:00:12. > :00:19.Hello and welcome to Points West. The headlines: It's almost certain
:00:19. > :00:20.the government's controversial cull of badgers has failed to meet its
:00:21. > :00:29.Cheers at Cotham Grammar School of badgers has failed to meet its
:00:29. > :00:38.their most famous old boy as Peter Higgs wins a Nobel Prize for helping
:00:38. > :00:43.Residents who bought their own retirement village after the company
:00:43. > :00:48.We will find out how the latest technology in a bedroom here in
:00:48. > :00:57.Blackwell could make robotic hands Good evening. It's almost certain
:00:57. > :01:02.the government's controversial cull of badgers has failed to meet its
:01:02. > :01:04.target. An MP with close links to farming has told the BBC of his
:01:04. > :01:08.disappointment with its result. farming has told the BBC of his
:01:08. > :01:11.Somerset, which is aimed at reducing TB in cattle, ended yesterday. In
:01:11. > :01:14.Gloucestershire it'll finish next week. Our political editor Paul
:01:14. > :01:28.Barltrop joins us from the cull Here in West Gloucestershire the
:01:28. > :01:33.cull has not yet finished, but it has been dealt a blow. There are
:01:33. > :01:38.many indications that the cull is not hitting the mark. It seems that
:01:38. > :01:43.marksmen have failed to kill enough They were called pilot culls — for a
:01:43. > :01:46.reason. Badgers have been culled before — using cage trapping or
:01:46. > :01:53.gassing. But trying to kill large licenced to lay in wait near badger
:01:53. > :01:59.setts — and shoot them when they Somerset the target was 2,100. In
:01:59. > :02:03.Gloucestershire the aim is to kill 2,900. Those carrying it out are
:02:03. > :02:09.professionals — but there'd already Trying to hinder them have been
:02:09. > :02:12.determined campaigners. At night they've played cat—and—mouse games
:02:12. > :02:21.with police, trying to stop the The marksman has worried us. He
:02:21. > :02:25.with police, trying to stop the clearly got a gun and a four x four.
:02:25. > :02:29.He hasn't moved. He has been behind those trees and he hasn't gone.
:02:29. > :02:32.marksmen — but may have slowed their work. Official figures for the culls
:02:32. > :02:45.haven't been announced — but it Paul, what have we learned today?
:02:45. > :02:50.Conservative MP for Tiverton and Honasan, Neil Parish. He has strong
:02:50. > :02:59.connections to the farming community committee in Parliament that deals
:02:59. > :03:01.supporter of the cull. He told me that there is a problem with the
:03:01. > :03:23.suggesting that their cull is field, We have also heard from somebody
:03:23. > :03:29.called Paul Caruana. He was involved in a previous trial years ago in the
:03:29. > :03:33.West Country. He says that halfway through the Somerset cull come he
:03:33. > :03:37.was contacted by the operators who wanted more staff, and he helped put
:03:37. > :03:44.in touch with people who had worked the previous call, because it seemed
:03:44. > :03:45.says that as of last Friday, the figures were falling far short of
:03:45. > :03:57.As far as numbers go, 750 up to figures were falling far short of
:03:57. > :04:07.is not enough. 70 present target success or failure, I think the
:04:07. > :04:10.is not enough. 70 present target has to tell you that. In my view,
:04:10. > :04:18.numbers wise, it is a failure. What will the government do next?
:04:18. > :04:22.comment, but clearly they are under a great deal of pressure. Yesterday
:04:22. > :04:28.the Minister responsible for the cull, David Heath, was sacked. They
:04:28. > :04:31.have only just chilled and his replacement and decided who will be
:04:31. > :04:33.responsible so they have a new minister, and it looks like the
:04:33. > :04:36.government may be looking for a minister, and it looks like the
:04:36. > :04:48.policy as well. We will wait to His teachers thought he was a bit
:04:48. > :04:50.years later, he's just won a Nobel Prize. Peter Higgs has today been
:04:50. > :04:52.honoured with the highest award Prize. Peter Higgs has today been
:04:52. > :04:55.Science for his work predicting Prize. Peter Higgs has today been
:04:55. > :04:58.new particle — now called the Higgs boson. Now 84, he's a former pupil
:04:58. > :05:02.of Bristol's Cotham School, where today they were celebrating his
:05:02. > :05:08.achievements. And as Andrew Plant reports, he's not even their first
:05:08. > :05:13.This was Peter Higgs last year, signing autographs for students
:05:13. > :05:15.This was Peter Higgs last year, Bristol. A man by nature shy and
:05:15. > :05:27.reserved adapting to the idea of becoming one of the most famous
:05:27. > :05:34.cheered today's news. Remarkably it is the second Nobel laureate to
:05:34. > :05:38.cheered today's news. Remarkably it through its classroom doors. Paul
:05:38. > :05:40.Dirac won in 1933. Exactly 80 years on, this Bristol school clearly
:05:40. > :05:49.Dirac won in 1933. Exactly 80 years a formula for scientific success.
:05:49. > :05:55.I think that having somebody who has come into school that many of them
:05:55. > :05:59.have met and can relate to, will perhaps draw them into that subject,
:05:59. > :06:09.and maybe we will have another Nobel scientists from Bristol University —
:06:09. > :06:20.a city with close ties to Peter Higgs. He was given the freedom
:06:20. > :06:22.a city with close ties to Peter mathematics and formulas that he
:06:22. > :06:25.came up with underpins all our modern theories of how nature works
:06:25. > :06:28.at its most fundamental level. Without him we would have none of
:06:28. > :06:35.those theories and we wouldn't be able to explain the fascinating
:06:35. > :06:38.world of matter. It's been 49 years since Peter Higgs predicted his
:06:38. > :06:42.Already then experiments like this existed, but lacked the power to
:06:42. > :06:45.test his theory. They were finally confirmed last year in the biggest
:06:45. > :06:52.and most expensive experiment in particles together at close to light
:06:52. > :06:57.theoretical discovery 18 years after he left Bristol. Now 84, he's now
:06:57. > :07:07.among the biggest names in physics, his work rewarded with the biggest
:07:07. > :07:21.Newbold, professor of Physics at The significance of this to Peter
:07:21. > :07:26.particularly because he has waited 50 years until last year when the
:07:26. > :07:32.scientific community in Cern found the Higgs was on. That's right.
:07:32. > :07:37.He is a very modest man, and I believe he has gone on holiday.
:07:37. > :07:39.He is a very modest man, and I yes. The Nobel Prize is the single
:07:39. > :07:45.biggest honour a scientist can receive. This is clearly very well
:07:45. > :07:48.revolutionised our understanding of the universe. I think the community
:07:48. > :07:57.recognised a long time ago that the universe. I think the community
:07:57. > :08:03.Just imagine the brainpower it needs to work out a theory that it takes
:08:03. > :08:12.committee to prove it is right. Exactly. It is a fantastic story.
:08:12. > :08:16.Pure thought reason this out 50 years ago, and as you say, it has
:08:16. > :08:24.taken the machinery at Cern this You work with young people, and
:08:24. > :08:31.together with the work you are doing at Cern, how inspirational is this?
:08:31. > :08:34.Does permeate to the students? Over the last few years we have
:08:34. > :08:36.Does permeate to the students? enormous interest, not just from
:08:36. > :08:43.students but from the public. People university are really turned on
:08:43. > :08:43.students but from the public. People this research. Not everybody is
:08:43. > :08:46.going to find the Higgs goes on this research. Not everybody is
:08:46. > :08:50.the future, but they will go off and do a huge variety of things. This is
:08:50. > :08:59.really inspirational science, that I'm sure most viewers do, but does
:08:59. > :09:02.it actually matter to anyone outside the scientific community? Does it
:09:02. > :09:09.If I tell you that if the Higgs the scientific community? Does it
:09:09. > :09:12.on didn't exist, all the particles in your body would fly apart at
:09:12. > :09:14.on didn't exist, all the particles speed of light, you can start to see
:09:15. > :09:20.the significance of what has been discovered. I have seen it described
:09:20. > :09:23.in the media today as the key to the universe, and that is probably not
:09:23. > :09:29.an understatement. What the Higgs goes on does is make particles have
:09:29. > :09:33.mass, have wait. If you imagine something moving around like the
:09:33. > :09:38.ripple on the surface of a liquid, the Higgs goes on makes things move
:09:38. > :09:47.slowly, which allows matter to form and allows the universe to exist.
:09:47. > :09:57.It is a wonderful day for particle And a special programme about Peter
:09:57. > :10:01.Higgs called The Particle Man, made by the BBC earlier this year, will
:10:01. > :10:11.be shown again tonight at half past midnight on the BBC News channel.
:10:11. > :10:16.He had teacher has been suspended after a pupil was seriously injured
:10:16. > :10:24.Wiltshire. The pupil was hard at Springfield Academy. A 42—year—old
:10:24. > :10:27.man had been arrested on suspicion of GBH in relation to an incident at
:10:27. > :10:31.the school and had been released on bail. The chair of the governors
:10:31. > :10:35.said that the headmaster, Tristan Williams, continues to enjoy the
:10:35. > :10:38.People living in a Somerset village will find out later if they've got
:10:38. > :10:43.enough funding for a flood defence Cannington were flooded last year.
:10:43. > :10:46.The Environment Agency has already offered some money towards the cost
:10:46. > :10:49.of building defences, with residents and businesses asked to make up
:10:49. > :10:51.of building defences, with residents difference. A meeting this evening
:10:51. > :10:53.will update people on the scheme, aimed at diverting waters away from
:10:53. > :10:58.A man's been arrested in Stroud aimed at diverting waters away from
:10:58. > :11:01.connection with a protest aimed aimed at diverting waters away from
:11:01. > :11:04.saving a 100—year—old apple tree. The man, who's 44, was detained
:11:04. > :11:05.saving a 100—year—old apple tree. police earlier this afternoon on
:11:05. > :11:12.suspicion of assault and aggravated trespass. Protestors have been
:11:12. > :11:24.campaigning against plans to remove the tree in order to build houses on
:11:24. > :11:26.Weston—super—Mare is finally back home after being stranded for nearly
:11:27. > :11:30.a year and a half in the Middle East. Joe Thompson and his family
:11:31. > :11:34.had been living Abu Dhabi, but when the time came to come home, he
:11:34. > :11:39.suffered such a severe panic attack that he was unable to get on the
:11:39. > :11:42.Other attempts to get back by land and sea Benfield, but thanks to
:11:42. > :11:50.Other attempts to get back by land from a hypnotist, he has made.
:11:50. > :12:01.Back home at last. For the Thomson Because all the worries over the
:12:01. > :12:05.last 15 months, the all just went. We knew that we could be a family
:12:05. > :12:12.again. That's all we ever wanted, to For 12—year—old Joe, who at most be
:12:13. > :12:20.looking for to seeing his dog again, it has been a difficult weight.
:12:20. > :12:27.properly been the guilt of putting my family through all this. My
:12:27. > :12:35.parents say it has no worries, but I it is upsetting to see them like
:12:35. > :12:39.It's been a long and stressful wait. We first with ported the story last
:12:39. > :12:44.summer when I interviewed Joel and his dad on Skype. They had been
:12:44. > :12:49.living in the United Arab Emirates since 2009, but when the time came
:12:49. > :12:50.to leave, Jill had such severe anxiety attacks he can get on a
:12:50. > :12:55.plane. Plans were made to bring anxiety attacks he can get on a
:12:55. > :12:58.home by land and sea, but that didn't work out either. But then,
:12:58. > :13:03.with help from hypnotherapist this summer, he was finally able to get
:13:03. > :13:07.back. The successful journey home was paid for by the hypnotherapist
:13:07. > :13:12.who says that his fear of flying is In 20 years of working in this
:13:12. > :13:21.went into full faecal position. In 20 years of working in this
:13:21. > :13:28.was shaking, his heart was racing, he was sweating, shivering, very
:13:28. > :13:30.frightened. Once we got him settle down, the flight went very smoothly
:13:30. > :13:39.Jill, who will be 13 on Monday, down, the flight went very smoothly
:13:39. > :13:49.celebrating being back home with a new bike. He says he has got a lot
:13:49. > :14:07.I got a bike. Obviously my family. I've been invited to play with the
:14:07. > :14:13.It's good to have you home. Still to come tonight: The artificial hand
:14:13. > :14:15.that could be created in the comfort of your own home, simply by hitting
:14:15. > :14:25.And a brush with Art — find out of your own home, simply by hitting
:14:25. > :14:29.these pupils made by of a painting by British artist Stanley Spencer.
:14:29. > :14:33.The troubles of elderly people living in retirement homes have
:14:33. > :14:34.The troubles of elderly people much in the news recently. We've
:14:34. > :14:37.covered the Bristol pensioners trapped in their flats when the
:14:37. > :14:39.covered the Bristol pensioners broke down, and when companies go
:14:39. > :14:42.bust altogether the problems are even bigger. But today we've a story
:14:42. > :14:44.from Gloucestershire about a group of retired people who've fought
:14:44. > :14:46.back, clubbing together, buying of retired people who've fought
:14:46. > :14:56.their retirement village and running correspondent Dave Harvey has more.
:14:56. > :15:04.It was a revolution plotted over the roses. At last, maybe now we have a
:15:04. > :15:08.chance of actually taking over ourselves. Betty and Peter may be
:15:08. > :15:11.the ringleaders, but they have a formidable army of foot soldiers.
:15:11. > :15:12.Like many, these people bought into a peaceful retirement in a village
:15:12. > :15:17.where everything was taken care a peaceful retirement in a village
:15:17. > :15:19.And, like many, they soon found a peaceful retirement in a village
:15:19. > :15:29.things were not taken care of and then the company that owned the
:15:29. > :15:41.maintenance. Things needed repaired, they didn't do it. The inside of the
:15:41. > :15:48.not the roads, the gardens or the freehold — and faced losing the
:15:48. > :15:50.not the roads, the gardens or the We looked at the situation and
:15:50. > :15:54.decided the only way to make sure our futures were secure is to take
:15:54. > :16:00.control of our own lives. Because your house is essential to your
:16:00. > :16:04.control of our own lives. Because themselves they needed to raise
:16:04. > :16:08.control of our own lives. Because We have come together as a group,
:16:08. > :16:14.determined that we loved our village and it was going to be ours. When
:16:14. > :16:17.you're talking about families, you have got professional solicitors,
:16:17. > :16:25.accountants, architects, in whole range of skills became available to
:16:25. > :16:28.How can the residents be confident that they won't suffer the same
:16:28. > :16:30.How can the residents be confident as the company who used to own it
:16:31. > :16:42.and went into ministration? Simply, This is not charity, this is about a
:16:43. > :16:47.seek to maximise the profit they can take out of the residents, then
:16:47. > :16:49.seek to maximise the profit they can decisions being taken with the
:16:49. > :16:54.residents and the community at the Of course — the real work begins
:16:54. > :16:57.now, as the residents take charge of their own village. And across the
:16:57. > :17:08.country, many others are watching to see if what they're calling "silver
:17:08. > :17:14.power" might work for them too. Don't mess with them. Silver power
:17:14. > :17:20.A man from North Somerset has just hours to go to hear if he's raised
:17:21. > :17:24.Made on a 3D printer, inventor Joel Gibbard from Backwell hopes his
:17:24. > :17:31.Made on a 3D printer, inventor Joel will be available on line for anyone
:17:31. > :17:37.has until Thursday morning to raise From humble beginnings great ideas
:17:37. > :17:41.can grow. For Joel Gibbard, moving back to his childhood bedroom for a
:17:41. > :17:52.few months to save money is a small price to pay for his big idea —
:17:52. > :17:55.few months to save money is a small This is a dextrous robotic prostatic
:17:55. > :18:01.hand. It is a low—cost hand made out of 3—D printed plastic. I can close
:18:01. > :18:08.the fingers, and as one becomes Of course, the robotic element of
:18:08. > :18:14.the project is nothing new — but the prohibitive for most amputees. The
:18:14. > :18:36.Using the latest 3D printers, Joel We can make prostheses strong enough
:18:36. > :18:42.quickly, and you can make these And look at this — the latest idea
:18:42. > :18:50.hot off the printer. A robotic hand for a child. Behind every great
:18:50. > :18:56.robot assistant who lives at home, is a childhood. And look, I think
:18:56. > :18:58.there may have been some early inspiration going on here. On the
:18:58. > :19:06.It's not really about the money inspiration going on here. On the
:19:06. > :19:07.me. What I am trying to do is raise enough money through crowdfunding to
:19:07. > :19:12.complete the project. It should enough money through crowdfunding to
:19:13. > :19:16.a year, and by that point everything will be open source, everything
:19:16. > :19:18.a year, and by that point everything be online, and people will be able
:19:18. > :19:23.to make these devices themselves, make them and sell them if they
:19:23. > :19:30.to make these devices themselves, want to do is make the devices more
:19:30. > :19:48.With almost £32,000 raised so far, it is tantalisingly close. Will
:19:48. > :19:56.With almost £32,000 raised so far, to establish whether exercise can
:19:56. > :19:59.help agents come more mobile. Our health correspondent Matthew Hill
:19:59. > :20:04.has been speaking to one patient affected by the devastating disease.
:20:04. > :20:18.Having to cope with pain can make depressed at times. I found it
:20:18. > :20:32.Holly Simon attended the exercise classes last year at Trowbridge
:20:32. > :20:34.The strange thing is, when I am really in pain, I get on the bike,
:20:34. > :20:41.and the pain goes. I sit on the really in pain, I get on the bike,
:20:41. > :20:46.and do various things, and it goes. I'm jumping up and down on the
:20:46. > :20:48.trampoline, just doing the exercises relieves the pain far quicker than
:20:48. > :20:59.patients recruited to take part relieves the pain far quicker than
:20:59. > :21:08.unique trial to find out if exercise can improve their condition. It
:21:08. > :21:10.unique trial to find out if exercise means that a small group of people
:21:10. > :21:17.with the condition can attend a six—week course at a local hospital
:21:17. > :21:21.We are not a significant improvement in the pain that people experience
:21:21. > :21:25.and the amount that they are able to do following the classes. Also
:21:25. > :21:32.people say it has built up their confidence to exercise independently
:21:32. > :21:40.Is that as powerful as medication? medication for arthritis, which
:21:40. > :21:41.Is that as powerful as medication? be successful. A lot of people
:21:41. > :21:50.experience side effects associated exercise is a safe and effective
:21:50. > :21:53.It will take three years for the final results of a trial to be
:21:53. > :22:09.available. It could mean their GPs patients like holly instead of
:22:09. > :22:14.Swindon Town and Bristol City are Johnstone's Paint Trophy. Swindon
:22:14. > :22:17.are at home to Plymouth Argyle who are in the division below them.
:22:17. > :22:20.Bristol City are also up against League Two opposition as they travel
:22:20. > :22:23.to Wycombe Wanderers The school visit was part of Your Paintings, an
:22:23. > :22:26.ongoing initiative to increase access to the UK's national art
:22:26. > :22:43.collection, which can be explored online: experts were on hand to
:22:43. > :22:55.collection, which can be explored through Sir Stanley Spencer's work.
:22:55. > :23:08.There is cabbages and a little girl pointing at a man, and he looked
:23:08. > :23:21.There's an old lady with a stick My favourite bit was the dog in
:23:21. > :23:26.There's an old lady with a stick friends has one, and I like to
:23:27. > :23:33.appreciate in this rarely seen painting. Village Gossip by Sir
:23:33. > :23:40.Stanley Spencer. Painted probably in 1940. Today it is on tour, and is
:23:40. > :23:48.generating a lot of... Gossip. There really is a lot to talk about.
:23:48. > :23:52.Children from our school where really lucky to see a wonderful
:23:52. > :23:57.masterpiece. They are also having a whole day working on the fabulous
:23:57. > :24:04.masterpiece. All the children have been doing lots of fun activities
:24:04. > :24:09.That sums it up perfectly, except that there was also this — year
:24:09. > :24:12.That sums it up perfectly, except re—enacting the composition. They
:24:12. > :24:13.used the costumes to make a college, and their imaginations to create
:24:13. > :24:20.I've done a picture of the lady and their imaginations to create
:24:20. > :24:29.the mountains, and she is saying" it's freezing. " I've done picture
:24:29. > :24:41.of Daphne on a roller—coaster, and she is saying, I wish I could go on
:24:42. > :24:53.This is part of the BBC's your The school visit was part of Your
:24:53. > :25:05.Paintings, an ongoing initiative to increase access to the UK's national
:25:05. > :25:16.explored online: she is certainly an Gemma Cooper has the forecast.
:25:16. > :25:21.This newly refurbished garden is fantastic. Twilight is falling and
:25:21. > :25:24.it is relatively mild, but if we have a look at the forecast we can
:25:24. > :25:28.see the chains that is coming in the next few days. It was only during
:25:28. > :25:32.the latter part of Tuesday that next few days. It was only during
:25:32. > :25:39.cloud broke, and a lot of the cloud was thick. Temperatures did well, we
:25:39. > :25:45.reached 17 in many parts of the West. This is relieved last day
:25:45. > :25:45.reached 17 in many parts of the the mild weather. Change is afoot
:25:45. > :25:53.starting tomorrow. For the next the mild weather. Change is afoot
:25:53. > :25:57.days, the mild air is pushed out of northerly air. It is not just the
:25:57. > :26:01.direction of the other changes, northerly air. It is not just the
:26:01. > :26:07.intensity of the winds pick up will stop there is a biting wind through
:26:07. > :26:13.Wednesday and Thursday. As Clyde begins to build once more we might
:26:13. > :26:19.see patchy overnight drizzle. We are looking at overnight lows remaining
:26:19. > :26:24.in double figures. Tomorrow dawns mild, still some patchy light rain
:26:24. > :26:28.around. That will be some holes around, it will be potluck as to
:26:28. > :26:32.whether you see the sunshine. We begin to feel the changes as we
:26:32. > :26:36.whether you see the sunshine. We through from tomorrow afternoon
:26:36. > :26:38.whether you see the sunshine. We the evening. We maintain some mild
:26:38. > :26:42.air as we push through to Wednesday night. We will see skies clearing as
:26:42. > :26:46.the north—westerly pushes the cloud as the evening. Clear skies combined
:26:46. > :26:55.with cold air, it could be a very cold night. That sets the tone for
:26:55. > :26:59.high—pressure moves northward even further towards Iceland we get
:26:59. > :27:01.biting north—westerly winds for further towards Iceland we get
:27:01. > :27:07.whole of Thursday. Northerly for Friday. But the winds push the cloud
:27:07. > :27:14.looking at some very good spells of that averages on paper are what
:27:14. > :27:15.looking at some very good spells of want for this time of year, but
:27:15. > :27:18.looking at some very good spells of wind chill will make it feel colder
:27:18. > :27:22.than it should. We haven't spoiled with our values of late. It has
:27:22. > :27:24.than it should. We haven't spoiled like summer. By the end of the week
:27:24. > :27:32.will a cotton but at least blue I can't believe it. How dark it
:27:32. > :27:34.will a cotton but at least blue DIY SOS returns to our screens this
:27:34. > :27:41.evening — made just across the car on BBC One. While you're watching