Updates for Bristol, Bath and Weston-super-Mare on Tuesday, 31 May 2016
That's it from Local Live for another day. Back tomorrow from 7am.
Until then, expect "thickening cloud and some rain"...thanks Holly!
The weather is going downhill with thickening cloud and some rain, says Holly Green.
An animation is to be projected onto Bristol's Old Vic to mark its 250th birthday.
Today is officially the day that Bristol's Old Vic theatre turns 250 years old.
The birthday celebrations have been going on all weekend and continue today with a street party.
Celebrations will culminate this evening with an animation being projected onto the front of the building depicting how the venue will look after a major redevelopment.
Image source, Bristol ZooMark Bushell, curator of invertebrates, said "one single catastrophic event could wipe out the species entirely" which was why Bristol Zoo was working to protect the Desertas wolf spider.
"Establishing the world’s first captive breeding programme for this species is a fantastic step towards protecting it for the future," he said.
"It is a beautiful and impressive creature but its natural habitat is being altered by invasive plants."
A Slovakian woman who shot and killed her millionaire ex-boyfriend at his home in Spain has been jailed.
Image source, PAMayka Kukucova was sentenced to more than 15 years in jail
Bristol businessman Andrew Bush, 48, died at the mansion near Marbella in April 2014.
Mayka Kukucova, 26, a swimwear model, was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment plus a further six months for breaking into Mr Bush's home.
Mr Bush, who ran a jewellery business in Bristol, met Kukucova when she worked in his shop.
Image source, Bristol ZooTwenty-five of these rare wolf spiders have been brought into the West to save the breed from extinction.
Described as one of the world’s rarest spiders, Bristol Zoo said it was believed to be the first time the Desertas wolf spider had been held in a UK zoo.
The species is only found on the Desertas islands near Madeira, Portugal.
At-Bristol Science Centre, external says it has created "the world’s first live tweeting honeybees".
Two accounts are being used to tweet about the bees' daily activity, triggered by live data from scientific research.
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Founder and director of BeeBristol, Tim Barsby, said: "Live from the Hive is an important, unique and visionary experiment pioneering an interactive and engaging experience that connects people with nature.
"Thanks to attentive beekeeping we have nurtured a healthy colony of urban bees on the roof of At-Bristol, so we are very excited to see the results and start tweeting!"
Former Bath Rugby head coach Mike Ford has spoken of how his recent sacking may have affected his son's kicking form for England on Sunday.
George Ford missed six of his seven kicks at goal during England's 27-13 victory over Wales at Twickenham.
Image source, PA"We are unbelievably tight and close and it affects him that I got sacked," Mike Ford told The Telegraph newspaper, external.
"He doesn't want that, he is like every child whose dad loses his job but, with George, he has then got to go out and play for England.
"It affects your life and he took it badly, like we all did. We talked about it and I told him he would be all right, just go out and train well."
Protesters resist eviction from Avonmouth house
A group of protesters who have occupied a former council house have resisted eviction after bailiffs failed to gain access to the property this morning.
The campaigners moved into the Avonmouth home last month - protesting against a number of issues including the council's decision to sell-off the property to a private bidder.
A judge has ordered the group to leave but they have moved onto the roof and blockaded the doors and windows.
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Yes Jo, we're jealous.
Twitter is awash with people sharing their grief (or delight, for others!) at missing the singer's impromptu performance at Cabot Circus in Bristol yesterday.
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In response to the families' repeated plea for change, NHS England said "progress up to now hasn't been quick enough and we sympathise with the frustrations expressed".
Image source, PAA spokeswoman for the health service said: "We have seen significant increases in the numbers of people both being discharged from hospital and having their care and treatment reviewed in the last year.
"The real difference will be made over the coming months and years as local areas implement their response to the far-reaching plans set out by NHS England and its national partners, ensuring that the housing, care and advocacy services become available in each community to provide the high-quality alternatives to hospital people and their families want and need."
Apparently it's the hairy legs of bumble bees that help them find flowers and therefore pollen.
Image source, PATiny vibrating hairs on the bee's legs sense the static electricity - transmitted by flowers - with messages then sent to the nervous system, a study at the University of Bristol has shown.
Lead researcher Dr Gregory Sutton, said: "We were excited to discover that bees' tiny hairs dance in response to electric fields, like when humans hold a balloon to their hair.
"A lot of insects have similar body hairs, which leads to the possibility that many members of the insect world may be equally sensitive to small electric fields."
Their plea has been supported by Dr Margaret Flynn, the author of the Winterbourne View serious case review, Jan Tregelles, chief executive of Mencap, and Vivien Cooper, chief executive of The Challenging Behaviour Foundation.
Some 3,500 vulnerable people are still resident at inpatient units across the UK and the families say the lack of change is "painfully slow".
NHS England admits it is still taking too long to review their care.
Here's Holly Green with today's forecast...
It should be a dry and bright morning but rain is on its way, warns Holly Green.
"We the families of people abused at Winterbourne View hospital write to express our anger at the lack of change five years on from the day that Panorama exposed what happened to our loved ones."
Image source, PAThat's the start of a letter written to David Cameron from some of the families of victims of the Winterbourne View scandal.
They have written demanding he shuts outdated care home institutions.
Gary Barlow, in Bristol, singing?
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Yes, in case you missed it, the Take That singer stunned shoppers at Cabot Circus yesterday with an impromptu concert.
Hello and good morning.
It's back to routine this morning following what has been a pretty eventful weekend.
We've had the Old Vic (pictured) celebrating its 250th birthday, Gary Barlow shocking shoppers in Bristol and a local golfer winning an impressive championship.
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