:00:00. > :00:00.Inevitable, I suppose. That's all from the News at Six. Goodbye from
:00:00. > :00:09.me. On New developments
:00:10. > :00:17.in the investigation into Avon and Somerset's chief
:00:18. > :00:22.constable is told there's no He says he still doesn't know
:00:23. > :00:26.what he's meant to have dond. This is the first time Nick Gargan
:00:27. > :00:30.has commented since he was suspended The children who live in misery and
:00:31. > :00:49.squalor ` a charity says thdy're Working nine to five `
:00:50. > :00:55.teams at Glastonbury prepard for the arrival of Dolly Parton
:00:56. > :01:00.and thousands of music fans. And Samantha Murray from Bath has
:01:01. > :01:10.the game of her life at Wimbledon. The Chief Constable of Avon
:01:11. > :01:14.and Somerset Police has been told that he will not be facing
:01:15. > :01:17.a criminal inquiry He was sent home from work hn May
:01:18. > :01:22.following complaints Today Nick Gargan claimed
:01:23. > :01:27.the investigation against hhm has been downgraded but says he still
:01:28. > :01:30.doesn't know what he's done wrong. This report by our Home Aff`irs
:01:31. > :01:37.Correspondent, Steve Brodie. Nick Gargan,
:01:38. > :01:39.seen here with the Police and Crime He has been suspended since May
:01:40. > :01:43.after two women made complahnts Since then officers
:01:44. > :01:46.from the Independent Police Complaints Commission have been
:01:47. > :01:49.interviewing police officers and civilian staff at the force s
:01:50. > :01:53.Portishead headquarters. Today
:01:54. > :01:58.in a statement issued through the Chief Officers Staff Associ`tion the
:01:59. > :02:01.Chief Constable broke his shlence on the allegations which have rocked
:02:02. > :02:07.both him and his police force. He says he still hasn't seen any
:02:08. > :02:09.detail of any allegations And says he's been told
:02:10. > :02:14.the behaviour under investigation is not as serious as originallx thought
:02:15. > :02:17.as it is no longer being investigated as a criminal latter
:02:18. > :02:22.and he welcomes this. The IPCC say Mr Gargan has been
:02:23. > :02:25.served with a gross miscondtct notice and say he will be
:02:26. > :02:28.interviewed once all the information So what could happen
:02:29. > :02:49.if found guilty? They would range from words of
:02:50. > :02:54.advice to ultimately dismissal if it is gross misconduct. In between
:02:55. > :02:58.those, you would have a find, final written warning.
:02:59. > :03:01.The Police and Crime Commissioner Sue Mountstevens, who may ultimately
:03:02. > :03:06.have to decide Nick Gargan's future, says she's getting regular tpdates.
:03:07. > :03:08.A childrens' charity in Bristol is demanding the government dods more
:03:09. > :03:10.to help vulnerable youngsters, describing social services
:03:11. > :03:17.The government has promised to end child poverty by 2020,
:03:18. > :03:21.but Kids Company says time's running out and it's backing a new task
:03:22. > :03:34.A new campaign video highlighting the plight of vulnerable yotngsters.
:03:35. > :03:37.It's been launched by Kids Company which has helped 1500 deprived
:03:38. > :03:42.children in Bristol, including Andrew Henderson, who was
:03:43. > :03:51.I was sleeping on park benches in the middle of December.
:03:52. > :03:54.There was snow on me and I had no food.
:03:55. > :03:57.And he thinks most people don't realise just how many youngsters
:03:58. > :04:06.You see all the homeless people and don't really think that kids get
:04:07. > :04:16.Loads of people have problels and there are more kids having problems.
:04:17. > :04:19.The charity launched its calpaign in Bristol today,
:04:20. > :04:23.a city where one in four chhldren grows up in poverty, higher than the
:04:24. > :04:31.Most deprived is Lawrence Wdston, where residents say there's been
:04:32. > :04:38.We used to have playgroups `nd they used to help us in the commtnity
:04:39. > :04:46.If you are in one area , yot don't get as much as the posher area.
:04:47. > :04:48.The government wants to end child poverty by 2020.
:04:49. > :04:52.And says spending on child protection's incre`sed
:04:53. > :05:01.But cuts in the number of social workers worry manx.
:05:02. > :05:03.Those that are left are working their socks off.
:05:04. > :05:06.How can you really that you can do the most work
:05:07. > :05:09.if you are trying to cope whth numbers that are coming up?
:05:10. > :05:12.The city council says it has comprehensive significantly fewer
:05:13. > :05:17.resources to the help children compared to Bristol a few ydars ago.
:05:18. > :05:21.The council says it is having some successes.
:05:22. > :05:26.There is a troubled families project that has been going for two years
:05:27. > :05:31.and helped 1000 households and another in associating with
:05:32. > :05:33.the police called first response which is getting help through to
:05:34. > :05:43.Well, joining me now is Esther Keller who's the director of Kids
:05:44. > :06:09.You say there is a crisis btt there is no more money. Most councils have
:06:10. > :06:15.33% cuts. The government saxs children's services are being ring
:06:16. > :06:19.fenced. There is less money and children's services than evdr
:06:20. > :06:25.before. The report isn't pohnting fingers at social services. There
:06:26. > :06:30.are fewer resources, the system is being stretched. I wouldn't want to
:06:31. > :06:35.be a stroke `` social worker nowadays because there are so many
:06:36. > :06:42.dire situations and the casdloads are so big. We are trying to say to
:06:43. > :06:46.the public, stand behind us and let us tell everybody that we bdar
:06:47. > :06:52.witness to what is going on and encourage central government to
:06:53. > :06:57.change policy and let us redesign children's services. Poured money
:06:58. > :07:05.into early intervention bec`use crises are always very expensive to
:07:06. > :07:09.deal with. `` poor money. It is hard on central government. Are xou being
:07:10. > :07:14.hard on the parents who allow their children to live in these conditions
:07:15. > :07:17.that we saw in that film? Why should we because if they haven't got the
:07:18. > :07:22.resources to provide for thdir children, it is not their f`ult
:07:23. > :07:26.Letting their child's sleep on a piece of foam, is that not their
:07:27. > :07:32.responsibility to make sure they have better facilities than that?
:07:33. > :07:39.They should have the best that they can afford but if there is no money,
:07:40. > :07:46.what can they do? In a housd like that, there would be no smoking no
:07:47. > :07:52.television and no drinking? I doubted because if there is no
:07:53. > :07:58.money, there is no money. Khds in Bristol are provided with food. We
:07:59. > :08:00.do a food distribution to 16`year`olds with absolutelx no
:08:01. > :08:02.money. Thank you. A judgement from the
:08:03. > :08:05.UK Supreme Court which could change the law on assisted suicide is due
:08:06. > :08:07.to be announced tomorrow. The case was initially brought
:08:08. > :08:13.by Tony Nicklinson from Melksham. He had from locked`in syndrome
:08:14. > :08:18.and wanted a doctor to be ldgally After his death his wife Jane
:08:19. > :08:22.continued the fight Nine judges have been considering
:08:23. > :08:26.if the law currently prohibhting assisted suicide,
:08:27. > :08:28.is incompatible with the European Up to a 175,000 people are `bout
:08:29. > :08:35.to descend on a farm in Somdrset. That farm is Worthy Farm,
:08:36. > :08:38.because it is, of course, All the final preparations `re being
:08:39. > :09:00.made before Every year, this festival sdems to
:09:01. > :09:04.swell in size, not just in terms of numbers but it is the scale of the
:09:05. > :09:13.site and the last`minute preparations. It gets busier and
:09:14. > :09:20.busier before the gates open. There is the iconic stage. That doesn t
:09:21. > :09:25.have to be ready for tomorrow. That is for Dolly Parton. There `re other
:09:26. > :09:28.stages here. There are over 200 performers over the next five days
:09:29. > :09:35.and all of those performers and people will be hoping the wdather
:09:36. > :09:41.stays as it has been today. Rumbling to the tune of last`minute traffic.
:09:42. > :09:46.Percussion provided by the sky folders and alter the relentless
:09:47. > :09:51.beat of a boiling summer. A year's worth of planning has a few hours to
:09:52. > :09:57.go. This temporary town must be ready to support 170,000 people 500
:09:58. > :10:04.food stalls will feed them, 500 toilets will take their waste away
:10:05. > :10:09.and 1200 acres of the farm will use them to sleep. Tomorrow, thdre will
:10:10. > :10:13.be canvassed in every direction This final day is perhaps the most
:10:14. > :10:17.frantic of the whole five`d`y festival. Stocking up on thd 11
:10:18. > :10:23.million litres of water thex will need, even more if this son keeps
:10:24. > :10:31.shining. These could be bestsellers this year. For one and a half
:10:32. > :10:35.miles, this working dairy f`rm has undergone its annual transformation
:10:36. > :10:40.and shortly after sunrise tomorrow, the world's biggest festival should
:10:41. > :10:45.be ready to go. But far frol sleeping as the sun goes down, many
:10:46. > :10:51.will be working through the night as somehow 1 million pieces of planning
:10:52. > :10:55.all come together just in thme. You can see it is a bit of a buhlding
:10:56. > :11:00.site here. You have to watch your step. There is so many cars
:11:01. > :11:04.scurrying around to get the last preparations finished. It whll be
:11:05. > :11:08.like that outside come earlx tomorrow as everyone tries to get
:11:09. > :11:14.into the Glastonbury Festiv`l. The doors open at 8am. There is lots of
:11:15. > :11:18.help for you if you are tryhng to travel through that lot. BBC
:11:19. > :11:23.Somerset will be out and thdre will be details on our website. Thank you
:11:24. > :11:26.so much. We've seen mud baths at Glastonbury
:11:27. > :11:42.plenty of times before ` so is it The weather forecast has just gone
:11:43. > :11:45.up and are `` on our Facebook page and we will have more what the
:11:46. > :11:47.details later in the problel `` programme.
:11:48. > :11:50.And there's lots more in tonight's programme incltding.
:11:51. > :12:03.The one`man soap opera that started 40 years ago.
:12:04. > :12:06.Thousands of cars built in Swindon are being recalled
:12:07. > :12:12.Honda says it will contact owners of vehicles thought to have
:12:13. > :12:23.A total of two million vehicles are affected worldwide.
:12:24. > :12:26.Among them are five models built at its Swindon plant
:12:27. > :12:30.Patients in parts of the West have been left waiting
:12:31. > :12:32.hours for transport to take them to and from hospital.
:12:33. > :12:34.Last year private companies took over the running
:12:35. > :12:36.of the non`emergency servicd in Somerset and Dorset.
:12:37. > :12:37.But there have been numerous complaints.
:12:38. > :12:50.Our Health Correspondent Matthew Hill reports.
:12:51. > :12:53.Bob Champion likes to remember his daughter Michelle in happier times
:12:54. > :12:56.before a major stroke last xear that left her with little speech.
:12:57. > :12:59.He says she was recently left waiting ten hours to return to
:13:00. > :13:04.her care home after hospital treatment in Salisbury.
:13:05. > :13:09.All sorts of things were beginning to upset her and it took a while to
:13:10. > :13:12.keep her on the trolley in casualty. Until October, it was the
:13:13. > :13:15.South Western Ambulance Service who took non emergency patients
:13:16. > :13:17.between hospitals or back homes But since then, it's been
:13:18. > :13:19.private firms doing the job. And in Somerset there
:13:20. > :13:21.have been big problems. NSL who run services there failed to
:13:22. > :13:24.meet three of the five basic standards on staffing, management,
:13:25. > :13:27.and ensuring people's care There have been reports
:13:28. > :13:31.of long delays in ambulances reaching patidnts
:13:32. > :13:45.and appointments being missdd. A small minority may experidnce
:13:46. > :13:57.delays. The vast majority of patients that we deliver to their
:13:58. > :14:00.appointments early and on thme. This CQC is keeping an eye on how
:14:01. > :14:10.patients are transported. L`st week it did a follow`up inspection with
:14:11. > :14:12.NSL. Another private transport company is also falling foul of the
:14:13. > :14:17.regulator. That comes as no surprise to
:14:18. > :14:30.patients like Victor Redwood who It hasn't been very good. In the
:14:31. > :14:35.beginning, it was awful. Thdy were getting here late and they were
:14:36. > :14:41.picking people up to early `nd then not picking them up after dhalysis.
:14:42. > :14:44.It is the not picking up after dialysis which is the worst bits
:14:45. > :14:50.because that is when you fedl ill and that is when they arrivd late.
:14:51. > :14:53.As in Somerset, the company responsible in Dorset admit there
:14:54. > :14:56.have been problems at the start but say things are getting much better.
:14:57. > :14:58.But over the coming months, the watchdogs will be monitoring
:14:59. > :15:24.both companies in the coming months in the hope
:15:25. > :15:26.that patients like Michelle Champion won?t have to conthnue
:15:27. > :15:30.A tennis player from Bath has had the biggest match
:15:31. > :15:34.Samantha Murray, who's no rdlation to Andy, faced the former Whmbledon
:15:35. > :15:48.Maria Sharapova is one of the best players in the world and Sal is used
:15:49. > :15:55.to playing in front of smaller crowds the mess. Today was different
:15:56. > :16:03.as she was on number one Cotrt. Could that home advantage thpped the
:16:04. > :16:09.scales her way a little bit? Support is always guaranteed. Today the
:16:10. > :16:16.Farnsworth cheering for Sam and not Andy. The first match. She lay be a
:16:17. > :16:25.bit shaky but I think she whll do it. Last year, the ladies m`tches
:16:26. > :16:36.went a bit funny so she may do it. Come on, Sam. Sam's family were here
:16:37. > :16:42.to watch her. She might get a shock. The real one might turn up but maybe
:16:43. > :16:52.she will be a bit disappointed. This is her lifetime dream so we're
:16:53. > :16:56.looking forward to a great latch. Goliath was nine foot six when he
:16:57. > :17:01.was toppled by a shepherd boy. If she can play her best tennis today,
:17:02. > :17:08.you might see a giant fall on Court number one. Samantha Murray has
:17:09. > :17:16.never faced an opponent as tough as this or played in an arena near as
:17:17. > :17:19.big as this one. Both players got a warm welcome. Back at Bath
:17:20. > :17:30.University where Samantha h`s trained, they were watching closely.
:17:31. > :17:37.She had a few surprises for the 2004 champion. Soon she had her first
:17:38. > :17:44.game on the scoreboard. Marha Sharapova was stirred into `ction.
:17:45. > :17:53.Murray still had the crowd roaring her approval, showing flashds of her
:17:54. > :17:58.ability in set to. Maria Sh`rapova raced to victory in just under an
:17:59. > :18:03.hour. I can see what the level is. She is one of the best in the world.
:18:04. > :18:10.I don't think I was that far away from her. The level, it is good but
:18:11. > :18:22.it is match ball and I can go back and work on it and see what I need
:18:23. > :18:26.to improve. She gets ?27,000 in prize money for competing in the
:18:27. > :18:30.first round here today but `s she said, the lessons she will have
:18:31. > :18:36.learned, the clues she will have got to know what she has to do to
:18:37. > :18:37.improve her game to get to the next level and make sure she gets more
:18:38. > :18:45.days like this. She is so positive. Hundreds of people lined thd streets
:18:46. > :18:47.of Bath earlier to celebratd the return of the soldiers? final
:18:48. > :18:51.tour of Afghanistan. Over 200 servicemen and womdn
:18:52. > :18:54.from 21st Signal Regiment, based in Colerne,
:18:55. > :18:57.paraded through the city centre It followed a homecoming service
:18:58. > :19:10.at Bath Abbey. We have such popular support from
:19:11. > :19:16.the people of Bath. It is a special day. It is so wonderful that they
:19:17. > :19:19.are back and safe. It is good to be home and back to normality. It is
:19:20. > :19:23.fabulous to have everybody back The officers and soldiers h`ve been
:19:24. > :19:26.working in communication roles throughout Afghanistan for
:19:27. > :19:31.the past seven and a half months. The wild boar population
:19:32. > :19:34.in the Forest of Dean is now so high, the Forestry Commission
:19:35. > :19:36.thinks hundreds need to be culled. There's been a big leap in numbers
:19:37. > :19:39.and experts and scientists have come Here's our Gloucestershire
:19:40. > :19:45.reporter Steve Knibbs. A morning stroll in the fordst,
:19:46. > :19:47.but this is also boar territory and signs of them rooting
:19:48. > :19:51.for food are plentiful. The latest thermal imaging
:19:52. > :19:56.survey has found 819 wild boar It's likely there are many lore
:19:57. > :20:01.but when you compare it to last year's survey when 535 were found,
:20:02. > :20:04.the growth in numbers are obviously significant and that's leadhng to an
:20:05. > :20:07.increase in the problems whhch the Forestry Commission say
:20:08. > :20:11.the boar are causing. The ntmber of sports pitches that got hnvaded
:20:12. > :20:15.during the winter rose last year. The number of people's garddns
:20:16. > :20:19.that were invaded last year rose. The number of reports of attacks
:20:20. > :20:23.on dogs, serious injuries to dogs. So the Forestry Commission now faces
:20:24. > :20:26.its biggest ever cull In Germany, wild boar numbers are
:20:27. > :20:35.increasing but culling hasn't made Sterilisation is also being
:20:36. > :20:39.researched in the UK, But there are those who say
:20:40. > :20:44.the Forestry Commission's fhgures are overblown and that the boar
:20:45. > :20:47.population will actually look after The numbers in the forest now
:20:48. > :20:51.would coexist quite happily The yearly increase in numbdrs
:20:52. > :20:57.of piglets would naturally dissipate through the forest to find
:20:58. > :20:59.their own territories, which they would then either be
:21:00. > :21:04.killed by farmers or more n`tural If you leave this population alone,
:21:05. > :21:11.it will not increase Whatever side of the debate,
:21:12. > :21:16.the general consensus is, that wild boar are here to stay and c`n live
:21:17. > :21:20.happily in reasonable numbers. Achieving that though,
:21:21. > :21:31.isn't so straightforward. One of Britain's longest`running
:21:32. > :21:34.radio dramas comes to The soap`opera Acrebury has been
:21:35. > :21:39.telling the everyday stories of And what's made it unique is that
:21:40. > :22:17.it's all the work of one man, Meet Jerry Hughes, a one`man soap
:22:18. > :22:25.opera. Creator, writer and producer of Acrebury.
:22:26. > :22:34.He has been doing this for 40 years. First on hospital radio in Swindon
:22:35. > :22:42.and then on BBC local radio. That is all right vicar. 2000 episodes set
:22:43. > :22:52.in a fictional Wiltshire village full of scandal, gossip and drama
:22:53. > :22:59.and every voice is his. A Gtinness World Record for the longest running
:23:00. > :23:06.soap opera. He has played 90 different characters. Children, men
:23:07. > :23:10.and women. You do a female voice and then you can do her mother. If you
:23:11. > :23:20.give her a posh voice, you have another character. If you go down
:23:21. > :23:24.there like that, you have another. The characters are based on real
:23:25. > :23:31.people that he has known in rural Wiltshire. The storylines from his
:23:32. > :23:43.imagination. Did you hear that? Yes, I did. It was a gunshot. He deserved
:23:44. > :23:51.it, Carol. Repeat these words after me...
:23:52. > :24:02.Blood, oh my god estimation mark he is losing it, fast. Who the hell has
:24:03. > :24:08.done this? You get on and you do it and nobody lets you down. No
:24:09. > :24:15.artistic differences? Only with myself but that is another story. He
:24:16. > :24:23.promised me one but he never got it. For decades after it began, tonight,
:24:24. > :24:28.Acrebury comes to an end. Jdrry is retiring and his characters are
:24:29. > :24:32.saying fire well. Doing this on his own and in his own time for tens of
:24:33. > :24:38.thousands of hours has dominated Jerry's life but he is not giving
:24:39. > :24:50.up. He is thinking about turning it into a book. I love it. It hs the
:24:51. > :24:59.turning from one microphone to another. He is just brilliant. It is
:25:00. > :25:01.up to the weather now and I`n is on the roof. You have done a special on
:25:02. > :25:14.Glastonbury. If you are going to Glastonbury you
:25:15. > :25:22.will find the first of the weather forecast updates on our website
:25:23. > :25:28.Matthew has tweeted me saying there should be enough capacity in the
:25:29. > :25:35.ground for extra rainfall. Ht is the heavier showers or thunderstorms
:25:36. > :25:40.that could be problematic. No such worries for tomorrow. If we put the
:25:41. > :25:44.graphics are up, we will find a good deal of fair weather tomorrow,
:25:45. > :25:54.albeit plenty of cloud that will come with it. High pressure is still
:25:55. > :25:57.dominating but a cold front is running through it during the course
:25:58. > :26:07.after night. It will bring with it more cloud. Through tomorrow, is
:26:08. > :26:13.will offer towards Somerset. There is a fair amount of bright weather
:26:14. > :26:17.with that. Through this evening fine conditions are dominant. The
:26:18. > :26:23.cloud is increasing and we have one or two isolated showers. By daybreak
:26:24. > :26:27.tomorrow, there will be a great deal of cloud around. Temperaturds will
:26:28. > :26:35.be in the mid teens once ag`in. Then we are into tomorrow. There is a
:26:36. > :26:42.light breeze and sunny spells are becoming more prevalent. Thdre is
:26:43. > :27:00.some showers around. The cloud will be quite inefficient. They shouldn't
:27:01. > :27:06.affect Glastonbury too much. The temperatures are dropping btt not
:27:07. > :27:11.think `` nothing too drastic. Further ahead, you will see this
:27:12. > :27:17.change by the tail end of Thursday. This is where no pressure t`kes
:27:18. > :27:22.over. The local detail of where it will rain versus Shine is going to
:27:23. > :27:33.be difficult at this range. We could see some hefty downpours. That is it
:27:34. > :27:35.for us tonight. The football is on later and the late bulletin is
:27:36. > :27:46.later. For now, goodbye.