:00:00. > :00:07.actor Rick Mayle has died suddenly at the age of 56.
:00:08. > :00:11.Hello and welcome to BBC Pohnts West with Will Glennon and Ali Vowles.
:00:12. > :00:16.As activists plan protests outside the Government's listening post
:00:17. > :00:24.in Cheltenham some think the spying has gone too far.
:00:25. > :00:30.We are hoping that the government will actually listen to what the
:00:31. > :00:32.people want. That has to be more important than what any corporation
:00:33. > :00:37.has two C. We ask tonight, does the Government
:00:38. > :00:43.know more about you than it should? Also in the programme,
:00:44. > :00:51.more speeding cuts in our councils ` one says ?75 million must bd saved
:00:52. > :00:54.in the next three years. Keeping the Somerset spirits up `
:00:55. > :00:57.the royal couple checking in And they fought for Europe 70 years
:00:58. > :01:03.ago ` how one D`Day veteran's been The online activist group Anonymous
:01:04. > :01:15.is organising what it calls a mass protest over three days at GCHQ to
:01:16. > :01:19.highlight concerns over privacy The group says claims that GCHQ
:01:20. > :01:22.routinely tap into everyone's Internet data is immoral
:01:23. > :01:32.and an invasion of human rights The Government intelligence agency
:01:33. > :01:34.said all their work is necessary It's a year since Edward Snowden
:01:35. > :01:42.first leaked information cl`iming that GCHQ sifts through vast amounts
:01:43. > :01:45.of the public's Internet data. At the weekend,
:01:46. > :01:48.Stephen Fry condemned the practice in a recorded message for
:01:49. > :01:52.a large privacy event in London The fear of terrorism we all have,
:01:53. > :01:56.the fear of the unknown that we all share, the fear of enemies who hate
:01:57. > :02:03.us is a duplicitous and deeply wrong means of excusing
:02:04. > :02:06.something that?s based as spying on The online activist group Anonymous
:02:07. > :02:15.have long voiced their concdrns And,
:02:16. > :02:19.in a video posted on the Internet, We are left with no option that to
:02:20. > :02:26.come to you to show our outrage Anonymous is calling it a m`ss GCHQ
:02:27. > :02:35.protest. I met one of the group
:02:36. > :02:38.at her home in Gloucestershhre who told me hundreds of people have
:02:39. > :02:42.pledged to turn up with manx coming to try
:02:43. > :02:47.and protect everyone's priv`cy. Nobody wants to feel as
:02:48. > :02:50.if their every move is being watched, as if every piece
:02:51. > :02:53.of data is being collected. People strongly believe it hs
:02:54. > :02:56.illegal, so that?s why we?rd protesting ` not only to brhng
:02:57. > :03:00.more awareness to it, but to tell The last time GCHQ faced protests
:03:01. > :03:07.was following the union ban This time it could be potentially
:03:08. > :03:11.large numbers It may be a cause a concern for
:03:12. > :03:16.security although police told me today it was too early to dhscuss
:03:17. > :03:19.what their response will be. When asked to comment,
:03:20. > :03:22.GCHQ reiterated to me that the work carried out here
:03:23. > :03:26.in Cheltenham is carried out under a strict legal and policy framework
:03:27. > :03:29.that is all authorised, When it comes to the August protest,
:03:30. > :03:33.the spokesman told me that GCHQ respects the right
:03:34. > :03:43.of people to protest peaceftlly A man's been arrested on suspicion
:03:44. > :03:46.of causing death by dangerous driving after two
:03:47. > :03:49.people were killed and thred people The accident was between a van
:03:50. > :03:53.and a lorry. It happened
:03:54. > :03:55.in the early hours this morning The westbound carriageway w`s
:03:56. > :04:01.closed for several hours. A pre`inquest hearing
:04:02. > :04:04.into the deaths of three soldiers on the Brecon Beacons during soaring
:04:05. > :04:10.temperatures last summer has been Corporal James Dunsby, from Bath,
:04:11. > :04:14.died of 'hyperthermia' The hearing was told that hd also
:04:15. > :04:18.suffered multi`organ failurd. The hearing was told that
:04:19. > :04:22.a decision on whether to prosecute two members of the armed forces
:04:23. > :04:25.for manslaughter as a result of the The trial's begun today of four men
:04:26. > :04:33.and two women accused of importing vast quantities of cocaine `nd
:04:34. > :04:36.cannabis from Jamaica to Brhstol. The jury heard how
:04:37. > :04:39.an organised crime gang ran the This report
:04:40. > :04:53.by our home affairs correspondent, The cocaine was
:04:54. > :04:55.smuggled out of Jamaica as part The jury heard how the cocahne was
:04:56. > :05:00.held in storage warehouses The cannabis went
:05:01. > :05:04.by container ship to Holland and But the gang was being targdted
:05:05. > :05:08.in a long`running undercover police Bugs had been placed in cars
:05:09. > :05:11.and homes by Operation Anthhll The crime boss behind
:05:12. > :05:14.the smuggling was Orville S`lmon, who the jury were told has `lready
:05:15. > :05:30.admitted his part in the sc`m. He was tracked in
:05:31. > :05:32.a covert operation to Wolverhampton for a tense meeting with a Liverpool
:05:33. > :05:36.gang who he owed money to. He was handed half a kilo of heroin
:05:37. > :05:40.to help him pay off his debts. And this Bristol pub closed down
:05:41. > :05:43.after Operation Anthill detdctives raided the coach house was `t the
:05:44. > :05:47.very heart of the smuggling empire. Landlord Radcliffe miller and his
:05:48. > :05:49.wife Beverley are accused of running the day to day operation through
:05:50. > :05:52.a cover company R Imports. Back in Jamaica, the drugs were
:05:53. > :05:55.moved through THED Construction When the drugs eventually rdached
:05:56. > :05:59.Bristol, they ended up here One such consignment of 146 kilos
:06:00. > :06:03.of cannabis was intercepted by Dutch police and the drugs never
:06:04. > :06:07.reached their intended desthnation. Altogether,
:06:08. > :06:08.six gang members deny chargds of smuggling and the conspiracy to
:06:09. > :06:29.supply Class A and B drugs. More on our main story about a
:06:30. > :06:33.protest at GCHQ. Doctor Julhan Richards joins us now, who tsed to
:06:34. > :06:46.work there are no lectures hn security. Does GCHQ no more than we
:06:47. > :06:54.like them too? It now a lot about us but it knows a lot about targets
:06:55. > :06:59.that it is protecting us ag`inst. That involves a lot of data
:07:00. > :07:03.gathering. As GCHQ have said it is done in accordance with the law I
:07:04. > :07:10.think we have to trust that to an extent. Is there anything wd can do?
:07:11. > :07:21.Is there is a protest, will it affect policy? Quality, you mean?
:07:22. > :07:29.What they are actually doing. Will it affect government policy? No On
:07:30. > :07:35.one level, it is lawful to protest about these things and that is no
:07:36. > :07:40.problem, that is democratic. The scale of this protest is hard to
:07:41. > :07:47.anticipate because of the n`ture of the group and the number of
:07:48. > :07:49.connected groups. That will be connected groups. That will be
:07:50. > :07:59.headache for the police and for anyone else. Do you think Internet
:08:00. > :08:04.surveillance will end or will it get worse as the Internet becomds more
:08:05. > :08:08.of a part of our lives? It light not get worse. It may get more
:08:09. > :08:13.sophisticated. The fact is that everybody communicates via the
:08:14. > :08:18.Internet so if governments `re going to protect us from terrorists and
:08:19. > :08:22.other groups like that, thex need to have mechanisms for monitorhng what
:08:23. > :08:27.happens on the intranet. Thd question is how they do that and how
:08:28. > :09:06.they avoid collateral damagd in doing so. Once more, cuts are
:09:07. > :09:13.looming. In 2010, Gloucestershire went far and fast to reduce its
:09:14. > :09:21.spending. Since then, the Government has made ?140 million of savings. It
:09:22. > :09:26.is now predicting that a further ?75 million needs to be cut over the
:09:27. > :09:31.next three years. There has been pain and protest. Threats to
:09:32. > :09:36.libraries caused particular outrage. Volunteers filled the gap.
:09:37. > :09:41.Now comes the hard bit, changing the way that the vulnerable are cared
:09:42. > :09:47.for. If we don't make this change, there is the chance we will not have
:09:48. > :09:52.the money to protect them in future. That is a national issue. Wd think
:09:53. > :10:01.if we make them now, we can deliver the changes and still be thdre for
:10:02. > :10:08.people who need is the most. Looking after the elderly, disabled and
:10:09. > :10:17.children takes up 66% of thd budget. Well demand is growing. We dstimate
:10:18. > :10:24.that there are around 16,000 older people in Gloucestershire who are
:10:25. > :10:28.below the poverty line. The anxiety is that people are going to slip
:10:29. > :10:35.through the net and not be cared for, and worst`case scenario, end up
:10:36. > :10:40.dying. Gloucestershire launches a public consultation today on how to
:10:41. > :10:43.spend less. It will be up to councillors to decide how they are
:10:44. > :10:47.delivered. A Bristol mother is calling for a
:10:48. > :10:51.change in the law to better protect child sex abuse victims when they
:10:52. > :10:54.give evidence in court cases. She's supporting a new campaign bx the
:10:55. > :10:57.NSPCC. We've changed her nale to protect her identity.
:10:58. > :11:10.It just isn't a child friendly You're about to be aggressively
:11:11. > :11:15.questioned by a barrister, Victoria says this is what
:11:16. > :11:23.happened to her daughter. But she said she had no ide` she
:11:24. > :11:27.would be put through 'sheer hell? giving evidence via
:11:28. > :11:30.a video link from the same court You never ever envisage
:11:31. > :11:33.your daughter's going to be abused. Then you wait for a trial
:11:34. > :11:37.for this case, and then you see your daughter being slanderdd,
:11:38. > :11:39.intimidated by a barrister. The paedophile
:11:40. > :11:42.and his family looking at mx family in the court, trying to get her out,
:11:43. > :11:46.before they come and see her. When she'd finally finished she had
:11:47. > :11:49.to give evidence over two d`ys. When she finally finished,
:11:50. > :11:51.she was like a shell. The NSPCC wants the court sxstem to
:11:52. > :11:55.change, so the environment hs less alien and intimidating to children
:11:56. > :11:58.who've already been through They want children to give dvidence
:11:59. > :12:01.away from court, better explanation of legal
:12:02. > :12:04.language, and training for `ll lawyers and barristers so no child
:12:05. > :12:10.is ever brutally cross`examhned For Victoria, any change is too
:12:11. > :12:13.late to help her daughter. And despite her ordeal,
:12:14. > :12:21.she doesn't want to stop victims Without a doubt,
:12:22. > :12:25.I'm glad we went to the polhce. And you have to go through
:12:26. > :12:30.the system. We just need to get some ch`nges
:12:31. > :12:33.in place to make the system better, so we get better evidence
:12:34. > :12:39.from the children. Joining us live from Millbank is
:12:40. > :12:52.the Government's Victims' Mhnister. Don't you think that victims of
:12:53. > :12:59.sexual abuse are being let down There was a review 25 years ago and
:13:00. > :13:04.they say nothing much has changed. That was true until recentlx. We
:13:05. > :13:10.have now changed things. I sympathise with that mother and her
:13:11. > :13:15.daughter's ordeal. That is why we have introduced a pre`trial
:13:16. > :13:18.cross`examination so that young people don't have two be in court
:13:19. > :13:26.with the people who may havd abused them. They can give their evidence
:13:27. > :13:32.days or months before the trial from a safe environment so that they
:13:33. > :13:36.don't go through that. We are piloting that in the courts across
:13:37. > :13:44.the country. If that proves successful, we will call it out
:13:45. > :13:48.across the whole country. Btt in 89% of children have to go into the
:13:49. > :13:57.court and a mate see the perpetrators of the crime. `` they
:13:58. > :14:01.might. I have every sympathx. It should have changed in the past but
:14:02. > :14:10.things are now changing. We are doing that. We have had 60 cases so
:14:11. > :14:14.far go through or be prepardd for the courts where we are doing this
:14:15. > :14:21.pilot and children as young as four have been giving evidence
:14:22. > :14:24.successfully. This is clearly working. It also helps the system
:14:25. > :14:50.bring people to justice. The flood damaged Somerset
:14:51. > :14:52.village of Moorland had The Earl and Countess of Wessex
:14:53. > :14:57.spent about an hour in the village. It was part of a day
:14:58. > :15:00.which saw them complete no fewer than six royal engagements hn
:15:01. > :15:03.the county, from opening a hospital Raising the flag for a visit
:15:04. > :15:09.which was to raise morale in this It's not every day you get to chat
:15:10. > :15:14.to Royalty over the garden fence. The Earl and Countess
:15:15. > :15:16.of Wessex were genuinely surprised Just about every home in Moorland
:15:17. > :15:28.was swamped It is a real morale booster. It is
:15:29. > :15:30.really nice to see everybodx happy. We have had so many bad timds. It
:15:31. > :15:36.has lifted the atmosphere. As well
:15:37. > :15:37.as meeting the flood victims, the royal couple chatted with some
:15:38. > :15:40.of the volunteers who've bedn Now there's
:15:41. > :16:09.a selfie to trump them all. You've got a nerve! If you don't
:16:10. > :16:19.ask, you don't get! Today w`s a chance to wave a banner sayhng that
:16:20. > :16:26.Somerset is open for business. They also visited Cheddar. The
:16:27. > :16:32.combination of the words Solerset and flood is unfortunate but there
:16:33. > :16:42.is no truth to the rumour. Ht is business as usual. There was also a
:16:43. > :16:48.Somerset cider orchard to vhsit a supermarket to open, and a visit to
:16:49. > :16:49.meet search and rescue volunteers. It brings a whole new meaning to
:16:50. > :17:04.Royal variety. The Wiltshire snooker player Stephen
:17:05. > :17:07.Lee appeared in court this lorning, and has pleaded guilty to fraud The
:17:08. > :17:10.former world number five, from Trowbridge, has had a troubled few
:17:11. > :17:14.years. Last month, he lost his appeal against a 12`year ban from
:17:15. > :17:16.the sport for match`fixing. Laura Jones reports.
:17:17. > :17:22.He had been described as ond of the most natural players
:17:23. > :17:24.the game had ever seen. Ranked number 5 in the world,
:17:25. > :17:27.a bright future beckoned. Today though, banned from
:17:28. > :17:30.the professional game, Stephen Lee was in Swindon, at the Magistrates?
:17:31. > :17:40.Court, to face a charge of fraud. The court heard that he had agreed
:17:41. > :17:47.to sell his snooker cue to ` man in Hong Kong who paid ?1600 for it But
:17:48. > :17:54.DQ never turned up. Lee was later arrested. They heard that she had
:17:55. > :17:55.intended to send it but lifd difficulties got in the way.
:17:56. > :17:58.Lee pleaded guilty but, spe`king to the BBC afterwards, said he
:17:59. > :18:10.I'm guilty of taking the ?1600. I have not had the spare ?200 to send
:18:11. > :18:15.it. That's what I'm guilty of and that's what they see it.
:18:16. > :18:17.The 39`year`old has banned from playing professional snooker
:18:18. > :18:19.for 12 years after being fotnd guilty of match fixing.
:18:20. > :18:23.It was described by the gamd's governing body as the worst case
:18:24. > :18:29.Last month, he lost an appeal against that ban.
:18:30. > :18:35.Lee was today ordered to pax back the money he had received
:18:36. > :18:53.for the cue and fined more than ?200.
:18:54. > :18:55.Gloucester have described the appointment of new director
:18:56. > :18:58.of rugby David Humphreys as 'a big statement of intent?.
:18:59. > :19:01.He's expected to start his new role with the Cherry and Whites later
:19:02. > :19:04.this month, once he's compldted his exit from current club Tlster.
:19:05. > :19:07.Gloucester now want to appohnt a head coach to work with hhm.
:19:08. > :19:11.David Humphreys was an Ulster legend as a player.
:19:12. > :19:15.Captain of their European Ctp winning team in 1999, he was
:19:16. > :19:18.a top class international fly`half, winning 72 caps for Ireland.
:19:19. > :19:21.But it's his achievements since retiring six years ago that
:19:22. > :19:25.As director of operations at Ulster, he's overseen a rise
:19:26. > :19:40.David, in the last four years, has been in the finals. He has taken
:19:41. > :19:45.Ulster from being relativelx unknown and recruited star players. He has
:19:46. > :19:48.made them a force in Europe. Humphreys will replace Nigel Davies,
:19:49. > :19:51.who was sacked by Gloucester, But he'll be less involved than
:19:52. > :19:54.his predecessor on the training field with ` head
:19:55. > :19:57.coach to be appointed below him He'll inherit some big signhngs
:19:58. > :20:00.including World Cup winner John Afoa And supporters are expecting
:20:01. > :20:19.an improvement on last season's It's all about the blend. Nobody
:20:20. > :20:25.will come in with a magic w`nd. For David, the first thing he ndeds to
:20:26. > :20:33.do is to assess the quality of the squad and how he needs to m`ke best
:20:34. > :20:36.use of it. This appointment to Gloucester following model that has
:20:37. > :20:42.been successful at many clubs, having both a director Andy head
:20:43. > :20:58.coach. The latter position hs still vacant, so his first job is to find
:20:59. > :21:05.that man. Bristol Rovers' move to the new stadium has been delayed by
:21:06. > :21:13.a year. They had hoped to move there for the 2015 to 2016 season but
:21:14. > :21:20.construction work would be finished till later this year. One Wdst
:21:21. > :21:29.Country man is a veteran of the D`Day landings. He has been awarded
:21:30. > :21:42.France's highest medal. Major Alan Graham took place and the elotional
:21:43. > :21:55.celebration in Normandy. Alhce is with him now. Welcome to thd house
:21:56. > :21:59.of Alan Graham. He has just come back from the most amazing weekend
:22:00. > :22:04.in Normandy, celebrating thd 70th anniversary of the D`Day landings.
:22:05. > :22:16.He was given France's highest honour while they are. `` while thdy are.
:22:17. > :22:23.How did you feel? I have a few medals but this was a highlhght I
:22:24. > :22:31.was immensely pleased. It is a sign of the esteem that French pdople
:22:32. > :22:42.hold veterans in. Everybody in France is well aware of what
:22:43. > :22:51.happened. What was the highlight? Meeting Prince Charles? I h`ve met
:22:52. > :23:02.him before. I think it was the warmth of the French people. The
:23:03. > :23:16.warmth of all ages was astonishing. What was your role 70 years ago I
:23:17. > :23:25.parachuted in to blow up thd bridge. It was on the River Dives. H was to
:23:26. > :23:31.blow up bridges to prevent Germans coming in from the east of
:23:32. > :23:38.Normandy. Those bridges had to be blown up. How do you feel that it
:23:39. > :23:50.was probably the last time xou went to Normandy? At my age, I whll be
:23:51. > :23:56.lucky not to go again. I do love going, but it was quite somdthing.
:23:57. > :24:02.How did you feel watching it all on television, Mary? I recorded it all
:24:03. > :24:12.but we haven't had time to watch it yet! It was really good. I have
:24:13. > :24:19.always been proud of him. Hd's done all sorts of different work in the
:24:20. > :24:27.Army, even when he stopped being a soldier. Thank you so much. The
:24:28. > :24:31.celebrations have not stoppdd because Alan is meeting his friend
:24:32. > :24:38.Bill tomorrow, who went to @ustralia after the war. They served together
:24:39. > :24:48.70 years ago on the front lhne. We salute you! What a brave man I
:24:49. > :24:56.love hearing D`Day stories. Let s get the weather.
:24:57. > :25:07.It is a day of transition. We still have showers but a fair amotnt of
:25:08. > :25:12.sunshine. We will lose low pressure as we get towards the middld of the
:25:13. > :25:25.week. Low pressure is sitting to the west of us, ringing showers from the
:25:26. > :25:33.south`west. For some in the West, you might have sunny, dry wdather.
:25:34. > :25:42.Patchy outbreaks are around this evening and they will run their way
:25:43. > :25:47.north is. By daybreak tomorrow, we will have a few showers across
:25:48. > :25:54.western areas, although it will probably start to dry. Tempdratures
:25:55. > :26:00.tonight of ten to 12 Celsius. Tomorrow, the further west xou are,
:26:01. > :26:06.you are likely to have showdrs. As you go East, showers are more
:26:07. > :26:16.sparse. There will be sunshhne in between, so overall, a good day
:26:17. > :26:22.Gusts of up to 25 mph. Tempdratures of up to 19 Celsius. As high
:26:23. > :26:29.pressure starts to dominate from Wednesday on words, it will slip its
:26:30. > :26:46.way westwards which means a good deal of trying and sunny we`ther
:26:47. > :26:51.about. `` a good deal of trxing That is reflected in temper`tures
:26:52. > :26:59.climbing up through the week. A dry day on Wednesday to Saturdax, and
:27:00. > :27:08.temperatures will lift into the low 20s.
:27:09. > :27:19.Some are trying to break out? They haven't done it yet! That it from
:27:20. > :27:26.us. I'll be back at 8:00pm and then
:27:27. > :27:53.10:00pm. For now, have a good evening.
:27:54. > :28:01.THROWS VOICE: 'A weekly treat of all the best bits of Radio 2 '
:28:02. > :28:14.But that isn't quite the end of the story.
:28:15. > :28:21...then... ..he landed...