:00:00. > :00:00.let-up. Thank you. That is all from the BBC News at Six. Goodbye. Now
:00:00. > :00:08.Hello, I'm Sally Taylor. Welcome to South Today. In tonight's programme:
:00:09. > :00:12."Dangerous and inadequate" care ` one of our main hospitals is slammed
:00:13. > :00:20.in a damning report by a health watchdog.
:00:21. > :00:24.Some staff told us they felt the staffing level was horrendous and
:00:25. > :00:26.that their own professional accountability was compromised, they
:00:27. > :00:29.had too many patients to look after, and they had to decide who was going
:00:30. > :00:33.to get their time. Troubled waters ` a row brewing over
:00:34. > :00:36.plans to build a car park in the middle of Poole harbour.
:00:37. > :00:38.Home for Christmas ` the Royal Navy crew back in time for some festive
:00:39. > :00:46.cheer. And, getting ready to shut up shop
:00:47. > :00:52.for the last time after 138 years. It looks desolate, and it's
:00:53. > :00:58.completely lifeless. It's not like a shot at all, it is just an empty
:00:59. > :01:02.shell. `` it is not like a shop at all.
:01:03. > :01:05.The Royal Bournemouth Hospital has been severely criticised for the
:01:06. > :01:09."dangerous and inadequate" care of some patients. In a damning report,
:01:10. > :01:13.the Care Quality Commission said it needed to improve. It follows an
:01:14. > :01:16.inspection of the hospital in October, when patients in some wards
:01:17. > :01:22.were found left in soiled and wet beds. The hospital has issued an
:01:23. > :01:26.apology to those patients who have received poor care. Our Health
:01:27. > :01:29.Correspondent David Fenton joins us now live from the Royal Bournemouth
:01:30. > :01:42.Hospital. It's a report which makes very uncomfortable reading for
:01:43. > :01:46.hospital bosses there. You are right. It is pretty grim
:01:47. > :01:50.reading, not just for the managers, but for the patients, especially the
:01:51. > :01:54.elderly. It talks about people being left in soiled beds. One person had
:01:55. > :01:58.nothing to drink all day because he had the wrong notes on his bed. One
:01:59. > :02:05.man had a cardiac episode and they could not get the resuscitation
:02:06. > :02:12.trolley to him because an extra bed had been squeezed in. Awards three
:02:13. > :02:15.and 26 are especially bad. This is one of the wards were
:02:16. > :02:20.patients were left without food and drink and invite and soiled beds.
:02:21. > :02:23.Today, the hospital says things are different. We care about the
:02:24. > :02:27.patients here. We deliver the highest standard of care. We have
:02:28. > :02:31.ensured we have filled all the vacancies we had. Come and visit if
:02:32. > :02:37.you really want to see what the staff are like here. Jean Smith 71.
:02:38. > :02:41.She came here two days with an infected foot. It is very
:02:42. > :02:44.frightening in a big cost at all, when you know who you have got
:02:45. > :02:50.something wrong and you can't get any attention. But the tension is
:02:51. > :02:54.here, they turn up. It is just a matter of being a bit patient
:02:55. > :03:02.sometimes. Today's report paints a disturbing picture. Especially for
:03:03. > :03:09.the elderly. Some were at risk of harm. Towards work short`staffed,
:03:10. > :03:14.putting doctors and nurses under too much pressure, and there was
:03:15. > :03:20.dangerous use of too many temporary beds in A We have done a lot of
:03:21. > :03:26.work since the inspection, so things are safe in this hospital. Going
:03:27. > :03:32.back to the report, numerous areas were mentioned in the report of very
:03:33. > :03:36.high quality care. In October, 22 inspectors from the
:03:37. > :03:39.Care Quality Commission spent two days here. Some services like
:03:40. > :03:45.maternity and end of life care were good, but too many elderly patients
:03:46. > :03:51.were being let down. Some staff said the felt the staffing level was
:03:52. > :03:53.horrendous, that their own professional accountability was
:03:54. > :03:56.compromised, they had too many patients to look after and they had
:03:57. > :04:01.to decide who was going to get their time. This lady's mother was a
:04:02. > :04:04.patient at Bournemouth. The family compound about her nursing care, but
:04:05. > :04:10.said nothing ever came of it. Her mother later died. It was basic
:04:11. > :04:15.nursing skills. To care for somebody, to come if they bring
:04:16. > :04:19.their bell, if they wanted to use the toilets, it is basic care. I
:04:20. > :04:24.don't think that can be taught to people. If you can't do that, you
:04:25. > :04:28.should not be a nurse. Things may have improved here, but they had to.
:04:29. > :04:34.The question many will ask is why did it take such a damning report
:04:35. > :04:40.for it to happen? One crucial point, at the time this
:04:41. > :04:46.happens, the hospital was short of about 135 nurses. Staff were saying
:04:47. > :04:49.it was unsafe. One nurse was worried she might be struck off because of
:04:50. > :04:54.the care they were giving. The hospital says it was not about money
:04:55. > :04:57.and they have now taken on 57 extra nurses, and they say things will
:04:58. > :05:07.improve. David, thank you.
:05:08. > :05:11.Proposals to expand a marina at Poole quay and build an island in
:05:12. > :05:14.the bay to provide 200 parking spaces have angered local residents.
:05:15. > :05:17.The Hamble based company MDL wants to provide 600 berths and a car park
:05:18. > :05:20.in the harbour. MDL says it's looking forward to engaging with all
:05:21. > :05:23.stakeholders, but some campaigners say there has been a lack of
:05:24. > :05:25.consultation. Briony Leyland reports.
:05:26. > :05:29.The marina at Poole quay is a familiar part of the waterfront, but
:05:30. > :05:31.the view from here is set to change. For some time, Poole's Harbour
:05:32. > :05:35.Commissioners have been consulting on plans for a 900`berth marina and
:05:36. > :05:38.public walkway, but now a rival bid has emerged from Hamble based
:05:39. > :05:42.company MDL. It too wants to build hundreds of berths and a 200 space
:05:43. > :05:47.car park on a manmade island in the harbour. No images have been
:05:48. > :05:55.released, but campaigners say they don't need to see pictures to know
:05:56. > :06:01.they don't like the idea. Horrified, is the best way to say it. It seems
:06:02. > :06:06.so illogical or stop fancy building and Ireland out into the bay for car
:06:07. > :06:10.parking? This would totally negate some of the environmental protection
:06:11. > :06:15.which has already been set up for this day and would be very strongly
:06:16. > :06:18.opposed by the resident. It's the Crown Estate which gives leases for
:06:19. > :06:22.development on the sea bed. It says MDL is currently its "prospective
:06:23. > :06:25.preferred bidder". Councillors are calling on the estate to release
:06:26. > :06:34.more details of MDL's bid complaining about a lack of
:06:35. > :06:36.consultation. They said they consult with local authorities and local
:06:37. > :06:41.community groups. Clearly, they have not done that more or made any
:06:42. > :06:46.attempt to do that in this case, and we feel that is unacceptable for a
:06:47. > :06:52.decision to be made, even to a preferred bidder, before such
:06:53. > :06:55.consultation takes place. The Crown Estates has any future leasing
:06:56. > :06:59.agreement of the use of the sea bed will be subject to consent by
:07:00. > :07:02.relevant statutory authorities such as the borough council, and
:07:03. > :07:05.appropriate public consultation will be part of that consenting process.
:07:06. > :07:08.MDL told us it is thrilled to have reached this stage and looks forward
:07:09. > :07:11.to engaging with all local stakeholders in Poole. The Crown
:07:12. > :07:15.Estate says it will review the situation in the new year and decide
:07:16. > :07:21.whether to confirm MDL as the preferred bidder.
:07:22. > :07:24.Fire chiefs in Dorset and Wiltshire say they're planning a merger of
:07:25. > :07:27.their brigades to save money, and protect front line services
:07:28. > :07:30.following cuts in Government grants. But the Fire Brigades Union has
:07:31. > :07:33.already voiced concerns about the merger, which it's proposed will
:07:34. > :07:41.take place in 2016. Steve Humphrey reports.
:07:42. > :07:45.Fire services have had to tighten their belts repeatedly over recent
:07:46. > :07:50.years as the Coalition Government's austerity programme has reduced
:07:51. > :07:53.funding. Now, the fire services in Dorset and in Wiltshire are
:07:54. > :07:59.proposing a merger, aimed at cutting costs still further. Here in
:08:00. > :08:04.Wiltshire, some people see it as a sensible move, while others have
:08:05. > :08:09.concerns. A lot of cuts are coming from the public services, and that's
:08:10. > :08:12.where the money needs to be made. People's safety is what is important
:08:13. > :08:19.at the end of the day. If it is saving money, why not? As long as
:08:20. > :08:23.they do the job here, I don't mind. It is OK saving money, but we have
:08:24. > :08:28.got to save lives. I am not sure whether I agree with it or not. As
:08:29. > :08:32.neighbouring fire services, Dorset and Wiltshire already worked
:08:33. > :08:35.together in a number of areas. The two fire services have quite a lot
:08:36. > :08:42.in common. Wiltshire's budget is 25 minute pounds a year. Dorset's is
:08:43. > :08:48.?30 million a year. Wiltshire has 20 45 stations, and Dorset has 26. Both
:08:49. > :08:53.have faced big funding cuts. The two fire authorities expect that by
:08:54. > :09:01.2019, their government grants will have been cut by 50% from the level
:09:02. > :09:05.it was at in 2010. We are both looking for this combination to save
:09:06. > :09:14.each authority ?1 million, and maybe more. Otherwise he would not be able
:09:15. > :09:20.to front line services. The plan is to have a joint control room, and
:09:21. > :09:24.this has put the jobs of up to 25 Dorset control room staff at risk.
:09:25. > :09:27.It is time the government stopped pulling the funding on fire services
:09:28. > :09:31.and started to realise that all they will do is provide a much worse
:09:32. > :09:37.standard to the public. There is no guarantee in this world that the
:09:38. > :09:40.Dorset and Wiltshire residents will have the same standards they have
:09:41. > :09:47.been used to. It is expected that a final decision on the merger will be
:09:48. > :09:50.taken in September next year. As for the new name, the Fire Service could
:09:51. > :09:56.always copy one of the local bus companies.
:09:57. > :10:01.Still to come in this evening's South Today: The end of an era for
:10:02. > :10:05.one of the most famous shops in Reading.
:10:06. > :10:08.Two men have been charged with the murder of a 30`year`old man in
:10:09. > :10:12.Christchurch. Rico Dardis was found dead on the beach near Seaway Avenue
:10:13. > :10:16.in May. At the time, witnesses reported two men acting suspiciously
:10:17. > :10:21.on a boat. A coroner has since added that Mr Dardis drowned. Both men,
:10:22. > :10:26.who are in their fifties, will appear at Bournemouth Magistrates'
:10:27. > :10:29.Court tomorrow. A Hampshire teenager has been killed
:10:30. > :10:32.in an avalanche while skiing in Austria. The 16`year`old from
:10:33. > :10:35.Winchester is said to have been skiing off`piste with his father and
:10:36. > :10:39.twin brother when an avalanche hit the Lech am Arlberg ski resort.
:10:40. > :10:42.Rescuers say he died at the scene. The boy's father was buried, but
:10:43. > :10:50.later rescued with serious injuries and remains in hospital, while his
:10:51. > :10:53.twin brother escaped unhurt. Family and friends lined the docks
:10:54. > :11:01.at Portsmouth harbour this morning to welcome HMS Lancaster back to the
:11:02. > :11:04.city. The warship has just completed a six`month deployment, where she
:11:05. > :11:07.visited 18 countries around the world. The crew will now get to
:11:08. > :11:11.spend Christmas at home. Ena Miller reports on what's been a very
:11:12. > :11:16.emotional day. For some, the waiting was just too
:11:17. > :11:22.much. For others, that was fun to be had. This is the site these families
:11:23. > :11:27.had been longing to see. I look forward to being normal, to be a
:11:28. > :11:30.family, to have him there in the morning when we wake up. I look
:11:31. > :11:37.forward to nagging him because that is normal. It is the best Christmas
:11:38. > :11:42.gift out, to have my family back together. I am going to cry. Eight
:11:43. > :11:45.at Lancaster sailed into Portsmouth, bringing its crew back into the arms
:11:46. > :11:52.of their loved ones. There were moments not to be interrupted. He
:11:53. > :11:58.has gone a little boy and come back a man. Thanks, I am flattered.
:11:59. > :12:03.Today, the focus is on being a family. For the last seven months,
:12:04. > :12:08.HMS Lancaster has been in the north Atlantic and Caribbean. Part of
:12:09. > :12:12.their mission included anti`drug operations, seizing narcotics with a
:12:13. > :12:16.street value of ?160 million. Most of the elements were in the favour
:12:17. > :12:20.of the drug runners all the time. It just so happens that week had
:12:21. > :12:25.everybody working together, all the planets aligned and the whole team
:12:26. > :12:28.effort has worked to take the drugs of the streets. Other ships will
:12:29. > :12:36.spend Christmas thousands of miles away. Cruise on HMS daring and HMS
:12:37. > :12:40.illustrious continued their world tours are both involved in aid work
:12:41. > :12:44.in the Philippines, and are not due back until early next year. But here
:12:45. > :12:50.in Portsmouth, everyone knows how lucky they are. Just to spend time
:12:51. > :12:53.with him at home. To be together. That is what is most important.
:12:54. > :12:56.5000 more people are unemployed in the South West compared to the
:12:57. > :12:59.previous quarter, according to latest figures. Meanwhile, the South
:13:00. > :13:03.East saw unemployment fall for the fourth quarter in a row, this time
:13:04. > :13:08.by 0.2%. Overall, employment rates in both areas still remain higher
:13:09. > :13:12.than the rest of the UK. The number of people in work across the country
:13:13. > :13:16.has topped 30 million for the first time on record.
:13:17. > :13:19.Christmas is always a big time in the life of the high street, but for
:13:20. > :13:23.one famous name in Reading, this year marks the end of an era.
:13:24. > :13:27.Jackson's Department Store ` I know it well, it's where I got my school
:13:28. > :13:33.uniform from ` will shut up shop on Christmas Eve. The business, which
:13:34. > :13:36.has steadfastly stuck to doing things the old fashioned way, says
:13:37. > :13:47.it can no longer compete on today's high street. Joe Campbell went along
:13:48. > :13:51.for a browse. This is the junction of Kings Road
:13:52. > :13:59.and high street. For generations of letting people, it will always be
:14:00. > :14:02.Jacksons corner. Not for much longer. Inside the store that has
:14:03. > :14:10.been a local landmark for more than a century, customers are picking up
:14:11. > :14:14.essential supplies while they can. You could with guarantee you could
:14:15. > :14:21.get what you wanted in the shop. We come in fairly regularly. It is
:14:22. > :14:28.nice. The staff are so helpful, always sorting things out for us. I
:14:29. > :14:31.could not fault them in any way. It will be a disappointment to see it
:14:32. > :14:36.all disappear. This was the place you came for a school uniform. Now,
:14:37. > :14:40.the remaining stock is gathering dust under the watchful eye of the
:14:41. > :14:46.man who started it all. Jacksons started at precisely 2pm on 17
:14:47. > :14:53.September 1875. Redding was completely different then. It was a
:14:54. > :14:57.tiny little drapers shop, and Edward Jackson lived with his family above
:14:58. > :15:00.the shop. Some things have not changed, like
:15:01. > :15:07.these pneumatic tubes which bring money from the shop floor up to the
:15:08. > :15:17.cash office. And they take customers's change back to them.
:15:18. > :15:21.Doing the books still has a Victorian air in this family owned
:15:22. > :15:26.business. Not surprisingly, locking the doors for the final time we'd be
:15:27. > :15:31.an easy job. It will be dreadful. It looks desolate, and it is completely
:15:32. > :15:37.lifeless, not at all how it should be. It is not a shop at all, it is
:15:38. > :15:42.an empty shell. The building needs a lot of money spent on it. That is
:15:43. > :15:45.really the deciding factor. It is thought the new owners of the
:15:46. > :15:51.building want to keep shops on the ground floor, but convert the upper
:15:52. > :15:54.levels possibly into apartments. Whether the corner @ remains is
:15:55. > :15:58.unclear, but one thing remained obvious to all, that come the New
:15:59. > :16:03.Year, Jacksons will be gone from the local scene.
:16:04. > :16:06.And our current affairs programme Inside Out has been following
:16:07. > :16:09.Jackson's closure. There's a moving and nostalgic film due to be
:16:10. > :16:22.broadcast when Inside Out South returns on Monday January sixth on
:16:23. > :16:29.BBC One at 7:30pm. Map, sport. Speedway fans will have
:16:30. > :16:36.to wait a few more weeks to find out if the Isle of Wight islanders will
:16:37. > :16:39.continue to race next season. The club's shareholders were due to make
:16:40. > :16:44.a final decision on the matter at a meeting last night. But they've
:16:45. > :16:52.extended that deadline until 21st January. The islanders have been
:16:53. > :16:55.losing up to ?3,000 a week during their summer season. To meet league
:16:56. > :16:57.regulations, they need to install new safety barriers at the
:16:58. > :17:05.Smallbrook Stadium in Ryde. That could cost more than ?20,000.
:17:06. > :17:09.Towards the end of the meeting, someone got a phone call to said
:17:10. > :17:13.there was a third party interested in helping the club to survive the
:17:14. > :17:17.next season. We then decided to hold off a vote to allow negotiations to
:17:18. > :17:22.take place over Christmas and the New Year, with hopefully a view to
:17:23. > :17:24.running in the National League next season.
:17:25. > :17:25.We will keep you up`to`date on that one.
:17:26. > :17:29.Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe says the club are looking at offering a
:17:30. > :17:32.permanent deal to goalkeeper Lee Camp, but are expecting competition
:17:33. > :17:36.for his services. Camp is currently on loan from West Brom until the New
:17:37. > :17:39.Year, but becomes a free agent on January first when his short`term
:17:40. > :17:42.deal with the Premier League club expires. And Howe says keeping the
:17:43. > :17:45.29`year`old at Dean Court on a longer term basis is definitely in
:17:46. > :17:52.his thinking. In the last three games, he has had very little to
:17:53. > :17:56.do. His kicking as always has been very good, and his distribution. We
:17:57. > :18:02.like him as a person, we like as a goalkeeper. He is attractive to
:18:03. > :18:05.other clubs as well because he is a free transfer. Let's wait and see.
:18:06. > :18:07.One other football line ` Richie Barker's former assistant at
:18:08. > :18:09.Crawley, Anthony Williams, has re`joined him in the same role at
:18:10. > :18:12.Portsmouth. The England cricket team director
:18:13. > :18:15.Andy Flower says that Matt Prior's place in the side is under
:18:16. > :18:18.consideration for the remaining two Ashes Tests. Sussex wicketkeeper
:18:19. > :18:21.Prior, who's played over 150 times for England, has been out of form
:18:22. > :18:25.during the Ashes, scoring just 107 runs in six innings. He also missed
:18:26. > :18:34.stumpings and dropped a catch during the recent Test defeat in Perth,
:18:35. > :18:38.which has left him open to the axe. It is a possibility, of course. Matt
:18:39. > :18:41.Prior has been an outstanding cricketer for England, but, like
:18:42. > :18:48.with all those positions, we have two review them. We constantly
:18:49. > :18:52.review what our best side will be, what will give us the best chance of
:18:53. > :18:55.winning, and we also have two have an eye to the future.
:18:56. > :18:58.Staying with cricket, Hampshire have agreed a five`year extension to
:18:59. > :19:01.their deal with a local insurance firm, who will continue to hold the
:19:02. > :19:04.naming rights to the ground. Hampshire's home at West End just
:19:05. > :19:07.outside Southampton has been known as The Ageas Bowl since last year.
:19:08. > :19:10.That agreement will now run through until 2022. Ageas will also now
:19:11. > :19:15.become the shirt sponsors of Hampshire in one`day competitions.
:19:16. > :19:17.A man from the South has had to be rescued part`way through a
:19:18. > :19:20.trans`Atlantic rowing challenge, after his boat turned over.
:19:21. > :19:24.36`year`old Nick Rees, from Rowledge in Surrey, had to be rescued by a
:19:25. > :19:27.container ship off the West coast of Africa. He and rowing partner Ed
:19:28. > :19:37.Curtis are now safe and well, and will be back home for Christmas.
:19:38. > :19:45.One other piece of news that just broke this evening, Saint striker
:19:46. > :19:48.Danny is now though has been charged with violent conduct by the Football
:19:49. > :19:52.Association and could be banned. With Christmas almost here and a new
:19:53. > :19:56.year just around the corner let's take a look back at some of the best
:19:57. > :19:59.moments on South Today. We've met people who have inspired us, enjoyed
:20:00. > :20:06.great events that brought us together and then there are those
:20:07. > :20:10.films that just stay with us. I've picked some of my favourites and I
:20:11. > :20:13.began with possibly the most popular film which had hundreds of thousands
:20:14. > :20:21.of you watching it again online. The London to Brighton run squeezed into
:20:22. > :20:24.four minutes. In 1953, almost all rail workers
:20:25. > :20:32.were men. Today, the train dispatcher is a woman. In the
:20:33. > :20:38.original film, the last steam locomotives were giving way to slam
:20:39. > :20:42.door electric trains. They were still there in 1983. Another 30
:20:43. > :20:48.years later, air`conditioned carriages run on a privatised
:20:49. > :20:53.railway. It was a different mode of transport for Alex this summer. What
:20:54. > :21:01.you have got here, musically and fashion wise, is the small faces
:21:02. > :21:08.from the hoop, then you have got the reggae from the late 60s, early 70s.
:21:09. > :21:15.And then the two tone movement such as the Specials. And then Britpop
:21:16. > :21:19.for the mid`90s. Christmas can be difficult if you
:21:20. > :21:24.have lost a loved one or if you are apart from them. Two little boys
:21:25. > :21:28.this year still our hearts. They had a rare genetic skin disorder.
:21:29. > :21:37.Despite all the difficulties, they showed incredible fortitude and
:21:38. > :21:40.courage. This film was made to raise awareness of the condition which
:21:41. > :21:46.made their skin's blister at the slightest knock. They say their skin
:21:47. > :21:56.is as delicate as a butterfly's wings. It is lovely. It makes
:21:57. > :21:58.something so horrible so beautiful. Maybe if we judged a little bit less
:21:59. > :22:03.about what people look like and looked beyond that, that would be
:22:04. > :22:07.amazing. There have been so many stories of courage, including that
:22:08. > :22:16.of Lance Corporal James Ashworth who gave his life to save others. On the
:22:17. > :22:21.VC it says" for valour, and that is how he will be remembered. His
:22:22. > :22:28.family remember just James. He has got the best smile anyone could ever
:22:29. > :22:39.had. He always smiled. And his hugs. He is just amazing, I love him so
:22:40. > :22:43.much. Sorry. In March, I did something for Hardy.
:22:44. > :22:49.I went swimming in the sea, and the Tanager was just nine degrees. The
:22:50. > :22:53.reason? I'd joined endurance swimmer Anna who is attempting to swim round
:22:54. > :22:59.five islands, finishing at the Isle of Wight. She is a tough cookie. Are
:23:00. > :23:05.you coming or what? I hate cold water. I don't even turned the taps
:23:06. > :23:10.cold in the shower. With a bit of gentle encouragement, actually I
:23:11. > :23:25.think Anna is pushing me, I was eventually in. In September, and a
:23:26. > :23:35.completed her swim around the island in a staggering 26 hours, 33
:23:36. > :23:36.minutes, 28 seconds. VW camper van, riverboats and biplane, various
:23:37. > :23:42.modes of transport I'd use this summer when I left the studio this
:23:43. > :23:46.summer and crisscrossed the South, meeting wonderful people for
:23:47. > :24:18.Sally's journey. This is Oliver. This is Albert.
:24:19. > :24:28.We saw some talent in there, didn't we? I took the controls of the Tiger
:24:29. > :24:36.Moth, my proudest moment of the year.
:24:37. > :24:43.Onto the weather now, and it is not looking particularly good outside.
:24:44. > :24:48.Yes, everyone is getting very wet today. It has been very unsettled,
:24:49. > :24:50.and it will stay that way for the next three hours. Pam Earnshaw
:24:51. > :24:54.captured the sun reflecting on the coloured beach huts on East Preston
:24:55. > :24:57.Beach in West Sussex. Mike Jackson took this photo of the rough seas
:24:58. > :25:00.and the hovercraft arriving in Southsea from the Isle of Wight.
:25:01. > :25:03.And a seagull photographed in the Queen Elizabeth gardens in Salisbury
:25:04. > :25:09.by Linda Brooks. Possibly inland to avoid the adverse weather.
:25:10. > :25:14.Yes, and the adverse weather will continue until 11pm. We are
:25:15. > :25:18.expecting strong winds, not just a weather warning for the wind, we are
:25:19. > :25:23.also expecting torrential rain. That will give some surface water on the
:25:24. > :25:25.roads and localised flooding. Stay tuned to your local BBC Radio
:25:26. > :25:30.station for the latest travel information. Overnight, the
:25:31. > :25:34.torrential rain and gale force winds will gradually ease. After midnight
:25:35. > :25:41.tonight they will ease, but before that there will be his very heavy
:25:42. > :25:47.rain, making it tricky on the roads. Gusts up to 70 mph on the headlands.
:25:48. > :25:51.The adverse weather conditions will stay with us for the next few hours,
:25:52. > :25:54.but will gradually ease after midnight. A future hours to follow,
:25:55. > :25:59.and cold air behind that weather front, and temperatures will fall to
:26:00. > :26:07.three Celsius. Tomorrow, there will be a future hours with a winter
:26:08. > :26:11.remix of sleet and hail. Through the afternoon and evening, we will see
:26:12. > :26:18.the cloud increase. Not as mild as temperatures have been of late.
:26:19. > :26:24.Tomorrow evening when the sun sets, there is a risk of some wintry
:26:25. > :26:32.showers falling over the Chilterns, the Cotswolds must also be playing
:26:33. > :26:39.`` Salisbury plain. There may also be hail, sleet or snow. It will not
:26:40. > :26:46.amount to much, but there will also be showers at lower levels, falling
:26:47. > :26:51.as rain. The risk of some icy patches on untreated surfaces. A dry
:26:52. > :26:55.start to the day on Friday, before this next weather system brings
:26:56. > :27:01.further rain and strong winds through Friday night and into
:27:02. > :27:06.Saturday morning. Into the Christmas week on we are looking at wet and
:27:07. > :27:12.windy conditions as well. It is tomorrow night that there is the
:27:13. > :27:17.potential risk of some sleet or snow flurries in a few places,
:27:18. > :27:20.particularly over higher ground. Friday will be dry into the evening
:27:21. > :27:29.when the band of rain will move in. Showers on Sunday.
:27:30. > :27:33.You mentioned snow. It is not looking good.
:27:34. > :27:36.Tomorrow we'll hear how a hunch by a policeman's widow led to the
:27:37. > :27:44.recovery of more than ?100,000 from the back of a van.
:27:45. > :27:48.You might already know about it. Join us then. Good night.