:00:05. > :00:09.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Polly Evans.
:00:09. > :00:15.And and Rob Smith. After the collapse of SeaFrance,
:00:15. > :00:19.rival companies promise 300 new jobs, but only for the French.
:00:19. > :00:23.is great news to have a new ferry operator on the Dover to Calais
:00:23. > :00:26.route, however what I would say is that I think it is crazy for it to
:00:26. > :00:30.be French flag and have French word goes.
:00:30. > :00:36.If �1 million of taxpayers' money to help 50 families on to that
:00:36. > :00:40.housing ladder, is Hastings' "Lend A Hand" scheme good value?
:00:40. > :00:45.Transforming a waste land back into Dreamland. Should the site's owners
:00:45. > :00:49.be forced to sell Upshall it can be changed into a heritage park?
:00:49. > :00:56.A cut above - the Kent fashion student who has won the chance to
:00:56. > :00:59.display her work at a prestigious Paris fashion show.
:00:59. > :01:09.And off the Michael Morpurgo talks War Horse, Spielberg and his
:01:09. > :01:16.
:01:16. > :01:20.Good evening. Just one day after the collapse of SeaFrance with the
:01:20. > :01:23.loss of more than 1000 jobs, to rival ferry companies have
:01:23. > :01:28.announced that they are going into partnership to create a new Dover
:01:28. > :01:33.to Calais service. DFDS and LD Lines want to run two ferries on
:01:33. > :01:36.the route and create 300 jobs. But there is concern in Dover where
:01:36. > :01:41.workers fear they have been stopped to guarantee jobs for French
:01:41. > :01:46.employees instead. Simon Jones is life in the time for us now. What
:01:46. > :01:51.does this mean for local staff who have lost their jobs? I think it
:01:51. > :01:57.means more uncertainty. On the one hand it is encouraging that a big
:01:57. > :02:01.player like DFDS and LD Lines wants to set up, but it says it was set
:02:01. > :02:11.up with French workers, and it is unclear what benefits there will be
:02:11. > :02:17.for Dover workers. Protests in France by former
:02:17. > :02:23.SeaFrance workers fearful for the future. And concern in Dover as
:02:23. > :02:28.well. It is very sad. We have all worked here for a very long time,
:02:29. > :02:33.and a lot of people, there are several people, the couple's
:02:33. > :02:40.working here as well, so it is not just one couple losing their salary,
:02:40. > :02:44.it is double the money. And a lot of people are very upset about it.
:02:44. > :02:50.DFDS have today said they are going to move into Dover to Calais. Does
:02:50. > :02:57.that give you any hope? Possibly. I have not heard that, so I cannot
:02:57. > :03:00.comment. But it could do, yes. But the joint venture between DFDS
:03:00. > :03:05.and LD Lines said today it is in a unique position to create a number
:03:05. > :03:11.of sustainable French jobs, with French flag ships, with French
:03:11. > :03:15.seafarers. It is great news to have a new ferry operator on the route,
:03:15. > :03:20.however I would say that I think it is crazy for it to be French flag
:03:20. > :03:25.and to have French workers. If they had UK workers, they would pay less
:03:25. > :03:29.tax and it would be really great for the economy of Dover. DFDS
:03:29. > :03:35.insist it is too early to say what workers it will need here. We do
:03:35. > :03:40.believe it will be an opportunity to produce 300 positions for French
:03:40. > :03:46.crew, but there will also be opportunities elsewhere. Those
:03:46. > :03:51.opportunities that we are looking at at the moment, we are planning.
:03:51. > :03:54.But even if the new venture takes off, hundreds of SeaFrance workers
:03:55. > :03:58.on both sides of the Channel still face a bleak future.
:03:59. > :04:03.The bigger advantage for this new venture, is that they do have
:04:03. > :04:06.experience, although they may well bid for the assets of SeaFrance.
:04:06. > :04:10.The disadvantage is strained relations with the French unions,
:04:10. > :04:15.and that is why I think there has been so much emphasis today on the
:04:15. > :04:19.benefits for the French. So, DFDS and LD Lines have declared
:04:19. > :04:23.their joint proposal, but there are potentially other cross-Channel
:04:23. > :04:28.operators who may want to try to replace SeaFrance. Eurotunnel
:04:28. > :04:31.wanted by the SeaFrance ferries and lease them to another company. P&O
:04:32. > :04:35.is yet to declare its plans, but has already warned that
:04:35. > :04:39.Eurotunnel's proposals could give them to bigger share of the market
:04:39. > :04:43.and breach European competition laws. And managers at the port of
:04:43. > :04:46.Dover say that the cross-Channel market remains very robust.
:04:46. > :04:52.Industry experts say any new operators will be entering a tough
:04:52. > :04:55.market. The biggest issue is, is there enough big -- business going
:04:55. > :05:00.through Dover to make it viable to have an alternative route
:05:01. > :05:03.operating? The competition is good, it is good for pricing, but what do
:05:04. > :05:11.you do not want his businesses which actually are not making money
:05:11. > :05:14.and do not have a longer time my. Hugh Schofield joins us from Paris.
:05:14. > :05:18.SeaFrance union leaders have been meeting Government officials in
:05:18. > :05:24.France, have they been given hope that more jobs might be saved?
:05:24. > :05:28.promises, but some hope. The minister was up there hearing what
:05:28. > :05:34.you have been hearing, with the various plans around the table.
:05:34. > :05:38.Eurotunnel, possibly a hook up with a co-operative buyout. And of
:05:38. > :05:45.course the DFDS approach as well. The hope for the French side is
:05:45. > :05:51.that there will be jobs among the 300, and also SNCF, the former
:05:51. > :05:55.owner, but but they might supply 500 jobs.
:05:55. > :05:59.Do French President Nicolas Sarkozy faces re-election in April. He is
:05:59. > :06:04.keen for jobs to be fine for former SeaFrance workers. Whether they
:06:04. > :06:06.will also be created on this side of the channel is for from certain.
:06:06. > :06:09.But Dover District Council has promised tonight to support local
:06:09. > :06:14.workers and their families as much as possible.
:06:14. > :06:24.On the programme in a moment. High hopes for the 10-year-old from
:06:24. > :06:25.
:06:25. > :06:28.Kent with a starring role in the BBC's latest Dickens extravaganza.
:06:28. > :06:32.Sussex council is stepping in to help families who are struggling to
:06:32. > :06:37.afford a home get their foot on the housing ladder. Hastings Borough
:06:37. > :06:43.Council has agreed to underwrite mortgages for up to 50 first-time
:06:43. > :06:46.buyers who wanted to put down a 5% deposit on a house costing up to
:06:46. > :06:50.�150,000. It is borrowing �1 million to finance the scheme,
:06:51. > :06:55.which is in partnership with Lloyds TSB. Louise Stewart joins us live
:06:56. > :07:02.from Hastings. This is something of a first.
:07:03. > :07:06.Yes, it is a first for the whole of the South East. It has happened
:07:06. > :07:10.elsewhere, councils in the north- west, and it has been seen as
:07:10. > :07:14.successful. The whole idea is to help first-time buyers get on the
:07:14. > :07:18.property ladder. Rachel and her partner James only
:07:18. > :07:21.heard about the "Lend A Hand" scheme this morning, but wasted no
:07:21. > :07:24.time in heading straight to meet their bank manager. They had been
:07:24. > :07:28.rented for three years and say this is the only way to get on the
:07:28. > :07:31.property ladder. We have struggled with getting the
:07:31. > :07:37.deposit, because we have not been able to save as much as we would
:07:37. > :07:42.like to. So that was our stumbling point. So the 5% deposit was the
:07:42. > :07:46.best thing about the scheme. It is ridiculous, the amount of money you
:07:46. > :07:51.have to pay, and the average age of somebody who can afford to get on
:07:51. > :07:54.the housing market. So I think it is good that there are schemes like
:07:54. > :07:58.this. Hastings is the first council in
:07:58. > :08:01.the South East to adopt the scheme, but it has already benefited first-
:08:01. > :08:06.time buyers elsewhere, not just with deposits but also more
:08:06. > :08:10.favourable interest rates. We are boring, for this scheme,
:08:10. > :08:15.mending it then to Lloyd's, and then making money out of that
:08:15. > :08:20.arrangement, to act as a cushion in the scheme. It does not affect the
:08:20. > :08:24.council's budget, but I think it is a good way to use our ability to
:08:24. > :08:28.borrow, because first-time buyers can have a home who may have had
:08:28. > :08:31.difficulty raising the deposit. We are saying they are in
:08:31. > :08:35.accommodation of Ready, so it frees up that accommodation for some
:08:35. > :08:38.there be else. But critics say it is not the role
:08:38. > :08:42.of the local authority to guarantee boring for individuals. There are
:08:42. > :08:48.risks with this. If someone defaults on their mortgage
:08:48. > :08:52.repayment, they are exposed to that, and obviously the council taxpayers
:08:52. > :08:58.are exposed to that. Rachel and James Hopkin now will be
:08:58. > :09:01.able to buy their own property, but with funding limited to 50, many
:09:01. > :09:05.will be disappointed. This will help only a limited
:09:05. > :09:10.number of people, and some critics say it is not the best use perhaps
:09:10. > :09:15.of local authority money, but the Government have welcomed it, and
:09:15. > :09:22.say they want to roll out a scheme of their own later in the year.
:09:22. > :09:29.A former UK Border Agency officer has been jailed for 2.5 years for
:09:29. > :09:31.downloading more than 260 pictures of Indies -- he pleaded guilty to
:09:32. > :09:35.possessing indecent images of children which shed over the
:09:35. > :09:38.internet. Three men have been charged with
:09:38. > :09:43.conspiring to steal more than �2 million from the University of
:09:43. > :09:47.Sussex. It is alleged that money paid by the universe to's building
:09:47. > :09:53.work on new student Ackerman -- accommodation was on for lawfully
:09:53. > :10:00.diverted to another account. And' an Kemsing has been fined
:10:00. > :10:06.almost �2,000 after admitting it after admitting spreading tax
:10:06. > :10:09.outside police stations. But he said it was in revenge for a fine
:10:09. > :10:13.for disorderly behaviour of. Campaigners fighting to restore the
:10:13. > :10:16.historic Dreamland theme park in Margate to its former glory are
:10:16. > :10:19.backing plans for compulsory purchase of the site. A public
:10:19. > :10:24.inquiry opened today to decide whether Thanet District Council
:10:24. > :10:29.could force the owners to sell up. In its heyday in the 60s, Dreamland
:10:29. > :10:34.attracted hundreds of tourists. But it has fallen into disrepair since
:10:34. > :10:38.closing in 2006, and a major fire all but destroyed the roller
:10:38. > :10:44.coaster. Peter Whittlesea is live in my bit.
:10:44. > :10:49.The council has ambitious plans. They certainly have. You would
:10:49. > :10:51.imagine a planning inquiry would be a dry affair. But from the moment
:10:51. > :10:56.there started there was claim and counter-claim. Owners do not want
:10:56. > :11:04.to lose the sight, but the council know there is something possible
:11:04. > :11:10.about the nostalgia of Dreamland. It is synonymous with Margate.
:11:10. > :11:14.It was a magnet for tourism. That is how the council's leading - Mac
:11:14. > :11:18.legal team described Dreamland in its heyday. They claim a heritage
:11:18. > :11:22.theme park will not just hark back to the good old days, but help
:11:22. > :11:26.revive the local economy. They say it can only happen if the site is
:11:26. > :11:32.compulsorily purchased. We have worked hard in trying to
:11:32. > :11:36.resolve the matter of the future of Dreamland with the landowners. Over
:11:36. > :11:41.the last few years. But unfortunately we have not been able
:11:41. > :11:45.to come to a resolution on that that satisfy his the council in
:11:45. > :11:51.respect of insuring the breach generation of Dreamland as a
:11:51. > :11:56.tourist attraction for Margate. first roller-coaster opened in 1921.
:11:56. > :12:01.And the party enjoyed a golden age in 1960s. But Dreamland has been
:12:01. > :12:07.effectively closed since 2006, used only by occasional travelling fairs.
:12:07. > :12:12.For those who worked on the theme park's famous Grade 2 listed
:12:12. > :12:17.roller-coaster, they say it has to be saved. It is one of two rides
:12:17. > :12:26.which have listed status. There is so much bald wide interest for this
:12:26. > :12:30.ride, and for the park to be open. The landowners say a compulsory
:12:30. > :12:35.purchase order can only be served if there is a compelling case in
:12:35. > :12:38.the public interest. Their legal team claims the plans for a
:12:39. > :12:42.heritage theme-park a half-cocked, and the council do not have enough
:12:42. > :12:46.money to deliver the proposals. But those who have spent years fund-
:12:46. > :12:52.raising say that is not true. have actually got a prudent
:12:52. > :12:58.business plan. If anything, it is pessimistic. We believe in the
:12:58. > :13:04.project, and so do Thanet District Council, so does the Government's
:13:04. > :13:07.Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Heritage Lottery Fund.
:13:07. > :13:12.But for anyone who spent their fun- filled you can hear, this is more
:13:12. > :13:22.than just a public inquiry. It is about emotions and the future of
:13:22. > :13:27.
:13:27. > :13:31.the place which to them it will That is why it it has been good --
:13:31. > :13:35.described as a sad picture of neglect. The landowners say they
:13:35. > :13:39.have ambitious plans for a better than what the council has proposed.
:13:39. > :13:44.The planning inquiry is due to last another seven days and today the
:13:44. > :13:47.planning inspector had a site visit. A Sussex University medical student
:13:47. > :13:51.accused along with two friends of murdering a television executive
:13:51. > :13:55.has told a jury in the Old Bailey that she panicked after seeing them
:13:55. > :14:00.attack him in their room. 20 year- old Mundil Mahill who comes from
:14:00. > :14:07.Chatham says she could see Gagandeep Singh was being heard,
:14:07. > :14:12.after luring him to her home, but had no idea he would it end up dead.
:14:12. > :14:19.Mundil Mahill today describe the sequence of events leading up to
:14:19. > :14:29.get in the's -- Gagandeep Singh's death, at first it was a text
:14:29. > :14:32.
:14:32. > :14:35.It was put to Mundil Mahill, the prosecution claimed that this
:14:35. > :14:42.showed the two review had decided to kill Gagandeep Singh. That
:14:42. > :14:46.sounds ridiculous, she replied. Is it true, she was asked. No, she
:14:46. > :14:51.said. But she had persuaded Gagandeep Singh to meet her at her
:14:51. > :15:01.house in Brighton. Waiting there were her two friends. Her defence
:15:01. > :15:16.
:15:16. > :15:20.Sunny, the court court was told, was a devout Sikh that Gagandeep
:15:20. > :15:24.Singh looked at two, and someone who would lecture him on the Sikh
:15:24. > :15:28.religion and his behaviour with young women. Sometimes crying,
:15:28. > :15:32.sometimes stumbling, Mundil Mahill today described the moment
:15:32. > :15:37.Gagandeep Singh was set upon. She says she took him to her room to
:15:37. > :15:42.have a private road with him when Darren Peters pounced on him,
:15:42. > :15:47.punching him. She said she left the room in a panic, not knowing what
:15:47. > :15:51.to do. With the sound of dull thuds coming from behind her. Gagandeep
:15:51. > :15:56.Singh's body was discovered hours later in the boot of a burnt-out
:15:56. > :16:03.Mercedes in a secluded South London -- London lane. The three
:16:03. > :16:08.defendants deny murder. The trial continues.
:16:08. > :16:13.It is at 6:45pm. Two rival ferry companies say they
:16:13. > :16:18.want to join forces to takeover the collapsed sea France Dover to
:16:18. > :16:23.Calais service. They say they would take on 300 of the 1000 workers who
:16:23. > :16:29.have lost their jobs, but have only promised to take on French staff.
:16:29. > :16:35.Politicians say that plan is crazy. Also tonight. I promise you I will
:16:35. > :16:40.look after him if I can, I will look -- return to him. A War Horse
:16:40. > :16:44.of a movie, we speak to all the Michael Morpurgo about seeing his
:16:44. > :16:50.book on the big screen and his childhood in Kent -- author Michael
:16:50. > :16:57.Morpurgo. Until recently, #ColourWhite --
:16:57. > :17:01.Lyudmila Lane was a full-time mum whose remarkable design talents was
:17:01. > :17:06.only appreciated by her friends and family. But four years after
:17:06. > :17:11.starting a degree course at university, she has won an
:17:11. > :17:21.international competition which will show cuts her work in Paris. -
:17:21. > :17:21.
:17:21. > :17:25.- showcase her work. Pretty, pleated, and prize-winning.
:17:25. > :17:29.Lyudmila Lane's designs may not have been created if it was not for
:17:29. > :17:34.her daughter suggested she should go to university. All of these
:17:34. > :17:38.years, it just changed everything in my life completely. It
:17:38. > :17:43.completely changed everything. it could change even more. Having
:17:43. > :17:47.beaten more than 50 international colleges, she has won the who is
:17:47. > :17:53.next fashion competition, given her the chance to showcase her designs
:17:53. > :17:58.in Paris. It is a great chance to meet professional business people,
:17:58. > :18:03.client buyers, make some new project, new connections. It is
:18:03. > :18:07.amazing, a chance for me. graduate of the University for
:18:07. > :18:12.creative arts in Rochester, could Lyudmila Lane had the success of
:18:12. > :18:17.Zandra Rhodes of Karen Millen, Ford and -- former student of the same
:18:17. > :18:20.university? It is an amazing opportunity, she will be able to
:18:20. > :18:26.launch her own career from his opportunity in Paris. It is
:18:26. > :18:32.fantastic. I think what would make me happy would be to see my dresses
:18:32. > :18:37.worn by a people on the street. Women, I think that would be, that
:18:37. > :18:47.would make my life complete. goes to Paris at the end of the
:18:47. > :18:54.
:18:54. > :18:58.month. She had to turn hap dream It is the emotionally-charged story
:18:58. > :19:02.of a horse swept up into the horror and carnage of the First World War,
:19:02. > :19:07.that has already been turned into an award-winning stage play and it
:19:07. > :19:12.is about to hit the cinema screens in a film directed by Hollywood
:19:12. > :19:16.great steel when Spielberg. There are some strong connections to the
:19:16. > :19:20.south-east. The movie version stars Robert Emms from Horley in Surrey,
:19:20. > :19:26.and the original model was written by Michael Morpurgo who was head
:19:26. > :19:31.boy when he was at King's School in Canterbury. What is it? It is a
:19:31. > :19:35.horse they found wandering about in no-man's land. It is an epic tale
:19:35. > :19:39.of loyalty and hope. A horse gets separated from his own and ends up
:19:39. > :19:44.in the trenches during World War One. The man behind the book,
:19:44. > :19:48.Michael Morpurgo, who was awarded the Children's Laureate in 2003,
:19:48. > :19:51.began much of his writing while living in Kent. To start with, it
:19:51. > :19:56.did not do very well, it never start -- sold more than a couple of
:19:56. > :20:00.1000 copies per year. As a children's book, it did not win a
:20:00. > :20:04.prize and it got mixed reviews. Then the National Theatre came
:20:04. > :20:10.along and decided, we want to make a play of this with these amazing
:20:10. > :20:18.puppets. And they transformed this little children's book into this
:20:18. > :20:23.book for every one. We are at war! I promise you a look out for him.
:20:23. > :20:27.If I can return -- if I can, I will return him to your care. Steven
:20:27. > :20:33.Spielberg sees the stage adaptation and it inspired him to make the
:20:33. > :20:37.film? Within a week, he was over, he saw it three times, he met the
:20:37. > :20:41.cast, went to the Imperial War Museum, and he lost himself in it
:20:41. > :20:46.totally. It was like talking to a kid who had discovered a crock of
:20:46. > :20:50.gold. He loved the story. He is one of the great cinematic storytellers
:20:50. > :20:53.of our generation, and he wanted to make a film of this book, this play,
:20:53. > :20:57.using the best from the play and the best from the book and bringing
:20:57. > :21:01.with it new ideas of his own. Michael's formative years were
:21:01. > :21:05.spent at boarding school in Canterbury. It was a very beautiful
:21:05. > :21:13.place in Canterbury, and if that Cathedral, King's School, week wore
:21:13. > :21:17.a very funny uniform with funnies - - funny hat. I was not a very good
:21:17. > :21:22.school boy, I did not do my lessons very well and I did not do well in
:21:22. > :21:25.my exams. I am the only boy that drives in the village. 25 year-old
:21:25. > :21:29.Robert Emms from Hawley was in the stage production when Spielberg saw
:21:29. > :21:34.the show in London. He did not realise he was effectively
:21:34. > :21:41.auditioning for a part in Spielberg's murder -- movie. I met
:21:41. > :21:44.him and the producer for a chat, just really to chat about the play.
:21:45. > :21:51.It was him saying how much he enjoyed it and been very
:21:51. > :21:55.complimentary, which was a great moment. While Michael helps the
:21:55. > :22:00.dash hopes the movie will be a huge success, if it encourages
:22:00. > :22:04.youngsters to pick up a book and discover reading, it will be a job
:22:05. > :22:10.well done. Kent County Council have launched
:22:10. > :22:14.their Year of Sport campaign today with a British record. Many of the
:22:14. > :22:18.county's best young sports men and women were at County Hall to
:22:18. > :22:22.witness the record for BMX static jumping. A height of more than 48
:22:22. > :22:26.inches. The organisers want to encourage everyone to make the most
:22:26. > :22:29.of the sporting opportunities available this year. A sustained
:22:29. > :22:35.legacy is what we are after 4th a we will have a party this year what
:22:35. > :22:40.happens, but I want to see the year after that, that there is interest
:22:40. > :22:42.and excitement in sport and physical activity and it is
:22:42. > :22:46.sustained. It is Charles Dickens' final novel,
:22:46. > :22:50.set in a fictionalised Rochester Cathedral, but the great author
:22:50. > :22:56.died before he could complete The Mystery of Edwin Drood. That has
:22:56. > :22:59.not stopped the BBC from adapting the -- dark tale of drug addiction
:22:59. > :23:03.and obsessive love, and 10 year-old Alfie Davis from Herne Bay is one
:23:03. > :23:08.of the start of the adaptation which starts today on BBC 2.
:23:08. > :23:14.It is a dark and disturbing tale, a murder mystery, set in a scene
:23:14. > :23:20.inspired by it begins' home turf of Rochester, who is youngest League
:23:20. > :23:30.is a Kent boy. -- inspired by Charles Dickens' home turf of
:23:30. > :23:33.
:23:33. > :23:37.Rochester. Do that again and I will The story does have lighter moments.
:23:37. > :23:42.Classic Charles Dickens so he style humour, and Alfie Davis injects a
:23:42. > :23:47.cheekiness that the director of this adaptation described as
:23:47. > :23:52.proving he was born for the role. What have we got today? Who is this
:23:52. > :24:00.when he is at home? I was trying to be a bit like a geyser at his -- in
:24:00. > :24:04.it. He had his own picture of the character in mind, but when the
:24:04. > :24:08.directors or mind, he said it was OK. I saw him in one of his end of
:24:08. > :24:14.term productions. I had not worked with him yet and I could not
:24:14. > :24:21.believe what I was seeing. He was so brave, and so big. And so
:24:21. > :24:27.characterful. He was so polished as well. Alfie auditioned for the pot
:24:27. > :24:32.by mobile phone from his holiday in Spain. It won him the role as
:24:32. > :24:37.Ragamuffin deputy. He is some gentlemen that once the chill of
:24:37. > :24:41.your domain. After reading the script, Alfie's mind is made up
:24:41. > :24:46.over the quality of this story. should have been his best novel, it
:24:46. > :24:48.was very good. I reckon if he had actually finished that book, I
:24:49. > :24:53.think that would have been one of his best novels and been really
:24:53. > :24:58.famous. So tonight sees the completion of Charles Dickens'
:24:58. > :25:03.novel and a performance from a 10 year-old Viv great ambitions in
:25:03. > :25:12.acting and playwriting. Brimming racket, hoping -- enough to put an
:25:12. > :25:22.honest man of his large! -- of his lunch!
:25:22. > :25:24.
:25:24. > :25:32.He is a cute little urchin! If that The Mystery of Edwin Drood is on
:25:32. > :25:38.It was cloudy this afternoon, it stays that way through tonight and
:25:38. > :25:42.tomorrow, surprise surprise, very similar indeed. Cloudy start, mild
:25:42. > :25:46.in the afternoon. Temperatures very mild for the time of year. We are
:25:46. > :25:52.several degrees above average, in double figures. That is set to
:25:52. > :26:00.change on Thursday. By Friday, for the first time for a while, below
:26:00. > :26:07.average temperatures. High pressure was control today, we had light
:26:07. > :26:10.south-westerly breeze is. Milder air, temperatures in double figures.
:26:10. > :26:14.Some brighter breaks throughout the afternoon. A bit more cloud as we
:26:14. > :26:18.go through tonight, we could see some light and patchy rain and
:26:18. > :26:21.drizzle over higher ground. Temperatures only dropping to lows
:26:21. > :26:25.of seven or eight degrees. Normally those are the type of temperatures
:26:25. > :26:31.we would see in the daytime. The average overnight is around two
:26:31. > :26:35.degrees. A cloudy and mild start tomorrow, very difficult changes. A
:26:35. > :26:39.bit more brightness into the afternoon, chasing the cloud cover.
:26:39. > :26:43.The chance of some mist and fog patches first thing, but they will
:26:43. > :26:53.clear quickly. The winds from a westerly direction, light for
:26:53. > :26:57.assault. -- us all. Tomorrow night, a good deal of cloud cover.
:26:57. > :27:01.Temperatures not getting much below five or six degrees. The chance of
:27:01. > :27:06.some light and patchy rain by the cloud cover get particularly thick.
:27:06. > :27:11.There will be a bit of a change on Thursday, of weather front is
:27:11. > :27:14.sinking south-east would bringing more cloud. It stays mild,
:27:14. > :27:20.temperatures of 10 degrees. The chance of some light rain first
:27:20. > :27:27.thing. Once the rain does, temperatures will drop to freezing.