:00:13. > :00:16.Less visible and poorer response time, Devon and Cornwall Police face
:00:16. > :00:21.significant challenges dealing with budget cuts.
:00:21. > :00:23.Good evening. The force has come under scrutiny from Her Majesty's
:00:23. > :00:26.Inspectorate of Constabulary and despite improvements there is still
:00:26. > :00:30.concern, the Commissioner says the public will have to get used to
:00:30. > :00:34.fewer officers. . I am not comfortable with that, I
:00:34. > :00:37.wish we could have more police officers but I do recognise the
:00:37. > :00:40.inevitability as does Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary in the
:00:40. > :00:44.situation we find ourselves in. tonight, police investigating the
:00:44. > :00:47.deaths of a mother and her two sons release new footage. These are
:00:47. > :00:52.thought to be the last recorded images of Katherine Hooper, before
:00:53. > :00:58.she died. The proudest mum in tennis, passes
:00:58. > :01:05.on her skills to Ilfracombes potential stars of the future. And
:01:05. > :01:10.building up steam, is this the hottest job in the south-west?
:01:10. > :01:14.There are fewer officers in visible roles and response times to
:01:14. > :01:17.emergency calls have got worse. Just two of the concerns raised about the
:01:17. > :01:20.performance of Devon and Cornwall Police as it tries to cope with
:01:20. > :01:23.budget cuts. Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary has
:01:23. > :01:26.been looking at how forces are responding to the Government's
:01:26. > :01:30.austerity measure, across the region, according to the report,
:01:30. > :01:33.Devon and Cornwall are dealing with a significant challenge, but are
:01:33. > :01:38.making good progress. The Avon and Somerset Police force made good
:01:38. > :01:41.progress, in finding the savings they need, with a clear vision from
:01:41. > :01:45.the force's leadership. They say Dorset Police have a clear
:01:45. > :01:48.understanding of the financial challenge, and they have effective
:01:48. > :01:54.management. But it was Devon and Cornwall Police's performance which
:01:54. > :01:59.was the key concern. Last year, the inspectorate was critical, our Home
:01:59. > :02:03.Affairs has been looking at this year's report.
:02:03. > :02:07.It is the front line which is the main concern of the inspectorate.
:02:07. > :02:13.Their report says because of budget cuts, Devon and Cornwall Police face
:02:13. > :02:18.a struggle to protect frontline services. All police forces have
:02:18. > :02:22.similar positions as myself to make, we are going to have to make those
:02:22. > :02:25.savings by looking at how other forces do it, what is best practice,
:02:25. > :02:29.we are determined to make the savings and deliver a first class
:02:29. > :02:33.service we do do that here we are one of the safest, Devon and
:02:33. > :02:36.Cornwall, safest force areas to live in, we want to keep it that way.
:02:36. > :02:40.Across the road from Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary --
:02:40. > :02:45.headquarter, there is a problem with anti-social behaviour. The local
:02:45. > :02:48.shop has suffered vandalism, here they have concerns about the
:02:48. > :02:53.policing service. In terms of visual policing, I don't see a lot. You may
:02:53. > :02:59.see the odd car going past, but then when it comes to the reporting
:02:59. > :03:02.crime, someone has come out, we get asked for CCTV, of which it can be a
:03:02. > :03:06.bit a rigmarole to get them to pick it up, but generally they have
:03:06. > :03:10.always come out, we have given statement, and we help the police
:03:10. > :03:13.where ever we can. The force has made a lot of progress in balancing
:03:13. > :03:18.the book, it is all about public service delivering a service, I am
:03:18. > :03:22.afraid at the moment we are on a point where morale is low, with
:03:22. > :03:26.police officers, because demand is still going up, there is less of
:03:26. > :03:29.them, having to do more work. The report says Devon and Cornwall
:03:29. > :03:34.Police have made good progress, in dealing with budget cuts since last
:03:34. > :03:36.year. When there were worries about the service they would be able to
:03:36. > :03:40.provide. And now, they are in a much stronger position.
:03:40. > :03:44.The concern for all the region's police forces now is what lies
:03:44. > :03:48.ahead? The Government has said that more significant austerity savings
:03:48. > :03:56.are required, on top of those which have already been made. The era of
:03:56. > :04:01.difficult decisions appears far from over.
:04:01. > :04:04.Well, although today's report from Her Majesty's Inspectorate of
:04:04. > :04:06.Constabulary acknowledges the force's making progress, it rays
:04:06. > :04:10.concerns about emergency response times which have fallen, and a drop
:04:10. > :04:15.in the number of officers allocated to visible roles.
:04:15. > :04:19.I asked the Devon and Cornwall Police and crime commissioner what
:04:19. > :04:24.was done to improve police visibility? We have already started
:04:25. > :04:30.to do that, we, I inherited a position where the officer number,
:04:30. > :04:38.and I am talking officers not PCSOs or specials were falling from 3,500
:04:38. > :04:42.to 2810. Now, the officer numbers to date are round 3090, and because of
:04:42. > :04:48.careful budgets by my hard-working financial team, and those of the
:04:48. > :04:53.police force, we are now, we have stopped that descent to 2810
:04:53. > :04:57.officers at 200 or just above, that in itself will improve the
:04:57. > :05:03.visibility of police officers. not just fiscal numbers it is the
:05:04. > :05:08.way those people are allocated, and the HMIC report says you have 13%
:05:08. > :05:13.fewer officers in visible roles than 2010, will you get it back to that
:05:13. > :05:17.level of 2010 or is that something that has been and gone? I don't
:05:17. > :05:22.think we are going to see a return to 2010 figure, in fact a great deal
:05:22. > :05:25.of my time at the moment is looking forward a couple year, at the
:05:25. > :05:30.increased budgetary savings threatened by the Government, so
:05:30. > :05:36.what I am trying to do at the moment, is to stabilise the
:05:36. > :05:41.situation, to, to make sensible use of reserves, to look to the public
:05:41. > :05:44.playing their part... But you are saying you cannot expect to see the
:05:44. > :05:48.same level of visibility from the police as you had in 2010? That is
:05:48. > :05:51.the message you are giving today? am the public's representative in
:05:51. > :05:56.holding the police to account. I believe that is the case, that we
:05:56. > :06:00.the public have got to get used to a situation where we are doing more to
:06:00. > :06:05.support the policing family. That might be in special constable,
:06:05. > :06:09.street pastor, business in the community, we need the public to
:06:09. > :06:13.recognise the situation the country finds itself in and do more to
:06:13. > :06:17.support their policing family. know though, how important it is for
:06:18. > :06:21.people to feel safe, have that perception of feeling safe by seeing
:06:21. > :06:24.officer, you comfortable as the Police and Crime Commissioner, the
:06:24. > :06:30.person who has been elected to oversee the police, with less vet
:06:30. > :06:34.built from the police than in 2010? -- visibility. I am not comfortable
:06:34. > :06:38.with that. Wish we could have more officer, but I recognise the
:06:38. > :06:43.inevitability as does HMIC in the situation we finds ourselves in. We
:06:43. > :06:48.have to be more efficient, we have to do more with less, and as I say,
:06:48. > :06:52.the public has to play its part here. Why have response times to
:06:52. > :07:01.emergency calls dropped so significantly? 80% of response times
:07:01. > :07:05.were met in 2011-12, just 72% in 2012-13. That is most unwelcome, and
:07:05. > :07:09.I think does reflect the pressures that we are under, in terms of
:07:09. > :07:13.policing numbers. I accept the figure -- figures that the drop off
:07:13. > :07:17.in response times, for the most urgent calls is 10%. I will be
:07:17. > :07:22.putting my mind to bringing those numbers back up again, so the public
:07:22. > :07:26.can feel safe. So let me sum this up, the public have to accept less
:07:26. > :07:30.visibility from policing in 2010, a slower response to emergency calls
:07:30. > :07:33.and contract you have put up their precept so they are paying more for
:07:34. > :07:39.less. I am not saying the public have to accept that. My advice is we
:07:39. > :07:43.are not going to restore policing numbers to 2010 fig thur, then the
:07:43. > :07:48.public should hold me to account on some of the most important headlines
:07:48. > :07:52.of this report. We need to remember to praise our police, for the many
:07:53. > :07:57.outstanding things they do every day, and if we remember that part of
:07:57. > :08:01.our role is to up hold police morale, as members of the public, or
:08:01. > :08:04.part of the public, then we will get the very best from them. The public
:08:04. > :08:07.needs to hold me to account, to drive the response times back up
:08:07. > :08:12.again. We must leave it there. Thank you
:08:12. > :08:17.very much indeed. The police have released CCTV
:08:17. > :08:22.footage of a mother who fell to her death on Haytor on Dartmoor, aing on
:08:22. > :08:26.with her son. Katherine Hooper, died last Friday. The police are trying
:08:26. > :08:29.to piece together the final 24 hours of her and her sons live, her other
:08:29. > :08:33.child, a two-year-old boy was found dead in the family home. Today
:08:33. > :08:41.officers returned to the scene, to speak to regular visitors in the
:08:41. > :08:45.hope of finding new information. These are the last recorded images
:08:45. > :08:50.of Katherine Hooper. Having hired a taxi to pick up herself and
:08:50. > :08:55.five-year-old Joshua, she makes a stop at the Spa shop in Paignton,
:08:55. > :09:00.she uses the ATM and staff say she bought cigarette, then she carried
:09:00. > :09:06.on her journey to Haytor. Where today, we found tributes left
:09:06. > :09:09.to the family. Last Thursday, Katherine and Joshua
:09:09. > :09:14.were dropped after here. By Friday they had fall into their deaths here
:09:14. > :09:19.on the left hand part of Haytor. Police believe that Katherine and
:09:19. > :09:23.her son slept rough overnight on the boar moor but apart from that very
:09:23. > :09:29.little is known about the final and crucial 24 hours of their lives. So
:09:29. > :09:34.today police returned to the scene, hoping to find more witnesses.
:09:34. > :09:38.We are looking to piece together their movement, any sightings.
:09:38. > :09:44.Anybody who spoke to them, anybody that could help us piece together
:09:44. > :09:48.the moments. One man who has helped is Jay Cook. He sold ice-creams to
:09:48. > :09:51.them shortly after they arrived on Dartmoor They came to the van,
:09:51. > :09:57.bought some ice-cream, spoke to me for a few minutes and headed away up
:09:57. > :10:01.to the hill. What kind of mood was he is in? She was very polite. I
:10:01. > :10:07.couldn't comment on the mood. Very happy and her son was happy. It is
:10:07. > :10:11.this kind of detail the police are after. . We are rooking for mood.
:10:11. > :10:14.Anybody she may have spoken to clearly we need to try and ascertain
:10:14. > :10:18.her thought process, and at the state of mind prior to the tragedy
:10:18. > :10:23.that unfolded. What we would like is for witnesses to come forward,
:10:23. > :10:28.people that have seen her and Josh, specifically, we would be asking
:10:28. > :10:32.people that may have camera footage, video footage, check it, you may
:10:32. > :10:36.have information on that footage which is relevant to the
:10:36. > :10:41.investigation. Those who use the moor are being asked to look out for
:10:41. > :10:44.her mobile phone. It is believed she discarded it on the moor. Officers
:10:44. > :10:47.believe it could be crucial to the investigation. At her home in
:10:47. > :10:53.Paignton, there are fresh tributes from family, neighbours, and
:10:53. > :11:01.friends. It is for their sake, as well as coroner, that police are
:11:01. > :11:05.searching for answers. An attempt to stop any badger cull
:11:05. > :11:09.taking place on council owned land in Dorset was defeated today. The
:11:09. > :11:12.County is a reserve location if the cull, due to start shortly, runs
:11:12. > :11:16.into difficulties in the main areas, in Somerset and Gloucestershire.
:11:16. > :11:24.Even if Dorset is involved, County Councillors were told that any ban
:11:24. > :11:28.would be legally unenforceable. As politicians in top ofster were
:11:28. > :11:33.discussing the badger cull this farmer was sending one of his
:11:33. > :11:37.animals to slaughter after it showed signs of bovine TB in a routine
:11:37. > :11:39.test. It is a blow for James, his farm had been clear of the disease
:11:39. > :11:43.after suffering an outbreak three-and-a-half years ago.
:11:43. > :11:46.He is in no doubt that badgers are to blame for spreading bovine
:11:46. > :11:52.tuberculosis. Situation is getting out of control,
:11:52. > :11:55.I gather there was 28,000 cattle in the UK culled last year. Cost the
:11:55. > :11:59.country �100 million. I think we cannot go on like this, and really,
:11:59. > :12:03.we have to look at the wildlife reservoir, of disease and do
:12:03. > :12:08.something about it. Others believe badger vaccination is the answer.
:12:08. > :12:12.Today, a Labour Cowens or in Dorset proposed the County Council should
:12:12. > :12:17.object to any badger cull on its land. The councillors were told they
:12:17. > :12:23.didn't have the power to stop their 53 Tennant farmers from taking part
:12:23. > :12:29.in a badger cull in the future. After a sometimes passionate debate
:12:29. > :12:33.councillors voted by 26 to 12 in fayre of a amendment which says that
:12:33. > :12:36.the badger cull is a national issue, and policy should be decided by
:12:36. > :12:40.central Government. -- favour. It is a serious issue
:12:40. > :12:44.that needed raising and needed to be debated. So I am pleased that
:12:44. > :12:49.happened, but the result is disappointing to say the least.
:12:49. > :12:55.Despite the controversy that is a sentiment echoed by many of the
:12:55. > :12:59.ream's farmers. -- region's. A new tungsten mine
:12:59. > :13:04.being developed has provided a �1 million windfall for archaeologist,
:13:04. > :13:08.the money has been provided by Woolf Minerals as part of the planning
:13:08. > :13:14.agreement and it has yielded fascinating insights into the way
:13:14. > :13:20.bronze age man lived on the edge of Dartmoor.
:13:20. > :13:23.It must be an archaeologist's dream. Four years to investigate a bronze
:13:23. > :13:28.age settlement and �1 million to help with the work. Soon, this area
:13:28. > :13:33.will become part of one of the world's large largest tungsten mines
:13:33. > :13:38.but for a few more months it continues to give up its secrets.
:13:38. > :13:45.Some of the finds we have uncovered so far. These all date from the
:13:45. > :13:49.bronze age, middle Bronze Age, roughly 3500 years ago. We have
:13:50. > :13:55.lovely items of pottery, very fragile. We have a whetstone, used
:13:55. > :13:59.for sharpening metal objects. This is an axe. Very rare, and a very
:13:59. > :14:05.beautiful object. The best way to understand the scale
:14:05. > :14:09.of this dig is to take to the air. Can get a really good view of the
:14:09. > :14:13.extent of the operations that we are dealing with here. This is one of
:14:13. > :14:18.the things you found. This is very interesting. It is called a kibl.
:14:18. > :14:22.What it is was a wooden barrel and these are the remains of the straps
:14:22. > :14:28.that went round it. It was probably in operation round the time of the
:14:28. > :14:36.Spanish Armada. Cairns dotted round the site have yielded bronze age
:14:36. > :14:41.artefacts such as the axe head. is telling us how Bronze Age man
:14:41. > :14:45.viewed the resource. It wanted to take a claim to the tin, and from
:14:45. > :14:49.the positions of the barrows and the things we found in them, it seems
:14:49. > :14:53.they are positioning these to say, you know, stay out, this is our tin.
:14:53. > :14:58.The clock is ticking, this is the last opportunity to dig before waste
:14:58. > :15:03.from the tungsten mine is deposited here.
:15:03. > :15:08.Still to come tonight. Getting steamed up in the sweltering heat,
:15:08. > :15:13.plus anyone for tennis? The mum of Wimbledon tennis champion Andy
:15:13. > :15:17.Murray has been in Ilfracombe today. Find out why a little later.
:15:17. > :15:25.And who has got the hottest job in the south-west? We will try to find
:15:25. > :15:29.out. Sports news now and North Devon
:15:29. > :15:33.golfer Jimmy Mullen has had an excellent first day at the open
:15:33. > :15:38.Championship. The teenager who is one of a handfulful amateuring
:15:38. > :15:45.playing at Muirfield is living his dream, and he held his own against
:15:45. > :15:53.the professionals, managing six birdies on the first round.
:15:53. > :15:58.Jimmy Mullen from Bideford. Go on. Go on.
:15:58. > :16:03.It wouldn't. It would. This was the eighth hole and Jimmy's fourth
:16:03. > :16:07.birdie at the open Championship at Muirfield. The 19-year-old amateur
:16:07. > :16:10.from north Devon certainly was doing well, as he managed to beat two
:16:10. > :16:15.under par by the end of the front nine.
:16:15. > :16:19.But at the turn into the back nine, he hit a double bogey on the tenth.
:16:19. > :16:26.Halting his progress. He continued to stay focussed and managed to pick
:16:26. > :16:31.up two further birdie, one on the 12th and this one on the 17th.
:16:31. > :16:34.His nerves held out, although on the final hole he dropped a shot
:16:34. > :16:40.finishing his round in level par, only five shots off the clubhouse
:16:40. > :16:45.lead, and better than some big names in golf like Rory McIlroy, Faldo and
:16:45. > :16:48.Justin Rose. If he shoots a similar score tomorrow he will almost
:16:48. > :16:55.certainly qualify for the final two rounds over the weekend and the
:16:55. > :16:59.chance to win the medal for top amateur.
:16:59. > :17:04.We will continue to follow his progress for you.
:17:04. > :17:14.Children in Ilfracombe have been meeting a special guest today. The
:17:14. > :17:15.
:17:15. > :17:19.Wimbledon champion Andy Murray's mum was t the town's tennis club.
:17:19. > :17:24.Ilfracombe Tennis Club greeted and hosts a familiar face which millions
:17:24. > :17:29.of television viewers receivery year in June and July. Judy Murray, mum
:17:29. > :17:34.of Andy, brought her Set4Sport roadshow to the knot Devon town. It
:17:34. > :17:39.is the third stop of her nationwide tour, giving children the chance to
:17:39. > :17:44.perhaps follow her famous son, and his elder tennis playing brother
:17:44. > :17:48.Jamie, himself a Wimbledon mixed doubles champions six years ago. .
:17:48. > :17:53.It is a collection of fun games that we played as a family when Jamie and
:17:53. > :17:56.Andy were growing up, and for us to be able to share the games with
:17:56. > :18:01.parent, to show them ways they can play actively at home with their
:18:01. > :18:04.children, using pretty much anything they have lying round, to help the
:18:04. > :18:09.kids develop co-ordination skills and develop a more active lie style.
:18:09. > :18:13.The rest of Andy Murray's life will change considerably after his
:18:13. > :18:19.unforgettable win over Novak Djokovic 11 days ago on Centre Court
:18:19. > :18:23.but will Judy's life alter? I am not too sure. I hope it won't be too
:18:23. > :18:27.much different, but I think what it does present is a huge opportunity
:18:27. > :18:31.to grow the sport of tennis, you know, I think it is the sport that
:18:31. > :18:36.everybody is talking about right now, and we, as a family, we would
:18:36. > :18:42.certainly hope that Andy's success would help to inspire a new
:18:42. > :18:46.generation of both kids and adults to come and try to try tennis.
:18:46. > :18:51.Ilfracombe tennis club for me is the epitome of a community tennis club,
:18:51. > :18:54.you have wonderful community coaching, great number of teachers
:18:54. > :18:58.and local coaches who have come tout help and a number of young people
:18:58. > :19:02.who play, that is why I am here today, to support Gary and the great
:19:02. > :19:06.work he does down here for tennis. It has been a super opportunity for
:19:06. > :19:10.the children from Ilfracombe instant school the meet the mum of this
:19:10. > :19:16.year's Wimbledon men's champion. And she has set all these activity ups
:19:16. > :19:20.and I think the children are enjoying them.
:19:21. > :19:25.-- activities. A day they won't forget. Today, the
:19:25. > :19:28.Met Office issued a level three heat wave warning for the south-west, and
:19:28. > :19:32.our forecasters say we have had one of the hottest days of the year so
:19:32. > :19:37.far. So are you basking in the heat or baking in the hot temperatures?
:19:37. > :19:43.We are about to take do you a stunning location, John Henderson is
:19:43. > :19:47.in Salcombe in south Devon where they are delighted with the weather.
:19:47. > :19:51.They certainly are. Though I am, I feel like the wicked witch of the
:19:51. > :19:56.west. I am melting in this heat. I think today it has been touching
:19:56. > :19:59.certainly late 20s, early 30, it is cooling a bit now, but to give you
:19:59. > :20:04.an idea of how warm it has been, the sea here, the sea temperature, in
:20:04. > :20:09.the last week alone, they tell me that it has gone up two degree, it
:20:09. > :20:13.is currently 18, so pretty pleasant if you were to get in. But what if
:20:13. > :20:18.you can't cope with this heat? If it is getting too much for you? What if
:20:18. > :20:28.it was like this every day this my colleague thinks he has found the
:20:28. > :20:31.
:20:31. > :20:35.hottest job in the south-west. The 2.30 to Bodmin general station,
:20:35. > :20:41.the Cornish Belle. Passengers are enjoying the view and a cream tea,
:20:41. > :20:48.on the footplate driver Roger and fireman Mark are feeling the heat.
:20:48. > :20:52.You go home from work tired but it is enjoyable. I still think I am
:20:52. > :20:57.lucky to be up here playing the steam engines, What is your strategy
:20:57. > :21:01.for coping with the heat? Drink lots of tea and water and the occasional
:21:01. > :21:06.ice-cream. So, I have been known to stand under the water shower at the
:21:06. > :21:10.top, you know when we fill up to cool down as well. The railway
:21:10. > :21:17.reckon these are the hottest jobs in the south-west. They have measured
:21:17. > :21:22.more than 33 degrees Celsius in the cab of this 97-year-old tank engine.
:21:22. > :21:28.We need to check those figures for accuracy, so I have brought a
:21:28. > :21:34.digital thermometer and my old clothes because of the dust. 33.7
:21:34. > :21:39.degrees Celsius. No wonder it is hot up here! That is before we start.
:21:40. > :21:45.Once under way, up the big incline it gets hotter. There is a searing
:21:45. > :21:50.blast of every time the fire door is opened A group of MPs representing
:21:50. > :21:53.bakery workers is calling for a maximum working temperature of 27
:21:54. > :22:00.degrees for strenuous work, the temperature here is more like 40
:22:00. > :22:06.degrees. That is 104 degrees Fahrenheit. Wow!
:22:06. > :22:11.The you have plenty of cold drinks and tea onboard. Even so the heat
:22:11. > :22:15.takes its toll. You tend to swat a lot and you feel limp at the end of
:22:15. > :22:23.the day. I am not complaining, because I remember what it was like
:22:23. > :22:30.last year, cold, wet, and horrible, all summer. I am enjoying this.
:22:30. > :22:40.So time for a drink. For the crew and the engine. It is
:22:40. > :22:46.
:22:46. > :22:50.40 degrees. I couldn't do that job. I am struggling as it is. Joined by
:22:50. > :22:53.Ian Gibson, how is it going for you, this summer in this lovely warm
:22:53. > :22:58.temperature? It has been fantastic. Since July came and the sunshine
:22:58. > :23:02.came, it has been perfect. Give its an indication of the difference now,
:23:02. > :23:07.from last career? Last year it was wet and windy, in July, and by this
:23:07. > :23:11.stage of July we had had 400 visitors visiting yacht, this year
:23:11. > :23:14.we have had 8 hundred already, we have doubled our visiting yacht
:23:15. > :23:21.numbers which is excellent. You have something going on a the moment?
:23:21. > :23:26.Yes, it is Merlin rocket week. We have 120 Merlin rockets racing twice
:23:26. > :23:29.a day, and they come every year, their stall warts and they love it,
:23:29. > :23:34.but it is nice they have been reregarded -- rewarded this year
:23:34. > :23:38.with fantastic weather. Salcombe isn't heaving and you like that? .
:23:38. > :23:44.No, this is really nice time of year in Salcombe, it is busy, there is a
:23:44. > :23:47.buzz about the plaice but it is not overly busy, we can fit everybody in
:23:47. > :23:52.and give them the time they deserve and that I have a nice time. In
:23:52. > :23:56.July, late July and early August it goes up a scale, and it is busy
:23:56. > :24:01.then, but some people like that. mentioned earlier the sea
:24:01. > :24:05.temperature, 18 degree, have you been in? . I was, I was in the sea
:24:05. > :24:12.last weekends. Although I was wearing a wet suit I got arm freeze
:24:12. > :24:15.but it is better now. We will leaf it here from a lovely
:24:15. > :24:19.hot outdoor scene do you in a sweltering studio.
:24:19. > :24:24.Thank you very much. I was watching the boats bobbing round in the
:24:24. > :24:26.background. Looks like the best place to be. An extra level in the
:24:26. > :24:33.place to be. An extra level in the heat wave alert. Not quite the
:24:33. > :24:39.hottest day so far. Not quite. Yes. Have we made it, no by 0.6 o of
:24:39. > :24:46.degree we have been off. Exeter as I will show you was the hotspot. We
:24:46. > :24:50.reached 3.8 last Saturday. Today we reached 30.2, that is Yeovilton in
:24:50. > :24:55.Somerset and Chivenor in Devon. It is not quite the hottest day of the
:24:55. > :25:00.year but still very hot. We are, as you have heard, in the grips of a
:25:00. > :25:05.heat wave. Alert level three. What that means, is we have 90%
:25:05. > :25:10.confidence, we will see at least 15 Celsius at night. We is see similar
:25:10. > :25:13.conditions of staying hot, not just today, tomorrow but for the next few
:25:13. > :25:18.day, high pressure very much in charge of the weather, responsible
:25:18. > :25:22.for all this heat. What we will notice from tomorrow the centre of
:25:22. > :25:27.the high pressure will make its way northwards up over Scotland, so for
:25:27. > :25:31.tomorrow we will start to see more in the way of an eastly the flee of
:25:31. > :25:34.air. Breezier and it will push all this heat in the centre of the
:25:34. > :25:39.country towards us, so tomorrow is another hot day. And then for
:25:39. > :25:45.Saturday, and into the weekend, as that high pressure continues to make
:25:45. > :25:48.its way northwards, we will start the see more humid air, drifting
:25:48. > :25:51.towards us, increasing humidity levels for suspend and increasing
:25:51. > :25:55.the chance perhaps of thundery showers too.
:25:55. > :26:01.But it has been very hot today, hardly a cloud in the sky for most
:26:01. > :26:05.of us, but there has been some cloud bubbling up, especially for up over
:26:05. > :26:09.the moors towards Bideford. We did see a shower or two. As we head into
:26:09. > :26:13.the evening and overnight, any cloud and showers will clear away and we
:26:13. > :26:19.are looking at largely clear skies overnight. Light winds and feeling
:26:19. > :26:25.warm, as temperatures dip to no lourer than 15 to 18 as the minimum
:26:25. > :26:29.temperature tonight, o -- lore. Feeling uncomfortable to sleep in.
:26:29. > :26:32.Tomorrow plenty of the way of sunshine and we will see more of a
:26:32. > :26:36.breeze, but lots of sunshine to be had. A bit more cloud by the
:26:36. > :26:41.afternoon, perhaps for similar areas that we saw today, and temperature,
:26:41. > :26:48.well, reaching the high 20s again, potentially 30 or 31 C on the cards.
:26:48. > :26:53.So, we will stay with the heat not just for us but the Isles of Scilly.
:26:53. > :27:03.Dry and warm, we will see an easterly breeze. The times of high
:27:03. > :27:06.
:27:06. > :27:11.better surfing conditions tomorrow than we have seen. It has been
:27:11. > :27:14.largely flat. The winds are east north-easterly three to four, fair
:27:14. > :27:19.conditions with moderate to good advice bill. So remaining with
:27:19. > :27:22.settled weather, into the weekend, temperatures plateauing Saturday and
:27:22. > :27:26.Sunday, but by Sunday and Monday, more in the way of humidity, and a
:27:26. > :27:30.greater chance of some thundery showers by the afternoon and
:27:30. > :27:35.evenings. Good night. Thank you very much. I wonder how long it is going