:00:00. > 3:59:59more throughout the evening on the BBC News channel. We are back with
:00:00. > :00:17.Good evening and welcome. Fhrst the
:00:18. > :00:20.Good evening and welcome. Fhrst tonight, families in the West have
:00:21. > :00:24.told the BBC they're being "torn apart" by new rules on immigration.
:00:25. > :00:27.Britons who want to bring a partner here from outside Europe now have to
:00:28. > :00:37.earn over ?18,600 ` as the government vows to cut immigration.
:00:38. > :00:42.Here's Martin Jones. Trevandran Rungasamy from Swindon
:00:43. > :00:45.has served his country. He was born in South Africa, but was in the
:00:46. > :00:52.British Army for ten years, serving in Afghanistan and Iraq. He's now a
:00:53. > :00:55.UK citizen. But he can't brhng his wife and children here becatse he
:00:56. > :01:02.doesn't earn enough. I live for my kids and my whfe. They
:01:03. > :01:07.are what drives me. I wake tp for them every morning. It is jtst a sad
:01:08. > :01:10.situation I am in right now. It is emotionally breaking me and I feel
:01:11. > :01:14.let down by the system. Andy and Molly Russell from Bath
:01:15. > :01:18.have also been caught by thd new rules ` introduced two years ago.
:01:19. > :01:24.Molly had to live in China for a year. They only communicated online.
:01:25. > :01:28.I would come home every evening to the realisation that my wifd was
:01:29. > :01:32.thousands of miles away on her own and the boys were without both their
:01:33. > :01:36.mum and their dad. The Home Office said in a statement
:01:37. > :01:39.they "welcome those who wish to make a life in the UK" though th`t
:01:40. > :01:44.mustn't be "at the taxpayer's expense". They add migrants "must
:01:45. > :01:47.speak our language and pay their way" It's Conservative policy to
:01:48. > :01:50.reduce net migration to the tens of thousands, which is one of the
:01:51. > :01:53.reasons behind the new rules. But the income requirements are
:01:54. > :01:56.currently subject to a legal challenge. If they are overturned in
:01:57. > :02:01.the courts, it'll make it mtch harder for the Government to meet
:02:02. > :02:06.its aims. Martin Jones, BBC Points West.
:02:07. > :02:13.And the issue will be debatdd tomorrow morning on Sunday Politics
:02:14. > :02:17.West from 11 o'clock. A 16`year`old girl who was `ssaulted
:02:18. > :02:20.in Cheltenham has died. She was attacked on Humber Road on Wednesday
:02:21. > :02:24.and was taken to the Gloucestershire Royal, where she died this lorning.
:02:25. > :02:30.18`year`old Aston Robinson has been charged with attempted murddr and
:02:31. > :02:34.remanded in custody. A man has been treated for the
:02:35. > :02:39.effects of breathing in smoke after a large fire at a business park in
:02:40. > :02:44.Mitcheldean. Fire crews werd called to a paint spraying unit just before
:02:45. > :02:49.midday. Nearby roads were closed off for several hours while firdfighters
:02:50. > :02:55.brought the flames under control. Let's have a check on the
:02:56. > :02:58.afternoon's football results. Yeovil Town keep their slim surviv`l hopes
:02:59. > :03:02.alive with a 2`1 win at Blackpool. James Hayter and Tom Lawrence scored
:03:03. > :03:05.at Bloomfield Road. City drdw 1`1 with Preston at Ashton Gate. Wade
:03:06. > :03:08.Elliott scored the City equ`liser. Swindon's outside chance of a play
:03:09. > :03:11.off place took a blow after defeat at Carlisle. Bristol Rovers are
:03:12. > :03:15.nervously looking over their shoulders at the bottom thrde clubs
:03:16. > :03:22.after a goalless draw at Wilbledon. And Cheltenham Town went down 2`1
:03:23. > :03:26.against Southend at Whaddon Road. Thanks to those of you who helped
:03:27. > :03:31.BBC Wiltshire celebrate thehr 2 th birthday today. They threw ` free
:03:32. > :03:34.party at the Wyvern Theatre for listeners, invited some extra
:03:35. > :03:38.special guests, and let budding broadcasters of the future try their
:03:39. > :03:44.hand at a spot of presenting. Here's to the next 25 years.
:03:45. > :03:46.Let's check on the weather forecast. Here's a look at what's to come
:03:47. > :03:53.with Dan Downs. Let's check on the weather forecast.
:03:54. > :03:56.Here's a look at what's It hs staying in grey and damp through
:03:57. > :04:04.this weekend. Further rain through this evening. Heavier rain `rriving
:04:05. > :04:14.later in the night. Temperatures staying" is tonight. The brdeze
:04:15. > :04:20.picking up as they go into tomorrow. Another fairly mild day.
:04:21. > :04:25.Temperatures reaching 13 or 14 degrees. Wet again on Mondax.
:04:26. > :04:30.Brighter at the middle part of the week.
:04:31. > :04:34.Next here on One ` the final of The Voice and Christina`Marie from
:04:35. > :04:35.Bristol has made it all the way to the end of the talent show.
:04:36. > :04:38.week. Next here on One ` the The singer is
:04:39. > :04:42.tipped to win the competition and friends and family here will all be
:04:43. > :04:50.cheering her on. Here they `re to wish her luck. Good luck. I almost
:04:51. > :04:55.didn't want to wish you good luck because you do not need it. You are
:04:56. > :05:00.going to smash it. You know you can do it. If you do not when I out and
:05:01. > :05:02.find you on Facebook. I will not wish you good luck because xou do
:05:03. > :05:15.not need it. You do not need luck. Good evening. We may have got to 18
:05:16. > :05:19.Celsius today in parts of East Anglia but it was the bright spot in
:05:20. > :05:23.an otherwise cloudy day and it is the cloud that will dominate
:05:24. > :05:26.tonight, bringing splashes of rain and dryer moments as well
:05:27. > :05:29.particularly in the north-east of Scotland but heavy bursts can't be
:05:30. > :05:34.ruled out in the West, where it will be misty and murky and breezy later
:05:35. > :05:37.in the night. The breeze is south to south-westerly and temperatures in
:05:38. > :05:41.the morning higher than they should be in the afternoon this time of
:05:42. > :05:47.year. Sunday, whilst milder, is going to be breezy and a bit matter
:05:48. > :05:48.for many of you. Again, not -- no one is