:00:10. > :00:15.Good evening and welcome to BBC Points West. Our headlines tonight:
:00:15. > :00:19.Death, but no dignity. A man's body was left on a mortuary table for
:00:19. > :00:22.six days without refrigeration. Preparing for Afghanistan -
:00:22. > :00:28.colleagues of the soldiers killed this week get ready to face the
:00:28. > :00:30.enemy. As old as a British Rail sandwich -
:00:30. > :00:40.a train company converts 30-year- old buffet cars to reduce
:00:40. > :00:41.
:00:41. > :00:45.overcrowding. And inside Her Majesty's Prison -
:00:45. > :00:48.how conditions have changed during the Queen's reign.
:00:49. > :00:53.Good evening. A man who died suddenly at a west country hospital
:00:53. > :00:56.was left on mortuary table for six days. His widow says her husband's
:00:56. > :01:02.body deteriorated so badly that she's unable to see him before the
:01:02. > :01:04.burial next week. David Gardner, who was 59, weighed
:01:04. > :01:07.more than 20 stone and tonight there's an investigation into
:01:07. > :01:17.whether the morgue in the hospital in Gloucester could cope with a man
:01:17. > :01:18.
:01:18. > :01:22.Dave Gardner died suddenly at the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital last
:01:22. > :01:24.week during treatment to have fluid drained from his body. As if coping
:01:24. > :01:28.with that wasn't traumatic enough, his widow discovered he'd been left
:01:28. > :01:38.on a mortuary table for six days. His body deteriorated so badly his
:01:38. > :01:44.family weren't able to see him in an open coffin. I still needed to
:01:44. > :01:51.say goodbye again. All his family did and now they cannot do it. It
:01:51. > :01:58.is devastating. It is like taking everything away, so that they
:01:58. > :02:03.should not have done. Guidelines from the Department of
:02:03. > :02:05.Health say that bodies should be: "...kept in the best possible
:02:05. > :02:15.condition and protected from interference, accidental damage or
:02:15. > :02:17.
:02:17. > :02:24.avoidable deterioration." A statement was issued and eight
:02:24. > :02:27.bereavement team are helping David Gardner's family.
:02:27. > :02:30.By his family's admission, David Gardner was overweight. He was
:02:30. > :02:34.known as Big Man. They believe he may have been left on the table
:02:34. > :02:40.because he was too big for the fridges in the mortuary, but they
:02:40. > :02:46.say he should have been sent elsewhere. He was the early man
:02:46. > :02:56.that I loved and the only man that love to me. How can I let him go
:02:56. > :02:58.
:02:58. > :03:02.when I cannot say goodbye? It is just wrong. David Gardner's funeral
:03:02. > :03:07.service is being held on Tuesday. It will be a fitting farewell, but
:03:07. > :03:09.not the one his family would have hoped for.
:03:09. > :03:12.Books of condolence have been opened for the six soldiers from
:03:12. > :03:15.Wiltshire killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday. People have been leaving
:03:15. > :03:18.their tributes at the Chapel of St Lawrence in Warminster where the
:03:18. > :03:20.soldiers were based. And outside the barracks people continue to pay
:03:20. > :03:23.their respects, leaving flowers at the entrance of the base. Other
:03:23. > :03:26.members of the regiment are in training in Wiltshire today,
:03:27. > :03:29.preparing to be sent to the same area where the men died. They're
:03:29. > :03:39.among a large number of soldiers training on Salisbury Plain ahead
:03:39. > :03:46.
:03:46. > :03:51.These soldiers who are based in Warminster or learnt of the death
:03:51. > :03:55.of six of their colleagues in Afghanistan and was a one exercise,
:03:55. > :03:58.here on Salisbury Plain. The men that were killed were members of an
:03:58. > :04:02.advance party and their deaths have made their fellow soldiers more
:04:02. > :04:07.determined to do a good job when they reach the front line in the
:04:07. > :04:16.next few weeks. Especially with the casualties we have just had, we are
:04:16. > :04:23.scared. I have just had a newborn son. But we have to do it. When I
:04:23. > :04:30.speak to my family at the weekend, I know my mum is proud of what I am
:04:30. > :04:35.dealing and she is backing the. We have been training and we are able
:04:35. > :04:41.to do the job and will hopefully keep ourselves so. Today, soldiers
:04:41. > :04:45.from the Yorkshire regiment met the defence secretary who paid tribute
:04:45. > :04:50.to their steely determination to focus on their deployment, despite
:04:51. > :04:55.the events of this week. It is an opportunity for me to express
:04:55. > :05:00.directly to the man my condolences over the terrible events of this
:05:00. > :05:08.week. But also to hear from them how they feel about the commission
:05:08. > :05:17.ahead of them and how the families are holding up. Altogether, 6,400
:05:17. > :05:24.troops are going to Afghanistan and will consist of troops from across
:05:24. > :05:30.the West. The troop commander says he's men are well prepared and well
:05:30. > :05:33.trained. Passengers on the country's most
:05:33. > :05:40.overcrowded trains are to get extra carriages. First Great Western is
:05:40. > :05:43.converting redundant 35-year-old buffet cars. It'll bring an extra
:05:43. > :05:52.4,500 seats a day. That's an increase of 9% in the rush hour.
:05:52. > :05:58.But it doesn't mean everyone will get a seat.
:05:58. > :06:02.Here is the problem - Auk the 10 most overcrowded trains in the
:06:02. > :06:06.country are run by First Great Western. Passenger groups say it is
:06:06. > :06:12.becoming intolerable. How often do you get a seat? Were, since the
:06:12. > :06:18.beginning of the year, four times. One of those times was at 10pm at
:06:18. > :06:23.night. Be is a struggle to get a seat. You are constantly banging
:06:23. > :06:30.against people. You literally have to push people over. It is a
:06:30. > :06:37.nightmare. And here is First Great Western's solution. It is taking
:06:37. > :06:42.all the old redundant buffet cars it can find. These vehicles are
:06:42. > :06:50.being stripped back to bare metal and refurbished with high-density
:06:50. > :06:56.airline-style seating. We are going to fit 84 seats in hair. There will
:06:56. > :07:02.be a higher capacity. When they are finished, they will be added to
:07:02. > :07:10.existing trains, making the busiest services one carriage longer. It
:07:10. > :07:18.will help to increase capacity in by 9%. But the time the Olympics
:07:18. > :07:22.start, most of those carriages will be in use. The trains were built
:07:22. > :07:27.more than 35 years ago. They are the oldest long-distance trains in
:07:27. > :07:33.the country. Eventually, passengers will get a new generation of
:07:33. > :07:37.electric trains. Three years ago the Japanese firm Hitachi was named
:07:37. > :07:42.preferred bidder of a multi-billion pound contract, but that deal has
:07:42. > :07:47.not been signed, so the trains remained years away. Until they
:07:47. > :07:51.arrive, this is the stock that solution. These extra carriages
:07:51. > :07:56.will make life easier on Britain's most overcrowded trains, but they
:07:56. > :08:06.will not mean everyone get a seat. Growth on the First Great Western
:08:06. > :08:08.
:08:08. > :08:16.is so fast, it will only stop the journey being overcrowded for a
:08:16. > :08:21.little while. You are watching BBC Points West.
:08:21. > :08:25.Still to come - we take a look inside and a look back at the
:08:25. > :08:33.history of Bristol Prison. And tomorrow's top-of-the-table clash
:08:33. > :08:37.brings together two managers who could not be more different.
:08:37. > :08:40.A soldier who admitted killing a disabled man in a fight in a pub
:08:40. > :08:43.car park in Amesbury has been sent to prison for 28 months. Daryl
:08:43. > :08:48.Talbot, who is 22, was based at the Royal School of Artillery in
:08:48. > :08:51.Larkhill when the incident happened on New Year's Day last year. 34-
:08:51. > :08:55.year-old Paul Garland died from a haemorrhage after Talbot hit him
:08:55. > :09:05.twice. The judge said Mr Garland had been unable to defend himself
:09:05. > :09:14.
:09:14. > :09:16.due to his disability. Police forces in the West are
:09:16. > :09:19.considering signing up to a translation service that's been the
:09:19. > :09:22.brunt of heavy criticism from the Ministry of Justice. Millions of
:09:22. > :09:26.pounds each year are spent on these services for our courts. That cost
:09:26. > :09:28.has been slashed by hiring a company to run it all. But as our
:09:28. > :09:31.Home Affairs Correspondent has been finding out, it hasn't been a
:09:31. > :09:33.smooth transition, leading to the government telling the company to
:09:33. > :09:36.sort it out. Zoya Gray has provided Russian
:09:36. > :09:39.translations for the courts and police in Bristol for 15 years. She
:09:39. > :09:41.has a degree and passed strict exams to become a member of the
:09:41. > :09:46.prestigious National Register of Public Service Interpreters. She is
:09:46. > :09:49.also out of work. She's lost her job as a result of
:09:49. > :09:57.the decision by the Ministry of Justice award a contract to Applied
:09:57. > :10:01.Language Solutions, a deal that could save the taxpayer �18 million.
:10:01. > :10:09.When you go into court, you understand court procedure and what
:10:09. > :10:13.is happening in the court, who to talk to, where the solicitors are.
:10:13. > :10:18.Or if you go to the police station, you know what to do, how the
:10:18. > :10:24.interview is conducted. Now, we are working alongside people who don't
:10:24. > :10:26.understand anything. They don't even know how to address the judge.
:10:26. > :10:30.The company says its interpreters meet at least the minimum standards
:10:30. > :10:31.required and many exceed them. However even ALS admits the first
:10:31. > :10:35.few weeks of the contract have thrown up problems.
:10:35. > :10:37.One case we've heard of here at North Avon Magistrates had to be
:10:37. > :10:46.brought to court three times because ALS interpreters failed to
:10:46. > :10:51.turn up or didn't understand court procedures. If what we are hearing
:10:51. > :10:55.is right, interpreters are being used and they are not of the
:10:55. > :11:00.requisite standard and are not available. The effect of that is
:11:00. > :11:04.that people will spend longer in custody, more money will be spent
:11:04. > :11:08.keeping them there, court cases will be delayed.
:11:08. > :11:10.And the Ministry of Justice told the BBC that it's asked ALS to take
:11:10. > :11:13.urgent steps to improve its performance. The Ministry admitted
:11:13. > :11:16.it had no idea how many times interpreters are used in England
:11:16. > :11:26.courts, like those here in Bristol. Now we understand ALS might be in
:11:26. > :11:35.
:11:35. > :11:38.line for a contract with the West's police forces, too.
:11:38. > :11:41.The current spending is substantial, amounting to hundreds of thousands
:11:41. > :11:43.across the region. No decisions have been made and I
:11:43. > :11:46.understand the force is keeping a close eye on this situation.
:11:46. > :11:48.Meanwhile, ALS told me they were awarded the contract to address
:11:48. > :11:50.numerous problems and disproportionate costs of the old
:11:50. > :11:53.system. Campaigners have met to discuss the
:11:53. > :11:56.future of the St Paul's Carnival in Bristol today. It was announced
:11:56. > :11:59.last month the event will have to be be scaled back because of a lack
:11:59. > :12:09.of funding. But many say a smaller, quieter carnival wouldn't be the
:12:09. > :12:12.
:12:12. > :12:16.same and they're looking for It started in the 60s, almost five
:12:16. > :12:22.decades on it is still colourful, still diverse and store going. But
:12:22. > :12:29.for how much longer? Last year Carnival visitors had reached their
:12:29. > :12:33.peak and 90,000, but so have the cost - �250,000. The bank balance
:12:33. > :12:38.showed a severe shortfall of over half that amount. Today, local
:12:38. > :12:42.people met to talk through its financial future. They are
:12:42. > :12:49.discussing what the carnival could become, despite financial problems.
:12:49. > :12:53.Many would like the carnival to return to its original 1960s roots.
:12:53. > :12:59.Back then, the carnival was smaller and cheaper. That could be the way
:12:59. > :13:08.to keep things going. Last month organisers announced plans to scale
:13:08. > :13:12.down the car before and leave it to a smaller area. They also wanted to
:13:12. > :13:18.leave the stage and music indoors. Local people said it would not feel
:13:18. > :13:24.the same. We need to be asked what we want. We were told at a late
:13:24. > :13:28.date that things would be different. There would be no sound systems.
:13:28. > :13:33.This is a Caribbean Carnival and part of the essential make-up is
:13:33. > :13:42.the music. That is as far as things have come. The organising committee
:13:42. > :13:46.were not available for interview today, but say they are open to
:13:46. > :13:49.ideas. As part of its programming to mark
:13:49. > :13:52.the 60th year of the Queen's reign, the BBC is screening a special
:13:52. > :13:54.behind the scenes look at life inside Bristol Prison. As part of
:13:54. > :13:59.the Crime and Punishment series, presenter Gethin Jones finds out
:13:59. > :14:02.first hand what happens when a criminal is sent to prison. He also
:14:02. > :14:12.examines how life has changed for prisoners and prison staff over the
:14:12. > :14:13.
:14:13. > :14:23.past 60 years. It is very much goodbye to the real
:14:23. > :14:27.
:14:27. > :14:31.world. Hello to a new and avian world. -- alien world. See you on
:14:31. > :14:33.the other side. The programme also looks at one of
:14:33. > :14:38.Britain's last ever hangings in 1963 when 24-year-old Russell
:14:38. > :14:47.Pascoe was executed at Bristol Prison for murder. The hanging
:14:47. > :14:52.sparked a demonstration against capital punishment. The deputy
:14:52. > :15:01.governor of Bristol Prison is with us. Welcome. This is really getting
:15:01. > :15:05.behind the scenes of the prison, isn't it? That is right. The public
:15:05. > :15:14.perception of prisons is usually gain from the media. This programme
:15:14. > :15:22.has enabled us to demonstrate to people exactly what happens inside
:15:22. > :15:25.prisons. A must have been hard for your team to welcome a camera crew
:15:25. > :15:31.in four months and months, and difficult for the inmates as well.
:15:31. > :15:37.It was a considerable challenge for us, but the investment has paid off.
:15:37. > :15:41.Staff and prisoners were nervous at the start, but it has been embraced
:15:41. > :15:46.by everyone and has been an opportunity to show some of the
:15:46. > :15:54.excellent work that is done. And an opportunity to show some old
:15:54. > :15:59.footage. We go right back in time, 60 years. In the dark days of
:15:59. > :16:03.Bristol, there were a number of executions that took place there
:16:03. > :16:09.and this book is a record of the executions that took place. The
:16:09. > :16:12.last one was in December 1963. one that encourage all the
:16:12. > :16:19.demonstrations and eventually led to the abolition of the death
:16:19. > :16:29.penalty. Back his right. There were frequent demonstrations been led by
:16:29. > :16:30.
:16:30. > :16:36.the MP Tony Benn. It is difficult to view it in parts. Yes. We didn't
:16:36. > :16:46.want to show a completely sterile environment. We took the risk of
:16:46. > :16:48.
:16:48. > :16:54.showing things as life. It shows how Allah officers interact with
:16:54. > :16:59.prisoners and how they get their job done with the minimum amount of
:16:59. > :17:02.injury. Thank you. Now there's a big game on tonight
:17:02. > :17:06.as Bath Rugby take on Leicester for a place in the final of the LV
:17:06. > :17:14.Anglo Welsh Cup. The match takes place at the Rec in Bath and David
:17:14. > :17:23.Passmore is there for us now. Bath-Leicester encounters are
:17:23. > :17:26.always a bit special. The top sides face each other regularly, but the
:17:26. > :17:28.fans here tonight don't see it like that. Now this competition
:17:28. > :17:31.represents Bath's only chance of silverware this season. And the
:17:31. > :17:35.winners of the final also guarantee themselves a place in next season's
:17:35. > :17:37.Heineken Cup. So plenty to play for. Veteran of many such encounters is
:17:37. > :17:46.former Bath great Danny Grewcock. How important is this game for
:17:46. > :17:50.Bath? The boys are really up for this game. We have had a
:17:50. > :17:56.disappointing time in the Heineken, but we are still involved in the
:17:56. > :18:00.Premiership. We are still pushing for 4th place. Certainly tonight is
:18:00. > :18:06.a big game. Their form has been improving over the last few weeks.
:18:06. > :18:16.It has. There are growing in confidence. There have been some
:18:16. > :18:25.
:18:25. > :18:29.brilliant tries. Let's see what's happening in the Premiership.
:18:29. > :18:38.are picking up pace and we are going in with confidence and
:18:38. > :18:43.momentum. We have not had that air for -- that for a while I want to
:18:43. > :18:50.capitalise on it. School prediction for tonight? Hopefully if the
:18:50. > :18:56.weather holds off, we will see some good tries for both teams. I reckon
:18:56. > :18:59.it will be 20-28. More from Danny later, but now to
:18:59. > :19:04.football, and the battle at the top of League Two make compelling
:19:04. > :19:06.viewing for west country football fans. Tomorrow, top of the table
:19:06. > :19:09.Swindon face second place Cheltenham. The managers are
:19:09. > :19:16.enjoying similar levels of success, but could not be more different in
:19:16. > :19:20.style, as Geoff Twentyman has been finding out.
:19:20. > :19:30.They say in football no-one person is bigger than the Cup, but they
:19:30. > :19:31.
:19:31. > :19:36.may not have counted on having someone like this man. He grazed
:19:36. > :19:43.the top level as a player, not without controversy. As a manager
:19:43. > :19:50.he is unique. Passionate and very Italian. I cannot change what I am.
:19:50. > :19:54.This is where Paolo will be tomorrow. The electricity is right
:19:54. > :20:00.out there with the players, transmitted to them and it really
:20:00. > :20:10.works here at the County Ground. Managers vary. I played for it 11
:20:10. > :20:20.managers and some of them were good, some back, something different. --
:20:20. > :20:39.
:20:39. > :20:46.The manager of Cheltenham is letting the results speak for
:20:46. > :20:52.themselves. I tried to be myself and perhaps how I would have wanted
:20:52. > :20:57.my manager to be. I try to be fair. They know I can be tough if I need
:20:57. > :21:01.to. I will not be liked by everyone, but I want them to come into work,
:21:01. > :21:11.coming to the training ground and enjoy themselves. If they do that,
:21:11. > :21:17.then they've all play at their best. We do not feel it going to Swindon.
:21:17. > :21:26.As much as I respect Paulo, I am not in awe of him. We will give it
:21:26. > :21:31.our best shop. I am confident both men will share a common goal in
:21:31. > :21:33.made - automatic promotion. As we check on the weekend fixtures,
:21:33. > :21:37.Bristol Rovers Football Club have submitted a planning application
:21:37. > :21:41.for a new stadium in South Gloucestershire. It would have a
:21:41. > :21:43.capacity of almost 22,000 and be on land next to the University of the
:21:43. > :21:45.West of England's Frenchay Campus. The scheme also depends on
:21:45. > :21:48.Sainsbury's getting planning permission from Bristol City
:21:48. > :21:50.Council for a new supermarket on the current Memorial Stadium Site.
:21:50. > :22:00.That planning application is expected to be submitted in April
:22:00. > :22:05.
:22:05. > :22:07.Now to racing, and the story which has dominated the build up to next
:22:07. > :22:12.week's Cheltneham Festival. Will twice winner of the Gold Cup Kauto
:22:12. > :22:15.Star be fit to race next week. Tonight at Wincanton he was given a
:22:15. > :22:23.racecourse run - a fitness test to see if he has recovered
:22:23. > :22:27.sufficiently from a fall in training a fortnight ago. Champion
:22:27. > :22:31.Trainer Paul Nicholls was on hand to see him in action just about an
:22:31. > :22:34.hour ago. Owner Clive Smith was also there and says a decision on
:22:34. > :22:44.whether Kauto Star goes for a third Gold Cup triumph will be made on
:22:44. > :22:46.
:22:46. > :22:52.Monday. Kick-off here is about an hour away. The players are warming
:22:52. > :23:02.up. Danny, you will not be plain, but you will be showing us your
:23:02. > :23:02.
:23:02. > :23:09.athletic prowess this weekend? I am running in deep Bath Half to
:23:09. > :23:16.raise money for cancer. It is different from what I normally do,
:23:16. > :23:21.but it should be fun. Good luck and I believe that you have more
:23:21. > :23:24.information on the Bath Half? Bath's Half Marathon is due to take
:23:24. > :23:27.place this Sunday. Around 10,000 runners will negotiate two laps
:23:27. > :23:30.around the city in what is one of the first running events in the
:23:30. > :23:38.calendar year. The Bath Half raises tens of thousands of pounds for
:23:38. > :23:43.charities and joining me now is one of the race directors Andrew Taylor.
:23:43. > :23:49.What sort of support have you got this year? It is going to be a
:23:49. > :23:52.fantastic race. I must correct you on the fund raising. It is �1.5
:23:52. > :24:02.million a race every year. That is an enormous amount of money, isn't
:24:02. > :24:04.
:24:04. > :24:11.it? Yes. We are very proud of it. think we have got a weak macro so
:24:11. > :24:21.people can come out and chippy prolonged. -- route. So people can
:24:21. > :24:28.come out and cheer people on. People can see the runners coming
:24:28. > :24:33.round and a lot of local people come out. Bath has a great
:24:33. > :24:39.reputation for spectators. The runners always say that Bath gives
:24:39. > :24:48.them it fantastic welcome. I hope it all goes well.
:24:48. > :24:58.Also joining us is someone taking part in the marathon - Kathryn
:24:58. > :25:00.
:25:00. > :25:05.Smith. Tell us about why you are doing the wrong? I was previously
:25:05. > :25:10.diagnosed with a brain tumour cell whilst I was in America. I had to
:25:10. > :25:20.have emergency surgery and then got meningitis. What will happen to the
:25:20. > :25:23.
:25:23. > :25:29.money you raised? It will go towards Headway's charity. It will
:25:29. > :25:33.help people get back on that beach. Are you feeling fit? I am. You are
:25:33. > :25:43.an inspiration. Thank you for coming in, and let us hope you do
:25:43. > :25:43.
:25:43. > :25:53.it in good time at the weekend. I do myself, but I'm bone idle! Or
:25:53. > :25:57.
:25:57. > :26:02.And now for the weather. -- and now for the weather.
:26:02. > :26:08.Extensive cloud cover tonight. Tomorrow, less so for many of you.
:26:08. > :26:17.Similar story for Sunday as well. It will be mild and dry. That is
:26:17. > :26:26.the outlook for the Bath Half. High pressure has been building through
:26:26. > :26:36.the Bay of Biscay. It dominates over the weekend. There will be
:26:36. > :26:42.
:26:42. > :26:52.little changed at the beginning of next week. -- little changed. There
:26:52. > :27:02.
:27:02. > :27:12.will be a lot of cloud tonight and into tomorrow. It will not be a
:27:12. > :27:17.
:27:17. > :27:21.cold night. Tomorrow, coastal fog, especially around Bridgewater Bay.