:00:12. > :00:11.Good evening. for the news where you are.
:00:12. > :00:15.A pilot programme has been launched at the University of the West
:00:16. > :00:17.of England to deal with sextal assault and domestic violence faced
:00:18. > :00:21.It's being funded by the government and could be
:00:22. > :00:32.Our home affairs corresponddnt, Steve Brodie, reports.
:00:33. > :00:36.Ten years ago when I was raped to turn my life upside down. It was
:00:37. > :00:38.incredibly traumatic. Sam was raped at college
:00:39. > :00:41.before she got to universitx, but the experience prompted her to
:00:42. > :00:52.study law and carry out resdarch. Before I had this awful expdrience,
:00:53. > :00:55.I didn't know what I wanted to do with my life. Having this experience
:00:56. > :01:01.and feeling there were so m`ny things missing in terms of support,
:01:02. > :01:06.I wanted to come to uni and do law. Especially because his univdrsity
:01:07. > :01:07.has a really good research tnit on sexual violence. I wanted to be
:01:08. > :01:10.involved in projects like this. Research carried out by the National
:01:11. > :01:13.Union of Students revealed that 7% of women students have experienced
:01:14. > :01:15.a serious sexual assault. 77% of students have sufferdd sexual
:01:16. > :01:18.harrassment and nearly one hn three The Intervention Bystander
:01:19. > :01:22.Initiative, funded by Public Health England, is being piloted bx the
:01:23. > :01:39.Bristol Law School with all first What the course does it teaches
:01:40. > :01:44.students to be able to recognise what sexual abuse and domestic
:01:45. > :01:47.violence actually are and it really empowers them, it's a reallx
:01:48. > :01:52.positive course. It empowers everybody to step up and st`nd up
:01:53. > :01:53.against any kind of behaviotr like this they see.
:01:54. > :01:56.The Bystander project is the first in the country
:01:57. > :01:59.and is being backed by MPs `nd Avon Somerset's Crime Commissioner
:02:00. > :02:01.But the problem of abuse affects students
:02:02. > :02:16.It is socially unacceptable. That is the real key message. We want to
:02:17. > :02:20.educate students, as a start, to make sure they can challengd, when
:02:21. > :02:25.it's safe do so and that thdy have leadership skills and that they know
:02:26. > :02:26.when to intervene and how. People often walk past because thex are
:02:27. > :02:30.Once the UWE's Bystander project has been completed, it's planned to be
:02:31. > :02:35.Domestic abuse is one of thd areas the UWE scheme is trying to combat.
:02:36. > :02:38.And I asked Helen Chignal from the Charity Survive
:02:39. > :02:47.I think they are essential because they really skill people up.
:02:48. > :02:50.That might be a neighbour on the street or somebody
:02:51. > :02:56.In terms of really supporting people and looking out for people who might
:02:57. > :03:00.be experiencing domestic abtse or sexual violence, really supporting
:03:01. > :03:06.them in how to react and respond in a timely and appropriate way
:03:07. > :03:11.Do you find that they do actually come forward?
:03:12. > :03:14.I think young people need a lot of support
:03:15. > :03:22.There are so many barriers to seeking support, for exampld fear
:03:23. > :03:27.of losing their friendship group or fear of the violence escalating
:03:28. > :03:31.They will come forward, but with the appropriate support
:03:32. > :03:40.and friendship groups of people in their student network and colleges.
:03:41. > :03:46.There is also online psychological abuse, as well, isn't there?
:03:47. > :03:53.I think young people think of domestic abuse and actually think
:03:54. > :04:00.There is a lot of awareness of raising education that ndeds to
:04:01. > :04:04.be done and emotional abuse can be really subtle and within yotng
:04:05. > :04:08.peoples' relationships that can be seen as totally normal, as well
:04:09. > :04:13.Like 100 texts a day or needing to respond to messages in the liddle
:04:14. > :04:22.A row has broken out over btskers in Bath.
:04:23. > :04:25.The council has received colplaints that some of them are too loud
:04:26. > :04:29.and the famous Abbey even h`d to stop its choral evensong on Sunday,
:04:30. > :04:32.when it was drowned out by a street musician.
:04:33. > :04:35.But the buskers say they're part of the city's culture
:04:36. > :04:53.MUSIC PLAYS A town full of tourists takhng a
:04:54. > :05:01.turn around this historic chty centre. But are these almost equally
:05:02. > :05:07.well`known fit its long tradition of street entertainers. Bass goes like
:05:08. > :05:15.Emilia, one of the few dozen who use an amplifier to make themselves
:05:16. > :05:26.heard. Buskers. I can't really compete with the city. I'd tse it so
:05:27. > :05:33.people can hear me. But it hs not music to everyone's years. On
:05:34. > :05:37.Sunday, Bath Abbey had to stop its service went buskers outsidd ground
:05:38. > :05:42.out the choir. It can be differing kinds of rock music, what ever the
:05:43. > :05:48.music is to you wanted to bd accompanied by music from ottside. I
:05:49. > :05:51.think the answer is no. At the moment the council doesn't have the
:05:52. > :05:57.power to dictate what buskers do when they are out here playhng. Next
:05:58. > :06:00.month there will be some legislation coming in which will give the
:06:01. > :06:11.Council the power to stop pdople using amplifiers in public places.
:06:12. > :06:16.Soon, anyone caught causing a din might see their day's taking taking
:06:17. > :06:18.up by a fine. There's news on the BBC Website
:06:19. > :06:22.and your local BBC Radio St`tions. But
:06:23. > :06:39.for now I'll leave you with Alina Hello. We have had a fine and to the
:06:40. > :06:45.day. We have clear skies ovdrnight and it will be fairly chillx. Some
:06:46. > :06:50.clear skies and also some mhst when fog. A breeze is still blowhng along
:06:51. > :06:55.the coast and higher ground, which will ease off a little towards dawn.
:06:56. > :07:00.City centres around 8000 ye`rs or nine Celsius, as low as to self
:07:01. > :07:17.years in rural areas. `` 8000 years. . It will be thicker in the Bristol
:07:18. > :07:24.Channel. Still a warm day at the beginning of September. 19 Celsius
:07:25. > :07:30.for the high tomorrow. Frid`y, the chance of some patchy rain. Largely
:07:31. > :07:32.dry and less breezy at the weekend. Here is the national forecast.
:07:33. > :07:46.Good evening. Many of us had some welcome rain for the gardens
:07:47. > :07:49.overnight. But away from the north-west, rain doesn't feature
:07:50. > :07:52.heavily in the forecast for the next few days. We
:07:53. > :07:57.heavily in the forecast for the next sunshine. These were captured by Ted
:07:58. > :08:01.Williams. This is north of Swansea. But over the next few days,
:08:02. > :08:07.including tomorrow, things look cloudier and breezy as the next set
:08:08. > :08:12.of weather fronts move in. It looks as if it will peter out. The
:08:13. > :08:16.heaviest will be over the hills and mountains. What we will find is
:08:17. > :08:19.after an initial drop in temperature, the cloud will lift the
:08:20. > :08:23.temperatures again, whilst in southern areas, it is already
:08:24. > :08:31.turning chilly. Those temperatures could get within a few degrees of
:08:32. > :08:32.freezing. Some value mist and a bit of frost. The wind then