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Good evening from BBC Points West. A postmistress, a stockbroker and | :00:12. | :00:15. | |
the founder of the world's largest hot air balloon manufacturer were | :00:16. | :00:19. | |
among those in the West named in the Queen's New Years Honours List | :00:20. | :00:23. | |
today. With more details, here's Michelle Ruminski. | :00:24. | :00:28. | |
Flying high today, Don Cameron, the father of modern ballooning and | :00:29. | :00:32. | |
founder of Cameron balloons. He s been awarded an MBE. Also given the | :00:33. | :00:36. | |
same honour David Gibbings, an archivist for the Yeovil`based | :00:37. | :00:38. | |
helicopter company AgustaWestland. He was head of the Flight Test | :00:39. | :00:41. | |
Engineering team, which set a new world helicopter speed record that | :00:42. | :00:44. | |
still stands today. And there's a CBE for Bristol stockbroker, Peter | :00:45. | :00:47. | |
Hargreaves. It was great fun being the first in the field, it wasn t | :00:48. | :00:49. | |
really a career decision straightaway. It seemed an idea to | :00:50. | :00:53. | |
make some balloons for other people as a part`time business, it got too | :00:54. | :00:57. | |
busy so I gave up work. And there is a CBE for Bristol | :00:58. | :01:19. | |
stockbroker, Peter Kyle Greaves Ashby to Hargreaves. After trading | :01:20. | :01:22. | |
from his bedroom in the eighties, he's now the Co`founder of | :01:23. | :01:25. | |
Hargreaves Lansdown, one of the biggest financial services companies | :01:26. | :01:28. | |
in the UK. From big to small business, and Dr Solomon Fubara has | :01:29. | :01:31. | |
been commended for helping others. He's been supporting black, minority | :01:32. | :01:34. | |
and ethnic communities to set up small businesses that can even trade | :01:35. | :01:37. | |
abroad. I never expected that this sort of | :01:38. | :01:43. | |
thing would come to me. I am quite happy that people I have helped | :01:44. | :01:49. | |
actually recognise the help and have put my name forward. This meant the | :01:50. | :01:58. | |
world to me. But it's not just some of the West's well known names | :01:59. | :02:01. | |
who're recognised, today's list also honours some of the region's unsung | :02:02. | :02:04. | |
heroes like Postmistress Di Bell. She opened Nettleton Stores in | :02:05. | :02:07. | |
Wiltshire more than 30 years ago, when the parish Post Office closed. | :02:08. | :02:11. | |
But opening a royal envelope was something she never expected. I | :02:12. | :02:18. | |
opened the letter in front of my husband and I just sat, oh, oh, oh | :02:19. | :02:24. | |
and he said what ever is the matter? I was rendered speechless. | :02:25. | :02:28. | |
But she says she's just as proud of her other title, postmistress, a job | :02:29. | :02:31. | |
she wouldn't swap for any other Michelle Ruminski, BBC Points West. | :02:32. | :02:34. | |
Firefighters across the West have just begun taking further industrial | :02:35. | :02:37. | |
action in an ongoing dispute over pensions. Members of the Fire | :02:38. | :02:43. | |
Brigades Union walked out about 15 minutes ago and will be on strike | :02:44. | :02:47. | |
until half past midnight. Fire services say contingency plans are | :02:48. | :02:50. | |
in place to ensure emergency calls are responded to. It's the latest in | :02:51. | :02:55. | |
a series of protests over government plans to raise the pension age from | :02:56. | :03:00. | |
55 to 60. Ministers say despite the change, the pensions would remain | :03:01. | :03:04. | |
generous. Flood warnings remain in place for | :03:05. | :03:07. | |
parts of Somerset and Gloucestershire tonight with more | :03:08. | :03:10. | |
rain forecast. The Environment Agency has issued two warnings for | :03:11. | :03:13. | |
the Somerset Levels and one in Gloucestershire for the River Severn | :03:14. | :03:17. | |
in Tewkesbury. Flood alerts are also in force across the region, | :03:18. | :03:20. | |
including areas around the River Tone and River Parrett. | :03:21. | :03:24. | |
Bristol City's match at Leyton Orient tomorrow has been postponed | :03:25. | :03:27. | |
due to structural damage at the Matchroom Stadium. The floodlights | :03:28. | :03:32. | |
were damaged by the weather over Christmas and need repairing before | :03:33. | :03:38. | |
the ground is safe for public use. And there's concern about Bristol | :03:39. | :03:40. | |
Rovers match with Cheltenham tomorrow. There'll be a pitch | :03:41. | :03:44. | |
inspection at ten o'clock at the Memorial Stadium. BBC Radio Bristol | :03:45. | :03:49. | |
will have the latest news once a decision's been taken. And Jemma | :03:50. | :03:52. | |
will be here with the latest forecast very shortly. | :03:53. | :03:55. | |
A Gloucestershire boy has become the youngest ever British Karting | :03:56. | :04:00. | |
champion. Maximus Hall won the prestigious "O plate" for under | :04:01. | :04:03. | |
eights, and at just six years old, he's already signed up to a leading | :04:04. | :04:08. | |
racing team. Here's Jules Hyam. Today six`year`old Max was getting a | :04:09. | :04:16. | |
few tips from his mechanic. He also happens to be his dad. Max seemed to | :04:17. | :04:20. | |
be enjoying the lesson in caring for his Kart but he does prefer driving | :04:21. | :04:28. | |
it. What is it about go`karting you really like? Going fast. When you | :04:29. | :04:34. | |
are beating other people. Are you competitive? Yes. How important is | :04:35. | :04:40. | |
it to be the winner? Really, really, really important. Just as well he is | :04:41. | :04:49. | |
winning, and winning big. This is Max driving in the race that earned | :04:50. | :04:53. | |
him his first national title, the British Open O Plate for under | :04:54. | :04:56. | |
eights. He was up against more experienced, older drivers in a | :04:57. | :04:59. | |
one`off race, the 20 best young karters, racing at speeds of up to | :05:00. | :05:02. | |
40 miles a hour. Wining's also earned him the backing of race team | :05:03. | :05:06. | |
Soixante, and if you don't know that name they're the karting team who | :05:07. | :05:09. | |
supported Paul Derista, Jason Plato and Lewis Hamilton. Lyon, the | :05:10. | :05:19. | |
owner, noticed Max at a young age of six was considerably quicker than | :05:20. | :05:23. | |
almost everybody out on the track and paid a big interest in him and | :05:24. | :05:29. | |
what he thinks is that Max has definitely got the potential and | :05:30. | :05:32. | |
skill to make it all away to Formula One. | :05:33. | :05:34. | |
Max already has a fine collection of silverware, if he keeps developing | :05:35. | :05:37. | |
the way he has been, there could be much more to come. | :05:38. | :05:41. | |
Now with a look at the weather for the start of 2014, here's Jemma | :05:42. | :05:47. | |
An unsettled end to the year, and unsettled start to the new one. | :05:48. | :05:54. | |
Along the spell of rain tomorrow which could cause problems. It will | :05:55. | :05:59. | |
be settled for the rest of the week will stop heavy rain New Year's Day. | :06:00. | :06:06. | |
It is all due to the system of low pressure. Along the spell of rain on | :06:07. | :06:11. | |
New Year's Day, strong, southerly wind. Up to 60 mph. Unsettled has | :06:12. | :06:19. | |
been the theme of Christmas, it is now the theme of New Year. Weather | :06:20. | :06:25. | |
warnings in force for the rain. 20 millimetres over the next few days | :06:26. | :06:28. | |
but the ground is saturated from recent rainfall. She was for the | :06:29. | :06:35. | |
rest of New Year's Eve up until midnight and beyond, some heavy A | :06:36. | :06:44. | |
blustery south`westerly wind, mild air, not a cold story for New Year's | :06:45. | :06:52. | |
Eve. Those showers, by tomorrow will merge to form along this level | :06:53. | :06:57. | |
of rain. It beds in four New Year's Day, some intense bursts, ground | :06:58. | :07:02. | |
already saturated, strong southerly wind gusting up to 60 mph on the | :07:03. | :07:06. | |
higher ground, enough to reach some trees. That system clears three but | :07:07. | :07:13. | |
we are not out of the woods. Still showers Thursday, Friday. Friday, | :07:14. | :07:18. | |
the wind picks up with some strength. | :07:19. | :07:20. | |
And that's it for this evening and for this year, we're back tomorrow | :07:21. | :07:24. | |
though of course, from all the Points West team, good bye and Happy | :07:25. | :07:26. | |
New Year. Good evening. It looks like mother | :07:27. | :07:42. | |
nature may provide her own pyrotechnics in the run-up to bid | :07:43. | :07:46. | |
night tonight. We have some heavy showers in western parts, starting | :07:47. | :07:50. | |
to ease a bit across Scotland and Northern Ireland. But the showers | :07:51. | :07:56. | |
further south are heavier, with some flashes of lightning as they move | :07:57. | :08:00. | |
eastwards. They do get a bit more hit and miss as we head towards | :08:01. | :08:04. | |
midnight, but a greater chance of getting wet in the south as we move | :08:05. | :08:10. | |
into 2014. Cardiff and London could see heavy downpours. Further north, | :08:11. | :08:14. | |
you could be greeting the New Year on | :08:15. | :08:15. |