:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to South East Today. I'm Rob Smith.
:00:00. > :00:09.And I'm Ellie Crisell. Tonight's top stories:
:00:10. > :00:20.Two years of harrassment and bullying so bad, it made her ill -
:00:21. > :00:22.a former ambulance worker's claims about her experience at SECAMB.
:00:23. > :00:25.Months of appeals, threatened fines, endless paperwork and a bailiff -
:00:26. > :00:29.all because of a face-down parking ticket.
:00:30. > :00:47.So you push. You push and it was a good push. The baby born in a car
:00:48. > :00:51.park, delivered by strangers, now meeting up for the first time since
:00:52. > :00:57.the birth. Extraordinary love letters written in a time of war and
:00:58. > :01:10.prejudice, rediscovered in Brighton. And we chat with the former Strictly
:01:11. > :01:16.Star Pasha rehearsing his latest spectacular show in Kent.
:01:17. > :01:19.A former worker at South East Coast Ambulance Service has told
:01:20. > :01:22.this programme that she was so badly bullied there for two years
:01:23. > :01:28.it made her ill, and she had to leave the job she loved.
:01:29. > :01:30.Ambulance technician Jane Thomas says the bullying was widespread
:01:31. > :01:36.The trust has been under intense pressure this week
:01:37. > :01:37.after a leaked report revealed historic allegations
:01:38. > :01:39.of "horrific, cowardly and devastating" acts of bullying
:01:40. > :01:41.against staff at their call centre in Kent.
:01:42. > :01:44.The trust has told us that they are working hard
:01:45. > :01:53.Ian Palmer has our exclusive report.
:01:54. > :02:01.I am so sorry for the people that are working at SECAMB that are still
:02:02. > :02:13.being bullied. It just can't go on, it can't go on any longer. It has to
:02:14. > :02:18.stop. I'm afraid we have had an issue with that report technically.
:02:19. > :02:21.Our health correspondent Mark Norman joins us and Mark -
:02:22. > :02:24.you have been speaking to senior members of the trust this week?
:02:25. > :02:32.I have. They strongly recognise that they have had a problem for a number
:02:33. > :02:36.of years although they are adamant that some of these cases are
:02:37. > :02:40.historic dating back between 2-5 years and they say that the staff
:02:41. > :02:44.involved in bullying have been sanctioned and have not been
:02:45. > :02:48.promoted. They are running a diagnostic review, talking to staff
:02:49. > :02:51.try to get to the bottom of what is going on and they are using examples
:02:52. > :02:56.of how other trusts have dealt with it. They've had 14 cases of bullying
:02:57. > :03:00.this year and they say that shows staff are confident they can report
:03:01. > :03:05.bullying and harassment when they see it. I spoke to one ambulance
:03:06. > :03:10.driver who said it mixed a tough job even Tupper. This trust needs real
:03:11. > :03:15.leadership. It does not have a full-time chief executive, chairman,
:03:16. > :03:18.head of HR, and Chief nurse, and they need that in place if they are
:03:19. > :03:24.going to sort out some of these issues. We have now got that report
:03:25. > :03:26.from Ian Palmer looking into the situation at the South
:03:27. > :03:36.East coast Ambulance Service. Jane Thomas was a technician with the
:03:37. > :03:38.SECAMB for 14 years. She left two years ago after suffering what she
:03:39. > :03:47.describes as repeated bullying from a colleague. I was expecting a baby
:03:48. > :03:58.in September, I miscarried in Christmas Day. And he made a comment
:03:59. > :04:04.about my weight in the duty room in front of several other colleagues
:04:05. > :04:10.when I was passing through. And they all laughed about it. Jane Thomas
:04:11. > :04:15.joined what was Kent ambulance in the year 2000. She was happy and
:04:16. > :04:18.enjoy the work. Based in Thanet, that changed in 2012, when she
:04:19. > :04:23.questioned a co-worker's professionalism. The 50-year-old
:04:24. > :04:28.mother of one raise the matter with senior managers but she says they
:04:29. > :04:35.fail to act appropriately. When you haven't got the support, who do you
:04:36. > :04:41.turn to? You have your line manager, that you think, you hope, you can
:04:42. > :04:45.trust and they perhaps don't want to know so you go the next stage
:04:46. > :04:52.further and they are not interested. Revelations about bullying at SECAMB
:04:53. > :04:59.have centred around historical allegations at the emergency call
:05:00. > :05:03.centre at Coxheath. A confidential report was leaked this week,
:05:04. > :05:05.describing a culture of favouritism and nepotism with staff receiving
:05:06. > :05:11.abusive and anonymous phone calls and female staff being called
:05:12. > :05:20.obscene names. In response, the trust says...
:05:21. > :05:31.The trust goes on to say... But that is not good enough for the MP for
:05:32. > :05:37.Eastbourne, who spoke to the BBC earlier this week. I am suitably
:05:38. > :05:41.appalled. Beyond disappointed. I am very angry, have these allegations
:05:42. > :05:47.do come through then serious questions need to be asked. Jane
:05:48. > :05:50.Thomas now lives in North Wales, but she says she constantly fears for
:05:51. > :05:59.the welfare of the SECAMB staff that she left behind. In July 2014, I
:06:00. > :06:05.said to myself I have got the go. There is no way out for me. And I
:06:06. > :06:11.had to give up a job that I loved doing very much. And it still
:06:12. > :06:14.affects me, to this day. And I am so sorry for the people that are
:06:15. > :06:19.working for SECAMB that are still being bullied. It can't go on. It
:06:20. > :06:30.can't go on any longer. It has to stop.
:06:31. > :06:37.A dispute over a ?1 parking ticket led to a 14 month battle with East
:06:38. > :06:44.Sussex County Council which saw Baylis try to repossess a woman's
:06:45. > :06:49.car. The wind blew that it facedown onto the dashboard. After months of
:06:50. > :06:54.disputes and independent parking tribunal has ruled in her favour.
:06:55. > :06:59.The council says it is seeking clarification on the decision and
:07:00. > :07:04.will check its rules. It was a ?1 for two hours to get that led to
:07:05. > :07:13.this woman's 14 month legal battle. She regularly pays and displays in
:07:14. > :07:20.this car park at Seaford and the problems began on a windy winters
:07:21. > :07:23.day. I am a volunteer at the theatre three or four times a week. And I
:07:24. > :07:29.was helping with the school pantomime. It was windy, December
:07:30. > :07:32.2015, very cold, the children had arrived early with their teachers
:07:33. > :07:37.and I was rushing to get them into the theatre. I bought a ticket as I
:07:38. > :07:43.always do, put it in my car, and the wind must have flipped it over as I
:07:44. > :07:46.closed the door. And the ?50 penalty charge was issued. She told East
:07:47. > :07:50.Sussex County Council what had happened and sent in her ticket.
:07:51. > :07:55.Season has further evidence that the ticket had flipped over but officers
:07:56. > :07:58.refused to back down. More appeals and the County Court hearing
:07:59. > :08:07.followed. And then Baylis, to take away her car. A tow truck and a
:08:08. > :08:12.bailiff turned up with a lady threatening to drag away my ?11,000
:08:13. > :08:16.car for a ?1 parking ticket that I had bought. It was absolutely
:08:17. > :08:23.incredible. You are not going to pay the fine? It got beyond ridiculous,
:08:24. > :08:27.six appeals, bailiffs, and all for a ?1 ticket that I had bought.
:08:28. > :08:32.Eventually a government independent tribunal sided with and the ?400
:08:33. > :08:36.that she had to pay the bailiffs has now been refunded. The fact that
:08:37. > :08:44.then pursued its relentlessly, it seems me that someone has really had
:08:45. > :08:47.quite a vicious streak in them and instead of exercising their
:08:48. > :08:51.discretion that common sense would suggest, has pursued this
:08:52. > :08:56.relentlessly and at the expense of taxpayers. East Sussex County
:08:57. > :09:01.Council says it issued a penalty charge notice because it had
:09:02. > :09:07.happened to Paul before, back in March 2015, when she was given a
:09:08. > :09:11.warning. The matter is now closed for Paula but the council is seeking
:09:12. > :09:14.clarification from the tribunal over its decision.
:09:15. > :09:17.In a moment, delays on the Delay Repay scheme - Southern Rail
:09:18. > :09:25.customers are still waiting for their long-promised compensation.
:09:26. > :09:29.A lorry driver accused of bringing down a bridge on the M20 in Kent
:09:30. > :09:32.by driving dangerously has appeared in court.
:09:33. > :09:34.Alan Austen from Darlington is also charged with criminal damage.
:09:35. > :09:37.The incident happened last August, when a lorry hit a footbridge
:09:38. > :09:39.crossing the M20, bringing it down onto another HGV
:09:40. > :09:52.Simon Jones reports from Maidstone Crown Court.
:09:53. > :09:54.A first court appearance for Alan Austen.
:09:55. > :09:56.Magistrates heard he was driving a lorry.
:09:57. > :09:59.The trailer was loaded with a dumper truck and an excavator when he hit
:10:00. > :10:01.the pedestrian bridge, causing it to come down
:10:02. > :10:05.It caused ?1.5 million worth of damage to the bridge
:10:06. > :10:06.and more than ?150,000 to the equipment.
:10:07. > :10:10.It caused travel chaos over the August bank holiday weekend.
:10:11. > :10:14.Mr Austen did not enter a plea to charges of dangerous driving,
:10:15. > :10:19.causing serious injury and criminal damage.
:10:20. > :10:22.This was a brief court appearance lasting just a few minutes.
:10:23. > :10:24.Magistrates decided, because of the seriousness
:10:25. > :10:27.of the charges, the case should be sent to the Crown Court.
:10:28. > :10:30.And that hearing will take place on 17th of March.
:10:31. > :10:33.A motorcyclist who suffered three broken ribs in the aftermath
:10:34. > :10:36.of the bridge collapse spoke about what had happened
:10:37. > :10:45.The bridge was coming down, almost like in slow motion to start
:10:46. > :10:49.with, because it was eating its way through the lorry as it was coming
:10:50. > :10:53.down but then it tore away from the other side.
:10:54. > :10:56.As it came down it came through the back of the floor.
:10:57. > :10:58.The motorway was shut for more than 24 hours.
:10:59. > :11:06.What remained of the bridge has been demolished.
:11:07. > :11:17.Simon is live now at the M20. Will that bridge actually end up being
:11:18. > :11:21.replaced? The bridge used to be on the stretch of motorway. It is now
:11:22. > :11:25.completely gone. Highways England have said there would be a new
:11:26. > :11:27.bridge but they could not give as a timescale. They said it might arrive
:11:28. > :11:33.when there is work to convert part of the motorway into a smart
:11:34. > :11:38.motorway. When it was removed it was a huge operation. The motorway have
:11:39. > :11:42.to be closed for almost three days, 100 people involved, so putting up a
:11:43. > :11:45.new bridge is going to be a tall order. And this is the main route
:11:46. > :11:48.into the port of Dover, and Eurotunnel.
:11:49. > :11:50.New problems have emerged with refunds for passengers
:11:51. > :11:52.who were delayed on their journeys on Southern Rail.
:11:53. > :11:55.The company promised they would be compensated for the chaos
:11:56. > :11:57.on the service since industrial action began last year.
:11:58. > :11:59.They told passengers it would be in touch
:12:00. > :12:02.with them in the New Year - but thousands haven't heard a word,
:12:03. > :12:04.and today the company admitted that technical problems mean
:12:05. > :12:06.the scheme is itself now facing big delays.
:12:07. > :12:17.For ten months they have put up with delays on the trains.
:12:18. > :12:20.Now they are having to put up with delays on getting
:12:21. > :12:23.One commuter from Haywards Heath is owed ?350.
:12:24. > :12:25.What is really sickening is that the compensation
:12:26. > :12:28.that we were promised for months, there is such a mess
:12:29. > :12:34.Two things, it seems, have gone wrong.
:12:35. > :12:36.First, Southern have failed to get in touch by e-mail
:12:37. > :12:38.with many of the 40,000 passengers they have details for.
:12:39. > :12:41.They promised them they would be contacted in early January.
:12:42. > :12:44.Today, they couldn't tell us how many they had contacted so far.
:12:45. > :12:46.Second, a special web portal has failed
:12:47. > :12:55.This was meant to be used by the 44,000 or so passengers
:12:56. > :12:56.who Southern don't have details for themselves.
:12:57. > :12:58.Possibly because they bought their tickets through another
:12:59. > :13:03.organisation, their Oyster card, for example.
:13:04. > :13:05.The only good news for passengers is that Southern have now
:13:06. > :13:09.abandoned their deadline of March 31st for people to contact them.
:13:10. > :13:12.My own personal experience, I phoned up Southern Rail
:13:13. > :13:18.and they said I'm not in the system even though I have an electronic
:13:19. > :13:20.account, I'm not on the system, which is truly unbelievable,
:13:21. > :13:25.because my e-mail is too similar to someone else's, apparently.
:13:26. > :13:28.Pretty much the same as every other aspect of Southern Rail.
:13:29. > :13:31.We have to go through so much pain to get what we're actually
:13:32. > :13:38.One passenger pointing out on Twitter...
:13:39. > :13:52.Southern would not be interviewed about this today but they hope
:13:53. > :13:55.that their web portal will be working next week.
:13:56. > :13:58.It is yet another frustration for passengers at the end of
:13:59. > :14:12.John is at Shoreham by sea station. What is the latest advice the
:14:13. > :14:16.passengers? The week ahead, let's start with a glimmer of hope. Aslef,
:14:17. > :14:22.the union that cause a shock when it relied it had not reached agreement
:14:23. > :14:26.with sullen, said it was to get back around the table early next week.
:14:27. > :14:29.They have said that they do not want ACAS, the arbitration service on
:14:30. > :14:33.board. But then what to read into that but it looks like talks could
:14:34. > :14:37.be back on the table. The other piece of news, a strike from the RMT
:14:38. > :14:41.union going ahead on Wednesday but it does not have the Aslef drivers
:14:42. > :14:47.involved. That led a bullish Southern to say, last time RMT is
:14:48. > :14:49.were on strike the ran three quarters of services and this time
:14:50. > :14:51.we think we can do better than that. This is our top story tonight: Two
:14:52. > :14:53.years of harrassment and bullying so bad,
:14:54. > :14:57.it made her ill - a former ambulance worker tells us
:14:58. > :15:00.about her experience at SECAMB after this week's leaked
:15:01. > :15:02.report into historic allegations of bullying
:15:03. > :15:04.against call centre staff. The Ambulance Service says
:15:05. > :15:27.they are addressing the issue. I am Pasha, join me later to find
:15:28. > :15:28.out more about my new shoe. And join me later for the latest weather
:15:29. > :15:35.details. -- my new show. In the 1970's, as a child actor,
:15:36. > :15:38.things were looking very rosy for Donald Waugh -
:15:39. > :15:41.a regular on TV in Grange Hill, a role in the hit film Bugsy Malone,
:15:42. > :15:44.and on stage in the musical Cats. But things shifted as he grew
:15:45. > :15:47.up - and he went into Sadly that didn't go so well -
:15:48. > :15:51.his venture failed, and he ended up homeless and for a while,
:15:52. > :15:55.living on the streets. Now he's putting his own,
:15:56. > :15:57.sometimes very tough, experiences to good use -
:15:58. > :15:59.he's started a self help arts charity, working with people
:16:00. > :16:01.marginalised by society. For tonight's special report,
:16:02. > :16:20.Robin Gibson met him at the group's Colourful, striking and intriguing,
:16:21. > :16:24.this is definitely art. At the distance there is a delicate beauty,
:16:25. > :16:28.but close-up there is a huge amount that disturbs. The list eyes will
:16:29. > :16:33.say that it is rubbish, and in a way, they are right. Donald comes in
:16:34. > :16:37.and explains who he is and what he does and what he is intending to do
:16:38. > :16:42.and he says I would like you to give me a bag of your rubbish. And I
:16:43. > :16:46.said, well, it is rubbish. He said you will be surprised what I can
:16:47. > :16:51.create with it. Black bin line to make the garment, crushed bits of
:16:52. > :16:56.oil... It is chucked out stuffed grape on mannequins and photographs.
:16:57. > :16:59.It has been created by groups of people, street workers, disabled
:17:00. > :17:03.people or those with addictions, this is the man who has brought them
:17:04. > :17:13.together. Donald Waugh was a child actor. He was on Grange Hill and in
:17:14. > :17:17.the iconic movie, Bugsy Malone. His life seemed charmed but he ended up
:17:18. > :17:22.destitute and on the street when his career as a property developer went
:17:23. > :17:26.wrong. I lost everything. I started to drink and became an alcoholic and
:17:27. > :17:29.ended up on the streets. When you lose things and your life becomes a
:17:30. > :17:34.mess, if you rebuild your life again you are never the same. One of the
:17:35. > :17:38.key things that keeps me going everyday is gratitude. He still in
:17:39. > :17:42.temporary housing but he formed pavement to catwalk, part arts
:17:43. > :17:47.organisation, part self-help group, which uses the talents of
:17:48. > :17:54.marginalised people to make art that sells to make money to help continue
:17:55. > :18:01.the work. The mouth was stitched on this. One good side and one bad
:18:02. > :18:07.side, stitched, were people still to keep their mouths quite. This is a
:18:08. > :18:09.first public outing. Things used by throwing away people to people to
:18:10. > :18:21.try to bring about change. Could there be any experience more
:18:22. > :18:24.stressful than going into labour and not making it to the hospital in
:18:25. > :18:28.time? That's exactly what happened on
:18:29. > :18:35.Monday - when Jadine Arnold ended up giving
:18:36. > :18:37.birth in the car park at Tunbridge Wells
:18:38. > :18:39.Hospital. Fortunately two good
:18:40. > :18:41.samaritan's were there to help out and thanks to having been an avid
:18:42. > :18:44.fan of the TV show Call The Midwife, Today they got the chance to meet
:18:45. > :18:48.baby Bohdi, and his proud and grateful
:18:49. > :18:50.parents in somewhat less stressful circumstances - and our reporter
:18:51. > :19:03.Chrissy Reidy was there, too. Mother and baby reunited with the
:19:04. > :19:07.date the woman who helped deliver her son and the back of the car and
:19:08. > :19:11.a hospital car park. Becky and Sue had pulled into the space. I
:19:12. > :19:14.screeched up in front of their car and ran round to the window and
:19:15. > :19:21.asked if we could dig into their space. I reversed in. She then said
:19:22. > :19:25.that the baby was coming. I didn't believe her. I went round to see and
:19:26. > :19:33.clearly it was coming so I ran into the hospital. I got there, to the
:19:34. > :19:40.back of the car, and suddenly the baby 's head was there. Maarten had
:19:41. > :19:44.gone for help leaving Sue with his wife and baby Bohdi decided that it
:19:45. > :19:49.was now or never. I said, you have got to push, and you push and it was
:19:50. > :19:57.a good push, and a little shoulder appeared. And suddenly, he came out.
:19:58. > :20:00.And I caught him in the towel. I could have been just on my own that
:20:01. > :20:04.happening and perhaps if someone else was not there they might not
:20:05. > :20:09.have guided him out as out as well as Sue did. So, yes, just so
:20:10. > :20:14.incredibly lucky. Sue was holding the baby wrapped up in a towel,
:20:15. > :20:20.trying not to cry, because this was my first son that I have always
:20:21. > :20:23.wanted, he was there. Sue had been at the hospital with it before
:20:24. > :20:27.because her husband had passed away and it was nice to bring another new
:20:28. > :20:30.life into the board after losing another one. Which was lovely. It
:20:31. > :20:35.was a special moment, but rather surreal. The families were only able
:20:36. > :20:41.to meet today after Sue's daughter made an online appeal to find them.
:20:42. > :20:50.I did not imagine her being a midwife. And delivering a baby boy.
:20:51. > :21:01.It was totally weird. Luckily, I watch Call The Midwife so it was in
:21:02. > :21:07.my head! Baby Bohdi ways 9lbs and is doing well, and he has brought more
:21:08. > :21:12.happiness into the Albany realises. -- enter the world than he realises.
:21:13. > :21:14.Pasha Kovalev is a professional dancer who found fame
:21:15. > :21:16.on Strictly Come Dancing - his highlight winning
:21:17. > :21:18.the contest outright in 2014 with Caroline Flack.
:21:19. > :21:21.These days he spends his time out on the road, touring his spectacular
:21:22. > :21:25.In a few weeks it will be coming to Folkestone -
:21:26. > :21:28.and today he was in the town, rehearsing with local dancers
:21:29. > :21:31.who will be getting the chance to perform on stage along side him.
:21:32. > :21:46.This must make it a very special day for those dancers. Yes, very special
:21:47. > :21:51.day. They were also excited. Pasha came to watch them rehearse and was
:21:52. > :21:54.giving them advice and it is greater then Timmy meet an icon who has
:21:55. > :21:56.turned a passion into a career. It is something that they are all
:21:57. > :22:07.excited about when the show comes here in April.
:22:08. > :22:19.Pasha Kovalev wowed audiences when he lifted the glitter ball trophy in
:22:20. > :22:25.2014 with Caroline Flack. Ten. Ten. Now he's bringing his showbiz
:22:26. > :22:30.sparkle to Folkestone with his own show. It is close to my heart
:22:31. > :22:36.because it is kind of my life story. It is me growing up as a dancer,
:22:37. > :22:40.struggling along in the world, moving from Russia to the United
:22:41. > :22:44.States and the one Broadway, on TV, touring the world, and coming back
:22:45. > :22:55.here to the UK forced Strictly Come Dancing.
:22:56. > :23:06.The first performance and he has enlisted the help of a local dance
:23:07. > :23:10.group. I am so excited. It is going to be so good. I never thought I
:23:11. > :23:15.would have an opportunity like that but being a big fan of Strictly Come
:23:16. > :23:19.Dancing, it is absolutely amazing. He is so professional. He is so
:23:20. > :23:26.inspiring. You see him on TV all the time. And it is just really
:23:27. > :23:32.exciting. It is going to be like hard-core, let's do this. Not just
:23:33. > :23:35.the dance groups are excited. Everything is there, beautiful
:23:36. > :23:40.costumes, all of the styles that you have seen on to become Banting, the
:23:41. > :23:44.walls, the foxtrot, passionate tangos, it is a show for the entire
:23:45. > :23:50.family and we're all going to have fun. He might not any longer have
:23:51. > :23:55.the strictly judges to impress but he is still hoping to get top marks.
:23:56. > :23:59.If you want to come and watch it will be here on April five. -- April
:24:00. > :24:02.the 5th. An extraordinary collection of love
:24:03. > :24:04.letters written during the Second World War have been
:24:05. > :24:07.discovered in a trunk in Brighton, detailing the hopes and dreams
:24:08. > :24:10.and fears of a young couple All the letters were sent
:24:11. > :24:15.between the pair to army camps around the country.
:24:16. > :24:16.Both signed the letters with the same initial - G -
:24:17. > :24:19.and never their full names - because, for both of them,
:24:20. > :24:21.revealing their love publicly could have had
:24:22. > :24:49.the direst of consequences. They do not know that it is love. He
:24:50. > :24:53.exchanged hundreds of letters with his sweetheart and always signed
:24:54. > :24:58.with the initial, G. More than 70 years later it has been discovered
:24:59. > :25:02.that G stood for Gordon, and Gilbert had been in love with a man. It
:25:03. > :25:06.stunned us to start with because we had seen that all of the letters
:25:07. > :25:10.were from a girlfriend because of what they talked about then it was
:25:11. > :25:12.the realisation that we had uncovered a gold mine of
:25:13. > :25:18.correspondence between the two men. The letters are from infantrymen
:25:19. > :25:22.Gordon from Devon, but no picture of him has yet been found. They were
:25:23. > :25:26.uncovered nine years ago in Brighton, NI house clearance, but
:25:27. > :25:30.very nearly could have been lost. Do one thing for me in deadly
:25:31. > :25:34.seriousness. I want all of my letters destroyed. Please, darling,
:25:35. > :25:39.do this for me. Till then and for ever I worship you. The letters will
:25:40. > :25:43.be read this weekend at the history Festival in Shropshire organised by
:25:44. > :25:47.a couple among the first to have a civil partnership 11 years ago. Here
:25:48. > :25:51.we are looking at something so personal, so loving and so caring
:25:52. > :25:57.between two guys in the Second World War. Even back in the late 70s it
:25:58. > :26:04.was a very different world. Still very restricted. It was hard to find
:26:05. > :26:08.a partner for life. The illicit letters were written at a time when
:26:09. > :26:11.Dearlove would have been illegal, but the words are filled with
:26:12. > :26:14.happiness and hope for a more progressive time. Wouldn't it be
:26:15. > :26:17.wonderful if our letters to be published in future in a more
:26:18. > :26:22.enlightened time, and all the world could see how in love we are? And
:26:23. > :26:27.the world has a glimpse of that forbidden love, decades on.
:26:28. > :26:29.Time now for the weather with Rachel.
:26:30. > :26:38.It is going to get even warmer, fantastic! Lots of sun sign around
:26:39. > :26:44.this afternoon. The cloud that we saw first thing broke up during the
:26:45. > :26:49.afternoon. Towards the weekend it is going to be staying mild. Today we
:26:50. > :26:54.had highs of 13 Celsius. Heading through the weekend, particularly
:26:55. > :27:01.Sunday, we will see highs of 13, 14, maybe even 17 by Monday. There will
:27:02. > :27:06.be some rain around, first thing on Sunday but for most of us in the
:27:07. > :27:09.South East corner it should be dry. Clear skies mean that there will be
:27:10. > :27:15.some mist and fog of an act but again very mild. Temperatures
:27:16. > :27:19.dropping to around five Celsius. Any early mist and fog burns back. We
:27:20. > :27:23.still have this area of high pressure. Once again it is going to
:27:24. > :27:27.be brightening up by the afternoon, still with that south-westerly
:27:28. > :27:34.airflow. Top temperatures reaching highs of 11 or 12 degrees. Going
:27:35. > :27:38.from Saturday into Sunday, we will see this weakening weather front,
:27:39. > :27:44.not bringing much in terms of rain, but it will mean more cloud cover.
:27:45. > :27:48.The winds pick up a little bit. Mild, overnight temperatures around
:27:49. > :27:54.five Celsius, and a damp start Sunday but that front players and
:27:55. > :27:57.again it brightens up with highs of around 13 Celsius. Heading into the
:27:58. > :28:02.new week, for Monday, potentially some breaks in the cloud cover and
:28:03. > :28:06.we could see some highs of 17 Celsius. The average for the time of
:28:07. > :28:12.year is around eight. There will also be a good deal of cloud. Even
:28:13. > :28:17.so you cannot argue with 17 Celsius. Monday into juicy, some rain for a
:28:18. > :28:20.time, towards the weekend, bright for the most part, dry and mild. --
:28:21. > :28:30.Monday into Tuesday. We're back with a late news at PM. I
:28:31. > :28:34.will see you next week. Have a great weekend. Goodbye. -- the late news
:28:35. > :28:36.at 10:30pm.