:00:09. > :00:15.Police doctor Reg Bunting groped new recruits during examinations.
:00:16. > :00:17.Tonight it's claimed that opportunities to
:00:18. > :00:23.The plan to turn Bridgwater and Taunton college
:00:24. > :00:33.Will it stop the brain drain from the county?
:00:34. > :00:41.I have the weather and spring is in the air for the next few days. Find
:00:42. > :00:44.out how warm you will be and when it changes.
:00:45. > :00:49.Dr Reg Bunting worked for Avon and Somerset police for three
:00:50. > :00:52.Now an investigation has found police missed several significant
:00:53. > :00:55.chances to intervene when concerns were raised about his
:00:56. > :01:03.The force could now face legal action over claims.
:01:04. > :01:12.Dickon Hooper has spoken to one Dr Bunting's victims.
:01:13. > :01:14.John was a police officer with Avon and Somerset.
:01:15. > :01:18.But he was on the front line more than 20 years.
:01:19. > :01:23.None more so than the police doctor, surely?
:01:24. > :01:25.Doctor Reg Bunting was a GP whose medical career
:01:26. > :01:33.But he's been accused of groping, fondling and even reportedly sexual
:01:34. > :01:39.assault, mainly on new recruits like John who says he was groped.
:01:40. > :01:42.I thought, this wasn't right, but what do you do?
:01:43. > :01:44.He knew that we needed to get through the medical.
:01:45. > :01:48.He had the power to abuse his position and do what he wants.
:01:49. > :01:49.I don't think anyone would have complained
:01:50. > :01:51.because it was a hard job to get into.
:01:52. > :01:57.An independent report commissioned by Avon and Somerset Police found 44
:01:58. > :02:00.cases where Bunting's medical examinations fell below a common
:02:01. > :02:12.And that police had missed three chances to intervene
:02:13. > :02:19.Little if anything was done and the police watchdog
:02:20. > :02:26.In their response, Avon and Somerset Police acknowledged
:02:27. > :02:30.They also said that had Doctor Bunting been alive,
:02:31. > :02:33.there was enough evidence to interview him under caution.
:02:34. > :02:35.And they apologised, praising those like John
:02:36. > :02:42.A couple of the other victims I've spoken to say they haven't been well
:02:43. > :02:46.One said they felt they had been treated as a nuisance
:02:47. > :02:53.In the initial stages they assumed it was a group of injured officers
:02:54. > :02:57.The way police treat their own officers, there's not one mention
:02:58. > :03:04.The report does make a number of recommendations which police
:03:05. > :03:09.But for John and others, this is a painful chapter
:03:10. > :03:17.A firm has been fined 600-thousand pounds after a sub-contractor hit
:03:18. > :03:21.an 11-thousand volt cable whilst working in Gloucester.
:03:22. > :03:23.Steven Brown, from Swindon, suffered serious burns when he dug
:03:24. > :03:29.Today Amey LG Ltd admitted breaching health and safety legislation
:03:30. > :03:37.The first steps have been taken tonight towards creating
:03:38. > :03:41.Bridgwater and Taunton College has launched what it's calling
:03:42. > :03:54.The educational landscape in Somerset is being redrawn.
:03:55. > :03:57.Their own promotional video is nothing if not dramatic.
:03:58. > :04:03.But what exactly is going to change here?
:04:04. > :04:12.All these students are already studying for a degree.
:04:13. > :04:15.Though right now this isn't a university.
:04:16. > :04:16.The courses are accredited elsewhere, sometimes
:04:17. > :04:22.In future, their degrees certificates could be branded
:04:23. > :04:27.Somerset University, but will that matter?
:04:28. > :04:31.I think it does because I think then we can go on and we have
:04:32. > :04:38.From today, all 1,000 students on degree courses at Taunton
:04:39. > :04:40.and Bridgwater Colleges, which merged last summer,
:04:41. > :04:52.The college insists this is more than just a name change.
:04:53. > :04:55.For one thing they plan to launch, new degree courses from nuclear
:04:56. > :05:00.We won't be offering traditional history degrees and geography
:05:01. > :05:06.This is very much about a sharp focus on industry and the type
:05:07. > :05:10.So it won't be in the traditional university format.
:05:11. > :05:17.One of the aims is to prevent a brain drain of higher education
:05:18. > :05:22.One of the big challenges for employers is trying to find
:05:23. > :05:26.the right talent and we have over 2,000 people living to go
:05:27. > :05:28.to universities across the region and nationally, Plymouth,
:05:29. > :05:35.It could take years before the college achieves
:05:36. > :05:41.There are many hoops to jump through yet.
:05:42. > :05:44.But it is now a declared aim, part of a campaign to persuade more
:05:45. > :05:52.higher education students to study locally.
:05:53. > :05:54.16 years ago the University of Gloucestershire went
:05:55. > :05:59.I asked David James - who is a professor there -
:06:00. > :06:12.Having a university in a town or city is an incredibly important
:06:13. > :06:17.thing. Universities historically have always been very connected with
:06:18. > :06:23.their locality, clearly universities are also big employers and the
:06:24. > :06:26.influence of having a university influence of having a university
:06:27. > :06:34.relates to the economic welfare of the surrounding area. Any advice for
:06:35. > :06:38.the University Centre of Somerset? Think ahead. Think beyond achieving
:06:39. > :06:44.university title and thing towards the plan, the next five years after
:06:45. > :06:49.that because opportunities do open up, it opens up all sorts of
:06:50. > :06:54.interesting possibilities that you may not have imagined and it is good
:06:55. > :06:59.to give those for thought. What is it like for local students to have a
:07:00. > :07:04.university in place whether you live because certain places suffer from a
:07:05. > :07:11.brain drain? Absolutely. Increasingly students want to study
:07:12. > :07:18.locally. We know the costs of going away to study are far greater than
:07:19. > :07:23.studying in your home environment. If you have a university in your
:07:24. > :07:28.home town or city or in commuting distance, that can clearly keep the
:07:29. > :07:29.costs just downed more towards tuition than the overall
:07:30. > :07:32.maintenance. Many thanks. A footballer has spoken out
:07:33. > :07:35.about the horrific racial abuse Leroy Rosenior played
:07:36. > :07:40.at a number of clubs, including some in the west
:07:41. > :07:43.during the '80s and '90s. Here's our sports editor
:07:44. > :07:51.Alistair Durden . Leroy joined for West Ham before
:07:52. > :08:01.joining Bristol City but as a black footballer in the 1980s he says
:08:02. > :08:06.he faced racism on a daily basis. It got so bad at one point
:08:07. > :08:09.that his family stopped I dealt with racist tributes
:08:10. > :08:22.and bananas and monkey chants At a Leeds United game we were 1-0
:08:23. > :08:27.down and one of the black players on the pitch went to get the ball
:08:28. > :08:31.and the whole of the Leeds stand Other players would you this
:08:32. > :08:49.and that and you could see players getting visibly upset like I did it
:08:50. > :08:53.if I said I wasn't happy I would be labelled with one as a problem
:08:54. > :08:55.who couldn't be integrated in to the side so I
:08:56. > :08:59.had to keep quiet. During his time as player coach
:09:00. > :09:01.at Gloucester City he says he was refused entry
:09:02. > :09:04.into an opposition boardroom full Leroy was one of the country's
:09:05. > :09:08.first black managers Clubs wanted a big black strong
:09:09. > :09:20.striker and we went captains or leaders of people
:09:21. > :09:23.who could organise, people didn't perceive you to be able to do that
:09:24. > :09:26.and because of that we have never had any black managers
:09:27. > :09:32.and when I was a manager Now successful football pundit,
:09:33. > :09:35.Leroy still campaigns to break down racism and the game and things
:09:36. > :09:48.are improving he says That is it from us. We are back in
:09:49. > :09:56.breakfast tomorrow. I say good night. Sara has forecast. Less than
:09:57. > :10:00.two weeks from the spring equinox so when breaks in the cloud, it feels
:10:01. > :10:05.quite springlike. Today there was a lot of cloud but some breaks here
:10:06. > :10:10.and there and temperatures in the low teens. Tonight, the cloud will
:10:11. > :10:15.slide off towards the south and east and some patchy rain or drizzle
:10:16. > :10:22.starting to pull away. By tomorrow morning, some cloud around but we
:10:23. > :10:28.should be generally dry. Nine or 10 Celsius. Start with the cloud but it
:10:29. > :10:32.is improving picture through the morning, the wind breaks, the cloud
:10:33. > :10:38.in the north and by the afternoon good spells of sunshine filtering in
:10:39. > :10:47.with light wind and staying dry. 13 or 14 Celsius, a good few degrees
:10:48. > :10:51.above average. Tomorrow night, a week feature running in from the
:10:52. > :10:55.south and west, an area of high pressure safe fizzling out all the
:10:56. > :10:59.time. There will be more cloud in the forecast for Friday, light rain
:11:00. > :11:00.or drizzle at times. outlook, staying mild and Nick has
:11:01. > :11:05.the bigger picture across the UK.