29/01/2014 BBC Points West


29/01/2014

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In The West: Good Evening. There have been dramatic

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developments today in the government's attitude towards the

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Somerset Levels. First the Prime Minister personally ordered new

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equipment to help move the flood water. I can confirm that dredging

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will start as soon as it is practicable, as soon as the waters

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have started to come down. The Environment Agency are pumping as

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much water as is possible but I have ordered further high volume pumps to

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be made available to increase the volume of the pumping operation as

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soon as there is capacity in the rivers to support that.

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And tonight the Environment Secretary Owen Patterson effectively

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put the army on stand`by in case conditions get worse over the

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weekend. We had a very constructive discussion with Somerset County

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Council who have asked for assistance today. As we speak the

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Ministry of Defence and the Department of local government are

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discussing how we could deploy specialist vehicles which could help

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some of those villages that have been cut off to help people travel

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backwards and forwards and get fuel and food in and out and also help

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with transport from dry land. The announcement came at the end of

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a hectic day which saw the government heavily criticised in

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some national newspapers. Clinton Rogers reports on how the

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developments have gone down on the sodden Somerset Levels.

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The Prime Minister has promised to dredge the rivers... The news was

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required viewing in this marooned village this afternoon. The Prime

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Minister's sudden promised to do what people here have been demanding

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for years was greeted by surprise and some scepticism. You could argue

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that they did dredge last year. I think they did it for about one day.

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Muchelney is still cut off. The roads leading into the village are

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undrivable unless you have the right vehicle. Today the Red Cross moved

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in with this. It is a specialist truck capable of operating into our

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`` in up to 1.5 metres of water Today it was delivering much`needed

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heavy supplies like logs and coal. Brilliant. We were running out of

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the essential forms of heating so this is just fantastic really. The

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ambulance men have been in? It has been a worrying time for Bill Daniel

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who needs a minor heart procedure and they were planning to pick him

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up in a specialist ambulance tomorrow but all of that changed

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when just two hours after we spoke to him his wife had come fall.

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Suddenly it is an emergency. It could be a fractured hip. She is in

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a bit of pain. Now Bill and his wife are both off to hospital. The

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specially adapted ambulances made it in and out and they could not have

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done that a couple of days ago. We wish both of them are speedy

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recovery. Tonight in flooded villages across the Somerset levels

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there is a feeling we will believe it when we see it. The Prime

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Minister has made his promise and now they want him to deliver on it.

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There is another reason why they are not celebrating too hard here, more

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bad weather is expected at the weekend. There is another

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development tonight. The MOD have dispatched military

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planners to Somerset this evening and they will star work the morning.

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Now two other news: Hundreds of officers raided the homes of more

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than 60 alleged drug dealers today in a massive show of strength.

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45 people were arrested. It was designed to send a clear signal to

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London gangs to stop targetting Wiltshire. Scott Ellis reports.

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Police! 160 homes raided today by Wiltshire Police, targeting those

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suspected drug stealing. You are arrested on suspicion of supplying

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heroin in crack cocaine. You don't drugstore and undercover police

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officer. It is hoped to disrupt many as nine are drug wrecked `` networks

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linked to London. Neighbours are alarmed at what is happening on

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their street. I am shocked. I did not think anything like this would

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happen on the street. I you reassured by the police action?

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Yes, I am, it is nice to see them doing something, isn't it?

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The operation was so big the only place to brief all 400 staff

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involved was in a hangar on the old RAF Lyneham base. It led to this

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long convoy through Wootton Bassett in this morning's rush hour. We know

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that the impact will be substantial. We have been gathering

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intelligence on these individuals but we are not compilation that we

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take one of the street and others will seek to take their place. This

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is a message to those people, this is what will happen and we are keen

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to send that message. Several shops on the Manchester Road in Swindon

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were also raided. All this the culmination of a year's police

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surveillance during which undercover officers infiltrated gangs linked to

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the capital. They tend to prey on vulnerable people, drugs users and

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other vulnerable members of the community, to use their addresses to

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deal drugs from. They are often linked with firearms, violence,

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weapons. They are quite nasty, horrible individuals a lot of the

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time. A lot of them are actually very young but do not be fooled by

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that. They will not think twice about using violence. Despite budget

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cuts Wiltshire Police hopes to mount these high profile operations four

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times a year so new drug dealers aren't tempted to move into Swindon

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once this operation's over. Avon and Somerset Police is to axe

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more than 130 officer posts. At its peak the force was made up of more

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than 3,400 officers, now it will have just over 2,700. It's set to be

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the biggest shake up in the history of the force.

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Now to the weather and Ian Fergusson has our evening forecast.

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has our Thank you very much. The easterly

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flow continues to keep things chilly tonight and tomorrow. Tomorrow will

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be the coldest day of the winter so far but it will not last long.

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Patchy rain is about and on Friday more meaningful rain spreads in from

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the opposite direction, from the West. Tonight the temperatures are

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getting down to freezing. There will be patchy and light rain around

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which will continue to be a feature into tomorrow, accompanied by

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extensive amounts of cloud. It will be a gloomy day which will

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accentuate how chilly it feels. Temperatures tomorrow will be round

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about three or four degrees. It will turn decidedly wet in the second

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half of Friday and there are warnings out for that. More on that

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tomorrow. Time now for us to make a move. The

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whole team is back tomorrow. Thank you for watching. Good night.

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Hello. The next dose of wet and windy weather is due to arrive on

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Friday from the Atlantic. Today we have had an easterly wind bringing

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the chill as the threat of icy patches comes to the north where the

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cloud breaks. More cloud further south. Maybe some sleet and snow in

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parts of East Wales as we engage the cold air. Temperatures in the

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south-east are not changing much because the rain keeps going. It

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will be colder further north, though. Icy patches are possible.

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More wintry showers in the north-east. Quite a few flood

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warnings in Tayside. Write to the west of the Pennines. -- brighter.

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Figure clad -- thicker cloud further south. We see some dampness in parts

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of the West Country, possibly into East Wales. In the north-west of

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Wales is the cloud breaks, temperatures will be close to. Not

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as cold as that in Northern Ireland. -- close to freezing. Tomorrow is a

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