:00:00. > :00:00.That is all from the BBC News at 6.00pm. So goodbye
:00:07. > :00:08.Welcome to BBC Points West, with Will Glennon and Alex Lovell.
:00:09. > :00:11.Our main story tonight: the West's golden girl of gymnastics is back
:00:12. > :00:14.home and back to work. Not resting on four Commonwealth golds, Claudia
:00:15. > :00:18.Fragapane is already training for the World Championships.
:00:19. > :00:21.I think it's really going to boost her confidence, apart from anything
:00:22. > :00:24.else. We always knew she was good, but it has reaffirmed it to her that
:00:25. > :00:39.she can cope at that really tough, stressful, high`level competition.
:00:40. > :00:43.Heading in the right direction ` hundreds of cars use a private toll
:00:44. > :00:50.road near Bath but the operator says he's worried it won't break even.
:00:51. > :00:55.Lottery money for the lido ` one of Britain's oldest open air swimming
:00:56. > :00:58.pools gets funds for a makeover and riding the great western railway `
:00:59. > :01:07.our first stop on a tour of the region's engineering wonders.
:01:08. > :01:11.Good evening. Just over a week ago she was one of the stars of the
:01:12. > :01:14.Commonwealth Games winning four gold medals, but now Claudia Fragapane is
:01:15. > :01:17.already back in training for her next major challenge ` the World
:01:18. > :01:19.Championships. The 16`year`old's achievements have brought her
:01:20. > :01:22.international recognition, and in her home city of Bristol there was a
:01:23. > :01:30.big homecoming party last night to celebrate. Alistair Durden reports.
:01:31. > :01:33.The star attraction once again. After a week away with mum and dad,
:01:34. > :01:36.this was a chance for the rest of the family, friends and fellow
:01:37. > :01:41.gymnasts to say well done. I've had all my friends and family
:01:42. > :01:47.supporting me. But also, the people I need to thank the most are my mum
:01:48. > :01:52.and dad. Just forgetting me through every day, the hard work and
:01:53. > :01:56.everything. All these guys behind me 100 percent.
:01:57. > :02:00.COMMENTATOR: Now she just needs to be precise...
:02:01. > :02:04.Claudia is England's most sucessful female competitor at a Commonwealth
:02:05. > :02:08.Games in 84 years ` but her family say she won't have a problem keeping
:02:09. > :02:11.her feet on the ground. In our eyes, she has always been a
:02:12. > :02:14.superstar. She does deserve it because she has worked for it. With
:02:15. > :02:22.Claudia, everything just goes over her head. She takes each day as it
:02:23. > :02:27.comes. Which is good, to be like that. That's the innocence in her.
:02:28. > :02:32.And we love it. And we love her for that. You can just see the turnout.
:02:33. > :02:35.I mean all these young aspiring gymnasts, just like Claudia now.
:02:36. > :02:38.I've heard it so many times now. They say they want to carry on just
:02:39. > :02:46.because of her. It's just really nice to hear.
:02:47. > :02:50.Today it was back to work at the Bristol Hawks gym where Claudia has
:02:51. > :02:54.trained since she was 6. Her coach says there's still plenty she can
:02:55. > :02:56.improve on. Although she's shown she's got
:02:57. > :03:00.something extra special on the floor, we got ideas of what we are
:03:01. > :03:06.going to do for her floor for Rio already. So there's little things in
:03:07. > :03:09.our minds to make her shining stand out even more. Hopefully, those will
:03:10. > :03:13.come together. The World Championships are next in
:03:14. > :03:16.October. That will pit her against the Americans, Chinese and Russians.
:03:17. > :03:20.And if they didn't know it before, those gymnastic super`powers can
:03:21. > :03:36.expect more fireworks from the girl they call the pocket rocket.
:03:37. > :03:46.And say that Claudia and mum, Syriza, I hear in the studio. What
:03:47. > :03:57.was the party like? Absolutely amazing. They were so supportive of
:03:58. > :04:04.me 100%. My coaches were there. Unfortunately, my mail coach could
:04:05. > :04:08.not be here. He was in America. But he came to see me earlier. Hasn't
:04:09. > :04:15.sunk in, your incredible achievement? You seem surprised when
:04:16. > :04:19.you see the footage. I am definitely still surprised. It has not actually
:04:20. > :04:26.sunk in properly yet. I haven't had time to just sit down and chill the
:04:27. > :04:32.cause of all the interviews. This is footage of your friends and family.
:04:33. > :04:48.This was when you want your gold medal. How is she, Teresa? She is a
:04:49. > :04:54.very chilled out young lady. She takes each day as it comes. She
:04:55. > :05:02.says, mum, I will do my best. Everyone has been fabulous with her.
:05:03. > :05:07.I am quite like her, add it all over the place. When you are in the
:05:08. > :05:15.situations, breaking records, the first British woman to win for gold
:05:16. > :05:27.medals in, is 84 years? Yes. As part of your reaching, do you have two
:05:28. > :05:33.work constantly? Yes. I trained six days a week. When I came off my
:05:34. > :05:38.holiday I had to be focused straightaway. Because I need to get
:05:39. > :05:42.ready for the World Championships. And all the other girls have to get
:05:43. > :05:48.ready to. After the commonwealth it is a fresh start for everyone. You
:05:49. > :05:53.see a holiday, it was just one week and it was an activity holiday!
:05:54. > :06:04.Well, I didn't do anything. I went to the spa. That is good to know.
:06:05. > :06:13.And still only 16 years old. What is next for you? I am hopefully going
:06:14. > :06:21.to coach and work with children. I have always wanted to do that. I
:06:22. > :06:30.want to juggle the two things at hopefully get a qualification. And
:06:31. > :06:40.the Olympics? Hopefully. Showed the medals, please. Look at that! That
:06:41. > :06:46.is impressive. Where do they live? They will probably go with, well my
:06:47. > :06:53.coach, her husband is creative with lovely boxes. He has made me one.
:06:54. > :06:58.Well, congratulations. Thanks for coming in.
:06:59. > :07:01.A businessman from Bath, who decided to build a by`pass to avoid traffic
:07:02. > :07:04.delays near his home, says more motorists still need to use it, if
:07:05. > :07:07.he's to break even. Mike Watts has spent around a hundred and fifty
:07:08. > :07:11.thousand pounds on the road, which opened 10 days ago. So how busy is
:07:12. > :07:22.it this evening? Our reporter Laura Jones is there for us now ? Laura.
:07:23. > :07:31.It is looking quiet. But, this evening, there has been a steady
:07:32. > :07:35.stream of cars. This is what all the fuss is about. It is Britain's
:07:36. > :07:41.newest toll road. Although it may not be big, just 355 metres long, it
:07:42. > :07:46.simply is pretty clever, whisking motorists from the A41, which is
:07:47. > :07:54.closed beyond that junction, appear and over the hill. It saves people
:07:55. > :08:00.an awful lot of time. There is another car!
:08:01. > :08:03.Afternoon! That's ?2, please, sir. A price worth paying, seems to be
:08:04. > :08:06.the overriding opinion, for avoiding a long detour and up to one hour's
:08:07. > :08:09.extra journey time. When it opened at the beginning of the month, the
:08:10. > :08:12.toll road attracted attention from far and wide. And now, it is
:08:13. > :08:15.attracting drivers from all over too. 700 people a day are using it.
:08:16. > :08:22.But that needs to increase, says the man behind it.
:08:23. > :08:29.The road has cost ?150,000 to build. And it costs us ?1000 a day to run
:08:30. > :08:34.and operate. So, I am looking at a potential bill for building and
:08:35. > :08:37.running of ?300,000 by the end of the year. Fortunately, there are 150
:08:38. > :08:42.days to go. So, at ?2 a car, I've got to get 150,000 cars on this road
:08:43. > :08:50.to make sure that my wife and I are not out of pocket.
:08:51. > :08:54.7000 people a day would normally use this part of the A431, which has
:08:55. > :08:57.been closed since a landslip inventory. The only official way
:08:58. > :09:01.around is a 14 mile detour, which has been causing headache for
:09:02. > :09:05.motorists or months. The local council have always said that they
:09:06. > :09:08.would not have been able to do this themselves. Instead, they are
:09:09. > :09:13.concentrating on repairing the main road. But they do recognise the
:09:14. > :09:18.benefits to drivers. It is saving a lot of people a lot
:09:19. > :09:23.of time. In the end, we have to say the Mike Watts that he has taken a
:09:24. > :09:29.bold risk and only time will tell if that is a success or not for him,
:09:30. > :09:32.financially. But it is certainly one which has created a lot of interest.
:09:33. > :09:35.The council could not have built this road, because if we had done,
:09:36. > :09:44.it would need to be to highway standards and this is nowhere near
:09:45. > :09:46.highway standards. But that doesn't seem to concern
:09:47. > :09:49.motorists, who are happy just to have a way around `
:09:50. > :09:58.until the main route reopens at Christmas.
:09:59. > :10:11.As you heard, about 700 cars are using this road every day. But Mike
:10:12. > :10:16.Watts is hoping it will increase soon. That is partly because this
:10:17. > :10:21.road is now appearing on Google maps. This diversion could be coming
:10:22. > :10:26.to a sat navs near you soon. With the let you know how that gets on.
:10:27. > :10:28.That's interesting. Thank you for that, Laura.
:10:29. > :10:31.You're watching Points West with Will and Alex. Thanks for joining us
:10:32. > :10:33.this evening, still to come on tonight's programme. Splashing out `
:10:34. > :10:37.New money means plans to reopen a Georgian swimming pool in Bath take
:10:38. > :10:45.a step closer to becoming a reality.
:10:46. > :10:53.And this county has long been the subject of artists, but the King of
:10:54. > :11:12.pop writing a song about Gloucestershire? Surely not.
:11:13. > :11:15.The country's chief vet was in the West today to promote the
:11:16. > :11:17.Government's strategy for dealing with bovine TB. Better measures for
:11:18. > :11:20.keeping infected badgers off farms and away from livestock are among
:11:21. > :11:22.the actions to be introduced. Stricter testing of cattle, tighter
:11:23. > :11:25.controls, and a second pilot cull of badgers will also be carried out.
:11:26. > :11:29.The aim is eventually to eradicate the disease, which has led to the
:11:30. > :11:36.slaughter of 11,000 cattle in the first four months of this year.
:11:37. > :11:45.We're starting to see the epidemic level off. It has been increasing,
:11:46. > :11:51.doubling, increasing nine Fulton since the late 1990s. And we're
:11:52. > :11:54.seeing that steady. We have by no means got on top of that but it is
:11:55. > :12:05.starting to happen effect. There are fears the Wiltshire
:12:06. > :12:08.tourism industry could be damaged this year because of a lack of crop
:12:09. > :12:11.circles. So far this summer only fourteen circles have been
:12:12. > :12:13.identified ` that's half of last year's figure. It's thought farmers
:12:14. > :12:16.could be cutting them out to stop tourists trampling over their land.
:12:17. > :12:19.People come from all over the world Clevedon Pier in North Somerset is
:12:20. > :12:25.getting a new visitor centre. It's after a further 750,000 pound grant
:12:26. > :12:28.was awarded to the project. The pier's Trust says it now has 90 per
:12:29. > :12:31.cent of the money needed for the centre, which it hopes will create
:12:32. > :12:35.jobs and increase visitor numbers. And there's good news for another of
:12:36. > :12:38.the west's historic landmarks. The country's oldest open air swimming
:12:39. > :12:41.pool is set to reopen. The Cleveland Pools, just minutes away from the
:12:42. > :12:44.centre of Bath, have fallen into disrepair since they shut thirty
:12:45. > :12:47.years ago. But now the promise of funding means they're set to be
:12:48. > :13:01.restored to their Georgian glory. A shadow of its former self, built
:13:02. > :13:05.200 years ago, this is the only Georgian Lido left in the UK. But
:13:06. > :13:13.nobody has died into the waters in three decades. I swam here as a
:13:14. > :13:17.child. So many people did and are coming forward to tell their
:13:18. > :13:23.stories. It would be up to 1000 people on weekends sometimes. On a
:13:24. > :13:26.sunny day in summer. After a 10`year campaign, the news they have been
:13:27. > :13:33.waiting for. A grant of ?300,000 of lottery money with the promise of 4
:13:34. > :13:41.million to follow. It means a lot! Sorry. It would just be wonderful to
:13:42. > :13:47.see it back in action, full of people having a great time. Were
:13:48. > :13:54.they haven't had to pay a fortune and where they could swim in safety.
:13:55. > :13:59.Until the 1970s, there were around hundred and 50 of these outdoor
:14:00. > :14:02.swimming pools across the country. When the council is opened up heated
:14:03. > :14:08.indoor leisure centres, they started to close. There has recently been a
:14:09. > :14:17.resurgence. The fresh air, it feels like you are on holiday. A nice
:14:18. > :14:23.idea, not sure we have the weather for it! They are fantastic. We live
:14:24. > :14:30.in Cornwall and we have two open`air swimming pools there. We would love
:14:31. > :14:35.one in Bath as well. People of all ages can enjoy outdoor swimming. I
:14:36. > :14:39.think being able to swim somewhere special, like these Georgian pools,
:14:40. > :14:45.has been popular for hundreds of years. There are special places. In
:14:46. > :14:47.a city built around it maps, the prospect of an open nearly done here
:14:48. > :15:09.are no a step closer to reality. This year the Clifton Suspension
:15:10. > :15:12.Bridge celebrates the 150th anniversary of its opening. It may
:15:13. > :15:15.be famous around the world but we have many more engineering marvels
:15:16. > :15:18.here in the west. We asked science journalist Jheni Osman to choose her
:15:19. > :15:20.five favourites. She travels from Stonehenge to the Roman Baths, and
:15:21. > :15:23.from the Suspension Bridge to Wells Cathedral. But she begins tonight at
:15:24. > :15:32.Paddington station for a trip along The main concern of passengers at
:15:33. > :15:36.Paddington is whether their train is on time. Few consider the
:15:37. > :15:44.engineering achievement of Brunel's railway. Let's go on a swift
:15:45. > :15:49.journey... This is the driver view of the line today. They started
:15:50. > :15:53.building in 1836, just five years later, the line to Bristol was
:15:54. > :15:57.complete. The longest in the country it was known as Brunel's billiard
:15:58. > :16:03.table because it was so flat. The genius of this was that Brunel
:16:04. > :16:09.designed a wider track, known as broad gauge. It was twice the width
:16:10. > :16:15.of other railways. Let's stop at Swindon steam Museum. A wider track
:16:16. > :16:20.meant a lower centre of gravity. Allowing greater speed and
:16:21. > :16:26.stability. Broad gauge was good because if it had come to fruition
:16:27. > :16:29.across the network, you could have gone faster, carried more
:16:30. > :16:35.passengers, there is more stability. It was the way to go. You must
:16:36. > :16:39.remember that Brunel, surveyed the land from London to Bristol on
:16:40. > :16:48.horseback. Today it would be done by helicopter. No helicopters and now
:16:49. > :16:53.heavy machinery. This was a world of pickaxes, shovels, horses and many
:16:54. > :17:00.thousands of labourers. The next wonder want to show you is Boxcar
:17:01. > :17:04.tunnel, outside Bath. It is the longest tunnel of its kind. Some
:17:05. > :17:10.said it would be impossible to build. Brunel sank six vertical
:17:11. > :17:16.shafts to allow work to continue on 14 different faces. They used a
:17:17. > :17:22.tonne of gunpowder every week. This author says the fact that any tunnel
:17:23. > :17:31.was created at all is incredible. To prove how difficult that is, I have
:17:32. > :17:45.brought Kate to `` some cake to replicate. Let's see if we can get
:17:46. > :17:50.both to meet. Oh dear! We will not very successful. No matter nowhere
:17:51. > :17:58.near. We would've been sacked as contractors. From the outset, the
:17:59. > :18:03.railway was engineered to be as flat and level and above all, as fast as
:18:04. > :18:15.possible. It was a Victorian TGV line. This was the journey's end.
:18:16. > :18:20.The Bristol terminal. The GWR eventually had to adopt the standard
:18:21. > :18:24.gauge track. But few would argue that in engineering terms, Brunel's
:18:25. > :18:37.railway was the greatest of them all. I am pleased to say, Jheni
:18:38. > :18:41.joins us now. What particularly intrigued you about the Great
:18:42. > :18:45.Western Railway? I think just how straight and flat it was. It rose by
:18:46. > :18:51.1.2 metres every mile. That is incredibly level. Brunel surveyed on
:18:52. > :19:02.horseback. There was no GPS or anything. Is amazing. Where else
:19:03. > :19:06.have you been? Stonehenge, we're I was fascinated by how neolithic man
:19:07. > :19:11.had managed to transport these heavy storms from West Wales, 250, just. I
:19:12. > :19:17.want to tell you that we have. That will come later this week. I then
:19:18. > :19:22.went on to visit the Roman Baths and was intrigued as I did not know that
:19:23. > :19:26.a lot of the drainage and plumbing is actually still in use today. I
:19:27. > :19:30.think it is important to look at these things because they are in our
:19:31. > :19:41.own backyard and they forget to look at them and remember why we love
:19:42. > :19:45.them so much. Exactly. We often put these things. What do we have to
:19:46. > :19:57.look forward to tomorrow? Wells Cathedral. I look at how the tower
:19:58. > :20:01.was saved from collapse. The engineers had to use flying
:20:02. > :20:05.buttresses and other innovations. It was a scrabble to get it to stand
:20:06. > :20:12.up. They look fantastic. Which was your favourite? My favourite for
:20:13. > :20:18.filming was Clifton Suspension Bridge because I got to climb up it.
:20:19. > :20:26.That was an adventure! If you have the head for it. Exactly. It was
:20:27. > :20:32.really interesting for the bridge master to tell me how it was built.
:20:33. > :20:36.It was the biggest in the world at the time. It will be a good week.
:20:37. > :20:52.Thank you, Jheni. "Thriller", "Billie Jean", "Days in
:20:53. > :20:54.Gloucestershire"....Which feels like the odd one out? Well, it might not
:20:55. > :20:58.be any of them, because it seems they are all Michael Jackson songs.
:20:59. > :21:01.You've probably heard the first two but "Days in Gloucestershire" is
:21:02. > :21:03.claimed to be a previously unreleased Michael Jackson track
:21:04. > :21:11.which has now leaked on to the The King of pop wrote many songs
:21:12. > :21:17.about many things. From people he met, to saving the planet, to...
:21:18. > :21:20.Zombies. But now a previously undiscovered Michael Jackson song
:21:21. > :21:27.has come to light on the internet. It was written ten years ago. It is
:21:28. > :21:32.about... Gloucestershire. The story goes that whilst touring the UK with
:21:33. > :21:37.the Jackson five, Michael visited the county and apparently he liked
:21:38. > :21:43.the fish and chips. But here's the problem. I cannot play you the song.
:21:44. > :21:52.It has been removed from the internet by record companies. So,
:21:53. > :22:05.how best to get across what it sounds like? I wish to see you in
:22:06. > :22:14.Gloucester shire. I wish to see you in Gloucester shire. Again. Right,
:22:15. > :22:21.well, not a bad effort. It did not take long for it to catch on. We
:22:22. > :22:27.wish to see you in Gloucester shire! I will be honest that was
:22:28. > :22:32.nothing like the original. That is more gentle and in June! In fact,
:22:33. > :22:39.Michael Jackson actually pronounced the place as Gloucestershire. Has he
:22:40. > :22:45.ever been to Gloucester? The story as he visited when the Jackson five
:22:46. > :23:00.were on tour. We believe he is in our chippy. That sounds like rubbish
:23:01. > :23:03.to me. I'm not being funny, I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer,
:23:04. > :23:20.but I think I could do a better job than that. Could you do the dance?
:23:21. > :23:20.Well, it is hardly a Thriller. It really does mispronounce Gloucester
:23:21. > :23:45.shire. How is the weather? It is looking
:23:46. > :23:50.decidedly showery. It will be a breezy and blustery day for many of
:23:51. > :23:57.you. We can see some heavy showers on the satellite image. You will
:23:58. > :24:05.note that they are starting to die off as we head into this evening.
:24:06. > :24:10.However, the wind will continue. You may want to check the Floodline or
:24:11. > :24:14.Environment Agency website if you live near the coast. We have some
:24:15. > :24:18.alerts and warnings in recognition of high tides tonight. Some fairly
:24:19. > :24:27.strong winds, courtesy of the remnants of Hurricane Bertha. Behind
:24:28. > :24:34.that, trails this blustery, showery story. That will continue tomorrow.
:24:35. > :24:50.The showers will increase in intensity. As they get into the
:24:51. > :24:58.night, they will die away inland. Temperatures tonight will be cool.
:24:59. > :25:02.11 degrees. Tomorrow, it picks up the theme of today. It will start on
:25:03. > :25:10.the dry and bright note. But a number of will increase as the day
:25:11. > :25:18.continues. We may see some thunder in places. The winds are strictly
:25:19. > :25:22.speaking not quite on the same level as today but we may see gusts of 25
:25:23. > :25:32.mph in exposed areas. Temperatures getting into the high teens. This
:25:33. > :25:36.week, temperatures will be at or below average for this time of year.
:25:37. > :25:42.Some further heavy showers on Thursday. Saturday looks a bit
:25:43. > :25:49.better. Don't forget to look out for the media showers! By the way, we
:25:50. > :25:54.have sped up the Great Western Railway journey for you. It is on
:25:55. > :26:00.our Facebook page. I'm back with the News At Ten PM. Let's leave you with
:26:01. > :26:48.a look at the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta.
:26:49. > :28:07.'Let's bring you...' '..The latest headlines...'
:28:08. > :28:13.CHEERING '..With some outbreaks of rain.'
:28:14. > :28:19.Every year comes in weekly instalments.
:28:20. > :28:27.So, why not pay your TV licence in weekly instalments, too?
:28:28. > :28:30.Who really fought for Britain and her allies in World War I?
:28:31. > :28:44.BBC Two reveals the forgotten faces of the First World War.
:28:45. > :29:02.You know the bank robbery in Headingley.