08/02/2014 BBC Points West

Good afternoon. Desperate attempts are being made to protect more homes

from rising water levels in Somerset. In Northmoor people are

building their own defences to try and protect their properties. Two

severe flood warnings are still in place in the Somerset Levels. Andrew

Plant has spent the morning there. As to a promotion going on here The

shape, amongst other animals that may have seen that have been taken

out of and instead which is about 500 metres up the road from here. ``

farmstead. The point has been taking calls from the experiment, and I

have been talking to farmers with you on animals who and I think they

can take animals rather them in standing water. The side of the

Renaissance to drying out, but it is the worse and the other side. The

properties window. The shock of the other side of the river is drying

out but it is worse on the other side. One of the forecasters are

saying there is morning and tonight. `` forecasters `` forecasters.

Homeowners in many places on the levels continue to battle to save

their properties. This was the scene in East Lyng in Somerset earlier.

The residents there have now run out of sandbangs to try and protect

their properties. They say they feel abandoned ` we'll be talking to some

of them in tonight's programme. Meanwhile Network Rail says the

railway lines from Taunton to Bridgwater remains submerged today.

Engineers will re`inspect tomorrow to see if they can establish what

repairs might need making. The line from Taunton To Castle Cary is no

longer under water but remains closed.

The weather has also delayed a project to re`double the railway

line between Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. A stretch between Kemble

and Swindon was due to be completed at Easter ` thats been put back by

four months to August. Network Rail says more engineering, work was

needed due to the flooding. Football and in the early kick off

Between Yeovil and Leeds at Huish Park ` Yeovil have taken the lead

through Ishmael Miller in the 3 nd minute. All the results from our

other teams in our later bulletins Bath Rugby will try to extend their

winning streak to 11 games at the Rec this afternoon, when Newcastle

visit in the Premiership. They faced each other in the opening game of

the season ` Bath coming out the decisive victors winning 21`nil

Bath are currently third in the table, 11 points behind second

placed Northampton. Bristol Rugby will try to build on

their impressive wind over Jersey, when they travel to Bedford in the

Championship. Last weekend's victory sees them fourth in the table, with

a game in hand on the sides above them. So what does the weather hold

in store for the weekend ` here s Emily Wood with the details.

a game in hand on the sides above them. So Good afternoon. It still

has some strong winds to come for the rest of the and night. When

warnings in force but for those of the coast. `` are things enforce. As

the average wind speeds. The costs are much. The winds will become more

westerly interactions tonight, so there will be some stronger gusts

still to come. Temperatures at November than four or five degrees.

The winds will eventually ease `` temperatures no lower than four or

five degrees. The winds evening. -- the winds will ease

Good afternoon. It is yet another stormy day to day with heavy rain

around and very strong winds. The Met office has issued an amber

warning for the strong winds. They could be disruptive and damaging.

This is the latest in a string of storms that we have seen this

winter. For southern England, this looks like one of the wettest

winters for 250 years. Scotland saw the wettest December 4/100 years.

Low pressure well in charge of things at the moment, drifting

across the UK to the North. The tide Isa buyers will mean windy

conditions, particularly for the south and