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:00:13. > :00:15.Good evening. Diggers have `rrived That's all from us.

:00:16. > :00:19.Good evening. Diggers have `rrived on the Somerset Levels for dredging

:00:20. > :00:24.of the rivers to begin, following a campaign by local people, angry with

:00:25. > :00:30.the recent flooding. It comds as farmers are finally able to move

:00:31. > :00:37.their animals back home. Back where they belong... At last!

:00:38. > :00:42.After months of battling thd floodwaters and losing, tod`y James

:00:43. > :00:49.Winslade is a little happier. It is nice to see the sheds with some

:00:50. > :00:55.cattle in them now. It's bedn empty, void of any noise and, you know you

:00:56. > :01:01.look in and they are all happy. This was the day last month when

:01:02. > :01:05.James had literally to save his cows from drowning. The floods wdre

:01:06. > :01:11.closing in, the waters were rising quicker than anyone had predicted.

:01:12. > :01:15.550 cattle were sent to farls across Somerset.

:01:16. > :01:21.Today, James is trying to gdt his own farm back in business, but it

:01:22. > :01:26.isn't easy. His stored feed is rotten. Many of his barns nded

:01:27. > :01:31.repairing. The mess left by the force of the flooding will take many

:01:32. > :01:37.months to clear up. As you come down into the kitchen... As for the

:01:38. > :01:42.farmhouse, well inside therd is very little left. When do you thhnk

:01:43. > :01:47.you'll be back in here? A ydar, I expect. So, like many on thd Levels,

:01:48. > :01:52.he is pleased that the promhsed dredging is becoming a realhty. Even

:01:53. > :01:56.before today's machinery moved into place, the Environment Agency were

:01:57. > :02:02.carrying out tests to make sure whatever they did had science behind

:02:03. > :02:06.it. This device is carrying out sonar readings of the river bed

:02:07. > :02:10.getting a picture of what is down there. When you see weather like

:02:11. > :02:16.this and you know dredging hs starting on Monday, do you pray it

:02:17. > :02:20.works? Yeah. Do you think it will? I think it will. It's not just the

:02:21. > :02:26.dredging, you need to do thd other things as well. Most of which is

:02:27. > :02:34.contained in the recently ptblished 20`year Flood Plan. Dredge Dredging

:02:35. > :02:39.will mark a new chapter in the history of Levels. How will it all

:02:40. > :02:43.end? I suspect next winter lay yield a clue.

:02:44. > :02:47.A Coroner says the death of a toddler who fell from a third`floor

:02:48. > :02:53.window at a block of flats hn Bristol was a tragic accident.

:02:54. > :02:57.22`month`old Muna Abdirazak suffered a severe head injury and later died

:02:58. > :03:02.in hospital. The Coroner sahd it is likely she climbed on to a chair and

:03:03. > :03:09.table and then fell from thd kitchen window while her parents were

:03:10. > :03:14.sleeping. I have always been proud to be a bris tonian girl, btt

:03:15. > :03:18.ashamed, because I love all of the people here and we should bd allowed

:03:19. > :03:25.to do everything that everyone else does. Cannot compete in the Bristol

:03:26. > :03:30.half`marathon. Joanne Blinm`n says it is discrimination. The council,

:03:31. > :03:34.which organises the event, says it cannot afford to keep race support

:03:35. > :03:36.in place for what might be days The charity Joanne wants to run for says

:03:37. > :03:51.that is not good enough. Quite ashamed really. I havd always

:03:52. > :03:54.been proud to be a Bristoni`n girl. Quite ashamed, because I love all

:03:55. > :04:00.the people here and we should be allowed to do everything th`t

:04:01. > :04:03.everyone else does. The council said Joanne can start the race whth

:04:04. > :04:08.others if she is responsibld for her own well being. A 25`year`old man

:04:09. > :04:16.has handed himself into polhce after a bookmaker was robbed at gtn point

:04:17. > :04:19.in Swindon. It happened at ` shop in Regent's Circus. Police are

:04:20. > :04:26.searching for a weapon and investigations are continuing.

:04:27. > :04:31.A West Country schoolgirl who has campaigned against female gdnital

:04:32. > :04:36.mutilation has been praised for her courage and bravery.

:04:37. > :04:40.Fahma Mohamed is one of the under 19s named as a young hero.

:04:41. > :04:49.Fiona Lamdin caught up with her earlier on. This 17`year`old from

:04:50. > :04:55.Bartin Hill describes herself as painfully shy. In the last lonth

:04:56. > :05:02.Fahma Mohamed has gathered near nearly 250,000 signatures, trging

:05:03. > :05:08.the Government to help stop female genital mutilation. I wrote to Ban

:05:09. > :05:13.Ki`Moon, to Michael Gove gof. I am in shock. She had convinced the

:05:14. > :05:17.Education Secretary of her plan I was incredibly impressed by the

:05:18. > :05:22.passion, but also the intelligence and empathy that she brings to this

:05:23. > :05:25.issue. I was delighted to s`y that her idea that we should contact

:05:26. > :05:31.every school in the country, in order to make sure children are

:05:32. > :05:35.protected is one we are 100$ behind. Days later meeting the UN

:05:36. > :05:41.Secretary`General, who described her as "deeply inspiring." Todax though,

:05:42. > :05:47.instead of sitting her A level mock exam, she was addressing 200 head

:05:48. > :05:57.teachers from Bristol. If you imagine the husband of Sarah Vine

:05:58. > :06:05.being talked to by girls in head scarves about va gin thats, he reel

:06:06. > :06:10.`` vaginas, he really didn't stand a chance! To achieve what she's done

:06:11. > :06:15.at her age it is mind`blowing. She does it so well and with modesty and

:06:16. > :06:22.humility, if you like. I thhnk she's extraordinary. In tonight's rugby,

:06:23. > :06:28.Bath lost at the Rec by 11`02. Ross Batty scored a late try for Bath.

:06:29. > :06:35.George Ford failed to convert it, meaning it was not enough to turn

:06:36. > :06:37.thing around. Here is Ian whth the weather.

:06:38. > :06:46.It is looking like a pleasant weekend. There'll be hazy stnshine.

:06:47. > :06:51.The next chance of any rain will be at the very tail`end of Sunday

:06:52. > :06:57.evening. It will be a pleas`ntly warm weekend right the way through.

:06:58. > :07:01.Temperature not be chilly. Still some showers around. By tomorrow

:07:02. > :07:05.morning just the last of sole outbreaks of rain. Once that is

:07:06. > :07:10.under way, then you can see the rest of the day, like I said is going to

:07:11. > :07:14.be under a good amount of stnny weather around. Just that hhgh cloud

:07:15. > :07:20.around. A breezy day, yes. Nonetheless, one that will feel warm

:07:21. > :07:26.compared to conditions earlher this week. We should get up to 14`16

:07:27. > :07:30.Celsius. One or two stops up to 17 or 18 Celsius. A similar story for

:07:31. > :07:32.Sunday as well. Some showers around on Monday. Here is

:07:33. > :07:38.forward on Saturday night. Now here is Nick Miller with the national

:07:39. > :07:44.forecast. Hello. The clocks go forward this

:07:45. > :07:46.weekend, marking the beginning of British summertime,