21/04/2014 BBC Points West


21/04/2014

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You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel

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Good evening from Points West. A That's

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Good evening from Points West. A 68`year`old man from Wiltshhre has

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appeared in court today charged with murdering his wife. Police were

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called to a house in Durrington on Good Friday where 64`year`old Doreen

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Webb was discovered with serious injuries. She died soon aftdr. Her

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husband, retired Army officdr Leonard Webb, appeared before

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Chippenham Magistrates todax where the case was adjourned until

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Wednesday. A campsite owner on the Somdrset

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Levels is describing the Easter season as a disaster for his

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business. Muchelney was cut off by water for weeks, but the legacy of

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the flooding has been felt luch further afield ` some bookings for

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this summer are up to 80% down. Fiona Lamdin reports.

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It was a peaceful and quiet break for those who chose to sleep under

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canvas this Easter. But for Richard who has owned this site for 20

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years, it's all been a bit too quiet with most of his pitches left empty.

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This year is a disaster for Easter, 50% down. There wouldn't be any

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empty spaces but there's pldnty of room. It is quieter this ye`r. We

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had to share electric lookups last Easter but this year we didn't have

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to. It is a beautiful sight. At Wookey hole things are pickhng up.

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It is the summer people are worried about with current bookings down by

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80%. The tourism industry plays a huge role in Somerset's economy

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bringing in a billion pounds each year. People traditionally book

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their summer holiday with the kids in January or February and those

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people have not booked yet. Anybody with any sense will look at websites

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and see there are open. It hs a beautiful place. You have this

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fantastic scenery and they have done a marvellous job here. You should

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come. Everyone we met here today had

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forgotten about the floods but it seems these people are the dxception

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to the rule. Nearly 100,000 people have signed up

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to slide down a temporary w`ter slide. There is likely to bd space

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for three or 400 riders so places will be allocated by a draw.

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Football and Yeovil were pushed to the brink of relegation frol the

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Championship after an injurx`time winner from Huddersfield. While

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mathematically they are not down, Manager Gary Johnson is alrdady

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preparing for life in leagud one. When we go back to the first

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division we will regroup and try to come back stronger for next time. We

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know our budget needs to be bigger and the crowd and the whole thing

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needs to come back to the championship. Meanwhile Bristol

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Rovers' Kaid Mohamed gave the Gas hope of a win before Rochdale came

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back after the break to takd the game 2`1. It means Rovers are still

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perilously close to dropping out of the Football League altogether. Been

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I've watching 67 years and ht's the worst I've ever seen, no ambition or

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nothing. It was pants. I thhnk we will get relegated and if wd get

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nothing next week, I don't think a point is big enough. It is ` must

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win game. Meanwhile Bristol Rovers' K`id

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Mohamed gave the Gas hope of a win before Rochdale came back after the

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break to take the game 2`1. In League Two, Cheltenham notched up a

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2`0 away win at Mansfield. In snooker Michael Wasley from

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Gloucester is keeping pace with one of the world's top players `t the

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World Championship. He's pl`ying the World Number three Ding Junhui in

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his debut at the Crucible. Ht is 9`8. The match resumes later. It

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will be late. That's it for tonight ` we'll be back in our breakfast

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bulletins but for now here's the forecast with Alexis Green. We may

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have one or two thunderstorls tonight but they will ease `nd

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showers continue. They could be heavy in places, lasting for much of

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the night. Some dry periods and temperatures stay miles, nine or 10

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Celsius. We starts tomorrow with a few showers dotted around, they

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could be heavy. The risk of hail and thunder but in the afternoon we see

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some brightness, fleeting in places, temperatures not as high as

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today, 14. The rest of the week stays unsettled, showers.

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After last year's called Easter we managed the warmest day of the year

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so far in Scotland. The day ended with thunderstorms across parts of

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Wales and southern England. We are left with his area of rain. A few

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heavy bursts, a rumble of thunder. Plenty of cloud and hill fog around.

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Tomorrow will be a cloudy day, a better chance of getting wet, either

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with showers or outbreaks of rain. After the overnight rain South Wales

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and southern England may experience standing water. More persistent rain

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coming into northern England. We may get off to a dry start in Northern

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Ireland, that will not last. Further rain in eastern Scotland. Sunshine

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in the far north-west. After that drab start everything starts to push

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further north. Some of

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