:00:00. > :00:10.That's all from the BBC News at Six - on BBC One we now join the
:00:11. > :00:14.That's all from the BBC News at Six A wall of fog and a smell of gun
:00:15. > :00:17.powder, witnesses describe the moments before a crash on the M
:00:18. > :00:21.which claimed seven lives. Good evening. Motorists havd told an
:00:22. > :00:30.inquest about the sudden ch`nge in visibility, saying it was lhke
:00:31. > :00:34.driving into emulsion. Also, anger that Devon and Cornwall
:00:35. > :00:38.will miss out on billions of pounds of real investment. It workdd real
:00:39. > :00:43.will spend ?7 million in thd western region but not as far as here.
:00:44. > :00:46.And the long`awaited dredging of the River Parrett on the Somersdt Levels
:00:47. > :00:50.gets underway. An inquest into the deaths of seven
:00:51. > :00:53.people killed in a motorway pile up in Somerset has been hearing details
:00:54. > :00:56.of the last moments before they died. The inquest follows the
:00:57. > :00:59.collapse of a court case brought against the organiser of a fireworks
:01:00. > :01:03.display close to where the crash happened. Our Somerset corrdspondent
:01:04. > :01:11.Clinton Rogers was at the hdaring in Taunton.
:01:12. > :01:16.For the second time in a matter of months, the families of the victims
:01:17. > :01:22.came to hear exactly what h`d happened the night of their loved
:01:23. > :01:25.ones died. The inquest here follows the collapse of criminal proceedings
:01:26. > :01:28.against the man who was running a fireworks display right next to the
:01:29. > :01:35.motorway, close to the collhsions occurred. Originally, he faced seven
:01:36. > :01:40.charges of manslaughter. Those charges were dropped and in the end,
:01:41. > :01:45.he went to trial accused of just one offence, under the Health and Safety
:01:46. > :01:53.work`out. When that trial collapsed last December, West Somerset coroner
:01:54. > :01:56.ordered a full inquest. `` `t work act. Another hearing to pour over
:01:57. > :02:01.the details of why and how this happened on the night of November
:02:02. > :02:06.the 4th 2011. The families who were here said that although this was a
:02:07. > :02:11.painful experience, it was necessary. I think there will always
:02:12. > :02:16.be something to learn from this case and any other case. So using an
:02:17. > :02:24.inquest is necessary? I think so. I think as well because it dods
:02:25. > :02:28.finalise things, to an extent. It will always be be fulfilled. The
:02:29. > :02:33.people go. But I am learning more through coming down here th`n we did
:02:34. > :02:38.at Worcester Crown Court, I am sorry to say. Today, the West Somdrset
:02:39. > :02:43.coroner Michael Rose said that most of the seven victims died from crush
:02:44. > :02:49.injuries. One perished in a terrible fire that started after the
:02:50. > :02:53.collisions. `` crash injurids. As in last year's court case, there was
:02:54. > :02:58.conflicting evidence about conditions on the M5at the time of
:02:59. > :03:01.the crash. Among drivers called to give evidence, there was
:03:02. > :03:06.disagreement on water visibhlity had been badly reduced, and if so by
:03:07. > :03:11.what. Fall, and as? The coroner said that was not in dispute was that
:03:12. > :03:16.some drivers have become disorientated by reduced visibility
:03:17. > :03:19.to stop `` four, missed? The grieving family of a tednager
:03:20. > :03:23.who was found dead in a mental health unit in Cornwall say, after a
:03:24. > :03:26.three year wait, his inquest has raised more questions than `nswers.
:03:27. > :03:30.Parents Steve and Sharon Cowburn have been interviewed for the first
:03:31. > :03:32.time since an inquest jury said shortcomings in his care had
:03:33. > :03:38.contributed to 18 year Ben Cowburn's death at Longreach House in Redruth.
:03:39. > :03:43.`` 18`year`old Ben. They've been talking to Spotlight's David George.
:03:44. > :03:50.Sharon and Steve Cowburn have taken time since the inquest ended to
:03:51. > :03:53.think of their response. Thdir son, Ben, was found in his room `t
:03:54. > :03:58.Longreach House mental health unit in December 2010. The inquest jury
:03:59. > :04:03.reached an open verdict. We always felt that when the inquest finally
:04:04. > :04:08.came that we would feel better. And that it would close a chaptdr and
:04:09. > :04:11.help the healing process. Btt actually, I think we all fedl now
:04:12. > :04:22.that we've got more questions than answers. And the family are set
:04:23. > :04:25.back, really, struggling. The family say Ben changed from a lively, happy
:04:26. > :04:29.young man to a very troubled young man during his time in London. They
:04:30. > :04:32.claim five members of staff from Longrreach that Ben had spoken to
:04:33. > :04:35.about what had happened to him did not give evidence. We asked
:04:36. > :04:38.repeatedly for these partictlar nurses to be called to inqudst and
:04:39. > :04:41.we were told they were eithdr unavailable or it was not
:04:42. > :04:45.appropriate for them to be called. The coroner granted anonymity to a
:04:46. > :04:48.TV comedian who Ben had met while in London. The Metropolitan Police
:04:49. > :04:52.concluded the relationship was friendly and in a review of the
:04:53. > :04:57.evidence, decided not to interview the man. When we got into the
:04:58. > :05:01.inquest process and the disclosures and reviews were read out in court,
:05:02. > :05:10.from the Metropolitan statelent I was shocked. `` disclosures of
:05:11. > :05:15.abuse. I was really shocked that the identified gentleman had not been
:05:16. > :05:19.spoken to. The inquest took place more than three years after Ben
:05:20. > :05:23.died. His parents say that hs too long for grieving families. They
:05:24. > :05:28.also claim they were not addquately kept informed during the process. We
:05:29. > :05:31.contacted the Cornwall coroner who said it would not be appropriate to
:05:32. > :05:37.comment on the conduct of the inquest. The family have st`rted a
:05:38. > :05:43.charity which campaigns for better care for young people with lental
:05:44. > :05:46.health issues. They say the Cornwall partnership NHS Foundation Trust has
:05:47. > :05:53.accepted there is a need for a specialist unit for 13`25`ydar`olds.
:05:54. > :05:56.Yesterday was Mother's Day `nd I spent part of that time with three
:05:57. > :06:00.daughters and part of the thme in the cemetery. And so we havd paid
:06:01. > :06:04.the highest price but we sthll want to work with them because the only
:06:05. > :06:11.small amount of good that c`n come out of this is for things to change.
:06:12. > :06:15.Sharon Cowburn speaking to our reporter David George in Trtro.
:06:16. > :06:19.There's growing anger this dvening that Devon and Cornwall won't be
:06:20. > :06:24.getting a share of the ?38 billion of Network Rail investment `nnounced
:06:25. > :06:26.today. The money's being spdnt on upgrading the country's rail
:06:27. > :06:30.infrastructure over the next five years. ?7 billion will be spent on
:06:31. > :06:33.its Western region but therd's no major investment in the far South
:06:34. > :06:43.West. The plan was drawn up before storms hit the line at Dawlhsh. John
:06:44. > :06:48.Ayres is in Dawlish. John? Yes, Network Rail are proudly
:06:49. > :06:51.announcing the biggest investment in the railway since the Victorian era.
:06:52. > :06:55.But there is no one around here really celebrating. The reason for
:06:56. > :07:00.that is because nearly all of the money is being focused at the London
:07:01. > :07:03.end of the line or up at Brhstol. And when you consider everything
:07:04. > :07:07.that has happened here, that is a bitter pill to swallow. These are
:07:08. > :07:13.the views of Tudor Evans, the leader of Plymouth City Council. Wd are
:07:14. > :07:16.getting our Victorian railw`y line back and the Government are seeing,
:07:17. > :07:20.and Network Rail are seeing, be grateful. I am not grateful. I am
:07:21. > :07:25.not grateful for the fact that the plaintiffs pained five times as much
:07:26. > :07:31.on every passenger between London and Bristol, compared with the spend
:07:32. > :07:34.between London and Plymouth. Network Rail say that these improvelents at
:07:35. > :07:38.Bristol will improve connectivity to the first Southwest. They rdmind us
:07:39. > :07:43.of the latter is a task force looking at the future resilhence of
:07:44. > :07:47.the line and the possibilitx of having a line inland as well.
:07:48. > :07:50.What has been the response from local MPs?
:07:51. > :07:56.When you talk about any real investment, you've also got to
:07:57. > :07:59.consider HS2, the real link from London to the North of Engl`nd, the
:08:00. > :08:04.high`speed rail link. Some of the South West MPs have been saxing that
:08:05. > :08:07.if that were to draw resources, yet the economy or investment, `way from
:08:08. > :08:11.the Southwest, even though they re not against it in principle, they
:08:12. > :08:15.would have to vote against ht. If we take this line in particular, the
:08:16. > :08:21.local MP, the MP for the dollar Sharia, she said perhaps thdre could
:08:22. > :08:24.have been more money this thme but she does believe the Governlent is
:08:25. > :08:30.listening. `` the MP for thhs region. There is already 31 million
:08:31. > :08:33.committed to spend on resilhence around infrastructure in thd
:08:34. > :08:37.Southwest. We have not done as well as we would like. Clearly, we would
:08:38. > :08:41.like more. We have been fighting and we are seeing results and wd are all
:08:42. > :08:44.united in wanting to fight for more. In my view, the Government hs
:08:45. > :08:50.listening. Lots of promises have been lade
:08:51. > :08:53.about investment for this lhne. Businesses are just hoping that as
:08:54. > :08:55.the weather gets better and as time passes, it does not fall off the
:08:56. > :08:59.agenda. Thanks, John. Later in the programme
:09:00. > :09:07.we'll be back in Dawlish to look at the preparations that are underway
:09:08. > :09:11.for Friday's re`opening of the line. The long`awaited operation to start
:09:12. > :09:14.dredging the Somerset Levels s is underway. The diggers were tested
:09:15. > :09:17.over the weekend and are now up and running on the River Parrett,
:09:18. > :09:21.clearing a 200 metre stretch of river bed. It's the start of a 0
:09:22. > :09:24.year plan to provide some flood relief to the area. Fiona L`mdin
:09:25. > :09:31.send this report from Burrowbridge. The Somerset Levels before... And
:09:32. > :09:36.after. The muddy brown waters have been replaced. Green shoots of
:09:37. > :09:41.recovery. The road from Boroughbridge to Morland was
:09:42. > :09:47.passable only by tractor. Two months on and it is now a drive drhve to
:09:48. > :09:52.the dredges. So it is day one of the seven`month mission dredging five
:09:53. > :09:55.miles of the rivers. This dredging is not about making the rivdr any
:09:56. > :10:01.deeper. It is all about makhng it wider, 30% wider. It may look like I
:10:02. > :10:06.am standing on the river bank. I am not. I am standing on field which
:10:07. > :10:11.has built up over the last 20 years. This has now got to go, takhng it
:10:12. > :10:17.back to what look like in the 6 s. `` what it looked like. Sevdn miles
:10:18. > :10:21.away, John's fields are full of black, rotting grass. They have been
:10:22. > :10:25.under water for three months, costing him thousands of potnds
:10:26. > :10:30.This field behind me now wotld normally have about 25 cattle and
:10:31. > :10:36.it, pretty much all summer. It is going to have nothing.
:10:37. > :10:39.Instead, he takes us to revhew will be spending their summer. Hd is as
:10:40. > :10:46.please the dredging has fin`lly started. I am absolutely delighted
:10:47. > :10:49.that they are doing. It will not save flooding but it will s`ve the
:10:50. > :10:55.depth and time that the land is under water. It is not a chdap
:10:56. > :11:00.option, costing ?5 million. So is it a one`off? The Environment @gency
:11:01. > :11:03.will not be drawn. Whether or not dredging occurs as a matter for
:11:04. > :11:06.ourselves and our partners hn the communities, but come together and
:11:07. > :11:11.discuss and make some decishons about how we spend the monex that
:11:12. > :11:14.the Government had allocated. Local politicians are confident this will
:11:15. > :11:18.now be an annual fight. Every year we definitely will dredge. The
:11:19. > :11:21.reason is that there is going to be a change of governance, where it
:11:22. > :11:25.will probably be handed back to the drainage boards. Their
:11:26. > :11:32.responsibility will be to m`intain and pre`dredge, which is wh`t
:11:33. > :11:40.happened before 1995. Would the Kremlin Mr's promise today became a
:11:41. > :11:44.reality any hope the levels ever drive `` in a hole the Somerset
:11:45. > :11:48.Levels never drown again. Also coming up:
:11:49. > :11:53.We will find out how Somersdt are preparing for the new season.
:11:54. > :11:56.Plus, read up after seeing the competition. We will meet youngsters
:11:57. > :12:00.who built this winning car. And preparing for passengers ag`in, the
:12:01. > :12:04.volunteers giving Dawlish station a make over.
:12:05. > :12:07.Drug and alcohol addicts ard being encouraged to try abstaining instead
:12:08. > :12:11.of relying on substitutes stch as methadone. The ?15 million project
:12:12. > :12:16.is being run by charities in Devon. Jenny Kumah has the details.
:12:17. > :12:19.What's new about this service in Devon is that it deals with both
:12:20. > :12:24.drug and drink problems. Before these issues were dealt with by two
:12:25. > :12:27.separate organisations. Forler drug users and alcoholics have hdlped to
:12:28. > :12:31.shape the service so it can better meet people's needs. I've bden
:12:32. > :12:35.speaking to one of the people involved in this project. Hd had
:12:36. > :12:40.been a heroin and methadone user for 28 years. My brother gave md a
:12:41. > :12:45.definition. He said, "It's like when you started taking drugs, you shut
:12:46. > :12:48.down. And for 20 years, you were shut down and you just woke up
:12:49. > :12:52.again." And that is exactly what it's like. It's like I'm reborn in
:12:53. > :12:55.a way. Seymour chose to comd off the heroin substitute methadone but he
:12:56. > :12:58.says that many addicts have been left to linger on this prescribed
:12:59. > :13:04.medication for too long without enough help to come off drugs
:13:05. > :13:07.completely. And that's what this new service hopes to sort out. There
:13:08. > :13:13.will be a big emphasis on abstinence. There will be a great
:13:14. > :13:17.emphasis in the new service... That will continue to provide substitute
:13:18. > :13:23.medication for people... But as part of a plan. And part of that plan
:13:24. > :13:27.will be that it will be on ` reducing basis over a period of
:13:28. > :13:31.time, dependent on their nedds. Addiction is a growing problem.
:13:32. > :13:37.Around 15,000 people are dependent on drugs and around 26,000 have a
:13:38. > :13:43.drink problem. This is predhcted to rise by 4% by 2030. The authorities
:13:44. > :13:45.also say the nature of addiction is changing, with dependency on
:13:46. > :13:48.over`the`counter prescription drugs rising as well as the number of
:13:49. > :13:57.professional women drinking harmful amounts of alcohol.
:13:58. > :14:01.Jenny there. As Justin mentioned, the new cricket
:14:02. > :14:04.season is just around the corner and today, Dave Gibbins has been to
:14:05. > :14:08.Somerset County Cricket Club. Here he is with their plans for this year
:14:09. > :14:10.and the highlights from the weekend's football and rugbx action.
:14:11. > :14:14.This report contains some flash photography. Well, the cricket
:14:15. > :14:18.season starts in earnest in a couple of weeks' time for Somerset and this
:14:19. > :14:20.is part of their pre`season reparation, showing off thehr
:14:21. > :14:26.Championship attire in front of the press followed shortly by their
:14:27. > :14:28.Twenty20 kit. More about th`t in a moment. But first, the rest of the
:14:29. > :14:31.sport. Yeovil Town has slipped, I `m
:14:32. > :14:32.afraid, to the bottom of football's Championship again.
:14:33. > :14:35.afraid, to the bottom of football's It was imperative that they got the
:14:36. > :14:41.better of relegation rivals Barnsley at the weekend. But they cr`shed to
:14:42. > :14:45.a 4`1 defeat. A mistake by Byron Webster late in the first, which was
:14:46. > :14:49.doubled by a tasty finish to leave them floundering in a game they
:14:50. > :14:52.could not afford to lose. This player instilled some life hnto Town
:14:53. > :14:59.but that was quickly undone as Barnsley grabbed another two goals
:15:00. > :15:02.to end the contest. After two wins last week, Exeter
:15:03. > :15:05.City are back to square one following a one goal loss to
:15:06. > :15:09.Accrington Stanley. While Torquay United's life as a
:15:10. > :15:12.league club is nearing its dnd. City goalkeeper was left wanting from a
:15:13. > :15:17.corner kick, as Accrington scored the only goal. Despite the result,
:15:18. > :15:21.Exeter are still seven points away from danger.
:15:22. > :15:24.Torquay have only six games left to preserve their league status and a
:15:25. > :15:31.1`0 setback, this time play`off content to Southend, leaves them
:15:32. > :15:34.seven points away from the clear. Exeter Chiefs's hopes of finishing
:15:35. > :15:37.in the top six of this year's Rugby Premiership and a place in the
:15:38. > :15:39.revamped European Cup are almost over.
:15:40. > :15:42.Meanwhile, the Cornish Pirates have needed ten straight wins in the
:15:43. > :15:49.league over south`west rivals Plymouth Albion. Here's Ben. ``
:15:50. > :15:53.Brent. Since Plymouth Albion last beat the
:15:54. > :15:56.Cornish Pirates in the leagte, there has been two Winter Olympics, a
:15:57. > :15:59.change of government and a Royal Wedding. And their wait to beat
:16:00. > :16:02.their Cornish neighbours is going to go into its fifth full year after
:16:03. > :16:11.Saturday's close loss. After Albion had taken an early lead with tries
:16:12. > :16:14.putting the visitors in front. `` lead, tries put the visitors in
:16:15. > :16:20.front. Iain Grace got Albion close before this late try from Tom Kettle
:16:21. > :16:23.sealed the win against his old club. We've come up here today, there is a
:16:24. > :16:28.great crowd. We really enjoxed being in front of it and I feel lhke it
:16:29. > :16:31.had a bit of a derby game fdel, as well. It was coming and going,
:16:32. > :16:35.coming and going but thankftlly we got the result. A bit frustrating.
:16:36. > :16:39.We crossed the line twice, got the ball rolling, put it down twice and
:16:40. > :16:42.the referee failed to see that twice, which frustrates me `s well.
:16:43. > :16:45.That's potentially 10`14 pohnts but somehow the officials have lissed it
:16:46. > :16:51.but everyone else has seen ht. So I'm not happy with that either but
:16:52. > :16:54.we made two mistakes. `` too many mistakes. Meanwhile, Exeter's hopes
:16:55. > :16:58.of a top six Premiership finish are all but over after losing 14`13 to
:16:59. > :17:02.Gloucester. This late try sdt up a kick to win it for Gary Stednson but
:17:03. > :17:07.it drifted just wide to leave the Chiefs in ninth place.
:17:08. > :17:11.Well, the press conference has just finished in the Long Room and we are
:17:12. > :17:17.on the balcony of that same building. Joining us is the county
:17:18. > :17:20.captain of Somerset. You've got two new coaches, David Hutton and also
:17:21. > :17:24.Jason Kerr, a familiar face to everybody at the County grotnd. What
:17:25. > :17:27.do you think they can add to the team? It has been quite an dasy
:17:28. > :17:32.progression. Jason has been involved and been here for a long period of
:17:33. > :17:35.time. So that has been a natural progression in a way. The bowlers
:17:36. > :17:39.have been working with him closely during winter times. And thdn Dave
:17:40. > :17:43.has been a great asset for ts. As soon as he became available after
:17:44. > :17:47.his time at Derby, it was a natural progression. We wanted somebody of
:17:48. > :17:49.his calibre, international experience, coaching experidnce
:17:50. > :17:54.around the world, and the f`ntastic batting coach that goes alongside
:17:55. > :17:57.that. Now, there has been a lot of speculation and talk a good positive
:17:58. > :18:02.talk, about the twins Jamie and Craig, from North Devon. Has that
:18:03. > :18:05.talk been premature of them perhaps earning their first England test
:18:06. > :18:12.caps question marks become ` look, I think it is not in thoroughly
:18:13. > :18:15.premature. `` test caps? Look, I think it is not necessarily
:18:16. > :18:19.premature. All this with thd England team have had a tough winter. It is
:18:20. > :18:22.natural people are going to start looking to the next group of players
:18:23. > :18:26.and the next use players on. They have every chance. There ard good
:18:27. > :18:29.cricketers and I am sure solewhere along the line, whether this is in
:18:30. > :18:33.order season after, that both of them will match up and be good
:18:34. > :18:36.enough to make the next step. `` this season or the season after
:18:37. > :18:38.that. We wish the very best of luck. Their first County
:18:39. > :18:43.Championship game is at Taunton against Yorkshire, on Sundax April
:18:44. > :18:48.13. Lovely, you know summer is on its
:18:49. > :18:52.way when Dave has his pink, short`sleeved shirt on.
:18:53. > :18:55.Is that the sign? Well, the clock did go forw`rd.
:18:56. > :18:59.A group of budding engineers from a school in Devon who built a radio
:19:00. > :19:02.controlled 4x4 car has just won a national competition. The ptpils
:19:03. > :19:05.from Clyst Vale Community College pitted their vehicle against 26
:19:06. > :19:08.other teams and overcame thdm and some rather large obstacles. John
:19:09. > :19:23.Danks has the story. This radio controlled car c`n tackle
:19:24. > :19:28.almost any awkward surface. What might surprise you is that ht was
:19:29. > :19:32.designed and built by these guys. It has two wheel steering and 4`wheel
:19:33. > :19:36.steering, that you can turn off remotely using the transmitter. That
:19:37. > :19:41.is the electronic side of things. We also have a carbon fibre body shell
:19:42. > :19:47.and also carbon fibre chasshs. The car was built for an enginedring
:19:48. > :19:51.challenge is run by Land Rover. The year nine pupils travelled tp to the
:19:52. > :19:56.company's divine quarters in Warwickshire to take part in the
:19:57. > :19:58.national final. They were interviewed by expert enginders from
:19:59. > :20:05.across the engineering sectors, aerospace, money factoring,
:20:06. > :20:09.production. The level of answers they were given to their judges were
:20:10. > :20:13.phenomenal. The level of intensity that they were scrutinised `nd was
:20:14. > :20:20.massive. They not only had to handle the pressure but there were a few
:20:21. > :20:24.surprises. Especially on thd course. We were not expecting it to be over
:20:25. > :20:28.a car. They were going inside and outside and on top of a car. After
:20:29. > :20:34.overcoming all of the obstacles and competitions from 26th other teams,
:20:35. > :20:38.it was a man who claimed thd trophy and the ?1000 rise. There wdre so
:20:39. > :20:42.many teams that I did not think there was much chance of winning and
:20:43. > :20:48.I am still wheezed that we `ctually won the whole competition. ``
:20:49. > :20:55.amazed. While success things and, they are already planning to
:20:56. > :20:58.engineer and other when next year. `` another win.
:20:59. > :21:01.We never did things like th`t while I was at school! I wish we had.
:21:02. > :21:04.Now as we heard earlier, Network Rail has confirmed that the rail
:21:05. > :21:07.line through Dawlish will open as planned on Friday.
:21:08. > :21:11.Work is now underway to get the station, which has also been closed,
:21:12. > :21:14.ready ahead of the big day. And a group of green`fingered loc`l
:21:15. > :21:19.volunteers has been giving ht a make over. Spotlight's Chloe Axford
:21:20. > :21:22.joined them this weekend. People here in Dawlish describe the
:21:23. > :21:27.town's train station as thehr lifeblood. That is why they want it
:21:28. > :21:32.to look as good as possible when the Spotlight is on it when it reopens
:21:33. > :21:38.later this week. I want these just to go over the edge. They nded to be
:21:39. > :21:41.a bit higher. Local gardener and broadcaster Toby Butland is leading
:21:42. > :21:46.a team of volunteers, giving the platform is a floral make over. I
:21:47. > :21:49.grew up in Dawlish, live here in Dawlish, live your now and `m very
:21:50. > :21:53.proud of that. It is just shocking to see it go down at heel and almost
:21:54. > :21:57.washed away on the seafront. It is important to me to bring it back.
:21:58. > :22:02.This is one thing that can lake a please look like it is back on its
:22:03. > :22:06.feet, open for business. It is plant and colour. As well as a pl`nting
:22:07. > :22:09.project, work is underway to spruce the station up ahead of its
:22:10. > :22:14.reopening. There are new canopies and the whole station has bden newly
:22:15. > :22:20.painted. It is a very heavily used station. Even though it is, you
:22:21. > :22:23.know, just a seaside town. @ lot of people commute, both southerly and
:22:24. > :22:29.northerly. The last two months have been quiet from attic to thd town,
:22:30. > :22:34.with the evacuation that took place. `` quite traumatic. Let's gdt
:22:35. > :22:37.Dawlish going again. Network Rail has confirmed that the mainline
:22:38. > :22:40.through Dawlish will reopen on Friday, following weeks of
:22:41. > :22:44.round`the`clock work to rep`ir it. It says work is progressing well,
:22:45. > :22:51.although there are still sole challenges ahead.
:22:52. > :22:54.It is looking good. I am looking forward to seeing their handiwork on
:22:55. > :22:58.Friday because Spotlight will be coming live run Dawlish station We
:22:59. > :23:06.will also hopefully be on one of the first passionate dreams.
:23:07. > :23:12.Passenger trains. You're also going to see how that incredible
:23:13. > :23:15.engineering project that has been going on has been taking pl`ce.
:23:16. > :23:19.We'll go behind the scenes there as well. That is coming up on Friday at
:23:20. > :23:22.six 30p. You're going to see those lovely
:23:23. > :23:25.views out of the train window. Let's have a look at the weather.
:23:26. > :23:29.views out of the train window. Let's The papers happens in that ht is
:23:30. > :23:30.going to be hotter than the Mediterranean heard this wedk. Is
:23:31. > :23:37.that right? No. Do not believe everything you
:23:38. > :23:41.read in the newspapers. We did have a warm day yesterday but I think
:23:42. > :23:45.this week we are looking at around 14 degrees 15 degrees at best, and
:23:46. > :23:49.that is nothing like the temperatures in the Mediterranean.
:23:50. > :23:52.Not really true! Good evening. We have had some warmth and sole
:23:53. > :23:55.sunshine through the weekend. It has been a very pleasant weekend. The
:23:56. > :23:58.highest temperatures have bden across parts of Somerset but I will
:23:59. > :24:03.come to those in just a second. First, the forecast for this week.
:24:04. > :24:07.It is mild but I would not go overboard and call it warm. There is
:24:08. > :24:10.some rain in the forecast, lainly in the form of showers. We continue
:24:11. > :24:15.with the risk of those showdrs pretty much every day of thhs week.
:24:16. > :24:19.Hopefully some fine weather in between those showers. We cdrtainly
:24:20. > :24:22.had a lot of fine weather ydsterday. The top temperatures was 18 degrees.
:24:23. > :24:27.It was the warmest day of the year so far from south`west Engl`nd. Many
:24:28. > :24:32.other locations for 16 or 17. Lots of cloud. Areas of low pressure
:24:33. > :24:36.mainly to the west of the UK, will be a feature of the week ahdad.
:24:37. > :24:40.Every now and again, we will get a strand of cloud thrown up bx that
:24:41. > :24:44.area of low pressure, bringhng the line of showers. We have ond of the
:24:45. > :24:48.moment. That will move out of the way overnight tonight and bdfore the
:24:49. > :24:50.next one arrives, coming through the English Channel in the afternoon
:24:51. > :24:54.tomorrow, there should be a lot of dry weather around. There is much in
:24:55. > :24:57.the way of wind, meaning it will turn a misty and even for the first
:24:58. > :25:02.thing tomorrow morning. Either time we get to the middle of the week, a
:25:03. > :25:09.weather system off the Atlantic will bring us some more persistent rain.
:25:10. > :25:12.A lot is happening. The next 24 hours or so, I think there will be a
:25:13. > :25:16.lot of dry weather. The showers that we have now are quite livelx. We
:25:17. > :25:21.have given some fairly torrdntial downpours are, even your fl`sh of
:25:22. > :25:24.light. The whole lot is movhng northwards and later on tonhght it
:25:25. > :25:28.becomes dry and then misty `nd then foggy by tomorrow morning. Hn fact,
:25:29. > :25:33.some of the fault could be puite thick for those travelling darly in
:25:34. > :25:36.the day. Visibility is betwden 0 and 100 metres. That really could
:25:37. > :25:42.cause some travel worries e`rly in the day. Later tonight, it will be
:25:43. > :25:45.forming and around early tolorrow morning.
:25:46. > :25:50.Stay tuned to a local radio for updates on that. Overnight
:25:51. > :25:54.temperatures... For most of us, it will be a fine day tomorrow after
:25:55. > :25:57.that fog has gone. There is that next line of showers coming up from
:25:58. > :26:01.the south. Late in the day, coming into parts of Cornwall and so they
:26:02. > :26:05.can. Although there are a fdw showers dotted around and it is just
:26:06. > :26:08.a line of cloud, rather than any in Thames River Pageant winds `re also
:26:09. > :26:13.coming around. They're becoling a bit more easterly on the strongest
:26:14. > :26:19.will be across West Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Temperaturds
:26:20. > :26:22.getting up to 15, maybe 16 degrees. 17 is possible across northdrn parts
:26:23. > :26:26.of Somerset but not quite as warm as yesterday. On to the forecast for
:26:27. > :26:30.the Isles of Scilly. Here, H think, mainly dry with cloudy skies. Breezy
:26:31. > :26:39.day with the threat of a few light showers.
:26:40. > :26:47.Those times are now of course in British summertime. For our suffers,
:26:48. > :26:52.the south coast is likely to have some of the biggest waves btt not
:26:53. > :26:59.very clean. The strongest whnds will be in the far west. There is a
:27:00. > :27:02.coastal waters forecast. Mahnly fair but with the risk of showers later
:27:03. > :27:09.in the day. Also the possibhlity of some sea fog patches around line Bay
:27:10. > :27:12.and Corby. They could be slow to move out of the way. That is the
:27:13. > :27:16.forecast for the rest of thhs week. `` and sea fog patches around the
:27:17. > :27:19.coast. There will be some longer spells of rain possibly but
:27:20. > :27:22.hopefully a bit of sunshine in between. Have a good evening.
:27:23. > :27:24.Not quite Mediterranean. Th`nk you, David.
:27:25. > :27:26.BBC Radio Cornwall is broadcasting a special programme from Brussels
:27:27. > :27:30.tomorrow. James Churchfield and Debbie McRory will be live `t the EU
:27:31. > :27:31.Parliament building, asking what Europe has done for Cornwall. That's
:27:32. > :27:41.live from 6am tomorrow mornhng. Parliament
:27:42. > :27:44.Sounds good. We are back at 6:3 pm tomorrow. Have a lovely evening
:27:45. > :27:46.Thank you for watching. Good night.