:00:00. > :00:07.Welcome to BBC Points West with David Garmston and Amanda P`rr. Our
:00:08. > :00:13.main story tonight: Denied responsibility because he is black.
:00:14. > :00:18.A member of staff at an academy wins damages from a school that was
:00:19. > :00:22.supposed to champion divershty. I went to court and representdd myself
:00:23. > :00:27.and won in court. That to md means more. We will have reaction from the
:00:28. > :00:37.academy, who say they have learned lessons.
:00:38. > :00:42.Our other headlines tonight: Hoping to win your vote. Two party leaders
:00:43. > :00:46.come west ahead of the European elections.
:00:47. > :00:49.Looks delicious. Top chefs `rrive for a mouth`watering festiv`l of
:00:50. > :00:53.food and everything on the lenu is free.
:00:54. > :01:02.And fighting for survival in the Football League. Bristol Rovers
:01:03. > :01:07.prepare for the game of thehr lives. Good evening. A black man who was
:01:08. > :01:10.hired by a school to boost the grades of pupils from ethnic
:01:11. > :01:14.minorities has been awarded damages today because he was discrilinated
:01:15. > :01:18.against. David McLeod was t`ken on by the City Academy in Bristol, but
:01:19. > :01:22.he was overlooked when it c`me to taking on more responsibility and he
:01:23. > :01:25.suffered harassment. Race campaigners say it is a landmark
:01:26. > :01:30.judgement and the Academy h`s apologised. Dickon Hooper rdports.
:01:31. > :01:34.David McLeod's legal battle is finally over. He suffered r`cial
:01:35. > :01:43.discrimination and harassment at the City Academy and has just bden
:01:44. > :01:49.awarded ?14,000. I had a victory. It has never been about cash. Ht is
:01:50. > :01:53.about the victory and about letting them know that what they were doing
:01:54. > :01:57.was wrong. Standing up for what was right. The academy was the first in
:01:58. > :02:02.the South West and seven out of ten pupils are from black or ethnic
:02:03. > :02:05.minorities. But this demogr`phic is not reflected in the make`up of its
:02:06. > :02:09.senior staff or governors. @nd David's case has put the school
:02:10. > :02:15.under the spotlight. This is a landmark judgement in education in
:02:16. > :02:18.Bristol. At this public meeting David explained he was a gr`duate
:02:19. > :02:24.and a qualified manager, who had helped black and ethnic students
:02:25. > :02:29.boost their grades. I knew that something was wrong and we had to
:02:30. > :02:32.set something in place. He wasn t given extra responsibility, or
:02:33. > :02:40.opportunity, when it came up and a tribunal agreed this was because he
:02:41. > :02:53.was black. I won my case because I am me. But if you look at the
:02:54. > :02:56.academy across the road, wh`t about the 14`year`old African boy, who is
:02:57. > :03:00.six foot? How will they see him Other black and ethnic staff on the
:03:01. > :03:04.project were also passed ovdr, while three white managers were appointed.
:03:05. > :03:09.We are deeply sorry and we `re extending our sense of sorrow to
:03:10. > :03:13.those involved, particularlx David. We have learnt from our mistakes and
:03:14. > :03:16.we are moving forward in terms of setting up an equalities working
:03:17. > :03:20.group. But there are other wider concerns. The number of puphls here
:03:21. > :03:23.is falling and last year's GCSE results prompted a warning from the
:03:24. > :03:31.Government that standards are unacceptably low. The school says it
:03:32. > :03:40.is addressing this, but a pdtition is circulating calling for change
:03:41. > :03:43.there and more scrutiny. We have seen increased tension with the
:03:44. > :03:47.local community and the rel`tionship there has not been great for the
:03:48. > :03:51.last four or five years. Re`lly at the back of all of that neg`tivity,
:03:52. > :03:53.for something like this to come out is absolutely devastating for the
:03:54. > :04:00.school and absolutely devastating for the parents. I would reject the
:04:01. > :04:05.sense that we are cut off. We have a good community team. It is ` very
:04:06. > :04:17.positive picture in terms of what people say in the local comlunity.
:04:18. > :04:21.It is also correct to say that when Ofsted came to the school they
:04:22. > :04:24.remarked on how much we involve the community and they said that the
:04:25. > :04:27.Academy was a focus for that community. A community that has
:04:28. > :04:31.rallied around David McLeod ` who now, like the school, wants the
:04:32. > :04:33.focus to be on the children it serves.
:04:34. > :04:39.Dickon Hooper joins us now. So is there any indication that there was
:04:40. > :04:43.a widespread issue of racisl? I have not seen any evidencd of
:04:44. > :04:52.that. But this is a symbolic victory. David was racially
:04:53. > :04:54.discriminated against. Some of his other colleagues were also passed
:04:55. > :05:01.over. They complained about this, but nothing was done. The school
:05:02. > :05:02.said that there will be mord opportunity for promotion in the
:05:03. > :05:05.future. Another academy, Oldfield in Bath,
:05:06. > :05:08.has been in the news for wedks because of criticism about hts
:05:09. > :05:15.leadership. Is there a biggdr question about who these ac`demies
:05:16. > :05:19.are accountable to? I think some people would s`y that
:05:20. > :05:29.we do. The governments now have their finger on the pulse. ``
:05:30. > :05:36.government. They are only answerable to central government. With that in
:05:37. > :05:40.mind, they have appointed a new Commissioner of academies in the
:05:41. > :05:48.south`west. We are not sure what he is going to do.
:05:49. > :05:51.Patients are still not being re`admitted to Burnham Hosphtal
:05:52. > :05:53.following problems with the town's water supply. They were all
:05:54. > :05:56.transferred to neighbouring hospitals yesterday when thd supply
:05:57. > :05:59.was cut off. Bristol Water says it worked through the night to return
:06:00. > :06:08.water to the 12,000 properthes affected.
:06:09. > :06:11.Firefighters across the reghon have walked out this afternoon, `s part
:06:12. > :06:14.of a national fire strike. Hn Gloucester, these men joined the
:06:15. > :06:17.picket line at 12PM. The strike is part of a long`running disptte with
:06:18. > :06:21.the government about pensions. It ended at 5PM this afternoon, with
:06:22. > :06:25.more planned over the bank holiday weekend.
:06:26. > :06:28.You know there is an election approaching when the leaders of two
:06:29. > :06:31.of the country's main polithcal parties come visiting on thd same
:06:32. > :06:35.day. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg spent the day in the West
:06:36. > :06:38.hoping to minimise any Liberal Democrat losses. And this afternoon,
:06:39. > :06:42.Labour's Ed Miliband was in Bristol, confidently predicting gains in both
:06:43. > :06:44.the European and local elections. Here is our political editor, Paul
:06:45. > :06:47.Barltrop. Two leaders, two contrasting styles.
:06:48. > :06:54.Ed Miliband processed down Bristol's Gloucester Road ` very clearly
:06:55. > :06:57.Labour. No party colours for Nick Clegg, who had a hard hat for
:06:58. > :07:00.protection while visiting a regeneration project in Bath. He may
:07:01. > :07:04.need it. The Lib Dems are braced for another electoral battering. You
:07:05. > :07:11.must be really worried that you will suffer badly on May 22? I understand
:07:12. > :07:14.people want to give mainstrdam and government politicians a kicking,
:07:15. > :07:29.but what is at stake is not an individual politician, but the fate
:07:30. > :07:34.of jobs in our country. I al not willing to see jobs put at stake
:07:35. > :07:36.because of people like Nigel Farage. UKIP's expected success in the
:07:37. > :07:40.European Parliament elections threaten this man. Sir Grah`m Watson
:07:41. > :07:43.is one of the party's most respected MEPs. He has represented thd South
:07:44. > :07:49.West in Europe for 20 years. The Lib Dems are pinning their hopes on a
:07:50. > :07:56.pro`EU message. We are the only party saying we are a party of in".
:07:57. > :07:59.Farage wants to sacrifice jobs by pulling us out and neither Cameron
:08:00. > :08:06.nor Miliband have the courage to take him on. The Labour leader has a
:08:07. > :08:15.very different view. This afternoon he went walkabout in Bristol. We
:08:16. > :08:22.hope to bring some were sectrity to tenants. He is keen to talk about
:08:23. > :08:28.their ideas for reforming housing rents. The changes you are talking
:08:29. > :08:31.about would come from Westmhnster regarding rent? Yes, they would need
:08:32. > :08:35.a Labour government, but thdse elections are a chance to express
:08:36. > :08:39.our views about the direction of the country. That is his way of saying
:08:40. > :08:42.he hopes voters do treat it as a referendum on the government. But
:08:43. > :08:45.while he's clearly keen to give people what they want, that doesn't
:08:46. > :08:48.include a referendum on staxing in Europe. A clear priority for a
:08:49. > :08:54.Labour government is to tackle cost of living and improve the NHS, not
:08:55. > :08:58.whether we should exit the DU. Before he left, he popped in to buy
:08:59. > :09:07.some flowers for his wife. He is confident it will be a good year for
:09:08. > :09:09.Labour's red roses. Back with Nick Clegg and a meeting with activists
:09:10. > :09:14.contesting local elections hn Stroud, Cheltenham, and Glotcester.
:09:15. > :09:22.Today's mood was good. But ht may be rather different when the votes are
:09:23. > :09:30.counted in three weeks' timd. A warm welcome to Points West on
:09:31. > :09:36.this Friday evening. Still lore to come, including the bank holiday
:09:37. > :09:41.forecast. It is looking like a decent bank
:09:42. > :09:51.holiday weekend. I will givd you the detail later in the programle.
:09:52. > :09:54.The NHS in Bristol is being challenged over the way it spends
:09:55. > :09:58.its ?500 million budget. It is the first time the health service in
:09:59. > :10:02.England has faced a legal challenge over the new ways family doctors
:10:03. > :10:09.allocate money. Our health correspondent, Matthew Hill,
:10:10. > :10:12.reports. These campaigners are fighthng plans
:10:13. > :10:15.they claim could mean millions of pounds worth of NHS contracts being
:10:16. > :10:18.handed to private companies. They are concerned about the new way the
:10:19. > :10:24.Government decides how the largest chunk of NHS money is spent. Up
:10:25. > :10:26.until a year ago, managers working for the Primary Care Trust would
:10:27. > :10:39.commission services like emdrgency care, hospital treatment, and mental
:10:40. > :10:44.health services. But now th`t work is done by GPs. The budgets are
:10:45. > :10:49.huge. In Bristol alone they have to spend more than half ?1 million But
:10:50. > :10:57.the doctors are now facing ` legal challenge. It is time to stop
:10:58. > :11:01.defending the indefensible `nd put clear and transparent arrangements
:11:02. > :11:07.in place that explains to p`tients exactly how they will be involved in
:11:08. > :11:10.decision`making. Campaigners say this is the faceless and
:11:11. > :11:14.unaccountable new NHS, which has no safety net in place to make sure
:11:15. > :11:18.patients are consulted propdrly on any changes.
:11:19. > :11:29.There is a legal duty to involve the public in to provide these services.
:11:30. > :11:43.That service is very clear `nd it is incredibly important to run a public
:11:44. > :11:55.service like the NHS. The CCG is not making sure that people's voices are
:11:56. > :12:02.heard. The CCG say that thex take their responsibility very sdriously.
:12:03. > :12:05.GPS may not be used to patidnts questioning their decisions, but as
:12:06. > :12:08.their budgets become tighter and tighter it seems they may h`ve to
:12:09. > :12:22.get used to having their judgement challenged. And we will havd more on
:12:23. > :12:27.this story and others on our Sunday Politics West programme, on BBC One
:12:28. > :12:30.at 11PM. People visiting the beach at Porlock
:12:31. > :12:33.this Bank Holiday weekend whll be able to see the region's newest
:12:34. > :12:39.tourist attraction. Villagers are trying re`establish the country s
:12:40. > :12:42.only community shellfish farm. The village's oysters became falous in
:12:43. > :12:50.the 1800s, but the industry closed down at the end of the centtry.
:12:51. > :12:55.Tracey Miller reports. Should we put them all on? I reckon go half and
:12:56. > :12:58.half because you don't want to sink in, do you? 20,000 oysters carefully
:12:59. > :13:02.bagged and ready for their new beds. They will be testing the waters of
:13:03. > :13:07.Porlock Bay. We have designdd some special oysters trestles th`t we
:13:08. > :13:11.think are bombproof. We hopd they are going to last. We think they are
:13:12. > :13:16.stronger than the railway at Dawlish. So, it may work. These
:13:17. > :13:19.enterprising locals are complete novices, new to the perils of oyster
:13:20. > :13:26.farming. But despite wet fedt, they have sought expert advice. This is a
:13:27. > :13:30.scientific trial, using oysters of different types and sizes. Xou
:13:31. > :13:35.should have two at the end `nd two in the middle. They are confident
:13:36. > :13:41.that it will succeed, because in the 19th century Porlock was thd place
:13:42. > :13:46.for oyster farming. It was ` very famous product. Porlock oysters
:13:47. > :13:56.arrived at hotels in London. They were very well known. There are two
:13:57. > :13:59.stories: One is that a storl to took them out and the other one was that
:14:00. > :14:03.the nasty people in Colchester, who had run out of oysters, camd and
:14:04. > :14:06.stole them. Shellfish are bhg business. These oysters are now
:14:07. > :14:10.tucked up in their beds out there and hopefully over the next 12
:14:11. > :14:13.months they will grow and they have the potential of making ?250,00 .
:14:14. > :14:16.They will be under the watchful eye of the village here, becausd that
:14:17. > :14:32.money will go straight back into the parish. Tracey Miller, BBC Points
:14:33. > :14:35.West, Porlock Weir. Hundreds of people are expected in
:14:36. > :14:40.Bristol this weekend for thd city's food festival. It is the biggest
:14:41. > :14:43.event of its kind ever held here, with top chefs, food producdrs, and
:14:44. > :14:51.farmers all showcasing their talents. Lizzie Way has been to look
:14:52. > :14:56.around. You join me now in this short
:14:57. > :15:01.fiction, where these apprentices are getting ready for tomorrow. Over the
:15:02. > :15:10.next few days, this stage whll be allied with celebrity chefs who are
:15:11. > :15:18.showcasing their celebrity recipes. What was the idea behind thhs
:15:19. > :15:32.festival? Bristol is a city that has a strong future edition. `` food
:15:33. > :15:36.tradition. I thought, why do we not challenge the people of Bristol to
:15:37. > :15:44.put together a festival. It is amazing to see how a small hdea has
:15:45. > :15:54.grown into this. Lots of different types of food involved, isn't there?
:15:55. > :16:00.Yes. We are a diverse city with different groups living herd. You
:16:01. > :16:07.can find everything in Bristol. It is a global culinary trip in one
:16:08. > :16:12.festival. People will be showcasing recipes here as well, want the?
:16:13. > :16:27.There will be some incredible people here. We have some local Palance ``
:16:28. > :16:37.local Halland here. Also here is then Bobby. `` also here is an
:16:38. > :16:43.organic farmer. He has been sharing his ideas about food. I do like
:16:44. > :16:48.eating organic food. Not because it pays better, although I think that
:16:49. > :16:52.it does, but because it is healthier. I do not like thd
:16:53. > :16:58.vegetables that have been knitting in pesticides will stop it hs better
:16:59. > :17:07.for the environment. It is sustainable. If you care about the
:17:08. > :17:15.natural world, bees, birds, and wildlife then you will care about
:17:16. > :17:20.diversity. Pesticides and hdrbicides are the enemy of natural diversity.
:17:21. > :17:29.Organic farmers do crop rot`tion instead. There is also clailing
:17:30. > :17:37.change. We have to reduce otr use of fossil fuels. Conventional farmers
:17:38. > :17:42.use fertilisers that make a huge contribution to the emission of
:17:43. > :17:57.greenhouse gas. Organic farlers use manure and organic waste. So how did
:17:58. > :18:03.we need 9 million people. It is a huge challenge. We do not know if
:18:04. > :18:09.organic or traditional farmhng can do it. But we will have to do is
:18:10. > :18:21.make a radical change. We nded to add that our diets. Now one has the
:18:22. > :18:30.answers yet. It is a huge challenge. I know that you will be herd on
:18:31. > :18:38.stage to discuss the issues. So please do not cook this weekend
:18:39. > :18:48.Yes, I will be there on Sattrday morning. There are tickets still
:18:49. > :18:52.available. Come and see us. The top man at the BBC was `lso at
:18:53. > :18:59.the Food Connections Festiv`l, as part of a BBC scheme to recruit new
:19:00. > :19:02.apprentices. Twin B from Radio xtra was grilling the director gdneral,
:19:03. > :19:06.Tony Hall, this afternoon about what it is like to work at the BBC. The
:19:07. > :19:10.apprenticeship scheme could be your way into the BBC if you're over`18
:19:11. > :19:12.and a non`graduate. You havd until the 12th May to apply. Therd are
:19:13. > :19:26.more details at http://bbc.co.uk/las.
:19:27. > :19:37.On to sport. We have just hdard from Swindon that they plan to tdrminate
:19:38. > :19:49.Nile Ranger's contract, following the charges this week.
:19:50. > :19:52.Bristol Rovers will be lookhng for a repeat performance of last weekend
:19:53. > :19:55.to ensure they keep their Football League status. It has been `
:19:56. > :19:58.disappointing season, to sax the least, for the side that have a
:19:59. > :20:01.battled to avoid relegation. Well, tonight some Rovers legends are
:20:02. > :20:03.gathering ahead of a charitx game this weekend. And Sabet Chotdhury is
:20:04. > :20:06.amongst them. Now, back in the day, when players
:20:07. > :20:10.dietary requirements weren't so strict, if you came into thd Monte
:20:11. > :20:13.Carlo cafe on Stapleton Road you would probably run into a fdw
:20:14. > :20:17.Bristol Rovers players. So what better place to have a reunhon of
:20:18. > :20:21.the legends? We will have a chat with some of them in a minute, but
:20:22. > :20:23.first some news from the Rovers camp ahead of their big game agahnst
:20:24. > :20:27.Mansfield tomorrow. These wdre scenes last week after their win
:20:28. > :20:31.against Wycombe, but, to make that count, tomorrow they need at least a
:20:32. > :20:34.draw to get a point to secure safety ` defeat and they rely on other
:20:35. > :20:38.results. But, it sounds likd there won't be much of a celebrathon in
:20:39. > :20:41.the dressing room. I don't find it a celebration. I do not believe that
:20:42. > :20:45.this football club, our football club, should be in a situathon like
:20:46. > :20:48.this. It has been a very disappointing season. The players
:20:49. > :20:51.know that, the staff certainly know that, and everyone at the football
:20:52. > :20:56.club knows that. But we havd to focus on the 90 minutes and then we
:20:57. > :21:01.can look to rebuild. That game kicks off at 3PM `nd here
:21:02. > :21:04.is a list of all the other fixtures for tomorrow. Just a warning for all
:21:05. > :21:10.you Yeovil fans that game against Middlesbrough gets going at 12. 5PM.
:21:11. > :21:14.Back to tonight and it is also a big night for Bath Rugby, who nded a win
:21:15. > :21:18.to stay in the running for ` Twickenham final. Damian Derrick is
:21:19. > :21:24.there for us. They really could do with the win couldn't they?
:21:25. > :21:28.After two or three disappointing years, Bath are well and trtly back
:21:29. > :21:32.in the hunt for the Premiership title. But they have to overcome a
:21:33. > :21:35.Northampton side, one they have not beaten in the League for ne`rly
:21:36. > :21:42.three seasons, to be sure of a play`off place. There is also an
:21:43. > :21:45.extra level of interest as Northampton will be Bath's opponents
:21:46. > :21:52.in the European Challenge Ctp final in three weeks' time. One m`n who
:21:53. > :22:00.has been a key part of the success is here. How will the players be
:22:01. > :22:10.feeling now? We had been medting half an hour ago. Now it is about
:22:11. > :22:21.the boys knowing the rules. There will be a screen in there. Ht is the
:22:22. > :22:32.last touch ups now. How important is it for Bath to win today? Every game
:22:33. > :22:37.is important. There is the possibility will be paying
:22:38. > :22:47.Southampton in a couple of weeks. We are not here to be third or fourth.
:22:48. > :22:54.It is up to us and it is in our hands. The last thing that we want
:22:55. > :23:05.to do is not score any points. It is going to be a hard game tonhght will
:23:06. > :23:15.stop we will bring you more in our 10pm moves. There is more rtgby
:23:16. > :23:19.tomorrow as Gloucester play their final home match of the season
:23:20. > :23:21.against London Irish and on Sunday Bristol have a British Irhsh Cup
:23:22. > :23:33.semifinal against Leeds. Damian, thanks. We will, of course,
:23:34. > :23:37.bring you all those results in our bulletins over the weekend. Now back
:23:38. > :23:40.here I'm joined by this man, who 24 years ago today scored two goals
:23:41. > :23:44.against arch rivals Bristol City. It was a game that took Rovers into
:23:45. > :23:46.what is now the Championship. It must be sad to see the Bristol
:23:47. > :23:53.Rovers in the current state? It is. We will all be there supporting
:23:54. > :24:02.them. There is a new ground. We want to stay in the league. What do you
:24:03. > :24:10.think they have to do to make sure that they reach the standard that
:24:11. > :24:16.you guys did? They need to love on. If they stay in the league, with the
:24:17. > :24:24.new ground and everything, they need to stay positive. But they need to
:24:25. > :24:28.have a look at things and rdbuild. Do you think they need to h`ve a
:24:29. > :24:40.clean`up to get back to where they were? I think so. It might be time
:24:41. > :24:47.to clear the decks and start again. How do you feel about the charity
:24:48. > :24:57.game coming up? We have somd younger legs to run about for us, so they
:24:58. > :25:01.can do the work for us. Well, you can see all these guys in
:25:02. > :25:03.action on Bank Holiday Mond`y when they take on the Bristol City
:25:04. > :25:33.Legends in a charity match. Now it is time for the weather. We
:25:34. > :25:40.do not know how much cloud there will be over the next few d`ys. It
:25:41. > :25:46.is moderate for Monday, as things stand. But it should be a dry
:25:47. > :25:59.weekend. It should be warmest on Monday. High pressure is dolinating
:26:00. > :26:16.the pattern from the North. There is some colder air tonight. As they go
:26:17. > :26:26.through Saturday and Sunday, high pressure will progress across the
:26:27. > :26:32.country. For the rest of thd night, the key thing is that these guys
:26:33. > :26:39.will start to clear. The net result is that it will be a cold nhght The
:26:40. > :26:44.computer generates these temperatures, but I think they are
:26:45. > :26:58.too high. There is a threat of ground frost. It will be called ``
:26:59. > :27:12.it will be called on Saturd`y. In the East, and you could enjoy some
:27:13. > :27:22.good sunshine. The temperattres will vary, but there will be light
:27:23. > :27:35.winds. 13`15dC. Sunday will be a cloudy day. Monday, it will be
:27:36. > :27:43.breezy and cloudy. Not bad. That is all from us. We
:27:44. > :28:07.will be at the food festival, so we hope to meet you there. Goodbye
:28:08. > :28:07.Men are even less tolerant of women than they were before.
:28:08. > :28:12.It's shocking it'd happen in a public place.
:28:13. > :28:14.I don't find it funny, but I don't find it offensive.
:28:15. > :28:17.It really is vile. Shock value sells.
:28:18. > :28:20.Men are even less tolerant of women than they were before.
:28:21. > :28:23.The hatred of women. Some people are offended.
:28:24. > :28:25.Others think women should just man up.
:28:26. > :28:29.and even misogyny socially acceptable?
:28:30. > :28:33.Join me, Kirsty Wark, as I investigate...