19/01/2017

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:00:09. > :00:10.Good evening from BBC Points West. Our headlines tonight:

:00:11. > :00:13.Putting religious tolerance to the test.

:00:14. > :00:15.Gloucester Cathedral hosts a Muslim ceremony

:00:16. > :00:20.It certainly didn't deserve the comments that people were making

:00:21. > :00:23.and often from far away, who hadn't experienced

:00:24. > :00:27.anything of the exhibition or even Gloucester itself.

:00:28. > :00:36.the winners and losers of the plan to leave the Single Market.

:00:37. > :00:41.And frost will be widespread tonight but at the net result will be a

:00:42. > :00:48.crisp and Sunny day tomorrow. Details at the end of the programme.

:00:49. > :00:51.Gloucester Cathedral is defending its decision to allow

:00:52. > :00:54.a Muslim prayer to be read, after it attracted criticism online.

:00:55. > :00:56.A video was shared on the cathedral's Facebook page

:00:57. > :00:58.as part of an exhibition celebrating the city's different faiths.

:00:59. > :01:02.But it was taken down because of the comments some people made.

:01:03. > :01:14.Filmed on a mobile phone, a traditional Muslim prayer

:01:15. > :01:20.read by a local Imam, which was then posted online.

:01:21. > :01:24.The video attracted some criticism, much of it offensive,

:01:25. > :01:31.and the cathedral removed the entire post from its Facebook page.

:01:32. > :01:33.The prayer wasn't part of a service, but was read as part

:01:34. > :01:35.of the cathedral's exhibition launch, which also including

:01:36. > :01:44.drumming, Hindu dancing and a pagan rock band.

:01:45. > :01:47.St Mary's Cathedral in Glasgow found itself the target of criticism

:01:48. > :01:52.in similar circumstances last week, after a local Muslim student

:01:53. > :01:57.That took place during a Christian service.

:01:58. > :02:00.Imam Hassan - who read the prayer at Gloucester Cathedral -

:02:01. > :02:21.There was nothing wrong with the fact of what took

:02:22. > :02:24.place here, this was part of an educational day,

:02:25. > :02:25.learning about people of different faiths,

:02:26. > :02:27.and so in that sense, no problem whatsoever,

:02:28. > :02:30.but because of the comments that game, we have to take

:02:31. > :02:33.but because of the comments that came, we have to take

:02:34. > :02:35.responsibility for our own website and our own Facebook page

:02:36. > :02:41.and they became unacceptable and that was a way of stopping that

:02:42. > :02:43.conversation so that the real conversation can take place.

:02:44. > :02:45.Gloucester Cathedral representatives say this incident

:02:46. > :02:47.was fundamentally different from the one in Glasgow.

:02:48. > :02:49.The exhibition intended, they say, to start

:02:50. > :02:53.although they admit the online video lacked any context

:02:54. > :03:08.and they'll learn lessons for next time.

:03:09. > :03:14.Tonight a Digital Marketing expert who specialises in how the internet

:03:15. > :03:16.affects faith organisations has said Gloucester Cathedral shouldn't have

:03:17. > :03:20.Dr Bex Lewis says negative comments need to be better managed.

:03:21. > :03:22.Churches need to be thinking that actually quite often

:03:23. > :03:24.digital is the front door to their organisation and thinking

:03:25. > :03:27.about what does that look like, what does that work like for people

:03:28. > :03:30.who don't know anything about the faith, people who know

:03:31. > :03:34.And I think we have got to accept there are different nominations

:03:35. > :03:38.And I think we have got to accept there are different denominations

:03:39. > :03:40.and if we are going to have theological disagreements,

:03:41. > :03:45.in a way that we show this can be done in a positive way,

:03:46. > :03:48.which I think is the whole point of the interfaith event,

:03:49. > :03:51.we disagree on a lot of very fundamental levels but we can talk

:03:52. > :03:54.about this and try and understand where other people are coming from.

:03:55. > :03:56.West Country businesses are being urged to embrace

:03:57. > :04:00.Business West, which represents thousands of local firms,

:04:01. > :04:03.has backed the Prime Minister's call for them to explore new trade links.

:04:04. > :04:06.But some are thinking about relocating overseas.

:04:07. > :04:14.What I am proposing cannot mean membership of the single market.

:04:15. > :04:17.It was the week when her words echoed across

:04:18. > :04:21.We will pursue a bold and ambitious free-trade agreement

:04:22. > :04:29.Brexit must mean control of the number of people who come to Britain

:04:30. > :04:36.No deal for Britain is better than a bad deal for Britain.

:04:37. > :04:40.Assembling such a complex trade deal in two

:04:41. > :04:43.years will require this sort of speed and precision. But while we

:04:44. > :04:49.wait for negotiations to start, changes already happening.

:04:50. > :04:55.Speak to any firm in the west that does business with Europe -

:04:56. > :04:57.they will tell you Brexit is having a big impact.

:04:58. > :05:00.It is down to the weakening value of this, British Sterling, as compared

:05:01. > :05:03.These caravans are being fitted with a German

:05:04. > :05:09.Since the referendum last June, there's been a 15% rise

:05:10. > :05:14.That's now being passed on to the customer -

:05:15. > :05:20.with the price tag for a new caravan up 5%.

:05:21. > :05:22.The costs might be rising but bosses remain upbeat.

:05:23. > :05:26.One of the upsides for us is that a weak pound means overseas holidays

:05:27. > :05:29.are more expensive and as a result, people will holiday in the UK,

:05:30. > :05:35.which is good for us, the staycation phenomenon

:05:36. > :05:39.will continue so it is good for the caravanning sector

:05:40. > :05:43.It was echoed at this food fair in South Gloucestershire today.

:05:44. > :05:47.I think we need to be optimistic, I would like it that we can get

:05:48. > :05:55.a cracking deal for companies, they would

:05:56. > :05:59.they put it in the van, and it goes whether it is going to

:06:00. > :06:01.Wolverhampton or Warsaw makes no difference.

:06:02. > :06:07.isn't everyone's taste. HSBC is moving 1,000 UK staff to

:06:08. > :06:11.They sell skateboards and sports clothing from

:06:12. > :06:16.this base in Bristol but are thinking of moving some of their

:06:17. > :06:22.if free trade with the EU comes to an end.

:06:23. > :06:25.It is a huge decision and a decision we won't make until we can

:06:26. > :06:28.see where the negotiations are going. We hope to be able to keep

:06:29. > :06:32.all of our warehousing here, but it all hinges on the negotiations.

:06:33. > :06:35.While the politicians talk of businesses face a bumpy ride, with

:06:36. > :06:40.plenty of ups and downs still to come.

:06:41. > :06:43.The Fleet Air Arm Museum in Somerset has been given the logbooks

:06:44. > :06:48.the test pilot Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown.

:06:49. > :06:51.He died last year aged 97 and was considered

:06:52. > :06:56.by many to be the most significant pilot of the post war period.

:06:57. > :06:58.He captured the imagination of Eachan, who started a campaign

:06:59. > :07:02.to save his artefacts when they went up for auction.

:07:03. > :07:06.Eachan felt it was so important that the logbooks particularly

:07:07. > :07:10.should be available for future historians and test pilots to be

:07:11. > :07:14.able to read and he thought, what on earth can I possibly do?

:07:15. > :07:16.And of course he got such a brilliant reaction from having

:07:17. > :07:19.written his letter to Captain Brown before, he thought, who can I write

:07:20. > :07:25.The person who bought the items at auction

:07:26. > :07:32.A Bristol-based inventor has designed a bike

:07:33. > :07:36.John Packer was asked to come up with a prototype after a request

:07:37. > :07:38.from a former world champion oarsman from Exeter.

:07:39. > :07:46.This is the road rower and whereas I'm using normal pedal power

:07:47. > :07:49.with non-moving arms, John is using a steering wheel

:07:50. > :07:54.that goes backwards and forwards, whilst steering,

:07:55. > :07:57.and a leg movement like that of a rowing machine.

:07:58. > :08:01.I don't know of any other workout that uses so many muscles at once.

:08:02. > :08:06.If you want it to be, it can be an exhausting work-out.

:08:07. > :08:18.You are having to combine follow-on motor movements

:08:19. > :08:20.You are having to combine full-on motor movements

:08:21. > :08:24.You get used to it after a while, just like riding a bike.

:08:25. > :08:27.And here's the techy bit, what makes it work so well

:08:28. > :08:33.are two one-way clutches which are underneath the seat.

:08:34. > :08:44.I apologise now to all the users of the Bristol to Bath cycle path,

:08:45. > :08:59.My dad was the last person to do that when I first started learning.

:09:00. > :09:05.This is an early model and John and the rower Rupert Cattell

:09:06. > :09:08.are hoping to raise funds to progress the design.

:09:09. > :09:11.Today, they tested it on some of the elite rowers

:09:12. > :09:14.at Oxford University and they're hoping that we mere mortals might be

:09:15. > :09:19.interested in it too as a fresh air alternative to the gym.

:09:20. > :09:21.I may have managed it for just a few seconds,

:09:22. > :09:32.but I'm not sure I'll be swapping it for my road bike any time soon.

:09:33. > :09:44.Let's head to the roof now - Ian has the weather.

:09:45. > :09:50.Thanks very much. We are in for an overnight period which will be under

:09:51. > :09:53.clear skies. Let me take you through the forecast for tomorrow because

:09:54. > :09:59.the legacy from all of that will be clear skies through the day. A

:10:00. > :10:03.frosty start, certainly, but a good deal of sunshine through what will

:10:04. > :10:08.be a dry day and one of light winds and old, as you might well imagine.

:10:09. > :10:11.Through the rest of tonight, the clergy that has been across northern

:10:12. > :10:17.areas has been shunted away towards the north-west and will continue to

:10:18. > :10:25.do so tonight. You can see the net result, in some spots of the

:10:26. > :10:29.countryside, as low as -4 to minus six. Will start tomorrow morning

:10:30. > :10:32.with perhaps a bit of patchy freezing fog in Gloucestershire

:10:33. > :10:35.towards borders with Oxfordshire, elsewhere I expected to be clear

:10:36. > :10:40.that and clear upload through the rest of the day, beautiful crisp

:10:41. > :10:45.winter's day if you are out and about but inherently cold, with

:10:46. > :10:50.temperatures in a range of about 3-5, possibly six Celsius. By

:10:51. > :10:53.tomorrow night, once again the frost will return. The complication is

:10:54. > :10:58.there is a bit more cloud around, particularly down towards the far

:10:59. > :11:01.south-west and into Saturday and Sunday, a lot of dry weather about,

:11:02. > :11:04.varying amounts of cloud and sunshine

:11:05. > :11:05.looks as though we can, a bit more cloud on Sunday. Now the national