:00:08. > :00:16.Welcome to South East Today. I'm Bryony MacKenzie.
:00:16. > :00:21.I'm John Young. Five children in one street, five rare birth defects.
:00:21. > :00:24.An MP demands an investigation. Too low by half - why Bewl Water
:00:24. > :00:30.may need to be topped up from the river after one of the driest
:00:30. > :00:34.winters on record. To permit will enable us to drop
:00:34. > :00:39.the level to end at -- enable us to take excess water.
:00:39. > :00:43.For the little boy who struggles to walk, but not enough for the
:00:43. > :00:51.officials, who have removed his benefits.
:00:51. > :00:56.The Sussex swimming club celebrating its 100 anniversary.
:00:56. > :01:06.And the amateur angler who managed to land the biggest cod ever caught
:01:06. > :01:20.
:01:20. > :01:23.by road in the English Channel. -- An MP from Kent is calling for an
:01:23. > :01:25.investigation tonight, after it emerged five babies in the same
:01:25. > :01:27.street had suffered the same rare birth defect.
:01:27. > :01:30.The Gravesham MP, Adam Holloway, made his request to the Department
:01:30. > :01:32.of Health after hearing the children had gastroschisis. It
:01:32. > :01:35.means part of the bowel protrudes through the stomach wall. Simon
:01:35. > :01:38.Jones has been to meet the affected families, who also want answers.
:01:38. > :01:40.These mothers thought the birth defect affecting their children was
:01:40. > :01:44.something they were going through a loan, until they began talking to
:01:44. > :01:49.each other. I had convinced myself it was
:01:49. > :01:57.hereditary because it was only my little boy and my sister. When my
:01:57. > :02:03.mate Chantelle ran me, I was shocked. I knew that Sonia had had
:02:03. > :02:07.the baby would it, but you never know. I don't think it is a
:02:07. > :02:12.coincidence any more. This baby was the first case 10
:02:12. > :02:17.years ago. Now the defect has been identified with this baby, about to
:02:17. > :02:21.be born. It is devastating, because if it is
:02:21. > :02:25.something that could be stopped, they will stop at.
:02:25. > :02:30.At gastroschisis is a small opening in the front of the stomach, to the
:02:30. > :02:40.right of the umbilical cord. the defect allows Loubser of bowel
:02:40. > :02:45.to protrude through the opening. It affects around one in 4,000 babies.
:02:45. > :02:49.We let the bowel settle and regain its function, which can take many
:02:49. > :02:55.weeks. Sometimes there was damage to the bowel from that process of
:02:55. > :02:59.the bowel coming out of the added on -- the abdomen.
:02:59. > :03:02.The mothers want an investigation to see if there is a link to the
:03:02. > :03:06.street they share and to see what the future holds.
:03:06. > :03:10.In it is worrying. You think, is it something that could have been
:03:11. > :03:16.prevented? We don't even know if these children are going to have
:03:16. > :03:21.further problems later on in life, we don't know if she is going to be
:03:21. > :03:25.able to have children herself. It could affect her for the rest of
:03:25. > :03:31.her life. A Water Bay and the local MP now
:03:31. > :03:36.want is some clarity. -- what they and the local MP.
:03:36. > :03:41.Is it any clearer whether these cases could be linked? The simple
:03:41. > :03:46.answer at the moment is no. Expert opinion suggests this can be linked
:03:46. > :03:50.to underweight babies, which can be linked to lifestyle choices of the
:03:50. > :03:54.bait -- the parents. I asked if the parents whether they thought
:03:54. > :03:59.smoking could be an issue and they said no, because some smoke and
:03:59. > :04:04.some do not, but the local MP has asked the Department of Health to
:04:04. > :04:12.investigate, but experts say it is far too early to for -- to draw any
:04:12. > :04:15.firm conclusions before an investigation takes place.
:04:15. > :04:18.We have just had the driest 10 months since 1888, according to one
:04:18. > :04:20.of our major water companies, which is to take emergency action to
:04:20. > :04:22.prevent water restrictions in the summer.
:04:23. > :04:25.Southern Water says Bewl Reservoir, on the Kent/Sussex border, is only
:04:25. > :04:28.41% full. The long-term average is almost 90% full. As Peter
:04:28. > :04:31.Whittlesea reports, the company has applied for a drought permit which
:04:31. > :04:37.would allow it to fill up the reservoir by taking more water from
:04:38. > :04:41.the River Medway. At its lowest level ever - that is
:04:41. > :04:48.what has prompted Southern Water to apply for a drought permit. The
:04:48. > :04:52.company wants to take Water to replenish Bewl Reservoir, which
:04:52. > :04:56.gives water to homes as far away as Hastings.
:04:56. > :05:01.Have the permit will enable us to drop the level in the River Medway
:05:01. > :05:08.to take excess water out. It is a long way removed from a drought
:05:08. > :05:11.order, which sees things like car washing prevented, so it is a long
:05:11. > :05:15.way from that but it is the first stage to make sure we have enough
:05:15. > :05:18.water for the summer. The residents can take as much
:05:18. > :05:24.water as they can carry. At the worst drought in living
:05:24. > :05:29.memory but, since 1976, a lot has been done to encourage people to
:05:29. > :05:34.use water wisely so a lot are aware of the impact of a dry winter.
:05:34. > :05:43.A bit shocked, but we have not had a lot of rain. Do you do anything
:05:43. > :05:47.to save water? Yes, I turn the tap off when I brush my teeth, shared
:05:47. > :05:51.baths with my son. My mother told me there would be a
:05:51. > :06:00.water shortage and it would be bad this summer but I am sure we are
:06:00. > :06:03.not going to dehydrate. Make more provision for other reservoirs,
:06:03. > :06:06.because motor of -- most of the infrastructure was done in
:06:06. > :06:10.Victorian times. If water companies claim they are
:06:10. > :06:17.playing their part by tackling leaks but the Environment Agency
:06:17. > :06:21.says the problem is low rainfall. Two consecutive dry winters are, so
:06:21. > :06:27.we have large parts of the south east of England in deficit. They
:06:27. > :06:32.have not had enough water to recharge for the summer. Farmers
:06:32. > :06:41.and the environment are feeling the effect already in February.
:06:41. > :06:46.At the All reservoir, every week without rain sees the water levels
:06:46. > :06:51.drop. -- Bewl Reservoir. Does Southern Water think this
:06:51. > :06:55.action will be enough? They think it is crucial to act quickly
:06:55. > :07:01.because Bewl Reservoir is only 41 % full and they also say that what is
:07:01. > :07:05.crucial is the amount of water we use. Fortunately, although the
:07:05. > :07:09.reservoir is alarmingly low, the majority of the water supply here
:07:09. > :07:14.in the South East comes from underground chalk aquifers, and
:07:14. > :07:22.they are at normal levels. Nobody is predicting a return to the
:07:22. > :07:27.drought conditions of 1976 yet. One month after he lost his job,
:07:27. > :07:37.one -- good news for 110 steelworker who has just got a job.
:07:37. > :07:37.
:07:37. > :07:40.How did you feel when you heard that? Ecstatic. Very happy. Keith
:07:40. > :07:43.a single mother from Kent whose son's disability means he struggles
:07:43. > :07:46.to walk has been told the family will lose their specially adapted
:07:46. > :07:49.car, because the little boy's needs no longer meet the criteria.
:07:49. > :07:51.Seven-year-old Cameron Gibson from Gillingham is severely autistic and
:07:51. > :07:55.has cerebral palsy, but the Department for Work and Pensions
:07:55. > :08:05.say he is no longer entitled to a higher rate of mobility allowance.
:08:05. > :08:05.
:08:05. > :08:08.Our reporter Alex Beard has been to meet the family.
:08:08. > :08:15.Calm down, we are going to get ready.
:08:15. > :08:21.The Cameron Gibson will never lead an independent life. At his mother
:08:21. > :08:26.says a relatively normal life is achievable thanks to a car catered
:08:26. > :08:31.to his disabilities. He screams and bites himself and
:08:31. > :08:36.people look and he gets very upset and annoyed.
:08:36. > :08:40.Cameron's cerebral palsy means that he has to wear splints on his legs.
:08:40. > :08:44.He has no language skills and often gets frustrated. The Department for
:08:44. > :08:47.Work and Pensions, who provide the funding for the car, believe he is
:08:47. > :08:50.no longer eligible for the high rate of mobility benefits and the
:08:50. > :08:54.car will be collected at the end of the month.
:08:54. > :09:01.It would mean that I would not be able to get Cameron to his four
:09:01. > :09:05.hours a week respite, we would not be able really to get out of the
:09:05. > :09:10.house to go anywhere. A family is eligible for a higher
:09:10. > :09:19.rate of mobility if the child can only walk short this be --
:09:19. > :09:25.distances without discomfort or has severe behavioural problems.
:09:25. > :09:30.We need assessments that gather all the in -- the information about an
:09:30. > :09:37.individual and what a set -- what impact an assessment has on he --
:09:37. > :09:47.on him or her. As Cameron's full-time carer says,
:09:47. > :09:48.
:09:48. > :09:51.she could not afford the car by any other means. -- full-time carer,
:09:51. > :09:55.Gemma. Any child wants to go out to the
:09:55. > :09:58.river and see the boats and the pirate ship. Why should he have to
:09:58. > :10:02.live differently from any other child?
:10:02. > :10:07.In two weeks' time the car will be collected, but Jana says she plans
:10:07. > :10:12.to appeal the decision. -- Gemma. What have the Department for Work
:10:12. > :10:15.and Pensions had to say about the case? They said in a statement that
:10:15. > :10:19.the disability living allowance is paid to people who are unable or
:10:19. > :10:24.virtually unable to walk or dress or clean themselves. They say that
:10:24. > :10:29.if a person's circumstances change they may not receive the benefit
:10:29. > :10:33.any more. In the case of the Gibsons, the benefit is the car.
:10:33. > :10:36.Gemma says that she will appeal the decision but she knows it will take
:10:36. > :10:44.too long to stop the car being removed at the end of the month,
:10:44. > :10:47.but she hopes to get it back in the future.
:10:47. > :10:50.A retired businessman from Kent who has failed in his appeals over
:10:50. > :10:53.extradition has now been told he will be sent to the United States
:10:53. > :10:55.on Friday next week. Christopher Tappin, who is accused of
:10:55. > :10:58.conspiring to sell components for Iranian missiles, has been asked to
:10:58. > :11:00.be at Heathrow Police Station on February 24th, when US marshals
:11:00. > :11:03.will escort him in custody to America.
:11:03. > :11:06.Police have identified a Lithuanian man who died after injuring himself
:11:06. > :11:12.with a broken bottle at Gatwick Airport railway station eight days
:11:12. > :11:15.Anikinas after he was seen inflicting serious neck injuries on
:11:15. > :11:20.himself. First aid was given by police officers, paramedics and
:11:20. > :11:22.airport staff but he later died. The trust that runs hospitals in
:11:22. > :11:27.Eastbourne and Hastings says they are confident they can improve
:11:27. > :11:29.standards, following a warning from the health watchdog. The Care
:11:29. > :11:32.Quality Commission found that East Sussex Health Care NHS Trust's
:11:32. > :11:34.monitoring standards were not robust and there was still an over-
:11:34. > :11:41.reliance on locum staff to cover middle grade doctors and
:11:41. > :11:43.consultants. It is almost a month now since the
:11:44. > :11:47.steel makers Thamesteel closed in Sheerness, with the loss of nearly
:11:47. > :11:50.400 jobs. Today the task force set up to help
:11:50. > :11:53.them find new jobs began the challenging task of sending letters
:11:53. > :12:01.to businesses asking if they could help, but, as Katherine Downes
:12:01. > :12:05.reports, one man has had good news already.
:12:05. > :12:10.Shocked and devastated. That is how Mark Conium felt when Thamesteel
:12:11. > :12:14.closed last month. But after three weeks of searching he is the first
:12:14. > :12:18.former apprentice to La -- land a new job.
:12:18. > :12:22.I knew the boss so I gave him a call and asked for a reference and
:12:22. > :12:31.he said, I will go one further and I will be able to use you for work.
:12:31. > :12:34.How did you feel? Ecstatic. I am saying that my business is
:12:34. > :12:38.growing to the point where I can take an apprentice to further
:12:38. > :12:42.development might -- develop my business. Companies in this day and
:12:42. > :12:47.age need to look at their business and how it will survive in the
:12:47. > :12:50.future. I think that apprentices are a good means of developing
:12:50. > :12:55.businesses. Following the closure of Thamesteel
:12:55. > :12:59.there are now 400 highly-skilled workers out of a job, along with
:12:59. > :13:04.seven fully trained at British -- apprentices and eight Filey -
:13:04. > :13:06.Raphael year apprentices. A push has started to get them back into
:13:06. > :13:11.work. Thamesteel went into administration
:13:11. > :13:15.last month and last week a task force went -- met for the first
:13:15. > :13:22.time and sent letters to Kent businesses asking if they have any
:13:22. > :13:27.vacancies for former employees. I am so chuffed because my inbox is
:13:27. > :13:32.starting to steam up with e-mails from businesses, saying, yes, we
:13:32. > :13:35.have some vacancies. We are not saying this is a silver bullet but
:13:35. > :13:39.it is just really heart-warming to see Kent businesses rising to the
:13:39. > :13:43.challenge. Pressure is also mounting on the
:13:43. > :13:47.government to process redundancy payments of former Thamesteel staff.
:13:47. > :13:57.They have not been paid in weeks but now there is hope that some at
:13:57. > :13:59.
:13:59. > :14:02.least will find a new job almost as It is 17 minutes to seven. Our top
:14:02. > :14:05.story tonight: An MP from Kent is calling for an
:14:05. > :14:08.investigation after it emerged that five babies in the same street had
:14:08. > :14:10.suffered the same rare birth defect. Adam Holloway, the MP for Gravesham,
:14:11. > :14:13.made his request to the Department of Health after hearing the
:14:13. > :14:18.children were born with a condition that left their bowel protruding
:14:18. > :14:21.through their stomach wall. Also in tonight's programme:
:14:22. > :14:24.Whether it is rain, sun all wind you are after, there is something
:14:24. > :14:34.for everyone. Find out your forecast later on.
:14:34. > :14:36.
:14:36. > :14:38.And colossal catch. We're speaking to the man who landed the biggest
:14:38. > :14:41.cod ever caught in the English Channel.
:14:41. > :14:51.If you have a story you think we should be covering on South East
:14:51. > :14:58.
:14:58. > :15:02.should be covering on South East A few years ago, the idea of an
:15:02. > :15:05.airport in the Thames Estuary seemed pie in the sky. And yet
:15:05. > :15:08.within a matter of weeks, the Government's expected to announce a
:15:08. > :15:14.formal consultation looking at not one, but three different sets of
:15:14. > :15:17.plans. The proposal for an airport on the Isle of Grain by the
:15:17. > :15:20.architect Sir Norman Foster, which was unveiled last year, will now be
:15:20. > :15:24.looked at alongside expansion ideas for existing airports - and an
:15:24. > :15:26.alternative in the estuary, dubbed Boris Island. For tonight's Special
:15:26. > :15:29.Report, our Environment Correspondent Yvette Austin looks
:15:29. > :15:37.at why some fear their village will disappear and the wildlife will
:15:37. > :15:43.vanish. At first sight, you might think it
:15:43. > :15:47.is a dull and muddy, unproductive expanse of waste land, but look
:15:47. > :15:52.closely and the north Kent marshes are rich in wildlife. The last
:15:52. > :15:56.remaining expanse of wilderness in the south-east, and it is under
:15:56. > :16:00.threat. An airport out in the Thames Estuary or an airport on the
:16:00. > :16:06.Isle of Grain. Conservationists argue either would destroy this
:16:06. > :16:11.haven. It has been designated for international importance, we have
:16:11. > :16:15.12 species of birds that the area is particularly noted for. One of
:16:15. > :16:21.them is a species that 70 years ago was extinct as a breeding bird.
:16:21. > :16:28.all, more than 50 different species of waterfowl, waders and goals can
:16:28. > :16:32.be found here, an estimated there - - 80,000 birds. Experts think that
:16:32. > :16:38.Sir Norman Foster's plans for Arron Large is the most serious scheme
:16:38. > :16:43.and would mean the birds being moved on -- before Grain. In 2009,
:16:43. > :16:48.a US Airways Airbus pitch into the Hudson River in New York after
:16:48. > :16:52.colliding with a flock of birds before take-off. All of the
:16:52. > :16:57.proposed runways stretch out to sea. We are in the Thames Estuary in
:16:57. > :17:01.shallow water, about five metres under here. But if Norman Foster's
:17:01. > :17:06.plan goes ahead, we wouldn't be floating on water, we would be on
:17:06. > :17:11.tarmac at the end of the four runways which would extend back on
:17:11. > :17:16.to Grain. And the habitat the wildlife that so enjoys would be re
:17:16. > :17:19.created elsewhere. We know it is an important place, just by looking at
:17:19. > :17:23.the variety of life, but to think we can recreate it somewhere else,
:17:23. > :17:28.I don't think it is possible and any suggestion that it is is
:17:28. > :17:32.irresponsible. Legislation requires had it had to be created because
:17:32. > :17:36.the plan would damage internationally protected areas. A
:17:36. > :17:41.number of nature reserves are also close by. Boris Johnson's idea is
:17:41. > :17:45.further out in the Thames Estuary, but Lord Foster's proposal would be
:17:45. > :17:49.built directly on the salt marsh and mud flats, with rail links
:17:49. > :17:54.coming through more of the countryside. So it is far more than
:17:54. > :17:59.just birdlife that could suffer. The underwater world is a fragile
:17:59. > :18:03.Eacott -- fragile ecosystem which intertwines with the marshes and
:18:03. > :18:07.its mammals, like the water vole and the water shrew. More salt
:18:07. > :18:10.marsh is being lost in this country than any other kind of habitat, so
:18:10. > :18:15.we are choosing to build a huge airport, destroying one of the last
:18:15. > :18:19.bits of world and as we have got, so it is wrong. We need to stop
:18:19. > :18:23.destroying our wilderness and develop areas that have already
:18:23. > :18:28.been developed. In addition to environmental costs, the economic
:18:28. > :18:32.one. Environmentally it would be devastating but also the economic
:18:32. > :18:38.costs would be enormous. A new airport, you are talking up to �80
:18:38. > :18:42.billion, and that will add another 60-�80 to every plane ticket, so it
:18:42. > :18:47.doesn't make any sense economic the and his devastating environmentally.
:18:47. > :18:51.It is early days in his battle to save at the north Kent marshes. --
:18:51. > :19:01.this latest battle. And on Thursday next week, we'll be
:19:01. > :19:01.
:19:01. > :19:04.looking at the arguments in favour There aren't many clubs that can
:19:04. > :19:10.say they've been around for 100 years and have members that range
:19:10. > :19:12.in age from six to 93. But there's one in East Grinstead that can make
:19:13. > :19:17.that claim this year. The town's swimming club was
:19:17. > :19:20.originally founded to make sure its youngsters could cope in the water.
:19:20. > :19:29.Today, as Ian Palmer's discovered, the pool is a bit warmer but the
:19:29. > :19:35.aim remains the same. Some of the original members of
:19:35. > :19:38.East Grinstead Swimming Club. This picture was taken in 1898, 40 years
:19:38. > :19:48.before it officially started. The years may change, but each member
:19:48. > :19:53.
:19:53. > :19:59.100 years on, East Grinstead Swimming Club is still teaching the
:19:59. > :20:04.young and not-so-young all about water safety. This club has always
:20:04. > :20:09.taken people that can only just swim. So you haven't got to be
:20:10. > :20:14.magnificent swimmers to join in. It is a really friendly club and ride
:20:14. > :20:19.from the beginning, we used to teach all of the children in the
:20:19. > :20:23.town how to swim. It wasn't done in schools in those days. The at Ball
:20:23. > :20:28.Paul -- the outdoor pool eventually closed down. Some members can
:20:28. > :20:35.remember how it was an advantage against visiting clubs. They didn't
:20:35. > :20:41.heated until about 1970, so you were swimming in 50, 60 degrees,
:20:42. > :20:45.but you got used to it. I joined seven or eight years ago and it has
:20:45. > :20:49.become part of my life. I have grown up around it and I have made
:20:49. > :20:54.so many friends from it and I have also achieved quite a lot from my
:20:54. > :20:57.fitness level and by social level as well, with all of us, to be
:20:57. > :21:05.honest. Recently, somebody discovered the club's original
:21:05. > :21:09.notebook. It goes through to about 1924, missing out part of the World
:21:09. > :21:14.War years. The spite of its popularity, the club are still
:21:14. > :21:18.looking for new members -- in spite. To celebrate its centenary, as
:21:18. > :21:22.willing spectacle will be held in the 10 High Street. They say it
:21:22. > :21:25.will be taught about for the next 100 years -- a swimming spectacle
:21:25. > :21:30.will be held in the town high street.
:21:30. > :21:33.And if you are wondering what that amounts to, it is a sort of Jacuzzi
:21:33. > :21:35.thing in the High Street. Quite hard work, I would think. We look
:21:36. > :21:39.forward to it. Despite being injured, a small dog
:21:39. > :21:42.had a lucky escape this morning after it fell over a cliff in
:21:42. > :21:47.Ramsgate. The dog, called Molly, fell several feet down a sheer drop
:21:47. > :21:52.on the West Cliff. It was rescued by a passing police sergeant who'd
:21:53. > :21:57.seen its owner, a woman in her seventies, very upset.
:21:57. > :22:01.This morning, while I was policing the Animal protest at Ramsgate port,
:22:01. > :22:06.a lady informed me that her dog had fallen through the railings and
:22:06. > :22:09.down part of the cliff. I went and assisted with the recovery by
:22:09. > :22:13.jumping over the railings and sort of holding on with a tray and
:22:13. > :22:17.grabbing hold of the dog's collar and pulling it up -- a tree.
:22:17. > :22:20.It took 30 minutes to land but little did Chris Proctor know that
:22:20. > :22:23.he'd landed what's thought to be the biggest cod ever caught in the
:22:23. > :22:26.English Channel. And that's not all - keen anglers may wish to cover
:22:26. > :22:29.their ears at this point - it happened on his first ever sea
:22:29. > :22:32.fishing trip. The drama unfolded off Pevensey Bay last week and
:22:32. > :22:36.since then, Chris tells us he's had pan-fried cod, cod in batter, a
:22:36. > :22:41.fish stew and a fish pie. His catch weighed 43lb, 9oz -
:22:41. > :22:46.beating the previous record of 35lb, which was set in 2000. But the
:22:46. > :22:56.British record is 58lb, which was landed off North Yorkshire. Lucinda
:22:56. > :22:59.
:22:59. > :23:06.Adam's heard the story. You are not going to believe it.
:23:06. > :23:10.40lb. Yes! Celebrating their record-breaking catch. Chris
:23:10. > :23:15.Proctor and his friends can hardly believe their eyes. Not bad for
:23:15. > :23:19.their first trip catching cod. see this being the coming up from
:23:19. > :23:22.the abyss and that is that magic moment, when you see this huge
:23:22. > :23:26.creature surfacing. It is also that moment when you realise it is
:23:26. > :23:30.literally about to get in the boat. Until it is in the boat, you
:23:30. > :23:38.haven't caught it. That is the exciting part of it, the sense of
:23:38. > :23:44.not knowing. I was lucky enough to catch at 21lb and I was fighting
:23:44. > :23:49.that while Chris was with the biggest fish. The C minor against
:23:49. > :23:54.the 43 was an absolute joy. Already the envy of his fellow anglers, by
:23:54. > :23:59.the time he reached the shore for the official weigh-in, rumours were
:23:59. > :24:03.already causing a stir. He got the scales said, and you have two guys
:24:03. > :24:08.holding it either side. -- out. People were filming it and
:24:08. > :24:15.everything and it went to 43, nine, which is a dead weight, and when it
:24:15. > :24:18.was caught on the scales on the boat, it went to 46, 5. It is the
:24:18. > :24:23.biggest catch fishermen here have ever seen but it does come amid a
:24:23. > :24:29.spate of several catches that have been larger than average, with
:24:29. > :24:35.fishes topping-up 30lb. So much so, there is a wall of fame of colossal
:24:35. > :24:40.cods. And Chris's is right at the top.
:24:40. > :24:44.That is what camera funds are for, you never get bored of watching
:24:44. > :24:52.that footage -- phones. Is it weather for a fishing
:24:52. > :24:58.expedition? No, it is not really fishing
:24:58. > :25:00.weather, but we have a mixture, a dolly mixture for your delectation.
:25:00. > :25:03.Whatever whether you fancy, we have Whatever whether you fancy, we have
:25:03. > :25:07.a flavour of everything. Tomorrow is going to be fairly cloudy and a
:25:07. > :25:12.bit of a dull day, but on Saturday the wind is picking up, some wet
:25:12. > :25:15.weather coming down, we do need some rain, and on Sunday we get
:25:15. > :25:20.this sunshine back again, though it will start to feel a bit cooler for
:25:20. > :25:24.Sunday and into Monday before the mild air pushes back again. Quite a
:25:24. > :25:29.mixture for the next few days, but one thing is for sure, but tonight,
:25:29. > :25:34.tomorrow and into Saturday, it is very mild. Even with the chinks of
:25:34. > :25:39.clear sky, we are going to find the temperature very mild, six or seven
:25:39. > :25:42.degrees and not a hint of frost overnight. Tomorrow, not much
:25:43. > :25:48.chance of getting any kinks in the cloud at all, it is just going to
:25:48. > :25:53.be a very cloudy and bowled day, and once again, it will be thick
:25:53. > :25:58.enough to give some spots of drizzle -- bowl. It is not going to
:25:58. > :26:03.affect temperatures, still getting up to 10 or 11 degrees, so above
:26:03. > :26:07.average. As we go into tomorrow evening, we will start to detect a
:26:07. > :26:12.change. Firstly, the wind will be increasing the, that will be
:26:12. > :26:17.happening all through tomorrow night. Saturday start of mild,
:26:17. > :26:20.those winds will be quite strong, a few showers first thing and some
:26:20. > :26:24.sunshine in the middle of the day but later on this cold front comes
:26:24. > :26:30.down and that will bring not only some heavy bursts of rain at the
:26:30. > :26:34.end of the afternoon, but also the cold air into Saturday night. An
:26:34. > :26:38.icy start to Sunday but beautiful sunshine. But we will notice the
:26:38. > :26:42.drop in the temperature. We have got some cloudy conditions for the
:26:42. > :26:46.next couple of days, Saturday that rain, particularly at the end of
:26:46. > :26:51.the day and Sunday, it turns colder but with some beautiful sunshine
:26:51. > :26:55.for Sunday and Monday. The cold snap will last just 48 hours. By
:26:55. > :26:57.Tuesday, the milder air will win Tuesday, the milder air will win
:26:57. > :27:02.again. That is good, thank you. Let's have
:27:02. > :27:06.a quick recap of the headlines. David Cameron has said he would
:27:06. > :27:10.consider devolving more power to Scotland so long as there is a no
:27:10. > :27:14.vote in a future independence were from. He made the comments before
:27:14. > :27:17.talks with Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond.
:27:17. > :27:22.An MP from Kent is calling for an investigation after it emerged five
:27:22. > :27:28.babies in the same street had suffered the same rare birth defect.
:27:28. > :27:33.And Southern Water has applied for a drought permit because it is only
:27:33. > :27:36.41% fall in this reservoir. More water would be allowed from the