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Good evening. Severe weather warnings have been issued for the

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south`west tonight. Gale force winds are expected to bring further

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disruption to coastal communities. And the Environment Agency say more

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severe weather is on its way over the next few days. Emma Thomasson is

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in Bude in Cornwall, where there is a severe flood warning. Emma. A real

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sense of here we go again in place`macro. As you were saying, a

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severe flood warnings in place for the whole town of Bute, and that is

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where the Environment Agency judges there is a danger to life. The sea

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is already topping the sea walls here. The water is coming up through

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the drains as well. As you can probably see behind me, the

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floodwaters come straight up the road. We have sandbags out here.

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Nearby properties have not been evacuated. Authorities did ask

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people to leave their homes last night, but many people chose to stay

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put. Harry was one of them. You are always anxious. You can't help

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feeling a bit anxious, but I hope we will be all right. People here quite

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philosophical about the flooding. We have even had kayakers and surfers

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taking advantage of these tidal surges, and surfing down the river.

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Many people out here watching them do that. The surfers and kayakers

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are ignoring the safety warnings. We have a couple of hours before the

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water is expected to receive. The Environment Agency is concerned

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about what will happen tomorrow morning. It has downgraded it to a

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flood warning, the next level to what we have in place now. Tomorrow

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is expected to be the second highest tide of the year, so it's not over

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yet. Thank you. A van driver's walked away with

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minor injuries, after his vehicle crashed over a bridge and plunged

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20ft into the fast flowing River Tamar. The partially`submerged

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transit van came to rest near Gunnislake after the accident early

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this morning. John Henderson reports.

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A broken bridge, a 20 foot drop into the River Tay Ma, and, 200 yards

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downstream, a partially submerged transit van. And incredibly, the

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driver managed to hail himself to safety. As far as we're aware, the

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driver was with the vehicle throughout, and he his escape when

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it came to arrest. We don't know where the driver of the fan managed

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to get out of the river, but there's his vehicle pointing up towards the

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bridge. It really is an incredible escape. It happened at about 9am

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this morning. It appears the van was crossing the bridge from Cornwall

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when something went wrong. Sometimes lorries scraped the side of it,

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because it's very narrow. Occasionally the car will hit the

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corner there. That is the most serious accident we've had here for

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a long time. The van driver, a 30`year`old man believed to be from

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the area, was taken to Plymouth's Derriford Hospital. But he's thought

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to have only minor injuries. It's a very pleasant surprise to find that

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somebody is actually OK after such a fall and a trip down the river of

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such a length. It's likely that the bridge will be closed for a week.

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The driver is one very lucky man. John Henderson, BBC Spotlight,

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Gunnislake. In football, Exeter City drew 1`1

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with Burton Albion, and Plymouth Argyle also drew 1`1 with Mansfield

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Town. But Torquay come away with victory from Portsmouth by a single

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goal. In Rugby, Exeter Chiefs came away

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victorious from Worcester Warriors. Now for a look at the weather.

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We have strong winds and heavy showers throughout this evening. We

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do have a Met Office yellow warning for winds in force. High tides could

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lead to a risk of flooding. Those winds are easing down this evening,

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and the line of heavy showers tend to become more of a scattering

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through the night. Those winds stopping it getting too cold. For

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tomorrow, it's a blustery day, though not as windy as today. We've

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got some sharp showers in place, fewer than today, and more in the

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way of sunny spells. Monday, we have some further wet and windy

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conditions on the way, with a Met Office yellow warning for rain in

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force. You'll Athere are live updates on the weather on BBC

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Cornwall this evening. Goodbye. Heavy downpours in places tonight

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but strong winds and with the tides peaking again, still

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