24/09/2014 BBC Points West

Good evening. for the news where you are.

A pilot programme has been launched at the University of the West

of England to deal with sextal assault and domestic violence faced

It's being funded by the government and could be

Our home affairs corresponddnt, Steve Brodie, reports.

Ten years ago when I was raped to turn my life upside down. It was

incredibly traumatic. Sam was raped at college

before she got to universitx, but the experience prompted her to

study law and carry out resdarch. Before I had this awful expdrience,

I didn't know what I wanted to do with my life. Having this experience

and feeling there were so m`ny things missing in terms of support,

I wanted to come to uni and do law. Especially because his univdrsity

has a really good research tnit on sexual violence. I wanted to be

involved in projects like this. Research carried out by the National

Union of Students revealed that 7% of women students have experienced

a serious sexual assault. 77% of students have sufferdd sexual

harrassment and nearly one hn three The Intervention Bystander

Initiative, funded by Public Health England, is being piloted bx the

Bristol Law School with all first What the course does it teaches

students to be able to recognise what sexual abuse and domestic

violence actually are and it really empowers them, it's a reallx

positive course. It empowers everybody to step up and st`nd up

against any kind of behaviotr like this they see.

The Bystander project is the first in the country

and is being backed by MPs `nd Avon Somerset's Crime Commissioner

But the problem of abuse affects students

It is socially unacceptable. That is the real key message. We want to

educate students, as a start, to make sure they can challengd, when

it's safe do so and that thdy have leadership skills and that they know

when to intervene and how. People often walk past because thex are

Once the UWE's Bystander project has been completed, it's planned to be

Domestic abuse is one of thd areas the UWE scheme is trying to combat.

And I asked Helen Chignal from the Charity Survive

I think they are essential because they really skill people up.

That might be a neighbour on the street or somebody

In terms of really supporting people and looking out for people who might

be experiencing domestic abtse or sexual violence, really supporting

them in how to react and respond in a timely and appropriate way

Do you find that they do actually come forward?

I think young people need a lot of support

There are so many barriers to seeking support, for exampld fear

of losing their friendship group or fear of the violence escalating

They will come forward, but with the appropriate support

and friendship groups of people in their student network and colleges.

There is also online psychological abuse, as well, isn't there?

I think young people think of domestic abuse and actually think

There is a lot of awareness of raising education that ndeds to

be done and emotional abuse can be really subtle and within yotng

peoples' relationships that can be seen as totally normal, as well

Like 100 texts a day or needing to respond to messages in the liddle

A row has broken out over btskers in Bath.

The council has received colplaints that some of them are too loud

and the famous Abbey even h`d to stop its choral evensong on Sunday,

when it was drowned out by a street musician.

But the buskers say they're part of the city's culture

MUSIC PLAYS A town full of tourists takhng a

turn around this historic chty centre. But are these almost equally

well`known fit its long tradition of street entertainers. Bass goes like

Emilia, one of the few dozen who use an amplifier to make themselves

heard. Buskers. I can't really compete with the city. I'd tse it so

people can hear me. But it hs not music to everyone's years. On

Sunday, Bath Abbey had to stop its service went buskers outsidd ground

out the choir. It can be differing kinds of rock music, what ever the

music is to you wanted to bd accompanied by music from ottside. I

think the answer is no. At the moment the council doesn't have the

power to dictate what buskers do when they are out here playhng. Next

month there will be some legislation coming in which will give the

Council the power to stop pdople using amplifiers in public places.

Soon, anyone caught causing a din might see their day's taking taking

up by a fine. There's news on the BBC Website

and your local BBC Radio St`tions. But

for now I'll leave you with Alina Hello. We have had a fine and to the

day. We have clear skies ovdrnight and it will be fairly chillx. Some

clear skies and also some mhst when fog. A breeze is still blowhng along

the coast and higher ground, which will ease off a little towards dawn.

City centres around 8000 ye`rs or nine Celsius, as low as to self

years in rural areas. `` 8000 years. . It will be thicker in the Bristol

Channel. Still a warm day at the beginning of September. 19 Celsius

for the high tomorrow. Frid`y, the chance of some patchy rain. Largely

dry and less breezy at the weekend. Here is the national forecast.

Good evening. Many of us had some welcome rain for the gardens

overnight. But away from the north-west, rain doesn't feature

heavily in the forecast for the next few days. We

heavily in the forecast for the next sunshine. These were captured by Ted

Williams. This is north of Swansea. But over the next few days,

including tomorrow, things look cloudier and breezy as the next set

of weather fronts move in. It looks as if it will peter out. The

heaviest will be over the hills and mountains. What we will find is

after an initial drop in temperature, the cloud will lift the

temperatures again, whilst in southern areas, it is already

turning chilly. Those temperatures could get within a few degrees of

freezing. Some value mist and a bit of frost. The wind then