the sea surge at away at the sand tunes.
:06:01. > :06:03.One home was washed away, four others tipped over the edge onto the
:06:04. > :06:07.beach. Angela Lewis has lived here for 12 years, but wonders how much
:06:08. > :06:12.longer. Hemsby cannot take another winter. We don't know if we are
:06:13. > :06:18.going to have tidal surges again, what winter storms we are going to
:06:19. > :06:20.have. Hemsby needs help and it needs help now. Local supporters of Save
:06:21. > :06:26.Hemsby Coastline have raised money, but there are concrete blocks could
:06:27. > :06:28.do nothing against the power of the sea. Now they are thinking big. The
:06:29. > :06:33.group has applied communities fund for ?7.5 million.
:06:34. > :06:41.If successful, they hope that these sand dunes and the people behind
:06:42. > :06:45.So, how safe will we be this into the future.
:06:46. > :06:47.if another bad storm hits the east coast?
:06:48. > :06:50.Karen Thomas is the Senior Coastal We here it is going to be tight, how
:06:51. > :06:56.and she's in We here it is going to be tight, how
:06:57. > :07:04.confident are you that work will be finished in time? Out on the ground,
:07:05. > :07:06.people are working hard and we are certainly sharing the work with our
:07:07. > :07:10.local authority partners and internal drainage board to make sure
:07:11. > :07:14.we deliver the 130 locations where we have got these damages, that we
:07:15. > :07:19.are trying to repair. We heard that the government money is just for
:07:20. > :07:22.repairs. What about the more substantial work that is needed? We
:07:23. > :07:25.have programmes of works in place and we have already identified
:07:26. > :07:31.locations where additional work will be needed. We have to bid for that
:07:32. > :07:34.funding from government for the capital works. Where it is
:07:35. > :07:39.appropriate, and we have people and property at risk, significant flood
:07:40. > :07:42.risk issues, that is what we are doing so we can get further funding
:07:43. > :07:46.to improve defences in the location where it is appropriate to do so. We
:07:47. > :07:49.get the sense that you are firefighting and actually not
:07:50. > :07:54.necessarily acting in advance to stop the damage happening. Is there
:07:55. > :07:58.more that you should have done before this happened? Well, I think
:07:59. > :08:03.we have to remember the scale of this event. It was more significant
:08:04. > :08:10.than 1953, the majority of locations around the coast. Ultimately the
:08:11. > :08:15.damages we had in 1953, since then walls have been improved and built
:08:16. > :08:20.up. Whilst we did have some overtopping, the majority of
:08:21. > :08:25.defences stood up really well. By comparison, the number of bridges
:08:26. > :08:29.was relatively small to the amount of flood defences we have got all
:08:30. > :08:34.the way around Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex. If you look at Lowestoft,
:08:35. > :08:38.part of the beach still out of use, coming up to summer, it's a prime
:08:39. > :08:43.resort being affected six months later. How are you prioritising? In
:08:44. > :08:47.the case of beaches, where we have seaside towns, we are
:08:48. > :08:53.the local authorities are working hard. How the local economy does is
:08:54. > :08:56.at the heart of all decisions we are trying to make and we
:08:57. > :09:01.prioritising what we are doing so that we try to get those
:09:02. > :09:05.instances up and running. We have also got people, as you are
:09:06. > :09:07.there, who are still out of their homes, so
:09:08. > :09:09.our priorities and resources wherever we can.
:09:10. > :09:11.Babies at two hospitals in Essex may have been affected
:09:12. > :09:14.by blood poisoning linked to drips which have been contaminated.
:09:15. > :09:17.Officials say one baby in Southend has a probable infection and tests
:09:18. > :09:21.on a second baby in Basildon have so far failed to confirm the infection.
:09:22. > :09:29.Gareth George is at Southend Hospital now.
:09:30. > :09:35.Well, hospitals with confirmed cases so far in our region include
:09:36. > :09:40.Addenbrooke's in Cambridge, the Luton and Dunstable Hospital. There
:09:41. > :09:44.were three more cases revealed this afternoon. One confirmed case at
:09:45. > :09:48.Peterborough hospital and a probable case here at the Southend University
:09:49. > :09:52.Hospital. We understand a baby here has shown chemical symptoms of blood
:09:53. > :10:01.poisoning, which can include fever and vomiting. Public Health England
:10:02. > :10:05.says it is waiting for further testing. The chief nurse here issued
:10:06. > :10:09.a statement a short time ago. She said Southend University Hospital
:10:10. > :10:13.received one batch of the feed, which is being investigated. It had
:10:14. > :10:18.been prescribed for a baby in our care, who subsequently develop the
:10:19. > :10:24.symptoms of septicaemia. It goes on, the parents have been informed and
:10:25. > :10:28.are receiving our full support. It is not just Southend Hospital, there
:10:29. > :10:32.is also a possible case at Basildon Hospital, where a baby has shown
:10:33. > :10:36.symptoms of blood poisoning. Blood testing, so far, did not confirm the
:10:37. > :10:40.infection. A statement from Basildon Hospital said the parents of babies
:10:41. > :10:46.currently on the neonatal intensive care unit are fully informed. The
:10:47. > :10:47.company that makes the food says it is saddened by
:10:48. > :10:50.Police have revealed they've exhumed the body of a baby,
:10:51. > :10:54.who was found dead in Norfolk. It's 26 years ago today, since the
:10:55. > :10:58.remains of the newly born boy were discovered in a water`filled pit at
:10:59. > :11:01.Weasenham St Peter, near Fakenham. Police say they've now obtained
:11:02. > :11:04.a DNA profile of the child. A developer has promised to get rid
:11:05. > :11:07.of an eyesore which has been a blight on the
:11:08. > :11:11.waterfront in Ipswich for years. It's been called
:11:12. > :11:13.the Wine rack because only the Now that is about to change,
:11:14. > :11:18.as Kevin Burch reports. Take a drive along the waterfront
:11:19. > :11:21.in 2009 in Ipswich and it looks But there has,
:11:22. > :11:28.for the past six years, been a very Now, after months of nagging
:11:29. > :11:32.and negotiation, the Wine Rack is finally
:11:33. > :11:36.about to be sold and completed We've done a lot of high`rise over
:11:37. > :11:46.the years, having bought them Obviously it is local, its Ipswich,
:11:47. > :11:53.Ipswich Borough are well behind it. I think if everyone works
:11:54. > :11:57.together we can get it completed. Work
:11:58. > :12:00.on the project to build shops and business units stopped in 2009 when
:12:01. > :12:03.the scheme hit financial problems. Now, administrators say a sale has
:12:04. > :12:06.been agreed and, for other traders on the waterfront, the completion
:12:07. > :12:09.of work can't come soon enough. It's a reminder that we were doing
:12:10. > :12:13.so well at the waterfront, seeing everything develop, the University
:12:14. > :12:17.and all the flats and everything. And then you've just got this
:12:18. > :12:20.reminder that it's all stopped now. The money is gone
:12:21. > :12:23.from the waterfront. Now you're going to see more workers
:12:24. > :12:32.down here to will spend money I think was the financial crash
:12:33. > :12:35.that really stopped everything. But I think getting this building
:12:36. > :12:39.done, because it is so big, You know, it will encourage other
:12:40. > :12:44.developments to come along, nearby. You mentioned you like a challenge,
:12:45. > :12:47.how big a challenge will this be? The new team say,
:12:48. > :12:53.despite sitting open to the elements for some years, surveys have shown
:12:54. > :12:56.that the structure is sound. They hope to begin cladding work
:12:57. > :12:59.within nine months and have flats The England cricket captain
:13:00. > :13:17.Alistair Cook and his benefit day And how weather forecasters
:13:18. > :13:38.in Bedfordshire changed How about this, a debut novel,
:13:39. > :13:42.written ten years ago and published last year has won top prize for
:13:43. > :13:46.literature. The novel, A Girl Is A Half Formed Thing, by Eimear
:13:47. > :13:51.McBride, has won the Bailey's Women's Prize For Fiction. After a
:13:52. > :13:55.long struggle to get it published, a small independent publisher in
:13:56. > :13:57.Norwich took a leap of faith and the rest is history. We'll talk live to
:13:58. > :13:58.air in a moment. The winner is Eimear McBride `
:13:59. > :14:01.A Girl Is A Half Formed Thing. The moment Eimear McBride won
:14:02. > :14:03.the ?30,000 Baileys Women's Prize For Fiction in London last night,
:14:04. > :14:06.beating some big names like It's a wonderful thing to have
:14:07. > :14:13.my book recognised in this way. I hope that, you know, it will serve
:14:14. > :14:19.as an incentive to publishers everywhere to take a look at
:14:20. > :14:25.difficult books and to think again. A Girl Is A Half Formed Thing was
:14:26. > :14:28.being snapped up in the Book Hive It tells the story
:14:29. > :14:34.of a young woman in Ireland in the 1980s, and her relationship with her
:14:35. > :14:37.brother, who has a brain tumour. It is written in Eimear's unique
:14:38. > :14:40.style. Pinder ponder it's
:14:41. > :14:47.a blister I shall pop. You know, you feel, am I going
:14:48. > :14:57.to get this straightaway? Sometimes it takes a little
:14:58. > :15:00.while to get into it. And when you do,
:15:01. > :15:02.you are completely submerged. A Girl Is A Half Formed Thing was
:15:03. > :15:05.originally published by Galley Beggar Press, who have
:15:06. > :15:07.their worldwide headquarters We thought we were prepared to go
:15:08. > :15:19.bankrupt for this book, because it's such a good book, it has to be out
:15:20. > :15:23.there and somebody's got to do it. So it was almost a duty.
:15:24. > :15:26.There was a risk. Obviously, in hindsight,
:15:27. > :15:28.it all paid off. Eimear is working on her
:15:29. > :15:31.second novel, which she is hoping to A Girl Is A Half Formed Thing is
:15:32. > :15:51.clearly going to be And Eimear McBride is in central
:15:52. > :15:56.London. Congratulations, Eimear, what a fantastic story. What has it
:15:57. > :16:00.been like today, the day after getting that recognition after so
:16:01. > :16:07.many years of rejection? It's just been a completely crazy day. I think
:16:08. > :16:11.I'm still in a state of shock. Such a wonderful thing, after such a long
:16:12. > :16:14.journey to get there. You said it was difficult, I have actually had a
:16:15. > :16:20.go at it this afternoon, it is, isn't it? I think it takes a little
:16:21. > :16:24.bit of getting used to. Give it a couple of pages and I think you will
:16:25. > :16:28.slip into the rhythm soon enough. that a style you will be using in
:16:29. > :16:34.other books, or was that to do with the subject matter of the
:16:35. > :16:37.book? I'm still interested in language and trying to make it work
:16:38. > :16:43.in different kinds of ways. So, think everything I work on from now
:16:44. > :16:46.on will certainly have a different angle to it. Just tell us a little
:16:47. > :16:50.bit about these people who had much faith in you win some and a
:16:51. > :16:57.people had know, it was very extraordinary for
:16:58. > :17:12.me. I met them, really through Henry in the Book Hive. They loved it, and
:17:13. > :17:15.they were just setting up their press at that point. They
:17:16. > :17:18.even published their first book. There were very enthusiastic, and
:17:19. > :17:22.very open about the fact they very little money and experience.
:17:23. > :17:28.They asked me if I them. I was certainly delighted that
:17:29. > :17:32.they trusted the book. It just all worked out very well
:17:33. > :17:37.Since your award, some very well`known people
:17:38. > :17:41.said just how fantastic your book is. What has it been like, for you,
:17:42. > :17:46.to hear that being reviewed by very, very well`known writers? You
:17:47. > :17:49.know, it's been a tremendous vindication of all the years of
:17:50. > :17:56.effort, the hyena on in there when was given no reason to expect I'd
:17:57. > :18:01.ever see the book published. So, to have it accepted so widely is a
:18:02. > :18:03.really wonderful thing and something every writer dreams of.
:18:04. > :18:07.Congratulations, fabulous achievement. Here is the next one.
:18:08. > :18:10.Nearly 500 cricket`mad youngsters have been at the County Ground
:18:11. > :18:12.in Chelmsford today to help the England captain Alastair Cook
:18:13. > :18:18.There've been coaching clinics through the day
:18:19. > :18:21.and tonight it's Cookie's Big Bash a special Twenty20 match with some
:18:22. > :18:25.Our sports editor Jonathan Park has sent this report.
:18:26. > :18:28.There's a lot of new acquaintances for Alistair Cook to make today.
:18:29. > :18:31.England's cricket captain is meeting over 400 local children
:18:32. > :18:34.It's all part of his benefit year celebrations, for
:18:35. > :18:39.Hello, mate. What's your name?
:18:40. > :18:44.Such a high profile sports star, but there are no airs or graces
:18:45. > :18:48.with Alistair Cook, as these lucky youngsters found out today.
:18:49. > :18:51.It's why he's respected all over the world for his talents on
:18:52. > :18:57.You've known him for a long time, since you burst onto the scene?
:18:58. > :19:00.I've known him since he was about 17.
:19:01. > :19:03.He's been a superstar, really, one of England's greatest batsmen
:19:04. > :19:09.Still an incredibly humble bloke, the same as he was when he was 17.
:19:10. > :19:12.The fact that he's so young, and having a benefit year,
:19:13. > :19:17.11 years ago, Will cause the new kid on the wicket, tipped
:19:18. > :19:25.Over 100 caps, 8000 test runs, breaking records along the way.
:19:26. > :19:29.As a player, and world`class player, I think he's up there with one
:19:30. > :19:31.of the greatest England players already.
:19:32. > :19:33.And he's only halfway through a career, really.
:19:34. > :19:39.I think he'll probably be one of the best players in the world.
:19:40. > :19:41.I don't actually know that much because we don't really
:19:42. > :19:48.Cook wanted as many youngsters as possible to be involved
:19:49. > :19:59.The children wanted to get as close to the England
:20:00. > :20:02.Well, Alistair has taken time out of his
:20:03. > :20:06.Great to see so many smiling faces and decent
:20:07. > :20:12.I hope the kids have had a great day.
:20:13. > :20:15.That was kind of the aim of it, to get as many kids...
:20:16. > :20:18.Not introduced to cricket, because we know they play,
:20:19. > :20:20.but give them another opportunity to have good fun.
:20:21. > :20:23.You've had a very successful career, but you've got so much in front
:20:24. > :20:30.How do you sum up what you've achieved so far and what's to come?
:20:31. > :20:32.Obviously, when you first start out, you never think
:20:33. > :20:38.To play 100 test matches and to be captain, I'm very proud.
:20:39. > :20:43.As you said, hopefully I got a few more years yet and I'm very
:20:44. > :20:58.Some new faces involved in the test squad, is this the start of a new
:20:59. > :21:02.era? When you have a change of personnel, new coaches, it feels
:21:03. > :21:06.like a New Year EU. It's an exciting time. Guys who have earned the right
:21:07. > :21:12.to outstanding performances for their
:21:13. > :21:17.county, they will be going to bed tonight and can't wait
:21:18. > :21:22.week. That is what you want. I can't wait to see
:21:23. > :21:28.is going to be exciting. You've got some exciting players? Everybody is
:21:29. > :21:33.quite intrigued. Freddie has had five years out, some of them have
:21:34. > :21:38.had ten or 15 years out. To see them dusting off their
:21:39. > :21:43.them are talking about the game of cricket. I can't
:21:44. > :21:48.NASA Hussein does, Andy Flower is, it's great
:21:49. > :21:52.I appreciate them turning up. Just to say, the
:21:53. > :21:56.o'clock and goes on all night. So, if
:21:57. > :22:01.Chelmsford. You've got nine minutes!
:22:02. > :22:05.70 years ago today a team of weather forecasters was about to make
:22:06. > :22:08.a decision which changed the course of history ` and it was made at
:22:09. > :22:13.In fact, the D`Day landings should have taken place on June 5th,
:22:14. > :22:16.but forecasters in Dunstable said the weather would be windy and
:22:17. > :22:19.the English channel would be choppy, and managed to persuade General
:22:20. > :22:22.Eisenhower to wait for a gap in the weather the following day.
:22:23. > :22:25.Now a school stands on the site, and today they've been marking
:22:26. > :22:39.The largest invasion the world had ever seen should have happened 17
:22:40. > :22:43.years ago today. But in Dunstable, D`Day was delayed. It was a
:22:44. > :22:48.top`secret location, at the time. But The Met Office for the entire
:22:49. > :22:56.British Empire was based in some huts in Bedfordshire. Group Captain
:22:57. > :23:01.cat Max Stagg was in charge. The use of whether to take out an interlude
:23:02. > :23:05.that would be unknown to enemy forces, it would allow us to make
:23:06. > :23:10.use of it, catch those on the other side unaware. He called it right and
:23:11. > :23:14.Eisenhower called at off for 24 hours. Dunstable was a weather
:23:15. > :23:17.station in a field. Now it is the Weatherfield Academy. Nothing
:23:18. > :23:23.remains to highlight the part of this site played in the nation's
:23:24. > :23:28.history. Today, they open their own weather station. Clearly, the
:23:29. > :23:33.weather was a crucial factor that could win or lose a battle. In this
:23:34. > :23:37.particular case, the decision when to send thousands of troops across
:23:38. > :23:43.the Channel. That forecast, that was made by Stagg and his team, to delay
:23:44. > :23:48.by 24 hours, arguably one of the most important weather forecasts in
:23:49. > :23:51.history. The Met Office moved to Dunstable in 1940 to escape the
:23:52. > :23:57.bullets and to be close to the code breaking centre at Bletchley Park.
:23:58. > :24:02.Now 93, Joyce Samuel was working at the Dunstable Weather Centre at the
:24:03. > :24:07.time. How on earth I got the job there, I don't know. But I did.
:24:08. > :24:11.There were seven of us, I think, from this area. We didn't know
:24:12. > :24:19.anything, really. We were teleprinters. It was all in code.
:24:20. > :24:26.The Met Office was based yet until 1961. Yet the headmaster feels it is
:24:27. > :24:31.still Bedfordshire's best keep `` kept secret. The Admiralty that
:24:32. > :24:37.stayed there to forecast were adamant that the fifth would be the
:24:38. > :24:43.day to go for. The Met Office, situated here, said, no, they were
:24:44. > :24:49.adamant that their data was correct. Heading out to see because of a
:24:50. > :24:54.24`hour delay due to the weather. If the team had got it wrong 70 years
:24:55. > :24:56.ago, it could have been carnage in the Channel. It could have been
:24:57. > :25:00.catastrophic, and today could have been very
:25:01. > :25:08.different. I've learned so much this week! I
:25:09. > :25:11.was just thinking that. The weather, please?
:25:12. > :25:19.Quite a nice evening. After a cloudy start, the cloud clearing to the
:25:20. > :25:23.north`east. A fair amount of sunshine. A speckling of fair
:25:24. > :25:27.weather cloud moving eastwards. Even that is clearing away. As you go
:25:28. > :25:29.through this evening and overnight, clearing away, largely clear skies
:25:30. > :25:34.and the wind is you go through this evening and
:25:35. > :25:39.overnight, clearing away, largely clear skies and the wind easing or 7
:25:40. > :25:43.degrees in most rural Tomorrow, starting on a chilly note.
:25:44. > :25:50.Lots of sunshine all day long will stay dry. Quite a bit of high
:25:51. > :25:55.cloud in the morning, but that stronger through the afternoon. The
:25:56. > :26:01.wind will tend to pick up the afternoon. The warmest
:26:02. > :26:05.temperatures will degrees, 72 Fahrenheit. Along the
:26:06. > :26:10.coast, it 17 or 18 degrees. All in all, a
:26:11. > :26:17.decent day. A sunny evening tomorrow. Quite a muggy night as the
:26:18. > :26:23.humidity increases. That's because we are importing humid air from
:26:24. > :26:26.Spain and France. These weather fronts are trying to push in
:26:27. > :26:30.the Atlantic and it is the interaction between
:26:31. > :26:33.that gives us some headaches for Saturday itself. On the warm front,
:26:34. > :26:37.we could have early the morning on Saturday, across the
:26:38. > :26:41.west of the be a dry spell to the late morning,
:26:42. > :26:46.early afternoon, before the heat and humidity
:26:47. > :26:52.culminates in further and storms evening. These are most likely
:26:53. > :26:59.across the west of the region, heavy with hail and gusty winds.
:27:00. > :27:04.East of the posted. For Sunday, it clears away
:27:05. > :27:11.to the pressure building in. Lots of dry
:27:12. > :27:14.weather around. Lots of dry weather, but still quite humid. This front
:27:15. > :27:18.coming from the south could more thundery rain, this time across
:27:19. > :27:27.the lot of uncertainty about that at
:27:28. > :27:30.this stage. A fine day, but the risk of some storms on Saturday.
:27:31. > :27:32.dry on Sunday. Possibly more thundery downpours on Monday. Quay
:27:33. > :27:43.don't you just love some! `` don't you just love summer. From
:27:44. > :27:54.all of us, have a good evening. Goodbye.
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