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After a winter of severe That's all from the | :00:00. | :00:12. | |
After a winter of severe flooding, a renewed determination to le`rn the | :00:13. | :00:13. | |
lessons, and minimise futurd risk. Good evening. | :00:14. | :00:20. | |
Tonight, communities affectdd by some of the worst flooding hn | :00:21. | :00:24. | |
decades have been told their plight won't be forgotten as the w`ter | :00:25. | :00:29. | |
recedes. Too often, it has been the case | :00:30. | :00:33. | |
after you have made a series of decisions, ministers have a tendency | :00:34. | :00:37. | |
to step back and hope it will all happen. This time, we're making sure | :00:38. | :00:41. | |
everything we need to happen, will happen. | :00:42. | :00:44. | |
Also tonight: Electrification of the our rail link to London. Thd | :00:45. | :00:48. | |
government says the plans to upgrade more of the route are under serious | :00:49. | :00:51. | |
consideration. And, military honours. Servhce | :00:52. | :00:53. | |
personnel are recognised for their bravery in Afghanistan. | :00:54. | :01:02. | |
Lessons will be learnt. That's the promise to victims of some of the | :01:03. | :01:08. | |
worst flooding the region h`s seen in decades. After a winter of | :01:09. | :01:11. | |
extreme weather, the governlent says there needs to be a concertdd effort | :01:12. | :01:15. | |
to cut the risk of flooding in the future. Flood recovery ministers | :01:16. | :01:17. | |
have been appointed across the region, to gather evidence of the | :01:18. | :01:20. | |
damage caused to homes and businesses, and to consider the | :01:21. | :01:23. | |
solutions needed. Spotlight's environment correspondent Adrian | :01:24. | :01:26. | |
Campbell has looking at the scale of the task, and what ministers can | :01:27. | :01:34. | |
realistically deliver. This winter saw some extraordinary | :01:35. | :01:38. | |
sights in the South West. Btlldozers on Chesil Beach shored up flood | :01:39. | :01:42. | |
defences under threat from dnormous waves in Dorset. Even the mhlitary | :01:43. | :01:46. | |
were called in to help with the works. Months of heavy rainfall and | :01:47. | :01:51. | |
swollen season left part of the region battered, with damagd to | :01:52. | :01:54. | |
transport links and propertx. Today, the new ministry for flood recovery | :01:55. | :02:00. | |
came to Exeter to find out what lessons have been learned. The point | :02:01. | :02:13. | |
of having a whole series of ministers, each taking a cotple of | :02:14. | :02:16. | |
counties that have been affdcted, in doing this exercise, we will then | :02:17. | :02:19. | |
come together with the Primd Minister again, and go throtgh what | :02:20. | :02:23. | |
we have learned and to try `nd take all the actions we need to take in a | :02:24. | :02:27. | |
coordinated way. Then, I am planning to come back, so I can report back, | :02:28. | :02:31. | |
and hear how things are going, and keep doing that until we have | :02:32. | :02:34. | |
actually finished this recovery programme. | :02:35. | :02:35. | |
The storms have challenged the Environment Agency and local | :02:36. | :02:37. | |
authorities. Oliver let windbag with them and other groups today in | :02:38. | :02:40. | |
Exeter and Dorchester. They all had their point to make to the Linister. | :02:41. | :02:43. | |
The economy of Cornwall, Plxmouth and Devon, needs certainty, in terms | :02:44. | :02:47. | |
of strategic transport infrastructure. Not doubt. Lake no | :02:48. | :02:52. | |
bones about it, the kind of impact we all felt, it was like our village | :02:53. | :02:58. | |
died six months. It is likely to happen again. It might not be our | :02:59. | :03:03. | |
village or county, but it whll happen again. Hopefully, he has | :03:04. | :03:09. | |
taken that message back. It is incredibly important. We nedd to put | :03:10. | :03:13. | |
pressure on the government to deliver. We can't give up. | :03:14. | :03:17. | |
Here, this is one example of the kind thing which may be necdssary. | :03:18. | :03:22. | |
Local people working with the Environment Agency, to man their own | :03:23. | :03:27. | |
flood defences. We have had an extremely good working relationship | :03:28. | :03:32. | |
with the Environment Agency. It works for both of us. We ard on site | :03:33. | :03:36. | |
and we can do the job easilx. We know they are there to support us. | :03:37. | :03:41. | |
The state of the flood defences in the South West has become a talking | :03:42. | :03:45. | |
point. Today, there was gendral agreement everyone has to work | :03:46. | :03:55. | |
together to tackle this challenge. The flooding had evidenced `` the | :03:56. | :04:04. | |
flooding had a devastating dffect, especially the Somerset Levdls. | :04:05. | :04:07. | |
Today, nearly three months since it all began, the huge Dutch ptmps that | :04:08. | :04:10. | |
were brought in to help remove the water have finally been switched | :04:11. | :04:14. | |
off. As the farmland dries out, the full extent of the damage to the | :04:15. | :04:17. | |
soil is slowing emerging. From Somerset, Clinton Rogers reports. | :04:18. | :04:20. | |
rate of half a million litrds an rate of half a million litrds an | :04:21. | :04:22. | |
hour. That is what these huge Dutch barns have been doing since they | :04:23. | :04:25. | |
were brought in to bolster the pumping operation six weeks ago | :04:26. | :04:29. | |
Today, they fell silent. Thdir job done. Coincidentally, it was the day | :04:30. | :04:35. | |
a Dutch dairy farmer came to Somerset, to visit local farmers | :04:36. | :04:39. | |
here who have been living whth the floods since December. When the BBC | :04:40. | :04:46. | |
went to see him, he was shocked by the pictures we showed him from | :04:47. | :04:50. | |
Somerset. Shocked enough to come here, to offer his support. Back | :04:51. | :04:56. | |
home, his farm is six metres below sea level. And yet, it doesn't | :04:57. | :05:03. | |
flood. I was born in 1963, H have never seen water in places ht | :05:04. | :05:07. | |
shouldn't be. I am used to living six metres below sea level, it is no | :05:08. | :05:15. | |
problem for me. Michael Church is counting the cost of the worst ever | :05:16. | :05:21. | |
floods. This was his farm one month ago. Today, the water has gone. But | :05:22. | :05:26. | |
the damage it has caused to the soil is all too evident. It is ddad. This | :05:27. | :05:33. | |
was under four feet of water. This receded in April last year. It must | :05:34. | :05:40. | |
be heartbreaking. It is soul destroying. We asked a soil expert | :05:41. | :05:46. | |
to come here, to assess the long`term damage. He doesn't need | :05:47. | :05:51. | |
complex scientific equipment to tell him that this farm, like many | :05:52. | :05:55. | |
others, have suffered badly. With a bit of luck, we might get | :05:56. | :06:01. | |
something growing on it this year but that would be a properlx viable | :06:02. | :06:07. | |
crop. Two years or more, before we get soil chemistry and biology back | :06:08. | :06:10. | |
to where it was. Tonight, the Environment Agdncy said | :06:11. | :06:14. | |
it hoped all the flood water would be gone from the Moors by the end of | :06:15. | :06:18. | |
next week, three months aftdr it came. But it is clear the d`mage | :06:19. | :06:23. | |
left behind will take much longer to mend. Both for home owners `nd | :06:24. | :06:32. | |
farmers. The storms have highlighted the | :06:33. | :06:40. | |
vulnerability of the rail ndtwork. Local MPs have put increasing | :06:41. | :06:43. | |
pressure on the government to improve the region's transport | :06:44. | :06:46. | |
links. Ministers are now seriously considering electrification of the | :06:47. | :06:48. | |
rail line further west. Meanwhile, in the Dawlish area, the huge effort | :06:49. | :06:52. | |
to bring about a controlled landslip on the cliff above the stricken | :06:53. | :06:54. | |
railway continues. Our business correspondent Neil Gallacher has the | :06:55. | :06:57. | |
details. The sea at Dawlish is red whth | :06:58. | :07:05. | |
washed out sandstone. And, `s the contractors during take off in this | :07:06. | :07:08. | |
footage, you can see how thd colour is spilling out from the clhffs | :07:09. | :07:12. | |
beyond the railway line. At this point, Network Rail is trying to | :07:13. | :07:17. | |
control the timing of the cliff fall which it suspects is imminent. | :07:18. | :07:21. | |
Behind the scenes, petitions have been discussing long`term | :07:22. | :07:24. | |
improvements to the rail connections in the region. Ministers have often | :07:25. | :07:29. | |
said electrification is comhng to the great Western mainline, but they | :07:30. | :07:32. | |
mean the line from London to Bristol. There are two of these | :07:33. | :07:36. | |
lines and we are on the othdr one. At the moment, the plan is to | :07:37. | :07:41. | |
electrify ours only down to Newbury. The transport minister has now said | :07:42. | :07:45. | |
they are considering extendhng it into Wilts. The Department | :07:46. | :07:50. | |
commissioned a study to look at electrification to the west of | :07:51. | :07:54. | |
Newbury. We have seen results of that study which indicate a good | :07:55. | :07:58. | |
business base. Further results are being considered by the Dep`rtment. | :07:59. | :08:04. | |
The long`term prospect of investment wasn't enough. This is costhng the | :08:05. | :08:12. | |
taxpayer ?55 million. Busindsses and people here deserve better. Can he | :08:13. | :08:16. | |
commit to press his colleagte, the Chancellor, to ensure commitments to | :08:17. | :08:22. | |
finance and investment are lade in the next Autumn Statement? We need | :08:23. | :08:29. | |
to look at rail and roads. We have committed ourselves to an intensive | :08:30. | :08:34. | |
investigation. The line through Dawlish is due to | :08:35. | :08:39. | |
open in two weeks. So far, dngineers are pleased with progress. | :08:40. | :08:47. | |
A 21`year`old army medic from Somerset, and an RAF pilot from | :08:48. | :08:52. | |
Devon, have been awarded military honours for their bravery whilst on | :08:53. | :08:54. | |
deployment in Afghanistan. Lance Corporal Sinead Dodds and Flight | :08:55. | :08:57. | |
Lieutenant Charlie Lockyer were both part of Operation Herrick 18. Heidi | :08:58. | :09:15. | |
Davey reports. It was a gruelling tour of duty for | :09:16. | :09:18. | |
the South West military personnel and, at just 21, Lance Corporal | :09:19. | :09:21. | |
Sinead Dodds performed life`saving first aid on two injured colrades, | :09:22. | :09:24. | |
despite being badly hurt herself in the same suicide bomb attack near an | :09:25. | :09:27. | |
Afghan national army checkpoint But she wasn't expecting to be praised | :09:28. | :09:30. | |
for her actions. The Queen's Commendation for | :09:31. | :09:31. | |
Bravery. APPLAUSE. | :09:32. | :09:37. | |
More shocked than anything, I didn't expect anything. It was a tdam | :09:38. | :09:47. | |
effort. Adrenaline and training take over. At the time, I couldn't feel | :09:48. | :09:53. | |
any pain. It wasn't until I was trying to run to treat the | :09:54. | :09:57. | |
casualties that I think my body gave up on me, and the adrenalind ran | :09:58. | :09:59. | |
out. Receiving the Queen's Commendation | :10:00. | :10:02. | |
for Bravery was also very proud moment for her family back hn | :10:03. | :10:03. | |
Taunton. When I saw my mum, she was crying. | :10:04. | :10:08. | |
She was happy, but it brought back memories of that day. As far as I | :10:09. | :10:13. | |
know, they are very proud of me Next up, meet Flight Lieutenant | :10:14. | :10:17. | |
Charlie Lockyer from Teignmouth He landed his helicopter while under | :10:18. | :10:22. | |
fire from Afghan insurgents. For his outstanding efforts, he has been | :10:23. | :10:24. | |
awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. He recalls vividly that day | :10:25. | :10:31. | |
in May last year. You have that little argument with | :10:32. | :10:34. | |
yourself about the sensible thing to do. Then you go against that | :10:35. | :10:38. | |
completely, and head back into danger, to get the guys out. It is a | :10:39. | :10:49. | |
massive honour to receive this. It has a lot of history with the RAF. | :10:50. | :10:55. | |
It's a proud moment for me `nd my crew. | :10:56. | :10:59. | |
Despite having lost all comls, and with structural and electrical | :11:00. | :11:02. | |
damage to the helicopter, hd guided the aircraft safely back to Camp | :11:03. | :11:06. | |
Bastion hospital. An independent expert has criticised | :11:07. | :11:10. | |
the care of a suicidal teen`ger who was found dead at a mental health | :11:11. | :11:13. | |
unit in Cornwall. Consultant psychiatrist Dr Peter Jeffrdys told | :11:14. | :11:15. | |
an inquest that 18`year`old Ben Co`burn's treatment and obsdrvation | :11:16. | :11:18. | |
levels should have been revhewed, following a drug overdose jtst days | :11:19. | :11:21. | |
before he died. Scott Bingh`m has been at the inquest in Truro. | :11:22. | :11:32. | |
Ben Cowburn was found dead `t Longreach House on the 20th of | :11:33. | :11:40. | |
December 2010. The inquest heard 26 serious incidences, including self | :11:41. | :11:43. | |
harm and suicide attempts rdlating to Ben, had been recorded in a ten | :11:44. | :11:49. | |
week period. Just four days before he died, Ben had taken a serious | :11:50. | :11:55. | |
drugs overdose. Dr Peter Jeffreys told the inquest that, after such a | :11:56. | :11:59. | |
significant clinical development, he would have expected the risk | :12:00. | :12:02. | |
management and care plan to have been reviewed. Doctor Jeffrhes said | :12:03. | :12:08. | |
changes, including more frepuent observation of then, should at least | :12:09. | :12:13. | |
have been considered. But hd said none of the service limitathons | :12:14. | :12:16. | |
caused the death, and he cotld not say with any confidence whether any | :12:17. | :12:20. | |
of them had contributed to ht. The inquest heard Ben's problems | :12:21. | :12:26. | |
appeared to have started after he met a TV has 90 in London. The | :12:27. | :12:31. | |
relationship was said to have been an abusive one. The doctor said in | :12:32. | :12:36. | |
his view, Ben had been suffdring from a major and significant | :12:37. | :12:40. | |
depressive illness, and post`traumatic stress disorder. The | :12:41. | :12:44. | |
TV personality has not been named at the inquest, and police say they | :12:45. | :12:47. | |
have decided not to intervidw the man. The experts said the f`ct | :12:48. | :12:53. | |
criminal offences were not involved, and coercion may not have | :12:54. | :12:57. | |
been on the agenda, does not that means that the events were not | :12:58. | :13:02. | |
traumatic for them. The inqtest continues. | :13:03. | :13:04. | |
In a moment, we'll have a sports round`up for you. | :13:05. | :13:10. | |
Also still ahead: Fears that a century`old River Tamar tradition | :13:11. | :13:13. | |
may die out. And, the fallen tree with a new | :13:14. | :13:15. | |
future. A new project has been launched to | :13:16. | :13:27. | |
help homeless hospital patidnts in Cornwall. A housing adviser from the | :13:28. | :13:31. | |
charity Shelter will be basdd at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro. | :13:32. | :13:34. | |
The project aims to find accommodation for those in need and | :13:35. | :13:37. | |
help to free up hospital beds. Cancer patient, David Hewitt, who | :13:38. | :13:40. | |
was recently left homeless, says the scheme has been a life`line. | :13:41. | :13:47. | |
They are going to take over the problem and see to it, hopefully, | :13:48. | :13:51. | |
all being well, that when I am gone, my wife and children, and hopefully | :13:52. | :14:00. | |
pets that is a big thing, whll be able to enjoy the accommodation I | :14:01. | :14:06. | |
have tried to answer them over the last 30 years and paid into a system | :14:07. | :14:09. | |
I have People with dementia and thdir | :14:10. | :14:15. | |
carers are receiving extra support, thanks to a dedicated team of | :14:16. | :14:18. | |
specialist nurses. The Admiral Nurses have been provided bx | :14:19. | :14:20. | |
Cornwall Care, and the charhty Dementia UK and, as Alison Johns | :14:21. | :14:24. | |
reports, more than 100 people have already been referred to thdm for | :14:25. | :14:25. | |
help. 78`year`old Pearl Driscoll hs living | :14:26. | :14:32. | |
with dementia. Her sisters say they first noticed signs of it about five | :14:33. | :14:35. | |
years ago. Today, they are looking at family photos to help Pe`rl | :14:36. | :14:41. | |
remember the past. She used to be a nurse, and lived an independent life | :14:42. | :14:45. | |
in Bodmin. But her family found it increasingly difficult to cope, as | :14:46. | :14:49. | |
the dementia got worse. We had an awful lot to contend with, really. | :14:50. | :14:56. | |
Medicals, doctors. Then, thd Lifeline people would ring ts up, | :14:57. | :15:00. | |
Pearl was not answering. Shd had pulled her bell. OK, we'll have to | :15:01. | :15:04. | |
run up, whatever. Really, wd just dealt with it as it came along, you | :15:05. | :15:08. | |
did the best you could. A carer told them about the new | :15:09. | :15:11. | |
Admiral Nurses. And Lorraind Butterworth started to help them. | :15:12. | :15:13. | |
There were more and more difficulties. She had a number of | :15:14. | :15:18. | |
falls, and was becoming mord disorientated within her own home, | :15:19. | :15:21. | |
couldn't find her way around her own home. So, I supported the f`mily, | :15:22. | :15:26. | |
really, through the best`interest decisions, and through the | :15:27. | :15:31. | |
transition into full`time c`re. The nurses help carers both emotionally | :15:32. | :15:33. | |
and practically, putting thdm in touch with the right authorhties. | :15:34. | :15:36. | |
And helping them to carry on communicating when just talking | :15:37. | :15:41. | |
becomes difficult. Don't ever be afraid to get hold of | :15:42. | :15:44. | |
an Admiral Nurse. Especiallx if you're on your own, definitdly. | :15:45. | :15:48. | |
Cornwall Care provided more than half the funding for the nurses and | :15:49. | :15:51. | |
Dementia UK raised ?60,000 to help families like Pearl's move forward. | :15:52. | :16:01. | |
There are fears that a tradhtional method of fishing on the | :16:02. | :16:05. | |
Devon`Cornwall border is under threat. Net fishing for sallon has | :16:06. | :16:09. | |
taken place on the River Talar for almost 100 years. Now, the handful | :16:10. | :16:15. | |
of men allowed to fish therd are concerned they'll be the last, | :16:16. | :16:18. | |
because of new laws making ht virtually impossible for thdir | :16:19. | :16:21. | |
licences to be passed on. John Danks has the story. | :16:22. | :16:28. | |
It is a way of life in the Tamar Valley. It was a fishing colmunity, | :16:29. | :16:42. | |
a salmon fishing community `t Saltash Ben. It is all gone now | :16:43. | :16:49. | |
These are the last of the ndt 's men. In 2004, they agreed to stop | :16:50. | :16:55. | |
fishing the ten years in a deal with the Environment Agency to allow | :16:56. | :16:59. | |
salmon stocks to recover. This year, they are allowed back, but they are | :17:00. | :17:02. | |
worried the tradition will die with them. I agreed to give up mx | :17:03. | :17:09. | |
license, on condition that ly grandson would carry on. I was quite | :17:10. | :17:18. | |
happy to do that. Eventuallx, at the end of the ten years, they said oh, | :17:19. | :17:27. | |
no, they will only allow fotr of us to go back. But, as the die off the | :17:28. | :17:33. | |
licences will not be issued. It will be the end to the fishery. The | :17:34. | :17:46. | |
Environment Agency says it sympathisers but will not issue new | :17:47. | :17:51. | |
licences due to the current state of salmon stock. We're not abld to pass | :17:52. | :17:56. | |
licences to family members. We have to advertise those licences to the | :17:57. | :18:04. | |
public and to other people who have fished here historically. Btt the | :18:05. | :18:07. | |
fishermen are passionate about saving the tradition. I just feel | :18:08. | :18:18. | |
that the powers that be havd heard the word, net, and frightendd we are | :18:19. | :18:24. | |
scooping all the fish out. The men are taking their cause to the | :18:25. | :18:27. | |
fisheries Minister George used as next month. `` Eustace. | :18:28. | :18:35. | |
Time for some sports news now. And Andy Birkett has visiting a school | :18:36. | :18:38. | |
in Plymouth, to see a very special world record attempt for Sport | :18:39. | :18:41. | |
Relief. Here we are in Coombe Dean School in | :18:42. | :18:45. | |
Plymouth. And taking part in sports relief today. Everyone has done a | :18:46. | :18:53. | |
fun run. And Matt Brewster has done something special. We will catch up | :18:54. | :19:00. | |
with him in a minute. First, these two are gearing up for a big year. | :19:01. | :19:06. | |
They compete all over the country. They are taking part in the World | :19:07. | :19:17. | |
Championships in the Netherlands. Grants BMX racing is on the up. | :19:18. | :19:24. | |
Sienna and her sister are in training for a big year ahe`d. | :19:25. | :19:29. | |
It is a big year for us bec`use it is harder to get top three, let | :19:30. | :19:33. | |
alone first. But it will be really good, hopefully, another ye`r of | :19:34. | :19:35. | |
really good, tough racing. Last year, you did really wdll, you | :19:36. | :19:39. | |
finished second in the country. Can you go one better this year? | :19:40. | :19:43. | |
Yes. The sisters compete in the National | :19:44. | :19:47. | |
Series, but living in the Pdnzance means a lot of travelling. | :19:48. | :19:54. | |
Last time, it was about a sdven`hour trip, for a few minutes' racing it | :19:55. | :19:58. | |
was 14 hours in the car. It is a fair bit of travelling but ht is | :19:59. | :20:07. | |
worth it to see your kids do well. Last year's World Championships | :20:08. | :20:10. | |
happened to be in New Zealand, but that would have broken the bank | :20:11. | :20:13. | |
altogether, luckily enough this year it is in Rotterdam, bit closer on | :20:14. | :20:15. | |
the ferry. And the girls cannot wait. | :20:16. | :20:18. | |
Really excited, and the fact you get one week of school as well! Are you | :20:19. | :20:25. | |
not worried you might get htrt? Not really. You have pads and stuff. | :20:26. | :20:32. | |
Does it bother you? No, it doesn't really bother me either. Thdre is | :20:33. | :20:37. | |
one question, who is the best rider? B. Me. Definitely me. No me. | :20:38. | :20:44. | |
You will have to have a racd to settle it. | :20:45. | :21:13. | |
And that was just for fun. Xou should see them in a serious race! | :21:14. | :21:22. | |
Somehow, I have been wrote hnto a couple of minutes of rowing. Matt | :21:23. | :21:27. | |
Brewster is looking for a ndw world record for the 100,000 metrds indoor | :21:28. | :21:37. | |
rowing. I have hit a wall on more than a few occasions over the last | :21:38. | :21:42. | |
seven hours. It feels never ending. I am wondering why I entered into | :21:43. | :21:49. | |
this. I know because if corruption macro it is for a good causd. `` I | :21:50. | :21:59. | |
know it is for a good cause. You have a lot of support here. Great | :22:00. | :22:04. | |
support all round from the people in Coombe Dean. We wish you all the | :22:05. | :22:08. | |
best for your world record `ttempt. And for everyone doing their bit | :22:09. | :22:13. | |
this weekend. Good luck to everyone. I met a few | :22:14. | :22:18. | |
people at my local gym doing their bit. I wished them well. | :22:19. | :22:20. | |
Earlier in the programme, wd saw how this winter's storms have affected | :22:21. | :22:28. | |
the South West. As a result of the extreme weather, one of Devon's | :22:29. | :22:31. | |
finest country houses has a new attraction. The severe gales a few | :22:32. | :22:34. | |
weeks ago uprooted a huge tree at Knightshayes Court, near Tiverton, | :22:35. | :22:37. | |
leaving an enormous hole in the ground. John Henderson's bedn for a | :22:38. | :22:45. | |
poke around. It is a common enough site following | :22:46. | :22:49. | |
the seemingly endless round of winter storms. 30 metre treds batted | :22:50. | :22:55. | |
to the ground. The last in ` group of four trees recently came crashing | :22:56. | :22:59. | |
down at Knightshayes Court. It looks dramatic, and there is more. What do | :23:00. | :23:09. | |
we call this? It is a big w`ll. This is one of the route plates, 20 feet | :23:10. | :23:22. | |
wide. These are turkey Oaks, 15 years old. Three of them cale down | :23:23. | :23:26. | |
last year. This one most recently came down a few weeks ago. The | :23:27. | :23:32. | |
National Trust is keen for people to come and explore this which might | :23:33. | :23:37. | |
come in time, form part of `n adventure play area. This is a | :23:38. | :23:41. | |
lovely space, we don't want to lose it. A great place for peopld to come | :23:42. | :23:45. | |
and see the magnitude of thdse trees. We are looking to kedp this. | :23:46. | :23:52. | |
We will obviously make it s`fe. We encourage people to come and look at | :23:53. | :23:56. | |
these sites, it is an amazing landscape. The recent storms have | :23:57. | :24:02. | |
brought down more trees than ever, and here, at least 400 in the past | :24:03. | :24:08. | |
three years. Thousands more are being replanted. Whilst it lay look | :24:09. | :24:13. | |
dramatic, there is no panic. We manage things very practically. | :24:14. | :24:19. | |
There is no real cause for `larm. It is a cycle that happens. So some | :24:20. | :24:22. | |
elderly giants may have been laid low, but plenty more of these are | :24:23. | :24:24. | |
still going strong. Time now for the weather. | :24:25. | :24:36. | |
Winter is on its way back? Not quite winter but it is colder. | :24:37. | :24:42. | |
It is not unusual to see a cold snap in March. We haven't seen mtch frost | :24:43. | :24:47. | |
so far this year. A noticeable frost on Saturday night, quite a deep | :24:48. | :24:52. | |
frost on Sunday night, ten touches as low as `3. Probably not tonight, | :24:53. | :24:58. | |
there is a breeze. The weekdnd forecast is pretty much one of cold | :24:59. | :25:02. | |
and breezy conditions, with showers, a bit of sunshine, the risk of | :25:03. | :25:06. | |
overnight frost. This lump of cloud is the one we are watching | :25:07. | :25:13. | |
carefully. A line of showers coming through the Irish Sea giving an hour | :25:14. | :25:16. | |
of persistent rain as it swdeps through. Behind it, another will | :25:17. | :25:21. | |
follow. Heavy showers through the night. Saturday, generally, much | :25:22. | :25:26. | |
more unsettled. This morning we had sunshine, tomorrow morning, showers | :25:27. | :25:34. | |
will be there at the start. Sunday, high`pressure topples in. Clear | :25:35. | :25:37. | |
skies on Sunday night will give the risk of a frost. Showers have been | :25:38. | :25:43. | |
quite frequent in the last hour A line of showers from the far West | :25:44. | :25:48. | |
which is approaching the west coast of Cornwall, gradually pullhng in a | :25:49. | :25:53. | |
hefty downpour of rain later this evening. This was earlier today In | :25:54. | :26:02. | |
the sunshine. Actually a lovely day. The breeze has been nicely. For most | :26:03. | :26:09. | |
of us, with a bit of shelter and sunshine, it wasn't a bad start | :26:10. | :26:14. | |
Blue sky, replaced by big clouds which developed in the mornhng to | :26:15. | :26:18. | |
give heavy showers in the afternoon. The view from this part of Cornwall. | :26:19. | :26:25. | |
showers will rapidly follow. The showers will rapidly follow. The | :26:26. | :26:30. | |
activity will fade in littld but still the risk of showers through to | :26:31. | :26:33. | |
dawn tomorrow morning. Overnight textures, probably three Celsius. `` | :26:34. | :26:42. | |
temperatures. Some of the showers tomorrow morning, particularly over | :26:43. | :26:47. | |
Dartmoor and higher ground, could give snow. For the rest of ts, | :26:48. | :26:52. | |
showery rain, occasionally hailed, eight degrees top temperature `` | :26:53. | :26:59. | |
hail. Of the Isles of Scillx, breezy and cold. Showers will alwaxs be | :27:00. | :27:04. | |
close by. Here are the times of high water. | :27:05. | :27:13. | |
For our surfers, the waves `re likely to be pretty big, but will be | :27:14. | :27:22. | |
messy. Here is the coastal waters forecast. It is a better dax on | :27:23. | :27:30. | |
Sunday. Especially through the afternoon. More rain later on | :27:31. | :27:31. | |
Monday. Have a nice weekend. That's all from us. Join us again | :27:32. | :27:38. | |
during the Ten O'Clock News. Goodbye. | :27:39. | :27:41. |