07/09/2014 BBC Points West

Around 80 anti`badger cull protestors are tonight out

patrolling West Somerset amid reports that

But so far, the protestors

Meanwhile, another group of badger protesters started setting tp camp

And earlier, Clinton Rogers went to meet them.

Now, the exact start date of the new badger cull both here in Solerset

and in Gloucestershire is bding kept a closely guarded secret.

But as you can see behind md, the opponents of the cull h`ve

already started setting up base camp amid strong rumours that

the shooters will be starting their work in the next day or two.

Joining me now is Jay Tiern`n, who's one of the protest group le`ders.

Mr Tiernan, you didn't stop it last year, is that not in some w`ys

Last year there was a target to kill at least 2,200

badgers and at the end of six weeks they had killed 89 .

A huge difference between 2,200 and 890.

They are back and they have reduced their target massively, down to 316.

How much effect we'll have on them I don't know, but we'll certahnly not

Absolutely, if we can see them we will go

Just our presence alone is enough to make

them break their rifles and that stops them shooting the badgers

Of course, not everyone is opposed to the cull.

The National Farmers' Union insists it is an important weapon

Earlier I spoke to Ian Johnson, the Regional Communications Manager

Last year you had over 400 outbreaks across Somerset and Gloucestershire

and nearly 5,000 cattle slatghtered in those two counties alone.

What is different this year is the target

for the minimum number of b`dgers to be culled, smaller than last year.

In Somerset it is 316. In Gloucester, 615.

The shooters have a maximum of six weeks to complete th`t work

Clinton Rogers, BBC Points West in Somerset.

Some residents are looking at spending a second night `way

from their homes after a fire in a Bristol block of flats on the

7th floor killed a 61`year`old man. A ceremony's taken place in Somerset

to remember two Airmen and 21 Royal Engineers whose plane crashed

70 years ago on hills They had been heading to fight at

Arnhem when their glider cale down. At the same time of year,

every year, for 35 years, they have come to remember 21 airbornd

engineers and two glider pilots who They died in these fields

near Paulton I knew one of the glider

pilots that was killed here. That glider was at 2,500 fedt,

coming across, So,

the pilot pulled the rope off and And they had about five minttes

to contemplate their death. But, you know, at 22 years old,

you would know in five minutes you A special tribute

for this anniversary memori`l, two Austers and a Chipmunk paying their

respects, flying over Doubld Hill. A tribute to

the men who are regarded here as the first casualties

of Operation Market Garden. Another day full of sunshind,

but is it set to stay? Plenty of sunny spells

but it is going to be a chilly night Temperatures are going to t`ke

a bit of a tumble. I think we could easily see five or

six degrees in some rural spots These are the values

for the towns and cities and I think where we do get

the clear skies, we will sed a touch of mist and fog forming as well

so a fairly murky night to come Now,

the mist and fog fairly short`lived, we will see plenty of early spells

of sunshine and temperatures should Just a bit of fair`weather cloud

developing through the day `nd as a result, a fairly warm `fternoon

to come tomorrow, highs of So about where they should be

for the time of year. And we will keep

the fairly settled weather going Plenty of sunny spells,

the winds pick up, though, A little bit more in the wax

of cloud but it should stay dry Good evening. It was a lovely end to

the weekend for most parts of the United Kingdom, the main exception

was the North East of Scotland where it was cold, wet and windy. The low

responsible for that is moving away and get this high pressure moving in

from the Atlantic. That will stick around pretty much all week and that

will deliver some dry weather across pretty much all parts of the United

Kingdom. The main headache for us forecasters will be the cloud. We

still have windy conditions and quite wet in the North of Scotland

but by the end of the night the rain becomes quite like an Apache.

Elsewhere, a dry night, if you patches of cloud and fog and many

places will be dry with clear spells. It will turn quite chilly,

particularly with rural