:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to BBC Points West with Alex Lovell and David Garmston.
:00:00. > :00:11.thousands of days off sick due to stress and anxiety -
:00:12. > :00:16.I was ending up just crying on every single night shift.
:00:17. > :00:18.I had three bleepers on me at one stage,
:00:19. > :00:32.We'll be asking how the healers can be helped.
:00:33. > :00:38.The 800 candidates seeking to run some of our biggest councils
:00:39. > :00:43.and the six bidding to be the worst's first metro mayor.
:00:44. > :00:46.Teaching infants how to survive in the water -
:00:47. > :00:49.a mother who lost her son tries to prevent other tragedies.
:00:50. > :00:52.And on a roll - the lawn bowls player hoping for Ghld
:00:53. > :01:03.New evidence has emerged about the pressures on doctors
:01:04. > :01:05.with news that thousands of sick days are being lost
:01:06. > :01:10.They account for about a third of all sickness
:01:11. > :01:14.in hospitals across the west, but at the Bristol Royal Infirmary
:01:15. > :01:18.Our health correspondent Matthew Hill has been hearing
:01:19. > :01:23.from one junior doctor who could not cope and has left the profession.
:01:24. > :01:26.The seniors, they just took me outside, they completely shouted
:01:27. > :01:31.at me and said how much money I had cost their hospital.
:01:32. > :01:39.This doctor, who wants to remain anonymous,
:01:40. > :01:43.says stress levels became so intense while working in A in Bristol
:01:44. > :01:46.that she became suicidal, and that's why she left medicine.
:01:47. > :01:49.Doctors like her also have to put up with abuse from patients,
:01:50. > :01:55.with one in four saying they suffer from it.
:01:56. > :01:57.Elbowed in the throat, this hospital worker
:01:58. > :02:02.is being attacked by a drunk, aggressive patient.
:02:03. > :02:04.Nationally, last year, stress accounted for 37% of all
:02:05. > :02:12.But our figures show that, for the NHS, University Hospitals
:02:13. > :02:19.Bristol had 46% sick days attributed to anxiety, stress or depression.
:02:20. > :02:23.That's almost five years lost in a year alone.
:02:24. > :02:26.The trust has declined my request for an interview, but in statement
:02:27. > :02:30.says it is concerned about this growth in absence from anxiety,
:02:31. > :02:40.It says that it offers all staff a well-being programme,
:02:41. > :02:43.which includes a health MOT, and it says it now gathers data
:02:44. > :02:47.on absences and a much better way, but it's still not possible
:02:48. > :02:50.to say whether they are due to problems at work or at home.
:02:51. > :02:52.But these figures may be an underestimate.
:02:53. > :02:55.As we've been told, not every doctor was willing to admit they took time
:02:56. > :03:00.This doctor took time off from stress.
:03:01. > :03:04.At the time she didn't declare it and just said she was ill.
:03:05. > :03:11.So, it was very common for us to work 12 days in a role.
:03:12. > :03:15.A few of those would be 13-hour shifts, and you come in early,
:03:16. > :03:19.Often you don't get to take breaks, just
:03:20. > :03:23.And even though people say, oh, you must take breaks,
:03:24. > :03:26.you feel like you can't, because if you do then somebody's
:03:27. > :03:27.life, somebody's care might suffer for it,
:03:28. > :03:29.and that would be on your conscience.
:03:30. > :03:32.The Department of Health says the latest staff survey shows that
:03:33. > :03:34.some measures were improving, with levels of work stress
:03:35. > :03:38.at the lowest levels nationally in four years.
:03:39. > :03:41.I really would describe it as a really strong sense of dread,
:03:42. > :03:44.of not wanting to get out of bed, and then eventually I was like,
:03:45. > :03:48.I sometimes would find colleagues hiding in cupboards crying,
:03:49. > :03:55.Is and you'd just get used to that, as if that's a normal
:03:56. > :03:57.With growing staff shortages, this unrelenting pressure
:03:58. > :04:04.Matthew Hill, BBC Points West, Bristol.
:04:05. > :04:06.Dr Lucy-Jane Davis is a junior doctor who is a member
:04:07. > :04:09.of the British Medical Association, which represents
:04:10. > :04:23.thanks for coming in. Medicine has always been stressful and life or
:04:24. > :04:28.death, so what has changed? You are right it has always been
:04:29. > :04:33.stressful. One of the things that has changed in the last year or so
:04:34. > :04:36.is the funding has decreased, but also for junior doctors, we have had
:04:37. > :04:41.a contract dispute which led to industrial action. That was very
:04:42. > :04:46.stressful in itself. It has made a lot of people ask, what is the
:04:47. > :04:52.point? Where are we going? How do we cope? Morale has been undermined
:04:53. > :04:55.significantly by what happened. All the consultants sitting at home
:04:56. > :04:58.and saying that you should have been around in the 70s when I was
:04:59. > :05:03.training when there were longer hours and a few resources.
:05:04. > :05:08.That is probably true and sometimes it is helpful to go back and look at
:05:09. > :05:15.history. One of the things that has actually changed is how patients
:05:16. > :05:19.come in now. People used to come and stay in hospital for several weeks
:05:20. > :05:23.but now they must get sent home much quicker, so the job has changed a
:05:24. > :05:28.lot as well. As we agreed, it has always been
:05:29. > :05:32.stressful, but I guess doctors rely on their support from members of the
:05:33. > :05:37.team. And from their consultants and managers and so on. Is that
:05:38. > :05:41.happening? Are those systems in place?
:05:42. > :05:45.Sometimes they are and when a team works really well that is great, and
:05:46. > :05:47.that is what is needed. And sometimes the pressure on a
:05:48. > :05:52.department can be so great that actually things fall apart. The
:05:53. > :05:56.other thing that has changed is the way that they work. We work far more
:05:57. > :06:00.in shifts so we do not necessarily work in the same team, and that can
:06:01. > :06:05.be very stressful at times. It is hard to get into medical
:06:06. > :06:08.school and be a doctor, but as one of the things people are told over
:06:09. > :06:14.again if this is a stressful environment. Is it for you? Can you
:06:15. > :06:20.cope? Could you do a shift at A? What changed? People must say, yes,
:06:21. > :06:23.I can, and then reality kicks in? I don't know. You start medical
:06:24. > :06:28.school with absolute dedication, most people, that they are really
:06:29. > :06:33.caring and compassionate and dedicated. But actually some of us
:06:34. > :06:37.never wanted to do A I never wanted to do A That is not where
:06:38. > :06:41.my heart lies and where I am good at, but we actually all go through
:06:42. > :06:45.the system and learn and do foundation jobs and other clinical
:06:46. > :06:51.jobs as well. Actually, different people find different routes through
:06:52. > :06:55.medicine soothed them. But the problem is when the stress and
:06:56. > :06:59.burn-out becomes so great that actually all of that caring and
:07:00. > :07:05.dedication is lost. And A is not the best part of what
:07:06. > :07:11.you do? Lovely to have you on the programme.
:07:12. > :07:13.A 50-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder
:07:14. > :07:16.The three-month-old, who was from Swindon, died
:07:17. > :07:18.at Bristol Children's Hospital last Friday.
:07:19. > :07:20.Wiltshire Police say the man was previously arrested on suspicion
:07:21. > :07:26.Police say they've had several calls from the public following a renewed
:07:27. > :07:28.appeal for information about a 30-year-old unsolved murder.
:07:29. > :07:30.66-year-old Helen Fleet was killed in Worlebury Woods
:07:31. > :07:35.Following a re-appeal for information on the 30th
:07:36. > :07:38.anniversary of her murder, police say some of the calls they've
:07:39. > :07:41.had have provided them with names and they are looking
:07:42. > :07:50.The men and women aiming to run the west for the next four
:07:51. > :07:54.Several of our biggest councils are holding
:07:55. > :07:57.elections in a month's time, while a brand new metro mayor
:07:58. > :08:01.will also be chosen for the Bristol and Bath area.
:08:02. > :08:03.Today was the deadline for anyone wanting to stand,
:08:04. > :08:08.Here's our political editor Paul Barltrop.
:08:09. > :08:13.Nearly everyone across the region will have local elections taking
:08:14. > :08:17.The biggest single contest is for a west of England
:08:18. > :08:19.mayor, covering Bristol, South Gloucestershire and Bath
:08:20. > :08:22.Then, in the three neighbouring counties,
:08:23. > :08:25.Wiltshire, Somerset and Gloucestershire are all presently
:08:26. > :08:31.So, who's thrown their hat into the ring?
:08:32. > :08:33.The metro mayor contest is the big one, and,
:08:34. > :08:36.while the official announcement will be tomorrow, it looks
:08:37. > :08:41.Conservative Tim Bowles, Labour's Lesley Mansell,
:08:42. > :08:44.Stephen Williams for the Liberal Democrats,
:08:45. > :08:46.Darren Hall of the Greens, Ukip's Aaron Foot,
:08:47. > :08:51.But the numbers of candidates standing elsewhere gives an insight
:08:52. > :08:57.Across the three counties, the Conservatives have a full slate.
:08:58. > :09:00.The Lib Dems have got more standing this time, with gaps in just
:09:01. > :09:04.Ukip, who made their big breakthrough last time,
:09:05. > :09:06.face an uphill battle - the number they have
:09:07. > :09:11.The Greens will contest nearly half of all seats,
:09:12. > :09:16.But rather telling is what's happening to Labour -
:09:17. > :09:18.they've struggled to get candidates in Gloucestershire and
:09:19. > :09:22.Wiltshire, and have fewer standing than last time.
:09:23. > :09:24.They tried not to let that overshadow today's
:09:25. > :09:28.Shadow Cabinet member Keir Starmer was the guest of honour
:09:29. > :09:31.at the Guildhall in Gloucester to launch Labour's
:09:32. > :09:36.For all parties, the candidates are in now place, and
:09:37. > :09:50.Thank you very much. But let's take a bit deeper.
:09:51. > :09:54.As we learn who is in the running to be the new mayor for the west
:09:55. > :09:57.of England, we've been looking into what the job may entail.
:09:58. > :09:59.It's a new position created by Government to channel more money
:10:00. > :10:04.But so far it's yet to really engage the voters, as Robin Markwell
:10:05. > :10:11.For 800 years, Bristol and mayors have gone hand-in-glove.
:10:12. > :10:13.There's the Lord Mayor, with all the pomp and ceremony
:10:14. > :10:18.of the post, and, more recently, an elected mayor too,
:10:19. > :10:22.a job currently held by However they Labour's Marvin Rees.
:10:23. > :10:24.a job currently held by Labour's Marvin Rees.
:10:25. > :10:27.Now, at the bidding of Government, voters are being asked
:10:28. > :10:29.to choose a third mayor, not just for Bristol but for
:10:30. > :10:33.South Gloucestershire and Bath and North East Somerset too.
:10:34. > :10:36.The idea is that they will bang the drum for the West in Westminster.
:10:37. > :10:39.My personal hope as an officer is that we get somebody
:10:40. > :10:41.who is a strong spokesperson for the region, and is effective
:10:42. > :10:48.in getting more powers, more money for the region.
:10:49. > :10:50.The metro mayor would be based initially at Bristol's Engine Shed
:10:51. > :11:01.On housing, they'd help choose how many homes
:11:02. > :11:03.the region needs and decide whether they should be built.
:11:04. > :11:06.Whether or not it's on the greenbelt is the big bone of contention.
:11:07. > :11:11.They'd franchise bus services, pay for community transport,
:11:12. > :11:14.control key roads and have the power to bring in a clean air zone,
:11:15. > :11:17.and that could mean a ban on polluting vehicles.
:11:18. > :11:23.They would have money, too, the best part of ?1 billion
:11:24. > :11:26.over the next 30 years to go on infrastructure, and last
:11:27. > :11:29.of all they might try to put up business taxes, raising rates to pay
:11:30. > :11:33.Well, Keynsham in North East Somerset as they come with a fair
:11:34. > :11:36.few traffic problems of its own, so what would a metro mayor armed
:11:37. > :11:46.with ?30 million per year to play with do for a town like this?
:11:47. > :11:49.But on the streets it was a case of,
:11:50. > :11:51."Election? What election?"
:11:52. > :11:53.Are you pleased to have another election? No.
:11:54. > :11:55.You know what this person is going to do.
:11:56. > :11:58.Well, I don't see why we need one, really.
:11:59. > :12:03.Have you heard of the metro mayor? No.
:12:04. > :12:06.What you think it might be? Something to do with the Metrobus?
:12:07. > :12:09.At the tattoo parlour, the thought of another
:12:10. > :12:11.politician seemed painful, but the idea of spending that
:12:12. > :12:16.If I was metro mayor for the day, well, maybe a given free transport
:12:17. > :12:19.for old people and take them out for the day and do something.
:12:20. > :12:45.I am sure people will get into that as we talk about it more. At the end
:12:46. > :12:48.of the programme we will give you details of how you can be part of a
:12:49. > :12:50.special debate programme on the subject of the new mayor for the
:12:51. > :12:52.West of England. Yes, and there's lots more
:12:53. > :12:55.still to come, including: Why one mum is throwing children
:12:56. > :12:57.in at the deep end to teach And make a wish -
:12:58. > :13:00.Cheltenham's famous Fish Clock 250 soldiers from Wiltshire have set
:13:01. > :13:15.off to join a Nato taskforce today, designed to deter Russian aggression
:13:16. > :13:17.in the Baltics. Operation Cabrit will see UK
:13:18. > :13:20.troops join up with others from France and Denmark,
:13:21. > :13:22.and is Britain's largest Nato British boots on the move - brought
:13:23. > :13:36.in by bus into RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire this morning
:13:37. > :13:42.from their base camp in Bulford. Their ride was already waiting
:13:43. > :13:45.on the runway, as the UK moves troops into the Baltic
:13:46. > :13:49.state of Estonia, part of an international force -
:13:50. > :13:53.a demonstration of strength There is a series of measures that
:13:54. > :14:00.Nato are activating at the moment, in order to deter that Russian
:14:01. > :14:02.adventurism that we have The deployment of the enhanced
:14:03. > :14:14.presence battle troops The 250 troops flying out of here
:14:15. > :14:19.today will join a similar amount already in Estonia, and eventually
:14:20. > :14:22.there will be 800 UK troops there. And that is the country's largest
:14:23. > :14:24.contribution to a Nato deployment Last week, these heavy-duty green
:14:25. > :14:34.machines headed out ahead by boat - armoured vehicles supporting
:14:35. > :14:37.the 1,100 soldiers being stationed in Estonia
:14:38. > :14:41.for the next eight months. There's Latvian, Estonian troops,
:14:42. > :14:45.French troops, American troops, and several troops of different
:14:46. > :14:49.nations taking part in exercises all around Poland
:14:50. > :14:52.and so on and so forth as well. It's important that we all
:14:53. > :14:54.band together, if you will, and show solidarity,
:14:55. > :14:56.if nothing else. British troops will make up the bulk
:14:57. > :15:00.of the Nato force there, joined by French, Estonian
:15:01. > :15:04.and Danish soldiers too. Officially, they're called
:15:05. > :15:08.an enhanced forward presence. They are, though, a warning
:15:09. > :15:10.against any form of hostile Andrew Plant, BBC Points West,
:15:11. > :15:24.RAF Brize Norton. I am sure we all wish them a safe
:15:25. > :15:33.and successful tool. -- poor. A Wiltshire woman has become one
:15:34. > :15:37.of the first in Britain to teach young children how to survive
:15:38. > :15:39.when they fall into water. Olivia Rowe's three-year-old son
:15:40. > :15:41.Jack fell in to their swimming She's since set up a charity
:15:42. > :15:46.in his name, and, after an intensive training course in America,
:15:47. > :15:48.she's started lessons for toddlers Here's our Wiltshire
:15:49. > :15:51.reporter Will Glennon. This is not a swimming lesson -
:15:52. > :15:54.it's all about staying alive. This four-year-old is
:15:55. > :15:59.being taught how to float and keep his head above water
:16:00. > :16:05.if he fell in accidentally. For me, that's the most important
:16:06. > :16:08.thing, is that everyone who goes... Every child who goes into water
:16:09. > :16:15.and into a pool can see, you know, falling in a river,
:16:16. > :16:18.you know, or a pond, that if that happens
:16:19. > :16:22.they can save themselves. In July 2014 Olivia Rowe's son Jack
:16:23. > :16:25.drowned in the family It was the day of his
:16:26. > :16:32.third birthday. While she popped out,
:16:33. > :16:35.and Jack was out of sight of his step-brother,
:16:36. > :16:40.he somehow fell in. I had to take Ella to a school
:16:41. > :16:43.disco, and when I was out I got the call from Harry,
:16:44. > :16:46.my stepson, who was looking after him,
:16:47. > :16:48.saying he I came home and then later
:16:49. > :16:54.a friend discovered him at the bottom of the pool,
:16:55. > :16:57.at the side of the bottom, Olivia set up a charity called
:16:58. > :17:03.the Jack Rabbit Foundation, and went to Florida with her
:17:04. > :17:07.swimming teacher friend Jo. They both trained in infant
:17:08. > :17:11.survival techniques. Back home and they've begun
:17:12. > :17:14.classes n Wiltshire. Back home and they've begun
:17:15. > :17:16.classes in Wiltshire. Babies and toddlers are shown how
:17:17. > :17:20.to work with the water, and survive. So, in the water, getting them
:17:21. > :17:30.in and comfortable with the water. She was never confident
:17:31. > :17:32.enough in water, and I thought, because this
:17:33. > :17:34.is mainly about what water confidence and survival,
:17:35. > :17:37.it's the best thing you can do It's amazing.
:17:38. > :17:40.I love it. I already signed
:17:41. > :17:42.Archie up before they had even got back from the states
:17:43. > :17:44.during their training. I just saw their videos
:17:45. > :17:46.and so it was something I really wanted him
:17:47. > :17:50.to do and be part of. This is just the beginning -
:17:51. > :17:53.the charity wants to teach as many children as possible,
:17:54. > :17:58.and, ultimately, roll classes out across the whole UK,
:17:59. > :18:05.saving young lives in Jack's name. Will Glennon, BBC Points West,
:18:06. > :18:10.Wiltshire. Bristol City have the chance to move
:18:11. > :18:13.away from the Championship relegation zone this evening
:18:14. > :18:16.when they play Preston. City are currently just a point
:18:17. > :18:19.clear of danger, with seven matches Tonight's game is away from home
:18:20. > :18:25.but is also being shown live It's a year to go until the start
:18:26. > :18:34.of the Commonwealth Games, which will be staged
:18:35. > :18:39.on the Gold Coast in Australia. There are more events and medals
:18:40. > :18:41.to win than ever before, and it will also feature
:18:42. > :18:47.the largest-ever para-sport Paul Brown from Bristol hopes to be
:18:48. > :18:51.challenging for the gold in the para-lawn bowls,
:18:52. > :19:03.and he's come in to talk to us Thank you for coming in. Very
:19:04. > :19:10.exciting. How is the prep going? Very well and it is about to kick
:19:11. > :19:14.off. We have got one year to go, so all the preparations now get going
:19:15. > :19:18.really and we have just started our selection, being told about the plan
:19:19. > :19:24.for the next year. It will be a busy year, but an exciting year.
:19:25. > :19:28.You started as an able-bodied bowler, is that right?
:19:29. > :19:32.Correct, yes. What happened is ten years ago I had a battle with cancer
:19:33. > :19:39.which resulted in my right leg being amputated above the knee. I'd then
:19:40. > :19:46.effectively took up balls from my wheelchair and did that for many
:19:47. > :19:50.years. -- I took up bowls. I only stood up when Glasgow came round in
:19:51. > :19:55.the classification system came round and I worked out several things. I
:19:56. > :20:00.found out that I could bowl using a prosthetic and it presented a huge
:20:01. > :20:07.challenge for me in that I had been bowling so long sat down, and so
:20:08. > :20:11.there were a lot of new challenges. One of the challenges was noticing
:20:12. > :20:18.how much my balance, basically, because I bowl of one like. -- one
:20:19. > :20:23.leg. All upper body, and they get really
:20:24. > :20:26.low, don't they? Randomly from a chair as well, so that must be in
:20:27. > :20:30.your thigh muscles. My left leg is stronger than it used
:20:31. > :20:42.to be, probably the biggest it has ever been in my life.
:20:43. > :20:47.How much does bowls mean to you? It means a great deal, it has been
:20:48. > :20:51.my stable, I started when I was 13 and then I lost my leg and I have
:20:52. > :20:57.always gone back to the sport. The reason I like bowls is it is a sport
:20:58. > :21:05.for all, no matter whether you are a young aren't old chap...
:21:06. > :21:09.And a chorus sport. And I think it has changed people's perception
:21:10. > :21:14.because people use to see it as lawn bowls, and now it is not a young
:21:15. > :21:17.person's sport, as they thought, but not any more.
:21:18. > :21:20.It has that perception, but you get to the competitive thing and there
:21:21. > :21:25.are good people. That is the good thing about bowls.
:21:26. > :21:31.You don't have to wear a Panama hat. I don't have to wear a Panama hat.
:21:32. > :21:36.How many hours do you practice a week? Do you have time for work?
:21:37. > :21:41.It will wrap up now. The preparation for team England, they are very
:21:42. > :21:44.about preparation. Our prep will start building now. Over the weeks
:21:45. > :21:52.and months now, my level will increase. In Glasgow I was on the
:21:53. > :21:55.Green four or five times... And it is definitely all be fitness.
:21:56. > :21:59.They go around all of the preparation and do the fitness and
:22:00. > :22:02.all of this. At the end of the day it gets that final...
:22:03. > :22:04.And that left leg. We will be watching you.
:22:05. > :22:09.Lovely to meet you. Thank you. Since 1987 Cheltenham's Wishing Fish
:22:10. > :22:11.Clock has been blowing bubbles and entertaining generations
:22:12. > :22:13.of children, but, earlier this year, much of it was taken
:22:14. > :22:15.away to be restored. It'll start ticking
:22:16. > :22:17.again in all its glory at the end of the month,
:22:18. > :22:20.but our Gloucestershire reporter, Steve Knibbs, has been
:22:21. > :22:28.to see it being repaired. Back in January, the old golden
:22:29. > :22:31.eggs were thrown away, and the famous fish blew its last
:22:32. > :22:35.bubbles, before being carefully brought down to earth
:22:36. > :22:39.for a wash and brush-up. And so, in this busy London studio,
:22:40. > :22:46.the beloved fish is getting its TLC. The bubble machine was leaking
:22:47. > :22:50.into the belly of the fish, which was then leaking
:22:51. > :22:54.through the wood, and stripping the varnish and damaging
:22:55. > :22:56.the wood underneath. So we've flipped it over,
:22:57. > :22:59.sanded it back We've still got another, maybe,
:23:00. > :23:04.four or five coats to do so that it remains as shiny as the rest
:23:05. > :23:08.of the fish. And one of the challenges
:23:09. > :23:11.of the project has been the lack of original plans,
:23:12. > :23:14.which no longer exist. And then they are the mice who pop
:23:15. > :23:17.out and annoy the snake. A lot of Kit Williams' designs
:23:18. > :23:21.were compromised back in the '80s due to the budget,
:23:22. > :23:24.so now Kit's original vision is finally being realised,
:23:25. > :23:26.and the mice look more mouse-like, As the mice get pushed out
:23:27. > :23:32.of the clock by a piston, the tips of their noses open
:23:33. > :23:35.the door, so some parts will wear down over time,
:23:36. > :23:38.so what we've done is we've made a little removable nose and we're
:23:39. > :23:41.going to cast this in rubber And that master mouse is then used
:23:42. > :23:48.to make a new silicon mould from which all the new mice
:23:49. > :23:54.are being cast in fibreglass. It's always a slightly hair-raising
:23:55. > :24:00.moment when you take something out of a mould for the first time,
:24:01. > :24:03.but I'm really pleased with that. The reason they don't want to show
:24:04. > :24:07.you everything that's being worked on is because they want to save it
:24:08. > :24:10.for the unveiling, so today we can only really give you a sneaky peek
:24:11. > :24:13.at some of the work - Steve Knibbs,
:24:14. > :24:22.BBC Points West, London. He is being a tease. He is such a
:24:23. > :24:28.tease. It is beautiful, isn't it? Now let's take a look
:24:29. > :24:36.at the weather. What has it been like to date? Sunny
:24:37. > :24:41.in places? A bit of everything. Hello,
:24:42. > :24:45.everybody. The cloud has been breaking up from the West, much as
:24:46. > :24:51.expected, a lot of sunshine across many of our district. Now the
:24:52. > :24:53.forecast, as we head into tomorrow. Likely to start with a lot of
:24:54. > :24:59.sunshine around, but a general trend to increase the amount of cloud from
:25:00. > :25:02.the north. It could mean it is only Northern district seen that because
:25:03. > :25:05.of the afternoon. It should come further south and south-west words
:25:06. > :25:09.and the best of the sunshine will prevail, but for all about it will
:25:10. > :25:13.be a dry and settled day. A wider look at how things shape up. High
:25:14. > :25:18.pressure dominating the Padron and will do so about the rest of this
:25:19. > :25:22.week, and settled conditions. A story of these cloud amounts. Cloud
:25:23. > :25:26.coming in from the North later tomorrow associated with a weak warm
:25:27. > :25:32.front. It will have no rain on it associated for our particular part
:25:33. > :25:36.of the British Isles, and this is the course of this evening. Because
:25:37. > :25:40.continuing to break up and disappear. As we head into
:25:41. > :25:45.tonight... Ultimately a lot of clear sky around and that will be a recipe
:25:46. > :25:49.for a decidedly chilly night developing. Not impossible that some
:25:50. > :25:53.parts of countryside, may be part of Somerset, dropped down to freezing,
:25:54. > :25:56.but one or two Celsius above the net result for some parts of the
:25:57. > :26:03.countryside, and in some places fairly chilly. There could be a hint
:26:04. > :26:07.of grass frost around I first like tomorrow, but not lasting long,
:26:08. > :26:10.because we expect a lot of sunshine through the first part of the day. A
:26:11. > :26:13.little bit of cloud but then the trend as we head into the afternoon,
:26:14. > :26:21.cloud becoming moribund and from the North. Still fairly fragile and some
:26:22. > :26:24.pockets of brightness. All in all, it should end up a fairly bright day
:26:25. > :26:28.for all of us, and the best of that sunshine down towards the south-west
:26:29. > :26:33.by the tail end of the afternoon. Temperatures tomorrow, don't look
:26:34. > :26:39.that impressive. 11 or 13 or 14 Celsius. Adding on the Sun generally
:26:40. > :26:42.have got it it trivial decent. That should be the case for Thursday. On
:26:43. > :26:44.Thursday, tip the balance towards more in the way of cloud, but I
:26:45. > :26:48.expect that will reverse for the weekend.
:26:49. > :26:52.Thank you for that and that is just about it from us. We will be back
:26:53. > :26:55.with an update at 10pm. Thank you for watching.
:26:56. > :26:58.We'll leave you tonight with details of an exciting opportunity to be
:26:59. > :27:01.part of a special debate programme on the subject of the new mayor
:27:02. > :27:02.for the west of England, or metro mayor.
:27:03. > :27:05.Bristolians already have a Lord Mayor and an elected mayor.
:27:06. > :27:13.On May the 4th, voters here in Bath and North East Somerset,
:27:14. > :27:15.in South Gloucestershire and in Bristol go to the polls
:27:16. > :27:20.for a new role called the metro mayor.
:27:21. > :27:23.They'll have powers over housing and transport,
:27:24. > :27:29.as well as ?30 million a year to spend on infrastructure.
:27:30. > :27:32.If you'd like to attend the BBC debate on the 19th of April or put
:27:33. > :27:40.a question to the candidates, then let us know at:
:27:41. > :28:00.That's "A Mayor For The West: A BBC West Debate", coming soon.
:28:01. > :28:07.HORN BEEPS That car.
:28:08. > :28:10.John, John, you've got mud all over your pants. Come here.
:28:11. > :28:14.I've got spit on them now, haven't I?