:00:16. > :00:21.Welcome to Points West. In their headlines tonight: Tribute to the
:00:21. > :00:24.officer who loved his job. Wootton Bassett on ASBO latest
:00:24. > :00:29.soldier to make his final journey home.
:00:29. > :00:34.Also tonight, some celebrate in the West, but why UCAS would not have
:00:34. > :00:38.got an A * today. Watch the birdie, the man behind
:00:38. > :00:44.this says it is not a fake speed camera, it is a bird box.
:00:44. > :00:54.And catching up with a new cycling craze sweeping but West, but these
:00:54. > :01:01.
:01:01. > :01:04.are cyclists have no brakes. Good Evening.
:01:04. > :01:07.Thousands of teenagers across the West have spent the day celebrating
:01:07. > :01:10.or commiserating after collecting their A-level results. Many of them
:01:10. > :01:13.will be off to university this autumn, but some face a tense wait
:01:13. > :01:16.to find out if their results are good enough. James Hassam reports.
:01:16. > :01:19.The smile said it all. These results, four A-stars, were better
:01:19. > :01:28.than this student said she'd ever dreamed of. And once she'd digested
:01:28. > :01:33.the news, it was time for a hug. And another one. And another one.
:01:33. > :01:38.Everything was a blur on the page. I had to get someone else to read
:01:38. > :01:41.them out to me. To her evident shock and delight,
:01:41. > :01:44.Claire's become the first student from this college to make it to
:01:44. > :01:49.Oxford. Next door, in the library, these students were not yet ready
:01:49. > :01:58.to celebrate. They were trying to get onto the UCAS website, trying
:01:58. > :02:04.to work out what their future holds. There is plenty of advice and
:02:04. > :02:14.support there. It is disappointing for some of them who have missed by
:02:14. > :02:22.
:02:22. > :02:24.one grade. It is hard, but that is part of growing up, isn't it?
:02:24. > :02:27.In Taunton, plenty of cheers, hugs and high-fives. But, inevitably,
:02:27. > :02:32.some worried faces. Those who had done well were sparing a thought
:02:32. > :02:37.for others. I feel sympathy for those who have to go next year and
:02:37. > :02:40.pay �9,000 per year. Especially those who did not get their choice
:02:40. > :02:42.this year. Lots more smiles here at Hanham
:02:42. > :02:45.High School in Bristol. The congratulations on these balloons
:02:45. > :02:48.fitting for this partially sighted student - who got an A-star, two As
:02:48. > :02:52.and a B I had a lot of migraines and I
:02:52. > :02:57.couldn't sleep at night and there was a lot of issues, but it was
:02:57. > :03:05.worth it. It was also worth it for these very
:03:06. > :03:11.happy students at Redknock School in Gloucester. I got an A, B and A
:03:11. > :03:14.C. I got an A * and to as. I am really chuffed.
:03:14. > :03:17.The pass rates for students this year in Bristol was 97% in state
:03:17. > :03:22.schools and colleges. Figures aren't yet available for Somerset,
:03:22. > :03:25.Gloucestershire, Wiltshire or Dorset.
:03:25. > :03:33.Back in Hanham High School, Shaban's secured his place at
:03:33. > :03:39.Exeter University. One of the lucky ones looking forward to the autumn.
:03:39. > :03:42.While the others face an uncertain wait and some tough choices.
:03:42. > :03:45.An investigation's underway into why a website at the Cheltenham-
:03:45. > :03:50.based University Admissions Centre crashed on its busiest day of the
:03:50. > :03:54.year. UCAS has said the service had to be closed because traffic on the
:03:54. > :03:57.site was four times higher than a year ago. Earlier we spoke to our
:03:57. > :04:06.reporter Howell Griffith, who has been at the UCAS headquarters since
:04:06. > :04:12.first thing this morning. It has been a busy tense and
:04:12. > :04:16.difficult day here at the UCAS headquarters. Pence for the
:04:17. > :04:21.thousands of people calling him. Many will not have the results they
:04:21. > :04:25.were hoping for and will need to go into clearing. Also difficult for
:04:25. > :04:31.the management here because for several hours part of the website
:04:31. > :04:37.was off-line. They could not cope with the amount of people. Managers
:04:37. > :04:41.were apologetic. I do apologise to everyone who has had any anxiety
:04:42. > :04:48.added to this tough day. We have had a very busy morning. At one
:04:48. > :04:53.stage we were getting 450 hits per second on the track website. All
:04:53. > :04:57.other services have been fully available. The track website we did
:04:57. > :05:03.take down for a short while and we have been ramping it back up and
:05:03. > :05:07.false services will be resumed. Thousands of phone calls have been
:05:08. > :05:13.coming in. The lines will continue into this evening and will probably
:05:13. > :05:17.close at 7:00pm. Whatever happens, they will be back at 8:00am
:05:17. > :05:23.tomorrow morning. Here are people monitoring social networking site
:05:23. > :05:27.to give advice. The advice is to stay calm, not rush into big
:05:27. > :05:30.decisions. There are thousands of places available and everyone wants
:05:30. > :05:33.to make sure they get on the right course.
:05:33. > :05:36.Well, despite all the problems with the UCAS website, tonight many of
:05:36. > :05:39.the West's students are still on a high from achieving the results
:05:39. > :05:41.they wanted. And joining us now via Skype are three students, Claire
:05:41. > :05:51.Rammelkamp from Bristol, Toby Smith from Taunton and Shannon Hilton
:05:51. > :05:54.
:05:54. > :05:58.from Swindon. If I can start with Clare, Clare I
:05:58. > :06:05.think we saw you before also remind us what the grades were that you
:06:05. > :06:11.got and the University you got into. I needed three as to get into
:06:11. > :06:18.Oxford and I managed to get for a start. I'm sure it was all down to
:06:18. > :06:22.so much hard work. How a where are you of the competition? You are
:06:23. > :06:27.really up against it this year. was aware of the competition after
:06:27. > :06:32.my interview. They told me there were twice as many students as
:06:32. > :06:37.usual this year. I think it was definitely worth it to avoid the
:06:37. > :06:45.fee rise. It is interesting you should mention that. Shannon, you
:06:45. > :06:52.are smiling so I presume you got what you wanted. I was predicted
:06:52. > :06:58.for as and I got them so I am happy. But you are not choosing to go this
:06:58. > :07:03.year are you? I did not get into any university for medicine so I am
:07:03. > :07:07.happy to take a gap year. So you are faced with going next year and
:07:07. > :07:13.the fees are rising. How do you feel about that? I have been told
:07:13. > :07:18.that I will come out with a debt of around �100,000. It is a lot of
:07:18. > :07:23.money to a, but a career that will hopefully be worth it. A positive
:07:23. > :07:33.attitude. You seem to be taking the news well. Toby, what grades did
:07:33. > :07:35.
:07:35. > :07:40.you get? Toby, can you hear me? I am not sure that Toby can hear us.
:07:40. > :07:45.I can tell you that Toby got fantastic grades and he did get
:07:45. > :07:50.into university. He was certainly smiling before. If I can come back
:07:50. > :07:54.to you, Clare, if we are looking at students at home at the moment
:07:54. > :07:59.worrying about their grades, what advice would you give them? There
:07:59. > :08:03.is always the option to take a gap year. Of course that would mean
:08:03. > :08:07.higher fees, but I think it is probably really worth it for the
:08:07. > :08:12.experience and you can get a lot more to put on your UCAS form and
:08:12. > :08:19.you can go travelling. There is always clearing and the clearing
:08:19. > :08:22.stations are available for people to call up now. Thank you very much.
:08:22. > :08:25.And if you haven't got the grades you wanted, or you're still not
:08:25. > :08:35.sure whether you've got into the university of your choice, you can
:08:35. > :08:47.
:08:47. > :08:49.New images have been released of people suspected of being involved
:08:49. > :08:52.in recent outbreaks of violence in Bristol and Gloucester. Detectives
:08:52. > :08:55.in Bristol are continuing to examine this CCTV footage of the
:08:55. > :08:57.disturbances in the city ten days ago to try to identify those
:08:57. > :09:00.involved. Gloucestershire police have also released new images of
:09:00. > :09:06.people they are trying to trace. They were photographed during
:09:06. > :09:10.disturbances on August the 9th. You're watching BBC Points West.
:09:10. > :09:15.Still to come on the programme: City are back on track as Maynard
:09:15. > :09:25.strikes twice. And the "bird box" putting the brakes on Somerset
:09:25. > :09:27.
:09:27. > :09:32.The South West has now raised �6 million for the Disasters Emergency
:09:32. > :09:35.Committee to help starving people in east Africa. That's 12% of the
:09:35. > :09:41.�50 million raised around the country since the appeal went out
:09:41. > :09:48.six weeks ago. The government's just announced a �25 million aid
:09:48. > :09:53.package, but the situation remains dire. 12 million face starvation. 2
:09:53. > :09:56.million children are malnourished. You've helped so much. But more is
:09:56. > :10:06.needed. Earlier, two people, key to the fund raising effort, spoke to
:10:06. > :10:06.
:10:06. > :10:11.Chris. To get the latest, I am joined by a
:10:11. > :10:17.member of the Muslim community in Bristol. Very active among young
:10:17. > :10:22.people and Roger James from Oxfam in the region.
:10:22. > :10:28.There is a big drive behind fund raising at this time, isn't there?
:10:28. > :10:33.It is a time for giving full us Muslims. It is one of the pillars
:10:33. > :10:38.of Islam. You see it among the mosques and the community
:10:38. > :10:43.organisations, everyone is fund- raising and giving money. Our young
:10:44. > :10:50.people getting involved? Light in every section of the community, you
:10:50. > :10:56.have some disaffected young people, but also engaged proactive members
:10:56. > :11:01.of the Muslim community. They are quite involved in fund-raising.
:11:01. > :11:07.Being active, supporting other Muslims. One of the key charities
:11:07. > :11:14.involved is Islamic Relief a member of the EEC. What kind of suffering
:11:14. > :11:19.are they reporting back to you? From what I have heard, they have
:11:20. > :11:25.gone up there, they are speaking to people and they are young people,
:11:25. > :11:28.young children with elbows and arms the size of their little finger.
:11:28. > :11:34.They can't physically give them food, they have to go on trips
:11:35. > :11:42.first. This is what is actually happening. Thus casting is the
:11:42. > :11:47.place to allow us to feel some of that suffering -- thrusting. This
:11:47. > :11:54.time of the year we always remember those less fortunate than as.
:11:54. > :11:59.Roger James, what are you focusing on? Oxfam is supplying water in
:11:59. > :12:05.Somalia at the moment. We have a programme helping 100,000 people.
:12:05. > :12:11.We have a cleaning programme for young people. The situation is
:12:11. > :12:18.extremely serious. 50% of the children are malnourished. We have
:12:18. > :12:22.a population of 564,000 people at immediate risk of dying. That is a
:12:22. > :12:27.population bigger than the size of Bristol. It is a region ripped
:12:27. > :12:30.apart by war. People are very worried that their money get
:12:31. > :12:36.through and does actually make a difference. Will the money get lost
:12:36. > :12:41.on the way. Can you assure us of that? Oxfam has worked in that
:12:41. > :12:47.region for many years. We are in Somalia's and we are operating with
:12:47. > :12:50.our staff on the ground and with partners on the ground so we are
:12:50. > :12:55.ensuring the money gets through. Money raised by people here, we are
:12:55. > :13:00.looking after it and want it spent saving lives on the ground.
:13:01. > :13:08.anyone out there is looking to give money to this appeal, look to give
:13:08. > :13:18.to a charity that is part of the DC. Oxfam is one of those. It could not
:13:18. > :13:20.
:13:20. > :13:23.be more important to act now. you very much.
:13:23. > :13:25.The town of Wootton Bassett paid tribute to another fallen
:13:25. > :13:27.serviceman this afternoon. Lieutenant Daniel Clack, from the
:13:27. > :13:29.Gloucestershire-based First Battalion the Rifles, was killed in
:13:29. > :13:32.Afghanistan earlier this month. It's the battalion's fourth loss
:13:32. > :13:36.during its current tour of duty. Our Gloucestershire reporter Steve
:13:36. > :13:41.Knibbs has been in Wootton Bassett today.
:13:41. > :13:51.Wootton Bassett fell silent again. People from all walks of life
:13:51. > :13:56.
:13:56. > :14:00.shoulder to shoulder in mutual Lieutenant Daniel Clack was a
:14:00. > :14:09.promising young officer leading his patrol into an Afghan village he
:14:09. > :14:17.was killed. Five of his comrades were also injured. The padre tells
:14:17. > :14:21.us he remembers Lieutenant Daniel Clack Park enthusiasm. He was so
:14:21. > :14:27.intense taking it all in. When I heard the news of his death,
:14:27. > :14:32.immediately my mind saw his face. A day after he was killed that was
:14:32. > :14:37.what he was going to do, go to a conference.
:14:37. > :14:44.This will be the last repatriation in Wootton Bassett. Tony and
:14:44. > :14:48.Lorraine have been to most of them. I feel so sad, really.
:14:48. > :14:52.Ken Scott has a mission to collect the messages left on the war
:14:52. > :14:55.memorial. Messages that would otherwise be lost.
:14:56. > :15:02.It breaks my heart to think that we have lost these young people and
:15:02. > :15:06.they are only children. To me, they are just children. I know they are
:15:06. > :15:12.men, they are 18 all in their twenties, but still they are
:15:12. > :15:16.children to me. They are somebody's child.
:15:16. > :15:26.Wootton Bassett is not wavering in hit support of the fallen, but they
:15:26. > :15:35.
:15:35. > :15:40.pray that today will really be the There is huge relief at asked don't
:15:40. > :15:44.gate this afternoon. Both City's goals were scored by Nicky Maynard,
:15:44. > :15:50.the play at Leicester spent most of the summer trying to sign.
:15:50. > :15:54.It was a new look Bristol City in attitude and personnel. They
:15:54. > :15:58.dropped David James and barely had the pleasantries been completed and
:15:58. > :16:04.City were ahead with a pile-driver of a shot from Nicky Maynard.
:16:04. > :16:10.He gave the team more used to conceding the first goal, a much
:16:10. > :16:15.needed boost. It is nice to get the early goal. I think we started well
:16:16. > :16:20.and the last couple of games, we did not start as well. It is nice
:16:20. > :16:30.to start well and benefit from getting a goal. Maynard had a
:16:30. > :16:30.
:16:30. > :16:36.chance to make it 2-0 just before half-time.
:16:36. > :16:41.I hit it well. Obviously it it just crossed off the bar. If it had been
:16:41. > :16:48.no way it would have been the perfect penalty. When City's meal
:16:48. > :16:54.was mud, it allowed Leicester to equal or La -- equalised.
:16:54. > :17:04.The favour was returned when Maynard got the goal which gave
:17:04. > :17:05.
:17:05. > :17:09.An amazing amount of pressure has been put on us after two games. So
:17:09. > :17:15.to go there and go and beat Leicester who were one of the
:17:15. > :17:20.favourites to go up, is a fantastic result.
:17:20. > :17:25.Relief all around. The man who Leicester tried so hard to sign was
:17:25. > :17:35.City's saviour. The manager hoping this performance does not attract
:17:35. > :17:39.
:17:39. > :17:42.more offers for Maynard before the transfer season closes.
:17:42. > :17:47.It is almost the year until the Olympic Games.
:17:48. > :17:51.Over the next fortnight, more than 100 athletes will be spending time
:17:51. > :17:56.at the University of Bath. As so we have spent the day with some of the
:17:56. > :18:00.early arrivals. The Olympic Village, a unique
:18:00. > :18:05.resident all the best athletes in the world. It is being recreate it
:18:05. > :18:09.right here in Bath. Next year, British Para Olympians will be
:18:09. > :18:14.based here before moving on to the Games. Today was the turn of tennis
:18:14. > :18:20.and local players to make sure everything was up to scratch.
:18:20. > :18:25.By the end of August, 11 sports will have been here. We are multi-
:18:25. > :18:30.sport team. We should not underestimate the need to build 300
:18:30. > :18:36.individuals into a team that are all actually trying to achieve
:18:36. > :18:40.personal best. Britain's most famous Paris Olympian was also at
:18:40. > :18:44.the University. The veteran of five games giving her own seal of
:18:45. > :18:49.approval. For the Paralympic athlete, being at Bath will be the
:18:49. > :18:53.icing on the cake. It is really exciting and makes me look back and
:18:53. > :18:59.think it would have been nice to up at something like this when I was
:18:59. > :19:03.competing. Among the hopefuls, these athletes both live and train
:19:03. > :19:09.in Bath already, but are clearly delighted at the whole squad
:19:09. > :19:13.finally being here. The final preparation should be stress-free.
:19:13. > :19:18.The simulation comes can help with those because it makes everything
:19:18. > :19:21.runs smoothly. Everybody feels comfortable with what will happen.
:19:21. > :19:25.Everything is on hand for the athletes from food to space to
:19:26. > :19:30.relax. The British team wants another second place or better in
:19:30. > :19:40.the medal table at London. I getting this come bright, Bath will
:19:40. > :19:41.
:19:41. > :19:47.play its power -- play its part. A fake speed camera, which has
:19:47. > :19:52.appeared on unmade road in Somerset, is causing a stir among motorists.
:19:52. > :19:57.Officials plan to pay a visit to the man who put it up and asking to
:19:57. > :20:03.take it down. He says it is just a bird box and he does not see why it
:20:04. > :20:09.should go. One of these is real, one is not,
:20:09. > :20:13.but can you spot the difference? A fake one is on the left. But
:20:13. > :20:22.judging from the brake lights here, many motorists to come across the
:20:22. > :20:27.new yellow box of certainly fold. It is fixed to the tree so it looks
:20:27. > :20:31.a little bit suspicious. I am not sure if it is the real thing.
:20:31. > :20:37.Anybody who knows about cameras, they have to have lines on the road
:20:37. > :20:43.and there are no lines on the road. She is right, but this is a pretty
:20:43. > :20:50.good reproduction. It even has its own security camera. Plainly, its
:20:50. > :20:53.intention is to slow traffic which pleases some people. I think a
:20:53. > :21:00.glimpse that yellow and they do touch the brakes a little bit.
:21:00. > :21:05.idea? Very much so. The police say they are not worried. No law is
:21:05. > :21:08.being broken but local planners say it may break planning rules so they
:21:08. > :21:12.will be paying its own or a visit on Monday.
:21:12. > :21:18.While the man behind all of this did not want to be interviewed, he
:21:18. > :21:24.told me that this is a bird box which just happens to help slow
:21:24. > :21:27.traffic down. The irony is that since the collapse of the Avon and
:21:27. > :21:35.Somerset camera partnership won all speed cameras were turned off, this
:21:35. > :21:39.is about as useful or useless as all of the others.
:21:39. > :21:44.I am sure you will have thoughts on that. For a city that is full of
:21:44. > :21:49.holes, Bristol is popular with cyclists. It is a designated
:21:49. > :21:53.cycling city and today a festival of film gets under way to celebrate
:21:53. > :21:58.the different facets of the cycling culture.
:21:58. > :22:02.Cycle screen is in its second year round and this time it is stepping
:22:02. > :22:09.outside the confines of the watershed Arts Complex to put a
:22:09. > :22:15.screening on the big screen in Millennium Square.
:22:15. > :22:20.Hello. Cycle City, it certainly feels like one. It is very slippy
:22:20. > :22:25.and a wheel. This is where the festival will be coming on Saturday
:22:25. > :22:30.night to do a big screening. It is a film about a special type of
:22:30. > :22:34.bicycle. It is one that these guys are riding that is a little bit
:22:34. > :22:40.unusual. Gavin's strange is passionate about
:22:40. > :22:44.cycling. On the track, on the road, off the road. Every day he is
:22:44. > :22:48.pushing pedals. He is a man who loves his bike. There is something
:22:48. > :22:55.odd about this particular bite because it does not let you change
:22:55. > :22:59.gear. This is the simplest kind of bike, really. Basically, your
:22:59. > :23:07.pedals are directly connected to the back wheel so all the effort
:23:07. > :23:15.you put in, if you'd go forward you go forward. It is a unicycle with
:23:15. > :23:19.two wheels. It is very simple. Less can be more. The community of
:23:19. > :23:24.fixed be a cyclist is growing. So much so that Gavin decided to make
:23:24. > :23:31.a film about it. The film is made about people in
:23:31. > :23:38.this community with a passion for this bike. Whether someone is
:23:38. > :23:45.riding fast or just plain white polo. They are all interested in
:23:45. > :23:52.their simplicity. This is one of a dozen or so events happening here
:23:52. > :23:58.over the next four days. It is all part of cycle screen, a festival
:23:58. > :24:05.dedicated to all things to wield. We have a diverse and wide cross
:24:05. > :24:09.section of cyclists. The idea is to showcase the best films and talks
:24:09. > :24:19.about their subcultures. We felt they needed to be something more
:24:19. > :24:23.
:24:23. > :24:31.visible that people can see so a He thinks it was a no-brainer and I
:24:31. > :24:36.am pleased to say he is here now. How is it going? Really well. We
:24:36. > :24:42.are now in our second year and it is taking as outside. We have seen
:24:42. > :24:47.the guys cycling today, how do you get that enthusiasm across on film?
:24:47. > :24:53.Both cycling and films are accessible to all and they both
:24:53. > :24:59.offer a form of a escapism. To me, together, it is a perfect marriage.
:24:59. > :25:05.The perfect marriage and here is the place to be. 8:00pm on Saturday,
:25:05. > :25:08.if that is your thing. Artists involved with the UK's
:25:08. > :25:13.largest treat art festival have been working through the night in
:25:13. > :25:17.Bristol. Dozens of graffiti artists from across the world have been
:25:17. > :25:22.creating new work on Nelson Street in the city centre.
:25:22. > :25:26.The project brings together international street artist working
:25:26. > :25:32.in a variety of styles and Points West will be back there tomorrow to
:25:32. > :25:37.see how the finished works turn out. It will be amazing.
:25:37. > :25:42.Let's turn to the weather now, an awful lot of water in some parts.
:25:42. > :25:48.Especially in Dorset and Wiltshire, was it?
:25:48. > :25:55.Yes indeed. Nearly six mm in parts Yes indeed. Nearly six mm in parts
:25:56. > :26:03.of Dorset. Red sky at night quite likely in some western districts
:26:03. > :26:07.tonight. Bodes well for tomorrow. Tomorrow will be a completely
:26:07. > :26:12.different story all around with a good deal of sunshine, hazy though
:26:12. > :26:16.it may be. The reason that things are going to improve tomorrow is
:26:16. > :26:22.high pressure reaching out from the south-west into the middle of the
:26:22. > :26:29.day. We will have dry conditions. Saturday, by Saturday we have
:26:29. > :26:37.another front lingering to the west of us. The rainfall radar really
:26:37. > :26:40.showing how this wave on this front bought at heavy rain today. Still a
:26:40. > :26:47.few showery outbreaks in some western districts, but they will
:26:47. > :26:52.play away. That means pete Glastonbury and his daughter might
:26:52. > :27:02.be busy again with the international space station as it
:27:02. > :27:06.sailed overhead. 9:28pm it appears. 11:04pm will be a second pass. The
:27:06. > :27:11.sky is clear through the course of the night and it will turn into a
:27:11. > :27:18.chilly night. There'll be some mist and fog forming. Temperatures as
:27:18. > :27:27.low as six or seven tomorrow morning. A totally different start
:27:27. > :27:29.tomorrow. Blue-sky. The sunshine will turn hazy, but decent by the
:27:29. > :27:36.will turn hazy, but decent by the evening. Temperatures up to 19 or
:27:36. > :27:39.Finally, once again, we are thinking of their A-level students