:00:00. > :00:07.I'm Allen Sinclair. On tonight's and on BBC One we now join the BBC's
:00:08. > :00:10.I'm Allen Sinclair. On tonight's South Today we reflect on the two
:00:11. > :00:17.year battle over term time holidays and what it has cost the family from
:00:18. > :00:20.here who fought and lost the case. It was 60 quid. If I had my time
:00:21. > :00:26.again I would probably pay because it has been hugely stressful. A
:00:27. > :00:30.father's anguish as a man that broke into his house and climbed into his
:00:31. > :00:36.daughter's bed is found not guilty of sexual assault. Old enemies
:00:37. > :00:41.united to remember the fearsome firepower of the iconic Tiger tank
:00:42. > :00:45.at a new exhibition. It is a shame we could not have this relationship
:00:46. > :00:59.before. Now we are all comrades. Everything else is forgotten.
:01:00. > :01:02."You are not the final arbiter of what's right for your child!"
:01:03. > :01:05.Those the words of a furious Isle of Wight father, Jon Platt,
:01:06. > :01:09.as he today lost a legal challenge against a fine for taking
:01:10. > :01:11.his daughter on holiday during school term time.
:01:12. > :01:15.The Supreme Court ruled against Mr Platt, even though he'd
:01:16. > :01:17.won earlier legal battles against what started out
:01:18. > :01:24.as a ?60 fine, imposed by the council.
:01:25. > :01:27.It means after two years the case will now go back before
:01:28. > :01:29.Whatever happens there, today's outcome will have
:01:30. > :01:32.repercussions across the country - because it's an issue that affects
:01:33. > :01:36.In 2015, truancy prosecutions were up by more than 20%
:01:37. > :01:41.with action taken against nearly 20,000 families.
:01:42. > :01:46.That led to more than 11,000 fines being issued,
:01:47. > :01:52.and in eight cases parents were given jail sentences.
:01:53. > :01:58.The Isle of Wight has long been on the map as a holiday destination but
:01:59. > :02:01.in the last two years it is the foreign holiday plans of one
:02:02. > :02:07.Highland family which have hit the headlines. In 2015 Jon Platt refused
:02:08. > :02:11.to pay a fine for taking his daughter to Florida during term
:02:12. > :02:15.time, winning his case at the magistrates and High Court, arguing
:02:16. > :02:20.despite the holiday her overall attendance was regular, as required
:02:21. > :02:23.by the law. I looked at the legislation and it said children
:02:24. > :02:29.must attend frequently and I made the decision that my child had done.
:02:30. > :02:33.And the one decision I made was not to pay that penalty notice and I was
:02:34. > :02:38.taken to court and everything that happened since is out of my control.
:02:39. > :02:41.He normally handles PPI claims but since the publicity over the case
:02:42. > :02:46.they have had hundreds of cases from parents looking for support. Money
:02:47. > :02:51.has successfully been used to challenge fines for term time
:02:52. > :02:55.holidays around the country. I was shocked at how many people it has
:02:56. > :03:01.affected. And these situations people are in where they are being
:03:02. > :03:08.refused time off for their children and the reasons to me seem perfectly
:03:09. > :03:11.reasonable. Now the process of fines has been stopped in its tracks. The
:03:12. > :03:17.Supreme Court ruled today regular attendance means in accordance with
:03:18. > :03:21.school rules, meaning a good overall attendance is not a defence for
:03:22. > :03:26.unauthorised absence. Jon Platt said it was a shocking decision. It is no
:03:27. > :03:31.longer, if it ever was, about turn time holiday. It is the state taking
:03:32. > :03:35.the right of parents away when it comes to making decisions about
:03:36. > :03:39.their children. You cannot take your child away from school without
:03:40. > :03:47.permission. You can't say it is all right if you attend 95% of the year,
:03:48. > :03:50.90%, 85%. Take a charred away from school for a day and you risk
:03:51. > :03:56.prosecution and being fined. -- child. The council said it provided
:03:57. > :04:01.clarity for what constitutes regular attendance in school. It was echoed
:04:02. > :04:05.by the Department for education saying that it damages life chances.
:04:06. > :04:12.But on the island there is much support for the local father who
:04:13. > :04:16.took on the authorities. The prices tourist companies charge you for
:04:17. > :04:21.taking kids on school holidays is ridiculous. As long as you're not
:04:22. > :04:26.doing it every week, take them, take them for a week. There should be a
:04:27. > :04:31.certain amount of time that parents are allowed to take their kids out
:04:32. > :04:34.in term. Jon Platt must go back to the magistrates court. He said he
:04:35. > :04:38.will plead not guilty. If convicted he faces a ?1000 fine and a criminal
:04:39. > :04:40.record. Earlier this afternoon,
:04:41. > :04:42.we caught up with Jon Platt, from our central London studios,
:04:43. > :04:46.along with Neil Richards, who's a Hampshire teacher, a father,
:04:47. > :04:59.and a regional representative I asked Jon Platt if the case had
:05:00. > :05:01.been a burden upon him and his family.
:05:02. > :05:03.It's nearly two years and it has been exhausting.
:05:04. > :05:05.How have you dealt with that pressure?
:05:06. > :05:09.You have been at the centre of a media storm today.
:05:10. > :05:13.Going on holiday is my solution to it.
:05:14. > :05:17.After the hearing in January I went on holiday and I am taking my wife
:05:18. > :05:24.Neil Richards, you are a local teacher but also a parent.
:05:25. > :05:25.Do you have sympathy with the situation
:05:26. > :05:31.Jon found himself in and his solution?
:05:32. > :05:37.As a parent I have enormous empathy for anyone, any
:05:38. > :05:41.parent who wants to take their children on holiday but as a
:05:42. > :05:43.teacher, as a member of the union, I cannot
:05:44. > :05:45.agree with what Jon did and I
:05:46. > :05:49.agree with the decision today in the Supreme Court.
:05:50. > :05:55.Taking your child out of school is disruptive to your child
:05:56. > :05:58.and the education of other children in their class.
:05:59. > :06:05.He is entitled to his view, he is a parent.
:06:06. > :06:08.In my view he should be able to have his children in school
:06:09. > :06:11.100% of the time if that is what he feels is best for his child.
:06:12. > :06:14.What I would say to Neil is that if you
:06:15. > :06:17.believe that every absence from school
:06:18. > :06:25.has a negative impact, I have
:06:26. > :06:29.research paper 171, which shows taking your child in a family
:06:30. > :06:33.holiday correlates positively with educational outcomes.
:06:34. > :06:35.If every absence had the same negative impact
:06:36. > :06:38.on children's education, that would justify the school never taking them
:06:39. > :06:44.All absences are not the same and the impact
:06:45. > :06:48.At least now we have clarity, don't we?
:06:49. > :06:50.I guess from a school point of view it helps.
:06:51. > :06:54.It is a clear outcome from the Supreme Court.
:06:55. > :06:57.I hope there is a realistic interpretation of the outcome so
:06:58. > :07:10.in, there has been a free for all in recent months.
:07:11. > :07:17.Statistics have risen rapidly with unauthorised absence.
:07:18. > :07:19.Nearly 200,000 unauthorised absences in the last year alone, compared
:07:20. > :07:34.There were over 300 million absences because of illness.
:07:35. > :07:37.The figures you are saying, the number of unauthorised
:07:38. > :07:38.absences has risen dramatically, the number
:07:39. > :07:40.A bigger proportion are unauthorised.
:07:41. > :07:45.That is a reflection of policy and not fact.
:07:46. > :07:48.The number of children missing school, 0.4% of
:07:49. > :07:53.the possible days in school, were lost to family holidays.
:07:54. > :07:55.And the government has gone through this
:07:56. > :07:57.enormous amount of litigation to try and squash 0.4%.
:07:58. > :08:06.As we said, Jon, you have been at the centre of this.
:08:07. > :08:15.I will certainly consider the Supreme Court verdict
:08:16. > :08:19.in any decisions I make in the future.
:08:20. > :08:26.If the school rules say I can take my child out of school for
:08:27. > :08:29.ten days year, I will probably at times have
:08:30. > :08:32.If they say that my child must be in school every
:08:33. > :08:33.single day, unless the
:08:34. > :08:36.school authorise it, I will probably have to move my child
:08:37. > :08:53.Joanna has been catching up with your comments and she is live in the
:08:54. > :08:57.newsroom tonight. It has divided opinion on the Facebook page today.
:08:58. > :09:02.Mark asks, how can a teacher decide my daughter can have a reward day
:09:03. > :09:06.and I cannot? Why are the kids finishing at midday tomorrow for
:09:07. > :09:11.Easter holidays? David disagrees and says it is a good decision. Why
:09:12. > :09:14.should any parent be allowed to disrupt the education of children
:09:15. > :09:18.whose parents do not take their offspring away on holiday during
:09:19. > :09:23.term time? Jonathan Harmer, holidays are a luxury and not a right. I had
:09:24. > :09:28.my first overseas holiday when I was in my 30s. I did not cry about it by
:09:29. > :09:35.-- like some righteous entitled parents. Tracy is backing Jon Platt.
:09:36. > :09:42.She said she had taken her son out of school for a week since 2009 and
:09:43. > :09:46.his education had not suffered as he has learned from life rather than a
:09:47. > :09:50.book and blackboard. A lot of parents make the point of the
:09:51. > :09:54.costings of holidays. John Shapley said, that is right, bully the
:09:55. > :09:57.parents out of more money. Why not take action on holiday companies
:09:58. > :10:03.charging extortionate rates? Thank you. Other news now.
:10:04. > :10:06.A man who broke into a house in Weymouth and got into bed
:10:07. > :10:09.with a six-year-old girl has been found not guilty of sexually
:10:10. > :10:12.Jervaise Kevin Jones was asleep in the bed when police arrived.
:10:13. > :10:15.He maintained throughout that he had not interfered with the girl.
:10:16. > :10:21.The case centred on the events taking place
:10:22. > :10:28.early one morning in a terraced house in Weymouth last October.
:10:29. > :10:30.In court there was no dispute that the
:10:31. > :10:32.26-year-old Jervaise had broken into a house and got
:10:33. > :10:36.The question at the heart of the trial was whether he had
:10:37. > :10:41.Today, after deliberating for almost four hours
:10:42. > :10:47.the jury found him not guilty of sexually assaulting a child under
:10:48. > :10:50.the age of 13 and not guilty of trespassing with intent
:10:51. > :10:54.For legal reasons the girl and her family cannot be identified.
:10:55. > :10:56.Her father spoke to us after hearing the not
:10:57. > :11:04.His words are spoken by a BBC journalist.
:11:05. > :11:08.It is something we're feeling very deeply.
:11:09. > :11:10.It's not something that is going to go away.
:11:11. > :11:18.The court was told police found Jervaise Jones asleep
:11:19. > :11:23.and naked from the waist down when they arrived at the house.
:11:24. > :11:26.He had been out drinking in Weymouth and said he had no recollection
:11:27. > :11:32.The jury heard he had a series of previous convictions
:11:33. > :11:34.for theft, drug offences and assault.
:11:35. > :11:37.Defence barrister Nick Robinson said Mr Jones had not
:11:38. > :11:44.committed any previous sexual offences.
:11:45. > :11:47.He told the jury it was remarkable that none of Mr Jones DNA
:11:48. > :11:57.Next Monday, in a separate and unrelated case, he is
:11:58. > :11:59.due to be sentenced for drug offences
:12:00. > :12:05.and an assault on a police constable.
:12:06. > :12:08.A BBC investigation has found more than 1,000 gun crimes have been
:12:09. > :12:11.investigated by Thames Valley Police in the past six years.
:12:12. > :12:15.Firearms were involved in 158 incidents between January
:12:16. > :12:18.and October last year - up from 152 for the whole
:12:19. > :12:27.The Office for National Statistics says there were four gun
:12:28. > :12:29.crimes for every 100,000 - that's below the
:12:30. > :12:41.Joel Campbell is in Dorset for the launch of a new exhibition. We will
:12:42. > :12:46.hear from some of those who fought in these tanks and others who found
:12:47. > :12:53.themselves at the sight of the rest of the Tiger family.
:12:54. > :12:56.A soldier who murdered his former girlfriend at her Bournemouth
:12:57. > :12:57.home has been sentenced to life in prison.
:12:58. > :13:03.Jay Nava, who's 27, will serve a minimum of 21 years behind bars.
:13:04. > :13:06.He was found guilty of stabbing 26-year-old Natasha Wake 11 times
:13:07. > :13:21.Academics from Portsmouth have looked for the first time at the
:13:22. > :13:26.effect on social media of children running away from home. Around
:13:27. > :13:31.140,000 under 18 go missing from the UK each year. A report says
:13:32. > :13:33.publicity appeals trying to find them can remain online for years
:13:34. > :13:39.leaving a negative aftermath difficult to shake off. It suggests
:13:40. > :13:41.children need better protection from a digital footprint and possibly
:13:42. > :13:50.asking old sites to remove stories. Bournemouth's unbeaten run is now
:13:51. > :13:59.five games in the top flight. Tony, they are going great. I was a
:14:00. > :14:06.bit worried about them a couple of months ago. Another valuable point
:14:07. > :14:11.in the Premier league last night. Before kick-off...
:14:12. > :14:16.Anfield remembered the 28th anniversary of the Hillsborough
:14:17. > :14:23.were in front early on as Benik Afobe capitalised
:14:24. > :14:26.on this error, Bournemouth had to show their character though,
:14:27. > :14:28.Phillippe Coutinho levelled and then after half time, Divovk Orgi
:14:29. > :14:32.But Eddie Howe's side dug deep and in form Joshua King grabbed
:14:33. > :14:36.I thought we showed a really good mentality in the game.
:14:37. > :14:38.I thought we defended excellently at times.
:14:39. > :14:41.In the end I don't think anyone can argue we got the draw.
:14:42. > :14:43.I was at St Mary's last night, where Southampton produced
:14:44. > :14:46.an impressive second half display to end Crystal Palace's
:14:47. > :14:52.but there was some new turf on the Saints penalty spot.
:14:53. > :14:55.Palace took the lead with a fine goal from Christian Benteke
:14:56. > :14:59.Palace complained vocally about the equaliser from Nathan Redmond
:15:00. > :15:04.after an apparent push by Steven Davies on Wilf Zaha.
:15:05. > :15:07.In a second half full of chances, Palace hit a post before
:15:08. > :15:11.Maya Yoshida got the last touch to Redmond's cross.
:15:12. > :15:13.Just a minute or so later, James Ward-Prowse competed a fine
:15:14. > :15:17.move to seal a win which lifts Saints to 10th,
:15:18. > :15:28.Where you aggrieved at the nature of Southampton's equaliser?
:15:29. > :15:32.Assistant referee's totally out of order.
:15:33. > :15:35.It is not nice going behind in the game but I
:15:36. > :15:38.think it shows the character we have got in the dressing room and the way
:15:39. > :15:41.the fans got behind us, you know, they really spurred us on.
:15:42. > :15:45.Oxford's promotion hopes were damaged by defeat against Fleetwood
:15:46. > :15:52.last night. But conceded the early goal. The visitors are now third and
:15:53. > :15:53.went back in front through Ashley Eastern and scored a third goal late
:15:54. > :15:56.in the game, as well. In a year's time we'll be
:15:57. > :15:58.into the first few days of competition in the Commonwealth
:15:59. > :16:00.Games. And two Bournemouth-based beach
:16:01. > :16:02.volleyball players hope to be bidding for gold in the inaugural
:16:03. > :16:05.staging of the sport at the Games. Jake Sheaf and Chris Gregory play
:16:06. > :16:08.on the international circuit but missed the Olympics last year
:16:09. > :16:10.when Chris was injured, so they're determined not to miss
:16:11. > :16:23.out on another big event. Think of beach volleyball, think
:16:24. > :16:27.Sun, sand and sea. In this case it is under a roof in Bournemouth. For
:16:28. > :16:33.Jake and Chris it is training. This hard work should result in a place
:16:34. > :16:37.in the England team at the Commonwealth Games were beach
:16:38. > :16:40.volleyball makes its debut. It is huge for the sport. The Commonwealth
:16:41. > :16:45.Games is highly recognised as an event in England. Everybody watches
:16:46. > :16:49.it as they do the Olympic Games. Having beach volleyball there will
:16:50. > :16:52.put it on the map a bit more. And hopefully bringing a medal home will
:16:53. > :16:56.make the country proud of having a beach volleyball team. The pair
:16:57. > :17:00.still work part-time to support their sporting endeavours, and being
:17:01. > :17:06.a close partnership is not without challenges. We have clashes
:17:07. > :17:09.sometimes. And I think when the dynamic is good if those naturally
:17:10. > :17:14.and sometimes one thing outweighs the other but on the court, we share
:17:15. > :17:17.captaincy sometimes, and depending on who is under pressure, somebody
:17:18. > :17:21.will take the lead over the other. Aggressive. You had to adapt always
:17:22. > :17:28.in situations in any type of sport and find a way to win. That is what
:17:29. > :17:32.we try to do. Jake and Chris have a punishing schedule ahead. Up to 12
:17:33. > :17:36.world tour events around the globe. They have to sustain their world
:17:37. > :17:41.ranking to make sure they get their places at the Commonwealth Games. I
:17:42. > :17:46.think we are going for gold. I don't think anything... We are going to
:17:47. > :17:51.win the thing, those of our aspirations. We are going to be
:17:52. > :17:56.working towards that. The Gold Coast will host 23 sports at the 21st
:17:57. > :17:57.Commonwealth Games. These beach buddies could bring a slice of gold
:17:58. > :18:00.home as well. Meanwhile on the first day
:18:01. > :18:02.of the Grand National meeting at Aintree Dorset trained Cue Card
:18:03. > :18:06.was edged out in the Grade One Bowl chase by Lizzie Kelly aboard
:18:07. > :18:08.Tea for Two. The Colin Tizzard trained Cue Card,
:18:09. > :18:11.with Paddy Brennan aboard made a desperate attempt to haul tea
:18:12. > :18:14.for two in, but was Meanwhile Sam Sunderland has claimed
:18:15. > :18:18.victory in the Abu Dhabi desert The motorcyclist, originally
:18:19. > :18:34.from Poole triumphed after several First round of the US Masters golf,
:18:35. > :18:37.it is going on right now. We featured Hampton and Scott Gregory.
:18:38. > :18:42.Not a great day for the British amateur champion, six over on the
:18:43. > :18:47.back nine. Justin Rose, former Hampshire player, one under early in
:18:48. > :18:48.his round. Coverage on five live and BBC TV across the weekend. Thank
:18:49. > :18:50.you, Tony. Now it was one of the most iconic
:18:51. > :18:53.and terrifying weapons of the Second World War,
:18:54. > :18:55.the German Tiger Tank. Today, a new exhibition
:18:56. > :18:57.has opened in Dorset, featuring the fearsome fighting
:18:58. > :18:59.machines, and the people To mark the event, four
:19:00. > :19:03.veterans from that conflict, two German and two British,
:19:04. > :19:18.had an extraordinary meeting. This is the Tiger Tank. One of the
:19:19. > :19:21.most feared weapons of the Second World War and just beyond you can
:19:22. > :19:25.see a collection of the relatives. The biggest gathering since the
:19:26. > :19:31.conflict itself, as it were. Coming to the belly of the beast as it
:19:32. > :19:36.were. Four inches of steel armour to keep the crusade. And this is the 88
:19:37. > :19:40.millimetre gun which was guaranteed to strike fear into the hearts of
:19:41. > :19:44.those who faced it. Today some of those who fought their war from
:19:45. > :19:45.inside these cramped positions and some of them who were in their
:19:46. > :19:53.sights, came together once more. It is wonderful we can meet like
:19:54. > :19:59.this 70 years afterwards. Almost unbelievable, isn't it? Enemies no
:20:00. > :20:06.more. The men here today no the Tiger Tank inside and out. He drove
:20:07. > :20:11.one with the seventh Panzer division. Ernest fought against them
:20:12. > :20:14.after D-Day. When we heard it on the radio, there was a tiger around, we
:20:15. > :20:19.were scared. We knew what it could do. TRANSLATION: It was a very
:20:20. > :20:24.impressive tank. Much more advanced than other designs. I was pleased to
:20:25. > :20:29.operate it. It was the bees knees when it came to technology. Such was
:20:30. > :20:34.the fear of the Tiger in Dorset, Britain developed a special version
:20:35. > :20:38.of the American Sherman tank, squeezing in an extra powerful
:20:39. > :20:43.British gun into the turret. Ken helped to accrue one of the
:20:44. > :20:49.so-called Sherman firefly is. I was in action when one of the fireflys
:20:50. > :20:56.knocked out three of these things in seven minutes. It was not a
:20:57. > :21:02.one-sided story. The man in the Tiger Tank was still in danger.
:21:03. > :21:05.TRANSLATION: Even in a tiger you always had fear for your life. You
:21:06. > :21:13.felt vulnerable. Those who said they were not frightened were lying. The
:21:14. > :21:16.Tiger still draws the crowds. For these men, who knew it on the
:21:17. > :21:22.battlefield, it ties them together still. It was a secret guilt of
:21:23. > :21:28.those who had been in the front line and therefore new when a man was
:21:29. > :21:32.surrendering, you were probably responsible for doing to his
:21:33. > :21:38.comrades what he had been doing to our comrades. TRANSLATION: It is a
:21:39. > :21:41.shame we could not have this relationship before. We are all
:21:42. > :21:51.comrades now. Everything else is forgotten. I am with David, the
:21:52. > :21:56.curator at this museum. Was this such a fierce opponent as our own
:21:57. > :21:59.commanders think it was? It was certainly impressive. A good thing
:22:00. > :22:05.brought the British and the allies is that they never made that many of
:22:06. > :22:09.these famous Tiger Tanks. They were too few to make a difference,
:22:10. > :22:12.luckily. We know they were not perfect. Look behind us here. One of
:22:13. > :22:16.the once you have got here for this show is actually effectively a
:22:17. > :22:20.prototype of one of the versions which did not work at all, the
:22:21. > :22:26.elephant here. They were notoriously unreliable. A lot of them broke
:22:27. > :22:31.down. Not that many were made in the production runs. Thankfully, even
:22:32. > :22:37.though they look big and impressive and with the audience everybody
:22:38. > :22:40.knows they are called Tiger Tanks, fortunately for the Allies they do
:22:41. > :22:44.not do that much damage on the Western front. We are so lucky of
:22:45. > :22:50.course having a range of them here so everybody can see them and see
:22:51. > :22:53.the idea. You can understand why the crews were frightened of them. The
:22:54. > :22:59.chances of meeting one, honestly in wartime, fairly thin. Thank you,
:23:00. > :23:03.David. These tanks will be here for the rest of the summer and beyond.
:23:04. > :23:09.STUDIO: Thank you, Joe. He was in his element! A boyhood dream
:23:10. > :23:13.realised. Alexis had joined us on the sofa. Lovely day again.
:23:14. > :23:19.The good news is it is warming up for the weekend. Sunday potentially
:23:20. > :23:27.the hottest day with a high are potentially 21, 20 two. Some unusual
:23:28. > :23:31.weather photos. This was photographed by Chris in Winslow in
:23:32. > :23:36.Buckinghamshire. A vertical shaft of light formed when sunlight reflects
:23:37. > :23:41.from the services of ice crystals associated with high-level clouds
:23:42. > :23:46.such as Cirrus. This was captured in Portsmouth by Maureen. Thank you.
:23:47. > :23:50.And one more, in Weymouth, taken earlier today, this is the sun
:23:51. > :23:55.pillar here. Clear skies overnight. Chilly temperatures courtesy of
:23:56. > :24:00.clear skies and light wind. Temperatures falling away. In the
:24:01. > :24:06.countryside we could get down to two Celsius, in towns and cities, those
:24:07. > :24:10.of 7-9. First thing this morning, at Bournemouth airport, around 0.5
:24:11. > :24:14.Celsius, similar first thing tomorrow morning, we could have. A
:24:15. > :24:18.lot of sunshine on the tomorrow. Maybe cloudier than today.
:24:19. > :24:21.Particularly further north and east. Generally in the sunshine
:24:22. > :24:27.temperatures up to around 14, may be 15 and even 16 Celsius. Similar to
:24:28. > :24:31.what we had today, especially for cell third spot. Wind light and
:24:32. > :24:37.variable. Similar damages to deny. -- similar spots. Temperatures in
:24:38. > :24:42.the countryside could get down to three or four Celsius. This is in
:24:43. > :24:46.towns and cities. Over the weekend, drawing in warm air from the near
:24:47. > :24:50.continent. We can see high-pressure starting to pull away towards the
:24:51. > :24:53.east. That means we develop a southerly breeze. Fairly light in
:24:54. > :24:57.the course of Saturday. Warm air moving in on Saturday afternoon. On
:24:58. > :25:03.Saturday, ten bridges in the high teens in Celsius. On the coast with
:25:04. > :25:07.sea breeze it will feel fresher. -- temperatures in the high teens.
:25:08. > :25:11.Maybe 14 or 15 at best. Looking at the weekend as a whole, sunny
:25:12. > :25:18.spells, Chile each morning and maybe a touch of frost each morning. Warm
:25:19. > :25:21.on Sunday. Could go up to 21 or even 22 Celsius. Outlook for the rest of
:25:22. > :25:26.the week and into the weekend and next week when it gets cooler.
:25:27. > :25:30.Tomorrow, lots of sunshine, lovely conditions over the weekend, a high
:25:31. > :25:35.of 21 Celsius on Sunday. A warm southerly breeze, fairly light,
:25:36. > :25:39.bringing temperatures into the low 20s in Celsius. All changing next
:25:40. > :25:42.week. A cold front moving in on Sunday night making conditions
:25:43. > :25:48.fresher on Monday, back to the seasonal average. I do, a lot to
:25:49. > :25:52.look forward to. You might remember at school you might have had a class
:25:53. > :25:58.pet, gerbils, rabbits, perhaps. School pupils in Berkshire have been
:25:59. > :26:01.looking after trout! It is part of a major project where schools were
:26:02. > :26:05.given hundreds of trout by a conservation group. Tom Pett work
:26:06. > :26:09.went to reading-macro to find out more. You remember what a brown
:26:10. > :26:18.trout nest is called? -- reading-macro. A school of fish in a
:26:19. > :26:21.tank in a classroom. -- Reading. Children took delivery of these eggs
:26:22. > :26:24.in January. They are now ready to be released into the wild but the
:26:25. > :26:30.journey has not been without jeopardy. All the trout was sucked
:26:31. > :26:38.up into the filter. But some of them survived. How many do you have left?
:26:39. > :26:44.Yesterday the teacher said we had 13. How many did you start with?
:26:45. > :26:48.About 100. It is tougher in the wild. Just 5% of brown trout
:26:49. > :26:53.survived more than one year. It is time to say goodbye to these fish,
:26:54. > :27:00.one by one. Goodbye. Are you sad to see it go? Yes. What was the best
:27:01. > :27:04.part about looking after them? Probably learning about them. Very
:27:05. > :27:07.nice to see children that might not have visited a river or ever thought
:27:08. > :27:12.what lives in it, nice to introduce them to something new. Maybe in
:27:13. > :27:15.future with their parents and grandparents they will return to
:27:16. > :27:19.that part of river. This tributary is now home to the Ridgeway brown
:27:20. > :27:25.trout. After Easter the children are getting eels.
:27:26. > :27:33.Wiping their trout on its way! It is time for us to say goodbye, as well.
:27:34. > :27:37.The next news is here on BBC One at eight o'clock and more at 10.30. We
:27:38. > :27:38.are back tomorrow. We hope you can join us again. Have a good evening.
:27:39. > :27:52.Good night. Stacey and Chris are preparing for
:27:53. > :27:54.marriage by spending a few days living alone with
:27:55. > :27:57.their in-laws to be, and asking them all kinds of
:27:58. > :27:59.questions. Did you get a kiss on
:28:00. > :28:02.the first date? No. What does their in-laws' marriage
:28:03. > :28:04.tell them about each other's I expect you'll want to become
:28:05. > :28:13.a schoolmaster, sir. That's what most of the gentlemen
:28:14. > :28:16.does that get sent down for indecent behaviour.
:28:17. > :28:18.Evelyn Waugh's classic novel. Have you ever been in love,
:28:19. > :28:21.Mr Pennyfeather? No, not yet. The fire escape is very dangerous
:28:22. > :28:25.and never to be used.