:00:00. > :00:00.Peter, thank you. That's all from the BBC
:00:07. > :00:09.Welcome to BBC Points West with Liz Beacon and David Garmston.
:00:10. > :00:12.The water's getting closer. Villagers resort to the last line
:00:13. > :00:16.of defence while other give up and leave as more rain is forecast.
:00:17. > :00:20.No, we don't want to leave, no. We will stay as long as we can.
:00:21. > :00:23.If we are forced to move with the water coming up really high,
:00:24. > :00:26.we'll go then. At the moment, we want to stay put.
:00:27. > :00:28.My primary concern is protecting life and property.
:00:29. > :00:31.Where we think there is significant risk to that, we are doing
:00:32. > :00:35.everything to influence that decision.
:00:36. > :00:39.And the heartbroken farmer who finally loses his fight to keep his
:00:40. > :00:52.The other stories making the news tonight:
:00:53. > :00:55.A tank regiment marches through Bristol to mark a safe return
:00:56. > :01:01.Could a new arena be built on this wasteland?
:01:02. > :01:04.The council agrees to borrow the cash that's needed.
:01:05. > :01:15.why are our West Country athletes so good at this one?
:01:16. > :01:20.The West is holding its breath as more rain heads to our region.
:01:21. > :01:24.With river levels already high, and mile upon mile of standing water,
:01:25. > :01:28.safe on the Somerset Levels continues.
:01:29. > :01:43.The pumps are pumping floodwater off the Levels into the darkness of the
:01:44. > :01:51.river that is below me here. It is not happening fast enough. 32 Royal
:01:52. > :01:58.Marines deployed tonight to nearby Burrowbridge. They are helping with
:01:59. > :02:03.the sandbagging there. We have seen the police, the Fire Service, the
:02:04. > :02:07.Environment Agency helping out residents who decided to stay trying
:02:08. > :02:13.to stem that floodwater. It's been quite a massive effort, too. It s
:02:14. > :02:16.not just people who are affected. There's been 1,000 cattle moved off
:02:17. > :02:46.the Moors, too. They are not doing the river. It
:02:47. > :02:54.makes you wonder why you bother farming. This area is cut off other
:02:55. > :02:57.than to the emergency services. In nearby Moorland, half the residents
:02:58. > :03:03.stayed overnight despite warnings. With more rain on the way, others
:03:04. > :03:06.decided to leave today. It's terrible. I have never been through
:03:07. > :03:10.anything like this before. I didn't expect to be. My neighbours lived in
:03:11. > :03:14.the village for over 40 years and he has never seen anything like it at
:03:15. > :03:20.all. The advice from the police is still to leave. This woman says she
:03:21. > :03:24.will stay until her house floods. We have power but we can't use the
:03:25. > :03:28.toilets. We haven't used washing machines for more than a week. We
:03:29. > :03:34.can't shower anymore. It's pretty difficult. We are coping. We joined
:03:35. > :03:41.this local councillor as he returned to his home this morning to find it
:03:42. > :03:46.awash. I feel the same as any other resident. We have been totally let
:03:47. > :03:52.down by successive governments who haven't put in money into flood
:03:53. > :03:57.relief in this area. The Environment Agency says it welcomes the ?10
:03:58. > :04:01.million pledged by the Government to tackle flooding on the Somerset
:04:02. > :04:06.Levels. That will help only in future years. Here, the problems are
:04:07. > :04:13.more immediate. Rain is once again on the horizon.
:04:14. > :04:22.It is hard to believe, you are only about five minutes from the M5. As
:04:23. > :04:27.the Marines sandbag in Burrowbridge, they are handing out food in the
:04:28. > :04:31.village hall. The effort today does seem to be well resourced. We have
:04:32. > :04:35.seen 30,000 sandbags handed out It does seem to have been well
:04:36. > :04:38.organised. There will always be the underlying anger ` why has it been
:04:39. > :04:48.allowed to happen? Will it happen again next year? Thank you.
:04:49. > :04:50.Today, over 500 cattle were evacuated from
:04:51. > :04:52.a flooded farm in Moorlands before it was too late.
:04:53. > :04:55.James Winslade helped by friends and fellow farmers spent all day
:04:56. > :04:59.onto dry land at Sedgemoor Auction Centre. They are being kept there
:05:00. > :05:02.before its hoped they can be stored in any spare farm buildings until
:05:03. > :05:05.the waters subside. It was a desperate battle and there was anger
:05:06. > :05:08.that the farmers had no help with the evacuation.
:05:09. > :05:21.Their lives saved. These cattle are being taken to dry land and there
:05:22. > :05:25.isn't a minute to waste. It is a race against time. The farmers are
:05:26. > :05:29.trying to co`ordinate getting these cattle out as quickly as possible.
:05:30. > :05:36.Once the light goes, they won't be able to save them. As James said,
:05:37. > :05:40.they will drown. Farmers from across the area came with tractors and
:05:41. > :05:45.trailers. No`one was going to let James handle this alone. It is
:05:46. > :05:49.horrendous. It is horrendous! Never seen anything like it in all my
:05:50. > :05:53.life. It is awful! With the water still rising, the convoy of trailers
:05:54. > :06:01.worked all day to save the livestock. For James, today's help
:06:02. > :06:09.was vital. Moving them here and they will have to go somewhere else.
:06:10. > :06:13.We've got to get them out of ` the farm is going completely under. It
:06:14. > :06:19.is that deep. If we don't get them out now, we won't get them out. 550
:06:20. > :06:22.are coming in here today. Hopefully, we will have lorries to take them to
:06:23. > :06:26.different farms. Anyone who has spare room on their farm may be able
:06:27. > :06:29.to take some of his animals in. Those left, he will be forced to
:06:30. > :06:34.sell. Support in the way of animal feed has arrived from all over the
:06:35. > :06:41.country as people heard about James' plight. In such deep waters,
:06:42. > :06:49.tractors ran into trouble. With no road to follow, it was easier to go
:06:50. > :06:54.into a ditch. A quick`thinking digger driver saved these cows from
:06:55. > :06:57.drowning. Soaking wet and fighting for his livelihood, James today
:06:58. > :07:03.called for the Army to take charge of the evacuations. Everyone was
:07:04. > :07:08.asking where is the help. Without these farmers, today would have
:07:09. > :07:09.ended in tragedy. It was a heroic evacuation, but James' future is
:07:10. > :07:20.still at risk. It's been a week of promises of help
:07:21. > :07:24.and more money from the Government ` Our political editor, Paul Barltrop,
:07:25. > :07:32.is here. The Government are trying to show
:07:33. > :07:38.they are getting to grip with things. Out went Owen Paterson to
:07:39. > :07:43.have an eye operation, in Kaymer rick pickles. He came to Parliament
:07:44. > :07:49.and made an announcement that there would be yet more money. Yesterday,
:07:50. > :07:54.we heard from David Cameron, today an extra ?30 million was announced.
:07:55. > :08:03.Also, Eric Pickles paid tribute to all those involved.
:08:04. > :08:06.I think we've all been struck by the stark images of stranded residents
:08:07. > :08:09.on the Somerset Levels. And their brave resolve to continue their
:08:10. > :08:12.daily lives, either by boat or by tractor. I also want to pay tribute
:08:13. > :08:17.to the hard work of councils, the Environment Agency staff
:08:18. > :08:20.on the ground, and our emergency services who have been supporting
:08:21. > :08:22.communities 24 hours a day, literally going through hell
:08:23. > :08:34.I understand that the Government's Emergency Committee COBRA is meeting
:08:35. > :08:38.again tonight. What's on the agenda? It is under way right now. It
:08:39. > :08:43.started in the last few minutes It's being chaired by David Cameron
:08:44. > :08:50.no less, the Prime Minister. It s to give its official title Cabinet
:08:51. > :08:53.Office Briefing Room A. He's criticised the Environment Agency
:08:54. > :08:57.and their unwillingness to do dredging in rivers. He's repeated
:08:58. > :09:00.his pledge that it will start in these two rivers as soon as
:09:01. > :09:05.possible. He knows it could be many months before it is safe to do so.
:09:06. > :09:08.He has given a clear hint that he may soon visit Somerset. What
:09:09. > :09:12.matters most of all as Prime Minister is to make sure the whole
:09:13. > :09:16.of the Government is working towards helping with this problem. When it
:09:17. > :09:21.is right for me to visit, I will be there, don't worry. It is vital We
:09:22. > :09:24.had ministerial visits in the past. There will be more to come. The most
:09:25. > :09:29.important thing is to co`ordinate all the effort for people in
:09:30. > :09:33.Somerset. He's wary of a repeat of last week's difficult visit by Owen
:09:34. > :09:38.Paterson, who came to the Levels. He didn't appear to go anywhere flooded
:09:39. > :09:41.or wasn't wearing a pair of wellies. For our local councils who are
:09:42. > :09:44.working hard on the ground, there was good news today? It was to do
:09:45. > :09:49.with money. They are running up big bills at the moment. The Government
:09:50. > :09:54.announced a change in the Bellwin Fund. That is the way councils are
:09:55. > :09:58.reimbursed for money tackling emergencies. They could get 85% of
:09:59. > :10:03.the money back, now they can get 100% of the money back.
:10:04. > :10:10.to the local Conservative MP, Ian Liddell`Grainger.
:10:11. > :10:18.Has the Government got its act together? It had its act together.
:10:19. > :10:22.We didn't ask the Government to get involved until Sedgemoor District
:10:23. > :10:26.Council called a major incident alert. The Government has been doing
:10:27. > :10:30.what it should do which is building resources, continuously. You can see
:10:31. > :10:36.these are new pumps, new outlets. The fight goes on. Yet, tonight we
:10:37. > :10:41.hear that Royal Marines, the world's crack troops, are filling sandbags.
:10:42. > :10:46.There was no military help to assist those farmers moving the animals
:10:47. > :10:49.earlier? Well, I'm not quite sure what the Army could have done. They
:10:50. > :10:55.don't have transport to shift animals. The outcome of the farmers
:10:56. > :10:59.moving with other farmers helping is probably about the right way to do
:11:00. > :11:02.it. It is more stressful but you have people who are used to dealing
:11:03. > :11:06.with animals. Royal Marines are probably not good at dealing with
:11:07. > :11:10.cattle. For all the help that we are told is coming, things seem to be
:11:11. > :11:16.getting worse, don't they, not better? Well, we can't control the
:11:17. > :11:26.weather, you are right. It is going to be a very tough weekend. Behind
:11:27. > :11:30.me, we have a fight to keep people in Moorlands. We are in the lap of
:11:31. > :11:36.the Lord over this weekend. I think we will get through it. It will be
:11:37. > :11:40.hard. We have got, we understand, about 50 flooded homes which must be
:11:41. > :11:45.terrible for those involved. Should there be any limit on what the
:11:46. > :11:51.Government spends protecting those homes on the Levels? I don't believe
:11:52. > :11:57.so. At the moment, the problem we have got is ` because the river
:11:58. > :12:00.behind me is so below capacity ` the Environment Agency has not allowed
:12:01. > :12:07.dredging and the pumps to the other side of me are extremely old. If we
:12:08. > :12:10.get this sorted, we won't have the same longevity of flooding. It is
:12:11. > :12:27.the time we are taking to get the water back off again that is the
:12:28. > :12:31.problem. OK. Thank you very much. There will be more visits. David
:12:32. > :12:34.Cameron is probably a matter of days away from visiting. We do know who
:12:35. > :12:39.is going to be coming tomorrow. That is a politician from the House of
:12:40. > :12:43.Lords, one Chris Smith. He is Chair of the Environment Agency. So he has
:12:44. > :12:48.taken a lot of flak in the recent days. He will be visiting the Levels
:12:49. > :12:51.and wanting to highlight the Agency's budget is set by the
:12:52. > :12:54.Government and the priorities are set by the Government. In the light
:12:55. > :12:59.of what's gone on in recent days, they will probably be changeable.
:13:00. > :13:00.Will he be meeting the MP there That will be interesting, if it does
:13:01. > :13:12.happen. 200 soldiers marched through the
:13:13. > :13:15.centre of Bristol this morning. The troops, from the Wiltshire`based
:13:16. > :13:17.2nd Royal Tank Regiment, returned They chose the city for their
:13:18. > :13:21.homecoming parade because it's where the regiment carries out much of its
:13:22. > :13:23.recruitment. And as Julia Causton reports, as
:13:24. > :13:26.well as being a celebration, it was also an opportunity to try
:13:27. > :13:29.and attract new soldiers. It was a day for families to come
:13:30. > :13:34.together and be thankful. I'm just really, really proud of
:13:35. > :13:39.them. Really, really proud of them. And so they waited in the rain for
:13:40. > :13:42.mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers. After seven months in
:13:43. > :13:44.Afghanistan, today's soldiers from the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment
:13:45. > :13:47.were welcomed home to the place Very proud to march through Bristol
:13:48. > :13:52.as a local from around this area. It was good to see everybody out
:13:53. > :13:54.supporting the troops. Nice to see so many people come out
:13:55. > :13:58.and support us. People saying thank you and that.
:13:59. > :14:00.It's really nice. It's good. The "tankies" have been helping the
:14:01. > :14:04.Afghan Army as they prepare to take control of the country at the end of
:14:05. > :14:06.this year. And, for those waiting back home,
:14:07. > :14:09.this parade was a welcome sight There's been lots of days, but this
:14:10. > :14:13.one is marvellous because they've been out to Afghanistan and
:14:14. > :14:17.back safe and well, you know, the majority of the poor fellows.
:14:18. > :14:21.It is wonderful. The seven`month tour was the last
:14:22. > :14:25.one for this regiment. In August, they're merging with the
:14:26. > :14:28.1st Royal Tank Regiment as part of Despite this downsizing, there's a
:14:29. > :14:34.very visible recruitment drive. We need a healthy inflow of recruits
:14:35. > :14:44.and young people. This is the ideal for everyone and it's a really
:14:45. > :14:53.exciting time. While the future for this regiment
:14:54. > :14:57.will be a very different one, for the families here today, a very
:14:58. > :15:00.familiar sense of relief. Julia Causton, BBC Points West,
:15:01. > :15:03.Bristol. An aristocrat from Gloucestershire
:15:04. > :15:06.has been jailed for two years for assaulting his wife over a
:15:07. > :15:09.20`year period. Lord Edward Somerset, who's the
:15:10. > :15:13.second son of the Duke of Beaufort, was described at Bristol Crown Court
:15:14. > :15:17.as a drug addict and alcoholic. The 55`year`old had kicked
:15:18. > :15:20.and punched his wife, and, during drunken fights, pulled
:15:21. > :15:23.her hair and scratched her. The judge said he remained a risk to
:15:24. > :15:26.women and imposed a restraining order forbidding him
:15:27. > :15:32.to contact his wife. A report by the health regulator has
:15:33. > :15:35.found that improvements have been made at the Royal United Hospital in
:15:36. > :15:39.Bath ` but warns that there's still work to be done. Inspectors made an
:15:40. > :15:43.unannounced visit in December, after it was given a warning by the
:15:44. > :15:48.Care Quality Commission in June They noted that progress has been
:15:49. > :15:52.made, but say the Trust still needs to monitor the quality of the
:15:53. > :15:56.services they provide. Now last night you may remember that
:15:57. > :16:00.we told you about school pupils from across the West who were trying
:16:01. > :16:04.to break a world record. They're singing, and signing, at the
:16:05. > :16:07.same time. The sharp`eyed amongst you would
:16:08. > :16:10.have seen the students here are from St Mary's Catholic Primary
:16:11. > :16:14.in Bradley Stoke, not in Gloucestershire as we said
:16:15. > :16:16.last night. However, we're still crossing our
:16:17. > :16:19.fingers they've broken the record. We'll let you know as soon as
:16:20. > :16:30.we're told. Bath's Amy Williams' emotional
:16:31. > :16:33.homecoming after her victory Amy was Britain's first individual
:16:34. > :16:37.gold medallist at a Winter Olympics for 30 years when she won the
:16:38. > :16:41.skeleton. So will Sochi yield us any
:16:42. > :16:47.silverware? Ali's here. Well, let's hope so ` and it's the
:16:48. > :16:51.skeleton again which is showing the most promise. We have the
:16:52. > :16:53.current World Champion ` Pewsey's Shelley Rudman and
:16:54. > :16:55.Bath`based Lizzy Yarnold I've been looking at what makes us
:16:56. > :17:13.Brits so great at sliding at speed. In a race that lasts under a minute,
:17:14. > :17:17.tenths of a second can mean the difference between winning gold and
:17:18. > :17:22.nothing. Since 2001, the British team have
:17:23. > :17:26.been using this concrete track at It improves their starts, crucial to
:17:27. > :17:33.generating race speed. In the shed, all the athletes' times
:17:34. > :17:37.are analysed. Gold medallist Amy Williams trained
:17:38. > :17:40.here for six years, improving her In a mathematical model, everyone
:17:41. > :17:49.sliding the same, there will be a second at the bottom of the run
:17:50. > :17:55.which is huge. A lot comes down to what we do in
:17:56. > :17:59.the gym, in terms of strength and power. That is the big key
:18:00. > :18:02.attribute, trying to be as strong and powerful as possible. If we can
:18:03. > :18:06.get that, we can tweak it to how they use it on the track, I'm
:18:07. > :18:10.confident we can turn most raw All summer the athletes are in the
:18:11. > :18:18.gym three times a day. Then in winter, they head to Europe
:18:19. > :18:21.but time on the track We only have the six runs in any
:18:22. > :18:27.given competition, so that's six minutes practice before you compete.
:18:28. > :18:31.That's a tough thing to deal with in itself. We have learnt to become
:18:32. > :18:35.very good at learning quickly. I focus on a few things each day in
:18:36. > :19:00.training. I have the same processes The search for the next Lizzy
:19:01. > :19:04.started two years ago. We take a lot of talent transfers, people who are
:19:05. > :19:09.already training hard in different sports who go we could get a look at
:19:10. > :19:14.that and we like the look of that. We tested 1,500 across the country.
:19:15. > :19:19.From there, we whittle and whittle until we are really taking them on
:19:20. > :19:25.ice. We will take 10 or 15 on ice and see who have got the other raw
:19:26. > :19:30.materials that we need to ` for a long career in skeleton, which is
:19:31. > :19:36.what it takes. There's also been a big investment in technology. Amy
:19:37. > :19:40.Williams' sled was the product of a four`year research project.
:19:41. > :19:44.Regulations dictate the dimensions and materials used. Engineers have
:19:45. > :19:50.made the sleds lighter and reduced their friction on the ice. The
:19:51. > :19:53.analogy I use is of a Formula One motor sport, so sometimes you have
:19:54. > :19:59.to take a step back to work on your technology to go wow, this is what's
:20:00. > :20:03.now working for me. And we drive the sled down the track, but we also
:20:04. > :20:07.have the technology. The British team are confident they are ahead of
:20:08. > :20:11.the game again. Now, they have to bring all the elements together at
:20:12. > :20:20.90mph and on the biggest stage of all.
:20:21. > :20:24.Now, we haven't had the Opening Ceremony yet but the Games are
:20:25. > :20:27.already under way. Bristol snowboarder Jenny Jones has made it
:20:28. > :20:29.through to the semi`finals of the slope style competition.
:20:30. > :20:32.She finished fifth after the first heat this morning. She then slipped
:20:33. > :20:35.at the beginning of her second run and therefore missed out on
:20:36. > :20:42.automatic qualification for Sunday's final by less than half a point
:20:43. > :20:48.I was happy with my first run because I was dropping first and the
:20:49. > :20:53.nerves and the legs. A shame on the second run that I messed up the
:20:54. > :21:00.cannon. It's a course that demands a lot of respect. There's big
:21:01. > :21:02.features, big jumps, big rails and you have to have your wits about
:21:03. > :21:10.you. Swindon Town are just one match away
:21:11. > :21:13.from a trip to Wembley after the 1st leg of their Johnstone's Paint
:21:14. > :21:15.Trophy area final against Peterborough. Swindon were
:21:16. > :21:18.2`0 down after just 15 minutes, but fought back despite having a man
:21:19. > :21:21.sent off. Nile Ranger scored their first before an own goal drew the
:21:22. > :21:25.sides level ahead of the 2nd leg at Bath Rugby are understood to be in
:21:26. > :21:31.talks to sign England Rugby League international Sam Burgess. Sam,
:21:32. > :21:33.who's 25, currently plays for Australian side South Sydney
:21:34. > :21:37.Rabbitohs who are owned by the actor Russell Crowe. Burgess is
:21:38. > :21:42.believed to favour Bath over other Premiership clubs. But he's still
:21:43. > :21:46.under contract and the RFU have today denied they would help fund
:21:47. > :22:00.his move to rugby union by paying That is the lot for now. The opening
:22:01. > :22:04.ceremony is at 4.00pm tomorrow afternoon.
:22:05. > :22:07.An entertainment arena big enough to attract the stars is inching closer
:22:08. > :22:10.Late this afternoon, councillors and business leaders agreed a
:22:11. > :22:13.?53 million finance deal. Now those who want to build it just need to
:22:14. > :22:17.clear one last hurdle ` a council vote in ten days' time.
:22:18. > :22:25.Here's our business correspondent, Dave Harvey.
:22:26. > :22:33.Please welcome, Sir Alex Ferguson. Leeds, just before Christmas. The
:22:34. > :22:39.big names of sport, the latest in a year of showbusiness at the city's
:22:40. > :22:43.new arena. And in Bristol, the thistles still grow in the old
:22:44. > :22:48.diesel depot earmarked for decades to be the showbusiness capital of
:22:49. > :22:53.the West. Today, that dream came a little closer. Look around this
:22:54. > :22:57.place, it is hard to imagine a 12,000 seater stadium rising up from
:22:58. > :23:02.the wasteland. It takes more than imagination, more in fact than some
:23:03. > :23:09.fancy telly graphics. It takes hard cash. ?91 million they reckon. Now,
:23:10. > :23:15.?38 million will come from income generated when the arena is running.
:23:16. > :23:19.Look at that. That still leaves ?53 million to borrow and they will find
:23:20. > :23:27.a very innovative way to pay it back. The other side of Temple Meads
:23:28. > :23:30.station ` more derelict land. They call this the enterprise zone,
:23:31. > :23:36.creative companies are being wooed to set up here. If they do, their
:23:37. > :23:40.business taxes will pay off the loan that builds the arena. We have 5
:23:41. > :23:44.businesses moving in and this provides a catalyst. Not only is it
:23:45. > :23:49.good in its own right, it will attract other businesses into the
:23:50. > :23:53.enterprise zone area. It will be a real lively place to be. No`one is
:23:54. > :23:57.phoning Robbie Williams yet, mind. First, they have a big show at City
:23:58. > :24:03.Hall, the Mayor has to persuade the full council to agree this finance
:24:04. > :24:08.deal. Then, they will hand this huge derelict site over to a private
:24:09. > :24:25.company to build and operate an arena for Bristol.
:24:26. > :24:31.High winds have brought down several trees in the West. Luckily, no`one
:24:32. > :24:36.was hurt and only two graves were damaged. What a shame to see that
:24:37. > :24:40.tree go. Let's move on to the forecast. It is not good news.
:24:41. > :24:46.Thank you. No, in fact talking about trees coming down, that may well
:24:47. > :24:51.become another saga as we head into the weekend. For the time being at
:24:52. > :24:55.least as we look through towards tomorrow, once we lose rain tonight,
:24:56. > :25:00.there will be this window of much better weather lasting for a fair
:25:01. > :25:05.part of Friday. You have guessed it, it will turn wet again by the
:25:06. > :25:12.evening. It will turn windy as we head into Saturday. Anywhere south
:25:13. > :25:16.of the M4, that amber rain warning continues. The new warning, as well
:25:17. > :25:21.as a yellow warning, an amber warning for a good number of you.
:25:22. > :25:25.You can see the areas at risk here. Severe gales will develop through
:25:26. > :25:29.Saturday and with gusts reaching 70mph, that could well, well, it
:25:30. > :25:33.will almost certainly will bring down trees. For now, as the radar
:25:34. > :25:39.suggests, the rain has been grabbing the attention. I want to focus your
:25:40. > :25:42.attention to the south`west of us. These showery outbreaks are starting
:25:43. > :25:46.to push up across the English Channel. They will have parts of
:25:47. > :25:54.Somerset in their sights later on this evening. So, this is how the
:25:55. > :25:58.Met Office model takes the showery outbreaks of rain away through the
:25:59. > :26:02.course of the night. Pretty windy from the north`west. Then we get
:26:03. > :26:09.these better conditions into the daylight hours of Friday. You can
:26:10. > :26:17.see what is waiting in the wings. So, returning to the forecast `
:26:18. > :26:21.further outbreaks of rain. This area of heavy rain in the form of
:26:22. > :26:25.showers. Possibly some lightning tracking eastwards. Generally, the
:26:26. > :26:31.showers clearing away as the night goes on. Temperatures tonight, `5
:26:32. > :26:36.Celsius. Tomorrow, as I mentioned, despite a windy start, it will be a
:26:37. > :26:39.case of a better day generally. A good deal of dry, bright weather
:26:40. > :26:44.about until that rain arrives into the evening. We will have to be
:26:45. > :26:50.cautious for that. Temperatures tomorrow ` I will tell you, it is
:26:51. > :26:54.8`9 Celsius. Thank you. Another grim forecast.
:26:55. > :26:59.Let's see how that is being received in Somerset. Scott is still there
:27:00. > :27:03.for us. Something of a lull in the weather. The pumps are thundering
:27:04. > :27:08.away, shifting a million tonnes of water off the Levels into the river.
:27:09. > :27:12.That is it. It is at capacity. It can't take anymore water. It is so
:27:13. > :27:16.difficult to second guess where the floods are going to hit next because
:27:17. > :27:23.of the complex network of drainage ditches across the Moors. We know
:27:24. > :27:28.Royal Marines are out. I have seen a lorry`load of sandbags heading up to
:27:29. > :27:35.Moorlands. We have seen police escorting cattle off the MooRps all
:27:36. > :27:38.day as well. We have seen the `` Moors all day as well. We have had
:27:39. > :27:43.the Environment Secretary here as well. Thank you very much. Thank you
:27:44. > :27:48.for watching. We will see you again tomorrow. Update later tonight. Bye.