:00:10. > :00:10.Good evening. on the BBC News Channel.
:00:11. > :00:14.Thousands of people have arrived in the South West for what is a big
:00:15. > :00:15.test of one of our biggest industries.
:00:16. > :00:18.There were some blue skies as people came out to enjoy
:00:19. > :00:23.Forecasters say it won't stay completely dry all weekend,
:00:24. > :00:29.but there should only be some short periods of wet weather.
:00:30. > :00:31.Meanwhile, extra staff have been brought in at hospitals to cope
:00:32. > :00:33.with an anticipated rise in demand over the weekend.
:00:34. > :00:35.Officials are asking people to avoid emergency departments
:00:36. > :00:40.unless they have a serious or life-threatening condition.
:00:41. > :00:44.Please use the 111 service if you're not sure what to do with your local
:00:45. > :00:48.Those lines are being answered much quicker now, and they can direct
:00:49. > :00:54.you to the service that will help you in your local area.
:00:55. > :00:57.Two owls have been freed after getting stuck in traps
:00:58. > :01:00.which use glue to catch pests. The animals are being cared
:01:01. > :01:02.for at the West Hatch Wildlife Centre in Somerset.
:01:03. > :01:05.The RSPCA says the traps cause unnecessary suffering to pests
:01:06. > :01:12.The charity is urging people not to use them.
:01:13. > :01:16.His primary wing feathers were stuck into his own flanks here.
:01:17. > :01:18.Without us intervening and actually washing the glue off,
:01:19. > :01:20.there's no way he would ever have flown again.
:01:21. > :01:23.So he would have slowly starved to death or, you know,
:01:24. > :01:34.Born in Dorset, he shot to fame predicting the results of football
:01:35. > :01:40.Well, there's more science to it than you might think.
:01:41. > :01:43.John Ayres has been looking at an experiment being carried out
:01:44. > :01:50.The point of dropping plastic bricks into this tank is to see
:01:51. > :01:53.if Octavia can find her way through to the food.
:01:54. > :01:55.The test is repeated, and each time, she gets quicker.
:01:56. > :01:58.She may not be as famous as Paul the Octopus,
:01:59. > :02:03.What I could not really grasp about Paul, the World Cup octopus,
:02:04. > :02:04.is how he could distinguish between the technicalities
:02:05. > :02:07.of the Netherlands team and the flamboyance of the Spanish,
:02:08. > :02:10.or indeed, how he was able to watch the matches under
:02:11. > :02:13.But the difference with this is that the testing is actually
:02:14. > :02:16.real, and they believe that octopuses have intelligence similar
:02:17. > :02:19.Student Meghan Davitt is carrying out research for her
:02:20. > :02:24.She is measuring how long it takes Octavia to work out
:02:25. > :02:30.Two of the puzzles that I am using for the study,
:02:31. > :02:33.a simple one is clip-lock boxes and screw-top containers,
:02:34. > :02:39.so she really has to figure out how to get into these boxes in order
:02:40. > :02:41.to get her food, and then I'll present these challenges
:02:42. > :02:45.a few weeks later to see if she has learned how to do it, and the time
:02:46. > :02:49.Her ability to do these puzzles has been entertaining the crowds
:02:50. > :02:53.Meghan will be carrying out a number of research projects for these
:02:54. > :02:56.Exeter Chiefs have secured an excellent 39-26 victory
:02:57. > :03:00.at Harlequins in the Premiership tonight.
:03:01. > :03:01.They scored three tries in quick succession,
:03:02. > :03:06.including this from Henry Slade, to secure the bonus point.
:03:07. > :03:08.The Chiefs are 13 matches unbeaten, and remain on course
:03:09. > :03:16.Plymouth Argyle must wait for promotion from League 2,
:03:17. > :03:19.after drawing against Portsmouth late this afternoon.
:03:20. > :03:21.But, as John Danks, reports it did look like today
:03:22. > :03:36.Argyle knew a win today would secure promotion,
:03:37. > :03:38.as long as other results went their way.
:03:39. > :03:40.And they started well, after this flying header
:03:41. > :03:45.But Plymouth moved from attack mode into defence, as Portsmouth
:03:46. > :03:52.Eventually, a goalkeeping error by Luke McCormick
:03:53. > :03:59.The Green Army will have to keep the champagne on ice for now.
:04:00. > :04:01.The Pilgrims need one point from four games
:04:02. > :04:04.to guarantee their place in League 1.
:04:05. > :04:08.Exeter City moved up to fifth place after a 2-1 win against Barnet.
:04:09. > :04:11.Yeovil Town were beaten 1-0 at Newport County.
:04:12. > :04:14.In the National League, two late goals at Lincoln spelt
:04:15. > :04:22.They are now just four points from safety with three games to go.
:04:23. > :04:25.And in the top-of-the-table clash in the basketball,
:04:26. > :04:34.Plymouth lost to Leicester Riders 99-69 in the BBL Championships.
:04:35. > :04:36.Back to the weather, and it's not too bad, actually.
:04:37. > :04:41.Hello, and a very good evening to you.
:04:42. > :04:44.Now, we do have outbreaks of rain through the course of tonight.
:04:45. > :04:46.Much of that rainfall will be light and patchy in nature.
:04:47. > :04:50.And by the time we enter the early hours, we're starting
:04:51. > :04:55.Temperature-wise, we're looking at lows of nine or 10 degrees.
:04:56. > :04:59.Now, tomorrow morning we start on a bit of a cloudy note.
:05:00. > :05:02.The remnants of that wet weather sinking slowly southwards.
:05:03. > :05:05.I suspect for the Channel Islands we will see that wet
:05:06. > :05:07.weather coming and going until around mid-afternoon.
:05:08. > :05:11.Cheering up, one or two sunny spells into the afternoon.
:05:12. > :05:18.Taking a look ahead to the remainder of the bank holiday weekend,
:05:19. > :05:22.and through the course of the day on Sunday it looks like we will see
:05:23. > :05:24.quite cloudy skies, although I suspect we will stay
:05:25. > :05:29.Easter Monday itself, another predominantly cloudy day.
:05:30. > :05:32.It will have some breaks and brightness here and there.
:05:33. > :05:34.Just the outside chance of a shower or two.
:05:35. > :05:36.And then into Tuesday looks like we could start
:05:37. > :05:51.We will have bulletins throughout the weekend. Whatever you are doing,
:05:52. > :06:11.have a lovely evening. Bye-bye. Good evening. I don't think
:06:12. > :06:15.everybody was a happy bunny today with the weather. We had some rain.
:06:16. > :06:19.Some of it was on the heavy side, particularly across northern parts
:06:20. > :06:23.of Wales. All these things are true for the next few days. Even into
:06:24. > :06:27.next week. We are going to stay with this chilly air coming in from the
:06:28. > :06:35.North. Vermijl they're never quite us. -- is a mild air never quite
:06:36. > :06:38.reaches us. It's a case of cool winds coming in from the North.
:06:39. > :06:42.Here's the extensive cloud cover we had today. There was some sunshine
:06:43. > :06:45.but a weather front was across the country and gave a fair bit of heavy
:06:46. > :06:51.rain across some parts of Wales. The weather front is across the South.
:06:52. > :06:54.There is two of them. This is a distinct feature, spots of rain on
:06:55. > :07:00.and off through this evening and overnight. Then it's out of the way.
:07:01. > :07:03.It should dry out. There will be showers across Scotland but plenty
:07:04. > :07:09.of clear spells. It is chilly air. Three degrees around 5am in
:07:10. > :07:10.Aberdeen. To the south, around eight or so.