:00:08. > :00:13.Welcome to North West Tonight. Our top story: Jailed for six years
:00:13. > :00:17.- the groom who burned down his historic wedding venue just hours
:00:17. > :00:22.after getting married. The judge says it is a miracle that
:00:22. > :00:29.nobody was killed. Also tonight: A Cumbrian village
:00:29. > :00:32.welcomes the release of a mother by her Somali kidnappers.
:00:32. > :00:37.There's �130 million for the region's railways as the Chancellor
:00:37. > :00:42.tries to get the North West economy back on track.
:00:42. > :00:48.Still fighting the battle - how Sport Relief is helping soldiers
:00:48. > :00:53.beat post-traumatic stress. They will never walk alone - 6,000
:00:53. > :01:03.miles from the fields of Anfield Road but singing from the same hymn
:01:03. > :01:07.
:01:07. > :01:11.Good evening. Celebrations in Cumbria tonight for a woman held
:01:11. > :01:16.hostage in Somalia and now finally released. Judith Tebbutt from
:01:16. > :01:21.Ulverston was kidnapped in Kenya six months ago. Her husband was
:01:21. > :01:25.killed. The couple were staying in a remote holiday resort when they
:01:25. > :01:29.were captured last September. Judith Tebbutt reaches the British
:01:29. > :01:33.High Commission and safety. Her first thoughts on her release? Her
:01:33. > :01:43.husband, David, shot dead by the gang that kidnapped her. I feel
:01:43. > :01:48.
:01:49. > :01:53.extremely sad, very, very sad, indeed. He was a good man. It was
:01:53. > :01:56.very unfortunate. Judith Tebbutt was born in Ulverston but now lives
:01:56. > :02:02.in the South of England. Her mothers and brothers still live
:02:02. > :02:06.here. We have been praying daily for Judith in our prayers. We have
:02:06. > :02:10.been seeking to support the family however we can. It's been very hard,
:02:10. > :02:14.very stressful. There has been a lot of support from the family,
:02:14. > :02:19.from within the church community and the community of the town.
:02:19. > :02:24.is really good news. They are a lovely family. They are so close to
:02:24. > :02:29.each other, so they will all be elated and I am elated for them.
:02:29. > :02:33.Judith was on holiday on a remote island near the Kenyan border with
:02:33. > :02:39.Somalia when she was taken and her husband murdered by a gang thought
:02:39. > :02:43.to be Somali pirates or terrorists. Attempts to secure her release
:02:43. > :02:48.failed until it is believed a ransom was paid. The handover took
:02:48. > :02:58.place in Somalia, a security contractor guiding her to a waiting
:02:58. > :02:58.
:02:58. > :03:03.plane. Back home, her mother said simply, "I can't wait to see her."
:03:03. > :03:09.Elsewhere, the Bolton Wanderers club doctor says Fabrice Muamba was
:03:09. > :03:12."effectively dead for 7 minutes" as efforts were made to get his heart
:03:12. > :03:17.working following his cardiac arrest. The 23-year-old remains in
:03:17. > :03:21.intensive care. His condition is no longer described as "critical"
:03:21. > :03:27.following his collapse. As I was running on to the pitch,
:03:27. > :03:32.once I got there, my focus was on Fabrice. I wasn't aware that
:03:32. > :03:37.players had gathered away. I didn't know Owen Coyle had come on. It
:03:37. > :03:43.wasn't until 35,000 voices started singing Fabrice Muamba's name that
:03:43. > :03:46.anything penetrated into that focus. I heard them singing.
:03:46. > :03:51.Another incredible story - a grandfather from Rochdale, who
:03:51. > :03:56.walked into hospital with his own severed arm, is recovering from
:03:56. > :04:01.surgery to have the limb stitched back on. Stuart Frain had an
:04:01. > :04:07.accident with a circular saw in his garden. The 51-year-old former
:04:07. > :04:12.fireman picked up the arm and ran for help. Incredible.
:04:12. > :04:15.A man who was arrested after a schoolgirl was crushed to death by
:04:15. > :04:20.electric gates has been released without charge. Semelia Campbell
:04:20. > :04:24.died when she became trapped at her home in Moss Side two years ago.
:04:24. > :04:29.Two gate company employees were arrested on suspicion of
:04:29. > :04:34.manslaughter by gross negligence. A second man has been rebailed.
:04:34. > :04:38.Now, the coalition said it was a Budget for families and business.
:04:38. > :04:42.Labour disagreed. They called it a Budget for millionaires by
:04:42. > :04:48.millionaires. Here in the North East, it was all about better
:04:48. > :04:51.connections. More money to improve rail links, more money to bring
:04:51. > :04:56.superfast broadband to the region. We will get reaction from Jayne
:04:56. > :05:00.Barrett in Crewe, but first here is our political editor.
:05:00. > :05:03.Let's begin by taking a look at some of the measures the Chancellor
:05:03. > :05:07.announced today which are specifically relevant to the North
:05:07. > :05:11.West. He announced the improvement to rail services. He talked about
:05:11. > :05:16.the city deal for Manchester, that is something we mentioned yesterday.
:05:16. > :05:20.It means taxpayers' money coming back to the city. He talked about
:05:20. > :05:26.superfast broadband for Manchester and also moves towards regional pay,
:05:26. > :05:29.something which will be very much opposed by the unions. Let's begin
:05:29. > :05:33.by talking about those rail services. There are three lines in
:05:33. > :05:37.the region that are going to be upgraded. They are the Manchester
:05:37. > :05:42.to Sheffield line, Manchester to Bradford and also Preston to
:05:42. > :05:52.Blackpool. Quicker trains, greater capacity. I'm joined by two MPs now.
:05:52. > :05:57.I have from the Labour Party, the MP for Eccles South and the
:05:57. > :06:01.Conservative MP for Lancaster and Fleetwood. Those rail services, you
:06:01. > :06:07.must be very pleased with what the Chancellor announced today?
:06:07. > :06:15.investment in rail is very welcome for the North West. For every �1 we
:06:15. > :06:21.get spent on the North West on transport, �20 is spent in the
:06:21. > :06:27.South East. The difficulty for me, my constituents will be waiting at
:06:27. > :06:31.Walton Station because we don't have the capacity. We need much
:06:32. > :06:35.more capacity. You have brought out a report on the North/South divide.
:06:35. > :06:40.Has what the Chancellor announced today - it is not enough to bridge
:06:40. > :06:48.that? Everybody realises we are in difficult times. I think he's done
:06:48. > :06:52.the best he can. The rail improvements, the fast broadband is
:06:52. > :06:56.all to be welcomed. I think he's built on previous Budgets and
:06:56. > :07:01.recognised the regional imbalance and trying to do what he can do in
:07:01. > :07:06.a difficult circumstance. What will the reaction be from your
:07:06. > :07:13.constituents? It is a Budget for millionaires with a big giveaway to
:07:13. > :07:19.all the people who earn the greatest... It's taken five times
:07:20. > :07:24.as much as the previous 50p tax did from the super-rich. Thank you both
:07:24. > :07:31.very much indeed. The Budget so often is about business, but it is
:07:32. > :07:38.about politics, too. Back to you. Yes, it is. Jayne Barrett is here
:07:38. > :07:41.and is in Crewe tonight. How has it gone down there? Well, we are here
:07:41. > :07:47.because we want to follow the course of this Budget and the
:07:47. > :07:52.economy over the next 12 months from one town. We have chosen this
:07:52. > :07:55.town. Some reaction, some fall-out to this Budget. Steven Clark is
:07:55. > :08:00.from Transport for Greater Manchester. This big investment in
:08:00. > :08:06.the transport hub, what will it mean for passengers? It is great
:08:06. > :08:09.news. It will mean more services from Sheffield and Bradford into
:08:10. > :08:13.Manchester. It is part of a larger scheme. We are keen that Government
:08:14. > :08:18.goes a little bit further in the summer and commits to the whole of
:08:18. > :08:23.the scheme. You wanted more money today? No, what's happened is super
:08:23. > :08:27.news. It is a real step forward. There is a little bit more that
:08:28. > :08:31.needs to be done. You are from the Forum for Private Business. George
:08:31. > :08:33.Osborne said this was about benefiting business. Will it do
:08:34. > :08:38.this? The transport infrastructure announcement in the North West are
:08:38. > :08:42.a ray of light in what was an underwhelming Budget for small
:08:42. > :08:44.businesses across the UK. Make no mistake, there has been an
:08:44. > :08:50.underinvestment in transport network in the North West for a
:08:50. > :08:55.generation, so this is positive news. We would have liked more,
:08:55. > :08:58.significant tax incentives to boost small firms and help them drive job
:08:58. > :09:04.creation. You got some tax breaks for the farming industry, the
:09:04. > :09:07.gaming industry, all good news for the North West businesses? There
:09:08. > :09:15.were some good measures and reducing the top rate of tax will
:09:15. > :09:20.help drive inward investment. More was needed, we think, overall.
:09:20. > :09:23.Craig Roberts, you are a small business owner. You are
:09:23. > :09:27.underwhelmed? Very. The Government should have stepped up, admitted
:09:27. > :09:33.they were wrong and give us some tax breaks that would make people
:09:33. > :09:37.spend money, lower cost for hauliers, diesel, and VAT. You are
:09:37. > :09:40.struggling with clients who aren't paying you right now. Is this the
:09:41. > :09:45.year that things will turn around? Don't think so. Thank you. We will
:09:45. > :09:49.have more from Crewe later. This is a big town without a big reputation.
:09:49. > :09:52.A big town without a big department store. A big train station but
:09:52. > :09:56.without a big destination pulling people out of the platforms and out
:09:56. > :10:01.behind us into town. We will have more on why we are in Crewe later
:10:01. > :10:05.in the programme. Back to you in Manchester. Thank you.
:10:05. > :10:09.It should have been one of the happiest days of his life, but Max
:10:09. > :10:13.Kay spent his wedding day getting drunk and threatening revenge on
:10:13. > :10:17.the management of his wedding venue. He had fallen out with them over
:10:17. > :10:23.the late payment of bills. So, in the dead of night, with his new
:10:23. > :10:28.wife and family asleep upstairs, he set fire to Peckforton Castle in
:10:28. > :10:33.Cheshire. Tonight he is beginning a six-year jail sentence and Dave
:10:33. > :10:39.Guest has the story. He looks the typical beaming
:10:39. > :10:43.bridegroom but Max Kay was seething with resentment. His big day at
:10:43. > :10:47.Peckforton Castle had cost �25,000. Money he couldn't really afford. He
:10:47. > :10:51.had been late paying the bills and was refused extra credit at the bar.
:10:52. > :10:57.He wasn't happy. He didn't see why he couldn't have a bar tab. He
:10:57. > :11:02.started making threats in terms of wanting to burn our homes down.
:11:02. > :11:05.After downing a bottle-and-a-half of vodka, he set out to seek
:11:05. > :11:08.twisted revenge. These pictures show him prowling through the
:11:08. > :11:13.castle during the early hours of the morning. He goes into the
:11:13. > :11:18.drawing room and sets fire to a set of drapes. His new wife and members
:11:18. > :11:21.of his family are asleep upstairs. It was a reckless act. It was only
:11:21. > :11:28.through the good training of the staff in the hotel that so many
:11:28. > :11:32.people escaped uninjured. There was over 100 people who escaped. Kay's
:11:32. > :11:37.fire-raising cost the hotel almost �5.5 million in repairs and lost
:11:37. > :11:43.business. We have had many a difficulty to overcome. We have got
:11:43. > :11:46.over all of those. None quite as difficult as Max Kay. He admitted
:11:46. > :11:49.arson. Today he arrived at Chester Crown Court for sentencing in a
:11:49. > :11:54.prison van knowing he will be leaving in one. The judge told him
:11:55. > :12:00.all of this had come about as a result of his own ego. He had
:12:00. > :12:05.arranged a wedding that he couldn't afford to put up a front to family
:12:05. > :12:09.and friends. He then developed a misplaced feeling of grievance and
:12:09. > :12:15.decided to seek revenge. The castle has been repaired and the owners
:12:15. > :12:22.are looking to the future. Max Kay is looking at the next six years
:12:22. > :12:27.behind bars. Still to come: Tony is live on a
:12:27. > :12:30.big night in the Premier League. Yes, I'm at Manchester City where
:12:30. > :12:34.some people say the title race could be decided tonight. They need
:12:34. > :12:42.to beat Chelsea to stay in touch with Manchester United. With Carlos
:12:42. > :12:52.Tevez on the bench, things are warming up nicely. Join me later.
:12:52. > :12:53.
:12:53. > :12:58.The happy couple choosing red rather than white for their big day.
:12:58. > :13:03.Now, the money you raise for Sport Relief funds charities which help
:13:03. > :13:10.many people. Neil Blower joined the tank regiment as a 17-year-old. He
:13:10. > :13:15.served in Kosovo and Iraq. After leaving the Army he was diagnosed
:13:15. > :13:25.with post-traumatic stress disorder. He has found support from Combat
:13:25. > :13:31.
:13:31. > :13:38.I joined the Army when I was 17, straight from school. I joined the
:13:38. > :13:48.Royal Tank Regiment and in 2003, I took part in our name for the
:13:48. > :13:48.
:13:48. > :13:53.invasion of Iraq, which was a war. The air strikes started and the
:13:53. > :13:59.Scud missile warnings were coming through. This is getting a bit real
:13:59. > :14:04.now. And then we lost a comrade in my unit. I was 20. It was a very
:14:04. > :14:12.profound experience. I do think that the young kids that went
:14:12. > :14:17.didn't come back. I left the Army in 2005. I was diagnosed with PTSD
:14:17. > :14:22.and then I didn't do anything about it. Six years later, I picked up
:14:22. > :14:25.the phone to Combat Stress. PTSD takes you to some very dark places.
:14:25. > :14:29.And being in an environment where every guy and girl in the room is
:14:30. > :14:34.in exactly the same position as you, knows exactly what you are going
:14:34. > :14:41.through and can relate to you without having to say anything, it
:14:41. > :14:47.is just a very therapeutic thing and, for me, it helps a lot. My
:14:47. > :14:51.situation with the PTSD has got 110% better. Some of the great work
:14:51. > :14:57.done by Sport Relief thanks to your efforts. It is Sport Relief Miles
:14:57. > :15:03.this weekend. A big one in Manchester. Lots of them all around
:15:03. > :15:07.the region. There's the website.
:15:07. > :15:12.Go the extra mile.Ly be going the extra 50-something tomorrow.
:15:12. > :15:16.have your legs in Lycra? I have. Let's go back to Crewe. Jayne is
:15:16. > :15:20.there as you can see. Jayne, you have been gauging reaction to the
:15:20. > :15:27.Budget. You were going to explain why it is you have chosen Crewe to
:15:27. > :15:32.follow? Yes, if you are sat at home saying, "Why Crewe?" It is because
:15:32. > :15:39.Crewe is a kind of average town. Lots of different indicators and
:15:39. > :15:43.statistics, it ranks fairly average. There are those who will say Crewe
:15:43. > :15:47.should be so much more than average. It is a big year for Crewe. We want
:15:47. > :15:50.to see the fall-out of this recession and the course of the
:15:51. > :15:55.economy through the eyes of people who live here. Is this going to be
:15:55. > :16:02.Crewe's year? Let me introduce you to the town.
:16:02. > :16:12.Welcome to Crewe. In a word, a town described as... Average. Really?
:16:12. > :16:13.
:16:13. > :16:17.Average. Average town. A fair description? I'd say so. But it
:16:17. > :16:21.shouldn't be that way. So let's take a fast train through Crewe's
:16:21. > :16:27.history. It started with this, the arrival of the railway. Hello.
:16:27. > :16:32.Until then, Crewe was a very pretty, very rural backwater. It is not too
:16:32. > :16:36.long ago that the whole of Crewe looked like this place. That's
:16:36. > :16:40.right. Geoff Pritch's granddad arrived to build the first station.
:16:40. > :16:45.He and his father followed. Grand Central Railway built the town.
:16:45. > :16:48.Every house was owned, all the water was supplied, the gas, the
:16:48. > :16:53.electric tryst, all supplied by the railway company. Without the
:16:53. > :17:01.railway, this place wouldn't be here? It wouldn't exist, no. As the
:17:01. > :17:05.railway industry declined, other industries follow load -- followed.
:17:05. > :17:09.Why 130 years after the railway put Crewe on the map is Crewe still the
:17:09. > :17:14.place where you change, not the destination? You are not from these
:17:14. > :17:24.parts? No. You are passing through? I am. Have you ever thought about
:17:24. > :17:26.
:17:26. > :17:31.venturing outside? No. Never. hasn't been enough investment.
:17:32. > :17:37.new promise, a new plan, the local paper said it's the biggest
:17:37. > :17:41.opportunity since Victorian times. I think people are rightly cynical.
:17:42. > :17:46.There have been so many schemes and they have never happened. Crewe
:17:46. > :17:49.deserves to be rightfully the head of Cheshire East. It is one of the
:17:50. > :17:55.biggest towns in the area. isn't? Well, it should be. At the
:17:55. > :17:57.White Lion, Geoff has dug out a poem published in 1922. 'A
:17:57. > :18:07.traveller ponders the enigma of what, if anything lies beyond
:18:07. > :18:13.
:18:13. > :18:17.Crewe's busy platforms. childhood maddest guesses must be
:18:17. > :18:20.true only the engines know the way to Crewe. Crewe is a fantasy of
:18:20. > :18:29.travellers' brains, born of the night of Bradshaw and of trains.
:18:29. > :18:35.And nothing has changed? It is probably just as well.
:18:35. > :18:39.So not a terribly high opinion of the town even from people who were
:18:39. > :18:42.born and bred here. Can they turn things around this year? What can
:18:42. > :18:45.we learn from the people who live here? Laura Yates is back in the
:18:45. > :18:49.town tomorrow and she will meet some people. This is about the
:18:49. > :18:56.impact of the economy on the real lives of very real people. Laura
:18:56. > :19:00.will be here with her economic trackers. We will be meeting Laura,
:19:00. > :19:03.Joe and Chloe. They are the unemployed kids out of work, out of
:19:03. > :19:08.luck, desperate for something to happen. Can this Budget deliver
:19:08. > :19:12.jobs to them? We will also meet Phil, our business start-up. He has
:19:12. > :19:16.taken the plunge becoming his own boss for the very first time. Is
:19:16. > :19:20.there anything in the Budget for him? We will meet the Williams
:19:20. > :19:25.family, one Budget in that household and they are desperate to
:19:25. > :19:29.get on the housing ladder. Can anything happen for them? We will
:19:29. > :19:39.introduce the Darlington sisters. Can they take their company global?
:19:39. > :19:39.
:19:39. > :19:44.More tomorrow. We got the gist of that.
:19:44. > :19:47.You got a frog in your throat?! Sport now. A big night at the
:19:47. > :19:52.Etihad. Manchester City against Chelsea. Some say the Premier
:19:52. > :19:58.League title is at stake. You recovered? No. Shall I carry on?
:19:58. > :20:03.Yes. City need a win. Tony is there for us.
:20:03. > :20:06.All eyes on this programme's one- time favourite invisible man?
:20:06. > :20:10.Absolutely. You want the exclusive on that? I have seen the invisible
:20:10. > :20:13.man tonight. He is here. More on him in a second. There is a real
:20:13. > :20:16.tension around Manchester City tonight. They have won every home
:20:16. > :20:19.game they have played this season. Tonight is not the night for that
:20:19. > :20:22.record to go. If they beat Chelsea, they stay within a point of
:20:22. > :20:27.Manchester United. Defeat will be unthinkable. They have been on top
:20:27. > :20:32.of the Premier League for seven months. Also unthinkable is the
:20:32. > :20:35.invisible man, Carlos Tevez, back on the bench. Can he influence the
:20:35. > :20:39.game tonight? Of course he can. He has never been a fantastic
:20:39. > :20:43.substitute. He is better when he starts games. He is raring to go. I
:20:43. > :20:47.was speaking to people on Monday who worked closely with him, so he
:20:47. > :20:52.is very fit. He is up for it. Roberto Mancini said he's trained
:20:52. > :20:56.better than he has ever seen him. How crucial is this game tonight?
:20:56. > :21:01.Can the Premier League be lost if City lose? No. We have to remember
:21:01. > :21:06.there is a quarter of the season to go, which is a lot of football.
:21:06. > :21:11.Manchester United's last ten games are quite palatable, they will
:21:11. > :21:17.fancy winning most of those. If City remain four points behind,
:21:17. > :21:22.that will begin to look like quite an obstacle. A match prediction?
:21:22. > :21:26.City always win at home, Chelsea have flattered to deceive recently,
:21:26. > :21:31.City will win 2-0. There is full match commentary on BBC Radio
:21:31. > :21:41.Manchester. If you want the follow Liverpool and Arsenal, BBC Radio
:21:41. > :21:45.
:21:46. > :21:49.A quick word on Bolton Wanderers. They have confirmed that their game
:21:49. > :21:52.against Blackburn at the weekend on Saturday will go ahead. That is
:21:52. > :21:59.amid continuing improving news on the condition of Fabrice Muamba.
:21:59. > :22:03.Also, they have rearranged that game that was abandoned, the FA Cup
:22:03. > :22:06.quarterfinal against Tottenham. That will be played on Tuesday 27th
:22:06. > :22:10.March. Blackburn Rovers did themselves some favours last night
:22:10. > :22:14.beating Sunderland 2-0. They are now six points clear of the Premier
:22:14. > :22:23.League relegation zone. It was some night.
:22:23. > :22:28.Short on smiles for most of the season, two crucial wins make
:22:28. > :22:35.Blackburn short odds to avoid the drop. We should get out of it.
:22:35. > :22:38.we win at Bolton, we should be in with a good shout. We are not safe.
:22:38. > :22:42.Rovers earnt their breathing space at the foot of the table after a
:22:42. > :22:47.breathless match which they dominated. Not that their first
:22:47. > :22:51.back-to-back victories under Steve Kean came easily. The Ewood
:22:51. > :22:55.faithful had to wait until the second half for the breakthrough -
:22:55. > :23:02.Junior Hoilett with the crisp volley. Blackburn then found the
:23:02. > :23:06.clincher late on. Yakubu - the goal may be the difference come the end
:23:06. > :23:10.of the season. He settled Blackburn's nerves and the result.
:23:10. > :23:13.The fans are seeing the just rewards of their efforts, getting
:23:13. > :23:19.behind the team and we all win together and lose together. They
:23:19. > :23:23.are starting to see some points. I'm still not too sure about him.
:23:23. > :23:28.If you look at the game last night, we played some decent football.
:23:28. > :23:34.They all seem to be playing for him. Quite a turnaround for a manager
:23:34. > :23:39.and a team many had written off months ago.
:23:39. > :23:44.There was plenty of Football League action last night as well. Ronnie
:23:44. > :23:49.Moore's unbeaten reign as Tranmere boss goes on with a 2-0 away win at
:23:49. > :23:54.Rochdale. Crewe are closing in on the League Two play-offs after
:23:54. > :23:59.beating Bradford 1-0. Harry Davis with the winning penalty. The new
:23:59. > :24:05.manager effect didn't work for Macclesfield, they went down 4-2
:24:05. > :24:08.away to Rotherham. There we are, back to the Premier
:24:08. > :24:12.League, back to a big night here at Manchester City. This game last
:24:12. > :24:22.season, it was won by the odd goal. Guess who scored it? Carlos Tevez.
:24:22. > :24:28.What are the odds on that tonight? If he scores the winner tonight, we
:24:28. > :24:35.will see. Thank you very much. Nothing
:24:35. > :24:38.particularly unusual about a football-themed wedding, but this
:24:38. > :24:43.one shows dedication to the couple's favourite club.
:24:43. > :24:49.# Walk on... # Never mind Here Comes The Bride,
:24:49. > :24:55.the choice of music complimented the dress code. The happy couple
:24:55. > :25:05.met watching the team's matches on television. They have probably
:25:05. > :25:05.
:25:05. > :25:12.never been to Anfield. They have had thousands of hits online of
:25:12. > :25:14.their wedding video. Shall we take a look... Have you got a Liverpool
:25:14. > :25:19.a look... Have you got a Liverpool strip on?
:25:19. > :25:24.Yes, I have! Good evening. We had a nice day today, but the good news
:25:24. > :25:29.about tomorrow is tomorrow will be better, potentially up to 17
:25:29. > :25:31.Celsius. Looking nice and feeling warm. Cloud was incredibly stubborn
:25:31. > :25:35.first thing this morning. It did breakthrough the afternoon. Most
:25:35. > :25:39.parts of the region have seen some nice spells of sunshine. The cloud
:25:39. > :25:43.a bit stubborn in the Isle of Man for a good portion of the day. We
:25:43. > :25:47.should all have better weather tomorrow. Of course, there is
:25:47. > :25:51.hardly a cloud in the sky now. So that means tonight will be fairly
:25:51. > :25:55.cool. The last couple of nights, we have had that cloud cover which has
:25:55. > :26:00.held the temperatures up. You can see the blues returning. If you
:26:00. > :26:10.head past midnight, it will be fairly nippy. Temperatures will be
:26:10. > :26:12.
:26:12. > :26:17.as low as 2 Celsius in rural areas. Quite a frost in part when you get
:26:17. > :26:20.up. Towns and cities 4-5 Celsius. Once again, there is some variation.
:26:20. > :26:25.I think many places will have a chill in the air when you get up.
:26:25. > :26:29.You will be off to a really nice start. This morning, as I said,
:26:29. > :26:32.very stubborn cloud cover. Tomorrow, hardly a cloud in the sky. So you
:26:32. > :26:37.are off to a sunny start. That sunshine will linger all the way
:26:37. > :26:40.through the day. From time to time, you will catch a bit of patchy
:26:40. > :26:43.cloud and there could be a little bit of haze around from time to
:26:43. > :26:48.time. All things considered, that is one of the nicest days we will
:26:48. > :26:53.see for some time. With that south- easterly breeze, it is not very
:26:53. > :26:58.strong. Your temperatures - we will go for a high of 17 Celsius
:26:58. > :27:03.tomorrow afternoon. That is 63 Fahrenheit. Obviously, not
:27:03. > :27:06.everywhere makes that. It will look and feel very nice. Then for
:27:06. > :27:10.tomorrow night, the cloud returns but the temperatures won't be too
:27:10. > :27:13.bad. For Friday, we have a weather front so there could be some
:27:13. > :27:18.drizzly rain from time to time. Get that out of the way and your
:27:18. > :27:23.weekend is looking good! I said it! You did. We are all feeling sad
:27:23. > :27:28.because one of our long-time producers, he has been here for 17
:27:28. > :27:34.years, he is leaving. He is one of the nicest men you could ever meet.