03/03/2017 Points West

Our other headlines tonight: A shocking report into the project

to electrify the railways - MPs say the western line

The well heeled donor who left a thousand pounds in a sock

The South Korean teaching us how to talk Bristol.

A group of street salesmen from Bristol who say they're raising

money for good causes deny they've been misleading the public.

They sell leaflets across the country in the name

But concerns have been raised that they could be

mistaken for a charity, when they're not.

Scott Ellis has this exclusive report.

Two street vendors from the Bristol based organisation.

Filmed by a passerby in Northampton recently.

Their leaflets offer dietary advice - in exchange for donations.

What worried the man filming was what appeared to be

charity fundraising was in fact a business.

One I was the well-intentioned that people should give money in the

belief that they were giving to charity. It is certainly the case

that everyone who gave thought they were donating to charity.

Dan Plews called for a council licencing officer.

Who arrived and said the leaflets were misleading.

Because they featured the names of two charities.

Since they weren't licenced for charity collections

There have been others who've raised concerns about the street vendors.

This is the same vendor being questioned by police

Dan Budd says he spotted a vendor in Thornbury last year.

Having lost his younger sister to cancer,

he tried investigating more about where the money was going.

There is no information at all about what percentages are going towards

the publicity costs, staff costs, the people collecting or obviously

ultimately what percentage is going to charity.

The group behind the leaflets is called "Salubrious Periodicals."

Their website has been taken down recently.

It has a mailing address here in the centre of Bristol.

But we managed to contact them by email.

"A representative told us they set up Salubrious Periodicals

after their son had to undergo tests for cancer.

Saying they want to expose carcinogenic foods sold to children.

They say the vendors we've mentioned thought they were acting legally.

And they'll take steps to maintain good conduct.

They add that if any customers feel they "misinterpreted

the transaction" then they can have a full refund."

They wouldn't tell us what per centage of their money

The two charities mentioned in the leaflets told us

And now they want their names taken off the leaflets.

This former employee who worked for them but was an anonymous contact

us. He left after four months saying that he discovered while he was

there that the organisation was not linked to charity. It was not a good

thing he was doing if you not being a charity because he was not proving

to us he was paying a charity, we did not see any preferred evidence.

We contacted the company about the claim that they have not replied.

The Charity commission say they are aware of the concerns raised in the

sub -- raised in this report and they say that street fundraisers

should have a local authority licence. Adding that transparency

with the public is key. Gerald Oppenheim is Head of Policy

at the Fundraising Regulator - I asked him how people can be sure

about where their money is going when they donate

in the street? Look to see whether the person

asking you for money is wearing something that identifies them

clearly from a charity, check they have some identification and check

that they know what they are collecting four. It is fine for them

to ask these questions before they give? Absolutely because you need to

be sure you're giving to something that is real. It is not illegal to

sell leaflets but some people are finding it confusing and assuming

that anyone holding a bucket in the street is from a charity. Does the

need to be a change in the rules to make that clear? I think the rule

change by the become located because there are things given out on the

street, morning newspapers, that that is Beverley legal to do that so

you would not want to catch things like that in changing the law. The

important thing is if you think somebody is doing something they

shouldn't that you report them to the police or the local authority.

Lots of money is collected on the streets and health charities usually

but what is your advice on the best way for members of the public to

give? The best way is to take your time and make your own decisions

about what you want to give to, how much you want to give up when you

want to do it. All good charities have websites these days, you can

donate online or you can even send an old-fashioned check if you want

to. Thank you. A police search at the former

Swindon home of murderer Christopher Halliwell has finished

with no significant discoveries. Specialist officers have

been checking the garden and garages of two properties

for nearly two weeks. Halliwell's serving two life

sentences for killing Becky Godden A driver who crashed well using his

mobile phone and killing a man from Swindon has been jailed. He was

arguing with his girlfriend when he caused the crash on the 34 in June.

28-year-old Gavin Roberts died, his girlfriend met Stratford

face-to-face as part of a scheme called restorative justice.

The scheme to electrify the Great Western Railway has been

The Public Accounts Committee say it's a "stark example of how not

The work is already up to 3 years behind schedule and more

Now there's concern that several sections, including around Bath,

will never be electrified - even though 130 million pounds

has already been spent on preparatory work.

Our political editor Paul Barltrop is at Temple Meads now.

What has gone wrong? I am sure plenty of passengers would like to

know. This is the busiest station in the West Country, 10 million

passengers a year make their way through the beautiful building in

me. And it is one of the last major links in the country, not yet to be

electrified. The line from here to London. This was the plan, they

wanted to run electric wires from Paddington down to Swindon, on to

Bristol Parkway and on to Cardiff and there would be a sudden spurt

splitting Swindon, going through Chippenham, Bath and future Bristol.

But the project ran into trouble and the education was then disturbed in

places from Chippenham three here to Temple Meads, and from here to

Parkway. The last few months MPs on the Public Accounts Committee have

been trying to find out why it all went so wrong.

The report by MPs highlights the millions of pounds paid to lease

new electric trains, which can't yet use the tracks.

Installing the wires has proved very challenging,

With costs soaring the government indefinitely deferred

electrification on the section between Chippenham and

The report demonstrates how badly planned, conceived and delivered

this whole project has been in for us in Bristol it is really worrying

because we were promised certification but now seems unclear

what the benefits are or indeed if it will ever happen.

All the electric trains are having to be fitted with diesel engines.

On a visit to a Wiltshire firm which provides parts

for the new trains, the Rail Minister

Technology means we have combined trains, that can run an electric and

diesel. That is a compromise, it is not about mentally clean. It brings

benefits to the passengers, more rapidly than would otherwise be the

case. the ?130 million spent preparing

for electrification in places where it's now been deferred,

such as here in Bath where line was shut for six weeks in summer

2015 - and there are more This time the work's

definitely needed. They're lengthening the platforms

to take the new trains which will But it means more

inconvenience for passengers. It's just makes it so frustrating,

trying to get somewhere, using what is the alternative? I can drive by

the traffickers is a nightmare. There is no alternative. It is just

a pain because you have to find another way. It is ridiculous.

Network Rail insist the project is now on track

for completion by the end of next year.

It must be said that the MPs are not quite so confident, they say

December 2018 might be optimistic and are also looking at the budget,

2.8 billion for the whole project, they are not entirely sure if it'll

stick that plan. Thank you.

A tree's been planted today in memory of Bijan Ebrahimi,

a disabled man who was murdered in a vigilante attack in Bristol.

Last year, a police constable and a community support officer

were jailed for failing to protect him.

And today the chief constable gave another public apology,

There's a new tree in Queen Square today.

In 2013, Bijan Ebrahimi repeatedly called the police

Two days before he died, he filmed this encounter with Lee James,

the man who would later punch and kick him to death.

But he was seen by the police as a time-waster and a nuisance.

A lot of his life was a tragedy, and avoidable tragedy. We should have

saved him. Political leaders, senior police

officers and a choir joined Bijan's It is the first time actually that

we could celebrate, get together and remember him as the Love the guy

that he was. It is an emotional day for us.

A police officer and community support officer were jailed last

year after being found guilty of misconduct in a public office.

But the time for anger has passed, say Bijan's sisters.

They hope the police have learned from the mistakes they made.

Wants more including... They have in Mecca, the story of a giraffe who

cleans windows is put to music. And it is a battlefield in the

commonly surprising number of people with wartime relics in the back

gardens. Police are trying to trace the owner

of a pair of socks that were handed to a refugee

agency in Taunton, because there was a thousand

pounds tucked inside. No-one knows if it was a genuine

donation or a mistake! Small wonder they're checking

the donations more closely today. Just imagine the surprise

of volunteers at this refugee aid warehouse when they came

across a sock which was, well, slightly heavier than normal,

inside was ?1,000 in cash. We are used to be giving -- given

donations and taking changing everything, but ?1000 is a lot of

money to finance a sock. The thing is the charity isn't

sure whether this was a genuine, We have plenty of socks still here,

not so I am afraid the ?1000 writing. They were taken to the

police have now backed the cash while they try and solve the mystery

but we do have a picture. Take a look at this and tell me, in these

socks yours? Because if they are the police and the charity would be keen

to hear from you. From this warehouse in Taunton

the agency collects donations It's been running for more

than two years now. Plainly the hope is

the donation is real. We can do so much with that money,

support a lot of refugees in Syria and Greece and we can provide food

and nappies, toiletries, a lot of aid to them.

Not a glass slipper maybe, but this is a story with a real

I wonder if it is someone being very generous! Or someone is missing a

thousand quid. Her Majesty the Queen

came to the West today. She visited the Royal Welsh

at Lucknow Barracks in Tidworth, armed with leeks to present

to the soldiers. It's part of her role

as their Colonel in Chief. She also met this goat -

which is the regiment's mascot. Of course it was Saint Davids day

today. The world premiere of a new piece

of classical music will be performed in Bath tomorrow and it tells

the story of a Roald Dahl classic. It's been written by the author's

official biographer and is the first time 'The Giraffe and the Pelly

and Me' has been set to music. Michelle Ruminski joined

the choir in rehearsal. 'The Pelicantata' sets

the Roald Dahl classic, The Giraffe, the Pelly and Me

- to music. It's a story about a ladderless

window clearning company, whose employees - a giraffe,

a pelican and a monkey - use their physical attributes

to get the job done. The new work's been commissioned

by Stroud Choral Society. We are thrilled, it is amazing to be

able to do something new, big, world premiere. At a liberal style, one of

the reasons we went to him was he used to say to me, children in

schools today are not getting exposed to good classical music. I

think he would have loved that. His widow Felicity loved the idea

too and invited Roald's Tries to have his voice in my mind,

whole time I like it, what would he have said? Would he have like this

are not like that? Hanging on that magical imaginative inventive

spirit. And helping to tell that

story are the Minpins, a newly created children's

choir, named after one of And the actor Tony Robinson will be

the narrator on the night. The world premier of

the Pelicantata is at Bath Abbey tomorrow night

But the hope is a simpler version of the work will be sung in school

classrooms around the world. Michelle Ruminski, BBC

Points West, Stroud. It's the battle of the bottom two

in rugby's Premiership this weekend, Ali Durden is here

with tonight's sport. Not too much time left for Bristol

to save themselves is there. Six games to go, and that's why this

one is so important - If Bristol lose, it's hard to see

how they'll make up the gap. Lets have a look at the remaining

games for both clubs. After this weekend,

Bristol have a home derby Then in April they play

all of the top three - wouldn't expect them to get much

change out of those games. They finish Newcastle at home

on the last day looks a must win. As for Worcester, tough

home games for them. Sale and Newcastle

away will be targets. And finishing with a difficult

game against Leicester. So, the first task for Bristol

is to ensure their fate is in their own hands by winning

this weekend's game. Worcester have been playing very

well at home, they got some big scalps there. They have got to be

visit this weekend but we are going there with ambition and will turn

them over. We win on the weekend and we go two points above them, we

again have a two and a half week break before Gloucester. Then the

three top teams coming up, and we're not looking at the fate of the

moment, let's get Worcester out of the way!

Whoever is relegated to the Championship will be playing

It's a team made up partly of students who squeeze in rugby

The Gloucestershire club could clinch their promotion

from National League One this weekend - and they're on course

for a perfect season, having won every single game.

There's no late nights and lie-ins for these students.

Reporting for training at 7.30 so they can get

It's a combination of work and play that's taken them

We are in a unique environment year with a college of 16-18 -year-olds,

young players they have the background of a degree going forward

and sport, it encourages them to train and read/write, and it is

second nature to them now. Gloucester and England wing

Johnny May is a famous name to have Winger Jonas Makalcius

hopes to be the next. He's in the third year

of a sports condition degree. But he'll be heading

to Premiership Harlequins once he's This is a brilliant place for your

future career and to pursue your goals and all that and at the same

time study, so I'm very happy with my decisions.

Hartpury have dominated National League One -

scoring nearly 50 points a game on average.

But can they make the step up sucessfully?

Next year I think will be a huge challenge, certainly with the

professionals and professionally environment. We will stay part-time

and train three mornings a week, we do not have the funding to go

full-time. We will have to train harder. The challenges week in week

out will be tough. They are seven games away

from completing the perfect season. First, promotion is

possible this weekend. Elsewhere, Bath are at home

to Premiership leaders Wasps - and it's Gloucester against

Harlequins. In football,head coach Lee Johnson

has described Bristol City's game Only goal difference is keeping them

out of the relegation zone. Swindon are going for a third win

a row against second It is that time of the year, the

results feel more important. I can't believe it is that the early six

more matters to the end of the rugby season. Where does the Yugo? March

already! Now last week we told you about this

world war two gun turret from a Lancaster Bomber,

which was found in someone's garden and fetched more than two and a half

thousand pounds at auction. We thought having one

of those outside your back door would be unique,

but since then, we've First, we head of one in Bath, being

used as a greenhouse. We genuinely don't know how this ended up here.

Then Sheila said in a photo of one of her house and Winterbourne. And

here in a back garden in Swindon is another, same thing, aluminium frame

and Perspex gnome. And this one does not looking bad neck. It sits in the

garden and gets under way, nine times out of ten. When we had a cat

the cat used to shelter under it. This Lancaster bomber turret belongs

to Mike, the body 23 years ago for what seems like a bargain. ?20. And

you know the one we featured last week when the 2600. Tempted? I am

very interested in two and half thousand pounds but we have no

interest in selling it. Why are these the Second World War and it's

popping up here in the West Country? The heritage centre as one possible

answer at its current exhibition. It goes back to the 1930s to a factory

in the town called particles. And territory being mass-produced that

Parnell aircraft, and following the bombing of the factory dispersal

sites in Kingswood and nearby were also making these gun threat, a

vital part of the war effort. There were more people working for Parnell

aircraft on the books than there are in the parish of yet at that time.

The 3000 staff made thousands of West Country wartime turret so it is

maybe not so much of a surprise that a few of them are still about. Just

70 years on. Now we have an unlikely internet

sensation to show you. You are looking for suggestions?

Soccer challenge? Best bits from Sunday politics? Worst bits from

Sunday politics? No - the latest star

of the web is Korean Billy. He's based in South Korea

and spends his time making videos teaching people to talk

in different dialects. Our colleagues at BBC Radio Bristol

joined up with him and his unique take on Bristolian has already had

nearly half a million views. The evil! -- there you go. I think

he did jolly well. Spoken like a true local.

The whole video is on Radio Bristol's Facebook page.

Let's go up to her outside weather studio and unions there. Good

evening everybody, let's take you through the forecast for the

weekend. It is going to be one that will see some periods of rain, yes,

but equally some dryer faces and indeed for some of you, some of the

dryer faces will be quite dark, more noticeably during Saturday. A number

of district will enjoy a comparatively dry day and as we head

to Sunday we find a band of rain moving up from the south-west in the

morning. Some of that were quite heavy. Wanted clues to their will be

a window of some dryer and probably sunny weather for a time before we

see a returning risk of showers into Sunday afternoon. He is a wider look

at how things are shaping up, low pressure dominating the path of the

jet stream, high-altitude ribbon of wind across the Atlantic gearing up

to well over 200 mph, driving a sequence of areas of low pressure

towards us and as we head to the weekend they are never too far away,

as will be the risk of showers and bands of rain about. That is what we

see moving stooges in the course of Sunday morning. But the rest of this

evening we still have some shadowy outbreaks of rain about, some of

those looking quite heavy. So tonight this will fade away and so

we are looking increasingly at a dry slowly starting to emerge as the

night wears on. Temperatures will be rightly in the range of 5-7d by the

time we get towards daybreak tomorrow. It looks like a dry start,

right across the board, to get Saturday under way in for some of

you it will be a grey start as well. It will -- we then started pick-up

the risk of some rain coming out of the West initially and as he the

afternoon we see some of that is migrating eastwards but still

populated by dryer faces as well. The further east you are, the lions

share of the dry weather lasting longer. Temperatures are around ten

or 11 degrees. The temperatures will go down about as we head into

Sunday, there will be rain in the morning moving away and the brighter

phase and further showers as well. We continue any similar theme as we

head into the start of next week. Whatever you're doing have a grey

weekend. Thank you. It is time for us to

review. Cheers for now. It's like bake a cake,

but we flipped it. Oh, my God, we love flipping.

Cake-a-bake. Cake-a-baking. I love it.

I so love it when this happens. 15 celebrity acts

are coming together to Sing And Dance

For Comic Relief. # And the haters gonna

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