:00:18. > :00:22.Good evening and welcome to BBC Points West. Our headlines tonight:
:00:22. > :00:27.A murder case re-opened. New appeals to find out what happened
:00:27. > :00:31.to the personal trainer who simply vanished. It baffles me that
:00:31. > :00:34.someone can be here one minute, then disappear without trace. It is
:00:34. > :00:41.a concern volley that there is no evidence of where he has gone on
:00:41. > :00:45.what has happened to them. Fasten your seatbelts - We meet the first
:00:45. > :00:48.captain of tourist flights into space. Insects in the city - the
:00:48. > :00:57.study to find why bees prefer town to country. And here comes the
:00:57. > :01:01.bride - Zara Phillips back in the saddle after that wedding.
:01:01. > :01:08.Detectives have relaunched a murder hunt in Wiltshire - in the hope of
:01:08. > :01:11.catching the killer of Donovan Van Lill. He disappeared from his home
:01:11. > :01:21.in Chippenham, and earlier this year his friend, Martin Sugden was
:01:21. > :01:23.
:01:23. > :01:27.cleared of murder. Today police have released dozens of CCTV images
:01:27. > :01:29.- but despite the renewed appeal - many are asking if his killer will
:01:29. > :01:32.ever be caught. Scott Ellis reports. A popular fitness instructor, whose
:01:32. > :01:38.body has never been found. Donovan Van Lill went missing on Master
:01:38. > :01:44.Glass year. The search became a murder hunt. In August 2010, his
:01:44. > :01:48.mother flew in from South Africa to help police. In April this year,
:01:48. > :01:52.murder suspect Martin Sugden walked out of Bristol Crown Court an
:01:52. > :01:58.innocent man. Today, police relaunched their murder
:01:58. > :02:04.investigation, releasing dozens of CCTV images, captured on camera as
:02:04. > :02:09.Amir the Worm of Donovan Van Lill for the day he went missing. Shots
:02:09. > :02:13.of eating pedestrians and put the six cars, one of which might hold a
:02:13. > :02:17.break through clues. One of those vehicles might have contained
:02:17. > :02:21.Donovan Van Lill. He might have been leaving voluntarily or he
:02:21. > :02:26.might have been under duress or threat to leave. Someone could have
:02:26. > :02:33.seen something and we are happy to hear from anyone with any
:02:33. > :02:36.information, no matter how small. There has been the floating on a
:02:36. > :02:40.pure sham estate where Donovan Van Lill lives. Forensic evidence will
:02:40. > :02:45.be re-examined. There is a cash reward for information. There are
:02:45. > :02:50.16 new officers on the case, poll time. Locals hope that the killer
:02:50. > :02:56.will one day be caught. It baffles me that somebody can be here one
:02:56. > :03:00.minute and then disappear without trace. There is someone out there,
:03:00. > :03:06.someone dangerous, and if he was heart, and the worst happen, then
:03:06. > :03:11.he is still out there, and still working. As time passes the case
:03:11. > :03:17.becomes harder to solve. Tomorrow, it will be 17 months since Donovan
:03:17. > :03:22.land -- Donovan Van Lill went missing. Memories fade, and the
:03:22. > :03:25.police have not yet found his body. Detectives are determined to solve
:03:25. > :03:33.this long-running mystery, so that there is justice for the friends
:03:33. > :03:36.and family of Donovan Van Lill. A man from Bristol's been named as
:03:36. > :03:39.one of the Uk's ten most-wanted fraudsters. Nasser Ahmed is wanted
:03:40. > :03:43.in connection with a �156 million VAT fraud. He went missing during
:03:43. > :03:47.his trial and was sentenced to six years in his absence. The charity
:03:47. > :03:52.Crimestoppers has begun a campaign to find the 38 year old - along
:03:52. > :03:57.with nine others. A former foster parent from Gloucester has been
:03:57. > :04:00.found guilty of eighteen charges of abusing young children. William
:04:00. > :04:08.Barber indecently assaulted eight children over a 13 year period. Our
:04:08. > :04:11.Home Affairs Correspondent Steve Brodie was in court. He was a
:04:11. > :04:16.foster parent. My mum would go round for a cup of tea with his
:04:16. > :04:21.wife. I was four or five years old when it started. I knew not to say
:04:21. > :04:25.anything. It was an spoken thing between us which I felt I should
:04:25. > :04:35.not mention. You feel ashamed, as if it was your fault. I did not
:04:35. > :04:38.
:04:38. > :04:41.have a proper boyfriend until I was in my early 20s. I have taught you
:04:41. > :04:49.the nature of the allegations and from what you have said to me, you
:04:49. > :04:53.deny them. William Barber Used his position as a foster parent and a
:04:53. > :04:57.councillor to persuade parents that he would look after their children.
:04:58. > :05:02.But he betrayed that trust. portrayed himself as a pillar of
:05:02. > :05:07.the community. He was a foster carer. He was in charge of the
:05:07. > :05:14.Tennis Association. He was on the parish council. Anyone with a fell
:05:14. > :05:20.10 in high regard. -- would have held him in high regard. And people
:05:20. > :05:25.would not have believed that about him, at the time. Gloucestershire
:05:25. > :05:28.County Council pointed out that none of the victims were is foster
:05:28. > :05:35.children and that checks on potential carers are now much
:05:35. > :05:39.stricter, and are reviewed annually by an independent panel. The judge
:05:39. > :05:44.told the victims of William Barber, "I increasingly understand the
:05:44. > :05:49.courage that it takes to give evidence in cases like this. He
:05:49. > :05:54.went on," it is a terrible ordeal for the victims, and I was very
:05:54. > :05:59.impressed indeed with the dignity shown by all of you. William Barber,
:05:59. > :06:04.senior, been taken away at the beginning of his file, will be
:06:04. > :06:11.sentenced later. He can expect to spend a long time behind bars. --
:06:11. > :06:15.of his trial. Two people have been arrested in connection with the
:06:15. > :06:19.death of a Bristol man in Wales. Ian Hamilton was found by the side
:06:19. > :06:22.of the road in Caerphilly two weeks ago. A 22-year-old man and an 18-
:06:22. > :06:25.year-old woman have been arrested on suspicion of causing death by
:06:26. > :06:29.dangerous driving. A man from Wiltshire is set to become the
:06:29. > :06:34.first captain to fly tourists into space. David Mackay has been named
:06:34. > :06:37.as the chief pilot for Virgin Galactic. The company hopes to
:06:37. > :06:41.begin commercial space flights within two years, as John Maguire
:06:41. > :06:51.reports. If you have 125,000 kicking around then one day you may
:06:51. > :06:52.
:06:52. > :07:00.be fortunate enough to hear these words. Ladies and gentlemen, this
:07:00. > :07:10.is your Campden gave my caddie, speaking, will come to space. --
:07:10. > :07:11.
:07:11. > :07:15.your captain, Dave McIvor stop. David Mackay has flown and tested
:07:15. > :07:18.more than a hundred different types of aircraft - from Rolls Royce
:07:18. > :07:21.engines to jet engines and next rocket engines. He's packing up his
:07:22. > :07:26.home in Wiltshire and is heading to the california desert as Chief
:07:26. > :07:32.pilot for Virgin Galactic. prickly when I go flying, I am am a
:07:32. > :07:42.little bit keyed up, but then you start flying the vehicle, and your
:07:42. > :07:45.
:07:45. > :07:49.now Stent to disappear. -- nerves tend to. As a child of the space
:07:49. > :07:52.race David always dreamt of proving he had the right stuff - and this
:07:52. > :07:56.is his chance. Like a lot of young boys and girls I'd dreamed of being
:07:56. > :08:04.an astronaut and I never lost hold of that dreamed. I -- it took me
:08:04. > :08:08.longer than I thought it might but I am getting there now. So far he's
:08:08. > :08:11.only flown the spacecraft a few feet off the ground in a simulator
:08:11. > :08:21.- but within a couple of years he could be taking six passengers into
:08:21. > :08:23.
:08:23. > :08:30.space 360,000 feet up for the flight of a lifetime. I might have
:08:30. > :08:36.to wait until the budget version comes out! It looks fantastic. It
:08:36. > :08:46.is so exciting. You're watching BBC Points West with David and Alex.
:08:46. > :08:46.
:08:47. > :08:50.Thanks for joining us this August evening. We've plenty more still to
:08:50. > :08:56.come between now and 7pm. Including an exclusive report from David
:08:56. > :09:00.Passmore. This is the home of Bath rugby club owner, Bruce Craig. But
:09:00. > :09:08.why is a man who loves his life here in the south of France
:09:08. > :09:11.investing in a club based hundreds of miles away? First though, a
:09:11. > :09:21.Gloucestershire family in serious need of a change of fortune has
:09:21. > :09:23.
:09:23. > :09:25.been given the DIY SOS treatment in a programme being aired tonight.
:09:25. > :09:28.The Beasleys have suffered financial distress, bereavement and
:09:28. > :09:32.health problems but the Big Build team and a substantial army of
:09:32. > :09:34.local volunteers have been doing all they can to bring them back
:09:34. > :09:40.from the brink. Amanda Parr reports. This is the big build,
:09:40. > :09:46.Gloucestershire style. The DIY SOS team went into their latest big
:09:46. > :09:51.build, a complete remodelling of an ex-council house in Cirencester.
:09:51. > :09:56.Their biggest product -- project to date, for the Beazley family who
:09:56. > :10:00.have suffered years of bad luck. Liz Beesley found himself out of
:10:00. > :10:04.work during the economic downturn from his job at the wonder factory
:10:04. > :10:11.in Swindon. He and his wife and their children have been living in
:10:11. > :10:17.a dusty building site and their health is suffering. I don't like
:10:17. > :10:26.being year, half the time. three-and-a-half years my wife has
:10:26. > :10:33.been on medication for depression. The situation has affected Victoria
:10:33. > :10:38.as well. She has been having panic attacks. She could not sleep well
:10:38. > :10:43.stop constantly crying and moaning to herself. Tonight, a turnaround
:10:43. > :10:52.for the deserving family, and an extraordinary tarmac of local
:10:52. > :10:57.volunteers. -- turnout. People say that times are tight and you don't
:10:57. > :11:03.have time to do this sort of thing. But it could be me next week, next
:11:03. > :11:10.month, so if you can help a little bit, hopefully, one day, someone
:11:10. > :11:17.will help me out. Nine days to make a shell of a house into a home, so
:11:17. > :11:22.that the family can concentrate on rebuilding their lives around it.
:11:22. > :11:26.Mark Miller was a project manager for the big build. He joins us in
:11:27. > :11:35.the studio now. It seems like a deserving family and a special
:11:35. > :11:41.project. An incredible family. They had been hit by a bus full of bad
:11:41. > :11:46.news, and knocked sideways. And I thought to myself, they needed big
:11:46. > :11:50.help on this job. The house was full of damp. The family had
:11:50. > :11:56.nothing to look forward to. The house was just in a mess. We look
:11:56. > :12:01.at the job and we thought, we have got to take this on. I thought it
:12:01. > :12:06.would be an easy job to take on. It turned out to be a monster.
:12:06. > :12:11.Everything was wrong with the project. And you got so much help.
:12:11. > :12:19.You would not be able to do that without the community stepping up.
:12:19. > :12:25.The Community are the heroes of this show. The Gloucestershire
:12:25. > :12:31.builders came out. Some of them was that there for two days. And there
:12:31. > :12:38.is no glory in it for them. That's right. They just tell us that they
:12:38. > :12:43.are just there, to help. There is no monetary value in it. It is very
:12:43. > :12:47.kind, people have got big hearts. But we do not want to show off the
:12:47. > :12:54.finished product and spoil the programme tonight. What was it
:12:54. > :13:01.like? It was rubbish, we just wreck the place! No, really, it is good
:13:01. > :13:06.at all, watch it tonight at 9 o'clock. It is very moving.
:13:06. > :13:13.human spirit just wins every time. Gloucestershire builders and
:13:13. > :13:23.tradesmen, I take my hat off to them. It was an incredible ever. 9
:13:23. > :13:26.o'clock on BBC One, watch it, please. Researchers from Bristol
:13:26. > :13:29.have begun a nationwide study to find out where bees and butterflies
:13:29. > :13:32.are choosing to live. And surprisingly, they think the
:13:32. > :13:39.pollinating insects are thriving in our cities. But why? Zoe Gough has
:13:39. > :13:46.been finding out more and joins us from Westbury-on-Trym now.
:13:46. > :13:54.answer lies all around me, beautiful blooms, well-kept gardens,
:13:54. > :13:58.and just a hint of neighbourly competition. As a result, this
:13:58. > :14:05.competition hopes that lots of these will want to make places like
:14:05. > :14:11.this old. -- lots of honey bees. Scouring these Bristol Gardens for
:14:11. > :14:16.tiny, vital creatures. Researchers from the University of Bristol want
:14:16. > :14:20.to prove that cities are helping honey bees. They a comparing
:14:20. > :14:26.samples from here in Westbury on Trym with those in more rural
:14:26. > :14:29.habitats. It is thought that the city was now more popular. It is a
:14:29. > :14:34.reliable source of food with greater diversity and abundance in
:14:34. > :14:41.cities than in nature reserves and the countryside, and gardeners like
:14:41. > :14:45.things that flower early and flower late. Investigating 100 front
:14:45. > :14:50.gardens in Bristol will start the three-year project. It hopes to
:14:51. > :14:55.show that rather than pushing wildlife out, the City could save
:14:56. > :15:00.the struggling honey bee population. If urban areas are found to be a
:15:00. > :15:06.haven for insects, councils like Bristol will be encouraged to
:15:06. > :15:12.attract even more of them. That might be the future, but what has
:15:12. > :15:19.caught scientists excited about the city? Rib is a beekeeper, lovely
:15:19. > :15:25.honey bees, lots of them hard at work. -- breadth. Were you
:15:25. > :15:29.surprised to find out that the city was supposed to be a hotspot?
:15:29. > :15:33.really, because there are many gardeners here. They draw a
:15:33. > :15:40.wonderful variety of different plants and vegetables and fruit.
:15:40. > :15:45.And the honey bees love it. You are a member of the Bristol beekeeping
:15:45. > :15:50.Association. Do you find that honey bees in the City are more
:15:50. > :15:55.successful than those in the countryside? We have heard rumours
:15:55. > :15:58.on the grapevine that some of the people keeping bees in the
:15:58. > :16:02.countryside have to feed their honey bees more than we do here in
:16:02. > :16:07.the city. We have more variety at the beginning and the end of the
:16:07. > :16:13.season, and that is very helpful for the honey bees. Keep up the
:16:13. > :16:19.good work. As part of my research, I found a group in bluster, who
:16:19. > :16:24.want to become the World's first honey D Guardian City. It is not
:16:24. > :16:34.just here in Bristol but several urban the areas around the West
:16:34. > :16:35.
:16:35. > :16:38.that have been kind to ladies. -- to honey bees. Now to sport and
:16:38. > :16:41.we've the first major television interview with Bath Rugby Owner
:16:41. > :16:44.Bruce Craig. And we begin our countdown to the start of the new
:16:45. > :16:49.football season. Here's David Passmore. Yes for the rest of the
:16:49. > :16:52.week we look at the prospects for our league sides. From Bristol
:16:52. > :16:55.City's attempts to reach the premier league to Paolo di Canio's
:16:55. > :16:58.managerial debut at Swindon. But tonight we take a look at
:16:58. > :17:01.Cheltenham Town. Last season they started strongly but ended 17th in
:17:01. > :17:05.League Two. They did score some spectacular goals along the way,
:17:05. > :17:09.but the manager has been busy signing new players to ensure they
:17:09. > :17:14.do better this time. And there's one area which is proving to be a
:17:14. > :17:18.particular problem, as Alistair Durden reports. They say in
:17:18. > :17:27.football, a good goalscorer is the hardest player to find. And the
:17:27. > :17:30.most expensive to buy. But for Cheltenham Town it's not been
:17:31. > :17:34.discovering them, but keeping them that's been the problem. Starting
:17:34. > :17:38.with Kayode Odejayi back in 2007, the Robins have lost their top
:17:38. > :17:42.scorer at the end of the season for the last five years. All the way
:17:42. > :17:47.through to Wes Thomas this summer. Men who have scored goals, and then
:17:47. > :17:55.moved on - and not too many for a fee either. It is a typical job
:17:55. > :18:00.will start but we have had a little bit of luck. Wesley Thomas came in
:18:00. > :18:05.and scored 19 goals, so it was a bit of a gamble because he had not
:18:05. > :18:08.scored much before that, and you hope that with the right work and
:18:08. > :18:14.encouragement they will boost their credentials and hopefully score you
:18:14. > :18:17.some goals. Former Bristol Rovers striker Darryl Duffy might provide
:18:18. > :18:21.the answer this year or perhaps Kaid Mohammed. The 26 year old
:18:21. > :18:25.started at Swindon before dropping out of the league. This is his
:18:25. > :18:27.second chance to make it in the pro-game. He's the sort of gamble
:18:27. > :18:31.the directors have to take. Attendances at Whaddon Road were
:18:31. > :18:39.down 6 per cent last season - and staying competitive with a small
:18:39. > :18:43.budget remains the main challenge. We are competing against Oxford
:18:43. > :18:47.United, playing in front of 8,000 or 9,000 people. We have got to
:18:47. > :18:57.counter that would work off the peel. It is very stressful and it
:18:57. > :19:00.is constant effort, to try and do that. This will be Cheltenham's
:19:00. > :19:09.13th season in the football league. The bookies think it'll be an
:19:09. > :19:14.unlucky one - predicting a battle against relegation. I think the
:19:14. > :19:18.match will pull their socks up and do well. They will battle, but I do
:19:18. > :19:24.not think they will stay up. Fingers crossed. I don't want them
:19:24. > :19:32.to go down. I have been down there and I know how grim it is. This is
:19:32. > :19:36.much more fun. Six years ago Cheltenham were also tipped to be
:19:36. > :19:44.relegated - they went on to win the playoff final. Don't write them off
:19:44. > :19:48.just yet. Tomorrow it is the turn of your old town. When he bought
:19:48. > :19:52.BAFTA of the last year a few people had ever had a brisk trade. He has
:19:52. > :19:57.kept a very low profile since and we have heard little about the man
:19:57. > :20:01.or his vision for the club. He has spoken exclusively to the programme
:20:01. > :20:06.and told us about his life and his passion for the game, and I visited
:20:06. > :20:12.his luxury home in the south of France. A dream house in a dream
:20:12. > :20:19.location Tostock Bruce Craig opted for this sport in the hills of
:20:19. > :20:25.Provence, to transform a modest house into a luxury home. For the
:20:25. > :20:30.last 18 months I have been designing and resent -- redesigning
:20:30. > :20:34.and renovating completely, this property. The building was here,
:20:34. > :20:39.but all the frontage and the stonework has been we done, these
:20:39. > :20:49.formal gardens have been re created, the terracing was done, which was a
:20:49. > :20:50.
:20:50. > :20:55.huge amount of work. He meal of finance, but he grew up in Chew
:20:55. > :20:59.Magna. He was scrum-half and captain at St Brendan's School, he
:20:59. > :21:03.attended Loughborough University before moving to France, where the
:21:03. > :21:08.plea for what is now at the racing at the old club. He sold his
:21:08. > :21:13.specialist company which transports medicines and blood products around
:21:13. > :21:18.the world. The price tag was a staggering �975 million. He will
:21:18. > :21:28.not say how large his personal share was. Why did he choose Bath
:21:28. > :21:28.
:21:29. > :21:38.rugby? My colleagues followed Bath for many years, and the opportunity
:21:39. > :21:41.
:21:41. > :21:46.to buy Bath rugby, in terms of just its prestige, the City, the aura,
:21:46. > :21:56.and be able to bring Bath rugby back to his Claudia's was a massive
:21:56. > :21:58.
:21:58. > :22:01.challenge. -- back to its glory years. He has concentrated on his
:22:01. > :22:06.house and leave in France and his new rugby club since selling his
:22:06. > :22:12.business. He wants to redevelop the ground and strengthen the squad.
:22:12. > :22:18.Above all, he wants to put in a structure that will create
:22:18. > :22:22.sustainable success. All the different business pieces of a
:22:22. > :22:29.professional rugby club, that will all be put into place, so that the
:22:29. > :22:34.future of Bath Rugby is sustained. Walk on his new home continues, and
:22:34. > :22:44.is almost completed, but work on making Bath rugby the top team in
:22:44. > :22:54.Europe or take a little longer. Tomorrow, we will hear about how
:22:54. > :22:55.
:22:55. > :23:05.Bruce will fulfil his vision for the club, on and off the field.
:23:05. > :23:08.More tomorrow. Thank you very much. For most Bride's, the days after
:23:08. > :23:13.the wedding and a chance to head off on honeymoon, to relax and
:23:13. > :23:17.enjoy married life. But the Queen's granddaughter Zara Phillips was
:23:17. > :23:26.back in the saddle, after her wedding to rugby star Mike Tindall
:23:26. > :23:31.on Saturday. The fairy-tale wedding with a guest list mixing royalty
:23:31. > :23:37.and sporting stars. These clusters are newly weds make the most of
:23:37. > :23:43.their marriage weekend. And a more familiar wardrobe of jeans and T-
:23:43. > :23:50.shirt, and she made the most of the media spotlight by launching a
:23:50. > :23:54.children's range. Just like the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, this
:23:54. > :24:02.couple are already back at work. Although the big they were still at
:24:02. > :24:09.the forefront of her mind. It was a great day for both of us. To have
:24:09. > :24:14.friends and family together. Unbelievable. Her husband, Mike
:24:14. > :24:19.Tindall, the Gloucestershire and England rugby player was training
:24:19. > :24:23.ahead of the World Cup next month. And satellites is looking ahead to
:24:23. > :24:27.the British Open at Gatcombe, this weekend, in preparation for the
:24:27. > :24:34.2012 Olympics. With all that success it is not hard to see why
:24:34. > :24:40.she will be keeping her maiden name. I am very much Mrs Mike Tindall,
:24:41. > :24:45.and I will be privately, and I'm sure, publicly, as well. For a
:24:45. > :24:49.couple used to spending time apart while competing internationally,
:24:49. > :24:56.went they get time to have a honeymoon, they might fancy staying
:24:56. > :25:03.at home in Chilton, to coincide with next year's Gold Cup. -- in
:25:03. > :25:12.Cheltenham. Time now for the weather forecast. It has been very
:25:12. > :25:17.hot today. Yes, getting up to 26 Celsius in parts of Wiltshire. It
:25:17. > :25:21.has been very warm and remaining drive for most of us. Lots of
:25:21. > :25:27.sunshine around as well. We have an unsettled pattern in the upper
:25:27. > :25:33.atmosphere at the moment. More recently bringing showers to parts
:25:33. > :25:36.of Wiltshire, but elsewhere it has been dry. Similar pattern tomorrow
:25:36. > :25:44.with Wiltshire, and Gloucestershire possibly facing some showers
:25:44. > :25:48.tomorrow. The temperature drone to this convergence line across
:25:48. > :25:56.Wiltshire, with heavy showers starting to break out in the last
:25:56. > :26:01.couple of years. Those have picked up on the rain far weirder. -- the
:26:01. > :26:06.rainfall radar. Those might continue for some pain into the
:26:06. > :26:10.evening. The Met Office model has them further out into the east, but
:26:10. > :26:18.the broad theme is just about right. Overnight, variable amounts of
:26:18. > :26:23.cloud that light winds. Mostly a mild night, a comparatively sleepy,
:26:23. > :26:28.temperatures up as high as 16 Celsius. If you are -- if you are
:26:28. > :26:34.up early enough, the International Space Station is passing over head
:26:34. > :26:39.during the early hours of the morning. There should be enough
:26:39. > :26:47.clear spells to see that. Tomorrow, starting with some sunny spells and
:26:47. > :26:52.variable amounts of cloud. Dry, at this stage. Elsewhere, it should
:26:52. > :26:55.stay dry, but through the evening, increasing cloud starting to appear
:26:55. > :27:00.from the South West. That will bring some showers as we get
:27:00. > :27:07.through towards 8 o'clock in the evening. Tomorrow, temperatures up
:27:07. > :27:13.into the mid-twenties. Let me when the sequence into Thursday morning.
:27:13. > :27:16.This is where the action starts to take place. This next Beacham
:27:16. > :27:23.brings ahead a band up through Thursday morning. Looking decidedly
:27:23. > :27:31.wet, with heavy rain and a lot of us -- a lot of spray and standing