Summary

  • Updates from across the West of England on Wednesday, 9 November.

  1. Goodnight from us, we're back tomorrow at 7ampublished at 22:00 GMT 9 November 2016

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    Watch: Sunny spells and showers at times tomorrow, says Ian Fergusson

    That's it from BBC Local Live for the West of England - we'll be back with more live updates from 7am tomorrow.

  2. Diesel-powered buses and taxis could be chargedpublished at 21:41 GMT 9 November 2016

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    Watch: Taxi drivers react to the news

    Diesel-powered buses and taxis could be charged for driving around Bristol and Bath. 

    Local councils are planning radical steps to tackle the air pollution which causes thousands of deaths each year.

    It follows a court ruling that government's present approach is so slow it's illegal. 

    There has been a mixed reaction from Bristol taxi drivers.

  3. Football full-time: Reading U23 0-2 Yeovil Townpublished at 21:27 GMT 9 November 2016

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    Yeovil Town are through to the knockout stages of the Checkatrade Trophy, winning 0-2 against Reading U21's. 

    Second half goals came from Tom Eaves & Francois Zoko.

  4. In numbers: Modernising the Great Western routepublished at 21:05 GMT 9 November 2016

    Train infographic

    The government has been blamed for huge extra costs and lengthy delays to the modernisation of the Great Western railway network in England and south Wales.

    The National Audit Office (NAO) says the estimated cost of the project since 2013 has shot up by £2.1bn to £5.6bn, external.

    Yesterday the government said electrification of four short parts of the network would now be "deferred", including lines between Bristol and Bath and between Bristol Parkway and Bristol Temple Meads.

    Train infographic
  5. Nursery operators 'devastated' at closurepublished at 20:49 GMT 9 November 2016

    Redroofs NurseryImage source, Google

    The operators of two nurseries closed over fears that children are at risk of harm said they were "devastated" at the suspension of registration. 

    Roger and Lesley Bates of Redroofs Nursery said they are "working closely" with Ofsted to demonstrate that there's "no child, and has never been a child that has been at risk of harm".

    They also thanked parents for "supporting us during this very stressful and difficult time".

    Redroofs has branches in St George, Bristol, and Warmley in South Gloucestershire. 

    The BBC understands there was an allegation that a child had been force fed.

  6. 'Significant public opposition' to £4m bus lane proposalpublished at 20:32 GMT 9 November 2016

    A bus stop

    A proposed £4M scheme to build a bus lane on the A40 out of Cheltenham has been scrapped.

    "Significant public opposition" has been blamed, as well as question marks over the improvement it would make to journey times.

    Here's the response from county council leader Mark Hawthorne, external:

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    The public consultation demonstrated that 66% of respondents strongly disagreed with the proposed bus lane along this section of the A40. This, along with the question marks around the bus journey time savings, the uncertainty around the Joint Core Strategy and the fact that we are already committed to building the Telstar Way to Arle Court bus lane has made us think long and hard about pushing ahead with our funding bid at this time.

  7. Half-time score: Reading 0-0 Yeovil Townpublished at 20:17 GMT 9 November 2016

  8. Council scraps £4m bus lane proposal for Cheltenham roadpublished at 20:14 GMT 9 November 2016

    The A40 out of CheltenhamImage source, Google

    A proposed scheme to build a bus lane on the A40 heading out of Cheltenham has been scrapped.

    Gloucestershire County Council had been looking into a £4m scheme to build a bus lane on the A40 westbound from the Tennyson Road junction to the traffic signals at GCHQ.

    However the authority has announced it is not taking the scheme forward due to a number of concerns surrounding its viability.

  9. Club unveils 'top-class' training planspublished at 19:48 GMT 9 November 2016

    CGI plans for Bristol Rugby training faciltiesImage source, Bristol rugby

    Bristol Rugby has unveiled plans for a "top class" new training centre.

    The club has applied for permission to develop a 23-acre site on Beggar Bush Lane, Failand.

    Plans include three grass training pitches, an all-weather 4G floodlit pitch and an indoor half-pitch training barn.

    Chairman Chris Booy said the development "underlines our ambitions to be one of the leading clubs in the country".

  10. Funding for new M4 junction studypublished at 19:22 GMT 9 November 2016

    Westerleigh Road, over the M4Image source, Google

    The government has approved funding for a feasibility study into a possible new motorway junction to ease congestion.

    The Department for Transport has allocated £500,000 to investigate linking the M4 at Bristol with the A4174 ring road, near Frenchay.

    Campaigners claim a new 18a junction is needed to reduce the amount of traffic on the M32 heading for the M4.

    Work on the study is due to be completed in 2018.

    The A4174 and M4 pictured on a mapImage source, Google
  11. Olympian Heather Stanning retires from rowing to focus on army careerpublished at 18:54 GMT 9 November 2016

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    Watch: Heather Stanning says she's "really passionate" about her army career

    The double Olympic Gold medalist Heather Stanning, 31, has announced her retirement from rowing.

    The Wiltshire army major, who is based at Larkhill, ends her career having not lost a single race since the World Championships in Slovenia in 2011.

  12. Football: Frome Town boss banned for three years for bettingpublished at 18:33 GMT 9 November 2016

    A mock betting websiteImage source, Thinkstock

    Frome Town boss Nick Bunyard has been banned from football until July 2019 for betting against teams he managed.

    A Football Association commission has found that from September 2014 to April 2016 he placed 45 bets against Frome and his former club Paulton Rovers.

    FA rules prohibit "all those involved in the game", external from betting on football "that takes place anywhere in the world". Bunyard has been fined £3,000.

    Frome suspended Bunyard, external in April when made aware of the FA's investigation.

  13. Anti-Trump candle-lit vigil organised in Bristolpublished at 18:18 GMT 9 November 2016

    Candelit vigil

    Sara Finning, an American national living in Easton, Bristol, is not happy about the outcome of the US election.

    So much so that she organised a candle-lit peace vigil outside City Hall, saying it was "something I felt I needed to do" because she was "upset".

    "This is not the America that I grew up in. I've always been very proud to be American, but this is something that I'm deeply ashamed of," she added.

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    Listen; 'Right now I am just upset' says Sara Finning

  14. Frome Town boss banned by FA over bettingpublished at 18:01 GMT 9 November 2016
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    Frome Town manager Nick Bunyard has been banned from football until July 2019 for betting against teams he managed.

  15. Retired nurse reunited with stolen jewellerypublished at 17:36 GMT 9 November 2016

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    We like a happy ending - Gloucestershire Police tweeted about a nurse from Tibberton who was reunited with some jewellery and other sentimental items she had stolen in a burglary.

    Wendy King had items including a badge from the Royal College of Nursing, awarded to her when she qualified as a nurse in 1981, returned to her after her house was burgled in September. 

    They were found in a stream at Barnwood Park, Gloucester, and handed in by a good samaritan.

  16. Football: Yeovil Town in cup action tonightpublished at 17:21 GMT 9 November 2016

    We have more Checkatrade Trophy action tonight as Yeovil Town take on Reading U21's at the Madjeski Stadum.

    Live scores can be found via the BBC Sport website.

    And here's a little video of the team coach being loaded earlier this afternoon:

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  17. CPS defends handling of Farooq Siddique casepublished at 17:02 GMT 9 November 2016

    Farooq Siddique

    The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has defended the length of time it took to offer no evidence against a community leader in Bristol accused of rape and assault.

    Farooq Siddique, 46, has had the allegations formally dropped, two and a half years after being arrested by police.

    A CPS spokesman said rape is " one of the most complicated offences to prosecute" and it has a duty to keep cases "under continuous review". 

    "During a review of new evidence which came to light we were no longer satisfied that there was sufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction," he added.

  18. Woman, 30, dies following house fire in Swindonpublished at 16:43 GMT 9 November 2016
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    A 30-year-old woman who was seriously injured in a house fire on Manchester Road, Swindon, on Sunday evening has died in hospital. 

    Her death is not being treated as suspicious following an investigation by Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service, and Wiltshire Police.

  19. Nurseries close after safeguarding fearspublished at 16:28 GMT 9 November 2016

    Redroofs NurseryImage source, Google

    Two nurseries have been closed over fears that children "are or may be at risk of harm". 

    Ofsted said it was investigating Redroofs Nursery, which has branches in St George, Bristol, and Warmley in South Gloucestershire. 

    In a statement it said it had "suspended the registrations of these two early years settings". 

    The BBC understands there was an allegation that a child had been force fed.

  20. An old tin can leads to a trip of a lifetime for Wiltshire studentspublished at 16:03 GMT 9 November 2016

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    Watch: The students demonstrate their business plan

    Some old tin cans and a bag of peanuts have helped four teenagers from Wiltshire win a trip of a lifetime to the Gambia. 

    The students, from Hardenhuish School in Chippenham, had to devise a business idea using rubbish. 

    They came up with a way of burning peanut shells to make charcoal.