19/08/2014 BBC Points West


19/08/2014

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Good evening. That's all from us.

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Six people have been taken to hospital after a coach`load

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of families heading to Weston`super`beach crashed on the M5

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The stretch of road had to be closed for several hours.

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Police say the outcome could have been very

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different if the passengers weren't wearing their seatbelts.

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Pushchairs and prams in a storage area torn open

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This coach was carrying young children and their parents

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from the Midlands to Weston super Mare when it came off the road,

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ending up front first in a ditch ` after tumbling several times with

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Barinder was taking her two children for a day at the seaside.

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The coach left Stourbridge children's centre at 830 this

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The coach started to shake, everyone started screaming and then the coach

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rolled over. Five passengers were taken to

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hospital, The driver has serious back injuries

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` the air ambulance was flown in to helpHe was then driven to

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Southmead hospital. You can see the coach is missing

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most of its Windows, they are trying to pull of where it has come to rest

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and get it on a recovery lorry. The need to get it shifted so they can

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get it open again. Many passengers were picked up

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from a farm beside the motorway and driven back up the M5,

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although Barinder's two young boys were too terrified to get

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on another coach, and may have other 15 people suspected

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of being illegal immigrants have One man has been arrested

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and is being held by police. The lorry was stopped

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by officers near Ilminster. Those inside have been treated

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for suspected dehydration. They told officers they came from

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Kashmir and Eritrea and board of the vehicle on the continent. The lorry

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caught the ferry from Calais and was heading towards Devon. Drivers on

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the 833 alerted officers when they heard the people inside calling for

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help and the search operation began. They said they got on at Calais, how

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they got to Calais I don't know, but The driver was arrested. He said he

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did know there was anybody on board and had run his company to alert

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them. Lorry has been impounded while the suspected illegal immigrant are

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fed and watered. Immigration officials will decide what happens

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to the 15 after they have concluded interviewing them. Police officers

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will carry on speaking to the driver and will decide whether it will lead

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to a charge. Earlier I spoke to Andrew Wallis `

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the chief executive of the Bristol`based charity called

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Unseen, which helps victims I began by asking him how the people

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found in the lorry will be treated. Tonight they will be given

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accommodation, food and water and tomorrow what will happen is they

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will be interviewed by police and immigration services to work out

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whether they have been trafficked. If they have, they will be put into

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a national referral mechanism and they can access the Siri support. ``

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necessary support. Are these cases going to become more common?

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Unfortunately, they are, the statistics are shown us that the

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number of victims is increasing, last year it was by 47%. We know

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from reports that the number of people trying to come to the

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country. Is this a problem that will continue, due to the situation in

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the Middle East? Yes, the problem is you have large chunks of the world

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suffering violence, incredible poverty, war and conflict, like the

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Middle East. If people say, we can get you out of this situation, to

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the west, you can earn good money, that will be a huge draw for people.

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They want to come not only to the UK but also Western Europe. Do you

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think the authorities have a grip on this situation? It is patchy, there

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are still more training and awareness that needs to happen to

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identify people correctly and I understand the level of criminality

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involved, yes, it is better than it involved, yes, it is better than it

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was but there is still room for improvement. Charities like you can

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help the police to identify more. We work with the police, educating them

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to the needs are, and for them to treat these people as victims. I

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applaud with avian and Somerset police have done, they recognise

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they have victims of a crime here. Onto football:

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We are back tomorrow morning. Now, I leave you with the weather.

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A fairly quiet night to come, the showers of earlier have given way to

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clear spells and it should stay largely trying to push into the

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early hours. The breeze is easing, so it should be a cold one. In the

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countryside, we could see 5 degrees. A cold start tomorrow but equally, a

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bright one. Still not called north`westerly breeze blowing,

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temperatures may get higher than today and still struggling. For

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Thursday, thickening cloud and some outbreaks of rain, especially later

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in the day. looking at the risk of showers for

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Friday though. Good evening. Autumn, August. It's

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an easy slip of the tongue to make, but the two do seem mixed up at the

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moment. Tomorrow morning, you could be forgiven for thinking it's

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October, as you step out the door. It's going to be cold. Why so

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chilly, well, because we are drawing the air down from the north and the

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brisk breeze dies down. The showers disappear and the temperatures

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tumble. Towns and cities nine or ten. In rural areas widely down to

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four or five degrees and some places just two or three above freezing. A

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cold start in the morning. Don't be fooled by the sun. It will be

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chilly, as you step out the door. There will be a sprinkling of

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showers over Wales and through the day, we'll see a few more scattered

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showers developing. For many of us, much of the day will be dry and

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bright. And in the south, temperatures a degree or so higher

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than today. Still generally about 17 or 18 C, but one or two places may

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get up to 20. Yes, it will feel

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