:00:00. > :00:00.you. That is all from
:00:00. > :00:08.Welcome to BBC Points West with Ali Vowles and Sabet Choudhury Our main
:00:09. > :00:13.story tonight: The hairdresser murdered while she worked. Police
:00:14. > :00:21.launch an investigation as 20`year`old Hollie Gazzard is
:00:22. > :00:27.stabbed. This is an incident where the victim and suspect knew each
:00:28. > :00:31.other and we need to reassure the community that this is a safe place
:00:32. > :00:44.to be. Tonight Hollie's ex`boyfriend is under arrest on suspicion of her
:00:45. > :00:47.murder. Also in tonight's programme... Draining the Somerset
:00:48. > :00:55.Levels ` the Prime Minister predicts it could take up to six weeks.
:00:56. > :00:58.Helping themselves: How the village cut off by the floods has been
:00:59. > :01:02.organising its own relief effort. And did the miracle cure work? We
:01:03. > :01:11.get the latest on Corin's battle with cerebral palsy. A man has been
:01:12. > :01:19.arrested on suspicion of murdering his ex`girlfriend at the
:01:20. > :01:22.hairdressers where she worked. Hollie Gazzard, who was 20 years
:01:23. > :01:25.old, was stabbed just before six o'clock yesterday evening. She was
:01:26. > :01:28.rushed to hospital, but doctors were unable to save her life. Andrew
:01:29. > :01:32.Plant reports. A busy shopping street in the centre of Gloucester
:01:33. > :01:36.taped off as forensic teams searched the area.
:01:37. > :01:39.Police called just before 6pm, they say, to reports of a woman being
:01:40. > :01:46.attacked inside the Fringe Benefits hair salon. There was a police cars
:01:47. > :02:05.and then I had this evening that somebody had been stabbed. `` I
:02:06. > :02:08.heard. When police arrived at the salon, they found 20`year`old
:02:09. > :02:10.stylist Hollie Gazzard seriously injured. She was rushed to
:02:11. > :02:13.Gloucestershire Royal Infirmary ` just a few minutes away. But died
:02:14. > :02:17.soon afterwards from the stab wounds she received. Hollie lived locally
:02:18. > :02:20.and also worked at this pub a few miles away. And her family released
:02:21. > :02:23.a statement, saying, "Everybody she came in contact with loved her,
:02:24. > :02:27.enjoyed her company, her happy nature and her sense of fun. The
:02:28. > :02:31.world has lost a treasure." The victim and suspect knew each other
:02:32. > :02:34.and where any previous relationship and we need to reassure the
:02:35. > :02:43.community that this is a safe place to be. The attack happened at 6pm
:02:44. > :02:47.yesterday when this salon was open for business and there were staff
:02:48. > :02:51.and customers inside and police say they will be referring those people
:02:52. > :02:59.to counselling services because they will be traumatised. Police say they
:03:00. > :03:01.arrested a 22`year`old man. He's being questioned on suspicion of
:03:02. > :03:04.Hollie's murder. David Cameron has described the
:03:05. > :03:08.flooding in Somerset as "difficult and depressing." The Prime Minister
:03:09. > :03:10.came to the Levels again today ` his third visit to the county since the
:03:11. > :03:14.crisis began. He also predicted that it would take
:03:15. > :03:25.at least six weeks to clear the excess water away. Scott Ellis
:03:26. > :03:30.reports. Mr Cameron was visiting this pumping
:03:31. > :03:41.operation today. Like everyone, he is wondering how soon it will be
:03:42. > :03:45.since the `` till the water is gone. I said before that things would get
:03:46. > :03:50.worse before they got better but we know have a pumping strategy in
:03:51. > :03:56.place with more pumps and trying to get the amount of water pumped from
:03:57. > :04:02.3 million tonnes to 5 billion tonnes a day. But even with that, the
:04:03. > :04:10.maximum capacity, we are looking at six weeks to get the Somerset Levels
:04:11. > :04:15.drive. Mr Cameron has pledged to spend as much money as is needed to
:04:16. > :04:23.clean up the floods but what about long`term solutions? These engineers
:04:24. > :04:28.have been in Somerset all week with the Environment Agency. The country,
:04:29. > :04:34.Holland, spends a lot of money on flood defence and what is the
:04:35. > :04:40.advice? If you will accept these extreme events, you must be prepared
:04:41. > :04:47.for event is a little less extreme. I do not think you should look for a
:04:48. > :04:56.quick solution because that might be a mistake for the future. It is
:04:57. > :05:00.unlikely we will spend anything like what the Dutch spend on flood
:05:01. > :05:10.defence because 60% of the landmass below sea level. We will take on
:05:11. > :05:18.board the recommendations they have made. The Environment Agency says we
:05:19. > :05:27.can learn a great deal from the Dutch. They have learned to live
:05:28. > :05:30.with water rather than fight it So what does this all mean for people
:05:31. > :05:33.whose homes are still, in some cases, waist`deep in floodwater
:05:34. > :05:36.Well, tonight many of them are in Bridgwater, at a special surgery set
:05:37. > :05:46.up for flood victims and Scott's there for us this evening. Scott.
:05:47. > :05:52.This is a weekly surgery and these people who are flood victims want to
:05:53. > :05:57.find out information. We will top two Jenny who is a part`time vet and
:05:58. > :06:02.her husband boss might farm is flooded and all the cattle moved
:06:03. > :06:09.off. All three of her children are living in a holiday home nearby
:06:10. > :06:17.Difficult and depressing is an understatement. Where is the water
:06:18. > :06:23.in your House? The water was up to the inner House so it is very
:06:24. > :06:30.difficult and depressing. Maybe the House will not be able to be left
:06:31. > :06:33.standing? Yes, we have had two weeks of water and waves and there could
:06:34. > :06:46.be structural issues there. Meanwhile, you are running a charity
:06:47. > :06:53.helping several farms? There will be more farms affected potentially We
:06:54. > :06:57.are doing it on a volunteer basis and that is me and the wife of
:06:58. > :07:06.another farmer who are running it out of our bedrooms. We haven't had
:07:07. > :07:11.any help from any outside agency. In April and May we normally when the
:07:12. > :07:19.castle home but there is no grass for them. Is there a bright side?
:07:20. > :07:23.Yes, the community coming together and farmers have been fantastic
:07:24. > :07:31.We're getting donations from Scotland and Norfolk and we have two
:07:32. > :07:42.thank the farming army. People are really chatting here. If the Dutch
:07:43. > :07:53.pumping operation is up to speed, they will open the sluice gates
:07:54. > :07:57.Over the last month we've taken you all over the Somerset Levels to meet
:07:58. > :07:59.people who've lost their homes, we've shown your shocking images of
:08:00. > :08:11.submerged villages but until tonight we've never visited the hamlet of
:08:12. > :08:14.Chadmead near North Petherton. There are 30 people living there who
:08:15. > :08:18.believe they have been forgotten about, and have built up their own
:08:19. > :08:21.resilience, backed up by the kindness of strangers. Fiona Lamdin
:08:22. > :08:25.has spent the day with them. After seven weeks, finally help for the
:08:26. > :08:30.hamlet of Chadmead. We finish the sketch in three weeks ago but we
:08:31. > :08:40.have not even fitted the door knobs. Up till now it's been a
:08:41. > :09:00.military operation run on the sympathy of strangers. This is the
:09:01. > :09:12.morning handover. Why are you doing it? If I did not do it, who else
:09:13. > :09:18.would? How can you ever reward people for helping? She too can all
:09:19. > :09:32.our washing away and she loves about 30 miles away. `` she lives. Their
:09:33. > :09:36.boiler now broken,this wood is the only way to keep warm. More help at
:09:37. > :09:47.hand` not meals on wheels but breakfast in a basket. Sarah in the
:09:48. > :09:53.village has organised pasties for people because there was a need for
:09:54. > :10:00.a good hot meal. She's delivered 34 so far this morning ` the last one's
:10:01. > :10:06.for Roy at the end of the street. Everyone has done so much work on
:10:07. > :10:10.the properties the and people will stay put until the water level rises
:10:11. > :10:19.and you have got to get out. And just a wade across the water is his
:10:20. > :10:26.cousin Ian's House. They've been paddling in puddles for weeks now.
:10:27. > :10:31.The daughter and granddaughter have moved out because the so`called but
:10:32. > :10:37.there is another six inches to go before the electric beater has to be
:10:38. > :10:45.cut off. Ian insists he will go nowhere except to the shops and how
:10:46. > :10:52.else would you go there when your wheels are underwater?
:10:53. > :10:58.What has struck me is the sheer resilience of the people here who,
:10:59. > :11:02.despite these homes being flooded, the residents are going nowhere
:11:03. > :11:07.because they are relying on the help of others who are coming in and
:11:08. > :11:14.helping them and they are also adapting to life surrounded by
:11:15. > :11:19.water. If there is one bright spot to come
:11:20. > :11:25.out of this, it is the community spirit.
:11:26. > :11:32.I think all of us who have covered this have felt that. Still to
:11:33. > :11:40.come... The birds taking shelter after a battering from the storms `
:11:41. > :11:44.even the puffins ran out of puff! And right on top ` Bristol's Dino
:11:45. > :11:48.Zamperelli is on track with his ambition to get to Formula One.
:11:49. > :11:52.A man arrested in connection with the murder of Melanie Hall has been
:11:53. > :11:54.bailed again until the end of April while police continue their
:11:55. > :12:01.investigation. Melanie, who was 25, was last seen alive leaving a Bath
:12:02. > :12:05.nightclub in 1996. Her remains were found four`and` a`half years ago
:12:06. > :12:12.next to a slip road off the M5. The man, who's 44, was detained at his
:12:13. > :12:15.home in Bath in November. Somerset County Council has
:12:16. > :12:21.announced that its Chief Executive, Sheila Wheeler, has left the Council
:12:22. > :12:23.by mutual agreement. The news follows speculation over Mrs
:12:24. > :12:28.Wheeler's whereabouts, as she hasn't been at work for a couple of months.
:12:29. > :12:32.The council says that she's brought major changes to the way that the
:12:33. > :12:35.council is run, and that they wish her well for the future. And ?1
:12:36. > :12:38.million`worth of cuts and a Council Tax freeze have today been agreed by
:12:39. > :12:43.Somerset County Council. This evening the budget will also be set
:12:44. > :12:47.in South Gloucestershire. Big savings need to be made by all of
:12:48. > :12:50.our councils due to Government spending cuts. There were protests
:12:51. > :12:59.yesterday as the budgets were set for Bristol, North Somerset and Bath
:13:00. > :13:03.and North East Somerset. You may remember that here on Points
:13:04. > :13:06.West, we've been following the story of young Corin Potts who has
:13:07. > :13:09.cerebral palsy. He's had an operation to help him walk, which
:13:10. > :13:34.his family hope will be a miracle cure. Simon Lewis has been to find
:13:35. > :13:36.out how he's getting on. For five=and`a`half`year`old Corin every
:13:37. > :13:42.single step is a real stepping stone. Diagnosed with cerebral palsy
:13:43. > :13:48.at 18 months, he struggles to walk. He likes to join unlike any other
:13:49. > :13:58.child. I am trying. Do they help you? I have been using a frame. Your
:13:59. > :14:04.friends help you run the classroom and a really good to you, aren't
:14:05. > :14:07.they? Just over a year ago, he underwent pioneering spinal surgery
:14:08. > :14:10.at Frenchay Hospital. The new technique wasn't available on the
:14:11. > :14:14.NHS so his family had to raise ?35,000 to meet the cost. Although
:14:15. > :14:21.not the miracle cure that was hoped for, it has greatly improved his
:14:22. > :14:29.mobility. We had hoped he would take independent steps which is our main
:14:30. > :14:33.goal but before the operation he was in his wheelchair most of the time
:14:34. > :14:39.and now he is in his frame most of the time. His future would have gone
:14:40. > :14:44.downhill as he got older and now there is every chance it will keep
:14:45. > :14:50.getting better. What he has achieved in that year has already changed his
:14:51. > :14:53.life. With no more operations planned, the road to walking is now
:14:54. > :14:59.down to painstaking physio and Corin's very clear determination and
:15:00. > :15:02.spirit. Bristol Old Vic will find out this
:15:03. > :15:04.evening whether it can press ahead with the latest phase of its
:15:05. > :15:11.multi`million`pound refurbishment. These are the plans for the building
:15:12. > :15:14.on King Street. It would cost around ?12 million, and councillors will
:15:15. > :15:17.decide on whether permission will be given tonight. The inside of the
:15:18. > :15:25.theatre has already undergone major work. We should have the decision
:15:26. > :15:27.for you in our programme at 10. 5pm. The Women's Bobsleigh competition
:15:28. > :15:32.has just finished at the Winter Olympics in Sochi. So did Paula
:15:33. > :15:34.Walker from Trowbridge and Bex Wilson from Bath manage to get
:15:35. > :15:42.anywhere near medal contention? Alistair Durden is here to tell us.
:15:43. > :15:47.Not quite but they give it their best shot. At the halfway stage they
:15:48. > :15:51.were 12th, so Paula and her brakeman Bex Wilson had a lot to do. They had
:15:52. > :16:01.two more runs today to improve on that position. Paula, who's a
:16:02. > :16:06.corporal in the British Army, had plenty of support back here in the
:16:07. > :16:13.West. They were watching intently here. Paula's full`time army career
:16:14. > :16:28.has been put on hold as she pursues her dream. They had a lot to do
:16:29. > :16:38.today could the partnership of Paula and Bex Wilson sparkle again? That
:16:39. > :16:45.run was good enough to secure a 12th place finish after a season hit by
:16:46. > :16:52.injuries. This is a fantastic example of what a soldier can
:16:53. > :16:55.achieve in her military career and as an elite sports woman. She is a
:16:56. > :17:07.great example for our young soldiers. No Paula will watch John
:17:08. > :17:13.Jackson, her partner, complete in following competitions. Yeovil
:17:14. > :17:20.missed the chance to move off the bottom of the Championship, drawing
:17:21. > :17:24.nil`nil with Watford last night They did have the ball in the net
:17:25. > :17:28.early on, but Ishmael Miller was offside so this didn't count. In the
:17:29. > :17:32.second half James Hayter had one of Yeovil's best chances. But the
:17:33. > :17:36.goalless draw leaves them six points from safety. Bristol racing driver
:17:37. > :17:40.Dino Zamparelli is hoping a move to the top team in GP3 will help his
:17:41. > :17:44.ambition of making it into Formula One. GP3 is two tiers below F1, and
:17:45. > :17:48.he's joining the reigning champions ART Grand Prix for the 2014 season.
:17:49. > :17:55.And Dino is here with us tonight. How big a deal is this for your
:17:56. > :18:00.career? It is massive. It is an amazing opportunity and they are the
:18:01. > :18:08.reigning champions who have won every year and are clearly doing
:18:09. > :18:11.something right. They have had Lewis Hamilton and so many famous names
:18:12. > :18:17.going through the ranks so for me to be joining a team like this is
:18:18. > :18:24.great. How much pressure comes worthless? I always put myself under
:18:25. > :18:29.huge pressure but I'd like to thrive under pressure and I feel I do a
:18:30. > :18:34.good job and it is something that comes worthless port so I am really
:18:35. > :18:41.looking forward to the challenge and I cannot wait to get started. You
:18:42. > :18:48.are 20 ten. Lewis Hamilton was 2 when he started in F one. Do you
:18:49. > :19:00.have to hit it hard this year to grab your chance? This is my one
:19:01. > :19:04.opportunity and I'm very grateful to some of the Bristol sports clubs for
:19:05. > :19:09.helping me and without them I would not be here on this so far. It is a
:19:10. > :19:14.huge opportunity for me and my goal is clear. It is to win this year and
:19:15. > :19:17.I will work extremely hard now and for the rest of the year and
:19:18. > :19:23.throughout the weeks before the start of the season to do that. How
:19:24. > :19:37.quick is this compared to Formula one? We are very similar and we not
:19:38. > :19:42.too far away at all. A driver I was with last year is now in Formula one
:19:43. > :19:46.and that shows you the level of competition I am currently art which
:19:47. > :19:56.issued. We are very close to the top and it is just a little more work
:19:57. > :20:07.and I will be pushing very hard Who is your idol in the sport? I have
:20:08. > :20:14.always admired Michael Schumacher and I hope he will get better. Ever
:20:15. > :20:22.since I saw him race when I was six years old, I too lots of passion and
:20:23. > :20:32.hunger with me and I hope he makes a good recovery. Would you lie to
:20:33. > :20:38.drive up and down Bristol if you go that far? I have been up some of
:20:39. > :20:43.those roads and they are quite bumpy but Bristol as part of my heart and
:20:44. > :20:55.I have lived here long time and was born here and without Bristol Sport
:20:56. > :21:07.I would not be here. Good luck with that. And the new GP3 season starts
:21:08. > :21:21.on the 10th of May in Spain. That is incredible driving.
:21:22. > :21:24.An RSPCA centre in Somerset says it's taken in more than 100 sea
:21:25. > :21:27.birds since the beginning of February, partly because of the
:21:28. > :21:30.stormy weather. As Michelle Ruminski has been finding out, it's left
:21:31. > :21:33.guillemots and seals vying for space. Oiled and beaten by the
:21:34. > :21:38.weather, one of the latest storm victims ` a guillemot from Cornwall.
:21:39. > :21:41.More than 130 sea birds have been taken to this RSPCA wildlife centre
:21:42. > :21:46.in West Hatch since the start of February. We would not necessarily
:21:47. > :21:51.see any birds at this time of year. The stormy weather has brought them
:21:52. > :22:05.into us and they have been ruled on the sea and a washed up on the
:22:06. > :22:09.beaches `` rolled on the sea. In the battle to survive the elements even
:22:10. > :22:11.these birds ran out of puff. Normally birds like puffins,
:22:12. > :22:14.guillemots and razorbills live out at sea. Since the bad weather,
:22:15. > :22:17.they've been found across the West Country, hungry, tired and some
:22:18. > :22:21.plastered in oil. With space so tight at the centre, this tank was
:22:22. > :22:25.put up as a temporary puffin home while these seals are living in one
:22:26. > :22:30.of the bird homes. They came in as orphans, injured in the storms last
:22:31. > :22:34.year. They are taking up an awful lot of space and we have 25 still
:22:35. > :22:44.unclear and some of those are still being treated so it is a pressure of
:22:45. > :22:49.space on us at the moment. Some of the birds here, and these seals are
:22:50. > :22:53.ready to be released into the wild. But they're having to wait for a run
:22:54. > :22:56.of good weather so they can get off to a flying start. Michelle
:22:57. > :23:01.Ruminski, BBC Points West, West Hatch. That was a run of good
:23:02. > :23:17.weather. Will it improve? We do not have much left of the
:23:18. > :23:26.meteorological winter which finishes at the end of February. Much snow
:23:27. > :23:30.does not seem to be on the horizon which has made this winter
:23:31. > :23:38.exceptional, especially compared to last year. We will however see rain
:23:39. > :23:52.at times and maybe stronger winds. The storm on Valentine's Day was a
:23:53. > :23:58.particularly strong storm. Once rain clears, we can say that Thursday
:23:59. > :24:02.will be a brighter day. There will be low pressure towards the
:24:03. > :24:06.north`west with a warm front running through the course of the night
:24:07. > :24:16.bringing patchy rain. I will be a cold front tomorrow and it will be
:24:17. > :24:22.windy but after that it will just be a few showers and then some brighter
:24:23. > :24:30.spells. The rain will edge in through West Somerset and it is
:24:31. > :24:35.patchy with some fairly heavy bursts this evening and then back to
:24:36. > :24:46.drizzle with a lot of hill fog around. The cold front will then
:24:47. > :24:49.marching into the rush tomorrow morning but temperatures will be
:24:50. > :24:53.fairly mild tonight around six Celsius to eight Celsius and
:24:54. > :25:01.tomorrow morning for the rush`hour it will be quite windy with gusts of
:25:02. > :25:06.40 mph or 45 mph dash perhaps even more than that. There will be some
:25:07. > :25:11.heavy showers at times but not necessarily everywhere and rainfall
:25:12. > :25:20.tomorrow will be five millimetres to ten millimetres with a lot of
:25:21. > :25:23.variation and maybe two or three or four millimetres of rain across the
:25:24. > :25:30.Somerset Levels. Temperatures tomorrow should be nine Celsius to
:25:31. > :25:37.10 Celsius and like today it should feel decent enough. We are then
:25:38. > :25:45.looking at wet and windy weather, particularly towards Sunday. Next
:25:46. > :25:50.week, the Jetstream will come for the South after the slight hiatus we
:25:51. > :25:55.had through the course of this week. The outlook will reflect that
:25:56. > :26:00.and Saturday will be the better day of the weekend with Sunday being wet
:26:01. > :26:01.and windy and next week Tuesday looks like a repeat of those
:26:02. > :26:17.conditions. It would be lovely to have a good
:26:18. > :26:20.forecast. And good luck to Gloucestershire singer Hattie Briggs
:26:21. > :26:24.who will find out this evening if she's won the BBC Radio two Young
:26:25. > :26:28.Folk Singer Award. Tonight's ceremony takes place at the Royal
:26:29. > :26:43.Albert Hall in London, where Hattie will also be performing. We would
:26:44. > :26:46.also like to say good luck to Alex Lovell in her awards ceremony
:26:47. > :26:56.tonight. Good night.