14/02/2014 BBC Points West

almost 80 mph work recorded. In Devon, the storm brought 40

millimetres of rain Good evening. The West is being

battered by more heavy rain and high winds tonight after yet another day

of storms. Jon Kay has spent the day on the Somerset Levels and joins us

now. Jon, how's it looking? It is horrible and very gusty here.

We have had all sorts of problems along our coastline will stop here

on the Somerset Levels, these areas that are normally surrounded by

fields, which are now full of water. The wind has been ripping it

up so we have seen waves racing across the countryside. It has been

quite a sight. A couple of miles in that direction is Moorland, where we

have reported from a lot in the last few weeks. Scott Ellis reports from

their, where the water is still rising.

The waters are still rising. Most residents left a week ago. Today,

some returned to check their homes. How was it? It is not great. The

police can access the flooded homes of Moorland to retrieve possessions

for residents forced to live elsewhere. These wartime medals are

now safe from the invading floodwater. I've come to realise

that if you can go in for them and wing out one thing. I brought out a

bottle of wine for the gentleman who is with us today. It is a bottle of

wine that some friends in Canada sent to them. That means the world

to them. It makes them feel more at home. The Royal Marines are now

here, helping to sandbag the last of the dry homes here in Moorland. They

have built up the mud banks and it is starting to wear away with the

water, so we are reinforcing it with sandbags, try to make it more

substantial. So that it doesn't wash away. How pleased I you to see the

Royal Marines? At last! We have been runners them since the start.

Yesterday, they came and looked but they could not guarantee it because

they could get posted elsewhere I hope that they will not say that

elsewhere is more important than here. In all, 15 residents remain in

Moorland, holding back the water with dams and pumps. A barricade

against the weather. If we can get through tonight, then hopefully

Sunday will be better. They are exhausted, physically and

emotionally but they say it is worth it because by being here they feel

the authorities will not abandon the village altogether. Scott Ellis

reporting there from Moorland. The trouble is, despite the pumps that

have been brought in, that are skirting the water into the sea the

rate that is falling from the sky more than makes up for it. Water

levels are still rising here tonight. There are concerns over the

weekend about how rich water `` how Bridgwater might cope. The wind is

the biggest problem. Our cameraman's hat just blew off in the

latest gust! It's been a tense day in

Gloucestershire, with concerns the River Severn could burst it's banks

and breach flood defences. So far, that hasn't happened, but a severe

flood warning remains in place along the River Severn in the city and

people are being told to be vigilant.

In other news tonight, an inquiry's to be held into the deaths of

children after heart surgery at Bristol's children's hospital. It

follows concerns by parents about the care given to their children.

Our Health Correspondent, Matthew Hill, reports.

Some these families had travelled from as far as Cornwall to find

answers to questions that still haunt them following their child's

death. Last November saw the first of several inquests into deaths of

children who'd had heart surgery at the region's specialist cardiac unit

in Bristol. The father of one of them, seven`year`old Sean Turner

from Wiltshire, was instrumental in making today's meeting with the

doctor in charge of the NHS happen. One Sunday morning, I picked up the

paper, read a horrific story, with regard to Bristol's cardiac unit,

asked Sir Bruce Keogh to pick up the reins and sort this mess out. After

a three`hour meeting, parents came out with a smile on their faces It

was a really promising meeting. He has agreed to get Ian Kennedy back

in to review the hospital, so we feel quite pleased that something

has come of today and hopefully we are looking to `` they will

hopefully look into our concerns. The Medical Director of the NHS Sir

Bruce Keogh, told me this will be an inquiry by the parents, but led by

Sir Ian Kennedy, who investigated the unecessary deaths of dozens of

babies in the 1990s. We have heard some very harrowing stories in a

very dignified way from the Hamleys. He understands the issues and he can

hit the ground running `` from the families. We want this to be one of

the best units in the country as quickly as possible. In a statement,

the hospital say they are troubled that families continue to have

concerns and they hope today's meeting will help resolve their

issues. They stress their results have been shown to be safe but that

they have made improvements which include better communication with

families. But, with this new inquiry, this is by no means the end

of the matter. There were celebrations at Bath

University this evening as one of their own, Lizzy Yarnold, stormed to

victory in the women's skeleton at the Winter Olympics in Sochi. Back

home in Bath, her team manager says he's certain Lizzy would have

remained focused while competing in the biggest contest of her life She

will have followed her normal race routines, not changed anything wrong

what she normally does during the season. She would have done what she

normally does. I am sure you would have accepted her to win. But by a

second? We are surprised by the overall result.

There's more news and information on your local BBC Radio stations and

online. But now let's get the latest weather with Ian Fergusson.

There's more news and information on your local BBC Good evening. It will

remain distinctive wild as we head into the weekend. Met Office amber

warnings still in force on the south coast and yellow warnings elsewhere

throughout the day tomorrow. Even the yellow areas, it does

potentially up to six T5 master hour. They will turn more westerly

as the night wears on. Temperatures down to between five and seven

Celsius. A decidedly windy start to tomorrow. Heavy showers, some hail

as well. A slow improvement into the afternoon. The wind will gradually

lessen, the showers lesson as well, particularly as we head into the

evening. Temperatures tomorrow between seven and eight Celsius I

will leave you with the outlook a better day to come on Sunday. By the

end of Sunday, they will be some further rain coming in from the west

and that will set us up for a wet day on Monday.

will leave you with the weekend summary for London. Let's go to the

weather centre to get the national forecast.

Our love hate relationship with the weather has become unbalanced this

winter, I suspect there is not a lot of love left. Today's storm has not

helped. It gave us 20 to 30 millimetres of rain. Snow in the

past few hours at lower levels in eastern Scotland. That should turn

to rain again but the blizzards in the Scottish mountains will

continue. This evening, it has been the wind which has been most

disruptive in southern England. Met Office amber warning remains in

force with gusts up to 80 miles an hour along the south coast producing

big waves crashing into the shoreline. Dangerous conditions and

more coastal flooding. Inland, winds 50 to 60 miles an hour up the

Bristol Channel and other southern counties. Trees