:00:09. > :00:12.Farmers in the West say they're hopeful a new way of tackling
:00:13. > :00:16.rural crime will help protect their livelihoods.
:00:17. > :00:20.Farm machinery and livestock are regularly stolen in our area.
:00:21. > :00:22.Now though, with the help of a new text message service,
:00:23. > :00:25.police hope to catch more of those responsible.
:00:26. > :00:30.Sunday morning - but there's no rest for Rob Walrond,
:00:31. > :00:37.These ewes have lambed early - and he's keeping a close eye on them
:00:38. > :01:01.- especially after what happened here a year and a half ago.
:01:02. > :01:08.The sheep that were stolen were worth some ?14,000 -
:01:09. > :01:15.it's a bitter pill to swallow - but Rob's not alone.
:01:16. > :01:22.Farmers living and working in this area say they have noticed a
:01:23. > :01:26.dramatic rise in recent years in the number of animals going missing.
:01:27. > :01:27.Within two or three hours of us being told about the number, there
:01:28. > :01:30.was already a case. Now though the police are fighting
:01:31. > :01:40.back - via technology We have launched this system on
:01:41. > :01:45.Tuesday where the farmers and rural community context does. The text
:01:46. > :01:49.messages are coming through a lot quicker and it's something we can
:01:50. > :01:51.respond to. Most farmers are going around with mobile phones anyway so
:01:52. > :01:53.they can send details in quickly. Whilst protecting
:01:54. > :01:55.livestock and machinery from criminals will always be
:01:56. > :01:58.challenging, it's hoped that this modern initiative will be
:01:59. > :02:01.a significant step in the age-old Police are becoming increasingly
:02:02. > :02:09.concerned for the welfare of a missing 24 year old man
:02:10. > :02:13.from Weston super Mare. Deacon Wilkins left Motion nightclub
:02:14. > :02:16.in Bristol in the early hours of last Saturday, and
:02:17. > :02:19.hasn t been seen since. Today police released this CCTV
:02:20. > :02:21.image showing the clothes A bike ride was held
:02:22. > :02:31.in Gloucester this afternoon in memory of Zac Evans,
:02:32. > :02:35.the nineteen year old who was killed in a machete attack outside a pub
:02:36. > :02:37.in Tuffley two years ago. The route took friends
:02:38. > :02:39.and family past Zac's final resting place,
:02:40. > :02:42.and ended at the spot where he died. Zac's mother wanted her son to be
:02:43. > :02:44.remembered, and to raise awareness about the danger of weapons
:02:45. > :02:48.on our streets. The MP for Bristol East has signed
:02:49. > :02:51.a letter to the Prime Minister Kerry McCarthy is one of dozens
:02:52. > :02:56.of Labour MPs to write directly to Theresa May to advise
:02:57. > :02:59.against taking the UK out of the single market with no
:03:00. > :03:04.new trade deal. She told today's Sunday Politics
:03:05. > :03:08.West programme that if MPs get the right to vote on triggering
:03:09. > :03:13.article 50 - she doubts she'd give her support
:03:14. > :03:22.without further safeguards. I think unless the reason may come
:03:23. > :03:30.forward with clarity, unless she explained how on earth she feels she
:03:31. > :03:31.can get this deal on the table... He said he expected all Labour MPs to
:03:32. > :03:34.support it. I'm aware of that. Finally our congratulations
:03:35. > :03:36.tonight to newly-weds Marlene Robinson-Franklin and Ronnie
:03:37. > :03:38.Franklin. The couple, who are 79
:03:39. > :03:42.and 85 and from Uley in Gloucestershire tied
:03:43. > :03:49.the knot on Saturday. with Marlene wearing a bright
:03:50. > :03:52.pink gingham dress. You can see their story in full
:03:53. > :04:06.on Points West tomorrow evening! We have submitted starting to form
:04:07. > :04:12.and simple, with temperatures dropping rapidly, it's going to be
:04:13. > :04:16.freezing fog. Further west, we will see some clear spells but quite a
:04:17. > :04:22.bit of cloud, hit and miss whether you get a frost and would you get
:04:23. > :04:28.that fog. If you miss wake up to the fore, it will be slow to clear. Away
:04:29. > :04:35.from the pub, some decent spells of sunshine and whether you keep the
:04:36. > :04:37.cloud or not will effect if you keep the temperatures. Where you get the
:04:38. > :04:42.sunshine, we could see spotted in sunshine, we could see spotted in
:04:43. > :04:47.eight or 9 degrees, staying largely settled as we head through the week.
:04:48. > :04:50.Largely dry with some brightness on Tuesday and the breeze will pick up
:04:51. > :04:57.towards the end of the week and it turned milder.
:04:58. > :05:11.Good evening. If you are dreading the trudge back to work in the
:05:12. > :05:16.morning I'm not going to help matters. There is the prospect of
:05:17. > :05:21.nasty, freezing fog over the next couple of days. Quite localised but
:05:22. > :05:26.tricky out there on the roads. Disruption possible. Check out your
:05:27. > :05:32.BBC local radio station, go online for the latest updates where you
:05:33. > :05:36.are. The fog thickening up as I subpoenaing, particularly across
:05:37. > :05:41.southern parts of the UK. There are warnings in force with some patches
:05:42. > :05:46.of fog elsewhere, too. A cold one, needless to say. Some places already
:05:47. > :05:51.well below freezing. Where you have cloud cover, hovering just above.
:05:52. > :05:58.Some showers around, too, coming out of the cloud. So ice around first
:05:59. > :06:03.thing in the morning. Let's concentrate on the fog. It includes
:06:04. > :06:05.the London area, some of the airports could