26/03/2014 BBC Points West

Good evening. debate between Nick Clegg and Nigel

Good evening. Avon and Somerset Police have

started a new campaign to educate young drivers about the dangers they

face on our roads. It follows revelations that a third of all

motorists killed or seriously injured here last year were under

24. Our home affairs correspondent, Steve Brodie, has been to mdet one

teenager who's lost three friends in car accidents.

Selina is just 18 and already she's lost three close friends to traffic

accidents. It is really sad and it shook the community quite a lot but

with help from everybody else, you are therefore each other and you get

it. She has a message for other young drivers. If someone is going

too fast, I will always tell them to slow down because it is better to

let them know if you feel unsafe. I would say that to anyone who ever

feels that their friend is driving too fast or that they can s`y at any

point, please slow down. Last year, there were 452 serious injury and

fatal incidents in Avon and Somerset of which 142 involved a driver aged

between 17 and 24. In Gloucestershire there were 5

serious injury and fatal accidents between the same ages. In Dorset in

2012 there were 393 casualthes of which 102 were in the youngdr age

bracket. There were no figures available for Wiltshire. Three

teengers were remarkably lucky to survive the wreckage of this car.

Rowan from Bristol has just completed the smart driving

initiative ` a two hour safdty course run by Avon and Somerset

Police. I would definitely recommend it. There are several peopld I am

going to let no to sign up. It is two hours and it is very and it will

make people a lot safer. Thd course concentrates on the "Fatal Four

elements in accidents ` excdssive speed, driving under the influence

of drink or drugs, not wearhng a seat belt, or being distracted by

such things as mobile phones. The big issues that cause collisions and

cause the injuries, or sadlx, fatalities, are things such as

hazard recognition. Recognising hazards on the road. Speed,

inappropriate actions around speed, not judging corners properlx.

Compared with the carnage in the Forest of Dean back in 2005 when 19

young people died, the figures have improved, but young drivers are

still being left disabled f`milies left grieving for loss of children.

`` and families. A 17`year`old Bristol girl has been

charged with common assault by beating, following an allegdd racist

attack. The charge follows `n incident in the Poundstretcher store

in Bedminster earlier in thd month, when two women were verballx and

physically abused while waiting in a queue.

A campaign group's been reftsed permission to appeal against a

ruling allowing Bristol Rovdrs to sell its current ground to `

supermarket. Only this mornhng, Trash Horfield said it would fight

the decision from last week's judicial review. Bristol Rovers

hopes the sale of land at the Mem will fund its new ?40 million

stadium near Frenchay. Parents at one of Bath's

top`performing secondary schools have been meeting tonight to discuss

concerns about the way it's being run. Government officials wdre

called in to investigate Oldfield School following a number of

complaints about its leadership Families with children at

`` the new chair of governors has faced a barrage of questions from

worried and angry parents. Results of a new Ofsted inspection will be

revealed in coming weeks. A Dorset soldier, killed in the

First World War 100 years ago, is finally to be laid to rest. The body

of Lance Corporal William W`rr was one of 15 unearthed during building

work close to the French village of Beaucamps`Ligny in 2009. Now he s

finally been identified, and DNA has helped trace a relative in Somerset.

Clinton Rogers reports. At their home in Yeovil, Al`n and

Jane Warr are still trying to digest the news. William Warr, who served

with the York and Lancaster Regiment, was Alan's uncle. All

anyone knew was that he was lost in action 100 years ago. But this is a

story which mirrors a simil`r recent discovery in France, when

excavations unearthed the bodies of World War I soldiers. This was in

the French town of Fromelles. They used DNA here to identify the

remains and trace relatives. It was only three miles from here, in

Beaucamps`Ligny, that the ndw discovery was made ` 15 skeletons.

Ten have now been identified, including William Warr. Buttons on

the soldiers tunics narrowed down their regiment, and their possible

identity. DNA samples taken from known relatives did the rest.

Unbelievable. It is just a shop really. Did you know about xour

uncle and how he died? I kndw through my mum that he went missing

during the war, but I didn't know... I didn't expect him to be

found. Now the ten that havd been identified will be buried whth full

military honours in France later this year. That is what thex are

happy about, that he will bd in the right place. Although Willi`m Warr

served with the York and Lancaster regiment. His family home w`s the

Dorset village of Broadwindsor, and in the village church, his name

appears on a memorial plaqud. And there it is, one of 24 men of the

village to die during World War I. Until now, this has been his only

permanent memorial. Now he will get his own grave, his own headstone,

100 years after he died. And you can read more about how DNA

is helping identify other soldiers on the BBC's website. We're back

with our next update on Bre`kfast from six, here on BBC One, but for

now here's Ian with tonight's weather.

Tomorrow will be similar to today. Yes, bright weather about and

showers, more particularly show during the course of the afternoon.

It will be quite chilly tonhght with temperatures getting down to

freezing. A few showers arotnd. Some have a wintry flavour of higher

ground. Tomorrow morning, m`ny areas will be dry but still some showers

lurking, particularly to midday Some of them becoming more widely

distributed and heavier. It is worth stressing that the sunnier hntervals

will continue for some of us. There are mixed fortunes. A moder`te

breeze and temperatures oncd again quite cool, 89 Celsius. As we look

towards the tail end of the week, the key thing will be the

temperatures climbing up as we head through the weekend. There hs hope

through the weekend. There is hope on the

blowing. On the outlook, it is warming up towards the weekend.

Here's Nick Miller with more. Some of the many faces of spring

weather showed themselves today Sun in Scotland, snow in the showers

that moved in across England. Hail as well. Adrian took this picture

from Essex and the chilly feel stays with us for the rest of the week

along with further showers. If you don't like this, wait for this!

Temperatures heading up at the weekend. To achieve that, we need to

change the weather pattern which is tailored towards a cold wind coming

in from the North Sea and low pressure giving us