07/07/2014 BBC Points West

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A West MP has revealed she was a victim of childhood sexual abuse.

Tessa Munt, who is MP for Wdlls says she decided to speak ptblicly

because of today's announcelent of an independent inquiry to

investigate the handling of allegations of child sex abuse

She said that for all victims describing what

I understand how difficult ht is for victims to speak out. We have to be

ultrasensitive to the fact that it is actually the power of thd

question that is the most ilportant thing. If people ask you thd

question and you feel that xou trust them, then you feel that yot can

speak out. When people were asking me questions in my early 30s, all I

could say was yes or no. I could not see the words. People understand how

incredibly difficult it is to say what has happened to you.

Well, with me in the studio is our political editor Paul B`rltrop.

This is something close to her heart. She has worked with

ChildLine, the charity that deals with children who have been victims

of abuse. It is something she has came, `` she has campaigned on in

Parliament. As recently as last month she was amongst a grotp of MPs

who demanded that the sheep the abroad, wide`ranging investhgation

`` that there should be abroad, wide`ranging investigation hnto

historic child abuse. She h`s really given impetus.

There are calls tonight for changes to the way the St Paul's Carnival is

run, following six stabbings in Bristol on Saturday night.

Police don't think they are connected, but questions ard being

asked about event safety, as Alice Bouverie reports.

The aftermath of the St Paul's Carnival, 90 tonnes of it, has all

been cleared up. What's left is messy headlines about the vholence

that accompanies it. There were six stabbings on Saturday night, all in

the Saint Pauls area and all involving men in their earlx 20s.

People living locally, however, were not that shocked. If you know

something has happened then it has been a good Carnival. We usdd easier

firing and billets involved this. This time it was peaceful. @lthough

there were six stabbings around it unfortunately. Six stabbings! If you

listen to what was happening before, stabbing is far better. Knife crime

is not something we are picking up as a serious issue in Bristol or in

those local communities and moment. It does seem like these isolated

incidents. So is the Carniv`l's success in overcoming a problem

People from all over the cotntry came on Saturday. 100,000 pdople or

more cramming the narrow residential streets. That, and the mess left

behind, where the talking points on the radio today. We're therd might

be a case is to see if the Carnival could expand beyond its are`. It was

like walking through a football crowd. People are positivelx

uncomfortable. This is what people in Bristol want the Carnival to be

rare member at four, they are all hoping that it will be `` to be

remembered for. Hundreds of millions

of pounds is to be invested in the West for technology,

science and small businesses. Ministers also claim the investment

will create thousands of new jobs. Our Business Correspondent Dave

Harvey reports. In robotic technology, delicate is

difficult. The Bristol robot lab is a world leader in this kind of

research, but research is no longer enough. Vince Cable wants to see

robots at work and that means bridging an ancient debate. In re

search Britain is as good as any country in the world `` in re

search. In future these resdarchers will work hand in hand with

companies. I asked the Vice Chancellor why the taxpayer should

put up the cash. One of the difficulties is that we are coming

out of recession, small to ledium enterprises are reluctant to invest

money. Robotic sound sciencd requires big money. Elsewhere, they

will be a new Jurassic visitor centre. In Somerset, helped the

company is trying to win work on the Hinkley Point energy plant. ?30

million will go on new roads stash back ?30 million. In

Gloucestershire, another minister arrived at what will be a slall

business support Centre. Of course, like every Christmas wish lhst they

did not get everything they asked for. This is the full list of half

?1 billion worth of projects that they asked for. Bristol and Bath

science Park, more space thdre? That is an no. Food and drink enterprise

Centre, they did not get th`t either. Every 5p at the askdd for,

the only got one pain. We h`ve 9 good projects. Seven of thel are

starting to deliver. We havd plenty more to start today. We are looking

at the next round of funding for the next round of objects. Did H get the

job? It looks that way. Two sailors from Gloucestershire

have halved the world record for Jeremy Warren

and Phil Kirk braved whirlpools dodged oil tankers and survhved

cramped conditions to compldte There's more news online

and we're back tomorrow morning But now let?s get the weathdr for

the West, and Ian has the forecast. Tomorrow will bring mixed

conditions, some sunny spells for some, some showers for others.

Temperatures could be in dotble figures. A few spots of rain

elsewhere. Most of that dying away, temperatures about 9`12?C. @ few

showers in the morning. Pretty much anywhere could catch those showers,

particularly in the West. Some drier, brighter spells. We will

start to see a succession of brighter spells. `` of showdrs. They

could linger on into the evdning period, it is a lottery in terms of

whether you will catch thosd are not. Generally light winds, moderate

pollen count tomorrow. Tempdrature is getting up into about thd high

teens for us all. Looking bdyond that, after a dry day on Wednesday,

eastern areas could be a lot wetter than the

unsettled weather to end the week. There could be rain.

Good evening. Heavy thundery rain has lashed the south-west of

England, Wales and the Midlands Today. There are more thundery

showers to come in the forecast tomorrow. The emphasis on some of

the most intense showers and persistent rain will be further

east. Here is the radar from earlier today. You can see how the showers

came piling in to the west