17/08/2011 BBC Points West

Good evening and welcome to BBC Points West. The headlines tonight.

A motorcyclist lying injured in the road is run over by an ambulance.

Police are investigating but say they don't know if Michael Colley

was already dead. Latest figures show unemployment

has risen in the West for the first time this year.

Also tonight, the multi-million pound youth centre that'll help

kids avoid crime. We are trying to get a point across that the youth

of today are not that bad. They are just normal children.

And we visit the pub restored by people power, and see what you can

do with hard work and half a First tonight, an investigation's

been launched after an emergency ambulance ran over a motorcyclist

who was lying injured in a road in Wiltshire. 33-year-old Michael

Colley had fallen off his bike on the A4 near Calne when he was

struck. Police aren't sure if he was alive or dead prior to being

run over. Scott Ellis is there for us now.

What exactly happened? You can see the flowers behind me here are

marking the scene of the accident, it was in the early hours of Sunday

morning when 33 year-old malt core Colley was thrown from his

motorcycle -- Michael Colley and his body was left lying in the road

here. Completely separately, an ambulance was taking a patient to

Bath, travelling not at speed and not with their silence on, and with

their lights on. There was also a motorist in the road he was Wayne -

- waving and trying to warn the ambulance about the body but it was

too late, and the ambulance strike the body of Michael Colley.

Emergency doctors attended the scene and pronounced his body dead.

The person in the back of the ambulance was also treated by

doctors but allowed to go home. Central to this was whether Michael

Colley was allowed to -- was alive or dead when the ambulance struck

him, so whether the vehicle impacted on his death. What has

been the impact of his family? is a tragedy, the family are to

expect -- upset to talk to us directly. They have released a

For they say he was a single man living in the Calne area, and he

was a loving brother and uncle. What about the police, what have

they said? May have a major commissions incident team who won

now looking at this, looking at people who drove the ambulance as

witnesses rather than suspect. They want to hear from anyone who may

have seen or heard anything here on the early hours of Sunday morning.

Unemployment has risen for the first time this year in the West

Country. More than 46,000 people are out of work and claiming

benefit in the Points West area, according to figures published this

morning. And as our business correspondent Dave Harvey reports,

women are being hit particularly hard.

For shoppers after a bargain, some good news in Filton this morning.

But not, of course, for the 58 staff that work in this High Street

store and who have now joined the growing queues at the JobCentre.

Across the West Country, today's figures showed more than 2000 new

people were signing on in July, up on the previous month by nearly 5%.

Government ministers say they share their pain and they are doing what

they say they can to help. This area is to become an enterprise

zone, with tax breaks for companies setting up here. How does that help

people fired from that shop in Filton? Critics say that news zones

like this concentrate all the new jobs in one area and suck the

economic life out of the surrounding areas. There is a focus

on making sure this is new business is coming into the area, new

businesses setting up to reduce the displacement effect. Secondly,

there is much less emphasis on retail. Overwhelmingly, but jobs

are in high-value things like precision engineering, so very

different. Meanwhile, the job cuts continue, especially it seems in

hospitals and care homes. In other words, in the public sector. It is

hospitals and councils it through the main. Normally they would be

employing through the holiday.. They are saying they cannot afford

recruitment. We are getting more temporary business, because people

are tending to go through the temperate route as opposed to

permanent. And this is affecting women? It is, we are finding a lot

more women coming through the door because they work in the social

sectors, Council, and part-time workers. Officially, Britain is

still in the back, out of recession. But as the shops closed down and

told queues go up, the West Country is starting to feel this -- feel

the chill once again. New graffiti has appeared on a main

route into Bristol following last week's unrest. The words "respect

to the rioters" have been sprayed on a bridge over the M32. The

council say their graffiti removal team will be going out tomorrow

morning. The MP for Bristol West Stephen Williams told us the

rioters don't deserve respect and anyone connected to them should be

ashamed of themselves. Meanwhile the BBC's Newsnight

programme has been in Gloucester, trying to work out what caused last

week's riots there. The team spoke to young people in the town and to

the police who believe what happened can be partly explained by

a lack of facilities and opportunities for young people.

you look at what is happening across the whole of the country in

terms of cutbacks of services for a number of people, it is likely that

will have an impact on whether people they feel that they are

being valued, listened to and targeting the services they need.

Some of that may have played out on Tuesday evening in Gloucester. It

is very hard to say there is a direct impact. Certainly, what we

would like to see is far more services to young people, far more

activities to engage young people and make them feel they have got a

stake in society, they have got some hope of getting a job in the

future, some hope of getting decent education and training, they have

got a place in society when they are actually learning a living --

earning a living and able to do all those sort of thing that we all do.

Well, in Bristol today work began on one such project, a multi-

million pound youth centre. It's being built to give those who wish

to avoid crime a better chance to succeed in life.

At the moment, an old building site, but in just 12 months' time, it

will be the hot of a �5.5 million project to help and inspire young

people. A cafe run by young people, and upstairs, studios for art,

television and radio. And much more. It is a long way off opening, but

today sort the first achievement of The Station. Street art was admired

by the young artists themselves. are trying to get our point across

that the youth of today are not that bad. They are just normal

children. If you see a had become and someone being violent, you

assume teenager, that was what we are trying to challenge. It is good,

enjoyable, keep kids of the street, it is a good idea. It is lot of fun.

The Station is aimed at young people who are described as from

challenging background. Suffering from abuse, poverty or disability.

Top graffiti artist Felix Braun like what he saw in his young

students. One to bring them round, they listen and they are able to

take advantage from someone who has been doing it for a long time.

Maybe I am able to point out to them that what they are doing is

really good, and maybe it is better than a thick it is. That is the

point, instilling some confidence - - it is better they may think it is.

The Station project will give youth a chance to find their own way and

deter them from a criminal life. When you talk to young people and

ask them what their biggest problem is, they say boredom. They say they

have got nothing to do. We want to make sure they have something to do,

they do have some way to go. So we can motivate them into more

positive activities. When it eventually opens, it will also

provide things like social help and counselling.

You're watching BBC Points West this Wednesday evening with Alex

and Will. Stay with us for the forecast. There's some nasty rain

on the way. Coming up on tonight's programme.

Cor, look at that! Why they're digging up the past in North

Somerset. And poet's corner, we visit the

newly renovated home of Samuel It's a nail biting time for many

students with A level results out tomorrow, and the competition for

university places as tough as ever. Many are rushing to get in before

next year's increase in tuition fees. And standing by for what

could be its busiest year is the Universities Admissions Service in

Gloucestershire. Advisers will be on hand to help those who didn't

quite get what they needed. Our Gloucestershire reporter, Steve

Knibbs, has more. Hundreds of thousands of letters

coming of the printers at UCAS today, each one with a life-

changing decision. Waiting anxiously for hers is Tasha Cook

from Gloucester. With these going up next year, she says the pressure

is on to get a place before it becomes too expensive. This is the

overthrow need to get him. It is almost �9,000, it has tripled. I

was worried about the debt this year, it would stop me from going.

If I had to go next year, I do not think I would get him. Back at UCAS,

they are getting ready to deal with a record number of applications.

The amount of students opting for year of his down dramatically. -- a

year off is down dramatically. is going down every year, so it is

not the only reason, the fees. The number of children who are 18 this

year has also gone down and that has played a part in the change in

the number of applicants. This year, UCAS will have a brave the world.

It as a digital Hub, offering advice across all the social

networks. UCAS is getting connected to the likes of Twitter, Facebook

and YouTube. But the team is also trawling those networks to see who

is talking about UCAS and sending them advice as well. We are. We are

trying to answer general queries, things like circumstances changed.

Any message to put up can reach thousands of people so we are

potentially helping lots of people rather than just on a one-to-one

basis on the phone. For those who didn't do so well, there should be

still plenty of places available through clearing.

Good luck to everyone waiting for results.

A second person has been charged in connection with the death of a

Taunton schoolgirl who was knocked off her bike. 13-year-old Amy

Hofmeister died after being hit by a car on Blackbrook Way in June. A

local man has already pleaded guilty to causing her death by

dangerous driving. Now a woman who was driving a separate vehicle has

also been charged. Documents seen by the BBC have once

again revealed the extent of complaints to the government

regulator about a private hospital near Bristol, for people with

learning disabilities. Winterbourne View was closed after Panorama

filmed patients being mistreated there. Dickon Hooper joins us in

the studio to tell us more. What we have learned today is what another

step in the road of who knew what and when. Under the Freedom in --

freedom of information act, we discovered the Care Quality

Commission was warned nine times alone last year that there were

problems at Winterbourne View. I will give you a flavour of the kind

of incident flag up to them, patient stated support worker gets

rough when angry. Another worker reported for slapping a patient

price. It gives you an idea of the problems there. All of these

incidents were investigated locally, but they add to the sense that

people knew all were warned that there were possible problems. We

reported a few weeks ago that the local council had been told 19

times about concerns, since the home opened in 2006. So where do we

go from here? We are all waiting for this serious case review that

South Gloucestershire council is conducting at the moment. That

might not be ready until next year, and if there are criminal

proceedings active, some of it might be edited out before

publication. What we are seeing is all the organisations involved in

providing this care or regulating it or investigating any potential

abuse, they are all making sure, they have all put their hands up

and said, we have got some things wrong. They are all making sure

that everybody knows everybody's responsibilities. No one wants to

be left carrying the can on that -- of Merrow and when that case review

comes out. Local academics joined forces with

the At Bristol team today to pull up a tube of soil from deep in the

Gordano Valley, all for a brand new exhibition at the hands on science

centre. The core of earth will show visitors a fantastic array of

stripes laid down over many thousands of years, as the area

turned from a great lake to a solid piece of land. Here's Amanda Parr

to dish the dirt. You take one great long stick, two

geographically educated minds, some elbow grease, and... Cor! 32 and a

half metres of peat crew were - through to a half metres of peat,

when all of this was not field, it went from icy tundra to a warmer

lake with vegetation. Apparently this spot is the perfect place to

do this, because there is a lot of peat beneath us with high water

content. It to bounce up and down, you can feel the earth move, it is

like a giant sponge. Beneath that, all of the material is perfectly

preserved. We are looking at organic things here, plants living

on the surface of the lake with their shoots coming upwards. It is

really useful for asked to show what we can do and what -- how it

can be used to reconstruct a landscapes. The Science and

Discovery Centre wants to in case these stripes in it resin and put

them in a new exhibition called our world. You'll be able to play with

spiders, dinosaurs and fish, they will be able to climb all over you.

You'll be able to play with a water cycle, where you move water around

the planet, pretend to be the son and crowds. And then we will have

the core here, it is helping people to realise that beneath our feet,

there was quite a long change, so what is beneath our feet is a great

archive of environmental change. The core is off to be tidied up,

arriving at its new home in the new year. Amazing how a simple slice of

field could have such a tall story to tell.

For the first time in five years, the Stonehenge is the most visited

water -- attraction in the south- west. The World Heritage Site had

more visitors than the Eden project last year. The Roman baths was also

on the list of the top 20 attractions that people paid to see.

Football, and the Bristol City manager Keith Millen is urging his

players to stay positive as they head to Leicester tonight. City are

still looking for their first win of the season, having lost both

their games so far, the latest to Cardiff at the weekend. Tonight's

opponents Leicester were the pre- season favourites for promotion.

little bit of pressure on them, they have not had a flying start,

and they are favourites because of the money. We have got to use that

to our advantage, if we can start well and grow into the game, we

know we have got enough their ability and talent to had any team

this year. In last night's games, there was further frustration for

Paolo Di Canio and Swindon. In fact, Bristol Rovers were our only

winners, as Alistair Durden reports. Paul Buckle signed 15 players over

the summer, but it was one Rovers old guard who gave them the lead.

Great control and technique from Jo Kuffour. Northampton, managed by

former City and Yeovil boss Gary Johnson, pulled level with a

scruffy goal. Bayo Akinfenwa claimed the last touch. But Rovers

became the first side to beat Northampton this season. Matt

Harrold used one of his long legs to poke in the winner. Just the one

goal at Huish Park, where Sam Baldock struck early for MK Dons,

and Yeovil couldn't turn their chances into an equaliser.

Endeavour and passion and commitment they showed, I think the

supporters will go home happy. MK Dons will be looking at knocking on

the door promotion this year. Cheltenham failed to follow up

their win over Swindon. Morecambe were on the mark first at the Abbey

Business Stadium. It took until the 84th minute for the Robins to take

one of their chances, Jeff Goulding showing how it's done. Morecambe's

winner was controversial. Was this a foul by Kevin Eillson? Cheltenham

certainly thought so, as he ran through in stoppage time to pinch

the win. That Was Poor, it was a blatant foul, I have just seen it.

He has got his hands all over him and he has pushed him over.

interest in Paolo Di Canio isn't letting up, and despite the

sunglasses, it's been a gloomy week for Swindon. A second defeat in

four days, this time to Dagenham & Redbridge.

The Somerset cottage where the 18th century poet Samuel Taylor

Coleridge wrote many of his most famous works has been reopened

after a restoration project. The National Trust has spent �175,000

restoring the property to give the public an idea of what it was like

when Coleridge lived there. So twice five miles of fertile

ground, with walls and towers girdled round. A tortured soul, but

her literary genius. And Cole ridge's most famous works were

inspired by the National beauty -- the beauty of De Quantiock Hills in

Somerset. He lived in this cottage for three years. This is one of the

parlours, there are two parlours. Did today, as the National Trust

unveiled its work, two generations of the Coleridge family were there

to see the results. I am so excited with it, I am enthralled, it is

perfect for stoppage really is very good. I would say it is more or

less as it was. The National Trust has spent one under and �75,000

restoring Cottage. -- �125,000. Coleridge and William Wordsworth a

great friend and it is during the time in the West Country that they

were credited with redefining poetry. It was the beginning of the

Romantic movement, the kind of poetry that we are used to reading

now but at the time it was incredibly radical. They put their

poems into this book, it is the original and it will be on display

here. Dripping washing included, a fantastic! The links they have gone

to to to recreate the home even include permanently dripping

washing. The new restoration has opened more runs of his cottage.

And here were bright -- and here were gardens bright with sinuous

worlds. And the garden, where Cole ridge would sit alone, think and

write. -- where Coleridge would sit alone, think and write.

I think I could as well! Now, imagine your biggest ever

housework nightmare, and then double it. And you'd be nowhere

near the task facing one group of village volunteers in Wiltshire.

They were all pub regulars who got together to take over their local.

They got almost �500,000 of Lottery money to turn it into a community

venture. But as you can find out in the TV programme Village SOS

tonight, just because you have the money doesn't mean it'll be easy.

Here's Jules Hyam. This is the Barge Inn at sh -- at

Honeystreet near Peswey. This is the moment one year ago when its

new owners got the keys. And this is what they were faced with. It is

a good job they loved the place because it needed a little of that.

And an awful lot of this, if these volunteers were going to make it

work as a community business. many of the amenities were closing

down, so the sheer fact that we have done what we have done to keep

this Open, it is an integral part of any rural community, the pub.

Most normal businesses would be looking at their gross margins and

saying, we would not going to accept 30% on a meal. But we will.

Whilst no one can doubt their passion and determination to save

their local, they do lack one crucial element. Money. For a whole

year, the ups and downs at the Barge Inn had been recorded,

catalogued and edited together for your viewing pleasure. It is a very

good watch with ups and downs. times it has been really, really

testing. It has been a real emotional journey. I cannot deny

that. And also, because we had a real short amount of time to turn

things around, it was tough. the launch event, Sandra wanted to

put on and use of puts it -- a music festival. Here! It was a

promotional stunt a rebutted almost imploded and turned that whole

community against the community -- against the project. I was like,

what have I done? This is the Barge Inn at Honeystreet near Peswey now.

It is successful, being run for the community. But it has been quite a

journey to get here. Village SOS, if he wants to watch

more, it is on at 8pm tonight. -- if you want to watch more. If you

are interested in getting in -- involved with your community, or go

to the website. We were talking earlier about the

fact that we have got quite a lot We have managed to 17, 18 degrees

today, not too bad. I think tomorrow we will notice how much

cooler it is. Some part of the region could get as low as 15 or 16,

no higher, there is a lot of cloud and at bricks of rain. Initially

the rain will be patchy, but running up to the M4, the rain

could be heavy at times. The same weather system has given us some

patchy rain earlier today in the form of showers. It is still there,

it weakens for a time overnight tonight. We do see some clear skies.

The front will move northwards, that will thicken the clouds and

start to produce some rain particularly across Somerset and

Dorset. Dorset will see some of the heaviest rain. Overnight, some

clear skies initially, but generally clouding over from the

South giving patchy light rain. The rain is becoming more persistent

towards dawn. Overnight, temperatures down to nine or 10

degrees. A cold start tomorrow, it will gradually warm up. A lot of

cloud for, giving outbreaks of rain -- outbreaks of rain. It will all

clear-out of the way to end the day, we might even get some late

sunshine in the far west. Temperatures tomorrow, up to 15 or

16 degrees. Probably no higher than that. Quite a cool feel to the day,

even though we see some late sunshine. We are just on the edge

of an area of high pressure, so Friday into Saturday looks pretty

dry and fine. Sunday, we have got weather fronts coming in from the

north, which could bring the risk of some showers. That is Friday, a

fine day with dry weather. More cloud on Saturday, some sunny spell

You can keep up-to-date with the BBC's website and radio stations.

Spare a thought for an owl who is recovering after having a sop

removed from his stomach! He was a hand-reared from birth in

Gloucestershire and he used the sock as a toy. He was taken to the

vet who thought the lump in his stomach could be a tumour. It was

only after operating that the lump was found to be a sock! We have

mentioned that village SLS, I am mixing them up, is on later on. --