08/09/2014 BBC Points West

Edinburgh, on the vote that could reshape Britain. Now we join the

news teams where The government's cull of badgers

could resume within hours. Tonight protesters are out

in the fields of Somerset and Gloucestershire

amid widespread anticipation that It's the second year

of badger culling, which is intended Last Autumn's shooting was leant to

last six weeks, but numbers killed were so low that

extensions had to be granted. Even after that neither cull

achieved the 70% target. In West Somerset 65%

of badgers were shot, while in West That lead to

the government shelving its plan to Instead

the marksmen have been told to stick Our Gloucestershire reporter

Steve Knibbs is in Newent. Thank you. This is we'll both

campaign us were heading out. They are trying to stop the cull. No

evidence it has started. We have seen some police and some c`mpaign

us but nothing so far. I spoke to the campaign earlier and he said he

thought the cull was vital. The animals have just been reinfected.

Without the cull, the cycle goes on. My uncle has not been able to trade

for three months. How does he make a living? You are ready for the second

year of the fake? We are disappointed to be here but we have

spent a lot of time looking at all of the information and we are better

equipped. Made vision equiplent We want to see if we can get the

wounded badgers. The companhes say they are better trained this year.

Can you be effective? I think so. Part of what we are doing is

highlighting the fact that badgers do not need to be shot. We `re out

there to protect the wildlife. We think we can meet an impact.

Clearly, being out there, that badgers do not lead to come out if

it is noisy. Why do you not think this is vital? Government fhgures

show that TB is that the 14 year low. We do not feel this is

justified. Thank you for johning us. If the cull has started be dxpected

confirmation tomorrow. For the next six weeks, the campaigners will then

be out. Thank you. A man who died in a fire

at a block of flats in Bristol at the weekend had been told to

stop lighting fires on his balcony. Neighbours say the 61 year old had

his electricity cut off when he got into debt with his supplier ` so he

burnt wood to cook and keep warm. The BBC's learnt he'd been warned

by the fire service and the city council to stop `

or face losing his flat. A fire which claimed the life

of a 61 year old man. Neighbour Malcolm Chappell knew

the victim well ` and says he had After getting

into debt his electricity stpply was He has been lighting fires for the

past few months. The fire brigade have come a number of times. This

was an accident waiting to happen. Other neighbours tell us

the same story, of a vulner`ble man I told the council this would happen

a number of times. Unfortun`tely it has. It has come true.

The city council says it had issued an injunction,

warning the 61 year old to stop the fires ` or face losing his flat

The fire service told us today they had also visited to give hil

These two are among a group from a nearby bail hostel, who r`n in to

And critically there were no alarms to activate in the corridors.

We tried to check the door hn. `` kick. No smoke alarms at all.

Something more should have been done. The council says it advises

having alarms in place, and to stay put until the Fire Service tells you

to get out. The city council says it can't

comment any further until Although they confirmed there had

not been any complaints about fires at the last since

the injunction was served in May. Wildlife experts are raising

concerns about the state of the The drainage ditches help to stop

flooding ` but a recent survey by the Avon Wildlife Trust has

shown that more than half The trust is giving out grants

to farms to restore them. There's more news on the BBC

website, Newsnight's starting over on Two and we're back tommorrow

but now let's get the here's High pressure means dry, settled

conditions. Tomorrow will bd like today, mostly sunny and feeling

warm. Down to seven, eight Celsius. Mistimed fog patches. `` Mist and

fog. More than the way of clouds as the afternoon continues. North

ripped off any rain. Light winds. Temperatures will match the 21 that

we saw today. Moderate polldn count. Here is the outlook. The

temperatures remain constant. Cloud entry sing as well.

too bad for the next few days. Out of London, now the national

forecast. Good evening. A little bit of mist

and fog in the coming few mornings. Apart from that, we are set fair.

This high pressure has been drifting in through the day. It will stick

around through the week and into the weekend. So the rest of this week

looks very good indeed, a lot of dry weather in the forecast. This is

what we saw earlier today, a lovely afternoon across England and Wales,

lots of sunshine, high level cloud drifting south through the evening.

Essentially overnight, many of us dry, with clear skies. Light winds

as well that. Combination will lead to the mist and fog forming, mainly

across northern and western areas. 10 or 11 in towns and cities. In the

countryside temperatures down to three or four degrees. Rural

Northern Ireland and rural Scotland could be close to freezing. : In the

north of Scotland thicker cloud keeping temperatures up