24/09/2013 BBC Points West

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

30 inspectors arrive in Taunton Points West. Our headlines tonight:

go through the hospital ward by Dial 999 and be prepared to wait,

chiefs warn of long delays tomorrow The millionaire players of Chelsea

And the kitchen sink drama of family Cradock, as audiences in the West

invited to eat her food and witness 30 inspectors descended on just

invited to eat her food and witness determined to look at every ward and

department as part of the government drive to improve standards. Musgrove

Park Hospital in Taunton is only the monitored by a new inspection regime

which has been introduced following the scandal at Stafford, where

unnecessarily. So, how will the hospital cope with such a detailed

It's a big team of inspectors, but government calls poor and mediocre

care. Managers at Musgrove say they're confident they won't find

that here. What about a play fine they identify areas where we can do

better, that's what we want to do, so we really welcome it. And so

better, that's what we want to do, began. 30 inspectors from the Care

Quality Commission, doctors, nurses, ex—patients will spend the next

Quality Commission, doctors, nurses, days examining all aspects of the

hospital. Anything you think you'd like to say about your experience

here, in terms of good or bad? I can Have you ever had to be admitted at

the weekend? Yes, and it was very difficult. If you get admitted on a

Friday, they keep you going until Monday. Because they've got to have

radiologist. He's also an inspector. their time off. Dr Nick Bishop is a

radiologist. He's also an inspector. He says the new regime concentrates

more on using current NHS staff He says the new regime concentrates

there are more of them to examine hospitals in detail. By having

relatively short visits, two days, with a large number of people, we

can spread our people across the hospital, get a better assessment of

how things are delivered here. Musgrave is one of 18 hospitals

being inspected by the CQC over Musgrave is one of 18 hospitals

next two months. Six of them are categorised as being high risk,

next two months. Six of them are medium risk, and six low risk.

Musgrave fits the low risk category so they'll be expecting that this

expections goes well. But past performance counts for nothing.

expections goes well. But past inspectors say they'll make up their

It's not just hospitals being put under close scrutiny. Schools too

regime. As we reported yesterday, it's seen nearly half of Somerset's

secondaries being told they're not good enough. All those ranked by

Ofsted as 'inadequate' or 'requiring improvement' are academies. But

today the minister in charge has defended the system. Here's our

political editor Paul Barltrop. They were meant to help push up

standards in schools. But all the secondaries in Somerset criticised

by inspectors are academies. Some, like Crispin's in Street, criticise

inspection was flawed, but still directly to the government, so it's

uncomfortable for the minister responsible, himself a Somerset

uncomfortable for the minister Well, many of the academies have

only converted quite recently, so I don't think we would have expected

to see the benefits of academy status yet. But the crucial thing

and not the brand on the gate, the really crucial thing is the quality

of governance and leadership and it's only when you get that right is

right thing. But academies, and their private sector links, remain

unpopular with many teachers. On Friday, they protested outside

Gloucester Academy as the Education Secretary Michael Gove came to

visit. Any business, he's out to make a profit. Nobody should make

profit out of teaching. We're not education system in this country.

they'll be staging a one—day strike He's got to stop. Angry with all

they'll be staging a one—day strike across the West next month. But

they'll be staging a one—day strike compromise. In any job, there are

pressures and I'm anxious to make sure those pressures are eased on

teachers because their job is so sure those pressures are eased on

teachers because their job is so important. But no one is helped

teachers because their job is so children's education, it's bad for

parents, but above all, it is bad for the reputation of the teaching

reputation which is what hurts me for the reputation of the teaching

reputation which is what hurts me most. Ministers say they won't bow

to pressure. The revolution in Britain's education system will

to pressure. The revolution in Fire chiefs are warning members

to pressure. The revolution in the public that there could be long

delays in answering emergency calls during a strike by firefighters

than a third of its normal staff, during a strike by firefighters

than a third of its normal staff, and has been forced to cut its

risk during tomorrow's four—hour operational fire engines by more

risk during tomorrow's four—hour strike over pensions. Andrew Plant

Bristol's main fire HQ. One of strike over pensions. Andrew Plant

tomorrow many of the firefighters here will go on strike. This was

Gloucestershire in 1977. And Bristol in 2002 when the green goddesses,

fire engines with easy—to—operate hoses, and the army were drafted in

to try to keep the city safe. The fire service normally has a hundred

staff available at any given time, but for four hours tomorrow, from

12pm to 4pm, they'll have 30 staff and only six fire engines for their

entire area. Fewer resources means longer waits for emergencies up

almost guaranteed. And that could have very serious consequences. The

public, if they ask the service between 12pm and 4pm can still

expect a response, but the resources will be significantly reduced and

increased. All 46 fire authorities in the UK are issuing advice. Their

safety tips include fitting smoke detectors, having an escape plan,

and taking care when cooking. The 999 service will still be working,

It's not just flames that might accidents, floods have first aid

comes under the firefighter job description. Tomorrow across the

west, for the first time in ten years, We'll all be exposed to four

hours without their ever—present And for the latest on tomorrow's

fire strike, your BBC local radio stations will keep you up to date

and full coverage on the BBC News Well, it's David and Alex with you

this evening. Coming up a bit later in the programme: Looking gorgeous.

Martin Hughes—Games tries a spot of abseiling for us to get up close to

And we meet the woman from Somerset recently awarded embalmer of the

year and whose hobby is taxidermy. That's coming up. Now most of us

have got one of these and they are a bit addictive. Yes, a quick text.

They are so popular that a Bristol company that makes the chips for

phones has doubled in size and has started a recruitment drive for

phones has doubled in size and has software engineers. She has got

phones has doubled in size and has fast fingers. What started as a

University research project is now a multi—million pound business, which

allows my colleague to do this. They call the science minister Two

Brains, but even he was struggling to keep up this morning. It's doing

up to 1.2 terabyte operations this morning. It's clever stuff, this,

make no mistake. I first met this team of mobile chip designers two

years ago. This is way too small. It's impressive but I just can't see

it. It is microelectronics. To understand what this company had

invented, we shrank the boss. This chip connects us to the outside

world. You've got the brains over there, the piece that does the smart

processing. What makes our technique unique is that we do all these

signal processing in software so we can re—Flash will be that device to

processing, something not possible with any of the other products on

the market. The technology might be tiny, but to get their chips onto

the world's mobile phones, the firm had to get big. That meant merging

with an American giant, NVIDIA. had to get big. That meant merging

worked, but there were worries. had to get big. That meant merging

sceptics worried the Americans would take the technology and drops to

California. In fact, the Americans have invested some £25 million in

Bristol and the number of staff working here has nearly doubled

Bristol and the number of staff 200. There are still a lot of skills

we need in the area. The algorithm development done in Bristol, you're

not going to persuade the team to California, so you take a long time

to get to build—up that expertise. Many years. Here's where it all

starts. The research labs of Bristol University. Familiar household

gadgets like mobiles or digital University. Familiar household

futuristic chambers like this. The latest release of the iPhone is

using the technology from these latest release of the iPhone is

employing as many students as I latest release of the iPhone is

they were saying could we have latest release of the iPhone is

your students. I only graduate latest release of the iPhone is

year! We produce very specialist Bristol are so deep and so well

established that overseas companies can't come here and strip them out

and take the expertise back to California. Instead, they come here

and spend money here and grow their facilities here. And to mark this hi

unveiled a plaque. Reassuringly facilities here. And to mark this hi

Work has started on a new ambulance south—west. The new building on

Work has started on a new ambulance outskirts of Exeter will be the

Work has started on a new ambulance hazardous response teams. They will

flooding, chemical spills and search and rescue. The centre should be up

Wiltshire Council has received more than £1.6 million in recent weeks

following the recovery of money than £1.6 million in recent weeks

the Icelandic Bank collapse five which was frozen when three major

banks collapsed in 2008. In total, Wiltshire has now recovered more

million they'd invested. The Haven Gorge has more to offer than just

spectacular landscapes because it is sheltered in isolated. It supports a

unique collection of plants, many of which exist nowhere else in the

world. We've been finding out, getting close to nature —— that

getting close to nature needn't getting close to nature —— that

travelling too far from the city. In the city, your temptation might

be to go out into the countryside. That's not necessary. This place,

right in the heart of Bristol, is one of my favourite places to go

bird—watching. That's because the birds here are incredibly tame.

bird—watching. That's because the come right up to you. I've seen

bird—watching. That's because the exotic species here. I've seen tiny

Goldcrest tear, Britain's smallest bird. Tree creepers, which moves so

fast we've had to slow them down. And all the birds have attracted

predators, like the fierce and beautiful sparrowhawk. This is

definitely one of my favourite places to spend an hour, wildlife

watching. If you want to see some of the things the West has to offer

that are unique, you have to try a bit harder. Quite a bit harder,

actually. We are in the Haven Gorge, literally in it because that is

where you'll find the rarest of literally in it because that is

rare. , what sort of things are there on the cliffs? A few small

plants, the Bristol onion. The clue is in the name! That's very good!

Are they really called the Bristol this and the other? Absolutely.

Are they really called the Bristol are found nowhere else in the world,

they are endemic to this area. This species have developed locally. So,

what is this, then, here? That is a spiked Speedwell. And it has a great

Latin name. Is it quite rare? Yes, quite rare. It's quite tall and

quite obvious. Some of the other rarities which only grow in Avon

Gorge are really, really tiny, some they're very easily over shaded

Gorge are really, really tiny, some other plants. I've done a lot of

work with you here, cutting back some of the more vigorous things,

everything, to try to help conserve coordinates that kind of work is

very important. They fund some of the clearance works we can give

very important. They fund some of small plants a bit of a chance and

open things up for them, get rid of the invasive species that have

escaped from the gardens. And help them to carry on in this fairly

extreme situation. The West is home to some unique species and some

extreme situation. The West is home special wildlife. If you want to

know how to spot it, there's no better place to start than this

website. That is the place to go. Some of the plants that are unique

to the West are found at home in the BBC Bristol garden which is now

to the West are found at home in the satellite garden for a conservation

project run by the University of Bristol. You can follow the BBC

Bristol garden on Twitter if you'd like to keep up with how it is

hoping with the arrival of autumn. Swindon are hosting one of the big

Chelsea are at the County Ground. The game is sold out with fans eager

to see their team take on Chelsea's international superstars. Ali Durden

is watching the game for us. How many will Swindon win by tonight?

overconfidence! The key is just many will Swindon win by tonight?

enjoy the occasion. They might win but they are underdogs. These things

don't come along very often, do they? Premier League side coming to

the County ground. There is such a difference between these two clubs.

Chelsea, full of millionaire players like Frank Lampard, whose reported

£140,000 a week wage would pay the entire Swindon squad for a month!

You can see that is what they are operating up against. The Chelsea

team have arrived as well. We are told they going to be putting out a

here and they've brought a strong squad of players, so we could be

Fernando Torres, Samuel Et'o on squad of players, so we could be

Mourinho. You can get half a dozen supporters to enjoy. And they're

Mourinho. You can get half a dozen good ideas why the matches sold

Mourinho. You can get half a dozen and the fans are excited. Very

matter about the result. It is a long time since we've had any sort

here. It's really nice to see. We've long time since we've had any sort

here. It's really nice to see. We've come from North Wales to come and

Town. It's an opportunity for the support them. You don't often get a

Town. It's an opportunity for the club to showcase itself and show

League Cup tie, 3—0. And Swindon club to showcase itself and show

League Cup tie, 3—0. And Swindon legend Don Rogers played in that

game. What do you remember? To be quite honest, I clock remember

players are fitter now, but that's Completely different. They say

players are fitter now, but that's wrong. They were mostly fitter than

toppling the millionaires from wrong. They were mostly fitter than

toppling the millionaires from Chelsea? Of course we have! What if

we played them a hundred times, Chelsea? Of course we have! What if

I also have chairman Jed McCrory with me. Do you have a genuine

chance of winning? We do have a chance. He just scored a hat—trick

50 years ago against Chelsea! Get your boots on! It's about this.

50 years ago against Chelsea! Get kids arriving, and what Chelsea

bring is the buzz factor back to the ground. That is what is needed.

Hopefully we'll go back the 50 years when Don was there, and they will

haven't got a ticket, BBC Wiltshire come again. That is what it is all

haven't got a ticket, BBC Wiltshire will have every kick of the match.

If you want to listen to the game will have every kick of the match.

If you want to listen to the game away at Southampton, that is on

If you want to listen to the game Radio Bristol and BBC Somerset.

Swindon's manager Mark Cooper says Radio Bristol and BBC Somerset.

Swindon's manager Mark Cooper says the world will be watching his young

players tonight. Perhaps one of the world will be watching his young

can become a household name tonight. Thank you very much. A very exciting

A woman from Somerset has won a Thank you very much. A very exciting

A woman from Somerset has won a national award for embalming dead

used to be a hairdresser, but has bodies. Liz Davis, from Minehead,

now been named as Britain's embalmer of the year. But that's not all

now been named as Britain's embalmer does. In her spare time, she's a

taxidermist, buying, stuffing and dressing dead animals, which she

then sells on the internet. Laura As hobbies go, it's certainly an

unusual one. These dead mice have already been stuffed and are now

drying, waiting to be dressed. outfits for size. This little mouse

looks likely to become a mini Lord Nelson. Who knows what fate awaits

Making the outfit can take as long say about an hour and a half to

actually prepare the mouse. And say about an hour and a half to

that mouse to dry and then I have to that mouse to dry and then I have to

dress them, which might take an that mouse to dry and then I have to

are wearing. Liz is keen to stress and a half, depending on what they

are wearing. Liz is keen to stress that no animals are harmed during

the process. She buys them, already dead and frozen, from a local pet

mini punks or bankers, these little dead and frozen, from a local pet

mini punks or bankers, these little rodents would have been dinner for a

hungry snake. Once finished, Liz sells her creations on the internet,

for anything from £50 upwards. But sells her creations on the internet,

for anything from £50 upwards. But deceased humans rather than animals,

embalming them and preparing them to be visited by grieving relatives.

Something she's just won a major award for. It's very personal work.

You're dealing directly with the deceased. Winning the award means so

much to me because embalming is deceased. Winning the award means so

unseen profession. Liz's work with animals may seem unusual nowadays,

but in Victorian times, this sort of taxidermy was all the rage. These

taxidermist Walter Potter, who was taxidermist Walter Potter, who was

famous for creating large works featuring mounted animals mimicking

tens of thousands of pounds. Back in human life. His pieces are worth

tens of thousands of pounds. Back in thinking big, and now wants to learn

She was feisty, fearsome and not to thinking big, and now wants to learn

She was feisty, fearsome and not to be messed with. But now a theatre

group from Bristol has created a complicated life of family Cradock.

The TV chef dominated our screens for 20 years. She took the country

by storm with her exotic cooking. But very few people know that her

roots lie right here in the West But very few people know that her

roots lie right here in the West Over she goes. There we are. In

roots lie right here in the West 50s and 60s, family Cradock and

roots lie right here in the West sidekick husband helped start the

culinary revolution in Britain. There's your gym, darling. Must

culinary revolution in Britain. challenging and even glamorous.

culinary revolution in Britain. was TV's first celebrity chef. I've

chosen to share with you a dish called, it is an Italian dish. It is

just muscles to you and me. And thanks to a novel show by a Bristol

theatre company, she's wowing the restaurants around the west are

getting a dollop of Fanny's life serving of some of the food she

not many know that family has her grandfather was a Hancock, a big

businessman in Bath in the 1850s. He was a cabinet—maker, and uphold

stroke, an auctioneer, a house agent and an undertaker. She would have

been horrified and she never ever said anything about the undertakings

side of the family. Life off—screen was chaotic, with two abandoned

children and four marriages, two of them bigamous. So all that time

children and four marriages, two of were on television in the 50s and

60s, they weren't actually married because she knew she was already a

single bigamist and when she finally did marry, that was double bigamy.

Hancocks lived just outside of the city centre in Weston. The family

home was Apthorpe House, now an alternative health centre. Her

great—grandmother lived here for nearly 50 years. And when she was

grandfather, who was born here, nearly 50 years. And when she was

grandfather called his house the name of this house. The full truth

of her life may never be known but her unique appeal is still drawing

in the crowds and the memories. Thank you so much for watching.

What an interesting woman. I could eat one of her prawn cocktails right

now. I love watching that footage. Good evening. Despite the misting is

earlier, the sunshine has been out Hyde today. We will get a similar

temperature tomorrow. Some mist Hyde today. We will get a similar

fog tomorrow, then some sunshine, and feeling quite warm. We have

fog tomorrow, then some sunshine, threat of some showers to the far

west of the region. But the main agent for the warmth is out here in

the Atlantic. It is this an area of pressure which doesn't move too

fast. It throws lines of showers towards us. One of us will come

fast. It throws lines of showers one of them will come closer by

fast. It throws lines of showers end of tomorrow. Overnight tonight,

for us it is fine evening, but only see one. The mist and fog returned

with overnight temperatures down to no lower than 12. Light winds, too.

A misty grey stop tomorrow morning, temperatures starting at around

A misty grey stop tomorrow morning, or 13, getting up once the mist

A misty grey stop tomorrow morning, fog get out of the way. That'll

happen more quickly than it did today, so we will see some spells of

sunshine in the afternoon, and we possibly as high as 21. —— and we

get temperatures back up to 19 or 20. There are the temperatures.

get temperatures back up to 19 or for the Outlook, expect more fine

whether on Friday —— fine weather on Friday. The shower risk increases

towards the weekend and by Saturday we've got some heavy and frequent

different thing from Thursday to Friday is a strengthening breeze

which will help lift mist and fog