:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to BBC Points West with Alex Lovell and David Garmston.
:00:00. > :00:11.The Chancellor dismisses the cost, saying jobs and investment will sail
:00:12. > :00:19.It's not about what it's going to cost, it's
:00:20. > :00:24.Is that what you say when people come into your office at 11
:00:25. > :00:26.Downing St, it doesn't matter about the cost?
:00:27. > :00:43.I've been asking Philip Hammond what the new Mayor will actually do.
:00:44. > :00:45.Our other headlines tonight: Seven hundred parking
:00:46. > :00:47.Twenty years on, traffic wardens return to North
:00:48. > :00:53.And snakes alive - a warning to look after your dog
:00:54. > :01:02.as the warmer weather brings out the adders.
:01:03. > :01:09.And just how quick was Bristol Rovers' record-breaking goal?
:01:10. > :01:13.The chancellor Philip Hammond threw his weight behind
:01:14. > :01:16.the Metro Mayor project today - promising the new post
:01:17. > :01:18.would help to deliver jobs and prosperity.
:01:19. > :01:21.Almost a million people will get the chance to vote for the new Mayor
:01:22. > :01:25.for the West of England next month - but the signs are that many voters
:01:26. > :01:29.Well, Mr Hammond was speaking on board the SS Great Britain -
:01:30. > :01:32.the Treasury has just made a ?650,000 donation to a new museum
:01:33. > :01:50.Chancer, welcome to the West Country. Visa, you're the chance.
:01:51. > :01:52.You are the perfect person to ask. How much resistance to cost?
:01:53. > :01:54.It's not about what it's going to cost, it's
:01:55. > :02:08.Having it an integrated authority gives the area if ice, allows the
:02:09. > :02:11.Mayor to coordinate activity across the different areas in the region
:02:12. > :02:12.and ensure maximum value for money in the investment that is going into
:02:13. > :02:13.the area. Is that what you say when people
:02:14. > :02:17.come into your office at 11 Downing St, it doesn't matter
:02:18. > :02:32.about the cost? What is it? I am not gone to set out
:02:33. > :02:39.precise figures in this interview. Over the years, it will be roughly
:02:40. > :02:44.?900 million, that is a really quite small and art of money compared to
:02:45. > :02:50.the benefits of having an integrated approach to services and investment
:02:51. > :02:53.in the area. And making sure that the business boom that is going, you
:02:54. > :02:59.can only with the college a business boom that is going on in this part
:03:00. > :03:07.of the country, is properly supported and facilitated. Bristol
:03:08. > :03:12.has a more Maher. -- a Lord Mayor. Other payers have leaders and in
:03:13. > :03:18.some cases Mayors. How does this fit in? Why do we need another one? We
:03:19. > :03:26.need a real economic geography, interlinked markets, for Labour, for
:03:27. > :03:31.goods, for services. Working together to harness the benefits of
:03:32. > :03:34.planning across a wider geography. As has been done so successfully
:03:35. > :03:37.around Manchester, is beginning to happen in the West Midlands, and we
:03:38. > :03:42.are beginning to make sure that other key economic areas in the
:03:43. > :03:47.country are able to benefit from this approach. It's strange, when
:03:48. > :03:53.you're trying to take out layers of management elsewhere, particularly
:03:54. > :03:56.in the NHS, why put one in here? It is about harnessing the benefit of
:03:57. > :04:01.planning across a whole economic geography, a city region and its
:04:02. > :04:06.hinterland. How will we know if this has worked? You will start to see
:04:07. > :04:09.the benefits coming through, in terms of faster growth, more
:04:10. > :04:13.sustainable transport systems, and across the whole area. Housing
:04:14. > :04:22.solutions, planned across the whole area. I just want to point out, we
:04:23. > :04:28.are on Brunel's ship. On the other side of the bridge, there is North
:04:29. > :04:36.Somerset, who decided not to be involved in this scheme. You have
:04:37. > :04:39.some players not involve? As it succeeds and demonstrated success,
:04:40. > :04:46.others may wish to join at a later stage. They might come on-board? We
:04:47. > :04:51.have a combined 30 ready to go now, and it will demonstrate by its
:04:52. > :04:57.success, that it delivers to local people here within the mayoral
:04:58. > :05:09.authority. If surrounding areas see those benefits, they may wish to
:05:10. > :05:15.think about that. Thank you. The race is hot heating up. If you
:05:16. > :05:19.want to find out who is standing, login to our websites.
:05:20. > :05:21.Forces across the West held a two- minutes silence this afternoon,
:05:22. > :05:24.as the funeral service got underway for PC Keith Palmer,
:05:25. > :05:26.who was stabbed to death during last month's attack on Westminster.
:05:27. > :05:28.Officers from Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Avon and Somerset
:05:29. > :05:31.police all stopped still, while thousands of their colleagues
:05:32. > :05:35.from all over the UK lined the route of the funeral cortege
:05:36. > :05:41.It's an opportunity for us to express probably
:05:42. > :05:48.The reading we chose was written by an American police officer
:05:49. > :05:52.I think it summed up for us, the emotions,
:05:53. > :05:57.all that we are feeling our sorrow and affection
:05:58. > :06:10.Senior officers from the west also join their colleagues in London,
:06:11. > :06:13.lining the streets for the funeral cortege.
:06:14. > :06:15.Bath Spa station will be shut for the whole Easter weekend,
:06:16. > :06:18.the longest the famous station has ever been closed.
:06:19. > :06:21.It's all part of the ambitious plan to electrify the Great Western
:06:22. > :06:25.Railway, which is running years late and two billion pounds over budget.
:06:26. > :06:28.Today commuters were all crammed onto a single platform as engineers
:06:29. > :06:36.Our business correspondent Dave Harvey went to find out:
:06:37. > :06:39.The train now standing at platform two, the Great Western Railway
:06:40. > :06:44.And on platform one, engineers and heavy machinery.
:06:45. > :06:49.Their aim, nothing less than the total replacement of the
:06:50. > :06:54.That line of grey, concrete blocks will form the
:06:55. > :06:56.edge of the new platform here at Bath.
:06:57. > :06:59.It's about two metres wider than Brunel's original and,
:07:00. > :07:03.That's because the new electric trains are
:07:04. > :07:08.too long to cope with this famously curved Victorian railway station.
:07:09. > :07:11.And also, by bringing the trains further out into the middle, it
:07:12. > :07:16.means the overhead of epic pylons that feed them won't foul up these
:07:17. > :07:25.rather magnificent Grade II listed canopies.
:07:26. > :07:31.Then, from Good Friday throught to Easter Monday, the whole station
:07:32. > :07:35.It's going to affect the local economy quite a bit, I
:07:36. > :07:39.Because we get a lot of people visiting at Easter.
:07:40. > :07:50.In the short term it is a bit of a disruption
:07:51. > :07:54.But what I would say is, we have done this before.
:07:55. > :07:56.We have laid on real replacement coaches, as
:07:57. > :08:03.We are confident that we can keep people moving in and out of Bath.
:08:04. > :08:06.When will electric trains actually reach Bath?
:08:07. > :08:09.Electrification will begin this year.
:08:10. > :08:16.Then getting as far as Chippenham, but Bath and Bristol
:08:17. > :08:40.For now, it is trains on one side, engineers on the other. It's a
:08:41. > :08:46.pleasant Monday evening, you're watching BBC points west.
:08:47. > :08:51.Stay with us tonight. We have lots more in store.
:08:52. > :08:58.Getting a new museum ready is hard work. This one is opening today and
:08:59. > :09:00.it is something a little bit different. I, for one, and bristling
:09:01. > :09:08.with excitement. Temperatures are closer to average
:09:09. > :09:14.for the weekend, for the most part, a lot of dry weather as well.
:09:15. > :09:16.More than 700 parking tickets have been handed out
:09:17. > :09:20.by a council in its first week, since starting a crackdown
:09:21. > :09:39.More than eight decade, there have been no traffic wardens in North
:09:40. > :09:41.Somerset. But now control has been handed back from the police to the
:09:42. > :09:43.local authority. Out on patrol with Allan Taylor,
:09:44. > :09:49.the man in charge of Just so you know, there
:09:50. > :09:52.is an information sheet, That's a week of warning that
:09:53. > :09:56.parking enforcement is back So far, over 700 fines have
:09:57. > :10:02.been issued by the 11 So there's a van with
:10:03. > :10:08.a yellow ticket over there. Half of that if it is
:10:09. > :10:16.paid within 13 days. Since we've been giving
:10:17. > :10:24.warning notices out, Last week, people were actually
:10:25. > :10:28.stopping us, shaking our hands, thanking us, giving us tips,
:10:29. > :10:31."Can you come and visit our road?" Also sorts of things
:10:32. > :10:33.we're not quite used to. That's a claim I had
:10:34. > :10:42.to put to the test. It's easier for us to park outside
:10:43. > :10:47.a shop, but not for, Where do you park if you live
:10:48. > :10:55.here if you work shifts, as I do? And obviously, I work
:10:56. > :10:59.in the Sainsbury's, so I have All the money raised
:11:00. > :11:07.goes into the system Even fines collected
:11:08. > :11:12.from errant council employees. We can't bring the council
:11:13. > :11:14.into disrepute, council officers I sent an internal e-mail round our
:11:15. > :11:20.system before we started saying, If you don't, you're just
:11:21. > :11:25.as liable for a ticket. He's in a display area without
:11:26. > :11:30.displaying a ticket, which is ?50. But, yeah, unless he comes back
:11:31. > :11:33.in the next couple of minutes... The advice, then,
:11:34. > :11:40.from Allan and his team? It's a painful sight. That row of
:11:41. > :12:03.all because them on. Dog owners are being warned
:12:04. > :12:06.to beware the dangers of adders if they take their pets
:12:07. > :12:08.for a walk in woodland. It follows a case in Somerset
:12:09. > :12:11.where a dog nearly died after being bitten by one
:12:12. > :12:13.of the snakes. With the warmer weather
:12:14. > :12:15.coming, adders are very Today's walk for Molly
:12:16. > :12:23.is on the lead. Small wonder - the last time
:12:24. > :12:26.she was running free in these woods, Twenty minutes later
:12:27. > :12:53.when they found her, she was obviously very ill -
:12:54. > :13:01.they didn't know then she'd She just lay down and she was
:13:02. > :13:02.obviously not going to go any further.
:13:03. > :13:05.It was to this vet's practice in Midsomer Norton
:13:06. > :13:07.that Molly was taken, and they diagnosed the adder bite.
:13:08. > :13:09.The dog was then sent to a specialist veterinary hospital
:13:10. > :13:16.It was two days before she was well enough to go home.
:13:17. > :13:18.This is the start of the adder season -
:13:19. > :13:19.they're just coming out of hibernation.
:13:20. > :13:24.Their bite is venomous and in rare cases fatal.
:13:25. > :13:27.So this vet says it would be wise for dog walkers
:13:28. > :13:46.The gavel having them off the lead where there is a lot of undergrowth,
:13:47. > :13:48.bushes, where they could be prone to snakebites. Just those places, avoid
:13:49. > :13:51.those places. Molly is fully recovered now,
:13:52. > :13:54.but her owners say countryside walks will be more tightly
:13:55. > :14:04.controlled in future. A number of groups have come forward
:14:05. > :14:10.to take over the famous Faced with a budget
:14:11. > :14:15.deficit of ?2 million, district council can no longer
:14:16. > :14:19.afford to run the venue. Campaigners hope it can be
:14:20. > :14:22.saved for the future, as selling the venue is one
:14:23. > :14:25.option being considered. Our Gloucestershire reporter,
:14:26. > :14:26.Steve Knibbs, is outside the Sub
:14:27. > :14:36.Rooms for us now. They have been there for years and
:14:37. > :14:43.years, haven't they? Absolutely. Back in 1833 this place was built by
:14:44. > :14:46.public subscription but in 2013 that is not an option. Like many council
:14:47. > :14:51.arts venues it is no longer financially viable. What is key to
:14:52. > :14:54.this is the community going through this front door, because if they
:14:55. > :14:55.don't do that then great enough numbers, then that front door could
:14:56. > :14:57.close for good. or an expensive commodity
:14:58. > :15:00.for a cash strapped authority? With a roster of classic acts
:15:01. > :15:05.going back for decades, even the Beatles in its heyday,
:15:06. > :15:07.the Stroud Subscription Rooms It's been part of Adam Horovitz's
:15:08. > :15:13.life since he was a child, from going to events to ending up
:15:14. > :15:19.on the stage himself. He's now worried about its future,
:15:20. > :15:22.and says it doesn't just need money I think it is at risk,
:15:23. > :15:28.given the amount of cuts that are being bandied
:15:29. > :15:30.around at the moment, it would be a terrible
:15:31. > :15:33.loss if it were closed. I don't think it's
:15:34. > :15:43.absolutely definite. But that does entail a lot
:15:44. > :15:46.of people saying no, sure it isn't closed, because it is,
:15:47. > :15:50.as I say, so essential to the So the council has three options -
:15:51. > :15:54.to restructure and carry on running it itself,
:15:55. > :15:57.to give the Subrooms to a community interest company or charitable trust
:15:58. > :16:00.to run, or to sell it off on a commercial basis -
:16:01. > :16:11.with the potential risk Nobody wants the Sub Rooms to close.
:16:12. > :16:14.It is the heart of Stroud. Nobody wants that option. But we can't
:16:15. > :16:20.continue as a District Council to where we are, now, and what we want
:16:21. > :16:21.to have is a better outcome than we have got at the moment. No decision
:16:22. > :16:23.has been made. Three years ago, Cheltenham
:16:24. > :16:26.Borough Council handed control of its venues,
:16:27. > :16:28.museum and sports facilities to a charitable trust that
:16:29. > :16:40.focuses on working more The public put more into the venues
:16:41. > :16:43.in terms of how they use them, the more they will get out of them in
:16:44. > :16:48.the future, because any surplus that we make as a charity is cloud right
:16:49. > :16:52.back into the local business, into the charity. -- cloud into.
:16:53. > :16:54.Paintings were being hung in the Subrooms today
:16:55. > :16:56.for its new exhibition - there's no doubting the demand
:16:57. > :16:59.But making it pay, that's another matter.
:17:00. > :17:05.If you're interested in running this wonderful landmark venue, you have
:17:06. > :17:09.until Wednesday to express interest. After that the council will be
:17:10. > :17:13.looking at formal bids before making a final decision in the autumn. The
:17:14. > :17:16.Cheltenham trust you had from in my report confirmed that they are one
:17:17. > :17:20.of those half a dozen groups that have expressed an interest so far
:17:21. > :17:24.but no decision has been made, and it is still early days.
:17:25. > :17:28.A technology company in Dorset is the latest to attract
:17:29. > :17:33.multi-million pound investment from the Chinese.
:17:34. > :17:36.Gilo Industries describes itself as the Disneyland of engineering.
:17:37. > :17:39.They've now created a flying car and want to use the investment
:17:40. > :17:41.to create the first practical vehicle that commuters can use
:17:42. > :17:58.This is one of the first generation cards that can also fly.
:17:59. > :18:02.We are looking at the best ways, the simplest wats and the safest
:18:03. > :18:05.ways to get man into the air in a machine that you can
:18:06. > :18:08.In a factory in Dorset, they now want to take
:18:09. > :18:12.Our core aim is to produce a next generation engine for powering
:18:13. > :18:18.a whole range of vertical take-off aircraft and recreational machines
:18:19. > :18:21.that allow us to transport ourselves in ways we have never been able
:18:22. > :18:32.Revolutionising personal transportation. But funding such
:18:33. > :18:36.ambitions means getting money upon. They have secured ?26 million thanks
:18:37. > :18:40.to the backing of a Chinese company. Attracting investment from China
:18:41. > :18:44.opens new markets and we will see this workforce doubling in size. In
:18:45. > :18:49.the context of Brexit, attracting money from outside the EU is more
:18:50. > :18:54.important now than ever. For the Chinese market they are interested
:18:55. > :18:57.in the engine technology in these applications. They are really
:18:58. > :19:01.forward-thinking and try to think about the aircraft, and having the
:19:02. > :19:03.small, lightweight, high counter weight ratio engines is what they
:19:04. > :19:08.are looking for. There is nobody else in the market space competing
:19:09. > :19:12.with us, so by opening up that market space, that allows us to
:19:13. > :19:15.actually lease sales. They say that this is no flight of fancy. For
:19:16. > :19:20.commuters tired of sitting in traffic, the dream of six -- of
:19:21. > :19:23.taking to the skies might not be far-fetched. Designers think the
:19:24. > :19:31.first models could be available within ten years. I'd like to see
:19:32. > :19:33.those parking offices in North Somerset putting a ticket on those
:19:34. > :19:38.bad boys! Before it then takes off! Bristol Rovers player Byron Moore
:19:39. > :19:41.made club history this weekend, scoring the fastest league goal
:19:42. > :19:43.in the club's history. It's also kept Rovers'
:19:44. > :19:45.play-off hopes alive. Alistair Durden is here.
:19:46. > :19:57.How fast was it? 11 seconds. It beat the record that
:19:58. > :20:05.had stood for 50 years. Alfie Biggs in 1968. It was also the fastest
:20:06. > :20:11.anywhere in a professional club in this country this year. Shall we
:20:12. > :20:14.take a look? Rovers in their yellow away strip kicking off, Chris lines
:20:15. > :20:19.with a first touch of the afternoon. We are under way on BBC radio
:20:20. > :20:27.Bristol. And an early ball for Harrison, there is a shot from
:20:28. > :20:30.Moore, was that 11 seconds on the stopwatch? The earliest goal I think
:20:31. > :20:34.I've ever seen by Bristol Rovers. They lead 1-0.
:20:35. > :20:40.11.45 seconds is our official timing.
:20:41. > :20:44.I tell you what - you don't want to be late for Rovers games.
:20:45. > :20:46.This was the third time in the last month
:20:47. > :20:47.they've scored in the opening minute!
:20:48. > :20:49.Billy Bodin, against Southend, scored in 57 seconds.
:20:50. > :20:51.Then, a week later, Ollie Clarke beat that,
:20:52. > :20:55.scoring at home to Chesterfield in 34 seconds.
:20:56. > :20:59.And now Byron Moore quickest of the lot on Saturday.
:21:00. > :21:03.Those pre-match team-talks are certainly working.
:21:04. > :21:10.I said to the players before the game that we sort
:21:11. > :21:13.really bright in games over the last five or six, but we haven't
:21:14. > :21:16.started quite as well in games away from home.
:21:17. > :21:19.It was a delightful start, and then we dug in and defended
:21:20. > :21:28.Really pleased with four points off the play-offs.
:21:29. > :21:36.I'm really proud of the players who have left us still in with a chance.
:21:37. > :21:42.I'll just pick out a couple of stories -
:21:43. > :21:48.Head coach Lee Johnson again got the back of owner Steve Lansdown
:21:49. > :21:50.before the game, confirming Johnson will be in charge
:21:51. > :21:55.They're now four points clear of the relegation zone.
:21:56. > :21:58.Easter Monday's game away to Blackburn,
:21:59. > :22:03.the team just below them, will be absolutely vital.
:22:04. > :22:09.where over 60,000 fans saw Bath Rugby
:22:10. > :22:11.turn over their play-off rivals Leicester.
:22:12. > :22:14.Remember, they'd given up home advantage for this game.
:22:15. > :22:16.Well, Anthony Watson scored two tries in the last 12 minutes
:22:17. > :22:25.There's a brilliant offload coming up from Matt Banahan.
:22:26. > :22:28.That win means they are now level on points with Leicester.
:22:29. > :22:35.The two clubs are vying for that last play-off place.
:22:36. > :22:39.It is going to be tense, it is going to be close.
:22:40. > :22:44.We have many museums across the West Country.
:22:45. > :22:46.There's the Fashion Museum in Bath,
:22:47. > :22:49.the Steam Museum of the Great Western Railway in Swindon
:22:50. > :22:52.and the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Ilchester in Somerset
:22:53. > :22:58.But now there's a brand new attraction in Wiltshire hoping
:22:59. > :23:16.The Coward family makes brushes. They have done since the 1920s. And
:23:17. > :23:21.this is their Wiltshire Empire. Back in those days, we were just selling
:23:22. > :23:25.street sweeping brooms to local authorities. My great uncle had them
:23:26. > :23:29.on the back of his motorbike, took them round to Yeovil district to
:23:30. > :23:34.have somewhere to sell them and that is what the business was, and it
:23:35. > :23:38.grew from there. Nowadays these machines make 10,000 brushes each
:23:39. > :23:43.day. And they are exported to 90 countries worldwide. People think it
:23:44. > :23:47.is a bit odd, when you say that you make brushes. It is a bit of a funny
:23:48. > :23:55.thing to do. But we love it. And people should be in love with
:23:56. > :24:01.brushes. Are they really that important, brushes? In the average
:24:02. > :24:06.home, apparently we have between 30 - 50. Not just ones like this,
:24:07. > :24:12.toothbrushes, Neil brushes, toilet brushes and make-up brushes. They
:24:13. > :24:18.are well. I think I will stick with this one. And so here you have it,
:24:19. > :24:23.the first museum of its kind in the UK, celebrating the brilliance of
:24:24. > :24:29.the bristles. We have go there from China, horsehair from Paraguay,
:24:30. > :24:33.bamboo from India, all of which children can, and look at and touch
:24:34. > :24:37.and feel for educational purposes. They can see the types of materials
:24:38. > :24:44.that we are sourcing to manufacture our brushes. This family business
:24:45. > :24:47.has swept across the world and even achieved royal appointment. Now, it
:24:48. > :25:02.is putting a bit of a world on show back in Wiltshire. You'd be as daft
:25:03. > :25:06.as a brush, not to go and see it! And now the weather with Ian. It was
:25:07. > :25:11.a glorious weekend. Temperatures have dropped down by two Celsius to
:25:12. > :25:15.around 10 Celsius below the values we saw through the course of the
:25:16. > :25:18.weekend. Average conditions and terms of temperatures will dominate
:25:19. > :25:23.through the course of this week. Just slipping a little bit below.
:25:24. > :25:27.But we have seen some sunshine around today and it will continue to
:25:28. > :25:33.feel pleasantly warm. Another fine and dry day tomorrow with varying
:25:34. > :25:37.amounts of cloud and sunshine. We still have high-pressure out of the
:25:38. > :25:40.West. It will continue to be locked in that sort of position through
:25:41. > :25:44.this week. With the jet stream running to the north of the British
:25:45. > :25:49.Isles with a more disturbed by them of whether they're at times. It
:25:50. > :25:53.gives us on the more benign side of the British Isles and it will remain
:25:54. > :25:56.that way through the Easter period, although there is some uncertainty
:25:57. > :26:01.in terms of cloud amounts versus sunshine. It is looking like being
:26:02. > :26:04.dry weather prevailing. The rest of this evening, through the course of
:26:05. > :26:09.the night, lots of clear skies around. It's likely will end up with
:26:10. > :26:13.a night that is just a little bit chillier than the last one, with
:26:14. > :26:19.temperatures dropping to three Celsius in some places. In most
:26:20. > :26:22.places closer to 5-7 C by daybreak tomorrow with a good deal of
:26:23. > :26:27.sunshine around to get Tuesday underway. We will follow a similar
:26:28. > :26:30.pattern to today. We'll start to import some of these areas of
:26:31. > :26:36.sunshine with more way a broken cloud, but it will remain dry and
:26:37. > :26:42.fine and pleasantly warm in the sunshine. Temperatures probably up
:26:43. > :26:47.on today, 12-14 C. Tomorrow more widely about 13, 14. Some sports
:26:48. > :26:52.getting higher than that. Heading into Wednesday, another fine and dry
:26:53. > :26:56.start. Then we have a weak weather front running in from the north. It
:26:57. > :27:01.will introduce more cloud through the afternoon. Possibly some light
:27:02. > :27:06.rain by detailing the Wednesday. But, that aside, very little rain in
:27:07. > :27:10.any one spot as we continued through the course of this week. And rain is
:27:11. > :27:12.not always bad. My garden could do with it.
:27:13. > :27:18.We'll have an update at 8pm and our late bulletin is at 10:25pm.