:00:00. > 3:59:59at night. There is frost on the way. Thank you very much. Goodbye from
:00:00. > :00:10.me. And Welcome to BBC Points West with Alex
:00:11. > :00:13.Lovell and David Garmston. Our main story tonight: The rescue at Wells
:00:14. > :00:17.Cathedral. A tourist is winched to safety after falling 30 feet down a
:00:18. > :00:24.bell tower. We will be asking where today's accident leaves the future
:00:25. > :00:30.of Cathedral tours. Emergency services were here quickly, but it
:00:31. > :00:43.was a long rescued. She was suspended above the ground for more
:00:44. > :00:47.than three hours. Our other headlines tonight:
:00:48. > :00:51.Cleared. The police officer who fired a taser at a suspect hn a cell
:00:52. > :00:55.is found not guilty of assatlt. Bottoms up. Can Nigel Faragd lead
:00:56. > :00:59.UKIP to top place? He is holding a rally in Bath tonight.
:01:00. > :01:02.And Prince Harry is in Wiltshire on a recruiting drive to find `thletes
:01:03. > :01:13.for the UK's first games for wounded soldiers.
:01:14. > :01:16.Good Evening. A woman is recovering in hospital this evening, after
:01:17. > :01:20.being rescued by helicopter from the top of Wells Cathedral. The
:01:21. > :01:23.68`year`old was on a walking tour of the building's tower and turrets,
:01:24. > :01:28.when, it is thought, she fell into a gap and became stuck. Fire rescue
:01:29. > :01:32.crews from across the area were scrambled and at one point ` doctor
:01:33. > :01:35.abseiled 30 feet to reach and treat the injured woman, before she was
:01:36. > :01:41.winched to safety. Our reporter Andrew Plant is live in Wells for us
:01:42. > :01:51.this evening. Andrew, what lore can you tell us?
:01:52. > :01:59.It sounds like it was nasty. Anyone can go on these tours. Therd is more
:02:00. > :02:07.than one that you can do. This was the two of the upper part of the
:02:08. > :02:23.cathedral. Up until now, thdse tours had been completely safe. Btt today
:02:24. > :02:35.a woman with a party on a tour cell. ``fell She became trapped
:02:36. > :02:42.between two turrets. She was there for more than three hours. The
:02:43. > :02:48.emergency services acted very quickly and when we arrived we could
:02:49. > :03:03.see climbing teams. There w`s also a helicopter above the cathedral. They
:03:04. > :03:10.winched The lady into the helicopter. It was a huge
:03:11. > :03:25.operation. Use the skills of everyone involved. ``used. She was
:03:26. > :03:27.conscious. She had suffered some injuries so she did have sole
:03:28. > :03:31.discomfort. The Ambulance Sdrvice worked well with the doctors to
:03:32. > :03:38.stabilise the lady. She was talking and responding well.
:03:39. > :03:43.We have a doctor with us now. Can you give us an idea of what happened
:03:44. > :03:54.today. I think you described it well. The lady was on one of our
:03:55. > :04:01.tours when she fell. Have you got any update on her condition? No
:04:02. > :04:08.although I understand she h`s broken some bones. I presume you are
:04:09. > :04:18.investigating, because until now you have done many tours. Absolttely. We
:04:19. > :04:25.are doing some self`examination to find out what happened. I should add
:04:26. > :04:36.to that that all the two hotrs have been suspended here until they find
:04:37. > :04:42.out what has happened. `` all of the tours.
:04:43. > :04:48.We hope that the lady involved gets well soon.
:04:49. > :04:51.A Wiltshire Police officer, who fired a 50,000 volt taser into the
:04:52. > :04:55.chest of a naked suspect inside a cell, has been found not guhlty of
:04:56. > :04:58.assault and misconduct. PC Lee Birch has denied that he acted angrily
:04:59. > :05:00.following the violent behavhour of his prisoner. Our home affahrs
:05:01. > :05:04.correspondent, Steve Brodie, looks at how the officer found hilself on
:05:05. > :05:08.trial. PC Lee Birch left cotrt after the jury recorded its not gtilty
:05:09. > :05:11.verdict in just sixty minutds. They reached their decision after
:05:12. > :05:16.watching CCTV of the officer firing the electronic stun gun into the
:05:17. > :05:20.chest of Daniel Dove. The jtry watched the CCTV, which has not been
:05:21. > :05:23.released, which showed Danidl Dove being told to strip. When hd reached
:05:24. > :05:28.his boxer shorts he took thdm off and threw them at PC Birch. The
:05:29. > :05:32.police officer then produced the taser stun gun, which he had been
:05:33. > :05:36.hiding behind his back, and shot Mr Dove in the chest. Daniel Dove then
:05:37. > :05:41.collapsed naked onto the floor of the cell after being hit by 50, 00
:05:42. > :05:45.volts. Prosecution and defence lawyers said they had no objection
:05:46. > :05:48.to the CCTV being released to the media and the trial judge commented
:05:49. > :05:51.that he had no power, or wish, to prevent its broadcast. But `t the
:05:52. > :06:00.last minute, Wiltshire's Chhef Constable, Pat Ginty, appealed to
:06:01. > :06:06.stop its release. It is verx disappointing that the Crown
:06:07. > :06:15.Prosecution Service decided to withdraw the prosecution ag`inst Mr
:06:16. > :06:24.Dove on the basis that PC Bhrch s integrity was questioned. For PC
:06:25. > :06:27.Birch, the not guilty verdict follows an extraordinary ch`nge of
:06:28. > :06:30.mind by the Crown Prosecution Service. In December 2012, Daniel
:06:31. > :06:34.Dove is arrested by PC Lee Birch and charged with assault and behng drunk
:06:35. > :06:38.and disorderly. By March 2003, Mr Dove is due to stand trial ` but
:06:39. > :06:43.then he issues a private prosecution against PC Birch for assault. In
:06:44. > :06:46.July, the CPS drop the case against Daniel Dove, claiming PC Birch's
:06:47. > :06:51.credibility as a witness has been called into question followhng the
:06:52. > :07:01.launch of the private prosecution. The CPS takes over the priv`te
:07:02. > :07:05.prosecution and PC Birch is charged. When Daniel Dove was brought back
:07:06. > :07:08.here to Melksham Police Station he was taken into the custody suite
:07:09. > :07:13.where he was booked in, while handcuffed, before being tr`nsferred
:07:14. > :07:18.to the cell where he was tasered. It feels like touching an electric
:07:19. > :07:29.fence, but stronger. It grabs hold of you. Wiltshire Police have now
:07:30. > :07:35.revised their policy on the use of tasers. We accept the
:07:36. > :07:44.recommendations of the revidw and have made changes to how we select
:07:45. > :07:47.officers for taser training. For PC Birch, the not guilty verdict means
:07:48. > :07:51.he can now return to work, but he still has to await the outcome of an
:07:52. > :07:53.investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission. Steve
:07:54. > :07:55.Brodie, BBC Points West, Brhstol Crown Court.
:07:56. > :07:58.Police have charged two mord people in connection with the death of a
:07:59. > :08:01.Bristol teenager. Nineteen`xear`old Nicholas Robinson died after being
:08:02. > :08:04.stabbed in the communal stahrway of a block of flats in Stokes Croft
:08:05. > :08:08.last month. Fabian Irving, from Bristol, has been charged whth
:08:09. > :08:10.murder and is due to appear at Bristol Crown Court tomorrow.
:08:11. > :08:13.Frederica Critchlow, from London, has been charged with assisting an
:08:14. > :08:15.offender and has been bailed to reappear at Bristol Magistr`tes next
:08:16. > :08:19.month. An eighteen`year`old Bristol man has previously been charged with
:08:20. > :08:21.murder and conspiracy to possess a firearm.
:08:22. > :08:24.Around fifty homes were evacuated in Weston`Super`Mare today aftdr a fire
:08:25. > :08:28.at a car workshop in the middle of the town. A 100`metre cordon was set
:08:29. > :08:30.up around Beaufort Road aftdr fears the building contained acetxlene
:08:31. > :08:34.cylinders and liquid petroldum gas. One man was taken to hospit`l and
:08:35. > :08:36.two others were treated at the scene. The cause of the fird is
:08:37. > :08:38.unknown. The Swindon Town footballer Nile
:08:39. > :08:41.Ranger has appeared before magistrates charged with crhminal
:08:42. > :08:45.damage. He is accused of catsing ?2000 worth of damage to thd front
:08:46. > :08:48.entrance of his apartment block in Swindon. Our reporter, Ali Vowles,
:08:49. > :08:51.was in court. The Swindon Striker has been held in
:08:52. > :08:56.custody since his arrest yesterday and this morning he appeared before
:08:57. > :08:59.magistrates. Wearing a grey tracksuit, Nile Ranger gave his
:09:00. > :09:03.name, age, and address, before pleading not guilty to the charge of
:09:04. > :09:06.criminal damage. Before setting bail conditions, the court heard he has
:09:07. > :09:08.to attend three different court appearances in Liverpool, Gwent and
:09:09. > :09:13.Newcastle for various chargds of drink`driving and criminal damage.
:09:14. > :09:16.The Swindon Town star left court with bail conditions stating that he
:09:17. > :09:19.appears at Swindon's Gable Cross Police Station every Tuesdax and
:09:20. > :09:28.Friday until his trial back here in the Magistrates' Court on the 1 th
:09:29. > :09:32.of July. The former premiership player moved into a penthouse flat
:09:33. > :09:35.in this apartment block in the centre of Swindon. Police initially
:09:36. > :09:38.said they wanted to talk to Mr Ranger about criminal damagd and
:09:39. > :09:41.assault, but in a statement today the force said that it had received
:09:42. > :09:49.no formal complaint about the assault and no further action would
:09:50. > :09:52.be taken. The six feett, two inch striker moved to the town after
:09:53. > :09:57.signing up with Swindon last year. He has not played for the club since
:09:58. > :10:00.the middle of February due to a hamstring injury. Nile Rangdr did
:10:01. > :10:03.not say much to the press today but when I asked him if he would be
:10:04. > :10:06.attending Swindon Town's disciplinary hearing on Thursday he
:10:07. > :10:11.said that he knew nothing about it, as he had been in a police cell and
:10:12. > :10:13.his phone battery was dead. The club says it has provided Nile whth
:10:14. > :10:16.reasonable notice of this disciplinary meeting to allow him
:10:17. > :10:18.the opportunity to state his case. Ali Vowles, BBC Points West,
:10:19. > :10:21.Swindon. The leader of the UK Independence
:10:22. > :10:25.Party, Nigel Farage, is in Bath tonight. His party is predicted by
:10:26. > :10:28.many to come first in next lonth's European elections and todax he
:10:29. > :10:31.launched the party's South West campaign. Tonight he is hosting a
:10:32. > :10:38.rally, which over 1,000 people are attending. Let us join our political
:10:39. > :10:49.editor, Paul Barltrop, who hs in Bath for us now. Welcome to the
:10:50. > :10:56.forum where the stage is set and final preparations are taking place
:10:57. > :11:01.for tonight. When UKIP that this venue they thought it would be big
:11:02. > :11:09.enough, but they have now h`d to open upstairs as well because they
:11:10. > :11:20.are expecting more people. Membership has reached 36,000,
:11:21. > :11:23.largely due to Nigel Farage. He loves to be different. Not for
:11:24. > :11:27.Nigel Farage the typical electioneering. Instead, he was soon
:11:28. > :11:30.in a Bath pub. His love of pints and fags goes down well with sole
:11:31. > :11:33.voters. So does his hostility to the EU, even though the decision to
:11:34. > :11:37.withdraw would be made in Westminster, not Brussels. Ht is a
:11:38. > :11:48.chance for people to express an opinion. I do not meet many people,
:11:49. > :11:52.in Bath or elsewhere, who are happy being part of a political union with
:11:53. > :11:55.Europe, which costs us a grdat deal of money and means that we have lost
:11:56. > :12:02.control of our borders. But this election will make no difference to
:12:03. > :12:05.that. Yes it will. The stronger that UKIP get, the more that we `re
:12:06. > :12:08.shifting the centre of gravhty of the British political debatd. While
:12:09. > :12:11.he was sipping beers, these election officials were holding a rehearsal.
:12:12. > :12:14.The big regional constituency makes it complex. They are anticipating a
:12:15. > :12:18.higher turnout this time. I think turnout will be around 52%. There is
:12:19. > :12:21.far more interest now. Therd is more awareness. More media articles.
:12:22. > :12:24.Loads of people have applied for postal votes. People are registering
:12:25. > :12:28.to vote in these elections, the deadline being the 7th of M`y. On
:12:29. > :12:34.the ballot paper, it will not just be UKIP advocating withdraw`l. So
:12:35. > :12:39.too are several smaller parties We are very Eurosceptic. One of the
:12:40. > :12:44.distinguishing features of our party is that we, in common with the SNP,
:12:45. > :12:51.would like separation. We would like the Union to be dissolved. We are
:12:52. > :12:55.campaigning for that. If we got a referendum on that, and we got a yes
:12:56. > :13:16.vote for that, that would khll two birds with one stone. The
:13:17. > :13:19.combination of the EU treathes and the Human Rights Convention make it
:13:20. > :13:23.almost impossible for someone who lands to this country to be expelled
:13:24. > :13:26.and that is what we have sedn for the last 50 years. The Asyltm
:13:27. > :13:29.Convention is a particular bugbear of ours, but in combination with
:13:30. > :13:32.human rights convention it lakes it very difficult. Back in Bath,
:13:33. > :13:36.another pint in another pub. Nigel Farage shrugs off warnings `bout his
:13:37. > :13:41.lifestyle. He says that he hs in rude health. Nigel Farage whll be at
:13:42. > :13:57.his best tonight. However, today one person was forced out of UKHP for
:13:58. > :14:11.making racist comments. Back to the studio.
:14:12. > :14:14.Coming up a bit later on Pohnts West: Performing for the Prhnce The
:14:15. > :14:17.wounded servicemen and women hoping Harry will select them for the
:14:18. > :14:21.Invictus Games. And serving up a treat on the
:14:22. > :14:31.streets of Bristol. We look ahead to a fortnight of foodie fun.
:14:32. > :14:35.Spending on flood defence work across the South West has f`llen by
:14:36. > :14:39.about 30% over the past four years. The figures have been obtained by
:14:40. > :14:43.the BBC under the Freedom of Information Act. The Environment
:14:44. > :14:47.Agency, who are responsible for flood defences, has told thd BBC
:14:48. > :14:51.that its budget has been cut in line with reductions in all publhc
:14:52. > :14:54.spending. Clinton Rogers reports. Do they try to justify thosd
:14:55. > :14:58.figures? Show these figures to people living in Moorland, on the
:14:59. > :15:01.Somerset Levels, and the re`ction is predictably angry. Obviouslx, if you
:15:02. > :15:07.do not maintain something it will go wrong. It is as simple as that. We
:15:08. > :15:12.need more money. That is thd be`all and end`all. Long after the waters
:15:13. > :15:25.have gone, the damage is sthll obvious here. They will fordver
:15:26. > :15:28.argue about what caused this. Was it simply sustained atrocious weather
:15:29. > :15:32.or a lack of investment in flood relief work? Today's figures will
:15:33. > :15:40.doubtless be seized on by those who believe the latter. They show that
:15:41. > :15:42.in the Environment Agency Wdssex region, which includes Bristol,
:15:43. > :15:46.Somerset and Dorset, spending on flood defences over the last four
:15:47. > :15:49.years dropped from more than ?2 million to a little over ?20 million
:15:50. > :15:52.` a reduction of 27%. But not everyone points the finger of blame
:15:53. > :15:56.at the Environment Agency. Julian Taylor is a district councillor and
:15:57. > :15:59.a flood victim. He says successive governments have cut funding to the
:16:00. > :16:06.Agency and that has led to projects locally having to be shelved.
:16:07. > :16:14.?300,000 taken out of a schdme to raise the river bank. Nearlx ?1 8
:16:15. > :16:18.million taken out of another scheme. There are major cuts. In a
:16:19. > :16:21.statement, the Environment @gency told us its budgets had been cut in
:16:22. > :16:29.line with reductions in public spending. The government's climate
:16:30. > :16:36.change minister, visiting Whnchester today, admitted that had happened `
:16:37. > :16:40.but they had no choice. Of course there has been a squeeze on public
:16:41. > :16:45.sector spending. We had to ` we cannot spend money that we do not
:16:46. > :16:48.have. The Prime Minister, on successive visits to Somersdt, said
:16:49. > :16:51.money would be no object to prevent flooding like this happening again.
:16:52. > :16:59.Here they hope he keeps to those words. Clinton Rogers, BBC Points
:17:00. > :17:02.West, Somerset Levels. Prince Harry has been in Wiltshire
:17:03. > :17:06.today looking for team membdrs to compete in the Invictus Gamds. The
:17:07. > :17:09.games will feature members of the Armed Forces who have been wounded
:17:10. > :17:14.and will be held at the Quedn Elizabeth Olympic Park in London
:17:15. > :17:18.this summer. Fiona Lamdin rdports. Reunited with his fellow service
:17:19. > :17:23.men. Prince Harry knows everyone here has a story to tell. J`mie Hull
:17:24. > :17:26.jumped from a burning plane, others here were caught in sniper `ttacks
:17:27. > :17:32.in Iraq, or lost limbs to bombs in Afghanistan. A gym full of hnspiring
:17:33. > :17:41.stories, united by their drdam to compete in the Invictus Gamds ` the
:17:42. > :17:46.UK's first for wounded soldhers So far, over 200 have applied to take
:17:47. > :18:07.part in the games next Septdmber. Today, Prince Harry is here is here
:18:08. > :18:10.to kick off the selection process. And training hard next door. Despite
:18:11. > :18:14.the circular ball, this is wheelchair rugby ` just one of the
:18:15. > :18:17.eight sports at this summer's games. They have all come from a physical
:18:18. > :18:25.background. It is about what they can do, rather than what thdy can't
:18:26. > :18:28.do. And this road cycling tdam are certainly testament to that. Despite
:18:29. > :18:31.losing a lung after an explosion in Afghanistan, Steve McCulley is about
:18:32. > :18:37.to set off on a 20`mile cycle. I spent three weeks any, and nearly
:18:38. > :18:45.three years in rehabilitation. But now I am able to exercise again I
:18:46. > :18:50.used to compete in cycling, so it is exciting to possibly be abld to
:18:51. > :18:57.compete again. I was shot while serving in Iraq. We all strhve to be
:18:58. > :19:03.the best, we all want to be the best. This is another way of showing
:19:04. > :19:10.that we can put in the work and see what we will get out of bed. These
:19:11. > :19:12.games will give soldiers from 1 countries who fought togethdr a
:19:13. > :19:27.chance to compete together. Fiona Lamdin, BBC Points West, Tiddworth
:19:28. > :19:34.in Wiltshire. The battle ovdr ownership of Swindon was in court
:19:35. > :19:43.today. It has centred on who owns the club and who can make ddcisions
:19:44. > :19:53.about Swindon's future. Nothing was resolved today.
:19:54. > :19:56.Bristol Rugby have announced some new signings today. Amongst them is
:19:57. > :19:59.Scottish international Ross Rennie, who made his move from Edinburgh a
:20:00. > :20:02.permanent one. Also arriving at the club will be Mosley backrow Olly
:20:03. > :20:04.Robinson, who is the son of Bristol's director of rugby, Andy
:20:05. > :20:08.Robinson. If you have ever wondered how the
:20:09. > :20:12.food you eat gets to your plate or want to learn a little more about
:20:13. > :20:15.cooking, then the Bristol Food Connections Festival could just feed
:20:16. > :20:18.your imagination. Over the next two weeks, events will be taking part
:20:19. > :20:22.across the city. There is a whole BBC learning area by the harbour
:20:23. > :20:25.side ` with top celebrity chefs and lots of ideas for getting pdople and
:20:26. > :20:29.food together. There will bd pop`up restaurants, food trails, thps on
:20:30. > :20:33.growing your own and you can even try your hand at foraging for food
:20:34. > :20:37.at one of our city farms. The idea of the festival is to inspire us all
:20:38. > :20:41.to think about what we eat `nd where it comes from. One man who has
:20:42. > :20:43.literally gone the extra mile to illustrate that journey is @lex
:20:44. > :20:51.Poulter, a specialist baker from Bristol. He joins us now. Alex, tell
:20:52. > :20:59.us about the journey you've just been on. I cycle from land 's end
:21:00. > :21:05.back to my bakery in Bristol collecting all the ingredients I
:21:06. > :21:13.needed. So this is to demonstrate ingredients? The point is that we
:21:14. > :21:20.have great producers making food in the south`west. So I thought I could
:21:21. > :21:27.make a loaf of bread where H could tell a story about all the
:21:28. > :21:36.ingredients in it. It took xou about six days didn't it? Yes. It was
:21:37. > :21:44.about meeting the people at every stop and talking to people `bout his
:21:45. > :21:52.day `` how they produced thd ingredients I was looking for. We
:21:53. > :21:59.will be selling this bread `nd using all these ingredients. You can buy
:22:00. > :22:17.it and taste that. I hope it will taste good. It smells good. You are
:22:18. > :22:22.also part of the food trail? Yes. We are all producing something that is
:22:23. > :22:32.special. If you enjoy food, it is the place to go. David and H are
:22:33. > :22:37.hosting the BBC Stars Kitchdn. It is allocated tickets, but if you have
:22:38. > :22:45.not got one, a lot of it is first come, first served. You havd just
:22:46. > :23:01.come for the bread, haven't you Yes. Thank you for coming to speak
:23:02. > :23:04.to us. Now it is time to get the wdather
:23:05. > :23:23.from Ian on the roof. A fine evening, but if you showers
:23:24. > :23:29.are around. It is good deal of dry weather out tomorrow, and some
:23:30. > :23:38.sunshine as well. We will sde some rain later in the course of tomorrow
:23:39. > :23:43.evening. Tonight, there will be some fog and tomorrow that may t`ke a
:23:44. > :23:56.while to clear. There will be some warm weather too. The rest of this
:23:57. > :24:09.evening, we just have to waht until the shower is clear and then it will
:24:10. > :24:21.be a dry night. Some fog in the morning. The temperatures in the
:24:22. > :24:29.morning will be 5`6dC. The cloud will clear throughout the d`y and
:24:30. > :24:42.then sunshine will break through. In the afternoon, it will be l`rgely
:24:43. > :24:47.dry with only occasional showers. For many people, the rain whll not
:24:48. > :24:54.arrive until the late evening. Temperatures, 15`16 Celsius. It
:24:55. > :25:02.looks good for the bank holhday weekend.
:25:03. > :25:08.Just before we go, time to tell you about an exciting opportunity to
:25:09. > :25:11.work here at the BBC. The BBC Local Apprenticeship scheme is looking for
:25:12. > :25:14.people to work in our local radio stations. BBC Radio Bristol is
:25:15. > :25:19.hosting an event this Fridax where you will be able to find out how to
:25:20. > :25:26.apply. All the details are on our Facebook page. Come and join us will
:25:27. > :25:33.stop That is all from us for now. Goodbye.