21/05/2014 BBC Points West

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Alex Lovell and David Garmston. The families of the missing Somerset

yachtsman keep hope alive. Hopeful, completely, there hs hope

as you know, unfortunately ht stopped for a couple of days, but

they have moved now, that is what we are all thankful for.

The place where Sian O'Call`ghan was murdered in Wiltshire `

now police find discarded clothes belonging to other women.

The doctors quitting for a puieter life ` is it a symptom of something

Who needs to go to Chelsea when you have got this on your doorstep? Find

out why these gardens are inspiring a whole new interest in contemporary

art. The families of

the two missing Somerset yachtsmen are refusing to give up hope

as the search for their rel`tives Paul Goslin from West Camel

and Stephen Warren from Bridgwater are part of a four`man crew

which went missing six days ago We've spent the day with

their families, and Clinton Rogers joins us

from the Goslin's home village now. The latest is we have had very

little news of any substancd The latest is we have had vdry

little news of any substance really little news of any substance really

to day. One imagines if that search had found anything or anyond, then

had found anything or anyone, then we would have heard by now. There

will be a news conference at 7pm our time, and here in this vill`ge

will be a news conference at 7pm our time, and here in this village they

are awaiting that news confdrence are awaiting that news conference

with keen anticipation. Both men well`known here, Paul, a retired

dentist, still lives here, and Stephen lived here until very

recently. You would village here to be very happy that the US h`ve

be very happy that the US have resumed that search. That s`id,

be very happy that the US h`ve resumed that search. That said, they

resumed that search. That s`id, they understand that they have to keep a

note of sense to all of this, they don't know what the outcome of that

search will be. For the famhlies, search will be. For the famhlies,

and we have spent the day with them, it has been a day of high anxiety.

A bedroom which is now a T`shirt production line.

The message is clear, find our sailors.

20 miles away a kitchen that is now an internet communications hub.

Two Somerset families doing all they can to keep the pressure

The boat was selling back to the UK from a regatta in Antigua.

At 75 Steven Warren's mother is feeling the strain trying to cope

You can't eat, you can't sleep, your stomach is going over. It is awful,

it is like living in a nightmare. Stephen was so excited about this

trip, he really planned it to three years ago.

His friend Paul Goslin is another experienced sailor.

This picture taken recently in the North Sea.

Now the family is in email contact with a private yacht

We have contacted lots of container ships through their head offices

asking if they can be on the asking if they can be on thd

lookout, some smaller yachts have been given information from the

coastguard as to the locations they should be looking. There are a

coastguard as to the locations they should be looking. There ard a lot

should be looking. There are a lot of people out there looking. A lot

of people are getting involved. Paul and Stephen were part of a

four`man crew who reported problems as their race cruiser was hdading

home from Antigua last Thursday. Relentless pressure from thd

families forced the US coastguard to resume the search, but no`one knows

how long they'll keep looking. Everything is crossed, we couldn't

send any more positive vibes if we could, said press, everything, I

know many other people have been doing the same. We want them

know many other people have been doing the same. We want thel home, I

want my brother home. The families will be meeting

Foreign Office officials ag`in tomorrow they will want to persuade

our government to keep the pressure There will be a US press conference

by the coastguard at 7pm our time. I have spoken to families within the

last hour, they don't know what they will be saying, but we will bring

you news of it in our late news tonight. Please do pass on our best

wishes. Swindon murder victim

Sian O'Callaghan was almost certainly killed

near a remote pond in Ramsbury. And police have now discovered 60

pieces of women's clothing hidden beneath undergrowth next to the pond

where Sian's boots were recovered. Our home affairs corresponddnt,

Steve Brodie, has been to the scene. The remains of a woman's julper

are searched for clues. Elsewhere another 60 pieces

of clothing were found buridd two The hoard was found here around 100

yards from the pond where Shan The clothes didn't belong to

the Swindon secretary murdered by taxi driver Christopher Halliwell

in 2011 but they represent another I am open`minded about what this

property may be. It offers the family some idea of what happened

but I am missing a murder wdapon. family some idea of what happened

but I am missing a murder weapon. As an outstanding property. I don't

know where this clothing may lead any enquiries.

When police arrested Halliwell he admitted to killing Sian and also

confessed to killing Becky Godden whose remains were later discovered

in Eastleach in Gloucestershire, but that admission was ruled

inadmissible because of a breach of the rules governing arrests.

I have conducted a thorough review of that investigation, identified is

of enquiry, we have some activity a couple of weeks ago and we have

recovered the bone which I have identified as belonging to Becky. I

have got one aim, justice will Becky and some closure for her falily

have got one aim, justice whll Becky and some closure for her family. Is

and some closure for her falily Is there any suggestion she may have

been murdered here? Nothing to suggest that at the moment. I am

really open`minded about what really open`minded about wh`t

happened to Becky. The evidence will happened to Becky. The evidence will

lead me wherever it goes. The search is painstaking, methodical and slow.

It?s already produced items relating to the murder of Sian O?Callaghan

but it may have nothing to do with the killing of Becky Godden.

Today Wiltshire police began pumping out the eight`foot deep pond

And once emptied detectives will start to dig through inches

of silt to see what else the pond may have been hiding.

The water is being taken out of the plant, it is being filtered and

saved. I want to leave the site knowing every piece of item and

evidence has been removed as nothing has been missed.

The police are ruling nothing out in their investigation into a case

which has cost two young women their lives and has still a way to go

We are glad you could join ts. At Wellington in Somerset it was

beautiful. Will the weather continue?

The answer is rather starkly The answer is rather starklx

illustrated behind me, there are illustrated behind me, there are

some heavy, thundery showers. I will have all the details later on.

A survey of doctors working in Wiltshire

and Dorset shows that one in five plan to retire earlier than expected

and almost a third of practices are failing to recruit new partners

Our health correspondent, M`tthew Hill, has been to meet one GP here

in the West who has just resigned in protest over his workload.

Dr G Miles now has far more time on his hands to devote to hhs

At the age of 48 and after 12 years as a partner in a practice here he

says the long days and increasing demands have taken their toll.

I couldn't sustain 13 hour, flat`out with the complexities of modern

medicine, let alone 12 hours a day, seven days a week which translates

to 15 hour days. As for 24/7, it is just not sustainable. We cannot

strike, so we are voting with our feet, I feel it is the only gesture

I could make to withdraw from practice. Diesel sad about that I

feel really upset. I want quality time with my patience, I don't want

to ram more drugs Nearly 1,500 family doctors

in the West have completed ` survey It shows about 14% plan to retire

in the next two years and a further 4% indicated they are

so disillusioned that they plan to The new GP contract

in 2004 gave family doctors a 2 % pay rise at the same time as letting

them stop doing out of hours. But it also forced family doctors to

spend more time with patients to And it's that demand

on their time that their le`ders younger GPs training in general

practice, they look at the workload, many are saying I am going to look

abroad, Australia, New Zeal`nd, abroad, Australia, New Zeal`nd,

Canada, as a career choice, rather than coming and joining us in

than coming and joining us hn general practice.

The Government says its plans to increase GP tr`inees

But this doctor for one belheves that's too little, too late.

Somerset county council has named its new chief executive after

Somerset county council has named its new chief executive aftdr months

its new chief executive after months of uncertainty. Pat Flahertx has

of uncertainty. Pat Flaherty has been in charge temporarily `nd he

will take up the post on a permanent basis will stop the formative

executive left her duties l`st November but wasn't removed

officially until February. The Bristol jugs company pharmacy

The Bristol jugs company ph`rmacy plus has closed resulting in almost

240 people losing their jobs. The ministry to say a reduction in trade

and pressure from suppliers were at the root of the problem.

Today across the West the sun has been shining.

And in Wiltshire, the focus was on solar energy as plans for one

of the country's biggest solar farms took a step forward.

Developers want to put up 140,0 0 solar panels on the old Wroughton

airfield near Swindon which, they say, will power thousands of homes.

But, not everyone is in favour, as Laura Jones has been finding out.

an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Home to rare plants and anilals and possibly, in the future, one of

This is the old RAF Wroughton airfield near Swindon.

It's a huge site, about the size of 170 football pitches.

And developers want to put tp 150,000 solar panels here,

which they say, will power the area's futurd.

classed as there are benefits to the local community, wider benefits to

the UK plc with regards to the amount of renewable energy

generated. The project will generate in excess of 40 gigawatt hours per

in excess of 40 gigawatt hotrs per annum which is the equivalent to 12

to 15,000 homes. On a day lhke to 15,000 homes. On a day lhke

today, we would be generating 15,000 today, we would be generating 1 ,000

homes worth of energy, that would be used in Swindon. There are 13 at the

used in Swindon. There are 03 at the moment with another 14 being built,

another eight how awaiting planning permission to stop this is the only

one if it does get the go`ahead will be built on a protected site. There

are more Solevaag than that in Somerset but watch is seen `s

are more Solevaag than that in Somerset but watch is seen as a

Somerset but watch is seen `s a growth area, partly because it has a

growth area, partly because it has good connections to the Nathonal

Grid and is also closer to larger towns and cities. Developer stressed

the airfield is old and indtstrial the airfield is old and industrial

land, not a green side but opponents say nevertheless the panels would

ruin the area for generations to come. This is a very special

landscape, nationally designated since 1972, as an Area of

Outstanding Natural Beauty, also a very historic landscape, very

vulnerable, close to Swindon. Today was the last day

for local people here to have A final decision is expected

to be made in the autumn. It is coming up to quarter to seven

and in 12 hours time polling stations will open for the local and

European elections. Voters will be electing councillors

in Bristol, Swindon and parts But the big one is choosing six MEPs

to represent the region Here's our political editor,

Paul Barltrop. The European election is unlike any

other, we are all part of one big south`west constituency stretching

south`west constituency strdtching from Swindon to the Isles of Scilly,

we elect six members of the European Parliament to represent the region,

the voting system is differdnt, the voting system is differdnt,

seats will be handed out on a proportional basis when the votes

are counted on Sunday. It is parties, not individual candidates

that we vote for. There will be no less than eight on the ballot paper.

The party on the up ought to be Labour.

Deputy leader Harriet Harman came campaigning in Stroud today.

The party need to make gains to stand a chance of getting

I think these collections that are happening tomorrow are important for

their own sake, to get good local councillors, Labour representation

in the European Parliament. Make no mistake, they are imported for say,

yes, yes, they are important as a milestone on the path to the general

election in 2015. Over the past month a procession

of party leaders have come The Conservatives, Liberal Democrats

and the Greens believe the European Union can be a good thing,

UKIP's Nigel Farage wants out. His visit to Bath was the West's

biggest political rally The point about European elections

and this one in particular, it is a chance for people to express an

opinion. I don't meet many people in Bath or elsewhere who are happy

being part of a political union with Europe which costs us a greater love

money, and means we have given up control of our borders. The rise

could especially hurt the Conservatives. David Cameron's visit

is aimed at mobilising supporters will stop these collections do

matter and that is why I am here campaigning and urging people to

vote for a party that can fhx stuff vote for a party that can fhx stuff

in Europe rather than parties are to in Europe rather than partids are to

stay everything is fine, or there is nothing good about Europe at all.

The real answer is get stuck in, reform it, then hold back

referendum. The Lib Dems kept a low profile,

their leader met party faithful in Gloucestershire with a strongly

pro`European Union message. What ever you think about the European

Union, we are saying we are the party of in because we think it is

right for jobs, safety. You have got to be to go after criminals as they

cross borders, deal with things like cross borders, deal with thhngs like

climate change which crosses borders. We have a real potential,

borders. We have a real potdntial, we have been growing steadily. We

have seen a steady, solid, organic growth.

Back with Harriet Harman, and some canvassing with a difference.

Tomorrow it'll be the voters chance to put politicians to the sword

We will be working right through the night the following morning to bring

you the election results with special programmes here on BBC One.

There are three other parties standing in the European eldction

An Independence from Europe, the British National Party

You can see a full list of candidates on the BBC news website.

A cricket club in Bristol has been celebrating

today after welcoming back one of their players who they fdared was

Ahad Rizvi played for the Easton Cowboys after arriving in

But for the last two months he and his sister have been held

in detention centres after the family's asylum application failed.

Yesterday they were both given a temporary release to return to their

At the wicket for the Easton Cowboys.

But for the last two months life has been very different for Ahad.

Held at this detention centre, awaiting deportation.

They provided us with a basketball and cricket facilities, that you are

in very difficult, you don't want to do anything, that is the worst

problem. As minority Shia Muslims,

Ahad's family say they fear They're asking for their failed

asylum bid to be reconsiderdd. But for now having everyone

back together is a huge relhef. I just came home, my mother was

happy, I was like, what happened? She was crying as well, and happy,

she was saying that they both got released and they would be coming

this evening. Great happiness. Ahad's team mates campaigned

for his return. And so

their star batsman headed straight I was totally excited. The match was

going on here, they stopped their play, they were looking, who is this

guy? He is one of the famous men in their cricket. It was an am`zing

their cricket. It was an amazing feeling, everybody was hugghng and

feeling, everybody was hugging and cheering for me.

Ahad's name is already on the team sheet for Saturday's game.

Now he's back he hopes his lawyers can finally win him

Gloucestershire have won their first County Championship match of the

Hamish Marshall scored a century as Gloucestershire piled on

Kent never looked like reaching their target and were

A family who lost their house in a gas explosion in Cheltenham

will spend their first night back in their new home tonight.

Rich and Sarah Drinkwater have spent the last two years

in rented accommodation after their house, and all their

Here's our Gloucestershire reporter, Steve Knibbs.

On Friday they got the keys to their new house.

Today the furniture arrived, and Rich and Sarah Drinkwatdr

We were sat in our kitchen watching other window, they thought ht was a

novelty. So nice to have a noble door, people putting their head Ram

Singh welcome home. So nice to see you back.

Two years ago it was all so different.

A gas explosion next door changed everyone's lives forever.

Remarkably, Betty Hodgkiss who lived in the

house was pulled out from under the rubble with only minor injuries

The damage meant that Rich and Sarah's house had to be demolished,

It will take us a while to get used to the fact that this is our home,

we have got our home back and we are where we want to be, we have been

for 17 years. It is awesome. It's been a difficult journey to get

here, not just the rebuild, but dealing with post traumatic

stress following the exploshon. But now there's just

the positives to look forward to The first morning waking up in our

house, coming downstairs, slile on our face, making a cup of tea,

our face, making a cup of tda, having breakfast, normality, just

normal things that everybody takes normal things that everybodx takes

for granted everyday, and we haven't for granted everyday, and wd haven't

been able to do for two years, that is what I can't wait for.

This has been a personal jotrney for the builders too, they demolished

the house, but made sure they worked hard to put it back up again.

The owners lost not just a property but everything attached to their

property, although positions, lifetime memories, everything. The

difficulty for us is not building the property, but building something

that they feel is their home. Betty isn't going to be movhng back

to Rosehill Street, but Rich and Sarah are planning

a street party for everyone Celebrating their return hole,

but also the community brought together by the extraordinary events

two years ago. An art exhibition is opening

at Hestercombe House in Somdrset this weekend featuring work

from two very modern artists. It's a different role for

Hestercombe, which is a restored country home near Taunton and was

once the home of the fire sdrvice. It's taken 20 years

of painstaking work to restore the But owning the house was always

the missing bit of the puzzle. Owned by Somerset County Cotncil,

the last occupants were So when the house was handed over to

the charity that runs Hestercombe last year, all thoughts turned to

what to do with it. Perhaps installing these thought

provoking works are not Contemporary work

by cutting edge artists. Like them or not,

the collection is worth hundreds We have got six artists nominated

for the Turner prize, three artists that have shown work on the plinth

into square, and we have also got three artists that have shown them

in international the NRA 's. By NRAmacro`plural.

The restoration project revealed the beautiful, now world`renowned

Jekyll and Lutyens garden and returned much of the 50 acres back

Putting cutting edge art in the house seemed an obvious thing to do.

The people who created the gardens will artists so we wanted to

continue the theme of art as we integrated the house with the

landscape. I hope people will be interested, and will be recdptive

landscape. I hope people will be interested, and will be receptive to

interested, and will be recdptive to seeing something completely new. We

have got an artwork here fedling where once and artists desk was.

have got an artwork here feeling where once and artists desk was Is

the beauty will have a Tracey where once and artists desk was. Is

the beauty will have a Tracdy and the beauty will have a Tracey and

men, Pinkney, if you please. It should be here by end of tolorrow

should be here by end of tomorrow evening.

There is however a little way to go before

the exhibition opens to the public some of the rooms a little reluctant

And what to do with the thousands of miles of cabling used

Good job there is an artist in residence with a plan.

Literally take all of this, all of the plastic cabling off, put it in a

crucible and mother down and passed some sculptures which I haven't done

some sculptures which I havdn't done before with copper so we will see

how it goes. The house and the gardens will be

formally opened to the publhc this weekend, ensuring the legacy

of art and design continues. Test equipment to apologise for stop

in our pharmacy these we showed you pharmacy plus, we showed yot

in our pharmacy these we showed you pharmacy plus, we showed you in

pharmacy plus, we showed yot in Eastville pharmacy, that is not

closing down, it is the pharmacy plus there should have been our

story. No mistaking the weather. It is on

the change. The forecast confidence for

tomorrow, despite the short range away, is surprisingly low, that is

because of the complexity of the bell and steady race to the South,

Southeast, but one way or hd will be Southeast, but one way or hd will be

a day of heavy showers or thunderstorms and some brighter or

sunnier spells as well. The Met Office is issued a blanket xellow

warning for the threat of the heavy rain. That comes into force in the

early hours of tomorrow morning Play continues throughout the day.

The confidence is particularly low. Developers are taking shape from the

south, south`east as we run these plumes of heavy and thunderx

south, south`east as we run these plumes of heavy and thundery rain

plumes of heavy and thunderx rain northwards and eventually the

north`west will stop was that close north`west will stop was th`t close

away early hours we are left with this one of brighter spells, but

always the threat of them hdavy showers, Neville `` never too far

away. A good deal of dry we`ther still with us, we have seen some

showers in Hampshire, starthng to showers in Hampshire, starthng to

break out. It will be midnight onwards that we start to see

break out. It will be midnight onwards that we start to sed this

area of heavy and thundery rain marching across all of us. Whether

that has cleared away across by daybreak is a moot point but you get

the general drift. It could be that the rush`hour start pretty wet. A

lot of Merc left behind where we have had the overnight rain, and

things straight to brighten up. Heavy showers, thunderstorms and

stop pinning down where thex Heavy showers, thunderstorms and

stop pinning down where they are going to be and what sort of time

will be one of the forecast Mara. You can get the general drift. As we

come through the evening, or be many areas will be seeing dry, bright

weather, some of you will bd seeing weather, some of you will be seeing

the opposite. If you to the polling station it will be of" moment by

looking at the sky. `` picking your looking at the sky. `` picking your

moment. Saturday, a return to some inclement weather. Some perhod of

inclement weather. Some period of rental stop Sunday and Mond`y should

be increasingly better. Today was the calm before the storm.

We shall see, I have enjoyed the nice weather, anyway.

We have got an update at Tenby. Otherwise the whole team returns

tomorrow for the goodbye. that is to find that one item

that's going to change their life. Flames are beautiful. Made

nice money, that did. Nice money.