:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to BBC Points West with Sabet Choudhury and Alex Lovell.
:00:00. > :00:08.The damning report into how authorities missed chances
:00:09. > :00:16.The serious case review finds organisations should have intervened
:00:17. > :00:24.sooner to stop four children suffering at hands of their parents.
:00:25. > :00:30.The professionals didn't work together effectively enough to
:00:31. > :00:52.identify the seriousness of what was happening.
:00:53. > :01:00.The famous Leeds cheese under threat because of the decline of Gloucester
:01:01. > :01:02.cattle. And unveiled to the world, the playful work of the artist known
:01:03. > :01:06.as can say. First this evening,
:01:07. > :01:08.a review into the neglect suffered by four Gloucestershire children has
:01:09. > :01:10.found that every organisation which couldn't walk, she'd suffered
:01:11. > :01:16.so much neglect. Two months ago her parents were
:01:17. > :01:18.jailed for what the judge described as "stupid,
:01:19. > :01:23.stubborn and reckless" behaviour. Here's our home affairs
:01:24. > :01:27.correspondent, Steve Brodie. The children lived
:01:28. > :01:29.in appalling squalor. Rooms were littered with rubbish,
:01:30. > :01:32.the carpets were filthy Bedrooms smelt of urine
:01:33. > :01:37.and animal faeces. Their suffering only came to
:01:38. > :01:40.an end when two`year`old Abigail ` became seriously ill
:01:41. > :01:45.and was admitted to hospital. She was dangerously underweight,
:01:46. > :01:47.had severe nappy rash and terrible head lice, which her mother had
:01:48. > :01:54.attempted to treat with mayonnaise. by social workers and health
:01:55. > :02:00.professionals, nothing was done. The family often missed doctors'
:02:01. > :02:02.appointments and on some occasions police were called
:02:03. > :02:05.to the family home. But still no action was taken to
:02:06. > :02:21.help the children, who continued There were a number of reports made
:02:22. > :02:26.by people like health professionals, teachers, where the
:02:27. > :02:32.seriousness of what they were seeing was not correctly interpreted by
:02:33. > :02:38.social care, who continued sometimes to treat what those reports said as
:02:39. > :02:50.a matter of child support rather than child protection.
:02:51. > :02:56."We often go to untidy and unclean houses."
:02:57. > :02:59.What comes up time and time again in this review is the role
:03:00. > :03:02.the mother played in manipulating those who tried to help, and was
:03:03. > :03:10.able to hide from them the real truth about her children's lives.
:03:11. > :03:20.There was also resistance of the parents, there wasn't always access
:03:21. > :03:22.was happening was sometimes was happening was sometimes
:03:23. > :03:22.concealed from professionals. Despite the county council and all
:03:23. > :03:25.the other agencies involved getting some things wrong, no`one has been
:03:26. > :03:28.disciplined for their part in the failure to provide proper care for
:03:29. > :03:43.Abigail, her brother and sisters. There was nothing which I have seen
:03:44. > :03:48.that shows that any particular individuals saved behaved so
:03:49. > :03:55.abominably monopoly that they need to be disciplined. I think
:03:56. > :03:56.collectively the way in which we brought it all together wasn't
:03:57. > :03:58.focused enough on the children. The parents ` who we cannot name
:03:59. > :04:01.for legal reasons ` were jailed in June for what the judge described
:04:02. > :04:04.as "appalling neglect". The BBC spoke to the father
:04:05. > :04:14.at an earlier hearing. We did let our children down. We
:04:15. > :04:19.never stopped loving them, but we did let them down, not in a
:04:20. > :04:19.neglectful we, but I suppose in development.
:04:20. > :04:22.David McCallum says it's up to the individual agencies to decide
:04:23. > :04:25.if any of their staff should have action taken against them.
:04:26. > :04:26.Meanwhile the review reveals that all the
:04:27. > :04:33.children involved are now living healthy lives with other families.
:04:34. > :04:35.Let's speak to the BBC's social affairs correspondent,
:04:36. > :04:44.Michael Buchanan, who joins us from our London newsroom.
:04:45. > :04:55.Do these serious case reviews make any difference? These serious case
:04:56. > :04:58.reviews are meant to change things and good local authorities will
:04:59. > :05:04.make sure it doesn't happen in the make sure it doesn't happen in the
:05:05. > :05:10.local area, because reading this review it is grimly familiar and the
:05:11. > :05:16.inability of social workers to speak to the children, to be palmed off by
:05:17. > :05:20.the mother, that keeps coming up time and time again. It is
:05:21. > :05:25.inexcusable for to protection professionals to get this wrong,
:05:26. > :05:29.because it is a basic part of the achievement training to see the
:05:30. > :05:36.world through the child's eyes. I was looking at the latest Ofsted
:05:37. > :05:44.services as satisfactory. I don't services as satisfactory. I don't
:05:45. > :05:54.think, having read this report anybody could argue with that. Is
:05:55. > :05:59.the multi`agency setup working? It is very difficult. Often, the police
:06:00. > :06:03.want to time up at meetings for a variety of reasons. To protection
:06:04. > :06:07.officials have to follow it up and their caseloads have been rising, so
:06:08. > :06:09.it is very easy for cases to slip through the net.
:06:10. > :06:11.Two men have been charged after a major police investigation
:06:12. > :06:14.into an alleged scam targeting pensioners across the West.
:06:15. > :06:18.Rahim Choudhrey and Abdul Shafee from London, who are both aged 18,
:06:19. > :06:22.were arrested on Monday in a joint operation with
:06:23. > :06:28.They appeared before Bristol magistrates today accused
:06:29. > :06:45.A third man was released on police bail.
:06:46. > :06:57.A woman has been flown to hospital after a miniature train overturned.
:06:58. > :06:58.Staff are currently undertaking a thorough investigation into what
:06:59. > :07:06.caused the accident. Bristol's new Southmead
:07:07. > :07:07.hospital has admitted it's having teething problems
:07:08. > :07:09.in its catering service, after complaints the size
:07:10. > :07:12.of its meals are too small. One man claims all he was given
:07:13. > :07:15.for his evening meal was while another portion was
:07:16. > :07:20.the size his two`year`old would eat. When you've been
:07:21. > :07:24.a professional photographer, So when Steven Williams was laid up
:07:25. > :07:28.in Southmead Hospital after a foot operation he had plenty
:07:29. > :07:33.of time to document his dinner. There was the roast dinner
:07:34. > :07:36.with two small potatoes. The chilli with rice that
:07:37. > :07:40.was more cutlery than meat. And, one night, no other option
:07:41. > :07:58.but cheese sandwiches. The food was awful. It was a total
:07:59. > :08:00.joke. The portion size, I was expecting a decent meal after coming
:08:01. > :08:04.round from my operation and the size round from my operation and the size
:08:05. > :08:06.bigger than a children's potion. My bigger than a children's potion. My
:08:07. > :08:08.daughter eats more than that. Victoria Reed got
:08:09. > :08:12.in touch to show us her own rather And on the Points West Facebook
:08:13. > :08:15.site opinion was divided. Ruby Webb wrote "I spent a week
:08:16. > :08:18.in hospital living on sandwiches But Tracey Edwards said
:08:19. > :08:24."When I had my little girl I could not fault the food,
:08:25. > :08:27.it's basic home`style cooked food ` It's not supposed to be Michelin
:08:28. > :08:42.standard!" Standards have been high at the
:08:43. > :08:47.hospital. 2500 meals turned out each day and cooked on`site. Only last
:08:48. > :08:53.year it was the first hospital in the country to win a silver mark
:08:54. > :09:02.catering award. So why the stingy portions? We took the photos to the
:09:03. > :09:06.man in charge. It's disappointing B`1 not able to address this with
:09:07. > :09:10.the patient while they were here. The catering department spent a lot
:09:11. > :09:14.of time on very high quality ingredients and getting the service
:09:15. > :09:21.right. The most important thing is that the patient gets the right
:09:22. > :09:26.nutrition. The move to the new hospital has led to teething
:09:27. > :09:29.troubles. The trust insisted will be service as usual very soon.
:09:30. > :09:32.If you've got direct experience of the food being served
:09:33. > :09:36.at the new Southmead Hospital, we'd love to get your views.
:09:37. > :09:58.You can contact us on Twitter, via Facebook or at pointswest@bbc.co.uk.
:09:59. > :10:04.Flood prevention work is getting underway in Thorney. They are most
:10:05. > :10:11.definitely unique, but is this art definitely unique, but is this art
:10:12. > :10:13.or is it recycling or is it evidence that their creator are fond of Sara
:10:14. > :10:22.Sidor? The operation has started to remove
:10:23. > :10:25.thousands of tonnes of rubbish from a recycling centre in Swindon
:10:26. > :10:28.which caught fire a month ago. The Environment Agency has taken
:10:29. > :10:30.control of the Averies site, and lorries are now taking
:10:31. > :10:32.the waste away. But residents have been warned
:10:33. > :10:45.their ordeal may not be over yet. It's been searing, smouldering and
:10:46. > :10:49.smoking for four weeks. It has forced businesses to shut and
:10:50. > :10:57.imprisoned people in their homes. Finally, bit by bit, around a third
:10:58. > :11:05.This will enable firefighters to This will enable firefighters to
:11:06. > :11:10.tackle the fire. We know that this has taken something to get to this
:11:11. > :11:16.phase, now we are here we will get the fire out as soon as possible.
:11:17. > :11:19.The waste needs to be separated so it can be put out, but the
:11:20. > :11:24.authorities could not decide where to take it. A destination has
:11:25. > :11:30.finally been agreed, in landfill site on the edge of town. After
:11:31. > :11:35.months of watching taxpayer's money going up in smoke, some want
:11:36. > :11:39.answers. I'm pleased this is happening, but
:11:40. > :11:43.it is really important that we it is really important that we
:11:44. > :11:48.understand why this was allowed to happen in the first place, why the
:11:49. > :11:55.agencies didn't act earlier and we got to make sure it can never happen
:11:56. > :11:56.again. Today's news comes with a health warning. The authorities say
:11:57. > :12:05.there is a danger that move the there is a danger that move the
:12:06. > :12:06.rubbish, the smoke could get worse. A man arrested after 15 illegal
:12:07. > :12:08.immigrants were found in a lorry in immigrants were found in a lorry in
:12:09. > :12:15.Somerset has been released on police The 50`year`old was questioned after
:12:16. > :12:18.the discovery at the Southfield Police believe the immigrants
:12:19. > :12:21.were from Eritrea and Kashmir. The British Red Cross have been
:12:22. > :12:24.helping to look after the group of immigrants, which include
:12:25. > :12:35.a 15`year`old boy. bail all the passengers injured in a
:12:36. > :12:42.coach crash have been released from hospital. Gloucestershire police say
:12:43. > :12:47.the outcome could have been very different if the 50 seat passengers
:12:48. > :12:54.hadn't been wearing seat belts. A man pleaded guilty to a head and run
:12:55. > :12:59.incident in Bath which killed a cyclist. Jake Gilmore was knocked
:13:00. > :13:07.off his bike. Dozens of cyclist attended a mass rally in his memory.
:13:08. > :13:10.The driver has pleaded guilty to four charges including death by
:13:11. > :13:17.dangerous driving and failing to stop at the scene of an accident.
:13:18. > :13:25.Work has started on another flood defence scheme in Somerset. Villages
:13:26. > :13:31.in Thorney were left underwater when the river broke its banks last year.
:13:32. > :13:38.Thousands of soil will be used to create a blockade around the
:13:39. > :13:44.village. The first few bucketfuls of after being scraped away in a scheme
:13:45. > :13:48.that will eventually use 10,000 tonnes of soil. Thorney's
:13:49. > :13:52.householders came to watch the start of the digging, the first part of a
:13:53. > :13:57.plan that should stop their homes from ever flooding again. If the
:13:58. > :14:01.river actually breaches its banks again, when the water rushes down
:14:02. > :14:15.here, it will be stopped and that will protect the village. Just a
:14:16. > :14:20.mile up the road, almost every house had their ground Force underwater in
:14:21. > :14:29.the floods. Every day, the water crept up and flooded us. For us,
:14:30. > :14:33.personally, this is brilliant. It means that we can be 99% positive
:14:34. > :14:39.that it won't happen to us again this coming winter, even if it rains
:14:40. > :14:45.as hard. The hill that is being built here will be around two metres
:14:46. > :14:50.high and about 300 metres along. Even so, it will require 500 lorry
:14:51. > :14:56.loads of soil. It is very important and it has been a lot of hard work
:14:57. > :15:00.by the locals to get this underway. It is very important that it is
:15:01. > :15:04.built and hopefully that will prevent the water coming over again.
:15:05. > :15:10.The record rainfall in January and February this year and gave planners
:15:11. > :15:17.a figure of just how high the water came. These defences are being
:15:18. > :15:20.designed to exceed that hate and should be finished by October in
:15:21. > :15:29.time to be tested by next winter's green. An investigation into the
:15:30. > :15:35.fall of a woman from a tower at Wells Cathedral has found no breach
:15:36. > :15:41.of health and safety rules. The 68`year`old was winched to safety by
:15:42. > :15:44.of the building, recommendations of the building, recommendations
:15:45. > :15:50.include a guard rail to protect visitors. If you are a fan of
:15:51. > :16:00.cheese, you may know what this is. If you are here in the studio, the
:16:01. > :16:03.stinking Bishop, one of stinking Bishop, one of
:16:04. > :16:13.Gloucestershire's famous regional delicacies. This is actually under
:16:14. > :16:20.milk from Gloucester cattle, now milk from Gloucester cattle, now
:16:21. > :16:22.under threat from extinction. What would the Gloucestershire landscape
:16:23. > :16:28.be without cost cattle? Soon, we may be without cost cattle? Soon, we may
:16:29. > :16:34.find out. I'm afraid, in the last three or four years, numbers have
:16:35. > :16:43.dropped. They are dropping at a rate which really we find very worrying.
:16:44. > :16:50.We got to do something about it. Johansson, father of country file
:16:51. > :16:55.presenter Adam Henson, was key in bringing the breed back from
:16:56. > :17:01.extinction in the 1970s. I think that the main reason for the sudden
:17:02. > :17:09.drop in numbers is bovine TB. Their own very few breeding females left
:17:10. > :17:18.in the world. If they go extinct, they take with them Gloucester milk.
:17:19. > :17:24.No cattle, no Gloucester cheese. Head west to Denmark, and there is a
:17:25. > :17:29.cheesemakers are doing just that. When they get less rear, people take
:17:30. > :17:34.their foot off the accelerator, they might sell a few that they
:17:35. > :17:39.shouldn't, so the beat goes down in numbers. I am trying to break
:17:40. > :17:44.through that ceiling and stop this cycle, which is why my little
:17:45. > :17:50.contribution is to encourage cheesemakers, because once you start
:17:51. > :18:02.making the cheese, you'd think into the breed and hopefully it will
:18:03. > :18:06.carry on through these ups and downs. If TB is making keeping
:18:07. > :18:07.more important that they and their Gloucester is more expensive,
:18:08. > :18:09.breeders will work hard to stop breeders will work hard to stop
:18:10. > :18:21.that. They will not see the breed die out. If you ask my son he will
:18:22. > :18:28.say it would break that's out. I'm sure some people would be very
:18:29. > :18:34.upset. A very 3`D programme. Our football league teams in the West
:18:35. > :18:44.went undefeated last night. Yeovil went undefeated. The owner Gary
:18:45. > :18:50.Johnson referred to being back in league one like being back home. His
:18:51. > :18:56.players have had two games, and the defeats before the trip to Warsaw.
:18:57. > :19:03.Walsall head back, but Kevin Dawson slid in to end his side the first
:19:04. > :19:10.win of the season. Swindon twice came from behind to at Gillingham.
:19:11. > :19:16.Andy Williams equalised just before the break. With time running out,
:19:17. > :19:21.thank for this howler. It was a less thank for this howler. It was a less
:19:22. > :19:37.eventful affair for Cheltenham, with a rainbow providing the most colour.
:19:38. > :19:49.We had a glorious chance. For desire and effort, I can't fault them. At
:19:50. > :19:53.Ashton Gate, the ball was in the back of the net much to the
:19:54. > :19:58.disbelief of players. City did have disbelief of players. City did have
:19:59. > :20:01.two chances later on, and the nil two chances later on, and the nil
:20:02. > :20:06.nil it remained. Somerset face a victory target of 285 to have any
:20:07. > :20:07.chance of progressing to the quarterfinals of the Royal London
:20:08. > :20:26.cup. Congratulations to Wiltshire's
:20:27. > :20:30.cricket team who won the Minor counties Western division, their
:20:31. > :20:36.first trophy since 1909. They now have the chance to go on and win the
:20:37. > :20:44.Minor counties championship. We have got some more news today about the
:20:45. > :20:48.spy booth, of course. Photos have spy booth, of course. Photos have
:20:49. > :20:54.now been taken showing the inside of the house and the damage which has
:20:55. > :20:58.been caused. Breast has been removed and there are holes in the wall. The
:20:59. > :21:09.owner says he does not know how the damage was done and the borough
:21:10. > :21:32.council is investigating. And banks who has inspired some underground
:21:33. > :21:45.artists they want to be known only as Cansy. The latest artists have
:21:46. > :21:48.chosen a rather different material bandwidth. Their first piece of art
:21:49. > :21:54.is indeed a proper bench, made not is indeed a proper bench, made not
:21:55. > :22:03.out of wood but out of cans. But they didn't stop there, they made a
:22:04. > :22:11.roundabout, we also have a seesaw. They went on to make a swing and I
:22:12. > :22:17.think you'll find, with a rather attractive smoking generally, a
:22:18. > :22:34.Wendy house. They do wish to be known only as Cansy. Why did you
:22:35. > :22:40.choose cider cans? I think that is a very popular drink, we drink it
:22:41. > :22:46.ourselves, we managed to get everyone to contribute to it. But
:22:47. > :22:52.you didn't drink all the cider? Now, we certainly tried. I wouldn't try
:22:53. > :23:03.to drink that much. How long did it to drink that much. How long did it
:23:04. > :23:11.take you? Seven to eight weeks. A couple of full nights, long days,
:23:12. > :23:16.long nights. Art is quite a serious business. It is also being done for
:23:17. > :23:20.a personal reason? It's all been done for a charity, St Peter's
:23:21. > :23:25.Hospice. My mum passed away there Hospice. My mum passed away there
:23:26. > :23:36.and a lot of people can relate to St Peter's, so that's what we chose to
:23:37. > :23:39.do it for. Thank you Cansy rule. Your PR person is over there just to
:23:40. > :23:46.make sure that everything you said was correct. All this will be
:23:47. > :24:01.auctioned off for charity in just ten day's time. They even made a
:24:02. > :24:07.paddling pool. You have been getting in touch via Facebook and e`mailing
:24:08. > :24:11.with your comments about the foods at Southmead Hospital. Caroline
:24:12. > :24:23.Smith said... Here's a picture of what he was
:24:24. > :24:41.served up back in June. One patient thought the food was
:24:42. > :24:48.lovely. If the food isn't enough, you should ask your family to bring
:24:49. > :24:54.more in for you. Thank you so much for those. The hospital do say it is
:24:55. > :24:58.teething problems, so we will keep teething problems, so we will keep
:24:59. > :25:07.an eye on it. Let's get the weather now and Holly Green has our
:25:08. > :25:14.forecast. We have got a few showers around but they are tending to ease
:25:15. > :25:19.off, but for tomorrow, cloud thickens and some showers around and
:25:20. > :25:23.quite a cool breeze blowing. You can see the lumpy nature of our coat,
:25:24. > :25:28.indicating those showers that have been bubbling up through the day.
:25:29. > :25:36.Most of our weather coming in from the North West. Into tomorrow, low
:25:37. > :25:41.pressure comes down from Scotland, increasing those cloud amounts, but
:25:42. > :25:46.into Friday, it's back to a north`westerly and that should mean
:25:47. > :25:49.a brighter day. We started with some sunshine, the cloud beckoned through
:25:50. > :25:53.the morning, and showers drifted in the morning, and showers drifted in
:25:54. > :26:00.from Wales. We have got if you around still, but they are dying
:26:01. > :26:06.around dying away this evening. It is going to be a call to make. If we
:26:07. > :26:11.take a look at the towns and cities, it is seven or 8 degrees, but in the
:26:12. > :26:13.countryside, three or 4 degrees, a chilly start to the day. A few
:26:14. > :26:18.showers at first, more clouds showers at first, more clouds
:26:19. > :26:23.tending to filter in from the West, some bright spells in the afternoon,
:26:24. > :26:27.but always those showers in the afternoon. A bit of breeze as well
:26:28. > :26:37.will add to the cool fuel, 1718 degrees the top temperature. Friday
:26:38. > :26:41.risk of a few showers but hopefully risk of a few showers but hopefully
:26:42. > :26:47.few are far between, Saturday a similar story. Saturday night will
:26:48. > :26:51.be a cold one, called than tonight. Sunday should start with some bright
:26:52. > :26:57.weather, but Cobalt beckoned through the day and we could see some rain
:26:58. > :27:03.on Sunday night and that leads to a wet and windy bank holiday Monday. I
:27:04. > :27:07.feel a collective sigh across the feel a collective sigh across the
:27:08. > :27:18.West Country! The e`mails are still coming in. Jenny from Yeovil says
:27:19. > :27:23.that Southmead fed her very well. Sensible quantities for bed rest.
:27:24. > :27:31.She adds, anyone who wants to complain to try a two any foreign
:27:32. > :27:40.hospital. She says the care of quality was superb. This is a story
:27:41. > :27:41.but the debate continues on but the debate
:27:42. > :27:46.Facebook. Do keep on e`mailing us as well. That is it from us tonight,
:27:47. > :28:15.we're back with the Ten O'Clock News. I for now.
:28:16. > :28:18.We've got factory boys and butchers' apprentices and office clerks
:28:19. > :28:24.Don't stop moving! If you go back you'll die!
:28:25. > :28:36.anybody who comes to your house is not a guest, but he's God.
:28:37. > :28:47.Have somebody play bagpipe at the airport to welcome you? Possible.
:28:48. > :28:50.Whichever car you like, with Wi-Fi inside? Possible.
:28:51. > :28:53.Can I get you a pink elephant? I'll try!
:28:54. > :28:55.See, the Indian philosophy dictates that
:28:56. > :28:59.anybody who comes to your house is not a guest, but he's God.