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Good evening from Points West. The Environment Agency says it's latest | :00:13. | :00:17. | |
strategy to clear floodwater from the Somerset Levels is well | :00:18. | :00:22. | |
underway. A sluice gate to divert water out of the River Parrett's | :00:23. | :00:25. | |
been opened further, allowing pumps to start work clearing water off | :00:26. | :00:30. | |
Currymoor. But some areas may have to wait longer for the water to go. | :00:31. | :00:34. | |
Scott Ellis has been to Muchelney which has been cut off now for 0 | :00:35. | :00:38. | |
days. No way through, except for the | :00:39. | :00:42. | |
highest of vehicles. Muchelney's been an island for the last 50 days, | :00:43. | :00:46. | |
the visting vicar reliant on a firefighters' boat to get him to the | :00:47. | :00:59. | |
church on time. Horrified to see it as it is! Beyond description. | :01:00. | :01:04. | |
Amazing, the resilience of the people here. Anita Vaughan`Johnson's | :01:05. | :01:10. | |
one of those resilient islanders. Like most, her home's close to the | :01:11. | :01:15. | |
floodwater but it is dry. It's just that flooded roads make her feel | :01:16. | :01:25. | |
trapped. It's very trying because we can't do anything other than exist. | :01:26. | :01:30. | |
We occasionally see the odd friend who is brave enough to come and take | :01:31. | :01:33. | |
a salad. Five miles downriver from Muchelney, the work to clear | :01:34. | :01:36. | |
floodwater is progressing. A sluice gate opened yesterday has been | :01:37. | :01:39. | |
raised to a metre, diverting water out of the Parrett and reducing | :01:40. | :01:44. | |
levels on it and the river Tone That's meant the Currymoor pumping | :01:45. | :01:49. | |
station's restarted. Good news for residents in flooded areas such as | :01:50. | :01:57. | |
East Lyng, Moorland and Fordgate. When it comes to pumping the water | :01:58. | :02:01. | |
of the moors and levels, the priority is to remove the lift `` | :02:02. | :02:07. | |
the risk to lives, then properties and deal with the flooded roads | :02:08. | :02:13. | |
Much of the problem is these flooded access roads, so it's clear life | :02:14. | :02:17. | |
would get back to normal hip are many more weeks yet. Water levels | :02:18. | :02:20. | |
are dropping at Muchelney and villagers hope a short temporary | :02:21. | :02:24. | |
bridge can be set up on this road, allowing them to drive in and out in | :02:25. | :02:28. | |
their cars once again. It was so close, but Trowbridge | :02:29. | :02:31. | |
bobsleigh driver John Jackson has missed out on a medal at the Winter | :02:32. | :02:36. | |
Olympics by just over a tenth of a second. John's partner, Paula | :02:37. | :02:39. | |
Walker, was in the crowd to cheer him on, while his sponsors were | :02:40. | :02:42. | |
watching closely back here in the West. | :02:43. | :02:48. | |
Steve Cook's family butchers in Devizes has been sponsoring John | :02:49. | :02:51. | |
Jackson and his partner Paula Walker for the last six months, but today, | :02:52. | :02:55. | |
the shop was shut as they were at home, gathered around the TV to see | :02:56. | :03:07. | |
if John could win a medal. Going into their final run, they were | :03:08. | :03:11. | |
sixth but just two tenths of a second off a bronze medal. They | :03:12. | :03:14. | |
produced their fastest run yet, putting them in first, but there | :03:15. | :03:22. | |
were six more crews go. And agonisingly, they finished just | :03:23. | :03:31. | |
outside the top three. It's been a great race. But sometimes, just | :03:32. | :03:38. | |
being involved in such a great race like this makes it worthwhile. | :03:39. | :03:44. | |
Fantastic. You see the countries they beat and they have done on a | :03:45. | :03:47. | |
shoestring budget. At 36, John says this is likely to be his last | :03:48. | :03:50. | |
Olympics. Both he and Paula, who competed in the two`man event, may | :03:51. | :03:54. | |
have to return to their careers in the Armed Forces. | :03:55. | :04:01. | |
And Bath's Lizzy Yarnold has been the flag bearer for Team GB at the | :04:02. | :04:05. | |
closing ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics. Lizzy won gold in the | :04:06. | :04:08. | |
women's skeleton. The closing ceremony, which is still going on | :04:09. | :04:11. | |
now, marks the end of a Games in which two of Britain's four medals | :04:12. | :04:16. | |
were won by West Country athletes. Football, and Yeovil gave their | :04:17. | :04:19. | |
Championship survival hopes a big boost defeating one of their big | :04:20. | :04:22. | |
rivals, but they're still bottom of the table with a third of the season | :04:23. | :04:28. | |
still to go. Time is running out for Yeovil, but | :04:29. | :04:31. | |
this crucial win over Doncaster will give them hope. James Hayter scored | :04:32. | :04:36. | |
the only goal from the penalty spot at Huish Park, leaving the Glovers | :04:37. | :04:41. | |
just three points from safety. But not such good news for our teams in | :04:42. | :04:45. | |
League One, who were both beaten. Swindon Town lost 2`0 at Leyton | :04:46. | :04:49. | |
Orient and Bristol City are back in the relegation zone after losing 3`0 | :04:50. | :04:54. | |
at Sheffield United. Cheltenham picked up their first win 2014. | :04:55. | :04:59. | |
Ashley Vincent scored his first goal since returning to the club as they | :05:00. | :05:03. | |
beat Newport. In rugby, Bristol beat Plymouth | :05:04. | :05:07. | |
43`12 at the Memorial Stadium this afternoon. The hosts scored seven | :05:08. | :05:11. | |
tries, which moves them to the top of the Championship. | :05:12. | :05:24. | |
It will remain rather breezy through this evening and much of the night. | :05:25. | :05:31. | |
It is set to be dry tonight with clear skies but with the wind is | :05:32. | :05:35. | |
continuing, they will keep things marked and frost free with | :05:36. | :05:39. | |
temperatures no lower than seven or eight degrees. First thing tomorrow, | :05:40. | :05:45. | |
dry to start with. A patchy band of rain making its way across the | :05:46. | :05:51. | |
region. Another mile day with highs of 11 degrees. Overnight, further | :05:52. | :05:56. | |
rain clearing into showers, though still unsettled. | :05:57. | :06:06. | |
Hello. Still no sign of the weather really settling down next week. | :06:07. | :06:11. | |
There should be an improvement for most of us tomorrow. It will not be | :06:12. | :06:15. | |
as windy as it has been today, and the band of rain will slowly peter | :06:16. | :06:19. | |
out. We still have some rain to come through the night. This band of rain | :06:20. | :06:23. | |
is quite slow moving, it will wander northwards into Dumfries and | :06:24. | :06:26. | |
Galloway. Close to Northern Ireland, heavy rain in Cumbria and later in | :06:27. | :06:30. | |
the night it will turn whether in Wales and the south-west. Southerly | :06:31. | :06:33. | |
wind, quite strong at the moment, that will ease as the night goes on | :06:34. | :06:36. | |
but it should be pretty mild, six or seven degrees, typically. Tomorrow, | :06:37. | :06:40. | |
we start with heavy rain, especially | :06:41. | :06:42. |