:00:11. > :00:13.Good evening and welcome to BBC Points West. Our headlines tonight:
:00:13. > :00:23.Gloucestershire's new Chief Constable quits over government
:00:23. > :00:23.
:00:23. > :00:25.reforms to the police. Hoping for a way out of the double
:00:25. > :00:35.dip recession, the chancellor's plans to transform some Bristol
:00:35. > :00:36.
:00:36. > :00:40.waste land. It is probably not such good news for people in a Swindon
:00:40. > :00:42.and surrounding areas. An unsolved murder of a pensioner.
:00:42. > :00:45.Now detectives say the killers could still be local.
:00:45. > :00:55.And shouldn't this be classified? The trainee vet selling his skin
:00:55. > :00:56.
:00:56. > :00:58.Good evening. Gloucestershire's most senior police officer has
:00:58. > :01:01.resigned over the introduction of police commissioners. Tony Melville,
:01:01. > :01:05.the Chief Constable, says he has grave concerns about police reforms.
:01:05. > :01:14.So he is stepping down. He had only been in the job two years. Our
:01:14. > :01:21.Gloucestershire reporter has more. Tony Melville took over the top job
:01:21. > :01:26.on the cusp of major change in Gloucestershire. We wanted to make
:01:26. > :01:29.sure that there was the right amount of police officers. Very
:01:29. > :01:32.focussed on front line policing, he was forced to make �18 million
:01:32. > :01:35.worth of savings. It meant police stations sold off and a reduction
:01:35. > :01:38.in officers. Earlier this year he told us any further savings would
:01:38. > :01:44.put his force on a cliff edge. you have sold 19 police stations
:01:44. > :01:49.and you have reduced your staff by one third, my could go on and on.
:01:49. > :01:53.The reality is you reach a point where there are so few places to
:01:53. > :02:00.sit and the more money, but the risk is that it has an impact on
:02:00. > :02:03.the front line. So why did he quit? Well, his resignation statement
:02:03. > :02:09.cites "grave concerns" over the appointment of the new police and
:02:09. > :02:12.crime commissioners in November. The commissioner will be voted in
:02:12. > :02:15.by the public and replace the police authority with the power to
:02:15. > :02:17.set budgets, hire and fire chief constables and set crime and
:02:17. > :02:20.policing plans. And there are claims that political intervention
:02:20. > :02:23.already seen in Gloucestershire will get worse. He came to the
:02:23. > :02:32.force was put a plan which was agreed by all of the politicians
:02:32. > :02:37.locally. Instead of falling National Party learns, rather than
:02:37. > :02:44.following local concern, it was not about what the people of Gloucester
:02:44. > :02:46.wanted. -- local concerns. So far only one man has put his hat into
:02:46. > :02:48.the ring to become Gloucestershire's first police
:02:48. > :02:51.commissioner. Former superintendent Martin Surl says he shares some of
:02:51. > :02:54.Tony Melville's concerns about the post but his resignation won't
:02:54. > :03:04.knock public confidence in the job... A lot of faith has to be put
:03:04. > :03:16.
:03:16. > :03:19.into the community. I think it is a Earlier I spoke to Tim Brain, who
:03:19. > :03:29.was the previous Chief Constable, and asked him why he thinks Tony
:03:29. > :03:32.
:03:32. > :03:38.Melville's going. De it is a period of transition. -- it is a period of
:03:38. > :03:44.transition. I think commissioners want to make their own decisions.
:03:44. > :03:49.But also, he knows that it will be a difficult time. We have not seen
:03:49. > :03:55.the end of the financial cuts both nationally and locally. There is a
:03:55. > :04:00.lot to do about people losing their jobs. It will be a difficult time.
:04:00. > :04:04.Isn't he trying to send a strong signal to the Government? He may be
:04:04. > :04:08.trying to send a signal to the government but I do not think the
:04:08. > :04:12.Government will be phased. I do not think that this Government has a
:04:12. > :04:16.higher regard for its chief officers around the country. They
:04:16. > :04:24.will not be fazed. They will see this through because they know what
:04:24. > :04:29.the people will come a long. cannot chief Constable's not expect
:04:29. > :04:34.that -- cannot just accept that they have to deal with who is voted
:04:34. > :04:39.in by the public? It is the constitutional responsibility to
:04:39. > :04:44.try and make it work. But some will feel it is not an option they want
:04:44. > :04:48.to take. Some of them what to retire before these new political
:04:48. > :04:52.bosses come in. They are going to represent political parties and
:04:52. > :04:57.want to see their main party policies put through. Some chiefs
:04:57. > :05:01.will find that unacceptable. Most will work with the new system to
:05:01. > :05:04.make it the best it can be. The Deputy Prime Minister happened
:05:04. > :05:07.to be in Gloucestershire today as the news of the resignation emerged.
:05:07. > :05:11.He's meeting business leaders tonight and our political editor is
:05:11. > :05:14.there. A Chief Constable resigning over the police reforms, the
:05:14. > :05:24.country back in recession Not what Nick Clegg would have wanted six
:05:24. > :05:28.
:05:28. > :05:31.days before the local elections? Certainly not. And Nick Clegg is
:05:31. > :05:35.here at the University of Gloucester this evening. He has
:05:35. > :05:40.been focusing on the economy but it has been taken out of his hands by
:05:40. > :05:46.the news about the resignation of the chief constable. He went to a
:05:46. > :05:51.successful Cheltenham firm earlier today where they make steam parts.
:05:51. > :05:56.It is a business that has managed to prosper throughout the recession.
:05:56. > :06:00.But throughout the visit as he talked to apprentices, there was
:06:00. > :06:05.just one story that everybody wanted to talk about. We got the
:06:05. > :06:08.chance to interview both him and the local MP and we got distinctly
:06:08. > :06:15.different answers when we asked about the departure of Tony
:06:15. > :06:19.Melville. He is entirely free to express his opinions. I, like many
:06:19. > :06:24.people I know in Gloucestershire, regret that he has taken that
:06:24. > :06:30.decision. All I am saying is that the elections have not even
:06:30. > :06:35.happened yet. They are not going to happen until November. I and others
:06:35. > :06:39.are extremely reluctant to accept the voting in a police
:06:39. > :06:43.commissioners. I think we should take the fears that Tony Melville
:06:43. > :06:53.might be expressing about this process and look at how this policy
:06:53. > :06:57.
:06:57. > :07:02.is implemented. There will be more about that on this weekend's Sunday
:07:02. > :07:06.politics are on BBC One on Sunday. In the meantime, Nick Clegg is
:07:06. > :07:11.talking to business leaders who arrived an hour ago. He hopes to
:07:11. > :07:14.find out more about the economic situation. Having talked to some of
:07:14. > :07:19.the members of the Chamber of Commerce, it is not very good.
:07:19. > :07:23.There are 16 empty shops in the town. This comes at a critical town,
:07:23. > :07:27.because people from this area will be going to vote very soon for who
:07:27. > :07:30.should sit on their local council. In Bristol the Chancellor was
:07:30. > :07:33.trying to bring some good news for the local economy. Just days after
:07:33. > :07:36.it was announced we're in a double- dip recession, George Osborne came
:07:36. > :07:43.to open a new enterprise zone, which it's claimed, could bring
:07:43. > :07:51.thousands of jobs to the city. How? Our business correspondent has been
:07:51. > :07:54.investigating. It's a high wire act, and a long
:07:54. > :08:03.way to fall if you get it wrong. But nobody said being Chancellor
:08:03. > :08:08.would be easy. I had not before giving a speech in a circus tent,
:08:08. > :08:11.although I suppose the House of Commons at times feels a bit like a
:08:11. > :08:18.circus. A welcome break then from Westminster's turmoil, opening a
:08:18. > :08:23.new enterprise zone. This is creative. Something different. This
:08:23. > :08:28.is not boring corporate offices. This is a place that people who are
:08:28. > :08:36.in creative industries will want to come. We will have the media mile
:08:36. > :08:39.that Wall Street -- go straight down the road to the BBC.
:08:39. > :08:42.Bristol already has a name for funky business. The hope is that
:08:42. > :08:47.tax breaks and super fast broadband will be a magnet for more, creating
:08:47. > :08:52.a new cultural quarter, known around the world. Plenty of
:08:52. > :08:57.creativity, and just not enough money around. Imagine this place
:08:57. > :09:01.transformed, buzzing with television executives and internet
:09:02. > :09:05.designers. That is the plan. It needs a little work, doesn't it? If
:09:05. > :09:11.you want an image of Britain back in recession, you could do a lot
:09:11. > :09:17.worse than this place. Can tax breaks transform this part of
:09:17. > :09:24.Bristol? There are those who have their doubts. It is great for a
:09:24. > :09:29.Bristol but it is probably not good for the surrounding areas. It is
:09:29. > :09:36.drawing jobs away, particularly in creative industries. The Chancellor
:09:36. > :09:38.also saw another strong state -- strong suit in brittle -- Bristol's
:09:38. > :09:40.economic hand. This is the other strong suit in
:09:40. > :09:43.Bristol's economic hand. Hi-tech aerospace. Visiting politicians
:09:43. > :09:46.can't resist the lure of shiny new factories, making things, boosting
:09:46. > :09:49.exports. But will the enterprise zone create new wealth, or just
:09:49. > :09:56.move jobs around? I do not think this will be the case. We have got
:09:56. > :10:00.new businesses setting up there, we hope, in the Enterprise Zone. We
:10:00. > :10:05.have a very carefully chosen parts of the country where we are backing
:10:05. > :10:09.success. I think a lot of good things are happening in Bristol.
:10:09. > :10:13.You see the creative industries taking off. We are investing in a
:10:14. > :10:17.new science park on the edge of the city. Across the West of England
:10:17. > :10:19.you see things starting to move forward and that is great.
:10:19. > :10:25.Companies tell me there's a shortage of confidence out there.
:10:25. > :10:28.Not in this man. An inquest has heard a GCHQ worker
:10:28. > :10:31.was either dead or unconscious when he was placed in a sports holdall.
:10:31. > :10:34.Gareth Williams' body was found padlocked in a bag in a bath in
:10:34. > :10:38.London in 2010. Today the court was shown a DVD of someone attempting
:10:38. > :10:41.to lock themselves in a similar bag. The military expert said he and his
:10:41. > :10:51.assistant tried to do it 100 times without success. But he told the
:10:51. > :10:57.
:10:57. > :11:00.inquest he couldn't say for sure that Mr Williams hadn't managed it.
:11:00. > :11:02.MPs are backing a campaign against plans to dump asbestos in a disused
:11:02. > :11:05.quarry near Chew Magna. Local residents have already raised
:11:05. > :11:07.concerns about the plans. Now Labour's Kerry McCarthy and Dawn
:11:07. > :11:10.Primarolo are also asking for answers about how water supplies
:11:10. > :11:13.could be affected. The company which wants to run the site says
:11:13. > :11:23.studies will be carried out to check any effects on water and the
:11:23. > :11:39.
:11:39. > :11:42.environment. We have plenty for you coming up tonight. Including: A new
:11:42. > :11:48.take on body language. The man who's selling his skin as
:11:48. > :11:52.advertising space. And wait until you see the forecast
:11:52. > :11:56.charts for the second part of the weekend. I will have all of that
:11:56. > :11:58.plus the weather warnings in a little while.
:11:58. > :12:00.First though, detectives investigating the murder of a
:12:00. > :12:03.pensioner from South Gloucestershire have released new
:12:03. > :12:06.information. Two years ago this weekend, the body of Barry Rubery
:12:06. > :12:16.was found bound and beaten at his home in Iron Acton. No arrests have
:12:16. > :12:21.
:12:21. > :12:23.ever been made. But it's now believed the killer or killers
:12:23. > :12:26.could be local. It's two years this weekend that
:12:26. > :12:34.Philip and Julie Rubery first faced the horror of their father's brutal
:12:34. > :12:38.death. It still feels like it is April 2010. We are still living the
:12:38. > :12:41.nightmare. It feels just like yesterday. It is really difficult
:12:41. > :12:47.and really hard. 68-year-old Barry Rubery was discovered lying face
:12:47. > :12:49.down in his conservatory here at his home in Iron Acton. The retired
:12:50. > :12:53.businessman's wrists and ankles had been bound with electrical flex and
:12:53. > :13:03.cable ties. His children are no nearer knowing who killed him or
:13:03. > :13:03.
:13:03. > :13:09.why. There is no reason that I can possibly think of that anybody
:13:09. > :13:15.would deserve this. I do not know what somebody could do to warrant
:13:15. > :13:22.this. It is just not human. It is not normal. The whole family finds
:13:22. > :13:28.it very hard that our dad is not about and how he left us that might
:13:28. > :13:31.and that there are people out there. They must know what happened or
:13:31. > :13:35.have some information. They just do not seem to be coming forward at
:13:35. > :13:38.the moment. With the police no closer to
:13:38. > :13:40.catching the killers, the Chief Constable Colin Port, ordered a
:13:40. > :13:42.shake-up in the investigation team. And already there have been
:13:42. > :13:46.developments. This shoe print was left at the
:13:46. > :13:49.scene. It's thought to belong to one of the men who attacked the
:13:49. > :13:55.pensioner as he returned home from a night out with friends. Police
:13:55. > :14:00.think up to three people could have been involved. We want to link that
:14:00. > :14:05.to the cable ties that we showed previously, whether there is a link
:14:05. > :14:08.between the training shoe and the cable ties, it might jog somebody's
:14:08. > :14:12.memory and give us a name. Detectives believe the night Barry
:14:12. > :14:14.Rubery was beaten to death was the result of a unique set of
:14:14. > :14:23.circumstances in that no-one who would normally be here at Crossing
:14:23. > :14:27.Cottage-was around that evening. was odd for him to be coming back
:14:27. > :14:31.alone. His partner was not around. There were other people who would
:14:31. > :14:35.normally be around and they were not. There is somebody holding some
:14:35. > :14:38.information that might have been given to those offenders who have
:14:38. > :14:41.committed this act. This family lost a father and
:14:41. > :14:51.grandfather for the price of a mobile phone and a set of keys. Two
:14:51. > :14:54.
:14:54. > :14:58.years on they are no closer to knowing why.
:14:58. > :15:01.For the first time in five years the Tour of Britain won't be coming
:15:01. > :15:04.to Somerset. The main reason is that the county council has refused
:15:04. > :15:06.to sign a new sponsorship deal with the organisers of Britain's premier
:15:06. > :15:14.cycle race. Some local businesses have criticised the decision saying
:15:14. > :15:17.that in an Olympic year it's short sighted.
:15:17. > :15:21.It was a sporting spectacle that brought the crowds flocking to
:15:21. > :15:27.Somerset but at a price. For five years the county council footed the
:15:27. > :15:30.bill, �150,000 each year. But not any more. So now the tour
:15:30. > :15:40.organisers have said Somerset is off the tour itinerary A decision
:15:40. > :15:41.
:15:41. > :15:45.that has prompted anger among businesses. A decision that has
:15:45. > :15:50.prompted anger amongst businesses. They say that calling an end to the
:15:50. > :15:54.tour is bad for the local economy. We are living in the deepest
:15:54. > :15:58.recession this country has known for 100 years. We have got the
:15:58. > :16:03.Olympics coming here, and this decision is against sport and
:16:03. > :16:12.against a business as well, and I somewhere -- sometimes wonder where
:16:12. > :16:16.the thinking really lies here. When Somerset announced last year
:16:16. > :16:19.that it wouldn't be signing a new sponsorship deal it said it was a
:16:19. > :16:23.simple matter of priorities. Vulnerable children, cycle race.
:16:23. > :16:28.Which do you want? I think he would choose the same as me when you say
:16:28. > :16:31.you have got to put the most important things first.
:16:31. > :16:33.Ironically, while council bosses hear continue to defend that
:16:33. > :16:39.decision, neighbouring Devon County Council has announced its
:16:39. > :16:42.continuing sponsorship of the tour. So Devon will be hosting a 106 mile
:16:42. > :16:45.stage of the event from Barnstaple to Dartmouth. In a press release
:16:45. > :16:51.today their leaders say a press release today that the race
:16:51. > :16:56.generates vital income for the local economy. �14 million over the
:16:56. > :17:03.last three years. Last year we had the one stage but was held in Devon
:17:03. > :17:09.alone and that brought in �3 million. There are huge benefits.
:17:09. > :17:12.Will the race come back to Somerset in the future? The council say they
:17:12. > :17:17.are happy to talk to tour organisers. But only to help them
:17:17. > :17:27.find private sponsorship. The pieces are finally falling into
:17:27. > :17:38.
:17:38. > :17:41.place as the football season draws to an end. Two big questions remain
:17:41. > :17:42.though, can Cheltenham reach the League Two playoffs and can Swindon
:17:42. > :17:45.finally secure the League Two title?
:17:45. > :17:49.They've both got two games to get the points they need but would
:17:49. > :17:52.dearly love to wrap it up tomorrow. Swindon need a win to be sure of
:17:52. > :17:55.being presented the title tomorrow afternoon. If Cheltenham Town beat
:17:55. > :17:57.Bradford tomorrow that could be enough to secure a place in the
:17:57. > :18:00.playoffs. Since the turn of the year Cheltenham's form has been
:18:00. > :18:04.somewhat erratic but they remain in sixth place in League Two. Geoff
:18:04. > :18:07.Twentyman has been to Whaddon Road as they prepare for the final push.
:18:07. > :18:10.Just 180 minutes to secure a place in the play offs. Cheltenham may
:18:10. > :18:14.need four points, a win might do it, even less depending how Crewe and
:18:14. > :18:24.Oxford get on in their two matches. All they want is to get over the
:18:24. > :18:24.
:18:24. > :18:33.line, as a treat awaits. margins are very fine but we fancy
:18:33. > :18:38.our chances. That is the nature of the business we are in. I just
:18:38. > :18:44.cannot wait until next Thursday or the first day after when we get the
:18:44. > :18:47.donuts out. It will have fully the with something supplied the
:18:47. > :18:50.following week. Marlon Pack was this week named in
:18:50. > :19:00.the League Two Team of the Season. He wants more tangible rewards for
:19:00. > :19:02.
:19:02. > :19:08.his hard graft We do not want it just to fade out
:19:08. > :19:13.and go away so quickly. There might be a few more nurse on Saturday but
:19:13. > :19:16.we are confident that we will do the job and get it done. As far as
:19:16. > :19:22.one former player is concerned, tomorrow is simply about coming out
:19:22. > :19:28.on top. You have individual battles. Then you get chucked into these
:19:28. > :19:33.games. Just when you battles and you are halfway there. It is
:19:33. > :19:43.amazing how a 46 in game sees it can crystallise in just two matches.
:19:43. > :19:59.
:19:59. > :20:03.I think one more game will seal it for Cheltenham. For Swindon, at the
:20:03. > :20:06.-- for Swindon, it is simple. If they win they will get the title.
:20:06. > :20:08.They've been top since February and should have wrapped it up before
:20:08. > :20:11.now. Last Saturday, they clinched promotion despite losing at
:20:11. > :20:14.Gillingham. If they beat Port Vale tomorrow they will finish as
:20:14. > :20:17.champions and they will be presented with the trophy in front
:20:17. > :20:20.of their fans at the County Ground. That would please the their
:20:20. > :20:22.goalkeeper. It would be fantastic if we win. We have not had a chance
:20:22. > :20:25.to celebrate and it would be amazing if we did because it could
:20:25. > :20:29.be at home and we can all celebrate together. You have done very good
:20:29. > :20:35.here at the County Ground this season? The whole team has been
:20:35. > :20:38.fantastic. We have a lot of clean sheet and it has been good.
:20:38. > :20:40.And Judd Trump starts his second round match at the World
:20:40. > :20:43.Championships tomorrow night. Trump has overcome the food poisoning
:20:43. > :20:47.which affected his first round win over Dominic Dale. Now he faces Ali
:20:47. > :20:50.Carter who has upped the stakes by saying Trump plays a very open game
:20:50. > :21:00.which is all very well when it's all going well. When things do turn
:21:00. > :21:02.
:21:02. > :21:04.we'll see how he handles that. And of course coverage of the
:21:05. > :21:07.snooker continues on BBC Two and on the red button.
:21:07. > :21:10.A man from Yeovil is selling advertising space. Nothing unusual
:21:11. > :21:13.about that, until you find out it's on his own skin. Chris Watson is
:21:13. > :21:16.offering to have company logos tattooed onto his body in return
:21:17. > :21:20.for hundreds of pounds of donations to charity. A local bar and a
:21:20. > :21:26.nightclub are the first to sign up, but there's room for more. Will
:21:26. > :21:30.Glennon went to get inked. He says it is not as painful as it
:21:30. > :21:37.looks, and Chris Watson should know. He has had more than 50 tattoos.
:21:37. > :21:44.These are the latest. Club Neo and Bar45, both in Yeovil town centre,
:21:44. > :21:50.both gave donations to charity for the privilege. It started as a bet.
:21:50. > :21:56.What is up for grabs? Anywhere on my neck or anywhere that has a bit
:21:56. > :22:00.of space. What are you doing this for? Raising funds for local
:22:00. > :22:08.charities, a couple of big charities. Just to do something
:22:08. > :22:11.different. It all started as a bat, but the idea caught on. I was
:22:11. > :22:18.having a tattoo done and I noticed one-2 he had on the side of his
:22:18. > :22:26.neck and I mentioned that we should get ours done as well. We sponsor a
:22:26. > :22:29.cancer charity that is quite dear to our hearts. Chris is at college
:22:30. > :22:35.training to be a vet. He says they attracts a lot of attention but
:22:35. > :22:38.he's comfortable with it. The he is fine with doing more as well.
:22:38. > :22:48.has a heart of gold. When people see him that is not their first
:22:48. > :22:51.reaction. He is always a up for helping people. He says his name is
:22:51. > :22:56.better of her face is off limits and he will not do names or stupid
:22:56. > :23:02.jokes. Everything else will be considered. Probably. But it all
:23:02. > :23:05.depends on the logo and how much they want to donate. This really is
:23:05. > :23:10.an amazing way of raising money for charity, but for people who want to
:23:10. > :23:15.be involved, they will have to be quick, because Chris is really
:23:15. > :23:21.running out of space. There is not much left!
:23:21. > :23:23.I wonder where he would put that logo! Time for the weather are now.
:23:23. > :23:29.logo! Time for the weather are now. Many areas have had a bit of a
:23:29. > :23:35.soaking. This was the weather that formed in our car park this
:23:35. > :23:43.afternoon. As the rain fell, river levels are rows. This river was so
:23:43. > :23:48.swollen it actually burst its banks. Is there more to come?
:23:48. > :23:53.There is more to come through the course of that -- this evening.
:23:53. > :23:57.Some people have enjoyed a largely dry day, but the showers above us
:23:57. > :24:01.here in Bristol and elsewhere in northern districts will continue
:24:01. > :24:05.this evening. Our focus has been distinctly on the second part of
:24:05. > :24:11.the weekend. Development through Saturday evening in to Sunday, a
:24:11. > :24:16.parolee a very wet and windy affair. Ain't -- a thoroughly a very wet.
:24:16. > :24:21.We can see that the Met Office has a warning out and it is not just
:24:21. > :24:26.for the rain. The winds will be a feature as well. We could see some
:24:26. > :24:32.trees down. We have seen the showers developing in this
:24:33. > :24:38.convergence zone. You can see them going north and affecting us here
:24:38. > :24:43.in Bristol. There are still some heavy downpours about and we can
:24:43. > :24:48.expect this to continue for a while. As we run through into Saturday,
:24:48. > :24:53.the best of the two days, look at those developments through the Bay
:24:53. > :24:58.of Biscay. A deep and vigorous area of low pressure, very unusual for
:24:58. > :25:03.this time of year. If this was winter it would be a heck of a
:25:03. > :25:10.snowstorm. It will be very wet and windy with serious and gales on the
:25:10. > :25:15.south coast. The showers, there are still a number of them, but they
:25:15. > :25:20.are petering out and effectively drying out into the second half of
:25:20. > :25:24.the night. Variable amounts of a cloud around and temperatures in
:25:24. > :25:29.getting down. We could see four or five Celsius in many parts of the
:25:29. > :25:33.countryside. If you have got outdoor plants, I would stress that
:25:33. > :25:37.Saturday is the day to get them under way. With the exception of a
:25:37. > :25:43.few showers, there should be a good bit of dry weather for the rest of
:25:43. > :25:50.the day. Now it is as we get later into the evening, was out for the
:25:50. > :25:54.east and southeast there. -- watch out. The winds are picking up and
:25:54. > :26:00.later into the evening it will spread west words. Temperatures
:26:00. > :26:06.would be down tomorrow around 11 or 12. The rest of Sunday, the
:26:06. > :26:12.graphics say it all. Cricket at Taunton? I do not think so. The
:26:12. > :26:18.winds could be damaging to trees. That is as wet as it gets, isn't