01/06/2014

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:00:00. > :00:12.more on the BBC News Channel. We are back with the late news

:00:13. > :00:15.Good evening. Owners of small farms here in the West say they're

:00:16. > :00:18.struggling to expand because of soaring land prices. An acrd's worth

:00:19. > :00:21.more than ?10,000 in some areas ` driven up by demand from developers

:00:22. > :00:26.and investors. And young farmers at this weekend's Royal Bath and West

:00:27. > :00:38.Show say they're being priced out of agriculture, as Scott Ellis reports.

:00:39. > :00:44.There are no shortage of farmers wanting to get into farming, but the

:00:45. > :00:53.land they want to work is soaring in price. An acre has reached lore than

:00:54. > :00:59.?12,000 here. We are land locked because we have neighbouring farmers

:01:00. > :01:07.who are bigger then asked buying land next to us. Also, land has been

:01:08. > :01:12.sold to travellers and they have put planning permission in for housing.

:01:13. > :01:16.Prices are rising by 10% a year, Prices are rising by 10% a xear

:01:17. > :01:21.driven up by property investors and farmers who can afford to expand. If

:01:22. > :01:24.you are a young former who hs about you are a young former who hs about

:01:25. > :01:34.to inherit land, it is not a to inherit land, it is not a

:01:35. > :01:37.problem, but if you are not, it is. Tenancies are few and far bdtween.

:01:38. > :01:44.Renting land is difficult for a young person. Somerset Young farmers

:01:45. > :01:48.want more share farming. That means they work someone else's land and

:01:49. > :01:54.split the profits. Landowners are quite keen on it. Green`macro the

:01:55. > :02:00.former may be of an age where he doesn't want to do the 18 hours a

:02:01. > :02:09.day. That young farmer will be keen. The government wants farming

:02:10. > :02:14.to be an inspirational choice for young people and it welcomes a cap

:02:15. > :02:15.reform during their first fhve years reform during their first fhve years

:02:16. > :02:18.in business. A man's been arrested

:02:19. > :02:21.after hundreds of homes werd yesterday. Bomb disposal experts

:02:22. > :02:23.were called to Cassell Road in Bomb disposal experts were called to

:02:24. > :02:25.Cassell Road 42`year`old man was arrested in

:02:26. > :02:28.Emersons Green on suspicion of of causing a bomb hoax

:02:29. > :02:40.and is now being questioned. It's been a successful weekend for

:02:41. > :02:43.Britain's rowers at the European Championships in Belgrade, with two

:02:44. > :02:46.gold medals for competitors from the West. Olympic Champion Helen Glover

:02:47. > :02:49.added the European title to her tally in the women's pairs. And in

:02:50. > :02:52.the prestige men's four, Gloucestershire's Alex Gregory also

:02:53. > :02:55.took gold ` he now holds current And in the prestige men's four,

:02:56. > :02:57.Gloucestershire's Alex Gregory also Pete Reed in the Men's Eight

:02:58. > :03:04.came away with a bronze. And in the prestige men's four,

:03:05. > :03:06.Gloucestershire's Alex Gregory also Thousands of people around the West

:03:07. > :03:13.have been sitting down together to eat with their neighbours as part of

:03:14. > :03:16.the sixth annual Big Lunch dvent. It's all about creating stronger

:03:17. > :03:19.links in our own communities. This lot in Wiltshire's North Bradley

:03:20. > :03:22.enjoyed a picnic and barbeqte togetherand they tied the event in

:03:23. > :03:25.with their own World War Ond comemmorations ` planting poppy

:03:26. > :03:28.seeds and making flowers of The BBC has begun its own coverage

:03:29. > :03:33.looking at World War One at Home in partnership with the Imperi`l War

:03:34. > :03:36.Museums. Jacob Rees`Mogg, the MP for Jacob Rees`Mogg, the MP for

:03:37. > :03:39.North East Somerset, now lives in a house that was turned hnto

:03:40. > :03:42.a hospital during the conflict. The BBC has begun its own coverage

:03:43. > :03:46.looking at World War One at Home in partnership with the Imperial War

:03:47. > :03:49.Museums. Jacob Rees`Mogg, the MP for Jacob Rees`Mogg, the MP for

:03:50. > :03:52.North East Somerset, now lives in a house that was turned into

:03:53. > :04:03.a hospital during the conflhct. They had a room full of pathents.

:04:04. > :04:06.There is some graffiti here left by the soldiers who would have been

:04:07. > :04:10.patients on the balcony. We have looked at all these lovely things,

:04:11. > :04:17.but I have one more thing to show you. This is from the Red Cross

:04:18. > :04:25.archives. We have actually found a service record for your gre`t aunt

:04:26. > :04:35.Molly. Here it is. A nurse promoted to something nature in, but I can't

:04:36. > :04:41.read that. Oh, quartermaster. Thank you for finding that. That is

:04:42. > :04:46.wonderful. You can keep that as a souvenir. That is great. I will put

:04:47. > :04:54.it on display. Finally, Bristol's Park Street was

:04:55. > :04:56.turned into a pop`up park today Another Special Sunday for the city

:04:57. > :05:00.` no cars allowed and familhes were able to enjoy games, music, arts and

:05:01. > :05:04.crafts and a crawl on the artificial grass. It was a chance to celebrate

:05:05. > :05:07.the city and give traders an an opportunity to showcase what

:05:08. > :06:12.the area has to offer. Hello. Most of us have enjoyed at

:06:13. > :06:16.least one day of lovely weather this weekend. That weather will be harder

:06:17. > :06:22.to come by this week. It has been up and down. Yes, rain or showers at

:06:23. > :06:27.times. Drier, sunny weather, turning cooler. Signs are that by the end of

:06:28. > :06:31.the week temperatures will recover. We have seen rain today in Glasgow,

:06:32. > :06:36.Edinburgh, western fringes of the UK too. The cloud will spread east

:06:37. > :06:41.overnight, with further outbreaks of rain into the west. Temperatures are

:06:42. > :06:45.in double figures as Monday begins. We get the sunshine - a lot of cloud

:06:46. > :06:46.around. Some patchy rain.