:00:08. > :00:09.Good evening from BBC Points West. Trump. Here on BBC One, it's
:00:10. > :00:12.Our headlines tonight - a backing from the top.
:00:13. > :00:15.The Chancellor tells us why having a metromayor will be good
:00:16. > :00:28.You'll start to see the benefits coming through in terms of faster
:00:29. > :00:29.growth, more sustainable transport system is planned across the whole
:00:30. > :00:31.area. How the warm weather
:00:32. > :00:42.and one of these can result And Tuesday will bring dry and quite
:00:43. > :00:45.sunny conditions. Details towards the end of the programme.
:00:46. > :00:50.The chancellor Phillip Hammond has been in the region today
:00:51. > :00:53.giving his backing to the new Mayor for the West of England.
:00:54. > :00:55.Almost a million people will get the chance to vote
:00:56. > :01:01.During a tour of the SS Great Britain Mr Hammond told
:01:02. > :01:07.David Garmston how much the new post would cost.
:01:08. > :01:09.Over 30 years, there's going to be about ?900 million
:01:10. > :01:14.That's a really quite small amount of money compared to the benefits
:01:15. > :01:22.of having an integrated approach to delivering services
:01:23. > :01:25.and investment in the area, making sure that the business boom,
:01:26. > :01:28.we can only really call it a business boom that is going
:01:29. > :01:31.on in this part of the country is properly supported
:01:32. > :01:35.Some viewers may be confused because Bristol has a Lord Mayor
:01:36. > :01:39.The other local authorities involved also have leaders and,
:01:40. > :01:53.Well, the point is to try and reflect what is a real economic
:01:54. > :01:55.geography, interlinked markets for labour, for goods, for services.
:01:56. > :01:58.Make sure that they are working effectively together to harness
:01:59. > :02:02.the benefits of planning across a wider geography,
:02:03. > :02:05.as has been done so successfully around Manchester.
:02:06. > :02:08.It's beginning to happen in the West Midlands and now
:02:09. > :02:12.we want to make sure that other key economic areas in the country are
:02:13. > :02:18.It does seem strange when you are trying to take out
:02:19. > :02:20.layers of management elsewhere, particularly in the NHS,
:02:21. > :02:30.It is about harnessing the benefits of planning
:02:31. > :02:32.across the whole economic geography, a city region,
:02:33. > :02:36.Can I just point out we are on Brunel's ship.
:02:37. > :02:38.If you go down there, just under Brunel's bridge,
:02:39. > :02:40.the other side of the river, there's North Somerset,
:02:41. > :02:44.They've decided to not be involved in this scheme.
:02:45. > :02:47.So, it's not really going to work as a regional mayor, is it?
:02:48. > :02:52.You've got some of the key players not involved.
:02:53. > :02:54.As it succeeds, demonstrates success, of course, others might
:02:55. > :02:59.You think they might come on board? That's an open question, isn't it?
:03:00. > :03:07.We've got a combined authority, ready to go now and it
:03:08. > :03:14.will demonstrate by its success the value that it delivers
:03:15. > :03:16.to local people here within the authority.
:03:17. > :03:18.If people in surrounding areas see those benefits,
:03:19. > :03:20.they may wish to think about that in the future.
:03:21. > :03:23.Earlier today the Deputy Leader of North Somerset Council
:03:24. > :03:26.Elfan ap Rees told us he didn't regret the decision
:03:27. > :03:31.We don't believe that we need to be getting involved
:03:32. > :03:37.We have control over our own destiny and, obviously, we will continue
:03:38. > :03:40.to get funding for the things that we want to do in
:03:41. > :03:50.North Somerset, so I can't see things changing.
:03:51. > :03:53.And if you want to check out who is standing in the big
:03:54. > :03:58.Mayoral contest and read more about their views,
:03:59. > :04:01.then log on to our special webpage - you'll find it at
:04:02. > :04:05.More than 700 parking tickets have been handed out
:04:06. > :04:07.by a council in its first week, since starting a crackdown
:04:08. > :04:12.For more than a decade there have been no traffic
:04:13. > :04:17.But now the responsibility to hand out fines has been handed
:04:18. > :04:19.back from the police to the local authority.
:04:20. > :04:30.Out on patrol with Allan Taylor, the man in charge of
:04:31. > :04:34.Just so you know, there is an information sheet,
:04:35. > :04:38.That's a week of warning that parking enforcement is back
:04:39. > :04:44.So far, over 700 fines have been issued by the
:04:45. > :04:49.So there's a van with a yellow ticket over there.
:04:50. > :04:59.Half of that if it is paid within 13 days.
:05:00. > :05:04.Since we've been giving warning notices out,
:05:05. > :05:07.Last week, people were actually stopping us, shaking our hands,
:05:08. > :05:13.thanking us, giving us tips, "Can you come and visit our road?"
:05:14. > :05:16.All sorts of things we're not quite used to.
:05:17. > :05:18.Shaking hands with a traffic warden? It happens.
:05:19. > :05:21.It must be a nice change. Certainly a nice change.
:05:22. > :05:23.That's a claim I had to put to the test.
:05:24. > :05:30.It's easier for us to park outside a shop, but not for,
:05:31. > :05:45.Where do you park if you live here if you work shifts, as I do?
:05:46. > :05:48.And obviously, I work in the same street, so I have
:05:49. > :05:51.All the money raised goes into the system
:05:52. > :05:54.Even fines collected from errant council employees.
:05:55. > :05:56.We can't bring the council into disrepute, council officers
:05:57. > :06:04.I sent an internal e-mail round our system before we started saying,
:06:05. > :06:08.If you don't, you're just as liable for a ticket.
:06:09. > :06:13.He's in a display area without displaying a ticket, which is ?50.
:06:14. > :06:16.But, yeah, unless he comes back in the next couple of minutes...
:06:17. > :06:22.The advice, then, from Allan and his team?
:06:23. > :06:32.Dog owners are being warned to beware of the danger of adders
:06:33. > :06:36.if they take their pets for a walk in woodland.
:06:37. > :06:39.It's after this dog, Molly, was bitten while she was walking
:06:40. > :06:41.in woods in Somerset and nearly died.
:06:42. > :06:45.Her owners hadn't realised at first what was wrong with her.
:06:46. > :06:53.Well, he loves the place and was running around
:06:54. > :07:03.It was a ten minute walk but by the time we got
:07:04. > :07:06.to the car, she just lay down and that was it,
:07:07. > :07:09.The BBC's wildlife expert Mike Dilger told me
:07:10. > :07:18.The adder is a rare snake and declining, it's disappeared,
:07:19. > :07:20.just down the pan, over the last 40-50 years.
:07:21. > :07:22.A loss of habitat. It is a rare snake.
:07:23. > :07:25.It's also a very timid snake so 999 times out of 100,
:07:26. > :07:27.when I was humans go clomping around, making noise,
:07:28. > :07:35.rustling the vegetation, it will always disappear.
:07:36. > :07:37.The only time an actor is likely to strike and venomate
:07:38. > :07:40.is if it's cornered or accidentally trodden on, or if a dog,
:07:41. > :07:42.for example, comes across it quickly and is surprised.
:07:43. > :07:45.I think the weather at the moment is playing a part.
:07:46. > :07:48.It's an animal that hibernates right the way through the winter.
:07:49. > :07:50.Beautiful weather at the moment means it's basking early,
:07:51. > :07:53.because it's warm, it will be more active early and if dog walkers
:07:54. > :07:56.are out early because snakes will be active and they may well encounter
:07:57. > :08:00.It is a snake that can cause a few worries but it's
:08:01. > :08:04.They are venomous, though, that's the problem with it, isn't it?
:08:05. > :08:08.We have three stakes in Britain, this is the only venomous animal.
:08:09. > :08:10.I would liken it to a wasp or a bee sting.
:08:11. > :08:18.Interestingly enough, a survey carried out in the 50s,
:08:19. > :08:29.60s and 70s by one of the medical journals found one person died
:08:30. > :08:41.years from a snakebite, an adder, and 61 died
:08:42. > :08:47.So, if you were very young or very old or tend to suffer hyper allergic
:08:48. > :08:48.reactions from something like an adult fight,
:08:49. > :08:51.then you need to get to hospital quickly and get the antivenom.
:08:52. > :08:54.For the rest of us, for a dog, be calm, be relaxed,
:08:55. > :08:56.go to the hospital, tell them what's happened and they'll be
:08:57. > :09:01.This warm weather does bring out, not only, adders, you've got ticks,
:09:02. > :09:03.and also I have heard about false widow spiders, as well.
:09:04. > :09:08.Certainly, on the south coast, a false widow spider is found.
:09:09. > :09:11.It is actually in the walls around BBC Bristol and it's got
:09:12. > :09:15.But that of an week needn't worry about at all.
:09:16. > :09:19.I would argue, the countryside, the Mendips, are much safer place
:09:20. > :09:22.to be than Whiteladies Road in Bristol, or Froome, or Chard,
:09:23. > :09:25.They are really safe places to enjoy.
:09:26. > :09:29.Have a great time and you will be fine.
:09:30. > :09:34.And thank you for worrying every BBC employee here.
:09:35. > :09:41.That's it from us tonight. More news on the BBC website and on your local
:09:42. > :09:47.radio station. That tomorrow from 6:30am. But for now, good night and
:09:48. > :09:54.I will leave you with Ian and the forecast.
:09:55. > :09:58.Temperatures dropping at about average or somewhere below but there
:09:59. > :10:06.will be a lot of dry weather tomorrow with a few exceptions but
:10:07. > :10:11.no great amount of rain. We are not expecting any rain through tomorrow.
:10:12. > :10:18.A fair amount of sunshine and pleasant under varying cloud.
:10:19. > :10:25.Tonight, it's slightly to end up a bit chillier, perhaps as low as
:10:26. > :10:33.three or four Celsius. Higher than that in urban centres. Tomorrow,
:10:34. > :10:44.good deal of sunshine around. Mixed amounts of clouds through the day.
:10:45. > :10:49.It will remain settled. Temperatures today 12-14 C. It could get a little
:10:50. > :10:56.bit higher tomorrow. Beyond that, into the Wednesday period onwards. A
:10:57. > :11:01.weak front running southwards. More cloud with little light rain mixed
:11:02. > :11:14.in. I'll hand you over to Good evening. Let's cut to the chase
:11:15. > :11:17.the first big holiday weekend of the year is on the horizon and if you
:11:18. > :11:22.consider last weekend as a taster for the summer, this weekend is not
:11:23. > :11:25.looking too bad. It will be a bit cooler, temperatures this week and
:11:26. > :11:28.closer to where they should be at this time of the year thanks to the
:11:29. > :11:34.north-west breed and the reason for that, if we look at the jet stream,
:11:35. > :11:40.coming across the Atlantic pushing from north to south -- north-west
:11:41. > :11:42.breeze. It separates the high pressure and low price and it allows
:11:43. > :11:43.the northerly airflow to