15/02/2014 BBC Points West


15/02/2014

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6pm. Stay with us on BBC One. It's time for

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Good afternoon. Hundreds of people across the west are without power

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this lunchtime, after high winds bought down cables last night. Fire

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and rescue services have been out clearing roads of fallen trees but

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thankfully, the flood defences held in an area of Gloucester which is

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still the subject of a severe flood warning. Sally Challoner has the

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latest. This is as far as we have been

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advised to go. The tree that has come down is just up there but a

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power line is still connected and live. The poll on the tree are not

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quite down so it is making for a very dangerous situation. This is

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one of the main routes through Gloucestershire but it is certainly

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not the only tree that is down. Police and highways engineers have

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been out all night making roads and power lines safe. Of course, it does

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mean that a lot of people are without power, still. At the last

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count, it was about 5000 people in the south`west. On a brighter note,

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the River Severn didn't burst its banks so a lot of people fearing the

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worst seem to have escape but for now at least.

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Turning to Somerset now and the Environment Agency says it's

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installing the final two Dutch Pumps at Dunball this weekend. Once

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they've been running for two days, other pumps at Beerwall can also be

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turned on. No more families are reported to have left their homes

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overnight on the levels or moors. Somerset Community Foundation's

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flood Relief Fund has now received around ?330,000 in donations.

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The BBC travel website has a comprehensive list of ongoing road

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closures right across the west and your BBC local radio station will

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keep you up to date as well. National Grid are asking for

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comments on updated plans for a new line of electricity pylons through

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Somerset. They'd take power from the new Hinkley C station to Avonmouth.

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Some groups objected to the size of the pylons. National Grid is now

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proposing to use smaller ones close to the village of Mark. Protestors

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say they want the power lines put underground.

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Building work has started on a new training college at Lyneham in

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Wiltshire. The former military air base closed in December 2012. It

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will now be turned into a training centre for maintaining machinery and

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military equipment. It's due for completion by the end of next year.

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Nearly 24 hours after winning skeleton gold in Sochi, the Olympic

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medals will be given out this afternoon. Congratulations have been

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pouring in for the 25`year`old winner including Tweets from the

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Prime Minister. You can watch the ceremony on the BBC at 4:30pm.

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The weather has already put paid to a couple of the football matches

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involving our local

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