23/01/2017 Points West

Welcome to BBC Points West with Alex Lovell and David Garmston.

Our main story tonight: Missing for more than a week:

Deacon Wilkins vanished after leaving a nightclub

and hasn't been since - his family is frantic with worry.

I don't know. We are at our wits end.

Josh Clayton from Somerset was found his mother fears he was murdered.

dead on a holiday island - his mother fears he was murdered.

Will the owner of Bristol City run out

of patience with the manager after eight defeats?

- we'll be talking to Stephen Lansdown.

the vintage wedding of a couple who have found love, once more.

The family of a 24-year-old from Weston-Super-Mare who hasn't

been seen for nine days say they're desperate to know where he is.

Deakon Wilkins was last seen at Motion nightclub, where

But his family haven't heard anything since.

Police are looking into Deakon's disappearance.

Liz Beacon is outside Motion nightclub now:

It was Friday 13th when he was last seen by his family. He had been out

for a couple of drinks with friends and caught the train on his own here

to Bristol and two Motion Nightclub where him at the friends. He left

his club on his own at 4:30am. That moment was captured on CCTV but

there has been nothing from him since. Earlier on I went to meet his

family at their home. After nine days of waiting, Marcella

and Andy are desperate for answers. Every time we have some friends come

over, somebody hugs me. We are at our wits end and we don't

know what to do now. I mean we're trying to keep busy

doing this social media and I spend four or five hours a day

just thanking everybody. Facebook has played a massive part

in this as people spread the message A few reported sightings

but they haven't been on him Every day is a long day

and if you hear the phone go or a knock on the door,

you just hope. Deakon lives with his grandad

just round the corner Not because this family is not

close, quite the opposite. He chose to move in with his grandad

to keep him company He's lovely, everybody

likes him, he's friendly, he's easy to get on with,

he's a laugh, he's All this couple can

do now is search. They'll be back out tomorrow

leafleting in the area We did the CCTV, we pointed him out

so we can narrow down. We know what he was wearing

so they can narrow down the search. We have CCTV of him leaving

the club, turning right about 4:30am and that's the last we've got

at the moment. They are still working on that

but they're doing a brilliant And their wait goes

on for answers from the police Tomorrow at the family will continue

their search. The police are trawling through their CCTV that

they have banned if they do find any evidence, they may start to deploy

police divers in the canal behind me.

Police have launched a murder investigation into the death

Her body was found in a house on Pilgrims way last Thursday.

Police say they are linking the incident to the fatal accident

on Kewstoke Road which happened on the same day.

A 70-year-old man died at the scene after his car crashed into a tree.

The Police Federation's backing two of its officers after an incident

when a former race relations champion was tasered

after being mistaken for a dangerous, wanted man.

The union, which represents rank and file officers,

says Ras Adunbi would not say who he was.

Mr Adunbi claims the attack was racist.

The matter's been referred to the Independent Police

A young man who was found dead on a holiday island where crime

is almost unheard of may have been murdered, according to his mother.

Josh Clayton from Somerset disappeared on Tresco

in the Scilly Isles but there was never a criminal investigation.

But now the coroner has ordered the police

Before I take my last breath, we will know what happened to my boy

without a shadow of the doubt. We will find out and we will get

justice for Josh. The final resting

place of Josh Clayton. But was his death just a terrible

accident or was he murdered? I believe it was done through

third-party involvement. His family have now spent the best

part of ?70,000 trying They are convinced

the police got it wrong. I have had a meeting with Devon and

Cornwall police, a senior officer who has assured me he will be

reviewing and hopefully will look for any gaps that happened

throughout the investigation. It definitely wasn't an accident. I

thought it from day one and still believe it now.

When police on the Isles of Scilly found the body of Josh Clayton 16

months ago they put it down to accidental death.

He'd been attending a private party on Tresco where he'd been

His body was discovered ten days later.

Last week an inquest into his death was dramatically halted

This man Leroy Thomas told the hearing that he'd witnessed Josh

arguing with a group of men after leaving the party.

The coroner said the police needed to reinvestigate.

Which has given his family some hope.

Up until now they've been asking for a new force to take

They just had tunnel vision as far as they were concerned. He was a

drugged up drunk that had been washed out to sea and didn't think

of anything else. The family say they want the truth

and will not stop until they get it. As a family, we can't. There is a

broken arm in our family and we want to know the reasons why.

A little earlier the former Chief Constable of Gloucestershire,

Dr Tim Brain, told me just how unusual it is for an inquest to be

It is not unusual for inquests to be adjourned. Normally because the

inquest is formally convened, police officers attend to give evidence and

they ask for more time to complete the inquiry. Best is a standard

process. It is unusual to get into the hearing of the inquest and get

some days into it and pours in for the coroner to say new evidence has

come to light, go back and find out what is going on here. This happened

16 months ago so what are the chances of the evidence being fresh?

Devon Malcolm police will have to go back to the witness who has added

this new information at a late stage and interview him again and see

whether he has something different to say in writing and how that

differs from the account. It seems to differ. There was a party and

there are people at that party. They may want to interview them again

they will have to sift through the connections and that is what police

are there to do and they have the facilities to do it. There was

famously no crime there and people leave their doors open and about.

Will be expertise have been taken seriously? There would have been a

difficulty in understanding what this incident was. It was only later

when the body turned up that they had a certain death to explain and

they have treated it on the evidence they have got not as a suspicious

death. Those steps that you would go through normally in an inquiry and I

guess the fact that you have quite a few miles between the mainland and

the islands making it logistically difficult, Devon, have a wide

responsibility for a large force area and they have the equipment to

deal with these incidents. You. -- thank you.

It's David and Alex with you on this Monday evening.

Thank you for starting your week with us.

Stay tuned, we've got lots more still ahead before

we leave you at seven, including...

Join me as Prince Harry joins recovering servicemen in Wiltshire

and why they have built this Iron Age roundhouse. We have a Met Office

warning for fog through tonight and it do tomorrow morning. Some of it

is dense in places. But first, we've been looking

into allegations of historical child sexual abuse in football

here in the West. Last week the National Police

Chief's Council revealed number of alleged victims nationally now

stands at 526, with 184 On Tonight's BBC Inside Out West,

Geoff Twentyman investigates claims made by three football players

from the West against Bob Higgins, who ran a youth academy

near Bath in the 1980s. Earlier I asked Geoff's

about the allegations. Bob Higgins was the man in charge.

He was the youth development officer.

A this is how it works. It was in Southampton and they allege Bob

Higgins put pressure on him to stay at his house.

Bob was there, the really bizarre thing is he's got two young boys sat

He's got one leg across his front and one across his back.

Again at my age, 12 or 13 at the time, I just accepted it

for being a that's what you do sort of thing.

I went and sat down on the floor and cuddled into his

He did ask me to sit on his lap, which is not

So Geoff what else do you find out in this programme?

Well, all three of them tell me that as boys they were ordered

to take part in naked soap and water massages.

Here's what Jason Upshall, from Street in Somerset,

tells me about an incident at the Gothia Cup in Sweden in 1988.

We were told, get naked, one of your fellow man will do one leg and your

team-mates will do the other. I didn't feel comfortable. I said I

wasn't doing it. I left the area and he followed me down and said this is

about team-building, bonding and relief forcibly told me to get back

up there and do it. Dean Radford alleges that when on a car journey,

he would touch him going to and from football. I remember one day driving

along and he got my head and put my head down in his lap and for an hour

and a half, drove with his head -- with my head in his left. It smells

-- it is gross but there was the smell of your written through his

trousers. It is graphic I know but it is disgusting. It is important to

say that Inside Out West have put these allegations to Mr Higgins but

he has not responded. He has always denied wrongdoing. The

investigations is one of the stories to feature on Inside Out West. They

will be looking at the role Bristol played in Kenny Everett's lie. That

is here tonight at 7:30pm. Prince Harry has been in Wiltshire

today to see how former members of the Armed Forces are being helped

with their mental health. The Prince spent the afternoon

at the Help For Heroes Recovery Centre in Tidworth,

which supports ex-service personnel and their families

who are living with anxiety, depression or stress.Our

Wiltshire reporter No stranger to Help For Heroes

Recovery Centre. He came to learn about the field of mental health.

They call it the hidden wound service where men and women, injured

or not, find themselves dealing with depression, stress, anxiety,

sometimes turning to alcohol. The service has already helped over 1000

people. There is a risk that people get used to experiencing low mood

and anxiety and think they don't need that to sport. The more we can

raise awareness and say there is things we can do, we can help you,

if you can recognise those symptoms in yourself. He was shown the things

they do come introduced to people they have helped. He talked to

people who have had a tough time and in the process of rebuilding

themselves. They found lots of ways to help people stop here they are

building an Iron Age roundhouse and it gives them space to think but

also there in the outdoors and using tools, using their hands and working

as part of a team. For former servicemen, that can sometimes be

just what they need. I've got physical and mental issues that I

need to address. I am no longer the person I was. It is very therapeutic

environment and we enjoyed being out and enjoy the company of our

comrades learning new skills and defining ourselves by what we can do

but not what we can do because of our injuries. Of my friends are

still battling through what they need to but they haven't pointed in

the direction of here like myself. It is invaluable. With Prince Harry

highlighting the issue, Help For Heroes helps to remove any stigma of

mental health problems. Service personnel know they can find the

help they need to heal and not just the injuries you can see.

Two friends of a student who is blind, have designed

a unique map to help him find his way around college.

Elliott Roberts goes to the National Star College

He's using a special 3D printed map that helps him feel where he is.

His friends hope it'll help make Elliott more independent.

Here's our Gloucestershire reporter, Steve Knibbs.

Elliott needs help to make even a short journey from A to B.

He's blind and has limited sensitivity so can't read braille -

he also finds it difficult to remember his way around.

So his friends at college decided to make him a map,

Using a 3D printer they've created tactile map of his

With different shaped raised areas represent different rooms,

And it's ultimate aim is to help Elliott achieve something that

I can be more independent when I leave college.

The map has gone through several designs - with feedback from Elliott

There is quite a lot of failures we have had along the way and their

students have made a lot of changes through Elliott's guidance so he can

recognise certain rooms and certain shapes and feel the doorways,

different bumps along the way. It's thought that this might be

the first time a 3D map has been And something Elliott's friends

feel rightly proud of. I am really excited about the

project and I can help others. Happy it is being used and hard work has

paid off. We hope it will make his life a bit more easier.

The students are so pleased with their idea that they're taking

it to a big educational technology exhibition in London this week.

To maybe help others like Elliott to really feel their way around.

Bristol City's head coach Lee Johnson says he's ashamed

Their latest defeat set an unwanted club record.

Our sports editor Alistair Durden is here - how bad has it got?

Eight league defeats in a row - the worst run in City's history.

Growing discontent amongst the supporters.

What does this all mean for head coach Lee Johnson.

Only one man can really answer that - owner Stephen Lansdown,

Eight defeats is not what we want. I am not happy with that and don't

expect any supporter or anyone associated with the club is either.

We have to turn it around and I'm looking to the management team and

players to do that for us. Is his job face? I will not discuss that as

I do not discuss this in the public media. He has my full support of the

board and my support and the support of the majority of the supporters

and the players. We look forward to turning the situation around and

climbing back up the league. Dursley need to get something from the next

two home games, Sheffield Wednesday and Rotherham? -- does Lee. We need

to get points quickly to restore the confidence of the supporters and the

players because they will be filling it as well. It is not going the way

they wanted to. We have brought in some very good players who have

played at high level and have got that experience and can help the

younger ones through. I don't feel panicked situation here. I feel

disappointed that we have been using these games by the odd goal and I'm

not trying to kid anybody. We need to win games and win them quickly.

You have confidence you have a good squad of players. What has gone

wrong? Some of these games, we think we have got them and they slip away.

When you are struggling, it is difficult to turn it around. I feel

very confident that we have the right infrastructure in the club and

the right playing staff and management staff to make that

happen. Have you got a message that the supporters who have perhaps lost

faith? I understand the frustration. I hate people -- hate losing

football matches. You could be pushing for the top six but we are

not. What I would ask everybody to do is all the frustration they are

suffering, gather it together, turn it into strong support for the

management, players and help us turn it around. We need to get behind the

team. Don't let anything sway us from doing that and work harder

together to get the results we need. They have an FA Cup game on Saturday

and that is a free hit. No one expects them to win that. Two home

league games against Sheffield Wednesday a week tomorrow and bottom

club rather on Saturday after that. You feel they have to get something

from that. Lee Johnson will need something.

Leah Johnson has his full support. Things can change. Thank you.

A couple who found love second time around tied the knot this weekend

and chose a bygone era for the theme of their big day.

Marlene Robinson-Franklin and Ronnie Franklin are 79 and 85.

They met in the village of Uley and got married

in Cam at the weekend - in a special vintage

Marlene and Ronnie believe they're meant to be.

Ronnie was married to his first wife, Barbara for almost 60 years.

She told him before she died he should find love again.

She said to me, "You must find someone else.

She said, "I want you to do it for me."

Marlene also lost her husband, Austin, three years ago.

They'd been married since she was 17.

What I'm getting from my family and many overs is,

"Your husband, Austin, wouldn't want to see you unhappy.

He'd be up there now looking down on you saying, Ronnie,

But she's still taking her style from the fabulous fifties.

It was all about dreamcoats and petticoats.

My skirts were very, very short and when you twirled round,

We liked to show what we had underneath which used

And her favourite dress from all those years ago

Now they are married, what are they hoping for? We had long and happy

marriages and we've got to emulate them. By looking to their past, the

club a lot also looking forward to their new lives together.

Every happiness to you both. Let us catch up with the weather. It is

going to be foggy, I think. Good evening. The risk of fog looks

very likely. Expect by tomorrow morning there will be some districts

which will be in some murky conditions. Where we are free of

that, we will be in for a day not dissimilar to the one we have had.

Remaining dry. Our focus is on the fog. It is a case of a Met Office

warning which will run through to 11 o'clock tomorrow and will cater to

the likelihood that some areas, visibility could be to 50 metres

below. That will having publications the transport and it will take some

time to clear tomorrow, if indeed it does. We have seen some areas of

southern England where the fog has not cleared. You can see the

footprint further westwards. Hence as being in the thick of it. It is a

fairly benign pattern leaving us through towards Wednesday with the

breeze picking up. The fog should not be an issue by Wednesday

morning. We have seen in southern parts fog has not clear that all you

and as we run through this evening into tonight, it would be our

district that will likely see fog first and it footprint will move to

other areas as the night wears on. For all of us where temperatures

dropping between zero and -4-macro, there will be freezing fog first

light and it is not inconceivable that the some areas, it will stay

right through the day. It is looking a reasonable day and it will be a

dry one with variable amounts of cloud and brighter spells.

Temperatures under the fog, no better than seven Celsius. There

should be the last of the fog problems. An opportunity for all

those weather watchers out there. If you take a picture of it and send it

into us and put on your -- our Facebook page, that would be good.

You wouldn't see very much with the fog. Not sure that is a brilliant

idea. Goodbye.