:00:00. > :00:00.That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me and on
:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to BBC Points West with Sabet Choudhury and Alex Lovell.
:00:00. > :00:09.Tortured by her adoptive mother ` the Gloucestershire woman who fears
:00:10. > :00:12.her abuser will try to make contact after being released from prison.
:00:13. > :00:32.It is like she is back again, the authorities are not listening.
:00:33. > :00:35.An inquest hears how the death of this 21`year`old
:00:36. > :00:40.The centre of a technology revolution ` why the West is
:00:41. > :00:50.And the little man gone too long ` after a 30 year absence,
:00:51. > :00:59.Bristol`born Morph returns to our screens.
:01:00. > :01:01.A woman from Gloucestershire says she'll do
:01:02. > :01:05.all she can to stop the woman who abused her for nearly 20 years from
:01:06. > :01:10.Victoria Spry was mentally and physically tortured
:01:11. > :01:14.by her adoptive mother, Eunice Spry, from when she was just a baby.
:01:15. > :01:18.But now Spry is due to be released from prison.
:01:19. > :01:23.And Victoria has started a petition to stop her from being
:01:24. > :01:32.You may find this report is distressing.
:01:33. > :01:35.At home with her beloved dogs, and after a childhood filled with
:01:36. > :01:38.terror and torture Victoria Spry is at last at peace.
:01:39. > :01:41.It's now seven years since the woman Victoria still calls
:01:42. > :01:45.mum was sent to prison for what a judge called the worst case of child
:01:46. > :01:52.Eunice Spry was a foster mother, to the outside world a pillar
:01:53. > :01:55.of the community, but behind closed doors she spent nearly
:01:56. > :02:01.20 years mentally and physically torturing the children in her care.
:02:02. > :02:04.Routinely starving them, beating them, making them drink
:02:05. > :02:14.bleach then eat their own vomit and forcing sticks down their throats.
:02:15. > :02:25.I would be crying and gagging and she would say that it was all mind
:02:26. > :02:33.over matter, I had a weak mind. I was five or six years old. You would
:02:34. > :02:39.scream in so much pain. I would scream, not because I was being
:02:40. > :02:45.scream because I was in pain. And scream because I was in pain. And
:02:46. > :02:52.she would put a stick down our throats. I was in pain but I just
:02:53. > :04:27.gave up. There was no fight left. I had to get my teeth sorted because I
:04:28. > :04:36.life for myself and I want it to carry on. I cannot see her again.
:04:37. > :04:40.She messed my head, I would `` it would mess with my head. I am not
:04:41. > :04:42.frightened of her physically, but it would disturb me.
:04:43. > :04:50.So what support is there for Victoria?
:04:51. > :04:57.We asked for a statement from the authority, but they would not give
:04:58. > :05:07.Joining me now is Rhiannon Evans from the charity Victim Support.
:05:08. > :05:15.She has gone through a terrible experience that nobody should have
:05:16. > :05:22.to to go through. Child abuse is terrible and any type of family
:05:23. > :05:27.abuse is so complicated and she has been very brave to speak about it.
:05:28. > :05:32.She had got to the point where she felt that she needed to say
:05:33. > :05:39.something. But for her to be in this situation is terrible.
:05:40. > :05:47.Is there anything to help victims of such abuse when the people, out of
:05:48. > :05:54.prison? Are there as those? `` are there restrictions?
:05:55. > :05:59.That is something for the Prison Service to say. Certainly, they have
:06:00. > :06:03.to look at the victim's needs and take into consideration their
:06:04. > :06:08.wishes, but they have two balance that with the needs of the offender.
:06:09. > :06:13.There will be looking at safety and ensuring that the victim is safe.
:06:14. > :06:18.But whether Victoria would feel safe living that she has had to rebuild
:06:19. > :06:24.her whole life after this experience. She may feel very
:06:25. > :06:29.differently. Regarding Victoria, what kind of
:06:30. > :06:36.setback can she face in an event like this?
:06:37. > :06:43.I think that all victims continuously experience life events
:06:44. > :06:50.that come up that set them back. This is one of those. Anniversaries
:06:51. > :06:55.of events, birthdays, Mother's Day, lots of events like that will create
:06:56. > :06:59.a setback when people think about the past or what happened or relayed
:07:00. > :07:04.the experience. That is a really horrible thing to have to go
:07:05. > :07:09.through. I would just make sure that...
:07:10. > :07:22.We must leave it there, we are running out of time.
:07:23. > :07:26.The family of a 92`year`old woman who died in hospital say that she
:07:27. > :07:33.would have survived if she had not been misdiagnosed. Marjorie was
:07:34. > :07:36.believed to have had a hip fracture `` a stroke, but in fact she had
:07:37. > :07:40.fractured her spine. Following a successful hip operation
:07:41. > :07:42.in Cheltenham, Marjorie Whitney was sent to the Dilke Hospital near to
:07:43. > :07:45.where she lived to recuperate. Whilst on the ward, she fell twice
:07:46. > :07:49.in the space of two hours, the But, unknown to staff,
:07:50. > :07:52.she'd also fractured her spine. She was transferred to A at the
:07:53. > :07:55.Gloucestershire Royal, where her Her family told today that
:07:56. > :08:11.the doctor's diagnosis turned out to They assumed because of her age and
:08:12. > :08:19.her confusion from the infection and the fact that she did not have her
:08:20. > :08:24.teeth in, so she could not talk very clearly. And she was very death. All
:08:25. > :08:27.of the assumptions were that she had had a
:08:28. > :08:30.At an inquest into her death the coroner said
:08:31. > :08:32.the misdiagnosis led to a missed opportunity to treat her condition.
:08:33. > :08:35.She developed pneumonia and died, having not recovered from the fall.
:08:36. > :08:38.Marjorie's daughter believes her mother would still be alive today if
:08:39. > :08:50.She had been moved around and every time she wasn't comfortable they
:08:51. > :08:54.would move her. If her neck had been secured, I think that she would have
:08:55. > :08:56.Maureen and Colin told me they've always had
:08:57. > :08:59.excellent service from the NHS, but this time feel let down.
:09:00. > :09:01.They're now taking legal advice and hope that changes are made
:09:02. > :09:13.We are hoping that lessons can be learnt and is in the future it won't
:09:14. > :09:18.be an assumption that a patient admitted this way has suffered a
:09:19. > :09:24.stroke. The tests that were not undertaken should `` could be taken
:09:25. > :09:30.routinely. The two trusts issued statements
:09:31. > :09:34.today offering their condolences to her family. They said that the
:09:35. > :09:39.lessons would be shared with the staff involved in her care in the
:09:40. > :09:44.Department and in the wider organisation. They said that they
:09:45. > :09:52.would invite the family to meet them to discuss any other concerns.
:09:53. > :09:54.Now we have some cool technology for you.
:09:55. > :09:56.We often hear about futuristic hi tech wizardry
:09:57. > :09:59.coming out of West Country firms here on Points West, because there's
:10:00. > :10:14.They are producing some fantastic gadgets and apps. Our correspondence
:10:15. > :10:19.is at a technology party tonight. They never stop selling things,
:10:20. > :10:30.these people. They design and create new technology here and it is in
:10:31. > :10:37.Brunel's old engine shed. It is all digital now, microelectronics. We
:10:38. > :10:41.have had this area of the world confirmed as the greatest
:10:42. > :10:47.concentration of the tech businesses outside of London within Europe.
:10:48. > :10:54.There are six new businesses moving to Bristol. Why? I have been to some
:10:55. > :11:02.of them to find out. You know in a roller`coaster where
:11:03. > :11:12.it is all too easy. Oh, that is unreal. OK, I am sitting
:11:13. > :11:19.in a room in London, why am I gripping the edge of the Chad?
:11:20. > :11:26.They call it the innovation lab and I am trying out the newest virtual
:11:27. > :11:34.reality gear. It feels real. But unlike the real thing, I can just do
:11:35. > :11:41.this. That is much better. Regular bottle of rum, regular
:11:42. > :11:47.bottle of cola. If I hold this here, you can hear the music.
:11:48. > :11:53.They are not making games here, they are finding ways of using technology
:11:54. > :11:57.to sell products. I can change the music by doing
:11:58. > :12:01.this. If your can of cola did this, you
:12:02. > :12:05.might think again about a different brand. Now they are coming to
:12:06. > :12:09.Bristol. I have spent 13 months trying to
:12:10. > :12:14.recruit people in London and it has been really difficult. People in
:12:15. > :12:16.Bristol wants permanent jobs and the skills are fantastic and quality of
:12:17. > :12:22.people is great. It is hungry work, all this
:12:23. > :12:28.technology. When they want their lunch, it is another app.
:12:29. > :12:34.The app is the most popular way for people to order a takeaway online,
:12:35. > :12:40.we think it is a good experience. Allowing a new office in business
:12:41. > :12:45.allows us to tap into the skills that the area has.
:12:46. > :12:51.They call this technology city, the biggest concentration of tech firms
:12:52. > :12:57.by far. But according to today's report, Bristol is a near second.
:12:58. > :13:01.And that matters to the companies. For these companies to be close
:13:02. > :13:07.together is very important. Think about how new businesses emerge, it
:13:08. > :13:11.is due to the close interaction of businesses and people. They need to
:13:12. > :13:15.be in the city to do that. That is why places like Bristol are more and
:13:16. > :13:22.more attractive for the firms who work in these industries.
:13:23. > :13:29.People like just eats and global... And this is the man paid to persuade
:13:30. > :13:34.the technology firms to move to the west. It is a gold rush for him
:13:35. > :13:38.right now. The UK as a destination for global
:13:39. > :13:43.entrepreneurs, it is one of the most popular places in the world. It has
:13:44. > :13:51.London, but also amazing cities like Bristol. We are definitely targeting
:13:52. > :13:58.5000 6000 in the near future. I know that this is a computer, I am
:13:59. > :14:05.not going to fly over this castle! O.
:14:06. > :14:09.You do feel stupid when you watch that back, but it was very scary.
:14:10. > :14:15.How many businesses are there in this area? There is a map on the
:14:16. > :14:18.Internet. Each of these blue balloons represents another
:14:19. > :14:25.business. When you come into the middle of restore, there are 138, 73
:14:26. > :14:34.there. More of these companies, in the words of the campaign, are going
:14:35. > :14:39.west and getting some. That is great. We are halfway
:14:40. > :14:46.through the week and we are glad that you can join us.
:14:47. > :14:49.How much do you like gardening? Get to the garden shed, Bristol City
:14:50. > :14:59.council would like you to help them out with their lawn mowing.
:15:00. > :15:02.An inquest has been told the death of a 21`year`old from
:15:03. > :15:05.Kalisha Gordon died in hospital while on a working
:15:06. > :15:08.Doctors didn't manage to diagnose an ectopic pregnancy,
:15:09. > :15:11.which happens when a fertilised egg implants itself outside the womb.
:15:12. > :15:18.It was meant to be the start of a new adventure.
:15:19. > :15:22.Kalisha Gordon had been working in Ayia Napa for just six weeks.
:15:23. > :15:30.A 21`year`old girl, loved by her family.
:15:31. > :15:38.She was a very bright and bubbly young girl and very intelligence.
:15:39. > :15:46.She was very academic, very good at school. She was not perfect, we
:15:47. > :15:50.sometimes argued, but that is what Father and daughter do.
:15:51. > :15:53.While Kalisha was in Cyprus, she found out she was pregnant.
:15:54. > :15:56.Just over a week later, she ended up in hospital, suffering from stomach
:15:57. > :15:59.She was being violently sick and even fainted,
:16:00. > :16:03.but despite all this and two ultrasound scans, her ectopic
:16:04. > :16:10.Instead, doctors at the hospital in Cyprus treated her with painkillers
:16:11. > :16:19.Hours later, she was found unconscious and later died.
:16:20. > :16:22.Kalisha's family say today's narrative verdict will help them
:16:23. > :16:32.continue with their fight for justice.
:16:33. > :16:40.Every penny that we have had has been for flights, hotels, car
:16:41. > :16:46.rental. We have had lawyers working on this case for six years. It is
:16:47. > :16:51.ongoing. All of our money is going into paying for the expenses, going
:16:52. > :16:59.back to Cyprus just to find out how our daughter died. It is going
:17:00. > :17:01.against all basic human rights. Our message to them is that we will
:17:02. > :17:03.From here, they'll take that fight to
:17:04. > :17:06.Six years on and they're still learning more
:17:07. > :17:18.A Bristol mother captured on CCTV paying in large amounts of cash
:17:19. > :17:21.into a bank has told a court that she denies any knowledge
:17:22. > :17:23.of the smuggling of millions of pounds of drugs into the city.
:17:24. > :17:26.The prosecution claim she's part of an international crime gang
:17:27. > :17:34.Our home affairs correspondent is following the trial.
:17:35. > :17:37.Jessica Dawson cried in the witness box as she repeatedly denied being
:17:38. > :17:42.part of the organised crime gang behind the drug smuggling.
:17:43. > :17:44.Jessica Dawson denied having any knowledge of any business
:17:45. > :17:49.in Jamaica, any airline, freight agent or warehouses near Heathrow.
:17:50. > :17:54.She also strongly denied ever lying to companies house or HM Customs.
:17:55. > :17:57.She did admit being the managing director of a company
:17:58. > :18:03.set up by crime boss Orville Salmon, which she said had never traded.
:18:04. > :18:05.The 32`year`old had a five year relationship with Salmon,
:18:06. > :18:09.who the jury has been told has pleaded guilty to drug smuggling.
:18:10. > :18:13.But when they had a baby, the relationship deteriorated.
:18:14. > :18:16.She told the court "I was devastated."
:18:17. > :18:18.Jessica Dawson from Westbury`on`Trym told the court:
:18:19. > :18:22.If I had known what he was doing, I would have confronted him.
:18:23. > :18:26.Earlier, Radcliffe Miller who, together with his wife
:18:27. > :18:30.and fellow defendant Beverley, ran the Coach House pub alleged by
:18:31. > :18:33.the prosecution to be at the centre of the gang?s activities, had
:18:34. > :18:40.He also denied that a trip he made with Salmon to
:18:41. > :18:46.To laughter in court, he said it was for leisure and girls.
:18:47. > :18:48.Prosecuting, Stephen Mooney commented:
:18:49. > :18:51.I think you are lying through your teeth.
:18:52. > :18:53.Orville Salmon has also pleaded guilty to possession
:18:54. > :19:00.In all, six defendants deny various drug offences including smuggling
:19:01. > :19:15.As councils are being forced to tighten their belts,
:19:16. > :19:18.for the first time one local authority says it will have to find
:19:19. > :19:21.volunteers to help look after its parks and green spaces.
:19:22. > :19:25.Bristol City Council says it needs to reduce the parks budget by 20%,
:19:26. > :19:29.so will need help with grass`cutting, litter`picking
:19:30. > :19:44.and other maintenance work on the city's 5,500 acres of green space.
:19:45. > :19:53.So, once you have finished your own garden, how about giving these guys
:19:54. > :19:59.a hand? In Bristol, they are hoping to use volunteers to tackle parks,
:20:00. > :20:01.and cemeteries as the council cuts its budget.
:20:02. > :20:12.Would you have time to mow the lawn here? No, not with the children.
:20:13. > :20:15.No, the council says that it will still look after the green spaces,
:20:16. > :20:20.but it cannot afford to do as much as it has in the past.
:20:21. > :20:24.To mow this grass, that is two football pitches.
:20:25. > :21:06.John already runs a group of volunteers that this park,
:21:07. > :21:11.we will get that soon. Stop battling your way through it.
:21:12. > :22:13.the same, but with a modern twist. public
:22:14. > :22:16.brought to life here in Bristol out of terracotta modelling clay.
:22:17. > :22:25.After almost two decades off our screens, the little man is back.
:22:26. > :22:33.You may well remember Morph as the man modelled by modelling clay. 37
:22:34. > :22:40.years old but timeless. Now his creators are breathing new life into
:22:41. > :22:43.him. Morph is back, why have you brought
:22:44. > :22:48.him back? Mostly because we love him. I just
:22:49. > :22:52.like the character very much. I like to have him on screen. And also
:22:53. > :22:57.because it is possible to do something quickly.
:22:58. > :23:02.Despite his sabbatical, he is never far from Peter's thoughts, and ever
:23:03. > :23:07.present feature in the sketchbook that he takes everywhere. And in the
:23:08. > :23:15.Morph's memory room at the Ottoman Studios, the original scales. He's
:23:16. > :23:19.still ways the same amount. Although much about the original
:23:20. > :23:24.character remains, modern technology means that first a rudimentary
:23:25. > :23:30.character is made and then he is morphed to fit the shots.
:23:31. > :23:35.Posing him and giving him some presence. Every way that you move
:23:36. > :23:40.the body tells the audience some thing. In this post, he is standing
:23:41. > :23:45.quite proud with his hands on his hips. We take one picture, called a
:23:46. > :23:52.frame, then we move him, take another frame and so on. It is a
:23:53. > :23:55.terribly laborious process, but the end result is really worthwhile, we
:23:56. > :24:02.think. This is very clever, it is called a
:24:03. > :24:05.replacement cycle. This is Morph's partner in crime and he is going
:24:06. > :24:10.through the various positions that he would do if he was running. The
:24:11. > :24:15.animators take each one out and shoot it and then loop around and
:24:16. > :24:20.around the four, turning him into the running man.
:24:21. > :24:25.He may be getting a bit long in his gnomic fisted teeth, but this is a
:24:26. > :24:29.thoroughly modern Morph. Part of the production has been paid for by
:24:30. > :24:33.crowd funding, where thousands of people pay a small amount of cash.
:24:34. > :24:41.And the programme is destined not for TV but for YouTube.
:24:42. > :24:45.Does it not make you smile as soon as you see him?
:24:46. > :24:50.I had forgotten that his friends was called Chas. He has a great smile.
:24:51. > :24:56.And I love the way that he was weighed on the scales, time has not
:24:57. > :25:03.affected him. Rather like you?
:25:04. > :25:10.Yes, or stop frame animation like you. It was filmed in a studio at
:25:11. > :25:17.first. Enough of that history lesson. So
:25:18. > :25:19.far as the weather is concerned, dry weather will continue on as we head
:25:20. > :25:29.into tomorrow. The key difference is more clout for
:25:30. > :25:37.those of you further north. Especially around the coastal
:25:38. > :25:42.districts. A dry and a warm day, high`pressure dominating the pattern
:25:43. > :25:47.for a while longer. There is a change from the north`west from
:25:48. > :25:51.tomorrow. That will bring in more cloud, a more meaningful development
:25:52. > :25:57.behind my shoulder and out of vision at the moment is something that will
:25:58. > :26:01.be on Friday, dominating the weather pattern until Saturday with the
:26:02. > :26:06.threat of rain. For the best of this evening, there is high cloud which
:26:07. > :26:13.has been blocking some of the clear sunshine, but a warm evening. This
:26:14. > :26:19.evening, two things giving a pincer movement. There is the cloud moving
:26:20. > :26:24.in from the west, and low cloud from the south`west. Some of that will be
:26:25. > :26:32.blocked, but some will come through the Bristol Channel. There will be
:26:33. > :26:37.some coming into the coastal areas. Temperatures at ten to 13 Celsius.
:26:38. > :26:45.Tomorrow, as a broad rule, the further south east you how `` are,
:26:46. > :26:50.the more sunshine you will have. In other areas there will be more
:26:51. > :26:56.cloud. By the end of the day, just a hint of rain and drizzle in the West
:26:57. > :27:03.of Gloucestershire or Somerset. At a dry picture, whatever you are
:27:04. > :27:09.seeing. The pollen count will be high, the temperatures around 23
:27:10. > :27:16.Celsius will be typical and will generally increase as you go into
:27:17. > :27:22.the sunny spots. Places like Salisbury and Sherborne could be up
:27:23. > :27:27.to 24 degrees. Those will change on Friday, it is uncertain. Rain will
:27:28. > :27:32.arrive and will be with us on Saturday for the morning before
:27:33. > :27:37.leaving. More details tomorrow. I was trying to look up whether
:27:38. > :27:44.Morph was filmed here. I am sure that someone will tell us. That is
:27:45. > :27:48.it from us for now, we will be back for the Ten O'Clock News. We will
:27:49. > :27:49.find out about Morph. Goodbye.