10/04/2012 BBC Points West

Hello and welcome to BBC Points West. The headlines tonight.

Defending their decision. After a 12-year-old girl and a man are

bitten by a dog, the police say they were right to shoot the animal

dead. The misunderstanding which sparked a huge police search for a

nine-year-old boy reported missing from a campsite. Back on the agenda

- the plans for a bypass that a split opinion in one Tyne for years.

And is it or isn't it a Banksy? The mystery of the graffiti found under

a bridge and Somerset. Good evening. The police are

defending the decision to shoot dead a dog in Gloucestershire after

it two members of the public. One of them was a 12-year-old girl.

Several shots from an electric stun gun failed to shock the

Staffordshire bull Terrier which also attacked a man and the police.

Tonight a 30-year-old man is being questioned by officers after being

arrested on suspicion of having a dog dangerously out-of-control.

Despenser Road in Tewkesbury - the scene at the start of a series of

events. Police had been called after reports that the dog had

bitten two people. One of them was Sydney Ryan. She knows the owners

of the Dog and had gone to see if everything was OK after seeing the

dog running around outside. She said she wasn't too badly injured

and is angry the dog was eventually shot dead by the police. They

should have grabbed the dock and handed down a shot that was one of

those things the pits at Forest lake. -- that puts it is late. They

said that at the dock do not come down, they would shoot it. Police

say their efforts to come down the dock with the Taser gun did not

work. Eventually they attracted several streets away and felt they

had no option but to shoot it. They say it was a last resort. Away have

reports that it was running loose. It had already endured two people,

one of them badly. When the police attended the scene, they tried to

calm it down because of the way it -- reacted to the police. Iran of

10 area where members of the publican children were right --

stolen. -- the dog ran into an area. A 30-year-old man from Gloucester

is still being questioned after being arrested on suspicion of

having a dog dangerously out of control.

A man has been arrested in Bristol found dead in the West Midlands.

Her body was discovered in a flat in Tipton last night. She hasn't

been identified and a postmortem examination has yet been carried

out. A a27-year-old man was arrested a Bristol Temple Meads

this morning and has been taken to the West Midlands for questioning.

The search for a man who fell from a bridge into the River Wye in

Gloucestershire has been called off. Rikki Baldwin was reported missing

after falling from the bridge between separate and Chepstow in

the early hours of yesterday. An extensive land and water search

through a thriller son was called off last night. Police are now

examining CCTV the -- CCTV footage as part of their investigation.

A Bristol man who accidentally shot on a laser pen at a police

helicopter has been told by a judge he avoided jail by a whisker today.

Stuart firing was walking his dogs when he began shining the pen in

the air. He told the court he did not realise the lasers were

appearing a vision of the helicopter pilot, you had to make

an emergency landing. Mr Baring pleaded guilty to a charge of

recklessly and negligently acting in a manner likely to endanger an

aircraft, and was given a 12 of community order, a three-month

curfew and ordered to pay 200 and costs.

A huge surge in the Forest of Dean involving a helicopter and police

dogs was knighted for five hours today after a nine-year-old boy was

reported missing. -- was mounted. The alarm was raised just before

midday after children told her parents the boy had -- they had

been playing with had disappeared from the campsite. But after you

was found, it will transpired the boys had never been lost and it was

a misunderstanding. It seems it has won quite a day

there? It has. And that wet evening. There

are some hardy caravanners still tried to enjoy the break. Quite

different to the one I came across when I arrived at four o'clock this

afternoon. Then there was substantial police activity here.

There was a police search underweight far this missing nine-

year-old boy. It happened after a report came in after midday. He had

been playing with three other girls at the campsite. They had been

collecting some would fire a den. The girl suddenly discovered the

boy was missing and they alerted their parents. Their parents were

alerted and then they alerted the campsite management. The police

helicopter was put up and scoured the area for quite some time. Then

around five o'clock, another flurry of activity and the police supply

had smiles on their faces. It turned out the boy had been found.

I will leave it up to their officer to explain to you to what --

exactly what happened. The family had been on a long walk in the

woods and visited a local tourist attractions. They came back today

to find the activity. They found them not to say please report to

the camp securities side. We had managed ascertain the child was

saved. I imagine they were surprised. They were. We are

pleased that that was the outcome today. Yes, the police told me that

they had to investigate every single report of a missing person

very seriously. In this case ended well. Some people would say if

widen the use one of these to try and track the family down, for a

mobile phone. There is hardly a signal here. We managed to kite

sight of the family leaving the office there when the news came

through that their boy had been found. -- hot site of the family.

The mother was surprised at the response. They will enjoy the rest

of the break. The police did carry out their duties in the way they

saw fit, but luckily this has ended well this evening.

You are watching BBC Points West. Ian will be here with the latest

weather forecast sharply. Before that there is plenty more to

bring you, including: Still battling for Bath - the former

science teacher celebrating 20 years as a local MP. And after the

Easter weekend, can it will now be a happy end to the season for

Bristol City and Swindon football clubs?

It has cost millions of pounds over the years and has already been

rejected once by the Government. Now the idea of a bypass road

around Westbury is being put forward again. The main A350 runs

right through the middle of the town and traffic queues keep on

growing. But previous plans to relieve the pressure suggested

building a bypass through some of the area's finest countryside.

This is what it quite on the A350 through Westbury looks like. Still

today there was an almost constant stream of cars, vans and lorries.

There is congestion and pollution and the future looks busier. Many

say this town's needs a bypass. large majority would agree that we

need abide pass. There are those who do not care when it goes,

whether it goes to the east of the West. And there are those who are

particularly against the idea of going to the east and that is

because the countryside to the east is more attractive. But overall, I

think the town once a bypass. is the area to the east of the town

where the old bypass was proposed. Straight through their wellhead

valley. A planning inquiry said know. When you stop here for a

moment and look you can see the natural beauty of this valley. It

is why a bypass road was turned down last time and it is why local

people are campaigning to keep this looking the way it does. Many

campaigners accept there is a need for a new roads. The argument is

over its location. We thought it was done and dusted two years ago

when the inspectors said No It should not be pursued because of

the exceptional beauty of the countryside here. And its

tranquillity. And now we are finding it is raising its ugly head

again. And it is totally unacceptable. It is such a lovely

area and to put a roadway through it bid -- would be disastrous. I

cannot think anybody in the right mind would want to put a road

through this lovely area. The last failed bypass a tent took years to

plan and cost the taxpayer millions. This time everyone holds options

will be considered. But some are already gearing up to fight for the

countryside once again. Severn Trent Water is considering

supplying homes in drought-hit East Anglia. 13 million litres of water

could be transferred every day using a network of canals. The

operation could begin as early as June. Severn Trent is Curly not

predicting any water restrictions in its own area and says the scheme

would only happen if there is enough water to keep its own

customers supplied. -- is currently not predicting.

If it is on this day 20 years ago a former science teacher was getting

used his new job as MP per Bath. Don Foster's win cost one of the

biggest upsets for the 1992 election night by ousting Tory

stalwart Chris Packham. So two decades and one day into his term,

if we asked him if he had got the hang of it yet. -- Chris Patten.

Liberal Democrat... 25,000. 20 years to -- today Don Foster was

kind UNP. -- crowned MP. Chris Patten lost his seat. Inside don

Foster raised his arms winning by almost 4,000 votes. I was totally

exhausted by -- but I knew there was a lot of hard work ahead of me.

20 years of trying my best to serve the people of Bath. Riding the ups

and downs of being an MP, he has remained firmly in his seat, even

through the bumpy ride of MPs' expenses. Adapting to new leaders,

welcoming the coalition and watching some of the biggest

changes in the way MPs do their job. I have got something like 500

people a week now contacting me, wanting to express a view, getting

in contact with us about a particular problem that they have

got. They can do it so much easily, so there is a much bigger pressure

on us. Others in the West have had similar longevity. Liam Fox became

MP for would spirit, now North Somerset, that same night. For

elections later and Don Foster has trouble that original majority,

winning it is as than 10 by 12,000 votes. I job he says he still loves

and has no plans to give up. -- 2010. The first Thursday in the in

2015 is where the election will be and I will make a decision on what

I will do long before that, but not yet. I enjoy what I do too much.

Liam Fox and Geoffrey Clifton-Brown were also elected that night, but

did you know the longest serving MP in the West is Dawn Primarolo,

elected for label end 1987. -- for Labour.

Today also marks another anniversary. It is 100 years since

the Titanic sets sail on a fateful voyage for New York. Their ship was

dubbed unthinkable but when down on April 15th killing more than 1,500

people on board. To commemorate the centenary of the tragedy, a travel

company has a rich for the cruise ship HMS Balmoral to be traced the

final journey of the share. Our reporter is on board and has sent

this report. Here on the Titanic memorial cruise

it is very busy. Lots of them at the moment queuing for any type of

memorabilia they can get their hands on. That is part of the

screws which left on South happen on Sunday. Organised by this man. -

- Southampton. Explain when you had this idea about taking passengers

back to the wreck site. It started five years ago when a gentleman

came into the shop and what about the concept of a cruise. I could

not get it out of my head. 12 months after, I secured this

wonderful ship and sucked out about 18 months later. People have paid

up to �6,000 each. Some people watch this and think it is wrong,

it is disrespectful. It is a bad form of tourism. I take the lead

from the descendants on board the vessel. For them they cannot think

of any better way to commemorate their loved ones. For me that is

the most important thing of the screws. It is honouring those who

died all those years ago. Thank you very much. I have heard people were

talking. I have spotted people from Cheltenham. We will catch up with

We have just heard that MS Balmoral has had to turn round because of an

emergency. A medical emergency. The passengers family are aware of the

situation. They still hope to reach the wreckage site at the weekend.

To mark the anniversary, etchings are to go on display in New York

City. Mary, who has painted them, joins us now. What was the

experience of your own family? grant Mother's oldest brother was

on the ship working as a steward and he was only 18. He had worked

on other ships owned by the same White Star liner and her fiance was

on board working. This affected her because neither of them were able

to survive and she lost two very important people to her at that

time. Eventually, she did meet another man some years later,

otherwise I wouldn't be here. When she died, I found a few newspaper

cuttings and a card from a memorial service from this date. That

inspired me to do a project involving some etchings and various

art work. We can have a look at a few of them. One of them is behind

you. We have Titanic herself to stop we also have a collage in the

background and it is a drowning hand. I find that one that really

moving. Some of the documents which I found belonged to the family and

I also found requests for help that were sent out, SOS messages that

were sent out from the Titanic. Also certificates that were issued

by the bodies which inspected ships. Although the Titanic had 16

lifeboats, those were passed as being adequate at the time. They

are incredibly moving images and you will be showing them in New

York. An incredible honour. It is fantastic. I have a website for my

art work and put this work on that and out of the blue, a message came

through the website from the noble Maritime Museum in New York. They

are having an exhibition of contemporary art to commemorate the

Titanic sinking and asked me if I would send some of my etchings over.

They have six there. I hope they go down well.

You can see more of these images on a website.

The Easter weekend couldn't have been much better for Bristol City

and Swindon Town football clubs bicker both sides picked up six

points out of six. What does this mean for their

season? Alistair is here to tell us. Hopefully it means happy endings

for both. Bristol City, it is looking a lot rosier. Let's look at

the table. As you can see, they have a cushion. Promotion-chasing

sides Birmingham and West Ham of their next two opponents. As far as

Swindon are concerned, they are on the cusp of going up. They are 10

clear of Crawley. The fans might be able to start those promotion

celebrations this weekend. Neither side are willing to take anything

for granted just yet. There is nothing like that winning

feeling. For Bristol City, East has bought renewed hope of escaping the

drop. Hopefully we will stay up. has given us confidence going into

the last games. I think they will do it. They will really bring it

forward. Having started the holiday period in the relegation zone, they

now have destiny in their own hands. The win over Coventry putting them

four points clear of the relegation zone with four games left to play.

As big as the celebrations were yesterday, now it is back to

focusing on a difficult game away to Birmingham. A lot of people

including the lads would have been happy if that had been the last

game of the season yesterday. We still have work to do and we know

that. There will be no complacency or thinking the job is done because

there is still plenty of work to be done. It has looked a done deal for

a long time but Palo de Canio's Swindon are still up. They could

achieve it this weekend at home to Plymouth with a ten-point advantage

over 4th place, surely now the manager can admit his team will be

promoted. Maybe I will believe it. I don't want to say anything. I am

arrogant, we are ready to go up. Cheltenham hope to join them but a

defeat at Rotherham means they meet a nervous final four games as they

try to make the play-offs. We will look at Cheltenham on

Friday night's programme. That leaves Yeovil Town who despite

losing yesterday should have done enough to stay in League One. They

have reached the 50. Mark, generally regarded as safe. They

are eight points clear of the relegation zone and Bristol Rovers

will be in League Two. They are hoping to finish in the top half

but they will have to do better than yesterday's defeat at Crewe.

Rugby now and Bath is clear out of coaching staff. Martin Haag will be

following director of rugby say in my Keegan out of that season. The

other code, would be staying. More changes to come in the next few

There is a big question in Somerset tonight. Is it a Banksy or not?

I could say yes. A piece of work which has appeared

beneath a bridge in the centre of Taunton is said to be the work of

the world famous Bristol based artist.

What's more, the word on the street is that it is revenge for the local

mayors criticism of graffiti and also banksia himself. -- Banksy

himself. It appeared overnight and is

raising eyebrows in Taunton, even among those who have never heard of

him. Have you heard of him? Know. He is famous. I wouldn't think it

is a Banksy. His work is normally on a bigger scale. It looks like

his style, certainly. It could be. The rat is a Banksy trade mark and

it wasn't that long ago that the local Mayor was being critical of

the world's most famous graffiti artist. It was after a blitz of

graffiti attacks on the scent of Taunton that the Mayor smoke --

spoke his mind and pointed the finger of blame at one man. Banksy

has a lot to answer for. He has some brilliant pictures worth a lot

of money and people are taking off after him thinking they can get

away with it. Should they have done that? Not really. He brought his

grandson to see the art work and was sick -- sticking to his view.

Graffiti is wrong, famous or otherwise. You are teaching young

children that they can put it anywhere they want to. That is not

correct. This evening, people close to Banksy insisted it wasn't his

work but such is the enigmatic nature of the man, the chances are

you will never know for sure. Before the e-mails start coming in,

I am not Banksy. Sunshine and showers and a typical

April day. I will run out of different ways to

That is the only summary we can come up with at the moment though.

In some districts, it won't feel too bad for this time of year. Low-

pressure it remains scented up over Scandinavia. It is typical out

there for this time of year. Even rainfall radar has shown how the

shell was caught going over the afternoon. We had some rumbles of

thunder. We still have some showers in Wiltshire and Gloucestershire.

We are expecting those to fade away through tonight and then they will

be replaced by some further showers coming up through the Bristol

Channel. They will move inland and a good deal of clear weather is

about. We have a cooler night. Temperatures will be down to three

Tomorrow morning, we will start with a few showers around but we

have warmer weather into the rush hour period. The showers were later

form. We are expecting parts of Gloucestershire to see most of that

rain. If you are under gusty winds, it will feel unpleasant. There

would be less share was four western parts of Somerset. -- there

will be less showers for western will be less showers for western

parts of Somerset. For those who appreciate clouds, it