:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to BBC Points West with Amanda Parr and David Garmston.
:00:00. > :00:11.Hundreds of people see their holiday plans ruined.
:00:12. > :00:15.A long`established travel company in Wiltshire, Hatts, goes bust.
:00:16. > :00:19.The company was not part of the Travel Trade Association.
:00:20. > :00:23.Tonight, we ask what those who have lost their holidays can do and how
:00:24. > :00:44.Five years after the death of the last survivor of the trenches, how
:00:45. > :00:51.Scooping up the medals, seven so far,
:00:52. > :01:00.And what a glorious feeling, we're happy again ` join us
:01:01. > :01:13.As many as a thousand people have had their
:01:14. > :01:16.travel plans thrown into chaos after a Wiltshire coach firm collapsed.
:01:17. > :01:19.Hatts Travel, who are based in Chippenham, have been trading
:01:20. > :01:24.But the family business ran out of money and today
:01:25. > :01:28.It has left nearly 90 people without their jobs and many
:01:29. > :01:41.Our Wiltshire reporter, Will Glennon, is in Chippenham now.
:01:42. > :01:49.It has been a devastating day for all the employees here at Hatts
:01:50. > :01:55.Travel. The signage here says it was established in 1928. That is also
:01:56. > :02:04.written on the company's cultures. But today business at this family
:02:05. > :02:10.run firm has ended. 1000 people who have already paid for holidays will
:02:11. > :02:18.not now get to go on those trips. They do not know if they will get
:02:19. > :02:22.their money back. The Hatts Travel's buses came back today,
:02:23. > :02:27.possibly for the last time. They have cold in the administrators
:02:28. > :02:32.because they have ran out of money. The problem is that the business has
:02:33. > :02:38.ran out of money. We have been working hard to find a solution, but
:02:39. > :02:45.unfortunately there was not. It is too late and we have no option other
:02:46. > :02:50.than to close the business. All 89 employees of Hatts Travel were told
:02:51. > :03:00.today that they will lose their jobs. You just have to get on with
:03:01. > :03:07.it, don't you? Hatts Travel runs bus services, park and ride, and school
:03:08. > :03:13.services. It also ran a great trip and holiday service. 1000 customers
:03:14. > :03:19.will now be left at home. This man has just required and he was looking
:03:20. > :03:26.forward to a holiday with his wife. It cost him ?350. He does not know
:03:27. > :03:30.what will happen to his money. I am disgusted and the rest I cannot say
:03:31. > :03:39.on camera. It is depressing and stressful. My wife is very upset. We
:03:40. > :03:48.needed this holiday. It is her birthday on Monday. It has been
:03:49. > :03:55.ruined. He is not the only person. We have always gone with Hatts
:03:56. > :04:06.Travel. We have always use them. It will affect us. They go to places
:04:07. > :04:11.that other coaches do not call. We really like the day trips. The
:04:12. > :04:19.holiday business has now stopped trading. The company is not
:04:20. > :04:22.associated with the travel Association, so customers are being
:04:23. > :04:30.told to contact their bank or credit card company. For Hatts Travel, it
:04:31. > :04:35.is the end of the road. Some parts of the business may continue. Some
:04:36. > :04:41.parts have been picked up by the council. But the employees here had
:04:42. > :04:46.been told they had been made redundant. The next party is to help
:04:47. > :04:52.holiday`makers who have been left out of pocket. The administrator
:04:53. > :04:59.told me that it could take as long as a year.
:05:00. > :05:02.Well, earlier I spoke to Sean Tipton from the Association of
:05:03. > :05:04.British Travel Agents and asked how likely it is those
:05:05. > :05:08.Actually, when a coach tour operator like this
:05:09. > :05:10.goes out of business, it will mean that holidays are cancelled.
:05:11. > :05:13.That is not good news for people who are intending to go
:05:14. > :05:16.off this weekend, the start of the great school summer getaway.
:05:17. > :05:19.Also, unfortunately many of them will lose
:05:20. > :05:22.their money as well, even though it is actually a legal requirement for
:05:23. > :05:24.companies selling package holidays to offer financial protection.
:05:25. > :05:27.For example, many will do that through membership of ABTA.
:05:28. > :05:30.What about if their clients are already overseas?
:05:31. > :05:35.The issue is that people are on holiday at the moment.
:05:36. > :05:38.The point of offering financial protection through organisations
:05:39. > :05:42.like my own, ABTA, is that if people are on holiday they will use the
:05:43. > :05:45.insurance, through the money they provide to us, to pay for people's
:05:46. > :05:49.hotels and to pay for them to come back to the UK.
:05:50. > :05:52.The problem here is that if they had absolutely no financial
:05:53. > :05:54.protection in place, as they seem not to, these people
:05:55. > :05:58.will be left by themselves and will have to make their own way home `
:05:59. > :06:03.The only slight good thing about this is that the people who paid by
:06:04. > :06:07.credit card or Visa debit card will be able to contact their bank or the
:06:08. > :06:12.If they paid by any other method, cheque, cash, any other debit card
:06:13. > :06:16.apart from a Visa, they will be unsecured creditors to
:06:17. > :06:19.the company and they are very unlikely to get their money back.
:06:20. > :06:25.A plane from Bristol to Barcelona, which had already been forced to
:06:26. > :06:29.make an emergency landing, was also struck by lightning earlier today.
:06:30. > :06:34.The easyJet aircraft had over 150 passengers on board.
:06:35. > :06:36.It had been diverted to another Spanish airport after being
:06:37. > :06:42.It was then hit by the lightning as it came in to land.
:06:43. > :06:46.The company says a full inspection of the aircraft is taking place.
:06:47. > :06:49.A minute's silence will be held before several cricket matches this
:06:50. > :06:52.weekend in memory of Ben Pocock from Keynsham.
:06:53. > :06:56.The 20`year`old died in last week's plane crash in Eastern Ukraine.
:06:57. > :06:59.He had just completed the second year of an
:07:00. > :07:01.International Business degree and played regularly for St Mary
:07:02. > :07:09.The club have called him a talented all`round sportsman and student.
:07:10. > :07:13.Hundreds of tonnes of waste have now been removed from the Averies
:07:14. > :07:15.Recycling site in Swindon, following a huge fire on Monday evening.
:07:16. > :07:18.A thousand tonnes went up in flames and firefighters are still
:07:19. > :07:28.The whole operation is expected to take several days to complete.
:07:29. > :07:31.The prolonged flooding in Somerset earlier this year is still causing
:07:32. > :07:36.problems ` this time for the county's precious tourism industry.
:07:37. > :07:41.Holiday companies say bookings were down by up to a third in some places
:07:42. > :07:44.and that some potential visitors are still asking if roads are flooded.
:07:45. > :07:53.It is worth all that the effort to get a view of Somerset
:07:54. > :07:59.And this is the kind of image that tempts holiday makers
:08:00. > :08:04.Unfortunately, some still have this picture `
:08:05. > :08:09.the worst floods for centuries ` even though the water is long gone.
:08:10. > :08:13.Visitors to the West Somerset Railway between January
:08:14. > :08:34.The problem was that people saw Somerset and decided to go somewhere
:08:35. > :08:36.else. If Somerset was on the title, forget it.
:08:37. > :08:39.It means a loss so far this year of ?40,000 for the steam attraction.
:08:40. > :08:43.Not crippling, but a worry nonetheless.
:08:44. > :08:47.It should be the busiest weekend of the year for this campsite
:08:48. > :08:54.near Muchelney, another area which suffered months of flooding.
:08:55. > :09:15.Somebody from Ponton phone this week to ask weather we were still
:09:16. > :09:20.flooded. `` Taunton. We have got our social area going and we have done
:09:21. > :09:25.more advertising. I won't be able to afford to go on holiday this year.
:09:26. > :09:28.It may be numbers pick up during the summer and all that has
:09:29. > :09:31.happened is people didn't make their usual bookings early in the year
:09:32. > :09:36.Some larger attractions, such as Wookey Hole, have told us they
:09:37. > :09:39.Still, Somerset's tourist officials say they need all
:09:40. > :09:51.I think I need to put an invitation to the Prime Minister to invite him.
:09:52. > :09:52.I think that would be a great idea. Just to put the spotlight on the
:09:53. > :09:54.county. Tourism employs 30,000 people in
:09:55. > :09:57.Somerset, so any loss is a worry. Some estimate flooding to just 2%
:09:58. > :10:22.of the county may mean a loss to If you're here on holiday you are
:10:23. > :10:23.very welcome and the weather is always like this here.
:10:24. > :10:26.The sentences given to three men who mistreated a resident
:10:27. > :10:28.at a care home in North Somerset will not be increased.
:10:29. > :10:31.The abuse was captured on a hidden camera installed
:10:32. > :10:34.by the family of Gladys Wright at the Granary Care Home in Wraxall.
:10:35. > :10:37.Another was given a suspended sentence
:10:38. > :10:42.The charity Action on Elder Abuse had written to the attorney
:10:43. > :10:46.general's office calling on him to review their sentences.
:10:47. > :10:49.Athletes from the West have already won a clutch of medals at
:10:50. > :10:59.They have managed four silvers and three bronzes so far.
:11:00. > :11:04.Most of them came in the pool last night,
:11:05. > :11:06.as swimmers based at the University of Bath showed their quality.
:11:07. > :11:10.Not just one, but two silver medals for Siobhan`Marie O'Connor `
:11:11. > :11:15.the first at a major competition for the 18`year`old from Bitton.
:11:16. > :11:18.She got off to a flying start in the 200 metre freestyle
:11:19. > :11:24.and fought her Australian rival all the way before being edged out.
:11:25. > :11:27.Just 90 minutes later, and with another race in between,
:11:28. > :11:34.she led off the 4x100 relay team to more success.
:11:35. > :11:40.It was very important to me. I knew it was going to be a busy day and I
:11:41. > :11:42.am glad I got off to a good start. There were very contrasting
:11:43. > :11:45.emotions to coming second from He was clear favourite to win
:11:46. > :11:49.in his home pool, but was convincingly beaten by his younger
:11:50. > :11:51.less experienced Scottish team mate ` with his training partner,
:11:52. > :12:09.Andrew Willis, taking the bronze. Yes he has been great form all
:12:10. > :12:19.season. He deserved to wind. It was a great crowd. I am on the podium
:12:20. > :12:21.and that is a step in the right direction.
:12:22. > :12:24.There was also a bronze medal and a British record for Millfield's James
:12:25. > :12:33.Away from the pool it was a mixed night for our rhythmic gymnasts.
:12:34. > :12:38.Errors from Bath's Lynn Hutchinson proved costly for Team England,
:12:39. > :12:43.as she and Swindon's Steph Sherlock just missed out on a medal.
:12:44. > :12:47.But Steph's club team mate, Laura Halford,
:12:48. > :12:56.picked up a team silver with Wales and is one of the favourites
:12:57. > :13:02.Well, there are three more medal chances in the pool this evening
:13:03. > :13:07.First up, James Guy, from Millfield School, who goes
:13:08. > :13:12.Then there is the Bath swimmer, Chris Walker`Hebborn.
:13:13. > :13:17.He is competing in the 100 metre backstroke.
:13:18. > :13:20.And finally, there is Siobhan`Marie O'Connor, who could add to her two
:13:21. > :13:30.And away from the pool, we also have two Bath`based judokers
:13:31. > :13:35.Megan Fletcher was in the wars in her semi`final earlier and goes
:13:36. > :13:55.We will let you know all those results in the 10PM news.
:13:56. > :14:00.Stay with us now, though, as there is lots more to come before 7PM
:14:01. > :14:07.The debate about the Cheltenham Banksy goes on and now even the
:14:08. > :14:26.The World War I soldier who became an ambassador for a lost generation
:14:27. > :14:29.was remembered in Wells today, five years after his death.
:14:30. > :14:31.Harry Patch lived to the remarkable age of 111
:14:32. > :14:33.and became the last survivor of the First World War trenches.
:14:34. > :14:36.He was something of an international hero, reminding
:14:37. > :14:47.us all of the terrible losses on both sides of the conflict.
:14:48. > :14:51.The last post rang out once more in Wells today for Harry Patch
:14:52. > :14:59.There is a memorial for him here, carved from the same stone
:15:00. > :15:03.as the Cathedral, intended as an eternal reminder not only of
:15:04. > :15:10.Harry Patch was a private in the Great War.
:15:11. > :15:13.He fought in the trenches and was wounded.
:15:14. > :15:15.But he didn't speak of his experiences
:15:16. > :15:24.until he was 100 years old and most of his comrades were dead.
:15:25. > :15:39.I came across a Cornish man. He was ripped from his shoulder to his
:15:40. > :15:41.waist. As we got to him, he said shoot me. Before we could shoot
:15:42. > :15:53.him, he died. Movingly he went back to Belgium,
:15:54. > :15:56.to the Menin Gate, where the names Let us remember our brethren who
:15:57. > :16:05.fell on both sides. At first tourists weren't sure who
:16:06. > :16:08.he was, but as word spread there was spontaneous applause
:16:09. > :16:10.and people reached out ` by touching him they were somehow
:16:11. > :16:13.closer to those names on the wall. Now, a fund set up in Harry's name
:16:14. > :16:17.pays for children to come here. And youngsters, like these girls at
:16:18. > :16:22.today's ceremony, belong to a club called Bookworms which encourages
:16:23. > :16:34.learning about Harry's war. A memorial is now standing for him.
:16:35. > :16:45.We should remember those days in the trenches.
:16:46. > :16:48.It will be ready in a few weeks when the country marks 100 years
:16:49. > :17:10.Harry Patch, the last face from the Great War, would, I think, approve.
:17:11. > :17:13.A woman who lives in Bristol has spoken out about her
:17:14. > :17:17.shocking childhood and her experience of being a child bride.
:17:18. > :17:20.Gabriella Gillespie's father killed her mother,
:17:21. > :17:24.then took her and her sisters to Yemen where they were married.
:17:25. > :17:30.Years later, she returned to the UK and has now written her memoirs.
:17:31. > :17:34.Earlier I spoke to her and asked how she has found the strength to talk
:17:35. > :17:47.I think my family are the ones that keep me strong.
:17:48. > :17:50.I think the strength has come now because I hear more and more about
:17:51. > :17:54.what is happening to young girls around the world and in the UK.
:17:55. > :17:59.I think people need to be aware of what is happening.
:18:00. > :18:02.Yours is a long and complicated story, but basically
:18:03. > :18:07.you were taken to Yemen at the age of 13 and there you felt obliged to
:18:08. > :18:19.When I watched what happened to my sisters,
:18:20. > :18:22.I knew there was a possibility I would be given to an older man.
:18:23. > :18:25.My sister was married to a 60`year`old man, she was 17.
:18:26. > :18:26.She committed suicide on her wedding night.
:18:27. > :18:30.I knew that was a possibility for me, so I tried to choose
:18:31. > :18:37.Your father was the dark force behind all of this?
:18:38. > :18:42.And the second marriage, it was not a happy one?
:18:43. > :18:48.Bringing five children into the world, as well?
:18:49. > :18:51.Yes, very quickly bringing five children into the world.
:18:52. > :18:54.And having to assimilate to a very different way of life from
:18:55. > :19:02.The shock of leaving here, having been brought up as a Welsh
:19:03. > :19:08.Not knowing anything about Yemeni culture, not even the language,
:19:09. > :19:16.Then arriving to the cultural change was a huge shock for all of us.
:19:17. > :19:22.Then what happened to us was a terrifying experience.
:19:23. > :19:25.One that you had to get out of eventually.
:19:26. > :19:31.I didn't know that we could have gone to
:19:32. > :19:42.I didn't even know what a British Embassy was until the time that my
:19:43. > :19:53.sister said to me that she had met a girl from England and apparently she
:19:54. > :19:56.was married to a Yemeni man, she chose a husband, but she said there
:19:57. > :20:00.is a British Embassy and if you go to them they can help you
:20:01. > :20:04.They brought me back to England, yes.
:20:05. > :20:06.And in Bristol where you are living now, you have been writing
:20:07. > :20:13.I wrote about them a long time ago, but I was never going to publish
:20:14. > :20:15.my book because my father was still alive.
:20:16. > :20:18.Now that he is dead, I want to speak about my experiences.
:20:19. > :20:21.I want to speak to encourage other young girls to speak out.
:20:22. > :20:24.I think people need to speak out for this to end.
:20:25. > :20:28.For a child marriage to end, young girls need to speak out.
:20:29. > :20:31.So, I am hoping it will encourage other young girls to speak out.
:20:32. > :20:37.It is doing very well already, so we wish you the best of luck with it.
:20:38. > :20:47.Gabriella's book is called A Father's Betrayal.
:20:48. > :20:51.The Prime Minister has waded into the debate about the ownership
:20:52. > :20:55.Yesterday, we reported on claims that the Spy Booth mural may belong
:20:56. > :21:05.to the Government, due to questions over who owns the wall it is on.
:21:06. > :21:08.But a Government spokesman said today the land next to it is, in
:21:09. > :21:13.Today, the Prime Minister told BBC Radio Gloucestershire that he is
:21:14. > :21:26.I am the Minister for the intelligence services and I take
:21:27. > :21:31.intelligence services very seriously. That said, I do love this
:21:32. > :21:35.Banksy. It is clever and sunny. A couple from near Bath will be
:21:36. > :21:38.the first to get married right in Duncan Pidgeon and his fiancee Sarah
:21:39. > :21:43.Withers, from Peasedown St John, So when they heard they could
:21:44. > :21:47.legally wed in the bandstand of the Royal Victoria Park they
:21:48. > :21:51.jumped at the chance. Sarah and Duncan are more than happy
:21:52. > :21:54.for their ceremony to be watched In all this summer heat, the Bristol
:21:55. > :22:00.Hippodrome is staging a show with a refreshing twist ` especially if you
:22:01. > :22:04.are sitting in the front few rows! Singing in the Rain,
:22:05. > :22:12.the stage version, has just begun It uses the very latest stage
:22:13. > :22:21.technology to recreate that famous Gene Kelly lamp post scene `
:22:22. > :22:24.as I have been finding out! Singing in the Rain,
:22:25. > :22:26.one of the greatest musicals of all It has got charm, romance, comedy,
:22:27. > :22:33.Tinseltown glamour, singing, # I'm singing in the rain,
:22:34. > :22:48.just singing in the rain. 12,000 litres of rain
:22:49. > :22:51.for every performance, thoughtfully warmed up a bit before it is
:22:52. > :22:54.squirted from above and flooded Everyone in the audience thinks that
:22:55. > :23:03.is it ` that is the end of the rain. The iconic scene in the rain, the
:23:04. > :23:06.lamp post song, is all done with. However, at the end of
:23:07. > :23:09.the show we like to do a reprieve. But rather than having James
:23:10. > :23:12.by himself, we added in ensemble as well, so there are 27 people on
:23:13. > :23:15.stage all kicking water out front. We do like to have a bit
:23:16. > :23:18.of a game with the audience. You know the story of Hollywood's
:23:19. > :23:20.first musical. The advent of the talkies
:23:21. > :23:23.and the end of silent movies. Some of its old stars,
:23:24. > :23:28.including the lovely Lina Lamont. She was incredibly successful
:23:29. > :23:31.at silent movies, but then she had a voice like this ` so when the
:23:32. > :23:44.talkies came along everyone went, oh You've got the best line of all `
:23:45. > :23:52.I am playing a hotshot from Hollywood, actually a studio boss
:23:53. > :24:01.But it is the perfect combination to be at the Hippodrome,
:24:02. > :24:06.in the West Country, with a really fun part in a crackerjack show.
:24:07. > :24:10.You experience career highs and lows in this job and this is
:24:11. > :24:15.The cast seemed to love being in it, the critics, by and large,
:24:16. > :24:19.have enjoyed watching it, and it has been nothing but delight
:24:20. > :24:24.Let's just hope there is not a hosepipe ban
:24:25. > :25:03.There is some rain, I am afraid. Tomorrow, there may be some dry
:25:04. > :25:16.conditions on Saturday and across the weekend. But having said that,
:25:17. > :25:26.there may be a few showers around. Temperatures will drop down to the
:25:27. > :25:34.low 20s on Sunday. Showers and thunderstorms are moving across and
:25:35. > :25:39.they have tended to ease away as they have moved down. This evening
:25:40. > :25:46.they will move across the south`west. This should result in a
:25:47. > :25:58.dry night. Tomorrow, it will be dry mostly. Showers and rain in the
:25:59. > :26:08.North West. I don't think that any rain will be heavy. Once the showers
:26:09. > :26:16.are out of the way, the evening will clear and it will be another dry
:26:17. > :26:29.night. Temperatures tonight, 14`17 Celsius. The sunshine will be a
:26:30. > :26:38.little hazy at times tomorrow. A chance of showers in Somerset. But a
:26:39. > :26:49.good deal of dry weather across the board, also into the evening.
:26:50. > :27:02.Tomorrow, temperatures 25`26?C. Then the temperatures will drop across
:27:03. > :27:04.Sunday. Many areas will remain dry, although there may be some showers.
:27:05. > :27:09.Similar temperatures into next week. As I celebrate 50 years
:27:10. > :27:32.on the airwaves, join me I will be looking back
:27:33. > :27:38.at the music and some of my favourite memories from
:27:39. > :27:44.my first 50 years of broadcasting. The Tony Blackburn show,
:27:45. > :27:47.this evening at 7PM