:00:00. > :00:08.Parking in disabled spaces without permission.
:00:09. > :00:14.My wife had a brain haemorrhage and a stroke
:00:15. > :00:20.The council sting to catch drivers using blue badges that
:00:21. > :00:24.Also, the stress of trying to see a GP.
:00:25. > :00:26.The patients demanding improvements at a surgery
:00:27. > :00:37.There wasn't a spare seat available, everybody was waiting to see
:00:38. > :00:44.And later on - slowing it right down.
:00:45. > :00:47.Rugby played at a different pace making it accessible
:00:48. > :01:02.Drivers misusing blue badges have been targeted in a sting
:01:03. > :01:07.Hundreds of badges were checked during the three-day clampdown
:01:08. > :01:13.Council bosses say there's traditionally a rise in the number
:01:14. > :01:17.of people who misuse blue badges over the festive period.
:01:18. > :01:23.My wife had a brain haemorrhage and two strokes.
:01:24. > :01:30.This man's using his wife's blue badge while he goes
:01:31. > :01:36.As you can imagine, he wasn't very happy when he was brought up on it.
:01:37. > :01:40.My wife can't walk, she's never walked for the last 20 years
:01:41. > :01:45.and I only ever come here for her, nobody else.
:01:46. > :01:47.But a lot of people would say your wife isn't with you?
:01:48. > :01:51.Well, I know that, but I do shop for her and have you ever tried
:01:52. > :02:00.So, essentially, the gentleman pulled into the bay,
:02:01. > :02:04.there was only one person in it, so I was concerned that the person
:02:05. > :02:06.holding the badge either had to be him or wasn't
:02:07. > :02:10.So initially when I had the conversation with him,
:02:11. > :02:15.he explained to me that his wife was the one that the badge pertained
:02:16. > :02:18.to and that she was currently somewhere else and he was just
:02:19. > :02:22.So I explained to him that, unfortunately, the person who holds
:02:23. > :02:25.the badge has to be part of the journey and he's not
:02:26. > :02:28.entitled, therefore, to use the bay or the badge.
:02:29. > :02:31.It is currently considered abuse of the badge system,
:02:32. > :02:33.so therefore I have a duty to retain the badge.
:02:34. > :02:37.It will be returned to the owner of the badge and they'll be given
:02:38. > :02:39.an explanation as to why it was retained and warned
:02:40. > :02:44.of their future conduct in relation to the badge.
:02:45. > :02:47.Blue badges are issued by Oxfordshire County Council
:02:48. > :02:49.to help disabled people park closer to their destination,
:02:50. > :02:54.But bosses say a number of people abuse the system.
:02:55. > :03:02.Those that actually need it, need the space, can't get the space.
:03:03. > :03:05.A lot of people just don't give a damn.
:03:06. > :03:09.I need somewhere to park, sod you, I'll go a parking space.
:03:10. > :03:13.They shouldn't be parking in places where they shouldn't be parking.
:03:14. > :03:15.They're designed for people that need to use those
:03:16. > :03:20.Since this operation was launched on Monday,
:03:21. > :03:23.hundreds of badges have been checked by city council officers working
:03:24. > :03:28.A number of badges have been confiscated.
:03:29. > :03:31.Most offenders receive a warning but, in the worse cases,
:03:32. > :03:35.fines for up to ?1,000 can be issued.
:03:36. > :03:38.It is something that we need to enforce.
:03:39. > :03:41.We need to make sure that people are using their badges correctly,
:03:42. > :03:45.so that people are able to get to the shops,
:03:46. > :03:48.who need to get to the shops and are disabled.
:03:49. > :03:51.The county council says blue badges are a vital lifeline for people
:03:52. > :03:54.with mobility problems and can be the difference between independence
:03:55. > :04:00.It's inviting anyone who suspects a blue badge
:04:01. > :04:06.is being misused, to contact them through the county council website.
:04:07. > :04:09.A police officer who twice turned up for work over the alcohol
:04:10. > :04:14.A Thames Valley Police behaviour panel heard PC
:04:15. > :04:17.Graham Johnston was found to be more than twice the allowed limit
:04:18. > :04:22.The panel heard it was the second time the officer had
:04:23. > :04:25.turned up for work under the influence of alcohol.
:04:26. > :04:27.The force said it hoped his dismissal sent out
:04:28. > :04:31.Oxfordshire is to receive ?800,000 to help
:04:32. > :04:36.A team will be set up to work with specialists to help those most
:04:37. > :04:41.A debt advice hub will be created, and there will be a network
:04:42. > :04:45.of helpers helping vulnerable adults.
:04:46. > :04:48.Patients at a doctor's surgery in Reading say it is in 'complete
:04:49. > :04:49.meltdown' in the run up to Christmas.
:04:50. > :04:52.The Circuit Lane surgery in Reading was taken over by a private
:04:53. > :04:57.It was meant to be a new start, following a tumultuous two years
:04:58. > :05:02.But now some patients say the system is worse than ever.
:05:03. > :05:08.Checking his health at home, as just one of 10,000 who are registered
:05:09. > :05:10.at the Circuit Lane surgery, Chris Giles knows what
:05:11. > :05:16.This week he waited three hours to be seen by a doctor.
:05:17. > :05:19.All hell broke loose, is the appropriate word.
:05:20. > :05:24.People just reacted by saying that we've had enough of this.
:05:25. > :05:26.Why aren't you putting more doctors in?
:05:27. > :05:35.The problems at Circuit Lane started in September 2014
:05:36. > :05:37.when doctors resigned en masse, citing issues
:05:38. > :05:43.The NHS took over in January 2015, and this September handed
:05:44. > :05:47.the surgery over to One Medical Group.
:05:48. > :05:49.The surgery would not agree to an interview,
:05:50. > :05:51.but it has told us it has plans to make improvements,
:05:52. > :05:55.saying it's trying different ways to meet the health and well-being
:05:56. > :06:01.Like introducing a new walk-in clinic to increase access
:06:02. > :06:08.But in the meantime when they need to see a doctor, patients like Chris
:06:09. > :06:10.hope they won't have to keep swallowing
:06:11. > :06:19.They only married in October but an Oxfordshire woman is spending
:06:20. > :06:22.this Christmas 4,000 miles away from her husband
:06:23. > :06:26.after he was refused a visa to come back to the UK from India.
:06:27. > :06:29.Jullie Bolitho says the couple more than meet
:06:30. > :06:31.all the Home Office requirements and the visa rejection
:06:32. > :06:35.is down to incompetence by immigration officials.
:06:36. > :06:39.Pictures are the closest Julia gets to her photographer
:06:40. > :06:44.They met while teaching in Oxford and were planning their first
:06:45. > :06:51.I've never felt so at home with another individual and I can
:06:52. > :06:56.kind of gush actually about him and about us.
:06:57. > :07:00.I just feel really blessed and I think this is the kind
:07:01. > :07:05.of relationship that people want and that they look for.
:07:06. > :07:07.And I think that's quite elusive for most people.
:07:08. > :07:11.I don't, we don't, take it for granted.
:07:12. > :07:14.The internet is the best way for the couple to see each other.
:07:15. > :07:17.Vikram's lived in the UK for eight years but now he's back living
:07:18. > :07:27.I try and sleep a lot because, yeah, it passes time quickly.
:07:28. > :07:32.As a freelancer proving income was complicated but she insists
:07:33. > :07:36.she provided the Home Office with all the necessary documents
:07:37. > :07:40.and the couple fulfil immigration requirements.
:07:41. > :07:43.In a statement the Home Office says it's satisfied that the case has
:07:44. > :07:47.It adds that officers have explained the appeals process to Julie
:07:48. > :07:51.and Vikram but no appeal has been received.
:07:52. > :07:53.Now Julie's local MP is fighting her case.
:07:54. > :07:56.It's not the first time Ed Vaisey has been embroiled
:07:57. > :08:01.Last month we told you about an Oxfordshire man whose
:08:02. > :08:04.family was been torn apart after his Chinese wife was told
:08:05. > :08:09.I frankly feel the immigration service is not doing the job
:08:10. > :08:13.that we pay them to do, which is to allow people who have
:08:14. > :08:16.fulfilled all the legal and bureaucratic requirements
:08:17. > :08:20.to come into the country to live here with their loved ones.
:08:21. > :08:23.The couple are waiting to hear the result of an appeal
:08:24. > :08:27.If that fails, they say they'll move to continental Europe
:08:28. > :08:34.until a new visa application can be processed.
:08:35. > :08:37.An Oxfordshire chef has been using his cooking skills
:08:38. > :08:40.to highlight a genetic disorder which has affected his family.
:08:41. > :08:43.Will Shaw's niece, Holly, suffers from Angelman Syndrome
:08:44. > :08:48.The niece of Gareth Edwards, the director of the new Star Wars
:08:49. > :08:50.film, also has the condition, which gave Will an idea.
:08:51. > :08:56.Will Shaw is a traditional pub chef but he also
:08:57. > :09:02.Inspired by the release of the new Star Wars film, he decided
:09:03. > :09:06.to use his creative force to help his niece.
:09:07. > :09:09.She, like the niece of the film's director,
:09:10. > :09:14.suffers from a neurological illness called Angelman Syndrome.
:09:15. > :09:17.So Will decided to make an edible fight scene from the film
:09:18. > :09:22.I used melted chocolate, set in moulds, filled
:09:23. > :09:25.with a chocolate orange mousse and a caramel.
:09:26. > :09:29.You spray edible spray paints to create the characters into life
:09:30. > :09:35.and then design on a slate with other confectionary items.
:09:36. > :09:38.7 year old Holly, like her uncle, loves cooking but what
:09:39. > :09:47.did his brother make of the chocolate battle scene?
:09:48. > :09:51.The force is strong with you definitely.
:09:52. > :10:00.Angelman Syndrome affects 1 in 20,000 births.
:10:01. > :10:03.Most sufferers will have a near-normal life expectancy
:10:04. > :10:10.It means that she can't speak and that won't change, sadly.
:10:11. > :10:12.But she's learning to communicate in a variety of ways.
:10:13. > :10:17.She can use an iPad to communicate with us, she can sign
:10:18. > :10:19.and she can make gestures and, frankly, she can just
:10:20. > :10:22.drag me across the room to get her favourite toy.
:10:23. > :10:24.So there's a number of ways she can get round it.
:10:25. > :10:26.Will has already started thinking about his next scene
:10:27. > :10:37.for the new Star Wars film, due for release next year.
:10:38. > :10:41.Now, if you'd like to get in touch with us here at South Today to tell
:10:42. > :10:44.us about stories you think we should be covering, you can e-mail us.
:10:45. > :10:50.Or join the conversation on our Facebook and Twitter pages.
:10:51. > :10:53.That's all from us. We'll be back at 10.30.
:10:54. > :11:08.Now more of today's stories with Sally Taylor.
:11:09. > :11:19.The gentler pace of walking rugby is attracting older players.
:11:20. > :11:21.The South East MEP Diane James says she resigned as Ukip's
:11:22. > :11:25.leader after just 18 days because she was unable to break up
:11:26. > :11:31.The former Waverley councillor has given her first broadcast interview
:11:32. > :11:34.since resigning the party leadership in October.
:11:35. > :11:36.She's now sitting as an an independent.
:11:37. > :11:39.Mrs James says she realised almost immediately that she couldn't
:11:40. > :11:44.deliver the change that she'd promised in her campaign.
:11:45. > :11:47.When it became clear that I couldn't make that breakthrough,
:11:48. > :11:51.I felt it was the right decision, both for me, for my credibility,
:11:52. > :11:55.but also for the credibility of the party that somebody else
:11:56. > :12:00.assumed the mantle of the leadership.
:12:01. > :12:03.A year after they moved in, people living in a housing
:12:04. > :12:05.development in Berkshire say they've still got major problems
:12:06. > :12:10.It's claimed some of the new homes on Loddon Park are prone
:12:11. > :12:13.to flooding, have no insulation, and some of the beams that make up
:12:14. > :12:17.the structure haven't been fitted properly.
:12:18. > :12:19.The local MP and residents claim the builders, Taylor Wimpey,
:12:20. > :12:21.have done very little to put things right, something strongly
:12:22. > :12:36.In this area by my front door, the plasterboard has had to be removed
:12:37. > :12:38.because they needed to check the installation...
:12:39. > :12:41.When Wendy moved into this house a year ago, it was meant
:12:42. > :12:46.But 12 months on, and that dream is a nightmare.
:12:47. > :12:55.It's being propped up by the ceramic tiles. That's what's holding up the
:12:56. > :13:00.RS Jade at suppose the entire brickwork above my front door!
:13:01. > :13:02.Wendy says the fault lies with Taylor Wimpey,
:13:03. > :13:06.and she's put that frustration centre-stage for all to see.
:13:07. > :13:13.If you saw the show house, you would think, do you know what? If I buy
:13:14. > :13:18.this house, I can have that. It's been anything but. Yes, I live on a
:13:19. > :13:24.building site, but I didn't expect to have the builders arguing with
:13:25. > :13:30.me. Biggest mistake of my life. One I would tell anybody who can listen.
:13:31. > :13:34.Don't buy a house here. Nobody from the builders wanted to appear on
:13:35. > :13:37.camera but they said they regretted any inconvenience caused to
:13:38. > :13:40.residents. They said they were committed to carrying out any
:13:41. > :13:43.remedial works and all inside jobs should be completed by the end of
:13:44. > :13:46.January, and all problems should be fixed by the end of April next year.
:13:47. > :13:49.The development is still being built, but for the Local MP,
:13:50. > :13:55.work should have stopped while faults were solved.
:13:56. > :13:59.They've fobbed off residents and me time after time and now we've
:14:00. > :14:04.reached a point where this really can't go on much longer.
:14:05. > :14:07.Wendy's since been told that she and her family will have
:14:08. > :14:09.to move out in January whilst their home is repaired.
:14:10. > :14:12.At a time when she should be packing Christmas presents,
:14:13. > :14:27.Chris Temple has all the sport tonight. We are going to be talking
:14:28. > :14:33.rugby? Walking rugby? Absolutely. Former Sussex Cricket captain
:14:34. > :14:36.Ed Joyce will be available to the county in 2017,
:14:37. > :14:38.despite being awarded a full-time professional contract
:14:39. > :14:40.by the Ireland national team. The 38-year-old's deal
:14:41. > :14:42.with Ireland will allow him to be selected by Sussex
:14:43. > :14:44.when his Irish commitments allow. Joyce has moved his family
:14:45. > :14:47.to Ireland, as his country continues to build towards achieving full
:14:48. > :14:51.Test status. Southampton's and Reading's Under 21
:14:52. > :15:00.teams do battle on the road to Wembley this evening,
:15:01. > :15:02.in the Checkatrade EFL Trophy. The two sides were paired together
:15:03. > :15:05.at St Mary's in the knockout round of 32 after both came
:15:06. > :15:08.through their groups in the newly Kick-off tonight is
:15:09. > :15:17.very shortly, at 7pm. There are many forms of rugby -
:15:18. > :15:20.the normal 15-a-side, touch, tag, minis, and versions for juniors
:15:21. > :15:22.and veterans, but nothing Reading Rugby Club has
:15:23. > :15:29.pioneered walking rugby, making the game accessible to older
:15:30. > :15:31.players or those who can't play the full contact
:15:32. > :15:34.game because of injury. James Ingham has been to meet some
:15:35. > :15:46.of the men and women taking part. This is rugby at a slightly
:15:47. > :15:52.different pace. The name of the sport says it all -
:15:53. > :15:56.walking rugby - no running allowed. Neither is physical
:15:57. > :15:59.contact or tackling. It means the game is suiting injured
:16:00. > :16:13.or more senior players. I'm Mike, I'm 70 years old and I
:16:14. > :16:18.play walking rugby because I enjoy the activity and the social. Very
:16:19. > :16:25.few guys of our seniority can any longer run with any speed, so we
:16:26. > :16:31.wanted a game that was accessible to people who could only progress at a
:16:32. > :16:35.modest rate! I'm Paul, I'm 60, I thought my rugby days were over but
:16:36. > :16:36.thanks to walking rugby I've been able to come up and play another
:16:37. > :16:53.form of the game in later life. The full 15 game at my age is too
:16:54. > :16:56.much and I would never be able to take the knocks and recover from
:16:57. > :16:58.them, so this being noncontact is ideal.
:16:59. > :17:03.That's one reason why men and women can play together.
:17:04. > :17:10.I'm Yasmin, I started playing walking rugby having retired from
:17:11. > :17:14.full-time rugby at the age of 44. It's great to still be involved in
:17:15. > :17:18.the game while being gentler on injuries. The main thing you notice
:17:19. > :17:22.is that there is no contact. I was a forward, always involved in scrums
:17:23. > :17:30.and rocks. But the similarities are the ball-handling skills. I'm 71 and
:17:31. > :17:35.never played rugby before. I started playing recently. Thoroughly enjoy
:17:36. > :17:39.it! I still feel quite fit and healthy and just felt that this
:17:40. > :17:42.would give me something else to keep me out of mischief!
:17:43. > :17:44.Reading is one of the pioneers of the walking game.
:17:45. > :17:46.It's helping the Rugby Football Union develop official rules,
:17:47. > :17:48.so there's no better place to join in.
:17:49. > :18:07.First and foremost, great idea! How you police the walking, though? I
:18:08. > :18:11.think there was some running! And a bit of a skip! I like the fact men
:18:12. > :18:12.and women can play together. The body hurts after full contact so a
:18:13. > :18:15.great idea for the game. Life as a family in the Armed Forces
:18:16. > :18:18.can be a challenge. Lots of moving around
:18:19. > :18:21.or a parent sent on deployment So here's a scheme that's helping
:18:22. > :18:24.strengthen family ties Reading Force gets children
:18:25. > :18:29.and adults to read the same book so there's something to talk
:18:30. > :18:31.about during calls home. It started out in Aldershot but has
:18:32. > :18:35.now spread to UK military Briony Leyland has been to meet one
:18:36. > :18:41.family that's benefited. For the Donohoe family, Christmas
:18:42. > :18:44.will be in Aldershot this year, where Royal Engineer Tom
:18:45. > :18:46.is currently based. Over the last 16 years, they've
:18:47. > :18:50.moved nine times around the world, meaning they're often a very long
:18:51. > :18:52.way from relatives Weak your auntie Betty has copped
:18:53. > :19:04.it. Where? Books like this one have helped
:19:05. > :19:07.to bridge the gap with loved ones. As part of the Reading Force scheme,
:19:08. > :19:09.Fiona, ten-year-old Georgia, and her granny in Ireland have been
:19:10. > :19:13.reading the same stories at the same time and then comparing notes over
:19:14. > :19:24.the phone and in a shared scrapbook. This book is about a hedgehog called
:19:25. > :19:30.Max who has a problem. How can he and his family cross the road
:19:31. > :19:38.without getting squished? It's a funny, interesting book and it's
:19:39. > :19:42.about animals. I'm normally a bit blank if I'm speaking to her on the
:19:43. > :19:46.phone because I don't have any news to tell her. It's only school. At
:19:47. > :19:56.least now I'll have something to tell her about. When you on the
:19:57. > :20:00.phone, it's funny. You can have yourself running out of things to
:20:01. > :20:02.say. But this is an excellent collection of books and we never run
:20:03. > :20:07.out. The talk about books is flowing,
:20:08. > :20:17.as it is for many forces families It keeps the connection going.
:20:18. > :20:21.There's nothing like the written word that means you have something
:20:22. > :20:25.to have and to hold, whether it's a book or a letter, and with books,
:20:26. > :20:26.you get better appeal to children and those usually appeal to adults
:20:27. > :20:28.as well. For the book lovers in this
:20:29. > :20:30.household, there are lots of promising parcels under the tree
:20:31. > :20:32.and plenty to talk A little earlier I was joined
:20:33. > :20:39.on the sofa by Dr Alison Baverstock. She's an academic now
:20:40. > :20:54.but was a military wife Well, I'm a publisher by background,
:20:55. > :20:57.so obviously very into books, and also married to a soldier, and I'm
:20:58. > :21:01.very interested in the potential books have the linking people, so
:21:02. > :21:05.when you find out that somebody likes the same books as you, it
:21:06. > :21:08.gives you something in common. And when my husband was away on posting
:21:09. > :21:12.or being deployed, we would send books to each other. There's always
:21:13. > :21:16.that lovely thing that if you've read something, then sending it to
:21:17. > :21:20.somebody for them to read as well, it gives you common ground. It was
:21:21. > :21:26.building on that, really, but this time with scrapbooks, so places for
:21:27. > :21:30.people to hold memories. And it's very much focused on children, isn't
:21:31. > :21:36.it? Because separation is difficult for them. It can be anxiety before
:21:37. > :21:40.removal or disturbance, not just separation. Because there's a lot of
:21:41. > :21:45.moving houses. But it provides common ground for people to sort of
:21:46. > :21:47.talk and relate over, and it's particularly good for linking
:21:48. > :21:52.grandparents or uncles and aunts that you don't see very often, and
:21:53. > :21:56.children, when grandparents come on the phone, can be quite
:21:57. > :22:01.monosyllabic, and sometimes a bit resentful if a parent is way, so
:22:02. > :22:10.instead of just the usual questions of, how is school? How is hockey?
:22:11. > :22:13.This gives them something to talk about that can really extend them.
:22:14. > :22:16.How do they choose the book? That's part of the scheme, because it is
:22:17. > :22:20.all about discussing what you want to read. People shouldn't feel they
:22:21. > :22:27.have to read a massive book! One of the most commonly chosen books is
:22:28. > :22:33.something like Horrid Henry, and that can be good for the kids to
:22:34. > :22:37.recommend the book to their parents. And you could love or loathe it?
:22:38. > :22:41.Well, that's not a problem because sometimes you have more interesting
:22:42. > :22:45.discussions when people disagree. The last time we did this as a
:22:46. > :22:49.family it was our 17-year-old son who chose the book and everybody
:22:50. > :22:53.hated it but we had lots of good discussions about why he chose it
:22:54. > :22:57.and it prompted communication, which is the real objective. And you've
:22:58. > :23:02.almost gone a step further, because we have lots of scrapbooks here, so
:23:03. > :23:07.it's not just a reading but, if the scrapbook that goes with it? Gas,
:23:08. > :23:13.the scrapbook holds the memories and gives you a reason to do it. -- yes.
:23:14. > :23:17.You can then put the ideas you are exchanging somewhere, and then that
:23:18. > :23:21.becomes incredibly precious, because if you are recording your children's
:23:22. > :23:24.and writing or drawing at a particular stage, it becomes
:23:25. > :23:27.something to celebrate your experiences rather than just
:23:28. > :23:32.counting down the days to when you are together again. And this could
:23:33. > :23:41.go beyond the service families, surely? It already has. Lots of
:23:42. > :23:47.schools have taken the material to use with others and encourage people
:23:48. > :23:50.to read. It could be used with children who are separated from
:23:51. > :23:56.their parents for other reasons, like children in care or parents who
:23:57. > :23:58.are way. Thank you so much for coming to explain it.
:23:59. > :24:04.And if you want to find out more then the website is on the screen.
:24:05. > :24:07.It's a free service and open to anyone in the forces,
:24:08. > :24:13.They've already handed out 70,000 scrapbooks and have plenty more!
:24:14. > :24:17.A great idea and it may well spread further afield. As was said in the
:24:18. > :24:22.interview. Hundreds of people gathered
:24:23. > :24:25.at Stonehenge this morning to mark The sun came up over
:24:26. > :24:28.South Wiltshire at around 8.15am It's thought the stone circle
:24:29. > :24:41.was the focus of midwinter That sounds right up my street!
:24:42. > :24:48.Plenty of wine and beer for drinking! You're happy, then? I'm
:24:49. > :24:54.just looking forward to, you know, these lovely longer days. Bring on
:24:55. > :24:58.summer, that's all I can say! These short days are really quite
:24:59. > :25:03.depressing! And bring on Christmas! Exactly!
:25:04. > :25:11.Quite a cloudy day today. Many of you have been taking pictures. We
:25:12. > :25:14.saw some brightness but the rain is slowly moving in, and that will
:25:15. > :25:19.start to clear. It could be on the heavy side this evening but once it
:25:20. > :25:25.clears around midnight, we could see fog patches and mist. The wind will
:25:26. > :25:30.be liked and temperatures will fall away to around freezing or even down
:25:31. > :25:35.to -1 in the countryside. Milder conditions along the south coast and
:25:36. > :25:40.for the Isle of Wight. A dry day for most. The outside chance of a shower
:25:41. > :25:44.more likely for western areas. The fog could linger up to lunchtime in
:25:45. > :25:50.places but lots of sunshine and feeling pleasant in the sunshine,
:25:51. > :25:54.with highs of 7 degrees and up to 10 degrees. A lovely end to the day
:25:55. > :25:58.tomorrow but the wind will start to increase tomorrow night. Possibly
:25:59. > :26:01.the odd shower, and that will keep the frost at bay, potential to
:26:02. > :26:07.spots, we could see one or two mist fog patches. A few showers also
:26:08. > :26:11.dotted along the south coast, with temperatures falling down to
:26:12. > :26:16.freezing or just above. So the risk of frost in the countryside on
:26:17. > :26:19.Friday. Friday starts on a dry and bright note but the wind increases
:26:20. > :26:24.through the course of the day. This is Storm Barbara affecting the north
:26:25. > :26:30.of the country, and we will see a period of rain into the afternoon
:26:31. > :26:35.and evening. Heavy rain in places but patchy, with gusty winds as
:26:36. > :26:40.well. 40-50 miles an hour, especially along the south coast.
:26:41. > :26:43.The rain will move through Friday night into Christmas eve, so
:26:44. > :26:48.Christmas Eve, we are expecting seems like this. As we move into
:26:49. > :26:52.Christmas day, things start to change. The chance of some outbreaks
:26:53. > :26:58.of light rain and drizzle and feeling mild on Christmas Day with
:26:59. > :27:04.highs of 13 and even 15 Celsius. The good news is, we have a dry, sunny
:27:05. > :27:08.day on Boxing Day. For the rest of the week, tomorrow, sunny spells and
:27:09. > :27:11.a pretty decent day with the outside chance of showers. The winds will
:27:12. > :27:15.increase in strength tomorrow night into Friday. We are expecting the
:27:16. > :27:21.chance of gales for the south coast with gusts of 40-50 miles an hour,
:27:22. > :27:25.then rain later on Friday, dry on Christmas Eve, and quite a lot of
:27:26. > :27:30.cloud and the chance of light rain and drizzle on Christmas Day.
:27:31. > :27:39.I thought that was wintry showers coming down there! My eyesight,
:27:40. > :27:54.obviously! More from us later at 8pm and 10:25 night. -- good night.
:27:55. > :27:59.The roads we walk have demons beneath them...
:28:00. > :28:04...and yours have been waiting for a very long time.
:28:05. > :28:12.What is this? We can't do this. Is this supposed to be a game?
:28:13. > :28:14.I thought this was some kind of... What? ..trick.
:28:15. > :28:17.Of course it's not a trick. It's a plan.
:28:18. > :28:36.What's the very worst thing you can do...
:28:37. > :28:41.Celebrating 20 years of one of Britain's best-loved comedians,