:00:00. > :00:07.Good evening, welcome to Tuesday's Look North. Tonight, a Sheffield
:00:08. > :00:11.woman who lured weak and vulnerable girls into a child sex ring is
:00:12. > :00:14.jailed for 12 years. Amanda Spencer gave vulnerable, young girls drink
:00:15. > :00:20.and drugs before forcing them into prostitution. We hear from one her
:00:21. > :00:25.victims about the abuse. Also tonight. With the Tour de Yorkshire
:00:26. > :00:28.fast approaching we take a look at how the countryside is getting
:00:29. > :00:32.ready. And the Doncaster soldier who was
:00:33. > :00:45.one of the most seriously injured to survive the Afghanistan conflict is
:00:46. > :00:56.to retrace a daring World War Two raid.
:00:57. > :01:01.Good evening. A young woman from Sheffield who ran a child sexual
:01:02. > :01:04.exploitation ring has been sentenced to twelve years in prison. The judge
:01:05. > :01:09.said 23`year`old Amanda Spencer had used young girls as her meal tickets
:01:10. > :01:13.and to pay for her drink and drugs habit. She has been found guilty of
:01:14. > :01:16.16 counts of arranging the prostitution of children. Meanwhile
:01:17. > :01:21.68`year`old Ian Foster has been sentenced to 14 years for sex
:01:22. > :01:31.offences against ten young victims. Tom Ingall's report contains details
:01:32. > :01:35.you may find distressing. Exploiter or exploited? That was the
:01:36. > :01:38.central question in the trial of Amanda Spencer. The court heard
:01:39. > :01:43.about her chaotic background, but the jury decided she was guilty of
:01:44. > :01:51.16 counts of forcing children into prostitution. Get the camera out of
:01:52. > :01:55.my face! This was her first appearance in court last year at the
:01:56. > :01:58.age of 22. Tonight, she's starting a prison sentence. In this trial, the
:01:59. > :02:06.jury have had to listen to his narrowing `` some harrowing
:02:07. > :02:13.evidence. Time after time, victims said that she befriended them, and
:02:14. > :02:17.then turned on them, forcing them to sleep with men, and then assaulting
:02:18. > :02:21.them if they refused. The judge said, you are as bruised and damaged
:02:22. > :02:32.by life as the girls exploited, but I have no safety for your heart less
:02:33. > :02:35.exploitation. Behind this trial, a three`year police operation which
:02:36. > :02:39.also saw 68`year`old Ian Foster sent to prison for 14 years. In two
:02:40. > :02:49.trials, he has been found guilty of this teen sex offences against ten
:02:50. > :02:53.children. `` 15. Originally the investigation was centred around
:02:54. > :02:58.Spencer, but it was anyone we spoke to some witnesses that Foster became
:02:59. > :03:02.a focal port and was a focus of the trial before this one. As you have
:03:03. > :03:06.seen today, he was no less an offender, in many ways, in fact, he
:03:07. > :03:11.was as bad if not worse than Amanda Spencer. The attention has fallen on
:03:12. > :03:16.Spencer, though. She was barely an adult. Her nine victims, Findlay
:03:17. > :03:20.children. In the Word of the judge, they were her meal ticket. In their
:03:21. > :03:25.words, she ruined lives. So how did Amanda Spencer find her
:03:26. > :03:29.young victims? Jenny, whose name has been changed, is now 19. She met
:03:30. > :03:34.Amanda Spencer when she was 13. They became friends, and went out and got
:03:35. > :03:45.drunk and took drugs. She told us what impact this had on her life.
:03:46. > :03:50.How words are spoken by an actor. `` her words. I did not really you have
:03:51. > :03:53.anybody. My friends did not want to know me. Me and my mum weren't
:03:54. > :03:57.getting on, me and my sister weren't, me and my family didn't get
:03:58. > :04:01.on. I'm not exactly a parent person, I don't do parents. I don't do
:04:02. > :04:11.really do people who tell me what to do. I don't know, I didn't really
:04:12. > :04:19.have anybody. I went out to go and meet a friend of my exes, she was
:04:20. > :04:22.with him and just have the right things. We were going out and
:04:23. > :04:30.getting drunk, taking drugs, just stuff, just that I thought wanted to
:04:31. > :04:33.do. She just stopped being a nice friendly person. And when people
:04:34. > :04:37.came along, she just used to tell me everything would be all right. Give
:04:38. > :04:45.me a bit of a drink, and then it would happen. I spent a long time
:04:46. > :04:48.pretending it never happened, I spent a long time pretending that it
:04:49. > :04:55.was just a nightmare. It is easy that way, to get through your life
:04:56. > :04:59.that way. I hate her, just hate her. I cannot wait for her to get her
:05:00. > :05:02.comeuppance. She shouldn't be breathing the same air as me and my
:05:03. > :05:05.daughter, she shouldn't. Next tonight, Ofsted inspectors have
:05:06. > :05:09.painted a damning picture of the running of a Bradford school amid
:05:10. > :05:12.fears of an Islamist plot to infiltrate some UK schools. The
:05:13. > :05:15.entire governing body of Laisterdyke College was sacked last month, and
:05:16. > :05:18.it's emerged one of the sacked governors has links with a group
:05:19. > :05:28.accused of trying to introduce Islamist practices in schools in
:05:29. > :05:31.Birmingham. Cathy Killick reports. Some schools in Birmingham hit
:05:32. > :05:35.headlines last month when it was alleged Islamist plotters were
:05:36. > :05:38.trying to take them over. And introduce hard`line practices like
:05:39. > :05:44.making girls sit at the back and stopping education. Now there is a
:05:45. > :05:50.fear similar aims were on the cards in Bradford. Sped inspectors visited
:05:51. > :05:57.Laisterdyke College in September last year `` Ofsted inspectors and
:05:58. > :06:02.then raised concerns about its governors. One of its members,
:06:03. > :06:05.Faisal Khan, has links with the suspected plotters in Birmingham,
:06:06. > :06:11.but denies any links. He says he will simply trying to raise
:06:12. > :06:15.standards. It is all about good quality teaching, putting the right
:06:16. > :06:18.standards in place. And if the headteacher is not capable of doing
:06:19. > :06:22.it, they should move on and let somebody who is really good at it.
:06:23. > :06:27.Irrespective of their race and religion. All of the interviews I
:06:28. > :06:31.have been involved in, I have never implied a Muslim headteacher. So the
:06:32. > :06:35.facts on the ground say differently. `` I have never in
:06:36. > :06:38.point. But Ofsted inspectors criticised behaviour of some of the
:06:39. > :06:45.governors. It says it had serious concerns. And the governors had a
:06:46. > :06:47.limited understanding of how students were doing. It said
:06:48. > :06:55.relationships between leading staff at the school and governors had the
:06:56. > :06:58.deteriorated. Bradford Council has intervened, sacking the governors
:06:59. > :07:02.last month and installing an interim executive board to govern the school
:07:03. > :07:08.instead. While Ofsted makes no mention of any evidence of an
:07:09. > :07:10.Islamist plot, the situation here at Laisterdyke College and other
:07:11. > :07:16.Bradford schools is being monitored by the council very carefully. Later
:07:17. > :07:18.on Look North. In tribute to a much loved teacher.
:07:19. > :07:19.A West Yorkshire community comes together for Ann Maguire who was
:07:20. > :07:29.killed in her classroom last week. Now, what's the best way of tackling
:07:30. > :07:32.traffic jams in York? A report is going before councillors this
:07:33. > :07:37.evening which says the trial closure of Lendal Bridge did cut congestion
:07:38. > :07:39.and even increased visitor numbers. The council had to abandon the
:07:40. > :07:42.scheme because of mounting criticism. Tonight councillors are
:07:43. > :07:46.discussing what can be done instead to tackle the traffic problems.
:07:47. > :07:48.Professor Greg Marsden is the Director for the Institute of
:07:49. > :07:58.Transport Studies at the University of Leeds. He took part in this
:07:59. > :08:04.report. What briefly where your findings? Well, the scheme to Lendal
:08:05. > :08:07.Bridge was opening up a really important gateway for York for
:08:08. > :08:12.visitors for the row `` from the railway station. The findings we had
:08:13. > :08:15.from our independent survey were that visitors valued the improvement
:08:16. > :08:19.of the environment in the area, it was a lot more pleasant to walk in,
:08:20. > :08:22.there was an increase in cycling and walking along the bridge as they
:08:23. > :08:27.anticipated. The diversion of other traffic around the city was not as
:08:28. > :08:32.significant as they had into stated in terms of congestion. So overall,
:08:33. > :08:35.from a traffic point of view, the scheme was a success. Obviously
:08:36. > :08:40.there were some issues around the palace the charge notices. ``
:08:41. > :08:45.penalty charge notices. There was a lot of criticism, where did the
:08:46. > :08:47.council go wrong? These trials are very difficult, because essentially
:08:48. > :08:51.they took something away from people without giving them any alternative.
:08:52. > :08:56.So they did not have any time to invest in improvements elsewhere in
:08:57. > :08:59.the network. Then there were difficulties in enforcing the
:09:00. > :09:05.system. Nowadays, everybody has a sat night in their car. Unless the
:09:06. > :09:08.subtle knife company `` the satellite navigation company says
:09:09. > :09:15.the bridges close, you presume it is open, that happened for a lot of
:09:16. > :09:20.visitors. And they were also told they had to import the penalties in
:09:21. > :09:22.the first instance, and then that was changed. If they had had a
:09:23. > :09:27.lighter touch, they could have had more acceptance. What can York
:09:28. > :09:34.Council will learn from other cities who have been in a similar position?
:09:35. > :09:41.I think they lead to look to some of the lessons that we can learn from
:09:42. > :09:51.European colleagues. There is not a simple solution, classical grow, ``
:09:52. > :09:57.traffic will grow, there will be `` there needs to be a significant
:09:58. > :10:01.handing over of space to make cycling a good environment. They
:10:02. > :10:03.need to carry on with their park and ride schemes. There was not an easy
:10:04. > :10:08.answer, we are looking at some sort of increase of restraint for cars
:10:09. > :10:11.because the economy is growing, there are another 1000 jobs per year
:10:12. > :10:16.forecast for York, something has to be done. Thank you for joining us.
:10:17. > :10:19.In other news now, and West Yorkshire Police have announced that
:10:20. > :10:22.two women have been charged with child neglect at a school in
:10:23. > :10:24.Calderdale. Rachel Regan, aged 43, from Illingworth and Deborah
:10:25. > :10:27.McDonald, who's 40 and from the Pellon Lane area of Halifax, will
:10:28. > :10:30.appear before Calderdale Magistrates Court tomorrow. It's understood that
:10:31. > :10:34.the charges relate to an alleged incident at the school last year
:10:35. > :10:38.after which the two women were immediately suspended.
:10:39. > :10:41.A 37`year`old man from York has been given a sentence of life
:10:42. > :10:45.imprisonment for a series of rapes, sex assaults and the kidnap of a
:10:46. > :10:49.woman in the city last October. Mark Thompson must serve at least 11 and
:10:50. > :10:51.a half years in jail. Police say Thompson subjected his 20`year`old
:10:52. > :10:55.random victim to a horrifying and traumatic ordeal. He's been
:10:56. > :10:59.described as a violent and dangerous man.
:11:00. > :11:01.Police say they are becoming increasingly concerned for a
:11:02. > :11:05.Bradford woman who's been missing since last week. Anita Racz, who's
:11:06. > :11:09.from Hungary, was last seen on Bolton Road on Thursday morning.
:11:10. > :11:12.West Yorkshire Police say her disappearance is completely out of
:11:13. > :11:16.character, she has no money with her and her family are very worried. The
:11:17. > :11:20.force has urged anyone who thinks they've seen Anita since Thursday to
:11:21. > :11:23.get in touch. The sister of a South Yorkshire
:11:24. > :11:27.schoolgirl who was murdered 50 years ago has made a fresh appeal for help
:11:28. > :11:30.to find her killer. 13`year`old Anne Dunwell was sexually assaulted and
:11:31. > :11:34.strangled in Maltby near Rotherham in May 1964. It's South Yorkshire
:11:35. > :11:38.Police's longest running unsolved murder case. Anne's sister, Irene
:11:39. > :11:44.Hall, says she can't move on until the killer is brought to justice.
:11:45. > :11:48.The English Democrats have launched their campaign for the European
:11:49. > :11:51.Elections. At an event in Barnsley the party's candidates for the six
:11:52. > :11:53.seats in the Yorkshire and Humber region called for an English
:11:54. > :12:01.Parliament, withdrawal from the European Union and a curb on
:12:02. > :12:08.immigration. It is another issue that people in
:12:09. > :12:12.Yorkshire care about, opinion polls show that people are sick of mass
:12:13. > :12:15.immigration, and we as a party campaign against that. And more
:12:16. > :12:18.information on the parties and candidates can be found on the BBC's
:12:19. > :12:21.Election 2014 website. It's a week since Ann Maguire, a
:12:22. > :12:25.Leeds teacher, was stabbed to death in her classroom. But tributes are
:12:26. > :12:28.continuing to pour in for the woman who taught for over 40 years at
:12:29. > :12:31.Corpus Christi Catholic College. Over the weekend hundreds of people,
:12:32. > :12:41.including her former and current students, gathered to celebrate her
:12:42. > :12:45.life. Charlotte Leeming has more. The skies were filled with colour.
:12:46. > :12:50.Hundreds of balloons released in memory of the much loved teacher
:12:51. > :12:52.Anne Maguire. The crowd applauded as the balloons flew on their way. Many
:12:53. > :12:58.had special messages attached from the pupils, parents and staff who
:12:59. > :13:03.knew her and would this have. Respected, really, and a teacher. It
:13:04. > :13:12.is really horrible for the community in general. It is wonderful to have
:13:13. > :13:16.this turnout. My lad who was now 19, he got an a in Spanish and that was
:13:17. > :13:23.down to Mrs Maguire. She pushed him and pushed him and she believed in
:13:24. > :13:26.him. This was a reflective and thoughtful event, but also a
:13:27. > :13:31.celebratory one. Hundreds gathered on the playing fields opposite the
:13:32. > :13:35.school, sharing memories and supporting one another. Boys and
:13:36. > :13:39.girls took part in to Memorial football matches. Many of them pay
:13:40. > :13:42.for their own special shirts with the choir 61 printed on the back. A
:13:43. > :13:47.minutes silence was held before each game. I think she would have loved
:13:48. > :13:50.it because of everyone getting together and supporting one another
:13:51. > :13:55.through it, and not dwelling on the situation itself, but supporting one
:13:56. > :14:00.another and smiling and laughing and enjoying themselves. Not forgetting,
:14:01. > :14:05.the main reason of this, to send off and celebrate Mrs Maguire's life.
:14:06. > :14:09.More than a week on from her death, and flowers and messages are still
:14:10. > :14:13.being left at the school which she dedicated 40 years of her life too.
:14:14. > :14:16.It is young people in particular he seemed to be the driving force
:14:17. > :14:21.behind all of these fundraising events we have seen in the
:14:22. > :14:29.community. Mrs Maguire did so much for them, they now want a permanent
:14:30. > :14:33.memorial by which to remember her by. Much of her life is dedicated to
:14:34. > :14:36.her pupils, and that is something they will not forget. This event was
:14:37. > :14:43.just one way they could say thank you to the inspirational teacher.
:14:44. > :14:45.Certainly a beautiful site with all those balloons. And a symbol of how
:14:46. > :14:52.the community has pulled together in the last seven days.
:14:53. > :14:55.I am in Bishop Dale, were the first intermediate sprint of the Tour de
:14:56. > :14:59.France will be decided, asking the people of the Yorkshire Dales if
:15:00. > :15:01.they are ready for the tour. And injured Doncaster soldier Ben
:15:02. > :15:05.Parkinson defies his disability and takes to the water for a huge
:15:06. > :15:09.expedition. Wickets have been hard to come by
:15:10. > :15:12.for Yorkshire on day three of their county championship match up at
:15:13. > :15:15.Durham. Chasing Yorkshire's huge first innings total of 589 for eight
:15:16. > :15:18.the home side lost a couple of wickets before lunch, the big one
:15:19. > :15:24.being Sri Lankan international, Kumar Sangakkara who went for zero.
:15:25. > :15:28.Mark Stoneman and Michael Richardson though both got centuries for
:15:29. > :15:38.Durham. Liam Plunkett eventually got Stoneman lbw for 131. Crucially,
:15:39. > :15:46.Richardson was stumped after some clever bowling for 148 at the close.
:15:47. > :15:49.At the close, Durham were 361`8. The Yorkshire trio of Katherine
:15:50. > :15:52.Brunt, Danielle Hazell and Lauren Winfield are among 18 England
:15:53. > :15:55.cricketers to be awarded the first central contracts issued in the
:15:56. > :15:57.women's game. The England captain, Charlotte Edwards, says it's
:15:58. > :16:06.something she never thought she'd see in her time in the sport. We are
:16:07. > :16:10.role models and hopefully we can spread the word that this game is
:16:11. > :16:15.professional will stop you can earn a living out of cricket, and that
:16:16. > :16:19.will hopefully attract girls who may have chosen other sports and
:16:20. > :16:21.hopefully, put their time into cricket. And hopefully keep more
:16:22. > :16:27.girls in the game it is most important. Yes, well done, ladies,
:16:28. > :16:32.girl Power! Exactly! With just two months to go till the
:16:33. > :16:35.start of the Tour de France here in Yorkshire and preparations are in
:16:36. > :16:38.full swing for the world's biggest bike ride. All this week we'll be
:16:39. > :16:42.reporting live from different parts of the region, to find see how they
:16:43. > :16:45.are preparing for the predicted two million visitors that will line the
:16:46. > :16:51.route each day. Well, our Tour de France correspondent Matt Slater has
:16:52. > :16:56.spent the day in the Dales. By the way, I have cycled that route! Did I
:16:57. > :17:03.tell you? Did you miss that? He joins us now from Aysgarth. So Matt,
:17:04. > :17:08.how ready is Yorkshire? That is a very good question,
:17:09. > :17:12.Aysgarth is beautiful! Right in the Dales National Park, and this view
:17:13. > :17:16.has inspired some great artists, people like the painter Turner, the
:17:17. > :17:20.poet Wordsworth, the American Kevin Koestler, because it was just over
:17:21. > :17:26.there that his Robin Hood Prince of thieves fought Littlejohn! I want to
:17:27. > :17:31.focus on the clean fun like the Tour de France. I have been out in the
:17:32. > :17:36.Dales all day, I know, it is hard! I have been meeting the people, asking
:17:37. > :17:40.them if they are ready for the tour. It is rush hour in downtown Buckton.
:17:41. > :17:51.Gary and Gayle had arrived at the office for the day's first class, ``
:17:52. > :17:56.tasks, clearing some real estate for squatters. What are they hoping will
:17:57. > :18:02.be left behind after the race is gone? I hope that the people who
:18:03. > :18:05.come to the day on the weekend, they won't have time to see the Dale as
:18:06. > :18:11.it naturally is, I am hoping they will come back over the years to
:18:12. > :18:15.come and stop in the guest houses and bring trade into the valley
:18:16. > :18:18.which is so required. Ultimately, I think people would like to come and
:18:19. > :18:23.live here. The memories of a good bike race Arsene fading if thousands
:18:24. > :18:34.are left without showers, toilets and P. `` will soon fade. Yorkshire
:18:35. > :18:40.water is confident it can cope. We are. We are very confident that the
:18:41. > :18:46.water situation is healthy over the winter, we can meet the demand as
:18:47. > :18:49.and when it is needed. We see peaks in the morning and evening, we need
:18:50. > :18:58.to plan for that and understand where people will be using water and
:18:59. > :19:04.when. All of that has made me feel quite parched. This place has been
:19:05. > :19:08.quenching the first visitors than 20 years, but perhaps not in the
:19:09. > :19:12.numbers they are expecting this summer. We are worried about the
:19:13. > :19:17.numbers, because we do not know how many people are coming. So it is
:19:18. > :19:20.slightly nervous, until we get too near the point where we know how
:19:21. > :19:25.many people actually going to be booking and have booked. We will
:19:26. > :19:31.have enough beer, we are quite lucky that our suppliers said they will
:19:32. > :19:37.take 25% of the beard back if they do not sell it, but I do not want
:19:38. > :19:41.them to take any back. When in doubt, order more beer, that is the
:19:42. > :19:45.spirit! Did you know that is the only street
:19:46. > :19:52.head in in the country? Enough of such trivia. Tracy, what you doing
:19:53. > :19:56.to help the people we have seen in the video and people like them, to
:19:57. > :19:59.prepare for the race? We have been watching a lots of different
:20:00. > :20:06.agencies, with the councils, and natural England, and making sure
:20:07. > :20:10.that the plans are ready and that we can get out the message about
:20:11. > :20:14.protecting the countryside and coming here, having a great time.
:20:15. > :20:20.But respecting that this is a living and working environment. One of the
:20:21. > :20:22.really hard things must be how many people are coming, that
:20:23. > :20:26.unpredictability, how are you handling that? There have been quite
:20:27. > :20:30.a lot of estimates done and crowd modelling, they think there will be
:20:31. > :20:34.about 400,000 people coming to watch the race within the Yorkshire Dales
:20:35. > :20:41.National Park. We have set up some spectator hubs, one at Aysgarth, one
:20:42. > :20:45.at Grassington, to help with crowd management. One last one, what are
:20:46. > :20:50.you hoping in terms of a legacy with the park? What are you hoping that
:20:51. > :20:52.the race leaves behind? We are hoping people will see what a
:20:53. > :20:58.fantastic and beautiful place the Yorkshire Dale National Park is and
:20:59. > :21:01.they will come back. It is certainly beautiful. We are at the other end
:21:02. > :21:08.of the route tomorrow. It will not be me so it should be good!
:21:09. > :21:22.It was a head`on wind into Aysgarth, an unexpected help, other hell and
:21:23. > :21:26.then down. That macro `` a big hill. A former soldier from South
:21:27. > :21:28.Yorkshire who was one of the most seriously injured to survive the
:21:29. > :21:32.Afghanistan conflict is to retrace one of the most daring raids carried
:21:33. > :21:35.out in World War Two. Ben Parkinson from Doncaster is preparing to
:21:36. > :21:38.follow the path taken by the Cockleshell Heroes in an attack on
:21:39. > :21:45.German shipping in France in 1942. Joe Inwood has this.
:21:46. > :21:49.As Ben Parkinson prepares for training sessions in the new Forest,
:21:50. > :21:55.he can reflect on a remarkable few years. His physical and mental
:21:56. > :22:01.recovery have astounded everyone. Thousands cheered the Afghan veteran
:22:02. > :22:06.as he carried the Olympic torch in Doncaster. The pride of that day was
:22:07. > :22:10.matched only by receiving his MBE. But for the paratrooper, it is no
:22:11. > :22:14.time to rest on his laurels. He is taking on a helm the challenge. This
:22:15. > :22:22.time in water. And they have been working hard. I have trained
:22:23. > :22:30.everything go day. `` every single day. And Ben will need all that
:22:31. > :22:34.strength and fitness. They are doing ten miles today on the south coast.
:22:35. > :22:37.When it comes to the actual challenge in France, they are going
:22:38. > :22:40.to have to do 90 miles in five days. That is because they are recreating
:22:41. > :22:48.one of the most daring raid the Second World War. Commandos dubbed
:22:49. > :22:55.the Cockleshell Heroes canoed up the vestry in France, dodging German
:22:56. > :23:05.patrols and the elements to bomb the ships. I read proud of them. Every
:23:06. > :23:12.one of them. I feel very good, doing this. But the pilgrim bandits who
:23:13. > :23:15.organised the challenge, it is not just about remembering the soldiers
:23:16. > :23:22.of the past, but those of the present. By putting them on the
:23:23. > :23:28.challenges that we do, the extreme challenges, it gives them a sense of
:23:29. > :23:32.worth and proved to them as well as those doing the expeditions with
:23:33. > :23:38.them, that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Something Ben
:23:39. > :23:45.Parkinson is proving with every step and stroke.
:23:46. > :23:50.What an incredible achievement, he has done so well. Well done. An
:23:51. > :23:54.extraordinary young man. It was a glorious weekend, I was planting
:23:55. > :24:02.some petunias over the weekend, I think I have done my back in. You
:24:03. > :24:08.are so rock and roll! You sound so middle`aged these days!
:24:09. > :24:18.This is the best picture I have seen this weekend, looking fabulous
:24:19. > :24:23.there. It was 5:30am, this one. This is the oilseed rape crop looking
:24:24. > :24:26.very yellow. And then an alternative view of Whitby, looking from the
:24:27. > :24:29.other direction. Keep your pictures coming in, e`mail me. Or you can get
:24:30. > :24:38.me on Twitter. Tomorrow, turning much more
:24:39. > :24:41.unsettled after a few fine days. After a bright start, Carling over
:24:42. > :24:47.with showery outbreaks of rain and will be coming under attack. From
:24:48. > :24:53.the West, with showers as far as the eye can see. `` after a bright
:24:54. > :24:58.start, clouding over. At the moment, mostly fine, one or two showers on
:24:59. > :25:02.the picture. Some bright and sunny spells the end the evening.
:25:03. > :25:05.Overnight, Cloud will thicken and we will see showers or even longer
:25:06. > :25:13.spells of rain pushing in from the West. One or two heavy bursts, but
:25:14. > :25:20.it will mostly clear. One or two showers (lowest temperatures around
:25:21. > :25:27.80 degrees. `` and the lowest temperatures are about eight
:25:28. > :25:31.degrees. Mostly dry and bright start, one or two showers around but
:25:32. > :25:35.essentially not too bad start to the day. The best of the sunshine
:25:36. > :25:38.towards the coast but cloud gradually increasing. Some showers
:25:39. > :25:46.and then longer of rain washing across the West, especially along
:25:47. > :25:52.northern areas. The best of the brightness will be on the coast.
:25:53. > :25:58.Temperatures will take a hit. Two or three degrees down, the wind will
:25:59. > :26:02.freshen from the south. Looking further ahead, Thursday, another
:26:03. > :26:10.weather system brings rain in from the south`west. Friday, it is a
:26:11. > :26:13.mixture of sunny intervals and scattered showers. Back to square
:26:14. > :26:25.one on Saturday, outbreaks of rain, locally heavy, spreading around.
:26:26. > :26:29.There is nothing wrong with middle age, it comes to us all!