It's about bricks it but it's clear that the palace is hoping that these few words and a reference to the need for Christian goodwill will be construed as an attempt by the monarch to soothe the bricks at debate and have a creature to appear in court today charged with multiple sexual assaults 36 year old John but church of bounce claims has been charged with 3 counts of sexual assault relating to incidents over the summer in streets and shipped tamales in appear at Taunton Dene magistrates courts the N.H.S. In some aside is a vising people to go to the local minor injury unit instead of a any if they suffer minor illnesses this Christmas that all 7 units at community hospitals in Bridgewater Burnham once a charge from mine had shipped to my community hospital which can deal with bright combines medicines Mike Painter is a consultant now as full some as that's minor injuries units he says they have a vital role to play when the 1st port of call if it's not a life threatening emergency should be and I guess 111 which is 247. As of the point of accessing health Sabbar minor injury units are right than usual operating out of every dollar the period Elvis or injury but does not need an emergency department most people don't need to go to the emergency room. Back up to 6 in the Premiership after $24.00 points to 14 with out wasps tries from Friday bans on will Chadli were enough for the team to just a full faith tree of the season in the league and shortly he was caught in it for the 1st time was impressed with his team mates determination it was you know what has been tough and you know it's good because we have this president apparitional 2nd we have really really good things are for we work with them you know probably collapse in those situations so to go through that situation. And the U.S. Military has confirmed that its annual Santa Tracker will go ahead today despite a partial government. Down in a tradition that goes back a 60 is children will be able to call the North American Aerospace Defense Command to pinpoint where Santa Claus is on his travels as he delivers toys around the wilds B.B.C. News It's 4 minutes past 7. On D. Bennett B.B.C. Some. Just come up to 5 past. Hope everyone's OK this morning. I'm feeling festive which is good being Christmas Eve but only Christmas shopping on Saturday. I watched Home Alone in parts one and 2 we don't worry about parts 3 and 4 a bit weird one night home alone one but he's left in the house home alone when he's lost in New York brilliant. I say that oh yeah like 2 days for Christmas and I watch them both together every year it's a tradition. If you get me a white Christmas. Somehow I doubt it big talker is the lady in the know hello good morning quite a cloudy damp day today the rain gradually clearing but it is going to stay quiet ever cost we could see a few bright spots later feeling quite cold today highs of 8 degrees. Thank you very. If you want get in touch of today or 806-782-1566. B.B.C. . Now please forgive me. This is one of my cheesy eighty's favorites that you will never hear again until this time next year. Many Christmases. Have a drink Boxer big day on B.B.C. Some of. Those come up Tempah 2nd Christmas. Over papers today particularly the Western Daily Press going with the sad news of Lord Paddy Ashdown who passed away on Saturday evening the day may well go with talented visionary and brave tributes pouring in for Lord Ashdown the paddy I knew a story in The Daily Express Western press Paddy Ashdown 941-2018 the oh you've got 4 pages on Lord Ashdown of course of a very well known figure a much loved figure here in the West Country and lots of people where they agreed with his political views or not been paying respect to senior politicians have been remembering a former Yeovil and paid Paddy Ashdown because he led the Liberal Democrats for more. A decade until 1999 and he's credited with making it a significant 3rd force in British politics but did you know and I didn't notice until the weekend that Lord Ashdown for name was actually Jeremy John Durham an interview on 5 Live with Peter on it earlier this year he splay needs why he was known affectionately as Poppy when they sent me away to school in England to a boarding school that my father went to a concert abroad Irish accent Northern Irish accent but his people to another devastating loss in size so they christened me of holes regional Paddy and then when I left school. About 10 or 11 of my schoolmates some older son younger than me joined the wrong Marines they just had with me and to be honest Peter I'm not very fussed about it I feel my support is not your name you'd love it if you like it really I mean this is the suggestion that many years I've been G.B.U. I never really looked at your proper name I was. Well my my mum and dad used to call me Jeremy of course and my wife does sometimes but only when she's very cross. A pastor was a popular figure in your will continue to play a big part in the area even after standing down as an M.P. He was a vocal supporter of building helicopters in the area John Ponsonby is the former managing director of Leonardo helicopters in Yeovil that true conviction to support the company in in all that it was doing in good times and not so good times and that that the sense of support that he gave me personally was absolutely palpable and I thank him for that and I absolutely filled with sadness for what has occurred a Paddy Ashdown successor with David Laws he was the Lib Dems and P. For Yeovil from 2001 until 2010 good morning to you David good morning good to join you now thank you for coming on so early in the morning and what was your I mean Assad weekend what was your reaction after hearing the news. Well honestly it was quite a shock and we've lost an extraordinary and very special man I knew Paddy Welk So I worked alongside him in Westminster and then obviously followed him as M.P.C. Yodel and he was a quite extraordinary person he was a real leader he was as he said earlier on a man of very great courage and he was somebody who never stopped working never stopped working in politics and never stopped working when he left the House of Commons and front line politics either he was publishing books up until you know literally weeks before his death and he made a big impact not just in Somerset but at a national level and of course overseas. And a hard act to follow because he was he was very well known in the area and he really did make its mark in politics when he was a leader the Lib Dems but how would you like to take over from him almost impossible as you say to do anything better he was a brilliant constituency M.P. He'd been a famous and well known and effective national party leader so it was a waste of time me thinking that in any area of constituency or national politics I was going to be able to easily exceed him but I did have the great opportunity for a few years to work alongside him and to learn from him what I saw was a hugely dedicated local constituency M.P. Even at the end of his time as as M.P. For our area having been an M.P. For a huge period of time still had a massive passion for his job and for making a difference to individuals and individual families in our area but also somebody who. Had a presence on a national scale and who after he left parliament went to become the UN high representative in Bosnia made a a big difference to the water one country and for party. Politics started at the most local level he was deeply passionate about the oval and about Somerset but his can for individual this and his desire to make the world a better place didn't and that artificial geographic boundaries didn't end Yeovil Somerset or even at the U.K. Level he was a real internationalist and the work that he did in Bosnia and see UNICEF showed him as somebody who's. Human beings extended well beyond any artificial boundaries by human beings. When you look in the papers and I've been looking through the Modo this morning a lot of people say he really was as genuine as he seemed off camera off Mike would you say that when you were just talking to him just one to one you go out feeling there was a man that really did catch. Yes there was only one Paddy Ashdown the mean there wasn't the person on television and then somebody totally different somewhere else that was one person extraordinarily driven extraordinary traders as I mentioned and also somebody who never stopped working when I was the prospective parliamentary candidate who worked alongside Paddy I realized he never took a moment off that he was always early for everything I found myself in the initial days of working alongside him often turning up off to him for meetings that already concluded and I had to set my watch and it still is on this sort of ash down time which operates a minute ahead of the rest of the world because that was him he brought with him into politics that sort of military approach the determination to do things quickly and efficiently and on time. I remember his shock one Saturday when we finished Novi Center and he asked me what I was going to be doing that afternoon and I told him I was going to be sitting down watching an international rugby match for a couple of hours and he was shocked and appalled to think that anybody would take a couple of hours off on a on a Saturday to do something as indulgent as watching a sports match he never stopped working. And he was never a spectator himself feel was had to be in the center of things mixing it taking on political opponents working with other people to try to improve things either locally or national level he was a quite extraordinary and very special man. David last thank you for your time this morning I have a Christmas thank you very much I just David Lohr the former M.P. For Yeovil paying tribute to the Afghan who died on Saturday age of 77 will be hearing more tributes to Lord Ashdown after the 8 o'clock news this morning. From the E.U. Contrast B.B.C. Somerset. I suspect will get busier but what's it looking like now it's still looking quite there at the moment so no problems on the M 5 all the A 3033 The county just on their own going right Asia on the A 37 member team like they start and Drake up utility work for us until March 2009000 it was quite wet when I drove down the motorway this one is just be aware of surface surface water on my to nothing to put on planes and trains if there's anything else we should be aware of and it's safe and he goes to give us a call at 806781566. Thank you much bridge 17 minutes past 7 on Christmas Eve and with the latest tributes continue to be paid to the former M.P. Theo the Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown has died after a short illness at the age of 77 rescue workers some digging with their bare hands of stepped up their search for survivors of the tsunami in Indonesia and the Christmas carol Silent Night is celebrating its 200th anniversary B.B.C. News will have more at half past 7. This is always interesting I do I'm I'm a sucker for the the Christmas facts OK stale e-mail and let's have a look it's on page I was looking at earlier on and never find something when you want it to go page 8 and 9 the last 30 years of Christmas Day ratings winners and I do like this I like to know because we don't watch T.V. The same way we used to do We were never going to get 24000000 people watching only 14 horses or whatever watch the early eighty's to the Manor Born got 20400000 you don't get that anymore because we watch T.V. a Different way which on our phones we watch on catch up it's no longer loads of people gathered around a T.V. Every Christmas night wish it was but unfortunately those are the days we live in now the last 30 years generally it's called midwife and we spoke to a couple of stars form called midwife on the afternoon show last week because midwife the last 2 or 3 years has been the number one and there's been Downton Abbey and then Mrs Brown's Boys which I'll be honest with you I don't get I really don't get and then it's really strange because then you get into things like back in the early 2000 it's things like Eastenders was getting the big one like when I was growing up I mean this would give you an idea 9090. 899-123-4568 was Only Fools and Horses 200123 Only Fools and Horses and then you get a ticket to play and then you move into things that Mrs Brown's Boys in Downton Abbey but again that's only getting some like 9.6 which is a nuff but it's not the it's not the 18 that you were getting back in the eighty's and late seventy's things like the good life and stuff like that I will continue to look through the papers a bit later on most papers going with even national papers go on with tributes to the Ashdown and a lot about the drone or the lack of driving it may seem because there's now talking it's front page the mirror front page of The Sun was that even a drone after all which I think is very very strange because now this paper saying here we go look at this the Sun police admitted yesterday there may well never have even been a drone capitals and that's not one paper that's most of them saying I mean the Daily Mirror again was shambolic cops and I was saying cops not police cops now say it may not have even been a drone in the 1st place you don't claim I did but I'm speaking out of turn I don't know how you know you can close down one of the biggest airports in the country probably in Europe and now this certainly might not been a drone either someone saw it we didn't last I mean maybe I'm looking at it too simplistically who knows anyway 21 minutes past 7 more 3 papers will be talking both rugby in just a 2nd. After the mickey Bob on the breakfast show is such a smoothie Come on Mickey Bubba. Of all he has the ladies swooning doesn't he Talking of which from our folks will be along between 10 and 12 today with the Christmas request show for your mid-morning looking after things that Christmas is a bit strange isn't it Christmas time you never get the right people in the white slots you know all look after breakfast now look up to something some of the Gulf to drive it all becomes we all move about the place that way honestly we getting out the emergency chairs next but you do a Christmas for will be along doing requests if you want a song if you we did this on the afternoon show on Friday and we had so many come in we could fill the whole 3 hours with it if you want to the song On Friday I could get round to it I do apologize but text in Colin usual numbers applied to my foot now he will play anything you want but tween 10 and 12 that is what he's doing today on the mid-morning show show your ex has got back in touch he text early on and we were talking about Christmas and he was he's delivery driver down there in Devon and I remembered Are you saying I used to do a bit of that for about a year but when I was out of a gap year if you like between jobs and he's got 164 deliveries on board today 164 and he's got to get him out he cannot go back to the depo with a What the of got this parcel here that we can get to you just can't do it can you 164 deliveries we have to call in Santa good let me show you how you can get a puncture would for heaven's sake Good Lord. Fact flyhalf Freddie Burns at the weekend scored 19 points as Barth won 2414 at Wasps to climb into the top 6 in the Premiership Burns take the scoreboard over and he's try it before half time gave Botha the lead they needed will Charlie extended that lead after the interval not Botha to coach a given Dempsey told the B.B.C. It had been all about the match at a very noisy stadium the much needed rain and the perfect timing just before are in our sights not that's the ultimate goal is to try and get ourselves into the top 4 come the end of the season their seasons been a difficult one for them but they go back to winning ways out well for say they come in form at least they got a victory on the NEW DAY say that should be a belter of a game on the 30th at the rock on imagine So yeah I watch their game against wins and I thought they were impressive all thought they were clinical when they had the opportunities and I think they have a little bit of confidence now as they will come to the wreck with a little bit of confidence so we just have to make sure that we build on on the on the good elements that we've brought here today in terms of our defense and making sure that we couple eyes on those opportunities when they're forced to us in the tuck and of course home advantage always important the right next week yeah HUGE see the crowds been so. This year they have been excellent and that's all we want we want to we want them to get behind us against against last trance on their own get a good performance and put ourselves back up into the top 4 just on something really stupid and now it hurts I was just moving my head to actually look at the screen to see what we're doing next accidentally head butted the microphone on the real shot bit and now I'm worried about a nose bleed but I'm going to hold me know who's in the middle so if I sound of doing an impression of John Major That's because. Oh I hurt. Also really shopped on the microphone 1st me was looking to see what's next because I'm at a place in George Benson Oh yes it's been awhile I know that I don't know Mark and you know right so it's not it's not what I know let's make things a phone call Roy Go ring up H R C One thing you know as well where there's blame is a claim there are formed villains I would reform OK I reckon I get 10 grand out of babyface by 9 o'clock would you reckon with me people good luck with that good luck with that you've got a fiver. Trouble you can trust B.B.C. Somerset that nicely and more news. Pays me nodes explodes that's what we do you see the other bloke tell you what Yeah I feel bad. Anyway on the travel no problem to report on the M 5 or the A 3 A 33 The county is starting to pick up on Lysander right between the Lysander road roundabout and the horsey roundabout and busy but moving around travel time is about 5 minutes on going road closure on the a threesome I'm seeing Rodney stick and Draco up until next March another 12 planes trains but if there's anything else me we should be aware of and it's safe and legal give us a call at 806-781-5960. Thank you very much breach. 7 31 am a Russian has the latest friends and colleagues have been remembering the former M.P. For Yeovil and leader. The Liberal Democrats Lord Ashdown has died at the age of 77 he'd been diagnosed with bladder cancer in October officials in Indonesia say more than 280 people are now known to have been killed by the tsunami that hit the Sunda straight region on Saturday the worst affected area is Poundland on the West Coast of the island of Java where government aid has a new just begun to arrive the queen will use her Christmas message to urge people to treat one another with respect even if they harbor strongly opposing views her comments are likely to be seen as an attempt to calm the public debate over break says and every. Pair in court today charged with multiple sexual assaults 36 year old John but close has been charged with 3 counts of sexual assault relating to incidents over the summer in St and shipped to monetize the N.H.S. In Somerset is advising people to go to their local minor injury unit as set of a uni if they suffer minor illnesses this Christmas there are 7 units at community hospitals in Bridgewater Burnham on sea frame Minehead. Community Hospital which can deal with broken bones medicines the US military has confirmed those annual sum to track 0 will go ahead today despite a partial government shutdown in a tradition that goes back to 60 years children will be able to call the North American Aerospace Defense Command to pinpoint the causes on his travels as he delivers toys around the aisles and look out the weather wh