:00:00. > 3:59:59tonight. Their arch -- there are plans for children as young as four
:00:00. > :00:00.to be taught about Make a decision now
:00:00. > :00:12.on the new Thames Crossing or the South East will grind
:00:13. > :00:14.to a halt. We're live in Dartford
:00:15. > :00:16.as business leaders urge He was killed by a driver
:00:17. > :00:21.who'd been texting - the mother of a teenager says
:00:22. > :00:24.new penalties for mobile phone use One of the country's top schools
:00:25. > :00:40.asks parents to pay for textbooks Tens of thousands of Southern
:00:41. > :00:41.commuters could miss out on compensation.
:00:42. > :00:44.One of the country's top schools asks parents to pay for textbooks
:00:45. > :00:51.because of "a perfect storm" in funding.
:00:52. > :00:53.There's always this. A sonic probe?
:00:54. > :00:55.And it's the Doctor's favourite device, but could the technology
:00:56. > :01:05.in the sonic screwdriver become a reality?
:01:06. > :01:09.The South East could grind to a standstill
:01:10. > :01:11.unless the Government makes an urgent decision on where
:01:12. > :01:13.a new crossing over the Thames should be built.
:01:14. > :01:16.That's the warning to the Chancellor tonight in a letter
:01:17. > :01:18.signed by the Federation of Small Businesses,
:01:19. > :01:21.the Port of Dover and the London Chamber of Commerce.
:01:22. > :01:24.Last year, ministers promised an announcement in due course,
:01:25. > :01:27.following the largest public consultation for a road project
:01:28. > :01:32.But as Simon Jones reports, the letter warns that ongoing
:01:33. > :01:44.A crossing that can't cope, causing gridlock on the region's roads,
:01:45. > :01:48.That's why the Federation of Small Businesses say, in addition
:01:49. > :01:50.to the Dartford Crossing, a new Lower Thames Crossing is needed now.
:01:51. > :01:52.There's real problem with traffic congestion,
:01:53. > :01:55.particularly here in Kent, but not just Kent -
:01:56. > :01:58.London, Essex too - that'll only be solved when we have
:01:59. > :02:03.So we need the Chancellor, Philip Hammond, to seize the day
:02:04. > :02:06.in the budget and take some action on this.
:02:07. > :02:09.In January last year, Highways England chose
:02:10. > :02:12.a multi-billion pound tunnel, east of Gravesend, as its preferred
:02:13. > :02:16.option, rather than another crossing at Dartford.
:02:17. > :02:19.It even produced images of what it would look like.
:02:20. > :02:23.A public consultation attracted 40,000 responses,
:02:24. > :02:26.but still no final decision from the Government.
:02:27. > :02:29.In a letter to be published in tomorrow's City AM newspaper,
:02:30. > :02:31.the Federation, along with the Freight Transport
:02:32. > :02:34.Association, the Port of Dover and the London Chamber
:02:35. > :02:36.of Commerce say the Dartford Crossing
:02:37. > :02:41.is creaking under the pressure of 50 million crossing a year.
:02:42. > :02:43.That threatens to bring the South East to a standstill.
:02:44. > :02:46.The Government's promise to make a decision in due course
:02:47. > :02:58.I think it's disgusting that they've never made it good.
:02:59. > :03:00.How much do you think a new crossing is needed?
:03:01. > :03:04.No-one wants it on their doorstep, but it's definitely needed.
:03:05. > :03:09.As soon as you get a snarl on the M25, an accident, that's it,
:03:10. > :03:11.it just snags all the way back for hours.
:03:12. > :03:13.The people in Dartford are held up for hours and hours.
:03:14. > :03:15.There have been protests against the possible
:03:16. > :03:19.The Department for Transport said today it recognised
:03:20. > :03:25.But said, again, a decision will be taken in due course.
:03:26. > :03:28.I'm optimistic that we'll actually get a decision this month.
:03:29. > :03:31.It's important we get the right decision that
:03:32. > :03:37.Soon as we get the decision, we can get on with building it.
:03:38. > :03:40.All eyes will now be on the Chancellor next week.
:03:41. > :03:42.Simon Jones with that report, and he's live
:03:43. > :03:53.Simon, why is this decision taking so long?
:03:54. > :03:59.The Government wasn't able to clarify today what exactly it means
:04:00. > :04:06.by those three words - in due course. To be fair, it's
:04:07. > :04:09.sifting through 47,000 responses to the public consultation. That was
:04:10. > :04:14.the biggest response ever for a project of this kind. Whichever
:04:15. > :04:17.decision it takes, it is going to prove controversial. The doctorate
:04:18. > :04:21.MP says you can't build a new crossing here, because it will bring
:04:22. > :04:26.more traffic into Dartford. It should be built near Gravesend. The
:04:27. > :04:28.Gravesend MP that should bring 30 years of misery on the M25.
:04:29. > :04:32.The mother of a teenage cyclist who died after being hit by a van
:04:33. > :04:34.says tough new penalties for motorists who use
:04:35. > :04:36.their mobile phone at the wheel do not go far enough.
:04:37. > :04:39.Daniel Squire was just 18 when he was killed near Deal
:04:40. > :04:41.by a driver who admitted he'd been sending text messages
:04:42. > :04:44.From today, the penalties for drivers caught
:04:45. > :04:46.using their phones have been increased to a ?200 fine
:04:47. > :04:48.and six points - meaning newly qualified drivers
:04:49. > :04:51.could lose their licence for a single offence.
:04:52. > :05:06.Cyclist Daniel Squire died after was hit by a ban on the A258 new Deal.
:05:07. > :05:09.The driver, who was cleared of causing his death, admitted in court
:05:10. > :05:13.he had been texting earlier in his journey. From today, penalties for
:05:14. > :05:19.using a phone at the wheel have doubled. Six points on your driving
:05:20. > :05:23.licence, and a ?200 fine. But Daniel Squire's mother believed the new
:05:24. > :05:28.rules don't go far enough. I do believe there has been a step
:05:29. > :05:34.forward today, and that's great. I'm not sure whether it's enough. I am
:05:35. > :05:37.not sure if it's deterrent. I think it should be an instant ban if
:05:38. > :05:45.you're caught using your phone, particularly texting, it should be
:05:46. > :05:48.an instant ban. For me it's words - not possibly worse, but it comes in
:05:49. > :05:56.the same frame as drink-driving. According to the AA trust, texting
:05:57. > :06:03.at the wheel caused 440 crashes at the wheel, and 22 deaths. In a
:06:04. > :06:08.single crackdown, the police issued 7800 fixed penalty notices.
:06:09. > :06:12.This driver was spotted holding her phone to plot a route.
:06:13. > :06:19.You had both hands on top of the steering wheel, you aware it's going
:06:20. > :06:24.to change? Six points, judge pound fine and no option of any sort of
:06:25. > :06:32.education course. Today is it changes, in the wake of
:06:33. > :06:34.the hard-hitting advertising campaign.
:06:35. > :06:39.Today, the modern cars have everything built into them that is
:06:40. > :06:43.ready to use. The people who feel generally obliged to use their
:06:44. > :06:46.phones, that the phones do a huge amount for them automatically while
:06:47. > :06:49.driving. It is a needless and selfish act
:06:50. > :06:57.when you're driving. You're potentially in charge of a vehicle
:06:58. > :07:01.that's able to kill somebody. She says she's keen to see if that
:07:02. > :07:02.offer new rules will have an effect in reducing the number of road
:07:03. > :07:03.accidents. Charlie Rose with that
:07:04. > :07:13.report, and he's live It tragic story, but it seems the
:07:14. > :07:19.police have a tough job on the hands to get people. Using their phones at
:07:20. > :07:23.the wheels of their cars? Yes, the most recent report from the
:07:24. > :07:28.RAC found that 31% of drivers admitted to using a hand-held device
:07:29. > :07:33.at the wheel, compared to 8%two years ago. Clearly, the police
:07:34. > :07:36.continue to have their work cut out. Campaigners say a big part of the
:07:37. > :07:40.problem is having these at the wheel, which is proving too
:07:41. > :07:43.tempting, having them inside the car. Perhaps the solution is to have
:07:44. > :07:44.them safely stashed away in the glove box.
:07:45. > :07:45.Thank you. The first aider honoured
:07:46. > :07:49.for his efforts to save lives when seven men drowned last summer
:07:50. > :07:56.at Camber Sands. Tens of thousands of Southern Rail
:07:57. > :07:59.commuters could miss out on compensation for the poor service
:08:00. > :08:02.they've received over the last year because of the way they
:08:03. > :08:06.bought their ticket. That's the claim tonight from Labour
:08:07. > :08:09.members of the London Assembly. They say a Government scheme
:08:10. > :08:11.to refund passengers affected by months of industrial action
:08:12. > :08:14.on the Southern network will only benefit season ticket holders
:08:15. > :08:18.and some Travelcard users, but not those who've paid
:08:19. > :08:42.for journeys using a contactless When the Government stumped up a
:08:43. > :08:46.multi-million pound compensation fund, it wasn't a moment too soon
:08:47. > :08:49.for passengers. Now there's concern that many passengers won't get a
:08:50. > :08:57.penny of it. Everyone uses their southern rail
:08:58. > :09:01.service,, you may be commuting from London Bridge to Brighton, it is the
:09:02. > :09:05.basic principle of furnishing, everyone uses the same train, they
:09:06. > :09:08.should be audible for the same compensation.
:09:09. > :09:14.The issue was that the compensation was only for those who have season
:09:15. > :09:18.tickets. A year's ticket got a month costs back. Others are proportion of
:09:19. > :09:24.that. But those who pay on the day get nothing from the Government
:09:25. > :09:27.part. One MP says there's simpler way to compensate everyone.
:09:28. > :09:30.My view is that there should be a straightforward four reduction until
:09:31. > :09:34.they have the service back into the ship the desire to be, perhaps when
:09:35. > :09:39.the London Bridge work to complete. That should be away giving
:09:40. > :09:42.across-the-board compensation to everyone.
:09:43. > :09:45.Pay-as-you-go passengers can still claim on a journey by Jenny kisses,
:09:46. > :09:53.but the time it takes a fairly off-putting for some.
:09:54. > :09:57.-- you are trying to claw back as much viewed as possible, I can't be
:09:58. > :10:01.bothered to do that. I did it on the internet, but got in
:10:02. > :10:06.such a model I gave up. I wanted to do it, but too busy,
:10:07. > :10:11.that's that. Some delays were out of Southern's
:10:12. > :10:16.hands, problems of the track, for example. But others were caused by
:10:17. > :10:18.their performance and strikes over the toxic issue of drivers operating
:10:19. > :10:21.the doors. -- by poor performance. Sara Smith with that report - she's
:10:22. > :10:31.live at Horley Station in Surrey. Was white talks of resume today
:10:32. > :10:36.between Aslef and Southern? Train drivers union has reached
:10:37. > :10:40.agreement with Southern, but that was voted down by the members last
:10:41. > :10:43.month. Both sides are back on the table today, but the Senedd won't
:10:44. > :10:50.make any comments and told they have a breakthrough. They have said they
:10:51. > :10:54.are working to ensure there will be no more driver walk-outs. The RMT
:10:55. > :10:58.have a subtly different take on things, they have a 24 hour strike
:10:59. > :11:00.planned for the 13th of this month. Kent Police are to use special hoods
:11:01. > :11:03.to protect officers from bites The force's Chief Constable had
:11:04. > :11:07.previously opposed their use, but has changed his mind,
:11:08. > :11:09.persuaded by fears officers are being put at risk
:11:10. > :11:14.of injury or infection. The process of removing Sussex
:11:15. > :11:16.non-emergency patient transport services from the private company
:11:17. > :11:20.Coperforma began today. The company has run
:11:21. > :11:22.the multi-million pound contract since April,
:11:23. > :11:24.but faced severe criticism for delays, missed appointments
:11:25. > :11:28.and nonpayment to contractors. by the South Central
:11:29. > :11:34.Ambulance Service, part of the NHS. Eurotunnel managers say 2016
:11:35. > :11:37.was their best year ever, There were record numbers of lorry
:11:38. > :11:43.journeys, and car traffic also One of the best-performing schools
:11:44. > :11:50.in the country is asking parents to pay for new GCSE textbooks,
:11:51. > :11:52.saying that Government changes to the exam syllabus mean
:11:53. > :11:57.existing books are obsolete. The headteacher of the Skinners'
:11:58. > :12:00.School in Tunbridge Wells says he's facing a "perfect storm"
:12:01. > :12:03.and can't afford to buy It comes as schools
:12:04. > :12:08.across the South East complain of a crisis in funding,
:12:09. > :12:11.with some warning they may have to axe subjects and increase class
:12:12. > :12:15.sizes to cope with tighter budgets. Our education correspondent
:12:16. > :12:19.Bryony MacKenzie has the details. With exam reform comes
:12:20. > :12:21.a need for new textbooks. Skinner's School says the books
:12:22. > :12:27.for compulsory subjects of science and religious studies
:12:28. > :12:30.will cost ?20,000. They're essential for maintaining
:12:31. > :12:34.educational excellence. But they say the financial
:12:35. > :12:38.impact is crippling. I have to confess, the number
:12:39. > :12:40.of times we're asking parents We constantly have to review
:12:41. > :12:45.whether we can do the same as we've done before,
:12:46. > :12:47.and whether we can afford to run as many subjects
:12:48. > :12:50.to have reasonably small We're having to make
:12:51. > :12:54.funding decisions, really, The letter says reformed GCSEs
:12:55. > :13:00.and A-levels have left the school Old textbooks have been rendered
:13:01. > :13:05.effectively useless, creating a demand for new materials
:13:06. > :13:11.that is financially insupportable. Parents are increasingly
:13:12. > :13:15.being asked for more money, Cranbrook, another Kent grammar,
:13:16. > :13:21.recently asked parents for ?180 You go into a shop and spend ?60
:13:22. > :13:33.on a new pair of shoes So if it's to help out the kids,
:13:34. > :13:38.that's what it's all about, I think. If schools are actually needing
:13:39. > :13:40.to find that money, I think, initially, they should try to find
:13:41. > :13:43.it from somewhere else. A think it is unusual,
:13:44. > :13:46.but it's unusual for them to be It's chicken and egg,
:13:47. > :13:54.what do they do, not provide the education
:13:55. > :13:56.that the children need? The Government should be
:13:57. > :13:57.funding our education properly. What we're seeing in the NUT is that
:13:58. > :14:01.98% of all the schools in England are facing real-terms
:14:02. > :14:03.reductions in their budgets. So many schools are
:14:04. > :14:09.doing things like this. The Government says school
:14:10. > :14:12.funding is now fairer, with half of all schools
:14:13. > :14:15.getting a cash boost. It also says schools can only charge
:14:16. > :14:18.for materials if the pupils Bryony MacKenzie is
:14:19. > :14:24.here in the studio. How typical is this of what's
:14:25. > :14:39.happening in schools This is happening at schools in east
:14:40. > :14:43.Sussex and Brighton Hove Albion well. Some have told me they've
:14:44. > :14:47.already budgeted with these changes in mind. Some are buying fewer
:14:48. > :14:51.textbooks and asking pupils to share. One parent in north Kent said
:14:52. > :14:54.his school told them if they want to take their books home to revise
:14:55. > :15:01.reducing these, then they would have to paper them. Of course Skinner's
:15:02. > :15:06.School is a grammar school, and why they may be bit above average for
:15:07. > :15:10.their income level, there are one of the worst-funded schools in the
:15:11. > :15:14.country, because they have fewer children from disadvantaged
:15:15. > :15:17.backgrounds. This comes in the midst of huge funding change from the
:15:18. > :15:21.Department for Education. They say schools will be better funded, but
:15:22. > :15:22.there are winners and losers, and the losers will have to make their
:15:23. > :15:24.budgets work. The South East could
:15:25. > :15:28.grind to a standstill unless the Government makes
:15:29. > :15:30.an urgent decision on where a new crossing over
:15:31. > :15:33.the Thames should be built. That's the warning to the Chancellor
:15:34. > :15:35.tonight in a letter signed by the Federation
:15:36. > :15:37.of Small Businesses, the Port of Dover and the London
:15:38. > :15:40.Chamber of Commerce. The freak goal that helped knock
:15:41. > :16:01.the Seagulls off their perch And add a dry start, once again it
:16:02. > :16:05.turned wet and windy. Some sunshine and milder weather on the way for
:16:06. > :16:07.tomorrow. I'll have the details for you in the forecast a little later
:16:08. > :16:13.in the programme. A volunteer first aider who tried
:16:14. > :16:16.to save lives at two separate drowning tragedies at Camber Sands
:16:17. > :16:18.last summer has been honoured by the South East
:16:19. > :16:20.Coast Ambulance Service. Seven men drowned while swimming off
:16:21. > :16:23.the beach near Rye in East Sussex. Sam Carter, who lives and works
:16:24. > :16:26.nearby, says he need counselling to help come to terms
:16:27. > :16:29.with what happened. He's been speaking to Jon Hunt
:16:30. > :16:42.for tonight's special report. A volunteer life-saver. Last summer,
:16:43. > :16:47.Sam Carter was one of the first on the scene of two separate major
:16:48. > :16:52.drowning incidents at camber Sands. In their tenure I'm been doing this,
:16:53. > :16:56.that was the worst month I've ever known.
:16:57. > :17:00.In August last year, five young men from London drowned out of sync
:17:01. > :17:05.Camber on a day trip. The previous month, two other men also died here.
:17:06. > :17:09.Sam Carter try to save lives each time. The fact he was unable to,
:17:10. > :17:15.he's bounced of God to cope with. I have had cancelling. -- he's band
:17:16. > :17:21.difficult to cope with. We find it difficult get them back,
:17:22. > :17:26.you ask yourself, it did you do everything right. It plays in your
:17:27. > :17:29.mind. This week, the council announced
:17:30. > :17:32.lifeguards will patrol the beach in the summer following calls from the
:17:33. > :17:38.men of the families who died. -- families of the men who died. The
:17:39. > :17:42.beach is remote and difficult when busy for emergency vehicles to
:17:43. > :17:46.access. Hence why volunteers like Sam are on call nearby.
:17:47. > :17:53.His efforts on that day, urinate can't underestimate what he did. It
:17:54. > :17:57.was a very tough call that people who have been in the Ambulance
:17:58. > :18:03.Service years have struggled with. Sam Carter has been a community
:18:04. > :18:07.first responder here since 2010. In his first year doing it, he
:18:08. > :18:12.responded to 700 agencies. In giving him this reward for voluntary
:18:13. > :18:20.service for in the Desi last summer, sadly scales Anne Boleyn servers
:18:21. > :18:26.commended him for his dedication. -- south east coast Ambulance Service.
:18:27. > :18:29.I can't think of anything that would compare to what Salmons had to go
:18:30. > :18:35.through, and I been to lots things in my career.
:18:36. > :18:36.Sam says he volunteers for the role to give something back to the
:18:37. > :18:41.community. The science of sound
:18:42. > :18:43.has led to a host of technological breakthroughs -
:18:44. > :18:46.there's sonar and ultrasound - and sound waves can even be used
:18:47. > :18:49.to measure the temperature Now academics at the University
:18:50. > :18:54.of Sussex believe they're on the brink of a new
:18:55. > :18:57.transformation, thanks to little more than a 3D printer and some
:18:58. > :19:01.small plastic bricks. They've created so-called sound
:19:02. > :19:05.lenses, which could have a host of applications in engineering,
:19:06. > :19:08.medicine and at home. Piers Hopkirk has been
:19:09. > :19:21.finding out more. This is a sonic screwdriver. Where
:19:22. > :19:27.can I demonstrate? That revolver will do. It's all right.
:19:28. > :19:32.Dr Who's the Masonic strew Graber may seem the stuff of science
:19:33. > :19:36.fiction, but the technology of TV's best for time traveller may be
:19:37. > :19:40.closer to home then you think. Research is here at the University
:19:41. > :19:44.of Sussex have devised a series of so-called sounder lenses, which,
:19:45. > :19:50.when placed over a speaker, can recreate any kind of sound wave. The
:19:51. > :19:54.lens is composed from just 16 plastic blocks, fashioned from
:19:55. > :19:58.little more than a 3-D printer. I'm extra excited about this,
:19:59. > :20:05.because this is a complete change of the game. So far, we have created
:20:06. > :20:11.objects were fit for one purpose. Nowadays, we are giving everyone has
:20:12. > :20:15.a 3-D printer the capability to shape their own sounds. That's a
:20:16. > :20:18.game changer. The acoustic meta- material breaks
:20:19. > :20:23.allow Santa be channelled and focused. So what is their practical
:20:24. > :20:28.use? Large versions can be used to focused sound to create a sound
:20:29. > :20:31.hotspot. At a gallery, Edgar project and tell you about each individual
:20:32. > :20:38.painting with no audio leakage elsewhere. It could also potentially
:20:39. > :20:44.destroy tumours deep within a person's body. It could use an
:20:45. > :20:50.engineering for crack reduction in metal. It could also bring an end to
:20:51. > :20:54.arguments about what to listen to in the car.
:20:55. > :20:59.The driver was listened to GPS, the passenger music, people in the
:21:00. > :21:04.back-seat audio book. With our technology, the same speaker can
:21:05. > :21:09.been different sounds for every one of these passengers, so it's
:21:10. > :21:13.personalised. Server breakthrough here can have
:21:14. > :21:18.all manner of applications, but could be the invention that consigns
:21:19. > :21:24.these to the dustbin of history. It may be some way off yet, and may be
:21:25. > :21:25.no screwdriver insight, but the sonic revolution it could start
:21:26. > :21:33.here. It was a thoroughly miserable night
:21:34. > :21:36.for our four big teams Gillingham, Charlton
:21:37. > :21:40.and Crawley were all defeated. And you probably don't need me
:21:41. > :21:43.to tell you that Brighton and Hove Albion are no longer top
:21:44. > :21:45.of the Championship table. I saw it all unfold myself
:21:46. > :21:50.at the Amex last night, where the Seagulls lost
:21:51. > :21:54.to their promotion rivals Newcastle United, and there
:21:55. > :21:59.was one extraordinary goal. The faces said it all -
:22:00. > :22:02.many other fans had begun to stream out of the stadium the moment
:22:03. > :22:04.Newcastle scored their winner in the final minutes of this
:22:05. > :22:07.turbo-charged match. It had all begun so well -
:22:08. > :22:10.Glenn Murray had been brought down Justice then done when he
:22:11. > :22:14.converted a penalty, one up within of a quarter
:22:15. > :22:19.of an hour, all according to plan. Newcastle sharpened up though,
:22:20. > :22:21.and then, nine minutes from time, this, one of the most bizarre goals
:22:22. > :22:24.of the season, Ricocheting off not one but two
:22:25. > :22:28.colleagues before hitting An equaliser for Newcastle,
:22:29. > :22:32.followed in the closing couple of minutes by something much more
:22:33. > :22:35.straightforward, sending You know, what can you say,
:22:36. > :22:41.just disappointed by it. Some easy matches ahead
:22:42. > :22:43.though, can that help? Well, we'll keep our fingers
:22:44. > :22:47.crossed, fingers crossed. We're got faith,
:22:48. > :22:49.we're going to do it. They keep their confidence
:22:50. > :22:54.and they kick on and they go for it. What do you think the next
:22:55. > :23:00.few matches held? And then Newcastle, hopefully,
:23:01. > :23:10.they do a little bit worse. No doubt he wasn't
:23:11. > :23:12.the only one thinking that But three goals from
:23:13. > :23:23.Charlton's Ricky Holmes would, you might have thought,
:23:24. > :23:25.been a cause for celebration had The Gills may have taken an early
:23:26. > :23:32.team thanks to Cody McDonald, but Swindon then went
:23:33. > :23:35.get three more. And in League 2, a last-minute goal
:23:36. > :23:39.at home from Crawley's Mark Connolly may have spared blushes,
:23:40. > :23:41.but it didn't spare them a third consecutive home defeat,
:23:42. > :23:58.2-1 by Exeter. Still plenty of matches ahead, only
:23:59. > :24:01.much the first, first aider meter logical spring?
:24:02. > :24:08.Not feeling particularly springlike over the next few days. A bitterly
:24:09. > :24:14.cold winds, as we look towards the weekend. Lots of cloud around, some
:24:15. > :24:17.brightness, but also many other test at seeing rain throughout the
:24:18. > :24:21.afternoon. As we go through the first part of this evening, there is
:24:22. > :24:26.still some rain around. Towards the early hours of tomorrow morning,
:24:27. > :24:30.much of that should be clearing. Clearer skies developing, but says
:24:31. > :24:35.it really windy. Overnight temperatures not dropping to
:24:36. > :24:40.freezing, overnight lows of three degrees. A bright start to the day
:24:41. > :24:45.for Thursday, staying that way. It is still pretty breezy bust up by
:24:46. > :24:53.the afternoon, slightly milder than of late. Temperatures around 8
:24:54. > :24:58.degrees. Tomorrow, lots of sunshine, breezy, but by the afternoon in
:24:59. > :25:04.double figures, highs of 11 degrees. Make the most of it, it won't be
:25:05. > :25:08.lasting. Thursday into Friday, we're seeing further outbreaks of rain.
:25:09. > :25:13.Cloud cover thickening, and from midnight we start to see the rain
:25:14. > :25:18.falling, heavy at times. As a result, overnight temperatures
:25:19. > :25:24.milder, starting the day with temperatures around 6 degrees. As we
:25:25. > :25:29.head through the day on Friday, wet, windy, temperatures around 11
:25:30. > :25:34.degrees, but feeling cooler than that. Towards the weekends, an area
:25:35. > :25:40.of low pressure stays with us. Further outbreaks of rain, wind
:25:41. > :25:45.picking up. Saturday, temperatures by the afternoon reaching highs of
:25:46. > :25:49.10 degrees. But with the wind and rain it would feel springlike.
:25:50. > :25:54.Similar story on Sunday during the day, perhaps try a band Saturday.
:25:55. > :25:58.For the next couple of days, really lovely. Lots of sunshine and feeling
:25:59. > :26:03.Miles, make the most of it, it won't last. Fuelling chilly for Friday and
:26:04. > :26:07.through the weekend. Thank you Rachel. Before we go,
:26:08. > :26:13.let's recap tonight's top stories. In the last few minutes, the
:26:14. > :26:21.Government has suffered its first defeat in Parliament for over
:26:22. > :26:25.Brexit. The has a florist has given nationals or disdain you the right
:26:26. > :26:30.to stay. This sad least blaze faces stand
:26:31. > :26:37.still unless the Government gives permission to build a new Lower
:26:38. > :26:41.Thames Crossing. That's it from us, subtly from me this evening. Thank
:26:42. > :26:44.you for your company. Al Maccabi back of the late news at
:26:45. > :26:48.10:30pm. See you then, bye-bye.