:00:15. > :00:17.Hello and welcome to BBC Points West.
:00:18. > :00:23.Euro election misery for Lib Dems in the South West.
:00:24. > :00:28.Sir Graham Watson, as the long`serving MEP, loses his seat.
:00:29. > :00:31.Real cheese is back rolling down Cooper's ill in Gloucestershire
:00:32. > :00:33.And restoring the 1920s Fry's chocolate factory steam enghne that
:00:34. > :00:45.The Liberal Democrats are rdflecting on a disastrous night in thd
:00:46. > :00:51.They were pushed into fifth place and lost their only Euro MP.
:00:52. > :00:54.The Conservatives also lost a seat, while Labour and
:00:55. > :01:01.For 20 years, Liberal Democrat Graham Watson has
:01:02. > :01:04.been going to Brussels on bdhalf of the South West.
:01:05. > :01:25.I believe that the loss of the seat for the Lib Dems
:01:26. > :01:28.and Conservatives reflects the fact we have been in goverment
:01:29. > :01:41.The coalition partners also saw their share of the vote fall but
:01:42. > :01:47.The smiles were broadest on UKIP faces, who topped the poll
:01:48. > :02:04.Five years ago, we got for first places and this time we got at least
:02:05. > :02:09.34. That gives us a marvellous platform to go forward.
:02:10. > :02:12.Labour made a return to Brussels, taking back the seat they'd lost
:02:13. > :02:16.And the Greens also had cause to raise a glass, picking up their
:02:17. > :02:20.This afternoon, the party leader swept into Stroud
:02:21. > :02:35.Here, there was a real mood for change. We are offering real
:02:36. > :02:39.political change, different ways of doing things and politics. The
:02:40. > :02:45.south`west was a little bit more open and prepared to considdr that.
:02:46. > :02:50.As they sift through the finer details, all the major parthes will
:02:51. > :03:00.be able to draw some positives. All except the Lib Dems, that is.
:03:01. > :03:03.A 28 year old man has appeared at Taunton Deane Magistrates Court
:03:04. > :03:05.today, charged with abduction of a child from Somerset.
:03:06. > :03:07.Davinder Singh, of Churchdown in Gloucestershire, was arrdsted
:03:08. > :03:12.He's been remanded in custody and is due to appear at
:03:13. > :03:35.Thousands of people turned out in Gloucestershire today
:03:36. > :03:38.for the annual cheese rolling competition down Cooper's Hhll.
:03:39. > :03:42.And this year, real cheese was back on the menu after it was banned last
:03:43. > :03:47.Our reporter, Laura Jones, went along to see how it all went.
:03:48. > :03:53.They came from all over the West and all over the world, all for this:
:03:54. > :03:56.To watch a cheese get thrown down a very steep hill,
:03:57. > :04:01.chased by a bunch of fearless, some would say reckless, runners.
:04:02. > :04:13.Coming down, you are, like, in a 50`man washing machine.
:04:14. > :04:17.You have a plan to go down and you just end up rolling.
:04:18. > :04:21.I think, if you look at the floor now, it's quite flat, but up there,
:04:22. > :04:25.the floor is that course th`t you're thinking, I can put my feet down.
:04:26. > :04:29.And you end up just sliding on your bum.
:04:30. > :04:38.On a day like today, where you've had some rain,
:04:39. > :04:43.You can land and sort of like bounce and everything.
:04:44. > :04:47.It's when you've had a lot of sun on the ground and it's totally dry,
:04:48. > :04:50.But in conditions like that, it's great.
:04:51. > :04:53.But it's still a pretty crazy thing to do, isn't it?
:04:54. > :04:56.Oh, yeah, it's a crazy thing to do, but that's Gloucester!
:04:57. > :05:03.Last year, local cheesemakers were warned not to supply the race
:05:04. > :05:06.for health and safety reasons so a plastic substitute was used instead.
:05:07. > :05:09.But this year, thanks in part to some dutch Gouda,
:05:10. > :05:12.So another year celebrating a great British tradition,
:05:13. > :05:20.one that looks set to continue for generations to come.
:05:21. > :05:23.A team from North Somerset are hophng to
:05:24. > :05:26.set a world record this week by running seven marathons hn seven
:05:27. > :05:30.Jason Smith from Weston`supdr`Mare, along with five of his friends,
:05:31. > :05:34.set off on the epic journey from the Grand Pier this morning.
:05:35. > :05:38.They headed up through Somerset and crossed Bristol mid aftdrnoon.
:05:39. > :05:40.The team have been training for nine months,
:05:41. > :05:47.All the runs will be local and all the money raised go to
:05:48. > :06:02.We hope to see everyone start and finish points and the support has
:06:03. > :06:03.amazing. In terms of the we`ther, we couldn't have asked for better
:06:04. > :06:12.weather. A steam engine used at Fry's
:06:13. > :06:14.Somerdale chocolate factory from the 1920s is being restored after it
:06:15. > :06:18.was found by a former emploxee. The Sentinal Shunter moved cocoa,
:06:19. > :06:21.sugar and chocolate around the factory but was retired in the 950s
:06:22. > :06:24.and narrowly escaped the scrap yard. In its heyday, it employed 4,00
:06:25. > :06:35.workers or chocolate welders, One of those was a young
:06:36. > :06:40.apprentice called Eric Miles. On his first day, he spotted
:06:41. > :06:55.the site's very own steam engine. I got caught a few times riding but
:06:56. > :07:04.I still manage to keep the job. That's where
:07:05. > :07:06.their tracks first crossed. And Little Engine continued her job,
:07:07. > :07:08.moving cocoa, sugar I kept on researching and fhve years
:07:09. > :07:38.later, found in Essex. An emotional jorney home to Bristol
:07:39. > :07:41.with a drive by Somerdale's Over the last four years,
:07:42. > :07:46.the shunter has been restordd by The boiler is the final part
:07:47. > :07:50.and then she'll be ready I was too young then but too old
:07:51. > :08:20.now. Many of us have escaped with a fair
:08:21. > :08:25.amount of dry weather today but others seeing showers starthng to
:08:26. > :08:29.appear. This setting the tone as we head on into tonight. We will see
:08:30. > :08:35.showers around. Some moderately heavy at times and generallx
:08:36. > :08:39.speaking, the further to thd west and south`west, the better chance of
:08:40. > :08:46.the brighter conditions. Through the course of this evening, showery rain
:08:47. > :08:52.out towards the east of us. Some of that is starting to move its way
:08:53. > :08:56.ever westwards. The net restlt is that by tomorrow morning, a fair
:08:57. > :09:04.amount of cloud around. Somd of these outbreaks of rain continuing.
:09:05. > :09:09.With time, they will fade away but still the odd moderately he`vy burst
:09:10. > :09:14.here or there. The better of the brighter conditions towards the
:09:15. > :09:19.south`west. Even here, alwaxs a fair amount of cloud around. It will be a
:09:20. > :09:26.moderately breezy day. Tempdratures should get up to the mid`tedns. One
:09:27. > :09:31.or two spots getting higher than that. As we look into the rdst of
:09:32. > :09:36.this week ahead, a similar pattern, so a case of take your pick. Always
:09:37. > :09:42.the threat of further showers or outbreaks of rain. There will be
:09:43. > :10:08.drier spells either side of that and it looks like an improving story.
:10:09. > :10:16.Good evening. If I were to conduct a straw poll about the weather events
:10:17. > :10:20.today, I suspect we would get a split decision. There were
:10:21. > :10:25.significant differences around, we have sunshine and some warmth, but
:10:26. > :10:30.also this cloud and rain coming up through the Channel into the north
:10:31. > :10:35.of England. On top of that, some showers in the north-west, some of
:10:36. > :10:41.them thundery from Northern Ireland and Scotland, so a real eclectic
:10:42. > :10:44.mix. This will drift away over the next few hours, we will keep the
:10:45. > :10:45.cloud overnight, and