:00:08. > :00:12.Good afternoon. Another big storm is expected to hit the Midlands this
:00:13. > :00:16.afternoon, bringing heavy rain and gale force winds. The Met Office has
:00:17. > :00:21.issued a yellow weather warning for the region and 33 flood warnings are
:00:22. > :00:25.in place. As Lindsay Doyle reports, it's further bad news for farmers
:00:26. > :00:29.who've had to endure weeks of flooding on their land.
:00:30. > :00:32.Hayes Farm at Melverley on the Shropshire/Welsh border, fields
:00:33. > :00:42.flooded, winter wheat already washed away and plans for planting Spring
:00:43. > :00:50.crops being pushed later and later. The last two years have got a lot
:00:51. > :00:57.worse. The lost a lot of spring planting and then we had to replant
:00:58. > :01:01.it and then lost it again due to the flooding. As you can see, we have
:01:02. > :01:07.planted Wortham crops and that has also flooded `` autumn crops. Water
:01:08. > :01:11.which has been cascading over the dam at Lake Vyrnwy Reservoir in Mid
:01:12. > :01:14.Wales has sparked fears that more rain will cause more flooding as it
:01:15. > :01:22.feeds into the River Vyrnwy, joining the River Severn near Melverley.
:01:23. > :01:30.Unfortunately for farmers, it has been time after time where we have
:01:31. > :01:34.had so much water and it is starting to interfere with farming. Hayes
:01:35. > :01:38.farm have brought their cattle in for the winter but that again is
:01:39. > :01:41.another cost to the farmer. Elsewhere in Shropshire the floods
:01:42. > :01:44.barriers are up in Ironbridge, the Environment Agency is stressing in
:01:45. > :01:47.spite of high river levels the barriers are ensuring that its
:01:48. > :01:55.business as usual today in the historic town.
:01:56. > :01:59.Police have just re`opened the M6 after it was closed for over six
:02:00. > :02:02.hours. The road was shut after a body was found on the carriageway in
:02:03. > :02:05.Staffordshire. The motorway was shut to southbound traffic between
:02:06. > :02:09.Junction 11 at Cannock and Junction ten at Walsall. A bridge over the
:02:10. > :02:14.road near the scene was also affected.
:02:15. > :02:18.In football, all three of our Premier League clubs could have a
:02:19. > :02:21.big impact on the battle to avoid relegation this afternoon. Aston
:02:22. > :02:24.Villa are at home to West Ham. West Brom travel to Crystal Palace. And
:02:25. > :02:26.Stoke visit Southampton. In the Championship, the Birmingham City
:02:27. > :02:36.captain Paul Robinson makes a welcome return for their trip to
:02:37. > :02:42.Charlton. Huge boost for us to have the car and back, just not in terms
:02:43. > :02:47.of his leadership, but his performance levels. He delivers what
:02:48. > :02:52.I expect my players so the rest of the players can then follow him.
:02:53. > :02:55.Meanwhile, all today's games involving our sides in the
:02:56. > :02:58.Conference have been postponed due to the weather.
:02:59. > :02:59.Time now to get some more detail on that stormy weather that's heading
:03:00. > :03:07.our way. Time now to get some more detail
:03:08. > :03:11.The wind really is a key feature of today's weather, that together with
:03:12. > :03:17.blustery showers working their way in from the West. We have yellow
:03:18. > :03:24.warnings in place. We are looking at Gusts between 50 and 60 mph. Highs
:03:25. > :03:28.of around seven or eight degrees. Still the showers keep coming in
:03:29. > :03:36.this evening, feeding in on that blustery wind. The risk of hale and
:03:37. > :03:40.Thunder thrown in as well. Lows of around four or five degrees.
:03:41. > :03:44.Tomorrow we'll start off on a wet and windy node. The breeze will ease
:03:45. > :03:53.through the day and the showers will become fewer and far between. I will
:03:54. > :03:55.be back in our next bulletin at 7:05pm. Until then, have a good
:03:56. > :04:12.after doing. evening. -- the winds will ease
:04:13. > :04:17.Good afternoon. It is yet another stormy day to day with heavy rain
:04:18. > :04:21.around and very strong winds. The Met office has issued an amber
:04:22. > :04:26.warning for the strong winds. They could be disruptive and damaging.
:04:27. > :04:30.This is the latest in a string of storms that we have seen this
:04:31. > :04:36.winter. For southern England, this looks like one of the wettest
:04:37. > :04:41.winters for 250 years. Scotland saw the wettest December 4/100 years.
:04:42. > :04:47.Low pressure well in charge of things at the moment, drifting
:04:48. > :04:49.across the UK to the North. The tide Isa buyers will mean windy
:04:50. > :04:51.conditions, particularly for the south and