:00:00. > :00:15.Australia. More about the weather where you are on-line.
:00:16. > :00:20.A bumpy ride with a repair bill which is proving just as
:00:21. > :00:28.uncomfortable ` the cost of mending the region's roads is revealed. Good
:00:29. > :00:32.evening. Welcome to Spotlight. More than ?1 billion is needed to improve
:00:33. > :00:36.the state of local routes around the South West. As bad weather makes
:00:37. > :00:38.matters worse, we'll look at who foots the bill.
:00:39. > :00:45.Unless there is a massive investment from outside of the danger will
:00:46. > :00:48.increase. Also tonight... The latest in the row of building
:00:49. > :00:52.new homes ` why nearly 50,000 houses could be built in Cornwall.
:00:53. > :00:55.And never give up ` how decades of searching finally paid off for a
:00:56. > :00:58.Devon man searching for a lost link with his father.
:00:59. > :01:03.Local councils in the South West have told BBC Spotlight they have a
:01:04. > :01:06.backlog of road maintenance work which now totals more than ?1
:01:07. > :01:10.billion. Cornwall is facing a repair bill of 200 million. In Devon, which
:01:11. > :01:13.has the country's biggest road network, more than ?750 million
:01:14. > :01:16.needs to be spent. While, in Plymouth the cost of getting the
:01:17. > :01:20.city's roads back up to scratch is estimated to be more than ?70
:01:21. > :01:26.million In Torbay it's nearly 40 million. Local authorities say
:01:27. > :01:29.funding from central government has fallen short for years, but the
:01:30. > :01:31.Department for Transport says it is investing in our highways. Kirk
:01:32. > :01:39.England reports. Taking it slowly. People in the
:01:40. > :01:46.village of Upton Pyne are used to dodging holes in the road.
:01:47. > :01:48.The potholes here are just a menace and nuisance. They are here 24`7, 52
:01:49. > :01:56.weeks of the year. There is just no maintenance
:01:57. > :02:03.whatsoever. You need a 4x4 to drive through a lot of it. The repair bill
:02:04. > :02:05.to get the region's local roads in good order is now estimated at over
:02:06. > :02:09.?1 billion. They have a lot of routes to look
:02:10. > :02:14.after, but they are neglecting a lot of the byroads now.
:02:15. > :02:17.Authorities in Devon, which has the biggest road network of any county
:02:18. > :02:25.in the country, claim government funding is short of what they need.
:02:26. > :02:30.The County Council says to keep the roads in the condition they are in
:02:31. > :02:37.now costs ?64 million a year. Their government grant is ?35 million.
:02:38. > :02:41.I believe the condition of the roads has deteriorated. I believe that
:02:42. > :02:45.people see them getting worse. They clearly want that to be rectified
:02:46. > :02:49.and there is no hope it is going to be. Unless there is a massive
:02:50. > :02:50.investment from our side, the safety factor on our roads will get worse,
:02:51. > :03:01.the danger will increase. In Dorset, every highways team is
:03:02. > :03:05.out on the road. Local authorities argue they are doing all they can
:03:06. > :03:08.with the money they have repairing footpaths, road signs and cats'
:03:09. > :03:12.eyes, rebuilding collapsed roads and bridges and filling in potholes. The
:03:13. > :03:18.damage to Cornwall's roads so far this winter will cost ?2 million to
:03:19. > :03:24.fix. And the money needed to tackle the maintenance backlog across the
:03:25. > :03:28.region is growing. It is a consequence of the funding,
:03:29. > :03:31.a consequence of the age of the network, the deteriorating network,
:03:32. > :03:35.it is a consequence of the amount of traffic on the network. I would not
:03:36. > :03:41.say it is our fault, it is our job to try and fix it. That is what we
:03:42. > :03:45.are here to do. The situation is so bad in places there are fears some
:03:46. > :03:48.roads may need to be closed. The Department for Transport says it
:03:49. > :03:51.has given local councils nationally ?3.4 billion to help pay for local
:03:52. > :03:53.road maintenance up to 2015. In Devon, an extra 14 million has been
:03:54. > :04:05.given to help fill in the potholes. Hundreds of people living in
:04:06. > :04:09.Somerset remain cut off by flood water tonight, a situation which may
:04:10. > :04:12.go on for several more weeks. The Environment Agency has admitted that
:04:13. > :04:18.flooding on the Levels is the worst it's ever seen. It's bringing in
:04:19. > :04:22.extra resources to cope with the huge amount of standing water. Our
:04:23. > :04:25.Somerset Correspondent, Clinton Rogers, reports from a county still
:04:26. > :04:31.struggling to go about its daily business.
:04:32. > :04:41.They are pumping water off the more at the rate of seven times a second.
:04:42. > :04:45.The Environment Agency is now hiring 62 extra pumps to speed things up.
:04:46. > :04:55.But there is a lot of water still to shift. 65 square kilometres of land
:04:56. > :04:59.still under water. These aerial photos sent to us by a Spotlight
:05:00. > :05:07.viewer really show the scale of the flooding. Everyone now accepts it
:05:08. > :05:10.has never been this bad. All of which means normal life is on hold
:05:11. > :05:14.for people like Bryony. The floodwaters have crept to the bottom
:05:15. > :05:18.of her garden in the village of Moreland, and this road out of the
:05:19. > :05:22.village has been under water for ten days. Which means that a five mile
:05:23. > :05:26.journey to the village school now needs a 38 mile detour. School
:05:27. > :05:29.journeys, going to work, people wanting to go to work and they
:05:30. > :05:39.cannot get there ` everything is affected and it is just becoming
:05:40. > :05:42.just a nightmare. But if it is hard for parents, try
:05:43. > :05:46.running a haulage business here when the main road linking Taunton to
:05:47. > :05:51.Glastonbury can only be navigated by a tractor.
:05:52. > :05:53.It will be like this, probably, for two weeks.
:05:54. > :05:57.We estimated it cost something in the region of 10,000 a month last
:05:58. > :06:01.year extra in fuel, just to get down into Devon and Cornwall from here.
:06:02. > :06:05.Amid increasingly bitter recriminations about who or what is
:06:06. > :06:08.to blame, weather watchers like Somerset's Simon say the last month
:06:09. > :06:14.has been the wettest spell for 50 years.
:06:15. > :06:23.I cannot find a spell of weather that compares to this for the amount
:06:24. > :06:27.of rain in a sustained wet spell. His figures show that in the month
:06:28. > :06:32.from December 12th we only had one day without rain. In total there has
:06:33. > :06:35.been 280 millimetres ` 11 inches. And on two days there were
:06:36. > :06:42.torrential downpours ` the floods soon followed. Those in the middle
:06:43. > :06:45.of it all still say neglect of the water courses, not nature, is to
:06:46. > :06:46.blame. Their web campaign now has 800 supporters come all demanding
:06:47. > :06:59.action to stop this happening again. Cornwall Council today voted for
:07:00. > :07:02.controversial plans to build nearly 50,000 houses in the county over the
:07:03. > :07:07.next 20 years, rejecting opposition demands for the number to be cut to
:07:08. > :07:10.just over 30,000. The decision follows unhappiness from councils
:07:11. > :07:13.across the region that the government is forcing them to build
:07:14. > :07:18.more homes than they want. Our Political Editor, Martyn Oates,
:07:19. > :07:20.joins us now live from Westminster. So, disappointment for the
:07:21. > :07:27.Conservative opposition on the council?
:07:28. > :07:32.Yes, the Conservatives on the council insist that Cornwall does
:07:33. > :07:36.not need more than 47,000 new homes and that the figures predicting
:07:37. > :07:39.population growth from the office of National to Citic 's which are
:07:40. > :07:44.driving these figures are simply wrong. `` the Office for National
:07:45. > :07:47.Statistics. I am not alone. There are Conservative councillors
:07:48. > :07:52.and MPs saying enough is enough. Why is it that we should cope with
:07:53. > :07:57.an influx that is endless? It is actually a self`fulfilling
:07:58. > :08:01.prophecy. If you build 100,000 houses in a nice area in the
:08:02. > :08:05.country, they will fill, that is what we have been doing, and it is
:08:06. > :08:09.about time it is about time it slowed to a stop.
:08:10. > :08:13.The governing Cabinet on the council says that to some extent its hands
:08:14. > :08:18.are tied and it needs to be realistic to propose a figure which
:08:19. > :08:22.is high enough to be accepted by the governments planning expect. ``
:08:23. > :08:28.government's planning inspector. It feels this figure is unlikely to
:08:29. > :08:30.pass that test. I think based on the experience of other local
:08:31. > :08:35.authorities this was the best way to get a plan adopted and was the best
:08:36. > :08:39.way to stop delay. I think DeLay is something I really
:08:40. > :08:44.fear and getting a rejection could delay this by 18 months to two
:08:45. > :08:49.years. That does nothing to protect our communities. But it is not new
:08:50. > :08:54.for the government to have the final say on housing numbers, is it?
:08:55. > :09:01.It is not, but this coalition government has had a big fuss saying
:09:02. > :09:07.that Labour told people what to do from Whitehall and it would do it
:09:08. > :09:12.differently, freeing people to make decisions themselves. Now,
:09:13. > :09:15.increasingly angry Lib Dem MPs and councillors are saying to the
:09:16. > :09:18.government, you talked about making decisions locally but in practice
:09:19. > :09:25.you are making decisions for us and telling us to build more houses than
:09:26. > :09:29.we want or need. An elderly couple from Cornwall are
:09:30. > :09:34.recovering after suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning Cornwall
:09:35. > :09:37.Fire and Rescue Service say it's the fourth incident this week. At their
:09:38. > :09:40.home in Lanivet. ??NEWINE Last week a family needed treatment at
:09:41. > :09:44.Lantegloss near Fowey. ?On Sunday fire crews were called to Morwenstow
:09:45. > :09:47.and St Newlyn East near Truro after Carbon Monoxide alarms sounded.
:09:48. > :09:51.The incident in Lanivet took place in the early hours of this morning.
:09:52. > :09:58.David George has more and is at St Austell Fire station tonight.
:09:59. > :10:03.Yes, Claire, Cornwall Fire and Rescue service say that in each of
:10:04. > :10:07.these incidents it was a wood`burning stove that was involved
:10:08. > :10:11.and it is perhaps the cold snap that has caused people to like those
:10:12. > :10:15.without having them properly maintained and cleaned. Over here,
:10:16. > :10:19.Mark Pradhan is in charge of preventing these carbon monoxide
:10:20. > :10:27.incidents for Cornwall. Two of these were quite unusual. One of them was
:10:28. > :10:31.in the house next door. Yes, crews responded to an incident and
:10:32. > :10:34.non`investigation realised that the alarm was actuating in the property
:10:35. > :10:39.next door and this was a migration of carbon monoxide from the
:10:40. > :10:41.neighbouring property from a defective wood burner.
:10:42. > :10:45.Straight through the wall. Last night's incident did not
:10:46. > :10:50.involve an appliance but dealing with the `.
:10:51. > :10:53.Explain that. Crews attended and on further investigation, using a
:10:54. > :10:57.carbon monoxide monitor and thermal imaging camera, crews identified a
:10:58. > :11:00.bucket of ash. This had been taken from the
:11:01. > :11:05.wood`burning stove and was expected to diet within the bucket and be
:11:06. > :11:09.removed in the morning. `` die out within the bucket. All of
:11:10. > :11:15.those properties were fitted with a carbon monoxide detector, like this.
:11:16. > :11:18.What is your main safety message? The most important message is to
:11:19. > :11:22.make sure your appliances are serviced and well maintained.
:11:23. > :11:27.The second defence is to have a working carbon monoxide detector and
:11:28. > :11:30.tested regularly. It could be that more than a dozen lives have been
:11:31. > :11:37.saved in the last eight days by one of these.
:11:38. > :11:40.Thank you, David. Dozens of villagers in Devon took on
:11:41. > :11:42.the local authority over a boat house they wanted to keep for the
:11:43. > :11:51.community. They have had some success. Teignbridge council has
:11:52. > :11:54.agreed to look at the proposals. This regatta association has held
:11:55. > :11:56.many events trying to raise money to buy the ferry boat house in the
:11:57. > :12:01.village. They bid more than ?100,000, but it
:12:02. > :12:07.was a bid for twice that amount from a private unnamed individual that it
:12:08. > :12:12.is the balance. The association believes the council should have put
:12:13. > :12:15.local people first, not money. The community asset side of it and what
:12:16. > :12:19.the community wants should override that.
:12:20. > :12:22.In the budget of Teignbridge, ?100,000 is not that much, but what
:12:23. > :12:31.it would mean to the villages are worth a lot more.
:12:32. > :12:35.Local protesters have called on the council to look at this again,
:12:36. > :12:41.believing this was not in the spirit of localism, something the
:12:42. > :12:44.Conservative Party supports. The community has worked hard to raise
:12:45. > :12:47.the money and pit this bid together and it seems the community right to
:12:48. > :12:52.bid legislation has rather let the community down, as we felt our bid
:12:53. > :12:58.was a very creditable bed. Today, supporters of the bid turned
:12:59. > :13:01.up calling on Teignbridge council to reconsider the decision.
:13:02. > :13:05.It is a difficult situation for the council. On one hand, the people
:13:06. > :13:09.have raised money to keep this as a community asset for the village.
:13:10. > :13:12.On the other you have a private individual who wants to bring
:13:13. > :13:16.disability sailing to the area and is spending twice the money. The
:13:17. > :13:22.council then have to think about the council taxpayers for the whole of
:13:23. > :13:28.Teignbridge, not just the village. We have to have money to investigate
:13:29. > :13:31.in all areas of Teignbridge. We are not representing discrete
:13:32. > :13:37.areas. We have to realise that the sale of assets is a way to generate
:13:38. > :13:40.funds to invest across the district. Today it was agreed council
:13:41. > :13:41.executives should look at it again. In the short term the decision is on
:13:42. > :13:52.hold. If you have just joined us, welcome
:13:53. > :13:56.to the programme tonight. Still to come...
:13:57. > :14:02.Is this a game of football? The short answer is no, it is not.
:14:03. > :14:06.But can you spot the difference two and join me on the water here at
:14:07. > :14:09.Plymouth Sound to sound `` find out how some of the South West sailors
:14:10. > :14:15.are preparing for the Solitaire du Figaro race.
:14:16. > :14:20.And believable and emotional ` of the words you might expect from a
:14:21. > :14:23.man from Devon who has found his father's war medals nearly 50 years
:14:24. > :14:27.after it disappeared. Terry Snow was distraught when he
:14:28. > :14:30.mislaid his First World War victory medal during a house clearance sale
:14:31. > :14:35.but has now got it back after seeing it for sale online.
:14:36. > :14:45.Back where it belongs tonight after almost 50 years. The World War I
:14:46. > :14:50.victory medal awarded to Terry Snow's late father, Gilbert. Kerry,
:14:51. > :14:56.75, has spent almost every day looking for it since it disappeared.
:14:57. > :14:59.In the 1970s, when my mother sold the house, we lost track of the
:15:00. > :15:06.medals. We could have had them, we never
:15:07. > :15:13.found them. In 1970, there were millions of medals struck and we had
:15:14. > :15:18.no idea where they had gone at all. Kerry's father Cyril then the
:15:19. > :15:22.Middlesex Regiment as a Lewis gunner and fought in northern France in
:15:23. > :15:27.1918. It was one of the first major
:15:28. > :15:31.battles involving armoured warfare and ultimately led to the end of the
:15:32. > :15:35.war. He was firing at the Germans, EZ,
:15:36. > :15:38.and when he looked around all of his mates were gone, you was on his own.
:15:39. > :15:44.He picked up a Lewis gun, ran down the road but as he came around the
:15:45. > :15:48.bend the Germans had got be hanged him. He started firing at them. He
:15:49. > :15:57.said he chucked the Lewis gun down so he could run faster. One of the
:15:58. > :16:01.bullets broke the butt of his rifle on his back and the other went
:16:02. > :16:06.through and grazed his leg. Kerry found the medal on January the
:16:07. > :16:11.4th, his 75th birthday. It was being sold by a collector in
:16:12. > :16:18.Lincoln so he snapped it up for ?20. To actually get the medal back means
:16:19. > :16:22.a lot. It is just like my father wanted it.
:16:23. > :16:26.Why did it come on eBay on my birthday?
:16:27. > :16:34.Terry, who is a bit of a collector himself, is still hoping to find his
:16:35. > :16:38.late father's other medal, his British War medal, and he is half
:16:39. > :16:39.expecting that will turn up online, too, even if it takes a few more
:16:40. > :16:46.years. A quick sketch given as a thank you
:16:47. > :17:00.note by Damien Hirst is being put up for auction at Ottery St Mary. The
:17:01. > :17:03.North Devon based artist's work often makes headlines. As Johnny
:17:04. > :17:05.Rutherford reports, the sketch may also cause some debate.
:17:06. > :17:08.Damien Hirst's artwork has often divided critics' opinion, like this
:17:09. > :17:11.figure of a pregnant woman called Verity which caused controversy in
:17:12. > :17:13.Ilfracombe near where the artist lives.
:17:14. > :17:18.His art tends to sell well, so the latest auction of his work has cost
:17:19. > :17:21.some interest as it is being held in Ottery St Mary, the village where it
:17:22. > :17:25.was drawn for a housekeeper when staying with Lord Coleridge.
:17:26. > :17:28.It was gifted to her when he came to stay in 2001 for the famous Ottery
:17:29. > :17:32.St Mary tar barrels, she gave him breakfast in bed, you can see a
:17:33. > :17:36.little tea or coffee stain. It was just by way of a thank you.
:17:37. > :17:38.How much do you think this would go for?
:17:39. > :17:39.Our conservative estimate is around ?300`?500, but it could probably
:17:40. > :17:48.make more. It could do quite well, because a
:17:49. > :17:55.year and half ago this shark drawing he drew for his chauffeur sold for
:17:56. > :17:59.?4500. I thought I would through my own
:18:00. > :18:02.drawing, scribble, take a photocopy of Damien 's sketch and Maine and
:18:03. > :18:05.see what the villagers thought. Would you pay anything for that?
:18:06. > :18:08.Only if it was for charity. No.
:18:09. > :18:12.It is rubbish, it is awful! You don't like it? No.
:18:13. > :18:15.What about this one? I don't like that one, either.
:18:16. > :18:18.Would you pay for that? Probably only if iit was for
:18:19. > :18:20.charity, again. Would you pay for this?
:18:21. > :18:23.I would, probably. If I said to you it was by Damien
:18:24. > :18:31.Hirst? A couple of thousand?
:18:32. > :18:34.What is wrong with mine? That is rubbish. Compared to the
:18:35. > :18:37.Damien Hirst, you know. But I went to art college.
:18:38. > :18:41.But it is still rubbish. Maybe I won't give up my day job just yet.
:18:42. > :18:53.Damien 's sketch goes under the hammer this Thursday afternoon.
:18:54. > :18:58.Towards the end of last year it was confirmed Plymouth would host one of
:18:59. > :19:02.the world's top offshore sailing events ` the Solitaire du Figaro
:19:03. > :19:05.race. The competition will start in Normandy before crossing the channel
:19:06. > :19:08.to Plymouth. From there the fleet will race to Roscoff, then make
:19:09. > :19:11.their way down the French coast, before finishing in Cherbourg.
:19:12. > :19:14.Today we've been given our first glimpse of what's in store for June,
:19:15. > :19:17.when Devon sailor Sam Matson arrived into port as part of his training
:19:18. > :19:20.preparations for the big event. Spotlight's Heidi Davey went along
:19:21. > :19:23.to catch up with him. Four sailors were due to arrive in
:19:24. > :19:26.Plymouth this morning but because of challenging weather conditions only
:19:27. > :19:36.one made it. The others sought shelter before reaching Devon.
:19:37. > :19:41.22`year`old Sam Matson from Ottery saint merely showed off his skills
:19:42. > :19:48.ahead of the big race. We arrived hoping for quite an easy sale, but
:19:49. > :19:52.how wrong we were. We faced wind strengths of up to 45
:19:53. > :19:56.knots, big seas and he'll stormed the poorly across for 20 hours. It
:19:57. > :20:01.was quite enduring and quite painful.
:20:02. > :20:05.Sam was a student at Plymouth University and is very `` familiar
:20:06. > :20:11.with the offshore conditions in the South West. I love Plymouth, I love
:20:12. > :20:15.this city, saw the opportunity to do one of the biggest races of my
:20:16. > :20:18.lifetime and arrive in essentially home Watters is going to be really
:20:19. > :20:21.exciting and I hope I am on the startling coming through the finish
:20:22. > :20:27.line over there. But he is under no illusions after
:20:28. > :20:30.yesterday how difficult the race preparations will be.
:20:31. > :20:34.A lot of people say that you quit sailing at least five times per
:20:35. > :20:37.race, and it was yesterday the same, I quite probably around five
:20:38. > :20:41.or six times! But as soon as you arrive you
:20:42. > :20:45.realise why you do it and it is the excitement of coming back into port
:20:46. > :20:50.and getting tell tell stories afterwards. `` getting to tell. When
:20:51. > :20:53.the Solitaire du Figaro race arrives in June it will hopefully be
:20:54. > :20:56.slightly warmer conditions and sailors like Sam and other British
:20:57. > :21:00.sailors will also hopefully be among the top to arrive in the port.
:21:01. > :21:05.In football, Plymouth Argyle have the chance to make progress in the
:21:06. > :21:10.FA Cup tonight when they face Port Vale in a third round replay at Home
:21:11. > :21:14.Park. Top scorer Reuben Reid will be looking to add to his tally of 13
:21:15. > :21:18.goals this season, as the Pilgrims and Vale battle it out for the right
:21:19. > :21:21.to meet Brighton in round four. There's full coverage on BBC Radio
:21:22. > :21:22.Devon from 7:05pm, which includes an exclusive interview with chairman
:21:23. > :21:31.James Brent. Now if you fancied following in the
:21:32. > :21:40.footsteps of Ronaldo, what would you do? Head to the nearest pitch? Knock
:21:41. > :21:43.a ball around the field? Well, that's not strictly how he went
:21:44. > :21:46.about it, because he started out playing a slightly different game.
:21:47. > :21:49.Yes, he began with futsal. It is like football, but the ball is
:21:50. > :21:53.heavier, the pitch is smaller and there are fewer players. It's fast,
:21:54. > :21:59.it's fun and it's becoming very popular, as Andrea Ormsby has been
:22:00. > :22:03.finding out. It sounds like football and looks
:22:04. > :22:10.like football, but this is fast and furious. It is a smaller ball and
:22:11. > :22:16.30% less bounce within the ball, so it means there will be a lot of good
:22:17. > :22:21.techniques and skills used in the game. With five players aside the
:22:22. > :22:25.chances of touching the ball in Futsal are said to be more than 200%
:22:26. > :22:30.more than in Normandy Moffat ball with 11 players.
:22:31. > :22:34.`` than in our normal game of football. It developed on the
:22:35. > :22:45.continent and a lot of players came through Futsal, messy, `` Lionel
:22:46. > :22:49.Messi, Xavi.. The game is really taking off in the
:22:50. > :22:52.South West. It has been as South American sport in for the past eight
:22:53. > :22:56.years but we are seeing fruition with what we have been trying to
:22:57. > :23:00.create with schools and after`school clubs.
:23:01. > :23:04.Everyone is seeing how fast and exciting and more creative you can
:23:05. > :23:08.be playing Futsal band playing in dark, wet weather at the moment. The
:23:09. > :23:14.reason I love this sport is because it is fun and when I am older I want
:23:15. > :23:19.to be someone like Lionel Messi. I like how it is fast, you get a lot
:23:20. > :23:25.of time on the ball and it is just more fun than normal football.
:23:26. > :23:29.Futsal was developed in Brazil in the 1930s and 40s and today it is
:23:30. > :23:33.played by more people there than football. That probably will not
:23:34. > :23:38.happen here, but there is no question, Futsal is on the up.
:23:39. > :23:43.That looks like a bit of a challenge.
:23:44. > :23:47.I probably would not be any better at that than at football! Time now
:23:48. > :23:49.for a look at the weather. Do they have the offside rule in
:23:50. > :24:02.that game, do you think two? Player knows all about it, I am
:24:03. > :24:07.sure! It has been a good day today, a day for outdoor sports, but indoor
:24:08. > :24:11.sports for the next few days because it is blustery again.
:24:12. > :24:14.More rain in the forecast, though the rain is not particularly high
:24:15. > :24:20.amounts at the moment, good news for those sensitive for rainfall over
:24:21. > :24:25.the next few days. Tomorrow, breezy, mild, some rain in the form of
:24:26. > :24:30.showers mostly. And also the breeze starting to pick up again, it has
:24:31. > :24:33.been relatively quiet today. We have a big area of low pressure again
:24:34. > :24:38.across the Atlantic taking up most of this corner of the Atlantic, if
:24:39. > :24:43.not all the way across towards Nova Scotia. Low pressure is in charge
:24:44. > :24:47.sticking with us tonight, tomorrow and as we move towards the weekend.
:24:48. > :24:53.First of the weather systems, this warm weather front is introducing
:24:54. > :24:56.slightly less cold air. Overnight low temperature problems like last
:24:57. > :25:02.eight and no ice first thing tomorrow morning. That brings a band
:25:03. > :25:05.of rain. `` like last night. We are between weather systems until the
:25:06. > :25:11.afternoon when we started to see the second line of showers coming in.
:25:12. > :25:16.That could give heavier rainfall but nothing compared to the recent rain
:25:17. > :25:21.we have seen. Into Thursday, more straightforward story of sunshine
:25:22. > :25:27.but equally some showers. Some of those could be heavy and sundry.
:25:28. > :25:32.There is not a huge amount of heavy rain in this rain band and it
:25:33. > :25:37.becomes quite widespread. Tonight it will introduce some light drizzle or
:25:38. > :25:40.rain as well as low cloud. Some of the moorland across the South West
:25:41. > :25:46.of England becomes quite misty tonight, with extensive hill fog
:25:47. > :25:49.developing. Good news, no frost tonight with overnight lows probably
:25:50. > :25:54.no other word than five or seven Celsius. Seven or eight Celsius and
:25:55. > :26:02.think will be the minimum for most. `` no lower than five or seven
:26:03. > :26:05.Celsius. Tomorrow morning, perhaps by nearly afternoon a line of
:26:06. > :26:09.showers that will be slightly heavier, but it does introduce
:26:10. > :26:14.clearer skies. If anywhere seas late sunshine it is most likely across
:26:15. > :26:18.parts of Cornwall. For the rest of us the day remains cloudy and
:26:19. > :26:23.breezy. The winds again from the South West. 11 Celsius the top
:26:24. > :26:26.temperature, warmer than today, that is 52 Fahrenheit. If you are heading
:26:27. > :26:31.to the Isles of Scilly you live there, expect the rain to clear
:26:32. > :26:36.first. Perhaps wet start to the day, blustery rain clearing to
:26:37. > :26:39.showers in the afternoon. Here we will definitely see late sunshine to
:26:40. > :26:47.end the day. The time the high water...
:26:48. > :26:51.`` the times of high water... For the surfers, the surf is picking
:26:52. > :26:54.up with a big area of low pressure no surprise the waves are getting
:26:55. > :27:07.bigger. But the waves are not particularly
:27:08. > :27:11.clean, quite messy on the beach. There is the coastal waters
:27:12. > :27:16.forecast, six, occasionally seven...
:27:17. > :27:24.The outlook ` don't hold your breath for any bright weather. A trend to
:27:25. > :27:28.lower temperatures in the next few days, more showers on Thursday,
:27:29. > :27:31.lighter showers on Friday, showers and a breeze from the South West
:27:32. > :27:36.continuing into the weekend. Have a nice evening.
:27:37. > :27:44.Andrea has been in touch to say there is no offside rule in Futsal.
:27:45. > :27:47.An important update indeed. We're back tomorrow. Good night.