:00:09. > :00:13.Hello and welcome to BBC Points West, the headlines tonight:
:00:14. > :00:16.The search begins for the body of murder victim Kate Prout.
:00:16. > :00:22.Police in Gloucestershire bring in specialist equipment as they focus
:00:22. > :00:25.on an area in the woods. Killed by their mentally-ill son
:00:25. > :00:28.but the Crook family say their cries for help were ignored by
:00:28. > :00:31.authorities. Also tonight, the star's still
:00:31. > :00:41.shining, Kauto Star's back to his brilliant best celebrating another
:00:41. > :00:42.
:00:42. > :00:52.Come to an meet at the National Trust property when nearly
:00:52. > :00:56.
:00:56. > :01:00.everything is interactive and Police in Gloucestershire have
:01:00. > :01:03.begun their harrowing task of recovering the body of Kate Prout.
:01:03. > :01:08.Since early this morning they have been working in the woods close to
:01:08. > :01:12.her home in Redmarley. They were led there by her husband Adrian on
:01:12. > :01:20.Friday after he finally confessed to killing her and burying her body
:01:20. > :01:25.close by. Our reporter is there for us now. A painstaking process.
:01:25. > :01:32.Those are the stacked up words used by Gloucestershire police -- the
:01:32. > :01:36.exact words. You can understand why, this is a crime scene. They believe
:01:36. > :01:41.a woman's body is buried in these woods and has been probably for the
:01:41. > :01:47.past four years. There are scenes of crime officers here. Forensic
:01:47. > :01:52.archaeologists as well. If and when they recover her body it will need
:01:52. > :01:56.to be a very dignified, sensitive operation. That makes this
:01:56. > :02:01.operation much more complex for the police. Some of the equipment they
:02:01. > :02:05.have employed include ground penetrating radar to give the
:02:05. > :02:13.officers a chance to see through the ground to get a better idea of
:02:13. > :02:16.where to look and where to dig. How specific is the search area?
:02:16. > :02:24.Officers from Gloucestershire police have searched at this
:02:24. > :02:28.property many times in the past. It is a 276 acre farm where they lived.
:02:28. > :02:32.Adrian Prout brought police officers here on Friday and pointed
:02:32. > :02:37.out the area where they should look. We were told today by the police
:02:37. > :02:40.they are looking at an area only about 10 metres by 20 metres.
:02:40. > :02:46.Clearly it is still taking some time to establish her exact
:02:46. > :02:50.whereabouts. They looked from 9am up until darkness, late afternoon.
:02:50. > :02:57.They will return tomorrow morning at around 9am to resume their
:02:57. > :03:00.search for Kate's body. A report out tomorrow it is
:03:00. > :03:04.expected to severely criticised mental health services in a
:03:04. > :03:08.Wiltshire for the way they handled the case of a man who went on to
:03:08. > :03:12.murder his parents. Timothy Crook who lived with his elderly parents
:03:12. > :03:20.in Swindon battered them to death in 2007. His sister had been trying
:03:20. > :03:24.to get help for him for four years. What is the background?
:03:24. > :03:28.This report is an independent investigation into the events that
:03:28. > :03:33.led up to the death of Bob and Elsie Crook. Their son had come to
:03:33. > :03:36.live with them in Thames Avenue in Swindon in 2003. He had been
:03:36. > :03:39.treated for mental health problems in Lincoln where he used to live,
:03:39. > :03:42.been diagnosed with delusional disorder, but his parents had not
:03:42. > :03:47.been told and when he came to live with them the problems really began
:03:47. > :03:50.to escalate. He came off his medication after 18 months and his
:03:50. > :03:55.behaviour towards his parents became very aggressive and his
:03:55. > :03:59.sister, he tried repeatedly to get help from the authorities, didn't
:03:59. > :04:02.get any, to the extent that when she finally set up a meeting with
:04:02. > :04:08.mental health services in Swindon they didn't turn up and several
:04:08. > :04:13.days later her parents were dead. Nobody cared about their safety or
:04:13. > :04:16.the family's safety. We struggled with him and did our best and
:04:16. > :04:21.nobody was prepared to help us. They knew he was in the community
:04:21. > :04:26.with no medication, they knew how dangerous he was. What has been the
:04:26. > :04:29.effect on the surviving family? Janice says it has been devastating,
:04:29. > :04:33.she has lost her parents and her children, their grandparents, she
:04:34. > :04:38.has also lost her brother. Timothy Crook was found to be responsible
:04:39. > :04:42.for his parents' death at a court case in 2008. He repeatedly
:04:42. > :04:45.battered them with a hammer. He then strangled them before putting
:04:46. > :04:50.them in the car, took them to his house in Lincoln and left their
:04:50. > :04:53.bodies in his garden. He is likely to spend the rest of his life in a
:04:53. > :04:58.secure hospital. What will happen tomorrow?
:04:58. > :05:02.There is a meeting of the NHS south of England. This report will be
:05:02. > :05:05.presented and there will be a press conference. The Avon and Wiltshire
:05:05. > :05:08.Mental Health Partnership, the organisation which is most expected
:05:08. > :05:13.to be heavily criticised in the report, they will be able to give
:05:13. > :05:17.their response. A woman has been charged with
:05:17. > :05:22.murder following the death of a man at a caravan park in Somerset.
:05:22. > :05:26.Police were called to Sand Bay caravan park in Weston-super-Mare
:05:26. > :05:31.in the early hours of Saturday. 58- year-old Philip Gibbs was found
:05:31. > :05:35.badly injured and died later in hospital. Late last night 40-year-
:05:35. > :05:39.old Sharon Hodges was charged with his murder.
:05:39. > :05:45.A man arrested in Spain for killing a Bristol teenager has been jailed
:05:45. > :05:51.for 12 years. He went on the run after the stabbing in Eastern --
:05:51. > :05:54.Easton last year. The 18-year-old victim was stabbed in the chest.
:05:54. > :05:59.Campbell was charged with murder but during his trial last week he
:05:59. > :06:04.pleaded guilty to manslaughter. A 60 year-old man from Gloucester
:06:04. > :06:08.has been charged with making threats fire twitter and e-mail to
:06:09. > :06:13.a Conservative MP. Louise Mensch, the MP for Corby, said threats have
:06:13. > :06:18.also been made against her children. Francs Zimmerman has been charged
:06:18. > :06:26.with improper use of public communications networks and will
:06:26. > :06:34.appear before magistrates next month. -- Frank.
:06:34. > :06:37.Coming up: ducklings in November? We took out the weird and wonderful
:06:37. > :06:43.world of the mild autumn -- we checkout.
:06:43. > :06:50.What a night, we have a real treat coming up, and repeat behind the
:06:50. > :06:54.scenes of our BBC Children In Need show.
:06:54. > :06:59.First, an Elizabethan National Trust property in Wiltshire is
:06:59. > :07:03.about to become the star of a new BBC makeover programme. Avebury
:07:03. > :07:07.Manor next to the famous stones is taking part in a unique experiment
:07:07. > :07:17.which aims to recreate the eyries of the many different families who
:07:17. > :07:19.
:07:19. > :07:24.have lived there. -- eras. Take a dusty Elizabethan manor, and
:07:24. > :07:27.enthusiastic team of experts and the Blood sweat and tears of some
:07:27. > :07:35.determined volunteers. Nine wins have bitten designed to evoke
:07:35. > :07:39.different periods of time -- 9 at rooms. Take the billiard room. It
:07:39. > :07:43.has been done completely from scratch as the house was empty when
:07:43. > :07:47.the National Trust reclaimed it. This was the key to the project's
:07:47. > :07:50.success. The reason we could do it is because we didn't have those
:07:50. > :07:55.fragile priceless collections so we have been able to do something
:07:55. > :08:00.different. Everything is reversible. If we find in five years we would
:08:00. > :08:04.like to put the house back exactly as she was we can do that. Because
:08:04. > :08:11.everything is fake, everywhere you go you are allowed to touch and
:08:11. > :08:15.feel and explore the house. Can you imagine doing this in many
:08:15. > :08:20.National Trust properties? It is really interactive. The Queen and
:08:20. > :08:26.room, specially painted wallpaper. They give you a torch to look at it
:08:26. > :08:34.and you can see all the details. This is the art-deco parlour. The
:08:34. > :08:38.owner at the time excavated the stones. For today's visitors the
:08:38. > :08:43.hands-on approach is going down well. I feel like a naughty child,
:08:44. > :08:48.actually. It is just such a new concept. You want to utilise
:08:48. > :08:58.everything. You just want to explore. Absolutely wonderful. A
:08:58. > :08:59.
:08:59. > :09:03.great concept. Very 2011. better to make the cope presenters
:09:03. > :09:07.than the original lady of the Manor, Penelope Keith? I will ask him if
:09:07. > :09:13.he can give me a lift. In his helicopter? You said you would
:09:13. > :09:17.never go a permit. She is working with poor Martin who has loved
:09:17. > :09:21.helping make some of the furniture and enjoyed working with his co-
:09:21. > :09:25.star. -- Paul Martin. They left it until the last minute to meet each
:09:25. > :09:28.other so it was like, first impressions. As we were walking up
:09:28. > :09:34.I said to her, wouldn't you like to live in a house like this, and she
:09:34. > :09:39.said my dear, I do. All sorts of local volunteers were brought in to
:09:39. > :09:43.help including students from the Swindon colleges. Baker the space
:09:43. > :09:47.to help recreate a beautiful Victorian kitchen garden. -- they
:09:47. > :09:55.cleared the space. Judge for yourself when the series starts on
:09:55. > :09:59.BBC One on Thursday. A stretch of the Kennet and Avon
:09:59. > :10:05.Canal, part of which runs through Wiltshire, has been shut are due to
:10:05. > :10:08.the lowest water levels in 90 years. British Waterways which manages it
:10:08. > :10:15.says it is looking at ways to boost the water supply but added
:10:15. > :10:18.reservoir levels are also low. The section which has been closed runs
:10:18. > :10:22.from Wiltshire to east of Hungerford. Canal boats trapped
:10:22. > :10:28.have been told to a just mooring ropes to accommodate the changes in
:10:28. > :10:34.water levels. -- a just. Literally locked. This stretch of
:10:34. > :10:38.water way may not reopen until next year. 39 blocks have been shut in
:10:38. > :10:44.total to stop the water draining away. -- locks. Boat owners are
:10:44. > :10:49.stranded. We were always going to have a problem with water, but we
:10:49. > :10:54.normally rely on water to feed the lower levels of the canal. There is
:10:54. > :10:58.not any water coming in. We have got a problem with water. British
:10:58. > :11:01.Waterways of managing it and we have got to live with it. If we
:11:01. > :11:05.don't get any seriously heavy rain in the next couple of months we are
:11:05. > :11:10.here for quite a long spell. With less than half the average
:11:10. > :11:13.rainfall expected for October and an unusually dry spring as well,
:11:13. > :11:16.British Waterways say water levels in the canals have been running low
:11:16. > :11:20.for a while. We have tried to keep the water going for as long as we
:11:20. > :11:26.possibly could. Gone through the boating season, got through the
:11:26. > :11:29.summer. Unfortunately we are at the bottom of the barrel. While water
:11:29. > :11:34.shortages are fairly common, this year has been worse than normal.
:11:34. > :11:39.This is fairly unusual in terms of how extreme it is. It has been as
:11:39. > :11:42.low as this about twice in the last 100 years, the last time 1976.
:11:42. > :11:46.British Waterways says it will support the people stranded as best
:11:46. > :11:54.it can until the canal can reopen. Although no one knows quite when
:11:54. > :11:59.that will be. To sport, and David it here. Along
:11:59. > :12:03.with a few guests. Always good to have some friends.
:12:03. > :12:06.These are the City Academy Tornadoes fresh from a trip to
:12:06. > :12:12.Wembley where they met some of the greats of the game and got to play
:12:12. > :12:17.on the famous pitch. That story shortly. First, to the legend. The
:12:18. > :12:22.talk was of imminent retirement but on Saturday he proved he was back
:12:22. > :12:27.to his brilliant best, his victory was a record-breaking 15th Grade
:12:27. > :12:34.One race when and took his total prize-money and bonus to more than
:12:34. > :12:37.Back home and enjoying the rest and the limelight. Plenty of fan mail,
:12:37. > :12:41.including this from Charlotte the eight-year-old daughter of head lad
:12:41. > :12:46.Clifford Baker. There had been talk of retirement
:12:46. > :12:50.from owner Clive Smith, after all Kauto is now 11. But Saturday's win
:12:50. > :13:00.in one of the top races of the season, at 6 to 1 and by 8 lengths,
:13:00. > :13:06.was one of the best performances of his long career. All of the
:13:06. > :13:09.doubters had a pill to swallow on Saturday. It was fantastic. We know
:13:09. > :13:14.the horse better than anyone and I would not have run him if I thought
:13:14. > :13:18.he wouldn't give a good account. All the signs had been positive. I
:13:18. > :13:22.never thought he would win, but that was one of his best
:13:22. > :13:26.performances ever. In the office they have a clear
:13:26. > :13:34.view of the star of the yard. Their love and enthusiasm for Kauto is
:13:34. > :13:39.tangible. We have all had great days with him before, but Saturday
:13:39. > :13:43.was probably just the top of the whole lot. It is amazing how one
:13:43. > :13:49.horse could have such an effect. went to a really close friends
:13:49. > :13:53.wedding and a watch the race and as soon as it was finished, leave. We
:13:53. > :13:57.stood there watching and it got more and more exciting and we were
:13:57. > :14:02.shouting and screaming. He crossed the line and we all burst into
:14:02. > :14:04.tears and had to quickly retouch the bride's make-up and off we went
:14:05. > :14:07.to the wedding. So he's silenced his critics and
:14:07. > :14:12.defied his age. And as the veteran welcomes new recruits to his
:14:12. > :14:15.burgeoning fan club, who knows what heights he could still reach.
:14:15. > :14:19.Now rugby, and Bristol's matches may soon have to come with a health
:14:19. > :14:21.warning. After narrow wins against Nottingham and London Welsh, they
:14:21. > :14:26.put their supporters through it again yesterday, beating Cornish
:14:26. > :14:29.Pirates in a thrilling comeback. The result means they're top of the
:14:29. > :14:35.table at the half-way stage of the regular season, and the players
:14:35. > :14:38.believe there are plenty more thrills to come.
:14:38. > :14:42.Catching up over coffee today and catching their breath after one of
:14:42. > :14:47.the most thrilling comebacks. Bristol's players have been
:14:48. > :14:51.specialising in late drama this season, but this was something else.
:14:51. > :15:01.Sixteen points down with less than 20 minutes to go, they found two
:15:01. > :15:02.
:15:02. > :15:08.late tries to turn the game around. We say every week we don't want to
:15:08. > :15:13.be in this situation, but we can't fault the work F -- ethic and
:15:13. > :15:17.characters are growing every week. We don't practise it, that is for
:15:17. > :15:22.sure. We don't practise these things, but it shows character. It
:15:22. > :15:25.is not something I would like around the play-offs.
:15:25. > :15:30.The win ended a run of three defeats and meant they replaced
:15:30. > :15:34.Cornish Pirates at the top. It was such an emotional time and the fans
:15:34. > :15:38.are such a big part Prop Jason Hobson played for Bristol in the
:15:38. > :15:43.Premiership and Heineken Cup. He returned to the club earlier this
:15:43. > :15:49.year, and believes wins like these bode well.
:15:49. > :15:53.I think it is good to know where we are as a team and that we can beat
:15:53. > :15:58.Bedford away and London Welsh at home and we know that they will be
:15:58. > :16:02.the ones we will play in the play- offs. We have it in the back that
:16:02. > :16:06.we can beat these teams. We have such a solid core of players that
:16:06. > :16:09.want to be around each other and that shows in our results.
:16:09. > :16:14.The aches and strains hurt less after a win. There's just enough
:16:14. > :16:16.time for the body to repair before the next big challenge.
:16:16. > :16:20.Football, and Bristol City's manager Derek McInnes says he'll do
:16:20. > :16:24.all he can to hang on to star striker Nicky Maynard. He scored
:16:24. > :16:29.both goals in the 2-1 win over Millwall - the club's third win in
:16:29. > :16:33.four games. The tribute to his eight week old son Camden. Maynard
:16:33. > :16:37.is out of contract at the end of the season and has yet to sign a
:16:37. > :16:41.new deal. And you can catch all the action from your team on the BBC
:16:41. > :16:45.sport website. Watch at your leisure!
:16:45. > :16:48.Now playing at Wembley is the dream of every footballer and the guys
:16:48. > :16:52.with me tonight have just done exactly that. They're from Bristol
:16:52. > :16:55.City's Academy Tornadoes Under-13 squad. They won a competition to
:16:55. > :17:03.train with some of the greats of the English game and they're here
:17:03. > :17:08.with their coach Naomi Reid. Was it a great experience? It was
:17:08. > :17:13.really great. All of the girls enjoyed it and we got to go around
:17:13. > :17:16.the stadium, through the training run some on the pitch. Taking in
:17:16. > :17:23.information what the other coaches took the kids. We have some
:17:23. > :17:28.pictures. It must have been a great thrill? It was. All of the girls
:17:28. > :17:33.were really excited. We talk to some of the former players and
:17:33. > :17:38.coaches that were actually there which was really good. You guys are
:17:38. > :17:43.all beginning watching yourself. What was it like? It was really
:17:44. > :17:48.good. We got to go into the changing rooms and then where they
:17:49. > :17:56.had all of the shirts of the England players. We got to take
:17:56. > :18:06.pictures. Do you have their favourite? Rooney's. Their key
:18:06. > :18:06.
:18:06. > :18:12.point is, did it improve your football? Yes. I think we have a
:18:12. > :18:17.bit of first-night nerves. Naomi, you have not won yet. Do you think
:18:17. > :18:22.this will inspire you? Hopefully the skills they have learnt they
:18:22. > :18:26.were if in future matches. Tell us about the team, who are you and
:18:26. > :18:34.where are you from? We are City Academy Tornados from central
:18:34. > :18:40.Bristol. We cater two goals in the Barton area, eastern and St Paul's.
:18:40. > :18:46.Have you got enough players? We are getting there. We signed up a
:18:46. > :18:50.couple more players because we went to Wembley. We have training every
:18:50. > :18:54.Wednesday and we are getting players that way. I hope the new
:18:54. > :19:04.players will get you the goals you need to get some wins. Thank you
:19:04. > :19:05.
:19:05. > :19:12.very much for coming in. Thanks. Have you ever been to Wembley?
:19:12. > :19:16.No, they have done better than me. You all went so shy. I bet you are
:19:16. > :19:18.not normally. Now many of you may be enjoying our
:19:18. > :19:21.unseasonably mild weather, but not everyone is happy. Christmas tree
:19:22. > :19:25.growers for one are worried about the effect it may have on their
:19:25. > :19:28.crop. And the wildlife is becoming very
:19:28. > :19:32.confused, it seems. At lunchtime we asked you for pictures of strange
:19:32. > :19:36.autumn happenings in your garden - and you certainly responded. Here's
:19:36. > :19:40.Clinton Rogers. John Hardwick is one man praying
:19:40. > :19:44.for a hard frost. He grows Christmas trees - about a hundred
:19:44. > :19:47.thousand of them on the Quantock Hills in Somerset But they need a
:19:47. > :19:57.cold snap now to make them dormant and help prevent needles dropping
:19:57. > :19:59.
:19:59. > :20:03.after they're cut. We do need a frost. It would reassure people
:20:03. > :20:08.that they trees have gone fully to sleep. By the time people get them
:20:08. > :20:11.it should be in December. If they get them fresh from a local
:20:11. > :20:14.producer they should be fine. Mind you weather watchers aren't
:20:14. > :20:17.sure December will bring a frost either. Simon Ratsey has been
:20:17. > :20:20.keeping weather data in Somerset for 50 years. He says with average
:20:20. > :20:30.temperatures several degrees higher than they should be, November looks
:20:30. > :20:36.set to break all records. I don't think we have had anything
:20:37. > :20:41.like it since 1994 which was a mild November. That was a one-off. The
:20:41. > :20:44.way we are going this month, we will probably beat 1994.
:20:44. > :20:47.Now at lunchtime we asked you for your unseasonal weather pics and in
:20:47. > :20:51.they came. Mary Moore spotted this cowslip - very pretty, but about
:20:51. > :20:54.four months early. This arum lily is still going
:20:54. > :20:58.strong in Bob Pym's garden. How about this beautiful rose
:20:58. > :21:02.snapped on the Holnicote estate in West Somerset.
:21:02. > :21:09.And Graham sent us this picture of his former battery hen and chicks -
:21:09. > :21:13.spring chicks in autumn. The Slimbridge Wildfowl Trust in
:21:13. > :21:18.Gloucestershire know that feeling. These little ducklings may be in
:21:18. > :21:21.for a shock if it does suddenly turn cold.
:21:21. > :21:31.And the warmer weather, not just here but around the world, is
:21:31. > :21:31.
:21:31. > :21:35.confusing the migrating birds. if doing quite well, but some of
:21:35. > :21:40.the ducks and geese are taking their time to turn up because they
:21:40. > :21:42.do not come until they have to. This warm spell may even affect
:21:42. > :21:48.your Christmas dinner. Growers tell me that parsnips and brussels just
:21:49. > :21:58.won't taste the same unless they've been bitten by the frost. You have
:21:59. > :22:04.
:22:04. > :22:07.been warned. Think you fall of the e-mails. I wonder when it will get
:22:07. > :22:11.e-mails. I wonder when it will get cold?
:22:11. > :22:19.There are hints in the forecast models that the Met Office favours
:22:19. > :22:22.that next week we will have a cooler flow from the north-west.
:22:22. > :22:27.Not at our levels, but they could be a shock in store for those
:22:28. > :22:32.ducklings. Maybe some opportunistic breeding going on to get another
:22:32. > :22:38.brooding, but with less undergrowth they will be it susceptible to
:22:38. > :22:43.predation. Tomorrow will bring rain through the morning but that will
:22:43. > :22:47.ease away. Clearing skies into the evening that will bring a chilly
:22:47. > :22:53.night into Wednesday. The front that has bought the rain will be
:22:53. > :22:59.with us for a while tomorrow. At the end of the working week, high
:22:59. > :23:04.pressure sits to the south of us. For the most part, pressure up to
:23:04. > :23:10.the north-west. Really little significance in the way of rain.
:23:10. > :23:14.Apart from Tuesday night, it will continue mild for the time being.
:23:14. > :23:21.The rainfall radar shows how rain has been feeding up from the south.
:23:21. > :23:25.There are more waiting in the wings. It looks like there will come
:23:25. > :23:31.across part of the Somerset and Wiltshire tonight. Either way, the
:23:31. > :23:36.rest of the night will never be too far away from some periodic wet
:23:36. > :23:43.outbreaks and dry yet interludes. Hill fog performing quite readily.
:23:43. > :23:49.The breeze has been picking up. That will certainly help as well as
:23:49. > :23:55.the cloud cover. Tomorrow morning, temperatures around eight or 11 tub
:23:55. > :24:01.-- Celsius. Tomorrow will bring further outbreaks of rain turning
:24:01. > :24:06.more showery as the day wears on. That front starts to decay and move
:24:06. > :24:15.away, but it might be as slow process before are at the last of
:24:15. > :24:21.the rain is away. You might get some late bright must towards
:24:21. > :24:27.nightfall. It is a recipe for a chilly night. Down to three or four
:24:27. > :24:32.Celsius. By contrast, still mild tomorrow. Looking beyond that, a
:24:32. > :24:37.comparatively mild theme for the rest of the week. Wednesday looks
:24:37. > :24:44.like a decent day once the fog is out of the way. Probably more cloud
:24:44. > :24:47.on Thursday and a similar pattern on Friday. I think made next week
:24:47. > :24:49.is the time that we are likely to is the time that we are likely to
:24:49. > :24:53.see a change. Thank you very much.
:24:53. > :24:57.Last time the two of us were on air together, we were joined by this
:24:57. > :25:00.furry fella. On Friday night our Children In Need programme came
:25:00. > :25:10.from the Grand Pier at Weston Super Mare and, at the last count,
:25:10. > :25:10.
:25:10. > :25:13.together across the West you raised just under one million pounds.
:25:13. > :25:23.If you enjoyed the evening we thought you might like a sneaky
:25:23. > :25:23.
:25:23. > :27:32.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 128 seconds
:27:32. > :27:35.What a magic evening. That was lovely.