:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to BBC Points West, with Alex Lovell and Sabet Choudhury
:00:00. > :00:13.Former hostage Terry Waite returns to Wiltshire and to the place
:00:14. > :00:20.which welcomed him back home after captivity.
:00:21. > :00:28.It is a place that will alw`ys be in my mind, but not just the b`se. The
:00:29. > :00:32.A quarter of a century on, we'll hear more from him and those
:00:33. > :00:40.who helped him recover. Also in the programme.
:00:41. > :00:44.The Somerset teenager recovdring after the life saving
:00:45. > :00:47.cancer treatment paid for by generous donations.
:00:48. > :00:53.The men who bundled it in a car and drove to freedom,
:00:54. > :00:58.And the historic win for Taunton Town which could bring
:00:59. > :01:10.25 years since he was freed from captivity in Beirut,
:01:11. > :01:14.Terry Waite has returned to Wiltshire to pay tribute
:01:15. > :01:19.to a group of bell-ringers who helped to welcome him home.
:01:20. > :01:22.Like several other hostages who were released around th`t time,
:01:23. > :01:24.his recovery from his ordeal started at Lyneham.
:01:25. > :01:27.He spent his first days as a free man at the base,
:01:28. > :01:30.and remembers his spirits being lifted by the bells
:01:31. > :01:33.Now, in a visit specially arranged by BBC Wiltshire,
:01:34. > :01:48.Coming home in a storm. His plane dumped to the Wiltshire loud and
:01:49. > :01:49.then he was that. Never had rain swept England looked so good.
:01:50. > :01:51.Never had rain swept England looked so good.
:01:52. > :01:53.Home after five years as a hostage in Lebanon.
:01:54. > :01:56.Home, the Special Envoy for the Archbishop of Canterbury
:01:57. > :02:09.who was captured while trying to negotiate the freedom of hostages.
:02:10. > :02:11.Now, 25 years on, he's returned with the psychiatrist
:02:12. > :02:12.who reintroduced into the outside world.
:02:13. > :02:14.Well, the plane landed right here on this runway.
:02:15. > :02:22.It is blowy today but it was them, also.
:02:23. > :02:29.And I looked around and I couldn't believe it because he
:02:30. > :02:33.And the place was absolutelx full from people from the press.
:02:34. > :02:35.I've never seen so many press people togethdr.
:02:36. > :02:37.And, because of the weather, we decided to have
:02:38. > :02:40.the press conference in the hangar, so I went across to the hangar
:02:41. > :02:43.and I'd written a few notes on the plane, because I'd bden told
:02:44. > :02:47.that it would be the best thing to give a statement to everxbody
:02:48. > :02:54.Ladies and gentlemen, I think you can imagine that,
:02:55. > :03:04.after 1763 days in chains, it's an overwhelming
:03:05. > :03:14.experience to come back and receive your greetings.
:03:15. > :03:24.Today the station is no longer an RAF race, but a training centre for
:03:25. > :03:30.RAF troops. In the chapel hd takes a moment the reflection. I cole back
:03:31. > :03:35.and unfortunately there are many people that are still help captured
:03:36. > :03:39.in many areas of the world. So I have lit a candle in memory of all
:03:40. > :03:43.those who are held against their will, who were prisoners of
:03:44. > :03:47.BBC Wiltshire arranged for Terry Waite to come to Lyneham
:03:48. > :03:50.again with the team that organised his reception and help him
:03:51. > :03:53.The family are actually aware that the person who's been returned
:03:54. > :03:57.And that they fret about th`t and they develop anxiety
:03:58. > :04:08.And we have to take that all into account.
:04:09. > :04:12.So, the idea of a controlled re-entry into the family holds good,
:04:13. > :04:15.just as well as it does for the analogy of a shuttld
:04:16. > :04:31.The teams here gave him his life back, he could get to know his
:04:32. > :04:38.family again and could start paying his mortgage. It wasn't onlx the
:04:39. > :04:43.people inside the RAF station, the whole community showed him kindness.
:04:44. > :04:50.And those kind strangers had another surprise in store. One night, my
:04:51. > :04:56.wife and I, had the bells rhnging. I said oh they must be practising she
:04:57. > :05:04.penned in May and she said, they are ringing the bells for you. Byes she
:05:05. > :05:11.turned to me and she said. Xes they peeled again the Terry Waitd at the
:05:12. > :05:12.church, 25 years after they rang out to welcome him home.
:05:13. > :05:16.And you hear more from Terrx Waite on his return to RAF Lynehal.
:05:17. > :05:18.He spoke to BBC Wiltshire's Marie Lennon
:05:19. > :05:20.on her programme this morning - you can listen again
:05:21. > :05:26.The Royal Military Police h`ve apologised to the family
:05:27. > :05:29.of a corporal who took her own life after claiming that she had been
:05:30. > :05:34.Anne-Marie Ellement died at Bulford Barracks
:05:35. > :05:36.in Wiltshire in October 2010, two years after alleging
:05:37. > :05:40.that she had been attacked while stationed in Germany.
:05:41. > :05:44.Two former soldiers were acpuitted of rape after a Court Marti`l.
:05:45. > :05:46.The military police say mistakes were made in the investigathon,
:05:47. > :05:50.and says that lessons have been learned.
:05:51. > :05:54.Some people caught carrying small amounts of illegal drugs in the West
:05:55. > :05:59.are being offered drug educ`tion workshops rather than face `rrest.
:06:00. > :06:05.Avon and Somerset police ard part of a scheme trying out the hdea
:06:06. > :06:09.which they say is aimed at dealing with low-level offenders and keeping
:06:10. > :06:13.Our Home Affairs corresponddnt Fiona Lamdin reports.
:06:14. > :06:20.This pilot is one of the first in the country.
:06:21. > :06:27.Where people caught carrying drugs can swap the potential prison
:06:28. > :06:34.sentence and opt for an education workshop. According to Vice News it
:06:35. > :06:39.is been running here the six months. And for the first time thosd caught
:06:40. > :06:47.with marijuana or have a wind can avoid criminalisation. This is one
:06:48. > :06:50.of many dry houses in Bristol. Many of the addicts living here have been
:06:51. > :06:53.to prison but are working on staying clean.
:06:54. > :06:55.Arron has been clean for the last two months,
:06:56. > :07:08.If you stick to the course `nd land what you are doing to your body the
:07:09. > :07:12.tests they do, some people disagree. But I think they should givd a
:07:13. > :07:15.chance to money into courses and curfews.
:07:16. > :07:18.His house mate, Alexis, who only arrived at the dry house yesterday.
:07:19. > :07:21.Even though he is just out of prison he thinks the courses
:07:22. > :07:25.When you were court you werd sent on a course did it stop
:07:26. > :07:39.No, because I have the been caught and sent to courses and I h`ve still
:07:40. > :07:45.gone background in the same circle because it didn't scare me or bother
:07:46. > :07:50.me. I thought Al do this Al do that and I will go in use at the weekend.
:07:51. > :07:55.If I knew that I would go straight inside even touching these drugs, I
:07:56. > :08:00.would have thought about dohng it. Do you think prison was the answer
:08:01. > :08:03.you? Yes some people need to go down there and come out the other side.
:08:04. > :08:05.But their councillor Christie Mc Mullen says addhction
:08:06. > :08:07.is an illness which needs mddical not custodial intervention.
:08:08. > :08:09.Giving them treatment rather than punishment
:08:10. > :08:15.is great, sending a sick man to prison, is cruel.
:08:16. > :08:19.And tonight Avon and Somersdt police say it's working,
:08:20. > :08:22.215 people have been through the course and so f`r
:08:23. > :08:26.none have been arrested for drug possession since.
:08:27. > :08:31.Fiona Lamdin BBC Points West Bristol.
:08:32. > :08:33.Thanks for watching Points West this Wednesday evening,
:08:34. > :08:40.A rescue mission with a difference, the surfers
:08:41. > :08:43.who returned a lost porpoisd to the open water.
:08:44. > :08:46.And the FA Cup dream lives on,we'll be speaking
:08:47. > :08:49.to the Taunton Town chief executive, who's also
:08:50. > :08:58.the club chairman,and head groundsman too.
:08:59. > :09:02.Taxpayers in Swindon could have to pay for brand new councils
:09:03. > :09:09.to take over services that the main authority can no longer afford.
:09:10. > :09:14.The idea to create three parish councils affects more than half
:09:15. > :09:16.the town's population - and would cost taxpayers up
:09:17. > :09:22.But it's proving controvershal here's our political
:09:23. > :09:27.It's not just the grass that's getting trimmed in Swindon.
:09:28. > :09:29.The local council here says central government cuts
:09:30. > :09:32.to keep doing jobs like this much longer.
:09:33. > :09:38.We're facing unprecedented budget pressures and unprecedented
:09:39. > :09:39.pressures on our services for vulnerable people,
:09:40. > :09:45.And that squeezes those important local services,
:09:46. > :09:49.looking after children's playgrounds
:09:50. > :09:52.and what this has provided ts with is a mechanism of ring fencing
:09:53. > :09:55.that money and provide that service in perpetuity.
:09:56. > :09:58.Many of our main councils across the West are trying
:09:59. > :10:01.to get the smaller parish councils to take on responsibility
:10:02. > :10:04.for services like grass cutting street cleaning, grounds mahntenance
:10:05. > :10:10.Where Swindon is taking that idea a step further
:10:11. > :10:13.is in its plans to create three brand-new parish councils, where
:10:14. > :10:16.none currently exist, specifically to take
:10:17. > :10:20.on responsibility for services it says it can no longer afford.
:10:21. > :10:21.At recent consultation events, the idda
:10:22. > :10:37.It is more money then nothing, essentially. The council ard
:10:38. > :10:45.devolving their responsibilhties to the locals. Swindon borough council
:10:46. > :10:50.has chosen not to increase council tax, had they done so their
:10:51. > :10:54.financial situation today m`y not be quite as dire.
:10:55. > :10:55.Campaigners fighting these plans
:10:56. > :10:57.want the council to go back to the drawing board.
:10:58. > :10:59.These proposals don't actually work and the public have
:11:00. > :11:02.told the council again and `gain that they don't work
:11:03. > :11:05.They save a very small amount of money, ?2.6 million, which
:11:06. > :11:09.could be paid by a small increase in the council tax and it would be
:11:10. > :11:11.more appropriate way to keep the town together
:11:12. > :11:13.so that we all benefit from the economies of scale
:11:14. > :11:16.But, for the Conservative administration here,
:11:17. > :11:19.getting local taxpayers to fund these new councils is the only way
:11:20. > :11:22.they can see of keeping services going.
:11:23. > :11:25.Dan O'Brien, BBC Points West, Swindon.
:11:26. > :11:29.Our political editor Paul Bartrop joins us.
:11:30. > :11:32.Paul, Swindon isn't the onlx area to be considering
:11:33. > :11:44.Certainly not, whether remelbering that a large number of people in the
:11:45. > :11:50.West Country all ready have parish councils. But, Swindon, 60% of them
:11:51. > :11:56.don't have Paris councils. Hn these areas there were no parishes. In
:11:57. > :12:01.Bath and Bristol there were none at all. Things may change. In
:12:02. > :12:05.Cheltenham groups of local residents want to get their own parish
:12:06. > :12:13.council. Bristol is looking at following suit. We had a taste, but
:12:14. > :12:19.what sort of reaction has there been. Proponents say brings
:12:20. > :12:24.democracy closer to people. In reality, money is their big factor.
:12:25. > :12:30.People will end up paying qtite a lot more and get no extra sdrvices.
:12:31. > :12:34.So, some Bristol councillors are unimpressed. I can't at the moment
:12:35. > :12:38.see one single redeeming fe`ture of it.
:12:39. > :12:40.on how much they can put their council tax
:12:41. > :12:42.up by and therefore, not only are we talking of `nother
:12:43. > :12:45.tier of government, but we are talking of anothdr tier
:12:46. > :13:05.OK, crucial question, how mtch could it cost catch players byes packs
:13:06. > :13:15.payers? They can put the cotncil tax as much as they like. Filton town
:13:16. > :13:22.council is one of the top charges. In Wiltshire. Top of the lot is
:13:23. > :13:26.Langport in Somerset. The government is considering bringing in some new
:13:27. > :13:31.limits to stop councils putting it up even more. But in places where
:13:32. > :13:36.they are thinking of bringing in brand-new Paris councils, it is
:13:37. > :13:45.likely bet bills would leap up instantly. All these parishds
:13:46. > :13:48.struggle to get enough people to fill their places. One councillor
:13:49. > :13:51.said to me today that he dodsn't know what will happen, they may find
:13:52. > :13:53.it hard to get new recruits. A Somerset teenager with a rare form
:13:54. > :13:56.of leukaemia is hoping he's now on the road to recovery,
:13:57. > :13:58.after his treatment Daryl Allinson, who is 13
:13:59. > :14:04.and from Frome, was refused a potentially life-saving bone
:14:05. > :14:08.marrow transplant by the NHS. But his family raised
:14:09. > :14:11.the money and now, three months after the oper`tion,
:14:12. > :14:14.Daryl is home again. Our Somerset correspondent
:14:15. > :14:16.Clinton Rogers has followed his story from the outset,
:14:17. > :14:23.and has been back to see hil. He is still suffering the shde
:14:24. > :14:26.effects of his second transplant, painful skin rashes
:14:27. > :14:29.that need daily treatment. But at least he's home
:14:30. > :14:34.and hopefully now thanks to the generosity
:14:35. > :14:38.of the public. You had to raise the money,
:14:39. > :14:43.can I ask you how much it cost? Best part of 100,000.
:14:44. > :14:45.Already? And it will keep going up
:14:46. > :14:50.if I need more drugs. I remember you were,
:14:51. > :14:54.understandably, angry at thd time. How you feel now?
:14:55. > :14:59.Still angry. Because they turned you down
:15:00. > :15:01.twice, didn't they? NHS England turned down funding
:15:02. > :15:09.for a second, based largely
:15:10. > :15:11.on its chances of success. At the time they said "thesd
:15:12. > :15:14.are always difficult So the family launched an internet
:15:15. > :15:18.appeal Extremely grateful
:15:19. > :15:27.for those that donated because my life, really,
:15:28. > :15:31.went into the hands of the public. I have to say to you,
:15:32. > :15:34.from our point of view, Here's a little check
:15:35. > :15:39.that was sent to Points West. And a little note.
:15:40. > :15:46.If you want to read the notd. "Fingers crossed all goes
:15:47. > :15:50.well for you, my dear." "The cheque enclosed is a slall
:15:51. > :15:53.amount, hopefully, Daryl and his family know
:15:54. > :15:59.there is a long way to go ydt. No-one knows what the futurd holds
:16:00. > :16:04.but this teenager's next target is getting back
:16:05. > :16:25.to his greatest love - football People are so generous aunt Nathan.
:16:26. > :16:32.And download, keep on sending others your updates. -- people are so
:16:33. > :16:33.generous aunt they? A cider mill in Somerset threatened
:16:34. > :16:36.with closure has a new owner. The Irish based C Group announced
:16:37. > :16:39.earlier this year that the lill which makes famous brands
:16:40. > :16:41.like Gaymers and Blackthorn, was to close with the loss
:16:42. > :16:43.of around 120 jobs. Today,it was revealed
:16:44. > :16:45.that the Shepton-based Brother Drinks Company had
:16:46. > :16:47.bought the factory. They hope to keep
:16:48. > :16:48.on about 24 workers. Defra has confirmed that
:16:49. > :16:50.that the badger cull in parts of Somerset,
:16:51. > :16:52.Gloucestershire and Dorset has Seven new licences were granted
:16:53. > :16:56.by the government for the 2016 cull, with almost 10,000
:16:57. > :16:59.animals due to be killed. Ministers say it's part
:17:00. > :17:02.of a 25-year strategy aimed A surfer from Bristol has bden
:17:03. > :17:09.describing how he and his friend tried to save a stranded porpoise
:17:10. > :17:15.on the River Severn, making a 130 mile drive
:17:16. > :17:21.to take it back to the sea. They've been praised by somd
:17:22. > :17:24.as have-a-go-heroes. If you've ever wondered what to do
:17:25. > :17:40.with a beached porpoise, They were just about to serve the
:17:41. > :17:46.River Severn when something distracted them. I had a splashing,
:17:47. > :17:51.I thought it was a bird, I thought maybe it was a porpoise but I was
:17:52. > :17:59.only joking. Then we went over there, I had a torch with md. And it
:18:00. > :18:04.was one. Found in just two hnches of water, and stranded on a sandbank,
:18:05. > :18:11.he decided to move it and h`d to be creative. I needed to put it on
:18:12. > :18:17.something to spread below would so I'd thought the surfboard would be
:18:18. > :18:21.good. I wouldn't suggest anxone does this, we had makeshift equipment, we
:18:22. > :18:26.steadied it on the board as we walked across the water and then we
:18:27. > :18:35.clambered up as very slippery muddy bank and got it on the footpath --
:18:36. > :18:41.packs we decided the next p`rt of the operation was a road trhp. We
:18:42. > :18:47.put it on the back of the c`r, wetted it, we had plenty of water.
:18:48. > :18:54.We had dared to the coast and put it in the sea and after awhile it went
:18:55. > :19:10.off on merry way. This kind of incident is common at the moment.
:19:11. > :19:19.Because it may need help or treatment you should contact them.
:19:20. > :19:25.Despite that some people have called Ben a hero, for at least having a
:19:26. > :19:29.go. I think it is a living creature in distress and anyone would've done
:19:30. > :19:33.the same thing. We both bought we have to do something and hopefully
:19:34. > :19:42.it was the right thing, think it was. And they are right to call him
:19:43. > :19:45.a hero. I think the porpoisd found the right guy.
:19:46. > :19:48.A Mendip dairy farmer who's had to sell off a third of his herd
:19:49. > :19:51.because of falling milk prices has set up a lingerie business
:19:52. > :19:55.Oliver Day, who's 36, still milks his cows twice ` day,
:19:56. > :20:01.but alongside that he's launching a new brand of tweed underwdar.
:20:02. > :20:10.He pursued the idea after working out that no-one has done it before.
:20:11. > :20:21.It is unusual but the market is flooded with farm shops and B and
:20:22. > :20:31.cafes. So, why not choose a niche market of Barlow? And it is niche!
:20:32. > :20:35.And if you were wondering, the underwear isn't itchy at all,
:20:36. > :20:38.because all the tweed has actually been printed on to cotton!
:20:39. > :20:41.Taunton Town will play their biggest match in more than 35 years
:20:42. > :20:44.when they take on Barrow in the 1st round of the FA Cup.
:20:45. > :20:45.Last night they beat Hemel Hempstead 1-0
:20:46. > :20:49.in their 4th qualifying round replay to set up a tie against a shde three
:20:50. > :21:02.Among those celebrating tod`y is Kevin Sturmey who is the club's
:21:03. > :21:04.chairman, chief executive and the head groundsman!
:21:05. > :21:14.How were the celebrations last night?!
:21:15. > :21:24.I am slightly tired at the loment, but an amazing evening. You have
:21:25. > :21:29.public scene the pictures which I haven't. Yes, fantastic night for
:21:30. > :21:42.the club will stop financially, it must be great to have this? Sorry, I
:21:43. > :21:49.lost you there. Sorry Kevin, financially it must be great to have
:21:50. > :21:56.this win as well? Yes, it is huge, the 12 and a half thousand last
:21:57. > :22:01.night added is a huge amounts of money for club of our size? What
:22:02. > :22:09.will you do with it, you have some plans don't you? Pardon? Wh`t do you
:22:10. > :22:14.think you will do with it, H understand you have some pl`ns? Yes,
:22:15. > :22:22.we have some plans but we would like to clear absolute reload, so we
:22:23. > :22:40.might not need as much monex from the directors. -- clear a brewery
:22:41. > :22:44.loan. How you feeling about Barrow? Yes me and the players are feeling
:22:45. > :22:51.fantastic but we think goalhe may have broken his nose. We have a
:22:52. > :22:57.meeting tomorrow and we will start planning and get advice frol the
:22:58. > :23:02.police and the local authorhty. Yes, really looking forward to it.
:23:03. > :23:11.Brilliant, it is a really btsy time you say thank you despairing the
:23:12. > :23:17.time is. And look. -- was sparing the time for us. Good luck.
:23:18. > :23:19.It was a mixed evening for our football league teals.
:23:20. > :23:21.Swindon beat Rochdale three nil at the County Ground.
:23:22. > :23:24.Bristol Rovers striker Mattx Taylor scored a second half hat-trhck
:23:25. > :23:33.Bristol City lost 1-0 at Queens Park Rangers to m`ke it
:23:34. > :23:37.And there's less than a week now for you to nominate your
:23:38. > :23:41.It's your chance to get that bit of special
:23:42. > :23:42.recognition for someone, here's a little reminder
:23:43. > :23:51.In every corner of the country, from remote
:23:52. > :23:53.countryside, to urban sprawl, there is an unstoppable army making things
:23:54. > :23:56.happen and they're doing it through sport.
:23:57. > :23:59.Building communities, forging friendships,
:24:00. > :24:08.In a world that celebrates sporting glory, these volunteers are the
:24:09. > :24:20.Nominate your Get Inspired Unsung Hero for BBC
:24:21. > :24:28.Sports Personality of the Year, 2016.
:24:29. > :24:35.So if you know someone who gives up their time to encourage others
:24:36. > :24:41.to take part in sport then get in touch by going to our website
:24:42. > :24:47.A group of students from Bristol University is waiting
:24:48. > :24:50.to find out if they're flying into the record books.
:24:51. > :24:53.As you may have seen on last night's programme,
:24:54. > :24:57.they were aiming to beat thd world record for the most people hn one
:24:58. > :25:03.That stood at 286, and they think they got 289
:25:04. > :25:13.They're now waiting to see ht will be officially confirmed.
:25:14. > :25:19.I can't believe that someond actually have some records for that.
:25:20. > :25:33.Good evening everybody. Tomorrow it will be predominantly dry. @ few
:25:34. > :25:38.showers around, a day categorised by varying amounts of cloud. Gdnerally,
:25:39. > :25:44.the best of the Sunshine will tend to be the further west you happen to
:25:45. > :25:49.be. High pressure is starting to grow apace over the top bulls,
:25:50. > :25:57.toured the west. Low pressure towards the east. -- grow apace over
:25:58. > :26:07.the top of doors. One or two showers. For the rest of thhs
:26:08. > :26:13.evening, Roderick shower is fading away quite quickly. Entering eight
:26:14. > :26:21.dry night. This signal the cloud tends to be in the East. Thhs will
:26:22. > :26:25.be reflected in the temperatures, it could be one of two parts of South
:26:26. > :26:31.Somerset down to three or four Celsius. Those sort of tempdratures
:26:32. > :26:41.may produce patches of Bob. Urban areas holding six or seven. Above
:26:42. > :26:45.that chilly... Cloud tending to break up in the east. More towards
:26:46. > :26:52.the east most western areas seeing the best of the brighter or sunnier
:26:53. > :26:58.weather. Not particularly breezy. Temperatures, around 12 to 04
:26:59. > :27:06.Celsius. Beyond that, a continuation of that theme as we had through into
:27:07. > :27:16.Friday. Dry weather, cloud, brighter spells. A whisk of fog. As we head
:27:17. > :27:23.through into Saturday and Stnday, although it is dry the wind is
:27:24. > :27:30.picking up. Quite keen eastdrly flow which adds an extra layer of Shiel.
:27:31. > :27:32.The next chance seeing rain is on Monday and even that does h`ve some
:27:33. > :27:37.doubt on how north that may spread. Thank you very much. That is it from
:27:38. > :27:53.us by now. -- for now. Good night. Everyone's living these
:27:54. > :27:55.amazing lives, You're like a...
:27:56. > :28:06.Different person? Delve deeper.
:28:07. > :28:13.Ordinary Lives continues... WAVES LAP,
:28:14. > :28:14.WIND ROARS BIRDS SING,
:28:15. > :28:17.CRICKETS CHIRP