10/08/2014 BBC Points West

Hello. test of nerve as it is of technique.

Blustery showers are setting in for the night

as Hurricane Bertha continues to make her presence felt `

heavy rain and strong winds have been battering the West

It meant no balloons at the balloon fiesta

and sandbags on the Somerset Levels once more.

After previously enjoying some good flying conditions,

today's poor weather meant the mass ascents had to be abandoned.

The forecast has been terrible, really, for the whole of the period.

It didn't work out like that. It was actually good weather.

We come down here for the children

and it's something we've done for years.

We come here every year, so we just feel we have to,

Today is obviously a little bit disappointing but we have flown four

out of seven slots available to us, we have had two great nights.

We had three Spitfire displays, we had two Typhoon displays.

So it has been a very good weekend if you look at the weather forecast

on Monday and Tuesday, it was really looking like quite a struggle

all weekend, so we are actually really delighted with the result.

In Burrowbridge on the Somerset Levels, people were also on alert.

Yesterday, the Environment Agency had put sandbags out

A precaution, they said, because of high tides, rain and strong winds.

The only place it would go over, if conditions were right,

would be a bit further on down the road and that would be serious.

So they do have a point, to do some sandbagging.

But at least these people had cause to celebrate.

In Cheltenham, more than 1,000 people were jiving in the rain

and danced their way into the record books.

at Clevedon, Dunster beaches and Porlock Weir.

Check the Environment Agency's website for more detail.

A triumphant party has been held in Bristol tonight to celebrate

the four gold medals won by teenage gymnast Claudia Fragapane

She delighted the crowds with dazzling floor routines,

but tonight got to share her success with family and friends.

training for the World Gymnastic Championships.

but, also, it is going to be my first Worlds,

so it doesn't really feel as much pressure.

I just need to get out there and enjoy it like I have been doing.

And, whatever happens, all these guys behind me, 100%.

has been playing his final round of the US PGA Championship.

after the opening round of the last Major of the season

but has subsequently slipped down the leaderboard `

he's currently one under par for the tournament.

This week on Points West, we're taking a special look at

It was 150 years ago this year the Clifton Suspension Bridge

Tomorrow, science journalist Jheni Osman begins a tour of her

All this week on Points West, I will be visiting

some of the great engineering masterpieces of the region,

to the soaring glories of Wells Cathedral.

Without these ingenious archers, the building would have fallen down.

in explaining just why some of the radical designs worked.

We find out why the Romans were so clever

in the way they harnessed the springs of Bath,

we explore the brilliance of the engineers who built Stonehenge

and manoeuvred those great stones into such a perfect pattern.

at Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol,

the design of which launched Brunel's career.

And this year celebrates the 150th anniversary of its opening.

So join me on Points West all this week

to find out just why the engineers who gave us

some of most famous buildings in the country were so brilliant.

And look out for extra goodies on Facebook

Now we must check that forecast ` here's Bea Tucker.

We'll keep the winds going over the course of the night.

They will ease off slightly but still a fairly windy night to come.

One or two showers feeding through but many of us

seeing a dry and fine night, certainly for most of the night

until the early hours of the morning `

then we may well get one or two heavy showers.

With all the cloud and the rain, though, it is going to be

a fairly mild night, with lows of around 13`14 degrees.

We will see some fairly heavy showers moving in

on this westerly wind, perhaps the odd rumble of thunder

and some torrential downpours as well.

It is still going to be a windy day tomorrow,

but particularly towards the Severn Estuary, up the Bristol Channel,

we could get gusts tomorrow up to 40mph

A windy day to come on Tuesday, with sunshine and showers.

We're back in breakfast news tomorrow morning.

Good evening. A different feel to our weather this week thanks to the

passing of the remnants of Hurricane Bertha. She is not quite done with

us yet, though. Still affecting northern parts as this pushes off

into the North Sea. A few heavy and possibly thundery showers with

persistent rain wrapped around this low pressure.

persistent rain wrapped around this low And more rain than Scotland has

been used to in the day. Not desperately chilly. But more rain

particularly into the Grampians and we have a Met Office warning for

four inches of rain. Over north-east England and Scotland, the strong

winds could cause a few issues with roads, bridges and airports. Check

before you set out just in case. But certainly Scotland, Northern Ireland

and north-west England, a bright start tomorrow compared to this

morning. A few passing showers but much of England and Wales start off

dry and bright. A