:00:18. > :00:24.Good evening, welcome to BBC points West. The headlines: More woes for
:00:24. > :00:29.Bristol pass macro football fans. Multi—million pounds fans for a
:00:29. > :00:33.Bristol pass macro football fans. stadium is put on hold after a new
:00:33. > :00:41.protesters claim they are being row over ancient bones — English
:00:41. > :00:48.Heritage decide to go ahead with a display at Stonehenge. Druids say it
:00:48. > :00:52.is disrespectful. They are still the remains of what was once a walking,
:00:52. > :00:59.talking human being, and they should be given the same respect. And,
:00:59. > :01:08.pilots and horse riders meet to discuss low—flying helicopters in
:01:08. > :01:15.the countryside. Good evening. Plans football stadium for Bristol Rovers
:01:15. > :01:19.are on hold after a legal challenge. The club wants to move to a new
:01:19. > :01:24.Gloucestershire, but the scheme depends on the current round and
:01:24. > :01:28.redeveloped as a supermarket. It all seems to be going smoothly, but
:01:28. > :01:30.redeveloped as a supermarket. It all a group of local residents have
:01:30. > :01:40.asked the High Court to scrutinise the proposals. Are we seeing another
:01:40. > :01:45.stadium saga for Bristol? You can forget the problems that Bristol
:01:45. > :01:47.city had when they want to build a new stadium at Ashton Vale and
:01:47. > :01:51.redevelop the front ground into new stadium at Ashton Vale and
:01:51. > :01:57.supermarket. Here at Bristol Rovers, better. Yes, they tried and failed
:01:57. > :02:02.to redevelop the Memorial Stadium purpose—built stadium at Frenchay
:02:03. > :02:06.looked to be going well, until today when they heard about this judicial
:02:07. > :02:11.review application which looks temporarily to have kicked the
:02:12. > :02:18.scheme into touch. The brand—new stadium to be built near Frenchay.
:02:18. > :02:26.The fans were ecstatic when they heard it was all going ahead, but
:02:26. > :02:30.is all on hold. To make the finances stack up on the new stadium, they
:02:30. > :02:33.are going to knock down the current Memorial Stadium and replace it
:02:33. > :02:33.are going to knock down the current a Sainsbury's supermarket. Planning
:02:33. > :02:38.permission for that has already a Sainsbury's supermarket. Planning
:02:38. > :02:43.granted. The problem is, this ground is surrounded by houses. Lots of
:02:43. > :02:49.people live nearby, and a number of Sainsbury's here, and it is they who
:02:49. > :02:53.have launched this legal challenge to stop it being built. Nothing
:02:54. > :02:56.have launched this legal challenge happen now until the legal case
:02:56. > :02:57.have launched this legal challenge examined. The football club says it
:02:57. > :03:04.is disappointed and insists the whole scheme is positive. They are
:03:04. > :03:07.holding up the fact that this will create hundreds of new jobs, a
:03:07. > :03:14.number of temporary construction jobs, social housing, a new facility
:03:14. > :03:22.including community space, parking for Gloucester Road, and a new
:03:22. > :03:29.immunity. Not to mention the wider investment in the economy. Local
:03:29. > :03:34.traders don't agree. People come to Gloucester Road from miles around.
:03:34. > :03:39.It has a huge number and variety of independent shops, which would feel
:03:40. > :03:46.threatened by a giant supermarket. If this goes ahead, Gloucester Road
:03:46. > :03:50.independent high street in the country, and turn into yet another
:03:50. > :03:55.high street, which would be such a shame. People like the independent
:03:55. > :04:01.nature of this road because it is different. It is expected to take
:04:01. > :04:04.10—12 weeks for a judge to examine submissions from both sides and
:04:04. > :04:13.10—12 weeks for a judge to examine decide whether a full judicial
:04:13. > :04:19.patient. The Mayor of Bristol is saying that people should accept the
:04:19. > :04:22.decision and move on. The key point that the judicial review must look
:04:22. > :04:25.at is whether Bristol City Council followed the correct procedures
:04:25. > :04:27.at is whether Bristol City Council reaching the planning commission
:04:27. > :04:31.decision for the Sainsbury's store. If it did, the scheme will go ahead.
:04:31. > :04:47.If it didn't, we could be back to square one, and then there would be
:04:47. > :04:52.Campaigners against the pilot badger cull in Gloucestershire have accused
:04:52. > :04:57.the police of harassing them. Some stopped for no reason. The police
:04:57. > :05:01.say they have received no formal complaint about the officers. Our
:05:01. > :05:07.Gloucestershire reporter spent last In the dead of night, the wounded
:05:07. > :05:11.badger patrol are on duty once again. Every light in a field or
:05:11. > :05:18.hint of movement is viewed with suspicion. People connected with the
:05:18. > :05:25.farmers are hiding in trees are sitting on the banks, signalling
:05:25. > :05:32.each other that we are around. They have been calling the police a lot.
:05:32. > :05:34.The police have obviously come and found that we are doing lawful
:05:34. > :05:42.trespassing. Police patrols are found that we are doing lawful
:05:42. > :05:47.profile, and it was not just us found that we are doing lawful
:05:47. > :05:57.protesters, the vehicles, and us. Intelligence gathering at this
:05:57. > :06:02.stage. That is all I can tell you at arrested in the cold zone on Tuesday
:06:02. > :06:08.morning on suspicion of aggravated trespass in and theft, and another
:06:08. > :06:15.offensive weapon. Some protesters have accused the police of becoming
:06:15. > :06:20.stopped by the police three times tonight, peacefully walking up the
:06:20. > :06:25.street, and looking over a field on a public road. Most of us to might
:06:25. > :06:30.have been stopped three or four times for doing nothing. If they
:06:30. > :06:34.have got the right to stop people tremendous. Do they have the right
:06:34. > :06:40.to follow us home? I've got followed Gloucestershire Police they have
:06:40. > :06:48.received no formal complaints. If people feel we are harassing them,
:06:48. > :06:54.that is far from the truth. That is not our intention. The reason why we
:06:54. > :06:57.are out there is to divide a visible reassurance, and also to balance
:06:58. > :07:04.those who want to protest against those who want to go about their
:07:04. > :07:09.lawful business. Late last night, a 94—year—old veteran campaigner spent
:07:09. > :07:18.the day on hunger strike. Do you not campaign? No, I don't think that for
:07:18. > :07:26.one minute. We should always fight, regardless. We are all the badgers
:07:26. > :07:33.have got. I greatly respect people who are out every night and the
:07:33. > :07:34.have got. I greatly respect people saboteurs. All concerned will be
:07:35. > :07:44.keen to ease tensions surrounding A Druid is taking legal action
:07:44. > :07:48.against English Heritage to protest at plans to exhibit human bones
:07:49. > :07:51.against English Heritage to protest remains at a new visitors centre at
:07:52. > :08:03.King Arthur Pendragon says it is English Heritage hopes they will be
:08:03. > :08:11.Stonehenge is having a £27 million upgrade, including this visitors
:08:11. > :08:16.King Arthur Pendragon is not against exhuming bones for research, but he
:08:16. > :08:21.wants them to be buried again, rather than exhibited. English
:08:21. > :08:27.Heritage can either be world leaders and show the way to the rest of
:08:27. > :08:29.Heritage can either be world leaders world, or they can stick with the
:08:29. > :08:35.Victorian idea of looking at the dead, in which case they will have
:08:35. > :08:40.because I will be leading it. The bones and remains due for display
:08:40. > :08:45.with dug up over ten years ago my circle. They are currently kept
:08:45. > :08:46.with dug up over ten years ago my collections in Salisbury and the
:08:46. > :08:51.University of Cambridge. English treatment and storage of the bones
:08:51. > :08:56.will be carried out under strict guidelines set out by the Department
:08:56. > :08:57.of culture, media and sport. They say visitors will be warned about
:08:57. > :09:03.the bones before they enter and say visitors will be warned about
:09:03. > :09:05.those bones will provide visitors with a direct connection to the
:09:05. > :09:07.people who lived and worked here thousands of years ago. King Arthur
:09:07. > :09:11.Pendragon says fake bones could thousands of years ago. King Arthur
:09:11. > :09:17.used instead of real ones, but others argue so the remains are
:09:17. > :09:19.used instead of real ones, but descendants, so no reason not to
:09:19. > :09:22.multinational perspective from the Stonehenge car park. If it was me, I
:09:22. > :09:29.would not want somebody to bury Stonehenge car park. If it was me, I
:09:29. > :09:39.and display me to everybody. I don't think I would want my relative boss
:09:39. > :09:47.? parts out on display. Maybe they could go on display for a short
:09:47. > :09:53.rich heritage decided to date the visitors are comfortable with and
:09:53. > :10:02.often expect to see human remains as So, King Arthur has promised to
:10:02. > :10:06.stage a protest after losing his argument today. Joining us now is
:10:06. > :10:12.Mark Orton, professor of archaeology at Bristol University. If we were to
:10:12. > :10:16.make really good replicas, nobody would know the difference. What
:10:16. > :10:18.make really good replicas, nobody the harm of putting resin out. It is
:10:18. > :10:27.not the bones that are real. It the harm of putting resin out. It is
:10:27. > :10:28.like going to an art gallery and seeing paintings that are just
:10:28. > :10:33.photographic copies. There is a seeing paintings that are just
:10:33. > :10:39.thrill, and excitement, in seeing the real thing. It is an important
:10:39. > :10:50.principle. But isn't that a little bit morbid? Arthur Pendragon calls
:10:50. > :10:52.years old. They have been burned, they have been cremated. They are
:10:52. > :10:56.there from our ancestors. We as they have been cremated. They are
:10:56. > :11:02.British public have as much right to see them as Arthur Pendragon has to
:11:02. > :11:07.bury them. But he will argue whether they are five years old or 5000
:11:07. > :11:10.bury them. But he will argue whether old, it is still a human being and
:11:10. > :11:16.there should be a respect in death. heritage. One of the things that is
:11:16. > :11:22.problematic for archaeologists is the idea that should they should be
:11:22. > :11:30.buried again will stop locked up in information. So if they are buried,
:11:30. > :11:42.do you mean there should be more would lose the DNA. They really
:11:42. > :11:45.do you mean there should be more a vital resource to not only explain
:11:45. > :11:58.our heritage, but also to understand fingertips these days, have we
:11:58. > :12:03.forgotten about the sanctity of bones? I don't think so. I think
:12:03. > :12:06.there is a real thrill. It is part of our heritage, the real excitement
:12:06. > :12:10.that you are seeing people from of our heritage, the real excitement
:12:10. > :12:15.past. Seeing our ancestors. And of our heritage, the real excitement
:12:15. > :12:24.you were put on display in 2000 years, would you mind? I would love
:12:24. > :12:32.it! . I would feel so privileged. This is BBC points West. Still much
:12:32. > :12:34.Swindon borough council has been reducing spending four years, but
:12:34. > :12:42.tonight it is going to start to reducing spending four years, but
:12:42. > :12:46.And, we get a flavour of the new series from the natural history
:12:46. > :12:52.And, we get a flavour of the new bursting into life on Green tonight.
:12:52. > :13:01.First, a young woman who died on the Mfor last year was run over by
:13:01. > :13:06.multiple cars. It was heard that she walks onto the main carriageway
:13:06. > :13:11.after crashing her car and was hit several times. It was also revealed
:13:11. > :13:16.today that she had traces of cocaine in her body and was using her mobile
:13:16. > :13:21.phone at the time of the accident. In the early hours of the 14th of
:13:21. > :13:25.October last year, Rhiannon was travelling from Bath to Bristol
:13:25. > :13:28.October last year, Rhiannon was the M4. As she approached the slip
:13:28. > :13:33.road, her faults are given Polo skidded, came off the carriageway,
:13:33. > :13:36.and smashed into a tree. And then something terrible and astonishing
:13:36. > :13:42.happened. She survived the crash, but then walked onto the motorway.
:13:42. > :13:47.In the dark, wearing black clothing, she was hit by multiple vehicles.
:13:47. > :13:52.Ever since Rhiannon died on that October night last year, there have
:13:52. > :13:56.been several unanswered questions surrounding her death. What caused
:13:56. > :14:02.her car to come off the M4, for example, and smash into a tree?
:14:02. > :14:05.her car to come off the M4, for do she get out of her car and walked
:14:05. > :14:09.onto the carriageway? At the inquest into her death today, a police crash
:14:09. > :14:11.investigators said traces of cocaine had been found in her body. It was
:14:11. > :14:16.likely, he added, that she left had been found in her body. It was
:14:16. > :14:21.crashed vehicle and climbed back to the road to try to flag down help.
:14:21. > :14:27.But it would have been difficult to a statement, Rhiannon postbag father
:14:27. > :14:57.For years, our councils have been making cuts, and many people may not
:14:57. > :15:02.have noticed. Tonight in Swindon, it looks like they really could start
:15:02. > :15:06.children's centres could be lost as councillors decide where to make £1
:15:07. > :15:16.million in savings. Our political editor is that the council offices
:15:16. > :15:21.in Swindon. The decision to cut budgets was taken many months ago,
:15:22. > :15:26.but they are only now deciding what will go. This is very controversial
:15:26. > :15:29.indeed. They have drafted in extra security tonight for the meeting
:15:29. > :15:31.which got underway about 40 minutes. Amongst the measures dashed the
:15:31. > :15:38.which got underway about 40 minutes. 40 children Centres in Swindon.
:15:38. > :15:39.which got underway about 40 minutes. Art Centre and theatre, they want to
:15:39. > :15:47.take half £1 million of funding Art Centre and theatre, they want to
:15:47. > :15:58.£200,000 less in subsidies for the future. This has provoked a great
:15:58. > :16:03.transport for the village of Bishop Stone. These three members of the
:16:03. > :16:07.village explained how the loss of the bus service would affect their
:16:07. > :16:11.lives. Mary is a pensioner who uses the bus regular. It is an absolute
:16:11. > :16:25.lifeline to the village. Nearly Everybody. Tim is the publican and
:16:25. > :16:31.an employer in the village. We are trying to take on an apprentice
:16:32. > :16:33.an employer in the village. We are coming out of the awful days a week
:16:33. > :16:38.on an apprentices salary, it would be impossible without a bus service.
:16:39. > :16:43.Emma is the head teacher at the village school. The school would be
:16:43. > :16:48.affected because we have volunteers, members of staff that come and help
:16:48. > :16:54.out with various things. If they can't get here, then the school
:16:54. > :16:55.out with various things. If they lose out on that contribution, so
:16:55. > :17:00.that would be very sad. The more links to the community, small and
:17:00. > :17:03.big, the more important it is for the children. Posters are about
:17:04. > :17:06.big, the more important it is for village, mustering the locals to
:17:06. > :17:15.fight the cuts. If they do go ahead, the last bus might be late October
:17:15. > :17:26.Councillors are in no doubt about the strength of feeling. But there
:17:27. > :17:30.is a possible compromise. Clearly it is nothing we take pleasure in.
:17:30. > :17:35.is a possible compromise. Clearly it have to make difficult decisions,
:17:35. > :17:40.services that the borough council funds and provides. In the case
:17:40. > :17:41.services that the borough council passenger was being subsidised by
:17:41. > :17:45.just under £10 each journey, so passenger was being subsidised by
:17:45. > :17:47.is significant. We have entered passenger was being subsidised by
:17:47. > :17:52.some discussions with neighbouring authorities because these buses
:17:52. > :17:57.originate from Oxfordshire and West Berks, and we hope we may be able to
:17:57. > :18:04.come to an agreement with them to This is not just about buses. A
:18:04. > :18:06.great many people have come along. They are able to put their questions
:18:06. > :18:10.to councillors about all manner They are able to put their questions
:18:10. > :18:15.subjects. They were talking about children's centres when I was in the
:18:15. > :18:20.earlier. But the councillors are determined that the cuts have got to
:18:20. > :18:23.be made, and they warned that these We are working on the premise that
:18:23. > :18:28.the moment that we are going to We are working on the premise that
:18:28. > :18:32.a reduced budget year on year, with increased demand in services for
:18:32. > :18:35.adults and children. And that means some other things may have to go?
:18:36. > :18:41.Absolutely. I don't think that what we are discussing tonight is going
:18:41. > :19:01.to be the end of the road. We will spending less money on them. We
:19:01. > :19:04.to be the end of the road. We will uncommon. In 2004, a horse rider was
:19:04. > :19:07.killed in Lincolnshire when her animal through her after being
:19:07. > :19:14.scared by a helicopter. Today in Somerset, pilot and horse riders had
:19:14. > :19:22.a meeting to discuss ways to resolve The letter H is all they have in
:19:22. > :19:28.common. Helicopters and horses don't make comfortable bedfellows. This is
:19:29. > :19:35.what low—flying look like from the air. A Yeovil Town helicopter,
:19:35. > :19:42.eating up the ground at a rate of 55 metres a second. It is not done
:19:42. > :19:47.eating up the ground at a rate of 55 insisted it is necessary training
:19:48. > :19:50.for warfare. This was the Navy on a charm offensive, trying to wind
:19:50. > :19:53.for warfare. This was the Navy on a members of the local equestrian
:19:53. > :19:59.community. They are people with first—hand experience of how easily
:19:59. > :20:00.and can be spooked. The noise of a helicopter coming along behind
:20:00. > :20:06.them, from the side of them, to helicopter coming along behind
:20:06. > :20:11.they perceive it as something to be scared of and to run away from.
:20:11. > :20:15.Today, the horse men and women entered the world of the aviators. I
:20:15. > :20:16.joined them on a flight to see first—hand the difficulties pilots
:20:16. > :20:34.Helicopters like this can fly as low as 50 feet during training. When you
:20:34. > :20:37.consider they are crossing the ground at around 120 miles an hour,
:20:37. > :20:47.eye is drawn to bigger features ground at around 120 miles an hour,
:20:47. > :20:52.towns, but the smaller things are harder. At one point, the passengers
:20:52. > :20:56.were put on the ground to get an appreciation of how quickly the
:20:56. > :21:02.helicopter appears. The take—home message for me today is that high
:21:02. > :21:10.visibility gear so you can be seen they will do their best to avoid you
:21:10. > :21:15.if they can. This was never going to solve the problem of helicopters
:21:15. > :21:26.versus livestock, but among those here today, there is now at least a
:21:26. > :21:29.A tribunal looking into match fixing allegations against the Trowbridge
:21:29. > :21:34.stick a player Stephen Lee has finished hearing evidence. The
:21:34. > :21:37.former world number five denies matches in 2008 and 2009. If found
:21:37. > :21:42.guilty, he could face a lengthy matches in 2008 and 2009. If found
:21:42. > :21:50.The verdict is expected next week. A new theories by the BBC passed
:21:50. > :21:53.Bristol is aiming to reveal the secrets behind our crop growing
:21:53. > :21:57.season, and shed light on British farming. Harvest begins on BBC Two
:21:57. > :22:00.tonight. In a minute will speak farming. Harvest begins on BBC Two
:22:00. > :22:07.the executive producer, but first, here is a flavour of what you can
:22:07. > :22:22.This is an altogether very different view. It goes on for miles. This is
:22:22. > :22:29.where it happens. Oh, my word. That is a little bit like an apple, a
:22:29. > :22:35.little bit like a melon. Yes. All the guys in the factory thought
:22:35. > :22:38.little bit like a melon. Yes. All was a melon. We have not got enough
:22:38. > :22:44.of these to start selling them yet. So, a little taster there. You are
:22:44. > :22:50.in charge of it all, has it been a better year for farmers? Thankfully,
:22:50. > :22:54.yes. Last year was such a disaster, everybody was on the edge. This
:22:54. > :22:57.yes. Last year was such a disaster, why we have made this series. We
:22:57. > :23:03.have followed farms all the way through 2013 to see if they could
:23:03. > :23:06.make it through this make or break year which had such a cold start,
:23:06. > :23:11.and I am pleased to say most have brought it back. There is a real
:23:11. > :23:17.programmes. People really want to Absolutely. I work with the BBC
:23:17. > :23:21.natural history unit who normally make wildlife programmes, but there
:23:21. > :23:28.is a really big nature story, our own ecology —where does the food we
:23:28. > :23:32.need to survive come from, and how do farmers hardest nature question
:23:32. > :23:38.mark it really is still all about nature, and how do they get it in
:23:38. > :23:43.such huge amounts and in such high quality to our plates? It is quite a
:23:43. > :23:48.change for the NHL to be on our shores, but it must have had its own
:23:48. > :23:54.challenges in terms of filming it? everyone to understand the very
:23:54. > :23:59.nature of the plants. Each of them is very fickle. It has got its own
:23:59. > :24:08.needs. It is a living thing. Farmers have got more and more clever, as
:24:08. > :24:12.growers. It is extraordinary how they can give those plants exactly
:24:12. > :24:16.what they want. You have made Sony different types of programme, what
:24:16. > :24:20.are you taking away from this one? For me, it is an extraordinary
:24:21. > :24:25.respect for what farmers have to do. The tightrope walk they have to
:24:25. > :24:29.follow every single year. It is always different. There is a lot of
:24:29. > :24:35.money involved, and there is a lot Everything is unpredictable because
:24:35. > :24:41.nature still write that script every year for farmers, and it does not
:24:41. > :24:46.matter how much money or technology you throw at it, she is still in
:24:46. > :24:50.connected to that process. It is So, cereal, fruit and vegetable
:24:50. > :24:58.farmers you follow, and it is on Yes, at 8pm. And then tomorrow night
:24:58. > :25:20.Somerset looking more like the Florida Everglades, but it has been
:25:20. > :25:25.different this year. More rain at speaking, there will be a fair
:25:25. > :25:31.window tomorrow, despite terrible amount of cloud, to get things done
:25:31. > :25:41.outdoors. The rainbow manifested itself later into tomorrow. The
:25:41. > :25:48.rainfall radar shows some moderately northern flank of that is edging
:25:48. > :25:58.into view. It is a rather ragged affair. Trailing all the way back as
:25:58. > :26:03.far as the eye can see on this dominate proceedings into Friday,
:26:03. > :26:14.partly through Saturday, and a different regime of whether into
:26:14. > :26:22.is a decidedly soggy picture out there. The rain tends to ease away
:26:22. > :26:27.through this evening. Out to the east, there will be low cloud and
:26:27. > :26:36.hill fog with some drizzle still Temperatures for all of us much
:26:36. > :26:57.A brighter phase through the middle whether front brings some small
:26:57. > :27:03.outbreaks of rain late afternoon. Looming behind me comes the next set
:27:03. > :27:12.of events which will take shape overnight, through into Friday.
:27:12. > :27:23.Temperatures could reach 1920s Celsius. Looking beyond that, it is
:27:23. > :27:27.weekend. Friday does not look great. Saturday will be much drier, and
:27:27. > :27:37.Sunday will turn decidedly windy, and eventually wet and much cooler.
:27:37. > :27:46.Harvest with Gregg Wallace and Phillippa Forester is on in an hour
:27:46. > :27:47.on BBC Two. Yes, and I will be back in the late bulletin. Goodbye.