:00:00. > :00:14.Hello. test of nerve as it is of technique.
:00:15. > :00:16.Blustery showers are setting in for the night
:00:17. > :00:18.as Hurricane Bertha continues to make her presence felt `
:00:19. > :00:21.heavy rain and strong winds have been battering the West
:00:22. > :00:23.It meant no balloons at the balloon fiesta
:00:24. > :00:26.and sandbags on the Somerset Levels once more.
:00:27. > :00:35.After previously enjoying some good flying conditions,
:00:36. > :00:38.today's poor weather meant the mass ascents had to be abandoned.
:00:39. > :00:43.The forecast has been terrible, really, for the whole of the period.
:00:44. > :00:47.It didn't work out like that. It was actually good weather.
:00:48. > :00:50.We come down here for the children
:00:51. > :00:52.and it's something we've done for years.
:00:53. > :00:55.We come here every year, so we just feel we have to,
:00:56. > :01:00.Today is obviously a little bit disappointing but we have flown four
:01:01. > :01:03.out of seven slots available to us, we have had two great nights.
:01:04. > :01:05.We had three Spitfire displays, we had two Typhoon displays.
:01:06. > :01:09.So it has been a very good weekend if you look at the weather forecast
:01:10. > :01:12.on Monday and Tuesday, it was really looking like quite a struggle
:01:13. > :01:19.all weekend, so we are actually really delighted with the result.
:01:20. > :01:24.In Burrowbridge on the Somerset Levels, people were also on alert.
:01:25. > :01:26.Yesterday, the Environment Agency had put sandbags out
:01:27. > :01:33.A precaution, they said, because of high tides, rain and strong winds.
:01:34. > :01:37.The only place it would go over, if conditions were right,
:01:38. > :01:41.would be a bit further on down the road and that would be serious.
:01:42. > :01:46.So they do have a point, to do some sandbagging.
:01:47. > :01:48.But at least these people had cause to celebrate.
:01:49. > :01:52.In Cheltenham, more than 1,000 people were jiving in the rain
:01:53. > :01:59.and danced their way into the record books.
:02:00. > :02:03.at Clevedon, Dunster beaches and Porlock Weir.
:02:04. > :02:09.Check the Environment Agency's website for more detail.
:02:10. > :02:11.A triumphant party has been held in Bristol tonight to celebrate
:02:12. > :02:14.the four gold medals won by teenage gymnast Claudia Fragapane
:02:15. > :02:19.She delighted the crowds with dazzling floor routines,
:02:20. > :02:23.but tonight got to share her success with family and friends.
:02:24. > :02:28.training for the World Gymnastic Championships.
:02:29. > :02:32.but, also, it is going to be my first Worlds,
:02:33. > :02:34.so it doesn't really feel as much pressure.
:02:35. > :02:37.I just need to get out there and enjoy it like I have been doing.
:02:38. > :02:47.And, whatever happens, all these guys behind me, 100%.
:02:48. > :02:51.has been playing his final round of the US PGA Championship.
:02:52. > :02:55.after the opening round of the last Major of the season
:02:56. > :02:57.but has subsequently slipped down the leaderboard `
:02:58. > :02:59.he's currently one under par for the tournament.
:03:00. > :03:02.This week on Points West, we're taking a special look at
:03:03. > :03:06.It was 150 years ago this year the Clifton Suspension Bridge
:03:07. > :03:09.Tomorrow, science journalist Jheni Osman begins a tour of her
:03:10. > :03:20.All this week on Points West, I will be visiting
:03:21. > :03:22.some of the great engineering masterpieces of the region,
:03:23. > :03:25.to the soaring glories of Wells Cathedral.
:03:26. > :03:29.Without these ingenious archers, the building would have fallen down.
:03:30. > :03:34.in explaining just why some of the radical designs worked.
:03:35. > :03:36.We find out why the Romans were so clever
:03:37. > :03:38.in the way they harnessed the springs of Bath,
:03:39. > :03:41.we explore the brilliance of the engineers who built Stonehenge
:03:42. > :03:45.and manoeuvred those great stones into such a perfect pattern.
:03:46. > :03:49.at Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol,
:03:50. > :03:51.the design of which launched Brunel's career.
:03:52. > :03:54.And this year celebrates the 150th anniversary of its opening.
:03:55. > :03:57.So join me on Points West all this week
:03:58. > :03:59.to find out just why the engineers who gave us
:04:00. > :04:05.some of most famous buildings in the country were so brilliant.
:04:06. > :04:07.And look out for extra goodies on Facebook
:04:08. > :04:13.Now we must check that forecast ` here's Bea Tucker.
:04:14. > :04:17.We'll keep the winds going over the course of the night.
:04:18. > :04:21.They will ease off slightly but still a fairly windy night to come.
:04:22. > :04:23.One or two showers feeding through but many of us
:04:24. > :04:26.seeing a dry and fine night, certainly for most of the night
:04:27. > :04:28.until the early hours of the morning `
:04:29. > :04:30.then we may well get one or two heavy showers.
:04:31. > :04:33.With all the cloud and the rain, though, it is going to be
:04:34. > :04:36.a fairly mild night, with lows of around 13`14 degrees.
:04:37. > :04:39.We will see some fairly heavy showers moving in
:04:40. > :04:42.on this westerly wind, perhaps the odd rumble of thunder
:04:43. > :04:43.and some torrential downpours as well.
:04:44. > :04:45.It is still going to be a windy day tomorrow,
:04:46. > :04:49.but particularly towards the Severn Estuary, up the Bristol Channel,
:04:50. > :04:52.we could get gusts tomorrow up to 40mph
:04:53. > :04:57.A windy day to come on Tuesday, with sunshine and showers.
:04:58. > :05:09.We're back in breakfast news tomorrow morning.
:05:10. > :05:16.Good evening. A different feel to our weather this week thanks to the
:05:17. > :05:21.passing of the remnants of Hurricane Bertha. She is not quite done with
:05:22. > :05:26.us yet, though. Still affecting northern parts as this pushes off
:05:27. > :05:28.into the North Sea. A few heavy and possibly thundery showers with
:05:29. > :05:30.persistent rain wrapped around this low pressure.
:05:31. > :05:36.persistent rain wrapped around this low And more rain than Scotland has
:05:37. > :05:41.been used to in the day. Not desperately chilly. But more rain
:05:42. > :05:49.particularly into the Grampians and we have a Met Office warning for
:05:50. > :05:53.four inches of rain. Over north-east England and Scotland, the strong
:05:54. > :05:59.winds could cause a few issues with roads, bridges and airports. Check
:06:00. > :06:03.before you set out just in case. But certainly Scotland, Northern Ireland
:06:04. > :06:07.and north-west England, a bright start tomorrow compared to this
:06:08. > :06:10.morning. A few passing showers but much of England and Wales start off
:06:11. > :06:11.dry and bright. A