:00:00. > :00:00.Good evening. Welcome to South Today.
:00:00. > :00:08.Service families say their complaints for improved
:00:09. > :00:14.It doesn't seem like we're important enough to care about making
:00:15. > :00:19.Calls for tougher sentences on the organisers of dog
:00:20. > :00:25.fighting as the RSPA records an increase in incidents.
:00:26. > :00:29.Three-year-old Marla's delight with her prosthetic arm
:00:30. > :00:35.Instead of that, "Oh, poor you," we get a, "Wow!
:00:36. > :00:45.I'm looking forward to getting to dry land again.
:00:46. > :00:48.And Gosport's Alex Thomson pushes hard to the finish,
:00:49. > :01:12.but has he got enough time to beat the Frenchman in the lead?
:01:13. > :01:14.The armed forces covenant says accommodation provided to military
:01:15. > :01:16.families should be 'of good quality, affordable and suitably located.'
:01:17. > :01:19.Yet, tonight we can reveal that families in the South are living
:01:20. > :01:23.Six months ago the firm in charge of maintaining them was threatened
:01:24. > :01:25.with losing its multi-million pound contract unless things improved.
:01:26. > :01:28.The Public Accounts Committee says they have, but that's not
:01:29. > :01:32.the experience of residents as Lewis Coombes reports.
:01:33. > :01:34.It's the battle that's closer to home.
:01:35. > :01:37.Military families fighting for an acceptable standard
:01:38. > :01:44.These are just some of the pictures sent to BBC South.
:01:45. > :01:47.Kim is married to an RAF pilot based in Hampshire.
:01:48. > :01:50.After 13 years, he's decided to leave his job,
:01:51. > :01:53.partly due to the state of military housing.
:01:54. > :01:56.A small leak from their boiler resulted in their lounge ceiling
:01:57. > :01:59.being replaced as it took nine months to fix what was initially
:02:00. > :02:06.Kim was heavily pregnant and recently diagnosed with cancer.
:02:07. > :02:08.I just don't know what happens between the people being called
:02:09. > :02:13.The process doesn't seem to work, the administration or the computer
:02:14. > :02:18.It did affect my health cos I was just so stressed about it
:02:19. > :02:22.and I was so focused about it and I felt so helpless.
:02:23. > :02:25.Carillion Amey maintains 47,000 homes in a five year contract
:02:26. > :02:33.If Carillion Amey is being paid by the MoD to do a certain job,
:02:34. > :02:40.BBC South has been inundated with families on e-mail talking
:02:41. > :02:43.about their experiences, but unwilling to do so on camera
:02:44. > :02:47.over fears of the consequences it could have on their jobs.
:02:48. > :02:50.It includes a solier of 22 years who's weighing up whether to leave
:02:51. > :02:53.the military because he's embarrassed about the standard
:02:54. > :02:56.of accommodation he's providing his family.
:02:57. > :02:59.A group of MPs have been tasked with holding those in charge
:03:00. > :03:05.Those wives are sitting looking after three kids
:03:06. > :03:08.while their husbands are flying Typhoos out of Akrotiri.
:03:09. > :03:11.That's not an acceptable support system.
:03:12. > :03:14.It should certainly not be leaving families in the state of young
:03:15. > :03:17.children and no heat, for example, and if that's happening,
:03:18. > :03:23.MoD figures show the average rent fo an unfurnished three bedroom service
:03:24. > :03:29.It's subsidised to help keep forces mobile, but families feel more
:03:30. > :03:34.It doesn't seem like we're important enough to care about making
:03:35. > :03:41.We expect our homes to be up to standard and then it
:03:42. > :03:46.Carillion Amey has apologised to Kim and insists it is "working hard
:03:47. > :03:48.for service personnel and their families and
:03:49. > :03:51.focusing on how they can improve things further.
:03:52. > :03:55.In a statement the MOD said "it will absolutely not hesitate to take
:03:56. > :04:06.Earlier, I spoke to the MP Anne-Marie Trevelyan,
:04:07. > :04:12.I began by asking her how things had changed over the past six months.
:04:13. > :04:15.Carillion Amey have made some real efforts to progress.
:04:16. > :04:19.They've improved their computer systems and tracking.
:04:20. > :04:21.That side of things is now working much better.
:04:22. > :04:24.The challenge that continues is, and it's something I raised
:04:25. > :04:27.in the Public Accounts Committee hearing that we had yesterday,
:04:28. > :04:30.is that actually stuff still isn't getting completed.
:04:31. > :04:33.A plumber might arrive, have a look, work out that he doesn't
:04:34. > :04:38.That can be logged as solving the problem and one
:04:39. > :04:41.of the challenges I set the department yesterday was to get
:04:42. > :04:45.some real clarity on what actually fixing the problem does look like.
:04:46. > :04:48.So that Carillion Amey have nowhere to go on that.
:04:49. > :04:51.1,300 complaints to the contractor in just one month.
:04:52. > :04:58.So on the ground, are you actually hearing the true story?
:04:59. > :05:01.Certainly families are contacting me and one of the challenges I have
:05:02. > :05:04.acting as their advocate here in Parliament is that many
:05:05. > :05:07.families still don't feel confident enough to actually contact me.
:05:08. > :05:12.I know you've set up this personal hotline.
:05:13. > :05:15.Families don't want to use it because of reprisals.
:05:16. > :05:18.They are concerned, they're not going to get in touch with you.
:05:19. > :05:20.They're not confident about getting in touch with you.
:05:21. > :05:22.I think that's the real challenge we have.
:05:23. > :05:28.I have confirmation from the head of people for the Army that it's
:05:29. > :05:30.absolutely fine for people to contact me on these matters,
:05:31. > :05:33.it's got nothing to do with defence, this is all about housing
:05:34. > :05:38.They can contact me privately anyway and we can work out how
:05:39. > :05:43.The Carillion Amey team are getting much better
:05:44. > :05:48.Otherwise people wouldn't be coming to us saying -
:05:49. > :05:53.The MoD is still holding about ?4 million from the contractor
:05:54. > :05:58.Do you anticipate they'll be hanging on to that even further and could it
:05:59. > :06:01.be that if the contractor doesn't come up with the goods
:06:02. > :06:05.and doesn't finish the job, they could terminate the contract?
:06:06. > :06:10.Yesterday the MoD people that we had in Public Accounts Committee talking
:06:11. > :06:13.to us were indicating that things had improved a lot
:06:14. > :06:17.and that they were minded to continue for now because change
:06:18. > :06:23.But I think we must be absolutely on top of this and I would urge
:06:24. > :06:25.families to contact me privately, so that I've got a much clearer
:06:26. > :06:30.Six months ago I spoke to you, we're speaking now.
:06:31. > :06:34.What will have changed in six months' time, do you think?
:06:35. > :06:37.I would hope that six months from now, I will be hearing
:06:38. > :06:40.from many former families who are frustrated by not getting
:06:41. > :06:43.the repairs done that they need so that their families
:06:44. > :06:51.Southern Railway is to resume a full train service from next
:06:52. > :06:53.Tuesday, for the first time since last summer.
:06:54. > :06:55.It held talks with the drivers' union all day.
:06:56. > :06:58.Aslef has suspended its strikes and overtime ban.
:06:59. > :07:01.But the RMT union, which represents conductors, is still due
:07:02. > :07:06.Southern says it will run four out of five trains that day,
:07:07. > :07:08.including serving Portsmouth and Southampton for the first
:07:09. > :07:14.Farmers say sheep attacks are on the rise and are calling
:07:15. > :07:17.for tougher action against dog owners whose pets attack
:07:18. > :07:25.In the last few days there have been fresh attacks in Sussex.
:07:26. > :07:27.Farmers there have met the Police and Crime Commissioner Katy Bourne
:07:28. > :07:32.Sussex is a very rural area, we have a lot of farms,
:07:33. > :07:36.And these incidents are particularly distressing.
:07:37. > :07:38.The farmers are saying - are you taking it seriously?
:07:39. > :07:43.And my message to them is yes they are.
:07:44. > :07:46.But my plead to the public is whenever you see it,
:07:47. > :07:50.please do report it because intelligence is vital.
:07:51. > :07:53.More than 400 calls about organised dog fighting in the South have
:07:54. > :07:58.been made to the RSPCA in the past ten years.
:07:59. > :08:00.Now the animal charity and other campaigners are calling
:08:01. > :08:06.At the moment the maximum sentence is six months in prison.
:08:07. > :08:13.A warning that Peter Cooke's report contains some distressing images.
:08:14. > :08:18.The hidden world of illegal dog fighting.
:08:19. > :08:22.But animal rights groups say it's also been found on our streets.
:08:23. > :08:25.Rival gangs using animals as weapons.
:08:26. > :08:31.There is a strong link to dog fighting with crimes such
:08:32. > :08:35.as domestic violence, violence towards the elderly,
:08:36. > :08:40.And that's why it needs to be a recordable offence,
:08:41. > :08:43.rather than something that isn't properly recorded
:08:44. > :08:47.Because if it isn't recorded properly then the resources aren't
:08:48. > :08:51.put into investigating and catching the criminal.
:08:52. > :08:56.Despite 422 calls about organised dog fighting to the charity
:08:57. > :09:00.in the south since 2006, a tenth of the national total,
:09:01. > :09:05.only 137 people have been convicted nationwide.
:09:06. > :09:08.Now politicians and animal welfare groups want the current maximum six
:09:09. > :09:13.months sentence extended up to five years.
:09:14. > :09:15.Mike Butcher works as an investigations officer
:09:16. > :09:21.He's been trying to catch those using dogs to fight
:09:22. > :09:27.Even for any form of cruelty, six months nowadays is just outdated.
:09:28. > :09:31.You get five years abroad in Europe, longer than that in America,
:09:32. > :09:34.and we are in this country, we prosecute more dog fights
:09:35. > :09:37.than anybody else probably, we probably catch more dog
:09:38. > :09:42.Yet we're the lowest sentencing, so it's a bit weird, really.
:09:43. > :09:43.Hello. Hello.
:09:44. > :09:47.Both animal welfare groups are also calling for a register
:09:48. > :09:50.of banned owners and a review of the Dangerous Dogs Act.
:09:51. > :09:53.But the Government says it already has the right laws in place
:09:54. > :10:01.to tackle those using dogs for illegal purposes.
:10:02. > :10:04.The Isle of Wight Council could elect a new leader this evening,
:10:05. > :10:06.after surprise resignations earlier this week.
:10:07. > :10:10.The Leader Jonathan Bacon and Deputy Leader Steve Stubbings
:10:11. > :10:12.both stepped down on Monday, in what they said was a coordinated
:10:13. > :10:16.effort to highlight the island's struggle with austerity.
:10:17. > :10:20.The Council will meet at County Hall in Newport tonight.
:10:21. > :10:21.Workers at the Atomic Weapons Establishment sites
:10:22. > :10:25.in Aldermaston and Burghfield have been on strike today.
:10:26. > :10:27.It's the first of two 48-hour strikes.
:10:28. > :10:30.The action is over the long-running pensions row.
:10:31. > :10:33.AWE has previously said it's committed to putting-in-place
:10:34. > :10:35.arrangements, which ensure the long-term affordability
:10:36. > :10:45.Later, we'll be joining Kris Temple in a pub for the latest on Gosport
:10:46. > :10:48.sailor Alex Thompson, and here's Alexis.
:10:49. > :10:51.I've been finding out why this beach in Southampton
:10:52. > :11:04.'Give us more money or police services could suffer.'
:11:05. > :11:05.That's the message from those in charge
:11:06. > :11:11.today as they lobby the government for extra money.
:11:12. > :11:15.The force needs to save ?23 million by 2021.
:11:16. > :11:19.For which they've identified ?10 million worth of savings.
:11:20. > :11:23.But that still leaves them needing to plug a gap of ?13 million.
:11:24. > :11:26.The Chief Constable and the Police and Crime Commissioner claim they've
:11:27. > :11:29.already made all the savings they can and they're
:11:30. > :11:32.a victim of the national police funding formula.
:11:33. > :11:41.Our home affairs correspondent, Emma Vardy, reports.
:11:42. > :11:47.The thin blue line is being stretched ever more thinly. In
:11:48. > :11:51.Hampshire, the force has lost hundreds of art is supposed in
:11:52. > :11:54.recent years and it seemed a specialist teams cut back and more
:11:55. > :11:59.than 30 police stations are said to have been closed or it is set to go.
:12:00. > :12:03.Today, the Chief Constable appealed directly to the Government for more
:12:04. > :12:09.money. I am concerned because I wasn't concerned I would have penned
:12:10. > :12:17.a letter to the Minister. It is a very serious issue. The formula
:12:18. > :12:19.isn't fair. What we do know is it's a great police force and we have
:12:20. > :12:22.already made significant changes. We are a really efficient constabulary.
:12:23. > :12:27.Today is about securing our financial future in the longer term.
:12:28. > :12:31.Hampshire says it is around 25% underfunded compared with other
:12:32. > :12:35.forces, getting less money for policing. But the Government is
:12:36. > :12:39.changing the way it calculates how much each force should get. That's
:12:40. > :12:44.why Hampshire is making its case now. In a number of places around
:12:45. > :12:49.Hampshire, police have moved out of the traditional police stations and
:12:50. > :12:53.into shared buildings with the council and Fire Service, like here
:12:54. > :12:57.in Southampton Civic Centre. That is cheaper. Before it says it got out
:12:58. > :13:02.all the savings that can in they need another option. The current
:13:03. > :13:06.national funding formula which is two thirds of my money is not fit
:13:07. > :13:08.for purpose. There is a process at the moment are updated and I'm
:13:09. > :13:13.giving the evidence to the Minister to nature we get the funding
:13:14. > :13:17.nationally and they are funding locally. Police are being forced to
:13:18. > :13:21.get ever smarter to make their limited resources go further, like
:13:22. > :13:24.here at the frantic innovations centre set up at Portsmouth
:13:25. > :13:28.University where Hampshire now uses its students and volunteers
:13:29. > :13:32.alongside experienced officers to help fight cyber crime. The Home
:13:33. > :13:37.Office said today it believes there is no question the police still have
:13:38. > :13:40.the resources to do their important work, but will be considering
:13:41. > :13:41.Hampshire's case and that of other forces in the coming months.
:13:42. > :13:44.Emma, if funding isn't increased for Hampshire,
:13:45. > :13:53.It's been made very clear today that Hampshire Police do believe there
:13:54. > :13:57.are services could be under threat. What police do, they assess risk and
:13:58. > :14:00.then the deal with crimes as they happen. With resources being
:14:01. > :14:04.stretched, the bark of that would have to be set that much higher. --
:14:05. > :14:08.bar. That could mean the police would not be able to attend as many
:14:09. > :14:13.crime scenes as they once did I would have to get even less time to
:14:14. > :14:16.the less serious offences. To some degree, that is already happening.
:14:17. > :14:20.For example, some crimes are now dealt with over the phone where once
:14:21. > :14:24.upon a time he might have had a police officer, to see you in
:14:25. > :14:32.person. That's the kind of stuff for the public will not have the
:14:33. > :14:34.difference. Is the Government decides to allocate funding to
:14:35. > :14:37.different police forces is being reviewed now for the first time in
:14:38. > :14:42.over ten years. The chance to influence this doesn't come along to
:14:43. > :14:45.police forces very often. That's why we've seen Hampshire appealed
:14:46. > :14:49.directly to the police minister, Brandon Lewis, very publicly today.
:14:50. > :14:54.What we know is the Government will decide to make a decision on this
:14:55. > :14:58.next month, whether they agree with Hampshire's case, Hampshire has told
:14:59. > :15:02.us they think the Government is listening and that it does see this
:15:03. > :15:04.kind of unfair deal and it believes it's getting. -- that it believes it
:15:05. > :15:06.getting. Three year old Marla Trigwell
:15:07. > :15:08.was born without a hand. It's never been an issue for her,
:15:09. > :15:11.but now things could That's because she's just started
:15:12. > :15:14.using a prosthetic hand. This was one made on a 3D printer
:15:15. > :15:18.for just a few pounds. James Ingham has been
:15:19. > :15:21.to meet her family. This was the moment Marla opened her
:15:22. > :15:25.very special Christmas present. Her smile says it all -
:15:26. > :15:27.this prosthetic hand It's a boost to her confidence and
:15:28. > :15:38.it's a psychological boost for her. So, when she meets people,
:15:39. > :15:40.instead of that, "Oh, Marla's hand was made
:15:41. > :15:48.at a community workshop in Newbury Members of this club who love
:15:49. > :15:53.working on technical projects offered to help,
:15:54. > :15:57.turning a design that's freely To do it was actually not
:15:58. > :16:03.very difficult at all. You've got the fingers, the palm,
:16:04. > :16:08.the lower arm, the upper arm, the connecting pieces,
:16:09. > :16:11.put them together and you can get I'm quite proud that this has turned
:16:12. > :16:19.out better than I'd expected and it's really changing the lives
:16:20. > :16:24.of young Marla and her family. Materials for this
:16:25. > :16:28.hand cost only ?30. More traditional
:16:29. > :16:30.prosthetics are thousands. And Marla wouldn't be
:16:31. > :16:33.able to get one of them The NHS can't provide a functional
:16:34. > :16:40.prosthetic until they're much older, Whereas with the 3D printing,
:16:41. > :16:46.they're available now. She's three and a half
:16:47. > :16:51.and she's already using one. Marla is very able with just her one
:16:52. > :16:54.hand and she and her parents may decide never to wear a more
:16:55. > :16:58.advanced prosthetic. But by using this lightweight
:16:59. > :17:01.plastic hand, she will be better Marla's mum Joanne writes
:17:02. > :17:12.a blog, with another mum, about their experience bringing up
:17:13. > :17:15.daughters with Marla's condition. You can read that at
:17:16. > :17:23.ontheonehand.co.uk. Sport now and this evening,
:17:24. > :17:30.Alex Thompson has admitted that Vendee Globe glory is now
:17:31. > :17:33.probably beyond his reach. But he is still going
:17:34. > :17:35.and so are his supporters, Let's go live to Kris
:17:36. > :17:39.Temple who is in a pub, a very special pub.
:17:40. > :17:43.Kris. Tony was bouncing off that sofa last
:17:44. > :18:01.night counting down to the thrilling We are here at the sea horse. The
:18:02. > :18:06.reason we're here is because this pub, the landlord Alec Thomson 's
:18:07. > :18:10.brother and Abbey. Here are a group of supporters that turn up every
:18:11. > :18:18.Wednesday night. They have gone after the finish. The final 24 hours
:18:19. > :18:25.sailing, Alex Thompson hot on the heels of the leader. Let's speak to
:18:26. > :18:29.some special guests. Tracy is the assistant manager of the pub. You've
:18:30. > :18:34.been left in charge. Tell us what's been drawing these people here. Alex
:18:35. > :18:41.did it before he went to France and every Wednesday since he left they
:18:42. > :18:46.have met, eating, not enough, and supported him all the way through
:18:47. > :18:51.it. The are avid fans and I'm really proud of you all. You have live
:18:52. > :19:00.Wednesday night chats with Alex. We've just had one. He called Abbey
:19:01. > :19:11.and he talks every week and tells us what he's doing and has a chat. He
:19:12. > :19:15.talks if the kids aren't here. He is the bit busy trying attack at the
:19:16. > :19:23.moment. Simek easily got to step it up now. 300 miles to go. He's about
:19:24. > :19:32.30 miles behind. A very tight finish. You've had this damage back
:19:33. > :19:39.-- boat since November. Simek Alex's foils were revolutionary. They were
:19:40. > :19:42.very quick. When he broke his foils, it was bad. He is a very experienced
:19:43. > :19:47.around the world sailor and he's taken it in his stride. He's been
:19:48. > :19:52.fantastic and kept on his heels all the way through it. What is this
:19:53. > :19:57.last 24 hours going to be like? I'm not sure were going to sleep that
:19:58. > :20:00.much. Can Alex do it? CHEERING
:20:01. > :20:05.The pretty confident here at the Sea horse. Alex was very much in
:20:06. > :20:09.positive spirit is hoping that he did take over the leader. We will
:20:10. > :20:18.have the latest situation at our late bulletin.
:20:19. > :20:20.Southampton's hectic fixture schedule continues tonight,
:20:21. > :20:23.as they bid progress in the FA Cup at the second attempt.
:20:24. > :20:25.Claude Puel's side host Norwich in a third round replay,
:20:26. > :20:28.after being pegged back in the last minute in the original
:20:29. > :20:31.Saints have lost four league games in a row,
:20:32. > :20:33.but have a league cup semi-final next week too.
:20:34. > :20:35.The winners tonight host Arsenal in round four.
:20:36. > :20:38.Reading have completed the signing of Liverpool defender Tiago Ilori
:20:39. > :20:41.The 23-year-old Portugese centre-half has moved
:20:42. > :20:45.to the Madejski Stadium for an undisclosed fee.
:20:46. > :20:48.The owner of Dorset-trained horse Cue Card has confirmed that he'll
:20:49. > :20:50.run in the Cheltenham Gold Cup in March, rather than
:20:51. > :20:59.With his stablemate Thistlecrack the odds-on favourite
:21:00. > :21:02.for the blue riband race, the Colin Tizzard yard had mooted
:21:03. > :21:04.the possibility of Cue Card diverting to another race.
:21:05. > :21:07.But owner Jean Bishop has said today that Cue Card
:21:08. > :21:20.Here at the Sea horse, Alex is going to try and bring back the action. He
:21:21. > :21:23.is going to try and call back in about an hour's time together is the
:21:24. > :21:29.latest update but he is really tired. He's had a problem with an
:21:30. > :21:34.anemometer and he is suffering from a lack of sleep. Fingers crossed,
:21:35. > :21:38.Alex, you can do it. Everyone here at the pub is behind you. He has
:21:39. > :21:43.certainly got the support, the support of so many people. We will
:21:44. > :21:44.have all the news for you tomorrow and tonight on the late bulletin.
:21:45. > :21:47.He's 75 years old and an ex pharmacology lecturer.
:21:48. > :21:49.Yet, Richard Evans from Southampton, has chosen to spend his retirement
:21:50. > :21:51.doing something completely different.
:21:52. > :21:53.He's made it his weekly duty to regularly clean litter
:21:54. > :21:57.from the city's Weston Shore beach - no matter what the weather.
:21:58. > :22:07.This morning, I joined him on his cleaning round!
:22:08. > :22:12.When I came to Southampton in 2001 and I walked down
:22:13. > :22:15.on our Western Shore, I thought this is a lovely beach,
:22:16. > :22:27.So I started picking it up and gradually it's taken on my life.
:22:28. > :22:32.# I can see clearly now the rain is gone.#
:22:33. > :22:34.Come rain or shine, retired pharmacologist Richard Evans
:22:35. > :22:37.is found litter picking along the shingle of
:22:38. > :22:42.A lot of it comes down if there's nice weather,
:22:43. > :22:44.you get a lot of people down and people leave
:22:45. > :22:53.Even though they've carried their food there,
:22:54. > :22:55.they don't think to carry the wrappings away.
:22:56. > :22:57.16 years of picking up litter is certainly not
:22:58. > :23:01.His wife thinks he's barmy, but Richard's unpaid work
:23:02. > :23:06.There's no doubt that Richard's an absolute star player
:23:07. > :23:09.of ours and few have done more to keep Western Shore as clean
:23:10. > :23:12.and green working partnership with the council as he has.
:23:13. > :23:17.And it's a pleasure and a privilege to go litter picking alongside him.
:23:18. > :23:21.The amount that he collects is phenomanal.
:23:22. > :23:24.The famous 2014 Valentines Day storm, that brought incredible
:23:25. > :23:29.amounts of lots of mud on this beach.
:23:30. > :23:44.I think it's my way of trying to create heaven on Earth.
:23:45. > :23:53.# It's going to be a bright, bright sunshine day.#
:23:54. > :24:02.He is certainly a local hero. If we all did a little bit of that, we
:24:03. > :24:04.would have a clean world. Lots of litter on our beaches but he is
:24:05. > :24:17.helping clear it. Onto the weather. Very cold over the next few days. We
:24:18. > :24:21.saw temperatures plunge last night going to around minus six Celsius.
:24:22. > :24:26.This was the scene first thing. The glow of the sunshine over the water
:24:27. > :24:30.in the Basingstoke with the morning frost. Temperatures dropped down to
:24:31. > :24:34.around minus six Celsius tonight but tonight not as low. We are expecting
:24:35. > :24:40.widespread frost with freezing fog patches. Temperatures tonight in the
:24:41. > :24:46.countryside could drop as low as minus five. These are temperatures
:24:47. > :24:52.in our towns and cities. Currently minus three Celsius. We will see
:24:53. > :24:55.those temperatures tumble away. The farther north and west you are,
:24:56. > :24:59.temperatures will be above freezing, it still the chance of frost through
:25:00. > :25:03.parts of Oxfordshire. A lovely bright start of the day tomorrow
:25:04. > :25:07.with frosty conditions in the morning, sunny spells in the
:25:08. > :25:10.afternoon and cloud feeding in northern and eastern areas with
:25:11. > :25:14.temperatures reaching a high of five or seven Celsius and the winds will
:25:15. > :25:20.be light. In the evening, the cloud will thicken and it won't be as cold
:25:21. > :25:24.as last night. Lows of around two or three Celsius, hovering above
:25:25. > :25:28.freezing. Some clear spells and the chance of frost on Friday morning.
:25:29. > :25:31.For most of us on Friday we will see a sunny spells but there is the
:25:32. > :25:37.chance we could have the odd patch of rain. Not amounting to too much,
:25:38. > :25:39.high-pressure remaining in charge of our weather. The best of the
:25:40. > :25:48.sunshine will be very southern coastal counties. As we look ahead
:25:49. > :25:52.to the rest of the week, tomorrow is a lovely sunny day, a chilly start,
:25:53. > :25:55.more cloud the further north you are and we will see cloud started
:25:56. > :26:00.filling from the east during the course of the day, arriving from the
:26:01. > :26:04.north sea. Friday, some sunny spells and over the weekend there will be
:26:05. > :26:08.varying amounts of cloud that we are hopeful that cloud will start to sin
:26:09. > :26:13.and break with the breeze and we will see some sunny spells.
:26:14. > :26:17.There'll be a news summary at 8pm and we'll be back at 10.30.
:26:18. > :26:57.Hello. I hope you're well. I really do.
:26:58. > :27:01.Because if you're not, then chances are the NHS won't be able to
:27:02. > :27:04.look after you as well as it should. And that's wrong.
:27:05. > :27:09.Because the Labour Party created the NHS 70 years ago on