:00:10. > :00:12.Hello and welcome to the programme. In the Points West headlines
:00:12. > :00:15.tonight: Special tribute to the M5 crash
:00:15. > :00:25.victims. Loved ones gather with emergency workers for a candlelit
:00:25. > :00:45.
:00:45. > :00:51.How the West remembered on Sibley the oldest poppy seller in
:00:51. > :00:57.Britain has a let some for us all about war. -- possibly. It is about
:00:57. > :01:00.how appalling and wasteful and useful -- useless it really is.
:01:00. > :01:05.Also tonight, the West's longest serving MP says she's to stand down
:01:05. > :01:15.at the next general election. And what now for Mike Tindall after
:01:15. > :01:18.he's thrown out of the England Good evening.
:01:18. > :01:21.A vigil is being held in Somerset tonight exactly a week since one of
:01:21. > :01:24.Britain's worst motorway crashes. Seven people died and 51 were
:01:24. > :01:27.injured in the collision on the M5 near Taunton. Their relatives,
:01:27. > :01:30.along with members of the emergency services, have been invited to join
:01:30. > :01:40.together tonight to pay tribute. Well our Chief Somerset
:01:40. > :01:41.
:01:41. > :01:47.Correspondent Clinton Rogers is there for us now, Clinton. Welcome
:01:47. > :01:54.to a rather wet Hankridge retail park on the edge of Taunton, next
:01:54. > :01:57.to the M5. You may be able to catch the odd light of a car. It is only
:01:57. > :02:04.a few hundred metres from where that terrible crash happened a week
:02:04. > :02:08.ago and that is why this site has been chosen. An area of the car
:02:08. > :02:18.park has been cordoned off for the vigil. It was going to be open to
:02:18. > :02:18.
:02:18. > :02:21.the public, but not any more. On this day of remembrance tonight
:02:21. > :02:24.will be about remembering the victims of one of the worst
:02:24. > :02:26.motorway crashes in living memory. But it will also give an
:02:26. > :02:29.opportunity for those directly involved in the horror of last
:02:29. > :02:33.Friday to reflect. People who were there, people who helped, like the
:02:33. > :02:43.emergency services People like Paul Cregan who says it was a night no-
:02:43. > :02:45.
:02:45. > :02:51.one will forget. The initial crews fought and fought against the
:02:51. > :02:55.impossible odds and we lost that night seven members of the Somerset
:02:55. > :03:00.community. But a big team came together, a big team no matter what
:03:00. > :03:06.organisation. No matter what their business was, and we saved, and
:03:06. > :03:11.they saved 51 people. Our thoughts are with the people that on up with
:03:11. > :03:15.us, but there are 51 people that we saved that tonight. Tonight's vigil
:03:15. > :03:18.on a business park right next to the M5 close to the crash scene was
:03:18. > :03:21.going to be open to the public. Until for safety reasons it was
:03:21. > :03:24.decided to restrict it to invited guests One of the most poignant
:03:24. > :03:29.moments tonight will doubtless be a minute's silence at 8.25pm
:03:29. > :03:33.precisely a week on. All the indications from those watching
:03:33. > :03:36.social networks, listening to the media Feedback, was that the
:03:36. > :03:43.attendance would have gone far beyond the capacity of the
:03:43. > :03:50.Hankridge Retail Park. One of the most poignant moments will be a
:03:50. > :03:54.minute's silence at 8:25pm. Precisely one week on.
:03:54. > :03:58.It is raining so heavily we have given into the umbrella. One of the
:03:58. > :04:02.organisers is joining me, Reverend Rod Corke, vicar of St Mary
:04:02. > :04:07.Magdalen in Taunton. We touched on the fact the public cannot come,
:04:07. > :04:11.that is a shame considering that was the original plan. If it was,
:04:11. > :04:16.but we are really sorry about that. But we were advised by the Highway
:04:16. > :04:20.Agency it wouldn't be safe just to give open access and we were
:04:20. > :04:25.overwhelmed by the response from the people of Taunton and beyond.
:04:25. > :04:29.Perhaps taken by surprise? Yes. Really had a short time to organise
:04:29. > :04:38.it, we were taken by surprise and have had delivered it but it is a
:04:39. > :04:42.shame. Starting at 8pm, prayers, hymns, a minutes' silence, the
:04:42. > :04:45.motivation people get out of this, what will that be? They will have
:04:45. > :04:50.all had any involvement in the dreadful tragedy and it is
:04:50. > :04:56.important we all stand together to show solidarity. Yes, the weather
:04:56. > :05:00.is miserable, yes, it was terrible last Friday. We want to stand here
:05:00. > :05:05.and say we are together in this. At the very people get a chance to
:05:05. > :05:12.lay wreaths on the back next to the motor rave they wanted. There is a
:05:12. > :05:16.chance to do that, it reflect and do that. Some of the memories will
:05:16. > :05:26.be really difficult memories. But we need to be supporting one
:05:26. > :05:29.
:05:29. > :05:34.We will have coverage this evening in our bulletin at 10:25pm.
:05:34. > :05:44.Let's hope the rain stops before the bridge will start. -- before
:05:44. > :05:45.
:05:45. > :05:47.Police in Bristol investigating the shooting of Rico Gordon say they
:05:47. > :05:50.want vital witnesses to contact them. The 21-year-old was shot dead
:05:50. > :05:53.on the weekend of the St Paul's Carnival. Detectives say Rico was
:05:53. > :05:56.an innocent bystander when at least three gunmen opened fire in
:05:56. > :05:59.Stapleton Road, near the Coach House pub where Rico and friends
:05:59. > :06:02.had been celebrating the carnival. We have looked at the CCTV footage,
:06:02. > :06:08.looked at witnesses, and there were three men firing guns on that
:06:08. > :06:10.evening. We have charged two men, we are still looking for a third
:06:10. > :06:16.male so anybody who has any names or information that could help us
:06:16. > :06:19.in his inquiries or anything that may help please give us a call.
:06:19. > :06:23.Police also want to speak to the drivers and occupants of a Vauxhall
:06:23. > :06:27.and a black BMW seen in the road at the time of the shooting.
:06:27. > :06:30.The names of 77 soldiers who lost their lives while serving with the
:06:30. > :06:33.Rifles over the past four years were read out at an Armistice Day
:06:33. > :06:36.service today. 4 Rifles, who are based at Bulford in Wiltshire, were
:06:36. > :06:46.joined by local schoolchildren and members of families of the soldiers
:06:46. > :06:50.
:06:50. > :06:54.who died. John Maguire reports. remember not only does he died in
:06:54. > :06:56.the two world wars of the last century, but also a all who have
:06:56. > :06:59.given their lives in subsequent conflicts.
:07:00. > :07:03.A conflict many of these soldiers are all too familiar with. They
:07:03. > :07:07.were in Afghanistan last year and are due to return the year after
:07:07. > :07:12.next. As they gathered to honour Armistice Day they read out 77
:07:12. > :07:22.names. The names of those who've died since the Rifles were formed
:07:22. > :07:24.
:07:24. > :07:34.four years ago. Corporal Wilson, Iraq, 2007. Corporal Horne, if
:07:34. > :07:39.callused and, 2009. Rifleman farmer, Afghanistan, 2010. Rifleman Lamb,
:07:39. > :07:48.Afghanistan, 2011. The men are not just from 4 Rifles
:07:48. > :07:51.here in Wiltshire, but from other battalions too. At today's ceremony
:07:51. > :07:53.the troops stood side by side with local schoolchildren and with the
:07:53. > :07:56.families of colleagues who lost their lives. I wrote to all the
:07:56. > :08:01.families of the fall in a few weeks ago to invite them to the service
:08:01. > :08:10.today, they still carry the burden even more keenly felt than us. I
:08:10. > :08:19.hope getting them here will provide And to commemorate the moment the
:08:19. > :08:22.guns fell silent to end the First World War silence again today.
:08:22. > :08:26.Every single soldier on parade will have had a friend or colleague who
:08:26. > :08:30.may well have served left or lived with and probably seen Dyke, who
:08:30. > :08:33.they will be remembering. And they realise that if and when they head
:08:33. > :08:42.back to Afghanistan there will, sadly, be more to remember in the
:08:42. > :08:48.Well it is 90 years since the Royal British Legion was established.
:08:49. > :08:52.Back then this man was just a boy. Retired Colonel Ted Lewis fought in
:08:52. > :08:59.the Second World War and even now, at the age of 97, he's still doing
:08:59. > :09:05.his bit. He's believed to be Britain's oldest poppy seller. He
:09:05. > :09:09.has no doubt about the importance of today.
:09:09. > :09:15.My first impression of the British Army is we exist only to be as
:09:15. > :09:20.efficient as we can, to see that piece is maintained, and that
:09:20. > :09:30.problems between people, between countries, are sold to by reason
:09:30. > :09:37.
:09:37. > :09:40.and not by force. -- are sold. -- Well old or young, right across the
:09:40. > :09:42.West people have stopped in silence to remember those who've died in
:09:42. > :09:45.service. From schoolchildren to war veterans, from aerospace workers to
:09:45. > :09:55.Royal Marine Commandos the region was united this morning at the 11th
:09:55. > :09:57.
:09:57. > :10:03.hour of the 11th day of the 11th It is a very important day in the
:10:03. > :10:08.life of the United Kingdom. And here in Wiltshire, as around the
:10:08. > :10:11.country, these ceremonies have been going on which are so important.
:10:11. > :10:21.Here there is a particularly close, personal link because Royal Wootton
:10:21. > :10:21.
:10:21. > :11:16.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds
:11:16. > :11:22.Bassett is just down the road. How the West remembered on
:11:22. > :11:28.Armistice Day. You are watching BBC Points West. Stay with us as we
:11:28. > :11:38.will have a full weekend weather forecast soon plus, why a Wiltshire
:11:38. > :11:41.
:11:41. > :11:44.schoolgirl has spent the day in First though the West's longest
:11:44. > :11:47.serving MP is to stand down at the next general election. Dawn
:11:47. > :11:50.Primarolo has represented Bristol South since 1987. She was a
:11:50. > :11:52.minister throughout the last Labour government, and is now one of
:11:52. > :11:54.Parliament's Deputy Speakers. Our political editor Paul Barltrop
:11:54. > :11:58.reports. She's pounded these streets for a
:11:58. > :12:05.quarter of a century so come 2015 she's going to call it a day as MP
:12:05. > :12:09.for Bristol South. She joined Labour in the 1970s soon after
:12:09. > :12:11.coming to the city, she worked for Tony Benn. Selected to follow in
:12:11. > :12:17.his footsteps, she was first elected in 1987 with a reputation
:12:17. > :12:20.as a left winger. During the next decade she built up her profile, so
:12:20. > :12:25.when Labour won power Gordon Brown chose her to work alongside him in
:12:25. > :12:28.the Treasury. She was to stay a minister throughout even though
:12:28. > :12:38.Tony Blair later wrote that he didn't think she was right for
:12:38. > :12:43.government. But friends say her achievements are remarkable. One of
:12:43. > :12:48.her great strength this is what you see is what you get. She isn't
:12:48. > :12:51.different off the cameras ordering those jobs, she is a great friend.
:12:51. > :12:58.I love being around her, because she has got so much energy. Very
:12:58. > :13:02.funny. We have a good time. I know she will carry on working very hard
:13:02. > :13:11.for us for three-and a-half years and our friendship will carry a way
:13:11. > :13:13.beyond 2015. It was her election last year to be
:13:13. > :13:16.one of Parliament's deputy speakers that signalled a big change for
:13:16. > :13:19.Dawn Primarolo. The role chairing debates means she can no longer
:13:19. > :13:26.have a frontbench role for Labour. Now aged 57, her career in the
:13:26. > :13:30.Commons is drawing to a close. I will miss his being at the centre
:13:30. > :13:33.of this. People say why do you do politics and I am driven by a
:13:33. > :13:37.passion which says I would have to be part of changing our society for
:13:37. > :13:44.the better. Everybody does that, regardless of which political party
:13:44. > :13:48.they are in. And to be there at the centre of it is very rewarding. Of
:13:48. > :13:53.course I will miss that. It is a huge privilege. She'll remain the
:13:53. > :13:56.Bristol South MP until the election. But today's announcement means the
:13:57. > :14:04.race to take over from her has begun, in what is Labour's safest
:14:04. > :14:06.seat in the West. A teenager from Wiltshire braved
:14:06. > :14:09.temperatures of minus 27 degrees today, in Swindon. Amelia
:14:09. > :14:13.Hempleman-Adams is hoping to become the youngest person to ski to the
:14:13. > :14:17.South Pole. She's planning the expedition with her father who's
:14:17. > :14:25.the adventurer David Hempleman- Adams. And as Andrew Plant found
:14:25. > :14:31.out, going inside a supermarket freezer is all part of the training.
:14:31. > :14:34.David Hempleman Adams has a CV that few can match. The first person in
:14:34. > :14:41.history to reach the Geographic and Magnetic North and South Poles, as
:14:41. > :14:50.well as climb the highest peaks in all seven continents. It's called
:14:50. > :14:52.The Adventurers' Grand Slam. Now his youngest daughter is taking her
:14:52. > :15:02.first steps into the world's coldest continent and the record
:15:02. > :15:03.
:15:03. > :15:06.books too aiming to be the youngest person to ski to the south pole.
:15:06. > :15:12.You don't really know what to expect into you get there and you
:15:12. > :15:15.cannot prepare yourself enough for this temperatures and for that wind.
:15:15. > :15:19.The Today the temperature here is minus 27. As she acclimatises in a
:15:19. > :15:29.borrowed supermarket freezer she admits her biggest fear is the cold.
:15:29. > :15:32.
:15:32. > :15:37.With windchill Antarctica can reach minus 60. Modern explorers need
:15:37. > :15:42.something to get them going. Load of chocolate, dehydrated food to
:15:42. > :15:46.provide enough energy. Walking to the ends of the earth is now a
:15:46. > :15:49.family tradition. Older sister Camilla went to the North Pole in
:15:49. > :15:59.2008. Amelia will follow in their footsteps. She sets off a week from
:15:59. > :16:03.
:16:03. > :16:06.What an intrepid family. Now to sport. Mike Tindall has
:16:06. > :16:11.international career could be over after he was today thrown out of
:16:11. > :16:17.the England squad. He has also been fined �25,000 for his behaviour on
:16:17. > :16:24.a night out with other England players in New Zealand. Reminders
:16:24. > :16:27.of what happened. It centres on this night out in
:16:27. > :16:32.Queens town where England played their first World Cup match against
:16:32. > :16:36.Argentina. You will remember seeing that security camera footage and
:16:36. > :16:40.tabloid newspaper pictures as Mike Tindall and others went on this
:16:40. > :16:45.night out in various nights out -- in various bars. This image was
:16:46. > :16:49.seen across the world, a woman who it turned out was a friend of Mike
:16:49. > :16:52.Tindall's kissing him on the top of his head. That caused some
:16:52. > :16:55.embarrassment for the Royal Family. He married the Queen's
:16:55. > :17:00.granddaughter Zara Phillips just six weeks before. I should point
:17:00. > :17:04.out that this action doesn't specifically relate to that, but
:17:04. > :17:07.more to the drinking that took place on that night. He admitted
:17:07. > :17:12.afterwards he had misled the England management about what had
:17:12. > :17:16.happened on that night. Have they come down on him harshly? Possibly.
:17:16. > :17:22.Have they made an example of him in particular? Possibly. The find is
:17:22. > :17:27.severe. He will be appealing against it. -- his find is severe
:17:27. > :17:31.put up is this the end of his England career? It is a fall from
:17:31. > :17:35.grace. A punishment isn't a lifetime ban. It doesn't mean you
:17:35. > :17:40.can't play for England again but he is 33 years of age, hardly the
:17:40. > :17:45.future of the England squad. Many would argue he wouldn't have been
:17:45. > :17:50.picked in future squads anyway. But they always say in sport you never
:17:50. > :17:53.say never. As for Gloucester, well life goes
:17:53. > :17:55.on as normal, but hardly the headlines they wanted before
:17:55. > :17:58.embarking on their Heineken Cup campaign. Bath also qualified for
:17:58. > :18:02.this season's competition, which brings together 24 of the top sides
:18:02. > :18:07.across Europe. And there's no chance to ease yourself in.
:18:07. > :18:11.Gloucester start against four-times winners Toulouse.
:18:11. > :18:14.It's club rugby's biggest prize, both figuratively and literally.
:18:14. > :18:19.With the final at Twickenham, this years launch had a very English
:18:19. > :18:25.feel. Gloucester's pool includes a Harlequins side that have won every
:18:25. > :18:27.match so far this season. And they couldn't have a much tougher start
:18:27. > :18:36.than Toulouse away, full of France internationals including captain
:18:36. > :18:41.Theirry Dusautoir, just named world player of the year. There are two
:18:41. > :18:48.ways of looking at it. Not going to win this game, toughest place in
:18:48. > :18:51.Europe to play outside of pepping, but it is the first game, and if
:18:51. > :18:56.there is an opportunity to get something then I would want to play
:18:56. > :18:58.them first. Bath were the first English winners of the cup back in
:18:58. > :19:00.1998. Their main challenge comes from defending champions Leinster,
:19:00. > :19:07.with competition newcomers Montpellier, and Glasgow making up
:19:07. > :19:11.the pool. As a coach there would be nothing better than winning the
:19:11. > :19:15.European Cup or doing well. I want them to be talking about their own
:19:16. > :19:20.history. It is great to talk about mine, but we have got to move on at
:19:20. > :19:23.some stage. And Stephen Donald is part of that future, the All-Black
:19:23. > :19:30.World Cup winner is on the bench for Sundays game, just a week after
:19:30. > :19:33.arriving in the country. The very conscientious, very professional.
:19:33. > :19:37.Come from one of the hardest schools you can get in world rugby.
:19:37. > :19:41.He will fit in very quickly, I am sure. It will be good to have them
:19:41. > :19:48.on board. So from the World Cup to the Heineken Cup Bath certainly
:19:48. > :19:51.hope he can make winning a habit. Those fixtures and the football
:19:51. > :19:54.matches will be running along the bottom of the screen shortly. It's
:19:54. > :19:57.the first round of the FA Cup which usually provides a fairytale story
:19:57. > :20:00.somewhere for a non-league club. Two years ago you might remember
:20:00. > :20:03.Paulton Rovers made it this far and entertained Norwich City and Delia
:20:03. > :20:12.Smith at their ground. And then last year Swindon Supermarine went
:20:12. > :20:15.on a cup run which culminated in a game against Colchester United.
:20:15. > :20:18.Well this year only one non-league club from our region has made it to
:20:18. > :20:21.the first round - Bath City. They're currently bottom of the
:20:21. > :20:28.Conference, so as Geoff Twentyman has been finding out, the Cup is a
:20:29. > :20:34.welcome distraction. This is the essence of what the FA
:20:34. > :20:38.Cup is all about, the full-time of a shield against their part-time
:20:38. > :20:42.counterparts. Some say it isn't what it is used to be put its
:20:42. > :20:46.attraction shines brightly in these parts. It is huge. I have been
:20:46. > :20:52.lucky enough to have a couple of big cup runs, right through from
:20:52. > :20:55.the fans to the boardroom. It is a chance to get a bit of limelight,
:20:55. > :20:59.get on the television and if we can get into that their dad who knows
:20:59. > :21:04.what could happen? If we can have a good start and not concede early it
:21:04. > :21:10.will be a good match. The previous round is where 12 and a half �1,000.
:21:10. > :21:16.A win tomorrow would net Bath City �20,000. The prospect of another
:21:16. > :21:19.pay-day. When football is playing and I am a pan, the second the
:21:19. > :21:23.final whistle went, we looked at each other and went, that will look
:21:23. > :21:26.good in our bank account. You have got to do both. I am a hard-nosed
:21:26. > :21:33.businesswoman but not when they are physically playing the match. And
:21:33. > :21:36.the most nervous person, I cannot talk to anybody, eat, then sleep.
:21:36. > :21:43.Knowsley one Friday night. Bath City are bottom of the conference
:21:43. > :21:47.table but there is a genuine belief if a good Cup run could lead to
:21:47. > :21:50.recovery in the league position. are a few points adrift at the
:21:50. > :21:58.moment. The Cup run was the mediators, definitely. He might
:21:58. > :22:01.just give me the ability to make a few changes that could be very much
:22:01. > :22:07.like changing for the football club over the course of the next six
:22:07. > :22:10.months. Three reasons why it is so special to Bath City. Dagenham are
:22:10. > :22:19.really struggling. Bath are more than capable of knocking them out.
:22:19. > :22:24.Maybe a draw tomorrow then finish the job of here. There is
:22:24. > :22:27.commentary of the football and rugby on BBC local radio. We have
:22:27. > :22:37.one of our top people looking after the scores.
:22:37. > :22:43.
:22:43. > :22:48.It is me. Now, it prides itself on bringing
:22:48. > :22:51.films to Bath, before they're screened anywhere else. This year
:22:51. > :22:54.the Bath film festival is celebrating its 21st birthday. And
:22:54. > :22:58.as Sarah-Jane Bungay has been finding out, one if its most famous
:22:58. > :23:05.supporters is celebrating a milestone too.
:23:05. > :23:08.He broke my heart. Passion in 19th century Yorkshire. A new adaptation
:23:08. > :23:14.of Wuthering Heights is just one of the offerings at this year's
:23:14. > :23:19.festival. But its not all about big budgets. How long are you going to
:23:19. > :23:22.be gone for? Forever. Not many feature films emerge from
:23:22. > :23:29.Chippenham, Bash Street is one of them, made by a company which works
:23:29. > :23:31.with disadvantaged youngsters. We used a lot of young people we work
:23:32. > :23:39.with in the Japan and airy and heavily they will benefit from
:23:39. > :23:44.being able to work on a film -- the Chippenham area and hopefully.
:23:44. > :23:51.Excuse me, I called about a room. Sorry, no children expected --
:23:51. > :23:54.accepted. Cathy Come Home, still one of the most influential docu-
:23:54. > :23:57.dramas ever made, its director Ken Loach celebrates his 75th Birthday
:23:57. > :24:01.this year. A major patron of the festival, tonight sees a double
:24:01. > :24:05.bill of two of his films and fans getting the chance to quiz him
:24:05. > :24:14.after. The more the festival can find per dog -- provocative films
:24:14. > :24:20.and fired an audience, they need to be stimulated, and really take part
:24:20. > :24:30.in the process of the screening. Cinema can be very passive. If ever
:24:30. > :24:30.
:24:30. > :24:33.again and meet him, he is mine. For I am his. This is still a community
:24:33. > :24:42.festival for the people of Bath and surrounding area but the films and
:24:42. > :24:46.directors it attracts are earning Les tented weather. Any chance of
:24:46. > :24:56.declaring a been Taunton 40 night vigil?
:24:56. > :24:57.
:24:57. > :25:02.It is pouring down. The rain will gradually ease eastwards. We might
:25:02. > :25:09.see some of those conditions next week. For the time being it is the
:25:09. > :25:16.rain which will grab our attention. Lovely picture of our archive. It's
:25:16. > :25:22.sadly crashed near his base on its way back to a mission. That will be
:25:22. > :25:30.dry. It is this called friend hears whippy its weight gradually
:25:30. > :25:39.eastwards. As we get into the weekend it is a broadly dry picture.
:25:39. > :25:47.Quite mild for this time of year. These brighter colours denote the
:25:47. > :25:55.heavy rain. Some of it is looking quite troublesome. The Met Office
:25:55. > :26:03.hasn't issued a warning. Certainly alarmingly. -- it is certainly
:26:03. > :26:12.Alaneme. Ahead of schedule. It will rain in Wales for the carnival
:26:12. > :26:16.where. By the end of the evening it is at the way. Showers should be
:26:16. > :26:26.well scattered. Wind falling lighter. Tunbridge is not
:26:26. > :26:26.
:26:26. > :26:31.particularly chilly. -- temperatures. When the showers are
:26:31. > :26:37.out of the way you will start to brighten up quite nicely. He will
:26:37. > :26:45.feel very pleasant indeed. Cloud increasing from the south coast. A
:26:45. > :26:50.warm front. It might bring some light rain. By the end of the
:26:51. > :26:58.afternoon, temperatures will have been at around 15 or 16. In two
:26:58. > :27:08.Sunday. The main key change is it will be a breezy day. Much like
:27:08. > :27:11.
:27:11. > :27:14.Saturday, signs of things starting to brighten up around midday.
:27:14. > :27:21.Temperatures not similar to those of Saturday. A recap of Sunday.
:27:21. > :27:27.Into the start of next week it remained settled. The second half
:27:27. > :27:33.of next week looks like it will turn wet and windy.