:00:11. > :00:19.Good evening and welcome to BBC Points West. Our headlines tonight:
:00:19. > :00:23.A big upset at Cheltenham, as Kauto Star is pulled out of the Gold Cup.
:00:23. > :00:31.We're not going to make any rush decision. He's a tremendous horse.
:00:32. > :00:34.Ruby's done well for him today, and that's what I asked him to do.
:00:34. > :00:37.tonight, a proud turnout - Warminster waves farewell to the
:00:37. > :00:40.troops heading to the war zone where seven of their colleagues
:00:40. > :00:50.were killed. And could he be a winner 24 years after his Olympic
:00:50. > :00:53.
:00:53. > :00:55.disaster? We go training with Eddie Good evening. The final day of the
:00:55. > :01:00.Cheltenham festival was one of triumph and disappointment for the
:01:00. > :01:04.West, as a new Gold Cup winner was crowned. Jonjo O'Neill, so
:01:04. > :01:08.successful as a jockey, was today's winning trainer. But Kauto Star
:01:08. > :01:18.couldn't make it round the course. David Passmore was there to watch
:01:18. > :01:20.
:01:20. > :01:25.the drama unfold. Drama aplenty, twists and turns
:01:25. > :01:29.throughout this festival, particularly today. Synchronised
:01:29. > :01:36.won the top prize in the sport. Jonjo O'Neill said he did not think
:01:36. > :01:42.his horse would overturn the two big favourites. He trains about 10
:01:43. > :01:51.miles from here. We will be reporting from the pub opposite the
:01:51. > :01:57.stables later. But first, to the story of the day, which saw so many
:01:57. > :02:07.of Kauto Star's fans arriving hoping for a fairy tale.
:02:07. > :02:08.
:02:08. > :02:12.All day the talk had been of Kauto Star. Kauto Star, all away. Could
:02:12. > :02:17.he defy these years and win her third gold Cup? He looked fit as
:02:17. > :02:23.ever as he headed out for or what will almost certainly be the last
:02:23. > :02:29.race of his career. Jockey Ruby Walsh said he felt something was
:02:29. > :02:39.wrong as Kauto Star stretched at the 7th. People Tim up after the
:02:39. > :02:39.
:02:39. > :02:49.8th. -- he called him up. Synchronise went on to win. Trained
:02:49. > :02:51.
:02:51. > :02:54.by Jonjo O'Neill. Just to get it right on the day was fantastic. He
:02:54. > :03:02.wasn't right for a while. He just happened to be coming right at the
:03:02. > :03:08.last 10 days. The last week we were getting more confident. He was like
:03:08. > :03:14.a flower ready to bloom. He bloomed on the day. Synchronised, ridden by
:03:14. > :03:22.A P McCoy, went on to win, while Kauto Star walk back. I would not
:03:22. > :03:26.have run him unless he had gone through all the tests. You still
:03:26. > :03:33.cannot replicate the pressure of arrays. Ruby did exactly right. He
:03:33. > :03:37.knows it. He did exactly the right thing. Be it was so sad when there
:03:37. > :03:43.were coming over the last fence and Kauto Star was walking up year. I
:03:43. > :03:49.could have cried. At least he is back safe. Hopefully, a long
:03:49. > :03:56.retirement. In a way I was pleased he was safe. It was disappointing
:03:57. > :04:05.but at the end of the day it is a phenomenal horse. I want to wish
:04:05. > :04:12.him all the very best. As one great career appears to be over this
:04:12. > :04:16.evening, another champion has been crowned.
:04:16. > :04:22.Trainers work for many years to prepare a champion. Those we live
:04:22. > :04:29.near the stables get attached to the animals. When success comes,
:04:29. > :04:34.celebrations and Sue. We report from the pub close to Jonjo
:04:34. > :04:42.O'Neill's stables. The Plough Inn, inextricably linked
:04:42. > :04:50.with Jonjo O'Neill training yard. It is just across the road. Racing
:04:50. > :04:56.on through -- runs through the DNA here. Jonjo O'Neill puts a lot of
:04:56. > :05:03.work into these horses. To have that comment -- come back to the
:05:03. > :05:08.Cotswolds, great. Thrillers to base. I am delighted to be here. --
:05:08. > :05:18.thrilled to bits. Really good for the pub had really good for the
:05:18. > :05:20.
:05:20. > :05:26.area. How much did you have on Synchronised? �10 each way. Some
:05:26. > :05:34.very happy people. Craig, what does it mean having Synchronised as a
:05:34. > :05:38.local winner? It is fantastic. Next to the Grand National, win the Gold
:05:38. > :05:44.Cup, it's fabulous. How do you think Jonjo will be feeling?
:05:44. > :05:50.will be in top form. All the staff were watching it. They were so
:05:50. > :05:56.delighted. All that hard work has paid off. Celebrations to write?
:05:56. > :06:02.would say definitely! Do you think Jonjo were being? He will be on his
:06:02. > :06:06.way home. Hopefully he will call in Bikey did after the Grand National.
:06:06. > :06:16.As Synchronised settles into his stables, he was surely hear the
:06:16. > :06:21.celebrations for his famous win I am now joined by the managing
:06:21. > :06:27.director here, Edward Gillespie. Terrific win for John Joe?
:06:27. > :06:32.Wonderful. He just trains up the road. I have known him for 30 years.
:06:32. > :06:37.On top of the Grand National, to win the Gold Cup, the emotion was
:06:37. > :06:43.all over the place. I feel so pleased for him and his family.
:06:43. > :06:48.Contrasting emotions for the Paul Nicholls camp? Such his horse
:06:48. > :06:54.racing. The applause the crowd gave him when he pulled up and came back
:06:54. > :07:00.in... They will take their time. We may yet see him again. A terrific
:07:00. > :07:04.career? Yes, he has brought a whole generation to the sport. You can
:07:04. > :07:10.see people in scarves, people in the chorus. Perhaps we will see
:07:10. > :07:14.more of him. Five fatalities on the opening days. What action would you
:07:14. > :07:19.be taking? There will be individually looked at by the
:07:20. > :07:24.authorities to see if there is a any link it. It is difficult for
:07:24. > :07:29.people to understand and take. We have to buy into that. Hopefully we
:07:29. > :07:35.can move forward. Can you do anything? You have moved fences in
:07:35. > :07:40.the past? We work very closely with the trainers, the veteran -- the
:07:40. > :07:45.Becks etc. We work to make sure the sport is as safe as possible.
:07:45. > :07:51.have record figures for today? had 70,000 for the first time. We
:07:51. > :07:56.had just under 70,000 in 2004. Wonderful conditions. Everybody
:07:57. > :08:01.enjoyed themselves. Hopefully they will eventually get home safely.
:08:01. > :08:07.few people seem to be taken quite a long time to get out of here. It
:08:07. > :08:11.has been another amazing four days. A roller-coaster ride. For another
:08:11. > :08:14.year, back to you guys. 400 soldiers from 3rd Battalion,
:08:14. > :08:17.the Yorkshire Regiment, have taken part in a farewell parade through
:08:17. > :08:23.Warminster this morning, as they prepare for a tour of duty in
:08:23. > :08:26.Afghanistan. It's just over a week since five members from the
:08:26. > :08:29.regiment, along with a soldier from the 1st Battalion, the Duke of
:08:29. > :08:38.Lancaster's Regiment, were killed in an explosion during a routine
:08:38. > :08:40.Barely any standing room to spare. Seemingly the whole town of
:08:40. > :08:45.Warminster was here to wave on troops from the Yorkshire Regiment
:08:45. > :08:48.as they prepare for Afghanistan. For the schools here, this is a
:08:48. > :08:58.chance to support the people they see on their streets every single
:08:58. > :09:03.
:09:03. > :09:09.day. They waved flags and cheered them past. It is amazing. Everybody
:09:09. > :09:18.has turned out for them. The support the town has shown is
:09:18. > :09:21.fantastic. You just hope and pray they come back safe and sound.
:09:21. > :09:24.was 10 days ago that a bomb buried by the roadside in Afghanistan
:09:24. > :09:33.killed the most British soldiers in one blast since the war began there
:09:33. > :09:38.a decade ago. The amount of people who came to watch today shows you
:09:38. > :09:43.that this is a town with unusually close ties to its military.
:09:43. > :09:49.Everyone you speak to, Egan knows somebody who works in the barracks
:09:49. > :09:53.or is part of a military family. This is a nervous time for the
:09:53. > :10:00.loved ones staying behind. I was worried before. Now this is
:10:00. > :10:08.happening, it is even more worrying. Prince Andrew came to support the
:10:08. > :10:11.service. Not of remembrance but a pre-deployment parade. The people
:10:11. > :10:20.here are hoping all these soldiers return home when their tour ends
:10:20. > :10:24.next year. We look forward to seeing them all back home. You're
:10:24. > :10:34.watching BBC Points West. Still to come, a full weather forecast for
:10:34. > :10:42.
:10:42. > :10:44.the weekend. And The Eagle gets in Four more people have today
:10:44. > :10:49.admitted mistreating or neglecting vulnerable adults at the
:10:49. > :10:53.Winterbourne View hospital near Bristol. Three former support
:10:53. > :10:57.workers appeared at Bristol Crown Court this morning. Graham Doyle
:10:57. > :11:00.admitted ill treating the same patient seven times. Danny Brake,
:11:00. > :11:05.on the left, pleaded guilty to two counts of mistreatment, as did
:11:05. > :11:10.Jason Gardiner. A former nurse at the hospital, Sookalingum Appoo,
:11:10. > :11:15.admitted neglecting one patient on three occasions. There will be
:11:15. > :11:18.another hearing for the four remaining defendants after Easter.
:11:18. > :11:20.Health experts in Swindon say the number of people being admitted to
:11:20. > :11:27.hospital having taking so-called legal highs, is reaching worrying
:11:28. > :11:31.levels. In five months last year, they had nearly 50 cases of people
:11:31. > :11:40.being hospitalised, suffering the after-effects of substance abuse.
:11:41. > :11:45.Stuart Tinworth reports. They are just a mouse click away,
:11:45. > :11:49.available on the internet and on street corners. Today we did not
:11:49. > :11:53.have to look far to find people who had bad experiences on an legal
:11:53. > :12:02.highs. It makes you feel as if you're in a completely different
:12:02. > :12:10.world. It messed me up. I was up for four days. To buy the 4th day I
:12:10. > :12:17.was seeing things. Little things. I have done it a couple of times.
:12:17. > :12:24.is thought the products, often cut with harmful substances, are being
:12:24. > :12:27.bought bought and sold in the town. The first case was seen at the
:12:27. > :12:36.Great Western Hospital in August. By December, the hospital had seen
:12:36. > :12:41.48. Now staff say they are seeing on average three people a week.
:12:41. > :12:46.Their come in with a jerky thrashing, arms and legs. They can
:12:46. > :12:54.start having muscle breakdown. That can cause liver failure, kidney
:12:54. > :13:00.failure. In some cases patients have died. The Government have
:13:00. > :13:06.cracked down on illegal substances. But it is a cat-and-mouse game.
:13:06. > :13:10.Dealers respond by simply tweaking formulas to get around the law.
:13:11. > :13:16.Legal do not mean legal and they do not mean safe. We are getting more
:13:16. > :13:19.information through. We have got an absolute commitment because of the
:13:19. > :13:25.harm this causes to ensure that availability is stamped out within
:13:25. > :13:31.Swindon. That is a message police hope will get through before legal
:13:31. > :13:35.Deaf people are being denied fair access to health services according
:13:35. > :13:37.to a doctor from Bath. In a report published today in the medical
:13:37. > :13:40.journal, The Lancet, Dr Andrew Alexander from the Royal United
:13:40. > :13:50.Hospital says people's experiences can be distressing, and at worst,
:13:50. > :13:53.
:13:53. > :13:56.Just imagine what it is like to be profoundly deaf. This is going to
:13:56. > :14:06.be your experience of most conversations.
:14:06. > :14:07.
:14:07. > :14:10.MUTE SOUND. Now even if you can lip read, you're likely to only have
:14:10. > :14:12.interpreted a third of that. So just imagine the difficulties of
:14:13. > :14:15.coming somewhere like the hospital to have an important medical
:14:15. > :14:18.discussion. Graham MacLellen from Corsham is one of 70,000 people in
:14:19. > :14:21.the country registered as profoundly deaf from birth. Here at
:14:22. > :14:26.the RUH the in Bath, the hospital has arranged a British sign
:14:26. > :14:29.language interpreter for him. But you might be surprised to know that
:14:29. > :14:38.many hospitals and GPs in the country still don't offer the same
:14:38. > :14:44.level of service for deaf people. How difficult is it coming and what
:14:44. > :14:47.hospital situation or talking to the GP. It can be a big problem for
:14:47. > :14:50.deaf people, because they can't get an interpreter they might be put
:14:50. > :14:53.off visiting their GP for several weeks, and their health can become
:14:53. > :14:55.much worse. Dr Alexander, a consultant at the RUH, knows the
:14:56. > :15:00.difficulties only too well. One of his daughters is profoundly deaf.
:15:01. > :15:03.He has done much to improve the situation locally. 250 staff have
:15:04. > :15:06.now had basic sign language training at the RUH, and an online
:15:06. > :15:10.interpreter can be accessed in emergencies. But he's co-authored
:15:10. > :15:19.the report in the Lancet to give a wake up call to the health
:15:19. > :15:25.profession as a whole. 30% of deaf patients actually avoid going to
:15:25. > :15:29.see their GP because of the difficulties involved in making the
:15:29. > :15:35.appointment. And even once they have fixed the appointment, the
:15:35. > :15:39.poor communication in the consultation. Graham is one of the
:15:39. > :15:45.lucky few to access the service - the next step is to make it happen
:15:45. > :15:48.everywhere in the country. Press freedom is the subject of a
:15:48. > :15:54.debate in Bristol tonight. Christopher Jefferies will be on
:15:54. > :15:59.the panel. It is happening in the city centre. They will be
:15:59. > :16:07.discussing potential changes in the light of the Leveson Inquiry.
:16:07. > :16:11.Listening to it, Lord Hunt. I have come to listen and to learn. I have
:16:11. > :16:16.been charged with setting up and new regulatory structure, which
:16:16. > :16:20.seeks to combine a freedom of the press and responsibility, and
:16:20. > :16:26.acting in the public interest. We have to learn from what has
:16:26. > :16:35.happened in the past and move forward. We will have a report from
:16:35. > :16:38.the debate in the late news. It's the Budget next week, and the
:16:38. > :16:41.queue of people asking for more government help is growing. With
:16:41. > :16:44.more people than ever out of work, and many firms still struggling to
:16:44. > :16:47.make money, what can the Chancellor do to help? With the first of a
:16:47. > :16:54.series of special reports, here's our Business Correspondent Dave
:16:54. > :17:00.Harvey. The Chancellor's famous red box.
:17:00. > :17:05.Inside we may find a tax cut for petrol and diesel. Something for
:17:05. > :17:10.pensioners? May be a sweetener for small businesses. The one thing
:17:10. > :17:13.that would make everything -- everybody a little richer is that
:17:14. > :17:18.magic economically medicine to get the economy moving again. The
:17:18. > :17:23.Government has cut its own spending dramatically. Some say it is
:17:23. > :17:32.hurting too much. I have been to Somerset to meet a woman called up
:17:32. > :17:38.in the cuts. -- caught up. This is a small market town full of
:17:38. > :17:44.families. Somerset County Council are cutting 1500 jobs. It will
:17:44. > :17:54.affect the local economy. Benitez one of those 1500 people. She is
:17:54. > :17:55.
:17:55. > :17:59.not after sympathy. She argues the cuts have a wider impact. People's
:17:59. > :18:05.pockets are empty. They are not going to the local shops. There is
:18:05. > :18:12.no money to spend. It has affected everyone. Energy prices, petrol
:18:12. > :18:18.prices... It has really affected us. Like thousands of others laid off
:18:18. > :18:25.by the Government, and Dita has set up on her own. I decided I would
:18:25. > :18:32.become a dance teacher and I have opened a local dance school. There
:18:32. > :18:35.is no help. The Government says there is help, that they will help
:18:35. > :18:44.small businesses like mine. I cannot find that kind of help.
:18:44. > :18:48.There isn't any. I understand it is very difficult out there. There are
:18:48. > :18:55.no handouts. There is no help from the Government for this kind of
:18:55. > :19:00.enterprise. I'll just stick at it and do it by myself. How many like
:19:00. > :19:06.her or around their? In the south- west, 6000 private jobs were
:19:06. > :19:14.created last year in three months. In the same quarter, 37,000 jobs
:19:14. > :19:19.were closed in the public-sector. In other words, six people laid off
:19:19. > :19:24.and looking for work for every person who sets up the wrong
:19:24. > :19:27.business. You can see a special debate on Monday evening at five
:19:27. > :19:29.past 11. Sport, and away from the Cheltenham
:19:29. > :19:32.festival football's promotion and relegation issues are starting to
:19:32. > :19:35.take shape. All the weekend's fixtures are coming across the
:19:36. > :19:39.screen now. Bristol City, who are just above the Championship
:19:39. > :19:45.relegation zone after their defeat to Cardiff, are away to bottom club
:19:45. > :19:50.Portsmouth. City's last away win was down on the south coast -
:19:50. > :19:53.against leaders Southampton - three months ago. And in rugby there's a
:19:53. > :19:56.weekend off for Gloucester and Bath, but Bristol play their first home
:19:56. > :19:59.game in the Championship playoffs. They're top of their group after
:19:59. > :20:02.comfortably winning their opening match against Doncaster. But coach
:20:02. > :20:11.Liam Middleton believes Sunday's game against London Welsh will be a
:20:11. > :20:15.considerable step up in quality. A dog in Somerset who fell 30 feet
:20:15. > :20:23.down a mine shaft and was missing for nine days has been reunited
:20:23. > :20:28.with her owner. Pepper was chasing a rabbit when she fell down the
:20:28. > :20:33.hole on a walk in Sandford. Despite searches taking place every day,
:20:33. > :20:35.the colllie was nowhere to be seen. A team from the Four Paws Rescue
:20:35. > :20:39.charity in Wales finally located the dog after they heard faint
:20:39. > :20:49.barking in a nearby wood. Pepper survived by drinking water from the
:20:49. > :20:54.
:20:54. > :20:57.bottom of the shaft. They should call him lucky. It's 24 years since
:20:57. > :21:00.he plummeted to fame in the Calgary Olympics. But now Eddie the Eagle
:21:00. > :21:03.Edwards has won the hearts of a whole new generation with his
:21:03. > :21:07.spectacular performance as Austin Powers in Let's Dance for Sport
:21:07. > :21:13.Relief. He made it through the heats, and tomorrow night will be
:21:14. > :21:16.taking to the stage for the live final. With just 24 hours till the
:21:17. > :21:26.dance off, Imogen Sellers went up to the Elstree studios where Eddie
:21:27. > :21:29.
:21:29. > :21:34.was polishing off his routine in This is where the magic happens,
:21:34. > :21:38.behind these raid doors of the George Lucas stage at Elstree. It
:21:38. > :21:43.is here that the final of Plett stands for Sport Relief will be
:21:43. > :21:47.filmed on Saturday night. -- Let's Dance for Sport Relief. Eddie the
:21:47. > :21:52.Eagle Edwards is in the final. I'm here to find out how his last-
:21:52. > :21:56.minute rehearsals are going. Compared to plummeting down the
:21:56. > :22:02.mountain at one round and six mph, a dance routine should be a breeze.
:22:02. > :22:07.But this is clearly very hard work. That is because Eddie the Eagle put
:22:07. > :22:12.his heart and soul into everything he does. That is probably why it is
:22:12. > :22:18.hard not to love him. Eddie is absolutely amazing to work with. He
:22:18. > :22:25.is a gentleman, patient, hard working. He lost to sweat. He has
:22:25. > :22:30.been lovely. Everyone loves him. I am so glad he has got to the finals.
:22:30. > :22:35.He with the countdown on to Saturday night's final, Eddie and
:22:35. > :22:41.his choreographer and making sure he is stepped perfect. I want to
:22:41. > :22:45.make it better if I can. I am relying on Richard and Ali to
:22:45. > :22:52.pinpoint different things. Now I know more or less the routine, it
:22:52. > :22:57.is getting the mannerisms and the quirkiness and working on that. I
:22:57. > :23:02.think it can be better. In trying to get it even better for the final.
:23:02. > :23:07.With a career that has ranged from Olympic ski jumping to building and
:23:07. > :23:11.plastering, and studying for a law degree, any hopes his new-found
:23:11. > :23:15.talent for Danns could lead to other things. I have never refused
:23:15. > :23:20.a job yet. I am looking forward to seeing what happens in the future.
:23:20. > :23:26.I think we will see one stages of the country, Eddie! He sailed
:23:27. > :23:32.through the heats. And as his days as an Olympic competitor may have
:23:32. > :23:37.earned him the title of our greatest ever loser, will Saturday-
:23:37. > :23:47.night finally turn him into a champion? We may yet see the Eagle
:23:47. > :23:52.fly. I think he is absolutely brilliant. He is a nice bloke. I've
:23:52. > :24:02.told him of those moves myself. He has got more rhythm and U! It would
:24:02. > :24:03.
:24:03. > :24:06.It has been a very difficult week for gardeners with the dry weather,
:24:06. > :24:11.and for a weather forecasters. Difficult to pinpoint where we are
:24:11. > :24:16.going to get the breaks in the cloud. Today there were none. A
:24:17. > :24:22.very grey day. Quite chilly. It is all going to change for the weekend.
:24:22. > :24:27.We have got high pressure pushing to the east. That is allowing these
:24:27. > :24:35.weather fronts to push and from the West. At changing fortunes over the
:24:35. > :24:42.weekend. Some wet weather and as well. Lots of sunshine. Also, some
:24:42. > :24:49.showers. For tonight, that is where we will start to see the changes.
:24:49. > :24:55.It will be cloudy and try for the first part of the night. Rain over
:24:55. > :25:05.the hills of Wales overnight. Tonight, the last of the mire at
:25:05. > :25:10.night. Temperatures ranging from between seven degrees to 11. I grey
:25:10. > :25:18.and drizzly start. We start to say goodbye to that front in the
:25:18. > :25:26.morning. Behind that, we will see the perfect April day. Lots of
:25:26. > :25:35.sunshine and showers. The showers hit-and-miss. The lots of sunshine
:25:35. > :25:41.around. Feeling slightly fresher. 12 degrees. Saturday night will
:25:41. > :25:46.feel really quite cold. Clearing skies. Some showers. Temperatures
:25:46. > :25:53.dropping to between one and three Celsius in the towns and cities.
:25:53. > :26:03.Elsewhere, we will see a touch of frost in rural spot. First Sunday,
:26:03. > :26:05.
:26:05. > :26:11.Mother's Day, more of the same sort of story. Sunshine and showers.
:26:11. > :26:14.Sunday night looking very cold. One degree only in the towns and cities.
:26:14. > :26:18.We are going to seek a widespread We are going to seek a widespread
:26:18. > :26:21.frost. Well that's just about it from us, as another year's
:26:21. > :26:24.Cheltenham Festival comes to a close. It's been a week filled with
:26:24. > :26:27.drama, incident, and local victories in most of the biggest
:26:27. > :26:30.races - although not always the horse you might have wanted or