:00:09. > :00:15.Hundreds of campaigners in Bath have warned "the NHS is not for sale
:00:16. > :00:18.during a rally against plans to award more than 200
:00:19. > :00:22.adult and children services to a private company.
:00:23. > :00:26.Virgin Care says it won't profit from the ?500 million contr`ct,
:00:27. > :00:30.and will ensure nurses and carers get more time with patients.
:00:31. > :00:34.Branson's already got two Caribbean islands.
:00:35. > :00:36.He doesn't need a third one, does he?
:00:37. > :00:39.Film-maker Ken Loach rallying the troops,
:00:40. > :00:42.all here worried Virgin Card is about to be handed
:00:43. > :00:52...to run NHS and council care services, including support
:00:53. > :00:56.for the elderly and mental health services in the Bath area.
:00:57. > :00:59.We don't want to see the NHS privatised, the dislocation that
:01:00. > :01:04.brings, the marketisation, which is costing billions, not millions.
:01:05. > :01:08.Virgin Care says it's got a track record in bringing in new tdchnology
:01:09. > :01:11.to health care, so the likes of community nurses have more time
:01:12. > :01:16.The local council thinks a new approach is needed.
:01:17. > :01:20.You might go to the hospital and then you go back to the doctor.
:01:21. > :01:23.The doctor won't actually know what they said in the hospital
:01:24. > :01:26.and vice versa, so it's all a little bit of joined-up thinking
:01:27. > :01:30.The council and health officials say Virgin Care has spent two ydars
:01:31. > :01:33.looking at what improvements can be made in the Bath area and they say
:01:34. > :01:38.Virgin Care's already looking after 5 million people across the UK
:01:39. > :01:42.and any profits will have to be put back into health care.
:01:43. > :01:46.But today's campaigners don't buy it.
:01:47. > :01:48.It's a curious thing for them to have promised
:01:49. > :01:51.and if they want to do this, I can't understand why they haven't
:01:52. > :01:55.made Virgin Care a charitable trust or a not-for-profit company.
:01:56. > :01:58.The final decision to award the contract to Virgin Care
:01:59. > :02:04.If successful, Richard Branson's company will have seven years
:02:05. > :02:08.to prove they can help councils meet a growing demand for
:02:09. > :02:16.A man has been charged with causing the death
:02:17. > :02:21.The 70-year-old man died after a collision in the town
:02:22. > :02:26.36-year-old Daryl Ackland is charged with causing death
:02:27. > :02:30.by dangerous driving and driving without insurance.
:02:31. > :02:34.Two other men and a woman h`ve been released without charge.
:02:35. > :02:37.To football, and in the Championship, Bristol Chty
:02:38. > :02:41.conceded a late equaliser, drawing 2-2 away at Barnslex.
:02:42. > :02:45.In League One, Bristol Rovers threw away a 1-0 lead to go down 2-1
:02:46. > :02:50.Not a great day for Swindon, who lost 4-1 away
:02:51. > :02:55.In League Two it was a 2-2 draw between Cheltenham
:02:56. > :02:59.and Blackpool at Whaddon Ro`d, while it was 0-0 for Yeovil
:03:00. > :03:03.And Forest Green stay top of the National League
:03:04. > :03:08.despite being held to a 1-1 draw at home by Dagenham and Redbridge.
:03:09. > :03:11.In rugby, it was a close battle for Gloucester
:03:12. > :03:14.at Northampton last night, with the home side winning 23-2
:03:15. > :03:19.It ended Gloucester's unbeaten away record in the Premiership
:03:20. > :03:25.Wurzels songwriter Adge Cutler was honoured in Nailsea
:03:26. > :03:29.this afternoon, with the unveiling of a statue at his local pub.
:03:30. > :03:32.The bronze sculpture has bedn on tour with a local tributd band
:03:33. > :03:37.But it now has a permanent place at the Royal Oak,
:03:38. > :03:39.the pub where the Wurzels recorded their first
:03:40. > :03:44.Adge died in 1974, but his family want to
:03:45. > :03:52.Adge wrote about the villagds and the local people,
:03:53. > :03:58.and so Adge was a local and this is what I wanted to do.
:03:59. > :04:04.The end of my dream, this is, and hopefully
:04:05. > :04:08.people will read the plaque on the actual statue
:04:09. > :04:14.Let's get the weather now with Bee Tucker.
:04:15. > :04:18.Again it's been a fairly quhet day in terms of our weather.
:04:19. > :04:22.We had a lot of cloud out there and that cloud will rdmain
:04:23. > :04:26.It will tend to lower in places so we will see
:04:27. > :04:32.Some of us didn't lift the list all day today but we did sed
:04:33. > :04:36.Quite a mild night, temperatures down to 11 or 02.
:04:37. > :04:40.It will start to pick up a bit quicker tomorrow than today,
:04:41. > :04:43.To the lee of any high ground we should see some
:04:44. > :04:45.decent spells of sunshine, still staying mild,
:04:46. > :04:49.temperatures in one or two spots will hit 16 degrees,
:04:50. > :04:51.then it looks like for Halloween itself it will be dry,
:04:52. > :04:54.a lot of cloud about with overnight mist and fog.
:04:55. > :04:58.By the time we get towards Wednesday it will start to turn that little
:04:59. > :05:03.That's all from the Points West team for tonight.
:05:04. > :05:14.For now, from me, have a lovely evening.
:05:15. > :05:21.Good evening, it has been a rather cloudy but certainly very mild day.
:05:22. > :05:25.In fact where we did see sunshine breaking through, in Hull for
:05:26. > :05:29.instance, temperatures rose as high as 19 degrees, more typical of the
:05:30. > :05:33.middle of August and late October. Things remaining mild and largely
:05:34. > :05:37.dry down to this big area of high pressure really dominating the
:05:38. > :05:41.weather. Bringing light winds. Still a lot of ploughed through this
:05:42. > :05:45.evening and overnight. A few spots of drizzle coming out of the cloud,
:05:46. > :05:48.three central parts of England and Wales. Scattered showers towards the
:05:49. > :05:53.far north-west of Scotland and Northern Ireland. Where we see clear
:05:54. > :05:56.spells we the seat missed. Locally dense fog patches especially across
:05:57. > :06:01.parts of the south-east of England and East Anglia. Look out for
:06:02. > :06:03.reduced visibility Sunday morning. Mild start to the