:00:14. > :00:17.Good evening. Another part of the West is at serious risk from
:00:18. > :00:20.flooding. Tonight, residents in Alney Island in Gloucester, have
:00:21. > :00:23.been told their flood defences won't hold. The army was drafted in to
:00:24. > :00:26.help people protect their properties but, with the River Severn rising
:00:27. > :00:30.overnight then again tomorrow morning, the Environment Agency says
:00:31. > :00:34.the area will flood. Chris Bainger is from the agency. How many
:00:35. > :00:42.properties are at risk at the moment?
:00:43. > :00:46.We have issued a severe flood warning for this area it is we
:00:47. > :00:51.suspect that 55 properties and they are mainly homes will be affected I
:00:52. > :00:56.flood in, either tonight and almost certainly tomorrow. You do have
:00:57. > :01:01.flood defences there, why are they not working? Yes, we do have
:01:02. > :01:06.defences and they are currently working, they are doing their job at
:01:07. > :01:10.this moment. They are keeping the water out of Alney Island, otherwise
:01:11. > :01:17.we would have half a metre of flood water here the moment. It will
:01:18. > :01:20.overtop those tomorrow. That is why we have taken those precautions to
:01:21. > :01:32.get sandbags into the properties here. Could we see another 2000 and
:01:33. > :01:37.seven events `` 2007 event, with the floods in Buster? No, it was a very
:01:38. > :01:47.different event, with localised heavy rain. `` in Gloucester? We do
:01:48. > :01:56.not have the same water coming through the River Avon so I expect
:01:57. > :02:01.about 27 metres lower than in 2 07. But properties he will get wet. How
:02:02. > :02:09.are people coping? There is a Dunkirk spirit. The Army came in,
:02:10. > :02:12.they are all working together. People are used this and have their
:02:13. > :02:18.own defences in place, which very impressive. They have been very kind
:02:19. > :02:20.to us here today and hopefully the efforts that we have put in will be
:02:21. > :02:24.seen. Well, as efforts continue tonight to
:02:25. > :02:26.try to stop Gloucester flooding in Somerset, the huge Dutch pumps
:02:27. > :02:30.finally today began removing water from the Levels after being delayed
:02:31. > :02:39.by bad weather. Scott Ellis has been monitoring the situation in Dunball
:02:40. > :02:45.all day. The welcome sight of the high`volume
:02:46. > :02:51.Dutch pumps here at work in Dunball, pumping water into the River Parrett
:02:52. > :02:56.and out to see. They have some work to do, there is 90 million tonnes of
:02:57. > :03:00.water sat on the Somerset Levels. Much of it is below sea level.
:03:01. > :03:05.Welcome though this site is, many will be saying it is about time too.
:03:06. > :03:12.As you can see, the Dutch engineers are working into the night, they are
:03:13. > :03:19.installing small pipes `` more pipes. It is not like pulling a plug
:03:20. > :03:26.out of a bath, it will slowly drop. As fast as they pump, the Somerset
:03:27. > :03:28.Levels will be filling up with more rain.
:03:29. > :03:31.Well, farmers from across the country have been donating and
:03:32. > :03:35.actually bringing animal feed and straw to help farm animals caught in
:03:36. > :03:38.the floods. One convoy travelled all the way from Wakefield in Yorkshire
:03:39. > :03:46.to bring aid to farmers on the Somerset Levels. Here's Andrew
:03:47. > :03:50.Plant. Loading up on a farm outside Leeds `
:03:51. > :03:53.this straw is destined for the Somerset Levels, helping fellow
:03:54. > :03:56.farmers hundreds of miles away. I just felt there was not enough being
:03:57. > :04:03.done. I do not have cattle but I could offer them time and transport.
:04:04. > :04:07.Donations are driven here, just off the M5. And it is volunteers like
:04:08. > :04:11.Tanya, giving up their time and the boot of her family car to deliver as
:04:12. > :04:17.much as she can. A farmer needs some straw for his sheep and his pigs and
:04:18. > :04:35.because we cannot get full bails out there, we have come here and asked
:04:36. > :04:38.them to job it up for us. So this is vehicle number one ` driven five
:04:39. > :04:44.miles to Burrowbridge, where more volunteers discuss how to get this
:04:45. > :04:48.straw to the farm where it's needed. The straw is walled in wheelbarrow
:04:49. > :04:53.is. Along the side of the swollen River Parrett. At the other end
:04:54. > :05:02.there is a short delay and then time for vehicle number three. It would
:05:03. > :05:05.ruin the engine and my day. American expat Tony Yaskin's old Dodge, a
:05:06. > :05:12.workhorse he's using every day to help his neighbours. My friends have
:05:13. > :05:16.had their businesses flooded and there is nothing more important to
:05:17. > :05:22.do now about to be with them and help them and support them in any
:05:23. > :05:28.way I can. Now the straw is about halfway. It is clear why it is so
:05:29. > :05:36.hard to get supplies to where they are needed. Transport number four, a
:05:37. > :05:40.Canadian canoe. The farmer who needs this has animals living on dirty
:05:41. > :05:47.straw, separated from civilisation by the worst flooding anyone here
:05:48. > :05:53.has ever seen. After they reach dry land, the fifth and final journey.
:05:54. > :06:08.The boat is tipped onto the back of a tractor. Tony and Alan see it to
:06:09. > :06:18.its final destination. Marc Fuller and his family in the tiny hamlet of
:06:19. > :06:22.Wickmore. They are grateful volunteers have taken the time and
:06:23. > :06:27.trouble to lend a hand. Our animals are knee deep in their own mess
:06:28. > :06:34.because we have not got new straw. Now it is a godsend, so they can
:06:35. > :06:37.have new beds. Back at the depot off the side of the M5, the Yorkshire
:06:38. > :06:40.tractors have arrived. And, tomorrow, more volunteers will make
:06:41. > :06:46.sure the supplies here reach those who need them, no matter how
:06:47. > :06:50.difficult that might be. Not one lost bail.
:06:51. > :06:53.In other news tonight, officers have been knocking on doors in Bristol
:06:54. > :06:56.today, looking for any new witnesses as investigations continue into how
:06:57. > :06:59.police from Avon and Somerset handled an Iranian immigrant who was
:07:00. > :07:02.murdered in the city. The police watchdog was called in after it
:07:03. > :07:05.emerged Bijan Ebrahimi repeatedly contacted police complaining that he
:07:06. > :07:08.was the victim of anti`social behaviour before he was beaten to
:07:09. > :07:15.death and his body set on fire in Brislington last summer. We are
:07:16. > :07:21.determined to get to the bottom of exactly what happened and what
:07:22. > :07:26.contact police officers had with him before he was murdered. People may
:07:27. > :07:30.think of something that they saw, that they heard or that they now
:07:31. > :07:33.know. They may think it is really small but it will not be small to
:07:34. > :07:36.us. Everything matters. A Bath`based athlete is hoping to
:07:37. > :07:39.bring home Britain's first gold medal of the Sochi Winter Olympics
:07:40. > :07:42.tomorrow. Lizzy Yarnold has the overnight lead heading into the
:07:43. > :07:45.final of the women's skeleton competition. Coverage starts at
:07:46. > :07:48.3:40pm tomorrow afternoon. Dominic Parsons, who also lives in Bath is
:07:49. > :07:50.hoping for success in the men's skeleton. That competition gets
:07:51. > :07:54.underway at 12:30pm. There is, of course, more news and
:07:55. > :07:59.information on your local BBC Radio Station and online. But, for now,
:08:00. > :08:05.let's get the latest weather forecast with Ian. Some further
:08:06. > :08:15.wintry showers are about to fall on the West Somerset. The attention
:08:16. > :08:21.tomorrow is all on rain. A yellow warning further north. The rain will
:08:22. > :08:29.be distinctly unwelcome considering the state that many of you are in.
:08:30. > :08:39.We could see gusts of 70 or 80 miles an hour on the south coast. 50 murk
:08:40. > :08:45.Bower gusts `` miles per hour gusts further north. It will be very
:08:46. > :08:50.transient, the rain, and particularly heavy towards
:08:51. > :08:56.lunchtime. It has Bush Arie in the afternoon but turns windier in the
:08:57. > :09:00.southern quarter. They'll be heavier showers in the West later in the
:09:01. > :09:02.day. Temperatures will be mild, ten or 11 Celsius. Here is the outlook,
:09:03. > :09:03.a blustery weather centre for the national
:09:04. > :09:12.forecast from Nick Miller. Hello, in this winter of perpetual
:09:13. > :09:16.autumn, it seems we're never more than a day away from a storm so we
:09:17. > :09:19.must be due another one and as you've just heard, here it comes,
:09:20. > :09:20.deepening in the