11/12/2013 BBC Points West

News at Six, so it's goodbye from me, and on BBC One we now join the

Welcome to BBC Points West with Alex Lovell and David Garmston. Our main

story tonight: Crackdown on speeding. Bristol announces fixed

speed cameras are to be switched back on across the city. Scenes are

horrendous consequences for of people driving to last, and it is

extremely dangerous inner`city. So, are motorists going to be milked?

The Chief Constable is here to justify the decision.

Ready to run the Rockies ` a marathon man faces the biggest test

of his epic Canada challenge. And ` One's behind you! A

fascinating archive of the Queen and her sister in panto are sold at

auction. Good evening. Fixed speed cameras

are to be switched back on in Bristol. They were taken out of use

in 2011, after funding from central Government stopped. Today, Bristol's

elected mayor denied he's being anti`car and said cameras are proven

to make roads safer. Scott Ellis has been looking at this story and joins

us from a stretch of road well`known for its camera.

The Portway will have cameras that have been well`known for a long

time, but they have angered people. On the other hand, some people like

them, and people say that villagers have been making their own to try

and encourage drivers to slow down. The mere Bristol thinks there is no

point in having these cameras if they are not being used, and if they

are unpopular, the unpopular with the people that they are exactly

aimed at. Until April 2011, Bristol had 37 fixed cameras catching

drivers speeding or jumping red lights. Next year, 26 will be back

in action. That's despite a drop in serious accidents in Bristol

recently. The elected mayor is saying there are still too many

people killed or seriously injured. We do need enforcement. We need to

be able to deal with the idiots who drive ridiculously fast sometimes. A

car is a loaded weapon, and people don't always appreciate that. The

council says after initially paying to upgrade the cameras, they will

become self`funding. We asked drivers how they felt about the

Gatso's getting the green light again. I didn't even know they were

off! I think it's a load of rubbish, but there you go. Why? Well, I think

it's to do with the Lord Mayor, and we don't do anything right. Yes,

it's to do with the Lord Mayor, and we don't do anything right. Yes

it's good, definitely. We need to catch people speeding. If you're not

speeding, you're not doing anything wrong, are you? The question has

always been, do cameras make roads safer? These days, it's a blatant

tax on motorists, and he's getting rid of every speed camera in

Swindon. There were plaudits from petrol`heads when Swindon led the

way in switching cameras off. All our councils followed suit, except

Gloucestershire. The latest research suggests cameras are worth the cost.

The RAC foundation studied 551 cameras in England and find that

they had reduced deaths and serious injuries by 22%. They say if those

cameras were switched off, there would be an additional 80 deaths

linked to the roads within one year. All very convincing, but Avon and

Somerset Police are convinced cameras work. The research also told

there were 20 sites around which accidents went up, which is

concerning, in case they contributed to the accidents. This is when

someone realises there's a camera there and puts on the brakes. The

council and police want neighbouring councils to follow Bristol's need.

Mac lead. This is part of a wider package to make the roads safer,

Mac lead. This is part of a wider package to make the roads safer, and

package to make the roads safer and as well as the cameras coming on,

there will be an increase in the number of 20 miles an hour limit

areas. They will be policed by not the police but community speed

watch, which is local PCs with cameras.

Joining us now is the Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset

Police, Nick Gargan. How many people will have to be caught in the first

year to pay for the cameras? I don't know the exact number, but I'm

confident they will be significant prosecutions to cover our costs. But

prosecutions to cover our costs But you have to catch a number of people

in order to cover your costs? Yes, but if we discover that people are

suddenly toeing the line and not speeding, we will have a reduced at

cost of service. If your people break the law, there is less cost to

us. You quite often see people doing silly things, but isn't this lazy

policing? Just having a camera up and catching everyone who happens to

go at 34 males are now, when there is actually no immediate danger? The

go at 34 males are now, when there is actually no immediate danger The

is actually no immediate danger? The art is putting the camera in the

correct place, and if there was no cameras, I wouldn't be asking for

them to be invested in. But the idea, and not being used, and in the

context of a police force that has lost 500 officers so many and will

lose more `` lost 500 officers already, this is helpful. So the

units are replacing police officers? No, the units are still bear, and we

have been reducing the cost of food force. It is an asset sitting there,

and I would like to make use of the asset. But there is no proof that

they work, is there? I think the best evident is the RAC 's report

from 2010 which says that the presence of speeds cameras saves 800

lives each year. What happened in Bristol? In Bristol, there was a

long`term decline in the number of injuries and deaths on our roads,

and that has plateaued since the cameras were switched off. We have

used `` it depends on comparators, but fundamentally, what would have

been a long`term reduction has been halted and I want to kick`start it.

This is an initiative that has been kick`started by you, but it was not

in the mere mac `` mayor's manifesto. I saw actually on the BBC

that Amir mac `` mayor wanted to switch them back on, and it seemed

to me to be a sensible decision to switch them back on. You have been

asking other councils to switch them back on, haven't you, but they have

said what? We have been asking councils and we continue

negotiations, but I suspect that other sets will be switched back on,

and I have said that `` to local authorities, if you don't want to

switch them back on, please sell them to me and the police can

operate them. Thank you very much talking to us.

A man has been jailed for five years for the attempted rape of a woman as

she walked through a wood in Bristol. 25`year`old Dean Norris was

sentenced at Bristol Crown Court after pleading guilty to charges of

attempted rape and sexual assault. The victim ` who was 20`years`old at

the time ` was walking her dog through an area of woodland in

Shirehampton when the attack happened in September. Following the

sentence, she spoke to us about how the ordeal has changed her life.

sentence, she spoke to us about how the ordeal has changed her life As

I walked into the secluded area, the ordeal has changed her life. As

I walked into the secluded area he I walked into the secluded area, he

approached me. He started asking me questions, and... Well, that is when

he grabbed me and I said, can use not do that? I don't like it. I

tried to walk away and he grabbed me and said what he did, really.

Dean Norris first met his victim in these woods. She stopped, believing

he was lost, but he sexually assaulted her and forced her off the

path. She feared he would rape or even kill her. I just thought,

that's it, I'm going to die, or I'm not going to be myself anymore. I

just gave in. It's not because, like, I had no fight in me. It was

just the fact, what more could I do? The court was told the attack only

ended when a couple came to help. Alex Reeves and his partner had also

been walking their dog. Alex ran after Norris and was able to

describe his car to police. Norris was arrested the next day. He was a

very dangerous person. His behaviour has shown him to be very predatory.

He followed a lone victim into a secluded area and attacked her, so I

consider him to be very dangerous. Norris admitted the charges and was

sentenced to five years in jail He Norris admitted the charges and was

sentenced to five years in jail. He will also be supervised on release.

His victim feels the attack will scar her forever. It is in my mind,

and every time I hear a man walking behind, I immediately go into panic

mode and start walking faster and turn to get away from him. I always

think about it happening again. I don't know what I've done wrong, and

I just start to cry. I just want other people out there to know, if

it has happened to you, don't keep it to yourself. Tell someone, tell

the police, tell a rape counsellor, tell anyone, because if it is kept

in, it will eat you alive. She still can't go out in the dark. But she

says with Norris behind bars, she is now determined to rebuild her life.

She's very brave. Yes, very admirable.

It's the 11th of December, 2013 ` that's 11, 12, 13! The last time

this century the numbers will run consecutively in the date. What you

learn on Points West! And find out something else very shortly too.

learn on Points West! And find out something else very shortly too

What's this, and why is it on the verge of winning the West Country

big business overseas? A teenager has been found guilty of

murder and another of manslaughter following a stabbing of a teenager

in the city in June. 17``year`old Jake Milton from Bedminster died

after the attack in Knowle West. after the attack in Knowle West.

Today, a jury found Lewis Talbot, 18, guilty of murder and Nathan

Warburton, 20, not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter. There

were angry scenes in the public gallery of Bristol Crown Court as

the verdicts were delivered. Both men will be sentenced tomorrow.

The BBC has learned that dozens of children in Gloucestershire could be

at risk from child sexual exploitation. The figures have come

to light as a new police team, set up to tackle the issue, has started

work in the county. Our Gloucestershire reporter, Steve

Knibbs, has more details. Social media can be a fascinating

world of friendship ` but if you don't know who you're talking to,

cyberspace becomes a danger. Ellie, Josh and Rebecca are 12, regularly

use Facebook, and in some cases, use Facebook, and in some cases

have seen the dangers for themselves. Someone I didn't know

send me a friend request, and I didn't block them, so they sent me a

message, and I showed my mum, and we deleted them. I said to my mum, do

we know them? And I then if she says no, I close the chat. I asked to see

photographs from people if they ask to be my friend online, and if I

don't know them from, I block them. A screening tool is now being used

by those who work with children in Gloucestershire, to try and spot

those who may be at risk of sexual exploitation. The figures are higher

than you'd expect. Since April, 75 children have been identified in the

county as possibly being at risk. There has been a sudden increased

use of mobile telephone use, are there mood changes or increased

privacy? These things indicate sexual exploitation. A new police

team set up to tackle child sexual exploitation here ` detectives say

they're now sensitively working through dozens of cases to see if

children are being abused or not. But police aren't always told

whether someone is at risk, so hotels and taxi drivers are being

asked to help spot the signs. It's just have at the back of their

minds, why is this young person with an adult doesn't appear to be their

parents? Why are they being bought drinks, or whatever it might be. The

drinks, or whatever it might be The clear message is if you see

something that you don't think is right, have the confidence to say

something. This audience at this school in Gloucester are just 12

something. This audience at this school in Gloucester are just 1 and

something. This audience at this school in Gloucester are just 12 and

13. The play, Chelsea's Choice, is about a girl groomed for sex on the

internet. It pulls no punches. I don't want to! Why are you doing

this? What are you going to do, cry? The play deliberately shocks and, in

fact, it prompted two children at the school to come forward and talk

to teachers about their own concerns. 9000 young people in

Gloucestershire have seen the play so far ` many aware of the dangers `

but maybe the shock tactics of the play is the jolt they needed to take

it seriously. The schools inspector, Ofsted, has

published its first ever report reviewing education standards in the

South West. It says the proportion of good or outstanding primary and

secondary schools in the region has increased, but too many children

from poorer backgrounds aren't doing well enough.

We know that across the region, there are children in schools that

very small numbers in school very advantage that are not getting what

they need and are languishing behind others. The challenge for every

local authority and school is to ensure that those children get what

they need. One of the biggest solar farms in

the UK is to be built in Wiltshire at the site of a former airfield.

More than 150,000 panels will be installed on half the old RAF

Wroughton site near Swindon, taking up 170 acres. The scheme will

generate enough power for 12,00 homes.

A competition to find the next big business idea to go global has been

running across the West, and they've just chosen a winner. There were ten

entries ` an electronic device that keeps cows healthy was up against a

website which teaches Russian and Chinese pilots English. So, who won?

Our business correspondent Dave Harvey was there.

I've met many people who have had MRSA, and I have seen the effect

that it has on people. I thought there should be something done about

that situation. And this is Paul's solution. And new construction board

for hospital cameras. To sell it, he's taking on the global cabinet

industry, and first, he must convince this lot. Listening to

Paul's Petch, an audience of West Country investors and export gurus.

Competition was stiff. Raise your hand if you think you will travel at

least once by playing in the next 20 years. `` by aeroplane in the next

20 years. Behind this competition, a simple piece of economics. If the

south`west is to prosper, we must trade abroad. It was clear from the

Autumn statement last week that trade and investment must remain at

the top of the agenda. Investment overseas in companies like the ones

we see before us is absolutely vital. Next up, John came from

Devises, with a newcomer in the dark safety lane that he invented for his

daughter. She was scuba diving at night and really concerned about

floating around in the dark, not really knowing where anything was.

The glowing court needs no power and survives through fire. It makes fire

Brigade is his number one market. For where to place it on the number

of European fire stations alone, For where to place it on the number

of European fire stations alone of For where to place it on the number

of European fire stations alone of which there are 36,000, and if we

sold to one to every one of them, our turnover would be ?28 million.

After ten pictures, they voted. Which idea do they think the world

cannot wait for? I think some of them really are a global ideas. The

candidates have all put a lot of effort and a lot of thought into

thinking about the markets that are going to tackle and the ways they

are going to get there. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of these

businesses on quite substantially larger in a short space of time. But

there could only be one winner. The winner of Born Global 2013 is...

winner of Born Global 2013 is.. Linear Guidance Illumination!

APPLAUSE Thank you very, very much indeed.

I'm totally overwhelmed! Great emotional, really. We have tried

very hard to drive business rate, and I can only say thank you very

much again. He left a happy man, and I can only say thank you very

much again. He left a happy man, and and I can only say thank you very

much again. He left a happy man and much again. He left a happy man, and

wherever he goes in the world, trunking will always be able to find

his way home. `` John will always be able to find his way home.

He's running 5000 miles across Canada to raise money for children's

hospitals, and now Jamie McDonald from Gloucester has reached the

Rocky Mountains. In the next part of his epic challenge, he faces running

in temperatures of minus 40 degrees and is already suffering with

frostbite. Tracey Miller has been following his journey so far.

Ten months of running. Jamie Macdonald has covered 3,800 miles,

now he's reached the frozen Canadian state of Alberta. I ended up getting

frostbite on my nose, so I have a brown nose, which really worried

me. I thought I was going to lose it! But it is serious out here. The

conditions are like a different world. In March this year, Jamie

began his attempt to run across the vast country of Canada, from East to

West coast. That's 5000 miles. I've tried to show people that we are

capable of doing anything we want to do. I've gone through absolute

hell. He's raising money for children's hospitals here and in

Canada, having spent a large part of his childhood in Gloucester Royal

Hospital with a rare spinal condition. Along the way, he's

visited hospitals and TV stations, as the people of Canada are amazed

by Jamie's attempt. 27`year`old Jamie MacDonald from England is

known as an adventurer. Now he is on a mission. Anyone who can run across

Canada in the winter has got to be amazing! But he's fallen behind his

planned journey and is now facing the toughest part of the run `

through the Rocky Mountains in the worst of winter temperatures. I m

through the Rocky Mountains in the worst of winter temperatures. I'm

worst of winter temperatures. I m absolutely just feeling the Rocky

Mountains. Ever keeps telling me it can snow one metre deep in the space

of hours. I'm going to be up there by myself. It's an absolute suicide

mission. Running alone, the last leg of his attempt is looking to be the

most difficult and dangerous. Oh, I have everything crossed for him! You

have everything crossed for him You should follow him on Twitter.

Swindon Town are just one step away from a trip to Wembley after beating

Stevenage in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy. The match was tied one all

after 90 minutes and then went straight to penalties. Swindon soon

found themselves 3`1 ahead and it was this save from keeper Tyrell

Belford which saw them through to the Southern Area Final.

Swindon will now play Manager Mark Cooper's former club Peterborough

over two games for the chance to get to the Wembley final in March.

Somerset bowler Anya Shrubsole has been named in the England Women s

squad aiming to retain in Ashes in Australia. Anya, who's from Bath,

was part of the team that won the home series comfortably in the

summer. A unique piece of royal history has

been fetched more than ?3000 at auction. Two scrapbooks containing

some remarkable photos were sold near Cirencester. The buyer is now

the owner of several photographs ` signed by the Queen ` showing her

performing in panto. Here's Jules Hyam.

Lot number 306 ` the most mundane description possible for something

so remarkable. Three scrapbook School of photographs which show a

teenage princess Elizabeth and her younger sister Margaret in costume,

in character, ready for curtain up. Between 1941 and 1944, they

performed in Fort pantomimes put on at Windsor Castle. Lot number 306

performed in Fort pantomimes put on at Windsor Castle. Lot number 3 6 is

at Windsor Castle. Lot number 306 is as close as you'll get to an

official record of them. Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret took

the starring roles, alongside school pupils from the Royal School in

Windsor. It is an archive compiled by the school, one of the schoolboys

who worked in Windsor, and he played with Twankey `` he played opposite

Princess Elizabeth's Aladdin. That man was Cyril Woods, and his widow

came to see the scrapbooks today. He said they had a wonderful time, and

he always remembered that they had wonderful food afterwards! He

enjoyed that! He remembered it being a very wonderful time for him. We

are all done at ?3200. Going once, going twice. Sold. What number 06

sold for a little more than expected private collector from London who is

now the owner of a unique record of royal life. What beautiful

pictures! As scrapbook school, what beautiful pictures! Let's take a

look at the weather. Ian is here. beautiful pictures! Let's take a

This evocative picture was taken by Pete Llewellyn, and shows some of

the fog that many of you have seen. The fog usually clears around

midday, but not everywhere. Tomorrow, there will be a lot of

cloud around and later to the afternoon and more particularly in

the evening, some rain. But when we look at the chart, you can see the

series of fronts from the west bringing some patchy rain by

tomorrow evening, which may turn heavy. As we get to Freddie, this

will bring some rain. Tonight, no threat of any rain, but as we go

through the day, the breeze will pick up and mitigate against any

fog. Temperatures typically between two and four Celsius, some spots

five Celsius. Tomorrow, some cloud around across the high ground of

South Wales, and is really as we get to the afternoon that we will see 12

spots of rain in the West, and as we head to the evening, the greater

chance of seeing outbreaks of rain, some of which will be heavier as the

evening wears on. As you can see, pretty patchy, so not everywhere. It

will turn into a milder day tomorrow, somewhere between ten and

12 Celsius. Looking beyond that, we tomorrow, somewhere between ten and

12 Celsius. Looking beyond that we start this oscillating process of

weight and breezy weather and drier freezers, so Freddie will be a case

in point, but by Saturday, we're back to the temporary high`pressure,

before further rain arrives on Sunday. This process will continue

probably right up to Christmas. Thanks very

Time now to open today's door on our Points West advent calendar, and

it's this lovely snow scene taken in Bristol. It's been sent in from John

Glover. That's a lovely one, John! Thank you very much! But will it be

a white Christmas this year? We'll find out in exactly two weeks time.

Yes, is getting very close! I have to call Christmas shopping! We'll

see later on. Goodbye.