:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Rob Smith.
:00:00. > :00:17.Tonight's top stories: Political power struggles on the south coast -
:00:18. > :00:21.a leading figure of the Labour Party in Brighton is expelled.
:00:22. > :00:32.This is an attempt to silence that democracy by scapegoating pdople.
:00:33. > :00:34.Within the last hour, policd fired tear gas in Calais at migrants
:00:35. > :00:41.desperate to get to Kent. Also in tonight's programme:
:00:42. > :00:43.The Kent pensioner fighting NHS bosses who've refused to fund
:00:44. > :00:46.the weight loss operation that We chat with Sussex author
:00:47. > :00:50.and illustrator Raymond Briggs as the story of his
:00:51. > :00:52.parents Ethel and Ernest And, proving you can teach
:00:53. > :01:02.an old dog new tricks - we catch up with showbiz
:01:03. > :01:04.legend Donny Osmond, as his latest international tour
:01:05. > :01:21.comes to Sussex. The bitter power struggle
:01:22. > :01:28.for control of the Labour P`rty in Brighton and Hove
:01:29. > :01:30.has escalated tonight - with the man elected chairm`n just
:01:31. > :01:33.a few months ago expelled from the party altogether,
:01:34. > :01:35.and a string of other activhsts Mark Sandell - a high-profile
:01:36. > :01:40.supporter of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn -
:01:41. > :01:43.was elected in Brighton this summer. But the vote was declared void
:01:44. > :01:46.within days, as an investig`tion was launched into claims it had not
:01:47. > :01:50.been conducted fairly. Now Labour's National Executive
:01:51. > :01:53.Committee has thrown Mr Sandell out. And the local party,
:01:54. > :01:55.which was the largest in the country, will be splht
:01:56. > :02:12.into three smaller groups. This is the voice of Mark S`ndell,
:02:13. > :02:17.filmed at a meeting in London of the momentum group. He had harsh words
:02:18. > :02:30.for his local MP. -- pro Corbyn momentum group.
:02:31. > :02:37.Mark Sandell has now been khcked out of the Labour Party. He would not
:02:38. > :02:43.talk about why, but it is thought to be about his support of a f`r left
:02:44. > :02:48.group. It fits in the third -- it fits in
:02:49. > :02:52.with the values of socialisl and democracy which I think the vast
:02:53. > :02:59.members -- must vast majority of members support. This is
:03:00. > :03:04.scapegoating people and denxing people the right to have thd people
:03:05. > :03:07.do vote for running the party they want to support.
:03:08. > :03:14.15 members in Brighton and have been suspended also.
:03:15. > :03:18.It is not about getting rid of bad apples, it is about making sure we
:03:19. > :03:23.are a party fit to work for our city and our country. And that mdans we
:03:24. > :03:27.need to be a more dynamic p`rty with 8000 members and supporters in the
:03:28. > :03:32.city. We had to make sure wd can harness all that enthusiasm.
:03:33. > :03:36.There have been simmering tdnsions within the party in Brighton on how
:03:37. > :03:38.four months. Now it is due to be broken up into three smaller
:03:39. > :03:42.parties. It is making sure we have a
:03:43. > :03:47.structure in place that can deliver proper relationships, not aggressive
:03:48. > :03:53.relationships, between the lember of Parliament who is visiting Labour
:03:54. > :03:57.member of Parliament, and the party. Mark Sandell dubber -- describes his
:03:58. > :03:58.expulsion as a desperate and undemocratic manoeuvre. He hs
:03:59. > :04:01.appealing against it. Our political editor Helen Catt
:04:02. > :04:03.joins us live from Westminster. Helen, there's a bitter
:04:04. > :04:05.power struggle going on within the Labour Party
:04:06. > :04:08.nationally - and it seems to be at its very fiercest
:04:09. > :04:21.in Brighton and Hove. Yes, absolutely. Under Jerely Corbyn
:04:22. > :04:23.Labour is moving in a new dhrection, and nationally he has attracted many
:04:24. > :04:29.hundreds of thousands of new members. But as we saw over the
:04:30. > :04:36.summer, many existing members do not. What we are seeing in Brighton
:04:37. > :04:40.is very much a pro Corbyn and - membership for a large part, and
:04:41. > :04:44.senior politicians who have been quite critical. I understand that
:04:45. > :04:51.when these smaller groups are set up to remain -- replace the ond branch,
:04:52. > :04:55.there will be some attempt lade to bring on-board people from both
:04:56. > :04:59.sides of this debate, to trx and unite the city party once again But
:05:00. > :05:03.I think it is fair to say stspicion is running so high that this will be
:05:04. > :05:10.a tricky thing to pull off. I think the expulsion of Mark Sandell for
:05:11. > :05:12.some is going to add fuel to flames. -- to the flames.
:05:13. > :05:14.Now some breaking news - and within the last hour Frdnch
:05:15. > :05:17.police have fired tear gas to disperse migrants gatherdd
:05:18. > :05:21.The camp will be closed down within the next few days -
:05:22. > :05:23.leading to fears that thous`nds of migrants gathered there will make
:05:24. > :05:25.increasingly desperate attelpts to smuggle themselves
:05:26. > :05:31.Our reporter Simon Jones johns us live from the Jungle.
:05:32. > :05:46.This is still very much an ongoing situation, and a large numbdr of
:05:47. > :05:51.police officers have been fhring tear gas over in that direction near
:05:52. > :05:56.the road that leads to the port There is also a number of officers
:05:57. > :06:01.in that direction, we have ` number of migrants in the distance there,
:06:02. > :06:06.but largely people have retreated back into the jungle. The shtuation
:06:07. > :06:11.developed when initially a few made a break for the road and thd police
:06:12. > :06:16.came and brought them back down but then began firing tear gas. It is a
:06:17. > :06:21.sign with the Jungle about to be closed in the coming days, `t
:06:22. > :06:22.migrants perhaps making a l`st effort to get across the ch`nnel
:06:23. > :06:26.before they are moved out. Why fishing lake owners are calling
:06:27. > :06:30.for more licenses to allow A pensioner from Herne Bay says
:06:31. > :06:41.he fears he'll never be able to walk again,
:06:42. > :06:43.because local NHS managers are refusing to fund an operation
:06:44. > :06:46.to remove large growths of fat Ian Sandford put on weight
:06:47. > :06:53.after an operation to removd a tumour affected his metabolism -
:06:54. > :06:56.he now weighs 30 stone and has His doctors say he would
:06:57. > :06:59.benefit from surgery. But it's not routinely available
:07:00. > :07:02.on the NHS - and local health bosses say he does not
:07:03. > :07:21.have an exceptional case. When Ian Sandford called septicaemia
:07:22. > :07:27.after an operation to removd a tumour 26 years ago, he had no idea
:07:28. > :07:30.it would significantly slow down his metabolism, causing him to double in
:07:31. > :07:36.weight, leaving him barely `ble to walk.
:07:37. > :07:45.It is so galling, to be likd this, and the people that say, control the
:07:46. > :07:51.purse strings, refuse to sed me they don't know what I am lhke an
:07:52. > :07:54.Irish -- refuse to pay for ht. His local Clinical Commissioning
:07:55. > :07:59.Group has decided not to provide funding for an operation to reduce
:08:00. > :08:06.the fat around the stomach, because they deny the clinical benefit. But
:08:07. > :08:18.both a consultant in London and Ian Sandford's GP disagree.
:08:19. > :08:26.When two doctors have said ht should go ahead, it is against the ethos of
:08:27. > :08:30.the current NHS. We should be making efficiency savings, and Jerdmy Hunt
:08:31. > :08:34.is reported this morning as saying they must not take the easy way out
:08:35. > :08:41.and ration care, they have to look at other ways to save costs.
:08:42. > :08:45.The operation would cost just under ?3000, but Ian Sandford and his wife
:08:46. > :08:48.say this is minimal compared to the money already being spent to help
:08:49. > :08:53.him live with a disability. If it carries on, I can see him
:08:54. > :09:02.either moving down here and having carers, are going into a care home.
:09:03. > :09:07.-- or going into a care homd. Mr Sandford says if he doesn't get
:09:08. > :09:08.the operation son, he fears being confined to a wheelchair for the
:09:09. > :09:09.rest of his life. Leanne Rinne with that report,
:09:10. > :09:12.and she's live in Herne Bay. Leanne, what happens next for Mr
:09:13. > :09:19.Sandford? A panel of experts from the
:09:20. > :09:24.Canterbury and coastal CCG have now reviewed Mr Sandford's case twice,
:09:25. > :09:29.and they say there is not the exceptional clinical energy --
:09:30. > :09:33.evidence they need to fund this procedure. They say they ard willing
:09:34. > :09:37.to discuss the reason for this decision and said if any new
:09:38. > :09:41.information comes to light, he can put in a further application, but
:09:42. > :09:42.for now he should be discussing with his GP what other options are
:09:43. > :09:45.available to him. A 2,000 signature petition has been
:09:46. > :09:48.handed into the Church of England, urging it to re-examine the case
:09:49. > :09:51.against a former Sussex bishop. Last year the Church apologhsed
:09:52. > :09:53.and paid compensation to a woman who said she was abused
:09:54. > :09:56.by the late Bishop George Bdll But supporters of Bishop Bell
:09:57. > :10:17.say his reputation has The eggs of a mosquito that had
:10:18. > :10:21.never been before found in ` UK but can transmit deadly diseases have
:10:22. > :10:25.been discovered in East Kent. 15 home owners in the village of
:10:26. > :10:29.Stanford have been sent letters telling them that Asian tigdr
:10:30. > :10:32.mosquito eggs were discoverdd nearby.
:10:33. > :10:35.Our environment correspondent joins me.
:10:36. > :10:39.How significant is this just two years ago I was with Public Health
:10:40. > :10:44.England as they were out at motorway services setting traps. Thex were
:10:45. > :10:50.waiting for this mosquito to arrive, and now it seems it has been found.
:10:51. > :10:56.It is native to south-east @sia but it has spread across Europe in
:10:57. > :11:01.lorries, and it is known to transmit yet -- nasty diseases like xellow
:11:02. > :11:05.fever. This mosquito can carry the Zika virus, but it has never been
:11:06. > :11:10.transmitted by this mosquito in Europe. But I think what is
:11:11. > :11:13.concerning is that clearly this mosquito is increasing its range. We
:11:14. > :11:20.should note that the area where these eggs were found were sprayed
:11:21. > :11:21.as a precaution, but it is still something that Public Health England
:11:22. > :11:26.will be looking for. Campaigners fighting
:11:27. > :11:27.for the expansion of Gatwick Airport -
:11:28. > :11:29.not Heathrow - have criticised the Government for delaying
:11:30. > :11:32.the final decision on where to build They include the Mayor
:11:33. > :11:35.of London, Sadiq Khan - who's accused ministers
:11:36. > :11:37.of "dithering", and causing "unnecessary
:11:38. > :11:39.uncertainty for business". The Government will announcd
:11:40. > :11:41.its preferred option next wdek but a final vote in Parliamdnt
:11:42. > :11:44.will not take place until the end Jon Hunt is live for us at Gatwick
:11:45. > :11:48.Airport. What's the reaction
:11:49. > :12:03.there tonight, Jon? Gatwick says this was the process it
:12:04. > :12:08.was expecting, a policy announcement, then a public
:12:09. > :12:16.consultation, then a vote bx MPs. But critics say it is yet another
:12:17. > :12:20.delay. We now know that a fhnal decision on whether to build more
:12:21. > :12:24.runway capacity at Heathrow or Gatwick is some way off. Thd murder
:12:25. > :12:33.of London says businesses struggling with Brexit now face months of
:12:34. > :12:37.uncertainty. -- the mayor. Businesses said -- businessds need
:12:38. > :12:42.certainty and stability. Instead, they are getting dither and delay.
:12:43. > :12:47.The Davies Commission was sdt up in 2012 to examine all the opthons for
:12:48. > :12:52.runway expansion. Its recommendation, a third runway at
:12:53. > :12:54.Heathrow, was published in July last year.
:12:55. > :12:59.Ministers said they would m`ke a final decision within months. But in
:13:00. > :13:03.December 2015 they announced a delay for more environmental studhes,
:13:04. > :13:07.following by another postponement in June this year following thd Brexit
:13:08. > :13:12.vote. Now, Theresa May thinks -- says the
:13:13. > :13:17.Government's preferred option will be published this month. But there
:13:18. > :13:24.will be have to be a Parlialentary vote in the winter.
:13:25. > :13:29.This Government will take a decision on the proposed site. This hs a
:13:30. > :13:36.subject that has been debatdd spec --, speculated on for 40 ye`rs.
:13:37. > :13:40.One Crawley business associ`tion views the extended process `s good
:13:41. > :13:45.news for those campaigning for Gatwick expansion.
:13:46. > :13:50.We can say why we expect -- support the runway for Gatwick, and make the
:13:51. > :13:54.case and make sure that the MPs voting for it understand whx this
:13:55. > :14:00.text runway should come to Gatwick. It is believed the Government
:14:01. > :14:10.favours Heathrow over Gatwick. No decision has been taken.
:14:11. > :14:15.Crawley Borough Council says it was disappointed in what, to all intents
:14:16. > :14:20.and purposes, is another delay. Crolla Council say they are
:14:21. > :14:26.disappointed because it leaves residents and businesses in limbo.
:14:27. > :14:32.-- Crawley. We will have Thdresa May's third proposition next week,
:14:33. > :14:38.but then we face further debate and consultation. The council's Cabinet
:14:39. > :14:41.member for economic developlent says that is that is -- unsatisf`ctory.
:14:42. > :14:44.The owners of fishing lakes for anglers in the South Wast
:14:45. > :14:47.are calling for more licensds to be granted to cull cormorants ,
:14:48. > :14:48.because the seabirds are such effective predators,
:14:49. > :14:50.they're able to devour local fish stocks.
:14:51. > :14:53.Licences allow the birds to be shot to keep numbers under control.
:14:54. > :14:55.But many wildlife experts are opposed to the policy,
:14:56. > :14:57.and say a more humane solution is needed -
:14:58. > :15:15.Freshwater fishing is estim`ted to be worth ?2 billion to the dconomy,
:15:16. > :15:17.but anglers have competition. The cormorant, which eats up to ?1 of
:15:18. > :15:27.fish per day. I would like to see them
:15:28. > :15:29.gone altogether but that We've tried gas guns at intdrmittent
:15:30. > :15:41.time, pretty awful really. Natural England say
:15:42. > :15:43.almost 100 licences were issued in the past year to control
:15:44. > :15:46.the numbers of cormorants and This angling club have
:15:47. > :15:49.a licence to kill 40 cormorants per year
:15:50. > :15:53.across eight sites. We have had 30 or 40
:15:54. > :16:03.cormorants in this lake in one go, eating an
:16:04. > :16:06.average of 2lbs each. The number of corporate
:16:07. > :16:11.have increased that they have come inland over the p`st few
:16:12. > :16:14.years but is shooting them the only The licences are to control
:16:15. > :16:17.in specific places, and if there is a real
:16:18. > :16:21.problem then that can happen but that should be
:16:22. > :16:24.Some say killing cormorants is a man-made solution to
:16:25. > :16:29.They have adapted to a system -- they have
:16:30. > :16:32.adapted to the situation we have put them in.
:16:33. > :16:35.There has been lots of urban expansion and sprawl, they have
:16:36. > :16:38.changed their behaviour to fit with the situation we have created
:16:39. > :16:39.and unfortunately that often brings them
:16:40. > :16:55.This controversy divides those who want to ensure the popularity of
:16:56. > :16:58.angling, and those who say we should protect our wildlife.
:16:59. > :17:01.Our top story tonight: The bitter power struggle for control
:17:02. > :17:06.of the Labour Party in Brighton and Hove has escalated tonight,
:17:07. > :17:08.with the man elected chairm`n just months ago now expelled
:17:09. > :17:10.from the party altogether, and a string of other
:17:11. > :17:27.Join me later, as I discuss the soundtrack of my life.
:17:28. > :17:29.And after a cloudy and chilly day, more of the same for tomorrow.
:17:30. > :17:33.Details later. His best-known story The Snowman has
:17:34. > :17:36.become almost as familiar a part of Christmas as turkey
:17:37. > :17:38.and the Queen's Speech - helping to make Raymond Briggs one
:17:39. > :17:41.of the UK's most-loved And now his most personal book
:17:42. > :17:47.of all, Ethel and Ernest, which tells his parents' life story,
:17:48. > :17:52.is about to be released in cinemas. Tim Muffett has been to meet him
:17:53. > :17:55.at home in the East Sussex village of Plumpton, near Lewes,
:17:56. > :17:59.for tonight's special report. While we were running,
:18:00. > :18:05.this flying bomb came over... Drawing on personal experience
:18:06. > :18:10.and now, animating it. The Snowman might be
:18:11. > :18:30.Raymond Briggs's most famous story - Ethel and Ernest is his favourite,
:18:31. > :18:33.and most personal. It is about my mum and dad,
:18:34. > :18:37.I was always very close to them It follows their course of life
:18:38. > :18:42.and all the historical What was it like, then,
:18:43. > :18:54.when they said, "We want to make Best thing that can happen to any
:18:55. > :18:59.writer is to have something they have written turned
:19:00. > :19:01.into television or turned into film. Jim Broadbent and Brenda Bldthyn do
:19:02. > :19:04.a fantastic job. When we were recording the thing,
:19:05. > :19:15.I could hear their voices only. That really cracked me up,
:19:16. > :19:18.I spent the whole two days hn tears because it felt as though mx parents
:19:19. > :19:20.were just behind me. I hope you can keep
:19:21. > :19:27.control of it, Ernest. It is 34 years since The Snowman
:19:28. > :19:30.was turned into a film. Since then, computers have
:19:31. > :19:32.transformed the animation industry. But for Ethel and Ernest,
:19:33. > :19:34.the team are combining tradhtional Essentially it is still hand-drawn,
:19:35. > :19:47.and so every single frame rdquires a highly skilled animator
:19:48. > :19:51.to draw it themselves. You have sort of these virttal
:19:52. > :19:54.screens that allow you to work in a way that you can't
:19:55. > :19:56.tell the difference It's not a clean line,
:19:57. > :20:03.it sort of breaks up and it captures What shall I do if it
:20:04. > :20:10.rings when you're out? One of the reasons I'm an animator
:20:11. > :20:17.and illustrator is because of seeing And all of us, we all feel ` massive
:20:18. > :20:24.sense of responsibility. I think it's absolutely brilliant,
:20:25. > :20:28.what they've done, I can't hmagine When you look at the finishdd
:20:29. > :20:34.version in a cinema, I'll be blubbing all over
:20:35. > :20:42.the place, I think. Ernest, don't sing those
:20:43. > :20:44.dreadful Cockney songs! Poignant and engaging,
:20:45. > :20:49.just like The Snowman - Ethel and Ernest have made
:20:50. > :20:55.the journey from page to screen The phrase "showbusiness legend can
:20:56. > :21:06.be overused on occasion -- but it really does apply to singer
:21:07. > :21:14.Donny Osmond, who's still performing to sell-out crowds
:21:15. > :21:17.after a 50-year career. His first TV performance cale
:21:18. > :21:19.at the age of just five. Since then, he's gone onto sell
:21:20. > :21:22.a hundred million records, both with his brothers as The Oslonds,
:21:23. > :21:24.with his sister Marie, In fact he's spent a total of 3 3
:21:25. > :21:29.weeks in the UK charts. We sent Piers Hopkirk
:21:30. > :21:51.to meet him, ahead of his My name is Donny Osmond, and I am a
:21:52. > :21:57.superstar! For a generation of 1970s tdenagers,
:21:58. > :22:06.clean cut Donny Osmond was the first crush. His every appearance was met
:22:07. > :22:16.by screams of adolescent adoration. One word comes to mind. Hysteria.
:22:17. > :22:23.Massive hysteria. They calldd it Osmonds mania. We had all these
:22:24. > :22:27.guards protecting me from the fans. I thought, this is the life Every
:22:28. > :22:35.guy wants to have girls scrdaming at him.
:22:36. > :22:40.Donny and his brothers dominated the music charts at the time, constantly
:22:41. > :22:47.pursued by fans, they had to devise escape plans to get away.
:22:48. > :22:51.We would have decoy cars taking off, chasing them, and we would go off on
:22:52. > :22:55.garbage trucks and delivery vans and things like that.
:22:56. > :23:03.It doesn't seem very showbiz. No, that is real showbiz!
:23:04. > :23:08.The girls screaming at you, what are they like now, are they any better
:23:09. > :23:13.behaved now? It is all different, yes. Btt not
:23:14. > :23:16.long ago there was a concert with teenagers in the front scre`ming. I
:23:17. > :23:27.looked down and said, why are you screaming? They said, because our
:23:28. > :23:35.mothers told us to! Restorer. -- true story. Now five dec`des
:23:36. > :23:38.later, Donny is back on the road, playing in Brighton on his first
:23:39. > :23:45.solo tour for ten years. The hysteria that went on for me
:23:46. > :23:51.really catapulted me, and rdally established my career as a recording
:23:52. > :23:58.artist. So thank you, but it is more than that. Whenever I come here it
:23:59. > :24:04.feels like, and this will sound like a cliche, like I'm coming home. I
:24:05. > :24:08.only have to go back three generations, and this is whdre my
:24:09. > :24:15.ancestors came from. Oxfordshire and Wales. But the UK has got mx roots.
:24:16. > :24:18.Well, can I say, welcome hole? Thank you. It's good to be home
:24:19. > :24:20.That was Donny Osmond, ahead of his forthcoming totr,
:24:21. > :24:22.speaking to our reporter Pidrs Hopkirk.
:24:23. > :24:25.On to football - and Brighton and Hove Albion continued their good
:24:26. > :24:27.start to the Championship sdason, thanks to a hard-fought victory
:24:28. > :24:31.But they were our only winndrs last night, as Gillingham and Ch`rlton's
:24:32. > :24:35.Ian Palmer has our round-up of the action.
:24:36. > :24:37.With the teams above them continuing to win, Brighton
:24:38. > :24:42.Sam Baldock's header in the first half helped settle nerves
:24:43. > :24:49.On the night there was very little between the sides,
:24:50. > :24:52.but the Seagulls' keeper had to be on his toes to keep Brighton ahead.
:24:53. > :24:55.Wolves pressed late in the game but the home side held on,
:24:56. > :25:02.In League 1 it was another head that put the home side, Gillingh`m,
:25:03. > :25:09.Earlier the defender Max Ehler forced the visiting keeper to save.
:25:10. > :25:11.The Midlands side offered little threat, but somehow
:25:12. > :25:14.managed to get an equaliser against the run of play.
:25:15. > :25:17.A Bradley Dack free kick cale close to taking all three points,
:25:18. > :25:21.Gillingham have yet to earn a clean sheet this season.
:25:22. > :25:24.Charlton travelled to Port Vale where they took the lead
:25:25. > :25:30.A cutback pass made it simple work for the on-loan Burnley
:25:31. > :25:34.The Addicks held on stoically, but a late penalty levelled
:25:35. > :25:49.Charlton have to play for 90 minutes, and not 85.
:25:50. > :25:59.Time now for a look at the weather. What's going on with the we`ther?
:26:00. > :26:04.It isn't particularly playing ball, but over the next couple of days for
:26:05. > :26:09.us at least it will be a mostly dry picture. Earlier we had one or two
:26:10. > :26:15.scattered showers, but many of us had a dry day. But it has bden
:26:16. > :26:21.feeling quite chilly. Temperatures 13 or 14 degrees. We started the
:26:22. > :26:25.week with temperatures around 1 or 18. A brisk north-westerly wind we
:26:26. > :26:30.will hold onto that airflow for the next couple of days before
:26:31. > :26:34.eventually those wins get b`ck to a chilly easterly direction at the
:26:35. > :26:42.weekend. Tonight, one or two scattered showers the furthdr east
:26:43. > :26:47.you are particularly, overnhght temperatures around eight or 9
:26:48. > :26:52.degrees. Heading through thd day for Thursday, a chilly, bright start. We
:26:53. > :26:56.still have this area of low pressure to the east of us, so the ftrther
:26:57. > :27:00.east you are the more likelx you are to catch the odd shower, and it
:27:01. > :27:06.could be quite heavy on occ`sion. But for many of us it will be a
:27:07. > :27:14.mostly dry day. Temperatures 14 15 degrees. The wind is quite light,
:27:15. > :27:18.but from a northerly directhon so adding an extra chill. As wd go from
:27:19. > :27:22.Thursday over into Friday, we are going to be holding onto cldarer
:27:23. > :27:30.skies, so once again temper`tures fall away. A bit more cloud cover
:27:31. > :27:34.for eastern parts of Kent. Temperatures to start the d`y on
:27:35. > :27:41.Friday eight or 9 degrees, `nd a similar story to Thursday. @ bit of
:27:42. > :27:48.mist and fog, many others sdeing a dry day. Good news if you h`ve been
:27:49. > :27:53.enjoying the drier weather, as we look towards the weekend thd wind's
:27:54. > :27:57.from an easterly direction, so it will be chilly but mostly dry. Highs
:27:58. > :28:04.of 14 or 15 degrees and lots of sunshine around.
:28:05. > :28:08.I'll be back at APN. And thdn at 10:25pm.
:28:09. > :28:13.-- at eight o'clock. Goodbye.