Nigel Farage addresses UKIP rally in Gloucester

UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage has addressed more than 1,000 people at a public meeting in Gloucester.

The rally on Monday evening was part of the party's Say No to EU tour the UK ahead of the EU referendum.

BBC Points West's political editor Paul Barltrop reports.

Good evening. Hundreds have turned out for the West's first big rally of the EU referendum campaign. Nigel Farage, the leader of the UK Independence Party, is touring the country to build support for the vote to get out of Europe. But his own party is facing difficulties, with funding and membership falling. Here's our political editor

The UK Independence Party are pledging to field candidates in all next year's electoral contests in Gloucestershire.

Their leader Nigel Farage last night addressed more than a thousand people a rally at the GL1 sports centre in Gloucester.

The main focus was the forthcoming referendum on EU membership....and this morning we'll hear more on David Cameron's demands on how he wants the EU, and British membership of it, to change.Paul Barltrop. {PKG}