14/09/2011 BBC Points West

Good evening and welcome to BBC Points West.

Our headlines tonight: A row over asbestos. Plans are

approved to bury poisonous rubbish just a mile from Bristol's biggest

water supply. Get off our roads, Bath councillors

meet tonight to consider a ban on some HGVs.

Also tonight, 20-year-old Somerset cider brandy. Toasting his success,

the Somerset cider producer victorious in the battle to call

his spirits brandy. And blowing his own trumpet, the

craftsman who ditched the brass in Hello. Residents living in what's

been voted Britain's best village are campaigning against council

plans to dump thousands of tonnes of asbestos on their doorstep just

over a mile away from a water reservoir. Bath and North East

Somerset has approved plans to dump the chemical in a disused quarry

near Chew Magna in Somerset. Locals fear their water supply will be

contaminated but experts claim the risk is negligible. Isabel Webster

Reports. A protest walk in Chew Valley this

afternoon. Over 100 people gathered, their message plain. They're

opposing a decision by Bath and North East Somerset Council to turn

nearby Stowey Quarry into an asbestos dumping ground. Permission

has been granted for 65,000 tonnes of the potentially deadly chemical

to be deposited here every year. It's 1,500 metres from Chew Valley

Lake, a major water source. But the council maintain the risk to public

health is negligible. I can understand people being concerned,

but I believe the storage will be done in a safe way, and will not be

harmful to the local environment. The environment agency have fully

considered the impact of burying asbestos and other hazardous waste

in this quarry and came back with no objections. But just at the

bottom of the hill is Chew Valley Lake and Bristol Water, who are

responsible for it, remain opposed to the plans. Every day 50 million

litres of water feed out of the lake and into homes in Bristol and

North Somerset. Bristol Water say the matter is now out of their

hands. But local residents fear drinking water could become

contaminated. There is a real danger a good seat into a lake.

is not just the asbestos, but the other things that might go in, so

there is a major risk of pollution which could have an effect on our

health. If asbestos is to be dumped here, the Environment Agency would

have to be grant a permit. One member of the public though has

already applied for a judicial review of the council's decision.

Meanwhile this group say they're fighting not only on behalf of the

wider community but also for future generations.

So is there a real risk to public health if permission is granted for

asbestos to be dumped in this disused quarry? Our Health

Correspondent Matthew Hill joins us now.

Matthew, what's your assessment? There is blue and brown, the most

dangerous which can cause terminal lung cancer in the long term. There

are safeguards for this application, they would douse it with water when

it was being dumped to reduce that. The other fear is about it getting

ingested through water. The Health Protection Agency says the evidence

about the harm there is unclear. We don't know. What do you make of

Bristol water's reaction to planning permission being granted?

They say they found it hard to believe you could guarantee 100%

this wouldn't reach through the membrane they would be lining this

quarry with over many years, and the future. They don't want history

to repeat itself. In the 1990s a water source in Barrow could no

longer be used because of reaching from a landfill site. Surely the

Environment Agency would have to take all these factors into

account? They do. They have employed their

own expert hydrologists to say the risks are negligible and if

anything were to happen they would have to go to them again to get

permission and they would be looking very carefully Aberdeen

measures in place to make sure any risk was minimised.

Now there's been much discussion today about our main story last

night. It centred on the case surrounding a man who posted vile

and offensive films and comments online about a dead girl from

Gloucester. Sean Duffy last night began 18 weeks in jail, after

targeting several grieving families, all strangers he had plucked out of

cyberspace. In a moment we'll be talking to one of the country's

leading experts in internet security but first John Maguire

reminds us of the story. Fleet Street was unanimous in it's

shock and revulsion today. It has been the subject of BBC radio

phone-ins too. People will have heard the phrase internet troll.

But many have been left baffled by the case. Struggling to comprehend

why 25-year-old Sean Duffy would create the material that he did

before targeting the grieving parents with his films and comments

about people he had never met. Lauren Drew's parents were in court

to see Duffy for the first time and to see him sent to prison for 18

weeks. This person was hiding behind a computer fault -- hiding

behind a computer. It is very hard to for a father, you try and

protect your kids, hopefully nothing will happen to them at what

happened to us and the rest of the family. One aspect of the case that

was especially upsetting for Lauren's parents was Duffy's

persistence. As soon as one page was taken down from YouTube or

Facebook another would appear in it's place. With global access to

websites it can be extremely difficult to track down offenders.

The world wide web celebrates it's 20th birthday this year, that's two

decades as a force for good, but for many two decades as a force for

evil. Earlier I spoke to an internet

security expert, John Carr, and I asked him if people can protect

themselves against this sort of abuse online. It is not easy to do

it from a technical point of view. The real answer is vigilance. Are

seen as you suspect anything of this nature talk to the provider,

in this case Facebook. Notify them straightaway. They have got some

great systems in place and if all goes well it should be down and of

the internet within hours, certainly within 24 hours.

The problem in this case was it came down but then he boasted more

vile stuff. Yes. They should be able to flap

that kind of thing. If he is very clever and very technically of

knowledge -- knowledgeable, he could be using their teddies and

addresses, it does make it very hard for them -- using fake ID. 300

million new pictures go up on Facebook each day. On Google,

YouTube, every minute of the day 48 hours of new video goes up. So the

scale of these things does present difficult challenges. Patrols think

they are anonymous. Obviously in this case the police caught up with

him. But how anomalous are they? It did this -- it is difficult to do

anything on the internet without leaving some sort of footprint.

They can be done but you need to know a great deal of wizardry and

trickery. But not the kind of knowledge most people don't have.

Most people think they have been smart by using a fake e-mail

address or by going to an internet cafe or something of that kind, but

if the police are sufficiently determined and if they think it is

a bad enough case, they have got the resources and they can track

down and locate more or less anybody who does bad stuff online.

You have put your finger on it. You say people who do really bad stuff.

In most cases it is low-level abuse, and present staff which the police

probably don't want to know about. There is a great deal of bullying

that takes place on the internet that the police never get involved

with. Even the most of it is probably technically criminal.

Because they don't regarded as sufficiently Severe they leave it

alone so it persists and that is a sad aspect of the way these things

happen. You're watching BBC Points West.

Yes stay with us, as there's much more still to bring you. Including:

Selling tea to China - we meet the company doing the unthinkable! And

find out what will a musician make of this? The brass instrument made

of wood. Councillors in Bath are meeting

tonight to discuss plans to ban some lorries going through part of

the city. The main A36 is used as a short cut between the M4 and the

south coast. But not everyone is happy about the proposals.

Neighbouring Wiltshire says it will merely push the problem its way.

Our Bath reporter Ali Vowles has been looking at the issue.

Beautiful Bath - World Heritage city, living up to the well worn

cliche a jewel in the West's crown. But living in such a historic place

does have its problems. Old buildings that need preserving from

the effects of heavy traffic. And pollution from the many lorries

that use Bath's London Road as a short cut to the south. It's

estimated just over a thousand lorries a day go over Cleveland

Bridge with half weighing over 18 tonnes. So the Lib Dem run Bath and

North East Somerset Council is suggesting restrictions at the

point where the vehicles head south to Warminster. Through traffic will

not be able to come and turn left just here. If you are delivering to

Bath that is fine. You can still comment for access but if you are

over 18 tons and expect to go through this part of Bath you will

not be able to. They will be illegal to do so. The council say a

ban will deter long distance lorry drivers and hopefully send them on

more appropriate routes off the M4 in Wiltshire onto bigger roads

which can take the traffic. Why do they want us to go 20 miles out of

their way -- hour wait? You have got to take a longer route so the

price will go up. Somebody has got to pay for the diesel and wages.

But with restrictions in Bath likely to happen, neighbouring

Wiltshire Council says its really concerned about the knock on effect

of lorries going through villages and towns in its county. Lorries

that would otherwise come three Bath and out on the Warminster Road

will be diverted in many cases into towns like Bradford. Also through

other villages and I know Trowbridge council is also concern.

The one thing everybody is concerned is doing nothing about

the traffic problem is not an option. Well the council certainly

hopes a partial ban here will prove a success and keep lorries that

shouldn't be in Bath out of the city. But with the police having

few resources to enforce it and the local authority having no legal

powers to impose any fines, will lorry drivers even bother to

listen? The Care Quality Commission has

been strongly criticised by MPs. The Health Select Committee says

the watchdog has been spending too much time on administration and not

enough on inspecting care homes. The CQC has been in the spotlight

since abuse was uncovered at Winterbourne View, a residential

home in South Gloucestershire. Chris Skidmore who's the MP for

Kingswood and a member of the select committee says what happened

there must not happen again. What we have found is its response to

Winterbourne View was woefully inadequate and we feel this could

be the tip of the iceberg in terms of what it has been doing in the

past year, they have had their priorities are wrong way round,

haven't focused enough on inspecting care homes and we need

that sordid as soon as possible. Well the Care Quality Commission

says it has faced major challenges including a 30% budget cut. It says

the number of inspections is now on the rise and it will be responding

formally to the report. 25 people have now been arrested

following a search of scrap metal yards in the West. On Monday, 300

officers from Avon and Somerset Police raided 40 dealers and seized

stolen property. It's believed more than 30 tonnes of metal were

recovered from copper cables to drain covers.

Now a Gloucestershire company has achieved the unthinkable it seems -

Selling tea to China. Only Natural based in Quedgley has seen its

sales overseas triple in the last 12 months.

It's now exporting its blends to 45 countries worldwide including the

cultural home of tea itself, as Another art quite practised in

Britain is the art of making a good cup of tea. And quite right too,

some things never change. But if it wasn't for the Chinese Emperor Shen

Nung back in 2737 BC, who apparently discovered tea, things

might be different and since then it's China that's had the tea

market in the bag. We can't really claimed he is our own. Right

selling fridges to Eskimos, can the British sell TT China? Well it

seems this Gloucester company is doing just that. They produce 80

million bags of their herbal teas every year, most of which now go

around the world. And now it seems their tea has hit the right spot

with the health conscious Chinese market The company is selling its

tea to 45 different countries now with varieties such as Lax Plus,

Liver Detox and Throat Relief, it's tea with an extra kick and it's in

high demand. The way they see product is different to where we

sell to in Germany, France, and even the Middle-East and Australia

where English is the main speaking language. We are making sure we

have got the right translation and China is looking at the gift of

Health. They want to buy half the product and give them took -- by

healthy product and give them as a gift. But then it seems to make

sense the Brits know how to make a good cuppa, herbal or not, and the

tourists still lap it up when they get here. We had a lot of Spanish a

few weeks ago, had to educate them, show them how to do this guns, pour

the tea, they loved it. They said they don't get anything like it --

at this cons. Peace was 16, 17- year-old. -- these were 16. But

what of Emperor Shen Nung? Would he agree with us Brit's selling his

country herbal tea? Well, probably yes, he was reported to be a

renowned herbalist with his first discovery was the cleansing

properties of green tea. Lovely, I will pour. We are lucky the company

sent us a little bit of English breakfast. Not often you get to

enjoy a nice cup of tea during a news bulletin. We thought we would

have a tea break. Set the standard. Tell you what, shower naked to the

next when first? -- shall we make it to the next item?

Now, what's in a name? Well a lot if you happen to be a drinks

producer in Somerset. Julian Temperley produces cider brandy at

his farm at Kingsbury Episcopi. He's spent years battling other

brandy producers, mainly Spanish, for the right to the name his

tipple cider brandy. And finally he's won. Today he was toasting his

success, as Clinton Rogers found out. Julian and his wife were keen

to celebrate their success. Of course with cider brandy. They say

at the naming war in Europe are being lost the company may not have

survived. I think we would have been in serious trouble. We would

have managed to potter along for a few years are selling Somerset

spirits, God knows what we would call it. But we would have had no

future. Using apples from his Somerset orchards, Julian Temperley

has been making his cider brandy for the past 25 years. And almost

since day one he's had more trouble with the name than he's had with

the recipe. For years now the row has rattled round the corridors of

the European Union. It was the Spanish who were fighting hardest

arguing that brandy was a name that belonged to them. This Somerset

imitation made from apples had no right to the title. But the

European Commission has finally ruled against them and for Somerset.

A success with you in the Euro MP has compared to victory over at the

Spanish Armada. There was a whole armada of brandy producers trying

to stop things like cider brandy being on the market. On I learned

about this I to keep up on behalf of Somerset Cider Brandy and after

four years campaigning we have finally got what is called

Protected Geographic indication status which means Somerset Cider

Brandy can continue to be marketed under that name. How about you

consider exporting it to a Spanish? It is too good for them. He didn't

bring any back, we'd just got the tea. Now sport and Swindon Town

continued their good form with victory over promotion favourites

Crawley. And the win was probably extra sweet for Paolo Di Canio

because the two managers have been involved in a war of words in the

build up to the game. Alistair is here, what's this all about? There

were a few comments made by the two men in their press conferences.

Crawley's manager had referred to Swindon as the "Paolo Di Canio

circus", and there some words in response to that. I suppose there

is some truth to it, there has been a lot of media attention on Swindon

as a result of Di Canio's appointment, he is the star

attraction in League Two. What they needed was some substance in terms

of results to go with it, which they now have. Three wins in a row,

and a convincing victory over Crawley, the perfect response to

what had gone before. The centre of attention as always. Swindon's

ringmaster determined to focus on football rather than personalities.

And this was just what he wanted beating a highly fancied Crawley

side who lost at home for the first time in 11 months. After Alan

Connell had claimed the first, the gloss on the win came from Algerian

striker Medhi Kerrouche who scored two late goals. Perhaps a little

harsh on Crawley who'd had plenty of the game. And despite their

comments in the press this week, the two managers embraced as good

friends on the final whistle. In League One, Yeovil's second win of

the season came courtesy of a fantastic strike from Ed Upson, a

shame there was just over three thousand there to see it. The

club's lowest ever league crowd. was a real professional performance.

It won -- it was one we can take great pride from. I think the goal

was fit to win any game. Back in League Two, Bristol Rovers ended a

five match wait for a League win. Chris Zebroski pounced to score the

only goal in the first half. And Cheltenham should have completed a

quartet of wins for our sides. The led twice first through Josh Low.

And then Kaid Mohammed restored their lead just before half-time.

But this long range effort from Kevin Nicholson meant it finished

as a draw, but Cheltenham are still 5th.

The Bath City footballer Alex Russell has been discharged from

hospital, 24 hours after collapsing unconscious before the club's game

with York. Russell, who suffers from migraines, was on the team

coach heading north when he fell ill. He was kept in hospital

overnight, but the club says he is now with his parents in Merseyside.

In cricket, Gloucestershire have missed out on promotion in the

County Championship, losing their final match of the season. They

were bowled out for just 185 in their second innings, meaning

Northants needed to score just 26 runs for victory. In the end the

result didn't matter, Surrey gained the second promotion spot after

winning their match. And some good news for Somerset, Marcus

Trescothick's chances of being available for Saturday's cup final

at Lords seem to be improving. He's been back in the practice nets

trying to prove he's recovered from that ankle injury.

We save you a cupboard tea. Now it's very special instrument,

but the big question is, does it belong in the brass or woodwind

section of an orchestra? Yes, where would you put a handcrafted wooden

trumpet? It's been made by a man in South Gloucestershire. Jules Hyam

may have the answer for us. Strings, percussion, easy? Saxophone, a

woodwind instrument. This of course is a trumpet and they are brass.

Except that this one is made out of wood. In fact it's made of 120

pieces of wood, all from the same tree, some rather small, some

rather delicate, barring the springs and a three internal

plastic seals - it is all wood and it makes the perfect addition for

any brass section. Its creator, well he's a hobbyist, George King

has only been turning wood for four years. I always jumping the depend.

It is a copy of real trumpet, basically. I wanted it to look like

wood and not look like a bass trumpet. It is just tactile, lovely

to work with. As EC, I always liked to do something unusual, different,

although I still do the normal things, I like to experiment and

push myself as far as I can. It is extremely intricate and rather

beautiful but the real test is in how it sounds. A bit better than

the previous attempt. It is a lot lighter in actual weight. It is

quite hard to play, compared to a brass trumpet. That is just the

nature of the material. It is -- it doesn't resonate like a brass

instrument would. But it does play, and it does sound like a trumpet. I

think I will stick to picking up a couple -- putting up a couple of

shelves. And now the weather, we were

looking for pictures to illustrate People outside the B B T here have

certainly got a few today. -- outside the BBC building. They are

going to have to close the junction of Whiteladies Road with a branch

that has come down. This photograph was taken by Hayley who is running

the ball to keep this evening. Certainly showing the effects of

the wind at Portishead. We are not expecting much in the way of wind

tomorrow. Anything but, distinctly light wind and a settled and Friday

to come with variable amounts of sunshine. Compare and contrast how

the temperatures were almost at 20 at dawn at the start of the week

and how by tomorrow they will be getting pretty cold. Certainly cold

enough for ground frost. All courtesy of high pressure. This

week occlusion will bring more cloud for a while. Tomorrow under

the influence of that high pressure cell which means it will be a

settled day. A good deal of clear sky across central district. A lot

of the crowd will disperse as the night wears on. You will find it is

a recipe for a cold night and a foggy one as well. Temperatures

getting cold. Even in urban areas be heating might be getting

switched on. Tomorrow, once we cleared the fog, there will be a

good deal of blue sky. He would generally be fairly well broken.

Present conditions in the light wind. It will feel that way if

you're out and have backed -- out and about. It is an unsettled theme

as we run three Friday into the weekend. Turning quite blustery. As