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military activity in the area tonight. That is all from us, | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
Welcome to BBC Points West with Alex Lovell and Sabet Choudhury. Our main | :00:00. | :00:12. | |
story tonight: Was it all a waste of time? The damning report that's | :00:13. | :00:15. | |
branded the badger cull as ineffective and insufficiently | :00:16. | :00:24. | |
humane. Please draw a line under the cold, now. It's time to make a | :00:25. | :00:27. | |
U`turn. So, where does this leave farmers | :00:28. | :00:39. | |
wanting a solution to Bovine TB Also, in tonight's programme: Out on | :00:40. | :00:43. | |
patrol with the police in Bristol as they crack down on kerb crawlers. As | :00:44. | :00:46. | |
the floodwater recedes, tears as homeowners assess the damage. | :00:47. | :01:00. | |
To see everything as disgusting as this, with all this mould, I can see | :01:01. | :01:10. | |
our way out of this for a long time. `` I can't see a way out. And a | :01:11. | :01:15. | |
first sign of Spring ` the March hare makes a welcome appearance | :01:16. | :01:18. | |
Good evening. Ineffective and too many animals suffered ` the verdict | :01:19. | :01:21. | |
of experts called into assess the government's controversial badger | :01:22. | :01:27. | |
cull. The panel was appointed by ministers to evaluate last autumn's | :01:28. | :01:29. | |
pilot culls in Gloucestershire and Somerset. They found the cull fell | :01:30. | :01:33. | |
short of the target set to limit the spread of TB. Here's our political | :01:34. | :01:37. | |
editor Paul Barltrop. In the bitter debate over culling | :01:38. | :01:42. | |
badgers, this is a key moment. The Independent Expert Panel are | :01:43. | :01:44. | |
scientists appointed by ministers. Their job: to assess how the cull | :01:45. | :01:48. | |
did according to the government s own measures. Yes, they say it was | :01:49. | :01:53. | |
safe. No, it was not effective by a considerable margin. And no, it did | :01:54. | :02:00. | |
not meet humaneness targets. For the cull's opponents, today's | :02:01. | :02:01. | |
revelations have strengthened their resolve. | :02:02. | :02:10. | |
How much proof do you need that this isn't going to work? This has been | :02:11. | :02:15. | |
botched from the beginning. They were warned by the world exports | :02:16. | :02:22. | |
expert on TB that this was a crazy scheme. It was never going to work. | :02:23. | :02:30. | |
Our predictions have come true. We said this was a costly distraction | :02:31. | :02:35. | |
from the important business of controlling cattle TB. We warned | :02:36. | :02:38. | |
that it risked making it worse. So, how did it come to this? The | :02:39. | :02:42. | |
cull followed decades of more and more cattle succumbing to | :02:43. | :02:44. | |
tuberculosis. The disease can be spread between cows, and by other | :02:45. | :02:47. | |
species including badgers. There were culling trials from 1997 to | :02:48. | :02:50. | |
2006, when scientists concluded it wasn't worth it. But a change of | :02:51. | :02:53. | |
government brought a change of policy. Today, Andrew Guest was one | :02:54. | :02:59. | |
of the few cull supporters willing to talk. The Forest of Dean farmer | :03:00. | :03:03. | |
has had repeated outbreaks of Bovine TB. He saw some of the culling, and | :03:04. | :03:10. | |
doesn't think it was inhumane. As far as I'm concerned, I did | :03:11. | :03:18. | |
witness it on a number of occasions. Every time I saw it, the animal was | :03:19. | :03:22. | |
dispatched quickly and cleanly. The British Veterinary Association, | :03:23. | :03:25. | |
today, said it couldn't support the cull if it wasn't humane. But a | :03:26. | :03:28. | |
Gloucestershire vet who was involved advises caution. | :03:29. | :03:34. | |
My own reaction is no, I wouldn t stop the coal. But I do believe if | :03:35. | :03:39. | |
there are lessons to be learned we should learn those lessons. `` stop | :03:40. | :03:45. | |
the cull. We should use that information to improve our | :03:46. | :03:47. | |
performance for next year. The fate of the badgers lies with | :03:48. | :03:50. | |
the government ` who, today, said they wouldn't yet comment. | :03:51. | :03:56. | |
Earlier, I spoke to Chris Cheeseman who is a former government | :03:57. | :03:59. | |
scientist, and who opposed the recent culls. I asked him if he felt | :04:00. | :04:03. | |
vindicated. It's frustrating. We did warn them | :04:04. | :04:10. | |
about the problems. To hear that the colours have failed on efficiency | :04:11. | :04:16. | |
grounds ` they failed their targets by a long way. Some badgers were | :04:17. | :04:21. | |
seriously wounded. What is the way forward? | :04:22. | :04:27. | |
There are plenty of options. Measures to improve cattle testing, | :04:28. | :04:31. | |
and cracking down on cattle movements to stop the spread of TB | :04:32. | :04:36. | |
among the cattle themselves. That is by far the biggest problem. If you | :04:37. | :04:39. | |
want to do something about the wildlife Reservoir, badgers only | :04:40. | :04:50. | |
contribute 5.7% of cattle TB directly to badgers. Vaccinate them. | :04:51. | :04:56. | |
At that that's an expensive method. We have a vaccine, at the moment, | :04:57. | :05:01. | |
that's very effective. It has to be delivered by injection, at work is | :05:02. | :05:06. | |
proceeding on oral delivery. That will deliver in the next few years. | :05:07. | :05:11. | |
Do you think this is the end of the culling? | :05:12. | :05:21. | |
Any sensible person would stop. If they try to switch to another form | :05:22. | :05:28. | |
of culling, like gassing, that is doomed to failure. All the | :05:29. | :05:31. | |
scientific advice is that culling cannot make a meaningful | :05:32. | :05:37. | |
contribution to the prevention of TB in cattle. | :05:38. | :06:10. | |
We need to take you back to our vehicle. You do not have to say | :06:11. | :06:18. | |
anything but it may harm your defence when questioned. | :06:19. | :06:23. | |
This man has just been arrested for soliciting. Minutes before, the | :06:24. | :06:34. | |
officers from the vice team had spotted the woman who was with him | :06:35. | :06:37. | |
taking a call. They followed her until the meeting. There are 23 | :06:38. | :06:43. | |
street prostitutes working in this area. Many are addicted to drugs. `` | :06:44. | :06:53. | |
up to 30. This man will be cautioned, but if he denies the | :06:54. | :06:58. | |
offence he will end up in court If he goes to court, he could | :06:59. | :07:04. | |
receive a ?1000 fine. He could be disqualified from driving, or | :07:05. | :07:06. | |
receive an anti`social behaviour disorder. His family could find out, | :07:07. | :07:13. | |
and he could be named and shamed. In the last year, police have | :07:14. | :07:18. | |
received over 100 complaints from the residents in this area. | :07:19. | :07:23. | |
When people come out to take their children to school in the morning, | :07:24. | :07:27. | |
they come across the letter from the curb crawlers who were trying to | :07:28. | :07:32. | |
pick up girls. This is causing them to stress. `` they come across the | :07:33. | :07:38. | |
litter. Drives are often at the root of the | :07:39. | :07:41. | |
problem. Is there anything we can do tonight | :07:42. | :07:46. | |
to help you? And we take you anywhere? | :07:47. | :07:54. | |
I'm OK. The police are working closely with | :07:55. | :07:57. | |
the 125 Charity and the Bristol drugs project, who try to look after | :07:58. | :08:01. | |
vulnerable women who become involved with drugs and prostitution. Kay is | :08:02. | :08:04. | |
a former sex worker. She doesn't want to be identified. | :08:05. | :08:11. | |
I have been assaulted many times. It wasn't anything about of heroin | :08:12. | :08:16. | |
couldn't sort out. It's still sleep from others. That's what | :08:17. | :08:21. | |
prostitution does. It takes mothers away from their children. It ruins | :08:22. | :08:28. | |
lives. The 125 Charity says it's important to win the trust of women | :08:29. | :08:31. | |
like Kay. We encourage women to attend our | :08:32. | :08:37. | |
drop`in centre. We can offer lots of support, and work out what are the | :08:38. | :08:42. | |
issues in their lives. Addiction is always number one. They wouldn't be | :08:43. | :08:45. | |
on the streets if they didn't have this life controlling addiction | :08:46. | :08:51. | |
Kay is now married with two children and drug`free. The police hope they, | :08:52. | :08:55. | |
and charities like 125, can help other women turn their lives around. | :08:56. | :09:02. | |
I was sent to rehab. I did a and intensive therapy. I have been clean | :09:03. | :09:07. | |
for four years. I am speaking, today, as a result of the help that | :09:08. | :09:15. | |
I had from one to five. . | :09:16. | :09:44. | |
Dozens of people on the Somerset Levels say they face months out of | :09:45. | :09:49. | |
their homes after the flooding this winter. | :09:50. | :09:51. | |
Many homes are still partially underwater. But as it begins to | :09:52. | :09:54. | |
drain away it's only now that the real cost of the past few weeks is | :09:55. | :09:58. | |
becoming clear. We've been following one couple ` Malcolm and Julie | :09:59. | :10:02. | |
Shovel ` as they returned to their Fordgate home for the very first | :10:03. | :10:03. | |
time. We were in the house in January | :10:04. | :10:06. | |
when we had the early signs that there would be a flood. This is our | :10:07. | :10:09. | |
front room. This is the tight market dash it was up here. Every | :10:10. | :10:12. | |
day, we saw it grossed six inches higher. It was a question of when it | :10:13. | :10:25. | |
would stop. This is our kitchen I used some of my money in 2011 to put | :10:26. | :10:31. | |
this kitchen. We can't even open the door. That's the cutlery drawer | :10:32. | :10:49. | |
To see everything as disgusting as this, with all this mould, . I love | :10:50. | :11:04. | |
this house. I don't any more. That is the Flora. That's how high | :11:05. | :11:10. | |
the floor has risen. `` that is the floor. In some ways, the community | :11:11. | :11:19. | |
is probably stronger as we have more in common now. But it just ripped | :11:20. | :11:25. | |
the heart out of it, because so many people without homes. When will this | :11:26. | :11:34. | |
happen again? Thank you to Malcolm and Julie for | :11:35. | :11:37. | |
letting us see that traumatic moment. The Education Secretary has | :11:38. | :11:52. | |
defended an academy school in Bath, after concerns were raised about how | :11:53. | :11:55. | |
it is being run. Ofsted Inspectors were called into Oldfield School in | :11:56. | :11:58. | |
December in response to a number of complaints. Parts of their report | :11:59. | :12:01. | |
have not been published, causing anger amongst some parents. Lizzie | :12:02. | :12:03. | |
Way reports. Oldfield School converted to academy | :12:04. | :12:06. | |
status in 2001. It is rated as outstanding by Ofsted. But at the | :12:07. | :12:09. | |
end of last year, concerns were raised over the safety of the pupils | :12:10. | :12:13. | |
which prompted Ofsted to revisit. A summary of their report found that | :12:14. | :12:16. | |
area was satisfactory, but other issues were raised about the | :12:17. | :12:18. | |
handlings of complaints and grievances. | :12:19. | :12:25. | |
Such are my concerns at the moment, we've spoken to my daughter and | :12:26. | :12:28. | |
no`one wants to harm their children's education, but we are | :12:29. | :12:31. | |
going to withold our children from going to school ` it's that serious | :12:32. | :12:34. | |
at the moment. The headteacher Kim Sparling, who's | :12:35. | :12:36. | |
refused all requests for interviews, has since faced widespread public | :12:37. | :12:39. | |
criticism from many parents and teachers as to how she runs the | :12:40. | :12:41. | |
school. Many want the full detailed report | :12:42. | :12:45. | |
to be made public and the school held accountable. | :12:46. | :12:49. | |
Absolute outrage. I believe it's really important to have | :12:50. | :12:54. | |
transparency in all these things. If Ofsted go into a school to conduct | :12:55. | :12:57. | |
an investigation, then the whole purpose is to be a learning tool, so | :12:58. | :13:01. | |
if the report is not published where is the learning? | :13:02. | :13:08. | |
60% of schools in the West are now acadamies, which means they are | :13:09. | :13:11. | |
outside the local authority rule So, when conflicts arise who are they | :13:12. | :13:20. | |
all accountable to? If you are looking for things to do | :13:21. | :13:24. | |
with the conduct of the school, the first thing you look at is their | :13:25. | :13:27. | |
response. The simplest way of viewing it is | :13:28. | :13:30. | |
the governing body is responsible for the conduct of the school, | :13:31. | :13:34. | |
that's set out very clearly in the regulations. | :13:35. | :13:38. | |
Michael Gove said he was aware of the issues that Oldfield. | :13:39. | :13:45. | |
The point of accountability is that Ofsted neither fear nor favour any | :13:46. | :13:50. | |
kind of school. Ofsted have investigated this school, and are | :13:51. | :13:54. | |
clear that some issues need to be addressed. But it is also the case | :13:55. | :13:59. | |
that this school has great academic results. | :14:00. | :14:03. | |
The Department for Education has said it is now holding a meeting | :14:04. | :14:06. | |
with the teachers and governors at this school. | :14:07. | :14:15. | |
Throughout this week, we've been reflecting on stories from the First | :14:16. | :14:18. | |
World War. As part of the BBC's World War One At Home season, David | :14:19. | :14:22. | |
Garmston has been exploring the life of a poet and musician from | :14:23. | :14:24. | |
Gloucestershire. His inspiration came not only from the trenches but | :14:25. | :14:28. | |
also from the county he loved. The BBC Bristol documentary about Ivor | :14:29. | :14:29. | |
Gurney will be shown on BBC Four on the dead land oppressed me. | :14:30. | :14:47. | |
These are the words and sounds of the son of Gloucestershire. | :14:48. | :14:59. | |
Our sunshine, gods delight. A poet, musician and soldiers. His | :15:00. | :15:06. | |
name was Ivor Gurney. He loved to walk here. It was this beauty that | :15:07. | :15:14. | |
inspired him in the trenches of northern France. There, he wrote | :15:15. | :15:18. | |
evocatively of his fellow soldiers as an army of of drenched | :15:19. | :15:28. | |
scarecrows. His best friend went missing and it was a long time | :15:29. | :15:32. | |
before he found out that he was in fact a prisoner of war. His initial | :15:33. | :15:37. | |
grief is recorded in a poem that he wrote at the time, and is preserved | :15:38. | :15:44. | |
in the Gloucester Records Office. He's gone, and all of our plans are | :15:45. | :15:50. | |
useless, indeed. We walk no more on the Cotswolds, or the sheep feed. | :15:51. | :15:56. | |
His body that was so quick is not as he knew it. Quite powerful work | :15:57. | :16:11. | |
Yes, he was very close to his friend. They walked on the | :16:12. | :16:17. | |
Cotswolds, as it says here. They had many happy hours sailing on the | :16:18. | :16:21. | |
Severn. At the time he wrote this, he believed that his friend was | :16:22. | :16:25. | |
dead, because he had gone missing in 1916. | :16:26. | :16:31. | |
100 years on from the start of the great War, Ivor Gurney's fame is | :16:32. | :16:36. | |
spreading. If society has been set up to celebrate his work. They are | :16:37. | :16:40. | |
meeting here for the first viewing of a documentary, which has been | :16:41. | :16:49. | |
made by the BBC about his life. He died on the wires, and hunger. | :16:50. | :16:52. | |
For his hours of life, the young actor who plays Ivor | :16:53. | :17:07. | |
Gurney has a striking likeness. Some of | :17:08. | :17:13. | |
some of his work is so evocative. It's so clear. You get such amazing | :17:14. | :17:24. | |
images from it, and it's beautiful. The horrors of the war provided | :17:25. | :17:27. | |
plenty of ammunition for his fertile minds ironically, the disciplined, | :17:28. | :17:33. | |
routine and danger chased away his depression. It was not the war that | :17:34. | :17:38. | |
destroyed Ivor Gurney. It was the piece. His behaviour became | :17:39. | :17:44. | |
increasingly strange. His love of Gloucestershire and obsession. | :17:45. | :17:46. | |
Doctors considered him insane, but he still wrote hundreds of poems | :17:47. | :17:52. | |
craving his home county. This is where Ivor Gurney's journey ends. At | :17:53. | :17:57. | |
the parish church in his beloved Gloucestershire. He spent the last | :17:58. | :18:02. | |
15 years of his life locked up in a mental institution in London. They | :18:03. | :18:12. | |
diagnosed the poet with shell shock. Inside the church, I found his image | :18:13. | :18:18. | |
staring out from the stone walls. These words make a fitting epitaph. | :18:19. | :18:25. | |
The songs I had to withered or vanished keen. Yet, there are white | :18:26. | :18:29. | |
tracks where I have been. They grow flowers for others the lights. Soon | :18:30. | :18:45. | |
it becomes night. That BBC documentary will be shown | :18:46. | :18:49. | |
on BBC Four on Sunday, March 30 at 9pm. | :18:50. | :18:56. | |
It's the Bath Half marathon this Sunday, and organisers are warning | :18:57. | :18:59. | |
it could cause big delays. Two landslips have shut roads into the | :19:00. | :19:03. | |
city. The A431 at Kelston and the Midford Road to the south are both | :19:04. | :19:07. | |
closed, so expect the A36 to be extra busy. Alternative routes will | :19:08. | :19:10. | |
be signed. It's a top three tussle at the | :19:11. | :19:14. | |
Recreation Ground tonight. Bath who are third, take on second`placed | :19:15. | :19:18. | |
Saracens. Alistair Durden is at the Rec ` Ali, is this the biggest | :19:19. | :19:29. | |
challenge of their season so far? I think it probably is, to be | :19:30. | :19:34. | |
honest. They are many peoples favourites this year. Lets have a | :19:35. | :19:51. | |
word with Jonathan. The biggest test for you so far? | :19:52. | :19:57. | |
Definitely. We've been really consistent this year. We've also | :19:58. | :20:02. | |
gone really well. We are unbeaten at home. | :20:03. | :20:08. | |
There will be mutual respect, given what you've achieved this year? | :20:09. | :20:14. | |
The rack is a hard place to come to. It will be a massive challenge. | :20:15. | :20:25. | |
``the Rec. We just take each game as it comes. | :20:26. | :20:33. | |
We'll see how we do. I hope it's another win. Good luck | :20:34. | :20:37. | |
with your recovery from injury. Let's take a look at some of the | :20:38. | :20:42. | |
other matches this weekend. Gloucester are away to leaders | :20:43. | :20:44. | |
Northampton tomorrow afternoon, who have lost just once this season And | :20:45. | :20:52. | |
in the Championship top of the table, Bristol are away to | :20:53. | :20:55. | |
Rotherham, who are third. The top game in this weekend's football is | :20:56. | :20:58. | |
Yeovil's trip to Reading. Remember, all the scores and goals for you | :20:59. | :21:01. | |
across our weekend bulletins. And Late Kick Off returns on Monday at | :21:02. | :21:09. | |
11.20PM. Bristol boxer Lee Haskins has | :21:10. | :21:11. | |
accused the current bantamweight World Champion of being scored to | :21:12. | :21:15. | |
fight him again. Beaten just once in the last eight years, Lee is | :21:16. | :21:18. | |
becoming increasingly frustrated at not getting his chance to fight for | :21:19. | :21:22. | |
a world title. Tomorrow, he fights on the same bill as Olympic gold | :21:23. | :21:32. | |
medallist James DeGale in Bristol. Lee Haskins believes he's the best | :21:33. | :21:35. | |
bantamweight fighter in the world. The trouble is no one will give him | :21:36. | :21:41. | |
the chance to prove it. This is the man who recently won the belt ` | :21:42. | :21:45. | |
Stuart Hall. Haskins beat him just 18 months ago, and Hall has turned | :21:46. | :21:48. | |
down a rematch, instead defending his title against Martin Ward, who | :21:49. | :22:00. | |
Haskins has also beaten. There is nobody in Britain that will | :22:01. | :22:05. | |
beat me. They all know that. Stewart knows I'm too good for him. He's not | :22:06. | :22:09. | |
even British league, let alone a world`class fighter. I think it s | :22:10. | :22:14. | |
unfair to hold titles back from people. I should have my shots. It's | :22:15. | :22:25. | |
just a matter of being patient. Something will open up. He'll get | :22:26. | :22:37. | |
his chance. 2008 Olympic Gold Medallist James | :22:38. | :22:43. | |
DeGale has top billing. Bristol people are big boxing fans. | :22:44. | :22:50. | |
There is a buzz in the crowd. It should be good ` I'm really looking | :22:51. | :22:53. | |
forward to it. He's been training in Bristol ahead | :22:54. | :22:56. | |
of defending his super middleweight title. Haskins won't want to be a | :22:57. | :23:00. | |
support act again. He hopes winning his fight this weekend will make him | :23:01. | :23:03. | |
the mandatory challenger for a world title belt. | :23:04. | :23:16. | |
This match tonight should be a cracker. We'll have the action for | :23:17. | :23:22. | |
you at 10:25pm. Bristol had Gromits, Bath had Lions | :23:23. | :23:25. | |
and Wells Swans. Now, the Cotswold market town of Cirencester has | :23:26. | :23:28. | |
hopped on the bandwagon with this chap. His name is Harelequin, and as | :23:29. | :23:31. | |
Michelle Ruminski reports, he'll soon be joined by a few friends | :23:32. | :23:39. | |
There are few signs of spring in the air, but come March, 35 hares will | :23:40. | :23:47. | |
be popping up all over town. We've chosen carers because they are | :23:48. | :23:57. | |
a symbol of the area. `` we've chosen carers. They have always been | :23:58. | :24:07. | |
part of our history. And they're multiplying like | :24:08. | :24:13. | |
rabbits! Some of the first five`foot tall hares to roll off the | :24:14. | :24:17. | |
production line. It has been tricky, particularly the | :24:18. | :24:22. | |
legs and tails. It is a beautiful shape, but not very mosaic friendly. | :24:23. | :24:30. | |
I love him dearly! I don't want to go! | :24:31. | :24:35. | |
But this hare will go under the hammer to raise money for the | :24:36. | :24:37. | |
Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust which hopes to open up the green hare | :24:38. | :24:41. | |
Churn walkway around the town. And the project has already attracted | :24:42. | :24:44. | |
the attention of a high profile artist. | :24:45. | :24:49. | |
Wildlife and protecting wildlife is important to me. The ultimate cause | :24:50. | :24:55. | |
here is encouraging the public to get out and see it. I think it's | :24:56. | :25:01. | |
very valuable. It's hoped demand at auction for one | :25:02. | :25:07. | |
of these n will be as mad as a March hare. | :25:08. | :25:14. | |
Just before the weather, we've had lots of pictures in from star`gazers | :25:15. | :25:18. | |
in the West who saw the Northern Lights last night. This is a time | :25:19. | :25:21. | |
lapse of pictures taken in Devizes. They are usually only visible in the | :25:22. | :25:27. | |
more northern parts of the UK. Let's see if those clear skies will last. | :25:28. | :25:38. | |
Tonight, it would have been beautiful for seeing the Northern | :25:39. | :25:49. | |
lights, but doubt you will. The legacy of those clear skies tonight | :25:50. | :25:53. | |
will be a chilly and foggy start tomorrow. It will be the best day of | :25:54. | :25:59. | |
the weekend dash right generally. 12 showers in the afternoon, but mainly | :26:00. | :26:07. | |
dry. Sunday will be cloudier. Here's a look at the weekend. Some frost | :26:08. | :26:14. | |
and fog overnight, but a good deal of clear whether through the day. As | :26:15. | :26:28. | |
we head into Sunday, we will have a spell of wet and windy weather. But | :26:29. | :26:35. | |
the rest of this evening, the skies were clear away. That will bring two | :26:36. | :26:42. | |
problems. First of all, ice, particularly in parts of Wiltshire. | :26:43. | :26:46. | |
And some fog, which could be widely distributed. The key area will be | :26:47. | :26:51. | |
part of Gloucestershire. Temperatures could go into the | :26:52. | :26:56. | |
miners. Tomorrow, the fog and cloud should clear away. A little bit of | :26:57. | :27:00. | |
competition between sunshine and variable amounts of cloud. Through | :27:01. | :27:04. | |
the course of the afternoon, the chance of one or two showers. Many | :27:05. | :27:13. | |
places will have a decent day. Temperatures tomorrow is still | :27:14. | :27:19. | |
inherently quite chilly, possibly up to seven. Sunday will be a different | :27:20. | :27:23. | |
story. A breezy day, when it will turn rainy. It could turn wet and | :27:24. | :27:27. | |
windy into the afternoon. Thanks very much. That's it from us. | :27:28. | :27:37. | |
From all of us, goodbye. | :27:38. | :27:45. |