21/02/2017

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:00:12. > :00:16.Our headlines tonight: Fury outside City Hall.

:00:17. > :00:18.Protesters clash as councillors inside look to save

:00:19. > :00:22.More searches at the former home of convicted double murderer

:00:23. > :00:28.And we stay mild in the forecast for the next couple of days

:00:29. > :00:31.but then Storm Doris heads our way on Thursday.

:00:32. > :00:33.I've got the details of how you will be affected

:00:34. > :00:44.These were the angry scenes outside a meeting

:00:45. > :00:47.in Bristol's City Hall tonight, as councillors agreed a budget aimed

:00:48. > :00:49.at saving ?100 million over the next few years.

:00:50. > :00:52.Wiltshire has also set its budget today and plans to shed 100 jobs

:00:53. > :01:01.Here's our Political Editor, Paul Barltrop.

:01:02. > :01:12.We are going to stand together, we are going to fight you,

:01:13. > :01:17.And there were protests inside, with the meeting even

:01:18. > :01:19.suspended while the public gallery was cleared.

:01:20. > :01:21.Councillors were discussing a budget which will cut tens of millions

:01:22. > :01:28.Among facilities under threat, this south Bristol swimming pool.

:01:29. > :01:36.Really important community resource and we haven't

:01:37. > :01:38.got much in this area, so if this goes, you know,

:01:39. > :01:41.it would be a real problem for lots of young people

:01:42. > :01:48.It seems like such a busy swimming pool at the moment.

:01:49. > :01:51.The traffic in and out of here is quite high.

:01:52. > :01:53.Bristol's been slower to make cuts than many other councils.

:01:54. > :01:55.The contrast is particularly striking with Swindon.

:01:56. > :01:57.Bristol's population is 440,000, about twice the size of Swindon.

:01:58. > :01:59.The city has 28 libraries, while the Wiltshire town

:02:00. > :02:03.Bristol provides 23 children's centres, Swindon has none.

:02:04. > :02:06.Band D householders pay ?1,475 to the city council,

:02:07. > :02:08.a lot more than the ?1,224 charged by the borough.

:02:09. > :02:11.Bills will rise by 5% in the budget voted through this evening.

:02:12. > :02:14.There will be further job losses but much more controversial,

:02:15. > :02:23.The social glue that holds the city together is going to be eroded.

:02:24. > :02:25.Our libraries, our community partnerships, our leisure

:02:26. > :02:43.How are parks going to pay for themselves?

:02:44. > :02:53.His first budget hasn't been an easy one for the city's new Labour mayor.

:02:54. > :02:55.We are not saying this is a great thing.

:02:56. > :02:57.That the consequences of this budget are great.

:02:58. > :03:07.And one of the best things we can do for Bristol and for the people that

:03:08. > :03:09.depend on the services of Bristol City Council

:03:10. > :03:12.is to confront those challenges head on.

:03:13. > :03:14.Members left here knowing the city's about to embark on some

:03:15. > :03:18.They were also told of another significant development,

:03:19. > :03:20.the launch of an independent investigation into how senior

:03:21. > :03:22.officers in recent years deliberately misled councillors over

:03:23. > :03:31.It could lead to disciplinary action.

:03:32. > :03:34.A body has been found in Thailand, after a Gloucestershire

:03:35. > :03:38.Andrew Apperley was last seen on the popular tourist

:03:39. > :03:42.The 37-year-old, who has a young daughter, told family

:03:43. > :03:45.he was going to a full moon party on a nearby island last Sunday,

:03:46. > :03:48.Gloucestershire Police say formal identification has

:03:49. > :04:02.A post mortem examination has revealed that a man who was stopped

:04:03. > :04:04.outside a shopping centre by a security guard died

:04:05. > :04:08.Kieran Zac Church, who was 30 and of no fixed address,

:04:09. > :04:10.was confirmed dead outside the Shires Shopping Centre

:04:11. > :04:13.It's thought he was concealing glass bottles which shattered

:04:14. > :04:16.A 20-year-old security guard was arrested on suspicion of

:04:17. > :04:29.A coroner has ruled that a woman took her own life

:04:30. > :04:31.at Southmead Hospital after vital information about her risk

:04:32. > :04:36.An inquest heard how her risk management plan hadn't been given

:04:37. > :04:39.to the team overseeing her care which allowed her to leave

:04:40. > :04:48.The trust accepts that not all information relating

:04:49. > :04:51.to Mrs Brock's leave arrangements and increased risk was handed over

:04:52. > :04:54.As the coroner acknowledged, following our own internal

:04:55. > :04:55.investigation, we have made significant changes

:04:56. > :04:58.to the way information is shared within the team.

:04:59. > :04:59.Our nurses make difficult decisions every day,

:05:00. > :05:01.balancing the clinical need to detain informal patients

:05:02. > :05:14.Changes have now been made to make sure such decisions are passed

:05:15. > :05:19.Forensics officers have spent another day in Swindon,

:05:20. > :05:21.at a former home of the double murderer Christopher Halliwell.

:05:22. > :05:23.Gardens and garages behind two properties are being searched.

:05:24. > :05:26.Halliwell is serving a "whole life" sentence for killing two women,

:05:27. > :05:29.Our Wiltshire reporter, Will Glennon, has been

:05:30. > :05:36.Police searches have continued on Broad Street throughout the day.

:05:37. > :05:38.Specialist officers have combed garages and Gardens,

:05:39. > :05:40.the sound of concrete drilling echoed down the alley.

:05:41. > :05:52.Neighbours say they found all the activity quite surreal.

:05:53. > :05:54.As a community, we feel quite freaked out about

:05:55. > :06:05.Well, it is a bit too close for comfort, isn't it?

:06:06. > :06:08.Yeah, it is really, but there's not much we can do about it.

:06:09. > :06:10.Christopher Halliwell was convicted last September of his second

:06:11. > :06:14.A taxi driver in Swindon, he killed Sian O'Callahan in 2011

:06:15. > :06:16.but Becky Godden disappeared in 2003 and Halliwell was found

:06:17. > :06:20.Police have kept the family informed and for Becky's dad John

:06:21. > :06:46.You know, as a father, that is all I ask.

:06:47. > :06:50.You know what I mean, it all should have been

:06:51. > :06:56.With eight years separating the two killings, many people believe that

:06:57. > :06:57.Christopher Halliwell has more victims.

:06:58. > :07:00.Wiltshire Police haven't officially linked any other crimes to him

:07:01. > :07:03.but they have appealed for him to tell them anything he knows.

:07:04. > :07:05.There has been much speculation about just how many victims there

:07:06. > :07:09.Wiltshire Police say the major crime team investigation

:07:10. > :07:28.here will continue and could last for five days.

:07:29. > :07:30.It's a marvel of Victorian engineering that's usually

:07:31. > :07:33.The Hewletts underground reservoir supplies all the water

:07:34. > :07:36.Now it's being drained for maintenance, giving our cameras

:07:37. > :07:38.and Environment Correspondent David Gregory-Kumar a rare

:07:39. > :07:51.170 years ago when Cheltenham was running out of water,

:07:52. > :07:53.this was the solution the Victorians came up with, the Hewletts

:07:54. > :07:59.reservoir, and today we have a rare chance to look around.

:08:00. > :08:02.So, this is one of our service reservoirs, this is where we keep

:08:03. > :08:04.water before we deliver it to our customers.

:08:05. > :08:07.So, we got it out of service at the moment for a routine

:08:08. > :08:10.We are looking after these old Victorian assets

:08:11. > :08:14.and we want to look after them for the long term.

:08:15. > :08:15.When full, this tank can supply Cheltenham

:08:16. > :08:18.for two or even three days, 45 million litres of clean water.

:08:19. > :08:22.It may be huge down here but it is also hidden from sight.

:08:23. > :08:30.Most people have no idea the reservoir exists.

:08:31. > :08:32.As you can see, where we are standing at the moment,

:08:33. > :08:36.just looks like a bit of a green and people are just have no clue

:08:37. > :08:38.at all about what is actually under the ground.

:08:39. > :08:41.This is one of our biggest reservoirs, where we store clean

:08:42. > :08:44.water and we have got about 500 of these across the region

:08:45. > :08:47.and a range anything from kind of the size of your bedroom to this

:08:48. > :08:51.Soon, this vast space will be refilled, which will take about two

:08:52. > :08:53.weeks, and then reservoir will continue to quietly supply

:08:54. > :09:10.water to Cheltenham just as it has done for the last 170 years.

:09:11. > :09:13.The favourite for this year's Cheltenham Gold Cup will miss

:09:14. > :09:16.Thistlecrack, which is trained by Colin Tizzard in Somerset,

:09:17. > :09:19.has been ruled out for the rest of the season.

:09:20. > :09:21.It's not all doom and gloom at the yard, as Colin does

:09:22. > :09:23.still have the second and third favourites, Native

:09:24. > :09:40.We'll be back in Breakfast tomorrow morning.

:09:41. > :09:55.It has been another very mild day across the region with temperatures

:09:56. > :09:59.Well above where we would expect for the time of year.

:10:00. > :10:02.As we go through the night tonight, continuing to hang onto that mild

:10:03. > :10:05.air but it is still damp, pulses of rain coming

:10:06. > :10:10.The wind gusts to increasing for a time, as we go

:10:11. > :10:15.10 Celsius, 50 in Fahrenheit, so a mild start tomorrow,

:10:16. > :10:18.another mild day, damp at times and it will continue to be breezy,

:10:19. > :10:20.although nothing significant in terms of the wind gusts.

:10:21. > :10:23.So, bits and pieces of rain around first thing tomorrow morning.

:10:24. > :10:25.Looks like Gloucestershire might fare best for dry weather

:10:26. > :10:28.as the Welsh mountains knocks out a lot of the heaviest of the rain

:10:29. > :10:31.but it is bits and pieces of drizzly rain through the afternoon

:10:32. > :10:39.Look at that, 12, 13 Celsius, 55 in Fahrenheit.

:10:40. > :10:43.Now, you may be aware that Storm Doris is on its way towards the UK.

:10:44. > :10:46.It comes in Thursday and gives us some rain first thing.

:10:47. > :10:48.As that cold front pulls away, a real squeeze on the isobars.

:10:49. > :10:51.It will be windy and in Gloucestershire, the Met office

:10:52. > :10:54.weather warning for the strength of the wind gusts could be up to 50

:10:55. > :10:56.miles per hour, perhaps more, on Thursday afternoon.

:10:57. > :11:03.Here is Matt Taylor with more in the national forecast.

:11:04. > :11:06.the day, particularly up towards the evening rush hour. It calms down on

:11:07. > :11:09.the Outlook toward the end of the week and then milder again from the

:11:10. > :11:12.wheel them. More on storm Doris now with Matt Taylor.