:00:08. > :00:09.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Natalie Graham.
:00:10. > :00:13.A loving mother, adored by her husband -
:00:14. > :00:14.tributes to Debbie Masters, who died after being
:00:15. > :00:22.I was talking to some other people who actually
:00:23. > :00:24.know them that live down there and
:00:25. > :00:27.they were in tears this morning and everybody is going down
:00:28. > :00:34.40 junior doctors are set to be removed from a Kent hospital
:00:35. > :00:37.amid concerns that patient safety is being compromised.
:00:38. > :00:39.We'll be live in Canterbury with the details.
:00:40. > :00:42.The council leader accused of doing a sweetheart deal
:00:43. > :00:45.with the Government survives a vote of no confidence.
:00:46. > :00:48.The first state visit to a state school -
:00:49. > :00:50.how a secondary in Sussex made history with a delegation
:00:51. > :01:04.And there were spitfires over the White Cliffs of Dover -
:01:05. > :01:16.a special fly-past to mark Dame Vera Lynn's centenary.
:01:17. > :01:20.The mother of three boys who died after being hit by a car
:01:21. > :01:25.on Battle High Street has been named as Debbie Masters.
:01:26. > :01:28.Her family said this evening she was "a loving wife and mother,
:01:29. > :01:31.who was adored by her husband, and will be missed forever."
:01:32. > :01:33.A special fundraising campaign has been set up to help
:01:34. > :01:37.Sussex Police are investigating reports that the 34-year-old woman
:01:38. > :01:42.driving the car may have been under the influence of alcohol
:01:43. > :01:55.Debbie Masters of battle this right by her family as a loving wife and
:01:56. > :01:59.mother. She was well known and loved in this small Sussex town which now
:02:00. > :02:04.was to reach out and help the family she has left behind.
:02:05. > :02:09.I think it is horrible, knowing that three kids have lost their mum and
:02:10. > :02:17.let's hope their dad fights wrote all. They need their dad mainly now.
:02:18. > :02:21.They live a few doors down from us. Her husband, her three children, I
:02:22. > :02:22.saw them all the time. The shopkeeper says she used to bump
:02:23. > :02:25.into the family most days. I was talking to some
:02:26. > :02:29.other people who actually know them that live down
:02:30. > :02:31.there and they were in tears this morning
:02:32. > :02:39.and everybody is going down Debbie Masters died after her car
:02:40. > :02:44.collided with her and her family on Sunday. Her two children were
:02:45. > :02:48.treated for minor injuries, husband was seriously hurt. -- three
:02:49. > :02:54.children. They are a better getting reports that the driver may have
:02:55. > :02:56.been under the influence of alcohol. The primary school will be
:02:57. > :03:04.supporting pupils in a special assembly tomorrow. While the
:03:05. > :03:08.children are here, they are children and we feel that connection very
:03:09. > :03:12.strongly and it is certainly fair to say it is had a big impact on the
:03:13. > :03:17.staff here who are really coming to terms with such a shock. A special
:03:18. > :03:20.service of prayer will be held at Saint Mary's church on Sunday and
:03:21. > :03:26.Nicky Moody support fund is being set up so people can help the
:03:27. > :03:31.family. -- a community. So they can express in a practical way back and
:03:32. > :03:36.concern and give something to the family to bring support and their
:03:37. > :03:42.needs over the weeks and months ahead. -- care. Mrs Masters family
:03:43. > :03:43.say she was adored by her family and will be missed forever.
:03:44. > :03:53.Jon, what's the latest on the police investigation?
:03:54. > :04:01.Earlier today, Sussex Police say the 34-year-old driver of the black
:04:02. > :04:05.beetle that crashed into the cafe head was still in hospital and they
:04:06. > :04:09.are awaiting the results of blood analysis. They are appealing for any
:04:10. > :04:14.witnesses who have any information to come forward. Meanwhile, a
:04:15. > :04:17.petition has been started here in Battle, some businesses and
:04:18. > :04:20.residents have big concern, they say, about the speed that some
:04:21. > :04:25.traffic comes through her and also the state of parking along the
:04:26. > :04:29.narrow high Street. They say they have been warning for some time that
:04:30. > :04:30.it was only a matter of time before a serious crash occurred.
:04:31. > :04:31.Thank you. In a controversial move,
:04:32. > :04:34.more than 40 junior doctors are being withdrawn from a kent
:04:35. > :04:36.hospital, amid concerns that patient Health Education England has
:04:37. > :04:41.requested the removal of more than half of the Kent
:04:42. > :04:44.and Canterbury's trainee doctors, because of a shortage of permanent
:04:45. > :04:50.consultants who oversee training. The trust has written
:04:51. > :04:52.to all its inpatients, to reassure them that there will be
:04:53. > :04:56.no immediate changes to their care. But campaigners are deeply
:04:57. > :04:58.concerned that it will mean an end to emergency care -
:04:59. > :05:01.and will lead to the ultimate Our health correspondent
:05:02. > :05:05.Mark Norman reports. In the next 12 weeks,
:05:06. > :05:08.more than half of all the junior doctors in
:05:09. > :05:09.this hospital in Canterbury
:05:10. > :05:12.will be removed. Removed by Health Education
:05:13. > :05:14.in England who say that doctors aren't being trained
:05:15. > :05:16.properly and are not So, it is a difficult issue
:05:17. > :05:22.for us to deal with. Of course it is, making changes
:05:23. > :05:24.to hospital services What is really important
:05:25. > :05:30.is that we run safe services today, we need to make changes in how we do
:05:31. > :05:36.it going forward to ensure that we continue
:05:37. > :05:39.to provide good care to our patients Health Education England
:05:40. > :05:43.are responsible for overseeing all They told us today that
:05:44. > :05:48.in Canterbury, there aren't enough consultants
:05:49. > :05:50.to supervise the role. That 42 out of 76 trainees
:05:51. > :05:56.at the hospital will be removed and that it will affect
:05:57. > :06:04.about 50 patients a day But how does a hospital run with 55%
:06:05. > :06:08.fewer junior doctors? Some inpatient services,
:06:09. > :06:10.such as heart, move to either Margate or Ashford
:06:11. > :06:14.but the trust insists patients will It will mean that some services,
:06:15. > :06:23.a very small percentage of services do move to one
:06:24. > :06:28.of the other sites. at some point in the future
:06:29. > :06:32.to continue that excellence but most importantly the education
:06:33. > :06:34.of those junior doctors. However, for more than a decade,
:06:35. > :06:36.campaigners locally have fought to keep services
:06:37. > :06:39.at the Kent and Canterbury and some fear that the trust are planning
:06:40. > :06:41.to downgrade or possibly even close
:06:42. > :06:43.the hospital and they are What are we going to have left
:06:44. > :06:47.there is nothing and we are not going to have
:06:48. > :06:49.a hospital in Canterbury, This might be pre-consultation,
:06:50. > :06:53.this might be temporary but if they manage to bring them
:06:54. > :06:55.back, and they don't know how they are going
:06:56. > :06:56.to employ consultants when they have
:06:57. > :06:59.got a hospital with nothing there, So I think the long-term
:07:00. > :07:03.thing of east Kent hospitals at the moment
:07:04. > :07:06.all the Kent and Canterbury is nil. And campaigners tell
:07:07. > :07:08.me they're planning another march through Canterbury
:07:09. > :07:10.to argue their case. Health Education England say
:07:11. > :07:13.the temporary changes to services Well, let's cross
:07:14. > :07:17.live to Mark Norman. After today's announcement,
:07:18. > :07:25.how reassured will patients The trust has spent all day
:07:26. > :07:29.insisting that patients will receive the best possible care and that care
:07:30. > :07:32.will be safe. I have spoken to the Royal College of nurses, they have
:07:33. > :07:36.some concerns because nurses will have to remove along with the junior
:07:37. > :07:40.doctors. They are not sure of the details. There was a meeting here at
:07:41. > :07:43.the hospital this morning, I am told that some people quite upset that
:07:44. > :07:46.the changes but there with the determination to see this through.
:07:47. > :07:51.Campaigners have said to me this evening they had one big question,
:07:52. > :07:55.why are there not enough consultants at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital?
:07:56. > :07:58.They say no one is being called to account that they want answers to of
:07:59. > :07:59.those questions. Thank you.
:08:00. > :08:02.?10 million and rising - Southern Rail passengers start
:08:03. > :08:09.to benefit from a new compensation scheme for disruption.
:08:10. > :08:13.An attempt to oust the leader of Surrey County Council over
:08:14. > :08:16.an alleged "sweetheart" funding deal with the government has failed.
:08:17. > :08:22.A motion of no confidence in David Hodge was called
:08:23. > :08:31.after he backtracked on a proposal to raise council tax by 15%.
:08:32. > :08:33.This programme exclusively revealed a secret recording of the council
:08:34. > :08:35.leader telling colleagues he'd obtained a "gentleman's agreement"
:08:36. > :08:39.Shortly afterwards the authority set the tax rise at 4.99% rise instead,
:08:40. > :08:43.Our political editor Helen Catt reports.
:08:44. > :08:46.It was the backroom row that became embarrassingly public for the
:08:47. > :08:52.Could the Prime Minister explain the difference
:08:53. > :08:56.between a sweetheart deal and a gentleman's agreement?
:08:57. > :09:00.In the substance of what he's asking is,
:09:01. > :09:03.has there been a particular deal with Surrey County Council that is
:09:04. > :09:11.Today, the man who caused his leader to squirm
:09:12. > :09:16.The Chancellor has just announced billions of extra
:09:17. > :09:28.funding for social care, only weeks after the local
:09:29. > :09:29.government financial settlement was made final.
:09:30. > :09:35.Would that have been achieved if we hadn't had
:09:36. > :09:38.set out such a strong case for investment or if we hadn't made
:09:39. > :09:41.sure social care stayed in the headlines?
:09:42. > :09:46.In Surrey, he faced down a vote of no-confidence in his leadership.
:09:47. > :09:50.Liberal Democrat opponents pointed to miss sent text messages which
:09:51. > :09:53.sparked rumours of a sweetheart deal and to a secret recording leaked to
:09:54. > :10:13.I think it has been very damaging to Surrey's
:10:14. > :10:17.reputation, there have been numerous damaging headlines about Surrey
:10:18. > :10:25.County Council in the media and I think talk of secret deals and
:10:26. > :10:30.gentleman's agreements, that doesn't put Surrey in a good light.
:10:31. > :10:32.In the end, his fellow councillors backed
:10:33. > :10:39.His future, it seems, secured, though he didn't
:10:40. > :10:41.want to speak to us this evening after the meeting.
:10:42. > :10:43.This was Surrey's last full meeting before elections
:10:44. > :10:50.As several councillors observed this morning, that is when
:10:51. > :10:53.we will get the final verdict on this episode from the voters.
:10:54. > :10:56.Helen Catt, BBC South East Today, Kingston.
:10:57. > :10:59.There's more in-depth coverage and analysis of today's meeting
:11:00. > :11:09.The RNLI is to provide lifeguards on Hastings beaches
:11:10. > :11:14.Following an agreement with Hastings Borough Council,
:11:15. > :11:17.the charity will introduce three lifeguard stations at Pelham beach
:11:18. > :11:23.Lifeguards have previously operated on beaches in the area,
:11:24. > :11:26.but the service was run by the local council and supported
:11:27. > :11:31.The RMT Union has announced it will push back it's latest strike
:11:32. > :11:34.action to allow for fresh talks with Southern Rail in the ongoing
:11:35. > :11:38.dispute over the safety of driver-only operated trains.
:11:39. > :11:48.RMT members were due to go on strike for 24 hours on the 4th of April
:11:49. > :11:51.but will now strike instead on Saturday 8th April -
:11:52. > :11:55.An RMT spokesman said the issue of safety is "fundamental"
:11:56. > :11:57.and must be "addressed at the negotiating table".
:11:58. > :11:59.Twins, whose bodies were found at the White Cliffs of Dover
:12:00. > :12:01.on New Year's Day, had rucksacks containing the ashes
:12:02. > :12:03.of their dead parents, an inquest has heard.
:12:04. > :12:06.A coroner said Muriel and Bernard Burgess,
:12:07. > :12:08.who were 59 years old, had been struggling to come to terms
:12:09. > :12:13.with their parents' deaths, particularly their mother's in 2014.
:12:14. > :12:16.The siblings fell more than 200ft in an area known
:12:17. > :12:24.An innocent man who panicked or a lying manipulative killer.
:12:25. > :12:28.The question jurors have been told they now have to answer in the trial
:12:29. > :12:31.of a man accused of murdering Sussex teenager Shana Grice.
:12:32. > :12:33.The 19-year-old's throat was cut at her home
:12:34. > :12:38.Her former boyfriend Michael Lane is accused of stalking, then killing
:12:39. > :12:43.Today the jury has been hearing closing speeches from both
:12:44. > :12:48.the prosecution and defence - as Sara Smith reports.
:12:49. > :12:52.Michael Lane doesn't deny being at Shana Grice's flat on the morning
:12:53. > :12:56.she was murdered but he says she was already dead when he arrived.
:12:57. > :12:58.He admits lying to police on his arrest
:12:59. > :13:01.but his defence counsel told the jury today
:13:02. > :13:05.that was because he was panicked and terrified by the
:13:06. > :13:07.conclusion that police would and did jump to.
:13:08. > :13:10.There was, said his counsel, no direct evidence of his
:13:11. > :13:12.involvement, it was all circumstantial.
:13:13. > :13:22.But the prosecution asked the jury to decide if this
:13:23. > :13:25.really was an innocent man who was panicked or a lying,
:13:26. > :13:28.He told a friend Shana would pay for leaving him.
:13:29. > :13:31.She did, it was said, with her life at his hands.
:13:32. > :13:35.She was found dead, her throat cut at the flat she had shared with
:13:36. > :13:38.Michael Lane had stolen a key to her home and put
:13:39. > :13:43.Several times she had reported him to police for
:13:44. > :13:46.stalking but on one occasion had been given a penalty notice herself
:13:47. > :13:51.The judge told the jury this case had given
:13:52. > :13:55.rise to a great deal of emotion and that they would need cool heads.
:13:56. > :13:57.They weren't there, he said, to like or dislike
:13:58. > :13:59.Michael Lane or take a personal view
:14:00. > :14:04.about Shana Grice's behaviour, but to take an objective
:14:05. > :14:18.Sara Smith, BBC South East Today, Lewes Crown Court.
:14:19. > :14:21.It's coming up to quarter to seven, this is our top story tonight:
:14:22. > :14:24.Debbie Masters was "a loving wife and mother, who was
:14:25. > :14:26.adored by her husband, and will be missed forever."
:14:27. > :14:29.Tributes paid to the 37-year-old who died after being hit by a car
:14:30. > :14:32.Police are investigating why the car mounted the pavement.
:14:33. > :14:36.A day later than planned there were blue skies and Spitfires
:14:37. > :14:43.over the white cliffs of Dover for Dame Vera Lynn's centenary.
:14:44. > :14:48.It was a bright, breezy and chilly day today. Bring back again for
:14:49. > :14:50.tomorrow. I will have the details for you in the forecast a little
:14:51. > :14:52.later in the programme. If you have a story you think
:14:53. > :14:54.we should be covering on South East Today,
:14:55. > :14:57.we'd like to hear from you. You can call us on 0345 300 37 47,
:14:58. > :15:00.or send us an e-mail to We are also on Facebook or you can
:15:01. > :15:13.tweet us, @bbcsoutheast. Thousands of Southern Rail season
:15:14. > :15:16.ticket holders have been paid a total of more than ?10 million
:15:17. > :15:19.in compensation over the past three months
:15:20. > :15:23.for delays to their services. The Government blames
:15:24. > :15:24.the disruption on poor performance by the operator -
:15:25. > :15:27.and industrial action More than 40,000
:15:28. > :15:31.passengers have applied for refunds as part
:15:32. > :15:33.of the new one-off But tonight many commuters said it's
:15:34. > :15:41.all too little too late. I have had the letters
:15:42. > :15:44.saying that I am due a compensation amount
:15:45. > :15:49.on my annual season ticket and I followed
:15:50. > :15:52.the instructions but nothing has It's not easy, that
:15:53. > :15:55.is why I never claim. Because I think the process
:15:56. > :15:57.takes longer and I would rather have an
:15:58. > :16:02.operator that runs the trains as they should be run,
:16:03. > :16:05.you know, it's very frustrating Well our reporter Amanda Akass
:16:06. > :16:11.is outside Lewes station for us now. Amanda, the government
:16:12. > :16:27.could still end up paying out a lot Yes, that is right. This is a
:16:28. > :16:34.one-off government funded scheme designed to payback commuters a cost
:16:35. > :16:39.of two among's worth of travel, in recognition of what is described as
:16:40. > :16:44.unprecedented disruption on the services. Destruction that led to
:16:45. > :16:48.the cancellation of up to 60,000 services due to a combination of
:16:49. > :16:52.poor performance by Southern, problems on the track and that
:16:53. > :16:57.industrial action. The government estimated 84,000 commuters could be
:16:58. > :17:01.eligible for this was not so far, 40,000 have claimed. They had paid
:17:02. > :17:05.back ?10 million at the moment. That could grow a lot further and people
:17:06. > :17:11.have until the end of April to put those claims in. That is all about
:17:12. > :17:14.the disruption from 2016 but as the 2017, the transport select committee
:17:15. > :17:17.have been asking the wrong minister if there is any chance the scheme
:17:18. > :17:21.will be extended for this year as well. -- rail minister.
:17:22. > :17:24.At the moment, given the absence of industrial action which is making
:17:25. > :17:26.it impossible to run an adequate service, I'm not aware of any
:17:27. > :17:29.proposals to continue this beyond the 30th of April
:17:30. > :17:35.but obviously we can't see into the future.
:17:36. > :17:40.It really is the future of disruption which is the question in
:17:41. > :17:44.the minds of all the commuters here this evening. The are empty and
:17:45. > :17:48.Southern holding fresh talks but we do know they are still planning to
:17:49. > :17:53.have strike action on the 8th of April. -- are empty. It is not clear
:17:54. > :17:56.yet if there is an end to all that destruction we are seeing. Amanda,
:17:57. > :18:04.thank you very much. -- disruption. St Catherine's College in Eastbourne
:18:05. > :18:07.has become the first state school in East Sussex to teach its pupils
:18:08. > :18:10.Mandarin - and today they enjoyed a special visit from Chinese
:18:11. > :18:12.officials to inspire the students. Mandarin is the official
:18:13. > :18:14.language of China - spoken by around a billion people,
:18:15. > :18:17.making it the most although most people
:18:18. > :18:26.only use 3,000-4,000. That compares with 26 characters
:18:27. > :18:29.in the English alphabet. And researchers have
:18:30. > :18:31.found that people who speak Mandarin use both sides
:18:32. > :18:34.of their brain to understand it. So as Lauren Moss reports -
:18:35. > :18:36.it should equip the Eastbourne pupils with some useful skills
:18:37. > :18:50.for the future. Learning about Chinese culture and
:18:51. > :18:57.traditions. The new School programme being rolled out at St Catherine's
:18:58. > :19:02.College. Annie is one of those leading the programme. Our children
:19:03. > :19:04.might not go to China but the Chinese are definitely coming in
:19:05. > :19:08.here, there is a massive tourist industry. I think there will be
:19:09. > :19:16.properly more and more industries that liaise with China so it is a
:19:17. > :19:19.massively brilliant opportunity. By becoming a completion of cotton,
:19:20. > :19:24.learning Chinese philosophy, Mandarin will be on the school
:19:25. > :19:31.curriculum from September. People can understand China deeper with
:19:32. > :19:36.language learning. I believe this is very important long term. Some
:19:37. > :19:40.campaigners say that deeper understanding must also include
:19:41. > :19:43.China's current political situation. Lastly, a group of lawyers and human
:19:44. > :19:50.rights activists were detained by state police. Children in the UK
:19:51. > :19:54.learning Mandarin, it is important in which an also children learning
:19:55. > :20:01.Chinese history and culture, what we do not want is any institutions that
:20:02. > :20:05.are using resources from China to be compromised in how they teach
:20:06. > :20:08.children these things. For our children, as educators, we need to
:20:09. > :20:14.look at all aspects of human rights and we do a lot here on global
:20:15. > :20:22.citizens and and children are challenged think about issues, the
:20:23. > :20:31.impact on lives. Alex, you performed a recital earlier. What did you say?
:20:32. > :20:37.What does that mean? In English, it means sorry, my Chinese is not good.
:20:38. > :20:40.They hope that will not be the case in St Catherine's College. A group
:20:41. > :20:47.of children will did them a visit China next week in a hope to make
:20:48. > :20:49.them stand out in the future. Good luck to them.
:20:50. > :20:51.They had to wait an extra day for blue skies
:20:52. > :20:54.but today two Spitfires flew over the White Cliffs of Dover
:20:55. > :20:56.to mark the 100th birthday of Dame Very Lynn.
:20:57. > :20:58.The fly-past was cancelled yesterday because of bad weather.
:20:59. > :21:00.But the pilots said they were determined to take
:21:01. > :21:03.to the skies this morning to honour the forces' sweetheart,
:21:04. > :21:06.Simon Jones is in Biggin Hill, from where the Spitfires took off.
:21:07. > :21:14.Quite a sight and quite a sound, Simon.
:21:15. > :21:21.Yes, it has been a day of history. These historic aircraft taking to
:21:22. > :21:26.the skies above the historic white cliffs. All to celebrate the life of
:21:27. > :21:32.the historic lady he means so much to see many people. -- who means so
:21:33. > :21:35.much to so many people. # There will be bluebirds over
:21:36. > :21:40.the White Cliffs of Dover #. The sound of the Spitfires
:21:41. > :21:47.accompanied by the dulcet tones of Dame Vera, a centenary
:21:48. > :21:52.celebration to honour the women who would travel to conflict
:21:53. > :21:55.zones around the world to give morale boosting performances
:21:56. > :21:56.to British troops. I mean, Dame Vera Lynn,
:21:57. > :22:04.she is an icon. It is both, it is mixing
:22:05. > :22:06.icons, the iconic spitfire and the icon
:22:07. > :22:09.that is Dame Vera Lynn but of course it is tied up with so much more
:22:10. > :22:12.and all the A very proud moment
:22:13. > :22:18.and a real privilege. It is just a short flight
:22:19. > :22:20.from Biggin Hill to Dover but one the organisers
:22:21. > :22:24.were determined to recreate after yesterday's disappointment
:22:25. > :22:28.at the weather. Yesterday, people were shivering
:22:29. > :22:33.in the fog, the wind and Today though, perfect conditions
:22:34. > :22:44.to enjoy the fly-past. It didn't work out first yesterday,
:22:45. > :22:48.though we had loads of veterans here which I know she would be
:22:49. > :22:51.thrilled with and loads of other As far as I am concerned,
:22:52. > :23:05.Dame Vera Lynn is 100 all year and as far
:23:06. > :23:07.as I am concerned, that wonderful lady all year,
:23:08. > :23:11.it's exactly what we will do. Dame Vera talking to her
:23:12. > :23:13.daughter still fondly We did have a trouble one time
:23:14. > :23:17.when we just started a concert And the boys had to rush up
:23:18. > :23:23.and hold the sides on. And as today shows,
:23:24. > :23:25.if things don't go according to plan the first
:23:26. > :23:39.time, you can try again. Dame Vera said she is humbled by all
:23:40. > :23:42.the fuss that is being made. The organisers admitted when they could
:23:43. > :23:46.not take to the skies in the Spitfires yesterday, they were very
:23:47. > :23:50.upset. And veteran turned to them and said get a grip and that's why
:23:51. > :23:54.they decided to do it all again today. Dame Vera says a secret to a
:23:55. > :23:56.is reading and watching television. We are probably all doing OK.
:23:57. > :24:05.Thank you. It is not a fuss. It is thoroughly
:24:06. > :24:07.deserved. We are pleased the weather got a grip.
:24:08. > :24:17.Rain again tomorrow. Earlier of course, clear blue skies, nothing
:24:18. > :24:23.like the temperatures we had last week,- 18 or 19 Celsius. It was more
:24:24. > :24:26.like seven or eight in some places. It was feeling is lovely and
:24:27. > :24:31.sheltered spots. We have got those cool air mass with us and into
:24:32. > :24:35.tomorrow, some places across the UK will be seeing some snow. Not ours.
:24:36. > :24:41.We will be seeing some rain. Tonight, it stays dry and clear.
:24:42. > :24:46.Again, quite a cool night, temperature dropping to two or three
:24:47. > :24:50.Celsius. Along the coast, slightly milder at around five or six
:24:51. > :24:55.Celsius. There will be some sunshine early tomorrow, it will not last all
:24:56. > :25:00.day. This is the reason why. This area of low pressure. There is the
:25:01. > :25:04.snow. For us in the south-east, we will seize rain. Heavy at times,
:25:05. > :25:10.breezy, passes through quite quickly. From about nine o'clock in
:25:11. > :25:13.the morning for a time, all of us seeing the rain, is statistically in
:25:14. > :25:18.the early part of the afternoon. Behind it, there are some sunshine.
:25:19. > :25:24.It stays pretty breezy. Southerly winds around 20 mph will stop below
:25:25. > :25:31.average temperatures for the time of year. Seven or eight Celsius. It is
:25:32. > :25:34.feeling chilly and then as we go from Wednesday over into Thursday,
:25:35. > :25:39.there will be some rain at times. Many of us holding on to clear skies
:25:40. > :25:45.in the early part of the evening. Another cool night, temperatures of
:25:46. > :25:49.rural spots, around freezing. One or two Celsius, or five along the
:25:50. > :25:53.coast. Further outbreaks of rain as we had to the day on Friday.
:25:54. > :25:59.Critically during the afternoon. Ten or 11 Celsius but many of us staying
:26:00. > :26:04.around eight or nine. It is a wet, windy end to the day. As we go over
:26:05. > :26:07.into Friday, the charge that you could see some heavy rain for a
:26:08. > :26:12.time. Good news, that is going to clear and actually as we look
:26:13. > :26:16.towards the weekend for Saturday and Sunday, the sunshine will be back
:26:17. > :26:20.again. It is going to be a bit breezy, temperatures doing quite
:26:21. > :26:26.well, highs of 11 or 12 Celsius. Chilly overnight. Saturday, perhaps
:26:27. > :26:31.some frost in places. By the afternoon lots of sunshine around,
:26:32. > :26:34.make the most of it. Into the new Wii, perhaps turning unsettled
:26:35. > :26:39.again. The next couple of days, heavy rain during the middle part of
:26:40. > :26:42.the day for tomorrow, rain at times for Thursday and Friday and just
:26:43. > :26:49.like that, clear blue skies as we head towards the weekend. A lot of
:26:50. > :26:51.rain and cold temperatures. It is March I suppose.
:26:52. > :26:53.Well, let's recap tonight's top national and local new stories:
:26:54. > :26:55.Political leaders have been describing the legacy
:26:56. > :26:58.of Northern Ireland's former deputy first minister,
:26:59. > :27:02.Martin McGuinness, who has died at the age of 66.
:27:03. > :27:05.The mother of three boys who died after being hit by a car
:27:06. > :27:09.on Battle High Street has been named as Debbie Masters.
:27:10. > :27:18.Her family have this evening said she was "a loving wife and mother."
:27:19. > :27:23.More than 40 junior doctors are being removed from the Kent
:27:24. > :27:25.and Canterbury Hospital after concerns were raised over
:27:26. > :27:37.We will have more of stories in our late bulletin at 10:25pm. Also with
:27:38. > :27:40.the eight o'clock update. I will see you in a couple of days' time.
:27:41. > :27:47.Goodbye. Goodbye.