:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to BBC Points West with Alex Lovell and David Garmston.
:00:00. > :00:08.A business that offers adult services used teenagers, under 16,
:00:09. > :00:18.I've seen a lot in my time, yeah, that I should not have seen.
:00:19. > :00:21.The local council knew about it but the premises are still open.
:00:22. > :00:36.A weekend brawl at a pub in Trowbridge.
:00:37. > :00:40.A policeman says it's the worst fight he's seen in 20 years.
:00:41. > :00:45.Hundreds of musicians volunteer for bone marrow testing
:00:46. > :00:50.And forget the limousines, why a borrowed van made this bride's
:00:51. > :01:03.A BBC investigation has found evidence of teenagers
:01:04. > :01:07.being exploited by a brothel in Weston-Super-Mare.
:01:08. > :01:10.The seedier side of the Victorian seaside town has been uncovered
:01:11. > :01:16.Confidential documents show the authorities discussed vulnerable
:01:17. > :01:19.teenagers handing out leaflets for Butterflys, which claims
:01:20. > :01:22.it's a massage parlour but in reality is a brothel
:01:23. > :01:30.Matthew Hill has been investigating the story and joins us now.
:01:31. > :01:33.Well, the sign above it says massage parlour, open 24/7,
:01:34. > :01:35.but really Butterflys is a brothel which has been operating
:01:36. > :01:41.It's less than 500 yards from the council and the police station.
:01:42. > :01:43."So what?" you might say.
:01:44. > :01:48.But we've uncovered evidence that girls as young as 15
:01:49. > :01:50.have helped out here, and it's still open
:01:51. > :01:56.Just a warning that my report contains undercover filming
:01:57. > :02:02.inside the massage parlour with graphic content.
:02:03. > :02:04.The Class A drugs are from around the Bonville area.
:02:05. > :02:09.She had a difficult adolescence, including
:02:10. > :02:17.At her most vulnerable, she handed out leaflets
:02:18. > :02:22.We had to make sure that we would look OK and that we had basically
:02:23. > :02:25.dressed like a load of prostitutes, stood on a street corner.
:02:26. > :02:28.Did social services know about you being there?
:02:29. > :02:32.People were telling them that I was walking around dressed
:02:33. > :02:34.like that, handing out a load of leaflets in town,
:02:35. > :02:41.These are not the leaflets but she says she even
:02:42. > :02:45.used her own image on them and that she helped out inside.
:02:46. > :02:48.I have cleaned quite a few rooms in there before and, like,
:02:49. > :02:52.The way that it's all done, it's like a show.
:02:53. > :02:55.It's like they're ready to show off their bodies and a man would sit
:02:56. > :02:59.in a chair and all the women would walk in in their underwear
:03:00. > :03:02.and he would literally get to pick which one he wanted.
:03:03. > :03:05.You were seeing things that a 15-year-old girl shouldn't see.
:03:06. > :03:08.I have seen a lot in my time, yeah, that I should have not seen.
:03:09. > :03:14.For the last ten years, the woman with the lease
:03:15. > :03:16.on the brothel has been Natalie Davis.
:03:17. > :03:24.It is clearly more than a massage parlour.
:03:25. > :03:27.There is Natalie's mobile number, and it says, "We aim to keep
:03:28. > :03:33.Working in a brothel is not illegal but running one
:03:34. > :03:46.We sent in an undercover reporter to find out.
:03:47. > :03:52.At this point, we made our excuses and left.
:03:53. > :03:54.These confidential documents show that the council and Avon
:03:55. > :03:56.and Somerset Police discussed Butterflys and teenage girls
:03:57. > :04:08.At that time when she came to us we gave her advice and very
:04:09. > :04:11.strong support around how dangerous that was.
:04:12. > :04:15.Staff should have been aware of that.
:04:16. > :04:18.Well, my staff passed that information on to the police
:04:19. > :04:20.in regard to an establishment that was a massage parlour
:04:21. > :04:24.using a 15-year-old to distribute leaflets and the police took that
:04:25. > :04:28.information and then did some checks and we have had no more referrals
:04:29. > :04:35.through to us around young people frequenting that establishment.
:04:36. > :04:37.The council and Avon and Somerset Police say
:04:38. > :04:39.they are proactive and serious about safeguarding and will act
:04:40. > :04:44.Police say they found no evidence of underage girls
:04:45. > :04:50.Despite all the problems in Weston, Amber has turned her life around,
:04:51. > :04:54.but it hasn't been easy, and what about all the other
:04:55. > :05:01.This was an Inside Out West investigation.
:05:02. > :05:07.The story is really asking questions about the culture
:05:08. > :05:11.of North Somerset Council based on internal documents
:05:12. > :05:15.and talking to many people about how they look
:05:16. > :05:20.Now the council insist safeguarding is a priority
:05:21. > :05:31.But we've discovered disturbing posts on pictures of young girls
:05:32. > :05:33.on the Facebook account of a council employee.
:05:34. > :05:38.And we've uncovered evidence of a known sexual predator operating
:05:39. > :05:43.on the town's estates here before his death last year.
:05:44. > :05:46.There are questions there about whether the council missed
:05:47. > :05:55.an opportunity to gather DNA evidence of a sexual assault.
:05:56. > :05:58.And the full investigation will feature on Inside Out West.
:05:59. > :06:00.That's with Seb, here on BBC One tonight at 7.30pm.
:06:01. > :06:03.A man's been arrested in connection with the death of a 43-year-old
:06:04. > :06:07.She was found on Hill Street in Kingswood early yesterday morning.
:06:08. > :06:12.A 38-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death
:06:13. > :06:17.by dangerous driving and failing to stop at the scene of a collision.
:06:18. > :06:19.A man who died in Trowbridge after allegedly being tackled
:06:20. > :06:25.by a security guard for suspected shoplifting has been named.
:06:26. > :06:27.Kieran Church died on Thursday in The Shires car park.
:06:28. > :06:32.Today his family said Kieren was a much loved son, brother,
:06:33. > :06:38.A 20-year-old man from Trowbridge who was arrested on suspicion
:06:39. > :06:42.of manslaughter has been released on bail.
:06:43. > :06:45.A Gloucester man has been charged following an alleged hate crime
:06:46. > :06:49.Jeffrey Warren is accused of the racially motivated
:06:50. > :06:54.assault on Petrus Undari, in Great Western Road in November.
:06:55. > :06:57.He's also been accused of the same offence against a police
:06:58. > :07:02.Jeffrey Warren, who's 46, is due to appear at Gloucester
:07:03. > :07:08.A brawl in a pub in Trowbridge at the weekend has been described
:07:09. > :07:11.by a veteran police Sergeant as the worst he's seen in more
:07:12. > :07:18.One of his colleagues was injured and we know of at least one pub-goer
:07:19. > :07:21.who had to be rushed to hospital after being hit with a bottle.
:07:22. > :07:24.Film footage shows dozens of people in the bar fighting.
:07:25. > :07:34.The Albany Palace bar in Trowbridge, erupting into violence in the early
:07:35. > :07:38.I've never seen nothing like it, mate.
:07:39. > :07:40.21-year-old lorry driver Tommy Arkle from Devizes filmed
:07:41. > :07:48.His friend had to be rushed to hospital in Bath, covered in blood.
:07:49. > :07:52.I walked down to the bar with a few mates and had a few drinks.
:07:53. > :07:54.Turned round and then next minute a bottle came across,
:07:55. > :07:58.hit me on the head and then I think I got hit on the eye as well
:07:59. > :08:03.You wouldn't expect in a little town, just to call out
:08:04. > :08:05.for a couple of drinks, come back and...
:08:06. > :08:11.This police Sergeant knows Trowbridge well.
:08:12. > :08:21.I think there are always incidents where alcohol is involved,
:08:22. > :08:23.always the possibility of there being disorder,
:08:24. > :08:26.but I think it is unusual to have that sort of scale of disorder
:08:27. > :08:30.Wetherspoon's says the fight caused distress for customers
:08:31. > :08:47.One-off, perhaps, but it still raises concerns about safety
:08:48. > :08:54.Usually the little ones can be controlled and it doesn't really
:08:55. > :08:57.bother you but when something like that big is happening you just
:08:58. > :09:00.want to kind of step back and there is no way to get out.
:09:01. > :09:04.It doesn't make you feel very safe, no.
:09:05. > :09:07.I see little fights all the time, but they get controlled,
:09:08. > :09:11.and big ones like that don't seem to occur regularly.
:09:12. > :09:14.But, no, I think they should be ashamed of themselves.
:09:15. > :09:17.Police are appealing for anyone who witnessed
:09:18. > :09:32.It's David and Alex with you this evening and it's nice to have
:09:33. > :09:36.Stay tuned we've got lots more still to come, including...
:09:37. > :09:39.Keeping the water pumping, we're find out how the oldest steam
:09:40. > :09:42.engines in the world are getting an overhaul.
:09:43. > :09:45.And something old, borrowed and blue.
:09:46. > :09:57.Radio Bristol helped one bride get her dream carriage.
:09:58. > :10:00.Some of the children with the highest levels of need
:10:01. > :10:03.are being let down by their local authority in South Gloucestershire.
:10:04. > :10:06.A report by Ofsted describes some of the services as "inadequate"
:10:07. > :10:15.When it comes to looking after the most vulnerable
:10:16. > :10:18.children in society, it's councils who have to step in.
:10:19. > :10:20.But, in the report released this morning, Ofsted found
:10:21. > :10:24.South Gloucestershire's approach showed some "critical weaknesses".
:10:25. > :10:29.There were concerns over leadership, for the care of children at risk
:10:30. > :10:32.of sexual exploitation, and for those with disabilities.
:10:33. > :10:55.Staff shortages have meant 170 children with disabilities
:10:56. > :10:58.were having to wait and wait for their assessments, in one case
:10:59. > :11:01.We're very sorry that this has occurred.
:11:02. > :11:03.We're quite determined to improve our services, and,
:11:04. > :11:06.as Ofsted observed when they came, when they drew this to our attention
:11:07. > :11:15.I can assure that all of those cases identified by Ofsted have now been
:11:16. > :11:19.allocated to social workers and are receiving a service from us.
:11:20. > :11:21.It is not just here in South Gloucestershire
:11:22. > :11:23.that the children's services department has had
:11:24. > :11:28.In fact, nationwide, around one in four council
:11:29. > :11:32.children's departments are reckoned to be failing.
:11:33. > :11:34.Many councils say it is down to difficulties in recruiting
:11:35. > :11:41.There is an issue with churn of social workers, both at manager
:11:42. > :11:45.and standard social worker level, and it is having that stable
:11:46. > :11:47.workforce that is essential to a service being able
:11:48. > :11:53.This council aims to climb from "inadequate" to
:11:54. > :11:56.It has already set out its own improvement plan,
:11:57. > :11:59.but with shrinking budgets and a scarcity of trained staff,
:12:00. > :12:01.South Gloucestershire knows reversing the failings identified
:12:02. > :12:04.today will be anything but child's play.
:12:05. > :12:06.Robin Markwell, BBC Points West, in Kingswood.
:12:07. > :12:12.Bristol Rugby have been cleared of any wrong doing
:12:13. > :12:15.by the Rugby Football Union following an investigation
:12:16. > :12:17.into passing on of confidential information by former
:12:18. > :12:23.Tom, who has since been sacked, was found guilty of passing on team
:12:24. > :12:26.information to his brother Luke, who plays for Bristol,
:12:27. > :12:33.when the pair met up ahead the match on New Year's Day.
:12:34. > :12:35.However, the RFU concluded that Bristol had not changed their game
:12:36. > :12:39.strategy and did not breach any regulations.
:12:40. > :12:44.Brass players in the South West are coming together to help
:12:45. > :12:47.a talented musician who is battling an aggressive form of cancer.
:12:48. > :12:49.Stephen Sykes needs a stem cell transplant,
:12:50. > :12:51.but despite a worldwide search, a match hasn't been found.
:12:52. > :12:54.Hundreds of fellow musicians are now getting tested,
:12:55. > :13:16.This is Stephen Sykes playing solo at a concert last summer.
:13:17. > :13:18.As a talented trombonist, he has played with orchestras
:13:19. > :13:22.But he has been unable to perform since this video was shot.
:13:23. > :13:25.Chemotherapy doesn't appear to be working.
:13:26. > :13:27.His cancer is aggressive - stage four.
:13:28. > :13:30.Doctors say he needs a stem cell transplant.
:13:31. > :13:32.The cancer's got into my bone marrow which means that
:13:33. > :13:41.without a stem cell transplant, it's not looking too good, really.
:13:42. > :13:44.Normally this would be OK because there is the donor system
:13:45. > :13:49.now, but they can't find a donor for me anywhere in the world,
:13:50. > :13:56.They need to get as close a match as possible to avoid additional
:13:57. > :14:05.feeling like I ought to stand outside the supermarket and sort of
:14:06. > :14:17.With their connections with the music world,
:14:18. > :14:20.his family have appealed to other musicians.
:14:21. > :14:23.In Cornwall, members of St Austell Town Band
:14:24. > :14:30.Take the swabs out, swab inside of your cheek and just put
:14:31. > :14:34.them back in here and we'll send them back off and then
:14:35. > :14:36.see if it is a match for anybody to help.
:14:37. > :14:39.Are you quite impressed with the way the brass community has
:14:40. > :14:41.I'm not surprised but, yeah, I'm impressed.
:14:42. > :14:46.We've got the whole band and also the whole banding world in Cornwall.
:14:47. > :14:48.Yesterday, Facebook and Twitter just went wild with people
:14:49. > :14:51.from all over the county saying, "My pack's arrived,
:14:52. > :14:55.There were so many people yesterday just doing it
:14:56. > :14:59.He got this guitar just before Christmas.
:15:00. > :15:04.Stephen Sykes knows a transplant is his only chance but he also hopes
:15:05. > :15:10.that, as more potential donors come forward, their samples could also
:15:11. > :15:29.Eleanor Parkinson, BBC Point West, Shepton Mallet.
:15:30. > :15:32.I hope we can give a positive outcome from that. If you want to
:15:33. > :15:34.share it, go to our Facebook page. Work is underway to repair
:15:35. > :15:37.a set of historic steam engines on the Kennett
:15:38. > :15:39.and Avon Canal near Marlborough. The Crofton Beam engines
:15:40. > :15:41.are the oldest in the world but still do the job
:15:42. > :15:45.they were made for. They were built to pump water
:15:46. > :15:48.to feed the canal, where one section The repairs are to the steam boiler,
:15:49. > :15:56.they cost 45,000 pounds, and our Wiltshire reporter
:15:57. > :16:00.Will Glennon has been to see them. It's a skilled physical job,
:16:01. > :16:03.in cramped conditions but essential work for the future
:16:04. > :16:09.of the Crofton Beam engines. A pair of powerful steam engines,
:16:10. > :16:18.to pump the water uphill. The canal here rises 40 feet
:16:19. > :16:34.and without artificial Old men loves to come and play with
:16:35. > :16:38.our machines but it is more than that. It is the historical content.
:16:39. > :16:44.When this was built, it was rural Wiltshire. It must have been just
:16:45. > :16:49.like the iPad coming now. The social impact of these machines. It is
:16:50. > :16:52.seeing somebody standing here, driving this machine, making it
:16:53. > :16:53.work, and there is nothing like it today.
:16:54. > :16:54.The original engine dates back to 1812,
:16:55. > :17:05.But the steam boiler needs repairs to keep going.
:17:06. > :17:14.The rivets that need replacing in this boiler are getting burnt out
:17:15. > :17:21.largely, some are cut out, but burnt out, punched out, and then hopped
:17:22. > :17:22.rivets replacing them. The main complication is getting to them.
:17:23. > :17:27.They are in awkward places to reach. An electric pump now
:17:28. > :17:29.mostly does the work. But sometimes it fails,
:17:30. > :17:31.so the steam needs to be used. Plus it's run through
:17:32. > :17:41.the summer for visitors. The work they're doing on the steam
:17:42. > :17:48.boiler is vital because it is the steam that powers the piston which
:17:49. > :17:49.powers the beam engine and that pumps the water into the canal.
:17:50. > :17:58.That's when the Crofton Beam Engines will re-open to the public
:17:59. > :18:04.and the canal will be filled by steam power once again.
:18:05. > :18:07.Now, when a bride from South Gloucestershire decided
:18:08. > :18:10.a Bedford Rascal would be just the thing to get her
:18:11. > :18:14.to her wedding on time, there was a very special reason.
:18:15. > :18:17.Hannah Allen wanted the van as a tribute to her late father
:18:18. > :18:22.So her mum Wendy went on Radio Bristol to ask
:18:23. > :18:32.Alex is outside now with the happy couple.
:18:33. > :18:44.I just popped outside the studio. Isn't it gorgeous? Wouldn't you love
:18:45. > :18:53.to turn up in this van? How did this all come about? We got approached by
:18:54. > :18:55.Wendy, Hannah's mum, asking if we could help her find a word-mac for
:18:56. > :19:13.her daughter's wedding. -- Bedford Rascal. We found one but
:19:14. > :19:18.it failed its MOT. We managed to find one down, in Bedford of all
:19:19. > :19:25.places, so on Thursday I drove there and picked it up and here it is. And
:19:26. > :19:28.you kept it a secret. Hannah did not know anything throughout, despite
:19:29. > :19:42.the fact we were following the cycle on radio Bristol. Give us a marker
:19:43. > :19:48.two. BEEP!
:19:49. > :19:54.Here is the happy couple. Congratulations. What did it mean to
:19:55. > :19:59.you to have this van turned up on your wedding day? It is a memory of
:20:00. > :20:06.my dad who passed away about three years ago and I have always known
:20:07. > :20:10.him to own a Bedford Rascal, in a variety of colours, but not this
:20:11. > :20:13.gorgeous blue, and he was a Rovers supporter as well so the fact it
:20:14. > :20:21.came in this colour was amazing as well. It made the day, it was like
:20:22. > :20:30.he was here, sitting next to my mum driving to the venue. My mum drove
:20:31. > :20:37.it. I believe James, who picked it up, had to learn to drive with a
:20:38. > :20:43.choke. And James it was a special moment. You are in on it? Wendy and
:20:44. > :20:47.I had looked online for a while to try to find one anywhere and it
:20:48. > :20:54.didn't come to any luck at all and then we got a call -- I got a call
:20:55. > :20:58.from Wendy to say she had e-mailed BBC Bristol and everything has been
:20:59. > :21:03.fantastic. I am so grateful to everyone who has helped. What a
:21:04. > :21:08.lovely tribute to your dad as well. I think some of our viewers might be
:21:09. > :21:17.wondering why you are here! Shouldn't you be on your honeymoon?
:21:18. > :21:23.Well, we are not going until April so we are letting this soak in,
:21:24. > :21:29.although at the moment, your wedding is a dream but this is just an real.
:21:30. > :21:32.Gosh, when this Bedford Rascal turned up I was beside myself, I
:21:33. > :21:39.couldn't hold back the tears, it brought that so many memories. And
:21:40. > :21:51.there is a nice story, sad but sweet, about the lady who had the
:21:52. > :21:58.van. Her husband died at Christmas so she was really pleased that this
:21:59. > :22:00.was given four year celebration. -- for your celebration. His little
:22:01. > :22:06.treasure became our little treasure. Now this is a true love story
:22:07. > :22:08.but of course tomorrow is that fun time of year,
:22:09. > :22:11.if also quite commercial, when people might be
:22:12. > :22:13.talking about love. Last week I visited
:22:14. > :22:14.Tickenham Primary School in North Somerset to ask the pupils
:22:15. > :22:17.for their thoughts I should mention it's the school
:22:18. > :22:21.that has a dachshund called Gatsby to help the pupils learn respect,
:22:22. > :22:23.compassion and empathy. That will explain why
:22:24. > :22:34.he keeps popping up. Do you think that at home
:22:35. > :22:38.there will be a Valentines theme? Can you text somebody,
:22:39. > :22:47.because we are in a world of technology now and just say,
:22:48. > :22:50."Hey, I really like you"? See you text someone,
:22:51. > :22:59."I love you," four hearts or Xs or So if you really like
:23:00. > :23:05.someone, how do you tell them if you're not
:23:06. > :23:08.sure how to tell them? If you like somebody
:23:09. > :23:15.in school, do it at break time or at the end of school or at
:23:16. > :23:19.the start of school, don't do it If you like maths and the person
:23:20. > :23:40.you like likes maths, you could do like, "Me
:23:41. > :23:43.plus you equals..." I think my Valentine
:23:44. > :23:54.might be Gatsby. It depends cos I might
:23:55. > :23:59.get there first. Oh, well how do we resolve
:24:00. > :24:34.this if we both like the They were so funny. Thanks for them
:24:35. > :24:42.to letting me film with them. I really want will a Bedford Rascal.
:24:43. > :24:48.And we wish that couple very well. Let's catch up with the weather.
:24:49. > :25:10.We felt the difference today. We had some weather watcher pictures. The
:25:11. > :25:15.blue skies are set to last into Valentine's Day. It looks like it
:25:16. > :25:20.will be very cloudy with a little bit of patchy rain. This evening and
:25:21. > :25:26.overnight, clear skies that they will not last. The cloud will come
:25:27. > :25:29.in from the west. Part of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire might
:25:30. > :25:39.hang on to clear skies and the temperature will drop to 2-3. On the
:25:40. > :25:44.whole, 4-5 is the low. Gloucestershire and culture might
:25:45. > :25:49.see brightness first thing but we will see outbreaks of mostly light
:25:50. > :25:54.and patchy rain during the day, bringing up from the West in the
:25:55. > :25:59.afternoon. The wind is much lighter from the south-east tomorrow.
:26:00. > :26:03.Tuesday into Wednesday, clear skies for a time that the cloud will come
:26:04. > :26:08.in again ahead of the next weather system coming in for Wednesday.
:26:09. > :26:18.Temperatures dropping to 6-7 into Wednesday morning. A misty and murky
:26:19. > :26:22.start on Wednesday. Some showers in the afternoon, some on the heavy
:26:23. > :26:28.side but later we will see brighter spells as well. Temperatures
:26:29. > :26:33.creeping up every day, 10-11 on Wednesday. On Thursday, the weather
:26:34. > :26:39.front bringing showers on Wednesday will clear away gradually and
:26:40. > :26:43.high-pressure builds from the self, but it is bringing a lot of cloud so
:26:44. > :26:49.we do not expect the skies and sunshine for the weekend. Tomorrow
:26:50. > :26:55.it will be fairly mild but we will have a little bit of rain in the
:26:56. > :27:01.forecast. Wednesday and Thursday, temperatures getting to 10-11.
:27:02. > :27:05.Milder as we head towards the end of the week.
:27:06. > :27:16.That is not bad news. You are looking springlike.
:27:17. > :27:20.Thank you. I feel springlike. Have a good Valentine's Day tomorrow. If
:27:21. > :27:22.you get a card, congratulations, if not, it's just a load of old rubbish
:27:23. > :28:04.anyway! when farmers leave
:28:05. > :28:07.their daily routines behind... Right, here we come, Dorset!
:28:08. > :28:11...for a show day.