:00:11. > :00:14.Good evening and welcome to BBC Points West. The headlines tonight:
:00:14. > :00:19.A controversial campaign by animal lovers. They put up posters
:00:19. > :00:21.claiming that eating meat is making us dangerously fat.
:00:22. > :00:25.A life inside - praise for Shepton Mallet prison, despite big cuts to
:00:25. > :00:31.its budget. Meet Roger - is he the most
:00:31. > :00:41.economical water user in the west? And Bristol makes it through to the
:00:41. > :00:42.
:00:42. > :00:44.top three in the contest to find Good evening. A vegan campaign
:00:45. > :00:50.group has targeted Gloucester, saying that eating meat will lead
:00:51. > :00:55.to an early grave. A poster has gone up showing a coffin shaped pie
:00:55. > :00:58.saying, Fight Obesity - Go Vegan. The campaigners say they've chosen
:00:58. > :01:08.the city because a new mortuary has just opened which can accommodate
:01:08. > :01:14.
:01:14. > :01:19.Health services have had to adapt to an obesity epidemic. There are
:01:19. > :01:24.now special ambulances, wider wheelchairs and stronger operating
:01:24. > :01:30.tables. And now, although it is not the first in the country, any more
:01:30. > :01:36.tree has opened that can cope with bodies wake up to 50 stone and that
:01:36. > :01:43.is why the city have been targeted by this poster. Some of it has
:01:43. > :01:50.already been torn down. billboard tells it like it is. We
:01:50. > :01:54.want people to be aware that eating meat pies and pastis is detrimental
:01:54. > :01:58.to their health. Eating meat is also detrimental to the environment.
:01:58. > :02:04.They campaign has not gone down well with an industry that relies
:02:04. > :02:11.on people eating meat. This Butcher says that he is all for a healthy
:02:11. > :02:21.diet, but PETA are scaremongering. Meat is very good for you and I
:02:21. > :02:22.
:02:22. > :02:29.don't know many butchers who are ill. Although obesity has to be
:02:29. > :02:34.tackled, this poster is not the way to get the message across. However,
:02:34. > :02:40.research carried out at the Harvard Medical School says eating meat can
:02:40. > :02:48.shorten your life. Having a vegan diet can help with things like
:02:48. > :02:58.heart disease. Only thing is meat and dairy do provide essential
:02:58. > :03:02.vitamins. Meanwhile, PETA say they have not decided whether they will
:03:02. > :03:06.replace their poster or if it is the start of a much wider campaign
:03:06. > :03:15.to fight obesity. Joining us now is Tam Fry from the
:03:15. > :03:19.National Obesity Forum. Good evening. We have bigger
:03:19. > :03:22.ambulances, reinforced hospital beds and now a mortuary in
:03:22. > :03:28.Gloucestershire that has to be bigger to do with it these people.
:03:28. > :03:34.What is going on? Well, I think you have had an interview with a
:03:34. > :03:38.butcher that has said there is nothing wrong in eating meat. We
:03:38. > :03:43.have eaten meat for centuries and we have not been fat. The most
:03:43. > :03:47.important thing is the way you eat it and the amount you eat. Meat
:03:47. > :03:52.will not make you fat, it is the quantities you consume and
:03:52. > :03:56.particularly if you do not take the physical exercise to burn it off.
:03:56. > :04:02.Wyatt are we getting fatter? There are a number of reasons and you
:04:02. > :04:06.have to be careful, or PETA have to be careful when doing this kind of
:04:06. > :04:10.exercise that they are not insulting those people who for many
:04:10. > :04:20.reasons are obese and they have a disposition to become a piece,
:04:20. > :04:22.
:04:22. > :04:25.particularly because of genetic reasons. What is the solution? Is
:04:25. > :04:29.it down to each individual responsibility and discipline?
:04:29. > :04:38.solution is really people taking personal responsibility and been
:04:38. > :04:42.educated. One of the things we are lacking at the moment is that
:04:42. > :04:52.people who have a tendency to become obese are not educated in
:04:52. > :04:57.
:04:57. > :05:02.good food. Unfortunately, sometimes they don't cook and rely on ready
:05:02. > :05:04.meals and junk food. Thank you for joining us.
:05:05. > :05:08.Shepton Mallett prison, the oldest working jail in the country, has
:05:08. > :05:10.had hundreds of thousands of pounds axed from its budget. But a radical
:05:10. > :05:13.merger with Erlestoke prison in Wiltshire has helped staff cope
:05:13. > :05:15.with the cuts and the Somerset establishment has been awarded top
:05:15. > :05:18.marks by independent inspectors. Our Home Affairs Corresopondent
:05:18. > :05:20.Steve Brodie went to see for himself.
:05:20. > :05:26.The exercise yard at Shepton Mallett hasn't changed very much
:05:26. > :05:31.since the jail opened for business in 1610. Apart from a small gym,
:05:31. > :05:36.it's the only area where offenders can move freely. 70% of the 189
:05:36. > :05:41.inmates are serving life for murder. The rest are seeing out long
:05:41. > :05:45.sentences for serious sex offences. This 400-year-old prison has not
:05:45. > :05:49.escaped the Government's spending cuts. �700,000 has been slashed
:05:49. > :05:54.from the budget here. Savings have been achieved by sharing staff with
:05:54. > :05:57.Erlestoke prison in Wiltshire. Andy Rogers is not only the
:05:57. > :06:01.Governor here at Shepton Mallett, but he is also in charge of
:06:01. > :06:08.Erlestoke. The cuts mean that he and other staff travel backwards
:06:08. > :06:11.and forwards the 22 miles which seperate the two prisons. And in a
:06:11. > :06:19.bid to make up for the budget reductions, there are now links
:06:19. > :06:25.with local businesses. Efficiencies are everywhere in the public sector.
:06:25. > :06:30.We will not compromise aware security. We will reduce risks
:06:30. > :06:36.through rehabilitation. We are linking in a different way with
:06:36. > :06:40.outside industry and the voluntary sector. We need to reduce risks
:06:40. > :06:43.with prisoners and we cannot do that in isolation.
:06:43. > :06:47.Given the type of offender, you would expect an atmosphere of
:06:47. > :06:49.tension or frustration at the long years behind bars. The prison has
:06:49. > :06:54.141 cells with 24 where offenders have to share. There are six
:06:54. > :07:03.prisoners here over 70 and the average age is 47. But a recent HMI
:07:03. > :07:07.report praises the prison for its relationships. Prisoners have work
:07:07. > :07:13.hard to build those relationships with staff. It is a community,
:07:13. > :07:16.prisoners Lippiett 24 hours a day. Staff work here at least 39 hours a
:07:16. > :07:20.week so it is important to have good relationships.
:07:20. > :07:22.One prison officer told me that as the inmates are here for long
:07:22. > :07:25.periods they look after their own envionment. Drug offending is
:07:25. > :07:27.almost non existint and the inspection by the prison service
:07:27. > :07:30.revealed few cases of bullying and described Shepton Mallett as "safe".
:07:30. > :07:40.A description shared by the woman responsible for the jail when the
:07:40. > :07:43.Governor is away at Erlestoke. way you are treated by offenders is
:07:43. > :07:52.related to how you treat them. Providing you treat them decently,
:07:52. > :07:57.they have no reason other than to treat you decently. I have no
:07:57. > :08:07.concerns at all about working with male offenders. I have only ever
:08:07. > :08:09.
:08:09. > :08:13.worked with male offenders and I feel very safe here.
:08:13. > :08:16.A little over a year ago there was a question mark over the prison's
:08:16. > :08:19.future, but with the sharing of costs and staff with Erlestoke,
:08:19. > :08:22.that fear has disappeared. The old Civil War jail is not for closure
:08:22. > :08:27.just yet. You are watching BBC Points West. If you are still on
:08:27. > :08:32.your Easter holidays, lucky you! Still to come - no more of their
:08:32. > :08:36.time buses for thousands of homes in Bradley Stoke. And a marathon
:08:36. > :08:41.undertaking - we meet the man who is getting ready to run from Paris
:08:41. > :08:44.to London. For decades they were the only way
:08:44. > :08:47.for many young people to get started in farming. Tenant farms,
:08:47. > :08:52.owned by local councils and rented to those without the means to buy
:08:52. > :08:55.their own land. But a new survey claims that in the last decade more
:08:55. > :09:00.than 1,000 have been sold off by councils struggling to make ends
:09:00. > :09:03.meet. In the West most councils are selling rather than keeping. But
:09:03. > :09:13.there are a few areas bucking the trend. Clinton Rogers has been
:09:13. > :09:16.examining the differences in a tale of two farms.
:09:17. > :09:25.Ben and Neville are both tenant farmers. Both have councils as
:09:25. > :09:29.their landlords. Yet their fortunes couldn't be more different. Ben's
:09:29. > :09:33.Farm is owned by Somerset County Council. Short of cash, they have
:09:33. > :09:41.sold 18 of their agricultural holdings in the last three years
:09:41. > :09:45.alone. Ben's Farm is not on it for sell list yet, but he feels when
:09:45. > :09:50.his tenancy runs out in three years that could change. This is meant to
:09:50. > :09:57.be a secure place for someone like me to get into farming. It is
:09:57. > :10:03.difficult. Land prices are rising, so I cannot afford to buy anywhere.
:10:03. > :10:07.Contrast that with this dairy unit just 20 miles away. Neville's
:10:07. > :10:13.landlord is Dorset County Council, who have decided to invest in their
:10:13. > :10:19.farms. They have spent more than to have and �50,000 hit improving farm
:10:19. > :10:25.buildings. Neville's future looks secure. They have developed their
:10:25. > :10:32.plan over the last 10 years to improve the farms they have got and
:10:32. > :10:36.it beat tenants more of a viable chance of making a success of it.
:10:36. > :10:41.survey by a farming newspaper claims that thousands of farms have
:10:41. > :10:46.gone and now farmers' leaders are calling for a change of heart among
:10:46. > :10:50.its local politician. They are selling of the family silver in the
:10:50. > :10:55.short-term interest. Whereas keeping these farms is a sensible
:10:55. > :11:00.thing to do. We have a tale of two counties here. Dorset have been
:11:00. > :11:06.smart, Somerset has been stupid. Somerset save the decision to sell
:11:06. > :11:12.his financial and they have raised �10 million to invest in local
:11:12. > :11:15.services. Prudent housekeeping, they say. Short-sightedness, say
:11:15. > :11:18.their opponents. Airbus in Bristol will benefit from
:11:18. > :11:23.a new order worth around �2 billion. It means jobs at the design
:11:23. > :11:27.facility in Filton should be safe for the foreseeable future.
:11:27. > :11:30.Indonesian airline Garuda has agreed to buy 11 of the A330 planes.
:11:30. > :11:40.Prime Minister David Cameron says he hopes other British firms will
:11:40. > :11:51.
:11:51. > :11:58.also profit from the sale. One man from Gloucestershire is more
:11:58. > :12:01.prepared than most fog of dry spell. Roger Cox is practically self-
:12:01. > :12:05.sufficient when it comes to water and despite being connected to the
:12:05. > :12:12.mains, he hardly ever it needs to use it.
:12:12. > :12:16.Check in upon suppliers. Roger Cox does not need to worry though about
:12:16. > :12:21.where the next few gallons are coming from. He has got his own
:12:21. > :12:28.underground tank. All the water that comes off this garage goes
:12:28. > :12:35.into this tank. When it is full, the over float goes underground to
:12:35. > :12:40.a tank that Warhol 2,500 gallons of water. That in turn is pumped up
:12:40. > :12:45.into a big tank in the loft, which then suppliers all the taps in my
:12:45. > :12:50.house, with the exception of one. Roger has lived here his entire
:12:50. > :12:55.life and he has always done the same. To him, water is a precious
:12:55. > :13:03.resource we should use sparingly. He only has one tap in his house
:13:04. > :13:09.that is connected to the mains water. His bills are low - just �34
:13:09. > :13:13.last year. Of course, not everyone can be as water efficient as Roger.
:13:13. > :13:19.Getting set up to this extent takes time and effort, but he says it is
:13:19. > :13:26.worth it. And he may be bright. Thames Water customers are already
:13:26. > :13:32.subject to a hosepipe ban and Business owners are concerned.
:13:32. > :13:38.under the understanding we can use hosepipes for work purposes, but
:13:38. > :13:48.house owners cannot use them to water their gardens. I think the
:13:48. > :13:54.bourse need to be made a lot clearer. -- rules need to be made a
:13:54. > :13:59.lot clearer. If they are not watered, the plants will die.
:13:59. > :14:08.in Gloucestershire, but just as we can all too aware bit and his top
:14:08. > :14:18.tips for saving water? Use a water butt, used dirty dishwater for the
:14:18. > :14:30.
:14:30. > :14:32.garden and don't water the lawn. People living in Bradley Stoke in
:14:32. > :14:36.South Gloucestershire say changes to the local bus service have left
:14:36. > :14:39.them cut off and isolated. Wessex Buses say it's been forced to make
:14:39. > :14:42.the changes because of the rise in fuel prices. From May, there'll be
:14:42. > :14:44.no service at all until 7.30pm, which residents say will affect the
:14:44. > :14:47.elderly, disabled and people with young children. Better public
:14:47. > :14:50.transport - it is meant to be the solution to traffic congestion,
:14:50. > :14:55.pollution and climate change. But instead of more buses, Bradley
:14:55. > :15:00.Stoke is getting few were. Cuts to services will mean people living in
:15:00. > :15:06.the south of the area facing a wall of up to 45 minutes to their
:15:06. > :15:11.nearest.. A I am very angry. We are not talking about a small village.
:15:11. > :15:16.We are talking about the town of over 28,000 people. They are
:15:16. > :15:23.effectively cutting us off from any of the facilities we want to get to.
:15:23. > :15:33.Wessex Buses will be cutting bus routes, meaning there will be none
:15:33. > :15:36.
:15:36. > :15:41.at all during the day south of Tesco. I will need to leave 45
:15:41. > :15:45.minutes earlier. I will need to walk up to the main note to get the
:15:45. > :15:51.bus. Wessex have blamed the proposed cuts on the economic
:15:51. > :15:56.climate, specifically the government's increase in fuel duty,
:15:56. > :16:01.reduction of their grant and increasing fuel costs. But
:16:01. > :16:07.passengers saved the service is unreliable and at some bus-stops
:16:07. > :16:13.there aren't even any timetables. If they cannot make a bus service
:16:13. > :16:18.in this area commercial, I don't know what services they can make
:16:18. > :16:21.commercial. I am not an expert in running a bus company, but you
:16:21. > :16:26.would think that with this number of people, the bus service would
:16:26. > :16:30.work. The cuts are due to come in on 20th May. Unless an agreement
:16:31. > :16:36.can be reached with the council, thousands of homes will be left
:16:36. > :16:40.without a public transport service. Bristol could be the green capital
:16:40. > :16:42.of Europe in two years time in a competition run by the European
:16:42. > :16:47.Commission. 19 cities put their names forward, with Bristol,
:16:47. > :16:51.Frankfurt and Copenhagen now in the final. If we win, Bristol would
:16:51. > :17:00.have to stage a year of green events. Well, Andrew Plant is out
:17:00. > :17:04.and about in Bristol right now. It wasn't so long ago that cities
:17:04. > :17:08.were almost entirely judged on their industrial output and Bristol
:17:08. > :17:13.was pretty good at that. It left a legacy we can still appreciate
:17:13. > :17:20.today. But these days, cities are judged on their environmental
:17:20. > :17:24.credentials and it seems Bristol is doing well in that respect. It is
:17:24. > :17:31.because of scenes like this one PCT is slugging it out with some big
:17:31. > :17:35.names in Europe to be crowned European green capital in 2014.
:17:35. > :17:40.Cycling along the scenic rivers of Amsterdam, or strolling through the
:17:40. > :17:44.streets of Stockholm - been environmentally friendly is a must
:17:44. > :17:50.for any self-respecting city. Now Bristol is in competition with
:17:50. > :17:54.Europe's biggest names, already beating Vienna and Paris to become
:17:54. > :17:59.green capital of an entire continent. The council are
:17:59. > :18:09.constantly championing Bristol's green credentials. We care about
:18:09. > :18:14.
:18:14. > :18:24.higher recycling and in the city centre, you can see traffic sitting
:18:24. > :18:28.
:18:28. > :18:32.idly. So can Bristol compete? you consider that we actually did
:18:32. > :18:36.better on the 12 indicators than Paris, Vienna and Brussels, it says
:18:36. > :18:41.a lot about what we are doing here. We have cause for confidence and
:18:41. > :18:45.there is a good chance we could win it. So what exactly would winning
:18:45. > :18:55.do for the city? Last year's holders Hamburg says there are
:18:55. > :18:57.
:18:57. > :19:04.benefits. There was international recognition. We have finally
:19:04. > :19:10.succeeded into converting the false image of what Humbert is. We have
:19:10. > :19:18.industry, but there are a lot of parks and green areas. A I think
:19:18. > :19:26.there are a lot of green spaces are. -- I think. I am not sure. I think
:19:26. > :19:30.the council should do more about the rubbish. People like to get out
:19:30. > :19:34.and walk. They don't want to be driving around polluting the place.
:19:34. > :19:37.Bristol will find out if it has won the title at the end of June,
:19:37. > :19:45.leading the way for the whole of the UK for the chance to be
:19:45. > :19:49.officially voted a very pleasant place to be. So, June, a delegation
:19:49. > :19:54.from the council will go to Brussels to make Bristol's case. If
:19:54. > :20:00.they are successful, the city will have the title in 2014. There will
:20:00. > :20:05.also be required to put on 8 year's worth of green exhibitions. They
:20:05. > :20:09.are already asking for the public's suggestions of what those events
:20:09. > :20:18.should consist of. You can put your suggestions for what through the
:20:18. > :20:27.Council website. -- suggestions forward.
:20:27. > :20:32.Football now, and Swindon Town fans could be banned from attending away
:20:32. > :20:38.games. There is a dispute over at the number of officers needed to
:20:38. > :20:43.police matches. As a result, the game will have to be played behind
:20:43. > :20:46.closed doors. A man from Bristol will be taking
:20:46. > :20:51.on an incredible challenge this month, running more than 260 miles
:20:51. > :20:54.in just eight days from Paris to London. It all starts this Sunday
:20:54. > :21:00.when Neville Parnell, who's from Hanham, will take part in the Paris
:21:00. > :21:02.Marathon. He'll then keep running north until he reaches London,
:21:02. > :21:11.where he hopes to compete in the London Marathon the following
:21:11. > :21:16.Sunday. And Neville is here with us now. Thanks for coming in to see us.
:21:16. > :21:26.I can see you have honestly been training. That is a tremendous
:21:26. > :21:26.
:21:26. > :21:31.thing that you are trying to do. Yes. Hopefully I will get the whip.
:21:31. > :21:37.After suffering a lifetime of neurological problems, a couple of
:21:37. > :21:45.years ago I took up running and so far I have done three major
:21:45. > :21:55.marathons - Paris, New York and Edinburgh. So this year I decided...
:21:55. > :21:57.
:21:57. > :22:07.It to put them all together! It is quite something, to be inspired by
:22:07. > :22:11.
:22:11. > :22:17.what has happened to you, but why does it mean so much to you? It is
:22:17. > :22:27.important to me because it has made me realise is that not many people
:22:27. > :22:33.talk about neurology. It is a taboo subject and I want to raise money.
:22:33. > :22:41.If you can do-it-, then it is worth it. You are doing the Paris
:22:41. > :22:47.Marathon and then running to London. How many miles is that? Between 180
:22:47. > :22:56.and 200 miles. You are taking all your possessions? Yes. Everything
:22:56. > :23:02.is in this back. Or your life is in there. -- or your life. You have
:23:02. > :23:10.not got a great back-up team? haven't. I am hoping to do it so
:23:10. > :23:13.low. When I get into London, I am meeting up with some of the staff
:23:14. > :23:23.who treated me in hospital and they will be running the last few miles
:23:23. > :23:31.with me. And very briefly, you want to raise 50,000? Yes. I am up to
:23:31. > :23:41.around �23,000. Thank you for coming in, and good luck. And now
:23:41. > :23:41.
:23:41. > :23:48.for the weather. Just over might soldier is the back
:23:48. > :23:53.edge of a big thunderstorm disappearing into North East
:23:53. > :24:00.Somerset. Tomorrow, a replica of these conditions. Low pressure sits
:24:00. > :24:09.close at hand. You will see how the showers have been falling and you
:24:10. > :24:19.will notice that some of them have been pretty heavy. West Somerset
:24:20. > :24:23.
:24:23. > :24:28.has remained in the clear. There has been some lightning as well.
:24:28. > :24:38.The bond a risk is easing away and as we go into this evening and
:24:38. > :24:41.
:24:41. > :24:51.tonight, the shower was well die away. -- the showers will die away.
:24:51. > :24:53.
:24:53. > :25:00.They could be some frost tomorrow morning as temperatures go down to
:25:00. > :25:08.two Celsius. Tomorrow morning, pretty much the same as today. We
:25:08. > :25:13.will followed this a familiar pattern with beach showers Peking
:25:13. > :25:23.during the afternoon. They are clustered more towards the east and
:25:23. > :25:25.
:25:25. > :25:35.north of our work region. -- of our work region. That threat of thunder
:25:35. > :25:36.
:25:36. > :25:45.tomorrow is less than it was today. As we saw today, if you were in the
:25:45. > :25:54.sunny spells, it feels decent enough for this time of year.
:25:54. > :25:58.Beyond that, Friday will be showery and you will notice the
:25:58. > :26:03.temperatures easing away as cold air comes in from the north. That
:26:03. > :26:09.will also be a feature for the weekend. Showers on Saturday and
:26:09. > :26:18.Sunday, Monday looks dry. Rain on the way on Tuesday.