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Try to keep some optimism. Thank you very much. That's all from the BBC | :00:00. | 3:59:59 | |
News at Six. Goodbye Right on track ` from diesel to | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
electric, the move to transform the Great Western line, and the | :00:00. | :00:10. | |
team working through the night to This is the biggest railway | :00:11. | :00:29. | |
investment in this route since Brunel. We are also live alongside | :00:30. | :00:33. | |
the track to find out what ht Brunel. We are also live alongside | :00:34. | :00:35. | |
the track to find out what it means for those living nearby. | :00:36. | :00:42. | |
Sending vital supplies to Iraq ` the Gloucestershire warehouse | :00:43. | :00:46. | |
The Wiltshire remembrance service for the fallen heroes of | :00:47. | :00:52. | |
And, the engineering marvels that shaped the West ` the technology | :00:53. | :00:57. | |
It's a project which will change the shape of rail travel through | :00:58. | :01:09. | |
Tonight, the electrification of the Great Western line | :01:10. | :01:14. | |
It should be finished in just over two years, and will mean faster | :01:15. | :01:20. | |
Will Glennon is alongside the railway line in Wiltshire. | :01:21. | :01:37. | |
Eight Arena, quieter, faster, more reliable service, other bendfits | :01:38. | :01:43. | |
reliable service, other benefits Network Rail sable come frol the | :01:44. | :01:46. | |
electrification of the main line from London to the West Country The | :01:47. | :01:49. | |
project will not be without its pain, especially for places like | :01:50. | :01:53. | |
this, but we are promised it will be worth it. Over the next two years, | :01:54. | :01:57. | |
work will move west from London Paddington, through Reading, onto | :01:58. | :02:02. | |
Bath and Bristol, ultimatelx ending Bath and Bristol, ultimatelx ending | :02:03. | :02:07. | |
up in south Wales. Normally that kind of work would mean lind | :02:08. | :02:09. | |
kind of work would mean line closures and replacement bus | :02:10. | :02:12. | |
services, a real headache for commuters. But a special train has | :02:13. | :02:15. | |
been designed to carry out work through the night so commutdrs will | :02:16. | :02:18. | |
hardly notice. It is 2am and raining hard. These | :02:19. | :02:33. | |
files hold the gantries on which power lines for electric trains | :02:34. | :02:35. | |
files hold the gantries on which power lines for electric tr`ins will | :02:36. | :02:35. | |
power lines for electric trains will fit. It is the first stage of the | :02:36. | :02:39. | |
transformation of this diesel railway. I love it. We have come | :02:40. | :02:45. | |
through the testing and commissioning phase and are now into | :02:46. | :02:49. | |
production and it is all systems go. Next comes a big hammer. Thhs | :02:50. | :02:53. | |
production and it is all systems go. Next comes a big hammer. This ?40 | :02:54. | :02:53. | |
Next comes a big hammer. Thhs ? 0 million train is called Brunel. It | :02:54. | :02:59. | |
carries everything it needs to dig holes, mix and pour concrete, | :03:00. | :03:01. | |
holes, mix and pour concretd, erected overhead and trees, and | :03:02. | :03:07. | |
install wires. We have got to install 18,000 of these pilds all | :03:08. | :03:11. | |
the way along the 235 miles of the route. The adjacent line can remain | :03:12. | :03:17. | |
open, so services can still run through the evening. The tr`in | :03:18. | :03:23. | |
creeps over a level crossing at walking pace. The location for each | :03:24. | :03:24. | |
new pile is fixed by satellhte. walking pace. The location for each | :03:25. | :03:29. | |
new pile is fixed by satellhte. So, this GPS is accurate to 15 | :03:30. | :03:35. | |
millimetres. It is quite impressive. Yes, it is pretty good. But, despite | :03:36. | :03:41. | |
all the fancy kit, measuring still comes down to a spirit level. A tape | :03:42. | :03:47. | |
measure and boots on the ballast. We are investing a huge amount of | :03:48. | :03:53. | |
money, to ensure that by December 2016 we have faster, Greenock | :03:54. | :03:58. | |
trains. The train works up to five times faster than conventional gangs | :03:59. | :04:05. | |
of track workers. The price tag for the whole project, around ?1.5 | :04:06. | :04:07. | |
the whole project, around ?0.5 billion. By breakfast time, trains | :04:08. | :04:17. | |
will be running again. Now, despite the work of th`t | :04:18. | :04:19. | |
special overnight train, there Now, despite the work of that | :04:20. | :04:21. | |
special overnight train, thdre are other knock`on effects. The electric | :04:22. | :04:26. | |
trains and their power supply need extra room overhead in order to | :04:27. | :04:28. | |
accommodate them, so a number of accommodate them, so a number of | :04:29. | :04:32. | |
ridges along the route need to be raised. We may be able to sde | :04:33. | :04:34. | |
ridges along the route need to be raised. We may be able to see one | :04:35. | :04:34. | |
just around the corner therd. raised. We may be able to sde one | :04:35. | :04:37. | |
just around the corner therd. Eight special meeting is taking place | :04:38. | :04:39. | |
right now in Corsham town H`ll to right now in Corsham town H`ll to | :04:40. | :04:43. | |
tell people hear about the next phase of work that is taking place | :04:44. | :04:48. | |
locally. Two bridges and an aqueduct here will need altering. A | :04:49. | :04:52. | |
footbridge will be closed for three months leaving people with a long | :04:53. | :04:54. | |
months leaving people with ` long detours to access the town centre. | :04:55. | :05:00. | |
Well, we know that it has to happen. We know they are a lecture find the | :05:01. | :05:03. | |
line, so we know it will happen. We know they are a lecture find the | :05:04. | :05:07. | |
line, so we know it will happen We just hope it will be the shortest | :05:08. | :05:11. | |
time possible. It has got to be done, hasn't it? That is the | :05:12. | :05:14. | |
time possible. It has got to be done, hasn't it? That is thd thing. | :05:15. | :05:14. | |
done, hasn't it? That is the thing. The railway has got to be sorted | :05:15. | :05:19. | |
out. There is nothing much we can do, is there? In this particular | :05:20. | :05:23. | |
case, where this footbridge is widely used, I think Network Rail | :05:24. | :05:28. | |
has seriously got to look at making some alternative arrangements to | :05:29. | :05:32. | |
help pedestrians. There are a lot of elderly people and schoolchildren | :05:33. | :05:36. | |
who use this footbridge twice a day to go from one part of the town to | :05:37. | :05:40. | |
the next, and they need to think about a minibus service to help | :05:41. | :05:45. | |
local people. Already, work has been done up the line with various | :05:46. | :05:48. | |
done up the line with variots degrees of success. The last days | :05:49. | :05:53. | |
that took place finished three weeks ahead of schedule. Network Rail say | :05:54. | :05:56. | |
they will do what they can to minimise the disruption, but | :05:57. | :05:59. | |
promised it is worth it. A man on remand at Bristol prison | :06:00. | :06:02. | |
has been charged with the attempted The attack on a man in his | :06:03. | :06:06. | |
thirties has left him in a coma. Here's our Home Affairs | :06:07. | :06:11. | |
Correspondent Steve Brodie. The alleged attack took place during | :06:12. | :06:13. | |
an exercise period for prisoners Somalian, | :06:14. | :06:15. | |
37`year`old Mohamed Sharif was left with what the police describe | :06:16. | :06:21. | |
as life threatening injuries. He was taken to hospital where he | :06:22. | :06:24. | |
remains in a coma Avon and Somerset detectives | :06:25. | :06:27. | |
launched an immediate investigation and say they are treating | :06:28. | :06:33. | |
the assault as one of hate crime. Meanwhile, | :06:34. | :06:38. | |
the prison service has begun 34`year`old Ryan Guest, | :06:39. | :06:40. | |
from Yate in South Gloucestershire, was arrested and has now been | :06:41. | :06:45. | |
charged with attempted murddr. Mohamed Sharif's family, who live | :06:46. | :06:50. | |
in Bristol, released a statdment saying how they're devastated | :06:51. | :06:53. | |
and hope that justice will be done. The campaining organisation SARI ` | :06:54. | :06:59. | |
Stand Against Racism and Inequality, has been advising | :07:00. | :07:01. | |
the family since the attack. Ryan Guest was remanded | :07:02. | :07:04. | |
in custody and will appear before The family | :07:05. | :07:07. | |
of a Swindon man whose body was found at a recycling plant has paid | :07:08. | :07:20. | |
tribute to him, saying he was a The body of 34`year`old Matthew | :07:21. | :07:23. | |
Symonds was found at the Biffa site Today police said his death is | :07:24. | :07:29. | |
not being treated as suspichous A Wiltshire waste company h`s | :07:30. | :07:37. | |
offered to remove some of the burning rubbish | :07:38. | :07:39. | |
from a recycling plant in Swindon Fire crews have | :07:40. | :07:42. | |
so far been unable to extinguish The council wants to move the waste | :07:43. | :07:47. | |
to a disused park`and`ride site Hills Waste Solutions said it's | :07:48. | :07:52. | |
working on a potential plan. A warehouse in Gloucestershire is | :07:53. | :08:01. | |
at the heart of the operation to Over the last four nights, | :08:02. | :08:04. | |
British forces have made two air drops of food, water and medical | :08:05. | :08:09. | |
supplies to the many people trapped It's an ongoing operation and | :08:10. | :08:12. | |
Andrew Plant has spent the day at the centre at Cotswold Airport | :08:13. | :08:17. | |
in Cirencester. Night`time airdrops over northern | :08:18. | :08:34. | |
Iraq. Two RAF Hercules parachuting down pallets of supplies, filmed by | :08:35. | :08:40. | |
infrared cameras. So, you could go out now, and drink the water from a | :08:41. | :08:45. | |
puddle. More than 3000 water containers have been loaded into | :08:46. | :08:49. | |
those airdrops, to turn filthy water into drinkable with just a few pumps | :08:50. | :08:54. | |
of a handle. Dropped into an area with little clean water or food | :08:55. | :08:58. | |
available. The sun is baking down on them, there is limited food up | :08:59. | :09:02. | |
there. We have had reports of them eating raw sheep, for example. These | :09:03. | :09:09. | |
suppliers will supply the most life`saving equipment. Solar lamps | :09:10. | :09:14. | |
were also inside the airdrops. They can be used to charge mobild phones, | :09:15. | :09:17. | |
allowing aid agencies to keep in allowing aid agencies to keep in | :09:18. | :09:20. | |
touch with people waiting on the ground. This was the second | :09:21. | :09:25. | |
airdrop, the first was on Saturday. The one planned for Sunday was | :09:26. | :09:26. | |
abandoned over fears that ten The one planned for Sunday was | :09:27. | :09:27. | |
abandoned over fears that tdn tonnes abandoned over fears that tdn tonnes | :09:28. | :09:29. | |
of supplies could injure people waiting below. There is a balance to | :09:30. | :09:34. | |
be struck between the risks of doing this, against the accuracy we can be | :09:35. | :09:41. | |
being relatively low. We take that into consideration and make sure we | :09:42. | :09:47. | |
get it done safely. ?3 million from the government's rapid response fund | :09:48. | :09:50. | |
is now being made available to aid organisations already on thd | :09:51. | :09:52. | |
is now being made available to aid organisations already on the ground | :09:53. | :09:52. | |
organisations already on thd ground in Iraq to try to ease a desperate | :09:53. | :09:57. | |
situation. Talks are going on right now about how best to distribute | :09:58. | :09:58. | |
now about how best to distrhbute that money. The two Hercules that | :09:59. | :10:03. | |
flew the aid drops from the UK into northern Iraq last night won't fly | :10:04. | :10:07. | |
back home, they will now be based in Cyprus. Future aid drops will come | :10:08. | :10:09. | |
from there, rather than here. It's lovely to have you with us | :10:10. | :10:18. | |
on this Tuesday evening. It's been a day of sunshine | :10:19. | :10:20. | |
and showers. Ian will be here shortly with | :10:21. | :10:22. | |
the latest forecast. Also tonight, | :10:23. | :10:24. | |
Bristol City play their first match It has taken 12 weeks to get this | :10:25. | :10:26. | |
service ready, but it is thd service ready, but it is thd | :10:27. | :10:40. | |
footballers who will get to use it first in the cup against Oxford | :10:41. | :10:41. | |
tonight. A service has been held | :10:42. | :10:47. | |
at a Wiltshire airfield to remember two men who were the first British | :10:48. | :10:49. | |
airborne casualties of Wreaths were laid | :10:50. | :10:52. | |
at Netheravon to honour the men Falling from the sky ` | :10:53. | :10:56. | |
a parachutist delivering a wreath, close to the spot | :10:57. | :11:06. | |
of the crash exactly 100 ye`rs ago. The plane was being piloted | :11:07. | :11:09. | |
by Second Lieutenant Robin Skene. Inside, another young man ` | :11:10. | :11:12. | |
newly qualified Air Mechanic They were heading | :11:13. | :11:18. | |
for Kent to join the British But soon after take`off, the plane | :11:19. | :11:24. | |
banked, lost speed and crashed. That their sacrifice and heroism | :11:25. | :11:31. | |
were not in vain. Though I am an were not in vain. Though I am an | :11:32. | :11:47. | |
historian and I can read about these things, being able to come here and | :11:48. | :11:51. | |
be able to stand roughly where they stood, in fact he came out of a door | :11:52. | :11:56. | |
behind me went to his machine thinking he would be in France by | :11:57. | :11:58. | |
the evening. It did not happen. Among those paying their respects, | :11:59. | :12:01. | |
members of a motorcycle club who managed to track down the great | :12:02. | :12:04. | |
niece of Robin Skene to read some I am filled with pride for a young | :12:05. | :12:17. | |
man who was willing to do hhs bit for the country, knowing the | :12:18. | :12:18. | |
man who was willing to do his bit for the country, knowing thd risks | :12:19. | :12:19. | |
for the country, knowing the risks he was taking. Thank you all for | :12:20. | :12:22. | |
being here, and remembering them. And then onto Bulford Cemetry ` | :12:23. | :12:24. | |
a wreath laid at the graveside of Raymond Barlow, | :12:25. | :12:27. | |
and another was placed in Surrey where Second Lieutenant Robin Skene | :12:28. | :12:30. | |
was laid to rest. The Royal Flying Corps became | :12:31. | :12:33. | |
the eyes of the Army Many took off | :12:34. | :12:36. | |
from this airfield behind me. Each unaware | :12:37. | :12:42. | |
of the extraordinary contribution This weekend | :12:43. | :12:45. | |
the wreaths will be taken to France to complete the journey | :12:46. | :12:52. | |
the men never managed to make. A petition has been started to get | :12:53. | :13:00. | |
the last surviving British Dambuster 92`year`old Johnny Johnson, | :13:01. | :13:03. | |
who lives in Bristol, was just 21 when he took part in the | :13:04. | :13:08. | |
raids to destroy three of Gdrmany's Now a campaign has been launched | :13:09. | :13:11. | |
to recognise what he and so many I am the lucky one that is still | :13:12. | :13:33. | |
alive. But if, and it is a big if, if this campaign is successful, I | :13:34. | :13:39. | |
would only accept it on the grounds that it is used as a tributd to the | :13:40. | :13:49. | |
that it is used as a tribute to the 55,500 of bomber command who were | :13:50. | :13:53. | |
killed during the war. And big 12,000 injured, and another 2002 | :13:54. | :13:57. | |
were taken prisoner. A beautiful sentiment. | :13:58. | :14:01. | |
A pop`up flood barrier is being constructed in Bristol this evening | :14:02. | :14:03. | |
after recent heavy rainfall and ahead of tonight's high tide. | :14:04. | :14:06. | |
Its aim is to protect homes close to the Cumberland Basin | :14:07. | :14:09. | |
It's been announced that Bristol's Clifton Suspension Bridge | :14:10. | :14:22. | |
will close to vehicles next week so road works can be carried out. | :14:23. | :14:26. | |
in the morning next Monday, re`opening at 4:30pm. | :14:27. | :14:30. | |
The closures will take placd each day until Friday. | :14:31. | :14:32. | |
Pedestrians will still be allowed across and cyclists, | :14:33. | :14:34. | |
Somerset's tourist trade is being told to make itself a year`round | :14:35. | :14:39. | |
business, rather than rely on a few months over the summer. | :14:40. | :14:42. | |
The comments come from a leading economist. | :14:43. | :14:44. | |
He says more needs to be done to cash`in on a predicted doubling | :14:45. | :14:47. | |
of income from UK tourism over the next decade. | :14:48. | :14:50. | |
Somerset's tourist trade is bouncing back. | :14:51. | :15:06. | |
But four fifths of the income is raised over the summer. I think it | :15:07. | :15:16. | |
would be good if some of the businesses diversify it to think in | :15:17. | :15:19. | |
terms of attracting people year`round. | :15:20. | :15:23. | |
So, how can you tempt the likes of this pleasure`seeker back to | :15:24. | :15:25. | |
Somerset in the depths of winter with his family? | :15:26. | :15:28. | |
Well, this venue in Brean has been reinventing itself | :15:29. | :15:30. | |
for three generations now, ever since the owner decided | :15:31. | :15:33. | |
in the 1940s to give up dairy farming and build a leisure park. | :15:34. | :15:36. | |
It attracts three quarters of a million visitors a year. | :15:37. | :15:41. | |
And, aware of a rise in "stay`cations", | :15:42. | :15:43. | |
they've just invested ?2 million in a year round attraction. | :15:44. | :15:54. | |
It is a big investment for this family run business. They have | :15:55. | :15:57. | |
It is a big investment for this family run business. They h`ve had | :15:58. | :16:00. | |
to borrow ?1 million, but as well as having outdoor facilities, they now | :16:01. | :16:05. | |
have this ?2 million indoor facility an indoor swing and play arda. | :16:06. | :16:08. | |
Viewed today as sun and showers took turns outside, the indoor venue | :16:09. | :16:11. | |
It is lovely, especially with the weather we have had in the last | :16:12. | :16:24. | |
couple of days. There is nothing else like this in the area. We would | :16:25. | :16:28. | |
have two travel to Bridgwater or Western. If we are in the area, we | :16:29. | :16:32. | |
would certainly come back if it is open. The owners are hopeful the | :16:33. | :16:38. | |
investment will pay off. We hope our new endorse a maple with increased | :16:39. | :16:42. | |
numbers by 20%. And, with it being open all year round, that will | :16:43. | :16:43. | |
numbers by 20%. And, with it being open all year round, that whll have | :16:44. | :16:44. | |
open all year round, that will have an effect on turnover. With the play | :16:45. | :16:51. | |
area, it is an unknown. We hope it will bring in new business and extra | :16:52. | :16:53. | |
will bring in new business `nd extra revenue from people who are already | :16:54. | :17:06. | |
here. We hope to open up for the New Year. The place is lovely, the | :17:07. | :17:13. | |
people are nice. We might come back in Halloween time. Not all | :17:14. | :17:18. | |
businesses can afford this, but visit England says there is a trend | :17:19. | :17:21. | |
for holidays at home, so now could be the best time to invest. | :17:22. | :17:25. | |
It's the first round of football's League Cup this evening, | :17:26. | :17:28. | |
Bristol City's tie with Oxford will be the club's first home gale | :17:29. | :17:32. | |
since starting work on redeveloping their ground. | :17:33. | :17:34. | |
Ali, fans are going to notice a few changes. | :17:35. | :17:49. | |
If you look over my shoulder, that gaping hole is where the wedlock | :17:50. | :17:53. | |
stand used to be. It has bedn stand used to be. It has bedn | :17:54. | :17:56. | |
demolished in the last month or so. This time next year, there will be a | :17:57. | :17:59. | |
brand`new stand in its placd. This time next year, there will be a | :18:00. | :18:01. | |
brand`new stand in its place. The brand`new stand in its placd. The | :18:02. | :18:02. | |
first phase of the redevelopment work that is taking place here at | :18:03. | :18:05. | |
work that is taking place hdre at Ashton gate. Here is the pitch, we | :18:06. | :18:10. | |
are on the fringes of it. This is part was, part synthetic. It is | :18:11. | :18:14. | |
extra hard wearing because Bristol Rugby club will also be plaxing | :18:15. | :18:15. | |
extra hard wearing because Bristol Rugby club will also be playing here | :18:16. | :18:15. | |
this season. It has cost thd club this season. It has cost the club | :18:16. | :18:21. | |
around ?1 million. Craig Richardson has overseen that work. Has it been | :18:22. | :18:25. | |
a tough summer? It has been a challenge. We have had a great | :18:26. | :18:27. | |
challenge. We have had a grdat company who have done the work, but | :18:28. | :18:33. | |
it has been challenging to see them working down to the drainagd and | :18:34. | :18:37. | |
back`up. How has the brain being today? The pitch has taken it really | :18:38. | :18:38. | |
today? The pitch has taken ht really well. It has not stopped us at all | :18:39. | :18:45. | |
today. Exciting times for the club, and a cup run. How important is that | :18:46. | :18:51. | |
going to be for you? Cup runs are always important for clubs. It would | :18:52. | :18:55. | |
be nice to get off to a good start. We did in the league on Saturday | :18:56. | :18:58. | |
be nice to get off to a good start. We did in the league on Sattrday at | :18:59. | :18:59. | |
Sheffield United, and it wotld be nice to get off to a good start here | :19:00. | :19:04. | |
as well, it would be good for the fans. How far do you budget for the | :19:05. | :19:07. | |
club getting in this compethtion? Budgeting is not something we talk | :19:08. | :19:10. | |
about publicly. But not very far in about publicly. But not verx far in | :19:11. | :19:14. | |
cup competitions. That is not a sensible way of budgeting. Is there | :19:15. | :19:15. | |
sensible way of budgeting. Hs there anything you get as a bonus? Yes, | :19:16. | :19:20. | |
that's the sensible way of looking at it in this business. Seeing the | :19:21. | :19:24. | |
players run out on this for the first time, because they have had no | :19:25. | :19:27. | |
pre`season friendlies, is that when you can gauge how good a job it is? | :19:28. | :19:32. | |
Yes, I am looking forward to the first game to see how well it | :19:33. | :19:34. | |
performs. We are expecting good things from the pitch. Thank you to | :19:35. | :19:39. | |
both of you. There are other ties as well tonight in the first round | :19:40. | :19:41. | |
Cheltenham got the toughest draw, away to Championship Brighton. | :19:42. | :19:43. | |
Swindon is at League Two newcomers Luton, while | :19:44. | :19:47. | |
It's not been great weather for today's one`day cricket. | :19:48. | :20:00. | |
Somerset and Glamorgan have managed to dodge the showers, | :20:01. | :20:05. | |
That target was readjusted because of rain, and Somerset couldn't make | :20:06. | :20:12. | |
it, they've been bowled out for 207, losing by 95 runs. | :20:13. | :20:18. | |
No play at all in Bristol, Gloucestershire and Lancashhre | :20:19. | :20:20. | |
thwarted, so both sides take a point. | :20:21. | :20:22. | |
Gloucestershire play again tomorrow away to Worcestershire | :20:23. | :20:33. | |
7:45pm start for this one here tonight. BBC local radio has all the | :20:34. | :20:39. | |
coverage, including the non`league football if you are interested in | :20:40. | :20:40. | |
the conference action. We will have the conference action. We will have | :20:41. | :20:43. | |
all the results from these League Cup ties in our bulletin at 10pm. | :20:44. | :20:48. | |
And the best news of all, you can see that the sun is out and we are | :20:49. | :20:51. | |
hoping it will stay until at least 10pm. | :20:52. | :20:57. | |
It does not seem to have affected the pitch. I would love to have a | :20:58. | :20:59. | |
part synthetic lawn. Unforttnately the pitch. I would love to have a | :21:00. | :21:01. | |
part synthetic lawn. Unfortunately I part synthetic lawn. Unforttnately I | :21:02. | :21:01. | |
don't have a spare ?1 million. All this week we're looking | :21:02. | :21:04. | |
at engineering wonders created right here on our doorstep ` | :21:05. | :21:07. | |
it's all part of celebrations to mark the 150th anniversary | :21:08. | :21:10. | |
of the opening of Brunel's We asked science journalist | :21:11. | :21:12. | |
Jheni Osman to choose her five Today she's been discovering how, | :21:13. | :21:16. | |
in the 14th century, Wells It is one of the most beauthful | :21:17. | :21:32. | |
cathedrals in England. Escaped the Civil War and survived the Black | :21:33. | :21:37. | |
death. But it would not be here today if it was not for somd unique | :21:38. | :21:43. | |
solutions to a serious problem. In the 14th century, Wells Cathedral | :21:44. | :21:52. | |
was sinking. This Cathedral archaeologist says the East End of | :21:53. | :21:55. | |
the cathedral was built on gravel and the West End on clay. It started | :21:56. | :22:00. | |
sinking almost immediately, but the real problems came after they added | :22:01. | :22:01. | |
real problems came after thdy added the tower. They finished the | :22:02. | :22:04. | |
real problems came after they added the tower. They finished thd tower | :22:05. | :22:09. | |
in 1325, and then the thing starts to tear itself to pieces, | :22:10. | :22:12. | |
effectively. There is a letter saying the fabric is broken at the | :22:13. | :22:18. | |
heart. So they have to call in a master mason, and he designs the | :22:19. | :22:30. | |
great scissor archers. This lady has written extensively about the | :22:31. | :22:33. | |
cathedral. She likes to imagine the outright panic amongst the builders. | :22:34. | :22:34. | |
When these tracks started, `nd outright panic amongst the builders. | :22:35. | :22:37. | |
When these tracks started, `nd some are as tall as a pillar, they must | :22:38. | :22:42. | |
have been petrified. They were kind of scrabbling around like frightened | :22:43. | :22:50. | |
rabbits, really, what do we do next? In this period, several towers in | :22:51. | :22:51. | |
the country fell down. So wd In this period, several towdrs in | :22:52. | :22:55. | |
the country fell down. So we were lucky really, or we had a vdry good | :22:56. | :22:58. | |
lucky really, or we had a very good master mason, or a bit of both, and | :22:59. | :23:07. | |
we are still standing proudly. Instead of the arch going lhke that, | :23:08. | :23:13. | |
Instead of the arch going like that, they connect the whole thing up .. I | :23:14. | :23:16. | |
they connect the whole thing up... I sat in on a class at the blte | :23:17. | :23:18. | |
they connect the whole thing up .. I sat in on a class at the blue School | :23:19. | :23:21. | |
in Wales. The pupils are finding out why archers are so good at carrying | :23:22. | :23:27. | |
weight. Dry spaghetti may not be the best building material, that but the | :23:28. | :23:31. | |
results illustrated the point that scissor archers can carry more | :23:32. | :23:35. | |
weight. As well as looking really nice, it is incredibly strong. Much | :23:36. | :23:40. | |
stronger than the original. The archers are the most obvious | :23:41. | :23:45. | |
features of the repair work, but the real strength comes from the | :23:46. | :23:46. | |
real strength comes from thd internal buttresses. Everything that | :23:47. | :23:54. | |
you see in red is 1338 masonry. They have built this internal flxing | :23:55. | :23:57. | |
have built this internal flying buttress which carries the thrust | :23:58. | :23:59. | |
always down from the tower base. always down from the tower base. | :24:00. | :24:04. | |
Which is what we can see up there. Yes, it has partly blocked the lower | :24:05. | :24:09. | |
part of the window. This is one of the miracles of medieval | :24:10. | :24:12. | |
engineering. So, they did not get off to a great start, but the | :24:13. | :24:17. | |
rebuilding work of 1338 turned out to be an engineering and artistic | :24:18. | :24:18. | |
masterpiece. Tomorrow, Jheni will be in Wiltshire | :24:19. | :24:23. | |
examining the latest theorids about how Neolithic engineers built | :24:24. | :24:25. | |
Stonehenge. Now, Ian, I think the gardens are | :24:26. | :24:40. | |
pretty pleased, but we are wondering whether it is the end of sulmer | :24:41. | :24:46. | |
It is quite a common question. It only takes a hurricane and some | :24:47. | :24:53. | |
blustery showers and everyone think it is all over. Not so. If we take a | :24:54. | :24:58. | |
dip into the future, we can characterise this week are seeing a | :24:59. | :25:02. | |
fair amount of the cool, showery weather, but Saturday is looking an | :25:03. | :25:03. | |
awful lot better. Then we return awful lot better. Then we rdturn | :25:04. | :25:11. | |
next week to the changeable, cooler setup, but we have moderate | :25:12. | :25:14. | |
confidence that the last week setup, but we have moderate | :25:15. | :25:16. | |
confidence that the last wedk of confidence that the last week of | :25:17. | :25:18. | |
August will see those winds coming from the southerly quarter, bringing | :25:19. | :25:24. | |
warmer air out of the near constant. Fingers crossed that will bd | :25:25. | :25:26. | |
warmer air out of the near constant. Fingers crossed that will be the net | :25:27. | :25:28. | |
result. September often does have some fairly decent dry spells as | :25:29. | :25:32. | |
well. Tomorrow will see fewer showers than the last coupld of | :25:33. | :25:35. | |
days. A good deal of dry and right weather about. If you showers, and | :25:36. | :25:41. | |
it will be a breezy day, but not as windy as it has been over the last | :25:42. | :25:44. | |
couple of days. The radar shows how we have been running some showers, | :25:45. | :25:48. | |
continuing on into this afternoon. continuing on into this afternoon. | :25:49. | :25:52. | |
Some have been quite heavy with some thunderstorms. Showers will continue | :25:53. | :25:57. | |
on and off into the first h`lf thunderstorms. Showers will continue | :25:58. | :25:58. | |
on and off into the first half of the night. Gradually those winds | :25:59. | :26:03. | |
will veer to a north`westerly direction. When we get the wind from | :26:04. | :26:10. | |
this direction, it tends to offer us more shelter from the high ground. A | :26:11. | :26:13. | |
good number of youths will `ctually be seeing a fair amount of dry | :26:14. | :26:20. | |
weather today, against the westerly breeze coming from the Bristol | :26:21. | :26:25. | |
Channel. Showers will reduce in intensity and dissolution as the | :26:26. | :26:28. | |
evening wears on, but there could still be quite a few into North | :26:29. | :26:31. | |
Somerset. By tomorrow morning, the winds are not as strong. Tolorrow | :26:32. | :26:38. | |
winds are not as strong. Tomorrow morning, many areas. On a dry note. | :26:39. | :26:43. | |
We will get a few showers into the far west of Somerset. A number of | :26:44. | :26:55. | |
areas may stay completely dry tomorrow. Variable amounts of cloud, | :26:56. | :26:58. | |
sunshine from time to time, a moderate pollen count tomorrow. | :26:59. | :27:03. | |
Damages slightly up on todax, reaching 19 Celsius `` temperatures. | :27:04. | :27:15. | |
By Thursday, there will be the return of some heavy and thundery | :27:16. | :27:19. | |
return of some heavy and thtndery downpours, but they will drift | :27:20. | :27:21. | |
downpours, but they will drhft eastwards by Friday, so a much | :27:22. | :27:23. | |
eastwards by Friday, so a mtch better day on Friday but Saturday | :27:24. | :27:28. | |
will be the best day of the weekend. I like the looking ahead idda, | :27:29. | :27:29. | |
will be the best day of the weekend. I like the looking ahead idea, all | :27:30. | :27:29. | |
I like the looking ahead idda, all the way to the end of August. | :27:30. | :27:39. | |
That's it from us this evening. We are back for an update at 10pm. Good | :27:40. | :27:42. | |
evening. MUSIC: "It Don't Mean A Thing" | :27:43. | :27:56. | |
by Duke Ellington celebrating the music of Count Basie | :27:57. | :27:59. | |
and Duke Ellington. We've got factory boys and butchers' | :28:00. | :28:17. | |
apprentices and office clerks Don't stop moving! | :28:18. | :28:20. | |
If you go back you'll die! Espionage. Who would possibly | :28:21. | :28:25. | |
assassinate him? Deception. There's so much more | :28:26. | :28:39. | |
to this story than I thought. And even murder. | :28:40. | :28:43. | |
With a knife! Real shock. Unravelling the mysteries | :28:44. | :28:47. | |
of their family tree. A baker?! | :28:48. | :28:49. | |
Well, I'm damned. | :28:50. | :28:53. |