22/11/2013 BBC Points West

The shocking face of gang culture. A women is filmed attacking a man for

showing disrespect and then the video is sent to others as a

warning. The campaign to encourage drivers and cyclists to be friends

not enemies on the roads. The only solution is to have cyclists and

motorists on separate Broadway than that is never going to happen

because that will cost more money than the government has. The

emergency lifeboat which has undergone a ?1 million refit in

Gloucester. Is this the country's biggest Dr Who

fan? The viewer planning to watch over 700 episodes.

A gang who attacked a man because he showed them disrespect has been sent

to jail in Gloucester. They filmed the attacked on a mobile phone and

then sent it other people as a warning. Today the court was told

four of the attackers belonged to a group called Other People's Money. A

fifth defendant was said to have close links to that organisation.

Today's conviction is the first major success for a special gangs

unit. The reality of gang culture in

Gloucestershire. This mobile phone footage shows Mica McLeary, a member

of OPM, Other People's Money, attacking a man for disrespecting

the gang's leader. The video was circulated as a warning to others,

as was this picture showing the victim battered and bruised with two

of the defendants. It was a terrifying ordeal for the victim who

was taken under false pretences to an address and then subject to a

prolonged assault. This poor job `` bordered on torture. All five jailed

today were there at the time of the attack and said to be equally

responsible. The judge branded one of them, Freeston Horsford, seen

here outside court two years ago, as the leader of OPM. Fighting

generally. All the time. It's not his real name, but Paul was a former

member of OPM. They treated me like family. They were my friends. They

brought me up. They brought me up in the environment that was surrounding

me. They walk my eyes up to reality. The power the gang had over

him often pushed him too far. The raw some situations where I put guns

in people 's faces, I put knives in people 's faces, I had to rob

people. In my heart I did not want to. I had to drop it. Get rid of

them. This is a picture of the largest gang we have in Gloucester,

OPM. Today's convictions are a major victory for the Avenger Task Force,

set up earlier this year to work directly with gang members to turn

their lives around. Officers believe that the hierarchy of OPM has been

affected with Freeston Horsford behind bars. He is a very evil and

covertly man. When he was active and others where, we knew that we had

people coming down from other cities. As he has been locked up,

those people have not come back to Gloucester. That is what we are

trying to do to make our communities safer. Today's case wouldn't have

happened without someone going to the police with information. That

person has now been given a new home and protection. But the future

success of the ATF relies on the community speaking out. The problem

we have is finding information and intelligence. Even though

communities have been very forward and very supportive of what we do,

ice will urge people to make contact with us because it is about as

helping young people move away from this activity. Meanwhile the five

people linked to the gang are tonight in prison. The city, police

say, a safer place for it. The police have been out in force in

Bristol today, trying to improve road safety following the deaths of

two cyclists in the last week. Officers say they're also trying to

reduce tension between cyclists and drivers on our roads.

As dawn was breaking this morning, bikes, buses, lorries and cars

already competing here to cross one of Bristol's busiest junctions. And

this morning police patrolled the rush hour reminding those on two

wheels, and four or more, about the rules of the road. Something we have

seen quite a lot of those drivers dropping at the lights but pulling

up inside the red cycle box. Most do not seem to realise that they are

breaking the law and it can carry the same penalty as running every

light. Boxes are one of the things we are dealing with, also cyclists

is going through red lights because we have had complaints about

cyclists and cars going through red lights. We have had complaints about

cyclists on the pavement. Cycling safety, and the behaviour of

cyclists and motorists on the roads, has hit the headlines, after a

series of deaths in London. Many drivers believe cyclists often

compromise their own safety. But many cyclists say it is sometimes

safer to break the rules. They go through lights all the time. The

lights do not mean a thing. If you are on a bicycle, it is a case of, I

am not stopping, I have brakes but I am not going to use them. The only

solution is to have cyclists and motorists on separate roadways. That

is not going to happen because it is going to cost more money than the

government has. We have to see it from each other's perspective full

is Police say they've talked to dozens of drivers in the past two

days about breaking in the red box. Top They've seen more than 60

cyclists skipping through red lights. They hope this type of

campaign will help them co`exist more safely.

The Transport Secretary has been asked to look at conditions on a

notorious stretch of road, following three deaths earlier this month. The

A417 runs north of Cirencester and through Gloucester. It was discussed

this morning by a delegation including three of the West MPs and

local councillors. There have been calls for one part of the road to be

made dual carriageway to cut the number of accidents. There is an

opportunity to get funding for this vital piece of infrastructure for

Gloucestershire. There is currently a funding round for one of the major

transport schemes nationally and those decisions are going to be

taking place over the next 12 months. Mr Hawthorne says all

parties should work together to make sure the bid for funding is

successful. Still to come, a look at the weekend

weather. It has been cold and wintry across

the west. It is called on the roof. Will it stay like that? Join me

later to find out. The UK Independence Party in

Somerset is warning that towns like Yeovil, where there's already a

significant Polish community, can't cope with more immigrants. It's now

claimed a new wave of immigration from Bulgaria and Romania is on its

way, because working restrictions are being lifted. So what's the real

picture here in the West? This is Virgil. He's Romanian and

works in Yeovil as a taxi driver. We rent the cabs. We are 45 Romanians.

The reason he's come here is simple. More money, more opportunities. And

he's not alone. These Romanians and Bulgarians are working on

agricultural visas on a fruit farm in Somerset. They say they're not

taking jobs from locals because they're the only ones who want to do

the work. I think they prefer the good jobs. They do not like working

agriculture, because the same thing happened in my country. I do not

want to work in agriculture in my country, but I work it here. But

according to the UKIP councillor for Central Yeovil, people are fed up

with the drain immigration is putting on the community. The main

cause was concern regarding immigration. Every person I spoke to

said immigration. When you have got a relatively small town, it can have

a big impact. Just take a look at the number of Polish immigrants in

this part of the world. It's gone up significantly since 2001. There are

now more than 30,000 living in the west. Here at St Gildas Catholic

Primary School in Yeovil you can really see the difference

immigration has made. In 2000 none of the children spoke English as a

second language. Now that's up to 50%. But that's not a bad thing,

according to the head teacher. We are an inclusive Catholic school.

Our first premises to get on with our neighbours, we love our

neighbours. Most of the parents of children here work at the hospital

or for local businesses. Nationally, the numbers claiming benefits is

much higher amongst UK`born people than immigrants. What we are seeing

is that most of those people coming in who are economic migrants, they

come here to work, they do not come here to live on benefits. We are

just 40 days from the lifting of working restrictions on Bulgaria and

Romania. There is an accident waiting to happen, a catastrophe

coming ahead full is But no`one yet knows how many more people will

choose places like Yeovil as their home. Top it Earlier I spoke to Neil

Hamilton, who is on UKIP's national executive, and started by asking him

if his party was trying to make political capital out of this.

Is a contentious issue. We are not studying up fears about immigration.

We know there are 29 million Romanians and Bulgarians who will

get the right to come here from the 1st of January. They are not going

to empty the entire country. No, but we know that these are very poor

people. Of course people want to benefit their economic circumstances

and that means coming to the UK first and foremost. The facts seem

to be that the Eastern Europeans who have come here have contributed more

than they are taking out. Of course these people tend to be hard`working

and they do worthwhile jobs, but it is the scale and speed of

immigration which is changing the face of England. That is something

the government should control. It is happening from the 1st of January,

so are you not creating a hostile atmosphere towards people they want

to come here and work? We are not hostile. You are creating a hostile

atmosphere. The numbers are so colossal that the social tensions

that will be created will be exacerbated further by the greater

numbers that are likely to come here from the 1st of January. Sticking

our heads in the sand and doing nothing about it is going to cause

the problems. Would it be possible for David Cameron to say, we have

looked at the figures that we cannot take on more people, we will not

allow this to happen? That is what the government should do but he has

no intention of doing it because he thinks Britain should be a member of

the EU. It is only us and you kept that would take us out of the EU.

Don't forget to join me for the Sunday Politics West this week when

I'll be quizzing the Conservative Euro MP Ashley Fox about what the

government intend to do to control immigration. That's on BBC One this

Sunday at 11am. Bristol Airport is getting special

security scanners that can detect improvised explosive devices.

They're more sophisticated than these ones, because they can detect

non`metallic IEDs like the one used in an attack on a flight from

Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day in 2009. Ten UK airports have

them already. Bristol is one of another 11 to get them installed.

Bristol and Bath universities are to get a share of ?350 million to spend

on PHD training in engineering and physical science. The government

hopes the five`year investment in postgraduate studies will help drive

economic growth, and put the UK at the forefront of the global science

race. A boat which played a crucial role

in rescuing people in World War two has been restored, and is now making

its way from Gloucester to a permanent home in the capital. The

Massey Shaw was used to evacuate troops from Dunkirk.

It's the sound of a new chapter beginning for the Massey Shaw. This

1930s fireboat has undergone a ?1 million restoration at Gloucester

Docks. We have rebuilt her like for like to make a Rascals is possible

to what she was when she was built but still maintaining an electrical

system that is up`to`date and modern, with some discreet changes

to make sure she is fit for today `` to make her as close as possible.

The longest serving London fireboat on the Thames, the Massey Shaw also

transported soldiers home from the beaches of Dunkirk during the Second

World War. The information we have is a minimum of 500 but that can go

up to 600 and that was rescued from the beaches to larger vessels, but

she also brought back 110 injured troops on the vessel to the UK.

Since being decommissioned in the 1970s, the Massey Shaw has had

almost as an eventful life as she did during service. She was found

abandoned in a London Dockyard in the 1980s and was sunk in the 1990s

before a 10`year restoration campaign began to get her restored

for the 60th anniversary of Dunkirk. And it's those historic links that

resonate with people today. Trish Gage's father, William Way, served

on the Massey Shaw during the Blitz. It looks so lovely. It has been down

here since last March and I could not believe it had come to

Gloucester, when I left, of all the places. I have been coming down to

take photographs. `` where I live. Casting off from her Gloucester

home, the Massey Shaw has a weekend of extensive tests ahead to prove

she's seaworthy. Then she's off to London to open as a living museum

where she'll hopefully attract a new generation of followers who discover

her impressive history. She is beautiful.

Now sport, and ten years ago today, England were celebrating winning the

Rugby World Cup for the first time. Do you remember that? Five West

Country players were involved in that final against Australia. You've

been sharing some memories of that day. I was on the sofa at home with

my dad cheering England. I had the shortest straw, because I

was in a car on a motorway. I missed the whole thing. When Jonny

Wilkinson dropped the kick over, I was beating my horn and sheeting to

a load of other cars. It was a bit of a strange experience. ``

cheering. Three bass players and two from Gloucester when it that of the

action. `` work in the thick. Andy Robinson was England's first`team

coach. They have been sharing their memories of the match, that kick,

and the incredible welcome home they received on their return to England.

We went in as the number one team in the world and the pressure was on us

to perform. We had beaten everyone for the past three years in the

southern hemisphere and under the biggest pressure you are going to

face in your career. Jonny Wilkinson did not take the drop goal with his

bitter fruit, he put it onto his right and I think in the days and

weeks he had practised kicking with hers right, and to take that under

the most intense pressure was superb. Everyone stopped still. It

was almost like slow motion. I think most of the Australian team

realised, what is the point in charging it down? They just stood

there fixed. What people forget about is the restart and that that

was Trevor Woodman, who caught the Australian restart. It was one of

those things, why have they kicked it on me? Luckily I called that. I

think if I had dropped it I would have been in a lot of trouble by the

management and the team, but luckily I caught it. Because we were inside

it got very misty. You could not see outside. We just sprinted down

stairs and we could see the smiles on the faces for achieving it, it

was a tremendous team effort. Have to savour those things because they

move very quickly and you have to enjoy them because once she moved on

to the tunnel everything is almost left behind `` once you move down.

We were warned on the flight about an hour away that there was chaos at

Heathrow and we could not believe it. It is a great feeling when you

have the support and you realise you have touched a nation. And what it

means to people. They ditched their cars on the M25 and what then. That

was the only place they could park their cars. The realisation was that

the country was gripped on this. Going to Trafalgar Square and seeing

that amount of support, once in a lifetime. It was fantastic.

Some great memories there. In domestic rugby it is a return to

league action for our Premiership teams this weekend full of

Gloucester travel to harlequins. `` Harlequins.

Your bolt on can move off the bottom of the Championship if they beat

Doncaster tonight. `` Yeovil. This game is the first of a series

against other sides in the bottom half of the table. It is the first

cup final of the season, I think, we have to treat it like that because

there are teams around us that we have to take points off and we have

to before Christmas get up off the line. We have to do it for

confidence but also because we are playing all the teams around us.

The standout game will be in League One, Swindon against Leyton Orient.

Listowel Academy ladies team have picked up a national award today,

club of the year at the women's football awards in London `` Bristol

Academy. It was recognition for making it through to the FA Cup

final against. I have been hearing rumours about

the manager of the Academy team going on to bigger things.

Possibly, all the talk about Mark Sampson and whether he is going to

be the next England's women's head coach. If you think about what he

has done with Bristol, getting them up to second, with probably one of

the smallest budgets, he has a very good chance of getting that England

job. Bristol will be sad to lose him.

I will be here during the weekend bringing you the sports results.

Unless you have been living on Mars, you are probably aware that Dr

Who celebrates its 50th anniversary on Saturday. The occasion is being

marked with a special future length episode. We are not going to reveal

any spoilers, but our reporter has met one of the show's biggest fans.

To call Tom a fan is an understatement. In a bedroom which

is a shrine to the Time Lord, Tom has been glued to his TV screen

watching every available Dr Who episode from the past 50 years. Do

not be alarmed. I come from a land far away. Actually, I have just come

from the BBC. Obvious question first, why? Why watch every episode?

Back in 2010, I realised we were only a few years away from the

anniversary season, so I thought, yes, 2013, 50th anniversary. You

prepared this years in advance? Yes. This is TV viewing in the

extreme. 798 episodes, 3000 hours of TV, averaging at four episode the

day. Obsessed or just a fan? Obsessed fan. The cinema worker has

met all of the surviving 13 doctors, Colin Baker being his

favourite. He also has a wardrobe full of costumes that he has either

bought or had made. Here is my favourite. Colin Baker. That is

bright. Probably the best dressed man in Yeovil. He will be dressing

as the doctor when he goes to work at Yeovil cinema tomorrow for a

big`screen showing off a special anniversary Dr Who.

That is a lot of episodes. You will be watching tomorrow?

Of course. We can expect a very nice weekend.

The winds beginning to ease. You can see our wind measured is slightly

spinning, but left last `` less fast than it has been. If we take a look

at the forecast we can see the headline is chilly weather, but

great days. I pressure building and the winds easing down. The lack of

bodies overnight and the clear skies mean that we will have frosty

mornings `` lack of Belize. A nice bridge of high pressure which days

with us on Saturday and into Sunday. That means the winds are light, the

weather stays dry and it is a very workable couple of days. Hanging

onto lots of cold air, we may have lost the strength of the wind but

the error is go cold. Slightly milder air, but there will not be a

jump in temperature. Losing the sunshine which we will be enjoying

on Saturday. Lots of sunshine today, not that much cloud around. In the

sunshine, it felt a little bit warmer than it has done over the

last few days with the winds beginning to drop. That is what sets

the tone for the next 48 hours. For the rest of this evening until

eight, clear skies, not much in the way of cloud. The butcher is going

very low very quickly, especially in rural areas `` temperatures.

Freezing fog, which in low`lying areas will be slow to clear. Plenty

of blue sky, and with just light winds, the day is very workable

indeed, very good for getting out and about. Tomorrow night it is a

repeat performance, clear skies, light winds, frost and freezing

fog, temperatures cold taking us through into Sunday. On Sunday,

plenty of sunshine but not quite as much as Saturday. Temperatures

responding by the afternoon. The outlook as we progress through to

next week, still dry, settled with light winds, but we lose the

sunshine. The sunshine will be over the weekend.

That is pretty good. What is it like now?

It is called, but nice proper English weather. `` cold. A really

sparkling couple of days ahead. That is where we leave you for now.

I will be back on Sunday. We will say good night. Enjoy Dr Who

tomorrow at 7:50pm.