21/10/2016 Points West

Tonight, a holidaymaker frol Swindon is warning those heading to France

for half term about the problems of migrants hiding in vans.

Martin Williams says he was left shaken and frightened

when he found three people, one of them armed with a we`pon

hiding inside his van as he approached Calais.

Martin holidays in France two to three times a year.

But on his trip home last wdek, he noticed something unusual

after stopping at a service station for a toilet break.

I got in the van to start off, and I noticed some mud on the carpet.

Then I started driving and noticed the back window was flapping

I checked it and noticed it had been broken.

I realised that somebody had been in the camper van.

So I opened the door, and two men were there.

And then there was another one, jumping down from the bunk.

The two men were reluctant to get out and there was a heated `rgument.

He had an iron bar and he dhd hit me on the leg.

I had to calm myself down after I drove away.

It was a bit frightening at the time.

The Caravan Club advises melbers to drive directly from the lotorway

to the port or Eurotunnel not to stop in the Calais area to get

food and drink at least an hour outside of Calais.

And to keep all doors and windows locked.

Martin says he had a close call but he's already planning hhs next

Calais' migrant camp might not even be there then.

Calais' migrant camp might not even be there then,

as the French government wants to clear it imminently, movhng

But for now, and particularly for lorry-drivers, it remains

a daily battle trying to stop people getting onboard.

A man who killed a pensioner in a hit and run in Bruton

in Somerset has failed in an appeal to get part of his sentence reduced.

84-year-old David Hick was killed while he was out walking his dogs.

Robert Finlay was jailed for four and a half years at Taunton

Crown Court in April, and was banned from driving

His lawyers today challenged the length of the ban,

saying he needed his car for work, but the appeal was dismissed.

A fire above Bath's oldest department store is thought to have

Jolly's on Milsom Street was evacuated yesterday aftdrnoon.

The fire was in a communal stairwell in a residential part

of the building, and five pdople were helped to safety.

The police say they're treating it as a case

82 of the region's buildings have been added to a list of important

historical sites judged to be at risk of decay.

The idea is to try to help the sites get repaired and preserved.

One church in Bristol has bden added after a lead theft

from its roof meant the brickwork was damaged by water.

It is thought to stand on the site of the oldest church in Bristol

St Philip and St Jacob wherd a Benedictine Priory once stood

25% of all protected historhc sites are in the south-west.

But a leaky roof means the structure's now been

labelled as at risk, after the lead was stolen in 20 0.

All the massive industrial stuff going on in the south west...

To be added to our at risk register, it shows that they are

important, but we knowledge that the owners might need some help and

support in doing what needs to be done to insure that they ard

protected for the future generations.

The Historic England At Risk Register

has 82 additions in this area alone this year.

Alongside Bristol's famous church, St Nicholas in Gloucestershhre too,

a royal Naval cordite factory in Dorset built

to make munitions in 1916 and Clarendon Palace in Wiltshire.

But sites are also removed every year,

including a decoy village on the Mendips

built to fool German bombers in WWII,

and the precinct walls at Llanthony Abbey in Gloucestdrshire.

Sites like these only taken off when they're no longer

Being added to the list can help important historical sites

access funding and help preserve them for future generations

Across the country there ard 53 1 sites on the register.

Others here include the Swing Bridge,

the carriageworks, Cleveland's Baths.

It's not always age that matters, but sometimes just

the unique architecture or simply historical significance.

A list that tries to stop decay in its tracks

and hold on to history before it disappears.

The Duchess of Cornwall had a public engagement in Somerset todax,

She read to them from Winnie-the-Pooh, who's

celebrating his 90th birthday this year.

...when he bumped into his old friend Eyeore.

I was happy as a lark earlidr, I might have known it

It was part of an event at the Wells Festival of Literature,

organised by the charity Be`nstalk, which works with children who need

That's where I must leave you this Friday night. Here we have the

weather. Both days of the wdekend will see the mourning periods thrown

to low cloud and fork. Most days will be dry, but one or two shells

around on Saturday. We will find as well as sunny spells that Stnday is

the breezy of the two days. Temperatures last night could get as

low as 4-5dC. Frost, fog, low cloud and some of that will be quhte

extensive into the first part of tomorrow morning. Drifting

westwards, breaking up, as ht does so, brighter weather. We cotld see

one or two isolated showers, particularly towards the North, and

north-east. Similar temperatures on Sunday and some rain developing as

we head into Monday. Here is your sunshine to be enjoyed. Louise Lear

has the national forecast now though.

Good evening. Heading off to bed wondering