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About 40 children are reported to be stranded at a primary school in North Somerset after rain and snow fell across the West Country on Friday.

Access to Chew Lake Primary School is now only through neighbouring gardens.
Roads have also been flooded across the region, with the M4 at a standstill near Almondsbury. Rail services have also been badly affected.
Gloucestershire Police are monitoring the situation and rail operators have advised people not to travel.
Rail operator First Great Western (FGW) confirmed flooding around Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire, as well as in Gloucester and said services would be limited on Friday, with some services cancelled.
The rain, which has already turned to sleet in some areas, is expected to continue until early evening

Richard Angwin
BBC meteorologist

Another London-bound line is flooded at Westbury and FGW confirmed flooding on the Weymouth and Oxford lines.
On Friday afternoon several hundred people were reported to be stranded at Bristol Temple Meads railway station.
On the roads, the A39 Bath to Wells road has been flooded, as has the A378 near Taunton and the A370 at Backwell.
At Chilcompton, two ladies had to be rescued after a car became trapped in water. One person was rescued on the Long Ashton bypass in similar circumstances.
Flooding of houses and shops has also been reported on Gloucester Road in Bristol, Limpley Stoke, Lansdown, Hinton Charterhouse, Winford and Paulton.
Winterbourne and Frampton Cottrell were also said to be affected, as was the A36 from Bath to Beckington.
'Icy roads'
BBC meteorologist Richard Angwin said: "Heavy rain has affected the whole of the region since early on Friday.
"More than 25 millimetres has been recorded in many areas. The rain, which has already turned to sleet in some areas, is expected to continue until early evening.
"The main hazard tonight and early tomorrow morning is expected to be icy roads but further heavy rain is expected to return on Sunday."
Bristol Airport said all flights were running as normal. A flood watch has been put in place on the River Severn .

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