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the very latest on the dramatic day's events in | :00:00. | :00:12. | |
Good evening from Points West. The Environment Agency says it has | :00:13. | :00:16. | |
taken an important step in its battle to clear floodwater from the | :00:17. | :00:20. | |
Somerset Levels with the opening of a sluice gate which diverts water | :00:21. | :00:24. | |
out of the River Parrett. It could speed up efforts to get pumps | :00:25. | :00:27. | |
switched back on, although some residents are worried that the | :00:28. | :00:29. | |
diverted water might flood their homes. | :00:30. | :00:37. | |
A small audience for this critical stage in draining the flooded levels | :00:38. | :00:40. | |
as workers arrived to raise the Monksleaze sluice gate ` a few miles | :00:41. | :00:48. | |
from Langport. It went up 30 centimetres, enough to release a | :00:49. | :00:52. | |
torrent of water out of the River Parrett. Water is now being diverted | :00:53. | :00:59. | |
out of the river. This water will end up in the drain via the Dutch | :01:00. | :01:09. | |
pumps and eventually out to see The hope is that water levels on the | :01:10. | :01:13. | |
Rivers Parrett and Tone will now drop, eventually allowing pumps to | :01:14. | :01:16. | |
be switched on, pumps which will help drain the moors. But some | :01:17. | :01:19. | |
living near the sluice gate are worried that their homes will flood. | :01:20. | :01:28. | |
We have had a lot of flooding over this entire area since Christmas. | :01:29. | :01:32. | |
This is the first day the waters have receded. Let's hope it is under | :01:33. | :01:40. | |
control. In nearby Aller, a dam has been constructed to protect homes. | :01:41. | :01:43. | |
It's a precaution, and the Environment Agnecy was today keen to | :01:44. | :01:48. | |
reassure residents. We believe there will be no flooding but we have put | :01:49. | :01:53. | |
in place a contingency. We will monitor and have people on the | :01:54. | :02:00. | |
ground. We have automatic monitoring points and if we see any | :02:01. | :02:03. | |
deterioration we will be closing the system down. Overnight, water levels | :02:04. | :02:08. | |
on the moors dropped, allowing the sluice gate to be opened a day | :02:09. | :02:12. | |
early, a rare bit of good fortune for those whose job it is to get | :02:13. | :02:15. | |
roads reopened and flooded homes pumped dry. | :02:16. | :02:19. | |
Meanwhile, efforts continue to help those affected by flooding. | :02:20. | :02:25. | |
Volunteers driving 4x4s that can get through the waters are out every day | :02:26. | :02:29. | |
right across the Levels, taking food, medical supplies and petrol. | :02:30. | :02:33. | |
11 days at work in a row, David and Mary refuse to take a break. I think | :02:34. | :02:39. | |
yes, because they've been doing that run through Thorney to Muchelney. | :02:40. | :02:43. | |
They're part of a team of 200 volunteers who have spent the past | :02:44. | :02:49. | |
seven weeks on call. It's a lifeline to some people, because we've been | :02:50. | :02:53. | |
taking people like carers to people that need them twice a day. Someone | :02:54. | :02:57. | |
had to go to the doctor's, so we go in, get them out, get them to the | :02:58. | :03:01. | |
doctor's, which they wouldn't be able to do otherwise. Today was not | :03:02. | :03:05. | |
an emergency, but this delivery was gratefully received. Wessex have | :03:06. | :03:08. | |
kindly delivered me some wellies, much needed for the amount of water | :03:09. | :03:13. | |
that we've got out and about. So yeah, it's a way of getting | :03:14. | :03:17. | |
resources to us when we're cut off. Cut off but not forgotten. | :03:18. | :03:25. | |
To sport, and in the Winter Olympics, the West's last hope for a | :03:26. | :03:28. | |
medal is taking place right now John Jackson, who lives near | :03:29. | :03:31. | |
Trowbridge, pilots Team GB1, one of two four`man bobsleigh crews. They | :03:32. | :03:38. | |
started well are are currently in tenth place, behind the leaders | :03:39. | :03:39. | |
Russia. Football: Yeovil secured a crucial | :03:40. | :03:45. | |
win as they beat Doncaster 1`0. Swindon Town lost 2`0 at Leyton | :03:46. | :03:49. | |
Orient. And Bristol City are back in the the relegation zone after losing | :03:50. | :03:53. | |
3`0 at Sheffield United. Better news for Cheltenham: they won away at | :03:54. | :03:56. | |
Newport. To the rugby, and good results for | :03:57. | :04:00. | |
both our teams. Bath secured a bonus point as they beat Wasps 32`25 at | :04:01. | :04:04. | |
the Rec. And Gloucester gained their first Premiership victory since | :04:05. | :04:06. | |
December, beating Harlequins at Kingsholm 25`20. | :04:07. | :04:11. | |
It's been a dry and sunny day for most of us. Here's Emily Wood with | :04:12. | :04:14. | |
the forecast. Hello. After some fine and sunny | :04:15. | :04:18. | |
weather today, we do have some more cloud and some outbreaks of rain to | :04:19. | :04:21. | |
come tonight. Everywhere clouding over through this evening, and we'll | :04:22. | :04:24. | |
see these outbreaks of rain through the night, along with the | :04:25. | :04:27. | |
south`westerly winds continuing to strengthen, as well. It is, though, | :04:28. | :04:30. | |
a fairly mild night, with temperatures widely no lower than | :04:31. | :04:34. | |
seven or eight degrees. To start off with, though, tomorrow morning, it | :04:35. | :04:38. | |
is going to be quite cloudy and damp, still with some outbreaks of | :04:39. | :04:41. | |
rain along with some strong and gusty south`westerly winds. Into the | :04:42. | :04:44. | |
afternoon, we'll see a little bit more in the way of dry weather, and | :04:45. | :04:48. | |
another very mild day tomorrow, with temperatures up to 11 or 12 Celsius. | :04:49. | :04:51. | |
Overnight Sunday into Monday, we'll see some rain for a time. That rain | :04:52. | :04:55. | |
then clears on Monday to a few showers, but it looks like we'll see | :04:56. | :04:59. | |
further wet and windy weather on Tuesday. | :05:00. | :05:04. | |
And Bath's Lizzy Yarnold will be Team GB flag bearer at the Olympic | :05:05. | :05:13. | |
Hello. For some places today I am sure it felt that spring is just | :05:14. | :05:21. | |
around the corner. However, looming large, coming in from the Atlantic, | :05:22. | :05:26. | |
this broad belt of cloud and this will bring rain to | :05:27. | :05:27. |