19/01/2017 Points West

Gloucester Cathedral hosts a Muslim ceremony but there's been criticism,

putting religious tolerance to the test.

We'll be talking to the Dean of the Cathedral about

what this says about relationships between the two faiths.

the winners and losers of the plan to leave the Single Market.

A flying legend remembered - the medals and logbooks

of Eric "Winkle" Brown are unveiled in Somerset

And row, row, row your boat, gently down the...cycle path?

Gloucester Cathedral is defending its decision to allow

a Muslim prayer to be read, after it attracted

The video of a local Imam in the Chapter House,

which is attached to the Cathedral, was shared on its Facebook page

as part of an exhibition celebrating the city's different faiths.

But it then had to be taken down because of

Well, Andrew Plant is at the exhibition for us now.

Yes, this is the Faith exhibition here at Gloucester Cathedral, it

carries on all around the cloisters and it is designed for members of

the public to come along and explore more about the 37 different faiths

they find here in the city from Judaism to Hinduism and Islam to

Christianity but it has caused a bit of a row, it was launched at the

weekend at the local imam was asked to come along and read out a common

Muslim prayer but a video was posted online and some of the comments were

so angry and abusive, the Dean has decided it would be simpler to take

the whole thing down. Filmed on a mobile phone,

a traditional Muslim prayer read by a local Imam,

which was then posted online. The video attracted some criticism,

much of it offensive, and the cathedral removed the entire

post from its Facebook page. The prayer wasn't part of a service,

but was read as part of the cathedral's exhibition

launch, which also including drumming, Hindu dancing

and a pagan rock band. St Mary's Cathedral in Glasgow found

itself the target of criticism in similar circumstances last week,

after a local Muslim student That took place during

a Christian service. Imam Hassan - who read the prayer

at Gloucester Cathedral - Gloucester Cathedral

representatives say this incident was fundamentally different

from the one in Glasgow. The exhibition, they say,

intended to start although they admit the online video

lacked any context and say they'll We have got with us Stephen Lake,

the Dean of Gloucester. Do you think there was anything wrong with the

Facebook post? It was a statement of fact of what went day on -- on in a

day of education and Dale faith sharing. Not a day of Christian

worship in the cathedral, it was out here in the cloisters, so nothing

wrong with that, that was the purpose of the exhibition and its

launch, but sadly too many of the comments are generated were so

negative that I really couldn't have those on our Cathedral Facebook page

and it had to come down. Do you think there was anything about the

Facebook post itself? Perhaps more context that would have stopped

people making those comments? Possibly but having read them,

probably not, because unfortunately there is a great deal of prejudice

in our world as we know and that exhibition is to find to decrease

being able to talk face-to-face, so being able to talk face-to-face, so

in that sense, all the information was there on the website but it was

providing an opportunity for others to say things that, for us, were

unacceptable. Do you think perhaps there was anything you could have

done differently? And perhaps by taking it down, is that showing

people you think there was something originally wrong with it, with

having someone from the Muslim faith here reading up in the Christian

church? Absolutely not, in -- for a start and it was outside the

cathedral itself, so this was about partnership, working together and

trying to show in our city how interfaith people do work together

and in that sense, it was really important. Taking it down was merely

practical. What we haven't taken that is this wonderful exhibition.

Tell us a bit about that, outlined it for us. It is running for five

weeks and it is about meeting people face-to-face and learning where they

are and where we are ourselves and people can come any day to the

cathedral, apart from when it is closed because there is a big

service going on, and learn a great deal. Stephen Lake, thank you very

much indeed. The Facebook post has gone, scrubbed off the Internet but

the exhibition is running for another five weeks and is free to

the public. Back to you. Andrew, thank you very

much. West Country businesses

are being urged to embrace Business West, which represents

thousands of local firms, has backed the Prime Minister's call

for them to explore new trade links. But the weakening pound means some

are thinking seriously Here's our Business

Correspondent Robin Markwell. What I am proposing cannot mean

membership of the single market. It was the week when her

words echoed across We will pursue a bold and ambitious

free-trade agreement with European Union.

Brexit must mean control of the number of people who come to Britain

from Europe. No deal for Britain is better than a

bad deal for Britain. Assembling such a complex trade deal in two

years will require this sort of speed and precision. But while we

wait for negotiations to start, changes already happening.

Speak to any firm that does business with Europe -

they will tell you Brexit having a big impact.

It is down to the weakening value of this, British Sterling, as compared

to this, the euro. These caravans are being

fitted with a German Since the referendum last June,

there's been a 15% rise That's now being passed

on to the customer - with the price tag for

a new caravan up 5%. The costs might be rising but bosses

remain upbeat. One of the upsides for us is that a weak pound means

overseas holidays are more expensive and as a result, people will holiday

in the UK, which is good for us, the staycation phenomenon will continue

so it is good for the caravanning sector. It was echoed at this food

fair in South Gloucestershire today. I think we need to be optimistic, I

would like it that we can get cracking deal for companies, they

would like to carry on exporting as they do, they put it in the van, and

it goes whether it is going to Wolverhampton or makes no

difference. But the political turbulence isn't everyone's taste.

HSBC is moving 1,000 UK staff to Paris. They are not alone. They sell

skateboards and sports clothing from this base in Bristol but are

thinking of moving some of their warehouse business to Holland if

free trade with the EU comes to an end. It is a huge decision and a

decision we won't make until we can see where the negotiations are

going. We hope to be able to keep all of our warehousing here, but it

all hinges on the negotiations. While the politicians talk of

businesses face a bumpy ride, with plenty of ups and downs still to

come. The Bristol businessman and Brexit

campaigner Arron Banks is launching a news website,

saying he wants to Mr Banks gave ?7 million

to the leave.EU campaign. He's now funding a website called

WestMonster, having praised similar American sites for helping

Donald Trump get elected. If you look at Trump in particular,

he bypassed the mainstream media spectacularly with social media

and went directly to people. That's what we are

attempting to do as well. I mean, the Brexit campaign, we used

leave.EU to communicate directly with people the issues

we thought were interesting. Tomorrow, Mr Banks will

be at Donald Trump's He's among just a handful of British

figures to be invited. And I dare say we will be talking

about that on Sunday Politics this weekend.

For some time. You're watching BBC Points West

with Alex and David. Find out what the Chinese

have to teach us about And the gift that left museum staff

in tears. Captain Eric Winkle brown's medals and flying logbooks.

Find out more about them in a couple of minutesminutes' time.

A public inquiry into how refugees find homes and work

It's being led by the local Labour MP Thangham Debonnaire,

and is also looking at the help they get with learning English.

Some experts are now calling for Brits to learn more foreign

An English class for refugees in Bristol.

Don't worry if you didn't get this far, will go through the answers.

Demand always outstrips supply and money to fund lessons is tight,

but everyone agrees they are crucial.

When he is speaking Arabic, I understand everything.

So it's important to you to learn English.

Language learning is the most important thing,

Like you say, it allows them to find work, to integrate

and the longer it takes, the more frustrating it can be

for that individual and can potentially lead to the risk

In Bristol, the focus is on more volunteer led conversation groups,

but research shows more intensive language learning, as happens

in Europe, may be more expensive but is more effective.

That's exactly what one refugee just said, it would be so much better

if we could have intensive full-time English classes for a period

without being asked to go and do job centre interviews and work

experience and so on because, actually, there are refugees I have

spoken to who are balancing family, English classes

The Bristol MP is looking into language provision for refugees.

Part of a wide-ranging public inquiry taking evidence

So what about the idea that us Brits should alerts of new languages

So what about the idea that us Brits should learn some new languages

I'm trying to learn Arabic and Somali at the moment.

I'm trying really hard, it is a bit slow progress,

but I think that is something which most Bristolians

We pride ourselves on being open to all comers and I think

that is something we can do a hell of a lot better on.

Many marched through the rain in Bristol recently

The Government says it is committing more money to language learning

but it may have to think again about how it's delivered.

A man's died following a crash in Weston-Super-Mare this morning.

Emergency services were called to Kewstoke Road at around 8am

where a car had collided with a tree.

The toll road between Kewstoke and Weston-Super-Mare was closed

Sale sharks have sacked Thomas Scott, the player they are accused

of leaking confidential information to Bristol Rugby ahead of their

match on January the 1st. The 29-year-old made his brother Luke,

who plays for Bristol, the night before the match. Bristol say it was

a family catch up. The Rugby football union is still

investigating the case. The trainer who let former Wiltshire

boxer Nick Blackwell take part in a sparring session

in which he suffered a bleed to the brain

is to appeal against having Nick Blackwell was injured

at Devizes Amateur When making the decision last week

the British Board of Control said Liam Wilkin's conduct

was "detrimental to Now, the Fleet Air Arm Museum

in Somerset was celebrating today. They've just been given a set

of logbooks and medals belonging to Captain Eric Winkle Brown -

the legendary test pilot who'll go down in history as one

of the Fleet Air Arm's greats. Captain Brown died last

year at the age of 97. But tales of his daring,

his great expertise and his Amanda Parr went along to the museum

for a look this afternoon. Well, it was a gift that stunned

staff at this museum. They tell me a few tears were shed. By the time

they found out that the logbooks and medals of Captain Eric Winkle Brown

were going to be auctioned, it was too late for them to come up with

the money they would need to buy them so the day of the auction came

and went but the very next day, they were told that a generous and

mysterious benefactor would be giving the items to the museum and

so today, they are celebrating. Especially one guest, an 11-year-old

boy, a big fan of Captain Brown, who has been campaigning to save those

books and those medals. Eachan Hardie chooses his heroes

well. For years, stories about Captain Eric Winkle Brown captivated

this young man. So he wrote him a letter. And friendship blossomed

through letters. I thought he would never write back but luckily, he

did, so I thought I could send letters to him, he would write back

and then I would write to him and then he wrote back. What kind of

stuff was he saying? He said ICU want to be a Fleet Air Arm test

pilot and ICU love planes. He felt it was so important that the

logbooks particularly should be available for future historians and

test pilots to read and thought what could I do and he got such a

brilliant reaction to having written his letter, he thought, what letters

can I write? Captain Brown has been called the Fleet Air Arm's most

significant pilot of the post-war period. In later years, a prominent

figure in aviation heritage, he had so many tales to tell. He flew

almost everything the Royal Navy had, survived a torpedo attack and

combat in the skies. He was the aircraft carrier deck landing

expert, testing and innovating and later pushing the boundaries of

high-speed flight. And getting to know him has helped form a young

lad's dreams. In my future, since I love planes, I now want to become an

aeronautical engineer and fly my own planes. I am imagining that he is

standing right next to me. Eachan Hardie Road to everyone he could

think of it might help save the logbooks and medals for posterity

and it seems someone out there, the mystery benefactor, thought he was

right. Well, over the period of his long

career, Captain Brown flew hundreds of different aircraft models. This

was one of them, to see vampire, the first pilot to land it on an

aircraft carrier and take off in it from an aircraft carrier. He holds

many records and that is why these logbooks are so eliminating and such

an important historical record, which is something the curator here

David Morris knows only too well. This is a man who blew everything

there was to fly. Seemingly so, 487 aircraft types. This is a record. It

is and a record that is unlikely to be beaten, people will just not have

the opportunities in their flying careers these days to have that many

aeroplanes available to them to fly. It was an extraordinary time and all

he saw throughout the Second World War, it was an extraordinary career.

Just a peek inside some of these books brings the man to live, I

guess. It does. He was flying, test line, captured German aircraft,

Italian aircraft, Russian aircraft. He was flying British experimental

aircraft, he was training pilots for combat flying. Here at Yeovil Town,

we have extracts from the logbooks which show him flying numerous times

here in 1942, there is a wealth of information in the books. He was

well-known to the museum, would he be pleased to know these books and

medals will end up here? Absolutely. For all of his flying career, the

part that meant most to Eric was, of course, Navy pilot and Navy flying,

so for them to be here now permanently in the collection would

have pleased him immensely. Thank you for that. If you are interested

in having a glimpse, you can come along and see them, they are here

for the next four weeks or so. They will be away to be studied and men

will be part of a major exhibition in the summer.

She really brings it to life than the

books, I love that little boy writing to him.

And nearly 500 planes, it is amazing to fly that many.

Now something completely different. British students generally lag

behind their counterparts in China when it comes to maths -

but a scheme being tried out in 77s?

49. -- 7/7s. Very good. We rehearsed it!

No, we didn't. Two teachers from Shanghai

are visiting to show how Chinese schools use a style of teaching

known as "mastery". Tracey Miller has been

to Mangotsfield Primary Lucy, Sophie and Jake have

mastered a few words of Mandarin from teachers

who are visiting from China. But they are really here

to teach maths mastery. It seems a very simple lesson

in two-times tables, but there's a huge amount

of planning in the structure We might think well,

they just need to learn, they need to learn the two-times

table and know the facts, We need to understand exactly

what the structure of multiplication Abby's a maths teacher

at the school and last year, she went out to Shanghai to see

Melody teach her class. This exchange project is funded

by the Department of Education But the big question

is, does it work? We have been learning fractions

with Lin and he has taught us lots of ways that we've never really

seen before and they teach it, like, really differently

over there in Shanghai. The way that he did it is a bit

different to our way and now we have, like,

easier ways to do it. And it's not just the school

who will benefit. This lesson was closely watched

by teachers from across the region. At the end of the week,

the teachers will be flying back to China,

but they've also enjoyed I have learned how to teach

in England, so it is a very The universal language of numbers

that will hopefully improve And just as a little test,

this is a maths problem set by those teachers from Shanghai,

it's on our Facebook page And we'll post the answer

on the page later this evening so you can check back to see

if you were right. Plenty of New Year's resolutions

will have included getting a bit But they might not involve

something like this. A bike which you row

rather than peddle. The idea came from a former champion

oarsman who was bored of the gym and wanted to get out

into the fresh air. So Bristol inventor John Packer came

up with a prototype. Our reporter Ali Vowles has

been to give it a try. This is the road rower and whereas

I'm using normal pedal power with non-moving arms,

John is using a steering wheel that goes backwards and forwards,

whilst steering, and a leg movement

like that of a rowing machine. I don't know of any other word out

that uses so many muscles at once. If you want it to be,

it can be an exhausting work-out. You steer

while you are rowing. You are having to combine

follow-on motor movements You get used to it after a while,

just like riding a bike. And here's the techy bit,

what makes it work so well are two one-way clutches

which are underneath the seat. I don't think we are going to swap.

We will see if I like it. I apologise now to all the users

of the Bristol to Bath cycle path, I want to put my legs like this.

Excuses, excuses. Oh, the embarrassment. My dad was

the last person to do that when I first started learning. There you

go. This is an early model and John

and the rower Rupert Cattell are hoping to raise funds

to progress the design. Today, they tested it

on some of the elite rowers at Oxford University and they're

hoping that we mere mortals might be interested in it too as a fresh air

alternative to the gym. I may have managed it

for just a few seconds, but I'm not sure I'll be swapping it

for my road bike just yet. I think maybe I prefer the other

way, the pedalo. When you are peddling on the water. I felt

saddle-sore just watching it. A picture of Exmoor has won

a photography competition organised Taken by Penny Webber,

who lives near Porlock, it captures the winter sunshine

through Exmoor's trees - with Penny's labrador also

taking centre stage. You can just see... Is that a

Labrador? Yes, it is. Just checking. Standard to all pictures, I believe.

Ian is on the roof and he has the weather.

Well, mentioning winter sunshine, plenty of that across the region

today and plenty more tomorrow. Let me take you through the forecast,

once again waking up to seems like this one, with frost aplenty in some

places, some a severe frosts, so it goes without saying that it will be

a cold start and inherently a cold day, but are said by light winds,

dry conditions and wall-to-wall sunshine, I suspect, across the

district. A familiar scene of late in terms of high pressure

dominating, but in contrast to recent days, the extent of the

cloud, which has been a bit of a nagging issue, certainly for those

in the North, has drifted further northwards through tonight and into

tomorrow, there it should remain, so we should see much more in a way of

Sunny weather across the region through the course of tomorrow. The

knock-on result at least for tonight is that those clearer skies extend

their way northwards, set in place right across us through the course

of the night and as you can see from the blues, it will be decidedly

chilly. We could well see some patches of freezing fog across parts

of Gloucestershire, more out towards the eastern borders, those with

Oxfordshire. Elsewhere, not expecting that to be an issue but

certainly find where the ice scraper will be under the car seat, it will

definitely be an issue with temperatures like that so broadly

zero - -3, some areas closer to minors for down to minus six. So if

we have some freezing fog, it will take until late morning to clear.

Then you will catch up with everyone else, a lot of sunshine around and

very little change as the hours tick by and once again as we get into

Friday night, the risk of a Prost starts the return albeit by that

stage, add to the south-west, more in the cloud -- wail cloud around.

Temperatures chilly, 3-6, but as many of you saw today, in the light

wind, are very pleasant experience. Saturday, very similar, there will

be more in a way of cloud around and it will continue to be the case for

the weekend but underpinning all about, it will remain cold.

It does feel cold, but those winter days when it is Sunny, they are

lovely. It was beautiful this morning with

the blue skies, a change from the damp and the great. We had better

go. There is an update at 10pm, otherwise back tomorrow. Take care.