:00:10. > :00:11.Hello, I'm Sally Taylor, welcome to South Today.
:00:12. > :00:15.The moment of arrest - a Royal Marine is jailed for 14
:00:16. > :00:21.years for stealing and selling military weapons and explosives.
:00:22. > :00:23.In prison for drug-smuggling - the Isle of Wight man fighting
:00:24. > :00:26.for his innocence whilst his family is forced to pay back
:00:27. > :00:34.We'd never, ever been told this could happen.
:00:35. > :00:37.Nobody ever said, "Years down the line, you will then get a bill
:00:38. > :00:47.Separated at Christmas - how shared reading of books
:00:48. > :00:52.is bringing military families closer together.
:00:53. > :00:56.Rugby played at a different pace, making it accessible
:00:57. > :01:14.He amassed a huge collection of highly dangerous weapons.
:01:15. > :01:17.Now a Royal Marine reservist has been sentenced to 14 and a half
:01:18. > :01:19.years in jail after stealing firearms and explosives
:01:20. > :01:23.Martin Shannon, from Hythe, near Southampton, stole the weapons
:01:24. > :01:27.over four years and then attempted to make thousands of pounds
:01:28. > :01:32.He was caught in a covert sting operation by the
:01:33. > :01:42.Our home affairs correspondent Emma Vardy reports.
:01:43. > :01:44.This was the moment outside a supermarket near Winchester that
:01:45. > :01:52.The 43-year-old Royal Marines reservist was known to have stolen
:01:53. > :01:55.a haul of weapons and explosives and had been attempting to supply
:01:56. > :02:05.Among the items Martin Shannon had stolen was an automatic assault
:02:06. > :02:08.rifle and a semiautomatic handgun - both weapons used by
:02:09. > :02:13.He'd also taken 1,400 rounds of ammunition,
:02:14. > :02:17.along with hand grenades and plastic explosives.
:02:18. > :02:20.Upon his arrest, Shannon admitted stealing from the the Royal Marines
:02:21. > :02:26.In August, Martin Shannon met an undercover officer
:02:27. > :02:31.from the National Crime Agency who was posing as a potential buyer.
:02:32. > :02:33.During their meeting in a pub car park near Newbury,
:02:34. > :02:36.Martin Shannon rented out two of the weapons, as well as selling
:02:37. > :02:39.the officer explosives and ammunition in exchange
:02:40. > :02:48.Martin Shannon later told officers that he'd been hoarding the stolen
:02:49. > :02:53.guns and ammunition in watertight containers buried in the New Forest.
:02:54. > :02:55.And after a search by specialist officers,
:02:56. > :02:59.they recovered another gun, this time a sawn-off shotgun,
:03:00. > :03:01.along with ammunition, from his three hiding places
:03:02. > :03:06.Officers also recovered more ammunition and explosives
:03:07. > :03:12.The case has raised questions over how often weapons belonging
:03:13. > :03:17.to the Armed Forces may end up in the hands of criminals.
:03:18. > :03:20.Lots of different supply lines for criminals,
:03:21. > :03:23.and one is abuse of legitimate supply and firearms dealers.
:03:24. > :03:27.The NCA and forces do a lot of operations to make sure we tackle
:03:28. > :03:28.all of the different areas of supply.
:03:29. > :03:30.This is relatively infrequent but it is recognised
:03:31. > :03:33.as a vulnerability there, so we're working with the MoD
:03:34. > :03:37.currently to actually look at whether there's more we can do.
:03:38. > :03:39.Shannon, who pleaded guilty to 15 offences,
:03:40. > :03:44.described himself as a broken man who was suffering from post
:03:45. > :03:50.traumatic stress disorder after serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
:03:51. > :03:58.What has the Ministry of Defence said about these thefts?
:03:59. > :04:01.Back in 2012, the disappearance of two of the guns was noticed.
:04:02. > :04:03.The Ministry of Defence investigated, but failed to solve
:04:04. > :04:07.this, despite Shannon being questioned at the time.
:04:08. > :04:09.The MoD, however, says it takes the security of weaponry very
:04:10. > :04:15.seriously and has procedures to prevent thefts from its bases,
:04:16. > :04:19.but hasn't commented on just how Shannon was able to obtain over
:04:20. > :04:23.several years this huge hoard of extremely dangerous weapons.
:04:24. > :04:26.The family of an Isle of Wight man battling
:04:27. > :04:28.to prove his innocence after he was jailed
:04:29. > :04:30.for drug-smuggling fear they could lose their home
:04:31. > :04:32.after being handed a huge legal aid bill.
:04:33. > :04:36.Jon Beere was sentenced to 24 years in prison five and a half years ago.
:04:37. > :04:39.His case is being considered by the Criminal Cases Review Commission,
:04:40. > :04:42.but a debt collection agency is now chasing his family over
:04:43. > :05:03.I was just completely... Shocked, surprised. Sue says the Legal Aid
:05:04. > :05:09.Bill for over ?71,000 came out of the blue and the timing, just before
:05:10. > :05:13.Christmas, has been very upsetting. We had never, ever been told this
:05:14. > :05:18.could happen. Nobody ever said that years down the line, you will then
:05:19. > :05:22.get a bill with seven days to pay it. John Beere has now been in
:05:23. > :05:29.prison away from his three children for six Christmases. A scaffolder,
:05:30. > :05:35.John was jailed for 24 years for his role in smuggling cocaine valued at
:05:36. > :05:38.?53 million. The prosecution said John organised complex operations
:05:39. > :05:44.based on the Isle of Wight to smuggle a quarter of a tonne of the
:05:45. > :05:48.drug into the UK, involving sacks of cocaine being dropped off from a
:05:49. > :05:52.container ship and being picked up by a fiction boat and then tied to a
:05:53. > :05:58.buoy to be collected later. Four other men also received long jail
:05:59. > :06:03.terms. Emily Bolton, a lawyer specialising in miscarriages of
:06:04. > :06:11.justice, is now arguing their cases. Are you utterly convinced of John's
:06:12. > :06:16.innocence? Absolutely. All of them. John's case and those of the other
:06:17. > :06:19.four men are now being considered by the Criminal Cases Review
:06:20. > :06:24.Commission. But even before a decision is made, the legal bill is
:06:25. > :06:27.being pursued. This story does being played out for the family, Dickens
:06:28. > :06:30.couldn't have written it. They've already lost their father and
:06:31. > :06:35.husband to prison for a crime he didn't commit, and now the bailiffs
:06:36. > :06:40.are knocking on the door. The lawyer has now written to the debt
:06:41. > :06:48.collection agency challenging the Legal Aid Bill. Sue says they're
:06:49. > :06:52.only asset is their home. To the children, I fought like mad to keep
:06:53. > :06:57.this as their stability, our stability, and John and I worked
:06:58. > :07:01.really hard for the house before this wrongful conviction. Sue and
:07:02. > :07:06.her family are now hoping the demand for the legal aid fees will be
:07:07. > :07:09.lifted and that the Criminal Cases Review Commission makes a decision
:07:10. > :07:13.about John's case as quickly as possible.
:07:14. > :07:16.The Government has said there's no truth to newspaper reports that
:07:17. > :07:18.suggest soldiers may be used to drive rail replacement
:07:19. > :07:21.coaches during future strikes on Southern Rail.
:07:22. > :07:24.The idea was raised by Conservative MPs when they met the Prime Minister
:07:25. > :07:27.to discuss the ongoing industrial action by guards and drivers.
:07:28. > :07:32.The Ministry of Defence says 4,000 military personnel are trained
:07:33. > :07:37.to drive buses or coaches but says it's received no request for help.
:07:38. > :07:39.Isle of Wight Council's appeal against the High Court victory
:07:40. > :07:43.of a father who refused to pay a fine for a term-time holiday will
:07:44. > :07:47.Jon Platt won his case in May after taking his daughter out
:07:48. > :07:49.of school to visit Florida on a family holiday.
:07:50. > :07:52.A hearing will now take place at the Supreme Court
:07:53. > :07:57.Mr Platt says the new hearing will create uncertainty and distress
:07:58. > :08:03.for parents who have taken holidays in term-time.
:08:04. > :08:06.We all know how difficult it can be to see a GP,
:08:07. > :08:09.but patients at one doctor's surgery in Reading say it is in complete
:08:10. > :08:14.The Circuit Lane surgery was taken over by a private
:08:15. > :08:19.It was meant to be a new start following a tumultuous two years
:08:20. > :08:24.But now some patients say the system is worse than ever.
:08:25. > :08:34.Checking his health at home, as just one of 10,000 who are registered
:08:35. > :08:37.at the Circuit Lane surgery, Chris Giles knows what it's
:08:38. > :08:42.This week, he waited three hours to be seen by a doctor.
:08:43. > :08:51.All hell broke loose is the appropriate word.
:08:52. > :09:07.All hell broke loose. Everybody was waiting to see the emergency doctor.
:09:08. > :09:09.The problems at Circuit Lane started in September 2014,
:09:10. > :09:11.when doctors resigned en-masse, citing issues with recruitment
:09:12. > :09:15.The NHS took over in January 2015, and less than two years later
:09:16. > :09:18.handed the surgery over to One Medical Group
:09:19. > :09:24.The surgery would not agree to an interview but told us,
:09:25. > :09:31.Saying it's trying different ways to meet the health and well-being
:09:32. > :09:34.needs of its patient population, like a new walk-in clinic
:09:35. > :09:38.to increase access to urgent, on-the-day care.
:09:39. > :09:42.But on the NHS website, patients have left their own feedback,
:09:43. > :09:49.giving the surgery just one star out of five.
:09:50. > :10:05.Since the takeover, it has become the worst.
:10:06. > :10:07.Appointments cancelled without telling you,
:10:08. > :10:08.asking for prescriptions but not getting them.
:10:09. > :10:15.I would stay a million miles away from this place.
:10:16. > :10:22.I think in that eruption, it demonstrated there was a cry for
:10:23. > :10:26.help from those people inside the surgery, and the cry was, enough is
:10:27. > :10:28.enough, we can't take this any more, it has to stop now and has to be
:10:29. > :10:30.sorted out now. The surgery says it continues
:10:31. > :10:33.to work closely with the local But in the meantime,
:10:34. > :10:37.when they need to see a doctor, patients like Chris hope
:10:38. > :10:40.they won't have to keep swallowing Dorset Police are urging people
:10:41. > :10:50.to think twice before The force says a large number
:10:51. > :10:54.of calls are still being received Last December, over 34,000 calls
:10:55. > :10:57.to 101 were received in the Dorset Police Force Command
:10:58. > :10:59.Centre. Later tonight, if you think you're
:11:00. > :11:07.too old to play rugby, think again. The gentler pace of walking rugby
:11:08. > :11:18.is attracting older players. The South East MEP Diane James says
:11:19. > :11:20.she resigned as Ukip's leader after just 18 days
:11:21. > :11:24.because she was unable to break up The former Waverley councillor has
:11:25. > :11:30.given her first broadcast interview since resigning the party
:11:31. > :11:33.leadership in October. She's now sitting
:11:34. > :11:35.as an an independent. Mrs James says she realised almost
:11:36. > :11:38.immediately that she couldn't deliver the change that she'd
:11:39. > :11:43.promised in her campaign. When it became clear that I couldn't
:11:44. > :11:46.make that breakthrough, I felt it was the right decision,
:11:47. > :11:50.both for me, for my credibility, but also for the credibility
:11:51. > :11:54.of the party that somebody else assumed the mantle
:11:55. > :11:59.of the leadership. A year after they moved in,
:12:00. > :12:02.people living in a housing development in Berkshire say they've
:12:03. > :12:04.still got major problems It's claimed some of the new homes
:12:05. > :12:09.on Loddon Park are prone to flooding, have no insulation,
:12:10. > :12:12.and some of the beams that make up the structure haven't
:12:13. > :12:15.been fitted properly. The local MP and residents claim
:12:16. > :12:18.the builders, Taylor Wimpey, have done very little to put things
:12:19. > :12:34.right, something strongly In this area by my front door, the
:12:35. > :12:35.plasterboard has had to be removed because they needed to check the
:12:36. > :12:37.installation... When Wendy moved into this house
:12:38. > :12:40.a year ago, it was meant But 12 months on, and that
:12:41. > :12:53.dream is a nightmare. It's being propped up by the ceramic
:12:54. > :12:54.tiles. That's what's holding up the RS Jade at suppose the entire
:12:55. > :12:59.brickwork above my front door! Wendy says the fault
:13:00. > :13:01.lies with Taylor Wimpey, and she's put that frustration
:13:02. > :13:10.centre-stage for all to see. If you saw the show house, you would
:13:11. > :13:16.think, do you know what? If I buy this house, I can have that. It's
:13:17. > :13:20.been anything but. Yes, I live on a building site, but I didn't expect
:13:21. > :13:25.to have the builders arguing with me. Biggest mistake of my life. One
:13:26. > :13:31.I would tell anybody who can listen. Don't buy a house here. Nobody from
:13:32. > :13:34.the builders wanted to appear on camera but they said they regretted
:13:35. > :13:38.any inconvenience caused to residents. They said they were
:13:39. > :13:41.committed to carrying out any remedial works and all inside jobs
:13:42. > :13:42.should be completed by the end of January, and all problems should be
:13:43. > :13:45.fixed by the end of April next year. The development is still being
:13:46. > :13:48.built, but for the Local MP, work should have stopped
:13:49. > :13:57.while faults were solved. They've fobbed off residents and me
:13:58. > :13:58.time after time and now we've reached a point where this really
:13:59. > :14:03.can't go on much longer. Wendy's since been told
:14:04. > :14:06.that she and her family will have to move out in January
:14:07. > :14:08.whilst their home is repaired. At a time when she should be
:14:09. > :14:26.packing Christmas presents, Chris Temple has all the sport
:14:27. > :14:32.tonight. We are going to be talking rugby? Walking rugby? Absolutely.
:14:33. > :14:35.Former Sussex Cricket captain Ed Joyce will be available
:14:36. > :14:37.to the county in 2017, despite being awarded a full-time
:14:38. > :14:39.professional contract by the Ireland national team.
:14:40. > :14:41.The 38-year-old's deal with Ireland will allow him
:14:42. > :14:43.to be selected by Sussex when his Irish commitments allow.
:14:44. > :14:46.Joyce has moved his family to Ireland, as his country continues
:14:47. > :14:50.to build towards achieving full Test status.
:14:51. > :14:59.Southampton's and Reading's Under 21 teams do battle on the road
:15:00. > :15:01.to Wembley this evening, in the Checkatrade EFL Trophy.
:15:02. > :15:04.The two sides were paired together at St Mary's in the knockout
:15:05. > :15:06.round of 32 after both came through their groups in the newly
:15:07. > :15:16.Kick-off tonight is very shortly, at 7pm.
:15:17. > :15:19.There are many forms of rugby - the normal 15-a-side, touch, tag,
:15:20. > :15:21.minis, and versions for juniors and veterans, but nothing
:15:22. > :15:28.Reading Rugby Club has pioneered walking rugby,
:15:29. > :15:30.making the game accessible to older players or those who can't
:15:31. > :15:33.play the full contact game because of injury.
:15:34. > :15:45.James Ingham has been to meet some of the men and women taking part.
:15:46. > :15:51.This is rugby at a slightly different pace.
:15:52. > :15:55.The name of the sport says it all - walking rugby - no running allowed.
:15:56. > :15:58.Neither is physical contact or tackling.
:15:59. > :16:08.It means the game is suiting injured or more senior players.
:16:09. > :16:16.I'm Mike, I'm 70 years old and I play walking rugby because I enjoy
:16:17. > :16:21.the activity and the social. Very few guys of our seniority can any
:16:22. > :16:25.longer run with any speed, so we wanted a game that was accessible to
:16:26. > :16:33.people who could only progress at a modest rate! I'm Paul, I'm 60, I
:16:34. > :16:35.thought my rugby days were over but thanks to walking rugby I've been
:16:36. > :16:48.able to come up and play another form of the game in later life.
:16:49. > :16:54.The full 15 game at my age is too much and I would never be able to
:16:55. > :16:55.take the knocks and recover from them, so this being noncontact is
:16:56. > :16:57.ideal. That's one reason why men
:16:58. > :17:06.and women can play together. I'm Yasmin, I started playing
:17:07. > :17:11.walking rugby having retired from full-time rugby at the age of 44.
:17:12. > :17:14.It's great to still be involved in the game while being gentler on
:17:15. > :17:20.injuries. The main thing you notice is that there is no contact. I was a
:17:21. > :17:27.forward, always involved in scrums and rocks. But the similarities are
:17:28. > :17:30.the ball-handling skills. I'm 71 and never played rugby before. I started
:17:31. > :17:36.playing recently. Thoroughly enjoy it! I still feel quite fit and
:17:37. > :17:38.healthy and just felt that this would give me something else to keep
:17:39. > :17:40.me out of mischief! Reading is one of the pioneers
:17:41. > :17:43.of the walking game. It's helping the Rugby Football
:17:44. > :17:45.Union develop official rules, so there's no better place
:17:46. > :18:03.to join in. First and foremost, great idea! How
:18:04. > :18:08.you police the walking, though? I think there was some running! And a
:18:09. > :18:12.bit of a skip! I like the fact men and women can play together. The
:18:13. > :18:14.body hurts after full contact so a great idea for the game.
:18:15. > :18:17.Life as a family in the Armed Forces can be a challenge.
:18:18. > :18:20.Lots of moving around or a parent sent on deployment
:18:21. > :18:23.So here's a scheme that's helping strengthen family ties
:18:24. > :18:28.Reading Force gets children and adults to read the same book
:18:29. > :18:30.so there's something to talk about during calls home.
:18:31. > :18:33.It started out in Aldershot but has now spread to UK military
:18:34. > :18:40.Briony Leyland has been to meet one family that's benefited.
:18:41. > :18:42.For the Donohoe family, Christmas will be in Aldershot this year,
:18:43. > :18:45.where Royal Engineer Tom is currently based.
:18:46. > :18:48.Over the last 16 years, they've moved nine times around the world,
:18:49. > :18:51.meaning they're often a very long way from relatives
:18:52. > :19:03.Weak your auntie Betty has copped it. Where?
:19:04. > :19:06.Books like this one have helped to bridge the gap with loved ones.
:19:07. > :19:08.As part of the Reading Force scheme, Fiona, ten-year-old Georgia,
:19:09. > :19:11.and her granny in Ireland have been reading the same stories at the same
:19:12. > :19:18.time and then comparing notes over the phone and in a shared scrapbook.
:19:19. > :19:25.This book is about a hedgehog called Max who has a problem. How can he
:19:26. > :19:30.and his family cross the road without getting squished? It's a
:19:31. > :19:38.funny, interesting book and it's about animals. I'm normally a bit
:19:39. > :19:44.blank if I'm speaking to her on the phone because I don't have any news
:19:45. > :19:49.to tell her. It's only school. At least now I'll have something to
:19:50. > :19:57.tell her about. When you on the phone, it's funny. You can have
:19:58. > :20:01.yourself running out of things to say. But this is an excellent
:20:02. > :20:05.collection of books and we never run out.
:20:06. > :20:09.The talk about books is flowing, as it is for many forces families
:20:10. > :20:18.It keeps the connection going. There's nothing like the written
:20:19. > :20:23.word that means you have something to have and to hold, whether it's a
:20:24. > :20:25.book or a letter, and with books, you get better appeal to children
:20:26. > :20:27.and those usually appeal to adults as well.
:20:28. > :20:29.For the book lovers in this household, there are lots
:20:30. > :20:31.of promising parcels under the tree and plenty to talk
:20:32. > :20:38.A little earlier I was joined on the sofa by Dr Alison Baverstock.
:20:39. > :20:41.She's an academic now but was a military wife
:20:42. > :20:55.Well, I'm a publisher by background, so obviously very into books, and
:20:56. > :20:58.also married to a soldier, and I'm very interested in the potential
:20:59. > :21:01.books have the linking people, so when you find out that somebody
:21:02. > :21:06.likes the same books as you, it gives you something in common. And
:21:07. > :21:10.when my husband was away on posting or being deployed, we would send
:21:11. > :21:13.books to each other. There's always that lovely thing that if you've
:21:14. > :21:18.read something, then sending it to somebody for them to read as well,
:21:19. > :21:21.it gives you common ground. It was building on that, really, but this
:21:22. > :21:27.time with scrapbooks, so places for people to hold memories. And it's
:21:28. > :21:34.very much focused on children, isn't it? Because separation is difficult
:21:35. > :21:37.for them. It can be anxiety before removal or disturbance, not just
:21:38. > :21:42.separation. Because there's a lot of moving houses. But it provides
:21:43. > :21:45.common ground for people to sort of talk and relate over, and it's
:21:46. > :21:50.particularly good for linking grandparents or uncles and aunts
:21:51. > :21:54.that you don't see very often, and children, when grandparents come on
:21:55. > :21:58.the phone, can be quite monosyllabic, and sometimes a bit
:21:59. > :22:02.resentful if a parent is way, so instead of just the usual questions
:22:03. > :22:10.of, how is school? How is hockey? This gives them something to talk
:22:11. > :22:13.about that can really extend them. How do they choose the book? That's
:22:14. > :22:16.part of the scheme, because it is all about discussing what you want
:22:17. > :22:22.to read. People shouldn't feel they have to read a massive book! One of
:22:23. > :22:28.the most commonly chosen books is something like Horrid Henry, and
:22:29. > :22:34.that can be good for the kids to recommend the book to their parents.
:22:35. > :22:38.And you could love or loathe it? Well, that's not a problem because
:22:39. > :22:42.sometimes you have more interesting discussions when people disagree.
:22:43. > :22:46.The last time we did this as a family it was our 17-year-old son
:22:47. > :22:50.who chose the book and everybody hated it but we had lots of good
:22:51. > :22:54.discussions about why he chose it and it prompted communication, which
:22:55. > :22:58.is the real objective. And you've almost gone a step further, because
:22:59. > :23:04.we have lots of scrapbooks here, so it's not just a reading but, if the
:23:05. > :23:10.scrapbook that goes with it? Gas, the scrapbook holds the memories and
:23:11. > :23:14.gives you a reason to do it. -- yes. You can then put the ideas you are
:23:15. > :23:18.exchanging somewhere, and then that becomes incredibly precious, because
:23:19. > :23:22.if you are recording your children's and writing or drawing at a
:23:23. > :23:24.particular stage, it becomes something to celebrate your
:23:25. > :23:28.experiences rather than just counting down the days to when you
:23:29. > :23:37.are together again. And this could go beyond the service families,
:23:38. > :23:42.surely? It already has. Lots of schools have taken the material to
:23:43. > :23:47.use with others and encourage people to read. It could be used with
:23:48. > :23:53.children who are separated from their parents for other reasons,
:23:54. > :23:55.like children in care or parents who are way. Thank you so much for
:23:56. > :23:57.coming to explain it. And if you want to find out more
:23:58. > :24:03.then the website is on the screen. It's a free service and open
:24:04. > :24:06.to anyone in the forces, They've already handed out 70,000
:24:07. > :24:16.scrapbooks and have plenty more! A great idea and it may well spread
:24:17. > :24:21.further afield. As was said in the interview.
:24:22. > :24:24.Hundreds of people gathered at Stonehenge this morning to mark
:24:25. > :24:27.The sun came up over South Wiltshire at around 8.15am
:24:28. > :24:31.It's thought the stone circle was the focus of midwinter
:24:32. > :24:44.That sounds right up my street! Plenty of wine and beer for
:24:45. > :24:49.drinking! You're happy, then? I'm just looking forward to, you know,
:24:50. > :24:55.these lovely longer days. Bring on summer, that's all I can say! These
:24:56. > :24:57.short days are really quite depressing! And bring on Christmas!
:24:58. > :25:07.Exactly! Quite a cloudy day today. Many of
:25:08. > :25:12.you have been taking pictures. We saw some brightness but the rain is
:25:13. > :25:16.slowly moving in, and that will start to clear. It could be on the
:25:17. > :25:22.heavy side this evening but once it clears around midnight, we could see
:25:23. > :25:27.fog patches and mist. The wind will be liked and temperatures will fall
:25:28. > :25:31.away to around freezing or even down to -1 in the countryside. Milder
:25:32. > :25:36.conditions along the south coast and for the Isle of Wight. A dry day for
:25:37. > :25:41.most. The outside chance of a shower more likely for western areas. The
:25:42. > :25:45.fog could linger up to lunchtime in places but lots of sunshine and
:25:46. > :25:50.feeling pleasant in the sunshine, with highs of 7 degrees and up to 10
:25:51. > :25:54.degrees. A lovely end to the day tomorrow but the wind will start to
:25:55. > :25:58.increase tomorrow night. Possibly the odd shower, and that will keep
:25:59. > :26:04.the frost at bay, potential to spots, we could see one or two mist
:26:05. > :26:07.fog patches. A few showers also dotted along the south coast, with
:26:08. > :26:13.temperatures falling down to freezing or just above. So the risk
:26:14. > :26:16.of frost in the countryside on Friday. Friday starts on a dry and
:26:17. > :26:21.bright note but the wind increases through the course of the day. This
:26:22. > :26:25.is Storm Barbara affecting the north of the country, and we will see a
:26:26. > :26:31.period of rain into the afternoon and evening. Heavy rain in places
:26:32. > :26:36.but patchy, with gusty winds as well. 40-50 miles an hour,
:26:37. > :26:41.especially along the south coast. The rain will move through Friday
:26:42. > :26:45.night into Christmas eve, so Christmas Eve, we are expecting
:26:46. > :26:49.seems like this. As we move into Christmas day, things start to
:26:50. > :26:53.change. The chance of some outbreaks of light rain and drizzle and
:26:54. > :26:59.feeling mild on Christmas Day with highs of 13 and even 15 Celsius. The
:27:00. > :27:04.good news is, we have a dry, sunny day on Boxing Day. For the rest of
:27:05. > :27:08.the week, tomorrow, sunny spells and a pretty decent day with the outside
:27:09. > :27:13.chance of showers. The winds will increase in strength tomorrow night
:27:14. > :27:17.into Friday. We are expecting the chance of gales for the south coast
:27:18. > :27:22.with gusts of 40-50 miles an hour, then rain later on Friday, dry on
:27:23. > :27:24.Christmas Eve, and quite a lot of cloud and the chance of light rain
:27:25. > :27:34.and drizzle on Christmas Day. I thought that was wintry showers
:27:35. > :27:38.coming down there! My eyesight, obviously! More from us later at 8pm
:27:39. > :27:53.and 10:25 night. -- good night. The roads we walk have demons
:27:54. > :27:58.beneath them... ..and yours have been waiting
:27:59. > :28:03.for a very long time. What is this? We can't do this.
:28:04. > :28:11.Is this supposed to be a game? I thought this was some
:28:12. > :28:13.kind of... What? ..trick. Of course it's not a trick.
:28:14. > :28:15.It's a plan. What's the very worst thing
:28:16. > :28:35.you can do... Celebrating 20 years of one of
:28:36. > :28:40.Britain's best-loved comedians,