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:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to Points West and Spotlight. We've joined togdther

:00:07. > :00:17.this evening due to technic`l problems in Plymouth. Our m`in story

:00:18. > :00:19.tonight: The new lead in thd investigation of a murdered Swindon

:00:20. > :00:22.woman. Becky Godden's body was discovered

:00:23. > :00:27.in a Gloucestershire field three years ago. She had been missing for

:00:28. > :00:30.nearly a decade. Also in thd programme: Angry reaction to calls

:00:31. > :00:41.for a summertime curfew on caravans on the roads. People power `

:00:42. > :00:43.are introduced. And what makes the perfect Dick Whittington? Wd're

:00:44. > :01:05.backstage as two pantos go head`to`head.

:01:06. > :01:24.Sub at the BBC in Plymouth so please stay with us please. `` There is a

:01:25. > :01:29.power failure. First tonight: Detectives

:01:30. > :01:31.investigating the murder of Swindon woman Becky Godden, also known as

:01:32. > :01:34.Becky Godden`Edwards, say they're making significant progress in

:01:35. > :01:36.solving the case. Officers today appealed for help to trace ` car

:01:37. > :01:39.that they say was used in the crime but has been missing since 2004

:01:40. > :01:42.Becky was last seen alive in 20 2. Her body was found more than eight

:01:43. > :01:45.years later in Gloucestershhre. Our Wiltshire reporter Will Glennon has

:01:46. > :02:02.been following developments. She was an amazing child of school

:02:03. > :02:07.`` at school and a top of the class all the time.

:02:08. > :02:14.found, but still no`one has faced justice for her murder.

:02:15. > :02:23.It is so unjust that somebody who murdered her has got away whth it.

:02:24. > :02:26.Becky had fallen into drugs and by 2003 she'd lost touch with her

:02:27. > :02:28.family. It's around then police belheve she

:02:29. > :02:30.was murdered. Her body was found in a field near

:02:31. > :02:37.Eastleach in Gloucestershird in March 2011.

:02:38. > :02:40.Detectives were led there at the time by Swindon taxi driver

:02:41. > :02:44.Christopher Halliwell. He'd already admitted killing Sian

:02:45. > :02:47.O'Callaghan, but he couldn't be charged in court with Becky's

:02:48. > :02:51.killing because police had breached arrest guidelines.

:02:52. > :03:07.So, could this car hold the key to confirming the identity of the

:03:08. > :03:09.On Points West and Spotlight: The police search which could be

:03:10. > :03:13.connected to the murder of ` Swindon woman last seen alive 12 ye`rs ago.

:03:14. > :03:16.And calls for a daytime curfew on caravans on the regions roads.

:03:17. > :03:18.have all the details for yot at 6.30.

:03:19. > :03:20.In Points West and Spotlight tonight: The Bristol residents

:03:21. > :03:23.standing firm as the lines `re drawn in the battle for residents parking

:03:24. > :03:26.zones. And new figures show the extent of the cost of keeping people

:03:27. > :03:28.in emergency accommodation. The details coming up at 6.30.

:03:29. > :03:30.Welcome to Points West and Spotlight. We've joined togdther

:03:31. > :03:33.this evening due to technic`l problems in Plymouth. Our m`in story

:03:34. > :03:36.tonight: The new lead in thd investigation of a murdered Swindon

:03:37. > :03:37.woman. Becky Godden's body was discovered

:03:38. > :03:40.in a Gloucestershire field three years ago. She had been missing for

:03:41. > :03:43.nearly a decade. Also in thd programme: Angry reaction to calls

:03:44. > :03:45.for a summertime curfew on caravans on the roads. People power `

:03:46. > :03:48.residents in Bristol stand their ground as new parking zones become

:03:49. > :03:51.are introduced. And what makes the perfect Dick Whittington? Wd're

:03:52. > :03:52.backstage as two pantos go head`to`head.

:03:53. > :03:56.Sub at the BBC in Plymouth so please stay with us please. `` There is a

:03:57. > :03:58.First tonight: Detectives investigating the murder of Swindon

:03:59. > :04:01.woman Becky Godden, also known as Becky Godden`Edwards, say they're

:04:02. > :04:03.making significant progress in solving the case. Officers today

:04:04. > :04:06.appealed for help to trace ` car that they say was used in the crime

:04:07. > :04:09.but has been missing since 2004 Becky was last seen alive in 20 2.

:04:10. > :04:12.Her body was found more than eight years later in Gloucestershhre. Our

:04:13. > :04:14.Wiltshire reporter Will Glennon has been following developments.

:04:15. > :04:17.For Karen Edwards the pain of losing her daughter Becky, is still with

:04:18. > :04:21.She was an amazing child of school `` at school and a top of the class

:04:22. > :04:27.found, but still no`one has faced justice for her murder.

:04:28. > :04:30.It is so unjust that somebody who murdered her has got away whth it.

:04:31. > :04:33.Becky had fallen into drugs and by 2003 she'd lost touch with her

:04:34. > :04:35.family. It's around then police belheve she

:04:36. > :04:37.was murdered. Her body was found in a field near

:04:38. > :04:39.Eastleach in Gloucestershird in March 2011.

:04:40. > :04:41.Detectives were led there at the time by Swindon taxi driver

:04:42. > :04:43.Christopher Halliwell. He'd already admitted killing Sian

:04:44. > :04:45.O'Callaghan, but he couldn't be charged in court with Becky's

:04:46. > :04:47.killing because police had breached arrest guidelines.

:04:48. > :04:50.So, could this car hold the key to confirming the identity of the

:04:51. > :04:53.person who murdered Becky? A silver Volvo S80 saloon that's not

:04:54. > :04:55.been seen since 2004. Wiltshire police want to find it.

:04:56. > :04:58.I'm appealing for members of the public to come forward in rdlation

:04:59. > :05:00.to help him each raised a silver Volvo, the

:05:01. > :05:04.registration is T661 LGP. I do not know what has happened to it, we

:05:05. > :05:07.can't find it. I want peopld to come forward if they have any

:05:08. > :05:08.information. Can you find it? The trail

:05:09. > :05:12.has gone cold. In 2004 it w`s sold at auction to an Irish man who has

:05:13. > :05:15.no connection with this investigation, so we do not know

:05:16. > :05:17.what happened to it. Certainly, the national records are not assisting

:05:18. > :05:21.us, so I'm appealing to the public. If you know it is, work if xou have

:05:22. > :05:23.had it scrapped, please comd forward.

:05:24. > :05:25.There have been other breakthroughs. Earlier this year

:05:26. > :05:27.another bone belonging to Bdcky was found in Gloucestershire.

:05:28. > :05:30.Police are also analysing a large number of items found when they

:05:31. > :05:33.searched a pond near Ramsbury. What they hope now is that this

:05:34. > :05:35.Volvo can be recovered and that vital evidence lies within.

:05:36. > :05:38.With a team of 20 officers still working on the case, they s`y they

:05:39. > :05:43.An inquest's heard that a shmple error may have led to the ddath of a

:05:44. > :05:46.motorcyclist on a railway lhne in Gloucestershire. Paul Martin, who'd

:05:47. > :05:49.been scrambling on bikes with two friends, was hit by a train at the

:05:50. > :05:52.Frampton Mansell level crossing in May. His pregnant wife, Lorna,

:05:53. > :05:54.described him as her "entird everything". The inquest was told

:05:55. > :05:57.that if the men had phoned signallers, they'd would have been

:05:58. > :05:59.warned about the train. The coroner recorded a verdict of acciddntal

:06:00. > :06:02.death. Well, let us remind xou of when it happened. It was Sunday May

:06:03. > :06:04.the 11th when what should have been `

:06:05. > :06:07.pleasurable day turned to tragedy. In court today was the family Paul

:06:08. > :06:10.Martin including his parents and is heavily pregnant wife. At the time,

:06:11. > :06:13.she described Paul as my entire everything and said he was `ssaulted

:06:14. > :06:17.with their son and their chhld to be. In court today, we had ` variety

:06:18. > :06:19.of evidence, written statemdnts from Paul Martin's best friend, ht said

:06:20. > :06:23.they had grown up together `nd could what does not wait get started their

:06:24. > :06:26.right. Other evidence came from another man on the right who said he

:06:27. > :06:29.was happy to go along. Giving evidence in person, John Wilson from

:06:30. > :06:32.British Transport Police sahd he was satisfied the train driver had done

:06:33. > :06:35.everything he could to try `nd avoid the incident. He also said the group

:06:36. > :06:38.made one fatal mistake and that was that they did not phone signallers

:06:39. > :06:41.in Gloucester who would havd alerted them to the fact the train was

:06:42. > :06:44.coming. So the coroner said that Paul Martin had multiple injuries

:06:45. > :06:47.consistent with being hit bx a train and recorded a verdict of accidental

:06:48. > :06:50.A proposal from one of the South West's business leaders for caravans

:06:51. > :06:53.to face a daytime curfew on the roads in the summertime has prompted

:06:54. > :06:56.an angry reaction. John Gregory who runs a major haulage firm, says

:06:57. > :06:59.during July and August caravans should only be allowed to travel

:07:00. > :07:00.between 6pm and 6am. Simon Hall reports.

:07:01. > :07:03.Residents of a street in Brhstol have blocked off their road with

:07:04. > :07:05.wheelie bins and household furniture, to stop the council

:07:06. > :07:08.painting in a new parking zone. The scheme could see households charged

:07:09. > :07:12.up to ?72 a year to park outside their houses. But people on Morgan

:07:13. > :07:15.Street say they didn't ask for it, and are refusing to budge. @ndrew

:07:16. > :07:17.Plant reports. Behind a barricade of bins ` handful

:07:18. > :07:20.of residentsare ready to st`nd their ground. As contractors arrived at

:07:21. > :07:21.Morgan Street in St Paul's this morning,

:07:22. > :07:24.Their plan to paint parking zones here was stopped by a computer on

:07:25. > :07:26.top of a microwave and some hasty homemade signs.

:07:27. > :07:29.Neighbouring streets saw no similar demonstrations of people power.

:07:30. > :07:31.Workmen painted in the zones this morning, which mean people living

:07:32. > :07:34.here buy a permit to park.Something the Morgan Street movement say they

:07:35. > :07:37.can do anyway. It's not the first Parking Zone row

:07:38. > :07:39.in Bristol. The scheme's proved deeply unpopular with some. These

:07:40. > :07:42.protesters drove a tank through the town centre in the summer.

:07:43. > :07:45.But others, of course, are strongly in favour of the new zones. In a

:07:46. > :07:48.statement today the council said: "We respect the right of thd local

:07:49. > :07:54.residents to have their say. We carried out consultation in the area

:07:55. > :07:56.the interests of all those living and working in the area."

:07:57. > :07:58.And they added: "Our contractors are currently

:07:59. > :08:01.continuing work in St Paul's, but will not be working in Morg`n Street

:08:02. > :08:04.today." Which suggests they might try their luck tomorrow.

:08:05. > :08:06.Something tells me they won't be made welcome. But what about

:08:07. > :08:08.tomorrow? No`one thinks the residents can keep

:08:09. > :08:11.this up forever. but life wont be easy for anyone painting thdse roads

:08:12. > :08:14.You're watching Alex Lovell and Sabet Choudhury with a spechal

:08:15. > :08:16.programme bringing together Spotlight and Points West. Xes `

:08:17. > :08:18.technical problems mean we're all together this evening ` and you re

:08:19. > :08:20.most welcome. Coming up a lhttle later.

:08:21. > :08:23.A woman whose mother has delentia has been speaking to the BBC about

:08:24. > :08:26.her decision to take Devon County Council to court. Maureen Bdauchamp

:08:27. > :08:29.is angry that the council h`s decided to close 20 care holes.

:08:30. > :08:31.She's launched a judicial rdview on behalf of her 94`year`old mother,

:08:32. > :08:35.funded by legal aid. The cotncil's had to put its closure plans on

:08:36. > :08:38.100 kilos of cocaine have bden seized at Plymouth ferryport. The

:08:39. > :08:42.drug ` thought to be worth lillions of pounds ` was discovered hn a

:08:43. > :08:44.lorry carrying orange juice, which arrived from Santander in northern

:08:45. > :08:47.Spain. A man from the Manchdster area has been arrested and bailed.

:08:48. > :08:50.There've still been no arrests for the murder of Jersey man David

:08:51. > :08:52.Miller and Hannah Witheridgd from Norfolk. Their bodies were found

:08:53. > :08:56.with severe head injuries jtst over a week ago on the island of Koh Tao

:08:57. > :08:58.in Thailand. David met Hann`h on the island whilst travelling. Thai

:08:59. > :09:01.police have released this CCTV footage showing Mr Miller w`lking

:09:02. > :09:04.alone hours before he died. His father believes he was attelpting to

:09:05. > :09:06.save Hannah. Her friends have paid tribute to him today.

:09:07. > :09:09.Figures show it has cost millions of pounds to keep people across the

:09:10. > :09:12.south west in emergency "bed and breakfast" accommodation since 010.

:09:13. > :09:14.Councils have a legal duty to house people who find themselves homeless,

:09:15. > :09:17.and sometimes a lack of suitable housing means the only option is a

:09:18. > :09:19.B Tamsin Melville reports from Cornwall.

:09:20. > :09:35.Welcome again to viewers who normally get Spotlight at this time

:09:36. > :09:37.You're watching Alex Lovell and Sabet Choudhury with a spechal

:09:38. > :09:39.programme bringing together Spotlight and Points West. Xes `

:09:40. > :09:42.technical problems mean we're all together this evening ` and you re

:09:43. > :09:47.most welcome. Coming up a lhttle later.

:09:48. > :09:50.A woman whose mother has delentia has been speaking to the BBC about

:09:51. > :09:53.her decision to take Devon County Council to court. Maureen Bdauchamp

:09:54. > :09:55.is angry that the council h`s decided to close 20 care holes.

:09:56. > :09:58.She's launched a judicial rdview on behalf of her 94`year`old mother,

:09:59. > :10:03.funded by legal aid. The cotncil's had to put its closure plans on

:10:04. > :10:20.Hopefully they will look at what they are doing and they do not have

:10:21. > :10:25.the right just to move them and get them suddenly up and out. Some

:10:26. > :10:33.people have nobody to fight their cars and I am prepared to fhght

:10:34. > :10:39.Devon County Council aims to save 10.7 million pounds by closhng its

:10:40. > :10:50.homes. It plans to keep to specialist dementia centres in

:10:51. > :10:53.Torrington at Newton Abbot. The facilities are first`rate. This home

:10:54. > :10:58.gets as many points as the one that they are keeping open. Some

:10:59. > :11:02.relatives I have spoken to have welcomed the action and are pleased

:11:03. > :11:06.that the closure programme hs on hold at one union is taking a more

:11:07. > :11:11.cautious approach. I am verx concerned for the families `nd the

:11:12. > :11:15.residents of the homes who no longer know what is happening becatse

:11:16. > :11:21.everything is in limbo. As ` trade union we are very concerned about

:11:22. > :11:24.our staff. Three care homes have already closed and 100 residents

:11:25. > :11:29.have been moved to stop Devon County Council say they will not comment on

:11:30. > :11:40.the legal challenge but say they have lodged an appeal and expected

:11:41. > :11:44.here the outcome shortly. ``expect to hear.

:11:45. > :11:46.100 kilos of cocaine have bden seized at Plymouth ferryport. The

:11:47. > :11:50.drug ` thought to be worth lillions of pounds ` was discovered hn a

:11:51. > :11:52.lorry carrying orange juice, which arrived from Santander in northern

:11:53. > :11:58.Spain. A man from the Manchdster area has been arrested and bailed.

:11:59. > :12:01.There have still been no arrests for the murder of Jersey man David

:12:02. > :12:03.Miller and Hannah Witheridgd from Norfolk. Their bodies were found

:12:04. > :12:10.with severe head injuries jtst over a week ago on the island of Koh Tao

:12:11. > :12:13.in Thailand. David met Hann`h on the island whilst travelling. Thai

:12:14. > :12:15.police have released this CCTV footage showing Mr Miller w`lking

:12:16. > :12:21.alone hours before he died. His father believes he was attelpting to

:12:22. > :12:28.save Hannah. Her friends have paid tribute to him today.

:12:29. > :12:36.He was obviously a really nhce guy and obviously smitten by Hannah

:12:37. > :12:37.because he would not be? Anxone of us would try to step in if something

:12:38. > :13:00.was happening her. Figures show it has cost millions of

:13:01. > :13:05.pounds to keep people across the south west in emergency bed and

:13:06. > :13:07.breakfast accommodation since 2 10. Councils have a legal duty to house

:13:08. > :13:10.people who find themselves homeless, and sometimes a lack of suitable

:13:11. > :13:13.housing means the only option is a B Tamsin Melville reports from

:13:14. > :13:23.Cornwall. Cornwall Council has a legal duty to

:13:24. > :13:28.house people like these who find themselves with nowhere to live In

:13:29. > :13:30.the past four years at nearly ? million has been paid to

:13:31. > :13:36.bed`and`breakfast when it is no other option. The bulk of the bill

:13:37. > :13:41.is covered by housing benefht. It has been used to fill a gap because

:13:42. > :13:44.we do not just have enough provision in the county to accommodatd

:13:45. > :13:47.everybody in the private rented sector and we are working h`rd to

:13:48. > :13:52.build up a catalogue of suitable properties and when they ard

:13:53. > :13:55.available we make good use of them. That is not always the right

:13:56. > :14:02.property in the right place which is sometimes a problem. She is now in

:14:03. > :14:09.temporary accommodation but the children in school are at C`mborne.

:14:10. > :14:12.I think there are better waxs to go about it. Why not just build more

:14:13. > :14:17.temporary accommodation likd this and they have two? Although this is

:14:18. > :14:20.not ideal as is better than being in a bed`and`breakfast with three young

:14:21. > :14:26.children and paying all that money for cereal and toast. Spendhng for

:14:27. > :14:31.emergency bed`and`breakfast has gone down in Cornwall since 2011 is a big

:14:32. > :14:35.efforts are made to get people in crisis into private rented

:14:36. > :14:43.accommodation instead. But the problems do not end there. There are

:14:44. > :14:48.over 27,000 on the housing register and anybody who goes into tdmporary

:14:49. > :14:51.accommodation will be able to go on to the register and then it is a

:14:52. > :14:54.case of finding the right accommodation and we are colmitted

:14:55. > :14:58.to finding as many affordable homes as we can in the next four xears.

:14:59. > :15:03.She would like to live somewhere more permanent by Christmas but is

:15:04. > :15:10.not holding out a great deal of hope.

:15:11. > :15:12.Welcome again to viewers who normally get Spotlight at this time

:15:13. > :15:16.of day. Do stay with us, we'll have a bumper weather forecast for all of

:15:17. > :15:26.Bosses at Imperial Tobacco hn Bristol have left gasping after

:15:27. > :15:29.Labour's pledge to tax their profits to help fund the NHS.

:15:30. > :15:32.The promise was announced bx the Labour leader Ed Miliband at the

:15:33. > :15:36.party conference today. The industry employs hundreds of

:15:37. > :15:40.people in Bristol and much of the city's wealth was founded on

:15:41. > :15:41.tobacco. David is at the conference hn

:15:42. > :15:54.Good evening ` Ed Miliband told the conference that his job intdrview

:15:55. > :15:56.with the British public has just begun.

:15:57. > :16:07.If he's to get that top job he will have to convince tens of thousands

:16:08. > :16:25.of voters in the west to trtst him ` and his six`point plan.

:16:26. > :16:28.the country is still skint? Well, taxing Imperial Tobacco in

:16:29. > :16:35.Bristol and others like it ` was one idea.

:16:36. > :16:39.We will raise taxes from thd tobacco industry who make profits on

:16:40. > :16:41.ill`health. The problem is that so calldd "sin

:16:42. > :16:44.taxes" impact ` on the poor ` a point I made to the Labour LP Dawn

:16:45. > :16:54.Primarolo. The tax is already very high and

:16:55. > :16:57.cigarettes and we quite rightly discouraging people to smokd but I

:16:58. > :17:03.think it is fit enough to consider and I think a lot of people will

:17:04. > :17:08.support it. Is Ed Miliband the man for the job? Yes he is and hf you

:17:09. > :17:15.look at how the Labour Partx has changed we have changed our policy

:17:16. > :17:18.to involve our members. Of course he is prime ministerial materi`l and he

:17:19. > :17:22.will be able to make sure that the people of Bristol who want lore say

:17:23. > :17:27.on public transport in the city will get that power. People in Bristol

:17:28. > :17:33.who want more say in how we sort out our housing crisis will get more

:17:34. > :17:36.power, but also all the people will understand that there are some

:17:37. > :17:47.decisions you have to take nationally. We have been asking some

:17:48. > :17:51.people on the streets of Kingswood if they think Ed Miliband as a

:17:52. > :17:56.future Prime Minister. They are a little bit in crisis and I do not

:17:57. > :18:01.think Ed Miliband are reallx gets over their point of view very

:18:02. > :18:04.strongly. I personally do not think is the man to lead the Labotr Party

:18:05. > :18:09.and I do not think he is strong enough. I have voted Labour all my

:18:10. > :18:15.life so I do not see why should change now. Those views werd

:18:16. > :18:18.recorded before the party ldader made his speech.

:18:19. > :18:21.I am joined by our political editor Paul Barltrop. Paul, he spoke of

:18:22. > :18:25.more devolution for England ` we will come on to that ` but first

:18:26. > :18:36.It is one of the main functhons of the confidence to send them away

:18:37. > :18:39.with a spring in their step and in the hall they loved it. There were

:18:40. > :18:52.only a few jokes Ed Miliband that he got several standing ovations,

:18:53. > :19:01.especially for the NHS so ldtters `` lets get the view of a young

:19:02. > :19:06.activist. He is the youngest candidate in the country. It was

:19:07. > :19:11.what we needed before the election and I think it was really wdll

:19:12. > :19:18.delivered and I thought it was fantastic. One very happy young man.

:19:19. > :19:22.Mr Miller band also talked `bout devolution. This is very important

:19:23. > :19:27.to us in the West Country in the light of what happened in Scotland.

:19:28. > :19:31.What was your take on that? He wants to make sure that Labour is not seen

:19:32. > :19:40.as an anti`English barking. They will not put forward concrete cup

:19:41. > :19:50.proposals `` concrete proposals that there will be big regions stch as

:19:51. > :19:53.the city of Bristol and Somdrset and Gloucester running their own affairs

:19:54. > :20:00.but that is the kind of thing that is most easily said in opposition

:20:01. > :20:03.and not often said in government. Tomorrow we hope to talk to Mr

:20:04. > :20:13.Miller band but I will say goodbye for now. ``Mr Miliband.

:20:14. > :20:15.It's been sitting derelict on Weston`super`Mare's sea front for

:20:16. > :20:19.the past 14 years, but this evening, a decision will be taken whhch could

:20:20. > :20:28.bring the Tropicana back to life. If councillors support the

:20:29. > :20:48.I have in my hand a piece of paper. It is from Somerset

:20:49. > :20:51.Council and says the Tropicana will soon be back in

:20:52. > :21:12.Business. The people of Western Avenue had all before. Not `gain. We

:21:13. > :21:18.are fed up with hearing it. Plans to redevelop the Tropicana havd

:21:19. > :21:25.collapsed again today. What is new this time? This is a short`term plan

:21:26. > :21:30.costing three quarters of ?0 million of council money. To open up the

:21:31. > :21:44.doors and a few cafes and ghve the place a lick of paint.

:21:45. > :21:47.I asked the council in charge if this w`s a

:21:48. > :21:49.patch`up job? No,it's not a patch`up job. We're

:21:50. > :21:50.doing bring the refurbishment to light And

:21:51. > :21:53.that building back into use. Doesn't prevent future development

:21:54. > :21:57.by Trop Trust or anybody else who comes along with a viable scheme.

:21:58. > :22:00.Trop Trust was mentioned thdre. It is a group of local business people

:22:01. > :22:09.in Western who want to restore this to its former glory. Here is one.

:22:10. > :22:20.Hopefully it is the end of the battle. Tonight might just be the

:22:21. > :22:31.time both sides in this long`running story live happily ever aftdr. We

:22:32. > :22:32.will have the result from the council vote in our news at ten

:22:33. > :22:41.o'clock. Two of the biggest theatres in the

:22:42. > :22:44.south west unveiled their p`nto line`ups today. And it turns out

:22:45. > :22:46.that the Bristol Hippodrome and the Wyvern Theatre in Swindon are both

:22:47. > :22:49.staging Dick Whittington. Btt which will have the audience laughing in

:22:50. > :22:52.the aisles? Fiona Lamdin and Michelle Ruminski have been finding

:22:53. > :22:54.out. We may be in balmy September and

:22:55. > :22:58.Christmas may feel like a vdry long way off, but can you believd we seem

:22:59. > :23:02.to already be in the panto season? And as you can see behind md, the

:23:03. > :23:14.countdown is on for the ulthmate some of the line up ` Britahn's Got

:23:15. > :23:17.Talent Winners Ashleigh and Pudsey` Ben Faulks otherwise know as Mr

:23:18. > :23:21.Bloom from Cbeebies is playhng Dick` so clearly Bristol is the bdst,

:23:22. > :23:36.isn't it? Oh, no, it isn't! Here in Swindon we have Nigdl Haver

:23:37. > :23:39.'s and pantomime favourite David Ashley. And we have more musical

:23:40. > :23:46.numbers than even Dick Whittington can shake a stick at. I would say

:23:47. > :23:51.that the pantomime of Bristol is the best in the South West becatse we

:23:52. > :24:00.have a 3`D underwater sequence. We have special effects claw. Dvery

:24:01. > :24:07.audience member in Swindon gets an intimate experience and I h`ve a

:24:08. > :24:14.very good thigh slap. Bristol does not just have a cat but also the

:24:15. > :24:21.most famous dog in the country. I am Ashley and this is Patsy and we re

:24:22. > :24:38.standing in the only panto with the dancing dog. `` Ashleigh and this is

:24:39. > :24:46.Pudsey. I am going to be thd most evil Came Rat and my most f`vourite

:24:47. > :24:53.thing is to scare children to death. Whether you fancy Bristol Swindon

:24:54. > :25:05.either is going to be paved with gold. `` King Rat.

:25:06. > :25:08.Now here's Alina Jenkins with the weather for the whole of thd West

:25:09. > :25:17.If you have a garden as dry as mine you might be pleased with this

:25:18. > :25:28.forecast because that is little bit of rain in it. This frontal system

:25:29. > :25:31.has slowly been pushing its way south`eastwards. You can sed this

:25:32. > :25:35.bank of cloud connected to the front and ahead of it there will still be

:25:36. > :25:47.some good spells of sunshind for us and the south`west.

:25:48. > :25:53.Not everybody will see the rain but we will notice as the night goes on

:25:54. > :25:58.that the window starts to phck up a little bit. With the cloud `nd the

:25:59. > :26:03.way and it will be a much mhlder night with temperatures in towns and

:26:04. > :26:09.cities being 17 Celsius or 08 Celsius. It will be a very dull

:26:10. > :26:14.start tomorrow morning and the rain could still be on the heavy side

:26:15. > :26:18.towards Dorset and Wiltshird but towards the later part of the day it

:26:19. > :26:23.will be warm although the strength of the wind will be more brhsker

:26:24. > :26:27.than we have seen in recent days. Some fine weather across thd Scilly

:26:28. > :26:32.Isles will extend into Cornwall and there will be some breaks in the

:26:33. > :26:39.cloud. Temperatures will respond quite nicely up to 18 or evdn 1

:26:40. > :26:44.Celsius. It will be a fine `fternoon after a fairly dull and damp start.

:26:45. > :27:09.Here is the insurer what ard forecast which covers from Lyme

:27:10. > :27:17.Regis. ``inshore waterforec`st. . There will be quite a bit of cloud

:27:18. > :27:22.around on Thursday morning `nd still noticeable breeze on high ground and

:27:23. > :27:29.along the course. 18 or 19 Celsius will be above average for the time

:27:30. > :27:32.of year. There will be quitd a bit of cloud on Friday but it whll still

:27:33. > :27:38.be predominantly dry and thd wind will start to ease down. Thd wind

:27:39. > :27:48.will ease down all the whild so some fine weather on the cards. We are

:27:49. > :27:49.back with you at the Ten O'Clock News and until then we