:00:00. > :00:11.Good evening. Protestors gathered complainants in the trial. But
:00:12. > :00:14.Good evening. Protestors gathered outside Hinkley Point nucle`r power
:00:15. > :00:20.station in Somerset today as plans to build a new reactor reached a
:00:21. > :00:23.critical stage. The Governmdnt struck a deal with EDF last year
:00:24. > :00:26.over the price to be paid for electricity coming from the new
:00:27. > :00:38.plant. But those plans are running into trouble. Paul Barltrop reports.
:00:39. > :00:42.The deal struck between the government and EDF for the power
:00:43. > :00:45.station is unprecedented. The words of the competition Commissioner as a
:00:46. > :00:50.deadline passes to submit evidence to his enquiry. Protesting `t the
:00:51. > :00:57.gate today, those seeking to have Hinkley see ruled out of order.
:00:58. > :01:00.Energy forever, of course! The Green MP Caroline Lucas joined her voice
:01:01. > :01:04.to the veteran anti`nuclear campaigners. They have made a
:01:05. > :01:09.detailed submission to the DU Anti`Competition Commissiondr. This
:01:10. > :01:13.is an inappropriate use of state aid. The Government came to power
:01:14. > :01:17.saying it would only promotd nuclear if it could be done with no public
:01:18. > :01:21.subsidy, yet it is perfectlx clear that there is a massive subsidy
:01:22. > :01:30.going into nuclear if it gods ahead at Hinkley. Also in the West today,
:01:31. > :01:33.Ed Davey. He visited a Bristol firm involved in tidal power. Thd
:01:34. > :01:37.Government are helping finance the growth of clean, renewable dnergy,
:01:38. > :01:41.but they are emphatic about the need for nuclear. He is confident about
:01:42. > :01:45.what he has submitted to thd commission. I don't think there has
:01:46. > :01:52.been a more comprehensive, thorough approach in Government power. ``
:01:53. > :01:56.ever. This is a difficult project because you are supporting ` project
:01:57. > :01:58.for a long time and that length of time and that level means that
:01:59. > :02:01.support systems last longer. Therefore, we have been verx
:02:02. > :02:05.detailed in the way we have approached this. On the grotnd at
:02:06. > :02:13.Hinkley Point, there is cle`r evidence that they expect the
:02:14. > :02:19.project to go ahead. Prepar`tory work is about to begin. We `re
:02:20. > :02:23.taking some risks but this hs worth taking with local infrastructure so
:02:24. > :02:29.that we minimise disruption for the local people. We want to get this
:02:30. > :02:32.off to a flying start and wd see ourselves as a pioneering project
:02:33. > :02:39.and we will make sure we ard successful. EDF and their opponents
:02:40. > :02:42.have had their say. Hundreds of miles away in Brussels, the EU
:02:43. > :02:53.Commissioner must decide who is right. A former Bishop of Gloucester
:02:54. > :02:57.was too unwell to appear in court earlier to answer allegations of sex
:02:58. > :03:00.offences dating back to the 197 s. The Rt Rev Peter Ball faces two
:03:01. > :03:05.charges of indecent assault and one of misconduct. He was Bishop of
:03:06. > :03:10.Gloucester in 1992 but resigned the following year. The case was
:03:11. > :03:13.adjourned until the end of Lay. Tributes have been paid to `
:03:14. > :03:17.teenager from Somerset who was found dead after going out for a bike
:03:18. > :03:23.ride. Charlie Tugwell was 18 and from Peasedown St John. His body was
:03:24. > :03:29.found next to his bike on an isolated track. Emergency sdrvices
:03:30. > :03:32.pronounced him dead at the scene and his death is being treated `s
:03:33. > :03:36.unexplained. His family say he was a quiet, thoughtful boy and students
:03:37. > :03:43.at City of Bath College called him a brilliant friend. A Liberal Democrat
:03:44. > :03:46.MP from Somerset has written a book outlining a new direction for the
:03:47. > :03:49.party which some claim would make them more Conservative than the
:03:50. > :03:53.Tories. Jeremy Browne, who hs MP for Taunton, wants top rate income tax
:03:54. > :03:57.slashed and is a fan of private health insurance. He says the Lib
:03:58. > :04:00.Dems have been too timid and he wants to be more radical. D`vid
:04:01. > :04:04.Garmston went to see him at Westminster.
:04:05. > :04:07.Jeremy Browne, a lot of people are saying that you are in the wrong
:04:08. > :04:12.party. You are a Conservative. If they are saying that, they `re wrong
:04:13. > :04:14.because I am a liberal and H want the Liberal Democrats to be a bold,
:04:15. > :04:17.self`confident, authentic lhberal party and I think that is ilportant
:04:18. > :04:20.for addressing our national predicament. You are suggesting
:04:21. > :04:24.changes that the Conservatives would not dare to suggest. If thex are too
:04:25. > :04:31.timid to face up to some of the issues the country faces, that is
:04:32. > :04:34.for them to answer to. West Country Lib Dems knocking on doors `nd
:04:35. > :04:40.drumming up support think they are working for a centre`left p`rty
:04:41. > :04:47.This is way to the right. I don t accept it is. I am arguing for more
:04:48. > :04:50.educational opportunity, including children from poorer backgrounds.
:04:51. > :04:54.Health insurance? I am putthng forward a liberal argument `s to how
:04:55. > :04:59.Britain can be a successful, influential, prosperous country in
:05:00. > :05:09.up to 50 years from now. So what are West Country people supposed to
:05:10. > :05:13.think about this? Nick Clegg says he is the brake in Number 10, stopping
:05:14. > :05:17.the Tories doing too much that is radical, and you are being lore
:05:18. > :05:20.radical than all of them. I want the Liberal Democrats to be the
:05:21. > :05:24.accelerator and not the brakes. I don't think you go into polhtics to
:05:25. > :05:28.stop other people doing things. Is this a leadership bid, and hf so,
:05:29. > :05:31.for which party? It is not ` leadership bid and the Liberal
:05:32. > :05:35.Democrats have a leader at the moment and he will be the ldader at
:05:36. > :05:39.the next election. The point I am making is that we have serious
:05:40. > :05:42.issues that we should think about at the moment and I think unrestrained
:05:43. > :05:48.authentic liberalism is the response to our national predicament. If
:05:49. > :05:52.there is no space for an authentic liberal in the Liberal Democrats
:05:53. > :05:55.than we do have problems but I think there is and those are the `rguments
:05:56. > :05:58.I am putting forward. Jeremx Browne, thank you.
:05:59. > :06:02.Just before we go to the we`ther, firefighters in Somerset had a very
:06:03. > :06:05.unusual call`out this week. They had to rescue this teenager who decided
:06:06. > :06:10.to have a go on a children's swing in Frome and got stuck. It took them
:06:11. > :06:13.more than half an hour to free him and eventually they detached the
:06:14. > :06:16.seat using a set of Allen kdys. Luckily, for the 17`year`old, his
:06:17. > :06:22.friends were on hand to takd pictures of his fight for freedom.
:06:23. > :06:35.Now the weather forecast. A pleasant day tomorrow, after a
:06:36. > :06:40.night of sunshine but we should hang onto that sunshine rather than
:06:41. > :06:44.having the cloud we saw tod`y. Another dry one and it looks
:06:45. > :06:49.effectively like a bright vhctory through tonight as well. Thdre will
:06:50. > :06:53.be a weak front coming throtgh the early hours, that could givd some
:06:54. > :06:58.light rain so the key thing will be under clear skies, temperattres as
:06:59. > :07:04.low as four degrees. Some m`y and fog into the first hours of tomorrow
:07:05. > :07:09.but thereafter, there will be little significant change sunlight when all
:07:10. > :07:12.the way, sunny spells and things will continue through the afternoon
:07:13. > :07:19.and into a fine evening. Temperatures by the mid`aftdrnoon
:07:20. > :07:25.around 14 Celsius and it should feel pleasantly warm. And settled for the
:07:26. > :07:30.weekend. Difficult chasing the cloud amounts but it will be sunnx spells,
:07:31. > :07:32.cloud at times and temperattres in the mid`teens. And driver ndxt week.
:07:33. > :07:40.weather stays with us into the weekend and for the London Marathon
:07:41. > :07:44.as well. Parts of Australia are about to be
:07:45. > :07:50.hit by a powerful cyclone bringing whether that is just about as bad as
:07:51. > :07:54.it gets with winds gusting over 100 miles an hour and potentially
:07:55. > :08:00.flooding rain. First of all, back home our weather could not be more
:08:01. > :08:06.different. Settled weather generally for the next few days including the
:08:07. > :08:11.weekend. Tonight temperatures are falling sharply and it is a cold
:08:12. > :08:18.night in northern areas. In the countryside it will be down to just
:08:19. > :08:22.two or three Celsius. Some pockets of fog are likely. Showers in
:08:23. > :08:27.western Scotland, but generally there will be some dry and fine
:08:28. > :08:32.weather around. It will be a sparkling start to the day in
:08:33. > :08:36.northern England. Some fog and mist patches in south Wales and
:08:37. > :08:43.south-west England. We will have more cloud in the Midlands, East
:08:44. > :08:48.Anglia and the South East. There will be a few showers through the
:08:49. > :08:49.course of the day, in Sussex and Kent, but it will be