26/12/2016

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:00:10. > :00:11.Hello and a very evening from the west.

:00:12. > :00:14.Hardy shoppers in the west have braved cold weather overnight

:00:15. > :00:19.A major clothes outlet in Bristol says more than 200

:00:20. > :00:22.were waiting at the door at 6 o'clock this morning.

:00:23. > :00:23.Retailers are hoping it'll once again prove

:00:24. > :00:32.A Boxing Day walk through Cabot Circus in Bristol.

:00:33. > :00:36.Retail proving the best therapy for many post Christmas.

:00:37. > :00:38.The doors at Next opened before dawn, with hundreds

:00:39. > :00:59.I'd just bought the children out to spend some of their Christmas money.

:01:00. > :01:03.Boxing Day sort of seems to have fizzled out,

:01:04. > :01:05.and it gets worse every year, I think.

:01:06. > :01:10.But it's nice to be able to walk into town today and get around

:01:11. > :01:14.Retailers in Bath will be hoping for a good end-of-year clear out.

:01:15. > :01:18.2016 has proved a tough year for trading.

:01:19. > :01:23.There's obviously been problems with Brexit,

:01:24. > :01:25.with people not knowing what to do, and therefore they've been

:01:26. > :01:28.keeping their money in their savings account until they know

:01:29. > :01:31.Growing on-line sales aren't helping the high street.

:01:32. > :01:35.November's Black Friday and Cyber Monday draining cash

:01:36. > :01:43.Thi retail expert thinks it's time for a re-think in the new year.

:01:44. > :01:46.I think what the high Street needs to do is reinvent itself and become

:01:47. > :01:51.more of a destination for a fulfilled experience

:01:52. > :01:54.which includes shopping, maybe a bit of entertainment,

:01:55. > :02:02.2017 will see major changes at our main shopping centres.

:02:03. > :02:06.With plans for a ?300 million extension to the Mall

:02:07. > :02:10.And redevelopment at Broadmead - to align it more closely

:02:11. > :02:19.A murder investigations been launched after the body

:02:20. > :02:21.of a man was discovered in South Gloucestershire

:02:22. > :02:31.Mohammed Abdurezek's body was found on Gibbs Lane

:02:32. > :02:33.in the village of Siston on Saturday morning.

:02:34. > :02:34.A postmortem examination found the 31-year-old,

:02:35. > :02:43.who police believe was from Bristol, had died from stab wounds.

:02:44. > :02:46.Sport now, and in rugby Bristol secured their first Premiership win

:02:47. > :02:48.of the season this afternoon beating Worcester 28-20 at Ashton Gate.

:02:49. > :02:52.Bristol played with 14 men for 67 minutes after Tusi Pisi was red

:02:53. > :02:55.Tom Varndell scored three tries and Jason Woodward kicked

:02:56. > :03:01.It was an important game for Bristol who have been bottom

:03:02. > :03:03.of the Premiership without a win in the league.

:03:04. > :03:06.First and foremost, the important thing was to win the game.

:03:07. > :03:08.Obviously, we did that and we stopped them

:03:09. > :03:11.So that's a massive achievement from the guys.

:03:12. > :03:16.You know, we're 14 men for a long period.

:03:17. > :03:20.And to play some of the rugby we did with the 14 guys on the field,

:03:21. > :03:25.We kept trying to play rugby, when we needed to keep it

:03:26. > :03:29.And we were quite dominant in the breakdown then

:03:30. > :03:32.In football, it was a disappointing Boxing Day for our sides.

:03:33. > :03:39.In the Championship Bristol City lost 3-2 away at Wolves.

:03:40. > :03:42.In League One, Bristol Rovers Rovers failed to score at the Mem

:03:43. > :03:45.where it was a 0-0 home draw with Coventry Swindon also failed

:03:46. > :03:50.to score at Millwall where the hosts won 2-0.

:03:51. > :03:53.In League Two, Cheltenham lost 2-1 at home to Barnet and no goals

:03:54. > :03:59.for Yeovil against Exeter - a 0-0 draw there.

:04:00. > :04:00.In the National League, Forest Green Rovers

:04:01. > :04:05.But some good news for one of the West Country's most

:04:06. > :04:06.successful horse trainers Colin Tizzard.

:04:07. > :04:10.Thistlecrack the 11-10 favourite won the King George the sixth Stakes

:04:11. > :04:19.To the weather - It's been a mild and settled Boxing Day but we're

:04:20. > :04:24.It's fine through the course of tonight.

:04:25. > :04:25.Many of you will see a widespread frost.

:04:26. > :04:29.High pressure remains dominant, that means another fine day tomorrow.

:04:30. > :04:34.The centre of that area of high-pressure drifting pretty

:04:35. > :04:42.much over the top of us during the course of Tuesday,

:04:43. > :04:43.the wind light and variable around it.

:04:44. > :04:46.In the overnight period to Wednesday, there is a much higher

:04:47. > :04:48.chance that we could see some fog around.

:04:49. > :04:50.Some of that could be freezing, given the overnight temperatures.

:04:51. > :04:52.Talking of which, through the course of tonight,

:04:53. > :04:55.many districts will see a frost, at least a slight to moderate frost.

:04:56. > :04:59.It could get as low as about -4 or minus five degrees, somewhere

:05:00. > :05:02.A cold start, said to me tomorrow morning.

:05:03. > :05:04.But it should be one and are plenty of sunshine.

:05:05. > :05:07.Barring the odd bit of cloud, that is how things will remain

:05:08. > :05:12.The wins will remain light right the way through.

:05:13. > :05:20.Just the blue returning by tomorrow evening,

:05:21. > :05:21.signalling another cold night to come.

:05:22. > :05:23.It will be a fairly cold day tomorrow.

:05:24. > :05:25.Temperatures generally roundabout 4-6 C, but at least the wins

:05:26. > :05:28.will be light as I said, and there will be plenty

:05:29. > :05:34.Watch out for the fog as we head through into Wednesday morning.

:05:35. > :05:37.Not everywhere, but where you have it it could well linger

:05:38. > :05:40.A similar pattern as we had through to Thursday.

:05:41. > :05:43.Remaining dry, general trend as we continue on through the rest

:05:44. > :05:46.of the week to see more in the way of cloud around.

:05:47. > :05:49.It is looking like by the time we're through towards New Year

:05:50. > :05:52.into the very first week of 2017, it will turn noticeably colder.

:05:53. > :05:56.And that's all from the team this boxing day-

:05:57. > :06:00.we're back at lunchtime tomorrow - until then have a lovely evening.

:06:01. > :06:05.and longer spells of rain over northern isles. By the end of the

:06:06. > :06:10.night, temperatures recovering once again after a chilly evening, three

:06:11. > :06:12.to five Celsius. Tomorrow and for the next couple of days, we have

:06:13. > :06:14.this area of