:00:09. > :00:11.Welcome to BBC Points West with Sabet Choudhury and Alex Lovell
:00:12. > :00:16.The funds being made available for Somerset communities living
:00:17. > :00:28.in the shadow of a new nuclear power stathon.
:00:29. > :00:40.When you have got there vehhcles coming, that is going to have an
:00:41. > :00:44.impact. The West mother challenging
:00:45. > :00:47.the government's ban Recognition from the Queen
:00:48. > :00:51.for several voluntary groups And digging out stories frol
:00:52. > :01:05.the Great War here in the Wdst. It's the biggest construction
:01:06. > :01:08.site in the UK for a generation The new Hinkley Point power station
:01:09. > :01:11.will cost ?16 billion, and create an estimated 25,000 new
:01:12. > :01:13.jobs during construction. But it'll take at least eight years
:01:14. > :01:17.to build ` and that's nearlx a decade of disruption for people
:01:18. > :01:20.living anywhere near the site. So today,
:01:21. > :01:21.communities in its shadow ldarned ?20 million in all ` with the
:01:22. > :01:27.first ?4 million announced today. They've fired up the bulldozers
:01:28. > :01:42.again, and started new ground works for a power station they sthll
:01:43. > :01:45.aren't sure will finally be built. But the minute these machinds moved
:01:46. > :01:48.into action it triggered the release of millions of pounds to
:01:49. > :02:08.local communities ` in effect This is a contribution to the
:02:09. > :02:11.community to enable us to start over what.
:02:12. > :02:14.This vast project may yet bd scuppered by the European Commission
:02:15. > :02:17.who are investigating whethdr the deal between EDF and the government
:02:18. > :02:21.for new nuclear electricity amounts to an illegal subsidy.
:02:22. > :02:29.All of this is effectively ` gamble, a gamble that they `re
:02:30. > :02:32.confident will go the way. Hf it does not, this will have bedn a
:02:33. > :02:36.waste of time. But civic leaders announcing
:02:37. > :02:39.the compensation package today know that whatever happens
:02:40. > :02:54.their ?4 million is safe. We are trying to help communities,
:02:55. > :03:00.to say that if you are softdning the impact of this, for the sakd of the
:03:01. > :03:09.nation, to have more power, as compensation, here is the fhnance
:03:10. > :03:14.that will make you feel bitter about the project.
:03:15. > :03:17.The village of Stogursey, jtst a mile from Hinkley, is guaranteed at
:03:18. > :03:27.least ?500,000, and it's up to the community now to apply for the cash.
:03:28. > :03:35.If people want to enhance the village, either by building a new
:03:36. > :03:40.village hall or encompassing a youth club, it is what about the village
:03:41. > :03:42.once. More money will follow in
:03:43. > :03:46.the years to come, up to ?20 million That is, of course, if Hinkley C
:03:47. > :03:50.actually becomes more than just Well, as Clinton mentioned,
:03:51. > :04:07.European politicians will h`ve Our political editor Paul B`rltrop
:04:08. > :04:18.joins us now. The reality is that this was always
:04:19. > :04:25.going to take a very long thme. It is for this is a form of acceptable
:04:26. > :04:29.state aid. But that has to be something cold market failure, they
:04:30. > :04:44.are currently investigating whether that is the case. No other funds,
:04:45. > :04:48.cutting out the competition was fair according to the rule book. The
:04:49. > :04:53.Competition Commission say that this is without visiting and it hs very
:04:54. > :04:59.complex. It will take a long time. Why are EDF energy pressing ahead?
:05:00. > :05:06.They have spent a lot of money getting this point. It is also not
:05:07. > :05:12.the job to negotiate with Brussels. That is the UK government. Today,
:05:13. > :05:14.the Chief Executive said th`t a they deal. They have got to keep going
:05:15. > :05:28.and hope. A mum from south Gloucestershire is
:05:29. > :05:31.launching a legal challenge against the ban on children being
:05:32. > :05:34.taken on holiday during terl time. Karen Wilkinson has helped form
:05:35. > :05:37.a group called "Parents Want a Say" ` they're calling
:05:38. > :05:40.for a judicial review of thd rules. Already in the West,
:05:41. > :05:43.more than 700 fines have bedn issued to parents for taking
:05:44. > :05:46.their children out of school. Alice Bouverie's been to
:05:47. > :05:53.speak to some of them. Reminiscing about the holid`y, less
:05:54. > :06:00.than two cows family to Can`da. When he came back he was told th`t he had
:06:01. > :06:07.been fined ?240 and they wotld or could not pay he would have to go to
:06:08. > :06:14.court. It was the trip of the waste team. To go to some really Canada in
:06:15. > :06:28.the middle of the winter, and have those experiences, the educ`tional
:06:29. > :06:33.value is phenomenal. Has sexual old son is a very good reader. But while
:06:34. > :06:45.he is reading his book, his dad is being read the riot act. Until the
:06:46. > :06:52.holiday companies and the Alliance have a fixed place, a flat rate I
:06:53. > :06:56.am not willing to pay the cost. Since last September, the government
:06:57. > :07:01.has got it won't offer on p`tients taking holidays during term time.
:07:02. > :07:07.Before there was discretion but now only exceptional circumstances
:07:08. > :07:15.apply. A new campaign group has attracted nearly a quarter of a
:07:16. > :07:21.million people to its petithon. We have got a case where a trahn going
:07:22. > :07:30.and for an operation has bedn refused a holiday before thd
:07:31. > :07:40.operation. Silly cases like that. They are exceptional. It is a
:07:41. > :07:44.no`brainer. The Department of education is so far refusing to
:07:45. > :08:00.listen according to this wolan. He said...
:08:01. > :08:12.The crackdown on absenteeisl is meeting many people unhappy.
:08:13. > :08:15.We are just hearing that thd motorcyclist has been killed when
:08:16. > :08:22.competing in a race and that a will of man. The 65`year`old had been an
:08:23. > :08:34.experienced rider. An investigation is now under way.
:08:35. > :08:35.Police investigating an alldged bomb
:08:36. > :08:38.hoax in Bristol are appealing for more information from the
:08:39. > :08:41.public. Bomb disposal experts were called to Cassell Road in Fhshponds
:08:42. > :08:44.and hundreds of homes and businesses were evacuated after
:08:45. > :08:47.reports that a parked car h`d been doused in petrol. A 42`year`
:08:48. > :08:50.old man arrested on suspicion of causing a bomb hoax has been
:08:51. > :08:58.One of the Australian DJs who made a prank call to Bristol nurse
:08:59. > :09:01.Jacintha Saldana says she should have tried harder to make stre it
:09:02. > :09:04.Mel Greg and her co`host phoned the hospital
:09:05. > :09:07.where Miss Saldanha was tre`ting the Duchess of Cambridge, pretending
:09:08. > :09:13.Miss Greg says she feels guhlty that Miss Saldanha was found dead three
:09:14. > :09:15.days later, and that it's been like livhng
:09:16. > :09:19.My boyfriend Steven was going on Twitter and Facebook, just having a
:09:20. > :09:23.look as he normally does, and then he saw the Tweets coming through.
:09:24. > :09:26.They said I had blood on my hands and that I was
:09:27. > :09:35.I feel disgusted at myself, listening back to it.
:09:36. > :09:37.I remember laughing, thinking how funny it was.
:09:38. > :10:01.You're watching Points West, your local news from the BBC,
:10:02. > :10:07.We'll let you know where to see the Queen's baton relay tomorrow.
:10:08. > :10:14.And we meet the man who's rtn seven marathons in seven daxs.
:10:15. > :10:18.This week we're continuing our World War One at Home series on
:10:19. > :10:21.Points West ` a partnership between the BBC and Imperial War Museums.
:10:22. > :10:24.It tells stories about people and places on the home front
:10:25. > :10:28.Salisbury Plain was already established as a training b`se
:10:29. > :10:30.but the conflict saw thousands of soldiers from across
:10:31. > :10:42.And many of them left their mark, as I've been finding out.
:10:43. > :10:45.When you see millions of thd mouth less dead, across your dreals in
:10:46. > :10:49.pale battalions, say not soft thing as other men have said, that you'll
:10:50. > :11:04.A living hell, filled with the stench of ddath
:11:05. > :11:06.Nothing could have prepared them for this.
:11:07. > :11:14.But it's here in Salisbury Plain, hundreds of miles away
:11:15. > :11:17.from the battlefield, that lost of those soldiers had their first
:11:18. > :11:21.100 years on, if you look h`rd enough, this landscape is still
:11:22. > :11:31.From the sky down, a reminddr of how life in the trenches started
:11:32. > :11:38.These people, it would have been their first
:11:39. > :11:42.You've got replica shell`holes, tea that tastes like fuel
:11:43. > :11:47.One thing you can't have is an enemy shooting at you.
:11:48. > :11:49.Although you're using your own ammunition, there's no
:11:50. > :11:53.That's something you can't train for.
:11:54. > :11:58.Even to the extent the trenches are located.
:11:59. > :12:00.They're on what's called a reverse slope.
:12:01. > :12:04.Any enemy attacking you from the front line,
:12:05. > :12:06.you'd see them silhouetted beautifully on the skyline.
:12:07. > :12:09.That's the sort of thing thdy'll face on the Western Front.
:12:10. > :12:11.Thousands of new recruits came here to prepare
:12:12. > :12:15.for the front line ` amongst them, the Anzacs, the Australian `nd
:12:16. > :12:24.Also the Canadian forces, filmed here digging trenches.
:12:25. > :12:27.It must have been one of the strangest experiences ever,
:12:28. > :12:30.particularly when you think at that time, the start of the 20th century,
:12:31. > :12:33.many people might not even have left the county!
:12:34. > :12:37.All of a sudden, the whole of the Empire descends upon the cotnty
:12:38. > :12:43.It must have been so peculi`r to face the whole Empire in one
:12:44. > :12:47.Those soldiers are long gond ` some taken by time,
:12:48. > :12:57.Although this desolate landscape still stirs with their echods.
:12:58. > :12:59.You think about military landscape...
:13:00. > :13:06.A relatively short period of time in trenches, but also time
:13:07. > :13:15.100 years on, those markings are now a monument ` a time capsule to
:13:16. > :13:19.the memories of soldiers like Alexander Todd from Australia.
:13:20. > :13:22.He trained here, and became a hero by taking
:13:23. > :13:30.Imagine, he's whittling awax in a moment of boredom.
:13:31. > :13:32.All sorts of thoughts are rushing through his
:13:33. > :13:39.It's the same hopes and fears as the modern armies had,
:13:40. > :13:45.Hoping to get back, expecting to get back...
:13:46. > :13:49.But very poignantly, he never makes it.
:13:50. > :13:59.Killed one month before the end of the Great War.
:14:00. > :14:02.That makes this a powerful lonument ` a tangible trace
:14:03. > :14:08.In winter trenches, glum, whth crumps and lice, and lack of rum,
:14:09. > :14:21.Many who trained in these trenches died in the theatre of battle.
:14:22. > :14:24.But there are others who never left this Wiltshire countryside `
:14:25. > :14:30.No less are they the heroes than those who g`ve
:14:31. > :15:07.You can find more stories on the website. Tomorrow, I will bd
:15:08. > :15:12.investigating the letter was sent to the wife of a soldier back hn the
:15:13. > :15:21.West. They have been told into a beautiful song.
:15:22. > :15:23.And later tonight, there's a special programme looking
:15:24. > :15:27.at the role the West Countrx played in training hundreds of thotsands
:15:28. > :15:31.From rediscovering the country's largest horse depot in Shirdhampton
:15:32. > :15:34.to cavalry training in Wiltshire, it's the story of the real warhorses
:15:35. > :15:50.And you can see that progralme at 7.30pm here on BBC One.
:15:51. > :15:53.Eight voluntary groups from across the West are being honoured
:15:54. > :15:57.The Queen's Awards for Voluntary Service are given every
:15:58. > :16:00.year to groups up and down the country, which make an outstanding
:16:01. > :16:13.For many vulnerable women, a dangerous place to be.
:16:14. > :16:17.But thanks to One25 ` there is somewhere they can get help.
:16:18. > :16:30.This is the only organisation specifically for women trapped in
:16:31. > :16:36.these kind of situations. Wd deal with many people. We work whth
:16:37. > :16:41.around 300 women every year. This vehicle goes out five mates the
:16:42. > :16:50.week, women can do it clocks of tea and some advice. The people who
:16:51. > :16:55.volunteer do it because thex really want to. They are very passhonate.
:16:56. > :16:59.The Queen's Awards were cre`ted more than a decade ago, back in 2002
:17:00. > :17:02.They aim to recognise the contribution that groups
:17:03. > :17:04.of volunteers make to local communities.
:17:05. > :17:07.They have an equivalent status for voluntary groups as MBEs do
:17:08. > :17:10.Across the west, seven other charitable groups are
:17:11. > :17:15.One in Gloucestershire, one in Wiltshire and five across Somerset.
:17:16. > :17:18.One of those in Somerset, is based in Taunton.
:17:19. > :17:20.The Street Pastors there have been helping out
:17:21. > :17:44.We wanted to be ace is placd for young people, to go out and enjoy
:17:45. > :17:53.themselves. Us are universally well`received. We don't votd suites
:17:54. > :18:05.and it is amazing how that diffuses aggressive situations. They will be
:18:06. > :18:14.presented with the awards cdremonies of the summer.
:18:15. > :18:17.Some of the region's top rowers are celebrating a successful wedkend
:18:18. > :18:19.at the European Championships in Belgrade.
:18:20. > :18:22.Double Olympic Champion Petd Reed from Nailsworth had to be s`tisfied
:18:23. > :18:26.But former team mate Alex Gregory took gold as part
:18:27. > :18:31.There was also a first European title for Bath trained rower
:18:32. > :18:42.It felt really exciting. We are confident that we don't wear what we
:18:43. > :18:52.will have to ask our coach. Several medals too
:18:53. > :18:55.for our next guest ` and pldnty Jason Smith ran seven marathons
:18:56. > :19:00.in seven days, taking in sole of Somerset's greatest landlarks,
:19:01. > :19:19.and I'm pleased to say he joins us On a scale of one to ten, how much
:19:20. > :19:25.do you hop at the moment? I would like to thank you for having me on.
:19:26. > :19:35.We took this challenge, over seven days, and we are all in extreme
:19:36. > :19:42.pain. Was it worth it? It is slowly sinking in. We woke up this morning
:19:43. > :19:52.and realised the enormity of it You device of this yourself? Nine months
:19:53. > :19:58.ago, I visualised something to do. It is similar to a bucket lhst. I
:19:59. > :20:04.spoke to charity fundraisers, locally, and one of them mentioned
:20:05. > :20:14.trying seven marathons over seven days. I thought were better to do it
:20:15. > :20:23.than Somerset. What was your favourite landmark, and the topless?
:20:24. > :20:28.People are inspirations for technology. We ran a classy
:20:29. > :20:35.suspension blanch, leading tp to the finale, and looking down onto the
:20:36. > :20:42.view was fantastic. We were all emotional that that was our first
:20:43. > :20:48.marathon. It was fantastic. And the one closest to your heart, xou save
:20:49. > :20:55.that for your study? It was Saturday. Really from that xear and
:20:56. > :21:08.one of the people has the dhsease, host dream was to be Batman. We sent
:21:09. > :21:13.out an e`mail and we were vdry thankful that Batman was frde! There
:21:14. > :21:20.Seat on top. We have got thd middle Seat on top. We have got thd middle
:21:21. > :21:29.C. You will have noticed. Congratulations.
:21:30. > :21:32.This summer's Commonwealth Games are just 51 days away,
:21:33. > :21:35.and tomorrow the official b`ton will be passing through the area.
:21:36. > :21:37.We'll give you the route in a few minutes.
:21:38. > :21:39.Several West Country athletds will be there,
:21:40. > :21:41.including 20`year`old Kristhan Callaghan, who has been seldcted
:21:42. > :21:46.He's a student at the University of Bath, and as Alistair Durden has
:21:47. > :21:49.been finding out, Kristian is making quite a name
:21:50. > :22:03.Kristian Callaghan is aiming for the target, one centimetre in dhameter.
:22:04. > :22:08.He says that eating well and avoiding caffeine is fatal to having
:22:09. > :22:19.a steady arm. Then it is kedping your concentration. Most of shooting
:22:20. > :22:28.is in your mind. You have got to know what it says that you want to
:22:29. > :22:32.thank in order to work. He has already won medals at junior level
:22:33. > :22:39.and looking British records. But his natural aptitude for the sport has,
:22:40. > :22:48.as he backed office supplies. Nobody in our family shoots. It cale as a
:22:49. > :22:54.shock. He began winning competitions and he was getting very consistent.
:22:55. > :23:02.We began to think we should find him a proper shooting club. It can be an
:23:03. > :23:09.expensive sport. These glasses cost several hundred pounds. The gun as
:23:10. > :23:11.what over ?1500. He can eashly spend over ?80 on an commission every
:23:12. > :23:17.weekend. She also has to fit it weekend. She also has to fit it
:23:18. > :23:21.around his university race. He is doing an engineering degree in
:23:22. > :23:29.Bath. But he says the sacrifice will be what that. I am looking to get to
:23:30. > :23:35.the final. Anything can happen but it is an achievable goal. Whnning a
:23:36. > :23:44.medal is not impossible. It would be nice. Shooting has already taken
:23:45. > :23:48.Kristian Callaghan across the world. But debate destination and his
:23:49. > :23:57.saints as Rio de Janeiro for the Olympics.
:23:58. > :23:59.Many of you will remember the Olxmpic
:24:00. > :24:03.Torch relay back in 2012, which saw thousands of you turn out to line
:24:04. > :24:08.Well tomorrow, it's the turn of the Queen's baton to come to thd West.
:24:09. > :24:11.It will be in Bristol's harbourside at lunchtime, starting off
:24:12. > :24:13.at the Lloyd's Ampitheatre just after midday, before boarding
:24:14. > :24:16.a boat to the Watersports Cdntre and finally ending up at
:24:17. > :24:46.It is pretty much a continu`tion in terms of the showers. Many darly as
:24:47. > :24:51.well avoid them to the data extent. But there was perhaps, rathdr than
:24:52. > :25:03.sunshine even the cloud. Sole really decent weather. We have been seeing
:25:04. > :25:18.temperatures are on average, you will notice that the rainfall
:25:19. > :25:21.totals, certain places legal way. Thank you for sending the
:25:22. > :25:26.information in. Over the next 2 over us, we have some weakening
:25:27. > :25:37.weather fronts and that could cling some showers. Some medium ldvel
:25:38. > :25:47.clone will be around. Some showers as well. To the south, overnight, B
:25:48. > :25:55.can say for what is coming. It could be a very wet day. We have some
:25:56. > :26:05.showers owed to the west and the weather front is weakening, it is
:26:06. > :26:09.moving eastwards. By the te`m we are through to the end of the nhght
:26:10. > :26:15.temperatures should be around 1 , 12 Celsius. We will start with the few
:26:16. > :26:26.shovels but most areas. On ` dry note. Perhaps some broken fdel
:26:27. > :26:37.thanks to the disease. If you are either saved, you may see no showers
:26:38. > :26:44.at all. Went tomorrow that these. Temperatures to 16 or 17. W`it on
:26:45. > :26:54.Wednesday but the detail is yet to be confirmed.
:26:55. > :26:57.They've kept us enthralled over the past couple of months `
:26:58. > :27:00.and today, six barn owl chicks who became online stars thanks to
:27:01. > :27:05.It's so their progress can be monitored in the years to come.
:27:06. > :27:08.The chicks were born just over a month ago to mum Brenda
:27:09. > :27:11.Thousands of people around the world followed
:27:12. > :27:14.their journey online as thex hatched and were fed by their parents.
:27:15. > :27:16.Six out of a brood of seven survived.
:27:17. > :27:20.The Hawk and Owl Trust wants to set up more than 300 nest boxes
:27:21. > :27:33.across Somerset to try and tackle the decline in barn owls.
:27:34. > :28:04.They are long way. We will be back later tonight, but for now, goodbye.
:28:05. > :28:11...then... ..he landed...
:28:12. > :28:23...and in a flurry of feathers, they were gone.
:28:24. > :28:25.But that isn't quite the end of the story.
:28:26. > :28:27.Perhaps you'll dream of a great adventure.
:28:28. > :28:39.'I'm going on an adventure.' Wow.
:28:40. > :28:42.That is a long way. Quite a bit of it is on bikes.
:28:43. > :28:45.What are you going to do about your hair?