:00:09. > :00:19.Fears for rural snow-hit communities as Devon's road
:00:19. > :00:20.
:00:20. > :00:24.gritting operation is scaled back. Absolutely diabolical. We live in a
:00:24. > :00:28.rural community and there are lots of elderly people in the area. How
:00:28. > :00:31.can the carers look after them in the winter?
:00:31. > :00:34.Good evening and welcome to Spotlight. We'll be live at a
:00:34. > :00:36.gritting depot with more on that in just a moment. Also tonight: Save
:00:36. > :00:38.our High Streets. Cornish campaigners head to Westminster to
:00:38. > :00:47.lobby the government and Mary Queen of shops.
:00:47. > :00:52.A lifeline for Argyle as Plymouth City Council agree to buy Home Park.
:00:52. > :00:57.Absolutely delighted. The council have done the right thing. The
:00:57. > :01:01.words were very sobering and summed everything up. Today is a historic
:01:01. > :01:04.moment for the city of Plymouth. And the former Torquay taxi driver
:01:04. > :01:07.who's been mummified in the name of science.
:01:07. > :01:09.Rural communities in Devon have said they are being abandoned to
:01:09. > :01:14.the winter weather after the county council announced cuts to its
:01:14. > :01:17.gritting service. 80 miles of roads will now no longer be treated when
:01:17. > :01:21.severe weather is forecast. People living in isolated villages have
:01:21. > :01:24.reacted with anger and concern. Our Home Affairs correspondent Simon
:01:24. > :01:34.Hall joins us now from a gritting depot in Kingsteignton near Newton
:01:34. > :01:35.
:01:35. > :01:40.The weather is undoubtedly getting colder. This is the first outing
:01:40. > :01:44.this year for my trusty outside broadcast jacket. Not quite time
:01:44. > :01:49.for the gritters yet, but that moment will surely come. They are
:01:49. > :01:54.already on standby. What we have is an argument about which roads in
:01:54. > :01:57.Devon should be gritted and more importantly, when. The South West
:01:57. > :02:02.has suffered three severe winters in a row, with widespread transport
:02:02. > :02:06.disruption. Now in Devon because the County Council has to save
:02:06. > :02:11.money as part of the Government austerity measures, there are fears
:02:11. > :02:14.that many communities could suffer even more this winter. 80 miles of
:02:14. > :02:18.road are being removed from the primary gritting network. That
:02:18. > :02:23.means they will no longer be treated when Severe weather is
:02:23. > :02:27.forecast. Instead they are likely to be gritted only when the bad
:02:27. > :02:33.weather has already struck. Preferred on Dartmoor is one
:02:33. > :02:36.village to be removed from the primary gritting network. The
:02:36. > :02:42.village is relatively high up on the more. This is the road in and I
:02:42. > :02:48.can vouch for its steepness. I can see why local people are concerned
:02:48. > :02:53.they may be cut off. Amanda has a young daughter and relies on the
:02:54. > :02:57.road to get her to school and herself to work. We are doing our
:02:57. > :03:00.bit for a community, however it does not seem the council want to
:03:00. > :03:05.do their bit to support us and keep the village moving during the
:03:05. > :03:09.winter. It is absolutely disgraceful. I children will not be
:03:09. > :03:13.able to go to school. There are lots of elderly people in the
:03:13. > :03:20.village that will not be able to get their medication and their
:03:20. > :03:23.carers to come out. There is just no end and the list goes on and on.
:03:23. > :03:30.Devon County Council so that all A roads and B roads will be in a
:03:30. > :03:34.primary gritting network when bad weather is forecast, as will all
:03:34. > :03:39.major villages. They have included routes to major schools and train
:03:39. > :03:43.stations. This service was previously provided so it is
:03:43. > :03:46.regrettable, but we are still covering them as part of the
:03:46. > :03:49.secondary route network so we do not expect them to be cut off.
:03:49. > :03:53.There are concerns that the communities will not be treated the
:03:53. > :04:02.way they used to be. Sadly we have to make resources stretch as far as
:04:02. > :04:06.we can. We want to offer the best service possible but we have to be
:04:06. > :04:11.fair across the county. All of this depends on that great British
:04:11. > :04:16.imponderable, the weather. But long-range forecasts are already
:04:16. > :04:19.predicting a harsh winter. Villages are not prepared to wait for the
:04:19. > :04:23.bad weather and all that could mean for them. They are already getting
:04:23. > :04:33.together and beginning a campaign to fight any cutbacks to their
:04:33. > :04:34.
:04:34. > :04:37.gritting services. They want them preserved exactly the way they are.
:04:37. > :04:40.Simon, thank you. We'd like your views on that story. You can email
:04:40. > :04:43.us on the usual address or contact us on Twitter. And tomorrow on
:04:43. > :04:45.Spotlight we'll be looking at the problem of potholes on our roads.
:04:45. > :04:48.So let us know about your problem roads.
:04:48. > :04:51.A second family has highlighted serious concerns about a Plymouth
:04:51. > :04:53.care agency and the way social services dealt with the matter. An
:04:53. > :04:56.investigation found 88 year old George Waterfield had been
:04:56. > :04:59.subjected to institutional abuse by carers at 1st Call Homecare five
:04:59. > :05:02.years ago. His family contacted Spotlight after we reported claims
:05:02. > :05:11.last week of inadequate care by the agency. Our health correspondent
:05:11. > :05:17.Sally Mountjoy reports. George Waterfield was a retired
:05:17. > :05:21.bank worker. In his late eighties, he had dementia and other heart
:05:21. > :05:25.conditions. He lived on the top floor of his daughter's house but
:05:26. > :05:29.had visits from agency carers supplied by 1st Call Homecare four
:05:29. > :05:34.times per day. But the family grew increasingly worried about the
:05:34. > :05:38.behaviour of some of the carers. Using a hoist dangerously, cutting
:05:38. > :05:44.short the care visits, and worse. One of the main complaints was that
:05:44. > :05:49.they took photographs of my father on the commode, undressed. They
:05:49. > :05:53.also used abusive language in front of him. In general, the standard of
:05:53. > :05:58.care that they gave him was very poor and we were absolutely
:05:58. > :06:02.appalled. We felt very guilty because my father was cared for
:06:02. > :06:07.with in our home. An investigation concluded that most of the issues
:06:08. > :06:13.raised by the family constitution did institutional abuse. Two
:06:13. > :06:18.Kerridge resigned and two were dismissed as a result and the
:06:18. > :06:21.family pursued a negligence claim which settled out of court.
:06:21. > :06:26.George's care was transferred to a new agency, after which his family
:06:26. > :06:30.and GP said that his condition improved. Brenda called Spotlight
:06:30. > :06:34.following our report last week on Patricia Finn. She was left with
:06:34. > :06:39.infected sores after inadequate care by 1st Call Homecare. They
:06:39. > :06:46.were concerned. The social services investigation was not conducted
:06:46. > :06:49.immediately. I was very upset to think that after all we had been
:06:49. > :06:54.through in the hope of changing things so that nobody else would
:06:54. > :06:59.suffer, that somebody else was in exactly the same situation, albeit
:06:59. > :07:02.five years down the line. She had also complained about social
:07:02. > :07:07.services. An independent review found their monitoring of the
:07:07. > :07:12.agency was not effective and they have failed in their duty of care.
:07:12. > :07:19.1st Call Homecare has declined to comment on either complaint.
:07:19. > :07:23.Plymouth city council says they worked with the family in 2006 to
:07:23. > :07:32.bring the case to a satisfactory conclusion and a rigorous
:07:32. > :07:39.investigate any -- they rigorously investigate any cases of this
:07:39. > :07:42.nature. A delegation of business leaders
:07:42. > :07:45.from Cornwall have been in London today calling for the Government to
:07:45. > :07:48.do more to save the High Street. The traders from Falmouth say many
:07:48. > :07:51.small shopkeepers are struggling and they should be helped with cuts
:07:51. > :07:53.in VAT and business rates. And today they were given some advice
:07:53. > :08:00.from the retail guru Mary Portas. Spotlight's Eleanor Parkinson
:08:00. > :08:05.reports. This is the scene in many towns across the South West. Empty
:08:05. > :08:08.shops, boarded up, waiting for tenants. Many of the existing
:08:08. > :08:12.traders say this will not happen without more help from the
:08:12. > :08:17.Government. This coffee shop in Falmouth has been here for 27 years.
:08:17. > :08:21.It is popular with local people and visitors but its owner says that
:08:21. > :08:26.local business rates are just too high. Business rates are grossly
:08:26. > :08:30.unfair. I don't care what the arguments of. For small businesses
:08:30. > :08:36.it is grossly unfair and they ought to be cut. If there is one tangible
:08:36. > :08:41.way the Government could do anything, local rates, if they were
:08:41. > :08:44.dropped by 30%, that would be directly back into the pockets of
:08:44. > :08:49.businesses to invest in their business and help them survive.
:08:49. > :08:52.Many traders would like cuts in VAT and business rates along with
:08:52. > :08:59.cheaper car parking. Today denigration from Falmouth travelled
:08:59. > :09:05.to London to lobby the Government. -- a delegation. And there to meet
:09:05. > :09:09.them was the shop guru Mary Portas, with a brief to reverse the
:09:09. > :09:14.fortunes of the ailing high streets. It is really tapping into the
:09:14. > :09:18.social needs of those consumers. It will not just be about retail and
:09:18. > :09:23.the future of our high streets. It is about creating community-driven
:09:23. > :09:28.places. People want to get together and meet, what will enable them to
:09:28. > :09:33.do that? So if the ball is in the consumer's Court, what do shoppers
:09:33. > :09:39.want from their High Street? More independent shops, but I do not
:09:39. > :09:43.then that is realistic. Probably good chains. There has to be a good
:09:43. > :09:50.mixture of local shops and things that are interesting specifically
:09:50. > :09:56.to that town. The bigger companies play their role as well, and also
:09:56. > :10:00.events like the Oyster Festival, that is also important. Many agree
:10:00. > :10:05.that the High Street will have to change but can only do so if they
:10:05. > :10:11.get support from the Government. A short time ago I put some of the
:10:11. > :10:16.points raised in the film to Our Political Editor Martyn Oates. I
:10:16. > :10:19.asked if the Government was likely to consider any of these demands.
:10:19. > :10:24.As the delegation acknowledges, not all of these are in the gift of
:10:24. > :10:28.central Government. For instance, cheaper and free parking. That is
:10:28. > :10:33.very much a local authority area. In the South West, some parking
:10:33. > :10:37.charges have been frozen, reduced and even scrapped. I don't need to
:10:37. > :10:41.tell you that generally the drift as being in the opposite direction,
:10:41. > :10:46.which was happening even before councils were strapped for cash as
:10:46. > :10:51.they are now. What about cutting VAT by 50% for retell and
:10:52. > :10:55.hospitality businesses? Labour is calling for temporary reductions in
:10:55. > :10:59.VAT but they are not going as far as the Falmouth delegation would
:10:59. > :11:02.like them too and they are not in Government. The coalition which is
:11:03. > :11:06.in Government is adamant that they are not prepared to deviate from
:11:06. > :11:12.the deficit reduction programme. In order to be able to do that, they
:11:12. > :11:15.say they cannot afford tax cuts, including cuts in VAT. What is
:11:15. > :11:21.interesting is the suggestion from the Falmouth group that local
:11:21. > :11:23.businesses should have more say in a way that business rates are spent.
:11:23. > :11:27.At the moment is as rates are collected locally which are then
:11:27. > :11:31.sent to local Government which is then redistributed back to local
:11:31. > :11:35.authorities, which has happened since the 1980s. This Government
:11:35. > :11:40.has said they will change that system to allow local authorities
:11:40. > :11:43.to keep the business rate revenue collected in their areas. I think
:11:43. > :11:47.when that happens, Cornish businesses will be knocking on the
:11:47. > :11:57.door of County Hall rather than Parliament if they want more of the
:11:57. > :11:59.
:11:59. > :12:03.Save in the way that money is spent locally. -- more of a say.
:12:03. > :12:05.A taxi driver from South Devon has agreed to help scientists try to
:12:05. > :12:08.find out how the ancient Egyptians preserved some of their greatest
:12:08. > :12:11.Pharoahs. Alan Billis, who had terminal lung cancer, agreed that
:12:11. > :12:14.following his death he would be mummified. The results are being
:12:14. > :12:18.made public in a TV documentary. Hamish Marshall has more and joins
:12:18. > :12:24.me now. How did this come about? the was diagnosed with lung cancer,
:12:24. > :12:29.Alan Billis saw an advert to take part in a documentary programme. He
:12:29. > :12:33.was accepted, and the deal was that you had to leave your body to
:12:33. > :12:38.science, allowing it to be mummified. Unfortunately he passed
:12:38. > :12:42.away earlier this year, but before he died, he and his wife told
:12:42. > :12:46.documentary-makers about the plans. People have been leaving their
:12:46. > :12:51.bodies to science for years. It will not go away, so you have to
:12:51. > :12:58.get on with it. He just said that he had phoned up about being
:12:58. > :13:06.mummified. I said, you what? Yes, I phoned up about being mummified. I
:13:06. > :13:15.thought, here he goes again! It is just the sort of thing you would
:13:15. > :13:20.expect him to do! He then passed away. What happened next.
:13:21. > :13:26.family backed the move and they said looking back, this took his
:13:26. > :13:36.mind of his condition. His body was they've been boils, a solution of
:13:36. > :13:37.
:13:37. > :13:44.night from found in Egypt river beds. -- his body was dissolved in
:13:44. > :13:54.a solution. It was then wrapped in fabric and could last for several
:13:54. > :13:54.
:13:54. > :13:59.millennia. Thank you. Around 60 jobs could be created in
:13:59. > :14:01.St Columb in Cornwall with the planned expansion of Pall Newquay.
:14:02. > :14:04.The project has just secured more than �1.4 million of European
:14:04. > :14:07.Development funding. A spokesman for the company said the expansion
:14:07. > :14:09.will position the site as a world leader in producing medical
:14:09. > :14:12.products. A dentist from North Devon who was
:14:12. > :14:15.jailed after faking his own death for the insurance money has had his
:14:15. > :14:18.sentence cut. He called himself Emmanouil Parisis when he was based
:14:18. > :14:21.in Barnstaple. His wife claimed he'd been killed in a car accident.
:14:21. > :14:27.But he'd changed his name and moved to Scotland. The Appeal Court cut
:14:27. > :14:29.his sentence from five to three years.
:14:29. > :14:32.Police say they are becoming increasingly concerned about the
:14:32. > :14:35.problem of human trafficking in the South West. Officers have told
:14:35. > :14:38.Spotlight that there are undoubtedly people who have been
:14:38. > :14:41.trafficked in the region. But because many people aren't keen to
:14:41. > :14:49.talk about their experiences they say they still don't know the exact
:14:49. > :14:53.scale of the problem. Spotlight's Simon Clemison reports. The idea
:14:53. > :14:57.that a person might be forced to work in the agriculture, sex or
:14:57. > :15:03.service industries, having been bought or sold and transported
:15:03. > :15:07.around the globe, sounds as I k it as it is alarming. But cases in the
:15:07. > :15:11.South West are not unheard of. -- sounds archaic. Modern slavery is
:15:11. > :15:15.by its very nature hidden from view. Victims can be too frightened to
:15:15. > :15:19.come forward and some do not realise they are even victims. The
:15:19. > :15:23.police are looking at a new investigation but they do not know
:15:23. > :15:31.the scale yet. If we look at human trafficking for sexual exploitation,
:15:31. > :15:35.we have investigated two cases. Undoubtedly it is happening for
:15:35. > :15:40.work exploitation. It is known that there are numerous farm and
:15:40. > :15:45.international workers in Cornwall and across Devon. And there will be
:15:45. > :15:51.unscrupulous persons seeking to exploit them. You enter THIS thin
:15:51. > :15:57.grey and misty areas of the economy. -- human trafficking exists in grey
:15:57. > :16:01.and misty areas. The police are trying to make sure they are well
:16:01. > :16:05.cared for. We are trying to get people from different nationalities
:16:05. > :16:11.on there. Farmers are putting the advice into practice and officers
:16:11. > :16:15.carry out checks. Farmers take their employment responsibilities
:16:15. > :16:19.very seriously. In a region like the South West where horticulture
:16:19. > :16:23.and agriculture are massive sectors, all of our members will be using
:16:23. > :16:27.licenced providers. The Home Office renewed its efforts in the summer,
:16:27. > :16:31.targeting source countries and raising awareness among victims.
:16:31. > :16:39.Often it is a problem which cannot be seen and about which so much is
:16:39. > :16:41.unknown. Plymouth Argyle Football Club is a
:16:41. > :16:44.major step closer to securing its future tonight after the City
:16:44. > :16:47.Council voted unanimously to buy back Home Park. The deal was
:16:47. > :16:50.greeted with cheers from dozens of fans who'd packed out the council
:16:50. > :16:53.chamber for the crucial vote. This was one of the last major hurdles
:16:53. > :16:58.in the way of Devon businessman James Brent taking over the club.
:16:58. > :17:02.Scott Bingham has been at the meeting and joins me now. What
:17:02. > :17:05.happened this afternoon? I don't think this decision came as a
:17:05. > :17:09.surprise to anybody. I think everybody was confident going into
:17:09. > :17:14.this extraordinary meeting that the outcome would go their way. Them
:17:14. > :17:19.and objections and the vote was carried unanimously. -- there were
:17:19. > :17:23.no objections. This was a bonus, but it was really just a rubber-
:17:23. > :17:29.stamping exercise. But the fans packed out the public gallery and
:17:29. > :17:33.they were delighted all the same. It is a huge piece of the jigsaw.
:17:33. > :17:36.But there are still hurdles to overcome. We have to agree with the
:17:37. > :17:41.football creditors and James Brent has to negotiate the fees before
:17:41. > :17:45.the deal is closed. There is still some way to go. What of the actual
:17:45. > :17:49.details of the deal? All too often with these issues there is a
:17:49. > :17:54.conflict between the heart and the head. Some do not want to see the
:17:54. > :18:00.club saved but for once the figures make financial sense. The council
:18:00. > :18:03.will buy back Home Park for �1.6 million, which is �1.1 million less
:18:03. > :18:09.than the �2.7 million they received when they sold it to the club five
:18:09. > :18:12.years ago. The club will pay the council are guaranteed rent of
:18:12. > :18:17.�135,000 per year to lease the ground. The deal preserves the
:18:17. > :18:24.Football Club and also brings �10 million to the local economy every
:18:24. > :18:27.year. I'm delighted that it is being voted for by every member of
:18:27. > :18:32.the council. I know people get emotional when it comes to football
:18:32. > :18:37.and I do as well. I bigoted the right decision for the city, the
:18:37. > :18:42.club, the economy and everything that goes with it. -- I think it is
:18:42. > :18:47.the right decision. How much more has to be done to finalise James
:18:47. > :18:51.Brent's take-over? There are still hurdles to be overcome. They
:18:51. > :18:55.include approval from the Football League and agreement still to be
:18:55. > :18:59.finalised with the creditors. James Brent said he was grateful to the
:18:59. > :19:02.Council for the decision. He is urging everybody to get behind the
:19:02. > :19:12.clock and complete the deal within 48 hours so they can look forward
:19:12. > :19:13.
:19:13. > :19:16.to the game at the weekend. As a nation we get through the
:19:16. > :19:18.equivalent of 125 pieces each a year and 3 million packets a day
:19:18. > :19:21.are produced in Devon. We're talking about chewing gum. Exactly
:19:21. > :19:24.100 years ago the American firm Wrigley's made London its first
:19:24. > :19:30.port of call but as Johnny Rutherford found out, when the
:19:30. > :19:37.company expanded the workers voted to move to the South West. Remember
:19:37. > :19:43.this? The marketing may have changed with the Times, but the gum
:19:43. > :19:47.and its ingredients are basically the same. In 100 years it has made
:19:47. > :19:52.some mark on history, including being the first item to be bought
:19:52. > :19:57.with a barcode and being given to soldiers on the front line. They
:19:57. > :20:01.even chewed gum in the First World War. It was an important part of
:20:01. > :20:05.the ration pack in the trenches. It continued into the Second World War,
:20:05. > :20:08.when the demand on to income increased so that it was not
:20:08. > :20:12.produced for the general public and was only sent to the troops to
:20:12. > :20:17.support them during the Second World War. The UK branch of the
:20:17. > :20:21.American company started production in 1911 in London. In 1970 been
:20:21. > :20:26.moved out of the city, giving their employees the chance to vote for
:20:26. > :20:30.their new location. They voted for the South West and this Plymouth
:20:30. > :20:37.side. Thousands chew gum but some do not know what to do with it when
:20:37. > :20:41.they have finished. Put it in the bin or down the drain? Rabbit up in
:20:41. > :20:47.paper in my bag. Or put it in my pocket usually, in the bottom of my
:20:47. > :20:51.jacket. Horrible, really! It is no hardship. There are rubbish bins
:20:51. > :20:55.everywhere. I don't understand why people put it on the floor. Those
:20:56. > :21:04.people would say they put it in a rubbish bin, but I can walk some
:21:04. > :21:07.distance just by stepping on chewing-gum him in Plymouth.
:21:07. > :21:12.here in Plymouth. That is quite something to clear up. It also
:21:12. > :21:17.takes a bite out of the �2.8 million annual street cleaning
:21:17. > :21:21.budget. Our number one focus Clovelly is resolving the issue of
:21:21. > :21:25.chewing gum on the pavement and working hard with scientists to
:21:25. > :21:32.make it easier to remove from the pavement. The Queen visited the
:21:32. > :21:38.factory last year. I wonder if she chews gum.
:21:38. > :21:43.I bet she does not! I remember some of those adverts. At last one was
:21:43. > :21:47.before my time. Earlier we heard about Plymouth
:21:47. > :21:49.City Council planning to buy Home Park to help save Argyle. Well, how
:21:49. > :21:53.would you like to buy Smeaton's Tower or Devonport Dockyard? The
:21:53. > :21:56.good news is you won't have to touch any of your savings! Yes,
:21:56. > :21:58.they're some of the landmarks up for sale in the latest version of a
:21:58. > :22:01.well-known board game. Emma Ruminski's been finding out which
:22:01. > :22:08.streets fair best in the city's version of the property buying game
:22:08. > :22:11.Monopoly. If you live or work in a city of
:22:11. > :22:15.perm if you will be familiar with its familiar landmarks, like
:22:15. > :22:20.Smeaton's Tower behind me. Now the tourist attractions and familiar
:22:20. > :22:24.places will be part of a new board game. The expensive places are the
:22:24. > :22:29.blue squares. In London it would be Mayfair and Park Lane, but in the
:22:29. > :22:34.Plymouth version it is Devonport dockyard. Do you think that would
:22:34. > :22:40.be one of the most expensive places? Not in Plymouth, no.
:22:40. > :22:48.really. The present over their where the law is used to be.
:22:48. > :22:53.hoedown is the most expensive square, but the second is Devonport
:22:53. > :23:01.dockyard. Really! At the cheapest end we have the Merchant House and
:23:01. > :23:06.the Elizabethan house. Which should be the cheapest squares? Exeter.
:23:07. > :23:13.are talking about Plymouth. Where would you put the cheapest space on
:23:13. > :23:18.the board for Plymouth? Primark. It is the cheapest place and we are
:23:18. > :23:25.lucky to have it! Where do you think the cheapest street would be?
:23:25. > :23:33.This one. The council might pay �1.6 million for Home Park, but in
:23:33. > :23:39.Monopoly it is worth just 160. is cheap. Why will buy it! The rent
:23:39. > :23:43.for Home Park would only be �12. They can't afford it, can they?
:23:43. > :23:48.Those are the land Barnes were voted for by the public but some
:23:48. > :23:54.were paid for by advertisers. -- most of the landmarks were voted
:23:54. > :23:58.for. That that is why not everybody agrees. I don't know why this is
:23:58. > :24:03.not featured on the Monopoly board. Union Street would have been a
:24:03. > :24:07.brown square. I would pay not to go! Some places have been made more
:24:07. > :24:15.conspicuous by their absence. There is no Plymouth airport and Union
:24:15. > :24:24.Street does not feature. The people of Plymouth were on form.
:24:24. > :24:28.Let's hope David is on form with It is cold and that will stay for
:24:28. > :24:32.the next couple of nights. Well into single figures. Tomorrow night
:24:32. > :24:36.we have the risk of frost. Tomorrow night before it gets dark, sunshine
:24:36. > :24:42.and showers. In the afternoon the showers will die away and we should
:24:42. > :24:46.see some pleasant, late sunshine to end the day. Lots of cloud on the
:24:46. > :24:49.satellite picture. It gave us some wet weather which has now moved
:24:49. > :24:54.into France and behind we have a mixture of sunshine and showers.
:24:54. > :25:00.This evening and overnight with the North West winds we will get some
:25:00. > :25:04.showers going until dawn. In the afternoon they become very isolated.
:25:04. > :25:14.By Thursday, high pressure moves across southern Britain, meaning
:25:14. > :25:15.
:25:15. > :25:21.that it should be fine. Clear skies on Thursday night. Slightly warmer
:25:21. > :25:26.hair will head away by the weekend. We have had quite a few showers
:25:26. > :25:31.dotted around today. There are some this evening, which will continue
:25:31. > :25:36.into the night. This was earlier today in Devon where we had some
:25:36. > :25:41.glorious sunshine. Quite autumnal today. But temperatures have been
:25:41. > :25:44.well down. Brisk north-westerly winds have made it feel quite cold.
:25:44. > :25:48.The autumn leaves are changing colour and everything is looking
:25:48. > :25:53.rosy in terms of fine weather and sunshine. After dark, with clear
:25:54. > :25:57.skies, we will see quite a lot of cold weather. That will happen
:25:57. > :26:04.tonight as the skies continued to clear, it's particularly across
:26:04. > :26:12.sheltered parts of East Devon, Dorset and Devon. The showers will
:26:12. > :26:17.keep ongoing, not so many but a few to come overnight. Temperatures
:26:17. > :26:22.will be down to possibly three degrees in Somerset but no lower
:26:22. > :26:25.than six for most of us. There are quite frequent showers on offer in
:26:25. > :26:29.the morning and in the middle of the day they are quite widespread.
:26:29. > :26:35.In the afternoon they fade away and to end the day there should be
:26:35. > :26:39.sunshine. Temperatures struggling tomorrow, 11 possibly 12, with
:26:39. > :26:42.north-westerly winds and the possibility of frost tomorrow night.
:26:42. > :26:52.Scattered showers in the morning and then sunny spells for the
:26:52. > :27:14.
:27:14. > :27:18.Full rest of the week there is a lot of dry weather. Later in the
:27:18. > :27:23.day we will see some patchy rain on Saturday, coming down from the
:27:23. > :27:29.North West. But Thursday and Friday will be mainly dry with suddenly
:27:29. > :27:34.winds, and temperatures recovering a bit. -- southerly winds.