27/10/2016 Points West

Convictions after a waste ddpot fire that lasted eight weeks.

Two brothers are finally sentenced, after a blaze at their recycling

We have got a pile of waste and there is black smoke

A second report into a child's death at Bristol Children's Hospital

And a much reduced chance of fog tomorrow. The queues at the end of

the programme. Two brothers responsible

for a massive fire at their waste site in Swindon will not be

going to prison. Lee and David Averies had

pleaded guilty to breaching Today, the judge gave one of them

a suspended sentence and banned the other from running a business

for three years. Here is our Wiltshire

reporter, Will Glennon. It spewed noxious smoke

across Swindon for weeks and it burnt for two months,

before it was extinguished. Today, Lee Averies,

who owned and ran the plant with his brother David,

was sentenced in court. They had already pleaded

guilty to being reckless and negligent, causing pollttion

and harm to health. The judge told Lee Averies

that his offences cause significant harm and

disruption and they were serious But he suspended a 12-month

sentence for two years. He did impose a criminal behaviour

order, which effectively bans Lee Averies from the waste hndustry

for five years. His brother David Averies w`s

disqualified as a company dhrector Living with the fire

was horrible for many. Residents had to keep windows

closed, some went to hospit`l. The smell, the smoke,

the burning plastic. It was nauseating.

The smell was horrendous. Having to work with it,

it was really not very pleasant The Environment Agency estilates

there was 10,000 tonnes The Averies had

a permit for half that. There was a fire

at Swindon Skips in 2013. The council has to deal

with the tonnes of rubbish left People are paying good monex

to have their waste taken away by reputable people,

to be dealt with properly and it has just left someone else to ddal

with and put the cost on somebody else - this

time, the public purse. The Averies also own

Calne Aggregates, which was part The Environment Agency is working

to shut it down, too. When the fire was at its hehght

Lee Averies agreed to Here is what he had to say

at the time, when I asked hhm about previous breaches

by his company. I think, to put things

in perspective, there were breaches many years ago and we did h`ve

a fine last year which was for an historic problem back in 2000,

so that was for a half years ago. Obviously we are pleased

that the site is compliant. The fire was the longest th`t Dorset

and Wiltshire Fire Rescue have ever faced and,

earlier, I asked Ian Jeary from the service how diffictlt

it was to get it under control. The fire was very

difficult to control. As the judge said, the mism`nagement

at the site made it much more difficult and dangerous

for the Fire Service We had to work very hard

to move over 3,000 tonnes of waste away from the site.

That was no thanks to the owners. The fire at Marshgate lasted for 57

days and involved all 24 of its fire It obviously cost

you a lot of money? Yes, we estimate it cost us

in excess of ?157,000. But obviously, there

were other agencies involved, as well, so the total cost

of the operation is in excess of Are you going to try

to recover your costs? The next stage of legal

proceedings is a Proceeds of That has been placed

on the brothers. We will be making sure

that we get our costs back, if Finally, do you feel you have got

the right result today? Most importantly, people

and businesses in Swindon c`n see that when criminals carry ott these

acts without any sort of care for themselves,

others or the environment, The care in a hospital treating sick

children with heart conditions was so far below the expectdd

standard it amounted That is one of the damning

findings of a report into the treatment of four-xear old

Sean Turner from Wiltshire. He died at Bristol

Children's Hospital in 2012. His parents always said that staff

did not have the training Now, a government ombudsman

agrees with them. Sean Turner was a fun-loving

four-year-old boy. He knew about his

own heart condition before his operation at the Bristol

Children's Hospital in 2012. He told his parents he was looking

forward to being able to run around with his friends for longer.

But Sean never came home. We could see that he

was deteriorating. His parents said Sean

was badly dehydrated, taking on water by sucking on wet

wipes and a toothbrush. His parents say that there were too

few staff who did not understand how to help their son, and that

when they complained, the responses were, at best,

inaccurate and misleading. He was grabbing the wet wipds

when I was watching him. He was grabbing the paper towels

and I was trying to cool him down so he had

a temperature and he would suck out Now a new report has

confirmed their fears. The Parliamentary and Health

Service Ombudsman's report about the hospital's high

dependency capabilities, that Sean's fluid levels

weren't monitored properly It calls the failings

in nursing care "systemic". And says that the care for Sean fell

so far below the established good practice that it amounted

to a service failure. It's what we knew,

because it is what we lived. Today, University Hospitals

Bristol apologised. Their chief executive said

he was deeply sorry for failings in care and for the impact they had

on Sean and his family. I am also very sorry

that we compounded their grhef by giving inaccurate

and incomplete responses It is so important to

us to have the truth. This was our little boy

and he was very brave and we have to live

with the guilt that we put him The Turners have been

fighting for four years for recognition that Sean shmply

was not treated properly. Now, the launch of this year's

Poppy Appeal has been marked (Sailors from the Royal Navx warship

HMS Somerset created a human poppy on deck and,

at Cabot Circus in Bristol, West country band The Korgis

entertained, with all the proceeds Now to speedway and

it is congratulations to the Somerset Rebels,

who completed a league and cup double tonight,

by beating Sheffield Tigers Ali Durden has just

sent this report. The Somerset celebrations are

underway, after the Rebels regained Already two points ahead from last

night's away first leg, they beat Sheffield Tigers

comfortably tonight 54-36 And they have just been

presented with the trophy. We missed out last year to Glasgow

by two points. We have got `n inexperienced team, but we have all

worked very well together. The end of another successftl

season for the Rebels. Cup winners two weeks ago, they have

now added the league title to that. Now, we can catch up with the latest

weather outlook, with Ian. We are back with updates

in Breakfast from 6.25am Some decidedly quiet condithons for

the rest of the week and for the rest of the month on a chilly, and

into early November. The odd sunny spell tomorrow. But most

importantly, it will be dry. The last couple of mates have bden

characterised by fog, which has been quite dense in many places.

Overnight in aid, that will tend to be mitigated by the breeze `nd I am

still expecting maybe some hn East Somerset. Either way, temperatures

and dropping below double fhgures. The odd exception in the

countryside. Tomorrow, wherd we have fog, it should clear quicklx. A

filament of greatness alone. If anything, the cloud will increase

into the early afternoon. Btt still some places will get the odd bit of

greatness. Temperatures mild for this time of year, 13-15dC.

fine and dry and on the mild side. My colleague Helen Willetts has with

the national picture. Good evening. The dry October

weather is set to continue into the weekend. It's been kind if you've

been on half term. Not that I'm promising this sort of weather for

all. Isn't it lovely, taken on the Isle of Wight. Our top temperature

was 17 Celsius, not too far away. What a lovely