:00:00. > :00:00.murdering 29 people in the Omagh bombing. The Co-Op Bank has
:00:00. > :00:11.Jailed for life, a jealous husband finally admits murdering his wife
:00:12. > :00:15.after what police called "a relentless campaign of harassment."
:00:16. > :00:19.We'll have the details live from Maidstone Crown Court.
:00:20. > :00:23.The Gatwick floods that caused Christmas chaos for thousands should
:00:24. > :00:32.be a "wake up call for the TK," say MPs. Also in tonight's programme.
:00:33. > :00:35.After cliff falls from a winter of extreme rain, the National Trust
:00:36. > :00:39.calls for an urgent strategx on coastal erosion.
:00:40. > :00:43.The village that sent almost half its men folk to fight the Fhrst
:00:44. > :00:47.World War, and the amazing campaign to keep their morale up in the
:00:48. > :00:51.trenches. And, are you sitting comfortably?
:00:52. > :00:52.No? Good. The seafront benches in Dover deliberately designed to stop
:00:53. > :01:04.you from staying too long. I think that is a great ide` because
:01:05. > :01:08.you get over your bows sitthng around, drinking their cans of beer,
:01:09. > :01:14.and when I come down with mx children, they are spitting and
:01:15. > :01:17.throwing their fight against down. `` throwing their cigarette buts
:01:18. > :01:20.down. Good evening. A jealous husband who
:01:21. > :01:25.killed his estranged wife after she left him for another man has been
:01:26. > :01:28.jailed for life this afternoon. Lee Birch had denied murder durhng his
:01:29. > :01:33.trial, but unexpectedly changed his plea to guilty today. He killed his
:01:34. > :01:38.wife Anne`Marie in Broadstahrs last November after subjecting to a
:01:39. > :01:40.campaign of threats and har`ssment. Our Home Affairs Reporter Rdbecca
:01:41. > :01:48.Williams reports from Maidstone Crown Court.
:01:49. > :01:53.He brutally murdered his wife in broad daylight. Beating and
:01:54. > :01:56.strangling her with a rope hn a field in Broadstairs. Today, Lee
:01:57. > :02:05.Birch has been sentenced to life in prison. Mr two has been consumed
:02:06. > :02:10.with self pity. He felt he controlled his wife, and he wasn't
:02:11. > :02:18.repaired to accept that thehr life was over together as a couple. Lee
:02:19. > :02:24.Birch and his wife won and this pub. It was in this field that Anne`Marie
:02:25. > :02:28.was severely beaten. Husband started to stalk and harassed her when she
:02:29. > :02:33.had ended their 17 year marriage. In the weeks leading up to her death,
:02:34. > :02:37.Anne`Marie made a number of my 9 calls saying she was being harassed
:02:38. > :02:41.by her husband. He was issudd with two court orders which she hgnored.
:02:42. > :02:45.Now the Independent Police Complaints Commission is
:02:46. > :02:48.investigating how the force dealt with those initial phone calls. In
:02:49. > :03:09.one, Anne`Marie had said... Men like this believe that they have
:03:10. > :03:15.power and control over this woman. So, if she leaves, that is when she
:03:16. > :03:25.is most at danger of being killed. And two women a week are killed a ``
:03:26. > :03:29.in the UK. Lee Birch changed his plea to guilty at the last linute
:03:30. > :03:30.but he won't spend 25 years behind bars.
:03:31. > :03:35.Rebecca joins us from Maidstone Crown Court. The case has bden
:03:36. > :03:44.distressing for the victim's family. It has. Specially for the couple's
:03:45. > :03:47.15`year`old daughter. Today "common Anne`Marie's mother read out an
:03:48. > :03:53.impact statement. She's edgd was probably closest to Anne`Marie, and
:03:54. > :03:57.she hasn't been able to think about anything else other than wh`t has
:03:58. > :04:02.happened. There is an ongoing investigation into how the police
:04:03. > :04:06.handled those initial calls that Anne`Marie made. The IPCC h`s
:04:07. > :04:09.confirmed they have intervidwed four offices under a gross misconduct
:04:10. > :04:15.caution. They say they have also taken witness statements and insist
:04:16. > :04:19.this investigation is very luch ongoing. Thank you.
:04:20. > :04:23.A report by an influential group of MPs says the chaos at Gatwick on
:04:24. > :04:26.Christmas Eve should be "a wake up call for airports across thd UK "
:04:27. > :04:29.Thousands of passengers werd affected by delays and cancdllations
:04:30. > :04:31.because of a power failure `fter flooding. The Transport Seldct
:04:32. > :04:39.Committee says there was "confusion" and a "lack of information" at the
:04:40. > :04:44.airport. Juliette Parkin reports. Thousands hoping to fly out for
:04:45. > :04:47.Christmas. Thousands of festive plans in tatters after a sudden
:04:48. > :04:52.flood at the North terminal calls to melt down. People simply didn't know
:04:53. > :05:00.what was happening. They didn't know which flights were going. Some were
:05:01. > :05:04.led to flights amid find `` only to find there was no plane. It was
:05:05. > :05:09.chaos and it shouldn't have happened. Flooding caused a power
:05:10. > :05:15.cut for around 35 hours leading to the consolation of 72 out of 26
:05:16. > :05:19.flights on Christmas Eve, affecting 11,000 passengers. At one point the
:05:20. > :05:22.police stepped in when the atmosphere turned hostile. There
:05:23. > :05:29.were reports that airport staff here to escape the chaos. We've been here
:05:30. > :05:34.since 9:10am. We found out our flight was cancelled becausd of the
:05:35. > :05:40.work we have done. It seems your communication systems collapsed At
:05:41. > :05:45.an enquiry, the airport's boss at me today had failed. We fell short But
:05:46. > :05:52.we try to get many of our p`ssengers to their Christmas destinathons
:05:53. > :05:56.Gatwick told us that after what happened on Christmas Eve, they set
:05:57. > :05:59.up a resilience fund to pay for things like strengthening the
:06:00. > :06:04.airport's flood defences. They also said work has already been done to
:06:05. > :06:08.improve contingency plans, `nd passenger welfare in times of
:06:09. > :06:14.destruction. Improvements are acknowledged by those travelling
:06:15. > :06:17.today. The airport has seemdd OK. We have been fortunate nothing
:06:18. > :06:21.disastrous as ever happened. So I think they do quite well ovdrall. I
:06:22. > :06:26.think they have learned frol past errors. Some experts feel what
:06:27. > :06:36.happens drank and is the argument for a second runway here. It is
:06:37. > :06:42.operating at 95% of its acthvity. If you are doing that on average, at
:06:43. > :06:54.peak times, inevitably, you haven't element of overload. `` you have an
:06:55. > :06:57.element. But passengers first is the report's overriding message. `` put
:06:58. > :07:01.passengers first. In a moment, an HGV licence to
:07:02. > :07:12.thrill, truck racing comes to Brands Hatch this weekend.
:07:13. > :07:16.A clear strategy is "urgently needed" to help protect our coastal
:07:17. > :07:21.areas from rising sea levels and extreme weather, according to a new
:07:22. > :07:24.report from the National Trtst. It follows dramatic cliff falls in the
:07:25. > :07:27.South East, after the wettest winter on record. Our Environment
:07:28. > :07:33.Correspondent Yvette Austin has the details.
:07:34. > :07:38.The last remaining works to make safe the ground where Coastguard
:07:39. > :07:43.Cottage number three once stood Over the past few weeks, thd house
:07:44. > :07:46.has carefully been dismantldd. Slowly but surely nature is claiming
:07:47. > :07:52.the cliffs and the homes ard being taken, too. Residents renting them
:07:53. > :08:00.feel shocked and sad. It's ` place with great... Memories. And our
:08:01. > :08:05.whole family... Has spent m`ny, many happy... Years and weeks here.
:08:06. > :08:11.Summer times, winter times. Storm times. An old photo shows how the
:08:12. > :08:17.spot looked in 1912, with even a grand Coastguard House on the edge
:08:18. > :08:25.of the cottages. That house was taken down. And then the next two
:08:26. > :08:33.about ten years apart. But we always knew it was going to happen. It was
:08:34. > :08:37.never the sort of crisis thhs one has been where, suddenly, it had to
:08:38. > :08:46.go. This winter has been exceptional. Seven years of erosion
:08:47. > :08:50.in just two months. The cliffs receding up to five metres hn
:08:51. > :08:54.places. The National Trust lost the conservatory on its visitor centre.
:08:55. > :08:58.Now it says there needs to be a proper strategy for coastal areas.
:08:59. > :09:01.The National Trust realises we need to work with nature and that hard
:09:02. > :09:04.sea defences aren't approprhate everywhere. And here we work with
:09:05. > :09:10.nature and we have to consider adapting to change rather than
:09:11. > :09:13.trying hard with sea defencds. Sightseers today think little more
:09:14. > :09:19.can be done. You can't fight with nature. You know, you try and have a
:09:20. > :09:23.go at it now and again, but in the end, it will win. It's nature 's
:09:24. > :09:27.way. And people will build close to the edge of the cliffs. Well, it's
:09:28. > :09:31.dust. Eventually. So, ultim`tely, the thought is erecting buildings
:09:32. > :09:39.that can be moved. Not an option, though, for historic structtres
:09:40. > :09:42.So, what's the extent of thd problem we could be facing in the b`ttle to
:09:43. > :09:46.save our coastline? The latdst official figures show sea ldvels
:09:47. > :09:51.rose by around 19cm over thd last century. And some experts predict
:09:52. > :09:56.that could rise by a further 80cm by the end of this century. Thd
:09:57. > :09:59.National Trust says in some places wet weather, violent storms and
:10:00. > :10:06.extreme tides have produced up to 15 years worth of erosion this winter
:10:07. > :10:10.alone. Even if you put massive strtck those
:10:11. > :10:16.in here and did some hard engineering and put in the sea walls
:10:17. > :10:19.and all the rest, you'd still get weathering and collapse, it wouldn't
:10:20. > :10:25.stop everything. And, particularly, at a site like Birling Gap wave got
:10:26. > :10:30.the geology creating a weakness in the cliff line. `` where yot have
:10:31. > :10:34.got. Our Environment Correspondent Yvette Austin is at Birling Gap now.
:10:35. > :10:38.That's one place that reallx is on the front line of the fight against
:10:39. > :10:41.coastal erosion. It is. Birling Gap is a prile
:10:42. > :10:47.example of the dilemma being faced around our coastlines. Do wd keep it
:10:48. > :10:50.or let it go? Feelings are lore here. Some ten years or so, there
:10:51. > :10:56.was a big campaign to have seed offences to help event eroshon and
:10:57. > :11:01.protect the homes. However, it wasn't built because of the cost and
:11:02. > :11:05.the complications involved. And the National Trust believes that areas
:11:06. > :11:11.like this should be left to nature. Thank you.
:11:12. > :11:14.We want to know what you thhnk. Should we invest millions of pounds
:11:15. > :11:18.to protect our coastline as it is? Or is it time to let nature take its
:11:19. > :11:20.course, and plan for a managed retreat inland?
:11:21. > :11:25.Send us an email at the usu`l address. Or join the debate on
:11:26. > :11:28.Facebook or Twitter. We'll hear your views later in the programmd.
:11:29. > :11:33.A Sussex man has been included in a police list of 11 suspected
:11:34. > :11:36.criminals who are thought to be hiding in Cyprus. 41`year`old
:11:37. > :11:39.Jeffrey Bloor from Brighton is wanted by Sussex Police over an
:11:40. > :11:45.alleged horse racing betting scam. Detectives believe he conned
:11:46. > :11:48.investors out of millions of pounds. Fresh talks will take place later
:11:49. > :11:52.this month to try to avert `nother bin strike in Brighton and Hove
:11:53. > :11:55.Piles of rubbish built up l`st year following a dispute between refuse
:11:56. > :11:58.workers and the City Council. The GMB union has threatened further
:11:59. > :12:03.strike action next month, btt has agreed to meet the council `gain on
:12:04. > :12:06.April 23rd. The Ports of Dover and Calahs have
:12:07. > :12:10.signed an agreement today which they say will help them cope with a big
:12:11. > :12:12.increase in the amount of freight transport they handle. Managers
:12:13. > :12:16.believe freight traffic between the ports will increase by 40% by the
:12:17. > :12:25.year 2030, and say that's good news for local people.
:12:26. > :12:29.They should see it as progrdss, that we are trying to make a difference,
:12:30. > :12:34.we are trying to reinforced over's position, and we are looking forward
:12:35. > :12:36.to developing and creating new jobs in Dover, to working with otr
:12:37. > :12:39.partners in Calais. Our bushness correspondent Mark Norman is in
:12:40. > :12:42.Dover. It's already the bushest ferry port in Europe, so how will
:12:43. > :12:49.closer ties with Calais help it to grow?
:12:50. > :12:54.That's right. This is some of the publicity material. One expdrt told
:12:55. > :12:58.me the European Union regard the link as one of the key transport
:12:59. > :13:02.links in Europe and if it wdre to go down, the supermarket shelvds in
:13:03. > :13:07.this country would run emptx very quickly. With Dover and Cal`is
:13:08. > :13:11.realise they have to invest in ships, more freight, more
:13:12. > :13:17.passengers, their infrastructure, so we see Calais spending ?400 million
:13:18. > :13:21.in France, and Dover developing the docks to develop what they call a
:13:22. > :13:25.bridge. This is our top story tonight. A
:13:26. > :13:27.jealous husband who murdered his estranged wife after she left him
:13:28. > :13:33.for another man has been jahled for life this afternoon. Lee Birch beat
:13:34. > :13:39.and strangled his wife Anne`Marie last November.
:13:40. > :13:42.Also, waving goodbye to a long sit down. Why Dover's new benchds have
:13:43. > :13:48.been made deliberately uncomfortable. We have got settled,
:13:49. > :13:55.warm and bright weekend. Join me later for the details.
:13:56. > :14:01.When the call came 100 years ago, hundreds of thousands of men signed
:14:02. > :14:07.up to go to war. In Great Chart near Ashford, 127 men out of a population
:14:08. > :14:09.of 300 went to fight. And e`ch week, thanks to the efforts of ond
:14:10. > :14:13.extraordinary woman, they would receive a letter and a parcdl from
:14:14. > :14:15.the village, a reminder thex were in everyone's thoughts. Sara Slith has
:14:16. > :14:25.tonight's Special Report. Letters from a century ago. Sent by
:14:26. > :14:31.the men of Great Chart to s`y thank you to those back home. At the start
:14:32. > :14:34.of the war, villager Elizabdth Quintin Strouts formed a colmittee
:14:35. > :14:43.to raise money to send a parcel every week to each man at the front.
:14:44. > :14:47.It just went on and on, week after week, without fail. The guys said,
:14:48. > :14:52.we used to wait for the parcels to arrive. We knew there would be a
:14:53. > :14:56.parcel coming. And there's ` letter here saying, if you could h`ve seen
:14:57. > :15:00.the smile on the Tommy's face when the letter arrived, all you were
:15:01. > :15:03.doing would be rewarded. Like so many others, William
:15:04. > :15:08.Chittendendidn't speak about the war in the years that followed. But he
:15:09. > :15:13.had written thank you letters to Mrs Strouts. I didn't know some things
:15:14. > :15:18.about my father then. And to see letters from him, all that time ago.
:15:19. > :15:23.And I knew him as an older lan. And to see letters from him frol the
:15:24. > :15:27.front... It opened my eyes to all sorts of things. I became mtch more
:15:28. > :15:31.interested. Only one of the letters sent from Great Chart remains. But
:15:32. > :15:37.there are 20,000 replies now in archive. A selection have today gone
:15:38. > :15:42.on display here at Godinton House. The estate which certainly sent its
:15:43. > :15:46.share of men to the war. Thd letters include the last from Frederick Tutt
:15:47. > :15:52.who died on the first day of the Somme. His brother was killdd 1
:15:53. > :15:57.weeks later. Others did makd it back. One even brought a kitten
:15:58. > :16:02.found in the German trenches. And all had received their weekly
:16:03. > :16:05.parcels from home. Without ` doubt, the receipt of these parcels for the
:16:06. > :16:09.boys at the front was terrific because to get a bar of soap or a
:16:10. > :16:16.packet of cigarettes or somd chocolates, pleasures from home ..
:16:17. > :16:20.Was very good for their mor`le. The village sent almost 7,000 p`rcels to
:16:21. > :16:24.the front. And money left over from that raised by Mrs Strouts funded
:16:25. > :16:31.this memorial to the men who didn't make it home.
:16:32. > :16:37.There's more on the centenary of World War One, and the enduring
:16:38. > :16:43.impact of the conflict to this day, on our website.
:16:44. > :16:48.And if you have a special photo that tells your family's story of the
:16:49. > :16:57.First World War, we'd love to include it in our My Photo series.
:16:58. > :17:01.Benches installed in the centre of Dover have been deliberatelx
:17:02. > :17:06.designed to be uncomfortabld, council bosses have admitted. Dover
:17:07. > :17:08.town council says it hopes the wave`shaped benches will deter
:17:09. > :17:20."extended sitting'.' Peter Whittlesea reports.
:17:21. > :17:25.It is a bench, but not as you know it. Installed by the council to be
:17:26. > :17:31.deliberately uncomfortable. The aim is to deter street drinkers and
:17:32. > :17:34.lounging. Its waveform has sparked a tsunami of criticism, espechally
:17:35. > :17:40.from this shopper who now goes everywhere with her own cushion I
:17:41. > :17:44.do like the council's arrog`nce in suggesting that the majoritx of
:17:45. > :17:50.people of Dover are low livds, drunks that hang about benches with
:17:51. > :17:54.drink. Being a nuisance, anti`social behaviour. Because it is not true.
:17:55. > :17:59.It's not the only method usdd to deter people from lingering in
:18:00. > :18:03.public faces. A fast food rdstaurant in Maidstone used a controvdrsial
:18:04. > :18:08.alarm that can only be heard by teenagers. Whilst the Co`op has
:18:09. > :18:11.played classical music to prevent youngsters from hanging arotnd.
:18:12. > :18:15.Residents of Nottinghamshird housing estate have installed pink lights
:18:16. > :18:22.which show up teenagers spots in a bid to stop them gathering hn the
:18:23. > :18:26.area. Back in Dover, the town Council has defended the benches
:18:27. > :18:31.would cost ?1000 each. People asked us for somewhere to perch and move
:18:32. > :18:34.on to go home. The layabouts, the more comfortable a bench is, the
:18:35. > :18:38.longer they will stay on it, the more abusive they will get,
:18:39. > :18:43.potentially. Some shoppers `re uncomfortable with that and the
:18:44. > :18:54.backless blue benches. It is a bench. Is it comfy? Not really. It's
:18:55. > :18:57.a great idea because you don't get all the yobbos sitting around
:18:58. > :19:01.drinking their cans of beer. And when I come down with my chhldren,
:19:02. > :19:09.they are throwing their fag ends everywhere. Is this bench as slur on
:19:10. > :19:14.the people of Dover? Or a dose of realism from the council? What is
:19:15. > :19:15.true is that the ripples from this bench have been felt throughout the
:19:16. > :19:19.town. Onto football, and Gillingh`m Ladies
:19:20. > :19:22.are hoping to make history this Sunday. They're taking on the
:19:23. > :19:26.Women's FA Cup holders Arsenal in the fifth round of the compdtition,
:19:27. > :19:29.and it's the furthest the Kdnt side has ever progressed. Chrisshe Reidy
:19:30. > :19:33.has the story. They are still on a high from
:19:34. > :19:37.thrashing Charlton. It is a victory that has seen chilling's ladies lift
:19:38. > :19:46.the silverware to be crowned Kent's Best female football team. Big
:19:47. > :19:51.games, important games, but a positive for us. We won the Kent cup
:19:52. > :19:55.against Charlton. We conceddd no goals, which was a very good record.
:19:56. > :20:01.And success might not end there because they take on the mighty FA
:20:02. > :20:04.Cup holders, Arsenal. With ` line of top international players, they
:20:05. > :20:10.might be a formidable oppondnt, but killing remain confident. The whole
:20:11. > :20:14.team is feeling focused. We know it is a massive game, but we'vd earned
:20:15. > :20:18.the right to play against them. They are the most successful womdn's team
:20:19. > :20:22.in the country. It is an honour to play against them, but never say
:20:23. > :20:26.never. We want to show what we can do. It's hard to believe thhs time
:20:27. > :20:30.last season Chillingham or second from the bottom with the possibility
:20:31. > :20:35.of being relegated. This tile round, we are top of the league, fhghting
:20:36. > :20:42.to win the league, we are the last 16 in the FA Cup, we have won the
:20:43. > :20:48.Kent cup, so we have got fotr trophies that we might colldct, and
:20:49. > :20:52.we have collected one already. If their good form continues, they will
:20:53. > :20:56.be one step closer to adding to their trophy cabinet.
:20:57. > :21:00.As for the men's fixtures this weekend, something of a loc`l derby
:21:01. > :21:02.in the offing in the Championship, with Brighton and Hove Albion
:21:03. > :21:05.hosting Charlton Athletic tomorrow at the Amex Stadium, could have a
:21:06. > :21:08.bearing on their respective promotion and relegation hopes.
:21:09. > :21:10.Gillingham face a tough trip to Leyton Orient in League One, while
:21:11. > :21:15.Crawley, who've suffered six consecutive defeats, travel to
:21:16. > :21:19.Milton Keynes to play the MK Dons. All three matches kick`off `t 3 07pm
:21:20. > :21:26.to mark the 25th anniversarx of the Hillsborough Stadium tragedx.
:21:27. > :21:30.In Kent, the prospect of seding trucks on tarmac might bring to mind
:21:31. > :21:35.the tedium of a jam on the L25. Or possibly Operation Stack. Btt a
:21:36. > :21:38.different side to the HGV whll be unleashed at Brands Hatch for the
:21:39. > :21:42.opening event of the British Truck Racing season. They only race the
:21:43. > :21:45.cabs, but even they weigh in at a hefty five tonnes and they're
:21:46. > :21:49.powerful, with more brake horse power than a Formula One car,
:21:50. > :21:58.enabling them to reach speeds of up to 100 miles an hour. Lucinda Adam
:21:59. > :21:59.has been to see them in acthon. Racing at Brands Hatch doesn't get
:22:00. > :22:16.much bigger than this. In the truck championship, the
:22:17. > :22:20.fastest drivers start at thd back of the grid and have to fight their way
:22:21. > :22:26.through to the front. It can be very close, and it is an amazing
:22:27. > :22:32.sensation, especially if yot are on the outside hanging on for dear
:22:33. > :22:35.life. We have all been frustrated stuck behind one of these lorries
:22:36. > :22:39.going slow on the motorway, but you'd have a job to catch these
:22:40. > :22:44.drivers. They can take one of these trucks up to 100 miles an hour.
:22:45. > :22:52.Faster than a Porsche 911. Dave Smith runs a mechanic's shop in
:22:53. > :22:57.Brailsford. He's been champhon of division to the past two ye`rs. Now
:22:58. > :23:01.he is going on to division one. Nerve wracking. It feels like I have
:23:02. > :23:06.started all over again. It hs a new truck, new division, lot faster He
:23:07. > :23:11.hopes for a take`home crowd of thrill seekers to cheer him on. No
:23:12. > :23:16.disrespect to the cars, thex're quite hard to follow becausd they
:23:17. > :23:22.are so small. Trucks are so big You can see them all around the truck.
:23:23. > :23:28.`` the track. Most, speed and adrenaline by the truck load this
:23:29. > :23:31.weekend. `` noise, speed and adrenaline.
:23:32. > :23:34.Now back to one of our top stories tonight. A clear strategy is
:23:35. > :23:36."urgently needed" to help protect our coastal areas from rising sea
:23:37. > :23:40.levels and extreme weather, according to a new report from the
:23:41. > :23:43.National Trust. It follows dramatic cliff falls in the South East, after
:23:44. > :23:47.the wettest winter on record. Earlier, we asked if you thought we
:23:48. > :23:50.should invest millions of pounds to protect our coastline, or allow
:23:51. > :23:59.nature to take its course. Thanks for all your comments. Quitd a lot
:24:00. > :24:05.of people say that basicallx we should let nature take its course.
:24:06. > :24:11.You can't control nature, however much money is wasted. Spendhng
:24:12. > :24:13.millions is just a waste. You're better off using that money to
:24:14. > :24:20.regenerate empty houses in this country and stop building on green
:24:21. > :24:26.and flood plains. And we have another comment. We shouldn't be
:24:27. > :24:34.investing in coastal defencds. The speed and nature of current coastal
:24:35. > :24:36.erosion is, of course, man`lade Please join us on Facebook. Now the
:24:37. > :24:46.weather. It has been a very settled rain As
:24:47. > :24:52.we head towards the weekend, good news if you like this weathdr. For
:24:53. > :24:57.us, we will be dry all weekdnd. A bit more cloud on Saturday, but even
:24:58. > :25:01.so, it will feel very mild. The reason for that is this are` of high
:25:02. > :25:06.pressure that builds back in again from the West. Earlier, of course,
:25:07. > :25:10.lots of sunshine around, particularly around the aftdrnoon.
:25:11. > :25:15.Even though we had these fahrly brisk winds, around 50 miles an hour
:25:16. > :25:19.at temperatures got up to around 13 or 14 degrees. We have seen a bit
:25:20. > :25:22.more cloud cover through thd afternoon. And as we go into
:25:23. > :25:28.tonight, initially there will be clear spells around, but we see more
:25:29. > :25:33.cloud cover tomorrow morning. Where the winds are lighter, you light see
:25:34. > :25:44.a bit of mist and fog as thd start `` at start of the day. In the oral
:25:45. > :25:48.spots, temperatures might drop to about three or four. Initially, some
:25:49. > :25:53.cloud, then we stopped to sde some breaks in the cloud. By the end of
:25:54. > :25:59.the day, high cloud moving hn from the West, and temperatures `re at 14
:26:00. > :26:04.or 15. Those winds art going in a westerly direction, 10`15 mhles an
:26:05. > :26:08.hour. Through tomorrow night, much more of the same, staying dry and
:26:09. > :26:15.bright. For us, not particularly cold. Around seven or eight. Always
:26:16. > :26:22.lower in rural spots. Even so, Sunday will be at good day. With all
:26:23. > :26:27.the sunshine, temperatures light climb up on Saturday's valuds. If
:26:28. > :26:34.you were out supporting the London Marathon, it will stay mostly
:26:35. > :26:36.settled. Into the new week, we will have decent spells of sunshhne,
:26:37. > :26:43.overnight temperatures getthng pretty chilly nearly close to
:26:44. > :26:50.freezing. Monday, temperatures at 15 or 16. Quite similar weather to the
:26:51. > :26:55.weekend. And much more of the same through the week. Settled, warm and
:26:56. > :26:58.dry. We have some sunny and warm temperatures for you, staying dry as
:26:59. > :27:02.well through the week. Very encouraging.
:27:03. > :27:07.Let three cap the top storids. An Irish republican to the `` with
:27:08. > :27:10.links to the real IRA has bden remanded in custody charged with
:27:11. > :27:16.giving 29 people in the Omagh bombing. Lee Birch who murddred his
:27:17. > :27:20.estranged wife after she left for another man, has been jailed for
:27:21. > :27:26.life at Maidstone Crown Court. A report by an influential of MPs says
:27:27. > :27:30.that the chaos at Gatwick on Christmas Eve should be a w`ke`up
:27:31. > :27:35.call for airports across thd UK More than 11,000 passengers were
:27:36. > :27:39.affected by delays and cancdllations after a power failure caused by
:27:40. > :27:41.flooding. That is all from le. Have a great weekend and enjoy the
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