30/05/2014 BBC Points West

than 40,000 have made the journey so far this year.

Welcome to BBC Points West with Alex Lovell and David Garmston.

After the scandal at Winterbourne View, the families

The government promised pathents would be moved into the comlunity

He should be made to me. Whdn he panics or gets upset, I can be there

to help him. It's three years since the abuse was uncovered. Wh`t has

really changed the people who lived here and others across the West

The minister promises locals on the Somerset Levels the job will

The Australian farmer at thd Bath and West who claims to have sheared

Now there are plans to turn Clifton Suspension Bridge into a gi`nt harp.

The scandal at Winterbourne View was supposed to change everything

but tonight we can reveal how a promise to help the residdnts who

The government said the events at Winterbourne proved that

institutions like that should be closed and it made a commitlent to

move residents into the comlunity, closer to their families.

It was supposed to happen within three years but that

Richmond Bush was one of thd first patients at Winterbourne Vidw.

He's been moved five times since and is now almost 100 miles frol his

We want Richmond near so he can be visited. Once he knows we are ten

miles away, he will be a different person.

He's one of a dozen former patients here far

Richmond and others were supposed to be the priority, moved

from hospitals like this, mhles from anywhere with their locked

doors and their restricted visiting and back into the community.

A model where appropriate for everyone with learning

disabilities across he country, but while Winterbourne is empty, other

hospitals are full and the linister is under pressure to explain why.

I am not in a position to force people to get people with ldarning

disabilities out of institutional care. I have got to cajole, persuade

and encourage and I am left deeply frustrated that the system hasn t

The system is complicated, slow and centred on the NHS, as one of their

commissioning manages explahned in an email we've obtained.

As, sadly, are the families caught up in all of this.

They were anticipating that things would change profoundly and quickly

but those targets have not been met for a significant proportion of

those families. They feel bdtrayed and concerned about their rdlatives.

The NHS said it uses the closest and most appropriate facility

for people's complex needs `nd it can take time to move them but for

Richmond and his family, thd lack of real promised change and thd missed

Dickon, it's not just Richmond and his family affected, is it?

There are others right across the West.

Yes, there are. Possible now all patients will be moved but only five

have been given the opportunity to do so. That's a really big failure

and one that is replicated `cross the country. You are talking about

thousands across the countrx. How come, though? It should havd

happened. It should've happdned and it is a big problem that it hasn't.

It is very complex to find where all these people are, assess thdir needs

and find the right places for them but this begs the question: If it

was going to be that diffictlt, why set such a limited deadline? The

families feel let down for ` second time. The real people we wanted to

speak to today was NHS Engl`nd. They wouldn't do an interview. They have

been told to get their act together and our promise to come next week.

A major route into Porlock has been closed for

It started in one property early this lorning

One man was taken to hospital with minor burns.

Wiltshire's Police and Crime Commissioner has been rushed

to hospital. Angus Macpherson was taken hll

whilst working at an event His condition is described

as "serious." Mr Macpherson was elected to

his role in November 2012. The Environment Secretary wdnt back

to the Somerset Levels todax to check the progress

of the dredging for himself. Owen Paterson said the work WILL be

finished on time, despite worries Today the Environment Agencx said

they're going to triple the number of people working

on the project over the next month. Almost exactly four months `go

and the Environment Secretary, Owen Paterson,

arrived without his wellies to feel They were angry that the waterways

here hadn't been managed. The lack of dredging, they said

meant the water had nowhere to go. Today he was back,

this time with wellies and without the public confrontations, taking

a close look at the dredging here. Scraping the silt from the bottom

of this river, something th`t many here demanded and now fear hs far

behind schedule. I have confidence in the

professionals here. They ard confident they will deliver.

The dredging stated at the dnd of March So far,

It's due to finish at the end of October and dredge 8km in total.

So far, 28% of the time available h`s gone.

One of the main problems thdy have faced has been the softness of the

banks. They have got two crdws working right now and say bx this

time next month, there will be six. The flooding earlier this ydar

left 30,000 acres under watdr. Flooding is now a thing of fear here

and the progress of this project is The weekend is here and it's looking

pretty sunny. Jemma will have the forecast for us soon. And there s

lots more coming up, includhng: An emotional return. The American D`Day

veteran back in Wiltshire for the first time in 70 years. And the

trouble with teammates. We hear from the Olympic champion torn bdtween

her rowing partners. It's like a relationship. Wd had

eight fantastic year togethdr last year and the X comes back on the

scene! A former world champion shedp

shearer was showing off his skills Ian Stewart won

the Golden Shears 50 years `go and Thousands of people at the show

again today and amongst thel, Ian Stewart, an award winner in 196 .

The show then was in Swindon. He has gone on to lead a life shearing

sheep. It seems those traditional oral skills are alive and wdll. Ian

Stuart has sheared 1 million sheep and his working life. But hd started

here in the UK. This is him winning the Golden shears award 50 xears

ago. He is a master of the traditional farming skill and like

many, it needs muscle and a keen eye. When you are handling sheep of

60 kilos in weight, they ard quite heavy! It's stressful. But ht's a

case of fitness. Farm shows help to keep rural skills in the public

eye. Carriers will tell you their numbers dwindled in the 80s but have

grown since. Dan is such a keen young farrier he has even showed his

own shoes. If you shoot horses, it's about doing the best job yot can.

Adam Henson thinks rural skhlls are firmly on the comeback as attitudes

among young farmers change. People's aspirations are ch`nging.

People are happy to be workhng with their hands and being more creative.

There is employment out there for them. There are plenty of training

centres for them to learn the skills. That's coming back.

Perhaps, not as fast as somd would like, but it is happening. The Royal

agricultural University has its own skills Centre when new blood can

learn the skills of old. Drx stone walling another job a machine will

never be able to do. Being `ble to do it might save you money hn the

long term. It's a good skill to have. There is no doubt moddrn

farmers require high`tech skills to make food production is this ``

sufficient. But the old skills are surely here to stay. In the main

arena this evening, these are the Devils horseman in action. Let's

talk to be chief executive. On the point about the traditional skills,

you show them off here everx year. What is going on locally? Colleges

are filling up again with youngsters wanting to learn about farmhng but

also, you can go on a one, two, three day course. And you sdem to be

able to make a good living. The rural economy is the thing that

keeps the country going when times are tough. Now, it is growing and

becoming more popular. People are more interested in local food, local

products and things you could do with a countryside. Let's also

talked to Maureen. You have won the first ever award here for f`rm woman

of the year. Most of the tile, I am actually in the office, behhnd a

computer. I do all the paperwork. There is a lot of that now hn

farming? There is. It is a lot of work. Is usual for the wife to do

that? It is for wives of my era Congratulations on your award. There