:00:08. > :00:09.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Natalie Graham.
:00:10. > :00:14.A "gentleman's agreement" caught on tape - our exclusive report
:00:15. > :00:16.on an apparent sweetheart deal between the government
:00:17. > :00:34.We'll have analysis on this exclusive story
:00:35. > :00:39.A prolific thief and burglar tells this programme how violent sexual
:00:40. > :00:43.abuse he suffered as a child led to his life of crime.
:00:44. > :00:46.Also in tonight's programme, the Sussex Police inspector arrested
:00:47. > :00:49.on suspicion of having sex with a woman he met
:00:50. > :00:57.Perilously close to the edge - the coastguard criticises
:00:58. > :01:03.who risked their lives to take cliff-top photos.
:01:04. > :01:11.don't mess with the buns. I like them like this, they cover more.
:01:12. > :01:15.we meet the Sussex star of the musical based
:01:16. > :01:26.A secret recording of the leader of Surrey council telling fellow
:01:27. > :01:31.members to u-turn over plans to increase council tax by 15%,
:01:32. > :01:33.because he had obtained a "gentleman's agreement"
:01:34. > :01:38.from the government, has been given to this programme.
:01:39. > :01:41.The authority had threatened to call a referendum over council tax -
:01:42. > :01:51.but surprisingly backed down at the 11th hour.
:01:52. > :01:53.The Labour Party accused the government at the time
:01:54. > :01:56.a "sweetheart deal" - something the Prime Minister
:01:57. > :01:59.However, in the recording, councillor David Hodge says
:02:00. > :02:02.agreement with the Chancellor and the Secretary of State
:02:03. > :02:05.that we will sort the funding out for the following year."
:02:06. > :02:08.Our Political Editor Helen Catt has this exclusive report.
:02:09. > :02:14.It was the row that threatened to leave the government deeply
:02:15. > :02:18.embarrassed. A major Conservative council, saying it had been forced
:02:19. > :02:23.into a massive tax hike, because it didn't have enough money to look
:02:24. > :02:26.after its elderly and vulnerable. I think it's important that
:02:27. > :02:31.politicians stand up and tell the truth, and be honest, and tell them
:02:32. > :02:38.what it costs to run these services. We have to pay for the services. But
:02:39. > :02:40.at the 11th hour, the 15% rise was dramatically abandoned, sparking
:02:41. > :02:44.claims of a secret deal with the government. Can be Prime Minister
:02:45. > :02:53.tell the house whether or not a special deal was done for sorry? The
:02:54. > :03:00.decision as to whether or not to hold a referendum in Surrey is a
:03:01. > :03:05.matter for them. Number ten denied a deal had been struck. David Hodgson
:03:06. > :03:09.also denied any deal. Tonight, though, we can reveal secret
:03:10. > :03:12.recordings of a meeting between David Hodgson and Conservative
:03:13. > :03:16.councillors, which show, stations had been taking place between the
:03:17. > :03:17.savvy leader and community secretary Sajid Javid just before the
:03:18. > :03:37.referendum was scrapped. Brendan David Hodgson also revealed that the
:03:38. > :04:16.threat of a referendum is not entirely off the referendum.
:04:17. > :04:24.Labour has reacted angrily. Why shouldn't every council get this
:04:25. > :04:29.sort of deal? Why is it a deal that has been done by Conservative
:04:30. > :04:32.leaders in Surrey with the government? Why can't all local
:04:33. > :04:38.councils have access to this sort of deal, given that social care is in
:04:39. > :04:41.crisis, not just in Surrey, but all around the country? Approached by
:04:42. > :04:45.the BBC today, David Hodgson had every leader, if they are any good
:04:46. > :04:49.at the job, will always have these conversations to try to get a better
:04:50. > :04:52.deal. He said he was still hoping the Chancellor would announce extra
:04:53. > :04:54.money for Surrey in tomorrow's budget.
:04:55. > :05:00.Helen, our political editor, joined us today. We broke the story earlier
:05:01. > :05:06.today, what Moore has the government had to say this evening? Since then,
:05:07. > :05:09.our exclusive story has been picked up by a number of newspapers and
:05:10. > :05:13.websites and is really gaining traction. That is bad news for the
:05:14. > :05:16.government, they will be thinking on the eve of the budget were they will
:05:17. > :05:20.have to tackle some tricky spending issues tomorrow. Just before we went
:05:21. > :05:24.to air, we received a statement from number ten Downing Street. It is
:05:25. > :05:28.pretty bullish or stop it says as we have repeatedly made clear there was
:05:29. > :05:33.no special deal for Surrey County Council and they will not receive
:05:34. > :05:36.any extra funding that would not be provided to other councils. To imply
:05:37. > :05:41.the opposite is simply untrue. It then goes on to talk about the 100%
:05:42. > :05:44.business rate retention scheme that Surrey is part of and to reiterate
:05:45. > :05:48.that conversations happen all the time. They will hope they can put it
:05:49. > :05:52.to bed with that statement. I think that is unlikely. In the last few
:05:53. > :05:56.seconds, we have heard from Labour, we understand they will call on
:05:57. > :05:58.Theresa made to apologise and come clean.
:05:59. > :06:01.A prolific Kent thief says the violent sexual and physical
:06:02. > :06:04.abuse he suffered as a child, set him on a path of crime.
:06:05. > :06:06.Paul McDonagh - who's waived his right to anonymity -
:06:07. > :06:09.has told BBC South East Today he was repeatedly molested at
:06:10. > :06:13.He committed his first crime when he was twelve years
:06:14. > :06:16.old and has been arrested more than a hundred times times
:06:17. > :06:23.Today, the government said courts should consider mitigating
:06:24. > :06:25.circumstances, which may indicate an "unstable upbringing"
:06:26. > :06:27.when deciding punishments for young people.
:06:28. > :06:28.Our Special Correspondent Colin Campbell has this
:06:29. > :06:35.Thefts, shoplifting, burglaries, loads of crime.
:06:36. > :06:39.All through my life, I've committed crimes.
:06:40. > :06:42.Paul McDonagh has spent more than 20 years in prison.
:06:43. > :06:44.He blames his pattern of relentless offending on the treatment
:06:45. > :06:54.If somebody had taught me back then, if somebody had helped me back then,
:06:55. > :06:56.instead of abusing me, if they'd have helped me,
:06:57. > :07:00.I could have done better in my life, I could have done a lot better
:07:01. > :07:03.Some people may think that this is convenient
:07:04. > :07:06.for you to talk about now, after committing so many crimes.
:07:07. > :07:09.No, I ain't like that, anybody who knows me, I ain't like that.
:07:10. > :07:13.I take full responsibility for what I've done, for my crimes.
:07:14. > :07:16.At the age of 12, Paul was sent to Kerelaw Remand Home in Ayrshire.
:07:17. > :07:19.It was supposed to be a safe haven for troublesome youngsters.
:07:20. > :07:21.Instead, he says he was subjected to emotional,
:07:22. > :07:34.And, yeah, torture is the only way I can explain it.
:07:35. > :07:37.His older sister says she made an official complaint at the time,
:07:38. > :07:42.He wasn't a bad child, he was a good child,
:07:43. > :07:47.and he was a very loving and caring little boy.
:07:48. > :07:51.It's like they ripped the heart and soul out of him.
:07:52. > :07:54.You know, they've taken everything that was good in that little boy,
:07:55. > :08:07.It was home to 72 vulnerable children.
:08:08. > :08:16.But it closed in 2006 following a police investigation into sexual
:08:17. > :08:21.abuse. The 2009, 400 allegations of abuse from 159 children, spending 20
:08:22. > :08:25.years. Most survivors don't become criminals, but many whose lives have
:08:26. > :08:30.been very badly blighted do end up in that light. Two men were jailed
:08:31. > :08:35.for abusing children at home in 2006. Paul says both targeted him. I
:08:36. > :08:40.know they are not going to admit it, but I know I am in the right, he is
:08:41. > :08:45.the one in the wrong. For once in my life, I know I'm right, I know I'm
:08:46. > :08:49.right. Paul says he is a criminal but not a liar. He accepts he has
:08:50. > :08:51.done many bad things but hopes by confronting his past he can try to
:08:52. > :08:52.improve his future. You've been in contact
:08:53. > :09:04.with Police Scotland - And they actually want to talk to
:09:05. > :09:09.Paul about his experiences? They have confirmed they are keen to talk
:09:10. > :09:12.to Paul McDonagh. It seems there is a fresh Scottish investigation into
:09:13. > :09:16.the care home. Two men were arrested last month and the Scottish
:09:17. > :09:20.authorities must now decide whether or not to prosecute. Paul says he
:09:21. > :09:25.came forward because he wants his offenders would to justice will stop
:09:26. > :09:28.he has spoken to police many times as a perpetrator of crime but he now
:09:29. > :09:33.wants to give evidence as a victim. He doesn't just blame the men who
:09:34. > :09:37.heard him, his abusers, he blames the entire system in Scotland for
:09:38. > :09:44.history meant as a child. That seems to be backed up by a report into the
:09:45. > :09:46.care home in 2009, which identified significant problems for stop
:09:47. > :09:49.In a moment, the haunting real-life stories of traumatised war veterans
:09:50. > :09:56.veterans adjusting to home life - told on stage in Sussex.
:09:57. > :09:59.A Sussex police inspector is the subject of a major
:10:00. > :10:00.investigation tonight, after he was arrested over
:10:01. > :10:03.allegations he had sex with a vulnerable woman he met
:10:04. > :10:07.Inspector Tony Lumb, who is based in Brighton,
:10:08. > :10:09.was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office
:10:10. > :10:14.The Independent Police Complaints Commission have taken the unusual
:10:15. > :10:17.step of appealing for any women who may have been involved
:10:18. > :10:34.Tony Lumb, a high-profile police officer. Now facing investigation
:10:35. > :10:39.himself on suspicion of misconduct in public office. One lawyer who
:10:40. > :10:46.represents victims of police abuse in power says officers need to be
:10:47. > :10:51.held accountable. They are in a position of responsibility so it has
:10:52. > :10:55.to be accounted for. The only two ensure you get redress is by
:10:56. > :10:59.challenging the power, so that it remains within a reasonable level.
:11:00. > :11:03.There have been a series of unconnected high-profile misconduct
:11:04. > :11:09.cases involving police officers and Sussex. Last December, a Hastings PC
:11:10. > :11:18.advertise themselves as a prostitute while off sick. In 2015, PC Lee
:11:19. > :11:24.Lyons was sacked after contacting prostitute while on Judy. In 2008,
:11:25. > :11:27.an inspector admitted having sex on Judy Wallach Gatwick Airport. Sussex
:11:28. > :11:32.Police said it was important to come clean when things went wrong. I am
:11:33. > :11:34.so disappointed at what has been reported this afternoon but I
:11:35. > :11:38.absolutely believe it is the right thing to do, that the public should
:11:39. > :11:42.know about it and we should be held to account and we should explain
:11:43. > :11:45.when things go wrong. Pictured here with the Sussex Police and Crime
:11:46. > :11:51.Commissioner, Inspector Tony Lumb has been suspended, and his home and
:11:52. > :11:55.workplace in Brighton have been searched. Sussex Police says it
:11:56. > :11:58.takes any report of inappropriate behaviour extremely seriously.
:11:59. > :12:05.Some breaking news now. Two people have suffered breathing difficulties
:12:06. > :12:10.after the spillage of a large quantity of white powder across a
:12:11. > :12:14.road in Hove around 5pm this evening. East Sussex Fire and rescue
:12:15. > :12:20.say 100 metres squared of road has been affected, and it is being
:12:21. > :12:22.treated as a hazardous incident. Police, paramedics and the
:12:23. > :12:24.Environment Agency are on the scene. We will have more in the late news
:12:25. > :12:29.bulletin this evening. A people smuggler who tried to bring
:12:30. > :12:32.an Albanian woman into the UK through the Channel Tunnel has been
:12:33. > :12:35.jailed for three years. Nicolae Chirvas hid the woman
:12:36. > :12:37.in a specially adapted engine She was discovered when he was
:12:38. > :12:41.stopped by officials in France. Border Force said it
:12:42. > :12:42.was a "particularly A South East hospital is in the top
:12:43. > :12:49.20 per cent in the country - according to the NHS Staff Survey,
:12:50. > :12:53.which has been published today. The Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS
:12:54. > :12:56.Trust in Redhill was rated highly by its staff as a place to work
:12:57. > :12:58.and receive treatment. They said they felt their work made
:12:59. > :13:10.a difference to patient outcomes. One of the major bits from that is
:13:11. > :13:13.it says would you be treated here or would you want a member of your
:13:14. > :13:16.family to be treated here, and I think that is probably one of the
:13:17. > :13:20.biggest gauges about what it is like to work in the place. Would you want
:13:21. > :13:23.your family to come here and be treated or would you yourself be
:13:24. > :13:27.treated, and that is also very positive for us. So they are
:13:28. > :13:28.indicators that we are on the right track.
:13:29. > :13:31.Kent Police are investigating the death of a man whose body
:13:32. > :13:33.was found near Tunbridge Wells railway station.
:13:34. > :13:36.Officers were called to the first floor of Torrington car park at four
:13:37. > :13:38.o'clock this morning, after smoke was seen coming
:13:39. > :13:41.The death is being treated as unexplained.
:13:42. > :13:44.Our Correspondent Mark Norman joins us live from the car park -
:13:45. > :13:47.and Mark this car park has something of an unwanted reputation -
:13:48. > :13:56.a number of serious crimes have been committed there?
:13:57. > :14:03.That's right, a serious sexual assault and a rape, the murder of a
:14:04. > :14:06.17-year-old schoolgirl, her body was stuffed into a suitcase, and now
:14:07. > :14:10.this unexplained death of what we believe to be a rough sleeper.
:14:11. > :14:14.Firefighters called to this car park behind me in the centre of Tunbridge
:14:15. > :14:19.Wells at four o'clock this morning, they call the police and the place
:14:20. > :14:23.had been conducting the investigation here for the last 15
:14:24. > :14:27.hours. This is the car park in Tomic Wells where a man lost his life last
:14:28. > :14:31.night. The police are still investigating what happened at the
:14:32. > :14:34.copper remains closed. In a statement, police confirmed some of
:14:35. > :14:37.those details, saying the death was unexplained, the car park will
:14:38. > :14:40.remain closed for several hours while they carry out their
:14:41. > :14:45.investigation. This is not the first time Kent Police have investigated a
:14:46. > :14:50.serious crime in this car park. In 2007, there was a rape and sexual
:14:51. > :14:57.sort. A year before, a 17-year-old schoolgirl had been found murdered
:14:58. > :15:03.and stuffed into a sick case and a stairwell in this car park. Terry
:15:04. > :15:07.Evans was discovered and a ramp in April 2006, 12 days after she
:15:08. > :15:11.disappeared. A homeless man was found guilty of her murder.
:15:12. > :15:15.Jewellers were told she had been lured to the stairwell where he had
:15:16. > :15:20.been sleeping rough. It is a series of crimes that have left their mark
:15:21. > :15:23.local people. Yes, I don't ever park in there, certainly if I was on my
:15:24. > :15:26.own I would not, not after the things that have happened in the
:15:27. > :15:31.past few years, and I wouldn't want my daughter going in there. I think
:15:32. > :15:37.all car parks this size have a sinister edge to them, I would not
:15:38. > :15:42.really want my wife parking there with the children. It is anaesthetic
:15:43. > :15:47.blackspot, so now it is a human blackspot. It is horrible, I wish it
:15:48. > :15:50.wasn't here. This is a busy town centre car park used by shoppers and
:15:51. > :15:55.commuters, and police are appealing for anyone with information to come
:15:56. > :15:58.forward. So still no indication of whether the police are considering
:15:59. > :16:02.this a suspicious case. You can see the tape is still there, still no
:16:03. > :16:08.indication of when they are going to lift that. I spoke to one rough
:16:09. > :16:11.sleeper who says they will continue to sleep here tonight because of the
:16:12. > :16:12.safe police presence. But they are not sure whether they will continue
:16:13. > :16:14.to sleep after that. The leader of Surrey council told
:16:15. > :16:19.fellow members to u-turn over plans to increase council tax by 15%,
:16:20. > :16:21.because he had obtained a "gentleman's agreement"
:16:22. > :16:23.from the government. The authority had threatened to call
:16:24. > :16:26.a referendum over council tax - Labour accused the government
:16:27. > :16:29.of offering Surrey a "sweetheart deal" -
:16:30. > :16:41.something the Prime Minister Also in Tanak's programme... Join
:16:42. > :16:47.me, Sophie Louise Dare, when I will be talking about Tim Firth's new
:16:48. > :16:53.musical, the girls, Gary Barlow, and getting naked. It was a sunny, mild,
:16:54. > :16:56.springlike day today but it is all change for tomorrow, wet and windy.
:16:57. > :17:02.I will have all the details on the forecast late in the programme.
:17:03. > :17:05.A group of visitors who took a series of pictures of themselves
:17:06. > :17:08.lying right at the edge of cliffs in East Sussex have been criticised
:17:09. > :17:10.by the coastguard for what it describes as reckless
:17:11. > :17:14.It's the latest in a series of incidents in which people have
:17:15. > :17:17.been photographed in a perilous position on a stretch of coast
:17:18. > :17:20.where there have been several huge cliff falls.
:17:21. > :17:23.Tonight, the RNLI issued a fresh warning to visitors to stay away
:17:24. > :17:32.From Seaford, Sara Smith has tonight's Special Report.
:17:33. > :17:37.The views might be magnificent, but standing this close to the edge is
:17:38. > :17:41.putting yourself in peril, said those who patrol these cliffs. This
:17:42. > :17:47.group can't resist getting right up to the crumbling cliff edge. Even
:17:48. > :17:52.peering over to the beach many metres below. One sitting right on
:17:53. > :17:56.the edge. Walking along the top, it's clearly very tempting to get
:17:57. > :18:02.close to the edge and look out, but it's from down here that you can see
:18:03. > :18:07.just how dangerous that might be. The cracks are clear, and anyone who
:18:08. > :18:10.lives near here knows the seven sisters are eroding, sometimes
:18:11. > :18:16.particularly dramatically, such as here at Berling gap. There are lots
:18:17. > :18:21.of signs and even fenced sections, but is it enough to keep people
:18:22. > :18:25.safe? The trouble is you can't fence off the whole of the coastline
:18:26. > :18:31.relief and stop this is the problem. The problem is you expect adults to
:18:32. > :18:35.act as adults, and not do stupid things. Threw actually I was
:18:36. > :18:39.thinking that myself earlier, but I thought I must be careful of not
:18:40. > :18:44.going to near the edge, because we could get a terrible landslide.
:18:45. > :18:49.Common sense should rule, that you don't go too close to the edge. Over
:18:50. > :18:54.the years, coastguards have tried time and again to warn people. We'd
:18:55. > :18:58.always urge people to keep a good five metres away from the cliff edge
:18:59. > :19:04.at any time of year. The danger isn't just on the clifftop. There
:19:05. > :19:07.was also a danger underneath. The message, enjoy the beauty of the
:19:08. > :19:12.cliffs, but from a distance. Sarah joins us live now from seafood. The
:19:13. > :19:18.cliffs are particularly dangerous at this time of year. Yes, the UK
:19:19. > :19:23.coastguard told us that the problem at the moment is because of all the
:19:24. > :19:26.recent rain over recent weeks, the cliff edges are particularly
:19:27. > :19:29.vulnerable. They look of those photographs and said the people in
:19:30. > :19:32.them are incredibly lucky that the cliffs did not give way under their
:19:33. > :19:36.weight. Having said that, there is never a good time to be that close
:19:37. > :19:43.to the edge, the Cosby cracks can go back several feet. And one of the
:19:44. > :19:46.biggest problems they face is people taking selfies or taking pictures of
:19:47. > :19:49.each other and getting closer and closer to try and get the dramatic
:19:50. > :19:53.shot, as they put it, and some people might find this hard to
:19:54. > :19:55.believe. That is not actually worth putting your life at risk just to
:19:56. > :20:08.get the perfect photo. Pink Mist is the haunting story
:20:09. > :20:11.of three young soldiers trying to adapt to home life
:20:12. > :20:13.while suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder after serving
:20:14. > :20:15.in the army in Afghanistan is being told in a critically
:20:16. > :20:18.acclaimed play which opens For 13 years, from 2001,
:20:19. > :20:22.the UK was involved in the conflict against the Taliban
:20:23. > :20:23.and fighters from al-Qaeda. It's estimated that one in 25
:20:24. > :20:26.veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan And one in five service
:20:27. > :20:29.personnel are likely to suffer from depression,
:20:30. > :20:32.anxiety or substance misuse. The play - at the Devonshire
:20:33. > :20:48.Park Theatre - is based Three boys going to Catterick for
:20:49. > :20:56.basic new recruits, crows, they called us. The bee stings and
:20:57. > :21:00.learnings and drills all hazardous, but already there. It's an intense
:21:01. > :21:06.performance, part drama, Parker about the poem, with all the actors
:21:07. > :21:11.on stage throughout. -- part dramatic poem. It is a very physical
:21:12. > :21:14.experience with carefully choreographed movement from
:21:15. > :21:17.beginning to end. I was very honoured really because it is a
:21:18. > :21:21.massive part, and the play is phenomenal. The response we get from
:21:22. > :21:24.people who it might mean something to, whether they were out there or
:21:25. > :21:29.their parents might have been, it needs a lot to them, and people who
:21:30. > :21:33.don't know much about war. We humanise those affected are really
:21:34. > :21:36.does kind of touch people and stuff. I have never had that as an
:21:37. > :21:41.experience, when you come out and people are thanking you. The writer
:21:42. > :21:45.Owen shares was inspired by 30 interviews he undertook with
:21:46. > :21:48.soldiers who had returned from service in Afghanistan. The play
:21:49. > :21:53.deals with the physical, emotional and psychological effect on the men
:21:54. > :22:03.who served, and, importantly, the women who support them. Who wants to
:22:04. > :22:07.play war? Who wants to play war? My son leaves for Afghanistan very,
:22:08. > :22:14.very young and comes back and not in a good way. I've got a 17-year-old
:22:15. > :22:21.son in real life, so I can really relate to what that must be like.
:22:22. > :22:25.Fishermen blowing on their fingerless gloves, the current
:22:26. > :22:32.pulling their fishing lines tied. That's how it was the morning when
:22:33. > :22:39.the three of us did what boys always have, and left our homes. War and
:22:40. > :22:46.its aftermath laid bare at the Devonshire Park Theatre until
:22:47. > :22:48.Saturday. Robin Gibson, BBC South today, Eastbourne.
:22:49. > :22:50.Now onto a rather different kind of stage production.
:22:51. > :22:53.Calendar Girls - the legendary story of the Womens Institute members
:22:54. > :22:56.who stripped off for charity - has been a hugely successful
:22:57. > :23:00.Now it's been turned into a musical - called The Girls -
:23:01. > :23:04.It stars an actor from Bexhill who's already enjoyed a glittering
:23:05. > :23:09.Sophie-Louise Dann has had parts in Made in Dagenham
:23:10. > :23:13.Now she's just been nominated for a prestigious award
:23:14. > :23:15.for the role, which involves taking her clothes off -
:23:16. > :23:35.Don't mess with the bones. I like them at this, they cover more. Don't
:23:36. > :23:40.touch the composition! The story of the WIA ladies posing nude for a
:23:41. > :23:43.calendar for charity has Origi been a box office hit. Now a new musical
:23:44. > :23:57.produced by Gary Barley Gunn Barlow. It is an unusual nomination because
:23:58. > :24:05.all six women have been nominated as a whole. And I think that is
:24:06. > :24:18.testament to the piece. We are an entity. It is this fantastic force
:24:19. > :24:22.of nature on stage. The production features original music by Gary
:24:23. > :24:27.Barlow. For Sophie, working with the star has been a big thrill. I'm not
:24:28. > :24:35.going to lie, I am a huge take that fan! That he is a fantastic singer
:24:36. > :24:41.songwriter, and he and Tim have got this alchemy, with Tim's wit and
:24:42. > :24:47.knowledge of structure, theatrically, if you will. Gary has
:24:48. > :24:54.enhanced some great numbers for stop has he popped in the dressing room?
:24:55. > :24:57.Yeah, he has. I'd had a selfie! A selfie with Gary Barlow in my
:24:58. > :25:04.dressing gown, what more can a girl wish for? It is a true tale, which
:25:05. > :25:08.took the world by storm, and Sophie says she finds taking her clothes
:25:09. > :25:13.off on stage liberating and empowering. The premise is that
:25:14. > :25:20.nobody looks the camera. It's as if there is an outside I just capturing
:25:21. > :25:23.a moment of beauty. And if you want to witness that moment, the
:25:24. > :25:33.musical's taking bookings until July. She's brave! Let's move on to
:25:34. > :25:37.the weather now, Rachel, and other lovely spring day.
:25:38. > :25:43.Not going to be tomorrow, as ever the weather gives with one hand and
:25:44. > :25:46.takes with the other. Today lots of sunshine and by the afternoon
:25:47. > :25:51.temperatures for us were reaching highs of around 12 degrees. Several
:25:52. > :25:55.degrees above the seasonal average. For the next couple of days,
:25:56. > :25:58.although it will be wet, it will be turning a little bit milder. By
:25:59. > :26:03.Thursday and Friday we could even see temperatures reaching highs of
:26:04. > :26:06.14 or 15 degrees. As we go through the night, initially we have those
:26:07. > :26:10.clearer skies, but then that cloud cover starts to thicken and
:26:11. > :26:14.eventually we will be seeing the rain fall heavy at times for stop it
:26:15. > :26:18.does mean overnight damages only dropped a couple of degrees to
:26:19. > :26:20.around six or 7 degrees. So very mild, if wet and windy, as we start
:26:21. > :26:28.the day-to-day tomorrow. We will see the rain throughout the
:26:29. > :26:32.day, we have that westerly wind that stays with us and even when it tries
:26:33. > :26:37.up a bit by the afternoon, lots of cloud cover around. But again very
:26:38. > :26:40.mild for the time of year. Normally we would expect to see highs of
:26:41. > :26:45.around seven or 8 degrees but by tomorrow afternoon all of us will
:26:46. > :26:48.widely see highs of 1213. Wednesday into Thursday, again there will be
:26:49. > :26:52.further outbreaks of rain, potentially heavy at times for stop
:26:53. > :26:55.the winds pick up, so another very mild might, in some cases
:26:56. > :27:00.temperatures hardly changing, dropping to nine, perhaps even 10
:27:01. > :27:04.degrees. Milder still as we start the day on Thursday but generally a
:27:05. > :27:07.dry day for stop lots of cloud around but by the afternoon with as
:27:08. > :27:13.much milder air we could even see highs of 14 or 15 degrees. Again, it
:27:14. > :27:17.will be a mild picture as we go into Friday. Both days for Thursday and
:27:18. > :27:20.Friday bites another bid by the afternoon. As we look towards the
:27:21. > :27:23.weekend, further outbreaks of rain, turning rather wet and windy but for
:27:24. > :27:25.the next couple of days I'm afraid the rain and the wind back again for
:27:26. > :27:36.tomorrow but staying mild. Changeable! We will be back for the
:27:37. > :28:10.later evening update. That is it from me this evening. Goodbye.
:28:11. > :28:11.I could be a boxing champ, AND build your computer.
:28:12. > :28:17.I am more than just the beard or the nation's favourite dish.
:28:18. > :28:22.There's 4 million different ways to understand what British Asian is.
:28:23. > :28:25.mixed with fish and chips and visions of five rivers,
:28:26. > :28:28.this is a modern-day collision. That's just how we're living.
:28:29. > :28:32.I could be a boxing champ, AND build your computer.
:28:33. > :28:36.We are everything that the past has made us, and we are the future.
:28:37. > :28:41.We've found a place to call our own. Not one city, not one town.