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Our main story tonight: northern Gaza. That's all from the | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
The cost of child protection ` anger as a hard up council hires | :00:00. | :00:08. | |
one specialist on ?318,000, and two others on six figure salarids. | :00:09. | :00:27. | |
And realistically people such vast sums of money. | :00:28. | :00:34. | |
The countryside on fire ` a field goes up in flames | :00:35. | :00:37. | |
Every man for himself ` two swimmers who train in Bath go head to head | :00:38. | :00:43. | |
And I spy another twist in the Banksy saga ` now thdre's | :00:44. | :00:51. | |
a claim that the wall it's painted on may belong to the Governlent | :00:52. | :00:59. | |
There's been strong criticism of Somerset County Council today | :01:00. | :01:05. | |
for spending nearly three qtarters of a million pounds on thred | :01:06. | :01:08. | |
The Senior Children's Services managers were brought in just | :01:09. | :01:11. | |
before the council was given an "inadequate" rating by Ofsted | :01:12. | :01:17. | |
The top director alone cost nearly ?320,000. | :01:18. | :01:21. | |
Peter Lewis came to Somerset with a big reputation, and a big price tag. | :01:22. | :01:30. | |
He was the man the Government sent to sort out | :01:31. | :01:34. | |
Haringey Council's children?s services after the Baby P c`se. | :01:35. | :01:36. | |
Somerset County Council brotght him in last year because | :01:37. | :01:39. | |
of big problems in its children?s services dep`rtment. | :01:40. | :01:45. | |
Its social workers are meant to look after the most vulnerable | :01:46. | :01:48. | |
Last summer, the council was told by Ofsted its child protecthon work | :01:49. | :01:53. | |
And in the autumn, the Government gave it an Improvement Notice. | :01:54. | :01:58. | |
If big changes weren't made within a year, | :01:59. | :02:00. | |
it could send in civil serv`nts to take over the department. | :02:01. | :02:04. | |
Peter Lewis brought with hil to Somerset a deputy, | :02:05. | :02:06. | |
The three of them, through an agency, cost | :02:07. | :02:13. | |
One local MP thinks taxpayers are being ripped off. | :02:14. | :02:20. | |
And child protection's closd to the heart of Tessa Munt, | :02:21. | :02:23. | |
who recently revealed she w`s a victim of sexual abuse as a child. | :02:24. | :02:32. | |
This is important. This is `bout the protection of children. | :02:33. | :02:40. | |
But she doesn't believe man`ging that risk should come | :02:41. | :02:42. | |
In a statement the council says immediate improvement was ndeded | :02:43. | :03:00. | |
so it made the decision to hnvest in high quality temporary dhrectors | :03:01. | :03:03. | |
It says it's seen improvements since the appointments were made, | :03:04. | :03:06. | |
and is now looking for permanent replacements. | :03:07. | :03:08. | |
Tomorrow here at county hall, Peter Lewis will update councillors | :03:09. | :03:18. | |
on his progress. They'll also hear from the Department for Education | :03:19. | :03:22. | |
which says steps have been taken, but work's still at an earlx stage | :03:23. | :03:25. | |
Undoubtedly the three quartdrs of a million pound team will have | :03:26. | :03:29. | |
A fire at a farm on Salisbury Plain has destroyed crops this afternoon. | :03:30. | :03:35. | |
Fortunately no one was hurt and buildings were spared. | :03:36. | :03:37. | |
The fire service brought the flames under control fahrly | :03:38. | :03:40. | |
quickly but there are fears that more crop fires may break ott | :03:41. | :03:43. | |
Andrew Plant is near the fidld for us now. | :03:44. | :03:48. | |
It is incredible how quicklx these things can start, become a | :03:49. | :04:09. | |
ferocious, and then be over. We can show you the devastation thd flames | :04:10. | :04:23. | |
have left behind. We will show you some pictures taken by a local | :04:24. | :04:31. | |
farmer. The fire engines were here quickly. They have been jivhng | :04:32. | :04:46. | |
around the edge, damping down any left over hot bets. `` deriving | :04:47. | :05:00. | |
around the edge. When fields are this dry thdse fires | :05:01. | :05:03. | |
can start very quickly. After months of preparation, | :05:04. | :05:12. | |
the quest for medals is unddrway It's the first day | :05:13. | :05:14. | |
of competition and we could have some West Country medals to | :05:15. | :05:18. | |
celebrate in the pool tonight. Alistair Durden is in Glasgow | :05:19. | :05:20. | |
for us now. The organisers couldn't | :05:21. | :05:27. | |
have wished for better. The myth that it?s always cold | :05:28. | :05:30. | |
in Scotland has been blown `way Along the waterfront, there were | :05:31. | :05:57. | |
bagpipe players entertaining the walking along the waterfront, | :05:58. | :05:59. | |
there were bagpipe players entertaining the crowds earlier and | :06:00. | :06:01. | |
lots of Scottish colours on show. These two impressive`looking | :06:02. | :06:04. | |
buildings behind me have been staging some | :06:05. | :06:05. | |
of the first events to take place. That one is called the Armadillo ` | :06:06. | :06:08. | |
no prizes for guessing why ` and that's where | :06:09. | :06:11. | |
the judo is taking place. Our main focus today has bedn | :06:12. | :06:13. | |
in the swimming pool where Bitton's Siobhan`Marie O'Connor won | :06:14. | :06:16. | |
her 200m freestyle heat in ` Games record time to qualify | :06:17. | :06:19. | |
for the final later today. University of Bath team`matd | :06:20. | :06:21. | |
Chris Walker`Hebborn also broke Games record to reach the | :06:22. | :06:35. | |
semifinals of the 100m backstroke. James Guy from Millfield has made | :06:36. | :06:38. | |
it into 400m freestyle final. Andrew Willis swimming for Dngland, | :06:39. | :06:50. | |
and Olympic runner`up Michael Jamieson representing | :06:51. | :06:52. | |
Scotland are expected to contest the medals in the 200m breaststoke, | :06:53. | :06:54. | |
and it should be quite a contest. Andrew Willis. And here is Lichael | :06:55. | :07:16. | |
Jamieson. They are two of the big names in British swimming. They are | :07:17. | :07:25. | |
training pastors and rivals. We are used to it. We have been tr`ining | :07:26. | :07:34. | |
together for four years. Yot want to win as an individual. We usdd to | :07:35. | :07:46. | |
share rooms at competitions. That stopped. We have reputations for | :07:47. | :07:59. | |
snoring. Now you have got p`lms on the water... They have been scorched | :08:00. | :08:06. | |
at the University of Bath shnce 2009. `` they have been trahned at | :08:07. | :08:25. | |
the University of Bath. There is as there are others as well. It is dog | :08:26. | :08:37. | |
eat dog. Michael got the better of Andrew at the last Commonwe`lth | :08:38. | :08:46. | |
Games and at London 2012. Mhchael is favourite once again. The alount of | :08:47. | :09:00. | |
work he puts end, he deservds it. We are both capable of swimming | :09:01. | :09:09. | |
world`class times. Tonight the next chapter of the rivalry. It hs | :09:10. | :09:13. | |
Scotland against England. Michael Jamieson is favourite | :09:14. | :09:24. | |
to win gold tonight. Now I mentioned Siobhan`Marhe | :09:25. | :09:27. | |
O'Connor ` the 18`year`old could And her family is here to | :09:28. | :09:29. | |
cheer her on tonight. I caught up with Mum and Dad and | :09:30. | :09:36. | |
younger brother a short timd ago. She did really well this morning. I | :09:37. | :10:03. | |
think she was pleased with what she did this morning. The atmosphere was | :10:04. | :10:17. | |
fantastic. We are looking forward to tonight. It is nerve racking. It is | :10:18. | :10:40. | |
a great atmosphere. Tonight we will be nervous. The Australian hs | :10:41. | :11:01. | |
quicker on paper. What is your gut feeling? I would be happy if she | :11:02. | :11:15. | |
gets a personal best. Hopeftlly she will get goals. `` a gold mddal | :11:16. | :11:27. | |
And we've three rhythmic gylnasts from the West | :11:28. | :11:29. | |
Swindon's Laura Halford is representing Wales | :11:30. | :11:34. | |
while her club team mate Stdph Sherlock and Bath's Lynn Hutchinson | :11:35. | :11:36. | |
We're very glad you can join us for this Thursday edition of Pohnts West | :11:37. | :12:09. | |
There's much more to come on the programme including: The Sotth | :12:10. | :12:12. | |
Gloucestershire charity that's been helping victims of domestic abuse | :12:13. | :12:15. | |
for 40 years. And the story behind a long forgotten statue of a World War | :12:16. | :12:25. | |
Two hospitals in the West have been referred to the | :12:26. | :12:34. | |
Health Secretary because of serious concerns over their finances. | :12:35. | :12:37. | |
Weston General ` the smallest trust in the l`nd ` | :12:38. | :12:39. | |
And one of the largest ` Sotthmead ` has a deficit of ?33 million. | :12:40. | :12:44. | |
Here's our Health correspondent Matthew Hill. | :12:45. | :12:45. | |
Two hospitals, the smallest and the biggest in the | :12:46. | :12:48. | |
The trust that serves Weston Super Mare has been tnable to | :12:49. | :12:55. | |
In the past hospitals like this were bailed out | :12:56. | :12:59. | |
But under the NHS reforms they now have to stand on their own two feet. | :13:00. | :13:06. | |
The new chief executive has cut the deficit to just under ?5 million. | :13:07. | :13:09. | |
But that's not good enough to satisfy the Audit Commission | :13:10. | :13:13. | |
which has referred Weston to the Secretary of State for Health. | :13:14. | :13:16. | |
Also the trust that runs Brhstol's new super hospital at Southlead | :13:17. | :14:56. | |
in three years time. We will have reduced energy costs. We ard | :14:57. | :14:57. | |
negotiating better deals with our suppliers. We are standardising our | :14:58. | :15:06. | |
requests for equipment. We `re bringing staff together and | :15:07. | :15:11. | |
operating in a standard way. What are the options for thd Health | :15:12. | :15:16. | |
Secretary? A new body has been set up. That | :15:17. | :15:26. | |
could become involved. If that does not work out the trust could be | :15:27. | :15:44. | |
dissolved. That is not likely. But North Bristol trust must achieve | :15:45. | :15:47. | |
foundation status within a short period of time. | :15:48. | :15:55. | |
It's been announced that more money will be spent on flood defences | :15:56. | :15:58. | |
Following this winter's floods, ?758,000 was allocated | :15:59. | :16:02. | |
Today the council says it's adding another three. | :16:03. | :16:09. | |
In total the works will protect more than 700 homes. | :16:10. | :16:19. | |
Protesters have set up camp outside the BBC building to protest about | :16:20. | :16:38. | |
what they call bias in the reporting regarding Gaza. | :16:39. | :16:46. | |
A charity in south Gloucestdrshire is marking 40 years of helphng women | :16:47. | :16:49. | |
Brenda Bishop was inspired to set up the first refuge in the West | :16:50. | :16:54. | |
She's been working on their behalf ever since. | :16:55. | :16:56. | |
40 years ago Brenda Bishop found a passion | :16:57. | :17:00. | |
Helping women and children find freedom from abusive relationships. | :17:01. | :17:08. | |
This person needed help when she left her husband when her son was | :17:09. | :17:24. | |
four months old. My little boy has got his money because of yot. `` has | :17:25. | :17:43. | |
got his mother because of you. Your husband did that to yot. It | :17:44. | :17:53. | |
took determination to carry it through. I used to walk into the | :17:54. | :18:07. | |
council every day. I could hear him seeing, she is here again. We would | :18:08. | :18:21. | |
not be here without vendor. `` without Brenda. | :18:22. | :18:32. | |
In 1974, she set up Survive, opening the first refuge in the West. | :18:33. | :18:35. | |
It was at a time when attitudes to domestic violence | :18:36. | :18:38. | |
This protest was against the opening of the country's | :18:39. | :18:41. | |
Whereas now, it's no longer a taboo subjdct. | :18:42. | :18:45. | |
Only last month women's aid groups started working with football clubs | :18:46. | :18:48. | |
and fans to get their message across. | :18:49. | :18:49. | |
The charity Survive has just celebrated its birthday. | :18:50. | :18:51. | |
Demand for its services are still growing. | :18:52. | :19:01. | |
It's being claimed the Banksy Spy Booth mural in Cheltenham | :19:02. | :19:03. | |
belongs to the Secretary of State for Transport rather than | :19:04. | :19:06. | |
A retired chartered surveyor says he believes the wall is a p`rty | :19:07. | :19:10. | |
The owner of the house, who's trying to sell the artwork, | :19:11. | :19:15. | |
says he's now taking legal `dvice to clear up the matter. | :19:16. | :19:17. | |
Here's our Gloucestershire reporter, Steve Knibbs, with the latest | :19:18. | :19:20. | |
The story that keeps on givhng. It started in April. In June it was | :19:21. | :19:58. | |
confirmed that this was by Banksy. Local businesses launched a plan to | :19:59. | :20:03. | |
buy it back. Last week some locals removed the hoardings. | :20:04. | :20:11. | |
This local resident has been doing some digging. The wall was joined to | :20:12. | :20:19. | |
a house that used to be on this land. The registered owner hs the | :20:20. | :20:29. | |
secretary of state for transport. You are seeing that the Govdrnment | :20:30. | :20:36. | |
owns the Banksy? Yes. They should acknowledge that the audit `nd it is | :20:37. | :20:41. | |
in the public realm for the benefit of the people. Then we must decide | :20:42. | :20:56. | |
who is going to look after ht. The Department for Transport said | :20:57. | :21:16. | |
they are looking into it. I think we will be year for another few weeks. | :21:17. | :21:26. | |
What about the campaigners trying to raise money to buy something for the | :21:27. | :21:29. | |
community which they potenthally me already own? We have been looking | :21:30. | :21:38. | |
into that. There is no way of proving it. If the secretarx of | :21:39. | :21:45. | |
state owns the Banksy, technically it belongs to the Government and | :21:46. | :21:50. | |
technically the Banksy belongs to us. This sidecar is not over. | :21:51. | :22:09. | |
A bronze statue of a World War One Soldier that had | :22:10. | :22:12. | |
almost been forgotten has h`d its story revealed. | :22:13. | :22:15. | |
It has stood in the Somerset town of Frome for 13 years. | :22:16. | :22:19. | |
The statue was of the soldier Charlie Robbhns. | :22:20. | :22:21. | |
Tracey Miller has been investigating. | :22:22. | :22:32. | |
Beautifully cast in bronze. There were statues going to South Africa | :22:33. | :22:55. | |
and Hong Kong. There are well known statues on the embankment and | :22:56. | :23:03. | |
outside Parliament. But sadly the company that made the statuds is now | :23:04. | :23:09. | |
gone. This is the only statue left in the | :23:10. | :23:18. | |
town. Who was he? He would never boast. He was very quiet. Hd served | :23:19. | :23:38. | |
in World War I. He survived. He modelled for the statue. A number of | :23:39. | :23:44. | |
them were cast. This one was never shipped out. But was forgotten until | :23:45. | :23:56. | |
now. The foundation stone is fair. The Memorial Hall was built through | :23:57. | :24:08. | |
subscription. This statue will take its fhnal | :24:09. | :24:15. | |
journey in time for a dedic`tion next Sunday. | :24:16. | :24:36. | |
A project to reintroduce thd world's heaviest flying birds to the | :24:37. | :24:45. | |
UK is due to commence. Until this year the eggs had been sourced from | :24:46. | :24:54. | |
Russia. But it has been proven that Spanish birds have the closdst | :24:55. | :24:57. | |
genetic match to the extinct British birds. Here is the weather. One more | :24:58. | :25:19. | |
day of heat and then perhaps things will be cooler as we go into the | :25:20. | :25:25. | |
weekend. Tomorrow is another hot day. The risk of an ace littered | :25:26. | :25:36. | |
shower in the afternoon. `` of an isolated shower. Very littld wind it | :25:37. | :25:55. | |
is sturdy here. This cold front will travel down from the North. Clear | :25:56. | :26:03. | |
sky for much of this evening and overnight. For most of us it will be | :26:04. | :26:22. | |
another warm night. Plenty of warm sunshine tomorrow. There will be a | :26:23. | :26:35. | |
few showers. Temperatures b`ck up to high figures again. | :26:36. | :26:49. | |
Another lovely day for the `thletes taking part in the Commonwe`lth | :26:50. | :26:57. | |
Games. More unsettled as we head into the weekend. | :26:58. | :27:12. | |
Join us later tonight. We whll have the latest on athletes from our | :27:13. | :27:21. | |
region in the Commonwealth Games. Thank you for joining us. Goodbye. | :27:22. | :27:55. | |
Well, when did we start funding projects in Gaza? | :27:56. | :28:00. | |
How do you know people are telling the truth? | :28:01. | :28:02. | |
Well, when did we start funding projects in Gaza? | :28:03. | :28:10. | |
I should never have done this. I should never have agreed to this. | :28:11. | :28:15. |