:00:00. > :00:11.more than 9%. That is all from the BBC
:00:12. > :00:17.Teachers across the south`west join the walk`out over pay, pensions and
:00:18. > :00:20.workloads. Good evening. Thousands of pupils
:00:21. > :00:29.across the region were forced to stay at home today. Teachers claim
:00:30. > :00:33.the action was a last resort. The changes in pension, the changes in
:00:34. > :00:41.working conditions and pay, I haven't had a realistic pay rise the
:00:42. > :00:45.fourth five years now. `` for four or five years.
:00:46. > :00:48.Also tonight: Devon and Cornwall Police lagging behind.
:00:49. > :00:51.The force is set to miss a key performance target to reduce crime.
:00:52. > :00:53.And a major setback for Plymouth's new incinerator delights
:00:54. > :00:56.campaigners. Thousands of teachers across the
:00:57. > :01:00.south`west have been taking part in strike action today. Members of the
:01:01. > :01:04.teaching unions the NUT and the NASUWT are protesting about pay,
:01:05. > :01:07.pensions and working conditions. Hundreds of schools have been closed
:01:08. > :01:11.causing problems for some parents. In Cornwall, 107 schools were closed
:01:12. > :01:17.or partially closed. In Devon, 114 schools were affected. In Somerset,
:01:18. > :01:27.88. 15 schools were shut in Dorset. Scott Bingham reports.
:01:28. > :01:30.With more than 50 schools across the city closed, it's little wonder this
:01:31. > :01:37.Plymouth play centre is busier than it would be. We've got to get extra
:01:38. > :01:43.staff in for the busyness and the strike. There's older children here
:01:44. > :01:47.than what we usually get. Many parents had to take time off work to
:01:48. > :01:51.look after their children with no classes to attend. Maureen and
:01:52. > :01:59.Victor have stepped in look after their granddaughters. Their school
:02:00. > :02:03.was closed for the day due to the teachers strike. So we've stood in
:02:04. > :02:15.because mum is at work and so is daddy. So we've taken over the
:02:16. > :02:20.childcare for the day. The short notice of the strike action does
:02:21. > :02:23.cause problems. While there is some sympathy out there for striking
:02:24. > :02:27.teachers, those at this rally in Plymouth were keen to explain the
:02:28. > :02:32.reasons for the industrial action. We have not rushed into taking
:02:33. > :02:36.industrial action. This has been going on since January in the case
:02:37. > :02:42.of pay. And pensions has been going on for more than two years. The
:02:43. > :02:47.government is not listening to us. The changes in pension, working
:02:48. > :02:53.conditions, and paved. I haven't had a realistic pay rise for four or
:02:54. > :02:57.five years. The younger teachers this is going to hit the most, so
:02:58. > :03:01.what is going to happen to our children when the sort of children
:03:02. > :03:05.`` teachers that are coming and are not the sort of standard we
:03:06. > :03:10.require. David laws today said the strike was bad for parents and bad
:03:11. > :03:14.for pupils. I know it's difficult to teachers that we are having to
:03:15. > :03:17.reform pensions and control public sector pay but this is something
:03:18. > :03:21.that is happening to everybody working in the public sector at the
:03:22. > :03:25.moment in order to get the public finances back under control. But
:03:26. > :03:28.every school has been closed. Dartmouth Academy was partially
:03:29. > :03:32.closed along with the many hundreds of other schools across the
:03:33. > :03:34.south`west, they will all fully reopen as normal service resumes
:03:35. > :03:37.tomorrow. Devon and Cornwall Police are
:03:38. > :03:41.lagging behind the rest of the region, and England as a whole, in
:03:42. > :03:44.tackling crime. New figures released today show that recorded crime fell
:03:45. > :03:49.by 8% across the country in the 12 months to June 2013. The Avon and
:03:50. > :03:55.Somerset force saw a drop of 13%. Crime fell by 9% in Dorset, in Devon
:03:56. > :04:04.and Cornwall the figure was 7%. In addition, the force says it's likely
:04:05. > :04:08.to miss a key performance target. Our home affairs correspondent
:04:09. > :04:13.reports. This is a much loved beauty spot.
:04:14. > :04:17.When Andrews saw a man dumping rubbish year, he took the car's
:04:18. > :04:21.registration and reported it to the police but he says they took no
:04:22. > :04:26.action until he threatened to write to the chief constable. He thinks
:04:27. > :04:32.the police are overstretched but is unsurprising don't meet their
:04:33. > :04:36.targets. I am disappointed. And whatever is the reason, they need to
:04:37. > :04:43.sort it out and put it right because this is an essential and vital part
:04:44. > :04:46.of our communal life together. Devon and Cornwall Police set a target of
:04:47. > :04:51.reducing the overall number of crimes in the two counties by 2% in
:04:52. > :04:54.the year to the end of next March and they say they are not confident
:04:55. > :05:00.that we'll be achieved. The reasons they say are largely due to an
:05:01. > :05:05.increase in offences in the summer and more reporting of crime. It is
:05:06. > :05:09.disappointing. My members are working hard and insurers how much
:05:10. > :05:13.pressure they are in on the front line. We've had a reduction of 400
:05:14. > :05:17.police officers over the last two years which is starting to tell. I'm
:05:18. > :05:23.holding the chief constable to account to reclaim his target of `2%
:05:24. > :05:31.overall crime by the end of the year. And looking at him and
:05:32. > :05:34.insisting that we develop more efficiency out of this forced to
:05:35. > :05:38.deliver reduction in crime across the board. Devon and Cornwall
:05:39. > :05:43.Police's position in the league table of forces has been slipping as
:05:44. > :05:47.well. It has had to cut more than 400 officers because of budget
:05:48. > :05:50.reductions. One feature of this story is the keenness of the Police
:05:51. > :05:55.and Crime Commissioner to try to demonstrate he is holding the Devon
:05:56. > :05:59.and Cornwall force to account. That is an important part of his job and
:06:00. > :06:06.suggest the feeling that he hasn't been demonstrating at robust early
:06:07. > :06:09.enough. Earlier, I spoke to David Zinzan,
:06:10. > :06:12.the Deputy Chief Constable of Devon and Cornwall Police. I started by
:06:13. > :06:21.asking him about the force failing to hit its key target to reduce
:06:22. > :06:23.crime by 2%. There are two sets of statistics out today. The Office for
:06:24. > :06:28.National Statistics figures go up to the end of June which show a 6%
:06:29. > :06:32.reduction in total crime, but we had a very busy summer and we've
:06:33. > :06:37.released our own statistics which show a 4% reduction. So we are still
:06:38. > :06:40.in reduction for total crime. I don't have a crystal ball and I
:06:41. > :06:47.don't know what it's going to look like in March. There is some areas
:06:48. > :06:51.with increased crime and others with drops. You're kind of blaming the
:06:52. > :06:54.summer but the summer happens every year so why aren't you better
:06:55. > :06:58.prepared? That's not the case at all. Every summer there is an
:06:59. > :07:03.increase in crime and last year was a low increase because of the
:07:04. > :07:08.weather, and because of the weather this year, we've had a large number
:07:09. > :07:11.of visitors and with that comes the potential for crime increase. The
:07:12. > :07:16.crime goes up in summer and down in winter. So we expect a drop to take
:07:17. > :07:20.us through to March. You've slipped in the performance league table as
:07:21. > :07:23.well. The chief constable said he wanted to make Devon and Cornwall
:07:24. > :07:30.the safest place to live in England. You are now 12 unlikely to go
:07:31. > :07:36.further. I disagree. We are currently ranked 12th out of 43. We
:07:37. > :07:42.are not complacent. We have a very ambitious target. There are other
:07:43. > :07:49.forces doing better than us in some areas but some crimes have gone down
:07:50. > :07:54.spectacularly, burglary ten `` 14%. Robbery 12%. Some spectacular
:07:55. > :07:57.reductions. More people are reporting crime, which is a good
:07:58. > :08:03.thing, but have you got the resources to deal with that? Yes, we
:08:04. > :08:10.have had ?47 million worth of cuts which has been very difficult, and
:08:11. > :08:14.400 police officers and 414 police staff less. We are responding
:08:15. > :08:18.magnificently but we are finding it difficult. But we are doing our best
:08:19. > :08:22.and we are looking at how we deliver our services, looking at new ways of
:08:23. > :08:26.doing that, looking at innovative ways of doing our jobs but it is
:08:27. > :08:31.difficult. Thank you very much indeed. Thank you.
:08:32. > :08:33.Well, as we heard there, Devon and Cornwall Police, like many other
:08:34. > :08:37.forces, has faced cuts in police numbers. But some areas in the
:08:38. > :08:39.south`west are beginning to take on new constables again. Dorset has
:08:40. > :08:42.just announced a recruitment drive, following Avon and Somerset's lead.
:08:43. > :08:46.But the police still face significant financial pressures, so
:08:47. > :08:53.how are they able to take on new officers? Our Dorset reporter Simon
:08:54. > :08:59.Clemison has been finding out. In 2009, Dorset froze and so, too,
:09:00. > :09:02.did police recruitment. The force is still facing harsh economic
:09:03. > :09:07.conditions but after four years, there is some thought. There have
:09:08. > :09:11.been announcements to take on new constables from outside. That gets a
:09:12. > :09:15.warm welcome from this father who wants to join the police, and
:09:16. > :09:20.couldn't. He is worried about changing rates of pay. It would be
:09:21. > :09:26.nice to work for those, but we will see what the conditions of pay will
:09:27. > :09:30.be. Because it is changing. And you never know whether it will go down
:09:31. > :09:34.or up. The partial melting of the recruitment freeze is significant
:09:35. > :09:38.because Dorset still has to make a million pounds worth of cuts to its
:09:39. > :09:44.budget. It has shed ?14 million, which has led to the lost of about
:09:45. > :09:50.500 jobs, but at least 500 `` 24 new recruits could join. It would be
:09:51. > :09:54.good to give more people an opportunity to join, but we need to
:09:55. > :09:58.recognise this is a small recruitment against an overall
:09:59. > :10:02.picture of a substantial reduction. Why take on some more staff went
:10:03. > :10:07.finances are tough? If they don't, the workforce is simply ages. There
:10:08. > :10:12.are a lot of people leaving the police. They have to looking at
:10:13. > :10:17.bringing in new blood at some time. Now is as good a time as any. There
:10:18. > :10:21.are still cuts to come and police forces don't know their funding
:10:22. > :10:26.beyond 2016, so this could be seen as a risk because it adds to the
:10:27. > :10:35.cost, not reduces it. It's a small number of officers in the boost to
:10:36. > :10:39.morale might be worth every penny. `` and the boost to morale.
:10:40. > :10:42.There's been another setback for the badger cull which many farmers in
:10:43. > :10:46.the region had hoped would help tackle TB in cattle. The number of
:10:47. > :10:49.badgers culled in the Gloucestershire trail area has
:10:50. > :10:52.fallen far short of the figure the government says is needed. Only 30%
:10:53. > :10:55.were killed during the six week cull. The target was 70% Our
:10:56. > :10:57.Political Editor Martyn Oates is with me.
:10:58. > :11:00.The Somerset trial also failed to meet its target. How much the
:11:01. > :11:05.setback of these figures? Arguably the most embarrassing it. These two
:11:06. > :11:08.pilot Coles had to be postponed for 12 months because they didn't know
:11:09. > :11:17.how many badges there were in each area. Last week, it emerged only 60%
:11:18. > :11:21.against the 70% had been culled. In Gloucestershire, it's been much less
:11:22. > :11:27.successful. How important is this? Well, the government has insisted
:11:28. > :11:34.all along this 70% mortality rate in each zone was essential to achieve a
:11:35. > :11:38.modest impact on TB in cattle. With the other side of the coin being if
:11:39. > :11:45.you kill too many, your break social groups, and they will spread further
:11:46. > :11:49.afield, causing more TB in cattle. So after these results, what sorts
:11:50. > :11:54.of political reactions have there been? Having insisted all along
:11:55. > :11:57.they've got every detail right, the government is saying they are
:11:58. > :12:06.learning as they go along, and they say the culled time might have to be
:12:07. > :12:09.longer. `` the cull might have to take longer. Thank you.
:12:10. > :12:13.The police are investigating after the bodies of six mute swans were
:12:14. > :12:16.found on of banks of Restronguet Creek in Cornwall. The police say
:12:17. > :12:19.they had been beheaded and their injuries couldn't have been caused
:12:20. > :12:22.by a wild animal. They believe they were killed intentionally and
:12:23. > :12:25.illegally. Swans are a protected species and the police are asking
:12:26. > :12:27.anyone with information to contact them 11 Nobel Peace Prize winners,
:12:28. > :12:31.including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, have called on the Russian president
:12:32. > :12:35.to drop piracy charges against three Greenpeace detainees from Devon.
:12:36. > :12:39.Alexandra Harris, Iain Rogers and Kieron Bryan are among 30 people who
:12:40. > :12:45.were arrested following a protest at an offshore drilling platform. The
:12:46. > :12:49.letter to Vladimir Putin says charges against them should be
:12:50. > :12:52.dropped. The government has confirmed that
:12:53. > :12:55.two of the region's coastguard stations will close next year. The
:12:56. > :13:01.Maritime and Coastguard Agency will shut Portland in September 2014.
:13:02. > :13:05.Brixham will close two months later. MPs have raised concerns about the
:13:06. > :13:08.move. The government insists it will modernise the service.
:13:09. > :13:11.The Independent television production company TwoFour, which is
:13:12. > :13:15.based in Plymouth, is merging with the Welsh group, Boom Pictures.
:13:16. > :13:21.Senior executives based at Estover are taking key roles in the enlarged
:13:22. > :13:23.company. TwoFour has made its name producing programmes such as the
:13:24. > :13:30.Fixer, with the famous hotelier Alex Polizzi.
:13:31. > :13:33.The company which will run Plymouth's new energy`from`waste
:13:34. > :13:37.plant has suffered a major setback. It's been told that it can't send
:13:38. > :13:40.ash from the incinerator to a quarry at Buckfastleigh for recycling and
:13:41. > :13:44.it now has to decide if it will appeal against the decision. Local
:13:45. > :13:54.people say they're delighted by the news. Our Environment Correspondent
:13:55. > :14:00.Adrian Campbell reports. Buckfastleigh seem to be in a
:14:01. > :14:03.jubilant mood today. Local people were celebrating the decision by the
:14:04. > :14:09.Planning Inspectorate which appears to support their arguments against
:14:10. > :14:11.the use of the local quarry as a recycling centre for waste ash from
:14:12. > :14:16.the new incinerator still being built in Plymouth. I am so thrilled
:14:17. > :14:27.with this outcome. Having spent a lot of time having listens to all of
:14:28. > :14:33.the enquiry, and at the same time listening to the schoolchildren the
:14:34. > :14:37.road `` across the road playing, that is what it's about. Protecting
:14:38. > :14:44.their future here and the community. It's fantastic. I am overwhelmed, I
:14:45. > :14:54.don't know what to say. Julia rang me up first thing and said, "are you
:14:55. > :14:58.sitting down? " and it's very difficult to believe. The first
:14:59. > :15:04.sentences I'd dismissed the appeal, so it is real! The new energy from
:15:05. > :15:07.waste plant were are still under construction will take waste from
:15:08. > :15:11.Plymouth and some other parts of Devon. After incineration, there
:15:12. > :15:16.will be lorry loads of ash which will have to be taken away from the
:15:17. > :15:22.energy from waste plant. Tens of thousands of tonnes of bottom ash a
:15:23. > :15:24.year. If it doesn't go to Buckfastleigh for a cycling, it
:15:25. > :15:29.might have to travel as far as Gloucestershire. MVV Energie,
:15:30. > :15:33.wanting to bring the bottom ash for a cycling here, didn't have anybody
:15:34. > :15:37.for interview, but they told us they were disappointed in reviewing the
:15:38. > :15:40.decision before deciding on a possible challenge. Local
:15:41. > :15:47.environment campaigners say it is time for MVV Energie to give up on
:15:48. > :15:53.the plants for Buckfastleigh. They have to issue a challenge in the
:15:54. > :15:56.next six weeks. My understanding is they wouldn't get that in front of
:15:57. > :16:00.court for another year so I'd imagine they are out of time.
:16:01. > :16:03.Campaigners in Buckfastleigh have celebrated today but they still have
:16:04. > :16:09.to wait and see what MVV Energie does next.
:16:10. > :16:12.In a moment we'll be indulging in a sport of monkeying around.
:16:13. > :16:16.The final send`off for the art project that's being auctioned for
:16:17. > :16:19.charity. And stepping back in time, the
:16:20. > :16:27.school children experiencing a World War Two evacuation.
:16:28. > :16:33.It's getting increasingly difficult for young people to get into farming
:16:34. > :16:37.due to the high costs involved. But a Devon farmer has launched a unique
:16:38. > :16:40.new scheme to help give more of them a step on the ladder, and it
:16:41. > :16:49.involves giving each of them 100 sheep. Anna Varle has the details.
:16:50. > :16:54.It has been two months since Johnny got the start he needed. These 150
:16:55. > :17:00.sheep would have cost up to ?15,000 to buy, money he didn't have. Due to
:17:01. > :17:04.being so young, I don't have special credits with the bank, I don't have
:17:05. > :17:09.any reputation with them, so it would be very hard for me to get a
:17:10. > :17:13.loan. This scheme helps a lot. It saves me that massive cost. This
:17:14. > :17:20.idea is the brainchild of this man. The dealers young farmers read with
:17:21. > :17:25.his ewes, then they give the scheme back 200 lambs and the rest of the
:17:26. > :17:34.sheep they can keep for themselves. Once we get to 1000 sheep, we will
:17:35. > :17:39.be getting back 500 ewe s, so we can take this scheme forward, as a
:17:40. > :17:44.scheme that can be nationally recognised, with people coming in
:17:45. > :17:48.without having capital. It's not just the cost of livestock which
:17:49. > :17:53.prevents many young people entering the industry. The high price of land
:17:54. > :17:56.and feed cost is also a factor. Experts say there is a shortage of
:17:57. > :18:02.new recruits with the average age of a farmer now 58 and with challengers
:18:03. > :18:06.of food security and climate change, a report by the Royal Agricultural
:18:07. > :18:12.Society of England estimates 60,000 new entrants are needed over the
:18:13. > :18:16.next decade. A dish consumers tell as they want British produced food,
:18:17. > :18:23.so we need schemes, any schemes that will in courage people and get over
:18:24. > :18:28.the start`up costs. Mike hopes that by using a new breed of sheep which
:18:29. > :18:31.is largely self`sufficient, it will soon expand to operate on a
:18:32. > :18:34.nationwide basis. Now, if you've been anywhere in
:18:35. > :18:36.South Devon over the summer, you might have seen some brightly
:18:37. > :18:42.coloured silverback gorillas dotted around the landscape. It's been part
:18:43. > :18:45.of an art project around Exeter and Torbay, and now all 30 gorillas have
:18:46. > :18:48.been brought back to Paignton Zoo for a final send`off before being
:18:49. > :18:56.auctioned for charity. Our South Devon reporter John Ayres has been
:18:57. > :19:00.to see them all on parade. They range from the bright and
:19:01. > :19:05.colourful to the weird and famous. These gorillas have been painted by
:19:06. > :19:08.a number of artists all in their own different styles. They going to
:19:09. > :19:13.disappear soon, though. They will be auctioned to raise money for gorilla
:19:14. > :19:17.conservation. For some of the staff involved, it's a homecoming. Every
:19:18. > :19:21.one of these gorillas, I know their names, who made them, why they were
:19:22. > :19:27.made, and where they spent the summer. And to think they will be
:19:28. > :19:30.disbursed and sold off, it is a bit emotional because we've invested so
:19:31. > :19:36.much effort into this and given so much, it's going to be hard to see
:19:37. > :19:42.them go their separate ways. They were commissioned as part of
:19:43. > :19:45.Paignton zoo's 90th anniversary. The zoo printed 50,000 maps showing
:19:46. > :19:48.where they were. They were gone within a couple of weeks. The
:19:49. > :19:53.gorillas are all back together and it's the last time they will be on
:19:54. > :19:57.view. It's great. We had a great summer looking at all of these
:19:58. > :20:02.gorillas. And you've enjoyed them as well, haven't you? Yes! This is my
:20:03. > :20:07.favourite, this one is my favourite. She's got all different colours
:20:08. > :20:15.she's got mountains and flowers all over her. I really like her. My
:20:16. > :20:21.first favourite one is hanky`panky. Because he looks smart. Due to the
:20:22. > :20:24.teachers strike on school closures, there was an unusually high number
:20:25. > :20:30.of children around today who got the chance to get up close. It is
:20:31. > :20:34.fabulous to stand in the zoo today and see all of these kids coming up.
:20:35. > :20:39.They know the names as well. It's not just us. They know the names,
:20:40. > :20:43.they know where they saw them, so you can tell how well they followed
:20:44. > :20:46.the trail during the summer. The zoo plans to keep one of the gorillas
:20:47. > :20:53.but the rest will be auctioned off on November the 6th.
:20:54. > :20:58.What a fantastic project! What did that little boy like again?
:20:59. > :21:01.I don't know! Something about a holiday...
:21:02. > :21:04.A former holiday camp in Cornwall has today been transformed into a
:21:05. > :21:07.Second World War classroom. 90 school children were evacuated from
:21:08. > :21:10.Plymouth and transferred to Maker Camp near Millbrook to learn about
:21:11. > :21:14.everyday life in the early 1940s during the war. Johnny Rutherford
:21:15. > :21:26.reports on how history came alive for 21st century youngsters from the
:21:27. > :21:33.city. It's not that far from limited Maker
:21:34. > :21:39.Camp, but it seems a world away from these children `` for these
:21:40. > :21:46.children. They visit the countryside of Cornwall as World War II
:21:47. > :21:49.evacuees. The World War II theme is very important in their stage to
:21:50. > :21:54.curriculum, and it is always a popular subject that schools always
:21:55. > :21:58.focus on. They can really get those kids to empathise with what it's
:21:59. > :22:03.like to be a child evacuated. What utter players to take some then
:22:04. > :22:09.here, where kids have been coming on holiday since the 1900. Maker Camp
:22:10. > :22:13.was founded in the 1920s on the instigation of Lady Astor. To get 's
:22:14. > :22:17.it gives to experience the countryside and break away from home
:22:18. > :22:22.or school. Thousands of children from Plymouth, Cornwall, west of and
:22:23. > :22:28.further afield, like this group in 1967, enjoyed a week's field trip.
:22:29. > :22:31.We get more in a week than what we could do it over to them in six
:22:32. > :22:40.months at school. When we came here, it was a weak adventure. I did get
:22:41. > :22:45.homesick. But it was so exciting to us that I enjoyed it thoroughly. And
:22:46. > :22:51.came back two other times after as well. It all stopped in the 80s. 12
:22:52. > :22:56.years ago, a trust was set up so the site could be saved and used by
:22:57. > :23:00.local communities once more. Tens of thousands of e`bill implements know
:23:01. > :23:04.and love this camp and I was told when I came over here I didn't need
:23:05. > :23:09.to sell Maker Camp to the people of Plymouth, I just needed to tell them
:23:10. > :23:12.it was open again. What we want to see is to make connections between
:23:13. > :23:24.the older generations and the new generations. Today the children had
:23:25. > :23:26.workshops around the camp, including drama, reconstructions, and good old
:23:27. > :23:42.singing. And they definitely had smiles on
:23:43. > :23:47.their faces. We had rations. So they wouldn't have had things to eat like
:23:48. > :23:51.we do. It's like an adventure, exploring through history. It was
:23:52. > :24:00.fond farewells for some, but many are staying for a sleepover.
:24:01. > :24:06.Time for the weather now. Some fabulous blue skies and it was very
:24:07. > :24:11.warm. And it stays that way. The little boy said he was talking
:24:12. > :24:18.about hanky`panky on holiday. Trust you to say that!
:24:19. > :24:22.Good evening, we've got some brighter weather through the weekend
:24:23. > :24:26.ahead but I think tomorrow we will have some cloud around, producing
:24:27. > :24:30.some rain every now and again. Perhaps some early rain across
:24:31. > :24:35.Cornwall, brightening briefly for some time before more rain arrives.
:24:36. > :24:41.It stays mild, temperatures stay up at 16 or 17, but it will be a breezy
:24:42. > :24:45.day, too. When you look at why we've got unsettled weather, we've got
:24:46. > :24:49.this great big area of low pressure taking up most of the Atlantic. It
:24:50. > :24:56.will throw us a weather system a long way away from us. That will
:24:57. > :25:00.move towards us tonight, and bring us some rain. The heavier rain is
:25:01. > :25:06.lying to the West of the Isles of Scilly. Through the morning, it
:25:07. > :25:13.moves in. Through the weekend, both days we expect to see some showers,
:25:14. > :25:19.hopefully some sunshine in between the showers. It remains mild and
:25:20. > :25:23.frost free. There have been some sharp showers and there are still
:25:24. > :25:29.some left for this evening. Across Somerset and Dorset, and the main
:25:30. > :25:34.problems here will be mist and fog forming. Some could be quite thick.
:25:35. > :25:39.Contrast that to the cloud and patchy rain coming into West
:25:40. > :25:47.Cornwall with freshening winds. It is a range of overnight
:25:48. > :25:52.temperatures. 10`15. This rain band will move northwards through the
:25:53. > :25:57.day, a few splashes of rain elsewhere, then brightening up with
:25:58. > :26:01.sunny spells before that more persistent rain moves into the early
:26:02. > :26:05.evening. It is breezy, not overly windy. The strongest winds will be
:26:06. > :26:11.in Cornwall, and the temperatures are back up to about 15 or 16. If
:26:12. > :26:15.you get some breaks in the cloud, particularly in the north of Devon,
:26:16. > :26:21.you might see temperatures as high as 17. Still, above average for this
:26:22. > :26:25.time of year. The forecast for the Isles of Scilly is generally cloudy.
:26:26. > :26:28.We will see some patchy rain on and off joining the day, the strongest
:26:29. > :26:39.winds will be across the islands. Times of high water. With the winds
:26:40. > :26:44.from the south`east, we should have some usable surf on the north
:26:45. > :26:49.coast. The weather won't behave in terms of sunshine, but at least the
:26:50. > :26:54.surf will be clean. Rather messy along the south coast because of
:26:55. > :26:59.that breeze. For the coastal waters broadcast, the winds are
:27:00. > :27:05.south`easterly, rain at times with moderate visibility. It is a bit
:27:06. > :27:09.misty cowpats see, too. The forecast for the weekend, pretty
:27:10. > :27:13.straightforward. It stays relatively mild. We will see some showers,
:27:14. > :27:19.difficult to say when they will be. It is breezy, though. Although there
:27:20. > :27:24.will be showers around, there will be sunny spells, too. Monday is very
:27:25. > :27:30.similar. Temperatures around 17 or 18. For the gardeners, no frost in
:27:31. > :27:36.the forecast for the moment. Have a good evening. Thank you.
:27:37. > :27:44.That's all from us. There will be an update at 8pm. Our
:27:45. > :27:46.late news is at 10:25pm. From all of us, good night.