09/04/2017 South East Today

Good evening. for the news where you are.

12,000 runners have taken part in the eighth Brighton marathon.

Stuart Hawkes won the men's race, he's the first Briton to do so.

Chrissie Reidy was watching the action.

As the sun beamed down on Brighton for the annual marathon, expectant

At Preston Park, some 12,000 runners set off just after 9am, all ages,

abilities and of course all the usual colour

spurred on by the many spectators along the route.

This is his third time doing the Brighton one but he's done

six marathons in the last couple of years.

He's actually just done the Manchester one last weekend.

I've not been to Brighton before so it is a lovely place.

While others got a different soaking but with shade in

short supply it was a welcome cooldown.

BBC Sussex presenter Neil Pringle got in on the action as did

Although for some it was all too much.

A lot of the runners are now coming in over the finish line.

Some are running, many are walking, some are even hobbling.

They have completed the 26 mile route, a phenomenal achievement.

First marathon so it is a good effort, pleased with it.

Long training sessions and pleased to be over.

How long? 3.45.

Are you ready for a lie down? Yes.

After pounding the streets for 26 miles, it was time to

It took me ten minutes to get from the finish to me.

I am hoping to walk off the couch, that is the plan.

A triumphant day and millions of pounds raised for charity.

Well, passengers leaving Brighton railway station have been facing

Some trains were cancelled, others were delayed or re-routed.

A fault on a train at Preston Park was blamed along with

signalling problems in central London.

In other news, police are investigating an assault

Two men were taken to hospital with stab wounds after a fight

reportedly broke out in The Talk Of The Town pub in Leysdown

It's not believed the injuries are life-threatening.

Kent Police are continuing their inquiries after fragments

of human bone were found at a house in Gillingham.

Forensic officers searched the property in Kingsnorth Road.

They say they're treating the matter as unexplained.

The fragments are being analysed to determine their age.

People in Crowborough in Sussex have been commemorating the

100th anniversary of the First World War battle of Vimy Ridge.

More than 3,500 Canadian servicemen were killed in the battle.

Crowborough has a long association with the Canadian military

who were stationed in the area during both world wars.

Time now to find out how the weather's looking.

With temperatures in the low to mid 20 Celsius through this weekend,

the next few days are going to feel very different indeed.

We've had lovely sunshine, of course, through the weekend.

We have had an onshore breeze though so it's always

But in the coming days, I think most of us

Although we are largely dry through this week in the run-up

At the moment, there is a cold front sinking towards

across Wales and Midlands just now,

continuing to track its way south east

Behind it a north-westerly wind sets in and some much cooler air as well.

We're dry through the night but we get back that cloud just

starting to filter in, as you can see,

Not too much on it, though, by the time it gets to us,

it's just allowing that colder air to get in.

But before that, I think temperatures largely will hold up

And actually that cloud clears pretty quickly so

we'll have some sunshine through the first part of the day but by

then, that north-westerly wind has set in and we get some cloud

I think especially inland you're really going to

notice a difference whereas, as I say, along the coast

this weekend, there has been an onshore breeze

so here not as much as a marked change.

In the coming days, as I've just said to you,

Some sunny spells though on Tuesday,

Temperatures in the low to mid teens.

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For now though, from all of us here in the South East,

Good evening. Was it spring or summer today? They crushed and some

of you may have been asking. A beautiful day across much of eastern

and south-eastern England. We saw highs of 25 degrees. Slightly

fresher in the north-west of England, and much fresher behind the

rain bearing weather front in the far north-west. As the front pushes

south, it will weaken. We will not see rain, but it introduces cooler

air behind. The showers