:00:02. > :00:04.probably before retirement. He lived alone in the beautiful
:00:04. > :00:07.vicarage and tonight police are trying to piece together what
:00:07. > :00:15.happened from when he finished a church service on Monday morning
:00:15. > :00:18.until his body was found at 10:20am yesterday morning. At just after
:00:18. > :00:22.3pm this afternoon the police announced that they have made an
:00:22. > :00:26.arrest. Our Home Affairs Correspondent reports.
:00:26. > :00:29.The murder investigation has been intense. The police were searching
:00:29. > :00:39.every inch of ground for vital pieces of evidence before
:00:39. > :00:41.
:00:41. > :00:45.announcing they had made an arrest. I can confirm that the body found
:00:45. > :00:51.yesterday in the vicarage was Reverend John Suddards. He suffered
:00:51. > :00:56.multiple stab wounds. Therefore, this is now a murder investigation.
:00:56. > :00:59.A 43-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. The 43
:00:59. > :01:02.year-old suspect, who has not been named, was arrested late last night
:01:02. > :01:06.here in Thornbury. He is now being questioned by murder squad
:01:06. > :01:09.detectives. No murder weapon has been found. And as yet, police are
:01:09. > :01:13.no closer to discovering the motive for this killing, which has left
:01:13. > :01:16.this community without their parish priest. John Suddards was last seen
:01:16. > :01:25.alive at 12:30pm Monday lunchtime, and the man leading the hunt for
:01:25. > :01:29.his killer made this appeal for the public's help. The Reverend had
:01:29. > :01:34.only lived here a few months and we do not have a good understanding of
:01:34. > :01:38.his friends and family at the moment. We do not know who visited
:01:38. > :01:42.him so we are appealing for the people he went to church and who
:01:42. > :01:47.knew him to come forward and tell us what they knew about him. Who
:01:47. > :01:51.visited him? Who were the people he associated with? In particular, I
:01:52. > :01:56.am keen to speak to anybody who saw the referent after 12:30pm on
:01:56. > :01:58.Monday. Already, the police have been told of local sightings of the
:01:58. > :02:02.suspect before Reverend Suddards' body was found. He was discovered
:02:02. > :02:05.lying on the hall floor when two builders were let into the house by
:02:05. > :02:15.a caretaker. Detectives now have an initial 48 hours to question the
:02:15. > :02:18.man. He has not yet been charged with any offence.
:02:18. > :02:23.The vicarage is in an idyllic part of the town, just next to Thornbury
:02:23. > :02:27.Castle, which once hosted Henry the VIII and Anne Boleyn. It is rather
:02:27. > :02:30.off the beaten track. We do not know what happened inside, but all
:02:30. > :02:34.vicars are used to troubled souls are turning up at odd hours,
:02:34. > :02:44.looking for help. As the local archdeacon said, this attack is a
:02:44. > :02:45.
:02:45. > :02:50.reminder that the clergy can be vulnerable. Sadly, this event
:02:50. > :02:56.highlights of the vulnerable nature of parish ministry in some of our
:02:56. > :03:02.communities today. We will, of course, in the coming months,
:03:02. > :03:09.continue to bring our care and support in every way we can to the
:03:09. > :03:13.people of the Thornbury. We do not know if that is relevant to this
:03:13. > :03:17.inquiry yet, but it is an obvious line of the police investigation
:03:17. > :03:20.and I suspect judges up and down the country are reviewing their
:03:20. > :03:23.security tonight. The church is still cordoned off tonight but in a
:03:23. > :03:26.small chapel down the road, the congregation met to pray this
:03:26. > :03:31.morning. Steve Knibbs reports on the impact that the vicar's violent
:03:31. > :03:34.death has had on the community. The killing of Reverend John
:03:34. > :03:37.Suddards has struck at the very heart of this community. Despite
:03:37. > :03:41.only being the vicar of Thornbury for the past six months, people
:03:41. > :03:50.that knew him talk of his kindness and sincerity. Those closest were,
:03:50. > :03:57.understandably, from within the Church. He was a very gentle man.
:03:57. > :04:03.He was very friendly. He did not necessarily speak out but when he
:04:03. > :04:07.said something, you thought yes, I need to listen to that. I would
:04:07. > :04:10.like to share with you this morning in this Eucharist as you come to
:04:10. > :04:13.terms with tragedy. At a special service in Thornbury this morning,
:04:13. > :04:16.the Bishop of Tewkesbury said the congregation were part of a fallen
:04:16. > :04:25.humanity where tragic events happen. A reminder that this tragic event
:04:25. > :04:31.shows murder does not discriminate its victims. It is a very difficult
:04:31. > :04:34.time for all of us and I think all of us are in shock and it is really
:04:34. > :04:37.hard. Whilst Thornbury takes in the horror of the murder, the
:04:37. > :04:41.shockwaves are being felt elsewhere. A few miles away, overlooking the
:04:41. > :04:44.River Severn, stands the church of St Arilda in Oldbury. John Suddards
:04:44. > :04:53.was the vicar here, too, and in his short time in the parish had come
:04:53. > :04:59.to be highly respected. It is so tragic, such a waste. He was always
:04:59. > :05:05.friendly, always joined in everything. He was always on time
:05:05. > :05:08.and always had a good word for everybody and spoke to everyone. I
:05:08. > :05:15.thought the world of him. I do not know how we are going to cope
:05:15. > :05:19.without him. So often when killings such as this happen in a community,
:05:19. > :05:25.the church becomes a focal point, a place to grieve, reflect and ask
:05:25. > :05:29.why. This time it is different because the Church is at the very
:05:29. > :05:32.centre of his investigation, an investigation into the killing of
:05:32. > :05:39.the one man in his community who would have been there to help
:05:39. > :05:45.anyone who needed it. There has been a church here for
:05:45. > :05:52.900 years. It seems so real to see it sealed off with officers inside.
:05:52. > :06:02.Even these days, because can be the pillar of the community, and when
:06:02. > :06:03.
:06:03. > :06:09.they fall, the community shatters. -- vicars of the pillar of the
:06:09. > :06:13.community. Now the rest of the day's news.
:06:13. > :06:16.The number of people out of work here in the West it is up again,
:06:16. > :06:18.with an extra 3,000 people signing on since before Christmas. And now
:06:18. > :06:24.two hotspots in Wiltshire have been identified where joblessness
:06:25. > :06:32.amongst the young is a major issue. One is in Swindon, the other is in
:06:32. > :06:37.Calne, where our reporter has spent the day.
:06:37. > :06:42.It is one of the Aldys market towns in Wiltshire but this area of Calne
:06:42. > :06:46.is in trouble, with the highest unemployment rates for 16 to 24
:06:46. > :06:50.year-olds in the country. It is terrible. There is no way of
:06:50. > :07:00.getting a job. Not around here. Apprenticeships and stuff you have
:07:00. > :07:01.
:07:01. > :07:06.to go away to get. I got sacked for not turning up. I really need a job.
:07:06. > :07:10.There is nothing to do. But every time I go and ask for a job they
:07:10. > :07:16.say they will call me and they never do. One of those desperate
:07:16. > :07:23.for work is his 18-year-old. It is really hard. I have been trying for
:07:23. > :07:27.quite a while and I am not getting anywhere. She has now turned to her
:07:27. > :07:32.father for help. He manages the local community hub and has started
:07:32. > :07:36.a job club to help young people with their CVs as well as teaching
:07:36. > :07:41.them computer skills. So what is the long-term plan to improve the
:07:41. > :07:45.employment situation here? We have to make sure be introduced more
:07:45. > :07:49.apprenticeships, attract more visitors to our local area, all
:07:49. > :07:55.taken responsibility for the young people within our community, do the
:07:55. > :07:59.best we can. Offer them any opportunity for work experience
:07:59. > :08:02.that will improve their CV. Having spent the day here, the message to
:08:02. > :08:06.get from the young people is that there are too few jobs and there
:08:06. > :08:09.are too many people going for them when they are available. But the
:08:09. > :08:15.problem is that they do not have enough money to travel outside this
:08:15. > :08:19.area. The town elders here are saying it is not all doom and gloom.
:08:19. > :08:26.They are trying to get his next generation into employment but they
:08:27. > :08:31.say it is not a long-term project - - it is a long-term project, not a
:08:31. > :08:35.short-term solution. Our reporter has spent the day
:08:35. > :08:40.quenching the unemployment numbers. What have you found? I have been
:08:40. > :08:45.looking particularly at that issue of youth unemployment and where our
:08:45. > :08:48.reporter was in pockets of Swindon and Calne, you find one in eight
:08:48. > :08:51.the young people without work, double the average for the West
:08:51. > :08:55.Country. The problem is they are in a very competitive marketplace
:08:55. > :08:58.because the figures show today there has been a slow but
:08:58. > :09:01.incremental rise of joblessness across the West Country for about
:09:01. > :09:06.the last year and this month is no different. So those youngsters in
:09:06. > :09:13.the report, PEOPLE who may have been laid off at some point in the
:09:13. > :09:18.last year. -- up against people. They are skilled so it is difficult
:09:18. > :09:22.to get on the job ladder. It is an employer's' market place so they
:09:22. > :09:27.can pick and choose who they want if they have the confidence to
:09:28. > :09:30.higher in the first place. Next, to Hinkley Point in Somerset,
:09:30. > :09:34.where French energy company EDF wants to build two new nuclear
:09:34. > :09:37.reactors. Today a row has broken out between EDF and one of the
:09:37. > :09:39.local councils about who should be paying for vital research. Sedgmoor
:09:39. > :09:46.District Council says it is unwilling to use public money to
:09:46. > :09:49.fund the work but unless EDF pays it will raise council taxes. There
:09:49. > :09:59.has been a nuclear power station on this site in Somerset since Hinkley
:09:59. > :09:59.
:09:59. > :10:02.At last, Hinkley Point has gone into production...
:10:02. > :10:06.Back then, nuclear power was new and the station was broadly
:10:06. > :10:09.welcomed as the obvious answer to our growing energy needs. Hinkley A
:10:09. > :10:12.was followed by Hinkley B, which is still generating but due to stop
:10:12. > :10:15.within the next five to ten years. Now plans are afoot for Hinkley C,
:10:15. > :10:18.but this time nuclear energy is a bit more controversial and the
:10:18. > :10:22.process is a bit more complicated. We will not actually find out
:10:22. > :10:26.whether Hinkley C is to be given the go-ahead for a long time yet,
:10:26. > :10:28.possibly not until the end of the year or the beginning of 2013.
:10:28. > :10:31.Before then, there are many complicated consultation processes
:10:31. > :10:38.to be carried out, concerning jobs and safety, but also the impact of
:10:38. > :10:42.the proposed reactors, and their construction on the local area. It
:10:42. > :10:46.is down to the local councils to scrutinise the plans and represent
:10:46. > :10:53.the interests of residents but it is a time-consuming and expensive
:10:53. > :11:00.prices. One of those in false Sedgmoor District Council. They say
:11:01. > :11:06.it is costing them �250,000 a month. Next month, the funding from EDF is
:11:06. > :11:09.due to run out. The councils involved are hoping for a further
:11:09. > :11:14.�2.3 million from EDF. If they do not get it, they say they will have
:11:14. > :11:18.to consider raising council tax. the money is not forthcoming we
:11:19. > :11:24.will have really big difficulties in terms of representing our
:11:24. > :11:34.communities at the examination process. It will result in a
:11:34. > :11:36.
:11:36. > :11:39.challenge to the integrity of the process. As ever, the subject of
:11:39. > :11:42.nuclear energy is an emotive one. Many people here are in favour of
:11:42. > :11:44.the jobs and opportunities promised by Hinkley C. Others are worried
:11:44. > :11:47.about potential safety issues and think we should be investing in
:11:47. > :11:50.renewable energy instead of nuclear. Whatever the outcome, the more
:11:50. > :11:57.pressing issue today seems to be who should pay to help those
:11:57. > :12:00.decisions to be made. I spoke to Richard Mayson from EDF
:12:00. > :12:05.Energy and put it to him that if the company wants the reactors they
:12:05. > :12:09.should be the ones to pay for the research. Absolutely. We are fully
:12:09. > :12:13.committed to paying the proper costs of the council's through this
:12:13. > :12:18.process and we have already paid those costs over the last three
:12:18. > :12:23.years, amounting to something like �30 million. But Sedgmoor Council
:12:23. > :12:27.say it is costing them �250,000 a month and that is a lot for a small
:12:27. > :12:30.council to find so presumably they need more. I think we should get
:12:30. > :12:34.around the table and actually talk through the amount that is needed
:12:34. > :12:41.in the next six months. The prices we are going through his frenetic
:12:41. > :12:44.and withing the largest costs have already happened. We are keen to
:12:44. > :12:50.talk it through with the council rather than having a debate in the
:12:50. > :12:57.media. How is your relationship with the cancer? We have had a good
:12:57. > :13:00.relationship. -- with the council. But on this occasion I would really
:13:00. > :13:03.like to sit around the table and get stuck into the numbers because
:13:03. > :13:09.so far we have not had any side of their assertions on the amount of
:13:09. > :13:13.cost. It would seem there is some tension here because they are
:13:13. > :13:16.saying they revert going to have to put council tax up all one side
:13:16. > :13:21.will not be properly represented in the consultation, if you do not
:13:21. > :13:26.provide more money. I can give you categorical assurance that EDF
:13:26. > :13:31.Energy will not be the party that would lead to the rise in council
:13:31. > :13:34.tax. Almost 500,000 people in our region
:13:34. > :13:38.are living in fuel poverty. That means that a quarter of us are
:13:38. > :13:42.spending more than 10% of what we earn on fuel. For some, it means
:13:42. > :13:48.having to make a choice between heating and food. But what happens
:13:48. > :13:52.to the money we spend? We have been finding out.
:13:52. > :13:56.Across the West thousands of us are paying more on our fuel bills than
:13:56. > :13:59.ever before. Electricity and gas bills have doubled in the past six
:13:59. > :14:07.years. They do vary, but the average combined electricity and
:14:07. > :14:10.gas bill is now more than �1,200 a year. So where does our money go?
:14:10. > :14:14.Well, nearly half of it goes just on buying the gas and generating
:14:14. > :14:19.the electricity that we need. Then there is the cost of getting it to
:14:19. > :14:24.our homes, about 19% of the total bill. About 7% of the bill is spent
:14:24. > :14:29.on the Government's green energy initiatives. 5% goes on VAT. What
:14:29. > :14:32.is left is about a fifth of the bill. It is used to keep the system
:14:32. > :14:36.in good shape. The leftover is the profit, for the firms and their
:14:36. > :14:39.shareholders. This is the part of the bill that is the most
:14:39. > :14:46.contentious, because there is no way of really finding out how much
:14:46. > :14:51.of it goes back into the company. Quite tight budgets at the moment.
:14:51. > :14:55.We are aware we are paying a lot and do not seem to be getting much
:14:55. > :15:01.back. There is not one price and people get very confused when they
:15:01. > :15:04.see different offers. The whole system is very complicated. Yes,
:15:04. > :15:11.too expensive, the same as everything else. Everything going
:15:11. > :15:14.up. Big organisations take a lot of money. They are all in profit. I do
:15:14. > :15:18.not see why they need to be charging us that much. We asked for
:15:18. > :15:21.six energy companies to talk to us about their finances, but none were
:15:21. > :15:31.available for comment. The Energy Retail Association gave us the
:15:31. > :15:36.
:15:36. > :15:42.But Ofgem, the energy regulator, save that profit is nearer �125 per
:15:42. > :15:51.household. And that is the problem - nobody can really agree how much
:15:51. > :15:55.Tomorrow Luke will be looking at some of the communities in the West
:15:55. > :16:03.that are clubbing together to lower their fuel bills. John Gething runs
:16:03. > :16:09.a community co-operative in north Somerset. We are in changing times.
:16:09. > :16:15.People find that hard. People have been used to switching on and the
:16:15. > :16:20.power flowing. Climate change, fuel prices, fuel is getting short in
:16:20. > :16:25.supply. All these things are coming together. You can find out how you
:16:25. > :16:29.can change that as well tomorrow evening on Points West.
:16:29. > :16:35.The charge for driving across Clifton Suspension Bridge could
:16:35. > :16:39.double later this year. The trustees say the increase of 50
:16:39. > :16:49.pence to �1 is needed to pay for vital repairs. The proposal needs
:16:49. > :16:53.
:16:53. > :16:56.to be approved by the Department 400 street lights in Swindon that
:16:56. > :16:59.were switched off last year to save money had to be switched back on
:16:59. > :17:02.again. The council says it is responding to the public who were
:17:02. > :17:04.unhappy about the original decision. But switching the lights back on
:17:04. > :17:07.and running them for a year will cost �30,000.
:17:07. > :17:09.That is �10,000 more than the switch-off was originally meant to
:17:09. > :17:12.save. They still tower over roads
:17:12. > :17:15.throughout Swindon but for the last few months, these lights have been
:17:15. > :17:25.purely for show. Back in July, the local council decided that to save
:17:25. > :17:26.
:17:26. > :17:29.money it would switch off lights like this one. It believed it could
:17:29. > :17:32.save �20,000 by pulling the plug on these lights for a year. The
:17:32. > :17:35.problem is, the council did not reckon on the anger that the
:17:35. > :17:38.decision would cause. From people like Mike Rendall. He is a member
:17:38. > :17:46.of a running club near Swindon. He feels switching these lights off
:17:46. > :17:49.made his sport of choice more dangerous. It is a small town and
:17:49. > :17:52.there are not that many routes to choose from. So the council has
:17:52. > :17:58.bowed to public opinion and pending approval at a meeting tonight the
:17:58. > :18:03.lights are going back on. I hope that more people would embrace this
:18:03. > :18:08.idea. We felt it was a sensible thing to trial, with a view to
:18:09. > :18:14.expanding in later on. But given the public reaction, we decided it
:18:14. > :18:18.probably was not going to get public acceptance and was not worth
:18:18. > :18:21.fighting. Across the West, local authorities are saving thousands by
:18:21. > :18:25.turning off the street lights. Here in Clevedon, a man died over
:18:25. > :18:34.Christmas when he was hit by a car on a road where the lights had been
:18:34. > :18:38.turned off. Here, the decision to put lights back on received a mixed
:18:38. > :18:43.response today. There are other things that perhaps they should
:18:43. > :18:48.prioritise. If the safety of local people is at risk, it is a good
:18:48. > :18:53.idea. The council says it will cost �30,000 to keep the lights on for
:18:53. > :19:03.the next year. It has got savings to make but it seems this
:19:03. > :19:06.
:19:06. > :19:10.particular bright idea may not be Mixed fortunes for our football
:19:10. > :19:14.sides last night. Bristol left it late became a way with a draw in
:19:14. > :19:19.the dying minutes. The Battle of League 2 continues to heat up.
:19:19. > :19:23.With just two points separating the top six sides in League 2,
:19:23. > :19:29.Swindon's victory over Crawley could prove crucial come the end of
:19:29. > :19:32.the season. The highlight, this stunning strike, helping Torfaen to
:19:32. > :19:40.their Sikh straight win. The boss watched from the stands because of
:19:40. > :19:48.his third touchline ban of the season. They gave me the
:19:48. > :19:53.opportunity to watch the game from the stand. Normally when I stay in
:19:53. > :19:58.aid to doubt, I have to watch the game because I do not have a clear
:19:58. > :20:04.picture. Cheltenham went down 1-0 at home to fellow promotion rivals
:20:04. > :20:07.Torquay, although they remain second in the table. We have a good
:20:07. > :20:12.side with good players. We just need to work through a little
:20:12. > :20:16.sticky patch we're having. Bristol Rovers suffered their first defeat
:20:16. > :20:19.since Mark McGhee took charge, losing 1-0 to Shrewsbury but the
:20:19. > :20:25.comeback of the Nat Dem at Ashton Gate, Bristol City looking to be
:20:25. > :20:29.heading for another defeat as they slipped two goals behind at Crystal
:20:30. > :20:36.Palace. The striker came on as a second-half substitute and scored
:20:37. > :20:42.twice to rescue a point. The equaliser came in stoppage time.
:20:42. > :20:46.They were full of sheer determination. Yeovil Town moved
:20:46. > :20:54.four points clear of the League 1 relegation zone with a 3-2 win at
:20:54. > :20:56.There are normally bitter rivals, going head-to-head in a highly
:20:56. > :21:02.competitive market, but today six of the West's independent brewers
:21:02. > :21:05.have joined forces. To celebrate their tipple of choice, they are
:21:05. > :21:09.creating a special brand of beer in time for next month's Bristol Beer
:21:09. > :21:19.Festival. Our reporter was knocking on the brewery tours the first
:21:19. > :21:20.
:21:20. > :21:26.thing this morning. -- doors. A champagne breakfast, but with
:21:26. > :21:32.beer. Well, this is a brewery. And yes, somebody has organised this
:21:32. > :21:35.get together. Why? Because of this, a new one of beer that six Bristol
:21:35. > :21:42.and Bath brewers are developing together. We wanted to bring the
:21:42. > :21:50.local breweries together to create a beer for the Bristol Beer
:21:50. > :21:54.Festival and to celebrate what we think is the greatest drink and, in
:21:54. > :21:58.the cider city, to give beer its fair due. So what is the
:21:58. > :22:04.collaborative concoction that will not cider off its perch? Right now,
:22:04. > :22:08.it is a very pungent mash that smells like warmth that for us the
:22:08. > :22:12.real soap in Oval team and then sprinkle lightly over hot porridge
:22:12. > :22:17.but should turn out to be a special blend of flavours. You have the
:22:17. > :22:23.mould which can create flavours like bread, toasted, rested
:22:23. > :22:27.flavours. Caramel. And then you have the hops And you can lead
:22:27. > :22:33.those two great tropical fruit flavours. I like to think of them
:22:33. > :22:38.as different colours on a palate. This beer will be a dark beer,
:22:38. > :22:43.slightly smoky, full-bodied and smooth. That is what it will be
:22:43. > :22:48.like, but not just yet. Beer takes a lot longer to make than to
:22:48. > :22:53.consume. It has been rushed in there and now it is being fed into
:22:53. > :22:56.this Vettel where the hops are being added. Then you add the yeast,
:22:56. > :23:01.in one of these fermenters, where the beer will ferment. From there
:23:01. > :23:10.it would go into casques and cakes into bottles and finally into
:23:10. > :23:12.classes when it is launched at the next month's Bristol Beer Festival.
:23:13. > :23:22.A collaborative concoction, I like that.
:23:23. > :23:24.
:23:24. > :23:28.The weather. It has been very mild. Yes. It is mild at the moment due
:23:28. > :23:31.to a ridge of high pressure anchored in the Atlantic. It is
:23:31. > :23:36.keeping things static for a few days but it will come to relent. At
:23:36. > :23:44.the weekend, out-polled system begins to sweep Tara Andy does
:23:44. > :23:54.herald all changed. We turned to frosty weather. These were some of
:23:54. > :23:54.
:23:54. > :23:59.It is because of relatively mild air mixed with very good spells of
:23:59. > :24:05.sunshine. Decent breaks in the cloud. Everywhere saw a little bit
:24:05. > :24:08.of sunshine combined with the mild air. Some of the breaks in the
:24:08. > :24:18.Plaid continued to write and where that happens it will be chilly in a
:24:18. > :24:24.
:24:24. > :24:29.few places. -- cloud continues to arrive. Chilly for some. Tomorrow
:24:29. > :24:34.morning, that is. But almost a repeat performance. A fair amount
:24:34. > :24:44.of power. Some breaks here and there. Beeson does have a decent
:24:44. > :24:45.
:24:45. > :24:49.amount of warmth. Double figures in many places. Maybe, with the
:24:49. > :24:56.moisture coming in from the Atlantic, some chances of patchy
:24:56. > :25:03.light rain and drizzle. It will not amount to a great deal. There are
:25:03. > :25:07.the statistics for tomorrow. Visibility has been good. Into
:25:07. > :25:13.tomorrow evening and night time, again we are looking at a cloudy
:25:13. > :25:17.picture. Retaining the mild air. Friday, we do it all over again.
:25:17. > :25:23.Cloudy and breezy at times but mild. Change comes at the weekend with
:25:23. > :25:30.the cold weather front moving down. Frosty on Saturday and Sunday night
:25:30. > :25:34.Let's go back to David in Thornbury this evening after the police
:25:34. > :25:40.confirmed the local vicar was found stabbed to death in his own
:25:40. > :25:44.vicarage. Some fresh information, in the last
:25:44. > :25:49.few minutes the police have asked for extra time to question the man
:25:49. > :25:53.that they have arrested. This church has been here for a long
:25:53. > :25:57.time and perhaps religion plays a less a part in the life of the
:25:57. > :26:04.community than when it was built but the murder of a vicar is deeply
:26:04. > :26:08.troubling. It jars with the gentle rhythm of parish life. Tonight the