:00:00. > :00:11.Good evening. That's it from us,
:00:12. > :00:14.Protestors against a new cull of badgers have begun gathering
:00:15. > :00:24.in Somerset amid reports th`t the shooting may be imminent.
:00:25. > :00:27.in the county in an attempt to tackle TB in cattle.
:00:28. > :00:29.Badgers are being blamed for spreading the disease.
:00:30. > :00:31.Clinton Rogers has this evening been to the protest camp in Somerset
:00:32. > :00:35.The exact start date of the new badger cull, here in Somersdt and
:00:36. > :00:37.Gloucestershire, is being kdpt a closely guarded secret. You can see
:00:38. > :00:44.that the opponents have alrdady started setting up camp. Thdre are
:00:45. > :00:47.strong rumours that the shooters will be starting in the next day or
:00:48. > :00:52.two. Joining me now is one of the protest leaders. You didn't stop it
:00:53. > :00:55.The exact start date of the new badger cull, here in Somersdt and
:00:56. > :00:58.Gloucestershire, is being kdpt a closely guarded secret. You can see
:00:59. > :01:01.that the opponents have alrdady started setting up camp. Thdre are
:01:02. > :01:22.strong rumours that the shooters will be starting in the next day or
:01:23. > :01:23.Johnson, the regional communications manager.
:01:24. > :01:26.We've already got anecdotal evidence from farmers and vets that ht is
:01:27. > :01:29.working, and that the level of disease has gone down.
:01:30. > :01:30.But last year we had over 400 outbreaks,
:01:31. > :01:33.across Somerset and Gloucestershire, and nearly 5,000 cattle slatghtered
:01:34. > :01:45.But last year we had over 400 outbreaks,
:01:46. > :01:47.across Somerset and Gloucestershire, and nearly 5,000 cattle slatghtered
:01:48. > :02:08.The target when the minimum number of badgers to be killed is smaller
:02:09. > :02:12.than last year. In Gloucestdrshire, it is 615. The shooters havd a
:02:13. > :02:16.maximum of six weeks to complete that work from the time thex start.
:02:17. > :02:18.The Battle of Arnhem was remembered today with
:02:19. > :02:20.a gathering of military vehhcles and planes at Bodmin airfield.
:02:21. > :02:23.A special service was held to mark the 70th anniversary of one of
:02:24. > :02:30.the bloodiest battles of World War Two, as Johnny Rutherford rdports.
:02:31. > :02:35.Airborne troops dropped in a huge operation to capttre
:02:36. > :02:38.and hold certain bridges in the Netherlands, to pave the way
:02:39. > :02:48.70 years on, people are remdmbering the Battle of Arnhem at an dvent
:02:49. > :02:56.It was quite a battle and, today, we like to remember these gtys.
:02:57. > :02:58.It's almost a campaign that, at one time, was almost forgotten.
:02:59. > :03:03.It's important for these men, before they all completely leave us, that
:03:04. > :03:12.Pilots arrived on the airfidld from across England to join in
:03:13. > :03:19.Operation Market Garden was an ambitious plan.
:03:20. > :03:23.Some say, Arnhem was a bridge too far.
:03:24. > :03:27.Two para held the bridge and the Germans are so good
:03:28. > :03:33.at counter`attacking, and they had tanks that we didn't know about and
:03:34. > :03:39.Of course, today is not just about theparatroopers.
:03:40. > :03:42.It's also about the vehicles and the equipment that was tsed
:03:43. > :03:46.Many paratroopers had vehicles like this strapped to their chests.
:03:47. > :03:56.As they once said, for your tomorrow, we give our today.
:03:57. > :03:59.Sport now and The Exeter Chhefs have made a superb start to
:04:00. > :04:04.They ran in seven tries as they won by 52 points to nil at London Welsh.
:04:05. > :04:08.New signing Thomas Waldrom scored two of their tries as they secured
:04:09. > :04:15.But the Cornish Pirates lost their first Championship gale
:04:16. > :04:20.of the season ` going down 29`18 to Yorkshire Carnegie.
:04:21. > :04:23.And finally two swimmers from south Devon today embarked on a m`rathon
:04:24. > :04:26.charity crossing from Shaldon ` round Hope's Nose ` to Brixham.
:04:27. > :04:35.Jim Webster and Andy Turner set off from Ness Beach
:04:36. > :04:38.on the ten mile open water swim at half past eight this morning
:04:39. > :04:40.Both are members of Dartmoor Rescue Group
:04:41. > :04:46.and are raising money for the group ` and also for Cancer Research.
:04:47. > :04:54.He's planning on about five hours, aren't you?
:04:55. > :04:57.I reckon for me it will be about six hours, fingers crossed.
:04:58. > :04:59.Hopefully we'll finish in d`ylight, anyway.
:05:00. > :05:02.And they did indeed ` in fact they both completed the
:05:03. > :05:10.Some more lovely weather thhs weekend ` but will it continue?
:05:11. > :05:12.We had a lovely day across the south`west.
:05:13. > :05:17.Plenty of blue skies, but with the clear skies it does
:05:18. > :05:18.mean temperatures are going to take a tumble tonight.
:05:19. > :05:21.A chilly night to come, chillier than the past few ones
:05:22. > :05:24.These are the values for towns and cities.
:05:25. > :05:26.I suspect some rural spots lay dip into single figures,
:05:27. > :05:35.Any mist and fog will be short lived.
:05:36. > :05:40.Plenty of sunny spells and those temperatures should start to climb.
:05:41. > :05:40.Light winds tomorrow and little in the way of cloud.
:05:41. > :05:43.We will keep the settled conditions as we go through the week.
:05:44. > :05:47.The wind picks up with the dnd of the week.
:05:48. > :05:47.A little bit more in the wax of cloud but it should stay dry
:05:48. > :06:13.Good evening. Most of us had a lovely end to the weekend but the
:06:14. > :06:17.exception was the north-east of Scotland. It was cold, wet and windy
:06:18. > :06:20.but the low responsible is now moving away and we have high
:06:21. > :06:24.pressure moving its way in from the West. The pressure is rising all the
:06:25. > :06:27.while over the next few days which will settle things down nicely and
:06:28. > :06:32.it will be dry pretty much all week. But the forecasting headache will be
:06:33. > :06:35.the amount of cloud. The next few hours will still be pretty wet and
:06:36. > :06:38.windy in the north-east of Scotland but through the small hours the ring
:06:39. > :06:42.becomes quite liked and patchy. Elsewhere it is a dry night, a few
:06:43. > :06:48.patches of low cloud here and there but for many it is a night of clear
:06:49. > :06:51.spells, and major towns and cities will be a degree either side of
:06:52. > :06:55.double figures but in rural areas temperatures could reach as low as
:06:56. > :06:59.one degree. Northern Scotland will be cloudy and breezy, not much
:07:00. > :07:01.Rangers peak of but they will be some. The central lowlands will see
:07:02. > :07:02.a decent