:00:00. > :00:00.than 40,000 have made the journey so far this year.
:00:07. > :00:09.Welcome to BBC Points West with Alex Lovell and David Garmston.
:00:10. > :00:12.After the scandal at Winterbourne View, the families
:00:13. > :00:16.The government promised pathents would be moved into the comlunity
:00:17. > :00:34.He should be made to me. Whdn he panics or gets upset, I can be there
:00:35. > :00:39.to help him. It's three years since the abuse was uncovered. Wh`t has
:00:40. > :00:48.really changed the people who lived here and others across the West
:00:49. > :00:53.The minister promises locals on the Somerset Levels the job will
:00:54. > :00:59.The Australian farmer at thd Bath and West who claims to have sheared
:01:00. > :01:18.Now there are plans to turn Clifton Suspension Bridge into a gi`nt harp.
:01:19. > :01:21.The scandal at Winterbourne View was supposed to change everything
:01:22. > :01:25.but tonight we can reveal how a promise to help the residdnts who
:01:26. > :01:29.The government said the events at Winterbourne proved that
:01:30. > :01:32.institutions like that should be closed and it made a commitlent to
:01:33. > :01:35.move residents into the comlunity, closer to their families.
:01:36. > :01:38.It was supposed to happen within three years but that
:01:39. > :01:52.Richmond Bush was one of thd first patients at Winterbourne Vidw.
:01:53. > :01:56.He's been moved five times since and is now almost 100 miles frol his
:01:57. > :02:15.We want Richmond near so he can be visited. Once he knows we are ten
:02:16. > :02:17.miles away, he will be a different person.
:02:18. > :02:20.He's one of a dozen former patients here far
:02:21. > :02:26.Richmond and others were supposed to be the priority, moved
:02:27. > :02:29.from hospitals like this, mhles from anywhere with their locked
:02:30. > :02:37.doors and their restricted visiting and back into the community.
:02:38. > :02:39.A model where appropriate for everyone with learning
:02:40. > :02:42.disabilities across he country, but while Winterbourne is empty, other
:02:43. > :02:57.hospitals are full and the linister is under pressure to explain why.
:02:58. > :03:04.I am not in a position to force people to get people with ldarning
:03:05. > :03:11.disabilities out of institutional care. I have got to cajole, persuade
:03:12. > :03:13.and encourage and I am left deeply frustrated that the system hasn t
:03:14. > :03:17.The system is complicated, slow and centred on the NHS, as one of their
:03:18. > :03:38.commissioning manages explahned in an email we've obtained.
:03:39. > :03:47.As, sadly, are the families caught up in all of this.
:03:48. > :03:54.They were anticipating that things would change profoundly and quickly
:03:55. > :04:00.but those targets have not been met for a significant proportion of
:04:01. > :04:05.those families. They feel bdtrayed and concerned about their rdlatives.
:04:06. > :04:08.The NHS said it uses the closest and most appropriate facility
:04:09. > :04:12.for people's complex needs `nd it can take time to move them but for
:04:13. > :04:16.Richmond and his family, thd lack of real promised change and thd missed
:04:17. > :04:27.Dickon, it's not just Richmond and his family affected, is it?
:04:28. > :04:34.There are others right across the West.
:04:35. > :04:43.Yes, there are. Possible now all patients will be moved but only five
:04:44. > :04:48.have been given the opportunity to do so. That's a really big failure
:04:49. > :04:53.and one that is replicated `cross the country. You are talking about
:04:54. > :05:04.thousands across the countrx. How come, though? It should havd
:05:05. > :05:11.happened. It should've happdned and it is a big problem that it hasn't.
:05:12. > :05:15.It is very complex to find where all these people are, assess thdir needs
:05:16. > :05:20.and find the right places for them but this begs the question: If it
:05:21. > :05:25.was going to be that diffictlt, why set such a limited deadline? The
:05:26. > :05:31.families feel let down for ` second time. The real people we wanted to
:05:32. > :05:35.speak to today was NHS Engl`nd. They wouldn't do an interview. They have
:05:36. > :05:41.been told to get their act together and our promise to come next week.
:05:42. > :05:44.A major route into Porlock has been closed for
:05:45. > :05:49.It started in one property early this lorning
:05:50. > :05:53.One man was taken to hospital with minor burns.
:05:54. > :05:58.Wiltshire's Police and Crime Commissioner has been rushed
:05:59. > :06:02.to hospital. Angus Macpherson was taken hll
:06:03. > :06:05.whilst working at an event His condition is described
:06:06. > :06:07.as "serious." Mr Macpherson was elected to
:06:08. > :06:14.his role in November 2012. The Environment Secretary wdnt back
:06:15. > :06:17.to the Somerset Levels todax to check the progress
:06:18. > :06:19.of the dredging for himself. Owen Paterson said the work WILL be
:06:20. > :06:22.finished on time, despite worries Today the Environment Agencx said
:06:23. > :06:27.they're going to triple the number of people working
:06:28. > :06:30.on the project over the next month. Almost exactly four months `go
:06:31. > :06:40.and the Environment Secretary, Owen Paterson,
:06:41. > :06:42.arrived without his wellies to feel They were angry that the waterways
:06:43. > :06:51.here hadn't been managed. The lack of dredging, they said
:06:52. > :06:57.meant the water had nowhere to go. Today he was back,
:06:58. > :06:59.this time with wellies and without the public confrontations, taking
:07:00. > :07:06.a close look at the dredging here. Scraping the silt from the bottom
:07:07. > :07:09.of this river, something th`t many here demanded and now fear hs far
:07:10. > :07:24.behind schedule. I have confidence in the
:07:25. > :07:27.professionals here. They ard confident they will deliver.
:07:28. > :07:32.The dredging stated at the dnd of March So far,
:07:33. > :07:37.It's due to finish at the end of October and dredge 8km in total.
:07:38. > :07:41.So far, 28% of the time available h`s gone.
:07:42. > :07:57.One of the main problems thdy have faced has been the softness of the
:07:58. > :07:59.banks. They have got two crdws working right now and say bx this
:08:00. > :08:03.time next month, there will be six. The flooding earlier this ydar
:08:04. > :08:09.left 30,000 acres under watdr. Flooding is now a thing of fear here
:08:10. > :08:13.and the progress of this project is The weekend is here and it's looking
:08:14. > :08:28.pretty sunny. Jemma will have the forecast for us soon. And there s
:08:29. > :08:31.lots more coming up, includhng: An emotional return. The American D`Day
:08:32. > :08:34.veteran back in Wiltshire for the first time in 70 years. And the
:08:35. > :08:38.trouble with teammates. We hear from the Olympic champion torn bdtween
:08:39. > :08:56.her rowing partners. It's like a relationship. Wd had
:08:57. > :08:57.eight fantastic year togethdr last year and the X comes back on the
:08:58. > :09:02.scene! A former world champion shedp
:09:03. > :09:05.shearer was showing off his skills Ian Stewart won
:09:06. > :09:31.the Golden Shears 50 years `go and Thousands of people at the show
:09:32. > :09:38.again today and amongst thel, Ian Stewart, an award winner in 196 .
:09:39. > :09:45.The show then was in Swindon. He has gone on to lead a life shearing
:09:46. > :09:54.sheep. It seems those traditional oral skills are alive and wdll. Ian
:09:55. > :09:59.Stuart has sheared 1 million sheep and his working life. But hd started
:10:00. > :10:05.here in the UK. This is him winning the Golden shears award 50 xears
:10:06. > :10:09.ago. He is a master of the traditional farming skill and like
:10:10. > :10:17.many, it needs muscle and a keen eye. When you are handling sheep of
:10:18. > :10:27.60 kilos in weight, they ard quite heavy! It's stressful. But ht's a
:10:28. > :10:32.case of fitness. Farm shows help to keep rural skills in the public
:10:33. > :10:41.eye. Carriers will tell you their numbers dwindled in the 80s but have
:10:42. > :10:52.grown since. Dan is such a keen young farrier he has even showed his
:10:53. > :10:59.own shoes. If you shoot horses, it's about doing the best job yot can.
:11:00. > :11:06.Adam Henson thinks rural skhlls are firmly on the comeback as attitudes
:11:07. > :11:09.among young farmers change. People's aspirations are ch`nging.
:11:10. > :11:13.People are happy to be workhng with their hands and being more creative.
:11:14. > :11:19.There is employment out there for them. There are plenty of training
:11:20. > :11:23.centres for them to learn the skills. That's coming back.
:11:24. > :11:33.Perhaps, not as fast as somd would like, but it is happening. The Royal
:11:34. > :11:40.agricultural University has its own skills Centre when new blood can
:11:41. > :11:45.learn the skills of old. Drx stone walling another job a machine will
:11:46. > :11:50.never be able to do. Being `ble to do it might save you money hn the
:11:51. > :11:56.long term. It's a good skill to have. There is no doubt moddrn
:11:57. > :12:03.farmers require high`tech skills to make food production is this ``
:12:04. > :12:11.sufficient. But the old skills are surely here to stay. In the main
:12:12. > :12:18.arena this evening, these are the Devils horseman in action. Let's
:12:19. > :12:22.talk to be chief executive. On the point about the traditional skills,
:12:23. > :12:29.you show them off here everx year. What is going on locally? Colleges
:12:30. > :12:34.are filling up again with youngsters wanting to learn about farmhng but
:12:35. > :12:43.also, you can go on a one, two, three day course. And you sdem to be
:12:44. > :12:46.able to make a good living. The rural economy is the thing that
:12:47. > :12:53.keeps the country going when times are tough. Now, it is growing and
:12:54. > :12:57.becoming more popular. People are more interested in local food, local
:12:58. > :13:02.products and things you could do with a countryside. Let's also
:13:03. > :13:12.talked to Maureen. You have won the first ever award here for f`rm woman
:13:13. > :13:20.of the year. Most of the tile, I am actually in the office, behhnd a
:13:21. > :13:29.computer. I do all the paperwork. There is a lot of that now hn
:13:30. > :13:43.farming? There is. It is a lot of work. Is usual for the wife to do
:13:44. > :13:45.that? It is for wives of my era Congratulations on your award. There