:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to BBC Points West with Alex Lovell and David Garmston.
:00:00. > :00:09.Our main story tonight: jail for the modern`day slave owner. She brought
:00:10. > :00:16.workers in from Eastern Europe and forced them to work for nothing
:00:17. > :00:19.She had power over them. Thdy were vulnerable ` they don't spe`k
:00:20. > :00:26.English, they don't know thd rules of this land, and she had monetary
:00:27. > :00:30.power over them. They had nowhere to go at the end of the day.
:00:31. > :00:39.The workers were kept here ` where they were locked in and fed raw
:00:40. > :00:41.potatoes. Our other headlines tonight:
:00:42. > :00:45.a memorial service for the sailor who was lost at sea whilst on the
:00:46. > :00:50.adventure of a lifetime. Sharing the ups and downs of life `
:00:51. > :00:53.a grandma donates a kidney to her 7`year`old granddaughter.
:00:54. > :00:56.And Do You Think he's Sexy? Thousands arrive to see Rod Stewart
:00:57. > :01:14.A court's heard that Lithuanians who came to the west country in search
:01:15. > :01:17.of a better life ` instead dnded up being forced to work for nothing and
:01:18. > :01:20.endure squalid living conditions. The mastermind behind the
:01:21. > :01:23.trafficking was a 53 year old woman ` who promised her workers cash by
:01:24. > :01:27.the day ` but left many havhng to beg for food in soup kitchens. Today
:01:28. > :01:30.` a judge called it a sad and depressing picture of trappdd people
:01:31. > :01:37.` and jailed her for three xears. Scott Ellis reports.
:01:38. > :01:41.Jurate Grigelyte chose her victims carefully. Vulnerbale Lithu`nians `
:01:42. > :01:45.with little or no English ` and often a drink problem. After busing
:01:46. > :02:03.them to the UK ` they'd work long days in Bristol and Swindon.
:02:04. > :02:17.The they were were being set. The victims, lived in cramped, rented
:02:18. > :02:23.houses. Including this one. Doors were kept locked and they h`d to go
:02:24. > :02:27.in and out through the windows and without cash, many had to e`t in
:02:28. > :02:31.soup kitchens. The Salvation Army looks after trafficking victims
:02:32. > :02:36.including these ones, they told us that victims feel they cannot run
:02:37. > :02:40.away. They take the view th`t it is safer to be where the view that it
:02:41. > :02:45.is safer to be really are ddspite go on the real spectrum from not
:02:46. > :02:49.getting paid to asking any puestions and being subject to a beathng. From
:02:50. > :02:56.that perspective, even though all those things taken into account it
:02:57. > :02:59.is still safer to be where they are, is how they feel. That is a view
:03:00. > :03:07.backed by the Lithuanians whthin in Bristol. They're not involvdd in
:03:08. > :03:10.this case have worked in pl`ces in the city and understand why victims
:03:11. > :03:14.may put up with appalling treatment. We do not know the city, we do not
:03:15. > :03:24.know the language. We can't go to a police station and say... The
:03:25. > :03:27.region's anti`trafficking ddtective says the collections in this case
:03:28. > :03:32.were for a legitimate charity who were unaware of the criminal
:03:33. > :03:37.connections. She wants businesses to be on the lookout for anyond
:03:38. > :03:42.offering cut`price labour contracts. If there is somebody who has given
:03:43. > :03:48.you work which undercuts other business providers, you might want
:03:49. > :03:54.to think about how they can do that. The previous hearing saw thhs woman
:03:55. > :03:55.plead guilty to 21 charges, including trafficking and forced
:03:56. > :03:57.labour. Well, cases of human trafficking are
:03:58. > :04:01.on the rise with referrals to the Salvation Army up by a quarter.
:04:02. > :04:04.Earlier I spoke to the director of the campaign group Anti Slavery
:04:05. > :04:06.International. I asked him why prosecutions like this are so few
:04:07. > :04:19.and far between. I think there is a number of
:04:20. > :04:23.reasons. An obvious one is that a lot of people think it is a thing of
:04:24. > :04:27.the past. When they come across slavery situations they cannot
:04:28. > :04:36.believe their eyes. So, that is one barrier. Also, a lot of polhce are
:04:37. > :04:41.not particularly well traindd in the issue. And the third issue hs that
:04:42. > :04:54.there are limited resources put into slave investigations. I havd heard
:04:55. > :04:57.more about slavery in our own backyard recently. Do you think
:04:58. > :05:05.there is a change. Do you think there is a positive? Are people
:05:06. > :05:08.being more aware? Yes. There is more awareness about
:05:09. > :05:13.the need to translate that hnto further discussion and impldment
:05:14. > :05:17.ways to stop this in our own country. We need translated into
:05:18. > :05:23.action. We need considerabld action by politicians and businessds in
:05:24. > :05:28.order to have a proper contdmporary struggle against slavery in the way
:05:29. > :05:34.that we saw in the 19th century we were unable to speak to the victims
:05:35. > :05:37.in this case. They still fedl threatened by the criminals. I am
:05:38. > :05:42.sure you have encountered this before. Do you think they are being
:05:43. > :05:45.offered enough protection? There is some reasonable packages of
:05:46. > :05:51.protection measures available and I would imagine those are being made
:05:52. > :05:56.available to the victims in this case. When we talk about sl`very, we
:05:57. > :06:01.talk about violence being inflicted over a protracted period of time, so
:06:02. > :06:04.it takes a long time to recover from a trauma. The recovery will be long
:06:05. > :06:07.and difficult for these people. An inquest's heard how a Solerset
:06:08. > :06:10.army officer found shot dead in a toilet block in Afghanistan did not
:06:11. > :06:13.appear to have been stressed about his workload. Captain James Townley,
:06:14. > :06:16.who lived near Glastonbury, was serving on his third deploylent to
:06:17. > :06:21.Helmand in 2012. A coroner was told that the 29 year`old had bedn under
:06:22. > :06:24.no more pressure than other colleagues and that his senhors had
:06:25. > :06:27.no reason to be concerned for his The police watchdog says thdre's no
:06:28. > :06:34.case to answer after a complaint was made by a disabled man against two
:06:35. > :06:37.Avon and Somerset police officers. Simon Tandy was in his wheelchair
:06:38. > :06:40.when he was shot in the leg with a plastic bullet, then a live round.
:06:41. > :06:44.He'd waved an air rifle at the police after they were calldd to a
:06:45. > :06:47.house in Keynsham. Mr Tandy was subsequently jailed for firdarms
:06:48. > :06:53.offences. A memorial service took place this
:06:54. > :06:56.morning for Stephen Warren` one of the two Somerset sailors prdsumed
:06:57. > :06:59.dead after their yacht overturned in the Atlantic. His family have just
:07:00. > :07:02.returned from America, wherd they thanked the US Coastguard for
:07:03. > :07:04.finding the missing vessel. Our Somerset Correspondent Clinton
:07:05. > :07:14.Rogers reports. Preparing a picture display
:07:15. > :07:18.for the service ` pictures that include shots from Boston where the
:07:19. > :07:34.family laid a wreath close to the They put a tremendous amount of
:07:35. > :07:40.effort into the search. We want to say thank you. We found out an awful
:07:41. > :07:43.lot more. It was one of the biggest searches they have ever conducted.
:07:44. > :07:49.We were not aware of that. Lore resources went into that se`rch than
:07:50. > :07:55.any other. We did not realise that before, so we are very gratdful
:07:56. > :07:58.It was a search which was stopped, then started again
:07:59. > :08:00.after enormous pressure frol the families of the four crdwmen.
:08:01. > :08:03.The search finally ended when the wreckage of their xacht,
:08:04. > :08:08.the Cheeky Rafiki was found, an unused life raft still on board.
:08:09. > :08:10.Today's service was to celebrate the life of Stephen Warren `
:08:11. > :08:17.Family friends, work colleagues came to pay tribute to
:08:18. > :08:36.We want to celebrate the good times of his life and we will givd him a
:08:37. > :08:40.good sendoff today. Steven Warren left instructions in his will for
:08:41. > :08:47.how his funeral should be conducted, so much of what is happening today
:08:48. > :08:51.is based on his wishes. He has chosen the music. Ironicallx, he
:08:52. > :09:02.also left instructions for his ashes to be scattered at sea. Ceiling was
:09:03. > :09:07.his great passion. `` sailing was his great passion.
:09:08. > :09:10.Welcome along to Points West. We're with you til 7pm. And there's plenty
:09:11. > :09:28.Did you drive cycle to work? Find out how this got me and hundreds of
:09:29. > :09:31.others to work. And another day another weather location. Join me
:09:32. > :09:38.for the forecast later. The plight of Avonmouth reshdents
:09:39. > :09:41.who say they're living with a "plague of flies" has been raised in
:09:42. > :09:44.the Commons. The Bristol North West MP Charlotte Leslie attacked the
:09:45. > :09:46.Environment Agency for clailing that the infestation ` caused by flies
:09:47. > :09:49.breeding on damaged bales of bio`fuel ` is "not a problel". She
:09:50. > :10:14.demanded that the government take If by any combination of
:10:15. > :10:22.circumstance, can the Government work with authorities to ensure that
:10:23. > :10:26.people are not treated like second`class citizens in thd third
:10:27. > :10:30.World country, as many in Avonmouth feel is currently the case. In
:10:31. > :10:32.response, the Environment Agency said they would continue to engage
:10:33. > :10:41.with authorities to resolve this. A house on the Somerset levdls which
:10:42. > :10:44.was damaged during this winter's flooding has been sold at atction
:10:45. > :10:47.for around 60% of what it w`s previously worth. Auctioneers say
:10:48. > :10:49.the bungalow in Moorland went for ?175,000. Its original valud was
:10:50. > :10:52.three hundred thousand pounds. Two pieces of land nearby which also
:10:53. > :10:55.flooded went for a total of around Campaigners say they're angry that a
:10:56. > :10:57.disabled ramp that would give wheelchair users access to Nailsea
:10:58. > :11:00.and Backwell station now won't be built. The platform at the station
:11:01. > :11:03.can only be accessed via stdps ` or an old ramp which is too stdep for
:11:04. > :11:07.those in a wheelchair. Fundhng which was in place to build the r`mp has
:11:08. > :11:18.now been withdrawn ` as First Great reapplied for the funding from the
:11:19. > :11:38.Government to build the ramp ` but A lot of venues and organis`tions
:11:39. > :11:40.have made their news accesshble If we could use the trains to get to
:11:41. > :11:47.them, that would be great. A grandmother from South
:11:48. > :11:50.Gloucestershire has saved hdr granddaughter's life by givhng her a
:11:51. > :11:52.kidney. Eileen Smith`Jones, from Warmley, was found to be a perfect
:11:53. > :11:55.match for 7`year`old grandd`ughter Eva. The life`changing surgdry means
:11:56. > :11:58.Eva can now eat solid food for the very first time. Andrew Plant has
:11:59. > :12:15.been to meet them. Spending time on the trampoline with
:12:16. > :12:20.her younger sister. But this is something that seven`year`old Eva,
:12:21. > :12:26.could never have done beford. One crucial part of this young girl is
:12:27. > :12:31.now more than 50 years older than the rest of her body. After
:12:32. > :12:35.grandmother, Eileen, deleted one of her kidneys to give her
:12:36. > :12:42.granddaughter a new lease of life. You would do anything for your
:12:43. > :12:48.children. If you can help m`ke their lives easier relieve pain, xou do it
:12:49. > :12:57.without question. She was dhagnosed with a rare genetic order. That made
:12:58. > :13:02.her kidneys failing and the condition could kill her. What is
:13:03. > :13:07.life like for you at that point An emotional roller`coaster. Wd had a
:13:08. > :13:10.beautiful little girl who loved very much and also one that I was
:13:11. > :13:16.frightened to love too much because I was worried she would be taken.
:13:17. > :13:21.Growing up, she had to be fdd a special formula through a chip and
:13:22. > :13:29.until a few months ago, she had never tasted solid food. I'l used to
:13:30. > :13:42.eat baby food. But now, I e`t grown`up food. Which do you prefer?
:13:43. > :13:46.I like chocolate and porridge. Now, she is busy doing all the things she
:13:47. > :13:52.has missed out on for so long. Thanks to the love of her f`mily and
:13:53. > :14:01.the piece of her grandmother she will always carry with her.
:14:02. > :14:04.Half a million people have now walked through the doors of the new
:14:05. > :14:07.visitor centre at Stonehengd which opened six months ago. It took forty
:14:08. > :14:10.years of arguments to get the new centre built ` but it's proving to
:14:11. > :14:13.be extremely popular. Meanwhile Wiltshire police are warning that
:14:14. > :14:16.roads near the stones will be exceptionally busy over the next few
:14:17. > :14:18.days ` ahead of the Summer solstice on Saturday. Here's Sarah`J`ne
:14:19. > :14:37.All aboard the last train to Stonehenge. This is how most
:14:38. > :14:42.visitors are expected to make the journey. From the new visitor centre
:14:43. > :14:46.to the stones. The demand h`s been so high that English Heritage has
:14:47. > :14:51.had to think again and ring on these buses to ferry the masses, not as
:14:52. > :14:58.murky as the land train, but now a permanent solution. Bit was not part
:14:59. > :15:04.of the plan, just a quick fhx over Christmas, but we really liked them
:15:05. > :15:13.and we have decided to keep them. There had been more tourists than
:15:14. > :15:17.expected. On this motorway, the authority wants to put up shgns to
:15:18. > :15:21.tell visitors to stay away tnless they have booked in advance. Some
:15:22. > :15:28.residents say traffic has worsened but visitors are happy. It hs
:15:29. > :15:37.different and I was impressdd. When that this is fantasy. The c`r feels
:15:38. > :15:40.good. The test comes this wdekend with the somersault is fallhng on a
:15:41. > :15:51.Saturday. It could be up to 35, 00 extra visitors on local roads. Did
:15:52. > :15:56.you see Jeremy Paxman riding off after Newsnight on his tanddm? Are
:15:57. > :16:02.you thinking of doing something similar? Well, I was going to ask,
:16:03. > :16:06.are two wheels better than four Thousands of people have bedn
:16:07. > :16:10.encouraged to find out as Swindon held its first ever bike to work
:16:11. > :16:14.Day. Employers competed to see who could
:16:15. > :16:21.get the highest number of pdople to ditch the car, and if you dhd, the
:16:22. > :16:27.incentive was a free breakf`st. From Penn Hill to Pinehurst and brought
:16:28. > :16:32.more to old town, thousands got on their bikes today. Including the!
:16:33. > :16:44.It's a nice dry morning so H will leave the car behind today. ``
:16:45. > :16:50.including me. For the cyclist, it is about fresh air and having fun.
:16:51. > :16:55.Meeting people along the wax, I see people every morning and sax hello,
:16:56. > :16:58.and it is really fun. You come to work really refreshed and when I
:16:59. > :17:05.have driven an occasional mornings I come in so stressed intense compared
:17:06. > :17:10.to being on the bike. Her job is to encourage people to cycle. She says
:17:11. > :17:15.it all about saving time. As anyone who has tried driving around the
:17:16. > :17:19.time, it is not great. Therd is a lot of traffic jams. Cycling is
:17:20. > :17:26.genuinely the fastest way to get to work. I enjoy it. It is a lovely way
:17:27. > :17:31.to get to and from work. Thdre is room for more people to cycle to
:17:32. > :17:40.work in Swindon. As encouragement, a free breakfast was on offer in the
:17:41. > :17:46.town centre. I have made it Hello. Enough to get me the last fdw yards,
:17:47. > :17:53.as if I needed it. Cycling hs an easy sell, it makes sense. Ht is
:17:54. > :17:57.safe, it is quick, easy, and it is good for your health. It is just
:17:58. > :18:04.giving people the tools thex need to make choices to leave the c`r at
:18:05. > :18:12.home and take the bike. This journey took less than 15 minutes and she
:18:13. > :18:29.arrived raring to go. This first bike to work Day had hundreds
:18:30. > :18:35.feeling just like her. This boy is the BMX champion of the South West.
:18:36. > :18:51.Next month he is going to Rotterdam to represent Great Britain. This boy
:18:52. > :18:53.is a BMX star. We're giving him a big build`up because he is
:18:54. > :19:00.representing Great Britain dven though he's only six years old. I
:19:01. > :19:18.like it because I like doing lots of tricks. Jumping, it feels great I
:19:19. > :19:22.feel like jelly. He has a lot more solid than jelly in the air. He has
:19:23. > :19:28.qualified for the World Chalpionship in his age group and it has been a
:19:29. > :19:31.big family commitment, four years of training and pay him to travel
:19:32. > :19:36.around the country to take part in BMX events. It is beginning to pay
:19:37. > :19:39.off. When you're doing it at an
:19:40. > :19:43.international level, it takds a lot of time and effort. But it hs a
:19:44. > :19:48.family affair for us. It is good fun as well as a good training `nd a
:19:49. > :19:52.good sport. I am very proud. The World Championships are in Rotterdam
:19:53. > :19:58.in July and he has great potential. As long as he rides Beth and enjoys
:19:59. > :20:06.it, that is the main thing. But he has his eyes firmly on the prize. I
:20:07. > :20:12.want to be World Champion! It is essential to go all the way.
:20:13. > :20:16.He has natural ability. He could be a World Champion, definitelx. His
:20:17. > :20:21.potential starting to be recognised. Number one in the West,
:20:22. > :20:24.number two in the UK and he's aiming to do even better in the world
:20:25. > :20:28.championships in Rotterdam next month.
:20:29. > :20:37.A very cool young man. Yes. The Football League fixtures for
:20:38. > :20:39.next season have been published today. In League One Yeovil kick off
:20:40. > :20:43.their campaign at home to fdllow relegated side Doncaster, Bristol
:20:44. > :20:45.City are away to Sheffield Tnited while Swindon host Scunthorpe. In
:20:46. > :20:48.League Two Cheltenham are away at Bury. The non`league fixturds are
:20:49. > :20:55.out next month. Four West Country gymnasts have been
:20:56. > :20:58.picked to represent England in next month's Commonwealth Games. Claudia
:20:59. > :21:00.Fragapane from Bristol, and Ruby Harrold from Lower Langford in
:21:01. > :21:03.Somerset are both in the artistic gymnastics team. The pair won silver
:21:04. > :21:05.at the European Championships earlier this year. Lynne Hutchinson
:21:06. > :21:08.from Bath and Swindon's Stephani Sherlock have been selected for the
:21:09. > :21:21.rhythmic gymnastics. Parts of Taunton have come to a
:21:22. > :21:24.virtual standstill this evening as the town gets ready to welcome Rod
:21:25. > :21:27.Stewart. 18 thousand people are packed into the county ground
:21:28. > :21:30.tonight ` and are waiting for him to take to the stage, for a spdcial
:21:31. > :21:50.charity concert. Our reportdr Laura Hello, Alex. As he can see, a
:21:51. > :21:55.beautiful evening in Taunton. This place is filling up quickly.
:21:56. > :21:59.Thousands of people are in their seats already, getting readx to see
:22:00. > :22:12.Rod Stewart. He is not on stage yet. The warm up band should beghn soon.
:22:13. > :22:15.This is a huge deal. Rod Stdwart is and international megastar,
:22:16. > :22:19.performing for 40 years, more than 60 hit single in the UK and more
:22:20. > :22:24.than 100 million records sold across the world. Needless to say, people
:22:25. > :22:37.here, lifelong fans some of them, are pretty excited.
:22:38. > :22:42.I don't know his music, but it sounds good because my dad was
:22:43. > :22:53.singing it in the car. I am hoping he'd play some of the old stuff
:22:54. > :22:59.like Maggie May and We Are Sailing. The changes and keeps up with
:23:00. > :23:09.trends. He is not bad for a pensioner! This is a massivd deal
:23:10. > :23:13.for Taunton. Just wandering around the town earlier, all the
:23:14. > :23:16.restaurants are packed, people are standing outside pubs having a few
:23:17. > :23:19.drinks. Some residents were concerned about traffic chaos and
:23:20. > :23:27.road closures, but I think the general consensus is that it has not
:23:28. > :23:33.been as bad as it could havd been. You can see that over the it does
:23:34. > :23:36.not look like too many people have had problems getting here. Lost
:23:37. > :23:41.seats are full. This is all in aid of charity. A local hospice charity
:23:42. > :23:48.is hoping to raise ?100,000 from this. With me, is their Chidf
:23:49. > :23:54.Executive. What does it mean to have Rod Stewart here?
:23:55. > :23:58.It is great for the hospice and for the town. It shows that we can
:23:59. > :24:02.attract a great start to cole to Taunton and to help us raisd money
:24:03. > :24:09.for our organisation. How mtch money do you hope to raise?
:24:10. > :24:13.We hope to raise a large 6`figure sum. It will pay for the doctors,
:24:14. > :24:21.nurses, support staff that help us to look after people. In ten years'
:24:22. > :24:25.time, the number of look after no of 5000 will have risen to 18,000,
:24:26. > :24:30.which is the capacity of thd crowd tonight. Goodness me, well good luck
:24:31. > :24:45.with that. Which song are looking forward to? We Are Sailing! Rostered
:24:46. > :24:53.is expected at some point after APM. Do you think he is sexy, by the wiki
:24:54. > :25:11.Mac yes! I do like his mother and work.
:25:12. > :25:20.We managed to keep this loc`tion secret that I am here in
:25:21. > :25:23.Gloucestershire. It is hazy behind me but absolutely stunning. You can
:25:24. > :25:30.see the River Severn and thd Forest of Dean. This whole area is part of
:25:31. > :25:33.that wonderful Cotswold Way walk. It was suggested on Facebook p`ge we
:25:34. > :25:38.come up here tonight. The those suggestions coming in. It is a
:25:39. > :25:46.beautiful summer 's evening. How many more will we have? Let's take a
:25:47. > :25:50.look at the forecast. We had a fair amount of cloud around todax. That
:25:51. > :25:55.was stubborn and places. Not Somerset and Bristol especi`lly By
:25:56. > :26:00.the afternoon, that sunshind had burned through and temperattres
:26:01. > :26:17.responded well. Even little resentment, not far from here ``
:26:18. > :26:21.little receipt. Very little change. Essentially a dry story with plenty
:26:22. > :26:29.of sunshine to enjoy. The ottside chance of a shower. Tomorrow will be
:26:30. > :26:39.a fine day with plenty of stnshine. That won't amount to much. Some good
:26:40. > :26:43.insulation overnight. 12 to 14 Celsius. Not jelly by any mdans
:26:44. > :26:49.Tomorrow morning there will be a little bit of cloud around. We're
:26:50. > :27:03.looking good spells of sunshine and 23 Celsius easily achievabld by
:27:04. > :27:08.tomorrow afternoon. Tomorrow evening very similar to every night this
:27:09. > :27:21.week. Some thick cloud which keeps the air miles. `` mild. It remains
:27:22. > :27:28.the same for Friday, Saturd`y and Sunday. Looking good for thd
:27:29. > :27:34.somersault is, I have to sax. For now, from Gloucestershire, goodbye.
:27:35. > :27:38.Thank you. That looks absolttely gorgeous. Tomorrow night we will be
:27:39. > :27:46.here at the slightly later time of 7:30pm because of the World Cup
:27:47. > :27:48.That's all from us. We will have an update at 10pm. Goodbye.