30/10/2013 BBC Points West

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

Settling the score. Dozens of early`morning arrests following the

pitch invasion at the derby between City and Rovers.

A damning report into mental health treatment. Some patients were

assessed without being seen to meet targets. It has got absolutely spot

on. Things are not being recorded properly, information is taken out

of records. Getting stuck in. A West Country MP

fights plans to reduce the sugar in British jam.

And the home`made stamps that fooled the Post Office for years.

Good evening. More than 20 people had a rude awakening in Bristol

early this morning after police carried out a series of dawn raids

in a clamp`down on football violence. It follows missiles being

thrown by rival fans and a pitch invasion when Bristol City and

Bristol Rovers met last month for the first time in six years. The

clubs warn that anyone who is convicted will be banned for life.

Scott Ellis reports. Local rivalry turned to violence on

September the 4th as Ashton Gate hosted the first City versus Rovers

game for six years. A pitch invasion was followed by fights outside the

ground and in the city centre. On matchday, we spoke to supporters.

The game was marred by them coming on the pitch. Bristol Rovers are a

family club. There is no reason why people should invade the pitch. It's

dangerous. Today, those suspected of being involved were arrested ` men

who've been identified from CCTV pictures taken that day and who

potentially face jail terms for charges including criminal damage,

violent disorder and throwing missiles. Those arrested today will

receive lifetime bands from those clubs. 28 people were arrested

today. Another six say they'll report to a police station. Bristol

City Football Club support today's police operation, aware some

children and families were shocked by what they saw. The headline

should have been about a good game of football. And for most of the

time, we achieved that. It was disappointing to lose out at the

end. A further 28 arrests had been made prior to this morning's

operation. This is a problem by no means unique to Bristol. Police say

there's been a 27% increase in football violence nationally.

A convicted paedophile from Gloucestershire has been charged

under child prostitution laws in Cambodia. Richard Fruin moved to the

country after being released from jail earlier this year. He used to

live in Stroud, and our Gloucestershire reporter, Steve

Knibbs, is there for us tonight What do we know about Richard Fruin?

He is in the Cambodian capital city in custody. . We understand that

he's been charged with purchasing a child for prostitution and if found

guilty will face up to five years in jail. We last heard of them at the

end of November when he was sent to jail for pleading guilty to making

15 counts of indecent images of children. Those charges go back to

2005. Before he came to court, he fled the country. He was picked up

in the UK in May last year and sent to jail at the end of November for a

year but would have been released on licence because under UK law,

offenders can serve half of their license `` their sentence on

licence. What will happen to him now? He is under investigation for

other suspected offences. It's also believed that he could face other

charges because his arrest came after a month`long operation by the

organisation Action Pour Les Enfants ` Action for for Children `

connecting Richard Fruin to possibly three other suspected claims of

sexual assault on other boys at the same guesthouse. Those claims are

now being looked at by police from the anti`trafficking unit in Phnom

Penh. A pizza delivery man's in hospital

after being knocked unconscious in Bristol last night. It followed a

clash with a group of men in North Street in the Bedminster area. Part

of the road was closed for much of the day while police investigations

took place. The driver is said to be recovering well and is now able to

sit up in bed and talk to doctors. A Somerset MP is warning that

traditional British jam is under threat. Tessa Munt of Wells

organised a debate in Parliament this morning over changes to the

amount of sugar jams and marmalades must contain. The government argues

the reduction will boost exports to countries like France ` which

apparently find our jam too sweet ` and reduce red tape. Here's our

political editor, Paul Barltrop It's a little dollop of British

life, so meddling with our marmalades or jams provokes passion.

At the moment, each jar must be at least 60% sugar. The government

propose changing that to 50%, and that's made one Somerset MP see red.

If the changes are made, this is a huge threat and includes all sorts

of other products. We won't know what it is we are buying. Sugar is

so important. It what it. Today she raised it in Parliament. The end of

the British breakfast as we know it. But the Government minister insisted

our favourite jams needn't change. Those brands that believe you must

have 60% sugar in order for it to be a quality product will carry on

These are minimum requirements, not maximum requirements. And the

changes are welcomed by many manufacturers, including this

Gloucestershire firm. Kitchen Garden Foods in Stroud hope it'll cut red

tape and they reckon reducing sugar in some lines will help them sell

more overseas. I have had a customer recently, we do a mixture of jams

and chutneys, and she won't take jabs because she thinks they are too

sweet for the French market. Today's debate is unlikely to deflect the

Government. Ministers hope a new era of slightly less sugary jams could

start next year. You're watching the Wednesday

edition of your regional news programme with David and Alex. Stay

with us as there's plenty more to bring you, including:Honoured for

their courage. The sons and daughters who kept smiling while

their dads were in Afghanistan. Join us at the Memorial Stadium as

the final preparations are being put in ahead of a historic Rugby league

World Cup game. It's been revealed that patients

being cared for by a mental health trust in Wiltshire were having their

records falsified in order to meet performance targets. The details

about the Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership have just come to

light in a report released under the Freedom of Information Act. But the

Trust says its own investigation found no evidence of tampering. Will

Glennon reports. Steve King suffers from post

traumatic stress disorder but he's not getting help. I have had no

treatment or support or counselling, nobody to talk to. But he says the

most difficult thing he's done is deal with Avon and Wiltshire Mental

Health partnership. He's convinced his own records haven't been

properly kept. I wrote various letters to various people in the

organisation and got nothing back. I then realised they started to spin

things so I made some access requests. I made Freedom of

information requests. Bit by bit I realised records about me for being

falsified or altered. Steve's search for the truth about himself led to

the release of an independent report from last August into whether

patient records had been falsified. The investigation began after social

workers raised the alarm and the report's conclusions were shocking.

It exposed a lack of consistency, omissions and false reporting. It

said patient records had been falsified by some social workers and

this was driven by inappropriate targets and a threatening

performance management culture. It's something the organisation here

completely denies. It says its own investigation found no wrongdoing.

The Mental Health Partnership instead blamed a glitch in the

computer records system. When the report team came in and looked at

the records, they could see differences between what the record

was recording in what had happened in somebody's care. We understand

and know the reasons for that now and were able to scrutinise the

record in absolute detail. We did need to re`issue guidance to our

staff to make sure those discrepancies don't happen in the

future. There have since been big changes at the Mental Health

Partnership but Steve King says people like him are still at risk

and he'll keep on fighting for answers.

The government's preparing to set out its five`year targets for the

railways, and it's expected they'll ask Network Rail to make sure nine

out of ten trains run on time. But commuters here face disruption with

electrification and upgrade work between the West Country and London.

And that could affect the performance of our biggest operator,

First Great Western. Dickon Hooper reports.

Getting trains on the right track is no small undertaking. This miniature

line predates privatisation and its web of targets. Train companies have

their own punctuality targets, as set out in their franchise

agreements. The biggest operator here is First Great Western, which

has just signed a new deal to run its services until September 20 5.

We've learnt that the targets in the new franchise are the same as

before, which they're meeting. On their local lines, nine out of ten

trains do run on time, as the Government wants. But this isn't

happening on long`distance services which could be affected by

electrification and upgrades. It will lead to more passengers being

diverted, longer journey times and quite a few bus journeys as well. It

is the biggest construction site in Europe. Network Rail has to do the

work to deal with increased passenger numbers, but running

trains through it could be challenging and affect performance.

If Network Rail are digging up the line, it is impossible for first to

run trains on time because in theory, a lot of this will be

factored in with timetabling, but things go wrong. At the miniature

railway, there's some upgrade work of their own. First Great Western

does back the target of nine out of ten trains running on time but say

that if other operators are allowed to deliver just under that, they

should be, too ` on their long`distance lines only. We'll

learn the details tomorrow, but safe to say it's all much simpler here.

It's been a very special day for some of the West's military

families. 300 soldiers were honoured at their camp in Tidworth in

Wiltshire after serving in Afghanistan. The Royal Electrical

and Mechanical Engineers have just returned from six months away. But

before they received their medals, they had to share the parade ground

with the children who had missed them most. Tracey Miller reports.

Walking onto the parade ground in front of hundreds of well`wishers is

daunting, but with the help of Mum or Dad, they were all presented with

something special. Medal. Counting the days? The wives and families of

the soldiers got together and baked cakes to raise money. It was put

towards the engraved medals and a chance to make a fuss of the

children that have had a tough six months. It has been lovely for them

to have something to show for their support for their daddies. Now he's

back, I don't need to think about it. All I need to think about is him

back now. To know we would have this parade and that the children would

take part in that is a very proud moment for myself. I loved it. It

recognises the fact that the children go through as much as we

do, as do the wives. It's an opportunity to say thank you to

them. Then the soldiers who have served in Afghanistan marched on to

collect their medals in more military fashion. Tonight, though,

they will all be celebrating together at a very relaxed and

informal disco. A Roman sculpture of an eagle `

believed to have been made in Gloucestershire ` has been

discovered by archaeologists in the final hours of a dig at a London

building site. The statue, which shows the bird clasping a serpent in

its beak, is thought to be almost 2,000 years old. Archaeologists also

found a mausoleum and believe the eagle, made from Cotswolds

limestone, once sat on top of it. Bristol is playing host to a World

Cup game tonight. Teams from the USA and the exotic Cook Islands have

travelled thousands of miles to play in a group match of the Rugby League

World Cup. It's the only fixture being staged in the West Country.

The venue is the Memorial Stadium in Horfield, where we find our

reporter, Sabet Choudhury. The crowd are starting to trickle in

and the players are taking one final look at this pitch. The USA arrived

in Bristol yesterday afternoon and came here to see the pitch and do

something called the Captain's Run ` when the captain, not the coach

runs the training session. Now, it's quite fair to say that the USA

Tomahawks aren't expected to do well in the competition, but they're

confident they will make a mark We have a good chance. Everybody has

written us off. But that's fine Of course, sharing this pitch with the

Tomahawks are the Cook Islands and the squad have based themselves in

Bristol for the whole of the tournament. And as Alistair Durden

reports, they've been trying to make themselves at home.

This is a traditional warrior song from the cook islands, although not

normally performed in a hotel dining room. The squad brought their

instruments with them to Bristol. It is part of our culture back home.

Everyone knows how to drum. We take our culture with us. We have got

something to show the people here in England. The Cook Islands are 3 00

miles of the coast of Australia Only 20,000 people live on them

enough to fill the Memorial Stadium twice. Most of the squad were

actually born in Australia or New Zealand, it's their parents or

grandparents who are the islanders. Even so, the most, it is a first

visit to England. It's a bit colder than home but a lot of the boys are

wearing their flip`flops. You are adapting to the weather? Bristol is

a really good town. They are on looking after us. They have been

here for a week now, visiting schools to give coaching sessions

and promote a game that doesn't have a big following in the West. I heard

it was more of a rugby union and football town. Hopefully, we can get

out of our high schools and promote rugby league more. Tonight is their

only match in Bristol but they will be keeping their base there and

leaving the city with a colourful reminder of their stay.

Rugby league place a fighting second to rugby union in the West, . The

Bristol Sonics are the only Rugby League side in the area and Phil

Cole is their chairman. Historic night. Fantastic. The first game

since 1911. Never thought I would see a World Cup game here. A

fighting second to rugby union. How do you combat that? We see it as an

extra sport. It doesn't matter whether it is football, rugby union

or cricket, we just want people to enjoy rugby league for what it is.

Lots of opportunities to enjoy themselves. It will be a hard game

tonight as well. I think so. The Cook Islands have the edge at the

moment, but we have seen huge upsets already in this tournament. So

anything could happen. The game kicks off at 8pm. The cheerleaders

are just about to take to the ground so the crowd will get something of a

show and we will bring you the results of this game in our bulletin

at 10pm. Short wood is a small village on the

outskirts of Nailsworth in Gloucestershire, with only a few

hundred people, no pub, no post office or shop. But it does have a

football club. And now, for the first time in their 113`year

history, the team's though to the first proper round of the FA Cup.

They made it after beating Aldershot in a replay 2`1 last night, even

though Aldershot are three divisions above them. An incredible

achievement for a village of this size to have a football club

reaching these heights. The players are absolutely over the moon. The

support we had at Aldershot was brilliant, and to be fair to the

order shop fans, they were very sporting to our players.

Now, it seems he's fooled the Post Office for years. An architect from

Somerset says he's been sending letters all over the world for free

using homemade stamps featuring his own face. Angus McDonagh claims he's

duped Royal Mail with over 100 of his bizarre designs.

This is a face that is, now, well known to Royal Mail. For the past

three years, this face has been passing through sorting offices and

franking machines around the UK and around the world. Because since

2010, this man hasn't been using the Queen's head to ensure his letters

get delivered. Angus McDonagh has been using his own. He says he's

sent 250 letters with meaningless self designed stamps and postmarks

to addresses around the world. Only one wasn't delivered for free. My

letters should not get through, and they have been sent to various parts

of the world, not just the UK: Switzerland, Italy, Spain, France,

North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa. Mr McDonagh

has created 50 stamp designs altogether. Most feature himself,

most contain a joke or two ` and all he says are done with a wry smile

and a hint of mischief. The envelopes too are carefully created

` it can take a whole day to perfect his prank. I have had a lot of fun

doing it, but now is the time to call a port and, if possible, I

would like to work with Royal Mail in order to try and resolve this

flaw in the system. It is perhaps important to point out that you

probably don't want to try this at home ` not so much because its time

consuming ` more because Royal Mail insist it is against the law to

create or use counterfeit stamps. Mr McDonagh says his stamps aren't

counterfeit ` they are originals ` and he's set money aside for the

postage he owes ` Royal Mail say they're looking in to how his

fictitious stamps got through their systems.

Tomorrow will replicate the conditions of today, so once again,

the driest and finest of the weather will be through the course of the

morning and as we go through the afternoon and into the evening,

outbreaks of rain about. The rainfall radar showing how these

double sense `` double sets of France have been moving. There will

be these dryer if cloudy start coming through as well. But

gradually, as the evening wears on, it should be clear. Best of the

weather through the morning tomorrow and then the cloud increases. For

the rest of this evening, then, just a continuation of the team we have

had at the moment. All of us will see at least some rain. Behind that,

with the wind is falling slacken off, if you patches of fog around.

One or two showers left behind. But most other areas dry. Temperatures

8`10dC. Tomorrow, the majority a dry, bright start, but generally

speaking, the dry weather should hang on until mid`afternoon. By

then, the cloud will increase readily. For Halloween, it looks

like a wet story. There will be breaks in the rain, though.

Temperatures tomorrow not dissimilar to two a day. Looking beyond that,

things will become unsettled. We have a yellow warning is out for

Friday. They could be extended further north. The real focus will

be Saturday. It will be a decidedly windy setup. I was going to say

lots of people with their fireworks displays will be thinking exactly

that, and there will be some soggy trickle treaters. You've got those

results later, haven't you? Have Everyday normal things that everybody

does is where I use my energy. I haven't got an extravagant

lifestyle, I've not got a hot tub outside or

something like that. In essence, it is

a choice between heating or eating. We will still eat

and we will still have heating