:00:00. > :00:14.That's all from us. Now, time for the news where
:00:15. > :00:18.A nurse from Somerset who strapped patients into wheelchairs and
:00:19. > :00:22.Melanie Doherty was supposed to be caring for people with dementia
:00:23. > :00:24.at La Fontana Nursing Home in Martock two years ago.
:00:25. > :00:27.But another member of staff blew the whistle on her behaviour.
:00:28. > :00:38.Here's our health correspondent, Matthew Hill.
:00:39. > :00:40.This home specialises in dementia ` old and familiar surroundings can
:00:41. > :00:44.But rather than a pleasant experience, two vulnerable residents
:00:45. > :00:48.If you would like to hold my hands and I will help you to sit
:00:49. > :00:52.The staff here are instructed to only strap patients in a wheelchair
:00:53. > :01:00.But when nurse Melanie Doherty was giving out medication late one night
:01:01. > :01:08.Nurse Doherty was strapping in residents for her own convenience.
:01:09. > :01:10.Residents who wouldn't normally use a wheelchair at all.
:01:11. > :01:18.In one case an elderly lady was also barricaded
:01:19. > :01:22.That lady actually stood up with the wheelchair still attached to
:01:23. > :01:28.What happened only came out because a colleague blew the whistle.
:01:29. > :01:31.She had not slept very much at all, she was really, really worried,
:01:32. > :01:34.so she came in to see us and that was when we took a statement
:01:35. > :01:37.from her and that is when we started the ball rolling, really.
:01:38. > :01:40.Melanie Doherty had received all the correct training, but despite that
:01:41. > :01:46.She used some inappropriate language but when she was asked by the carers
:01:47. > :01:49.what can they do with the resident to help her, she just said,
:01:50. > :01:54.What was your reaction when you heard that?
:01:55. > :02:03.I was shocked because she could have harmed herself.
:02:04. > :02:06.Nurse Doherty did not show up at a misconduct hearing this week.
:02:07. > :02:09.The Nursing and Midwifery Council found her fitness to practice
:02:10. > :02:14.currently impaired and said she put residents at risk.
:02:15. > :02:17.But because it was an isolated incident, she was not struck off,
:02:18. > :02:24.The nurse had indicated she did not want to work
:02:25. > :02:28.But this ruling leaves the door open for her.
:02:29. > :02:32.Matthew Hill, BBC Points West, Martock.
:02:33. > :02:35.A demonstration's been held in Swindon tonight over plans to store
:02:36. > :02:40.There's been a fire burning at the Averies Recycling Centre
:02:41. > :02:43.But firefighters need more room to put it out,
:02:44. > :02:46.so some of the rubbish is being moved across the town to the former
:02:47. > :02:53.The various agencies have assessed a number of sites
:02:54. > :02:56.and it is the least`worst site of all those available.
:02:57. > :02:59.The Environment Agency are clearly concerned about whether there is
:03:00. > :03:02.the potential for any run`off into the water courses, but this
:03:03. > :03:04.particular site, everything can be contained and managed in a way that
:03:05. > :03:16.The next phase of badger cull pilots is expected to
:03:17. > :03:22.The government says that shooting the animals is only a part
:03:23. > :03:25.of its plan to tackle bovine TB and vaccination is another.
:03:26. > :03:27.Over the last five years, scientists have been injecting
:03:28. > :03:38.Here's our Gloucestershire reporter Steve Knibbs.
:03:39. > :03:40.Early this morning near Stroud and a vaccination specialist
:03:41. > :03:44.I've got my syringes made up and my scissors to clip their hair.
:03:45. > :03:47.It's a careful procedure to make sure the badgers, caught in cage
:03:48. > :03:51.traps overnight, are injected safely and allowed to return to their sett.
:03:52. > :03:54.They tend not to even flinch, when you do it.
:03:55. > :03:57.Then we cut the hair, we put a little clip mark on
:03:58. > :04:01.the back of the badger, and that way we can identify them, cos we trap
:04:02. > :04:07.So tomorrow if I recapture that same badger, I will know I've done it.
:04:08. > :04:09.So I just do my welfare checks, then I'll let him go.
:04:10. > :04:12.This is an intense vaccination program that
:04:13. > :04:15.has been running for five years now, and between May and September
:04:16. > :04:17.in a 100 square kilometre of Gloucestershire, around 1000 badgers
:04:18. > :04:25.This ?2 million project is studying how practical it is to inject
:04:26. > :04:28.badgers with the vaccine and also trains others who want to
:04:29. > :04:32.Badgers aren't tested for TB and there's no direct measure
:04:33. > :04:36.of how TB levels in cattle here have been affected.
:04:37. > :04:38.Jan Rowe, a Gloucestershire beef farmer who's part of
:04:39. > :04:41.the company running the pilot badger culls in the county, believes the
:04:42. > :04:48.We have no evidence that that is giving us any great benefit
:04:49. > :04:52.in terms of reducing cattle TB and I would say that we are probably
:04:53. > :04:55.wasting our money using it on diseased populations, we should use
:04:56. > :05:01.Scientists who have been studying badgers here
:05:02. > :05:06.Although they admit the vaccine won't stop animals
:05:07. > :05:09.getting TB in the first place, it can have a beneficial effect.
:05:10. > :05:12.I do not know of any vaccine that is 100% effective, but we have
:05:13. > :05:16.a product that has been shown to reduce the severity of this disease
:05:17. > :05:27.in badgers and if that can reduce transmission of the disease amongst
:05:28. > :05:30.the badgers and onto cattle, that means this could be a valuable
:05:31. > :05:33.With a cattle vaccine at least a decade away,
:05:34. > :05:36.the government says badger vaccination is one of a number of
:05:37. > :05:43.measures it's exploring, including culling, to tackle bovine TB.
:05:44. > :05:46.A photographer from Gloucestershire says he's lost thousands of pounds
:05:47. > :05:51.because of a row over the copyright of this "selfie" taken by a monkey.
:05:52. > :05:54.David Slater from the Forest of Dean has repeatedly asked Wikipedia to
:05:55. > :05:57.remove the image saying it's his picture, because he set up
:05:58. > :06:02.But the web`based encyclopaedia claims he doesn't own the copyright
:06:03. > :06:11.There was a dramatic landing for one of the hot`air balloons
:06:12. > :06:15.involved in tonight's mass ascent from the Bristol Balloon Fiesta.
:06:16. > :06:17.It came down in South Gloucestershire hitting a lamppost.
:06:18. > :06:20.Meanwhile, the nightglow lit up the Bristol skyline
:06:21. > :06:26.Well, Points West is live there tomorrow.
:06:27. > :06:40.But to see what the weather will be doing, here's Ian.
:06:41. > :06:47.Good evening. Many districts will see some fine and dry weather are
:06:48. > :06:59.both but some of us could get from showers. `` some showers. It looks
:07:00. > :07:06.good for the International Balloon Fiesta tomorrow. There could be some
:07:07. > :07:21.showers in the late morning on Friday. We will not be sure how far
:07:22. > :07:31.so some of these showers will spread throughout the day. In the brighter
:07:32. > :07:33.spells, temperatures should get into the vote 20
:07:34. > :07:37.fellow, I'm sure you have heard about it, the remnants of
:07:38. > :07:41.ex-hurricane Bertha which will bring the potential for intense rain. More
:07:42. > :07:44.details on that with the national forecast with Jay.
:07:45. > :07:50.It is quiet overnight. The script is changed tomorrow. Rain in the
:07:51. > :07:54.forecast which could turn out to be heavy. Warnings have been issued A
:07:55. > :07:58.wet start today in the extreme south-east. It moves further inland.
:07:59. > :08:01.A wet start in Northern Ireland as well. The central swathe may well
:08:02. > :08:05.start on a dry note but it won't take long for heavy showers it get
:08:06. > :08:09.going into the afternoon. Not all doom and gloom. I suspect the north
:08:10. > :08:14.and east of Scotland doing well, in temples largely dry kvenlts western
:08:15. > :08:16.Scotland will see wetter weather. The rain pushes through Northern
:08:17. > :08:20.Ireland. Brightening up in the afternoon. Northern England down
:08:21. > :08:24.through the Midlands towards East Anglia, some showers will be heavy,
:08:25. > :08:26.thundery and slow-moving. A lot of rain in a short