:00:14. > :00:17.Points West. Our headlines tonight: The substances that could cost you
:00:18. > :00:26.your life. They're easy to buy - but we've discovered the hidden truth
:00:26. > :00:31.about what's inside. What they are consuming can not only cause
:00:31. > :00:37.temporary harm, it can cause lasting, permanent damage and we
:00:37. > :00:41.have seen a few terrible cases, death. We have the story from the
:00:41. > :00:44.doctors who're seeing more and more victims of legal highs. Tonight we
:00:44. > :00:47.have a special investigation into an alarming threat to young people's
:00:47. > :00:53.health. And in other news. The two high profile women targeted for
:00:53. > :00:56.abuse on Twitter - a Bristol man is arrested. And hard luck tales from
:00:56. > :01:06.the hard shoulder - the stretch of motorway where four thousand drivers
:01:06. > :01:08.
:01:08. > :01:11.have broken down. Good evening. Tonight an expose on the trade that
:01:11. > :01:15.supplies young people with drugs and gets away with it. The substances
:01:15. > :01:18.are known as "legal highs" and carry a warning that they are "not for
:01:18. > :01:21.human consumption". But everyone knows what they're for. Following
:01:21. > :01:26.the death of a young man in Wiltshire, who took a legal high,
:01:26. > :01:31.BBC Points West has been doing some investigating. We bought three pills
:01:31. > :01:35.and one powder on the internet and took them for analysis. We found
:01:35. > :01:44.that one of them isn't legal at all. It contains a banned drug that could
:01:44. > :01:53.kill you. Here's Scott Ellis. Chemical highs under forensic
:01:53. > :02:00.examination. We bought for samples of AMT. It is synthetic, one of the
:02:00. > :02:04.so-called legal highs. Legal, but not necessarily safe. Last month
:02:04. > :02:10.23-year-old Christopher Scott died after taking AMT and this lab found
:02:10. > :02:16.another reason to be worried. One of the purchases contains not just AMT
:02:16. > :02:22.but also another chemical which is a synthetic drug that was banned last
:02:23. > :02:31.month. The danger of having these chemicals together is when they are
:02:31. > :02:41.ingested together, because they act in a similar way in the body, they
:02:41. > :02:44.
:02:44. > :02:52.can overstimulate the brain. This could result in death. APB was
:02:52. > :03:01.banned after being linked to deaths. We showed the South Swindon MP
:03:01. > :03:05.results. Yet again, it it shows what a deadly risk people are giving
:03:05. > :03:10.themselves by taking these drugs. Gone are the days when people can
:03:10. > :03:16.predict the impact of certain kind of drugs. We have a multiplicity of
:03:16. > :03:21.new kinds of drugs which can cause serious harm or death. The chemicals
:03:21. > :03:27.are clearly labelled, not fit for human consumption but that is not
:03:27. > :03:32.stopping people. There are calls for tougher regulations for the online
:03:32. > :03:37.sellers. I would like to see all of them testing their products before
:03:37. > :03:45.they send them out. They are buying them in batch from China and they
:03:45. > :03:54.have no idea what the wholesalers are doing. This is a drugs war being
:03:54. > :03:59.fought and molecular level. Take this drug. When DMT was banned the
:03:59. > :04:07.chemists simply took a branch off and stuck another one on. It is the
:04:07. > :04:10.same high but a different drug. have seen in the last five years a
:04:10. > :04:15.big proliferation in the type of drugs that are out there on the
:04:15. > :04:18.streets. All we can do is constantly monitor what is out there and look
:04:18. > :04:28.at the ones that creates dangerous situations for the members of the
:04:28. > :04:37.public. We will always be one step behind, right? Go macro I think so.
:04:37. > :04:41.AMT was designed in the 60s to treat depression. As they are banned they
:04:41. > :04:51.reappear at the rate of one every six days. Research shows that the UK
:04:51. > :04:53.
:04:53. > :04:57.is Europe's largest market for legal highs. And in this country around
:04:57. > :05:00.670 thousand youngsters aged between 15 and 24 have taken them at least
:05:00. > :05:04.once. For the doctors and nurses treating people who've taken them -
:05:04. > :05:07.it's a problem that's growing at an alarming rate. The police tell us
:05:07. > :05:10.it's a particular problem in rural areas. This report from our Somerset
:05:10. > :05:13.correspondent Clinton Rogers begins with the story of a young woman
:05:13. > :05:19.whose health has been damaged by drugs. To protect her identity we've
:05:19. > :05:24.called her Jane. Her words are spoken by an actress. I saw what it
:05:24. > :05:31.was doing to my mum. It destroyed her to watch her daughter ruining
:05:31. > :05:37.herself. Jane knows what drugs, illegal and legal, can do to you.
:05:37. > :05:42.Irregular heartbeat, chest pains and bad vision. Her message is simple.
:05:42. > :05:47.It is not worth it. You might think it is worth it at the time but you
:05:47. > :05:55.do not know what is in them. It could be classed as AMT but could be
:05:55. > :05:59.cut with something completely different. Parents frequently
:05:59. > :06:02.asked, how can you tell your children that legal highs can harm
:06:02. > :06:08.you when they are sold perfectly legal on the streets, never mind the
:06:08. > :06:13.Internet. The answer may lie in places like this hospital in
:06:13. > :06:22.Taunton. They have seen a surge in admissions of people who have
:06:22. > :06:27.reacted badly to legal highs. This accident and emergency doctor is
:06:27. > :06:31.seeing at least two cases a week, and her biggest problem is not
:06:31. > :06:40.knowing what she is dealing with. do not know what chemical compound
:06:40. > :06:50.they have taken. They are not entirely sure. As such, we cannot
:06:50. > :06:51.
:06:51. > :06:54.treat them easily. That must make it impossible for you as a medic.
:06:54. > :07:00.have seen cases in previous hospitals where we have lost the
:07:00. > :07:07.patient from a legal highs. At the Taunton Association for the
:07:07. > :07:12.Homeless, legal highs have become a problem. Here, they say, battling a
:07:12. > :07:15.menace that has the word is legal in the title is almost impossible.
:07:15. > :07:24.definition, as a parent, it is harder to have that conversation
:07:24. > :07:28.with a child because they will turn round and say, it is legal. No one
:07:28. > :07:36.has an easy solution for the problem but everyone agrees that doing
:07:36. > :07:46.nothing is not the answer. Joining me now from his constituency office
:07:46. > :07:47.
:07:47. > :07:50.in Taunton is the Minister for Crime Prevention, Jeremy Browne. It seems
:07:51. > :07:58.that suppliers are running rings around the authorities. Once one
:07:58. > :08:03.substance is banned, they remarket it and sell it again. I want to give
:08:03. > :08:06.you credit for the amount of time you choosing to cover this story. It
:08:06. > :08:10.is important that people are aware that there are dangers in taking
:08:10. > :08:14.these drugs. They may be called legal highs, but just because they
:08:14. > :08:18.have that name it does not mean they are safe to take. A lot of people
:08:18. > :08:28.have suffered bad reactions from taking these jobs. What we try and
:08:28. > :08:28.
:08:28. > :08:31.do in this country is banned drugs on the basis of scientific evidence.
:08:31. > :08:39.The experts are looking at these drugs the whole time and last month
:08:39. > :08:43.we banned two categories of legal highs. You are right, the problem is
:08:43. > :08:47.constantly evolving and that is why people needs to be aware of the
:08:47. > :08:51.dangers themselves before they consider taking drugs. They are
:08:51. > :08:56.taking us for idiots, aren't they? They are altering the drugs and they
:08:56. > :09:04.are back on the streets. You will always be one step behind. I half
:09:04. > :09:09.accept that. We have tried to ban a whole family of drugs. We have tried
:09:09. > :09:14.to ban a whole branch of the tree and not just an individual twig.
:09:14. > :09:20.This. People altering the formula and putting them on the market
:09:20. > :09:25.again. This is a constantly evolving problem. If you take heroin or crack
:09:25. > :09:28.cocaine, these are serious drugs and their use is declining in Britain,
:09:28. > :09:33.but we have known about them for decades. These legal highs are
:09:33. > :09:41.coming into the country over the Internet and they are evolving all
:09:41. > :09:46.the time. We are talking to other countries around the world, and I am
:09:46. > :09:54.leaving that, about what lessons we can learn from others. What about
:09:54. > :10:00.this cynical phrase that says, not fit for human consumption, when
:10:00. > :10:06.everybody knows that is what they are for. I share your frustration.
:10:06. > :10:15.That is contentious of the law. Some of the packaging has that but it
:10:15. > :10:22.also says you must be 18 years old. If it is plant food, they honestly
:10:22. > :10:27.would not need an age restriction on them. The difficulty is proving that
:10:27. > :10:31.the person has sold the product different for the use that it is
:10:31. > :10:37.intended to be used for. That is difficult. We do have trading
:10:37. > :10:42.standards bringing test cases to see what we can do. Ultimately, people
:10:42. > :10:46.are allowed to sell things unless they are banned, and we have to be
:10:46. > :10:50.careful not to ban everything. We need to take a scientific approach.
:10:50. > :10:57.It is a problem and we are trying to deal with it. Thank you for joining
:10:57. > :11:00.us. If you are watching tonight and you're now concerned or have any
:11:00. > :11:10.questions about legal highs, or drugs in general, you can get
:11:10. > :11:10.
:11:10. > :11:12.confidential advice online from the website - Talk to Frank.com. You're
:11:12. > :11:16.watching your regional news programme, BBC Points West, with
:11:16. > :11:20.David Garmston and me, Alex Lovell. Stay with us tonight too, as we've
:11:20. > :11:23.much more still to bring you. Caught on camera - We reveal why filming
:11:23. > :11:27.badgers could show why they find some farms more attractive than
:11:27. > :11:37.others. And the deckchairs designed by celebrities you might like to
:11:37. > :11:40.
:11:40. > :11:47.take beside the sea. Police investigating abuse on the online
:11:47. > :11:51.site Twitter have arrested a 32-year-old man in Bristol.
:11:51. > :11:54.arrest is in connection with threats of rape and violence sent to a
:11:54. > :12:03.freelance journalist who campaigned to have more women on UK banknotes -
:12:03. > :12:08.and a female MP from London who supported her. Andrew Plant reports.
:12:08. > :12:11.Caroline Criado-Perez, a freelance journalist, who campaigned to have
:12:12. > :12:16.women on banknotes. During the campaign she received what she
:12:17. > :12:22.called intense messages on Twitter threatening to rape and kill her. In
:12:22. > :12:27.response to the abuse suffered on Twitter by several women in the
:12:27. > :12:33.public eye over the last few weeks the police have made arrests. The
:12:33. > :12:37.latest was here in Bristol. A 32-year-old man was arrested by
:12:37. > :12:44.police under the protection from harassment act. The historian Mary
:12:44. > :12:51.Beard is another woman who has reported abuse. She received a bomb
:12:51. > :12:55.threat. Today we talked to a Twitter user from Bristol. She said she
:12:55. > :13:00.suffered days of abuse online for expressing feminist views. I spent
:13:00. > :13:08.the whole weekend getting rape and death threats, and being abused
:13:08. > :13:16.because I am an online feminist. They said they hoped I would suffer
:13:16. > :13:19.a pointless death. They called me a huge amount of expletive is. When
:13:19. > :13:26.the Labour MP for Walthamstow Stella Creasey showed her support for the
:13:26. > :13:29.banknote campaign - she too became a target for online abuse. Twitter has
:13:29. > :13:32.publicly apologised to victims - and says it's bringing in a button to
:13:33. > :13:37.report abuse. Fellow MP Kerry McCarthy says that won't work - and
:13:37. > :13:41.current laws should be sufficient to protect users. It would be very
:13:41. > :13:46.difficult for Twitter to block people for tweeting offensive
:13:46. > :13:50.things. I think it is important that the serious cases are followed up by
:13:50. > :13:55.the police and used as an example to tell people they cannot get away
:13:55. > :13:58.with it. Today's arrest is the third under the protection from harassment
:13:58. > :14:02.act since the abuse began. No-one has yet been charged with any
:14:02. > :14:05.offence. A murder investigation has been launched following the death of
:14:05. > :14:09.a woman in Yeovil. Police were called to a property last night
:14:09. > :14:12.after reports that a woman was being assaulted. She later died at the
:14:12. > :14:18.scene. A 36-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and
:14:18. > :14:21.remains in police custody. More than 100 jobs could be lost at a food
:14:21. > :14:23.manufacturing company in West Somerset. The Karro Food Group is
:14:23. > :14:27.planning to close its slaughter and butchery operations in Wiveliscombe
:14:27. > :14:35.because it says the site isn't profitable in the long term. The
:14:35. > :14:40.local MP has written to the company asking it to reconsider. A keeper at
:14:40. > :14:44.Bristol Zoo has been suspended after allegedly punching a seal. It's
:14:44. > :14:48.claimed that a senior animal keeper hit the South American fur seal when
:14:48. > :14:55.handlers tried to weigh it. The head vet has since examined the seal
:14:55. > :14:59.family and all are behaving normally and remain on public show. Cameras
:14:59. > :15:02.are to be installed on farms across the West to track how badgers are
:15:02. > :15:06.getting into buildings. The month long government study aims to help
:15:06. > :15:16.reduce the spread of TB by finding out why some farms are more
:15:16. > :15:19.
:15:19. > :15:23.attractive to badgers than others. Here's Steve Knibbs. Badger sets are
:15:23. > :15:27.common on and around farmland. Without strict security measures
:15:27. > :15:30.badgers have a habit of coming out at night and roaming around looking
:15:30. > :15:34.for food - some even squeezing through gaps as small as three
:15:34. > :15:37.inches to get in. As TB is passed between badgers and cattle - a range
:15:37. > :15:43.of measures is being looked at to bring the rate of infection down.
:15:43. > :15:47.One high profile measure, of course, is the badger cull. But on this farm
:15:47. > :15:50.in South Gloucestershire, which has been a victim of TB, technology is
:15:50. > :15:55.being installed to track the badgers every move. They are motion sensor
:15:55. > :16:01.cameras. We set it up so it has the date and time on it so we know when
:16:01. > :16:06.the photos were taken. This study follows a recent one where 40
:16:06. > :16:10.cameras were being installed and it found that even though some farms
:16:10. > :16:13.had badger sets nearby they were not getting any badger visits. This
:16:13. > :16:20.study aims to find out what makes one far more attractive than
:16:20. > :16:29.others. We are looking at the distance to a set, what sort of feed
:16:29. > :16:33.they store on the farm, and also things like the sides of buildings.
:16:33. > :16:36.Ultimately the aim is target areas on a farm to keep infection out -
:16:36. > :16:39.that could include securing barns where feed is kept and metal plating
:16:39. > :16:42.under gates to stop badgers getting in - so-called biosecurity. But the
:16:42. > :16:46.farmer at the site where these cameras are being installed says
:16:46. > :16:50.that's easier said than done. I secure a field? How do I secure a
:16:50. > :16:57.building? It is not possible. If I secure a building, that animal could
:16:57. > :17:02.be outside and spreading it on the ground. There is no such thing as
:17:02. > :17:06.bio-security in this case. I cannot see it. The pictures taken here will
:17:06. > :17:09.be looked at along with over 70 other sites this year. It should
:17:09. > :17:15.hopefully show where badgers are going and what attracts them to
:17:15. > :17:18.certain farms - the challenge then is to try and keep them out. It's
:17:18. > :17:24.been revealed that more than 3,500 motorists have broken down in the
:17:24. > :17:27.roadworks around the M4/M5 interchange. The work, which has
:17:27. > :17:33.been going on since early 2012, is due to be completed ahead of
:17:33. > :17:43.schedule. But as Sarah Jane Bungay reports this will also mean an end
:17:43. > :17:45.
:17:45. > :17:50.to the free recovery service for those who get stuck. We have a
:17:50. > :17:54.broken down vehicle between the M 32 and the interchange. We have a
:17:54. > :17:58.broken down vehicle on the M4 closing one lane. The average speed
:17:58. > :18:08.is 25 miles an hour. It's not been the quickest of rides along sections
:18:08. > :18:11.
:18:11. > :18:14.of the M4 or M5 for the past eighteen months. While the work
:18:14. > :18:18.going on here promises to eventually improve traffic flow, in the interim
:18:18. > :18:21.it's meant a 50 mile an hour speed limit - and breakdowns have added to
:18:21. > :18:25.the congestion. This morning bank manager Chris Barr was picked up for
:18:25. > :18:29.free by the motorway recovery team - he has a puncture. I was going
:18:29. > :18:36.straight up the slip road and it was coned off. Fortunately, I saw an
:18:36. > :18:41.area where there was some space so it pulled in quickly. There have
:18:41. > :18:45.been 3800 breakdowns in the roadwork section since work began in early
:18:45. > :18:52.2012. Around four of these a month are down to overheating. Ten a month
:18:52. > :18:58.have been down to motorists simply running out of fuel. Chris's
:18:58. > :19:01.puncture was picked up on one of these monitors. There are 50 cameras
:19:01. > :19:05.here set up temporarily to keep an eye on things in the roadworks
:19:05. > :19:10.section. If you were fortunate enough to break down you would be
:19:11. > :19:15.recovered back here for free, but that is to change. We will be taking
:19:15. > :19:21.the 50 miles an hour limit and free recovery away from September. We
:19:21. > :19:26.were originally due to finish in spring 2014, but things are going
:19:26. > :19:33.well so far and if we continue that progress we could see the hard
:19:33. > :19:42.shoulder running by November. Meanwhile, this vehicle, more used
:19:42. > :19:48.to attending emergencies, was needing some assistance of its own.
:19:48. > :19:52.I will not be sorry to say goodbye to those roadworks. Football now -
:19:52. > :19:55.And all our teams were in action last night in the Capital One Cup.
:19:55. > :19:59.It was a bad night for Bristol Rovers. They lost 3-1 to Watford.
:19:59. > :20:02.Cheltenham Town fared better beating Crawley 4-3. This goal in extra time
:20:02. > :20:06.from Byron Harrison took the Robins to the second round. Bristol City
:20:06. > :20:10.will join them after a comfortable 2-nil win over Gillingham. City's
:20:10. > :20:13.Jordon Winter scored his first goal in professional football. This
:20:13. > :20:20.strike from Yeovil's Kevin Dawson secured a one nil away win to
:20:20. > :20:26.Southend. And an 83rd minute goal by Andy Williams booked Swindon Town a
:20:26. > :20:32.second round place as they beat Torquay 1-nil at home. The good old
:20:32. > :20:35.deck chair has been enjoyed by visitors to the seaside for decades.
:20:35. > :20:40.But now there's an exclusive range available. Some are even collectors
:20:40. > :20:47.items. They can all be found beside the sea at Clevedon Pier.
:20:47. > :20:51.Interested? Tracey Miller has the story. Nothing is more seaside than
:20:51. > :20:57.the humble deckchair and the people here have challenged the public to
:20:58. > :21:03.design their own deckchairs. This was one of 180 entries into the
:21:03. > :21:08.competition. All of the winners have been printed onto deckchairs and are
:21:08. > :21:15.on display at the pier. Above the shop other designs by children,
:21:15. > :21:19.artists and celebrities. The Worzel 's happened to be on the pier doing
:21:19. > :21:27.some filming and I asked them and they were more than happy to judge
:21:27. > :21:30.the entries. The six celebrity designs are being put up for auction
:21:31. > :21:36.but the pier hopes it can raise money with all designs. The proceeds
:21:36. > :21:46.will go towards a new visitor centre for the pier. Geraldine has come to
:21:46. > :21:47.
:21:47. > :21:53.see her winning design. I like to do art, it makes you smile, really.
:21:53. > :21:57.They are all on show so you can pick out a favourite. My favourite? This
:21:57. > :22:02.one is particularly nice, the mermaid in the deckchair.
:22:02. > :22:09.deckchairs come in all of the colours and all sorts of sizes.
:22:09. > :22:15.There is even one for your mobile phone! Designer deckchairs, it is
:22:15. > :22:17.the way forward! And staying by the sea - The BBC programme The One Show
:22:18. > :22:21.is broadcasting a special live programme from Weston super Mare
:22:21. > :22:25.tonight. The show has been staging its first ever summer festival here
:22:25. > :22:28.in the West over the last two days with free workshops and events on
:22:28. > :22:31.Weston seafront. Tonight at seven o'clock straight after us, the show
:22:31. > :22:41.will come live from the resort with their presenters Matt Baker and Alex
:22:41. > :22:43.Jones. Do stick with BBC One for that. It's been quite warm today.
:22:43. > :22:47.The Bristol Balloon Fiesta starts this Thursday with the special
:22:47. > :22:57.shapes and the night glow - What's the forecast looking like, Ian?
:22:57. > :23:02.Hello. I have been looking at how things will shape up. I will be
:23:02. > :23:08.doing regular updates through my Twitter account. Let's take a wider
:23:08. > :23:14.look at how things will shape up for tomorrow. The morning will be
:23:14. > :23:18.characterised by a lot of sunshine and increasing cloud through the
:23:18. > :23:23.afternoon. The breeze will pick up as well. It should stay dry until
:23:23. > :23:27.much later on in the evening. That will come in from the West and by
:23:27. > :23:33.that time the cloud would be a good deal figure. The Met office has
:23:34. > :23:39.given us access to its highest resolution models. This is how they
:23:39. > :23:45.are shaping things. It looks like a pleasant afternoon. The breeze will
:23:45. > :23:49.not be much of an issue. I am sure the flight directors will be keeping
:23:49. > :23:56.an eye on that. As we get towards the night glow, the end of the
:23:56. > :24:02.evening, there is a lot of cloud around, and a spot of rain perhaps,
:24:02. > :24:11.but nothing that will take the shine off things. Let's have a look at the
:24:11. > :24:15.next 12 to 24 hours. It is a benign spell for the next few hours. A bit
:24:15. > :24:24.more cloud through the afternoon tomorrow and maybe one or two
:24:24. > :24:28.scattered showers, but not much of an issue. So, the rest of this
:24:28. > :24:33.evening, then. We have had one or two showers around Gloucestershire
:24:33. > :24:36.but they are fading away and cloud will break up quite nicely. A
:24:36. > :24:44.pleasant even developing and broadly speaking, tonight, there will be
:24:44. > :24:51.clear skies. It will once again be a fairly cool night and temperatures
:24:51. > :24:59.will be around eight or nine Celsius in the countryside and you can see
:24:59. > :25:03.the range there for urban areas. A pleasant summer's morning tomorrow.
:25:03. > :25:07.That cloud will increase through because of the afternoon some of
:25:07. > :25:13.that may bubble up to give a light shower but they will be fairly
:25:13. > :25:17.isolated. Things will continue like this in the early evening. The cloud
:25:17. > :25:23.base will lower and this will bring in some light, patchy rain into the
:25:23. > :25:31.evening. Temperatures tomorrow will be pleasantly warm at 22 or 23
:25:31. > :25:34.Celsius. Moderate amounts of pollen and UV. Ian, thank you. Back to our
:25:34. > :25:38.main story tonight - And an investigation by BBC Points West has
:25:38. > :25:43.revealed a drug sold as a so called "legal high" is in fact illegal. We
:25:43. > :25:46.bought three tablets and a powder online and sent them for testing.
:25:46. > :25:51.the powder, our expert found traces of a banned substance. It's not
:25:51. > :26:00.legal and it could even kill you. Tonight, speaking on this programme,
:26:00. > :26:04.the Home Office Minister, Jeremy Browne promised this. These legal
:26:04. > :26:08.highs that are coming into the country through the Internet are
:26:08. > :26:12.evolving all of the time, and the government is trying to speed up the
:26:12. > :26:15.mechanisms to deal with the drugs. We are talking to other countries
:26:15. > :26:20.around the world, and I am leading with that in government, about what
:26:21. > :26:23.lessons we can learn from others. Joining us now is our Home Affairs
:26:23. > :26:25.Correspondent, Steve Brodie. Some worrying findings from our
:26:25. > :26:34.investigation, Steve. We've passed on our information to Wiltshire
:26:34. > :26:38.Police tonight. What's been their response? Acting Superintendent
:26:38. > :26:40.Keith Ewart, Swindon has advised us to hand in the drugs to Wiltshire
:26:41. > :26:45.Police along with any chemical analysis, so that this can be
:26:45. > :26:49.investigated. He makes the point - and I quote - that "Many legal highs
:26:49. > :26:52.can be bought on the internet, but it's still very difficult to know
:26:52. > :27:02.exactly what is in them and the affect they might have on an
:27:02. > :27:06.
:27:06. > :27:10.individual." And he told me, as we have found out tonight, that legal
:27:10. > :27:15.doesn't mean safe. There is no way to know what is contained in these
:27:15. > :27:19.drugs - which he says, is a risk not worth taking. So, will the police be
:27:19. > :27:27.taking any action? Well following our expose tonight Wiltshire Police
:27:27. > :27:33.say they will now be investigating the company involved in the sale.