:00:09. > :00:14.Hundreds of schools are closing and emergency services will be hit by
:00:14. > :00:23.tomorrow's strike. Tonight, hospitals across the region are
:00:23. > :00:29.putting contingency plans in place. We have been able to put plans and
:00:29. > :00:36.place to ensure that our course services can operate and the
:00:36. > :00:40.hospitals continue to serve the community. We'll hear from workers
:00:40. > :00:43.planning to go on strike and those hoping to keep services going. Also
:00:43. > :00:48.tonight: reaction to the Chancellor's statement including a
:00:48. > :00:58.unique measure for the South West. The Government will cut the
:00:58. > :01:01.household bills or also have West Water customers by �50 per year.
:01:01. > :01:04.And carving a place in history - the designer who says his latest
:01:04. > :01:07.commission is the pinnacle of his career. Spotlight has learnt that
:01:07. > :01:09.police officers in Devon and Cornwall have been trained to staff
:01:09. > :01:13.999 control centres because dozens of civilian call handlers are
:01:13. > :01:16.expected to walk out in tomorrow's public sector strike. The force
:01:16. > :01:22.says the emergency service calls will be protected, but other calls
:01:22. > :01:24.may be affected. Almost 400 schools across the south west have now said
:01:24. > :01:26.they'll close because of the strike. Hospitals, rubbish collections,
:01:26. > :01:31.courts, job centres, benefit services and transport links will
:01:31. > :01:35.also be hit. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Simon Hall has spent
:01:35. > :01:39.the day looking at the impact the strike's likely to have on the
:01:39. > :01:42.region and reports now from Devon County Hall. I have been monitoring
:01:42. > :01:49.the list of schools and the South West which will close tomorrow. It
:01:49. > :01:56.has been growing longer buy here, and now stands at almost 400. And
:01:56. > :01:59.not just schools will suffer. The police emergency control centres
:01:59. > :02:04.are staffed mainly by civilians. Many are expected to strike
:02:04. > :02:09.tomorrow, so police officers have been trained to handle 999 calls.
:02:10. > :02:13.The force says the emergency service will be protected but non-
:02:13. > :02:17.urgent calls would be answered more slowly. It has been a difficult
:02:17. > :02:21.decision members have had to take. They do not relish in any way that
:02:21. > :02:27.disruption this is going to cost to the public but this is their
:02:27. > :02:34.futures, their future pensions they are fighting for. The strike will
:02:34. > :02:36.even affect predicting the weather. Also expected to walk out are
:02:36. > :02:40.hammers of Met Office Staff in Exeter, who provide forecasts
:02:40. > :02:44.around the world. Information that is critical for services such as
:02:44. > :02:51.aviation, defence and the coastguard. We are making every
:02:51. > :02:56.effort to make sure that safety of life services are maintained. But
:02:56. > :03:01.some services and some forecasts will not go out. We do not expect
:03:01. > :03:06.those to affects safety of life. Met Office spokesman told me they
:03:06. > :03:09.were looking with customers to keep disruption to a minimum.
:03:09. > :03:16.Contingency plans and place to protect services as much as
:03:16. > :03:24.possible, she said. Tomorrow, this school is one of hundreds across
:03:24. > :03:27.the region expected to close. would all like public-sector
:03:27. > :03:31.pension but I have a lot of friends and family in the public sector. It
:03:31. > :03:35.just means I have had to take extra time off work and work around
:03:35. > :03:40.holidays that I had. I have had to completely work around the
:03:40. > :03:43.Christmas holidays that are coming up as well. The Government has
:03:43. > :03:47.condemned the disruption to services. They say that the strike
:03:47. > :03:52.is premature because talks are ongoing, and that public sector
:03:52. > :03:56.pensions are too expensive and must be reformed. The problem with
:03:56. > :04:01.predicting the impact of this right is that staff do not have to give
:04:01. > :04:05.notice of their intention to walk out. So, only tomorrow, will we see
:04:05. > :04:15.if the industrial action lives up to the claim from the unions and
:04:15. > :04:15.
:04:15. > :04:17.becomes the biggest strikes is the 1970s. -- strike since the 1970s.
:04:17. > :04:20.Among the schools affected by tomorrow's strike is Westlands
:04:20. > :04:23.School in Torquay. Our Community Affairs correspondent Carys Edwards
:04:23. > :04:30.has been to meet the head and teaching staff. Let me show you
:04:30. > :04:34.what that particular tipple question looks like. Dawn is
:04:34. > :04:40.dedicated to helping pupils such as Ambra, who is here, grappling with
:04:41. > :04:46.an A-level maths question. Tomorrow, the teacher will be out on strike.
:04:46. > :04:50.Without doubt there is going to be a short-term effect on students. I
:04:50. > :04:55.would like to think students are aware of the fact of why that is
:04:55. > :04:59.happening, that a longer term benefit we will bring attention to
:04:59. > :05:04.the problem, and I think it is a price that has to be paid.
:05:04. > :05:08.Thousands of other teachers across the South West will join the day of
:05:08. > :05:12.action in protest over pensions and pay. Unions say they will be
:05:12. > :05:16.working longer, paying more and receiving less when they retire.
:05:16. > :05:20.This is the biggest industrial action I have seen in schools in my
:05:20. > :05:28.lifetime. That is a measure of the depth of feeling within the
:05:28. > :05:34.profession. In this lesson we are learning... Christina will not be
:05:34. > :05:40.at school tomorrow, but she supports the action. I have just
:05:40. > :05:43.come out of university and it is hard to work out what to do.
:05:43. > :05:49.education secretary is appealing for more teachers to go to work
:05:50. > :05:54.tomorrow. Michael Gove says that it is unfair to expect taxpayers to
:05:54. > :05:58.foot the increasing pensions bill. Yes, we have to accept it because
:05:58. > :06:02.we are living longer, that people will have to pay more, but I am
:06:02. > :06:06.anxious to ensure that the benefits to trade union members have an
:06:06. > :06:09.teachers in particular have, are protected. We have seen what has
:06:09. > :06:13.happened to private sector pensions and we don't want that happening in
:06:13. > :06:19.the public sector and I am fighting to ensure that teachers get a good
:06:19. > :06:27.deal. Tomorrow, Westland School will look after pupils to help
:06:27. > :06:29.working parents, but most children will have a day off. Hospital and
:06:29. > :06:32.health managers in the South West say essential services will be
:06:32. > :06:34.maintained, despite the fact that thousands of staff are expected to
:06:34. > :06:37.strike tomorrow. Ambulance workers, health visitors, radiographers,
:06:37. > :06:40.cleaners and some nursing staff are among those taking action, though
:06:40. > :06:49.unions are co-operating with the NHS, to maintain critical services.
:06:49. > :06:53.More from Spotlight's Health Correspondent Sally Mountjoy. It
:06:54. > :06:57.rarely happens and is not something that is undertaken lightly, a
:06:57. > :07:03.strike in the health service. Unable to predict how many staff
:07:03. > :07:06.will take action, South West hospitals have postponed some non-
:07:06. > :07:11.an urgent operations and appointments. Community Hospitals
:07:11. > :07:15.in Cornwall have been the scheduling clinics to avoid booking
:07:15. > :07:19.patients in for tomorrow. But the plan is to keep disruption to a
:07:19. > :07:23.minimum. It is a case of trying to work through what may happen
:07:23. > :07:29.tomorrow, anticipating what we can at making sure we have the best
:07:29. > :07:35.plans and place. A light to do, sometimes when we have snow, ice
:07:35. > :07:39.and bad weather. We do manage. While doctors and the majority of
:07:39. > :07:42.nurses and midwives have not been balloted for strike action, a wide
:07:42. > :07:47.range of health workers will be on strike, including some nursing
:07:47. > :07:55.staff, ambulance personnel, community psychiatric nurses,
:07:55. > :07:59.physiotherapists, radiographers, cleaners, and admin staff. Pete is
:07:59. > :08:05.prepared to go on strike. Something he has never contemplated before in
:08:05. > :08:09.22 years as an ambulance driver. He says that the plans to increase the
:08:09. > :08:13.retirement age to up to 68 are what have persuaded many to take
:08:13. > :08:18.unprecedented action. Most ambulance workers do not reached
:08:18. > :08:24.the current retirement age of 60. People just one out of gas. To
:08:24. > :08:29.expect someone in their late 60s to turn up and treat people and rescue
:08:29. > :08:36.people just does not bear thinking about. It is a scary prospect.
:08:36. > :08:44.Genuine emergencies will get a blue light response tomorrow, but some
:08:45. > :08:48.transport facilities may not be available. In some cases, services
:08:48. > :08:52.will be maintained thanks to negotiation between management and
:08:52. > :08:58.unions. The Department of Health said that while talks were still
:08:58. > :09:03.going on, it could not comment on how pension reform might help NHS -
:09:03. > :09:08.- might affect NHS staff, but it asked workers to consider whether
:09:08. > :09:14.going on strike was the right thing to do. The Chancellor today told
:09:14. > :09:19.workers in his statement that wage rises will be capped at a maximum
:09:19. > :09:24.of 1% for two years. George Osborne also confirmed the go-ahead for the
:09:24. > :09:29.Kingskerswell bypass. The state pension age will we raced to 67 by
:09:29. > :09:39.2026, while the current, basic state pension will go up by �5 to
:09:39. > :09:45.two, to 175 -- �107.45. And so there we help for customers of
:09:45. > :09:49.South West Water, the discount amounting to �1 per week from 2013.
:09:49. > :09:55.4th families across the South West facing the highest water charges in
:09:55. > :10:05.Britain, the Government will pick up the household bills of all
:10:05. > :10:08.
:10:08. > :10:11.customers in the South West region by �50 per year. There was relief
:10:11. > :10:14.for drivers as the planned 3p increase in fuel duty in January
:10:14. > :10:18.will not now take place. The rural nature of the South West means many
:10:18. > :10:21.people have no option but to use their cars. Had the increases gone
:10:21. > :10:23.ahead many garages would have been charging more than �1.40 for a
:10:24. > :10:26.litre of petrol or diesel. Louise Hubball reports. On Holden Hill, it
:10:26. > :10:32.was just another day. But 200 miles away in Westminster, a crucial
:10:32. > :10:37.decision was made that will save the average family �144 per year.
:10:37. > :10:42.This is what motorists you would have paid in January. Now, that has
:10:42. > :10:47.been scrapped, and prices will stay warm. He is excellent news. Someone
:10:47. > :10:52.has listened for the first time. We need this in the West Country
:10:52. > :10:57.because fuel is a major part of a limestone year. We need people and
:10:57. > :11:01.transport to get around. Paul day I have been watching people keeping a
:11:01. > :11:06.close eye on us figures as they fill up, and now the announcement
:11:06. > :11:12.has been made, at least they know that in the short term at least,
:11:12. > :11:16.those figures will not be getting any higher. I think the tax on it
:11:16. > :11:22.is totally ridiculous. People are not going to be able to wander on
:11:22. > :11:30.cars any more. How much do you take to fill this vehicle up? It is
:11:30. > :11:35.getting up to around �100 a time. That is what it costs. -- to around
:11:35. > :11:40.�800 a time. That will last me for two days, or and then I need to
:11:40. > :11:46.fill it up again. It is worth remembering that there will still
:11:46. > :11:56.be up to pence rise in fuel duty in August. -- there will still be up
:11:56. > :12:02.
:12:02. > :12:05.to pence rise. Business leaders have welcomed many of the
:12:05. > :12:07.Chancellor's announcements. They included a pilot scheme to assess
:12:07. > :12:10.the environmental impact dredging will have on Falmouth Harbour. That
:12:10. > :12:13.could pave the way for regeneration of the port. As we reported last
:12:13. > :12:16.night the go ahead was finally given for the Kingskerswell by pass.
:12:16. > :12:19.It's claimed the scheme will kick start the Torbay economy and could
:12:19. > :12:22.lead to the creation of around 8,000 new jobs. We have been
:12:22. > :12:25.waiting for this for decades. It is amazing that we have been able to
:12:25. > :12:31.get the approval from the coalition government under the most stringent
:12:31. > :12:39.economic times. People in work and out of work, this is good news for
:12:39. > :12:41.the local economy. One leading business leader has told Spotlight
:12:41. > :12:44.that the most important announcement was the National Loan
:12:44. > :12:47.Guarantee Scheme. Mr Osborne says it will make it easier for small
:12:47. > :12:50.firms to get loans. Our Dorset reporter Simon Clemison joins us
:12:50. > :12:59.now from Bridport, where he's been spending the day seeing what help
:12:59. > :13:03.small firms need. When you come to deport, you notice how wide the
:13:03. > :13:08.streets are. -- to Bridport. That is because they used to make rupiah.
:13:08. > :13:17.It was a cottage industry, the original small businesses, of which
:13:17. > :13:22.there are still plenty here today. They are making goal posts in
:13:22. > :13:29.report now. Rope making has evolved into supply next four sports
:13:29. > :13:36.pitches. Wimbledon is one of the customers. You're still knocking at
:13:36. > :13:40.two or posts and rugby posts. we have a very seasonable business.
:13:40. > :13:45.How are you beating the trend? are fortunate. We have become part
:13:45. > :13:49.of a bigger group and that group has a demanding sports equipment
:13:49. > :13:55.distributor, and we're doing our best to meet the demand that has
:13:55. > :13:59.been forthcoming. Growth that the Chancellor dreams of, but even here
:13:59. > :14:04.they admit that the man from the industry more generally is slacking
:14:04. > :14:07.off, and that is not helping pay off the nation's debt. George
:14:07. > :14:12.Osborne's big idea for small businesses was to try to get access
:14:12. > :14:15.to credit for them, at an affordable price. That way,
:14:15. > :14:19.companies might be able to create more jobs and put more money in the
:14:20. > :14:23.pockets of shoppers here and that the incentive. The basic theory is
:14:23. > :14:26.that of the country can borrow money at a relatively low bit of
:14:26. > :14:36.interest than the Government can pass those savings on to companies,
:14:36. > :14:36.
:14:37. > :14:40.bringing down the cost of borrowing from 7%-6%, so, if they have the
:14:40. > :14:44.confidence to go to the back and talk about competitive finance,
:14:44. > :14:49.that can translate into local jobs. That really probably is the most
:14:49. > :14:55.important thing we have heard today. The money will be lent by the banks,
:14:55. > :15:00.but under written by the taxpayer. This business in Bridport has the
:15:00. > :15:06.potential to expand tomorrow, even without the new scheme. It makes
:15:06. > :15:09.cheese. What is stopping them? prospect of high interest rates and
:15:09. > :15:14.reducing capital allowances. That was the amount you can offset
:15:14. > :15:19.against tax for investing in new equipment? That is right, yes.
:15:19. > :15:23.the Chancellor giving away with one hand and taking with the other?
:15:23. > :15:29.if he does not balance up capital allowances, we will not make the
:15:29. > :15:35.investment. At this cake makers, other measures in the statement
:15:35. > :15:41.were welcomed. They might risk taking more people on if some of
:15:41. > :15:46.the regulations disappear. cheaper credit paths the Chancellor
:15:46. > :15:50.announced today was a hit with all small businesses. The Treasury
:15:50. > :15:55.stressed that it is part of a wider economic policy to promote growth,
:15:55. > :16:04.but it is how these different components work together which is
:16:04. > :16:07.failing to convince some. Chancellor's statement was a
:16:07. > :16:10.mixture of good and bad news with the economy still struggling. But
:16:10. > :16:12.will his plans lead to improvement? Our Political Editor Martyn Oates
:16:13. > :16:16.has spent the day at Westminster. Gloomy weather here at Westminster
:16:16. > :16:21.to match the mood, fall and the Chancellor's admission that the
:16:21. > :16:25.economy is in a far worse state than he previously anticipated. But
:16:25. > :16:28.he has tried to sweeten the pill for people in the South West,
:16:28. > :16:35.people like first-time buyers and businesses and pensioners. I am
:16:35. > :16:40.joined by Ben Bradshaw, Lindau MP for Exeter, and the MP for Central
:16:40. > :16:46.Devon. Despite the very bleak economic background, there was a
:16:46. > :16:50.lot of good stuff for the South West. A Yes, I welcome some of the
:16:50. > :16:54.infrastructure investment, but he could have done much more one in
:16:54. > :16:58.the structure, on affordable housing new-builds, which have gone
:16:58. > :17:02.down by 99% this year. We desperately need more affordable
:17:02. > :17:08.homes. He could have done more on that and on infrastructure,
:17:09. > :17:13.generally. This strike is a bit embarrassing - it looks as if a
:17:13. > :17:17.coach and horses has been driven through his economic strategy.
:17:18. > :17:26.are in a very difficult situations, as a number of European countries
:17:26. > :17:30.are. The reality is that, to come back to your question, these are
:17:30. > :17:34.difficult times. What we have done by sticking to not a credible
:17:34. > :17:40.strategy, cradle with the markets, has to keep interest rates low, so
:17:40. > :17:43.we do not have the 7.5% rate that the Italians are having, we're
:17:43. > :17:47.paying a rate that is even better than Germany. If interest rates go
:17:47. > :17:52.up, if Benn and his colleagues want to turn on the spending tabs,
:17:52. > :17:59.businesses get hit, and those with mortgages suffer very hard, so we
:17:59. > :18:04.have got to keep that credibility of. Is it related course of action
:18:04. > :18:07.to make the deficit bigger? We're boring �150 billion more than
:18:07. > :18:13.George Osborne predicted they would a year ago, have far more than they
:18:13. > :18:17.would have done under Labour. Unemployment was coming down and
:18:17. > :18:22.the economy was growing when Labour left office. It is now going into
:18:22. > :18:29.reverse, as a direct result of this Government deciding to cut too far,
:18:29. > :18:32.and too fast. But you are pouring more yourself, how can you
:18:33. > :18:36.criticise Labour? When the economy slows down more than you have been
:18:36. > :18:40.expecting, which has happened for the reasons we featured on your
:18:40. > :18:44.programme, that is an inevitable consequence. We have to keep the
:18:44. > :18:49.level of credibility. We cannot be seduced by the notion that Labour
:18:49. > :18:52.are going to throw a bit more money around and growth is what to come
:18:52. > :18:57.back. We have to show that we have a credible plan to bring down the
:18:57. > :19:02.deficit. What would you say to those taking strike action
:19:02. > :19:05.tomorrow? Get talking I get it resort. We are still in the
:19:05. > :19:13.business of talking. We have made a number of changes, we have a
:19:13. > :19:21.generous offer, get talking and get it is all. I regret the fact that
:19:21. > :19:24.public sector workers feel the need to strike, but money will be moved
:19:24. > :19:33.under this government policy from areas like the South West, to rich
:19:33. > :19:40.areas, like the South East. Tomorrow, we will be discussing the
:19:40. > :19:43.General Strike and its aftermath. A cargo ship with eight crew on board
:19:43. > :19:47.came close to running aground after dragging her anchor in Falmouth Bay
:19:47. > :19:50.this morning. A lifeboat and helicopter were on standby as the
:19:50. > :19:53.three thousand ton Baltic Sea drifted towards Pennance Point near
:19:53. > :19:55.Swanpool in high winds and poor visibility. The Canadian firm
:19:55. > :20:00.buying into Cornwall's South Crofty mine has finally laid down the
:20:00. > :20:03.first major part of its investment. After months of delays, the Celeste
:20:03. > :20:06.Corporation says it's now ready to move forward with tin and copper
:20:07. > :20:16.exploration on the site after securing funding. A designer based
:20:17. > :20:20.
:20:20. > :20:23.in Devon says his latest commission is the pinnacle of his career. 78
:20:23. > :20:26.year-old Ronald Parsons, who designs and carves stone, was
:20:26. > :20:29.thinking of retiring, when he was asked to design a memorial stone in
:20:29. > :20:33.honour of the late Ted Hughes. The former Poet Laureate lived in Devon
:20:33. > :20:36.for over 30 years and the slate to honour him is due to be unveiled at
:20:36. > :20:41.Westminster Abbey next week. Johnny Rutherford has been to visit the
:20:41. > :20:51.craftsman at work in Exeter. dark shared was wired with
:20:51. > :20:52.
:20:52. > :20:58.reminiscences. It is a strange sensation. Cannot fully explain it.
:20:58. > :21:02.But there is something rather special about it. It is relaxing.
:21:02. > :21:07.Ronald would listen to the pawns of Ted Hughes a while covering the
:21:07. > :21:16.memorial. The stone will be placed in Poets corner in Westminster
:21:16. > :21:20.Abbey. It is under wraps until it is unveiled next week. Ted Hughes,
:21:20. > :21:25.senior opening a salmon leap in Devon was a poet Laureate for 14
:21:25. > :21:29.years until his death in 1998. His widow, Carol, wanted one of his
:21:29. > :21:34.pawns on his memorial. She picked out two or three pieces and we went
:21:35. > :21:40.through and I said, that one looks rather nice, I can visualise that
:21:40. > :21:49.on the stone. It is very fitting. We put it on the stone, and the
:21:49. > :21:56.Abbey were happy, thank God! Hughes wrote with a few poems in
:21:56. > :22:03.his time, some of the originals are here. He was involved in education,
:22:03. > :22:07.as the poet Laureate, he took out a lot of educational initiatives in
:22:07. > :22:10.creative writing, and he was a fantastic and remarkable poet, and
:22:10. > :22:16.it is absolutely fitting that he should have a memorial in
:22:16. > :22:26.Westminster Abbey, are amongst the other race. The stone will be
:22:26. > :22:29.unveiled next Tuesday. -- are amongst the other greats. In
:22:29. > :22:32.anyone's book, giving birth to four babies is quite a thing, but for
:22:32. > :22:35.sheep, it's especially rare. But three days ago on a farm in
:22:35. > :22:38.Cornwall, a set of quadruplet lambs were born, and are already running
:22:38. > :22:42.rings around their mother, as Eleanor Parkinson reports. They are
:22:42. > :22:47.just three days old, but these lambs have already found their feet,
:22:47. > :22:52.and the bounce, and are already making headline news, because they
:22:52. > :22:59.are siblings. Quadruplets lambs are very rare, but for all four to
:22:59. > :23:02.survive it is even more rare. has survived and we wondered if the
:23:02. > :23:08.scanning man had made a mistake about the 4th, but the last one was
:23:08. > :23:11.the biggest. Looking after quadruplets is a tall order for any
:23:11. > :23:16.mother. Clearly, it would help if she could counter four, and there
:23:16. > :23:21.is not enough milk for all those hungry mouths, so they are having
:23:21. > :23:27.to take milk from a bottle. It is not as easy as it looks, because
:23:27. > :23:36.you have got a tight hold of him. Mum is not win to have enough milk
:23:36. > :23:43.or four, so we waltzed up feeding them like this, and on they goal.
:23:43. > :23:49.This is special milk for the Lambs. It is not cow's milk. Andrew is
:23:49. > :23:53.still busy with lambing. These two are just a few minutes old. The
:23:53. > :24:03.excitement of being filmed by the BBC has proved too much for one of
:24:03. > :24:07.
:24:07. > :24:13.the babies, but her brother, still Time now for the weather forecast.
:24:13. > :24:23.We can start by looking at the strength of the wind. St Mary's, 64
:24:23. > :24:27.
:24:27. > :24:31.mph. But close to South Devon we The strength of wind has whipped up
:24:31. > :24:37.the sea. We sent Colin down to enjoy the brisk breeze on the coast,
:24:37. > :24:42.and some outbreaks of rain. Best place for him, I reckon! Some big
:24:42. > :24:45.waves. And if you are doing a ferry crossing there are sizable waves
:24:45. > :24:54.through the English Channel and write down the South West coast.
:24:54. > :24:58.That includes those heading out to do some surfing. We have a respite
:24:58. > :25:04.with some dry weather because there is a whole developing out in the
:25:04. > :25:08.cloud to the West. It is very brief because, very quickly, racing in
:25:08. > :25:12.across the Atlantic is the next line of wet and windy weather. That
:25:12. > :25:17.will arrive during the course of the day tomorrow. Some showers
:25:17. > :25:26.tomorrow, and then into the early hours of Thursday morning, not
:25:26. > :25:31.quite as windy into the early hours. Only briefly do we get some respite
:25:31. > :25:35.from what is a very unsettled picture for the rest of this week.
:25:35. > :25:42.Showers this evening and overnight, but between those, clear skies, so
:25:42. > :25:49.becoming chilly. Getting down to as low as four Celsius. The showers
:25:49. > :25:58.will stick -- will keep on coming. Temperatures down to four in a few
:25:58. > :26:02.places. Tomorrow, some sun sign and showers. -- sunshine. Then we have
:26:02. > :26:07.another batch of wet weather arriving. By evening it should
:26:07. > :26:11.become quite wet again. Increasingly windy, South West wind,
:26:11. > :26:17.steadily increasing, and 12 Celsius the highest temperature we can
:26:17. > :26:27.expect. Some sunny spells for the Isles of Scilly. Then the rain
:26:27. > :26:30.
:26:30. > :26:35.returning later. And at times of Now, surfing conditions have been
:26:35. > :26:40.very challenging, stormy conditions on the south coast. When the wind
:26:40. > :26:44.becomes suddenly tomorrow, the cleaner surf will be on the north
:26:44. > :26:48.coast but big waves, becoming somewhat cleaner as we move through
:26:48. > :26:58.the afternoon. The coastal waters forecast reflects the increasing
:26:58. > :27:05.
:27:06. > :27:12.And a quick look at what is happening for the rest of this week.
:27:12. > :27:17.On Friday, the best of the weather. A chilly start on Friday with a
:27:17. > :27:21.possible early morning frost. Then some more wet weather quickly
:27:21. > :27:25.approaching. Overnight into Saturday it becomes wet and windy
:27:25. > :27:32.again, and at the start of the weekend we're back to square one,