:00:00. > :00:00.Hello, I'm Sally Taylor. Welcome to South Today.
:00:00. > :00:08.In tonight's programme, Deal or no deal?
:00:09. > :00:12.What happened behind closed doors at Surrey Council comes to light
:00:13. > :00:28.A series of conversations took place outside tenderness it.
:00:29. > :00:34.An investigation reveals what 999 call handlers
:00:35. > :00:39.Tributes to the Hampshire athletic coach
:00:40. > :00:46.who trained a golden generation of 400-metre runners.
:00:47. > :00:52.He gave up his time for hundreds of people because he loved to be the
:00:53. > :00:54.man who could help you become the best that you could be.
:00:55. > :00:56.And the small space showing new art from talented artists.
:00:57. > :01:11.BBC South has obtained a secret recording of Surrey's Conservative
:01:12. > :01:16.council leader David Hodge describing the negotiations he had
:01:17. > :01:18.with government ministers prior to calling off the referendum
:01:19. > :01:27.The Prime Minister has repeatedly denied that Surrey has been given
:01:28. > :01:31.what Labour calls "a sweetheart deal" to drop plans for a big rise.
:01:32. > :01:34.But in a meeting with his own councillors, Mr Hodge tells them
:01:35. > :01:36.he has written assurances and recordings
:01:37. > :01:46.Our Political Editor Peter Henley has this exclusive report.
:01:47. > :01:51.Sorry Conservatives were in rebellious mood when they met to
:01:52. > :01:56.decide their budget last month, threatening to increase council tax
:01:57. > :02:00.by 15% to cover the rising costs of cuts in government funding. Then
:02:01. > :02:06.suddenly they found they did not need so much. Leaked text revealed
:02:07. > :02:11.that council leader David Hodge had been trying to negotiate a deal. The
:02:12. > :02:15.Prime Minister denied it when she was ambushed with this at Prime
:02:16. > :02:20.Minister's Questions. How much did the government offer sorry to? What
:02:21. > :02:25.has been made available to every council, which is the ability to
:02:26. > :02:28.raise the precept. But BBC South has obtained a recording of the meeting
:02:29. > :02:32.at which the Surrey council leader tried to assure his councillors that
:02:33. > :02:40.the government had heard their pleas. First, he calls for secrecy.
:02:41. > :02:46.He spells out the high-level contacts. A series of conversations
:02:47. > :02:51.took place with the Secretary of State for local government in his
:02:52. > :02:58.car outside Number Ten Downing St, looking for assurances and
:02:59. > :03:02.clarification of how we can stop a referendum. Finally, he talks about
:03:03. > :03:06.the need to call this a gentleman 's agreement, although he says he has
:03:07. > :03:11.recordings and something in writing. What I call a gentlemen 's
:03:12. > :03:14.agreement, if it is not honoured we will have to revisit this in a
:03:15. > :03:20.year's time. If we do, let me assure year's time. If we do, let me assure
:03:21. > :03:26.you, you will have to drag me kicking and screaming to call the
:03:27. > :03:31.referendum next year. He says that if extra cash is not found, the next
:03:32. > :03:33.year, you will have two drag me kicking and screaming from calling a
:03:34. > :03:34.referendum on a larger increase. And Peter joins me
:03:35. > :03:36.in the studio now. So Councillor David Hodge really
:03:37. > :03:46.can't dodge it this time. He is there, recorded on tape. When
:03:47. > :03:49.I spoke Aime said I'm not angry with whoever leaked this, I'm a
:03:50. > :03:52.politician, I take these things in my stride but it would have been
:03:53. > :03:57.remiss of me not to try to get the best possible deal for Surrey.
:03:58. > :04:00.Labour have seized on this. They believed the recording proves that
:04:01. > :04:04.somebody was not telling the truth. What we now know is that David Hodge
:04:05. > :04:11.is very clear that they deal was done. I have said that his group. We
:04:12. > :04:16.never that the Chancellor, according to David Hodge, was in on the deal.
:04:17. > :04:20.We know that there is at least something in writing as a result of
:04:21. > :04:23.this transcript. In Surrey, Lib Dems are saying that they are most
:04:24. > :04:31.worried that it seems the budget isn't really settled. The leader of
:04:32. > :04:34.the council repairs to a referendum next year and a council tax
:04:35. > :04:39.referendum has been debated in Surrey recently and there was huge
:04:40. > :04:44.opposition to a council tax referendum and a large increase in
:04:45. > :04:50.the council tax 15% and I am and horrified that the leader of the
:04:51. > :04:53.council is still talking about this. We've had a statement from the
:04:54. > :04:56.Department for Communities and Local Government, who say, this happens
:04:57. > :04:59.every year, it involves council is making representations to the
:05:00. > :05:03.government. It has always been a process that they then say there is
:05:04. > :05:07.no special deal for Surrey County Council and they will not receive
:05:08. > :05:11.any special funding that would not otherwise be provided. And what has
:05:12. > :05:14.the Chancellor said tonight? We will see tomorrow if he has got money for
:05:15. > :05:16.Surrey or not! There are calls for tighter laws
:05:17. > :05:18.to protect 999 call handlers after a BBC investigation revealed
:05:19. > :05:21.the extent of abuse Operators are taking a growing
:05:22. > :05:24.number of calls which are either threatening or contain racist
:05:25. > :05:26.or sexist abuse. One female call handler
:05:27. > :05:28.at South Central Ambulance There's nothing allocated yet
:05:29. > :05:38.because we are very busy. What do you mean there's
:05:39. > :05:41.nothing allocated yet? Just tell me and I'll
:05:42. > :05:47.take her to hospital myself Just a normal shift for 999
:05:48. > :05:51.call taker Josie Wass. The 22-year-old's been doing the job
:05:52. > :05:55.about a year and says she's
:05:56. > :06:22.insulted on a daily basis. You just feel like you're the
:06:23. > :06:24.smallest person in the world for doing your job with this abuse.
:06:25. > :06:27.The staff in this control room take more than 1,000 999 calls a day
:06:28. > :06:28.from across Oxfordshire, Hampshire, Berkshire
:06:29. > :06:43.At the minute, the only person I care about is my daughter... I
:06:44. > :06:45.understand that it is upsetting... But I am trying to help you.
:06:46. > :06:47.Figures obtained by the BBC show call takers in England,
:06:48. > :06:57.Wales and Scotland logged hundreds of abusive calls in three years.
:06:58. > :07:07.Were they should be a safe environment for anybody. You should
:07:08. > :07:10.not have to put up with anybody talking to you like that.
:07:11. > :07:13.Currently abuse is covered under the wider
:07:14. > :07:16.and the Protection from Harassment Act 1997.
:07:17. > :07:18.Both carry a maximum penalty of six months.
:07:19. > :07:20.But the union, Unison, says it's not enough.
:07:21. > :07:22.It wants harsher sentences to deter offenders
:07:23. > :07:27.and more requirements on employers to report incidents.
:07:28. > :07:33.The government need to look at the law surrounding prosecuting people
:07:34. > :07:37.that have threatened and threats of violence. I don't think the law in
:07:38. > :07:41.itself is enough. I think they need to go further. It would also send
:07:42. > :07:46.out a strong message to people that we take ambulance and NHS staff
:07:47. > :07:48.health and safety seriously, and that we will prosecute.
:07:49. > :07:50.A Government spokesman said sufficient laws were already
:07:51. > :08:04.For now, it seems, abusive calls will remain
:08:05. > :08:12.something Josie has to put up with.
:08:13. > :08:15.The pilot of a private jet which crashed killing three members
:08:16. > :08:17.of Osama bin Laden's family was overwhelmed as he approached
:08:18. > :08:20.a Hampshire airport, and landed too fast and too late.
:08:21. > :08:25.An inuqest heard how the private jet overshot the runway at Blackbushe
:08:26. > :08:27.Airport in July 2015, before bursting into flames.
:08:28. > :08:36.Just minutes after this picture, the bin Laden family jet
:08:37. > :08:45.Osama bin Laden's stepmother, Rajah, his half sister
:08:46. > :08:47.and her husband all died in the crash.
:08:48. > :08:50.Along with the Jordanian pilot who had been flying the family
:08:51. > :08:55.The pilot of the bin Laden family jet
:08:56. > :08:57.that day was a last-minute replacement, but he had flown in and
:08:58. > :09:00.out of Blackbushe before, although he was far more accustomed
:09:01. > :09:02.to operating out of larger airports than this.
:09:03. > :09:04.If you take a look up there, you can see that
:09:05. > :09:06.Blackbushe does have a tower
:09:07. > :09:08.but it doesn't control aircraft landing and
:09:09. > :09:11.Instead it simply offers information about the weather and
:09:12. > :09:16.As a consequence, people who listened to
:09:17. > :09:19.the radio that they said the jet's pilot sounded stressed, and that he
:09:20. > :09:23.had to make a few last-minute course alterations to avoid other aircraft
:09:24. > :09:27.in the sky and, as a consequence, by the time he arrived over the runway
:09:28. > :09:29.here, he was flying far too high and far too fast.
:09:30. > :09:32.The disaster that followed could have been averted
:09:33. > :09:34.right up until the moment of touchdown,
:09:35. > :09:37.according to accident investigators.
:09:38. > :09:39.But once the wheels were on the ground
:09:40. > :09:42.there was no chance the plane could stop in time.
:09:43. > :09:45.You could see, as he was getting further and further down the runway,
:09:46. > :09:54.he was descending very, very gradually.
:09:55. > :09:57.At his speed, the lift produced by the wings just kept
:09:58. > :09:59.him above the runway without the wheels taxiing.
:10:00. > :10:01.Eventually, he touched down over halfway, nearly two thirds of
:10:02. > :10:11.Then I thought, I hope that your brakes are good.
:10:12. > :10:13.And then he just carried on, went through the
:10:14. > :10:15.perimeter fence and disappeared from my view.
:10:16. > :10:17.Fire crews were on their way within seconds,
:10:18. > :10:26.A worker at the car auction site where the plane came
:10:27. > :10:28.to rest said that there was debris all over the place.
:10:29. > :10:33.The jury recorded a narrative verdict that all four on board died
:10:34. > :10:34.when the aircraft overshot the runway.
:10:35. > :10:38.A gay couple who were viciously attacked by a gang of men on a train
:10:39. > :10:41.from Reading say they're now afraid to travel by rail.
:10:42. > :10:44.It happened on Valentine's Day, with horrified passengers calling police.
:10:45. > :10:51.Images have been released of the men police want to speak to.
:10:52. > :10:55.They knocked these two teeth down here and I had a lot of bruising
:10:56. > :11:01.And Spinek, you had a lot of bruising round the eyes and
:11:02. > :11:04.Phil and his boyfriend Spinek fell asleep on a
:11:05. > :11:06.train home after celebrating Valentine's Day in Reading.
:11:07. > :11:12.They were set upon by a group of men.
:11:13. > :11:19.One guy just wake me up and said something nasty to us and I just
:11:20. > :11:21.said, "leave us alone" and then the attack starts.
:11:22. > :11:25.I think they didn't like me laying on Spinek.
:11:26. > :11:28.I was laid over him and I think that's what
:11:29. > :11:35.I've never got in a fight in my life, so to suddenly
:11:36. > :11:40.Police have now released these images of
:11:41. > :11:43.four men they want to speak to in connection with the incident.
:11:44. > :11:46.They got off the train at Ealing Broadway
:11:47. > :11:52.Police say this was a prolonged attack and
:11:53. > :11:54.very nasty, which the victim is believed to
:11:55. > :11:59.They say hate crime of this type will absolutely not be
:12:00. > :12:01.tolerated and they are appealing for anyone with information
:12:02. > :12:11.Every moment, I am just a bit scared to go on the evening train.
:12:12. > :12:18.I try to have a look round and see who's coming.
:12:19. > :12:20.So many bad things are happening, and why are
:12:21. > :12:22.people picking on people because of their sexuality?
:12:23. > :12:25.But I'm glad the police have got those
:12:26. > :12:28.images now, because it makes people aware what they look like in case
:12:29. > :12:50.And there are 80 art works on display in this very small space. In
:12:51. > :12:54.fact, it is so small, they call it the Tight Modern!
:12:55. > :12:56.There're fears the reopening of Reading's Edwardian swimming
:12:57. > :12:58.baths as an outside pool could be delayed, because the local
:12:59. > :13:00.sewer network might not be upgraded in time.
:13:01. > :13:03.Thames Water insists the sewers will be ready for the opening.
:13:04. > :13:06.But the man behind the ?3 million project says they've been
:13:07. > :13:14.Originally built for the ladies of Reading, King's Meadow baths
:13:15. > :13:21.But after a successful campaign to save them,
:13:22. > :13:24.Arne Ringmer and his team have been breathing new life into
:13:25. > :13:35.But the local sewerage system running through the park outside has
:13:36. > :13:44.a history of flooding and needs to be upgraded, just as the Thames Lido
:13:45. > :13:52.team wants to transform this into a landscaped park. Pathways, lighting,
:13:53. > :13:56.benches and that opportunities for the people of red and enjoy this
:13:57. > :14:01.section of the park. Hopefully it will open up the rest of the park.
:14:02. > :14:08.And the last thing I want is to have all of that team dug up again by Nu
:14:09. > :14:12.sewerage installation. So I am begging Thames water to come and
:14:13. > :14:17.activate this process now. They will have two years to do this process
:14:18. > :14:24.and they are dragging their feet and dragging their feet, saying next
:14:25. > :14:29.week, but nothing ever happens. Thames water declined our request
:14:30. > :14:32.for an interview but said that they would be walking a good distance
:14:33. > :14:37.away from the Lido. The sewerage network will be prepared in good
:14:38. > :14:40.time to the planned opening, but can be prepared at short notice, should
:14:41. > :14:50.be Lido open earlier than land. The park and lido must
:14:51. > :14:53.be finished and open by September at the very least,
:14:54. > :14:55.if this historic riverside gem is to star in the very first
:14:56. > :14:58.Thames Festival to celebrate Onto sport and it's a big
:14:59. > :15:01.Tuesday night of football Tony is at the Madejski stadium for
:15:02. > :15:06.Reading's game against Newcastle. But first tonight, Tony,
:15:07. > :15:08.tributes to a legendary athletics coach and a figure many of us
:15:09. > :15:28.here at the BBC knew very well, too. A lovely man. Yes, Mike Smith, at
:15:29. > :15:32.the age of 88, has passed away. He was a broadcaster with BBC local
:15:33. > :15:39.radio for more than 30 years. I have my own personal memories, I joined
:15:40. > :15:43.the BBC has a raw 21-year-old and the port me how to be calm in the
:15:44. > :15:46.fraught world of monthly broadcasting. He presented the
:15:47. > :15:51.non-league show and commentated on football on local radio for many
:15:52. > :15:54.years. He will be best remembered as an athletics coach guiding the
:15:55. > :15:57.careers of some of the greatest sprint athletes Great Britain has
:15:58. > :16:04.ever seen on track and field, leaving a lasting legacy. Here is
:16:05. > :16:08.Steve Humphrey. When you are sprinter, 21, 22 is not passed. He
:16:09. > :16:12.was the athletics coach with the Midas touch. Mike Smith turned
:16:13. > :16:18.talented runners into Olympic, world and Commonwealth champions. Amongst
:16:19. > :16:25.them, Roger Black, Chris Akabusi and Iwan Thomas. Everything I have in my
:16:26. > :16:32.life is because of Mike. All of the good memories I have from athletics,
:16:33. > :16:36.Mike was by my side. Today, he left flowers in Mike's memory at least
:16:37. > :16:41.without an athletics track where the master coach prepared is at to
:16:42. > :16:44.compete on the world stage. Mike was an old teacher. And he was very
:16:45. > :16:54.strict with his training. And that is exactly what I needed.
:16:55. > :16:57.First-time... He cheered on Iwan in the 1988 Commonwealth Games from the
:16:58. > :17:01.BBC studio in Southampton. Come on, you've done it, you've done it! He
:17:02. > :17:08.said success was based on simple ingredients. They can do repeat runs
:17:09. > :17:14.and repeat runs and get iron hard bit. It is iron hard fitness, hard
:17:15. > :17:18.work in the gymnasium and so on. He created an environment where many
:17:19. > :17:22.talented athletes, not just Olympic athletes but club athletes came
:17:23. > :17:25.together in the power of the group, and under his guidance, worked
:17:26. > :17:30.incredibly hard and then ran fast. If I hadn't met Mike Smith I would
:17:31. > :17:35.not have been a world-class quarter-mile runner. He said, if you
:17:36. > :17:41.want to run fast, you have got to run fast! And he made me run fast.
:17:42. > :17:46.For many years, Mike was an important part of the BBC radio
:17:47. > :17:50.Solent sports team. One of those people who had a real genuine love
:17:51. > :17:54.of sport. Like all of the freelance staff who are so important to the
:17:55. > :17:59.programme, he did it for what it meant, not for the money, and he did
:18:00. > :18:02.it very well. In a statement, Mike Smith's family said that the
:18:03. > :18:06.88-year-old had "Crossed the finishing line" last Sunday. He
:18:07. > :18:17.Talent plus hard work is a recipe Talent plus hard work is a recipe
:18:18. > :18:20.for success. A fine man, Mike Smith. Condolences to his family. I know
:18:21. > :18:24.that Mike is watching now and he's saying, come on, Husband, get on
:18:25. > :18:37.with the sport. Tonight, Reading take on the leaders, Newcastle. It
:18:38. > :18:42.has been a good week for their opponents. 11 games to go now and
:18:43. > :18:49.the question is can the Royals stay in the hunt for promotion to the
:18:50. > :18:54.Premier League? Let's bring in our BBC radio Berkshire presenter. This
:18:55. > :18:59.is a massive one. I am nervous. The players will be nervous. We have the
:19:00. > :19:02.best on show, championship leaders Newcastle, they have won seven and
:19:03. > :19:08.drawn three. Reading have won nine of their last 11 matches here on the
:19:09. > :19:12.right stadium. It is a freebie for me. Lots of Reading families expect
:19:13. > :19:18.Newcastle to win, W but I don't think like that at all. Jaap Stam is
:19:19. > :19:22.tempering expectations. This is better than everyone expected
:19:23. > :19:27.Reading Doody. Everyone knows that he has done a brilliant job.
:19:28. > :19:30.Overachieving. Leeds, Reading and Huddersfield are overachieving being
:19:31. > :19:37.in a top six and long may it continue. You have a statistic about
:19:38. > :19:44.the referee. Andy Davies has refereed Newcastle twice this season
:19:45. > :19:47.and they won those games 6-0, 4-0. A week ago we mentioned that Brighton
:19:48. > :19:51.were top of the table and things were looking good. Tonight they are
:19:52. > :19:55.facing rock bottom Rotherham and they know that they have fallen off
:19:56. > :19:59.the pace of Newcastle as they try to stay in that second automatic
:20:00. > :20:03.promotion spot. Chris Hughton is without Shane Duffy who's had foot
:20:04. > :20:05.surgery. He will miss six weeks. A big game for brighten up in
:20:06. > :20:07.Yorkshire. The Kassam Stadium hosts a big game
:20:08. > :20:10.in League One tonight. Oxford United host
:20:11. > :20:11.the leaders Sheffield United. There's full commentary
:20:12. > :20:16.on BBC Radio Oxford. Meanwhile Portsmouth are in action
:20:17. > :20:22.tonight in League Two. Last night the club's
:20:23. > :20:28.community work was recognised in parliament, with the award
:20:29. > :20:34.of the Football League's Checkatrade Community Club of the Year
:20:35. > :20:36.for the south-west region. On the field, matters
:20:37. > :20:38.are pretty serious now. A trip to Crawley
:20:39. > :20:39.tonight, and fifth-placed
:20:40. > :20:41.Pompey need to bounce back after two home games
:20:42. > :20:50.which produced only a point. We want to do our best and get
:20:51. > :20:53.promoted. But you bring that type of stuff on yourself. We backed
:20:54. > :20:57.ourselves and we know that we can keep going. We believe in one other
:20:58. > :21:03.and you want to show people, but we needed a performance and we are
:21:04. > :21:09.going to this game that we can get it. These final Tuesdays of the
:21:10. > :21:11.are super Tuesdays. Lots of are super Tuesdays. Lots of
:21:12. > :21:18.ramifications for the league tables tonight. We will wrap it all up in
:21:19. > :21:22.our update at 10:30pm. Reading against Newcastle beer, Brighton on
:21:23. > :21:23.the road at Rotherham and other important matches in League 1 and
:21:24. > :21:28.two. If no-one sees your artwork,
:21:29. > :21:30.are you still an artist? Many people with disabilities
:21:31. > :21:32.struggle to get recognition Now a pop-up exhibition
:21:33. > :21:35.the Aspex Gallery in Portsmouth is challenging that with a display
:21:36. > :21:50.by artists whose work You have heard of the Tate Modern,
:21:51. > :21:56.this is the Tight Modern. 86 pieces of art is squeezed into the world's
:21:57. > :21:59.smallest pop-up gallery, or by artists who often go unseen. They
:22:00. > :22:02.have social issues, disabilities, and perhaps have not had an
:22:03. > :22:08.opportunity to show their artwork in this way. Lots of people beaver away
:22:09. > :22:12.and nobody but their family and closest friends get to see the work.
:22:13. > :22:16.But many artists, in order to flourish, need to put their work out
:22:17. > :22:26.there in the wider world. It symbolises the way that it had gone
:22:27. > :22:32.through the city and out onto the motorway and then arriving. This
:22:33. > :22:36.piece, the 700, chart is a journey from Portsmouth to the arts centre
:22:37. > :22:43.in Emsworth, a simple trip for some, a huge undertaking for him, as is
:22:44. > :22:52.having his work on display. I use the art as my therapy to get over my
:22:53. > :22:55.ME, and it pushes me to produce the work, and being at this exhibition
:22:56. > :23:00.and into the previews, it just pushes me that little step, it gives
:23:01. > :23:03.me that carrot to get it. And there's a precedent for work shown
:23:04. > :23:08.at the Aspex Gallery to reach a wider audience. The Aspex Gallery
:23:09. > :23:13.has supported local artists for 35 years, some of whom have gone on to
:23:14. > :23:17.display at the Tate Modern and other galleries. Let's hope at the artists
:23:18. > :23:21.on display here today can go on to do the same. The pop-up is in place
:23:22. > :23:28.until next month, opening the door for little-known artists. A lot of
:23:29. > :23:29.talent there. It is definitely worth a look.
:23:30. > :23:32.Onto the weather now and Sarah Farmer will be
:23:33. > :23:33.here with the forecast in just a moment.
:23:34. > :23:37.The sun was shining earlier today - but it seems a cold front
:23:38. > :23:38.has descended on Portsmouth this evening.
:23:39. > :23:51.It has been a glorious day across the south of the day. There's a bit
:23:52. > :23:53.of a chill in the air at Southsea. There is a special performance
:23:54. > :23:57.running at the King 's Theatre all week. They are going to have a
:23:58. > :24:01.specially destructed ice Rink on the stage. An extreme setup for an
:24:02. > :24:07.extraordinary performance and the producer joins me now, Julian. What
:24:08. > :24:15.agreement set up. We're excited to be here in Southsea. And it has been
:24:16. > :24:19.pretty to get the logistics setup. Yes, it has not been the easiest.
:24:20. > :24:28.One of the biggest headaches is this stage, which is raked, so we had to
:24:29. > :24:33.get a specialist team to produce a scaffolding platform. It has been an
:24:34. > :24:36.interesting few days. But we are ready for the opening night tonight.
:24:37. > :24:44.As well as the practical challenges you are going all out with planes,
:24:45. > :24:48.with acrobatics. Yes, we will be going to set fire to the ice rink at
:24:49. > :24:52.some point. We don't want to give too much away. You will have to pop
:24:53. > :24:56.down to the King 's Theatre to see us, hopefully enjoy the show. It
:24:57. > :25:02.promises to be a terrific performance. As you raise your
:25:03. > :25:04.garden tomorrow morning, the curtain will be going up here at half past
:25:05. > :25:35.seven so you need to be clear. Wow! Is she good or a see good? And
:25:36. > :25:38.she is here. Not too far to go. Not so much of a frosty forecast for
:25:39. > :25:43.today. We have some above average temperatures to look forward to in
:25:44. > :25:47.the coming days. It's going to be a beautiful -- it has been a beautiful
:25:48. > :25:51.day today with lovely, sunny spells. The cloud beginning to picking
:25:52. > :25:56.through the afternoon. Then we have rain arriving later on this evening
:25:57. > :26:00.and tonight. About ten o'clock we will see that band of rain working
:26:01. > :26:04.its way in from the West. Outbreaks of drizzle, then some heavier pulses
:26:05. > :26:09.through the course of the night. It will tend to come and go. Not with
:26:10. > :26:13.us consistently but there will be some downpours through the overnight
:26:14. > :26:18.period. Temperatures around six Celsius but climbing through the
:26:19. > :26:24.overnight period, so by dawn, temperatures up towards around 10
:26:25. > :26:27.Celsius. So are mild, I'll damn, dreary start tomorrow. Looks like we
:26:28. > :26:31.will have that rain coming and going through the course of the day. And
:26:32. > :26:35.easing away through the afternoon. The northern part of the region seen
:26:36. > :26:40.the best of any dry weather. Limited brightness on offer. You might just
:26:41. > :26:44.catch a glamour to the north of our patch. Temperatures around 12, 13,
:26:45. > :26:48.so above where they would normally be for this time of year. Tomorrow
:26:49. > :26:52.night we will see further rainfall for southern parts once more.
:26:53. > :26:56.Probably not quite as heavy as through the course of the night. But
:26:57. > :26:59.there will be the odd burst here and there. Overnight we will see
:27:00. > :27:05.temperatures down to around eight Celsius. Through the course of the
:27:06. > :27:12.day on Thursday, a quieter day with things settling down. The best of
:27:13. > :27:16.any brightness to the north of the M4 corridor. A largely dry day but
:27:17. > :27:20.we could see one or two bits and pieces of drizzle. Here is your
:27:21. > :27:24.summary for the next few days. Outbreaks of rain through much of
:27:25. > :27:29.tomorrow. Some good brightness further north, but cloudy for
:27:30. > :27:38.Thursday. Some drizzle for Friday and showers at the weekend. Thank
:27:39. > :27:44.you very much, Sarah. Tomorrow, of course, the Budget, and we explore
:27:45. > :28:11.ancient Rome through a model created by Reading University. Good
:28:12. > :28:12.I could be a boxing champ, AND build your computer.
:28:13. > :28:18.I am more than just the beard or the nation's favourite dish.
:28:19. > :28:23.There's 4 million different ways to understand what British Asian is.
:28:24. > :28:27.mixed with fish and chips and visions of five rivers,
:28:28. > :28:30.this is a modern-day collision. That's just how we're living.
:28:31. > :28:33.I could be a boxing champ, AND build your computer.
:28:34. > :28:37.We are everything that the past has made us, and we are the future.
:28:38. > :28:42.We've found a place to call our own. Not one city, not one town.
:28:43. > :28:45.You know what British Asian looks like -