:00:00. > :00:08.In the programme tonight: A shortage of Specials -
:00:09. > :00:11.why one of our police forces is struggling to recruit
:00:12. > :00:14.A father's vigil - Corrie McCague's dad watches
:00:15. > :00:18.and waits as the search for his son continues.
:00:19. > :00:20.When I'm standing here looking at this and watching these guys
:00:21. > :00:26.The police wouldn't be here moving all these tonnes and tonnes
:00:27. > :00:32.and tonnes of rubbish if they didn't think Corrie was here.
:00:33. > :00:34.Success at the stumps - as cricket bible Wisden names
:00:35. > :00:42.a local batsman Cricketer of the Year.
:00:43. > :00:45.Find out why operating on a shoestring has paid dividends here
:00:46. > :00:55.in Kettering. First tonight - the police force
:00:56. > :00:57.struggling to recruit Specials , as they are known,
:00:58. > :01:04.have the same legal powers as regular officers,
:01:05. > :01:06.but are generally unpaid. Northamptonshire Police
:01:07. > :01:08.is short of them. The previous Police
:01:09. > :01:10.and Crime Commissioner set The current PCC reduced that to 600,
:01:11. > :01:18.but they've only got 377 Specials, with more than 20 a month leaving
:01:19. > :01:21.over the past year. I will, to the best of my
:01:22. > :01:26.skill and knowledge... This is our ceremony
:01:27. > :01:28.where newly-qualified This was at the height
:01:29. > :01:33.of the force's campaign to recruit up to 900 Specials,
:01:34. > :01:35.but the force came Well, the new Commissioner says some
:01:36. > :01:50.some simply went up to the job, some went on to become full-time
:01:51. > :01:53.officers, but many decided it But actually, higher quality,
:01:54. > :01:56.rather than just higher quantity. You know, we are upwards of nearly
:01:57. > :01:59.400 and the highest, in the East Midlands I think,
:02:00. > :02:01.Lincs, Leicester and Notts, they have just over 200,
:02:02. > :02:04.so in terms of percentage to force, Obviously, the key for us
:02:05. > :02:09.is the number of hours that are actually deployed
:02:10. > :02:11.across the year and that But in terms of investment,
:02:12. > :02:16.the loss of Special The admin fee to recruit
:02:17. > :02:22.each special was ?120. 260 have left, leaving
:02:23. > :02:26.Northants Police with a bill of over ?31,000, but that doesn't include
:02:27. > :02:32.the training or uniform cost. On top of that, the force
:02:33. > :02:36.spent a further ?42,000 One Special Constable contacted
:02:37. > :02:46.BBC Northampton's Facebook page One Special Constable contacted BBC
:02:47. > :02:48.Northampton's Facebook page to say the lack of help and support
:02:49. > :02:51.within the force for Specials Here in Northampton Market,
:02:52. > :02:54.there was genuine support for the Specials, but a recognition
:02:55. > :02:57.that as an unpaid role, I should imagine that they start
:02:58. > :03:03.off, yes, full of enthusiasm and get delusioned and move on,
:03:04. > :03:07.to be honest. They probably get a little bit
:03:08. > :03:10.lambasted at times because people don't think they have the authority,
:03:11. > :03:12.perhaps, that we think I think they do a good service
:03:13. > :03:17.because they volunteer So, yeah, my Mum used to know
:03:18. > :03:24.somebody who did that, so, yeah, The only thing that's disappointing
:03:25. > :03:28.is the fact that we have to have them instead of the police getting
:03:29. > :03:31.paid a decent wage. If they were paid a decent wage then
:03:32. > :03:35.you wouldn't have the need for them, One thing the Police
:03:36. > :03:39.and Crime Commissioner is clear on is that the fall in the number
:03:40. > :03:44.of Specials hasn't affected the quality or standard of policing
:03:45. > :03:47.and says efforts are now being made again to recruit more staff,
:03:48. > :03:49.including front line officers, Well, our political reporter
:03:50. > :03:59.Mousumi Bakshi is with me. Mo, a real shortage of Specials
:04:00. > :04:01.in Northamptonshire, but what about the rest
:04:02. > :04:12.of this region? The figures are interesting in as
:04:13. > :04:17.much as they showed just how far ahead of the curve Northants police
:04:18. > :04:23.was just 12 months ago. According to the Home Office, Hertfordshire and
:04:24. > :04:30.Cambridge police forces had 258 temp one last year, Beds had 228. In
:04:31. > :04:37.contrast, Northampton to police had 722 Specials for the numbers spell.
:04:38. > :04:41.I have looked at the figures across all 43 police forces in England and
:04:42. > :04:46.Wales and you would expect the Metropolitan Police, Greater
:04:47. > :04:52.Manchester, you would expect them to have high numbers of Specials.
:04:53. > :04:55.Greater Manchester had 800 Specials. The next highest force was
:04:56. > :04:59.Northants, which not only suggest that the recruitment drive was
:05:00. > :05:00.successful, it was also ambitious. We now know that numbers have
:05:01. > :05:03.We now know that numbers have tumbled.
:05:04. > :05:05.Specials are clearly a much needed asset for police
:05:06. > :05:12.They may be underpaid police officers but they have full policing
:05:13. > :05:16.powers. They can arrest people and they satisfied that public need to
:05:17. > :05:21.see bobbies on the beat. You will see them at football matches and
:05:22. > :05:28.speaking to witnesses. You keep hold of them? They could learn from their
:05:29. > :05:32.cousins in Scotland. British Telecom have offered their employees ten
:05:33. > :05:37.base of the year every year to work a special constables. It is
:05:38. > :05:40.innovative and it is working. If employers here work something
:05:41. > :05:42.similar you could see a rise in Specials all over again. Thank you.
:05:43. > :05:46.Plans to rebuild HMP Wellingborough have been unanimously approved
:05:47. > :05:49.With capacity for 1,600 inmates, the new prison will be more
:05:50. > :05:51.than double the size of the old building,
:05:52. > :05:56.It's one of five prisons the Government said it
:05:57. > :05:59.The Ministry of Justice will now have to get its detailed plan
:06:00. > :06:01.signed-off before the existing buildings can be knocked
:06:02. > :06:08.The father of Corrie McKeague is keeping vigil at the landfill
:06:09. > :06:10.site, where his son's body may be found.
:06:11. > :06:13.For almost five weeks, the police have been
:06:14. > :06:15.combing the area at Milton in Cambridgeshire, after the airman
:06:16. > :06:19.went missing after a night out in Bury St Edmunds.
:06:20. > :06:22.Police are now almost certain he ended up in bin lorry.
:06:23. > :06:28.Every day for a fortnight, Martin McKeague and his wife,
:06:29. > :06:31.Tricia, have been camped-up in this lay-by, A stone's throw
:06:32. > :06:39.He's been to the site five times now, mindful that at any
:06:40. > :06:40.moment his son's remains may be recovered.
:06:41. > :06:45.Every time that excavator picks up a load and lays it out,
:06:46. > :06:47.there's every chance that that's the one that could
:06:48. > :07:00.Today, Corrie's mother shared this video of the airmen from Scotland.
:07:01. > :07:02.He is based at RAF Honington in Suffolk.
:07:03. > :07:05.The 23-year-old disappeared in Bury St Edmunds last September.
:07:06. > :07:09.Suffolk Police are now convinced that he ended up in a commercial bin
:07:10. > :07:12.and was then transported to the landfill near Cambridge.
:07:13. > :07:15.Why are you putting yourself through this, visiting this five
:07:16. > :07:24.And there's every possibility that Corrie's there.
:07:25. > :07:29.Police were criticised for not searching the landfill sooner,
:07:30. > :07:32.but at the time they were mistakenly told that the bin weighed
:07:33. > :07:37.It was, in fact, heavy enough to contain a body.
:07:38. > :07:40.Martin McKeague says the police could not have done more.
:07:41. > :07:43.The McKeague family back in Scotland, that is supporting us,
:07:44. > :07:46.cannot thank Suffolk and Norfolk Police enough
:07:47. > :07:49.and what they have done to try and find Corrie.
:07:50. > :07:52.You don't feel this landfill could have been searched far sooner?
:07:53. > :07:55.This could not have been done sooner.
:07:56. > :07:58.1,500 tonnes of waste have been sifted so far,
:07:59. > :08:02.but the search could last another five weeks.
:08:03. > :08:03.While Martin McKeague keeps his vigil here,
:08:04. > :08:06.Corrie's mother, Nicola Urquhart, and her two other sons haven't
:08:07. > :08:11.They say, for them, the experience would be too distressing.
:08:12. > :08:14.However, since this search started almost five weeks ago,
:08:15. > :08:18.they have been staying in the local area almost every day.
:08:19. > :08:21.All Corrie McKeague's family can do now is wait.
:08:22. > :08:23.Their agony compounded by the knowledge that
:08:24. > :08:25.if his remains are found, they may never know how
:08:26. > :08:35.Next, the major regeneration of one of our town centres.
:08:36. > :08:38.Plans for new flats, a new supermarket and a new
:08:39. > :08:42.transport interchange have been announced for Flittick.
:08:43. > :08:44.Councillors have earmarked a brownfield site next
:08:45. > :08:46.to the train station, but there are already
:08:47. > :08:57.A new vision of how the Bedfordshire town of Flitwick could look
:08:58. > :09:00.A transport interchange linking up rail and bus services,
:09:01. > :09:06.At this stage, these are no more than ideas -
:09:07. > :09:10.Well, it's hard to imagine exactly what this new development will look
:09:11. > :09:14.like, but where the trees are now up to the fencing, that
:09:15. > :09:20.Also a new entrance to the station and the transport hub.
:09:21. > :09:24.Then, on this side, we will have a major national
:09:25. > :09:29.retailer, also a multistorey car park and, behind that, new housing.
:09:30. > :09:33.The idea is to create a focal point in the town centre, which is divided
:09:34. > :09:39.On the streets today, the plans were given a cautious welcome.
:09:40. > :09:41.I have heard about the developments a couple of years ago, actually,
:09:42. > :09:43.that they were going to do something.
:09:44. > :09:46.I think it is probably a good idea because Flitwick needs something.
:09:47. > :09:48.I mean, I think Flitwick has always been after
:09:49. > :09:51.something like this, but, like I said, we get promised it
:09:52. > :09:54.and then it disappears into thin air, so...
:09:55. > :09:59.I don't see why they need to build something like that here.
:10:00. > :10:06.For me at least, it looks fine based on the information
:10:07. > :10:20.According to Central Beds Council, the project would provide affordable
:10:21. > :10:24.housing and provide up to 200 jobs. It is a major project that will
:10:25. > :10:28.revitalise the centre of Flitwick completely. We are standing beside
:10:29. > :10:32.what could be a new broad access to the residential development and to
:10:33. > :10:36.the shops and to a street level multistorey car park. How much is
:10:37. > :10:42.this likely to cost? We haven't done costings yet. What we have is
:10:43. > :10:47.permission from the executive of Central Beds Council to take broader
:10:48. > :10:52.mixed-use option. Not all residents are happy. What are you going to do
:10:53. > :10:57.about this road, them? There will be cars coming up, there will be a
:10:58. > :11:03.junction here. Traffic in the time is one of the big concerns. We do
:11:04. > :11:07.suffer in terms of transport from road congestion. The fact that is
:11:08. > :11:11.looking to regenerate the centre of Flitwick has to be a good thing, it
:11:12. > :11:19.is the weather go about it. They have a vision for improving public
:11:20. > :11:24.transport, buses, cycle waste etc. It is too early to say what the
:11:25. > :11:27.final project will look like. A public consultation is due to begin
:11:28. > :11:31.?10 million is being invested in a new cancer therapy centre
:11:32. > :11:36.The centre will cost ?15 million in total.
:11:37. > :11:39.The 24-bed centre will bring together all the different cancer
:11:40. > :11:47.The hospital has already received ?2 million from the charity Macmillan.
:11:48. > :11:59.Let's join Stewart and Susie for more from Look East.
:12:00. > :12:01.You're watching Look East with Stewart and me.
:12:02. > :12:03.Next tonight: The double amputee army veteran who's running a six-day
:12:04. > :12:06.ultramarathon in the Sahara desert - again!
:12:07. > :12:09.And it's going to be beautiful this weekend.
:12:10. > :12:22.Lots of lovely spring sunshine on the way and temperatures could be up
:12:23. > :12:26.to 20 degrees by the weekend. Imagine running five marathons
:12:27. > :12:30.back-to-back in four days. Now imagine doing it in one
:12:31. > :12:34.of the hottest deserts in the world. And imagine doing it as a double
:12:35. > :12:40.amputee for the second time. Duncan Slater was serving
:12:41. > :12:44.in Afghanistan when he lost lost Last year, he took part
:12:45. > :12:48.in the Marathon des Sables in the Sahara, but was devastated
:12:49. > :12:51.when he had to pull out just before the end,
:12:52. > :12:53.so this year, he's trying again. We'll hear from Duncan in a moment,
:12:54. > :12:58.after this from Robby West. It is known as one of the toughest
:12:59. > :13:01.races in the world. Last year, former RAF gunner
:13:02. > :13:07.Duncan Slater, here in the white, took on the week-long 251 kilometre
:13:08. > :13:09.ultra-marathon across Just a day away from finishing
:13:10. > :13:17.the race, he had to pull out due to an issue with his prosthetic
:13:18. > :13:19.limbs causing him absolute agony. I had been on the go for 28 hours,
:13:20. > :13:28.so I felt a huge sense of achievement by doing a double
:13:29. > :13:31.marathon, but the body is just saying, "No chance,
:13:32. > :13:34.we are not doing this." Duncan's legs were amputated
:13:35. > :13:38.on his last tour of Afghanistan when his vehicle ran over
:13:39. > :13:41.and improvised explosive. Despite this, he has since trekked
:13:42. > :13:44.across the Antarctic alongside Prince Harry,
:13:45. > :13:48.becoming the first double amputee Hugs, a few tears here and there,
:13:49. > :13:56.but all in all, mission success. This time, a successful mission
:13:57. > :13:59.means returning to the desert For this hero from Diss,
:14:00. > :14:10.failure is not an option. Well, Duncan leaves
:14:11. > :14:12.tomorrow for Morocco. He's part of a team raising money
:14:13. > :14:15.for Walking with the Wounded. I spoke to him this afternoon
:14:16. > :14:33.and asked whether, for him, Yeah. It is bittersweet because last
:14:34. > :14:38.time I was so close to finishing, but it was very disappointing, but
:14:39. > :14:42.having said that, I have another chance to go out there and put it
:14:43. > :14:48.right. What will be different this time? Because you had problems with
:14:49. > :14:53.your strap things. This time I had an amazing offer when I came back
:14:54. > :15:00.last time from these guys that make prosthetics in Italy and they said,
:15:01. > :15:05.tried these ones. When you are walking, the stump forms a certain
:15:06. > :15:08.shape and it is hard to recreate but they have done it and there is no
:15:09. > :15:13.room for error, there are no blisters and I have not looked back
:15:14. > :15:19.since. Last year you went out there not knowing really how it was going
:15:20. > :15:24.to be. This time you know what to expect. Will that make it easier or
:15:25. > :15:29.harder to face? In a sense it is harder because I know last time I
:15:30. > :15:37.got so close, I only had one marathon left to do but I have quite
:15:38. > :15:42.a hill to climb before I get to a point where I feel I am continuing
:15:43. > :15:44.on, but it does not take from the fact that the only way I will get
:15:45. > :15:51.there is by doing every day and just there is by doing every day and just
:15:52. > :15:55.keep on going, so it is just a case of getting out there and take every
:15:56. > :16:01.day as it comes and getting on with it. During your training you had a
:16:02. > :16:07.surprise visitor, Prince Harry popped by. Yeah, that was a bit of a
:16:08. > :16:10.surprise. That was the first heat chamber session I did to hop
:16:11. > :16:18.acclimatised when we go out to the Desert, so I was about 40, 50
:16:19. > :16:23.minutes into the session and you are thinking about how hot and
:16:24. > :16:29.uncomfortable it is and all of a sudden, Prince Harry turned up. I
:16:30. > :16:33.was not expecting that one, so that was a shock. Amazing that he took
:16:34. > :16:39.the time to come out and spend a bit of his time with myself, very lucky.
:16:40. > :16:46.You are very driven, you set yourself these amazing roles,
:16:47. > :16:51.amazing targets. Do you enjoy it? Ever since I have started doing
:16:52. > :16:57.things like this, I know I'd pick things that are quite hard on paper,
:16:58. > :17:01.but I do not want to pick something easy because at the heart of this, I
:17:02. > :17:07.am raising money for a charity and it keeps you going and the harder it
:17:08. > :17:12.gets, the more you push on. I get a lot out of it selfishly, a huge
:17:13. > :17:17.sense of achievement that on the other side of it, you are raising
:17:18. > :17:21.money for charity and that is dear to my heart. Their best of luck to
:17:22. > :17:32.you. I hope you succeed this time and finish. Thank you very much. I
:17:33. > :17:35.see him our training very often. Six marathons in that he! Unbelievable.
:17:36. > :17:37.Now, when was the last time you used your local bank
:17:38. > :17:40.For lots of people, the reason they don't use
:17:41. > :17:45.Over the last two years, more than a thousand have been
:17:46. > :17:49.It's because we're not using them as much or as often as we did.
:17:50. > :17:52.But Age UK says the impact of the closures on elderly people
:17:53. > :17:54.shouldn't be underestimated, particularly if they happen
:17:55. > :17:56.in an area where bus and internet services are poor.
:17:57. > :18:01.This from our business correspondent Richard Bond.
:18:02. > :18:03.The Norwich and Peterborough Building Society has 45 branches
:18:04. > :18:07.across the region serving thousands of customers each year.
:18:08. > :18:12.But 28 of them face closure under a drastic cost-cutting plan.
:18:13. > :18:16.The N says the use of branches has been falling steadily
:18:17. > :18:21.The town of Downham Market is typical of those
:18:22. > :18:26.Just three years ago, there were seven banks and building
:18:27. > :18:29.societies open for business here, but when the N closes,
:18:30. > :18:34.there will be just two left, Barclays and Lloyds.
:18:35. > :18:38.If everybody goes to King's Lynn to bank, that's where
:18:39. > :18:41.they will do their shop, so our high street wall totally,
:18:42. > :18:46.When we're talking about online banking and all that,
:18:47. > :18:51.you've got to bear in mind the age of the people that are doing it.
:18:52. > :18:54.One, do they doubt that they trust it, and two, they might not be
:18:55. > :18:58.But the fact remains branches are being used less.
:18:59. > :19:01.The N says the ones its closing had an average of just
:19:02. > :19:09.The Saffron building society has 11 branches in Essex,
:19:10. > :19:15.It says they are visited by an average of 38 customers a day.
:19:16. > :19:22.There used to be several branches in Royston,
:19:23. > :19:26.but now this seems to be the only one that is left.
:19:27. > :19:29.The Saffron has no plans to close branches but is not immune
:19:30. > :19:36.We are seeing a decline in branch usage, 5% year-on-year,
:19:37. > :19:39.and whilst I cannot say that we are never going to close
:19:40. > :19:42.a branch, we are absolutely committed to making sure
:19:43. > :19:45.the branches remain relevant on the high street.
:19:46. > :19:47.The Cambridge Building Society closed five branches last
:19:48. > :19:51.year, but has reinvested in remaining ones.
:19:52. > :19:55.The St Ives branch has been equipped for the digital age.
:19:56. > :19:58.What we are finding is people want to use technology,
:19:59. > :20:00.but sometimes need just a bit of help to do that,
:20:01. > :20:03.so for the branches, we see that they are very much
:20:04. > :20:06.about people still, but we will have staff in them who will be
:20:07. > :20:08.knowledgeable and be able to help people with big
:20:09. > :20:12.That is if you're lucky enough to still have access to a branch.
:20:13. > :20:15.For elderly customers in places like Downham Market,
:20:16. > :20:24.Now, at the start of every new cricket season, Wisden,
:20:25. > :20:29.the cricket lovers' bible, selects its five best
:20:30. > :20:35.This year, one of them is a 22-year-old from Northamptonshire.
:20:36. > :20:38.Ben Duckett was singled out for what they call his "remarkable"
:20:39. > :20:44.total of 2,706 runs across all formats of the game last year.
:20:45. > :20:48.It gave him a debut for England in Bangladesh and India this winter.
:20:49. > :20:50.He started brightly enough, but was later dropped.
:20:51. > :21:01.Ben Duckett, hardly a household name, but last year's leading run
:21:02. > :21:08.2,706 runs, the highest for seven years.
:21:09. > :21:12.Now a chance to prove it wasn't just a fluke.
:21:13. > :21:14.It's getting that balance of being too relaxed
:21:15. > :21:18.Going out, there's still a good ball round the corner,
:21:19. > :21:23.At times maybe last year I was guilty maybe of being a little
:21:24. > :21:26.bit too relaxed at times and then lose a shot.
:21:27. > :21:29.I think this year, especially when you are in good form,
:21:30. > :21:32.I know in the English season, you've got to make it count and try
:21:33. > :21:36.as get as many scores as you can, because it can flip and you can have
:21:37. > :21:41.His swagger with a bat earned him an England place on the winter tours
:21:42. > :21:49.It started brightly with two centuries, but soon he came unstuck.
:21:50. > :21:51.Instead of ingenuity and instinct, Ben Duckett had to be
:21:52. > :21:54.patient and pragmatic and he was later dropped.
:21:55. > :21:59.In India and Bangladesh there was no getting away from it,
:22:00. > :22:02.because your downtime is sitting in your hotel room or in your hotel,
:22:03. > :22:04.on your phone, it's all over social media.
:22:05. > :22:08.There's not really any way of getting away from it
:22:09. > :22:10.and you start believing it, you can't go an average 15
:22:11. > :22:12.in Test cricket, it's clearly not good enough,
:22:13. > :22:15.but it was one bad series and for me, personally,
:22:16. > :22:19.But that was the hardest thing, I think, on the subcontinent,
:22:20. > :22:22.just being locked in your hotel and there was no getting
:22:23. > :22:26.The year he had last year was just out of this world.
:22:27. > :22:29.It was a joy to watch, to be honest, and it was brilliant.
:22:30. > :22:33.But to have him back at top drawer for Northants,
:22:34. > :22:35.Ben has had a tough winter, I think him coming back
:22:36. > :22:39.to Northampton, he will want to bang out as many runs as he can to put
:22:40. > :22:41.himself back up for England selection, so that's only
:22:42. > :22:47.He started the winter strongly, had a lull in the middle
:22:48. > :22:49.and finished reasonably strongly as well, so that augurs well
:22:50. > :22:53.But I think he has applied himself well, got good feedback
:22:54. > :22:56.for him from all quarters, so hopefully no lasting damage done
:22:57. > :22:59.and learned a few tough lessons along the way I think.
:23:00. > :23:02.Back home at the crease, this time with a wiser head.
:23:03. > :23:10.Ben Duckett ready to thrash a loose ball.
:23:11. > :23:13.It's often said that you get what you pay for,
:23:14. > :23:15.but splashing the cash doesn't always guarantee the best results.
:23:16. > :23:18.Ask Kettering Museum and Art Gallery.
:23:19. > :23:21.They have just been nominated for a national award,
:23:22. > :23:28.That exhibition celebrated the town's art history and now
:23:29. > :23:31.the museum is asking everyone to bring in their own creations
:23:32. > :23:40.Built in 1913, the Alfred East Art Gallery in Kettering -
:23:41. > :23:43.named after the man whose bequest enabled the construction of this
:23:44. > :23:48.Now the gallery has much less cash to play with.
:23:49. > :23:51.An exhibition held here earlier in the year,
:23:52. > :23:54.making use of ribbon to show the connection between local
:23:55. > :23:58.artists past and present, has just been nominated for an award
:23:59. > :24:04.We are part of local government, so we are part
:24:05. > :24:07.of Kettering Borough Council, so all of our exhibitions have to be
:24:08. > :24:12.But the only real thing that we spent money on was our
:24:13. > :24:18.It was quite intricate in its design and so we got external designers
:24:19. > :24:23.to come in and do all of our panels and information boards.
:24:24. > :24:27.And for artists living in the town, it is essential.
:24:28. > :24:30.The gallery is an important part of Kettering, an important part
:24:31. > :24:32.of an local artist's life, because if they actually
:24:33. > :24:36.want to exhibit their work, this is the only part of the county
:24:37. > :24:41.All the exhibitions are superb for local artists.
:24:42. > :24:46.And now the gallery has a new exhibition where anyone can
:24:47. > :24:52.The only criteria, it needs to fill this space.
:24:53. > :24:58.The reasons for wanting a spot on the wall varied.
:24:59. > :25:00.This is the second year that we have submitted
:25:01. > :25:04.work from our school, Fryers Academy.
:25:05. > :25:07.It's a school for children with special educational needs
:25:08. > :25:10.and it's absolutely wonderful for them to be able to do
:25:11. > :25:14.some artwork and have it displayed in a public space.
:25:15. > :25:17.A nice chance to sort of get my work at an open exhibition and get
:25:18. > :25:19.seen by people and maybe get some feedback.
:25:20. > :25:22.I am an artist that has not been taught, I taught myself,
:25:23. > :25:25.and they really encourage you here to have a go
:25:26. > :25:29.This gallery has positioned itself at the heart of the community.
:25:30. > :25:41.It will find out if it has won that national award next month.
:25:42. > :25:49.What a great idea! Now the weather. It will get warmer by the weekend so
:25:50. > :25:56.for once the weather is improving right at the right point. Today we
:25:57. > :26:00.have had a lot of sunshine as you can see, but you will have noticed
:26:01. > :26:07.that call, north-westerly breeze has been in evidence, but by the weekend
:26:08. > :26:12.we get a southerly breeze and that while warm things up. More cloud had
:26:13. > :26:17.been anticipated but we have done pretty well for sunshine and we
:26:18. > :26:22.start the evening with clear skies. There will be some areas of patchy
:26:23. > :26:27.cloud that come and go, but with a lot of clear sky, temperatures could
:26:28. > :26:32.drop to two or three Celsius so the risk of a touch of grass frost.
:26:33. > :26:39.Tomorrow we start with high pressure over the top of us and while it is
:26:40. > :26:44.in that position, we still have that north-westerly breeze. Good spells
:26:45. > :26:49.of sunshine, some patchy cloud at times. Once more we record
:26:50. > :26:54.temperatures in the mid teens, around 14 or 15 degrees. For the
:26:55. > :26:59.afternoon it still says fine and dry. Looking ahead, high-pressure
:27:00. > :27:04.gets pushed to the east and we start to get more of a southerly wind and
:27:05. > :27:11.this will draw up warm air from the continent. Temperatures could peek
:27:12. > :27:16.here in the south-east, maybe 20 or higher by Sunday. Saturday is
:27:17. > :27:21.looking good with good spells of sunshine, temperatures around 80 or
:27:22. > :27:26.90 degrees and 20 Celsius predicted for Sunday but we may find it gets
:27:27. > :27:31.than that. It will be short lived because you will notice a difference
:27:32. > :27:40.in temperature for Monday. Cooler air will come out worse way; most of
:27:41. > :27:44.the weekend. 20 down to 12? That is all from us. See you tomorrow.
:27:45. > :27:46.Goodbye.