05/10/2011 BBC Points West

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

A crackdown on gang violence. The new power to get gang members off

Gloucester's streets. Why the NHS won't pay for this boy's operation

even though a surgeon says he needs Uneasy lies the head that wears the

crown. Wootton Bassett struggles to afford its royal status. If they

want to bestow an, er I knew and then say you have to pay for it.

Margaret and on her. - macro end on And they've got it cracked, a West

Country school's recipe for the perfect egg.

Good evening. A new power has been brought in tonight to deal with

gang violence in Gloucester. The injunction means members aren't

allowed to congregate, make gangster rap videos or do anything

that promotes gang membership. It is only the second time such an

order has been issued outside London. The first time was in

Bristol. But what does it mean? John Maguire was in court. This is

a 19th aged macro man and an aspiring musician forced up but he

The injunctions mean that their remarks are think that these

individuals cannot do. Cannot display the name of their gang.

police say they are in a game that steals from people. I end my music

videos and an absurd that I was going to kill a person. Do you know

what an increase Mac I used to drive around our own bikes and now

I am just at college. I am not a gang member at Arles. Sam, who work

to keep young people out of trouble, say they are just a gimmick. I do

not think that this will make a difference. It just moves the

problem from one area to be at their. If you use an area ban, for

example, you might stop somebody seeing people for stabbing his aid

matter out how you have forced it. The Type Of behave rare that the

gang injunction is designed to step out. The council says it brought

the case today, on May the Perret in the country to do so, after

local residents, compelled by fear end despair, demanded action.

Action to put paid sparked - match The owners of a care home in

Somerset have been given a formal warning after failing to make

improvements to standards of care. Laurel Court in Nailsea was given a

second inspection by the Care Quality Commission, and inspectors

found their requirements had still not been met. Care plans had not

been updated, risk assessments and management plans were out of date.

Owners Southern Cross say action is being taken to make the

improvements. A couple from South Gloucestershire

say their four-year-old son will miss out on a normal life because

the NHS won't pay for an operation that could help him walk. Finley

Jones from Warmley has cerebral palsy. A surgeon from Frenchay

hospital has recommended he have the radical surgery but his

parents' appeal for funding has been turned down. Here's our Health

Finley Jones has only just learnt how to take a few steps with this

special frame. But his parents believe he could walk unaided if he

is given pioneering surgery known as Sellective Dorsal Rhizotomy. The

procedure involves testing which of his spinal nerves are causing the

stiffness in his legs, and then cutting their roots. It will let

him sleep better and can enjoy school. He could live a more

fulfilling life. But the �24,000 operation is not routinely funded.

South Gloucestershire NHS turned down the Jones' appeal for

exceptional funding on the grounds that there are many more patients

in the same position. We have been told that he will need surgery. The

evidence we've seen is that lots of things are no longer needed after

the surgery. Since the UK's first SDR operation

at this hospital in May funding has been agreed for 12 young patients.

But around the same number of patients have found their PCT has

turned down their appeal for special funding. In a statement the

PCT says it is working with surrounding commissioners to try to

set up a regional centre for this operation here at Frenchay. But for

that to happen regional funding would have to be agreed.

Matthew Hill is here now. It's obviously very upsetting for the

family but I suppose there's just not enough money for every

operation or treatment, is there? It is expensive. The operation

would revolutionise his life. They feel they will save money if he

doesn't need other operations. is a new procedure with new

treatments coming all the time. How does the NHS decide which should be

funded? It will have to go into the next financial year. A tiny

fraction of the budget is for new treatements.

In less than two weeks' time, the Wiltshire town of Wootton Bassett

will become known as Royal Wootton Bassett. A special naming ceremony

is being planned in celebration. But the town is worried about the

price of it all. The cost of crowd control, big screens and park and

rides will amount to �65,000. And now there's an appeal for help.

Nearly 350 fallen soldiers passed through this famous high street

when Wootton Bassett was the focus of the repatriations. The turnout

from the very beginning was unwavering. It was that dedication

that will see the town granted Royal status, the first in more

than a century. An honour this town never expected but one that is

coming at a cost. We have to put on car-parking for thousands of cars

and some buzzers to do the right and they cost money. - Mackrell

The ceremony on October 16th will see thousands of people come here

to witness the Princess Royal hand over the letters of patent to the

town, but that means more organisation than was ever seen at

a repatriation The bill, around �65,000, has to come from the town

council. Already the local MP has appealed for people across the

country to donate to the fund, a call repeated here today. The Queen

should pay for it. People are struggling to make ends meet.

do-nothing we should pay at Arles. Why bestow end on a minute and then

tell you that you have to pay for it. It is a royal thing after.

there is a feeling that, after the announcement of Royal status came

from David Cameron then his government should pay. But money

issues aside, there is still great pride in this town that its humble

but unwavering respect over the years has will leave this place

with an enduring legacy. We were doing this to show respect for what

the solders had done and we did not expect to be rewarded for what we

had done. There is a natural thing we should do. Well come to Wootton

Bassett at snack shortly to become A moment for those who gave up so

much about time to feel pride in And we will be at the ceremony as

well. Shares in the Cheltenham-based

clothing firm Supergroup have fallen by a quarter. It's after the

company, which is behind the Superdry brand, acknowledged

problems linked to an upgrade at their Gloucester warehouse. It's

meant less stock and fewer size choices have been reaching UK

stores. The company says it will hit profits by around �6 million to

�9 million. A car race started in the Cotswolds

today, but the aim isn't to go fast, but to be frugal with fuel. The

teams will drive for two days trying to make the most of every

drop in their tanks. The AA warned only this morning about the high

cost of fuel. Dickon Hooper is at the Cotswold Water Park for us now.

This may look like an ordinary car park by its this morning it was

transformed it into the starting grid for this and usual marriage

finable stab you can see the type of cars and most at Danny Wedd

expect to drive across the West Country are forced up it is not a

spent or stub it is to get the most out a beating out petrol forced up

as prices continued to rise, there could be a lesson for all of us

both up false up Some drivers went to great lengths

this morning to save fuel before they had even set off on their 400

mile marathon across the west. These motorists want to get the

best mileage per gallon out of their vehicles and save money.

There are a few taking part for Wise words. The AA today warned the

price at the pump has risen by 20p a litre in the last year alone and

it is affecting its members. 76 % of people are cutting back on

journeys or household expenditure, less money going to the shops.

are taking more drastic measures. Car club membership is on the rise,

doubling in Bristol since the credit crunch, as some give up

their cars completely like mother of three Harriet. The it has been a

liberating experience. It wears a real milestone. We can allow

ourselves and not to have the cast and running a car and petrol prices

have risen so much over the last five years. We have no hassle over

servicing and we have the convenience at having it very close

to our house and no parking problems. Maybe more of us will

have follow her lead, or at the very least consider adopting some

of these drivers' habits in the long term. The organiser other does

Mary Bryant joins me now. Kenya given the deal is a few tips End

hence about how they can save money and drive us back I am sorry we

will never get to hear forced up let's see if we can go back to him.

There are three key areas to brokers are forced up reading the

road as far as you can force up changed into a higher gear as soon

People may say it is therefore a mirror plant but people lead a very

busy lives and is it practical to drive it like you had been driving

today in the real world. The way some are these guys have been

driving, probably not. These are the kinds of things that anyone

could do during the week. Harsh braking and acceleration is not fun

for a big guy and the passenger seat. What do you think about the

80 mile per hour limit being imposed on the motorways can snap

people have to look at what they think is a safe and comfortable

speed. I have no problem with that at are forced up the race continues

tomorrow and the winner is the present you get the most out

aberrant take 4th up a few hints for you for your drive home

tomorrow night. The Wiltshire adventurer David

Hempleman-Adams has won a top ballooning race in the United

States. He and his co-pilot Jon Mason flew nearly 1,000 miles in

the America's Challenge Gas Balloon Race. And they believe they have

set a new race record for the amount of time spent in the air, 71

hours and 32 minutes. It's the first time Hempleman-Adams has won

this event. Competitors from the West are taking part in a huge

four-day competition in London. It's a little like the Olympics but

instead of competing in sports, they're judged on their trade and

craft skills, everything from installing household electrics to

mending a car, as Jules Hyam reports. A people are competing in

pretty much any vocational skill you can think I have forced up all

sorts at different skills going on. It is are all about achieving

excellence, so no surprise that there are no competitors from the

West representing the UK for stab at this and then has 22 hours to

install a household electrical system and he is up against

electricians from pretty other countries bought up it is 20 hours

a competing and he is working to a design. This is how he will score

marks. The judges will change their mind. He may find that the plans he

is working to make change all Abbey's seven. We will leave him to

concentrate and tucked in his bath. Be scaled that he is doing, he has

had to learn those in about 12 months. We have seemed a raised in

his enthusiasm and his skills and communicating with average rates

forced up Against Our other employers a decade and it is there

are around four stub Chris has been working day and night and he will

find out how well he matters up in four days. To sport now and

Somerset's cricketers are through to the semi-finals of the Champions

Twenty20 League in India. Geoff Twentyman is here with a special

guest. Geoff this is very exciting for Somerset? Thrilling stuff from

Banaglore, exactly why we all love T20 cricket. Somerset beat The

South African side the Warriors by 12 runs. I will talk with Steve

Snell who played a considerable part in Somerset's hitherto success

in the sub continent in a moment. First the details of the game.

Somerset won the toss, elected to bat and made 146 for four off their

20 overs. Craig Kieswetter top scored with 56 not out including

some typical big hitting from the England international. Somerset

then restricted The Warriors to 134 for 8. Murali Kartik, Steve Kirby

and Alfonso Thomas each took two wickets to set up a semi-final with

either The Mumbai Indians or New South Wales. Steve Snell joins me,

who played in India for Somerset. It has been an extraordinary sum or

four year. To go behind the microphone in front of 40,000 fans,

watching the guys get through to the semi-final is brilliant to see.

House and have incurred a wing. Summers that will match in their

match at a 10th or stab people are studying to tug about going on the

way. You were men are be matched with those fluorescent gloves on.

It came from nowhere fast up we were out and the middle and I was

presented with a cheque from men at the match and that was I'll at a

Blair. I would love to play it more poor summers that if anyone would

give me a chance for stab I am willing to keep going. I am not

ready to go from behind the microphone just yet cost up the

Indians are also passionate about cricket and they want to have their

photographs taken with everyone. Bowling the maiden over should be

said some were forced up exciting times. I am getting married at the

end of October. There is Eilat to put in to bat and it is exciting

times for me. See you back into first-class cricket. In football

Swindon Town and Cheltenham Town are both through to the southern

area quarter-finals of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy. Jake

Jervis was the Swindon hero as he scored both goals in the two-one

win at Exeter. Cheltenham also enjoyed an away victory. Darryl

Duffy scored twice as they won three-one at Wycombe Wanderers.

Brian Smikle was also on target at Adams Park. Yeovil gave Bournemouth

a three-nil start and despite second half goals from Steve McLean

and Max Ehmer they lost three-two. And just time to mention that

Bristol Academy are out of the Womens Champions League. They lost

4-2 against Energiya Vorenezh in Russia this afternoon. Annie

Hetherson and Ellie Curzon scored for the Academy but they lost the

tie overall by five goals to three. Now to a cracking story about the

best way to boil an egg. We all think our own way is the right way.

But now, it seems, there's a definitive answer. It's all thanks

to experiments carried out by some schoolgirls from Dorset with a

little help from the Royal College of Chemistry. Louise Hubball has

been to find out how it's done. Timing is everything. It is the

difference between triumph and disaster. But this group have kids

have taken to the lab to find the perfect formula and they think they

have cracked it. The big question is, how long does it have to boil

for a quick snack to be after mum boiling time is six minutes.

many does did it take you to find that out because Mac were had a

much a trial and error. You have been mugging at soldiers. What did

you find. We found that they were stronger when you applied but

reports that now we have to wait Brid to boil. The members at the

Royal Academy Of chemistry have been impressed by the findings.

Here is the science bit. Six minutes is enough time to have a

reaction happening with the protein of the white. The optimum boiling

time is six minutes. The optimum testing time is two and a half

minutes. The big question is, what does it taste like. Perfect for

It is gorgeous. It is a little bit hard for me but I will still eat it.

I like it more money than that. - Shall we get a much at the weather

occurs smack it is periodically is bidding with brain and it is a

similar story elsewhere for stamp it is a question of how heavy rain

it tends to be forced up it is essentially going to be one up

sunny spells which will be more frequent brothers but it will be a

windy day. Taking him luck, we can see a cold and this evening. That

will induce rain across many districts. It will be windy

tomorrow with bread and showers. Friday will have less in the way of

showers. It will feel cooler tomorrow as we enter a phase of low

pressure. We have had some patchy rain. We will get some bursts. We

will all find some wet weather. Second half of the night it will

remain windy. Temperatures will be down tonight. Showers will get

going good and early. Parts of West Somerset and Glouscestershire. It

will remain windy. About 14 or 15 Celsisu. -- Celsius. Friday will