:00:00. > :00:08.Welcome to BBC Points West with Amanda Parr and David Garmston.
:00:09. > :00:13.She wanted an excuse for failing her barrister exams
:00:14. > :00:19.and got her boyfriend locked up as a suspect for 36 days.
:00:20. > :00:40.I spent eight days in prison. I also spent 30 days in Bristol.
:00:41. > :00:48.New information about the khlling of Melanie Road 30 years ago `
:00:49. > :00:51.detectives in Bath think thdre could be a breakthrough.
:00:52. > :00:53.A final disappointment at the Memorial Stadium as
:00:54. > :01:06.Bristol Rugby lose their last ever match, missing out on promotion
:01:07. > :01:10.Later I'll be telling you mx top tips.
:01:11. > :01:17.And the Bristol schoolboy bhdding to become Britain's Top Trumps champion
:01:18. > :01:20.A trainee barrister who falsely accused her boyfriend of rape
:01:21. > :01:28.so she would have an excuse for failing her exams is facing jail.
:01:29. > :01:30.Rhiannon Brooker, from Framptom Cotterell in south Gloucestdrshire,
:01:31. > :01:34.was found guilty on 12 counts of perverting the course of justice.
:01:35. > :01:36.She faked injuries to suggest Paul Fensome had beaten her
:01:37. > :01:42.and claimed he forced her to have sex with him on 11 occasions.
:01:43. > :01:46.This is why the case is so serious because genuine rape victims may now
:01:47. > :01:50.feel in fear of coming forw`rd to report that they have been ` victim.
:01:51. > :01:54.If it wasn?t for the phone `nalysis and the text messaging, she may well
:01:55. > :02:03.Don?t feel afraid, because we don?t charge you with lying
:02:04. > :02:10.unless there is absolutely clear evidence that you are making it up.
:02:11. > :02:14.Brooker's boyfriend, 46`year`old Paul Fensome,
:02:15. > :02:18.was held in custody for over a month before police realised there
:02:19. > :02:22.Our home affairs corresponddnt Steve Brodie has spoken to him
:02:23. > :02:38.Shock. Unbelievable. I was getting ready for work and they camd to
:02:39. > :02:50.arrest me. They were acting on claims made by a women. The first
:02:51. > :02:56.question they asked was if H had an alibi. The two officers involved
:02:57. > :03:07.didn't bother to check. My heart goes out to anyone who has been
:03:08. > :03:16.raped or assaulted. I would never, and I mentioned that in court.
:03:17. > :03:23.Anyone who has been raped should report it and the police will do all
:03:24. > :03:29.the work they can. How do you feel about Rhiannon Brooker now? Her name
:03:30. > :03:40.will never be mentioned to le again. I have no feelings for her.
:03:41. > :03:43.My name has been cleared. It is in the hands of the judge to sdntence
:03:44. > :03:54.and I hope she gets a decent sentence. Do you have a message for
:03:55. > :04:01.people in your position? I'l lucky that the job I do, that I c`n prove
:04:02. > :04:06.where I was. If it had gone the other way, I could have lost my
:04:07. > :04:12.job, my house, my good name, everything. She was making wise
:04:13. > :04:18.because she was struggling on her course. I was losing faith hn the
:04:19. > :04:31.justice system at one point but it has been restored.
:04:32. > :04:34.Outline plans to double the size of the Dyson research centrd
:04:35. > :04:40.The company says 3000 new jobs will be created by the expansion.
:04:41. > :04:42.It's proposing new buildings, car parking, a helipad
:04:43. > :04:50.Wiltshire council planners `greed to the proposal, as long as thd company
:04:51. > :04:56.works with local residents `nd improves the entrance to thd site.
:04:57. > :04:59.A former mayor of Weston`super`Mare is to be added to
:05:00. > :05:03.Philip Judd pleaded guilty to 1 charges, including making indecent
:05:04. > :05:05.photographs of a child and possessing films and im`ges
:05:06. > :05:13.He'll be sentenced in six weeks? time.
:05:14. > :05:17.The cull of wild boar in thd Forest of Dean is expected to expand
:05:18. > :05:22.A thermal imaging survey carried out by the Forestry Commission suggests
:05:23. > :05:26.there are now over 800 wild boar, a rise of 70% over the past year.
:05:27. > :05:30.Last winter, 135 boars were killed, but the Commission says that will
:05:31. > :05:35.have to rise to get the population under control.
:05:36. > :05:38.Detectives investigating the murder of a Bath teenagdr nearly
:05:39. > :05:42.30 years ago feel they are closing in on her killer.
:05:43. > :05:45.17`year`old Melanie Road was stabbed to death after a night out
:05:46. > :05:50.Police are now convinced more than ever that the murderer lived
:05:51. > :05:54.And a fresh appeal for people to come forward has been launched.
:05:55. > :05:58.Here's our Bath reporter, Ali Vowles.
:05:59. > :06:01.Today, these officers are h`rd at work in the incident rool,
:06:02. > :06:09.going through the names and details of 12,000 people who were in
:06:10. > :06:13.Unbelievably, the original records are all indexed
:06:14. > :06:20.The 17`year`old had her whole life ahead of her.
:06:21. > :06:23.These are new pictures of Mdlanie, released today by her familx,
:06:24. > :06:27.On the 9th of June, 1984, she was brutally murdered somewhere
:06:28. > :06:35.Close to the family home, she was sexually assaulted and stabbed.
:06:36. > :06:38.She'd been here to the Beau Nash nightclub with friends and taken a
:06:39. > :06:56.New info from police reveals a witness saw
:06:57. > :06:59.a woman who matched Melanie's description arguing with a white
:07:00. > :07:08.witness had seen the man before Blood left by the killer as he fled
:07:09. > :07:16.He might have been there as a student. Bath is a very big student
:07:17. > :07:30.town. There is a good chancd he could still be here now. Thdy have
:07:31. > :07:32.tested 5000 names. And some
:07:33. > :07:55.of the original detectives on Once you have the DNA profile, it is
:07:56. > :08:02.a matter of elimination. In a letter, her mum says that the morn
:08:03. > :08:18.for everyday. I beg you to come forward.
:08:19. > :08:32.We have the weather, with b`d news for Sunday. We also reveal the
:08:33. > :08:39.connection between Wellington and the great War. And we meet the
:08:40. > :08:48.eight`year`old who is going to become a champion.
:08:49. > :08:51.A Gloucester drug dealer has been found guilty of stabbing a lan
:08:52. > :08:56.Christopher Horn attacked Neil Bennett last July on the day
:08:57. > :09:12.Sarah Jane, remind us of the background to this.
:09:13. > :09:23.This happened on July 27 last year. People in the area will remdmber it
:09:24. > :09:28.being the carnival at the thme. Newell Bennett had gone to buy drugs
:09:29. > :09:34.from a house close to Gloucdster Park and got into an alterc`tion
:09:35. > :09:41.with a man called Christophdr Horne over a drug debt of ?10. Christopher
:09:42. > :09:47.went into the property, got a knife, and stabbed Newell in the b`ck. He
:09:48. > :09:55.escaped and fled but was pursued and stabbed again, fatally. This
:09:56. > :10:03.morning, a Jewry found him guilty of wounding with intent and of murder.
:10:04. > :10:09.His sister was very distressed as it was read out. Another defendant
:10:10. > :10:19.Tyler Johnson, was acquitted of all charges. He was emotional in the
:10:20. > :10:28.dock as the verdict was read out. The judge said he was free to go.
:10:29. > :10:32.Another defendant, Lucy, was found not guilty but they are still
:10:33. > :10:38.deliberating on a charge of murder and two charges against a m`n called
:10:39. > :10:42.Vicky James. They will 10:30am tomorrow morning.
:10:43. > :10:46.All week, we have been feattring stories from the Great War `s part
:10:47. > :10:50.the World War One At Home sdries, which is a partnership betwden the
:10:51. > :10:53.Those stories have been varhed and emotional.
:10:54. > :10:57.We've been to the Salisbury Plain where soldiers prepared
:10:58. > :11:01.We've met the daughter of a man who refused to fight.
:11:02. > :11:07.And we've heard a song based on letters from the frontline.
:11:08. > :11:10.Tonight, we head to Somerset and a company that kept the
:11:11. > :11:29.Britain and the world clothed itself in war
:11:30. > :11:39.And it was the town of Wellhngton in Somerset that weaved the unhforms.
:11:40. > :11:43.This is Fox Brothers, once one of the biggest woollen
:11:44. > :11:50.Back in 1914 they were busy spinning fancy yarns for the rich and famous.
:11:51. > :11:54.But when war broke out, they switched production.
:11:55. > :12:03.5000 people, almost the whole town, joined in.
:12:04. > :12:06.Today, there are eight looms spinning here.
:12:07. > :12:15.During the war, there were 400, working around the clock.
:12:16. > :12:18.The biggest product by far was puttees, coarse bandages
:12:19. > :12:23.that wrapped round the boots to stop them being sucked off in thd mud.
:12:24. > :12:26.If it was covered in mud, it was easy to take off.
:12:27. > :12:29.You could let it dry and just do this,
:12:30. > :12:36.In World War One, the puttee was a major contribution
:12:37. > :12:40.Fox Brothers went on to produce 82,000 miles
:12:41. > :12:50.Modern boots and army clothing have made puttees
:12:51. > :12:54.redundant but we asked a soldier to try some, for old times? sake.
:12:55. > :12:55.They actually feel quite comfortable.
:12:56. > :12:58.These would have provided qtite a lot of protection for soldiers
:12:59. > :13:03.It would have prevented watdr, sand and mud going down their boots.
:13:04. > :13:09.It?s quite interesting to sde how it developed over the years.
:13:10. > :13:14.Fox Brothers also made the greatcoats for the Great War.
:13:15. > :13:20.This is one of the Foxs? military coats from the 1950s.
:13:21. > :13:23.It is essentially the same as the ones they would have worn
:13:24. > :13:33.You just feel enveloped in the warmth of the British wool.
:13:34. > :13:40.I'm drawing all the threads, ready for it to be woven in the loom.
:13:41. > :13:45.Alison Harvey works at Fox's today, pulling threads through needles
:13:46. > :13:48.Her family have been employdd here for generations and helped
:13:49. > :13:53.Obviously they wouldn't havd had this kind
:13:54. > :13:59.It would have been more hands`on, but it would have been set tp much
:14:00. > :14:07.It's work that needs a steady hand, a good eye, and lots of pathence.
:14:08. > :14:23.Alison, how do you do this and get it right all the tile?
:14:24. > :14:28.and the company diversified, making fine suits for the f`mous.
:14:29. > :14:31.The 5000 workers have shrunk in number to 28 but,
:14:32. > :14:34.under new ownership, Fox Brothers is growing oncd more.
:14:35. > :14:36.And they will always be abld to claim that
:14:37. > :14:50.their products touched the lives of every soldier in the Gre`t War.
:14:51. > :14:56.We are continuing our series on the First World War in August.
:14:57. > :14:58.This afternoon, on the eve of 70th annivers`ry
:14:59. > :15:01.of the D`Day Invasion, 44 local bikers set off from Wellington
:15:02. > :15:07.On their way, they formed up to ride down
:15:08. > :15:09.the old runway at Upottery @irfield, from where American airbourne
:15:10. > :15:18.troops took off into battle exactly 70 years ago to the day.
:15:19. > :15:20.They then stopped off at a nearby sentry box memorial
:15:21. > :15:24.to rededicate it to the soldiers who flew out from the airfidld but
:15:25. > :15:31.There was no fairytale ending to life at the Memorial Stadiul,
:15:32. > :15:34.as Bristol lost their play`off final last nhght
:15:35. > :15:37.It means the rugby club will play a sixth season in a row outside
:15:38. > :15:43.In a moment, we'll be hearing from the club's owner Steve Landsdown.
:15:44. > :15:53.But first, Alistair Durden reports on the consequences of last
:15:54. > :15:57.Dejection on the pitch and on the terraces.
:15:58. > :16:01.Another year of finishing top of the table but losing in the plax`offs.
:16:02. > :16:04.Every season in the play`offs we just panic when we get to
:16:05. > :16:07.the knockout game so we forget how we played all through the sdason.
:16:08. > :16:11.When it came down to the last games, we struggled against Rotherham
:16:12. > :16:14.and lost the game there badly, then tried to play the same rugby
:16:15. > :16:18.I say that every year, but fingers crossed!
:16:19. > :16:25.improbable after last week's disastrous first leg.
:16:26. > :16:28.By half`time, they had made a small dent in the 19`point deficit
:16:29. > :16:34.A quick score in the second half from Mitch Eadie had the hole
:16:35. > :16:37.But missed kicks were proving costly.
:16:38. > :16:45.A third try from Adam Hughes took Bristol to within eight points,
:16:46. > :16:52.but two late scores from London Welsh ensured a trophy and ` place
:16:53. > :16:57.It's going to be tough to t`ke in what has happened
:16:58. > :17:00.But we will come back stronger next year.
:17:01. > :17:03.Stephen Lansdown's financial input will make sure that there's no mass
:17:04. > :17:05.exodus of players after this failure.
:17:06. > :17:10.Star names like internation`l Dwayne Peel have already signed up
:17:11. > :17:13.to play for the club next sdason, but failure to get
:17:14. > :17:17.into the premiership means he could make a temporary move elsewhere
:17:18. > :17:22.A number of them have got loan deals and the potential to be loaned out.
:17:23. > :17:24.But they are here for us and the play`offs.
:17:25. > :17:28.We will discuss it with each player but we are looking for a
:17:29. > :17:34.This was farewell to the Memorial Stadium, with some fans
:17:35. > :17:45.Next season, the rugby club will start a new era
:17:46. > :17:53.But it'll still be in the championship.
:17:54. > :18:02.A tough night for all, incltding Steve Lansdown. I spoke to him this
:18:03. > :18:05.afternoon and asked them how disappointing the result was.
:18:06. > :18:08.It was a big blow because of the fact that the aim
:18:09. > :18:11.of the season was to get into the Premiership and we failed.
:18:12. > :18:15.All the hard work that has gone in has come to nothing and we have
:18:16. > :18:21.We have to try to achieve the success next year.
:18:22. > :18:23.You have the best budget and still there was disappohntment.
:18:24. > :18:31.It was a great game and a great atmosphere, but the deficit we
:18:32. > :18:41.We couldn't repair the damage from last week.
:18:42. > :18:44.We weren't good enough at Oxford and that's perhaps down to experience.
:18:45. > :18:51.I can blame injuries and other things, but at thd end
:18:52. > :19:00.Does this put Andy Robinson under any pressure?
:19:01. > :19:09.He wants success and is obviously gutted by
:19:10. > :19:14.He will be looking at every angle to make sure we get
:19:15. > :19:20.Do you think supporters will follow you to Ashton Gate to watch
:19:21. > :19:28.The fact that it is Championship Rugby is a disappointment, but yes.
:19:29. > :19:34.Some games will be more attractive than others and they are not going
:19:35. > :19:38.to hide the fact it is a disappointment, but there is
:19:39. > :19:47.It will be great place to come to see rugby and enjoy the sport
:19:48. > :20:12.Steve Lansdown speaking to ts later. `` early.
:20:13. > :20:15.The centre of Gloucester's been the site of a big archaeological
:20:16. > :20:20.They've been searching for dvidence of the Roman history of the city,
:20:21. > :20:22.before King's Square undergoes a big redevelopment programle.
:20:23. > :20:26.An old saying says, scratch the surface
:20:27. > :20:29.of Gloucestershire and you'll find a piece of Rome not far unddrneath.
:20:30. > :20:32.In 2005, a mass roman grave was unearthed, possibly all victims
:20:33. > :20:41.And the famous Woodchester losaic still lies just outside Stroud.
:20:42. > :20:44.But to go back in time in the centre of this city,
:20:45. > :20:51.To find traces of the Romans in Gloucester, you have to find
:20:52. > :20:55.the level that the streets were at here about 1600 years ago.
:20:56. > :21:03.To do that, you have to go down about three metres.
:21:04. > :21:06.For city archaeologist Andrdw, it opens up a world long buried
:21:07. > :21:13.Around AD 90, they established a city here that developed hnto
:21:14. > :21:19.a wealthy and prosperous city that has left some impressive relains.
:21:20. > :21:21.The excavations have windows for the passing public to pder
:21:22. > :21:26.through, bringing home the history of this ancient city.
:21:27. > :21:29.We?ve been an important strategic part, I think
:21:30. > :21:32.mainly because of our posithon on the River Severn for 2000 years.
:21:33. > :21:35.But obviously we don?t want to live as people did 2000 years ago,
:21:36. > :21:41.But we've got to do that in a way that protects the history
:21:42. > :21:46.At the bottom of these pits, the walls of a possible townhouse
:21:47. > :21:58.Evidence of life being led here almost 2000 years ago.
:21:59. > :22:01.A schoolboy from Bristol is heading to London this weekend
:22:02. > :22:05.in a bid to become Britain's youngest ever Top Trumps ch`mpion.
:22:06. > :22:08.If you played as a child, you'll know that the game involves
:22:09. > :22:16.comparing statistics to try to win your opponent's card.
:22:17. > :22:19.If Nicholas Pestell is succdssful on Saturday, the eight`year`old will
:22:20. > :22:45.When it comes to Top Trumps, this boy means business.
:22:46. > :22:48.Nicholas, from Henleaze Junhor School, has been playing
:22:49. > :22:54.He's now through to the Grand Final of a tournament for UK schools.
:22:55. > :23:00.I?m not sure if I?m that good against thd 10`
:23:01. > :23:12.At just 8, Nicholas is the youngest finalist.
:23:13. > :23:18.If you have time, you could just look at the pack before the game.
:23:19. > :23:37.And his fellow pupils are certainly cool with his success
:23:38. > :23:49.He is quite young and peopld weren?t expecting him to be in the final.
:23:50. > :23:53.He's one of the youngest people who's going to be there.
:23:54. > :24:01.Any number we say, it's definitely higher.
:24:02. > :24:15.So it looks like Nicholas c`n add one more rating to
:24:16. > :24:48.Let's get the weather. Bad Saturday, better Sunday?
:24:49. > :24:58.Tomorrow is going to be nothceably warm day compared to today. A good
:24:59. > :25:02.deal of sunshine and no thrdad of showers. A different story for
:25:03. > :25:10.Saturday, however. The Met Office continues with a yellow warning
:25:11. > :25:21.Particularly Saturday morning, there might be thundery rain. If xou have
:25:22. > :25:26.outdoor events planned, factor in the threat of heavy rain, which
:25:27. > :25:34.could be torrential, but also Thunder and gusty winds. Do stay
:25:35. > :25:44.tuned to the forecast and wd will bring you more updates. Tomorrow
:25:45. > :25:54.morning might have liked rahn, but it is fine otherwise. Early Saturday
:25:55. > :26:04.combines with a plume of very warm air. This combination gives us a
:26:05. > :26:16.classic summer setup of thrdatening conditions. For the rest of this
:26:17. > :26:32.evening, no such threat. Thd chants of showers is very slim `` chants.
:26:33. > :26:39.It will be fairly cool night as low as six or seven Celsius. Tolorrow,
:26:40. > :26:44.much like today, the cool start will be much like today as the stnshine
:26:45. > :26:55.gets to work. As we pick up the south`east floor, it will bring
:26:56. > :27:00.warmer conditions. More clotd will come in by the evening and xou make
:27:01. > :27:09.get a shower or two, but it is of no threat until early Saturday.
:27:10. > :27:16.Temperatures should easily reach 21 Celsius tomorrow with an
:27:17. > :27:28.increasingly humid feel. Saturday certainly the day to focus on.
:27:29. > :27:42.Sunday is better. Thank you. We're back at thd same
:27:43. > :27:53.time tomorrow. Have a nice dvening. It's a weekly selection
:27:54. > :28:02.of hand-picked stuff from Radio , and then it's delivered
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