:00:11. > :00:22.Hello and welcome to BBC Points West, our headlines this evening:
:00:22. > :00:25.the bullocks desperate to detox West, our headlines this evening:
:00:25. > :00:32.shortage of options for those trying Who's in and who's out — the west's
:00:32. > :00:39.government's ministerial shake—up. camping out up a tree to stop it
:00:39. > :00:41.And tasting fresh air for the first time in over a month — with their
:00:41. > :00:49.lift fixed these elderly people time in over a month — with their
:00:49. > :00:53.finally freed from their homes. Six weeks tomorrow since I went
:00:53. > :00:59.finally freed from their homes. This is lovely. Lovely weather.
:00:59. > :01:04.Good evening. The BBC has discovered a chronic lack of specialist help
:01:04. > :01:05.for alcoholics in Bristol. Following an investigation by Inside Out West,
:01:06. > :01:09.we can reveal that there's only an investigation by Inside Out West,
:01:09. > :01:16.bed in the city which is allocated to patients needing life saving
:01:16. > :01:19.treatment. With a shortage of expert help and money, experts claim most
:01:19. > :01:22.sufferers end up hitting the bottle Matthew Hill reports, there are
:01:22. > :01:34.Andy has only just woken up and Matthew Hill reports, there are
:01:34. > :01:41.is already hitting the bottle. He drinks up to ten litres of cider
:01:41. > :01:47.I need to do something. If I don't get sorted out now I will end up
:01:47. > :01:51.He has been admitted to the only NHS funded hospital in Bristol which has
:01:51. > :01:58.an inpatient facility specifically for our call detox. There is the one
:01:58. > :02:04.bed for patients like Andy, the others are for drug addicts. His
:02:04. > :02:16.psychiatrist says that most patients hospitals where the success rates
:02:16. > :02:25.Most people think, if I detox, and reality is, it is a molehill detox
:02:25. > :02:30.and it is two or three years of climbing up, easy to fall back down.
:02:30. > :02:36.That two and three years requires input and support. In my ward,
:02:36. > :02:45.people get 18 to 20 hours of group work in the fortnight of admission.
:02:45. > :02:48.Andy is one of only 26 alcoholic to get funding for detox a real year.
:02:48. > :02:53.There is only one bed for patients like him, whereas there are five
:02:53. > :03:02.beds for drug addicts. But there are We are going to seven beds within
:03:02. > :03:05.this unit and we will be looking at not designating beds for drug and
:03:05. > :03:10.alcohol, but we're the need actually is. That means that people have
:03:10. > :03:10.alcohol, but we're the need actually primary alcohol problem, if they
:03:10. > :03:18.have a need that should be able primary alcohol problem, if they
:03:18. > :03:22.For Andy, this is just the start of his long journey to recovery. He
:03:22. > :03:29.hopes with the community support that is given by the unit you will
:03:29. > :03:33.still be dry in years to come. As we've been hearing, at the moment
:03:33. > :03:37.there are just six beds in Bristol earmarked for drug and alcohol
:03:37. > :03:41.But what about elsewhere in the West? It's a mixed picture. In South
:03:41. > :03:43.Gloucestershire there's one bed available once every three weeks.
:03:43. > :03:46.While Gloucestershire has three available once every three weeks.
:03:46. > :03:49.per week free for detox patients Wiltshire has two beds allocated.
:03:49. > :03:55.And in Somerset, there's just one bed available — and not every week.
:03:55. > :03:58.Because of the shortage, patients from across the West often have
:03:58. > :04:01.Because of the shortage, patients travel to Birmingham for treatment.
:04:01. > :04:13.Joining me is Dr Tim Williams from the Independent scientific committee
:04:13. > :04:26.Do these detox beds actually work? essential part of the treatment
:04:26. > :04:32.Ideally we would like more. They are expensive, so we have to ration
:04:32. > :04:37.Ideally we would like more. They are If they work, surely it is worth
:04:37. > :04:47.Yes, every penny spent on drug and alcohol treatment gives you money
:04:47. > :04:52.Many people say that drug treatment attracts all the money. Should we
:04:52. > :05:02.put smaller into alcoholism which Undoubtedly alcohol affects more
:05:02. > :05:10.traditionally attracted much more government very hard to ensure that
:05:10. > :05:18.funding for alcohol is flowing to Is enough of that being done? Is the
:05:18. > :05:23.government getting the message? If I am honest, no. Governments
:05:23. > :05:26.government getting the message? dropped the minimum price of alcohol
:05:26. > :05:31.which is an effective strategy for reducing alcohol harm. Bristol is
:05:31. > :05:38.talking about introducing that policy locally, but it is difficult
:05:38. > :05:44.What about this new drug we have seen in Scotland today? Could we
:05:44. > :05:46.There are new medicines for alcohol treatment, but there is nothing
:05:46. > :05:51.radically new. Fundamentally there needs to be better investment and
:05:51. > :05:57.the better public health strategy nationally as well as filtering
:05:57. > :05:58.the better public health strategy We follow more of the gentleman
:05:58. > :06:03.the better public health strategy that report later this evening in
:06:03. > :06:10.Inside Out. But can you actually get results long—term, or do people
:06:10. > :06:12.Inside Out. But can you actually get Absolutely. People can recover from
:06:12. > :06:19.alcohol dependency. I have people recovered for 20 or 30 years. And
:06:19. > :06:22.they are providing treatment for other people coming through. We
:06:22. > :06:31.they are providing treatment for to invest in these people, it is
:06:31. > :06:34.The sacking of two Somerset MPs shocked many today as the government
:06:34. > :06:35.was reshuffled. Jeremy Browne was ejected from the Home Office, while
:06:35. > :06:39.David Heath, who'd helped bring ejected from the Home Office, while
:06:39. > :06:42.the badger cull, lost his job as Farming Minister. But at the same
:06:42. > :06:51.time there was good news for several political ups and downs — delight
:06:51. > :06:53.for some, disappointment for others. On their way out of government,
:06:54. > :06:56.for some, disappointment for others. Somerset Liberal Democrats: Jeremy
:06:56. > :07:02.Browne of Taunton and David Heath of Somerton and Frome. He was the
:07:02. > :07:06.minister who fired the starting Somerton and Frome. He was the
:07:06. > :07:10.badgers. It was David Heath's second government job. In fact he's been a
:07:10. > :07:13.Lib Dem frontbencher most of the time since he was first elected
:07:13. > :07:15.Lib Dem frontbencher most of the parliament in 1997. Another casualty
:07:15. > :07:20.of the reshuffle is fellow Somerset closely with his party leader Nick
:07:20. > :07:25.Clegg, who made him a foreign office minister when the coalition was
:07:25. > :07:29.formed. Last year he moved to the Home Office; now it's all over.
:07:29. > :07:37.That's come as a shock for his local It's rather a sad end to the year
:07:37. > :07:41.for Jeremy. He has just become a dad among other things. I think he was
:07:41. > :07:47.really beginning to feel he was playing his role in the Home Office
:07:47. > :07:48.will stop it is rather sad to have it cut short now. But he will bounce
:07:48. > :07:56.But other West Country Lib Dems it cut short now. But he will bounce
:07:56. > :07:59.something to smile about. Don Foster got his first ministerial job as he
:07:59. > :08:04.reached pensionable age last year. Now at 66 he's been promoted, to be
:08:04. > :08:12.Chief Whip. He's got to try to keep his party's MPs onside in the run up
:08:12. > :08:21.I was very surprised indeed. When I ministerial post with Eric Pickles,
:08:21. > :08:26.I was gobsmacked. To be run up by Nick Clegg and be told I was moving
:08:26. > :08:32.to the Chief Whip's position, words cannot describe it. Absolutely not
:08:32. > :08:34.expected. A really big job, I am really looking forward to doing
:08:34. > :08:36.expected. A really big job, I am It will be challenging and stop
:08:36. > :08:42.expected. A really big job, I am will have an opportunity to learn
:08:42. > :08:49.Also enjoying today is Stephen promotion as a local government
:08:49. > :08:50.minister. He will be able to draw his experiences as a former Bristol
:08:50. > :08:57.councillor. There was also good his experiences as a former Bristol
:08:57. > :09:02.for two West Country conservatives will stop Claire Perry and John
:09:02. > :09:07.Penrose have both been appointed government whips. Their aim is to
:09:07. > :09:20.steady the coalition in the run—up Somerset, who was stuck in the Gulf
:09:20. > :09:24.developing an acute fear of flying, Joe Thompson from Weston—super—Mare
:09:24. > :09:28.was helped to get on the plane in Abu Dhabi by a hypnotist. His dad
:09:28. > :09:45.described it as touch and go right This is BBC Points West at the start
:09:45. > :09:52.The wait goes on for Bristol City's It has been mild over the last few
:09:52. > :10:04.days. Will it stay like this? Join We'll have the forecast in a few
:10:04. > :10:05.The six week long cull of badgers in Somerset — part of the government's
:10:05. > :10:09.trial to eradicate TB in cattle Somerset — part of the government's
:10:09. > :10:13.has officially come to an end. The government granted a licence for the
:10:13. > :10:16.shooting in a large area of West Somerset. But even though the period
:10:16. > :10:20.has now closed, the protestors say The prettiest of settings for the
:10:20. > :10:25.ugliest of rows. From today the The prettiest of settings for the
:10:25. > :10:30.have fallen silent in this rural corner of Somerset. The village
:10:30. > :10:31.have fallen silent in this rural Stogumber has found itself in the
:10:31. > :10:37.middle of the cull and a bitter Stogumber has found itself in the
:10:37. > :10:49.of wards for six weeks. And even in community, opinions can divide
:10:49. > :10:56.One person was very much for the call, another was against it. The
:10:56. > :11:02.two were together, and they just said, our friendship is the main
:11:03. > :11:04.point and we keep our opinions to The cull in West Somerset began
:11:04. > :11:10.Protestors have tried to follow The cull in West Somerset began
:11:10. > :11:20.every move as marksmen set out to kill 70% of the badger population
:11:20. > :11:26.around 2,100 animals. Nobody is saying whether that number has been
:11:26. > :11:29.reached or not. Camp Badger, the temporary home of the protestors in
:11:29. > :11:32.Somerset is still there. And even though the official cull period
:11:32. > :11:33.Somerset is still there. And even ended they have no plans to move out
:11:33. > :11:39.The only thing that has stopped ended they have no plans to move out
:11:39. > :11:45.getting the numbers is that there were so many people getting in the
:11:45. > :11:46.way. Much respect to those people. If those people disappear, I think
:11:46. > :11:57.The National farmers union says If those people disappear, I think
:11:57. > :12:03.the fight now one was hard shows It has gone as well as anyone could
:12:03. > :12:16.Yet there had been arrests. The It has gone as well as anyone could
:12:16. > :12:21.Gloucestershire and has another It has gone as well as anyone could
:12:21. > :12:26.to run there. Only later will DEFRA started and why statistics, to see
:12:26. > :12:29.whether sufficient badgers were killed, whether it was a success,
:12:29. > :12:34.and whether it can be rolled out across other parts of the country.
:12:34. > :12:46.I'm told that announcement on that In Gloucestershire there is still
:12:46. > :12:52.another week to go. Tonight the reviewing a number of officers
:12:52. > :12:54.working in the cull zone. This follows concerns over an increasing
:12:54. > :13:04.number of confrontations between It is important to point out that
:13:04. > :13:06.primary aim has been to ensure that we deploy resources to make sure
:13:06. > :13:13.that everyone can go about their lawful business peacefully, whether
:13:13. > :13:28.involved in the cull itself. That has not changed. Public safety is
:13:28. > :13:33.And in other badger news: A group of residence in an apple tree in Stroud
:13:33. > :13:36.say they're prepared to take more direct action at other sites in
:13:36. > :13:36.say they're prepared to take more town. The campaigners are trying to
:13:36. > :13:39.save the tree and a badger sett town. The campaigners are trying to
:13:39. > :13:42.a housing development. The sett town. The campaigners are trying to
:13:42. > :13:47.due to be moved by the end of the reporter, Steve Knibbs, is there for
:13:47. > :13:51.us now. How long has this been going Wednesday and the numbers have grown
:13:51. > :13:54.since then. There are a dozen on the site at the moment. You can see
:13:54. > :13:57.behind me there is a protester in each of the trees. They are saying
:13:57. > :14:01.that this development for 14 houses is completely inappropriate. This
:14:01. > :14:09.used to be a market garden many years ago. They want to save the
:14:09. > :14:16.budgetary and the —— the apple tree and the badger sett beneath it.
:14:16. > :14:24.This tree is a shadow of its former Underneath it, a badger sett. As we
:14:24. > :14:34.couldn't go up the tree, we sent a Even though the system doesn't allow
:14:34. > :14:42.easily for changing it and saying, " sorry, we have made a mistake.
:14:42. > :14:45.easily for changing it and saying, " and when we can do this more often,
:14:45. > :14:53.councils will get tired and it will change the rules so that they can
:14:53. > :14:59.The badger sett due to be removed by natural England later in the week.
:14:59. > :15:07.I support these people anyway. Where does it end? Further up the valley
:15:07. > :15:16.we have another big area under Over 20 years ago another tree
:15:16. > :15:19.protest in Stroud. These campaigners successfully fought off plans to
:15:19. > :15:23.develop a supermarket. It reached four weeks and became very tense.
:15:23. > :15:28.This current process is not on that scale, but with more housing planned
:15:28. > :15:33.in Stroud, these campaigners say they are prepared to protect more
:15:33. > :15:45.I feel that morally it is the right thing to do a to continue to oppose
:15:46. > :15:50.legitimate. I think if I can put my body in the way about what people
:15:50. > :15:55.have done for generations to achieve the things that I take for granted.
:15:55. > :16:00.The protesters are working in shifts to protect the tree and say they
:16:00. > :16:02.will be here as long as it takes. We have been trying to contact the
:16:02. > :16:09.minutes he has rung me. He told We have been trying to contact the
:16:09. > :16:12.he has come back from holiday to thesis and is frustrated by it.
:16:12. > :16:14.he has come back from holiday to says he will meet the protesters and
:16:14. > :16:18.has had an ecologist working on says he will meet the protesters and
:16:18. > :16:24.site. He has put in translocation sites for wildlife. In terms of
:16:24. > :16:26.site. He has put in translocation badgers, he says they have created
:16:26. > :16:29.an alternative sett and says that a lot of the family badgers have
:16:29. > :16:32.already been using that. By the lot of the family badgers have
:16:32. > :16:34.of the week when they get moved lot of the family badgers have
:16:34. > :16:37.under the natural England licence, it is a place they are already used
:16:38. > :16:41.to. He does not want to appear on camera, but he is prepared to meet
:16:41. > :16:46.the protesters so that he can talk to them and eventually get on with
:16:46. > :16:47.this development. But as you can see, more protesters have arrived in
:16:47. > :16:57.the last five minutes. It looks see, more protesters have arrived in
:16:57. > :17:03.Plans to build a college on the former site of REF line had been
:17:03. > :17:06.approved. The MOD still plans to demolish the existing chapel of
:17:06. > :17:09.approved. The MOD still plans to despite protests. The garden of
:17:09. > :17:11.approved. The MOD still plans to members will be created. Thousands
:17:11. > :17:19.of military students will train there from three different sections
:17:20. > :17:24.Women who run their own firms were urged today to think big and take
:17:24. > :17:28.entrepreneurs gathered in Bristol to share ideas and hear from women
:17:28. > :17:30.entrepreneurs gathered in Bristol to have created large companies. Among
:17:30. > :17:34.them was Janis Sinton whose firm confectionary companies. Today she
:17:34. > :17:48.employs 48 people and turns over more than £5 milion — but that's
:17:48. > :17:51.children, seven, nine and 11. They were all at school, playing sports,
:17:51. > :17:58.dancing classes, just like everyone else. It does become a 20 47 job.
:17:58. > :18:06.You do have to be prepared to take Former England rugby manager Martin
:18:06. > :18:09.Johnson has been disqualified from driving after speeding in Somerset.
:18:09. > :18:12.Johnson, who won 84 caps for England as a player, appeared at Taunton
:18:12. > :18:16.Deane Magistrates Court today in offence. He's been banned from
:18:16. > :18:22.driving for 49 days and ordered offence. He's been banned from
:18:22. > :18:29.They were within touching distance of a first league win, but the wait
:18:29. > :18:32.They conceded a late equaliser at Port Vale at the weekend, meaning
:18:33. > :18:36.it's now seven months since their last league success. Today, the
:18:36. > :18:44.players were back training ahead of The questions today should have
:18:44. > :18:47.players were back training ahead of about a first win. Instead, what
:18:47. > :18:48.might have been. It was into the 90th minute at the weekend, when
:18:48. > :18:54.this Aden Flint backpass proved 90th minute at the weekend, when
:18:54. > :19:04.costly for Bristol City. Today his team—mates rallied around the big
:19:04. > :19:08.He was in bits. He walked in and apologise to everyone. We said,
:19:08. > :19:12.don't worry, it's one of those things, just move on from it. He had
:19:13. > :19:16.the great game apart from that one City's last league win was back
:19:16. > :19:18.the great game apart from that one club—record 19 games ago — back
:19:18. > :19:20.the great game apart from that one March ninth. Victory on Saturday
:19:20. > :19:23.would also have been their first win away in the league since December
:19:23. > :19:27.last year. Despite dominating at Port Vale, City could only score the
:19:27. > :19:41.one goal, meaning that late mistake cost them. The head coach insists
:19:41. > :19:42.On Saturday it was as complete a performance as we have played. If
:19:42. > :19:48.you come here that to the start performance as we have played. If
:19:48. > :19:52.the season, the team is Willie progressing. They understand it
:19:52. > :19:55.the season, the team is Willie progressing. It is not something we
:19:55. > :20:01.wallowed in. We got to learn from our mistake, and hopefully we will.
:20:01. > :20:13.We created a lot of chances as a Wycombe may feel the brunt of City's
:20:13. > :20:19.Johnstone's Paint Trophy tomorrow. But the league will have to wait for
:20:19. > :20:22.Gloucester Rugby's indifferent start to the season continued this weekend
:20:22. > :20:26.as were beaten convincingly by Exeter Chiefs at home. A Martyn
:20:26. > :20:30.Thomas try was all the fans had Exeter Chiefs at home. A Martyn
:20:30. > :20:34.cheer in the first half. Jonny May came on after the break to score
:20:34. > :20:40.Gloucester's second try but it was 19—year—old twins Jamie and Craig
:20:40. > :20:46.extensions which will keep them 19—year—old twins Jamie and Craig
:20:46. > :20:49.Somerset for a further three years. successful season resulting in a
:20:49. > :20:54.call—up to England's one—day squad for the series against Australia.
:20:54. > :21:07.All—rounder Craig, meanwhile, missed most of the 2013 campaign because of
:21:07. > :21:10.a stress fracture in his lower back. Some good news for residents at
:21:10. > :21:12.a stress fracture in his lower back. retirement complex in Bristol. Today
:21:12. > :21:19.they've taken their first steps Several elderly people, who couldn't
:21:19. > :21:35.use the stairs, had been stuck in their third floor flats since the
:21:35. > :21:38.What a difference a lift makes. How wonderful it is. I mean that.
:21:38. > :21:40.The last time 86—year—old Sheila Parsons was able to leave her flat
:21:40. > :21:45.and go out in the fresh air was Parsons was able to leave her flat
:21:45. > :21:52.the 28th August. It's been a long six weeks — but she says it's good
:21:52. > :21:56.I used to wake in the morning and think, " I wonder if I will ever get
:21:56. > :21:58.out of here are or if there is something wrong with the left and it
:21:58. > :22:04.won't be able to be put right. something wrong with the left and it
:22:04. > :22:08.didn't realise how much I missed it until I stepped through that door. I
:22:08. > :22:15.have absolutely missed it. The cos I love it round here. It's a lovely
:22:15. > :22:17.area to live in. I got a nice view from my flat, but that's not the
:22:17. > :22:24.same is coming out in the fresh from my flat, but that's not the
:22:25. > :22:30.For Sheila and the other residents and has been tough managing without
:22:30. > :22:33.the left. They say they are still disappointed that the whole thing
:22:33. > :22:35.The company which manages this block, Peverel Retirement, had said
:22:35. > :22:40.which was difficult to get hold block, Peverel Retirement, had said
:22:40. > :22:50.After spending hours working here over the weekend, engineers finally
:22:50. > :22:54.For 78—year—old Judy Ross it's been a long battle — but one she hopes
:22:54. > :22:57.everyone will learn something from. It's so nice for the people who
:22:57. > :23:00.everyone will learn something from. trapped. They feel free, they can
:23:00. > :23:04.get out. It was almost as if they were any prison. They are really
:23:04. > :23:09.enjoying it. It is very nice for the rest of us when we go shopping to
:23:09. > :23:12.know that we can get the heavy stuff again because we don't have to carry
:23:12. > :23:17.it up the stairs any more. It has been a difficult time for us, but I
:23:17. > :23:23.think these big firms think that they can get away with pushing us
:23:23. > :23:26.around full stop it doesn't matter. We do matter. They have got to do
:23:26. > :23:30.things for us. I think things will Peverel have consistently said that
:23:30. > :23:34.they are very sorry about what has happened here — but that they did
:23:34. > :23:35.get it fixed as quickly as possible. Now, everyone here just wants to
:23:35. > :23:46.move on — and enjoy getting out Now, everyone here just wants to
:23:46. > :23:51.the sunshine — whilst it lasts. I bet they are pleased about that.
:23:51. > :23:55.People at home will be pleased to, we had so many e—mails about that.
:23:55. > :23:59.The first Gromits are in their new homes tonight. After last week's
:23:59. > :24:01.million for the Bristol's Childrens Hospital. One family from South
:24:01. > :24:08.Gloucestershire successfully bid for Butterfly by Philip Treacy. He got
:24:08. > :24:16.some funny looks as he was driven through Bristol on an open trailer.
:24:16. > :24:19.Zachary went to the option with through Bristol on an open trailer.
:24:19. > :24:28.dad and was not worried about seeing I'm sure he will hold his value
:24:28. > :24:31.dad and was not worried about seeing years to come. And throughout time,
:24:31. > :24:39.I doubt it will go down in price. So His new owners are still deciding
:24:39. > :24:47.Butterfly's got pride of place on I hope you won't stay there, they
:24:47. > :25:06.bad tomorrow, but increasingly Cloudy this morning and cloudy for
:25:06. > :25:18.the sunshine with the mild air, Cloudy this morning and cloudy for
:25:18. > :25:23.temperatures responded very well. Up respectable for October and other
:25:23. > :25:31.tomorrow is all right, mild and respectable for October and other
:25:31. > :25:37.the cloudy side. Becoming cooler on Thursday and Friday. Mainly dry
:25:37. > :25:50.the cloudy side. Becoming cooler on some sunny spells. Crisp and clear
:25:50. > :25:56.Temperatures in urban areas staying in double figures. Tomorrow is a
:25:56. > :26:02.cloudy story. In places the cloud is that enough for some patchy drizzle.
:26:02. > :26:12.Some holes here and there, but overall we more agree story. But
:26:12. > :26:16.18, 19 degrees. Things change as we go through into the early hours
:26:16. > :26:20.18, 19 degrees. Things change as we Wednesday morning. Wednesday will
:26:20. > :26:22.feel the difference. Tomorrow night we still have some mildness and
:26:22. > :26:24.feel the difference. Tomorrow night temperatures, but change is afoot.
:26:24. > :26:31.This high which has been giving temperatures, but change is afoot.
:26:31. > :26:36.the mild air moves towards Iceland, changing wind direction. Some brisk
:26:36. > :26:43.north—westerly winds and some arctic northerly is. Temperatures will
:26:43. > :26:46.north—westerly winds and some arctic off by six or seven degrees as the
:26:46. > :26:50.cold air sinks down over us, pushing the mild air out of the way and
:26:50. > :26:59.changing the tone for the rest of Thursday and Friday, the air pushes
:26:59. > :27:03.the cloud out of the way. Although temperatures drop off markedly from
:27:03. > :27:09.today, lots of sunshine to enjoy. Just wrap up against that cold wind.
:27:10. > :27:20.I knew you were a cup half full The last hurrah of the warm weather.
:27:20. > :27:24.Stay with us here, Inside Out is I'll be back with the ten o'clock