15/07/2014 BBC Points West

Welcome to BBC Points West with Sabet Choudhury and Alex Lovell

Winners and losers in the cabinet reshuffle.

Top jobs for Clare Perry and Mark Harper, but Owen Paterson

But are the farmers and cull protesters celebrating

There are ie a lot of things that he knows that will be difficult to

transfer to a new person. Someone would be bringing a new

approach if they were new to the job.

The Wiltshire families openhng their homes to help the children

Above the clouds and at the top of the world ` the champion glider

And top of the flock ` how Shaun has taken a much coveted crown.

The Prime Minister David Caleron has reshuffled his cabinet.

Big names like Michael Gove and Phillip Hammond have new jobs,

but also some of the West's brightest political talents are

Mark Harper, who represents the Forest of Dean,

is back in government five lonths after resigning from it.

Other up and coming Conserv`tives were also picked out for promotion

Robert Buckland was asked to be the Solicitor General.

Claire Perry of Devizes has become a Transport Minister, barelx four

But there was disappointment for supporters of one of thd West's

Liam Fox turned down an offdr to once again be a minister.

And for the waiting journalhsts a spot of charades to indic`te her

The Devizes MP only entered Parliament in 2010,

this is the second time the Prime Minister's promoted hdr:

What did you get? Transport. I am looking forward to getting on with

it. I want to build railways and get the infrastructure going.

For Forest of Dean MP Mark Harper, dealing with ministerial red boxes

He was a Home Office ministdr until February,

when he discovered the cleaner he employed didn't have a work permit.

The view I have taken on immigration, I should hold lyself to

a higher standard than we expect for others. That is one of the reasons I

decided to resign from the position. His departure brought praisd

from across the political spectrum. His return will see him become

the Government?s disability minister, mirroring

a role he had in opposition. Meanwhile, Swindon's Conservatives

will once again be celebrathng. They got Robert Buckland eldcted

four years ago, A former barrister

and part`time judge, he's bden But one Tory big gun is staxing

on the backbenches. Former Defence Secretary Li`m Fox

today issued a statement. offered a post as Minister of State

in the Foreign Office. I do not want to be distracted

from what needs to be said. So no walk up Downing Street

for him. But for others the dream

of making it to number 10 h`s come Our political editor reporthng `

he'll be speaking to us in ` moment. But first, one of the casualties

of the reshuffle was Environment Secretary Owen Paterson, who's no

stranger to the West Countrx. His department of course was at the

forefront of the trial badgdr culls And after the floods in Somdrset,

he took a lot of criticism Yet, as Clinton Rogers has been

finding out, there aren't whdespread There couldn't have been a lore

unwelcome visitor at the st`rt What is the Minister doing? He is

inept. Yet, over time,

as flood relief work began, as Government money was pledged, as Mr

Paterson became a regular vhsitor, There is a story that when he told

the Environment Agency to start dredging these rivers, something

that landowners had been pldading for four years, they told hhm that

it would take six months to clear the red tape. He told them to make

it happen in six weeks, and he did. Farmer James Winslade,

one of the most high profild victims of the floods says, in the dnd,

Owen Paterson got it. He understood, he acted quickly

and the fear now is that flood relief work here may stall with

a new minister at the helm. I hope that won't happen. That is a

fear that we have. But everxone has got a sense that we must get it done

before this winter. We do not want any more delays.

And that's a worry shared by a Somerset MP who once sdrved

under Owen Paterson in the Environment Department.

What worries me is that aftdr getting Owen to understand what was

needed, and he was working closely with us, we have do start all over

again. When it comes to the badger cull,

views on Owen Paterson are Farmers will miss him, becatse

he drove through the unpopular. But anti`cull protestors hope

a change in minister will bring I think it has got to be good news

that someone is going who w`s so entrenched with his views and was

taking no notice of the scidnce that is so clear.

There are some who believe the new Environment Secretary has

benefited from a cull of the middle aged male minhsters.

The West Country will have lore than a little interest

Paul is with us now. What I the chances of a rethink on the policy

about the badgers? I think it is unlikely. But this is

a bit of a poisoned chalice. We have seen the ministers come and go. We

have seen ministers like David Heath who have stood down from thd role.

It is a difficult one. I don't think they will roll it out, but they will

continue with it in the auttmn and I think that the Minister will stay

with that. Having said that, there is a court case being heard in the

few weeks. Why do you think that Liam Fox did

not want to take it? Some people say that he shotld have

done, because it was a way back into government. But others say that it

is too lowly paid job. It is equivalent to a role that hd held 18

years ago. `` a lowly held job. Lord Jonathan Hill, you may not have

heard of him, he has just bden nominated from the House of Lords to

be the next European Union Commissioner. A big name for the

future. A man has appeared in court

in Gloucester charged with lurdering a healthcare assistant

at a mental health hospital. Sharon Wall was killed at the

Wooton Lawn Hospital last wdek. Ryan Matthews, who's 61,

appeared at Gloucester Crown Court via video link this morning,

and spoke only to confirm hhs name. He's due to appear next at

Bristol Crown Court in Novelber British Transport Police ard

investigating an apparent attempted kidnap of a child from Westbury

train station in Wiltshire. A 12`year`old boy was appro`ched

on Sunday afternoon by two len Police are appealing for anxone who

saw the van or either of The main suspect is describdd as six

foot tall, in a grey top. The boy was quite shaken from this hncident,

but we do treat the safety of children and other passengers very

seriously. A man has appeared in court accused

of murdering his step`grandlother. Ryan Guest is alleged to have killed

87`year`old Una Dorney at a Police were called to Oaktree House

care home here in Lark Rise, Yate, on the afternoon of June 18th last

month, after staff discoverdd the Una Dorney was described

by her family as a much`lovdd aunt, stepgrandmother and grandmother

Standing in the dock, wearing a blue t`shirt and flanked

by four security guards, Ry`n Guest Judge Neil Ford QC said he would be

remanded in custody Mrs Dorney was found in her bedroom,

one of 78 at the purpose buhlt care home which provides residential

and nursing care. It is run by

Four Seasons Health Care, one the biggest providers in thd UK for

people with and without demdntia. 33`year`old Ryan Guest

from Birkdale, Yate, listened during the ten mintte

hearing as lawyers discussed how the His lawyer told the BBC no

plea had yet been entered. We are glad that you can john us.

Still to come, extreme weather blows a woman off course during a race

across the Pacific. And Mike Tindall the rugby player

has announced his retirement. It's nearly 30 years

since the Chernobyl disaster, the worst nuclear power plant

accident in history. 31 people died at the time,

and long`term effects such as cancers and deformities `re

still being accounted for. For the last ten years,

a group of families from Wiltshire have been giving children affected

by the disaster a month's break from the radiation, by bringing them

on holiday to Westbury. 12` year`old Lisa and Yana `re here

to spend the summer in Wiltshire. But this is

so much more than just a holiday. Doctors believe this four wdek stay

in England will extend Lisa and Yana's life by three

and a half years. Back at home in Ukraine,

they live 50 miles from Chernobyl, the nuclear power plant that

exploded nearly 30 years ago. Their childhood has been colpletely

contaminated ` The air,

water and food is all dirty. It is clean and fresh, so when they

are here we encourage them to drink as much water as possible to flush

their bodies out. At best,

these children suffer with headaches and nosebleeds, at worst, m`ny

develop cancer and kidney problems. TRANSLATION: The water is vdry tasty

and it is very fresh. There are a lot of gardens here and it hs a

green town. She feels very good and healthy.

We give them lots of fresh fruit here. And also, their fruit back

home is not widely availabld. The bodies will be 90% clean whdn they

get back. Swimming, horse riding

and ten pin bowling are all in the plan, coupled with this morning s

compulsory trip to the denthst. Do you understand what I am saying?

The dentist has just found out that Lisa has two cavities. That is not

unusual, because years of r`diation means that these children are more

prone to needing fillings. The land surrounding Chernobyl will

remain contaminated, certainly long beyond the lhves of

any of these children, but `t least these holidays give them thd break

their bodies so desperately need. A Bristol woman has had to `bandon

her attempt to row unaided Elsa Hammond had been hoping to

become the fastest woman to row But she's faced some extremd weather

and has been blown way off course. She now says she has no chohce

but to give up. She is now aiming for Mexico

instead. I spoke to Elsa via satellite

phone a little earlier and `sked I have been fighting the he`dwinds,

and when I have been sleeping, I have been moved back. I was hoping

as I got further south, there would be less rough weather the and I

would be able to head towards Hawaii, but the weather is too

strong. Now, as far south as I am and it being later than I hoped to

make the turn, there is an hncreased risk of horror Keynes `` of strong

storms. Your safety has got to come first.

How did you get so separated from the rest of the group? Becatse I am

growing by myself. At the bdginning, there were four people rollhng by

themselves, but after two d`ys everyone else stopped. Even if you

have two people on the boat, you can keep going all the time. But whilst

I am sleeping, I am losing pace The wind is driving me back. It has been

a tough decision, but now the decision has been made I fedl much

happier and I can focus on heading towards that direction now.

And you still have two weeks to go and we wish you the very best. We

cannot wait to see you back in the West Country.

Thank you. There is loads more about hdr on her

website. The World Cup winning rugby player

Mike Tindall has announced The former Bath and Gloucester

centre is calling it a day He finished last season

as a player`coach at Gloucester A World Cup winner in 2003, this was

the highlight of his career. Mike Tindall played 75 times for England,

but none sweeter than this. 11 years on, here's the last of the side to

retire from the game. I got to be in historical thmes and

that rubbed off on me. I did not feel that it would be the rhght

thing to do to look at playhng for a club for one or two years.

Mike Tindall joined the back team as a teenager is straight out of

school. It was not long before England spotted his talents.

Those talents that he had as a schoolboy, he was always gohng to

get there. In terms of his `ttitude and physique, he had it all. He was

built to play rugby for England He switched to Gloucester in 20 5,

where he finished his career as a player and coach. The changds in the

setup of the club meant that there were no places for him next season.

He would be the first to adlit that with the people coming in, he does

not have the level of experhence at the moment. He is a talented man and

he would do well in whatever he does.

The World Cup changed his lhfe in more ways than one. It was there

that he met the Princess Roxal's daughter Zara Phillips. Thex got

married and they now have a daughter. In recent years, he has

shown an interest in horse racing. He is part owner of a coursd that

ran the Grand National. But it is likely that he will work in the

media as a commentator. So `fter broken bones and a broken nose, he

is finally calling it a day. Cricket News and Somerset are back

up to second in the county championship. They survived some

late resistance to wrap up ` 52 run victory. Their top player took 1

runs. Now we're taking to the skids over

the West Country in a glider. It can be a very gentle way of

riding the summer breeze, btt not the way retired airline pilot Andy

Davis from Gloucestershire does it. He's often to be seen skimmhng

across the Cotswolds at spedds He's a double world gliding

champion and he's hoping thhs Scott Ellis has been chasing him

through the clouds. As Andy Davis looks and feels

for pockets of warm rising. At the world championships, he'll

have to beat the best over several courses mapped out over hundreds

of miles in the skies over Poland. You want to be just behind the

really good guys when they go. Use the information that you have from

them and also from your eyes to catch the wind.

So you are cheating? It is tactics. Everyone is trying to do thd same.

None of this speed would possible without Pami.

She's Andy's wife and ground crew, helping to keep the glider spotless.

No dead insects, because it could affect the airflow.

1993. That was the year that you won the

world championship? Were yot impressed? I did not know what a

glider was, so I was not very. Andy's son Matthew is

junior national champion. His father was an instructor, too,

at Keevil aerodrome. Dad introduced me to it. Was he a

good teacher? Yes, I think H learnt a thing or two. There were lany

instructors and it is difficult to put it down to one. I am thd

influence, but I have not t`ught him.

Andy's flown the equivalent of 400 times round

Now he's hung his cap up, he hopes to improve his gliding

enough to clinch a third world title starting later this month.

And if you'd like to see more of Scott's flight across thd

Cotswolds, we have put a spdcial edit up on our Facebook pagd.

Excuse me, I was looking at the wrong camera.

Well, we have another champhon to celebrate now from here in the

And I am sure that he has looked at the wrong camera before.

And he's soon to be starring in his own movie. Shaun the Sheep,

born in Bristol to the folks from Aardman Animations,

has been voted the best lovdd BBC children's character of all time!

Sally Challoner is on the sdt of the movie in Bristol.

I am very excited to be herd. My children grew up with Shaun the

Sheep. Here is the sheep of the hour who has been voted the favotrite BBC

character by a poll in the radio Times. And, of course Aardm`n and

Shaun the Sheep are known across the world. He will have his own movie

coming out soon. Just a remhnder of why we love him so much.

He burst onto our screens in 1995 after escaping

from the flock and ended up at the home of Wallace and Gromit.

They cleaned him up, gave hhm a close shave, and named hil Shaun.

Born in Bristol, Shaun is one of a menagerie of much loved characters

painstakingly created by world class artists at Aardman's studios.

Now he has his own show, le`ding his fellow flock`members into all

sorts of scrapes and adventtres and usually saving the day.

He already has several Emmy awards on his mantelpiece.

Tonight Shaun can baa`sk in the knowledge that he's

He is indeed. And congratul`tions to Shaun the Sheep and his cre`tors.

You must be feeling great. I feel wonderful. I was takdn aback

when he was voted the most popular character because I have grown up

with things that some important to me still, like and Ben and the Magic

roundabout. And to think th`t Sean has that effect on people is

amazing. What is the appeal of Shaun the

Sheep? He is very cute. I think he is a

character that likes to push boundaries. We think of him like a

ten`year`old boy. He has got fences, he has to eat grass. There `re

things in his way. I think that children recognise that.

He is getting his own movie and you are directing it. What can xou tell

us about it? The viewers of the show will know

that it is based around the farm. So we thought that we would take them

out of their comfort zone, take the whole flock of sheep and thd farmer

and put them in the city and see what happens to them.

But you cannot tell me any lore than that? I cannot, I am afraid.

When is that coming out? Be out in next year.

Richard tells me that they do two seconds a day. There were others in

the vote as well and it can give a locked away about your age `nd what

you grew up with on the teldvision. Like Richard, for me it was the

Clangers and Bill and Ben. But today it is Shaun the Sheep who wd are

celebrating. Looking across the generations, all

of the Aardman work appeals to many people.

And Bill has the weather. It is very shaky there.

The camera just almost got knocked over.

The weather is delightful at the moment, but there will be more cloud

around tomorrow. In the aftdrnoon, the advance of showers with a low to

moderate possibility that it could turn heavy and that it could have

under in a localised sense. But for the time being, it hs calm,

the clouds will tend to increase as the night goes on. There will be

more cloud tomorrow. You will see the weather front moving in as we

get into the afternoon and through into the evening. At least this

evening, we have had temper`tures as high as 24 Celsius in Wiltshire A

warm evening, leading us into tonight with a dry conditions.

Temperatures by daybreak tolorrow around 11 Celsius. Tomorrow, dry

weather through the morning, irrespective of how much cloud will

be around. One or two light showers by lunchtime. Most areas sthll dry.

Many areas remain that way tntil late afternoon.

Then walk come the weather fronts and the lively colours that you can

see on the map will stop. The rain will clear away towards the east

later in the evening. Temperatures should still be in the low 20s, but

they will climb higher as wd head through Thursday and through fight

day. `` Friday. It should bd pleasant on Friday, but the

temperatures with a humid fdel will pick up. A similar pattern `s we

head through to the weekend. On Thursday night, there is evdry

prospect that we could see the first of these thunder. And on Saturday, a

broad yellow warning and we will give you detailed on that tomorrow.

Sultry, as I think you calldd it earlier.

That is it from us. We will be back with the Ten O'Clock News. @nd there

is more on our Facebook pagd as well. Goodbye.