20/08/2014

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:00:00. > :00:00.over on BBC Two in a moment. Now, on BBC One, it's time

:00:00. > :00:17.for the news A review into the neglect suffered

:00:18. > :00:24.by four Gloucestershire children has found that every organisation which

:00:25. > :00:27.should have helped made mistakes. Two months ago,

:00:28. > :00:29.the parents were jailed for what the judge described as "stupid,

:00:30. > :00:31.stubborn and reckless" behaviour. Our home affairs correspondent

:00:32. > :00:33.Steve Brodie reports. The children lived

:00:34. > :00:36.in appalling squalor. Rooms were littered with rubbish,

:00:37. > :00:38.the carpets were filthy Bedrooms smelt of urine

:00:39. > :00:43.and animal faeces. Their suffering only came to

:00:44. > :00:45.an end when two`year`old Abigail ` became seriously ill

:00:46. > :00:51.and was admitted to hospital. She was dangerously underweight,

:00:52. > :00:56.had severe nappy rash and terrible head lice, which her mother had

:00:57. > :00:59.attempted to treat with mayonnaise. by social workers and health

:01:00. > :01:05.professionals, nothing was done. The family often missed doctors'

:01:06. > :01:07.appointments and on some occasions police were called

:01:08. > :01:10.to the family home. But still no action was taken to

:01:11. > :01:13.help the children, who continued There were a number of reports made

:01:14. > :01:20.by people like health professionals, teachers, where the

:01:21. > :01:29.seriousness of what they were seeing was not correctly interpreted by

:01:30. > :01:32.social care, who continued sometimes to treat what those reports said as

:01:33. > :01:35.a matter of child support rather What comes up time and time again

:01:36. > :01:54.in this review is the role the mother played in manipulating

:01:55. > :01:57.those who tried to help, and was able to hide from them the real

:01:58. > :02:00.truth about her children's lives. There was also resistance of the

:02:01. > :02:03.parents, there wasn't always access given and the true picture of what

:02:04. > :02:05.was happening was sometimes Despite the county council and all

:02:06. > :02:12.the other agencies involved getting some things wrong, no`one has been

:02:13. > :02:15.disciplined for their part in the failure to provide proper care for

:02:16. > :02:27.Abigail, her brother and sisters. The parents ` who we cannot name

:02:28. > :02:30.for legal reasons ` were jailed in June for what the judge described

:02:31. > :02:32.as "appalling neglect". Meanwhile

:02:33. > :02:34.the review reveals that all the children involved are now living

:02:35. > :02:41.healthy lives with other families. Earlier I spoke to the BBC's social

:02:42. > :02:43.affairs correspondent, Michael Buchanan, and asked whether

:02:44. > :03:48.these serious case reviews work. A man arrested

:03:49. > :03:49.after 15 illegal immigrants were found in a lorry in Somerset has

:03:50. > :03:52.been released on police bail. The 50`year`old was questioned after

:03:53. > :03:55.the discovery at the Southfield Police believe the immigrants

:03:56. > :04:00.were from Eritrea and Kashmir. The British Red Cross have been

:04:01. > :04:06.helping to look after them. Work has started on another flood

:04:07. > :04:09.defence scheme to protect more Villagers in Thorney were left

:04:10. > :04:13.several feet underwater when the River Parrett broke

:04:14. > :04:16.its banks at the end of December. Now thousands of tonnes

:04:17. > :04:18.of soil will create a blockade around the village.

:04:19. > :04:28.Andrew Plant reports. The first few bucketfuls

:04:29. > :04:30.of soil being moved in a scheme that Thorney's householders came to watch

:04:31. > :04:38.the start of the digging, that should stop their homes

:04:39. > :04:53.from ever flooding again. If the river breaches it's banks, it

:04:54. > :04:57.will be stopped. A mile up the road from Muchelney,

:04:58. > :05:01.Thorney suffered badly in the floods, almost every house

:05:02. > :05:17.with ground floors underwater. The hill

:05:18. > :05:40.being built here, known as a bund, Even so it will mean 500

:05:41. > :06:01.lorry`loads of soil. A woman's been flown to hospital

:06:02. > :06:05.with leg injuries after part of the miniature train at

:06:06. > :06:07.Longleat Safari Park overturned. Two carriages came off the track

:06:08. > :06:11.as the train came into the station Somerset have failed to progress to

:06:12. > :06:17.the quarterfinals of the Royal Newsnight

:06:18. > :06:39.is starting over on Two. First here's the weather with

:06:40. > :07:14.Holly Green. Tonight will be a chilly one. Cloud

:07:15. > :07:25.will build, a greyer picture. With the light winds and clear skies

:07:26. > :07:27.it will be cold. Some sunny spells in the afternoon

:07:28. > :07:47.but the shower risk always there. Good evening. For many of us a bank

:07:48. > :07:50.holiday looms large and so does a change in the weather patterns. Is

:07:51. > :07:55.the that good or bad news? Only you can decide that. For the time being

:07:56. > :07:59.we've got similar weather patterns. Another chilly day tomorrow, with

:08:00. > :08:03.some sunshine but probably more showers. Today's showers are fading

:08:04. > :08:04.from the east but we are seeing