:00:00. > :00:14.which is going to hit the Philippines on our website. That
:00:15. > :00:18.Good evening and welcome to BBC Points West. Our headlines tonight:
:00:19. > :00:22.The tragedy of a student's first night in Bristol. He's crushed to
:00:23. > :00:25.death in a waste lorry after falling asleep in a bin.
:00:26. > :00:29.In from the shadows ` Britain's top spies reveal what they do at GCHQ in
:00:30. > :00:33.Cheltenham. A degree of success! Prince Edward
:00:34. > :00:37.becomes the new Chancellor of the University of Bath.
:00:38. > :00:41.Cricketer and war artist ` Jack Russell makes an emotional journey
:00:42. > :00:51.to the trenches in memory of his great, great uncle.
:00:52. > :00:59.And we're just moments away from the official countdown to Christmas
:01:00. > :01:05.The family of a Canadian graduate who'd come to study in Bristol have
:01:06. > :01:10.heard their son was crushed to death in the back of a waste lorry after
:01:11. > :01:13.he fell asleep in a wheelie bin Garrett Elsey had drunk more than
:01:14. > :01:19.seven pints of beer and four shots on his first night out in the city.
:01:20. > :01:23.His body was found at a waste centre in Avonmouth less than 24 hours
:01:24. > :01:30.after he'd arrived in the UK. Scott Ellis reports. Garrett Elsey's
:01:31. > :01:33.mother and father flew in from Canada for today's inquest. They
:01:34. > :01:37.heard their 22`year`old son suffocated in the back of a waste
:01:38. > :01:43.truck ` his head and chest crushed by a compresser blade. On the 2 th
:01:44. > :01:47.of September last year, he was out celebrating his first night out in
:01:48. > :01:54.Bristol with an old friend. Medical student Gareth Lewis Jones. The two
:01:55. > :01:57.friends had drinks in a pub, then continued the night out at Embargo
:01:58. > :02:00.on the Clifton triangle. They lost each other after Garrett was asked
:02:01. > :02:03.to leave for being drunk. He staggered into a nearby alleyway,
:02:04. > :02:06.and eventually clambered into a communal waste container underneath
:02:07. > :02:10.a block of flats. Just after seven in the morning, the bin was emptied
:02:11. > :02:20.into a waste truck. His body was found at midday. He'd been wearing a
:02:21. > :02:24.tshirt, a hoody and shorts. Garrett Elsey had removed his shoes before
:02:25. > :02:27.getting into the waste container. A pathologist told the inquest there
:02:28. > :02:31.were signs he had hypothermia. One of the symptoms is removing
:02:32. > :02:40.clothing, followed by a desire to be in an enclosed space. That may
:02:41. > :02:43.account for why he climbed in to the bin. The refuse collectors working
:02:44. > :02:46.on the truck were deeply shocked. They told the inquest they now check
:02:47. > :02:49.communal bins more thoroughly before emptying them. The inquest concluded
:02:50. > :02:55.this was an accidental death. They want to ensure such tragedies are
:02:56. > :02:59.never repeated. So many factors seem to have conspired against Garrett
:03:00. > :03:02.Elsey. He was drunk and alone in an unfamiliar city. He would have
:03:03. > :03:05.struggled to find his new accommodation. He hadn't been here
:03:06. > :03:09.long enough to get a mobile phone, so his friend couldn't check up on
:03:10. > :03:13.him. His lack of clothes might have been down to the fact that his bags
:03:14. > :03:19.hadn't turned up at the airport when he did 24 hours earlier. And as for
:03:20. > :03:28.the bin collections, they are only one night a week. So on any other
:03:29. > :03:31.day, he may have survived. A 15`year`old girl who's been
:03:32. > :03:35.missing from her home in South Gloucestershire has been found safe
:03:36. > :03:39.and well. Caitlin Andrew from the village of Pilning went missing on
:03:40. > :03:43.Saturday. Avon and Somerset police have thanked the public for their
:03:44. > :03:46.help in finding her. Staff at the Great Western Hospital
:03:47. > :03:50.in Swindon are being offered payments to encourage them to work
:03:51. > :03:53.extra shifts over the winter. The hospital says it's preparing for a
:03:54. > :03:58.busy winter period and wants to reward existing staff rather than
:03:59. > :04:04.use agency staff. Payments of between ?25 and ?65 will be made for
:04:05. > :04:08.working additional shifts. The University of Bath secured a
:04:09. > :04:11.coup today ` installing a member of the royal family as its Chancellor.
:04:12. > :04:16.It joins an elite group of universities to get the royal seal
:04:17. > :04:19.of approval. One of Prince Edward's first duties was to award an
:04:20. > :04:25.honorary degree to Ellie Simmonds, the teenage Paralympic swimmer.
:04:26. > :04:29.Alice Bouverie watched the ceremony. Gown came to town with splendid
:04:30. > :04:34.pageantry today. Bath Abbey providing the perfect backdrop for
:04:35. > :04:41.the ceremony and the finery. The vice`chancellor of the University
:04:42. > :04:53.summed it up. Today marks a truly momentous occasion. It is a huge
:04:54. > :04:58.privilege. Being a university Chancellor is a purely ceremonial
:04:59. > :05:05.role. But clearly a slightly nerve`wracking one for Prince Edward
:05:06. > :05:12.too. It doesn't seem that long ago that I regarded people who were in
:05:13. > :05:24.this position as rather seen your and distinguished. The problem is, I
:05:25. > :05:28.do not regard myself as I got. `` either. As well as being awarded an
:05:29. > :05:32.honorary degree himself, Prince Edward also conferred degrees on two
:05:33. > :05:38.others. The former bishop of Bath and Wells Peter Price, and the
:05:39. > :05:42.Paralympic swimmer Ellie Simmonds. It is the first ever honorary degree
:05:43. > :05:46.I have got. I am very honoured. I am really happy. The Prince was,
:05:47. > :05:50.apparently, the University's first choice for the job. And he's by no
:05:51. > :05:54.means the first royal to take up the role. He can go to his aunt for
:05:55. > :05:59.advice. The Princess Royal is Chancellor of several universities,
:06:00. > :06:02.including London and Edinburgh. Or he can look to the example of
:06:03. > :06:06.Winston Churchill, who became the Chancellor of Bristol University in
:06:07. > :06:14.1953. Such a popular choice, he was carried shoulder high from the
:06:15. > :06:21.ceremony by the students. I think he will bring influence that is
:06:22. > :06:26.international. He also has a really good week with young people.
:06:27. > :06:29.Students will value that. Over the past few years, the University's
:06:30. > :06:33.been enjoying a meteoric rise in its status. Recently voted the best
:06:34. > :06:36.campus university in Britain, it also enjoys the highest student
:06:37. > :06:46.satisfaction rating. Securing Prince Edward as their new Chancellor is
:06:47. > :06:49.the royal icing on top. History was made in the Houses of
:06:50. > :06:52.Parliament today when the heads of MI5, MI6 and Cheltenham's GCHQ
:06:53. > :06:57.appeared together in public for the first time. The three men were
:06:58. > :07:01.quizzed about the work they do, unthinkable even just a few years
:07:02. > :07:05.ago. Our Gloucestershire reporter, Steve Knibbs has been looking back
:07:06. > :07:12.on how the once very secret world of GCHQ is now very much out of the
:07:13. > :07:15.shadows. The origins of GCHQ date back to the First World War, when
:07:16. > :07:19.listening posts were set up to intercept and decript German
:07:20. > :07:22.messages. The success of what is known as signals intelligence led to
:07:23. > :07:26.the setting up of the government's code and cypher school. During the
:07:27. > :07:32.Second World War, in secret at Bletchley Park, they broke the
:07:33. > :07:37.enigma code. After the war, it changed its name. For those who
:07:38. > :07:41.needed to know, GCHQ. The Government Communications Headquarters. It
:07:42. > :07:44.moved to Cheltenham. No one in the town knew what happened inside.
:07:45. > :07:50.Earlier this year, I met Sir Arthur Bonsall. He was recruited into
:07:51. > :07:53.Bletchley Park, and became director of GCHQ in 1973 ` when his
:07:54. > :07:59.organisation still didn't official exist... The government did what it
:08:00. > :08:04.could to avoid any reference to it. If they were asked a question, no
:08:05. > :08:09.answer was given. We didn't exist. His successor oversaw GCHQ coming
:08:10. > :08:13.out of the shadows. It was now public. It gave nothing away.
:08:14. > :08:17.Despite wanting to keep a low profile, GCHQ faced an uncomfortable
:08:18. > :08:23.time when it emerged that one of its staff had been selling its secrets
:08:24. > :08:28.to the KGB. It was in 1984 that the organisation hit the headlines
:08:29. > :08:31.again. Mrs Thatcher banned trade unions and paid ?1000 to staff who
:08:32. > :08:37.gave up their union rights. Very sad. I feel like a traitor. I have
:08:38. > :08:44.been loyal, I love Queen and country, and that is it. It prompted
:08:45. > :08:50.huge protests and industrial action. The ban was overturned in 1997. Ten
:08:51. > :08:53.years ago, a translator at GCHQ leaked details of an alleged plot to
:08:54. > :09:00.bug UN delegates before the Iraq war. Revelations that have been
:09:01. > :09:05.surpassed this year, by the leaks of Edward Snowden. It's all an
:09:06. > :09:12.interesting time for the man at the top, to come blinking into the
:09:13. > :09:18.daylight. And Steve joins us from outside GCHQ now. Steve, lots being
:09:19. > :09:24.made of the significance of today ` but what real difference will it
:09:25. > :09:28.make for the staff in Cheltenham? A significant day as the director Sir
:09:29. > :09:32.Iain Lobban, was seen and quizzed in public for the first time. I think
:09:33. > :09:39.staff will feel their boss has stood up for them after months of damaging
:09:40. > :09:43.revelations. He was quizzed about the threats that GCHQ tackle ` a lot
:09:44. > :09:46.of talk about cyber attacks ` which inevitably led on to controversy
:09:47. > :09:53.surrounding Edward Snowden's leaks. In particular, GCHQ's ability to tap
:09:54. > :09:56.into the internet. Sir Iain likened the work to focussing on small
:09:57. > :09:59.needles in big haystacks and that they didn't want to spy on
:10:00. > :10:04.everyone's personal emails and phonecalls. I feel I have to say
:10:05. > :10:07.this. I don't employ the type of people who would do. My people are
:10:08. > :10:10.motivated by saving lives. Saving lives on the battlefield. They're
:10:11. > :10:14.motivated by finding terrorists and finding serious criminals. By
:10:15. > :10:18.meeting that foreign intelligence mission as well. If they were asked
:10:19. > :10:28.to snoop, I wouldn't have the workforce. They'd leave the
:10:29. > :10:31.building. Sir Iain's admitted, because of the leaks to the press,
:10:32. > :10:35.that certan capabilities were weaker now than five months ago ` because
:10:36. > :10:37.his organisation had overheard some terrorists discussing the press
:10:38. > :10:40.coverage... I have actually seen chat around specific terrorist
:10:41. > :10:43.groups ` including closer to home ` discussing how to avoid what they
:10:44. > :10:49.now perceive to be vulnerable communication methods. Or how to
:10:50. > :10:55.select communications, which they now perceive not to be exploitable.
:10:56. > :10:59.I am not going to compound the damage by being specific in public.
:11:00. > :11:05.I'm happy to be very specific in private. I watched the hearing with
:11:06. > :11:09.Air Vice Marshall Tony Mason who lives here in Cheltenham. He's a
:11:10. > :11:14.former advisor to the commons defence committee. He said it was
:11:15. > :11:21.fascinating but wanted to know more reassurances about the way internet
:11:22. > :11:25.data is accessed. What are the overall implications? If the
:11:26. > :11:28.allegations are true, that the GCHQ and NSA have actually gained access
:11:29. > :11:42.to internet systems by allowing the communications companies a back door
:11:43. > :11:46.into their security systems... If that's correct, it's not just the
:11:47. > :11:56.good guys who can go in. Bad guys as well. So plenty to mull over and
:11:57. > :12:00.there will be more of these open hearings ` a lot of the more
:12:01. > :12:03.interesting discussions to be had in private. So perhaps we're just a
:12:04. > :12:22.little bit wiser tonight to how we're kept safe.
:12:23. > :12:25.Well this is David and Alex with Thursday's Points West. And from
:12:26. > :12:36.Thursday to the Saturdays... It s beginning to feel a lot like
:12:37. > :12:46.Christmas... Join me for the Christmas light switch on.
:12:47. > :12:49.Nearly two years after road improvements started on the M4 and
:12:50. > :12:56.M5 at Bristol, the Highways Agency is trialling it's ?90 million
:12:57. > :12:59.managed motorway scheme. Eventually, drivers will be using the hard
:13:00. > :13:10.shoulder between Cribbs Causeway and the M32 during peak times. Laura
:13:11. > :13:14.Lyon has been testing it out for us. Hitching a lift with the Highways
:13:15. > :13:21.Agency. For project manager Adrian Hull, it's the big switch on of his
:13:22. > :13:30.?88 million scheme. A sigh of relief as the lights flash on above traffic
:13:31. > :13:36.on the M4. The signals above each lane shortly speed limit. If this be
:13:37. > :13:45.the limit is not an, it is emergencies only. That is backed up
:13:46. > :13:53.by other messages. What is the point? It is to cut congestion. It
:13:54. > :14:02.is to ease the traffic through in one smooth flow. Increased safety as
:14:03. > :14:05.well. Along this section of Smart Motorway there are 99 sensors fitted
:14:06. > :14:08.across the different lanes. They monitor the amount of traffic that's
:14:09. > :14:11.passing over them, and the data is sent back to the Highway's Agency
:14:12. > :14:15.control centre. There, the team looks at the flowing traffic and a
:14:16. > :14:20.decision is made as to whether to open up the hard shoulder to
:14:21. > :14:23.drivers. Since a similar system started in the Midlands, the
:14:24. > :14:29.Highways Agency says the number of accidents on the M42 has halved and
:14:30. > :14:33.congestion has eased. It's hoped the next three weeks of trials on the M4
:14:34. > :14:36.and those that follow on the M5 will reduce queues for shoppers this
:14:37. > :14:41.Christmas before operating fully next year. While the technology
:14:42. > :14:57.can't guarantee the end of delays, it's hoped it will benefit drivers
:14:58. > :15:01.during busy periods. More than 00 retained firefighters have quit
:15:02. > :15:07.their jobs. Within three years of taking up the job. Figures show that
:15:08. > :15:13.around 30 retained firefighters left within a year. The Fire Service
:15:14. > :15:22.currently has dozens of vacancies across the country.
:15:23. > :15:26.Today has been the first Bristol Poppy Day. It was organised along
:15:27. > :15:29.the lines of London Poppy Day, which now raises over ?800,000. There have
:15:30. > :15:32.been events all round the city, including Bristol Temple Meads
:15:33. > :15:36.Station and at Cabot Circus. And also ahead of Remembrance Sunday, an
:15:37. > :15:39.image of Harry Patch ` the longest surviving British veteran of World
:15:40. > :15:43.War One ` has been transformed into a digital piece of artwork to mark
:15:44. > :15:47.100 years since the start of the conflict. The painting of the
:15:48. > :15:53.soldier from Wells in Somerset was completed by David Tucker, before
:15:54. > :15:56.being digitally animated. Original recordings of Harry's memories have
:15:57. > :16:07.been overlaid and put to a musical score by the band Radiohead.
:16:08. > :16:10.He's a Gloucestershire and England cricketing legend, but how many of
:16:11. > :16:14.you know about Jack Russell's career as an artist? Well, over the years
:16:15. > :16:17.he's become well known for his landscape works such as these, but
:16:18. > :16:20.now he's about to take on something even more ambitious. To mark the
:16:21. > :16:24.100th anniversary of the start of World War One, Jack will be going on
:16:25. > :16:28.a very emotional journey to retrace the final days of his great, great
:16:29. > :16:36.uncle who left his home in Stroud to fight for his country. Sabet
:16:37. > :16:42.Choudhury reports. Men were blown to pieces. In our regiment, some of
:16:43. > :16:48.their legs and arms had to be found in order to enable us to bury them
:16:49. > :16:53.whole. One bunch of 14 French soldiers and horses... We found them
:16:54. > :17:00.all dead. Others were scattered all over the place. It was, to put it
:17:01. > :17:03.simply, a brutal war. One that claimed the lives of millions of
:17:04. > :17:10.soldiers. Young men like Edward Hogg. He left the Slad Valley to
:17:11. > :17:18.fight in France. It was to be his final journey. I used to come down
:17:19. > :17:24.and play here when I was eight years old. I used to come down the lane
:17:25. > :17:34.over there. I came this way, down to the village. I lived over the back
:17:35. > :17:37.of the hill. It has always been a legend in our family that the two
:17:38. > :17:42.Hoggs on this memorial ` Edward and Harry ` were relatives of mine. I
:17:43. > :17:45.found out when I was older that they were two great, great uncles that
:17:46. > :17:49.went off and were killed in the First World War. I am looking
:17:50. > :17:52.forward to going on a journey that I have always wanted to take. I am
:17:53. > :17:56.going to follow in Edward's footsteps and find out exactly what
:17:57. > :17:59.happened to him. The regiment as well. How he was killed and where he
:18:00. > :18:04.was killed. His battalion was involved in action. They moved
:18:05. > :18:11.pretty sharply, following the Germans up to Belgium. Very little
:18:12. > :18:17.is known about Edward Hogg. So Jack has enlisted the help of this
:18:18. > :18:21.historian. He was a local labourer, who was in a large family, and lived
:18:22. > :18:25.just round the corner. I would say he was very much a country person.
:18:26. > :18:28.At some stage in his life, he decided to become a professional
:18:29. > :18:36.soldier. I would imagine because of unemployment in the area. This is a
:18:37. > :18:42.part of Slad. It's a little lane that runs down off the main road.
:18:43. > :18:54.Edward Hogg lived in this complex here. The cottage. He marched from
:18:55. > :19:02.here. He joined up with his unit and got to go to France, for the first
:19:03. > :19:13.part of the First World War. August 1914. This is the actual spot where
:19:14. > :19:17.he left his wife and daughter for the last time. Neither Edward nor
:19:18. > :19:20.his brother Harry ever returned home from war. In the village church
:19:21. > :19:25.there is a memorial to the fallen heroes. The more I look at it, it is
:19:26. > :19:30.becoming real. It is a journey I have never taken before in my life.
:19:31. > :19:36.It is interesting to see how it pans out. The emotional effects. I know
:19:37. > :19:41.it will inspire me to paint one of two pictures. That is generally what
:19:42. > :19:45.comes out of things for me when I start talking and getting emotional.
:19:46. > :19:50.Edward Hogg never saw his beloved Slad Valley again. But now, nearly
:19:51. > :20:01.100 years later, the story about what has happened to him will
:20:02. > :20:04.finally be told. And we'll have the story of Jack's visit to Ypres on
:20:05. > :20:09.Monday's programme, which is of course Armistice Day. And you can
:20:10. > :20:20.watch this evening's piece again on our Facebook page. We hope to put
:20:21. > :20:24.the paintings on bail. `` on the website. Join me on the Sunday
:20:25. > :20:27.Politics West this week when I'll be talking to Dr Andrew Murrison, the
:20:28. > :20:30.Wiltshire MP in charge of our national commemorations for the
:20:31. > :20:34.centenary of the Great War. That's on BBC One, at the slightly later
:20:35. > :20:42.time of 12:25, straight after the Remembrance Sunday Service from the
:20:43. > :20:45.cenotaph. And lots of money will be raised tonight for the soldiers
:20:46. > :20:48.charity Help For Heroes ` at a concert by the girl group The
:20:49. > :20:52.Saturdays. They've just turned on the Christmas lights at The Mall at
:20:53. > :21:05.Cribbs Causeway ` Sally Challoner is there for us now. 10,000 people are
:21:06. > :21:36.there. This Saturdays are now on stage. The Christmas lights are
:21:37. > :21:42.switched on. It looks great. These people were asked to give a donation
:21:43. > :21:56.of ?2 each, and that money is going to go to the charity Help For
:21:57. > :22:07.Heroes. The girls have helped that charity before and I spoke to them
:22:08. > :22:11.LOL. We've played here twice on tour so it's good to be back, and really
:22:12. > :22:15.good to be turning on the Christmas lights this year. There are only
:22:16. > :22:18.four of you this year. Tell me about that. Yes. Frankie is still
:22:19. > :22:22.recovering and looking after her baby. We are giving her some time.
:22:23. > :22:25.She will be back with us soon. She is not the only mum? Who's got
:22:26. > :22:29.children here? We both have children as well. How do you manage that
:22:30. > :22:39.going on tour? We always said we would have to get a bigger bus! We
:22:40. > :22:43.were out in Los Angeles, and my daughter came out there. We just
:22:44. > :22:47.make it work. Have you met any of the fans out there yet? We came in
:22:48. > :22:51.through the car park so we haven't met anybody yet. Hopefully there
:22:52. > :22:55.will be a good crowd for the show. I know you have done a lot of charity
:22:56. > :22:58.gigs. You have done one for Help For Heroes. What is so special about
:22:59. > :23:02.that charity? Charities in general do such great work. If we can do a
:23:03. > :23:06.performance just to help, we are straight there. We would always help
:23:07. > :23:13.out. It must be nice to be in a position to help? Yes. We're lucky
:23:14. > :23:21.to be in that position. It is an honour. We did an amazing show for
:23:22. > :23:28.Help For Heroes in Twickenham one time. What are you singing tonight?
:23:29. > :23:32.We will doing a few tracks. We will be doing our new single Disco Love,
:23:33. > :23:36.and our first number one What About Us. A few of the old ones too. None
:23:37. > :23:40.of you would've been around the first time disco was on the scene...
:23:41. > :23:52.I was! I love your single! Thank you! Have a great time switching on
:23:53. > :24:23.the lights and thank you very much! The consort is still going on. ``
:24:24. > :24:29.concert. Time for the weather! Temperatures are around eight or
:24:30. > :24:45.nine Celsius. To model is going to be next. For some districts, the
:24:46. > :24:58.maybe persistent rain. The showers have been clustered in certain
:24:59. > :25:06.areas. Parts of north Bristol. Things will continue as the showers
:25:07. > :25:20.dried across to other areas. They will tend to dry away. A chilly
:25:21. > :25:34.night as the skies clear. Tomorrow, there is potential for some heavy
:25:35. > :25:45.rain. Elsewhere, brighter spells and showers. For the rest of the
:25:46. > :25:54.evening, we expect the showers to restrict themselves to the West
:25:55. > :26:10.Inland, it will be a chilly like `` light. Temperatures as low as two or
:26:11. > :26:25.three. . In urban areas they will be five or six. It will be a dry start.
:26:26. > :26:42.As the day goes on, the showers will make landfall eventually. Fun.
:26:43. > :26:58.Perhaps. Thunder perhaps. Ten of 11 Celsius. At the weekend, on Saturday
:26:59. > :27:11.at. On a wet note. Sunshine and a few showers. On Sunday, Remembrance
:27:12. > :27:20.Sunday, the maybe some frost around. But a good deal of sunshine. That is
:27:21. > :27:45.how it all shapes up. If you want to look at our Facebook
:27:46. > :27:49.page just look online. Goodbye for now.