:00:05. > :00:08.Hello, I'm Sally Taylor. Welcome to South Today. In tonight's programme.
:00:08. > :00:14.Under pressure, big changes are planned for midwife services at one
:00:14. > :00:18.of the region's main hospitals. have got people twiddling their
:00:18. > :00:21.thumbs in one building, they are overstretched in another, let's
:00:21. > :00:24.have more flexibility in the system. It is knots that has not happened
:00:24. > :00:27.already. More strike action is announced as
:00:27. > :00:30.social workers join the picket lines in Southampton.
:00:30. > :00:40.High flyer, we meet the pilot hoping to take passengers where
:00:40. > :00:41.
:00:41. > :00:46.they've never been before. Young boys and girls, -- like a lot of
:00:46. > :00:49.young boys and girls, I dreamed of being an astronaut. I am pretty
:00:49. > :00:51.close to being there now! And straight out of Wind in the
:00:51. > :01:01.Willows, the successful campaign to reintroduce water voles to one of
:01:01. > :01:06.
:01:06. > :01:08.#$$NEWLINE She was left in a blood soaked bed for nearly five hours
:01:08. > :01:12.after giving birth. Amy Stitt says midwives at Portsmouth's Queen
:01:12. > :01:15.Alexandra Hospital were too busy to help after her child was born. Now
:01:15. > :01:18.a review of the city's maternity services is underway to get more
:01:18. > :01:28.midwives where they're needed. Our health correspondent David Fenton
:01:28. > :01:34.reports. No one said giving birth would be
:01:34. > :01:37.easy. And far Amy Stitt, it wasn't. She'd be -- she lost a lot of blood,
:01:37. > :01:41.and for nearly five hours after her daughter was born, she was left
:01:42. > :01:47.alone on a blood soaked bed without food and drink. I was just left
:01:47. > :01:50.there, bloody sheet and a messy room. I had waited an hour before I
:01:50. > :01:54.asked for someone to come and help me, and they said at that they were
:01:54. > :01:57.busy at that time but somebody would come, but they didn't. The
:01:57. > :02:01.staff that where there were very friendly and help as much as they
:02:02. > :02:05.could but they did not have the time. Eventually mother and baby
:02:05. > :02:12.were moved to another ward and both are now her fine. Another day and
:02:13. > :02:20.another new baby, born at Q 8. is much busier than it used to be,
:02:20. > :02:24.there are more highly -- high risk women and birthrate is going up.
:02:24. > :02:29.Also, up more unscheduled antenatal appointment as well. This hospital
:02:29. > :02:34.has won midwife to every 28 mothers. That makes it one of the best start
:02:34. > :02:41.maternity services in the south. The problem is, those midwives are
:02:41. > :02:44.not always where they need to be. There are about 200 full time of
:02:44. > :02:49.midwives in the Portsmouth area, and 90 of them work in birthing
:02:49. > :02:56.centres where they deliver 400 babies per year. They also do many
:02:56. > :03:02.hundreds of home visits and clinics. At the QA, there are 113 midwives
:03:02. > :03:07.delivering 6000 babies per year. Now midwives on night shifts at the
:03:07. > :03:13.birthing centres could be called in to the hospital if things get busy.
:03:13. > :03:18.Our new model is to look at how we have flexible systems so that the
:03:18. > :03:22.midwives are following the women in labour, as a priority. The last
:03:22. > :03:26.time midwives were moved out of birthing centres, there were
:03:26. > :03:30.protests. That has not happened yet, but the changes do not start until
:03:30. > :03:33.January. David is here with me talking about
:03:33. > :03:38.this. I thought the idea was they wanted more women to have babies at
:03:38. > :03:42.home rather than at hospital? is what they are trying to do but
:03:42. > :03:45.you know, births are unpredictable. A lot of women are turning up
:03:45. > :03:51.unannounced at the Kuwait to have their babies along with the women
:03:51. > :03:55.who are booked in. -- at the Q 8. That is whether midwives need to go.
:03:55. > :04:03.I have been hearing a lot of stories of women giving birth, and
:04:03. > :04:06.the midwives are out of the door with -- within minutes, to the next
:04:06. > :04:09.woman. Bringing midwives in from the birthing centre will relieve
:04:09. > :04:14.that pressure. There has been not much opposition at the moment and
:04:14. > :04:18.some support for these plans. very much support a better use of
:04:18. > :04:23.how we are using midwives locally. If you have got people twiddling
:04:23. > :04:27.their thumbs in one building, and they are overstretched in another,
:04:27. > :04:31.let's have more flexibility in the system. I think it is insane that
:04:31. > :04:34.has not happened already. I know what some people will be thinking,
:04:34. > :04:38.it is all about saving money, a hospital trust say it is not the
:04:38. > :04:43.case, it is about changing the way they won the service to provide
:04:43. > :04:46.better care for mothers and their babies. -- day run at the service.
:04:46. > :04:48.A Brighton-based tour operator with more than 12,000 holidaymakers
:04:48. > :04:51.currently abroad has gone into administration. Holidays 4 UK,
:04:51. > :04:55.which also traded as Aegean Flights, sold packages and flights to Turkey
:04:55. > :04:58.and employed 18 staff. The Foreign Office says the Civil Aviation
:04:58. > :05:02.Authority will ensure that all customers are able to fly home as
:05:02. > :05:06.planned and should check in for their flights as normal. Anyone
:05:06. > :05:09.with holidays booked should get their money back.
:05:09. > :05:13.A man has died following a collision involving four vehicles
:05:13. > :05:18.on the eastbound M4 near Reading. The accident closed a stretch of
:05:18. > :05:22.the motorway for several hours. The driver of a skip lorry was
:05:22. > :05:25.pronounced dead at the scene. The UK's largest ever haul of
:05:25. > :05:30.cocaine worth up to �300 million has been discovered on a motor
:05:30. > :05:33.cruiser in Southampton. Just over a tonne of the drug was found after
:05:33. > :05:36.an operation involving the authorities in the UK, Holland and
:05:36. > :05:41.France. Six members of an international drugs ring have been
:05:41. > :05:49.arrested in Holland. Our reporter Steve Humphrey's been shown how the
:05:50. > :05:55.drugs were concealed. A massive haul of cocaine was
:05:55. > :05:58.discovered on his motor cruiser, here in Southampton. This motor
:05:58. > :06:03.cruiser has been brought across from the British Virgin Islands in
:06:03. > :06:08.the Caribbean on a boat transporter. They spent six days searching this
:06:08. > :06:12.motor cruiser, pulling of panels, looking in compartments. Eventually
:06:12. > :06:19.they found the drugs were secreted back here, in special compartments,
:06:19. > :06:26.which had been built here into the dive plat form, right at the back.
:06:26. > :06:31.If you look at the place to hear, concealed behind the entry room --
:06:31. > :06:38.engine room panelling, there is an entry into the diving Room platform.
:06:38. > :06:42.Was that a moment of euphoria, when you found them? It was good to find
:06:42. > :06:46.a significant proportion of cocaine, the packages were coming and coming.
:06:46. > :06:51.It took quite a while to get all of the drugs out and be assured we had
:06:51. > :06:59.all the drugs at. The UK's Board agency and their counterparts in
:06:59. > :07:05.France and Holland say the big drug -- the big drugs seizure was
:07:05. > :07:08.because of a counter intelligence organisation. This has taken out a
:07:08. > :07:11.significant gang in the Netherlands which would have sought to
:07:11. > :07:16.distribute drugs across Europe. cocaine was discovered eight weeks
:07:16. > :07:19.ago, but the news was not revealed until Dutch police completed the
:07:19. > :07:24.arrests of six men yesterday. They are described as members of an
:07:24. > :07:27.international drugs ring. They will now be questioned as the
:07:27. > :07:31.investigation continues. A Surrey girl who broke her neck
:07:31. > :07:34.when diving into the shallow end of a friend's swimming pool has failed
:07:34. > :07:37.in her high court bid to claim �6 million in damages. Kylie Grimes
:07:37. > :07:41.was 18 when she went to an impromptu party in Farnham in
:07:41. > :07:44.August 2006 and guests started using the private pool. Miss Grimes,
:07:44. > :07:48.who is now tetraplegic, had claimed her friend's father David Hawkins
:07:48. > :07:57.failed in his duty of care to ensure visitors were kept safe. Ben
:07:57. > :08:01.Moore reports. This is the story of a young life
:08:02. > :08:06.ruined. Here at court, Kylie Grimes was described as an athletic and
:08:06. > :08:13.healthy young woman. But after a party, late at night, at a friend's
:08:13. > :08:19.house, she was left severely disabled. On 5th August 2006, Kylie
:08:19. > :08:24.was at the pub in Farnham. At 11pm, after hours, she went back to a
:08:24. > :08:28.schoolmate's house, Kate Hawkins. That house was owned by her father,
:08:28. > :08:32.David Hawkins, it was a big house, and it had a swimming pool. At some
:08:32. > :08:36.point during the evening, Kylie Grimes dived into that pool. She
:08:36. > :08:41.dived into the shallow End, where there was less than a metre of
:08:41. > :08:46.water. She hit the bottom and she broke her neck. She was taken to
:08:46. > :08:50.Frimley Park Hospital and now at 23 years of age, she is tetraplegic
:08:50. > :08:55.and needs a wheelchair. Kylie claims she was not warned properly
:08:55. > :09:00.about the dangers of the swimming pool. She sued David Hawkins, the
:09:00. > :09:03.director of a forklift truck company, for �6 million, saying he
:09:03. > :09:07.was legally responsible for the tragedy even though he was on
:09:07. > :09:11.holiday at the time. As part of her judgment, the judge said, some
:09:11. > :09:16.young people called to give evidence were like badly behaved
:09:16. > :09:20.teenagers. She also rejected the version of some events given in the
:09:20. > :09:24.witness box by Kate Hawkins, especially, that she said she had
:09:24. > :09:29.not invited friends back to her father's house, and she had not
:09:29. > :09:33.given people permission to swim there. Conversely, the judge
:09:33. > :09:37.described Kylie Grimes as an impressive and courageous young
:09:37. > :09:42.woman. But, in the end, she dismissed her case, saying she
:09:42. > :09:46.could not accept that David Hawkins was required to adopt a paternity -
:09:46. > :09:50.- paternalistic approach to visitors all of whom were
:09:50. > :09:54.exercising free well. This is not the end to legal action in the case.
:09:54. > :09:58.Kylie Grimes is also suing the trust running from the Park
:09:58. > :10:03.Hospital in relation to her treatment. The hospital admits a
:10:03. > :10:05.breach of duty but denies it caused her disabilities.
:10:05. > :10:09.Still to come in this evening's South Today.
:10:09. > :10:18.They might be small, but it's a big success story for water voles on
:10:18. > :10:22.A taxi driver from Wokingham has told a court how he came face to
:10:22. > :10:26.face with a gunman outside his home. Kadir Hassein claims he was the
:10:26. > :10:29.target of a contract killing in a family dispute over land. He was
:10:29. > :10:34.shot three times at close range outside his home in September last
:10:34. > :10:38.year. Today jurors at Reading Crown Court heard details of a long-
:10:38. > :10:41.running family feud over a development in Pakistan. A distant
:10:41. > :10:45.relative, Imran Khan of Lower Early, is accused of conspiring to kill
:10:45. > :10:50.him along with two men from Coventry. All three deny the
:10:50. > :10:53.charges and the case continues. Unions have announced social
:10:53. > :10:57.workers in Southampton will take part in further strike action next
:10:57. > :11:01.week. It comes after hundreds of people who work with vulnerable
:11:01. > :11:10.children and adults stopped work today. It's the latest move in the
:11:10. > :11:15.row over council staff pay cuts, as Alex Forsyth reports.
:11:15. > :11:19.Today's strike hit the heart of the care system. After 10 weeks of
:11:19. > :11:23.walkout by bin men and street cleaners, social workers have
:11:23. > :11:26.joined the pickets. Many for the first time ever. I have been a
:11:26. > :11:30.social worker for 30 years, we come into the job because we care about
:11:30. > :11:34.the people we work for. I am feeling that the work that all of
:11:34. > :11:39.us put in is not recognised. The extra commitment, the extra mile we
:11:39. > :11:46.go. Hundreds of people took part in the action, protesting because some
:11:46. > :11:49.staff got a bonus because -- well some have had their pay cut. Around
:11:49. > :11:54.50 people who work in adoption teams will stay on strike for seven
:11:54. > :11:58.days, and there will be another for workouts -- walked out next week.
:11:58. > :12:04.think it is sad, it is a step too far. We specifically asked the
:12:04. > :12:09.unions to not do this and now this -- the Union has asked the social
:12:09. > :12:13.workers to go on strike. If one child get into trouble because of
:12:13. > :12:20.this action, we will have to look at ourselves and ask why we did it.
:12:20. > :12:26.The strike -- striking unions say that children will not be put at
:12:27. > :12:31.risk. This children's charity offers respite to young carers,
:12:31. > :12:35.staff rely on regular contact with social workers. We have got a close
:12:35. > :12:41.relationship with social services, but vulnerable children will be
:12:41. > :12:46.especially referred to us. There could be and -- changes in
:12:46. > :12:51.medications and dietary needs. If we do not have the social worker to
:12:51. > :12:55.talk about these, that could cause a problem. Four everyone affected,
:12:55. > :13:01.hope for a resolution for this dispute lies with more talks
:13:01. > :13:07.planned next week. Strikes next week, but they have
:13:07. > :13:10.been going on for two months, is there any end in sight? There is no
:13:10. > :13:13.resolution in sight. Some are members have been out on strike for
:13:14. > :13:18.a long time. It has been eight weeks for the bin men. They are not
:13:18. > :13:22.being paid while they are on strike, but they are being supported by the
:13:22. > :13:27.unions, they are getting strike pay and money from hardship funds. They
:13:27. > :13:33.are still getting an income. That is expensive, isn't it, it is not
:13:33. > :13:37.cheap to give them that money. Is it local or just national?
:13:37. > :13:43.unions have put out requests for national donations, and the union
:13:43. > :13:46.unite says they have been coming in. Other councils are looking at what
:13:46. > :13:50.Southampton have been doing, cutting staff pay to save money,
:13:50. > :13:55.and are considering doing the same, so if the unions think if they can
:13:55. > :13:58.prevent it here perhaps they can prevent it elsewhere. From the
:13:58. > :14:01.council's perspective, with all the national backing, the unions are in
:14:01. > :14:04.a position to keep up the fight for some time.
:14:04. > :14:07.A milestone was reached in the building of Southampton's new Sea
:14:07. > :14:11.City Museum today as the highest point of the new building was
:14:11. > :14:14.finished, known as topping out. The attraction is due to open next
:14:14. > :14:17.April, 100 years after the sinking of the Titanic. Southampton city
:14:17. > :14:20.council says it will be prepared to help temporarily fund the �5
:14:20. > :14:24.million needed to complete the project if fundraisers run into
:14:24. > :14:32.difficulty. It will also manage the venue until an operator is brought
:14:32. > :14:38.in. If, in a time frame, there needs to be some cashflow funding
:14:38. > :14:41.to support the completion of the project, the council has always
:14:41. > :14:46.said very openly and clearly that we were to facilitate that until
:14:46. > :14:50.such time as all of the funds are connected -- collected to support
:14:50. > :14:55.this particular project was a captain. The generations to come,
:14:55. > :14:59.we will have a magnificent -- for generations to come, we will have a
:14:59. > :15:02.magnificent attraction. It's a creature known to
:15:02. > :15:06.generations as Ratty in the Wind in the Willows. The water vole, to
:15:06. > :15:10.give its proper name, has been in decline for many years. But a
:15:10. > :15:12.project in West Sussex to increase their numbers appears to be working.
:15:13. > :15:15.Water voles were reintroduced in Arundel six years ago and they've
:15:15. > :15:24.been spreading across the countryside. This month people will
:15:24. > :15:28.be given some help to spot them. Mark Sanders has more.
:15:28. > :15:32.Being cute counts for little when you are trying to survive. The
:15:32. > :15:38.water vole is Britain's fastest declining native mammal. The ones
:15:38. > :15:42.who have made their home here near Arundel Castle are thriving. These
:15:42. > :15:49.are the descendants of water voles that when we introduced in West
:15:49. > :15:53.Sussex in 2005. 171 water voles were introduced event at the
:15:53. > :15:59.wildfowl and wetland Trust Centre in Arundel. Since then, they have
:15:59. > :16:03.bread and spread. Most of them, we find them here, but they are
:16:03. > :16:08.spreading throughout the reserve, the reed bed, anywhere where there
:16:08. > :16:12.is suitable habitat. They are spreading very well throughout the
:16:12. > :16:17.valley. Water voles have make their boroughs in grass banks, and the
:16:17. > :16:22.loss of this habitat has played a major part in a long-term decline.
:16:22. > :16:27.Also, American mink which got out of fur farms are their main
:16:27. > :16:33.predator. The RSPB is running a programme to educate people about
:16:33. > :16:38.the water vole, to help visitors watch them, and they have put
:16:38. > :16:42.feeding rafters for water voles on the string. A lot of people do not
:16:42. > :16:47.realise it is here, and those who do see it automatically assume it
:16:47. > :16:52.is a rat. The wonderful book Wind In the Willows called the water
:16:52. > :16:59.vole Batty, and that has led to a lot of misconceptions about the
:16:59. > :17:07.animal. Their conservation project, but this one is vital to try to
:17:08. > :17:17.ensure water voles have a future. They are great pictures! That is
:17:17. > :17:21.from our cameraman Trevor Adams and he was out there today.
:17:21. > :17:24.It's space, the final frontier, for a man from Wiltshire who is set to
:17:24. > :17:27.become the first captain to fly tourists into space. David Mackay
:17:27. > :17:29.has been named as the chief pilot for Virgin Galactic. The company
:17:29. > :17:37.hopes to begin commercial space flights within two years as John
:17:37. > :17:42.Maguire reports. If you have �125,000 knocking around, in one
:17:42. > :17:48.day, you could be fortunate enough to hear these words. Ladies and
:17:48. > :17:54.gentlemen, this is your captain David mechanic taking -- David
:17:54. > :17:57.Mackay speaking, you are now free to enjoy space. He has tested more
:17:58. > :18:06.than 100 different types of aircraft, from Rolls-Royce --
:18:06. > :18:09.Rolls-Royce engines, to jet engines, the next, rocket engines. He is
:18:10. > :18:15.heading to California to be chief pilot for Virgin Galactic.
:18:15. > :18:20.Typically, when I go flying, I am keyed up, depending on the aircraft
:18:20. > :18:24.and a flight. That is the way it should be. One to get under way and
:18:24. > :18:28.you start flying the vehicle, the birds tend to disappear and you
:18:28. > :18:33.deal with whatever is presented to you. -- the nerves tend to
:18:33. > :18:37.disappear. As a child of the space race, David always wanted to prove
:18:37. > :18:42.he was made of the right stuff. Like a lot of young boys and girls,
:18:42. > :18:46.I dreamt of being an astronaut, and I never lost hold of that dream. It
:18:46. > :18:55.took me a bit longer than I thought it would, but I am pretty close to
:18:55. > :18:58.getting there now! 3, 2, 1, release, release. So far he has only flown
:18:58. > :19:04.the spacecraft a few feet of the ground in a simulator. Within a
:19:04. > :19:11.couple of years, he could be taking six passengers into space, 360,000
:19:11. > :19:16.feet up, for the flight of a lifetime.
:19:16. > :19:22.I was quite happy to give it a go and tell I saw that thing falling,
:19:22. > :19:26.and then I thought... 100 and Freddie 5000.
:19:26. > :19:31.I don't know what happened to my application to fly it!
:19:31. > :19:34.Yes, OK! Glorious sunshine and the search
:19:34. > :19:37.for cricketing silverware steps up a gear this weekend with the start
:19:38. > :19:42.of the Twenty20 quarter finals. Hampshire's game with Durham on
:19:42. > :19:45.Sunday is well on the way to being a complete sell out. They've sold
:19:45. > :19:48.around 10,000 tickets, with a capacity of just under 12,000.
:19:48. > :19:58.Meanwhile, all the seats for Sussex's game with Lancashire at
:19:58. > :20:06.
:20:06. > :20:13.Hove on Monday evening have already This is what happened in their game
:20:13. > :20:23.today. Hampshire are already virtually relegated, miles of --
:20:23. > :20:32.
:20:32. > :20:36.miles behind. Sussex have nudged The mercury's topping 30 and
:20:36. > :20:39.summer's at its height. So it must be time for the football season,
:20:39. > :20:41.and it's time for the second instalment of our football previews.
:20:41. > :20:45.Tonight, two clubs whose storylines certainly gripped their audience
:20:45. > :20:48.last season. One had a fairytale outcome, but the other was a
:20:48. > :20:58.classic tearjerker. So will it be another blockbuster for fans in
:20:58. > :21:16.
:21:16. > :21:22.Brighton and Bournemouth? Here's A football season is nine months.
:21:22. > :21:27.But Bournemouth's campaign was settled from 12 yards. They lost
:21:27. > :21:33.out on promotion on penalties. But in a rocky summer, they lost some
:21:33. > :21:37.key players as well. But their manager is determined the tide will
:21:37. > :21:42.not turn on his young side. To go out the last stage was
:21:42. > :21:47.disappointing. I am at the same time very proud of how we read
:21:47. > :21:54.about our business and what we achieved. Eddie Howe had taken
:21:54. > :22:00.Bournemouth to great power its -- great height. This is Lee Howard's
:22:00. > :22:05.moment. It is my team. A clean slate, we are excited about the day.
:22:05. > :22:10.Adam Barrett is among the new recruits, and they have held on to
:22:10. > :22:16.the talented Danny innings for now. If he is good enough to move on, he
:22:16. > :22:26.will. Identity is yet. He needs to learn his trade. -- I don't think
:22:26. > :22:33.
:22:33. > :22:39.This season, 1000 will make the journey to the outskirts of the
:22:39. > :22:44.city. What they will find made just blow them away. -- or what they
:22:44. > :22:48.will find there may just blow them away. Can the team built on a
:22:48. > :22:53.League One title? I like to feel we are a championship team every week.
:22:53. > :22:58.Then, we need to keep the consistency from last year, the
:22:58. > :23:08.quality, and our system of play. Ambition is not limited to a new
:23:08. > :23:11.
:23:11. > :23:18.stadium. Striker Craig Macao's missed headlines. We need to test
:23:18. > :23:24.the team. Through halfway, I need to be able to say, it you want to
:23:24. > :23:27.be in mid-table team? Or de wants to go and challenge for the top?
:23:27. > :23:30.Albion's attacking flair brought the many admirers last season. They
:23:30. > :23:40.are the dark horses for another promotion challenge in their brand
:23:40. > :23:44.
:23:44. > :23:47.It exciting, isn't it? And of course the BBC website has
:23:47. > :23:51.all the latest facts and figures ahead of the new season, with full
:23:51. > :23:53.details of who's in and who's out at all the Football League clubs.
:23:53. > :23:56.Tomorrow we continue our previews with last season's Championship
:23:56. > :23:59.playoff finalists Reading. A few weeks ago, we showed pictures
:23:59. > :24:03.of a group of men playing bowls to accompany a short mention about
:24:03. > :24:05.Hampshire's Ladies team who were about to play in the final of a top
:24:05. > :24:10.national competition. I commented that, if they won, we'd definitely
:24:10. > :24:14.film some pictures of them. Well, here they are, winning! I've almost
:24:14. > :24:17.been true to my word in that we didn't actually film them ourselves.
:24:17. > :24:20.But the husband of one of the team members was there to capture the
:24:20. > :24:29.moment the 24-strong team beat Devon 112-99 to win the John's
:24:29. > :24:34.Trophy. Well done, ladies!
:24:34. > :24:38.And now we have some ladies pictures! We can use them in the
:24:38. > :24:46.future. Can I just say, you would not have
:24:46. > :24:53.heard, when I said the temperature was topping 30, she said, that is
:24:53. > :25:03.only in the sunlight! You got a select risk. -- as might
:25:03. > :25:27.
:25:27. > :25:32.I bet everyone is rushing to harvest their crops!
:25:32. > :25:37.It is all change overnight tonight and tomorrow, the rain will arrive.
:25:37. > :25:47.These are temperatures from today, we top a high of 28 Celsius. That
:25:47. > :25:48.
:25:48. > :25:53.is 82 degrees Fahrenheit. These were the hottest places. Overnight
:25:53. > :25:55.tonight, the cloud will gather, and the rain will spread its way in
:25:55. > :25:59.from the west. A weather front arriving from the Atlantic.
:25:59. > :26:04.Increasing cloud cover, light outbreaks of rain first of all and
:26:04. > :26:13.then heavy and persistent rate tomorrow. -- rain tomorrow. Another
:26:13. > :26:20.uncomfortable night for sleeping. The weight -- but winds remaining
:26:20. > :26:22.light. We could see in excess of an inch of rain tomorrow. It is
:26:22. > :26:29.clearing western areas by the afternoon, by 4pm, there will be
:26:29. > :26:33.drier conditions. Temperatures will be suppressed because of the rain.
:26:33. > :26:40.A drier night tomorrow night, despite that rain, it is still
:26:40. > :26:44.another mild night. Another uncomfortable night for sleeping
:26:44. > :26:54.unfortunately. And then a ridge of high pressure builds in on the
:26:54. > :26:54.
:26:54. > :26:57.Atlantic, a decent day. Winds slightly lighter, nicely conditions.
:26:57. > :27:02.The showers are dotted around on Saturday, becoming more frequent on
:27:02. > :27:05.Sunday, maybe with the odd rumble of thunder. Prolonged periods of
:27:05. > :27:09.rain during the second part of the day. Looking towards the weekend,
:27:09. > :27:19.it is going to be unsettled. Saturday will be the best day if
:27:19. > :27:23.