:00:09. > :00:09.Good evening. for the news where you are.
:00:10. > :00:12.Final preparations are taking place at Bristol Cathedral ahead of a very
:00:13. > :00:17.The Cathedral will be the venue for the BBC's annual
:00:18. > :00:22.Millions of people are expected to tune in.
:00:23. > :00:25.A lucky few people have managed to get their hands on the free
:00:26. > :00:28.tickets for the service, which will be on BBC One
:00:29. > :00:36.We're really thrilled to have been asked to do this.
:00:37. > :00:38.It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and it's a wonderful
:00:39. > :00:41.opportunity to showcase Bristol Cathedral to
:00:42. > :00:50.A Bristol artist who paints using her mouth is part
:00:51. > :00:53.of a campaign calling on people not to forget the tradition
:00:54. > :00:56.Venessa Haaroff say the advent of modern technology is threatening
:00:57. > :01:10.For the artists designing them, even longer to paint.
:01:11. > :01:13.When I was 19, I had a spinal-cord injury, quite high level,
:01:14. > :01:17.which left me without the use of my arms and legs,
:01:18. > :01:23.so one of the creative avenues that were available to me was painting,
:01:24. > :01:27.so I got into it that way in my rehabilitation centre
:01:28. > :01:32.and I was hanging around able-bodied artists and mouth painting
:01:33. > :01:36.artists and just realised, didn't really matter about the lack
:01:37. > :01:40.of movement, it was just how you got the paint to the paper.
:01:41. > :01:42.Now, Vanessa is a student artist, with an association called the Mouth
:01:43. > :01:48.For their members, making Christmas cards is one
:01:49. > :01:53.And that's why she features in a new video, calling
:01:54. > :01:57.on the public to remember the joy of sending and receiving one.
:01:58. > :02:03.One single card says more than 100 megabytes.
:02:04. > :02:05.We are really worried about the sale of Christmas cards.
:02:06. > :02:08.It helps the development of our art and for some members
:02:09. > :02:14.And for Vanessa, it's also a passion.
:02:15. > :02:23.Rugby and Bath have been taking on title rivals,
:02:24. > :02:27.Despite tries by Dave Attwood and this one by Ross Batty,
:02:28. > :02:30.third-placed Bath weren't able to get past Wasps.
:02:31. > :02:36.Visiting Bath lost the game 40 points to 26.
:02:37. > :02:39.Residents in a Cheltenham street have been counting down to Christmas
:02:40. > :02:41.by using their homes as an advent calendar.
:02:42. > :02:44.Each night special window displays have been unveiled
:02:45. > :02:51.Here's our Gloucestershire reporter, Steve Knibbs.
:02:52. > :02:54.It was a simple idea that's captured the imagination here.
:02:55. > :02:57.Familes up and down the street revealing a different
:02:58. > :03:02.It's meant a lot of mulled wine, a lot of mulled cider,
:03:03. > :03:06.What started off as something quite small suddenly grew so people
:03:07. > :03:09.were socialising and we had big reveals where bin bags over
:03:10. > :03:16.Just generally getting together and, yeah, having a good time.
:03:17. > :03:19.There are four calling birds, at number four, of course,
:03:20. > :03:23.Christmas kisses nearby and a winter wonderland for the tenth day.
:03:24. > :03:26.I'm not sure I can say there's much inspiration apart from winter
:03:27. > :03:29.time and having fun, but it's been a great time and we've
:03:30. > :03:32.Our street's got a really strong feeling of community.
:03:33. > :03:36.It's just a great way to bring us all together
:03:37. > :03:44.-- There was some confusion for the postman as the house numbers
:03:45. > :03:47.got changed for the different days of advent but, with 23 houses down,
:03:48. > :03:51.And the last reveal was, of course, at the pub.
:03:52. > :04:01.So at a time when people often rue the loss of community,
:04:02. > :04:04.this simple idea of some Christmas creativity has brought
:04:05. > :04:11.Steve Knibbs, BBC Points West, Cheltenham.
:04:12. > :04:16.Let's get the weather now and Holly Green has our forecast.
:04:17. > :04:20.It's a mild Christmas Day but it's also a windy one and those winds
:04:21. > :04:24.They're drawing in more low clouds, some patchy rain and drizzle,
:04:25. > :04:26.some hill fog perhaps but also that mild air.
:04:27. > :04:30.So we're looking at lows of 7 or 8 Celsius and it's a mild but a murky
:04:31. > :04:34.Now, we tend to see a lot of cloud through the day tomorrow.
:04:35. > :04:37.You might see a few bright spells but they'll be
:04:38. > :04:40.Patchy rain and drizzle at times through the day.
:04:41. > :04:45.Despite that strong, blustery wind, it's looking
:04:46. > :04:47.like being one of the mildest Christmas Days on record.
:04:48. > :04:51.We see brighter skies emerging on Boxing Day but it
:04:52. > :04:59.There's more news on the BBC website and your local BBC Radio stations.
:05:00. > :05:02.But, for now, from all of here at Points West,
:05:03. > :05:20.Hello. Nice and toasty both inside and out. It even struggling to snow
:05:21. > :05:25.across the Scottish hills, it's so mild outside, whether you like it or
:05:26. > :05:30.not. It's all thanks to this storm, big windstorm in the North Atlantic.
:05:31. > :05:36.It is drawing up warm air from the southern climes. You can see the
:05:37. > :05:37.Azores, warm air moving in our direction. It's here to