13/04/2014 BBC Points West

Good evening. Members of Solerset's have a second baby. End of story.

Good evening. Members of Solerset's tourism industry are implorhng

holiday makers to consider their county open for business as usual.

Visitor attractions are relxing on the Easter Holidays to bring in

millions of pounds this year. But there's real concern that ilages of

recent flooding have discouraged tourists. Here's Catherine Powell.

The sunshine certainly helpdd draw in the holiday`makers today but over

the past months these are the images of Somerset that have made the

headlines. I am from bombing and I have came here from my family. `` I

am from Birmingham. It was ` good day out. My son enjoyed it. I used

to come to the caves as a child and I enjoyed it. These are the images

that made the headlines. Re`lism officials say that these im`ges are

keeping holiday makers away. The rumours that Somerset is flooded

have done is a lot of harm. There was only 5% of the county that was

underwater. It is reckoned that advance bookings for the sulmer are

down about 20%. That is a lot of bookings and a lot of money that we

hope we can claw back. The tourism industry is said to be worth ?1

billion per year to Somerset and this should be one of its btsiest

weeks. Many attractions say that Easter bookings are way down. The

perception has been that Solerset is underwater and it is putting people

off from coming. One partictlar example is that there is a company

from India looking to bring visitors over to Somerset and they wdre put

off because in the media ovdr there, they are seeing that Somersdt is

flooded. This is when they `re very much open for business really. They

are all hoping that a better summer will help Somerset on its w`y to

recovery. Police in Bath are still trxing to

trace the family of a man who drowned in the River Avon. The

42`year`old fell into the rhver near Norfolk Crescent late on Frhday

night. He was pulled out by police officers, but they couldn't revive

him. He's the fifth person to drown in the area in recent years.

Protesters fighting plans for biomass power plants at Avonmouth

near Bristol say their action this weekend was just the beginnhng.

Around 100 cyclists gathered to show their opposition. They're concerned

about air quality and sustainability, and they believe use

of palm oil in one plant wotld be ecologically damaging. But those

behind the projects say thex'll provide renewable low carbon

electricity, reduce carbon dmissions and create hundreds of new jobs

Government permissions have been granted, although the finances are

yet to be confirmed. Weather wise it's been the perfect start to a

summer of cricket for both Gloucestershire and Somerset, who

began their County Championship campaigns today.

Somerset won the toss and ptt Yorkshire in to bat.

campaigns today. Somerset won the toss and At close

of play Yorkshire were 342 for five. (Hampshire won the toss and put

Gloucestershire in to bat and at the close of play Gloucestershire had

reached 292 for five. The weekend's football. Yeovil Town

are now five points from safety in the Championship after a 1`0 draw at

home to Bournemouth. Kieffer Moore gave them the lead, but a ltcky goal

from the visitors won them ` point. Swindon Town earned a surprhsing

victory over promotion`chashng Brentford thanks to a first half

Louis Thompson goal. Swindon move up to seventh place, seven points off

the playoffs. A first half penalty by Sam Baldock moved Bristol City up

to 13th in League One while all but ending Walsall's slim playoff hopes.

Bristol Rovers are in real relegation trouble, after they were

beaten 2`1 at home by bottol club Torquay. The result leaves them just

a point above the League Two drop zone with four games to plax. And

Cheltenham held Exeter to a draw at home. Byron Harrison scored his 15th

goal of the season. Cheltenham now 15th in League Two.

Bristol Rugby maintained thdir four point lead at the top of thd

Championship with a 33`24 whn at Moseley. They ran in five tries in

the Midlands for their first ever victory at Billesley Common. They're

now guaranteed to finish in the top two of the Championship

table.Bristol Rugby maintained their four point lead at the

weather across the weekend we will continue with some more sunshine for

the start of next week. A fhne end to the day. A little bit of cloud at

times through the night but it will remain dry with some clearer skies

and some fairly light winds. It will be quite a cool night. Tempdratures

dipping as low as three or four degrees. The Cotswolds could see

some grass frost by tomorrow morning. There could be an hsolated

mist patch for tomorrow morning as well. Overall, for Monday, we are

looking at a fine start for the day. It will be another dry day tomorrow

with fairly light winds. It There's speculation that a lural

which has appeared on a wall in Cheltenham today is the work of

celebrated street artist Banksy The images, which surround a phone box

in Hewlett Road, show three government secret agents

eavesdropping on telephone calls. Although it hasn't been offhcially

confirmed by Banksy's website, many believe it bears all the

characteristics of his work. Next, Fiona Bruce and the Antiques

road show experts pay anothdr visit to the Royal Agricultural University

in Cirencester. We're back hn the ten o'clock news. Bye for now!

We got to 17 degrees in the sunshine in London and many places enjoyed a

pleasant day. A different story for the zero wherein was quite wet and

windy. You can see that cloud is moving south. Things do improve

across Scotland. Showers become confined to the far north and the

winds ease overnight. It will turn quite chilly with a church of frost

in southern