we are doing this for our great around the coast in sidmouth, organisers we re the coast in sidmouth,isers were forced to close both swims, playing with people not to enter the water for their own safety. the swim has only been cancelled in paint once in years but today organisers we re once in years but today organisers were keeping a close eye on the weather. we have the coastguard here nine o'clock advising us as to weather it was suitable and that was bluey and windy but the sea was calm, relatively calm, and the coastguard said he had no problems with us going in. in exmouth, thousands packed onto the sea front for a christmas day swim. the sunshine made for the spectacular scenes at the beach. what a great way to start boxing day! now on bbc news — one of the most striking films of 2019 from our world. the best pakistani transgender retirement home. in a country where it's expected that your extended family will look after you in old age, what do you do if they rejected you a long time ago? mobeen azhar reports from the city of lahore 7 and a warning that this programme contains

further around the coast in seaton and sidmouth, organisers were forced to cancel both of the boxingt today organisers were keeping a very close eye on the weather. we had the coast guard here nine o'clock, advising us as to whether it was suitable to go in. it was a bit blurry, a bit windy, but the sea was as you can see calm, relatively calm, and the coastguard said he had no problems with us going in. in exmouth, thousands of people packed onto the sea front for a christmas day swim, and in bute, the sun made for this rather spectacular scene. stay with us for sportsday after our headlines — and then at 10:40 — the papers. time now for a look at the weather with ben rich. good evening. many swapped out a dry and often sunny christmas day for a grey and often soggy boxing day. this was how it looked to the south—east of london for one of our weather watchers. some brightness, certainly some dry weatherfor a time across the far north of scotland, and more of us will see drier weather. there will be quite a lot of cloud, and it will start to turn a little bit milder. rain across west