:00:00. > :00:10.That's it for now. We're back with the late news
:00:11. > :00:15.Hello, a very good evening to you. Thousands of homes across the West
:00:16. > :00:19.are still without power this evening after strong winds and fallen trees
:00:20. > :00:22.bought down cables. The main A4 9 through Gloucestershire was blocked
:00:23. > :00:25.for a time, one of several spots where highways engineers and police
:00:26. > :00:34.worked through the night to clear roads. The village of Poulton lost
:00:35. > :00:39.power at 2am. At this shop, stock thawed in freezers until power was
:00:40. > :00:42.reconnected this afternoon. One of the frustrations is that with modern
:00:43. > :00:47.phones, you can't actually use them when there's no power. So the local
:00:48. > :00:50.pub had to use our phone to cancel the bookings for lunch, which was
:00:51. > :00:54.quite entertaining. But the thing that struck me really is the
:00:55. > :00:57.attitude of... Of people in the village, who have turned round and
:00:58. > :01:00.said, "We've only lost our power, we haven't lost our homes. We are not
:01:01. > :01:04.flooded out." On the Somerset levels, the final
:01:05. > :01:07.two Dutch Pumps are being installed at Dunball this weekend. Once
:01:08. > :01:11.they've been running for two days, other pumps at Beerwall can also be
:01:12. > :01:15.turned on. The plan will eventually lead to the water being sent off the
:01:16. > :01:18.levels and moors. Fiona Lamdin begins her report in the village of
:01:19. > :01:28.Fordgate where everyone has left apart from one woman.
:01:29. > :01:33.Once it comes inside, I am going to have to go. She is the last woman
:01:34. > :01:38.still standing. They went this morning, 9am, they were taken out.
:01:39. > :01:44.30 families have all left at Heather is refusing to budge. I am warm I
:01:45. > :01:49.am dry, I am comfortable. I've got heating, I've got electricity, my
:01:50. > :01:55.toilets work and I got my own bed. Why should I want to move into the
:01:56. > :02:01.village hall? Just a few fields away, back on dry land, the weekly
:02:02. > :02:05.livestock market. The cash from these cows will boost the flood
:02:06. > :02:13.fund. From Birmingham to bar brooch, a whole heap of helping hands. We
:02:14. > :02:17.saw how devastating floods where and how little helpful folk were getting
:02:18. > :02:21.so we drove down from Birmingham to lend a hand and we are making sound
:02:22. > :02:25.bites and reinforcing the bank and doing whatever was needed to help
:02:26. > :02:31.out. Here to make paths of the pumps. Others, like Jay from
:02:32. > :02:34.Bridgwater, are closer to home. He has been here for a week. Today s
:02:35. > :02:42.task is transforming these to graft pulls into pubs. `` telegraph
:02:43. > :02:46.poles. We have a seven`month`old baby. Late nights and then coming
:02:47. > :02:50.here first thing in the morning Back in the village, you can see the
:02:51. > :02:55.entire villages under water. It will not surprise you to know that it
:02:56. > :03:01.took us over our to track down Heather. Why? All the roads are deep
:03:02. > :03:04.in water. Heather is adamant that she and her 30 cats are staying put.
:03:05. > :03:14.Even though everybody else is long gone.
:03:15. > :03:17.Building work has started on a new training college at Lyneham in
:03:18. > :03:20.Wiltshire. The former military air base closed in December 2012. It
:03:21. > :03:23.will now be turned into a training centre for maintaining machinery and
:03:24. > :03:27.military equipment. It's due for completion by the end of next year.
:03:28. > :03:30.To football and Bristol City's home game with Tranmere Rovers was the
:03:31. > :03:34.fixture involving our local sides to survive the weather Bristol City led
:03:35. > :03:37.twice but had to settle for a point in a 2`2 draw with Tranmere. Sam
:03:38. > :03:41.Baldock and Derrick Williams scored for City.
:03:42. > :03:44.Meanwhile in rugby, Bath travelled west to face Exeter. In a closely
:03:45. > :03:50.fought game, Bath eventually won 27`23. Ollie de Veeto, Kyle Eastmond
:03:51. > :03:56.and Nick Abendanon with this effort scored the Bath tries. 12 points
:03:57. > :04:04.came from the boot of Man of the Match George Ford. Let's have a look
:04:05. > :04:14.at the weather. Good evening. A fairly quiet night
:04:15. > :04:19.for tonight but that means it is going to get cold. We had a yellow
:04:20. > :04:23.warning in force. That is for ice on untreated services and it could well
:04:24. > :04:26.be a hazard on the roads. The showers have largely died away and
:04:27. > :04:34.we are looking at those clear spells and light winds. That is allowing
:04:35. > :04:38.the temperatures to tumble. Cold but bright starts the day tomorrow
:04:39. > :04:42.morning. Plenty of sunny spells throughout the day. Like twins also.
:04:43. > :04:47.We may find the cloud thickening up towards the end of the afternoon.
:04:48. > :04:52.Tomorrow night, we see outbreaks of rain arrived. They stay with us at
:04:53. > :04:56.times through Monday. We have a Met Office yellow warning in force.
:04:57. > :05:00.That is all from the team here. Our next bulletin is around about 6 20pm
:05:01. > :05:16.tomorrow. Join me then. Goodbye Hello, good evening, finally some
:05:17. > :05:19.quieter weather on the way for the British Isles for the remainder of
:05:20. > :05:21.this weekend, also somewhat for the week ahead. More on that in a
:05:22. > :05:22.moment.