23/02/2014 Spotlight

Good evening. Hundreds of dead sea birds have been washed up along the

Dorset coastline. Conservationists fear that as well as the weather,

pollutants such as palm oil may be responsible. Some viewers may find

the pictures in this report by John Ayres upsetting. Dead birds

everywhere, because of the lay of the land rubbish and debris is often

thrown onto Chesil Beach but recently birds have been washed up,

as has this. It is not known exactly what it is but conservationists

suspect it is a vegetable products such as palm oil. People are worried

about what correct thing of the world Heritage site but this is it,

this is our world Heritage site. It is appalling. The wildlife we are

supposedly pro`God is dead all over the beach. `` proud of. In recent

weeks this beach had been cleared up that it didn't last long. The

pollution all modes up your on year, with oil, three years in a row, it

cannot go on. Conservationists believe the chemicals are crucible

and on the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to find out what the was

carrying them. This area has been in the news first warms in the last few

weeks. The last thing residents need is a pollution incident. It is

feared dead birds will appear right along the coast at Lyme Bay.

Hundreds of flood victims on the Somerset Levels are getting vital

supplies from a distribution centre, which has been set up to offer them

aid. Volunteers have been manning the warehouse, which is full of

donated belongings and food, for six days now. Spotlight's Anna Varle

spent the day in the area to find out the latest. It is Hayley's first

visit to the centre. She had to leave her home in the middle of the

night two weeks ago, leaving everything but her pets behind. All

these donations really help because we walked out with one bin liner of

clothes because we didn't have time to get a thing else. The cats and

dogs, that was it. We had no time to grab anything else. It is six days

since the centre opened and it has so far provided hundreds of people

with supplied. Lots of volunteers come in, drop off donations and end

up staying for hours. We have a family here now. It is wonderful to

see everyone coming in and supporting the community. Volunteers

are also delivering food and water to flood hit villages. This vehicle

has been coming back and forth at the day bringing all the residents

trying to get their belongings. It is very quiet. You can see some

merged cars, scattered barbecues, even a golf trolley. It is complete

devastation. Derek is one of the few residents still living in his house.

Sleep deprived and exhausted, we found him and his wife picking

Brussels sprouts to feed a rabbit trapped this head. `` this hedge.

Rabbits don't swim very well so this rabbit is taking refuge in this

hedge. I have gone to give him some Brussels sprouts. The army is laying

down pipes to get fuel to the pumping station but the watering

level is starting to drop in places. In the coming weeks the distribution

centre plans to move toward stocking cleaning products to help those like

Hayley when it is safe for her to return home.

A container carrying around 14 tonnes of cigarettes has washed up

on a beach in Devon. The police and coastguards have spent the day at

Seaton beach, trying to secure the cargo. It's thought it comes from a

ship which lost some of its load in the Bay of Biscay during last week's

stormy weather. Most of the containers are thought to have sunk

in French waters, 75 miles south west of Land's End. Their legal

position is that no duty has been paid so until such time as either

the duty is paid or they are destroyed, they have a value and

they have to go into a secure bond and facilitate overseen by HMRC. ``

a secure on the facility. On to rugby now, and Exeter Chiefs

were looking to cause an upset in the Aviva Premiership as they took

on Saracens at Allianz Park. But the home side proved too strong for the

Chiefs, taking the victory 23`10. Meanwhile there was disappointment

too for Plymouth Albion in the Championship. They suffered a

crushing defeat at the hands of Bristol, 43`12 the final score at

the Memorial Stadium. too for Plymouth Albion in the

Championship. They Let's look at the weather now.

It will remain rather windy for a time tonight. We have a weather

front out to the west that will slowly move east through the night,

so we will see some rain for a time. Behind that rain band the winds

start to ease and a mild night with lives of seven degrees. Tomorrow

morning that rain clears the way followed by dry and brighter skies

but also one or two Towers ahead of the next band of rain from the West

tomorrow evening. The winds increased again but another mild

date with highs of 11 degrees. The week ahead seems more settled but

remains windy, further showers and rain at times on Wednesday and

Thursday. That is the news and weather. I am back with the next

update just after 10:15pm. Have a good evening.

Hello. Still no sign of the weather really settling down next week.

There should be an improvement for most of us tomorrow. It will not be

as windy as it has been today, and the band of rain will slowly peter

out. We still have some rain to come through the night. This band of rain

is quite slow moving, it will wander northwards into Dumfries and

Galloway. Close to Northern Ireland, heavy rain in Cumbria and later in

the night it will turn whether in Wales and the south-west. Southerly

wind, quite strong at the moment, that will ease as the night goes on

but it should be pretty mild, six