:00:00. > :00:00.That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me,
:00:00. > :00:10.Tonight, future proofing our rail network this Christmas.
:00:11. > :00:17.This is all about getting a 21st-century railway in this region.
:00:18. > :00:22.Great Western Railway, we are seeing the biggest upgrade in a generation,
:00:23. > :00:25.and to do that properly, Network Rail has got to do this work.
:00:26. > :00:28.Network Rail warns passengers to plan ahead as major London hubs
:00:29. > :00:30.close down for essential work over the holidays.
:00:31. > :00:36.Also tonight, the goal which could be worth more than ?500,000.
:00:37. > :00:40.Plymouth Argyle secure a lucrative FA Cup tie against Liverpool.
:00:41. > :00:42.We'll have ticket details for the big match.
:00:43. > :00:44.Are squirrels really to blame for this?
:00:45. > :00:53.We're in Cornwall where hedgerows have had to be hacked.
:00:54. > :01:17.And the next stop in our festive journey across the region.
:01:18. > :01:19.South West rail passengers are being warned to plan ahead
:01:20. > :01:22.as London stations Paddington and Waterloo face
:01:23. > :01:26.Network Rail is carrying out its biggest ever
:01:27. > :01:29.programme of maintenance from Christmas Eve onwards.
:01:30. > :01:33.It says it's confident it can avoid a repeat of the chaos two years ago.
:01:34. > :01:35.So what does it mean for travellers over the Christmas period?
:01:36. > :01:38.Well, Scott Bingham is live at Plymouth Railway Station
:01:39. > :01:54.Yes, the annual Christmas journey. The nightmare when commuting trips
:01:55. > :01:58.for last-minute shopping and to see relatives all combine in the last
:01:59. > :02:01.couple of days before the break. Add to that the prospect of rail
:02:02. > :02:07.closures, and busy road and air routes, and it is difficult to see
:02:08. > :02:08.how bad things will get this year. And whether they will be worse than
:02:09. > :02:09.usual. Network Rail has warned train
:02:10. > :02:12.passengers they face a crescendo of train maintenance over
:02:13. > :02:14.the festive season, as it undertakes its biggest
:02:15. > :02:17.programme of works ever. 24,000 staff from its orange army,
:02:18. > :02:21.who famously repaired the track at Dawlish,
:02:22. > :02:24.will be laying new track and signals at 200 projects across the country,
:02:25. > :02:28.mainly for Crossrail They will be anxious to avoid
:02:29. > :02:32.a repeat of the Christmas chaos two years ago,
:02:33. > :02:35.when work overran at But they say lessons have
:02:36. > :02:40.been learned since then. Passengers are now being advised
:02:41. > :02:43.to plan their journeys The advice is, firstly,
:02:44. > :02:49.where possible, to travel early. So get those tickets
:02:50. > :02:52.from tomorrow if you can. If you cannot do that,
:02:53. > :02:54.then London Paddington is closed from Christmas Eve
:02:55. > :02:59.to the 29th of December. Trains will travel in and out
:03:00. > :03:03.of London from Ealing Broadway, from where there is access to
:03:04. > :03:06.London Underground. Or, as there is no step free
:03:07. > :03:09.access at Ealing Broadway, an easier route for people
:03:10. > :03:12.with disabilities or with bags and luggage maybe to change
:03:13. > :03:17.at Reading for Waterloo. But what is also closed
:03:18. > :03:20.on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, and there are reduced services
:03:21. > :03:24.on the 24th and 27. Many passengers and their families
:03:25. > :03:32.we spoke to today said they had I'm not sure what exactly
:03:33. > :03:37.they've had to do, but I know they're aware of it,
:03:38. > :03:39.and doesn't bother them, so they've obviously found
:03:40. > :03:41.some way or another, I've rented a car and I will
:03:42. > :03:46.drop it at Heathrow. What about alternative
:03:47. > :03:53.modes of travel? Well, motoring organisations see
:03:54. > :03:56.tomorrow and Saturday are likely And Exeter Airport says they expect
:03:57. > :04:02.to handle 20,000 passengers over So what do the train
:04:03. > :04:11.operators have to say? Well, our Transport Correspondent,
:04:12. > :04:17.Paul Clifton has been talking to somebody
:04:18. > :04:28.at Great Western Railways They are looking at the overall
:04:29. > :04:32.travel picture ahead of the festive period.
:04:33. > :04:36.Is this going to be worse than usual? If it was a panto production,
:04:37. > :04:42.we would all be shouting back, oh, yes it will! On the road, the people
:04:43. > :04:45.who monitor traffic jams cannot work out whether tomorrow will be the
:04:46. > :04:50.busiest day of the entire year, or whether it will be Saturday, and one
:04:51. > :04:56.of the Saturn Avenue companies calls it karma get in. At least we know
:04:57. > :04:58.what is going to happen on the railways. Why close your main
:04:59. > :04:59.station? This is a key opportunity
:05:00. > :05:02.for Network Rail to do It effectively will allow us to run
:05:03. > :05:05.the brand-new trains And there's big work
:05:06. > :05:09.for Crossrail going on as well? Crossrail work is happening,
:05:10. > :05:12.but the big impact on Plymouth are the new trains that we're
:05:13. > :05:14.going to be delivering there. And what is actually
:05:15. > :05:17.important is that customers, for the majority of services,
:05:18. > :05:19.will have no problems at all. It's just if you're travelling
:05:20. > :05:22.directly into London. Now, when you did this two years
:05:23. > :05:28.ago, the work overran. The contractors did not tell
:05:29. > :05:30.Network Rail, Network Rail did not tell you, you could not tell
:05:31. > :05:33.passengers, and tens of thousands I can't say for definitely
:05:34. > :05:38.it won't happen again, but things have certainly
:05:39. > :05:41.got considerably better. We have not seen an overrun
:05:42. > :05:44.like that since, and I think everyone is very vigilant to make
:05:45. > :05:56.sure that doesn't happen. Thank you very much indeed. On the
:05:57. > :06:01.roads, we are told that 12 million cars will be running on Saturday.
:06:02. > :06:08.That is one third more than normal. The usual bottlenecks, the M5, the
:06:09. > :06:13.A303. I hate to be the harbinger of Doom And Gloom, but you have been
:06:14. > :06:16.warned. The advice again is to plan ahead
:06:17. > :06:19.where possible, but it would seem, if you have to get away over
:06:20. > :06:24.Christmas and New Year, there really is no escape. It makes me glad I'm
:06:25. > :06:25.spending Christmas at home this year!
:06:26. > :06:28.Me too, thank you, Scott. Details of Plymouth Argyle's big
:06:29. > :06:31.match coming up, first a brief look Two men have appeared
:06:32. > :06:34.at Exeter Crown court charged with the murder of 30-year-old
:06:35. > :06:35.James Woodhouse. His body was was found
:06:36. > :06:38.in a wheelie bin last month. Brett Edwards of Okehampton Road
:06:39. > :06:40.pleaded not guilty. Thomas Killen of North Lawn Court
:06:41. > :06:43.didn't enter a plea. Their trial will take
:06:44. > :06:46.place next summer. The 89-year-old pensioner from Devon
:06:47. > :06:50.who put an ad in his local paper looking for a job has just completed
:06:51. > :06:53.two full weeks work at a restaurant. Joe Bartley from Paignton said
:06:54. > :06:56.he was dying from boredom Last night he celebrated
:06:57. > :07:00.as the Cantina held People on the beach at Cawsand have
:07:01. > :07:07.been treated to a festive surprise When their Landing Craft
:07:08. > :07:10.hit dry land yesterday, the beach was invaded by the armed
:07:11. > :07:18.forces dressed in Christmas outfits. Plymouth Argyle can look forward
:07:19. > :07:20.to a very Happy New Year after securing themselves
:07:21. > :07:23.a lucrative FA Cup tie with The Pilgrims beat Newport
:07:24. > :07:28.in a replay to make it to the third round -
:07:29. > :07:31.a game which could be worth That's more than twice
:07:32. > :07:34.Argyle's operating profit Natalie's been at Home Park to find
:07:35. > :07:41.out about plans for the big match. Yes, I'm in the boardroom here
:07:42. > :07:44.at Home Park, where it is looking very festive indeed,
:07:45. > :07:47.and it is true to say that Christmas came early
:07:48. > :07:49.for Plymouth Argyle last night, when they beat Newport
:07:50. > :07:52.1-0 after extra time. As that scoreline implies,
:07:53. > :07:54.it was a very tense game, not pretty, but with a stunning
:07:55. > :08:00.reward right at the end of it. In a minute, we're going to find out
:08:01. > :08:03.all the details of how fans can get to Anfield,
:08:04. > :08:06.but first our reporter looks back Argyle started with a bang, and came
:08:07. > :08:10.close to taking an early lead. Suddenly, Craig Taylor's
:08:11. > :08:12.header picked out the Plymouth's star man also
:08:13. > :08:18.had an early sighter. This time, though, his shot drifted
:08:19. > :08:22.the wrong side of the post. Newport rarely threatened, and even
:08:23. > :08:25.Father Christmas seemed unimpressed We all know it is not the time
:08:26. > :08:30.of year to upset him! Into the second half,
:08:31. > :08:33.and with a trip to Anfield within touching distance,
:08:34. > :08:37.nerves were starting to creep in. Jordan Slew just could
:08:38. > :08:39.not take his chance. Argyle could have won it in normal
:08:40. > :08:43.time, another effort well saved, A Newport handball gave the visitors
:08:44. > :08:53.the opening in extra time. They wanted it, but he
:08:54. > :08:58.could not make it count. The visitors got a second chance,
:08:59. > :09:08.and another penalty. This time, Carey was not
:09:09. > :09:11.going to let anyone else take it, and he made no mistake to send
:09:12. > :09:18.Argyle into round three. It means a great deal
:09:19. > :09:20.for the football club, It was not pleasing on the eye,
:09:21. > :09:25.and the pitch was cutting up, and it was about the grit and grind
:09:26. > :09:28.of a cup competition. It is to get through, we have been
:09:29. > :09:31.able to do that tonight, On Sunday January 8th,
:09:32. > :09:38.the players will reap the reward for that hard work when they head
:09:39. > :09:41.to Anfield to take on Liverpool. And the question everyone
:09:42. > :09:45.is asking is how can fans Well, the Chief Executive
:09:46. > :09:49.of Plymouth Argyle can tell us. Martin, you have had a series
:09:50. > :09:52.of meetings today about it. Give us the details,
:09:53. > :09:54.if you could, please. Yeah, I mean, we had a conversation
:09:55. > :09:57.obviously first thing this They have allocated us just over
:09:58. > :10:03.8100 tickets for the game. Clearly there is going to be
:10:04. > :10:06.substantial amount of these tickets, but we're under obligation to allow
:10:07. > :10:09.members to have first We will be doing that over
:10:10. > :10:16.the Christmas weekend, we will be putting some
:10:17. > :10:18.of the tickets online, and then on Boxing Day
:10:19. > :10:21.we are planning to open at 9am so that members can come along
:10:22. > :10:24.and get their tickets Are you expecting it
:10:25. > :10:28.to be very busy? We will be very busy on Boxing Day
:10:29. > :10:32.and beyond, I'm sure. The game against Wycombe,
:10:33. > :10:35.followed by the game against Crawley,
:10:36. > :10:37.there is going to be a lot ?500,000 this match is supposed
:10:38. > :10:42.to be worth four Plymouth Argyle. What are you going to do
:10:43. > :10:45.with that sort of money? It is certainly going
:10:46. > :10:47.to be a lucrative match. I'm not sure exactly how much money
:10:48. > :10:50.will be forthcoming, but we have got a lot of projects
:10:51. > :10:53.that we're working on here at the club, not least
:10:54. > :10:56.of which is trying to get promotion out of this division,
:10:57. > :10:59.so we will be discussing as a board how we're going to allocate
:11:00. > :11:01.the money as we go forward. It is an incredible
:11:02. > :11:03.windfall, you nearly Last night's game was touch and go,
:11:04. > :11:07.missed penalties and the like. Well, it was certainly very tense,
:11:08. > :11:11.and it looked for a while as though it was going to go to a penalty
:11:12. > :11:14.shoot out, but thankfully David Goodwillie managed to draw
:11:15. > :11:16.the foul from the Newport defender. And Graham Carey put
:11:17. > :11:19.the second penalty away, It was a very tense game
:11:20. > :11:24.but I was always confident Exeter drew against Liverpool
:11:25. > :11:29.the same time last year. Do you think Argyle can do
:11:30. > :11:31.the same thing and bring Well, I think Derek and the team go
:11:32. > :11:36.into every game with confidence that they are going to get a result,
:11:37. > :11:40.and I've got no reason to think Tactically we will be spot-on,
:11:41. > :11:45.and if we can get them back Absolutely delighted,
:11:46. > :11:50.it's going to be one of the biggest games in the club's history,
:11:51. > :11:53.let's face it, so you can't fail OK, Martin, thank you very much
:11:54. > :11:57.indeed, and that's it It's pantomime time at theatres
:11:58. > :12:13.across the South West, Lesley Joseph and Duncan James talk
:12:14. > :12:14.about Snow White and the seven dwarfs.
:12:15. > :12:17.And as the Spotlight Santa Express steams on to Bodmin we'll find out
:12:18. > :12:24.how the railway brought benefits to a famous country estate.
:12:25. > :12:26.Squirrels have been blamed for the devastation of a mile-long
:12:27. > :12:30.stretch of trees on the A38 between Dobwalls and Bodmin.
:12:31. > :12:32.The Boconnoc Estate, which owns the land,
:12:33. > :12:35.says the overgrown beech hedging along the Glynn valley had to be
:12:36. > :12:37.chopped down because branches were dropping onto the road.
:12:38. > :12:45.The richly verdant Glynn Valley near Bodmin stimulates the senses
:12:46. > :12:49.of any motorist travelling along the A38.
:12:50. > :12:53.That was until, during overnight closures of the arterial route,
:12:54. > :12:57.saw a swathe of beech trees of more than a mile long cut
:12:58. > :13:09.Obviously, to have done them as it should have been done,
:13:10. > :13:14.cutting out the larger ones and allowing smaller ones to grow
:13:15. > :13:17.so that over the years they are coppiced,
:13:18. > :13:25.The estate who owns this land says they cut the trees
:13:26. > :13:28.because of squirrel damage and the danger of branches falling
:13:29. > :13:34.Wildlife experts say squirrel populations are so vast
:13:35. > :13:38.here that the amount of damage to trees with them ripping off
:13:39. > :13:42.the bark to get to the sap below is a real problem.
:13:43. > :13:46.Nationally, squirrel damage to forests is costing more
:13:47. > :13:53.This, on top of larch disease, ash dieback and sudden oak death,
:13:54. > :13:58.causes poses a real threat to our green and pleasant land.
:13:59. > :14:00.The Forestry Commission says it supports what it
:14:01. > :14:03.describes as a coordinated, targeted and locally
:14:04. > :14:14.delivered control of what is increasingly seen as a pest.
:14:15. > :14:18.Baking has become a favourite past time for many after the huge success
:14:19. > :14:23.But in one village in Dorset volunteers have decided to combine
:14:24. > :14:26.learning how to make bread with helping others.
:14:27. > :14:29.The project based in Sutton Poyntz near Weymouth gives people a chance
:14:30. > :14:32.to practise their kneading and cooking, and the end products
:14:33. > :14:34.are handed over to charities who are supporting the homeless
:14:35. > :14:37.Our Dorset reporter Simon Clemison has been meet
:14:38. > :14:48.Right, ladies and gentlemen, today is our last meeting before
:14:49. > :14:56.Christmas, and we're going make a centrepiece is mystery lunch. --
:14:57. > :14:59.Christmas tree. It must be particularly lonely at
:15:00. > :15:07.Christmas, being on the street and on your own. It must be great to
:15:08. > :15:12.feel people care about you. Are you making bread?
:15:13. > :15:18.You concentrate on meeting the dough. The smack needing the dough.
:15:19. > :15:29.We have at least one day where we bake in our kitchens and take them
:15:30. > :15:35.down somewhere where homeless people need food.
:15:36. > :15:39.You have busily been baking bread on a larger scale, but is it the
:15:40. > :15:44.simplicity of baking for someone else that draws so many people in?
:15:45. > :15:49.Yes, these bakers love to make bread in their own homes. They want it to
:15:50. > :15:52.be a special craft that they have learned, and they are passing it on
:15:53. > :16:00.to someone who really needs it. This is just a white loaf, it has
:16:01. > :16:05.been put into a Platt. Hopefully today it will go off to
:16:06. > :16:15.one of the charities, and one hopes that they will get to eat it.
:16:16. > :16:24.Right, marvellous! It shows people that they are being
:16:25. > :16:28.thought of. To those who do not always appreciate and respect the
:16:29. > :16:32.nature of some of the people that use our service.
:16:33. > :16:34.We have got to say thank you to the bakers at some point.
:16:35. > :16:36.Snow White, seven Devon cream tea eating dwarves
:16:37. > :16:40.Plymouth's Theatre Royal's pantomime is well underway and believe you me,
:16:41. > :16:44.It's a family tradition for many at Christmas so Victoria took
:16:45. > :16:47.to the stage to speak to two of the stars who are thrilled
:16:48. > :16:53.Well, being a Christmas baby, I went to pantomime every year
:16:54. > :16:58.I absolutely loved it, but shows certainly have changed
:16:59. > :17:05.if you're going to meet any dragon, this is the one to meet.
:17:06. > :17:08.What do you think of the show so far, Dillon?
:17:09. > :17:12.Let's go and meet some of the characters in this pantomime.
:17:13. > :17:15.Lesley Joseph, Duncan James, thank you for doing this for us.
:17:16. > :17:20.If you look at the set, which is absolutely glorious,
:17:21. > :17:25.but as an audience you see wonderful dancing, you see real comedy,
:17:26. > :17:29.you see magic happening, you get dragons going out
:17:30. > :17:33.of the audience, and as an artist you can pull the audience and,
:17:34. > :17:36.you can let them laugh, you can make them cry.
:17:37. > :17:38.And it is a wonderful theatrical experience,
:17:39. > :17:43.It must have had to change over the last so many years, though,
:17:44. > :17:46.because it has to become more relevant for people.
:17:47. > :17:48.There is so much on television, so much to do these days.
:17:49. > :17:50.But ours is quite traditional, isn't it?
:17:51. > :17:55.But what is really lovely also is some of the first time kids have
:17:56. > :17:58.actually had an opportunity to come out of the house and actually
:17:59. > :18:01.We are consumed their television programmes, in front
:18:02. > :18:04.of the television, it's very difficult, especially, to drag kids
:18:05. > :18:08.So for a lot of them, this is their first
:18:09. > :18:11.And you know an awful lot about Devon.
:18:12. > :18:17.I grew up and did all my schooling down here, so I'm a local boy,
:18:18. > :18:23.I got all my school friends coming to see me during this run.
:18:24. > :18:30.Quite nice to be here? It is nice to be here, I'm spending
:18:31. > :18:34.Christmas where I used to live, and we are staying on the beautiful
:18:35. > :18:41.Plymouth Hoe. It is so stunning and beautiful here. We went out last
:18:42. > :18:46.night. We went to the Dolphin. Love all that.
:18:47. > :18:50.It was great to be among all the locals and felt really special.
:18:51. > :18:56.I have to ask you both, tricky question, being in Devon, jam or
:18:57. > :19:02.cream? Absolutely, cream and then jam.
:19:03. > :19:08.I'm the other way round. Jam first and then the cream.
:19:09. > :19:14.The Spotlight viewers will go mad. I'm not sure now. I'm nervous unless
:19:15. > :19:19.I said the wrong thing. Thank you so much for talking to us,
:19:20. > :19:23.we really appreciated. Fancy starting the cream tea debate
:19:24. > :19:26.all over again! Now for the latest in our series of
:19:27. > :19:28.visits on the steam train. Now it's time to take your seat
:19:29. > :19:31.on the Spotlight Express once more as we visit another of the region's
:19:32. > :19:33.festive steam trains. We're back in Cornwall
:19:34. > :19:35.tonight on the Bodmin The branch line was built
:19:36. > :19:39.in the late 1800s and runs close to the Lanhydrock Estate
:19:40. > :19:41.which is celebrating All aboard the Spotlight estate! --
:19:42. > :20:03.express! We have been running this now for
:20:04. > :20:09.about 30 years, so in fact, you have got generations coming along,
:20:10. > :20:11.because I used to bring my children, and last Sunday my children brought
:20:12. > :20:24.their children. The rail line skirts the Lanhydrock
:20:25. > :20:28.estate, whose Victorian owners benefited when it was built. When it
:20:29. > :20:33.was determined that Boston Parkway was going to be the station, it
:20:34. > :20:38.effectively cut the town of -- Bodmin. And it wasn't until the
:20:39. > :20:47.branch line was established between Ottoman Parkway and Baldwin town, --
:20:48. > :20:51.Bodmin Parkway and Bodmin town. He was financially compensated because
:20:52. > :20:58.he lost money, but he also had the extension to his private drive taken
:20:59. > :21:05.up to Bodmin Parkway, which was paid for by the great Western Railway.
:21:06. > :21:11.Inside the house, all the trappings of a well-to-do Victorian Christmas.
:21:12. > :21:17.Christmas was huge, and there are records of the family coming down
:21:18. > :21:22.from London or from Cambridgeshire to come down to have a proper
:21:23. > :21:26.Cornish Christmas. Back on the steam train, and these
:21:27. > :21:38.children have an appointment with the man in red and white.
:21:39. > :21:41.A robot and low in the dark dinosaurs.
:21:42. > :21:46.Presents delivered and children happy, this one is redundant branch
:21:47. > :21:51.line now fully connected to Christmas. -- once redundant.
:21:52. > :21:54.Well, Christmas is drawing ever closer, tonight is mine and Justin's
:21:55. > :21:56.last Spotlight together before the big day, so I thought it
:21:57. > :21:59.would be a good opportunity to catch up on all our seasonal fun.
:22:00. > :22:03.Knit and Pearl the Robins are here, as is Leigh the Christmas tree.
:22:04. > :22:08.There have been many fun festive moments over the last few weeks,
:22:09. > :22:14.including one which nearly caught us out!
:22:15. > :22:20.Now, you may think you know all there is to know about famous
:22:21. > :22:26.reindeer at Christmas, the red nose, the sleigh guiding, but you have not
:22:27. > :22:30.met Bertie from Somerset. With a tide of his ears he delivers
:22:31. > :22:35.a thank you gift, in the shape of a box of mince pies. There they go
:22:36. > :22:39.again! Bertie the blue nosed reindeer, he will be in Taunton on
:22:40. > :22:48.Friday for an event celebrating the work of local charities.
:22:49. > :22:54.Thank you! Anything else? We laughed at that, didn't we? He
:22:55. > :22:58.has been working hard for an aged charity in Somerset, and he has been
:22:59. > :23:06.travelling on the M5ever since the last week. And here he is! In the
:23:07. > :23:12.studio. I didn't know... !
:23:13. > :23:15.A bit of a surprise. You go to his back end, because I
:23:16. > :23:22.have got a Christmas present for you. Do you ready? Are you ready?
:23:23. > :23:27.There is your Christmas present from me, just in. Merry Christmas.
:23:28. > :23:30.I genuinely did not know that was coming!
:23:31. > :23:33.We have been keeping it a secret from you all day. We thought we
:23:34. > :23:39.would cheer you up this Christmas will stop what do you think? What
:23:40. > :23:47.wisdom -- what present have you got? A chocolate log! Lord Dear.
:23:48. > :23:51.Bertie the blue nosed reindeer in the studio.
:23:52. > :23:56.And thank you and much to everyone who sent business cards and
:23:57. > :24:00.Christmas gifts -- Christmas cards. Thank you very much for remembering.
:24:01. > :24:05.Lots of people have written from all over the UK, expat who tune in to
:24:06. > :24:09.Spotlight from all over the country and Europe. Let's see what the
:24:10. > :24:17.weather is great belike for the few days.
:24:18. > :24:23.Looks like we're grey to have a mild and grey Christmas, because there is
:24:24. > :24:28.all cloud screaming in the Atlantic. Low-pressure arriving tomorrow,
:24:29. > :24:33.Christmas 2016 likely to be windy and mild. We do have a warning from
:24:34. > :24:38.the Met Office about the strength of wind for tomorrow. Before we get to
:24:39. > :24:44.Chris was, we could have costs of up to 50-60 mph. That area of low
:24:45. > :24:49.pressure has been given a name, it has been cold Barbara. It travels up
:24:50. > :24:53.towards Scotland and arrives through the day tomorrow. The strongest
:24:54. > :24:58.winds will be in the northern half of the country, but once this
:24:59. > :25:01.weather have -- front arrives, it brings heavy rain and lively gusts
:25:02. > :25:06.of wind. That moves through, and by the time we get to Christmas Eve, a
:25:07. > :25:10.blustery west, south West wind, relatively mild, briefly some
:25:11. > :25:17.sunshine, generally cloudy. Chris was day itself, no chance of
:25:18. > :25:24.anything wintry -- Christmas. We will have an unusually mild crisp as
:25:25. > :25:30.day. -- Christmas Day. We will see some of the strongest
:25:31. > :25:33.gusts of wind, but they will ease and become more westerly is that
:25:34. > :25:37.weather front goes through. The cloud and showers we have seen today
:25:38. > :25:40.will probably continue this evening and overnight tonight, but in
:25:41. > :25:47.between the showers we have had an awful lot of fine weather, which is
:25:48. > :25:53.nice, and some sunshine. Our cameraman enjoying lovely sunshine
:25:54. > :25:57.at this estuary. It has been quite a pleasant day, a good day to be out
:25:58. > :26:01.and about enjoying the fine weather. And the sunshine. It will be
:26:02. > :26:06.different tomorrow because of the strength of wind and the rain coming
:26:07. > :26:10.in. No chance of seeing those temperatures that could give us any
:26:11. > :26:13.frost, although temperatures tonight will fall, a lot of the showers will
:26:14. > :26:19.fade away, we will get clear skies later on tonight, so a touch of
:26:20. > :26:24.frost briefly by tomorrow morning. Temperatures starting the day
:26:25. > :26:27.between 2-4 . Briefly some sunshine in the morning, but quite quickly
:26:28. > :26:33.the clouds streaming in and the weather front arriving. Gusts could
:26:34. > :26:37.be 30, 40, even 60 mph in that rain band. It clears from the West later
:26:38. > :26:43.in the day, with a top temperature of 12-13 . There is the forecast for
:26:44. > :26:48.the Isles of Scilly. Windy with rain for daytime, then turning much drier
:26:49. > :26:58.as that weather front goes through. The times of high water...
:26:59. > :27:02.Big waves for surfers, and perhaps the cleanest surf will be along the
:27:03. > :27:07.north coast, because once the wind gets going, that is likely to be
:27:08. > :27:15.very messy indeed. The coastal waters forecast
:27:16. > :27:19.reflecting the strength of wind. Christmas eve is going to be
:27:20. > :27:25.blustery, rather cloudy, with a few showers, and Christmas Day, mild and
:27:26. > :27:30.breezy. Have a good evening. Thank you stop I usually know
:27:31. > :27:35.everything in the running order, but not this evening!
:27:36. > :27:40.Can't believe I managed to keep it a secret Alde! That all from us today.
:27:41. > :27:42.Have a wonderful Christmas, look forward to seeing you in the New
:27:43. > :27:47.Year. Happy Christmas, good night.