:00:00. > :00:15.Keep up-to-date online. That's
:00:16. > :00:19.In The sheltered housing residents facing a near threefold increase in
:00:20. > :00:22.their council tax bills after a re`evaluation.
:00:23. > :00:26.Good evening. The bills are going up by ?500 a
:00:27. > :00:34.year for each resident. There's concern it's causing them
:00:35. > :00:37.unnecessary stress. All that sort of anxiety day job live, after all that
:00:38. > :00:39.they have given to their community and to the country, is completely
:00:40. > :00:42.wrong. Also tonight: More cuts for Exeter
:00:43. > :00:45.based airline Flybe. It's announced three routes are being axed from
:00:46. > :00:47.next spring. And what will the government's
:00:48. > :00:54.renewable energy reforms mean for the South West?
:00:55. > :00:57.It's been described as a Scrooge`like action in the run up to
:00:58. > :01:00.Christmas. A group of residents in sheltered accommodation in Cornwall
:01:01. > :01:05.are facing a near threefold increase in their council tax bills. The
:01:06. > :01:08.residents, many of whom are in their nineties are said to be shocked and
:01:09. > :01:11.worried by the rise which is the result of a re`evaluation of the tax
:01:12. > :01:15.banding. Tonight there are calls for the Government to intervene. From
:01:16. > :01:24.the home in Saltash John Danks reports.
:01:25. > :01:28.The residents of Cresta House in Saltash are used to sharing. They
:01:29. > :01:33.share the dining room, a conservatory, and even the
:01:34. > :01:37.property's council tax bill. Now the authority that decides council tax
:01:38. > :01:42.bands wants to change that and send each resident council tax bill of
:01:43. > :01:46.their own and that will cost them. It means a basic change because
:01:47. > :01:51.everybody will be at the lower rate rather than the house being in a
:01:52. > :01:58.particular band. It will mean about ?500 extra each year for each
:01:59. > :02:02.resident. It is un`Christmas light. Someone is behaving like Scrooge and
:02:03. > :02:06.we need a better Christmas rapport and caring for those in our own
:02:07. > :02:13.community. 96`year`old Dorothy has lived here for 14 years. She says it
:02:14. > :02:19.is stress she could do without. I am always worried, and I will be
:02:20. > :02:23.worried about it, yes. The valuation office agency says that each of the
:02:24. > :02:28.bedrooms is an independent living unit and, as such, qualifies for
:02:29. > :02:32.band a council tax. The charity that runs the home is calling on the
:02:33. > :02:37.government to change the law and protect other elderly residents in
:02:38. > :02:39.sheltered accommodation from being reassessed in this way. The
:02:40. > :02:43.difficulty is that with the pressure on their own investments and the
:02:44. > :02:57.state confining what they are able to provide in the way of help, where
:02:58. > :02:59.will it come from? Nobody from the valuation office agency was
:03:00. > :03:00.available for interview but a spokesperson told us that
:03:01. > :03:03.discussions with representatives of Abbeyfield are ongoing.
:03:04. > :03:05.Flybe has announced more cuts to its Exeter`based operation today. This
:03:06. > :03:09.time it's not jobs, but flights which are going. Some are cuts to
:03:10. > :03:12.holiday routes, but one is a year`round service to the north of
:03:13. > :03:17.England. Our business correspondent Neil Gallacher has the details and
:03:18. > :03:21.joins me now. What exactly is going? They are
:03:22. > :03:26.losing the routes to Barcelona and Nice which are some are only roots.
:03:27. > :03:30.They are also losing the link into Newcastle that is year`round. It
:03:31. > :03:34.will stop at the end of March and anybody who is directly affected
:03:35. > :03:39.will be offered an alternative flight or a refund. What impact will
:03:40. > :03:46.this have on the local economy? Full IB will still be offering a total
:03:47. > :03:50.route map of about 20 destinations out of Exeter so it is a marginal
:03:51. > :03:54.change although I think the loss of Newcastle could be irritating to the
:03:55. > :03:59.business community. The real value to the local economy has never been
:04:00. > :04:03.that they fly local people to holiday destinations. We might like
:04:04. > :04:07.that but it is not why it matters. The point is that they offer a large
:04:08. > :04:11.number of skilled engineering jobs in the Exeter area and it is where
:04:12. > :04:25.they have their corporate HQ and both of those functions are still
:04:26. > :04:27.the case. What is worrying is that this has come on top of significant
:04:28. > :04:30.job losses announced recently. There is no doubt that the company has
:04:31. > :04:33.been in a really bad way. The new executive has come in and shaken the
:04:34. > :04:35.airline inside out. Last month they announced another 500 job cuts, 100
:04:36. > :04:39.or so in the Exeter area but they also returned to profit. The share
:04:40. > :04:43.price was down to 40p in the spring which was shocking but it is now up
:04:44. > :04:52.at 99p so they have changed `` turned a corner. Investors are not
:04:53. > :04:55.worried about this news. Supporters of renewable energy in
:04:56. > :04:58.the South West say the Government's decision to change the way it
:04:59. > :05:01.supports the market, could mean fewer new wind farms around our
:05:02. > :05:04.countryside in the coming years. Solar farms will also have fewer
:05:05. > :05:07.financial incentives in the future, but the Government says there'll be
:05:08. > :05:09.much more money for big offshore windfarms.Our Environment
:05:10. > :05:14.Correspondent Adrian Campbell reports.
:05:15. > :05:19.Onshore wind farms have become commonplace in parts of the South
:05:20. > :05:23.West. Some argue they are a blot on the landscape but in the last 20
:05:24. > :05:27.years they have added to renewable energy production. The region
:05:28. > :05:32.generates enough renewable electricity to power 390,000 homes,
:05:33. > :05:38.17% of all homes in the south`west or almost every home in Devon. There
:05:39. > :05:43.are already 679 on shore wind projects in the south`west and more
:05:44. > :05:48.than 65,000 solar installations producing electricity but so far no
:05:49. > :05:54.offshore wind projects at all. You are seeing a whole mix of wind and
:05:55. > :05:58.biomass and increasingly solar. We asked an expert if this announcement
:05:59. > :06:02.would make a big difference here. What I do think is problematic for
:06:03. > :06:06.the industry is the level of change and disruption and the way the
:06:07. > :06:11.government is going about the process and it does not give
:06:12. > :06:16.industry and investment the clarity they need. Just last week the
:06:17. > :06:21.Atlantic array, a big wind farm proposed for Devon, was cancelled.
:06:22. > :06:25.These new incentives may encourage further development near the coast.
:06:26. > :06:31.Some say it is timely because we are using up too much countryside. Here
:06:32. > :06:36.in the ex`valley there has been very little wind farm development to date
:06:37. > :06:40.but there is a proposal for a turbine quite soon. Many local
:06:41. > :06:43.residents have opposed it and they are hoping that this announcement
:06:44. > :06:47.from the government will help their cause. This man can trace his family
:06:48. > :06:52.connection to the valley over centuries. He is worried about big,
:06:53. > :07:00.modern turbines coming here. I would have preferred a line of windmills
:07:01. > :07:05.over the top unfortunately solar panels is equally dramatic and
:07:06. > :07:08.should not be there. Solar panels constructively used on roofs on
:07:09. > :07:13.brown field sites and I don't think they should be turned into an
:07:14. > :07:16.agricultural product. Some question the government 's new priorities,
:07:17. > :07:19.favouring offshore energy but it claims this will double production
:07:20. > :07:23.by 2020. Our Political Editor Martyn Oates
:07:24. > :07:27.joins us now from Westminster at the end of the day of big political
:07:28. > :07:31.announcements. At the end of a day of big political announcements, the
:07:32. > :07:37.news of more money for offshore wind coming just days after plans for the
:07:38. > :07:43.biggest offshore wind farm was abandoned. Yes, it does seem rather
:07:44. > :07:46.ironic. If there was any chance that this could have saved the Atlantic
:07:47. > :07:50.array, you would have thought they would tip the company off before it
:07:51. > :07:54.scrapped the plans. The government said today it makes sense to move
:07:55. > :07:57.money away from onshore wind or large`scale solar because they are
:07:58. > :08:01.standing on their own feet and offshore wind needs a bit more
:08:02. > :08:04.help. The renewable energy Association agreed with that but it
:08:05. > :08:10.said also that the government is watering down its ambitions in terms
:08:11. > :08:13.biomass and energy from waste which means we will end up with more coal
:08:14. > :08:17.and oil fields power stations are more on fossil fuels. Labour says
:08:18. > :08:24.that the fact that the government is changing at mines creates damaging
:08:25. > :08:30.uncertainty. News on a big and controversial infrastructure project
:08:31. > :08:38.for the region. Yes, the government has up `` underlined its commitment
:08:39. > :08:42.to upgrading the A303. I can reassure my honourable friend that
:08:43. > :08:47.the pipeline of money is already open for that project. I announced
:08:48. > :08:56.it in June. The work is being done to work out what improvements are
:08:57. > :08:59.available for the A303 and the A30 and be very important link to the
:09:00. > :09:04.south`west of England. By this time next year we will set out the
:09:05. > :09:09.details to the house. A Wiltshire MP pointed out later that an upgrade
:09:10. > :09:13.will mean taking account of Stonehenge and also the Blackdown
:09:14. > :09:17.Hills area of outstanding natural beauty in Devon and Somerset. It
:09:18. > :09:21.will not be plain sailing even if the government stumps up the cash.
:09:22. > :09:24.Talking of the government stumping up the cash, tomorrow is the Autumn
:09:25. > :09:36.Statement, so another day of big political announcements. A woman is
:09:37. > :09:39.being treated for life`saving injuries following a crash on the M5
:09:40. > :09:42.this morning. The 32`year`old driver was trapped when her Renault Clio
:09:43. > :09:45.overturned after colliding with a van near Cullompton. The northbound
:09:46. > :09:49.carriageway was closed for several hours while she was airlifted to
:09:50. > :09:53.hospital. Six fire crews have been tackling a
:09:54. > :09:59.blaze which broke out in a block of flats in Teignmouth. The fire in
:10:00. > :10:10.Orchard Gardens broke out on the third floor of the building at
:10:11. > :10:12.lunchtime. Nobody was trapped in the incident and engineers are assessing
:10:13. > :10:16.the structural damage. A house in Cornwall which stood
:10:17. > :10:20.empty for a year is the first in the country to be brought back into use
:10:21. > :10:23.by a scheme to tackle the housing shortage. A charity is leasing the
:10:24. > :10:27.cottage from its owner and has paid for renovations. It's now being
:10:28. > :10:30.rented to a family who needed a new home. Eleanor Parkinson has been
:10:31. > :10:33.finding out more about the scheme. This house stood empty for a year in
:10:34. > :10:35.bad repair. Cornwall Council 's persuaded the owner to hand it over
:10:36. > :10:37.to them through the empty homes scheme for refurbishment. A charity
:10:38. > :10:42.brought in the buildings `` builders and the building has a newly solve
:10:43. > :10:46.life. It will be rented out to a local family who found themselves
:10:47. > :10:49.homeless just before Christmas. It was a building site with lots of
:10:50. > :10:54.dampness and wetness and you can see it is a beautiful home now. There is
:10:55. > :10:58.a new family moving in next week. They are a local family with a
:10:59. > :11:04.particular need and this enables us to provide them with a home for
:11:05. > :11:09.Christmas. Cornwall Council says the empty homes scheme isn't complicated
:11:10. > :11:14.and everyone benefits. We are bringing empty homes back into use.
:11:15. > :11:17.Delighted to work with the charity and has been a huge success and we
:11:18. > :11:22.are looking forward to rolling it out more in the future. Charity
:11:23. > :11:27.recently became `` found a home for this woman who became homeless after
:11:28. > :11:30.she lost her job and her house. I got more and more into mortgage
:11:31. > :11:35.arrears and my home was repossessed and then I found myself sober
:11:36. > :11:41.surfing, sleeping on floors and sofas and even sleeping in my car.
:11:42. > :11:46.To have your own home now, you have just moved in, what is it like? It
:11:47. > :11:50.is unbelievable. I can hardly believe I have another home and a
:11:51. > :11:55.roof over my head after everything I have been through. Cornwall Council
:11:56. > :11:58.says there were many empty properties in the council that can
:11:59. > :12:01.be refurbished and three lead and they have issued an appeal to
:12:02. > :12:04.landlords for them to come forward if they have an empty house that can
:12:05. > :12:07.be used to re`home someone on the homeless register.
:12:08. > :12:10.A jury was today told that a pensioner died after falling into
:12:11. > :12:14.the River Exe because her walking stick broke and not because of any
:12:15. > :12:16.safety shortcomings of steps and handrails. Exeter City Council
:12:17. > :12:28.denies breaching health and safety laws where passengers get on and off
:12:29. > :12:32.Butts Ferry at Exeter Quay. 80`year`old Dorothy Stevens drowned
:12:33. > :12:39.when she fell into the river in July 2010. Hamish Marshall joins me now
:12:40. > :12:43.from Exeter Crown Court. We find out why Sharron Robbie has
:12:44. > :12:48.been nominated as this year's unsung sporting hero. The premise of the
:12:49. > :12:54.defence case was that Dorothy Stevens would not have fallen into
:12:55. > :12:57.the water if her walking stick had not snapped into. A consultant came
:12:58. > :13:03.to the courts today and spoke about how she was not very agile and a
:13:04. > :13:07.foldable stake was not as reliable as a wooden one. He said that if it
:13:08. > :13:11.had not broken in such a way he believed she would have been able to
:13:12. > :13:18.climb the steps. Who else has been giving evidence?
:13:19. > :13:22.The health and safety inspector who was called there in 2010 gave
:13:23. > :13:26.evidence. She was asked why she allowed Butts Ferry to continue to
:13:27. > :13:31.operate as normal through the rest of that summer if there was such a
:13:32. > :13:35.danger in these steps. She said the full circumstances surrounding what
:13:36. > :13:40.happened to Dorothy Stevens was not known at the time. And other
:13:41. > :13:44.witness, a retired health and say inspector, said that just because
:13:45. > :13:49.there have been changes to the steps and rails does not mean that work
:13:50. > :13:54.needed to be done before the accident happened.
:13:55. > :14:00.What happens now? Tomorrow morning we will have the closing speeches.
:14:01. > :14:09.The jury will retire to consider its verdict. Next on Spotlight: We hear
:14:10. > :14:14.from the man who received an apology after complaining to the Prime
:14:15. > :14:17.Minister. Also We find out why Sharron Robbie
:14:18. > :14:21.has been nominated as this year's unsung sporting hero.
:14:22. > :14:25.I have been kissed a few times under the mistletoe. I was kissed a few
:14:26. > :14:31.times when I was younger. I am still waiting!
:14:32. > :14:34.A man from Dorset who wrote to the Prime Minister to say that he'd only
:14:35. > :14:38.received his out of work benefits on time once in three months has today
:14:39. > :14:40.received an apology from the government. Adrian Robinson claims
:14:41. > :14:43.problems with his job`seeker's Allowance began when he returned to
:14:44. > :14:51.his home town of Lyme Regis, from where Simon Clemison sent this
:14:52. > :14:55.report. Think of Lyme Regis and you probably
:14:56. > :15:00.think of the cob and the coast but it is not just a famous tourist
:15:01. > :15:05.spot. I found a business park here where people live and work as well
:15:06. > :15:10.as come to be enjoyed. It is lovely to be back. Returning to his home
:15:11. > :15:15.town after his contract came to an end in Berkshire, Adrian wanted to
:15:16. > :15:19.join the local workforce. He is partially sighted and is helped by
:15:20. > :15:22.his wife. I went through the recession in the 1980s and you just
:15:23. > :15:28.had to wait until things get better. I know that as long as I keep doing
:15:29. > :15:32.everything I need to do... Are you? Yes, indeed. Adrienne knows about
:15:33. > :15:54.employment as much as unemployment, having been a human resources
:15:55. > :15:57.advisor. He was getting job`seeker's allowance before he moved back to
:15:58. > :15:59.Dorset but when he signed on in Weymouth the problems began. The
:16:00. > :16:02.system seemed unable to cope with the profit of the sale of their
:16:03. > :16:04.house when they moved even though it was below the amount that would have
:16:05. > :16:07.meant the benefits were docked. While he was entitled to the
:16:08. > :16:10.payment, every time it was delayed. We gave them all the information
:16:11. > :16:13.they needed but the system would not bend. There is no more that I can do
:16:14. > :16:16.and the benefit that we seek we were entitled to and we were entitled to
:16:17. > :16:19.it on time. Adrienne may have been making every effort to find work by
:16:20. > :16:22.new rules mean there are those that don't in the government's view. Many
:16:23. > :16:27.people have already been penalised in a shake`up of state benefits.
:16:28. > :16:31.Support services say that some are struggling with all the changes. We
:16:32. > :16:34.need to be sure that the system is there to help people and we do not
:16:35. > :16:38.get into a situation where admin errors make things worse and put a
:16:39. > :16:42.burden on people because many people do not have a safety net or anything
:16:43. > :16:53.to fall back on. This job`seeker managed to survive as other benefits
:16:54. > :16:56.were paid on time. The Department for Work and Pensions has apologised
:16:57. > :16:58.for the delay and said it has rectified the issue with any money
:16:59. > :17:02.owing being paid. Yeovil Town's renaisssance could be
:17:03. > :17:06.underway in football's Championship. Their one goal win over Blackpool at
:17:07. > :17:09.Huish Park last night was their second in a row and keeps them
:17:10. > :17:13.within touching distance of the safety line. One of their three new
:17:14. > :17:16.loan signings, John Lundstram from Everton, scored the vital goal in
:17:17. > :17:20.the first half. Blackpool had three of their players dramatically sent
:17:21. > :17:23.off in added time as Yeovil hung on for a precious three points.
:17:24. > :17:27.Plymouth College swimmer Ruta Meilutyte has taken her tally of
:17:28. > :17:30.gold medals for the year to 12. The 16`year`old Lithuanian, who's the
:17:31. > :17:32.Olympic and World champion, is representing England at the World
:17:33. > :17:36.Schools' Championship in Brazil and collected her latest gold in the 100
:17:37. > :17:39.metre freestyle. The England team, coached by Jon Rudd the director of
:17:40. > :17:43.swimming at the College, were the top team in Brasilia with all seven
:17:44. > :17:47.of Rudd's swimmers winning at least one medal each.
:17:48. > :17:51.Prince Harry has been offering support to a group of servicemen,
:17:52. > :17:57.including a man from Devon, who have set off on what's being called the
:17:58. > :18:00.world's toughest rowing race. Cayle Royce who lives in Dartmouth lost
:18:01. > :18:03.both his legs last year while serving in Afghanistan. He's part of
:18:04. > :18:07.the Row2Recovery team racing in the Atlantic Challenge, to raise money
:18:08. > :18:09.for Help For Heroes. Prince Harry, who's currently trekking in
:18:10. > :18:11.Antarctica, called the team to wish them luck on their 3,000 mile
:18:12. > :18:31.journey. Especially if you have a broken toe,
:18:32. > :18:34.I imagine that is true. Good luck we are thinking of you.
:18:35. > :18:39.Throughout this week we're meeting the people you've nominated as
:18:40. > :18:43.Unsung Sporting Heroes. Across the region there are scores of people
:18:44. > :18:46.who give up huge amounts of their own time to help others enjoy their
:18:47. > :18:49.chosen sport. Tonight's finalist is Sharron Robbie, who's the Chair of
:18:50. > :18:58.the Plymouth Netball League. Spotlight's John Ayres reports. We
:18:59. > :19:01.want to 20 chest passes. The profile of netball has risen significantly
:19:02. > :19:06.in Plymouth in recent years with 800 women playing in the city league.
:19:07. > :19:10.Heading it up is Sharron Robbie. She has been an ambassador for the
:19:11. > :19:15.sport, but most significantly she works hard to provide a permanent
:19:16. > :19:19.home for netball in the city. Over the last three or four years I have
:19:20. > :19:24.lobbied really hard to gain a central venue for our sport in the
:19:25. > :19:26.city. We were extremely lucky to get the support from Plymouth City
:19:27. > :19:32.Council and England netball and sport England to give us our home in
:19:33. > :19:36.the Plymouth life Centre. Sharon has been keen to encourage more women
:19:37. > :19:40.into sport generally. She heads up the league which is quite a
:19:41. > :19:44.challenge. You are talking about more than 80 teams in the Plymouth
:19:45. > :19:48.and district league which is a lot of people to manage, with their own
:19:49. > :19:53.views and suppression is of interest and they are really concerned for
:19:54. > :19:57.their own teams and she manages it beautifully. She is passion and NHS
:19:58. > :20:03.and approachable and she wants to do things right for netball and netball
:20:04. > :20:09.in Plymouth and sport itself. She is amazing. What is it that drives
:20:10. > :20:13.Sharon on? When you start to volunteer for an organisation,
:20:14. > :20:16.whether it is a sport or charitable organisation, I think that if you
:20:17. > :20:20.feel passionately about something you really want to share it with
:20:21. > :20:23.others and I am absolutely passionate about netball and what it
:20:24. > :20:28.can bring, especially to young women. Sharon has been on the
:20:29. > :20:32.committee for more than 20 years. Plymouth netball harbour is now one
:20:33. > :20:35.of the largest of its type in the country.
:20:36. > :20:38.We'll find out about another Unsung Sporting Hero in Spotlight tomorrow
:20:39. > :20:46.and the overall winner will be announced in Friday's Spotlight.
:20:47. > :20:51.I can't wait to find out who it is. It will be a tough decision for the
:20:52. > :20:52.judges. We have heard sobs `` from some fantastic people again this
:20:53. > :20:55.year. Now, this festive season, will you
:20:56. > :21:01.be hanging the mistletoe with the hope of catching someone under it
:21:02. > :21:04.for a traditional Christmas kiss? I make no comment on that.
:21:05. > :21:10.I just happen to have some here... I do hope not! I am in terrible
:21:11. > :21:12.trouble now. Well, work has begun gathering in hundreds of bunches of
:21:13. > :21:16.mistletoe at The National Trust's Cotehele House in Cornwall. Johnny
:21:17. > 2:53:26Rutherford has been along to find out more about the plant and how the
2:53:27 > 2:53:26tradition of kissing under it came about.
2:53:27 > 2:53:26Are you sure? Sorry. Long before our ancestors were hanging mistletoe up
2:53:27 > 2:53:26at Christmas time it was believed it had special powers. They were
2:53:27 > 2:53:26careful not to let it touch the ground because it was said to really
2:53:27 > 2:53:26move its strength. This week Gardner 's are also being careful in cutting
2:53:27 > 2:53:26and harvesting their mistletoe, to make sure that both the Apple tree
2:53:27 > 2:53:26and the plant to `` continue to survive together. The mistletoe
2:53:27 > 2:53:26grows in Saint biosis with the tree, it is a semi`parasitic plant and
2:53:27 > 2:53:26they grow together really well, although the mistletoe will tend, if
2:53:27 > 2:53:26it is not checked, you will see that I am taking out large clumps because
2:53:27 > 2:53:26it will start to take over the tree a little bit. It does need careful
2:53:27 > 2:53:26management. Mistletoe is often found in traditionally managed orchards
2:53:27 > 2:53:26although it is unusual to find it Cornwall. This is a fantastic food
2:53:27 > 2:53:26source for birds in the orchard and it is quite popular at this time of
2:53:27 > 2:53:26the year as well. It is still possible as part of the traditional
2:53:27 > 2:53:26Christmas decor. In Europe it was not to bring good luck and here in
2:53:27 > 2:53:26the UK we went one stage further and hope that luck would get us kiss! It
2:53:27 > 2:53:26used to be said that young men had the privilege of kissing girls under
2:53:27 > 2:53:26mistletoe, plucking off Bury for each case. The berries were gone the
2:53:27 > 2:53:26privilege ceased. This couple have been married 60 years but have never
2:53:27 > 2:53:26once kissed under the mistletoe. No, we haven't. No! We have never needed
2:53:27 > 2:53:26it! First time then. I have been kissed a few times under the
2:53:27 > 2:53:26mistletoe. I think I was kissed a few times when I was younger. And I
2:53:27 > 2:53:26am still waiting! I would offer to help out but I am married!
2:53:27 > 2:53:26Indeed, if Rebecca's husband is watching, I was joking of course!
2:53:27 > 2:53:26Although there is some mistletoe on our desk which has been attempting a
2:53:27 > 2:53:26full day but we haven't... Tempting us! Really.
2:53:27 > 2:53:26It is time for the weather. He is quite a big fellow, her husband,
2:53:27 > 2:53:26isn't he? He is taller than me! Let us look at
2:53:27 > 2:53:26the weather then. the weather
2:53:27 > 2:53:26Let us start with what is happening tomorrow. We have been gloomy for
2:53:27 > 2:53:26the last few days. The sunshine came out today. Tomorrow is different,
2:53:27 > 2:53:26there will be frost and a cold start in the morning. It will become quite
2:53:27 > 2:53:26windy in the second half of the day and we will see showers towards the
2:53:27 > 2:53:26end of the afternoon and evening. We are actually between weather systems
2:53:27 > 2:53:26to night. This stripe of cloud which has kept us cloudy through the
2:53:27 > 2:53:26morning is now moving away and moving into northern France and
2:53:27 > 2:53:26clear sky will follow. Tonight there is a ridge of high pressure and we
2:53:27 > 2:53:26are expecting some low temperatures. In the second half of the night,
2:53:27 > 2:53:26just slightly more of a breeze to stir the air and by the middle of
2:53:27 > 2:53:26the day it will become quite breezy with westerly or north`westerly
2:53:27 > 2:53:26winds that could touch gale force in the Bristol Channel. Here is a look
2:53:27 > 2:53:26at what could happen on Friday. There will be a chilly start with a
2:53:27 > 2:53:26risk of morning frost and then there should be a decent enough day. The
2:53:27 > 2:53:26high pressure means the cloud will be stubborn to shift so things will
2:53:27 > 2:53:26settle down nicely. We did have some sunshine and it was quite a pleasant
2:53:27 > 2:53:26end to today. This was earlier near Teignmouth where there were some
2:53:27 > 2:53:26bright skies. It was a lovely end to the day and a nice sunshine ``
2:53:27 > 2:53:26sunset. Look at that cloud! This means there will be frost is a
2:53:27 > 2:53:26night, not everywhere but certainly for the areas that are well
2:53:27 > 2:53:26sheltered from the northerly breeze. We will see overnight
2:53:27 > 2:53:26temperatures at or just below freezing. A good deal of fine
2:53:27 > 2:53:26weather and clear sky. Good news for the stargazers who have been
2:53:27 > 2:53:26disappointed in the last few nights. The frost will develop in the small
2:53:27 > 2:53:26hours of the morning and towards dawn we will see a bit more cloud
2:53:27 > 2:53:26drifting in from the North West as the breeze steadily freshens.
2:53:27 > 2:53:26Nonetheless we see temperatures close to freezing just about
2:53:27 > 2:53:26anywhere. In parts of central and mid`Somerset temperatures could be
2:53:27 > 2:53:26as low as zero or below. Expect the frost first thing tomorrow morning.
2:53:27 > 2:53:26Tomorrow it self is a bright enough start with a lot of cloud around
2:53:27 > 2:53:26throughout the day. It will be patchy. Some sunny spells briefly.
2:53:27 > 2:53:26As the wind increases so does the cloud amount and through the
2:53:27 > 2:53:26afternoon we will see a cloudy end to the day and a stiff
2:53:27 > 2:53:26north`westerly breeze setting in. The breeze is strong enough in fact
2:53:27 > 2:53:26to whip up the waves along the north coast and through the Bristol
2:53:27 > 2:53:26Channel. Rough seas are possible here. The temperatures tomorrow, on
2:53:27 > 2:53:26the face of it it does not look bad but because it is windy it will feel
2:53:27 > 2:53:26colder because of the strength of the wind. For the owls `` for the
2:53:27 > 2:53:26Isles of Scilly, a fine enough start but becoming windy with the risk of
2:53:27 > 2:53:26showers late in the day. On the north coast the size of the
2:53:27 > 2:53:26ways increases through the day and by the end of the afternoon it could
2:53:27 > 2:53:26be six feet and messy. That is it for the coastal waters and there is
2:53:27 > 2:53:26more the breeze tomorrow. There, then showers, and generally good
2:53:27 > 2:53:26visibility. At the end of the week and Friday, it will be a fine start
2:53:27 > 2:53:26to the day but quickly becoming cloudy. The cloud will be stubborn
2:53:27 > 2:53:26to shift as you move into the start of the weekend. Note how the wind
2:53:27 > 2:53:26drops right down with light wind and the high pressure comes back and
2:53:27 > 2:53:26there will briefly be sunshine on Sunday.
2:53:27 > 2:53:26Have a good evening. Thank you very much. That is the way
2:53:27 > 2:53:26the news and weather looks on Wednesday evening.
2:53:27 > 2:53:26There will be an update on all the main news at 1025 p.m.
2:53:27 > 2:53:27But have a good