:00:00. > :00:10.into why some police forces in the UK are
:00:11. > :00:15.Good evening. A Ministry of Defence investigation is under way `fter a
:00:16. > :00:18.live artillery round strayed miles off course, passing over two
:00:19. > :00:23.villages before exploding close to a mainline railway. Fortunately, no
:00:24. > :00:27.one was injured, but the shdll left a six foot crater in a farmdr's
:00:28. > :00:34.field, and now all live firhng on the Plain has been stopped. Scott
:00:35. > :00:39.Ellis reports. The rumble of artillery, firing live
:00:40. > :00:43.high explosive shells. A faliliar sound to everyone living ne`r
:00:44. > :00:53.Salisbury Plain. But on Wednesday, one shell drifted miles off course.
:00:54. > :00:59.Landing in this farmer's fidld. We sort of went, like that. We thought
:01:00. > :01:02.that was a bit close. We didn't think it would come over thhs close.
:01:03. > :01:07.A local artist was another who felt the errant shell explode a few
:01:08. > :01:12.hundred yards from her home. This bang was exceptional becausd the
:01:13. > :01:18.house shook. It reminded me of the days are used to live near Wareham
:01:19. > :01:20.Concorde used to come over `nd the windows would rattle. It was very,
:01:21. > :01:24.very loud. This MOD newsletter states which regiments were firing
:01:25. > :01:30.on the Plain last week. It hncludes a reference to the 105mm light gun.
:01:31. > :01:33.These are 105mm guns in acthon. They have a range of 11 miles, ddpending
:01:34. > :01:38.how much propellant charge hs put in, after the shell is loaddd. It's
:01:39. > :01:42.likely the gun was being fired from a position at the south of Salisbury
:01:43. > :01:47.Plain near Tilshead. Shells are normally fired northwards, `nd
:01:48. > :01:51.impact inside the danger zone. This stray shell appears to have gone
:01:52. > :01:57.clean over, to Patney, off target by as much as five miles. Bomb disposal
:01:58. > :02:07.experts have collected shrapnel from the crater. But, so far, no MOD
:02:08. > :02:11.apology. I would expect an `pology. The first thing they need to do is
:02:12. > :02:16.inform the public as to why it has happened. And then say, we `re
:02:17. > :02:20.sorry, it is extremely frightening, and we can assure you it is such a
:02:21. > :02:23.rare occurrence, it is not going to happen again. The MOD has stspended
:02:24. > :02:29.all live firing on the Plain while they investigate.
:02:30. > :02:33.At last there seems to be some light at the end of a very wet tunnel as
:02:34. > :02:35.far as the Somerset flooding is concerned. More train services are
:02:36. > :02:38.operating, roads are re`opening and water levels are falling. Btt, as
:02:39. > :02:49.Clinton Rogers reports, there is still a long way to go.
:02:50. > :02:55.The train standing at Taunton station is a clear sign things are
:02:56. > :02:58.beginning to return to norm`l. Following the floods that m`de this
:02:59. > :03:01.stretch of line between Taunton and Bristol impassable, today, for the
:03:02. > :03:09.first time, trains were running over it again, though, for now it is
:03:10. > :03:13.still a reduced service. Thdre remains a lot of water on the
:03:14. > :03:17.Somerset Levels. But mush ldss than there was. 33 million tonnes of
:03:18. > :03:26.water today, a third of what it was at the height of the floods. We have
:03:27. > :03:31.got a good weather forecast for the week, we've had a number of days
:03:32. > :03:35.without rain, so it gives us the chance to take a lot of the water
:03:36. > :03:39.off that has been accumulathng over the last few weeks. But the main
:03:40. > :03:42.A361 from Taunton to Glastonbury remains closed. The Environlent
:03:43. > :03:46.Agency says it hoped to havd all roads reopened by the weekend of
:03:47. > :03:48.March 22nd. And, for this h`ulage company, that can't come fast
:03:49. > :03:52.enough. Every day, their lorries face a 12 mile detour to re`ch the
:03:53. > :04:02.motorway, and the bills are piling up. It has cost us between ?150
:04:03. > :04:09.?2000 a week in extra fuel `nd expenses for the drivers, to keep
:04:10. > :04:13.them away from the, still. `` to keep them away from the depot,
:04:14. > :04:16.still. And flood victims will be counting the cost, financially and
:04:17. > :04:19.emotionally, for many months to come. Few here are expecting to be
:04:20. > :04:21.back home before Christmas. Tomorrow is the start of thd
:04:22. > :04:25.Cheltenham Festival. It's rdgarded as the top meet in the National Hunt
:04:26. > :04:28.season with the best horses and jockeys giving their all. It's taken
:04:29. > :04:33.months of preparation but the scene is set. Here's Alistair Durden.
:04:34. > :04:36.Around a quarter of a million spectators will come here over the
:04:37. > :04:40.next four days for the clim`x of the National Hunt season. The r`cecourse
:04:41. > :04:43.has seen a number of changes over the last 12 months but if you are
:04:44. > :04:48.coming tomorrow, the most notable one will be the improvement in the
:04:49. > :04:53.weather. 12 months ago, this course was under frost covers with subzero
:04:54. > :04:57.temperatures. This year, it has been so mild, the grass has been cut six
:04:58. > :05:02.times already. The wettest of winters has not been a problem. We
:05:03. > :05:05.know this place dries out rdally quickly and the course is in
:05:06. > :05:08.excellent condition. People have been looking around it. Rickey
:05:09. > :05:11.Henderson yesterday, Alan Khng, Willie Mullins have all said in
:05:12. > :05:14.their lifetime they've never seen it look better. The major change has
:05:15. > :05:17.seen the old Royal Box demolished and the racecourse has put tp a
:05:18. > :05:24.giant temporary building th`t houses a full kitchen and a restaurant
:05:25. > :05:29.Just to give it an element of scale to it, we're in a structure that's
:05:30. > :05:32.110 metres long, three storhes high. The longest, highest ever structure
:05:33. > :05:38.built in Europe so it is a significant structure. One local
:05:39. > :05:41.horse to look out for tomorrow is The New One, trained by Nigdl
:05:42. > :05:44.Twiston`Davies just up the road in Norton. That goes in the Ch`mpion
:05:45. > :05:48.Hurdle, but the big roar whhch traditionally greets the first race
:05:49. > :06:02.of the day will be going up at 1:30pm. If you'd like those amazing
:06:03. > :06:07.flying pictures of the racecourse in his report, we've put them on our
:06:08. > :06:10.Facebook page. If you want to have a look at them just go to the site and
:06:11. > :06:13.click on the video. And, of course, Alistair will be
:06:14. > :06:16.reporting from Cheltenham throughout the week. Radio Gloucestershire will
:06:17. > :06:18.also have the latest from the races including the latest travel
:06:19. > :06:21.information around Cheltenh`m. We're back with you tomorrow, but, for
:06:22. > :06:26.now, let's get the latest wdather with Ian.
:06:27. > :06:31.Rain does not feature in thd forecast for the rest of thhs week.
:06:32. > :06:36.Tomorrow will be tricky whether cloud cover could prove stubborn for
:06:37. > :06:42.some of you as it did today, but, nonetheless, quite hopeful that we
:06:43. > :06:45.will see some sun in the afternoon. Tonight, the cloud cover will
:06:46. > :06:51.dictate the temperatures with sunspot stripping down to as low as
:06:52. > :06:58.two macro three, but most areas will be at around 3`5, and tomorrow
:06:59. > :07:03.morning, most areas will be under a lot of cloud, and so it will remain
:07:04. > :07:07.through the morning, and probably through the afternoon. I wotldn t
:07:08. > :07:11.hold your breath for things to brighten up, but I am hopeftl that
:07:12. > :07:15.there will be some sunshine around which will continue into thd early
:07:16. > :07:22.part of the evening. Winds, light a moderate tomorrow. Temperattres
:07:23. > :07:27.around ten. With the sunshine, it could lift to about 12 or 13. Those
:07:28. > :07:29.temperatures are on the risd jury the week. Wednesday and Thursday,
:07:30. > :07:33.some sunshine. 11 or 12 degrees. This is the
:07:34. > :07:38.outlook. If you are heading somewhere else in the UK, you need
:07:39. > :07:42.the forecast. Hello. The local weather detail you have just heard
:07:43. > :07:46.fit into an overall pattern which is now equivocal in different from the
:07:47. > :07:49.one that gave us our wettest winter on record.
:07:50. > :07:52.We have spent the day watching high pressure pushing across the UK. It
:07:53. > :07:58.is settling our weather down like any area of high pressure. It is
:07:59. > :08:01.here for a while. It is here for this week. The Jetstream has moved
:08:02. > :08:05.north and the wet and whether - whinny systems have moved towards
:08:06. > :08:11.Iceland. Our weather is now much quieter. Sundays are sunnier than
:08:12. > :08:15.others. In the sunshine from it feels warm. At night it will be
:08:16. > :08:24.chilly. This is the most important word making a big impact - dry. We
:08:25. > :08:30.have had some cloud in the next few hours. Under that, you avoid frost.
:08:31. > :08:31.Where it is