21/08/2014 BBC Points West

Welcome to BBC Points West with Sabet Choudhury and Alex Lovell. Our

The end of a long wait for GCSE Students.

Thousands of teenagers find out they've got the vital grades

I think my parents will be proud. Lots of happy faces.

As well as the joy, we'll assess the options for those

Longleat Adventure Park's miniature train overturns and injures several

people, but new footage reveals it's not the first time it's happened.

Wait until you have a heart attack or a stroke and then we'll operate,

that's the message from the NHS to a 19`year`old with hole in the heart.

The Wiltshire teenager who's become one of the youngest entrepreneurs to

Thousands of West Country teenagers are celebrating tonight with

their families after receiving their GCSE results this morning.

Just over two thirds got the vital five A star to C grades,

As usual, there are political rows and changes

to the system, but we begin tonight with the young people themselves.

Dave Harvey spent the morning at Hardenhuish School in Chippenham.

Lots of hugging going on today. A few tears and a few hugs, but lots

of smiles. But if this piece of paper is your

future, it matters more than ever. For Callum, this is his passport

to a life, he hopes, in uniform. I did really well, better than I was

expecting. Why am going to do it uniform public services and

hopefully one day I will end up in the police. I got to eight grades

and I am happy. I have not figured out what I want to do yet. Brain

surgeon? Maybe, maybe not. We are especially pleased with the English

and math grades, because we put a lot of work into paying attention to

serious subjects. The parents have been phenomenal. The students have

worked very hard. Lucy, you still have not opened this envelope. No!

All right, put the camera away, she is going to have a bit a moment.

Above these small, intensely personal dramas,

there are national politics in today's results, with changes to the

The official league tables will all me include results that students get

the first time they take an exam, because the former Education

Secretary accused schools of rather massaging the official league tables

by putting students in four exams again and again and again.

The head teacher here rejects that accusation out of hand.

24 students passed today on the second time round,

and she doesn't care if that doesn't make the league tables.

It is only ever about then and what they can go on to, whether they have

the passport to their future or a progression pathway, that is all

that matters to me. What they look like in the league tables does not

matter half as much as the children, each one of them. And Lucy?

Well, she'd finally gathered up her nerves and opened the envelope.

She worked really hard and deserved these results.

For today at least, the politics is drowned in a sea

Dave, let's talk about these resits that are causing controversy.

They've changed the rules, but students can still try again if

It is between individual choice and national policy. All day, we have

had to Mr is repeating the former Education Secretary that, in the old

ages, students were putting students through again and again to try and

improve their grades, and now there is no point, because the league

tables only reflect that first result, and there are fewer people

taking exams today or having results today from year ten, a year earlier,

and they have done better than their older peers, and that suggests, as

the head teacher was saying, the schools know what they are doing,

because 300,000 youngsters who took them a year early outperformed their

older classmates. You can take the test as many times as you want at

the school will not get the credit. For the first time, not getting

English and math is not an option. That is right. We have heard this

figure all day of 68%, that has this rubber that is how many students ``

we have heard this figure all day as 60%, it is a solid average, it means

that a third have not reached those vital grades. Reading, writing

arithmetic, absolutely vital, if you do something vital and practical,

you still have to study for the next two years to get those vital

skills. Has there always been this much politics in the GCA .org or

GCSE politics `` has there always been this much politics when it

comes to the GCSE exams? It is always a bit of a firestorm. And

everybody congratulate as much as they see fit on our Facebook page.

It's emerged that a miniature train which derailed at Longleat Adventure

Park yesterday had previously come off its tracks three years ago.

One woman has a broken leg and four others were injured

when the rear carriage of the Jungle Express tipped over.

But as Andrew Plant reports, it's not the first time

Photos of the scene at the safari park yesterday.

Members of the public pitching forward to lift a fallen

It had been carrying 155 people at the time.

The maximum is just 14 more, meaning this popular ride was almost

Yesterday wasn't the first time the Jungle Express has gone

Peter Hook took his family to Longleat in September 2011,

We were leaving the station. The last three carriages were thrown off

the tracks to the right`hand side. My son was in the seat opposite on

his own and he was" around. The side of the carriage came out and bruised

the side of my legs. It was absolute chaos until it came to a rest.

In a statement today, a spokesperson for Longleat said that after

the 2001 "derailment", a thorough investigation was carried out.

They added that the new system was working

yesterday, implying this latest derailment may have had a different

cause, and they said a thorough investigation was now underway.

The Jungle Express will be closed until that cause is identified.

The rest of the park though is open as normal.

Campaigners challenging the next badger cull in

Gloucestershire and Somerset have taken their case to the High Court.

The Badger Trust says the Government's failure to appoint

an independent panel to oversee the culling is unlawful.

They also say last year's pilot was ineffective, and inhumane.

Scott Ellis has been up to the high court today.

A High Court case aimed at delaying a second year of badger culling

Protestors critical of the government for dispensing

A group of six scientists who assessed last year's cull decided

Lawyers for the Badger Trust telling the High Court today the

Idolatrous them. When you see figures that came out from last year

and `` I do not trust them. When you see the figure is from a student

came out and saying this was not working, I am afraid trust seems to

go right out of the flipping window. The expert panels been disbanded but

several of its members back the high court challenge, saying its vital

independent monitoring continues. The apparatus as they have listened

to the recommendations from last year and have made changes. ``

DEFRA. They also say they will have their own scientists monitoring this

year's culls. It leaves the cull once

again mired in controversy. At this country show in Dorset,

a dairy farmer whose herd is infected told us of the impact

the disease is having. The worst day was when all of the

animals went on. All my replacements, they were all gone. My

wife and son were in tears and I was close to it as well. Just horrible.

DEFRA predicts TB could cost the UK ?1 billion in the next ten years,

and says culling is a vital part of controlling the disease,

alongside others measures including vaccination of healthy badgers.

We are glad you could join us this evening. There is still much more to

come, including: It has been called one of the most dangerous stretches

of water in the West, the river between Bristol and Bath. One man

knows that only too well. He has got a new hero. We will be meeting him

in about ten minutes. A teenager

from Gloucester claims her age is stopping the NHS from operating to

seal a hole in her heart. Carla MacLean, who's 19, says she's

been told she'll only get surgery on the health service if she first

has a heart attack or a stroke. Her only chance of getting the

operation now is by going private. Trying to research her condition,

Carla and her mum are desperate There are few though

for this teenager. Tiredness, headaches, heart

palpitations, strong palpitations. Ironically, Carla works in the NHS

as an apprentice, but was forced to I have been off work partially

because I cannot breathe properly because of the heat, but I cannot

sit at a headache this rubber computer for very long because I get

a bad headache. `` I cannot sit at the computer for very long because I

a bad headache. Now the family has to resort to

finding ?16,000 needed to pay It is a lot of stress. When we found

that she needed the operation, that was enough, but now we find she does

not have funding for the operation unless she gets very poorly. I am in

disbelief. She has been admitted to hospital three times in three

months, one time in and overnight stay, but she is getting confusing

messages about her condition. One consultant says her heart

publications are definitely linked to the hole in the heart, but

another is not convinced. `` palpitations.

The health service routinely operates on older patients with

holes in the heart but says that Carla's condition

"is not routinely commissioned by the NHS and would only be considered

if the case is deemed exceptional by the individual's condition.

NHS England have not received an application regarding this case".

A review of the funding criteria is underway but until a decision is

made one way or another on NHS treatment, Carla can only hope that

A consignment of West Country cheese, worth more than ?25,000,

has been lost in transit after being turned away from Russia.

Wyke Farm Cheeses says the delivery, which had already left

for the continent when the ban on EU imports was imposed,

They're now worried about the long term impact

of the Kremlin's restrictions on the West's agricultural industry.

In a county known across the world for its cheese, a setback. It has

been turned around by Russian customs to have rejected it like

they are with all of the European Union food products as part of the

ban, so we are hoping that we will get it back. Moscow restricted

imports from the European Union and America earlier in the month in

response to Western sanctions over support for Ukrainian rebels. The

measures, the toughest imposed on Russia since the Cold War, and

include an arms embargo and curbs on Russian banks trading and European

markets, but what effect will the band have on trade? Last year, we

exported ?70 million on frozen fish, ?5.7 million of cheese, and almost

the same value of coffee to Russia. Fire and the producers here are

worried about the long`term impact. The listings and supermarkets do not

happen overnight. It has taken us five years to get those listings,

and now the cheese is going to be there. There is a danger they will

and it will take us another five and it will take us another five

years to get back in, so it might only be

much longer. And it is a concern knock

shared in Europe. It is having a big shared in Europe. It is having a

impact already. I know in the UK prized

already down and they are expected already down and

Latvia, prices are down, dairy Latvia, prices are down, dairy

prices are down 30%, and also, the Finland dairy processor expects to

year. This possesses confident that year. This possesses confident that

the missing consignment will be `` reappear, but what is less certain

is whether... Our next guest was just 18 years old

when he entered the Dragon's Den. Jordan Daykin from Wiltshire

invented a home improvement device He came up with the idea with his

grandad, and they both join us now. Jordan, your dad is a diamond miner,

why did you decide to approach The business is a self`funded, but

it was more for the contacts, the expertise. Because of my age it was

difficult getting through the doors. With Deborah, it is easier to get

doors opened. They were surprised when you mention your age, weren't

they? You have got patents and you they? You have got patents and

look so together. I didn't want to look so together.

mention it at the start. I didn't want people changing what they

thought, I wanted to leave it until they ask. Let's take a look at how

this thing actually works. We have a clip of it. Shall we have a look?

Let's have a quick look at that radiator. Sure. I want to know how

secure it is. Did your heart sink? I knew something was going to go

wrong! It was mainly because the plaster wall was damp. You were

quick to see it, weren't you? I thought I would tell him before. It

is a very clever idea, and you came up with it with your grandfather.

That is right. Tell us how you came up with it. Well, Jordan wanted

curtains and eight Venetian blind in his bedroom, and we managed to

satisfy the problems with the satisfy the problems with the

curtain rails, but with the Venetian blind, of course, it fits close to

the lentil, and this day in age, we have steel lentils, with slots in

them, and the Cape `` kept breaking the drills. Did you go with him into

the den? Oh, no, I don't have that much courage. I hope Deborah isn't

listening. She will be, she tweeted that she was. He was the dragon you

really wanted? I am white to Deborah! `` who was the Dragon. I am

going to say Deborah. She is keen on marketing and has the background and

contacts that die was looking for. Kelly was in home improvement and

home design and that sort of thing, so I was thinking she would

understand the product. It was mainly just to see who could offer

the most, and mainly the contacts. For anybody who didn't see it on

Sunday night, they will be wondering what this is. We have some footage

we can play. The patents, is it on the little bits out of the back of

the wall? Yes, it is the way in the mechanism fits and opens, and also

it stops it from turning over. There they are coming out. That is your

idea. Did you help with the grilling? Did you have lots of

practice in advance? No, I did not. So he is just a natural? Absolutely.

He must have got it from somewhere. Thank you both for coming in, and

very best of luck in the future. Bristol City have signed striker

Keiran Agard from Championship club Rotherham

for an undisclosed six`figure fee. The 24`year`old,

seen here playing for Yeovil earlier in his career, scored 26 goals

for Rotherham last season. He's helped

the Yorkshire club win back`to`back promotions, and has now agreed a

three`year deal with Bristol City. I don't think you can have another

goal`scoring centre forwards in your club, so I am pleased that we have

got him, and for the price we got him for, and even more widely, he

turned down a bigger contract last week, financially, to come and sign

for Bristol city, said that is exactly what I wanted him to do.

After completing that signing, manager Steve Cotterill took part

Celebrities across the world are getting drenched for charity.

The aim is to raise money and awareness of motor neurone disease.

He's now nominated England manager Roy Hodgson to have a go!

Gloucestershire are hoping to earn themselves a home quarter`final

It's the final group game tonight, with opponents Derbyshire making

Gloucestershire have already qualified for the knock out stages

and if they can win and Essex lose they can look forward to a tie

When an off`duty police officer was enjoying a boat ride along the

River Avon through Saltford, the last thing he expected was to

have to jump in. But PC Ryan Day became

a hero to one family, and he's being reunited with them tonight.

We can go to the lock at Saltford now,

and to our reporter Andy Howard. How is it looking over there? Very

nice indeed. Imagine the scene, you are enjoying a family meal here on

the Riverside between pistol and bath, it is all going well, and you

are going to leave, and there is a commotion, you look over, and you

see your own son's had bobbing around in the corner, that is

exactly what happened to Gary. What is through your mind? Panic. You

hear that someone has gone in the water, so a as parent, you always

think, it has got to be mine, come running out, get to the edge, I see

his head bobbing in the water, a rubber ring went flying through the

air, and some went in with him. But luckily for Gary and Leo, an

off`duty police officer was enjoying a bit of a boating with his friends.

He was just about to come through this lock, and it looks like Ryan

has made a bit of a hero out of himself. What did you find in here?

A surprise. I wasn't set up on table number 18 with my friends, and we

and my colleague had just the sugar and my colleague had just the sugar

boating for the evening, and `` voting for the evening, and my

colleague alerted me that somebody was in the water, and a looks

across, and there he was, and automatically, I tried to jump the

myself off, and did my audits and myself off, and did my audits and

jumped in. Give us an idea of the currents. They were quite

substantial. Boats were pushed against it. It was really quite

strong. Which is why I am delighted that you got Leo out. And on dry

land. What happened? Talk us through it. I was running across the bridge

and I tried to jump onto the edge and then I tripped my footing on the

wall and splashed in. What do you make of this man? A God. You cannot

say it any fairer than that! Only two years ago, a local lad lost his

life just of the weightier when he got into trouble. The police have

acknowledged what Ryan has done and said that they are set to honour him

for bravery. Thank you very much, for bravery. Thank you very much,

that was so sweet wet Leo said. What that was so sweet wet Leo said. What

a hero. Let's take a look at the weather. Is it raining Mr Mark not

at the moment. I am not expecting it to stay that way, however. `` is it

raining? A process is being set up for this evening and through the

night for a continuation of the theme, but having said all of that,

tomorrow, we should see dairy you in the way of showers, and generally, a

bit of dry and sunny weather. The rest of the evening is going to be

showers starting to fall through the showers starting to fall through the

Bristol Channel and into the North Somerset area, and they will remain

a feature throughout the night, and will sink southwards, and by

tomorrow, we shall have lost them. As he looked toward Saturday, a

ridge of high pressure running across us, which means that Saturday

and Sunday are set to be effectively fair. Already a scattering of

showers around at the moment. You will notice, as he gets to the

middle of the night, showers, but we are not putting and warning out for

them, because there will not be as many people out on the roads, but

there could be some difficult driving conditions. All of that

slipping away southwards. Temperatures tonight, 11`12dC.

Tomorrow, a few showers lingering, but they will quickly fade away, and

then the probability of a shower or the day, and fairly sunny weather

about. A moderately breezy day and about. A moderately breezy day

low pollen count. Temperatures tomorrow equally will be up on the

day, so we should see 18`19dC, certainly pleasant enough in the

sunshine. A dry day with just a low chance of a shower in the North,

certainly dry, fairly sunny, and a noticeably chilly night into Sunday

morning. It continues that way, and I can almost get you to guess what

it will be like on Bank Holiday Monday. Dry, wet `` it will be wet

and windy. I am going to open a village fete and I am wondering,

what are the Weatherby? Have your at the ready! We will be

We've got factory boys and butchers' apprentices and office clerks

Don't stop moving! If you go back you'll die!

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