25/07/2014 BBC Points West

Around 1,000 people have had their travel plans thrown into chaos after

Hatts Travel, who are based in Chippenham, has

But the family business ran out of money and today the administrators

were brought in leaving nearly 90 people without jobs.

Here's Our Wiltshire reporter Will Glennon.

The Hatts Travel coaches came back to their base today, possibly for

the last time. After 86 years in business company bosses called in

the administrators, saying they had run out of money. It is an easy

thing to say it has just run out of cash but that is the problem. It has

run out of cash. We got involved a week ago today and worked hard to

see if there was a solution that could be found but unfortunately

there wasn't and I guess it was too late in the day and it has left us

with no option but to close the business. All the employees were

called to a meeting at lunch time to be told they were losing their jobs.

It is just one of those things that happens in life and you have to get

on with it. Is just one of those things that happens in life and you

have to get on with it. If at the end transport and it also ran a day

trip and holiday business and 1000 customers will now be left at home.

Michael has just retired and he has been looking forward to four days in

Weymouth for his wife's birthday for many months and it cost over ?300

and he will not know what happens to his money. Gutted and disgusted and

I cannot say it on camera. It is just a pressing and stressing and

the wife is very upset as well. We just need it at this time because it

is her birthday on Monday and has just been ruined. He is not the only

one. People all over Wiltshire are affected. Unfortunately when a tour

operator goes out of business it means that the holidays are councils

which is not good news. Many of them will lose their money as well. It is

actually a legal requirement for a company selling package holidays to

offer financial protection and many do that through membership of ABTA.

The holiday business has now stopped trading and the company is not

affiliated to travel Association said customers are being told to

contact their bank or credit card company to find out if they will get

out refund. For the coach company it is the end of the road.

The first gold medals has been won by athletes from the west tonight at

The hard work paid off for judoker Megan Fletcher who was

taking part in the competition for the first time.

And there was also a gold for swimmer Chris Walker`Hebborn.

This is how the medal table looks so far for our West Country athletes.

Two Golds, six Silvers and four Bronze medals.

Well, Michelle Ruminski reports on tonight's stars of the games.

Facing her first Commonwealth Games, and the opponent standing

But the bath based Megan Fletcher had a firm grip

on the top prize from the start and she wasn't letting go.

It still does not feel real if I am honest but I am sure I will think it

over tonight and in the next few days I just cannot believe I am the

world champion, I am so happy. The second gold medal

of the night for England and the West Country came

from Chris Walker`Hebborn in the I am absolutely over the moon. A

little bit emotional but, yes, speechless.

Also making waves in the pool was Siobhan`Marie

O'Connor who won Silver in the Women's 100 metre Butterfly.

I am really happy with that type. It was a great time. It was such a

close race and there is such a small margin for error so I am really

happy with that. Chuffed. And it was also a good day

for judoker Tom Reed from Devizes After some fancy footwork,

the Gold was wrestled from him The World War I soldier who became

an ambassador for a lost generation was remembered in Wells today,

five years after his death. Harry Patch lived to the age

of 111 and became the last survivor He was something

of an international hero, reminding us all of the terrible losses

on both sides of the conflict. The last post filled the summer air

in Wales today `` Matt Wells today for Harry Patch on the anniversary

of his death. There is a memorial for him here Hugh from the same

stone as the cathedral intended as an eternal reminder of Harry and his

generation. We will remember them. Harry Patch was a private in the

great War and he fought in the trenches and he was wounded. He did

not speak of his experiences until he was 100 years old and most of his

comrades were dead. As the last ambassador on earth at the fall, he

went back to Belgium to the Menin Gate where the names of 54,000

soldiers are engraved. We will remember the brave men who fought on

both sides. At first tourists were not sure who he was but as word

spread people reached out and buy touching him there was somehow

closer to those names on the wall. Now a fund set up in the name of

Harry pays for children to come here and youngsters like these girls at

the ceremony today belong to a club that encourages learning about

Harry's war. A memorial is now standard for him, remembrance we

should give to them remembering the days of the trenches were hard for

them. Harry Patch was the last man standing. When we lost him five

years ago today that find a link with the old soldiers faded away. We

can still pay bill our respects by remembering them. In the museum they

are helping us to do that, setting up a remarkable exhibition that

commemorates life in the trenches. It will be ready in a few weeks when

the country marks 100 years from the day the war broke out. Harry Patch,

the last face from the great Wall would, I think, a proof. `` approve.

The Prime Minister has waded into the debate about the ownership

Yesterday we reported on claims that the Spy Booth mural may belong to

the Government, due to questions over who owns the wall it's on.

But a government spokesman said today the land next to it is in

Today the Prime Minister told BBC Radio Gloucestershire that he's

I am of course the Minister for the intelligence services and I take

very seriously national security and the work our security services do

but having said that I love this piece, it is funny and clever.

In cricket Somerset have failed to qualify for the quarterfinals

of the T20 Blast, despite beating Middlesex by 22 runs.

Results elsewhere meant they don't go through to the next stage.

And Gloucestershire's T20 campaign ended with a heavy eight wicket

There's of course more news on the BBC Website and the

We'll be here throughout the weekend but for now,

Hello. A good deal of dry weather across the course of the weekend.

The key thing really is going to be the changing conditions are sweet

egg through towards Sunday. It will be a cooler day, temperatures in low

20s but not as a press of the weekend. The key thing really is

going to be the changing conditions are sweet egg through towards

Sunday. It will be a cooler day, temperatures and low 20s but not as

moving their way through this evening. They have been dying away

to give the dry night. We are setup for a drive starts tomorrow morning.

A good deal of sunshine around, hazy, there is a lot of high cloud

around and the chance of a shower cannot be ruled out. Temperatures

tomorrow should be safely getting up into the mid`20s for many of you. I

mentioned there will be a step change, as we get through to Sunday

the temperatures drop down to the comfortable low 20s. There could be

more showers around but a good deal of dry weather nevertheless.

What about the outlook? A cooling trepd - showers -- trend. Showers

breaking out on Monday. We have seen temperatures

approaching 30 Celsius. The heat will ebb away this weekend. Cooler

and fresher conditions from the north-west. There'll be sunshine,

there'll be more showers as well. Today was the turn of south-east

England to get the ferocious storms. Lots of thunder and lightning. A lot

of rain in a short space of time has led to some flooding.

A little bit of rain overnight, maybe brushing Kent and Essex for a

while. Otherwise fine and dry. Mist and low cloud to eastern England. It

will be another warm and muggy night. That mist and low cloud will

burn off tomorrow. Temperatures will lift as the sunshine comes through,

except in Northern Ireland, where we have got these bands of showers

pushing in. It will turn wetter in the afternoon in western Scotland.

Ahead of it,