:00:00. > 3:59:59The main story: Another Iraqi city has fallen into the hands of
:00:00. > :00:00.militants. Welcome to BBC Points West with
:00:00. > :00:00.Liz Beacon and David Garmston. Unemployment falls again le`ving
:00:07. > :00:12.some companies struggling to find enough workers to keep
:00:13. > :00:24.production going. It's totally turned the othdr way.
:00:25. > :00:26.We have more jobs than candhdates at the moment.
:00:27. > :00:28.We'll be investigating the political consequences of the latest
:00:29. > :00:42.The plans to give every young child a hot dinner, but some schools still
:00:43. > :00:49.The campaign to encourage the older workers to pass on the
:00:50. > :00:54.And it's a stick up, the grown`ups beating the children
:00:55. > :01:03.at their own game as a football sticker craze sweeps Britain.
:01:04. > :01:07.Unemployment in the West has fallen for the third month in a row.
:01:08. > :01:09.There are now fewer people out of work here than
:01:10. > :01:16.But with more jobs on offer, and fewer people looking for them,
:01:17. > :01:20.some employers have told us they now rely on workers from
:01:21. > :01:29.Here's our business correspondent Dave Harvey.
:01:30. > :01:38.We've grown our staff from 08 in the last years will stop as Britain
:01:39. > :01:44.battled the recession there was good money to be made in comfort food.
:01:45. > :01:46.Business is going well and our forecast is good for the next few
:01:47. > :01:50.years. And that means fewer people
:01:51. > :02:01.signing on at job centres. I've been tracking the numbdrs of
:02:02. > :02:05.people signing on in Bristol and across the West Country. I've put
:02:06. > :02:17.together a little graph. Have a look at this in 2009 the figures rocket
:02:18. > :02:23.up. Now they are starting steadily to decline. I'm really glad to say
:02:24. > :02:30.there are more jobs on offer to people. Our clients are busher.
:02:31. > :02:35.Things have totally flipped around. We have more jobs than candhdates.
:02:36. > :02:36.We are going further afield to recruit.
:02:37. > :02:38.And at Marshfield, they really mean further afheld
:02:39. > :02:41.Yes, they still draw on the Wiltshire villages and towns,
:02:42. > :02:43.but a vital ingredient in their workforce are Polish people,
:02:44. > :03:00.They were very positive abott the opportunities. They wanted `
:03:01. > :03:07.long`term, full`time work. They were worth `` they were willing to put
:03:08. > :03:12.themselves out and find the work. Jobs like these will also bring
:03:13. > :03:16.comfort to ministers, boosthng their claims that the economy is
:03:17. > :03:21.recovering. There enough skhlled people to fill them?
:03:22. > :03:23.The economy will be the single biggest factor in deciding next
:03:24. > :03:28.So with things improving, does this leave Labour without a way
:03:29. > :03:34.I'm joined by Richard Grahal, the Tory MP for Gloucester `nd
:03:35. > :03:46.by Todd Foreman, who's hoping to be Labour MP for North East Solerset.
:03:47. > :03:53.You've got to hand it to thd government. They've tackled the
:03:54. > :04:01.problem? Well foreign emploxers are welcome. But you haven't mentioned
:04:02. > :04:08.the pressure on living standards. The average Briton is worse off
:04:09. > :04:14.since David Cameron came into power. The government is doing nothing to
:04:15. > :04:21.address that. Do you accept that? The figures are good. Unemployment
:04:22. > :04:27.in Gloucester is now 21.5% better than it was in 2010. There hs no
:04:28. > :04:33.room for complacency. I had a jobs were last Friday with over 2000 jobs
:04:34. > :04:37.available. Lots of people are still looking for jobs. What is
:04:38. > :04:42.interesting is if you look `t the indicators, you have manufacturers
:04:43. > :04:49.across the South West saying they are expecting to employ people over
:04:50. > :04:55.the sex `` over the next six months. Crystal ball Azinger is find but
:04:56. > :05:04.what we saw today was a fall in wage growth. That's taken a huge hit
:05:05. > :05:16.since 2010. We welcome on vholent figures falling. Do you accdpt that
:05:17. > :05:22.many of these new jobs are low paid and often on poor terms and
:05:23. > :05:26.temporary? Now I don't think that's the case. If you look at thd growth
:05:27. > :05:33.of the jobs across Gloucestdrshire they are in a whole range of
:05:34. > :05:37.different sectors. Many of them are highly paid and the skills gap is
:05:38. > :05:44.tending to be at the top and not at the bottom. Should there be a change
:05:45. > :05:54.in your approaches to the issue of immigration?
:05:55. > :06:03.Labour is saying we will look at immigration issues but we don't want
:06:04. > :06:09.to close the door. It's pretty clear that people are really resentful of
:06:10. > :06:14.immigrants who are coming into the UK for reasons of wanting to live
:06:15. > :06:17.here and get benefits. European citizens who are coming herd to work
:06:18. > :06:25.and plug skills gaps are welcome and have been a long time. The real
:06:26. > :06:29.challenge is to make sure enough of our young people are studying the
:06:30. > :06:34.subjects which will lead to good careers. We have to leave it there.
:06:35. > :06:39.As World Cup fever begins to grip the country, the police havd
:06:40. > :06:42.launched a campaign warning of an expected rise in domestic vholence.
:06:43. > :06:44.Figures from four years ago showed an increase of 30%
:06:45. > :06:49.The Avon and Somerset force has now trained up extra officers
:06:50. > :06:57.Across the UK, nearly one million women experience
:06:58. > :07:00.at least one incident of domestic abuse each year.
:07:01. > :07:03.During big football tournamdnts the number of incidents reported to Avon
:07:04. > :07:19.We want to protect victims. After they contact the police thex should
:07:20. > :07:26.be safer. We are working re`lly hard across the service to ensurd either
:07:27. > :07:30.this. It is World Cup time `nd we recognise there has been an increase
:07:31. > :07:32.in incidents in the past. Wd want to take the opportunity to makd sure we
:07:33. > :07:33.are prepared. The trouble with football is that it
:07:34. > :07:36.tends to go with alcohol, especially around a big tournament
:07:37. > :07:38.like the World Cup. Add in frustration
:07:39. > :07:39.and disappointment and the Posters are going up in bars
:07:40. > :07:44.and clubs across the region to warn people that
:07:45. > :07:48.losing is no excuse for violence. And extra staff are being ptt
:07:49. > :08:01.on during and I think perpetrators have to
:08:02. > :08:05.understand there is no excuse. Whether you are drunk or yotr team
:08:06. > :08:06.is lost, there is no excuse for abusing a victim.
:08:07. > :08:09.The domestic abuse charity Next Link says people don't have to stffer
:08:10. > :08:11.in silence and they're callhng on offenders to think about
:08:12. > :08:20.A roof has collapsed on a house in Bath after a fire on the
:08:21. > :08:26.Emergency crews were called to Vernon Terrace just before 3.00pm.
:08:27. > :08:38.An investigation's now underway into what happened.
:08:39. > :08:49.There was a rapid spread of fire and a significant amount of smoke. Crews
:08:50. > :08:50.are working using an aerial appliance to make the structure safe
:08:51. > :08:56.so that we can get inside the house. A Swindon man remains
:08:57. > :08:57.in custody tonight after being charged with murdering
:08:58. > :09:01.his wife in a crash on the L1. Tracy Walters suffered serious
:09:02. > :09:04.injuries in the collision near Leicester in March and died
:09:05. > :09:09.in hospital two days later. Ian Walters, who's 50 years old
:09:10. > :09:28.has been remanded in custodx It's coming up. Welcome to the
:09:29. > :09:40.programme. We've plenty still to come including a taste of World Cup
:09:41. > :09:44.fever. And temperatures are set to rise over the next couple of days
:09:45. > :09:49.will stop it possible Fridax will be the warmest day of the year so far.
:09:50. > :09:53.There's concern that some schools in the West won't be ready in time to
:09:54. > :09:57.provide free meals for all four`to seven`year`olds from September.
:09:58. > :10:00.The government has given schools millions of pounds to changd
:10:01. > :10:06.But head teachers are warning that it's not enough.
:10:07. > :10:09.Clinton Rogers has been to a school in Somerset to find out
:10:10. > :10:15.This head teacher will have serious problems implementing
:10:16. > :10:26.This used to be the kitchen at Bishop Henderson Primary School
:10:27. > :10:31.A growing school now, with 420 pupils, it needed `ll
:10:32. > :10:39.Even if this school buys in meals from an outside supplier
:10:40. > :10:42.it'll need to convert part of this hall to a server.
:10:43. > :10:45.That'll cost ?16,000 ` money it doesn?t have.
:10:46. > :10:53.From September, all schools will have to provide
:10:54. > :11:04.The only way we could do th`t is to take it from education staffing
:11:05. > :11:09.This is by no means the onlx school struggling. They reckon onlx one
:11:10. > :11:14.third of primary schools in Somerset still have their own kitchens. The
:11:15. > :11:18.county council is planning to build one big central kitchen. Thd
:11:19. > :11:24.question is, will it be ready in time? From September all schools
:11:25. > :11:31.will have to provide free mdals for impotence. Schools like this which
:11:32. > :11:44.has its own kitchen will be better placed to supply those needs.
:11:45. > :11:46.Nutritionists say from a health point of view
:11:47. > :12:00.Not every school will have the survey `` the facilities to provide
:12:01. > :12:03.hot meals. Some will providds sandwiches but they are not high up
:12:04. > :12:08.enough on the nutritional v`lue scale.
:12:09. > :12:10.But many schools are worried that what was promised free
:12:11. > :12:26.by the government will end tp costing them money they don't have.
:12:27. > :12:34.This was always going to be a big undertaking. Look at the sc`le of
:12:35. > :12:47.it. 2700 schools need to get kitchen facilities either improve or
:12:48. > :12:51.potting. `` or put in. In Bristol, they are saying 44 schools need new
:12:52. > :12:58.equipment. There is also a political dimension to this will stop it was a
:12:59. > :13:01.liberal Democrat idea and conservatives have said it lay not
:13:02. > :13:13.be the best use of money at the time. Why do we think the government
:13:14. > :13:24.is pushing ahead? There was a big pilot project done into are`s back
:13:25. > :13:29.in 20 09 to 2011. The results suggested the performance of pupils
:13:30. > :13:32.and their behaviour had improved. They think this can make a big
:13:33. > :13:39.difference and the idea is to bring it into all primary schools across
:13:40. > :13:47.the country. They would likd to roll it out to all children if they can
:13:48. > :13:51.afford it. If it proves poptlar it will be a case of all partids
:13:52. > :13:55.claiming credit. A former supermarket worker claims
:13:56. > :13:58.he's been victimised and bullied after raising concerns about food
:13:59. > :14:01.chillers that were switched The man, who's now left the Lidl
:14:02. > :14:18.store in Hanham, was speaking at An employment tribunal has had
:14:19. > :14:26.claims that the food chillers at this store where off for as long as
:14:27. > :14:29.four hours on one of the hot just days in June of last year. The claim
:14:30. > :14:38.is that some customers were coming back with food that had gond off.
:14:39. > :14:42.The claims come from Matthew O'Donnell who has gone to the
:14:43. > :14:49.employment tribunal claim that he was penalised for raising the
:14:50. > :14:53.concerns. He was penalised for being a whistle`blower. He claims is ours
:14:54. > :14:58.were reduced and he was har`ssed by managers. He says his store manager
:14:59. > :15:05.had a one`to`one with him and said if he took it further he wotld face
:15:06. > :15:10.the sack. Matthew claims he was bullied out of his job but during
:15:11. > :15:18.the tribunal we've heard from Liddell 's lawyer who says that
:15:19. > :15:27.Matthew has grossly misread Bentsen pack `` grossly misrepresented.
:15:28. > :15:34.We will have to wait until darly September for the judge to lake up
:15:35. > :15:42.his mind. As to whether or not the chillers were compromised, the store
:15:43. > :15:46.has not made an official st`tement. One of the statement at the tribunal
:15:47. > :15:53.said there was a potential for the chill chained to have broken down.
:15:54. > :15:56.The cost of repairing one of the main commuter routes
:15:57. > :15:59.between Bristol and Bath is set to cost ?1.5 million.
:16:00. > :16:05.The A431 has been closed at Kelston since February due to a landslip.
:16:06. > :16:07.Bath and North East Somerset Council still thinks it could be Christmas
:16:08. > :16:14.Airbus has lost a major orddr for its new lightweight carbon
:16:15. > :16:20.The aircraft first flew this time last year, and thousands of staff
:16:21. > :16:24.at Filton designed the wings, fuel systems and landing ge`r.
:16:25. > :16:27.Today the Dubai based Emirates airline cancelled an order for 0 of
:16:28. > :16:34.Airbus says it's disappointdd, but still has orders
:16:35. > :16:42.The Dymock Red, Hunt's Duke of Gloucester, Bromley
:16:43. > :16:49.and Gilliflower of Gloucestdrshire, all good West Country apples.
:16:50. > :16:51.But there are concerns that they could disappear
:16:52. > :16:54.if young people don't take an interest in growing them.
:16:55. > :16:57.Many of the skills involved in keeping orchards have bedn
:16:58. > :17:00.passed down through generathons and the Gloucestershire Orchard
:17:01. > :17:05.Trust is worried that once dxisting apple and pear producers retire
:17:06. > :17:12.Here's our Gloucestershire reporter, Steve Knibbs.
:17:13. > :17:19.Health and safety has obviotsly changed
:17:20. > :17:22.and there are real concerns the skill involved in growing the apples
:17:23. > :17:25.Here, those who are passion`te about orchards worry that
:17:26. > :17:27.traditional methods ` and consequently rare apple
:17:28. > :17:32.varieties ` handed down through generations could be lost forever.
:17:33. > :17:45.a bit it may be skills that aren't taught in colleges. But thex are
:17:46. > :17:50.real father to son, handed down knowledge. Once that is gond,
:17:51. > :17:52.extinction is forever. Although commercial growing will
:17:53. > :17:53.meet demand, the loss of the rarer orchards
:17:54. > :17:56.impacts on smaller producers. The cider makers here in thd Forest
:17:57. > :17:59.of Dean say they couldn't produce such a diverse range without
:18:00. > :18:10.the unique varieties. Small orchard of related. They tend
:18:11. > :18:19.to be good for diversity in terms of varieties. From the big comlercial
:18:20. > :18:24.orchards we get the same varieties. They are also great for people
:18:25. > :18:30.making some extra money in the autumn.
:18:31. > :18:33.But if traditional orchard skills are dying with the older generation,
:18:34. > :18:35.are the younger ones interested in taking it on?
:18:36. > :18:37.These farming students at Hartpury College, schooled
:18:38. > :18:39.in modern, high tech, agrictltural skills, still seem keen.
:18:40. > :18:51.We've got orchards from all ages, from 60 years down to five xears
:18:52. > :18:56.old. It's nice to see the old trees. There might be other ways of making
:18:57. > :18:58.more money but I would look into it in order to keep the heritage alive.
:18:59. > :19:00.The orchard skills centre is targeting schools
:19:01. > :19:03.and young people with coursds teaching even the basics of how to
:19:04. > :19:07.Hopefully breeding a new generation of grower and keeping a special part
:19:08. > :19:22.South African international batsman Colin Ingram will join Somerset
:19:23. > :19:28.He'll play for the county for five weeks during July and early August.
:19:29. > :19:31.Ingram has played in 31 one`day international matches
:19:32. > :19:36.He'll replace Alviro Petersdn at Somerset, who has been c`lled up
:19:37. > :19:43.Football stickers used to bd the preserve of the school playground,
:19:44. > :19:47.but now you're just as likely to find them in the workplace.
:19:48. > :19:49.And with the World Cup kickhng off tomorrow,
:19:50. > :19:53.collecting and swapping is reaching fever pitch across the West Country
:19:54. > :19:59.John Maguire has been meeting grown men and women in Bristol desperate
:20:00. > :20:26.We need to England players, two Nigerians. There is a familhar
:20:27. > :20:28.mantra, dot, dot, need, need, it is the painstaking and expensive
:20:29. > :20:36.process of building a World Cup sticker album. At this office, it is
:20:37. > :20:43.not a matter of life and de`th, it is much more important than that. If
:20:44. > :20:49.you find out that someone h`s a sticker you need, they are hn
:20:50. > :20:59.demand. There is a guy in a cafe of the road who usually has a part of
:21:00. > :21:09.the swapsies out on the corner. It got too political for me and I had
:21:10. > :21:15.to give it to my boss. I haven't done this since 1986. You ndver end
:21:16. > :21:32.quite know what you are going to get. That's a good player. Not bad.
:21:33. > :21:46.Can I get an elusive card? Nope Not a bad effort. Only 635 to go. I
:21:47. > :21:48.remember collecting the med`ls from 1966.
:21:49. > :21:53.Well I'm joined now by Henrx Birtles from Wiltshire who's written
:21:54. > :21:59.And as well as featuring many of us West Country folk, there's `lso a
:22:00. > :22:03.few stars in there, including Hugh Grant, Liz Hurley and Damien Lewis.
:22:04. > :22:23.We'll talk to Henry in just a moment but first let's take a look.
:22:24. > :22:37.Will they interrupt the Samba and debug the ghost of more. Will we
:22:38. > :22:45.hear three Lions roar. We'vd seen Liz Hurley, Damian Lewis. How hard
:22:46. > :22:57.was it to convince them to get on board? It wasn't difficult. I am a
:22:58. > :23:01.friend of Liz Hurley's. I w`s asked to write this and when I was on the
:23:02. > :23:09.telephone to Liz, I said thhs is very exciting. I've written a sperm
:23:10. > :23:17.and been asked to make a hole movie. She suggested why don't I do
:23:18. > :23:23.a line? I'll get you to do ` line. Damian had read one of my poems at
:23:24. > :23:29.West Mr Abbey in October, so I approached him through his
:23:30. > :23:45.Tony Adams's Sun ghost to school with my son. I was very lucky. Going
:23:46. > :23:53.across the country and gathdring the words, how do you gauge the mood of
:23:54. > :23:56.England at the moment? I thhnk there is very much more of a realhstic
:23:57. > :24:05.approach to this World Cup than there has been recently. I've had
:24:06. > :24:09.dreadful world cups. I felt deeply saddened and let down at thd last
:24:10. > :24:15.couple. I think we have all got used to it now and we are more rdalistic.
:24:16. > :24:21.I reckon within a week or two if the games go our way we will believe we
:24:22. > :24:25.are going to win again. You've obviously put a lot of hard work
:24:26. > :24:33.into this. Where do you hopd it s going to be shown? It's been on BBC
:24:34. > :24:41.world News. I've had a few loments on the radio. It has been on here. I
:24:42. > :24:54.would love to see it on the main BBC World Cup show with Gary Lineker.
:24:55. > :25:10.We'll see what we can do. Wd have to catch up with the weather now.
:25:11. > :25:15.Beautiful conditions developing now. The scene at Minehead sums tp the
:25:16. > :25:19.coastal districts through the course of tomorrow. A good deal of clear,
:25:20. > :25:27.blue sky. It will be a pleasant day of light
:25:28. > :25:34.winds and will mostly be warm. The temperatures are on the risd and
:25:35. > :25:35.that will be come obvious bx Friday. High pressure is responsibld for
:25:36. > :25:52.this settled spell. In terms of the forecast, it is a
:25:53. > :25:59.persisting theme. For the rdst of this evening there will be cloud
:26:00. > :26:04.bubbling up but we will losd that. We will end up with clear skies
:26:05. > :26:13.through the course of tonight. Light winds. It will be a comparatively
:26:14. > :26:19.cool or chilly night. Some districts will get down to six Celsius. Most
:26:20. > :26:30.urban areas will be around dight or nine Celsius. As you go across into
:26:31. > :26:35.Devon we will see patches of cloud. Tomorrow, strong sunshine and as the
:26:36. > :26:41.day wears on we will see a little bit more cloud. Many Western and
:26:42. > :26:47.Northern areas will remain cloud free. The winds will be light. The
:26:48. > :26:56.pollen count will be through the roof. UV levels will be equ`lly
:26:57. > :27:03.high. We saw 18 to 20 Celsits today will stop we will beat that
:27:04. > :27:07.tomorrow. 23 Celsius should be on the cards. It's odds`on to be the
:27:08. > :27:19.warmest day of the year so far. There is the outside chance of a
:27:20. > :27:23.shower in the east of our dhstrict but it low chance. Maybe a spot of
:27:24. > :27:37.rain on Saturday. Enjoy the weekend. The winter feels a long way away.
:27:38. > :27:43.We'll be back with an updatd at 10pm. Otherwise we will see you
:27:44. > :27:47.tomorrow. I for now.