06/06/2014 BBC Points West

Welcome to BBC Points West, with Alex Lovell and David Garmston.

The hairdresser who was stabbed to death in front

Her boyfriend killed her after she broke off their relationship,

People said her smile was everything about her.

Today her killer admitted hhs guilt, and faces a life sentence.

Long delays at Bristol Airport after a power cut ` thousands face

At home with the new bishop ` he talks of his hopes

I hope that when my time coles, my obituary will be able to sax, Bishop

Peter loved the people of Somerset. And 70 years on from D`Day `

we reveal how the plans A man has admitted murdering his

ex`girlfriend as she worked in a hair salon in Gloucester. Asher

Maslin could not come to terms with the end of their relationshhp. He

stabbed 20`year`old Hollie Gazzard many times while horrified customers

looked on. Today, Hollie's family said the world has lost a treasure.

Behind me, the salon where Hollie Gazzard worked and where earlier

this year she was attacked. Asher Maslin could not accept thehr

relationship was over, so hd walked into the salon and stopped Hollie

several times in front of staff and customers. Some members of the

public even captured the attack on their mobile phones. The police said

today it was a cowardly and spiteful attack. Hollie was a popular and

much loved girl. It has affdcted the community. Our thoughts are with her

family and friends who have really been through the mill with this and

they have shown immense courage immense dignity and patients. The

salon has now reopened. Its staff here at the weekend raised ?9,0 0

for a memorial kissing seat for Hollie, and they say they are

determined not to let what happened to Hollie beat them. She was lovely

and a good hairdresser. We will have highs and lows. It will be

difficult, but we are a teal and we have to work together. Asher Maslin

will be sentenced in the coling weeks. The judge told him to expect

a light sentence. Officers had contact with Hollie before she died

and there is an investigation into that. People are now trying to do

something positive in her n`me. I have been speaking to her f`ther.

She was very small in stature but what she lacked in height, she made

up for in personality. She lit up the room. Everyone said her smile

was everything about her. And being a hairdresser, her hair was never

the same in any two pictures. She was really fun. Since he's

daughter's death, his daughter's personality has touched so lany

people. It established us, the number of people who have come

forward and said, we knew Hollie, we were in contact with her. She was

such a fun loving girl. And that is people we didn't even know she knew.

A lot of people also came forth who did not know her. Hollie's family

are determined that she will live on not just for them but for others. A

trust set up in her name has already raised ?40,000. It will pay for

aspiring hairdressers to tr`in to follow Hollie's dream. Therd is a

massive hole in our hearts, but we can focus on something positive and

we wanted the trust to be something positive coming out of this whole

tragedy. Hairdressing was hdr real passion. She had a style and

creativity second to none around here and we want to make sure other

people get the opportunity to do what she did. The money will also go

to local charities that work to try to prevent what happened to Hollie.

The first one will be domestic abuse and we will create a progralme to go

to schools to talk to peopld is about domestic abuse, and sdcond, we

have Increase the Peace, whhch is the project on anti`social behaviour

in Gloucester and trying to move youngsters away from knife crime and

gun crime. Those two things are really positive for us. Hollie's

family all now wear rings inset with her ashes. But it is the fundraising

that keeps them strong. These bears made from Hollie's clothes `re now

destined to spread her personality around the globe. A lot of Hollie's

friends have these. Hollie really wanted to travel around the world,

so they are going to take them everywhere they go. On Facebook we

are putting the places Hollhe has been and where she's going to go.

Her family hope that now much will be done in Hollie's name to touch

the people she loved. Sadly, Hollie's death was not be

only fatal stabbing in Gloucester in the last year. Neil Bennett was also

murdered, last July, in a row over a ?10 drug deal. His killer w`s

sentenced to life today. Thd fatal conflict and the last moments of Mr

Bennett's life were captured by CCTV, and the police have rdleased

the images to the media. Thd pictures do not show any violence

but the scenes are disturbing. You are about to see the final hour

of Neil Bennett's life, chronicled in dramatic detail. Here he is in

the leather jacket, trying to buy drugs from Christopher Horn on the

far right, the man who would kill him shortly after. An argumdnt in

stews, over debt of ?10. As the argument escalates, Christopher Horn

opens his jacket, baring his chest. He goes back into the flat. What is

he comes out, concealing solething in the waistband of his shorts, it

is a knife which he brandishes at Bennett before, off`camera, stabs

him with. A different camer` shows the injured Bennett staggerhng

through the park. He is followed and start again, this time fatally.

Passers`by unsuccessfully tried to save him. There were hundreds of

hours of CCTV, critical for the conviction. Into eternity, ht has

meant that we have been abld to provide a very strong case hn

relation to Christopher Horn, which has led to his conviction. Neil

Bennett's family did not want to comment after the conviction today.

Three co`defendants were acpuitted of all charges. Tyler Johnson, here

in the white shirt, and two others who helped as they left court. Lucy

had given birth to their datghter while in custody. Christophdr Horn

was passive in the dock as he was sentenced to 20 years in custody.

The judge told him that there was premeditation in his actions and

then it must have suffered prior to his death.

Delroy Ellis is a youth worker in Gloucester and the founder of the

charity Increase the Peace. I ask him just how big the problel of

knife crime is in the city. There have been a few fatalities hn our

city in the last year. It h`s startled the community a bit. People

are realising now that we nded to reach out to our community `nd our

young people and start putthng positive seeds in our young

people's heads, but also about trying to do early intervention with

young kids. It is worrying `nd upsetting, and I think we nded to

address his problem. Why do you think young people are so rdady to

carry knives and use them? H think it is a mixture of things, really.

It is about identity. It is also about young people feeling like

there self worth... When yot are involved in a gang, young pdople

feel it gives them an identhty and ownership, and it gives thel power

and strength in numbers. But we are seeing a rise of its young people

gathering together in large groups of kids, people would say more than

three is a kind, but I think there is an increase in young kids

gathering, and there is a worry of young people carrying knives. Are

these young people frightendd about the consequences if they get caught

with a knife, or do they not care? I think the consequence comes after.

When you look at some of thd isolated incidents not so mtch in

the last two years but incidents isolated over the last four or five

years, young kids have said, I shouldn't have done it, but it is

only after Wendy consequencds happen, they are in court or... ``

when the consequences happen. It is always afterwards that they say I

wish I did not do that or gdt involved. Thank you.

Thousands of passengers werd stranded at Bristol Airport this

morning after a power failure. It was caused by a small fire `nd it

meant that all flights had to be grounded. As you can imagind, it has

had a knock`on effect throughout the day. Somerset correspondent reports.

It is chaos. Just one man's view as the key is backed up. No power and

no information screens. No escalators. As you can see `round

you, it has been pandemoniul, really. We got here at about 5am,

decided to come nice and early for the flight. What do we find? Chaos,

of the problems, some 3000 of the problems, some 3000

passengers were unable to board their flights. Around 1000 of them

had to be held out here bec`use of the power problems. It was pretty

cold here in the early hours of this morning and some of the mord

elderly, vulnerable passengdrs had to be given blankets. Planes were

delayed for hours, even aftdr the power was restored. There w`s

nothing for it but to wait, or sleep. We got here for 5am for a

flight for certain AM and now it is quarter past nine and we have not

moved down the line at all, so we are a little bit tired now `nd

disappointed with the lack of information. Airport staff were

handing out water and extra chairs. And even the chief executivd came

onto the shop floor to expl`in and apologise. Not least for thd fact

that the back`up generator failed to kick in when the power went.

Passengers are generally spdaking being understanding and staff are

working as hard as they can to get people away on their holidaxs. It

was a small fire in an electrical circuit that caused the problem Let

me show you... In the airport, the trick now is to make sure this does

not happen again. Lesson ond, find out why the back`up systems failed

to do their job. In the last hour, I spoke to the

Apple's Chief Executive and ask how long it would be before things were

back to normal. It will takd a few hours yet. We are seeing a few knock

on delays from this morning, but all the systems at the airport, all the

power is back up and running, so with respect to the operation, we

are all up and running now `nd we are just seeing and dealing with a

few knock on delays. It will take a few hours or so but I expect that

the operation tomorrow will be normal. Some of the customers in our

report said there was chaos, pandemonium, a lack of information

exchanged. Have you learned anything from today, do you think? Nobody

likes being delayed, disruption I am pleased to say we have h`d no

flight cancelled today. There have clearly been delays but it hs good

news we have got everybody `way Suddenly our staff have been out in

numbers and we have been trxing to keep passengers informed. Wd have

been handing out water, food and chairs to make the most of the

situation. Do you think it will have any impact on Bristol Airport,

because obviously for custolers there is a lot of choice around

here, Cardiff, Birmingham, Heathrow... What you say to

passengers who might think twice about coming to Bristol. No, I do

not think passengers should be unduly worried. These things happen

from time to time. We suffered a three hour power failure. The

airport do a fantastic job `nd the staff did a fantastic job gdtting

the airport up and running `s quickly as possible, and st`ff and

certainly passengers should have full confidence in the airport. We

expect to be back to normal tomorrow. Thank you. If you're

watching this in the departtre lounge, we do hope that your flight

is called soon. But if you `re not jetting off and you're stayhng at

home this weekend, to remain with us here on BBC One. There is lots

coming up before 7:30pm and you will not want to miss the forecast. It is

not looking quite like bomb in Barcelona, is it?

No, but what we have coming is a Spanish plume. That means the threat

of some heavy downpours and thunderstorms, but not everxwhere.

More detail later. Gloucester City Football Cltb has

submitted detailed plans to The club hasn't played therd

since the pitch was destroydd The club say the Environment Agency

is satisfied with The ground itself would havd

a capacity of 4,000 Now, 1,000 people are heading

to Wells in Somerset tomorrow to watch as the Right Reverend Peter

Hancock is officially installed The service of welcome will

formally mark the beginning We caught him today

in a quiet moment at home, `s he Amanda Parr began by asking him

whether the Bishop's Palace would At the minute, yes. In the future,

none of the snow. The days of bishops living palaces is probably

over `` non`us know. We do have the houses, they are part of our

history, we love them. This one in particular is open to the ptblic.

The gardens look absolutely wonderful. It is lovely that the

Church can have a role in hdlping to share something beautiful whth not

just the people of Somerset but people from all over who cole here.

The church is facing a numbdr of challenges, not least the issue of

homosexuality. After all thd reports and the commitments to dialogue

about this subject, what ard your thoughts on any reform in the

approach to homosexuality? The Church has always taken people

seriously. Sometimes we havd not got it right. Sometimes we have made

terrible mistakes. Sometimes the church has said and done wrong

things, but the church has been concerned about people and that is

at the heart of the Christi`n faith. With every issue, in every `ge, we

have to make sure we're listening to God, what he is saying to us through

history and the Bible, his word for us, but also listen to what people

are saying. Another issue, women bishops. Do you think we will have

the go`ahead for women bishops at the scene not in July? I re`lly

cannot see it not going through I may have to come back in a few weeks

and say I got it wrong. I cdrtainly hope not. I will be there, voting

for women bishops. Do you think the long debate has done damage to the

church? I think it has. I think for my children's generation, they

cannot understand why the church has been looking backwards rathdr than

forwards, as they would see it, and some people have been very badly

hurt through the way the chtrch has handled this. We have to recognise

that and say sorry and move forward. Tomorrow is a big day for you. A

wonderful day. The weight of history is literally on your shoulddrs, with

the comments you have to we`r. I will be looking back at hundreds of

years of history, but I'm also looking forward. What is it that God

is wanting us to do and be? What is God asking of me in the years to

come? As I am banging on thd door, that is what I shall be thinking

about. There is a longer chat on the

Facebook page right now. We wish him well for tomorrow.

Police in Wiltshire say they've improved

their investigation methods, after it took six days to find thd body of

Tom Edwards died after fallhng from a train on his way homd

At the inquest today, the coroner said it was most likely

an accident, but that Tom's drinking that night had played a part.

32`year`old Tom disappeared after a Friday night out in Swindon last

June. After five days of intense high profile searching, his body was

found next to the rail way line past Chippenham. He had been tryhng to

get a bus home and police h`d dropped him at the bus stop, but

CCTV later showed him catchhng a train. The coroner recorded a

verdict of accidental death. He said it was more likely than not that

when Tom realised he had missed his stop, he climbed out of the train

window and fell. The train `t that point could have been travelling at

65 mph. The coroner also sahd he was satisfied that alcohol playdd a

part. Tom's blood alcohol ldvel was more than twice that of the drink

drive limit, and the coroner said it was bound to have affected his

judgement. The cos the police had contact with Tom before he died the

matter was referred to the Independent Police Complaints

Commission. They allowed Wiltshire police to conduct their own review,

which has resulted in changds to procedures, but they said the

officers who dropped Tom at the bus stop did the right thing. It is

based on this consensus at the time. If they had had significant

concerns, they can actually take him into custody and give him the

medical attention he needs. That was not the case at this point `nd they

acted appropriately. Tom's family said today he was a devoted husband

who left a lasting impression on all he met. They thanked everyone who

helped in the search last ydar and said Tom would live on in their

hearts and minds. One of the rising stars

of the Government has been back Sajid Javid, the Secretary of State

for Culture and Sport, He was on his first official visit

here since being promoted in April. He wanted to learn

about the club's plans for a new stadium, and revealed he grew

up in the blue half of the city I used to live in eastern and I have

to say I was a much more Rovers fan than a City fan. Does it trouble you

that Rovers went down? Sometimes it acts as an incentive to do dven

better. He regularly comes to

visit family in Bristol. He was only elected to Parlhament

four years ago, and is tipped by fellow

Conservatives as one to watch. Veterans,

world leaders and heads of state have been attending a commeloration

ceremony in Normandy, in honour of the servicemen who died hn the

D`Day landings 70 years ago. More than 1 million troops were

stationed here in the West hn the lead up to the operation. Otr

reporter spoke to one man about his recollections of that day.

You just sat on the boat and waited for orders.

We were told to try and get some sleep.

Imagine sitting on a boat to go to France and you don't know what was

going to happen, and they s`y, Oh, try to get some sleep."

Memories from 98`year`old vdteran Ken Scott, who lives in Wiltshire `

a seasoned soldier who by D`Day had fought in Africa and Italy.

'This is it, they are on the beach...'

One British soldier among thousands who landed

on the beaches of Normandy, ready to fight alongside Britain's Allies `

many of them Americans, who up until D`Day had called the West home.

And according to one historhan, their arrival in the '40s c`used

a bit of a stir ` local people had never seen anything like it.

Farmers had them camping in their fields.

Nissen huts are springing up all over the place, all across

South West, so it is a huge impact, in a whole variety of ways.

When students were evacuated from Clifton College in Bristol

The school became the nerve centre as the Americans

worked out how to get thous`nds of GIs onto Omaha Beach.

And it was right here in thd library that key strategic planning for

Discussions centred around logistics, such as how to get

all of the vehicles, armaments and even cutlery over to Normandy.

All decisions made were fed to General Eisenhower in London

and shaped what is now known to be the largest military invasion

But all of this was shrouded in complete secrecy.

In fact, the only sign thosd meetings ever took place is this.

Pinholes from plans put up on the wall.

The generals who masterminddd the operation lived just

a stone's throw from the college in these specially built hotses

The verandas ` a nod to their life back hole.

We know that there were a mhnimum of 500 American Army troops

It looks as though there were nearly 1,000, though, in total who were

billeted out over there, out on the Clifton Downs, and living

with local people because they were running out of space to put them.

70 years on, and it's busindss as usual for the school, but rdminders

left by the Americans ensurd that their time here is never forgotten.

Today at the school, the St`rs and Stripes flutters in the breeze.

The coverage across televishon and radio has been so thorough `nd so

interesting and moving, hasn't it? Let's catch up with the weather

I wonder if by the weekend H might have a few or view photographs of

lightning to add to our collection. Most of the lightning, if it occurs

tonight, is likely to be between the clouds rather than down to the

ground. Tomorrow some lightning and heavy

downpours quite likely. Sunday looks better. As I mdntioned

earlier, the Met Office continues with this broadbrush weather warning

which covers all of our reghon. The further East and more few are the

threat might be greater. It is the first part of Saturday that we have

concerned about. Whether it will cross our region or not is still an

area of doubt. I do stress that point. By our breakfast bulletins

tomorrow, we will be seeing it on radar. So we will have a better

idea. There is a cold front coming in from the West, this plumd of hot,

humid, Spanish air taking shape today. Hence the threat of the

thunderstorms and the rain. You will see that moving northwards tomorrow.

Sunday is looking a much better day. So for the rest of this evening

already signs that some of the mid`level cloud is starting to

deliver a shower or two. For just these isolated are`s of

elevated thunderstorms, thex will be delivered across parts of the West

Country but by daybreak tomorrow that is when we get this much more

organised cluster of thunderstorms moving up from the side. Thdy will

be critical to our fortune but the further East you are the more likely

they are to happen. All of that rain eventually clearing the way to the

North tomorrow and bright and drier conditions leading the course of the

afternoon. The second half of the is better.

That is it from us for now. We have a great Sunday Politics this week,

with Kevin McCloud. See you then. Have a lovely weekend.

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