:00:00. > :00:09.usual time of 6:40 this evening Stay with
:00:10. > :00:12.usual time of 6:40 this evening Good afternoon from Points West
:00:13. > :00:15.Campaigners are celebrating this lunchtime after plans for 800 new
:00:16. > :00:20.homes on green belt land in Cheltenham were dropped. Thd land at
:00:21. > :00:25.Up Hatherley was earmarked `s part of a proposal to build over 30, 00
:00:26. > :00:29.new houses across Gloucestershire. Three local councils came up with
:00:30. > :00:32.the plan known as the Joint Core Strategy. Following an inithal
:00:33. > :00:35.public consultation they decided the area in Cheltenham and also one in
:00:36. > :00:48.Twigworth will no longer be built on.
:00:49. > :00:52.We are delighted. The fact that the triangle has been said to h`ve been
:00:53. > :00:58.taken out of the Joint Core Strategy plans, which is very good, because
:00:59. > :01:08.it should never have been in there in the first place, because it is
:01:09. > :01:11.high quality green belt. A million pounds has now bedn raised
:01:12. > :01:15.for those who've been affected by flooding in Somerset. More than a
:01:16. > :01:18.quarter of that money has already been distributed by the Somdrset
:01:19. > :01:26.Flood Relief fund in the form of grants. 350 households
:01:27. > :01:30.50 sculptures of hares are `ppearing across Cirencester this weekend
:01:31. > :01:33.It's part of the town's hard festival ` the sculptures h`ve been
:01:34. > :01:37.decorated and placed around Cirencester in a trail for people to
:01:38. > :01:41.follow. The hare has been a symbol of the town since the discovery of a
:01:42. > :01:43.Roman mosaic in the 1970s which features the animal.
:01:44. > :01:46.In football, there's a cruchal bottom of the table clash in the
:01:47. > :01:49.Championship as Yeovil Town host Barnsley. It's a big match for
:01:50. > :01:52.Yeovil midfielder Kevin Dawson, who goes head`to`head with his brother
:01:53. > :01:56.Stephen who plays for Barnsley. Glovers boss Gary Johnson s`ys it's
:01:57. > :02:01.one of a number of big games coming up for his side.
:02:02. > :02:09.If we can get a big supporthve crowd behind us it will give us a big
:02:10. > :02:13.bonus. If our supporters can recreate the enthusiasm, we will
:02:14. > :02:16.have every chance. Elsewhere Bristol City travdl to
:02:17. > :02:19.Rotherham this afternoon, hoping to extend their six match unbe`ten run.
:02:20. > :02:22.Swindon manager Mark Cooper says he's well aware of the thre`t posed
:02:23. > :02:25.by today's opponents Sheffidld United at the County Ground.
:02:26. > :02:28.In League two, Bristol Rovers, with Darrell Clarke in charge of first
:02:29. > :02:31.team duties, are at home to Morecambe as they look to ptll away
:02:32. > :02:34.from the relegation zone. Cheltenham travel to Hartlepool.
:02:35. > :02:36.Rugby, and Gloucester travel to Exeter in the Premiership. The
:02:37. > :02:40.Cherry and Whites' England internationals are back in the team
:02:41. > :02:43.for the first time since thd Six Nations. Jonny May, Ben Morgan and
:02:44. > :02:45.Billy Twelvetrees will all start, with Twelvetrees captaining the
:02:46. > :02:49.side. In case you missed last night's
:02:50. > :02:53.rugby result, Bath lost a third straight game at the Rec by 11
:02:54. > :02:56.points to 12. They were up `gainst Sale in the Premiership. Ross Batty
:02:57. > :03:04.scored the only try of the game but George Ford missed the convdrsion
:03:05. > :03:11.and two late drop goal attelpts And here is the weather.
:03:12. > :03:19.We have had some beautiful bright skies through the morning. Ht is a
:03:20. > :03:27.bit breezy, and that is takhng the edge off the temperatures. 06, 7,
:03:28. > :03:32.maybe 18 degrees. We have lhght sunshine around and that cotld make
:03:33. > :03:39.the sunshine hazy at times. This evening, some more cloud and some
:03:40. > :03:45.patchy rain. For most of us, a dry night and a mild one. Tomorrow will
:03:46. > :03:50.start cloudy, but that cloud should clear, allowing the sunshind to
:03:51. > :03:56.break out. Top temperatures may be a bit higher, though it could be hazy
:03:57. > :04:00.at times. In the new working week, it will be warm, but with a risk of
:04:01. > :04:08.showers. We will be back at
:04:09. > :04:14.Good afternoon. The clocks go forward by one hour tonight, British
:04:15. > :04:18.Summer Time begins. Hard to believe that this was the scene exactly one
:04:19. > :04:22.year ago in North Wales when we were in the grip of one of the coldest
:04:23. > :04:27.springs for many a decade. A different story this weekend, of
:04:28. > :04:32.course, with warm air wafting up from the near continent, and under
:04:33. > :04:33.clear skies the temperatures soaring. It is not clear