24/03/2017 Points West

Good evening. for the news where you are.

The family of a Bristol toddler who vanished in Australia almost 50

years ago broke down in tears today as a man was formally

Three-year-old Cheryl disappeared in 1970

Her family said at court today, no matter what happens,

A family who lost a child 47 years ago overwhelmed by news this morning

that a man has been charged with her murder after what seemed

It affects me, my father, my uncle, it affects my children because

I cannot leave my children alone for one second.

It was something they feared they would never see,

a suspect detained by police almost 50 years after she vanished.

Her dad joined the Australian Army after emigrating from Bristol.

In 1970 on a day at the beach with her mum and three brothers,

the shower block in this quiet East Coast town.

The pain of losing their sister has never gone away.

Like the disappearance of Madeleine McCann here,

the case of Cheryl Grimmer is ingrained in the mind

Cheryl Grimmer disappeared less than two years after the family had

Both her mother and father died without ever knowing what had become

of their youngest child, but on their mother's deathbed

Cheryl's three older brothers that they would never give up

searching for the truth about what happened to their sister.

The 63-year-old suspect would have been 16 at the time.

Today her family arrived at court hoping to see the man

accused of her murder, but they left disappointed.

He didn't appear for psychiatric reasons.

Cheryl's brother Steven said he still had half a lifetime

We were expecting to see him in court today, yes,

but that's not to be, we have to wait so it's

The man charged with Cheryl's murder is due back in court in May.

The Labour leader was in Bristol today, launching his party's

campaign for the West of England Metromayor election.

Voters in Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset,

and South Gloucestershire will go to the polls in May.

It's a crucial test for Jeremy Corbyn, with many senior

figures in the local party unhappy with his leadership.

Here's our political editor Paul Barltrop.

It gives me absolute pleasure and delight to welcome, not only one

of the most magnificent men I've ever met, and there's

Among Corbynistas, he's almost adored.

Like her leader, Lesley Mansell's rise to prominence was much

helped by support from Momentum left-wingers.

There were many at today's event, far outnumbering critics.

None of Bristol's Labour MPs wanted him as leader,

only Kerry McCarthy came today and looked unenthusiastic.

She's alarmed by the party's performance in the polls,

We have a good campaigning strategy, we have a very enthusiastic

Well, it would be helpful if people could occasionally get

round to discussing the policies that are being

The West of England Metromayor contest so far has six candidates.

Labour are vying with the Conservatives,

Liberal Democrats, Greens, Ukip and an Independent,

A former Labour election candidate who's deeply

Well, he's made his decision, that's his choice.

Others in the local party are more forthcoming.

I was a bit dismayed, but I've talked to people about it

and they don't seem to think it will have an enormous impact.

For an embattled leader, today was a welcome break.

So a show of unity today by Jeremy Corbyn was preaching

What matters much more is what voters think on May 4th.

The former Royal Marine from Somerset who shot dead

a wounded Taliban fighter in Afghanistan will have to wait

a little longer to hear if he's to be freed from prison.

Alexander Blackman from Taunton has already had his murder conviction

reduced to manslaughter on the grounds of

But today a decision on his new sentence was deferred.

We're obviously disappointed not to have a decision today,

but we understand that the judges wish to consider this important

We will patiently await their ruling.

Today the same five judges that reduced Blackman's conviction

to manslaughter say they need until next Tuesday to

On to the rugby, and it looks like Bristol's dreams of staying

after they were thrashed by Gloucester and lost 14 - 32.

It was the first game for the cherry and whites

They scored four tries, including this final one by Jonny May

A red deer stag who's been stealing bird nuts from gardens in Somerset

It was filmed by Dr Langbein, who says the stag returns

night-after-night to its favourite haunts on the edge of Exmoor.

You can see how this particular animal has worked out how to use

the very tip of his antlers to knock off the bird feeders

What a clever chap! That is it from me with the weekend just around the

corners, so let's get the forecast. It looks like a glorious weekend

right across the region with plenty of sunshine on offer once we early

fog and cloud out of the way on Saturday. It will probably take

until mid-morning to do that and it will feel pleasantly warm after a

chilly start. A similar story on Sunday. More clout develops from the

east as we head the afternoon. Tonight it will be chilly and

temperatures under clear skies can drop down to three or four and there

could be areas of fog forming and associated low cloud. It might take

until about 9am that that clears in the morning and once that is

completed you will catch up with everywhere rows with a lot of

sunshine and right through the rest of the day. It will be breezy,

especially down on the south coast but if you are in the sunshine it

will feel pleasantly warm with temperatures between 13 and 15. A

very similar weather outlook for the whole of the

Good evening. It is good news on the weather front for most of the UK. We

have been forecasting fine weather for a few days. It has certainly

arrived. Beautiful picture today. The skies are clearing across the

UK. Temperatures are falling as well. Pretty nippy. Already a frost

developing in northern