:00:00. > :00:10.looks back at his life and career. Rik Mayall,
:00:11. > :00:12.Good evening and welcome to Points West.
:00:13. > :00:14.The online activist group, Anonymous, is targeting
:00:15. > :00:19.the Cheltenham spy base, GCHQ, to highlight concerns over privacy.
:00:20. > :00:22.The agency was named by forler US intelligence officer Edward Snowden
:00:23. > :00:26.` who claimed GCHQ routinelx taps into everyone's internet data.
:00:27. > :00:28.The base says all its work is necessary
:00:29. > :00:33.Here's our Gloucestershire reporter, Steve Knibbs.
:00:34. > :00:36.It's now a year since Edward Snowden first leaked information,
:00:37. > :00:39.claiming that GCHQ sieves through vast amounts
:00:40. > :00:45.At the weekend Stephen Fry condemned the practice in a recorded lessage
:00:46. > :00:53.The fear of terrorism we all have and the fear of the unknown that we
:00:54. > :00:57.all share, the fear of enemhes who hate us is a duplicitous and
:00:58. > :01:07.a deeply wrong means of exctsing something that is based as spyinh
:01:08. > :01:13.The online activist group, Anonymous,
:01:14. > :01:15.have long voiced their concdrns about Snowdon's revelations and
:01:16. > :01:20.in a video posted on the Internet, they addressed GCHQ directlx.
:01:21. > :01:23.We are left with no option but to come to you to show our
:01:24. > :01:31.Anonymous is calling it a m`ss GCHQ protest and I met one
:01:32. > :01:34.of the group at her home in Gloucestershire today.
:01:35. > :01:37.She told me hundreds of people have pledged to turn up with money
:01:38. > :01:42.The aim is trying to protect everyone's privicy.
:01:43. > :01:45.Nobody wants to feel as though they are being watchdd,
:01:46. > :01:49.as if every bit of data about them is being collectdd.
:01:50. > :01:53.And people strongly believe it is illegal as well, so that is why we
:01:54. > :01:57.are protesting to bring not just only more awareness to it,
:01:58. > :02:03.The last time GCHQ faced protests was following the union ban
:02:04. > :02:07.This time it could be potentially larger numbers
:02:08. > :02:13.It may be a cause of concern is security, though police told me
:02:14. > :02:17.today it was too early to dhscuss what they're response will be.
:02:18. > :02:20.When asked to comment, GCHQ reiterated to me that the work
:02:21. > :02:23.carried out in Cheltenham operates under a strict legal and policy
:02:24. > :02:27.framework and it is all authorised, necessary and proportionate.
:02:28. > :02:32.When it comes to the protest planned for August, a spokesman told me GCHQ
:02:33. > :02:39.respects the right of people to protest peaceftlly
:02:40. > :02:43.Well, earlier I spoke to Dr Julian Richards who used to work
:02:44. > :02:46.at GCHQ and now lectures in security and intelligencd.
:02:47. > :02:48.I asked him whether we'll see more internet
:02:49. > :02:53.surveillance as the internet becomes a greater part of our daily lives.
:02:54. > :03:03.The fact of life is that evdrybody communicates via the Interndt now,
:03:04. > :03:06.So if the governments are going to be able
:03:07. > :03:10.to protect us from terrorists and criminals, they need to be `ble to
:03:11. > :03:13.have some mechanisms for monitoring what goes on on the Internet.
:03:14. > :03:17.The question is how they do that technically and how they avoid
:03:18. > :03:24.A man's been arrested on suspicion of causing death
:03:25. > :03:27.by dangerous driving after two people were killed and thred people
:03:28. > :03:31.The accident was between a van and a lorry.
:03:32. > :03:34.It happened at around 4.30am this morning
:03:35. > :03:42.There are to be cuts and ch`nges to the way the young and elderly
:03:43. > :03:45.The county council is predicting it must make savings
:03:46. > :03:48.of ?75 million because of rdductions in government funding.
:03:49. > :03:51.It's begun a public consult`tion, and warned that social servhces
:03:52. > :03:54.Here's our political editor Paul Barltrop.
:03:55. > :03:56.Once more, cuts looming and yes we have been here bdfore.
:03:57. > :04:01.Back in 2010, Gloucestershire went far and fast to reduce its spending.
:04:02. > :04:07.Since then, the county council has made ?114 million of savings.
:04:08. > :04:10.It has reduced its workforcd by 1900, but that's not enotgh.
:04:11. > :04:14.It is now predicting that a further ?75 million needs to be
:04:15. > :04:20.There has been pain and protest along the way, threats
:04:21. > :04:23.to libraries caused particular outcry but they didn't closd.
:04:24. > :04:26.Volunteers stepped in to fill the gap.
:04:27. > :04:28.Now comes the hard bit, drastically changing the wax
:04:29. > :04:36.If we don't make this radic`l change now, there's a great chance we will
:04:37. > :04:40.not have the money to support people in the future, and that is not just
:04:41. > :04:43.in Gloucestershire, that is a national issue as well.
:04:44. > :04:47.We think if we make these changes now and start to work with
:04:48. > :04:50.communities, we can deliver the changes and still be thdre
:04:51. > :04:55.Looking after the elderly and disabled and protecting children
:04:56. > :04:59.consumes about two thirds of the council's budget, but while demand
:05:00. > :05:03.keeps growing, government ftnding will fall sharply next year.
:05:04. > :05:09.If the people who do need to fund some care needs,
:05:10. > :05:12.we estimate there are 16,000 older people in Gloucestershire who are
:05:13. > :05:16.How are they going to afford those services?
:05:17. > :05:19.So the anxiety is that people don't slip through the net
:05:20. > :05:22.and are not going to be properly cared for in the community
:05:23. > :05:26.and get the care they need, and the worse case scenario is that
:05:27. > :05:29.So Gloucestershire launches a public consultation
:05:30. > :05:35.After that, it'll be up to the councillors to decide how the
:05:36. > :05:44.The Wiltshire snooker player Stephen Lee appeared in court this lorning
:05:45. > :05:48.The court heard that Lee, who's the former world numbdr five,
:05:49. > :05:52.had sold his personal cue for ?1600, and despite recehving
:05:53. > :05:56.payment for it, had never sdnt it to the buyer in Hong Kong.
:05:57. > :05:59.Even though Lee pleaded guilty, he told the BBC afterwards that he
:06:00. > :06:04.The Earl and Countess of Wessex visited Somerset today
:06:05. > :06:07.and spoke to flood victims in the village of Moorland.
:06:08. > :06:11.As well as meeting those affected by the floods, the Royals also chatted
:06:12. > :06:14.to some of the volunteers who've been helping to restore homds.
:06:15. > :06:16.They went on to open a new community hospital
:06:17. > :06:19.in Bridgwater and visited one of Somerset's most popular tourist
:06:20. > :06:27.Newsnight's getting underwax over on BBC2, we're back tomorrow and
:06:28. > :06:31.of course there's more news online, now lets get the weather st`rting
:06:32. > :06:46.Are bright and breezy day tomorrow. Many areas should stay dry. Blustery
:06:47. > :06:55.as you, west. We will have ` greater chance of showers. By the afternoon,
:06:56. > :06:59.some could be heavy. We havd some outbreaks in the afternoon,
:07:00. > :07:04.temperatures of 10 Celsius. Tomorrow morning will be dry and bright. As
:07:05. > :07:09.the day goes on, we will sed there are showers moving up from the
:07:10. > :07:15.south, and Western districts are more at threat. As we get to mid
:07:16. > :07:19.afternoon some of those could turn rather heavy. Just a chance they
:07:20. > :07:24.could turn thundery. It will be rather breezy and temperatures of
:07:25. > :07:30.dissenting Celsius, which is pleasantly warm. Turn warmer as the
:07:31. > :07:32.weekend goes on. Here is yotr national forecast.
:07:33. > :07:37.of us, but I'll pass you overto Jay. -- over to jay now.
:07:38. > :07:48.Good evening, it was the warmest day of the year. Warm for some, but
:07:49. > :07:52.thundery for others. This line of really intense thunderstorms moved
:07:53. > :07:56.through. Large hail and gusty winds and rain as well. That moved away
:07:57. > :07:59.and now we look towards the south and you can see the rain moving
:08:00. > :08:05.northwards. So let's look at the cloud which is heading our way and
:08:06. > :08:08.some of it does look really quite threatening particularly in the
:08:09. > :08:12.south-eastern corner there. That's going to bring heavy rain. With it
:08:13. > :08:15.the risk of thunder and lightening. The rain will move away from the
:08:16. > :08:19.South East, and out into the North Sea, but it may linger further
:08:20. > :08:23.north. Just moving away from the south-west and into Wales and into
:08:24. > :08:27.Northern Ireland by dawn. Another mild night. 12 Celsius in the north
:08:28. > :08:30.and maybe 13 Celsius or 14 Celsius in the south. To start the day
:08:31. > :08:35.across Northern England, it's looking good. It is dry and bright,
:08:36. > :08:45.but there will be wetter weather around the borders and up towards
:08:46. > :08:46.Shetland it will be wet. Heavy showers around in Northern