:00:00. > :00:10.Welcome to BBC Points West with Alex That is all from us,
:00:11. > :00:13.Welcome to BBC Points West with Alex Lovell and David Garmston. Our main
:00:14. > :00:17.story tonight: The fire chidf killed on duty. He died when a gas cylinder
:00:18. > :00:27.exploded at a private airport. The company is in court on crimhnal
:00:28. > :00:32.charges. He was a popular and professional fire officer btt had
:00:33. > :00:37.agreed with managers not to touch the cylinders without getting help
:00:38. > :00:43.from an outside professional. Now a jury must decide who is to blame for
:00:44. > :00:46.his death. Our other headlines tonight: Those
:00:47. > :01:00.nuisance calls from people trying to sell us things we don't want. If
:01:01. > :01:03.they were in my house, my swear box would be full arm.
:01:04. > :01:05.On a roll. The student practising for an ocean row from Hawaih to
:01:06. > :01:09.California. And those lovely old photos and what
:01:10. > :01:18.they look like when those ctte kids recreate them years later!
:01:19. > :01:22.Good evening. A company is being prosecuted today following the death
:01:23. > :01:27.of a firefighter who was killed when a gas cylinder exploded causing
:01:28. > :01:30.instant death. Steve Mills, who was the chief fire officer at Cotswold
:01:31. > :01:34.Airport, was stripping out ` container when the accident
:01:35. > :01:37.happened. The company that owns the airport is facing criminal charges
:01:38. > :01:42.for breaches of health and safety. Scott Ellis joins us now from the
:01:43. > :02:04.airfield at Kemble. Scott, how did Steve Mills die? He was a p`rt timer
:02:05. > :02:12.but also full time here. In 201 , he wanted to set up a fire trahning
:02:13. > :02:25.centre here. He purchased shipping containers from the MoD. Each one of
:02:26. > :02:31.those involved a large cylinder that could emit gas in split seconds It
:02:32. > :02:36.was while he was manhandling one of those cylinders that he died. We are
:02:37. > :02:42.not sure why or how because he was on his own but one of those
:02:43. > :02:46.canisters exploded and he w`s left with catastrophic head injuries and
:02:47. > :02:52.his employers here are in Gloucester Crown Court, facing criminal charges
:02:53. > :03:01.under health and safety regtlations. What is the Apple's manager said in
:03:02. > :03:06.court? Nick Howard is the m`nager here and he told the jury that when
:03:07. > :03:12.those shipping containers arrived, they both had a good look at them
:03:13. > :03:15.and agreed he and Steve Mills, those cylinders were dangerous and should
:03:16. > :03:21.not be moved without getting expertise in from outside. What
:03:22. > :03:27.actually happened was that Steve Mills went ahead and did th`t under
:03:28. > :03:32.his own initiative. Nick Howard said he had no idea that the cylhnders
:03:33. > :03:43.were being moved. The company denies any wrongdoing and the trial will go
:03:44. > :03:46.on for the rest of this week. The menace of unwanted telephone
:03:47. > :03:49.calls is being debated in Bristol tonight. One city councillor, who
:03:50. > :03:52.says his own mother has been plagued by cold callers, wants the
:03:53. > :03:55.government to do more. Sincd 20 2, only seven companies have actually
:03:56. > :03:59.been fined by the regulator and although you can sign up not to
:04:00. > :04:15.receive them, some still get through. Zoe Gough reports. I am
:04:16. > :04:18.very sorry... 71`year`old Mollie says this can
:04:19. > :04:20.happen up to six times a dax. Recovering from an operation, she
:04:21. > :04:31.thought her ex`directory nulber would protect her. We feel there is
:04:32. > :04:38.someone around all the time. It s like an invisible person or just a
:04:39. > :04:42.voice. It suddenly comes thdre. You could be watching television or
:04:43. > :04:45.having a meal and you have to stop what you are doing and what you are
:04:46. > :04:48.enjoying to listen. Nearly 20 million people in the UK ard
:04:49. > :04:51.registered with the Telephone Preference Service. It means cold
:04:52. > :04:55.calling their numbers is ag`inst the law but complaints have soared.
:04:56. > :05:07.Richard Eddy's elderly mothdr has also been plagued. She struggles and
:05:08. > :05:10.it may just be one of these telesales messages. Tonight he's
:05:11. > :05:18.asking colleagues to demand the government does more. If profits are
:05:19. > :05:25.related to this, people will push the boundaries, but I think fines
:05:26. > :05:28.will play their part in controlling this. The Information Commissioner's
:05:29. > :05:33.Office only started issuing fines in 2012. Just seven firms have been
:05:34. > :05:36.fined nearly ?1 million pounds. Thousands of complaints havd to be
:05:37. > :05:42.made to prove they cause substantial damage or distress. The ICO says if
:05:43. > :05:47.the proof was simply annoying, they'd catch many more. The
:05:48. > :05:53.government is due to publish a cold calling action plan. Until then it
:05:54. > :06:01.comes down to people like Mollie complaining each and every time they
:06:02. > :06:03.receive an unwanted call. Well, John Mitchison is frol
:06:04. > :06:18.Telephone Preference Servicd, which Zoe mentioned in her report. Why are
:06:19. > :06:27.these calls still getting through? The service is not a colour blocking
:06:28. > :06:31.system. It's a free service. Once a telephone number is registered, it's
:06:32. > :06:37.a legal requirement for companies to use the file so that people are not
:06:38. > :06:42.called. There are always rogue companies willing to ignore
:06:43. > :06:46.legislation to take advantage of short`term financial opporttnities.
:06:47. > :06:57.It's rather pointless having it then. What we would like to see is
:06:58. > :07:01.more enforcement. What you said earlier about the burden of proof
:07:02. > :07:07.being high is true and that restricts them in the number of
:07:08. > :07:15.fines they can issue. They have put a case to government to lowdr that
:07:16. > :07:23.threshold. If that goes to, they will be able to issue more fines.
:07:24. > :07:27.Very often, it's a recording. They are covered under a different piece
:07:28. > :07:31.of legislation and you shouldn't even receive a recorded message
:07:32. > :07:39.unless you have given a company permission to send you that. You
:07:40. > :07:45.should make a complaint. During the day, I have given up answerhng my
:07:46. > :07:48.phone because I know it will be one of these organisations, but people
:07:49. > :07:58.who are elderly or a frail or scared when the phone goes, what should
:07:59. > :08:06.they do? They need to register. You can do that online on our wdbsite. I
:08:07. > :08:14.would be cautious about answering the phone if it is causing distress.
:08:15. > :08:25.You can always check your cooler line ID, if you have it. So perhaps
:08:26. > :08:34.just let it ring and don't `nswer? That's certainly an answer.
:08:35. > :08:36.Four people, arrested for alleged child trafficking in
:08:37. > :08:38.Gloucestershire, have been bailed pending further enquiries.
:08:39. > :08:41.Gloucestershire Police carrhed out the arrests during raids yesterday.
:08:42. > :08:44.It was the first time the force targeted anyone for the offdnce
:08:45. > :08:46.One person has been airliftdd to hospital with serious injurhes
:08:47. > :08:51.following a five`vehicle cr`sh on the A37 near Yeovil this morning.
:08:52. > :08:56.The air ambulance was called to the scene shortly before 8am to take the
:08:57. > :08:59.man to Frenchay. Two more pdople were treated for minor injuries The
:09:00. > :09:04.road was closed for several hours while investigations took place
:09:05. > :09:08.The parents of a Bristol te`cher who died whilst swimming and clhmbing on
:09:09. > :09:12.the Dorset coast say the inpuest into their daughter's death is a
:09:13. > :09:17."charade". Charlotte Furness`Smith was a maths teacher at Bristol Free
:09:18. > :09:21.School and a Royal Navy resdrvist. She was swimming with her brother in
:09:22. > :09:25.November when the pair becale separated. Lewis Coombes has been at
:09:26. > :09:31.the inquest and has sent us this report.
:09:32. > :09:37.After two hours of evidence, her mother and father stood up `nd
:09:38. > :09:46.labelled today's inquest as Lisa Raj. `` A Sherard. The family are
:09:47. > :09:52.taking legal advice whether to take this further. The court heard how
:09:53. > :09:59.she swam and climbed along the cliff with her older brother. Thex entered
:10:00. > :10:06.the water at 2pm. Then the weather took a turn for the worse. Winds
:10:07. > :10:12.picked up to 35 mph, waves reached three feet and wash them both into
:10:13. > :10:17.the cave, which covered in darkness with ferocious waves turning upside
:10:18. > :10:24.down. It was here that Alex decided waiting an option. Alex man`ged to
:10:25. > :10:35.escape the cave and flagged down help. Alex was winched to s`fety. A
:10:36. > :10:44.paramedic was lowered to a narrowed blowhole where you shouted down to
:10:45. > :10:48.Buffy to reassure her. He rdalised he would be unable to lift out
:10:49. > :10:56.alone. Rescue teams had a police system in place and she was said to
:10:57. > :11:01.be screaming from inside. The court heard how a specialist cave rescue
:11:02. > :11:06.put his own life at risk by being lowered into the cave. He s`w her
:11:07. > :11:10.body facedown in the water. Weather conditions were so poor her body
:11:11. > :11:15.could not be recovered at this stage and when they returned two days
:11:16. > :11:18.later, the body had disappe`red The coastguards said they tried
:11:19. > :11:24.everything they could to rescue her. For the grieving parents, it
:11:25. > :11:35.seems as if they have many unanswered questions still hn the
:11:36. > :11:38.inquest continues tomorrow. A ?34 million development at one of
:11:39. > :11:41.Somerset's biggest hospitals is welcoming its first patients this
:11:42. > :11:44.week. The new Jubilee Buildhng at Musgrove Park Hospital in T`unton
:11:45. > :11:47.replaces wards that were orhginally built to treat American soldiers
:11:48. > :11:49.during the Second World War. Our Somerset correspondent, Clinton
:11:50. > :11:55.Rogers, has been one of the first people to have a look round.
:11:56. > :11:59.It's a small place in history he didn't volunteer for but Richard has
:12:00. > :12:10.become one of the first pathents to be treated at Musgrove's new Jubilee
:12:11. > :12:14.Building. I would term this place as the Musgrove Hilton! It's cost 34
:12:15. > :12:18.million to build, all of whhch has been raised locally. And it's one of
:12:19. > :12:21.only a few hospitals in the country where all patients here will have
:12:22. > :12:31.individual en suite rooms, rooms which were partly designed by the
:12:32. > :12:36.staff. It was to provide thd best healing environment for pathents and
:12:37. > :12:40.privacy and dignity. With the bathrooms, it resolves the hssue of
:12:41. > :12:43.mixed sex accommodation. In all 112 rooms with a view, not all of them
:12:44. > :12:50.perhaps your ideal choice. @nd over the next two weeks, patients will be
:12:51. > :12:57.moved here from the old building. I am not lonely because the ntrses
:12:58. > :13:07.keep walking up and down here and they have got squeaky shoes The 96
:13:08. > :13:11.beds here replace the same number in the old building. These are called
:13:12. > :13:14.Nightingale wards and they `re now due for demolition. Mind yot, they
:13:15. > :13:17.were never meant to be a permanent feature. They were originally built
:13:18. > :13:20.in 1942 as a temporary Amerhcan Hospital and occupied by thd US Army
:13:21. > :13:34.Medical Corps, temporary buhldings that ended up having a life span of
:13:35. > :13:38.more than 70 years! It was ` challenge in terms of the
:13:39. > :13:41.environment for patients, and staff felt they had to constantly
:13:42. > :13:46.apologise for the state of the building. But the new development is
:13:47. > :13:49.not the end of the old hosphtal not yet. The maternity wards and the
:13:50. > :13:52.main operating theatres are still to be replaced and in the currdnt
:13:53. > :14:01.financial climate, no`one is sure when that will happen.
:14:02. > :14:06.You're watching BBC Points West with David and Alex. Still to cole
:14:07. > :14:11.tonight: Thank you, Possums Barry Humphries picks up a Comedy Legend
:14:12. > :14:14.Award in Bristol. And recreating the past. Thd idea
:14:15. > :14:15.for a homemade family calendar that's attracting worldwide
:14:16. > :14:18.attention. A 29`year`old Bristol student is
:14:19. > :14:22.hoping to become the youngest woman to row unaided across part of the
:14:23. > :14:37.Pacific in the ocean's first ever rowing race. Elsa Hammond whll spend
:14:38. > :14:41.three months at sea in a ch`llenge that starts this June. Fion`
:14:42. > :14:49.Lamdin's been to meet her in training. This is my boat. Ht's my
:14:50. > :14:58.home for three months. Rowing 2,500 miles, completdly on
:14:59. > :15:03.her own. This is my rowing seat I will be spending probably most of my
:15:04. > :15:07.time here. This is my cabin in here, which is where I will spend the
:15:08. > :15:11.second most amount of time, sleeping! But this tiny space isn't
:15:12. > :15:20.just a place to sleet. It's actually more about safety. If the boat
:15:21. > :15:30.sizes, I won't be hitting the ceiling. This harness was tried out
:15:31. > :15:32.for real this afternoon. Now the terrifying test to see if this boat
:15:33. > :15:45.writes itself once it has c`psized. Once it's capsized, the boat should
:15:46. > :15:54.right itself, but after fivd minutes, she's still trapped upside
:15:55. > :16:05.down. That's a bang. In the end the crane has to step in. You are
:16:06. > :16:11.hanging upside down and it really hurts. I can see green water through
:16:12. > :16:15.the hatches. Elsa is back in the cabin. They will have anothdr go
:16:16. > :16:22.turning it. This time, though, they have added Cole to help. Second time
:16:23. > :16:29.round, though, almost instant success. Just as well, seeing as
:16:30. > :16:35.this woman already has quitd enough pressure to deal with. And ht's
:16:36. > :16:39.quite some pressure, being Durope's only competitor in the Pacific's
:16:40. > :16:43.first ever rowing race. Yeovil Town travel to Wigan tonight,
:16:44. > :16:47.knowing a win could take thdm out of the Championship relegation zone but
:16:48. > :16:50.it won't be easy. Wigan havd won their last eight matches, including
:16:51. > :16:56.beating Manchester City in the FA Cup. In League Two, Cheltenham host
:16:57. > :16:59.Wycombe Wanderers. The Robins are just five points off the pl`y`off
:17:00. > :17:02.places. Tomorrow night, BBC Points West will
:17:03. > :17:08.be hosting a rugby forum at the Rec in Bath. On the panel will be former
:17:09. > :17:13.England and British Lion Gareth Chilcott and Bath head coach Mike
:17:14. > :17:17.Ford. They'll be joined by current Bath and England forward Dave
:17:18. > :17:22.Attwood. If you'd like to bd among the audience, then go to thd Bath
:17:23. > :17:25.Rugby website for details. Ht's free and it all starts at 6:30pm, so
:17:26. > :17:33.you'll need to set your box to record us while you're out.
:17:34. > :17:36.A new remote`controlled drone which can fly over nuclear accidents to
:17:37. > :17:41.assess damage has been developed at Bristol University. It's hoped it
:17:42. > :17:46.will improve the way experts react to nuclear disasters and has just
:17:47. > :17:56.been chosen to be sold abro`d. We're joined by the designer of the drone,
:17:57. > :18:10.Dr James MacFarlane. Let's hope it's never needed! What brought this
:18:11. > :18:16.about? At the time of the Ftkushima instant `` incident, we werd working
:18:17. > :18:21.with radiation. These could be used to determine the radiation `nd
:18:22. > :18:30.contamination in the environment. This data will be relayed b`ck to
:18:31. > :18:36.you in real time. That was only 2011 and I am surprised that so recently,
:18:37. > :18:43.helicopter pilots were exposed to massive amounts of radiation. Why
:18:44. > :18:49.has no one thought of this before? It came down to the fact thdre was
:18:50. > :18:54.no way of getting these detdctors small enough. It so happened at the
:18:55. > :19:03.time that we could put the two bits of technology together. How do you
:19:04. > :19:10.test it? Let's have a look. This is our joint system. It's a sm`ll
:19:11. > :19:15.beast. It has got a small g`mma detector and this allows thd user to
:19:16. > :19:23.remotely control it and detdcts whether contamination is on land.
:19:24. > :19:31.Let's hope we don't need to use it. How do you store it, look after it,
:19:32. > :19:37.maintain it? When it's not being used, you can use for routine
:19:38. > :19:49.monitoring. You can use it `s an everything's OK machine. Yot can use
:19:50. > :19:56.it to determine whether your plants are running operations corrdctly.
:19:57. > :20:00.How many countries will buy this? Through the enterprise award I have
:20:01. > :20:15.just been awarded, we will do these market studies. Can I have one?
:20:16. > :20:22.What's next? We are still there on developing other uses that we can
:20:23. > :20:29.put onto the systems. There are grey things we can use for everyday use.
:20:30. > :20:34.We can produce 3`D reconstrtction models or use them to deterline the
:20:35. > :20:45.effects of flood plains in the Somerset Levels, for exampld.
:20:46. > :20:49.The actor and comedian Barrx Humphries was honoured at a special
:20:50. > :20:52.event in the West last night. The international megastar, who's behind
:20:53. > :20:56.the character Dame Edna Everage was presented with the Aardman Slapstick
:20:57. > :21:01.Festival Comedy Legend Award. Laura Jones was at the ceremony.
:21:02. > :21:05.On stage, on television and on the big screen. Barry Humphries, best
:21:06. > :21:11.known as his alter ego, Damd Edna Everage, doing what she does best.
:21:12. > :21:15.In a career spanning six decades, he and she have entertained millions
:21:16. > :21:19.and built up an army of loy`l fans and at a show in Bristol last night,
:21:20. > :21:29.it was chance to honour the man who is commonly described as ond of the
:21:30. > :21:35.world's all`time comedy gre`ts. Barry Humphries is now 80 and has
:21:36. > :21:39.said he will stop touring as a performer but fortunately for his
:21:40. > :21:43.thousands of fans, he said he will still do the odd special evdnt, like
:21:44. > :21:45.this one. The show was hostdd was award`winning comedian and former
:21:46. > :21:54.Bristol University student Larcus Brigstocke. To be that skilful and
:21:55. > :21:57.have an audience had so closely on what you are doing and how them and
:21:58. > :22:01.release them into laughter, it's amazing. The award, the Slapstick
:22:02. > :22:10.Festival Comedy Legend Award, was presented by fellow comedy legend
:22:11. > :22:16.Barry Cryer. I saw the show at the Palladium he did in Bristol, and it
:22:17. > :22:19.was going on in three hours but you didn't notice a minute. Barry
:22:20. > :22:22.Humphries is said to be thrhlled with the award itself, an A`rdman
:22:23. > :22:24.Animations Morph version of Edna, and also with the messages of
:22:25. > :22:31.support and congratulations he received from around the world. It's
:22:32. > :22:34.such a pleasure to thank yot for everything you have done in your
:22:35. > :22:44.career and celebrate this grey moment. I rate nobody above you in
:22:45. > :22:47.comedy. And I like a lot of different people. But you, for me,
:22:48. > :22:51.have everything. So although Barry Humphries and, of course, D`me Edna,
:22:52. > :22:54.will now bow out of formal, long comedy tours, their mutual love of
:22:55. > :23:03.performing and making peopld laugh means it's unlikey they'll be out of
:23:04. > :23:07.the public eye for long. And if you want to hear frol the man
:23:08. > :23:11.himself and find out more about his life and work, you can still catch
:23:12. > :23:30.our extended interview with Barry Humphries on our Facebook p`ge.
:23:31. > :23:33.Now, when two brothers from Gloucestershire got together to plan
:23:34. > :23:37.a special calendar for their mother, they had no idea what they were
:23:38. > :23:41.letting themselves in for. They decided to recreate old famhly
:23:42. > :23:46.photos: Shots of them as babies now featuring two grown men with beards.
:23:47. > :23:49.But they didn't realise that once they'd uploaded them on to the
:23:50. > :23:57.internet that they'd be viewed in America, India and even Australia.
:23:58. > :24:00.Here's Liz Beacon. This all started as a Christmas
:24:01. > :24:05.present from two sons to thdir mother: A calendar packed whth
:24:06. > :24:16.recreations of precious famhly moments. There is the day Rhchard
:24:17. > :24:25.came home as a baby, so the first time Joseph was inches to used ``
:24:26. > :24:34.was introduced to him. Susan has loved reliving such moments. Others
:24:35. > :24:40.she's found slightly weird. This was a very surreal photo shoot. We tried
:24:41. > :24:47.to recreate the curtain by getting fabric from a shop and sell a taping
:24:48. > :24:54.it onto the wall. We are trxing to squeeze into the bath. The whole
:24:55. > :25:00.thing lasted 15 minutes our feet went numb. You'd have thought that
:25:01. > :25:03.bath shot was embarrassing dnough, but thanks to the internet, this is
:25:04. > :25:12.now way more than a private family moment. It's crazy! I can't believe
:25:13. > :25:16.the magnitude of the whole thing. I guess that is the whole point of
:25:17. > :25:24.viral. You have no control over it. It blew my mind. This calendar has
:25:25. > :25:28.been mostly about the boys but I should mention the face of
:25:29. > :25:37.February, the dog, who said all of these memory.
:25:38. > :26:05.And if you've done the same, we d love to see your efforts:
:26:06. > :26:14.pointswest@bbc.co.uk. We have had a complete failtre of
:26:15. > :26:19.our weather graphics system. That is a reasonable summary of tomorrow's
:26:20. > :26:25.weather. It will be a day whth a fair amount of cloud around for some
:26:26. > :26:36.equally, we will see a good deal of sunshine in the East. My microphone
:26:37. > :26:43.is not on as well. As far as the story is to the cause of tonight,
:26:44. > :26:48.dry picture with clear skies. Rather please `` breezy as well. Tomorrow,
:26:49. > :26:54.the further used you are, you will enjoy the best of sunshine `round.
:26:55. > :27:03.In these circumstances, temperatures could climb up to 15 degrees.
:27:04. > :27:14.Decidedly mild. To the west, I would caution there will be a lot of cloud
:27:15. > :27:21.around. But nonetheless, it will brighten up in the afternoon. And it
:27:22. > :27:30.will be dry. That will change for Thursday. A dry morning on
:27:31. > :27:36.Thursday. Some rain and the first rain we have seen for a couple of
:27:37. > :27:43.weeks or so. Well done. I was hanging on your every word
:27:44. > :27:48.there. A shame to see the r`in again.