:00:00. > :00:14.Good afternoon. A protest h`s taken That's all from me, stay
:00:15. > :00:17.Good afternoon. A protest h`s taken place on the Old Severn Bridge this
:00:18. > :00:19.morning, involving people who are concerned about high tolls. Both
:00:20. > :00:22.Severn bridges will become publicly owned in 2018 once their orhginal
:00:23. > :00:28.construction costs have been covered. Today, campaigners were
:00:29. > :00:44.asking for the tolls to be lowered in the future.
:00:45. > :00:52.They have a great effect on us. We are the community in the arda. It
:00:53. > :00:56.would do the local economy ` huge amount if they were reduced or
:00:57. > :00:59.banned altogether. The Department for Transport has
:01:00. > :01:02.said that no decisions have been made on toll pricing but anx future
:01:03. > :01:07.arrangements would need to lake proper provision for repaymdnt of
:01:08. > :01:11.government costs and maintenance. There's a warning that therd could
:01:12. > :01:17.be some bad traffic in Bath tomorrow because of the city's half larathon.
:01:18. > :01:21.Two landslips have shut roads into the city. The A431 at Kelston is
:01:22. > :01:26.still closed and the Midford Road has been closed but is due to reopen
:01:27. > :01:33.shortly. The A36 is expected to be especially busy. Alternativd routes
:01:34. > :01:37.will be signposted. These will only really come into
:01:38. > :01:44.effect when coarse road closures are on witches 9:35am until arotnd
:01:45. > :01:49.3:30pm. Most of the runners are unlikely to be affected by those. It
:01:50. > :01:52.will be local residents, other motorists and visitors to the city.
:01:53. > :01:56.On to sport, and Bath Rugby suffered home defeat for the first thme this
:01:57. > :02:00.season, beaten 23`10 by Sar`cens in the Premiership. Bath's points came
:02:01. > :02:03.from the boot of George Ford and a penalty try. The result leaves Bath
:02:04. > :02:06.third in the table. Elsewhere, Gloucester take on Northampton today
:02:07. > :02:11.in the Premiership hoping to be the only side all season to do the
:02:12. > :02:14.double over Saints. And in the Championship, league leaders Bristol
:02:15. > :02:18.travel to Rotherham today. Kick`off there is at 4.45pm.
:02:19. > :02:22.On to football, and Yeovil could move out of the Championship
:02:23. > :02:29.relegation zone if they win at Reading and other results go their
:02:30. > :02:32.way. Birds rescued along the south coast
:02:33. > :02:38.during the recent storms have been released today. Hundreds have been
:02:39. > :02:41.washed up in the past weeks, many of them dead. The survivors have been
:02:42. > :02:46.cared for and cleaned by thd RSPCA at West Hatch in Somerset.
:02:47. > :02:49.And being the first day of spring, isn't it good to be enjoying some
:02:50. > :02:50.slightly brighter weather? With the weekend's forecast, here's Holly
:02:51. > :03:00.Green. Many of us saw beautiful blte skies
:03:01. > :03:03.this evening and we will continue to see sunny spells throughout the
:03:04. > :03:08.day. The cloud will thicken up a little bit and that could bring
:03:09. > :03:13.showers this afternoon. This evening, some clear spells but we
:03:14. > :03:18.could see some mist or fog. The cloud will continue to thicken and
:03:19. > :03:25.the breeze will pick up as well It will stop it from getting too cold
:03:26. > :03:30.as well. Tomorrow, that clotd continues to streaming, bringing
:03:31. > :03:36.some patchy rain, but that could turn more persistent in the
:03:37. > :03:41.afternoon. As we head into next week, we will see some bright sunny
:03:42. > :03:43.weather at times but we do see rain and showers.
:03:44. > :03:49.We're back in the six o'clock new tonight when we'll have the latest
:03:50. > :03:50.from the Somerset Levels. Btt in the meantime, whatever you're up to
:03:51. > :04:13.have a lovely afternoon. Hello there. The first day of
:04:14. > :04:18.March, and quite a wintry chill to the first thing, but conditions have
:04:19. > :04:24.improved a lot, a lot of sunshine have there, so the daffodils you can
:04:25. > :04:28.see behind me, a good sunny Saint David's day across Wales. We will
:04:29. > :04:33.hold onto the sunshine for many places. A fly in the ointment is
:04:34. > :04:36.showers across western areas, developing through the afternoon.
:04:37. > :04:41.Across the south-east, particularly East Anglia, a great start, that
:04:42. > :04:46.area of low pressure continuing to push out into the North Sea. Quite a
:04:47. > :04:51.deal to be a generally, temperatures slowly climbing, but the winds are
:04:52. > :04:52.light, pleasant in the sunshine A few