:00:00. > :00:14.Good evening. That's all from
:00:15. > :00:17.Parents of a 22 year old wolan from Somerset who died after being
:00:18. > :00:20.hit by a train on a level crossing say they are devastated.
:00:21. > :00:22.Yasmin Jones was trying to fetch a dog she was walking,
:00:23. > :00:25.after it slipped under a gate and got onto the tracks.
:00:26. > :00:32.Yasmin Jones grew up in Glastobury ` but had moved to Merseyside
:00:33. > :00:36.On Wednesday afternoon she was out walking her landlady's two dogs
:00:37. > :00:40.when one slipped under a gate at this level crossing near Formby.
:00:41. > :00:44.She and the dog died after being struck by a trahn.
:00:45. > :00:54.Our family is totally devastated by the loss of Yasmin,
:00:55. > :00:58.our beautiful and talented daughter, sister and grandd`ughter.
:00:59. > :01:00.No words can describe the p`in and loss we feel
:01:01. > :01:07.We are comforted by the knowledge that her energy and lust for life
:01:08. > :01:28.She was a pupil at this school. She moved on to this university.
:01:29. > :01:30.In Glastonbury today we met friends of Yasmin in tears.
:01:31. > :01:42.She was very bright. She always had a smile on her face.
:01:43. > :01:45.The crossing where Yasmin dhed is on a busy rail line to Liverpool.
:01:46. > :01:52.Network Rail says it was dud to be closed ` and replaced with
:01:53. > :01:54.a footbridge as part of national safety improvemdnts
:01:55. > :02:03.Locals say it's dangerous bdcause trains appear from behind a bend.
:02:04. > :02:12.New made not see the train tntil ten seconds before the train crosses.
:02:13. > :02:15.An inquest into the death of Yasmin Jones is due to open
:02:16. > :02:20.The Badger Trust says it's considering an appeal after the
:02:21. > :02:23.High Court rejected its latdst legal challenge to the culls
:02:24. > :02:29.They're both due to get underway imminently.
:02:30. > :02:32.The trust had argued there should be independent monitoring of the
:02:33. > :02:36.killings ` something which happened during the pilot culls last year.
:02:37. > :02:38.As campaigners against the cull showed their frustration outside the
:02:39. > :02:45.High Court, inside lawyers for the Badger Trust had argued that Defra
:02:46. > :02:48.had not simply "moved the goalposts" for the second season of culls `
:02:49. > :02:55.It said the "controlled shooting" in Gloucestershire and Somerset should
:02:56. > :02:57.only take place with independent observers overseeing it.
:02:58. > :02:59.The new Environment minister Liz Truss had already defended
:03:00. > :03:05.the Government's position in the Commons.
:03:06. > :03:10.We are asking the expert body to assess the way that the culls are
:03:11. > :03:15.going and to look at what wd can do in the future. We must use dvery
:03:16. > :03:26.tool in our tool box to address this threat.
:03:27. > :03:28.6,000 cattle were slaughterdd in England last year becausd
:03:29. > :03:33.Many farmers and the Governlent claim culling is the only effective
:03:34. > :03:40.But last year's independent panel found the method
:03:41. > :03:44.of killing inhumane ` and the cull fell well short of set targdts.
:03:45. > :03:47.This year marksmen have been told they need to kill
:03:48. > :03:49.at least 615 badgers in Gloucestershire this auttmn,
:03:50. > :03:56.The Badger Trust was ordered to pay ?10,000 towards Defra's leg`l costs.
:03:57. > :04:09.It can still ask the Appeal Court to hear thd case.
:04:10. > :04:12.A Somerset museum has been given three World War One medals `
:04:13. > :04:15.100 years to the day after the soldier who earned them
:04:16. > :04:18.When Private William Newman went to war he had no idea
:04:19. > :04:29.These are his great great great grandchildren.
:04:30. > :04:32.Not just a family gathering ` a moment in history.
:04:33. > :04:36.30 of the family Private William Newman never knew he was to have
:04:37. > :04:42.were at the Museum of Somerset as one of his youngest descdndants
:04:43. > :04:50.handed over his war medals ` exactly 100 years to the day that hd died.
:04:51. > :04:53.William Newman's war was only to last four days.
:04:54. > :04:55.The private with Somerset Light Infantry died
:04:56. > :04:59.in the Battle of Le Cateau ` one of more than 7,800 British Servicemen
:05:00. > :05:06.Now his medals will form part of a special World War One
:05:07. > :05:12.exhibition just opened at the Museum of Somerset.
:05:13. > :05:16.Since this display opened l`st month new offers of exghibits have
:05:17. > :05:27.We have had letters donated recently describing the conditions. Ht is
:05:28. > :05:32.fantastic that people have donated some remarkable things to the
:05:33. > :05:44.But few exhibits can have stch a remarkable family story attached
:05:45. > :05:53.A legacy William Newman would have known nothing of.
:05:54. > :05:57.Cricket and Gloucestershire have lost in the quarter finals
:05:58. > :06:02.Batting first Kent managed to make 242.
:06:03. > :06:05.Gloucesterhire started their chase well, with Gareth
:06:06. > :06:11.But the visitors failed to reach the target.
:06:12. > :06:17.Gloucestershire were eventu`lly all out for 218 in 48 overs.
:06:18. > :06:19.Newsnight is starting over on BBC Two.
:06:20. > :06:23.There's more news on the BBC website and
:06:24. > :06:28.We're back with you throughout the weekend.
:06:29. > :06:41.I'll leave you with Ian who has the weekend forecast.
:06:42. > :06:50.No problems from the weather this weekend if you have outdoor events
:06:51. > :06:59.to go to. Cloud cover will be variable. This evening and hs
:07:00. > :07:10.tonight there will be patchx at pics of rain. That'll have cleardd the
:07:11. > :07:31.site caused by daybreak tomorrow. Generally right tomorrow. A cloudy
:07:32. > :07:39.begin with. Then it turns sunnier and warmer through the week.
:07:40. > :07:42.Good evening. The sun sets on August this weekend, I'm sure some of you
:07:43. > :07:46.will be pleased. After a promising start to the summer, August is the
:07:47. > :07:49.month where it took a turn for the cooler. It's the first month since
:07:50. > :07:53.last November where we will have seen below-average temperatures Bit
:07:54. > :07:55.time the numbers are crunched, potentially this could be the
:07:56. > :08:04.coolest August in over 20 years What went wrong? It was hurricane
:08:05. > :08:07.bertha which broke the patterns Another ex-hurricane this cloud in
:08:08. > :08:13.the Atlantic could be along to stick the sticking plaster on and save
:08:14. > :08:16.something warmer for next week. At the moment we have low pressure to
:08:17. > :08:19.the north of the UK tonight. Bands of showers across the country
:08:20. > :08:23.pushing southwards and eastwards. A few of you will stay dry. I think
:08:24. > :08:25.most seeing a bit of dampness before the night is