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The murder of the student Catherine Wells—Burr; tonight her parents | :00:11. | :00:16. | |
describe the shattering effect on their lives. Good evening. Her mum | :00:16. | :00:22. | |
and dad have set up a charity to help other families affected by | :00:22. | :00:25. | |
murder. But they're struggling to come to terms with what happened to | :00:25. | :00:32. | |
their daughter. My heart and soul have gone. It has been ripped out of | :00:33. | :00:35. | |
me. Also tonight: fears over cuts to | :00:35. | :00:38. | |
daycare in Devon. Why it's now under review as fewer people are using the | :00:38. | :00:41. | |
service. And how the crew of a rescue | :00:41. | :00:45. | |
helicopter increased mid air from seven to eight, thanks to this new | :00:46. | :00:50. | |
arrival. The family of Catherine Wells Burr, | :00:50. | :00:53. | |
who was murdered in Somerset a year ago, say they plan to use their | :00:53. | :00:57. | |
nightmare experience to help others. Her mother and father have set up a | :00:57. | :01:00. | |
charity foundation with the aim of supporting families of other murder | :01:01. | :01:04. | |
victims. Three Polish nationals, including Catherine's boyfriend, | :01:04. | :01:07. | |
were convicted of killing her in June. Catherine's parents have been | :01:07. | :01:10. | |
speaking to our Somerset correspondent Clinton Rogers. | :01:10. | :01:22. | |
Lots of love, it has got a butterfly. It is her favourite | :01:22. | :01:25. | |
colour. The charity wristbands have already raised around £8,000 for the | :01:25. | :01:30. | |
foundation in memory of Catherine Wells—Burr. Her brutal death at the | :01:30. | :01:36. | |
hands of her boyfriend a year ago has left the family broken. And yet, | :01:36. | :01:41. | |
determined to raise money to help others who may find themselves in | :01:41. | :01:47. | |
the middle of a similar nightmare. I would like the foundation to really | :01:47. | :01:51. | |
help a lot of people. Loved ones being murdered abroad, you need a | :01:51. | :01:58. | |
flight to go over there and get their loved ones, you could help | :01:58. | :02:02. | |
finance them. We can help with trial costs. It is horrific. Attending | :02:02. | :02:07. | |
court. Host families will want to do that for the loved ones that they | :02:07. | :02:12. | |
have lost. You had to go to Bristol for nine weeks? Yes, we stayed up | :02:12. | :02:16. | |
there every weeks. What did it cost to? Why don't know. Thousands. In | :02:16. | :02:27. | |
June, Catherine's boyfriend, Polish national Rafal Nowak, his secret | :02:27. | :02:31. | |
lover Anna Lagwinowicz and her uncle Tadevsz Dmytryszyn were all | :02:31. | :02:34. | |
sentenced to life for her murder. After her killing, to benefit from | :02:34. | :02:40. | |
the insurance policy, they dumped her body in a car by a roadside near | :02:40. | :02:46. | |
Taunton and set fire to it. It was almost exactly a year ago. But the | :02:46. | :02:52. | |
manner of her killing, and the betrayal by a man who was welcomed | :02:52. | :02:56. | |
into this family, is something which they cannot come to terms with. I am | :02:56. | :03:02. | |
a shell of myself, really. My personality and character has gone. | :03:02. | :03:07. | |
I will accept every day thinking of Catherine, go to bed thinking about | :03:07. | :03:14. | |
Catherine. Every day without fail. It never leaves you. My heart and | :03:14. | :03:18. | |
soul have gone, it they have been ripped out of me. You wake up every | :03:18. | :03:26. | |
day, what is there to look forward to? But tough though it must surely | :03:26. | :03:32. | |
be, Catherine's death has inspired her mother to start a university | :03:32. | :03:37. | |
course to learn to be a trauma counsellor, specialising in | :03:37. | :03:44. | |
homicide. Yes, I am. I am, yes, I want to help others in the same | :03:44. | :03:49. | |
situation as asked. Is it that you believe that because you have been | :03:49. | :03:53. | |
there? I can help others, I can, I can empathise with the way, the | :03:53. | :03:59. | |
families going through what we have been through. Forgive me for saying | :03:59. | :04:04. | |
this, would it not opened wounds for you to do this? No, I have got to | :04:04. | :04:11. | |
decide to cut help. Something good, they say, must come out of something | :04:11. | :04:18. | |
so terrible. Dozens of centres which provide day | :04:18. | :04:20. | |
care, entertainments and activities for older and vulnerable people | :04:20. | :04:24. | |
across Devon are at risk of closure because of budget cuts. Charities | :04:24. | :04:27. | |
have reacted with concern. Our correspondent Simon Hall joins us | :04:27. | :04:38. | |
from Devon County Hall in Exeter. There are 40 day care centres across | :04:38. | :04:43. | |
Devon, they provide a rind of services for older people, those for | :04:43. | :04:46. | |
disabilities, that retro range of services, older people and those | :04:46. | :04:52. | |
with dementia. It gives people a chance to get out of their home, to | :04:52. | :04:55. | |
go somewhere for activities, entertainment and meals. And also to | :04:55. | :05:00. | |
care as they can be very important because it gives them respite from | :05:00. | :05:04. | |
their duties. The prospect that some may close has caused concern. They | :05:04. | :05:11. | |
centres for older people in the county are extremely important, | :05:11. | :05:14. | |
specially for those of context needs. A lot of investment has been | :05:14. | :05:17. | |
going into creating other opportunities for people, but for | :05:17. | :05:21. | |
those people who need the kind of care that only they centres can | :05:21. | :05:25. | |
offer, and the respite for carers, they are essential. How much of the | :05:25. | :05:31. | |
concern is it for you? It is a concern if alternative provision is | :05:31. | :05:35. | |
not found, and a short Devon council will be finding that kind of free | :05:35. | :05:40. | |
source. —— resource. Devon county council | :05:40. | :05:45. | |
says the number of people using the centres has fallen two thirds in | :05:45. | :05:51. | |
eight years. People are choosing to spend the grants that councils give | :05:51. | :05:55. | |
them in other ways for their leisure time and the council say they have | :05:55. | :06:00. | |
to respond to that and tailor their services accordingly. They say these | :06:00. | :06:04. | |
services will be reviewed, the most vulnerable in society will be | :06:04. | :06:07. | |
protected and this issue will be discussed by the ruling cabinet in | :06:07. | :06:08. | |
Wednesday. Details of where an extra £24 | :06:08. | :06:11. | |
million of cuts might be found next year have been published by Cornwall | :06:11. | :06:14. | |
Council. Adult Care and Health could see its budget slashed by almost £12 | :06:14. | :06:18. | |
million. Bus services have been earmarked for a further £1 million | :06:18. | :06:22. | |
cut and £400,000 could be saved by doubling the Newquay Airport | :06:22. | :06:25. | |
development fee to £10. Street cleaning, libraries and one stop | :06:25. | :06:28. | |
shop opening hours could also be reduced. | :06:28. | :06:39. | |
Police say two people have been found dead in Cornwall. Police were | :06:39. | :06:43. | |
called to a property earlier today after concern was expressed for one | :06:43. | :06:46. | |
of the occupants. This requires our ongoing into the circumstances. —— | :06:46. | :06:52. | |
police say enquiries are ongoing. An expanding Cornish business that | :06:52. | :06:55. | |
wants to create 20 new jobs says it may have to do so outside the region | :06:55. | :06:59. | |
because of the threat to Cornwall's air link with London. Flybe, who run | :06:59. | :07:03. | |
the Newquay—Gatwick route at the moment, are dropping it next spring. | :07:03. | :07:06. | |
No—one knows who, if anyone, will replace them. Our business | :07:07. | :07:08. | |
correspondent Neil Gallacher reports. | :07:08. | :07:12. | |
Continental underfloor heating or a Bude —based company looking to | :07:12. | :07:17. | |
expand from 24 staff to around 40. They are a wholesale supplier to | :07:17. | :07:19. | |
heating engineers nationwide. Their problem is the uncertainty over the | :07:19. | :07:26. | |
air link which has worsened since easyJet dashed hopes they would take | :07:26. | :07:29. | |
over the route. The boss says they may be forced to create a new job | :07:29. | :07:34. | |
along with Cornwall. This decision to pull the air link calls the | :07:34. | :07:40. | |
investment into question. We were due to discuss this in two weeks in | :07:40. | :07:46. | |
our board meeting at I cannot say that I can support further growth | :07:46. | :07:49. | |
within Cornwall at this stage. So what you do? Back to the drawing | :07:49. | :07:53. | |
board, we know that superfast links enable us to have offices and we | :07:53. | :07:58. | |
will perhaps have an office in Birmingham, or Manchester on the | :07:58. | :08:06. | |
London. Could other bosses be in the same position? I went to the | :08:06. | :08:10. | |
Cornwall business to find out. To us, it would be catastrophic. The | :08:10. | :08:16. | |
majority at our quiets we fly into the city and then out to Europe. If | :08:16. | :08:23. | |
we cannot do that, there is no time to drive to London. Some take a more | :08:23. | :08:30. | |
relaxed view. This company champions the rail connection. If they were to | :08:31. | :08:35. | |
look at the rail link, or tequila leave sleeper service to and from | :08:35. | :08:39. | |
Cornwall, they may find they have got more opportunities. —— | :08:39. | :08:46. | |
particularly the sleeper service. The Cornwall Chamber of Commerce | :08:47. | :08:50. | |
hopes that people can increase numbers on the air link. We will | :08:50. | :08:55. | |
hope that airlines will increase their hope that there is a viable | :08:55. | :09:01. | |
route option. Cornwall Council insists it is confident it will find | :09:01. | :09:05. | |
an airline to step in. Evidently that is not enough to reassure | :09:05. | :09:09. | |
continental heating in Bude. There is no way of knowing how many other | :09:09. | :09:13. | |
local businesses may also be putting investment decisions on hold. This | :09:13. | :09:18. | |
underlines the importance of the airport in a place like this. | :09:18. | :09:22. | |
Passenger numbers may well be down but it does not mean the airport is | :09:22. | :09:25. | |
not hugely successful in shoring up the local economy. | :09:25. | :09:28. | |
The Eden Project in Cornwall has tonight confirmed that a further 15 | :09:28. | :09:32. | |
jobs will be lost as it continues to reduce costs. The tourist attraction | :09:32. | :09:35. | |
shed 53 posts earlier this year as part of a £2 million restructure. A | :09:35. | :09:38. | |
30—day consultation on the latest cuts has now begun. Eden currently | :09:38. | :09:44. | |
employs just under 400 full time equivalent workers. | :09:44. | :09:48. | |
There's been sharp criticism of plans for major crime scenes in | :09:48. | :09:53. | |
Dorset to be guarded by a private company in place of police. | :09:53. | :09:57. | |
Securitas workers will carry out the job during a four month trial which | :09:57. | :10:01. | |
is designed to save money and free up front line officers. But the | :10:01. | :10:04. | |
Police Federation says it's policing on the cheap. Briony Leyland | :10:04. | :10:12. | |
reports. When a major crime investigation | :10:12. | :10:15. | |
begins, someone needs to guard the scene around the clock. In Dorset, | :10:15. | :10:20. | |
that job has always been done by police officers, but staff from the | :10:20. | :10:25. | |
firm Securitas will step into their shoes. The move comes against a back | :10:25. | :10:29. | |
drop of big budget cuts which have led to posts going. Dorset's police | :10:29. | :10:33. | |
and crime commission says the contract will save thousands of | :10:33. | :10:37. | |
pounds and free up offices for front—line duties. You have been | :10:37. | :10:41. | |
accused of introducing privatisation through the front door, would you | :10:41. | :10:46. | |
say to that? I do not think it is that, that means taking away rolls | :10:46. | :10:51. | |
and giving it to a private company. We are not doing that, we are saying | :10:51. | :10:57. | |
that for a three or four hour or day period, sometimes, we would be | :10:57. | :11:01. | |
asking a company to cover something that the police do so that police | :11:01. | :11:04. | |
can be back out there on the front line, being more visible and | :11:04. | :11:07. | |
reassuring the public. The police Federation which represents | :11:07. | :11:10. | |
rank—and—file officers says guarding scenes like this is an important | :11:10. | :11:14. | |
front line role which should not be handed over. I have got concerned | :11:14. | :11:18. | |
about this greeting private agenda. I do not think cheap is always the | :11:18. | :11:22. | |
best option. Police officers at crime scene are not just stood | :11:23. | :11:26. | |
around doing nothing, they are interactive with the public, getting | :11:26. | :11:38. | |
doing investigations. I can't see anything wrong with it. I think | :11:38. | :11:41. | |
police can be better doing other things. It is not going to work, | :11:41. | :11:48. | |
they will not have the same commitment. It is a cheap way out. | :11:48. | :11:53. | |
As long as they do their job well, it is good enough. Dorset will not | :11:53. | :11:57. | |
do the first to do this. Aidan and Somerset and seven and Cornwall | :11:57. | :12:05. | |
already use it. —— Avon and Somerset and Devon and Cornwall. If you are | :12:05. | :12:15. | |
between the rock and a hard place, you have to look at how you can | :12:15. | :12:17. | |
sustain services with smaller budgets. I suspect that will | :12:17. | :12:24. | |
inevitably mean looking closely at outsourcing to companies who can | :12:24. | :12:26. | |
provide that service for a much cheaper cost. Initially, the | :12:26. | :12:33. | |
contract between Securitas and Dorset police is the former. If all | :12:33. | :12:37. | |
goes according to plan, there is every expectation it will become | :12:37. | :12:39. | |
permanent change. Two Greenpeace protestors from Devon | :12:39. | :12:42. | |
are amongst 14 activists to be charged with piracy by the Russian | :12:42. | :12:45. | |
authorities. Kieron Bryan from Shebbear and Alex Harris from Dolton | :12:45. | :12:49. | |
could face up to 15 years in prison if found guilty. It's not known if a | :12:49. | :12:53. | |
third person, Iain Rogers from Exeter, has also been charged. All | :12:53. | :12:58. | |
three were part of a protest against drilling oil in the Arctic. | :12:58. | :13:02. | |
Teachers across the South West are to stage a one—day strike later this | :13:02. | :13:06. | |
month in a protest over pay and pensions. Members of the National | :13:06. | :13:09. | |
Union of Teachers, and the National Association of Schoolmasters and | :13:09. | :13:12. | |
Union of Women Teachers, are to take action on 17th October. The unions | :13:12. | :13:18. | |
say it will affect most schools in Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and | :13:18. | :13:22. | |
Dorset. It's part of a series of rolling one—day strikes taking place | :13:22. | :13:28. | |
across England. Coming up later in the programme, an | :13:28. | :13:33. | |
appreciation of art. The youngsters getting a master class thanks to | :13:33. | :13:43. | |
this masterpiece. He started off with drawing, and he got really | :13:43. | :13:46. | |
better and better. And then he started wooing painting. | :13:46. | :13:49. | |
And we'll meet the mid air arrival who surprised the crew of a Royal | :13:49. | :13:55. | |
Navy helicopter. Parents of children with | :13:55. | :13:59. | |
disabilities say plans to expand the work of a research unit in Devon | :13:59. | :14:02. | |
will provide a lifeline for hundreds of families. The Peninsula Cerebral | :14:02. | :14:08. | |
Research Unit, which is based at the University of Exeter Medical School, | :14:08. | :14:11. | |
has secured funding for the next six years. Heidi Davey has been to meet | :14:11. | :14:16. | |
some of the families working with the team. | :14:16. | :14:23. | |
It is in the book, and it is on... Harrison and Cooper are identical | :14:23. | :14:27. | |
twins but leave different lives. When the boys were born six years | :14:27. | :14:32. | |
ago, life drastically changed for the family as Harrison has cerebral | :14:32. | :14:36. | |
palsy and is registered blind. For a parent company have got a disabled | :14:37. | :14:41. | |
child, the first years, your life is about coming to terms with that | :14:41. | :14:45. | |
disability, understanding this new world that you live in, the special | :14:45. | :14:52. | |
needs world. Unless you have a relative with a disability, we knew | :14:52. | :14:56. | |
nothing about this parallel world that exists alongside the mainstream | :14:56. | :14:59. | |
one. It was discovering the Peninsula Cerebral Research Unit | :14:59. | :15:03. | |
that change things for Julia and her family. It is having the opportunity | :15:03. | :15:09. | |
to use my name, be regarded as an expert in my parent carer role, is | :15:09. | :15:13. | |
hugely important when self—esteem. It is here at the University of | :15:13. | :15:18. | |
Exeter medical school that the research team are based. Their work | :15:19. | :15:23. | |
is highly praised due to its hands on approach. It is not about | :15:23. | :15:27. | |
laboratories, it is working directly with families, and they are thrilled | :15:27. | :15:30. | |
to have been awarded nearly £800,000. It is fantastic or couple | :15:30. | :15:37. | |
of reasons. We have built up what we call our family faculty, a couple of | :15:37. | :15:41. | |
hundred families of disabled children, commonly in Devon but also | :15:41. | :15:47. | |
in Cornwall. We interact with them by e—mail and what is so fantastic | :15:47. | :15:51. | |
about the funding it will enable us to invest in continuing network, and | :15:51. | :15:57. | |
not pulling away from them. It is something Julia and families like | :15:57. | :16:01. | |
hers will be extremely pleased to hear. | :16:01. | :16:04. | |
A school in Cornwall says it's cutting pupil absences by helping | :16:04. | :16:06. | |
parents book a cheaper family holiday. While some South West | :16:06. | :16:10. | |
schools say parents will be fined £120 for unauthorised absences, | :16:10. | :16:13. | |
others are taking a more sympathetic approach. From St Austell, Eleanor | :16:13. | :16:22. | |
Parkinson reports. These children are working hard at a | :16:22. | :16:30. | |
music lesson but when it comes to holidays, they have a clear idea of | :16:30. | :16:34. | |
what they like to do. I like to barbecue and just go to different | :16:34. | :16:38. | |
places that I've never been to before and just learn more about the | :16:38. | :16:42. | |
country. I go to different countries, I've been to France, | :16:42. | :16:47. | |
Spain, Africa, America, lots of other countries around the border. | :16:47. | :16:52. | |
At this time of year, many parents are beginning to some through | :16:52. | :16:56. | |
holiday brochures looking for a good deal for the summer. Because many | :16:56. | :17:00. | |
holiday companies put up the price chewing school holiday time, some | :17:00. | :17:03. | |
parents say they are being forced to take children out drink ten time. | :17:03. | :17:06. | |
Some local authorities have threatened to fine parents who take | :17:06. | :17:11. | |
during our during term time. But at this school they believe they have | :17:11. | :17:15. | |
come up with an answer. They are giving parents more flexibility by | :17:15. | :17:19. | |
creating a two—week half term break in the summer using teacher training | :17:19. | :17:24. | |
days. The head of the school says it has cut teacher and Mrs —— pupil | :17:24. | :17:28. | |
absences. Education is the mother —— most important thing, but we await | :17:28. | :17:36. | |
that some of the seasonal workers are on low wages and are unable to | :17:36. | :17:40. | |
take a holiday at the other times. The longer half term has gone down | :17:40. | :17:45. | |
well with parents. People need to look at opportunities to save money, | :17:45. | :17:49. | |
they have not got disposable income so they need to look at other | :17:49. | :17:55. | |
options if they want a family holiday. They have been particularly | :17:55. | :17:57. | |
understanding of families down here, lots of parents work seasonal | :17:57. | :18:01. | |
work and also acknowledging the current economic climate. So when it | :18:01. | :18:07. | |
is school is out at this school, it is hoped the change will keep | :18:07. | :18:12. | |
everyone happy and in class at the right time. | :18:12. | :18:18. | |
Now, have you ever been to an art gallery and wondered what a famous | :18:18. | :18:21. | |
painting would look like hanging on your wall? Children near Plymouth | :18:21. | :18:25. | |
got the chance to find out today when a priceless portrait by one of | :18:25. | :18:28. | |
Devon's most renowned artists was brought to their school. It was part | :18:28. | :18:31. | |
of Your Paintings, a nationwide project to bring art into the | :18:31. | :18:35. | |
classroom, and Chloe Axford went to have a look. | :18:35. | :18:43. | |
Children at this primary School in Plympton come face—to—face with an | :18:43. | :18:47. | |
old master. This is a self—portrait ID painter Sir Joshua Reynolds who | :18:47. | :18:51. | |
was born and brought up just around the corner. It means an awful lot | :18:51. | :18:59. | |
because he is a Plympton chap, born and bred in Plympton, and we have | :18:59. | :19:02. | |
been telling the children at anyone, no matter where you are from, can | :19:02. | :19:07. | |
achieve wonderful things. It is the first time ever this priceless work | :19:07. | :19:11. | |
of art has been taking out of the Plymouth's Museum and Art Gallery | :19:11. | :19:15. | |
and hung in a school. The curator says Reynolds is a great role model. | :19:15. | :19:19. | |
He raised portraiture from something which you got a job in painter to do | :19:19. | :19:24. | |
to something that raised your status as a sitter. He was the best known | :19:24. | :19:30. | |
and most popular portraitist of the 18th century. The children have been | :19:30. | :19:38. | |
dressing up to recreate some of his most famous scenes and making models | :19:38. | :19:43. | |
of modern celebrities, Mo Farah and the Duchess and Cambridge, in case | :19:43. | :19:48. | |
you were wondering! It is something really special, because a really | :19:48. | :19:51. | |
famous artist is coming from where we were all born and you don't get | :19:51. | :19:56. | |
that a lot. It was really good, just to see one of Sir Joshua Reynolds | :19:56. | :20:00. | |
partner thinking in our school was really amazing. Sir Joshua | :20:00. | :20:06. | |
Reynolds's paintings. That looks like a day they will not | :20:06. | :20:18. | |
forget. Another memo to pay for another group of people. | :20:18. | :20:21. | |
The crew of a Royal Navy helicopter dramatically increased from seven to | :20:21. | :20:27. | |
eight thanks to a surprise arrival on board. The Sea King had been | :20:27. | :20:33. | |
taking a woman who was in labour from the Isles of Scilly to hospital | :20:33. | :20:37. | |
in Truro, but it seems her new little boy couldn't wait that long. | :20:37. | :20:43. | |
Spotlight's David George has been to meet them. | :20:43. | :20:45. | |
Here he is, this is five lbs. Three oz. Mark a MacLachlan. Not even yet | :20:45. | :20:48. | |
one—day—old and seemingly unworried about his early arrival in the back | :20:48. | :20:51. | |
of a Sea King in thick fog above Cornish countryside, his mum is | :20:52. | :20:58. | |
resting and fine so his dad showed off the arrival. I did not have time | :20:58. | :21:04. | |
to panic or think about it. It was so quick. The culture is guys were | :21:04. | :21:09. | |
so professional. He shot out, I think you just really wanted to be | :21:09. | :21:13. | |
born on a helicopter. The family lived on the art in St Martin city | :21:13. | :21:17. | |
Sea King was the only way to get hospital. —— the island. It was the | :21:17. | :21:21. | |
first airborne birth for the aircraft commander and the midwife, | :21:21. | :21:30. | |
and for first time mum, L. She managed to really well under very | :21:30. | :21:34. | |
difficult circumstances and was very brave, we are very proud of her. | :21:34. | :21:39. | |
Five minutes out from the landing site, I could hear some commotion at | :21:39. | :21:44. | |
the back of the aircraft. Suddenly, that's a baby crying! OK! I guess | :21:44. | :21:49. | |
it's happened, then. Yes, it was not the quiet and peaceful birth mum | :21:49. | :21:54. | |
might have hoped for. There was a lot of shouting, and I know the | :21:54. | :22:01. | |
pilots even over the noise of the helicopter could hear mother a | :22:01. | :22:05. | |
couple of points during the flight. There was a lot of shouting, a lot | :22:05. | :22:08. | |
of noise, hopefully it hasn't put the baby off forever. I hope not, he | :22:08. | :22:12. | |
has got to get home! Poor visibility meant the helicopter was out | :22:12. | :22:19. | |
low—level to a landing site at playing Fields Metro. I told the | :22:19. | :22:24. | |
coastguard that they had seven people on board but then had the | :22:24. | :22:28. | |
unique opportunity that we now had eight people on board. The | :22:28. | :22:32. | |
suggestion from the crew here as to the place of birth for the registrar | :22:32. | :22:38. | |
is three miles south—east of Truro, 150 feet above the river, on board | :22:38. | :22:46. | |
Royal Navy rescue helicopter XC 705. I am not sure if that will fit on | :22:46. | :22:53. | |
the form! Meanwhile, back in maternity, young Marcus is | :22:53. | :22:56. | |
blissfully and where the excitement his arrival has caused. | :22:56. | :23:01. | |
—— blissfully unaware. What a lovely story, a beautiful | :23:01. | :23:05. | |
baby, congratulations to all concerned! Now, some rain on the | :23:05. | :23:07. | |
way? The good news first, this weekend, | :23:07. | :23:17. | |
dry weather to look forward to. So bear with me. There is dry weather | :23:17. | :23:23. | |
at the end of the forecast but we have wet weather to get rid off | :23:23. | :23:27. | |
first. It will be pretty wet, rain coming up from the south could be | :23:27. | :23:31. | |
quite heavy. The risk of thunder and torrential downpours of rain, and | :23:31. | :23:34. | |
also windy. It eventually becomes drier towards the end of the | :23:34. | :23:37. | |
afternoon and into the evening. We have warning before that for the | :23:37. | :23:43. | |
rain tonight and tomorrow. We are looking at 30 to 50 millimetres of | :23:43. | :23:47. | |
rain in no more than five or six hours. 50 millimetres is two inches, | :23:47. | :23:52. | |
that is enough to cause some surface problems. A lot of leaves coming off | :23:52. | :23:59. | |
the trees and strains being blocked, possibility of flooding. The area of | :23:59. | :24:04. | |
low pressure has been out in the Atlantic all week and it is | :24:04. | :24:10. | |
beginning to get closer. By the time we get into tomorrow, an area of | :24:10. | :24:15. | |
rain which is off the coast of Spain and Portugal, warm air laden with | :24:15. | :24:19. | |
rain, is heading towards us. That band of rain comes in tomorrow | :24:19. | :24:23. | |
morning, quite intense rainfall. Once we get rid of that, here is the | :24:23. | :24:28. | |
good news, things move out of the way, the rain gets away, the | :24:28. | :24:31. | |
visibility improves and this is a developing area of high pressure | :24:31. | :24:35. | |
which will be our friend into the weekend. Something to look forward | :24:35. | :24:38. | |
to. For the moment, a lot of cloud around producing some outbreaks of | :24:39. | :24:43. | |
rain. Overnight tonight, most of that more persistent rain will peter | :24:43. | :24:47. | |
out for time but then it will come back again. We flee, some dry | :24:47. | :24:52. | |
weather, but by the weather —— ruefully, some dry weather but by | :24:52. | :24:56. | |
the morning, the rain will just getting heavier. Unusually mild | :24:56. | :25:04. | |
again tonight. Pretty rare temperatures for night—time in | :25:04. | :25:08. | |
October. Here comes the rain. Brighter colours means intense | :25:08. | :25:12. | |
rainfall. Nowhere is escaping. The improvement comes in from the west, | :25:12. | :25:15. | |
so the Isles of Scilly and West Cornwall in the afternoon. The rain | :25:15. | :25:21. | |
loses intensity as it moves away through the evening. Quite a warm, | :25:21. | :25:27. | |
muggy day despite the rain. Breezy as well with the wind becoming | :25:27. | :25:28. | |
southerly. For our surface, behind the rain, | :25:28. | :25:47. | |
the surf is 50 good. —— the first is pretty good. | :25:47. | :26:03. | |
And here is the good news, much brighter weather for Friday. Better | :26:03. | :26:10. | |
visibility, the weekend is dry with light winds holding onto some warmth | :26:10. | :26:12. | |
but a bit cooler at night. That is all from us tonight, I will | :26:12. | :26:23. | |
be back for the late news editor and 25 PM. —— at 10:25pm. Have a good | :26:23. | :26:28. | |
evening. | :26:28. | :26:28. |