:00:00. > :00:13.A family of travellers from Gloucestershire who made
:00:14. > :00:16.millions from their paving business, while treating people like slaves,
:00:17. > :00:19.have been ordered to pay back much of their fortune.
:00:20. > :00:21.The Connors family lived the high life,
:00:22. > :00:26.Meanwhile, the men who workdd for them lived in squalid c`ravans,
:00:27. > :00:30.Today the five family members werd told to
:00:31. > :00:36.It's the most Gloucestershire police has ever confiscated from criminals.
:00:37. > :00:46.Police footage of William Connors, in the yellow jacket.
:00:47. > :00:50.But the workers here were vtlnerable men, some picked up
:00:51. > :01:02.They were exploited and intimidated and forced to work.
:01:03. > :01:05.It was hidden in bank accounts and even stashed in caravans.
:01:06. > :01:08.The family made more than ?5 million.
:01:09. > :01:16.They made a fortune and thex would charge whatever they could charge
:01:17. > :01:22.the householder. There was ` man prepared to pay ?10,000 for a
:01:23. > :01:25.driveway, and they would take that. When police arrested the falily
:01:26. > :01:30.they found the workers living in appalling conditions. Squalhd
:01:31. > :01:34.caravans with filthy bedding. We have captured on camera as they were
:01:35. > :01:41.abused and beaten. William Connors was sent to prison along with his
:01:42. > :01:46.wife and two sons. His son`hn`law was also convicted. They will now ``
:01:47. > :01:57.now have two hand over their ill gotten gains. They all more than
:01:58. > :02:12.1675 million pounds. They mtst each paid this amount of money. Of the
:02:13. > :02:17.?2,272,000 they will have to pay, the police say they already have
:02:18. > :02:23.access to almost ?600,000 from various cat that `` bank accounts
:02:24. > :02:28.kept in their names. The rest will have to be made back from the family
:02:29. > :02:33.selling their assets. They lust do that, or they face more timd in
:02:34. > :02:37.jail. He ran his business on the back of forced labour, and those he
:02:38. > :02:43.exploited will get compensation 12 of them will share almost ?050, 00.
:02:44. > :02:48.Payment for the wages they worked for, but never received.
:02:49. > :02:51.An inquest has decided that a man from Somerset probably died because
:02:52. > :02:56.Dennis France was killed in March last year when he drove over
:02:57. > :03:07.a railway crossing, even though the barriers were down.
:03:08. > :03:10.His car was hit by a train travelling more than 100 miles an
:03:11. > :03:11.hour. This afternoon a coroner sahd it
:03:12. > :03:14.was a desperately tragic accident. Scientists in the west have found
:03:15. > :03:17.a way of slowing down the growth They've been using a heart drug
:03:18. > :03:22.in their tests at the Public Health It's early days, but they hope
:03:23. > :03:26.this could be a breakthrough which Our Health Correspondent Matthew
:03:27. > :03:28.Hill reports. A patient with suspected Ebola
:03:29. > :03:31.arrives at Freetown Hospital With two million people livhng
:03:32. > :03:37.mainly in slums in the capital, conditions are right for
:03:38. > :03:42.the deadly virus to spread widely. This was filmed recently by Pete
:03:43. > :03:47.Nelson, an environmental consultant. He says the effect on
:03:48. > :03:50.the country has been devast`ting. That's why scientists here `t
:03:51. > :03:52.Public Health England's Porton Down He says the effect on
:03:53. > :04:01.the country has been devast`ting. The president of Sierra Leone has
:04:02. > :04:05.eight has been promised, but is slow to arrive. With the closure of the
:04:06. > :04:09.airlines there is virtually no way of getting supplies or technical
:04:10. > :04:11.assistance into the country. Frankly, that is the most ilportant
:04:12. > :04:13.thing the country needs. That's why scientists here `t
:04:14. > :04:15.Public Health England's Porton Down are trying to find ways
:04:16. > :04:17.of treating the virus. They've just published a paper about
:04:18. > :04:20.a trial they've been doing with a The drug, called Ouabain, is derived
:04:21. > :04:26.from a powerful tribal arrow poison. It has an effect
:04:27. > :04:29.on a human protein that the virus Through using this heart drtg
:04:30. > :04:36.on infected human cells in the laboratory,
:04:37. > :04:39.scientists have found that they ve managed to slow down the growth
:04:40. > :04:52.of the virus by around 50%. If you cancel the buyers down in a
:04:53. > :05:01.wheel person it would buy thme for them. Hopefully the patient would
:05:02. > :05:07.recover. We are long from that because we are working in
:05:08. > :05:11.experimental laboratories. Ht is an interesting breakthrough from our
:05:12. > :05:17.point of view because we have something that could potenthally
:05:18. > :05:20.have some effect. The scientists need to raise around ?3 million
:05:21. > :05:24.before human trials can beghn. Given the Civic `` scale of the threats,
:05:25. > :05:28.it could be money well spent. In Rugby, Gloucester took a pounding
:05:29. > :05:31.in their first game to kick off the new Premiership season, with a
:05:32. > :05:34.loss away to champions Northampton. The Cherry and Whites brought
:05:35. > :05:37.in a whole new coaching teal over the summer, as well
:05:38. > :05:39.as adding several new players. But it wasn't enough to sectre
:05:40. > :05:41.a win. Northampton ran in four trids,
:05:42. > :05:44.while Gloucester only managdd to score off the boot of James Hook
:05:45. > :05:47.and Greg Laidlaw. The President of the United States
:05:48. > :05:58.of America is flying over the Atlantic tonight after `ttending
:05:59. > :06:03.the NATO summit in Wales. But before he left he made
:06:04. > :06:07.an unannounced visit to Stonehenge He was given a guided tour
:06:08. > :06:11.of the stones. Mr Obama then made his way to RAF
:06:12. > :06:19.Fairford to board Air Force One There's more on that story
:06:20. > :06:22.and rest of today's news on the But for now that's it from `ll
:06:23. > :06:27.of us here. We're back with you throughout
:06:28. > :06:28.the weekend. But for now, I'll leave you with Ian
:06:29. > :06:41.who has the latest weather. A good deal of dry weather `bout it
:06:42. > :06:46.during the course of the wedkend. The only threat of showers hs later
:06:47. > :06:53.on Saturday. There will be variable cloud around, but also a fahr amount
:06:54. > :06:57.of sunshine. The rest of thhs evening and tonight has dry
:06:58. > :07:03.conditions. It will be repl`ced by more cloud in the second half of the
:07:04. > :07:08.night. That cloud cover shotld help suppress the formation of any hill
:07:09. > :07:12.fog or low`level cloud, but rather a dull start tomorrow morning with
:07:13. > :07:17.brighter spells starting to prevail towards lunch time. It is into the
:07:18. > :07:24.evening that we have the ch`nce of seeing a view showers. `` a view
:07:25. > :07:32.showers. Many districts will avoid them.
:07:33. > :07:46.Hello. I am sure you cannot wait to find out what the weekend wet ler be
:07:47. > :07:51.like. I have to say -- weather will be like. I have to say it is looking
:07:52. > :07:55.good for most of us. Some of us may have to use our umbrellas, but
:07:56. > :08:01.hopefully for a short moment. This is the satellite today. You will
:08:02. > :08:04.notice this cloud, this is a weather forecast we have said for the past
:08:05. > :08:09.couple of days. Here it is, through this evening, it is affecting the
:08:10. > :08:12.north-east of England, the north-west of England, nudging into
:08:13. > :08:16.Wales. To the north of that we have cool, fresh conditions. To the
:08:17. > :08:22.south, cloudier areas w a bit of mist and fog. Mild, around 15-1
:08:23. > :08:28.Celsius. We start with the south of the country. This is 9am on Saturday
:08:29. > :08:33.and temperatures around 15-16 Celsius. Quite cloudy for a lot of
:08:34. > :08:38.us. It has been a repeating process for the last few days. We wake up to
:08:39. > :08:42.grey skies and have to wait a few hours until we see the sun. This is
:08:43. > :08:45.the front from the north. Across Yorkshire, probably some rain and in
:08:46. > :08:49.Scotland and Northern Ireland we have a fresh start here with a few
:08:50. > :08:50.showers and an