:00:18. > :00:21.Good evening. Here are the headlines: Heartbreak of the
:00:21. > :00:31.families losing their homes. Neighbouring houses are demolished
:00:31. > :00:31.
:00:31. > :00:39.following aghast explosion. The surgery that saved and man's life.
:00:39. > :00:44.A I saw the photographs after the surgery. It was glory. Ivy on their
:00:44. > :00:54.way to Wembley? Cheltenham have their big-match tonight.
:00:54. > :00:55.
:00:55. > :00:58.The saucy his sculpture in that the West. Mark Foster.
:00:58. > :01:03.Families living near the scene of a gas explosion had their homes
:01:03. > :01:07.pulled down today. They could not bear to watch as the two houses in
:01:07. > :01:11.Rosehill Street were destroyed. Many people are still living in
:01:11. > :01:15.hotels and rented accommodation after the blast which happened one
:01:15. > :01:23.week ago. Now my neighbours are coming together to raise money for
:01:23. > :01:32.those who have lost everything. -- now neighbours.
:01:32. > :01:36.Once again the peace was shattered. This time the demolition is
:01:36. > :01:41.deliberate. With cracks widening by the day at least two houses either
:01:41. > :01:48.side of the explosion half to come down.
:01:48. > :01:53.The property was assessed as beyond repair. The council push through
:01:53. > :02:01.legislation quickly. Every day since the explosion last week the
:02:01. > :02:08.residents of these homes have come back, the EC to come home. Today
:02:08. > :02:13.there is nothing here. Inside these homes are family
:02:13. > :02:18.possessions. Where they can the demolition teams have been savaging
:02:18. > :02:22.belongings. It may not be much, but to the families it is a small
:02:22. > :02:29.reminder of what was once their home. Paint a moustache on the
:02:29. > :02:34.teacher. In complete contrast, that annual charity funding. This year
:02:34. > :02:40.it has added meaning. Throwing wet sponges at the teachers is a
:02:40. > :02:44.welcome distraction. It is her house it is being pulled down today.
:02:44. > :02:50.This event will help raise money to replace Clause and bombings that
:02:50. > :03:00.have been lost. Because something has happened to a member of the
:03:00. > :03:01.
:03:01. > :03:09.school it makes it all the more urgent to help.
:03:09. > :03:19.As the demolition continues here we get a sense of the community spirit.
:03:19. > :03:22.
:03:22. > :03:28.There is a sign on this date here. -- assign it here.
:03:28. > :03:36.Everybody has been touched by what has happened. It was a terrible
:03:36. > :03:45.shock when it happened. Lee Wallace Street, scared and frightened. --
:03:45. > :03:52.we were all on the street. You're raising money and you also plan a
:03:52. > :03:56.street party. Absolutely. After the explosion we decided we need to go
:03:56. > :04:06.ahead with this. We need to celebrate the fact that nobody was
:04:06. > :04:09.
:04:09. > :04:16.seriously hurt. We have a website to raise money to go towards a
:04:16. > :04:20.firefighters charity. We are also were to send out letters to local
:04:20. > :04:25.businesses over the next week to see how they can help and if they
:04:25. > :04:31.have got anything they can donate to us and we can give to the people
:04:31. > :04:41.who have been moved out of their houses. There is a sense that this
:04:41. > :04:45.committee is pulling together. -- this community.
:04:45. > :04:49.Two men are still being held on suspicion of terrorism offences in
:04:49. > :04:55.Cheltenham. 100 homes were evacuated and the 200 metre cordon
:04:55. > :04:59.put in place in Buttermere Close at the weekend. The two men it who are
:04:59. > :05:03.related are being held under the anti-terrorism Act.
:05:03. > :05:08.Their health protection agency is investigating four possible cases
:05:08. > :05:10.of lung illness which causes stomach upset. So far too much
:05:10. > :05:16.people in south Gloucestershire have been diagnosed with
:05:16. > :05:20.cryptosporidiosis. A further two awaiting test results. The disease
:05:20. > :05:27.is water-borne and as a precaution swimmers are be reminded to shower
:05:27. > :05:32.before using pools, and not have to swallow Pool water.
:05:32. > :05:38.A man from Bristol has had part of his body rebuilt using concrete.
:05:38. > :05:45.Marek Barden had a tumour the size of a melon. When a specialist
:05:45. > :05:51.removed it they also had to take out some of his ribs. They found an
:05:51. > :06:00.innovative way of replacing them. Back on his feet and almost 1.5
:06:00. > :06:08.kilograms lighter. Marek Bardon thought a lump in his chest was
:06:08. > :06:14.linked to a bike crash. In fact it was the tip of a tumour.
:06:14. > :06:20.Having the accident brought it to my notice. These X-rays show what
:06:20. > :06:27.doctors discovered. A rare form of cancer had grown to the size of a
:06:27. > :06:36.melon and was already pushing against his internal organs.
:06:36. > :06:44.stuck out of the body. It had taken four or five ribs with it and was
:06:44. > :06:53.pushing the internal organs out of the way. Removing the tuner created
:06:53. > :07:02.a very specific problem. -- that tuner. They had to remove six of
:07:02. > :07:07.his robes. It ended up using a concrete panel. 25 centimetres
:07:07. > :07:17.square and a few millimetres thick, it was the final piece of a six
:07:17. > :07:18.
:07:18. > :07:23.hour operation. If you tap that it sounds different to that side. He
:07:23. > :07:28.has already been back at work for several weeks and is getting used
:07:28. > :07:35.to his concrete ribcage, gratefully says that a motorbike accident that
:07:35. > :07:45.he thought had broken his rare but ended up saving his life. -- has
:07:45. > :07:46.
:07:46. > :07:50.read. Still to come - far from home, we
:07:50. > :07:57.hear from the West Country workers who have started a new life in the
:07:57. > :08:01.Falklands. First the fate of youth services in
:08:01. > :08:06.north Somerset is to be decided in the High Court. The council wants
:08:06. > :08:14.to close down it dedicated service. That has prompted protests by young
:08:14. > :08:22.people. Now a judge has ordered the should be a full judicial review.
:08:22. > :08:32.-- their mac should. Today this 21-year-old with
:08:32. > :08:42.learning difficulties stood alongside his mother smiling.
:08:42. > :08:47.riding, skateboarding. You liked the food is well. He used to be so
:08:47. > :08:51.happy coming here. Everybody knew him. There are change came as the
:08:51. > :09:01.council put through large cuts. % less money for the dedicated
:09:01. > :09:04.
:09:04. > :09:12.youth club. We did not come here to destroy services. Even as the Fotis
:09:12. > :09:19.for ending calls were being made to specialist lawyers. I wanted there
:09:19. > :09:24.to help us. I try to make my son understand. He wanted to do it. The
:09:25. > :09:29.legality of what has happened here will be decided by a judge.
:09:29. > :09:39.This case is likely the expensive and challenging. There is no
:09:39. > :09:42.
:09:42. > :09:50.guarantee of success. The council will have to defend its actions
:09:50. > :09:54.within weeks at the High Court. A decision is expected later this
:09:54. > :09:59.evening on who will take charge of Stroud District Council. The ruling
:09:59. > :10:02.Tories lost seats to Labour at the local elections two weeks ago. It
:10:02. > :10:07.made the Conservatives are the largest party, but they cannot take
:10:07. > :10:12.overall charge about another group's backing. A possible rainbow
:10:12. > :10:16.Coalition has been discussed which could see Labour, the Lib Dems, and
:10:16. > :10:19.the Green Party working together. The number of accidents caused by
:10:19. > :10:25.speeding on Somerset's roads dropped by almost one-third last
:10:25. > :10:31.year despite speed cameras being switched off. More fixed cameras
:10:31. > :10:35.were switched off. On the mobile once had been used. Figures from
:10:35. > :10:39.Avon and Somerset police show that there were 15 fewer accidents last
:10:39. > :10:44.year that for the same period the year before.
:10:44. > :10:48.A memorial service has taken place near Bristol to remember those from
:10:48. > :10:53.that and services who were lost in action. Baulk and Hawthorne
:10:53. > :10:57.saplings were plaited two years ago to create outdoor memorial. Almost
:10:57. > :11:05.50 names of servicemen and women from the West have died since the
:11:05. > :11:15.millennium and their names were read out. One of the young lads was
:11:15. > :11:21.
:11:21. > :11:29.remembered today for the first time. Having this parade helps other
:11:29. > :11:33.people to remember. The site was created to give valleys and friends
:11:33. > :11:37.an alternative place for remembering their loved ones.
:11:37. > :11:41.Syrians living here in the West Country have told BBC they are
:11:41. > :11:50.increasingly worried about friends and family in Syria. The fighting
:11:50. > :11:52.is continuing between government forces and pro-democracy forces.
:11:52. > :11:57.Many of those who have come here say they have lost contact with
:11:57. > :12:02.their relatives. We are used to the shaky pictures
:12:02. > :12:09.Collett of Syria. Violence on a daily basis engulfed the country as
:12:09. > :12:14.pro-democracy protesters clashed with government sources. This has
:12:14. > :12:22.an effect on Syrians living in the West. This man has family in Syria.
:12:23. > :12:31.He spoke to me on account of anonymity -- on the basis of
:12:31. > :12:36.anonymity. I have lost contact with a friend. I do not know how many
:12:36. > :12:43.friends have taken their family's out. You cannot do that for every
:12:43. > :12:47.single one you know. I am starting to worry. Some can speak it more
:12:47. > :12:54.openly. Many march through Bristol recently in protest at the Syrian
:12:54. > :13:04.government. The organiser told us public pressure here was important.
:13:04. > :13:07.
:13:07. > :13:13.We would like people to contact their MP, it is very easy. You see
:13:13. > :13:17.something on the news and remarked on how awful it is.
:13:17. > :13:22.But according to a leading academic pressure from the UK will not be
:13:22. > :13:28.enough. We need to get something which is
:13:28. > :13:33.regional pressure which is dealing with the Arab countries. We are
:13:33. > :13:39.talking about Egypt, Tunisia, other countries. They have to be involved.
:13:39. > :13:45.It is not the West coming to save the country. All this man can do is
:13:45. > :13:48.awaits news of his family and One lucky person in the West could
:13:48. > :13:51.be sitting on a prize of more than �850,000! The National Lottery says
:13:51. > :13:58.a ticket bought in Gloucester for the draw on Wednesday, 2nd May
:13:58. > :14:08.matched all the winning numbers. They were 18, 22, 25, 35, 39, 41
:14:08. > :14:10.
:14:10. > :14:15.and the bonus ball was 31. If you think it could be you, you have til
:14:15. > :14:17.October to claim your prize. The Bristol graffiti artist Banksy
:14:17. > :14:23.seems to have contributed to the country's Diamond Jubilee
:14:23. > :14:29.celebrations. He's believed to have painted this image on the wall of a
:14:29. > :14:34.Poundland store in London. It shows a boy hunched over a sewing machine
:14:34. > :14:44.with real union flag bunting. A spokesman for the store said it
:14:44. > :14:44.
:14:44. > :14:48.enjoyed Banksy's work and all its suppliers met ethical guidelines.
:14:48. > :14:52.We have been looking at the role played by the West Country in
:14:52. > :14:57.reclaiming the Falkland Islands. We have heard first-hand accounts of
:14:57. > :15:07.those involved in the war. But tonight, have we speak to the ex
:15:07. > :15:15.
:15:15. > :15:20.pats her left their homes here to There are more penguins than people
:15:20. > :15:28.on the Falklands. Together, the islands are about half the size of
:15:28. > :15:34.Wales, and yet the population is only around 2,500. The Falklands
:15:34. > :15:40.are more English than England. Littered with West Country expats,
:15:40. > :15:44.like Tom Hill, who is head of the infant and junior school here. Tom
:15:44. > :15:48.had been head of an infant school in Trowbridge before deciding to
:15:48. > :15:53.move thousands of miles to the Falklands a year ago. I wanted a
:15:53. > :15:57.bit of a change. It seemed like an exciting opportunity too good to a
:15:57. > :16:02.very different part of the world. It did not take him long to
:16:02. > :16:10.discover the Falkland Islanders are fiercely British and conspicuously
:16:10. > :16:15.grateful to those, who 30 years ago, helped them to stay that way.
:16:15. > :16:20.School children are taught about the war, but how worried are the
:16:20. > :16:25.locals here about history repeating itself? Living here, you do not
:16:25. > :16:30.notice any of those things. Life carries on. There has been no
:16:30. > :16:40.impact whatsoever on the people on the Falkland Islands themselves.
:16:40. > :16:45.The islands like this man. Steve Pointing comes from Somerset. He
:16:45. > :16:51.has been in the Falklands for 14 years. He believes the anniversary
:16:51. > :16:54.of the war has heightened tensions here. I am very much hoping that
:16:54. > :16:59.wants the 30th anniversary celebrations have been and gone,
:16:59. > :17:03.that everything will quieten down and we will go back to the
:17:03. > :17:08.situation we have been more like for the last for five years, when
:17:08. > :17:13.it is there and the background, but it is not in the news day-in day
:17:13. > :17:23.out. But even when it is not in the news, the physical reminders of
:17:23. > :17:24.
:17:24. > :17:27.what I still there. And they are hard to ignore.
:17:27. > :17:32.Cheltenham Town could win themselves a place at Wembley
:17:32. > :17:38.tonight if they can get past Torquay. They have a two-goal lead
:17:38. > :17:43.after Sunday's first leg, making them favourites to reach the final.
:17:43. > :17:51.Alastair Durden it is at Plainmoor for tonight's's gable stop they
:17:51. > :17:56.would do it, when they? You know I love a statistic - here is one. In
:17:56. > :18:00.the 26 years that the players have been going, only four teams have
:18:00. > :18:05.only ever turned a two-goal deficit. That is why they are the heavy
:18:05. > :18:09.favourites. If they get the first goal, it is hard to see Torquay
:18:09. > :18:15.coming back from that. That is the scenario the Tottenham fans are
:18:15. > :18:19.hoping for the. Up to 1,000 of them will be in the ground. They left on
:18:20. > :18:25.the supporters' coaches at 3pm, and they have arrived here a little bit
:18:25. > :18:31.cautious about this second leg. will be a long, hard game tonight.
:18:31. > :18:37.They will come at us. We have given ourselves a chance. Anything can
:18:37. > :18:41.happen. It is still have time. It is very tight. Have you started
:18:41. > :18:45.dreaming about Wembley yet? I have never been to Wembley to watch a
:18:45. > :18:55.football match before. I am looking forward to going to watch my team
:18:55. > :18:56.
:18:56. > :19:01.there. I should imagine that caution is being echoed by the
:19:01. > :19:08.Cheltenham Town chairman. Do you think the job is done yet? We are
:19:08. > :19:14.halfway there. We would be bizarre -- delighted with they too had into
:19:14. > :19:19.result. We have had a fab day so far. We have been done to the beach,
:19:19. > :19:24.and the players are looking very chilled and relax, as I am. We had
:19:24. > :19:29.no expectation. The team looked nice and relaxed. Have their own
:19:29. > :19:33.they achieved at this year? Massively. We got one of the
:19:33. > :19:38.smallest budgets in the league. We were tipped to be the bookies'
:19:38. > :19:43.favourites to be relegated, and here we are. Now, good chance of
:19:43. > :19:48.getting to Wembley. That would be a fantastic turnaround. It has been a
:19:48. > :19:54.good season of the field money wise, hasn't it? That is the main reason
:19:54. > :20:00.I am smiling, of course! We had a great season, going to Spurs in the
:20:00. > :20:06.FA Cup. We have had his season to remember. Whatever happens tonight,
:20:06. > :20:10.we have had a great season. Hoping goes well for you tonight. BBC
:20:10. > :20:20.Radio Gloucestershire will have full commentary of this match. I
:20:20. > :20:23.will have the story of the game in our 10:25pm bulletin. A student
:20:23. > :20:28.from Bristol is Waiting To hear if she has made it through to the
:20:28. > :20:32.Olympics. Georgie Twigg will find out if she has qualified for the
:20:32. > :20:37.women's hockey squad, but it is not the only thing on her mind - she is
:20:37. > :20:43.also trying to prepare for her final law exams.
:20:44. > :20:47.Hitting the books for her final exams. Something most students can
:20:47. > :20:52.relate to. But Georgie Twigg is combining her law studies with
:20:53. > :20:59.trying to make the Olympics. Earlier this month, she was in the
:20:59. > :21:04.GB team who beat Argentina. To be in that team would be incredible.
:21:04. > :21:09.But once you are selected, the next three months are so key in our
:21:09. > :21:14.preparations for the summer. We want a gold medal. We will not stop
:21:14. > :21:20.at anything to get it. Since making the national squad, p 21-year-old
:21:20. > :21:25.has been training full time. She returns to Bristol to lectures and
:21:25. > :21:29.to play for Clift and ladies. She has seen them from the Pru to
:21:29. > :21:36.escaping relegation to making the play-offs. They have all been so
:21:36. > :21:42.supportive of me. They understand if I cannot make a training session.
:21:42. > :21:46.It is great having them behind me. A few essay extensions and
:21:46. > :21:49.splitting her find a university you into two has helped it Georgie, but
:21:49. > :21:55.maintaining a top-level training regime at the same time still takes
:21:55. > :22:01.dedication. Once I have got my exams are to the way, that can be a
:22:01. > :22:11.nice relief. But if she can make tomorrow's final team, they
:22:11. > :22:13.
:22:13. > :22:18.graduation and a gold medal will do just nicely for Georgia.
:22:18. > :22:24.A former Olympian from Bath have has said body immortalised in stone
:22:24. > :22:29.- Mark Foster's torso is one of the best known in this country, and a
:22:29. > :22:34.sculpture was being moved to his home city.
:22:34. > :22:39.Underneath the wrapping is a pair of perfect pecs. Soon to be a
:22:39. > :22:43.permanent feature in Bath. As if we could forget them. Seen here in
:22:43. > :22:47.action on Strictly Come Dancing, Mark Foster's up a body has become
:22:47. > :22:54.as famous as his Olympic swimming success. It had a year to sculpt
:22:54. > :22:59.them, and today was a nerve-racking moment for the artist. Carved by
:22:59. > :23:04.hand in the tradition and origins of the original Olympic sculptors.
:23:04. > :23:09.That was my journey. It has brought a to this point. We are using
:23:09. > :23:14.modern technology to install the peace. It is on the track behind me.
:23:14. > :23:19.Today, we will see it going in. My anxiety level is about as high as
:23:19. > :23:24.it has ever been! It has been a really local project. The stone was
:23:24. > :23:28.donated by the Bath stone group and the play and was made by students.
:23:29. > :23:34.Mark Foster was have caused a local, who now has a permanent reminder of
:23:34. > :23:43.his past. I literally spent 23 years of my life representing his
:23:43. > :23:48.country, so might misspent youth gave me a torso. I can remember I
:23:48. > :23:55.once had a body that looked like that. This will be the start of a
:23:55. > :24:05.trail of sculptors around Bath. Once it is hoisted onto the plinth,
:24:05. > :24:12.
:24:12. > :24:16.the grand unveiling will be on Monday. On Monday, we have a very
:24:16. > :24:25.special edition of the programme. It is the first of three as we take
:24:25. > :24:32.the whole programme on the road. When your marks for the excitement,
:24:32. > :24:36.get ready, find a place, go! The Olympic torch is coming to the West.
:24:36. > :24:40.The three nights, we will be taking the programme on the road as we
:24:40. > :24:45.followed his every step of the way. You can join us for the evening's
:24:45. > :24:49.celebrations in Taunton, Bristol and Cheltenham, and by then, this
:24:49. > :24:54.will be lit. It is all but from Monday. Join us and watch history
:24:54. > :25:04.and the making. You got back from Athens pretty
:25:04. > :25:09.
:25:09. > :25:13.quickly! We are looking forward to For the torch relay, the weather is
:25:13. > :25:21.going in the right direction. It will get warmer, and Monday, little
:25:21. > :25:27.bit of uncertainty, but largely dry. Tomorrow though, the best of any
:25:27. > :25:34.bride or dry weather will be a in the morning. By the afternoon, a
:25:34. > :25:39.good deal of light rain or drizzle about. Developments or taking place
:25:39. > :25:47.to the south of us. We have had an upper truck moving his way upwards.
:25:47. > :25:50.Tomorrow, this will start to bring some outbreaks of rain. It is a
:25:50. > :26:00.fairly flat the area of low pressure. Looks more threatening on
:26:00. > :26:03.
:26:03. > :26:07.the charts than it really is. The rain was fairly heavy as it eased
:26:08. > :26:13.up, but it has been losing a lot of that intensity as it comes further
:26:13. > :26:18.northwards. This is about the position of these troughs. It will
:26:18. > :26:22.continue his journey further northwards. Clearing eventually put
:26:22. > :26:29.stop behind that, the skies are showing a tendency to Clare a wave.
:26:29. > :26:36.We will end up with a quite breezy night, but remaining dry. But no
:26:36. > :26:40.frost. Temperatures in the range of 6-9 Celsius. Tomorrow, the best of
:26:40. > :26:45.the bright weather will be in the early part of the morning. Already,
:26:45. > :26:53.the cloud increasing from the south. Starting to ease up. Moderately
:26:53. > :26:58.heavy perhaps by midday. Behind that, the cloud was stuck to lower.
:26:59. > :27:04.Through the afternoon, it will be like rain and drizzle, at low cloud.
:27:04. > :27:12.Remaining quite breezy. Temperatures someone on a par with
:27:12. > :27:21.today - 13 or set -- 13 or 14 cells is. The weekend, Friday and
:27:21. > :27:26.Saturday, some rain overnight. It is all about how that clears away
:27:26. > :27:33.on Monday, or not. I don't think any weather would put