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Welcome to BBC Points West on the day the West Country got a soaking.

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I'm in the centre of Bristol where the River Avon burst its banks for

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the first time in years. It happened at high tide causing

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this spectacular splash in the harbour but the defences held.

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It is incredible, I have never seen anything quite like it. In Somerset

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the coastline took a battering as the tide rose by 14 metres with

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waves crashing into the front. One of the highest tides of the year

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is what is causing this. But bad though it has been for some people

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it could be a whole lot worse if the winds had been stronger and in a

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different direction. In other news tonight, unions fear

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jobs could be at risk as a major aircraft deals collapses.

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And the Somerset volleyball player competing at the sport's highest

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level. Hello. The West Country held its

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breath this morning as high tides, wind and rain combined to create a

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perfect storm. The Environment Agency had warned that in some

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places there was a risk to life and property but events turned out to

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slightly kinder than feared. Some properties in Somerset and

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Gloucestershire were flooded but here in Bristol a new defence system

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held. We have reports from across the West Country, but first this

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from Scott Ellis who on this spot at dawn.

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Bristol, at 8am, then, against a rising River Avon. The tide is about

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30 minutes away from the critical point. As you can see over there it

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is already overlapping the cycle path. It will be very close indeed.

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The city deployed its flood barrier for the first time. Without it,

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houses close to the Avon would flood. It is quite worrying,

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obviously we have prepared our houses as much as we can, we are

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glad we have got this defensive Obviously it is quite scary. It

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looks quite dramatic if you live here. Quite worrying. Half an hour

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later roads had to be closed, as the incoming tide raised the River Avon

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to its highest levels for 15 years. In the Cumberland basin water

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spilled back into the floating Harbour.

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I have been in Bristol nearly 2 years and I don't think I have ever

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seen anything like it. To think that is stopping the water coming into

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the Bristol docks is incredible The flood barrier did its job,

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saving homes from floods. They will stay in place over the weekend. As

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the tide receded a sigh of relief. And in Weston`super`Mare the clear

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up of wood, rubbish and seaweed washed in on the morning tide

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height. I am just amazed, never seen anything like it. It is crazy. Have

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you found anything valuable? Not yet.

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The seafront road in Weston`super`Mare had to close for

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about an hour but here, as in Bristol, no serious flooding damage.

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But there is more high tides, wind and rain to come.

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There certainly is more high tides to come. We will be talking about

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that a bit later. Flooding in Bristol is very rare and

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that's because a lot of work has been done to improve defences. Take

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a look at these pictures from 1 68, some of the worst flooding in the

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city's history. If you are a Bristolian then you might remember

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the night the Avon flooded large parts of the South, some people were

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killed, and many homes were evacuated. Because of that, the

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river Frome was re`routed through a tunnel under the city, and it now

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rarely floods. I'm joined by Simon Creed, who is in charge of civil

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protection in Bristol, it's his job to keep us safe. We saw something

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going on on the docks, but by and large were you pleased with the way

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things worked out? Yes, the predictions of what we had

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received, it was spot on. We were able to manage the water quite well.

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How close were we to having something worse?

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If there have been another half a metre that would have caused us

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problems but we didn't get that That is due to the tidal surge

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caused by the Atlantic storms and a low pressure. We were saved by that.

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Any more than that, it would have pushed our resources and our

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defences. We saw you deployed your latest

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weapon in Bristol 's flood defences for top looks a bit Heath Robinson

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to be honest but it worked this barrier. It is a Swedish design not

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many local authorities have it. We got it to protect Broadmead before

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Cabot Circus was built up defences have improved in that area and we

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have had no need to use it up we train our volunteer: Staff to direct

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it and we have been raring to go to test it.

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What happens next last remark `` what happens next?

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We are on stand`by for the high tide tonight and tomorrow morning. We

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will watch the water closely. We have various members of the team out

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location and they will report back in. The predictions are low at this

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evening and tomorrow. From Sunday onwards there will the some severe

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low pressure in the Atlantic Ocean storms brewing, and we could see

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more on Sunday, Monday morning. Thank you very much indeed for

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coming out and talking to us on this cold and wet night in Bristol.

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Let's go to Gloucestershire now where the Environment Agency issued

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three severe flood warnings, that the highest category and means that

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lives could be at risk. In the event, nobody was hurt, but there

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were some properties flooded when the River Severn burst its banks.

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Steve Knibbs reports. The famous Severn Bore made a slow

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approach but with the river already very swollen the tidal surge hit

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hard. What is staggering is how quickly the river has risen. It came

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in at around 9:20am, just over an hour later and it is at least ten

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foot above where it should be and it is still expected to peak in 15

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minutes. Within minutes the water broke over the river bank, this

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force of nature finding a way through wherever it could.

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Minsterworth was on a severe flood warning and people had done what

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they could to protect their homes but for some it wasn't enough. There

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are two levels in the house, it was about 18 inches in one part. It came

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in at quite a speed. It did, it was really flowing over there, quite

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something, it really was a tide coming over the bank.

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For others they were just high enough to escape. We had warning it

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was going to, very high so we thought we will do what we can to

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keep the upper house. At the Severn Bore Inn, usually a

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spot to see the bore, the carpets and furniture had been taken up in

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readiness, the water came close Worrying, we got our sandbags ready

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just in case, never seen anything like this before.

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As the bore moved on the coastguard moved along the stretch of the river

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checking that no`one had been trapped or injured. People are

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responding very well to the warnings. People are responding well

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to Avril requests to move back from the water which is very fast`moving.

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As fast as the water arrived it quickly went away in most areas but

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another bore is due tonight and tomorrow morning, albeit not as big.

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We are keeping a close eye on it. Our immediate concern is making sure

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flood defences haven't been damaged by this morning 's surge that we are

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out having a look. We will watch the search tonight. It looks like it

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should be slightly lower but it will be a big tide.

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Tonight flood warnings are still in place, the advice to stay vigilant

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ahead of more bad weather expected this weekend. All eyes this morning

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were on the Somerset coast which was very much in the front line. The

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worry was that a surge in the tide whipped up by a storm would cause a

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lot of damage. In the event most of the problems in Somerset are inland

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with many animals being rescued by the RSPCA. Here's Clinton Rogers.

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They knew it was coming. A tidal force strong enough to lift drain

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covers in Watchet. One of the highest tides of the year

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is what is causing this. But that though it has been for some people

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it could have been a whole lot worse had the winds been stronger and in a

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different direction. But when you have an angry sea on

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one side of your house and a raging river on the other the result is

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inevitable. When did the water coming? When the

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tide rose this morning. What Amazon? I wasn't too sure, I wasn't

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awake. They closed roads around 6:30am, an hour before high tide.

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But some were still determined to get close enough for that one

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picture. Inland on the Somerset Levels the picture was getting

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desperate for one farmer whose farm, was quickly becoming an island.

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50 cattle, three horses, 30 sheep. How worried are you? Very.

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The RSPCA were called in to help rescue his animals who were

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virtually marooned. And as the flood waters continued to rise in the end

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they needed a boat to take the pet dogs to safe dry land. I don't want

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to be separated from them. This is the second time now. We didn't

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expect it to happen again. It has. Nature was certainly showing its

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angry hand today, at Muchelney on the Levels it was hailstones nearly

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the size of golf balls. There is more rain on the way this weekend.

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Where will the water go? If you have been affected our hearts go out to

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you because it is wet and miserable. I will be back later in

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the programme to look at the prospects for later tonight at the

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weekend. Thanks, David. It really has been an

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extraordinary day with several weather systems coinciding to cause

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the high water levels we've seen. Ian is here, Ian, lots of our

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viewers have been sending you their pictures of the flooding across the

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region, talk us through some of them.

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Twitter was alive with some extraordinary images through the

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course of this morning. This first one speaks for itself at

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Weston`super`Mare, as the water was topping the coastline, pretty

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ferociously so. This shows how roughly powerful the sea was at that

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point. Equally, down at Clevedon it was a similar story, anywhere where

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you had these promenades we had the scenes unfolding. Come slightly

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further inland, this next shot from uphill, this shows how the water was

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pouring over into the lower lying adjacent areas causing the threat of

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flooding. We saw similar pictures from the tidal stretches of our

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rivers are the even, the Cumberland basin, it seems the people in

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Bristol and wouldn't have seen for a long time.

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In your experience, these pictures that you have seen for a long time?

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In the six years I have been doing weather forecasting here we haven't

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seen anything like this, big waves onto the shorelines, including in

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the middle of summer last year, but nothing on this scale. It is worth

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noting inland as we see here in Wiltshire river flooding continues

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to be a problem and it will be for the course of the weekend and

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beyond. Finally, also from Wiltshire and parts of Britain and the like we

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have hails tones as big as golf balls, extremely rare in the middle

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part of winter. There has been some unorthodox weather.

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Keep sending us your pictures. More whether a bit later.

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It's emerged that jobs at the Somerset helicopter maker

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AgustaWestland could be under threat after the Indian government said it

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wanted to cancel a half a billion pound contract with the company The

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order for 12 luxury aircraft has been in the balance since

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allegations surfaced last year that it may have been won through

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bribery. The two sides are due to meet to try and resolve the issue.

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Will Glennon reports from Yeovil. Workers back at AgustaWestland after

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Christmas have heard it may not be such a happy new year. They've built

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12 of these helicopters, the AW 01, for the Indian Government. Three

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have already been delivered. The other nine are ready to go. They're

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luxury transport for Heads of State. Total cost almost half a billion

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pounds. But now the Indians want out. Disappointment and surprise. We

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won the contract, we have to work to do, we did it on budget within

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timescales lay down, had the delivery, then this has come out the

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blue the contract. There is nothing more our members could have done.

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The deal has been in question since last February when allegations

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surfaced suggesting bribery. The Chief Executive of AgustaWestland's

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Italian parent company was arrested over suggestions that a payment of

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30 million euros had been made to the Indian defence ministry.

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Allegations that've always been denied. For its part AgustaWestland

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has issued a statement saying it doesn't think the Indian government

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has any basis for cancelling the contract but it says it will take

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part in an arbitration process, the company also says though it has a

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mitigation plan in place should the contract be cancelled and it hasn't

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ruled out job losses. The Italian company clearly hopes it

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might win the argument at arbitration, it hopes even at this

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stage the whole deal might still be salvaged, it stresses it is very

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much ready to continue working with the Indian government if at all

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possible it would like to go ahead and deliver those remaining

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helicopters. Executives will now meet with Indian

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officials and lawyers to try and sort out the deal. Meanwhile Yeovil

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has to get on with a ?1 billion order won just before Christmas 16

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helicopters for Norway. Changes to recycling collections in

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Swindon were approved by the Borough Council last night. It means that

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anyone who wants green waste collected will have to pay ?40 a

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year from April. It also means that the areas in the town which

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currently have weekly recycling collections will now move to

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fortnightly. Engineers say they've discovered a

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number of faults that caused the Plimsoll Swing Bridge in Bristol to

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seize up. The bridge jammed open two weeks ago, causing huge problems for

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rush`hour traffic in the city. The council says a number of parts need

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to be replaced and are currently being made.

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Now sport, and the question for fans is whether their team's match will

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be on or not. All of the New Year's Day football was wiped out by the

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wet weather. Alistair Durden is here, are things looking any better

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this weekend? Well we have our first casualty, Bristol Rovers FA Cup

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replay at Crawley is off for the second time. You might remember it

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was abandoned first time around with 15 minutes left to play because of a

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waterlogged pitch. Last night's rain has left it saturated again, and so

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that match has been rescheduled for next Wednesday. The two other FA Cup

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ties are both on at the moment. Yeovil Town have covered their pitch

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again today to protect it from further rain and the club say

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they're confident the game with Leyton Orient will be on. The same

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at Ashton Gate for Bristol City s home tie with Watford as they try to

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reach the fourth round for the first time since 2007.

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It will be a good Game four of, Watford have changed managers. I'm

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not quite sure how they will treat this cup game. But clearly it is

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more about how we treat it, we will be going into it with a positive

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attitude, the players are confident, just had two good form and sees so

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hopefully we can add to that ash to good performances. Cheltenham's

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league game at home to Chesterfield is still on but there's more heavy

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rain forecast for early tomorrow morning. The rugby clubs are more

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confident, Gloucester's pitch has been covered since New Years Eve,

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they play leaders Saracens tomorrow. And Bath are away to Leicester on

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Sunday, with no plans for an inspection at the moment.

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A lot of non`league games are off, and some hit worse than others by

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the sounds of it, haven't they? I don't think they'll be playing at

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Malmesbury. Somewhere under there is a football

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pitch. I think that is what they called the three the back formation.

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The obvious advice is if you think you are going to a game please ring

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the club beforehand to make sure it is going ahead. Let's take you

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somewhere much warmer and drier A Somerset volleyball player has

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become the first British woman to compete in one of her sport's

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biggest competitions. Ciara Michel has just finished her first season

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in Italy, playing in the European Champions League. Her success comes

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despite the British team being folded after the London Olympics.

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Ollie Williams has been to meet her. Welcome to the home of British

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volleyball, which doesn't look massively British, because it isn't.

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This is my balcony, you can see the beautiful city. This is Italy, one

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of the few British pro players left after the sister scenes at London

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2012. Within months of winning an Olympic game for the first time the

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British team was shutdown. The team was disbanded, there is no longer a

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GB women's volleyball team, just a group of fronts now, and most of the

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players have retired. This is my GB flag, it goes everywhere. At six

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foot five she has signed up as a middle blocker for the team in this

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town near Milan stop they play in the Champions League, which is one

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of the top competitions in the world. She grew up in Somerset

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before learning her volleyball in Miami and Australia is the first

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British player ever to reach this level.

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There is a real passionate fan base, it is a really similar atmosphere to

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London 2012 weather home crowd was ecstatic to be there.

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Now there is no Team GB to aim for players like are tucked away in

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Italy are almost all that is left to inspire British children to drive

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volleyball. Grant that many outlets for playing volleyball in England.

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The exposure of other sports that much greater so kids don't

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necessarily know this is an opportunity, something to strive

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for. I remember reading" before London 2012, I rated it down to my

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notebook and try to read it every day, every member of Team GB has the

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responsibility to inspire a nation. And I really would like to think

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that I can inspire kids. I feel inspired to get on a plane

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and head out to Italy. Before would go back to David, just

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a reminder of a programme coming up this weekend.

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The West Country nature enthusiast and television presenter Mike Dilger

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has been retracing the first ever exploration of the Colorado River as

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it runs through the Grand Canyon in the USA. Mike was joined by

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historian Dan Snow for the hair`raising trip, and you can see

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how the team got on during a new show being screened this weekend on

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BBC Two. Hang on. Dan's boat takes a big hit. It is ruined. If this was a

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fibreglass boat it would not still be fretting, I don't think. It would

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have wrapped around rock. Operation Grand Canyon with Dan Snow

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is on this Sunday at 9pm. Now, for the all`important forecast.

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Hopefully the worst conditions are over in terms of the threat of the

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coastal flooding. As you have been hearing earlier or I'd run later

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this evening with another high tide, and again it will be perilously

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close in some cases to being troublesome. As we head into

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tomorrow, some heavy rain for the first part of the day, there were

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clear way to the North. The afternoon looks a lot better much

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further heavy showers. After a call to start on Sunday with a decent

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morning we wet face. It will continue windy on Monday. The Met

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Office has a warning for continuing heavy showers. As we head into

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tomorrow this next feature runs some further heavy rain northwards.

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Better window through the afternoon, you can see further showers

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returning on and off through the course of the late afternoon. This

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feature is threatening more what is whether across South Wilts, Dorset.

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`` more wet weather. There is a whether one out for Sunday. `` a

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weather warning. The rainfall amounts have been toned down, most

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places probably about ten millimetres but it is adding team

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relatively sober warning continued but not desperately heavy amount of

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rainfall. This is how things are looking for Sunday. After that dry,

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chilly start. Familiar looking chart. The windy spell and a wet one

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as well. Let's return to this evening, still some heavy showers.

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Notable hail. They will fade away for a while into the course of the

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night. We will see this next feature from the South West, some heavy

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showery rain. Temperatures for all this will be typically between four

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and six. Tomorrow a question of getting that early rain out of the

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way. Here comes the window of more usable weather. Many of you will

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have a dry afternoon. There is the sign of further showers coming

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through, some of them could have some hill. It will be a bit of a

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lottery whether you are seeing wet or dry prospects. Here is the return

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of some more heavy rain into the extreme south. Temperatures are

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little bit higher on Sunday. Thanks Ian. Well that's all from me in the

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studio. Let's cross back live now to David

:25:38.:25:43.

in the centre of Bristol for the latest news on the flooding.

:25:44.:25:49.

It is perking up a little bit positively balmy here. This morning

:25:50.:26:00.

they drained some of the water from the floating Harbour so at the high

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tide came at the Raven, that spilled onto the road but came back into

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this massive drain, reservoir, which prevented any properties round here

:26:10.:26:15.

being damaged. The danger point was the high tide. There is another one

:26:16.:26:18.

coming up shortly this evening. The one we are worried about is on

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Sunday. That squash over to Gloucestershire and the environment

:26:24.:26:29.

agent you. `` let's cross over to Gloucestershire. What one example is

:26:30.:26:37.

tonight? `` what warnings are in place. The severe warning is still

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in place. We are urging people to stay awake from the river. We will

:26:42.:26:46.

have another surge coming up. It will not be quite as high as this

:26:47.:26:50.

morning. With the wind and rain we could see some overtopping in areas.

:26:51.:26:59.

What about the weekend? Coming into the weekend, it is going

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to turn the other way, rather than title it will be fluvial. We have

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got this water coming down Wales and Worcestershire towards us and with

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the low pressure coming in that will cause more flood warnings and flood

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alerts. We urge people to be aware, get onto the apartment agency's

:27:20.:27:28.

website, it `` Environment Agency. I guess the thing is to stay alert

:27:29.:27:35.

and it is not over until it is over. Exactly, it is not. We have got some

:27:36.:27:40.

severe weather coming through, we know it will push flood warnings

:27:41.:27:43.

back`up. The Met Office are working closely with us.

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We have to stop you there, thank you very much

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