:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to BBC Points West with Alex Lovell and David Garmston.
:00:07. > :00:09.Our main story tonight, the police doctor who couldn't be trusted.
:00:10. > :00:10.Doctor Bunting abused recruits during examinations -
:00:11. > :00:12.his victims speak out, and say opportunities
:00:13. > :00:26.This wasn't right but what do you do? She knew that we needed to get
:00:27. > :00:29.through the medical and he had the power to abuse his position.
:00:30. > :00:31.We'll find out whether the force could now face legal
:00:32. > :00:43.Our other headlines tonight, tackling the budget -
:00:44. > :00:46.businesses gather at a rugby club to assess what it means for us.
:00:47. > :00:48.The dreaming spires - Somerset's plans to become
:00:49. > :00:54.And it should be a piece of cake - an olympic rowing gold medalist
:00:55. > :01:04.joins the paddle from Wiltshire to Westminster.
:01:05. > :01:08.Police recruits who were groped by the force's own doctor
:01:09. > :01:11.during routine medical examinations say they feel let down
:01:12. > :01:17.Dr Reg Bunting, who is now dead, worked for Avon and Somerset Police
:01:18. > :01:22.His victims were mostly men who were undergoing a physical
:01:23. > :01:27.An independent investigation has found that chances
:01:28. > :01:35.John was a police officer with Avon and Somerset.
:01:36. > :01:40.But he was on the front line more than 20 years.
:01:41. > :01:50.None more so than the police doctor, surely?
:01:51. > :01:52.Doctor Reg Bunting was a GP whose medical career
:01:53. > :01:58.But he's been accused of groping, fondling and even reportedly sexual
:01:59. > :02:01.assault, mainly on new recruits like John
:02:02. > :02:06.I thought, this wasn't right, but what do you do?
:02:07. > :02:09.He knew that we needed to get through the medical.
:02:10. > :02:13.He had the power to abuse his position and do what he wants.
:02:14. > :02:15.I don't think anyone would have complained
:02:16. > :02:18.because it was a hard job to get into.
:02:19. > :02:23.An independent report commissioned by Avon and Somerset Police found 44
:02:24. > :02:27.cases where Bunting's medical examinations fell below a common
:02:28. > :02:38.And that police had missed three chances to intervene
:02:39. > :02:43.Little if anything was done and the police watchdog
:02:44. > :02:48.In their response, Avon and Somerset Police acknowledged
:02:49. > :02:53.They also said that had Doctor Bunting been alive,
:02:54. > :02:57.there was enough evidence to interview him under caution.
:02:58. > :03:01.And they apologised, praising those like John
:03:02. > :03:08.A couple of the other victims I've spoken to say
:03:09. > :03:10.they haven't been well treated by Avon and Somerset.
:03:11. > :03:13.One said they felt they had been treated as a
:03:14. > :03:19.In the initial stages they assumed it was a group
:03:20. > :03:21.of injured officers trying to cause trouble.
:03:22. > :03:23.The way police treat their own officers, there's not one
:03:24. > :03:27.mention of sexual assault in that report.
:03:28. > :03:29.The report does make a number of recommendations which police
:03:30. > :03:34.But for John and others, this is a painful chapter that
:03:35. > :03:40.Dickon Hooper, BBC Points West, Bristol.
:03:41. > :03:45.Could there be further action on this?
:03:46. > :03:47.Yes, my understanding is that there could.
:03:48. > :03:52.The report makes clear that another doctor -
:03:53. > :03:55.who is not named but is dead - carried out two medicals that
:03:56. > :04:07.for the police and I understand they could face legal action -
:04:08. > :04:09.especially from Bunting's victims who were serving officers
:04:10. > :04:19.Most though were new recruits - desperate to get in -
:04:20. > :04:23.And where does the force go from here?
:04:24. > :04:27.Well - physicals are no longer routine to get
:04:28. > :04:32.into the police they told me - and they're determined staff
:04:33. > :04:43.should have the confidence to come forward in future.
:04:44. > :04:46.This of course a reference to the fact that concerns
:04:47. > :04:53.were raised about Bunting but nothing was done.
:04:54. > :04:55.This will take a cultural change in the force,
:04:56. > :05:07.Pressure is growing on Wiltshire's Chief Constable
:05:08. > :05:09.to explain how a newspaper obtained details about an investigation
:05:10. > :05:15.Operation Conifer is looking into allegations about the former
:05:16. > :05:18.Prime Minister as part of a wider sexual abuse enquiry.
:05:19. > :05:21.The former Cabinet Secretary, Lord Armstrong, told the House
:05:22. > :05:24.of Lords if the leaks came from within the force,
:05:25. > :05:32.The Chief Constable of Wiltshire has gone beyond the police duties
:05:33. > :05:42.pronounced a verdict of guilty on the late Sir Edward Heath
:05:43. > :05:44.in respect of allegations of child abuse and
:05:45. > :05:52.has done that even before his enquiry is complete.
:05:53. > :05:54.Wiltshire's Police and Crime Commissioner, Angus Macpherson,
:05:55. > :05:56.says he remains satisfied with how the operation is being handled.
:05:57. > :05:58.He says the force has followed national guidance
:05:59. > :06:11.It was a budget that was far from flashy but today Philip Hammond
:06:12. > :06:12.He answered some of the concerned raised
:06:13. > :06:13.by West councils over the
:06:14. > :06:17.There is to be an extra ?2 billion over
:06:18. > :06:31.It was a budget that was far from flashy but today Philip Hammond
:06:32. > :06:34.He answered some of the concerned raised
:06:35. > :06:36.by West councils over the
:06:37. > :06:40.There is to be an extra ?2 billion over
:06:41. > :06:44.In education there was also one third of a billion pounds
:06:45. > :06:47.for new free schools in England which controversially could mean
:06:48. > :06:49.more grammar schools and there was some support
:06:50. > :06:51.for businesses which faced the rise in their rates after
:06:52. > :06:56.But many were struck by the lack of mention
:06:57. > :06:58.for the elephant in the room, that's Brexit.
:06:59. > :07:00.There is still huge uncertainty over what Brexit means,
:07:01. > :07:05.what the negotiations are going to look like,
:07:06. > :07:08.and what hard Brexit is as compared to a soft Brexit.
:07:09. > :07:12.We just don't know the outcomes of that so that is a cause of concern.
:07:13. > :07:14.Particularly for those businesses who export at the moment
:07:15. > :07:16.or trade internationally, who want to know what the outcome
:07:17. > :07:19.of the negotiations is going to be and what impact that is going
:07:20. > :07:21.to have on their staff and their businesses.
:07:22. > :07:23.As the Chancellor delivered his speech in the Commons,
:07:24. > :07:26.they were listening intently here at Gloucester Rugby club.
:07:27. > :07:28.Dozens of firms had gathered to hear what he
:07:29. > :07:32.Some were taken aback by the rise in taxes for higher earning
:07:33. > :07:35.That will affect people like business
:07:36. > :07:39.consultant Rupert Walters who must pay more into his national insurance
:07:40. > :07:47.It's an increase in tax for me which means I will have to
:07:48. > :07:51.pass it on to my clients or just take it as a tax hit.
:07:52. > :07:53.But essentially I have to really think
:07:54. > :07:56.about what I do now in relation to tax and how I make
:07:57. > :07:59.And there was good news for the high-tech sector currently
:08:00. > :08:03.A fund of ?500 million was set aside which could
:08:04. > :08:07.benefit firms like this one in Cheltenham which makes the
:08:08. > :08:11.revolutionary new material, graphene.
:08:12. > :08:14.?500 million investment in our sector shows that they are
:08:15. > :08:17.confident, that they see that these industries are really going to take
:08:18. > :08:19.off and they are really getting behind things like graphene which
:08:20. > :08:21.are going to be the new industries of the future.
:08:22. > :08:27.So winners and losers from today's budget but as ever with
:08:28. > :08:28.these big political moments, the devil is
:08:29. > :08:34.always in the detail and
:08:35. > :08:38.that will come out in the next few days.
:08:39. > :08:41.Thanks for joining us here on BBC Points West -
:08:42. > :08:43.Alex and David with you on this Wednesday evening.
:08:44. > :08:44.Plenty more still to come, including...
:08:45. > :08:46.It isn't only banter - Leroy Rosenior calls
:08:47. > :08:49.for more to be done in football to combat racism.
:08:50. > :08:59.The jump jet which needed a helicopter's help to hover.
:09:00. > :09:04.A firm has been fined ?600,000 after a sub-contractor hit
:09:05. > :09:09.an 11,000 volt cable whilst working in Gloucester.
:09:10. > :09:12.Steven Brown, from Swindon, suffered serious burns to his hands,
:09:13. > :09:15.face and arms when he dug into the live cable
:09:16. > :09:21.He spent two weeks in an induced coma.
:09:22. > :09:34.Today Amey LG Ltd admitted breaching health and safety legislation.
:09:35. > :09:40.The supervision and sector is below what would be expected for this kind
:09:41. > :09:47.of work and the basically failed to manage the permit to dig system for
:09:48. > :09:50.this activity which resulted in a failure to communicate and
:09:51. > :09:52.coordinate the work on-site. In a statement, Amey said
:09:53. > :09:55.that they regretted the incident and injuries to Mr Brown,
:09:56. > :09:58.and have now reviewed their procedures to stop anything
:09:59. > :10:02.similar happening again. Tributes have been paid
:10:03. > :10:06.to a teenager who died at Bath's Southgate Shopping Centre
:10:07. > :10:08.at the weekend. 15-year-old Chloe Gilbert
:10:09. > :10:10.from Seend in Wiltshire Chloe was allergic to dairy
:10:11. > :10:15.products, and her family say they believe her death may
:10:16. > :10:17.have been as a result Police are appealing for more
:10:18. > :10:23.information about a missing junior Lauren Phillips' car was found
:10:24. > :10:28.in Woolacombe in Devon last week. The 26-year-old works
:10:29. > :10:35.for North Bristol NHS Trust, who say she's a valued
:10:36. > :10:40.member of staff. The first steps towards creating
:10:41. > :10:43.a university for Somerset Within the last hour Bridgwater
:10:44. > :10:47.and Taunton College has launched what it's calling
:10:48. > :10:53.the University Centre for Somerset. It will offer degree level courses
:10:54. > :10:55.ranging from fine art Clinton Rogers is at
:10:56. > :10:59.the launch ceremony Now there are already
:11:00. > :11:24.colleges across the county - inc this one in Taunton -
:11:25. > :11:26.offering degree level courses. But we don't have a dedicated,
:11:27. > :11:30.properly accredited university. Now in academia Somerset is regarded
:11:31. > :11:33.as a Higher Education cold spot. In other words fewer than average
:11:34. > :11:35.number of young people going on to higher education -
:11:36. > :11:43.and the vast majority of those So that is what tonight
:11:44. > :11:46.is all about - kick starting a process to establish
:11:47. > :11:52.a Somerset University. The educational landscape
:11:53. > :11:54.in Somerset is being redrawn. Their own promotional video
:11:55. > :11:56.is nothing if not dramatic. But what exactly is
:11:57. > :12:02.going to change here? All these students are already
:12:03. > :12:11.studying for a degree. Though right now this
:12:12. > :12:15.isn't a university. The courses are accredited
:12:16. > :12:18.elsewhere, sometimes In future, their degrees
:12:19. > :12:23.certificates could be branded Somerset University,
:12:24. > :12:27.but will that matter? I think it does because I think then
:12:28. > :12:30.we can go on and we have From today, all 1,000 students
:12:31. > :12:37.on degree courses at Taunton and Bridgwater Colleges,
:12:38. > :12:40.which merged last summer, The college insists this is more
:12:41. > :12:51.than just a name change. For one thing they plan to launch,
:12:52. > :12:54.new degree courses from nuclear We won't be offering traditional
:12:55. > :13:00.history degrees and geography This is very much about a sharp
:13:01. > :13:04.focus on industry and the type So it won't be in the traditional
:13:05. > :13:09.university format. One of the aims is to prevent
:13:10. > :13:16.a brain drain of higher One of the big challenges
:13:17. > :13:23.for employers is trying to find the right talent and we have over 2,000
:13:24. > :13:27.people living to go to universities across the region and nationally,
:13:28. > :13:32.Plymouth, Exeter, Bristol etc. It could take years before
:13:33. > :13:34.the college achieves There are many hoops
:13:35. > :13:39.to jump through yet. But it is now a declared aim,
:13:40. > :13:42.part of a campaign to persuade more higher education students
:13:43. > :13:56.to study locally. Now one tangible example
:13:57. > :13:58.of the new degree courses they hope to create here as they strive
:13:59. > :14:05.to become a fully fledged are Bristol, Plymouth
:14:06. > :14:17.or Bournemouth. They hope to have that up
:14:18. > :14:23.and running by early next year. A footballer has spoken out
:14:24. > :14:25.about the horrific racial abuse Leroy Rosenior has written about his
:14:26. > :14:32.life in football at different clubs, including several in the West,
:14:33. > :14:35.during the 80s and 90s. Our sports editor Alistair
:14:36. > :14:59.Durden went to meet him. Leroy joined for West Ham before
:15:00. > :15:04.joining Bristol City but as a black footballer in the 1980s he says he
:15:05. > :15:07.faced racism on a daily basis. It got so bad at one point that his
:15:08. > :15:15.family stopped coming to watch him play. I don't with racist tributes
:15:16. > :15:22.and bananas and monkey chants and spitting on a regular basis. At a
:15:23. > :15:27.Leeds United game we were 1-0 down and one of the black players on the
:15:28. > :15:32.pitch went to get the ball and the whole of the Leeds stand at a Nazi
:15:33. > :15:40.salute towards us. I was 17 at the time. Home waste spread was the
:15:41. > :15:46.racism? Other players would you this and that and you could see players
:15:47. > :15:51.getting visibly upset that I did it if I said I wasn't happy I would be
:15:52. > :15:58.labelled with one as a problem who couldn't be integrated in to the
:15:59. > :16:00.side so I had to keep quiet. During his time as player coach at
:16:01. > :16:05.Gloucester City he says he was refused entry into an opposition
:16:06. > :16:12.boardroom full stop Leroy was one of the country's first black managers
:16:13. > :16:15.and there are still only a handful. Clubs wanted a big black strong
:16:16. > :16:19.striker and we went captains are leaders of people who could
:16:20. > :16:25.organise, people didn't perceive you to be able to do that and because of
:16:26. > :16:29.that we have never had any black managers and when I was a manager
:16:30. > :16:33.there are only two or three in the football league and I would say
:16:34. > :16:37.don't you want to do coaching badges and they would say that was no point
:16:38. > :16:41.and they wondered whether the pathway was for them to become a
:16:42. > :16:44.manager but what I need to do is make sure there's an even playing
:16:45. > :16:52.field going forward for everyone and I think I might be in a position to
:16:53. > :16:55.influence that a bit more. Know a successful football pundit, Leroy
:16:56. > :16:59.still campaigns to break down racism and the game and 12 things are
:17:00. > :17:08.improving he says there are still a lot of work to do.
:17:09. > :17:11.Joining us now is Roisin Wood - the Chief Executive Officer
:17:12. > :17:13.of the organisation Kick It Out, which works to tackle
:17:14. > :17:25.Leroy's experiences of the game in the 80s and 90s are shocking -
:17:26. > :17:35.I think is important Leroy shares that with everybody and he is not
:17:36. > :17:39.alone. There is so much for us to do and we have to keep working hard and
:17:40. > :17:43.tackling not just racism but all forms of discrimination and
:17:44. > :17:47.acknowledge that by working with people like Leroy who has a great
:17:48. > :17:49.ambassador for the game but also clubs and managers and the football
:17:50. > :18:02.authorities themselves. point about the number of black
:18:03. > :18:05.players who stay within the sport once their playing careers are over
:18:06. > :18:08.- is there a still issue with the move into management,
:18:09. > :18:20.coaching, the administration I think there is encouraging about
:18:21. > :18:22.diversifying the whole of football. We feel strongly about
:18:23. > :18:25.diversification in the boardrooms and throughout the game at every
:18:26. > :18:32.single level of the game, there has to be more women and people from
:18:33. > :18:35.different backgrounds and people with disabilities because the more
:18:36. > :18:42.diverse football can be, the stronger it will be both as a sport
:18:43. > :18:45.and as a business. It's shocking when we see really outrageous
:18:46. > :18:51.examples of racism and football in this day and age, it's never right
:18:52. > :18:54.obviously but certainly in the day and age are still can't believe when
:18:55. > :19:02.I hear something. How far I really getting with it? We have come a long
:19:03. > :19:06.way but there is still a long way to go. We are an independent reporting
:19:07. > :19:09.bureau and we actively encourage everybody as ACR here any form of
:19:10. > :19:14.discrimination at a football game to report that and that is really
:19:15. > :19:20.important. We launched a campaign this year called time on heat and we
:19:21. > :19:24.recognise there is still hate and prejudice and society and that will
:19:25. > :19:27.be in football. We have to work together and push forward to make
:19:28. > :19:32.sure that football takes and responsibilities seriously but also
:19:33. > :19:35.as a fan that if we see something that we report it an striker Willie
:19:36. > :19:43.had to make football bodies deal with it seriously as and as from
:19:44. > :19:48.transparently as possible. Thank you very much.
:19:49. > :19:50.Gloucester Rugby have spoken for the first time since parting
:19:51. > :19:52.company with their head coach on Monday night.
:19:53. > :19:54.After their defeat against Harlequins on Saturday,
:19:55. > :19:57.Laurie Fisher said on Twitter that he'd had enough and was leaving.
:19:58. > :19:59.He joined Gloucester in 2014 but there has been little
:20:00. > :20:01.improvement on the field in that time.
:20:02. > :20:11.Gloucester say they hope to announce a replacement head coach
:20:12. > :20:19.I'm bitterly disappointed but we don't think that it is broken and I
:20:20. > :20:21.think we have recruited well for next year but we just ask our
:20:22. > :20:26.supporters and stakeholders that are out there the same thing I keep
:20:27. > :20:28.asking them to stick with us and keep the faith because it will turn
:20:29. > :20:29.at some stage. a replacement head coach by the end
:20:30. > :20:35.of the month. And that's not been the only
:20:36. > :20:37.exit from one of our Bristol City sacked assistant head
:20:38. > :20:41.coach John Pemberton ahead of last The club also announced their head
:20:42. > :20:49.of scouting would be leaving. City drew 1-1 with Norwich,
:20:50. > :20:51.meaning they stay in Eddie the Eagle has
:20:52. > :20:56.returned to the ski jump Here he is back in Calgary -
:20:57. > :21:02.where he rose to fame The 53-year-old's furthest jump this
:21:03. > :21:10.time around though was 24 metres - less than half the distance
:21:11. > :21:21.he jumped almost three decades ago. Bath's double Olympic
:21:22. > :21:28.champion Helen Glover is about to take on a new challenge
:21:29. > :21:31.with a new partner, her wildlife She's taking a crash
:21:32. > :21:34.course in kayaking, so they can paddle all the way
:21:35. > :21:37.from Wiltshire to Westminster. Helen may be a world champion rower
:21:38. > :21:45.but this is uncharted water - so it's down to hubby
:21:46. > :21:47.and experienced kayaker Steve When the day is like
:21:48. > :21:53.today and it is blue skies and sunshine,
:21:54. > :21:57.all you want to do is get on the water
:21:58. > :22:00.but so far we have had driving rain, gale force winds, we were paddling
:22:01. > :22:04.in storm Doris in the dark at night, 30-year-old Helen's a double
:22:05. > :22:08.Olympic gold medal winner But paddling 125 miles in a kayak
:22:09. > :22:15.from Devizes in Wiltshire I'm used to racing a seven minute
:22:16. > :22:23.race but this is going to be, So it is entirely different and that
:22:24. > :22:27.has been part of the fun of it because I have been trying
:22:28. > :22:30.to perfect the sport for ten years, trying to be the best
:22:31. > :22:33.in the world and this is just the opposite,
:22:34. > :22:35.this is just trying to learn the sport
:22:36. > :22:42.within about six weeks. Steve Backshall's used to toughing
:22:43. > :22:46.it out on his travels. Many of his series have been filmed
:22:47. > :22:49.for BBC's Natural history The money the couple raise
:22:50. > :22:54.is going towards protecting We saw this opportunity
:22:55. > :22:58.and we thought we had to do a big challenge to raise enough
:22:59. > :23:01.money to make a difference. But also for me coming
:23:02. > :23:04.off the back of an Olympic year, a challenge like this
:23:05. > :23:09.kind of gives me a goal and focus. They've not got long left to train,
:23:10. > :23:12.as the contest gets underway Now, a whole new meaning
:23:13. > :23:34.to offering someone a lift. A Sea Harrier jump jet
:23:35. > :23:36.arrived at the new Bristol Aerospace Museum today
:23:37. > :23:39.- by helicopter! The jump jet was too wide
:23:40. > :23:43.for local road bridges, so an RAF Chinook was brought
:23:44. > :23:46.in to make the special delivery. The Sea Harrier will be
:23:47. > :23:48.one of the exhibits at Aerospace Bristol,
:23:49. > :23:58.which is due to open this summer. I loved that. It has been a bit
:23:59. > :24:22.dreary today. Something of a gloomy day although
:24:23. > :24:28.some bricks in the cloud as the day wore on and it has felt pleasantly
:24:29. > :24:35.springlike. Some people don't consider spring to start until after
:24:36. > :24:38.the Equinox on the 20th of March but in terms of meteorology and claim it
:24:39. > :24:42.to reconsider the whole of March to be a spring a month and we have
:24:43. > :24:45.milder air with us so it is no feeling springlike. E-mailed error
:24:46. > :24:50.has come with cloud and a bit of patchy rain as we go through the
:24:51. > :24:53.night and into tomorrow starting to pull away nicely so maybe a little
:24:54. > :24:56.bit of drizzle around through this evening but it is clearing up
:24:57. > :25:00.properly not as much as this blue would suggest that by tomorrow
:25:01. > :25:03.morning we are dry and still have the cloud around and still the
:25:04. > :25:06.milder air with a switch is the story for the next few days.
:25:07. > :25:14.Tomorrow we start with temperatures in double figures. We have to get
:25:15. > :25:18.rid of that cloud tomorrow but we are optimistic it is going to
:25:19. > :25:22.happen, the window breaking up from the north saw ended to
:25:23. > :25:27.Gloucestershire and eventually rupture and perhaps not sweat so
:25:28. > :25:32.much into Somerset. To see good sunny spells and bricks farther
:25:33. > :25:38.south. Really nice for the time of year, maybe 13 or 14 degrees about
:25:39. > :25:42.three or four Mac degrees above average but when you get the spring
:25:43. > :25:50.sunshine on your back you notice the difference. Tomorrow an area of high
:25:51. > :25:54.pressure means it is fizzling out but we have a gloomy day and
:25:55. > :26:00.prospect for Freddie with still e-mailed error and you can see some
:26:01. > :26:05.mist and bits and pieces of patchy rain or drizzle and that is what the
:26:06. > :26:10.Tomic two. Another fairly grey day for Freddie and southerly winds will
:26:11. > :26:15.help the temperatures still at 13 degrees so you don't even need the
:26:16. > :26:19.sunshine to be above average. For the weekend some high pressure for a
:26:20. > :26:22.time but on Sunday and this little front will make its way in and
:26:23. > :26:29.nudges the high pressure out of the way before that rebuilds so in terms
:26:30. > :26:33.of the weekend, if you have outdoor plans like the bath half marathon on
:26:34. > :26:41.Sunday, Saturday is the drier day of the two. Thank you. I'll be
:26:42. > :26:45.gardening on Saturday. We see you tomorrow goodbye.