26/03/2017

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:00:17. > :00:19.Families of children with disabilities in the West say

:00:20. > :00:21.they'll lose a vital lifeline if local respite centres

:00:22. > :00:25.Four short break centres in Bath, Swindon and Wiltshire might have

:00:26. > :00:31.Dozens of families would be affected.

:00:32. > :00:33.Now a campaign's begun to keep them open.

:00:34. > :00:36.Hey, alright young man, what you doing?

:00:37. > :00:39.Gary Howe and his son Shay are close.

:00:40. > :00:47.A single parent, Gary's been his sole carer for years.

:00:48. > :00:49.They found support here, at Beaumonds, an overnight respite

:00:50. > :00:55.centre for young people with disabilities in Bath.

:00:56. > :00:58.Shay's been coming every week for 12 years.

:00:59. > :01:01.He gets to socialise with friends giving Gary a break and valuable

:01:02. > :01:16.struggled, there is no denying that. struggled, there is no denying that.

:01:17. > :01:20.I know I would have. He will say to me that I do a fantastic job and

:01:21. > :01:27.that a lot of people would walk away, while that was never going to

:01:28. > :01:33.be an option. But it been extremely difficult. -- it would have been.

:01:34. > :01:34.But Beaumonds could soon close -

:01:35. > :01:36.along with three similar centres in Melksham, Chippenham and

:01:37. > :01:38.Swindon, all run by the charity Quarriers.

:01:39. > :01:39.Staff face redundancy but their concern

:01:40. > :01:54.the families - their lives will be changed so completely and they don't

:01:55. > :02:01.The Scottish charity said they can no longer afford to run and that

:02:02. > :02:06.they are working with charities in the hope to take over but if they

:02:07. > :02:09.can't then the charities will close by the end of September.

:02:10. > :02:11.Gary and other families have met with their local MP

:02:12. > :02:13.in their campaign to keep Beaumonds open.

:02:14. > :02:16.Now nearly 21, Shay will soon be too old for the respite centre.

:02:17. > :02:19.But Gary says it's vital other families continue to get the same

:02:20. > :02:25.Madeleine Ware, BBC Points West, Bath

:02:26. > :02:28.The M5 remains closed southbound in Gloucestershire this evening

:02:29. > :02:32.following a lorry fire earlier this lunchtime.

:02:33. > :02:37.Motorists faced several hour long delays after a truck carrying

:02:38. > :02:41.hay bales caught light between junctions 13 and 14

:02:42. > :02:43.for Dursley and Stroud at around one o'clock.

:02:44. > :02:46.Recovery work will continue into this evening.

:02:47. > :02:49.Two lanes of the northbound carridgeway are also closed.

:02:50. > :02:52.After nearly a week of disruption for commuters the line

:02:53. > :02:56.between Westbury and Castle Cary has now been reopened.

:02:57. > :02:59.Bus services had to replace trains after services from the West

:03:00. > :03:02.to London were severely disrupted when freight train

:03:03. > :03:09.Network Rail is investigating the cause of the incident.

:03:10. > :03:11.It was a disappointing defeat for Bath away

:03:12. > :03:19.The home side ran in eight tries to hammer Bath at Allianz Park.

:03:20. > :03:23.Bath could only manage a first-half try through Anthony Watson

:03:24. > :03:27.as they suffered their third straight defeat.

:03:28. > :03:31.Despite the sunshine and support it wasn't the best day

:03:32. > :03:37.It was a disappointing result for the 4,000 Bristol Rovers fans

:03:38. > :03:43.Their play-off hopes were dented as they were beaten 1-0 at bottom

:03:44. > :03:50.A better day for Swindon as substitute Conor Thomas scored

:03:51. > :03:53.a dramatic stoppage-time winner to end Millwall's

:03:54. > :03:59.Thomas blasted home for the Robins in the 94th

:04:00. > :04:05.In league two Yeovil Town threw a 3-0 lead away to draw 3-3

:04:06. > :04:08.against promotion chasing Exeter at St James' Park.

:04:09. > :04:13.On loan striker Shayon Harrison scored his first goal in senior

:04:14. > :04:15.football, with Francois Zoko and Alex Lacey

:04:16. > :04:18.giving them a commanding lead, before they conceded 3 goals

:04:19. > :04:24.Cheltenham opened the scoring when Danny Wright latched

:04:25. > :04:26.onto Billy Waters' flick on and clipped the ball

:04:27. > :04:30.The Robins almost doubled their lead when Stephens misjudged

:04:31. > :04:35.Carl Winchester's free-kick and the ball came back

:04:36. > :04:43.But Barnet then scored three times in nine minutes

:04:44. > :04:49.It's been a glorious Mothering Sunday

:04:50. > :04:51.Our cameraman John Samuels filmed these lovely pictures

:04:52. > :04:53.at Stanton Drew stone circle in Somerset.

:04:54. > :04:56.A beautiful day to mark the first day of British Summer time.

:04:57. > :05:01.With the forecast now here's Bee Tucker.

:05:02. > :05:08.We have had another beautiful day today, it has

:05:09. > :05:10.Plenty of sunshine, still rather breezy

:05:11. > :05:13.anything like the past few nights that freeze will continue into

:05:14. > :05:27.Largely clear skies, we could see some some shallow

:05:28. > :05:33.Similar temperatures to last night, five or 6 degrees.

:05:34. > :05:43.It will feel quite want my, they're after, we will see it staying warm

:05:44. > :05:46.but there will be the risk of some showers. As we go through the week

:05:47. > :05:49.the showers are likely to be heavy with the risk of some thunder as

:05:50. > :05:53.well. Have a good evening. Thank you, another nice day for tomorrow.

:05:54. > :05:55.That's all from the Points West team for now.

:05:56. > :06:08.We're back in the late news but for now have a lovely evening.

:06:09. > :06:15.For the first time this year, the temperature reached 20 Celsius, the

:06:16. > :06:19.highest recorded in Highland Scotland, lovely picture from

:06:20. > :06:23.earlier on. We have seen more cloud around today, mostly thin, high

:06:24. > :06:27.cloud, but some coming from the near continent, we are seeing more

:06:28. > :06:28.spilling in from the North Sea, so some changes