01/02/2014 BBC Weekend News

Good afternoon. The Conservatives have been accused

of making a determined effort to put tour supporters in charge of public

bodies. The claim is made by the Labour peer, Baroness Morgan after

being told she would be not be the head of the body of Ofsted.

Ofsted peers into classrooms across England on a dail which basis, ing

schools and standards of care. The website proudly declare it is is

independent and impartial, but the outgoing boss claims that the

Conservatives are playing politics. I am the latest of a long list of

people who are non-Conservative supporters who are not reappointed.

There is a pattern. I think it is worrying. I think, you know, one

important thing about public appointments is that they are made

on the basis of merit. Morgan Tsvangirai knows about

politics, once a senior aide to Tony Blair, but still, Michael Gove

appointed her and now he is relaying her. See -- replacing her. She

pointed her angry finger at Downing Street, claiming a determined effort

to recruit Tory sympathisers. No so so says this minister.

We have to ensure we have the right people in place to deliver

Government policy. The reaction from mm number ten was

stronger. The senior source, livid, calling the claims baseless. Some

have made no secret of their desire to bring in outsiders to the civil

service and let the politicians hire and fire them, but the Labour

leading head of Ofsted says a campaign is underway and she has

fallen victim to it. Don't all political parties accuse

each other of doing this? Yes, they do. That is it. The special advisors

packed into the Government. The people around them. It goes back to

the days of Thatcher. It continues in the coalition, but what Morgan

Tsvangirai is saying is that there is something more going on here. She

believe there is a campaign and she is a victim of it. There are two

groups of angry people, Morgan Tsvangirai has lost her job. Downing

Street, one source there, livid, saying that this is baseless. They

believe she has given no evidence for the accusations, that she is

pointing the finger at the Prime Minister, unfairly, but some on the

Conservative side who have made no secret of bringing outsiders in,

some with a political tinge, perhaps, as they believe if they are

doing big things, look at what they are doing for the department of

education, they need people who believe in that to push it forward,

but that is a policy that is being considered. Morgan Tsvangirai

believes she is the Sally Morgan believes she is the latest in a line

of victims, pushed out in a nuanced way as they do not believe with the

political line -- Sally Morgan. The Labour leader, Ed Miliband is to

give details on how he wants to change his party's links with the

truancy. Switching to a one member, one vote system. The plans are being

scrapped for the equatorial college between the union, party members,

MPs and MEPs. Three people have been arrested

after a seven week old baby died of head injuries. The child came from

the Clarksfield area of Oldham. He died in hospital. One arrested is

believed to be the child's mother. Has told the security summit in

Munich, that America will stand by the people of Ukraine in the fight

for a democratic future in Europe. There have been protests in the yub

crane, after the Government decided not to sign an aassociation with the

EU, while strengthening ties with Russia.

-- Ukraine. Here five severe flood warnings have

been issued by the Environment Agency. Meaning a danger to life.

High tides and gale-force winds could cause water levels to rice yet

further. Let's go live to our correspondent Duncan Kennedy, who

joins us now from Somerset. Just as you join us, this latest

band of wind and rain has come in here. Just as the weather forecast

was predicting. It means more preparations for these people in

this part of the world. More pumping to get the levels down to stop the

flooding as the bad weather surges again across the United Kingdom. The

weather keeps on coming. This was Aberystwyth this morning, taking

another pounding, just a month after the promenade was battered by a

separate storm. It has not packed the same punch here yet. Anybody on

the coastline at this time of year with the high tides must be

cautious. Especially if you are not accustomed to the waves.

In Bristol, it was pop-up barriers keeping this street dry. Some still

managed to get through. In Somerset the massive pumps were spewing the

excess water out of harm's way. The aim is to get the levels down before

the next surge of high tides and rain, but it is not just the

industrial pumping going on. A lot of ordinary people, fed up of

waiting for the authorities to take action are installing their own

pumps, going it alone. To try to keep some of the water away from

their homes. The Prime Minister told a local newspaper it was not

acceptable for people to live this niece -- in these conditions, but

for many it is too late, that I land, crops and income submerged by

the water. My farm has been under water for

four weeks, with more bad weather to come. It is heartbreaking.

The famous Severn Bore made an appearance with surfers, deeifying

the waters to keep off. Unstoppable, unbelievable. Just like the weather

of this winter. So the key areas to watch out for is Cornwall, north

defendant op, Somerset, the Gloucestershire area and where we

are in Somerset, the flood warnings are in place. Also the matter this

weekend of the high tides. There is another one of those later on. The

message is to keep watching on television. To listen on the local

radio bulletins and follow the advice of the experts, when they say

you have to treat this carefully and heed the warnings of those saying

that this could cause floods and damage to homes and people's lives

if the warnings are not treated seriously.

Thank you very much. That is it from us. It is time