:00:12. > :00:15.Good evening and welcome to BBC Points West. Our headlines tonight:
:00:16. > :00:19.Another step to Somerset's nuclear reality.
:00:20. > :00:24.The Government strikes a deal to build Britain's first new plant
:00:25. > :00:36.since 1995. It'll be the UK's biggest construction project worth
:00:37. > :00:40.?16 billion. On the ground, while many have been talking about the
:00:41. > :00:43.boost to the economy, others have spoken about the misery this 10`year
:00:44. > :00:45.construction projects will bring to local communities.
:00:46. > :00:47.In other news tonight ` why these former soldiers are training with
:00:48. > :01:06.Bath Rugby. And find out why this is music to a
:01:07. > :01:09.lovestruck deer. Good evening.
:01:10. > :01:12.The government says it'll keep the lights on into the future ` but the
:01:13. > :01:16.construction of Hinkley C will also have a profound effect on the
:01:17. > :01:19.Somerset coastline. The project ` bigger than building the Olympic
:01:20. > :01:22.park ` will bring an estimated 25,000 jobs to the West. But it ll
:01:23. > :01:26.also bring disruption and some say a poor deal for consumers.
:01:27. > :01:33.Tonight we explore what it means for the West and our fuel bills, and how
:01:34. > :01:36.safe new nuclear is. But first we cross live to Clinton Rogers who's
:01:37. > :01:48.been at Hinkley Point since the announcement was made. I must say it
:01:49. > :01:52.is a fairly measurable night. It is in contrast to the positive mood
:01:53. > :01:56.that has been here all day. I have lost count of the number of times I
:01:57. > :02:00.have stood on this spot talking about the ups and downs of the
:02:01. > :02:04.Hinkley C project. Six months ago when they said they would not put
:02:05. > :02:11.their money on it but today, a definite shift in mood. It is still
:02:12. > :02:13.not a done deal, but I venture to suggest that Hinkley C is more
:02:14. > :02:15.certain to make than it ever has been.
:02:16. > :02:23.Nationally they were talking about a new nuclear dawn. But when the Prime
:02:24. > :02:27.Minister walked into the reactor hall at Hinkley B today and met the
:02:28. > :02:30.existing workforce, he was keen to talk local, to big up the boost to
:02:31. > :02:40.Somerset's economy. 25,000 new jobs, he said.
:02:41. > :02:45.Hand on heart, how many of those to you think will go to local people?
:02:46. > :02:51.From what I have seen this morning, a lot of those jobs. These companies
:02:52. > :02:54.are investing in local training and colleges to make sure the young
:02:55. > :02:57.Google of Somerset can do apprenticeships here and learn
:02:58. > :03:01.skills in engineering and construction, valuable jobs.
:03:02. > :03:04.200 people lost their jobs when EDF stopped work on Hinkley C six months
:03:05. > :03:12.ago ` amid seemingly endless wrangling over the price to be paid
:03:13. > :03:20.for new nuclear electricity. But at last a deal has been done. And now
:03:21. > :03:29.the on`off project seems on. And this company in Bridgwater will
:03:30. > :03:31.certainly be relieved. Elecisis Make electrical switching equipment and
:03:32. > :03:39.they hope that contracts could be worth millions. We are looking to
:03:40. > :03:44.double the size of our business We are looking to goal regardless #
:03:45. > :03:47.draw regardless. But against the benefits must be
:03:48. > :03:55.weighed the disruption the biggest build project in a generation will
:03:56. > :03:58.cause locally. Combwich a few miles from Hinkley will see a new wharf
:03:59. > :04:01.built to accommodate ships which will bring in building materials.
:04:02. > :04:06.These materials will then be stored and a depot the size of 20 football
:04:07. > :04:09.pitch is just behind those houses. It was bound to happen, it is a
:04:10. > :04:25.major project that will have benefits nationally. And in nearby
:04:26. > :04:27.Cannington ` on the main road to Hinkley they are bracing themselves
:04:28. > :04:31.for traffic chaos. They have been promised a bypass but the trouble is
:04:32. > :04:34.that will not be billed for and other year and in that process the
:04:35. > :04:40.traffic here will increase substantially, up to 700 extra lorry
:04:41. > :04:45.movements. The Prime Minister tells everyone today it is short`term pain
:04:46. > :04:50.for long`term gain. If everything goes to plan, when the sun sets on
:04:51. > :04:58.this reactor in 2023, the new ones should be up and running. There will
:04:59. > :05:03.always be those who are not convinced about the nuclear argument
:05:04. > :05:05.and the concerns revolve around the question of nuclear waste,
:05:06. > :05:17.specifically what to do with it Laura Jones reports.
:05:18. > :05:22.1965 and frankly A goes online. Nuclear technology was new and
:05:23. > :05:27.exciting and promised a cheap `` cheap, clean and plentiful supply of
:05:28. > :05:32.energy. But as the decades went on, high`profile accidents I care in
:05:33. > :05:36.Chernobyl and ongoing question of nuclear waste raised questions about
:05:37. > :05:40.its future. Each year our nuclear power stations produce large
:05:41. > :05:43.quantities of nuclear waste. Most of this is low`level waste but some of
:05:44. > :05:49.it as intermediate and high`level waste, the kind that will be
:05:50. > :05:53.dangerous in terms of radioactivity for tens of thousands of years.
:05:54. > :05:56.There's already enough of it in the UK to full ten Olympic sized
:05:57. > :06:01.swimming pools but at the moment there is no long`term plan and what
:06:02. > :06:06.to do it all. Waste produced that Hinkley C will be stored on site for
:06:07. > :06:10.at least the life of the plant. This was being protested about today in
:06:11. > :06:15.Bridgwater. After that it will need to be stored safely elsewhere.
:06:16. > :06:19.Potentially for hundreds of thousands of years and at present
:06:20. > :06:24.there is nowhere to do that. The problem with nuclear power is that
:06:25. > :06:26.it creates a waste product that must be kept isolated from the
:06:27. > :06:34.environment for up to 500 million years. We do not know how we will do
:06:35. > :06:38.that yet. All we know is that there is a lot of money being poured into
:06:39. > :06:43.this project. And Somerset we have an additional problem because of the
:06:44. > :06:49.design of the reactor which means we cannot move the waste from the site
:06:50. > :06:54.for over 100 years. Great grandchildren in this area will
:06:55. > :06:58.still be living with this problem. Some countries have already decided
:06:59. > :07:03.that's too high a price to pay. Following decades of protest,
:07:04. > :07:06.Germany has said no to nuclear. The last plant will shut in nine years
:07:07. > :07:09.time ` which means there will need to be massive investment in
:07:10. > :07:13.alternatives. But many there believe this is the only answer ` because
:07:14. > :07:22.the legacy of nuclear is just not worth it. Reaction has been coming
:07:23. > :07:25.and all afternoon. John Osman, leader of Somerset County Council
:07:26. > :07:30.has described it as a great opportunity. The leader of the local
:07:31. > :07:34.cancer, Tim Taylor, he said he is looking forward to working with EDF
:07:35. > :07:40.once they get this project up and running it `` again. The stop
:07:41. > :07:44.Hinkley group have described this as a reckless deal. The Green Party say
:07:45. > :07:49.it will lead to higher energy bills and the local MP has said it is a
:07:50. > :07:55.good deal for Somerset but also for Britain as well. The talking is well
:07:56. > :08:03.underway, all we need now is the work.
:08:04. > :08:06.For most of us, Hinkley's new reactor will just be another source
:08:07. > :08:14.of power for our kettles, fridges and TVs. As we've heard, today's
:08:15. > :08:17.deal guarantees a price for the French energy company running
:08:18. > :08:21.Hinkley that is TWICE the current rate. So what does that mean for our
:08:22. > :08:27.bills? Dave Harvey's been doing the maths ` Dave, is it a good deal It
:08:28. > :08:31.depends how much you like taking your chances to be honest Alex,
:08:32. > :08:36.playing the ups and downs of the free market. If you have a mortgage
:08:37. > :08:41.` do you like those variable deals that go up and down like a yo yo
:08:42. > :08:45.when interest rates change ` or have you gone for a fixed rate ` you can
:08:46. > :08:50.fix your energy bills too these days ` and you normally pay a bit more
:08:51. > :08:53.for the security. This is what the wholesale energy market looks like `
:08:54. > :08:58.these are the prices paid not by us, but by energy companies. It's pretty
:08:59. > :09:14.volatile, and getting a lot more so as more countries get hungrier for
:09:15. > :09:17.energy. And here's what the government have offered EDF and
:09:18. > :09:25.their Chinese backers ` ?89.50 guaranteed ` for 35 years. So what
:09:26. > :09:28.happens next? Well, if the free market stays down here ` electricity
:09:29. > :09:32.customers will pay over the odds for the power that comes from Hinkley C.
:09:33. > :09:44.And today's deal looks ` well, not brilliant. But if the energy market
:09:45. > :09:47.continues to climb, and goes above that ?90 mark ` Hinkley C's
:09:48. > :09:51.electricity will remain fixed, set at ?90 ` and today's ministers will
:09:52. > :09:54.say ` you're glad we fixed your prices now, aren't you? Of course,
:09:55. > :09:57.if all this happens it means all the energy we use has gone up twice the
:09:58. > :10:00.price we pay today, not just the 7% that comes from Hinkley, and if
:10:01. > :10:03.ministers think today is a good deal, obviously that is what they
:10:04. > :10:10.are being told. Either way, however, our bills are going up. Earlier I
:10:11. > :10:14.spoke to the Energy Minister Michael Fallon and asked him if fixing the
:10:15. > :10:18.energy price at double the current rate was a good deal for the
:10:19. > :10:27.country. It is a very good price, do not forget and return EDF are
:10:28. > :10:31.building as a ?16 billion nuclear power station, which otherwise we
:10:32. > :10:34.would have had to have found that 16 billion and taken away from schools
:10:35. > :10:38.and other public services. Consumers may be worried about what this means
:10:39. > :10:42.for them. At the moment they have just seen three of the big six
:10:43. > :10:47.energy, he's putting up their prices. We are presumably looking at
:10:48. > :10:50.the government giving us an impression that in 10`year's time
:10:51. > :10:55.the going rate will be what you have signed up to with Hinkley C. Yes,
:10:56. > :11:00.but it would be larger if we did nothing. We would have to pay more
:11:01. > :11:03.for our commitment to carbon and renewables and they would have to
:11:04. > :11:08.pay more for wind farms if we did not have nuclear and we would be
:11:09. > :11:13.more dependent on the wholesale gas price which would also increase we
:11:14. > :11:17.believe. It locks EDF and at eight fixed price that is cheaper that we
:11:18. > :11:23.are paying at the moment for onshore wind turbines. For the people of
:11:24. > :11:28.Somerset and the UK, in terms of the waste, what is the government's plan
:11:29. > :11:33.for that? We are consulting in terms of how waste should be properly
:11:34. > :11:36.handled in future. We have put out a consultation document and we are
:11:37. > :11:40.waiting for local authorities who have expressed an interest in this
:11:41. > :11:44.before, for example, Cumbria, to respond to the opportunity that is
:11:45. > :11:53.now the but we have also ensured that EDF, who are operating this
:11:54. > :11:56.plant and Hinkley, they must start setting aside some of the money each
:11:57. > :11:58.year to cope with the costs of decommissioning and also to cope
:11:59. > :12:02.with the costs of handling the waste. They will start to do that
:12:03. > :12:04.from day one of the operation of the new plant.
:12:05. > :12:08.Hinkley B was built by British engineers. Obviously Hinkley C has
:12:09. > :12:16.been designed by the French and paid for why the Chinese, you believe
:12:17. > :12:24.that as sad? We have several British companies, but `` and they will be
:12:25. > :12:28.involved in these contracts. Rolls`Royce, for example, they will
:12:29. > :12:32.play a part in these projects and I hope we will have one big British
:12:33. > :12:36.company that can take it on. But we are doing something unique that has
:12:37. > :12:43.never been done before in Britain or anywhere else in the world. We are
:12:44. > :12:45.getting someone else to pay for the construction of a nuclear power
:12:46. > :12:48.station and to take all of the construction risk, it is only
:12:49. > :12:53.reasonable if they do that that the Genk shell out ?16 billion and that
:12:54. > :12:56.they should have some reasonable security that when they do plug it
:12:57. > :13:21.into the system we will get some playback as well.
:13:22. > :13:26.But there's still plenty more news for you on Points West tonight. Yes
:13:27. > :13:28.stay with us ` we'll find out why police are cracking down on
:13:29. > :13:32.irresponsible horse owners and why these deer lovers are calling out to
:13:33. > :13:36.the stags on Exmoor... The government may be taken to court
:13:37. > :13:38.if its controversial badger cull resumes in Gloucestershire. A
:13:39. > :13:41.decision's expected tomorrow over whether to permit a further eight
:13:42. > :13:44.weeks of shooting. It's part of efforts to tackle the disease,
:13:45. > :13:48.bovine TB. But too few badgers were killed in the first six weeks of
:13:49. > :13:50.culling. Campaigners, who say the government is breaching its own
:13:51. > :13:52.policy, have launched a legal challenge.
:13:53. > :13:55.The Great Western hospital in Swindon says outpatients not turning
:13:56. > :13:58.up for appointments are costing the NHS ?4 million a year. Managers have
:13:59. > :14:00.revealed that 40,000 outpatients missed appointments last year. The
:14:01. > :14:03.hospital's introducing a reminder service via text messaging, which
:14:04. > :14:24.has already helped cut missed appointments by more than a third.
:14:25. > :14:29.The charity Horseworld says the number of people dumping horses on
:14:30. > :14:32.land they don't own is up by 21 . It's a practice called fly grazing.
:14:33. > :14:36.Last week two travellers were given the first ASBOs in England, banning
:14:37. > :14:39.them from keeping horses on land without prior permission. The BBC's
:14:40. > :14:41.Inside Out West programme has been investigating.
:14:42. > :14:44.It's late at night and the owner of this field near Frome in Somerset
:14:45. > :14:48.has paid a bailiff to remove some horses from his land. It's expensive
:14:49. > :14:51.but it's a lot simpler than doing it yourself.
:14:52. > :14:54.You can't just take them away. The process can cost thousands and if
:14:55. > :14:57.you're not careful you could end up being prosecuted.
:14:58. > :15:00.And that's led to an increase in the number of horses being fly grazed.
:15:01. > :15:03.It's estimated there are 4,000 nationwide. More and more of them
:15:04. > :15:08.are ending up at Horseworld just outside Bristol. The charity has 48
:15:09. > :15:14.on its books ` that's nearly half of all its animals ` a 21% increase on
:15:15. > :15:17.last year. It's about profits, it's like any
:15:18. > :15:20.industry, if you're spending money on fodder and renting ground on
:15:21. > :15:26.which to put animals then that's biting into your profits.
:15:27. > :15:29.One of the animals they rescued was left for dead on Severn Beach.
:15:30. > :15:34.Inside Out West understands it belonged to Eddie Mullane.
:15:35. > :15:38.This is Eddie and his brother Connie caught on CCTV in April cutting a
:15:39. > :15:44.fence to get another horse onto the beach area. The footage was used
:15:45. > :15:53.last week in a ground`breaking case brought by Avon and Somerset Police
:15:54. > :15:57.and South Gloucestershire Council. We caught up with Eddie after the
:15:58. > :16:03.hearing. Mr Mullane, Alastair McKee from the
:16:04. > :16:12.BBC. Why do you fly graze your animals on other people's land? Go
:16:13. > :16:31.BLEEP yourself. This finally caught up with Lehman Brothers. `` Eddie
:16:32. > :16:34.Mullane and Connie Mullane. There's a been a meeting of very
:16:35. > :16:37.different minds and bodies at Bath Rugby. Members of the Help for
:16:38. > :16:40.Heroes sporting programme from Tedworth House in Wiltshire have
:16:41. > :16:43.been learning how other elite athletes perform at the highest
:16:44. > :16:46.level. It's been an education for the rugby players too, as Damian
:16:47. > :16:49.Derrick's been finding out From front line to touchline ` it's been
:16:50. > :16:51.quite a journey for some of these athletes.
:16:52. > :16:55.Not least Staff Sergeant Micky Yule who had his legs blown off while
:16:56. > :17:00.serving in Afghanistan three years ago. I never went unconscious when I
:17:01. > :17:06.got injured. When I woke up I knew my legs were gone. I just thought
:17:07. > :17:09.how was I going to get on with it? He and his team`mates have come to
:17:10. > :17:12.Bath Rugby to inspire and be inspired. They're benefiting from a
:17:13. > :17:15.partnership between Help for Heroes and the British Paralympic
:17:16. > :17:17.Association. It fast`tracks wounded and injured servicemen and women
:17:18. > :17:28.towards representing their country in Paralympic sport. It gave me
:17:29. > :17:33.something to focus on. More than just trying to think about walking
:17:34. > :17:37.and learning to walk and having surgeries, I would look at my
:17:38. > :17:41.training as being the priority. I was trying to get surgery out of the
:17:42. > :17:44.way and get these new perspectives out of the way and get back into
:17:45. > :17:49.training. You need something else to think about. Which for Micky?has
:17:50. > :17:59.been powerlifting. The inspiring side of it is that it is an
:18:00. > :18:05.eye`opener when you meet these guys. It stays with you and you
:18:06. > :18:08.think about things whenever you feel like complaining.
:18:09. > :18:12.And the team from Tedworth House are making an even bigger impression on
:18:13. > :18:17.those that work with them day in day out. When you have seen someone
:18:18. > :18:23.through all of that pathway and that they can now achieve their goals,
:18:24. > :18:27.there is nothing more inspirational. If that is the effect it has on us,
:18:28. > :18:28.you can imagine how it makes them feel.
:18:29. > :18:32.Micky's goal is competing at the Paralympics in Rio. And given what
:18:33. > :18:46.he's already achieved expect to see him on a slightly bigger screen in
:18:47. > :18:49.2016. Forest Green Rovers are looking for
:18:50. > :18:53.a new manager. Dave Hockaday has left the club today after a seventh
:18:54. > :18:57.defeat in eight matches at the weekend. He'd been in charge at the
:18:58. > :19:01.New Lawn for the last four years. Many of us at some point in our
:19:02. > :19:05.lives may have had a huge clear out and given some of our unwanted bits
:19:06. > :19:08.and bobs to the local charity shop. But over the weekend, Weldmar
:19:09. > :19:11.Hospicecare Trust has been given a pretty special donation, as Fiona
:19:12. > :19:14.Lamdin reports. There's something pretty special
:19:15. > :19:18.inside here today, and it's got nothing to do with these, or these,
:19:19. > :19:32.but if you look over here, an extraordinary donation from Peter
:19:33. > :19:36.Wilson, the Olympic gold medallist. He has won gold for Great Britain!
:19:37. > :19:39.The very same trousers and shooting jacket Peter wore when firing the
:19:40. > :19:48.winning shot in the Olympic summer of 2012.
:19:49. > :19:59.It's first time I've heard of such a unique opportunity to support a
:20:00. > :20:06.local charity, once in a life time. And, of course, the London Olympics
:20:07. > :20:08.are a once`in`a`lifetime experience for all of us, especially Peter
:20:09. > :20:14.whose feet have hardly touched the ground since and he has been jetting
:20:15. > :20:17.around all over the world. And within it's opening hour, bidding
:20:18. > :20:21.was already underway, And so for the next five weeks, while the offers
:20:22. > :20:26.roll in, it will be this, not entirely accurate replica of Peter,
:20:27. > :20:38.wearing his kit. Fiona Lamdin, BBC Points West, in
:20:39. > :20:42.Sherborne. Now, the village of Dulverton on the
:20:43. > :20:46.edge of Exmoor was home to a world championship at the weekend. Bolving
:20:47. > :20:49.` yes, bolving ` is the art of imitating a stag during the mating
:20:50. > :21:05.season. This is what it should sound like: The idea is to trick the stag
:21:06. > :21:07.into answering your call, and this year, almost 50 competitors took
:21:08. > :21:11.part. Andrew Plant was there. Good evening and welcome to the 10th
:21:12. > :21:18.annual world bolving competition here on Exmoor. You are going to be
:21:19. > :21:22.judged on how well you imitate a stag.
:21:23. > :21:24.The start of this annual competition and a demonstration and the art of
:21:25. > :21:40.exactly how bolving should be done. Somewhere between Tarzan and the X
:21:41. > :21:45.and the role of pain, and imitation of the Exmoor stags and this, their
:21:46. > :21:52.mating season. Competitors need to call enough and loud enough to carry
:21:53. > :21:58.across the countryside and persuade a real stag to and back. It is the
:21:59. > :22:05.October rot, the mating season of the red Deer stags. They do this
:22:06. > :22:11.unique call and it sends out a challenge. It says that I am a big
:22:12. > :22:16.ruthless stag and high and testosterone. The bizarre world of
:22:17. > :22:21.the bolving has become increasingly popular and crowds come from miles
:22:22. > :22:30.around to test out their own calls and pick up some tips. Jane Coleman
:22:31. > :22:36.trained hard for her very first bolving championship. And as
:22:37. > :22:47.darkness begins to fall, the bolving finally begins. Quiet, quiet!
:22:48. > :22:58.Between each call, everyone listens for the sound of a response from the
:22:59. > :23:08.countryside below. The bolving is clearly open to interpretation. With
:23:09. > :23:17.some surprising variation in each attempt. It is the most resounding
:23:18. > :23:31.that seemed to be the most successful. Each account is marked
:23:32. > :23:35.by torchlight by a panel of judges. Jane did not take the title this
:23:36. > :23:49.time, but she says she will be back to do it all again next year. Andrew
:23:50. > :23:53.Plant, BBC Points West on Exmoor. That was brilliant! That was how I
:23:54. > :24:10.attracted my wife! It will be very wet this week. Some
:24:11. > :24:15.of the rain will be very heavy and it will also be windy, but still
:24:16. > :24:25.mild for this time of year. One of our weather warnings was set up in
:24:26. > :24:36.Gloucestershire and it is said to be still very mild there.
:24:37. > :24:45.There were one to drier spells about this afternoon. But at the moment
:24:46. > :24:54.there are heavy rainfall is moving across Somerset. Overnight it will
:24:55. > :25:00.get very wet indeed. It is moving not words over the middle of the
:25:01. > :25:08.night. There will still be some around for the rush hour tomorrow
:25:09. > :25:14.morning. Heavy rainfall tomorrow evening also. The Met Office has
:25:15. > :25:19.some yellow warnings out for part of Wiltshire. They will disappear this
:25:20. > :25:23.evening. Those for Somerset and Dorset will continue through tonight
:25:24. > :25:27.and tomorrow. There are some concerns about the amounts of rain
:25:28. > :25:31.that will be around. There will be a risk of flooding. As we approach
:25:32. > :25:37.rush hour tomorrow morning there will still be some wet weather
:25:38. > :25:42.about. It is a mild and eight. Temperatures are around 15 or 1
:25:43. > :25:48.Celsius. Tomorrow's rush hour is windy and wet. There will be some
:25:49. > :25:58.drier weather and the West. Particularly for the South East of
:25:59. > :26:01.Wiltshire. The dry weather continues and the sofa for a little while
:26:02. > :26:13.longer before that rain moves across. So it will be a bit like
:26:14. > :26:28.wet, dried, wet, dry. Friday is looking particularly wet.
:26:29. > :26:32.We return to our main story tonight ` news that a deal's been struck
:26:33. > :26:35.which will see a new nuclear power station built at Hinkley Point. Our
:26:36. > :26:39.Somerset Correspondent Clinton Rogers has been on site all day and
:26:40. > :26:42.joins us again. Clint ` the Prime Minister's given his seal of
:26:43. > :26:45.approval, but does this mean the power station will definitely be
:26:46. > :26:47.built? This is not yet a done deal. There could still be a few legal
:26:48. > :26:50.challenges in the High Court and that will take place in December.
:26:51. > :26:56.There is also the issue as to whether the European Union will see
:26:57. > :27:00.to the's deal as a government subsidy and if that happens that
:27:01. > :27:04.could be a problem. The Chinese have also not signed on the line and once
:27:05. > :27:11.we have done that then you can see it as a done deal. Watch this space.
:27:12. > :27:21.Tomorrow I will be chatting to and want to get and his partner and
:27:22. > :27:22.Strictly Come Dancing. Join us at ten o'clock tonight with more on the
:27:23. > :27:29.Hinckley news. Goodbye.