04/04/2014 BBC Points West

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We need to avoid the problels with trapping. So you are against

shooting and gassing. The vaccination solution is expdnsive,

what do you think the soluthon is? I would contest that vaccinathon is

expensive, it is cheaper th`n trapping and shooting that has taken

place, considerably cheaper, and all delivery of vaccination is tnderway

and should be available within the timescale, certainly within these

projected culls. We should not even contemplate culling, but focusing on

vaccinating badgers and cattle. Do you think Princess Anne shotld have

waded into this? It is an example of high`profile people expresshng an

opinion of something they pdrhaps do not know a great deal about,

provoking debate, as now, which is a good thing. But I would not say she

was wise or unwise, I am rather glad she gave us the opportunity to put

that one to rest. Do you thhnk it will ever get rolled out nationwide?

If re`elected, this governmdnt may look at culling badgers, but it is

hugely problematic and they would be wise to drop it now. Thank xou.

The Prime Minister came back to Somerset today to see the dredging

work he'd ordered. David Caleron famously said money was no object

when it came to helping people on the Levels. But with the flood water

now gone, is the funding in place to secure the long`term future? Here's

Clinton Rogers. Unlike his Environment Secrdtary,

the Prime Minister was wearhng wellingtons for his trip to muddy

Somerset. He had come to sed the work he had personally ordered, keen

to point out that he kept hhs word, dredging would start as soon as the

floodwaters had gone. There are those who say that dredging will not

work, that the Prime Ministdr is just giving the people of Somerset

what they want to hear, givhng them false hope. Well it is costhng 5

million to remove silt from a five mile stretch of these rivers. And

the Prime Minister clearly bristled at suggestions that it is a waste of

time. Look at that river, sde how much bank is being taken out to

increase its capacity and do not tell me that will not make `

difference. But most people agree if flooding is to be avoided, ht will

take more than just making the rivers flow more quickly. Locals

have gone up a plan. It involves building a new flood barrier down in

Bridgwater. It is a big shopping list with a big price tag, `round

?100 million. So when local MPs and civic leaders met the Prime Minister

this afternoon, they were kden to push the point that 20 millhon

government has given so far is not really enough. We have a long way to

go, along road, but it is not acceptable to stop pushing `nd that

is what everybody said, we will to push. So will there be more money,

the government paying for dredging long`term? First of all, let us

bring the river back to levdl of 1960. Will it continue? It hs a

continuous process, costs nded to be shared. So no further commitment on

whether this will be the first of the last dredging. `` first or the

last. A Bristol hospital trust has

admitted liability after a two`year`old boy suffered pdrmanent

brain damage at birth. Ollid Lewis was starved of oxygen after midwives

at St Michael's Hospital fahled to monitor his mother when she was in

labour. University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust has apologised

and paid an undisclosed amotnt to Ollie's parents.

There is more news on the BBC website. We will be back ovdr the

weekend. For now, the latest weather.

A lot of cloud around through this weekend, but Saturday will be the

dryer of the today's despitd patchy light rain. By contrast, Sunday will

be breezy, some rain quite heavy. Through tonight, temperaturds down

to around seven or eight Celsius, a lot of hill fall, low cloud, and

patchy rain, particularly in the West. `` hill fog. Some rain further

eastwards, but eastwards ardas largely cloudier and dryer. Some wet

weather in the West. Temper`tures should get up to around abott 1 or

14 Celsius. Similar temperatures for Sunday. But Sunday seeing hdavy

rain, quite windy as well. Tricky wet on Monday, improving midweek,

and here is the A few clear spells ahead of that for

a time across the Midlands and eastern England. Staying