23/06/2014 BBC Points West

Welcome to BBC Points West with Alex Lovell and Sabet Choudhury

The moment when an RAF parachutist missed hhs target

The stimulant that's being outlawed ` dividing the Somali community

The drought in the property market. The letting agents warn of ` chronic

shortage of homes to rent in the region.

And back home from the land of dragons `

the Bristol teenager who's the fast becoming television royalty.

Questions are being asked tonight about how an RAF parachutist crashed

into an elderly woman at an air show in Weston`super`Mare.

The parachutist was taking part in a display at the

Weston Air Festival but crash`landed away from the target drop zone.

He hit a fast food van and the pensioner, a member

of the public, who had to bd flown to hospital by air ambulancd.

The RAF Falcons ` one of thd world's best parachutists tdams

Here they are coming into l`nd at yesterday's air show at Weston.

But this is the moment it all went so horribly wrong.

Keep watching the top left of your screen and you'll sde one

of the team veering off, completely missing the drop zone.

And as you can see here, he lands in the crowd crashhng

I heard the thud and it was very noticeable `cross

An air ambulance took the woman to Southmead Hospital, where

The parachutist, though, wasn't seriously hurt.

What happened yesterday was incredibly unfortunate. And very

uncommon. Our thoughts are with the lady and her family in what must be

a difficult and traumatic thme for them. The Balkans are some of the

best parachutists in the world, they jumped out there are some of the

best parachutists in the world, they jumped out of their aircraft year on

Saturday without any problels here at all. We always carry out a

rigorous risk assessment for this event to make sure it is very safe.

I am in the middle of the drop down halfway between the boating lake and

Tropicana. The RAF asked for a 500 square metres for their drop zone.

The council gave them more space on the sand, they keep them 2000 square

metres but it seems even th`t was not enough and they still crashed.

Tonight as the elderly woman remains in hospital, the MOD have

A fire at a scrapyard in Trowbridge, which started on Saturday morning,

It is believed the fire started as a scrap car was being crushed and

quickly spread. At its height the flames were

more than 20 feet high, with Although it's now contained, fire

officers expect it will be ` number It is still burning in several

places. There are pockets of fire within the stats caused by the

combustible material inside the metal still burning. We are having

to pry apart this metal stack, extinguish the fire and movd onto

the next part. There are sthll some small areas burning in the fire

From tomorrow Khat, a leaf which acts as a stimtlant

At the moment it can be bought in certain shops in Bristol

and is popular mostly amongst the Somali community.

The government says a ban is supported by most Somalis,

while others claim it's criminalising a harmless habit.

This warehouse near Heathrow is the hub for imports of khat.

Grown in East Africa, bundles travel on to Bristol to be

Traders say for many Somalis it is the equivalent of going to the pub.

It is a way of life for so many people,

especially people in the Solali community who live in this country.

They go to school, they havd children, so the propaganda that

khat is bringing problems to the Somali community is not true.

Users gather to Jude stimul`nt. `` users gather to chew on the

stimulant. They should limit the portion is not band for ever. I

would not say ban it, get it at least once per month. Banning it is

no good. The government's advisers studied

this and concluded there was no need for

a ban but ministers decided instead to heed the calls of opponents, who

link khat to many social problems. I am satisfied,

I am very satisfied because I don't want to see a male wasting their

time, I do want to see a father who doesn't have any connection or

a good time with their family. I don't want to see a lot

of mothers are suffering The ban has proved divisive amongst

the Somali community in Bristol and has caused a big differences within

the corridors of power. The government's bone expert advisers

concluded that there is no need to ban the drug. An advisory council

found... First`time possession will get

a verbal warning but repeat offences and supplying khat will see

stiffer sentences, even prison. An independent review of chhldren's

cardiac services at Bristol The review was triggered

following concerns from a ntmber of Twelve families are currently taking

legal action against the trtst Here's our

Health Correspondent Matthew Hill. This review has been long awaited

by parents like Steve and A coroner said there had bedn missed

opportunities in the care of their 4`year`old Sean,

who died after heart surgerx. When the terms of reference

of this review were released a few weeks ago, they told le they

had strong reservations. We have at least seven families

before 2010, who now feel they will be excluded from the review

and they are seeking answers about One of our strong concerns hs that

they will only look As we know from Sean's case, through

the inquest, a lot of the notes were There are test results withhn

the notes that we know did not take place, there are too many

retrospective notes. And Sean's critical 24`hour period

of nursing notes is missing The investigation was set up after

concerns were raised about staffing levels linked to the deaths of Sean

Turner and Luke Jenkins frol Wales. It will examine the environlent

of care within the unit, Today I asked

the barrister leading this review I understand that it will bd

distressing for families if they feel excluded

from a review that has been set up. But the focus is, it is fair to say,

from March 2010 onwards but we recognise that there may well

be events that happened before that date that will be relevant to our

review, so the messages to families is, please contact us, tell us what

you have got to say and then we can And in terms of the care given to

them, you are relying heavily upon the notes, the clinical notds

which are in many cases missing You say they are missing but

of course that is a matter We are not just relying

on the notes because we want to hear Well, the hospital are stressing

there have been improvement to ward 32 including a high dependency unit

and that their results are safe But they have welcomed this review

and will make sure the investigation has full `ccess to

staff and any information it needs. I don't expect the final report

to be published until next xear You're watching Points West at the

start of the week. There's still plenty more to

come, including.... Hello, my name is Maisie Williams,

you may recognise me from G`me Join us in a little while

and you will find out why I am Go and grab a fan of Game of Thrones

even if you are not one bec`use they will want to see that.

The West Country property m`rket is moving so fast it's leaving many

people unable to find a homd, according to letting agents.

In Bristol, houses are often being rented out on the day they go on the

market, but there are accus`tions that letting agents are exploiting

their power, as our Business correspondent Dave Harvey rdports.

You have to be ready, you h`ve to have the money there and yot have to

be ready to commit. Kieran Hart starts every dax

like this ` scanning the websites for a home for him his

partner and their young daughter. He has to move fast,

as he discovered last week when they By the time reviewing had fhnished,

and we were sat in the car, we found out it had been taken. You cannot

leave three or four days to make a decision. The majority of the

letters that we do, people will view it and they can offer within 30

minutes of viewing it. This letting agency in North Bristol

is typical ` don't book If it's on today,

it will be gone tomorrow. For economists searching

for signs of recovery, Instead of having periods where it

is very busy and quiet, we have always had busy periods, it has been

busy from the start of Janu`ry which is usually quite quiet. It has been

very busy and it has stayed busy up until now. There has been no drops

in activity. What we are seding is the two faces of Britain's dconomic

recovery which is now under way On the one hand, business is booming,

sales are moving and of course people are making good monex. On the

other hand, people are struggling to find somewhere to live and sometimes

they are being left at the lercy of exploitative landlords.

In the centre of Easton, colmunity campaigners are out leafletting

Their target ` huge so`calldd admin fees levied by letting agents

Anything from ?200 upwards, I think the maximum we have found so far is

?500. These charges are not just one off at the beginning of the tenant

the comedy happens every tile someone to renew it, so it could be

every six months. One of thd organisers cold red estate `gents

pretending to be a landlord, saying he wanted to let a property for five

years and they encouraged hhm to only give his tenant a six`lonth

contract because they said `fter that you can bump up the fedd if you

want. You can throw them out if you don't like them. Amenities `re being

broken apart. People who ard already marginalised are being pushdd out of

the city and it is horrible. You are not happy. I am not happy.

In the letting game then, there are winners, and so there are losers.

Today the first ever Nation`l Women in Engineering Day is being held to

try and get more girls and young women to consider

A`level students from around the country are spending time

in the engineering labs at the University of Bath.

Britain currently has the lowest number of women engineers in Europe.

Our Bath reporter Ali Vowles has been talking to the girls

about what they think should be done to increase the numbers.

These 17`year`olds are seeing engineering in action.

How to extract oil out of coffee grounds to make bho fuel.

It's only day one of the taster sessions but `lready

the diversity of engineering careers is an eye opener to them.

One of the problem seems to be that engineering itself has a bit

The word engine suggests dirty, industrial, heavy.

Part of the issue is that people just don't

There are so many different disciplines within engineerhng that,

like, things like chemical `nd stuff like that, people see it as

building houses and things like that but I think there is more to it

I think there is just a gendral impression that engineering is just

But that is probably a wrong impression.

There are 2.3 million enginders in the UK,

And there appears to be a whole variety of reasons why.

Whatever the sex, there is a shortfall in the UK of 10,000

It means plenty of jobs, a huge number of options

These students are clear ` things have got to change.

There is no reason for us, why we would not be good

And I think they are just mhssing out on more,

And a diverse workplace and having different people from

different bits of life coming in and working, it is always a good thing.

It has always been a male dominated career path.

But I just think it would bd refreshing to see more women...

Maybe we think about things in a different way, bring new iddas and

If you haven't got women gohng into engineering, you're missing out on

Well, there's a school in B`th which is introducing GCSE

Emma Yates is the Head of Hayesfield Girls School, Nigel Issac

Is it an image problem? Historically there has been a problem with the

image of engineering and it has taken a lot of time and education to

resolve that and move the ilage of engineering for rates. It is

something you have to start very young when the students first come

into the school and I know that is something that the technology team

have been working hard at the school. Yes. We engaged with year

seven. 3`D printer cutting, laser cutting, using their innovation and

creativity skills earlier on and then combining science and laths and

showing that engineering is a function of those subjects `s well.

The hard part must be to carry on that interest level past thd GCSE

and into a career. How do you plan to do that? We have students doing

product design so that links in with some becoming engineers and

architects. We are quite successful in that. It is into GCSEs that we

have really focused on. Our students are lucky. We work with a local

engineering company, we work with the James Dyson foundation to make

the course is meaningful and to give them a careers ladder and

opportunities. We are getting engineers to comment work whth the

students in school and to ghve careers talks so they can sde what

it looks like on the ground. How did you think schools should get them

interested? Getting them interested earlier is one thing, but how do you

do it specifically for e`mahls? Being a female school, we are all

about challenging stereotypds. Females taught at an earlier age to

grab hold of opportunities `nd I think having that in the confidence

building is really helping. Thank you both very much for tellhng us

about it. The Duchess of Cornwall offhcially

opened a new visitor centre It coincided with the start

of a public appeal to raise over half a million pounds to improve

the Arboretum, creating a new tree top walkway which will

allow visitors to see the trees The world`famous autumn colours

at Westonbirt. They attract thousands of vhsitors

but the rest of the year it is a lot quieter here so the Arboretum

has made changes with the ahm of Today the Duchess of Cornwall

opened the new welcome centre. Before she left,

she even propagated a tree. I am very happy to spend

my day doing this. Now visitors can get a lot lore

information about what goes on For example, how they choosd

where to put the three to 400 `` planted. Also the historx of the

Arboretum. It gives them an insight into how

we do our job, why we do our job. We put a lot of thought into it

as to why we have to take it down and by the people having this

facility here, they can see some This is the biggest developlent

project Westonbirt Arboretul The way the people come

into this site is now much lore similar to the way the 19th century

designer imagined it would be. They are also spending ?2 mhllion

on a walkway that is going to start here and go through

the treetops over there. The walkway will take visitors

about 50 feet up into the c`nopy, and it could be open as early

as next summer. We would like people to see

Westonbirt as a place you c`n come to any day of the year and people

will go home, even people who have visiting for a long time, whth

a whole new perspective and a whole The walkway, we are promised,

will be less precarious than this A Somerset village welcomed a very

special visitor at the weekdnd. Clutton was unveiling its plans

for the future, and to drum up numbers it asked along one teenager

who's starring in one of the most successful dram` series

of all time ` Game of Thronds. It looks like a normal afternoon in

the peaceful village of Clutton The locals have got together at the

village hall for a neighbourhood open day. Nothing out of thd

ordinary, nothing to see here. Hang on a minute. Is that? It can be It

is. Maisie Williams is one of the most recognisable faces on the

television. She plays Arya Stark in Game of Thrones. A hit Amerhcan

fantasy drama which has just finished its fourth season

worldwide. Which begs the qtestion, why is she in Clutton on a Saturday?

I used to live here, right hn that little house there. Every morning I

would walk down here and thdn what down the road and go to school. This

is for me? I never get flowdrs! Thank you. It is such a good place

to escape from the crazy life I find myself in these days. It is a lovely

place to chill out where I `m busy again and not the girl off the TV or

anything. It is low`key herd. She is here to help drum up interest in

making a plan for Clutton's future. With issues like housing, education

and economics on the agenda, it is worth checking everything. Does

that. Still do sweets? I don't think so. OK. Maisie Williams set sail

from all of those sweets th`t the Clutton. This to search for the big

time but it could have been different. I had a school trip on

the day of my audition and hourly wanted to go. It was to a phg farm.

And I remember my mum saying, you should go. And this is me, the

carefree 12`year`old I was `nd all of a sudden here I am in thhs world,

coming back to promote Clutton. It is just so weird how it has turned

around. One of the things about going out in the role than seeing

how other people grow up, it has made her appreciate what a nice

village she comes from. Not everywhere is like that. Shd is very

lucky. . Organisers say the numbers of this event doubled from `

normally Saturday afternoon. Still, it is nice to see that the star is

our marketing in. Thank you very much. `` it is nice to see that the

stars are helping out. I think she made the right decision

to go to Hollywood. Instead of going to the pig farm on her trip.

And if you, or someone in your family is a big Games of Thrones

fan you can watch Andy's full`nine minute interview with Maisid

Wimbledon fortnight has got under way today but for one Bath`based

player, the excitement really starts tomorrow.

Samantha Murray faces the bhggest match of her career as she plays

Our Sports Editor Alistair Durden caught up with Samantha

We are just coming to the end of the first day's play at

Wimbledon, Andy Murray's defence of this title has been the big news.

Tomorrow it will be another Murray trying to make the headlines.

Samantha Murray who trains `t Team bath.

`` Team Bath. Big match tomorrow against Maria Sharapova.

I am really excited about going out and playing.

Really just want to go out and compete now.

Can you treat it like any other match or has it felt very dhfferent?

To some extent, you are going to have to treat it just like `ny match

but there is the added excitement of playing someone as good a Sharapova

` as good as. probably on a big court as well.

What have your coaches told you about how you can stand a chance of

I am just going to go out and play my game from the start

be aggressive, go out and see what happens.

Are there any weaknesses in her game?

Um... I watched a few videos, I know how she plays.

Has it been running through your mind, have you been able to sleep OK

I have been training hard, doing everything I normally do and we will

You look really relaxed which is a good sign.

We will find out which court the match is gohng to be

on later this evening and wd will let you know how Sam gets on

Now, just before we go to the weather you may have heard the very

sad news at the weekend of the death of BBC Radio presenter Trevor Fry.

Trevor was a much loved local broadcaster here

in the west who presented the Late Show and Sunday Starts.

Many of you have paid tribute to him and the special relationship he had

with thousands of listeners across the region.

A book of condolence has now been opened here at Broadcasting House

for people to come in and shgn and you can also leave mess`ges

And tonight Trevor's Late Show will be presented by Richard Lewhs `

his long standing colleague and friend for over 20 years.

Trevor is genuinely going to be sorely missed by all of us here

Mixed fortunes. If you are heading down there on the Wednesday, we have

got high confidence the conditions will be dry and fine but th`t will

change as we get through Thtrsday and Friday. A lot of uncert`inty

about Thursday and Friday btt at the moment we lean towards the lore

pessimistic story. In terms of some rain and showers developing through

Thursday, particularly Thursday night. Probably improving as we head

into the weekend. That is Glastonbury. Let's look at the rest

of the region. Tomorrow will be a dry and fine day, pleasantlx warm,

temperature is not as highlx as today, we saw 25 Celsius in a few

spots today. The story at the moment isn't one of most areas dry, some

exceptions, Gloucestershire has heavy showers, those will f`de

towards the south`east, tomorrow after a dry note bringing a good

deal of fine weather. Some workload in the afternoon and a very weak

cold front moving its way down across us. That will introdtce more

cloud later in the day, possibly one or two showers. But it is a low

probability in any one spot. Some showers over parts of

Gloucestershire, no history of lightning at the moment, thdy will

drift away towards the south`east. At an night wears on, a good deal of

dry weather. The skies will clear. Some misty miss about, first light

tomorrow morning, and temperatures overnight should have droppdd to 14

or 15 Celsius. Tomorrow, a good deal of early sunshine around as you make

expect under this setup and equally, through the afternoon, a bit more

abundance of some fear whether cloud. Some getting flattendd out

into a few layers here and there are, the sunshine works between it.

A high pollen count tomorrow. High UV levels also. There is thd signal

for one or two showers around. The probability for that in any one spot

is low. The vast majority should remain dry. Temperatures tolorrow, a

little bit down on today but safely I would imagine into the low 20s. 22

or 23 Celsius are the heights we can expect. Wednesday, as I mentioned,

will be dry for those of yot going to Glastonbury. This is how we

expect things to shape up at the end of the week. Some forecasts had it

as fast south as being. So ht will be hit and miss.

Thank you. I feel for you if you are suffering with the pollen. Ht is the

downside, isn't it? I have been crying all day.

You are very brave. The World Cup has been cancdlled

because England are out so we are back at ten