:00:10. > :00:13.Hello and welcome to BBC Points West. Hello and welcome to BBC
:00:13. > :00:15.Points West. In tonight's headlines: He was "one in a
:00:15. > :00:20.million." Heartfelt tributes are paid to the Gloucestershire based
:00:20. > :00:25.soldier killed in Afghanistan. Also tonight, takeoff at last for
:00:25. > :00:28.the Bristol designed driverless pods launched today at Heathrow.
:00:28. > :00:33.The last Tour of Britain through Somerset but is the council being
:00:33. > :00:35.short-sighted to put the brakes on sponsorship?
:00:35. > :00:45.And heading for another Lord's Final, find out what a Somerset
:00:45. > :00:46.
:00:46. > :00:55.cricketing legend says is the secret of success.
:00:55. > :00:58.There is no better supporter than a Somerset supporter. The Good
:00:58. > :01:02.evening. A soldier shot while on patrol in Afghanistan has been
:01:02. > :01:05.named this evening. Lance Corporal Jonathan James McKindlay was 33 and
:01:05. > :01:09.serving with the Gloucestershire- based First Battalion The Rifles.
:01:09. > :01:12.His wife said tonight he was her one in a million. It brings to five
:01:12. > :01:22.the number of riflemen killed on this tour. Isabel Webster is at
:01:22. > :01:28.their barracks now. You joined me outside a camp
:01:28. > :01:32.grieving this evening for yet another of its men. This is the 5th
:01:32. > :01:40.last for them on this current tour of duty. But this is a very small,
:01:40. > :01:47.tight-knit community. News is sitting very heavy with those
:01:47. > :01:50.families. The MoD announced the name of the rifleman as a lance
:01:50. > :01:54.corporal Jonathan Mick Kinane and it is only once you get that name
:01:54. > :02:04.and you can put a face to it you get a true sense of their loss --
:02:04. > :02:05.
:02:05. > :02:10.To his friends and family he was known as JJ but to his daughter and
:02:10. > :02:15.stepchildren he was simply dad. His wife called him her one-in-a-
:02:15. > :02:22.million. He had been on patrol in Helmand province when he was shot
:02:22. > :02:27.dead on Wednesday in an enemy ambush. He had been deployed in
:02:27. > :02:35.June. Today he was remembered as a highly qualified soldier, agile of
:02:35. > :02:41.mind, but also as a family man. We have lost a fantastic Italian
:02:41. > :02:49.character and a highly accomplished soldier -- battalion. At this time
:02:49. > :02:54.of grief our thoughts and prayers go to his wife, daughter, it step
:02:54. > :02:58.Georgian and the rest of his family. -- step children. Outside the
:02:58. > :03:04.barracks friends and loved ones had already left flowers. Taken far too
:03:04. > :03:08.soon, this one says. Heaven is graced with a true hero. His
:03:08. > :03:12.company sergeant confessed losing one of your men doesn't get any
:03:12. > :03:18.easier. It is very sad, as you can imagine.
:03:18. > :03:22.The guys want to know what they're doing, what you are training for
:03:22. > :03:30.and it is a small community here, close Richmond and close family
:03:30. > :03:36.said it is very sad when you see the flowers behind, and it will
:03:36. > :03:40.continue to be sad. They are due back this autumn but the loss of
:03:40. > :03:47.this soldier will come as a huge blow to morale and a grave reminder
:03:47. > :03:51.of the very real threats they face. This candle has also been set up as
:03:51. > :03:56.a reminder of those risks they are facing every day. He was placed by
:03:56. > :03:59.one of the guards working on the gate and the idea is the flame is
:03:59. > :04:06.only extinguished once every single member returns home. The tragic
:04:06. > :04:14.reality is he will not now be with them. His repatriation is expected
:04:14. > :04:20.next Thursday and between 15 and 20 members will travel to RAF Brize
:04:20. > :04:22.Norton to formally welcome home his coffin.
:04:22. > :04:25.Unions at Honda in Swindon say they've uncovered evidence that
:04:25. > :04:31.managers want to cut pay and minimise the influence of the trade
:04:31. > :04:35.union at their car plant. Unite says it found out from slides
:04:35. > :04:45.intended for a power-point presentation. Honda's denied the
:04:45. > :04:46.
:04:46. > :04:52.claims, as Scott Ellis reports. Controversy at Honda, the union
:04:52. > :04:57.Unite says it has obtained management documents which show
:04:57. > :05:02.Honda is anti-union. When it comes to the trade union they are neutral.
:05:02. > :05:07.The evidence we are now seeing is they may not be as neutral as they
:05:07. > :05:11.outlined, and we need to get to the bottom of this. It is not in the
:05:11. > :05:15.interests of the future of the car factory or people at work there to
:05:15. > :05:20.have this uncertainty. Been says it has another document
:05:20. > :05:24.which shows managers wanted to cut pay and they have distributed
:05:24. > :05:29.newsletters at the factory where they have 1,000 members. The Union
:05:29. > :05:33.say they got hold of slides from one of their members. He works here
:05:33. > :05:42.at Honda in Swindon but was suspended on sort bashful pacer
:05:42. > :05:46.months ago. Honda will not comment. -- he was suspended some months ago.
:05:46. > :05:50.Honda says all our associates have been informed this morning of the
:05:50. > :06:00.inaccuracies in the article and of the fact we have no intention of
:06:00. > :06:05.
:06:05. > :06:13.Honda has has unions in Swindon for nine years. This employment experts
:06:13. > :06:17.says a downturn will put pressure on industrial relations. Most
:06:17. > :06:21.businesses except the valuable role businesses do play -- unions play
:06:21. > :06:24.in the structure of the business but in times of heightened economic
:06:24. > :06:29.pressure and tension that relationship can become frayed at
:06:29. > :06:35.the edges. Unite is worried about losing its union influence at Honda
:06:35. > :06:38.and is seeking talks with managers. Tributes have been left at the
:06:38. > :06:40.scene of a car crash which killed two teenagers in Somerset. 19-year-
:06:40. > :06:43.olds Daniel Gardiner and Daniel Matts were driving through Langport
:06:43. > :06:51.in the early hours of yesterday when their car left the road and
:06:51. > :06:55.hit a wall. Both men died at the site at Pitney Hill. Police are
:06:55. > :07:00.appealing for witnesses. A futuristic driverless car was
:07:00. > :07:04.unveiled today. The unusual vehicle started life as a Bristol
:07:04. > :07:06.University project. Now, more than 15 years on, the Heathrow Pod is
:07:06. > :07:16.finally up and running carrying passengers at the airport's
:07:16. > :07:21.Terminal 5. John Maguire was at the launch.
:07:21. > :07:26.They may look like a science- fiction but these silent vehicles
:07:26. > :07:31.are very much Engineering fact. The first system of its type and the
:07:31. > :07:37.key difference? It is more like a car than a bus. Public transport
:07:37. > :07:47.that is personal. What we have here is the system, starts with a touch
:07:47. > :07:52.screen. Terminal 5. Martin started working on this project at the
:07:52. > :07:58.University of Bristol in 1995. From the drawing board to today's
:07:58. > :08:02.reality at Heathrow airport. objective was to design the optimum
:08:02. > :08:08.form of transport for the 21st century and this is something which
:08:08. > :08:12.has no waiting, no stopping, no transfers. So we think it will
:08:13. > :08:17.attract people out of their cars into this new form of transport.
:08:17. > :08:23.And like a monorail the infrastructure is relatively cheap.
:08:23. > :08:27.They run on a narrow road, not a Railtrack, or computer controlled.
:08:27. > :08:31.The vehicles run on regular tyres so you don't have the heavy
:08:32. > :08:35.infrastructure you would have with rail and high-voltage lines. It is
:08:35. > :08:39.between three and five times cheaper than a rail system.
:08:39. > :08:44.Yesterday was the busiest day yet and so far passengers have been
:08:44. > :08:51.very impressed. Just came back from France and straight on it again,
:08:51. > :08:54.very good, very impressed. Or use it again. The original idea was to
:08:54. > :08:59.revolutionise our urban transport systems. The company based in
:08:59. > :09:04.Bristol hopes they will soon come to our towns and cities as well as
:09:04. > :09:14.business parks and airports. This has always been ambitious project.
:09:14. > :09:18.And now it is a reality this guy is the limit. -- the best guy.
:09:18. > :09:21.Like Tomorrow's World. Well it's Chris and Madeleine with
:09:21. > :09:24.all your evening news. Stay with us as there's lots more to come before
:09:24. > :09:27.seven o'clock. Ian will have a full weekend weather forecast and...
:09:28. > :09:35.Is this a new way of beating the burglars? How a stolen laptop was
:09:35. > :09:38.able to tell its owner where it was, But before that the Charity
:09:38. > :09:41.Commission's asking for more information about money raised in
:09:41. > :09:47.memory of Anni Dewani who was murdered on her honeymoon in South
:09:47. > :09:52.Africa. A page set up on the Just Giving website raised �11,000 but
:09:52. > :09:57.it was taken down at the weekend. The charity SEWA UK admits there's
:09:57. > :10:01.been a delay in distributing it. It's still talking to Anni's family
:10:01. > :10:08.about how the money's spent. Anni's husband Shrien Dewani is awaiting
:10:08. > :10:11.extradition accused of plotting her murder.
:10:11. > :10:15.The world's best cyclists were in Somerset today as the Tour of
:10:15. > :10:18.Britain came to town. But this could be the last time the
:10:18. > :10:22.county plays host to the event. The county council who've supported it
:10:22. > :10:27.financially in the past say there's no more money. The local MP says
:10:27. > :10:30.that's a short sighted view. Clinton Rogers reports.
:10:30. > :10:40.The centre of Taunton is closed as Britain's premier cycle race
:10:40. > :10:44.
:10:44. > :10:48.arrives in Somerset's county town. But not everyone's enthusiastic.
:10:48. > :10:58.The very bad are for business, it is making it worse. A lot of
:10:58. > :11:01.schoolkids, great atmosphere. Love it or hate it fact is it's
:11:01. > :11:05.unlikely to be returning to Somerset, and that's all down to
:11:05. > :11:09.money. In 2007 Somerset County Council signed a five-year deal to
:11:09. > :11:13.help sponsor this event to bring the cyclists to Somerset. That
:11:13. > :11:17.comes to an end today. It cost than three-quarters of �1 million and
:11:17. > :11:26.they have made it clear the chances of any more money in the new --
:11:26. > :11:29.near future are zero -- �750,000. think you would choose the same as
:11:29. > :11:33.we would and you would say you have got to put more important things
:11:33. > :11:36.first. This is an event that attracts the best of the best,
:11:36. > :11:45.people like British cycling legend Mark Cavendish who had just one
:11:45. > :11:48.word for county councillors. Open your mind. Of course once the race
:11:48. > :11:58.started politics was the last thing on their minds. Now it's all about
:11:58. > :12:01.
:12:01. > :12:11.winning stage six at speeds too fast for some spectator. -- some
:12:11. > :12:15.
:12:15. > :12:18.spectators couldn't cope. That is another one. They were quick.
:12:18. > :12:21.Across the Somerset Levels and up Cheddar Gorge. The race produced
:12:21. > :12:24.some spectacular crashes, one rider ended up in hospital with a broken
:12:24. > :12:27.collar bone. Meanwhile behind the scenes there were still lobbying
:12:27. > :12:32.for a change of heart on the issue of public funding.
:12:32. > :12:36.There is a big economic benefit to the county and my nervousness is
:12:36. > :12:46.making a small saving, looks like it is wise, but the overall costs
:12:46. > :12:52.
:12:52. > :13:02.to the economy mean overall we are losing. The stage winner was Lars
:13:02. > :13:12.
:13:12. > :13:15.Broom. A lasting legacy's been created in memory of a scout leader
:13:15. > :13:18.from Bristol who died in a hot air balloon accident. The new scout
:13:18. > :13:20.headquarters at Bedminster Down were the brainchild of Alan Burnett
:13:20. > :13:23.but he tragically died before the building was finished. Lizzie Way
:13:23. > :13:27.reports. He wanted to transform this old scout hut in Hartcliffe
:13:27. > :13:30.and move it here to Cheddar Grove. And this is the result this brand
:13:30. > :13:33.new space is a new home for modern scouting. Sadly though Alan will
:13:33. > :13:34.never see it. On New year's Day he was attempting a higher altitude
:13:35. > :13:38.flight with a co-pilot when something went dramatically wrong.
:13:38. > :13:43.A balloon came down over the area of Midsomer Norton and both were
:13:43. > :13:49.killed. This mountain bike track here, everything around this whole
:13:49. > :13:52.area, has been billed as a legacy to him. He wanted so much and
:13:53. > :14:02.intended to give so much. Shooting, archery, beach volleyball and with
:14:02. > :14:07.a huge playing field, this facility has been a labour of love.
:14:07. > :14:13.focus allowing the Scout groups to grow and progress is beyond
:14:13. > :14:17.anybody's imagination. We are trying to fulfil not just his dream,
:14:17. > :14:19.but our dream. Bristol has a long association with
:14:20. > :14:23.ballooning, the accident shocked the whole community. It was the
:14:23. > :14:29.first fatal crash in over 30 years. Alan left behind a wife and three
:14:29. > :14:36.children. He was a doer, not a talker and he
:14:36. > :14:46.would be proud we all work together. Alan Burnett is no longer with us
:14:46. > :14:53.
:14:53. > :14:55.but his vision is here for us all to enjoy. Now to sport, and a big
:14:55. > :14:58.weekend for Somerset. It's the climax of the domestic cricket
:14:58. > :15:01.season tomorrow. And the team are trying to end their wait for
:15:01. > :15:04.silverware. They finished as runners-up in the Twenty20 Cup, so
:15:04. > :15:06.can they win the 40-over trophy tomorrow? Alistair is here, what do
:15:06. > :15:09.you think? I'm a firm believer that if you
:15:09. > :15:12.keep putting yourself in these positions, that by the law of
:15:12. > :15:14.averages you have to win one eventually. For the record, this is
:15:14. > :15:22.the fifth consecutive domestic cup final Somerset have made, which is
:15:22. > :15:25.And this morning there was a real boost for the side. This is Marcus
:15:25. > :15:28.Trescothick getting ready to board the team coach, leaving Taunton for
:15:28. > :15:33.Lords. He's been sidelined for the last three weeks with an ankle
:15:33. > :15:37.injury, but says he will play even though he's not 100% fit.
:15:37. > :15:43.My week of preparation outdoors has gone well. Trying to push the ankle
:15:43. > :15:46.as much as we can to make sure it response OK. I'm pretty pleased.
:15:46. > :15:56.Hoping nothing happens today or tomorrow morning and we will be
:15:56. > :16:03.
:16:03. > :16:06.Somerset and Surrey have met once before in a Lord's final in 1981
:16:06. > :16:09.when Sir Viv Richards scored an unbeaten 132 to lead them to the
:16:09. > :16:12.Benson & Hedges Cup. Well, the Somerset legend was back in the
:16:12. > :16:15.West today playing in a charity golf tournament in Minehead, and
:16:15. > :16:21.Seb Choudhury went to speak to him. In 1981 when Somerset met Surrey in
:16:21. > :16:24.Lords Sir Viv Richards made sure there was only one result. 30 years
:16:24. > :16:31.on the eve of the two sides meeting again the legend came back to
:16:31. > :16:34.familiar territory. Albeit for a different ball game. In the 70s and
:16:34. > :16:44.80s Sir Viv formed one part of a destructive cricketing trio along
:16:44. > :16:48.
:16:48. > :16:53.with Sir Ian Botham and Joel Garner. Three we all started to get there.
:16:53. > :16:59.When you're are playing with the club you are not looked upon or
:16:59. > :17:03.taken seriously, and I guess things change. One of the things that made
:17:03. > :17:10.it more interesting was the supporters were the best anywhere
:17:10. > :17:19.in the world. Somerset are a good side, an amazing sight, but you
:17:19. > :17:27.were a great side. This is one of the unfortunate things that can
:17:27. > :17:35.happen in whatever sport you play. Getting there in itself, it is a
:17:35. > :17:43.long haul. In 1978 we got to the final and lost. We lost on that
:17:43. > :17:48.particular Sunday so you can say we mucked up in 1978. It is about
:17:48. > :17:56.turning the corner. I guess they are still young enough. They will
:17:56. > :18:01.go far? They can. I hope there are some words of inspiration, it can
:18:01. > :18:05.be achieved, don't give up. This is what it is all about. Sometimes
:18:05. > :18:14.when you get things too easily or you would have taken a short cut to
:18:14. > :18:19.success, you will have short cuts, so it is a good race, nice way to
:18:19. > :18:26.start slowly and this particular time it is the time they will come
:18:27. > :18:29.up trumps. Inspirational stuff. Let's talk to the cricket writer
:18:29. > :18:36.and broadcaster Stephen Lamb, who's worked on all of Somerset's near
:18:36. > :18:39.misses. Are they doing anything wrong? Can they do anything
:18:39. > :18:47.differently? The lost in the corresponding final
:18:47. > :18:52.last year because Ian Bell played a magnificent innings before
:18:52. > :18:57.Warwickshire. He was involved in that team which lost just narrowly,
:18:57. > :19:03.went out of two tournaments over a weekend. He knew what it was like.
:19:03. > :19:06.They won the following year. He is confident it can happen, so my.
:19:06. > :19:10.Marcus Trescothick has admitted he is three weeks away from fitness,
:19:10. > :19:16.how much of a gamble is it to play him?
:19:16. > :19:21.It is a big tumble but I can understand why it he is desperate
:19:21. > :19:29.to play -- big gamble. He looks as though he is going to, let's hope
:19:29. > :19:36.it works out. If he gets injured they are in trouble. Yes, because
:19:36. > :19:42.effectively he could be out of the match up and very serious. Surrey
:19:42. > :19:47.are coming into this in a lot of form, a tough final. They are on a
:19:47. > :19:52.bit of a role. They have just been promoted from Division Two. They
:19:52. > :19:55.are a young team, play fearlessly, got a young captain. All the
:19:55. > :19:59.rebuilding work they did a couple of years ago looks like it is
:19:59. > :20:03.beginning to work can now. They will come strongly at Somerset, no
:20:03. > :20:13.doubt about that. But Somerset have the experience and there is no
:20:13. > :20:14.
:20:14. > :20:17.reason they shouldn't put it to big effect.
:20:17. > :20:20.Let's have a look at the rugby and football, the fixtures will be on
:20:20. > :20:22.the screen shortly. Bath's Lewis Moody will captain England on
:20:22. > :20:25.Sunday against Georgia. He missed the World Cup opener against
:20:25. > :20:28.Argentina with a knee injury. Gloucester's Mike Tindall, who was
:20:28. > :20:30.skipper in Moody's absence is one of nine players rested for this
:20:30. > :20:38.game. In the Premiership, Tindall's Gloucester team-mates are away to
:20:38. > :20:40.Harlequins. Head coach Bryan Redpath has made a number of
:20:40. > :20:43.changes including giving a first start to Australian hooker Nathan
:20:43. > :20:47.Charles. Bath are at home to Exeter, while in the Championship Bristol,
:20:47. > :20:50.with two wins out of two, go to Leeds. And that pairing also meet
:20:50. > :20:53.in football with Bristol City looking for a first win in five
:20:54. > :20:57.matches away at Leeds United. City have won just a single game so far,
:20:57. > :21:05.and only scored four goals in their seven league and cup matches.
:21:05. > :21:09.That's left them third from bottom of the table.
:21:09. > :21:14.It is mad that one when, everything is great, one defeat and the
:21:14. > :21:19.pressure builds. We're not pleased with the start but we can easily
:21:19. > :21:23.put that right by getting the result on Saturday and it is early
:21:23. > :21:27.days. The longer it goes while you are down there but we found last
:21:27. > :21:32.year the pressure does build. That is for me to take and try to keep
:21:32. > :21:35.away from the players. Amongst the other games, in League Two,
:21:35. > :21:38.Cheltenham have made a good start, currently fifth. They're away to
:21:38. > :21:41.AFC Wimbledon, which sees striker Kaid Mohammed returning to the club
:21:41. > :21:49.where he won promotion to the football league just four months
:21:49. > :21:54.ago. I will be at Lord's tomorrow. They
:21:54. > :21:57.are in the away dressing room. Commentary on BBC Radio Bristol and
:21:57. > :22:02.Somerset. We will see how the weather is
:22:02. > :22:06.looking in a moment. A suspected burglar has been arrested after a
:22:06. > :22:09.Bristol student used a tracking device to find her stolen laptop.
:22:09. > :22:13.When Emma Partington discovered her computer had been taken, she turned
:22:13. > :22:23.on the software, it not only showed where it was, but even took a
:22:23. > :22:24.
:22:24. > :22:27.picture of the man using it. How? Well to find out more, we put the
:22:27. > :22:32.software on our own computer and gave it to Andrew Plant, our thief
:22:32. > :22:37.for the day. As he went off to investigate we could track him and
:22:37. > :22:42.found him on Whiteladies Road in Bristol.
:22:42. > :22:45.This is where they have tracked me down to, a cafe down the road. They
:22:45. > :22:51.have used a new piece of software which tells them attorney exactly
:22:51. > :22:55.where I am, it shows them who I am as well. It is a new weapon against
:22:55. > :22:59.the odds that becomes your own personal private detective. One
:22:59. > :23:04.issue was burgled in the quarter Mary of Bristol little did the
:23:04. > :23:11.person using the laptop in their bedroom no they were being caught
:23:11. > :23:17.on-camera. There was tracking software installed on a laptop. And
:23:17. > :23:20.that gave us a precise location, but more than that it took a
:23:20. > :23:25.photograph of the person who had their laptop in their possession.
:23:26. > :23:31.Here is how it works. First I will steal a BBC laptop then retreated
:23:31. > :23:37.to a cafe to browse the Internet. Thanks to a three piece of software
:23:37. > :23:43.installed I can send it her message to track itself. It will send me
:23:43. > :23:47.its exact location and a picture of the thief. Frankly, he looks dodgy.
:23:47. > :23:51.At this end I am none the wiser. My photograph and location could
:23:51. > :23:58.already be making their way to the police making their job a whole lot
:23:58. > :24:00.easier. This is fantastic. He provides us with a very powerful
:24:00. > :24:04.tool and I would thoroughly recommend it to anyone out there
:24:04. > :24:09.who has got a laptop. In this case the if person found
:24:09. > :24:12.with the computer was arrested and faces charges and a laptop returned
:24:12. > :24:17.to its owner. There are several types of tracking software
:24:17. > :24:27.available on the internet. Police hope they could start a new era of
:24:27. > :24:28.
:24:28. > :24:33.We will fit a tracking device to Ian Ferguson so we can keep a close
:24:33. > :24:37.eye on him. What is it looking like for the
:24:37. > :24:42.Lord's final? Not dissimilar to the weather here
:24:42. > :24:46.but they should have less showers. Sunny interludes, hit and miss with
:24:46. > :24:50.the showers. Some interruptions but I think they will get all their
:24:50. > :24:53.play in one way or another. If you're bored with the potential of
:24:53. > :24:58.some showers and blustery conditions and you want to do
:24:58. > :25:07.something indoors Bristol Eye Hospital have got an open day. Meet
:25:07. > :25:12.all the staff, who as I can attest, a pretty decent folk. All in pretty
:25:12. > :25:19.much the same boat on Saturday. All courtesy of his deep area of low
:25:19. > :25:25.pressure which will move northwards through the course of the weekend.
:25:25. > :25:29.He will bring the threat of showers and some quite a breezy conditions.
:25:29. > :25:34.Up above me this is the remains of Hurricane Maria which will not
:25:34. > :25:40.influence us the way we saw last week but will have this trailing
:25:40. > :25:50.front bringing some wet-weather on Monday, and Tuesday. This evening
:25:50. > :25:56.we have some showers. A fairly They will be superseded later by
:25:56. > :26:04.some more showery outbreaks of rain. Some will turn up quite heavy
:26:04. > :26:10.towards dawn tomorrow. A fairly breezy night. Temperatures much of
:26:10. > :26:20.a lightness for all of us. Tomorrow morning a breezy start. Some
:26:20. > :26:21.
:26:21. > :26:31.brighter, drier interlude. There will be some areas where you may
:26:31. > :26:32.
:26:32. > :26:42.miss them all together. Potentially some lightning, gusted down drafts.
:26:42. > :26:53.
:26:53. > :26:58.-- gusty. An overnight drop in temperature. Feeling colder. Sunday,
:26:58. > :27:08.a subtle change. The wind starts to feel towards a north-westerly
:27:08. > :27:11.
:27:11. > :27:18.influence in the shower distribution. A fairly heavy
:27:18. > :27:25.showers in west Somerset. Most will be gone by the evening. Average of
:27:25. > :27:27.high pressure before we see the further outbreaks of rain on Monday.
:27:27. > :27:34.-- there will be a ridge of high pressure.