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Friday to discuss joining the US air strikes against Islamic State in

Iraq. Welcome to BBC Points West with

Sabet Choudhury and Alex Lovell Protecting first year university

students from the dangers As a new programme is launched,

we hear from Prevention is the key. It is also

about knowing how to deal whth things when they happen. It is about

encouraging people to speak up. It is about changing the futurd for all

young people. But what effect will it havd on one

of Bristol's biggest employdrs? The users go up,

but the donations fall. And never too old for a spot

in the circus. The over 60s taking perform`nce

theatre to new heights. A pilot programme has been launched

by one of the West's universities following

figures which show that over three quarters of students suffer sexual

harrasment and nearly one in three Freshers at the University

of the West of England will learn about the hidden dangers

in a new project that could be The announcement comes as thousands

of teenagers across the West are Our home affairs corresponddnt,

Steve Brodie, has been talkhng to Ten years ago when I was raped it

turned my life upside down. It was incredibly traumatic. It was hard,

actually, to rebuild my lifd. Sam was raped at college

before she got to universitx, but the experience prompted her to

study law and carry out resdarch. Before I had this awful expdrience I

didn't know what I wanted to do with my life. Having this experidnce and

feeling there were so many things missing in terms of support, I

wanted to come to universitx and do law, particularly because this

university has a really good research unit on sexual violence. I

want to get involved in project like this.

Research carried out by the National Union of Students revealed that 7%

of women students have experienced a serious sexual assault.

77% of students have sufferdd sexual harrassment and nearly one hn three

The Intervention Bystander initiative, funded by Public Health

England, is being piloted bx the Bristol Law School with all first

What the cost thousands teaching students `` what they call stars is

teaching students to be abld to recognise what domestic violence is.

It is very positive. It works on the basis of apparent everybody to step

up and stand up against problematic behaviour that they see.

The Bystander project is the first in the country

and is being backed by MPs `nd Avon Somerset's crime commissioner

But the problem of abuse affects students

It is socially unacceptable that is the real key message. We ard aiming

to educate students, as a start to make sure they can to challdnge

when it's safe to do so, th`t they can have leadership skills `nd they

know how to intervene, becatse so often people walk by becausd they

are embarrassed. For me, thd important thing is about ch`nging

patterns in. Saying, the thhngs are not OK. Giving people the skills to

say, that is not appropriatd. This is how we go forward. This hs how we

changed culture. This is how we make positive changes, not just for me,

this university, but for all young people.

Once the UWE's Bystander project has been completed, it's planned to be

The Labour leader, Ed Milib`nd, says his proposed tax on tobacco profits

It will mean millions being taken from one of Bristol's biggest

David Garmston has been at the party conference in

Good evening from the party conference in Manchester. This is

Labour 's own General Electhon 015 battle ground map. As you c`n see,

some important seats that they needed to win if Mr Miliband is

actually going to get the kdys to number ten Downing St, next May All

the talk here is of his spedch yesterday. It was 66 minutes long

and all done from memory. The problem is he forgot certain key

sections on immigration and deficit reduction. Earlier today, I caught

up Mr Miliband and I asked him about his plans a tobacco tax which will

impact on cat Imperial Tobacco In Bristol. We Said We Would Rdach `

Can Raise ?150 Million Each Year. They Make Around ?1 Million In

Profit. That Is A Fair Thing To Do To Help Fund Our National Hdalth

Service. The Cost Of Smoking Imposed Huge Burdens, Not Just An Ordinary

People Who Get Cancer, But @lso On The Nhs. I Think It's Fair To Ask

These Companies To Pay A Bit More To Help Fund The Nhs, More Doctors

More Nurses And Care Workers. One Of The Main Causes Of Illness Hs

Obesity. Why Not Tax Cream Cakes? I Think Tobacco Is A Particul`r

Category. We Know It Causes Cancer And Heart Disease And Poses Huge

Costs To The Nhs. You Know That Sin Tax, As It Is Called, Impact This

Cautiously On The Poor. That Is Only Have Taxes On Specific Packdt. What

We Have Done Is Impose A Levy On The Companies. So Prices Would Go? That

Is A Decision For The Tobacco Companies. Have ?1 Billion They Make

In Profit. It Is Fair To Ask Them To Pay A Bit More To Pay The Nhs. Do

You Accept That The West Of England Loses Out To The Big Investlent That

Goes On In Scotland, Manchester And So On? Is It At All An Area Of

Concern For You? I Think All Areas Of England Are A Concern Of Mine.

The Fact We Are So Centralised, That Power Lies In Westminster, We Need A

Lot More Devolution To Engl`nd. We Have Exciting Plans To Devolve Power

To Local Government Right Across England And Skills And Economic

Development, In Transport, Hn So Many Different Areas. We Ard Far Too

Centralised, There Is Not Ndarly Enough Power In Our Region. We Need

To Do More To Devolve The Power And We Need To Do It. The ?8 An Hour In

All `` Minimum Wage That Yot Are Suggesting, Will People Be Cracking

Open The Champagne? No, But I Think It Is A Significant Pay Increase

Over Five Years, ``, Five `` ?6 Per Week. We Can't Have... Are Xou Being

Bold Enough? I Think It Is Bold Saying The Warm Raise The Mhnimum

Wage To Its Higher Ever Levdl, And Double The Increase We Have Seen Of

The Last Five Years. We Will Properly Fund The Nhs, To A Half

Billion Pounds So That They Could Have 20,000 More Nurses, 8000 More

Doctors And 5000 More Care Workers. And A Tobacco Levy? We Would Have A

Mansion Tax On Homes, And Wd Will Crack Down On Tax Avoidance. I Think

That Is Fair, The Labour Party Saying We Will Make This Cotntry

Work For Everyday People Ag`in. Thank You Very Much. Mr Milhband

Talking To Me On The Morning After Their Speech Of The Day Before. That

Is It From Manchester. More On Sunday Politics As They Can. `` This

Weekend. You're watching BBC Points West

we're glad you can join us, There's much more still to come

on the programme, including back to Former pupils return to

their old Gloucestershire school to Increasing demand is putting

a strain on food banks Many say they've seen a risd

in the number At the same time,

they've seen a drop in donations. Looking at the figures for the three

months of April to June, in 201 the numbers of people fed bx all

the foodbanks in the West w`s 3 24. In 2013, that number more than

doubled to 9156, and for thhs Clinton Rogers has been to two

foodbanks in Somerset to sed what the reality is for those nedding

help to feed their families. A food bank in the county town

of Somerset. It's where you come

when you're desperate. And it seems desperation is

a booming business, It Is The Dynamics That Has Changed.

Families Are Bigger, There @re Larger numbers of children. We are

giving out food. They are currently packing tp

about 20 food parcels a week here. And they're struggling

to keep up with demand. One of the problems of this food

bank has been the school sulmer holidays. Families of children who

would normally get free school meals have come here putting extr`

pressure on supplies. If yot look here, you can see that the cupboard

is bare. They are supposed to have three month supply of food. They are

now down to about one month. Ten miles away in Bridgwater,

it's a similar story. Here they say that changes to

the welfare system, Because Susannah has just come

out of hospital, the benefit And there's been

a hiccup getting it. Without this place she says she

wouldn't have I would probably end up starving.

Starving myself. You don't have any money for food? No, none at all

At this food bank, they say there is no typical customer any lore

We had a lady in a couple of weeks ago who had lost all her bank

balance to a scam on the Internet. She was very embarrassing, poor

thing, she was left with nothing. Every story is different,

but the need never changes. And right now, food banks

are struggling to meet it. Police are searching

for a convicted murderer who's absconded from Leyhill Open Prison

in South Gloucestershire. 63`year`old Albert Edward Stanley

failed to return yesterday Officers say he could be dangerous

and should not be approached. They're asking for anyone who

sees him to call the police. A row has broken out over btskers

in Bath. The council has received colplaints

that some of them are too loud and the famous Abbey has evdn had

to stop its choral evensong on Sunday, when it was drowned out

by a street musician. But the buskers say they're part

of the city's culture Taking a tour of this historic city

centre, but Bath is almost dqually well`known for its long tradition

of street musicians. Buskers like Amelia,

one of a few dozen who use `n I can't really compete. For me, I'd

use it to really, so people can hear me. `` someone hit the big score.

But it's not music to everyone's ears.

On Sunday, Bath Abbey had to stop its service when the btskers

It could be different kind of rock music, whatever the music is, do you

want it to be accompanied bx music outside. I think the music surely is

Believe it or not, busking is unregulated.

They don't need a license and, outside London, are mostly policed

means the council is finding it hard to stop the use of amplifiers which

At the moment the council doesn t have the power to dictate what

buskers do when they are out here playing. Next month, the anti`social

crime and disorder act will come out and give the council be powdr to use

amplifiers in public places. Self policing, the guide has not worked.

It has come to this, we are having to say in this particular area we

have had too many complaints, you cannot use your amps.

For tourists, though, the street musicians seem to be

I think it's good to chill out. When I first walked to the squard, I

thought the singer was great. It enhancing the ambience. MUSHC PLAYS

Soon though, anyone caught causing a D in could see their date's takings

taking up by a hefty fine. If you want to have a debatd, please

go to our Facebook page. Some of you may remember earlier

this year we met this man, Michael Wright, who at 67 is still

a practising trapeze artist. He is really good, too. He lakes it

look so easy. Well, now he's teamed up with some

fellow pensioners and is putting Fiona Lamdin is with them

for their dress rehearsal in In just 24 hours, this auditorium

will be full and these thred performers will be waiting hn

the wings, waiting to go on stage. Let me introduce you to

the three main and only plaxers Over here we have Alexander who

describes herself She hasn't danced professionally

for 25 years. Over here, is Caroline the

contemporary dancer and up there is Michael. You might think, w`tching

at home, that all this looks normal and standard. Until I remind you

that all these reforms are pensioners, about to hit 70 years

old. I have spent the day whth this extraordinary bunch in rehe`rsal.

These three artists have a combined age of 199. Rather aptly, their

performance is all about thd passing of time. My name is Alexanddr and I

am 66 years old. She spent luch of her youth dancing with the Paddy

gaze English national ballet. If someone said I would be performing

at 66 when I was 40, I would have thought they were mad but I would

have grabbed the opportunitx with both hands. My name is Mich`el and I

am 67 years old. This year he performed at Glastonbury and still

run to own circus school. You can compensate the diminishing

physicality with knowledge `nd experience. I am amazed that people

still want to come and see le work. It is absolutely come out whth so

many young, they want to sed an old wrinkly! I am Caroline Lamb and I am

66 years old. She is honest enough to admit that getting back on stage

is taking its toll. Quite noticeable, aching knees, stiff

lower back. Your memory is not as sharp as it used to be. Do H know

there's lines? I think so, H am not sure. You get in front of an

audience and there is a whole extra level of terror that creeps in.

Inside, terror may be creephng in, but for those of us on the outside,

we are just full of art admhration. `` after... Coming over to the

director. Why did you choosd to work with more mature performers? The

show is about ageing and tile passing. I thought that was an

important subject. I wanted to show the beauty of all the dancers and

their experience and to look at the subject of ageing in a

non`stereotypical, nonconventional way. You talked about their beauty.

What else do they bring to the stage? Experience, openness, and

actually they are experts in the subject. I don't know much `bout

that age and they have brought back into the show, I hope. I have spent

the day with these people who are double my age, I am 38. I h`ve been

amazed by what they can do. It has inspired me and excites me `bout

what is ahead for all of us. This show, once upon a time, starts

tomorrow and it is on the three nights in Bristol. Fiona, thank you

so much. It is all in the mhnd. And maybe in the bones! Onto sole sport.

Plymouth Argyle They are gohng to after beating Newport Countx last

night. Peter opened the scoring with his fifth goal in four games. Since

joining the club earlier thhs month. Fellow striker, Andy Willials added

the second before Newport ptlled one back to make for a nervy end to the

game. I shall we played verx well. We were playing pretty well at the

moment and we were pretty comfortable. Except the last five

minutes where we should havd scored more goals. Another pleasing night

and another win. We have got another story with both age spectrul areas

covered. Pupils at Gloucestdrshire primary school have been getting a

flavour of life in our own classrooms from 70 years ago. That

is what I meant to stop a group of former pupils Horsley from who are

now aged 78, have been back to school to see how life has changed.

It is a far cry from Russians and corporal punishment. Our reporter

joined them. `` rush `` rathons Registration was a little dhfficult

`` are different today. As the class of the 1940s came back to school.

Life is different back then, no computers, no uniform and

uncomfortable wooden desks. But great memories. It was quitd nice.

It depended on who was teaching us. We had one teacher who was `

pleasure to work with. He rdally looked after us at the youngsters.

Mr Marvel is now 101 is old but could not make it today. His

pupils, now aged 78, were jtst getting used to being back `t

school. The boy's playgrounds over the road. I sat there. That is him.

George? It was the differences that the class of 2014 want to know

about. They were pleased th`t some things had changed the bettdr. There

was one bottle of milk left over in the crate and no one would own up to

had not had them not that d`y. So, all the people who had not had

became that day because no one would own up. I thought the caning with, I

found it really interesting, but I can't believe they did that. It must

have really hurt. Here, all we do is lose five minutes a golden time

just like losing playgrounds time. I like the idea of the wooden desks

and chairs. They didn't havd to wear school uniform, probably a bit of an

advantage! It was a time to catch up with old friends reminisce, to

remember that despite being in the wartime generation of school, they

have a lot to be thankful for. It was wartime, lots of things were

going on but we were too yotng to suffer the indignities of bding

children drinking water. We have been lucky, `` during the w`r. A day

of this Dowager as the class of the 1940s went back to school `` a day

of nostalgia. I would love to go back to my school! I am surd they

would love to have you back My name is written in three places. OK,

those people at your school will try to find them! You can see more about

that visit on our Facebook page It includes a secret family connection

to the film crew that we sent there. It's really worth taking a look

Let's take a look at what the weather is doing.

It has been a day of two halves a damp and cloudy start followed by a

fine afternoon with some sunshine. This was the rain through the

morning, moving south and e`st. A few heavy bursts, but not everyone

seeing it. In the afternoon, when the cloud has broken, it re`lly was

well broken, allowing some very pleasant spells of sunshine, 18 2

Celsius the high this afternoon in your result. `` Yeovil. This

evening, there will be some patchy cloud, which means another cool

night, temperatures in towns around eight or nine Celsius. In the

countryside, where there is sheltered from the breeze, these

values could be closer to two or three Celsius. After the mild night

just gone, there is another chilly night. On Thursday, we are tnder the

influence of high pressure hs a squeeze on the isobars. It will

often be cloudy, as well. Some sunshine coming through. It will

feel pleasantly warm. First thing tomorrow morning, a nip in the air

and some pleasant spells sunshine. The cloud will bubble up and might

spread out a bit. Some warm spells in the afternoon. A slight chance of

catching a shower of further north, but a dry day for many. Still a

noticeable west or north westerly breeze, but 18 or 19 Celsius is the

norm `` hi. There will be a little bit of rain through the morning

mainly. As you can see, it hs really quite patchy in nature, comhng and

going and it's sad will bre`k to give spells sunshine. Allow for some

outbreaks of rain. It will become brighter in the North West. On

Friday, when the sunshine c`lms it is still warm from the end of

September, around 19 Celsius to end the week. Mainly dry, some rain for

a time drink Friday. At the weekend, it is looking fine and

settled. There will be some good spells of sunshine. I will be back

at half past ten. Goodbye. Thank you for all the weathdr photos

that you have sent in. All our social media details will bd on the

screen. We are back at 10:30pm. Have a good evening, goodbye.

I go round the country and talk to people and so many

people say life's an incredible struggle at the moment and even

if it's not a struggle now, they feel uncertain about the future

What kind of future is my family going to have?

People have lost that confidence that there is going to be

a future that is better than the past, that their kids are going

I think that now there's sense of we have been through the pain,

we have made the sacrifices, where is the vision for the country?

It's time we had a plan and that's what my plan