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Good evening. -- booing. | :00:00. | :00:15. | |
A flight of remembrance took place today, | :00:16. | :00:17. | |
one that began at Ypres in Belgium, and ended at Pilton in Somerset | :00:18. | :00:20. | |
Today was a chance to remember the massive contribution | :00:21. | :00:24. | |
the birds made to communications during World War One | :00:25. | :00:27. | |
Coming home to roost after a journey of more than 25 | :00:28. | :00:35. | |
A flight loaded with signifhcance, 100 years on from the start | :00:36. | :00:41. | |
I am just glad it has gone so well. Pigeons were a part of both of the | :00:42. | :01:01. | |
world wars, and they are wonderful, absolutely wonderful. | :01:02. | :01:04. | |
Terry Williams has been a m`n on a mission. | :01:05. | :01:06. | |
He set off for Ypres in Belgium yesterday, where many pigeons were | :01:07. | :01:09. | |
despatched and raced back to Pilton himself this morning to try to beat | :01:10. | :01:12. | |
There were no proper radios then. They had dogs and horses dude do | :01:13. | :01:22. | |
some bits but the pigeons s`ved some bits but the pigeons saved | :01:23. | :01:25. | |
thousands of lives. More than 100,000 pigeons served | :01:26. | :01:30. | |
with British forces in the Helping to save many thousands | :01:31. | :01:36. | |
of lives. Unlike soldiers, they had | :01:37. | :01:39. | |
a high success rate deliverhng their messages despite great | :01:40. | :01:41. | |
obstacles thrown in their w`y. The Germans, for instance, | :01:42. | :01:43. | |
brought in pigeon snipers and sent peregrines | :01:44. | :01:45. | |
into the sky to bring them down. 380 pigeons carried an unwrhtten | :01:46. | :01:50. | |
message back to Pilton today, one of thanksgiving and remdmbrance | :01:51. | :01:52. | |
as we look back at one of Missing Bath man Desmond O'Sullivan | :01:53. | :01:55. | |
has been found. The 56`year`old suffers | :01:56. | :02:02. | |
from dementia and had been lissing This lunchtime officers helped him | :02:03. | :02:04. | |
from the River Avon where hd was He's recovering in hospital, to the | :02:05. | :02:08. | |
great relief of family and friends. Celebrity chef Marco Pierre White | :02:09. | :02:14. | |
has closed his Wiltshire gastro pub amid claims the locals were | :02:15. | :02:17. | |
boycotting it because it was The Pear Tree Inn | :02:18. | :02:19. | |
at Whitley has now been sold. Residents say they want | :02:20. | :02:25. | |
a traditional country pub Marco Pierre White is known | :02:26. | :02:27. | |
around the world. One of the youngest chefs ever | :02:28. | :02:36. | |
to get three Michelin stars. He bought the Pear Tree Inn | :02:37. | :02:40. | |
in Whitley three years ago, turned Even the roadside sign has | :02:41. | :02:43. | |
been sawn off its pole. People living in Whitley said they | :02:44. | :02:53. | |
felt alienated when their f`vourite drinks were taken away | :02:54. | :02:56. | |
and the food became too expensive. The prices seemed to go up | :02:57. | :03:09. | |
astronomically and there was not the same variety of food. It was too | :03:10. | :03:12. | |
expensive. The local councillor told me | :03:13. | :03:16. | |
the closure is a sad day A lot of trade has been lost since | :03:17. | :03:27. | |
he took over this pub, which is a shame, because everybody needs | :03:28. | :03:30. | |
he took over this pub, which is a shame, because everybody nedds a | :03:31. | :03:32. | |
pub, a post office and a shop, and at the moment, we do not have a pub, | :03:33. | :03:39. | |
and a pub is the meeting place, it is where we go for a pipe, dven | :03:40. | :03:41. | |
and a pub is the meeting pl`ce, it is where we go for a pipe, even if | :03:42. | :03:43. | |
it is once a month, and it brings the whole village together. | :03:44. | :03:48. | |
Marco Pierre White hoped thhs business venture would bear fruit, | :03:49. | :03:50. | |
but it seems the whole thing has turned rotten for him. | :03:51. | :03:53. | |
Maybe the Pear Tree Inn's ndw owners will make it a success instead. | :03:54. | :03:59. | |
To football, and a brief look at the weekend's action ` Bristol City | :04:00. | :04:03. | |
They took the lead through Luke Freeman before the hosts equalised. | :04:04. | :04:09. | |
Yaser Kasim opened the scoring, Andy Williams sealed the pohnts for | :04:10. | :04:13. | |
Substitute Kieffer Moore gave Yeovil the lead against Scunthorpe three | :04:14. | :04:17. | |
minutes after coming on, but the visitors equalised through | :04:18. | :04:19. | |
And Cheltenham turned a two goal deficit into a 3`2 | :04:20. | :04:24. | |
victory at Tranmere in the space of six minutes, through Matt Richards, | :04:25. | :04:27. | |
substitute Koby Arthur, and Bristol City loanee Jordan Wynter. | :04:28. | :04:33. | |
England and India cricketers have been in | :04:34. | :04:38. | |
training at Gloucestershire's County Ground in Bristol today, 16,000 fans | :04:39. | :04:40. | |
will watch them do battle tomorrow ` weather permitting ` for the | :04:41. | :04:43. | |
After all the ups and downs of the summer, England Captain Alistair | :04:44. | :04:48. | |
Cook and his men are looking forward to the challenge ahdad. | :04:49. | :04:54. | |
The new ground with all the redevelopment, I think, looks | :04:55. | :05:01. | |
fantastic. They support all summer has been brilliant for the side, and | :05:02. | :05:04. | |
has been brilliant for the side and hopefully the weather is a bit | :05:05. | :05:09. | |
kinder than it looks at the moment. Unfortunately it looks a little bit | :05:10. | :05:17. | |
unsettled of the moment. We are seeing somewhat am blustery | :05:18. | :05:18. | |
conditions. Cloud is beginnhng, conditions. Cloud is beginning, | :05:19. | :05:20. | |
quickly bringing in this rahn conditions. Cloud is beginnhng, | :05:21. | :05:22. | |
quickly bringing in this rain from quickly bringing in this rahn from | :05:23. | :05:22. | |
the west. It might be patchy quickly bringing in this rain from | :05:23. | :05:25. | |
the west. It might be patchx through the night but it will be misty and | :05:26. | :05:30. | |
murky as we head towards Ron. Dry for a time tomorrow morning but then | :05:31. | :05:35. | |
this next area of rain comes in and it is the heaviest of the rain and | :05:36. | :05:37. | |
it is the heaviest of the r`in and we have a weather warning in force. | :05:38. | :05:44. | |
We could see some disruption to Bank Holiday travelling locally. Into | :05:45. | :05:49. | |
next week, we continue with this unsettled theme, but we lose | :05:50. | :05:51. | |
next week, we continue with this unsettled theme, but we losd our | :05:52. | :05:54. | |
very chilly nights. That is your forecast. It is nature's miracle | :05:55. | :06:01. | |
worsens next, made by BBC Bristol's natural history unit. | :06:02. | :06:02. | |
After that cold start this morning, it has been quite a nice day for | :06:03. | :06:14. | |
most of us. We have seen cloud amounts increasing but it is this | :06:15. | :06:17. | |
cloud that is coming in from the Atlantic which is going to bring | :06:18. | :06:23. | |
change in weather. Not too much rain from it, further patchy | :06:24. | :06:24. |