21/03/2014 BBC Points West


21/03/2014

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had to deal with and pain so I managed track get out of and Good

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evening. This winter's floods left the Somerset Levels underwater for

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weeks and today, nearly thrde months since it all began, the hugd pumps

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that were brought in to help have finally been switched off. @s the

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dry land emerges, the extent of the damage is becoming painfullx clear.

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Clinton Rogers reports. From the moorland to the se` at the

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rate of 500,000 litres an hour. That's what these huge Dutch pumps

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have been doing since they were brought in to bolster the ptmping

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operation six weeks ago. Today they fell silent, their job done.

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Coincidentally, it was a dax that a Dutch dairy came to Somerset to

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visit farmers who've been lhving with the floods since December. When

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the BBC went to see Aad Str`athof, he was shocked by the pictures we

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showed him from Somerset, shocked enough to come here to offer his

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support. Back home, his farl is six metres below sea level and ht

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doesn't flood so he's confused by what's happened here. I was born in

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1963. I have never seen watdr in places it shouldn't be. I lhve six

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ought `` six metres below sda level. Michael Churches is one Somdrset

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farmer counting the cost of the worst ever floods on the Solerset

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Levels. This was his farm at Godney a month ago. Today the water has

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gone but the damage it has caused to the soil is all too evident. It s

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absolutely dead. This is under four feet of water. This all recdded last

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year. It must be heartbreakhng to see this. We asked a soil expert to

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come here to assess the long`term damage. He doesn't need complex

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scientific tests to tell hil this land has suffered badly frol being

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submerged under four feet of water for nearly three months. With a bit

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of luck, we might get something growing on it this year, but that

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won't be a viable crop. I would say two years or more before we get the

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soil chemistry and biology back to where it was. Tonight, the

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Environment Agency said thex hoped all this water would be gond by the

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end of next week, three months after it came, but it's clear the damage

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left behind will take much longer to mend for homeowners and farlers

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too. The Deputy Prime Minister h`s

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officially opened a new factory in Bridgwater. Nick Clegg, togdther

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with Wells MP Tessa Munt, w`s shown around the Mulberry plant. The firm

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got financial assistance from the government to set up the handbag

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production facility which elploys 300 people.

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Two men have been arrested hn connection with an investig`tion in

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Yeovil into alleged child sdxual exploitation.

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Three vulnerable women who were sexually assaulted by their care

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worker in Gloucestershire are facing another battle tonight over where

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they'll live. The women werd attacked by Colin Stokes who began a

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14`year jail sentence yesterday Now they've been told they need to leave

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their supported accommodation. Their relatives say it's cruel to move

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them at this time. All of the residents in these current homes,

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given that it's a private tdnancy, we will assist them, through their

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provider, to find new homes and I don't think there's any question

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that we will be successful hn doing that. But has the provider, in this

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case, have they acted appropriately and ethically? Really, that's a

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question for them. 8000 people have caught bre`king the

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rules driving through Bath's gates. People are being given a warning

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letters but ?60 fines will soon be issued.

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An Army medic from Somerset has won national recognition for his

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extraordinary bravery while under fire in Afghanistan. Lance Corporal

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Wes Masters dodged enemy bullets to reach his friend, who had bden shot

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through the neck. Today he was awarded the Military Cross `nd

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another West Country soldier was given a Queen's Commendation.

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Seconds after a firefight in Afghanistan, a bullet has p`ssed

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straight through this soldidr's neck. Running to his rescue, Lance

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Corporal Wesley Masters, who said he forgot the danger to save hhs

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friend. Lance Corporal Mastdrs was awarded the Military Cross for

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gallantry. It was in one side and out the other, so he had two holes

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in his neck, bleeding. So that was what I was faced with. That's what I

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had to deal with. I've seen some other crazy stuff. I'd never had to

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deal with something like th`t. Among rows of male servicemen being

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honoured, one female stands out Lance Corporal Sinead Dodds from

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Taunton, given the Queen's Commendation for bravery, hdlping

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rescue her commander after their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb.

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I was unconscious and then H woke up and there was this horrible,

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piercing pain in my ears. And then, I heard the casualties scre`ming.

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That's when I knew I had to get up and do something, so I managed to

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quickly chuck myself over, get out of the seat belt and then go and try

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and find a casualties. An Army cameraman captured the moment that

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Lance Corporal Wes Masters came to aid his friend, showing a stpreme

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lack of panic in the face of such a serious injury. Holding the wound is

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Lance Corporal Simon Malonex and despite his injury, he then carried

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on fighting, even running aboard as their airlift arrived. He w`s given

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a Conspicuous Gallantry Cross. Two stories among so many that could

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have ended differently were it not for the bravery of the soldhers

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involved. One football result for you tonight:

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At the Memorial Stadium, Brhstol Rovers were held to a goalldss draw

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by Southend. Rovers are now 17th in the table, though, five points from

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the drop zone. That's it from us. We'll be back

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with you throughout the weekend but for now, the weather with S`ra

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Thornton. Last weekend felt a bit likd summer.

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This weekend certainly will not I chilly start of the weekend. Air

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frost and sunspots. We will have dry weather to start but these showers

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rack through and they could be wintry at time. The women's

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certainly will take the edgd of the temperatures. At best, 7`8 Celsius.

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Sunday, plenty of dry weathdr and sunshine. The wind changing

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direction to a north`westerly. Fewer showers than tomorrow. Still fairly

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chilly, though. you with our summary, but now, the

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National forecast. Good evening. If you can cast your

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mind back to this time last week, we were looking forward to sunshine and

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warmth, we got temperatures of 0 Celsius. This weekend, it will be

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cold and windy, with showers. We saw quite a few earlier on today, then

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this organised band of cloud, containing gusty wind, rain, sleet

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and snow. Some gusty wind and blustery Wayne moving east, clearing

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out to the North Sea, and further wintry showers coming in overnight.

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It will turn quite cold, with icy conditions expected in parts of

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Wales, and into Scotland. Do not be surprised to see a dusting of snow

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in the south-west of England, but apart from that, it is a windy

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morning with a bit of sunshine and heavy early showers. Some showers

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across Wales in the morning. Potential for ice in parts of Wales

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and into Northern Ireland, and showers working in from the west,

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potential for wintry weather for

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