:00:10. > :00:14.Good evening and welcome to BBC Points West. Our headlines tonight.
:00:15. > :00:18.A warning to young women. Thousands of students are being told to be on
:00:19. > :00:28.their guard tonight, exactly a week after a teenager was dragged off the
:00:29. > :00:31.street. Try not to walk alone. Be mindful.
:00:32. > :00:33.A growing hunger for food banks A Wiltshire charity says demand has
:00:34. > :00:37.trebled. Going off track, how this derailment
:00:38. > :00:40.could affect your journey for days. Mustard gas and motorbikes, how West
:00:41. > :00:48.Country industry contributed to World War I.
:00:49. > :00:53.Good evening. Police are mounting extra patrols in Bristol tonight, a
:00:54. > :00:56.week after a woman suffered a serious sexual assault. The
:00:57. > :01:00.19`year`old was dragged into a car park just off one of the main roads
:01:01. > :01:04.in the city centre, where hundreds of students were celebrating the
:01:05. > :01:08.start of the new term. Sally Challoner is where the attack took
:01:09. > :01:16.place. Sally, what do the officers hope to achieve tonight? They want
:01:17. > :01:20.to remind all of the attack. They want to jog some remedies and appeal
:01:21. > :01:26.for with buses. The attack took place barely a week ago just yards
:01:27. > :01:31.from this busy road. The woman was dragged just yards up this road
:01:32. > :01:38.wishy suffered a sexual assault They are appealing for with buses.
:01:39. > :01:41.`` witnesses. This was the scene nearly a week ago. An intensive
:01:42. > :01:44.police investigation of the scene where a young woman was subjected to
:01:45. > :01:48.what police describe as a terrifying sexual assault. It happened on
:01:49. > :01:52.Belgrave Road, just off one of the busiest streets in Bristol. Tonight
:01:53. > :02:00.police will be out again. They want more information to be able to catch
:02:01. > :02:05.a dangerous man. Parliament today is to appeal for witnesses to come
:02:06. > :02:09.forward. Significantly, we know there were three skateboarders in
:02:10. > :02:14.the area at the specs omitted to this attack. We would like them to
:02:15. > :02:17.come forward to speak to us. Clifton would have been busy last Wednesday
:02:18. > :02:24.night, with thousands of people in the pubs and clubs up and down
:02:25. > :02:27.Whiteladies Road. The city's two universities have reiterated the
:02:28. > :02:31.advice they give to new students to stay safe In the year to April,
:02:32. > :02:37.police in Bristol dealt with just under 200 reports of rape, attempted
:02:38. > :02:42.rape and sexual assault. We are giving practical advice about
:02:43. > :03:01.things like and not go home alone. Look after your friends. We want
:03:02. > :03:04.people to have a safe evening. In the vast majority of those cases,
:03:05. > :03:12.the victim knew the attacker. Assaults by a stranger remain very
:03:13. > :03:15.rare. Police will be out from 1 o'clock tonight giving advice, but
:03:16. > :03:23.also hoping to find witnesses to solve this distressing case. I have
:03:24. > :03:33.a description the victim has given. It is a male, six foot one tall No
:03:34. > :03:37.facial hair. Aged in his early to mid 20s. If anyone has information
:03:38. > :03:45.about the assault, get in touch A company is going to be prosecuted
:03:46. > :03:49.after a teenager drowned at the Cotswold Country Park and Beach
:03:50. > :03:51.Kajil Devi died in July 2010. An inquest found her death was an
:03:52. > :03:54.accident. Tonight, Cotswold District Council said it would be prosecuting
:03:55. > :04:01.WM Active Ltd under health and safety legislation. The company told
:04:02. > :04:04.the BBC it wasn't yet in a position to comment.
:04:05. > :04:09.New figures out today show there's been another fall in unemployment.
:04:10. > :04:15.The number of people out of work in the West Country and claiming
:04:16. > :04:19.benefit fell by 4% to 40,378. It's the seventh month in a row that
:04:20. > :04:23.unemployment has come down here but there are still twice as many people
:04:24. > :04:28.out of work as there were before the recession in 2008. Experts say
:04:29. > :04:33.that's why demand for food banks is so high, even though unemployment is
:04:34. > :04:36.now falling. In fact, the Wiltshire charity which
:04:37. > :04:40.runs most of the country's foodbanks said today that the number of people
:04:41. > :04:43.using their services has trebled. The Trussell Trust says between
:04:44. > :04:46.April and September they provided food for 350,000 people and claim
:04:47. > :04:56.the government's welfare reforms are partly to blame. Here's our
:04:57. > :05:00.political editor Paul Barltrop. He's worked most of his life, but for the
:05:01. > :05:03.last eight months, Graham Rideout's been unemployed and on benefits
:05:04. > :05:11.However, after missing an appointment, the Swindon Job Centre
:05:12. > :05:15.halted payments. I found it horrendously difficult. Obstacles
:05:16. > :05:21.were put in front of you for the Uber were not helping and not
:05:22. > :05:26.communicating with you. Such people were not communicating with you So
:05:27. > :05:28.he turned for help to the Swindon foodbank. Donated supplies are
:05:29. > :05:38.gathered to feed ever`increasing numbers. Our actual demand is 2 % up
:05:39. > :05:46.on last year. They distribute food, enough for three days, to those like
:05:47. > :05:51.Graham given vouchers by agencies. I had to come to the food bank. You
:05:52. > :05:54.can only come twice. I had to sell things in order to pay for things.
:05:55. > :05:57.The help is temporary, tiding people over while they get back on
:05:58. > :05:59.track.,It's not just Swindon. The West has dozens of foodbanks,
:06:00. > :06:03.including in places like Cirencester including in places like Cirencester
:06:04. > :06:10.Street. The growth has been so rapid the charity are calling for a
:06:11. > :06:13.government inquiry. We are the seventh richest nation in the world.
:06:14. > :06:16.It is scandalous that so many people are finding themselves in deep
:06:17. > :06:22.difficulty. A lot of the reason behind this is problems with our
:06:23. > :06:27.social security system with the welfare system changes which have
:06:28. > :06:30.not been implemented efficiently. So what's driving the increase? Well,
:06:31. > :06:33.the benefits system is undergoing radical changes. The charity point
:06:34. > :06:36.to several: The Under Occupancy Charge, which critics call the
:06:37. > :06:39.bedroom tax; big cuts in the crisis loans which help people through
:06:40. > :06:42.emergencies; and a sharp increase in sanctions, where benefits are
:06:43. > :06:49.stopped temporarily. Then there are wider economic factors: wages for
:06:50. > :06:52.many have fallen back while food and energy prices have surged. There is
:06:53. > :06:55.though another reason. There are more foodbanks than ever, 400
:06:56. > :07:04.nationally, with two or three more opening every week. This was a
:07:05. > :07:08.movement that built up under the Labour government and continues
:07:09. > :07:12.today. We have been frank and say job centres should be able to point
:07:13. > :07:17.people towards food banks if they are in need and that has led to an
:07:18. > :07:21.increase in their useful top we went to see more people in work providing
:07:22. > :07:24.for themselves and their families. Back in Swindon, Graham is trying to
:07:25. > :07:32.get his benefits sorted. Until then he'll go on taking charity. Very
:07:33. > :07:36.degrading. I do not want to do it but I have got to do it. He is just
:07:37. > :07:42.one of hundreds of thousands turning to foodbanks in modern Britain.
:07:43. > :07:46.Labour MP Frank Field advises the government on poverty. Today, he
:07:47. > :07:50.announced he was setting up a cross`party group of backbench MPs
:07:51. > :08:00.to investigate. Earlier, he told me of his concerns. I think this is the
:08:01. > :08:06.real crunch now. Either we do not have an enquiry and pretended it is
:08:07. > :08:09.all being looked after by the big society happily and we would go down
:08:10. > :08:16.the American troop where food banks, food stamps and all of this palaver
:08:17. > :08:20.will become part of our welfare state or the country decides it does
:08:21. > :08:23.not want that and wishes to have mapped out for it and alternative
:08:24. > :08:28.for the pit would be appalling if we got the American model without
:08:29. > :08:32.debate all without any decision by voters to say that is the sort of
:08:33. > :08:38.Britain we went to see developed in the next ten years.
:08:39. > :08:42.A team from the Rail Investigation branch are heading to a site in
:08:43. > :08:47.Gloucester where a freight train has derailed. They need to work out how
:08:48. > :08:50.they can remove the train and assess the damage to the tracks. The
:08:51. > :09:06.derailment has meant delays and disruption for commuters in the
:09:07. > :09:14.area. You can probably just the sum fluorescent jackets in the distance.
:09:15. > :09:20.Investigators have arrived at the scene will stop one of the
:09:21. > :09:25.containers was still here and our ago. It has been moved out of the
:09:26. > :09:30.way. This is being treated as a priority incident. It happened last
:09:31. > :09:37.night. You have a container stickier and the flake trailer was on the
:09:38. > :09:43.edge of the track further down the line. Disruption has only been minor
:09:44. > :09:48.the most commuters. This is a major incident. It has emerged this is
:09:49. > :09:51.more serious than first thought The container, which was at the end of
:09:52. > :09:54.the freight train, was empty but would normally be full of goods
:09:55. > :09:57.destined for supermarkets. It now lies close to the edge of the
:09:58. > :10:00.embankment after coming loose from its wagon last night. The driver
:10:01. > :10:04.didn't realise until further down the track. The police helicopter was
:10:05. > :10:10.called into help find where it was in the dark. A quarter of a mile
:10:11. > :10:15.further towards Gloucester a second container is stuck. Behind it, the
:10:16. > :10:20.wagon from the derailed container that had been dragged along the
:10:21. > :10:26.track. The damage is clear to see after it hit the central barrier
:10:27. > :10:29.bringing the whole train to a halt. Investigators from the Rail Accident
:10:30. > :10:32.Investigation Branch have been on the track all day working with
:10:33. > :10:50.Network Rail and the freight company to find out what happened.
:10:51. > :10:53.Disruption to major services has been minimal. At least two bridges
:10:54. > :10:56.and two level crossings between Lydney and Gloucester, plus parts of
:10:57. > :11:00.the track have been damaged. The RMT union told the BBC this was the
:11:01. > :11:03.second such incident within 24 hours and with the container in Gloucester
:11:04. > :11:06.lying close to homes and businesses said it was a miracle no one was
:11:07. > :11:09.injured. Disruption to major services has been minimal although
:11:10. > :11:13.those travelling from Cheltenham and Gloucester to Lydney are being put
:11:14. > :11:16.on a bus adding an hour to journey times. Passengers going to Cardiff
:11:17. > :11:20.are being diverted via Bristol. With a huge engineering project no ahead
:11:21. > :11:28.of them network rail said it may not be until Sunday before the line can
:11:29. > :11:30.reopen. The advice if you are travelling in the Wales the Forest
:11:31. > :11:38.of Dean from Gloucester Cheltenham is to check with your train
:11:39. > :11:44.operating company first. It looks as if work is going to carry on into
:11:45. > :11:47.the night here. Did you get my phone call? I did.
:11:48. > :11:52.You're watching your regional news programme BBC Points West on this
:11:53. > :11:55.Wednesday evening. Ian will be here with the weather forecast shortly.
:11:56. > :11:59.Yes, stay with us for that, plus there's much more still to bring
:12:00. > :12:03.you. Including: Will your child s school be open or closed tomorrow?
:12:04. > :12:04.We report on the teachers' strike taking place across the region
:12:05. > :12:13.tomorrow. The hospital inspector says Bath's
:12:14. > :12:17.Royal United Hospital has been putting patients at risk because of
:12:18. > :12:21.the way it keeps their medical records. A recent inspection by the
:12:22. > :12:24.Care Quality Commission found important notes and details were
:12:25. > :12:30.being kept in all sorts of ways including on pieces of papers kept
:12:31. > :12:35.in nurses' pockets. Our Health Correspondent Matthew Hill reports.
:12:36. > :12:38.When it comes to frail elderly patients` keeping a record of what
:12:39. > :12:43.they eat and drink is essential for their safety. But according to an
:12:44. > :12:46.inspection in June by the care quality commission of the hospital,
:12:47. > :12:51.records including those for fluid intake were not being completed
:12:52. > :12:55.consistently. According to one chart, a patient had only drunk a
:12:56. > :12:59.third of a litre of water in 24 hours. Another who couldn't reach
:13:00. > :13:09.their water jug told an inspector "I get thirsty andI don't know how to
:13:10. > :13:14.get a drink if I want one." We found there was not consistent use of
:13:15. > :13:23.these records. It is important and `` information and it is important
:13:24. > :13:29.to know the nutrition is `` people require. It puts people at risk
:13:30. > :13:32.This is the new system of record keeping that the trust has
:13:33. > :13:39.introduced as a response to the report. It is about recording the
:13:40. > :13:46.assessment we undertake in terms of nutrition and hydration. It is about
:13:47. > :13:50.recording accurately and making sure it is fully documented. They say
:13:51. > :13:53.details are now put in one place. The CQC also found problems
:13:54. > :13:56.surrounding the dignity of patients There were reports that female
:13:57. > :13:59.patients were seen on the toilet with the doors wide open. Another
:14:00. > :14:02.patient was observed in their soiled bed for ten minutes before staff
:14:03. > :14:06.came to help them .And another struggled to stand with a Zimmer
:14:07. > :14:08.frame. Yet, nursing staff did not help them. The trust has completely
:14:09. > :14:15.refurbished this dementia ward. It says these were isolated incidents.
:14:16. > :14:22.This is not the first time inspectors have raised concerns
:14:23. > :14:29.There were issues about privacy and dignity with for instance 22 men and
:14:30. > :14:33.women having to use the same shower. Staff were so rushed off their feet
:14:34. > :14:37.and cars of the huge demand that some safety checks were not being
:14:38. > :14:40.carried out. The Royal United Hospital has been given until the
:14:41. > :14:43.end of November to make urgent improvements. Then, in December the
:14:44. > :14:45.new chief inspector of hospitals, who has already looked around
:14:46. > :14:47.Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton, will be coming to Bath to make sure
:14:48. > :14:58.patients are being treated properly. Dorset police say they are linking
:14:59. > :15:02.the murder of a 42`year`old man in Bournemouth with a fatal road
:15:03. > :15:06.accident in Wiltshire. The body of Ibrahim Youseuf was found at his
:15:07. > :15:10.flat in Boscombe on Friday. Mr Youseuf, who ran a car wash nearby,
:15:11. > :15:13.had been stabbed. Police say the motorist who died when he collided
:15:14. > :15:18.with a lorry near Trowbridge knew the murder victim. Detectives say
:15:19. > :15:26.they have evidence to link him to the murder scene. We are not looking
:15:27. > :15:31.for anybody else in connection with that murder now but we are appealing
:15:32. > :15:37.for witnesses. Specifically, around last Thursday evening between eight
:15:38. > :15:42.o'clock and eight 30 when we are aware there was an agreement that
:15:43. > :15:52.took place within five Gloucester Rd. Anybody who can give us
:15:53. > :16:07.information about the man and how he ran his business would be
:16:08. > :16:13.appreciated. The NUT and NAS`UWT are taking industrial action tomorrow.
:16:14. > :16:31.Pedants have had to take a day off work to look after their youngsters.
:16:32. > :16:38.The government wants a longer school day and year and there are fears
:16:39. > :16:46.over pensions. Unions criticised the education secretary for not
:16:47. > :16:51.listening to concerns. He is not listening. He does not have the
:16:52. > :16:57.relevant experience as to what happens in schools. The changes keep
:16:58. > :17:02.coming in and it is getting on top of this. Nothing seems to be getting
:17:03. > :17:09.better. For many teachers, this would be the first time on strike. I
:17:10. > :17:17.have to take a day off work tomorrow. Do you sympathise with the
:17:18. > :17:22.teachers? They do a good job. I have to sympathise with them. It is
:17:23. > :17:29.difficult for the parents to reorganise this but it is important
:17:30. > :17:32.that they have their say. The government say less than a quarter
:17:33. > :17:44.of teachers voted for a strike and added it will hold back the bills'
:17:45. > :17:53.education. We should talk about the pay teachers will get as well as
:17:54. > :18:00.existing pay. Teachers will get paid for good work they do in the
:18:01. > :18:05.classroom. 85% of schools in Bristol will be closed or partially closed
:18:06. > :18:10.tomorrow. This primary School in Kingswood will be open tomorrow but
:18:11. > :18:15.one member of staff said some members of staff simply cannot
:18:16. > :18:19.afford to go on strike as they would lose a day 's wage. We will be
:18:20. > :18:28.reporting on the effect of the strike tomorrow.
:18:29. > :18:31.Thousands of new homes and businesses could be built in Bath if
:18:32. > :18:35.multi`million pound flood defence plans revealed today go ahead. Bath
:18:36. > :18:37.and North East Somerset Council say their ?5`million Bath Quays
:18:38. > :18:40.Waterside Project in the city centre will enable regeneration to take
:18:41. > :18:44.place. Our Bath reporter Ali Vowles has been finding out what it will
:18:45. > :18:48.mean for the city. This is the centre of Bath and until the early
:18:49. > :18:51.seventies the southern end of the city was prone to flooding from the
:18:52. > :18:55.River Avon. It took the opening of Poulteney Weir and the sluice gate
:18:56. > :18:59.to sort out the problem. Now an area downstream from the bus and train
:19:00. > :19:03.station to Green Park is to get its own flood defences. The developments
:19:04. > :19:21.come with a lot of promises. You may remember James Dyson had to
:19:22. > :19:23.drop plans to build his ?56`million school on this stretch. The
:19:24. > :19:28.Environment Agency said the flood risk was too high. The council say
:19:29. > :19:37.this should sort out those kinds of problems. From a planning
:19:38. > :19:41.perspective, enabling these plans to move forward will open up sites in
:19:42. > :19:45.the enterprise editor. There will not be the problems we have seen
:19:46. > :19:49.before. Under the plans, Avon Street car park and the coach park will go
:19:50. > :19:52.and the road by the river will be redirected. Eventually there'll be
:19:53. > :19:56.more bridges to connect the north and south of the city. For those who
:19:57. > :20:03.already operate businesses on the river, a sigh of relief. The town
:20:04. > :20:08.has turned its back on the river for a number of years. Down river is a
:20:09. > :20:11.mess. Most people are in agreement that for a tourist city, the river
:20:12. > :20:14.is underused and not loved enough. It's hoped work to start
:20:15. > :20:26.reconnecting the River Avon to the heart of Bath will be become a
:20:27. > :20:29.reality by next year. Everybody wants to be by the liver. It will
:20:30. > :20:34.create jobs and a great social activity. People love the activity
:20:35. > :20:41.and deliver with both small `` moving. And one thing is certain the
:20:42. > :20:43.transformation will make this area of the city look a very different
:20:44. > :20:53.place in the coming years. The BBC has announced plans for a
:20:54. > :20:58.series of programmes next year to mark the 100th anniversary of the
:20:59. > :21:01.start of World War I. The conflict wiped out a generation of young men
:21:02. > :21:07.with almost every family and village touched with tragedy. While the men
:21:08. > :21:09.fought in France, here, West Country industry was geared towards
:21:10. > :21:15.supporting them in some surprising ways, as I've been finding out.
:21:16. > :21:22.Gas! Gas! Gas! When the cry went up, the soldiers faced another terror.
:21:23. > :21:27.Burning skin and eyes, blistering throat and lungs. The British and
:21:28. > :21:32.the Germans tried to smoke each other out of the trenches. At home,
:21:33. > :21:38.every sinew of the nation was turned to war and Avonmouth was chosen by
:21:39. > :21:40.Lord Kitchener for special duties. Here, on what's now an industrial
:21:41. > :21:45.estate, stood a chemical weapons factory. On this site they worked in
:21:46. > :21:57.relentless shifts, filling shells with mustard gas. This was one of
:21:58. > :22:00.the key installations in 1918 for the production of mustard gas and
:22:01. > :22:06.getting to the Western front. It does cover the whole of what is now
:22:07. > :22:09.the trading estate. The buildings have been replaced but that
:22:10. > :22:17.occasional buildings that survived such as this one over here. The
:22:18. > :22:21.whole of Avonmouth was working for the war effort. Many of the workers
:22:22. > :22:25.were women who played football for Shirehampton. How sweet the fresh
:22:26. > :22:27.air must have smelt after the stench and dangers of the factory. And
:22:28. > :22:31.talking of danger, these motorbike riders who took messages to the
:22:32. > :22:42.front also had a unique West Country link. This magnificent machine is
:22:43. > :22:47.one of the contributions by the West Country to the war. It is a Douglas
:22:48. > :22:51.motorbike made in Kingswood. Bill Douglas's great grandfather thought
:22:52. > :23:00.he signed up to provide 300 bikes. An office boy noticed it was 30 per
:23:01. > :23:05.month. They went out and dropped back all the motorcycles that are
:23:06. > :23:09.out in shops and in places all over the country and sub `` supplied the
:23:10. > :23:17.first man. They started building this factory with canvas marquees.
:23:18. > :23:20.People worked in producing motorcycles and the factory was
:23:21. > :23:23.built over their heads. Douglas Motorbikes helped win the war but
:23:24. > :23:33.didn't survive the peace. The factory building is now used by a
:23:34. > :23:39.German company making brakes. Dig around a bit and you can find
:23:40. > :23:44.evidence of the war. When the war ended, the seller Ayrshire was
:23:45. > :23:49.concreted over and they reckon inside the seller at some brand name
:23:50. > :23:52.and used motorbikes just waiting for future generations to uncover them.
:23:53. > :23:56.There are clues hidden everywhere. These World War I rail lines in
:23:57. > :24:07.Avonmouth point us towards 1914 and the Great War. We all have our own
:24:08. > :24:13.personal stories. Whether we lost a relative at different or maybe our
:24:14. > :24:16.relatives were working in munitions factories and helping the war
:24:17. > :24:19.effort. We all have a story to tell. The war touched the lives of many of
:24:20. > :24:23.us with our grandfathers in the trenches or our families on the Home
:24:24. > :24:27.Front. In 2014, we will remember them.
:24:28. > :24:31.If there's a place in the West that's linked to World War I that
:24:32. > :24:39.you think we should know about, then please get in touch with us.
:24:40. > :24:50.It is interesting to find out that more people died from making mustard
:24:51. > :24:55.gas than actually died from its use in the war.
:24:56. > :24:57.Rain this morning and then sunshine for some this afternoon. What does
:24:58. > :25:08.tomorrow hold, Ian? Do you remember what you were doing
:25:09. > :25:13.in 1987 quest Mac I was not born. I was fast asleep and stop you were
:25:14. > :25:19.one of the few people in the country that was. Michael Fish was making a
:25:20. > :25:28.name for himself. It was the great storm. The West Country was that the
:25:29. > :25:40.worst hit area. The storm went above as. The storm in 1990 was far worse
:25:41. > :25:48.for this district. Tomorrow, nothing as bad as that. Many areas will be
:25:49. > :25:57.dry and sunny and warm for this time of year. You will notice this
:25:58. > :26:07.cluster of showers feeding and along the M4 corridor. So tomorrow, many
:26:08. > :26:16.areas will be dry and a pleasant day. The rest of this evening, any
:26:17. > :26:22.showers will be out to the West Showers coming along from the HSE.
:26:23. > :26:32.Some heavy downpours will continue into the first part of the rush
:26:33. > :26:42.hour. Tomorrow morning, downpours easing their way eastwards. As we
:26:43. > :26:45.get through into the late morning and into the afternoon, fewer
:26:46. > :26:50.showers around. It will be a pleasant day. The wind will ease
:26:51. > :26:57.their way. It will feel quite one for this time of year. Some editors
:26:58. > :27:05.probably as high as 17 or 18 Celsius. On Friday, a lot of
:27:06. > :27:09.uncertainty. At the moment it looks like the heaviest rain will push
:27:10. > :27:19.through Devon. We should hopefully miss that. We will not see much
:27:20. > :27:23.brightness on Friday. We get into a showery regime for the weekend. The
:27:24. > :27:31.showers should be less heavy on Saturday. Sunshine on Sunday but the
:27:32. > :27:39.showers will be heavier. That is about it from as far now. Jamie for
:27:40. > :28:12.the lunchtime news tomorrow. See you tomorrow.
:28:13. > :28:15.You ask us to get behind you and why should we?
:28:16. > :28:17.You're punching above your weight, aren't you?
:28:18. > :28:24.He wouldn't do that to me because he wasn't that sort of a man.