:00:00. > 3:59:59Edinburgh, on the vote that could reshape Britain. Now we join the
:00:00. > :00:16.news teams where The government's cull of badgers
:00:17. > :00:18.could resume within hours. Tonight protesters are out
:00:19. > :00:21.in the fields of Somerset and Gloucestershire
:00:22. > :00:23.amid widespread anticipation that It's the second year
:00:24. > :00:30.of badger culling, which is intended Last Autumn's shooting was leant to
:00:31. > :00:39.last six weeks, but numbers killed were so low that
:00:40. > :00:42.extensions had to be granted. Even after that neither cull
:00:43. > :00:44.achieved the 70% target. In West Somerset 65%
:00:45. > :00:47.of badgers were shot, while in West That lead to
:00:48. > :00:56.the government shelving its plan to Instead
:00:57. > :01:00.the marksmen have been told to stick Our Gloucestershire reporter
:01:01. > :01:16.Steve Knibbs is in Newent. Thank you. This is we'll both
:01:17. > :01:21.campaign us were heading out. They are trying to stop the cull. No
:01:22. > :01:31.evidence it has started. We have seen some police and some c`mpaign
:01:32. > :01:38.us but nothing so far. I spoke to the campaign earlier and he said he
:01:39. > :01:46.thought the cull was vital. The animals have just been reinfected.
:01:47. > :01:54.Without the cull, the cycle goes on. My uncle has not been able to trade
:01:55. > :02:06.for three months. How does he make a living? You are ready for the second
:02:07. > :02:11.year of the fake? We are disappointed to be here but we have
:02:12. > :02:16.spent a lot of time looking at all of the information and we are better
:02:17. > :02:22.equipped. Made vision equiplent We want to see if we can get the
:02:23. > :02:30.wounded badgers. The companhes say they are better trained this year.
:02:31. > :02:34.Can you be effective? I think so. Part of what we are doing is
:02:35. > :02:43.highlighting the fact that badgers do not need to be shot. We `re out
:02:44. > :02:53.there to protect the wildlife. We think we can meet an impact.
:02:54. > :02:59.Clearly, being out there, that badgers do not lead to come out if
:03:00. > :03:10.it is noisy. Why do you not think this is vital? Government fhgures
:03:11. > :03:18.show that TB is that the 14 year low. We do not feel this is
:03:19. > :03:25.justified. Thank you for johning us. If the cull has started be dxpected
:03:26. > :03:27.confirmation tomorrow. For the next six weeks, the campaigners will then
:03:28. > :03:31.be out. Thank you. A man who died in a fire
:03:32. > :03:35.at a block of flats in Bristol at the weekend had been told to
:03:36. > :03:38.stop lighting fires on his balcony. Neighbours say the 61 year old had
:03:39. > :03:41.his electricity cut off when he got into debt with his supplier ` so he
:03:42. > :03:45.burnt wood to cook and keep warm. The BBC's learnt he'd been warned
:03:46. > :03:47.by the fire service and the city council to stop `
:03:48. > :03:50.or face losing his flat. A fire which claimed the life
:03:51. > :04:00.of a 61 year old man. Neighbour Malcolm Chappell knew
:04:01. > :04:03.the victim well ` and says he had After getting
:04:04. > :04:27.into debt his electricity stpply was He has been lighting fires for the
:04:28. > :04:33.past few months. The fire brigade have come a number of times. This
:04:34. > :04:35.was an accident waiting to happen. Other neighbours tell us
:04:36. > :04:48.the same story, of a vulner`ble man I told the council this would happen
:04:49. > :04:53.a number of times. Unfortun`tely it has. It has come true.
:04:54. > :04:55.The city council says it had issued an injunction,
:04:56. > :04:59.warning the 61 year old to stop the fires ` or face losing his flat
:05:00. > :05:02.The fire service told us today they had also visited to give hil
:05:03. > :05:10.These two are among a group from a nearby bail hostel, who r`n in to
:05:11. > :05:22.And critically there were no alarms to activate in the corridors.
:05:23. > :05:34.We tried to check the door hn. `` kick. No smoke alarms at all.
:05:35. > :05:49.Something more should have been done. The council says it advises
:05:50. > :05:50.having alarms in place, and to stay put until the Fire Service tells you
:05:51. > :05:51.to get out. The city council says it can't
:05:52. > :05:54.comment any further until Although they confirmed there had
:05:55. > :05:57.not been any complaints about fires at the last since
:05:58. > :06:01.the injunction was served in May. Wildlife experts are raising
:06:02. > :06:04.concerns about the state of the The drainage ditches help to stop
:06:05. > :06:08.flooding ` but a recent survey by the Avon Wildlife Trust has
:06:09. > :06:11.shown that more than half The trust is giving out grants
:06:12. > :06:21.to farms to restore them. There's more news on the BBC
:06:22. > :06:23.website, Newsnight's starting over on Two and we're back tommorrow
:06:24. > :06:43.but now let's get the here's High pressure means dry, settled
:06:44. > :06:55.conditions. Tomorrow will bd like today, mostly sunny and feeling
:06:56. > :07:06.warm. Down to seven, eight Celsius. Mistimed fog patches. `` Mist and
:07:07. > :07:15.fog. More than the way of clouds as the afternoon continues. North
:07:16. > :07:23.ripped off any rain. Light winds. Temperatures will match the 21 that
:07:24. > :07:32.we saw today. Moderate polldn count. Here is the outlook. The
:07:33. > :07:34.temperatures remain constant. Cloud entry sing as well.
:07:35. > :07:36.too bad for the next few days. Out of London, now the national
:07:37. > :07:42.forecast. Good evening. A little bit of mist
:07:43. > :07:47.and fog in the coming few mornings. Apart from that, we are set fair.
:07:48. > :07:50.This high pressure has been drifting in through the day. It will stick
:07:51. > :07:54.around through the week and into the weekend. So the rest of this week
:07:55. > :07:58.looks very good indeed, a lot of dry weather in the forecast. This is
:07:59. > :08:01.what we saw earlier today, a lovely afternoon across England and Wales,
:08:02. > :08:05.lots of sunshine, high level cloud drifting south through the evening.
:08:06. > :08:08.Essentially overnight, many of us dry, with clear skies. Light winds
:08:09. > :08:15.as well that. Combination will lead to the mist and fog forming, mainly
:08:16. > :08:20.across northern and western areas. 10 or 11 in towns and cities. In the
:08:21. > :08:23.countryside temperatures down to three or four degrees. Rural
:08:24. > :08:29.Northern Ireland and rural Scotland could be close to freezing. : In the
:08:30. > :08:30.north of Scotland thicker cloud keeping temperatures up