:00:00. > 3:59:59Ukrainians in crime era, as the high-level talks to resume the
:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to BBC Points West with Alex crisis continue.
:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to BBC Points West with Alex Lovell and David Garmston. Our main
:00:07. > :00:10.story tonight. The 20 year plan to stop flooding on
:00:11. > :00:15.the levels. The range of me`sures include new roads and a barrage and
:00:16. > :00:25.would cost ?100 million. But some residents going back home today
:00:26. > :00:30.don't believe a word of it. There are three papers written on the
:00:31. > :00:34.barrage and flood defences over 14 years, nothing has been dond. I have
:00:35. > :00:40.no faith in the Environment Agency at all.
:00:41. > :00:46.The other stories in the news tonight. Sam, the three year old
:00:47. > :00:49.boy, who died after a new NHS computer failed to call him for a
:00:50. > :00:53.scan. Why black people are four thmes more
:00:54. > :00:58.likely to be stopped and se`rched by the police in parts of the west
:00:59. > :01:00.And a new home for Anne, thd elephant who was rescued by
:01:01. > :01:10.Longleat. But will she be lonely? Good evening. The draft 20 xear plan
:01:11. > :01:13.to prevent serious flooding in Somerset is due to be presented to
:01:14. > :01:19.the government tomorrow. It's been eagerly awaited and the BBC has seen
:01:20. > :01:22.a draft of the document. Now we understand that it could cost up to
:01:23. > :01:25.?100 million to implement. Puestion is, where will that money come from?
:01:26. > :01:29.Our Somerset correspondent Clinton Rogers is one of the first
:01:30. > :01:36.journalists to see the report and he joins us from the Somerset Levels
:01:37. > :01:43.now. As you can see, pumping is still
:01:44. > :01:48.going on to get that water off the Moors, but still something like
:01:49. > :01:52.23,000 acres of farmland ard still under water. You might remelber that
:01:53. > :01:57.earlier this year, the environment Secretary, Owen Paterson, c`me
:01:58. > :02:01.here, famously without his wellies, and he told the people of Somerset
:02:02. > :02:05.they had six weeks to come tp with an action plan to stop this kind of
:02:06. > :02:09.flooding happening again. So they went away, local people, landowners,
:02:10. > :02:14.civic leaders, the Environmdnt Agency, to talk. To talk a bit
:02:15. > :02:19.more. And then to come up whth this plan which I have now seen. A draft,
:02:20. > :02:24.at least. It is content. Thd question is, is it affordable, is it
:02:25. > :02:28.achievable? Do people who lhve around here believe anything will be
:02:29. > :02:35.done to prevent a repeat of the kind of misery they have had to dndure?
:02:36. > :02:40.You just do not know where to start. It is the first time Betty has been
:02:41. > :02:48.back to her flooded home in Moorland for three years. Almost everything
:02:49. > :02:51.here is ruined. She has no faith that the government will give to any
:02:52. > :02:54.promises it makes to stop this happening again. Do you think they
:02:55. > :03:02.will find the money for you? Of course not, all promises, that is
:03:03. > :03:07.all it is. When you see this kind of devastation, it is easy to see why
:03:08. > :03:14.flood victims like here in Loorland want action and they wanted quickly.
:03:15. > :03:19.The draft Somerset flood pl`n I have seen is an enormous wish list, 3
:03:20. > :03:23.pages long. It has got one big price tag attached to it. To do everything
:03:24. > :03:29.that is in the report would cost more than ?100 million. So dxactly
:03:30. > :03:34.what is in it? No surprises that top of the list is dredging. To start
:03:35. > :03:38.with, at least eight kilometres of rivers. They also want artificial
:03:39. > :03:44.channels leading to the sea widened, that is the King Sedgemore drain.
:03:45. > :03:49.There is also talk of raising road levels, including the A361 `nd roads
:03:50. > :03:57.leading to communities like Muchelney. Among the most expensive
:03:58. > :04:00.suggestion is building a barrier across the river at Bridgwater,
:04:01. > :04:04.using its to control the flow of water from the sea into the rivers
:04:05. > :04:07.and vice versa, to reduce flooding on the moors and protect thd town of
:04:08. > :04:12.Bridgwater. The big problem has always been we have got an
:04:13. > :04:19.environmentalist saying that you cannot dam rivers. But thousands are
:04:20. > :04:23.under threat, so it is basically a no`brainer. James has becomd the
:04:24. > :04:28.face of flooding on the levdls. Like most farmers, his business has been
:04:29. > :04:31.crippled by the worst flood in a century. He says the governlent
:04:32. > :04:35.cannot ignore this report. The thing of it is, if they do not have
:04:36. > :04:43.something now, and then it happens all over again, and it costs
:04:44. > :04:47.millions if not billions, again you cannot afford to let it happen. We
:04:48. > :04:52.are told tomorrow the Prime Minister will receive the report. People here
:04:53. > :04:59.will be hoping his pockets `re deep but his heart is synthetic.
:05:00. > :05:03.`` sympathetic. The Prime Minister was once quoted
:05:04. > :05:07.as saying that money is no object with this flooding, this report will
:05:08. > :05:12.be a test of that. The government has already promised somethhng like
:05:13. > :05:16.?10 million but that leaves ?89 million gap. To be fair, sole of the
:05:17. > :05:20.people involved in writing this report has said that in acttal fact,
:05:21. > :05:24.a lot of the things they ard suggesting, like dredging the rivers
:05:25. > :05:29.and this down, could be dond for 30 million and some of that money could
:05:30. > :05:32.be raised locally. There is talk of a flood levee that everyone in the
:05:33. > :05:37.area should pay annually. Interesting to see what people think
:05:38. > :05:41.of that. People living locally you want concrete solutions to prevent
:05:42. > :05:51.the kind of misery we have seen happening again next year.
:05:52. > :05:56.Homes that have taken many xears to build, today being torn apart.
:05:57. > :06:00.Because it is all foul water, penetrated into the plaster and
:06:01. > :06:06.plasterboard. It has all got to come down. Because it is all bashcally
:06:07. > :06:10.sewage. After the big flood, the big clean`up begins. Two all thd flaws
:06:11. > :06:17.in our house downstairs are like this. Sue and her husband f`ced
:06:18. > :06:20.months of rebuilding. A mountain which would be easier to tile, they
:06:21. > :06:25.said, if they had faith that the floods would never come back. I just
:06:26. > :06:30.think it is going to happen again next year. We are very angrx now and
:06:31. > :06:36.upset, because you can put xour home back together, but I could not get
:06:37. > :06:40.it again. My health would not me. You have still got seven or eight
:06:41. > :06:47.inches inside the house in the main areas. It is just a disaster. For
:06:48. > :06:51.Mark and Sharon, it is hard to know where to start. Inside, important
:06:52. > :06:55.papers are ruined, all the furniture will be thrown away. As it came up
:06:56. > :07:02.to their... And even above the flood line, the water has worked hts way
:07:03. > :07:12.in. It is like this. The whole place is just soaking wet. Here, too,
:07:13. > :07:16.everywhere this down `` every wire will need replacing, walls will have
:07:17. > :07:21.to be demolished and rebuilt. The wood is too warped and wet to burn.
:07:22. > :07:25.That is what happens. Because there is no structure to it, nothhng to
:07:26. > :07:31.hold it together, it just w`rps This is a managed waterway. If you
:07:32. > :07:36.don't dredge, if you don't lanage, this happens. And I don't w`nt to do
:07:37. > :07:40.that again. I don't want to be here, continually doing this every
:07:41. > :07:44.year, because I have got a life to live. The people here want one
:07:45. > :07:47.thing. A guarantee that aftdr they have rebuilt this time, there lies
:07:48. > :07:55.here will not keep sinking back down to this catastrophic level. `` their
:07:56. > :07:59.lives here. As I said earlier the Prime Minister
:08:00. > :08:02.will get his own copy of thd report tomorrow. But officially Owdn
:08:03. > :08:12.Patterson will stand up in the House of Commons at 9.30 tomorrow.
:08:13. > :08:15.Interesting to see if he has got anything concrete to say or if he
:08:16. > :08:19.will say, I have got your rdport, I will take it away and read ht. We
:08:20. > :08:23.will watch with interest. A coroner has ruled a three`year`old
:08:24. > :08:26.heart patient died after a new NHS computer system failed to schedule
:08:27. > :08:28.him for a vital hospital sc`n. An inquest heard today that Saluel
:08:29. > :08:32.Starr's heart was disadvant`ged by the delays at the Royal United
:08:33. > :08:36.Hospital in Bath, which meant he hadn't had tests for twenty months
:08:37. > :08:47.following heart surgery. Sally Challoner reports. He didn't play
:08:48. > :08:49.up. He was just so kind and gentle and he understood us. And wd
:08:50. > :08:52.understood him. Samuel Starr was born with complex
:08:53. > :08:56.cardiac problems. He had he`rt surgery in Bristol when he was just
:08:57. > :08:58.nine months old. But a vital follow`up scan at Bath's Roxal
:08:59. > :09:04.United Hospital didn't happdn on time, because a new computerised
:09:05. > :09:08.booking system failed. During the lost six months, his heart got
:09:09. > :09:13.worse, and he then didn't strvive urgent surgery. Samuel's surgeon had
:09:14. > :09:17.told the inquest his condithon would have been picked up if he'd been
:09:18. > :09:20.seen earlier. And that his heart had seriously deteriorated by the time
:09:21. > :09:23.he had the operation in Augtst 012 Samuel wasn't the only cardhac
:09:24. > :09:31.patient to fall through the cracks of the new system. He did h`ve a
:09:32. > :09:36.convex heart condition, and if this could happen at any time, why was he
:09:37. > :09:42.not monitored? It is like C`therine said, it is unforgivable. They can
:09:43. > :09:45.say what they want. Samuel was never going to have a straightforward
:09:46. > :09:50.life, we knew that and we understood that, but we thought there was a
:09:51. > :09:53.care plan in place that he would be monitored regularly, seen b`ck in
:09:54. > :10:01.Bristol and we had a good as chance as any heart child surviving. And
:10:02. > :10:04.reaching adulthood. Samuel was not the only cardiac patient to fall
:10:05. > :10:07.through the cracks of the ndw system. 63 had their appointments
:10:08. > :10:10.delayed. We don't know the outcomes of those children. The RUH refused
:10:11. > :10:13.to be interviewed today, but in a statement they offered their sincere
:10:14. > :10:17.condolences to Samuel's famhly, and were very sorry for the del`y in his
:10:18. > :10:25.outpatient's appointment. They added that they've now improved the
:10:26. > :10:28.booking system that had failed. Identically been able to properly
:10:29. > :10:32.grieve, because we've had this hanging over us. `` I don't think we
:10:33. > :10:37.have been able to properly grieve. Maybe we will have some timd to take
:10:38. > :10:41.out, remember Samuel as we want to remember him, rather than through
:10:42. > :10:44.medical notes and statistics. Samuel's parents are among `t least
:10:45. > :10:48.ten families currently taking part in a review of child heart services
:10:49. > :10:51.in the Bristol area. They'll meet with the government lawyer leading
:10:52. > :10:54.it next week. In the meantile they'll get an independent ledical
:10:55. > :11:09.opinion into his care to trx and find the answers they still seek.
:11:10. > :11:17.It is 6:40pm on Wednesday evening. We will have a full weather forecast
:11:18. > :11:21.shortly. Also, still to comd. The Swindon dog with all the moves,
:11:22. > :11:29.getting ready to well the crowds at Crufts.
:11:30. > :11:34.Mack the dog is here and he will be joining us in the studio shortly.
:11:35. > :11:36.Avon Somerset Police is bding accused of unfairly targeting
:11:37. > :11:40.members of black communities in Bristol when it comes to who they
:11:41. > :11:43.stop and search. Figures from the government show across the force's
:11:44. > :11:46.area, black people are four times more likely to be pulled ovdr
:11:47. > :11:50.compared to white people. Btt the police argue it's following the law
:11:51. > :12:02.but takes any complaints seriously. Here's Chris Brierley.
:12:03. > :12:06.Respect, it is respect. At this cafe in Lawrence Hill in Bristol, members
:12:07. > :12:09.of the Somali community discuss their concerns. They believd the
:12:10. > :12:15.police are an fairly targethng them. Government figures appear to back up
:12:16. > :12:19.their claims. `` an fairly targeting them. In the Avon and Somerset area,
:12:20. > :12:26.a black person is four times more likely to be pulled over th`n white
:12:27. > :12:29.person. Stopping and searchhng us, not one time or two times, but
:12:30. > :12:36.multiple times. Why is the police coming into this area and stopping
:12:37. > :12:41.us as Somalis, and not the other communities? This community's
:12:42. > :12:47.councillors say young black men feel victimised. This is an issud for
:12:48. > :12:50.communities in my ward. It hs an issue disproportionately for young
:12:51. > :12:53.black men and needs to be t`ken seriously and talked about. This
:12:54. > :12:57.needs to be part of the bro`der discussion that we have as city For
:12:58. > :13:03.the police to stop and search someone, they have two have what is
:13:04. > :13:06.called reasonable grounds to suspect someone is carrying a weapon or
:13:07. > :13:12.stolen goods. Across the West, 27,000 people were stopped last
:13:13. > :13:15.year, double the number since 2 07. Despite using the powers more, the
:13:16. > :13:21.police acknowledge it is far from perfect. Sometimes perception is
:13:22. > :13:25.very important and I want to make people understand that stop and
:13:26. > :13:29.search is an individual dechsion by the officer, and individual
:13:30. > :13:32.interaction. That person is not happy about how the officer had done
:13:33. > :13:36.it, only to know about it bdcause people should be treated with
:13:37. > :13:41.respect and courtesy during a stop search. No one is wanting to be
:13:42. > :13:44.stopped but it is necessary to keep the streets safe. The circld
:13:45. > :13:48.people's concerns about stop and search, the police are workhng with
:13:49. > :13:53.community organisations and one of those is this man. He is a xoung
:13:54. > :13:59.film`maker who knows only too well what it is like to be stoppdd. It is
:14:00. > :14:04.quite infuriating and embarrassing. It is intimidating as well. Now he
:14:05. > :14:07.set to make a documentary to demonstrate to the police the impact
:14:08. > :14:12.stop and search has on young people. Two what I'm
:14:13. > :14:22.. What I'm going to do is investigate what people can do for
:14:23. > :14:27.the police to help them change the organisation. The figures are stark,
:14:28. > :14:30.black people are more likelx to be stopped than white. But it hs
:14:31. > :14:34.conjugated and for the police, it is more about keeping the `` it is
:14:35. > :14:37.complicated and for the polhce, it is about keeping the streets safe.
:14:38. > :14:41.Anne the elephant is finallx to get a brand new, purpose built home at
:14:42. > :14:44.Longleat, the safari park that rescued her from a circus. But the
:14:45. > :14:48.animal protection group which raised the alarm about her ill tre`tment is
:14:49. > :14:50.still worried that she could be lonely. Michelle Ruminski's report
:14:51. > :14:58.contains scenes that some m`y find upsetting.
:14:59. > :15:02.16 years old and level`headdd. Anne has been having lunch at Longleat
:15:03. > :15:07.here for almost three years. `` 60 years old. Soon she will get a
:15:08. > :15:14.purpose`built home. It is ddfinitely an exciting milestone for Anne, we
:15:15. > :15:18.want to give her something tailored to her needs, and she will hopefully
:15:19. > :15:22.see it through to the rest of her life. She was re`homed here after
:15:23. > :15:27.this secret footage showed her being kicked and abused by a formdr groom
:15:28. > :15:32.when she worked in a circus. Plans were built a year ago to buhld a
:15:33. > :15:39.purpose`built sanctuary for her and other elephants. Then in November,
:15:40. > :15:43.Longleat announced that thex were being reviewed. Fears of a delay
:15:44. > :15:48.sparked an angry reaction. We wanted to be sure we got it right, so we
:15:49. > :15:53.assembled an elephant imposhng, which had experts around thd ``
:15:54. > :15:59.symposium, which had experts from around the world and we talked about
:16:00. > :16:03.the specifications for the house was it going to be suitable in terms of
:16:04. > :16:07.size, and what restrictions we would place upon ourselves to futtre use
:16:08. > :16:12.for the house. One change to the plan which has upset the anhmal
:16:13. > :16:15.protection group that brought Anne's abuse in the circus to light
:16:16. > :16:21.if there is a distinct posshbility she will live out the remainder of
:16:22. > :16:25.her days alone, unless Longleat buys suitable companion. Animal defence
:16:26. > :16:29.International has worked with leading experts and found that
:16:30. > :16:34.companionship plays a significant part of recovery of animals who have
:16:35. > :16:37.been isolated and abused, and Anne spent the majority of her thme with
:16:38. > :16:41.other elephants and we think this will be a significant part of her
:16:42. > :16:47.recovery. It will be very s`d thing if she has to spend the rest of her
:16:48. > :16:51.days alone. We would take an opposite view. We are not alone in
:16:52. > :16:57.this, the experts we consulted, specifically with Anne, would tell
:16:58. > :17:02.us that she was better on hdr own. By the time the Haven is buhlt, Anne
:17:03. > :17:06.will have lived here for more than three and a half years. Longleat
:17:07. > :17:12.says this is just how long ht takes to Hill is the very best facility
:17:13. > :17:15.for a very special animal. `` to build the best facility.
:17:16. > :17:18.The future of tolls on the Severn Bridge was debated in Parli`ment
:17:19. > :17:22.today with one west country MP suggesting the money could be used
:17:23. > :17:25.to build a third Severn crossing. Mark Harper, the MP for the Forest
:17:26. > :17:28.of Dean, says a new bridge between his constituency and Gloucester
:17:29. > :17:34.would cut congestion and boost the economy. Here's our Gloucestershire
:17:35. > :17:36.reporter, Steve Knibbs. This morning's commute into
:17:37. > :17:40.Gloucester from the Forest of Dean, misery for thousands of drivers
:17:41. > :17:44.every day. Mark Harper says these sort of bottlenecks could bd history
:17:45. > :17:46.if a third Severn crossing hs built using toll money from the existing
:17:47. > :17:59.bridges when ownership reverts to the government in four years' time.
:18:00. > :18:02.I would like ideally it is to be paid for during taxation and the
:18:03. > :18:06.tolls on the existing bridgds to be no more than is needed. I do not
:18:07. > :18:14.want the Minister to rule ott, if we can get the crossing and earlier ``
:18:15. > :18:18.sooner and earlier by getting some told money, I would together on the
:18:19. > :18:21.table. I do not want to wait 20 years for a third crossing. No
:18:22. > :18:24.decision has been made. No decision has been made on where any new
:18:25. > :18:28.crossing would go yet but it would obviously benefit traffic coming
:18:29. > :18:31.into the Forest too. A double edged sword maybe for those who'd welcome
:18:32. > :18:34.the economic boost but have also campaigned for lower tolls. It would
:18:35. > :18:40.be fantastic for the Forest of Dean but I would be very interested to
:18:41. > :18:43.see, given his conversion of the third seven crossing, where Mark
:18:44. > :18:48.thinks it is going to go and how it is going to be done, becausd there
:18:49. > :18:52.is a lot of things happening both sides of the river, it will be
:18:53. > :18:55.interesting to see where we can squeeze it in. A third Severn
:18:56. > :18:58.crossing isn't such an unustal idea either. Before it was destroyed in
:18:59. > :19:02.an accident on the river 50 years ago, a railway bridge used to cross
:19:03. > :19:05.from Purton to the Forest. The remains can be seen on the river
:19:06. > :19:09.bank. But today's call for ` new bridge appears to be taken seriously
:19:10. > :19:12.the county council says it's already thinking about what would bd needed.
:19:13. > :19:16.It is not just throwing a plank over a river. It is the infrastrtcture
:19:17. > :19:23.you need on the 838 as well. We cross the river from here, where we
:19:24. > :19:26.go to the other side, and also how you get the traffic into Gloucester
:19:27. > :19:30.or onto the motorway. There's four years to go before we'll know what's
:19:31. > :19:33.happening with the money from the Severn crossings. But the transport
:19:34. > :19:38.minister did accept today that using existing revenue from tolls to fund
:19:39. > :19:40.new bridges had worked elsewhere. Campaigners backing the
:19:41. > :19:43.re`development of Bristol Rover s football ground were at Downing
:19:44. > :19:48.Street today, hoping to demonstrate what they say is 'overwhelmhng
:19:49. > :19:52.support' for the plan. It's ahead of a judicial review next week. That
:19:53. > :19:55.will look at a decision to `pprove controversial plans to build a
:19:56. > :20:04.supermarket on the site. Sarah`Jane Bungay reports.
:20:05. > :20:09.In the blue and white, supporters of a shiny new stadium for Rovdrs. Dave
:20:10. > :20:13.Thomas is one of them. A did`hard as head, he has been out in all
:20:14. > :20:19.weathers electing signatures. Bristol Rovers have needed ` new set
:20:20. > :20:24.`` steady since 1986. This hs the best scheme for a long time. It is a
:20:25. > :20:28.good package at the end of the day, and Bristol needs to progress.
:20:29. > :20:35.Division, 21,000 seater stadium the outskirts of the city. That has been
:20:36. > :20:38.improved. To pay for it, Rovers need to sell the Memorial ground.
:20:39. > :20:42.Sainsbury's want to buy it `nd build a supermarket there, permission
:20:43. > :20:53.granted, so far so good. But then comes the opposition. The c`mpaign
:20:54. > :20:57.group here says it will be ` severe blow to independent traders on
:20:58. > :21:01.nearby Gloucester Road and bringing illegal challenge. Gloucestdr Road
:21:02. > :21:05.is a really important accepted all the things fit together well, the
:21:06. > :21:08.food shops, cafes and flower shops and the different services. People
:21:09. > :21:12.come up to me and say well done for you are doing. People say, H am a
:21:13. > :21:18.Rovers fan and I support yot so if the picture is given, it is us and
:21:19. > :21:22.them. But there is a lot of support in the city for our campaign. At
:21:23. > :21:28.Downing Street, time for thd Rovers going to hand in their 13.5 thousand
:21:29. > :21:34.signature petition. It was to demonstrate the enormous support for
:21:35. > :21:39.the faint breeze and stadiul. Britain has got to stop thinking of
:21:40. > :21:42.itself as a backstreet city. We have had this saga of any progressive
:21:43. > :21:47.idea being shot down by minority groups and I do not want thhs to be
:21:48. > :21:57.the latest victim. Next week a judge rules decision `` it will ddcide if
:21:58. > :22:02.the council looked at how the supermarket would affect local
:22:03. > :22:03.shops. That is just a stallhng tactic according to this calpaign
:22:04. > :22:06.group. The world famous dog show Crufts
:22:07. > :22:10.starts this Thursday and a pooch from Swindon has a starring role.
:22:11. > :22:13.Mack is not just any old dog though, he's a Bouvier des Flandres, a
:22:14. > :22:18.French breed originally put to work herding cows. Mack has been chosen
:22:19. > :22:20.to carry out two prestigious roles. He'll be representing his breed and
:22:21. > :22:25.demonstrating his intelligence, because as we know, dogs ard very
:22:26. > :22:32.clever. And he joins us in the studio now with his owner J`net
:22:33. > :22:42.Garret. Hello, and welcome to you both. They give very much. Tell us
:22:43. > :22:45.about your pet and how you got him. Here two years old, Bouvier des
:22:46. > :22:51.Flandres, his name is Mack he is one of three in our house. I am a
:22:52. > :22:58.trainer, I have trained him. There you go! He is going to cross
:22:59. > :23:01.specifically to show him off and his skills as well? He is going not as
:23:02. > :23:08.the supermodel role, as the beautiful role, although he should!
:23:09. > :23:13.He is going to demonstrate what a Bouvier des Flandres looks like
:23:14. > :23:18.Stand! So you are looking to buy a car and would, to show, it hs like
:23:19. > :23:24.that, if you wanted to buy one, you would ask somebody. He went last
:23:25. > :23:30.year and he was a hit? Yes. You have trained him so well, what would
:23:31. > :23:40.happen when you had a cold? I would sneeze and I would get a tissue It
:23:41. > :23:54.is because I moved them! And he will do something else? 12, good boy And
:23:55. > :24:02.he can take lots of? Mac, P`ul! He just nibbled at the end. Good boy.
:24:03. > :24:07.How do you encourage and to do that? Any of it. Della Fordgate h`ve got
:24:08. > :24:16.young babies, I train them to pick things up and give me things back.
:24:17. > :24:20.If I asked to give me the, he would. I asked him to give me things back
:24:21. > :24:27.and you get a treat every thme he does it. And then I take it further.
:24:28. > :24:33.And it is all about reward? It is all about reward. The assochation is
:24:34. > :24:39.that, he is going to be in ten `` devastating his intelligencd. Their
:24:40. > :24:48.motto is kind, fair and effdctive. He is a workaholic! Dare we say
:24:49. > :24:52.almost total walkies? Time to go to sleep. Dogs across the West now you
:24:53. > :24:57.will be in trouble with thehr owners!
:24:58. > :25:05.Former airline pilot flew into Gloucester today but chose `n
:25:06. > :25:11.unusual place to land. He used a seaplane and lived `` and l`nded on
:25:12. > :25:17.the river. John told us that amphibious plane owners havd two
:25:18. > :25:19.practice every six months and he was using the video `` the river he was
:25:20. > :25:27.visiting! At least he had some decent weather
:25:28. > :25:31.for once to do some of that practice water landing and take`off. It is
:25:32. > :25:35.going to be a different story as we head into tomorrow. First of all,
:25:36. > :25:41.let's see this photo taken xesterday by Derek Hitchens. This is `n
:25:42. > :25:47.optical phenomena we call a sun pillar, this is only for very rarely
:25:48. > :25:50.will me have plates of ice crystals falling in the swaying motion and
:25:51. > :25:55.reflecting the light in precisely the same way, and the sun h`s to be
:25:56. > :25:59.in a certain angle, just above or below the horizon to give this
:26:00. > :26:02.effect. So some of you on the banks of the Bristol Channel saw the same
:26:03. > :26:09.thing yesterday and pondered what it was. You might see that tomorrow, a
:26:10. > :26:11.lot of cloud tomorrow, patchy rain, like in nature, that is out towards
:26:12. > :26:18.the western part of our viewing area. Tonight, we drank clotd in
:26:19. > :26:24.from the West. We will see the signal out there for this frontal
:26:25. > :26:28.zone to stay to the west of us. That is introducing patchy light rain
:26:29. > :26:33.which will eventually moving across us to introduce more rain for us
:26:34. > :26:37.all. The amounts will be insignificant compared to what we
:26:38. > :26:40.have had of late. This evenhng, steadily increasing cloud, ` pretty
:26:41. > :26:49.benign, quiet patent despitd the cloud. Some patchy light rahn or
:26:50. > :26:57.drizzle out in the western part of Somerset at dawn, but no threat of a
:26:58. > :27:01.frost. Temperatures above freezing. Then tomorrow, we will have some
:27:02. > :27:06.hill fog quite readily over the Mendips, Exmoor and elsewhere.
:27:07. > :27:10.Ladies and gents of brightndss but I would not hold your breath,
:27:11. > :27:13.generally just cloud and a loderate breeze. You will see an err`tic
:27:14. > :27:21.signal for light rain here `nd there, maybe the odd heavy burst but
:27:22. > :27:25.that should be the exception. Temperatures slightly down on today.
:27:26. > :27:29.Beyond that, still grey and down through the first part of Friday,
:27:30. > :27:32.high pressure is dominating into the weekend. For a number of daxs,
:27:33. > :27:40.thereafter. Hurray! From all others here, my macro
:27:41. > :27:44.particularly, who is ready to go, good evening. I will see at 10pm!