:00:00. > :00:00.colder. It could be short lived That is all from the BBC's
:00:00. > :00:12.Welcome to BBC Points krn West. Our main story: Are the Government
:00:13. > :00:18.making shallow promises? As the water is pumped off the Somerset
:00:19. > :00:22.levels, the Environment Security lands on sticky ground. We're
:00:23. > :00:25.flooded yet again, he comes down, we get a few more pumps and apparently
:00:26. > :00:29.everything is going to change. I hope it does change, because no`one
:00:30. > :00:31.can go through this again. It's wrong. It's wrong. Ask what's being
:00:32. > :00:47.done to stop this happening again. Also tonight, a year after the death
:00:48. > :00:51.of a Bristol couple, by a repeat offender, calls for tougher
:00:52. > :00:56.sentences for dangerous drivers The dangers of travelling abroad, to get
:00:57. > :01:00.treated for lyme disease. And the mild weather affecting our
:01:01. > :01:06.wildlife, harvest mice born in January.
:01:07. > :01:13.Good evening, flood victims in Somerset have been promised by the
:01:14. > :01:17.Environment Security that action will be taken within six weeks. Owen
:01:18. > :01:21.Paterson's been in the county seeing the relief operation. Many see at
:01:22. > :01:25.parent lack of action as another blow. Local people say they're used
:01:26. > :01:29.to empty promises and they'll believe it when they see. It the
:01:30. > :01:33.leader of the County Council said he was disappointed the minister didn't
:01:34. > :01:35.come with money. And the euro MP, Graham watt wavment OK Shane Watson,
:01:36. > :01:48.Clinton Rogers, Winstone, said he was angered `` and the euro MP,
:01:49. > :01:51.Graham Watson, said he was angered. They were preept for the Environment
:01:52. > :01:55.Security this morning. `` prepared for the Environment
:01:56. > :02:03.Security this morning. The roadside placards were a clue.
:02:04. > :02:08.Why have you started doing this now? That's it, ignore the people. And
:02:09. > :02:12.when he arrived on the flooded village of Moorland, he would have
:02:13. > :02:16.been left in no doubt about the strength of the anger herement We
:02:17. > :02:21.were flooded last year, where was he last year? What happened then? A
:02:22. > :02:26.year on, again disaster strikes We're flooded yet again. This is
:02:27. > :02:31.where the minister had come to see for himself the scale of the
:02:32. > :02:38.flooding. Just one of the pumping stations operating day and night to
:02:39. > :02:43.clear water from 65 square miles of flooded farmland. Three weeks on,
:02:44. > :02:48.the water is still hardly receding. In fact, last week, more houses
:02:49. > :02:53.succumbed to the water. The victims were keen to know whether the
:02:54. > :02:58.Secretary of State had come with an answer preferably money to help
:02:59. > :03:02.them. A week ago, I was in a house with a grown man who cried in front
:03:03. > :03:06.of me, because his house was under a foot of water. Do you think anything
:03:07. > :03:10.you've said today is going to reassure him that you are actually
:03:11. > :03:14.going to do something fast? I've many just said, I totally
:03:15. > :03:18.appreciate... Are you going to do anything fast? To answer your
:03:19. > :03:22.question directly, I have asked all the interested parties to give a
:03:23. > :03:25.concrete plan in six weeks to provide satisfaction over the next
:03:26. > :03:30.20 years. That may well involved dredging the two main rivers. It
:03:31. > :03:36.will involve clear, long`term plans to hold water back long`term. 9 % of
:03:37. > :03:41.James Winstone's farm is under water, has been for weeks. So was he
:03:42. > :03:46.encouraged today? It's a step in the right direction. It's a positive
:03:47. > :03:49.note. We're still going to be actively pushing until we actually
:03:50. > :03:56.see the diggers and everything going on with the dredging. While the
:03:57. > :04:01.minister casts an eye over the historic diesel pumps working flat
:04:02. > :04:05.out to clear the floot waters `` floodwaters, in a barn round the
:04:06. > :04:08.corner, the future of farming was making an appearance. The question
:04:09. > :04:16.is: What sort of future will that be?
:04:17. > :04:20.The problems may be on the ground, but the full extent of the damage
:04:21. > :04:23.can be better understood from the air. John Kay has been in a
:04:24. > :04:29.helicopter today to get a full picture of what's going on.
:04:30. > :04:36.When you look out over the whole area and see how much of it has been
:04:37. > :04:42.flooded, it really is an astonishing sight. There's the island community,
:04:43. > :04:47.and when you see it from the air, you realise just how cut off it is,
:04:48. > :04:56.with little boats having to take people backwards and forwards. We've
:04:57. > :05:04.seen homes entirely cut off as well, island communities in their own
:05:05. > :05:09.right. Thousands of acres of farmland utterly submerged. How long
:05:10. > :05:17.is it going to be before this land can be used productively again? The
:05:18. > :05:22.flood water just goes on and on mile after mile. You lose a sense of
:05:23. > :05:29.perspective really about what is a river, what is a field, almost where
:05:30. > :05:37.does the coast begin. It's a very strange sensation seeing this part
:05:38. > :05:41.of this county from the air. There are actually more helicopter
:05:42. > :05:45.shots on our Facebook page as well. We move on to other news. A
:05:46. > :05:49.three`year`old boy has died after being knocked down in the street in
:05:50. > :05:54.Bristol. The accident happened in Bedminster and involved a Land Rover
:05:55. > :05:58.with a trailer. The boy was taken to Bristol children's Hospital but
:05:59. > :06:03.doctors were unable to save him It was around 10. 15am when the
:06:04. > :06:06.accident happened, close to the junction of two busy Bedminster
:06:07. > :06:13.streets. Officers are still investigating how a portable cabin,
:06:14. > :06:15.being towed on a trailer by a 4x4, became detached hitting the
:06:16. > :06:18.youngster, who was on the pavement. He was rushed to Bristol children's
:06:19. > :06:23.hospital with serious injuries, but died shortly after. This evening,
:06:24. > :06:30.several bunches of flowers have been left here at scene of the accident,
:06:31. > :06:34.one says, "To our beautiful nephew, taken too soon." Another, "Rest in
:06:35. > :06:42.peace. Our thoughts are with your family at this sad time." Parts of
:06:43. > :06:46.Parsons Street and Hastings Road were shut for hours. The driver of
:06:47. > :06:49.the Land Rover is helping with inquiries but not under arrest. A
:06:50. > :06:56.liaison officer is helping the relatives of the little boy.
:06:57. > :07:05.The wet weather, will it continue? Ian is here with a forecast later.
:07:06. > :07:07.Have you seen the sign? A little bit of Hollywood glamour comes to
:07:08. > :07:17.Bristol. But what's this sign all about and how did it get here?
:07:18. > :07:20.All that still to come. First a 21`year`old man, who drowned in the
:07:21. > :07:24.centre of Bath last week, has been named as Christopher Taylor. He was
:07:25. > :07:28.a student at the University of bath where he was studying chemistry His
:07:29. > :07:32.family live in Merseyside and say they've been devastated by his
:07:33. > :07:36.death. A Wiltshire man has been sentenced
:07:37. > :07:40.to 16 years in prison for murdering his wife. Friends say Debbie
:07:41. > :07:44.Simister was planning to leave her husband, James Simister, when he
:07:45. > :07:50.killed her. Police found her body in the couple's home in Amesbury last
:07:51. > :07:53.April. Now Parliament is tonight debating
:07:54. > :07:58.whether to increase sentences for drivers who are repeatedly convicted
:07:59. > :08:03.of dangerous driving. The debate led by a West MP, comes exactly a year
:08:04. > :08:09.after Ross and Clare Simons died when serial offender, Nicholas
:08:10. > :08:16.Lovel, crashed into their tandem while the couple were out cycling.
:08:17. > :08:20.A year ago today, Ross and Clare Simons had just completed a course
:08:21. > :08:25.of IVF treatment, when Nicholas Lovel smashed into them. The deaths
:08:26. > :08:29.have left their families devastated. This time last year, we sat down
:08:30. > :08:34.having a cup of tea with Ross and Clare, and we had a kiss and cuddle
:08:35. > :08:38.from them when we left. Two`and`a`half hours later they were
:08:39. > :08:42.dead. Serial offender Lovel, who had previously been disqualified 11
:08:43. > :08:46.times, was yet again driving without a license. He was found to have
:08:47. > :08:50.taken a cocktail of drugs, including cocaine. He was jailed for
:08:51. > :08:54.ten`and`a`half years, the longest sentence available to the judge
:08:55. > :09:01.We've actually been told he's going to be released in May 2018. That's
:09:02. > :09:04.five years. Five years for killing two innocent people, it's not
:09:05. > :09:12.enough. Our laws have definitely got to be changed. Ross' father and
:09:13. > :09:14.mother are determined that repeat offenders should face stiffer
:09:15. > :09:19.sentences. Their campaign has already attracted 13,000 signatures
:09:20. > :09:22.to a petition demanding new legislation. They now hope that
:09:23. > :09:26.tonight's debate will put pressure on the Government to act. This was a
:09:27. > :09:30.ticking timebomb this man. The offence that's he caused, the number
:09:31. > :09:35.of offences that he caused meant that it was inevitable, as he
:09:36. > :09:38.predicted himself, that he was one day going to cause death by
:09:39. > :09:42.dangerous driving. Lawyers say that any change in the law must make
:09:43. > :09:46.clear the difference between prolific offenders like Lovel and
:09:47. > :09:51.motorists caught up in a momentary lapse of concentration. It is
:09:52. > :09:56.dangerous driving. But it is not at the threshold of this type of
:09:57. > :09:59.offence. I think you need, in looking at these offences, to
:10:00. > :10:04.discriminate between the two and legislation needs to be passed to
:10:05. > :10:08.make them entirely separate types of offence. For the Simons, the birth
:10:09. > :10:16.of a second grandson has given them one happy moment in an other`wise
:10:17. > :10:22.grief`stricken year. The country's leading expert in lyme
:10:23. > :10:25.disease has warned of the potential dangerous consequences of travelling
:10:26. > :10:30.abroad for treatment. There's no vaccine for the illness, which is
:10:31. > :10:33.spread by ticks and can leave people severely debilitated. Some
:10:34. > :10:38.campaigners say they're not being taken seriously in the UK. And that
:10:39. > :10:48.he have little choice but to travel to America for expensive treatment.
:10:49. > :10:54.Hi. Nice to meet you. Natasha Metcalf first became ill when she
:10:55. > :10:58.was a teenager. I experienced night sweats and terrible concentration.
:10:59. > :11:03.After seeing more than 40 doctors, she was eventually diagnosed with
:11:04. > :11:07.lyme disease in America. She was put on long`term antibiotics. This
:11:08. > :11:13.doesn't come cheap. For lyme and my doctor in America so far, we
:11:14. > :11:16.totalled it at about 11,000. Lyme is spread by ticks. It usually starts
:11:17. > :11:21.with a rash and flu`like symptoms and can lead to neurological
:11:22. > :11:26.problems. A short course of antibiotics should sort it out, but
:11:27. > :11:30.campaigners, like Natasha, say they have little choice but to go abroad.
:11:31. > :11:33.I'm not being offered any treatment here. Because I've done the
:11:34. > :11:39.psychiatric route. I've done the ME route. I'm still sick. Everyone has
:11:40. > :11:43.the same story. There's a big divide between those who can afford to go
:11:44. > :11:47.abroad and those who can't. Where it all happens for your test? It is.
:11:48. > :11:53.But the leading expert on lyme disease in the UK says the evidence
:11:54. > :11:57.for long`term antibiotics is shaky and their use can be dangerous. Once
:11:58. > :12:01.you've treated the infection for long enough to eradicate the
:12:02. > :12:07.organism, any addition Alan I buy why theics won't ``
:12:08. > :12:12.additionalantibiotics won't help. But it will reduce the effectiveness
:12:13. > :12:16.of antibiotics. So you might develop a super infection that can be
:12:17. > :12:20.extremely serious in some cases Serious? There are reported deaths
:12:21. > :12:25.for people who have been given long`term treatment with intravenous
:12:26. > :12:27.antibiotics, that was for lyme disease.
:12:28. > :12:32.So, I travelled to America to put this to a doctor here. This is where
:12:33. > :12:38.it all happens. Yes, this is it Raphael Stricker says he's treated
:12:39. > :12:42.more than 2,500 people for lyme disease. Any treatment can be
:12:43. > :12:47.harmful. You have to weigh the risk of this type of treatment versus the
:12:48. > :12:50.benefit for people who have chronic, debilitating disease. I think that
:12:51. > :12:55.most patients who've been through this treatment would say that it's
:12:56. > :13:00.definitely worth the risk in terms of getting better from lyme disease,
:13:01. > :13:03.if you take long`term antibiotics. Patients say they're caught in the
:13:04. > :13:07.middle. But there is now talk of sharing data on lyme disease across
:13:08. > :13:17.the Atlantic and more difintive research into the illness.
:13:18. > :13:22.Joining me now from Exeter is Stella Huyshe`Shires from the group Lyme
:13:23. > :13:27.Disease Action. Thank you for joining us. You have been diagnosed
:13:28. > :13:32.with lyme disease. Were you taken seriously? Once I was diagnosed
:13:33. > :13:36.yes. Or once I had a positive blood test. I was taken seriously. Not
:13:37. > :13:40.everyone has a positive blood test. There are a lot of uncertainties in
:13:41. > :13:47.the diagnosis of lyme disease. That is one of the reasons why people do
:13:48. > :13:53.go abroad. Doctors are told that the tests are 99% likely to detect an
:13:54. > :13:58.infection after the first few weeks, after the tick has bitten. But
:13:59. > :14:04.actually that's not so. There are lots of very well recognised reasons
:14:05. > :14:08.why people test negative. Sorry to interrupt you. What advice can you
:14:09. > :14:14.give to people tonight, who may be watching, who might think, well I'm
:14:15. > :14:18.not being taken seriously? First contact our e`mail support line We
:14:19. > :14:24.have one line for the public. That is dealt with by patients and we
:14:25. > :14:29.provide good quality information that can inform their decision and
:14:30. > :14:33.their choices. We also provide an e`mail support line for doctors and
:14:34. > :14:36.that's manned by our medical director, who is a consultant, with
:14:37. > :14:41.experience of lyme disease and again, we provide good information
:14:42. > :14:46.to the doctors to enable them to help interpret their patient's
:14:47. > :14:51.symptoms an the test. Say some people are forced to go to America
:14:52. > :14:56.for treatment, but there are obvious dangers. Can you advise them as
:14:57. > :14:59.well? Yes, indeed, we can. We'd rather people were treated in this
:15:00. > :15:03.country, and in fact, a lot of people are treated long`term in this
:15:04. > :15:07.country. There was a case on the edge of Dartmoor where someone had
:15:08. > :15:13.six months' months' treatment. Very much for joining us tonight. (
:15:14. > :15:16.Matthew Hill also looked into the test that helped diagnose lyme
:15:17. > :15:21.disease and his blood was tested in the US and the UK, with surprising
:15:22. > :15:26.results. Can you find out what happened on Inside Out West, tonight
:15:27. > :15:31.at 7. 30pm, here on BBC One. A new report claims that Bristol
:15:32. > :15:36.lost more jobs in the recession than anywhere in the UK between 2010 and
:15:37. > :15:40.2012. Today local business leaders and even a Government minister
:15:41. > :15:45.rejected the research, but the group behind the report stood by its
:15:46. > :15:49.findings. To help us make sense of these statistics, here's our
:15:50. > :15:53.business correspondent. I tell you what, official statistics
:15:54. > :15:57.can be pretty dull, but some can be genuinely shocking. Today's report
:15:58. > :16:01.from an independent research group counted up the number of jobs
:16:02. > :16:05.created or lost in different cities at the height of the recession. Now,
:16:06. > :16:10.at the top, there you are, London, Edinburgh, Birmingham, between them
:16:11. > :16:15.they created over 250,000 jobs between 2010 and 2012. Every league
:16:16. > :16:21.table has a bottom and look at that, that's where you'll find Bristol.
:16:22. > :16:27.13,900 jobs were lost in the city, we're told. Mostly in banking,
:16:28. > :16:32.insurance and retail. Does this make Bristol the hardest place in the UK
:16:33. > :16:39.to get a job? No. Not even the authors think that. When you look at
:16:40. > :16:41.the wider set of Kators. `` indicators, or the skills and
:16:42. > :16:45.qualifications they have, or the business base, how big it is, how
:16:46. > :16:49.many new businesses are generated, there's a stronger story for
:16:50. > :16:51.Bristol. On the one hand, in this particular indicator, it's the
:16:52. > :16:56.bottom of the pile, but across a range of other indicators or other
:16:57. > :16:59.areas we look at, it's a stronger performance. Indeed it's the
:17:00. > :17:03.strongest performing big city outside of London. There are
:17:04. > :17:08.something rather odd about this report. We're told nearly 14,00
:17:09. > :17:14.jobs were cut in two years. So what happened here? At the job centres?
:17:15. > :17:18.Well more people signed on, yes but only around 2,000 more people. Now
:17:19. > :17:24.not everyone who loses work claims the dole. But local business leaders
:17:25. > :17:30.insist that figure, 14,000, is so big, it's probably wrong. What we've
:17:31. > :17:33.seen on the ground hasn't been borne out by the numbers, particularly
:17:34. > :17:37.around private sector jobs. So many fundamentals are in place here. We
:17:38. > :17:41.are well connected. We have good industries set to grow. We have
:17:42. > :17:45.universities which are very strong. We are in the south of the country.
:17:46. > :17:50.I think Bristol is performing well and I think it's set to do so. We'll
:17:51. > :17:54.get another big number tomorrow ` GDP. It's a kind of health check on
:17:55. > :17:58.the whole UK economy. Of course we'll bring the you West Country
:17:59. > :18:02.picture here on Points West. That figure may well be positive, but
:18:03. > :18:05.today's report reminds us that even though things are starting to pick
:18:06. > :18:14.up, just a couple of years ago, business was pretty difficult, even
:18:15. > :18:21.in a prosperous city like Bristol. Some sports news now. Yeoviltown's
:18:22. > :18:27.manager say his side have what it takes to avoid relegation. Gary
:18:28. > :18:30.Johnson was speaking after going out of the FA Cup on Saturday. He was
:18:31. > :18:36.encouraged by the performance and believes it will help them in their
:18:37. > :18:39.quest to beat the drop. Away from the pressures of the
:18:40. > :18:43.league, this was a bonus for Yeovil, aiming to make the fifth round for
:18:44. > :18:49.only the second time. The away end sold out, with over 3,000 fans
:18:50. > :18:53.travelling in hope and expectation. A draw, please. That would be
:18:54. > :19:00.lovely. Have them back at Yeovil. And beat them! Yes. My head says
:19:01. > :19:07.we're probably going to get beat, but my heart says you never know. I
:19:08. > :19:11.expect us to win. Despite an even first half, a handball from Jamie
:19:12. > :19:16.McAllister gave Southampton the chance to take the lead. Another
:19:17. > :19:21.famous cup result might have been on the cards if this Luke Ayling shot
:19:22. > :19:29.had crept in. But a second goal ended their hopes. Now it's all
:19:30. > :19:32.about avoiding relegation. We compare it against Premier League
:19:33. > :19:37.sides. They were magnificent as well. You have to give the credit to
:19:38. > :19:43.them. I thought we played well. It's only for our benefit for the next
:19:44. > :19:48.game on Tuesday. We have to be proud of our club. It's really a positive.
:19:49. > :19:51.I don't like losing in any game The lads are sfointed as well. ``
:19:52. > :19:54.disappointed as well. We have to learn from these games. We have to
:19:55. > :20:00.put on the first`half performance for two halves. If we can do that,
:20:01. > :20:05.at our level, in the championship, then I think we can get out of
:20:06. > :20:11.trouble. That challenge continues at Derby tomorrow.
:20:12. > :20:16.Now, the vagueries of the milder weather are encouraging thousands of
:20:17. > :20:23.migratory birds to stay in Gloucestershire, rather than head
:20:24. > :20:25.off to warmer climbs. Staff at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust at
:20:26. > :20:28.Slimbridge say it's a record`breaking year for some
:20:29. > :20:33.species. But the temperatures have encouraged one tiny mum to produce a
:20:34. > :20:41.litter of seven harvest mice, get ready for the aawww factor.
:20:42. > :20:46.We've got flocks of lapwing... Tucked away, this is the best seat
:20:47. > :20:48.in the house to see the birds having an extended break in
:20:49. > :20:52.Gloucestershire. The lack of ice means for many species it's warm
:20:53. > :20:56.enough to stay rather than use energy flying elsewhere. The flooded
:20:57. > :21:00.wetlands bringing in plenty of food and safe places to roost. The grass
:21:01. > :21:05.has continued to grow through the winter on the milder days. The
:21:06. > :21:08.grazing has been very good. There's lots of shallow water for the
:21:09. > :21:15.species that specialise in that The main flocks are wading birds,
:21:16. > :21:19.lapwing, golden plover, huge numbers of them swirling around the
:21:20. > :21:23.redeserve. The flip side is that the famous swans are finding it warm
:21:24. > :21:27.enough to stay elsewhere, so not many have arrived yet. With record
:21:28. > :21:32.numbers of other flocks, such as 4,500 teal, staff are kept busy
:21:33. > :21:37.trying to count them. Just trying to work with the waders, particularly
:21:38. > :21:40.when they're settled. We wade through steadily, use a tally
:21:41. > :21:44.counter to remember the numbers as you go through. You hope that
:21:45. > :21:49.nothing scares them and they fly off. You have to start again. The
:21:50. > :21:52.weather is keeping lots of birds here, it's doing a great job for
:21:53. > :21:59.another wetland species that isn't going to be flying anywhere. This
:22:00. > :22:04.really is the pitter patter of tiny feet and at only a few centimetres
:22:05. > :22:08.long, seven baby harvest mice, born to mum, only six months old herself.
:22:09. > :22:12.They normally mate in the spring, but the warmth encouraged early
:22:13. > :22:20.breeding. They're more than at home here. They were along before we
:22:21. > :22:22.started planting crops. They survived in the wetlands and then
:22:23. > :22:27.moved into the corn crops. As we're changing the farming practices and
:22:28. > :22:30.obviously, if you're that small a combine harvester can do a lot of
:22:31. > :22:34.damage, so they're moving back into the wetlands, which is why we should
:22:35. > :22:38.look after them. And babies are all in good health. I think, for once,
:22:39. > :22:47.stealing the show from the birds here at Slimbridge.
:22:48. > :22:51.Go on admit, it you said, aawww If you're out and about near the Avon
:22:52. > :22:54.gorge today, you might have noticed something new, a new sign has
:22:55. > :22:59.appeared, similar to the Hollywood star, in the his above LA. It's
:23:00. > :23:02.being talked about all over social media sites. But no`one knows who
:23:03. > :23:08.put it there. Or why.
:23:09. > :23:14.A bit of Hollywood glamour, if not Hollywood weather, in the heart of
:23:15. > :23:17.Bristol. The sign reading Bristolland and made out of white
:23:18. > :23:21.plastic letters appeared on Wednesday and was noticed by bemused
:23:22. > :23:25.commuters Thursday morning. It's still not publicly known who was
:23:26. > :23:30.behind it. Today, though, I managed to speak to a man who knows the man
:23:31. > :23:34.who did this, sadly, he wouldn't tell me his name. Even if he did, I
:23:35. > :23:38.probably couldn't tell you, but he confirmed a few things: First, this
:23:39. > :23:43.has nothing to do with Banksy. Secondly, it was done by a local
:23:44. > :23:48.man, a Bristolian. Thirdly, he did it at midnight on Wednesday night in
:23:49. > :23:54.the pitch black and the reason? Well, he just thought it would be a
:23:55. > :23:58.cool thing to do. It's a tribute to the bigger and slightly more
:23:59. > :24:03.glamorous version in the hills above Los Angeles which used to read
:24:04. > :24:07.Hollywood land, before dropping the "land" in the 1940s. This one isn't
:24:08. > :24:12.here officially. This land is owned by the National Trust and is a Site
:24:13. > :24:15.of Special Scientific Interest. How do they feel about it? They're
:24:16. > :24:19.raising the profile of the Avon gorge. We can't complain about that.
:24:20. > :24:23.It is a special place. If it brings a smile to people's face when's
:24:24. > :24:30.they're commuting into work, that's great. Walkers today seemed to feel
:24:31. > :24:34.the same. It's fine. It shows that a lot of Bristolians are crazy and
:24:35. > :24:38.like to do things that are different. The guy must be silly to
:24:39. > :24:42.climb up here in the middle of the night and put a sign up like that.
:24:43. > :24:45.It's a gnaw Titian to the gorge It `` new addition to the gorge, it
:24:46. > :24:50.should be left for posterity. , as the sun sets over the gorge, it
:24:51. > :24:58.looks like our newest landmark is orto stay.
:24:59. > :25:05.`` is here to stay. He must have done it when it was dry
:25:06. > :25:09.as well, a rare day! Talking about something new,
:25:10. > :25:13.appearing in the dark, new for this winter, were these scenes in the
:25:14. > :25:16.Forest of Dean at 6pm. The snow starting to settle readily. It
:25:17. > :25:19.didn't last. However that's the first time we've seen that through
:25:20. > :25:23.this winter. What a change from this time last year, when this amount of
:25:24. > :25:26.snow would have seemed insignificant compared to what we had. Tomorrow
:25:27. > :25:31.the problems come in the shape of heavy showers around. There will be
:25:32. > :25:37.drier, brighter interludes for some of you. Certainly everything of a
:25:38. > :25:42.lottery, courtesy of low pressure over Ireland. Running around that
:25:43. > :25:45.are bands of showers, which will tend to align themselves over some
:25:46. > :25:50.areas for one hour, then they shift along and give a soaking somewhere
:25:51. > :25:53.else down the road. It will be difficult to pin down the detail
:25:54. > :25:57.until we see on the radar how they're developed. At the moment we
:25:58. > :26:02.have heavy showers across parts of Gloucestershire. We continue with a
:26:03. > :26:05.Met Office yellow warning, in force through tonight, tomorrow, for
:26:06. > :26:08.southern areas, where we have a greater problem of flooding
:26:09. > :26:11.exacerbated by the showers as they come by. Hail with those as well.
:26:12. > :26:15.Temperatures tonight between three to four Celsius. Should be fairly
:26:16. > :26:18.typical. No threat of further snow for the rest of this evening, nor
:26:19. > :26:23.indeed tonight or tomorrow. There could be hail in amongst all of
:26:24. > :26:27.these. I would stress, some brighter, drier spells. Some of you
:26:28. > :26:29.seeing more of that than others It continues through the course of the
:26:30. > :26:33.day. It will be blustery under the showers. Generally speaking, not
:26:34. > :26:39.quite as windy in a pronounced sense as it was today. About 10 to 15 mm
:26:40. > :26:44.of rain accumulating. Over half an inch or so, less than an inch. Given
:26:45. > :26:48.the problems we've seen earlier in the programme, it is an issue.
:26:49. > :26:54.Temperatures are cool tomorrow. Six, seven Celsius probably quite
:26:55. > :26:58.typical. Maybe eight Celsius in a couple of spots. It is getting
:26:59. > :27:06.colder through the midweek. By Thursday we drag in an easterly
:27:07. > :27:11.flow. On Friday there's the threat of heavy rain. We'll worry about
:27:12. > :27:13.that later on. The weather hasn t been out of the news and doesn't
:27:14. > :27:16.look like it wants to be. look like it wants to
:27:17. > :27:19.Thank you very much. You can tell it's mild. There's a fly in our
:27:20. > :27:23.studio happily going around at the moment. That's all from us. We're
:27:24. > :27:27.back with you in the Ten O'Clock news. Goodbye.