06/07/2014 BBC Points West

Police in Bristol are investigating six separate stabbing incidents `

which they say all happened "in the vicinity" of the St Paul's Carnival.

All those injured were men in their early 20s, including one

Saturday's carnival procession attracted tens of thousands

of spectators as St Paul's hosted its famous free party.

But as the clean`up got under way this morning, details emerged

This is one of the crime scenes down here on Portland Square.

There is blood at the entrance to this building here

and earlier, there were chemical toilets just outside the front

and inside one of them, smears of blood and signs that the police have

Police say the six stabbings are not linked

Organisers gave their reaction to the violence.

The safety of the people coming to Carnival is paramount.

I want them to come and enjoy themselves, and not to be afraid.

But again, I can assure you, 98%, 99.9% of people coming to Carnival

One councillor told us there's been a drop in violent crime recently,

Personally, I felt the level of police involvement yesterday was

very good. I felt they engaged with the community,

The police say it's unacceptable and disappointing a minority seek

to ruin what is supposed to be a community celebration.

A South Gloucestershire MP is leading calls for better

A report will be launched this week in Parliament by Chris Skidmore,

He wants financial penalties for building on green belt.

Critics warn that will increase the housing shortage.

On the eastern fringe of Bristol, a protest against development.

The local MP has repeatedly opposed the building of houses

Now he wants the law changed, with developers made to pay

I would actually like to see green belt protection

go down to local level and ward level and parish level.

So that local people can say, this is our land and we want to

I have been working with an all`party group of MPs to come up

In the West there are two green belts, nearly 7,000 hectares between

Gloucester and Cheltenham, while ten times bigger is the Avon green belt.

In reality, the green belt isn't what a lot of people imagine.

Take the 66,000 hectares that surround Bristol and Bath `

the majority of it is actually classified as neglected land.

Here in South Gloucestershire it's crisscrossed by motorways,

Its green belt status means development is only allowed in

They need to decide whether the most sustainable solution for development

in their area is actually a rolling back of the green belt.

They could replace that green belt on the outer boundary so that the

green belt is sustainable for the long term rather than just nibbling

The MPs' report will be launched this week.

It?ll put more pressure on the government, already struggling

In snooker, Bristol's Judd Trump has beaten home favourite Neil Robertson

The 24`year`old beat the world number two by nine frames to five.

It was a fourth career ranking title for the world number six.

Bristol racing driver Dino Zamporelli took pole position

at Silverstone this morning in his latest race of the GP3 series.

It was thought he was perfectly placed to score his first win

of the season, but after a disappointing start he developed

problems with his car, holding on to cross the line in seventh position.

Bristolians took the Make Sunday Special campaign the

extra mile today ` joining forces with the Bristol Cycle Festival and

helping to get the city in the mood for the Tour of Britain, which comes

Just around the corner they were launching

a week of events for Bristol Pride with dancing and dog shows!

It culminates in a huge music festival next Saturday.

And women from around the West have raised more than ?500,000 at this

Around 9,000 ran, jogged and walked across the Downs to bring

The 5km and 10km events have been happening

across the weekend, with many people running in memory of loved ones.

Good evening. The sunshine and showers continue for the next few

days. The shell is tending to die out tonight. Maybe mist patches

forming where the showers are light. `` the shower is tending to

die out. Dry in many places but not too long before those showers

return. In the afternoon, they may become more aligned and a bit

heavier and thundery. As we look further ahead, the showery regime

continues. On Tuesday, they could become heavier for eastern areas. It

is looking dry and brighter for Wednesday.

We're back at 10pm. Enjoy your evening. Bye!

Hello again. Today's big event was certainly blessed by fine weather,

but there has been some rain around here and there. Those showers will

continue to drift further east over the next few hours, but by and

large, they should become more confined to western