21/10/2016

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:00:11. > :00:18.Tonight, a holidaymaker frol Swindon is warning those heading to France

:00:19. > :00:21.for half term about the problems of migrants hiding in vans.

:00:22. > :00:27.Martin Williams says he was left shaken and frightened

:00:28. > :00:30.when he found three people, one of them armed with a we`pon

:00:31. > :00:32.hiding inside his van as he approached Calais.

:00:33. > :00:37.Martin holidays in France two to three times a year.

:00:38. > :00:40.But on his trip home last wdek, he noticed something unusual

:00:41. > :00:44.after stopping at a service station for a toilet break.

:00:45. > :00:48.I got in the van to start off, and I noticed some mud on the carpet.

:00:49. > :00:56.Then I started driving and noticed the back window was flapping

:00:57. > :01:07.I checked it and noticed it had been broken.

:01:08. > :01:14.I realised that somebody had been in the camper van.

:01:15. > :01:16.So I opened the door, and two men were there.

:01:17. > :01:30.And then there was another one, jumping down from the bunk.

:01:31. > :01:44.The two men were reluctant to get out and there was a heated `rgument.

:01:45. > :01:48.He had an iron bar and he dhd hit me on the leg.

:01:49. > :01:54.I had to calm myself down after I drove away.

:01:55. > :01:56.It was a bit frightening at the time.

:01:57. > :01:58.The Caravan Club advises melbers to drive directly from the lotorway

:01:59. > :02:02.to the port or Eurotunnel not to stop in the Calais area to get

:02:03. > :02:04.food and drink at least an hour outside of Calais.

:02:05. > :02:06.And to keep all doors and windows locked.

:02:07. > :02:09.Martin says he had a close call but he's already planning hhs next

:02:10. > :02:13.Calais' migrant camp might not even be there then.

:02:14. > :02:15.Calais' migrant camp might not even be there then,

:02:16. > :02:17.as the French government wants to clear it imminently, movhng

:02:18. > :02:22.But for now, and particularly for lorry-drivers, it remains

:02:23. > :02:25.a daily battle trying to stop people getting onboard.

:02:26. > :02:28.A man who killed a pensioner in a hit and run in Bruton

:02:29. > :02:32.in Somerset has failed in an appeal to get part of his sentence reduced.

:02:33. > :02:36.84-year-old David Hick was killed while he was out walking his dogs.

:02:37. > :02:39.Robert Finlay was jailed for four and a half years at Taunton

:02:40. > :02:41.Crown Court in April, and was banned from driving

:02:42. > :02:45.His lawyers today challenged the length of the ban,

:02:46. > :02:55.saying he needed his car for work, but the appeal was dismissed.

:02:56. > :02:58.A fire above Bath's oldest department store is thought to have

:02:59. > :03:03.Jolly's on Milsom Street was evacuated yesterday aftdrnoon.

:03:04. > :03:07.The fire was in a communal stairwell in a residential part

:03:08. > :03:11.of the building, and five pdople were helped to safety.

:03:12. > :03:14.The police say they're treating it as a case

:03:15. > :03:22.82 of the region's buildings have been added to a list of important

:03:23. > :03:25.historical sites judged to be at risk of decay.

:03:26. > :03:31.The idea is to try to help the sites get repaired and preserved.

:03:32. > :03:33.One church in Bristol has bden added after a lead theft

:03:34. > :03:36.from its roof meant the brickwork was damaged by water.

:03:37. > :03:49.It is thought to stand on the site of the oldest church in Bristol

:03:50. > :03:51.St Philip and St Jacob wherd a Benedictine Priory once stood

:03:52. > :03:57.25% of all protected historhc sites are in the south-west.

:03:58. > :04:00.But a leaky roof means the structure's now been

:04:01. > :04:11.labelled as at risk, after the lead was stolen in 20 0.

:04:12. > :04:35.All the massive industrial stuff going on in the south west...

:04:36. > :04:38.To be added to our at risk register, it shows that they are

:04:39. > :04:41.important, but we knowledge that the owners might need some help and

:04:42. > :04:43.support in doing what needs to be done to insure that they ard

:04:44. > :04:45.protected for the future generations.

:04:46. > :04:46.The Historic England At Risk Register

:04:47. > :04:49.has 82 additions in this area alone this year.

:04:50. > :04:50.Alongside Bristol's famous church, St Nicholas in Gloucestershhre too,

:04:51. > :04:53.a royal Naval cordite factory in Dorset built

:04:54. > :04:55.to make munitions in 1916 and Clarendon Palace in Wiltshire.

:04:56. > :04:57.But sites are also removed every year,

:04:58. > :04:58.including a decoy village on the Mendips

:04:59. > :05:00.built to fool German bombers in WWII,

:05:01. > :05:02.and the precinct walls at Llanthony Abbey in Gloucestdrshire.

:05:03. > :05:05.Sites like these only taken off when they're no longer

:05:06. > :05:08.Being added to the list can help important historical sites

:05:09. > :05:10.access funding and help preserve them for future generations

:05:11. > :05:13.Across the country there ard 53 1 sites on the register.

:05:14. > :05:14.Others here include the Swing Bridge,

:05:15. > :05:15.the carriageworks, Cleveland's Baths.

:05:16. > :05:25.It's not always age that matters, but sometimes just

:05:26. > :05:29.the unique architecture or simply historical significance.

:05:30. > :05:32.A list that tries to stop decay in its tracks

:05:33. > :05:42.and hold on to history before it disappears.

:05:43. > :05:44.The Duchess of Cornwall had a public engagement in Somerset todax,

:05:45. > :05:50.She read to them from Winnie-the-Pooh, who's

:05:51. > :05:54.celebrating his 90th birthday this year.

:05:55. > :06:07....when he bumped into his old friend Eyeore.

:06:08. > :06:20.I was happy as a lark earlidr, I might have known it

:06:21. > :06:25.It was part of an event at the Wells Festival of Literature,

:06:26. > :06:28.organised by the charity Be`nstalk, which works with children who need

:06:29. > :06:39.That's where I must leave you this Friday night. Here we have the

:06:40. > :06:47.weather. Both days of the wdekend will see the mourning periods thrown

:06:48. > :06:52.to low cloud and fork. Most days will be dry, but one or two shells

:06:53. > :06:57.around on Saturday. We will find as well as sunny spells that Stnday is

:06:58. > :07:06.the breezy of the two days. Temperatures last night could get as

:07:07. > :07:11.low as 4-5dC. Frost, fog, low cloud and some of that will be quhte

:07:12. > :07:15.extensive into the first part of tomorrow morning. Drifting

:07:16. > :07:21.westwards, breaking up, as ht does so, brighter weather. We cotld see

:07:22. > :07:27.one or two isolated showers, particularly towards the North, and

:07:28. > :07:28.north-east. Similar temperatures on Sunday and some rain developing as

:07:29. > :07:37.we head into Monday. Here is your sunshine to be enjoyed. Louise Lear

:07:38. > :07:39.has the national forecast now though.

:07:40. > :07:41.Good evening. Heading off to bed wondering