:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to South East Today. I'm That's all from the BBC News
:00:00. > :00:09.Welcome to South East Today. I'm Polly Evans. Tonight's top stories.
:00:10. > :00:14.Flood warnings are in place, with homes under threat again from severe
:00:15. > :00:19.weather. In Kent, the authorities are forced to pump raw sewage away
:00:20. > :00:30.from properties. In Sussex, another cliff fall caused by the he`vy rain
:00:31. > :00:33.closes the beach at Birling Gap We're live tonight at Bridgd in Kent
:00:34. > :00:37.and Hastings in East Sussex. Also tonight, botched plastic surgery
:00:38. > :00:40.abroad. A Sussex woman undergoing corrective treatment here w`rns of
:00:41. > :00:46.the dangers of cheap operathons overseas. A mother is forced to pick
:00:47. > :00:53.up her baby and flee after ` high`speed crash damages her home.
:00:54. > :00:56.And 50 years of The Who. Intimate photographs marking a milestone for
:00:57. > :01:06.the famous band are set to go on display in Hastings.
:01:07. > :01:12.Good evening. Homes are unddr threat of flooding again tonight, `fter yet
:01:13. > :01:15.another day of incessant rahn. Southern Water has been forced to
:01:16. > :01:18.pump sewage into rivers in Kent to prevent it flowing into houses and
:01:19. > :01:21.the Environment Agency is also pumping water way from homes and
:01:22. > :01:25.businesses. There are seven flood warnings in place in the Sotth East
:01:26. > :01:32.tonight, one in Forest Row, in Sussex, and six in Kent. Our
:01:33. > :01:35.Environment Correspondent Yvette Austin joins us live from one of the
:01:36. > :01:42.affected areas, Bridge, near Canterbury.
:01:43. > :01:51.What is the latest you can tell us from there? I am beside the River
:01:52. > :01:57.which flows down and it is hard to imagine that very often this River
:01:58. > :02:02.runs dry. It ran dry for a number of years until last year. It r`n down
:02:03. > :02:07.this very street last weekend and residents fear that this wedkend it
:02:08. > :02:14.will be much worse. Fighting a growing tide, so much water, the
:02:15. > :02:22.environment agency is fighthng to keep it contained. This is the flood
:02:23. > :02:27.relief channel. We split thd flow back Little born. Half of it goes
:02:28. > :02:33.round and half comes down this relief channel. We are having to all
:02:34. > :02:40.the pump because there is one and a half tonnes of water turning up
:02:41. > :02:43.every second. We are having to pump it over the road, into the channel
:02:44. > :02:50.the other side of the road, which then goes around the villagd. The
:02:51. > :02:54.agency says it to 50 homes have been saved from flooding by the dmergency
:02:55. > :02:58.measures. But the water table is now so high and the ground is so
:02:59. > :03:04.saturated that water is now overwhelming the sewers. Sotthern
:03:05. > :03:08.Water is having to pump out the sewers, back into the river. We are
:03:09. > :03:13.pumping out huge amounts of underground water. You can see it
:03:14. > :03:16.coming out of the ground. It is going into a screening systdm and
:03:17. > :03:22.then we can release it back into the environment. Is it being purified
:03:23. > :03:28.before it goes back into thd river? Yes, we are operating with
:03:29. > :03:34.environmental standards. We screen the water to get Gabriel out of it.
:03:35. > :03:41.In other areas, we can pump it into the treatment works. The authorities
:03:42. > :03:49.have never seen this bad before Many people around this are` have
:03:50. > :03:53.experienced flooding, not only over Christmas in recent weeks btt in
:03:54. > :03:58.2000, again, and they can fdel it coming. People have got thehr
:03:59. > :04:01.sandbags out. This house has sandbags. They are all the way down
:04:02. > :04:07.the street. There are more being delivered today. And overnight and
:04:08. > :04:11.tomorrow. People fear the r`in and the flood water is coming. There is
:04:12. > :04:15.little more they can do abott it now but once this is all over, puestions
:04:16. > :04:18.will be asked. Worrying timds. Tonight the Government says an extra
:04:19. > :04:21.?30 million will be made av`ilable for flood repairs and maintdnance,
:04:22. > :04:25.on top of the ?100 million `nnounced by the Prime Minister yesterday
:04:26. > :04:34.Ministers say it will fund 42 major new flood defence schemes, but only
:04:35. > :04:39.one is in the South East. Wd are for example able to announce today that
:04:40. > :04:43.there is flooding finance all the way along the coastline and inland,
:04:44. > :04:47.there are new flood defences schemes that will be funded as a result of
:04:48. > :04:51.new money being invested through the Environment Agency programmd. The
:04:52. > :04:54.UKIP leader and South East LEP Nigel Farage has called for the ?01
:04:55. > :04:57.billion foreign aid budget to be suspended and for the money used to
:04:58. > :05:00.help out flood`hit and storl`hit communities in the UK inste`d. Mr
:05:01. > :05:09.Farage joins us now from Westminster. Is it actually
:05:10. > :05:14.realistic that the government could divert money that is pledged to
:05:15. > :05:17.flood the Thames here? I thhnk it is. There are thousands of people
:05:18. > :05:21.that have been suffering, m`ny of them before Christmas. The prospects
:05:22. > :05:26.for the weekend are very grhm indeed, with this huge low`pressure
:05:27. > :05:31.system coming in from the Atlantic. The insurance companies onlx pay out
:05:32. > :05:34.a certain amount of the dam`ge. The government has promised over ?1 0
:05:35. > :05:38.million but none of that wotld actually be compensation for the
:05:39. > :05:43.victims. That is less than 0% of the foreign aid budget. There is a
:05:44. > :05:47.general feeling in this country that charity begins at home, we have a
:05:48. > :05:51.serious crisis, we have people that will finish up out of pocket, there
:05:52. > :05:57.is a railway line that needs to be mended in Devon. We could do that by
:05:58. > :06:00.suspending the foreign aid budget for a short period of time. You re
:06:01. > :06:04.currently campaigning for your party's candidate in a by`election.
:06:05. > :06:07.Are you hijacking the floods, which are about real people and rdal
:06:08. > :06:15.misery, to press your own agenda for party political gain? In March of
:06:16. > :06:20.last year, one of our MEPs went on the BBC and said that the m`nagement
:06:21. > :06:27.of the rivers or around the Somerset Levels by the Environment Agency was
:06:28. > :06:34.a disgrace. We have history on this. Longer term, there needs to be a
:06:35. > :06:40.proper public enquiry. It is the failure of the Environment @gency.
:06:41. > :06:43.That is the longer term. It may get worse over the weekend. I think what
:06:44. > :06:46.is actually a relatively sm`ll amount of money compare to the
:06:47. > :06:51.foreign aid budget, the govdrnment could send a message to the
:06:52. > :06:55.suffering people, we are behind you. The weather's also taken its toll in
:06:56. > :06:58.East Sussex and our reporter Sarah Cruddas joins us from Hastings. The
:06:59. > :07:04.heavy rainfall's caused another cliff fall in the county, S`rah
:07:05. > :07:09.Yes, that is right. It has been absolutely dreadful today. The wind
:07:10. > :07:15.is so strong, I feel like I am going to be blown over at the momdnt.
:07:16. > :07:18.About a month ago, those rather dramatic riches from Hastings where
:07:19. > :07:21.part of the cliff face fell into the sea, a similar thing has happened
:07:22. > :07:29.across the Sussex coast and earlier today, I went to near Eastbourne
:07:30. > :07:33.where part of the beach has been closed off. The cafe and shop may be
:07:34. > :07:42.open but only the Brave appdar to have ventured out. To check the
:07:43. > :07:48.cliff face again. It has gone about six feet over the last two days It
:07:49. > :07:51.is more exciting. You have to be careful, obviously, they ard warning
:07:52. > :07:57.you to keep away from the sda and everything. It is one of thd many
:07:58. > :08:02.places on our coast that have fallen foul of the weather. I have worked
:08:03. > :08:06.for the Council for 27 years and I have never seen the beach strip down
:08:07. > :08:10.to nothing. This is the worst I have seen the beach in terms of the
:08:11. > :08:14.protection of the cliffs. You can see just how bad the weather is on
:08:15. > :08:18.the coast at the moment. Thd problem is because of the higher tides and
:08:19. > :08:25.also the very heavy rain, that has caused an increase in erosion along
:08:26. > :08:29.the cliffs. The path behind me has now been closed off and part of the
:08:30. > :08:36.visitors centre has had to be closed for safety as well. This is a
:08:37. > :08:42.natural process, it is a living and evolving landscape. This is what
:08:43. > :08:47.happens when you have chalk face is so close to the sea. You will see
:08:48. > :08:52.his natural erosion taking place. Elsewhere, a dolphin was washed up.
:08:53. > :08:58.But for this stretch of the Sussex coast, the age is unlikely to be
:08:59. > :09:02.open until the end of the month at the earliest `` the beach. The bad
:09:03. > :09:05.news is the weather is likely to stay like this for the fit sealable
:09:06. > :09:11.future with further torrenthal rain and storms. The message frol the
:09:12. > :09:14.authorities is to avoid putting yourself at risk and to stax away
:09:15. > :09:19.from cliff faces. I've been out today finding out how you'rd all
:09:20. > :09:22.coping with the incessant r`in. That's coming up later in the
:09:23. > :09:26.programme, along with the wdather forecast from Rachel. And to keep up
:09:27. > :09:30.to date with the latest weather and travel situation, you can ttne in to
:09:31. > :09:34.your local BBC radio station or log onto our websites.
:09:35. > :09:37.In a moment, meet our three medal hopefuls looking for glory `t the
:09:38. > :09:50.Winter Olympics in Sochi. A mother from Sussex who allost died
:09:51. > :09:53.after suffering botched cosletic surgery abroad is warning others not
:09:54. > :09:58.to risk their own lives by opting for cheap operations overse`s. Sue
:09:59. > :10:01.Briddick, from Sayers Common near Burgess Hill, had surgery on her
:10:02. > :10:05.stomach and breasts in Turkdy at half the price it would havd been at
:10:06. > :10:07.home. She suffered life`thrdatening infections and complications that
:10:08. > :10:11.are still requiring NHS tre`tment at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East
:10:12. > :10:15.Grinstead. She's spoken exclusively to our reporter, Claudia Sermbezis.
:10:16. > :10:24.Her report contains some gr`phic images.
:10:25. > :10:29.When I got back, that is thd condition I was in. This was the
:10:30. > :10:33.result of Sue Briddick 's ttmmy tuck in Turkey. She had worked h`rd to
:10:34. > :10:37.lose three stone. She deciddd to treat herself to the operathon. It
:10:38. > :10:43.was too expensive to do herd so she went abroad. The woman that I spoke
:10:44. > :10:47.to in Turkey said that I should have my breasts done as well bec`use it
:10:48. > :10:52.is included in the price. I booked it for just after my 50th bhrthday.
:10:53. > :10:57.Straight after the operation, it was obvious something was wrong. I took
:10:58. > :11:03.the dressing off and just g`sped. I stood back. There is somethhng
:11:04. > :11:08.wrong. It is normal, it is fine that is all they said. But ht was
:11:09. > :11:13.not normal. She had contracted necrosis and the skin on her stomach
:11:14. > :11:17.when back. Most of the photos are too graphic for us to show. In
:11:18. > :11:24.agony, she flew back to the UK and spent a month in hospital. She was
:11:25. > :11:26.treated by consultant plasthc surgeon at the Queen Victorha
:11:27. > :11:33.Hospital in East Grinstead. It was potentially like life`threatening.
:11:34. > :11:37.Without antibiotics, she cotld have died. She had wounds were ddad skin
:11:38. > :11:41.on her abdomen and her breasts and she had to have surgery to remove
:11:42. > :11:46.the skin and eventually to have a skin graft. According to a recent
:11:47. > :11:54.survey, one in ten patients who travel abroad for Connectix surgery
:11:55. > :12:01.need assistance from the NHS when they return home `` cosmetic
:12:02. > :12:04.surgery. If you have had surgery with a
:12:05. > :12:10.hospital or a surgeon abroad, who is going to take care of you when you
:12:11. > :12:14.return to the UK? There are so many potential pitfalls, it is
:12:15. > :12:20.unbelievable. It causes an unnecessary use of bed and doctors
:12:21. > :12:24.time and resources and clearly this is not appropriate. The best advice
:12:25. > :12:29.I can give is to stay in yotr own country if you cannot afford it You
:12:30. > :12:34.will have to wait a little bit longer. It costs you half the price
:12:35. > :12:40.it would cost here but it took a year to recover and she's still
:12:41. > :12:44.badly scarred. A ?7 million investment in the port
:12:45. > :12:47.of Ramsgate is being considdred by Thanet District Councillors, but the
:12:48. > :12:51.local authority would have to borrow the money to pay for it. Thd funds
:12:52. > :12:54.would be used to create what's called an alongside quay for cruise
:12:55. > :12:58.ships, and more berths for smaller boats. Supporters say it wotld
:12:59. > :13:02.encourage growth in the port, but critics question whether it's a good
:13:03. > :13:05.use of public money. One of America's most wanted criminals who
:13:06. > :13:09.was arrested in Kent last M`y, will be extradited to the United States.
:13:10. > :13:13.Sean Lopes was sentenced to 15 years in prison in his absence in 200 ,
:13:14. > :13:18.for attacking a former girlfriend, but skipped bail and fled to the UK.
:13:19. > :13:22.The 47`year`old was eventually tracked down and arrested at a house
:13:23. > :13:26.in Chatham. The RSPCA is investigating the death
:13:27. > :13:30.of a ten foot long python that was found by a member of the public
:13:31. > :13:33.under a fallen tree in Kent. The snake was found in Northfledt
:13:34. > :13:36.yesterday morning and inspectors are trying to trace the owners. A
:13:37. > :13:39.hospital trust which was put into special measures following concern
:13:40. > :13:42.over high patient death ratds has been forced by the health rdgulator,
:13:43. > :13:48.Monitor, to appoint an interim Chief Executive and Chairman. Last week
:13:49. > :13:50.the two people in charge of the Medway NHS Foundation Trust
:13:51. > :13:55.announced they would be stepping down. Monitor is critical of the way
:13:56. > :13:58.the Trust has been led and says it needs immediate improvements, a
:13:59. > :14:08.feeling echoed by one of thd local MPs. It was this government that
:14:09. > :14:11.said it is not good enough. There has to be special measures, proper
:14:12. > :14:18.leadership, things have to be done differently. It is an outst`nding
:14:19. > :14:20.hospital, it has been linked to the hospital, they can share good
:14:21. > :14:23.practice. Peter Whittlesea joins us live from Chatham. Peter, Monitor
:14:24. > :14:29.say a change of leadership was essential. That is right. The
:14:30. > :14:34.regulator 's comments could not have been more forthright. They said that
:14:35. > :14:37.a change of leadership was essential, which begs the qtestion,
:14:38. > :14:42.when the bosses stood down last week, did they jump ball thdy
:14:43. > :14:45.pushed? No one was answering that question, both the trust and the
:14:46. > :14:49.regulator were unavailable for comment. But there are some
:14:50. > :14:54.positives to be taken from this report. They say they have been
:14:55. > :14:58.improvements since the hosphtal went into special measures but they are
:14:59. > :15:00.concerned about the formancd of accident and emergency and the
:15:01. > :15:05.deterioration of the financhal situation of the trust as a whole.
:15:06. > :15:07.Thank you, Peter. A mother has described her terror as suspected
:15:08. > :15:10.car thieves smashed their vdhicle into her next`door neighbour's house
:15:11. > :15:14.in Portslade, near Brighton, forcing her to pick up her baby and flee.
:15:15. > :15:18.Gemma Cooper and her family have had to move out of their home, which was
:15:19. > :15:22.damaged by the high`speed crash on Tuesday. Two men are in custody and
:15:23. > :15:28.a third is on the run. Mark Norman has more. The dramatic picttres from
:15:29. > :15:33.Tuesday of a car buried in ` house after a police chase. Equally
:15:34. > :15:38.dramatic, the story of the next`door neighbour who was on her front door
:15:39. > :15:42.step with her baby when it happened. I was running out of my house to my
:15:43. > :15:47.son, as soon as I heard it, I saw the car, absolutely turned hnto
:15:48. > :15:52.panic, trying to get my son, he is absolutely fine, not even crying, he
:15:53. > :15:56.was actually facing that wax as well, so he saw it all. Witnesses on
:15:57. > :16:00.the day have described to md what they have seen. Just ploughdd
:16:01. > :16:04.straight into the house. I rushed up to see, a couple of police cars went
:16:05. > :16:11.up there. When I got there, they were pulling a car I `` a gty out of
:16:12. > :16:16.the car. They jumped out, r`n across the front garden. I just julp on my
:16:17. > :16:22.son to shield him and the police just started shouting Armagdddon out
:16:23. > :16:31.of the way. The car is on fhre. `` get out of the way. I am am`zed that
:16:32. > :16:35.we are OK and we have not inherited. I saw how close the car was to my
:16:36. > :16:40.son, it is not worth thinking about. I cannot think about it. The
:16:41. > :16:44.car was removed yesterday. Two men have been arrested, the polhce are
:16:45. > :16:51.searching for a third and Gdmma is waiting for the insurance Company to
:16:52. > :16:54.assess the damage to her hole. Our top story tonight. Homes ard under
:16:55. > :16:58.threat of flooding again tonight, after yet another day of incessant
:16:59. > :17:02.rain. Southern Water has bedn forced to pump sewage into rivers hn Kent
:17:03. > :17:05.to prevent it flowing into houses and the Environment Agency hs also
:17:06. > :17:09.pumping water away from homds and businesses. Also in tonight's
:17:10. > :17:13.programme, 50 years of rock royalty The Who revealed in intimatd
:17:14. > :17:29.photographs that are set to go on display in Sussex.
:17:30. > :17:35.And we have a brief respite before the next system will send from the
:17:36. > :17:38.West. Join me later for the details. The Winter Olympics in Sochh
:17:39. > :17:41.officially starts tomorrow when the Games' opening ceremony is staged.
:17:42. > :17:47.And British competitors are expected to bring back a record medal haul.
:17:48. > :17:50.Kent's Lizzy Yarnold is one of the favourites in the skeleton but there
:17:51. > :17:53.are two other athletes from the South East hoping for success in
:17:54. > :18:04.Russia. Neil Bell has tonight's Special Report.
:18:05. > :18:08.Two weeks ago, Lizzy Yarnold was crowned World Cup champion `fter a
:18:09. > :18:14.brilliant season in the skeleton. For the last few days, she has been
:18:15. > :18:23.meticulously preparing for Sochi, determined to win a medal. H kind of
:18:24. > :18:27.slot in the athlete position, it is an amazing machine, but it has to be
:18:28. > :18:30.driven through every part. @s the athlete, I have to be able to
:18:31. > :18:36.communicate well with all of my coaches and drive them as mtch as
:18:37. > :18:40.they drive me. I am so motivated to win every race. I am so passionate
:18:41. > :18:47.about this sport. Over the past 80 years, and elite group of athletes
:18:48. > :18:51.have represented Britain in the summer and winter games. Cr`ig
:18:52. > :18:55.Pickering will become number eight. He only moved to the Bobslehgh eight
:18:56. > :19:02.months ago. A medal is unlikely but the challenge was irresistible. What
:19:03. > :19:05.is really inspiring is seeing people perform. There are always stories
:19:06. > :19:12.like that that give you goose bumps. That could be me. I `m not
:19:13. > :19:19.the most talented person in the world. I thought, if these people
:19:20. > :19:23.never give up, why should I give up? You might be surprised to hdar that
:19:24. > :19:29.one of the best skiers is not only British but from Sussex. However, he
:19:30. > :19:36.will be representing is France in Sochi. His family moved there a
:19:37. > :19:39.decade ago. After London 2002, it was an amazing buyers but it is a
:19:40. > :19:46.shame that we do not have more athletes competing in the Whnter
:19:47. > :19:49.Olympics. All three Southeast competitors will be intent on making
:19:50. > :19:52.the most of their Olympic experience over the next couple of weeks and
:19:53. > :20:03.for one, a medal is a real possibility.
:20:04. > :20:07.It was 50 years ago this month that a band called The Detours changed
:20:08. > :20:11.their name to The Who and m`de four musicians, including Sussex`based
:20:12. > :20:14.singer Roger Daltry, very f`mous. To mark the occasion, an exhibhtion of
:20:15. > :20:17.intimate pictures of the band, taken by the internationally renowned
:20:18. > :20:21.photographer Colin Jones, h`s gone on display in London and will soon
:20:22. > :20:41.be coming to Hastings. Lucinda Adam has more.
:20:42. > :20:49.They are now part of British rock royalty but 50 years ago, The Who
:20:50. > :20:56.were the new band on the scdne. Smashing guitars on stage to get
:20:57. > :20:59.notice. And Colin Jones was there. They were very expensive. And the
:21:00. > :21:02.management could not keep up with them because they used to break up
:21:03. > :21:06.with them because they used a break`up or there could run. `` all
:21:07. > :21:08.very quick one. I did was the best, the best guitars `` there a quick
:21:09. > :21:19.lunch. Over a year, Colin Jones tr`velled
:21:20. > :21:25.with the band and got to capture intimate moments of their lhves
:21:26. > :21:32.behind the scenes. He went with them to the Kings Road anti`went into
:21:33. > :21:40.their houses and he took a photo of John Entwistle sitting with his
:21:41. > :21:45.mother. Roger Daltrey lying in bed. Very close and personal view of the
:21:46. > :21:48.ban. When a magazine wanted a colour photo for its cover, the band did
:21:49. > :21:55.not hesitate to help find the perfect background. I said to Keith
:21:56. > :22:04.Moon, where I going to get ` Union Jack? He said, I know where there is
:22:05. > :22:08.one. Out of the front of thdse international hotels, you h`ve these
:22:09. > :22:14.flags flying, he climbed up to flagpole and got a flag. We painted
:22:15. > :22:19.upon the in the hotel. That is how we shot it. The exhibition continues
:22:20. > :22:21.in London for six weeks before moving to the Lucy Bell Gallery in
:22:22. > :22:33.Hastings in March. Lovely. In last night's programme,
:22:34. > :22:39.Rob, you asked the burning puestion ` surely some time soon, won't we
:22:40. > :22:45.run out of rain? Sadly, it doesn't look like it's going to happen any
:22:46. > :22:49.time soon. I've been out and about today, finding out if you'rd as fed
:22:50. > :22:57.up as me with this endless, endless rain. It is a bit of a soggx start
:22:58. > :23:09.to the year. Heavy rain at times. Watch for the rain. Heavy showers.
:23:10. > :23:16.It is, they say, an ill wind that blows nobody any good. All right,
:23:17. > :23:27.the weather is relentlessly aweful, it is the wettest winter on record.
:23:28. > :23:33.But it could be worse. Couldn't it? I mean, it could be snowing. Snow
:23:34. > :23:39.would not be a problem. It hs just getting around, that would be a
:23:40. > :23:45.problem, but apart from, I would rather have snow than rain.
:23:46. > :23:48.Definitely. I have come to Dartford market. Ordinarily, it would be
:23:49. > :23:56.absolutely thriving at this time of day. At least if it snows, xou know
:23:57. > :24:01.not to come. Otherwise, you come and then find out there is no one here.
:24:02. > :24:09.The stock is all over the floor the wind, it is really bad. This weather
:24:10. > :24:13.is the worst we have ever sden. Take it on the chin and move on to next
:24:14. > :24:20.week. Or go on holiday. A holiday? That is a good idea. Where would you
:24:21. > :24:26.rather be. In Cyprus. Somewhere hot. I do not mind. Anywhere hot. Right
:24:27. > :24:33.now, I would rather be somewhere in Spain. But actually, it turns out
:24:34. > :24:39.that moaning about the weather is probably the best thing we can do.
:24:40. > :24:45.Maybe it is nice to get it off our chests and say we are in thd same
:24:46. > :24:49.boat, there we are, maybe try and be a little bit light`hearted. All
:24:50. > :24:59.right, to be fair, the weather is awful. But at least it is nhce
:25:00. > :25:04.weather for them. I wanted to say it was nice weather for ducks but there
:25:05. > :25:10.was a heron. I love the way that everyond forgets
:25:11. > :25:16.how difficult it is when it snows. No problem. How quickly thex forget.
:25:17. > :25:24.No snow but we are all in the same boat when it comes to rain. As we go
:25:25. > :25:31.through tomorrow night, we have another weather system moving in.
:25:32. > :25:36.Further outbreaks of rain and really strong winds. Some sunshine for
:25:37. > :25:41.tomorrow. But the wind is phcking up again as we head for Saturd`y. We
:25:42. > :25:45.have an amber warning about rain. 20 millimetres of rainfall, expect to
:25:46. > :25:53.see much more tonight as well. Temperatures today as he `` have
:25:54. > :26:03.reached nine Celsius but it has felt significantly colder than that. As
:26:04. > :26:07.we go through tonight, slowly, this weather system will clear e`stwards.
:26:08. > :26:13.Tonight, it will stay very wet indeed. Temperatures relatively
:26:14. > :26:22.mild, as a result. Not a pldasant picture. Tomorrow, we will see an
:26:23. > :26:28.improving story to start. Some sunshine in the first part of the
:26:29. > :26:36.morning and the afternoon as well. Top temperatures nine Celsits. The
:26:37. > :26:42.wind is picking up signific`ntly as we go through tomorrow night. Very
:26:43. > :26:46.wet and windy in the evening. Temperatures similar to what we are
:26:47. > :26:51.expecting to see tonight. As we head toward Saturday, if you havd plans,
:26:52. > :26:59.Sunday is the better day for it It will be very wet and very whndy
:27:00. > :27:03.Temperatures around 10 Celshus but feeling significantly colder than
:27:04. > :27:12.that. Sunday, some really hdavy thundery showers around. As we head
:27:13. > :27:23.into the new week, Monday looks to be a little drier. Another weather
:27:24. > :27:27.system on its way in. You've been talking about the
:27:28. > :27:30.weather on our Facebook sitd. Vanessa Mutch says she's buhlding an
:27:31. > :27:37.ark and Corina Rox picks up on that theme, saying all the local animals
:27:38. > :27:40.are walking about in pairs. But the last word goes to Geordie
:27:41. > :27:44.Trevillion, who says: "I noticed slight ridges developing behind my
:27:45. > :27:48.ears. Yes, I'm developing ghlls " Goodbye.