:00:13. > :00:19.Good evening and welcome to BBC Points West. Our headlines tonight:
:00:20. > :00:23.From Gloucestershire Police to international drug smuggler. Andrea
:00:24. > :00:31.Waldeck pleads for mercy as she tells a court that she was forced to
:00:32. > :00:35.become a drugs mule. I will have noticed on the arrest of three
:00:36. > :00:39.people in connection with the death of Richard Miles 20 years ago. Help
:00:40. > :00:43.on its way ` west country charities work round the clock to get aid to
:00:44. > :00:47.the Philippines. And Bath Abbey as you have never seen it before ` a
:00:48. > :00:56.glimpse of its unique under`floor heating.
:00:57. > :01:00.Good evening ` a former police worker from Gloucestershire today
:01:01. > :01:04.admitted she was an international drugs smuggler ` but claimed she was
:01:05. > :01:08.forced into the role and should not be executed. Andrea Waldeck strapped
:01:09. > :01:11.the drugs to her body in order to evade detection, but she was
:01:12. > :01:15.arrested in an Indonesian hotel In her police work back home, she gave
:01:16. > :01:29.talks to youngsters on the dangers of drugs. Here's Andrew Plant. In
:01:30. > :01:32.the dust and heat of the Indonesian summer, the white`shirted figure of
:01:33. > :01:35.Andrea Waldeck is just visible here arriving for another court
:01:36. > :01:38.appearance In the Indonesian city of Surabaya, just over 100 miles from
:01:39. > :01:41.the capital Jakarta. Andrea Waldeck was arrested here earlier this year
:01:42. > :01:48.for smuggling the drug, crystal meth, into the country. A class A
:01:49. > :01:50.drug that's highly addictive. Today she appeared again, the charges
:01:51. > :02:00.against her translated by an interpreter. And she admitted
:02:01. > :02:08.smuggling 1.5kg of drugs from China. I don't know where I was on that
:02:09. > :02:11.though... `` that day. But said she was coerced ` forced to carry
:02:12. > :02:14.narcotics after being threatened, by a Nigerian man. It was threats
:02:15. > :02:20.against me, my family, Michelle and Michelle's family. Michelle, it s
:02:21. > :02:22.believed, is a friend in China. If the Indonesian judges don't believe
:02:23. > :02:34.her defence, Andrea Waldeck could face the death penalty. They very
:02:35. > :02:39.rarely put people on death row. . Dr Bharat Malkani is an expert in
:02:40. > :02:42.international law. And he says Indonesian authorities have used the
:02:43. > :02:48.death penalty as a deterrent to drug smugglers. They would have to be
:02:49. > :02:53.very worried. Indonesia has a track record of imposing the death penalty
:02:54. > :02:57.for drugs offences, even on foreign nationals. Earlier this year
:02:58. > :02:59.Gloucestershire grandmother Lindsay Sandiford was sentenced to death for
:03:00. > :03:03.smuggling cocaine into the Indonesian island of Bali. Andrea
:03:04. > :03:10.Waldeck worked for Gloucestershire Police until February last year How
:03:11. > :03:13.she came to be smuggling crystal meth into a country with the death
:03:14. > :03:29.penalty just 14 months later is still unclear. She's due back in
:03:30. > :03:33.court on the 25th November. A coroner has ruled that two boys were
:03:34. > :03:36.unlawfully killed by their father who then took his own life.
:03:37. > :03:39.11`year`old Jack and three year old Bryn were attacked by their dad
:03:40. > :03:43.Graham Anderson, at home in Tidworth last year. The inquest heard how
:03:44. > :03:48.Anderson was involved in a custody battle for the boys after splitting
:03:49. > :03:52.up from their mother. Both sets of grandparents were at the Coroners'
:03:53. > :03:56.Court in Salisbury today. When we heard the news of what this man had
:03:57. > :04:00.done to our grandson is, the world changed for us, and it will not be
:04:01. > :04:04.the same again. To sit at the inquest and listen to what
:04:05. > :04:06.transpired in Ted Worth over those two days which shocked and upset
:04:07. > :04:15.anyone regardless of their relationship with Jack and Bryn Our
:04:16. > :04:20.oldest daughter's life has been ruined and the knock`on effect on
:04:21. > :04:29.our family is to decide ago `` too difficult to describe. Three men
:04:30. > :04:32.have been arrested as part of an investigation into a murder, which
:04:33. > :04:36.has been unsolved for twenty years ago. Richard Miles, who was 29, was
:04:37. > :04:39.found stabbed in his garden near Stonehouse. Today it emerged that
:04:40. > :04:41.officers from the cold case team made the arrests earlier this month.
:04:42. > :04:45.Here's our Gloucestershire reporter, Steve Knibbs. Richard Miles' mother
:04:46. > :04:49.found her son with a knife in his chest in the garden of their home
:04:50. > :04:51.near Stonehouse 20 years ago. His death prompted a huge murder
:04:52. > :04:55.inquiry. At its peak, 50 officers worked on the case. They spoke to
:04:56. > :04:58.hundreds of people. At the time members of Richard's family appealed
:04:59. > :05:02.for help. I think somebody knows something. If they are frightened,
:05:03. > :05:05.then they have got to be giving confidence. Detectives learned that
:05:06. > :05:09.Richard appeared preoccupied in the months leading up to his death. But
:05:10. > :05:12.with leads coming to nothing ` they launched a major appeal on
:05:13. > :05:16.Crimewatch. We can find no reason why anyone would want to harm
:05:17. > :05:20.Richard at all. He was a very quiet individual. Occasionally he
:05:21. > :05:25.travelled to Bristol and Cardiff to listen to live music. Richard worked
:05:26. > :05:28.for ten years at this garage in Frampton on Severn. He died after
:05:29. > :05:32.being stabbed by a knife from his own kitchen after leaving here for a
:05:33. > :05:35.lunch break. Today the owner told me staff have never forgotten what
:05:36. > :05:39.happened to him. He was a viral `` very quiet and retiring lad, good
:05:40. > :05:43.worker, he never let you down. It is one of those things that goes out of
:05:44. > :05:50.your mind, and then it runs back in and you go over everything again. At
:05:51. > :05:53.Richard Miles' inquest, the coroner recorded an open verdict ` saying
:05:54. > :05:57.there wasn't enough evidence either way to prove what had led up to
:05:58. > :05:59.Richard being stabbed. Police have always kept an open mind since then.
:06:00. > :06:03.Little is known about this latest investigation into what happened 20
:06:04. > :06:07.years ago, although detectives from the cold case team were looking at
:06:08. > :06:11.the files as little as six weeks ago and recently, a member of the public
:06:12. > :06:15.called them with recent, new information. Earlier this month a
:06:16. > :06:18.53`year`old man from Quedgeley and 44`year`old man from Longford were
:06:19. > :06:21.arrested on suspicion of murder and a 66`year`old man from Stonehouse on
:06:22. > :06:32.suspicion of perverting the course of justice. They've all been bailed
:06:33. > :06:35.until early next month. You're watching your regional news
:06:36. > :06:38.programme, BBC Points West on this Wednesday evening. Stay with us as
:06:39. > :06:44.there's much more still to bring you. Including, find out which
:06:45. > :06:58.unlikely chefs created these festive masterpieces. Charities across the
:06:59. > :07:01.West say they're working flat out to get aid to the Philippines, five
:07:02. > :07:05.days after Typhoon Haiyan killed at least two thousand people. Thousands
:07:06. > :07:08.of Filipinos work here in the West ` mainly in the health service. And
:07:09. > :07:11.tonight there are signs that supplies are beginning to get
:07:12. > :07:17.through to their relatives back home. Scott Ellis reports. The West
:07:18. > :07:21.Country comes to the rescue. In Taunton, aid is being gathered
:07:22. > :07:31.through a high`street oriental food shop. Anyone who wants to donate
:07:32. > :07:35.items like clothing, tins and stuff. They say that the response has been
:07:36. > :07:39.overwhelming. But there is sadness. This couple have just learned today
:07:40. > :07:47.they have lost three of their cousins. Apparently it is just
:07:48. > :07:54.horrific, there. And after what happened last Friday, it started
:07:55. > :08:00.raining again and they just don t have anything, no food, no water,
:08:01. > :08:09.nothing. More than 2200 people have died, with 11 million people
:08:10. > :08:14.directly affected by the typhoon. These are impregnated with
:08:15. > :08:18.insecticide. This ex`stockbroker in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, has
:08:19. > :08:26.helped out in the Philippines twice before. She is ready to go again,
:08:27. > :08:32.delivering tents and water filters. If they can salvage any sheets of
:08:33. > :08:38.corrugated iron, timber or nails, they managed to knock up shelters
:08:39. > :08:40.quickly, and where we come in as where people 's houses have
:08:41. > :08:50.completely gone and there is no alternative. 175 staff at Valdata
:08:51. > :08:55.are bracing themselves for processing cash and cheques for the
:08:56. > :09:00.disasters emergency committee, which has raised ?30 million in its first
:09:01. > :09:04.24`hour was. 11 million people being displaced is a huge amount of
:09:05. > :09:07.people, so we are expecting a huge response to something that is quite
:09:08. > :09:13.extraordinary and shocking. We believe that this campaign will
:09:14. > :09:18.provide significant funds. But, demands for a dent cash will
:09:19. > :09:21.continue for months to come. The government of the Philippines says
:09:22. > :09:26.it is facing its biggest ever logistical challenge with those who
:09:27. > :09:34.have survived the typhoon now facing death from disease and starvation.
:09:35. > :09:43.Just update you. You might remember this woman. We spoke to her in
:09:44. > :09:46.Wiltshire yesterday. She was desperate for news of her parents
:09:47. > :09:51.and grandparents. Well, today, she has heard ` via her aunt ` all of
:09:52. > :09:55.them are alive and doing as well as can be expected in the
:09:56. > :09:59.circumstances. A three year old boy has died after being hit by a
:10:00. > :10:02.tractor on a farm in Somerset. The accident happened yesterday morning
:10:03. > :10:07.on at farm at Whatley near Frome. The boy was rushed to the Royal
:10:08. > :10:10.United Hospital in Bath but he died. The Ministry of Defence has been
:10:11. > :10:13.ordered to take action to improve the safety of its military selection
:10:14. > :10:16.exercises, after the death of Corporal James Dunsby from Bath He
:10:17. > :10:21.died alongside two colleagues in the Brecon Beacons in July while taking
:10:22. > :10:24.part in tests to join the SAS. Today the Health and Safety Executive
:10:25. > :10:28.issued a formal notice on the MoD to improve. A police investigation into
:10:29. > :10:37.the deaths is continuing, and an inquest will be heard next year A
:10:38. > :10:39.social worker has been struck off after not responding to concerns
:10:40. > :10:45.that vulnerable adults were being abused at Winterbourne View. Brian
:10:46. > :10:48.Clarke ` who worked for South Gloucestershire Council ` repeatedly
:10:49. > :10:51.failed to act after being told that patients were being assaulted by the
:10:52. > :11:01.people who were supposed to be caring for them. Here's our Health
:11:02. > :11:04.Correspondent, Matthew Hill. The revelations about what went on here
:11:05. > :11:08.` at Winterbourne View became a national scandal. Brian Clarke was
:11:09. > :11:12.one of the two social workers who families were supposed to be able to
:11:13. > :11:16.turn to ` and trust ` if they had any concerns. But instead, he let
:11:17. > :11:19.them down. It was in 2008, three years before Panorama went in
:11:20. > :11:26.undercover to expose the abuse, that Wendy Fiora first raised concerns.
:11:27. > :11:28.She was one of four families from Devon whose complaints were
:11:29. > :11:35.escalated by the NHS to south Gloucestershire Council's social
:11:36. > :11:39.services, where Mr Clarke worked. I complained early on about restraint
:11:40. > :11:45.being used far too often, often with no legal justification, used in the
:11:46. > :11:51.wrong way so that it caused injury to my daughter who had injuries on
:11:52. > :12:00.several occasions and had to have surgery on her knee. In the
:12:01. > :12:07.meantime, patients considered `` continue to suffer abuse. It is a
:12:08. > :12:11.complex web. There was a danger that individuals could be scapegoated
:12:12. > :12:19.and, clearly, as the Serious Case Review said, there needs to be a
:12:20. > :12:21.root and branch sorting of why people are held in these sort of
:12:22. > :12:27.institutions and treated in that way. I think it is a good move,
:12:28. > :12:32.because so many people have got away with so much and no authority
:12:33. > :12:36.figures have been held accountable for any of this disgraceful abuse
:12:37. > :12:46.that went on. And it is time now that that changes. That somebody is
:12:47. > :12:50.having to take responsibility. Brian Clark and the team manager in his
:12:51. > :12:55.office where dismissed last year after a council invests the gates
:12:56. > :12:58.and into how they had handled concerns at Winterbourne View. In a
:12:59. > :13:02.statement today, the council said they had cooperated with the
:13:03. > :13:13.professional hearing against Brian Clark. Children's centres in Bath
:13:14. > :13:16.and North East Somerset look set to lose 40% of their funding. Senior
:13:17. > :13:19.councillors are meeting this evening to decide on a controversial
:13:20. > :13:22.programme of cuts. Opponents say they're too harsh and could result
:13:23. > :13:26.in some centres closing. Let's join our political editor Paul Barltrop,
:13:27. > :13:36.who's at the council offices in Bath. At the Guildhall, the Cabinet
:13:37. > :13:40.meeting started a short time ago. Councillors arrived to be met by
:13:41. > :13:45.protesters, angry that ?2.3 million could go from children's centres,
:13:46. > :13:53.40%, one of the biggest cuts this council has ever made. The problem
:13:54. > :13:56.is, more than half of the annual budget is spent on social services
:13:57. > :14:02.on things like care for the elderly and child protection, vital
:14:03. > :14:12.statutory services, so optional extras like children's services can
:14:13. > :14:16.more readily be cut. It's story time at Parkside Children's Centre in
:14:17. > :14:20.Bath, one of 11 run by the council. The Wolves came to the new baby
:14:21. > :14:23.lamb. But the ruling Liberal Democrats want to cut their funding
:14:24. > :14:38.by nearly 40%. It's sparked strong opposition. These centres provide
:14:39. > :14:44.huge range activities, universal services all parents, targeted
:14:45. > :14:48.services for needy parents. If there's ?2.3 million cut then 5 % of
:14:49. > :14:52.most services will go cos %50 staff will be cut. Mother of two Nettie
:14:53. > :14:55.Williams got help after suffering post natal depression. She now
:14:56. > :15:04.volunteers at Radstock children s centre. They want to do more not
:15:05. > :15:07.less, area needs more not less, we'd be missing a trick if we let this
:15:08. > :15:12.really valuable centre be cut. It would be devastating. The council
:15:13. > :15:15.hope all will stay open with the help of volunteers and other
:15:16. > :15:25.organisations. Spending will be targeted at the most needy.
:15:26. > :15:31.Unfortunately if you look elsewhere, other authorities cutting children's
:15:32. > :15:40.services. We're trying to retain them, but make them as efficient and
:15:41. > :15:46.effective as possible. In Radstock, Nettie Williams hopes other families
:15:47. > :16:00.can benefit as she did. I know what it was like before we had children's
:16:01. > :16:03.centres. I really don't want that for them because that's quite a
:16:04. > :16:06.scary prospect, if these cuts come it will be targeted, but don't think
:16:07. > :16:13.that's good enough, every child should get support. For many
:16:14. > :16:20.councils the easy cuts have been made. Now even the next generation
:16:21. > :16:23.may start to feel the effects. Councillors will be voting shortly,
:16:24. > :16:28.but even if they press ahead, it could yet be stopped. More than 1000
:16:29. > :16:32.people have signed a petition that has forced it on to the meeting ``
:16:33. > :16:40.the agenda for a full council meeting in the New Year, which could
:16:41. > :16:45.force a rethink. In the summer we told you about urgent work to stop
:16:46. > :16:56.the floor in Bath Abbey to not collapse. The first stage of the
:16:57. > :17:00.work has been completed and today an unseen part of the building went on
:17:01. > :17:03.show for the first time ever. Ali Vowles reports. It is a tense
:17:04. > :17:05.moment. You do not want to drop this pane of glass. It lets the public
:17:06. > :17:13.see below the ancient Roman pillars, exposed because the floor
:17:14. > :17:17.of the Abbey is slowly collapsing. As the graves below have given way,
:17:18. > :17:22.so has the floor. It has taken almost six months to stabilise it,
:17:23. > :17:27.and repairs that this section in the north aisle are just 5% of the work
:17:28. > :17:31.that needs to be done in the next five years. It has acted as a test
:17:32. > :17:36.area for the rest of the Abbey and much has been learned. It has been
:17:37. > :17:46.more difficult than we thought, the work, so we are expecting the
:17:47. > :17:51.equivalent work once we get going, to take 10`12 weeks. The spark of a
:17:52. > :17:55.job to heat this ancient old building. An underfloor heating
:17:56. > :18:01.system has been put in. Modern cables have been laid, and the
:18:02. > :18:05.stones re`laid. This test area will be powered by a normal boiler but if
:18:06. > :18:09.it proves successful, the Abbey will use the hot spa water from them
:18:10. > :18:17.Roman baths are heating for the floor. This is the spa water that
:18:18. > :18:20.has made Bath so famous coming into the Roman baths at the rate of a
:18:21. > :18:25.million litres a day, coming in at a temperature of 46 Celsius. It is no
:18:26. > :18:34.wonder that Bath Abbey wants to tap this potential to reduce their
:18:35. > :18:39.heating bills. It is coming through this normal drain. They will have
:18:40. > :18:45.the piping hot Roman baths, we will have the typing what Abbey floor and
:18:46. > :18:54.use the heat to keep tapping `` topping up the temperature of the
:18:55. > :18:59.system. And with an annual heating and lighting bill of ?53,000,
:19:00. > :19:07.cutting the costs for Bath Abbey would be a modern miracle. This
:19:08. > :19:11.Friday, it is Children In Need, and today students from Bath spa
:19:12. > :19:17.University got the fundraising under way. They allowed colleagues to pelt
:19:18. > :19:28.them with guns, including baked beans and liquids. `` with gunge.
:19:29. > :19:33.You cannot beat a baked bean. Slap round your chops! We have been
:19:34. > :19:41.looking at how your donations have been used to help youngsters in this
:19:42. > :19:47.area. In Barton in Gloucester funding helps bring the whole area
:19:48. > :20:00.together. You get together, you can play together. You can do whatever
:20:01. > :20:07.you want. I think he organised it because he is helpful. He is nice.
:20:08. > :20:16.We run three venues, the youth and community Centre, a gymnasium, and
:20:17. > :20:21.city farm, which we are now at. They get stuck in and you can see them
:20:22. > :20:33.clearing up, opening the tuck shop, whatever it is. It is just to play
:20:34. > :20:37.around and make new friendships and relationships. Yes, relationships
:20:38. > :20:44.and friendships. Some children have other issues. Some might not be good
:20:45. > :20:50.academically. They might find one of our activities to be an outlet. Most
:20:51. > :20:55.of them come from the Barton area of Gloucester city. And they come from
:20:56. > :21:00.very different grounds. It is an area of high social deprivation In
:21:01. > :21:05.terms of crime rate and educational achievement. And their aspirations
:21:06. > :21:19.as well. We want to give the children here a chance. Today, we
:21:20. > :21:27.went to Barton Gate police station and we talked about some of the
:21:28. > :21:38.problems. As we saw how to solve a crime. You roll it, from left to
:21:39. > :21:43.right, cross here. Remind us of your brilliant question. What if you have
:21:44. > :21:57.identical twins? Could it be harder to investigate? It can be hard. They
:21:58. > :22:06.have the same DNA. What difference does it make to your lives? We have
:22:07. > :22:10.been meeting more friends. You see some children who have come in here
:22:11. > :22:17.and been very shy, and to see them basically smiling and getting
:22:18. > :22:25.involved, serving somebody, that gives me great satisfaction. I have
:22:26. > :22:34.got a great idea for an activity. Lunch! Yes! They said that they
:22:35. > :22:41.could not live without that. It was very sweet. We will be at the Roman
:22:42. > :22:46.Bath on Friday for our Roman `` for our Children In Need extravaganza.
:22:47. > :23:04.Yesterday, we had a bit of fun with Pudsey.
:23:05. > :23:17.On Friday, we have a choir of 1 0 people, Bath rugby players, and for
:23:18. > :23:28.the drummers with us. `` 40 drummers. It is six weeks till
:23:29. > :23:30.Christmas. Today, some top cooks armed with risks and multiband
:23:31. > :23:39.competed against each other to decorate the best Christmas cake to
:23:40. > :23:45.be sent off from Buckley barracks. The art of cake decorating might be
:23:46. > :23:47.one of the latest craze is, but the masters behind these creations might
:23:48. > :23:53.surprise you. They are all Army chefs, taking time out from the
:23:54. > :24:01.cookhouse. And unashamedly showing off their softer side. This year we
:24:02. > :24:07.are making more of a traditional cake and something a bit more
:24:08. > :24:14.skilful. We thought about some nice, intricate piping around the
:24:15. > :24:19.outside. Mary Berry might not be here but that does not stop rigorous
:24:20. > :24:26.scrutiny. We're looking for originality, visit their own idea,
:24:27. > :24:31.and also, you can see from yourself looking around, they have put lots
:24:32. > :24:37.of effort into it. From intricate retail to military humour, there was
:24:38. > :24:42.also regimental pride at stake and the pressure could get to anyone. It
:24:43. > :24:48.is my third attempt, the first two went wrong. I tried doing him as
:24:49. > :24:55.full skill, but it was not working, and the second cake went wrong, so,
:24:56. > :25:06.I decided to do a minion popping out of a present. Finally there has to
:25:07. > :25:12.be a winner. It is good. It has given me a lot of confidence. If I
:25:13. > :25:19.can impress these guys I can impress my brother, he is my number one
:25:20. > :25:27.critic. It shows that even tough guys can get serious about cake and
:25:28. > :25:29.passionate about piping. They look delicious. Shall we catch up with
:25:30. > :25:39.the weather? It was a cold start this morning,
:25:40. > :25:43.because of the clear skies, and we will have some sunshine tomorrow,
:25:44. > :25:49.although not as much. We have some high`level cloud through the day. It
:25:50. > :25:55.did break up across the region and temperatures responded well for this
:25:56. > :26:00.time of year. It got the double figures in urban areas. Still not
:26:01. > :26:05.too bad for mid`November. Change is on the way tonight. We have showers
:26:06. > :26:11.on the way, lingering for the first part of tomorrow. Then we have some
:26:12. > :26:15.sunny spells but a chilly breeze. That will take the edge of any
:26:16. > :26:18.sunshine we're likely to see. Showers will push in from the North
:26:19. > :26:25.and West. Very much an overnight feature. Temperatures anywhere
:26:26. > :26:34.between 5`8 Celsius. That will depend whether you are in an urban
:26:35. > :26:37.or rural area. Showers through the course of the day tomorrow propelled
:26:38. > :26:40.by that westerly breeze, but equally, some very good spells of
:26:41. > :26:45.sunshine. That north`westerly breeze packs a punch. Any wind coming from
:26:46. > :26:52.the North at this time of year at a wind`chill. It will feel more at
:26:53. > :26:58.times like seven Celsius. Because at times tomorrow will look like a very
:26:59. > :27:02.pleasant day indeed. Any remaining showers die away tomorrow evening,
:27:03. > :27:07.with temperatures dropping swiftly, with high pressure building, so
:27:08. > :27:12.unsettled picture, but without that cloud cover temperatures will drop
:27:13. > :27:16.enough to give us a touch of frost into Friday morning. Then high
:27:17. > :27:20.pressure builds, and we have a ridge of high pressure keeping everything
:27:21. > :27:25.static. The best of the sunshine tomorrow, and cloudy, great picture
:27:26. > :27:30.Friday and Saturday. It is a shame because, we lose the winds, but we
:27:31. > :27:34.also lose the sunshine on Friday and Saturday.
:27:35. > :27:40.I think it is going to be called on Children In Need night. You cannot
:27:41. > :27:45.wear your sandals. I will need something warm on beneath my toga!
:27:46. > :27:47.Way back tomorrow. Good