10/08/2014 BBC Points West


10/08/2014

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is all for now. I will be back with the late news here on

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have been battering the West today at times `

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it's meant no balloons at the Balloon Fiesta today,

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Sandbags were back in service on the Somerset levels,

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where residents have become nervous of heavy downpours

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and Severn Trent Water says it's had four times

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the normal number of calls about flooding.

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After previously enjoying some good flying conditions `

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today's poor weather meant the mass ascents had to be abandoned.

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The forecast has been terrible, really, for the whole of thd period.

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It didn't work out like that. It was actually good weather.

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We come down here for the children

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and it's something we've done for years.

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We come here every year, so we just feel we have to do,

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Today is obviously a little bit disappointing but we have flown four

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out of seven slots availabld to us, we have had two great nights.

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We had three Spitfire displ`ys, we had two Typhoon displays.

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So it has been a very good weekend if you look at the weather forecast

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on Monday and Tuesday, it w`s really looking like quite a struggle

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all weekend, so we are actu`lly really delighted with the rdsult.

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In Burrowbridge on the Somerset Levels, people were also on alert.

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Yesterday, the Environment @gency had put sandbags out

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A precaution, they said, because of high tides, rain and strong winds.

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The only place it would go over if conditions were right,

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would be a little further on down the road and that would be serious.

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So they do have a point, to do some sandbagging.

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But at least these people had cause to celebrate.

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In Cheltenham, more than 1,000 were jiving in the rain

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and danced their way into the record books.

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There are currently three flood warnings in our area at the moment,

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They're at Clevedon, Dunster beaches and Porlock Weir.

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You can check the Environment Agency's website

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or call their Floodline on 0345 988 1188.

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These calls are charged at your local rate.

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There's a party going on in Bristol right now

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16`year`old gymnast Claudia Fragapane

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became the darling of the Commonwealth Games

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Now she's back home, and it's time to celebrate.

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There is so much love here and it is all for Claudia Fragapane,

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who won four gold medals at the Commonwealth Games.

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And we have the star attraction here with us today.

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And also some cakes made into gold medals as well.

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You must be overwhelmed by the reaction.

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I have had all of the friends and family supporting me

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but the person I need to th`nk the most is my mum and dad,

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just getting me through every day, with the hard work and everxthing.

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And also the Bristol sports team where I train and also

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Did you think, as you went into the competition, did you think

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We were expecting the gold as a team.

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We knew we could do it, we just needed to be flawless, really.

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And then I wanted to come in the top three in the indhvidual

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Also now looking towards the world gymnastics compethtion.

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You have done so well at the Commonwealth Games.

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Yeah, there is little presstre but also it will be my first one,

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Whatever happens, these guys are behind me.

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There is no doubt about that. There are so many people here tonhght It

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is so busy and everyone is so excited about her success. Xou can

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join us again are night. `` you can join us again tomorrow night.

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on the first weekend of the Football League season.

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Bristol City began in style with a 2`1 win at Sheffield Unitdd `

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Aaron Wilbraham and Wade Elliott scoring at Bramall Lane.

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Two goals for Michael Smith as Swindon beat Scunthorpe 3`1.

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Yeovil started life back in League One with a 3`0 home defeat

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But, in League Two, a winning start for Cheltenham, beating Burx 1` .

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Early substitute Joe Hanks scored the winning goal.

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Well, there are some gusty conditions ahead tonight.

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Time to check in with Bea Ttcker and her forecast.

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We had a fairly blustery dax and the winds will be the theme

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of our weather for the next couple of days.

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They should ease slightly through the night.

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We will see a fair few showdrs feeding in for a time,

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With all of the cloud and r`in, it is going to be a fairly mild night,

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We got a westerly wind feedhng in some fairly heavy showers.

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We could well see some torrential downpours,

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perhaps the odd rumble of thunder as well.

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It is going to be another whndy day, not quite as minty as today

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but particularly towards thd Severn Estuary up the Bristol Channel,

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we could get gusts of up to 40 miles an hour.

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In any spells of sunshine, highs of around 18 or 19 degrees.

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We keep the winds going as we go through Tuesday.

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We will see a mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers

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and then it settles for the middle of the week.

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And that's it ` we're back later in the 10pl news.

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Hello there. With reports of flooding and wind damage in some

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parts of the UK, hurricane Bertha has

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