:00:14. > :00:27.Good evening. The headlines tonight: Appealing for help for their
:00:28. > :00:31.families back home ` The Filipino communities here, waiting for news.
:00:32. > :00:34.The conman who sold fake bomb detectors fails in an appeal against
:00:35. > :00:43.his sentence. How working with animals is helping
:00:44. > :00:45.Children In Need. And Mary Berry is in bat to switch
:00:46. > :00:54.on the Christmas lights. Is in Bath. Many Filipinos living across the
:00:55. > :00:57.west are tonight still waiting to hear from their loved ones. With
:00:58. > :01:01.electricity still down in many parts of the country, those living here
:01:02. > :01:05.are anxiously trying to get through on the phone. The Filipino community
:01:06. > :01:09.in Swindon is just one organisation now gathering supplies. Fiona Lamdin
:01:10. > :01:17.has spent the day watching the aid being collected.
:01:18. > :01:21.It is now four days since the typhoon struck and 7000 miles away
:01:22. > :01:27.on the other side of the world, this community in Swindon is still
:01:28. > :01:32.waiting for news. I haven't heard from my mum yet. The first thing you
:01:33. > :01:40.do when you wake up, grabbed the phone and try and ring. You are
:01:41. > :01:44.always hopeful that it will ring. You get an out of coverage area
:01:45. > :01:51.message and it has been like that since Friday. For others, good news
:01:52. > :01:58.is slowly trickling through. Right now, my sister has sent me a message
:01:59. > :02:05.before you arrived that they are all OK. There is destruction on
:02:06. > :02:12.properties that I am glad to hear that all my relatives are OK. Even
:02:13. > :02:16.though his family survived, survival in a country where there is very
:02:17. > :02:21.little is now proving very hard They are asking for food, clean
:02:22. > :02:26.water, blankets and clothes, all things that this community has. They
:02:27. > :02:31.are asking others in Swindon to do the same. This is one of the many
:02:32. > :02:36.collection points that have sprung up across Swindon today. Anyone can
:02:37. > :02:41.come and donate food, clothes and water. Over 100 staff that work here
:02:42. > :02:47.at the hospital from the Philippines and so it is thought this box will
:02:48. > :02:54.soon be very full. Over in Somerset, a team of seasoned
:02:55. > :03:02.volunteers have spent the day backing 600 boxes of water survival
:03:03. > :03:08.kits. These boxes will save lives. We will get them there as quickly as
:03:09. > :03:12.possible. Our boxers will take over from the short term and will be
:03:13. > :03:16.allocated on an individual family basis. At the Red Cross just as I
:03:17. > :03:21.bristle is sending kits for the emergency teams on the ground. All
:03:22. > :03:27.these supplies will be used in the rescue centres. Everything has been
:03:28. > :03:41.fought off. Tents, food, electricity supplies, all bound for the next
:03:42. > :03:44.flight. For Princess back in Sweden `` Swindon, the wait continues.
:03:45. > :03:47.And if you want to make a donation to the Disasters Emergency Committee
:03:48. > :03:51.appeal you can go to the website, call the phone number on`screen now,
:03:52. > :03:55.or visit any High Street bank or Post Office.
:03:56. > :03:58.A west country conman who made millions selling fake bomb detectors
:03:59. > :04:02.to countries around the world, including Iraq, has failed in a bid
:04:03. > :04:04.to appeal against his ten year jail sentence.
:04:05. > :04:10.Jim McCormick was convicted in April. Today he went to the court of
:04:11. > :04:13.appeal in London. His case became one of the first to be televised,
:04:14. > :04:16.under new arrangements which have just come into force.
:04:17. > :04:19.Our Somerset correspondent Clinton Rogers, who has covered this story
:04:20. > :04:23.from the beginning, was in court today.
:04:24. > :04:28.Three High court judges heard McCormick's team make their appeal
:04:29. > :04:31.today. They argued that the original ten year jail sentence was excessive
:04:32. > :04:34.because the trial judge placed too much weight on whether McCormick's
:04:35. > :04:46.bogus detectors had actually been responsible for loss of life in
:04:47. > :04:50.Iraq. The barrister said the issue of bomb deaths in Iraq had never
:04:51. > :04:55.been put before the Old Bailey jury and hear today he went further,
:04:56. > :04:58.suggesting that as a deterrent, perhaps the devices actually
:04:59. > :05:01.prevented terrorists from planting bombs. But the appeal court judges
:05:02. > :05:11.were quick to dismantle the arguments. For that argument, it
:05:12. > :05:19.would have to be right. The position now, post conviction of him, that
:05:20. > :05:23.fewer lives were being lost in Iraq. There are different circumstances
:05:24. > :05:28.giving rise to loss of life. You are not comparing like to like. Don t
:05:29. > :05:31.use the word logic when that is not coming into it. And after a hearing
:05:32. > :05:34.which lasted about 40 minutes, the court refused the application to
:05:35. > :05:40.appeal saying the original sentence, the maximum for fraud, was fair If
:05:41. > :05:47.they centres did not merit the maximum, no sentence would. The
:05:48. > :05:52.circumstances were quite appalling. The applicant knew precisely what he
:05:53. > :05:55.was doing and stop he did it for enormous profit. The BBC has learned
:05:56. > :05:58.that in a country regularly scarred by bomb explosions, the fake
:05:59. > :06:03.detectors are still in use in spite of this court case and all the
:06:04. > :06:06.publicity. These pictures were taken by a BBC journalist just the weeks
:06:07. > :06:12.ago And the police team which prosecuted McCormick find that
:06:13. > :06:18.unbelievable. When we asked other officers why they are using these,
:06:19. > :06:25.they said, "we have to obey orders. " . These devices are being used and
:06:26. > :06:28.we are disappointed. But this story doesn't end here. Having failed in
:06:29. > :06:31.the appeal against his conviction, McCormick's lawyers say they now
:06:32. > :06:37.plan to appeal against the conviction itself.
:06:38. > :06:42.It's been revealed that a senior doctor had concerns about a
:06:43. > :06:47.colleague who used a spy style watch to film himself abusing patients. Dr
:06:48. > :06:49.Davinder Bains from Swindon wore a wristwatch with a tiny built in
:06:50. > :06:58.camera and recorded himself assaulting dozens of patients. He
:06:59. > :07:02.was jailed for 12 years this May. A report published today says that a
:07:03. > :07:05.fellow GP at his surgery in Royal Wootton Bassett had raised concerns
:07:06. > :07:06.about Bains' attitude to patients, but was unsure what to do about
:07:07. > :07:15.them. Dr Bains is now appealing against
:07:16. > :07:19.his prison sentence but his victims will be living with their traumatic
:07:20. > :07:27.memories for the rest of their life. He filmed intimate examinations with
:07:28. > :07:31.a camera concealed in a wrist watch. He was only found out when a woman
:07:32. > :07:36.who lodged with him spotted a hidden camera in the bathroom and reported
:07:37. > :07:42.it to police. They are all traumatised by what has happened.
:07:43. > :07:46.They have lost faith in the NHS and male doctors. They don't feel they
:07:47. > :07:50.got the support and counselling following this episode that they
:07:51. > :07:53.should have got. The report says that some time before Bains was
:07:54. > :07:56.arrested a senior partner at this surgery in Wootton Bassett had
:07:57. > :08:00.raised concerns with the doctor about his examinations being more
:08:01. > :08:03.intimate than were required. The GP felt he was given a plausible
:08:04. > :08:13.explanation and that the system was unclear about where any concerns
:08:14. > :08:17.should be raised externally. We have to remember he was a criminal who
:08:18. > :08:22.seriously abused his position as a doctor and he was reportedly quite
:08:23. > :08:27.charming and plausible. He deliberately lied about what he was
:08:28. > :08:30.doing and what was going on and gave plausible responses. The report
:08:31. > :08:33.found that within this all male GP practice there was no policy about
:08:34. > :08:36.chaperoning patients and there were also problems around the way
:08:37. > :08:44.complaints were being managed and safeguarding of children. Today no
:08:45. > :08:48.one from the surgery was prepared to be interviewed but in the
:08:49. > :08:51.statements, they point out that staff had been fully trained in
:08:52. > :08:56.safeguarding and they want to reassure patients that it is
:08:57. > :08:59.business as usual. And Matthew joins me in the studio
:09:00. > :09:02.now. Matthew, this raises obvious questions on trust. What should
:09:03. > :09:11.happen when a patient needs an examination at the GPs surgery? They
:09:12. > :09:14.did a review of many surgeries in Wiltshire and found there are
:09:15. > :09:18.variations between what different practices were doing. What they
:09:19. > :09:23.should be doing according to the guidelines, is if you are having any
:09:24. > :09:27.kind of intimate examination, the removal of clothing, irrespective of
:09:28. > :09:37.the sex of the dogs or patient, a chaperone should be automatically
:09:38. > :09:43.offered. It should be documented. `` irrespective of the sex of the
:09:44. > :09:47.doctor or patient. There are some situations where it is not
:09:48. > :09:52.appropriate for an intimate examinations. Sometimes GPs going to
:09:53. > :09:56.the community and sometimes they don't have a chaperone. They have to
:09:57. > :10:04.judge the situation and it is their personal reputation on the line
:10:05. > :10:11.Those are the guidelines and this case is going to mean that GPs will
:10:12. > :10:20.be extra vigilant in future. You are watching your local news.
:10:21. > :10:30.Still to come: The goals that ended their dreams. Short wood FC's cup
:10:31. > :10:37.run is over. Off you go. And Dwight David found out where the Children
:10:38. > :10:40.In Need money was spent. `` and why.
:10:41. > :10:43.A Bristol man who attacked his elderly mother with a claw hammer,
:10:44. > :10:47.has today been sentenced to nine and a half years in prison. Andrew Deans
:10:48. > :10:50.admitted carrying out the attack in February. The court heard Deans had
:10:51. > :10:53.warned a mental health worker he would harm someone if he was
:10:54. > :10:56.released, after he was detained two days before the attack. His
:10:57. > :11:01.79`year`old mother survived the ordeal but was left with serious
:11:02. > :11:04.head injuries. The former Somerset explosives plant
:11:05. > :11:08.at Puriton is set to be turned into a site for renewable energy
:11:09. > :11:11.companies. Permission has been granted to turn the old Royal
:11:12. > :11:15.Ordnance Factory into a so`called energy park, housing firms which
:11:16. > :11:18.promote green technologies. Developers will have to improve
:11:19. > :11:22.nearby road junctions as part of the scheme.
:11:23. > :11:27.An inquest has heard harrowing details of what may have been the
:11:28. > :11:31.last moments of two young boys who are thought to have been killed by
:11:32. > :11:34.their father before he took his own life. Three`year`old Bryn Anderson
:11:35. > :11:40.and his brother Jack, who was 1 , were heard screaming in the flat
:11:41. > :11:43.where they lived in Tidworth. The boys were living with their
:11:44. > :11:50.father after their parents separated and were being supported by social
:11:51. > :11:52.services. James Ingham has been following events at Wiltshire
:11:53. > :11:59.Coroners Court. Earlier I asked him what's the background to the case?
:12:00. > :12:03.It was on the 1st of September that three bodies were discovered in a
:12:04. > :12:06.flat in Tidworth. It's believed 36`year`old Graham Anderson took his
:12:07. > :12:10.own life after killing his two young sons, 11`year`old Jack and three
:12:11. > :12:13.year old Bryn who were found dead in their beds. The boys had recently
:12:14. > :12:16.moved in with their father after a period spent in foster care. Despite
:12:17. > :12:19.having a history of violence, anti`social behaviour and drink and
:12:20. > :12:23.drug abuse, social workers said he was fit to care for his children.
:12:24. > :12:26.Their mother Victoria was drinking heavily so wasn't considered
:12:27. > :12:29.capable. And it seemed to be going well. The childrens' social worker
:12:30. > :12:33.said Mr Anderson had created a settled family life saying he was a
:12:34. > :12:36.calm and loving father. But he was facing eviction from his flat after
:12:37. > :12:39.failing to pay rent, and was worried about continuing custody of his
:12:40. > :12:42.children. He'd seen a doctor because he said he was having problems
:12:43. > :12:45.sleeping. There's been some harrowing evidence today, hasn't
:12:46. > :12:48.there? Yes, the families in court were warned by the coroner about the
:12:49. > :12:59.shocking nature of some of what they'd hear. She said she heard
:13:00. > :13:03.frightened screams from two children and one boy shouting repeatedly
:13:04. > :13:06."What are you doing to me?" Two days later, the bodies of the children
:13:07. > :13:10.and their father were found by a letting agent showing new tenants
:13:11. > :13:12.around the flat. What have agencies who were involved with this family
:13:13. > :13:15.said? Well, following these deaths, the Hampshire Safeguarding Children
:13:16. > :13:18.Board has conducted a serious case review. It's concluded that these
:13:19. > :13:23.deaths could not have been predicted and were therefore not preventable.
:13:24. > :13:25.But it did say there could have been better multi`agency assessment of
:13:26. > :13:32.Graham Anderson before he was awarded care of the children. It
:13:33. > :13:35.said the children were happy and thriving and there's no evidence to
:13:36. > :13:39.suggest they had ever been harmed by their father during their lifetime.
:13:40. > :13:45.The coroner said he would consider very carefully what lessons can be
:13:46. > :13:50.learned from this tragic case. The inquest will continue tomorrow.
:13:51. > :13:53.A deal to stop two of Somerset's councils from going broke has passed
:13:54. > :13:56.a major hurdle. This afternoon members of West Somerset Council
:13:57. > :13:59.voted to merge staff and services with Taunton Deane Borough Council.
:14:00. > :14:04.But the deal faces another crucial vote this evening. Our political
:14:05. > :14:05.editor Paul Barltrop joins us live from Taunton Shortwood's historic FA
:14:06. > :14:21.Cup run is how important is this deal? One
:14:22. > :14:26.council leader described it as the biggest most important day in 2
:14:27. > :14:32.years as a counsellor. West Somerset and Taunton Deane want to share
:14:33. > :14:41.services and save money. It is risky. Bringing forward that
:14:42. > :14:48.transformation will raise ?2.7 million. Most West Somerset
:14:49. > :14:53.councillors thought they had no other choice and for the council
:14:54. > :14:59.leader, it was a huge relief. They have done well to get where it is
:15:00. > :15:02.now and we now face an exciting future. Our councillors have been
:15:03. > :15:07.given a huge amount of thought to this and they work closely with the
:15:08. > :15:14.officers and members of Taunton Deane Borough Council. They made a
:15:15. > :15:20.very wise and sensible decision Somewhat of this decision to be
:15:21. > :15:25.deferred. What is that about? It is about who is in on the deal. A
:15:26. > :15:28.year ago West Somerset started to looking at who they could link up
:15:29. > :15:33.with. Initially the suggestion was that Sedgemoor would be the most
:15:34. > :15:39.logical partnership but rather late in the day, Taunton Deane were
:15:40. > :15:43.chosen as the council who would share services. They have spent the
:15:44. > :15:48.last year developing the plan and it has been put to councillors today.
:15:49. > :15:51.Sedgemoor have been complaining that they have been sidelined in saying
:15:52. > :15:58.that it would be better for all concerned if it was a 3`way deal
:15:59. > :16:02.with bigger savings. Has there been pressure from on high
:16:03. > :16:05.about this? Because the leaders were summoned to
:16:06. > :16:09.London. They met with the Secretary of State and he has been putting
:16:10. > :16:13.pressure on them saying a three wheel `` a 3`way deal would be
:16:14. > :16:17.better. Taunton Deane councillors are debating and will be voting on
:16:18. > :16:22.it. The Lib Dems want to see the whole deal put on ice while the
:16:23. > :16:30.three council option is locked out. This whole deal is far from certain.
:16:31. > :16:33.It would have been a dream come true but short wood's historic FA Cup run
:16:34. > :16:38.is over. The part`timers were beaten 4`0 by League One Port Vale last
:16:39. > :16:42.night in front of a record crowd for the Gloucestershire club. But as
:16:43. > :16:45.Alistair Durden reports, the cup run has made the club around ?100,0 0,
:16:46. > :16:53.and left the fans with some great memories.
:16:54. > :17:00.The first day in history and will be remembered for a long time. We are
:17:01. > :17:04.really proud tonight. The atmosphere has been fantastic. It has been
:17:05. > :17:08.really good for the boys and the club and it is nice to see the club
:17:09. > :17:11.so busy. It was Shortwood's moment in the spotlight. Their debut
:17:12. > :17:16.appearance in the FA Cup first round backed by a club record crowd of
:17:17. > :17:19.over 1200. Could they match a side five divisions above them? For 5
:17:20. > :17:31.minutes the answer was yes, until Jennison Myrie`Williams scored. A
:17:32. > :17:34.second followed before half`time. Undaunted, the part`timers dug in
:17:35. > :17:40.giving their league opponents a scare or two. But they couldn't get
:17:41. > :17:46.the goal they needed, and Port Vale added some gloss to the scoreline
:17:47. > :17:50.with two more late strikes. A harsh end to a Cup run that had seen them
:17:51. > :18:01.win five rounds just to get to this stage. The lads were looking paper
:18:02. > :18:07.think that the school is a drubbing. We were in it for long periods. We
:18:08. > :18:11.asked the question, have you enjoyed it? They have and they have loved
:18:12. > :18:14.the experience. Money from the Cup run will be spent improving the
:18:15. > :18:19.ground and floodlights. But just as important are the memories. You
:18:20. > :18:26.dream of this happening and it has happened to us. It has come true
:18:27. > :18:28.this year. To do it just once is fantastic for us and everyone
:18:29. > :18:35.involved in the club. A night the small Gloucestershire hamlet will
:18:36. > :18:42.never forget. They are still winners. If you
:18:43. > :18:45.didn't already know it's Children In Need this Friday. And Points West
:18:46. > :18:48.will be live at the Roman Baths during the main programme bringing
:18:49. > :18:51.you updates on the donations being received here in our region.
:18:52. > :18:54.One of the charities already benefiting is Lawrence Weston
:18:55. > :19:00.Community Farm in Bristol, and David Garmston has been to see how their
:19:01. > :19:08.work helps benefit youngsters. I come here every day. I think it is
:19:09. > :19:20.nice to come here and see the animals. All the animals, they come
:19:21. > :19:26.out. I come every Saturday as well. My job is to get them on board and
:19:27. > :19:29.give them something fun and engaging to do with their time and get
:19:30. > :19:34.involved with looking after the animals. We work with eight to
:19:35. > :19:42.11`year`old children who live locally. They need some positive
:19:43. > :19:47.activities to engage them. They come and they work on the farm and they
:19:48. > :19:59.learn about how to look after the animals. It is fun and I like to
:20:00. > :20:12.look after the animals very well. You want me to do something? Yes!
:20:13. > :20:14.Get the brush. Some of the children come from homes that may not have
:20:15. > :20:18.outside space, they may struggle making friends, they may be bullies.
:20:19. > :20:25.There is a range of needs. Why do you love coming here? We come to
:20:26. > :20:30.look after the animals. When I come here, I am calm and when I am not
:20:31. > :20:41.here, I'm frantic, running around. Susan, off you go. David, you are
:20:42. > :20:47.not allowed to name them. There is not one background that is the same
:20:48. > :20:54.but they all benefit hugely, hugely, hugely from their time here.
:20:55. > :20:57.You could eventually eat season They enjoy it? They are very
:20:58. > :21:06.passionate about what they do. They are the future workers and managers
:21:07. > :21:11.of the farm. You can apply for one of the older farm hands and a proper
:21:12. > :21:15.job here. That is what I am going to do. The children of the animals here
:21:16. > :21:20.and take care of them and by doing so, they can put their problems too
:21:21. > :21:24.is one side for a couple of hours and learn to love themselves a
:21:25. > :21:32.little bit more. That is why they need your help through Children In
:21:33. > :21:35.Need. Those kids are natural farmers. Not
:21:36. > :21:39.sure about David. And of course David and Alex will be at our live
:21:40. > :21:42.event at the Roman Baths in Bath this Friday. But in the meantime BBC
:21:43. > :21:46.Radio Bristol presenter John Darvall has laid down a challenge to his
:21:47. > :21:49.listeners. During his show this morning John said if they can raise
:21:50. > :21:58.?1200 for Children In Need, he'll get a tattoo done, live on air!
:21:59. > :22:01.Maybe something like this? There's great excitement in Bath
:22:02. > :22:04.tonight. Mary Berry, star of the Great British Bake Off has just
:22:05. > :22:09.switched on the city's Christmas lights. Our very own Imogen Sellers
:22:10. > :22:15.has been hosting the event and Liz Beacon was also there for us.
:22:16. > :22:22.Thousands of people have been making their way for this evening's switch
:22:23. > :22:27.on. This is the main shopping street that runs through the heart of this
:22:28. > :22:30.city. A short while ago, this city started its countdown to Christmas.
:22:31. > :22:46.Five, four, three, two, one. The year before last, it was the
:22:47. > :22:49.turn of John Cleese to switch on the lights and a few years before that,
:22:50. > :23:01.Hollywood legend, Nicolas Cage came to the city. This year, the honour
:23:02. > :23:06.falls to Mary Berry, the star of the great British bake off. I asked her
:23:07. > :23:14.what it meant to be switching on the lights. `` Great British Bake Off.
:23:15. > :23:23.It is an enormous honour to switch on the lights. This is my hometown.
:23:24. > :23:30.I was born here 78 years ago. It is very exciting. I was at school and
:23:31. > :23:40.college here and I just feel very honoured and very excited. There is
:23:41. > :23:43.another honour that is about to be bestowed on you. You are going to be
:23:44. > :23:50.given the freedom of the city. It is very moving and very prestigious.
:23:51. > :24:02.People have been given such an honour and I am overwhelmed. It is
:24:03. > :24:08.very exciting. We are here in the Mayors parlour and your father was
:24:09. > :24:17.mayor in 1952. What would he make of you `` what would he have made of
:24:18. > :24:21.you being here? I think you might be rather thrilled and proud. He is the
:24:22. > :24:29.only mayor of this century who is hanging in here as a portrait and I
:24:30. > :24:34.have given him a wink and a nod In Great British Bake Off, it has been
:24:35. > :24:37.such a success. Are you enjoying the famed and the wing killed `` and the
:24:38. > :24:44.rekindled state as it has brought you? I love the Great British Bake
:24:45. > :24:48.Off and it's thrilling that we have had over 9 million viewers. It has
:24:49. > :24:58.brought families together. At eight o'clock, everybody watches it and
:24:59. > :25:01.the next day, the ones go to school asking for a bake. I gather some
:25:02. > :25:10.fathers are missing football to sit down with everyone and watch it
:25:11. > :25:15.The celebrations are starting to draw to a close and people are
:25:16. > :25:19.starting to make their way home but this has marked the start of the
:25:20. > :25:24.busiest time of the year for this city and it has been a pretty classy
:25:25. > :25:28.occasion. It is great. Let us get the weather
:25:29. > :25:39.now. For the first time this season, the
:25:40. > :25:44.frost is here. It is going to be a cold one tonight with overnight
:25:45. > :25:48.temperatures getting just above freezing. A frost is possible. It
:25:49. > :25:58.could be a frosty 's butt da `` it could be a frosty spark `` start.
:25:59. > :26:03.The cloud that we saw earlier will disappear and we have an area of
:26:04. > :26:10.high pressure moving in overnight night. That keeps us dry and clear.
:26:11. > :26:21.It does move through the day and this weather system will come into
:26:22. > :26:26.bring us a future was `` bring us a few showers. All the cloud we saw
:26:27. > :26:28.today has gone and we are left with the clear sky and quickly those
:26:29. > :26:35.temperatures are going to tumble away. At the same time that happens,
:26:36. > :26:38.we see a few mist patches forming and by tomorrow morning, some folks
:26:39. > :26:44.could develop a match could be tricky for the rush`hour. Those are
:26:45. > :26:48.the temperatures we can expect. Tomorrow, it is the misty start and
:26:49. > :26:55.a cold start but then the sunshine comes out. More in the way of cloud
:26:56. > :26:59.through the afternoon and by the end of the afternoon, as we move into
:27:00. > :27:07.the early evening, a few showers will turn up and those winds become
:27:08. > :27:12.south`westerly. The outlook is pretty settled. There isn't a great
:27:13. > :27:18.deal of wet weather. The showers will be overnight tomorrow night and
:27:19. > :27:24.into Thursday. For Friday and Saturday, daytime temperatures are
:27:25. > :27:29.struggling a little bit. There is a lot of cloud around. We have
:27:30. > :27:37.night`time temperatures of five Celsius. Good evening.
:27:38. > :27:43.We will try and bring you the football match results later from
:27:44. > :27:45.the Johnstones Paint Trophy. Good night.