:00:00. > :00:00.for the first time spotter planes find debris. That's all from the BBC
:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to BBC Points West with Liz News at
:00:00. > :00:08.Welcome to BBC Points West with Liz Beacon and David Garmston. Our main
:00:09. > :00:11.story tonight: A new chapter opens on the Somerset Levels. The diggers
:00:12. > :00:21.arrive to dredge the rivers after the Prime Minister's promisd to stop
:00:22. > :00:25.another flooding disaster. Xou are looking in, they are all happy. And,
:00:26. > :00:28.as help arrives, one farmer who became the face of the floods brings
:00:29. > :00:32.his cattle home. We'll be asking a local MP how much protection the
:00:33. > :00:39.dredging will bring and at what cost.
:00:40. > :00:45.Our other headlines tonight: Out of the Bristol marathon ` the disabled
:00:46. > :00:49.runner told she would take too long to reach the finish line. They're
:00:50. > :00:54.getting married in the mornhng ` a big day for Matthew and Mikd as the
:00:55. > :00:57.law allows them to tie the knot And up for an award ` the young woman
:00:58. > :01:02.whose petition has changed our country.
:01:03. > :01:07.Good evening. After all thex've been through, people living on the
:01:08. > :01:12.Somerset Levels have finallx got their wish ` dredging of thd rivers
:01:13. > :01:16.will start on Monday. The epuipment is already in place and ready to
:01:17. > :01:20.drag tonnes of silt out of the rivers so they can take a greater
:01:21. > :01:23.amount of rainwater in the future. It's a remarkable victory for local
:01:24. > :01:28.people who've been told in the past that dredging is undesirabld and
:01:29. > :01:31.unaffordable. And the diggers have arrived just as local farmers are
:01:32. > :01:35.moving their animals back home. Clinton Rogers reports.
:01:36. > :01:42.Back where they belong at l`st. And after months battling the flood
:01:43. > :01:52.waters, and losing, today J`mes Winslade couldn't be happier. It is
:01:53. > :02:07.nice to see the sheds with some cattle in them now. It's bedn empty,
:02:08. > :02:11.before you got any noise `` void of any noise. This was the day last
:02:12. > :02:14.month when James had literally to save his cows from drowning. The
:02:15. > :02:17.floods were closing in, the waters rising quicker than anyone had
:02:18. > :02:22.predicted. 550 cattle were sent to farms across Somerset. Todax James
:02:23. > :02:27.is trying to get his own farm back in business. But it's not e`sy. His
:02:28. > :02:32.stored feed is rotten. Many of his barns need repairing. The mdss left
:02:33. > :02:45.by the force of the flooding will take months to clear up And as for
:02:46. > :02:54.the farmhouse, inside there is little left. When do think he will
:02:55. > :02:58.be back? A year, I expect. So, like many on the Levels, he is pleased to
:02:59. > :03:00.see the promise of dredging becoming a reality. Even before todax's
:03:01. > :03:04.machinery moved into place the Environment Agency were carrying out
:03:05. > :03:07.tests to make sure whatever they did had science behind it. This device
:03:08. > :03:15.is carrying out sonar readings of the river bed, getting a picture of
:03:16. > :03:19.what is down there. When yot see weather like this, when you know
:03:20. > :03:30.dredging is starting on Monday, do you pray it works? Yeah, ye`h. Do
:03:31. > :03:33.you think it will? I figured at will, but it's not just the
:03:34. > :03:36.dredging, you need to do other things as well. Most of which is
:03:37. > :03:39.contained in the recently ptblished 20`year flood prevention pl`n.
:03:40. > :03:45.Dredging Monday will mark a new chapter in the history of the
:03:46. > :03:48.levels. How will the story dnd? Well, next winter might tell.
:03:49. > :03:53.Well, we're joined now by the MP for Somerton and Frome David He`th, who
:03:54. > :04:05.was an Agriculture Minister until October last year. Is this public
:04:06. > :04:10.relations problems of? It is not public relations, certainly. Not
:04:11. > :04:13.entirely problem solved either. It is great news that we have
:04:14. > :04:17.dredging, it's been really hard work over the last few weeks persuading a
:04:18. > :04:20.complete change policy from Government, but it is something some
:04:21. > :04:24.of us have been saying for lany years. The dredging on its own will
:04:25. > :04:28.not stop inordinate flooding on the levels. There are elements that we
:04:29. > :04:33.need, like the sluice in thd River Parrett, like the process for
:04:34. > :04:39.maintaining the rivers, which are not yet in place. People living
:04:40. > :04:42.where you are standing, whose homes have been flooded out, must be
:04:43. > :04:48.saying, why was this not done in the past? You are absolutely right. We
:04:49. > :04:55.have been saying for many, lany years, we have had 20 years or more
:04:56. > :05:00.were the main rivers, the Rhver Parrett, the River Tone, thdy have
:05:01. > :05:04.not been dredged. That has reduced capacity. Although it will not stop
:05:05. > :05:08.the flooding, it means the water can get away quicker, it means the
:05:09. > :05:12.flooding comes on later, it does not reach us many settlements and houses
:05:13. > :05:20.as it would otherwise. We c`n finally get the water pumped for
:05:21. > :05:25.longer. But at what price? There is a lot more to be done. Well, I think
:05:26. > :05:29.it is a price that is necessary to pay in order to maintain thhs very,
:05:30. > :05:33.very unusual and very precious landscape that we have down here and
:05:34. > :05:38.the Somerset Levels. This is reclaim to see, not a normal flood plain.
:05:39. > :05:42.Unless you maintain it and do these jobs, it is simply going to revert
:05:43. > :05:44.to the inland sea that it once was and I don't think that is in
:05:45. > :05:48.anybody's address. A coroner says the death of a
:05:49. > :05:51.toddler who fell from a third floor window at a block of flats hn
:05:52. > :05:54.Bristol was a tragic accident. 22`month`old Muna Abdirazak suffered
:05:55. > :06:00.a severe head injury and later died in hospital. The coroner sahd it's
:06:01. > :06:03.likely that she climbed onto a chair and table, and then fell from the
:06:04. > :06:08.kitchen window while her parents were sleeping.
:06:09. > :06:13.Police in Swindon are hunting a man who robbed a bookmaker at gtnpoint
:06:14. > :06:17.this morning. Officers say he went into the shop on Regent Circus armed
:06:18. > :06:21.with a hand gun just before ten o' clock. It's thought he escaped with
:06:22. > :06:24.a few hundred pounds. The c`shier is said to be shaken but unharled.
:06:25. > :06:30.Police are currently searchhng the area and reviewing CCTV footage
:06:31. > :06:33.A woman who lost both her ldgs in a fire has been told she can't compete
:06:34. > :06:38.in the Bristol half marathon, because she'll be too slow. Joanne
:06:39. > :06:41.Blinman says it's discrimin`tion. But the council, which organises the
:06:42. > :06:43.event, says it can't afford to keep race support in place for what might
:06:44. > :06:56.be days. Basically, both my legs werd burned
:06:57. > :07:01.from the toes up to my bum. Jo Blinman is inspirational. 20 years
:07:02. > :07:05.ago she lost both legs and two of her children in a house fird. Yet
:07:06. > :07:11.this year she wants to walk the Bristol half marathon, to r`ise
:07:12. > :07:15.money for new prosthetic legs. At the moment, they are too big. I
:07:16. > :07:19.would love to walk a bit more. I'm not going to walk all of thd time
:07:20. > :07:25.anyway, I'm told I will havd to spend most of the time in the chair.
:07:26. > :07:29.But this one doesn't bend. H've sometimes got off my chair, and I
:07:30. > :07:35.have smacked straight onto the floor. So, I looked like a penguin
:07:36. > :07:38.when I'm walking. Jo wants to enter with friends and supporters from the
:07:39. > :07:41.charity Paul's Place. They `pplied for six places, but were told, no,
:07:42. > :07:45.they couldn't take part The Bristol Half
:07:46. > :07:52.I'm quite ashamed, really, H've always been proud to be frol
:07:53. > :07:57.Bristol, but I'm quite ashaled. We should be able to do everything
:07:58. > :08:01.anyone else does. The Bristol half marathon is run by the City Council.
:08:02. > :08:03.Roads need to be closed, volunteers and race officials found and
:08:04. > :08:07.trained. They've offered Jo's team the chance to enter as guests, as
:08:08. > :08:15.long as they put measures in place, in effect organising there `n event.
:08:16. > :08:18.Because they are anticipating taking longer, they would need to be at the
:08:19. > :08:22.back with the slower partichpants. They can keep going as long as the
:08:23. > :08:26.roads are open. After that period of time, they will need to movd onto
:08:27. > :08:29.the pavement. They are conthnuing beyond that time, they need to make
:08:30. > :08:36.their own provision for medhcine, water, support generally. In the
:08:37. > :08:40.past, some runners in the London Marathon have taken days, even weeks
:08:41. > :08:45.to complete the course. Herd, runners also need to finish within
:08:46. > :08:48.24 hours now. And in Bristol these pilots wanted to carry a helicopter
:08:49. > :08:59.blade round the course. Thex were asked to provide their own support
:09:00. > :09:02.too Come September the 21st this year, they hope they will h`ve come
:09:03. > :09:09.to a compromise with race organisers. If not, they sax they
:09:10. > :09:16.will be taking part anyway. Joining us now is the founder of thd charity
:09:17. > :09:20.Paul's Place, that you saw hn that report. You are obviously
:09:21. > :09:24.disappointed, but rules are rules. Isn't it the case that if you can't
:09:25. > :09:30.finish in the allotted time, it is fair she does not enter? No, we are
:09:31. > :09:32.not all the same. They have put something in place to say you will
:09:33. > :09:37.have to be the same or you can't compete. We are not all the same.
:09:38. > :09:41.We're not asking to compete in that amount of time, we are saying,
:09:42. > :09:45.please, we will do our own health and safety, our own risk, otr own
:09:46. > :09:49.insurance in place, allow us to continue until the finished. Were
:09:50. > :09:52.you ever expecting stewards to be laid on? It might take a wedk for
:09:53. > :09:57.her to finish, were you ever demanding a sort of things? No,
:09:58. > :10:01.weird is blamed that to the council. We said we would put our own safety
:10:02. > :10:06.and risks in place, but still we were not given places. You `re told
:10:07. > :10:09.you can wear numbers, you c`n have medals and you can start with the
:10:10. > :10:14.competitors. Does it really matter if it is not officially the same
:10:15. > :10:20.event? How can that be a qu`lity? How can it be if you have a
:10:21. > :10:23.disability, that you are not classified the same as anybody else?
:10:24. > :10:31.That has to be wrong, it can't be right to do that. What Jo h`s
:10:32. > :10:35.achieved is incredible, where are you going to go from here? We are
:10:36. > :10:39.all going to take part, things are right and things are wrong. We know
:10:40. > :10:42.there is always a consequence of what you do and we are prep`red for
:10:43. > :10:47.whatever consequence there hs, but we will be there at the start and we
:10:48. > :10:52.will finish when we finish. We wish you the best of luck, thanks for
:10:53. > :10:56.joining us. We live on BBC One on this Friday
:10:57. > :11:00.evening from midnight tonight, same sex couples in the West will be
:11:01. > :11:03.allowed to get married, following a landmark change to the law. Despite
:11:04. > :11:07.some opposition, the act was passed in the summer. Catherine Powell has
:11:08. > :11:13.been to meet a couple who'll be one of the first to tie the knot under
:11:14. > :11:17.the new law. Matthew and Mike have been together for 20 years, but had
:11:18. > :11:32.just three months to plan their big day. So, what time are you dropping
:11:33. > :11:36.off the buttonholes? I'll bd with you at 8:30. Is that OK? Th`t's nice
:11:37. > :11:39.and early. They only found out in December they would be allowed to
:11:40. > :11:42.marry in March. Since then, everyone has pitched in. Mike's mum lade the
:11:43. > :11:46.cake and the dog is the ring`bearer, if he manages not to
:11:47. > :11:49.eat them. When I was born, ht was illegal for men to love each other,
:11:50. > :11:52.be together, have committed relationships. It was impossible.
:11:53. > :11:55.I'm amazed at how fast equality and attitudes have shifted. The decision
:11:56. > :11:58.to allow same`sex marriages has met with some strong opposition, not
:11:59. > :12:00.only from religious organis`tions but from some high profile gay
:12:01. > :12:06.rights campaigners who belidve marriage is no more significant than
:12:07. > :12:11.a civil partnership. It's ilportant people have a choice. Not everyone
:12:12. > :12:14.will want to get married and some people will prefer to have ` civil
:12:15. > :12:17.partnership. Some people will prefer not to do anything and just live
:12:18. > :12:21.together, and that's absolutely fine. We are a committed, long`term
:12:22. > :12:27.couple. But it always helps to me that a civil partnership wasn't
:12:28. > :12:31.quite equality. `` always fdlt to me. It felt a bit like saying to
:12:32. > :12:34.minority communities, we don't think that marriage is appropriatd for
:12:35. > :12:43.you, but we'll set up a sep`rate structure, which is almost `s good
:12:44. > :12:47.and take that and be happy. More than 70 of Mike and Matthew's
:12:48. > :12:51.friends will be celebrating with them tomorrow. A day they s`y which
:12:52. > :12:52.has been made even more special because they'll be making hhstory as
:12:53. > :13:08.they make their vows. Congratulations to them, thdy should
:13:09. > :13:11.have good weather tomorrow. A group of people who've achieved
:13:12. > :13:14.amazing or inspiring things are being recognised at an awards
:13:15. > :13:18.ceremony in Bristol tonight ` and they're all under the age of 19
:13:19. > :13:20.Among the nominees, a boy who resuscitated his neighbour `nd a
:13:21. > :13:30.schoolgirl who's campaigned against female genital mutilation. Fiona
:13:31. > :13:37.Lamdin is there now. Fiona. You join us at Bristol's first`ever
:13:38. > :13:43.Young People's Heroes Awards. The rumour is not yet full, but it will
:13:44. > :13:46.be full tonight, of extraordinary people from across the city. 55
:13:47. > :13:54.people have been short listdd, from teachers, community workers and
:13:55. > :14:03.youth workers. We've spent the day with a special lady called Farmar
:14:04. > :14:13.Mohamed. This girl describes herself as painfully shy. But she h`s
:14:14. > :14:18.gathered over ten and 50,000 signatures urging the Government to
:14:19. > :14:23.help stop female genital mutilation. I met Michael Gove, I got to write
:14:24. > :14:27.to all schools, I'm still in shock. In just an hour, she had convinced
:14:28. > :14:33.the Education Secretary of her plan. I was incredibly impressed by the
:14:34. > :14:36.passion, but also the intelligence and empathy she brings to the
:14:37. > :14:39.issue. I was delighted to bd able to say that her idea that we should
:14:40. > :14:43.contact every school in the country in order to make sure that children
:14:44. > :14:47.are protected as one that wd are 100% behind. Just days later,
:14:48. > :14:52.meeting the UN secretary`general, who described Farmar as deeply
:14:53. > :14:57.inspiring. Today, instead of sitting her A`level mock exam, she was
:14:58. > :15:05.addressing 200 headteachers from Bristol. As for Michael Govd, if you
:15:06. > :15:13.imagine the husband of Sarah Vine being faced down by five brown girls
:15:14. > :15:19.in headscarves, wanting to talk about vaginas... Yeah, he rdally
:15:20. > :15:22.didn't stand a chance! Her teacher was in the audience. To havd
:15:23. > :15:31.achieved what she has done `t her age, I think it is mind blowing and
:15:32. > :15:37.she has done it with such htmility. I think she's extraordinary. Farmar
:15:38. > :15:41.is the oldest of five girls and tonight they will all be chdering
:15:42. > :15:44.her on. Everybody is keen to see who has been making the decisions and
:15:45. > :15:50.who will win. Brenda, tell ts what you have been involved in. Xou have
:15:51. > :15:53.to decide who wins tonight? I have been helping out with the jtdging in
:15:54. > :15:57.all of the different categories I have to say, it was an incrddibly
:15:58. > :16:01.hard decision coming down to the final three in each group. There
:16:02. > :16:05.were so many deserving young people in there. I would have loved to have
:16:06. > :16:10.given them all a prize. Could you give us an idea of the rangd of
:16:11. > :16:14.stories you have come across? The one I am particularly interdsted in
:16:15. > :16:18.was the young carers. That was very emotional, reading those stories of
:16:19. > :16:21.all of the work they have done supporting their families and also
:16:22. > :16:26.still going to school, in most cases. That was really, really
:16:27. > :16:31.inspiring. Do you think it hs very important that young people in the
:16:32. > :16:35.city are recognised in this way Absolutely. We have fantasthc young
:16:36. > :16:38.people living in this city `nd it's great to be able to recognise them.
:16:39. > :16:42.There are so many we could do this for. It has to come down to one in
:16:43. > :16:47.each category, but it has bden fantastic looking at their stories,
:16:48. > :16:52.reading the applications sent in on their behalf, because they did not
:16:53. > :16:57.do it, somebody nominated them. It's been really good. It's just so nice
:16:58. > :17:03.to be able to recognise achhevement. Brenda, your decisions have been
:17:04. > :17:07.made. We will hear about it just before our late bulletin. Wd will
:17:08. > :17:11.bring you the news that 10:35, telling you who the lucky whnners
:17:12. > :17:15.were. It's very hard to judge who is going
:17:16. > :17:16.to win these things. Everybody nominated there is definitely a
:17:17. > :17:19.winner. There's been a surprise announcement
:17:20. > :17:26.at Bristol Rovers today. Alh Durden is here with the sport. Ali what's
:17:27. > :17:30.happened? It's a change of lanager, they don't come much bigger than
:17:31. > :17:33.that. John Ward, who was in the job, has changed his role to dirdctor of
:17:34. > :17:41.all. You'll be looking after scouting and that sort of thing
:17:42. > :17:45.Daryl Murphy, who was his assistant, has now stepped up to do thd top
:17:46. > :17:49.job. Let's tell you about who he is. 36 years of age, he arrhved at
:17:50. > :17:53.the club last summer. The plan was always for him to be the manager in
:17:54. > :17:57.waiting. The timing is perh`ps a bit of a surprise, with eight g`mes of
:17:58. > :18:03.the season left. Rovers are just three points above the relegation
:18:04. > :18:07.zone at the moment. About three four weeks ago I spoke to the ch`irman
:18:08. > :18:11.and said we need to look at it now and give him the opportunitx to move
:18:12. > :18:17.on, whether he is arranging preseason games, bringing players
:18:18. > :18:21.in, being in charge of it, because that is what we agreed to do. I
:18:22. > :18:26.think it's the right time. H am my own man, I make the decisions,
:18:27. > :18:30.picking the team, formations. We don't always share the same view,
:18:31. > :18:33.but that is what football is about. Managers and coaches have dhfferent
:18:34. > :18:36.opinions about how the game should be played and wants to be played.
:18:37. > :18:42.I'm hoping and going to bring a freshness to it, do it my w`y.
:18:43. > :18:47.Hopefully, we will get it over the line and kick this Football Club on.
:18:48. > :18:54.Its Daryl Clark? Lets get hhs name right! It's a bit of a gamble to
:18:55. > :18:59.change at this stage in the season? It's a roll of the dice, thd players
:19:00. > :19:04.know him, he's been there all year. A fresh voice in their ear can
:19:05. > :19:09.sometimes make a difference. That is what they'll be hoping. He's got
:19:10. > :19:11.experience of success in non`league football with Salisbury, won a few
:19:12. > :19:14.promotions with him. But he hasn't done it at a foot or league club
:19:15. > :19:18.before and he's got eight g`mes to make his mark between now and the
:19:19. > :19:23.end of the season. The first of those is a home game tomorrow
:19:24. > :19:27.afternoon, so he'll be hoping for a full house and get lots of support
:19:28. > :19:31.behind Bristol Rovers. The other games, the standout porn is Yeovil
:19:32. > :19:36.Town's home match against B`rnsley in the Championship. `` the standout
:19:37. > :19:41.one. Both of those sides ard in the bottom three at the moment. Rugby,
:19:42. > :19:45.it is third against fifth in the Premiership as Bath take on Sale at
:19:46. > :19:47.the Rec. Full back Nick Abendanon makes his 200th appearance hn the
:19:48. > :19:50.Bath shirt. Tomorrow Gloucester visit Exeter knowing a victory would
:19:51. > :19:54.see them jump above their Wdst Country rivals. On Sunday Bristol
:19:55. > :19:57.host Ealing in the Championship Now, ice`hockey doesn't get too much
:19:58. > :20:01.coverage in this country but the Swindon Wildcats will try to put the
:20:02. > :20:05.sport on the map this weekend. They've made it to the Premher
:20:06. > :20:07.League playoffs. They say the sport is growing in popularity and they're
:20:08. > :20:20.expecting another sell`out crowd tomorrow.
:20:21. > :20:28.This is life in division two of English hockey, where the g`me is
:20:29. > :20:32.still fast and physical. Thd Wildcats train at Swindon's Link
:20:33. > :20:35.Centre, a 1,200 seat venue. And they've been selling it out this
:20:36. > :20:46.season as the game's popularity grows. Hockey is getting faster
:20:47. > :20:49.every year, the imports are getting better and better every year. I m
:20:50. > :20:52.sure the fans think it is gdtting better every year as well. Ht's
:20:53. > :20:56.still a minority sport in this country, and so about half of
:20:57. > :20:59.Swindon's 18 players are part`time. But they are allowed to bring in
:21:00. > :21:07.four overseas signings, frol hockey`crazy countries like Sweden.
:21:08. > :21:12.UK hockey has been getting bigger and bigger every year, sincd I have
:21:13. > :21:17.been here. It's the third ftll year. It's been much bigger, the league
:21:18. > :21:20.are starting to get better dvery year. It is on the way up to the
:21:21. > :21:26.top. White The recent Winter Olympics showed off both thd sports
:21:27. > :21:32.elegance and its physicalitx. And the Wildcats say life is no
:21:33. > :21:36.different at their level. There are a few guys in the team that like a
:21:37. > :21:41.dustup. We have seen bigger, stronger guys and because of that
:21:42. > :21:46.the physicality has gone up. Personally, I quite enjoy it. Now
:21:47. > :21:49.the team have the chance to make a lasting impression. After whnning
:21:50. > :21:54.seven games in a row, they're into the playoff quarterfinals. We have
:21:55. > :21:59.the best team we have for a few years, we have a lot of teals in the
:22:00. > :22:02.league that are scared to play against us. We've got a good chance
:22:03. > :22:05.to go further than we ever have To be rewarded with that at thd end of
:22:06. > :22:08.the season would be great. @nd they're already inspiring a new
:22:09. > :22:11.generation of players. Boys and girls hoping the Wildcats sdarch for
:22:12. > :22:15.a place at the final will go without any slip ups.
:22:16. > :22:27.Ouch, that looked like it htrt! No pain, no gain. We will definitely
:22:28. > :22:30.bring you the rugby results later on.
:22:31. > :22:33.If you were with us last night, you'd have seen some schoolchildren
:22:34. > :22:37.having a go at doing our jobs. In fact, they were so good we've got
:22:38. > :22:40.more tonight! It's all part of the BBC's School Report and in tonight's
:22:41. > :22:43.film, pupils from Somervale School in Midsomer Norton have been
:22:44. > :22:51.investigating their town's links with the First World War.
:22:52. > :22:54.Here at Somervale School, wd have been researching the historx of
:22:55. > :22:59.World War I in our local arda. We were very interested to find out how
:23:00. > :23:05.it affected people in Midsoler Norton. We went down to the local
:23:06. > :23:12.war memorial to meet an historian who used to work at our school.
:23:13. > :23:18.Midsomer Norton lost 172 soldiers. There is one chap on there, he used
:23:19. > :23:22.to come up through the High Street on his horse and cart, sellhng fruit
:23:23. > :23:28.and vegetables. Then he had to go to the war. One year later, a lan who
:23:29. > :23:32.knew him from Midsomer Norton went to talk to him, just as a Gdrman
:23:33. > :23:36.soldier came and put a bayonet through him. It's awful to think
:23:37. > :23:41.that a man who was just an hnnocent chap, delivering fruit, shall,
:23:42. > :23:45.within a year, be wearing a uniform and being killed. Once we found out
:23:46. > :23:49.about the soldiers on the mdmorial, we wanted to know about the war they
:23:50. > :23:54.fought in. Did all of the pdople come to the war together or was it
:23:55. > :24:01.separated? They went over a period of four years. At the beginning a
:24:02. > :24:04.lot of them did go together because they belonged to the Territorial
:24:05. > :24:10.Army. In other words, they were not professional soldiers. Therd were
:24:11. > :24:14.sent out to India. Another thing that was different was our school.
:24:15. > :24:14.This site was used as a trahning ground and headquarters, solething
:24:15. > :24:23.that we are never going to forget. Well done to the team of Colby,
:24:24. > :24:27.Molly, Lucy, Billy and Ted from Somervale School. And, of course,
:24:28. > :24:31.the boys and girls behind the scenes that made it happen. They also did
:24:32. > :24:35.some filming behind the scenes and spoke about what it was likd to be a
:24:36. > :24:39.reporter. You can find that on the Points West Facebook page. @nd if
:24:40. > :24:43.you want more of an inside view of what it's like for us to work here,
:24:44. > :24:46.have a look at the Twitter `ccount, @Bristol52, where Anthony W`rd, one
:24:47. > :24:51.of our cameramen has been tweeting all week. It is well worth ` look.
:24:52. > :24:56.Let's find out what the weather has in store.
:24:57. > :25:01.A pleasant weekend on offer. It is one that will be under a lot of hazy
:25:02. > :25:08.sunshine. That is the point to stress first of all. Don't dxpect
:25:09. > :25:11.the skies. There will be a lot of high cloud around that will temper
:25:12. > :25:16.the sunshine to varying degrees Once we clear brain out of the
:25:17. > :25:19.district 's first thing on Saturday, aside from the low chance of one or
:25:20. > :25:31.two showers creeping back in at the very tail end of Sunday, thdy are
:25:32. > :25:39.surrounding a dry weekend. Puite a lot of heavy showers still with us
:25:40. > :25:42.currently. There is a poll of all text `` polar vortex out here, and
:25:43. > :25:45.that will affect parts of Ireland, rather than us. You can see little
:25:46. > :25:50.kinks in it coming into the south`west. We think that is go to
:25:51. > :25:54.stay far enough out towards the West that it is not going to thrdaten our
:25:55. > :25:59.district with anything in their way of rain or particularly thick cloud.
:26:00. > :26:03.We'll start with temperaturds tonight. Suffice to say the showers
:26:04. > :26:08.that some of you have, and some of them are still heavy, some potent
:26:09. > :26:11.thunderstorms in Gloucester, that will drift away. They dry nhght
:26:12. > :26:16.following, temperatures fivd or seven Celsius should be fairly
:26:17. > :26:18.typical. I first light tomorrow morning, quite a lot of clotd around
:26:19. > :26:24.associated with this front, that is starting to grow. It bizarrd that
:26:25. > :26:27.heads up towards the west, so fairly quickly during the morning ht will
:26:28. > :26:31.start to brighten up and thdn we are in to this day with a lot of high
:26:32. > :26:36.cirrus cloud around. You will notice the wind speed, it will be ` breezy
:26:37. > :26:40.day. That is not going to t`ke the shine of things in terms of the feel
:26:41. > :26:43.of things, as it will be noticeably milder, if not warm. Temper`tures
:26:44. > :26:48.should get into the mid`teens. There could be some spots where you get
:26:49. > :26:52.high as 1617 Celsius, something in that sort of order. Another mild
:26:53. > :26:56.night as we head through into Sunday. Sunday started a sililar
:26:57. > :27:01.fashion to where we left thhngs on Saturday, hazy sunshine arotnd. A
:27:02. > :27:06.dry dry day on offer. Not as breezy, at least not quite so breezx. If
:27:07. > :27:10.anything, it will feel any bit as warm, if not warmer still. By then,
:27:11. > :27:14.temperatures will be more whdely 16 or 17 Celsius. Some spots, parts of
:27:15. > :27:21.Gloucester and Wiltshire, gdtting closer to about 20 Celsius. A great
:27:22. > :27:25.weekend for anything that you're doing outdoors. We keep those
:27:26. > :27:27.temperatures into next week, but the return of heavy showers and
:27:28. > :27:31.thunderstorms for Monday. A similar pattern through Tuesday. Thdre will
:27:32. > :27:35.still be drier and sunnier interludes as well.
:27:36. > :27:43.I'm looking forward to 16 and 1 . Pretty impressive. A quick tpdate
:27:44. > :27:47.before we go, a 25`year`old man has been arrested on suspicion of armed
:27:48. > :27:48.robbery after that incident at the bookmakers in Swindon.