:00:19. > :00:24.Good evening, welcome to BBC Points West. The headlines: jailed for
:00:24. > :00:27.bringing shame on the city. Protesters from Bristol climbed on
:00:27. > :00:31.to a drilling rig, to demonstrate against the method of extracting
:00:32. > :00:38.gas. Also tonight, one of the West's
:00:38. > :00:47.chief constables asks for tougher laws to control metalled theft.
:00:47. > :00:50.An expert uncovers the secrets of this Egyptian coffin.
:00:51. > :00:57.Good evening. Five men involved in the Gloucester riot son August have
:00:57. > :01:00.been jailed for a total of 13 years. The disturbances which centred
:01:00. > :01:04.around streets in Barton and Tredworth lasted for several hours.
:01:04. > :01:07.Jailing them, the judge said they had brought shame on the city, so
:01:07. > :01:16.people associated Gloucester with mob violence rather than a fine
:01:16. > :01:21.cathedral and docks. The riots in Gloucester surprised
:01:21. > :01:25.and upset many. It was driven by a criminal desire amongst some, to
:01:26. > :01:29.simply cause trouble, the judge said today. The court was told the
:01:29. > :01:37.ringleader was Gareth Rees, who sent messages on his BlackBerry,
:01:37. > :01:42.saying who wants a riot in Gloucester? Gareth Rees pleaded
:01:42. > :01:48.guilty to violent disorder. He was filmed throwing stones and a beer
:01:48. > :01:54.keg at police, and 80 attacked a pub near by. Also caught on camera
:01:54. > :02:00.was the lifting of the King Convenience Store. Thomas Townsley
:02:00. > :02:10.stole the tail and was jailed for 19 months. Shane Butler was jailed
:02:10. > :02:12.
:02:12. > :02:16.for 15 months after carrying If you come into Gloucester, and
:02:16. > :02:22.you behave inappropriately and commit crime, you are likely to be
:02:22. > :02:27.caught, put before the courts, and expect to receive a stiff sentence.
:02:27. > :02:30.Also in court today was 19-year-old Michael Devoy, who was sent to a
:02:30. > :02:35.young offenders' institution for three years in -- for his part in
:02:35. > :02:40.the riots. Michael Smith was jailed for 10 months, he had worked for
:02:40. > :02:45.the NHS before he got caught up in the riot. He handed himself in to
:02:45. > :02:51.police. The court was told the actions of all five men stretched
:02:51. > :02:54.the police that night. The judge said the sentences would act as a
:02:54. > :03:02.deterrent for others tempted to behave this way of the future -- in
:03:02. > :03:06.the future. We are joined by the Home Affairs
:03:06. > :03:13.Correspondent, Steve Brodie. How do this in Princes compare to others
:03:13. > :03:17.handed out across the country? these sentences. In August, two men
:03:17. > :03:21.were given four years each for inciting a riot on Facebook. Last
:03:21. > :03:28.month another man in Cardiff was given four years for the same
:03:28. > :03:33.offence. In another case, a man was given 18 months for having a stolen
:03:33. > :03:37.TV in the back of his car. At the time, the chairman of the Bar
:03:37. > :03:43.Association, a top lawyer, said the sentences were too long and too
:03:43. > :03:47.harsh. On the other hand, Eric Pickles said this would show the
:03:47. > :03:52.rioters what they could expect. Recently, two brothers in Bristol
:03:52. > :04:01.were given seven years between them for their part in earlier
:04:01. > :04:04.disturbances. Watching the offences coming before Bristol magistrates,
:04:05. > :04:09.what struck me was the vast majority were being remanded in
:04:09. > :04:18.custody, but under normal circumstances they would have been
:04:18. > :04:22.allowed out on bail. Another factor is that lack of consistency. An 18-
:04:22. > :04:28.year-old was given one day for stealing two T-shirts. Another man
:04:28. > :04:34.was given 18 months for having a bottle of water -- stealing a
:04:34. > :04:39.bottle of water. Clearly we are all over the place on this. There is no
:04:39. > :04:43.doubt that the judiciary, with or without the prompting of the
:04:43. > :04:48.government, is going down the hard line of deterrent sentences for.
:04:48. > :04:52.is interesting. Plant. Two people have been arrested as
:04:53. > :04:57.protesters climbed on to a drilling rig in Lancashire, as part of a
:04:57. > :05:01.campaign against fracking, a method of extracting gas. The man and
:05:01. > :05:09.women are from the Rising Tide protest group in Bristol. Three
:05:09. > :05:12.others, who gained access to the rig, are still there. The company
:05:12. > :05:15.running the rig says they have nothing to hide.
:05:15. > :05:25.These pictures taken by the protesters show that they intended
:05:25. > :05:29.
:05:29. > :05:36.to stay as long as possible. The brought food, warm clothing, and
:05:36. > :05:40.tools to climbed the tricks safely. -- climbed the rig safely. They
:05:40. > :05:47.were aiming to raise awareness of their campaign. If they start
:05:47. > :05:51.fracking from the red, there is a large chance they could contaminate
:05:52. > :05:57.what we're doing. We are not been crazy about this. There is a lot of
:05:57. > :06:06.evidence that it is a dangerous, dirty and expensive form of energy
:06:06. > :06:09.extraction. Fracking is massive business in the US. It is a gas
:06:09. > :06:15.rush generating huge wealth, but also a huge controversy. Engineers
:06:15. > :06:19.drill thousands of feet down through shale rocks, fracturing
:06:19. > :06:23.them and releasing gas. The protesters from Bristol and against
:06:23. > :06:29.the practice come here to the west, where companies have been licensed
:06:29. > :06:39.to survey the 170 square mile area, looking for reserves. In the
:06:39. > :06:39.
:06:39. > :06:44.Mendips, there are concerns about contaminating water supplies.
:06:44. > :06:49.possible that the pipes will break, especially looking at these high
:06:49. > :06:54.pressures. And how do you fix a gas leak that low-down underground?
:06:54. > :06:57.company insists it is safe, and is open about the work. They say in a
:06:57. > :07:03.statement, we have nothing to hide, and welcome open dialogue with
:07:03. > :07:08.local people. We have shown over 100 people around the operational
:07:08. > :07:13.sites over the past year. So far, two members of the group have been
:07:13. > :07:22.arrested but the three who climbed on to the rigour remain in prison -
:07:22. > :07:27.- on to the rig remain in position. The protesters say they are staying
:07:27. > :07:31.put for now. The Crown Prosecution Service has
:07:31. > :07:34.confirmed it is liaising with police after a coroner ruled just a
:07:34. > :07:39.day that a six-year-old boy was unlawfully killed. Liam Hogan died
:07:39. > :07:44.after his father John pushed him off the balcony of a hotel in Crete.
:07:44. > :07:47.At the time, Mr Hogan was clear of murder by a Greek court, on the
:07:47. > :07:52.grounds of mental illness. The funeral of a husband and wife
:07:52. > :08:01.who died in the multi- vehicle crash on the M5 and so this --
:08:01. > :08:04.Somerset last month has taken place today. Tony and Pamela Adams were
:08:04. > :08:07.returning home to Newport after visiting their daughter in Taunton
:08:07. > :08:10.when they were killed. Five others also died and 51 were injured in
:08:10. > :08:17.the crash. Today's service was led by the Bishop of Monmouth, at St
:08:17. > :08:22.Mark's Church in Newport. Stay with us. There is still much
:08:22. > :08:27.more to bring you, including, in the running for Sports personality
:08:27. > :08:35.of the year, we meet a world champion who shares his tips with
:08:35. > :08:42.schoolchildren. I am here at the Bristol Christmas light switch on,
:08:42. > :08:46.the one that everyone is talking about.
:08:46. > :08:50.But first, the Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset Police has told
:08:51. > :08:55.the BBC he is pushing hard for tighter regulations to control the
:08:55. > :08:59.growing menace of metal theft. He wants a new law which would make it
:08:59. > :09:06.illegal for scrap dealers to pay cash for metal. It follows a spate
:09:07. > :09:13.of thefts in the region. Everything from reflect to manhole covers --
:09:13. > :09:19.led from roofs. St Paul's Church in Somerset, they
:09:19. > :09:26.have found a way to beat the thieves. On this flat roof, you can
:09:26. > :09:34.see it for. They have now taken the radical step of replacing the tiles
:09:34. > :09:38.with a plastic lookalike. They have been here four times, they thought
:09:38. > :09:44.it was Christmas and kept coming back when we replaced it. So we
:09:44. > :09:50.replace it with a different material, and we can tell through
:09:50. > :09:55.the way that the anti- vandal paint has been smeared, they have found
:09:55. > :10:00.out that it is plastic and they are very disappointed. Because this is
:10:00. > :10:04.a Grade 1 listed building, it had to be approved. -- by the British
:10:04. > :10:10.heritage. It is thought to be one of the first churches in the
:10:10. > :10:20.country to do this. During a recent raid here, the police came across
:10:20. > :10:20.
:10:20. > :10:24.manhole covers, British Telecom copper cabling, and much more. The
:10:24. > :10:30.Chief Constable came to the BBC to see our footage. He admitted that
:10:30. > :10:36.it was hard to get successful prosecutions because cash deals by
:10:36. > :10:40.scrap traders made it hard to track down the thieves. What we are
:10:40. > :10:44.campaigning for, and what MPs are helping us to do, is to change the
:10:44. > :10:49.law so that no one can receive cash payments, so we know where the
:10:49. > :10:53.stuff came from and bass -- week and ask them where it came from and
:10:53. > :10:57.track whose property at us. This week the Government announced the
:10:57. > :11:04.setting-up of a metal theft task force. It is clear that the battle
:11:04. > :11:06.against the metal thieves is hotting up.
:11:06. > :11:09.A cheese-packing factory in Somerset is considering closing its
:11:09. > :11:13.plant after a recent fire. More than 100 firefighters were called
:11:13. > :11:16.out to deal with the blaze at the Adams Foods factory in September.
:11:16. > :11:22.The company wants to move its operations to a larger site in
:11:22. > :11:29.Staffordshire. If it does, 180 jobs would be lost in Wincanton. A
:11:29. > :11:33.decision will be taken at the end of February.
:11:33. > :11:43.A village in Gloucestershire which loses its internet connection every
:11:43. > :11:48.
:11:48. > :11:50.time it rains is campaigning to get broadband. Purton is taking part in
:11:50. > :11:52.a project to improve broadband speeds in rural communities across
:11:52. > :11:54.the county. Without it, some villagers say local businesses
:11:54. > :11:58.cannot thrive. This is a close rural community.
:11:58. > :12:02.But when it comes to the internet, they want some equality. It all
:12:03. > :12:12.comes down to speed. In the big cities, average broadband
:12:13. > :12:14.
:12:14. > :12:19.connections are around six megabits, but here they manage one at best.
:12:19. > :12:24.Sometimes e-mail is a noble, and on rainy days, they go off-line
:12:24. > :12:31.altogether. For people trying to make a living, it is serious and
:12:31. > :12:36.stops them doing their job. I deal with moving images, and for
:12:36. > :12:40.research and putting some footage together myself, it would be great
:12:40. > :12:45.if I had the facility to be able to do that, which I do not at the
:12:45. > :12:50.moment. There is this continued our urban drift, where people from
:12:50. > :12:54.small villages like ourselves, are forced to move into the towns for
:12:54. > :12:59.various reasons, to run their businesses. If a village is going
:13:00. > :13:03.to survive, it is essential that we have broadband. So now, a multi-
:13:03. > :13:05.million pound project is in place to put things right. A survey has
:13:06. > :13:12.been carried out across Gloucestershire to see how bad
:13:12. > :13:19.broadband speeds are. With a view of companies being encouraged to
:13:19. > :13:22.invest. We are putting the technology in
:13:22. > :13:25.place to improve the broadband, and we are going out there to as
:13:25. > :13:29.communities what they were want. Communities like this say that a
:13:29. > :13:38.good run Banda -- broadband services viable, but they need to
:13:38. > :13:42.show suppliers that they demand is It was already known to be more
:13:42. > :13:48.than 2000 years old but an expert recently made an amazing discovery
:13:48. > :13:57.about this Egyptian coffin. It is almost twice as old as previously
:13:57. > :14:02.thought and one of the best- He was no more than four years old
:14:02. > :14:09.when he died. But judging by how he was buried, this little boy must
:14:09. > :14:15.have been very important. For a long time it was the one that got
:14:15. > :14:23.all the attention. The coffin was not considered important. But not
:14:23. > :14:27.any more. This expert is excited by this sarcophagus. We realised the
:14:27. > :14:35.whole thing has been carved by a single lot of wood. It has been
:14:35. > :14:41.carved out of wood from Lebanon. It is very expensive and imported.
:14:41. > :14:45.Anybody that can afford that must be significant. The coffin and
:14:45. > :14:50.occupant a remarkably well- preserved, given how old they are.
:14:50. > :14:55.It was thought they dated back to a similar period, making it about
:14:55. > :15:03.2000 years old. But it turns out it is much older than that, meaning it
:15:03. > :15:09.dates back to 1,500 BC. important thing is that we had only
:15:09. > :15:14.got two designs like that. It has been in Torquay since the 1950s.
:15:14. > :15:19.But how many times has it been used? It was last summer when Dr
:15:19. > :15:23.Dodson came to catalogue it that the real importance came to light.
:15:23. > :15:28.As we look in more detail, we realised just how high quality this
:15:28. > :15:33.piece was and how it could not possibly have belonged to somebody
:15:33. > :15:41.in significant. It was just an amazing find. An amazing find that
:15:41. > :15:45.now has pride of place. It was this woman, Lady Winnaretta Leeds, who
:15:45. > :15:48.brought the coffin to Britain in the 19th century. They have found
:15:48. > :15:58.more heart attacks from her collection. If they are anything
:15:58. > :15:59.
:15:59. > :16:05.like this, Dr Dodson has got a lot A village in Somerset is trying to
:16:05. > :16:08.raise �100,000 in five days to stop a developer buying local wood.
:16:08. > :16:12.Villagers in Long Ashton have already fought plans to build new
:16:12. > :16:19.houses in the area. They were told on Monday they have until tomorrow
:16:19. > :16:22.to come up with an offer. They are currently halfway to the target. It
:16:22. > :16:26.has been called a "super restaurant" and one of the biggest
:16:26. > :16:31.in the country. It is hoped it will change the image of the Bristol
:16:32. > :16:37.harbourside. Za Za Bazaar cost �3 million to build and has brought
:16:37. > :16:40.more than 100 jobs to the City. It has opened to customers to be that
:16:40. > :16:46.time today, promising to bring a family-friendly atmosphere to the
:16:46. > :16:51.docks. For years and particularly at night, this area has become
:16:51. > :17:01.better known for bars and rowdy behaviour. But it is hoped that
:17:01. > :17:10.
:17:10. > :17:19.Intimate dining it is not. It is selling food from 300 different
:17:19. > :17:25.countries and it is so big he would not even need a map. -- you would
:17:25. > :17:31.even. We are going to make it really vibrant. To feed an
:17:31. > :17:41.estimated 2000 people per night, they will need 36 chaps, 40 pounds
:17:41. > :17:42.
:17:42. > :17:51.of Peter Clarke and 400 pounds of rice a day -- Peter flower. --
:17:51. > :17:56.It is quite a good experience. His days at a time for such a big
:17:56. > :18:02.adventure? People will always have birthdays and anniversaries and
:18:02. > :18:05.Christmas and it lends itself to that. It used to be a night club
:18:05. > :18:11.and now it is empty but now it is hoped it will change the perception
:18:11. > :18:15.of the Bristol harbourside. fact that it's a restaurant has
:18:15. > :18:20.opened playing to a family audience I think is a step in the right
:18:20. > :18:26.direction. Absolutely great. It was needed, something like this and I
:18:26. > :18:31.love it. I would definitely bring my children here. It is very classy
:18:31. > :18:35.and I would come down here with friends and have a nice meal.
:18:35. > :18:42.seems to be quite busy and it can only be good for the centre of
:18:42. > :18:52.Bristol harbourside. But will they stay full, especially after the
:18:52. > :18:52.
:18:52. > :18:58.They do look good. Pupils in Keynsham have been getting Athletic
:18:58. > :19:03.tips from a world champion today. Dai Green has been passing on his
:19:03. > :19:07.expertise to the students at Wellsway School. He trains at the
:19:07. > :19:12.University of Bath and has been included in the short list for
:19:13. > :19:17.Sports personality of the year. He says he is not expecting to win but
:19:17. > :19:24.says it is an honour to be included and a big boost for the sport of
:19:24. > :19:29.It is always a good one to start with it you are a world champion.
:19:29. > :19:34.Make sure you bring your medal! After an assembly at Wellsway
:19:34. > :19:38.School in Keynsham, a hurtling masterclass from the man that
:19:38. > :19:43.carries massive weight of expectation to win gold in the
:19:43. > :19:49.London Games in 2012. But today he was comfortably passing on tips and
:19:49. > :19:53.just being there. It is great to have a world champion at the school,
:19:54. > :20:03.especially at a sports college. was great to learn from the world
:20:04. > :20:06.
:20:06. > :20:11.champion. I am not very good but it This is the moment that would
:20:11. > :20:15.change his life. Victory in the 400 metre hurdles at the World
:20:15. > :20:19.Championships. It also means everybody is hoping and expecting
:20:19. > :20:25.for more the same at the Olympics and walking so much from him as he
:20:25. > :20:29.tries to prepare. It can be very difficult. I have to learn to turn
:20:29. > :20:34.things down. Otherwise I would be doing things every single day but I
:20:34. > :20:39.have got to stay on track. visit was made possible by the
:20:39. > :20:44.Wells Foundation, set up by Barry Wells. They support a Olympic
:20:44. > :20:48.hopefuls, including Dai Green and in return they act as ambassadors,
:20:48. > :20:53.taking sport into the community. As for the shortlist, he is just
:20:53. > :20:57.delighted to be a part of it. very excited to have the
:20:57. > :21:01.opportunity of going there and I am sure it will be a great event. It
:21:01. > :21:05.is not what I aspire to as an athlete but it is great to get
:21:05. > :21:11.recognition for the hard work. I did not expect to win but I am very
:21:11. > :21:15.honoured. A couple of dates in the diary, the Sports personality of
:21:15. > :21:19.the year show and a race at a certain event in London next summer.
:21:19. > :21:29.No doubt be visit to stay will increase the number of supporters
:21:29. > :21:30.
:21:30. > :21:40.he has got for both. -- the visit Find out more about the shortlist
:21:40. > :21:41.
:21:41. > :21:47.and how you can vote bike going to We have had Olly Murs turning on
:21:47. > :21:52.delight at Cribbs Causeway, John Cleese at Bath and we have got a
:21:52. > :22:00.grand switch-on from a famous duo. But it is in a cul-de-sac, not a
:22:00. > :22:05.city centre. Here is our correspondent. I think we must
:22:05. > :22:11.almost have as many light bulbs as we had at Cribbs Causeway Fort be
:22:11. > :22:15.switch on them. But we are at a cul-de-sac in Brentry it. They have
:22:15. > :22:21.decked the entire house. It is the third day of Christmas, the
:22:21. > :22:30.official count down. As we can see, delights are looking pretty
:22:30. > :22:35.spectacular. -- the lights. 24 sleeps until Christmas. They were
:22:35. > :22:39.switched on recently by the famous Wallace and Gromit. Aided the
:22:39. > :22:44.official switch on but what was extraordinary about it is that it
:22:44. > :22:50.you can just look around, have a little look at the audience. We
:22:50. > :22:56.have got hundreds and hundreds of people. Such is the interest in
:22:56. > :23:04.this incredible event, it is actually be subject of a Channel 4
:23:04. > :23:10.documentary and we will be on, apparently! I and joined by Lee and
:23:10. > :23:18.Paul. Do you always get his many people? It seems to get bigger and
:23:18. > :23:22.bigger, definitely a. How long does it take to get ready for tonight?
:23:22. > :23:30.About eight weekends. From start to finish, eight at weekends. Then
:23:30. > :23:36.testing. You are the subject of a documentary? We found out about it
:23:36. > :23:41.in September and they saw how good it was and they followed us around.
:23:41. > :23:49.It might not have been forecast but it does appear to be snowing in
:23:49. > :23:52.Brentry it. It is raising money, isn't it? It is for the grand
:23:52. > :23:58.appeal for Bristol Children's Hospital. All donations are welcome.
:23:58. > :24:05.How is it tonight? We could not have asked for any better.
:24:05. > :24:10.Absolutely perfect. Well happy. Santa might be on a tighter budgets
:24:10. > :24:20.than normal but I am going to take a leaf out of his book and feel
:24:20. > :24:23.festive. I am going to go off and open my advent calendar.
:24:23. > :24:33.Congratulations but they have got some competition from the
:24:33. > :24:43.
:24:43. > :24:47.It is great to see some snow, but We will have clear skies tonight.
:24:47. > :24:57.Frost is here for a reason. But what we will not be getting his
:24:57. > :25:06.more rain. These are the November figures. Getting down to about 41
:25:06. > :25:14.mm. They are all below average. But well above in these areas. We start
:25:14. > :25:18.of bright and dry. Cloud increasing. Rain still clearing from these
:25:18. > :25:23.areas. It is taking a while to disappear but it will as the night
:25:23. > :25:31.continues. Frost developing as clear skies are developing
:25:31. > :25:37.overnight. More wet and windy conditions into the first part of
:25:37. > :25:43.Saturday. Rain disappearing gradually. Sky is continuing to get
:25:43. > :25:50.brighter. Frost developing in some western parts of Gloucestershire
:25:50. > :25:55.and more in Somerset. Perhaps a hint in other sports as well.
:25:55. > :26:03.Temperatures getting below freezing. Getting up to three degrees in some
:26:03. > :26:12.places. Then, through the morning, generally clear skies and
:26:12. > :26:16.increasing high cloud. Sunshine and thicker cloud following behind. A
:26:16. > :26:21.bit of rain in Somerset and gradually moving further east as
:26:22. > :26:29.the evening continues. It will be a wet and windy spell developing on
:26:29. > :26:33.Saturday night. Temperatures between 7 and 9 degrees. Have a
:26:33. > :26:43.look at these cats. What do you think? I thought he would like
:26:43. > :26:49.them! Is that my first Christmas present? They have all been named
:26:49. > :26:53.after a firework themes. They are named by a cat charity. Animal
:26:53. > :27:01.charities have been absolutely overwhelmed by cats. They are
:27:01. > :27:09.particularly difficult to share it, for some reason. More information
:27:09. > :27:14.about that on the screen. Saturday itself is going to see rain
:27:14. > :27:19.Clearing in the morning. Then, it will be breezy and bright and it
:27:20. > :27:24.will be milder but it will be wet and windy later on Sunday. Getting
:27:24. > :27:31.colder next week and snow at times colder next week and snow at times