:00:00. > :00:15.transformation of the NHS in England. That
:00:16. > :00:18.Tonight, the Police Commissioner embroiled in a new controversy after
:00:19. > :00:30.spending hundreds of thousands of pounds on consultants. Tony Hogg's
:00:31. > :00:33.already faced criticism for the number of staff he employs. Now
:00:34. > :00:36.there's anger over the latest revelations about his advisors. He
:00:37. > :00:39.needs to go to the public and say, what do you think? And the majority
:00:40. > :00:47.would say, put police back on the streets. Police say they're
:00:48. > :00:54.increasingly concerned for Joan Russell's safety. And the local
:00:55. > :01:00.council that's taken its own members to court nine times, for not paying
:01:01. > :01:02.their council tax. Spotlight can reveal tonight that Devon and
:01:03. > :01:05.Cornwall's police and crime commissioner is at the centre of a
:01:06. > :01:08.new controversy after spending hundreds of thousands of pounds on
:01:09. > :01:13.consultants at a time of severe budget cuts to policing. A freedom
:01:14. > :01:16.of information request has revealed Tony Hogg expects to pay out almost
:01:17. > :01:19.?700,000 for advisors and other staff. He's defended the spending,
:01:20. > :01:22.but the Taxpayers' Alliance says it's unnecessary and very worrying.
:01:23. > :01:31.Spotlight's home affairs correspondent Simon Hall reports.
:01:32. > :01:36.Whipton, Exeter, suffers problems with anti`social behaviour. Vicki
:01:37. > :01:39.has seen vandalism around her house and thinks the commission should
:01:40. > :01:45.concentrate on front line policing, not consultants. It is ridiculous.
:01:46. > :01:48.He needs to go to the public and say, what do you think watching Mark
:01:49. > :01:55.and the majority would say, let us see the police back on the streets.
:01:56. > :01:59.Freedom of information act request revealed that Tony Hogg spent more
:02:00. > :02:04.than ?700,000 on consultants, advisers and other it external staff
:02:05. > :02:09.since taking over last November. Up to the end of March next year he
:02:10. > :02:16.expects to spend another ?500,000, a total of nearly ?700,000. This is an
:02:17. > :02:20.incredible sum of money to spend on consultants, at a time when police
:02:21. > :02:23.forces have got to be finding savings in every part of their
:02:24. > :02:30.budget and there have got to be questions over what value this is
:02:31. > :02:34.providing for taxpayers. As a staff association we have been saying
:02:35. > :02:37.there had been concerns about the spiralling costs of the commission.
:02:38. > :02:42.It was sold to the public of Devon and Cornwall that it would replace
:02:43. > :02:49.the police authority that was not visible and accountable. Tony Hogg
:02:50. > :02:51.has been in office for almost a year. His backroom costs have been
:02:52. > :02:59.one of the most controversial features of his job. A spokesman for
:03:00. > :03:04.the commission said that it was only right to bring in experts to help
:03:05. > :03:07.fulfil the commission duties. In a statement they added we are aware of
:03:08. > :03:16.the need to use resources efficiently. Devon and Cornwall
:03:17. > :03:19.police have been defending the way they dealt with a Polish taxi driver
:03:20. > :03:22.who was considering suicide and went on to drive into another car,
:03:23. > :03:25.killing himself and a 16`month`old boy. The boy's father also died
:03:26. > :03:33.later from injuries he sustained in the incident in Torquay. Spotlight's
:03:34. > :03:40.Janine Jansen reports. Four people died following this tragic crash in
:03:41. > :03:44.Torquay. A 26`year`old Polish taxi driver had left a suicide note.
:03:45. > :03:48.Police were looking for him. He was arrested at the scene but later
:03:49. > :03:55.died. The inquest was told that CCTV footage showed that a car thought to
:03:56. > :03:58.be belonging to the Polish taxi driver did a two`mile circuit, 12
:03:59. > :04:04.circuits of Hamlyn way, just before the accident happened. He drove into
:04:05. > :04:08.this Volkswagen golf coming from the opposite direction. In it was a
:04:09. > :04:16.family on holiday from Ireland. Their son, 16 month ordered Oisin,
:04:17. > :04:23.died from catastrophic head and neck injuries. His father, Conn, died
:04:24. > :04:28.from his injuries. His widow was pregnant. Her daughter was
:04:29. > :04:33.stillborn. The police were questioned about their specific lack
:04:34. > :04:37.of training the `` dealing with suicidal drivers. They said that
:04:38. > :04:43.they had made no changes the guidelines and that none are
:04:44. > :04:46.planned. PC Ben Bickford, seen here in the helmet, was the officer who
:04:47. > :04:51.spotted the Polish driver. He spotted him and turned on his blue
:04:52. > :04:58.lights at 244. The accident happened immensely. Up until that point ``
:04:59. > :05:05.that moment, the man had been driving normally. Devon and, police
:05:06. > :05:09.said that if there is a high risk missing person, it must be dealt
:05:10. > :05:14.with as a matter of urgency. He said that nobody could have foreseen that
:05:15. > :05:23.outcome. It is tragic and it has affected the whole police community,
:05:24. > :05:27.but it was in line with guidelines. The legal team representing the man
:05:28. > :05:30.accused of causing the M5 crash in Somerset which killed seven people
:05:31. > :05:33.have said the case against him simply does not stack up. Geoffrey
:05:34. > :05:36.Counsell faces one charge of failing to ensure public safety at a
:05:37. > :05:39.firework display. He denies the charge. Clinton Rogers has been at
:05:40. > :05:43.Bristol Crown Court today and joined us a short time ago from Taunton
:05:44. > :05:50.Rugby Club where the display was held. I began by asking him what the
:05:51. > :05:53.defence had been saying. Adrian Darbyshire QC, opening for the
:05:54. > :05:58.defence, started telling the jury something about his client.
:05:59. > :06:04.51`year`old Geoffrey Counsell, day job, HGV lorry driver. Not a man to
:06:05. > :06:07.take risks. A man who had been organising firework displays for
:06:08. > :06:12.many years without any problems whatsoever. Then he went on to talk
:06:13. > :06:15.about the events that took place at Taunton Rugby Club almost exactly
:06:16. > :06:21.two years ago. He said the prosecution case against Geoffrey
:06:22. > :06:24.Counsell simply did not stack up. It was, according to the defence,
:06:25. > :06:30.simply a very foggy night, that night. Fog and fog alone. He said he
:06:31. > :06:34.would call witnesses for the defence who would say they did not see any
:06:35. > :06:44.smoke blowing from here across the motorway. Have we heard any more
:06:45. > :06:48.from the prosecution? In wrapping up the opening of their case, they have
:06:49. > :06:53.been criticising Geoffrey Counsell's lack of preparedness for
:06:54. > :06:56.the event. The fact that in their words he did not have an adequate
:06:57. > :07:00.health and safety awareness, he did not have a proper risk assessment
:07:01. > :07:05.for the night, but they also say he did not adapt to what was happening
:07:06. > :07:06.on the night. When they said that the weather conditions and
:07:07. > :07:10.visibility significantly deteriorated, he should have
:07:11. > :07:18.considered calling off the display and he didn't. What happens next?
:07:19. > :07:21.The jury will be brought to Taunton Rugby Club and will see exactly
:07:22. > :07:29.where the fireworks display to lace. They will also see the motivator
:07:30. > :07:33.that Mac `` the motorway, so they would get a clear idea of the
:07:34. > :07:40.proximity of the clubhouse and the grounds to the motorway.
:07:41. > :07:45.There are reports tonight that an important deal to supply India with
:07:46. > :07:51.helicopters from Yeovil will be cancelled tomorrow, amid allegations
:07:52. > :07:54.of bribery. Italian police are investigating the former chief
:07:55. > :07:57.executive of Finnmeccanica, the parent company of Augusta Westland,
:07:58. > :08:00.who are making the helicopters in Somerset. A GP's wife is still in
:08:01. > :08:04.hospital being treated for her injuries after her husband was found
:08:05. > :08:07.dead at their home in Cornwall. Dr Gary Hughes was a GP in Redruth.
:08:08. > :08:11.Floral tributes have been left outside the house in Feock. His wife
:08:12. > :08:22.Marion Hughes is expected to be questioned by police later. Police
:08:23. > :08:30.say they are growing increasingly concerned tonight for the safety of
:08:31. > :08:33.a pensioner missing in Exeter. Joan Russell, who is 78, disappeared last
:08:34. > :08:35.Friday from her home in Emmanuel Close, as Spotlight's Johnny
:08:36. > :08:40.Rutherford reports. Joan Russell has not been seen since last Friday. Her
:08:41. > :08:44.sister has left most of her life with her and says that her
:08:45. > :08:51.disappearance is out of character. She must be somewhere. She hasn't
:08:52. > :08:57.got nowhere to go. We have not got any other relatives she can go to.
:08:58. > :09:07.She never took her walking stick but she cannot walk very far. A lot of
:09:08. > :09:14.things wrong with her. Her best friend, Jean, who lives in the flat
:09:15. > :09:21.above, fears that Joan Russell's suffering below, has led to the
:09:22. > :09:22.worst. I said that your eyes are not as they should be but better than
:09:23. > :09:43.the last time. She said, as they should be but better than
:09:44. > :09:48.not know what to do, do you? We have employed specialist search teams,
:09:49. > :09:52.both land`based and waterborne. We have used dog teams to assist in
:09:53. > :09:56.finding tracks and used CID officers to conduct inquiries. What I would
:09:57. > :10:02.ask the public is to make contact with us, with any leads, thoughts,
:10:03. > :10:10.or inquiries that they might feel good benefit the investigation.
:10:11. > :10:11.Joan, please come home. We have been in touch with the police. I do not
:10:12. > :10:27.know what has happened to her. The company which runs most of the
:10:28. > :10:30.region's trains has been accused of "laughing all the way to the bank"
:10:31. > :10:34.by the rail union, the RMT. It's because of the low premiums that
:10:35. > :10:38.First Great Western has to pay for the rail franchise it was recently
:10:39. > :10:40.awarded. But the RMT itself has been accused of ignoring the facts. Our
:10:41. > :10:47.business correspondent Neil Gallacher reports. First
:10:48. > :10:52.GreatWestern has been awarded another two years of our main
:10:53. > :10:57.service to London and local trains. As part of the deal, First
:10:58. > :11:00.GreatWestern must pay the Government ?32 million. It is a small sum
:11:01. > :11:04.compared to what it was playing in the last two years of its previous
:11:05. > :11:07.arrangement with the Government. The RMT has been digging into the
:11:08. > :11:13.figures and does not like what it sees. When will this government and
:11:14. > :11:17.all politicians get that the only way to run the railways is to bring
:11:18. > :11:25.it back under public ownership? That money should be reinvested in
:11:26. > :11:28.rolling stock, better lines for the south`west and four passengers fares
:11:29. > :11:33.to be kept down. It is absolute madness. I just do not understand
:11:34. > :11:48.them. First GreatWestern issued a frank statement in response.
:11:49. > :11:56.These include a major overhaul of the InterCity 125 fleet and higher
:11:57. > :11:58.payments to Network Rail for using the expanded Reading station.
:11:59. > :12:04.Experts say that First GreatWestern is taking a risk over revenues at a
:12:05. > :12:09.time when disruption will rise because of electrification and other
:12:10. > :12:14.works. There are massive works at Reading station, and then you train
:12:15. > :12:18.depot, translating into much higher track access charges, so, whilst the
:12:19. > :12:21.premium is lower, that reflects that the costs are higher, and you need
:12:22. > :12:26.to have both of those pieces of information to make any kind of
:12:27. > :12:31.value judgement. We have not heard the last of this. In two years time,
:12:32. > :12:40.another First GreatWestern franchise must be let. Still to come tonight
:12:41. > :12:47.the councillors who didn't pay their council tax. Plus, Find out why this
:12:48. > :12:54.man is so happy to be at the helm of Axminster Carpets. This is what
:12:55. > :12:58.manufacturing should be all about. And a life on ice. The Plymouth man
:12:59. > :13:04.hoping to inspire the explorers of the future. Relatives of the
:13:05. > :13:08.imprisoned Greenpeace activists from Devon have been given a glimmer of
:13:09. > :13:11.hope following the decision by a judge in Russia to release 12 other
:13:12. > :13:14.campaigners on bail. The three were arrested in September after a
:13:15. > :13:17.protest in the Pechora Sea against drilling in the Arctic. They were
:13:18. > :13:20.initially detained in Murmansk, but have since been moved to St
:13:21. > :13:26.Petersburg. Spotlight's Leigh Rundle reports. This is a live web feed
:13:27. > :13:32.from the courtroom in Saint Petersburg were the Arctic 30 are
:13:33. > :13:35.appearing. Since yesterday lunchtime around one third of the campaigners
:13:36. > :13:42.had been granted bail. Not yet those from Devon. They are engineer Ian
:13:43. > :13:47.Rogers, journalist Ciaran Brine, and PR, Alex Harris. Alex's farther back
:13:48. > :13:53.home city is encouraged by the news that some UK needs have been
:13:54. > :13:57.released. I just pray that she is also granted bail. I remember last
:13:58. > :14:01.time she was before the judge, they turned it down, and she did
:14:02. > :14:07.breakdown of little bit. That called on heartstrings for all of us. It is
:14:08. > :14:10.now nine weeks since the 30 Greenpeace campaigners and the ship
:14:11. > :14:13.were seized by the Russian authorities, in a protest against
:14:14. > :14:17.drilling for oil in the Arctic. They have been detained ever since, but
:14:18. > :14:22.the past few days have brought a glimmer of hope. Kieran Brian's
:14:23. > :14:24.father and he said that now that someone other than a Russian
:14:25. > :14:29.national has been granted bail, Kieran, Alex and Ian might have a
:14:30. > :14:33.good chance of getting granted bail, dude. Charges of piracy and
:14:34. > :14:37.hooliganism still stand, but the latest developments are being viewed
:14:38. > :14:44.with optimism. It is definitely good news. There has not been much good
:14:45. > :14:48.news coming back from Russia after this point. You cannot predict what
:14:49. > :14:53.is to happen given the nature of the legal system there, but the
:14:54. > :14:57.indications say that they should all be granted bail, but it is worth
:14:58. > :15:02.remembering that we do not have any idea what the bail conditions are,
:15:03. > :15:06.where they will be detained, so there was still a lot of unanswered
:15:07. > :15:11.questions, but it is good news. The fate of all three Bevan activists
:15:12. > :15:21.should be known by the end of the week. `` Devon. Councils across
:15:22. > :15:25.Devon have taken their own councillors to court nine times in
:15:26. > :15:28.the last four years to make them pay their council tax. And they've had
:15:29. > :15:31.to send out a total of 76 reminders in that time. Our Political reporter
:15:32. > :15:35.Jenny Kumah has been investigating and I asked her what was known about
:15:36. > :15:38.the councillors involved. No names have been revealed but we know which
:15:39. > :15:42.councils had to resort to court action to get councillors to pay up
:15:43. > :15:47.and how often they have had to do that. Porridge, West Devon and mid
:15:48. > :15:54.Devon have each taken legal action against non`dash`mac nonpaying
:15:55. > :15:56.councillors. North Devon has had to chase a councillor for payment
:15:57. > :16:02.through the courts every year for the past four years. What reasons
:16:03. > :16:07.might there be for councillors not been council tax? Council leader
:16:08. > :16:10.said that councillors are human like anyone else and can run into
:16:11. > :16:14.financial problems, but they say that they do not condone councillors
:16:15. > :16:20.not paying up, and this was a sentiment echoed on the streets of
:16:21. > :16:25.Devon. I think it is amazing, crazy. Why would they do that? Everyone has
:16:26. > :16:32.got to pay, everyone is hard up at the minute. They ought to be
:16:33. > :16:35.upstanding citizens, I would say. That is not very fair, really,
:16:36. > :16:40.because if they voted these things in, they should be prepared to pay
:16:41. > :16:45.for them themselves. What consequences to the councillors face
:16:46. > :16:50.if they do not pay? They face the same legal consequences as anyone
:16:51. > :16:56.else would. They are not allowed to vote on matters affecting taxation
:16:57. > :16:58.whilst in arrears. The leader of North Devon Council said he would
:16:59. > :17:04.prefer that to be tougher sanctions against councillors who do not pay
:17:05. > :17:10.up. A Cornish tourist attraction has laid off 19 people. Staff at the
:17:11. > :17:14.theme park have had their working hours got or have been put on Flex
:17:15. > :17:25.eater. The park is up for sale and it is hoped that the staff will be
:17:26. > :17:28.re`employed. New research shows more than 27,000 families in the
:17:29. > :17:31.south`west were affected in August by the government's controversial
:17:32. > :17:34.new housing benefit reforms. The National Housing Federation says
:17:35. > :17:39.families are an average ?782 worse off a year. Cornwall had the most
:17:40. > :17:43.families affected, at 2,826. Charges in Exeter's council`run car parks
:17:44. > :17:46.could be frozen next year to help stimulate economic growth in the
:17:47. > :17:50.city. The proposal goes before the city council next week. It's also
:17:51. > :17:58.looking at cutting charges in the run up to Christmas. Now, can one
:17:59. > :18:02.man change the fortunes of an ailing company in just six months? It would
:18:03. > :18:05.seem so. In March, Axminster Carpets went into administration with the
:18:06. > :18:11.loss of around 300 jobs. It left a workforce of 104. One month later,
:18:12. > :18:15.businessman, Stephen Boyd, stepped in, and now there are 159 full time
:18:16. > :18:19.staff on the books. The company says it's doubled turnover, and is close
:18:20. > :18:22.to meeting its target for the year. In the first of two special reports,
:18:23. > :18:32.Spotlight's Andrea Ormsby has been to Axminster to find out more about
:18:33. > :18:39.this change in fortunes. March the 5th, 2013, a bad day for Axminster.
:18:40. > :18:42.Its biggest employer, the historic and world`famous Axminster carpets,
:18:43. > :18:48.goes into Administration. Of the 400 jobs, 300 are lost, a huge
:18:49. > :18:55.psychological and financial blow to the town. But then, just one month
:18:56. > :19:02.later, something happened. More precisely, someone happened. Good
:19:03. > :19:07.morning, Jill. Enter Stephen Boyd. Already chairman of two it
:19:08. > :19:13.south`west companies and with a reputation for turning businesses
:19:14. > :19:17.around. It is just wonderful. You have got high technology working
:19:18. > :19:20.with traditional skills. You have got modern styles being used on
:19:21. > :19:26.traditional materials. It is a wonderful combination. He has been
:19:27. > :19:31.here six months and already has an impressive knowledge of every aspect
:19:32. > :19:36.of this factory. He knows the name of every member of staff, Andy
:19:37. > :19:42.cannot hide his almost childlike passion for the place. This is what
:19:43. > :19:46.manufacturing should be all about. It is making something with skill,
:19:47. > :19:51.with technology, with people, most of all, that can be turned into
:19:52. > :19:55.something that the customer can really appreciate, because of its
:19:56. > :20:01.beauty and the skill that has gone into making it. Now, keep to the
:20:02. > :20:07.left. You should be able to see where you are going. Good morning.
:20:08. > :20:11.This is the inspection area where every single carpet is checked
:20:12. > :20:17.individually and any force corrected by hand. Underneath, the light is
:20:18. > :20:29.shining through, so any force show up. `` faults. Sue Ford has worked
:20:30. > :20:37.for Axminster carpets for 40 years. She approves of her new boss. He's a
:20:38. > :20:43.breath of fresh air. He's `` she is not alone. Stephen is around all the
:20:44. > :20:46.time and there was a positive appeal to the place, it is moving forward,
:20:47. > :20:51.things are changing, and we feel positive about the future. Praise
:20:52. > :20:56.from the workforce must surely be gratifying to hear. It is but it is
:20:57. > :21:00.not a personal thing, it is about building a team, and that is what we
:21:01. > :21:07.have been doing for the last six months, building a team, throughout
:21:08. > :21:10.the organisation, really getting people to be involved, to get
:21:11. > :21:15.motivated and to appreciate that it is all of us working together who
:21:16. > :21:18.will make the play successful. And the successful six months it has
:21:19. > :21:29.been, with turnover doubled, new staff taken on, and targets on
:21:30. > :21:34.track. And tomorrow, Andrea will find out more about the company's
:21:35. > :21:40.modernisation plans and how it is winning new business. Have you ever
:21:41. > :21:45.wondered what it would be like to ski to the South Pole? Polar
:21:46. > :21:49.explorer Plymouth is helping young people understand what life was like
:21:50. > :22:00.in the subzero temperatures of the Antarctic. Antony Jinman has set up
:22:01. > :22:03.a project, allowing schools to follow his latest expedition online
:22:04. > :22:07.and interact with him along the way. He set off from Plymouth last week
:22:08. > :22:11.and starts his trek on Saturday. Along the way he'll cover 730 miles
:22:12. > :22:15.and is expected to take up to two months to reach the South Pole.
:22:16. > :22:19.Spotlight's Jenny Walrond has been to meet some of the children Antony
:22:20. > :22:23.hopes to inspire to follow their own dreams. A taste of life as a polar
:22:24. > :22:31.explorer. The schoolchildren will be following the exploits of Antony
:22:32. > :22:36.Jinman as he skis, Solo, to the South Pole. He was inspired by
:22:37. > :22:41.Captain Scott and he hopes to do the same for these children. The purpose
:22:42. > :22:44.is to inspire children in the south`west and in Plymouth, raising
:22:45. > :22:48.aspirations about career opportunities and helping them with
:22:49. > :22:53.their lifestyles and let them follow their own dreams in life. Anthony
:22:54. > :22:57.has reached the North Pole already, and it will be taking part in
:22:58. > :23:02.experiments looking at the impact of the cold on memory and bitumen body.
:23:03. > :23:07.200 schools in Plymouth and around the world have signed up to track
:23:08. > :23:11.its progress, interacting with Anthony and performing their own
:23:12. > :23:15.scientific experiments. Do we have any budding explorers amongst this
:23:16. > :23:24.group? That depends where it would be. I think it is a little man,
:23:25. > :23:31.going on your own, but I would love to. It would be a good experience.
:23:32. > :23:36.The opportunity to meet a real`life polar explorer such as Anthony is
:23:37. > :23:42.just wonderful. It brings learning to life. Even if they do not set out
:23:43. > :23:45.on their own expeditions in future, these children have really enjoyed
:23:46. > :23:57.learning about life as a polar explorer. Nowhere near polar
:23:58. > :24:03.conditions here, but it is a bit colder. We have had some photographs
:24:04. > :24:08.posted on the Facebook page of a little bit of snow. You have been
:24:09. > :24:16.doing training for this Antarctic expedition by not turning the
:24:17. > :24:21.heating on! Christmas eve, it can go on.
:24:22. > :24:27.We have had some snow flurries on higher ground. Lower down we have
:24:28. > :24:32.had some showers, most of which have gone, but Laura Bourton glee, again,
:24:33. > :24:36.we're going to see a frost tonight, widespread across the east of the
:24:37. > :24:45.region, but not lasting until dawn tomorrow, `` low bone.
:24:46. > :24:52.The strongest gusts of wind along the North Cornish coast. Let us look
:24:53. > :24:58.at what is happening over the next 24 hours. We have cloud coming in
:24:59. > :25:00.across parts of Scotland. That is an area of low pressure that will
:25:01. > :25:07.gradually sweep south during the course of the night. Don't expect a
:25:08. > :25:12.frosty start, but certainly a damp one. The lowest temperatures and the
:25:13. > :25:16.first half of the night, which will then start to pick up. Then we have
:25:17. > :25:22.a line of heavy rain covering most of this Southampton, moving quite
:25:23. > :25:29.fast, and behind it, colder air. As we move into Thursday and the
:25:30. > :25:32.weekend, we have high pressure coming in and cold air coming in
:25:33. > :25:37.from the North East again. There is the satellite picture and more in
:25:38. > :25:42.the way of detail. You can see that cloud over most of Ireland and
:25:43. > :25:46.Scotland. A few showers drifting down on that northerly breeze. Those
:25:47. > :25:50.showers will probably carry on for a short while, keeping things above
:25:51. > :25:55.freezing for most of West Cornwall and parts of North Devon. Further
:25:56. > :26:01.east, that post will bring temperatures down as low as `2.
:26:02. > :26:05.There is a risk of some stretches of ice, but by the end of the night,
:26:06. > :26:10.that milder air will arrive. That will bring thicker cloud and
:26:11. > :26:16.freshening winds as well as rain. By dawn tomorrow morning, most of us
:26:17. > :26:21.waking up to start, but increasingly windy, with the wind coming in from
:26:22. > :26:26.the west or north`west. Temperatures higher tomorrow, although not
:26:27. > :26:29.feeling warmer goes it is windy, and rain from the start of the day will
:26:30. > :26:36.gradually become more persistent and heavy. Then, replaced by showers in
:26:37. > :26:40.the afternoon. In the middle of the day, a line of heavy rain across
:26:41. > :26:46.most of North Devon into Somerset, and there might be some snow on that
:26:47. > :26:49.as it crosses the tops of Exmoor and Dartmoor. Then we have showers
:26:50. > :26:54.following on behind. Some of those will be wintry, and it will be
:26:55. > :27:01.windy, those wins north`westerly, touching gale force along the north
:27:02. > :27:08.Cornwall and North Devon coast. With the wind chill, it will feel colder.
:27:09. > :27:11.For the Isles of Scilly, very windy with morning rain replaced by
:27:12. > :27:12.sunshine and showers in the afternoon. And the times of high
:27:13. > :27:16.water. The best and cleanest surf will be
:27:17. > :27:23.along the south coast. There is the coastal waters
:27:24. > :27:35.forecast. Have a good evening. I am just
:27:36. > :27:38.wondering if you are going to have an official switch on of the
:27:39. > :27:46.heating, with mulled wine and Christmas carols. I can make myself
:27:47. > :27:47.available! That's all for now. Goodbye.