16/02/2014

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:00:11. > :00:14.Good evening. Engineers are assessing the best way to stabilise

:00:15. > :00:19.the river bank at Dunball in Somerset, after having to turn off

:00:20. > :00:22.the high capacity Dutch pumps. The pumps had already moved a million

:00:23. > :00:27.tonnes of water, the eventual aim being to clear the levels and moors.

:00:28. > :00:33.Meanwhile, more families have seen their homes succumb to the water.

:00:34. > :00:37.Fiona Lamdin reports. Homeless and now churchless. With

:00:38. > :00:43.Moorland well under the water, today they came to worship on higher

:00:44. > :00:46.ground. Our church has gone at the moment. We can't use it. Praying for

:00:47. > :00:52.those like Leslie, where the waters won this war. We were fighting hard

:00:53. > :00:57.to try and keep it out. We were working with family and friends We

:00:58. > :01:03.even had six policeman here on Sunday. We worked all day putting

:01:04. > :01:06.sandbags up. And you have so many sandbags but it still came in? About

:01:07. > :01:11.2000. When did it come in? Wednesday. We got up in the morning

:01:12. > :01:16.and it was all here. It's just devastating. You don't see how it's

:01:17. > :01:20.ever going to go. In fact, it just keeps on rising. This is their

:01:21. > :01:25.neighbour's front door a week ago. Today, the water's above the

:01:26. > :01:29.knocker. The grand plan to get the water off the levels lies here at

:01:30. > :01:32.Dunball but these Dutch pumps are idle. They've been turned off, just

:01:33. > :01:38.too strong for the river banks, which are starting to give way.

:01:39. > :01:42.We're just making a small collection for the people that are flooded

:01:43. > :01:46.Back in East Lying, there's no shortage of a new type of visitor.

:01:47. > :01:51.The flood tourists. And so why not charge them? Hundreds made every

:01:52. > :01:54.hour. Clare and Mark built this boat in

:01:55. > :01:58.four hours this morning. It's my friend's birthday. They live at that

:01:59. > :02:02.side of the flood so we thought we would build a boat and meet them

:02:03. > :02:07.there for lunch. As we start week seven, locals are clearly adapting.

:02:08. > :02:14.Meanwhile, the threat of flooding at Alney Island in Gloucester has

:02:15. > :02:18.receded for the time being. But part of the cycle path which links Bath

:02:19. > :02:23.and Bristol has been closed after it became submerged. A 200m stretch of

:02:24. > :02:27.the path near Newbridge is under about two feet of water. But earlier

:02:28. > :02:31.some cyclists were choosing to ignore the closure.

:02:32. > :02:36.A statue which was once deemed too shocking to go on public view is now

:02:37. > :02:41.on display in Cheltenham. The Kiss by Rodin is worth ?10 million.

:02:42. > :02:48.Here's Zoe Gough. Iconic, popular and in its time

:02:49. > :02:51.highly controversial. The Kiss is once again attracting crowds in

:02:52. > :02:58.Cheltenham, 78 years after it first went on display here. But a few

:02:59. > :03:04.years before that, Auguste Rodin's famous marble pose was removed from

:03:05. > :03:11.view. When this culture first went on public display in 1914, its

:03:12. > :03:14.intimate nature caused quite a stir. Almost 20 years later, when it first

:03:15. > :03:21.came here to Cheltenham, public opinion was far more favourable And

:03:22. > :03:25.it seems that's still true today. You embrace it as well, as kind of

:03:26. > :03:29.an expression of love and you enjoy it for that reason. It would be

:03:30. > :03:33.wonderful if it could remain permanently here but one has to

:03:34. > :03:39.appreciate that works of art get moved round. We have to share them.

:03:40. > :03:42.In the '30s, The Kiss had a three year stay in Cheltenham. While no

:03:43. > :03:52.longer controversial, its popularity means this time it'll only be around

:03:53. > :03:56.for a few months. Rugby. And in the Premiership, a

:03:57. > :03:59.penalty from Cook and this try from Sharples wasn't enough to prevent

:04:00. > :04:02.defeat for Gloucester at the hands of Leicester this afternoon.

:04:03. > :04:04.defeat for Gloucester at the hands of Final score Leicester 11,

:04:05. > :04:06.Gloucester eight. While in the Championship, Bristol

:04:07. > :04:17.enjoyed a narrow victory over Nottingham by 25 points to 24.

:04:18. > :04:20.Now the weather, with Holly Greene. Good evening. Today felt a little

:04:21. > :04:25.bit like a brief taste of spring. But it's not lasting. Already got

:04:26. > :04:31.rain working its way from the West. Have got warning about for rain for

:04:32. > :04:42.western parts of Somerset into Dorset. Temperatures tending to rise

:04:43. > :04:43.as the rain pushes on. Feeling quite blustery into tomorrow also.

:04:44. > :04:50.Outbreaks of rain continuing through tomorrow then mostly light but we

:04:51. > :04:54.will see some heavy bursts at times. Thereafter, Tuesday and Wednesday

:04:55. > :04:58.both bring bright spells and showers but Wednesday night and Thursday

:04:59. > :05:00.will be wet and windy once more That's it from me. We'll be back

:05:01. > :05:10.tomorrow morning. Good night. Good evening. In the midst of any

:05:11. > :05:14.normal winter weather for the week ahead would be fairly unremarkable.

:05:15. > :05:19.Some rain in places, some strong winds at times, but of course we are

:05:20. > :05:22.in the midst of no normal winter. It is worth emphasising that with -

:05:23. > :05:28.the weather this week will be less angry and volatile overall, a fair

:05:29. > :05:31.bit calmer. Calmer but by no means dry. Outbreaks of rain will spread

:05:32. > :05:35.across much of the UK through the night. There will be some snow mixed

:05:36. > :05:36.in across the hills of central Scotland. Temperatures slowly

:05:37. > :05:38.starting to rise