:00:00. > :00:11.the push is on to make to Bristol's streets advert free.
:00:12. > :00:18.The woman who fought an illness to take on an near impossible dream.
:00:19. > :00:24.And meet Missy - a morale officer for one of our councils.
:00:25. > :00:28.But now she could be fired because of health and safety.
:00:29. > :00:33.Cannabis users in Bristol are demanding the right
:00:34. > :00:36.to grow their own drugs - saying what's sold on the streets
:00:37. > :00:42.The Bristol Cannabis Club will go on the march this weekend -
:00:43. > :00:44.calling for a greater tolerance of their illegal habit.
:00:45. > :00:48.But anti-drugs campaigners are alarmed -
:00:49. > :00:50.warning that cannabis can cause mental health problems
:00:51. > :01:01.Who could be jailed for five years for his Class B cannabis habit.
:01:02. > :01:04.Nonetheless - he now wants his cannabis club
:01:05. > :01:11.Saying drug dealers have flooded Bristol's streets
:01:12. > :01:15.with overly powerful cannabis - known as "skunk".
:01:16. > :01:25.Things are added to it, like spice, glass, silica, other compounds to
:01:26. > :01:26.give it a higher effect and these are very detrimental to health and
:01:27. > :01:29.sometimes fatal. They also want
:01:30. > :01:32.a cannabis cafe in Bristol. In the same way users
:01:33. > :01:41.of alcohol have pubs. "Good for them", says
:01:42. > :01:43.this former govt advisor who's long argued
:01:44. > :01:45.that banning cannabis leads Pointing out - 100 million Americans
:01:46. > :01:59.now have access to legal cannabis. Skunk and spice our problems caused
:02:00. > :02:02.by prohibition. People who don't have prohibition don't have problem
:02:03. > :02:08.with these drugs. The dealers will always used the strongest drugs with
:02:09. > :02:11.the biggest problems. According to the Home Office -
:02:12. > :02:13.cannabis is the nation's But trendy anti-prohibtion arguments
:02:14. > :02:20.come with a health warning. That cannabis is a gateway drug
:02:21. > :02:22.to Class A substances. And causes a risk of psychosis
:02:23. > :02:31.in vulnerable people. It's going to cause harm to your
:02:32. > :02:35.mental health especially if there is underlying mental health issues. If
:02:36. > :02:41.you start using a substance that changes your mental health, it's
:02:42. > :02:46.going to be a problem. Anyone found with a small amount of cannabis is
:02:47. > :02:50.usually only given a police caution first.
:02:51. > :02:53.Last year in Bristol the police carried out 2,800
:02:54. > :02:57.So - there is no tolerance of those who grow the drug.
:02:58. > :03:00.It looks as if the Cannabis Club has a long way to march
:03:01. > :03:08.Well, David Raynes is from the National Drug Prevention Alliance.
:03:09. > :03:18.Thank you very much for speaking to us. Unsurprisingly, you are against
:03:19. > :03:23.this. We have laws about drugs, legal and illegal, and they are
:03:24. > :03:31.framed to minimise the social and personal harm leading from them,
:03:32. > :03:33.that's why there are laws to do with alcohol and tobacco.
:03:34. > :03:39.taken a more relaxed approach to cannabis use - why not here?
:03:40. > :03:49.This initiative in Bristol is a flash in the pan. Spain is doing it,
:03:50. > :03:53.Amsterdam has cannabis cafes, but numbers are reducing. In the
:03:54. > :03:57.Netherlands they are concerned about the strength of cannabis and it has
:03:58. > :04:03.caused a lot of harm. This club is saying that they are forced to go to
:04:04. > :04:17.dealers who are selling stronger cannabis. There is a lot of strong
:04:18. > :04:21.cannabis in the marketplace, that is due to public demand. They would
:04:22. > :04:26.probably grow strong cannabis. That is what users seem to want.
:04:27. > :04:30.Originally, the strong cannabis that came into the Netherlands and then
:04:31. > :04:36.to the UK, there's a long history with it. It started in the US,
:04:37. > :04:42.actually. Do you think we will ever see a day when cannabis is illegal
:04:43. > :04:47.in this country? I doubt it. We have 300 members of the Bristol cannabis
:04:48. > :04:55.club. We had a Parliamentary candidate who stood in Bristol and
:04:56. > :05:02.got 348 votes in Bristol West. Only 48 MPs turned up to a debate about
:05:03. > :05:08.it. Only four voted against it. I can't see it happening.
:05:09. > :05:11.Australian police who are investigating the disappearance
:05:12. > :05:13.of a three-year-old girl from Bristol in 1970
:05:14. > :05:15.are trying to trace witnesses from the UK.
:05:16. > :05:17.Cheryl Grimmer vanished from a beach in New South Wales.
:05:18. > :05:20.Police now want help to find the Goodyear family -
:05:21. > :05:23.who gave a statement to police at the time - and are believed
:05:24. > :05:27.A man was arrested last month and charged with Cheryl's murder.
:05:28. > :05:29.Mr Goodyear was a sole witness to a male person
:05:30. > :05:36.carrying what appeared to be a small fair headed child
:05:37. > :05:39.across a car park near the surf club where the young toddler
:05:40. > :05:42.Mr Goodyear and his wife both provided evidence
:05:43. > :05:47.We believe Mr Goodyear's evidence is crucial and we'd
:05:48. > :05:58.like to make contact with him, or other members of the family.
:05:59. > :06:01.The suspect charged with Cheryl's abduction and murder is due back
:06:02. > :06:05.Two people arrested in connection with child abuse allegations
:06:06. > :06:08.against Sir Edward Heath have been released and told they face
:06:09. > :06:13.The former prime minister lived in Salisbury until he died.
:06:14. > :06:15.Wiltshire Police's Operation Conifer appealed for alleged victims
:06:16. > :06:26.They were the only two suspects arrested.
:06:27. > :06:28.You're watching Points West with Alex and Sabet on Maundy Thursday.
:06:29. > :06:31.Whatever you have planned for the Easter weekend -
:06:32. > :06:33.make sure you stay with us tonight because we've lots more
:06:34. > :06:42.The woman attempting to cross not one but seven channels in a year.
:06:43. > :06:48.And taking the Easter period as a whole, the forecast is looking
:06:49. > :06:52.pretty upbeat. The details later in the programme. That sounds good.
:06:53. > :06:54.Yes. Campaigners are hoping Bristol
:06:55. > :07:00.could become the first city in the UK to ban
:07:01. > :07:03.advertising on its streets. A meeting's being held
:07:04. > :07:05.tonight to discuss the idea - which has already been adopted
:07:06. > :07:08.in parts of France and Brazil. Charlotte Callen is in Stokes Croft
:07:09. > :07:21.- where the event's being held. Tonight's meeting takes place here
:07:22. > :07:24.in the shadow of one of Banksy's most famous pieces of artwork.
:07:25. > :07:27.This is an area long associated with grafftti and thinking
:07:28. > :07:43.They say that even if revenue is lost, it will be worth it.
:07:44. > :07:45.Adverts are everywhere on our roads and streets.
:07:46. > :07:48.To some, it's a financially appealing part of our global world
:07:49. > :07:53.while others see it as an invasion of our public spaces.
:07:54. > :07:59.It's costly for the advertising companies.
:08:00. > :08:01.Going by the title brandalism and under the disguise
:08:02. > :08:04.of being official employees, they say they'll risk prosecution
:08:05. > :08:10.to take on the advertisers in brush to wall combat.
:08:11. > :08:12.Filmed here by the Bristol cable on Bristol streets
:08:13. > :08:16.What we wanted to do, by replacing all this corporate
:08:17. > :08:18.advertising with artwork is to say, what different type
:08:19. > :08:30.Scroll back through the years, these artworks are by Banksy,
:08:31. > :08:31.the vandal, the rebel on Bristol streets.
:08:32. > :08:35.What he does is also illegal but now his works sell for millions.
:08:36. > :08:38.He also wants advertising banned, replaced by public art spaces.
:08:39. > :08:41.Bristol has a real opportunity to be the UK leader in creating
:08:42. > :08:45.a different type of visual realm for the city.
:08:46. > :08:48.Here in Bristol's bearpit, one of the city's most public spaces.
:08:49. > :08:51.They know which side of the debate they fall on.
:08:52. > :08:53.This is a communal space where nobody is criminalised
:08:54. > :09:00.They turned down ?40,000 worth of advertising to keep their plinth
:09:01. > :09:08.What Bristol must do is create an example of how
:09:09. > :09:12.Bristol is a city that often dares to be different, to think radically.
:09:13. > :09:15.You just have to look at its culture of street art,
:09:16. > :09:23.But whether the city could really go advertising free, well,
:09:24. > :09:27.that will be down to its Mayor to decide.
:09:28. > :09:30.A ban is already a reality in Sao Paulo in Brazil
:09:31. > :09:38.Having advertising in the city, that mainly focused on cars,
:09:39. > :09:43.almost naked woman, alcohol, may not be the most appropriate
:09:44. > :09:45.thing that we want to have in public space where,
:09:46. > :09:51.actually, we want to have social lives, we want to educate our child.
:09:52. > :09:54.Tonight, Bristolians are being invited to have their say
:09:55. > :10:11.But, for now, Bristol being ad-free remains a dream for campaigners.
:10:12. > :10:18.We tried to contact the companies whose adverts were defaced in that
:10:19. > :10:21.film. If they get back to us, we will bring you that.
:10:22. > :10:24.The public meeting to discuss Bristol going ad free starts at 7
:10:25. > :10:26.It's been organised by Nicola Round from the campaign
:10:27. > :10:29.Nicola, the city makes money from advertising boards
:10:30. > :10:33.They've got a budget deficit of 100 million.
:10:34. > :10:35.So if it's a choice between advertising or money
:10:36. > :10:40.for social care why should they stop advertising?
:10:41. > :10:50.The revenue from advertising is fairly small. We are covered in
:10:51. > :10:58.advertising for unhealthy things, what is the cost of that. It is what
:10:59. > :11:05.we need to be looking at. Why could Bristol be the first city to do it?
:11:06. > :11:14.We know it is possible. S o Paulo and Grenoble have done it. It is a
:11:15. > :11:18.city of green aspirations and sustainable values. We think it's
:11:19. > :11:25.time our visual environment reflected the identity of Bristol.
:11:26. > :11:32.If any city in the UK is going to go advert free, it is Bristol. The City
:11:33. > :11:35.Council has said they realise it is a big issue but at this time
:11:36. > :11:41.politically, they are not ready to comment on it.
:11:42. > :11:44.Today is the last day that people can register to vote
:11:45. > :11:47.There are big council contests taking place
:11:48. > :11:49.across Somerset, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Dorset.
:11:50. > :11:52.The largest election though will be the one around Bristol and Bath
:11:53. > :11:56.We've been quizzing all the candidates this week
:11:57. > :12:01.Yesterday it was the turn of the Conservatives and UKIP,
:12:02. > :12:09.Our reporter Robin Markwell was at hand to inspect their tickets.
:12:10. > :12:12.Back on the road with our double-decker of democracy.
:12:13. > :12:31.We represent all colours, not just green.
:12:32. > :12:33.But Darren Hall is green to the core.
:12:34. > :12:36.He ran Bristol's winning bid to be European green capital.
:12:37. > :12:38.Now, he wants this job to bring in clean air
:12:39. > :12:42.I'm going to make sure that the Bristol and Bath region
:12:43. > :12:44.is a global leader in the next generation of smart
:12:45. > :12:48.That means, looking at how we build houses, how we get around,
:12:49. > :12:50.and the kind of jobs that people have.
:12:51. > :12:52.Just looking through your manifesto, some of your policies,
:12:53. > :12:57.Well, a tourism tax would be used to help the tourism industry
:12:58. > :13:01.So, my idea for a business investment fund is to identify areas
:13:02. > :13:04.where business would like to invest in helping their business area to be
:13:05. > :13:07.Were going to go for a quickfire quiz.
:13:08. > :13:12.Bristol has its own alternative currency in the Bristol pound.
:13:13. > :13:19.Going to have to hurry you. It's there somewhere, isn't it?
:13:20. > :13:23.You take the train now and again, I take it.
:13:24. > :13:24.Bristol Temple Meads, Keynsham, blank, Bath spa.
:13:25. > :13:27.Usually reading the paper on the way past.
:13:28. > :13:45.Noone's got any questions right so far.
:13:46. > :13:52.Are they that hard? They are random.
:13:53. > :13:56.But they were proving harder to crack down on the coal seams that
:13:57. > :13:59.used to be mined here in North East Somerset.
:14:00. > :14:02.It was in Radstock that we met Labour's Leslie Mansell who wants
:14:03. > :14:05.I'm going to achieve the most for everybody right
:14:06. > :14:16.So, were going to use the money to the best effect in big-ticket
:14:17. > :14:19.areas that the government have set out for as.
:14:20. > :14:21.Housing, the economy, transport, and skills training.
:14:22. > :14:23.One of your manifesto priorities is free bus travel
:14:24. > :14:27.Why are you singling out that group for free travel?
:14:28. > :14:30.Because young people have to stay at school until they are 18,
:14:31. > :14:33.so if they can get a job, they may be able to fund
:14:34. > :14:36.Are you ready for our quickfire quiz?
:14:37. > :14:39.No one has got a question right so far.
:14:40. > :14:41.Transport will be a key theme for the Metro Mayor.
:14:42. > :14:43.There is controversy over a fourth park and ride
:14:44. > :14:52.You could have had a Newbridge and Lansdown as well.
:14:53. > :14:57.How much does it cost you to get the train, a single ticket,
:14:58. > :14:59.from Bristol Temple Meads to Bath Spa?
:15:00. > :15:02.I've got no idea because I travel by car and it takes me two hours
:15:03. > :15:05.Do you want to have a guess? 20 quid.
:15:06. > :15:09.A block of flats at Ashton Gate doubled up as Nelson Mandela
:15:10. > :15:16.Well done, Leslie. Our top performer so far.
:15:17. > :15:25.Next time, on our political road trip, gridlock on the A4
:15:26. > :15:29.and two more would-be mayors tackle our terrifying test.
:15:30. > :15:34.That's on Tuesday. It is tricky, we can't ask them all the same
:15:35. > :15:37.question. The Easter Bank Holiday is a busy
:15:38. > :15:40.time for our football clubs Alistair Durden is here to tell us
:15:41. > :15:44.which games we should Every single game. Watch them all.
:15:45. > :15:52.Think Things starting to
:15:53. > :15:59.sort themselves out. Bristol City could be
:16:00. > :16:03.safe by Monday night They have QPR at home tomorrow
:16:04. > :16:07.afternoon, followed by that vital game against Blackburn -
:16:08. > :16:09.the side currently in recent performances have been very
:16:10. > :16:15.good. We're going to need everybody to be
:16:16. > :16:19.gung ho behind us, if you like. I thought the atmosphere
:16:20. > :16:22.on Saturday was magnificent. If we can recreate that,
:16:23. > :16:24.for our final three home I think this is the biggest
:16:25. > :16:29.game of our season. All of our teams have something to
:16:30. > :16:33.play for. There's a similar call
:16:34. > :16:35.for unity at Swindon, who have found some form
:16:36. > :16:38.in the nick of time. They're at home to Wimbledon
:16:39. > :16:41.tomorrow - followed by Walsall away who haven't won
:16:42. > :16:44.in their last five games. So, can Swindon
:16:45. > :16:51.pull off a great escape? If you ask most of the people
:16:52. > :16:54.at the city, four games ago, everybody was saying
:16:55. > :16:55.Swindon was down. Now, we're three points off
:16:56. > :16:58.the relegation zone. Everyone is believing
:16:59. > :17:00.and the next few games Now is not the time to judge
:17:01. > :17:11.us or try to find what The playoff dream is still alive
:17:12. > :17:16.for Bristol Rovers. But things are getting tight
:17:17. > :17:18.for Cheltenham and Yeovil. Victory for the Glovers at Newport
:17:19. > :17:21.would make them as good Just the one game over Easter
:17:22. > :17:28.for our rugby clubs. Bath can do their rivals Bristol
:17:29. > :17:32.a favour by winning in the Midlands. However, a Worcester win coupled
:17:33. > :17:35.by a Wasps victory on Sunday Somerset's cricketers
:17:36. > :17:39.finally play their first match of the new county season tomorrow,
:17:40. > :17:42.and they have a new captain. Tom Abell was born in Taunton
:17:43. > :17:45.and went to school just a couple of miles away from
:17:46. > :17:49.the County Ground. And his appointment was a surprise
:17:50. > :17:52.to some because of his age. The corridors of the County Ground
:17:53. > :17:55.are a gallery of greats The likes of
:17:56. > :18:03.Botham, Richards, Trescothick 1993 debut, how old were you then? I
:18:04. > :18:11.wasn't born until 1994. Tom Abell is just 23 years old,
:18:12. > :18:23.making him one of the county's Very proud moment for myself and my
:18:24. > :18:29.family. Slightly apprehensive about the unknown. A few senior players
:18:30. > :18:34.put my mind at ease. I'm excited by the challenge. I'm going to have to
:18:35. > :18:36.be strong to what I believe in, through action rather than words.
:18:37. > :18:41.Not to try and fit into a mould. Tom was born and raised
:18:42. > :18:43.in Taunton - he's always At Taunton school, he broke
:18:44. > :18:56.all their batting records. His last year, he only batted 11
:18:57. > :19:03.times, scored seven centuries, never less than 50, averaged over 150. One
:19:04. > :19:06.of the best players in the school has ever seen.
:19:07. > :19:08.Hard to believe then, that Tom was almost released
:19:09. > :19:13.from Somerset's academy as a teenager.
:19:14. > :19:19.Something was gnawing away at the back of my mind that he was going to
:19:20. > :19:25.be a good player. I watched him play hockey, to see how he was in that
:19:26. > :19:27.environment. He wasn't just a player, he ran the show. His
:19:28. > :19:31.character got him reselected. He wont be short of help -
:19:32. > :19:42.even if he'll be Makes me feel pretty old. I'm sure
:19:43. > :19:46.he will give me a ticking off somewhere along the line but we will
:19:47. > :19:51.help him as much as possible. We have to try and make his job as easy
:19:52. > :19:54.as possible. He has all the attributes of a good leader.
:19:55. > :19:56.It's an appointment for the long term -
:19:57. > :20:01.Tom could lead the side for the next decade.
:20:02. > :20:10.Do they stand like that all the time? Somerset against Essex
:20:11. > :20:14.tomorrow. Interesting that Alastair Cook will be captaining Essex. The
:20:15. > :20:20.former England captain. What about that for your first match. Marcus
:20:21. > :20:27.Trescothick says it must be some pressure to take that on. But he's
:20:28. > :20:38.not the youngest. Graeme Smith, captained South Africa, his country,
:20:39. > :20:39.as a teenager. Incredible. And I loved his teacher, wasn't he the
:20:40. > :20:44.nicest teacher ever. Now it's a challenge yet to be
:20:45. > :20:47.achieved by anyone - swimming seven ocean channels around
:20:48. > :20:51.the world in the space of one year. But Beth French, from Somerset,
:20:52. > :20:54.is on track to achieve it. Beth - who overcame
:20:55. > :20:57.the illness ME as a youngster - has already completed three swims
:20:58. > :21:02.in California, New Zealand An early morning pool swim
:21:03. > :21:23.for Beth French - is no quick dip My early morning swims start at
:21:24. > :21:25.seven but they might finish at four o'clock in the afternoon.
:21:26. > :21:29.But then when you're training for seven oceans in 12 months
:21:30. > :21:37.Beth mixes pool training with sea swimming -
:21:38. > :21:42.getting her used to tides and cooler waters.
:21:43. > :21:50.I do a lot of resistance were getting used to conditions. I swam
:21:51. > :21:57.through the winter, we went down to 5.5, 6 degrees. So 16 feels warm.
:21:58. > :22:01.was swimming the Cook Strait in New Zealand in February.
:22:02. > :22:04.She had to abandon one swim but refused to give up and completed
:22:05. > :22:12.she was so exhausted she could barely walk.
:22:13. > :22:14.Back in the pool she is preparing for the next
:22:15. > :22:18.leg of the challenge - the Strait of Gibraltar
:22:19. > :22:29.I have four channels in four months to complete the challenge. I have no
:22:30. > :22:33.doubt. I know it is possible. The only lock to come into it is to do
:22:34. > :22:35.with the weather. We have to get there on time.
:22:36. > :22:42.A cat who's made herself at home in a council office
:22:43. > :22:45.in Gloucestershire has caused something of a commotion.
:22:46. > :22:49.Missy the cat - has been unofficially adopted
:22:50. > :22:56.and even appears on their website as "morale officer".
:22:57. > :22:59.But a complaint's been made about health and safety
:23:00. > :23:03.and now the council are to debate whether she can stay.
:23:04. > :23:11.She can't even stay on our screen, never mind the council. Severance
:23:12. > :23:19.pay. I hope she gets it. She has got an owner. No severance pay for you.
:23:20. > :23:28.Let's get the weather now. A big Easter weekend ahead. I was looking?
:23:29. > :23:36.It's looking reasonable. Not like last weekend when we had
:23:37. > :23:40.temperatures into the low 20s. With that element missing, it's not going
:23:41. > :23:45.to feel as warm but on balance, there will be a good deal of dry
:23:46. > :23:49.weather. A few exceptions to that. Including through the cause of
:23:50. > :23:55.tomorrow. The amounts of rain are going to be very small indeed.
:23:56. > :23:59.Longer range, through April into the start of May, as things stand, it's
:24:00. > :24:06.going to see below average parts of rain. Good Friday is going to bring
:24:07. > :24:11.a lot of clout, much like today. A good deal of dry weather for the
:24:12. > :24:15.first half of it. Through the afternoon, an increasing chance of
:24:16. > :24:24.patchy rain. A lot of that will be light. It will certainly be erratic
:24:25. > :24:28.in its distribution. You can see the front approaching from the
:24:29. > :24:34.north-west. Weakening as it does so. It will have no real force, no
:24:35. > :24:39.threat of torrential rain but there could be the odd moderate burst wide
:24:40. > :24:44.the time we are through to tomorrow evening. For the rest of this
:24:45. > :24:50.evening, dry weather prevails. Certainly for the most part, you
:24:51. > :24:55.couldn't rule out a spot of light rain, I suppose. It will not be as
:24:56. > :25:01.chilly as last night. Temperatures broadly in a range of about five to
:25:02. > :25:10.eight Celsius. Perhaps some brighter spells. As we continue towards
:25:11. > :25:15.lunchtime, I suspect most will have had a dry period and through the
:25:16. > :25:21.cause of the afternoon, a rather ragged approach of that front. The
:25:22. > :25:27.distribution of that is not going to be equal in any one spot. There
:25:28. > :25:32.won't be any great amounts of rain. The odd moderate burst of rain
:25:33. > :25:38.couldn't be ruled out here or there. Temperatures into the low teens.
:25:39. > :25:44.Perhaps up to 15 if the sun comes out. Saturday is looking like any
:25:45. > :25:50.early rain will clear. It will dry out. Looking decent through the rest
:25:51. > :25:54.of the day. Monday, bit more uncertain but leaning towards
:25:55. > :26:01.staying dry as well. That's what we need to hear. Although we do need a
:26:02. > :26:08.bit of rain. Sorry, not popular. That's it from us. Have fantastic
:26:09. > :26:11.weekend. If you are working over Easter, thank you.