10/01/2017 Points West

Welcome to BBC Points West, with Alex Lovell and Sabet Choudhury.

Warnings that people living in Bristol are more

at risk of contracting HIV, because the right tests

I think it is really important because it stops it then

It is part of a decent human being about being tested, isn't it?

Especially if you are starting a new relationship

We'll be asking who should pay for HIV tests.

The Wiltshire MP using a school group to highlight the best way

of spending money raised by the new sugar tax.

Meet Mimi, the 94-year-old gym bunny giving us a few tips on how to stay

We'll bring you secrets of the trick shot that's an online sensation.

There's a warning that people living in Bristol are at more risk

of contracting HIV because not enough is being done

Rates of infection in the city are on the increase and some

organisations say anyone being admitted to hospital

or registering with a GP should be offered a test.

The City Council, in charge of public health,

is now looking into it, as our Health Correspondent

There is now a danger that has become a threat to us all.

It's 30 years ago since the nation was shocked by this

And its impact was immediate, with people changing

If you ignore Aids, it could be the death of you.

But in cities like Bristol, the message is now being forgotten.

Latest figures show that out of every 1,000 people here,

there are now more than two living with HIV.

Two in every 1,000 is the limit where the Government's regulator

Nice say we ought to be offering everyone admitted to hospital an HIV

test, as well as everyone registering with their GP.

But at the moment, this is simply not happening.

And that could put people at risk of HIV infection.

Becky was diagnosed with HIV four years ago.

Her former partner Simon James is now serving a five-year prison

sentence for deliberately infecting her and another woman.

I got an e-mail from an ex-girlfriend of his about six

months into the relationship, saying he was HIV positive but

Had he been taking them, you would be fine now?

Really sad, because it was unnecessary.

I know that people's lives change, but there

Becky is living a very healthy life because she is on medication.

That's why its so crucial that patients with HIV are diagnosed.

But in Bristol more than 40% of new cases are late diagnosis.

Well, the City Council is about to run a pilot offering HIV

tests to everyone joining six GP surgeries in Bristol, but they won't

There genuinely needs to be a robust assessment of the cost and that's

We are negotiating with the GPs around cost and with our NHS

It's estimated every patient with a late diagnosis of HIV

As the arguments continue over who should pay for testing,

it's feared more and more patients are being infected.

Matthew Hill, BBC Points West, Bristol.

We're joined now from our Edinburgh studios by

Professor Claudia Estcourt from the British Association

Firstly who exactly is responsible for funding theses test?

This is a complex area but in the last reorganisation of the NHS it

was made clear that HIV prevention sits with local authorities in

England and care for people who are HIV positive sits within the NHS so

testing is in a no man's land in the middle and you can see when

resources are in short supply it can be difficult to persuade one

organisation or another that they organisation or another that they

are responsible for funding. When you have this no man's land,

problems like this are arise. Yes, this lack of clarity is causing the

problem. Should people be better educated now? I think in the context

of what you have heard in the interviews, there has never been a

more optimistic time for the health of April with HIV -- people with

HIV. If we diagnose people are late, they can have a great quality of

life and are pretty much a normal life expectancy and they are

unlikely to pass on the infection. We need to prioritise testing in

ways that are underpinned by robust evidence such as the two parent 1000

evidence upon which national guidelines are made. Regardless of

where it is in the UK, the issue is looking at the level of infection in

the local pollution and following the local pollution and following

those guidelines. It seems -- population. It seems it is almost

going backwards. Do you think there is a level of ignorance about HIV

now? I think it has fallen off the agenda of people and that may be a

success story because people are so well with HIV but in other respects

people are forgetting about testing and that is incredibly sad. The

outcomes are so good and people can expect a fantastic quality of life.

The Terrance Higgins Trust has done some research and found that many

children are not taught about HIV. It is a terrible shame in terms of

the school curriculum and in terms of health and relationships and

equipping young people for the choices they make in later life.

Ensuring people are informed with the facts, they know where to access

testing and they know the outcomes are really very good, this will help

to the stigma to is -- help to take away the stigma. If people are

tested early they can see health benefits. And the cost of care in

the future will be dramatically less than if they are tested very late.

It doesn't take very many people to be diagnosed for the testing to be

cost effective. There was a dramatic twist

today at the inquest into the death of 23-year-old

Josh Clayton from Taunton. The court heard the bar manager had

been in an argument with a group of Polish workers at a party

the night he went missing His body was discovered

eight days later. The jury was sent home early today

in order for the legal teams A retired accountant

from Cheltenham, who retrained as a Swedish masseur,

has been jailed for 15 months for sexually assaulting six

of his female clients. Malcom Baker was told he had

completely abused the trust of people who had gone to him

for a massage by touching intimate Here's Gloucestershire

Reporter Steve Knibbs. He got me to lie on my back

and he proceeded to massage my inner thighs, and his hands

were going quite high up my inner thigh, to the point

where his fingertips were touching my pubic

bone at points. The oil from his hands actually

went on my underwear, so that was obviously evidence that

I gave to the police. And again I thought, "Is he really

doing this, or is he not?" It was very subtle at points,

very clever and crafty, if you like. Baker, who is married,

trained in massage after he retired and set up a treatment room

at home in Cheltenham. Shortly afterwards, he taught

himself full body massage from the Internet and,

over a period of months, took advantage of being alone

with some of his female clients. When he was doing my stomach,

he was sweating profusely. He had to keep taking

the towel to mop his brow, Malcolm Baker has completely

disregarded his teachings and abused Baker had trained professionally

at Gloucestershire College, trained in strict guidelines

of where you can and The rules are that you avoid

the femoral triangle, which is from the abdomen right

the way down to the mid-inner thigh, and you ensure that you always

maintain your modesty, through correct towel

placement at all times. I was afraid to be assertive

because I knew the door was locked and I wondered what he might do

if he picked up on the fact that I know what he was doing was wrong,

so I went into survival instinct, It was Becky who first

went to the police. When officers then contacted

Baker's female clients, He was found guilty at trial

of sexually assaulting They were questioning their own

judgment, or they felt like they were embarrassed,

they felt like they might be judged But obviously we want people

to understand that we will take this seriously and we will be sensitive

to the victims and we On his website, Malcolm Baker said

that he would treat his clients The judge told him today that

what he did was a considerable breach of trust for his

own sexual gratification. Malcom Baker was convicted

at the end of a trial. He denied all the offences,

saying that if he had touched his clients sexually,

then it was by accident. But he was jailed today for 15

months and ordered to pay each Steve Knibbs, BBC Points West

at Gloucester Crown Court. It's Seb and Alex with you tonight

and it's nice to have you with us Yes, we've got lots more

still to bring you before The hole in one flight of stairs,

one snooker table and eight pool tables that's been seen by more

than a million people. And mostly dry tomorrow but first he

has a high chance of being wet and a lower chance of being white. A

consecrated forecast at the end of the programme. Trickier than that

trick shot! A Wiltshire school club has been

used to try to convince Parliament of the best way

to get children active. North Swindon MP Justin Tomlinson

has tabled a debate on how to spend He thinks the approach used by one

Swindon after-school sports camp Here's our Wiltshire

reporter Will Glennon. The skies may be grey,

it may be cold and wet, but these children in Swindon

are getting active and having fun. They're at a Draycott Sports Camp

at Oakhurst Primary School. It's an after-hours club and helps

to target the children who aren't I enjoy it because we get to go out

and get fit and enjoy some new sports I would have never

heard of before. Children, particularly

at primary level even, are going home and they can't wait

to get on their iPads Although I do believe there should

be a balance, you know, I love the thought of children

choosing to play sport and choosing to be active,

running around, making friends, and I think we've tried to really

encourage that fun and enjoyment Figures from the Department

of Health say three out of five children aren't taking part

in any activity clubs. That's what the government

wants to address. It's hoping to use money

from the new sugar tax, which will be introduced next year,

to help fund more clubs. I love the idea of 100 sports camps

going on round the country, and as many sporting

clubs as possible. You know, we do ten,

11, 12 clubs a week. I think it is a great

way to spend the money. Today MPs have been discussing how

best to use that money. This club is being held up

as an example where it is working. And they want many

more just like it. Will Glennon, BBC

Points West, Swindon. Well, I'm joined now

from Westminster by the MP It was a great debate. It secured

cross-party support. I was looking to build on the inspirational work

that the Draycott sports camp has done. 200 children over the holidays

and slightly more girls than boys. This is so important. One in three

primary schoolchildren will leave their skill either obese or

overweight. It is a real problem that in adult life costs the NHS ?6

billion per year. I want to see Draycott sports camps in all

schools, all communities, so young people have the opportunity to be

active in evenings and weekends, and I also pushed for free use of school

facilities for any voluntary groups who want to put on sports

activities. When George Osbourne introduced

the sugar tax he said the money will be spent on increasing

the funding for sport in primary It is looking at the details. I am

broadly neutral on the principle of the sugar tax but if we are going to

do that and it raises ?520 million then let's spend it the right way.

The important bit is to have regular The important bit is to have regular

and sustainable activities. In Draycott sports camps, the kids love

it and they are active and it is regular and it will keep going into

the future and we just need to encourage more PE teachers to step

forward and set up their own and we can create more opportunities to

build on the Olympic legacy. They say, "Build it and they will

come," but will they? You are competing with interesting

games children are playing at home so how do you compete with that? As

you saw in the video, it is making it for children. Yes we are kind of

eating -- competing with computer games and parents are more safety

conscious but it is making it enjoyable, and the strength of the

Draycott sports camps is making everyone included and people

enjoying it. And I'd like to allow local community people and parents

to use school facilities for free. I remember of seeing school facilities

locked away. Let's get these things in use because the taxpayer has

already paid for them. Now, after the indulgence

of the festive period, you may want to take a leaf out

of Mimi's book. Mimi Vallas recently decided

it was time to lose a bit of weight She goes twice a week and is already

dropping the pounds. Well, at 94, she's the oldest

gym bunny in town. Mimi Vallas is the very

definition of a gym bunny. This 94-year-old is

on a flab-fighting mission. Amazing, isn't it?

Don't ask me how long I've Mimi pushes through the pain

threshold with laughter, Mimi was born into a family of 11

children in South Wales in a house Plenty of water here though,

although Mimi does like to balance her health drive

with her other favourite drink. I've asked her to put

a gin and tonic in there She makes me smile, she makes

everybody smile around her. She has an absolute huge zest

for life and, at the age of 94, For Mimi, one of the best bits of

coming here is making new friends. Mimi's 95 in February and,

with her mix of gym and gin, Andrea Ormsby, BBC

Points West, Dulverton. A mum from Bath has written

a new book to try and help dispel some of the myths surrounding

Down's syndrome. She was told he had Down's 24

hours after he was born. Caroline has campaigned a lot to try

and change perception, Seb has starred in adverts,

and now she's written a book, full of anecdotes of how

he's enriched her life. Well, Caroline and Seb are with us

now to share some of them. It is great to see you here and it

was lovely to read the book. You are very taken with seeing yourself on

television! Yes. This book is called The Label. We were given his

diagnosis after his birth and with the delivery of those two words,

everything changed. I felt unnecessarily devastated with the

diagnosis and I started to map out what the future held for us and I

made a lot of assumptions. Is it is, assumptions? It was a mixture of

outdated stereotypes I had in my mind, because I knew nothing about

Down's syndrome, and I bought a lot of bikes which just listed problems,

and I felt what was missing was the colour of reality. So, bit by bit,

the hurt listed, I fell in love with my boy, he is adorable, and I

realised that actually he was still my son and he wasn't Down's

syndrome. Really, the book is about writing your own story and not sort

of pigeonholing your child. What is day-to-day life like? Really

typical. I have two other children. He is football mad. Who do you

support? Chelsea. He is actually very good at football. His dad is a

big Chelsea fan as well. He has a wicked sense of humour. He is very

sporty. He is advertising! What's that? Its money. -- Mummy. You have

been on the TV before, haven't you? Were have we seen you? You have seen

me... In adverts? Did you notice that perceptions of friends

changing? What I find is that actually Seb changes perceptions

every day. We grew up in a time where people with Down's syndrome

went to their own skill and we never got the chance to see beyond that

label. What would you like people to take away from the book? It is a

very generic book and doesn't actually reference Down's syndrome

but I want people to not be bound by text books and leaflets but to

experience their own journey. Seb is every bit as different to someone

else's child as my other children are. Don't be defined. Seb, you have

proved that not all Sebs aren't talentless! -- are talentless.

Yeovil Town have a chance to make it into the quarterfinals

They take on Reading under-21s in the third round.

In the National League, Forest Green are at Eastleigh.

It's all been set up and filmed at a sports bar in Bristol.

The pair behind it spent all night getting it right, and it's paid off.

They've got more than a million hits online.

A golf putt combined with some pool and snooker tricks

It takes you on a 500-feet journey that lasts two minutes,

Although it didn't feel that way to the two men behind it.

They spent all night setting up the trick,

and didn't get it right until long after dawn.

Honestly, I thought an hour tops, knock the ball down the stairs

a couple of times, I'll get home to bed and be back in work tomorrow.

But, no, it turned out to be a whole-night stint.

We'd said eight o'clock was our cut-off point completely,

Shane O'Hara was the creator of the trick.

He's pretty handy with a pool cue, and recalls this latest trick

We didn't really speak to each other, myself and Tom,

for the last two hours, we were so frustrated.

We didn't want to talk to each other.

It's brought a lot of fun and made a lot of people smile but,

believe me, behind the scenes, there was no smiling.

It was just a really frustrating experience,

and we regretted ever starting the whole thing.

But the two minutes make it worthwhile.

The trick's had a million hits around the world already,

including a retweet from Bristol golfer Chris Wood.

And Shane's promising there's more to come.

I would like to do a 1,000-foot version of it, which is definitely

And, yeah, you'll have to watch this space.

Just have to take some hypnosis to become a little bit

more patient and do it, I think.

Doing a trick twice as long as this will be the ultimate test.

But judging by the popularity of this trick, the world will,

Scott Ellis, BBC Points West, Bristol.

Now, they join me now. How many hits do you think you have had? You think

you have a trick for me. What do I have to do? You have to put the

eight ball into the corner pocket. A K, let's see what we can do. Did it,

well done. The pressure alone would have made

me feel at that!

Let's put some more pressure on. Ian has the forecast.

I will fast forward to Thursday. We expect a very cold day. Watch this

sequence and how rain spreads from the West, south-west during daylight

hours. And look at the potential, only potential, for some of that to

become snow, particularly across northern parts of our area. There is

a Met Office warning, a low risk of snow versus a high risk of rain.

This evening into tonight, comparatively mild. Turning windy

tomorrow from the north-west. A mild tomorrow from the north-west. A mild

day but temperatures slipping away towards the tail end. It looks

mostly dry. Here is how things are shaping up, some patchy rain about

later tonight, clearing to the south east early tomorrow. Look how the

isobars are tightening and moving to the west as the wind starts to come

in. The colder air which has origins in the Canadian Arctic. For the rest

of this evening and tonight, many areas dry, the second half of the

night could have some patchy rain and cloud. Temperatures will stay

where they are, around five Celsius. There might be some patchy light

rain around the South tomorrow morning. Some brighter spells and we

will continue in that vein through the day as the wind continues to be

more noticeable. Getting colder but before that getting up to 9-10.

There is the outlook, all sorts of shenanigans for Thursday.

In summary, shenanigans! That trick shot is on

our website if you want to share it.