30/12/2016 Points West

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Police are searching a block of flats in Bristol in connection

with a man who was found dead on Christmas Eve.

Mohammed Abduerezak suffered multiple stab wounds.

The 31 year old, who friends say was an asylum seeker,

was found in the village of Siston in South Gloucestershire.

And the communal bins outside these flats in Bristol.

Dumped by a roadside in the days before Christmas.

Police say Mohammed Abdurezak died from multiple stab wounds.

He was discovered in the village of Siston on Christmas Eve.

But officers believe he was killed elsewhere.

This morning on a housing estate in Bristol, several police vans

converged on these flats and taped off the area.

A shock to those living nearby. So far no weapon's been found.

There has been quite a bit of activity with the police fans, but

no one knew what was going on. It is a nice place to live. Well

maintained, well looked after. No trouble as far as I know. So far no

weapon has been found. It's believed Mr

Abdurezek lived here. Several police vans arrived here

today and they have been searching, not just in, but outside over the

past few hours. They are looking through the bins, we do not know

what they are looking for but we know that when the body was

discovered, there was no wallet and also his mobile phone was missing as

well. This picture shows him

in October before running He was also keen on football

and a friend described him as a joyful character

who was seeking positive Rest in peace Mo.' Police

are working to trace his missing personal belongings and piece

together what happened A fund set-up to help a scaffolder

from Somerset who was badly injured following an electric shock has

exceeded its target. Jamie Mines had to have a leg

and hand amputated after the incident in Swindon just before

Christmas. A GoFundMe page has raised more

than twenty one thousand pounds. The Health and Safety

Executive is investigating. There's a call for more people

in the region to give blood Filton in Bristol is home

to the biggest blood More people miss their appointments

at this time of year so they need A couple from Wiltshire are taking

on an aviation challenge that's Julian Midder and Sarah Brown

are going to fly the Paris to Dakar Rally route

in a microlight. If they make it, they'll

set a new world record. Here's our Wiltshire

Reporter Will Glennon. They regularly are seen

in the skies over the West, but how about flying thousands

of miles in a microlight? Julian is an instructor

at Membury Airfield and his partner is Sarah, known as Jez,

also a qualified pilot. They want to take on the Paris

to Dakar Rally route. It is going to take us to parts

of the world we have never been to and it will stretch our flying

experience into new ways. Microlights look like small planes,

but the wings are essentially made of thick fabric,

the panels are extremely thin The couple will take off

from Wiltshire, flying down through France and Spain and then

across to Africa, to Morocco, western Sahara and Mauritania

to Dakar in Senegal. The terrain will be

remote and inhospitable It is called the Skeleton Coast,

there are literally miles where the Sahara desert goes

straight into the Atlantic Ocean We are a very long

way away from help. There's really not much

between you and the outside world. Microlights do not have

complex instruments, Bad weather, even the cloud

can force you down. This is a little cockleshell

of a plane and if that changes, if it gets windier or it looks

like there might be rain to content with, we effectively

have to fly around it, Julian and Jezz hope to raise money

for the charity WaterAid but before that they still need about ?10,000

in sponsorship to cover costs. They are hoping to set off

sometime next spring. Will Glennon, BBC

Points West, at Membury. Football now and four

of our teams play tonight. In the championship Bristol City

are away at Ipswich. In league One, Swindon

take on MK Dons. League Two Cheltenham host

Wycombe Wanderers and Yeovil Now as the end of the year

approaches, keepers at Bristol Zoo have been busy counting

all the animals. The annual census

revealed they have 14,200 One of the biggest challenges was

working out what's in the aquarium! The count helps the zoo keep

track of species that Well, the keepers know their animals

very well and for animals like meerkats, we know we have got

ten animals in here, and it is something

that is easy to do. Seven gorillas, three pygmy hippos,

but when it comes to big colonies of leaf-cutter ants or spiny mice,

something like that, or bees or something, then of course

it is much more difficult. To help stay on top of things

the zoo also keeps a daily Let's get the weekend weather

forecast now with Ian. Thank you. Met Office provisional

figures suggest that 26 team will be the warmest year on record for the

UK going back to 1910. We will start 2017 on a decidedly cold note, but

prior to them, through the course of tomorrow, it will be a fairly mild

day, it is looking dry or thereabouts but by the time we get

to midnight and into New Year's Day, there might be some rain around but

most of the rain will arrive in the early hours and it is behind that

that we find colder air appearing from the North, quite quickly. Here

is a wider look at how the story unfolds. A warning for fall, not as

extensive as this morning. You will notice the cold front running

southwards, through late tomorrow night and in comes the colder air

which we can trace all the way back up to the Arctic Circle. For

tonight, temperatures should remain frost free. There will be fog

around, quite dense in places, watch out for that tomorrow morning,

particularly in parts of Wiltshire and Gloucestershire. When that

clears, we will have generally a lot of cloud, some brighter spells, it

will remain dry in the South West until we get laid into the evening,

approaching midnight, in comes the cold front. -- late into the

evening. Most of the rain holding off until the early hours of Sunday.

Temperatures will be fairly mild, between nine and 10 degrees, but

watch the change as we head into New Year's Day and I think it will be

even colder as we head into Monday. That visit from me.

I'm back with an update in the late news.

Good evening, fog has been a problem in recent days, slow changes over

the next 48 hours or so as this weather front moves south bringing

rain and behind it, much cleaner, cold arctic air which will sweep

that