:00:15. > :00:19.Welcome to the programme. Our headlines: tracked down in Spain
:00:19. > :00:24.and brought to justice. A bath newsagent who sexually abused girls
:00:24. > :00:27.and went on the run has been jailed for 15 years.
:00:27. > :00:31.High-speed has a -- to school campaigning against the 60 miles an
:00:31. > :00:36.hour speed limit on its doorstep. People seem to have no awareness
:00:36. > :00:42.that there is a school here, they ploughed under road so fast, it is
:00:42. > :00:46.so dangerous. I am surprised at there has never been an accident.
:00:46. > :00:51.Also, the marines from Somerset, preparing for another tour of
:00:51. > :00:59.academic -- Afghanistan. And is the weather that unusual for
:00:59. > :01:07.A Bath newsagent who raped and sexually assaulted three teenage
:01:08. > :01:11.girls who worked in his shop in the 1990s has been jailed for 15 years.
:01:11. > :01:14.All the girls worked in his shop. Lewis Knight, who's now 61, went on
:01:14. > :01:18.the run when he was first accused of abuse, but last year he was
:01:18. > :01:26.tracked down to a remote village in Spain and brought back to the UK to
:01:26. > :01:31.face justice. Steve Brodie has followed the case.
:01:31. > :01:35.This is the face of Lewis Knight. The man found guilty of four rapes
:01:35. > :01:44.and six indecent assaults. All against three girls aged between 13
:01:44. > :01:47.and 15. His victims were young and innocent. They worked here as paper
:01:47. > :01:50.girls in the then-newsagents shop in Mount Road, Whiteway in the late
:01:50. > :01:53.1990s. They were groomed and lured into a cellar and subjected to
:01:53. > :01:59.appalling sexual abuse. During the trial his victims, now women in
:01:59. > :02:04.their late twenties, spoke of their horror and disgust. His victims
:02:04. > :02:08.were left extremely traumatised by the attacks on them back in 1998,
:02:08. > :02:11.1999, I think the verdict today it is a testament to the bravery they
:02:11. > :02:15.displayed in coming forward and giving evidence in court. In 1999
:02:15. > :02:19.one of his victims finally told her parents what had been happening and
:02:19. > :02:22.Knight was arrested and charged. Police seized his passport. But in
:02:22. > :02:26.February 2000, when he was meant to appear here at Bristol Crown Court,
:02:26. > :02:29.he vanished. He'd managed to get a new passport by the simple trick of
:02:29. > :02:33.phoning up the passport office and claiming his original -which had
:02:33. > :02:36.run out - had been stolen. But last summer, members of Avon &
:02:36. > :02:41.Somerset's Cold Case team tracked him down to the remote village of
:02:41. > :02:47.Torres de Segre near Barcelona. He was then extradited and brought
:02:47. > :02:51.back to Britain after a court appearance in Madrid. Jailing
:02:51. > :02:54.Knight for 15 years, the judge Neil Ford told him that as the manager
:02:54. > :03:00.of the newsagents he posed as a respectable family man. But that
:03:00. > :03:03.respectability was just a veneer. The judge added that he acted as a
:03:03. > :03:06.father figure, but he had betrayed his victims and left them mentally
:03:06. > :03:16.scarred. As Knight was taken to prison, his victims cried and
:03:16. > :03:18.
:03:18. > :03:22.hugged one another, delighted that justice had finally been achieved.
:03:22. > :03:27.Our reporter joins us now. Can you explain how someone who has had
:03:27. > :03:33.their passports taken away can get another one so easily? Indeed. In
:03:33. > :03:37.this case, I have just been contacted by the Passport Service,
:03:37. > :03:42.and they say it was not their fault that Lewis Knight escaped back into
:03:42. > :03:46.1000. They say they always take into account, when they are
:03:46. > :03:51.conducted by the police, an applicant's bail conditions, before
:03:51. > :03:56.they even consider issuing a new passport. But they say, "we were
:03:57. > :04:01.not contacted by the police". So they're putting the blame a very
:04:01. > :04:05.firmly on Avon and Somerset police to stop we haven't had time to ask
:04:05. > :04:08.the police what they think about that, but they said they would have
:04:08. > :04:18.taken into consideration bail conditions they say they were not
:04:18. > :04:22.
:04:22. > :04:27.told of. Police say the haulier killed in the M5 was a 65-year-old
:04:27. > :04:31.from Wales. He had run into the back of a coach which had broken
:04:31. > :04:36.down and was stationary. The coach driver was arrested on suspicion of
:04:37. > :04:40.causing death by dangerous driving, and has been bailed.
:04:40. > :04:42.Parents and pupils from a village near Frome are campaigning for a
:04:42. > :04:45.lower speed limit past their local school. They say vehicles are
:04:45. > :04:48.travelling so fast it rattles the whiteboard in one of the classrooms,
:04:48. > :04:51.and they're worried someone could get seriously injured. But traffic
:04:51. > :05:01.engineers say a 30 mile an hour limit won't make the road safer.
:05:01. > :05:05.Scott Ellis reports. Jack and the Beanstalk. Kicking off
:05:05. > :05:10.Monday morning lessons at Berkley school near Frome. But getting to
:05:10. > :05:19.and from lessons is no fairy tale. The turn towards the school
:05:19. > :05:24.entrance is from a rural road with a 60 mile an hour limit. Sometimes,
:05:24. > :05:27.when we are turning in, it has happened to me a few times, some
:05:27. > :05:33.lorries or cars just go straight past you, and you feel the car
:05:33. > :05:38.shake. Coaches, lorries, they are literally that close. They could
:05:38. > :05:43.not small children either, pedestrians, ploughing into cars
:05:43. > :05:48.waiting to get into the car-park. What do you want to see happen?
:05:48. > :05:55.least down to 30, even less, because lots of other schools have
:05:55. > :05:58.at least Printy. -- 20. Though seemingly sensible, the 30 limit is
:05:58. > :06:03.proving elusive. That's partly because the school is isolated. The
:06:03. > :06:07.current government advice is that all villages should have a 30 miles
:06:07. > :06:13.an hour limit. The definition of a village is been any Boyet would 20
:06:13. > :06:19.buildings in close proximity of. But there are not 20 buildings
:06:19. > :06:22.nearby, which is why this road is not -- currently 60 mph. So it's an
:06:22. > :06:32.open road. Put a 30 sign, say Somerset's traffic engineers - and
:06:32. > :06:36.
:06:36. > :06:45.drivers won't obey it. They quote Add in some road changes to slow
:06:45. > :06:51.drivers down. Parents dismiss another factor which plays against
:06:51. > :06:54.them - that recorded accidents here off you. There is a row near by
:06:54. > :06:58.where a child was killed on, and as soon as that happened, they got a
:06:58. > :07:04.30 mile an hour limit. We don't want to wait until one of our
:07:04. > :07:06.children is killed or injured before they do something about it.
:07:06. > :07:10.Somerset county council says it's continuing to investigate safety
:07:10. > :07:17.along this road. Parents won't stop campaigning until the 30 signs go
:07:17. > :07:20.Fuel tanker drivers at a depot in Wiltshire have voted overwhelmingly
:07:20. > :07:26.in favour of strike action in a national dispute over terms and
:07:26. > :07:28.conditions and safety standards. Workers in seven major UK
:07:28. > :07:33.distribution companies were balloted for industrial action by
:07:33. > :07:39.the union Unite. At the Chippenham- based haulage firm, Wincanton, 68%
:07:39. > :07:46.of members voted in favour, in a turnout of 72%. The union claims a
:07:46. > :07:48.strike could close up to 7,900 petrol stations.
:07:48. > :07:52.The future of 130 South Gloucestershire home care workers
:07:52. > :07:56.is hanging in the balance this evening. The council's proposing
:07:56. > :08:01.privatising the service, most of which is already contracted out.
:08:01. > :08:06.Dozens of staff are facing redundancy. But a special meeting
:08:06. > :08:09.taking place right now is to vote on whether to delay the changes.
:08:09. > :08:19.Our political editor Paul Barltrop is at the council offices in
:08:19. > :08:19.
:08:19. > :08:23.Kingswood. Is this all about saving money? In essence, it is. A �1.1
:08:23. > :08:27.million was the amount they thought they could sell. 85% of their home
:08:27. > :08:32.care, which looks after elderly people, those with disabilities, is
:08:32. > :08:35.provided by private contractors, 15% is done by the in-house staff.
:08:35. > :08:40.But they reckon they could save a lot of money by putting the rest a
:08:40. > :08:44.bit out of private contractors. That has caused a huge amount of
:08:44. > :08:48.opposition to stop a lot of members and -- of the public and carers
:08:48. > :08:52.came out, it has been argued about by different councillors, but
:08:52. > :08:59.amongst those who came out to make their feelings known is a lady
:08:59. > :09:04.whose husband has dementia. If you take his carers away from him,
:09:04. > :09:09.these wonderful carers, and you dedicated dementia peanut, I think
:09:09. > :09:12.a lot of money were spent on their training, I think you are going
:09:12. > :09:18.against the mental capacity at, and I will go to the Court of
:09:18. > :09:24.Protection. Today's meeting has only just ended. They could have
:09:24. > :09:28.excited -- decided to let the council take a decision, but
:09:28. > :09:31.instead, they have decided to defer it until there is a change of
:09:31. > :09:34.government at this place in a couple of months' time. The
:09:34. > :09:44.decision will be taken by a committee of councillors at a later
:09:44. > :09:48.date. Why the delay? What we want to do is assure quality, that is
:09:48. > :09:58.our primary reason for this delay. We want to ensure that everything
:09:58. > :10:03.that we here about the quality is assured. We don't really... We
:10:03. > :10:07.don't care who provides it, as long as it is of a high quality. Our own
:10:07. > :10:12.staff have provided a wonderful service over a good number of years.
:10:12. > :10:19.So we would be reluctant to see them go. But in the end, if we can
:10:19. > :10:26.provide the best quality service from a private provider, then we
:10:26. > :10:33.will do. However, this time we have got now has given us time to check
:10:33. > :10:37.all our facts before making but the very important decision. They will
:10:37. > :10:43.come back in decide in a couple of months' time.
:10:43. > :10:47.This is Monday's Points West with Ali and Will.
:10:47. > :10:49.Thanks for starting this sunny week with us. We'll find out if it's
:10:49. > :10:52.going to last a bit later in the programme.
:10:52. > :10:55.But before that, pick yourself up, dust yourself off and start all
:10:55. > :11:05.over again. How Paolo and his boys are recovering from their Wembley
:11:05. > :11:07.
:11:07. > :11:11.wipe-out. And the sun shone on the Sport
:11:12. > :11:14.Relief mile. On the day two more British deaths
:11:14. > :11:17.have been announced in Afghanistan, more of the West's servicemen are
:11:17. > :11:21.preparing for a tour of duty. 650 Royal Marines from 40 Commando,
:11:21. > :11:26.based in Taunton, are likely to be sent out before the end of the year.
:11:26. > :11:28.14 Marines died during their last deployment two years ago. Today our
:11:28. > :11:32.Somerset correspondent Clinton Rogers was given exclusive access
:11:32. > :11:42.to the base to see how a new group of young men are preparing for the
:11:42. > :11:46.
:11:46. > :11:50.The training is getting tougher as every day goes by. I need you to
:11:50. > :11:53.have your head up. Today visiting American instructors giving lessons
:11:53. > :12:03.in close quarter combat - how to deal with a man inches away from
:12:03. > :12:08.
:12:08. > :12:14.you who wants to kill you. They are a young lad, do they look ready for
:12:14. > :12:18.it? They look excited, they look smart and ready to take on the
:12:18. > :12:22.challenge, I think. As if they need reminding. They are training right
:12:22. > :12:27.next to a memorial garden which honours the 14 men from this unit
:12:27. > :12:37.who died in Afghanistan on the last deployment two years ago. Yet it is
:12:37. > :12:42.the mindset of the military that these men want to go. I was at 45
:12:42. > :12:48.before, they are not even pencilled in for another tour, that is why
:12:48. > :12:51.high -- I have come here to 40. transferred specifically? Yes.
:12:51. > :12:57.with the government committed to pulling out of Afghanistan by the
:12:57. > :13:01.end of 2014, this is likely to be the last time 40 Commando go.
:13:01. > :13:05.always say to my wife, it would be a bit like training to be a milkman
:13:05. > :13:08.and then never delivering in the milk. In the same context, people
:13:08. > :13:12.joined the Marines and then they want to do what they have been
:13:12. > :13:17.trained to do on operations. If they look at it as their last of
:13:17. > :13:22.the duty, they will be seizing it. But it's unlikely your milkman will
:13:22. > :13:32.be training in the local language of Afghanistan. All of the Marines
:13:32. > :13:33.will be required to learn the was being schooled in how to spot
:13:33. > :13:43.and deal with IEDs, the improvised explosive devices which have taken
:13:43. > :13:44.
:13:44. > :13:47.such a heavy toll on British forces. At the same time in the centre of
:13:47. > :13:51.Taunton, local businesses are being encouraged to support the Royal
:13:51. > :13:55.Marines. A Somerset charity called Go Commando is asking businesses to
:13:55. > :14:02.commit to asking shoppers to add a pound to their bills to help for
:14:02. > :14:11.service families. One of the first projects will be to renovate the
:14:11. > :14:17.families centre at the Marines. think if you do it in the right way,
:14:17. > :14:22.you can absolutely whole people, and think they are willing to give,
:14:22. > :14:25.because you can't describe what these families to pull the country.
:14:25. > :14:28.And today's news of more British deaths in Afghanistan serves as a
:14:28. > :14:38.reminder of why these men spend so much time preparing for anything
:14:38. > :14:50.
:14:50. > :14:53.Kenton Cool is to take an Olympic medal to the top of Everest to
:14:53. > :14:56.honour a pledge made after the 1924 Games. Kenton Cool will carry a
:14:56. > :15:00.gold medal awarded to members of a team who made the first serious,
:15:00. > :15:04.but unsuccessful attempt to conquer the mountain in 1922. One of the
:15:04. > :15:14.climbers made a promise that a medal would be taken to the summit,
:15:14. > :15:20.
:15:20. > :15:26.but, until now, that hasn't been Many have poor standards of
:15:26. > :15:30.literacy and numeracy. Nearly half of those who have poor skills are
:15:30. > :15:35.unemployed or living on benefits but we have spoken to an unemployed
:15:35. > :15:42.man from Gloucestershire who went on to a course and has tried to
:15:43. > :15:49.turn his life around. I went to the false -- first Gulf War and when I
:15:49. > :15:56.came back life was a let-down. I started drinking. I got really,
:15:56. > :16:02.really bad with it. I was pretty much an alcoholic. He came to me in
:16:02. > :16:12.2008 not sure what he wanted to do. We discussed options. He decided he
:16:12. > :16:15.wanted to be more involved in education. He got level one and
:16:15. > :16:19.levelled to Certificates in numeracy and literacy and then went
:16:19. > :16:24.on to study computers. They have taught me the basics I need to
:16:24. > :16:29.actually do it and they pushed me forward to go out and say well,
:16:29. > :16:35.sorry, I am not working at the moment but I am here and I am
:16:35. > :16:41.willing and able. I want to do it. When he is using a computer, there
:16:41. > :16:48.was a time when he would be discussing difficulties in spelling
:16:48. > :16:53.words but he formally suffered that previously. People can ask for help.
:16:53. > :16:56.It will come and it will give you self confidence to be able to go
:16:56. > :17:02.out and if you cannot help yourself perhaps what you have learned can
:17:03. > :17:08.help somebody else. The YouGov. It is never too late. There is a
:17:08. > :17:15.series of powerful dramas about adult literacy here on BBC One all
:17:15. > :17:21.week. Secrets And Words is here at 2: 15 all week. To learn more about
:17:21. > :17:24.the subject go to bbc.co.uk/Secrets and words. Football, and Swindon
:17:24. > :17:27.Town have turned their attention to winning promotion after the
:17:27. > :17:29.disappointment of defeat at Wembley. They may have lost out to
:17:29. > :17:33.Chesterfield in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy final, but the manager,
:17:33. > :17:37.players and fans are all convinced they'll win the League Two title.
:17:37. > :17:45.No traces of Wembley in the club shop today. New stock has arrived
:17:45. > :17:48.and the club as a whole has moved on. Yesterday's defeat was
:17:48. > :17:55.disappointing for all concerned, but back at work today it has
:17:55. > :18:02.sharpened the desire to win promotion. I have no doubt that the
:18:02. > :18:07.manager was hurting as much as be where we are at the moment but
:18:07. > :18:11.it is not finished. Many teams have slipped from here. We have just got
:18:11. > :18:14.to see it through. I am sure our manager is the right man to make
:18:14. > :18:19.sure no one takes things for granted and that we do see it
:18:19. > :18:22.through. The club still made over a quarter of a million pounds from
:18:22. > :18:25.their Wembley experience, even if they didn't claim the trophy. But a
:18:25. > :18:27.greater reward would be the League Two Championship - which would
:18:28. > :18:35.certainly soften the blow of a second defeat at Wembley in three
:18:35. > :18:44.seasons. So long as we go up as champions that is what we really
:18:44. > :18:49.care about. Going up to the next lead is all that matters. Going up
:18:49. > :18:53.a lead is the cherry on the cake, it is all we wanted when we started
:18:53. > :18:56.the season. They have nine games left to play, starting with a local
:18:56. > :18:59.derby against Bristol Rovers. Then it's 2 away games, after which they
:18:59. > :19:04.hope to be in a position to clinch promotion at home against
:19:04. > :19:10.Northampton or the weekend after against Plymouth. We need to
:19:10. > :19:15.regroup. If we can win the games in hand that is a priority. This was a
:19:15. > :19:19.massive day but the leak is a priority. It is disappointing to
:19:19. > :19:22.lose this one. Their reaction will be key - the fans now expect
:19:22. > :19:29.promotion, but the players are determined to give them something
:19:29. > :19:39.to celebrate. Now how many Olympic journeys do you think were started
:19:39. > :19:39.
:19:39. > :19:42.by a nagging mum? Well, a top dressage pairing from
:19:42. > :19:44.Gloucestershire put their success down to one such parent. Carl
:19:44. > :19:47.Hester has been competing for 22 years and took on youngster
:19:47. > :19:50.Charlotte Dujardin after a cheeky approach from her mother. They've
:19:50. > :19:54.since formed a partnership which could see them both landing a place
:19:54. > :20:00.on the British team competing in London. Zoe Gough has been to meet
:20:00. > :20:04.them. Successful sporting partnerships come in various forms.
:20:04. > :20:07.This one was created by a pushy parent. Charlotte, on the horse,
:20:07. > :20:17.and Carl, in the middle, met after Charlotte's mum begged the dressage
:20:17. > :20:21.
:20:21. > :20:29.star to take a look at her daughter. He was someone I really admired. I
:20:29. > :20:35.got my mum to go and ask if he would give me a lesson. He did. I
:20:35. > :20:41.then had three lessons and on the third lesson he asked me if I would
:20:41. > :20:46.do Tenby's cover and I never went home. I was very lucky. And I lost
:20:46. > :20:49.my best horse to Charlotte. That horse - Valegro - helped Charlotte
:20:49. > :20:51.and Carl to their biggest success so far. 2011 European team Gold
:20:51. > :20:54.along with fellow Gloucestershire resident, Laura Bechtolsheimer.
:20:54. > :21:03.Carl has been to three previous Olympics but feels London is his
:21:03. > :21:09.best chance of making the podium. It was really is a deal to think
:21:09. > :21:18.back at what I achieved last year and to be going up hopefully to the
:21:18. > :21:24.Olympics on our home ground is an amazing opportunity. I would love
:21:24. > :21:29.to think that I could have produced a level course from here in
:21:29. > :21:34.Gloucestershire. It is very exciting. Equally, if charlotte is
:21:34. > :21:38.the one who is going to push me out of the wave which is a possibility,
:21:39. > :21:43.that would also make me very happy because I have been part of her
:21:43. > :21:49.journey. What it means is I have just picked the wrong horse if she
:21:49. > :21:59.beats me! If they both do make it, just think how proud that would
:21:59. > :22:00.
:22:00. > :22:05.make Charlotte's mum. You see the power of mum's -- the power of
:22:05. > :22:08.mum's! Next, you can't have failed to notice that it's been a pretty
:22:08. > :22:11.spectacular few days weather wise. All over the West, beaches and
:22:11. > :22:14.parks have been packed with people enjoying the first proper sunny
:22:14. > :22:17.weekend of the year so far. The great news is, it's set to last,
:22:17. > :22:21.for a while at least. Here's Laura Jones. Spring has officially sprung.
:22:21. > :22:27.The clocks have gone forward, we've had our first properly warm weekend
:22:27. > :22:32.and the magnolias here at Westonbirt arboreutum are blooming.
:22:32. > :22:38.Spring is probably one or two weeks early for us this year which is
:22:38. > :22:43.fantastic because we are enjoying this beautiful weather. I always
:22:44. > :22:51.likened it to a long drawn-out fire display -- fireworks display
:22:51. > :22:56.because the risks always something in bloom. -- Mayor is always
:22:56. > :23:03.something in bloom. The last time temperatures were this high at this
:23:03. > :23:07.time of year, and for this long, was back in 1965. And there's no
:23:07. > :23:10.sign of this warm spell coming to an end. It's good news for most
:23:10. > :23:12.people, but not all. Farmers, despite welcoming the sun, are
:23:13. > :23:15.still edgy about a lack of rain. Hayfever sufferers aren't exactly
:23:15. > :23:17.thrilled about the pollen season starting earlier either. And
:23:17. > :23:26.gardeners, whilst enjoying it, are concerned about the damage a cold
:23:26. > :23:31.snap could do to tender buds. Gardner I do find this weather
:23:31. > :23:38.great but it can be a little bit early and we might get a cold spell
:23:38. > :23:43.and it will not cure annuals. That's it, you know? It is a bonus,
:23:43. > :23:49.isn't it? The papers and the weather forecasts have been telling
:23:49. > :23:53.us terrible stories and all of a sudden here is the son right on our
:23:53. > :23:57.shoulders. One place where the sun can always be sure of a warm
:23:57. > :24:05.welcome though is here - when you make ice cream for a living - the
:24:05. > :24:09.hotter the better. During the winter we tried to stockpile the
:24:09. > :24:14.ice-cream is so that with good bursts of whether it be orders
:24:14. > :24:24.flood in and we try to keep up with them. And the good news is, it's
:24:24. > :24:34.set to last at least until the end of the week, so make the most of it.
:24:34. > :24:36.
:24:36. > :24:42.Now the weather. We're on the coast are you? This is the best part of
:24:42. > :24:52.the North Somerset coast, it is Porter said, where I live. It is
:24:52. > :24:54.
:24:54. > :25:03.lovely and warm this evening and it is set to be a warm evening ahead.
:25:03. > :25:08.-- Portishead. What is causing all this good weather? There are two
:25:08. > :25:13.factors. One is the jet stream which is a way above us in the
:25:13. > :25:17.atmosphere. It is farther north than it normally would be at this
:25:18. > :25:22.time of year and it is bringing warm weather up from the south.
:25:22. > :25:28.That is combined with a ridge of high pressure over us which has
:25:28. > :25:31.sealed in the mild here, cleared these guys giving as sunshine and
:25:31. > :25:37.the mild air and sunshine are lifting temperatures well above
:25:37. > :25:43.where they should be for this time of year. The high temperatures
:25:43. > :25:48.of year. The high temperatures reflect that. For tomorrow, it is
:25:48. > :25:57.more of the same in the daytime. Dry, sunny and warm. It will be
:25:57. > :26:01.chilly tonight. Some frost tomorrow morning. At chilly start but once
:26:01. > :26:09.the day gets under way there will be glorious spells of sunshine once
:26:09. > :26:13.again. Highs between 16 and 19 Celsius tomorrow afternoon. There
:26:13. > :26:18.will be an easterly breeze in places which will take the edge of
:26:18. > :26:28.temperatures. Normally Marge is 12 Celsius door and you can see how
:26:28. > :26:29.
:26:29. > :26:34.much above that we are. Again tomorrow night the clear skies will
:26:34. > :26:39.lead to some frost but Wednesday, Thursday and Friday will continue
:26:39. > :26:47.dry, sunny and warm indeed the Times and call that night. By the
:26:47. > :26:50.weekend it looks like change is on Well done to Radio Bristol's Ben
:26:50. > :26:55.Prater who raised more than �500 for Sport Relief following his 24