30/05/2014 BBC Points West

Good evening. That's all from us.

The scandal at Winterbourne View was supposed to

change everything but it sedms a promise to help the residdnts who

The government said the events at Winterbourne proved that

institutions like that should be closed and it made a commitlent to

move residents into the comlunity, closer to their families.

It was supposed to happen within three years but that

Richmond Bush was one of thd first patients at Winterbourne Vidw.

He's been moved five times since and is now almost 100 miles frol his

We want Richmond near Aso wd can visit him. Once he knows we are ten

miles away, he will be a different person.

He's one of a dozen former patients here far

Richmond and others were supposed to be the priority, moved

from hospitals like this, mhles from anywhere, with their locked

doors and their restricted visiting, and back into the community.

A model, where appropriate, for everyone with learning

disabilities across he country, but while Winterbourne is empty, other

hospitals are full and the linister is under pressure to explain why.

I'm not in a position to force people to get people with ldarning

disabilities out of instiuthonal care into the community.

I've got to cajole, persuade and encourage.

I'm left deeply frustrated that the system has not responded.

The system is complicated, slow and centred on the NHS, as one of their

commissioning managers expl`ined in an email we've obtained.

As, sadly, are the families caught up in all of this.

They were anticipate that things would change profoundly and quickly

and those targets have not been met for a significant proportion of

those families and they feel betrayed and very concerned about

The NHS said it uses the closest and most appropriate facility

for people's complex needs and it can take time to movd them.

But for Richmond and his falily the lack of real promised change

and the missed deadline is just another blow.

Wiltshire's Police and Crime Commissioner has been rushed

Angus Macpherson was taken hll whilst working at an event

His condition is described as "serious."

Mr Macpherson was elected to his role in November 2012.

The main road in Porlock was closed for most of today because of a fire.

It started in one property early this lorning

One man was taken to hospital with minor burns.

The cause of the fire is being investhgated.

A local MP is investigating claims of parking shortages at the new

Charlotte Leslie claims the problem is "massive".

Hospital directors say they are encouraging more staff to ldave

vehicles at home and have freed up extra spaces in a multi`storey.

The main hospital building opened this week

but it will be some time before the new patient car parks are rdady

The Environment Secretary wdnt back to the Somerset Levels todax to

check the progress of the dredging for himself.

Owen Paterson said the work WILL be finished on time, despite worries

The Environment Agency said they're going to triple the number

of people working on the project over the next month.

Almost exactly four months `go and the Environment Secretary,

Owen Paterson, arrived without his wellies to feel

They were angry that the waterways here hadn't been managed.

The lack of dredging, they said meant the water had nowhere to go.

Today he was back, this timd, with wellies and without thd public

confrontations, taking a close look at the dredging here, scraphng the

silt from the bottom of this river, something that many here delanded

I have confidence in the professionals here. They cotld go

faster, if necessary, and they are confident they will deliver.

The dredging stated at the dnd of March.

It's due to finish at the end of October and dredge 8km in total.

So far, 28% of the time available h`s gone.

One of the main problems thdy have faced as the softness of thd banks.

They have got two crews working right now and say by this thme next

month, there will be six and they should be going three times as fast.

The flooding earlier this ydar left 30,000 acres under watdr.

Even after the water's gone, many here still aren't back

Flooding is now a thing of fear here and the progress of this project is

It's shaping up to be a nicd weekend. Some decent sunny spells

are finally on the way. A lhttle chilly tonight as the cloud begins

to break but come tomorrow, in much improving story. Decent sunny

spells, the odd isolated shower but nothing to worry about. The low

pressure that has brought the showers has edged away. The weather

is settled. Low`pressure wahting in the wings but that won't get to us

until the start of next week. Saturday and Sunday dry in the main

and bright, sunny and warm. Tomorrow morning, a little chilly. The cloud

breaks throughout the day. The odd shower cropping up here and there.

Nothing too much to worry about and any prolonged spells of sunshine.

After a chilly night on Sattrday, we do it all again on Sunday. @ chilly

start in rural areas but good spells of sunshine as we go through Sunday.

It is not until Monday and Tuesday that that Lowe shows its

showers into the early part of next week. Enjoy the weekend, if you can.

Now the national outlook. Hello, lots of outdoor plans ahead.

By and large, we are in pretty good shape. A quick look back at spring.

It was the third warmest on record but the dullest May in Northern

Ireland on record. It has been dull across many parts of the UK in

actual fact. Scotland had some sunshine and parts of East Anglia

and the south-east as well. Under the cloud tonight temperatures