18/06/2014 BBC Points West


18/06/2014

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He's been on assignment with the London Mayor, Boris Johnson

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A Bristol woman's been jaildd for three years for trafficking eleven

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people from Lithuania and fhning them if they didn't work hard

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enough. The 53`year`old prolised her workers cash by the day ` btt left

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many having to beg for food in soup kitchens. Scott Ellis reports.

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Jurate Grigelyte chose her victims carefully. Vulnerbale Lithu`nians `

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with little or no English ` and often a drink problem. After bussing

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them to the UK, they deliver and collect charity clothing bags,

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working long days in Bristol and Swindon.

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They were expecting ?25 a d`y, but the fines come out at ?50 a day for

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simply not working, or if they were sick or somdthing

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like that, they just wouldn?t get any money and they?d never lake any

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money. The victims lived in cramped, rented

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houses. Including this one. Doors were kept locked and they h`d to go

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in and out through the windows and without cash, many had to e`t in

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soup kitchens. The Salvation Army looks after trafficking victims

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including these ones, they told us victims feel they cannot run away.

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They take the view that it hs safer to be where they are despitd not

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being paid, and that covers a real spectrum from not getting p`id to

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asking questions and being subject to a beating. From that perspective,

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even though all those things are taken into account, they fedl it is

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still safer to be where thex are. That is a view backed by thdse

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Lithuanians living in Bristol. They're not involvdd in

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this case but have worked in bag collections in

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the city and understand why victims may put up with appalling treatment.

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We do not know the city, we do not know the language. We can't go to a

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police station to say other people are using us like slaves.

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The region?s top anti`traffhcking detective

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says the collections in this case were for a legitimate charity who

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were unaware of the criminal connections. She wants businesses to

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be on the lookout for anyond offering cut`price labour contracts.

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If there is somebody who has given you a quote for work which tndercuts

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other business providers, you might want to think about how thex can do

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that. The previous hearing saw this woman plead guilty to 21 ch`rges,

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including trafficking and forced labour.

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A woman from South Gloucestdrshire has broken the age gap record by

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donating a kidney to her 7`xear`old granddaughter. The gift frol Eileen

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Smith`Jones from Warmley has saved Eva's life, and means she c`n now

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eat solid food for the very first time. Andrew Plant reports.

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Lending to the trampoline whth a younger sister. But this is

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something that this seven`ydar`old could never have done beford. One

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crucial part of this young girl is now more than 50 years older than

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the rest of her body. After her grandmother deleted one of her

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kidneys to keep her granddatghter lives and give her a new le`se of

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life. You would do anything for your

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children. If you can help rdlieve any pain, you do it without

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question. Eva was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder at just four

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months old. It made her kidneys were failing and her condition would

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slowly kill her. What was lhfe like for you at that point? An elotional

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roller`coaster. I had a little girl who was beautiful and I lovdd her

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very much but I was also frhghtened to love her too much becausd I did

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not know if she might be taken. grown`up food. Which do you prefer?

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Chocolate and porridge. Now, Eva is busy doing all the things she missed

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out on for so long, thanks to the love of her family and a pidce of

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her grandmother that she will always carry with her.

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A memorial service has been held for Stephen Warren ` one of the two

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Somerset sailors presumed ddad after their yacht overturned in the

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Atlantic. Today friends and family paid tribute to the 52` year`old at

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a service in Huntsworth near Bridgwater. Stephen's familx has

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just returned from America, where they thanked the US Coastgu`rd for

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18,000 people packed the Cotnty Ground in Taunton tonight where Rod

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Stewart took to the stage. For one night only, the cricket club's pitch

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was transformed into a music venue. The veteran rocker topped the bill

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at a charity gig raising money for St Margaret's Hospice.

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# Cause I love you girl, # Ain't nobody gonna stop us now. #

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Somerset have lost their T20 match against Middlesex at The Ov`l. The

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game went down to the last three overs with Middlesex reaching their

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target of 153, with eight whckets to spare. The result leaves Solerset

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Over on BBC2 now Jeremy Paxlan's presenting his last Newsnight.

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Before that, here's Jemma with the latest on the weather.

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Hello there. It is still settled and sunny right through to the dnd of

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the week. And into the weekdnd, plenty of blue sky to enjoy. It is

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all thanks to this ridge of high pressure. We will see some showers

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around tomorrow but they will be few and far between. Blue sky whll

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dominate the weather story. We will have plenty of sunshine but the

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shower and perhaps a rumble of thunder. Plenty of cloud around

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first thing tomorrow morning but that will break nicely as they go

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into the afternoon. Highs of 22 3 Celsius. Just a light breezd, some

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of that hot air helping those showers away. Staying settldd until

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the end of the week into thd weekend.

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remain dry. Top temperatures of 25 Celsius. The outlook for the weekend

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is looking pretty good. If you have outdoor plans, plenty of

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fine weather, warm nest the south. Is today, warm nest the north.

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Normally Perth Australia is renowned for its heat, but today Perth in

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Scotland, 27 degrees. Tomorrow not as warm, but still pleasant enough.

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High teens, low 20s. That cooler fresher air behind a cold front

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Fresh breeze from the north-west. That the will push the front

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southwards. A band of cloud and the odd spot of rain into parts of

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north-east England later. Otherwise most places dry. Not desperately

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cold. Temperatures holding in double figures.

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Tomorrow the front will move south. The odd shower in parts of the

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Midlands, eastern England and the south-east later. Plenty of fine

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weather with increasing amounts of sunshine. The best of that around

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coastal areas. The fresher breeze means its won't be as warm in

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northern and central areas, but it

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