:00:07. > :00:11.A thousand new jobs for Coventry - the UK's first factory making
:00:12. > :00:22.It is great news, massive Chinese investment in the UK and the
:00:23. > :00:24.demonstrates the confidence the world has in a designed and made UK
:00:25. > :00:27.brand. We'll be reporting live
:00:28. > :00:29.from the factory in Coventry - a state of the art facility built
:00:30. > :00:32.with Chinese money. Also tonight, in the wake
:00:33. > :00:34.of the terrorist attack in Westminster, a check on Midlands
:00:35. > :00:36.MPs in the Parliament lockdown. The killer convicted
:00:37. > :00:54.by a piece of chewing gum more It offers the family some sense of
:00:55. > :00:59.closure that the person responsible has been brought to justice.
:01:00. > :01:02.Very rare and close to dying out - how Britain's oldest breed of goats
:01:03. > :01:07.is being saved at a farm in West Bromwich.
:01:08. > :01:13.As we head towards the weekend high pressure is in charge. I will be
:01:14. > :01:17.back with more details a little later.
:01:18. > :01:22.The UK's first factory dedicated solely to electric-vehicle
:01:23. > :01:29.The London Taxi Company's invested more than ?300 million
:01:30. > :01:35.It'll create more than a thousand new jobs as the plant has capacity
:01:36. > :01:39.Our transport correspondent, Peter Plisner, is at the factory
:01:40. > :01:42.Peter, this a real boost to the automotive
:01:43. > :01:50.It certainly is - when you consider that it could have been built
:01:51. > :01:59.This new taxi factory is the size of around five football pitches.
:02:00. > :02:02.And it's the region's biggest single Chinese investment.
:02:03. > :02:05.Here they'll make black cabs for both the UK
:02:06. > :02:14.A massive leap forward for taxi technology.
:02:15. > :02:16.Diesel engines are on the way out and in come
:02:17. > :02:20.Amongst the thousand staff being recruited here,
:02:21. > :02:24.apprentices like Abbie Ferrar - braving a male-dominated industry.
:02:25. > :02:33.I just always wanted to do engineering and Manufacturing. My
:02:34. > :02:40.dad is a Manufacturing Ember near and I always wanted to be like him.
:02:41. > :02:45.This line of vehicles shows taxis through the ages all of which have
:02:46. > :02:48.been traditionally built in Coventry, and this one is no
:02:49. > :02:50.exception but it is being built in this state-of-the-art factory.
:02:51. > :02:53.But with a range of around 70 miles on one charge,
:02:54. > :02:54.London cabbies like Steve MacNammara are worried.
:02:55. > :03:01.The reality is, at the moment in London there is one charge point
:03:02. > :03:03.within six miles of Charing Cross. It is a crazy situation.
:03:04. > :03:06.And they won't be cheap either - rumoured to have a price
:03:07. > :03:09.Although the company's chief executive says lower running
:03:10. > :03:18.When you look at the monthly payments in terms of buying the
:03:19. > :03:22.vehicle, coupled with what it costs in fuel, which will be much lower,
:03:23. > :03:28.coupled with the lower maintenance costs, the monthly cost of running
:03:29. > :03:30.this vehicle is not only competitive with today's, it is better.
:03:31. > :03:32.And it's not just the London Taxi Company that's relying
:03:33. > :03:36.At this Redditch-based laser-cutting firm they're hoping to expand
:03:37. > :03:38.as a result of supplying a variety parts.
:03:39. > :03:42.as a result of supplying a variety of parts.
:03:43. > :03:46.We are doing really well, we have other suppliers we working with,
:03:47. > :03:47.everybody is benefiting. Analysts maintain that it's a big
:03:48. > :03:56.vote of confidence in the region. It is great news, massive investment
:03:57. > :04:00.by the Chinese in the UK, and demonstrate the confidence that the
:04:01. > :04:05.world has in a designed and made in the UK ran. -- brand.
:04:06. > :04:07.Four years ago, the old London Taxi Company went bust.
:04:08. > :04:10.Now it's entering a new era in its 70-year history
:04:11. > :04:12.with this new factory, and in the future they could also
:04:13. > :04:14.be building electric vans as well as taxis.
:04:15. > :04:16.Peter joins us again from the new factory.
:04:17. > :04:19.Those issues about the range of the new vehicle between charges
:04:20. > :04:34.A 70 mile range might not sound like much but in London taxis only do use
:04:35. > :04:39.short hops and get stuck in congestion. A more serious issue is
:04:40. > :04:43.the lack of charging stations, particularly rapid charge stations,
:04:44. > :04:48.where you can charge to about 80% in about 20 minutes. There is only one
:04:49. > :04:53.of those in London. Today the Business Secretary Greg Clark
:04:54. > :04:56.announced ?40 million worth of funding for more charging stations
:04:57. > :05:02.so hopefully that will make a difference. This vehicle also has a
:05:03. > :05:06.small generator on-board that can charge the battery as it is going
:05:07. > :05:07.along, but then of course it ceases to be zero emission.
:05:08. > :05:10.Good news for the region, but how much of the new taxi
:05:11. > :05:12.is being supplied from the West Midlands?
:05:13. > :05:19.We found several companies supplying parts that even the London Taxi
:05:20. > :05:24.Company admit is not as much as they would like, they have promised to do
:05:25. > :05:26.more. When the new van comes out hopefully they will be able to
:05:27. > :05:32.redress the balance. As we've been hearing, Westminster
:05:33. > :05:35.remains on high alert this evening, after what's thought to have been
:05:36. > :05:37.a terrorist incident close Three schools from our region
:05:38. > :05:41.were on trips there today, but all are thought to be
:05:42. > :05:43.safe and well. Numerous MPs, including many
:05:44. > :05:46.from the Midlands, are still locked inside the Palace of Westminster
:05:47. > :05:49.as searches continue. Elizabeth Glinka has been following
:05:50. > :05:52.the story and joins me now. A dramatic afternoon -
:05:53. > :05:54.what more can you tell us? Well, it's been a very
:05:55. > :05:56.dramatic day indeed, with events continuing
:05:57. > :06:03.to develop minute by minute. Some pretty upsetting scenes,
:06:04. > :06:05.and just like the rest of the country many people from this
:06:06. > :06:08.region have been caught up in it. The Lichfield MP Michael
:06:09. > :06:10.Fabricant was on his way to a vote in the House of Commons
:06:11. > :06:21.when events started to unfold. I heard what I now realise
:06:22. > :06:28.workshops. A lot of worried looking Members of Parliament and others
:06:29. > :06:31.were running towards me shouting, get back, get back. Then a police
:06:32. > :06:39.officer started shouting, get back, as well.
:06:40. > :06:43.We are hearing that a number of French schoolchildren were on a trip
:06:44. > :06:47.there and they were injured. What can you tell us about the Midlands
:06:48. > :06:48.schoolchildren? Yes, there were three schools
:06:49. > :06:50.from the Midlands on trips There were Rugby High School,
:06:51. > :06:54.Balsall Common Primary School, and Holy Family Catholic Primary
:06:55. > :06:56.School, from Birmingham. Having spoken to the schools we know
:06:57. > :06:59.that thankfully Rugby High School had left just before this happened
:07:00. > :07:01.and are now home. The children from Balsall Common
:07:02. > :07:04.are all safe and well - I heard earlier they were
:07:05. > :07:07.on their coaches on the way home. Now, the children from
:07:08. > :07:09.Holy Family Catholic Primary were inside Parliament
:07:10. > :07:13.when the attack happened - we can see a picture of them
:07:14. > :07:17.from earlier in the day, actually on Westminster Bridge,
:07:18. > :07:21.where the attack started. Now, those children have been
:07:22. > :07:25.involved in the lockdown at Parliament, no-one allowed
:07:26. > :07:27.in or out while searches were going on, but we have had
:07:28. > :07:30.a statement from the head teacher, He says "All the children
:07:31. > :07:34.on the school trip are safe and their parents have been informed
:07:35. > :07:36.of the situation. The deputy head teacher
:07:37. > :07:38.is with the children and is providing me
:07:39. > :07:48.with regular updates." Just before six o'clock this evening
:07:49. > :07:53.those children were finally allowed out of the Parliament buildings.
:07:54. > :07:59.Reactions to the events has been coming through thick and fast.
:08:00. > :08:02.It has, Parliament is a major tourist attraction, thousands of
:08:03. > :08:07.people there every day. Lots of people writing on social media. The
:08:08. > :08:26.Stoke South MP was describing the situation on Twitter...
:08:27. > :08:40.25-year-old Fraser Clark was one of a group of boxes. -- boxers. We now
:08:41. > :08:42.know that one officer has been confirmed dead.
:08:43. > :08:44.A Birmingham man's been sentenced to 12 years in prison
:08:45. > :08:47.Osmond Bell was found guilty of the manslaughter
:08:48. > :08:54.But it was a piece of chewing gum and modern-day DNA technology that
:08:55. > :09:04.actually led to the breakthrough in the 36-year-old case.
:09:05. > :09:05.Our special correspondent, Peter Wilson, has been
:09:06. > :09:11.Nova Welsh was a happy, extrovert young woman aged just 24.
:09:12. > :09:14.In July 1981, she was living in this block of flats
:09:15. > :09:17.She had recently split from Osmond Bell, the father
:09:18. > :09:19.of her two children, complaining about his
:09:20. > :09:24.Then one night she simply disappeared.
:09:25. > :09:27.Osmond Bell did not report her missing.
:09:28. > :09:30.He told friends he thought she had gone to London.
:09:31. > :09:44.In fact she'd been strangled, her neck broken.
:09:45. > :09:47.It wasn't for another three weeks that her body was discovered
:09:48. > :09:51.The killer had forced the lock on the cupboard door.
:09:52. > :09:53.He needed something to fix the door to conceal the body.
:09:54. > :09:59.The only thing he had was a piece of chewing gum.
:10:00. > :10:04.To deceitfully show that that cupboard hadn't been forced open,
:10:05. > :10:07.a piece of chewing gum was used to stick the lock back on and of
:10:08. > :10:10.course with the advancements of DNA technology in the last 35 years
:10:11. > :10:13.we were able to send that piece of chewing gum off
:10:14. > :10:16.and find Osman Bell's DNA on that chewing gum.
:10:17. > :10:19.This is the pink chewing gum turned brown by brick dust and dirt.
:10:20. > :10:21.At the time, DNA forensics had not been invented.
:10:22. > :10:24.But it wasn't the only DNA link to the case.
:10:25. > :10:26.Police examined a letter that was written before
:10:27. > :10:44.An anonymous letter claiming to have been written by a woman,
:10:45. > :10:48.it pointed the finger of suspicion not at Osmond Bell but another man.
:10:49. > :10:51.In 1981 Bell was the main suspect but he was never charged.
:10:52. > :11:00.Then two years ago it was tested using the latest DNA techniques.
:11:01. > :11:03.From the lipseal on that letter we found Osmond Bell's DNA on it.
:11:04. > :11:07.Actually what that letter did, Osmond Bell co-authored it
:11:08. > :11:09.or assisted, had some part in sending that letter.
:11:10. > :11:12.trying to blame Nova's disappearance and ultimately her
:11:13. > :11:17.Today Osmond Bell was found guilty of manslaughter.
:11:18. > :11:21.Her mother gave this reaction to his sentence of 12 years
:11:22. > :11:25.for the death of a much-loved daughter, sister and mother.
:11:26. > :11:39.Finally, after 36 long years, she can rest in peace...
:11:40. > :11:52.After 30 years, to be able to convicted a man of manslaughter in a
:11:53. > :11:55.case were Nova's family had kept in touch with the police, it is a
:11:56. > :11:57.really good achievement. Nova Welsh and Osmond
:11:58. > :11:59.Bell had two sons. By all accounts,
:12:00. > :12:03.he's been a good dad. I understand the boys, now grown
:12:04. > :12:05.men, are completely bewildered, devastated that their father has
:12:06. > :12:12.proved to be their mother's killer. Police are investigating reports
:12:13. > :12:14.that gunshots were fired in a residential area of Birmingham
:12:15. > :12:18.in the early hours of this morning. A man was found lying
:12:19. > :12:20.on Hamstead Road in Lozells It's thought he'd been dragged
:12:21. > :12:24.from a car and assaulted. The area between Soho Hill
:12:25. > :12:27.and Villa Road was cordoned Midland Metro Services are to be
:12:28. > :12:34.taken over by Transport for West Midlands as part
:12:35. > :12:35.of a multi-million-pound The trams, which have been operated
:12:36. > :12:40.by National Express for 18 years, run from Wolverhampton
:12:41. > :12:44.to New Street Station. Plans include an extension of routes
:12:45. > :12:46.through Birmingham city centre and new routes for the Black
:12:47. > :12:51.Country. The handover is planned for October
:12:52. > :12:53.2018, with new services expected A postmaster's been describing
:12:54. > :13:01.the moment he was tied up and robbed by masked men during one
:13:02. > :13:03.of his regular drop-in Steve Bentley says he's
:13:04. > :13:12.so traumatised that he may give up, leaving the Shropshire village
:13:13. > :13:15.of High Ercall without the few hours of post-office services
:13:16. > :13:17.people there rely on. There are about 700 similar
:13:18. > :13:19.services around the country. It's not a place you'd associate
:13:20. > :13:24.with violent robbery. High Ercall in Shropshire
:13:25. > :13:27.lost its post office two years ago, leaving a limited service twice
:13:28. > :13:30.a week from the village hall. But that's currently closed,
:13:31. > :13:47.after this happened. They were shouting and screaming.
:13:48. > :13:52.They tied my hands behind my back. Grabbed at the cash box, waved his
:13:53. > :13:53.pickaxe handle around a bit, smashed it on the desk.
:13:54. > :13:58.was robbed by two masked men, who stole ?2000 and his Jaguar.
:13:59. > :14:09.I have to consider what the next move is. It isn't feasible to
:14:10. > :14:11.consider opening the post office in the same way it used to operate.
:14:12. > :14:13.There needs to be real security. Steve's working
:14:14. > :14:22.closely with detectives, You wouldn't expect this kind of
:14:23. > :14:27.thing to happen, just trying to do a nice thing for the community, some
:14:28. > :14:32.security is going to be an issue. Are you advising him about how to
:14:33. > :14:33.improve that? Yes, those things are ongoing.
:14:34. > :14:37.Steve says he feels safer at Waters Upton Post Office.
:14:38. > :14:49.That is three miles away and there isn't a bus to get there.
:14:50. > :14:53.Back in High Ercall, people are concerned about the future.
:14:54. > :15:01.A lot of ladies are depending on that service and I think it's sad.
:15:02. > :15:03.It needs to be safer but I wouldn't like to lose the post office for the
:15:04. > :15:05.future. The Post Office declined
:15:06. > :15:07.an interview, but told us they were supporting Steve
:15:08. > :15:11.and the police. But in the meantime the village-hall
:15:12. > :15:14.service remains closed. Quiz question for you -
:15:15. > :15:17.what's the oldest breed Well, it's thought to be the rare
:15:18. > :15:25.black-and-white Bagot goat, but their numbers have
:15:26. > :15:26.been fast diminishing. Now, with fewer than 200 females
:15:27. > :15:30.registered in the UK, a special breeding programme's
:15:31. > :15:32.under way in the Black Laura May McMullan has been along
:15:33. > :15:36.to Sandwell Valley Country Park to see the initial and enchanting
:15:37. > :15:38.results of the programme - Just over three weeks old,
:15:39. > :15:50.and still finding their feet. They're the first baby
:15:51. > :15:53.Bagot goats to be born since a special breeding programme
:15:54. > :16:09.was introduced last November. It's quite overwhelming sometimes
:16:10. > :16:11.seeing new birth being brought in. And it is amazing because we kind of
:16:12. > :16:15.saving the breed. It's believed there are less
:16:16. > :16:17.than 200 registered breeding females left in the country and so the aim
:16:18. > :16:32.of this conservation programme IV, who I have to say is my
:16:33. > :16:36.favourite, is aged 14. -- Ivy. She produced two grade a embryos, which
:16:37. > :16:38.I am very pleased with. insemination methods and so far four
:16:39. > :16:41.grade-A embryos have been harvested them into the Rare Breeds
:16:42. > :16:55.Survival Trust's gene bank. We are over the moon with the
:16:56. > :16:58.results we have had from the embryo transfer service.
:16:59. > :17:02.This is the first time this has ever been done with primitive goats.
:17:03. > :17:03.Bagots are the oldest breed in Britain
:17:04. > :17:06.and it's hoped the fertility programme will now help to preserve
:17:07. > :17:16.Thanks for joining us on Midlands Today.
:17:17. > :17:23.A thousand new jobs for Coventry - the UK's first factory making
:17:24. > :17:29.Filthy day weather-wise, but Rebecca assures me it'll
:17:30. > :17:35.A tiny glimmer of hope for Coventry City last night,
:17:36. > :17:39.as they beat relegation rivals Port Vale at the Ricoh.
:17:40. > :17:42.And revealed once more - an ancient church mural that's been
:17:43. > :17:54.Professional cricketers are one of the groups
:17:55. > :17:56.most at risk for developing an addiction to gambling,
:17:57. > :18:01.More than 60% of them admit to having a wager
:18:02. > :18:07.So a former addict is now touring every county club to advise
:18:08. > :18:10.the teams on how to tell if it's becoming a major problem.
:18:11. > :18:23.What I am trying to do with these sessions is make it something we can
:18:24. > :18:25.talk about, same as mental health, depression...
:18:26. > :18:27.On the surface Paul Buck was a successful financial advisor
:18:28. > :18:30.In reality he had a pathological gambling problem.
:18:31. > :18:33.He lost more than a million pounds before attempting to kill himself
:18:34. > :18:37.Today he was at New Road to alert Worcestershire's players
:18:38. > :18:45.Even for those who don't gamble, it is great that they get an insight
:18:46. > :18:49.into what a problem gambler would be feeling and doing, their
:18:50. > :18:52.characteristics, so they could help intervene for lawyers in the squad
:18:53. > :18:57.who may have an issue. You spend a lot of time with your team-mates,
:18:58. > :19:02.especially in summer in hotel rooms up and down the country, so you
:19:03. > :19:03.probably know them as well as anybody does, so it is good that we
:19:04. > :19:06.look out for each other. The reality is that betting is just
:19:07. > :19:09.so easy to do, with more than 4000 apps worldwide
:19:10. > :19:11.offering people the chance Cricketers often have time
:19:12. > :19:14.on their hands and a need to reproduce the buzz
:19:15. > :19:21.of competitive sport. It is not just cricketers, it is
:19:22. > :19:24.sport in general. They work in a high octane environment, they are
:19:25. > :19:28.very competitive, so they look the things that might develop around
:19:29. > :19:31.that area, and gambling is a growing trend.
:19:32. > :19:33.The players' union surveyed their members two years ago
:19:34. > :19:36.and found cricketers were gambling on the most addictive forms
:19:37. > :19:44.They are competitive by nature as professional athletes. If they lose
:19:45. > :19:50.they will chase that loss and that is one of the Ginter bet to problem
:19:51. > :19:55.gambling. -- one of the contributors.
:19:56. > :19:58.A confidential 24 hour hotline is available to any players
:19:59. > :20:01.A wrestler from the Black Country, who won a Commonwealth
:20:02. > :20:04.bronze medal in 2014, has been banned for four
:20:05. > :20:05.years after failing an out-of-competition drugs test.
:20:06. > :20:07.Chinu Sandhu from Oldbury, who competed
:20:08. > :20:09.in the 125 kilogramme men's freestyle, tested positive for
:20:10. > :20:16.British Wrestling said the news was "extremely disappointing".
:20:17. > :20:20.On to sport, and Coventry City still need a minor miracle
:20:21. > :20:24.But at least they can't be relegated before their trip
:20:25. > :20:27.to Wembley in the Checkatrade Trophy final a week on Sunday.
:20:28. > :20:30.Ian Winter watched the Sky Blues' 2-1 home win over Port Vale,
:20:31. > :20:34.who are also battling to avoid relegation.
:20:35. > :20:37.Eddie and Jean Jackson are Port Vale fanatics.
:20:38. > :20:43.Come rain or shine, home and away, these retired teachers
:20:44. > :20:45.from Stoke-on-Trent are there supporting their team
:20:46. > :21:02.I have pre-match nerves, during the match, after the match. I will have
:21:03. > :21:09.on my gravestone, addicted to Port Vale. It will be very sad if we get
:21:10. > :21:13.relegated but not the end of the world.
:21:14. > :21:15.Lifelong Coventry fan Alan always touches the Jimmy Hill
:21:16. > :21:26.These guys are playing for their Wembley places and they need to
:21:27. > :21:28.realise that, put their hearts on their sleeves and go out and do the
:21:29. > :21:29.business. First a cracking goal
:21:30. > :21:37.from Reid to put the sky blues in front and then just
:21:38. > :21:40.before half-time, a quick cheeky It was their first
:21:41. > :21:48.win in seven games. I attempt that quite often but it
:21:49. > :21:54.doesn't normally come off, so people will probably moan at me. The energy
:21:55. > :21:59.and the workrate and commitment was there, which is all you are looking
:22:00. > :22:04.for. If they give 100% and you can see they are learning a bit, it has
:22:05. > :22:09.given us the three points and a bit of confidence going into Saturday's
:22:10. > :22:14.game. In the second half Smith pulled back one for Port Vale but
:22:15. > :22:21.they still in the bottom half. I thought it was disappointing from
:22:22. > :22:32.our point of view, no quality on the ball that we have had of late.
:22:33. > :22:35.45,000 Coventry fans will hope for a similar result when they travel to
:22:36. > :22:49.Wembley to face Oxford a week on Sunday. It will be an anxious finale
:22:50. > :22:52.for Port Vale? Not even the most optimistic supporter would argue
:22:53. > :22:58.they can survive in League 1 but they will take a lot of arguments
:22:59. > :23:01.from that performance to go into the Wembley final, 11 days ago. Port
:23:02. > :23:06.Vale were very disappointing last night. I have a couple of games in
:23:07. > :23:11.hand on most of their relegation rivals but there away form is so
:23:12. > :23:17.poor and it could go right to the wire for Port Vale and shrews breed
:23:18. > :23:20.town at the end of April. -- Shrewsbury Town.
:23:21. > :23:24.A beautiful work of art hidden away in a church in Coventry is to be
:23:25. > :23:26.restored and put back on public display.
:23:27. > :23:28.The mural, known as Ascension, was painted at St Mark's Church
:23:29. > :23:31.near the city centre by a renowned Jewish-German artist
:23:32. > :23:34.But it was hidden behind a wall when the church was converted
:23:35. > :23:36.to a hospital outpatients' unit in the 1970s.
:23:37. > :23:40.St Mark's Church in Hillfields in Coventry, once an NHS clinic,
:23:41. > :23:45.now being reverted back to a place of worship.
:23:46. > :23:48.Inside, the medical fittings and partitioned walls remain,
:23:49. > :23:52.but behind one wall a gem which has been hidden for all that time.
:23:53. > :23:55.Known as Ascension, this mural was painted by renowned Jewish
:23:56. > :23:57.artist Hans Feibusch, who fled Nazi Germany
:23:58. > :24:10.He was taken on by the Bishop of Chichester, who wanted to bring art
:24:11. > :24:14.into churches, and there is a beautiful piece in Chichester
:24:15. > :24:20.Cathedral, and from that his fame grew. He has painted murals like
:24:21. > :24:25.this in over 40 churches in the country and also in civic buildings.
:24:26. > :24:28.The nearest one to hear being in Dudley town Hall.
:24:29. > :24:31.The Church was damaged during the Coventry Blitz and it led
:24:32. > :24:33.to a window in the chancel wall being destroyed.
:24:34. > :24:36.Lack of funds led to it being bricked up and the mural
:24:37. > :24:44.We are going to renovate the building so the remnants of what was
:24:45. > :24:48.left by the NHS will be cleared out and it will be turned back into a
:24:49. > :24:49.church, bring life back into this building.
:24:50. > :24:51.It's hoped a new congregation can be generated from,
:24:52. > :24:58.in part, new student housing being built nearby.
:24:59. > :25:02.Well, as you can see, the builders are now here
:25:03. > :25:14.The church is appealing for anybody who may have been married or
:25:15. > :25:16.christened here to come forward with their memories.
:25:17. > :25:18.The information will be used in an exhibition,
:25:19. > :25:20.and in the meantime other aspects of this beautiful church
:25:21. > :25:23.Time for the weather, and Rebecca's ever-changing mural.
:25:24. > :25:30.Dark, dank and dismal - the only words for it today, Rebecca?
:25:31. > :25:37.I am afraid so but we are going to peel back the layers and reveal
:25:38. > :25:42.something a bit more pleasant. It is an improving picture out there but
:25:43. > :25:46.the same can't be said for today. Dull, damp, grey, miserable,
:25:47. > :25:53.temperatures struggling. In Hereford today we got just five Celsius at
:25:54. > :25:56.one point last week we were 12 degrees higher. There was some hail
:25:57. > :26:03.in the rain, some thunder, and it was dull and damp today, but through
:26:04. > :26:06.the afternoon we started to see the cloud and rain retreat northwards
:26:07. > :26:10.and we started to see the cloud breaking up to give some brighter
:26:11. > :26:14.spells to end the day. For some spots it certainly wasn't too bad
:26:15. > :26:18.for the last couple of hours. Through this weekend we will start
:26:19. > :26:24.to see things improving and in fact it all starts from tomorrow. It will
:26:25. > :26:30.be much drier, some sunny spells, but with clear spells overnight
:26:31. > :26:33.Thomas overnight frosts, and tonight it is chilly. Skies clearing
:26:34. > :26:41.initially, a few more holes in the cloud allowing mist patches to
:26:42. > :26:47.develop, but the rain will work its way back in. Temperatures from one
:26:48. > :26:50.to three degrees overnight. We have a battle tomorrow morning, high
:26:51. > :26:57.pressure building, pushing that low pressure which have driven our
:26:58. > :27:02.whether further south. It will nag along the south of the country, but
:27:03. > :27:05.once it pushes away tomorrow we will see things brightening up. The sun
:27:06. > :27:09.coming out, bit of cloud here and there through the afternoon but
:27:10. > :27:14.largely dry and temperatures back into double figures. With light
:27:15. > :27:21.winds it won't feel too bad at all. By the end of the day we see the
:27:22. > :27:29.skies clearing before that cloud comes in. Friday, dry and bright,
:27:30. > :27:33.the cloud starting to break, and by Saturday much better weather and we
:27:34. > :27:37.might see temperatures back up to 15 or 16 Celsius.