:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to BBC Points West with David Garmston and Alex Lovell. Our
:00:07. > :00:10.main story tonight: What really happened inside a cell at Melksham
:00:11. > :00:23.Police Station? Footage of the moment a suspect is tasered seen by
:00:24. > :00:31.millions. The jury have had six days to consider the evidence. Your
:00:32. > :00:34.viewers will not have the context. I did not think that was there to stop
:00:35. > :00:41.The Chief Constable explains why he tried to stop it being seen by the
:00:42. > :00:44.public. Our headlines tonight: The bus lane
:00:45. > :00:47.in Bath that caught out thousands ` but now drivers are to get their
:00:48. > :00:50.money back. Policing on the hoof ` new research
:00:51. > :01:01.to find out if mounted officers are more effective than people thought.
:01:02. > :01:13.I am at the Jazz Festival and I will be talking to you later.
:01:14. > :01:16.Good evening. The media has obtained dramatic footage of the moment a
:01:17. > :01:20.suspect was shot with a taser gun inside a police cell in Melksham.
:01:21. > :01:23.The officer who fired the gun was cleared of assault yesterday after a
:01:24. > :01:26.jury saw the footage but he now faces a disciplinary process. The
:01:27. > :01:29.Chief Constable tried to stop the video being released, but now
:01:30. > :01:35.accepts it is inevitable that people will see it. Here is our home
:01:36. > :01:39.affairs correspondent, Steve Brodie. Suspect Daniel Dove has been ordered
:01:40. > :01:43.to take off his clothes as part of a strip search after being brought to
:01:44. > :01:49.Melksham Police Station. But when he reaches his underpants, he flips
:01:50. > :01:52.them at PC Lee Birch. The policeman produces his electronic taser from
:01:53. > :01:55.behind his back and fires the 50,000`volt stun gun into Mr Dove's
:01:56. > :01:58.chest. Wiltshire's Chief Constable told me why he doesn't think the
:01:59. > :02:04.public should see the film. I can accept that people might wonder why
:02:05. > :02:12.I objected. My issue was one of principle. In my view, I have to
:02:13. > :02:21.insure fairness and I have to care for my officer, who has been found
:02:22. > :02:30.not guilty. My view was that it would be a problem for my officer to
:02:31. > :02:33.release the footage. An hour before Daniel Dove had been arrested
:02:34. > :02:36.outside this Trowbridge night club in December 2012 for being drunk and
:02:37. > :02:40.disorderly. He is then brought here to the custody suite at Melksham
:02:41. > :02:43.Police Station. He is booked standing handcuffed in front of PC
:02:44. > :02:46.Birch. The jury were told he was drunk and difficult to handle. After
:02:47. > :02:50.the tasering, he was charged with assault. But after he took out a
:02:51. > :02:53.private prosecution against PC Birch the CPS dropped the allegations and
:02:54. > :03:03.prosecuted PC Birch instead. The Chief Constable agrees that justice
:03:04. > :03:12.should be seen to be done. I fully support open justice. There is an
:03:13. > :03:18.ongoing investigation. In my view, releasing the media might not have
:03:19. > :03:22.helped this investigation. I am responsible for making sure that
:03:23. > :03:26.investigations are fair and in my view the footage might have
:03:27. > :03:29.prejudiced the investigation. Wiltshire Police have reviewed their
:03:30. > :03:33.policy towards tasers and how they are used. Meanwhile, PC Birch has
:03:34. > :03:35.returned to his job. Steve Brodie, BBC Points West, Wiltshire Police
:03:36. > :03:38.Headquarters, Devizes. More details have emerged today of
:03:39. > :03:42.the extraordinary rescue operation to save a woman who fell nearly 30
:03:43. > :03:44.feet from a bell tower inside Wells Cathedral. A specially`trained
:03:45. > :03:47.doctor involved in the rescue has told the BBC that the 68`year`old
:03:48. > :03:51.woman fell into a narrow cavity between two walls. The opening was a
:03:52. > :03:57.little more than two feet wide, which made the rescue very
:03:58. > :04:00.challenging. Tonight the woman remains in hospital. Clinton Rogers
:04:01. > :04:08.has spoken exclusively to the doctor at the centre of the rescue. Dr
:04:09. > :04:10.James Hickman is a specialist trauma doctor with mountaineering
:04:11. > :04:20.experience ` just the man for what turned out to be rescue at height in
:04:21. > :04:28.a very confined space. This is the main tower in the centre of the
:04:29. > :04:32.Cathedral and the walls here are effectively double skinned. The
:04:33. > :04:35.woman, taking part in what is called a Cathedral High`Parts Tour, somehow
:04:36. > :04:44.managed to fall into a narrow space between two bell tower walls. It is
:04:45. > :04:59.a bit like the cavity walls you have at home. It is about to to three
:05:00. > :05:10.feet wide. `` 2`3 feet. The lady fell between the two parts of the
:05:11. > :05:22.wall. Down into a cavity here. There was not much room there. The verger
:05:23. > :05:30.was helping her and I went down, supported by the Fire Service, on a
:05:31. > :05:40.rope. She was awake and was able to talk to me. We started the initial
:05:41. > :05:56.management of her injuries in the small space. There were many teams
:05:57. > :06:01.there. The fire rescue team, who argued in difficult situations like
:06:02. > :06:07.this, help to get the lady onto a stretcher to lift her out into the
:06:08. > :06:10.room in the tower. From there she was carried to the cathedral roof
:06:11. > :06:19.and winched onto a rescue helicopter. I was relieved that she
:06:20. > :06:23.was not more injured than you would expect from the height of the fall
:06:24. > :06:26.that she had. Tonight, the woman continues to recover at Frenchay
:06:27. > :06:41.Hospital in Bristol. Clinton Rogers, BBC Points West. It does sound
:06:42. > :06:44.frightening. We wish her well. A quarter of a million pounds' worth
:06:45. > :06:48.of fines has been written off following a huge public outcry over
:06:49. > :06:51.a badly signposted bus lane in Bath. Council leaders are now reviewing
:06:52. > :06:55.their scheme and have agreed to suspend it until better signage is
:06:56. > :07:04.in place. Scott Ellis is at the site in question this lunchtime.
:07:05. > :07:10.It is very confusing to drive down this road towards the camera and
:07:11. > :07:23.then have to decide whether this is, or was, a bus lane. Many people have
:07:24. > :07:37.refused to pay the fines. Opposition councillors say the war thing has
:07:38. > :07:42.been a farce. ``whole thing. There is a lot for a driver to take in on
:07:43. > :07:45.the one way system towards Bath bus station. Several sets of traffic
:07:46. > :07:48.lights. Pedestrians. And a lot of signs ` including confusion about
:07:49. > :07:54.where the entrance to Southgate car park is. Before you know it ` you
:07:55. > :08:03.have gone through the bus gate. For someone like me who does not know
:08:04. > :08:17.the area, I need to rely on my satellite navigation. Did you see
:08:18. > :08:21.the signs? No. Sometimes a bus is in the way. Am I supposed to see
:08:22. > :08:25.through the bus? Luckily, none of these drivers will be fined. The
:08:26. > :08:28.council has ended the bus gate experiment and all fines are being
:08:29. > :08:33.written off. Fines paid to`date will be refunded. We are very sorry and
:08:34. > :08:38.we are embarrassed that we have upset people. I am embarrassed that
:08:39. > :08:41.the experiment has not worked. We did not get our signs correct. This
:08:42. > :08:45.Chinese student received a bus gate penalty notice recently. We broke
:08:46. > :08:53.the news to him that he wouldn't have to pay. That is good. I checked
:08:54. > :09:00.online and there is a petition going on. I thought that maybe I should
:09:01. > :09:04.wait a week or so. The road was closed to cars other than taxis to
:09:05. > :09:08.help improve bus journey times ` an attempt to unlock one of the many
:09:09. > :09:13.pinch points in Bath. We asked local driving instructors why the
:09:14. > :09:23.authorities had got it so wrong. The people who design the road systems
:09:24. > :09:28.fit in an office with a computer, with all the sizes on the computer,
:09:29. > :09:32.designing it on the computer, but they never go out and look at the
:09:33. > :09:41.situation on the ground. Hopefully when they do it again they will get
:09:42. > :09:44.it right. The council says it will decide on Friday if the bus gate
:09:45. > :09:47.will be brought back permanently, once it has analysed data from the
:09:48. > :09:51.experiment. But given so many cars have been mistakenly driving through
:09:52. > :10:01.the bus gate, it is hard to know how valid the data will be. The signs
:10:02. > :10:07.are still up, but the experiment is over. You can drive down here will
:10:08. > :10:19.stop will be bustling comeback? Today the council is looking at its
:10:20. > :10:24.options. If it does come back, it will need to be ran more
:10:25. > :10:36.professionally. Many people in Bath want to drive into the city and they
:10:37. > :10:40.do not want to pay fines. We are very glad you could join us
:10:41. > :10:44.for this midweek Points West. There is much more still to come on the
:10:45. > :10:52.programme. Cashing in or coining it in? Traders in Bath want to have
:10:53. > :10:56.their own Bath pound. A fourth person has been charged in
:10:57. > :10:59.connection with the death of a Bristol teenager. Nicholas Robinson
:11:00. > :11:02.died after being stabbed in the stairway of a block of flats in
:11:03. > :11:04.Stokes Croft last month. Today eighteen`year`old Fabian Cole from
:11:05. > :11:10.Bristol was charged with conspiracy to possess a firearm. Two Bristol
:11:11. > :11:17.men have previously been charged with murder and a woman from London
:11:18. > :11:20.with assisting an offender. Mounted police have been patrolling
:11:21. > :11:24.the streets of Gloucestershire as part of a research project to see if
:11:25. > :11:28.officers on horseback really help to fight crime. Because of the need to
:11:29. > :11:32.save money, many forces have been cutting down on mounted police. But
:11:33. > :11:37.that may have been a false economy. Here is our Gloucestershire
:11:38. > :11:42.reporter, Steve Knibbs. Can you see the horsies? Yes! Across
:11:43. > :11:47.the country, mounted police units are disappearing as chief constables
:11:48. > :11:50.face difficult cutbacks. Here in Cirencester, they are back on the
:11:51. > :11:53.streets for the first time in decades. And they are certainly
:11:54. > :11:57.turning heads. I think it is wonderful. I think the more that
:11:58. > :12:00.they are around and they're seen the better it is for everybody. We all
:12:01. > :12:06.enjoy seeing horses. It is a friendly way to police a village.
:12:07. > :12:11.The horses look great, so I think it is therapeutic. I think it is
:12:12. > :12:14.fantastic. I've seen them a couple of times and everyone is talking
:12:15. > :12:20.about it. The children love seeing them and it is another angle to
:12:21. > :12:23.introduce them to the police force. The horses are certainly attracting
:12:24. > :12:26.a lot of attention, but unknown to the public here talking to the
:12:27. > :12:30.police officers they are guinea pigs for a serious piece of academic
:12:31. > :12:34.research to see how effective mounted police units really are. And
:12:35. > :12:38.while rural areas are used to horses, here in the centre of
:12:39. > :12:41.Gloucester they are a rare sight. Following closely behind are
:12:42. > :12:44.researchers from the University of Oxford, recording how many people
:12:45. > :12:49.came up to the police and whether their reactions are good or bad. It
:12:50. > :12:55.is a very visible form of policing, much more visible than community
:12:56. > :12:58.patrols on foot or bicycle. People interact with the officers more,
:12:59. > :13:01.people have chats with the officers, they interact with the horses. We
:13:02. > :13:04.think that it increases public trust and confidence. The research has
:13:05. > :13:06.been commissioned by Gloucestershire's Deputy Chief
:13:07. > :13:10.Constable who is the national lead on mounted policing in the UK. He is
:13:11. > :13:13.not promising that we will see new mounted units cropping up once the
:13:14. > :13:17.results are published, but he just wants it to focus the minds of chief
:13:18. > :13:21.constables as they look at their resources. What we can do is provide
:13:22. > :13:24.some proper, credible evidence to help them understand at what cost
:13:25. > :13:27.they will disappear and then to make strategic decisions about whether or
:13:28. > :13:34.not they continue in light of that evidence. So that may lead to
:13:35. > :13:37.discussions about regional hubs that provide a national capability,
:13:38. > :13:40.rather than they disappear sporadically on a one`to`one basis.
:13:41. > :13:44.It is thought the research is a world first and results will be
:13:45. > :13:48.compared to a survey carried out in London at the same time. But it is
:13:49. > :13:51.already showing that if you want the public to talk to the police ` bring
:13:52. > :13:57.in the horses. Steve Knibbs, BBC Points West, Cirencester.
:13:58. > :14:01.Three West Country producers will hear tomorrow whether they have won
:14:02. > :14:05.a national award celebrating food. The BBC Food and Farming Awards are
:14:06. > :14:08.being held in Bristol for the first time ` coinciding with the biggest
:14:09. > :14:13.food festival the city has ever held. Sally Challoner reports.
:14:14. > :14:16.Of 6,000 nominations to the BBC's Food and Farming Awards, three
:14:17. > :14:22.finalists are from the West ` reflecting the hard work of our
:14:23. > :14:26.farmers, growers, and street chefs. One of two here nominated as
:14:27. > :14:31.outstanding farmer of the year is Neil Darwent from Frome. He set up
:14:32. > :14:36.Free Range Dairy ` promoting the value of milk from cows fed on
:14:37. > :14:39.pasture. Free Range Dairy tries to promote the farms that still allow
:14:40. > :14:43.their cows to graze in the summer months and to tell everybody what is
:14:44. > :14:47.great about the milk that you get from that, the life that the cow
:14:48. > :14:50.has, and what it is doing for our rural committees. He also works with
:14:51. > :14:58.scientists to constantly pioneer new ways of farming. Also nominated as
:14:59. > :15:02.outstanding farmer is Luke Hasell. He founded the Community Farm on
:15:03. > :15:06.thirty acres just outside Bristol. It is a model for educating people
:15:07. > :15:10.about where their food comes from. There is a renaissance of local food
:15:11. > :15:14.coming back and that is what we are trying to do in the Bristol area `
:15:15. > :15:17.trying to make it more prevalent and for everyone to be able to reconnect
:15:18. > :15:21.with that. Luke also farms livestock, to sell direct to top
:15:22. > :15:25.chefs across the West. While the West is renowned for its produce, it
:15:26. > :15:29.has also got a lot going on in the street. Wengang Weng runs Chilli
:15:30. > :15:34.Daddy ` a Szechuan take`away offering fast, but good, food. In my
:15:35. > :15:37.opinion, street food is more approachable and more transparent
:15:38. > :15:45.because people can see what you are doing and what you are cooking. And
:15:46. > :15:52.also, in my opinion, street food is more like home cooking and it is
:15:53. > :15:56.very authentic. It is not just great food, it has to taste good. But it
:15:57. > :15:59.has to be in some way food that changes society, that makes Britain
:16:00. > :16:02.a better place, that makes the community a better place, that does
:16:03. > :16:10.wonders for the economy. That is what makes it different from any
:16:11. > :16:13.other food award. All three will find out tomorrow night if they have
:16:14. > :16:26.won. Sally Challoner, BBC Points West. Alex and I will be at the food
:16:27. > :16:34.Festival in Bristol this Saturday. There are tickets available.
:16:35. > :16:39.Do come down, it will be fun. There will be celebrity chefs.
:16:40. > :16:42.Plans were announced today for another local, alternative currency
:16:43. > :16:45.in the West Country. First there was Stroud, then two years ago the
:16:46. > :16:48.Bristol Pound was launched. Now traders in Bath are hoping a local
:16:49. > :16:51.pound will boost independent shops and businesses. Our business
:16:52. > :17:00.correspondent, Dave Harvey, went to have a look.
:17:01. > :17:03.Walcot Street ` quirky, one`off, home to independent traders ` who
:17:04. > :17:13.may soon be boosted by their own unique currency. Bristol has its own
:17:14. > :17:17.currency, so why not bad? That is what has been suggested to bar
:17:18. > :17:24.Council and how do you think it can help? It was well received today.
:17:25. > :17:31.People could see the benefit of it. Good for the economy. We had some
:17:32. > :17:43.businesses that turned up and the council seemed to be interested in
:17:44. > :17:48.supporting it. If people want to support the local economy, why do
:17:49. > :17:57.they not just spent the sterling pound? It is about supporting your
:17:58. > :18:00.own city. This looks like good hunting for the Bath Pound `
:18:01. > :18:04.vintage, off beat, no high`street chain fashion in Geoff Marshall's
:18:05. > :18:13.place. So will his regulars embrace the new Bath Pound? I honestly
:18:14. > :18:20.cannot see it making a difference to be honest. It might bring a spark to
:18:21. > :18:27.the experience, but I doubt it is going to increase trade. There is no
:18:28. > :18:32.need for it. If you are a shopkeeper, you will have to take it
:18:33. > :18:40.separately in detail. How do you handle getting people change? I
:18:41. > :18:46.would rather it was simple. There are many quirky shops in the city,
:18:47. > :19:02.but do they need their own currency? In Bristol, ?400,000 had been
:19:03. > :19:07.exchanged into the Birstol Pound. Now for the sport news.
:19:08. > :19:11.Bristol snooker player Judd Trump needs just four more frames to make
:19:12. > :19:14.it into the semi`finals of the World Championships. Judd was ahead 6`2
:19:15. > :19:17.overnight against Neil Robertson, who won four of the first five
:19:18. > :19:21.frames this afternoon. But Judd took the last two to leave the match at
:19:22. > :19:23.9`6 going into the final session tonight.
:19:24. > :19:26.Somerset have won their first County Championship match of the season,
:19:27. > :19:30.beating Sussex by an innings and 11 runs. Captain Marcus Trescothick top
:19:31. > :19:35.scored with 116. Somerset then bowled out Sussex twice as Lewis
:19:36. > :19:39.Gregory took nine wickets. In Division Two, Gloucestershire drew
:19:40. > :19:46.with Essex. Will Tavare and Alex Gidman scoring second innings
:19:47. > :19:49.centuries. Cheltenham's Jazz Festival has
:19:50. > :19:52.kicked off this evening with none other than home`grown talent,
:19:53. > :19:55.Wiltshire's Jamie Cullum. Over the past week, the familiar big top has
:19:56. > :20:01.been going up in Montpelier Gardens right in the centre of town to stage
:20:02. > :20:05.the headline acts. Jamie has chosen the venue as the place to premiere
:20:06. > :20:09.his new album. In fact, he is playing right now in the first of
:20:10. > :20:13.two sell`out gigs this evening. Our reporter, Ali Vowles, who has known
:20:14. > :20:21.Jamie for years, caught up with the talented jazz musician on stage a
:20:22. > :20:26.little earlier. Jamie Cullum, welcome back to Cheltenham. This is
:20:27. > :20:35.a place you are familiar with. It is. I used to come here to watch
:20:36. > :20:43.music. Now I am here to do a big gig. Why have you chosen here to
:20:44. > :20:50.premiere your new album? I have always done things differently in
:20:51. > :20:57.Cheltenham. I am playing to a crowd that are willing to come with me. We
:20:58. > :21:04.have put this event together for tonight and we will be playing many
:21:05. > :21:14.new songs. It is a long way from where we `` when we first films you
:21:15. > :21:28.six years ago. `` 11 years ago. Do you remember playing at the Swindon
:21:29. > :21:32.Jazz Festival? I do. I am still enthusiastic about music. It is a
:21:33. > :21:36.strange thing to do for a living. You have to do it because you love
:21:37. > :21:42.it. There are other, easier things to do. But I love to play and attend
:21:43. > :21:52.things like this with other musicians. When you first played
:21:53. > :21:58.Festival Hall, you said that was the pinnacle of your career. What were
:21:59. > :22:05.you thinking then? I was thinking that things had moved very fast. I
:22:06. > :22:13.had been playing around Swindon and Bristol, but really that was a long
:22:14. > :22:20.period of my life when I was earning my stripes. But I remember that
:22:21. > :22:37.big. It was my first big concert halls show. ``hall. I have played
:22:38. > :22:42.many concert halls since. You are a local boy. How much does it mean to
:22:43. > :22:48.you coming back to the West Country. My mum and dad are here. It is going
:22:49. > :23:00.to be great. Thank you for talking to us. See you in 11 years. We will
:23:01. > :23:12.put that on our Facebook page. Now let us catch up with the weather.
:23:13. > :23:37.We have a final clouds here. You may see some of these tomorrow. Tomorrow
:23:38. > :23:46.will be a gay with a lot of rain. These guys will look like this. As a
:23:47. > :23:53.consequence, The Met office has issued a warning for heavy rain. It
:23:54. > :23:59.recognises the threat of heavy showers and thunderstorms. There is
:24:00. > :24:14.the potential for 15 millimetres of rain will stop `` 15 millimetres of
:24:15. > :24:20.rain. After a dry and cloudy night, there will be showers tomorrow. It
:24:21. > :24:32.will be in the evening when the worst of the rain arrives. This
:24:33. > :24:35.evening, there will be light rain and some of that will continue
:24:36. > :24:45.through the night. But most places will be dry. It will be a mild
:24:46. > :24:56.night, temperatures 9`10 Celsius. Tomorrow morning, it will be mostly
:24:57. > :25:10.dry but as the day goes on there will be more rain. In the afternoon,
:25:11. > :25:14.there may be slow downpours. They will fade very slowly throughout
:25:15. > :25:27.tomorrow evening. Temperatures tomorrow, 13`14dC. Things will then
:25:28. > :25:33.change on Friday and high pressure will build for the weekend. It will
:25:34. > :25:42.be cold at night on Friday and Saturday. But the rest of the
:25:43. > :25:49.weekend should be dry. That is all we have time for tonight
:25:50. > :25:53.will stop Well that is all from us tonight, but before we go we have
:25:54. > :25:55.another exclusive to finish the programme with.
:25:56. > :25:59.Yes. Jamie Cullum has been very kind and improvised a tune especially for
:26:00. > :26:12.us. So here he is! Goodnight. I am going to play piano to see goodbye.
:26:13. > :26:32.PIANO PLAYS.