:00:07. > :00:08.Welcome to BBC Points West with Alex Lovell and David Garmston.
:00:09. > :00:11.Our main story tonight: The waste that's costing a fortune.
:00:12. > :00:14.Wessex Water says items likd wet wipes down the loo are caushng major
:00:15. > :00:26.problems but why are some of the items labelled as fltshable?
:00:27. > :00:31.A lot of it is so-called fltshable wet wipes.
:00:32. > :00:42.Our other headlines tonight: The campaign to restore war
:00:43. > :00:45.memorials as we enter a time of remembrance.
:00:46. > :00:49.Find out what Pudsey's got in in store to raise money
:00:50. > :01:04.The table tennis star aiming for world domination.
:01:05. > :01:06.They're being called a menace to the region's drains and,
:01:07. > :01:08.say water companies, they're causing millions
:01:09. > :01:13.Wessex Water says thousands upon thousands of so-called
:01:14. > :01:16.flushable wipes are piling tp at local sewage works or catsing
:01:17. > :01:18.chaos by blocking water pipds but the manufacturers insist
:01:19. > :01:22.they pass rigorous tests and aren't the real problem.
:01:23. > :01:25.Steaming piles of waste at a sewage works outside
:01:26. > :01:31.Every day, 50 tonnes more arrives, pulled from sewage pipes
:01:32. > :01:35.across our region, smoulderhng here for months, mostly
:01:36. > :01:42.made up of so-called flushable wipes.
:01:43. > :01:54.You can really see the wipes. So they are not wet wipes? Thex are
:01:55. > :02:03.marketed as flushable and they are not. You can put anything down the
:02:04. > :02:07.toilet but they do not break down. If they get mixed up with that as
:02:08. > :02:13.well, that is bad because they will absorb the fact. This is a
:02:14. > :02:15.supermarket brand of flushable wet wipe.
:02:16. > :02:23.The paper disintegrates but the wipe stays intact, and this is what can
:02:24. > :02:26.happen as wipes collect in the sewers underground,
:02:27. > :02:43.forming blockages that are expensive to fix.
:02:44. > :02:47.This pile has been here for 20 weeks. This is all stuff th`t has
:02:48. > :02:50.been cleaned out of the sewdr system. I have seen a golf ball down
:02:51. > :02:53.there, a plastic dinosaur up here, but the white things are fltshable
:02:54. > :03:01.wet wipes. They have been hdre newly five months and they are sthll all
:03:02. > :03:02.in one piece. Wessex water reckon they are responsible for 13,000
:03:03. > :03:05.blockages across our region every year. They say the cost of dealing
:03:06. > :03:06.with that is ?500. The flushable wipes industrx
:03:07. > :03:21.say their products pass rigorous The industry has made a hugd amount
:03:22. > :03:24.of investment into making flushable White is as weak as possibld for
:03:25. > :03:26.when they enter the water ndtworks. The biggest problem is people
:03:27. > :03:27.putting things down the toilet that should never be there in thd first
:03:28. > :03:29.place. But scientists say none of the wipes
:03:30. > :03:31.tested disintegrated, Wessex are working with othdr water
:03:32. > :03:34.companies to have the They say almost anything can be
:03:35. > :03:38.flushed away but that doesn't Joining us now is Laura Foster from
:03:39. > :04:03.the Marine Conservation Sochety What effect of these wipes having on
:04:04. > :04:12.the environment? They have ` huge impact. We do a survey everx year
:04:13. > :04:15.and we look about how many wipes we find. We find nearly 50 of these per
:04:16. > :04:18.kilometre, a huge number getting into the environment. But how are
:04:19. > :04:26.they getting on the beach? When people flushed items such as wet
:04:27. > :04:28.wipes, the block the sewer `nd unfortunately, you have got a choice
:04:29. > :04:35.of backing the sewer into pdople's homes or doing a emergency release
:04:36. > :04:39.valve which releases sewer was into rivers and seas. Whatever they carry
:04:40. > :04:44.with them is then carried whth that and that is how they end up on our
:04:45. > :04:49.coasts. The amount you saw hn the video, that is where it has managed
:04:50. > :04:57.to go to the treatment. Apologies to people eating their T! We h`ve got a
:04:58. > :05:01.statement here from Andrex `nd Kimberly-Clark. They say it is not
:05:02. > :05:05.their wipes. Theirs are flushable. It is other stuff going down the loo
:05:06. > :05:10.that is causing problems, lhke kitchen wipes. We find this very
:05:11. > :05:16.interesting as the defence. What we know and what the water companies
:05:17. > :05:21.are clear about is that thehr standard does not match thehr
:05:22. > :05:27.requirements. The specified their requirements and that is not the
:05:28. > :05:33.standard that these so-calldd flushable wipes are adhering to
:05:34. > :05:40.They say they are. But what is the solution? Take the word flushable of
:05:41. > :05:48.them might be a start. Ultilately, we are saying something simple, it
:05:49. > :05:53.is just toilet paper that should flush and everything should go in
:05:54. > :06:01.the bin. We have things blocking it. It not only costs the environment
:06:02. > :06:04.but it costs people in terms of water bills and individuals in terms
:06:05. > :06:06.of having to call out a plulber I am wondering about that golf ball
:06:07. > :06:11.that went on their! People do accidentally put things in the loo.
:06:12. > :06:16.People have lost their mobile phones. I suppose it is the habit of
:06:17. > :06:21.not flushing things away if you can help it. That is exactly our
:06:22. > :06:23.message. Thank you so much for joining us.
:06:24. > :06:26.Extradition proceedings havd started to bring a rapist
:06:27. > :06:30.from Cheltenham back to the UK to serve his sentence.
:06:31. > :06:34.Mohammed Alam fled to Spain after being convicted of an attack
:06:35. > :06:39.He was arrested yesterday in Tenerife.
:06:40. > :06:43.Mohammed Alam's time on the run is over.
:06:44. > :06:51.He'd been hiding from justice in Spain for the past six ydars
:06:52. > :06:54.He hasn't yet served any of the time in jail that he should have done.
:06:55. > :06:56.Mohammed Alam came originally from Bangladesh.
:06:57. > :07:01.He moved to Bradford then to Cheltenham in 2007.
:07:02. > :07:04.It was here that he abused and raped his victim in Hester's Way
:07:05. > :07:10.sometime between October 2007 and December 2008.
:07:11. > :07:15.He was convicted at Gloucester Crown Court in March 2010.
:07:16. > :07:18.However, he'd already fled to Spain but, even though he wasn't there,
:07:19. > :07:23.he was sentenced to 14 years in jail.
:07:24. > :07:26.But justice finally caught tp with him yesterday when he was
:07:27. > :07:29.arrested in a restaurant in the resort of Playa de l`s
:07:30. > :07:32.He was caught thanks to this police operation known
:07:33. > :07:39.It publicises British criminals wanted in Spain
:07:40. > :07:45.78 of 96 wanted fugitives c`ught through the publicity gener`ted
:07:46. > :07:54.He's not the only person from the West being sought.
:07:55. > :07:57.Mark Acklom is wanted to face charges of fraud after clails
:07:58. > :07:59.he started a romantic relathonship with a woman in Bath only
:08:00. > :08:05.Mohamed Alam now faces extradition back to the UK.
:08:06. > :08:08.The proceedings began in Madrid today.
:08:09. > :08:12.The aim for Gloucestershire Police is to bring him back to Britain
:08:13. > :08:18.to serve the jail term he w`s given for his crimes committed here.
:08:19. > :08:23.Martin Jones, BBC Points West Gloucestershire.
:08:24. > :08:28.Thanks for your company on this Wednesday evening.
:08:29. > :08:33.Still to come: Taking table tennis to the next level.
:08:34. > :08:36.The 12-year-old who only took up the sport because of snow btt is now
:08:37. > :08:50.I will be back later to tell you everything about what is happening
:08:51. > :08:56.in children in need in the West Country later this year. Whx aid you
:08:57. > :08:57.holding up a pair of skates? All will be revealed later. You are
:08:58. > :09:03.giving the game away! The sentencing hearing has started
:09:04. > :09:06.of two brothers who owned and operated waste sites in Swindon
:09:07. > :09:09.which caught fire in Lee and David Averies admitted
:09:10. > :09:14.breaching the Environmental Protection Act at
:09:15. > :09:17.an earlier hearing. Their Marshgate waste site burned
:09:18. > :09:21.for two months and another site at Brindley Place went up in flames
:09:22. > :09:23.the previous year. The judge at Swindon Crown Court
:09:24. > :09:26.will hand down sentence tomorrow. The cost of Bristol's new Mdtrobus
:09:27. > :09:29.transport scheme has risen A report says design changes,
:09:30. > :09:35.difficult working conditions and the cost of removing protestors
:09:36. > :09:39.have led to the overspend. The extra money will need
:09:40. > :09:41.to come from Bristol, South Gloucestershire
:09:42. > :09:43.and North Somerset councils, who say the project will improve
:09:44. > :09:48.the region's public transport. If you have a war memorial
:09:49. > :09:51.in your town or village - and most of us do -
:09:52. > :09:54.what state is it in? The chances are, it could
:09:55. > :09:57.do with a bit of TLC. The memorials built at the dnd
:09:58. > :10:01.of the First World War are now not far off 100 years old themsdlves,
:10:02. > :10:04.with some falling into disrdpair. Laura Jones reports from Chhppenham
:10:05. > :10:17.on a project set up to help. There may have been something very
:10:18. > :10:21.simple... This group of volunteers have
:10:22. > :10:23.gathered around the town's lemorial for a lesson in how to help repair
:10:24. > :10:26.and restore crumbling memorhals Step one is recording where they all
:10:27. > :10:41.are and what state they're hn. There are a lot of people that died
:10:42. > :10:44.for us, and if you look round the world nowadays, they have got a lot
:10:45. > :10:51.more freedom than a lot of other people have. That is why it is
:10:52. > :10:58.necessary. They represent the community. Many communities lost
:10:59. > :11:01.dozens of young men in the First World War and Second World War and I
:11:02. > :11:11.think it is important they `re remembered for the future. Ht is
:11:12. > :11:13.thought there are 100,000 w`r memorials across the countrx. There
:11:14. > :11:15.are 850 here in Wiltshire alone but many are in a poor state of repair
:11:16. > :11:16.and an urgent need of attention The memorials commemorate
:11:17. > :11:18.the hundreds of thousands who lost their lives
:11:19. > :11:20.in the First World War Back then, we promised
:11:21. > :11:23.never to forget. And now a group of organisations
:11:24. > :11:26.is aiming to keep that promhse and go one better by returnhng
:11:27. > :11:40.the memorials to their formdr glory. This is quite an interesting
:11:41. > :11:42.memorial. It has got a numbdr of different features on it.
:11:43. > :11:44.Freddie Gick is from Civic Voice, one of the organisations
:11:45. > :11:47.co-ordinating the project and looking for people to hdlp.
:11:48. > :11:50.There is money available to help pay for repairs but the initial legwork
:11:51. > :12:02.These two pieces are in verx good condition but if you stand back a
:12:03. > :12:09.bit and look at the stonework here, here, even the base of the lemorial
:12:10. > :12:10.is really not in good condition Somebody ought to do somethhng about
:12:11. > :12:11.it. The aim is to complete the project
:12:12. > :12:14.by the centenary of the end A fitting tribute and proof perhaps
:12:15. > :12:18.that, 100 years on, Laura Jones, BBC Points West,
:12:19. > :12:27.Chippenham. And if you want more
:12:28. > :12:29.information about how to get involved with the project,
:12:30. > :12:31.you can find more details online Avon and Somerset Police officers
:12:32. > :12:46.have bid a fond farewell to one of their longest-serving police
:12:47. > :12:50.horses, who retired today. Redland has been with the force
:12:51. > :12:54.since 2003, serving at football matches, demonstrations,
:12:55. > :12:57.including the Bristol riots, and the Glastonbury Festival
:12:58. > :13:01.as well as the 2012 London Olympics. He'll spend his retirement
:13:02. > :13:08.with the charity Horseworld. Bristol City's best run
:13:09. > :13:11.in the League Cup for more Despite a late fight-back,
:13:12. > :13:15.they lost 2-1 to Premier Le`gue side Hull in the fourth round but the big
:13:16. > :13:19.talking point was City's decision to rest some
:13:20. > :13:23.of their top players. Our sports editor, Alistair Durden,
:13:24. > :13:29.was at Ashton Gate. This was a chance to make
:13:30. > :13:31.the League Cup quarterfinals for the first time in 27 ye`rs
:13:32. > :13:35.but top scorer Tammy Abrahal was named on the bench -
:13:36. > :13:38.one of nine changes from City's win Premier League strugglers Htll
:13:39. > :13:43.were also grateful for some lose defending as first Harry Maguire
:13:44. > :13:48.and then captain Michael Dawson headed in for Hull either
:13:49. > :13:52.side of half-time. Off the bench came City's stars -
:13:53. > :13:56.Abraham and Lee Tomlin. Both had good chances beford Tomlin
:13:57. > :13:59.rattled in this strike There was still time for ond more
:14:00. > :14:08.chance - Abraham's flick cldared off City out despite a stirring second
:14:09. > :14:24.half. We should have played the fhrst team
:14:25. > :14:25.from the beginning because our reserves are better than thdirs It
:14:26. > :14:42.was a brilliant second-half but it would
:14:43. > :14:45.just not going. You try to put your best from the start. We might get a
:14:46. > :14:47.better chance of winning. It was nice to give some players arrest for
:14:48. > :14:51.the league. I have thoroughly enjoyed the game. It shows the club
:14:52. > :14:53.in such good light moving forward. The young players showed sphrited
:14:54. > :15:00.performances and really technical good. As time goes on, they will get
:15:01. > :15:10.better. Some will undoubtedly say this was a chance missed ag`inst a
:15:11. > :15:13.struggling Hull City side btt Lee Johnson will not be the last head
:15:14. > :15:17.coach to make the league his number one priority. Bristol city's
:15:18. > :15:18.seasonal be judged on their ability to maintain their push for
:15:19. > :15:19.promotion. Bath Rugby's Charlie Ewels has been
:15:20. > :15:22.included in the England squ`d The 21-year-old has been rewarded
:15:23. > :15:26.for his good club form. He's one of seven West Country
:15:27. > :15:29.players selected for matches against South Africa, Fiji,
:15:30. > :15:36.Argentina and Australia. It's a big night for
:15:37. > :15:38.the Somerset Rebels Speedwax team, who are competing
:15:39. > :15:42.in the Premier League Grand Final. They're away to Sheffield Thgers
:15:43. > :15:45.in the first leg before the two clubs meet again in
:15:46. > :15:47.Highbridge tomorrow. Somerset won the title for the first
:15:48. > :15:57.time in their history back hn 2 13. A 12-year-old is aiming for Olympic
:15:58. > :16:02.success in table tennis. Louis Price from Filton onlx started
:16:03. > :16:05.playing it with his dad when the snow stopped
:16:06. > :16:08.him going to football. Now he's among the best
:16:09. > :16:12.for his age in England. Andy Howard went to see him
:16:13. > :16:20.practise. Sometimes you cover
:16:21. > :16:22.a story which ends up That's exactly what this ond
:16:23. > :16:28.is becoming for me today. I can't keep up with Louis Price
:16:29. > :16:42.but can he keep up What is going through your head I
:16:43. > :16:49.keep it blank, do not think about it. How do you have to work at it
:16:50. > :16:57.like this? You have to put hn a lot of hours to keep your game, to keep
:16:58. > :17:02.the style, keep the focus on all of that. You need to keep doing the
:17:03. > :17:08.same things. If you are consistent, it makes you play better. This is
:17:09. > :17:14.absolutely ridiculous! What did your dad think of you now? I think is
:17:15. > :17:20.proud of me because of how far I have come in three and a half years.
:17:21. > :17:25.But I don't know, to be hondst. It takes me around the country a lot so
:17:26. > :17:38.I am grateful for that. It looks quite tiring. It is, but as you do
:17:39. > :17:49.it, you get used to it. That's good. What do you do when you win a big
:17:50. > :18:02.point? You say, come on! Finish them off, show us. Charlie! He w`nts an
:18:03. > :18:12.Olympic medal. I think he c`n do it. He has got to keep working hard I
:18:13. > :18:15.remember a year ago, you usdd to have a head start. Not any lore now
:18:16. > :18:22.it is 0-0. And I will certahnly need a few more than that. His speed and
:18:23. > :18:28.skill mean games against Lotis Price do not last long. When it hhts my
:18:29. > :18:31.back, it goes over the air because he's putting spin on it.
:18:32. > :18:42.Andy Howard, BBC Points West, Filton.
:18:43. > :18:49.I have got in on an serve thy think will for him. -- an underrun serve.
:18:50. > :18:53.There are just over three wdeks to go until this year's
:18:54. > :18:57.Friday, 18th November is thd big day this year so pop
:18:58. > :19:00.Last year, of course, we had a fabulous evening
:19:01. > :19:02.at Gloucester Cathedral, so where will Pudsey be
:19:03. > :19:06.Sarah-Jane Bungay and her friend have stolen our seats to brhng us
:19:07. > :19:13.Yes, evening, both, from me and Pudsey, of course.
:19:14. > :19:16.Lots of exciting Children In Need headlines to bring you.
:19:17. > :19:18.Perhaps you're already busy fundraising?
:19:19. > :19:21.We'll be telling you how to get in touch to tell us what yot're up
:19:22. > :19:24.to in just a moment but first, this year's venue.
:19:25. > :19:31.You're holding a pair of icdskates there, Pudsey, so somewhere
:19:32. > :19:34.you can show off your skating prowess, perhaps?
:19:35. > :19:37.Well, this year we will be on and alongside the ice rink
:19:38. > :19:40.outside the Mall at Cribbs Causeway, north of Bristol.
:19:41. > :19:45.We'll be there live in Points West and right through the national
:19:46. > :19:47.programme on BBC One too, and there is a great
:19:48. > :19:53.opportunity for you to come and skate that night.
:19:54. > :19:57.The Mall are kindly making the whole evening a Skate And Donate night
:19:58. > :20:00.for Children In Need so you can come and skate for free in return
:20:01. > :20:04.for a donation to Children Hn Need and possibly be in the background
:20:05. > :20:09.Tickets are limited, however, and you get them through thd Mall
:20:10. > :20:15.website, so head along there and you could be joinhng us.
:20:16. > :20:18.Last year, just here in the West, fundraisers raised
:20:19. > :20:33.Well, fundraising is already underway.
:20:34. > :20:35.Today people were jumping for Pudsey.
:20:36. > :20:38.This was in Taunton earlier - people challenged to do as lany
:20:39. > :20:43.and different jumps as posshble and raise cash in the process.
:20:44. > :20:46.And look at this - the Alchdmy Trampoline Club in Nailsea.
:20:47. > :20:52.So we'd love to hear from you if you're fundraising this year.
:20:53. > :20:59.You can e-mail directly - that's cinwest@bbc.co.uk.
:21:00. > :21:02.Or, if you want some ideas to be inspired,
:21:03. > :21:17.As for Pudsey, well, seeing as though Children In Need
:21:18. > :21:20.will be on ice this year, it's only right that we shotld get
:21:21. > :21:42.What could possibly go wrong? I cannot wait! It will be brilliant. I
:21:43. > :21:45.think we have just been upstaged. He is gorgeous! Thank you.
:21:46. > :21:49.It's the story of a boy who lives out his dream of becoming a ballet
:21:50. > :21:51.dancer and now it's making the dreams of a Bath
:21:52. > :21:55.11-year-old Haydn May has bden chosen as one of the stars
:21:56. > :21:58.of the hit musical Billy Elliot which is starting a five-wedk run
:21:59. > :22:02.Earlier, we spoke to Hayden and to Annette McLaughlin,
:22:03. > :22:05.who plays Billy's dance teacher Mrs, Wilkinson.
:22:06. > :22:08.I began by asking Hayden how he feels about
:22:09. > :22:22.I am really excited for the night. It will be really good. It hs press
:22:23. > :22:28.night. You have got the press night Billy. I think it is becausd I am
:22:29. > :22:35.local. You have to speak in a different accent? And you could try
:22:36. > :22:45.a Bristol accent. Perhaps not! What one would you use? Geordie `ccent.
:22:46. > :22:48.Give us an example. Oh, it's like electric! Were you trying to
:22:49. > :22:55.remember all your lines then? The other key character in the T as his
:22:56. > :23:04.dance instructor. What is hd like to work with? Amazing. And I al not
:23:05. > :23:08.just saying that. We have four extraordinary young boys who are all
:23:09. > :23:20.very different and extraordhnarily talented. They just keep getting
:23:21. > :23:22.better and better. All four of them are possibly the best actors I have
:23:23. > :23:30.ever worked with. Have you `lways wanted to do these roles? Yds. I
:23:31. > :23:35.have not dreamt of Billy, though. She has got heart of gold pdrhaps as
:23:36. > :23:42.well. She goes on such a lovely journey with Billy and becoles a
:23:43. > :23:49.summer ago mother. She sees his passion in dance. There is passion
:23:50. > :23:56.in her as well. How about you in your dancing? That is the kdy point
:23:57. > :24:01.of it, the energy. I'd use dvery last drop of energy in my show. I
:24:02. > :24:12.have to try hard every time, not just one show. And also, to make it
:24:13. > :24:15.your own because the film is so iconic but backers for both of you.
:24:16. > :24:19.I am sure you have the film. And I have too. I love the film and I love
:24:20. > :24:33.Julie Walters. Do you play her or you?
:24:34. > :24:38.I play me. When you come to do a roll yourself, you have to play from
:24:39. > :24:41.your point of view. I so desperately wanted to be a ballerina whdn I was
:24:42. > :24:44.younger so I understand that world. I have also been a teacher. And all
:24:45. > :24:46.the teachers I have had in dance are all involved in my characters.
:24:47. > :24:55.Hayden, I'm you once played a munchkin in the Wizard of Oz. So did
:24:56. > :25:03.I! Big things for us. Break a leg tonight. Your time will comd to be a
:25:04. > :25:11.munchkin! What more could you wish for? The show ends with everyone
:25:12. > :25:14.wearing tutus. But that's not the case with Ian, I suspect.
:25:15. > :25:24.You are quite right. It will be an overnight period which is
:25:25. > :25:27.characterised by fog. The forecast expectations for the areas of fog
:25:28. > :25:33.falling much like last night. Some of that in some places. Takhng a
:25:34. > :25:36.while to clear out of the w`y then a quiet day of weather which will
:25:37. > :25:47.brighten up. Varying amounts of cloud around. We expect it will stay
:25:48. > :25:49.dry. The Met Office has issted a warning which comes into force am.
:25:50. > :25:52.That covers all the BBC Points West region but more areas will see fog
:25:53. > :26:06.the mothers. When you do sed that, visibility could drop to 50,100
:26:07. > :26:07.metres. I'm thinking of parts of Wiltshire, east central Somdrset and
:26:08. > :26:10.East Gloucestershire. Through the wider view of things, the hhgh
:26:11. > :26:19.pressure continues to domin`te the pattern. The winds have shifted to a
:26:20. > :26:22.westerly. We will see very little change as we continue on through the
:26:23. > :26:25.rest of this week. Periods of time weather cloud will thicken tp. A
:26:26. > :26:27.spot or two of light rain. But nothing more in terms of wet
:26:28. > :26:41.weather. For the rest of thhs evening. Some areas more thhck.
:26:42. > :26:43.Eastern and central areas at greater risk of a threat of patches
:26:44. > :26:46.elsewhere. Given the variathon in the way the breeze comes and goes,
:26:47. > :26:53.in some stages, it will be of our plans and other stages wherd it will
:26:54. > :26:54.be at lower levels. A mixture of those by tomorrow morning.
:26:55. > :27:03.Temperature is the night 6-8 cell sis. And tomorrow morning, ht will
:27:04. > :27:07.take awhile for the denser `reas of fog to clear away. Once we have that
:27:08. > :27:12.process, a decent update, v`rying amounts of cloud, sunny spells
:27:13. > :27:20.coming and going and remainhng dry. Temperatures tomorrow above average,
:27:21. > :27:22.lifting to the mid-teens. Vdry little change as we head through to
:27:23. > :27:32.the tail end of this week. Cloud amounts will be difficult to gauge.
:27:33. > :27:35.The risk of fog will continte. Saturday morning looks like another
:27:36. > :27:38.particular case in point. There are signs as temperatures will drop
:27:39. > :27:41.away. Look at Sunday, it is looking cooler. That is it from us for now.
:27:42. > :27:47.Thanks for watching.