:00:33. > :00:36.Good afternoon. Desperate attempts are being made to protect more homes
:00:37. > :00:39.from rising water levels in Somerset. In Northmoor people are
:00:40. > :00:42.building their own defences to try and protect their properties. Two
:00:43. > :00:46.severe flood warnings are still in place in the Somerset Levels. Andrew
:00:47. > :00:49.Plant has spent the morning there. As to a promotion going on here The
:00:50. > :00:54.shape, amongst other animals that may have seen that have been taken
:00:55. > :01:02.out of and instead which is about 500 metres up the road from here. ``
:01:03. > :01:06.farmstead. The point has been taking calls from the experiment, and I
:01:07. > :01:12.have been talking to farmers with you on animals who and I think they
:01:13. > :01:16.can take animals rather them in standing water. The side of the
:01:17. > :01:21.Renaissance to drying out, but it is the worse and the other side. The
:01:22. > :01:27.properties window. The shock of the other side of the river is drying
:01:28. > :01:33.out but it is worse on the other side. One of the forecasters are
:01:34. > :01:46.saying there is morning and tonight. `` forecasters `` forecasters.
:01:47. > :01:50.Homeowners in many places on the levels continue to battle to save
:01:51. > :01:53.their properties. This was the scene in East Lyng in Somerset earlier.
:01:54. > :01:57.The residents there have now run out of sandbangs to try and protect
:01:58. > :02:00.their properties. They say they feel abandoned ` we'll be talking to some
:02:01. > :02:03.of them in tonight's programme. Meanwhile Network Rail says the
:02:04. > :02:05.railway lines from Taunton to Bridgwater remains submerged today.
:02:06. > :02:08.Engineers will re`inspect tomorrow to see if they can establish what
:02:09. > :02:12.repairs might need making. The line from Taunton To Castle Cary is no
:02:13. > :02:14.longer under water but remains closed.
:02:15. > :02:16.The weather has also delayed a project to re`double the railway
:02:17. > :02:19.line between Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. A stretch between Kemble
:02:20. > :02:23.and Swindon was due to be completed at Easter ` thats been put back by
:02:24. > :02:31.four months to August. Network Rail says more engineering, work was
:02:32. > :02:34.needed due to the flooding. Football and in the early kick off
:02:35. > :02:38.Between Yeovil and Leeds at Huish Park ` Yeovil have taken the lead
:02:39. > :02:41.through Ishmael Miller in the 3 nd minute. All the results from our
:02:42. > :02:45.other teams in our later bulletins Bath Rugby will try to extend their
:02:46. > :02:48.winning streak to 11 games at the Rec this afternoon, when Newcastle
:02:49. > :02:52.visit in the Premiership. They faced each other in the opening game of
:02:53. > :02:55.the season ` Bath coming out the decisive victors winning 21`nil
:02:56. > :02:56.Bath are currently third in the table, 11 points behind second
:02:57. > :03:00.placed Northampton. Bristol Rugby will try to build on
:03:01. > :03:03.their impressive wind over Jersey, when they travel to Bedford in the
:03:04. > :03:07.Championship. Last weekend's victory sees them fourth in the table, with
:03:08. > :03:10.a game in hand on the sides above them. So what does the weather hold
:03:11. > :03:13.in store for the weekend ` here s Emily Wood with the details.
:03:14. > :03:16.a game in hand on the sides above them. So Good afternoon. It still
:03:17. > :03:25.has some strong winds to come for the rest of the and night. When
:03:26. > :03:34.warnings in force but for those of the coast. `` are things enforce. As
:03:35. > :03:43.the average wind speeds. The costs are much. The winds will become more
:03:44. > :03:51.westerly interactions tonight, so there will be some stronger gusts
:03:52. > :03:57.still to come. Temperatures at November than four or five degrees.
:03:58. > :04:01.The winds will eventually ease `` temperatures no lower than four or
:04:02. > :04:12.five degrees. The winds evening. -- the winds will ease
:04:13. > :04:17.Good afternoon. It is yet another stormy day to day with heavy rain
:04:18. > :04:21.around and very strong winds. The Met office has issued an amber
:04:22. > :04:26.warning for the strong winds. They could be disruptive and damaging.
:04:27. > :04:30.This is the latest in a string of storms that we have seen this
:04:31. > :04:36.winter. For southern England, this looks like one of the wettest
:04:37. > :04:41.winters for 250 years. Scotland saw the wettest December 4/100 years.
:04:42. > :04:46.Low pressure well in charge of things at the moment, drifting
:04:47. > :04:49.across the UK to the North. The tide Isa buyers will mean windy
:04:50. > :04:51.conditions, particularly for the south and