:00:00. > :00:19.Workshops on offer for some drug offences.
:00:20. > :00:31.If I knew that I was going straight inside for even touching thd drugs
:00:32. > :00:34.in the first place, I would have thought twice about doing it.
:00:35. > :00:37.25 years after his release, Terry Waite meets those
:00:38. > :00:38.who helped him return to normal life.
:00:39. > :00:44.And a quiet day of weather tomorrow. Dry or mostly drive. Details at the
:00:45. > :00:49.end of the programme. Avon and Somerset Police is one
:00:50. > :00:52.of the first forces in the country to try offering drugs education
:00:53. > :00:54.rather than arresting peopld. It's aimed at those caught carrying
:00:55. > :00:58.small amounts of illegal substances. Our Home Affairs Corresponddnt
:00:59. > :01:01.Fiona Lamdin reports now from a halfway house
:01:02. > :01:03.in Bristol for people who are trying to
:01:04. > :01:06.end their addiction. This is one of many
:01:07. > :01:08.dry houses in Bristol. There are currently ten
:01:09. > :01:12.ex-addicts living here. Many of them have been to prison
:01:13. > :01:15.for their substance abuse. But, at the moment,
:01:16. > :01:17.they are all working Aaron has been off
:01:18. > :01:21.drugs for two months. He says he would have opted
:01:22. > :01:27.for the course, given the choice. If you stick to the courses
:01:28. > :01:29.and actually learn about what you are doing to your body -
:01:30. > :01:32.the tests they do... Some people disagree,
:01:33. > :01:35.but I really think they shotld give the chance to put money
:01:36. > :01:42.into courses and curfews. But his housemate, Alexis,
:01:43. > :01:45.who only arrived yesterday, thinks the courses
:01:46. > :01:48.won't and don't work. When you were caught
:01:49. > :01:51.by the police and you were sent
:01:52. > :01:53.on a course, did it help? I've been caught and I've bden sent
:01:54. > :02:04.to the courses of probation. And I've still gone back
:02:05. > :02:06.round in the same circle, because it hasn't really sc`red me.
:02:07. > :02:08.It hasn't bothered me. I thought, I will go to probation,
:02:09. > :02:12.I will do this, I will do that. And then I will just go and use
:02:13. > :02:15.at the weekend. But if I knew that I was
:02:16. > :02:17.going straight inside for even touching
:02:18. > :02:19.these drugs in the first pl`ce, I'd have probably thought
:02:20. > :02:21.twice about doing it. What got you off the drugs?
:02:22. > :02:24.What stops you using? The thought of going
:02:25. > :02:25.back into prison. Some people need to go
:02:26. > :02:28.there to come out the other side. But their counsellor,
:02:29. > :02:35.Christy McMullen, says that addiction is an illness
:02:36. > :02:37.which needs help. Giving them treatment,
:02:38. > :02:39.rather than punishment is great because sending a sick man to prison
:02:40. > :02:42.with an illness of addiction If you know about
:02:43. > :02:45.addiction, it is cruel. This six-month pilot
:02:46. > :02:47.has been uncovered by the internet news
:02:48. > :02:50.service Vice News. And tonight Avon and Somersdt Police
:02:51. > :02:52.say it is working. 215 people have been
:02:53. > :02:54.through the course. And, so far, none have been arrested
:02:55. > :03:05.for drug possession since. DEFRA has confirmed that thd badger
:03:06. > :03:07.cull across parts of Somersdt, Gloucestershire and Dorset
:03:08. > :03:11.has ended for this year. Seven new licences were granted
:03:12. > :03:16.by the government for the 2016 cull, with almost 10,000 animals due
:03:17. > :03:19.to be killed. Ministers say it's part
:03:20. > :03:22.of a 25-year strategy A cider mill in Somerset threatened
:03:23. > :03:28.with closure has a new owner. The Irish-based C Group
:03:29. > :03:30.announced earlier this year that the mill, which
:03:31. > :03:34.makes famous brands was to close, with the loss
:03:35. > :03:38.of around 120 jobs. Today it's been revealed
:03:39. > :03:41.that it's been bought by Brother Drinks Company,
:03:42. > :03:44.which is based in Shepton M`llet. They hope to
:03:45. > :03:50.keep on about 24 workers. Council leaders have tonight
:03:51. > :03:53.backed plans to create three new parish councils
:03:54. > :03:56.to help run services the main authority says
:03:57. > :03:59.it can no longer afford. such as grass cutting
:04:00. > :04:05.and street cleaning. The change could cost tax p`yers
:04:06. > :04:09.up to ?75 extra a year. Swindon Borough Council says
:04:10. > :04:11.the move is a result Campaigners have been trying to
:04:12. > :04:24.fight the plans. I think it is unfair
:04:25. > :04:26.on local residents, because they have
:04:27. > :04:27.not had a direct say. And an awful lot of residents are,
:04:28. > :04:30.as yet, relatively unaware of the implications for what
:04:31. > :04:32.parishing actually means. What it means, for most of ts,
:04:33. > :04:35.is a rise in our council tax. But they've not been asked
:04:36. > :04:39.that question directly. They really are showing
:04:40. > :04:41.that they have contempt They haven't asked us
:04:42. > :04:45.to have an opinion about how It is our problem, how we p`y
:04:46. > :04:50.for things, going forwards. They should be working with us
:04:51. > :04:54.and finding solutions. Earlier, I spoke to our
:04:55. > :04:56.political editor Paul Bartrop. He explained that Swindon
:04:57. > :04:58.isn't the only area to be It is worth bearing in mind that
:04:59. > :05:04.much of the West Country already As well as much of Swindon,
:05:05. > :05:09.60% in most of Cheltenham, Gloucester and Taunton,
:05:10. > :05:11.there are no parishes. While in Bath and Bristol,
:05:12. > :05:13.there are none at all. In places like Pittville
:05:14. > :05:16.and Cheltenham, local residdnts are thinking of setting
:05:17. > :05:18.up their own parish council. Much more significant though
:05:19. > :05:20.is what is happening in Swindon Places like Bristol
:05:21. > :05:24.are thinking of following stit. So, what sort of reaction
:05:25. > :05:25.has this got? Proponents say it brings
:05:26. > :05:27.democracy closer to people, albeit by setting up a new
:05:28. > :05:30.level of councillors, Money, though, is
:05:31. > :05:35.the key factor here. People will end up paying more
:05:36. > :05:38.and may not get any extra sdrvices. And that has left some Bristol
:05:39. > :05:43.councillors unimpressed. I can't, at the moment, see one
:05:44. > :05:50.single redeeming feature on it. I understand the most significant
:05:51. > :05:52.factor in that is that there is no cap on how much they can
:05:53. > :05:56.put their council tax up by. And, therefore, not only
:05:57. > :05:58.are we talking of another ther of government, but we are t`lking
:05:59. > :06:01.of another tier of tax So, here is the crucial question.
:06:02. > :06:07.How much will it cost the t`xpayer? At the moment, for parish and town
:06:08. > :06:10.councils, there's no limit on how much they put
:06:11. > :06:13.up their council tax by each year - So, if we look around the rdgion,
:06:14. > :06:19.the top chargers in the West... Filton in South Gloucestershire
:06:20. > :06:20.?191 there. The highest is Langport
:06:21. > :06:30.in Somerset - ?227. The Government is talking
:06:31. > :06:34.about bringing in new restrhctions. But if these new councils wdre set
:06:35. > :06:37.up, it is likely there would be at least ?75 of the charge being
:06:38. > :06:44.put onto people's bills. This the moment Terry Waite
:06:45. > :06:46.flew into RAF Lyneham Now, 25 years later,
:06:47. > :06:54.he has been back to the airbase to meet the people who helpdd him
:06:55. > :06:58.re-adjust to life as a free man Home after five years
:06:59. > :07:05.as a hostage in Lebanon. Home, the special envoy
:07:06. > :07:08.for the Archbishop of Canterbury, who was captured while trying to
:07:09. > :07:13.negotiate the freedom of hostages. Now, 25 years on, he has returned
:07:14. > :07:16.to Lyneham with the psychiatrist who reintroduced him
:07:17. > :07:18.to the outside world. Well, the plane landed here,
:07:19. > :07:20.right on this runway. It is blowy today,
:07:21. > :07:24.but it was raining then, also. And I looked around and
:07:25. > :07:26.I couldn't believe it, And the place was absolutelx full
:07:27. > :07:38.of people from the press. I've never seen so many
:07:39. > :07:40.press people together. And, because of the weather,
:07:41. > :07:49.it was decided to have And I had written a few
:07:50. > :07:56.notes on the plane. I'd been told it would be the best
:07:57. > :07:59.thing to give a statement to everybody and then
:08:00. > :08:01.meet my family. Ladies and gentlemen,
:08:02. > :08:07.I think you can imagine that, after 1,763 days in chains,
:08:08. > :08:18.it is an overwhelming experhence to come back
:08:19. > :08:27.and receive your greetings. Today, the station is
:08:28. > :08:29.no longer an RAF base. It is a training centre
:08:30. > :08:31.for army recruits. In the chapel, Terry Waite takes
:08:32. > :08:36.a moment for reflection. Unfortunately, there are sthll
:08:37. > :08:39.many people who are prisoners of conscience and held capthve
:08:40. > :08:41.in many parts of the world. So, today, I've just lit th`t little
:08:42. > :08:44.candle in memory of all those around the world who are held
:08:45. > :08:47.against their will BBC Wiltshire arranged
:08:48. > :08:56.for Terry Waite to come to Lyneham again with the team
:08:57. > :08:58.that organised his reception and helped him rebuild
:08:59. > :09:02.his mind and body. The family are actually aware
:09:03. > :09:04.that the person who's being returned
:09:05. > :09:06.to them isn't the same. And that they fret about th`t
:09:07. > :09:08.and they develop anxiety The teams here at Lyneham g`ve
:09:09. > :09:18.Terry Waite his life back. He could get to know his falily
:09:19. > :09:21.again and start paying his lortgage, which had never stopped
:09:22. > :09:26.during his years in captivity. But he says it wasn't only
:09:27. > :09:29.the people inside the RAF station. The whole community
:09:30. > :09:33.showed him kindness. One night, my wife and I,
:09:34. > :09:37.we heard the bells ringing. I said, "Oh, they must be
:09:38. > :09:42.practising, the bell-ringers". "They are ringing
:09:43. > :09:46.the bells for you". And leave you with Ian, who has
:09:47. > :10:07.the forecast. We are entering a spell of dry
:10:08. > :10:12.weather. It will continue food the rest of this week. That does not
:10:13. > :10:17.rule out some showers around tomorrow. They will tend to be the
:10:18. > :10:22.exception. Varying amounts of cloud and sunny phases. For the rdst at
:10:23. > :10:27.night, the key thing is the temperature. Some areas tow`rds the
:10:28. > :10:32.west and south-west could gdt down to three or four Celsius. Some
:10:33. > :10:39.patches of fog around maybe. And maybe some frost. Most placds about
:10:40. > :10:45.six or seven Celsius. A cold start. More cloud towards the east. We will
:10:46. > :10:49.get into a phase of varying amounts of cloud. Sometimes extensive. The
:10:50. > :10:55.button bright and sunny spells as well. One or two of those are
:10:56. > :11:02.moderate. Not a particularlx breezy day. Temperatures from 12 to 14
:11:03. > :11:03.Celsius. Dry conditions continuing through the week. More
:11:04. > :11:10.that cool breeze to factor in. Here is Matt with the national outlook.
:11:11. > :11:13.Good evening. Just as the weather starts to quieten down across many
:11:14. > :11:16.parts of the country it notched up a gear across the east coast today.
:11:17. > :11:20.Near gale force winds whipping up rough seas for our weather watchers
:11:21. > :11:22.in north Yorkshire and in