:00:17. > :00:22.Well come to BBC Points West. The headlines: he was a fine a soldier
:00:22. > :00:30.who led by example. Hundreds attended the funeral of the young
:00:31. > :00:40.serviceman killed in Afghanistan. Thousands of new school places are
:00:41. > :00:47.
:00:47. > :00:55.needed. And eating a you are forested
:00:56. > :01:02.greens. How a new meet three menu went down with football fans.
:01:02. > :01:05.First tonight, hundreds of shoppers and visitors to Bath broke into
:01:05. > :01:10.spontaneous applause this afternoon in tribute to a young soldier
:01:10. > :01:15.killed in Afghanistan. They paused our midst of their Christmas
:01:15. > :01:21.preparations to watch the funeral cortege of Lieutenant David Boyce.
:01:21. > :01:27.A former head boy at the City's Kingswood School died last month
:01:27. > :01:32.when his vehicle was blown up by an improvised explosive device.
:01:32. > :01:37.Lieutenant David Boyce was just at 25. He had been in Afghanistan less
:01:37. > :01:45.than one month. He was described as a great soldier, a friend, and the
:01:45. > :01:55.bloke. Today they remembered him. He went to school here at Kingswood.
:01:55. > :02:01.He was head boy between 2004 and 2005.
:02:01. > :02:08.His former headmaster said that he is fondly remember.
:02:08. > :02:13.He aimed for 100% in everything he did. Everything to the best of his
:02:13. > :02:17.ability. The tribute was echoed by his
:02:18. > :02:22.commanding officer. He was everything the country
:02:22. > :02:28.should be proud of. It is a grievous blow to his family and
:02:28. > :02:33.friends. It is equally sad for the army and his wider regimental
:02:33. > :02:42.family. He had a combination of professional standards and personal
:02:42. > :02:48.qualities that demand you respect, admiration, and a lot.
:02:48. > :02:54.As the coffin left the abbey there was spontaneous applause. Strangers
:02:54. > :03:04.showed their respect for the sacrifice of Abereiddy young man. -
:03:04. > :03:08.- brave. Nearly 400 servicemen and women have died in Afghanistan
:03:08. > :03:12.since the start of the invasion. A former ambassador to the country's
:03:12. > :03:21.said today that it was disgraceful to be conferred the withdrawal of
:03:21. > :03:24.troops by 2014. -- calling for. But this was not about politics. In the
:03:24. > :03:29.shadow of the Abbey many people were enjoying the market looking
:03:29. > :03:37.forward to Christmas. But war for one family today was about saying
:03:37. > :03:41.goodbye to a man who died too young and his memory will live on.
:03:42. > :03:45.Plans to provide thousands of extra primary school places for Bristol
:03:45. > :03:52.have been unveiled by the city council. The Government has agreed
:03:52. > :04:02.to help by pledging millions to build new classrooms. It is hoped
:04:02. > :04:05.
:04:05. > :04:10.that the announcement will be welcomed by parents. The end
:04:10. > :04:15.keepers, shepherds, and wise men are getting ready for the Nativity
:04:15. > :04:21.play. Behind the scenes, governors, parents, and staff here at Filton
:04:22. > :04:27.Avenue Infants are getting ready to set up a new school. They are
:04:27. > :04:31.oversubscribed and from September a reception class will begin at a
:04:32. > :04:38.school where spare facilities near by. The children will learn, eat,
:04:38. > :04:42.and play there, but still be part of Filton Avenue Infants.
:04:42. > :04:47.The plan is to adapt another wing at another school and to part of
:04:47. > :04:54.the school. It would be managed by the governors of this school. We're
:04:54. > :05:00.hoping that it will be full. The school population has grown
:05:00. > :05:06.hugely in Bristol in recent years. There needs to be at least an extra
:05:06. > :05:13.3,000 places over the next three years. There will not be any brand
:05:13. > :05:18.new schools, instead, extension and -- extensions and annexes in all
:05:19. > :05:24.sorts of places. 120 locations have been looked at from car showrooms
:05:24. > :05:28.to warehouses and even this place, an old police station. The council
:05:28. > :05:34.was given extra government cash to tackle the issue and it is hope
:05:34. > :05:41.that there will be more to come. The latest proposals will provide
:05:41. > :05:46.2,300 of the 3,000 needed places. But can the target to be met?
:05:46. > :05:51.We need to. We have a statutory responsibility to provide school
:05:51. > :05:55.places. We must do it well and put the places with been growing
:05:55. > :06:00.communities so that young children do not have to travel a long way
:06:00. > :06:03.for school. The scale of the challenge is
:06:03. > :06:12.widely accepted but to make it the council needs lots of things to go
:06:12. > :06:17.its way. Above all, space and money. Is this problem unique to Bristol?
:06:17. > :06:24.No, but there are still does have a particular problem of a population
:06:24. > :06:31.growth of 20% over the last for years. Many people gravitate to
:06:31. > :06:35.overly successful and oversubscribed school areas. �18
:06:35. > :06:44.million of money is being provided by the Government, recognising
:06:44. > :06:49.Bristol has a particular problem. Are the targets are achievable?
:06:49. > :06:55.The council say they can match up parents with schools and 94% of the
:06:55. > :07:00.time. People have to have their forms in by January 15th ahead of
:07:00. > :07:04.next six Pemba hence the announcements today. -- next
:07:04. > :07:07.September. The fact that the council has already received
:07:07. > :07:13.government money makes it believed it will get more money in the
:07:13. > :07:16.future. The Chancellor only last week announced an extra �600
:07:16. > :07:23.million for school building programmes across the country. But
:07:23. > :07:28.the big problem as space. We're talking about a city. Schools have
:07:28. > :07:32.small footprints hence the reason we see temporary classrooms and
:07:32. > :07:36.Portakabin. I spoke to one person today who said that they physically
:07:36. > :07:41.cannot fit any more people in there. They were quite cynical about the
:07:41. > :07:45.plans. That is why the council are looking at buildings in weird and
:07:45. > :07:52.wonderful places including that police station. But at the moment,
:07:52. > :07:57.no new schools. You may remember scenes of
:07:57. > :08:03.celebration from last month. A High Court judge had just for bed and
:08:03. > :08:06.two councils to cut funding for libraries. -- for Britain. So it
:08:06. > :08:12.may surprise you to learn that another of beck council is going
:08:12. > :08:19.ahead with the similar cuts. Campaigners fear or that it cannot
:08:19. > :08:26.be stopped. A small distance inside Dorset but a big difference. Said
:08:26. > :08:32.it to be the county's smallest town, Stalbridge is classic West Country.
:08:33. > :08:38.It has a library, funded, but not for much longer, by the council.
:08:38. > :08:44.The Dorset - Somerset border is less than one mile away. There are
:08:44. > :08:50.similarities between both counties. But while campaigners in one A rare
:08:50. > :08:56.managed to stop a reduction in funding for libraries, campaigners
:08:56. > :09:03.in the other are too late to stop it going ahead. �600,000 will be
:09:03. > :09:08.cut from the library budget here. Regular users are angry.
:09:08. > :09:13.I cannot understand this. It is such a wonderful amenity to the
:09:13. > :09:23.village. Campaigners were given hope by the
:09:23. > :09:28.verdict which stock Dorset and Gloucester county councils from
:09:28. > :09:32.what the role in funding. -- stopped.
:09:32. > :09:38.You never know what will come out of a judicial review. But we were
:09:38. > :09:45.confident. Supporters are today gathered
:09:45. > :09:51.outside of Stalbridge library. We accept we have lost a challenge
:09:51. > :10:01.and must push on and do our own thing locally.
:10:01. > :10:01.
:10:01. > :10:10.They are being bowled. The town council is looking to even expand.
:10:10. > :10:20.-- bold. This is ambitious. But we're not to
:10:20. > :10:21.
:10:21. > :10:27.tell. It is the only way to save the library. -- deterrent.
:10:27. > :10:37.Coming up on the programme: a gift fit for a queen. The people of
:10:37. > :10:43.
:10:43. > :10:48.Glastonbury corner a centuries old tradition. -- Bonner. -- honour.
:10:48. > :10:53.220 jobs could go at Biomet in Swindon as it attempts to focus
:10:53. > :11:00.production in the Wales. The company said it did not intend the
:11:00. > :11:04.reduction in operations to occur until April and that it will create
:11:04. > :11:10.80 jobs in Wales. Existing employees are being encouraged to
:11:10. > :11:15.apply. Union members at Unilever are due
:11:15. > :11:23.to take part in the company's first ever state. It will be a national
:11:23. > :11:28.walkout on Friday over pensions. -- first ever strike.
:11:28. > :11:34.Several car drivers escaped serious injury after a collision with a
:11:34. > :11:41.fallen tree on the A38 in Somerset, just south of Wellington. Three
:11:41. > :11:47.cars collided with the to be at about six M.
:11:47. > :11:53.An end to unemployment, a transport system which works, and a vast new
:11:53. > :11:58.marine park under Brunel's famous bridge. That is an ambitious
:11:58. > :12:08.manifesto for Bristol. But it comes not from a political party but the
:12:08. > :12:12.
:12:12. > :12:18.Make no little plants, they have no magic to Sturman's blood. Make big
:12:18. > :12:23.plans. Aim higher. He was a big thing Cup. He lived in
:12:23. > :12:30.Chicago 100 years ago and he dreamt up a 50 year planned for this city,
:12:30. > :12:33.it put Chicago on the world map. Bristolians can think they'd do.
:12:33. > :12:41.Division has a name that Bristol will be the first city that does
:12:41. > :12:45.away with poverty... It may be a big fish and but it is a down-to-
:12:45. > :12:52.earth Green. I do not accept that in a civilised country we have to
:12:52. > :12:58.have poverty. I do not accept that we have to have unemployed people.
:12:58. > :13:02.We are in a community centre. Next door, bayoneting and chatting.
:13:02. > :13:11.of dozens of groups held here. This is one of Bristol's poorest
:13:11. > :13:15.neighbourhoods. Do these people believe it could all change?
:13:15. > :13:20.believe that eventually we could work out poverty in this community
:13:20. > :13:25.but we need work and a long-term investment. If you are talking
:13:25. > :13:31.about bringing people into full employment. It is not going to
:13:31. > :13:37.happen. If we all go on accepting that it will never change, that 25%
:13:37. > :13:41.of our population will be unemployed, we will never do it. I
:13:41. > :13:44.am a businessman and I have a lot of business people behind the make
:13:44. > :13:49.who accept that unemployment is unacceptable.
:13:49. > :13:54.Bristol is growing, with or without a plan, the City will gain half a
:13:54. > :13:58.million new people, 300,000 new jobs and most controversially,
:13:58. > :14:03.200,000 more houses. Those figures are realistic. That is what is
:14:03. > :14:09.going to happen over the next 40 or 50 years. The question is, how do
:14:09. > :14:15.we plan for it? Is professor is a world-renowned expert on had to
:14:15. > :14:20.plan A city. Quite simply, he says there is no alternative. I do not
:14:20. > :14:24.know anywhere else in the United Kingdom which has such a visionary
:14:24. > :14:32.plan. It is fairly unique in planning terms to have something
:14:32. > :14:36.this bold, and it this far reaching. They want to down the Avon,
:14:36. > :14:42.flooding the court, creating a huge water park for Bristolians to play
:14:42. > :14:47.on. Seven miles of wonderful water in an amazing gorge. The dealers,
:14:47. > :14:50.do not look at the little bits but look at putting all of the
:14:50. > :14:55.potential to get there and making it into one grand vision that
:14:55. > :15:02.produces the best place in Europe. Big, bold thinking is no stranger
:15:02. > :15:06.to this city. Is it time for another grand plan?
:15:06. > :15:10.Are a fascinating idea, isn't it? A new war memorial to those from
:15:10. > :15:15.Prestbury who died in the First World War will be the first or 60
:15:15. > :15:20.years to be made from Box Ground stone. The original monument was
:15:20. > :15:25.than realised earlier this year and now work has started on his
:15:25. > :15:29.replacement -- was vandalised. It could lead to a second war memorial
:15:29. > :15:34.for the village. It is a slow but highly skilled pro
:15:34. > :15:38.process, recreating a 1920s war memorial from scratch. It is made
:15:38. > :15:43.more difficult by the state of the original. Decades of decay leave
:15:43. > :15:48.only vague clues. The job is being helped by the public who have sent
:15:48. > :15:53.in their photos of the original. There were a couple of figures,
:15:53. > :16:00.Jesus Christ and Mary. On the other side, there is St George and a
:16:01. > :16:06.Dragon. The new monument is being made from Box Ground stone. It is
:16:06. > :16:10.starting to be mined again at this quarry. It is hoped to the new
:16:10. > :16:15.memorial will blend in with the past. For the first couple of years,
:16:15. > :16:19.it will look new. But they are a lot of trees and bushes nearby and
:16:19. > :16:25.that will help the process of it weathering. Police are still
:16:25. > :16:29.searching for those who left to the war memorial in pieces. CCTV of
:16:29. > :16:34.someone dumping part of the stem it has not brought results. It is
:16:34. > :16:37.frustrating for the editors but it has made them more determined to
:16:37. > :16:42.get the war memorial replaced. There are people still living here
:16:42. > :16:48.who were named -- whose relatives were named on the war memorial.
:16:48. > :16:52.There was a lot of anger. More good will come out of the story. Be
:16:52. > :16:55.Parish Council is now working with the stonemasons on plans for a new
:16:55. > :17:02.war memorial for those villagers who gave their lives in the Second
:17:02. > :17:07.World War. Teenagers from across Bristol
:17:07. > :17:11.pitched their designs for new community projects today to a panel
:17:11. > :17:15.of judges made up of local professionals. They came? To win
:17:15. > :17:20.�500. Five teams of 16-19 year olds
:17:20. > :17:23.presented their ideas in a Dragons' Den style event. They had to win
:17:23. > :17:28.them over in order to see their projects come alive.
:17:28. > :17:34.This was the panel of collective wisdom they had to impress. As well
:17:34. > :17:37.as an audience of teachers, students and parents. These
:17:37. > :17:43.students from Filton College did not beat about the bush in talking
:17:43. > :17:52.about issues that affect them. would say that I would run a mile
:17:52. > :17:56.if my girlfriend got pregnant. We got into a heated debate about it...
:17:56. > :18:01.They want to create a website for young parents, especially fathers.
:18:01. > :18:05.This is about helping young parents who have a child. Have you thought
:18:05. > :18:08.about developing this further to advise or educate younger children
:18:08. > :18:16.about the problems of being a young parent? We initially identified
:18:16. > :18:22.that there was a strong emphasis on prevention but then if you are,
:18:22. > :18:31.through what ever circumstances, -- if you slip into the trap of
:18:31. > :18:34.parenthood, there is less support available. They were hard work!
:18:34. > :18:41.the boardroom deliberations, they felt there was still room for
:18:41. > :18:49.expansion. I think they have found a niche. My only problem with it is
:18:49. > :18:53.that they seem to be focusing on only one side of Bristol. Chew
:18:53. > :18:57.Valley Court the Dragons attention with glasses that allow you to see
:18:57. > :19:02.from the perspective of people who have cataracts. It is such a simple
:19:02. > :19:07.solution. That is why this is so important to us. Now they will have
:19:07. > :19:15.to prove it. Both of these groups got a they cash. The job now is to
:19:15. > :19:20.prove that they can deliver. Pitching his hungry work. What are
:19:20. > :19:28.you going to have? I think I am going to have deep red vegetable
:19:28. > :19:32.burger. I am going to have a salad with mozzarella. Excellent choice.
:19:32. > :19:35.It may sound like a menu at a posh restaurant but in fact it is the
:19:35. > :19:39.fear that is on offer at Forest Green Rovers.
:19:39. > :19:48.The club's the been overt than that meat from the menu earlier this
:19:48. > :19:53.year and now he has launched a meat-free menu. How well fans cope
:19:53. > :20:03.without their traditional fast food? -- the club's the been owned
:20:03. > :20:13.up. Baby spinach, Corps jet, lemon and coriander dressing? Halloumi,
:20:13. > :20:20.harissa rocket and chips. Proper football fare! Yes, this really is
:20:20. > :20:26.proper for the terraces. Not a hot dog in aside. It is all meat-free,
:20:26. > :20:32.local and organic. Forest Green Rovers are the only vegetarian club
:20:32. > :20:36.in the country. They claim their food sales are at an all-time high,
:20:36. > :20:40.since they cut out meat. It is very hard to please football fans
:20:40. > :20:48.because they do like prize and things. We are trying to create
:20:48. > :20:55.meat alternatives. We have got a stake mushroom pie. Trying to make
:20:55. > :20:58.it taste as meaty as possible. We are slowly transforming them to the
:20:58. > :21:03.vegetarian food. Can a clientele traditionally fond of their fast
:21:03. > :21:08.food really be converted to the more highbrow menu? Would you swap
:21:08. > :21:17.your chips was something healthier? I have already had a veggie burger.
:21:17. > :21:23.They are gorgeous. Roast Mediterranean vegetables. Excellent.
:21:23. > :21:29.Simply scrumptious! When they said they were going eco-friendly and no
:21:29. > :21:34.more meet, I was not very happy. There is nothing wrong with that.
:21:34. > :21:38.And as you can see, I like my food! Has it made it more expensive for
:21:38. > :21:44.the football fan? The ingredients are more expensive so it is more
:21:44. > :21:49.expensive for the club but we have cost -- kept the costs down. So far,
:21:49. > :21:54.ate a resounding home win for Rovers. I wonder if the chant, who
:21:54. > :21:59.ate all the falafel, it will ever catch on?
:21:59. > :22:03.I am certainly hungry! On the field, Swindon Town are just two games
:22:03. > :22:07.away from the Johnstone's Paint Trophy Final at Wembley after
:22:07. > :22:17.beating Southend last night. The second half goals from Paul Caddis
:22:17. > :22:17.
:22:17. > :22:20.and Ronan Murphy gave them a win over the League Two leaders.
:22:20. > :22:24.Her Majesty the Queen will be getting a Christmas present from
:22:24. > :22:28.the people of Glastonbury. It follows an ancient ceremony which
:22:28. > :22:32.took place in the candidate. It is the cutting of the event that -- it
:22:32. > :22:36.is the cutting of the Holy Thorn. It is a tradition that dates back
:22:37. > :22:40.hundreds of years. No wonder he is beaming, seven-
:22:40. > :22:44.year-old Jack Rolls was at the start of the show today. As they
:22:45. > :22:51.are the star that the local infant school, he had the job of cutting a
:22:51. > :22:55.sprig from the Holy Thorn. He knew exactly where it was going to go.
:22:55. > :23:00.Tear the Queen. It is a long- standing tradition that a cutting
:23:01. > :23:05.from the Holy Thorn is sent to Buckingham Palace to adorn the
:23:05. > :23:10.Queen's Christmas dinner table. dates back to the 11th century and
:23:10. > :23:14.was resurrected just after the Second World War. It is brilliant.
:23:15. > :23:18.The story of the Holy Thorn has it that Joseph of Aramathea, said to
:23:18. > :23:23.be Jesus's great-uncle, planted his staff in the ground on a hill
:23:23. > :23:29.overlooking Glastonbury and the original tree grew from that. A
:23:29. > :23:34.year ago, a descendant of that tree was cut down by vandals and it was
:23:34. > :23:40.feared it would die. Recently, green shoots have been spotted. The
:23:40. > :23:44.shoots of recovery on this dream may indeed be very fragile at the
:23:44. > :23:49.moment but those looking after it had not given up hope. They are
:23:49. > :23:57.getting expert advice from plant specialists at Covent Garden.
:23:57. > :24:01.Today's Holy Thorn was taken from a St John's Church of. But they hope
:24:01. > :24:10.that in years to come, the Queen's Christmas gift may come from the
:24:10. > :24:17.street. -- from this truth. Downend near Bristol has a new star
:24:18. > :24:24.attraction. Can you guess what it is? A 15 ft a hybrid of. It has
:24:24. > :24:30.taken up residence to the delight of the local children. -- a 15 ft-
:24:30. > :24:33.high eight rid of. The Harrison family built steel rods to build
:24:33. > :24:39.them. They do not need the speed bumps, everyone is slowing down to
:24:39. > :24:49.look! We have been hearing about the
:24:49. > :24:52.
:24:52. > :24:56.You saw the pictures of the tree down in Somerset earlier. The winds
:24:56. > :25:03.will be at higher tomorrow. It will be one of these days when it you
:25:03. > :25:10.ponder whether it is worth putting the brolly up when the rain arrives.
:25:10. > :25:16.It will be worth just in the afternoons. Up in Scotland, if you
:25:16. > :25:23.have a business trip tomorrow, there will be a strong force winds
:25:23. > :25:28.there. Do keep an ear to the national weather and the National
:25:28. > :25:38.travel in case there is disruption, two flights or whatever. We have
:25:38. > :25:38.
:25:38. > :25:44.got Canada and the Orange at Arrows are the jet stream of winds. This
:25:44. > :25:50.cloud is an ominous structure. Hidden beneath that is a deep area
:25:50. > :25:54.of low pressure which will dominate tomorrow's weather. That will bring
:25:54. > :25:59.these are the winds. The cold front follows on in the afternoon with
:25:59. > :26:04.some strong winds and will bring the threat of heavy rain for us.
:26:04. > :26:13.Through this evening, a benign story. Showers across parts of the
:26:13. > :26:20.Somerset. Elsewhere, of with Cleary -- with clearing skies, sump frost
:26:20. > :26:25.will form. The cloud will come in in the morning. The first hints of
:26:25. > :26:28.rain appearing in Gloucestershire by dawn. Temperatures at lowest
:26:28. > :26:34.during the first stop on the night could be down to three or four
:26:34. > :26:42.degrees. Tamara starts with a lot of cloud and a windy set-up for the
:26:42. > :26:46.morning rush-hour. Largely dry. Into the afternoon, a very dusty
:26:46. > :26:51.afternoon. That will certainly bring the branches if not trees
:26:51. > :26:56.down. The rain will clear way to the south-east in the evening. It
:26:56. > :27:06.will be fairly when Dean there after, 40 mile an hour gusts. -- it
:27:06. > :27:07.
:27:07. > :27:12.will be fairly windy. A mild day, temperatures tempered by the wind.
:27:12. > :27:16.By Friday, for the vast majority of us, it is a different story Fulstow
:27:16. > :27:20.back to clear blue skies. Some showers around the Bristol Channel.
:27:20. > :27:25.Cold overnight into Saturday. Saturday looks like a glorious