20/01/2017 Points West

Welcome to BBC Points West with Alex Lovell and David Garmston.

Anger as police fire the weapon at a man who used to be

You hear it all the time on the streets, they feel there is a...

the communities feel there is a bias and until things

like this don't happen, I'm sure that feeling will prevail.

The inside story - Princess Anne visits a rehab unit

and meets a reporter who owes his recovery to their work.

We look back at a pie served to regulars in 1980

And on this inauguration day, folks, I am here in Bristol for the

slapstick festival, it's going to be great, we are going to make Bristol

great again, don't go away. An investigation's

been launched after an Avon and Somerset police officer Tasered

one of their former race relations The incident was filmed

by a neighbour, in what appears OFFICER: I've asked you

to remain calm. Last Saturday in Easton

and two police officers They think - mistakenly - he's

someone they want for questioning. One officer's holding

a yellow Taser weapon. MAN FILMING: I see him every day

walking his dog, But the man refuses

to identify himself Then the high voltage Taser is

fired. I thought

they had killed me. Ras Adundi

says after the Taser incident, then to a police cell in Patchway

before being released As a former chairman of the

Independent Advisory Group He thinks police officers have

become more aggressive. When they took over, they liked

to impose their own rules. Neighbours we spoke to also think

the use of a Taser was excessive. From my experience of the police

in this area, it's been OK, but, you know, I just think

it's totally unacceptable. Those from black and minority ethnic

groups are three times more likely Such discharges don't have to be

referred to the Independent Police

Complaints Commission, Avon and Somerset Police

saying in a statement: That was totally

unnecessary. Bristol's main anti-racism charity

is also investigating, worried the Tasering of someone

so well-known Young people who have had

issues with the police will look at this and say,

see, this is what I have This is what can happen, just

because of the colour of my skin. Ras Adunbi says he was mistaken

for the same man by police in 2007, back then receiving compensation

for an injury to his shoulder. He says that's why he didn't

identify himself this time. Abi Dymond from Exeter University

has been carrying out research into the use of Tasers

by the police. I asked her if she thought

their use should be reviewed Yes, I think now is a really good

time to to review the use of Taser. My research into the use

of the weapon in England and Wales has shown that there is broad

guidance around when the use of the weapon is appropriate

and that officers themselves have a wide range of views

as to when they think I think that additional review,

for example by the Home Affairs Select Committee,

both of Taser but also of police use of force in general,

would be a really helpful step. Particularly as well

because they could be Particularly as well

because there could be the introduction imminently

of a newer one. The Police Federation think

the current Taser is 13 years The new one's more

powerful, isn't it? Well, the new one also has

the ability to fire two shots. So at the moment, the Taser

that is currently in use is only able to fire one shot,

so it is argued that the proposed introduction of this new weapon

would enable officers to have a second shot if the first

one was to go wrong. But obviously, with the proposed

introduction of a new weapon like this, this is another reason

why a review would be really timely. And do you think the public do

support the use of Tasers? And if so, should they have

confidence in them? Well, I think public

confidence in the use of Taser Recently, we've seen from an IPCC

report into the use of Taser that there was quite a divergence

between how the police viewed Taser and how members

of the public viewed Taser. And in this situation, again,

it would seem important to take Abi Dymond, thank you very much for

joining us. Now the big international story of

the day. In Washington, the 43rd president of the United States,

Donald Trump, has been sworn in. Hundreds of thousands braved the

freezing cold fridge, including some protesters -- 45th president.

And there have been demonstrations on this side of the Atlantic.

Campaigners have been out in Taunton, Bath and this evening, they

are in Bristol, where we can join our system political editor Paul bal

drop. Good evening, the demonstration has

just ended, largely disbursing but at around five 30p, 300 or so people

were assembled here to make their feelings very clear about the 45th

president of the United States. They set out in Bristol, into the

Broadmead area, chanting, lots of noise, lots of people and a lot of

angry people before coming back here but it has not just been here, lots

of groups have organised lots of demonstrations across the country.

They wanted to send a big message to the new American President

I mean, it's coming together in solidarity, saying we are not

happy with a man who is a racist, a misogynist and is basically

targeting some of the most vulnerable people in society.

The Bristol bridge stunt was the biggest,

I just had to do something and it just seemed so right

and so important that someone should stand up and say this is not

I'm an American citizen as well as a British citizen,

so I lived there for 15 years and it's really scary

Conservative MP Charlotte Leslie didn't want Donald Trump to win

but says her government must now deal constructively with him.

You know, there are a lot of people saying he's

You don't get to be the President of the United States by simply

Unorthodox, maverick, many other characteristics people

might want to assign to him, this is a guy we need to deal

with and he's shown himself if anything to be a pragmatist.

All citizens of the world must now wait to see

And we will be talking about that on the Sunday Politics this weekend.

You're watching BBC Points West with Alex and David.

The chef who cooked up a very unusual pie for his pub regulars.

the three young players hoping to spice up Swindon's season.

Princess Anne has officially opened a new building in south

Gloucestershire for patients recovering from brain injuries.

The Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit at Frenchay has had to expand

because more people are now surviving serious

Here's our reporter Will Glennon, who himself spent time

at the hospital two years ago after a cycling accident.

Marking a new era for treating patients. The old Frenchay hospital

may be gone, but this unit stayed and expanded, almost doubling to 52

beds. Its royal recognition of the work they do. It's just a really

nice opportunity for us just to show what we do and what we do day-to-day

with our patience. I think it's been quite an exciting day by everybody,

we've already enjoyed having her here. Through her experience in the

horse world, she has come across several people in the past who have

had brain injury so she really has a great understanding of some of the

difficulties these people have. Her Royal Highness that patients at the

Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit. They've been in road accidents, had

nasty falls or severe strokes. And all need expert care to work their

way back to live. Many more lives are being saved now compared to a

few years ago. But of course, the other side of that, these people are

the most injured people with the highest degree of need and we can

look at all the different aspects that are involved. It's not just the

physical side, it's so important that we deal with the cognitive and

emotional well-being of patients as well. Nice to see you. Today, I was

fortunate to be a special guest. I told the Princess about my time in

the unit after a cycling accident left me in a coma. I was a patient

who are exactly two years ago. The rehab team taught me how to walk

again, taught me how to cook, clean, how to interact socially. In short,

Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit taught me how to get back to my old

life, to this, to the person you see today. Polly Williamson is a former

champion horsewoman. In 2011, a riding accident left her needing

treatment. They can't be speaking again, I couldn't speak, couldn't

walk, couldn't make sense at all. When I came out of intensive care

and hospital, I was not ready to go back home and it definitely prepared

me for the outside world. Invaluable, completely invaluable.

It highlights how vital hospitals like this are and with more and more

people surviving major trauma, the focus now is on making it a life

worth living. I know that peace was very special for Will to do today.

faster than any other city in the UK during 2016.

The Hometrack UK Cities House Price Index,

which monitors price increases across the twenty biggest cities,

found the value of property in Bristol increased by

9.6% last year, even more than London, which was 7.3%.

A Somerset couple have shot up the best-sellers lists

Harry and Kate Benson from Wiveliscombe have co-authored

a book called What Mums Want and What Dads Need To Know.

They're here in the studio, but first we asked these people

what they think mums want from their partners.

Men particularly can feel like, oh, the woman needs to feed them

so I will just kind of back out but actually, it is good if they can

She said if it is one or two,

no problem, but now three, need important help.

If you get a break, you're better at doing it, right.

Seeing things from other people's perspectives, you know,

be able to not just think about yourself, but

So that is their advice but of course, you have written all about

it in this book. Thank you for coming in. First of all, this was a

very personal experience for you because this is your journey as much

as anything, isn't it? What happened with us is what I think happens do

absolutely masses of cobbles and that is that we drifted apart. At

first, we started being very focused on each other and then eventually

children came. I think very naturally, my focus went down onto

the kids. Harry took a back seat and went and focused more on work and

other things outside and we just slowly drifted apart and he, I don't

think, was taking any notice of the relationship and I was busy with the

kids. It is a De Villiers story, I am sure lots have experienced that,

but let's talk about solutions -- a familiar story. Solutions, well,

eventually confronted me that I was eventually confronted me that I was

not the friend that she needed me to be an friendship is absolutely at

the core of what mums want. She eventually wrote me a letter and the

letter was rather despairing and it was a job spec of what it was to be

Harry's wife and some terms and conditions, travel, perks all that

stuff and at the end was this awful sentence where she said what I

really want is a friend, will I ever get it? Who knows? Who cares? And

those words really got to me and I realised I have neglected my wife.

And it was a little subtle shift but it made a huge difference and from

that point on... But why are you taking responsibility for that? I

think the big differences happy mums tend to make happy families, it is

the man who tends to be more child oriented and we did a survey, rather

more than the vox pops, a survey of 300 odd mums and ask them what they

wanted and the things they wanted most in the relationship to make

that happy family was friendship, someone who is interested in them,

someone who is kind and I think it was blokes could get a handle on

that, it could revolutionise family life and make an enormous difference

and stop so many of us couples, particularly as many, drifting off

and neglecting our wives. By default, it is not malevolent. And

Harry, you have researched into happy marriages for over 20 years

and written about it before but what was it like for you to come in and

have to be so transparent? When we got into the very most difficult

stage of our marriage and we started coming out of the nosedive, I think

we realised that what had got us into that place was ignorance, it

wasn't malevolence, it was ignorance. We weren't looking after

each other, we didn't think about it, we just drifted apart and so

there are a lot of people out there that are the same as us and the

important thing is that whatever we do, we have got to get the message

out there that families don't need to drift apart. It is a bestseller,

so congratulations. Anjula Mutanda the together. We are.

This is for all of the Harry and Kates that needed get into the mess

that we did. Now, all this year, Points West

is celebrating our 60th anniversary. And we've put out an appeal

for people who've been featured on the programme in the last six

decades to come forward. Well, Ann Martin who lives

in Cirencester contacted us to say her dad once cooked a rook

pie for the regulars at a pub So we dug up the footage and sent

Seb Choudhury to find out about that It's 1980 and we're

at the Salutation pub at Berkley. On the menu for a charity evening,

traditional rook pie. Its chef - the landlord

at the time, Bernard L Cox. This customer came in

and they suggested to me this time of the year that,

being close to 12th of May, that I cooked a rook pie,

which was tradition in this pub and I thought, this

has got to be a joke. I mean, I'm a chef by trade,

I suppose, but I'd never So I said, OK, you bring me

the rooks and I'll cook the pie, I thought, I'm going

to call their bluff. And they did, so Bernard

kept his promise. Rook pies are now off the menu

because of legislation in 1981, but its folklore lives

on even in nursery rhymes. This 40-second silent

film is all that exists and for father and daughter, seeing

it for the first time in decades, So before I left Bernard,

one question remained. It is a gamy, very dark meat

and if cooked with venison, red wine and mushrooms and herbs

and spices, it's not all that different to some

venison, maybe pheasant. I guess we'll just have to take

Bernard's word for it but for those at the Salutation, it

was certainly a night to remember. Swindon Town have turned to three

of the Premier League's brightest young talents

to give their season a lift. Alistair Durden has tonight's sport,

and can tell us more about them. Chelsea have out

on loan at other clubs. Most won't manage to break

into Chelsea's first team, so this is a great opportunity

to showcase their talent. All three have made an impact

already - helping Swindon win I've been to find out more

about the talented trio who have swapped West London for the West

Country. Apart from the weather,

I think it's been brilliant so far. The boys have been brilliant,

we have fitted in pretty well. Being at Chelsea, the way

Chelsea play football is in a similar style to Swindon,

so it's not much of What are your career

highlights, then, so far? At the time, the youth cups

in the Champions League, Uefa Youth Champions League,

they are matches and We have won them on the

bounce, it's great. Training with the first team

as well, you can kind of get starstruck by some of the big names

that are there. You try not to be, you try to train,

because that's what they're there to do and they are not

going to wait for How different is Swindon to

the setup they have got a Chelsea? To come to Swindon, obviously not

as big a club at Chelsea, so obviously you've got to humble

yourself and be part of the boys, It gets us ready, it's

good experience to have. Charlie, we've already seen

a bit of you from your And one outrageous bit of skill,

you know the one I'm thinking of. If you can come up with them

when the time is right, it's definitely exciting

for the fans to see. You know, I think that is

what a loan is all about, you try and make your own noise

and just take every experience and every lesson

you can along with you. It was very enjoyable to play

in front of the fans and do well of the team,

so I am looking forward I want to do well, first

and foremost, and score goals and like I said before,

the most important thing is obviously the team climb up

the table and get better results. Exciting few months

ahead of you guys. All three should make their home

debuts against Peterborough Elsewhere, two goalkeepers

are in line for their debuts - Fabian Giefer for Bristol City,

who's moved from Bundesliga club And Joe Lumley for Bristol

Rovers, who's arrived from Queens

Park Rangers. Here are all the

fixtures - commentary on BBC local Bath prop Nathan Catt could win his

first England cap next month after being selected in the Six Nations

squad this morning. Nathan, who has

come through the club's academy, They're joined by Gloucester winger

Jonny May as England look to repeat their Grand Slam success of last

season. All of Bath's England players start

tomorrow's European Challenge Cup tie. A bonus point win all but

guarantees them a home quarter-final. The same scenario for

Gloucester, whereas Bristol can't Always a pleasure. Now I think we

could all do with a laugh tonight, so it is over to Bristol's Colston

Hall where it is gala night at the Slapstick Festival.

Amanda is there for us now. Yes, they are all gathering for this gala

night tonight. There will be a screening of the wonderful the Tabac

sacro freshman from 1925, there will be Buster Keaton, laurel and Hardy,

laugh out loud classics -- the like a freshman. And a modern classics,

Rory Bremner, who is hosting. I am speaking, I will not have a series

of cards and mouthing. Just give us an idea of the magic you are about

to unveil to the audience, this wonderful world. The festival itself

now has been going for 12 years and I was told about it by Graham

Gardner from the goodies -- Graeme Gardner, and the organiser of the

vessel and they told me about how it has grown over the years and this is

the big gala night, we have a 27 piece orchestra, a screening of the

freshman with Harold Lloyd, and people although he was one of the

great silent movie heroes along with Buster Keaton and Laurel and Hardy

and we have shorts from them as well, but I have never seen anything

like this before. And having the music played live alongside it must

expect but I think some of the be astounding. I don't know what

expect but I think some of the audience will have been here before,

but others will never have seen a silent film before but with an

orchestra, there is going to be a very special atmosphere. It is a

rather weird thing, I'm posting something but don't know anything

about it. I have to sidestep slightly to ask you, we are seeing a

wave of comic resistance to Donald Trump coming out of the US. Do you

think it is OKed to see the funny side AS DONALD TRUMP: they are

protesting outside and I wish it were silent. We are going to make

Bristol great again. I watched the inauguration speech and it was a

shocker. Make America great again. We knew he was going to say that.

That is what is nice of this festival, it is the antithesis of

everything in that speech. These films were made in the 1920s when

people came to California from Sweden, France, Russia, all of this

foreign, immigrant talent going to Hollywood, with the Brits of course,

Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel, and they made these wonderful films and

they are silent films, the language is humour, universal, so what better

day? I think you will be busy with President Trump for a while to come.

Good to talk to you, thank you. The Slapstick Festival goes on across

the weekend, lots on the cards, so enjoy.

That was a great impression, wasn't it? Now it is time for the weather.

AS DONALD TRUMP: it is going to be great, he is on the roof.

Let's get on with the weekend forecast. It is going to be a cold

story and we will find that the Sunday is a less cold day but

through the course of the night, widespread frost and then we will

find through the course of tomorrow, more cloud tending to develop

through the course of the afternoon but staying dry. Overnight and into

Sunday, the chance of a few showers out towards the west, Sunday a day

of varying amounts of cloud but some brighter phases. High pressure

dominating the pattern at the moment and you can see the blues there, the

widespread frost tonight. As we head into tomorrow, we will get thicker

cloud coming from the south-west and that will be across many districts,

at least in part during the overnight period into Sunday. Sunday

a big job brighter spells and cloud. For the rest of tonight, it is a

question of seeing how low temperatures eventually get and we

are expecting they will match those of last night. With a bit more cloud

down towards the south-west, here there will be -- it will be less

cold but nevertheless, -4 for a good part of the region, some areas as

low as -5 or minus six. Some freezing fog quite possible, parts

of Gloucestershire by first light tomorrow but other than that, a fair

amount of sunshine to greet us with the frosty start and then the trend

for introducing more cloud from the south-west, starting to run its way

north and north-eastwards further through the afternoon and thickening

up quite considerably. Mothers as we continue through the evening. A few

showers by that stage breaking out across Devon and Cornwall, perhaps

into the far west of Somerset overnight into Sunday morning but

most areas will be dry, temperatures into Saturday will be somewhere in

the range of only two or three Celsius for the majority, so a cold

day most certainly and those temperatures just going up a little

bit as we head into Sunday, survival six covering most of the areas. As

we go into the start-up next week, we continue on a dry unsettled night

but watch out for fog on Monday, it could be troublesome, so we will

keep you up-to-date. Have a great weekend.

And you have a great weekend as well, thank you for braving the

route for us. That is about is for us, quite a momentous day.

It is, we are back on Sunday, or at least I am, with the Sunday

Politics. It's going to be awesome. TV: He's not your father.

WOMAN GASPS so why not pay your TV licence in

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the number of children saying It was like a battle, like in a war

zone. She would literally scream.