02/02/2014

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:00:00. > :00:26.That is it from us. You can see more on all of today's storage

:00:27. > :00:31.Good evening from Points West. Almost ?10,000 in grants have been

:00:32. > :00:33.handed out to those who've seen their property and businesses

:00:34. > :00:37.flooded on the Somerset levels. The charity raising the money says its

:00:38. > :00:39.received generous donations from the public. Meanwhile a large crowd

:00:40. > :00:42.gathered this morning along the River Parrett as high tide

:00:43. > :00:45.approached. Andrew Plant reports. Queueing for Sunday morning coffee.

:00:46. > :00:47.The High Tide due here in Burrowbridge this morning attracting

:00:48. > :00:50.big crowds. Rarely have they seen the River Parrett so swollen.

:00:51. > :00:53.Environment Agency staff sandbagging weak spots at first light

:00:54. > :01:07.Eventually, no match for the sheer weight of water. The burst of the

:01:08. > :01:11.banks lasted about 15 minutes, but what was striking was, as soon as it

:01:12. > :01:17.came up the sides, all the sandbags were in place had no effect

:01:18. > :01:20.whatsoever. Local people were unfazed because they have seen it

:01:21. > :01:23.all before. Across the other side of the Somerset Levels. Home`made

:01:24. > :01:31.defences protecting Long Sutton Golf club. Its 18`hole fairways now home

:01:32. > :01:35.to a hovercraft. Last year was the worst ever, and this is worse again

:01:36. > :01:45.by about 18 inches deep, maybe two foot. It's crazy. Lorraine Hall is

:01:46. > :01:51.five months pregnant and has had to close her business. Customers have

:01:52. > :01:54.been supportive but when you are in the early stage of opening a

:01:55. > :01:59.business, you want to be reliable, so that has come as a blow. At what

:02:00. > :02:05.should be a good time for us, we are actually a business and home that

:02:06. > :02:09.seems a complete mess. Lorraine and around 40 other flooding victims

:02:10. > :02:17.have been given ?250 from a local fund. This is having an enormous

:02:18. > :02:22.impact and we're very interested to look at what other support we can

:02:23. > :02:25.fund, whether people need to have a crisis helpline, counselling,

:02:26. > :02:29.support because this is going to start affecting people 's state of

:02:30. > :02:38.mind and affecting their stress levels. We want to do everything we

:02:39. > :02:41.can to help people. Amphibious vehicles arrived near the cut off

:02:42. > :02:44.village of Muchelney this afternoon to help ferry supplies. Even when

:02:45. > :02:45.this water eventually goes, the problems it's caused will linger

:02:46. > :02:54.even longer. And this evening the police are

:02:55. > :02:57.telling residents of the Levels that its helicopter will be flying over

:02:58. > :03:01.the area. It comes after 600 gallons of domestic heating oil was stolen

:03:02. > :03:07.from a farm in Moorland and the theft of two quad bikes from

:03:08. > :03:11.Burrowbridge. The Bishop of Gloucester is to retire after almost

:03:12. > :03:14.a decade in the role. The Right Reverend Michael Perham said he

:03:15. > :03:18.would go in November after more than ten "happy, stimulating and fruitful

:03:19. > :03:22.years". He's been a strong advocate of the role of women in the Church

:03:23. > :03:24.as priests and bishops. In the summer, he'll undertake a seven`day

:03:25. > :03:27.pilgrimage walking through the diocese.

:03:28. > :03:32.Two of the West's prisons are up for sale. Gloucester Prison is more than

:03:33. > :03:35.200 years old and part of it is Grade II listed. Meanwhile, bids are

:03:36. > :03:36.also invited for Shepton Mallet Prison, which is Britain's oldest

:03:37. > :03:44.jail. Both closed last March. Football now, and it was a 3`1

:03:45. > :03:48.defeat for Yeovil Town as they met Nottingham Forest earlier. The only

:03:49. > :03:55.goal for the Glovers came from the head of Kieffer Moore. The result

:03:56. > :03:58.means that Yeovil remain at the bottom of the league table, six

:03:59. > :04:01.points from safety. Meanwhile in rugby, Bristol had a convincing win

:04:02. > :04:05.over Jersey in the Championship Final score at the Memorial Stadium

:04:06. > :04:09.54`14 with the home side running in eight tries. The latest weather

:04:10. > :04:14.outlook for you now with Hollie Green.

:04:15. > :04:20.Good evening. Strengthening winds through the night with outbreaks of

:04:21. > :04:24.rain arriving tomorrow. A few showers around at the moment but

:04:25. > :04:28.mostly dry picture, but the winds are picking up and turning strong as

:04:29. > :04:32.we had through the early hours. They keep things mild with loads of five

:04:33. > :04:36.or six degrees. A dry start tomorrow, but we have outbreaks of

:04:37. > :04:39.rain moving in from the west. We do have a yellow warning in force for

:04:40. > :04:45.Somerset and we could see further flooding issues. Further east, the

:04:46. > :04:48.rain won't arrive until later in the day. Tom Prib `` top temperatures

:04:49. > :04:52.around seven or eight degrees tomorrow. Thereafter, Tuesday

:04:53. > :04:57.bringing heavy, blustery showers in the day, but in the night, turning

:04:58. > :05:09.wet and windy and it stays extremely unsettled through Wednesday.

:05:10. > :05:16.Good evening. Many of us had a sunny Sunday. The weather has calmed down.

:05:17. > :05:18.However, there is more wet and