:00:11. > :00:23.after the Lib Deb hopeful for Yeovil pulls out of the election race,
:00:24. > :00:25.tonight another candidate does the same.
:00:26. > :00:32.the new service helping victims and perpetrators.
:00:33. > :00:35.Nobody should have to go through nine years of living in fear
:00:36. > :00:38.and really not knowing where to go, who to go to, how to
:00:39. > :00:49.The next phase of the week brings noticeably colder weather and the
:00:50. > :00:51.risk of frost. Details towards the end of the programme.
:00:52. > :00:55.Two candidates for the Liberal Democrats have pulled out
:00:56. > :00:57.of the election today, with just weeks to go.
:00:58. > :01:00.Within the last hour the party hopeful for Bath, Jay Risbridger,
:01:01. > :01:01.has decided not to stand, citing business
:01:02. > :01:07.It comes as Daisy Benson withdrew from the race to be
:01:08. > :01:12.The party dramatically lost that constituency
:01:13. > :01:19.Here's our Somerset correspondent, Clinton Rogers.
:01:20. > :01:21.The South Somerset constituency - Liberal Democrat yellow
:01:22. > :01:28.The heart of Paddy Ashdown territory.
:01:29. > :01:32.That was until the last general election, when,
:01:33. > :01:36.for as far as the eye can see, the political landscape turned blue.
:01:37. > :01:38.Nationally, the bookies may have the Conservatives
:01:39. > :01:46.But around here, both parties still view this as a winnable seat.
:01:47. > :01:51.And both parties point to the history books.
:01:52. > :01:56.After the First World War, Yeovil returned Conservative MPs
:01:57. > :02:00.for 65 years, the last 32 of those exclusively by John Peyton.
:02:01. > :02:03.That was until former Royal Marine Paddy Ashdown
:02:04. > :02:06.painted the town yellow, as first a Liberal then
:02:07. > :02:14.His successor David Laws lost the seat in 2015,
:02:15. > :02:22.handing Yeovil back to the Tories after a 32-year break.
:02:23. > :02:24.The yellow team have been buoyant in Yeovil since the snap
:02:25. > :02:29.election was called, an opportunity, they say.
:02:30. > :02:32.And they had big hopes for their young candidate, Daisy Benson.
:02:33. > :02:35.Until today, that is, when she suddenly announced she'd
:02:36. > :02:44.pulled out of the race, for personal reasons.
:02:45. > :02:47.So in Lib Dem HQ she's now a discarded poster in a corner
:02:48. > :02:51.While upstairs, volunteer supporters continue to stuff canvassing
:02:52. > :02:57.I think life never is a straight road and things appear and you deal
:02:58. > :03:05.As if the town doesn't have enough to think about,
:03:06. > :03:09.the football team battling to stay in League Two,
:03:10. > :03:11.the biggest employer nervous about new orders.
:03:12. > :03:18.So on the streets what's the big issue?
:03:19. > :03:21.Well, you stopping me instead of me going into Marks Spencer's.
:03:22. > :03:27.What matters to me is that we can run our own country.
:03:28. > :03:32.Does that mean that the Liberal Democrats, pro-European,
:03:33. > :03:36.Wherever you look, the Tories are just wrecking everything
:03:37. > :03:38.so there is another way, there's a choice, so it's
:03:39. > :03:50.He may know what party he's voting for but the big question is, whose
:03:51. > :03:54.Well, the news has gone down well with the Conservatives.
:03:55. > :03:56.On the campaign trail in the West today
:03:57. > :03:59.Michael Fallon visited the Bristol and Bath Science Park,
:04:00. > :04:11.and talked of the threat they face from the Lib Dems.
:04:12. > :04:15.We've actually got a huge list of achievements.
:04:16. > :04:17.I was probably more in doing mode and getting things
:04:18. > :04:20.set up for the future, thinking I had a few more years
:04:21. > :04:23.to communicate that, but I've got to do it in seven weeks
:04:24. > :04:26.so that's where we are and I'm looking forward to cracking on.
:04:27. > :04:29.Police have issued CCTV images of a Bristol woman who hasn't been
:04:30. > :04:35.27-year-old Anna Lewis was last seen leaving
:04:36. > :04:43.Southmead Hospital around noon on Thursday the 13th of April.
:04:44. > :04:45.She's a trainee nurse studying at the University
:04:46. > :04:48.of the West of England, at the hospital on placement.
:04:49. > :04:50.People at risk of being stalked are to get more help
:04:51. > :04:52.in Gloucestershire, thanks to the Hollie Gazzard Trust.
:04:53. > :04:57.Hollie was murdered by her former boyfriend.
:04:58. > :05:01.Now money raised in her memory will be used to pay for a case
:05:02. > :05:03.worker, who with the police will help identify those most vulnerable.
:05:04. > :05:05.Here's our Gloucestershire reporter, Steve Knibbs.
:05:06. > :05:07.In February 2014, Hollie Gazzard complained to police
:05:08. > :05:09.that her former boyfriend, Asher Maslin, was harrassing
:05:10. > :05:17.Now the trust set up in her name, headed by her dad Nick,
:05:18. > :05:20.wants to stop that happening to others and is paying for a case
:05:21. > :05:22.worker to help high-risk victims of stalking.
:05:23. > :05:27.Early intervention, looking at behaviours,
:05:28. > :05:30.not just actions but intentions, even the small elements of stalking
:05:31. > :05:33.can lead further down the line to rape and homicide,
:05:34. > :05:36.so we must take it seriously, get professionals keyed
:05:37. > :05:39.up as to what to do, get the police keyed up, get them,
:05:40. > :05:42.in terms of the stalking clinic, ready to deal with high-risk
:05:43. > :05:45.stalkers and then provide that support to victims so they do not go
:05:46. > :05:49.Awareness of the new support available is key to this project
:05:50. > :05:52.and will involve the likes of the police, clinicians
:05:53. > :05:54.and probation, who will all identify and work
:05:55. > :06:03.Ellie Aston is a Gloucestershire GP who was stalked for nine years.
:06:04. > :06:05.Nobody should have to go through nine years of living in fear
:06:06. > :06:09.and really not knowing where to go, who to go to,
:06:10. > :06:12.how to manage the situation, and this is going to put experts
:06:13. > :06:14.here in Gloucestershire who are going to be able to help
:06:15. > :06:17.Today's launch comes on the day that the University
:06:18. > :06:20.of Gloucestershire published research showing that
:06:21. > :06:24.94% of homicides had elements of stalking,
:06:25. > :06:26.such as obsession, control and surveillance, and often
:06:27. > :06:33.That is the biggest number of cases and I have worked on cases
:06:34. > :06:37.where there have been cameras in the home that the person
:06:38. > :06:39.didn't know about, there has been GPS tracking,
:06:40. > :06:43.tracking on the car, bugging devices.
:06:44. > :06:45.Those are all really serious stalking behaviours and those
:06:46. > :06:51.Stalking is a growing problem, with easy access to online data
:06:52. > :06:58.This new support clinic wants to make sure that anyone who feels
:06:59. > :07:01.threatened now has the confidence to ask for help in the knowledge
:07:02. > :07:11.Well, earlier I spoke to the MP for Cheltenham, Alex Chalk,
:07:12. > :07:12.who successfully fought for tougher sentencing for stalkers.
:07:13. > :07:15.I asked him if he thought enough people were coming
:07:16. > :07:22.I think they're not, and that is part of the problem.
:07:23. > :07:25.We are starting to understand that at the beginning of some
:07:26. > :07:28.of these horrible offences, violence or even murder,
:07:29. > :07:29.stalking is taking place but sometimes people
:07:30. > :07:35.This is an exciting development which will hopefully stop some
:07:36. > :07:46.As recently as 2012 there was no offence of stalking.
:07:47. > :07:48.As a society, ten years ago we thought, "Oh,
:07:49. > :07:52.We now realise this is a really serious matter.
:07:53. > :07:55.I think the police have been fantastic at completely
:07:56. > :07:59.changing their attitude towards this and recognising how serious it is,
:08:00. > :08:01.Parliament has given the offences now, and there is now
:08:02. > :08:04.This is an important step in the right direction.
:08:05. > :08:08.This comes on the day that the University
:08:09. > :08:10.of Gloucestershire published research showing that
:08:11. > :08:13.94% of homicides had elements of stalking.
:08:14. > :08:16.If someone is being stalked what are they meant to do
:08:17. > :08:29.We found similar evidence, though not as stark,
:08:30. > :08:31.when we were doing our campaign in Parliament.
:08:32. > :08:34.People who are being stalked need to take it seriously,
:08:35. > :08:43.If they need to get support and intervention,
:08:44. > :08:47.even if it is fairly small-scale, they have the reassurance.
:08:48. > :08:51.We cannot have a case like my constituent who went seven to nine
:08:52. > :08:55.This gives hope to people like that that these problems can be addressed
:08:56. > :08:59.There is an element of reaching out to grassroots, to people
:09:00. > :09:04.identifying stalking, amongst the young people,
:09:05. > :09:10.The overwhelming priority must be to protect the victims but we also
:09:11. > :09:17.These people often have borderline mental-health problems and we want
:09:18. > :09:20.them to have the intervention that they need so they can be
:09:21. > :09:24.rehabilitated and brought back into society.
:09:25. > :09:33.Victims, yes, but perpetrators as well.
:09:34. > :09:35.A hidden network of World War One tunnels has been found
:09:36. > :09:38.Archeologists discovered more than 100 inscriptions
:09:39. > :09:41.from soldiers training in the First World War there.
:09:42. > :09:44.Now the site's being dug up to build new houses for returning soldiers
:09:45. > :10:06.Good evening. We are undergoing a fairly mild step change in the
:10:07. > :10:10.weather going into tomorrow, most profoundly felt in terms of colder
:10:11. > :10:17.conditions, setting up tonight with the risk of frost. Into choose date,
:10:18. > :10:22.chillier feel all round, it looks like it will be largely dry, but the
:10:23. > :10:26.afternoon will be punctuated by the risk of showers for a fair number of
:10:27. > :10:34.you. Tonight temperatures dropped away quite widely, one or two
:10:35. > :10:40.Celsius, some areas down to freezing or even below, so gardeners should
:10:41. > :10:44.be aware of the risk of frost. After the cold start there will be some
:10:45. > :10:48.sunshine but a fairly brisk northerly breeze. Some showers in
:10:49. > :10:53.the rest earlier in the day and more widely in the afternoon. There could
:10:54. > :10:59.be some hail, possibly flashes of lightning as well, fading away as
:11:00. > :11:03.the evening continues. Temperatures only about nine to 11
:11:04. > :11:05.course, there'll be the threat of some rain. More with the national
:11:06. > :11:12.forecast now. Good evening. It's been turning
:11:13. > :11:15.colder from the north so far today. It's been cold enough for
:11:16. > :11:19.significant snow in northern Scotland. This was mid afternoon.
:11:20. > :11:24.More recently it's been blowing around over the tops of the
:11:25. > :11:28.mountains. Snow in April not necessarily unusual but it's usually
:11:29. > :11:32.unwelcome. The colder air coming in behind the front which clears
:11:33. > :11:37.towards the near continent, opening the floodgates to this Coldstream of
:11:38. > :11:41.air all the way from the Arctic. That cold air increasingly cold air
:11:42. > :11:42.will spread its way across all parts tonight and