:00:00. > 3:59:59BBC website. That's all from the BBC News at Six. It's goodbye from me.
:00:00. > :00:00.On BBC One Welcome to BBC Points West
:00:00. > :00:00.with David Garmston and Alex Lovell. Our main story tonight: The elderly
:00:00. > :00:08.people being ripped off. They're losing so much money that
:00:09. > :00:11.some will no longer be able They go on to a list and their data
:00:12. > :00:30.is sold all round the criminal Our other headlines tonight: The two
:00:31. > :00:36.sisters diagnosed with cancer A wheelchair - designed
:00:37. > :00:42.in the west - is named as one And it's all in the beat -
:00:43. > :00:49.a heart warming start to Christmas - with a new charity single
:00:50. > :00:57.from a cardiologist. Trading standards officers
:00:58. > :01:01.are warning that the state may end up picking the bill to look
:01:02. > :01:05.after more and more people in their old age,
:01:06. > :01:07.because they're losing their life The victims are often
:01:08. > :01:11.elderly, and are vulnerable to fraudsters who target those
:01:12. > :01:13.who are isolated and lonely. Raymond Rose is a full-time carer
:01:14. > :01:20.for his disabled wife - The letters promise him
:01:21. > :01:29.lottery draws and prizes. So Raymond has sent,
:01:30. > :01:34.and lost, more than ?3,000 - It's brought me down a lot because,
:01:35. > :01:41.with the small amount of money that we get,
:01:42. > :01:46.we really can't afford it. So, what's that,
:01:47. > :01:52.there's probably about Yes, that's one man's mail
:01:53. > :01:58.over a two-month period. A typical case - but just
:01:59. > :02:02.the tip of the iceberg. The concern for us is that because
:02:03. > :02:05.people are ashamed and embarrassed when they realise they have been
:02:06. > :02:08.scammed, they are very unlikely to report and they will go to huge
:02:09. > :02:12.effort to not tell their What sums of money have you seen
:02:13. > :02:17.that have been lost? Anything from a few hundred
:02:18. > :02:21.pounds to a few thousand. And in the worst-case
:02:22. > :02:23.scenario, ?150,000. All this has a massive impact
:02:24. > :02:28.on the victims and their ability to look after themselves
:02:29. > :02:31.in old age. You see depression,
:02:32. > :02:34.you see a lack of trust You see people change
:02:35. > :02:38.their mind as to whether they want to live alone any
:02:39. > :02:41.more, and independent any more. So you find that our older residents
:02:42. > :02:45.are more likely to go into a nursing The people who could fund
:02:46. > :02:49.their care have lost their money to scammers
:02:50. > :02:53.who are abroad, and now the state They do often have
:02:54. > :02:58.certain characteristics of being elderly, sometimes living
:02:59. > :03:02.alone, isolated, looking for And these unscrupulous
:03:03. > :03:08.fraudsters will absolutely target these individuals,
:03:09. > :03:11.as they feel that's where they get Stopping scams at source is very
:03:12. > :03:17.difficult, so tackling the root problems of social isolation
:03:18. > :03:23.and loneliness is the priority. This English language class is one
:03:24. > :03:26.of 50 projects in Bristol running When people are more
:03:27. > :03:33.socially isolated, they have fewer social contacts,
:03:34. > :03:35.they are a lot more vulnerable. If people improve their
:03:36. > :03:38.well-being, they are less likely to be targeted by scams,
:03:39. > :03:42.and especially something where somebody's improving their language
:03:43. > :03:45.skills and their communication - But speaking out means
:03:46. > :03:52.others might not fall victim to a problem that,
:03:53. > :03:59.in the end, affects us all. A little earlier I spoke to
:04:00. > :04:02.Clare Jackson from Citizens Advice. I began by asking her how big
:04:03. > :04:07.a problem these types of scams are. Scanning in general has become
:04:08. > :04:12.really widespread and it's becoming increasingly widespread
:04:13. > :04:15.actually I'd say. I think in the first part of 2016,
:04:16. > :04:22.the first six months, there were over one million recorded
:04:23. > :04:24.incidents of financial scams. That's the trouble,
:04:25. > :04:26.as well, it's the recorded ones against the ones
:04:27. > :04:28.that aren't, isn't it? Numbers are increasing,
:04:29. > :04:32.could that possibly be encouraging, that people
:04:33. > :04:34.are talking about it? I think that's one of our key
:04:35. > :04:38.messages, is touring courage people So much of what stops people
:04:39. > :04:43.from talking about it is the shame, the victim blaming,
:04:44. > :04:46.the feeling really gullible and really silly, because there is this
:04:47. > :04:49.pervasive idea that you have to be foolish or gullible to fall
:04:50. > :04:53.for a scan when, in fact, you don't. And also they are becoming
:04:54. > :05:03.so sophisticated now that actually even people
:05:04. > :05:05.who are pretty savvy do not realise they are being scammed,
:05:06. > :05:08.so we really have to But where is the line,
:05:09. > :05:12.where do we draw the line that you don't know whether you're
:05:13. > :05:15.talking to your bank or talking to a company
:05:16. > :05:17.the phone, how do we try to unravel that?
:05:18. > :05:21.There's a couple of key things to look out for, and I think one of
:05:22. > :05:22.those is anything that is unsolicited.
:05:23. > :05:26.If you are not expecting to hear from your bank, if
:05:27. > :05:29.you are not expecting a call from a company, then those should
:05:30. > :05:31.immediately make you a little bit suspicious.
:05:32. > :05:34.And I think in those situations it is always find to
:05:35. > :05:38.check if it is a legitimate phone call, if it is a legitimate company
:05:39. > :05:40.trying to get in touch with you, they won't mind.
:05:41. > :05:42.I suppose sometimes they play on this feeling of panic,
:05:43. > :05:53."Your account's been hacked" or this has
:05:54. > :05:56.happened in your bank, so you are so keen to sort it
:05:57. > :05:58.out very quickly this is where the problem comes.
:05:59. > :06:00.So I guess we have to remind people to
:06:01. > :06:06.Sometimes in the moment when you are under pressure it is so
:06:07. > :06:09.easy to just fall into that trap, and that emotional manipulation is
:06:10. > :06:11.definitely a key tactic that a lot of scammers use.
:06:12. > :06:13.They will either make you scared or they will make
:06:14. > :06:16.you feel like you have a very limited amount of time to maybe
:06:17. > :06:19.respond to something in order to win a prize.
:06:20. > :06:22.So giving you time limits and trying to pressure you into a quick
:06:23. > :06:28.And, just to reassure any elderly viewers who do feel embarrassed
:06:29. > :06:30.about this, as we are saying, it is across the board.
:06:31. > :06:33.I've been scammed, lots of people have, so it's good to
:06:34. > :06:39.That's one of the things that we want to do is just to get the
:06:40. > :06:42.We found that loneliness and isolation and not
:06:43. > :06:44.having anyone to speak to about these things just makes
:06:45. > :07:04.The jury in the trial of three men over a fatal tipper truck
:07:05. > :07:06.crash in Bath has retired to consider its verdict.
:07:07. > :07:13.Four people died after being hit by the 30 tonne vehicle on a steep
:07:14. > :07:15.hill in Lansdown Lane, in February last year.
:07:16. > :07:17.The driver Phillip Potter, the owner Matthew Gordon
:07:18. > :07:19.and mechanic Peter Wood, who are all from Wiltshire,
:07:20. > :07:24.Drivers faced long delays on the M4 in Wiltshire this morning
:07:25. > :07:30.after a fire involving a car carrying gas cannisters.
:07:31. > :07:33.The road was closed for more than two hours between Bath
:07:34. > :07:36.and Chippenham, while fire crews were at the scene.
:07:37. > :07:41.The police say they're "no closer" to finding out who murdered
:07:42. > :07:44.a former Bath conman - and that thousands of people had
:07:45. > :07:52.John "Goldfinger" Palmer was shot six times in the chest in his garden
:07:53. > :07:57.Officers today told the inquest into his death
:07:58. > :07:59.that he was the victim of a "contract-style" killing.
:08:00. > :08:04.Gareth George was at the hearing in Chelmsford.
:08:05. > :08:14.John Palmer, AKA Goldfinger. He got the rumour amidst rumours heat
:08:15. > :08:21.melted down Gold billiard bullion after a heist, but speaking in
:08:22. > :08:26.Tenerife he denied having anything to do with it. I'm completely
:08:27. > :08:33.innocent of anything to do with this so called bullion ride. I know
:08:34. > :08:39.nothing of it. In June last year, shortly after these pictures were
:08:40. > :08:44.taken, he was shot six times at his home in Essex. Four days people did
:08:45. > :08:48.not realise he had been murdered, thinking he had died as a result of
:08:49. > :08:56.gall bladder surgery. They have since risen apologised for the
:08:57. > :09:00.mistake. Today the coroner concluded he had been unlawfully killed. There
:09:01. > :09:05.was only one member of his family present at the inquest and that was
:09:06. > :09:11.the partner of John Palmer's daughter. He is seen here on the
:09:12. > :09:18.right leaving the hearing with the Detective chief inspector. The iced
:09:19. > :09:22.DCI Jennings gave evidence and said the investigation was ongoing. One
:09:23. > :09:27.problem the police have is the sheer number of people who might have had
:09:28. > :09:33.a motive to kill Palmer. There were listed up to anything up to and
:09:34. > :09:39.above 16,000 victims. That means they could be 16,000 reasons he was
:09:40. > :09:45.killed just in relation to that. And we know the number of people
:09:46. > :09:54.involved in the crime taking place is also a consideration. And another
:09:55. > :10:00.possible involvement? We know he had associated people with the Hatton
:10:01. > :10:04.Garden crime. Police say someone involved in the criminal underworld
:10:05. > :10:06.and who killed John Palmer and after today's inquest officers renewed
:10:07. > :10:09.therapy for anyone with information to come forward.
:10:10. > :10:20.You're watching Points West - thanks for joining us this Tuesday
:10:21. > :10:27.The design changing lives, and taking its place
:10:28. > :10:32.And we have some light rain on the way tonight and some heavier rain
:10:33. > :10:42.later. First, though, two sisters from
:10:43. > :10:46.Wiltshire say they are grateful to be alive this Christmas after being
:10:47. > :10:53.told they had breast cancer just three weeks apart. Amy was 35 when
:10:54. > :10:55.she was diagnosed. That made her older sister Kate examine herself
:10:56. > :10:58.and discover a cancerous lump. I've got my CT scan
:10:59. > :11:00.on the 11th of January, And we stayed in the
:11:01. > :11:10.same ward as well. And it all happened
:11:11. > :11:11.three weeks apart. A few weeks before last
:11:12. > :11:14.Christmas, these two sisters To hear one family member has got
:11:15. > :11:20.cancer is one thing. To hear, three weeks later,
:11:21. > :11:22.a second one has it is Kate Evans and younger sister Amy
:11:23. > :11:32.both discovered lumps, both diagnosed with cancer
:11:33. > :11:35.and told there was no underlying genetic cause,
:11:36. > :11:39.it was just coincidence. They gave me a diagnosis
:11:40. > :11:41.on the 30th of November, last year, of I think it was stage
:11:42. > :11:47.two breast cancer, is that right? That's right.
:11:48. > :11:50.Stage two, stage two. I'm not very good
:11:51. > :11:52.with all the numbers. And it hit me like
:11:53. > :11:56.a tonne of bricks. Six days later,
:11:57. > :11:59.I was lying in bed, it was a Sunday night, I was lying
:12:00. > :12:03.in bed about 2am, couldn't sleep, and I turned over in bed
:12:04. > :12:05.onto my left side, and I caught myself and
:12:06. > :12:08.thought, oh, something's sore. So I thought, just have a quick
:12:09. > :12:11.feel, see what's there. So I went in - mammogram
:12:12. > :12:14.by 9:30am, ultrasound by 9:40am and I was told
:12:15. > :12:18.I had cancer by 9:50am. I think that was the bizarre thing,
:12:19. > :12:23.that two of us with cancer, under the age of 50, is,
:12:24. > :12:28.you know, quite unusual. So it couldn't possibly
:12:29. > :12:32.happen to both of us. Kate and Amy are helping
:12:33. > :12:35.to raise awareness this Christmas, as Cancer Research UK
:12:36. > :12:40.launches a new campaign highlighting I sort of always felt
:12:41. > :12:50.that any sort of I sort of always felt
:12:51. > :12:53.that Amy sort of saved my life, really,
:12:54. > :12:55.because if Amy hadn't had the cancer diagnosis I probably would never
:12:56. > :12:57.have found my lump. So I'm here now, today,
:12:58. > :13:00.because she had a cancer diagnosis. Cancer came as a double blow
:13:01. > :13:03.to Kate had Amy's families. But it meant that,
:13:04. > :13:05.throughout their ordeal, they always had each
:13:06. > :13:08.other for support. I am just so grateful
:13:09. > :13:10.that we are still here this Last Christmas we both
:13:11. > :13:14.thought that maybe this Christmas we wouldn't
:13:15. > :13:18.be here to see it. So it's wonderful news
:13:19. > :13:36.that we're still here. The Government is being warned that
:13:37. > :13:40.Brexit could harm universities in Bristol and Bath and the local
:13:41. > :13:43.economy. Universities and some MPs say they're worried it could deter
:13:44. > :13:47.European students and academics from coming here. The MP for Bath is
:13:48. > :13:51.worried that a clamp-down on immigration could mean fewer
:13:52. > :13:55.students spending money in the city. What we have to be careful of is
:13:56. > :14:00.suggesting that to the public that all immigration is a bad thing. 75%
:14:01. > :14:03.of the public believe that international students are a very
:14:04. > :14:07.good thing. So we need to split them from the overall immigration figures
:14:08. > :14:11.and extend better to the public what immigration looks likes because
:14:12. > :14:14.otherwise we lose the opportunity. This issue was raised during a
:14:15. > :14:16.debate in the Commons yesterday with the Government saying it has no
:14:17. > :14:21.plans to cap the number of international students.
:14:22. > :14:28.A Gloucestershire conservationist has been at Downing Street today
:14:29. > :14:33.armed with a petition. She was dubbed the human swan after flying
:14:34. > :14:36.more than 4000 miles from Russia to Slimbridge in a para- motor,
:14:37. > :14:38.following migrating swans. She wants the Government to do more to protect
:14:39. > :14:45.the species. A wheelchair invented by a North
:14:46. > :14:51.Somerset 's charity to help people in developing countries has been
:14:52. > :14:59.recognised up one of the UK's best inventions. 20 years after being set
:15:00. > :15:01.up, Motivation has been seen as has seen one of its models added to the
:15:02. > :15:03.design Museum in London. David Charity has helped tens
:15:04. > :15:05.of thousands of people around the But it all began when his own
:15:06. > :15:09.life changed for ever. When I was 201I had
:15:10. > :15:11.a diving accident when I dived into a shallow pool of water
:15:12. > :15:15.in Australia and broke my neck which left me paralysed from
:15:16. > :15:17.the shoulders down. With no hand function
:15:18. > :15:18.and ability to walk. And so, from that day,
:15:19. > :15:21.I needed to use a wheelchair. The old chrome wheelchair
:15:22. > :15:23.was designed in 1932 and they were still
:15:24. > :15:25.handing them out in 1982. And we see this all
:15:26. > :15:27.the time in developing People are given a one size fits
:15:28. > :15:33.all solution that swamps them. You see the wheelchair
:15:34. > :15:35.before you see the person. He and a friend spent six months
:15:36. > :15:46.in Bangladesh producing a From Bangladesh to Backwell in
:15:47. > :15:52.Somerset. In 1991, he set up
:15:53. > :15:55.the charity motivation. In 1991, he set up
:15:56. > :15:58.the charity Motivation. So it is again, three wheelers
:15:59. > :16:01.to get over rough to rain, but it's made of cheap you steal
:16:02. > :16:03.tubular steel, it's repairable The chairs are flat packed,
:16:04. > :16:07.making it cheaper to ship them, but staff also visit the countries
:16:08. > :16:17.to make it easier to fit them. Josie has just returned
:16:18. > :16:19.from Tanzania. Lots of houses have not been
:16:20. > :16:21.modified for wheelchair users so But also the stigma
:16:22. > :16:24.and discrimination against people with disabilities
:16:25. > :16:26.is extremely high, so unfortunately there are lots of people actually
:16:27. > :16:29.trapped in their homes, unable to And, back in the UK,
:16:30. > :16:33.their work is being recognised. The Design Museum has just opened
:16:34. > :16:35.in London and displays the best inventions
:16:36. > :16:40.from across the centuries. Among them one of
:16:41. > :16:44.Motivation's chairs. I never thought this
:16:45. > :16:45.would happen when we But it's a very proud
:16:46. > :16:49.moment for all of us. A lot of team effort,
:16:50. > :16:54.and great staff and great partners. As he looks back on 25 years,
:16:55. > :16:58.the charity is also looking forward, developing chairs for different
:16:59. > :17:08.activities and areas, allowing thousands more the powerful
:17:09. > :17:23.freedom of movement. By now you've probably
:17:24. > :17:25.got your Christmas tree up, having spent a frustrating day
:17:26. > :17:39.untangling the lights When I was a boy we used to have
:17:40. > :17:40.tapped ten or 20 lights. Now we have 400.
:17:41. > :17:44.Imagine having to set up one of the largest displays in the West.
:17:45. > :17:52.For years the Brailsford family lights in Bristol have
:17:53. > :17:55.captured the city's imagination of the city, so how does this
:17:56. > :18:04.I don't know about you but I'm a little underwhelmed. It's a nice
:18:05. > :18:10.tree but they must have had some cutbacks. Oh... There's a plunger
:18:11. > :18:14.here. I know this is live, but do I push it? It would not be complete
:18:15. > :18:26.without a plunger. No, don't! Hurray! That is more like it. That
:18:27. > :18:32.is watched 200,000 light bulbs look like. And when they turned on for
:18:33. > :18:36.real here at the beginning of December there were 200,000 people
:18:37. > :18:43.in the streets of this place to see it. The man who has to take it up
:18:44. > :18:47.and down all each year is Lee. I have had some rumours this year that
:18:48. > :18:52.this is the last one? No. It's just a rumour. They will happen every
:18:53. > :18:56.year until I am too old to do it. They will be here every year. You
:18:57. > :19:03.must get asked this a lot, but why do you do it? We just love it, for
:19:04. > :19:10.people who come and see it but we are also running an appeal, we are
:19:11. > :19:14.on ?41,000 and we are hoping to get to the ?50,000 total this year. I'm
:19:15. > :19:18.sure with the hope of all our supporters and visitors we will hit
:19:19. > :19:23.the target. Does it ever get to the point around September that you
:19:24. > :19:27.think, oh, no, I have to get it all out again! I start to have funny
:19:28. > :19:31.dreams about it and things not working. But in all fairness, I do
:19:32. > :19:37.look forward to doing it every year and getting the lights out. I
:19:38. > :19:41.understand this year was a record? Yes, we did it in ten days. It
:19:42. > :19:46.usually takes about 12 to 14 days. The weather was kind to us so we
:19:47. > :19:49.rammed it. It is not just us in Bristol who are feeling festive
:19:50. > :19:54.tonight. It is less than a week now until we find out who has won the
:19:55. > :19:56.Christmas number one slot this year. It could be a surgeon and a special
:19:57. > :20:10.nurse from the hospital in Swindon. # A long time ago on a cold winter
:20:11. > :20:23.'s night #. This doctor is a cardiologist and
:20:24. > :20:32.one of his specialist heart nurses is joining him. It is called Yahweh
:20:33. > :20:37.Christmas chair. When I wrote the song 18 months ago and I didn't have
:20:38. > :20:44.enough confidence to produce it last year. Eventually I played it to
:20:45. > :20:48.Harriet, it comes from my heart, it is my song and I wanted to convey
:20:49. > :20:51.the true meaning of Christmas to all. They are supported by children
:20:52. > :20:56.of the ward staff members and money raised will be split between the
:20:57. > :21:02.British Heart Foundation and Swindon's own Brighter Futures
:21:03. > :21:07.radiotherapy. I think it was brilliant. I liked how he played
:21:08. > :21:15.guitar and it was very good. I think it's really good that they did it
:21:16. > :21:19.for charity. The song is available as a download from the Internet and
:21:20. > :21:24.it is doing pretty well. It is already featuring in some charts. It
:21:25. > :21:29.is a time for giving, and for doing things for other people. So it is
:21:30. > :21:35.the perfect time to do something for charity. I am not used to singing
:21:36. > :21:41.without colleagues so I am not -- and I am not a born performer but it
:21:42. > :21:49.is great fun. Their day job is on the cardiac ward. They are involved
:21:50. > :21:52.in diagnosis, consultation and operations and know how important
:21:53. > :21:56.health care is. With less than one week to go they might not make
:21:57. > :21:59.Christmas number one but if the money this song raises helps towards
:22:00. > :22:03.a new cancer treatment centre compact, that will be their
:22:04. > :22:20.Christmas wish come true. And a worthy wish indeed. Ian is on
:22:21. > :22:25.the roof, with the weather. Comparatively chilly, nothing too
:22:26. > :22:28.bad. Let me take you through the forecast into tomorrow. We will find
:22:29. > :22:32.some rain developing during the course of late this evening tonight.
:22:33. > :22:38.Nothing particularly heavy. They will all be put fairly light. But as
:22:39. > :22:41.that clears away, after drier and brighter weather, there will be the
:22:42. > :22:48.risk of further rain developing and this time there is it is likely that
:22:49. > :22:53.we'll be heavy. The change is on the way. That cold front pushing away
:22:54. > :22:58.high-pressure out towards the east of us and we started to enter into a
:22:59. > :23:02.much more mobile and vigorous regime of weather lasting up to the
:23:03. > :23:07.Christmas period, not raining all the time but we do have the risk of
:23:08. > :23:11.this ripple on the front giving us some heavy rain tomorrow afternoon.
:23:12. > :23:16.For the rest of this evening, some of you have seen a few showers but
:23:17. > :23:21.most areas are dry. Once the rain starts to arrive it will be fairly
:23:22. > :23:25.light, the odd moderate burst, and fairly patchy in nature. That is its
:23:26. > :23:29.position by about six or seven o'clock tomorrow morning.
:23:30. > :23:34.Temperatures dropping to two to five Celsius tonight. Tomorrow those in
:23:35. > :23:43.the East may still wake up to light rain but it will quickly clear out.
:23:44. > :23:46.Conversely, cloud and rain coming through the afternoon turning
:23:47. > :23:52.heavier. All in all, a bit of a sandwich of a day. Into the evening
:23:53. > :23:57.the start the skies start to clear and get into a dry setup and it be
:23:58. > :24:03.chillier. Prior to then it will have been milder, getting up to about 10
:24:04. > :24:08.Celsius. As we head into Thursday it will be a Chilean night with perhaps
:24:09. > :24:15.some frost and patches of fog. And this oscillating Pat and of
:24:16. > :24:19.temperatures, as we get towards Friday we are looking at the
:24:20. > :24:22.development of storm Barbra which will bring some wild weather to the
:24:23. > :24:29.north-west of the British Isles by the tail end of Friday into the
:24:30. > :24:34.morning of Christmas Eve. It will be windy with rain developing on
:24:35. > :24:37.Friday. This is the outlook towards that period and we will keep you
:24:38. > :24:44.up-to-date with the kit Christmas period itself. Thank you, Ian.
:24:45. > :24:50.Now all this weekend we are getting you in the mood for Christmas and
:24:51. > :24:56.tonight a choir is going to sing us out. They are made up of the staff
:24:57. > :25:05.at great Western Hospital's trust. # Have yourself
:25:06. > :25:31.a Merry Little Christmas # From now on our troubles will be
:25:32. > :25:46.out of sight # Have yourself a merry
:25:47. > :25:50.little Christmas # From now on our troubles
:25:51. > :26:04.will be miles away # Here we are as in olden days,
:26:05. > :26:18.happy golden days of yore # Faithful friends who are dear
:26:19. > :26:30.# Through the years we all will be together
:26:31. > :26:43.# Hang your shining star upon the highest bough
:26:44. > :26:54.# And have yourself a merry little Christmas now
:26:55. > :26:58.# Faithful friends who are dear to us
:26:59. > :27:16.# Through the years we all will be together if the fates allow
:27:17. > :27:25.# Hang your shining star upon the highest bough
:27:26. > :28:00.# And have yourself a merry little Christmas now
:28:01. > :28:04.You only grow old once, so you might as well enjoy it.