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:00:16. > :00:21.This is Points West. The headlines... Coming to a street

:00:21. > :00:26.near you. For the first time since 1948, D Olympic flame is coming to

:00:26. > :00:31.the West. We are meeting some of the people on it as torch bearers.

:00:31. > :00:36.The inventor of the Trunki switches production from China to the west

:00:36. > :00:40.but complains about a lack of support. The manager of Yeovil Town

:00:40. > :00:50.urges supporters not to kick up a plan for a supermarket at the

:00:50. > :00:55.

:00:55. > :00:59.stadium. The wounded soldier Good evening. Welcome to BBC Points

:00:59. > :01:06.West and to the Clifton Suspension Bridge. It is just one of the

:01:06. > :01:10.places that will be welcome in the Olympic torch relay later this year.

:01:10. > :01:14.They have announced the Reid and you can have a look at that in

:01:14. > :01:20.great detail and find out which streets the torch bearers are going

:01:20. > :01:25.down and whether they are running, jogging or walking and then you can

:01:25. > :01:30.go a long and celebrate with them. According to the route they are

:01:30. > :01:34.taking, we have got smaller communities involved. We have got

:01:34. > :01:40.places like South weight in Wiltshire and villages in Somerset

:01:40. > :01:44.but it will also include memorable landmarks, like Glastonbury Tor,

:01:44. > :01:48.Cheltenham Racecourse and Gloucester Cathedral as well. If

:01:48. > :01:51.you want to have a look, we will give you all the details in a

:01:51. > :01:56.moment but first, we are thinking about the torch bearers because

:01:56. > :02:03.they have been announced and for them it is a time of real pride but

:02:03. > :02:06.also responsibility. It is a beautiful day to be here in front

:02:06. > :02:13.of the Royal Crescent. It is the type of weather conditions they

:02:13. > :02:18.will be hoping for on may 22nd at 4 o'clock in the afternoon when the

:02:18. > :02:24.Olympic flame troubles along that historic address. It will be in the

:02:24. > :02:28.region for four days and will return in July on the final journey

:02:28. > :02:36.into the Olympic Stadium. We can have a look at where else it will

:02:36. > :02:42.be coming. It reaches us at first in Somerset. This is a quick look

:02:43. > :02:47.at the wheat from Taunton. It will be in Wells, where Mary Rand last

:02:47. > :02:54.attracted crowds as a gold medallist in 1964. Royal Wootton

:02:54. > :02:57.Bassett will once again welcome the world's media. For some people,

:02:57. > :03:02.like people on Kingsholm Road in Gloucester, it will come right past

:03:02. > :03:08.the front door. More than 100 torch bearers will carry the torch every

:03:08. > :03:14.day, each one for about 300 metres. One of them, so defied year old

:03:14. > :03:22.George Harding has raised �100,000 for charity, completing a bike ride

:03:22. > :03:29.and making it 2 Everest base camp. If I can make a difference, that is

:03:29. > :03:34.fine by me. It is just a number of. Age is just a number. Another

:03:35. > :03:40.torch-bearer celebrating his Blaire Hannon, who has the honour of

:03:40. > :03:45.carrying the torch on the final leg in Bristol. He said, do not drop

:03:45. > :03:49.the torch in the water and I have got about 20 lighters in case I

:03:49. > :03:54.need to like it again. We are coming from the Ponting and under

:03:54. > :03:59.the bridge and we are going up a ramp and we will have a nice walk

:04:00. > :04:03.way for me to go along. It is shining a light on the best of the

:04:03. > :04:11.region. Now is the chance to pick away you are going to stand for

:04:11. > :04:16.that perfect you. -- viewpoint. One torch-bearer told Points West that

:04:16. > :04:21.she wished her parents could be out to see her on this very proud day.

:04:21. > :04:25.Tonia White is from Taunton and her mother and father were killed in

:04:26. > :04:35.the M5 motorway crash last year, which killed seven people. She has

:04:36. > :04:36.

:04:36. > :04:40.been chosen to carry the torch through ill Minster. -- Ilminster.

:04:40. > :04:46.The news is still sinking in and it has come as a big lift at a

:04:46. > :04:51.terrible time. Yesterday, it was Mother's Day. She was back at the

:04:51. > :04:55.M5 motorway on the outskirts on Taunton, laying flowers. Just as

:04:55. > :05:01.she did for months before after learning that two of the victims of

:05:01. > :05:07.one of Britain's worst crashes were her mother and father. Teddy and

:05:07. > :05:12.Pamela had been visiting Somerset and were coming back to Wales. She

:05:12. > :05:16.was nominated by her employers, an international food chain, months

:05:16. > :05:24.ago for the work she does in the community. That was before the

:05:24. > :05:28.crash. It changed her life completely. They would be proud. My

:05:28. > :05:32.mother was very excited when they found out about the nomination and

:05:32. > :05:38.they were coming to support me and I still feel they will be with me.

:05:38. > :05:45.They were very proud. That has not changed. Her husband is helping

:05:45. > :05:54.with a bit of training. Faster! might not be a long run but he did

:05:54. > :05:59.not want to be the one to let the side down. If you want to find out

:05:59. > :06:07.exactly where the Olympic torch is going and who the torch bearers are,

:06:07. > :06:12.you can visit the BBC website. I had a good look today. This is the

:06:12. > :06:17.address. We have got details about the exact route. Almost every half

:06:17. > :06:21.an hour. They will have to keep to schedule as well. We have checked

:06:21. > :06:27.local newspapers and they said they will be printing a detailed map of

:06:27. > :06:32.the route as well in extra editions. If you are not online, you can get

:06:32. > :06:38.it from the newspaper. I am leading the bridge and coming back to the

:06:38. > :06:44.studio but for now, back to you, David. I hope I do not drop the

:06:44. > :06:49.baton. We will see how long it takes for her to get back! Britain

:06:49. > :06:54.must borrowed less and make more, that has been the cry of ministers

:06:54. > :06:58.trying to revive the economy. When a Bristol entrepreneur decided to

:06:58. > :07:02.start manufacturing in the west instead of in China he was amazed

:07:02. > :07:07.to find he did not get any government help. With a couple of

:07:07. > :07:09.days until the government budget report, we have been looking at

:07:09. > :07:19.what local companies need to get going again. Here is our

:07:19. > :07:19.

:07:19. > :07:25.correspondent. You have passed the baton to a small business that has

:07:25. > :07:30.put Bristol on the map with design and starter packages. These offices

:07:30. > :07:34.are really good and they have put a stamp on the place. They do clever

:07:34. > :07:40.things here. Like many companies, they leave manufacturing to people

:07:40. > :07:44.abroad. A long way from here. We talk about China. In China, it is

:07:44. > :07:54.the year of the dragon and people in this company know all about

:07:54. > :07:55.

:07:55. > :08:03.defying dragons. Meet Terence and tricksy. The world's first and only

:08:04. > :08:07.wide travel brief cases. I am out. I am out. The dragons did not buy

:08:07. > :08:12.at six years ago but the public certainly have. It has gone from

:08:12. > :08:17.strength to strength and we are exporting to 62 countries. The

:08:17. > :08:24.proof is in the finances in the past year. More than �6 million. We

:08:24. > :08:28.have got factories in China making be Trunki. But that is changing.

:08:28. > :08:34.They have made a decision to make them in the UK and it has been a

:08:34. > :08:39.long time coming to do this. from next month, it will be made in

:08:39. > :08:46.Devon. They will use the Chinese factory to supply a share but for

:08:46. > :08:50.the British market, British manufacturing makes sense. -- Asia.

:08:50. > :08:54.We are shipping from the far east and we have got a much more

:08:54. > :09:01.sustainable project and production because we are not shipping as far.

:09:01. > :09:05.It is a lot more energy efficient as well. It has created 20 jobs in

:09:05. > :09:12.Devon and has allowed for further expansion. But this equipment is

:09:12. > :09:17.expensive. We are spending half a million on new equipment.

:09:17. > :09:22.manufacturers' like this previously had to write off 40 % of that

:09:22. > :09:26.investment against the tax bill. That has been halved to 18 %.

:09:26. > :09:30.have heard the government saying they are supporting manufacturing

:09:30. > :09:36.but when we get down into that, we have not got much support and any

:09:36. > :09:40.would be welcome. We have decided that we cannot get it all down

:09:40. > :09:44.straight away because it is not possible financially but with more

:09:44. > :09:49.support we can bring more products back quicker and employ more people

:09:49. > :09:53.and equal pay for itself. It was my pleasure to meet the manager last

:09:53. > :09:58.night in a special debate on the Budget which you can see later

:09:58. > :10:05.denied. Along with entrepreneurs like him, we had politicians and

:10:05. > :10:11.apprentices. We had a very interesting debate. Do you think we

:10:11. > :10:15.will get any tax relief on the Trunki? Well, he would have thought

:10:15. > :10:21.that capital allowance for machinery and manufacturing would

:10:21. > :10:26.be the talk in the public house. It is not usually dad. It is more

:10:27. > :10:31.about tax. This could be what makes the difference. Also among the

:10:31. > :10:36.politicians, Clare Parry, an MP from Wiltshire, very close to

:10:36. > :10:41.George Osborne, was present and she responded. We have got the most

:10:41. > :10:46.complicated tax system in the world. I am 6 ft tall and it comes back up

:10:46. > :10:52.to my hip. The first thing the Chancellor did was cut corporation

:10:52. > :10:56.tax and said it would be the lowest in eg 20 in five years. He cut the

:10:56. > :11:00.rate for small businesses further. We might get some allowances which

:11:00. > :11:08.would make sense and I would like to see some for capital investment.

:11:08. > :11:13.But we must stop fiddling about and micro-manage in. Can they get

:11:13. > :11:20.manufacturing going again without sorting out the tax business? You

:11:20. > :11:24.like these small details, don't you? Jobs come from investment and

:11:24. > :11:29.that is the dilemma. His investment about capital allowances and tax

:11:29. > :11:35.breaks for money spent on equipment or does it come from a low headline

:11:35. > :11:38.corporation tax? It appears that is what the markets are doing. The

:11:38. > :11:44.international markets will invest in this rate. That has been a great

:11:44. > :11:49.success for the industry. Look how the motor industry has been helped.

:11:49. > :11:54.I do agree that with something like the Trunki, it could lose out to

:11:54. > :11:59.what they had before because of capital allowance. That is where

:11:59. > :12:04.manufacturing, they would rather have something just for them?

:12:04. > :12:07.Investing in equipment, it would be better to have capital allowances

:12:07. > :12:10.but the big picture is international investment. That is

:12:10. > :12:18.very important and I think that is why corporation tax is very

:12:18. > :12:23.important. More about that on Wednesday. But he did not have to

:12:23. > :12:30.wait until Wednesday for the Points West debate just after 11 o'clock

:12:30. > :12:35.on BBC One. It is a bit late but stay up if you can. Coming up...

:12:35. > :12:45.Hands on history at Chedworth Roman villa in Gloucestershire, opening

:12:45. > :12:49.

:12:50. > :12:54.A man described as the neighbour from hell after he targeted a young

:12:54. > :12:58.family has walked free from court. Jason Hyman terrorised the family

:12:58. > :13:06.in Bradley Stoke and has a long list of previous convictions for

:13:06. > :13:11.assault and burglary. He was given a suspended sentence.

:13:11. > :13:15.Jason Hyman drunk and armed with a bottle attempts to break into the

:13:15. > :13:20.hole -- the home of Mohammed. He is captured on CCTV being restrained

:13:20. > :13:25.by his partner. Today he arrived in court having already pleaded guilty

:13:25. > :13:30.to a string of offences following the attack on the home in Bradley

:13:30. > :13:35.Stoke last year. Prosecuted nick O'Brien said it was

:13:35. > :13:39.apt to describe him as the neighbour from hell. He explained

:13:39. > :13:43.how the neighbours had trouble with him. On one occasion he said I will

:13:43. > :13:50.give you a few months to leave all I will make your life hell.

:13:50. > :13:54.Constant fear, having to look out the window, CCTV cameras to monitor

:13:54. > :13:59.the road, worrying about my family, my wife and child while I am at

:13:59. > :14:03.home, two years' worth of hell, something that I wouldn't wish on

:14:03. > :14:08.my worst enemies. The court heard how Mohammed, his

:14:08. > :14:12.wife and their baby son lived next door to Jason Hyman. Be called the

:14:12. > :14:19.police after he tried to break into their house. -- they called the

:14:19. > :14:22.police. Sentencing him for another 12 months in prison, QC said your

:14:22. > :14:25.behaviour was appalling, you intimidated and threatened your

:14:25. > :14:30.neighbours and if you behave like this again you will go to prison.

:14:30. > :14:34.When the police raided his house they discovered a samurai sword.

:14:34. > :14:43.Magistrates had previously handed him a six-month sentence, suspended

:14:43. > :14:47.for 18 months. Today he admitted possessing an offensive weapon.

:14:47. > :14:52.Detectives investigating the death of a man in Bristol have charged a

:14:52. > :14:57.46-year-old with murder. 32-year- old Gino Nelmes was taken to

:14:57. > :15:00.hospital after an incident at a house on Filton Avenue next to the

:15:00. > :15:06.Memorial Stadium, but died later. A post-mortem examination shows he

:15:06. > :15:10.died from multiple stab wounds. Marc Carter is due to appear before

:15:10. > :15:15.court in Bristol tomorrow. More than 600 tons of metal has

:15:15. > :15:18.been on the move in Gloucestershire today. Two huge boilers from the

:15:18. > :15:24.old Berkeley nuclear power station are on their way to Sweden where

:15:24. > :15:27.they will be broken up. People lined the streets of nearby

:15:27. > :15:31.villages to watch the convoy go past.

:15:31. > :15:35.This month marks the end of an era for hospitals in Bristol and the

:15:35. > :15:39.beginning of a new one. Tomorrow on the programme we will be taking a

:15:39. > :15:44.first look around the new South Bristol Community Hospital. The �45

:15:44. > :15:48.million development will partially replace one of the West's oldest

:15:48. > :15:52.medical establishments, the Bristol General Hospital. Our health

:15:52. > :15:57.correspondent has taken a nurse who used to work or half a century ago

:15:57. > :16:03.for a final, nostalgic tour. -- used to work there.

:16:03. > :16:10.When Julia Adams started working here in 1959 p NHS was still in its

:16:10. > :16:14.infancy. Hospital was built as a charitable trust in 1853 and ever

:16:14. > :16:19.since thousands of patients have been treated.

:16:19. > :16:25.This was female ear, nose and throat and it had a small

:16:25. > :16:30.children's ward attached. When they came back from Theatre they would

:16:30. > :16:32.be here and as they got better they moved down the ward, and where they

:16:32. > :16:36.needed most attention they were here.

:16:36. > :16:42.This is what remained of the children's ward, burnt down in 1941

:16:42. > :16:46.after it was hit by a bomb. Luckily nobody was injured. One of those

:16:46. > :16:53.children recently told a hospital that her mother had a funny feeling

:16:53. > :16:58.and discharged her beforehand against doctor's advice.

:16:58. > :17:04.This was the river. Very smelly, especially about 4 o'clock in the

:17:04. > :17:14.morning. We would open windows to let her in and the smell on a hot

:17:14. > :17:16.

:17:16. > :17:22.summer's day could be unbearable. This is the nurses' home. We can

:17:22. > :17:26.get married, student nurses didn't get married. My bed was under the

:17:26. > :17:32.window and all night I had a constant stream of friends coming

:17:32. > :17:35.in that way. Nobody Avenue, I don't think I ever got found out --

:17:35. > :17:45.nobody ever it new. The last patience to be transferred

:17:45. > :17:49.

:17:49. > :17:56.from here will be the beginning of April -- -- the last patients.

:17:56. > :18:06.Some fond memories of the Bristol General Hospital.

:18:06. > :18:12.

:18:12. > :18:16.The Devil Town manager has joined the debate over the future of Huish

:18:16. > :18:21.Park -- Yeovil Town. Every fan at the home game was given a free DVD

:18:21. > :18:26.with his picture on the front. He urged them to send a letter of

:18:26. > :18:32.support for the redevelopment plans and he met considerable opposition

:18:32. > :18:36.from local councillors. If the club gets its way its

:18:36. > :18:39.training ground will become a supermarket. The money from the

:18:39. > :18:43.deal will be used to upgrade the stadium.

:18:43. > :18:51.We are not asking the earth. The car parks are not fit for use, the

:18:51. > :18:57.training pitch costs as �50,000 per year to keep. It is not fear for

:18:57. > :19:03.training on. In an unusual move every fan was given a little gift

:19:03. > :19:08.of a DVD on Saturday, Odin them to support the redevelopment plans. --

:19:08. > :19:12.urging them. Help us by getting this in as quickly as you can.

:19:12. > :19:19.The facilities may be poor, but on the pitch things were looking

:19:19. > :19:22.brighter. The transformation is remarkable. He arrived at the club

:19:22. > :19:27.in early January when they were in the relegation zone and in the last

:19:27. > :19:33.nine weeks they have won 25 points, gone up nine places in the league,

:19:33. > :19:39.and their top scorer Andy Williams has scored 12 goals in 14 games,

:19:39. > :19:45.including the Stoop against Walsall. -- these two goals. Not everything

:19:45. > :19:49.is rosy. Redevelopment plans have been rejected.

:19:49. > :19:54.We support the club and want to see it to thrive and upgrade teed but

:19:54. > :19:59.how they go about it is up to them -- up graded. They should follow

:19:59. > :20:03.the planning rules. They are considering building a huge shop.

:20:03. > :20:07.It is up to the district council to decide on the application on the

:20:07. > :20:17.1st May. If the decision doesn't go their way Yeovil Town and Bristol

:20:17. > :20:21.City will have something in common, frustrated chairmen.

:20:21. > :20:26.A wounded serviceman from Wiltshire is preparing for the climb of his

:20:26. > :20:31.life up Mount Everest. Francis Atkinson, a medical officer with 16

:20:31. > :20:35.Air Assault Brigade, was injured in Afghanistan in 2011.

:20:35. > :20:39.Now he and seven others want to become the first group of injured

:20:39. > :20:41.servicemen to scale the world's highest mountain. He joins us now

:20:41. > :20:47.in the studio. Welcome.

:20:47. > :20:54.The you are a doctor, is that right? Yes, I am. I served in

:20:54. > :21:00.Afghanistan between September 2010 and March 2011. I have 120

:21:00. > :21:04.paratroopers and I looked after that them -- I look after them when

:21:04. > :21:10.they became ill and injured. In March last year I ended up getting

:21:10. > :21:13.into an ambush and getting shot through my right upper arm.

:21:13. > :21:16.You are still wearing the support here. You cannot work normally, is

:21:17. > :21:20.that right? That is correct. When the bullet

:21:20. > :21:25.went through my on it destroyed the nerves that supply my hand and as a

:21:25. > :21:28.result my right hand doesn't actually work properly. Seeing

:21:28. > :21:32.patients is not possible for me for the time being.

:21:32. > :21:36.If you haven't been wasting your time. We are going to look at some

:21:36. > :21:42.pictures of you in training. Talk us through it.

:21:42. > :21:47.We are planning to leave Format Everest in about a week. -- leave

:21:47. > :21:51.to go to Mount Everest. We are doing this for a charity called

:21:51. > :21:55.Walking with the Wounded. The reason why we are doing this is

:21:55. > :22:05.because it is to raise money to help with the real education and

:22:05. > :22:10.

:22:10. > :22:13.retraining of injured soldiers. -- re-education. This charity helps

:22:13. > :22:17.injured sorties to get we qualified and find a job.

:22:17. > :22:20.You have been through this and you can understand what they will go

:22:20. > :22:28.through. In preparation for this you have got to mentally prepare

:22:28. > :22:33.yourself in some way, haven't you? As well as the physical training.

:22:33. > :22:38.Being in the Army gives us an edge because that is our everyday

:22:38. > :22:42.existence, to strive and push ourselves and aim high. We are a

:22:42. > :22:47.fairly motivated bunch already. We are looking forward to it.

:22:47. > :22:52.It is a huge ordeal. Why don't you just put your feet up and relax and

:22:53. > :22:57.recover? We like to test ourselves. It was

:22:57. > :23:01.the opportunity to climb Everest for such a fantastic calls. Most

:23:01. > :23:05.people in the army would have jumped at that opportunity. I

:23:05. > :23:10.wasn't going to work for a year so I thought there was a fantastic

:23:10. > :23:16.opportunity. We wish you the very best of luck.

:23:16. > :23:20.Thank you for coming in. One of the country's finest

:23:20. > :23:24.examples of Roman archaeology is being shown off to the public

:23:24. > :23:29.following an 18 month conservation project. Some of the mosaic at

:23:29. > :23:33.Chedworth Villa in Gloucestershire have not been on display for 150

:23:33. > :23:40.years and a new building has gone up to house them and protect them.

:23:40. > :23:45.-- mosaics. They have lain here for the past

:23:45. > :23:50.1,600 years, remains of what was once the largest and most luxurious

:23:50. > :23:54.country villa in Roper and Britain. When the Victorians built a hunting

:23:54. > :23:57.lodge they cover much of the precious flooring with a layer of

:23:58. > :24:03.tarmac. That is being carefully peeled back.

:24:03. > :24:08.It is amazing, the colours are the main thing that strikes you. Blue,

:24:09. > :24:13.red, white. They are fresh. You can imagine what they would have looked

:24:13. > :24:18.like when they were being reduced and walked on.

:24:18. > :24:21.Today children from local schools came to enjoy what was on offer,

:24:21. > :24:28.dressing up and making medicine under the watchful eye of a Roman

:24:28. > :24:31.soldier. The Romans left in square houses.

:24:31. > :24:40.They were very clever people and imaginative.

:24:40. > :24:44.Some of them were rich people. They had quite a lot of slaves.

:24:44. > :24:49.This building has been incredibly carefully designed to respect the

:24:49. > :24:53.original fabric of the building. This suspended walkway it means

:24:53. > :24:59.people can peer through and enjoy the mosaic without damaging it in

:24:59. > :25:03.any way at all. This was how Chedworth Villa used to look.

:25:03. > :25:09.Mosaics were covered by basic sheds. A far cry from this modern piece of

:25:09. > :25:13.architecture. Conservation and preservation are what matter here.

:25:13. > :25:21.Archaeologists and historians want to keep the golden age of Roman

:25:21. > :25:25.Britain alive. As I was leaving the Cilfton

:25:25. > :25:32.Suspension Bridge gemma was just turning up and she is there to

:25:32. > :25:42.bring this powerful weather forecast. -- bring us hour full

:25:42. > :25:51.

:25:51. > :25:58.Glorious sunshine, staying dry. The best of the sunshine today. It was

:25:58. > :26:04.clear skies all day. The wind got in the way at times. It didn't stop

:26:04. > :26:09.the temperatures achieving double figures across the board. In more

:26:09. > :26:15.sheltered spots you could feel the warmth of that sunshine. Generally

:26:15. > :26:19.with the wind it was 11 degrees. The reason the weather is staying

:26:19. > :26:25.so settled is because of high pressure. If we take a look at the

:26:25. > :26:34.pressure chart you can see the area of high pressure over us. It shifts

:26:34. > :26:39.eastwards a little bit tomorrow then swings back to the West. A

:26:39. > :26:44.settled picture for the rest of the week. This evening and tonight, a

:26:44. > :26:51.cold at the moment pick getting milder as cloud spills in. -- but

:26:51. > :26:58.getting milder. We may see some patchy drizzle in the cloud. It

:26:58. > :27:03.lifts the temperatures so by the end of the night about six or seven.

:27:03. > :27:11.Tomorrow, a much milder start. Increasing amounts of cloud. The

:27:11. > :27:19.best we can hope for is something in a cloud. Temperatures across the

:27:19. > :27:24.board into double figures. Prolonged periods of sunshine.

:27:24. > :27:34.Cloud spills in after that making for a mile tonight. The outlook is

:27:34. > :27:36.