we've also seen some footage from bridgwater, another town in somerset a little further down the coasts been ripped off the top of those flats by the wind. so while that red warning has expired, these gusts are still continuing and it feels like they are going to continue for the rest of the day and into tomorrow as well. and with that high wind comes the inevitable travel disruption, the inevitable headaches that people are facing trying to get around southwest england, be that on the train or also on the road as well. train services from here, from weston—super—mare, are largely delayed or cancelled. from other parts of the southwest, a lot of those services are also not running. gwr, the rail operator, has urged people only to travel if absolutely necessary. cardiff airport, as you heard, has had to close its runway for most of the morning and bristol airport, severe disruption there as well. many flights cancelled today. it's just too windy at the moment for those planes to attempt take—offs and landings and it does feel like, as i say, those gusts continuing certainly for the rest

we have seen footage from bridgwater, another town in somerset further down the coast, a block of flatshas been ripped off top of those flats by the wind. while that red warning has expired, these gusts are still continuing and it feels like they will continue the rest of the day and into tomorrow. with that, high wind, comes the inevitable travel disruption, the headaches people are facing trying to get around south—west england, be that on the train or on the road as well. train services from here are largely delayed or cancelled. from other parts of the south—west, lots of other services are not running. the rail operator has urged people to only travel if absolutely necessary. cardiff airport has had to close its runway for most of the morning and bristol airport, severe disruption there as well, many flights cancelled today. it is just too windy at the moment for those planes to attempt take—offs and landings and it feels like those gusts continuing for the rest of the day and probably into tomorrow. we answered our question once we heard your microphone, told us how windy it is. t

the couple had been living off grid in that caravan in somerset relying on charity hand—outs, and duringouple were constantly posting increasingly bizarre videos of themselves but tellingly, none of their son. the man was studying genetics at university when because of online conspiracy theories committee rejected modern medicine. along with his partner, they withdrew from society and their beliefs mixed african religion with new age mysticism and they practised an extreme form of legalism. it has been impossible to establish the exact cause of abiyah's death but experts say he probably staffed because he was not getting enough nourishment. no one could get through to them and they became aggressive when challenged. he is aggressive when challenged. he: is extremely arrogant man who placed himself as the head of a fictional country, to the extent that they had even made own passports, such was the extent of their delusion. there was only one disciple, and that was only one disciple, and that was his partner, who i think it's a very weak minded individual and went along with whatever he s

we've also seen some footage from bridgwater, another town in somerset a little further down the coastof flats and some roofing has been ripped off the top of those flats by the wind. so while that red warning has expired, these gusts are still continuing and it feels like they are going to continue for the rest of the day and into tomorrow as well. and with that high wind comes the inevitable travel disruption, the inevitable headaches that people are facing trying to get around southwest england, be that on the train or also on the road as well. train services from here, from weston—super—mare, are largely delayed or cancelled. from other parts of the southwest, a lot of those services are also not running. gwr, the rail operator, has urged people only to travel if absolutely necessary. cardiff airport, as you heard, has had to close its runway for most of the morning and bristol airport, severe disruption there as well. many flights cancelled today. it's just too windy at the moment for those planes to attempt take—offs and landings and it does feel like, as i say, those gusts conti

. _ hejoins us from weston—super—mare in somerset, also in that red wind warning zone.ou look at a map of the red warning zone, that area butts up the bristol channel. that means weston—super—mare and other towns along this exposed coastline are likely to feel the full force of that red warning. that warning itself is not due to come into force until 3am tomorrow, but in the last hour or so, the wind and rain are really starting to pick up. nevertheless, people in weston—super—mare are still going about their friday evening. an ice rink behind the camera is still open, beach—side bars and restaurants still have people in. but even and somerset police say people should stay away from the coastlines throughout the day tomorrow. without high level of wind comes the inevitable travel disruption. gwr, which runs train services throughout this area and south wales, has warned passengers to expect disruption over the weekend and to leave plenty of extra time for the journey. also with the high winds, it will be inevitable that there will be full on trees, fallen power lines, t

this is somerset in the south—west of england, watchet, you can see the heavy winds battering that part also, pictures coming in from prestatyn in the north wales and as we have been hearing, wales is one of the worst affected areas of the country. we understand at the moment that we have around 60,000 premises, homes and businesses, that are without power, and that is according to the national grid. northern ireland in particular, there are reports that 16,000 premises there are without power, as of about three hours ago, so, of course, a worrying situation in many parts of the country at the moment. another aspect of this story is that, now there are flood warnings in place across england and wales, this morning, there are now 62 flood alerts in wales, and 125 in england because of course the focus of the weather warnings has been on the wind, the gusts of wind, that have been blowing in some parts of wales and south—west england, but as we have been hearing from our weather team, there has also been heavy rain. and there could be an impact of flooding following from that heavy rain.

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we understand around 35,000 premises have been affected by power cuts in wales and this year is somerset winds battering the shoreline there and the boats that have been docked there. a little earlier, i spoke to nick johnson was down as one of the biggest transport hubs in the south—west of england. biggest transport hubs in the south-west of england. which is one of the _ south-west of england. which is one of the major _ south-west of england. which is one of the major rail _ south-west of england. which is one of the major rail helps. - midlands, the north and london as well as south wales. most of those services between bristol and cardiff have been delayed, or now cancelled the most of the rest of the day. specific lines themselves, no trains gwr says between plymouth and penzance until at least one o'clock today. between bristol temple meads and portsmouth, no services because of debris on the line near westbury. those delays are likely to get worse as we hear about more blockages on the line in the next few hours, gwr, the operator which runs trains throughout this area, has been

this voluntary was in burnham—on—sea and somerset which again was in that red zone, that met office wetng pictures of that having fallen down during the night. we also have pictures of damage to property coming on. so, this picture is of a property in porthcawl in bridgend county, thatis porthcawl in bridgend county, that is a seaside town, which often get battered with strong winds. usually, they do see huge waves crashing over the sea front. but yeah, on friday night, storm darragh

this is a relic of the ancient wetlands which stretched from here all the way to the somerset levels.ught over from america for their further they escaped into the wild. you have got to put some more work into it but the signs of water vole recovery are there if you look for them. for a start, they are feeding. the water voles have inhabited this water right along here and we have found a lot of evidence all the way along that down here on this mound, you know, it�*s going into wintertime now so they are likely resting right within here but there is really good evidence. we have the burrow here. we have all of these feeding signs. this is the classic 45 degrees angle they have. and there is a more scientific way of working out where they are thriving. when i first heard that there were more water voles in this area i couldn�*t understand how they could work that out when we don�*t see them that easily. what eric is doing is looking along the water�*s edge for signs of excrement and from that they can identify and estimate how many water voles there are. the bigger plan is to help them

amber warning the strong wind is still in place for weston—super—mare where i am and up and down the somersete south—west. that weather warning is in place until nine o'clock this evening. he mentioned the number of properties in wales there, out of power, here in there, out of power, here in the south—west, the national grid says around 12,000 properties are currently without power is in bristol and it says it's working for those people back online. it is still extremely windy here along the seafront at weston—super—mare, businesses which should have been open, bars, restaurants and even the pier, have been closed and look to remain so for the rest of the day. just driving up and down the seafront you can see tiles that has been ripped off roofs and trees, daybreak, all over the side of the road, and just behind the camera is a ice rink and the tarpaulin roof has been partially ripped off. now, inevitably, with that level of wind, comes travel disruption, people trying to get trains from weston—super—mare and other parts of the south—west are struggling, many of them are struggling, many of

the couple had been living off grid in a caravan in somerset, relying on charity handouts.e garden of theirformer home in birmingham. his remains were found in this shallow grave. while they lived in the house, the couple were constantly posting increasingly bizarre videos of themselves, but tellingly, none of their son. the man was studying medical genetics at university when, because of online conspiracy theories, he rejected modern medicine. along with his partner, he withdrew from society. their beliefs mixed west african religion with new age mysticism, and the couple practised an extreme form of veganism. it�*s been impossible to establish the exact cause of abiyah�*s death, but experts said he probably starved because he wasn�*t getting enough nourishment. no one could get through to them. they became aggressive and defensive whenever challenged. he is an extremely arrogant man who placed himself as the head of a fictional country, to the extent that they�*d even made their own passports. such was the extent of their delusion. and there�*s only one disciple, as she d

the south wales coast but right up the channel just behind me, meaning that exposed areas of the somersete full force of those really high winds. now that red warning for high winds, that's a danger to life warnings, not due to come in turn until around three o'clock tomorrow morning. the windy and the rain in the last couple of hours has really picked up here by the coast in weston—super—mare. but nevertheless, people are still walking along the promenade. there's been a few dog walkers, an ice rinkjust behind the camera is still open. i've seen people dressed in christmas hats going into bars and restaurants along the seafront. business feels like it's very much as normal in weston—super—mare this evening. but the local police force have urged people to stay from those coastlines all day tomorrow, and obviously with those high winds, the inevitable travel disruption that we are expecting on the trains, the road, also in the air as well, two major airports covered in that red warning, bristol airport and cardiff airport in south wales as well and both airports have warned passengers to e

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scientists have uncovered the aftermath of the exceptionally violent attack about 4000 years ago in somerset violence between humans identified in early bronze age england which had been considered a peaceful time. the victims bones were found by carvers in the 19 —— by cavers, in the 19705, carver5 in the 19 —— by cavers, in the 19705, expert5 carver5 in the 19 —— by cavers, in the 19705, experts say they were thrown into a 18 metre shaft by the prehistoric attackers. 0ur 5cience correspondent told me what 5cienti5ts think happened. the scientists think happened. the scientists think happened. the scientists were _ scientists think happened. he scientists were really shocked ijy scientists were really shocked by what they think happened, they hadn't seen such a violent attack, all they had is this bone fragments, it's hard to piece it together, they do have some theorie5, this was quite a 5ome theorie5, this was quite a peaceful time of the early bronze age didn't have any weapons of fortifications, it wasn't considered a place where you need to protect yourself from any attacks. they don't

i read a lot of somerset more. i mean this, but these are also spies these people. yeah. mean, you know, spying and novel writing, they're not so different i mean, both are weaving a sort of artificial world and trying to lure other people into it. i mean, there's a reason why david cornwell, john le carre, ian fleming and somerset maugham, graham greene, john buchan, they'd all been in the spy services at some point. so yes, i guess that was my introduction that that was sort of how it started. but i was briefly recruited by a miix when i was university. did that go well, not very well really. i, i enjoyed it. it was great and i wanted to be recruited. so i sort of hung around the particular teacher i knew was the recruiter and he sent me off to go meet him out in whitehall. i mean i quite enjoyed it and i did it for a little bit, but it became pretty clear, pretty quickly that as i've just demonstrated i can't keep a secret. so, so i wasn't really the right person to be. i didn't really like keeping secrets. i like revealing them. it's much more fun. so. so, yeah. it le

scientists have uncovered the aftermath of an "exceptionally violent" attack about 4,000 years ago in somersete lead author of this study, rick schulting, the victims bones were found by cavers in the 1970s experts believe they were thrown into a 15 minute shot by prehistoric attackers for the attackers let's speak to the lead author of this study, rick schulting, a professor of scientific and prehistoric archaeology at the university of oxford. very good to have you with us on the programme. obviously an older discovery but you have been applying new techniques to these remains. what does this tell you about bronze age england and does it challenge any preconceptions you had about the period?— any preconceptions you had about the period? good evening. the period _ about the period? good evening. the period mostly _ about the period? good evening. the period mostly through - about the period? good evening. the period mostly through a - the period mostly through a lack of evidence for violence we see this being relatively peaceful. so this is a real case of how a single site can all of a sudden

also the somerset boy with the long locks, ryan and also the latvian playing rams getting themselvesopean champion and watch was a bit of an upset. white says that he fancies upsetting luke "the nuke" littler. this evening two—time world champion gary anderson headlines the action. he's up against sweden. you mentioned luke littler, obviously runner—up last year. earlier this year because the final was a first world champion of the year. he is crowned there at alley ballet. he looked absolutely incredible last night. he he looked absolutely incredible last niuht. �* he looked absolutely incredible last niuht. ~ ., last night. he did. after a shaky start _ last night. he did. after a shaky start it _ last night. he did. after a shaky start it has - last night. he did. after a shaky start it has to - last night. he did. after a shaky start it has to be i last night. he did. after a i shaky start it has to be said, it's no wonder really, he comes in as the favorite foot of everybody�*s talking about him. he is the poster boy he's no longer playing on house money like he was 12 months ag

also the somerset boy with the long locks, ryan searles.e european champion who beat the european champion who was a little bit of an upset. white says that he finances upsetting luke. two—time world champion, the man gary anderson headlines the action he's up against sweden's jeffrey luke littler the ground. jeffrey luke littler the ground-— jeffrey luke littler the round. ., ., ~ ground. you mentioned. were obviously _ ground. you mentioned. were obviously right _ ground. you mentioned. were obviously right or _ ground. you mentioned. were obviously right or a _ ground. you mentioned. were obviously right or a last - ground. you mentioned. were obviously right or a last year l obviously right or a last year for the first world champion of the year that is crowned there at ally pally. he looked absolutely incredible last night. absolutely incredible last ni . ht. �* absolutely incredible last ni . ht. ~ ., absolutely incredible last niuht. ~ ., , ., night. he did. after a shaky start it has _ night. he did. after a shaky start it has to _

that was the one that crashed in somerset county. that was a big discussion because we time to go intercept it. and then if authorized by the president to shoot it down and think that for a minute, it's got mostly american citizens on board and we're going to shoot it down and is that going to be better than letting him go to where it's going to go? where was it going? knew my guess would be the if you're not all the hijackers weren't very good aviators they knew enough to to fly the airplane they didn't know enough to land it or that sort of stuff if you remember. but if they're going to try to ram it into something, it's got be something big in the capitol sits on capitol that was my idea of where it would probably have gone. that's just my opinion. but as you know, the folks on board the airplane rushed the cockpit and the resulting in the plane crashing. and so we got to that point where we had to get close enough to think about shooting it down before we got to washington, dc. what do you think prepared you for that moment? i me

the somerset decision would have allowed her to stay in britain and be free. she comes back, she's freed. she publishes a second volume and then dies and freedom. but there's one founder who receives her genius less hospitable he then george washington. that's thomas jefferson. in an absolutely shocking passage in his notes on the state of virginia, he compares wheatley with roman poets who were enslaved like terrence and says that wheatley's poetry is beneath contempt. essentially that no black people can write poetry because black people are intellectually inferior. he said, he ventures this is a suspicion only. the degree of his racism is shocking. it's not shared by washington or franklin who claimed her genius or many of the other founders. it reveals the fact that jefferson's hypocrisy on slavery was both rooted in racism that was unusual even by the standards of his time and also in his avarice. it's really important to ask the question, how was it that these founders who claim to be so devoted to virtue and self-mastery and virtues like industry and fr

i read a lot of somerset morm, but these are also spies, these people. spy and novel writing are not so different. both are weaving a sort of artificial world and trying to lure other people into it. there's a reason why david cornwall, ian fleming, morm, graham green, john buckham, they had all been in the spy service at some point. yes, that was my introduction. that is sort of how it started. i was briefly recruited by mi6 when i was at university. >> how did that go? >> well, not very well, really. i enjoyed it. i i wanted to be recruited. so i sort of hung around the particular tutor i knew was the recruiter. eventually he sent me off to meet the man in white hall. i did it for a brief while. it became clear quickly, as demonstrated, i can't keep a secret. i don't really like keeping secrets. i like revealing them. it's much more fun. so, it left me with a long fascination for that world. i think it's a wonderful world. it has built into it a kind of moral -- a central moral conundrum. spies do bad things sometimes for good reasons. >> who's your fa

probably nothing too heavy, but certainly a damp afternoon for somerset, devon, cornwall, parts of southfurther east but a good chunk of england will stay dry. there's that weather front bringing some rain across the highlands of scotland. behind it we'll start to see the clearer skies coming in and that will be quite noticeable as we go through tonight and tomorrow. we'll track this line of rain then, as it sinks its way into southern scotland, across northern ireland this evening, kind of fizzling out as it does so. so just a little bit of light rain and drizzle for a time, and we'll continue with some patchy rain over england and wales. two quite murky over some of the higher routes. but then the clearer air comes in and the clearer skies come into scotland, northern england, parts of northern ireland and temperatures will drop here, certainly in the east of scotland with some shelter could get to down —2 or —3. the cloudy skies keeping temperatures above freezing for england and wales, so it will still be cloudy first thing tomorrow here. but i'm hopeful that northern england much of

in another instance, this summer, the uss somerset installed a similar system on board where it too was utilized to manufacture intricate parts for the reverse osmosis system in board that provides clean drinking water for sailors. in cases such as these, where there are debilitating failures of equipment, the park and we manufactured on the spot before an order is even placed. to further prove the feasibility of this technology and its implementation, i will cite already existing command structures. there is an already functioning systems command that oversaw the two above case studies. the apollo lab is responsible for testing manufacturing and building a parts database, which they have done and continue to do. the only barrier is widespread use is funding. in short, the technology already exists come the labs already exist, testing is done, the only thing missing is your vote to do so. moving on to responding to my opponent's case, on the concept of deterrence, west point confused the idea of having capability without capability carrying a deterrent capacity. the army exists on a lon

is all about somerset because it's where christianity in england probably really began.oseph of arimathea is said to have brought christ himself to glastonbury. between his birth and the beginning of his birth and the beginning of his ministry. what did christ do.7 well, his ministry. what did christ do? well, as any sensible man and god would do, he visited somerset with joseph, who may have been related to him, and went to glastonbury, which started the christian story. the christian truth in this country. so the next time you sing blake's famous hymn and those words come out, you must wonder if they are true. did those feet in ancient time walk upon england's pastures green?

is all about somerset because it's where christianity in england probably really began.oseph of arimathea is said to have brought christ himself to glastonbury. between his birth and the beginning of his birth and the beginning of his ministry. what did christ do.7 well, his ministry. what did christ do? well, as any sensible man and god would do, he visited somerset with joseph, who may have been related to him, and went to glastonbury, which started the christian story. the christian truth in this country. so the next time you sing blake's famous hymn and those words come out, you must wonder if they are true. did those feet in ancient time walk upon england's pastures green? it was. >> feet in ancient. time. walk upon england's. mountains. green. and was the. holy love. of one of england's. pleasant. pastures seen. >> and did those feet in ancient time walk upon england's pastures green? that is the question for glastonbury. was glastonbury the site where christ was brought by joseph of arimathea, immortalised in blake's works? and was and. >> 50ft above the. >> 50ft

and nickjohnsonjoins us from weston—super—mare in somerset, also in that red wind warning zone.t emergency alert to our phones here in the south—west just before 7pm. we spoke to some people in a bar a short time ago who described the noise, the surprise when everyone inside that bar received the notification at the same time. weston—super—mare faces down the bristol channel behind me which is where some of the strongest winds are forecast for the early hours. businesses along the seafront to have taken extra precautions by battening down outdoor furniture to have taken extra precautions by battening down outdoorfurniture but also saying they will open much later tomorrow, also saying they will open much latertomorrow, but also saying they will open much later tomorrow, but even and somerset police have urged people to stay away from the coastline here wherever possible. gwr, the train company that runs services through south wales and south—west england, have urged passengers to change their travel plans over the weekend wherever possible. bristol airport has warned passengers

the meteor shower was spotted in parts of northumberland and as far south as somerset by keen night skygraphers. the shower has been known to produce more than 150m per hour at its peak, but due to light pollution and other factors, the number is usually a bit less. and the leader of the liberal democrats, ed davey, has performed his christmas single in bath this afternoon. ulez of the haaland. davey was joined by the bath philharmonia carers choir at their christmas concert at the bath forum. the single was written by six young carers and has climbed the charts since its release, with all proceeds going to the carers trust and bath philharmonia. ed davey has even pledged that he'll do a skydive if the single gets 10,000 downloads next week. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sven hill. i'll be back in an hour, but now it's time for saturday night showdown for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> thank you, sophia, and welcome to the saturday night showdown now! onlyfans model l

the meteor shower was spotted in parts of northumberland and as far south as somerset by keen night skyhotographers. the shower has been known to produce more than 150 meteors per hour at its peak, but due to light pollution and other factors, the number is usually a little bit less. leader of the liberal democrats, ed davey has performed his christmas single in bath this afternoon. through the glass of the water. sir davey was joined by the bath philharmonia carers choir at their christmas concert at the bath forum. the single was written by six young carers and has climbed the charts since its release, with all proceeds going to the carers trust and bath philharmonia. ed davey has even pledged he'll do a skydive if the single hits 10,000 downloads next week. those are the latest tv news headlines. for now, i'm sven hill. i'll be back in an houn sven hill. i'll be back in an hour, but now it's back to mark. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> brilliant stuff. nice job sophia. sophia retu

the early hours of saturday morning and was spotted in parts of northumberland and as far south as somersetby keen night sky photographers. the shower has been known to produce more than 150 meteors per hour at its peak, but due to light pollution and some other factors, the number seen is usually considerably less. leader of the liberal democrats, ed davey has performed his christmas single in bath this afternoon near . christmas single in bath this afternoon near. la glass on the northern ed davey was joined by the bath philharmonia carers choir at their christmas concert at the bath forum. the single was written by six young carers and has climbed the charts since its release, with all proceeds going to the carers trust and bath philharmonia. ed davey has even pledged he'll do a skydive if the single gets 10,000 downloads next week. those are the latest gb news headlines for now and that's me done for the day. but now it's time for headliners for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> hello and welc

that's the equivalent of five and a half times the population of somerset. the 5.5 million, 3.2 million are on sickness benefits, up from 2.5 million before covid. daily approvals for sickness benefits are now at 3000 extra every day, with the total expected to increase to 4.1 million by 2028. beyond the disruption that covid caused economically and the strain it put on the welfare system, there is also a clear incentive trap. new research from the centre for social justice shows that a full time minimum wage pays less than sickness benefits in many cases. in fact, sickness benefits can pay up in fact, sickness benefits can pay up to £3,000 a year more if we pay people more to stay at home than to get a job, why would they work? this makes an element of benefit payouts a lifestyle choice , not a safety lifestyle choice, not a safety net.labour lifestyle choice, not a safety net. labour has inevitably made this problem worse with its new hike on employer national insurance. people often start on part time work before moving into full time work. now the govern

and a fallen tree crashed into this house in burnham—on—sea in somerset.first let's hear from steve knibbs, who is outside cardiff central station. steve, how are things looking for people today? i think the power cuts are the big story at the moment. thousands of people are still without electricity, two nights since the storm hit. the latest we had from the energy networks association is that 66,000 customers are still off the grid. they had 1500 engineers out over the weekend trying to fix the power lines that were down but even as late as yesterday afternoon into the early evening the weather was still so bad it wasn't safe for the engineers to carry out the work. the teams are out again today and we are told nearly 2 million customers have been put back online, that is 97% of those affected by storm darragh. in terms of the railways, we have been here since the early morning and ijust checked the departure boards inside the station and pretty much normal issue today, the odd delay of a few minutes. remember there was huge disruption of the weekend wit

and lancashire will continue generating power to help bridge the gap until a new station opens in somersetent control next year, as it tries to improve reliability and cut delays and cancellations. south western railway will be the first to be renationalised, followed by c2c and greater anglia. critics say the move alone won't make a difference unless it's paired with new investment in the railways. simon browning reports. running into public control. from may next year, south western railways will become the first train operating company to fall into government hands, since labour's election win. nationalisation was a key part of their manifesto pledge. and it comes days after key legislation was passed. first group, the private operator currently running the south—western franchise, will see its contract to run services expire, in may. then the government will take responsibility for the network. we are going to ensure that the money that we save through the management fee that we currently pay to the train operating companies, that we are investing that into delivering improved passenge