:00:00. > :00:00.Good evening. Kennedy, BBC News at Vimy Ridge.
:00:07. > :00:10.12,000 runners have taken part in the eighth Brighton marathon.
:00:11. > :00:13.Stuart Hawkes won the men's race, Helen Davies, the women's.
:00:14. > :00:16.Chrissie Reidy was there watching the action
:00:17. > :00:19.As the sun beamed down on Brighton for the annual marathon, expectant
:00:20. > :00:26.At Preston Park, some 12,000 runners set off just after 9am, all ages,
:00:27. > :00:29.abilities and of course all the usual colour
:00:30. > :00:35.spurred on by the many spectators along the route.
:00:36. > :00:45.This is his third time doing the Brighton one but he's done
:00:46. > :00:48.six marathons in the last couple of years.
:00:49. > :00:50.He's actually just on the Manchester one last weekend.
:00:51. > :00:58.I've not been to Brighton before so it is a lovely place.
:00:59. > :01:00.While others got a different soaking but with shade in
:01:01. > :01:04.short supply it was a welcome cooldown.
:01:05. > :01:07.BBC Sussex presenter Neil Pringle got in on the action as did
:01:08. > :01:11.Although for some it was all too much.
:01:12. > :01:14.A lot of the runners are now coming in over the finish line.
:01:15. > :01:17.Some are running, many are walking, some are even hobbling.
:01:18. > :01:23.They have completed the 26 mile route, a phenomenal achievement.
:01:24. > :01:30.First marathon so it is a good effort, pleased with it.
:01:31. > :01:33.Long training sessions and pleased to be over.
:01:34. > :01:36.How long? 3.45.
:01:37. > :01:39.Are you ready for a lie down? Yes.
:01:40. > :01:46.After pounding the streets for 26 miles, it was time to
:01:47. > :01:53.It took me ten minutes to get from the finish to me.
:01:54. > :01:57.I am hoping to walk off the couch, that is the plan.
:01:58. > :02:04.A triumphant day and millions of pounds raised for charity.
:02:05. > :02:07.Passengers leaving Brighton railway station are facing
:02:08. > :02:10.This was the scene a short while ago.
:02:11. > :02:13.A fault on a train between Brighton and Preston Park has blocked some
:02:14. > :02:16.of the London bound lines and signalling problems are also
:02:17. > :02:21.Police are appealing for witnesses following an assault in Sheppey,
:02:22. > :02:25.after which two men were taken to hospital with stab wounds.
:02:26. > :02:27.A fight reportedly broke out between a group of men
:02:28. > :02:31.inside The Talk of the Town pub in Leysdown and by the sea wall,
:02:32. > :02:33.in The Promenade, at around nine o'clock on Saturday evening.
:02:34. > :02:35.It's not believed the injuries are life-threatening.
:02:36. > :02:37.Kent Police are continuing their inquiries after fragments
:02:38. > :02:39.of human bone were found at a house in Gillingham.
:02:40. > :02:42.Forensic officers searched the property in Kingsnorth Road
:02:43. > :02:43.following the discovery on Friday night.
:02:44. > :02:46.Police say they're treating the matter as unexplained.
:02:47. > :02:50.The fragments are being forensically analysed to determine their age.
:02:51. > :02:53.Gillingham hover just one point away from the League 1
:02:54. > :02:56.relegation zone despite their draw against Millwall yesterday.
:02:57. > :03:00.Charlton were successful at home, but in League 2.
:03:01. > :03:04.Gillinham's goalkeeper saved the struggling League 1 side from
:03:05. > :03:10.Millwall's Steve Morison attempted to put them one up but it was
:03:11. > :03:15.Morison tried again but once again, Holy was there.
:03:16. > :03:19.It was Gillingham who opened the scoring midway through
:03:20. > :03:23.This was Joe Quigley's first goal for the club.
:03:24. > :03:26.Millwall equalised though just five minutes later.
:03:27. > :03:31.Morison finally finding the target from a Jed Wallace rebound.
:03:32. > :03:35.Ricky Holmes's goal six minutes in got Charlton off to a
:03:36. > :03:39.good start but a Southend corner allowed John White to head in his
:03:40. > :03:43.reply five minutes later, equalising the score.
:03:44. > :03:49.Nathan Byrne's cross was flicked on by Jake Forster-Caskey
:03:50. > :03:53.before the ball came off Southend defender Adam Thompson in the
:03:54. > :03:59.Crawley's Dean Cox scored from close range from a Lewis Young cross
:04:00. > :04:02.to put them ahead in the 20th minute at home to Plymouth Argyle.
:04:03. > :04:06.A Mark Connolly foul followed by a Graham Carey penalty
:04:07. > :04:12.James Collins was sent off his second yellow card 11
:04:13. > :04:16.before full-time and Argyle's Ryan Taylor scored a dramatic stoppage
:04:17. > :04:24.Now, it's been a beautiful day across the region.
:04:25. > :04:28.Let's see how the week ahead is looking with Sara Thornton.
:04:29. > :04:33.Some of us inland especially enjoyed some real warmth
:04:34. > :04:37.It has been a bit cooler on the coast with an onshore
:04:38. > :04:41.breeze but we all managed to see glorious sunshine for most of the
:04:42. > :04:44.If you enjoyed the warmth I'm afraid it's all change.
:04:45. > :04:47.Much cooler in the coming days although predominantly dry as we
:04:48. > :04:50.We've got a cold front sinking towards us at the moment
:04:51. > :04:53.from the north and west of the UK, slowly making its way
:04:54. > :04:56.into Kent, Sussex, the London area as we head
:04:57. > :04:58.into the early hours of tomorrow morning.
:04:59. > :05:04.In fact, we will stay dry but bits and pieces of cloud slowly sinking
:05:05. > :05:09.their way in and across us as we go through the early hours of tomorrow.
:05:10. > :05:12.A southerly wind for much of the night before that comes in and
:05:13. > :05:16.As we start, not long after breakfast tomorrow,
:05:17. > :05:18.we get more of that north-westerly setting in.
:05:19. > :05:20.Some sunshine to start but it will feel much
:05:21. > :05:24.Althoguh we've lost the onshore breeze.
:05:25. > :05:27.We get some cloud bubbling up in the afternoon
:05:28. > :05:30.If you're in the sunshine, not feeling unpleasant, if
:05:31. > :05:32.you're in the cloud, 12 or 13 degrees with that
:05:33. > :05:35.It will feel quite a shock to the system.
:05:36. > :05:38.In the coming days, as I say, it will be dry.
:05:39. > :05:40.When you are in the sunshine not too unpleasant but the
:05:41. > :05:44.temperatures staying in the low teens.
:05:45. > :05:47.We'll be back with another update for you at 10.20pm.
:05:48. > :06:05.For now though, from all of us here, have a good evening.
:06:06. > :06:13.Good evening. If you can use a smelter describes the weather it
:06:14. > :06:22.would be owed a barbecue, and why not? Beautiful blue skies with highs
:06:23. > :06:27.of 25 degrees, yes, there was more cloud further west, and it was thick
:06:28. > :06:32.enough for some rain in the far north-west of Scotland. You can see
:06:33. > :06:37.this old snow on the tops of the mountings, and there might be a
:06:38. > :06:41.fresh dusting on the higher ground through the night and I, thanks to
:06:42. > :06:47.this weather front which is coming this way steadily south -- through
:06:48. > :06:52.the night overnight. Sleet and snow showers on the tops of the hills and
:06:53. > :06:53.the mountings, and this brings a band of cloud and