29/03/2014 BBC Points West

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usual time of 6:40 this evening Good afternoon from Points West

Campaigners are celebrating this lunchtime after plans for 800 new

homes on green belt land in Cheltenham were dropped. Thd land at

Up Hatherley was earmarked `s part of a proposal to build over 30, 00

new houses across Gloucestershire. Three local councils came up with

the plan known as the Joint Core Strategy. Following an inithal

public consultation they decided the area in Cheltenham and also one in

Twigworth will no longer be built on.

We are delighted. The fact that the triangle has been said to h`ve been

taken out of the Joint Core Strategy plans, which is very good, because

it should never have been in there in the first place, because it is

high quality green belt. A million pounds has now bedn raised

for those who've been affected by flooding in Somerset. More than a

quarter of that money has already been distributed by the Somdrset

Flood Relief fund in the form of grants. 350 households

50 sculptures of hares are `ppearing across Cirencester this weekend

It's part of the town's hard festival ` the sculptures h`ve been

decorated and placed around Cirencester in a trail for people to

follow. The hare has been a symbol of the town since the discovery of a

Roman mosaic in the 1970s which features the animal.

In football, there's a cruchal bottom of the table clash in the

Championship as Yeovil Town host Barnsley. It's a big match for

Yeovil midfielder Kevin Dawson, who goes head`to`head with his brother

Stephen who plays for Barnsley. Glovers boss Gary Johnson s`ys it's

one of a number of big games coming up for his side.

If we can get a big supporthve crowd behind us it will give us a big

bonus. If our supporters can recreate the enthusiasm, we will

have every chance. Elsewhere Bristol City travdl to

Rotherham this afternoon, hoping to extend their six match unbe`ten run.

Swindon manager Mark Cooper says he's well aware of the thre`t posed

by today's opponents Sheffidld United at the County Ground.

In League two, Bristol Rovers, with Darrell Clarke in charge of first

team duties, are at home to Morecambe as they look to ptll away

from the relegation zone. Cheltenham travel to Hartlepool.

Rugby, and Gloucester travel to Exeter in the Premiership. The

Cherry and Whites' England internationals are back in the team

for the first time since thd Six Nations. Jonny May, Ben Morgan and

Billy Twelvetrees will all start, with Twelvetrees captaining the

side. In case you missed last night's

rugby result, Bath lost a third straight game at the Rec by 11

points to 12. They were up `gainst Sale in the Premiership. Ross Batty

scored the only try of the game but George Ford missed the convdrsion

and two late drop goal attelpts And here is the weather.

We have had some beautiful bright skies through the morning. Ht is a

bit breezy, and that is takhng the edge off the temperatures. 06, 7,

maybe 18 degrees. We have lhght sunshine around and that cotld make

the sunshine hazy at times. This evening, some more cloud and some

patchy rain. For most of us, a dry night and a mild one. Tomorrow will

start cloudy, but that cloud should clear, allowing the sunshind to

break out. Top temperatures may be a bit higher, though it could be hazy

at times. In the new working week, it will be warm, but with a risk of

showers. We will be back at

Good afternoon. The clocks go forward by one hour tonight, British

Summer Time begins. Hard to believe that this was the scene exactly one

year ago in North Wales when we were in the grip of one of the coldest

springs for many a decade. A different story this weekend, of

course, with warm air wafting up from the near continent, and under

clear skies the temperatures soaring. It is not clear