:00:16. > :00:22.Good evening. Here are the headlines: The shock loss of so
:00:22. > :00:26.much younger wife. Photos are placed at barracks in Warminster or
:00:26. > :00:30.of the soldiers killed in Afghanistan - five of them were
:00:31. > :00:35.only 21 or under. I want to take this opportunity to pay tribute to
:00:35. > :00:40.my brave men and to offer my condolences to their families and
:00:40. > :00:43.many friends. Also tonight - the drugs and gang boss jailed and told
:00:43. > :00:47.he will get 10 more years if he does not give up his ill-gotten
:00:47. > :00:53.gains. Celebrity Tony Robinson joined the
:00:53. > :01:00.campaign to improve the care being given to their elderly and disabled.
:01:00. > :01:09.And plans to pump supplies of all water to London and the south-east.
:01:09. > :01:11.-- of the water in this region. In a moving ceremony pictures of
:01:11. > :01:15.young soldiers killed in Afghanistan were placed outside the
:01:15. > :01:19.barracks and Warminster today. Their commander paid glowing
:01:19. > :01:27.tributes. The striking feature was its aegis
:01:27. > :01:31.of the men who lost their lives. Five of the six were 21 or younger.
:01:31. > :01:39.Our reporter has spent the day in Warminster.
:01:39. > :01:44.Good evening. It was a few weeks ago that the people of war Minster
:01:44. > :01:49.stood on this spot to watch a safe journey to the troops on the way to
:01:49. > :01:54.Afghanistan. Many of those troops were going for the first time. It
:01:54. > :02:01.is only in the past 24 hours at the news has begun to sink in that six
:02:01. > :02:06.of those soldiers have died. There has been a stream of soldiers
:02:06. > :02:15.coming down from the backs to pay their respects and to lay wreaths
:02:15. > :02:18.and photographs. If you want an idea of how this has affected their
:02:18. > :02:27.Warminster or community then you need look no further than that
:02:27. > :02:33.there it believes that have been played here.
:02:33. > :02:38.-- believes that have been placed here.
:02:38. > :02:43.The barracks is at the heart of the community here.
:02:43. > :02:52.Each bunch of flowers is a symbol of personal grief and a show of
:02:52. > :03:00.collective sympathy. It was important to buy some
:03:00. > :03:06.flowers and to show my respects. has hit everyone. It is very sad.
:03:06. > :03:13.My brother-in-law is going in three weeks. It has hit home harshly.
:03:13. > :03:18.Throughout the day they arrived before work. Alone, in pairs, or
:03:18. > :03:23.even as a whole class. We have got a few service families in our
:03:23. > :03:28.school. Some of them have fathers in Afghanistan at the moment. It is
:03:28. > :03:38.a sad time for the whole community. We felt as a school that we wanted
:03:38. > :03:44.to pay our respects this morning by leaving flowers and saying a prayer.
:03:44. > :03:49.The soldiers here were filmed in Salisbury training.
:03:50. > :03:56.Many more soldiers are due to leave Warminster soon. Their commanding
:03:56. > :04:03.officer paid tribute to those killed. This week's six of our
:04:03. > :04:08.brothers have fallen. It has been a sad day. But as their brothers in
:04:08. > :04:13.arms we remain committed in our duty to continue our mission. They
:04:13. > :04:17.would want nothing less. Our loss is very great today. But this is
:04:17. > :04:25.nothing when compared to the deep loss felt by their families and
:04:25. > :04:29.friends. Our thoughts and prayers are firmly with them today. I wish
:04:29. > :04:35.to thank the many well-wishers who have shown their support to us at
:04:35. > :04:41.this difficult time. Warminster has close ties to its military base.
:04:41. > :04:44.Army vehicles are a daily sight here. Today people recorded their
:04:44. > :04:53.memories and their condolences at a local church. These will be made
:04:53. > :05:01.into a book and left on display. They are mostly young men whose
:05:01. > :05:06.lives have been lost. The sadness is in for it. We feel and
:05:06. > :05:11.understand the sadness that goes around in the family's. The flame
:05:11. > :05:14.outside the barracks is kept burning until all the soldiers come
:05:14. > :05:17.home from their tour. Tonight the thought of the people here are with
:05:17. > :05:22.the families and friends of those who will not be making that journey
:05:22. > :05:26.home. Wherever you go in Warminster it
:05:26. > :05:32.you can see civilian and military life mixed together. Going to the
:05:32. > :05:38.supermarket you can see somebody in full uniform doing their shopping.
:05:38. > :05:44.Anybody talk to here is either friends with somebody who works at
:05:44. > :05:51.the base, or or is in that the military themselves. There is a
:05:51. > :05:57.sense of collective loss. That will continue for some time to come.
:05:57. > :06:02.After the News of the soldiers debt, the mood at the medals ceremony in
:06:02. > :06:12.the bath was subdued. Families of the men and women from 21st Signal
:06:12. > :06:24.
:06:24. > :06:29.Regiment had gathered to see their They spent six months in
:06:29. > :06:39.Afghanistan, are working in the dry dusty heat of Helmand Province.
:06:39. > :06:43.
:06:43. > :06:48.gives me a huge pleasure to welcome Today medals were awarded. The
:06:48. > :06:53.family's watch full of pride. Today is an opportunity for the men
:06:53. > :07:01.of the regiment to be reunited with their families. They have carried
:07:01. > :07:06.out a difficult mission in challenging circumstances.
:07:06. > :07:13.But thought did not stray far from the pain others are feeling.
:07:13. > :07:22.thoughts go to the families of the six soldiers. It is shocking when
:07:22. > :07:29.it happens. The guys that have taken over from us will be dealing
:07:29. > :07:35.with that. Today there was so much to celebrate, but the families were
:07:35. > :07:42.aware of others less fortunate. have got friends whose husbands are
:07:42. > :07:51.out there now. My thoughts go out to all of their families as well. I
:07:51. > :08:01.cannot say more than that. Everyone here today knows they have a lot to
:08:01. > :08:02.
:08:02. > :08:07.be proud of and a lot to be The leader of a Chinese gang who
:08:07. > :08:11.ran drugs factories and brothels across a region is tonight in
:08:11. > :08:14.prison. Jai Jin He was sentenced to eight months, but he has been
:08:14. > :08:21.warned he could face a further 10 years in jail if he does not
:08:21. > :08:25.payback millions of pounds. Here is our reporter.
:08:25. > :08:30.The gang's money bureau where millions of pounds were illegally
:08:30. > :08:36.transferred to China. This firm was a front for organised
:08:36. > :08:41.crime on a massive scale. This firm is used by Chinese
:08:41. > :08:46.expatriates to send money home. The public face was just a cover.
:08:46. > :08:52.The mastermind behind the operation was this man - Jai Jin He. He is no
:08:52. > :08:59.stranger to money laundering. In 2008 he was convicted by a court in
:08:59. > :09:04.Hong Kong and fined �250,000. Part of the gang's huge profits
:09:04. > :09:14.were generated by cannabis factories including this one.
:09:14. > :09:19.The drug money was then moved overseas to mainland China.
:09:19. > :09:29.People were involved in cannabis factories, management and control
:09:29. > :09:31.
:09:31. > :09:41.brothels, the criminal money generated was passed through this
:09:41. > :09:50.firm and transferred out of the country. Two members of his staff,
:09:50. > :10:00.including Man Xu, pleaded guilty to making deceptive statements.
:10:00. > :10:04.
:10:04. > :10:09.The figures are vast. They made full use of these blacks money
:10:09. > :10:13.service bureaux. The judge told Jai Jin He that he
:10:14. > :10:17.had let themselves down very badly. Jai Jin He and Man Xu were ordered
:10:18. > :10:22.to carry out 100 hours of committee service.
:10:22. > :10:25.Tonight Jai Jin He will not be celebrating a light sentence. He is
:10:25. > :10:33.estimated to have made �7 million from the scam. These are just some
:10:33. > :10:37.of the luxury homes he was talking to buy. Under their Crime Act the
:10:37. > :10:41.prosecution could force him it to pay back millions of pounds. If not
:10:41. > :10:46.he will be looking at an extra 10 years in prison. I hearing to
:10:46. > :10:56.decide how much you will have to find will be held later in the year.
:10:56. > :10:56.
:10:56. > :11:06.-- how much he will have to find. It is nearly the weekend.
:11:06. > :11:12.Stay with us as there is much more. Which famous son in Wells is
:11:12. > :11:18.ordered by this monument? And we need your help four hour
:11:18. > :11:21.coverage of this special royal year. -- for our coverage.
:11:21. > :11:26.We will tell you all about that later.
:11:26. > :11:30.First, campaigners in our region are calling for politicians to
:11:30. > :11:34.unite to insure their elderly and disabled are cared for. Tony
:11:34. > :11:37.Robinson joined a lobby of Parliament. The lobby claimed that
:11:37. > :11:43.the current system is in crisis. For this afternoon MPs debated some
:11:43. > :11:48.of their concerns. They came from a region and from
:11:48. > :11:51.all points of the country. Some of the most lovable and society,
:11:51. > :11:54.fearful of the future. The number of elderly and disabled who need
:11:55. > :12:02.care is growing and growing. With government spending being cut
:12:02. > :12:06.sharply, all feel something must be done. We have not got a service
:12:06. > :12:10.that is fair or fit for purpose. It is important that they have that.
:12:10. > :12:16.Everybody in the country wants that. We are telling them to get their
:12:16. > :12:19.act together, to have the courage to give as a care system which
:12:19. > :12:22.reflects what the 21st Century Society wants.
:12:22. > :12:27.Simon Langridge had travelled up from the West Country with a group
:12:27. > :12:32.of people who have learning disabilities. We have protested in
:12:32. > :12:42.London before and also in Bristol. We have spoken whenever we can. We
:12:42. > :12:45.want to work with other charities and organisations. We want to say
:12:45. > :12:50.that the cuts to adult social services are wrong. People are
:12:50. > :12:58.missing out on what they need. This afternoon it was debated by
:12:58. > :13:01.MPs. Of course money is important, but is it just about money? Until
:13:01. > :13:07.we can re-engineer what we are trying to deliver, we will not be
:13:07. > :13:11.able to look at the funding mechanisms. If the start funding
:13:11. > :13:19.what we have currently got, we are finding something that is broken.
:13:20. > :13:23.The government is due to bring out Water from the River Severn could
:13:24. > :13:26.be used to ease the drought in the South East - it's just one of the
:13:27. > :13:29.options being considered by Thames Water who have had their plans for
:13:29. > :13:35.a reservoir rejected. But the scheme has already been met with
:13:35. > :13:41.criticism, as Alice Bouverie reports.
:13:41. > :13:45.The River Severn, the longest river in Britain, and already a source of
:13:45. > :13:51.drinking water for thousands in the West. But now, there are plans for
:13:51. > :13:58.that resource to go east, to the very thirsty south-east. How?
:13:58. > :14:02.Through the canals. Many are disused at the moment. But Thames
:14:02. > :14:06.Water says one of the options it is considering is to restore them.
:14:06. > :14:10.They can now give us a chance to move the water some of the way
:14:10. > :14:15.without having to build expensive pipes and plumping. Anything that
:14:15. > :14:20.keeps costs down, it is just the amount of water we need to the
:14:20. > :14:25.distance we needed to, is good. was first put forward in the 1970s
:14:25. > :14:30.when drought first hit. It was rejected because of economic
:14:30. > :14:35.reasons, but after Thames Water had its plans rejected for a reservoir,
:14:35. > :14:41.it is back on the table. Much to the delight of the Cotswold Canal
:14:41. > :14:46.Trust. It is a good idea. It is not just solve the problems of
:14:46. > :14:50.providing water to the south-east and London, but also restores
:14:50. > :14:56.valuable heritage. It is a multi- functional solution, which has got
:14:56. > :15:03.a lot of merit. But is there enough water to provide barbs for
:15:03. > :15:09.Londoners? 6 million people use water from the River Severn every
:15:09. > :15:14.day, as do firemen. -- farmers. We cannot afford to lose any more
:15:14. > :15:22.water. It or be several years before Thames Water makes a
:15:22. > :15:25.decision about the canals. Doing nothing is not an option.
:15:25. > :15:29.Well, elsewhere, there was another problem with the water today - a
:15:29. > :15:33.couple had to be moved from their house in the Forest of Dean after a
:15:33. > :15:36.mains pipe sprung a leak. One of the joints broke on the pipe and
:15:36. > :15:39.around 30 firefighters have been on standby for much of the day in case
:15:40. > :15:49.it burst. The road through the village of Lower Lydbrook has been
:15:50. > :15:50.
:15:50. > :15:54.closed since yesterday to stop any danger of flooding. We are pumping
:15:54. > :15:58.1,500 litres a minute. We are keeping that water away from the
:15:58. > :16:03.main plant. There is electricity down at there and the main the
:16:03. > :16:05.pumps, so the flood water would run into that pumping station and cause
:16:05. > :16:08.damage. Severn Trent says water supplies
:16:08. > :16:16.haven't been affected and repairs to the broken pipe will start
:16:16. > :16:19.around midnight tonight. A school for deaf children in
:16:19. > :16:21.Bristol - which was under threat of closure - has been told it's to
:16:21. > :16:24.stay open. The city council announced it was considering
:16:24. > :16:27.shutting Elmfield School in December 2010 but its future has
:16:27. > :16:36.now been secured, with a reduction in the number of places being
:16:36. > :16:39.funded from 36 to 30. A memorial celebrating the life of
:16:39. > :16:44.Harry Patch - the last British survivor of the World War One
:16:44. > :16:47.trenches - was today lowered into place in his home city of Wells.
:16:47. > :16:52.The six foot stone, with an engraved plaque, sits on the lawn
:16:52. > :16:55.of Wells Cathedral. It's all the result of more than a year of
:16:55. > :17:05.fundraising by a local couple, who felt the city should honour one of
:17:05. > :17:14.its most famous sons. Ladies and gentlemen, please
:17:14. > :17:19.welcome Mr Harry Patch. APPLAUSE Harry Patch was a reluctant
:17:19. > :17:25.national treasure. A man who was rather amused by all
:17:25. > :17:31.the public attention. A man who never even spoke about his war
:17:31. > :17:37.memories until he was 100. So quite what he would make of a permanent
:17:37. > :17:42.memorial is anyone's guess. But others were determined his home
:17:42. > :17:47.city should celebrate, and commemorate, his lap. Alan and
:17:47. > :17:52.Margaret Williams - who knew Harry - came up with the idea is 16
:17:52. > :18:00.months ago, and started a campaign. We went his funeral, like many
:18:00. > :18:10.other people. A year had gone by, and there had not been a monument.
:18:10. > :18:10.
:18:10. > :18:19.I said to Margaret, "I am up red. Are you"? And it was born.
:18:19. > :18:25.months ago now. And so, today, five tons of stone was carefully lowered
:18:25. > :18:30.into place on the Cathedral Green, outside the museum. And, for the
:18:30. > :18:34.first time, we got a chance to see what the finished memorial wall
:18:34. > :18:38.look like. Harriet would be chuffed to bits to think he would be
:18:38. > :18:46.immortalised in this way. There are plans for an official unveiling,
:18:46. > :18:49.complete with military honours, in May.
:18:49. > :18:53.Tomorrow night, Bath will face rivals Leicester in a game which
:18:53. > :18:56.could define their season - it's the semi-final of the LV Cup.
:18:56. > :19:03.Victory in the competition would mean a title and entry into next
:19:03. > :19:07.season's all-important European Cup. And for full-back Sam Vestey, it's
:19:07. > :19:17.also a game against the club he grew up with and played for for
:19:17. > :19:17.
:19:17. > :19:22.eight years. It could almost be an edition of
:19:22. > :19:27.the good life. Sam Vesty, white and three children have settled well in
:19:27. > :19:32.this village, along with their chicken and vegetable patch. It is
:19:32. > :19:40.a lovely little village, very good community spirit. It is a lovely
:19:40. > :19:46.part of the world to move to. about the rugby? We went through a
:19:46. > :19:50.tricky patch, where we were having close games, but not quite getting
:19:50. > :19:59.on the right end of the scoreline. But we feel we are playing better
:19:59. > :20:04.rugby now. Sam Vesty is 30, and joined Bath 18 months ago. He first
:20:04. > :20:12.started playing for Leicester juniors at 15, and won trophies in
:20:12. > :20:22.84 seasons. He is aware how West Country fans you his club. I think
:20:22. > :20:23.
:20:23. > :20:28.there are victims of their own success. People take that a bit
:20:28. > :20:31.grudgingly. They get a bit of bad press, I suppose. Potential
:20:31. > :20:39.silverware and European qualifications are key factors, but
:20:39. > :20:42.Sam Vesty also knows how much a defeat would hurt the Bath fans.
:20:42. > :20:44.The managers of the two Bristol football clubs could be answering
:20:44. > :20:50.some tough questions tonight when BBC Radio Bristol's Sports Forum
:20:50. > :20:54.gets underway. Four of the West's top sporting figures are on the
:20:55. > :20:58.panel, with the audience picking the subjects. It's all happening at
:20:58. > :21:01.the home of Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. And the man in the
:21:01. > :21:11.middle of it all is our own Geoff Twentyman. So, Geoff, who's your
:21:11. > :21:14.
:21:14. > :21:19.panel tonight? You mentioned the managers. As will the head coach of
:21:19. > :21:26.rugby, and Somerset cricket. What questions to you think will be
:21:26. > :21:32.asked to? We get subject matters like stadiums in Bristol, all the
:21:32. > :21:39.opinions like that. But football fans may have a specific questions,
:21:39. > :21:44.such as tactics. We get it diverse issues and specific issues.
:21:44. > :21:50.tickets have gone, and presumably it is too late for anyone to come
:21:50. > :21:55.up. But I presume all is not lost? The tickets have gone. I believe
:21:55. > :22:05.there is a black market on Gloucester Rd! But it will be live
:22:05. > :22:05.
:22:05. > :22:15.on the radio, BBC Radio Bristol. It is also around the world on the
:22:15. > :22:19.
:22:19. > :22:22.website. It should be good. Is it there no stopping you?
:22:22. > :22:27.Stacy Tad, who trained at the University of Bath, has just
:22:27. > :22:35.qualified for the Olympics in the women's 200 metre breaststroke. I
:22:36. > :22:38.am delighted to tell you that! People have been going to see what
:22:39. > :22:42.the future could look like at Cheddar Gorge. Plans have been put
:22:42. > :22:44.on display by the Longleat Estate, which manages the area. It says the
:22:45. > :22:48.Gorge is in desperate need of regeneration and believes a visitor
:22:48. > :22:51.centre accessible via a cable car is the way to do it.
:22:51. > :22:56.Now, the Queen began her Diamond Jubilee tour today, and we need
:22:56. > :23:02.your help. We want you to help us revive some memories of the 1950s
:23:02. > :23:06.as part of our coverage of this very special royal year. Yes, it
:23:06. > :23:09.was 60 years ago this summer that the Queen took to the throne, and
:23:09. > :23:19.we want your memories of that occasion, and to find out what
:23:19. > :23:24.you've got planned to mark the Jubilee.
:23:25. > :23:31.1956, and the young Queen visits the West of England. Thousands turn
:23:31. > :23:38.out to check in Bristol and in Bath. Lots of lovely flags. And that does
:23:38. > :23:42.a nice handbag! The Queen is good enough to provide us with drinking
:23:42. > :23:48.water. A lot of water has flowed under the bridge since our reigning
:23:48. > :23:52.monarch opened this reservoir in 1956. Now, the Queen is celebrating
:23:52. > :23:59.her Diamond Jubilee. And we want to mark this occasion, and we need
:23:59. > :24:03.your help in your memories. Maybe you were down here in 1956. Did you
:24:03. > :24:11.spot a sudden that footage? Or, maybe, you have met Her Majesty.
:24:11. > :24:17.You have a wonderful story to tell? Are you planning a party this year?
:24:17. > :24:25.Whatever you are planning, or your memories, let us know, not by Royal
:24:25. > :24:32.Mail, but by e-mail: One it looks forward to hearing from you.
:24:32. > :24:37.We need to wear combat, really, don't we?! We have been hearing
:24:37. > :24:43.about the solar storms today. I asked on Twitter it if anybody had
:24:44. > :24:53.felt the effect, and someone has written, "it is responsible for my
:24:54. > :25:00.
:25:00. > :25:05.All sorts of affect from burnt on earth, ranging from high-frequency
:25:05. > :25:12.radio communications, you name it. How profound as perfect -- effect
:25:12. > :25:18.will be is open to debate. The amount of cloud will be stubborn
:25:18. > :25:25.tonight, as it will be to the cause of tomorrow. It will remain dry all
:25:25. > :25:35.their bouts. High pressure is now establishing its up through the Bay
:25:35. > :25:35.
:25:35. > :25:42.of Biscay. New ones is in terms of the wind direction. Indeed, it is
:25:42. > :25:48.the cloud cover that will be the most tricky part of the forecast.
:25:48. > :25:55.The winds ball moved around the British Isles. This mild air will
:25:55. > :26:00.be in situ for quite some time to come. Tonight is a case in point -
:26:01. > :26:07.nowhere near as cold as last night. Beat winds turning light, and it
:26:07. > :26:12.will remain dry. Good deal of cloud around tomorrow. Through the rest
:26:12. > :26:21.of this evening and into tonight, it there a Briggs in the cloud.
:26:21. > :26:29.That will continue to be a case on and off. Remaining dry, and those
:26:29. > :26:34.like winds will bring temperatures to five or six Celsius. Tomorrow,
:26:34. > :26:39.we will start with cloud. So things will continue for at most of you.
:26:39. > :26:47.Just at the chance that some of you in the north and Gloucester could
:26:47. > :26:52.see rain. And, perhaps, by the afternoon one of two breaks
:26:52. > :26:58.developing in the cloud. Temperatures tomorrow, despite the
:26:58. > :27:05.cloud cover, on a par with today - 11 Celsius. Into the weekend, the
:27:05. > :27:15.cloud cover is the tricky part of the forecast. Essentially, the
:27:15. > :27:21.temperatures will be reliant on how the brakes developer. And the
:27:21. > :27:30.overnight low should be preventing any frost. Next week, very little