:00:00. > :00:11.Good evening. ?10 million is being Don't forget, there is a
:00:12. > :00:16.Good evening. ?10 million is being given to Somerset to repair roads
:00:17. > :00:19.damaged by floodwater. The loney comes on the same day the county
:00:20. > :00:22.delivered its 20`year flood plan to the Government with proposals, on
:00:23. > :00:28.how to stop flooding happenhng again. The overall cost of that
:00:29. > :00:32.scheme could be ?100 million. The Government says it will pay for some
:00:33. > :00:39.of it, but not all. Scott Ellis reports.
:00:40. > :00:44.After the floods in Somerset, the final 20 year action plan w`s
:00:45. > :00:49.delivered to Downing Street today. In the final report, we havd learned
:00:50. > :00:53.Somerset once the tidal barrier on the River Parrett near Bridgwater
:00:54. > :01:00.built in the next 20 years, much quicker than previously thotght The
:01:01. > :01:04.next cost would be ?30 millhon. `` in the next ten years. We ask the
:01:05. > :01:11.Environment Secretary if thd government would be paying the full
:01:12. > :01:14.amount. At DEFRA, we put in ?10 million to get cracking on this
:01:15. > :01:20.trudging, as soon as it is safe Also in DEFRA we have put into
:01:21. > :01:23.different lots of ?10 million to help the Government farmers. The
:01:24. > :01:28.Department of Transport is putting in ?10 million to help with
:01:29. > :01:31.blockages, and also on the railways. And the local governor department
:01:32. > :01:35.has put in half ?1 million to help local councils with the recovery.
:01:36. > :01:38.All of that is an extreme the good start. So, tens of millions of
:01:39. > :01:43.pounds already on the table, but Somerset needs more. If you think I
:01:44. > :01:47.am going to accept the first offer I get, then you have picked the wrong
:01:48. > :01:51.person. We will carry on prdssing the Government to get a fair deal
:01:52. > :01:55.for Somerset residents. This is the third time residents have bden
:01:56. > :01:58.flooded, and it is about tile Somerset gets its fair shard of
:01:59. > :02:03.flooding. We thank government for what they have given, but wd want
:02:04. > :02:08.more. Ultimately, Somerset will need to raise much of the cash itself.
:02:09. > :02:14.One idea is a local tax or levy to pay for flood protection. When there
:02:15. > :02:18.was dredging before 1995, there was a levy raised them on keeping the
:02:19. > :02:22.levels as they are. So, we `re going to have to raise money, and I
:02:23. > :02:27.suspect local taxpayers will understand that this will bd spent
:02:28. > :02:32.by local people for local pdople on maintaining Somerset. It is an
:02:33. > :02:38.advantage that the levels and moors are an area of special scientific
:02:39. > :02:43.interest. Nature is going to be part of the solution here. It is going to
:02:44. > :02:46.attract investment as well. Already, farmers are getting significant
:02:47. > :02:51.amounts of money to manage their land in a wildlife friendly way
:02:52. > :02:54.That is just the start. We believe that this place can really trade on
:02:55. > :02:59.the quality of its natural environment. It will be a countywide
:03:00. > :03:03.effort to hit ?100 million, but in the long run it may work out cheaper
:03:04. > :03:08.than annual flooding and thd cost of each disaster. These Dutch pumps use
:03:09. > :03:14.6000 litres of diesel every day I am told, and it is an unoffhcial
:03:15. > :03:19.figure, that the total cost of the emergency response so far this year
:03:20. > :03:24.in Somerset is ?6 million. Somerset was told by the Prime Minister that
:03:25. > :03:27.money is no object. That was a short`term promise. Funding for the
:03:28. > :03:30.next 20 years will have to be hard`won, by Somerset itself.
:03:31. > :03:35.A gang from Coventry was jahled today after a raid on a Wiltshire
:03:36. > :03:37.jewellery shop last year. This was the moment they stormed into
:03:38. > :03:40.Deacon's in Marlborough, terrifying staff and smashing cabinets with
:03:41. > :03:44.crowbars. They made off with diamond rings, jewellery and watches worth
:03:45. > :03:49.thousands of pounds. Today the gang were given sentences of between four
:03:50. > :03:51.and five years each. The wolen from Deacon's said in court that they are
:03:52. > :03:58.still traumatised by what h`ppened. A teenager has died after a stabbing
:03:59. > :04:02.in Bristol. The 19`year`old was found in Lower Gay Street in St
:04:03. > :04:06.Paul's yesterday evening. Hd was treated at the scene but didd from
:04:07. > :04:10.his injuries. Three people have been arrested.
:04:11. > :04:13.People living in a village hn Wiltshire say they are devasted
:04:14. > :04:16.after the theft of the centrepiece of the village war memorial. The
:04:17. > :04:20.statue, in Wingfield, was to honour those who died and those th`t were
:04:21. > :04:24.brought back to recover frol their injuries. Catherine Powell reports.
:04:25. > :04:28.Torn from its post. The Bronze statue had marked the village cross
:04:29. > :04:41.roads at Wingfield since October 1917. Gutted. To think that somebody
:04:42. > :04:49.could stoop so low as to pinch our Christ from our cross. Saw ht as I
:04:50. > :04:54.drove past and it just looks desolate. Shame on anyone who took
:04:55. > :05:01.it. It really is, shame. It is a loss felt even more keenly by
:05:02. > :05:08.Michael Copeland Griffiths. His family commissioned the piece during
:05:09. > :05:11.the first World War. I felt absolutely horrified. It is the
:05:12. > :05:15.centre of the village and I just felt the heart had been ripped out
:05:16. > :05:19.of the centre of the villagd. It is so significant, it is the focal
:05:20. > :05:28.point. I felt really upset. I still feel upset. His great aunt sculpted
:05:29. > :05:32.it. Michael's mother is 93. Her mother and grandmother turndd their
:05:33. > :05:39.home in the village into a hospital for injured soldiers during the war.
:05:40. > :05:52.And they never forgot their experiences. The memorial w`s put up
:05:53. > :05:55.by my grandmother and grandfather. It was put up as a place whdre
:05:56. > :06:03.people could go and pray for their relatives or friends in the war The
:06:04. > :06:07.village is hope those who stole the statue will soon realise its
:06:08. > :06:10.significance and return it. If not, they say they will raise thd money
:06:11. > :06:13.to replace it as a mark of respect for those who suffered and died
:06:14. > :06:18.There's more news and inforlation on your local BBC radio stations and of
:06:19. > :06:21.course online. We're back whth you in Breakfast. But now, let's get the
:06:22. > :06:32.latest weather from Ian. Yes, we are going to start tomorrow
:06:33. > :06:38.with a lot of cloud around, but moving into the afternoon, things
:06:39. > :06:41.will start to brighten up. There will be plenty of sunshine hn the
:06:42. > :06:47.second half of the day. Temperatures tonight, under a lot of clotd, will
:06:48. > :06:52.be six ` nine Celsius, so, ` mild night. But the legacy of thd low
:06:53. > :06:55.cloud, outbreaks of rain will still be a feature into the rush`hour
:06:56. > :07:01.tomorrow. All of that fading away towards lunchtime. After th`t the
:07:02. > :07:06.skies will be clearing from the west as we head into the afternoon. The
:07:07. > :07:10.cloud will disperse even further and by the end of the afternoon there
:07:11. > :07:19.should be a good deal of sunshine around. It will be decidedlx mild.
:07:20. > :07:23.And we continue with similar values as we head into the weekend. There
:07:24. > :07:27.will be a lot of cloud around on Saturday, at a much better
:07:28. > :07:29.afternoon. Sunday, more clotd, with spots of rain. Extra week, high
:07:30. > :07:32.pressure dominates. outlook for London. Temperatures
:07:33. > :07:42.stay like this. Hello, after the teenage tantrums of
:07:43. > :07:48.the last couple of months, the weather is going to move into more
:07:49. > :07:50.sedate middle age will stop maybe tonight is the midlife crisis
:07:51. > :07:51.because it is still likely -- middle