21/01/2014 BBC Points West

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

story tonight: The child slaves seeking sanctuary in the West.

Bristol opens its doors to the children smuggled into the country

and forced into modern day slavery. Children know that the because

nowhere their family live. We'll be looking at the scale of the problem

and talking to the charity that s setting up the first safe house in

Britain. The other stories making the news

tonight: A return to the village privy ` the locals forced to use

outside loos because of the flooding.

The new 20mph speed limits and how some children found out the

grown`ups are ignoring the rules. They know they could actually hit a

child and really hurt them. Why do they do it?

And the latest battle in the War of the Roses ` a fight to save this

historic field from developers. Good evening.

A safe house is to open in Bristol to provide sanctuary for children

who've been smuggled into the country where they're treated like

modern day slaves. The house will be the only one in Britain and is a

place where the young people can feel secure for the first time since

being rescued. Their stories are horrifying. Some are being brought

to the UK to work in drugs factories or the sex industry. The gruesome

trade is called trafficking and there are hundreds of victims. Fiona

Lamdin's report begins with one boy's story and his words are spoken

by an actor. I was 15 when I came here from Vietnam. My family was

very poor. A friend of my father's offered me a job in a restaurant,

but when I arrived I was met by a different man. The man said I had to

do everything he told me to do or I would be arrested and my family

would be in trouble. I was locked in the house and forced to look after

cannabis plants. The doors and windows were locked, it was dark. I

had very little food and if I asked questions I was beaten. I was not

allowed out at all. 549 children were identified as

trafficked in 2012. The authorities believe the real figure is much

much higher. We are seeing more cases of people being trafficked,

examples of modern slavery and people in need of care from the

police and other agencies. Trafficked children have been found

working in cannabis factories, brothels and selling sexual

services, domestic servitude. And we are coming across anecdotal evidence

of organ harvesting. In Bristol when police discover trafficked

children at the moment they're handed over to social services, to

be placed in a foster family or sometimes a B But the current

statistics show 60% of these children will have disappeared

within the first 48 hours of their rescue, never to be found again

Lots of the children are going missing because of the pull factors

the traffickers have on the children. Children know traffickers

know where their family live, what they might to do them. And that s

why the Bristol charity Unseen is setting up the country's first ever

safe house. The idea we can have an alternative vision, a safe house

that combines an appropriate environment to live in with a close

eye on security for the longer term is ideal. It will only have four

places for teenagers, but it's a start in tackling modern day

slavery. Andrew Wallis is head of the charity

Unseen, featured there in Fiona s report. Can you define for us what

to be trafficked means because I think there is a lot of

preconceptions? We are talking about children who have their rights taken

away from them and are exploited. It can be sexual exploitation, forced

labour, the cannabis trade or domestic servitude. Kids are moved

into the UK and then moved around the country for the process of

exploiting them, turning them into a commodity to be bought and sold We

don't always think of it on our backs doorstep will stop is it a

problem in the West or is it a UK problem? It is a UK wide problem, it

can happen in villages, towns and cities and is a growing problem in

the UK. One of the most shocking things is 60% of people go back We

understand there are reasons and the traffickers have a hold over them.

Why might that be different if they are in a safe house? We know the

compulsion to return to traffickers is huge, and that can be from threat

of violence they have encountered or potential violence against their

family. They want to return and we know they disappear very quickly.

The point of having a safe house is so they have a place to feel safe,

there is the psychological help and a safe environment. The poll is

diminished and hopefully we can begin that process of giving them

their childhood back and help them come to terms with what has happened

to them. There must be enormous challenges, in the first instance

just to establish trust? A report came out last year that said what

are the psychological impacts on a child or an adult who has been

trafficked? They say it is akin to torture. You have to tell them there

will be a long process with potential health care issues and

they need to know they are in a safe, loving environment so they can

begin that process. There is more awareness of it than ever before, I

certainly know I hear about it a lot more? It is in the media and the

government is bringing out the modern slavery Bill that hopefully

will be on the statute books by the end of 2015. Unseen collaborate with

a lot of other organisations. And we should say that if you have

any suspicions that a child may have been trafficked or is being kept

against their will you should contact the police in the first

instance. And if you want to know more about the work of Unseen, their

website is unseenuk.org. More homes have been flooded in

Somerset as water levels on the moorlands continue to rise. Flooding

may largely have disappeared from the headlines but for thousands of

people on the Somerset Levels, the misery goes on. In one village,

Moorland near Bridgwater, the drainage system has been overwhelmed

by the floodwater and temporary toilets have had to be brought in.

Our Somerset Correspondent, Clinton Rogers reports.

These new aerial picture really show the scale of a problem ` a problem

that is getting worse. We were only here a couple of days ago and there

was no water like this on the road then. So this is the reality of

everyday life in Moorland 2014. Drains are blocked, toilets aren't

working so people are having to manually dispose of their waste or

walk to the village hall to use the temporary toilets that have been

brought in. The water we have got here is almost rain a week ago. More

houses have been flooded as water from high ground reaches the

Somerset Levels. Life for some here is becoming intolerable. I am not a

stressful person... And I can deal with most things... This is the

sorry state we are in at the moment. Some have already moved out, and

with more rain forecast others may soon follow. When did your daughter

move out? She moved out yesterday morning because things have got so

bad. She cannot use the kitchen the drains are full up. Finding dry land

here is becoming increasingly difficult. Bryonny Sadler was moving

her chicken from their flooded barns this morning. This, she says, is

worse than last year. But for farmers like James Winslade moving

livestock isn't an option, even though 90% of his farm is under

water. I was awake half the night worrying about it. We will have to

wait and see. People have been kind, and offered space for 50 or 60

cattle but we have 500 cattle. If they are spread all over the county,

how do I get food to them? If it comes to it, we will have to sell

them and that will be it. Moorland isn't quite an island... Yet. But

some roads are impassable. And those who believe the flood waters are

receding are counting the cost of their mistake.

If you've been driving around Bristol over the last few days, you

may have noticed a few new signs going up around the place. That s

because 20mph zones are being introduced in parts of the city

They're designed to make the city's streets safer, but will they work

and who will enforce them? Laura Jones is in one of the new zones for

us tonight. Laura. Well I've just come outside the

studio to one of the most significant roads to have this new

limit, Whiteladies Road. As you can see it's pretty wet and dark out

here but the new signs are in force all the way up and down the road.

The key question of course, is does everyone know about them and are

they obeying them? 26. Out on patrol, Charlie and Alan are on a

mission to see how fast cars are going outside their school. It's

because their school is in one of Bristol's new 20mph zones. But this

morning almost every vehicle that went past was going too fast. They

know they should not be doing that. They know they could actually hit a

child and really hurt them. So why do they do it? It makes me a bit

annoyed because there are 20 mph speed signs around here. The zones

have been introduced to try and make Bristol's roads safer for everyone.

Statistics are amazing. The safety organisation says you are seven

times more likely to be killed by a car going at 30 miles an hour and 20

miles an hour. I take all statistics with a large pinch of salt, but the

fact is it is a lot safer. So far, they cover much of the central part

of the city, by 2015 it'll cover most of the rest too. At the moment,

the new zones aren't being monitored by speed cameras, rather volunteers

are being asked to help spot where people are going too fast. Our

approach will be, the vast majority of the community will be driving at

20 miles an hour, including the Council staff and the police. That

will force people to come below the 2010 at `` 20 mile an hour speed

limit. If there is a real big problem, there is no reason why we

would not put a camera planning We are looking at it as a staged

approach and gathering relevant evidence, not just putting the van

anywhere. It's a clear message, according to the mayor, and children

here, 20 is Plenty. You've been in touch with your

views. Some have been in favour saying it's a good idea in

principal. But most have questioned how it would work in practice. Many

saying it's a waste of time and others criticising the cost of the

new signs. The mayor told me earlier, the scheme was going to

cost just over ?2 million but the money was coming from central

government, rather than Bristol s pockets. The key question, are

people taking any notice of these signs? To be honest, ago you would

have been lucky to get 20 miles an hour. But I would say a fair few

people are still doing a bit more than 20 miles an hour. We will have

to wait and see what happens once everybody realises the new zones are

in force. Keep your comments coming. I am sure you have a view. Coming up

later in the programme: How your donations to Sport Relief are

helping young people in the West to get over the line.

The failure to monitor a boy's blood after heart surgery may have

contributed to his death, an inquest has heard. Four`year`old Sean

Turner, who was from Wiltshire, died in March 2012. An independent expert

says staff at the Bristol Children's Hospital did not fully understand

how potentially fatal blood clots should be dealt with. Our health

correspondent, Matthew Hill, has been at Flax Bourton Coroner's Court

for us, so Matthew what was said this morning? The operation he had

put him at risk from developing a blood clot. That is why it was

important to monitor his blood and give him heparin, an anticoagulant.

Today we heard from an expert witness who was a haematologist at

Great Ormond Street Hospital. And they say on the balance of

probabilities that had the blood been managed better, the clots

probably would not have happened. She said were days the blood was not

monitored and kept within the range it should have been capped. Why are

clot so crucial? Be a very dangerous. They have to be removed.

In this case they were removed by a clotbusting drug and that in itself

looked like it caused the fatal bleed to the brain of Sean Turner.

What is the response from the doctors? We heard from one of the

haematologist partly in charge of his care who said, getting the

levels right, the clotting factors right is difficult. Even if you do

get them right, clots can still happen. Thank you very much.

A man has died in hospital after being stabbed last week. Police were

called to a house in Gloucester just over a week ago where they found two

men with stab wounds. They were both taken to Gloucestershire Royal

Hospital, but one was moved to Frenchay in Bristol where he later

died. A 51`year`old man has been charged with wounding with intent

and has been remanded in custody. An inquest will not be held into the

death of a four`year`old boy who was in foster care in Somerset. A

postmortem report released this morning found Jonas Stadden died of

pneumonia last November. Jonas' parents say he should have received

medical treatment sooner, but the coroner for West Somerset found his

death was from natural causes and says earlier medical help would not

have made any difference. An unexploded World War II bomb has

been destroyed after being found on a popular Somerset footpath

regularly used by walkers and hikers. The 100lb bomb was spotted

by a walker near Larksborough Ruin just outside Porlock on Sunday

afternoon. All the recent rainfall had caused it to be uncovered.

Police kept the area secure until a Royal Navy team carried out a

controlled explosion. You don't expect to see that on your Sunday

afternoon walk! In the past few hours a

Gloucestershire polo player and three crewmates have reached dry

land after spending 48 days rowing across the Atlantic Ocean. Bobby

Dundan's 21`foot boat has travelled 3,000 miles unsupported, raising

thousands for charity in the process. Andrew Plant reports.

Day one of what would become almost seven weeks at sea. 17 crews setting

off from the Canary Islands in December. It has been called the

hardest endurance race on earth Captain of The Atlantic Polo Team,

Wiltshire polo player, Bobby Dundas, with four fellow players, Henry

Breet, James Glasson and Fergus Scholes, raising thousands for

charity as they rowed. Teams must survive on what they can carry and

what they can catch because there is no assistance in the middle of the

Atlantic Ocean. Sunburn and blisters were an hourly hazard. The crew also

had to contend with huge Atlantic waves. The Atlantic Polo Team were

second to make land in Antigua at 2.00pm today after 48 solid days at

sea. It has been a week of West Country extreme achievements. On

Saturday, 16`year`old Lewis Clarke from Bristol became the youngest

person to trek to the South Pole. A feat which coincidentally also took

him 48 days. What an achievement. Preparations are continuing to roll

out the government's controversial badger cull. Experts are currently

assessing the results of last autumn's shooting in parts of

Gloucestershire and Somerset, which failed to meet the required target.

But farmers elsewhere are being asked to start drawing up plans

should ministers decide to extend the cull to ten new zones.

The annual Sport Relief campaign begins today. It was launched by

Prince Charles and Matt Baker and Alex Jones. Among the projects the

charity helps fund is Bright Sparks run by Bristol Rugby Community

Foundation. It aims to use sport to engage with children in danger of

being expelled from school or who find social situations difficult.

Zoe Gough has been to Bedminster Down School to see some of them in

action. This is fun. This, not so much. But

they're all having a go. Not so long ago performing well in lessons was a

struggle for this group. Now the promise of an afternoon on the

sports field keeps them focussed. I want to achieve my targets. I was

playing up, but since coming here I have got my head down in class and

got on with the work. I speak up more in class. I don't ask questions

are answered questions, but I do now. I did not like doing the

written work, but if I don't do it I won't be able to go outside and have

fun. This may be their reward but they're still learning. To improve

behaviour or social skills they re taught that challenges and team work

can be good. The coaches say their best result was a teenager who left

behind a life of crime. He explained to one of the coaches that in his

spare time he likes to steal cars with his older brother. He had not

told anyone he used to do that, he would abscond from school. We then

signposted him onto a local sports club and is volunteering with a

youth club. It is a great example. ?80,000 from Sport Relief means they

can help more youngsters rediscover fun in their school days.

Sport Relief is always such a highlight.

So, many of our sporting stars in the West will be taking part in

Sport Relief. We caught up with a couple of the guys from Bath Rugby

who were in Devizes today helping to launch a new beer. Matt Banahan

recorded this special message for you. Sport Relief hands out small

grants between ?1000 and ?5,000 in sport grants. Please apply on the

website. Fundraising has started to buy and

restore one of Britain's most important battlefields at Tewkesbury

in Gloucestershire. The site went up for sale over Christmas, prompting

fears it could be bought by a developer. But now the community's

been told it can try to raise the cash to buy it first. Alice Bouverie

takes up the story. It's unkempt and uncared for, but in

this field the course of English history was changed. The battle of

Tewkesbury in 1471 was the climax of the War of the Roses. Through fields

with names like The Gastons and the Bloody Meadow, the Yorkists pursued

the Lancastrians ` and won. In the course of the fighting, the Prince

of Wales died. It was here in Tewkesbur Abbey that the heir

apparent to the English throne in battle, was buried. The Duke of

Gloucester was later crowned Richard III. Interest in Medieval history

has rarely been higher. The bones of Richard III were discovered under a

car park in Leicester in 2012. Now there's a chance to restore the

Gloucestershire site of one of his most important military victories.

The Yorkists pushed through the hedges and the Lancastrians

retreated. There have been attempts to build houses on this site before

and it had been feared that could happen again. But now, after taking

advice from the council, the local Battlefield Society's been told it

has first refusal on the land. It now needs to raise over ?100,00 . It

was Winston Churchill who said battles of the punctuation marks in

history. Things change in battles, so battlefields of the paper they

are written on. They are part of what makes us. The vision is to turn

the battle trail through Tewkesbury into a big tourist attraction. We

want to protect it forever and think it is an underutilised resource in

the town. You can see what it is like, it can be so much more. The

500`year`old hedgerows haven't forgotten. They're so old they

witnessed the battle itself. With a little TLC, it's hoped they'll come

alive again. We touched on it earlier, but let's see how the

weather is looking. We are focusing our attention on

later through Friday. Warnings out for Devon and Cornwall. I suspect we

might see that spreading eastwards to Somerset. The next focus of

attention will be Sunday, which looks wet. So far as tomorrow is

concerned, these scenes will be fairly similar to the site you are

likely to see tomorrow. If you want to send your photographs in, we will

put a gallery up on our Facebook page of photographs. Send them to

our website. Tomorrow, there will be a few showers. Should be largely dry

for the majority. We need to clear this front out towards the east It

is slow`moving and will take its time during the night. You can see

the signal for a few showers tomorrow but the bulk of us under

dry weather, albeit cloud cover For the time being, some of the rain is

turning moderately heavy, particularly in more southern areas.

As the night wears on, slowly into the early hours it is clearing out

of Wiltshire and Gloucestershire. One or two showers in the morning

for the rush hour. But it should be a largely dry picture. A bit of fog

around, the Forest of Dean for example. A lot of cloud as well As

the day wears on by will be brighter spells, but it is difficult to pin

down well. Still a good deal of cloud around on one or two showers

going from west to east at times. But they should be well scattered so

not everywhere will see them. Temperatures are eventually

recovering up to about eight or nine Celsius typically. I did mention

about development is looking for later this week, I will skip through

Friday, which looks like a wet day generally speaking. But Sunday

Herald is a bit more in the way of significance. The pressure field

pattern is changing with each forecast we see off the computers.

But the grand theme of this wet element is there consistently and we

could see significant amounts of rain. Not just through us, but

across the British Isles. A wet a few days ahead, but an early heads

up that that is going to be the fourth `` focused the rest of the

week. These `` this is how things are shaping up to the rest of the

week. Not great, is it? But there is no snow. Could be worse.

You are very vocal on e`mails. It is regarding the 20 mile an hour speed

zones in Bristol. Keep those discussions going on our Facebook

page. Keep sending them in, it is good to read them.

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