08/09/2011 BBC Points West

Hello and welcome to the programme. In the Points West headlines

tonight: Caught in the crossfire. The family

of a young man shot in a gangland dispute say he was an innocent

victim. I appeal to anybody who has heard or seen anything, to please

come forward. So at least we can get justice for him.

Also tonight, they are still remembered.

Reaction in Wootton Bassett to the first repatriation since they were

moved to Oxfordshire. The highly-paid council chief

executive sacked after 18 months, his bosses explain why.

And welcome to Peckham? Remembering where it all began in Bristol for

Good evening. The mother of a 21-year-old man

shot dead in Bristol has made an emotional appeal for witnesses to

come forward. Rico Gordon was killed during a shoot out between

two London-based gangs on the night of the St Paul's Carnival.

Detectives say he was an innocent victim who was in the wrong place

at the wrong time. This exclusive report by our Home Affairs

Correspondent, Steve Brodie. Anna Gordon is comforted as she

lays flowers on the pavement where her eldest son died of gun shot

wounds. Anna and her family's life has been devastated since Rico

Gordon's night out ended in tragedy and blood shed. She says Rico, who

was about to go to college, was a lovely innocent human being. He is

hard to describe, I am just heartbroken really, really hard. It

is hard. The whole family, everybody, we still haven't got to

terms with it. Aniston so much. I miss him so much. Despite coming

from the same area of the capital, Rico's mother and the police are

convinced that the 21-year-old was not connected in any way to the

violent dispute which erupted here in Easton, between two London based

gangs. That is what makes it even more tragic, and motivating me and

19 per, the fact there was some gang activity in Bristol that

wasn't based in Bristol which came from London. Whatever the

motivation was, it spilled out on to our streets. It is there that we

want to get to the bottom of and bring justice for the family.

Rico Gordon was shot, one of the three men thought to be responsible

for the shooting ran here into Belmont Street, possibly to hide a

gun. He's also thought to have taken off

a black hoodie which along with the gun has not yet been recovered.

Week later on that night, an hour or so later, the offender was

picked up, and returned to that area to recover things he might

have hidden. We are appealing to anybody who might have been in the

area, leaving their all walking about, who might be able to give us

something -- some information. -- living there all walking about.

Detectives want to know if anyone saw this black Ford Puma on the

night of the shooting, driving up St Mark's Road from the direction

of the church. The car is again captured on CCTV turning right into

St Mark's Grove. For Anna nothing will bring ever bring back her son.

But she wants justice for Rico. If anyone has any information they

should contact the police. Within the past hour the first

repatriation since flights left RAF Lyneham has taken place in

Oxfordshire. Sergeant Barry Weston of the Royal Marines was serving

with the 1st Battalion The Rifles from Gloucestershire when he was

killed in Afghanistan. As a mark of respect Wootton Bassett flew the

flag at its war memorial at half mast. From there, John Maguire

reports. Known to family and friends as Baz,

Sergeant Weston is described by his commanders as "selfless and

courageous" and by his family as "a caring, loving husband and son and

a devoted father" He was a father figure to the young

men under his command too. Seconder from 40 Commando Royal Marines he

was serving with the first Battalion the rifles -- Cichon did

from 42 Commando. Last week while leading a patrol in Afghanistan he

became another victim of the home- made improvised bombs that have

claimed so many lives. This afternoon his body was flown back

to the UK. Not to RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire, but for the first time

in four years to Brize Norton across the Oxfordshire border. The

symbolic lowering of the Union Flag at last Wednesday's ceremony in

Wootton Bassett marked the end of that town's commitment to honouring

the dead, their solemn duty now handed on to the people of

Carterton. Here on high street of Wootton Bassett it is an afternoon

like any other, save for the Union flag flying at half mast. Despite

the fact this town has more than played its part, their thoughts

today are with her friends and family of another foreign

servicemen. -- the friends and family. -- another fallen

servicemen. The walls of the Cross Keys are adorned with tributes and

gifts to show the appreciation for the role the pub has played

providing comfort, solace and some privacy to so many bereaved

families. But no more. We have done our bit and through no

choice of hours it has been moved to Brize Norton, and we just move

on now and we will get on with what we do.

And in Oxfordshire this afternoon clear evidence that the tradition

started by just a few will be continued with equal dignity by so

The family of a plumber who was electrocuted on a building site in

Bristol say they're disappointed at the outcome of an inquest. Danny

Edwards was installing a washing machine at a flat in Clifton three

years ago when he was killed. A wrongly wired socket was to blame.

Alice Bouverie was in court, and joins me now. What happened today?

After a two-day inquest, jury returned a narrative verdict, which

basically tells the story of how Danny Edwards was killed while he

was working at a house on Percival Road which was being converted into

19 flats. What happened was that a socket in the kitchen was wrongly

wired, earth to live terminal, live to earth. This socket then wasn't

tested properly. When the washing machine was plugged in, made the

whole thing live. Tragically, when Danny touched the metal casing at

the back, an electrical current passed through him and he died. He

was only 23 years old, his baby daughter was born 11 days later,

and she's been named Danni after him. What was the significant

evidence that came out in court Lee Workman, the chief electrician

on site on Percival Road back in 2008. He was overseeing another

three electricians working in building. He was asked who had been

working on the wiring in the kitchen. He said he couldn't

remember. In fact, all four of electricians either denies wiring

the socket, or said they couldn't remember who had. It's left Danny's

father deeply disappointed. Somebody is to blame for it. At the

end of the day they have proved that. Somebody put the wires in

wrong. It has got to be one of the people that was actually there. It

is sick they are walking away, getting away with it. At the moment

it is how it seems to us. Was there any reaction from the

company? Yes, we heard from Jason Birakos, who was the former

director of Birakos Enterprises Ltd, who employed Danny. He expressed

his regret for what happened. Obviously there was a tragic

occurrence. On a personal level he was a trusted colleague, a very

different, and very fine to work with. From a professional level he

was very professional, hard-working, and was sadly missed by everybody

concerned. Will this case be taken any further? There are unlikely to

be any court proceedings. Birakos went into administration two years

ago, so can't be prosecuted. You're watching BBC Points West

with Chris and Imogen. Thank you for joining us. Still to come on

tonight's programme: The gloves are off. We find out why Bristol has

been the focus of global attention. And it's 30 years tonight since we

were first introduced to the Trotters, but how much do you

really know about Only Fools and Horses?

A soldier's been described by a judge at Bristol Crown Court, as a

"clever and cunning predator", after he abducted and raped a

number of young women. Jonathan Haynes was jailed indefinitely and

ordered to serve at least 11 years in prison, for raping three

teenagers and trying to abduct two schoolgirls. The 30-year-old was

warned he may never be released. The judge said the ex-serviceman

was an "extreme and continuing danger to young women". The

Cheltenham and he drove his car to the top of Mount Snowdon has

admitted it was a stupid thing to do. Craig Williams got his car back

today after it was carefully brought back down the mountain. He

said driving his vehicle all the way up the railway line what a

dangerous thing to attempt. He claims it was on the list of

challenges he wanted to complete before he dies.

I would like to be able to bring her back down by my own hand, but

conditions made it quite dangerously intrepid. Now I realise

how unbelievably stupid it was, and I wouldn't condone anyone to follow.

The car had been up the mountain for five days and took three days

to get down. Wiltshire Council have been

defending their plan to axe their chief executive. Andrew Care has

only been in the job for a year and a half. He's been criticised for

his high pay while cutting hundreds of council jobs. Now he himself is

to go. Here's our political editor Paul Barltrop.

In happier times, a year ago Andrew Kerr and Wiltshire Council leader

Jane Scott were working closely together. Now she's cutting him

adrift. Today the talk was about money. One of four corporate

directors will also go, saving the council half a million pounds. She

insists it's not due to a personality clash. Absolutely not.

We have always had an extremely good working relationship, we were

good friends, but personalities and people, whether it is Andrew,

myself or any other officer, they're not be given the

organisation and the people of Wiltshire. Andrew Kerr wasn't

available for interview but told me he was "disappointed at the

decision made by the leader" though "proud of what I've achieved"

getting Wiltshire into a "very stable position". Others are more

openly critical. I am numb with shock at the speed this has come

out. This is a dramatic change to how the council would be managed

and if the proposals as they currently stand go through all the

best with a Soviet-style individuals collectively

responsible for running the council with nobody actually being in

charge. This departure comes on top of 220 jobs already cut. For staff

it's a matter of much concern. There will be shock and surprise

from staff we have spoken to, but perhaps there will be a bit of

intrigue and interest as to how this is going to work in the future.

It isn't officially a done deal but everybody expect it will be

concerned at the end of this month. After that we will find out how the

West's biggest council get by without one single officer at the

top. Today marks International

Paralympic day. Tomorrow tickets go on sale for the Games in London in

2012. They have been celebrating since the early hours in Trafalgar

Square, Bath will be the home of Team GB with plenty of our local

athletes train there. It seems the increasing prominence of the

Paralympics is encouraging amputees to get out and get active again.

Today specialist coaches from UK Athletics have been at a session

for amputees in Bristol. It's designed to help people who've

lost limbs improve their posture, balance and technique. And maybe

even get themselves into competition. Will Glennon reports.

Make its move, nice and light. Colin Edwards was always a fit and

active man. He had his right leg amputated 15 years ago after it was

bad -- badly damaged in a motorcycle accident. That hasn't

stopped him. This summer, he ran 630 miles along the coast path from

Minehead to Dorset. He completed a half marathon everyday. There were

times when I was literally blown off my feet and when I was soaked,

bruised and battered, but as a personal adventure, it was

absolutely fantastic. I was very privileged to be able to do it.

will do a bit of a stopover. Even a long distance runner needs to brush

up on his technique now and then. At a special session today, a coach

from UK Athletics gave Colin and others tips on how they can get the

best out of their adapted bodies. lot of the amputees are quite shy

and think this isn't for me, I can't do this, this is beyond me,

but it is giving them a break point, they cannot balance on a lake, or

have you tried and getting that message across it is just as much a

chance you can run a marathon than an able-bodied person.

The landscape is changing. The South African athlete is a

prominent inspiration and better prosthetic limbs are being

developed to meet the need to soldiers in Afghanistan. Chef

Michael Caine source his right arm aged 25 and hasn't stopped him

winning Michelin stars. This whole idea that just because you've got a

disability doesn't mean your life stops or you are less able. The

whole element of being disabled means you are less able, it is not,

it is about making the most of the opportunities. Today's workshop was

run by a charity which is staging a big exhibition tomorrow in Bristol.

The theme is one life, love -- love it, and that is what Colin Edwards

intends to do -- live it. A photographer from Stroud is just

about to open his first exhibition featuring images of West Country

Churches and Cathedrals. Nothing too unusual in that, but Mark

Fairhurst's photographs aren't quite what you'd expect.

His Deception exhibition is designed to deceive the eye and

make well known places of worship difficult to recognise.

The construction of the images challenges the sense, little parts

of the architecture you think you may recognise, but you just can't

place them. These incredible images were taken by photographer Mark

Fairhurst who's more used to portraits, so this was a big

departure for him Mark was inspired by a visit to the crucible

sculpture exhibition in Gloucester Cathedral last year. I went back a

few years ago, imagining being and medieval peasant living with

families and their animals and when these places were built to visit

one of these huge cathedrals for the first time, must have looked as

if something had landed on another planet, totally out of this world.

Surprisingly Mark uses very little post production to produce the

photos. Using a small modern camera he wanted to make sure the images

were as pure as possible. It is almost a kaleidoscopic view to a

subject. Some of the images may be composed of one image used 12 times.

As for all the colours and textures, they are as they were shocked. The

beauty is there. The key is trying to work out where these were taken

but he is not letting on. All our within 50 miles of the Cotswolds.

Deception opens at the Corinium Museum on Saturday and runs till

the first of October. Now some of the West's biggest

thinkers and doers have been busy spreading their ideas worldwide

today. They've been taking part in something called a TED-X conference

which is a series of presentations broadcast live across the globe

over the internet. The whole TED phenomenon was actually launched by

a man from Bath, Chris Anderson, and in time has grown into

something huge with billionaires like Bill Gates and ex US

presidents taking part. Still confused about TED? Here's Michelle

Pascal to explain. T for Technology.

E for Entertainment. D for Design. The TED talks are

about bringing together the best of the best and getting them to share

their ideas with the world. Billionaires like Microsoft's Bill

Gates and Richard Branson have been among the people to talk at these

lectures which are held around the world. It inputting Bristol on the

global map. The whole of the south- west is sharing ideas with the

world. Ideas from the world of Bristol. It get a million hits a

month with people keeping up-to- date with what is new. And being

filmed on the bubble scope, an accessory which fits on your smart

phone. He wouldn't be able to get that with a normal camera. It could

be any of the smart phones. The lined up with the camera you have

already got on the phone and turns the camera's field did you into a

full 360 degrees field of you say you can see everything in an

instant ensued still images in a single clip. Checkout these clubs

being tested by Imogen Heap. -- clubs. They can control the music

entirely by hand gestures. This was originally her radio, she wanted to

perform without having to engage with her input went. She wanted to

go out there just on her run without any electronic equipment

and be able to do everything she normally does by pushing buttons,

using gestures. Using ideas to capture that -- captivate audiences

across the world. Cast your mind back to 30 years,

the first ever screening of a television programme. It was of

course only Fools and horses. has fans around the world who know

all that behind the scenes details so we caught up with one man who

you could describe as an only Fools and horses Mastermind. Your name

please? Tony Miles. Your specialist subject? Only Fools and horses.

When was the programme first broadcast 30 years ago today. The

show features two brothers, what is their surname? Trotters. They ran a

business, was its name? Trotters Independent training. Where did

that Trotter family live? Mandela House. Where is Nelson Mandela

House? White made pass, here in Bristol. I thought they lived in

London? Fictionally Peckham, but here in Bristol. But most of the

rest of the show was filmed in London? Finance heard was at the

White Horse pub in Bedminster, and the famous scene of Batman and

Reading running through Broadmead. This time next year Del Boy and

Rodney will be? Millionaires. made the millionaires? And Marine

pocket watch. What type of card to be dried? Robin Reliant. Why did

they get it serviced? Boyce is most as. It was filmed in Bristol.

Somewhere else that was London Bristol? He was filmed at my

brother's showroom. So they filmed a your place. They all came to

Bristol one weekend and filmed a final scene of front -- Rodney

buying Del Boy a Rolls-Royce. They to go for a shower room for a whole

weekend, they build a Seventies- style shower room inside and Rodney

bought Del Boy in 1986 Rolls-Royce. Fantastic, do you have any

memories? I have a photograph here which are signed by Rodney and Del

Boy. Also, I have some paperwork from voices automobile, a letter

from Julie Bramshaw, administrator, outlining her request to send

brochures to customers. We have their share agreements. And we also

have an exclusive here today, voices Automobile letterheads.

Genuine letterheads. How did you get hold of that? I did a dull boy.

While they were filming fictitious Lee when they finished filming this

was on the desk and I nicked it. He we are today. Tony Miles, Only

Fools and horses and, thank you Finally before we go to the weather,

it falls to me to deliver some important news about Chris for you.

He has decided to retire from Points West in December this year.

Yes, it's time to quit while I'm ahead I think. I'm actually going

to be 60 in December, I know, you thought I was much older than that!

So it seemed the right time. But I am very proud of having presented

Points West for the last 28 years, it makes me the BBC's longest

running TV news presenter anywhere in the country at the moment. But

much as I've loved it and love working with such superb colleagues,

I feel it's time to move on and enjoy a well earned rest. The team

will of course still be at your service every night and I know I

will leave the programme in exceptionally good hands.

Three I have got butterflies at the moment.

We have got you still to December so we will make the most of you

until then and on that piece of news at all handy to Ian with the

You can still come to me for your personal life sailing forecast.

There will be some rain around at times but tomorrow, largely dry.

Variable amount of cloud. Quite a nice -- noticeably warm day.

Importing some mild sub-tropical air from the south-west. Quite

cloudy conditions, hill fog and the like, drizzle, rain which will move

eastwards. A broadly drier picture. So far as the rest of this evening

is concerned this end moving up will spread its way across many of

our district. At the same time we have the small showery regime which

will work its way eastwards, along the M4 corridor, so giving some

audit -- moderately heavy bursts. Cloudy conditions as we call it

over many district, particularly the further south you have to go.

Tomorrow we will start with a good deal of low cloud around. Then some

brighter spells starting to develop through Gloucestershire, then the

east of Exmoor, and other areas as well. They could be some showers

popping up. We start to introduce thicker cloud and outbreaks of

drizzle. Temperatures lifting up, some sunshine breaking through.

Inherently warmer. Beyond that, Saturday, a cold front which will

move its way through during the morning. Notice how his stars to

turn quite windy. On Sunday, the threat of heavy rain and wind. Then

we are looking at this, the remnants of Hurricane Katia

dominating on Monday. Widespread Well with the news of Chris's

retirement sinking in I'm sure many of you will have your own memories

of his three decades here on Points West. I bet you don't remember the

first time we met, I was 15 years old and did work experience here at

Points West with you. I had forgotten that. She hasn't