08/06/2014 BBC Points West


08/06/2014

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Hello. The news here in the West:

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On this night 30 years ago, teenager Melanie Road set off

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Police believe they might bd getting closer to finding her killer and

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they took their investigation back to the streets.

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I beg people of Bath to search their memories of 30 years `go.

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The evening of the 8th June 198 changed Jean Road's life forever.

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Her 17 year old daughter Melanie went on a night out

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She was brutally murdered in Lansdown.

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Wind forward to 2014, and Jdan's words are part of a police drive to

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Detectives have a full DNA profile of the murderer but no name.

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If they are still alive in this country,

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They probably have a family and children but they will have kept

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Maybe they mentioned it to somebody a long time ago and that person did

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not realise the significancd of the comment that was madd.

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If they haven't been on the DNA database in 20 years, that suggests

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they haven't committed any other crime. Is that right? Melanhe

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suffered a horrific death. The worst thing is that you cannot

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help her family and friends. As Melanie's mother writes,

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this whole episode has torn our family apart and I am not sure

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it will ever heal. Somerset housing developer

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Kevin McCloud has urged the Government to encourage more

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people to build their own homes The coalition had promised to double

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the amount of self`built holes within a decade but the number

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of budding grand designers `ppears Here's our political reportdr

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Robin Markwell. Is your current home looking

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a little shabby? Is your kitchen in need

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of a makeover? Long to wash your hands

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of your avocado bathroom suhte? Well, the Government wants those

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thinking of moving to be inspired Tired of conventional homes,

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and with next`to`no DIY expdrience, I had the choice at the timd

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between buying a city centrd flat This is more challenging

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and rewarding than a box When the coalition was formdd,

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the Government promised to double the number of self`built holes

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in a decade. That was in 2010

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and there were just over 10,000 Last year that number slumpdd

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to 8000, so the revolution hs Land is not coming onto

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the market from the Governmdnt agencies fast enough and th`t is

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a real frustration, I know ht is If there is a bottleneck anxwhere in

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the process, as ever in construction The Government is considering giving

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people a new right to force local authorities to release land

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for self`build communities But for the time being,

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most of us will have to watch stories like this one unfold

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from the comfort of our own homes. One of Bristol's best`known ships

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has completed a triumphant journey home after

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a maritime check`up that's helped The 65`year`old MV Balmoral has been

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away having her hull repairdd as part of plans to restore her

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as a fully functioning cruise ship. Volunteers raised ?150,000

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for this first stage of works. Well, the weather did

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its best to interfere with the many and various festiv`ls

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and events going on today in our region but they went ahead, from

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open air concerts and dragon boats, Organisers teamed it up with

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the urban paint festival Upfest and 40 of the top street artists from

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the UK and Europe descended on the village of Easter Compton to give a

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new look to a New York subw`y train. They also created murals around

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the walls of an old farm cowshed. Are we done with the torrential

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rain? The low pressure to the West of us

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has been bringing unsettled conditions for the past few days and

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it has not moved very far. Staying warm for the next few days with

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sunshine and showers. Showers overnight tonight. Mild, with

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temperatures not falling much below 12 or 13. We still have fairly light

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winds. The bulk of the showdrs will have cleared through by the

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morning. For Monday, it stars of bright with sunny spells. Into the

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afternoon, we see showers coming back and they could be heavx and

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thundery. Feeling warm with temperatures around 21. It hs a

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Tuesday, another day with stnshine and showers. Breezier than Londay as

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well. Dry up on Wednesday btt also cloudier. That is it. You c`n start

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your week with us on BBC Brdakfast from six

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Good evening. It was quite warm today and humid. There was sunshine

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and also thundery showers. Low pressure anchored to the south and

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west of the UK. Winds go anticlockwise. We are dragging in

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some very warm and humid air. We are dragging in some thundery showers.

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They will drift north, through the southern counties into Wales and

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getting into the north of England by dawn. It will be a warm night in the

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south. Just a few degrees behind that the north will start on a

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decent note. The thundery showers will work through northern England

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and into Scotland come the afternoon, with some heavy showers

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breaking out elsewhere. We could see thunder

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