:00:13. > :00:16.Good evening and welcome to BBC Points West. Our headlines tonight
:00:16. > :00:26.- back treading the boards - a return to work for a young dancer
:00:26. > :00:27.
:00:27. > :00:31.who was beaten so badly they thought he wouldn't walk again. No
:00:31. > :00:34.big jumps at the moment, but it's getting there. Smokers cough up an
:00:34. > :00:40.extra 37 pence a pack, but will they turn to cheaper, illegal
:00:40. > :00:43.brands? A bump in the road, there's an app for that. How your mobile
:00:43. > :00:53.could help repair the potholes. And, getting ready for Wembley - Swindon
:00:53. > :00:58.is hoping to decorate the Trophy Room with the Johnstone's Paint Cup.
:00:58. > :01:06.I'm really excited. Can't wait. First time going to Wembley. Cannot
:01:06. > :01:09.wait. Good evening. First tonight, the remarkable recovery of a young
:01:09. > :01:12.dancer who was savagely attacked on a night out last year. It was
:01:12. > :01:17.feared Jack Widdowson, from Bath, may never walk again, as his spine
:01:17. > :01:20.was badly damaged. But doctors say he's making great progress, not
:01:20. > :01:30.only walking but starting ballet moves again. Our reporter, Lizzie
:01:30. > :01:32.
:01:32. > :01:37.Way, was with him, as he returned to his old dance school. Last year
:01:37. > :01:43.this scene was unimagine yablg. Unable to move from the neck down -
:01:43. > :01:48.- unimaginable. Unable to move from the neck down, the chances of
:01:48. > :01:52.walking again, not even dancing, but he began to sit up and walk and
:01:52. > :01:56.slowly but surely to dance. He's teaching a routine that he's
:01:56. > :02:01.written but cannot yet perform, but that day is not far away. He's
:02:01. > :02:07.working towards dancing again and making progress. I did a full
:02:07. > :02:11.ballet class yesterday, but it went pear shaped to the end. Then when
:02:12. > :02:19.we got to turns, they were all right, but I'm only doing singles.
:02:19. > :02:23.I can do a double, but I don't know, I think I will get into bad habits.
:02:23. > :02:29.Obviously, big jumps at the moment aren't too great, but it's getting
:02:29. > :02:34.there. For Jack his life has always been about dance and with the help
:02:34. > :02:42.of his old school, it will be once again. It's a miracle to see him
:02:42. > :02:46.looking so fit and well and I think he is an inspiration, but he always
:02:46. > :02:49.was. His work ethic and professionalism and creativity as a
:02:49. > :02:54.choreographer, they are used to working with him and to see him
:02:54. > :02:58.come back and pick it up has been really special. What makes such a
:02:58. > :03:03.difference to Jack's recovery where his family were able to get
:03:03. > :03:07.involved in the flexibility and movement progress. So much so
:03:07. > :03:12.they've launched their own charity, which will work with medical
:03:12. > :03:16.authorities to help ensure there is early intervention in dancers'
:03:16. > :03:21.recovery. Jack's aim is to return to his dance company in Switzerland
:03:21. > :03:31.by the end of the summer. For now, one student today summed it up.
:03:31. > :03:31.
:03:32. > :03:41.Have you heard, Jack's back. Good for you. So thrilled you are
:03:42. > :03:44.
:03:44. > :03:48.recovering well. Officers were called to this house in Bath in
:03:48. > :03:50.Meadgate. Teams carried out an investigation and several items
:03:50. > :04:00.were removed. Officers are describing the death of the mother
:04:00. > :04:04.
:04:04. > :04:08.of two as unexplained. Smokers across the west have been stumping
:04:08. > :04:11.up an extra 37 pence for a packet of cigarettes today following the
:04:11. > :04:14.Budget. The rise has been less than popular with some in Bristol, a
:04:14. > :04:17.city which was partially built on tobacco and still has more than its
:04:17. > :04:20.fair share of smokers. But some people are worried the rise will
:04:20. > :04:30.encourage people to smoke cheap illegal brands, which are even more
:04:30. > :04:30.
:04:30. > :04:35.dangerous. Sarah Jane Bungay reports. Stephen buys cheap tobacco.
:04:35. > :04:39.It would be a big struggle, because the prices are ridiculous.
:04:39. > :04:46.Bristol's history is entwined with the industry. It was one of the
:04:46. > :04:50.major employers here at the turn of the 20th century. Until the 1980's
:04:50. > :04:55.Imperial Tobacco offered free cigarettes to employees. The
:04:55. > :04:59.previous ledge of smokers here has been linked to that legacy. One in
:04:59. > :05:02.four people living in Bristol enjoy a smoke. That's a significantly
:05:02. > :05:07.higher percentage than across the south-west as a whole. One in five
:05:07. > :05:13.smokers are thought to have used illegal tobacco or cigarettes.
:05:13. > :05:17.worry is that people will end up buying cheap counterfeit cigarettes
:05:17. > :05:20.and people have no idea what's in them. These are coming into the
:05:21. > :05:24.country by their millions and many end up in the hands of children,
:05:24. > :05:28.because criminal gangs don't care who they sell to. They are quite
:05:28. > :05:34.happy to sell to teenagers. those trying to win the anti-
:05:34. > :05:37.smoking battle, that argument is a distraction. Big tobacco say that
:05:37. > :05:41.the evidence is poor, so in countries like Spain and Italy,
:05:41. > :05:44.where they have the lowest taxation, they've had some of the biggest
:05:44. > :05:49.smuggling problems, so I wouldn't be worried about that. The
:05:49. > :05:55.Chancellor could always rebalance it. I think it is shroud waving and
:05:55. > :05:57.not really a true risk. There's a gaggle of smokers outside this pub.
:05:57. > :06:04.Mr Osborne's financial penalty was convincing some to think about
:06:04. > :06:12.trying to quit. I've always wanted to over an amount of years.
:06:12. > :06:18.Particularly now it's gone up so much. Not very happy. I may have to
:06:18. > :06:23.give it up. Because of the cost? Yeah. Basically, that's what it is,
:06:23. > :06:33.cost. The rise in the cost of tobacco has been labelled as sin
:06:33. > :06:46.
:06:46. > :06:52.tax by some, but of course not everyone wants to be saved. There
:06:52. > :06:56.are questions about the new hospital in the area, and we have
:06:56. > :07:03.this report. The brand new �45 million hospital for south Bristol.
:07:03. > :07:07.It took decades of campaigning to get it built, now -- but now before
:07:07. > :07:13.it has treated the first patient this academic and GP is raising
:07:13. > :07:18.questions about whether it will be fully used. It provides a range of
:07:18. > :07:22.services, but some will be hiefd off by competition and that will --
:07:22. > :07:26.hiveed off by competition and that will affect rural areas. Patients
:07:26. > :07:31.will have more choice about where they're treated and that could mean
:07:31. > :07:37.the private sector. NHS hospitals like this new community one in
:07:37. > :07:43.south Bristol will be competing for �60 billion worth of funding, held
:07:43. > :07:47.by the new GP commissioning groups. For someone with heart disease,
:07:47. > :07:51.really there will be a growing need for general practice and hospitals
:07:51. > :07:59.to work together, but the bill by introducing competition will bring
:07:59. > :08:04.in many providers actually reverses that. I think potentially it takes
:08:04. > :08:09.back the progress that the NHS has made over decades. He's ot the only
:08:09. > :08:14.one concerned. -- not the only one concerned. They are not listening
:08:14. > :08:17.to the people who voted them and it makes us angry. This woman voted in
:08:18. > :08:24.favour of most reforms, even though campaigners warned it would lose
:08:24. > :08:29.her support. They've made sure that people who are private providers if
:08:29. > :08:32.they want to do NHS patients, they will get the NHS rate. That's quite
:08:32. > :08:38.right. They shouldn't be able to make a profit. They won't get more
:08:38. > :08:43.money than the NHS gets. All they do is offer more opportunity for
:08:43. > :08:48.treatment and more choice for people to have treatment and faster.
:08:48. > :08:52.The hospital opens its doors for business next month. How much
:08:52. > :08:59.business there will be though depends on the choices patients and
:08:59. > :09:02.GPs now make. Well, a short while ago I spoke to the Health Minister,
:09:02. > :09:12.Simon Burns, and asked him if the new hospital was being undermined
:09:12. > :09:12.
:09:12. > :09:16.by the NHS reforms. No, not at all, because doctors, with consultations
:09:16. > :09:20.with their patients, will determine, as they do now, which provider is
:09:20. > :09:24.going to provide the care. If the hospital that you are taking about,
:09:24. > :09:29.I'm sure it's a first-class NHS hospital, and patients will want to
:09:29. > :09:34.go there, then they'll choose it with their GP. If the GPs don't
:09:34. > :09:39.refer there, then what happens to it? Well, it will be up to the
:09:39. > :09:43.patient to exercise their choice as to where they want to go for their
:09:43. > :09:47.treatment. Obviously in consultation with their GPs. If the
:09:47. > :09:53.hospital, which I'm sure it will be, is providing first-class care for
:09:53. > :09:56.patients, then they will want to go to their local community hospital,
:09:56. > :10:03.where they leave. -- live. There is nothing to stop an NHS hospital
:10:03. > :10:09.going bust if it doesn't get enough patients? The fact is, though, that
:10:09. > :10:12.that situation will not arise, because you'll not see almost
:10:12. > :10:17.certainly full-blown district general hospitals in the private
:10:17. > :10:21.sector providing the whole range of care and treatment that NHS
:10:21. > :10:26.hospitals do and the private sector is not allowed, under the
:10:27. > :10:30.legislation to cherry-pick services, to precisely stop them from taking
:10:30. > :10:38.work from the NHS that is the work that generates income rather than
:10:38. > :10:42.the more difficult and expensive treatments. Thank you very much.
:10:42. > :10:45.We'll talk about health much more on the Sunday Politics this weekend.
:10:45. > :10:52.You're watching Thursday's Points West with David and Alex. Coming Up
:10:52. > :10:59.- did the Budget hit the right note?
:10:59. > :11:06.# Let me take you down, because I'm going to It's got this accountant
:11:07. > :11:08.excited, but will the Chancellor's changes be music to your ears?... #
:11:08. > :11:18.Councillors in South Gloucestershire have notched up a
:11:18. > :11:22.first in the west, by voting to throw out the ruling Cabinet. There
:11:22. > :11:25.was a fiery debate last night, as the council decided to go back to a
:11:25. > :11:28.system of committees. Labour and the Liberal Democrats argued that
:11:28. > :11:38.sharing power among all 70 councillors is fairer and more
:11:38. > :11:39.
:11:39. > :11:47.democratic than being ruled by a small group of Conservatives. The
:11:47. > :11:53.new committees take charge in May. We weren't able to bring you the
:11:53. > :11:56.clip. As the dust settles on the Budget, ministers are claiming
:11:56. > :11:59.they've won the backing of big business. But here in the West
:11:59. > :12:02.Country, some smaller firms are telling a different story. Many of
:12:02. > :12:04.them are gathering tonight just outside Bristol to chew over the
:12:04. > :12:13.Chancellor's measures, and our business correspondent Dave Harvey
:12:13. > :12:16.is there for us. Dave, what are they complaining about? It's
:12:16. > :12:20.interesting, because although big business are interested in the
:12:20. > :12:24.double tax break on salaries and company profits, you come here and
:12:24. > :12:27.you get a different story. We have taxi drivers from Taunton and
:12:27. > :12:31.family builders. This is the HQ of the Chamber of Commerce and Phil
:12:31. > :12:37.Smith, you ran that. What is your problem with this so-called
:12:37. > :12:43.business friendly Budget? Overall we thought it was a neutral Budget.
:12:43. > :12:47.We are pleased he stuck to plan A, with the deficit and for big
:12:47. > :12:52.members, we are delighted they had a corporation tax cut, 30% over two
:12:52. > :12:55.years, it's a huge cut, but most of the members here aren't large
:12:56. > :13:01.companies. They don't pay corporation tax. They pay small
:13:01. > :13:07.companies tax. They haven't had any cut at all. Worse than that, they
:13:07. > :13:11.have 6% in uniform business rates starting next month, so overall not
:13:11. > :13:18.so good. We'll get an expert view from a tax accountant. Steve, the
:13:18. > :13:23.Government says it will cut loads out of tax loopholes. What do you
:13:23. > :13:26.reckon to that bringing in the money? They'll introduce a general
:13:26. > :13:31.anti-avoidance rule. They've done that in Canada, US and Australia
:13:31. > :13:36.and it hasn't worked there. I don't think it will work. They should
:13:36. > :13:40.concentrate on simplifying the rules so we all have a level
:13:41. > :13:44.playing field. Keep an eye on this man. He has a little trick up his
:13:44. > :13:47.sleeve. Whilst everyone talks, here entrepreneurs have been getting on
:13:47. > :13:57.with it. This place has been transformed this week as they
:13:57. > :14:07.
:14:07. > :14:12.search for a global export idea They come from all corners of the
:14:12. > :14:22.West Country. Their eyes set on new markets abroad. Everything from
:14:22. > :14:28.
:14:28. > :14:31.Entrepreneurs are people who run at brick walls and a lot of the time
:14:31. > :14:35.they go through them. They don't recognise the danger. They know
:14:35. > :14:45.that they have to be fully committed if they're going through
:14:45. > :14:55.the bricks. They often do that. are planning to launch in Japan
:14:55. > :14:57.
:14:57. > :14:59.while running an international underground launch. MUSIC Look out
:14:59. > :15:04.Japan, a brand new electronic musical instrument is coming your
:15:04. > :15:10.way. Watching and voting an audience of lawyers, investors,
:15:10. > :15:17.other exporters. And they know that when times are tough at home,
:15:17. > :15:24.export is the only way to grow. There are loads of parts of the
:15:24. > :15:29.world that are growing at the moment. China, India, Brazil,
:15:29. > :15:32.turkey, Russia and products like this are really if demand in those
:15:32. > :15:40.markets. A very difficult decision to make but I'm delighted to
:15:40. > :15:43.announce this third place My Carry Potty. And the winner, by a country
:15:43. > :15:53.mile, a young Bristolian planning a revolution in electronic music sof
:15:53. > :15:55.
:15:55. > :15:59.don't be fooled. You are probably better than me really. I just
:15:59. > :16:07.winged it. This is a young entrepreneur to watch, with a
:16:08. > :16:17.deceptively simple message. Business is about products that
:16:18. > :16:19.
:16:19. > :16:23.people want to buy. If you saw it in Ibiza, you saw him first here.
:16:23. > :16:26.Well, they say business is the new rock and roll and as if to prove it,
:16:26. > :16:29.we have a singing accountant! Steve Theaker, tax expert, has been
:16:29. > :16:31.entertaining the crowd here with a little ditty he wrote yesterday,
:16:31. > :16:41.inspired by the Chancellor, with apologies to John, Paul, George and
:16:41. > :16:45.
:16:45. > :16:51.Ringo. Take it away Steve. # Let me take you down because I'm
:16:51. > :16:59.going to HMRC # Nothing's tax free
:16:59. > :17:05.# And lots to get hung up about # Paying too much tax isn't
:17:05. > :17:09.clever... # Very good. This is the accountant who really knows his
:17:09. > :17:18.numbers. He's the tax man with the tracks, man! Shall I stop now?!
:17:19. > :17:22.What do you think? Yes! Dave, what would be very nice is a quick duet?
:17:22. > :17:30.We can do that. How long have you got? Hold it. That's all we've got
:17:31. > :17:34.time for. Back to us! Nice thought. Weigh saved you all. We move on to
:17:34. > :17:37.other news now. Bath Abbey is submitting plans for an �18 million
:17:37. > :17:42.development project. It wants to create a new choir school, meeting
:17:42. > :17:46.rooms and a more welcoming entrance. Most of the building work will be
:17:46. > :17:49.underground at the level of the vaults. Last year there was a
:17:49. > :17:56.series of archaeological digs at the Abbey in preparation for the
:17:56. > :17:59.work. A trial's starting in Bristol to try to end the problem of the
:17:59. > :18:04.pothole. We all know bumps in the road have damaged cars and bank
:18:05. > :18:14.balances for decades. But now 21st century technology's being used to
:18:15. > :18:24.
:18:24. > :18:28.try to tackle them, as Tracey Miller found out. Potholes,
:18:28. > :18:33.damaging your car, uncomfortable and dangerous. The latest weapon in
:18:33. > :18:37.the fight against potholes, your mobile phone. This is how it works
:18:37. > :18:41.- the application uses the most sensors of your mobile phone to
:18:41. > :18:45.measures bumps. While the GPS pinpoints where you are. The idea
:18:45. > :18:53.is that the data can be processed and give the council a pix tour of
:18:53. > :18:57.the state of the roads. -- picture of the state of the roads. This was
:18:57. > :19:01.developed in America by the Mayor of Boston's Office to monitor the
:19:01. > :19:06.streets of the city. I asked the developers what advantage this has
:19:06. > :19:10.over a simple phone call for complaint. This is giving our
:19:11. > :19:15.residents one more way in which to make neighbourhoods better. We
:19:15. > :19:19.think that for some using this app will be one way they can make their
:19:19. > :19:23.drive and the drives of their neighbours a little better each day.
:19:23. > :19:30.It would be trialed by Bristol council, before the public are
:19:30. > :19:33.invited to help with this. We have engaged with the city of Boston
:19:33. > :19:38.while setting ourselves up with the necessary software, so hopefully we
:19:38. > :19:42.should be up and ready to start the testing. Whichever way the potholes
:19:42. > :19:50.are found, it will still rely on the skills of Andy and Roy to fix
:19:50. > :19:52.them. Well, if you think you've had a busy day imagine how this BBC
:19:52. > :19:56.Radio Bristol presenter's feeling. Ben Prater's been challenged to
:19:56. > :20:03.take part in 24 sports in 24 hours to help raise money for Sport
:20:03. > :20:06.Relief. So far he's had a go at American Football, ten-pin bowling,
:20:06. > :20:13.boxing and a rugby kicking competition. And he hasn't stopped
:20:13. > :20:22.there. This is the scene in the Radio Bristol studios right now
:20:22. > :20:26.where Ben is live on air, trying his hand at a spot of golf. If you
:20:26. > :20:30.want to support him you can, by texting the word BEN to 70011.
:20:30. > :20:33.Texts cost �1 plus your standard message rate. For all the terms and
:20:33. > :20:39.conditions just go to the BBC's Sport relief website. And of course
:20:39. > :20:42.it's all for good causes. One of the charities that's helped by
:20:42. > :20:44.Sport Relief is the Rework project in south Bristol. It helps
:20:45. > :20:54.unemployed people and youngsters with few qualifications by giving
:20:55. > :21:02.
:21:02. > :21:07.them work placements. Matthew Pick 17-year-old Jordan may not end up
:21:07. > :21:11.being a gardener, although he may end up growing his own food. Once a
:21:11. > :21:14.week he joins a small group to dig over and plant in back gardens in
:21:14. > :21:17.Knowle West. It's part of a bigger picture. To give youngsters some
:21:17. > :21:24.basic life skills and some valuable work experience being part of a
:21:24. > :21:29.team. I thought I was good at that. I thought it will be nice then, but
:21:29. > :21:32.there's a lot to it when you do realise it. These vegetables will
:21:32. > :21:36.then be distributed around the local community as part of the
:21:36. > :21:39.edible landscapes movement. Jordan is currently studying at a local
:21:39. > :21:42.college and readily admits that he needs to do all he can to put
:21:42. > :21:52.himself in the best possible position to find a job when he
:21:52. > :21:54.
:21:54. > :21:59.finishes his course. Yeah. I'm doing this to obviously help me. To
:21:59. > :22:01.help me get out there and get a job. And the money you have raised from
:22:02. > :22:08.Sport Relief helps to pay for an experienced gardener to come along
:22:08. > :22:14.and pass on some tips. A lot of the guys have been applying for lots of
:22:14. > :22:19.jobs. We can add just on their CVs as much as we can to try to give
:22:19. > :22:21.them that extra edge. It's not going to be easy for any of them,
:22:21. > :22:27.especially now, but we are hopefully trying to give them that
:22:27. > :22:32.little bit of a start. If I get something out of this I might do
:22:32. > :22:37.well. I think it would be harder in life if I get this done, because
:22:37. > :22:40.now it will push me back out there. The south-west's unemployment rate
:22:40. > :22:43.compares favourably with many other areas of the country there are
:22:43. > :22:53.communities, and Knowle West is one of them, where youngsters with few
:22:53. > :22:56.
:22:56. > :23:02.qualifications face a real struggle to find work. John bishop's Sport
:23:02. > :23:05.Relief Hell is on tonight. It looks great in the trailers. Around
:23:05. > :23:07.30,000 Swindon Town fans are getting ready to go to Wembley, for
:23:07. > :23:10.the final of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy and excitement's already
:23:10. > :23:13.building in the Town. This afternoon, players and supporters
:23:13. > :23:21.got to see the prize they're so desperately hoping to win on Sunday
:23:21. > :23:26.against Chesterfield. David Passmore was there. They queued out
:23:26. > :23:30.the shop and around the block, they were so excited about Sunday's game.
:23:30. > :23:37.I've been counting down for a month now. I'm really excited. I think
:23:37. > :23:42.Saturday will drag, but I'm looking forward to it. It's really special
:23:42. > :23:49.for Swindon to win a trophy and my first time going there. I can't
:23:49. > :23:54.wait. The fans were keen to get their hands on the trophy, but the
:23:54. > :24:01.players are always a bit suspicious of touching one. I have looked but
:24:01. > :24:07.haven't touched it. It might be bad luck. There has been a lot of
:24:07. > :24:12.activity into the town. This restaurant has come up with a Paolo
:24:12. > :24:17.pizza. We support the same team and from the same part and I named the
:24:17. > :24:20.pizza after him to give him a reward to do so great and to
:24:20. > :24:30.represent Italy and England. beer's been brewed especially for
:24:30. > :24:31.
:24:31. > :24:38.the occasion. We wanted a promotion lager and now we'll brew the Red
:24:38. > :24:45.app army to celebrate the match on Sunday. We have put a few different
:24:45. > :24:51.ingredients. We have rye crystals in there. The manager's tried not
:24:51. > :24:57.to get too distracted by this appearance. I have to read what is
:24:57. > :25:01.going on. I tried to work and to help them as much as I can to
:25:01. > :25:05.arrive at this appointment with full of energy in the side and
:25:05. > :25:10.physically, but in here it's not easy, because it's an important
:25:10. > :25:17.event for everybody. Well, whichever way it goes, they'll have
:25:17. > :25:24.to leave this all this behind and - - leave all this behind and
:25:24. > :25:27.concentrate on the league. It's been a glorious day across the west,
:25:27. > :25:31.making it the warmest day of the making it the warmest day of the
:25:32. > :25:35.year so far. As sun lovers enjoyed the weather on the beach, it seems
:25:35. > :25:41.hard to believe we are still only in March. Temperatures reached 18
:25:41. > :25:45.degrees in some parts of the west this afternoon. The same in Bristol,
:25:45. > :25:55.as they made most of the sunshine. Is it set to continue? Gemma is
:25:55. > :26:06.
:26:06. > :26:11.here. Yes, it is. It's official. We saw some cloud this morning. It
:26:11. > :26:15.was chilly for a time, but the sun made its presence felt. Clear skies.
:26:15. > :26:20.It will cloud over now as we start to see a change through this
:26:20. > :26:28.evening, bringing damp weather. It won't amount to much. The real rain
:26:28. > :26:32.is out in the Atlantic. For the rest of this evening and tonight,
:26:32. > :26:36.cloud beginning to build and we have some rain. It's not
:26:36. > :26:40.significant. It's light and patchy and it's isolated. Won't amount to
:26:40. > :26:47.much. It won't make inroads on to the dry ground. We retain some of
:26:47. > :26:51.the mild area because of the cloud. Tomorrow starts great for a time.
:26:52. > :27:00.Then again the sunshine takes hold and we see the highs jumping and I
:27:00. > :27:04.think it's a repeat performance by the afternoon. Maybe nudging to 18.
:27:04. > :27:07.Those clearer skies mean that tomorrow night is a little chillier.
:27:07. > :27:16.Temperatures overnight tomorrow heading into the weekend will drop
:27:16. > :27:18.off swiftly. The weekend itself, with the high pressure, it means a
:27:18. > :27:24.static picture. Good spells of sun through the weekend and into the
:27:24. > :27:32.beginning of next week, but we tpwheed that rain. -- need that