05/05/2014 BBC Points West


05/05/2014

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Hello, good evening from Points That's all from me and the team.

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Hello, good evening from Points West. The parents of a severely

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disabled man from Wiltshire say they're shocked after being told

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he'll no longer be entitled to free physiotherapy. John Morrison has

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quadriplegic static cerebral palsy and needs regular treatment to keep

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his muscles working. His parents have been offered training to carry

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out the physio themselves but don't feel confident about doing it

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properly. Steve Knibbs reports. John Morrison can't use his arms or

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legs so needs a grey deal of help. Without specialist neuro

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rehabilitation physiotherapy, he'd deteriorate rapidly. He has the

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treatment twice a week and was by the NHS when he was a student but

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now that John has moved back home, it's costing his parents over ?500 a

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month. It feels like you be means tested, almost, a way. The nature of

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the letter was, if you don't like what we are not offering, go and pay

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for it yourself. The Wiltshire clinical commissioning group won't

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pay for the treatment long term. Instead, they've offered to train

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his parents to give him the physiotherapy at home. We were told

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by the doctor and his physiotherapist in Wales not to

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stand John on our own because if we heard him, we could break his head,

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snap his thigh bone, do all sorts of damage. The funding problem isn't

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specific to Wiltshire. John is also facing a bill for thousands of

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pounds of treatment he received while living in Wales. It's an issue

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the Health Secretary recently said needs to be looked at. It is also a

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false economy not to invest because if we don't help to keep people

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healthy and happy while they are a home, they will end up in hospital,

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and that will cost us even more money. The group reiterated that it

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is their policy to provide 6`8 physiotherapy sessions in hospital

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before working with the patient and carer to provide the therapy

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themselves at home. They said should a patient's condition deteriorate,

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they encourage them to get reassessed.

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Avon and Somerset Police are continuing to trawl through CCTV

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footage after violence at the Bristol Rovers game at the weekend.

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Six people were arrested after the match, which saw Rovers relegated

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from the football league. Police horses were used after several

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hundred fans ran onto the pitch. Officers say they expect to make

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more arrests in the coming days. Thousands of people on the Somerset

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Levels have been enjoying a May Festival that aims to banish the

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winter and welcome the spring. After the devastating floods through

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January and February, today brought a much`needed break from the

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recovery work and a chance for people to celebrate the area's

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heritage. Here's Jules Hyam. The traditional May Festival parade,

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recorded in the now customary way but centered around the village

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maypole. Tradition is important here in Kingsbury Episcopi and they do it

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very well. This festival and these dances are about banishing winter,

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casting off the cloak of the colder months and welcoming the spring. It

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is about a change in seasons, but also about a change in fortunes, and

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around here, they would welcome a bit of that. All of us know lots of

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people who were affected by the flooding but, you know, people have

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bounced back. Well, I've actually seen loads of those people here

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today already, so it's really great. Spring's here, summer's coming. The

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May Lady is a symbol of that but she's not the only one dressed for

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the occasion, costumes and garlands very much the order of the day. I

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think one of the best things about Kingsbury May Fair is the fact that

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you've got this lovely village that, all of a sudden, gets descended on

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by everyone in Somerset and it's such a real, wonderful celebration

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of spring coming. And it feels like a real traditional West Country

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thing to do. Do you agree with your dad? Yes. It's the biggest Kingsbury

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May Festival yet, run entirely by volunteers and supported by a very

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large community who do know a bit about pulling together.

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And it's been another busy day on Bristol's harbour`side as the city's

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food festival enters its second week. Plenty of street food was on

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offer in the market in Millennium Square, where you could take your

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taste buds on a trip around the world. Events will continue

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throughout the week and the city until 11th May.

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Let's take a look at the weather as we start another week, and David

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Braine has the forecast for the West.

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Hello. Good evening. Rain setting in overnight tonight. It's quite a big

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change compared to what we've seen through the weekend and it sets us

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up for quite an unsettled week ahead. Showers, or if not longer

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spells of rain, and also quite breezy conditions, with temperatures

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of around 14 or 15. This line of cloud of rain will give us some wet

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weather overnight tonight. Moves through fairly fast, though, so

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after a dollop of rain, towards the morning, it's clearing, so most of

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us waking up to a bright and dry start. Morning temperatures of

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around ten or 11 degrees. And for tomorrow, at least for the morning,

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it's dry with sunny spells, then the showers get going in the afternoon

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and one or two of those could turn out to be quite heavy with a top

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temperature of around 14 or 15 degrees for most of us. Staying

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unsettled for the rest of this week with some more persistent rain on

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Thursday. Have a good night. And that's it for this bank holiday

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Monday. Don't forget Late Kick Off's on at 11:35pm here on BBC One,

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straight after Match of the Day. They'll be asking what's next for

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Bristol Rovers following their relegation out of the football

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league. We're back tomorrow morning in Breakfast, but from me and the

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team, goodnight. If you have enjoyed an entire

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weekend of fine weather it is highly likely next weekend you will not.

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The weather is changing, it is turning more unsettled. Breezy this

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week, especially in the West. Showers but not raining all the

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time. Occasionally it will be dry and bright. Rain has been touring

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with part of the UK through the weekend. Some heavy bursts pushing

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eastwards across the UK for the rest of the night. Some clear spells

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developing in the west later. Nowhere is particularly cold. The

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North East Scotland Scotland will push away, though it was still

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remain in Sheffield in the afternoon -- Shetland. Some of the overnight

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rain is lingering for a few more hours in the South. They could stay

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cloudy in coastal Sussex and Kent. Midlands, Wales and south-west

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England getting off to a fine, promising start. Then it is a case

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of waiting for the

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