28/07/2011 BBC Points West

Good evening and welcome to BBC Points West. Our headlines tonight:

The Bristol care homes scandal. Now there's renewed concern about how

bad things are at Rose Villa. Defeat for the protesters as

councillors prepare the ground for another nuclear power station in

Somerset. You create the jobs, we'll cut the rates, the Prime

Minister's promise to Bristol. into the enterprise zone and we

will actually help you and your business to grow and succeed.

love you all. The actor who gave his theatre award it to the

character who inspired him. Good evening. Tonight, a new concerns

about another of the West's care homes. Four members of staff had

already been suspended from Rose Villa in Bristol, now the Care

Quality Commission has found failings there. Today, the Prime

Minister told Points West if care home providers are not up to shape

their homes should be taken away. Winterbourne View is boarded up and

closed down. After Panorama film vulnerable patients you being

mistreated, now another of our care homes is being investigated. It is

also owned by Castlebeck. Inspections have been prompted by

that BBC investigation. Seven of their other 23 homes do not comply

with standards and there are serious concerns about four others

including rose belie here in Bristol where enforcement action is

being taken. The manager has been suspended and they are no new

admissions. There are particular concerns around an

institutionalised style of care. The use of restraint is something

they do not wanly used as a last resort. Where there have been

incidents they have not been followed up and recorded properly

to make sure the learn the lessons. Today the Prime Minister was in

Bristol and he had strong words for those involved. We want tough

regulation by the Care Quality Commission. If the homes are not up

to shape they should be taken away. Castlebeck once again apologised

today and promised to put things right. I agree with most of the

recommendations put forward. Over the past six months we have already

started looking at a whole series of changes we needed to make.

reports and inquiries today all shedding fresh light on what was

going on. Tonight there are also more developments about

Winterbourne View. Our reporter is with me now. What have we found

out? Fresh information today from a Freedom of Information request that

between the 2006, when the hospital opened, and this year, there were

19 complaints raised to the local council. 17 from managers and 15

about the staff. Nothing new has been said today. We have been

referred to the serious case review which will be brought together what

everybody knows and what people knew. We are starting to see the

authorities positioning themselves a little bit in response to that.

In the statement that was picked out today in response to the

airport it is said everybody has the responsibility for that kind of

care. You are really starting to see people make sure everybody puts

their hands up when a case like this comes out. Christopher

Halliwell, the Swindon taxi driver accused of murdering two women has

appeared in court via a video link. He is charged with the murder of

Sian O'Callaghan be disappeared from a nightclub in the town and

Becky Godden-Edwards whose body was discovered in a field in

Gloucestershire. He did not enter a plea. The new nuclear power station

at Hinckley Point move to step closer this afternoon. An energy

company was granted permission to start excavating the site. Anti-

nuclear campaigners say if it goes ahead it will spoil the countryside.

Our reporter was at the meeting. A beautiful evening here in Somerset

but the atmosphere is far from harmonious. After a whole day of

debate the future of a new nuclear power station at Hinckley looks

likely. The energy company want to strip back land that they might

build this new nuclear power side- on. They are yet to have permission

from the Government for it. Protesters like in this to laying

the foundations for a house for which you are yet to get planning

permission. Those against it says stepping back of the beautiful

countryside in Somerset for work that may take years to start or

even start atoll is ridiculous. Those go against her allowing the

power company to prepare the ground before permission foreign nuclear

site is given describe themselves as being in the reef. It is

premature to say the least, they say. Some say any delay could cost

the area it dear, now and in the future. If it does not go ahead the

area will die. Half of the young people will have to leave because

there is not much other employment around here. It is a lovely part of

the country. You can see why people come here on holiday. But I do not

want to see it die. I would like my sons and grandsons to live here and

get good well-paid jobs. Others say new nuclear plant -- some say this

will bring millions of pounds to the local community. Others

disagree. It will be impossible to reinstate this ground to where it

is before or so we say this will be a complete waste of time

devastating a large area of Somerset countryside for no gain at

all. This afternoon councillors, watched by the public on screens in

a marquee in the car park, had to weigh up both sides of the argument.

I am joined now by two men on of opposing sides of the argument. Why

did the council gets the decision so wrong? They did not take on our

sensible argument that if there is not permission to build the

nuclear-power station itself then this Saviour will have been

devastated in vain and could never be put back together again which

would be a tragedy for the area. And you're from the energy plant,

you think the council made the right decision today? That's right.

There will be massive inward investment and jobs for the region.

For the nation it will provide a lot of low carbon electricity. We

will work with many people to make sure we do the right thing but we

are determined to do so. A decision has been made here at West Somerset

Council today but the debate is far from over. Two men have been

convicted of murdering a Bristol student and his new wife in Antigua.

Ben Mullany who was studying at UWE in Bristol and his wife Catherine

were shot following a raid on their apartment three years ago. Police

investigating the death of a Bristol man in Wales say he could

have been the victim of a hit and run accident. He was discovered at

the side of the road on 7th July. Officers are trying to trace a

three-CD is BMW early on the morning that Mr Hamilton died. The

Prime Minister was in the West today. The real reason for his

visit was to give at personal go- ahead for a new business

regeneration scheme. Arriving by train, this is the first thing you

see in Bristol full stock but coming to the rescue of the

derelict sorting office, the Prime Minister. He plans to make this the

an enterprise zone where new businesses get help to get started.

There is rates relief which is vital. Come to the enterprise zone

and you will pay less rates, get super-fast broadband, and you will

get help for your business to grow and succeed. More entrepreneur's

please was the message from today was my visit, encouraging more of

the media companies that Bristol is already famous for. There are

potentially 20,000 more jobs. talking about a much bigger side of

180 acres in total. Over time we can create a lot of jobs here.

what if you are just outside the special zone? Inevitably there will

be a line drawn down the street. Some will be on the right side and

some will be on the wrong side. There are some the areas that are

in need of investment. There are those here who seek that a mixture

of business and enterprise is just what is needed. In terms of the

Environment be want to see food production, entertainment,

craftspeople, a part of Bristol that has lain dormant for years we

want to see invigorated. Enterprise Zone idea has been

widely welcomed. These initiatives often are. Whether it will succeed

will become clear once the politicians have left and

development work begins later this Bentley for joining us. Stay with

us, lots more to come. We will have a full weather

forecast shortly, and swashbuckling in the City, why are pirates taking

over Bristol? Because they are! Stay with us, that is to come, but

first, more news. A Somerset man who took part in

nuclear tests in the 50s has been given permission to appeal for

damages. 71-year-old Jeff Liddiatt from Portishead is one of a group

of veterans who blame the tests for health problems like cancer. They

had been told they waited too long to ask for compensation, but today

the Supreme Court granted them permission to appeal that decision.

It seems to go on and on and on. Every time we come to a position,

something else pops up that we have to do to get any further. And even

if, next year or later this year, the decision, the appeal is upheld,

then the full case is prepared to go to the High Court, and that will

take three or four years before it comes to a full hearing. Today's

hearing was the third time veterans had been to court in their fight

for the right to claim damages. A dementia sufferer from Somerset

has been told he will not have his nursing care paid for by the NHS,

even though the organisation's own experts said he should. The nurses

who assessed 88-year-old Leslie Tushingham said his needs were

"high", but that was later changed and his application for funding was

refused. Age UK says there is an inconsistency about who is eligible

for free nursing care. Leslie Tushingham is almost blind

and cannot communicate or understand what is going on around

him. Since October, he has been paying �3000 a month to stay in

this nursing home in Somerset. Very distressing, because you are

trying to deal with a person who is very, very sick, and yet you cannot

really see what the end of the Financial destruction is going to

be forced. His family applied for the NHS to pay because of the

severity of his illness, but have just been turned down. Mr

Tushingham was recently assessed by specialist nurses who said his

behaviour needs were high. But that was downgraded by the funding panel.

They changed the scoring from high to moderate and said that he is

predictable, not challenging, which is in real contrast to what the

experts recommended. The average family would not know how to get

through this process, they wouldn't know where to start. As a nurse who

works for a law firm, his daughter says she feels able to challenge

this decision. NHS Somerset has refused to be interviewed. But in a

statement they point out such applications are reviewed against

national guidelines and where there is insufficient evidence presented

to demonstrate the recommended level of need, the panel will

identify this. They are also trying to contact Mr Tushingham's family

to explain the appeal process them. But the charity Age UK say this

case highlights long-standing inconsistencies with the assessment

process. Already, some people can have waited up to 42 days for the

decision itself, so then to expect them to go back and a pale and

potentially go into quite a lengthy period to either get back all start

getting funding, we are talking often substantial amounts of money

which people may not need to be paying. His family will now appeal

the decision. They believe they will win, but others without the

same expertise may not be so confident.

Our health correspondent is with us now. Why is there so much

inconsistency between who does get this and who doesn't?

It is a lottery depending on where you live. The Registered Nursing

Home Association did a survey this week and said in some places you

are likely to get -- eight times more likely to get this funding. If

you look at the national criteria, they say you would qualify if you

had eight high needs and several intermediate needs.

This care is expensive, can they be expected to fund every case?

It is a huge amount of money. Somerset's overall budget for

everything is �850 million. 27 million of that last year was for

this funding for about 55 patients, about �50,000 per patient. It is a

lot of money and will attract a lot of controversy because of that, and

also we will have more people requiring it with dementia going up,

for instance. A man from north Somerset is

walking from Lands End to Inverness and back in full military gear to

raise money for his sick son. Two- year-old Ethan Moss, from Winscombe,

has a rare condition which causes tumours to attack his body. He is

one of just 500 children in the world to suffer from it. No

treatment is available here. His parents want to raise �70,000 as

they hope doctors in America may be able to help.

It will slow the process down by a little bit, which could give him

that extra little bit of time for the research centre or consultants

to come up with another solution to give him and other children with

this condition that extra year off years with their families. -- extra

here or extra few years. Nick is hoping to complete the walk

by September. It is the eve of the Bristol

Harbour Festival. It is 40 years since the event was first held, and

today there have been rehearsals and last-minute preparations to

make sure it is a birthday to remember.

Jules Hyam is there for us now. You are on the boat!

It is like your own private harbour side top. This is the Matthew, the

replica of John Cabot's 15th century ship, the original of which

went all the way to new found land. This replica will be Derek around

the harbour this weekend. It is one of many replica ships which will be

here this weekend and one of many events which people have been

working hard to pull together today. It is a big gig to prepare for -

183 gigs. 22 of them here on the main stage. But, for many, this

isn't the main attraction. Over the past 40 years, the Harbour Festival

has outgrown the harbour. It now stretches all the way to Castle

Park, where these guys are trying to take over.

It is mainly fighting, fighting and drinking. That is mainly it, really.

What else is a pirate's life? Pirates are just part of more than

over 13 hours of circus and street theatre happening here. It is

really important, we are the premier showcase for this kind of

work in the south-west. There is the Glastonbury Festival, but apart

from that it is the premier showcase for outdoor circus and

street theatre. Over at Queens Square, it all looked pretty

tranquil a couple of hours ago. But come Saturday afternoon, it will be

one of the busiest places in the whole of the west.

While you are watching that, we were watching fit comp -- watching

this, which has literally just arrived in the harbour. It has been

a hive of activity all day and will be more so tomorrow before the

festival starts tomorrow evening. Will the weather be nice? Fingers

crossed, let's see what it does. We are optimistic but we will find

out soon enough. Thank you. Now what do you when your

mantelpiece is full of trophies? I wouldn't know, but it is a

problem Alex faces all the time! But when a Broadway actor recently

won a Tony, he decided that, rather than keep his prize, he would give

it to the Wiltshire man who inspired his character.

Mark Rylance has been playing the lead role, a drug-dealing rogue, in

the hit show Jerusalem. And his performance was based partly on

Mickey Lay from Pewsey. Lizzie Way went to find out more.

Treading the boards in Broadway is a character from right here in

Pewsey. Mickey Lay, the local man who inspired Jez Butterworth to

write a play about him. When the actor Mark Rylance was cast in the

role, he came to visit Mickey for some inspiration. And he has now

given him a little thank you. is the original Tony Ward,

specially engraved for the pair of you. This is from Mark, from

America, saying thanks for everything you have done. This

award is just for you two. Well done. The locals might be impressed

here, but the man in question was not overly enamoured. It is all

right, I suppose. It was given to mark, wasn't it? It is second-hand,

really. The play is a huge success in New York. The landlord here went

out to watch it and even had a role to play. They jokingly said to me,

you will be on stage tomorrow night in the play and I said, yeah, right.

But I did take part in the fight scene, so I have been on Broadway!

But after the play, Mark asked me if I could take something back for

him. I wasn't too sure what it was, but when the cast said what he had

done, I thought it was strange. The Tony Award is like a World Cup

medal. After he received the award, Mark Rylance said Mickey had been

very generous with his time and provided him with inspiration, so

deserved the award. It is not the usual way for a Tony

award to be presented, and it is not so usual for the winner to be

so unforced, but like it or not, Nikkei is now an award-winning

character. -- Nick. It is second-hand, that is what he

said! Not the longest award winner speech

in history! We were talking about the weather

for the harbourside Festival and Let's get the Harbour Festival

about the way, it is looking pretty good. I doubt he will need an

umbrella, we are looking at a dry spell of weather for the weekend. A

fair amount of cloud on Saturday, but pleasant in like winds.

Tomorrow will bring some changes as we introduce the threat of showers

through the course of the afternoon, but for the most part the key

change to today will be a largely County affair with some areas

favoured to see more sunshine, but warm nonetheless. It is this

weather affront which is causing the subtle changes. I described it

at lunchtime as the most boring front in the history of weather

fronts, which has not changed in the last few hours, but by tomorrow

it straddles the district and will bring cloud and the threat of some

showers. The showers tomorrow will not be random, we will have Deasy

breeze from the south coast, a prevailing north-easterly tomorrow,

and whether two meet the air can only go up, and it will form some

showers, particularly in parts of South and Central Somerset, Dorset,

South Wiltshire and parts of Wiltshire through the course of the

day. Through today, the showers have been a rarity, no spots of

rain virtually across the West Country. This rain front is just

starting to ease into the east, so the chance of a few spots as we run

through the rest of this evening, but broadly speaking a good amount

of sunshine still for many, and as the night wears on, the cloud will

lower, so we could get some Hill fog in next more. Elsewhere, maybe

a spot or two of light rain, but most districts dry, and mild.

Tomorrow will start once again with variable cloud, and the chance

still of some further light showers north of Gloucestershire, but

broadly speaking the morning is dry. Into the afternoon, some sunny

spells appearing, but those showers I mentioned earlier, you can see

them in the more southern districts. The best of any sunshine will be in

the west coast of Somerset. Through the rest of the evening, the

showers fading away. In the sunshine tomorrow, I think

temperatures will be up to about 22 Celsius, and even under the cloud

we should see 20, 21, so another warm day, almost on a par with

today, all the parts of Gloucestershire this afternoon got

to 25, 26. Looking beyond that, as we lead up towards the weekend,

this next weather front is making inroads towards us on Sunday, but

for Saturday it is high pressure in charge. By the end of Sunday, the

cloud is starting to increase, so it is likely to be a decent start

on Sunday, then starting to turn cloudy as the day wears on, but it

should stay dry. Greyhounds are in a lot of trouble when they are done

with racing, they are often in a world are problems, so if you want

to help them out to Ken-do along to this event on Sunday in Bristol. --

you can go along. Before we go, there are big

problems on the A46 tonight between Bath and Bristol. There has been a

crash on the dual carriageway. It involved a car and a lorry and the

road has been closed, with long delays in the area and diversions

in place. Stay tuned to BBC Radio Bristol, they will let you know the