19/12/2016 Points West

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Could there be a new location for Glastonbury Festival?

As the event faces criticism over traffic chaos -

Michael Eavis says it may be on the move.

It would be a huge loss for Somerset. If you went there forever,

would it not? A West MP is so worried

about the effects of social media on teenagers, he's demanding

an inquiry. And the rail will become confined

eventually to the west and tomorrow will be a dry day for most, details

at the end of the programme. -- rain.

The Glastonbury Festival could move to a new site,

Founder Michael Eavis told Points West he's in serious

negotiations with landowners - but won't say where it might be.

It comes as Mendip Council has criticised traffic management

Our Somerset Correspondent Clinton Rogers reports.

Taking me on a tour of the festival site this morning, Michael Eavis

gave the strongest possible hint that the days of the Pyramid Stage

Mind you he's threatened to move this event before -

normally at a time when he's negotiating with neighbouring land

owners whose fields he needs to make the festival happen.

I'll move it up towards the Midlands.

with land agents to use another working farm 100 miles

north of Glastonbury, though he won't say exactly.

the Midlands, it wouldn't be the Glastonbury Festival any more.

There is nowhere else in the world really

that can produce the same show that

could be 2019 he says and thereafter every five years.

Now all of this comes on a day when Mendip council has issued

a report criticising traffic management at

A year when people were left to sleep in their

stranded cars, when school buses

Most of the problems were caused by torrential rain making it hard

to be better contingency planning next year.

In response festival organisers say they are already working to make

roads on the farm better - and next year they have agreed

to use the Bath and West Showground as an emergency car park should

the worst happen. Clinton Rogers, BBC Points West.

Well earlier I spoke to the BBC's Arts Editor Will Gompertz

and asked him what he made of the plan...

Well, I don't know, they have got an incredibly popular festival that

sells out in nanoseconds and yet they also run a farm

which is a working farm, they have to use that

and when the weather is bad it gets totally trashed

You either don't put the show on or you go somewhere else?

It's not going to be the same though is it really?

That particular festival, Glastonbury, lives at Worthy Farm,

It's the home of the Eavis', Michael and his daughter, Emily,

I do think they have an awful lot of experience both Michael Eavis

and his daughter Emily of putting on the show.

They also do know what they own and what they hold and what it means

to people and they won't muck about with it in a way

I don't think they are interested in that, they're interested

in giving people what they want in the Glastonbury way and I assume

that they've done a lot of research and given it a lot of thought

and then found a site, albeit perhaps outside of Somerset

A lot of these bands come to Glastonbury because Glastonbury

has this image of this mystical site, this mystical festival,

do you think it would lose that appeal to the people who perform?

I don't know, I would hope rock and rollers are a bit more flexible

and weren't so dyed in the wool establishment types that they would

want to go to the same place and do the same thing.

There is that thing, I performed in that field

on the Pyramid Stage, where it was a great performance

but if it is a different venue, get out there,

What's your personal opinion, where would you like to see it?

What a difficult question that is to ask me!

It is not just the Pyramid Stage and the other stages, it is massive.

It's somewhere that can contain the whole thing where people can

wander around and feel they are part of a festival.

It sort of is a ready-made village, it has all the arts and crafts

and beer and food and all the rest of it and the hills.

If they can deliver all that and make it feel like Glastonbury,

The lorry which killed four people in Bath has been likened

to a revolver with a bullet in one of its chambers.

The trial of driver Phillip Potter heard his defence barrister say he'd

been given a "wholly defective vehicle" and an accident

He denies causing death by dangerous driving.

Owner Matthew Gordon and mechanic Peter Wood deny all charges.

The MP for Cheltenham is calling the bosses of social media sites

to parliament for an inquiry in the New Year.

Alex Chalk is worried about the effects of the digital age

on the mental health of teenagers leading to stress and anxiety.

We're all hooked on our devices - especially teenagers.

Though even they underestimate just by how much.

How many times a day do you check your phone? 30 times. About 50.

A recent study suggests we check our devices

Those we met at this Cheltenham school now use a giddying array

of apps to keep in touch... And she's not alone...

It's an addiction really and I know adults that are falling into that

habit of a deep anxiety when they don't have their phone

with them - or whatever - so they're constantly checking

to see if they've had messages or likes.

What they're looking for is validation and acceptance

and that becomes addictive because they're constantly looking

for that affirmation in this virtual world whereas in reality that should

The Cheltenham MP Alex Chalk is particularly concerned

I'm not saying that all social media is bad. I am saying that were too

much is taking place and in particular, the bullying is taking

place online, I knew -- think social media: is it a step up to their

responsibilities. He has called for an enquiry in Parliament. They

insist they already have ways of blocking abuse, Facebook said it had

introduced new features and tools to help keep people safe and it had

launched a parent portal this week with tips for talking to children

about their use of the site and that it was governed by a clear set of

guidelines for acceptable behaviour. Our devices can cope with any number

of swipes likes and online gripes, of swipes likes and online gripes,

one of the questions the enquiry will look that will be can we?

Homelessness is a problem across the West this christmas,

with people sleeping rough in many areas.

Bristol has around 74 bedding down on the streets -

this doubles if you include those sleeping in unsafe

But today the landlord of a pub in North Somerset organised for some

of Bristol's homeless to receive a bit of festive cheer.

He has cooked for Tiger Woods and Princess Anne but today it is for

people who really need it. Sarah has not had a Christmas dinner for eight

years. It reminds me of my mum and dad, growing up. I lost my dad eight

years ago to cancer and then 18 months afterwards, my mum. It is

also an emotional time for Matthew, he slept in a subway last night. It

is awful being homeless at Christmas, it is very hard. I'm not

eligible, I have not got a local connection to Bristol. After the

meal, everyone was sized up for clothes and shoes. Thank you. Those

making the difference is the owner of the pub and a whole host of

volunteers in a group called the Street life cafe. I have worked with

people, who have been knocked down and cannot get back up. Bringing

them to something like this, it makes them feel part of the

community again. Thank you ever so much. The dinner is lovely. Perfect.

And quite emotional. Yes. And now, this isn't just a one-off event, the

pub says it will set up a Christmas dinner next year, too.

I'll leave you with Ian who has the forecast.

Thank you. Good evening. Over the next couple of days we will undergo

a change in the weather as we lead up towards Christmas in the second

half of the week, much more unsettled patter with stronger winds

as well. It will be all change. Tomorrow, the winds will not be much

of a feature and I am hopeful for most of you, neither will rain,

because there will be a balance towards dry and relatively bright

weather, certainly in the east. Out towards the west, more cloud and the

chance of some patchy light rain. Plenty of bad around, particularly

in Central and western areas, all about getting squeezed further to

the rest, some clear spells developing out to these, lowest

temperatures are about two or three degrees. Tomorrow, you will find out

towards the West, still a lot of cloud for the most part, Exmoor for

example, the chance of patchy outbreaks of rain or drizzle and

perhaps a bit of that reaching out from the south coast into

The rest of the weekend, some rain around, windy, but with dry and

bright spells. Heavy weather is brewing, it will

not reach us just yet. It will take a good few days before the stormy

weather reaches us. At the moment, it's just potential, nothing is

certain, but it will be different to what we've had over the last few

weeks, it's been so calm. We have a jet stream raging out of North

America making a beeline for the UK. It has peaked at jet level height,

blowing in excess of 200 mph, and it might whip up to max storms we are

watching. Friday had coming close to northern Britain, and then