03/04/2012

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:00:10. > :00:16.A tale of two cities - Plymouth University is cutting 100 jobs when

:00:16. > :00:19.Exeter continues to expand. Good evening. We find out why jobs

:00:19. > :00:22.are going at Plymouth and the possible impact.

:00:22. > :00:24.Also tonight... The Devon war photographer injured in Syria - his

:00:24. > :00:33.wife tells Spotlight he's passionate about the situation

:00:33. > :00:38.there. He wants to do everything he can to

:00:38. > :00:40.keep the house of the world on Syria and make change happen.

:00:40. > :00:43.How the Falklands conflict continues to take its toll on

:00:43. > :00:52.service personnel 30 years later. And the personalities of Porthleven

:00:52. > :00:55.frozen in time for a unique project. A growing divide is opening up

:00:55. > :00:58.between the South West's two universities as new government

:00:59. > :01:02.funding policies take effect. The University of Plymouth is planning

:01:02. > :01:08.to cut up to 100 jobs over the next three years while Exeter expands

:01:08. > :01:14.and takes on new staff. Government reforms mean Plymouth must cut its

:01:14. > :01:19.annual �200 million budget by around 2% a year until 2015. There

:01:19. > :01:22.will be 40 redundancies this year and around 60 in the next two years.

:01:22. > :01:26.The university hopes to cut the number of compulsory job losses

:01:27. > :01:29.through natural wastage and voluntary redundancy. There will

:01:29. > :01:33.also be some redeployments, with some workers having to take on

:01:33. > :01:43.lower-paid jobs. But Plymouth's problems are quite a contrast to

:01:43. > :01:56.

:01:56. > :02:00.the success being enjoyed at Exeter University.

:02:00. > :02:04.After years of expansion this is an abrupt about-turn. There are

:02:04. > :02:07.compulsory redundancies. feeling at the moment is that

:02:07. > :02:14.people are anxious and worried about jobs and in this day and age,

:02:14. > :02:18.people do get worried about his issues. We are trying to minimise

:02:18. > :02:22.any compulsory redundancies. Plymouth is suffering as it is

:02:22. > :02:26.losing money in government's transformation of university

:02:26. > :02:32.funding. The approach is market-led and means most funding comes from

:02:32. > :02:36.the fees students paid and tends to favour a more academic universities.

:02:36. > :02:40.-- more academic. No one from Plymouth would be interviewed. The

:02:40. > :02:43.statement said it would emerge stronger still and was acting to

:02:43. > :02:49.sustain the university's reputation as they were meeting place to study,

:02:49. > :02:54.work and the business. Contrast the difficulties in Plymouth with the

:02:54. > :03:01.picture in Exeter. The university's income is growing, taking on more

:03:01. > :03:06.staff and it is expanding. Almost �300 million is being spent. Exeter

:03:06. > :03:12.has just been invented to join -- invited to join the Russell Group.

:03:12. > :03:15.I think Exeter will be in a very strong position, because students

:03:15. > :03:19.will be better at A-level and will have a completely free market and

:03:19. > :03:23.we can take as many of them as we like. Also, international markets

:03:23. > :03:28.are expanding so student choice with the freeing up of markets is

:03:28. > :03:32.bound to be good for Exeter because we are a popular university. To add

:03:33. > :03:41.extra shine to Exeter's smile, next month, the Queen will open the new

:03:41. > :03:47.buildings. Why is Exeter looking so well positioned for this new

:03:47. > :03:51.funding regime? Senior managers here have argued that they have

:03:51. > :03:54.been ahead of the game on this one and have seen something like the

:03:54. > :03:58.transformation we are seeing in the sector coming and have positioned

:03:58. > :04:03.themselves accordingly. There was a painful reorganisation several

:04:03. > :04:07.years ago, some people may remember, and they believe that has position

:04:07. > :04:11.them well for what is happening now. Plymouth have not been through that

:04:11. > :04:17.and are having their reorganisation now and it has proven difficult.

:04:17. > :04:21.There are concerns about changes, are a pair? That is right. Some in

:04:21. > :04:25.the university sector believe this new system built in instability,

:04:25. > :04:28.because they were not know you're on your how many students to expect,

:04:28. > :04:32.which will make budgeting difficult, particularly in the longer term.

:04:32. > :04:36.Others are concerned it may stifle innovation, which is a lot of what

:04:36. > :04:41.universities are supposed to be about. They fear universities will

:04:41. > :04:44.focus on core courses that they are sure will attract students, which

:04:44. > :04:47.will mean that innovation is stifled. As for the National Union

:04:48. > :04:53.of students, they are concerned this is about the Government's

:04:53. > :04:58.saving money and burdening students with large debts. What will be the

:04:58. > :05:01.likely outcome of the changes? is extremely difficult. The

:05:01. > :05:05.government have been very stark about saying it is simply about

:05:05. > :05:09.trying to drive up standards and improve the student experience.

:05:09. > :05:14.This is a very political issue and it will probably only become clear

:05:14. > :05:17.over the next few years. That will lead up to the general election in

:05:17. > :05:22.2015. We will see a lot of debate about this, particularly as it has

:05:22. > :05:25.been a source of some controversy and unease in the coalition. A lot

:05:25. > :05:29.of Lib Dems are uncomfortable about tuition fees forming the core of

:05:29. > :05:32.university funding. A Devon-based war photographer

:05:32. > :05:35.injured covering the uprising in Syria is said to be determined to

:05:35. > :05:39.return to the country. Paul Conroy has had several operations in

:05:39. > :05:47.London after being hurt in an attack which killed two journalists.

:05:47. > :05:53.His wife has been speaking to our reporter.

:05:53. > :05:57.Paul Conroy, lying injured in Syria after a rocket attack that killed

:05:57. > :06:02.200 journalists. -- other journalists. He was flown out of

:06:02. > :06:07.the country. He has told his wife he is keen to return to Syria and

:06:07. > :06:12.other war zones. He will go back one day, but not imminently. I do

:06:12. > :06:18.not think he is terribly popular with the Rajiv over there at the

:06:19. > :06:23.moment. He cannot go back. He is very passionate about what is

:06:23. > :06:33.happening there and he wants to do everything he can to keep the eyes

:06:33. > :06:35.

:06:35. > :06:40.of the world on Syria cars --. Paul Conroy was heard his wife told

:06:40. > :06:45.Spotlight she hoped he would stop. Weeks on, she says she support his

:06:45. > :06:49.decision to keep working in war zones. I do not know how I will

:06:49. > :06:58.feel about him going away but I have pointed out that wherever he

:06:58. > :07:06.goes in the world, he will be a target because he is so high

:07:06. > :07:09.profile and wherever he is, I guess the bad guys will want to get him.

:07:10. > :07:18.Paul has had several operations in London and his wife says he will

:07:18. > :07:22.have a limp. This is the side that greets him when he gets home, a

:07:22. > :07:25.flag of the Free Syrian Army flying as a mark of respect. I believe in

:07:25. > :07:30.him and I believe the people looking after him would get him out,

:07:30. > :07:38.that was their priority. That was their priority and I am eternally

:07:39. > :07:42.grateful to them. The government today launched an

:07:42. > :07:44.initiative to breathe new life into the right-to-buy scheme. Ministers

:07:44. > :07:49.hope offering council tenants discounts of up to �75,000 will

:07:49. > :07:52.encourage more of them to buy their council houses. They insist the

:07:52. > :07:55.amount of social housing will shrink as the sales receipts will

:07:55. > :08:02.be used to build a new home to replace each one sold. Our

:08:02. > :08:07.political editor is here to tell us more. This is a blast from the past,

:08:07. > :08:12.isn't it? That what one of Margaret Thatcher's flagship policies in the

:08:12. > :08:15.1980s. Since her time, the discounts have been cut and the

:08:15. > :08:19.sales have fallen off. David Cameron said he is restoring a

:08:19. > :08:23.vital run on the property ladder. He is probably going to restore

:08:24. > :08:27.relations with some of his backbenchers. A lot have been

:08:27. > :08:35.grumbling that the government seems to be pursuing policies that might

:08:35. > :08:37.alienate core Tory voters. This is the sort of thing that the

:08:38. > :08:40.backbenchers will applaud. He insists this is a win-win situation

:08:40. > :08:45.for housing because more people will be able to afford to buy their

:08:45. > :08:49.own homes and at the same time, the money that is raised will be

:08:49. > :08:55.affordable social housing has been lost. Does everyone share that

:08:55. > :08:58.optimism? No, for instance a housing charity Shelter says that

:08:58. > :09:04.right-to-buy mortgage holders are three times more likely than other

:09:04. > :09:09.hours holders to be repossessed and that there needs to be rigorous

:09:09. > :09:12.controls. They are sceptical as whether there can be like-for-like

:09:12. > :09:16.replacement and during the consultation process, the chief

:09:16. > :09:22.executive of one of the region's housing is as the nation's warned

:09:22. > :09:27.it could mean that people are not able to afford to buy and it could

:09:27. > :09:32.take the sales receipts and three houses just to build one. What do

:09:32. > :09:36.the other parties think? Labour share the concerns about

:09:36. > :09:43.affordability and the concerns about replacing microlite. Some of

:09:43. > :09:46.the trenchant concerns are from the Lib Dem MP for Torbay who said the

:09:46. > :09:49.policy is madness. He said, the best council houses were sold years

:09:49. > :09:53.ago and we are left with the stuff that people do not want to buy or

:09:53. > :09:56.cannot afford to buy. He said it was the right-to-buy revolution

:09:56. > :10:00.which has landed us in the housing crisis that we are now trying to

:10:00. > :10:03.solve. A nine-year-old girl from Dorset

:10:03. > :10:06.has suffered a fractured skull in a skiing accident in Austria after

:10:06. > :10:08.losing control and smashing into a ski hut. India Furness from the

:10:08. > :10:15.Cerne Abbas crashed through a safety net and wooden fence before

:10:15. > :10:18.being catapulted through the window of a disused cabin. She was

:10:18. > :10:28.airlifted to hospital in a coma, but has since regained

:10:28. > :10:31.

:10:31. > :10:34.consciousness. Doctors say a helmet probably saved her life.

:10:34. > :10:37.An investigation is under way after an accident involving two vehicles

:10:37. > :10:40.in South Devon in which a 25-year- old man died. The A385 Totnes to

:10:40. > :10:42.Torquay road, near Berry Pomeroy, was shut for several hours last

:10:42. > :10:45.night. Bikers in Plymouth are calling for

:10:45. > :10:48.all road users to be more careful after a sharp rise in the number of

:10:48. > :10:56.fatal accidents in recent months. Plymouth Motorcycle Action Group

:10:56. > :10:58.says both bikers and drivers need be more aware of the dangers.

:10:58. > :11:08.Tributes to one and eight people killed in road accidents in

:11:08. > :11:10.

:11:10. > :11:19.Plymouth in the last eight months. Seven of them were bikers. Despite

:11:19. > :11:24.high-profile awareness campaigns, a motorcycle Action Group says the

:11:24. > :11:30.city has one of the highest death rates for bikers. It is calling for

:11:30. > :11:38.road users to be careful. Is not just car drivers, it is also

:11:38. > :11:42.baggers. We need to get motorcycle riders to get themselves out of the

:11:42. > :11:46.blind spot and to where the correct protective clothing. If you're in

:11:46. > :11:49.an accident, that will help. number of accidents and serious

:11:49. > :11:56.injuries involving motorbikes has been falling, but in Devon and

:11:56. > :12:01.Cornwall, the number of deaths rose from 10 in 2010 to 13 in 2011. So

:12:01. > :12:09.far this year, there have been for a fatal accidents in Plymouth alone.

:12:09. > :12:12.The are lots of reasons. Some of the accidents have been through

:12:12. > :12:15.drink driving. There are other causes which are under

:12:15. > :12:21.investigation. If you are a motorcyclist, drive within the

:12:21. > :12:25.limit and ride defensively. Police are offering a number of bikes the

:12:25. > :12:32.events of mind motorcyclists to be assessed by experienced police

:12:32. > :12:35.riders. -- what about safety events. -- a motorbike.

:12:35. > :12:38.In a moment, the second in our series remembering the Falklands

:12:38. > :12:42.War and the consequences faced 30 years on. Also still to come...

:12:42. > :12:44.The efforts in Weymouth to shore up the harbour - but will it be enough

:12:45. > :12:49.for Condor Ferries to return? And history returns to Newton Abbot

:12:49. > :12:52.- the market attracting visitors from far and wide.

:12:52. > :12:55.Veterans support groups are warning that 30 years on from the Falklands

:12:55. > :13:00.war, the UK is facing a tidal wave of post-traumatic stress disorder

:13:00. > :13:03.cases. The Royal British Legion says more people have committed

:13:03. > :13:07.suicide since the Falklands as a result of PTSD then were killed

:13:07. > :13:17.during the conflict. And it is predicting far more cases from

:13:17. > :13:22.

:13:22. > :13:26.operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Adrian Greenwood's memories of the

:13:26. > :13:33.Falkland are as vivid as the art works they inspire. -- art work. He

:13:33. > :13:40.was a sailor on board HMS Glamorgan when in 1982, Bishop was struck by

:13:40. > :13:47.an Exocet missile. -- the boat. was twisting and manipulating Steel,

:13:47. > :13:51.which was a screaming sound. 14 of his shipmates were killed but

:13:51. > :14:01.Adrian was not diagnosed with post- traumatic stress disorder for more

:14:01. > :14:04.

:14:04. > :14:09.than 20 years. I hid it from my partner and for my children. --

:14:09. > :14:16.from my children. You would pick your time and a place, because

:14:16. > :14:21.there was nobody to speak to. Who did you tell? Today's session is to

:14:21. > :14:27.think about your stress... people on his Royal Navy course are

:14:27. > :14:30.being trained in from a risk management. It is designed to

:14:30. > :14:37.encourage discussion of traumatic incidents and identify those in

:14:37. > :14:42.need of support. By people talking about it, they start to process

:14:42. > :14:49.their emotions and feelings and they can cope better. Many believe

:14:49. > :14:53.the roots lie in the Falklands. This man feels that while some

:14:54. > :14:58.clubs were flown home immediately after the surrender, he, and the

:14:58. > :15:08.Royal Marines, seal be a 1,000 miles, giving them time to

:15:08. > :15:13.decompressed before coming home. Trouble be 8,000 miles by ship.

:15:13. > :15:22.would shed a tear and it was a common experience. And then life

:15:22. > :15:30.was OK. Even so, PTSD caught up with him in the end. It took about

:15:30. > :15:37.20 years to have a Bard of PTSD. -- a Bard. And they said, come on, sir,

:15:37. > :15:43.we depended on you. I said, for heaven's sake! The important thing

:15:43. > :15:52.is to recognise that, that's all. It could be anybody. Talk to

:15:52. > :15:56.somebody. Just tell somebody. It is hard work holding it in. The 14 men

:15:56. > :16:02.who lost their lives on board HMS Glamorgan are among those

:16:02. > :16:05.remembered in this Falklands memorial here on Plymouth Hoe. 255

:16:05. > :16:09.British service personnel were killed during the conflict and

:16:09. > :16:15.though there are no official figures, it is widely accepted that

:16:15. > :16:22.many more have since taken their own lives due to be affect of PTSD.

:16:23. > :16:27.30 years on comes a stark warning. I think we are in for a significant

:16:27. > :16:37.number of mental health casualties downstream of the current

:16:37. > :16:40.

:16:40. > :16:46.Afghanistan and Iraq awards -- wars. John McDermott was a 25-year-old

:16:46. > :16:51.gunner in the Falklands. Now he work -- runs a support group.

:16:51. > :16:56.is an invisible wind. There is no other way to describe it. It is

:16:56. > :17:03.something that happens to us all because we are all human, no matter

:17:03. > :17:08.how well people are trained. The best result is humanity. Since the

:17:08. > :17:14.Falklands there is undoubtedly more support for those fighting PTSD.

:17:14. > :17:17.With many more undiagnosed, how far will the support stretch?

:17:17. > :17:21.Councillors in Weymouth have voted to go ahead with �2 million worth

:17:21. > :17:24.of repairs to the town's ferry berth. It will be nearly a year

:17:24. > :17:27.before the work is completed. Condor Ferries, which sails to the

:17:27. > :17:30.Channel Islands, had to move services to Poole in February after

:17:30. > :17:33.cracks were detected in the pier. The ferry service is worth more

:17:33. > :17:43.than �7.7 million to the local economy and supports more than 200

:17:43. > :17:44.

:17:44. > :17:48.jobs. The life has gone out of Weymouth's

:17:48. > :17:52.ferry port. It is two months since cracks appeared in the harbour

:17:52. > :17:58.structure and Condor Ferries were forced to move their operations

:17:58. > :18:01.elsewhere. It is the council's job to fix it. Remedial work was not

:18:01. > :18:06.effective so councillors voted today to carrying out major repairs.

:18:06. > :18:10.The hope is that it will be carried out by next March. It brings a lot

:18:10. > :18:14.of the local economy and we are keen to retain the service. We are

:18:14. > :18:18.working closely with Condor Ferries and the engineers to make sure we

:18:18. > :18:22.have a solution in place. cannot guarantee it will be ready

:18:22. > :18:26.in time. You can never guarantee anything with marine engineering

:18:26. > :18:29.works but we are confident we will meet the timetable. Repairs are not

:18:29. > :18:33.the only issue. Condor Ferries have told the council they want to

:18:34. > :18:38.return but are concerned about the poor facilities at the port. The

:18:38. > :18:41.council are to look at an improvement scheme and are

:18:41. > :18:48.investigating external funding. Local businesses affected by the

:18:48. > :18:52.loss of the very say it is vital they returned. I would be doing

:18:52. > :18:59.whenever I could to keep them if I was on the council. We need our

:18:59. > :19:03.council to go out there and lobby and work to get them back and get

:19:03. > :19:05.better facilities than they have got at the moment. Condor Ferries

:19:05. > :19:11.said they continue to liaise with the council regarding future of

:19:11. > :19:14.Weymouth port. For the moment, no one knows when or if Condor Ferries

:19:14. > :19:18.will return to Weymouth. Their departure has left a big hole in

:19:18. > :19:27.the local economy. As one local councillor put it, we need to crack

:19:27. > :19:30.on with the solution. There has been a 25% increase in

:19:30. > :19:33.the number of new cases of the Schmallenberg virus detected across

:19:33. > :19:36.the South West in the past week. Official figures show a rise from

:19:36. > :19:40.16 to 20 in the number of livestock tested positive for the disease in

:19:40. > :19:50.the region. It is thought the virus is spread by mosquitoes, midges and

:19:50. > :19:50.

:19:50. > :19:53.ticks. Continuing dry spell has forced

:19:53. > :19:56.Taunton Racecourse to abandon their final meeting of the season, which

:19:56. > :19:59.was due to take place on 12th April. The Somerset racecourse is too hard

:19:59. > :20:02.and the safety of the horses has been taken into account. The

:20:02. > :20:04.fixture will now be hosted by Newton Abbot in Devon on the same

:20:04. > :20:07.day. A historic horse and pony market

:20:07. > :20:10.has returned to Newton Abbot after nearly 40 years. It is hoped the

:20:10. > :20:13.monthly sale will attract widespread support and give a

:20:13. > :20:19.welcome boost to the local economy. The first year took place earlier

:20:19. > :20:22.today and attracted buyers and sellers from far and wide.

:20:23. > :20:28.This four year-old donkey was first up and resumed a time-honoured

:20:28. > :20:35.stands... Others were more willing to take the limelight and billing -

:20:35. > :20:45.- bidding was brisk. How many have you bought today? Three are for,

:20:45. > :20:51.something like that. The last for sale here was a boy at 40 years ago.

:20:51. > :20:57.I came to that one. -- about 45 years ago. For some, there were

:20:57. > :21:02.tough decisions. You have got to do all the vaccinations, you have got

:21:02. > :21:08.no saddle or no bridle. But I have been sitting on it and stroking it

:21:08. > :21:15.and I have been calling its name and it has been coming to me. It

:21:15. > :21:19.has been really friendly. You want to take it home, don't you? Yet.

:21:19. > :21:23.Four those running the event, certain jobs are higher risk than

:21:23. > :21:27.others. We wait for the horses to come in and then give them their

:21:27. > :21:37.labels. If they have not paid their entry free I take their money and

:21:37. > :21:37.

:21:37. > :21:41.put a sticker on their bottom and then they are off into the fence.

:21:41. > :21:46.There are several hundred people here from all over. They have come

:21:46. > :21:50.from Wales, from Midlands, right down to Penzance. It is people

:21:50. > :21:56.coming to the town that have not been here. It is in the centre of

:21:56. > :22:03.the towns and they're off to do shopping later on. After two hours

:22:03. > :22:06.Road, some were definitely flagging...

:22:06. > :22:08.A photographer from Cornwall has just finished a huge task -

:22:08. > :22:11.photographing more than 1,000 people in his home village of

:22:11. > :22:14.Porthleven. One of the main reasons for the ambitious project was to

:22:14. > :22:24.turn them into a book and raise money for charity, but the photos

:22:24. > :22:26.

:22:26. > :22:30.have also gone on display and have got everyone in the village talking.

:22:30. > :22:36.If you live in Porthleven you might be in this gallery, though we might

:22:36. > :22:43.take time to find it as there are more than 1,000 faces in this room.

:22:43. > :22:48.Gerald Pendennis has found his. He has been a former all his life.

:22:48. > :22:55.come into the village all of my life and have done business in the

:22:55. > :22:59.shops. We are delighted that we have moved to the village now.

:22:59. > :23:03.Irene wanted to be photographed with a prop that everyone in the

:23:04. > :23:08.village would recognise, her shopping trolley. I love my

:23:08. > :23:14.shopping trolley. It is great for going up hills because I can always

:23:14. > :23:18.stop and lean on it. And this man said he is lucky to be here to take

:23:18. > :23:23.his photograph -- have his photograph taken. 18 months ago, he

:23:23. > :23:27.almost drowned just outside the harbour. I lost my vote. I went

:23:27. > :23:37.into the water and the boat went ashore and there was nothing I

:23:37. > :23:44.could do about it. I was picked up just by luck and I was safe.

:23:44. > :23:47.exhibition always -- also features newcomers. The hands holding her

:23:47. > :23:55.belong to four generations of her family. The village has nine set of

:23:55. > :23:59.twins and a lot of dogs. It is a little archive of the Porthleven.

:23:59. > :24:05.This is local people who have lived here for generations along with my

:24:05. > :24:08.new blood. There are so many voters, now filled to Burkes and they have

:24:08. > :24:18.been sold to raise money for the Cornwall hospice and the county's

:24:18. > :24:22.

:24:22. > :24:28.What a great idea, something to be Any snow coming?

:24:28. > :24:35.I don't think so, maybe some sleet. Variety is what makes them where

:24:35. > :24:40.they are so special. -- the weather so special. A big change as the

:24:40. > :24:44.cold air starts to flood in. There is going to be some rain at the

:24:44. > :24:50.moment, turning to show was as it moves away. Behind it, it turns

:24:50. > :24:56.colder. There is a chilly north- easterly breeze and a high wind

:24:56. > :25:01.chill. After an extended dry spell, if you are heading out on the roads,

:25:01. > :25:05.it could be quite slippery or greasy because of the lack of rain.

:25:05. > :25:09.The satellite picture shows you a stripe of cloud coming into

:25:09. > :25:15.southern Britain. There is going to be showers and rain but this

:25:15. > :25:20.evening. It moves away quite fast over night but it is a brighter

:25:20. > :25:24.story for tomorrow so we have -- as we have further outbreaks of rain

:25:24. > :25:31.in the form a showers tomorrow. There will be a strong north-east

:25:31. > :25:35.wind. By the time we get a Thursday, we still have the North East winds

:25:35. > :25:40.and stir quite lively. By the time we get into Friday, there is a

:25:40. > :25:46.ridge of high pressure some drier and brighter. Not necessarily

:25:46. > :25:51.warmer. We hold on to relatively cold air. These are the shower as

:25:51. > :25:56.we have seen in the last few hours. For a time, we will have some clear

:25:56. > :26:04.skies but then the showers return towards dawn tomorrow and for all

:26:04. > :26:10.of us, a cold food to the date first leg. Morning temperatures

:26:10. > :26:14.just a few degrees. There will be sunny spells and quite a few

:26:14. > :26:21.showers and some of them will get a tiny bit of sleep over the highest

:26:21. > :26:27.parts of Dartmoor and Exmoor. For the rest of us, cold rain. Any rain

:26:27. > :26:32.at this time of the Year for the gardeners will be appreciated. You

:26:32. > :26:39.will need to wrap up warmly if you're out and about. Cold and

:26:39. > :26:43.strong north-easterly breeze means a high wind chill for all of us.

:26:43. > :26:47.For the Isles of Scilly, a very windy day tomorrow. Strong to gale

:26:47. > :26:57.force north-east winds and plenty of showers as well. A cold wind at

:26:57. > :27:19.

:27:19. > :27:24.that as well. It gets brighter and warmer towards

:27:24. > :27:29.the end of the week. Patchy rain on Friday night, clearing by Saturday.