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Welcome to BBC Points West, with Sabet Choudhury and Amanda Parr. | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
the Americans in the running to take over an MOD Site ` leaving | :00:07. | :00:11. | |
New management's being brought in to control the ?15 billion annual | :00:12. | :00:16. | |
Will we buy all American in the future? Nobody knows. | :00:17. | :00:31. | |
We'll asses what impact it might have for the 10,000 staff. | :00:32. | :00:41. | |
flocking from far and wide ` the region becomes a magnet | :00:42. | :00:45. | |
The preparations being made to welcome | :00:46. | :00:50. | |
the Indian cricket team to Bristol ` but will the weather be kind? | :00:51. | :00:55. | |
And what lurks under the surface ` the major scientific study | :00:56. | :00:57. | |
of the life forms under the Bristol Channel. | :00:58. | :01:07. | |
First this evening ` two American companies are believed to be about | :01:08. | :01:10. | |
to take over the running of the Ministry of Defence procurement | :01:11. | :01:14. | |
agency at Abbey Wood near Bristol. A union official has told us that | :01:15. | :01:17. | |
American experts are to be brought in to manage the MoD's ?15 billion | :01:18. | :01:22. | |
annual budget, which pays for everything from fork lift trucks to | :01:23. | :01:25. | |
nuclear submarines. Up to 200 senior managers at the Bristol site may | :01:26. | :01:31. | |
face redundancy. This report by our home affairs correspondent. | :01:32. | :01:41. | |
More than 10,000 people work here buying military equipment for the | :01:42. | :01:49. | |
MOD. Now, two American companies are being brought in to oversee their | :01:50. | :01:53. | |
work. The Government says it wants billions of pounds spent on planes | :01:54. | :01:56. | |
and ships and weapons to be done more efficiently. But the Union | :01:57. | :02:00. | |
which represents scientists and engineers at Abbey Wood says it is | :02:01. | :02:05. | |
concerned about what this will mean for the workforce. There are fears | :02:06. | :02:11. | |
throughout about what the importing of effectively a senior management | :02:12. | :02:15. | |
tier for the organisation might mean. That has invitations for our | :02:16. | :02:20. | |
members amongst management because they may find themselves replaced. | :02:21. | :02:25. | |
It also has implications for others. Potentially, it cuts off career | :02:26. | :02:31. | |
development opportunities. Under the contract, the US company Bechtel | :02:32. | :02:37. | |
will look after the Navy and RAF, while CH2M Hill is in charge of | :02:38. | :02:45. | |
procurement. Half of the management here are military offers at the has | :02:46. | :02:49. | |
been much criticism of contracts coming in late and massively | :02:50. | :02:53. | |
overbudget. The American companies are said to want to bring in up to | :02:54. | :02:59. | |
200 of their own experts to manage the MOD contracts. It is a | :03:00. | :03:02. | |
staggering decision taken by somebody, God knows who, I've only | :03:03. | :03:07. | |
learned about it in the last 12 hours, like many people. It poses a | :03:08. | :03:15. | |
huge number of questions. Not only are we asking who they will remove | :03:16. | :03:20. | |
and why, also, how many of the actual staff at Abbey Wood will be | :03:21. | :03:26. | |
affected further down the line? Mac the MOD declined to be interviewed | :03:27. | :03:29. | |
about the claims and said it was inappropriate to comment at this | :03:30. | :03:32. | |
stage because the contracts will be announced next month. | :03:33. | :03:36. | |
The Home Office has taken over an investigation into how fifteen | :03:37. | :03:39. | |
illegal immigrants were able to travel to Somerset on board a lorry. | :03:40. | :03:42. | |
The group, which included a 15`year`old boy, was discovered | :03:43. | :03:44. | |
earlier this week near Ilminster. Avon and Somerset Police arrested | :03:45. | :03:46. | |
and bailed a 50`year`old man. They've now handed the case over to | :03:47. | :03:49. | |
Detectives in Bristol have released CCTV footage of a man they'd like to | :03:50. | :03:58. | |
speak to in connection with a sexual assault. A 20`year`old woman was | :03:59. | :04:00. | |
attacked in the early hours of Sunday morning near Park Row. | :04:01. | :04:03. | |
Officers want anyone who was in the area at the time or recognises the | :04:04. | :04:06. | |
Our region saw the biggest increase in foreign visitors in the whole of | :04:07. | :04:17. | |
Britain last year, according to figures out today. Tourists from | :04:18. | :04:19. | |
America, Australia and Germany make up the majority of holidaymakers | :04:20. | :04:22. | |
coming here ` with more than half a million coming in the summer of last | :04:23. | :04:25. | |
year alone. Andrew Plant takes up the story. | :04:26. | :04:38. | |
Some of the sites in the South West are increasingly tempting to | :04:39. | :04:46. | |
overseas tourists. From Glastonbury two Bath's rich Roman history. This | :04:47. | :04:51. | |
is the South West's most visited city. Last summer here, tourist | :04:52. | :04:56. | |
numbers almost doubled from the same time in 2012. Bath does not sit back | :04:57. | :05:03. | |
and let tourists rolling. Tourism bosses here are proactive, flying | :05:04. | :05:06. | |
out to other countries to persuade them this is a good place to visit. | :05:07. | :05:13. | |
Some of the top tourists are from surprisingly far afield. The United | :05:14. | :05:16. | |
States, Germany, Australia, France and Spain. International visitors | :05:17. | :05:22. | |
spend more and stay longer. They state twice as long and spend twice | :05:23. | :05:28. | |
as much as domestic visitors. It is good for jobs and the economy. When | :05:29. | :05:33. | |
Mac on average, overseas visitors stay for 5.3 nights as opposed to | :05:34. | :05:41. | |
2.7. And they spend ?330 each as opposed to ?185 for a UK tourist. | :05:42. | :05:45. | |
The people are very helpful and kind. So, I love it here. It is | :05:46. | :05:53. | |
really nice. There are many picturesque spots. It is beautiful. | :05:54. | :05:59. | |
The architecture is nice to see. Business has been boosted. Bath's | :06:00. | :06:03. | |
Aqua Glass is particularly popular with German tourists. We're seeing a | :06:04. | :06:11. | |
lot more European, Japanese, Chinese visitors. Russians were here last | :06:12. | :06:14. | |
year but not so much this year. A lot of Germans. It is tourists from | :06:15. | :06:21. | |
the far east who could one day overtake those top five and perhaps | :06:22. | :06:22. | |
become the biggest spenders to. The Environment Agency's told the | :06:23. | :06:31. | |
BBC its dredging operation on the Somerset Levels is on schedule ` and | :06:32. | :06:34. | |
past the half way mark. It brings reassurance for flood victims ` who | :06:35. | :06:38. | |
want the work finished before the winter. But many worry how dredging | :06:39. | :06:41. | |
will be paid for in future. Millions of tonnes of earth are | :06:42. | :07:00. | |
being excavated... On the Somerset Levels they have been digging for | :07:01. | :07:03. | |
years, but major dredging stopped in the mid`60s. | :07:04. | :07:06. | |
After two years of serious floods ` the dredgers are back. | :07:07. | :07:08. | |
The likes of David Broster shifting 600 tons of silt a day from the Tone | :07:09. | :07:12. | |
When they said I was coming here, I am proud to help the community. | :07:13. | :07:22. | |
The Environment Agency says dredging of an 8 km stretch of rivers | :07:23. | :07:25. | |
80,000 tons of silt has been dug up ` and spread on nearby fields. | :07:26. | :07:30. | |
A ?6 million operation ` demanded by flood victims. | :07:31. | :07:40. | |
It is marvellous to see it. We have had 20 years of neglect. The silt | :07:41. | :07:48. | |
coming out of the river, I am enjoying every bucket. | :07:49. | :07:50. | |
The dredgers are using computers to return the river to | :07:51. | :07:53. | |
We have been given the 1960s profile and are able to profile data into | :07:54. | :08:09. | |
our equipment. What you say to someone who says it is not as good | :08:10. | :08:13. | |
as the old days? It will be the same as the old days when we're finished. | :08:14. | :08:16. | |
Before dredging each section ` checks are made to protect wildlife | :08:17. | :08:19. | |
It's meant a few surprises for water voles. | :08:20. | :08:26. | |
They are a protected species. We have a license to trap them and move | :08:27. | :08:32. | |
them to new areas. They are going to capture and Cornwall. | :08:33. | :08:33. | |
Maintaining the river will cost ?100,000 a year ` according to | :08:34. | :08:36. | |
No one's sure yet where that money will come from. | :08:37. | :08:43. | |
Thanks for joining us ahead of your bank holiday weekend. | :08:44. | :08:46. | |
preparing the ground for East to meet West, as India's | :08:47. | :08:51. | |
And the amazing footage capturing 24 hours of Bristol life. | :08:52. | :09:07. | |
A decade ago, only one in 4 of Bristol's state`educated children | :09:08. | :09:12. | |
were getting five or more good GCSE's. In the national rankings, | :09:13. | :09:16. | |
the city was near rock bottom. But after yesterday's GCSE results, it's | :09:17. | :09:19. | |
been confirmed the figures have improved for nine out of the last | :09:20. | :09:22. | |
ten years. In a moment we'll be speaking to a head teacher, but | :09:23. | :09:25. | |
first Chris Brierley has been looking back at the dire state of | :09:26. | :09:28. | |
A decade ago, this was the story... A special report revealed that | :09:29. | :09:46. | |
Bristol's schools are bottom of the class. Just 26% of the schools got | :09:47. | :09:54. | |
five more good GCSEs. 2005, still at the bottom of the pile. Truancy was | :09:55. | :09:59. | |
rife and the city had more suspended pupils than anywhere else. But a | :10:00. | :10:07. | |
plan was being drawn up. Millions were poured into the building of new | :10:08. | :10:12. | |
schools. In 2007, new buildings like this one. ?36 million to build this. | :10:13. | :10:19. | |
It would herald a new dawn. But the figures were still poor. 2009, 40% | :10:20. | :10:28. | |
now getting good grades. 2010, a change in Government. More | :10:29. | :10:35. | |
academies. But still not above 50%. In 2012, finally, over 50%. This | :10:36. | :10:40. | |
year, the trend is once again on the up. The city is still way behind the | :10:41. | :10:43. | |
national average. Could it catch up? Joining us now is Sally Apps, the | :10:44. | :10:50. | |
Principal at Bristol Metropolitan Academy. So, that same question to | :10:51. | :10:53. | |
you. Will it continue? Absolutely. We have raised results | :10:54. | :11:05. | |
faster than the national average. The best is yet to come and it is | :11:06. | :11:11. | |
down to collaboration. It is down to working between different schools, | :11:12. | :11:14. | |
different headteachers, and I am part of a federation who have | :11:15. | :11:21. | |
schools in Bristol and in other areas and we have been working | :11:22. | :11:24. | |
together to ensure we can improve far faster than I can learn on my | :11:25. | :11:28. | |
own. Many schools have become academies. You think that pulling | :11:29. | :11:34. | |
away from local authority control has had anything to do with it? It | :11:35. | :11:39. | |
has played a part, although I would say we have worked closely with the | :11:40. | :11:43. | |
local authorities to improve schools right across Bristol. It has allowed | :11:44. | :11:49. | |
schools more freedom. This has allowed pupils to get a fresh start. | :11:50. | :11:54. | |
It has given schools new buildings. It is about the quality of teaching | :11:55. | :11:58. | |
and there are no short cuts. Historically, many parents have | :11:59. | :12:05. | |
chosen to send their children to schools in areas outside Bristol. | :12:06. | :12:10. | |
Will these changes ring parents back to Bristol? I think we're already | :12:11. | :12:13. | |
seeing that. I passionately believe we should all be able to go to a | :12:14. | :12:19. | |
good local school. That is no more the case than it ever has been in | :12:20. | :12:22. | |
Bristol. We are seeing students returning to Bristol schools. You | :12:23. | :12:26. | |
mentioned we're below national average. There is a lot of | :12:27. | :12:31. | |
aspiration for changing that. What needs to happen? Well, we need to | :12:32. | :12:37. | |
celebrate the fact we have no schools in special measures in | :12:38. | :12:42. | |
Bristol. We have had a few tries. The key now is talented | :12:43. | :12:47. | |
headteachers, senior leaders, school teachers working together across the | :12:48. | :12:52. | |
city to collaborate and share ideas. Our federation is a teaching school | :12:53. | :12:58. | |
so we have people arriving to learn how to do it. We learn first. We | :12:59. | :13:02. | |
share ideas with other headteachers. Learning together means we can do it | :13:03. | :13:09. | |
faster. Great to hear such a positive story. | :13:10. | :13:20. | |
We've already been hearing about how attractive the South West is for | :13:21. | :13:23. | |
tourists, but if anyone were to pay a visit to the West Country | :13:24. | :13:26. | |
coastline this summer, I wonder if they'd give much thought to what | :13:27. | :13:29. | |
lies beneath the surface of the Bristol Channel? Well the biggest | :13:30. | :13:32. | |
scientific study in 30 years has been undertaken off Porlock Bay to | :13:33. | :13:35. | |
try to find out just that. Nick Quraishi has been taking a look at | :13:36. | :13:38. | |
Delving deep to reveal the Somerset coast. Professional divers embark on | :13:39. | :13:41. | |
their mission. They recorded stalked jellyfish ` an important species, | :13:42. | :13:44. | |
which may need increased protection. And never recorded along the coast | :13:45. | :13:48. | |
before ` squat lobsters were found hiding in crevices. The lobster here | :13:49. | :13:53. | |
` long clawed. Sunstar starfish occupy the sea too. And sea hares ` | :13:54. | :13:56. | |
described as exotic looking marine molluscs. It's taken three decades | :13:57. | :14:02. | |
to study these creatures. Previous challenges were aborted due to poor | :14:03. | :14:09. | |
visibility. Things haven't been much better on these dives ` visibility | :14:10. | :14:14. | |
down to one and a half metres ` with strong currents. Well worth it | :14:15. | :14:17. | |
We did not know what we would find. We had a suspicion we might just be | :14:18. | :14:31. | |
able to see Matt and have a limited number of creatures. The sheer | :14:32. | :14:35. | |
diversity, over 70 species, is really quite fascinating. | :14:36. | :14:51. | |
despite the frustrations of murky water, poor visibility and fast | :14:52. | :14:55. | |
moving tidal currents, the study proves there's a fantastically | :14:56. | :14:57. | |
diverse marine environment off the Somerset coast, which has been | :14:58. | :14:59. | |
somewhat underappreciated in the past. | :15:00. | :15:00. | |
and Bath have spotted a new toilet ` with a difference. This Doctor | :15:01. | :15:04. | |
Who`inspired Tardis has appeared along the route, outside a cafe in | :15:05. | :15:07. | |
Warmley. With the new series starting this weekend, it's already | :15:08. | :15:10. | |
been turning a few heads. The most common question apparently ` are the | :15:11. | :15:13. | |
facilities inside, really much bigger than they appear from the | :15:14. | :15:15. | |
England and India will be doing battle in Bristol this bank holiday | :15:16. | :15:35. | |
monday. 16,000 fans will pack into Gloucestershire's County Ground for | :15:36. | :15:38. | |
the one`day international between the two sides. The weather's going | :15:39. | :15:40. | |
to have to play ball mind you ` Alistair Durden is there now to see | :15:41. | :15:44. | |
The weather is the only thing they cannot control. The rest of the | :15:45. | :16:01. | |
preparation has been done. About 10,000 temporary seats have been | :16:02. | :16:05. | |
installed. Every single ticket has been sold. The two teams, England | :16:06. | :16:12. | |
and India, will be here on Sunday to practice and then on Monday for the | :16:13. | :16:16. | |
big match. We're promised a flavour of the East. We have a local bhangra | :16:17. | :16:25. | |
band to entertain the crowd. When crowds arrive, they will see a | :16:26. | :16:29. | |
special mural that has been painted to commemorate the occasion. | :16:30. | :16:30. | |
They're calling it East meets the West Country. When the India team | :16:31. | :16:33. | |
arrive in Bristol, they should feel right at home. | :16:34. | :16:40. | |
My dad was born in India. I recently found some fabrics that my | :16:41. | :16:59. | |
grandmother had. The same colours. For those living in the West, a | :17:00. | :17:05. | |
chance to see superstars up close. It is rate on my doorstep. Just ten | :17:06. | :17:12. | |
minutes to walk there. The cricket stars are coming to Bristol, which | :17:13. | :17:18. | |
is the first time for me. We have some of the T`shirts here... Local | :17:19. | :17:26. | |
traders are onside too, with the game estimated to be worth around ?1 | :17:27. | :17:31. | |
million. We want the whole of Gloucester Road to enjoy the | :17:32. | :17:36. | |
economic benefits. People have been wearing brightly coloured T`shirts. | :17:37. | :17:45. | |
Window displays, discounts, all about raising the profile of the | :17:46. | :17:49. | |
game. The whole world will watch this game. It is good for Gloucester | :17:50. | :17:59. | |
Road, for Bristol, for the UK. This will be the first international in | :18:00. | :18:02. | |
Bristol for three years. With a bidding process for future matches | :18:03. | :18:06. | |
under way, Gloucestershire are keen to show their redeveloped home | :18:07. | :18:13. | |
should be part of England's plans. Let's pick up on that point with the | :18:14. | :18:18. | |
Chief Executive for Gloucestershire. Are you under the spotlight from the | :18:19. | :18:22. | |
ECB little bit? They have had an interest in the match. What is | :18:23. | :18:30. | |
riding on this? It is the future that is the point. Monday will be a | :18:31. | :18:34. | |
great day. This is about what comes next. This is about major | :18:35. | :18:42. | |
international between 2017 and 2019. That includes three major world | :18:43. | :18:48. | |
events. That will put us in the spotlight. What could it be worth | :18:49. | :18:55. | |
financially? Each match brings in quarter of ?1 million. To the city, | :18:56. | :19:04. | |
it is worth ?1.25 million per day. How competitive is the bidding | :19:05. | :19:08. | |
process? Very competitive. Many counties are looking for cricket. We | :19:09. | :19:13. | |
are the sixth largest city in England. We are a unique and | :19:14. | :19:18. | |
multicultural city. Great female and male players. Best of luck. I hope | :19:19. | :19:23. | |
you get the weather. Let's take a look at tomorrow's | :19:24. | :19:27. | |
football. Keiran Agard could make his Bristol City debut at Rochdale | :19:28. | :19:30. | |
after signing yesterday. In terms of the other games, Yeovil will come up | :19:31. | :19:33. | |
against their former striker Paddy Madden, who returns to Huish Park | :19:34. | :19:35. | |
with his current club Scunthorpe. Monday's West derby between Forest | :19:36. | :19:43. | |
Green Rovers and Bristol Rovers is heading for a sell`out. Just under | :19:44. | :19:46. | |
4,000 will be there ` a record for a league game at the New Lawn. | :19:47. | :19:50. | |
Contrasting fortunes for the two teams so far ` Forest Green have won | :19:51. | :19:59. | |
3 from 3, but Bristol Rovers are Nobody is more disappointed than me. | :20:00. | :20:15. | |
The players have not gotten off to a good start. But there are 43 league | :20:16. | :20:20. | |
games to go. We have to learn. That is key for me, that we progress and | :20:21. | :20:26. | |
learn from our mistakes. We are confident about taking on teams but | :20:27. | :20:32. | |
this will be a great game. We have a sell`out crowd. Great atmosphere, | :20:33. | :20:43. | |
great local derby. That is the international wicket they will be | :20:44. | :20:47. | |
using on Monday. All we need is good weather. Thank you. | :20:48. | :20:54. | |
Now, have a look at this stunning image. It was taken in a | :20:55. | :20:57. | |
photographic competition started last year to capture what Bristol | :20:58. | :20:59. | |
looks like over the course of one day. 20,000 images were sent in, the | :21:00. | :21:04. | |
winning one was taken by Andy Coffin. He's here now, along with | :21:05. | :21:08. | |
the event organiser Mike Porter. Welcome. You're doing it all again | :21:09. | :21:10. | |
Mike, what is this competition about? This is the Domesday book of | :21:11. | :21:28. | |
Bristol. It is an unusual competition. Photographers are | :21:29. | :21:34. | |
allocated one hour in which they take a photographic 88 photographic | :21:35. | :21:39. | |
a 24`hour period. We get a complete range of the city in all its glory. | :21:40. | :21:49. | |
It was successful last year because so many people entered into the | :21:50. | :21:53. | |
competition. This is Andy's picture. competition. This is Andy's picture. | :21:54. | :22:00. | |
It is very evocative. What made you head for the station? I had | :22:01. | :22:05. | |
previously entered the competition and been around Bristol at the hour | :22:06. | :22:11. | |
my photo was supposed to be taken. I was trying to find the busiest | :22:12. | :22:15. | |
places because I thought action is what would help. I discovered temple | :22:16. | :22:25. | |
me was the busiest place. My slot was between 7am and ATM. I took a | :22:26. | :22:31. | |
few other photographs at the station. When it went on to the | :22:32. | :22:34. | |
platform, there are plenty people there. Suddenly, I turned around and | :22:35. | :22:42. | |
saw the bicycles and they looked far more interesting. It reminded me | :22:43. | :22:49. | |
that Bristol is the bicycle capital. Brilliant. What would Brunel think | :22:50. | :22:55. | |
about his great place becoming a bike schedule at it starts at midday | :22:56. | :23:11. | |
tomorrow. The sponsors will be in Millennium Square, opposite the big | :23:12. | :23:16. | |
screen. There will be a countdown. They will all be running off in | :23:17. | :23:20. | |
different directions at midday. Where you amazed at how creative | :23:21. | :23:24. | |
people have been? It is unbelievable. I've never had the | :23:25. | :23:32. | |
city to do it or the equipment. Now with digital cameras, and with the | :23:33. | :23:39. | |
internet, we're able to do something like this instantly. And anyone can | :23:40. | :23:44. | |
take part. Thank you. We look forward to the results. Let's get | :23:45. | :23:56. | |
the weather. A decent evening developing, if a rather cool one. | :23:57. | :23:59. | |
things. We will see things pick up things. We will see things pick up | :24:00. | :24:10. | |
towards the bank holiday. But that is when we see the most inclement | :24:11. | :24:14. | |
conditions developing. Saturday will be a bright day for the most part. | :24:15. | :24:21. | |
Sunday the same. A chilly start, turning increasingly cloudy. Rain | :24:22. | :24:27. | |
likely in the evening and then we get into Monday, which is a bit of a | :24:28. | :24:38. | |
dog's dinner. Blustery with showers. At the moment, showers remain clear | :24:39. | :24:45. | |
of us. They will do that tomorrow as well. A pretty bright outlook for | :24:46. | :24:52. | |
Saturday. But the overnight period into Sunday could be record`breaking | :24:53. | :24:54. | |
in terms of how chilly it will get. Perhaps the Celsius. `` three | :24:55. | :25:10. | |
Celsius. Temperatures tonight, down to 7 degrees. Closer to double | :25:11. | :25:16. | |
figures for urban areas. One or two showers in the extreme south, | :25:17. | :25:21. | |
Somerset, Dorset. A good deal of dry weather. Moderately breezy. Very | :25:22. | :25:26. | |
little change through towards the evening. Temperatures down on | :25:27. | :25:44. | |
today. About 17 Celsius. Moving onto Monday. The first of those weather | :25:45. | :25:51. | |
fronts bringing rain in by late Sunday into Monday. Then further | :25:52. | :25:58. | |
rain waiting in the wings. All of that will have implications for the | :25:59. | :26:02. | |
cricket in Bristol on Monday. Details of that yet to be | :26:03. | :26:05. | |
established. Do not write it off yet! It will be a day of | :26:06. | :26:11. | |
interruptions, if not more. Here is the summary. Enjoy your weekend. | :26:12. | :26:15. | |
Thank you. Decent weather tomorrow then, if | :26:16. | :26:19. | |
you're planning on taking part in 24 hours in Bristol ` and if you were | :26:20. | :26:22. | |
wondering what the last 24 hours in the city looked like, here they | :26:23. | :26:25. | |
are... Phoebe Rundle is the girl for you. | :26:26. | :28:15. | |
But how will I know when it's real? Go back to the factory | :28:16. | :28:19. | |
and I'll sort out the rest. If you don't then you're | :28:20. | :28:22. | |
on your own. | :28:23. | :28:25. |