:00:00. > :00:00.perhaps 48 hours of drier weather for many of us. But between now and
:00:00. > :00:09.Welcome to BBC Points West with Alex Lovell and David Garmston. Our main
:00:10. > :00:13.story tonight: The West under water. Parts of Somerset remain cut off,
:00:14. > :00:16.and the bad weather isn't over yet. People living in one village say
:00:17. > :00:27.they've been left to stew in their own flood water. What can we learn
:00:28. > :00:37.from the last few days? They are hoping to build 700 homes on this
:00:38. > :00:41.site. The other stories making the news
:00:42. > :00:44.tonight: The police officer under investigation after an angry
:00:45. > :00:47.exchange at the scene of an accident.
:00:48. > :00:52.Back enjoying life ` how doctors saved this man by cooling his brain
:00:53. > :00:55.after his heart stopped. And Walking with the Wounded ` we
:00:56. > :01:03.meet two of the heroes who trekked to the South Pole.
:01:04. > :01:10.An extra ?250,000 has been pledged tonight to help those hit by the
:01:11. > :01:13.floods in Somerset. The money has been put up by the County Council.
:01:14. > :01:17.The cash comes as the Government says it will spend more on flood
:01:18. > :01:20.defences. But there's growing anger on the Somerset Levels as people
:01:21. > :01:24.living there face weeks being marooned by the flood waters. Today,
:01:25. > :01:28.our Somerset correspondent Clinton Rogers went into the village of
:01:29. > :01:34.Muchelney by boat to see how the community of 200 is coping.
:01:35. > :01:39.Every road into Muchelney is underwater. The depth here about
:01:40. > :01:46.four feet. For now, this remains the only way in and out of the village.
:01:47. > :01:48.These pictures, taken from a Yeovilton naval helicopter,
:01:49. > :01:53.dramatically illustrate the plight facing Muchelney. Completely cut
:01:54. > :02:05.off, surrounded by thousands of acres of water. We should be
:02:06. > :02:09.protecting us! I'm not happy, I m very angry. But it's on the ground
:02:10. > :02:12.that you get a true sense of the anger here. Peter Nightingale's
:02:13. > :02:16.frustration is boiling over. And when he and his wife, both retired
:02:17. > :02:22.doctors, took me to their home a mile up the road... First by
:02:23. > :02:31.tractor, then by boat... It was easy to see why. It is deeper than last
:02:32. > :02:35.year. They haven't even finished repairing the house from last year's
:02:36. > :02:42.flood. They called that a one in 100 year event. So what they ask is
:02:43. > :02:50.this. Ask most people in Muchelney and they point the finger of blame
:02:51. > :02:54.at the Environment Agency. We have been pushing for dredging to be
:02:55. > :02:57.done, and they won't do it. They say it will not make a difference. Of
:02:58. > :03:01.course it will. Views shared by this couple who this morning left their
:03:02. > :03:07.flooded home by canoe to visit friends for a cup of tea and a
:03:08. > :03:11.shoulder to cry on. The frustration is that this is fixable. At least
:03:12. > :03:15.the village isn't short of essential supplies for now. The local church
:03:16. > :03:21.is acting as a food store. Most of this was brought in by boat
:03:22. > :03:24.yesterday. She has a heart problem. And this man's wife was having
:03:25. > :03:33.essential medicines delivered this afternoon. But this isn't going away
:03:34. > :03:42.anytime soon. So, how do people get to work or school? My mum has been
:03:43. > :03:49.setting the work to do at home, and I have books that I can revise with.
:03:50. > :03:53.It is not a day off, exactly? No! So with all that to contend with, the
:03:54. > :03:59.arrival of a national newspaper with a water`bound publicity stunt was
:04:00. > :04:05.met with some anger. They are taking The Met! This is not a zoo! I am
:04:06. > :04:15.disgusted. That's all I can say Beauty in a boat, they said, was the
:04:16. > :04:18.last thing they needed. Well, as we heard from those
:04:19. > :04:21.stranded in Muchleney, many living there and across the Somerset Levels
:04:22. > :04:26.blame the Environment Agency for not maintaining the rivers. But the
:04:27. > :04:31.Agency argue it's not value for money. An average flood defence
:04:32. > :04:36.costs ?6 million and protects 1 000 properties. Dredging the River
:04:37. > :04:41.Parrett would cost ?1 million but protect far less. Fiona Lamdin has
:04:42. > :04:51.been looking at the arguments. The West under water ` again. Good
:04:52. > :04:56.evening, people on the Somerset levels have had to leave their home.
:04:57. > :05:02.The water is too deep to get a tractor through. It is making life
:05:03. > :05:05.very difficult for everybody. There is a feeling among many here on the
:05:06. > :05:09.Somerset Levels that they're being let down and left to deal with an
:05:10. > :05:13.expensive recurring problem. This weekend did bring rain ` a lot of
:05:14. > :05:17.rain ` on already sodden land, but many here don't feel it's just the
:05:18. > :05:21.weather that's to blame. This has become an annual event and something
:05:22. > :05:29.must be done. They have to dredge River Parrett. `` the River Parrett.
:05:30. > :05:36.It is a problem. It has to be dredged and we have to stop this.
:05:37. > :05:40.For decades, farmers have argued that the neglect of the waterways is
:05:41. > :05:43.the cause of the flooding. But The Environment Agency says that
:05:44. > :05:46.dredging several miles of river in order to protect a relatively small
:05:47. > :05:51.number of homes and businesses just doesn't make financial sense. The
:05:52. > :05:57.challenge for us is how we best use our funding. The river water floods
:05:58. > :06:03.the field and threaten some properties, and one of the solutions
:06:04. > :06:08.to that is to dredge parts of the River Parrett, but that will cost
:06:09. > :06:11.upwards of ?4 million, and we have to justify funding that. The
:06:12. > :06:14.Environment Agency has started a pilot, dredging project on the
:06:15. > :06:19.Levels, but now there is political pressure to do more. Will he pushed
:06:20. > :06:23.very hard with the Environment Agency to push ahead with the plans
:06:24. > :06:31.to clear the waterways and the Marines, and particularly, to dredge
:06:32. > :06:36.the rivers, because we have not got the capacity to get back water away.
:06:37. > :06:39.Together, we have come up with a number of schemes which are being
:06:40. > :06:45.piloted which are allowing local farmers and landowners to clear
:06:46. > :06:48.their own waterways. They will be supervised by the Environment
:06:49. > :06:52.Agency, but if that work is to go ahead and be meaningful, there has
:06:53. > :06:58.to be proper work dredging rivers, and we will work with the
:06:59. > :07:04.Environment Agency to achieve that. There's pressure on the council also
:07:05. > :07:07.to build more properties. Here, we are at the sight of the former
:07:08. > :07:16.chocolate factory, which has been earmarked for a massive development.
:07:17. > :07:21.But as you can see, it is exceptionally close to this flood
:07:22. > :07:26.plain, and just a couple of weeks of rain, and it has turned into a lake.
:07:27. > :07:30.There's been rain in Wellington every day since December 12th. Ten
:07:31. > :07:34.inches of water in 26 days. The cost of dredging has been put at around
:07:35. > :07:47.?4 million ` the value of lost business from one weekend will
:07:48. > :07:50.probably be about the same. I know a lot of you will be looking out for
:07:51. > :07:52.the weather forecast, which is coming out later.
:07:53. > :07:55.And if you're interested in how we got those shots from air of
:07:56. > :07:59.Muchelney, we'll be revealing all at the end of the programme.
:08:00. > :08:02.A police officer, who was filmed apparently threatening to make an
:08:03. > :08:07.amateur photographer's day a "living hell" is being investigated. In a
:08:08. > :08:09.video posted on YouTube, the unidentified officer is heard
:08:10. > :08:14.telling the man, "You're lucky I didn't knock you out," before
:08:15. > :08:18.threatening arrest. The man had been taking photographs of a road in
:08:19. > :08:23.Gloucester following an accident. Laura Jones reports.
:08:24. > :08:26.It was here on a street in Churchdown back on the 19th of
:08:27. > :08:29.November last year that this all happened. A man, who is believed to
:08:30. > :08:32.be an amateur photographer, had been taking photographs of the aftermath
:08:33. > :08:36.of a road accident. He was approached by a police officer who
:08:37. > :08:47.asked him to stop, at which point the man started secretly filming the
:08:48. > :08:51.conversation. You're not having your camera back until you show me your
:08:52. > :08:54.press pass. We can't verify how this was filmed or if this is an accurate
:08:55. > :08:58.representation of exactly what went on. We don't know who the officer
:08:59. > :09:00.is, but he appears to want to confiscate the photographer's camera
:09:01. > :09:04.and delete any inappropriate images. As the conversation becomes more
:09:05. > :09:11.heated, the officer can be heard to say the photographer is lucky that
:09:12. > :09:21.he hadn't knocked him out. You're lucky I didn't knock you out..
:09:22. > :09:27.Seriously. You should be calm. I never swore at you.
:09:28. > :09:38.I'm swearing at you, because I got your attention. The behaviour that I
:09:39. > :09:41.saw appears to be far below the standard I expect, and I immediately
:09:42. > :09:46.spoke to the Chief Constable and expressed that to her. I have asked
:09:47. > :09:49.her to treated with the upmost urgency in seriousness, and I want
:09:50. > :09:53.to start rebuilding trust. I don't think this is typical of officers,
:09:54. > :09:59.and I want to get that across to the public on this matter behind us
:10:00. > :10:02.No`one from Gloucestershire Police was available to be interviewed
:10:03. > :10:05.today, but in a statement, they said that: "All police officers take an
:10:06. > :10:09.oath to serve the public with respect to all people. Any officer
:10:10. > :10:12.found to breach this oath ` or any allegations or complaints made about
:10:13. > :10:15.officers ` are thoroughly and robustly investigated." So what are
:10:16. > :10:19.the rules concerning filming in a public place? According to the
:10:20. > :10:21.Association of Chief Police Officers, there are no powers
:10:22. > :10:23.prohibiting the taking of photographs in a public place.
:10:24. > :10:25.Officers, there are no powers prohibiting They say that officers
:10:26. > :10:29.must acknowledge that citizen journalism is a feature of modern
:10:30. > :10:32.life, and that once an image has been recorded, the police have no
:10:33. > :10:34.power to delete it without a court order A investigation is now being
:10:35. > :10:54.carried out looking at This is Tuesday's Points West with
:10:55. > :10:58.David and Alex. Happy New Year! Ian will be here a little later with our
:10:59. > :11:01.weather forecast. And still to come on the programme this evening: why
:11:02. > :11:06.we're hoping for a starry, starry night.
:11:07. > :11:15.So far, it is cloudy, with just the moon above us. Angus crossed for
:11:16. > :11:17.Stargazing Live in Somerset. An appeal's started into
:11:18. > :11:21.controversial plans to build a wind farm on land in Somerset. The plan
:11:22. > :11:24.for four turbines alongside the A38 at Rooksbridge near Burnham`on`Sea
:11:25. > :11:28.was turned down by the District Council, which ruled they would be
:11:29. > :11:31.out of place on the Somerset Levels. The turbines would be 130 metres
:11:32. > :11:34.high if built, as tall as nearby Brent Knoll. The Local Government
:11:35. > :11:49.Secretary will make the final decision.
:11:50. > :11:53.A writer from Bristol who was short listed for a major book prize won
:11:54. > :11:57.last night. Nathan Filer, who was featured on BBC Points West last
:11:58. > :12:00.week, has won the Costa First Novel award for his book The Shock of the
:12:01. > :12:03.Fall. Congratulations to him! Hospitals here in the West have
:12:04. > :12:06.developed a new way of treating patients who've had a cardiac
:12:07. > :12:09.arrest, giving them a 50% better chance of survival. The Bristol
:12:10. > :12:11.Heart Institute has been trialling a new way of treating patients
:12:12. > :12:14.undergoing emergency heart procedures by cooling their brains.
:12:15. > :12:18.Our Health Correspondent Matthew Hill has been to meet one survivor.
:12:19. > :12:21.Ian Taylor is still enjoying walking in the Gloucestershire countryside,
:12:22. > :12:25.even though he very nearly died here three years ago. He was out walking
:12:26. > :12:31.with his wife Cathy and their friend when they decided to stop for a pub
:12:32. > :12:38.lunch. We came and sat at this very same picnic table, and that is the
:12:39. > :12:43.last I know for several days. I had had a cardiac arrest. The next
:12:44. > :12:49.minute, you got him out and on the grass. Anne is a retired nurse, and
:12:50. > :12:53.recognised what had happened. Something in my brain, the training,
:12:54. > :13:01.just clicks, and you do what is necessary. If it had happened on the
:13:02. > :13:06.walk to the pub, or afterwards when we were walking back to the
:13:07. > :13:09.cottage... He just timed it right! Of the 60,000 people each year in
:13:10. > :13:16.the UK that have a cardiac arrest outside of hospital, only 10% `
:13:17. > :13:19.that's 6,000 ` will survive. That's why the Bristol Heart Institute is
:13:20. > :13:26.carrying out research to try to improve that. So what's the new
:13:27. > :13:29.procedure? Well, patients like Ian are given an immediate angioplasty
:13:30. > :13:34.to clear any blockage in their artery. And they're also put in
:13:35. > :13:39.these special cooling tents in intensive care to bring their body
:13:40. > :13:43.temperature down. We know that patients shouldn't be allowed to get
:13:44. > :13:51.too warm, and that a degree of cooling is important for the
:13:52. > :13:54.long`term outcome. That can begin with the Ambulance Service, so
:13:55. > :13:57.working with them will allow people to cool slightly and give them some
:13:58. > :14:00.cool fluid into their veins. Sometimes it is available, ice
:14:01. > :14:04.packs, or a bag of frozen peas, and we can use that to start to bring
:14:05. > :14:07.the temperature down. Since they changed their way of working, their
:14:08. > :14:09.survival rates have improved dramatically. Of those patients with
:14:10. > :14:13.out`of`hospital cardiac arrests there used to be 40 out of 100
:14:14. > :14:18.patients surviving. These days, it's 60. That's a 50% improvement. If
:14:19. > :14:21.you're going to have a problem, I can strongly recommend there is one
:14:22. > :14:27.place where you have it, and it s the Bristol Heart Institute, because
:14:28. > :14:32.I cannot fault... We can't fault the treatment and the care I received.
:14:33. > :14:38.In the circumstances, you know, it was truly fantastic. So over the
:14:39. > :14:42.past two years it's estimated there are around 40 patients like Ian
:14:43. > :14:45.whose lives have been saved because of this new way of working. And
:14:46. > :14:52.already many other hospitals are beginning to copy this model of
:14:53. > :14:55.treatment. A Wiltshire school teacher's been
:14:56. > :14:58.given a lesson on life behind bars today. It's kick`started an
:14:59. > :15:01.initiative which should help give better support to children whose
:15:02. > :15:03.parents are in prison. Scott Ellis reports.
:15:04. > :15:07.There is a worrying link between parents in the prison yard and their
:15:08. > :15:09.children in the playground. According to the Ministry of
:15:10. > :15:16.Justice, 200,000 children in England and Wales have a parent in prison.
:15:17. > :15:21.Two thirds of boys with a mother or father behind bars are likely to
:15:22. > :15:26.become offenders themselves. Extend your arms. Thank you. That's why a
:15:27. > :15:29.teaching assistant made a prison visit to Erlestoke today. Sarah
:15:30. > :15:32.Beveridge from nearby Dilton Marsh Primary, getting an insight into
:15:33. > :15:38.what children go through on family visits. So, back at school, she can
:15:39. > :15:43.help if there are children with parents on the inside. They would be
:15:44. > :15:47.able to, you know, approach me knowing it was confidential, and I
:15:48. > :15:50.would be able to give them advice if they needed it, or perhaps they
:15:51. > :15:57.would just like someone to know within the school, because there is
:15:58. > :16:02.this stigma attached. Schools aren't informed if a pupil's parents are in
:16:03. > :16:07.prison. The only indication maybe disruptive behaviour and poor
:16:08. > :16:11.learning. Every child needs a role model, and if a father or mother are
:16:12. > :16:15.in custody, then sometimes there is a role model that is missing. It can
:16:16. > :16:20.have an impact on their education and achievement and behaviour in
:16:21. > :16:22.school. The prison governor also hopes the scheme will bolster
:16:23. > :16:27.relationships inmates and families, seen as being vital in reducing
:16:28. > :16:30.reoffending. First and foremost though, it's about supporting
:16:31. > :16:35.children. Well, hopefully, every school across the country will have
:16:36. > :16:38.a Sarah. They will all have a prison champion, because that is someone
:16:39. > :16:44.that the parents and children can go to for support. This link`up between
:16:45. > :16:47.school and prison is the first of its kind in England. It's been
:16:48. > :17:02.promoted by Barnardo's ` who hope it'll break stop the cycle of crime
:17:03. > :17:05.from one generation to the next Bristol Rugby have signed former
:17:06. > :17:08.Wales international and British Irish Lion Dwayne Peel. The
:17:09. > :17:11.scrum`half has spent the last six years at Premiership side Sale and
:17:12. > :17:15.will arrive in the summer on a two year deal. He'll be joined by Bath
:17:16. > :17:23.prop and Samoa international Anthony Perenise, who will also join the
:17:24. > :17:29.club at the end of the season. Steve Cotterill has completed his
:17:30. > :17:37.first signing at Bristol. This defender has agreed a deal after
:17:38. > :17:46.being on loan at the club. City are also close to signing Tyrone
:17:47. > :17:49.Barnett. Now, just before Christmas, Prince
:17:50. > :17:53.Harry and a team of four injured servicemen and women completed a
:17:54. > :17:56.200`mile trek to the South Pole The point of the expedition was to prove
:17:57. > :17:59.that injured personnel can still achieve great things. They also
:18:00. > :18:02.managed to raise thousands of pounds for the charity Walking with the
:18:03. > :18:05.Wounded. Two of the team members are with us tonight. Guy Disney who s
:18:06. > :18:09.from the Cotswolds, and Kate Philp who's based at Bulford. Thank you
:18:10. > :18:14.both for coming by. We have followed you all the way. It is good to have
:18:15. > :18:19.you back. I you glad you did it I'm really glad I did it. It is the
:18:20. > :18:24.hardest thing I have ever done. Did you need convincing, or was it
:18:25. > :18:29.something he wanted to do as part of your rehabilitation? No, it was
:18:30. > :18:36.totally my idea, and a personal thing. Having had surgery, I wanted
:18:37. > :18:41.to focus on ago and work towards it, and the more I got involved with the
:18:42. > :18:47.charity, the more I wanted to do it. Tell us about your injuries and how
:18:48. > :18:53.you coped. I was injured in Afghanistan in 2009, where my leg
:18:54. > :19:01.was blown off below the knee. We both had to have as their tics made
:19:02. > :19:10.for the expedition, `` prosthetics made. The coldest day was `45
:19:11. > :19:19.degrees, and we worried about the fixtures on the lyrics coming
:19:20. > :19:23.apart. `` prosthetics coming apart. It was a lot about fitness and
:19:24. > :19:28.plodding on. That is at it, isn t it, there is only so much you can do
:19:29. > :19:32.in terms of preparation. That is pretty thorough, but there are also
:19:33. > :19:38.things that you can't expect. You were saying that you are challenged
:19:39. > :19:44.with your breathing. Yes, absolutely, but you can `` you can
:19:45. > :19:50.test the individual features, but you never know how things like
:19:51. > :19:54.altitude will affect you. I've been to altitude before, and I have been
:19:55. > :19:59.absolutely fine, but again, that's the thing. You can be fined
:20:00. > :20:04.sometimes and not the next. Reading was hard and appetites were
:20:05. > :20:10.affected. We were burning so many calories per day, you were
:20:11. > :20:29.exhausting yourself. Prince Harry was there too, and you had song
:20:30. > :20:34.together didn't you? THEY SING. What did that support mean to you?
:20:35. > :20:38.It's great, we got so much more exposure, but he's a really great
:20:39. > :20:48.guy. He was a valued member of the team and really good fun. I guess
:20:49. > :20:52.you know, 99% of us couldn't even think about doing this, but what
:20:53. > :20:58.does it prove yourselves? It's funny, I took a lot of time to
:20:59. > :21:04.reflect while I was out there, and, yes, I'll be honest, there was a lot
:21:05. > :21:10.of time when I wasn't enjoying it, but overall, it was the biggest and
:21:11. > :21:15.hardest challenge I have ever done, and I'm delighted to have done it.
:21:16. > :21:21.Looking back, my real achievement came before we went, because I had
:21:22. > :21:25.spent a good few months training really hard and actually achieved
:21:26. > :21:34.levels of fitness but I hadn't sent injury, `` since my injury, so it
:21:35. > :21:43.was really worthwhile. Look, that will keep you warm! In Clifton, it
:21:44. > :21:49.is pretty tough! Thank you very much indeed.
:21:50. > :21:52.Stargazing Live returns to our screens this evening. The programme
:21:53. > :21:56.runs for three nights on BBC Two, but away from the television, there
:21:57. > :21:59.are a number of events taking place where you can get out and look
:22:00. > :22:03.through a telescope yourself. One of them has been organised by a new
:22:04. > :22:06.club right next to Wells Cathedral and our reporter Matthew Pick is
:22:07. > :22:13.there. Matt, are the skies finally clear to be able to see anything?
:22:14. > :22:22.I can see the moon. It is a bit blurry, I'm afraid to say. Is this a
:22:23. > :22:31.good telescope? Yes, it is possible in perfect conditions to beat a car
:22:32. > :22:38.number plate at seven miles, ! That is impressive! Who else have we
:22:39. > :22:42.got? Chris, you are from the astronomy club. You must be thrilled
:22:43. > :22:49.about the people who have turned up tonight? Absolutely, yes. We are
:22:50. > :22:56.very encouraged. We are a new group and we have had a big following so
:22:57. > :23:04.far. We have had a lot of enthusiasm from people of all ages. What is
:23:05. > :23:09.this about, do you think? It is the beauty and mystery of the cosmos,
:23:10. > :23:17.which affects all of us. We also want to discover the origins and, of
:23:18. > :23:20.course, space is the new frontier. It is currently one of the
:23:21. > :23:30.fastest`growing areas of the global economy, and... It is big news! I've
:23:31. > :23:37.got to ``! Thank you, Chris. We haven't got much time. Peter is an
:23:38. > :23:43.astral photographer, which means you take photographs and we have an
:23:44. > :23:48.exhibition of yours inside. Is a difficult? To take photographs like
:23:49. > :23:54.you see in the exhibition, yes, it is quite a steep learning curve to
:23:55. > :23:59.get to that level. But for imaging the moon and planets, it is possible
:24:00. > :24:04.to start on a reasonable budget You don't have to pay thousands of
:24:05. > :24:10.pounds. That is good news! We want people out there to get involved. If
:24:11. > :24:15.you're watching tonight, e`mail us in your photographs and we will put
:24:16. > :24:22.them on our Facebook page and show some tomorrow night as well. That is
:24:23. > :24:28.about it from Wales. Ian, is the weather going to
:24:29. > :24:37.it's going to be somewhere in between, actually. For the second
:24:38. > :24:41.half of tonight, I suspect a lot of you will be seeing some clear skies
:24:42. > :24:47.if you're prepared to stay up late. It will be a different story
:24:48. > :24:55.tomorrow, and the reason for that is because it will be replaced with
:24:56. > :24:59.wetter conditions, and that reason is further issues with localised
:25:00. > :25:04.flooding. If you watch the south, you will see this cluster of rain
:25:05. > :25:08.pushing up perhaps through parts of Dorset and maybe South East
:25:09. > :25:14.Somerset. More likely South Wiltshire, and then it will clear
:25:15. > :25:18.way. This low`pressure system will head up towards the West, which will
:25:19. > :25:21.bring some were widespread rain as we head put into tomorrow. That is
:25:22. > :25:26.more of the future of concern in terms of the issues of localised
:25:27. > :25:32.flooding. You can see the cheese rectory of the rain and see that
:25:33. > :25:36.that clears away by midnight. Clear skies for many accused too much of
:25:37. > :25:41.the night, and see head towards daybreak tomorrow, it should be
:25:42. > :25:46.decent. Temperatures around five or seven Celsius. A decent morning
:25:47. > :25:53.tomorrow, as I mentioned, and one of two showers with a slight
:25:54. > :25:57.north`westerly breeze. The clouds will increase and in time, that will
:25:58. > :26:05.bring outbreaks of rain which will be fragmentary. Ten to 15
:26:06. > :26:11.millimetres of rain around, which may cause some problems. We do have
:26:12. > :26:13.Met Office warnings out. Do you temperatures, for what they are
:26:14. > :26:27.worth. Thank you, Ian!
:26:28. > :26:30.Now a little earlier in the programme we showed you some amazing
:26:31. > :26:33.pictures of the flooding in Somerset. They were filmed from a
:26:34. > :26:36.Royal Navy helicopter from RNAS Yeovilton, flown by a pilot who s
:26:37. > :26:39.been watching the Levels from the air for the last ten years.
:26:40. > :26:42.Flying over here, this is quite shocking. We're used to seeing what,
:26:43. > :26:47.but never to this extent. The speed of the build`up has been another
:26:48. > :26:57.shocking element of it. Many of the local communities have been cut
:26:58. > :27:04.off, like nuclear field, they were having to use our airfield as a
:27:05. > :27:09.transit is. `` transit route. We have one area fully cut`off year
:27:10. > :27:17.below me know. The scale is enormous. All the way from your
:27:18. > :27:22.fault into Taunton, it looks like a leak of water. It has cut off many
:27:23. > :27:27.of the villages in the local area. As we fly around, it is quite
:27:28. > :27:31.shocking. It is quite helpless, it looks like, for many of the people
:27:32. > :27:36.there. We hope the water will drain away soon.
:27:37. > :27:41.We do hope that, and there is lots more of that footage on our Facebook
:27:42. > :27:43.page. Don't forget Stargazing Live tonight. We will see later good
:27:44. > :27:47.night.