04/07/2014

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:00:00. > :00:00.That's all from us. Now on BBC One, it's time

:00:00. > :00:11.Good evening. for

:00:12. > :00:16.A BBC Wiltshire journalist has spoken out about how she was

:00:17. > :00:20.The disgraced entertainer's been sentenced to almost six years

:00:21. > :00:23.in prison today for indecently assaulting four girls.

:00:24. > :00:26.Our reporter Imogen Sellers has been to meet Karen

:00:27. > :00:33.I was 16, I had just finished my O`levels,

:00:34. > :00:37.they asked the school if it was interested in helping with what they

:00:38. > :00:41.I thought, 'Yeah, I would love to do that'.

:00:42. > :00:45.I went along, I was allocated to looking after a celebrity.

:00:46. > :00:49.I would have loved to have looked after one of the Radio 1 DJs or one

:00:50. > :00:53.of the actors, but I got Rolf Harris and was a little disappointed.

:00:54. > :00:57.He was lovely for the morning, a bit of fun, clearly

:00:58. > :01:02.an attention`seeker, but celebrities in that environment would be.

:01:03. > :01:11.After lunch, as I recall, he started making a fuss of me.

:01:12. > :01:15.Then we had to get into a taxi and he put his hand down my leg,

:01:16. > :01:23.He then said to me 'You are irresistible'.

:01:24. > :01:30.That is the first time I ever swore at an adult.

:01:31. > :01:32.I was very clear about what I thought of him

:01:33. > :01:36.How did you feel after you realised how crucial

:01:37. > :01:41.It was only at the point that he gave evidence that

:01:42. > :01:44.he hadn't been at this Star Games, the Celebrity It's A Knockout

:01:45. > :01:56.in Cambridge that I felt I had to say something, because he had been

:01:57. > :01:59.That is why I contacted Operation Yew Tree.

:02:00. > :02:03.They responded really quickly, I have to say I can't fault the way

:02:04. > :02:07.Within hours of having my information, they found a video

:02:08. > :02:11.What were your feelings when he was found guilty?

:02:12. > :02:13.I was actually astounded, I didn't think he was going to be

:02:14. > :02:15.found guilty, again I was relieved, I suppose.

:02:16. > :02:21.I wouldn't say pleased, because it is such

:02:22. > :02:31.Rolf Harris, to say he was an icon, is not underestimating it.

:02:32. > :02:40.I just hope it helps the women he really damaged.

:02:41. > :02:44.I don't understand how you can ever feel better about it.

:02:45. > :02:49.Is there a sense of relief about it for you?

:02:50. > :02:55.Actually, no, not really, I feel a bit of a fraud because I

:02:56. > :03:06.Perhaps I was more damaged than I realised.

:03:07. > :03:08.A Wiltshire teacher found guilty of grooming teenage pupils

:03:09. > :03:13.on Facebook has been jailed for two and a half years.

:03:14. > :03:14.Alexander Thomas approached the sixth formers on

:03:15. > :03:18.the social networking site, before asking them to send him photographs

:03:19. > :03:26.Mr Thomas also admitted possessing an indecent image of a child.

:03:27. > :03:29.The family of a young woman who died last weekend

:03:30. > :03:33.when the car she was travelling in left the road, say that no words can

:03:34. > :03:38.Ellie Clare, who was 19, and George Stott, also travelling in

:03:39. > :03:43.the car, both died at the scene of the accident in Farrington Gurney.

:03:44. > :03:46.Her family say they've been overwhelmed with messages

:03:47. > :03:53.They'd already lost another child to meningitis four years ago.

:03:54. > :03:55.Some of the victims of the winter flooding in Somerset

:03:56. > :03:59.have finally been able to go home today more than six months

:04:00. > :04:03.after they were forced out of their homes as the waters rose.

:04:04. > :04:06.Meanwhile, the dredging of local rivers to help prevent more

:04:07. > :04:10.flooding hit a setback today after thieves emptied their fuel

:04:11. > :04:18.Back inside their home for the very first time since the

:04:19. > :04:27.Jane Matthews and her teenage daughter Louise had been living

:04:28. > :04:32.in temporary accommodation for more than six months.

:04:33. > :04:34.They are finally able to move back home.

:04:35. > :04:42.This was their home in February this year,

:04:43. > :04:49.Most of their furniture and many of their possessions destroyed.

:04:50. > :04:54.Jane was uninsured, she had to claim in 2012 when her home was flooded,

:04:55. > :05:00.and had been unable to find anyone to provide cover.

:05:01. > :05:04.Facing repairs of ?25,000, the community stepped in

:05:05. > :05:47.The property has been completely gutted, taking down

:05:48. > :05:52.Thanks in part to the spell of dry weather, the dredging is

:05:53. > :05:54.ahead of schedule, but now the environment agency is talking

:05:55. > :07:00.about fitting these vehicles with CCTV or hiring overnight security.

:07:01. > :07:02.temperatures will remain in the mid teens. Heavy rain in the early hours

:07:03. > :07:04.of Saturday morning. That will remain in the mid teens. Heavy rain

:07:05. > :07:07.in the early hours of Saturday morning. That'll clear away during

:07:08. > :07:14.the course of the morning. Cloud and drizzle falling behind. Not

:07:15. > :07:20.everywhere will see that, it will improve throughout the course of the

:07:21. > :07:26.day. Temperatures up to the high teens, maybe 21 Celsius in a few

:07:27. > :07:29.areas. For Sunday, it will be a dry and bright start. Showers forming

:07:30. > :07:33.throughout the day, here later in the day. Before that,

:07:34. > :07:47.plenty of sunshine. Today's weather played out like a

:07:48. > :07:48.classic World Cup match - a tale of two