13/09/2011 BBC Points West

Good evening and welcome to BBC Points West.

Our headlines tonight: Jail for a bully. He used the

internet to harass the families of victims of tragedies. Why would

somebody do this when he doesn't know her, no us? -- all know us?

The remarkable operations which replaced this man's thumb with his

big toe. A political shift - Gloucester

Cathedral will officially be in the Forest of Dean under changes to

MPs' boundaries. And the little girl who found

Europe's finest fossil on a trip to Good evening. A man who used the

internet to cruelly abuse his victims has been sent to prison

today. Sean Duffy was jailed for posting malicious and offensive

footage and comments about a teenager from Gloucester who died

earlier this year. In one of the first cases of its kind in this

country, Sean Duffy admitted being "an internet troll". He had

targeted several grieving families including the parents of 14-year-

old Lauren Drew. John Maguire Every day friends continue to post

tributes online to Lauren Drew. She died at home in Gloucester in

January, it's believed she had epilepsy. The internet messages are

a great comfort to her parents but one man decided to act in what's

described as an evil and wicked way. Making mock horror films about

Lauren and posting them online for her parents to discover.

I clicked on the link and there was a picture of my daughter's coffin

with writing, Happy Mother's Day stamps in it because it was near

Mother's Day. I was outraged, shaking, so many of her friends

were upset. He would deface her a putting too

is in her eyes, writing obscene words on her face, quite a few

things. Every time got -- a page got shut down a new one would be

set up. Carole sought some solace at Lauren's grave. The pain I was

going through anyway, we didn't anticipate we would have to do with

this as well. And remember lying next to her, crying, thinking I

can't protect her from this and I know she is gone but we couldn't

stop it and didn't know how to stop it. We wanted to know he was doing

it, who could do such a thing. And this is the man responsible for

that systematic abuse 25-year-old Sean Duffy from Reading. A total

stranger. Today he pleaded guilty to charges under the malicious

communications act. He's what's known as an internet troll. You may

well think of the troll as a horrible frightening character from

a children's story but in what speak it is very often somebody who

goes on to a website, chat forum, and posts offensive comments. But

what he has done is taking things to a whole new level causing

enormous amounts of upset and anger. For I would compare him to a

paedophile. A paedophile commits offences because they like to do

what they do and I am no doubt that he knew what -- exactly what he was

doing, he liked to cause offence, pain and anguish and the pain he

has caused the family and friends of Lauren, some of them have

described it as nearly as bad as when she passed away which Jimmy is

a horrendous crime. -- which to me. Duffy targeted several families.

He was jailed for 18 weeks and banned from social networking sites

for five years in an attempt to stop him causing this pain and

suffering to anyone else. A Bristol man has been jailed for

life after pleading guilty to killing his mother. Garry Iles

admitted manslaughter at Bristol crown court. The 44-year-old had

stabbed Sheila Iles repeatedly at her home in Staple Hill. He then

stole her pension money. The police have described the attack as

extremely violent. The sentenced today, I fully agree

with, a life sentence and reflects the dangerousness but he still

poses. The judge made it clear he would not be released until he was

assessed as being safe. A man has today appeared in court

charged with attempted murder after a woman was hit by a car in Bristol

on Sunday. She was left with life changing leg injuries after the

incident in Bedminster. 25-year-old Luke Julius has been remanded in

custody to appear at Bristol Crown Court later this week.

A builder from Bristol who accidentally sawed his thumb off

thought surgeons were joking when they said they'd replace the

missing digit with his big toe. But experts at Frenchay Hospital have

done the rare and complex transplant, meaning James Byrne can

carry on working and being an active father. Scott Ellis reports.

Just four days after surgery and the new firm is whittling away.

James Byrne, what is it like -- the new thumb is wiggling away. What is

it like? It is amazing. A week ago I had

nothing at all, my hand was useless. He we are, four days later, it is

all working and correct. It is really important for your work.

Tell us what you do. Am a plant operator and lay paving for a

living. I wasn't able to pick anything up, so now I have this

back in means I can go back and start earning a decent living again.

And look after your family including your son. I am looking

forward to being back out in a couple of weeks or months were now

fully recovered and playing on the rugby field throwing the ball

around and having a bit of fun. There is the downside, you have

lost your big toe. I never ran like a used to run before the operation

but I should be able to drive around and walk so it is a small

price to pay. Much respect to the surgeon, it looks simple on the

chart, you take this much big toe and then you put it in one hand,

but how difficult is it to do? You have to attach a lot of

structures, the tendons, then the nerves, then the burn, then the

artery, then the brain. How could the fund has a toe make? Good

question. A great hope means a great fun. I had the choice of

using the second to all his big toe. The second tier doesn't look like a

film whereas the big toe is a great film. It will enable him to have

40% return of function of his hand. When they told you they were going

to take your big toe and put it on your hand, what did you think?

thought he was pulling my leg, winding me up. But here it is now,

nine months later, and it is all business as usual. Good luck for

the future. I just think that is incredible.

Even if you were having your tea at the same time.

Extraordinary. You don't realise how important they are. You are

watching BBC Points West. And there's still plenty to come

between now and seven. Up, up and away to Argentina. We're

with the RSPCA as they start releasing hundreds of stranded

birds back into the wild. And as Bristol becomes the backdrop

for another star studded drama, we That is all coming away.

The West looks set to lose an MP under plans announced today. The

Government wants to reduce the number of MPs in Parliament by 50.

That means one seat would go by changing boundaries in Wiltshire

and Dorset, with one constituency straddling the border. Our

Political Editor Paul Barltrop is at Westminster. Is this yet another

government cut? In a way, I suppose it is. It was

something the Conservatives especially working on when they

came into government and reckon it will save �12 million per year by

getting rid of 50 of the occupants of the Houses of Parliament. It is

also about levelling out constituencies, having the same

number of voters in constituencies across the country and the

proposals put forward today that aim to achieve that will bring

about some big changes and some quite bizarre ones as well.

Across the West most constituencies would get changed boundaries. In

Wiltshire and Dorset it goes further. They would end up with one

less MP. But the biggest surprise is in Gloucester, where the very

heart of the city could end up represented by the Forest of Dean

MP. Its spectacular Feigel, docks, even the council office would be

affected -- Cathedral. Many voters think it would be absurd.

I can't see many people would be pleased with that, to be honest. My

parents live further towards the forest and they don't like being

classed as the forest so attended anyway don't hear it would like it.

They would be better kept separate. The heritage of this location

belongs to Gloucester and I don't think, I think he would be diluted

by moving it to the Forest of Dean area. Two neighbouring MPs must

decide he will go for a new cross- border seat which could be calf

that of both their constituencies. For me personally it is a disaster.

I'm very attached to my constituency and I imagined I would

be representing south-west Wiltshire for some time in the

future with the blessings of the electorate. But now of course a

Boundary Commissioner has redrawn the map and it affects me

profoundly. My real concern is the proposal

that has come up is a bit of a dog's breakfast. 54 miles from one

end to the other, and I would like to go back to the Boundary

Commission and see if we could make it a little more coherent and a

little more compact so that people feel they have some association

with each other. The changes would affect post --

most of the West's MPs. By the time of the next election many of our

constituencies would look very different.

JCB readers -- J -- Jacob Rees-Mogg is affected personally, his home

would end up outside his constituency. This is not a done

deal. The boundary condition -- Boundary Commission will be

investigating but they have got to have things confirmed by 2014 so

everything is ready for the next general election in 2015.

Some of the migrating birds rescued from stormy seas and cared for at a

wildlife unit in Somerset were released back into the wild today.

Around 350 birds were taken to the RSCPA centre at West Hatch near

Taunton last week after being pulled out of the sea in West Wales.

Strong winds had scuppered their migration to South America. This

morning around 50 of the birds were boxed up and taken to the North

Devon coast to be set free. But it wasn't without its problems as

Clinton Rogers reports. Not the way it they'd hoped to

begin their journey to South America but then these birds

couldn't have made it on their own. It was last week that hundreds of

Manx Shearwaters were pulled from the sea in West Wales. Strong winds

had scuppered their annual migration leaving them battered and

exhausted. More than 350 were brought to the RSPCA wildlife unit

near Taunton where they were cleaned and hand fed to build up

their strength. Six days on and around 60 were being prepared for

release back into the wild. Individually boxed and heading for

the coast of North Devon. They are going near Croyde. Why are there?

It is important to release them on the coast and we are happy with

that location because there is a nice cliff-edge for them to go off

to freedom. Meanwhile Conservation volunteers in Wales have managed to

release a handful of birds from a ferry en route to Ireland. They

believe the birds stand a better chance of survival if they are set

free away from land. I don't see the English side of the British

Channel, the narrow part of it, as a particularly good place to

release them. Here in Somerset every bird is tested for its

flotation abilities before being considered for release Reacting to

the criticism, the RSPCA say there isn't a ferry option here and

transporting the birds by road to North Wales would have caused them

too much stress. This was the fastest one. As for this release

site they say it was approved by experts at the Gower Bird hospital

in Wales. And so this afternoon, with a little help, the birds began

their belated migration to Argentina. Some were plainly not

keen to go but most knew just what to do. Only 7,000 miles to go, a

I hope the sun shines on them. And now some sad news to share.

We're sorry to have to tell you about the death of Rosie Kilburn, a

teenager from Newent who published the day to day experience of living

with cancer on a very popular online blog.

She worked with us here at the BBC to make a film about it all. About

the fashion business she started up, selling T-shirts with slogans

designed to change attitudes towards cancer. Amanda Parr pays

tribute. My name is rosy. I am 17 and I have got cancer. -- Rosie.

Post after post, it was her words that drew followers, frank, funny,

frustrated, all her feelings laid bare. Now the words of her family

sit at top of the page, the post we never wanted to write. It says our

beautiful, feisty, annoying, brilliant Rosie died this morning.

It says they're sad beyond words. Hundreds of thousands have been to

see what Rosie had to say. She spoke freely about the rare form of

liver cancer she was fighting, about the treatment, the tiredness,

but also the strength she drew from family and friends. And the

happiness she found in the small pleasures of life. She set up a

fashion business selling T-shirts with slogans that poked fun at

cancer, confronted it, challenged it. Completely denying, never

caring, exhausting, rhino. I wanted to make it less of a taboo subject

to people weren't scared of talking about it, therefore didn't keep it

like their dirty little secret. held a charity auction to get the

ball rolling and it was a roaring success. With typical selflessness

the money raised was to go to cancer charities and especially to

support those living with someone living with cancer. Rosie worried

that while she was looked after, her family and friends were not.

And now it's they who are vowing to carry on in her name raising more

money, raising more awareness. And keeping the determination and

passion of one very special young What a huge and a delightful

personality and I know just how much she will be missed.

Now, football and Yeovil Town's manager has asked supporters to

return to the club, after disappointing crowds so far this

season. Tonight, Terry Skiverton's side are at home to Wycombe, and

Alistair Durden is at Huish Park. Ali, what's been the problem?

Crowds are down. Yeovil Town, and established League One club would

have loved to build on their fan- base. Every year the bookmakers say

they will be relegated but for seven years they have been at this

level, a terrific achievement when you think of the modest resources

they have to offer here. But you cannot avoid it. Attendances are

down. The first two home gates of the season were the lowest per club

has had since becoming a League club. There is nothing like success

to get punters through the turnstiles. Yeovil have only one

one game this year so far and had a tough start paid -- playing for all

of the side at the top end of the table. I spoke to the manager in

the last hour and he is confident the fans will come back. You can

never question crowds, people, and what they spend their money on. All

we can do is keep working hard, try and get up the table, put in good

performances and Tech 3 they will come back. We will watching some

DVDs on the way up and they were getting 7,000, 8,000. Be used to

get very big crowds. The game as a whole is going through a tough time.

We have got to stand up to that, but in good performances and entice

the fans back that way. We cannot order them, we can ask them but it

is up to them at the end of the day and one thing I do is appreciate

everybody who comes to spend their money here because you look at

other clubs up and down the country that could afford to pay staff,

players, and they are not getting their value for money. The clubs

are on the brink of bust. With us, we are a strong club, good family

club. The future, no matter what people think on the outside, is

very bright, and we have got unity and we stick together. We keep

competing at League One level and enjoy doing that.

Three games as well in League Two tonight. Bristol Rovers at home to

Shrewsbury, no win in four League games for Rovers. Swindon are at

Crawley, Paolo Di Canio's side looking for a third success in a

row. And Cheltenham, who've started the best of all our sides this

season, are down at Torquay United. World champion hurdler Dai Greene

admits the pressure is on for him to win gold at next years Olympics

after last week's success in Daegu. Today the University of Bath, where

he trains, held a "welcome home" reception for him. It was a chance

for him to show off his latest medal, and James Hassam got an

invite. A reception fit for a champion. And

an athlete at the very top of his sport. COMMENTATOR: Here is his

chance to seize the moment. He wins for Britain, 48.27 seconds. Dai

Greene it takes Britain's first As he soaked up more applause his

medal from Daegu were still in his hand but his thoughts were already

turning to London. I had a fantastic last couple of seasons,

I'm looking forward to it, will have so much support, a great

atmosphere in front of 60,000 Brits. 4th he can count on plenty of

support here as well. The Welshman's another success story

for this West Country university. Part of what's becoming a proud

tradition. We are very privileged. We have 12 Sport to base their

national or regional squad with us on a daily basis -- 12 sports based

here. There is of course lots more hard

work to come for Dai Greene, both on the track as he prepares for

next summer's Olympics, and off it as he takes part in the many media

interviews required of a world champion. He knows that he owes a

huge part of his success to the facilities and training he received

right here. He also knows he has a lot of hard work ahead of him. A

new programme is being felt in the West Country.

It is about weren't meant to take a risk and leap into crime.

Behind the scenes in Bristol of a new crime drama that sees security

guards who spend their days counting other people's cash. They

find they just can't resist the temptation. He proposes that maybe

they should try to steal some more money from the warehouse because

they are talking about a relatively small amount in this scene. He

proposes that they do a rather large scale robbery of the premises.

Inside Men was filmed as several locations across the West Country.

This warehouse is the bottle yard. Cast and crew have been spotted in

Bedminster and Weston beach. This was the first choice, the ideal

choice for filming. Once I read the script a new or the location that

were in the script could be found here. Though the bundles are mostly

paper there was still plenty of real money on set, as the guards

eventually help themselves to �172 million. The drama explores how the

characters cope with their crime after they decide to cross that

moral line and some well-known Points West faces pop up to report

on the risk they take. Some well- known Points West faces pop up as

well. You can try and spot some familiar sights when the first of

four hour long episodes hits BBC1 early next year

Now how about this for beginner's luck.

A five-year-old from Wiltshire got more than she bargained for when

she went on her first organised fossil hunt. Emily Baldry ended up

unearthing an ammonite thought to be the best example of its kind

ever found in Europe! Ali Vowles has been to meet up with her.

I am at a rather windy Cotswold Water Park which is made up of 150

lakes. They have all been created because of gravel extraction. One

of the wonderful things that happen his nature throws up some real

goodies. If I found a fossil like this I would be really pleased, it

is gorgeous, not bad. If I found one like this I would be thrilled.

Isn't it beautiful, see the lovely metallic shine. But five year-old

Emily, although she is six now, has had an absolutely whopping find and

just take a look at this. Show us the fossil you have found. Tell me

what it is. Do you know? No. Shall we ask Neville, what is it? It is

an ammonite. It has got a long Latin name but we call it Spike

because it has these long spine Senate. What did you think when you

found it? What did you see? Was it covered in mud? Did your spade hit

it? What it you think about it now you have seen it all cleaned up.

don't know. Are you please G found it? How important is this find?

is quite unique. They are very rare. Only fragments of this ammonite

have been found in Britain in the past. This is the first complete

specimen of this particular type of ammonite, probably in Europe. Also

to be found like -- by somebody like Emily is really special. And

maybe get a named after her. A fantastic find here at the

Cotswold Water Park. Well done, Emily!

No jokes about watching old fossils here police.

A much more drier and settled story. High-pressure starting to build

which means for tomorrow we are looking at a dry day. Sunny spells

are back. Having said that, quite a few showers through the course of

this morning. We are focusing our attention out towards southern

Ireland. He will be into the middle part of the night. Let's pick up on

that through the Met Office computer. A good deal of fine

weather to finish the day albeit rather breezy. We stay with these

dry conditions until 11 o'clock. Most people tucked up in bed by

then anyway. A rather breezy night. Fairly cold. Low double figures for

the urban areas. We start with one or two light showers but otherwise

dry, find conditions. There showers quickly fading then a dry day for

us all. Moderately breezy. We continue with very similar

conditions through the course of the afternoon and into the evening

as pressure continues to build. That area of high pressure will

become quite dominant as we get to Thursday. A similar story for

Thursday as well. There will probably be more in the way of

cloud around. A cold night, some for forming. -- some fog forming.

It will be a dry and fine day with like wind. Friday and Saturday low-

pressure returns. Showery into Leeds. A rather breezy set-up.