:00:43. > :00:46.last summer, adding that after 25 years he'd decided he'd rather like
:00:47. > :00:46.to go to bed at much the same time as most people.
:00:47. > :00:59.Though that Good evening. The media has obtained
:01:00. > :01:04.dramatic footage of the moment a suspect was shot with a taser gun
:01:05. > :01:07.inside a Wiltshire police cell. The officer who fired the gun was
:01:08. > :01:11.cleared of assault yesterday after a jury saw the footage, but he now
:01:12. > :01:16.faces a disciplinary process. The Chief Constable tried to stop the
:01:17. > :01:22.video being released. Steve Brodie reports. Suspect Daniel Dove has
:01:23. > :01:25.been ordered to take off his clothes as part of a strip search after
:01:26. > :01:29.being brought to Melksham police station. But when he reaches his
:01:30. > :01:32.underpants, he flips them at PC Lee Birch. The policeman fires the
:01:33. > :01:36.50,000`volt stun gun into Mr Dove's chest. Wiltshire's chief constable
:01:37. > :01:41.told me why he doesn't think the public should see the film. I can
:01:42. > :01:47.accept that people might wonder why I objected, but my issue was one of
:01:48. > :01:53.principle. My principal being that, in my view, I had to ensure
:01:54. > :01:57.fairness. In my view I've also got a duty of care for my officer. He has
:01:58. > :02:01.been found not guilty. My view was that to release the media could be
:02:02. > :02:06.prejudicial to my officer over the next however many years he serves.
:02:07. > :02:09.An hour before, Daniel Dove had been arrested outside this Trowbridge
:02:10. > :02:13.night club in December 2012 for being drunk and disorderly. He's
:02:14. > :02:16.then been brought here to the custody suite at Melksham police
:02:17. > :02:21.station. He's booked in, standing handcuffed in front of PC Birch. The
:02:22. > :02:24.jury were told he was drunk and difficult to handle. After the
:02:25. > :02:27.tasering, he was charged with assault, but later he took out a
:02:28. > :02:32.private prosecution against PC Birch. Then, the CPS dropped the
:02:33. > :02:39.allegations against him and prosecuted PC Birch instead. The
:02:40. > :02:46.Chief Constable agrees that justice should be seen to be done. I fully
:02:47. > :02:49.support open justice. There is an ongoing IPCC investigation, and in
:02:50. > :02:55.my view releasing the CCTV to the media could have been prejudicial.
:02:56. > :02:59.I'm the responsible authority for ensuring that investigations are
:03:00. > :03:04.fair, and in my view it could have prejudiced the investigation to
:03:05. > :03:08.release it. The force has already carried out a revision of its policy
:03:09. > :03:15.towards the use of tasers. Meanwhile, PC Birch has returned to
:03:16. > :03:18.his job. Free transport to Oxfordshire's
:03:19. > :03:23.hospitals could be further cut back in efforts to save the NHS money.
:03:24. > :03:28.Every year, the health service organises 107,000 trips at a cost of
:03:29. > :03:32.almost ?4 million. It's hoping to cut around a third of these
:03:33. > :03:37.journeys, and save up to ?325,000 a year. It's already become harder to
:03:38. > :03:40.qualify for free transport to hospital in recent years, and
:03:41. > :03:44.voluntary groups which take people to hospital appointments are already
:03:45. > :03:47.struggling with the demand. These Witney`based volunteers say people
:03:48. > :03:58.with smaller incomes, who need care, stand to lose out.
:03:59. > :04:02.There are some people who perhaps could get to hospital by other
:04:03. > :04:10.means, but I think there will be people who will say I cannot get
:04:11. > :04:16.there, I want to go, and the next time they will see the hospital is
:04:17. > :04:19.in an ambulance going to A and that is false economy.
:04:20. > :04:22.Millions of pounds of Government money is on offer to Oxford
:04:23. > :04:25.businesses to connect them to super`fast broadband for free. But
:04:26. > :04:29.no`one seems to want it. It's six weeks since the scheme launched, and
:04:30. > :04:33.so far, not a single business has applied. Our Political Reporter
:04:34. > :04:36.Helen Catt explains. Six weeks ago, a Government fund opened to
:04:37. > :04:38.businesses in Oxford to get superfast connections installed for
:04:39. > :04:41.free. So far though, nobody has taken it up. And the south's other
:04:42. > :04:45.so`called superconnected cities aren't seeing much interest either.
:04:46. > :04:48.In Brighton, nine businesses have applied since the end of February,
:04:49. > :04:53.and in Portsmouth, just four since December. In Oxford, fast broadband
:04:54. > :04:58.is already available and there are questions over who exactly needs
:04:59. > :05:01.super`high speeds. Oxford city has about 4,000 businesses of which only
:05:02. > :05:05.about 1,000 are bigger than five people, so you end up with this
:05:06. > :05:13.provision of what larger companies need being limited to smaller
:05:14. > :05:17.companies. So there is a relatively small intersection of people for
:05:18. > :05:21.whom it is relevant. Bob thinks money would be better spent getting
:05:22. > :05:25.all rural broadband up to a workable speed instead. We asked the Minister
:05:26. > :05:29.for Broadband, Ed Vaizey, for an interview but his office declined.
:05:30. > :05:31.Instead it sent us a statement, saying it expects to see
:05:32. > :05:34.considerable interest in Oxford's scheme in the coming months and that
:05:35. > :05:40.in the other superconnected cities around the UK, take up is increasing
:05:41. > :05:42.month on month. Plans for a ?15 million
:05:43. > :05:47.redevelopment of part of Aylesbury town centre have been unveiled. The
:05:48. > :05:50.first phase of Waterside North would see Exchange Street car park and
:05:51. > :05:54.some of the old county council offices replaced by restaurants and
:05:55. > :05:57.homes. A former police station and the back of the old office buildings
:05:58. > :06:01.would be demolished. A planning application will be submitted in
:06:02. > :06:05.June. It's a scientific breakthrough that
:06:06. > :06:08.could see an end to the ban on taking liquids on board aeroplanes `
:06:09. > :06:11.an Oxfordshire company has built a scanner, capable of detecting
:06:12. > :06:14.quickly whether your bottle contains a dangerous substance. Cobalt Light
:06:15. > :06:25.Systems is now up for a top industry award for its work. Stuart Tinworth
:06:26. > :06:28.has the story. 2006, and a failed terror plot to use liquid explosives
:06:29. > :06:31.on flights resulted in a restriction on travellers taking drinks, sun
:06:32. > :06:37.cream and other toiletries onboard planes. Eight years on, we're still
:06:38. > :06:42.restricted to what we can carry but that could be set to change. This
:06:43. > :06:46.device is capable of cross checking what's inside a bottle in just a
:06:47. > :06:50.matter of seconds. Paul, tell me how this works. Very
:06:51. > :06:55.simply, you take the bottle and put it into the system. Close the door.
:06:56. > :06:59.It's very simple to operate, it's a five`second screen, and then at the
:07:00. > :07:02.end of it, it will tell you it is clear, which means it is safe to
:07:03. > :07:04.take on board. The trade body for UK airports told
:07:05. > :07:23.me: Even so, it could be some years
:07:24. > :07:31.before the existing hand luggage rules are changed.
:07:32. > :07:34.That's it from us for now. Next it's the weather, starting with the
:07:35. > :07:41.regional forecast with David Braine. Good night.
:07:42. > :07:51.If you haven't yet used your waterproof or your umbrella, you
:07:52. > :07:54.will need them for tomorrow. It is the intensity of the showers
:07:55. > :07:58.tomorrow that could cause some problems. Briefly some brightness in
:07:59. > :08:02.the morning but by the time we get to the afternoon, the slow`moving
:08:03. > :08:07.and heavy showers will develop. There is a warning about the
:08:08. > :08:12.intensity of these showers from the Met Office in Exeter. Some of them
:08:13. > :08:17.will be really quite intense. The outlook is a cloudy day on Friday
:08:18. > :08:19.but getting better as we move into the weekend. In a second we will
:08:20. > :08:24.have a full it will get cooler as we had through
:08:25. > :08:28.the weekend but brighter, although gardeners beware, night-time frosts.
:08:29. > :08:35.It was a day of contrasts across the UK today, rain coming in from the
:08:36. > :08:39.West but in the south-east, like winds and sunshine, up to 20
:08:40. > :08:42.degrees. Contrast that with six degrees in the East of Scotland. In
:08:43. > :08:47.between we've seen some thunderstorms and more general
:08:48. > :08:51.showers coming in to the western side of the UK. Northern Ireland,
:08:52. > :08:55.Wales and the south-west. The best chance of staying dry is across
:08:56. > :08:58.Lincolnshire and East Anglia. A lot of cloud around generally
:08:59. > :09:03.overnight, some patches of mist and maybe a few patches of fog as well.
:09:04. > :09:07.The lowest temperatures will be in the far north of the UK, but the
:09:08. > :09:11.Northern Isles will also see the best of the weather through the
:09:12. > :09:15.morning. In the east, cloudy, wet and windy, cold, too. Some of the
:09:16. > :09:16.rain gets towards