:00:09. > :00:10.Good evening from Points West. That's all from us.
:00:11. > :00:13.The electrification of the Great Western train line from London
:00:14. > :00:18.It's a project which is costing ?1.5 billion and will change the shape
:00:19. > :00:23.Over the next two years the work will move westwards from London
:00:24. > :00:25.Paddington into Wiltshire, then Swindon, onto Bath, Bristol and
:00:26. > :00:33.Normally that kind of work would mean lane closures and replacement
:00:34. > :00:36.bus services but a special train has been designed to carry out the work
:00:37. > :00:39.in the middle of the night so normal services can keep running in
:00:40. > :00:57.These piles hold the gantries on which power lines
:00:58. > :01:01.It is the first stage of the transformation
:01:02. > :01:08.We have come through the testing and commissioning phase and are now into
:01:09. > :01:16.This ?40 million train is called Brunel.
:01:17. > :01:20.It carries everything it needs to dig holes, mix and pour concrete,
:01:21. > :01:26.erect overhead gantries, and install wires.
:01:27. > :01:29.We have got to install 18,000 of these piles all the way
:01:30. > :01:35.The adjacent line can remain open, so services can still run through
:01:36. > :01:44.The train creeps over a level crossing at walking pace.
:01:45. > :01:48.The location for each new pile is fixed by satellite.
:01:49. > :01:51.So, this GPS is accurate to 15 millimetres?
:01:52. > :02:00.But, despite all the fancy kit, measuring still comes down to
:02:01. > :02:08.a spirit level, a tape measure and boots on the ballast.
:02:09. > :02:10.We are investing a huge amount of money,
:02:11. > :02:16.to ensure that by December 2016 we have faster, greener trains.
:02:17. > :02:19.The train works up to five times faster than conventional gangs
:02:20. > :02:25.The price tag for the whole project, around ?1.5 billion.
:02:26. > :02:40.By breakfast time, trains will be running again.
:02:41. > :02:43.A man on remand at Bristol prison has been charged with the attempted
:02:44. > :02:48.The alleged attack is said to have taken place during
:02:49. > :02:51.an exercise period and has left 37`year`old Mohamed Sharif in a coma
:02:52. > :02:54.34`year`old Ryan Guest from Yate in South Gloucestershire has been
:02:55. > :03:00.The family of a Swindon man whose body was
:03:01. > :03:03.found at a recycling plant has paid tribute to him saying he was a
:03:04. > :03:08.The body of 34`year`old Matthew Symonds was found at the Biffa site
:03:09. > :03:16.Today police said his death is not being treated as suspicious.
:03:17. > :03:19.Somerset's tourist trade is being told to make itself
:03:20. > :03:22.a year`round business, rather than rely on just a few summer months.
:03:23. > :03:24.At the moment 8% of the county's income is generated
:03:25. > :03:30.But a leading economist says more needs to be done to cash`in
:03:31. > :03:40.on a predicted tourism boom in this country over the next decade.
:03:41. > :03:43.All this week on Points West we're looking at engineering wonders
:03:44. > :03:47.Science journalist Jheni Osman chose her five favourites
:03:48. > :03:50.from the region and today she's been discovering how Wells Cathedral was
:03:51. > :04:05.It is one of the most beautiful cathedrals in England. It escaped
:04:06. > :04:08.the Civil War, the Reformation, and its builders survived the Black
:04:09. > :04:13.death. But it would not be here today if it was not for some unique
:04:14. > :04:24.engineering solutions to a serious problem. In the 14th century, Wells
:04:25. > :04:27.Cathedral was sinking. The Cathedral archaeologist says the East End of
:04:28. > :04:32.the cathedral was built on gravel, and the West End on clay. The real
:04:33. > :04:39.problems came after they added the tower. There was a letter saying the
:04:40. > :04:44.fabric is broken at the heart. So they had to call in a master mason,
:04:45. > :04:54.and he designed the great scissor archers. Elsa has written
:04:55. > :05:01.extensively about the cathedral. She likes to imagine the outright panic
:05:02. > :05:05.amongst the builders. When of these cracks started appearing, some as
:05:06. > :05:05.tall as a pillar, they must have been
:05:06. > :05:06.cracks started appearing, some as tall as a pillar, they must have
:05:07. > :05:13.been petrified. They were scrabbling round, I feel, like frightened
:05:14. > :05:17.rabbits, really. What do we do next? In this period, several towers in
:05:18. > :05:26.the country, they were all experimenting, they fell down. The
:05:27. > :05:29.way they did arches is special. Instead of the arch going like
:05:30. > :05:34.that, they connected the whole thing up. I sat in on a class in Wells.
:05:35. > :05:40.Pupils were finding out wide arches are so good at carrying weight. Dry
:05:41. > :05:44.spaghetti may not be the best building material, but the results
:05:45. > :05:48.illustrated the point that the scissor arches could indeed carry
:05:49. > :05:54.more weight. As well as looking nice, it is incredibly strong, much
:05:55. > :05:59.stronger than the original. So, they did not get off to a great start,
:06:00. > :06:01.but then the great rebuilding work turned out to be an engineering and
:06:02. > :06:08.artistic masterpiece. Football now and a mixed bag
:06:09. > :06:11.of results in the first round Cheltenham lost 2`0 away to
:06:12. > :06:16.Championship Brighton, and Bristol City also lost against Oxford at
:06:17. > :06:19.Ashton Gate where the score was 2`1. Better news for Swindon who
:06:20. > :06:21.won 2`1 away at Luton. But disappointment for Yeovil who
:06:22. > :06:36.lost 2`1 at home to Gillingham. More news on the BBC website. We are
:06:37. > :06:40.back with you tomorrow. Good night. Still a fuchsia was around at the
:06:41. > :06:45.moment, but as we head through into tomorrow, generally speaking there
:06:46. > :06:48.will be more in the way of dry weather about. Certainly not as
:06:49. > :06:53.Manish ours as in the last couple of days. A moderately breezy day.
:06:54. > :06:58.Temperatures getting down to 10 Celsius. Most of the showers focused
:06:59. > :07:04.through the mouth of the River Severn, the M4 corridor. By
:07:05. > :07:07.tomorrow, the winds move towards the north`westerly direction, giving us
:07:08. > :07:12.better shelter. If you showers towards the West and northern parts
:07:13. > :07:17.of the Cotswolds. Generally speaking, a good deal of dry and
:07:18. > :07:24.sunny weather. Moderate pollen count tomorrow with temperatures slightly
:07:25. > :07:30.up on today. However, a return of heavy showers on Thursday, less as
:07:31. > :07:32.we move into Friday, and fewer showers for Saturday,
:07:33. > :07:37.of a messy couple of days with some heavy rain and showers but here'sing
:07:38. > :07:41.Matt with the national weather. Good evening. Given the recent
:07:42. > :07:45.change in weather conditions I am esure a few of you have mentioned
:07:46. > :07:49."autumn" who would blame new western Scotland today a mid-August day,
:07:50. > :07:53.driving wind, strong winds, temperatures at one po incompetent
:07:54. > :07:58.were just 13. A better day tomorrow, here, though. The cloud we have had
:07:59. > :08:00.today will work southwards. You will notice still unstable air across
:08:01. > :08:03.England and Wales. Lively thunderstorms through today. They
:08:04. > :08:08.are fading away by in large. One or two showers in the West but longer,
:08:09. > :08:09.clearer periods here. We still have that cloud,