:00:00. > :00:07.pollution levels will be that little bit lower. Thank you.
:00:08. > :00:43.Also in tonight's programme. Robbed of supplies intended for thd most
:00:44. > :00:50.needy. The break in at a food bank near Bath. A horse is killed on a
:00:51. > :00:58.road near Bath, locals say ht's because it's being used as ` ratrun.
:00:59. > :01:10.Thousands join their companx pension scheme overnight without having to
:01:11. > :01:22.lift a finger. We meet the skydiver who refuses to
:01:23. > :01:27.get old. Good evening. A survivor of a massive crash on the M5 h`s been
:01:28. > :01:30.telling an inquest about how it was impossible to see anything. Emma
:01:31. > :01:33.Burbull lost both parents in the accident in 2011. She descrhbed it
:01:34. > :01:36.as being "like someone had put a plastic bag around you." Our
:01:37. > :01:39.reporter Scott Ellis has bedn at the inquest and joins us now. Scott
:01:40. > :01:46.there've been some harrowing accounts today?
:01:47. > :01:52.Yes. The police investigators said that 54 vehicles crashed and piled
:01:53. > :01:58.up on each other in space of 69 seconds on the M5 behind me on the
:01:59. > :02:03.night of the 4th of November, 2 11. Police spoke to 400 drivers who all
:02:04. > :02:10.said that up until then conditions on the mortar from very good. People
:02:11. > :02:14.could see the moon and the stars. People come in and around the corner
:02:15. > :02:18.hit what was described as a bank of fog. One investigator said they
:02:19. > :02:23.could not see the headlights on the front of their own car never mind
:02:24. > :02:29.the stop lights on the car hn front of them. One driver remembered
:02:30. > :02:32.driving into the bank of fork and wondering where the mortar we had
:02:33. > :02:40.gone. Bikini from the Chief Constable who led the investigation.
:02:41. > :02:43.`` we can hear from. The descriptions are very
:02:44. > :02:46.consistent. Like having wokdn up in the morning after it had snowed Sit
:02:47. > :02:50.in the car and cannot see anything. Blankets thrown over the car. It
:02:51. > :02:53.seems quite literal that thdy could not see the end of the car `s they
:02:54. > :02:58.were driving along the road. Is there any indication whether it
:02:59. > :03:03.was smoke or fork? We have xesterday from a witness who said that the
:03:04. > :03:07.smell of gunpowder which was a reference to a fireworks display.
:03:08. > :03:16.There was a dozen people making no reference to the smell todax. It was
:03:17. > :03:22.said that it was for, it was for Gregory had not experienced before.
:03:23. > :03:27.It was an area of reduced vhsibility said the police. The coroner wanted
:03:28. > :04:00.to determine whether it was natural fork or not. `` fog.
:04:01. > :04:05.Thousands of people woke up this morning to find they had johned
:04:06. > :04:07.their company pension schemd ` without signing a thing. It's a
:04:08. > :04:10.government programme, called automatic enrolment, aimed `t
:04:11. > :04:13.getting more people to save for retirement. All week on Points West
:04:14. > :04:15.we're investigating the cost of growing older, and today our
:04:16. > :04:25.business correspondent Dave Harvey has been to Cheltenham, to leet some
:04:26. > :04:30.workers who know all it. Mingling with the old people. Hearing about
:04:31. > :04:34.their experiences. Every ond of them is different. Every one of them has
:04:35. > :04:37.got their own character. If anyone knows what it is like to grow old
:04:38. > :04:41.gracefully, Helen Kress does. Every day and many nights Helen c`res for
:04:42. > :04:44.people in their later years at this Cheltenham residential home. Care
:04:45. > :04:48.like this this does not comd cheap but only recently has Helen started
:04:49. > :04:54.thinking about paying for otr own retirement. I have not alwaxs worked
:04:55. > :04:58.full`time. I have worked part`time. You do not think about the pension.
:04:59. > :05:01.I was married and I was relxing on my husband's pension. Helen is not
:05:02. > :05:05.alone. In our survey, nearlx one third had not joined the colpany
:05:06. > :05:08.pension scheme. They have always had a pension scheme here. But tntil
:05:09. > :05:17.now, take`up has been prettx patchy. Until now. If you did have ` pension
:05:18. > :05:26.before today stay on this shde. If you did not have a pension scheme go
:05:27. > :05:30.over there. If you still not have got a pension would you stax here.
:05:31. > :05:36.If you have signed up, would you come over here? What has made them
:05:37. > :05:40.all sign up? It is pretty mtch the law. The expectation is that once
:05:41. > :05:45.in, people will be happy to stay there and start saving for
:05:46. > :06:01.retirement. Helen has not m`de a decision. The government has signed
:06:02. > :06:04.her up for a pension automatically. The same reasons that never quite
:06:05. > :06:08.got round to save the first place, it is complicated, we do not want to
:06:09. > :06:11.think about, will hopefully means once we put into a pension they will
:06:12. > :06:15.stay there. They can harness that inertia. Put people in the right
:06:16. > :06:22.place then they will start saving for retirement. Your employdr is
:06:23. > :06:27.giving you some of that. So everyone, company boss to
:06:28. > :06:33.maintenance man are joining. This year 38,000 small firms with fewer
:06:34. > :06:36.than 250 staff will do this. For many, the care home has brotght in
:06:37. > :06:41.pension experts to deal with tricky questions. I have only got ten years
:06:42. > :06:50.left to work. How will this benefit me when I retire? You can p`y into
:06:51. > :06:55.this plan until you get to 75. It is complicated and costly. Not everyone
:06:56. > :06:59.is playing the game. The interesting thing is that 48% of companhes have
:07:00. > :07:04.not got a pension scheme at the moment. A good number of thdm have
:07:05. > :07:10.said that if at all possibld they will avoid it. The answer is that
:07:11. > :07:16.they can't. It is compulsorx and you have to set the scheme up. Hf you do
:07:17. > :07:19.not set the scheme up then there are big fines. I don't have much
:07:20. > :07:23.sympathy with companies. We feel we've got a moral obligation to
:07:24. > :07:27.provide a range of benefits for our staff. It is part of providhng care
:07:28. > :07:30.in the business and keeping all the good people working for us. What is
:07:31. > :07:37.it worth? As residents tuckdd into lunch, Helen gets some penshons
:07:38. > :07:44.advice. How did you feel about being put into this pension schemd? Now it
:07:45. > :07:48.has been explained to us, it seems really good. It seems a good option.
:07:49. > :07:52.Typical staff here take arotnd ?1,000 per month home. At fhrst
:07:53. > :08:00.they will pay ?10 and will be doubled. In three years it will be
:08:01. > :08:03.?80 per month. ?1,000 per ydar into that pension pot. Roll that amount
:08:04. > :08:07.over two or three decades and you might have a few tens of thousands
:08:08. > :08:10.of pounds in your pension pot but you're still only talking about a
:08:11. > :08:17.retirement income of ?1,000`2,0 0 per year.
:08:18. > :08:23.A lot of people could afford to put five percent in. If they match it,
:08:24. > :08:29.your fund will get larger more quickly. Wouldn't it? For Hdlen the
:08:30. > :08:33.maths make sense. Pay a little more now and one day she will be able to
:08:34. > :08:53.pay for care as good and shd gives today. Tomorrow we will be looking
:08:54. > :09:05.at the alternatives. Coming up later. It is psychological. If you
:09:06. > :09:20.want to be in. You will enjoy. Do you think age is just?
:09:21. > :09:23.A charity which helps thous`nds of hungry and desperate people in Bath
:09:24. > :09:26.has been targeted by thieves. Volunteers at the food bank, say
:09:27. > :09:30.they're shocked and disappohnted ` after the break`in. Food, toiletries
:09:31. > :09:40.and even the Easter eggs thdy were hoping to give struggling f`milies `
:09:41. > :09:46.were taken. Another day and of the parcdl, ready
:09:47. > :09:50.for another hungry family. This week is less to go round after thieves
:09:51. > :09:55.targeted these containers used storage by the fast food bank. We're
:09:56. > :10:02.not sure what they did. This has been broken off. We will have to
:10:03. > :10:08.replace these blocks which `re about ?15 each. And find somewherd else to
:10:09. > :10:16.store things? Absolutely. It is run by a trust. It relies on `` Mark
:10:17. > :10:27.nobody can believe what has happened. They have taken a lot of
:10:28. > :11:05.stuff, coffee and CDs. Bizarrely, to all and shampoos. Even if
:11:06. > :11:37.fine `` this friends and fast and People in a village near Bath are
:11:38. > :11:40.calling for the police to intervene after their quiet country l`nes were
:11:41. > :11:44.turned into commuter rat`runs. Upton Cheney is popular with horsd riders
:11:45. > :11:51.` but many say they won't go out after a horse was hit by a car last
:11:52. > :11:54.week. Andrew Plant reports. I saw this car approaching me frol a
:11:55. > :12:02.distance. I could see that ht was going far too fast. I thought I was
:12:03. > :12:05.in trouble. We can only show you a small section of this picture. The
:12:06. > :12:09.car that hit this horse smashed its lower legs. 71`year`old jockey Grant
:12:10. > :12:17.Cann was thrown from its back and then crushed underneath. We had to
:12:18. > :12:20.put it down. It had to be shot. It took an hour and a half before it
:12:21. > :12:28.could be shot. It had terrific suffering. A landslip means the main
:12:29. > :12:31.route to Bath is closed for months to come. The quiet village of Upton
:12:32. > :12:38.Cheyney a convenient short cut for hundreds of delayed drivers racing
:12:39. > :12:42.to get to work. Even if thex are not speeding they have to be aw`re that
:12:43. > :12:46.if they are driving at 30 mph, if they need to stop suddenly then they
:12:47. > :12:53.will slide an awful long wax. People ride on the lanes here everx day.
:12:54. > :12:58.Some say are keeping their horses at home. Pretty much every timd you go
:12:59. > :13:02.out you get a near miss with a car. It is not cars we recognise. It is
:13:03. > :13:05.people who are not used to driving through the lanes. The road signs
:13:06. > :13:10.have confused many drivers who see the red and ignore the yellow.
:13:11. > :13:15.Business is also bad as regtlar customers avoid the known btsy
:13:16. > :13:22.roads. My business has suffdred immensely. We have lost eashly 0%
:13:23. > :13:25.of our trade as a consequence of not having people from Bath feeling
:13:26. > :13:30.comfortable coming along thd main road and travelling the lands. I
:13:31. > :13:32.think the reputation now is that it is slightly dangerous. South
:13:33. > :13:37.Gloucestershire council is reducing the limits down to 20 mph. Locals
:13:38. > :13:39.hope it will rein in the drhvers and make life safer here for thd horses
:13:40. > :13:53.and the riders too. You Probation officers across the
:13:54. > :13:56.West went on strike today over plans to privatise part of the service.
:13:57. > :13:59.Unions say the Government proposals could put the public at risk and
:14:00. > :14:02.Avon and Somerset's Crime Commissioner supports some of the
:14:03. > :14:09.Union's claims. Here's our Home Affairs Correspondent, Stevd Brodie.
:14:10. > :14:13.Angry probation officers cl`im that the government's plan to hand the
:14:14. > :14:16.care of medium to low risk offenders to private companies is a mhstake
:14:17. > :14:19.which will leave the public worse off. The proposals will leave high
:14:20. > :14:22.risk offenders under the control of the National Probation Servhce. As a
:14:23. > :14:28.public sector probation service we do everything neutrally. However, a
:14:29. > :14:33.private company may look at the contracts as a way to make ` profit.
:14:34. > :14:39.Do the public realise what jeopardy that places them if the company
:14:40. > :14:41.wants to make a profit? It hs not necessarily interested in the
:14:42. > :14:51.practice of rehabilitating offenders and protecting the public. Two
:14:52. > :14:54.thirds of offenders fall into the medium to low risk category. Any
:14:55. > :14:57.individual can suddenly fall into the high bracket and pose a danger
:14:58. > :15:00.to the public whilst in the community. The warnings frol the
:15:01. > :15:04.union about what could happdn when offenders are released from prisons
:15:05. > :15:06.like here at Horfield have won the support of Avon Somerset's crime
:15:07. > :15:11.commissioner, Sue Mountstevdns. The area that I do have concern is how
:15:12. > :15:14.is an offender when they cole out of offending, being managed by, they
:15:15. > :15:18.may be low risk in the mornhng, they may have drink or drug problems
:15:19. > :15:24.they may have a row with thdir partner, by the afternoon they could
:15:25. > :15:31.be high risk. How is that going to be managed and I think that is a
:15:32. > :15:34.real concern going forward? The Ministry of Justice refused to be
:15:35. > :16:00.interviewed but issued this statement:
:16:01. > :16:05.Cheltenham has become only the second place in the country to
:16:06. > :16:08.impose a charge on pubs and clubs that serve drinks after midnight.
:16:09. > :16:12.They'll have to pay a 'late night levy' ranging from ?300 to ?1,5 0
:16:13. > :16:15.pounds per year. Fall The money will go to the police and the cotncil.
:16:16. > :16:19.The idea came from the government, and today a Home Office minhster
:16:20. > :16:27.visited as the change came hnto effect. In You have to recognise
:16:28. > :16:30.that the cost to society of alcohol abuse is ?21 billion per ye`r. 11
:16:31. > :16:34.billion on anti`social behaviour, 3.5 to the health service and lost
:16:35. > :16:37.productivity. Some of that hs borne by Cheltenham taxpayers so the
:16:38. > :16:41.council wants to recoup somd of that to try to make sure that those who
:16:42. > :16:50.don't drink, don't suffer. @ll I think they are absolutely rhght to
:16:51. > :16:56.do so. Some opposition from small businesses who often after lidnight.
:16:57. > :16:59.A new British Army command tnit based in Wiltshire which will handle
:17:00. > :17:03.40,000 personnel has been unveiled. It's called Force Troops Colmand and
:17:04. > :17:06.is part of the Army 2020 revamp as the nation's defence adapts to the
:17:07. > :17:10.modern world. New technologx will play a big part but there h`ve also
:17:11. > :17:18.been lessons learnt in the heat of battle in Iraq and Afghanistan. I
:17:19. > :17:22.went to Upavon to find out lore He looks in pain but the injurhes to
:17:23. > :17:25.this soldier aren't real. This is just a demonstration. But it is the
:17:26. > :17:34.type of situation the army's medical brigades have to deal with on a
:17:35. > :17:42.regular basis. Happy with that? Do you want to give him more p`in
:17:43. > :17:45.relief. Field hospitals likd this one staffed by the second mddical
:17:46. > :17:48.brigade will be just a small part of the new Force Troops Command `
:17:49. > :17:52.40,000 personnel brought together in a reorganisation that's deshgned to
:17:53. > :18:07.save money, but also make the army better at what it does. It hs not to
:18:08. > :18:10.do with cuts. It is about doing business more efficiently so the
:18:11. > :18:16.lessons we learn from Afghanistan and Iraq have meant that we have
:18:17. > :18:19.analysed and looked at the best way to do the business. Also under the
:18:20. > :18:21.new umbrella command, will be several units from Gloucestdrshire
:18:22. > :18:23.and Wiltshire including those involved in combat technology. The
:18:24. > :18:26.newly formed first intelligdnce surveillance and reconnaiss`nce
:18:27. > :18:42.brigade will help track down the enemy. We have deployed this kit in
:18:43. > :18:48.Afghanistan to good effect. We have got good intelligence on kex targets
:18:49. > :18:53.and locations. We have been able to inform command about what h`s been
:18:54. > :18:56.going on the ground. There will be some physical movement of troops to
:18:57. > :19:00.new bases but mostly this restructuring of the Army for the
:19:01. > :19:02.year 2020 is about different units working together better. Essential
:19:03. > :19:18.say commanders, in our unprddictable world. Now as part of our sdries on
:19:19. > :19:23.getting older, we've been exploring attitudes to ageing. A few weeks
:19:24. > :19:27.ago, veteran comedian Barry Humphries popped into the studio and
:19:28. > :19:31.we asked him for his thoughts. I tell people I am approaching 70 from
:19:32. > :19:38.the wrong direction. I let them think about that. I had my birthday
:19:39. > :19:43.and a very wicked friend of mine gave me as a guest and our class.
:19:44. > :19:51.Can you imagine what is likd to have that on bedside table? Many
:19:52. > :19:55.pensioners, particularly those who are lucky enough to have thdir
:19:56. > :19:58.health, see ageing as a really positive thing. Ali Vowles has been
:19:59. > :20:08.to meet some of the people who refuse to believe that age can stop
:20:09. > :20:13.you doing anything you want to do. Here we go. Good general. M`x Boyes
:20:14. > :20:16.from Street could have crumpled under the pressure when his wife
:20:17. > :20:20.Doreen became ill with Alzhdimer's. He's with her for much of every day
:20:21. > :20:31.at her care home in Glastonbury ` but in his spare time
:20:32. > :20:39.since her illness, this dark horse has taken on any challenge thrown at
:20:40. > :20:45.him for charity. From skydiving to fast cars, he has even beatdn and
:20:46. > :20:52.are fully `` an Olympic athlete from Rome in 1960. Life is far from over.
:20:53. > :20:58.I am just starting. If you want to be all and then you will be old Can
:20:59. > :21:08.you believe you are 80? I do not think I am 80. Until people see it
:21:09. > :21:12.then I do not think it. It hs nice to come out with friends and chat. I
:21:13. > :21:18.could not sit around all dax doing nothing. The pace is differdnt but
:21:19. > :21:24.these weekly walkers in Portishead are no less committed to behng fit
:21:25. > :21:28.and active. It is due to thd organisation of this 80`year`old.
:21:29. > :21:33.Fit as a fiddle, being leaddr of the pack is just one activity she fits
:21:34. > :21:38.into our busy week. I love working with people if they are getting
:21:39. > :21:49.enjoyment out of it. They do seem to like coming on these rocks. I do not
:21:50. > :22:03.think about it. Age is just a number. Can I ask how old you are? I
:22:04. > :22:14.am 70. I am 72. I shall be 73 on Thursday. I shall be 78 next week.
:22:15. > :22:29.At 68, make rate has no deshre to stop working as a trapeze artist. ``
:22:30. > :22:36.Mike Wright. Despite such a physically demanding job he decided
:22:37. > :22:43.he would not stop. Life does not have to change my shoe decided to be
:22:44. > :22:49.old. Because I am surrounded by young people and be interact and
:22:50. > :22:53.talk, I get a surprise when a look at myself in the mirror and think
:22:54. > :23:03.that I am 68 but I still fedl like a 20`year`old. These daredevils,
:23:04. > :23:06.lovers of life and unbeliev`ble pensioners are truly testing our
:23:07. > :23:16.perceptions of what it means to get older.
:23:17. > :23:29.If you have been inspired and would like to share details you c`n post
:23:30. > :23:32.them on our Facebook page. Drop us an email at the usual address
:23:33. > :23:36.pointswest@bbc.co.uk or even send us a postcard! Maybe it's insphred you
:23:37. > :23:40.to set up your own walking group or join the circus! And you can see all
:23:41. > :23:42.of Barry Humphries musings on old age on our Facebook page. It becomes
:23:43. > :24:01.quite poignant. It is superb. It has been a very beautiful
:24:02. > :24:11.afternoon. It has been at 16 Celsius for some of you. It will be
:24:12. > :24:19.different tomorrow. The farther west you are then you will see the bulk
:24:20. > :24:26.of the brain. `` bulk of thd brain. They will also be dry spells. It is
:24:27. > :24:31.a complex story that we are running through the next 24 hours, the
:24:32. > :24:38.result one front moving in. It is bringing some shells into l`ter
:24:39. > :24:50.tonight. There will always be this threat of shovels. It is worth
:24:51. > :25:02.emphasising that the new qu`lity is low and it continues tomorrow. It is
:25:03. > :25:06.not helped by sand that has been thrown into the mix as some of you
:25:07. > :25:16.have seen on your cards. As we move into the early hours, some of the
:25:17. > :25:21.rain will start to appear. They list the increasing threat of he`vy
:25:22. > :25:38.downpours. The temperature will be mild. No more than a degree Celsius.
:25:39. > :25:44.`` no less than nine Celsius. Fund cannot be ruled out. There will be a
:25:45. > :25:51.fair amount of cloud. Temperatures should be comfortably warm to stop
:25:52. > :25:56.that is a safe description. 14 Celsius or 15 Celsius. The
:25:57. > :25:57.continuation of the week ahdad will see fresh conditions. It will come
:25:58. > :26:08.windy and wet by Sunday. If you want to help, you can find
:26:09. > :26:39.out more information on the fast food bank web page. `` Bath.
:26:40. > :26:45.All across the country, millions of families are waking up to a Britain
:26:46. > :26:48.in which they find it harder to get on. Whilst the Government keeps
:26:49. > :26:52.telling people everything is fixed, many are finding that hard work no
:26:53. > :26:57.longer stops the pound in their pocket getting smaller, or the bills
:26:58. > :27:00.getting harder to afford. Under David Cameron, gas and electricity
:27:01. > :27:03.bills have increased by more than ?300 for an average family, whilst
:27:04. > :27:12.the energy companies are making huge profits. Meanwhile, childcare, not a
:27:13. > :27:14.luxury but an essential for millions of working families, gets harder to
:27:15. > :27:15.find and