:00:00. > :00:00.A reminder of our main story. Thousands of protest to remain in
:00:00. > :00:10.Welcome to BBC Points West, with David Garmston and Liz Beacon. Our
:00:11. > :00:12.main story tonight: The moment of truth.
:00:13. > :00:20.We find the man who ordered the dredging on the Somerset Levels to
:00:21. > :00:25.stop. We stopped the dredging because it wasn't justified, the
:00:26. > :00:29.expenditure, in so the benefits to the area when we had floods.
:00:30. > :00:32.He maintains it was the right decision ` even as people continue
:00:33. > :00:44.to struggle through the worst floods in memory.
:00:45. > :00:48.Our other stories tonight: It's a long way from Africa ` an elephant
:00:49. > :00:50.arrives at a west country zoo ` but is it the right place for a large
:00:51. > :00:54.animal? A dramatic day at the High Court as
:00:55. > :00:57.the South Africans give assurances in the Shrien Dewani murder case.
:00:58. > :01:00.And the West Country bobsleigh team at the Winter Olympics ` British
:01:01. > :01:07.hopes rest on the athletes from Bath.
:01:08. > :01:12.Good evening: A water engineer has said today that HE took the decision
:01:13. > :01:17.20 years ago to stop dredging on the Somerset Levels.
:01:18. > :01:20.Ken Tatem ` who has now retired ` is standing by his judgement, and says
:01:21. > :01:23.removing the silt from the rivers would not have prevented this year's
:01:24. > :01:26.flooding. His intervention comes as the
:01:27. > :01:30.Environment Agency is preparing to re`start dredging after some heavy
:01:31. > :01:42.criticism. Let's cross live now to the Levels, and Scott Ellis is in
:01:43. > :01:47.Burrowbridge. I have been taking a closer look at the silt that divides
:01:48. > :01:51.opinion. I have dredged some myself from the River Parrett. Here it is,
:01:52. > :01:58.a bucket full of silt. This is not soil, this is silt, which has been
:01:59. > :02:02.brought in on the tide and settled on the bottom of the river. The
:02:03. > :02:07.River Parrett, even though we're a long way from Bridgwater, is tidal.
:02:08. > :02:11.The vast majority of people here are elated that dredging is about to get
:02:12. > :02:14.underway, but some people think this process of the tide coming in and
:02:15. > :02:17.bringing up silt is entirely natural, and there is point in
:02:18. > :02:20.intervening. Ken Tatem was flood defence manager
:02:21. > :02:24.in the 1990s, during which time he called a halt to dredging because
:02:25. > :02:30.everyone agreed it wasn't worth the cost. And he's not changed his mind.
:02:31. > :02:33.The important thing on the River Parrett is that it is a shallow
:02:34. > :02:40.gradient. Therefore, when you dredge at the top end, you are just making
:02:41. > :02:45.that gradient shallower. You are getting less and less flow. He says
:02:46. > :02:48.the Government wants to dredge the River Parrett simply to win over
:02:49. > :02:52.locals ` a sweetener before more difficult discussions are had about
:02:53. > :02:56.which high`cost projects are funded. The area's MP knows Ken Tatem and
:02:57. > :03:02.has respect for his views, but remains pro`dredging. There are a
:03:03. > :03:07.lot of other people who say you have to get the water out of this. This
:03:08. > :03:14.river ran pretty efficiently up until about 1995, when there was a
:03:15. > :03:19.fundamental policy change. We have to go back to what it was. The
:03:20. > :03:23.policy change was giving more room to wildlife. Dredging didn't fit in.
:03:24. > :03:31.An environmental group says that dredging is not seen as a single
:03:32. > :03:34.solution. It's like having a plughole that you are clearing to
:03:35. > :03:39.try to stop the bath filling up with water. In the long term, it would be
:03:40. > :03:42.more efficient to also look at how much water is coming into the
:03:43. > :03:45.system, and also the bits of grit and silt that are blocking the
:03:46. > :03:48.plughole in the first place. Wetlands like these, imagine those
:03:49. > :03:52.soaking up the water, storing it, releasing it slowly, filtering out
:03:53. > :03:57.that silt and grit. Everyone agrees the dredging is just part of the
:03:58. > :04:04.answer. Reducing the speed at which water drains on to the Levels is
:04:05. > :04:07.also important. There is more water coming down from the catchment area.
:04:08. > :04:13.That water needs to go somewhere else other than just in my front
:04:14. > :04:18.room. I want to go home. I want to live a normal life. I don't ask to
:04:19. > :04:21.be flooded. I don't ask for water to be sitting in my living room when I
:04:22. > :04:24.could be sitting there quite happily. Ken Tatem has another
:04:25. > :04:28.solution ` greater use of the King's Sedgemoor Drain during flood periods
:04:29. > :04:33.to take water north away from the Moors. It's a large area of storage
:04:34. > :04:37.with no property, no communications at risk. Obviously, the difficulty
:04:38. > :04:43.is you are asking a set of farmers who don't get funding at the moment
:04:44. > :04:47.to accept flooding. That's a difficult negotiation, but I think
:04:48. > :04:52.in the long run, if you are going to help this area of the Moors at all,
:04:53. > :04:55.that ought to be done. The debate will continue until March seven
:04:56. > :05:07.when Somerset takes its 20`year action plan to the secretary of
:05:08. > :05:10.state. There are many other defence schemes
:05:11. > :05:15.for the government to look at, including those along the Thames.
:05:16. > :05:19.The accurate Burrowbridge, where we have seen military activity,
:05:20. > :05:24.including helicopters. This is part of a project to get a Floodline up
:05:25. > :05:32.to that pumping station just to make sure it can stay online. One other
:05:33. > :05:35.note is that the Environment Agency says the sluice gate will be opened
:05:36. > :05:40.on Sunday. That is a part of the plan to pump out the River Parrett
:05:41. > :05:46.to get the water levels down. Back to you. Thank you very much.
:05:47. > :05:49.Many are now looking to the future after the flooding ` putting plans
:05:50. > :05:52.for defences in place. But for scores of people living on the
:05:53. > :05:56.levels, there has been no change. Water is still lapping around homes,
:05:57. > :05:59.and in some places, is even still creeping up. It means things like
:06:00. > :06:03.water taxis have become a way of life. Andrew Plant reports.
:06:04. > :06:06.There are permanent points used by many as measuring sticks, and the
:06:07. > :06:12.signs are that this water is still heading in the wrong direction.
:06:13. > :06:19.House that just last week seemed safe are now heavily defended. Boats
:06:20. > :06:29.afloat where once was front garden. Even today ` this water is creeping
:06:30. > :06:35.higher. This temporary water taxi is beginning to feel like a permanent
:06:36. > :06:38.fixture. Hello? Funded by the County Council, Trevor
:06:39. > :06:48.and Jason operate on call, ferrying those cut off by this thigh`high
:06:49. > :06:56.water. I need to meet my daughter on the other side of the floods. We're
:06:57. > :07:02.going to try on her wedding dress. The depth of water has gone down a
:07:03. > :07:04.bit. On the edge of the village of Oathe, this idyllic farmhouse, a
:07:05. > :07:12.makeshift seashore lapping on all sides. To begin with, you think it
:07:13. > :07:15.is exciting. Then you think it is quite scary, and then you think you
:07:16. > :07:23.just wanted to enter. A good adventure, but let's see the end of
:07:24. > :07:32.it. This vehicle means Bob Smith needs no longer be marooned in his
:07:33. > :07:36.home. It is proving vital for many. An emergency measure funded by the
:07:37. > :07:40.council until the water recedes and the words he returned. Despite the
:07:41. > :07:48.pumps, the emergency help and the improving weather, there is stall ``
:07:49. > :07:55.still an onshore ocean here that is resolutely refusing to budge.
:07:56. > :07:57.In other news, a man's appeared in court charged with murdering the
:07:58. > :08:00.Gloucester hairdresser Hollie Gazzard. 20`year`old Hollie was
:08:01. > :08:03.attacked at the salon where she worked on Tuesday evening. Today,
:08:04. > :08:06.Asher Thomas Aslin, who is 22, appeared at Cheltenham Magistrates'
:08:07. > :08:17.Court. He'll appear again at Bristol Crown Court next Tuesday. A pilot
:08:18. > :08:21.has had a lucky escape after a small plane crashed into a field in
:08:22. > :08:23.Gloucestershire. The Fire Services said the person walked away
:08:24. > :08:28.uninjured after making an emergency landing in a field.
:08:29. > :08:32.Welcome to BBC Points West on this Friday evening. Jemma will be with
:08:33. > :08:36.us a little later to tell us what the weather has in store for us
:08:37. > :08:39.And there's plenty more still to come, including: Is there life on
:08:40. > :08:49.Mars? We'll be meeting the students who have got a little closer to
:08:50. > :08:52.finding out. A zoo in North Somerset has taken
:08:53. > :08:58.delivery of its first elephant ` an African adult called Buta. Noah s
:08:59. > :09:02.Ark Zoo Farm in Wraxall has opened a 20`acre park to house up to ten
:09:03. > :09:04.animals. It's Europe's biggest elephant
:09:05. > :09:10.enclosure, but some experts are questioning whether elephants should
:09:11. > :09:14.be held in captivity at all. Fiona Lamdin reports.
:09:15. > :09:18.29`year`old Buta is pretty used to travelling. Born in the wild in
:09:19. > :09:25.Zimbabwe, she then grew up in safari parks across the UK at Windsor and
:09:26. > :09:30.Knowsley. She's quite a personality. She is quite a character. Very
:09:31. > :09:34.confident. And just a few hours into her new life at Noah's Ark, she
:09:35. > :09:39.seems to be making herself quite at home. She played a lot in the sand.
:09:40. > :09:42.She had a couple of Christmas trees there as well. She was throwing them
:09:43. > :09:46.about, and letting them land on her back. She's very comfortable
:09:47. > :09:49.already. It's been amazing. The team here at Somerset have been planning
:09:50. > :09:52.Europe's biggest elephant enclosure for eight years now, and when you
:09:53. > :09:58.come outside you really get the sense of just how big it is. It is
:09:59. > :10:05.unbelievable. This is a new world standard. The elephants have 20
:10:06. > :10:08.acres. 20 acres! All to themselves. Within those 20 acres, they have a
:10:09. > :10:13.field, they have woods, they have wallows, they have a pool. There
:10:14. > :10:18.isn't anything that these elephants haven't got. But some who've have
:10:19. > :10:21.spent time with elephants in the wild disagree. Elephants are such
:10:22. > :10:27.huge intelligent animals that are used to walking six or seven miles a
:10:28. > :10:30.day in strongly bonded family units. Zoo life just isn't working for
:10:31. > :10:34.them, because it's taking away all of the components of their natural
:10:35. > :10:37.life. They aren't living at all as they would in the wild, and this is
:10:38. > :10:43.a huge psychological and physical problem for these elephants. But
:10:44. > :10:47.here at Noah's Ark, they insist they're putting the elephants, not
:10:48. > :10:51.the visitors, first. I think that's how you educate people, and that's
:10:52. > :10:55.how you make them care about them, and then with that, you have the
:10:56. > :11:01.conservation. People who care about elephants will also want to sustain
:11:02. > :11:06.them in the wild. Unbelievable to see one that close in this country.
:11:07. > :11:13.It's not very often you see them like that. Absolutely amazing. I'm
:11:14. > :11:18.speechless. It's lovely. Buta soon won't be the only elephant in this
:11:19. > :11:22.room. The plan is others will join her as they grow this herd. Fiona
:11:23. > :11:29.Lamdin, BBC Points West at Noah s Ark Zoo in Wraxall.
:11:30. > :11:32.We have an update tonight on the case of Shrien Dewani, the Bristol
:11:33. > :11:37.man who's accused of organising the murder of his wife Annie on their
:11:38. > :11:41.honeymoon. The UK Court has been told about the conditions in which
:11:42. > :11:45.Mr Dewani would be kept if he was forced to go to South Africa to face
:11:46. > :11:47.trial. That could've been the end of this long`running legal argument,
:11:48. > :11:51.but tonight we've heard that his legal team have tried to take the
:11:52. > :11:53.case to the Supreme Court. How did we get here?
:11:54. > :11:57.It's November 2010, and Anni Dewani is on honeymoon when she's killed.
:11:58. > :11:59.The next month, her husband, Shrien, is arrested on conspiracy of her
:12:00. > :12:02.murder. The South African authorities say they want to
:12:03. > :12:07.extradite him to stand trial. In 2011, Shrien is taken to hospital in
:12:08. > :12:12.Bristol with post`traumatic stress. His lawyers say he's too ill to
:12:13. > :12:15.attend court hearings. But the Home Secretary Theresa May signs an order
:12:16. > :12:18.for his extradition. March 2012 sees Shrien's extradition temporarily
:12:19. > :12:28.halted on mental health grounds ` two judges calling it "unjust and
:12:29. > :12:32.oppressive". Fast forward to the following July, and another court
:12:33. > :12:37.appearance. This time, a judge says Shrien CAN go to South Africa and
:12:38. > :12:41.continue his recovery there. His legal team appeals. And just last
:12:42. > :12:44.month, judges rule he can be extradited, as long as the South
:12:45. > :12:51.African government makes a pledge over how long he would be kept in
:12:52. > :12:54.the country without trial. Now, while all this has been continuing,
:12:55. > :12:56.there have been convictions in relation to Anni Dewani's death as
:12:57. > :13:02.the BBC's South African correspondent reports.
:13:03. > :13:05.Remember, there are three men already serving long sentences here
:13:06. > :13:11.in South Africa for the murder of Anni Dewani. Mziwamadoda Qwabe, and
:13:12. > :13:18.there is the man who pulled the trigger, Xolile Mngeni. Of course,
:13:19. > :13:27.Zola Tongo, the initial taxi driver, who picked the couple up from the
:13:28. > :13:33.airport. We will bring you updates on that story as we get them.
:13:34. > :13:35.Bristol is to stage a homecoming parade for Winter Olympic bronze
:13:36. > :13:37.medallist Jenny Jones. The 33`year`old made history after
:13:38. > :13:41.winning Britain's first Olympic medal on snow in the slopestyle
:13:42. > :13:45.event in Sochi. Her parade is being planned for March the 3rd ` that's a
:13:46. > :13:48.week on Monday. Bath and North East Somerset Council will reveal its
:13:49. > :13:51.plans for skeleton Gold medallist Lizzie Yarnold on Tuesday. We caught
:13:52. > :13:56.up with Jenny on her first day back in Bristol. You can see what
:13:57. > :13:59.reaction she got on Monday. People in Lizzy Yarnold's hometown
:14:00. > :14:03.seem to have given up waiting for a postbox to be painted in her honour.
:14:04. > :14:07.This one, in West Kingsdown, Kent, has been given a rather crude make
:14:08. > :14:10.over. Royal Mail said it has no plans to honour the Olympic gold
:14:11. > :14:16.medallist, who trained in Bath. Locals in Kent aren't too impressed.
:14:17. > :14:20.Somebody has had to come and do that because a girl has got a gold medal,
:14:21. > :14:24.and I think they should come down here and hang their heads in shame.
:14:25. > :14:32.Wouldn't want to be a real gold box, or it would disappear, wouldn't it?
:14:33. > :14:35.SOCHI Four West`based athletes are hoping to pick up Team GB's final
:14:36. > :14:39.medal of the Winter Olympics this weekend.
:14:40. > :14:41.As things stand now, Team GB has equalled its best ever medal haul
:14:42. > :14:45.from a Winter Games. By Sunday, half the medals won in
:14:46. > :14:51.Sochi could have come from our region. Here's Jules Hyam.
:14:52. > :14:59.Good things are meant to come in threes. West Country Olympic medal
:15:00. > :15:05.number one. Called the number two. But is there one more on its way?
:15:06. > :15:11.Because Winter Olympic fans can keep their majestic mountains, they can
:15:12. > :15:15.keep their snowfall. What you need to bring home the medals is a bit of
:15:16. > :15:22.West Country spirit. These guys have plenty of that. The Team GB four`man
:15:23. > :15:29.bob sled. We have enough to stand on the podium. The Olympics is one of
:15:30. > :15:35.those beings that people fall to pieces in. You go to the top of the
:15:36. > :15:40.hill, we would push as hard as we can, work 100% for each other, and
:15:41. > :15:48.one of the results will be will be. We won't get it easily. The team
:15:49. > :15:52.will run tomorrow. Their times of being right up alongside the best so
:15:53. > :15:59.far. They do have a real chance of snatching a top three place. It will
:16:00. > :16:03.add to and record breaking hall And a hat`trick for West Country Olympic
:16:04. > :16:06.medals. There's Friday night football at the
:16:07. > :16:10.Memorial Stadium tonight. Bristol Rovers are at home to Burton, and
:16:11. > :16:12.the home side will be hoping to ease any fears of relegation.
:16:13. > :16:19.Alistair Durden is there for us Ali, why is the game tonight? It
:16:20. > :16:25.wasn't to avoid the rain, because that has come on cue. It is one of
:16:26. > :16:28.three matches the club will move to Friday this season after a
:16:29. > :16:33.successful experiment with one fixture last year. Supporters like
:16:34. > :16:36.it. It gives those a chance who can't come at the weekend to come
:16:37. > :16:39.and watch Bristol Rovers on a Friday night, and the players and manager
:16:40. > :16:44.will tell you you get a better atmosphere under the floodlights.
:16:45. > :16:51.Those coming tonight will certainly be hoping to see a fume or bits of
:16:52. > :16:55.magic from John Joe O'Toole. 13 goals from him this season. And it
:16:56. > :17:01.seems he's keen to be a bit of an entertainer on and off the field
:17:02. > :17:06.too. STRUMS CHORDS. # Perhaps he's the
:17:07. > :17:10.one they should avoid. #. A midfield maestro with a taste for
:17:11. > :17:13.rock music. The guitar goes with John`Joe O'Toole to every away game,
:17:14. > :17:18.but a roomful of his team`mates is the toughest crowd he has faced
:17:19. > :17:22.Obviously when you are travelling away, you get to the hotel and it's
:17:23. > :17:26.a bit boring, so you just bring your guitar along and have a strum for a
:17:27. > :17:30.couple of hours. I'm not a crowd`pleaser. I need a bit more
:17:31. > :17:34.practice, I think. As you can see, I'm no Eric Clapton. I give him
:17:35. > :17:38.10/10 for his efforts, but his dreadful singing... I don't think he
:17:39. > :17:41.should sing. But I like the kid so he's got a 10/10 from me. John`Joe's
:17:42. > :17:45.greatest hits have definitely been on the football pitch. He's having
:17:46. > :17:49.his best season for goals. His career began in the Championship at
:17:50. > :17:55.Watford, but now he is playing in League Two, a level many believe he
:17:56. > :17:59.is far too good for. You are so naive when you are young. So naive.
:18:00. > :18:04.You think it will all be all right and stuff. Coming here, I've had the
:18:05. > :18:09.best games I've had in who knows how long. To play at that level one day
:18:10. > :18:14.again, that would be good. Hopefully it happens one day. We have a
:18:15. > :18:18.love/hate relationship, I think I love him and he doesn't particularly
:18:19. > :18:22.like me sometimes, but he does what he is asked to do. I'm joking there,
:18:23. > :18:25.really. He works very hard for the team, and when he's on that pitch,
:18:26. > :18:30.you ask any of my players, they ll want him on their team. After
:18:31. > :18:34.fighting so hard to sign him in the summer, the Rovers may have a battle
:18:35. > :18:38.to keep him. But O'Toole is focused on just keeping Rovers up. When you
:18:39. > :18:41.get beaten by teams where they're probably lesser, it is frustrating,
:18:42. > :18:43.which has probably happened too many times this season. I'm not too
:18:44. > :18:47.worried about getting relegated because if we get relegated, we
:18:48. > :18:53.should hang up our boots. It should not happen. # O'Toole scores goals,
:18:54. > :18:56.my Lord. # While they may not want an encore of this performance, on
:18:57. > :19:08.the pitch, Rovers need more of the same from their lead man. # Score
:19:09. > :19:16.some goals! #. CHEERING. He is a brave man. I have the Rovers'
:19:17. > :19:21.director of finance with me. Will you keep in next year? We have him
:19:22. > :19:25.on a three`year contract. We expect to keep him during that period. Fine
:19:26. > :19:32.and eight football, is as a financial decision? `` Friday night
:19:33. > :19:36.football. We do get a different clientele on a Friday night. All the
:19:37. > :19:40.lads to play football on Saturday, they get a chance to watch is on
:19:41. > :19:44.Friday night. The atmosphere of the ground, with the darkness coming
:19:45. > :19:50.down, we feel the atmosphere it generates is special. In the future,
:19:51. > :19:54.will you want to play more than three games? Is determined by how
:19:55. > :19:59.many clubs we can persuade to join us here on a Friday night. They will
:20:00. > :20:05.look at how their fans travelled to the game. The further away they are,
:20:06. > :20:09.the less likely they will want to. How difficult is that process? We
:20:10. > :20:16.wrote to all of the clubs before the fixtures came out saying we would
:20:17. > :20:19.like to do it. It is traditional for some to play on a Friday night. One
:20:20. > :20:24.or two clubs and are starting to think about it more, so hopefully
:20:25. > :20:29.we'll get empty more next year. Would hope for tonight? If we could
:20:30. > :20:34.get to six and a half thousand, I would be pleased with that crowd.
:20:35. > :20:37.The weather is hardly the best, but six and a half thousand would be
:20:38. > :20:42.nice. Hope you get three points Rovers playing tonight against
:20:43. > :20:46.Burton. It looks like an important weekend in the championship. Six of
:20:47. > :20:50.the bottom eight teams play each other, including Yeovil Town at home
:20:51. > :20:54.to Doncaster Rovers. Swindon and Bristol City are both away from home
:20:55. > :20:58.in League One. As are Cheltenham, at Newport in League Two. In rugby
:20:59. > :21:02.Bath play Wasps, while Gloucester host Harlequins. Mike Tindall
:21:03. > :21:07.captains the side on his 200th Premiership appearance. On Sunday,
:21:08. > :21:12.Bristol face Plymouth. A win will take them to the top of the
:21:13. > :21:15.Championship. There's a strong West Country
:21:16. > :21:19.influence in England's match day squad for their Six Nations game
:21:20. > :21:23.against Ireland. Among the six from Gloucester and Bath is fly`half
:21:24. > :21:29.George Ford, who has been in fine form since arriving at the Rec from
:21:30. > :21:33.rivals Leicester Tigers. He's had to wait patiently for his chance in the
:21:34. > :21:37.competition, and could make his senior international debut if he
:21:38. > :21:41.comes off the bench. Feel ready, yeah. Definitely.
:21:42. > :21:46.Obviously playing rugby since a young age, it gets ingrained in you,
:21:47. > :21:50.and that's all you know. Playing professionally for the last three or
:21:51. > :21:54.four years has been brilliant, and I couldn't wish for a better career,
:21:55. > :21:57.really. Going to Bath this year has helped me to play a run of games
:21:58. > :22:07.consistently, and that's helped me massively.
:22:08. > :22:12.The club tell me no problem as far as the page is concerned tonight,
:22:13. > :22:15.despite the rain. If we had a massive downpour, John Joe O'Toole
:22:16. > :22:19.would have to come out with his guitar and entertain us all. Nobody
:22:20. > :22:21.wants that, do they? Thank you very much.
:22:22. > :22:25.They've braved inhospitable landscapes and been deprived of food
:22:26. > :22:29.and water, all to find out if man can survive on Mars.
:22:30. > :22:32.We're talking about three research students from the University of
:22:33. > :22:37.Bristol, who've become the first UK crew to spend time in the Mars
:22:38. > :22:44.Desert Research Station in America. Will Glennon took one giant leap to
:22:45. > :22:46.meet them. Mars ` the nearest planet to earth
:22:47. > :23:02.that man could potentially inhabit. But what a challenge it would be to
:23:03. > :23:06.tame a landscape where there's no air to breathe, no water, and huge
:23:07. > :23:10.extremes of hot and freezing cold ` a barren landscape where everything
:23:11. > :23:14.you need to stay alive would have to be brought with you. And although
:23:15. > :23:21.this looks like Mars, it's actually the Utah desert. The space suits are
:23:22. > :23:33.semi`real too, as researchers here try to live just as they would if on
:23:34. > :23:39.a mission to Mars. Each time we left the facility, we had to wear
:23:40. > :23:41.spacesuits to go outside on our extracurricular activities. We had
:23:42. > :23:46.to eat food like astronauts would eat. We had a limited supply of
:23:47. > :23:49.water and electricity. I think he ever good notion of what would be
:23:50. > :23:52.like for real astronauts in space and on Mars. Michaela's one of three
:23:53. > :23:55.scientists from Bristol taking part here in a UK first. She was in
:23:56. > :23:58.charge of the greenhouse and growing plants for food. There were other
:23:59. > :24:03.experiments too, like turning rocks into rocket fuel. But the hardest
:24:04. > :24:12.part was just living together in confined spaces with restricted
:24:13. > :24:18.access to everything. Living with seven people were you don't have
:24:19. > :24:21.personal space for extended periods of time is interesting. It was quite
:24:22. > :24:25.difficult in that no one could really escape anyone. You are always
:24:26. > :24:29.in the face of the other person Even the smallest being all smiles
:24:30. > :24:33.problems were amplified. Everything this crew learnt in their weeks in
:24:34. > :24:37.the desert will feed into a wider study. There is a real plan to staff
:24:38. > :24:41.a mission to Mars within 20 years, maybe even ten. If man does ever set
:24:42. > :24:51.foot on the red planet, it could be the small steps taken here that help
:24:52. > :24:57.get us there. I'm pretty sure that we'll could
:24:58. > :25:04.survive on Mars. He eats a bout of chocolate. That's been our way up to
:25:05. > :25:05.the roof. I thought it would be lovely this morning, but it seems to
:25:06. > :25:14.have gone pear shaped. We should be grateful. Cast your
:25:15. > :25:17.mind back a week ago when we were having the worst storm we've had so
:25:18. > :25:24.far this winter. That is saying something. Winds up to 80 mph. It
:25:25. > :25:27.has a big spring today, that it is quite settled compared to what we
:25:28. > :25:32.have had. The weekend is not too bad. Let's take a look at the
:25:33. > :25:37.forecast. We're looking at Saturday as the better day. Drier and
:25:38. > :25:39.brighter. Sunday, looking at my winter weather. It is courtesy of
:25:40. > :25:44.this low`pressure system which produces in through Saturday
:25:45. > :25:50.morning, bringing a lot of rain with that. We had showers today. Some
:25:51. > :25:54.were sharp and wintry. We had hail mixed in there. Equally, we had nice
:25:55. > :26:00.good spells of sunshine. That will push through to the rest of this
:26:01. > :26:06.evening. She was dying away. The cloud breaking very nicely indeed.
:26:07. > :26:10.That makes race at night. A bit of a breeze here and there, but
:26:11. > :26:15.generally, clear skies and a much drier story. With clearing skies,
:26:16. > :26:20.though, lower temperatures. We're looking at a patchy bit of grass
:26:21. > :26:23.frost in some of the rural areas. Temperatures above freezing, but
:26:24. > :26:28.only just. It is a cold start tomorrow morning. But a bright one.
:26:29. > :26:33.We're looking at plenty of sunshine. It will take as through
:26:34. > :26:37.Saturday. Winter sunshine. The odd shower through Saturday, all
:26:38. > :26:41.amounting to a great day. A little bit of a south`westerly breeze, but
:26:42. > :26:45.in sheltered areas away from that breeze, that winter sunshine could
:26:46. > :26:50.scrape ten or 11 Celsius. Things begin to change overnight tomorrow.
:26:51. > :26:55.We see showers coming in courtesy of the low pressure. The wind speeds
:26:56. > :27:00.pick up. Gusts up to six miles per hour. A little less inland, but it
:27:01. > :27:03.is an unsubtle picture, and the show was merging into the early hours of
:27:04. > :27:08.Sunday morning to form longer spells of rain. They hurled a wet and windy
:27:09. > :27:14.Sunday. Overcast, great, we lose the winter sunshine, and with the cloud,
:27:15. > :27:19.the rain, and the wind chill, you will feel about eight or nine
:27:20. > :27:22.Celsius. The legacy of the next week, blustery, unsettled wintry
:27:23. > :27:28.showers, and the winds pick up the strength again by Tuesday.
:27:29. > :27:33.At least the weather starts off OK to start the weekend. Absolutely.
:27:34. > :27:38.I'm back with an update at ten o'clock, where I shall be delighted
:27:39. > :27:39.to bring you news of a victory for Bristol Rovers. Have a lovely
:27:40. > :27:46.weekend. Goodbye.