:00:11. > :00:15.Hello and welcome to BBC Points West. In the headlines tonight:
:00:15. > :00:19.Relentlessly battered to death: Police reveal new information about
:00:19. > :00:23.the woman brutally murdered in North Somerset.
:00:23. > :00:26.A human tragedy of unimaginable proportions: How Somalians in the
:00:26. > :00:30.West are planning to help the aid effort.
:00:30. > :00:34.Also tonight: Library closures in Gloucesterhire could be illegal.
:00:34. > :00:37.The High Court halts the cuts pending a full review.
:00:37. > :00:47.And the woman falsely imprisoned inside her bank in a row with the
:00:47. > :00:50.
:00:50. > :00:55.manager about overdraft charges. Good evening. Police investigating
:00:55. > :01:00.the murder of a woman in the North Somerset village of Kewstoke have
:01:00. > :01:03.revealed she was battered to death. Julie Tottle was found dead on
:01:03. > :01:13.Tuesday, but it is believed she may have been killed several days
:01:13. > :01:13.
:01:13. > :01:18.before her body was discovered. This is Julie Tottle, who police
:01:18. > :01:23.have confirmed as the victim of the brutal murder. Her body was found
:01:23. > :01:27.in her own home here in the small village of Kewstoke. She had
:01:27. > :01:35.suffered severe head injuries in what police are calling it a
:01:35. > :01:43.sustained attack. 25 miles away, her husband lies in a hospital bed,
:01:43. > :01:48.seriously injured. He has been arrested on suspicion of murder. He
:01:48. > :01:53.suffered his injuries after falling, or jumping, from the first floor of
:01:53. > :02:00.this House. Two days on, the area around the property remains sealed
:02:00. > :02:08.off by police. Not even a family and friends, wanting to lay flowers,
:02:09. > :02:13.can get close. This is a tight-knit community. The population is 1,500.
:02:13. > :02:18.Many people have lived here most of their lives. Many people knew Julie
:02:18. > :02:25.Tottle well, the quiet lady who could be seen exercising her a
:02:25. > :02:35.horse. She was a nice, quiet girl. She used to ride her horse up the
:02:35. > :02:38.
:02:38. > :02:43.road to there. I have lived here newly 50 years. I know that family.
:02:43. > :02:46.He does only been today that police have confirmed this is a murder
:02:46. > :02:50.inquiry, but that they are not looking for anyone else in
:02:50. > :02:56.connection with their investigations. There is much they
:02:56. > :03:02.are not saying. What led up to the events here? When did Julie Tottle
:03:02. > :03:07.di? Her body was discovered at midday on Tuesday, but there is
:03:07. > :03:14.suggested she may have been dead for two or three days before that.
:03:14. > :03:18.The police say they may be able to release more information tomorrow.
:03:18. > :03:23.Aid workers in the West are preparing to send relief to
:03:24. > :03:29.millions of people affected by the worst drought in the Horn of Africa
:03:29. > :03:35.for 60 years. 12 million people in Northern Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia
:03:35. > :03:41.and Sudan are being affected by a human tragedy of unimaginable
:03:41. > :03:44.proportions. Charities are launching emergency appeals.
:03:44. > :03:52.Catherine it is at the Red Cross distribution centre in South
:03:52. > :03:58.Gloucestershire. Good evening. evening. This is where some of the
:03:58. > :04:08.stuff is stored. We have got tense, that lorries, water purification
:04:08. > :04:13.
:04:13. > :04:19.kits, anything they may need. There is a map over here are. Some of the
:04:19. > :04:23.images emerging from these arose, aid workers have worked for years
:04:23. > :04:29.on different crisis, and say they are amongst the worst they have
:04:29. > :04:34.seen. The camp you may have seen on the news, 1,300 people in Eastern
:04:34. > :04:38.Kenya arriving every day. Some of them dying as soon as they get
:04:38. > :04:43.there before anyone can help them. With meat is John from the Red
:04:43. > :04:49.Cross. You know this area very well. Are you surprised by some of the
:04:49. > :04:55.pictures we are seeing? No, it has been on the cards that drought has
:04:55. > :05:00.been ongoing for a long time, exasperated by the security
:05:00. > :05:07.situation in various countries. It will only be a matter of time
:05:07. > :05:10.before the images came to reality. Last week you retire to Oxfam from
:05:10. > :05:18.36 years. Have you ever seen anything on this scale before,
:05:18. > :05:23.Peter? Yes and No macro. It is getting worse. There has been
:05:23. > :05:26.indications for some months that things are been getting worse.
:05:26. > :05:33.Unless the international community acts quickly, we will see the worst
:05:33. > :05:40.situation we have ever seen. People in the Somali community in Bristol
:05:40. > :05:49.say they have seen this coming for a long time. Earlier, I spoke to
:05:49. > :05:57.the Somali Forum. Almost everyone in Bristol is affected, who have
:05:57. > :06:03.family or friends there. It is very devastating. We have not got any
:06:03. > :06:12.organised fund-raising programme. We are just giving small donations
:06:12. > :06:20.from our pockets. Tomorrow, we will have a short-term
:06:20. > :06:24.Points West because we will have an appeal.
:06:24. > :06:30.A judge said plans to cut library services in Gloucestershire could
:06:30. > :06:35.be illegal. Campaigners had taken their fight to the High Court. This
:06:35. > :06:40.afternoon, they want the right to a full judicial review, and an order
:06:40. > :06:44.that no more cuts to be made in the meantime. Our political editor
:06:44. > :06:49.reports. The a queued in the rain to get in.
:06:50. > :06:52.These campaigners have fought for months. They had sprung into action
:06:52. > :06:58.when Gloucestershire County Council had announced it would stop funding
:06:58. > :07:04.10 libraries. They protested, but councillors pressed ahead,
:07:04. > :07:12.insisting they had to save millions. So they turn to the law. First,
:07:12. > :07:18.they got an injunction to halt the cuts. A judge gave them a two day
:07:18. > :07:22.judicial review. We would try not to prejudge the outcome. There are
:07:22. > :07:26.many more people at home in Gloucestershire who are eagerly
:07:26. > :07:32.awaiting the outcome. We are very pleased with today's judgment, for
:07:32. > :07:35.the many people in Gloucestershire who rely on libraries, for people
:07:35. > :07:40.in care homes and a single mothers who need a quiet space for their
:07:40. > :07:46.children to do their homework. This evening, the leader of the
:07:46. > :07:52.council faced at the media. positive news is that the judge
:07:52. > :07:58.recognised that the council is facing tough economic challenges,
:07:58. > :08:03.and it does not take that into account. The second issue is that
:08:03. > :08:07.we have been given the green light to continue talking to communities.
:08:07. > :08:16.We will be doing that over the coming months.
:08:16. > :08:25.In court, the judge was clear, on three different points of law, cuts
:08:25. > :08:31.to libraries may be wrong. The Politics Show will be looking
:08:31. > :08:34.at the significance of today's Rawling at 11am on a Sunday.
:08:34. > :08:36.You're watching Thursday's Points West with Chris and Alex. It's good
:08:36. > :08:39.to have you with us. Coming up in tonight's programme:
:08:39. > :08:41.How young and old are coming together to work on a special
:08:41. > :08:45.project helping those with early dementia.
:08:45. > :08:55.And come on Bris! We catch up with the so-called hard men of sport as
:08:55. > :09:01.
:09:01. > :09:06.they sidestep a shower in Somerset. A woman held hostage by her bank
:09:06. > :09:10.manager has won her claim for unlawful imprisonment. Josie Lewis
:09:10. > :09:15.went to the HSBC in Wootton Bassett to discuss her overdraft charges,
:09:15. > :09:20.but when she wanted to leave, the manager stop her. It was not until
:09:21. > :09:25.other staff heard her cries. Josie Lewis has had a hard fight
:09:25. > :09:31.with HSBC. It started with overdraft charges that were being
:09:31. > :09:35.piled on and on even though she cannot pay. Almost �300 a month at
:09:35. > :09:41.times. The bank also chased their every day with phone calls.
:09:41. > :09:47.matter how hard I tried to reduce my overdraft, I could not have got
:09:47. > :09:51.myself back in the black again. I was scared to pick up the phone.
:09:51. > :09:57.With the problems I have experienced, I can see how someone
:09:57. > :10:04.can get suicidal over dead. Josie Lewis went to her branch for
:10:04. > :10:08.a meeting with her manager at Christopher Hicks. He was very
:10:08. > :10:14.specific about locking the door, and I queried why he locked the
:10:14. > :10:19.door. He said, we do not want anybody barging in. He then told me
:10:19. > :10:26.he could not stop the bank charges, but I knew he code. I told him I
:10:26. > :10:31.was going, but then he blocked the door. I stood there, and asked him
:10:31. > :10:36.if he would let me out. Two members of the staff came in behind the
:10:36. > :10:42.counter. Laid two said she was holed for 30
:10:42. > :10:46.minutes. -- Josie Lewis said she was holed. The judge at Swindon
:10:46. > :10:51.County Court ruled that Josie Lewis had been unlawfully imprisoned, and
:10:51. > :10:57.had been harassed by phone calls, something against the bank's
:10:57. > :11:02.contract. I spoke to HSBC who told me that it was not Christopher
:11:02. > :11:07.Hicks's finest hour, but he still retains his job.
:11:08. > :11:13.HSBC say they regret the way they dealt with Josie Lewis, and
:11:13. > :11:19.apologise for the stress caused. The court orders to have done
:11:19. > :11:29.pounds-worth of the charges to be refunded to Josie Lewis. -- �2,000
:11:29. > :11:32.
:11:32. > :11:34.worth. In other news, the police have seized a car as part of a
:11:34. > :11:43.murder investigation in Bristol. 21-year-old Rico Gordon, from
:11:43. > :11:46.London, was killed early on Sunday morning on Stapleton Road in Easton.
:11:46. > :11:49.Two cousins from Gloucestershire have been sentenced to a total of
:11:49. > :11:51.16 years in prison, after burying cocaine with a street value of
:11:51. > :11:54.�2,000. 41-year-old Stuart Devlin and 43-year-old Paul Mann were
:11:54. > :11:57.caught by the police, having recovered the drugs from woodlands
:11:57. > :12:00.in Edge. Devlin then drove off to escape capture and flipped their
:12:00. > :12:03.car onto its roof. Both men had admitted a charge of conspiracy to
:12:03. > :12:05.supply cocaine at an earlier hearing. Devlin, who had denied a
:12:05. > :12:08.separate charge of dangerous driving, was sentenced to eleven
:12:08. > :12:11.and a half years in prison, Mann to four and a half.
:12:11. > :12:13.The MoD confirmed today it will close three sites near Bath. 1,400
:12:13. > :12:16.people employed in Ensleigh, Foxhill and Warminster Road will
:12:16. > :12:19.relocate to Abbey Wood near Bristol. The moves will begin next autumn
:12:19. > :12:22.and are expected to be completed by March 2013. The Department hopes to
:12:22. > :12:26.save nearly �40 million from the closures.
:12:26. > :12:29.A new way of capturing the memories of dementia patients is being used
:12:29. > :12:32.in Somerset. Film students from Bridgwater are making DVDs with
:12:32. > :12:38.people before the condition takes a serious hold, meaning they have a
:12:38. > :12:48.true record of their personality and identity. Here is our health
:12:48. > :12:51.
:12:51. > :12:57.correspondent with his final report in our series on Dementia.
:12:57. > :13:07.Everyone has a story, but for Reyes, the memories of his life's passion
:13:07. > :13:08.
:13:08. > :13:16.cricket, but capturing them on video means he cannot relive them.
:13:16. > :13:26.My father introduced me to cricket when he came home on leave. I
:13:26. > :13:26.
:13:26. > :13:31.always went to the cricket. I was a member for a while.
:13:31. > :13:36.Residents of Somerset care were captured on film by students. The
:13:36. > :13:44.idea is being evaluated by Exeter University to find out if this is
:13:44. > :13:47.therapeutic. You could tell it really helped restore. The aim of
:13:47. > :13:55.the project was so that he could remember things he had forgotten,
:13:55. > :13:58.and even asking him questions, he would remember things. From that,
:13:58. > :14:03.he started to talk about more things, and you could tell it
:14:03. > :14:12.really helped him. * retailing is been encouraged
:14:13. > :14:22.throughout Somerset's care. By the is one of 20 residence to have
:14:23. > :14:27.
:14:27. > :14:32.contributed their experience to a Aztec one with a German aircraft
:14:32. > :14:38.but it went right through the town where I left. It was quite exciting
:14:38. > :14:42.at the time. It is thought that being unable to recall memories is
:14:42. > :14:46.a main cause of agitation in dementia sufferers. If this too
:14:46. > :14:50.will prove successful, it may be the case that stories become a
:14:50. > :14:56.mainstream therapy. Joining us is the Chief Executive
:14:56. > :15:06.of Somerset Care, Andrew Larpent. You've led this story-telling
:15:06. > :15:06.
:15:06. > :15:10.project. How important has it been? Is that the process of the patient
:15:10. > :15:16.doing the remembering in the first place, or is it more than that? Do
:15:16. > :15:21.you use the video with them later? We use it in lot of ways. It is the
:15:21. > :15:25.experience of creating the video that really helps to remind people
:15:26. > :15:32.of their lives they have led up and also the people around them, the
:15:32. > :15:36.stories of the lives they have led. Families and students are then able
:15:36. > :15:40.to have conversations with the person about things that have
:15:40. > :15:47.happened in their lives. It helps with the whole process of dignity
:15:47. > :15:52.and person who'd and keeping the personality alive. After the memory
:15:52. > :15:58.has faded completely in some cases. It is interesting were the
:15:58. > :16:05.inspiration came from. It came from a number of cases. The experience
:16:05. > :16:09.we had with Harry patched who be looked after for 12 years. If you
:16:09. > :16:14.remember, he left his story into his Lydon's decade. He became a
:16:14. > :16:20.celebrity after he was 100 years old, an extraordinary phenomenon.
:16:20. > :16:23.It came about through a neighbour of mine, and we watched the
:16:23. > :16:29.Experience of an older lady whose daughter lived in Sydney in
:16:29. > :16:34.Australia, and she created for her mother and DVD about her mother's
:16:34. > :16:38.life for her 90th birthday. Her mother what's that the media every
:16:38. > :16:47.day of her life. That very process of returning to it has been
:16:47. > :16:53.efficacious. Do you think it really slows the decline. Anything we can
:16:53. > :16:57.do, if we recognise the treatment of dementia is not a medical
:16:57. > :17:01.intervention that we need but a social intervention, to help people
:17:01. > :17:06.retain whatever memory they have left. To help them retain their
:17:06. > :17:09.dignity and self-respect. The five-time Olympic Gold
:17:09. > :17:14.Medallist Sir Steve Redgrave has been in Swindon today to promote
:17:14. > :17:16.sport. He's an ambassador for 'Sporting Promise' which, through a
:17:17. > :17:25.commercial partnership, aims to increase the participation in sport
:17:25. > :17:34.in 3,000 schools across the country. Geoff Twentyman went along to see
:17:34. > :17:36.what the initiative is all about. It's not every day one of the
:17:37. > :17:39.finest Olympians of all time addresses your school assembly.
:17:40. > :17:49.That was the way this particular Thursday started for the puplis at
:17:50. > :17:50.
:17:50. > :17:55.Haydonleigh Primary School. Can I be part of your grip? That was a
:17:55. > :17:59.good catch! Sometimes schools can only option
:17:59. > :18:02.if you opt activities, so the more we can move around in the more we
:18:02. > :18:08.can be involved in, the more great champions can come out of it, but
:18:08. > :18:11.it is about health and well-being and self-esteem and confidence.
:18:11. > :18:14.There are several partners in this collaboration. High street store
:18:14. > :18:22.Matalan and the Youth Sports Trust have developed a programme where an
:18:22. > :18:28.overall development is key. Budgets are tight, so anything that comes
:18:28. > :18:33.for free is a bonus to us, so we support anything that supports us.
:18:33. > :18:39.It supports the children to gain new skills and lead healthy lives.
:18:39. > :18:43.Yes, they develop the child through p, but it affects the child
:18:43. > :18:49.emotionally and physically as well. 6'4" Redgrave towered over the
:18:49. > :18:54.youngsters and he certainly made a giant-like impression. It is quite
:18:54. > :19:01.exciting because we have never had as famous a person as in here.
:19:01. > :19:08.you know what he has achieved? Olympic gold medals. Are you
:19:08. > :19:11.enjoying sporting promise? Yes. It is about making children fitter and
:19:11. > :19:14.more healthy. The plan is to have 15,000 specially trained teachers
:19:14. > :19:20.in 3,000 schools. Healthy happy pupils is the aim, unearthing
:19:20. > :19:23.another Sir Steven Redgrave would be a bonus.
:19:23. > :19:26.Now what's the phrase: no pain, no gain? Bristol Rugby club's players
:19:26. > :19:32.are three weeks into their pre- season preparation but have had few
:19:32. > :19:35.days as tough as this. Their new head coach has brought in a former
:19:35. > :19:45.army fitness instructor this week to get his players toughened up for
:19:45. > :19:45.
:19:45. > :19:49.the new Championship season. So this is what they mean by
:19:49. > :19:54.pulling together. These are the hard yards that should make playing
:19:54. > :20:03.rugby the easy bit for Bristol. The logs weigh over 100 kilos, the
:20:03. > :20:06.players hauling them up and down the Mendip hills. The drills aren't
:20:06. > :20:16.just designed to exhaust, but to foster team spirit ahead of the new
:20:16. > :20:23.season. That's what the whole season is about, working together.
:20:23. > :20:27.All the boys are working hard. Things like this are made to break
:20:27. > :20:32.people but the boys are sticking together. Kicking a few people up
:20:32. > :20:36.the backside it is part of the fun of it. At the end of the day the
:20:36. > :20:43.enjoy it. The club has a new head coach in Liam Middleton, and nine
:20:44. > :20:47.new players. They will be starting outside of the Premiership for the
:20:47. > :20:53.third here in a row, so there is plenty of room for improvement. The
:20:53. > :20:58.only finished 8th last season after an uphill struggle. What we would
:20:58. > :21:02.can -- consider to be reasonable would be to finish in the top six
:21:02. > :21:12.and they can then fatally into the play-offs. That is the plan at the
:21:12. > :21:15.moment. Our target is to win every game we play. It's a third year in
:21:15. > :21:21.a row outside of the Premiership, and there's plenty of room for
:21:21. > :21:24.There are still eight weeks until the season starts. It wont all be
:21:24. > :21:27.like this. Their first warm-up game is in Biarritz next month, where
:21:27. > :21:32.Bristol's hard men hopefully won't have to hide to escape the Great
:21:32. > :21:34.British weather. From the sporting arena to the
:21:34. > :21:44.theatrical arena now, and a production of Treasure Island with
:21:44. > :21:47.
:21:47. > :21:50.a difference. Now many of you will know that the Bristol Old Vic is
:21:50. > :21:52.closed for a big refurbishment. But that hasn't deterred theatre bosses
:21:52. > :21:55.from putting on an ambitious production of the pirate adventure.
:21:56. > :22:01.And just like the sea-faring cast, the audience had to be prepared for
:22:01. > :22:05.all weathers too. Imogen Sellers has more.
:22:05. > :22:09.What does a theatre do when it is undergoing a major transformation?
:22:09. > :22:12.It brings the stayed outside. That is what happened here at the
:22:12. > :22:17.Bristol Old Vic for their production of Treasure Island. This
:22:17. > :22:19.stage takes up nine parking spaces and we have made managed to
:22:19. > :22:22.incorporate a street light into the set.
:22:22. > :22:25.But not even the theatre is exempt from parking charges. The stage is
:22:25. > :22:32.costing them �28 a day. However, in British summertime, that's the
:22:32. > :22:39.least of their worries. What are the biggest challenge is of
:22:39. > :22:43.something like this? The weather, basically. We had a fantastic week
:22:43. > :22:48.putting the said together, but yesterday and the day before, when
:22:48. > :22:51.we were rehearsing, it poured down with rain. It is good that it
:22:51. > :23:00.happens because everyone has to get used to it. So far, so good during
:23:00. > :23:03.today's dress rehearsal. The 50 foot ship has been built right up
:23:03. > :23:13.against the faade of the theatre, and actors access the stage through
:23:13. > :23:16.
:23:16. > :23:25.the first floor windows. Performing outside adds to the adventure. We
:23:25. > :23:33.really hope the audience takes part wholeheartedly. 20 minutes in and
:23:33. > :23:41.the heavens opened, But with true English stiff upper lip the invited
:23:41. > :23:45.audience braved it out, even me! audiences come with the rain proofs
:23:45. > :23:48.-- raincoats and waterproofs, they will enjoy the experience.
:23:48. > :23:51.production opens to the public next week and runs until the end of
:23:51. > :23:55.August, and the Old Vic is of course hoping, whatever the weather,
:23:55. > :24:05.the show will hit the spot with audiences - marked with an X of
:24:05. > :24:11.
:24:11. > :24:15.A brass band from Bath has made it through to the finals of a national
:24:15. > :24:18.music competition for the second year in a row. Brass Tacks, which
:24:18. > :24:20.is made up of more than fifty young musicians from across Bath and
:24:20. > :24:28.North East Somerset, performed to the lunchtime crowds in Centenary
:24:28. > :24:31.Square in Birmingham ahead of this afternoon's competition. There were
:24:32. > :24:36.73 more regional heats and the band are down to the last six - good
:24:36. > :24:39.luck to them! A Somerset meadow which claims to
:24:39. > :24:43.host the largest collection of wild flowers in the UK will be open to
:24:44. > :24:46.the public from this weekend. More than two acres of derelict farmland
:24:46. > :24:51.was renovated by the owners of Barcroft Hall Estate in South
:24:51. > :24:54.Petherton. The field now houses around 57 different varieties of
:24:54. > :25:04.wild flowers from around the world and is a haven for bees and
:25:04. > :25:08.
:25:09. > :25:12.butterflies. Now, just before we go to the
:25:12. > :25:15.weather, one of our MPs has been speaking in the Commons about the
:25:15. > :25:18.need to wear more jumpers. James Gray, the MP for North Wiltshire,
:25:18. > :25:20.said Government buildings were too warm so civil servants all sat in
:25:21. > :25:23.their offices with their jackets off. Instead, he said, to save
:25:23. > :25:32.money, the temperature should be turned down so people feel cold
:25:32. > :25:42.enough to put a jumper on instead. Talking of temperature, we moved to
:25:42. > :25:43.
:25:43. > :25:52.A number of Third this trick stuck under a fair amount of rain today.
:25:52. > :25:58.These pictures taken earlier today, some downpours. Let's return to the
:25:58. > :26:08.graphics, and they will show you a reason why that happened. As we saw,
:26:08. > :26:13.this line of showers taking root in this area. Wins converging up the
:26:13. > :26:17.peninsula here. A breezy day for all of us with further showers to
:26:17. > :26:22.come. The reason for this is the area of low pressure still spinning
:26:22. > :26:30.around. Running behind that in the later stages of tonight is another
:26:31. > :26:35.area of rain. Showers continuing with sunny spells. The rest of the
:26:36. > :26:45.evening, the most part the showers will be dying away. After midnight,
:26:46. > :26:46.
:26:47. > :26:51.the wind picks up significantly, with gusts of 45 mph. By 5pm
:26:52. > :27:01.tomorrow, temperatures will have dropped to 12 Celsius. First thing
:27:02. > :27:02.
:27:02. > :27:09.tomorrow, the band of rain goes to the east. Things brighten up behind
:27:09. > :27:16.it, and some of you will miss the showers completely. Some of the
:27:16. > :27:22.showers will be pretty heady with even a room or two of thunder. --
:27:22. > :27:26.rumble. Pembridge has got to 19 Celsius. Beyond that, improvement
:27:26. > :27:31.taking place over the weekend, with showers becoming less of a feature