24/02/2017 Points West

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

The toddler shot with an air rifle - the man who pulled the trigger gets

two years imprisonment, but for little Harry

And now we can just carry on with our life

Harry has suffered brain damage - we'll be finding out

The older people coming forward about domestic abuse -

He's got the key to the door - the remarkable effort to give

And I'll be finding out why all these people are queueing outside

the centre in Somerset for a private ticket only party, featuring one of

the biggest bands in the world. A Bristol man who shot a crying

toddler in the head with an air rifle has been jailed for two years

at Bristol Crown Court. Jordan Walters left 18-month-old

Harry Studley with lifelong injuries when he fired at him last

July. The police say his actions

were reckless to the extreme. The little boy's family

say their son will struggle Our home affairs correspondent

Charlotte Callen was in court. Of massive weight has been listed

off my shoulders now. We can take Harry home. -- a massive weight has

been lifted. Today marks the end of the legal

battle for Harry's family. But this blue helmet hides the scars

he sustained when he was shot This man, 24-year-old

Jordan Walters, He and his girlfriend

Emma Horseman were close They were neighbours

in this block of flats. On the day he was shot -

Harry and Walters' children Walters starting cleaning this gun,

that he used for shooting rabbits, in his kitchen whilst Harry played

in the living room. When Harry started crying,

his mother Amy said she'd heard Emma Horseman say, "Jord,

shoot Harry, just to scare him." Emma Horseman said she couldn't

remember saying that, and was cleared by a jury of any

involvement in his injury. But her partner Walters had

pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm,

although he'd said he didn't Today he was told he'd serve

two years in prison. Harry was just 18 months

old when he was shot. He still suffers seizures and has

lost much of his sight. But for now they're just

grateful to all be together. How anyone could point an air rifle

at the Child, loaded or not, beggars belief.

But for now they're just grateful to all be together.

It is brilliant. He is better than we ever thought he would be

considering almost a year ago we were told to say goodbye. To now see

him running around again, smiling, it is just amazing.

The bullet remains embedded in little Harry's brain -

There will be more testing times on his road to recovery.

Police investigating the death of a woman who was hit by a road

sweeper in Swindon are looking to speak to a taxi driver who may

It happened outside Arkells Brewery on Beechcroft Road yesterday.

It's understood the woman, who was 32, was going

to collect her child from a minder at the time.

Police say the taxi driver was not involved but could be a key witness.

Part of the centre of Bristol remained closed this

morning for investigations, after a woman was injured by

The 22-year-old was taken to hospital with a broken shoulder

after she was hit by the cladding panel outside the Unite

Unite say work will continue at the scene until they are satisfied

there is no further cause for concern.

An estate agent in Wiltshire has been fined ?200,000

after a woman who was being shown around a property fell down a well.

Swindon Magistrates Court heard how a wooden board

covering it gave way, plunging her down the 30-foot well into water.

Strakers estate agents pleaded guilty to breaching health

and safety laws and say they have fully cooperated with the Health

and Safety Executive to avoid a similar incident in the future.

It's emerged that more than 1000 older people

in Gloucestershire sought help because of domestic abuse last year.

It's thought more people are coming forward

because of a change in attitudes, and because more

Here's our Gloucestershire reporter, Steve Knibbs.

He just grabbed me with all the force of a really, really strong

He showed absolutely no remorse whatsoever.

It's not her real name or voice, but Gloria is 65

She was abused by her partner last year.

I didn't know who I could trust who would believe me.

He made me lose my confidence, it made me feel ugly and horrible.

This is an increasing trend in the county.

Over a quarter of victims helped by Gloucestershire's domestic abuse

I think older people tend to stay in relationships longer,

because they may have been in that relationship for a long time

and the thought of leaving it is very difficult.

You know, as we get older, the thought of moving,

giving up family, friends, our house, our possessions,

More people are coming forward for help and support

in Gloucestershire, which is why the figures might be higher here,

but for those that work with older people, the numbers don't come

Age itself brings some issues that can be extra risk

Retirement suddenly changes the dynamic in a family -

Increasing health needs, the issue of becoming

a carer for somebody, social isolation, they are all

things that are factors of later life and they are contributing

This Ageing Well group in Gloucester meets every week to talk

about everything from loneliness to health for older people.

Pearl and Barbara - they're not victims themselves,

but they say often their generation don't ask for help,

Older people just seem to go along with it and think, is this the norm?

Well, places like this can also help to give them an insight

that there is a bit more than family to see two.

You just need to get at these people and...

Just for an hour or so, you know, perhaps once a week.

GDASS and Age UK are now working together to promote the support

available to more people like Gloria - to change the stereotype that

older doesn't mean that you're immune from what is often seen

Of course everyone should feel safe at home, so do not suffer in silence

is I guess the message from that. You're watching Friday's Points West

with David and Alex. Thanks for starting

the weekend here. Stay with us until 7pm

because we've a lot more to bring We meet the men from Bristol who

have decided to row 3000 miles across the Atlantic. The only

problem is they have never done it before! I thought you were coming

with us? Oh, no. And we see the return of

fairly windy weather, although nothing on the scale of yesterday.

Details later in the programme. That is coming your way, but first...

A Royal Marine from Somerset who's in a wheelchair after serving

in Afghanistan is moving into a house built

The year-long project which would have cost more

than ?500,000 has been made possible by the generosity of

construction workers from all over the South West.

But it's not just about bricks and mortar -

this has been about rebuilding a family as well.

There are the extra weight doors, which is great. To get that family

life back, being able to act like a dad again and to feel like a father,

more than anything, it is great, humbling in itself but it gives a

bit of normality back to life -- extra wide doors.

Corporal Phillip Eaglesham caught an illness called Q Fever

while serving in Afghanistan in 2010.

It's a condition which has made him progressively weaker.

Knowing that we now have a home that has been future proofed for Philip

and his long-term deterioration, it has really been a weight lifted off

our shoulders. The build was made possible

through The Royal Marines charity, which paid for essential works

and encouraged construction There was no alternative viable

solution and the charity felt responsible to provide that solution

to keep the family unit together and provide a safe environment for the

family to live in for the future. Many tradesmen gave their time

and expertise for free. It did not take a lot of persuading

for me to actually get the contractors involved, you know, they

were very much willing partners in delivering this project. I know one

of the politicians has done everything free off his own back.

Even on his days off, he has come in and done work here. Thank you will

never be enough. They are all part of our family and the door is always

open to them, because we would not be here without them.

A project which would have cost ?500,000 being achieved

Three men have been charged with drug and slavery offences

after the discovery of the country's biggest cannabis

Thousands of plants were found at the former

The men who are from Bristol and Somerset have been remanded

in custody to appear at Swindon Magistrates

Three others also arrested at the site have been

A Bristol man has won a landmark legal case today

Greg Roynon was a so-called 'property guardian'.

That meant he paid below market rent to live

in a disused building, but didn't have the same

Our political reporter Pete Simson has the story.

Nic's a property guardian in this old Bristol care home.

He's been battling for his rights to live here for more than a year.

Legal advice was that, actually, by the way you've been living

and the room you've had, etc, then there is a good argument

But the management company Camelot had argued that Nic and others had

willingly signed up as guardians, to provide security

Guardians don't have as much protection as tenants

The court today ruled that Nic's fellow resident

We should be entitled to the basic necessities of life, such as,

you know, hot water and properly functioning showers, for example.

We basically felt so strongly about all that stuff that we felt

This hopefully would empower the people, if they feel strongly -

we've done it, it's been a long graft, it's been pretty horrible

The case has been acrimonious, with allegations of neglected

properties and attempts to intimidate residents.

All denied by Camelot, but tempers spilled out

SHOUTING: There's (BLEEP) no lighting in some

Today's ruling could have implications for thousands

Listen - there is a massive housing crisis in the city!

For Greg, however, he returns home a tenant, with his rights secured.

A group of men from Bristol who have no rowing experience

are to try to cross the Atlantic in a boat.

The 3000-mile journey should take them six weeks.

Tonight they're having something of a dry run.

Andy Howard is with them in the centre of Bristol now.

And they? -- Andy? Takes a brave man to want to stay out overnight in

Bristol for an entire weekend, and if you add into that that you are

rowing Donald Penn, to me it sounds plain daft, but that is what these

guys will be doing from 11 o'clock tonight until 11 o'clock on Sunday

morning, all to raise awareness of that big trip -- your rowing, then

to me it sounds plain daft. The guise of the crew, John, me, it was

decided on a lunch break at work, we signed up and you we are no -- all

of the guys in the crew. You have done some crazy things in the past.

He cycled from London to Paris, lands end to John O groats. We have

some pictures as well. What else have you done? We have done our

individual challenges, I have climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, taking a

canoe across the length of Peru. Steve did a marathon in the Arctic

Circle. But no rowing? Until a few months ago I don't think we had ever

been on a rowing boat as a group, but it had an appeal. We want to

show everybody they can go out and try something if we can do it. I

have only been going for one minute ten seconds! Why are you doing this?

Why in Bristol the whole weekend doing this nonstop? Our main aim is

to try to raise ?100,000 for the Movember Foundation, so this is one

of a series of ten where we go to main cities after this across the

UK. We start in Bristol, our home city, and hopefully a lot of people

will come down to support us and donate to a great cause, we will get

some great sponsorship on the back of it and then do another nine.

Unluckily for me, at this point, you know, the whole point of this is it

is a really, two on, two off, every. I have been invited to stay the

whole weekend, the overhaul of the Atlantic, but unfortunately I am

unavailable. From Bristol city centre on a Friday night, this is

about as close as I am going to get. Are you all right?

STUDIO: And you still need to do our health and safety form for it!

Thanks, Andy! He didn't seem to have much tension on the rope. Was it his

technique? I see. I suppose it was hard enough. We cannot all be

athletes! On last night's programme

Andy reported on this - a gunner's turret from a Lancaster

bomber which was going to auction today, with a guide

price of ?100 to ?200. The bank note, apparently belonging

to Billy The Kid, went for ?1900. And it seems that turret isn't

the only one of its kind in the West - Mike from Swindon

has sent us this... I never thought I'd say

this, but if you too have a Lancaster Bomber turret

at your house - send us a picture! Apparently his cat sleeps in it. A

good idea. Let us know if you have one! A giant litter tray! It is

another big weekend of sport with Bristol Rugby hosting Bath on Sunday

in the Premiership. This might be the fourth time they have met this

season but it does not change the significance of the match for either

team. Damian Derrick is here to tell us why. Yes, Bath have won the last

two matches and Bristol are struggling at the bottom, so a

different story for both teams. The most recent trouble Bath had was at

Leicester. COMMENTATOR: It's another try under

the posts for the Tigers, and they really are now running away

with this game. I'm afraid we have to concede that

Bristol are going to get nothing It is absolute confidence,

belief building, when you scrape The real championship teams front up

in these times so, you know, it's a good result for Bath to get

through this and see And it's a group missing 18

first-team players, not that those involved on Sunday are

letting it affect them. There's no

excuses. No one cares when you come

in on a Monday morning and start whingeing about the players that

were missing, or the players away

with their international teams. At the end of the day it is four

are five points that you need Bristol's problems are altogether

different - seven games left to save their Premiership status,

they've called in former Edinburgh coach Alan Solomons

to shake things up. He's coached in Europe for a long

time, but he also coached for a long time in South Africa and,

you know, they play a style of rugby that suits their physicality,

and hopefully he'll bring that He has definitely been a positive

influence for us, the players. 90% of our work, that

unseen work, you know, that goes on in the background

when no one is looking, I think that is where it

all happens, you know, and I think we understand that

if we can win in the little things, obviously coming to the weekend,

you know, obviously we can try to put that performance

out and get that win. A win that just might help

Bristol avoid going down. Bath, on the other hand,

are looking upwards - That match kicks off at 1

o'clock on Sunday, as does All our football teams

are in action tomorrow. Bristol City fans making the long

trip to league leaders Newcastle do so more

in hope than expectation. But despite overseeing 14 defeats

in 17 league matches, head coach Lee Johnson

is still confident he can I think the key for me, personally,

is to pick a team that I trust, and dig deep, and get tight. The minimum

standard is to run around and make sure we do everything we can to get

a result. It has happened before in football. Newcastle is obviously a

tough game but what a great game to start.

Lizzy Yarnold is just one place outside the medals

at the halfway stage of the World Skeleton

Lizzy, who's training base is at the University of Bath,

The second heat of four was actually cancelled this afternoon due

to heavy snow which slows the track down significantly for the athletes.

Team-mate Laura Deas is 13th and Donna Creighton 22nd.

The final two bonds are on the BBC service and online -- final two

runs. You will have to get up early to catch that, at 7:30am. OK, you

have heard of the Foo Fighters, right? Pretty big. Huge.

The Foo Fighters are one of America's biggest rock bands -

used to playing giant stadiums around the world.

If you don't know who they are though, don't worry.

You might be a little more familiar after tonight because their latest

Clinton Rogers is there now - Clinton.

The king of cool! LAUGHTER

Yes, it is true, Foo Fighters. It has been a bit of a secret over the

last couple of days but that secret is well and truly out of the bag

now. And just in case you are one of those people thinking Foo who? Yes,

they really are one of the biggest bands in the world, they play Poland

after playing in their home country of America, then Belgium, Denmark,

then it all kicks off here, quite a coup for Somerset!

Historic Frome, where it is fair to say the imminent arrival of one

of the world's top rock bands wasn't exciting everyone...

No, I don't know anything about anything like that. Food Fighters?

No, not Food Fighters, but the Foo Fighters.

I don't know who you're referring to!

Used to playing capital city study are in the world, turning up for a

free party in Somerset. They started preparation early. This was a gig

shrouded in mystery. The rumour mill may have been working overtime, but

nobody was prepared to say why this was closed, the Cheese grain, and

why there was so much security to stop people getting in. Mind you,

one man queueing in the early morning cold was pretty sure he knew

why he was here. It is supposed to be a big secret? If you know the

band, you can kind of work it out. I have this Foo Fighters logo, the

signature, it gives it away. It looks like a ticket to an aeroplane,

doesn't it? Yes, and you register like that, a boarding pass on a

website. So even the tickets were mysterious! By late afternoon, the

worst kept secret was a secret no more, as the Foo Fighters guitarist

came out to greet the fans. Are you looking forward to it? Ya! Tonight,

a venue, a party, very gentle maybe the last word that springs mind...

the last word that springs to mind...

What is it all about? Essentially a bit of publicity stunt because it

has been long rumoured Foo Fighters will headline the Glastonbury

Festival this year and I hear they will announce that inside, so it is

a bit of a stunt, but for all the people who got free tickets to the

party tonight, they just will not care, will be? Did you guys get a

ticket? The other disappointed ones! I didn't get one either. Never mind!

STUDIO: Your name is not on the list so you are not coming in, Clinton!

Fab! I think they were meant to headline a couple of years ago...

But Dave was sick... Yes, a great gig, and a great thing for Frome.

Shall we catch up with the weather? Yes, good evening. Let's take you

through the forecast for the weekend. A return of rather windy

conditions but nothing near as pronounced as the storm that of

course was a cross us yesterday. It would be a mild weekend, one with

often a lot of cloud around, and indeed at times some rain as well.

More particularly so during the second half of Saturday and

ultimately towards the very tail end of Sunday. If anything Sunday is

looking like a fair balance of dry weather prevailing for longer

compared to Saturday. This Zaza wider look at how things are shaping

up. A warm front across us late evening tonight, fairly weak affair,

and into tomorrow we will get a wave of fronts delivering some damp and

wet weather through the afternoon and into the evening of Saturday. As

we look towards Sunday that will become influential overnight and

into Monday. It will be the gateway opening the cold and blustery

conditions for Monday. For the rest of this evening, dry, patchy rain

moving in and the amounts will not be particularly great as all of that

fades into the early hours, and temperatures for all of us here. One

or two spots lower than that. Tomorrow morning, apart from a few

spots of light rain there is a chance the morning will be dry but

generally cloudy for the majority. Into the afternoon, you can see the

signal for more rain arriving. At times a lot of it will be drizzly,

ultimately with some hill fog is well mixed and into the evening

period. If you watch the wind is there on that set of graphics you

will have noticed they also look fairly pronounced so it will be a

fairly windy day, gusts probably 30-40 mph, something like that, but

from a mild direction. Temperatures generally up to 10 Celsius,

Aberdare, as on Sunday. By the tail end of Sunday, that cold front

leaves us in a cold spell -- 10 Celsius, about there. Thank you very

much for that forecast. That is it from us for now. I will see you on

Sunday for Sunday politics, it will be a good show this week.

Cake-a-bake? Yeah. What is that?

It's like bake a cake, but we flipped it.

Oh, my God, we love flipping. Cake-a-bake. Cake-a-baking.

I love it. I so love it when this happens.