:00:11. > :00:11.Good evening from BBC Points West. for the news where you are.
:00:12. > :00:15.Our headlines tonight: Fears over a level crossing.
:00:16. > :00:19.People in the Cotswolds want it closed after another death.
:00:20. > :00:23.The question tonight, of course, is why the victim, who was the only
:00:24. > :00:26.person authorised to use a vehicle on this crossing and had used it
:00:27. > :00:29.regularly, got stuck on the track and hit by the train.
:00:30. > :00:31.Why Bristol could be the first in the country to try out
:00:32. > :00:36.And tomorrow brings a much colder day.
:00:37. > :00:45.Details towards the end of the programme.
:00:46. > :00:49.There are calls for a level crossing where a man was killed to be closed.
:00:50. > :00:53.There are more than 6,000 level crossings across Britain's mainline
:00:54. > :00:57.railways but only 110 of them are like the one at the scene
:00:58. > :01:01.of the crash at Frampton Mansell, where people have to open and close
:01:02. > :01:05.Here's our Gloucestershire reporter, Steve Knibbs.
:01:06. > :01:08.Well, this is the crossing that's the focus of this investigation
:01:09. > :01:10.now and where sadly, yesterday afternoon,
:01:11. > :01:15.He was the only member of the public here that had a key
:01:16. > :01:18.He was the only person authorised to bring the vehicle
:01:19. > :01:23.So, the question is, why did this man die on a journey
:01:24. > :01:29.Specialist teams from the British Transport Police looking
:01:30. > :01:32.for anything that could explain why the victim and his car
:01:33. > :01:37.Clearly, when we arrived on scene at 3pm yesterday,
:01:38. > :01:40.we were dealing with the initial incident itself and, clearly,
:01:41. > :01:44.So we wanted to make sure that we could recover all available
:01:45. > :01:46.evidence to us this morning, when we had the natural
:01:47. > :01:50.With the police operation here then over, investigators
:01:51. > :01:54.from Network Rail and the Rail Accident Investigation Branch
:01:55. > :01:58.Great Western Railway are also offering support
:01:59. > :02:05.But here in Frampton Mansell, thoughts are with the victim -
:02:06. > :02:08.a 60-year-old farmer who's yet to be formally identified.
:02:09. > :02:11.The key question, of course, is why the victim was still on the track
:02:12. > :02:14.when the train approached, but this was a crossing that
:02:15. > :02:21.We used to have animals cross there as well.
:02:22. > :02:30.You have to phone and stuff and cross and you have to wait.
:02:31. > :02:33.And he's done it all his life, and I've been there when he's
:02:34. > :02:35.crossed and chatted to him before he's crossed.
:02:36. > :02:37.Sort of normal, everyday thing, really.
:02:38. > :02:40.In 2014, a motorcyclist was killed on the crossing and there have been
:02:41. > :02:44.And now, after yesterday's tragedy, there are calls for the crossing
:02:45. > :02:49.I just feel it's a rather dangerous crossing.
:02:50. > :02:53.The line is on a bend either side and you can only see the trains
:02:54. > :03:00.And by the time their whistle has gone or their horn,
:03:01. > :03:03.With the line closed today, replacement buses were laid
:03:04. > :03:07.on for passengers between Gloucester and Swindon, so disruption for many
:03:08. > :03:10.but necessary for the investigators to find out why someone
:03:11. > :03:16.Steve Knibbs, BBC Points West, Frampton Mansell.
:03:17. > :03:18.The Army are due to carry out a controlled explosion tonight
:03:19. > :03:22.after World War Two incendiaries were found in Trowbridge.
:03:23. > :03:25.They were found on a building site near the John of Gaunt School.
:03:26. > :03:28.Builders found what looked like glass bottles, and several
:03:29. > :03:35.A former Royal Marine from Somerset who shot an injured Afghan insurgent
:03:36. > :03:38.must wait to hear if he's won an appeal against his
:03:39. > :03:41.Senior Appeal Court judges are considering Sergeant
:03:42. > :03:46.His lawyers say he was suffering from a mental illness in 2011
:03:47. > :03:50.and that fresh psychiatric evidence would have given him a defence
:03:51. > :03:57.Bristol is bidding to become the national testbed
:03:58. > :04:01.for a technology that should end patchy phone signals and slow
:04:02. > :04:07.Scientists at Bristol University are working on the system known as 5G.
:04:08. > :04:11.They hope to receive a share of ?1 billion from the Government.
:04:12. > :04:17.Oh, I've got a tiny bit, a tiny bit of coverage.
:04:18. > :04:19.She might only live a mile from the centre of Bristol,
:04:20. > :04:24.but artist Ruth Jacobs is in what they call a not-spot.
:04:25. > :04:29.Making phone calls is only possible at the top of the stairs.
:04:30. > :04:33.I try to phone people and then the signal just cuts out because it
:04:34. > :04:36.looks like I've got coverage but really I haven't.
:04:37. > :04:39.As soon as I try to use it, it just breaks up and disappears
:04:40. > :04:43.so then I have to walk all around the house and try and get back
:04:44. > :04:45.to people and it's a bit unprofessional, really.
:04:46. > :04:47.When it comes to mobile signal, Britain languishes
:04:48. > :04:54.We're behind Estonia, Peru and Albania, in 54th place
:04:55. > :05:00.So how far have we really moved on from those trendy days
:05:01. > :05:03.when phones were almost the size of bricks?
:05:04. > :05:05.The Government's desperate not to slip into the digital
:05:06. > :05:09.doldrums, so it wants to develop super-fast 5G.
:05:10. > :05:12.If you're struggling to know your 4G from your 5G,
:05:13. > :05:16.In the beginning, the early-80s, there was the first
:05:17. > :05:20.generation of mobile phones - 1G for short.
:05:21. > :05:26.Then along came 2G, with added text messaging.
:05:27. > :05:29.In 2003, the arrival of 3G integrated the
:05:30. > :05:38.Now the talk is of 5G - ultra-fast, ultra-reliable
:05:39. > :05:43.and ultra-capable of linking lots of different networks together.
:05:44. > :05:49.They're already working on developing 5G in this Bristol lab.
:05:50. > :05:53.Now they're in talks with Government about becoming the national testbed.
:05:54. > :05:56.It would mean a share of a billion pounds.
:05:57. > :05:59.A lot of us in Bristol we have wonderful connectivity.
:06:00. > :06:02.In your home you have all your teenagers on YouTube
:06:03. > :06:05.and yourself actually streaming real-time iPlayer and then you get
:06:06. > :06:09.out, you go into your car and you can't get the 4G
:06:10. > :06:14.or equivalent 3G service, so 5G is going to stop all this.
:06:15. > :06:17.As well as eliminating not-spots, 5G would make a whole
:06:18. > :06:23.The virtual will soon become reality, and Bristol wants to lead
:06:24. > :06:30.A little earlier, I spoke to our technology correspondent,
:06:31. > :06:33.Rory Cellan-Jones, and asked him if 5G was worth
:06:34. > :06:38.Well, there's been an enormous amount of hype, not just in Britain
:06:39. > :06:42.but around the world, about the prospect of 5G.
:06:43. > :06:46.The promise is of not just faster networks,
:06:47. > :06:49.although that's part of it, but networks with far more capacity
:06:50. > :06:54.And crucially, people are looking forward to an era when everything
:06:55. > :06:57.is connected to the Internet, the so-called Internet of things,
:06:58. > :07:03.from your car to the lamp post to the bus stop,
:07:04. > :07:05.everything being connected and communicating via the Internet.
:07:06. > :07:09.And the theory is that we will need 5G to cope with all the flood
:07:10. > :07:15.We keep hearing that the UK is far behind in the network speeds.
:07:16. > :07:19.Well, I think the's a slight exaggeration here.
:07:20. > :07:22.There's anxiety across Europe, I think it's fair to say,
:07:23. > :07:27.that with the roll-out of 3G and then 4G, Europe got
:07:28. > :07:32.a bit left behind China, Korea and the United States
:07:33. > :07:39.So there's a great urgency across Europe to do it better this
:07:40. > :07:43.time, to put lots of money, as we're seeing, into research
:07:44. > :07:46.and to keep up with our rivals around the world.
:07:47. > :07:50.But one word of caution - I'm hearing voices lately saying
:07:51. > :07:54.that 5G is somewhat overhyped, questions about whether we really
:07:55. > :07:59.need a lot more speed and a lot more capacity and that we would be better
:08:00. > :08:03.off concentrating on 4G, which is already being rolled out,
:08:04. > :08:05.and making sure that that is a comprehensive
:08:06. > :08:08.network with no gaps, that you can get connected wherever
:08:09. > :08:13.Well, you've been around the technology block.
:08:14. > :08:19.Well, I'm always looking forward to better connectivity.
:08:20. > :08:21.We all are getting used to being connected all the time.
:08:22. > :08:25.I'm walking down the street, listening to a radio programme
:08:26. > :08:28.on my phone and it cuts out because the network isn't good
:08:29. > :08:32.enough, but that is about filling in the 4G network.
:08:33. > :08:36.Yes, we will go to 5G eventually, but I do sometimes get a bit
:08:37. > :08:40.suspicious when there's so much hype around a technology.
:08:41. > :08:43.There's lot of money be made by people researching into it,
:08:44. > :08:47.about whether it's completely necessary.
:08:48. > :08:50.I do think that there's a lot of demand from consumers,
:08:51. > :08:53.I certainly hear it, that never mind your 5G,
:08:54. > :08:57.some of us could do with a bit of 3G, let alone 4G!
:08:58. > :09:01.Rory Cellan-Jones, thank you very much.
:09:02. > :09:05.A nursery has started bringing children to spend part of their day
:09:06. > :09:13.with elderly people in a nearby care home in Bristol.
:09:14. > :09:16.The children spend a few hours chatting and playing
:09:17. > :09:18.with the residents at the home in Bedminster.
:09:19. > :09:20.It's an arrangement which the nursery believes
:09:21. > :09:25.They hope it'll be tried out in other care homes
:09:26. > :09:50.We will see out the rest of the week on a noticeably colder note and
:09:51. > :09:54.tomorrow will bring a markedly colder feel compared to the first
:09:55. > :09:58.part of the week. We will find a lot of cloud around for many of you
:09:59. > :10:07.during the course of tomorrow. But it would be a dry day. As it will be
:10:08. > :10:12.the night. Ambient temperatures by first light tomorrow. Below
:10:13. > :10:19.freezing. If we add on what will not be a particularly strong breeze by
:10:20. > :10:23.7am, that is how it will feel. Markedly cold day. That will
:10:24. > :10:29.continue to be the case with an increasing cloud across eastern
:10:30. > :10:33.areas, the best of any sunshine further westwards. The mixed zone in
:10:34. > :10:38.between those two extremes. The chance of one or two light snow
:10:39. > :10:45.flurries coming across from the east at times but they will not amount to
:10:46. > :10:50.much. Temperatures tomorrow is not likely to get much about three or
:10:51. > :10:54.four Celsius for most of you and as I mentioned, add on the breeze and
:10:55. > :10:58.it will feel bitterly cold. That will remain the case through into
:10:59. > :11:03.Friday. A very similar day on Friday. We will increase the chance
:11:04. > :11:03.of snow flurries and snow showers overnight meant
:11:04. > :11:08.cloudy and Ben Rich will take you through the bigger picture.
:11:09. > :11:14.Good evening. Over the next few days I suspect it's going to feel like we
:11:15. > :11:21.have been plunged into the deep freeze. Cold weather on the way and
:11:22. > :11:25.not necessarily crisp cold weather, with blue skies. A lot of cloud,
:11:26. > :11:29.there was some sunshine today across parts of west Wales, for instance.
:11:30. > :11:33.That lifted temperatures up to 11. But further east as you can see from
:11:34. > :11:38.the picture, there was a lot of cloud feeding in and that pegged
:11:39. > :11:43.temperatures down into single figures, because there is
:11:44. > :11:44.increasingly cold air heading in this direction on