:00:00. > :00:07.Some are calling it the Christmas of discontent
:00:08. > :00:09.- how strikes at Stansted and at post offices
:00:10. > :00:14.I don't see why they shouldn't get their Christmas gifts on time
:00:15. > :00:17.because we're taking action today and tomorrow, that still gives
:00:18. > :00:20.Wednesday and Thursday where we can guarantee that delivery.
:00:21. > :00:28.Two men are arrested after a double stabbing at
:00:29. > :00:31.Celebrating half a century, the big local firm
:00:32. > :00:35.doing big MOTs on this very big plane.
:00:36. > :00:37.One of the biggest thrills in the summer months
:00:38. > :00:42.And why this water slide has become Britain's
:00:43. > :00:59.First tonight, how strikes at post offices and at airports
:01:00. > :01:04.It's led to a prediction that we could be facing
:01:05. > :01:08.20 Crown Post Offices across Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk are affected.
:01:09. > :01:13.And at Stansted Airport baggage handlers and ground staff
:01:14. > :01:18.will strike on Friday and Saturday just as the Christmas rush
:01:19. > :01:24.We'll hear from the Communication Workers Union in a moment
:01:25. > :01:37.Despite today's strike action, the Crown Post Office in Newmarket hopes
:01:38. > :01:41.it still delivered a first-class service. The union says it is one of
:01:42. > :01:46.many key high-street post offices in the east disrupted by the walk-out.
:01:47. > :01:52.We had to wait half an hour before we got served, the queues outside
:01:53. > :01:57.the door. It's seems normal, always courteous. I didn't find any
:01:58. > :02:00.difficulty whatsoever besides the long wait. The Colchester post
:02:01. > :02:05.office was still guaranteed a normal service despite the strike. It is
:02:06. > :02:08.dispute over pensions, job security and concerned that the Post Office
:02:09. > :02:14.will no longer exist on our high streets. We are up for sitting down
:02:15. > :02:20.and talking, what we cannot do is change the statutory which is about
:02:21. > :02:23.improving post office services for customers in an increasingly
:02:24. > :02:26.competitive marketplace, within changing lifestyles, the Post Office
:02:27. > :02:32.needs to change and is changing and that will continue. A number of
:02:33. > :02:35.union members from our region made a special Christmas delivery this
:02:36. > :02:43.morning to the Government, 70,000 postcards signed by the public,
:02:44. > :02:46.supporting the campaign. Meanwhile, Swiss airport baggage handlers at
:02:47. > :02:57.Stansted and across the country could go before Christmas. This
:02:58. > :03:00.woman is due to fly to Australia to meet her grandchild but if the
:03:01. > :03:07.strike goes on, it could mean that she would only take hand luggage,
:03:08. > :03:09.having to leave luggage behind. It is a blackmail for the Government
:03:10. > :03:15.and I just think that is outrageously unfair. Ryanair is the
:03:16. > :03:19.key airline at Stansted Airport using Swissport baggage handlers. It
:03:20. > :03:23.says flights are expected to operate as normal but they might have to
:03:24. > :03:28.operate with hand luggage only. It is usually disrupted for employers,
:03:29. > :03:31.it has a massive impact on business. We cannot forget that the workers
:03:32. > :03:35.being able to strike is vital to them being able to negotiate
:03:36. > :03:38.properly. Talks are due to be held tomorrow to try and avert the
:03:39. > :03:41.baggage had the strike later this week, as for the post office strike,
:03:42. > :03:42.Downing Street said all parties should get around the table to
:03:43. > :03:46.settle their differences. Tim Pavelin is the regional rep for
:03:47. > :03:49.the Communications Workers Union - which represents Post Office
:03:50. > :03:51.workers. At the moment the action only
:03:52. > :03:53.involves staff who work in Post Offices but deliveries
:03:54. > :03:56.could be affected if drivers refuse Of course, as a trade unionist
:03:57. > :04:03.I think it is one of the fundamental rights is for people not to cross
:04:04. > :04:07.a picket line if they don't want to. That doesn't just apply to postmen,
:04:08. > :04:10.I think it also applies to members of the public who realise what we
:04:11. > :04:14.are trying to do is save the Post Office which is in crisis so, yeah,
:04:15. > :04:17.fundamentally I don't think anyone So if that happens
:04:18. > :04:22.and people don't get their Christmas gifts on time,
:04:23. > :04:24.do you think you will still
:04:25. > :04:26.have public support? Well, I don't see why
:04:27. > :04:28.they shouldn't get their Christmas gifts on time because we
:04:29. > :04:30.have taken action today and tomorrow, that still gives
:04:31. > :04:33.Wednesday and Thursday, people the opportunity to post
:04:34. > :04:36.and the Post Office do a service where we can guarantee that
:04:37. > :04:38.delivery so if people want to get their items
:04:39. > :04:40.there for Christmas, But the thing is that
:04:41. > :04:44.pensioners don't get their pension at the Post Office,
:04:45. > :04:47.or as many of them who used to, people don't send parcels,
:04:48. > :04:49.as many as they used They send a lot of e-mails, they use
:04:50. > :04:53.couriers, the work that the
:04:54. > :04:55.Post Office used to do Well, post offices do still
:04:56. > :05:00.have a vital part to play in the It is a centre of the community
:05:01. > :05:04.in many locations and without a post office, you don't get
:05:05. > :05:07.the follow-on business from You say they need to be
:05:08. > :05:11.in the high street but they are in the high street,
:05:12. > :05:14.if they are in one of Well, if they are in the back
:05:15. > :05:19.of the WHSmith, is a prime example, where they are going
:05:20. > :05:27.on to the first floor, they are stuck
:05:28. > :05:29.away at the back of the WHSmith,
:05:30. > :05:30.they don't have of the post office which is
:05:31. > :05:34.directly managed and you have the staff that can give you
:05:35. > :05:37.a knowledgeable service and great The truth is that if people
:05:38. > :05:40.could make post offices pay, Well, yes, this is where
:05:41. > :05:44.it comes back to the issue of government
:05:45. > :05:45.because if the Government were willing to invest
:05:46. > :05:47.in the post office and we do have
:05:48. > :05:50.a strategy to the union that we can make that investment pay
:05:51. > :05:53.with a postbank then I think You keep mentioning
:05:54. > :06:00.that the Government should put money into the post office and support it,
:06:01. > :06:04.and yet you deny that it is No, I think that the
:06:05. > :06:07.Government should be If you want to talk
:06:08. > :06:14.about a government strategy then I do think it would be
:06:15. > :06:17.better if they were prepared to invest rather than the decline
:06:18. > :06:20.we are seeing on the high street. The region's hospitals
:06:21. > :06:24.are facing growing pressure They say that months of planning
:06:25. > :06:28.mean their systems are all coping well but some planned surgeries
:06:29. > :06:31.are being postponed until Kim Riley is at
:06:32. > :06:43.Ipswich Hospital now. What is the situation like that?
:06:44. > :06:49.Beds are available here tonight. They seem to be managing pretty well
:06:50. > :06:53.so far, I suppose, you have to say. The chief executive at Ipswich
:06:54. > :06:56.Hospital, also at Colchester in general and he knows how year by
:06:57. > :06:57.year the pressures are building on these hospitals.
:06:58. > :07:00.We have seen an increase this year of about 10% in people who are
:07:01. > :07:03.attending A in both hospitals, both at Colchester and at Ipswich,
:07:04. > :07:05.and that's a fairly consistent increase that we have seen every
:07:06. > :07:11.We knew it was coming so we have planned for it so both in terms
:07:12. > :07:14.attending A and the number of people who have to go
:07:15. > :07:16.into hospital, we have seen an increase.
:07:17. > :07:19.We've got some additional capacity, both in the hospital and
:07:20. > :07:21.outside and we do know that that will be enough,
:07:22. > :07:24.as long as we don't see either a sudden cold spell or indeed
:07:25. > :07:28.But indeed even if we have those situations, we have got contingency
:07:29. > :07:36.plans to make sure we can deal with that as well.
:07:37. > :07:47.There's a new system for measuring pressure on hospitals, coping well
:07:48. > :07:54.to under intense demand. One hospital is at coping well.
:07:55. > :07:58.Colchester Hospital, Basildon, King's Lynn, all on level two. Level
:07:59. > :08:05.three means local health and social care systems are experiencing major
:08:06. > :08:09.pressures. Norfolk and Norwich today on level three. It says its
:08:10. > :08:13.programme of nonemergency surgery is temporary suspended until after
:08:14. > :08:17.Christmas and its emergency department and urgent care centre
:08:18. > :08:20.will remain open. We talked about Black Friday before the weekend,
:08:21. > :08:28.with the Ambulance Service coming under intense pressure to? We did,
:08:29. > :08:32.they had over 3300 calls on Black Friday, 3% up thereabouts on last
:08:33. > :08:36.year. Interesting, this time, there were more clinicians in the control
:08:37. > :08:41.room they were able to give advice to people bringing in. So what we
:08:42. > :08:45.actually had was the numbers of accidents and incidents attended by
:08:46. > :08:47.ambulances going down but they are expecting a very, very busy day
:08:48. > :08:48.indeed this Friday. Thank you very much.
:08:49. > :08:51.Councillors in Norwich have denied they are profiteering from more
:08:52. > :08:54.than ?400,000 of fines from drivers using bus lanes.
:08:55. > :08:56.The figure comes from a Freedom of Information request
:08:57. > :09:04.Between last December and September they collected ?255,000 from drivers
:09:05. > :09:09.who drove down St Stephen's Street and ?150,000 for driving
:09:10. > :09:18.Norwich City Council said the money goes back into road projects.
:09:19. > :09:21.Well-wishers have donated koi carp to replace fish which were killed
:09:22. > :09:23.when vandals damaged a tank at Castle Park in Colchester.
:09:24. > :09:29.The fish were being held in a container while their pool
:09:30. > :09:36.Most of the fish were about 30 years old.
:09:37. > :09:38.Four replacement koi have been added to the pond today
:09:39. > :09:43.Two men have been seriously injured in a double stabbing
:09:44. > :09:46.It happened late last night in a multistorey car park
:09:47. > :09:54.This morning, officers from Suffolk Police painstakingly
:09:55. > :09:55.search the area around Foundation Street
:09:56. > :10:01.Yesterday evening, at ten o'clock, the
:10:02. > :10:04.Ambulance Service called the police to a serious assault where two men
:10:05. > :10:07.Both were taken to hospital in a critical condition
:10:08. > :10:11.with what were described as life-threatening injuries.
:10:12. > :10:16.Suffolk Police say that one is still in a
:10:17. > :10:18.critical condition whilst the other is now stable.
:10:19. > :10:23.The area around Foundation Street will remain
:10:24. > :10:24.cordoned off whilst the investigation continues,
:10:25. > :10:27.Blackfriars car park that has been closed all day.
:10:28. > :10:30.This morning, I have been speaking to some of the local
:10:31. > :10:32.residents who told me what they experienced last night.
:10:33. > :10:35.This must've been around about 11 o'clock I got
:10:36. > :10:39.back and there were a few police cars parked outside my house and I
:10:40. > :10:41.was told I couldn't actually enter my house because of an incident
:10:42. > :10:44.involving a few people being stabbed and they didn't really disclose much
:10:45. > :10:52.I just got told there were a few people critically injured
:10:53. > :10:54.and a few people arrested at the time.
:10:55. > :10:58.The area itself, it is what is known for drugs and stuff.
:10:59. > :11:02.There's a lot of trouble that happens down here and everything.
:11:03. > :11:06.But it is a rough area but really there should be more lights and
:11:07. > :11:09.public cameras as well for the police so they can monitor it
:11:10. > :11:12.better and I think that then it would be like a deterrent to keep
:11:13. > :11:16.Suffolk Police say they have arrested two men, 57 and a
:11:17. > :11:17.48-year-old on suspicion of conspiracy to commit
:11:18. > :11:27.The police force are now asking anyone with any information
:11:28. > :11:41.The weather for the week ahead, right up to Christmas Day.
:11:42. > :11:46.you might think of castles and stately homes.
:11:47. > :11:55.All the fun of the fair from Wicksteed.
:11:56. > :11:58.We hear a lot these day about robots being used for surgery in hospital
:11:59. > :12:07.But it's actually quite an old idea, the first operation using a robot
:12:08. > :12:10.Nowadays, the technology is very advanced and used
:12:11. > :12:17.At Addenbrooke's Hospital, they recently started
:12:18. > :12:19.using their robot to treat bladder and kidney cancer.
:12:20. > :12:21.It means a shorter recovery time for patients easing pressure
:12:22. > :12:27.Rita Willey from Saffron Walden kindly let us watch her
:12:28. > :12:34.Mike Cartwright's report contains footage of the surgery.
:12:35. > :12:40.The day after a major operation and she is already going home.
:12:41. > :12:44.A quick recovery, after surgery carried out by a robot.
:12:45. > :12:53.I am quite honoured, actually, to have it done
:12:54. > :12:56.because it's much less invasive and much more precise.
:12:57. > :12:59.It is important because I want to get back to normal
:13:00. > :13:03.The day before, her medical team get ready.
:13:04. > :13:11.Its arms are remotely controlled by a consultant.
:13:12. > :13:15.He explained why Rita needed that operation.
:13:16. > :13:19.This is our patient lying on her back, as if we are looking
:13:20. > :13:25.These are the kidneys, we can see here.
:13:26. > :13:28.This is the left kidney and that is the kidney we are operating
:13:29. > :13:30.on today. It is a lump, a tumour.
:13:31. > :13:32.We do not know yet if it is cancerous,
:13:33. > :13:46.You can see the way he can twist its fingers.
:13:47. > :13:48.All of the movements of his wrists, to
:13:49. > :13:53.It gives all the same freedoms that your wrist does.
:13:54. > :13:58.The three incisions are tiny, compared to
:13:59. > :14:06.A previous incision could be up to six inches long.
:14:07. > :14:09.Then, the recovery time could be up to three months.
:14:10. > :14:15.This way, they can be fully recovered within a month.
:14:16. > :14:21.Blood supply is down there and we have isolated it.
:14:22. > :14:25.Now we're just making some marks on the normal kidney, to
:14:26. > :14:27.check where exactly we will make the incision.
:14:28. > :14:30.Rita will have to wait for her results, but she left hospital
:14:31. > :14:35.Normally, after surgery like she had, you would be
:14:36. > :14:42.expect to stay in hospital for about a week.
:14:43. > :14:45.And things are seemingly going from bad to worse
:14:46. > :14:50.Yes, humiliated in Europe on Saturday night by Leinster.
:14:51. > :14:55.And for boss Jim Mallinder, it's now a make or break week.
:14:56. > :14:58.Lose at Sale on Friday night, and his ten year
:14:59. > :15:09.Let's cross live to Franklin's Gardens and join James Burridge
:15:10. > :15:13.Good evening. December truly has been a dreadful mad when you
:15:14. > :15:19.consider it all started with a concussion story, we have not seen
:15:20. > :15:23.him yet. Dylan Hartley, six-week suspension and then of course, the
:15:24. > :15:31.on the pitch battle which is being sorted out. There is talk the team
:15:32. > :15:37.be fined because of the changes. Let's talk about all of this with
:15:38. > :15:41.Ian Hunter who within Dublin. Ian, so much pressure on the team and on
:15:42. > :15:47.Jim. What is going to become's mind? An enormous amount of pressure. A
:15:48. > :15:51.perfect storm. A lot of people asking me what is going on, what has
:15:52. > :15:55.happened and is a combination of so many different factors. This week,
:15:56. > :16:00.it has been tremendously a huge amount of cash on Jim. When you are
:16:01. > :16:04.thrashed by 60 odd points, how much damage does that do to a team?
:16:05. > :16:11.Believe it or not, I was one of the players who played in the 60 to nil
:16:12. > :16:14.drumming we had back in the early 90s and I can tell you as a young
:16:15. > :16:20.19-year-old, it certainly scarred me and I remember it now 25 years
:16:21. > :16:24.later. It is not good to do that. The fans are growing restless, the
:16:25. > :16:28.board is sticking by Jim and his coaching staff. Who has the greater
:16:29. > :16:34.power, if you like? At the end of the day, you could say the power
:16:35. > :16:39.falls over on to the spectators. They are the guys who love to come
:16:40. > :16:43.here week in and week out. There is a lot of talk on social media, a lot
:16:44. > :16:48.of talk in the forums about what is going on, everyone chucking in. I
:16:49. > :16:51.think what is coming up in the next few games against sale, Gloucester
:16:52. > :16:56.and Bristol will be absolutely crucial to the coaching staff and I
:16:57. > :17:00.hate to say it but I think if the Saints find themselves on losses on
:17:01. > :17:03.there, then that decision might have to go to the board and the board
:17:04. > :17:07.might have to make them very hard decisions. Thank you. Plenty for
:17:08. > :17:09.anyone regarding this club right now to ponder. It is going to be a very
:17:10. > :17:10.tough week. Thank you. Moving on to football
:17:11. > :17:13.and Mick McCarthy was a relieved Town earning a late victory,
:17:14. > :17:17.if you can pick out the winning goal The manager admitted afterwards
:17:18. > :17:20.he probably deserved some But their win moved them
:17:21. > :17:25.up to 15th just five points behind Norwich,
:17:26. > :17:27.who lost, bringing at least some I think the fans have
:17:28. > :17:33.got a little bit more convincing yet, I think
:17:34. > :17:34.the tide of opinion towards Mick I think understandably
:17:35. > :17:39.has may be turned in recent weeks. The football has not been
:17:40. > :17:42.particularly entertaining throughout the entire calendar year
:17:43. > :17:45.and it is going to take more than one victory to win them
:17:46. > :17:50.back over, I would say. It's not often you enjoy a perfect
:17:51. > :17:54.weekend but for our League Two sides Four games, four wins, all four
:17:55. > :17:59.teams now climbing the table. Stevenage ninth after
:18:00. > :18:06.four wins in six. Colchester after a dire start have
:18:07. > :18:10.taken ten points from a possible 12. But the division's big
:18:11. > :18:15.movers Cambridge United. Now up to seventh after four
:18:16. > :18:20.successive victories. It's always hard to pinpoint a major
:18:21. > :18:29.factor but if we were to they found a striker
:18:30. > :18:32.in Uche Ikepeazu who is scoring goals, something they didn't simply
:18:33. > :18:36.have at the start of the season. Luke Berry arguably their star man
:18:37. > :18:40.has hit a rich vein of form and they have been
:18:41. > :18:44.fortunate with injuries. Finally in Birmingham last
:18:45. > :18:46.night, Andy Murray may Being voted the BBC
:18:47. > :18:51.Sports Personality of the Year for a record third time but our very
:18:52. > :18:54.own Max Whitlock The Basildon gymnast, who won double
:18:55. > :18:59.gold at the Rio Olympics, wowed the thousands in audience
:19:00. > :19:02.and the millions watching around the country,
:19:03. > :19:07.eventually coming 7th overall. My Olympic dream came
:19:08. > :19:10.when I was about 17 years old, when I sort
:19:11. > :19:12.of stepped up to the senior level, I thought, you know,
:19:13. > :19:14.what is possible. Ever since I was growing up to that
:19:15. > :19:18.age, I started when I was seven, so for ten years, you know, I was
:19:19. > :19:21.just absolutely living a dream, loving a sport and
:19:22. > :19:23.doing the best I can. Their FA Cup replay
:19:24. > :19:40.with Notts County Chelsea That should be good.
:19:41. > :19:41.Max told me he was going to do something that he wouldn't tell me
:19:42. > :19:43.what it was. 50 years ago today an RAF Hercules
:19:44. > :19:46.transport plane flew into Cambridge Airport,
:19:47. > :19:48.to be serviced by the engineering It was the beginning of a long
:19:49. > :19:52.business relationship with the RAF that's now worth more than a quarter
:19:53. > :19:54.of a billion pounds. So today the great and the good
:19:55. > :19:57.gathered to watch four Hercules aircraft fly over the airfield
:19:58. > :19:59.to mark this very But this is December
:20:00. > :20:02.and visibility at midday less This from our defence
:20:03. > :20:14.reporter Alex Dunlop. Like bridesmaid running up the aisle
:20:15. > :20:17.before a wedding, an American spree flies past the expectant crowd at
:20:18. > :20:24.Marshall Aerospace today. The VIPs collect on a balcony to watch four
:20:25. > :20:28.Hercules descend 500 feet. Sadly, the clouds descended even lower but
:20:29. > :20:35.at least we heard the roar of their engines. But in the best addition,
:20:36. > :20:39.here is one that Marshall prepared earlier, or 50 years ago. Similar
:20:40. > :20:43.foggy weather but this was the first Hercules to be serviced here. The
:20:44. > :20:50.Cambridge -based company has had the contract ever since. The latest one
:20:51. > :20:54.is worth ?269 million. The RAF has 24 of these planes, around half a
:20:55. > :21:00.dozen servers by the 1200 workers had at any one time. They are fairly
:21:01. > :21:08.complex but the fundamentals of it are quite basic. Which explains its
:21:09. > :21:12.longevity and service. Designed to carry troops and equipment, DC 130
:21:13. > :21:17.is the backbone of the RAF transport fleet. This is an airframe that can
:21:18. > :21:22.and often does take hard knocks. In the last 15 years or so, I have done
:21:23. > :21:26.more light on that Albert as she is eventually known than I can recall.
:21:27. > :21:32.She might not be the most comfortable plane but she certainly
:21:33. > :21:35.is one of the most reliable. -- Fat Albert. An overhaul of the same
:21:36. > :21:40.frame takes up to nine months. Hercules from across the world
:21:41. > :21:45.servers that Marshall but the aria is a far its biggest customer. The
:21:46. > :21:51.last contract we signed with the MoD, we took 20% out in terms of
:21:52. > :21:54.real value and are greeted by 30%. Year-on-year, that is pretty
:21:55. > :22:01.significant. How did you manage that? By doing things smarter. It
:22:02. > :22:04.helps to when other MoD contracts, they work on the submarine and a buy
:22:05. > :22:08.the kit for Army mobile hospital units. But this is the flagship
:22:09. > :22:13.bill, celebrated with a special paint job on the tail of an iconic
:22:14. > :22:24.aircraft. Fat Albert of the few decades of life and her yet. -- has
:22:25. > :22:27.a. How many listed buildings are there in this country? If you said
:22:28. > :22:33.400,000, you are about right. historic places in England,
:22:34. > :22:36.places like battlefields, Today a new addition -
:22:37. > :22:40.the country's oldest water slide. It was invented by the engineer
:22:41. > :22:43.Charles Wicksteed and you'll find it One of the biggest thrills
:22:44. > :22:48.in the summer this provided by this water chute which never fails
:22:49. > :22:51.to attract the more adventurous spirits who
:22:52. > :22:52.eagerly await better. Built in the 1920s,
:22:53. > :22:54.it has been thrilling One of only two surviving
:22:55. > :22:58.in the world today in one It is on runners
:22:59. > :23:01.and it comes down at great speed and it lands
:23:02. > :23:03.in the river here. And today, it has been given
:23:04. > :23:07.special protected status It's all about simple
:23:08. > :23:12.pleasures and family spending time here, quality time
:23:13. > :23:16.together and this ride sort of typifies that,
:23:17. > :23:20.it is the ride the whole family can enjoy
:23:21. > :23:24.together, all coming down sitting side-by-side,
:23:25. > :23:25.enjoy a little thrill, The park was founded
:23:26. > :23:38.by Charles Wicksteed in 1921 who wanted to create
:23:39. > :23:40.a safe place for families to play
:23:41. > :23:42.when many homes had no gardens. He owned an engineering
:23:43. > :23:44.company and used those skills and his
:23:45. > :23:46.imagination to create a ride The architecture of fun
:23:47. > :23:53.was really taking off people were making public parks
:23:54. > :23:58.places of entertainment as well as relaxation and this
:23:59. > :24:01.is an amazing one-off example by an engineer
:24:02. > :24:04.who became very famous for his
:24:05. > :24:07.fairground rides, giving back to the people of Kettering who had helped
:24:08. > :24:10.to make his fortune. It might not be the most
:24:11. > :24:15.sophisticated of rides but it is one of the most popular
:24:16. > :24:18.on the park with people having the chance to hurtle
:24:19. > :24:21.towards the water and it is that sense of simplicity will
:24:22. > :24:24.mean it will endure for generations And for people today,
:24:25. > :24:29.it was all about those I think it's fabulous,
:24:30. > :24:35.I remember going on it when I was a child, I think my nan has got
:24:36. > :24:42.a photographs of my parents. It's great, just having a really
:24:43. > :24:45.old-fashioned ride there that, you It is now undergoing
:24:46. > :24:49.a winter overhaul, ready for the summer and soon to revel
:24:50. > :24:52.in its new-found historic status. Emma Baugh, BBC
:24:53. > :25:03.Look East, Kettering. It is lovely. I love the fittest. We
:25:04. > :25:08.are going to find out about the Christmas weather. Green footage.
:25:09. > :25:17.A lovely photograph. It's dull the forecast that is actually full of
:25:18. > :25:20.uncertainty on the run-up to Christmas. I will start to the
:25:21. > :25:25.night, largely dry with a lot of cloud. That will have clear
:25:26. > :25:30.intervals at times. That could lead to some patchy mist and possibly
:25:31. > :25:36.some frost. Some of thing between three and five Celsius. Some spots
:25:37. > :25:40.costing down to freezing. We will have light winds and perhaps a
:25:41. > :25:43.future with for some of us. Tomorrow, high-pressure moving away
:25:44. > :25:48.onto the continent. This weather front storming on the western side
:25:49. > :25:52.of the country. Not a bad day, I think we will have some drizzle and
:25:53. > :25:55.possibly some showers first thing. A lot of cloud and mist but then the
:25:56. > :25:58.cloud should break and we should see some decent sunny spells developing.
:25:59. > :26:05.Temperatures near average, seven Celsius. We hold onto mainly light
:26:06. > :26:10.winds and we finished the day fine and dry. Now from Wednesday, it
:26:11. > :26:15.becomes messy and quite complicated. Weather is dependent on how quickly
:26:16. > :26:17.fronts moving and away again. At the moment, Wednesday, this thread is
:26:18. > :26:22.likely get stuck over the top of us, develop a bit of a bit overweight.
:26:23. > :26:24.The thinking is we will start off cloudy with outbreaks of patchy
:26:25. > :26:29.rain. That should clear into the North Sea and become drier and
:26:30. > :26:34.brighter with some sunshine but also some showers fishing in from the
:26:35. > :26:36.west. Quite a blustery day with moderate to south-westerly and
:26:37. > :26:42.temperatures getting higher than this, up to 10 Celsius. Thursday,
:26:43. > :26:45.depending on how quickly this front pulls away, we are likely to start
:26:46. > :26:50.up with some rain but some of us but it should quickly dry out and we
:26:51. > :26:53.should enjoy a largely dry day decent spells of sunshine and the
:26:54. > :26:58.winds easing down for a time on Thursday as well. Friday, we are
:26:59. > :27:02.expecting high pressure to build on. This fact pushing in from the west,
:27:03. > :27:07.introducing thicker cloud but not brain-dead until after dark. Friday,
:27:08. > :27:11.possibly some mist and frosts berthing, that should clear as the
:27:12. > :27:13.winds pick back up. Hopefully some brightness and sunshine before the
:27:14. > :27:18.cloud increases and the rain expected to move forward on Friday
:27:19. > :27:21.night into Saturday. Saturday, Christmas Eve. It looks like we did
:27:22. > :27:27.have that rain around their thing and that should give way to sunshine
:27:28. > :27:30.and some blustery showers, possibly gale force winds time on Christmas
:27:31. > :27:34.Eve and the same again on Sunday. A dry start and some wet and windy
:27:35. > :27:38.weather pushing in from the west. Thank you.
:27:39. > :27:44.The Christmas walk will have to be before lunch. Wednesday is messy and
:27:45. > :27:48.complicated. It reminds me of some friends of mine.
:27:49. > :27:51.Ben dropping a frozen turkey on Mum's foot.
:27:52. > :27:53.Put me down! No, we talked about this.
:27:54. > :27:55.Taser him! That is a video game, isn't it?
:27:56. > :28:00.I'm going to need at least another 15 years to recover from children.
:28:01. > :28:25.This is all nonsense - it's highly entertaining, nonetheless it's...
:28:26. > :28:28.I'm starting this new job, I'm taking over a really tough school.
:28:29. > :28:31.Where is it? You're not going down south...?
:28:32. > :28:34.Huddersfield? I know. That's like the dark side of the moon.
:28:35. > :28:40.You do know that this house is haunted?