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David Garmston and Alex Lovdll. Our main story tonight: The night a

police dog went on the attack. Video emerges of a suspect apparently

being bitten while on the ground ` the police start an internal

inquiry. We shouldn't jump to conclusions. We need to fully

understand what has happened, and refer the matter to the IPCC. Our

other headlines tonight: Thd last young patients are moved from

Frenchay as the hospital prdpares for closure. Speed cameras on

motorbikes ` police patrol the narrow roads which are too small for

camera vans. And we meet a dambusters' hero, 70 years on from

those famous raids. Good evening. Pictures have emerged

of the moment a police dog `ttacked a suspect who was already on the

ground, after a fight on thd streets of Weston Super Mare. The ilages

appear to show the man being bitten in the neck and are so disttrbing

that the police have started an immediate internal inquiry hnto what

happened. In order to explahn the story ` we should warn you that we

are going to show some excerpts from the video. Here's Clinton Rogers.

In the cold light of day, the footage does look shocking. The dog,

apparently out of control, lunges at the man as he lies on the ground.

Another police officer behind him. This is where the attack happened in

the centre of Weston`super`Lare Perhaps unsurprisingly, the people

we should be filled to this morning were disturbed by what they saw I

am lost for words. Any dog `ttack is bad, but when it comes from the

police themselves, it makes it a thousand times worse. It is pretty

awful, isn't it? The dog to be under control. It is difficult to see this

in context. The 15 second fhlm on the Internet playmate doesn't show

what happened leading up to the dog attack. What we do know is that the

police were called here in the early hours of Monday morning to pick up a

fight involving a large grotp of people. This afternoon, the police

confirmed that they have referred the matter to the IPCC. I h`ve seen

the clip, and I think it looks awful. But that footage does not

show everything that happendd. Our dogs are trained to help people in

detaining people, so when they bite somebody they hold on. But xou are

right, that there is a clip showing that the officer is having

difficulty removing the dog, and so it is very important we unddrstand

what happened. Or police dogs, and this one wasn't involved in the

attack, are trained for at least three months before being allowed

out onto the streets. The dog at the centre of the attack were now be

retrained. A longer video vdrsion of the events of that night has now

appeared on the Internet, owned by this man. `` filmed by this man

Police say this man had been arrested for allegedly assatlting

police officers. After the dog attack, he was taken to hospital.

Police say yet wins to his shoulder, but he was not badly hurt.

The youngest patients at Brhstol's Frenchay Hospital are moving out

today as final preparations are made for the hospital's closure `t the

end of the month. The Barbara Russell Children's Unit and

Children's A and E are both closing and patients are moving to Bristol

Children's Hospital. Here's our health correspondent Matthew Hill.

Harry is one of the last chhldren to leave Frenchay. From today, all

youngsters like him who havd had specialist brain surgery or burns

and skin operations will no longer be cared for here.

As much as we'd love to go home you know, they have made our st`y really

wonderful. It is a really wonderful place. We will just have to see what

the children's hospital brings for us.

The transfer to the children's ward in the city hospital goes according

to plan. But that is not surprising. This major logistical exerchse to

turn the hospital into the region's designated major trauma centre for

children has taken a decade. It it will mean new wards, two more

intensive care beds, and extra consultants working at the

paediatric accident and emergency centre. So that's why it is

essential that very second dntry children should come here.

We had a consultant from 8al till 10:30pm during the week, and at

weekends from 8am till 5pm. Now we'll have a consultant frol 8am

till midnight seven days a week Which gives a consistent service

throughout the week and it leans that we have a senior decishon maker

who can improve the care of the most sick and ill children that lay be

presenting. For these nurses at Frenchax, it is

the end of an era. I had to walk back in again and call

say goodbye for the second time because it felt so sad leavhng. But

now we are here. We're readx, and we're looking forward to thhs new

challenge. And this is the final piece in the

jigsaw. A ?3 million helipad on top of Bristol's city teaching hospital.

So from today, for the very first time, the most sick and injtred

children from the whole of the Southwest can be flown here in the

quickest time. Time that max well save their lives. After a fhnal test

landing, the children's hospital is now fully open for business.

Bringing all services under one roof has cost ?30 million. It'll make the

hospital one of the largest units in England, and hopefully one of the

safest. Matthew Hill, BBC Points West, Bristol.

Mobile speed cameras in Avon Somerset are now being carrhed on

police motor bikes. Crime Commissioner Sue Mountstevens says

the public want action against motorists, especially in thd

villages and along narrow roads in the region where existing c`mera

vans can't operate. Our Homd Affairs Correspondent, Steve Brodie,

reports. At ?18,000 a time, this bikd and its

camera kit isn't cheap. The villagers of North Pembleton are

pleased it's here, and the police say speed is a major cause of

accidents. The bikes can take up positions where existing mobile vans

can't can go, and senior officers say they will be a deterrent.

It's no different than a police officer who stands on the roadside

outside a police vehicle with the speed gun pointing it at oncoming

traffic, there is no differdnce This isn't about being sneaky, this

is about road safety. Far too many people are killed on the ro`ds in

Avon and Somerset and we nedd to do something about it.

The mayor says they have bedn asking for a long time for action on the

main road through the village. Because there is a problem hn some

of these local villages that more and more children are walking to

school because of the numbers go owing to the village schools and

they feel a bit insecure about some of our narrow country lanes and

roads to be frank with you. Despite the demands for mord camera

checks not everyone is convhnced that the police should be

concentrating purely on spedd to prevent accidents.

Driving too close behind people not signalling, and swapping lanes

without looking, and not behng attention, and so on. All of those

things actually cause the accidents. Obviously if there is an accident

then the faster people are going the worse the consequences, but let s

not have the accidents in the first place.

But such arguments are dismhssed by the Crime Commissioner.

This is not a moneymaking exercise. After all, if you get a find that

money goes straight to the Treasury. That doesn't come to Avon and

Somerset, and any mony that comes to Avon on Somerset is if you get

invited to go to a speed aw`reness course, and that money will then be

spent on training you to make sure that you're aware of your speed and

any money that is made from that will be ring fenced and will be

spent straight back onto ro`d safety. I've got the messagd very

very clearly from local people. This is important to them. And this is

what they want me to do. 66 people died on the region's roads last

year, and the Commissioner hs determined that the bikes whll play

a role in cutting that figure. Steve Brodie, BBC Points West, Solerset.

We're glad you can join us for this midweek edition of Points Wdst. Ian

will be here with a full we`ther forecast later. And also sthll to

come: Magic, spirits and a story about a watchmaker who invented

levitation. The first votes have been c`st today

in the 2014 European and local elections. Around 400,000 pdople in

the West have opted to vote by post. The first batch of ballot p`pers

have gone out. Polling day htself is on May the 22nd. But who ard we

voting for in the European elections? Yesterday we met the lead

candidates for four of the parties standing. Here, in no particular

order, are the remaining fotr. The Conservatives have a good record

on Europe. We've cut the EU budget for the first time ever. David

Cameron vetoed the treaty that wasn't in our interests and we are

now out of the EU bailout ftnd. Now we want to reform Europe for good.

We want to take powers back from Brussels to Britain. We want to

renegotiate the terms of melbership. When the deal is done, we'rd going

to put that to the British people, so you can decide whether wd stay or

leave in a referendum. Well, of course, the real ddbate in

this election is about whether we are in the European Union or out. My

party, the Liberal Democrats, is the party of in. In because being in

Europe means being in work. Having all of the foreign investment that

sustains so many jobs in export industries. Some 360,000 here in the

South West. Being in Europe because being in means our police forces and

judiciary is working togethdr to tackle international crime `nd being

in Europe to fight climate change together with other countrids.

We should like to stop mass immigration. We want to turn off the

immigration tap, reverse thd multicultural society, withdraw from

the EU. Bringing Christian values into this country, deport illegal

immigrants and bogus asylum seekers. And finally, and perhaps also very

important, we want to support UK manufacturing. Once we were the

workshop of the world, and we want to be so again. And we think we

could if we favoured our own in this country.

The english democrats are the only party representing England `nd the

English. The huge debts inctrred prior to 2008 by a small group of

Scottish bankers based in Edinburgh are being paid for by the English.

We want equal treatment for the people of England. No less than for

those in Scotland and Wales. Voters in England cannot rely upon the

other parties to put their hnterests first. They seem preoccupied with

minorities. The English Democrats are the only party to guarantee to

putting them first. That colplete series, we have covered You can get

full details for the Europe`n and local elections by heading to the

BBC News web site. All people at parties know.

A new farm shop opened near Gloucester today at a cost of over

?40 million. We've grown usdd to shops and restaurants trumpdting

their local credentials, evdr since the first farmers market opdned in

Bath 17 years ago. But as otr business correspondent Dave Harvey

reports, today saw something rather different.

Had any beef brisket recently? This morning, they were slicing ht at the

Forest of Dean. We use the luscles that have been working really hard,

that are full of flavour and tough as old boots. Brews and her team

take great care with their leat The animals are raised slowly, `nd when

they are ready they are smoked and brain. You have this beautiful bark,

with all the herbs and spicds on it. We love it as a piece of fine old

British charcuterie. It is ` forest of circuitry and here, and these are

land legs. Not as old as mutton It is the stuff you would expect to

find any Cotswold deli or a lovely farm shop, but now they are going

somewhere very different indeed We are on the M5 new Gloucester, a

world away from farmers markets but pulling here for a pit stop and

almost everything you see, hs from within 30 miles. We are plant or

politics, but we read about in the local paper, and we thought we had

better come here, we thought it looked fantastic. 150 peopld have

found employment here. The whole operation has cost ?40 millhon. It

is run by a family who had ` similar local service station incomd be up

for decades. We worked with 70 local producers up in Cumbria. Down here,

we are working with 130 loc`l producers, so it says something

about the abundance and divdrsity of produce down here compared to

career. We have been to the one in Cumbria and we liked it so we got we

would come here. So is this a day out to the services? Pretty much.

Know that they are open, thdy will never close, and some 2 million

people will get 80s of the West when they pull in for a bite. Dave Hardy,

Gloucestershire. Some ideas for a day out. Lovely.

England's swimming squad for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow has

been named today and nine of the team are based at the University of

Bath. Among them are Siobhan`Marie O'Connor, who was Team GB's youngest

swimmer at the London 2012 Olympics, and Andrew Willis who will renew his

rivalry with training partndr Michael Jamieson. Damian Derrick has

more. Far from celebrating their call ups

it was business as usual for Team England's Bath contingent. They d

already done an hour and a half in the gym but the hard work dhdn't

stop there. One of those benefiting from the set up is local girl

Siobhan`Marie O'Connor. Bath is one of only two nathonal

training centres in the country and it is already proving its worth with

team England `based year. One of those bent `` benefiting is local

girl should `` Siobhan Marid O'Connor. She was Team GB's youngest

swimmer at London 2012 aged 15 but is now a English record holder and

double winner at the British Championships. There are different

expectations on me now, I h`ve it in my mind that I would like to try to

achieve when I am in Glasgow. Medals are definitely in my expect`tions

and that is what I'm aiming for For Andrew Willis it's a chance to put

the disappointment of fourth place at Delhi in 2010 behind him. I have

got to get on that podium, `nd I am really excited no, I need to put

myself in the place I need to be before the race. My times are up

there with the best, and I need to be believing in myself. It'll also

see him renew his rivalry whth training partner Michael Jalieson `

as England take on Scotland. We were taking `` great friends unthl the

race, and do not last length he put on a great show, it will be very

exciting to see the outcome. The outcome that Andrew and

Siobhan`Marie will be hoping for are their first Commonwealth Gales

medals` whatever the colour. The last surviving British Dambuster

has been speaking to Points West about his experiences on th`t

fateful night nearly 71 years ago. Johnny Johnson, who lives in

Bristol, was just 21 years old, when he took part in one of the lost

daring and memorable missions of the second world war. Now, at 92, he's

brought out a book about his experiences. Laura Jones has been to

meet him. The audacity and the braverx on the

night of the 16th of May 1943. Captured and evoked in the

celebrated film The Dambustdrs. 133 men took part in the daring raid to

destroy three of Germany's strategically important dams. 5 of

them died trying. Today, only three dambusters survive, one of them

92`year`old Johnny Johnson. I am lucky, yes to be alive. I am

lucky that I was with the rhght crew in the right place at the rhght

time. And I feel privileged and honoured to have taken part in that

raid. He was just 21 years old back then,

and in charge of making surd that one of those now famous bouncing

bombs hit its target. And so on the 10th run, we were down

to 30 feet up, but because we were at 30 feet it was nose up

straightaway to avoid the hhlls of the other side so I didn't see the

explosion. But Dave did in the rear turret and he said he reckoned the

waterspout went up to about 100 feet.

Two of the three dams were destroyed, and more than 12 hundred

people on the ground were khlled. Following the mission, Johnny

continued his career with the RAF and later became a teacher. He and

his wife Gwen had three children, eight grandchildren, and thdre are

now 17 great grandchildren. I find them completely supportive. I

think they are wonderful, all of them. And, for me now, life is

family, pure and simply. Last year was the 70th anniversary

of the raids. Commemorations were held where practice runs for the

mission had been carried out. All those years ago. A chance for Johnny

and others to remember that night and the extraordinary bravery of

those who took part. A play celebrating the life of one

of Cheltenham's famous sons opens in the town tomorrow. The victorian

magician John Nevil Maskelyne was a watchmaker who went on to bdcome one

of the most influential maghcians in the world. The play, The Mysterious

Gentleman, is the first timd his story has been brought to the stage.

Here's our Gloucestershire reporter, Steve Knibbs. Thank you. A little

sneak preview of the play, we will have to be quiet because thdy are in

technical rehearsals. We don't want to show too much of the maghc, but I

did manage to get exclusive access to rehearsals last week.

John Neville Maskelyne was ` watchmaker and amateur magician In

1865, along with his friend George Cook, he famously exposed a fake

spiritualist act in Cheltenham after seeing how it was done. It hnspired

him and led eventually to a 30 year residency at the Egyptian H`ll in

London, where he pioneered hllusions such as levitation.

We will give ?1000 to anyond who can recreate this trick...

For the first time, Maskelyn's story is being brought to the stage. It is

a perfect part for the man playing him, actor and magician Petdr

Clifford. I get it do some acting with a

fantastic character and then stick some magic in as well. Which we are

creating for the show. We are creating some effects espechally for

the show. Some of them based on Maskelyn's ideas.

We do seem to have made a r`ther formidable enemy in Doctor Saxton.

He fears exposure, his only line of defence is to attack us.

Maskelyn's life was rich and diverse, and that has been `

challenge for the writer. It came down to the fact th`t it is

about belief, and there are so many things around that, like, why do

audiences believe in magic? Do audiences believe that it is real?

Also there is a story that goes throughout this as to whethdr he

does believe in spiritualisl, he does believe in life after death, or

doesn't. Because he challenged it quite often, but there is an

interesting question there which hopefully people will enjoy.

But perhaps it is a little gentleman in black!

There is a plaque to John Ndville Maskelyn in the Everyman Thdatre and

a blue plaque here on the shop where he worked as a watchmaker, but apart

from that, very little is known in the town about him, and there are

some who believe that Cheltdnham should make much more of ond of its

famous son. Sue Rowbotham researches magic and

local history in Cheltenham, for her Maskelyn was a gift. The local

magician who became an international superstar of his day.

If you talk to anybody who was interested in magic history they

will say they know Maskelyn well, but if you talk to anybody dlse

thee can't spell the name and they don't know about him. And ydt he was

so well`known and still is hn magic circles today.

Maskelyn also invented the spend`a`penny locks in London

toilets, but it is magic and the moral dilemma around spirittalism

that comes to the stage at the Playhouse this week.

We are so still going on, and of course Cheltenham does have other

famous sons like Edward Wilson, the explorer, but a lot of people think

that Maskelyn really needs lore exposure, he spun a dynasty of

magicians, with many grandsons falling `` following in his

footsteps. If you look at this cabinet here, it was very ilportant

in his decision to become a full`time magician. You can learn

more about he`man and about this play when it here tomorrow night.

Spooky. You are a bit of a lagician yourself as well, are into?

No tricks for me tonight. Thank you. Now for the weather.

I think the only thing I can bloat tomorrow is an awful lot of low

cloud. I think this will be one of those days where if you werd landing

a plane you would suddenly dmerge out of the clouds and touchdown

There will be rain at times, not all day. The rain will be heavy first

thing in the morning, and there will be a phase again in the aftdrnoon of

some wet weather. So things are shaping up as we head through to

tomorrow. This next area of low pressure comes with a warm front, so

possibly some boundary rain at those `` associated with that then, we

have a second spell of wet weather. But things should brighten tp into

the afternoon and evening. We will continue to see what or two servers

pitifully in the Bristol Ch`nnel areas, but with many areas dry and

cloudy. Now we have this he`vy rain coming in, possibly with thtnder. It

is coming from mid`level cloud up in the atmosphere. I am thinking some

heavy rain for the rush hour tomorrow. Temperatures will be mild

or, nine to 11 Celsius. As the morning with an, the heaviest of the

brain disappears. `` rain. Tntil early to mid afternoon as the cold

front comes through, some of that could be associated with thtnder. By

early evening, things will start to tidy up. Certainly dry by then, and

perhaps some writer whether to finish the day. Temperatures of 13

or 14 Celsius. Perhaps 15. Looking beyond that, as we get closdr to the

weekend, Friday will be a d`y of sunny spells, but equally there will

be some heavy and thundery showers are some of you, particularly

towards the east and north. By Saturday morning, we have some heavy

rain coming across all of us, and this will lead us into a bltstery

day, with some heavy showers around in the afternoon, and some brighter

spells around too. A very unsettled the foreshore, as it will bd each on

Sunday to. You get the drift of it. It will not be like last wedkend

anyway. Thanks again. That hs all for now. Goodbye.

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