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to British coastlines, with winds of up to 80 mph. That's all from

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Welcome to BBC Points West with Liz Beacon and David Garmston. Our main

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story tonight: Heartbreak in the floods. Police rescue valuables from

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an almost deserted village as the water gets even deeper. And inside

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the holiday camp which has become home for dozens of flood victims.

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Your life is suddenly suspended And it's not just suspended for a week,

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a month, it could be a year or more and even then things will not be the

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same again. The other stories in the news

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tonight: Parents are told there ll be a new inquiry into the deaths of

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children who had heart surgery in Bristol. And after a tense and

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terrifying downhill slide ` Lizzy Yarnold wins gold. We're in Bath

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with her friends as they watch her dream come true.

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Good evening. The west is being battered by more heavy rain and high

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winds right now ` after yet another day of storms. Gloucester is holding

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on ` even though the flood water is at the gates ` but the Somerset

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Levels has seen another wretched day. Villagers in Moorland who were

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forced to flee their homes can only watch as the water climbs even

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higher in their flooded houses. Here's Scott Ellis.

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The waters are still rising in moorland. Most residents left a week

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ago, today some return to check their homes. How is it? Not great.

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The police can access the flooded homes to retrieve possessions for

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residents forced to live elsewhere. These medals now safe from the

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invading floodwater. You come to realise if you can go in and get one

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thing, I brought out a bottle of wine for a man on the van and it is

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a bottle of wine friends from Canada Centre. Things like that mean the

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world and if you can take that the Travelodge it makes them feel more

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at home. The Royal Marines are here helping to sandbag the last of the

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dry homes in moorland. They have a defence here, they built up the mud

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banks and it is weathering away with water. We are reinforcing it with

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sandbags to make it more substantial. How pleased were you to

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see the Royal Marines? We have been promised them since the start.

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Yesterday they came and looked but could not guarantee it because they

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could get posted elsewhere. I hope they will not say elsewhere is more

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important than here. 15 residents remain in moorland holding back the

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water with dams and pumps. A barricade against the weather. If we

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can get through tonight and then hopefully Sunday, we will be under

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all still here. They are exhausted physically and emotionally. They say

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it is worth it. By being here, they feel the authorities will not

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abandoned `` abandon the village altogether. It is so tough. Scott

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Ellis is in East Lyng in Somerset tonight ` what's it like? It is

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terrible. I am on the edge of the more. It should be to see, the wind

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is whipping up, the floodwater is in waves. It is whipping up over the

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flood defences, it is like taking a stroll along the front at

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Weston`super`Mare. We can show you some pictures from earlier on today.

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You get an idea of the wind speed. They have reached 70 miles an hour,

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whipping up through Yeovilton, Ilminster and causing trees to come

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down, isolated problem is that adding to the general misery of the

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flooding in Somerset. In the darkness Boroughbridge and further

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afield moorland and the wind is a problem. The wind is picking up the

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pressure on the water and it could break down the earth banks. They

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have their fingers crossed, could it get worse? Let's hope not. Some of

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the people who have left their homes in Moorland have now had to take up

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temporary accommodation in a nearby holiday park.

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It's been more than a week since they had to flee their homes, and

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they still have no idea when they will be able to return. Andrew Plant

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has spent the day with them. The future is uncertain for us as

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individuals but also the community as a whole. Julian and Mary Taylor

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helping run the relief effort from there temporary kitchen table. Over

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six weeks we have seen the water rising gradually over the area, we

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thought because of the height of the house we would not be flooded and

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then we had a police helicopter telling us to move out. Your life is

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suddenly suspended. It isn't just suspended for a week, month, it

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could be a year or more. And even then, things will not be the same

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again. Just one mile away, these holiday houses are home to residents

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calling them flooding refugees. Claire Hughes had to leave her home

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so fast, her children had no time to rescue their toys. These have all

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been donated. I have two small boys, the oldest is asking whether

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toys are, when can we go home and? As a parent, you are supposed to

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have the answers but I don't know what to tell them. We have lost

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everything. How do you explain that? They were scared, in their pyjamas.

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They asked where we were going and I didn't know where we were going to

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go. It is draining. Going to bed, I am not sleeping. At the moment I am

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physically worn out. For the people who had to evacuate their homes it

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is too early to think about going home. Works are still under way to

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get the pipes laid and those villages after the most part still

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under water. It will be months before any of them are backing their

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homes. `` back in their homes. Now our other big story of the day and

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Lizzie Yarnold, who lives and trains in Bath, has taken Gold at the

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women's Skeleton event at the Winter Olympics in Sochi. She led every

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heat ` and came in almost a second ahead of her nearest rival in the

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final run of the day just an hour ago. Let's cross to Alistair Durden

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at her training centre in Bath. This is home to so many top athletes

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across so many different sports but life in here came to a standstill

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and hour ago as the University stopped to witness one of its own

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winning a Winter Olympic gold. Lizzie has been training here for

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about five years and she has dominated women's skeleton but today

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it was her crowning moment. If she was nervous, she didn't show

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it. Lizzy Yarnold was the overwhelming favourite, nearly half

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a second quicker than anyone else at the halfway stage. They were still

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biting fingernails in Bath where friends and fellow athletes were

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watching on the TV. They need not have worried. Lizzy Yarnold is

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Olympic champion! How fast start produced another incredible run A

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gold medal winning performance. It will not sink in for a long time.

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You must feel an out of body experience. Totally. The fourth run

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I was enjoying it, the same as Amy, I wanted to enjoy it and it was a

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messy run but I'm so so thrilled I got myself here after five years of

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hard work. As an athlete you give up so much but on a daylight today it

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is so worth it! She was quicker than yesterday even with bumps along the

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way. It is to be expected. All of the pressure she was carrying on her

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shoulders. She has done great. She's the most consistent athlete I have

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seen. They were watching in Pewsey. Shelley's parents win the pub after

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having a problem getting a Visa to fly to rush to watch. Shelley who

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won silver eight years finished 16th. For Lizzie and her army of

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fans, time to celebrate. Six years after being talent spotted she is

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now an Olympic champion. Lizzie follows Amy in winning gold

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four years ago, Amy is a mentor and her landlady in Bath. I wonder if

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the rental go up now she is a Winter Olympic champion. Join me later in

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the programme and double talk to two members of the great British

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skeleton team. Well done to Lizzie, we needed that. Welcome to BBC

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Points West on this Friday evening. Ian will be here with your weather

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forecast later. And if you're hoping to get away for the half term

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holidays we've got all the latest on the roads and rails.Welcome to BBC

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Points West on this Friday evening. Some of these families have

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travelled from Cornwall to find answers to questions that still

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haunt them about their child's death. November saw the first of

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several inquests into children who had had heart surgery at a

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specialist unit in Bristol. Father of one of them, seven`year`old Sean

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was instrumental in making today's meeting with a doctor in charge of

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the NHS happen. I picked up the newspaper, read a horrific story

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regarding Bristol Children's Hospital, I tweeted and asked Sir

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Bruce Keogh to pick up the reins and saw the mess out. After a three`hour

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meeting with the director of the NHS, the parents came out with a

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smile. It was promising. He has agreed to get Ian Kennedy back in to

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review the hospital so we feel quite pleased something has come off today

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and hopefully it will look into our concerns. Sir Bruce Keogh told me it

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would be an enquiry by the parents but led by Sir Ian Kennedy,

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investigating the death of babies in the 1990s. We have heard harrowing

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stories and in a dignified way from the families. He understands the

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issues and he can hit the ground running because what I am after is

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getting to the bottom of these problems, finding a solution and

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getting the Bristol unit to be one of the best in the country as

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quickly as possible. In a statement the hospital say they are troubled

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that families continue to have concerns and they hope today's

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meeting will help resolve their issues. They stress their results

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have been shown to be safe but that they have made improvements which

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include better communication with families. With a new enquiry this is

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by no means the end of the matter. Let's return now to today's heavy

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rain and winds, and it's been a tense day in Gloucestershire as

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people have been waiting for the River Severn to burst its banks and

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breach flood defences. A severe flood warning remains in place along

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the River Severn in the city. Will Glennon is at Alney Island. It has

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been heavy rain and strong winds all day in Gloucester and people are

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desperately watching the River Severn hoping it doesn't overtop the

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flood defences. Look at their defences. Sandbags, polythene sheets

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hoping to keep any water out of the houses. 3000 of these sandbags were

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put in place last night by the army, Environment Agency and local

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council. People are grateful for them. Alney Island is surrounded by

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flood water, farmland, Parkland have gone under, roads are blocked and

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Sandhurst is cut off completely accessible only by boat. I saw the

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emergency services clubbing together on a rescue mission taking food and

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medical supplies to the villages. We think they are safe at the moment.

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Here the pinch point will happen tonight at 10pm, Roy Stokes joins

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me. What will happen? We hope it is a rerun of last night, the flood

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water is four inches from the wall and with a high winds and high tides

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it could push the levels over. That would push water into the

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properties. We are pleased the preparations have been done,

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warnings have been out and we are as prepared as we can be. We have to

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wait and see. Thank you. We know the floods are a serious story but we

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have thrown up some interesting things as well. Look at these

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pictures of an unusual villager in the Forest of Dean. A seal came up

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to visit. We think you try to escape the River Wye. The locals called him

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the balance. `` Valentino. Schools break up for half term today, but if

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you're planning on getting away there's still lots of disruption on

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the railways in and out of the West Country and the South West. Network

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Rail says floodwater's likely to affect journeys for some time to

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come and is still advising passengers not to travel unless it's

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absolutely necessary. Services between Cheltenham and London,

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between Bristol and the South West, and heading East out of Swindon are

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facing severe disruption. But bus replacements are running in some of

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those areas. The good news from Bristol Temple Meads is they were

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running a normal service to London. Two of five trains are dedicated to

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Bristol. If you are going further south, that is more challenging

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That's because of flooding on the Levels in Somerset and because the

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track needs to be re`built at Dawlish in Devon. At the earliest,

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it could be repaired in five weeks time. Replacement bus services are

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in operation. The advice as ever, is check before you travel.

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On the roads, the RAC is reminding motorists to drive at an appropriate

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speed for the weather conditions and to plan and check your route before

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setting off. And some flights into Bristol Airport have been diverted

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to Cardiff and Birmingham this afternoon because of strong winds.

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The advice is to keep looking at their website for the latest

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information. It's been another busy day for the

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people trying to co`ordinate the emergency response to the floods.

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Gold Command was set up when the situation in Somerset was officially

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declared a crisis. Our home affairs correspondent Steve Brodie has been

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out today with the woman in charge of policing the floods.

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Caroline Peters has come to see for herself as gold commander she is

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responsible for the 30 policemen and women who are working around the

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clock every day in the fight against the flooding. A small number of

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officers have been on the receiving end of abuse from frustrated

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homeowners. Unfortunately they have not seen the 11 and 12 hour shifts

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we have done and you have a cup of tea or warm yourself up and that is

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all they see. They don't know what you have done beforehand. You can't

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take it personally. Some people are positive, even those who have lost

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their homes. There is a perception of fear and people worrying about

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looted. It is not the case. The gold commander appealed for boats and

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they did arrive. The request was made for boats, Devon and Somerset

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Service up and said we have a boat to hand and will bring it down. And

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also they have the kit which is helpful because from health and

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safety we do not know what is underneath, stones or anything else.

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We have well`trained people kitted out ready to go on patrols. Now off

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to see a local farmer. We are all under pressure but no parking on the

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bridges and things like that. And people doing the work, they can get

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in and out quicker. It is three o'clock and the Chief Superintendent

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is in East Lane. She spoke to officers helping the residents in a

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never ending battle against the flood water. The gentleman next

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door, carting sandbags, the water is digging away at his garden. They are

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paid but the police are here to help those in trouble and prevent anyone

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who thinks they can profit from flooding. With all this flood water

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comes the risk of contamination as sewage and silage are spread over

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miles of countryside and through people's homes. After several weeks

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of flooding we've asked experts to analyse a sample of the water, and

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asked if it poses a risk to public health. Here's Jules Hyam.

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The Somerset village of Burrowbridge ` surrounded by mile upon mile of

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flooded farmland. Water washing through fields of animal dung and

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collecting human waste. Public Health England advises it's best to

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avoid contact with flood water ` if you can ` but they say it doesn t

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pose any increased health risk. It's not fit to drink ` but is dangerous?

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One of the things which is common is the contamination of the water by

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bacteria, that can come from farmland, septic tanks and the

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sewage system because those systems get breached. So, the task here is

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to understand that level of bacterial contamination.

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To do that, Professor Reynolds is collecting two samples of flood

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water here at Burrowbridge ` one sample from the flooded main road,

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the other directly the River Parrett. The samples are sealed and

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sent to an accredited microbiology lab where measured amounts of the

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flood water are mixed with a sugar rich gel ` the mixture is left to

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incubate in order to see what bacteria grow and in what quantity.

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Professor Reynolds is comparing the samples against the upper limit for

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safe bathing water as set by the EU ` the sample from the flooded road

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is actually within the EU limit for bacteria associated with faecal

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contamination but the river water is not. What we discovered is those

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levels of bacteria are very very high indeed. For E. Coli, the levels

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are five and six times higher than what would be allowed and the

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bathing water directive. That tells us the river is taking the brunt of

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the contamination coming from the run`off from the sewage systems

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That is beneficial in the short`term, all of this faecal

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contamination is being carried and transported by the river system

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Which is precisely what the river system is meant to do ` the problems

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come if and when the river banks are breached. With no official

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monitoring of contamination levels, the advice remains to avoid flood

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water if you can and to wash hands and clothes thoroughly if you can't.

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In football ` Swindon Town get things underway tonight for our

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football teams as they take on Colchester. Then tomorrow both

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Bristol teams will be hoping to build on their wins in the week

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while Cheltenham are looking for their first victory in 2014. Bath

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Rugby have a West Country derby at Exeter then on Sunday Gloucester

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travel to Leicester and Bristol take on Nottingham. Well, good luck to

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all our sides. And someone who doesn't need our

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luck anymore is Bath's Lizzy Yarnold because she's done it! Britain's

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first gold in Sochi's Winter Olympics. Let's go back to Ali at

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her training ground at the University of Bath. Yes, the message

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tonight is follow your dreams and never give up. Let's remind

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ourselves of some of those scenes of celebration in Sochi where she has

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won Great Britain's fourth consecutive medal in the women's

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skeleton. She won every heat this season and she won the whole

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competition by nearly a second ahead of her rivals. The team GB manager

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is here. It was never in doubt, was it? It is always in doubt until she

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crosses the line. I did not cheer until she crossed. Was she nervous?

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She followed her normal routine No, she did good and followed what she

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normally does. I'm sure you thought she could do it but by a second

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Yes, surprised by the overall result. She is exceptional. James

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hopes to be at the Winter Olympics in four years. How inspiring was it?

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Brilliant, to see someone, me and the other guys training down here,

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seeing her train every day and how hard she works and to see it pay off

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and win gold is really inspiring. What is her secret? I don't know,

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she is letting on. Maybe she will now. It isn't a secret, she works

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really hard. She is dedicated. She put time and effort in. And now it

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is down to the men to latch `` to match the women. Yes, we want to

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bring some muddled in in the next few years. We wish you well. We hope

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to see you in South Korea in a few years. Livy in her spare time likes

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to do knitting and listen to the archers. Very different. She might

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have to let those wait for a little bit to night. `` Livy. Let's hope

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she lets her hair down for the party. The Wild West outdoors at the

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moment, decidedly strong winds. Tyrone morning will bring more of

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the same, it will be windy eventually, the winds will die down,

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as will heavy showers. More cloud in the afternoon and outbreaks of rain

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but that is later on Sunday. Some respite from those conditions now.

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The Met office warnings are understating the extent of the

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winds. The amber warning across the south coast, winds of 75 miles an

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hour but we do have gusts of 70 miles an hour inland through Bristol

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and the M4. The wind is bringing down trees, power lines as well

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Although we have focused on flooding, in terms of perilous

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conditions, it is the winds that are dangerous for those on the roads.

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More winds from a southerly course, they veer to a westerly tomorrow

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morning, more through Bristol Channel, a headwind on the M4, a

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crosswind on the M5. This low pressure is bringing conditions

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moving towards the north`west through Saturday, still close

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isobars but they are spreading out by the end of Saturday and much

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better conditions feeding in overnight through Sunday. This

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evening, reports of trees down, trampolines 60 feet in the air in

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trees and the mean wind speed showing the strength of how things

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continue into a windy night. Still some heavy showers, temperatures

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around five or seven Celsius. The showers could have a punch. These

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late morning ones could be accompanied by lightning, hail,

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running towards the east through the middle part of the day, improving

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picture. Fewer showers, the wind less of an issue, still breezy but

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not as strong as the morning. Temperatures around seven or eight

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Celsius. Sunday is a vast the improved day, more rain on Monday

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but next week looks generally better but still some rain to come.

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Springwell Khan `` come. Before we go, let's leave you with those

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images of Lizzy Yarnold winning the first gold medal for Britain. An

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amazing run, coming home nearly a second ahead of her nearest rival,

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and travelling at speeds of more than seventy miles an hour `

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incredible! Her name goes into the history books ` Lizzy Yarnold, who

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lives and trains in Bath. We're

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