:00:11. > :00:11.Good evening. for the news where you are.
:00:12. > :00:14.A water main has burst at Khngswood near Bristol tonight flooding
:00:15. > :00:17.a dozen homes and causing widespread disruption to thd supply
:00:18. > :00:23.Seventeen adults and two children had to be rescued
:00:24. > :00:26.from their homes and some wdre taken to dry land on a raft.
:00:27. > :00:29.Tonight water tankers are being sent to the area to
:00:30. > :00:39.Bubbling up beneath the road and flooding the houses either side
:00:40. > :00:46.Firefighters used dinghies to help residents to safety.
:00:47. > :00:50.These children, not expecting a teatime evacuation from
:00:51. > :00:53.their houses, taken by surprise by a burst water main which colpletely
:00:54. > :01:02.I just looked out the window and couldn't believe my eyes.
:01:03. > :01:07.The whole road erupted and ` flood of water just came down the road.
:01:08. > :01:13.The whole road just erupted like some movie set.
:01:14. > :01:17.It was above my knees, say, two or three feet deep.
:01:18. > :01:28.A dozen or so homes were ev`cuated and with no clear timeframe
:01:29. > :01:33.for how long it might take, some decided it could be a long wait
:01:34. > :01:37.There is a gas main that runs very close to the water main so we're
:01:38. > :01:41.just preparing the site, making sure everything's safe, pulling dverybody
:01:42. > :01:45.back and then we can close down the main and we've got the gas board
:01:46. > :01:50.there to make sure there is no gas flow. It's more than three hours now
:01:51. > :01:52.since the water main at the end of the road burst.
:01:53. > :01:57.They're not being allowed whthin about 100 yards of the water
:01:58. > :02:01.They have opened a church h`ll around the corner so people can
:02:02. > :02:04.go and get a cup of tea, but what they really want to know is when
:02:05. > :02:09.Hundreds more could be without water for some time.
:02:10. > :02:33.Bristol Water say they're currently working on the problem.
:02:34. > :02:37.People are saying the water is cloudy and they are being advised to
:02:38. > :02:39.run the tap until the water is clear.
:02:40. > :02:41.The private companies running Swindon's Great Western Hospital
:02:42. > :02:46.They've been told to improvd the way they operate essenthal
:02:47. > :02:50.It comes after inspectors found food and hygiene were so bad they
:02:51. > :02:57.Our Health Correspondent Matthew Hill reports.
:02:58. > :03:00.Good wholesome food like thhs is at the heart of a patient's recovery.
:03:01. > :03:04.But when Environmental Health visited Swindon's Hospital darlier
:03:05. > :03:08.this year they gave the food just one star for hygiene.
:03:09. > :03:11.And the Care Quality Commission found dirty toilets and wards
:03:12. > :03:19.which one inspector describdd as 'absolutely disgusting.'
:03:20. > :03:23.Any dip in cleaning standards or any other sorts of standards of care we
:03:24. > :03:25.provide can have an impact on patient care and infection control.
:03:26. > :03:28.Fortunately, because of the focus our teams have been giving to this,
:03:29. > :03:34.It has taken a huge amount of our effort to make sure that
:03:35. > :03:41.The relationship between thd hospital and those in chargd of the
:03:42. > :03:48.The trust which runs the hospital is the tenant.
:03:49. > :03:52.It leases the building from the landlord, an investment
:03:53. > :03:58.In turn, it employs Carillion to run the day to day maintenance,
:03:59. > :04:12.It's a deal which is costing this trust ?30 million a ye`r.
:04:13. > :04:15.That is more than 10% of its annual revenue.
:04:16. > :04:17.Today, its board of governors were taking legal advice about how it
:04:18. > :04:20.could make Semperian force Carillion to improve their standards.
:04:21. > :04:22.Carillion has been involved in an industrial dispute with
:04:23. > :04:28.In particular, there aren't enough staff to cover days of holiday and
:04:29. > :04:31.there aren't enough hours to clean certain parts of the hospit`l.
:04:32. > :04:33.There are, for example, wards where only two or thrde years
:04:34. > :04:37.ago were cleaned by four people that are now cleaned by two people.
:04:38. > :04:40.But Carilliion says the staffing is appropriate.
:04:41. > :04:44.It wasn't prepared to be interviewed today, but in a statement
:04:45. > :05:18.the company admitted that e`rlier this year, "standards for cleaning
:05:19. > :05:21.A ?1 billion government project to bring high speed internet
:05:22. > :05:23.connections to rural villagds has been under fire tonight.
:05:24. > :05:26.The village hall in Horton, just north of Chipping Sodbury in South
:05:27. > :05:28.Gloucestershire, was packed by people demanding a better sdrvice.
:05:29. > :05:31.The campaign has been organhsed by a classic car dealer whose internet is
:05:32. > :05:34.so slow he has to drive into Bristol to upload pictures onto his website.
:05:35. > :05:36.Our business really runs on modern, digital technology
:05:37. > :05:40.We're in the middle of nowhdre, but our market is worldwide.
:05:41. > :05:43.We sell a lot to China, New Zealand, Germany and we are reliant
:05:44. > :05:50.We had an example this mornhng where we were getting some homework done
:05:51. > :05:54.and my little girl just wanted to watch a three`minute video on totem
:05:55. > :06:01.I said, well, you know we can't watch videos here.
:06:02. > :06:04.It feels almost 19th centurx to have this deal where the technology is
:06:05. > :06:09.All day today we have been hearing from people who have been mhssed out
:06:10. > :06:11.by what ought to be an essential technology.
:06:12. > :06:14.It's time we thought more creatively rather than just giving BT `ll
:06:15. > :06:21.the money to do what they'vd always done.
:06:22. > :06:23.Hong Kong has followed in the footsteps of Bristol
:06:24. > :06:26.as a new collection of giant Gromit sculptures has been sold at auction.
:06:27. > :06:28.The organisers of last year's Gromit Unleashed trail put
:06:29. > :06:32.on the event on the other shde of the world and it has raised
:06:33. > :06:35.nearly ?50,000 for two charhties, including The Grand Appeal.
:06:36. > :06:43.A pale blue design by Nick Park raised the most cash.
:06:44. > :06:45.And that's the news from across the West tonight.
:06:46. > :06:50.I will say goodnight and le`ve the last word with Alina Jenkins who
:06:51. > :07:07.Thank you David. A difference of around 10 Celsius in the telperature
:07:08. > :07:09.tonight. We could see some visibility problems through the
:07:10. > :07:17.Bristol Channel tonight. With all that cloud and the drizzle `nd
:07:18. > :07:22.rain, it will be a much milder night. Temperatures typically
:07:23. > :07:27.between 12 and 15 Celsius. @ dull start to Friday with some lhght rain
:07:28. > :07:31.and drizzle. Behind that thhs skies begin to Brighton with spells of
:07:32. > :07:32.sunshine coming through. We can t rule out some showers in thd
:07:33. > :07:40.afternoon. The weekend as well. This is the
:07:41. > :07:44.summary. Now the national outlook. Good evening. There is rain in the
:07:45. > :07:50.forecast overnight, but even so September is heading to be one of
:07:51. > :07:54.the driest on record for many of us. Today's weather front gave a lot of
:07:55. > :08:00.cloud rather than rain. But where we have the sunshine, it has been warm.
:08:01. > :08:06.And today, for eastern Scotland our warmest September day so far. 2
:08:07. > :08:11.degrees at St Andrews. But it will turn remarkably cooler. These are
:08:12. > :08:15.our first autumnal gales blowing in across Scotland and Northern Ireland
:08:16. > :08:21.with gusty winds. Severe gales possibly for Shetland. Those hold
:08:22. > :08:25.the temperature up, though. Some misty, drizzly conditions in the
:08:26. > :08:29.South mean a much milder night for many of us. We have the golf taking
:08:30. > :08:30.place tomorrow