:00:25. > :00:50.The first to arrive and the last to leave.
:00:51. > :00:54.Medals today for the fire fhghters who dealt with carnage on the M .
:00:55. > :01:01.A Somerset pilot walks away, after the wheels collapse on landhng.
:01:02. > :01:04.And the graffiti artist Banksy falls victim to a graffiti vandal
:01:05. > :01:23.Fire fighters who were first on scene at one of Britain's worst ever
:01:24. > :01:26.motorway crashes have had their bravery recognised. The pild`up on
:01:27. > :01:29.the M5 in Somerset in 2011 claimed seven lives. Now, three years on,
:01:30. > :01:32.some of those who worked on the rescue effort have been givdn
:01:33. > :01:37.special medals. Scott Ellis reports.
:01:38. > :01:40.The aftermath of the M5 crash, caused by thick fog on the night
:01:41. > :01:50.12 fire fighters based in T`unton were the first to be called out to
:01:51. > :01:53.deal with cars and lorries on fire and people trapped in the wreckage.
:01:54. > :01:57.At the awards ceremony, the 12 fire fighters were ghven
:01:58. > :02:03.a brand new medal, created by the Devon and Somerset Sdrvice.
:02:04. > :02:10.Recognition of exceptional actions in extreme circumst`nces.
:02:11. > :02:13.As we approached the motorw`y, the weather was awful, lots was
:02:14. > :02:21.Lots of explosions. It was very tragic.
:02:22. > :02:27.Those rewarded last night s`y their first thoughts are with
:02:28. > :02:34.Paul Cregan was in charge of the operation that night.
:02:35. > :02:41.He knows the awards are important to his otherwise modest men.
:02:42. > :02:43.Dealing with it afterwards was difficult, testing.
:02:44. > :02:49.The medals will be a constant and good reminder
:02:50. > :02:56.of what they did that night, and for the families forevermore.
:02:57. > :02:58.For them, very well`deserved and an appropriate end to
:02:59. > :03:05.At the ceremony, there were written commendations
:03:06. > :03:07.for fire fighters helping in this year's flooding
:03:08. > :03:10.It has been a busy period for the emergency services
:03:11. > :03:13.and it is nice to draw a line underneath and say, well done,
:03:14. > :03:15.hopefully we won't be experhencing the same series of signific`nt
:03:16. > :03:21.It has been two years since the M5 crash.
:03:22. > :03:24.The awards have had to wait until now to allow for various coroners'
:03:25. > :03:36.Police are investigating whdther remains found at a recycling plant
:03:37. > :03:39.in Avonmouth this morning are human. They were spotted by staff `t the
:03:40. > :03:42.Biffa depot on St Andrew's Road around 11.30. The area has been
:03:43. > :03:50.sealed off while the investhgation continues.
:03:51. > :03:53.A teenage gymnast from Longwell Green near Bristol has becole the
:03:54. > :04:00.most decorated Englishwoman at the Commonwealth Games in over 80 years.
:04:01. > :04:03.Claudia Fragapane is only 16 years old.
:04:04. > :04:05.But, late this afternoon, the girl they've nicknamed
:04:06. > :04:08."the pocket rocket" picked tp a fourth gold medal, to the ddlight
:04:09. > :04:19.Alistair Durden is at the family home now.
:04:20. > :04:29.I can tell you, it is quite a family. She is one of five sisters,
:04:30. > :04:36.the other four are here, along with many other members of the clan,
:04:37. > :04:40.young and old. They have bedn like this all afternoon, you can
:04:41. > :04:45.understand watching the gold medal. Here are some of the other trophies
:04:46. > :04:53.she has one. And some of thd medals. But nothing to compare to the Vorm
:04:54. > :05:02.`` four gold medals she will bring back from Glasgow.
:05:03. > :05:05.At just four feet six inches, they call Claudia the Pocket Rocket.
:05:06. > :05:07.We have seen her flip and somersault, smile and cry,
:05:08. > :05:12.With mum and dad in Glasgow, the rest of the family were
:05:13. > :05:18.Grandparents, uncles and aunts, sisters, nephews and nieces.
:05:19. > :05:23.We are very, very proud. Another one and you will come home with four
:05:24. > :05:25.gold medals. The routine went down well
:05:26. > :05:33.in Glasgow, even better in Bristol. Mum and Dad enjoyed it too,
:05:34. > :05:36.but the judges put her just outside So, onto the last chance,
:05:37. > :05:45.the floor routine. As she landed, they were
:05:46. > :06:14.off their feet in the living room. A true floor specialist. It buys ``
:06:15. > :06:15.it is my last time and I wanted to enjoy it.
:06:16. > :06:19.An unforgettable week for the 16`year`old.
:06:20. > :06:30.Four gold medals, and one vdry proud family in Bristol.
:06:31. > :06:41.You were excitable today. It was incredible. She was the best she has
:06:42. > :06:49.ever performed, so focused. We love watching her. She brings so much joy
:06:50. > :06:52.to this family. Has she alw`ys had that potential to win medals like
:06:53. > :06:57.that? Yes, she has done really well in the
:06:58. > :07:05.past. We did not expect four medals, not at all. She has performdd really
:07:06. > :07:13.consistently. She was phenolenal. Bringing home these gold medals and
:07:14. > :07:17.we are all really happy, ardn't we? You are also a gymnastic, you are
:07:18. > :07:23.only eight, will you be doing that one day? Will you go to a
:07:24. > :07:28.Commonwealth Games? Yes! Wh`t did you enjoy about the perform`nce I
:07:29. > :07:35.like it when she got lots of gold medals. It was brilliant. What kind
:07:36. > :07:40.of party will you have for her? A massive party, she deserves it, she
:07:41. > :07:55.is our staff. We will celebrate altogether and have a big p`rty
:07:56. > :08:14.There will be a big party! What a lovely family. We're joined
:08:15. > :08:29.now by her parents. When yot put all of these medals?
:08:30. > :08:35.The coach, Sean, is amazing, and he will make something out of wood so
:08:36. > :08:39.we can display them. We saw you in the crowd waving your flag `nd
:08:40. > :08:48.jumping up and down. Can yot put your feelings into words tonight?
:08:49. > :08:56.Very happy. Joy. Very proud to see her up there. Amazing. She lakes it
:08:57. > :09:00.look so easy out there. But this wasn't an overnight success, this
:09:01. > :09:06.has been years and years of hard work, dedication for the whole
:09:07. > :09:12.family. Yes, definitely. From the age of six, her passion was
:09:13. > :09:18.gymnastics really. She is now 1 . She trains just over 30 hours a
:09:19. > :09:24.week. All the hard training, discipline, everything really. Did
:09:25. > :09:30.you have to encourage her to train? Did she always want to do it?
:09:31. > :09:38.Sometimes we needed to push, but not a lot. She was very enthusi`stic. It
:09:39. > :09:45.is her passion, it is her dream She wants to make the Olympics one day.
:09:46. > :09:52.Is Rio next in her sights? We hope so. We hope so. Whoever thex pick,
:09:53. > :09:57.we don't know. She needs to stay fit, consistent. Focused. That is
:09:58. > :10:09.right. How will you celebrate when you get
:10:10. > :10:15.back? A big party! Probably at my husband's business, the plax centre.
:10:16. > :10:21.You are Italian but this is a win for England. It is a win for
:10:22. > :10:31.England. Very proud. It is lovely to have you on our programme. To pass
:10:32. > :10:43.on our best wishes. Proud parents that.
:10:44. > :10:46.We'll keep you up to date whth the action from the Commonwealth Games
:10:47. > :10:49.throughout the weekend, herd on BBC Points West. And stay with ts
:10:50. > :10:52.tonight, because there's lots more to come, including: The Wiltshire
:10:53. > :10:55.woman whose father went to war just days after her birth. That was 00
:10:56. > :10:57.years ago today. We'll hear her memories.
:10:58. > :10:59.A pilot from RNAS Yeovilton has walked away
:11:00. > :11:01.unharmed, after the historic aircraft he was flying crashed onto
:11:02. > :11:05.Eye witnesses at the Culdrose Airshow said the Sda Fury
:11:06. > :11:22.The Royal Navy is now investigating, as Dickon Hooper reports.
:11:23. > :11:24.He knows his aircraft incredibly well.
:11:25. > :11:27.Reassuring commentary, as white smoke begins to billow from
:11:28. > :11:47.Ladies and gentlemen, luckily everything is OK.
:11:48. > :11:51.There was a serious issue whth the aircraft.
:11:52. > :11:54.It's a hard landing, but the pilot makes his esc`pe,
:11:55. > :12:00.He was very sprightly and that was a great relief.
:12:01. > :12:22.A spontaneous round of appl`use it was their way of saying thank
:12:23. > :12:28.The pilot was Lieutenant Commander Chris Gotke,
:12:29. > :12:32.Just last week, he spoke to us about his affection for the
:12:33. > :12:34.Sea Fury, part of Yeovilton's historic flight, and a classic
:12:35. > :12:38.She is an absolute delight to fly, the ultimate
:12:39. > :12:41.This is where it stopped for the British.
:12:42. > :12:43.So, it combines everything that should be in an aircraft.
:12:44. > :12:46.A massive amount of power in the front, carrying weapons
:12:47. > :12:50.But, when things go wrong, she's only as good as the m`n
:12:51. > :12:57.The Royal Navy said all the relevant organisations had been
:12:58. > :13:13.The Bath film director Ken Loach has given his support to a protest
:13:14. > :13:17.Mr Loach and the group clail the corporation's reporting
:13:18. > :13:21.They say the BBC is only presenting the Israeli case in its
:13:22. > :13:25.news coverage, and claim it rarely includes a Palestinian voicd.
:13:26. > :13:34.Being the Palestinian case hs it is about illegal seizure of land,
:13:35. > :13:42.illegal collective punishment of Gaza, and intolerable life. And
:13:43. > :13:46.faced with such illegality, people are entitled to resist. And the
:13:47. > :13:50.people of Gaza are resistance fighters. The BBC calls thel
:13:51. > :13:54.militants. They are resisting the same way the French were resistance
:13:55. > :13:56.fighters during the war. A spokesperson
:13:57. > :13:58.from BBC News says it endeavours to reflect a range of voices,
:13:59. > :14:01.and is committed to continuhng to report and analyse events in
:14:02. > :14:06.an accurate, fair and balanced way. The Banksy street art in Chdltenham
:14:07. > :14:08.has been defaced. Only this week,
:14:09. > :14:10.campaigners announced they had But now, Spy Booth been spr`yed
:14:11. > :14:14.over with silver paint. Cheltenham's Banksy, eavesdropping
:14:15. > :14:24.on this telephone box, thesd undercover spies are now covered up
:14:25. > :14:28.after after an overnight attack It's not funny or clever,
:14:29. > :14:31.why do people have to do thhs? People have been proud of their
:14:32. > :14:34.Banksy and were angry today as news I am gutted, I don't understand
:14:35. > :14:42.why people have to do this. This is what it looked like
:14:43. > :14:49.in April. Weeks after
:14:50. > :14:51.the Spy Booth was painted, there was A local businessman pledged hundreds
:14:52. > :14:58.of thousands If this graffiti cannot be removed,
:14:59. > :15:03.are you still going to buy ht? It is something that the people
:15:04. > :15:15.in this town love This is what people here nedd to
:15:16. > :15:22.save the Banksy, three layers If they are quick enough,
:15:23. > :15:26.and use the right chemicals, they might be able to take
:15:27. > :15:29.off the top layer of new gr`ffiti This one in Bristol was hit
:15:30. > :15:36.by blue paint balls. Others like this one have bden
:15:37. > :15:38.quickly removed, Mobile Lovers, like much of the
:15:39. > :15:51.street art, will eventually be sold. Some believe it is part of
:15:52. > :15:54.the life cycle of street gr`ffiti, but others believe these ard
:15:55. > :16:02.precious and should be presdrved. Attempts to put out the fird
:16:03. > :16:05.at a waste recycling site in Swindon It's 12 days since the fire began,
:16:06. > :16:12.and the Averies site in Marshgate is still burning, with clouds
:16:13. > :16:15.of smoke drifting across thd town. Business owners and families living
:16:16. > :16:18.nearby say they're suffering. Here's our Wiltshire correspondent,
:16:19. > :17:04.Will Glennon. Hardest hit by the fire, especially
:17:05. > :17:07.the smoke, other businesses surrounding the site. It is
:17:08. > :17:09.impossible for people to work here. Across the road from the fire live
:17:10. > :18:13.Gillian Lane and her husband. Mike Watts built the shortctt after
:18:14. > :18:17.a main route to Bristol, thd Kelston It won't reopen for many months and
:18:18. > :18:22.drivers are facing long divdrsions. The toll road, which goes through a
:18:23. > :18:26.field, now gives them a mord direct route, but it doesn't have planning
:18:27. > :18:34.permission, and costs ?2 per car. A great grandmother from Wiltshire,
:18:35. > :18:37.who was born just days before the outbreak of World War I, is
:18:38. > :18:41.celebrating her 100th birthday today. Peggy Pearce's father joined
:18:42. > :18:44.the war effort soon after hdr birth. He was one of the lucky ones who
:18:45. > :18:47.returned from the Western Front Peggy shared her memories of him,
:18:48. > :18:49.and her childhood, with Tracey The family are gathering to
:18:50. > :18:59.celebrate Peg's 100th birthday. Yes.
:19:00. > :19:06.Oh, how lovely. But, 100 years ago,
:19:07. > :19:11.when Peg was just a newborn, Her father had worked
:19:12. > :19:27.as a coachbuilder at Great Western Railway. So, during
:19:28. > :19:29.his time in the trenches, hd made Well, an aeroplane propeller that
:19:30. > :19:40.came down over in France, I suppose. He was very handy with his, well,
:19:41. > :19:42.with his hands. Inside the frame is baby Peg,
:19:43. > :19:49.just nine months old. As Peg grew up, the war continued
:19:50. > :19:56.for the next four years. I can remember my father winding
:19:57. > :19:59.those puttees round his legs, And I can remember seeing a Zeppelin
:20:00. > :20:08.go over. Zeppelins were a real threat
:20:09. > :20:10.and inflicted bomb damage Finally, in 1918, Peg's father
:20:11. > :20:35.returned safely from the front. By the end of the war, I can
:20:36. > :20:38.remember the sirens, or the hooters People had processions
:20:39. > :20:41.down the road. Today's celebration will be
:20:42. > :20:43.for Peg's 100 years. And what's her advice for a long
:20:44. > :20:46.and happy life? Oh, dear, I don't know what
:20:47. > :21:04.I'd do without them. While the eyes
:21:05. > :21:06.of the world have been on the Commonwealth Games, the attdntion
:21:07. > :21:08.of the equestrian elite is now Once again,
:21:09. > :21:12.the Princess Royal has opendd up the grounds of her Gatcombe Park
:21:13. > :21:15.home in Gloucestershire to host some Her daughter Zara
:21:16. > :21:18.Phillips is taking part. But, as Imogen Sellers has been
:21:19. > :21:20.finding, there's more to Gatcombe From some of the best riders
:21:21. > :21:30.in the world, including Zara Phillips and William Fox`Pitt,
:21:31. > :21:33.to the young Pony Club riders here There is something for everxone
:21:34. > :21:45.here at Gatcombe this weekend. Not just horses. A lot more
:21:46. > :21:54.besides. The Festival of British Eventing,
:21:55. > :21:57.to call it by its proper title, has been held in the grounds
:21:58. > :22:00.of the Princess Royal's homd And, for her son, Peter Philips
:22:01. > :22:09.it's always been a family affair. My memories go back,
:22:10. > :22:13.painting white stakes, painting Zara
:22:14. > :22:17.and I would have a great group of It is
:22:18. > :22:22.a proper family friendly evdnt. And it's Dad,
:22:23. > :22:28.Peter's father Captain Mark Philip, who designs the cross country
:22:29. > :22:30.course. It started off as being
:22:31. > :22:33.a family event, the Princess and I trying to put something back
:22:34. > :22:36.into the sport we have loved and enjoyed, and had success in the
:22:37. > :22:39.Olympic Games and Championships Peter and Zara started
:22:40. > :22:42.when they were small kids, helping Now they have grown
:22:43. > :22:50.to greater things. What do you look forward to
:22:51. > :22:52.the most? But, before then,
:22:53. > :23:12.there is lots to see and do. One of the oldest flower shows in
:23:13. > :23:15.the world has begun in Taunton. Thousands of people have spdnt the
:23:16. > :23:18.day at Vivary Park to enjoy what they say is the Chelsea of the West.
:23:19. > :24:07.There's a record number of dntries show. We were looking at thd
:24:08. > :24:19.children's area. We will be going to the main arena to see what hs there.
:24:20. > :24:25.I have finished two of the other big shows, and I put priority on this as
:24:26. > :24:34.well, it is on a par with those shows also.
:24:35. > :25:10.This amazing picture, you whn the ultimate self each of the wdek,
:25:11. > :25:18.taken on a paraglider. `` sdlfie. Saturday is when we will sed some
:25:19. > :25:25.rain about. It will turn brdezy on Sunday. With a good deal of dry
:25:26. > :25:33.weather about. This is the rainfall radar outbreaks of rain movhng
:25:34. > :25:38.north. This evening, the focus is shifting towards the west of the M5
:25:39. > :25:44.which will remain a feature of the forecast into the first part of
:25:45. > :25:49.tomorrow. Low pressure will rotate up towards Merseyside tomorrow.
:25:50. > :25:56.Behind that, these by the whll give outbreaks of rain. It move through
:25:57. > :25:59.in the morning. A less showdry outlook. Drier and brighter
:26:00. > :26:07.conditions, that continues overnight into Sunday. The rest of thhs
:26:08. > :26:17.evening will be characterisdd by further outbreaks of rain, lore
:26:18. > :26:22.towards the west. Some weather warnings, pretty wet overnight,
:26:23. > :26:30.staying that way into the e`rly hours of tomorrow morning.
:26:31. > :26:35.Temperatures will fall to 12 Celsius tonight. Tomorrow, as we cldar those
:26:36. > :26:41.outbreaks of rain, some will still be heavy. In the afternoon, a
:26:42. > :26:44.showery picture with drier `nd brighter interludes, some qtite
:26:45. > :26:56.prolonged. Equally, some further showers. They will finally fade away
:26:57. > :27:01.overnight. Temperatures in the brighter spots, in the low 20s.
:27:02. > :27:06.Sunday will be an improving picture. Stein breezy. Showdrs in
:27:07. > :27:13.the morning will fade away. A fair amount of sunshine in the afternoon.
:27:14. > :27:18.Showers on Monday and Tuesd`y but that is projected for the mhd part
:27:19. > :27:19.of next week. And Tuesday btt that is projected for the mid part of
:27:20. > :27:30.next week. Into the week. That's all from us. Join us again
:27:31. > :27:33.tonight just afer the Ten O'Clock And it's about time
:27:34. > :28:13.that I did something about that