02/02/2014 BBC Points West


02/02/2014

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

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Good evening from Points West. Almost ?10,000 in grants have been

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handed out to those who've seen their property and businesses

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flooded on the Somerset levels. The charity raising the money says its

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received generous donations from the public. Meanwhile a large crowd

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gathered this morning along the River Parrett as high tide

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approached. Andrew Plant reports. Queueing for Sunday morning coffee.

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The High Tide due here in Burrowbridge this morning attracting

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big crowds. Rarely have they seen the River Parrett so swollen.

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Environment Agency staff sandbagging weak spots at first light

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Eventually, no match for the sheer weight of water. The burst of the

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banks lasted about 15 minutes, but what was striking was, as soon as it

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came up the sides, all the sandbags were in place had no effect

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whatsoever. Local people were unfazed because they have seen it

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all before. Across the other side of the Somerset Levels. Home`made

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defences protecting Long Sutton Golf club. Its 18`hole fairways now home

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to a hovercraft. Last year was the worst ever, and this is worse again

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by about 18 inches deep, maybe two foot. It's crazy. Lorraine Hall is

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five months pregnant and has had to close her business. Customers have

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been supportive but when you are in the early stage of opening a

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business, you want to be reliable, so that has come as a blow. At what

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should be a good time for us, we are actually a business and home that

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seems a complete mess. Lorraine and around 40 other flooding victims

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have been given ?250 from a local fund. This is having an enormous

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impact and we're very interested to look at what other support we can

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fund, whether people need to have a crisis helpline, counselling,

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support because this is going to start affecting people 's state of

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mind and affecting their stress levels. We want to do everything we

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can to help people. Amphibious vehicles arrived near the cut off

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village of Muchelney this afternoon to help ferry supplies. Even when

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this water eventually goes, the problems it's caused will linger

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even longer. And this evening the police are

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telling residents of the Levels that its helicopter will be flying over

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the area. It comes after 600 gallons of domestic heating oil was stolen

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from a farm in Moorland and the theft of two quad bikes from

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Burrowbridge. The Bishop of Gloucester is to retire after almost

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a decade in the role. The Right Reverend Michael Perham said he

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would go in November after more than ten "happy, stimulating and fruitful

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years". He's been a strong advocate of the role of women in the Church

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as priests and bishops. In the summer, he'll undertake a seven`day

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pilgrimage walking through the diocese.

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Two of the West's prisons are up for sale. Gloucester Prison is more than

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200 years old and part of it is Grade II listed. Meanwhile, bids are

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also invited for Shepton Mallet Prison, which is Britain's oldest

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jail. Both closed last March. Football now, and it was a 3`1

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defeat for Yeovil Town as they met Nottingham Forest earlier. The only

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goal for the Glovers came from the head of Kieffer Moore. The result

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means that Yeovil remain at the bottom of the league table, six

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points from safety. Meanwhile in rugby, Bristol had a convincing win

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over Jersey in the Championship Final score at the Memorial Stadium

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54`14 with the home side running in eight tries. The latest weather

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outlook for you now with Hollie Green.

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Good evening. Strengthening winds through the night with outbreaks of

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rain arriving tomorrow. A few showers around at the moment but

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mostly dry picture, but the winds are picking up and turning strong as

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we had through the early hours. They keep things mild with loads of five

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or six degrees. A dry start tomorrow, but we have outbreaks of

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rain moving in from the west. We do have a yellow warning in force for

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Somerset and we could see further flooding issues. Further east, the

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rain won't arrive until later in the day. Tom Prib `` top temperatures

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around seven or eight degrees tomorrow. Thereafter, Tuesday

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bringing heavy, blustery showers in the day, but in the night, turning

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wet and windy and it stays extremely unsettled through Wednesday.

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Good evening. Many of us had a sunny Sunday. The weather has calmed down.

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However, there is more wet and

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