:00:10. > :00:14.Good evening and welcome to BBC Points West. Our headlines tonight:
:00:14. > :00:19.Tributes to a young couple - police arrest a driver after the couple
:00:19. > :00:29.are knocked off their tandem and killed. The six-month-old baby
:00:29. > :00:29.
:00:29. > :00:39.rescued after being blown into freezing waters in Watchet.
:00:39. > :00:40.
:00:40. > :00:46.just turned around of that split second. It will probably never
:00:46. > :00:52.happen again. Chaos on Wiltshire's roads, with more than 50 accidents
:00:52. > :01:02.during the rush hour due to black ice. And the dress that's put a
:01:02. > :01:05.
:01:05. > :01:08.small Somerset shop on the fashion Police are this evening continuing
:01:08. > :01:12.to question a man in connection with the deaths of two cyclists on
:01:12. > :01:16.the outskirts of Bristol. Ross and Claire Simons were riding a tandem
:01:16. > :01:18.bike when they were hit by a speeding car in Hanham. The
:01:18. > :01:21.matter's now been referred to the Independent Police Complaints
:01:21. > :01:31.Commission, because the car was being followed by the police. Alice
:01:31. > :01:35.
:01:35. > :01:44.Bouverie reports. Good evening. 24 hours later, the pile of flowers
:01:44. > :01:48.growing. Attributes to them have been so moving. A one said Claire
:01:48. > :01:51.was the finest daughter parents could have wished for. People have
:01:51. > :01:59.been coming all day, expressing their grief they best way they can.
:01:59. > :02:03.The two lives lost were young. Ross Simons was 34, his wife Clare 30.
:02:03. > :02:06.They'd been married a year and a half. They were hoping to start a
:02:06. > :02:16.family. Friends described them as being like two peas in a pod,
:02:16. > :02:19.
:02:19. > :02:23.inseparable. We knew them well enough to have a big chunk missing
:02:23. > :02:25.now. The accident happened on Lower Hanham Road in East Bristol
:02:25. > :02:28.yesterday afternoon around 4pm. The police say a Citroen Picasso hit
:02:28. > :02:31.another car, before crashing into their tandem bike. The driver then
:02:31. > :02:41.left the scene. Still here, the marks on the road - a terrible
:02:41. > :02:45.reminder of the human tragedy which has taken place. I saw the
:02:45. > :02:54.ambulance, the air support crew. Everything. It was an absolute
:02:54. > :02:57.nightmare. Apparently they had a 14 police dogs and searching. Later, a
:02:57. > :03:00.38-year-old man went to a police station, where he was arrested on
:03:00. > :03:02.suspicion of death by dangerous driving. A 35-year-old woman's also
:03:02. > :03:09.been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving. The police are
:03:09. > :03:13.still appealing for any witnesses to the incident to contact them.
:03:13. > :03:18.This matter has now been referred to the Independent Police
:03:18. > :03:23.Complaints Commission because of the role the police have played. An
:03:23. > :03:30.officer spotted a car speeding. Signalled for the car to pull over.
:03:30. > :03:40.When he didn't, he then followed the car. Shortly afterwards, the
:03:40. > :03:48.accident happened. Reverend Peter Cook joins me now. You must be able
:03:48. > :03:54.to gauge how the community feels? The community has been very shocked.
:03:54. > :03:59.The areas around here still have that village sense about them. What
:03:59. > :04:06.has surprised me all they are the number of people who knew Ross and
:04:06. > :04:14.Claire. It has deeply shocked people. You think of this happening
:04:14. > :04:20.to somebody else there somewhere else, not to somebody you know.
:04:20. > :04:28.What did you say to comfort Ross's father? What words can you say? I
:04:28. > :04:34.just hope him. He broke down in my arms. He is such a lovely guy. I am
:04:34. > :04:42.so sorry for them. They are in Howe prayers and thoughts. We care for
:04:42. > :04:45.them so much at this time. people still in police custody. --
:04:45. > :04:48.two people. House-to-house inquiries being carried out by
:04:48. > :04:51.police tonight. A six-month-old baby is being treated at Musgrove
:04:51. > :04:57.Park hospital this evening, after being rescued from the water at
:04:57. > :05:00.Watchet. The baby was strapped into his buggy when he was blown off the
:05:00. > :05:07.harbour walls. Tonight people in Watchet say the harbour should have
:05:07. > :05:12.railings the whole way around. Fiona Lamdin reports. A hug of
:05:12. > :05:15.thanks from a father to the woman who helped saved his son's life.
:05:15. > :05:19.Yesterday morning just after eight o'clock, six-month-old Sam and his
:05:19. > :05:26.mother were out on a dog walk when a gust of wind swept him and his
:05:26. > :05:35.buggy into the water 15 feet below. She just turned round that slip
:05:35. > :05:44.second and the gust took it. There was it. Hearing screams, George
:05:44. > :05:52.Reeder rushed across the harbour. could see a lady leaning over
:05:52. > :05:55.though water. I saw the body was upside down. I jumped in. But by
:05:56. > :05:59.now the baby had already been in the freezing water for 10 minutes.
:05:59. > :06:02.And waiting above up on the harbour, others were on hand with ropes to
:06:02. > :06:08.haul the buggy out. And once out, Tania got him breathing - something
:06:08. > :06:17.she'd never done before- keeping him alive before the air ambulance
:06:17. > :06:23.arrived. They pulled the rope up the side of the wall and the
:06:23. > :06:31.pushchair came up. I did not know how the baby was. I started doing
:06:31. > :06:36.CPR on him. I thought it was going to be a bad outcome. It's amazing
:06:36. > :06:42.it has been such a lovely Eircom. There are no railings and that
:06:42. > :06:49.could happen to somebody else. first section of the Wall has
:06:49. > :06:55.railings. Here, at the spot where Sam and his body went over, there
:06:55. > :07:01.are no railings. The people here want that to change. It would be
:07:01. > :07:06.good to have railings all the way down. I spend more time in my own
:07:06. > :07:10.head and they have got a lot of railings. Watchet harbour should be
:07:10. > :07:15.the same. I do not like taking my daughter along there because I do
:07:15. > :07:18.not feel safe. It would be better if they did have railings.
:07:18. > :07:22.despite being in the water for so long, doctors at the Taunton say
:07:22. > :07:26.little Sam is doing really well. There are a few things that
:07:26. > :07:29.happened to help save his life and it's lovely to have been part of it.
:07:29. > :07:32.A truly community rescue- this little baby has a lot to thank his
:07:32. > :07:36.neighbours for which tonight means this little boy is very much alive
:07:36. > :07:41.and well. A sudden freeze in Wiltshire led to 55 car crashes
:07:41. > :07:44.during this morning's rush hour. The county's gritting teams say
:07:44. > :07:52.they'd spread salt - but motorists have been left asking why it wasn't
:07:52. > :07:56.enough to clear the black ice. Scott Ellis reports. 55 car crashes
:07:56. > :08:02.- all linked to black ice. Wiltshire police saying five cars
:08:02. > :08:07.hit hedges. 17 cars careered off the road. And six cars hit trees.
:08:07. > :08:09.This is the A4 east of Marlborough, where we saw two cars in ditches.
:08:09. > :08:19.Further south near Tilshead on Salisbury Plain, there was a
:08:19. > :08:21.
:08:21. > :08:31.similar skiddy scene. There was a car in the ditch. It had gone in
:08:31. > :08:31.
:08:31. > :08:36.the ditch backwards. There were four all their cars. -- other. They
:08:36. > :08:38.came off the road as well. message soon got out to slow down.
:08:38. > :08:41.But then questions - had the roads been gritted? Wiltshire's weather
:08:41. > :08:44.incident room uses eight roadside stations to monitor conditions.
:08:44. > :08:50.They recorded heavy rain until 5am this morning, but then a sharp drop
:08:50. > :09:00.in temperatures. As roads froze, all 24 gritters were dispatched.
:09:00. > :09:01.
:09:01. > :09:05.But managers say rainwater hampered their efforts. We do try to sign of
:09:05. > :09:11.those areas but with the wet weather we can get pockets of run-
:09:11. > :09:17.off. Then you have got water on called services with no grip. Or
:09:18. > :09:21.you get areas we have not gritted at all. We give the best we can
:09:21. > :09:24.with the resources we have. Despite 55 incidents, Great Western
:09:24. > :09:27.Ambulance service says there were no serious injuries. The next
:09:27. > :09:34.problem for drivers, heavy rain, which is flooding many roads in our
:09:34. > :09:38.We've got more wild weather photos for you a bit later in the
:09:38. > :09:40.programme, and Ian will be looking at the week ahead. Coming up, your
:09:41. > :09:48.sporting starter for 10 - what happened this weekend that hasn't
:09:48. > :09:50.happened for an incredible seven years? And getting a wriggle on -
:09:50. > :09:59.the steaming hot dress enjoying Stateside success, thanks to
:09:59. > :10:05.The Australian radio presenters who made a prank phone call to Bristol
:10:05. > :10:10.nurse Jacintha Saldanha, have been axed from their show. The 46-year-
:10:10. > :10:14.old was found dead three days after taking the call. She'd been working
:10:14. > :10:17.at the King Edward VII Hospital in London. Presenters Mel Greig and
:10:17. > :10:23.Michael Christian had pretended to be members of the Royal Family, to
:10:23. > :10:26.ask about the Duchess of Cambridge's medical condition.
:10:26. > :10:29.Their employer says they'll return to work in different roles when the
:10:29. > :10:35.time is right. The first Wildcat attack helicopter to be delivered
:10:35. > :10:38.to the Royal Navy, has taken its maiden flight at Yeovil in Somerset.
:10:38. > :10:42.The aircraft has a powerful engine which allows it to be flown in
:10:42. > :10:44.extreme conditions all year round. The Ministry of Defence signed a
:10:44. > :10:51.�250 million contract with AgustaWestland last year, securing
:10:51. > :10:56.500 jobs in Somerset. The company will provide support and training
:10:56. > :10:59.for the fleet. The mother of a seven-year-old boy
:10:59. > :11:01.from Somerset who was struck down by sleeping disorder narcolepsy
:11:01. > :11:04.after being vaccinated against swine flu, has welcomed the
:11:04. > :11:11.findings of a report which shows other children could have been
:11:11. > :11:13.affected. We've obtained the preliminary findings of a Health
:11:13. > :11:16.Protection Agency-funded study on English children, which shows those
:11:16. > :11:26.vaccinated were at least 10 times more likely to develop this
:11:26. > :11:27.
:11:27. > :11:29.devastating condition. Matthew Hill Josh Hadfield is one of almost a
:11:29. > :11:39.million children given the pandemrix vaccine in response the
:11:39. > :11:42.potentially lethal threat of the swine flu pandemic. But a few weeks
:11:42. > :11:45.after the jab in 2010, he developed narcolepsy, which makes him sleep
:11:45. > :11:55.most of the time, and catoplexy, a condition that makes him collapse
:11:55. > :12:00.
:12:00. > :12:05.when he gets excited. Josh laughs and enjoys things. It means he goes
:12:05. > :12:08.or unconscious. I first featured Josh's case a year ago, when I went
:12:08. > :12:11.to Finland for Inside Out West to speak to leading sleep specialist
:12:12. > :12:17.Dr Markuu Partinen, to find out the results of his study. The risk of
:12:17. > :12:20.having narcolepsy was 12 times higher. A Swedish study also showed
:12:20. > :12:22.a similar result. And then last April, another study on children
:12:22. > :12:31.from Ireland showed a 13-fold increase in youngsters aged between
:12:31. > :12:34.five and 19 years who received pandemrix and the sleep disorder.
:12:34. > :12:38.And now the there's new evidence to show that English children have
:12:38. > :12:40.also been affected. While the full paper is still being considered for
:12:40. > :12:47.publication, these initial findings mirror studies in Finland Sweden
:12:47. > :12:53.and Ireland. GFX specialists reviewed 75 children who developed
:12:53. > :12:56.narcolepsy around the time pandemrix was introduced. They
:12:56. > :12:58.found a tenfold increased risk of the condition within six months of
:12:58. > :13:08.having the jab, which "suggests a causal association consistent with
:13:08. > :13:11.reports from Finland and Sweden". Professor Adam Finn from the
:13:11. > :13:20.University of Bristol carried out one of the original trials of
:13:20. > :13:25.pandemrix on children. If you look at the figures, the risk has so
:13:25. > :13:29.much increased that it seems very unlikely this is a biased result.
:13:29. > :13:33.It is likely to be real. A year ago Glaxosmitkline, who make the
:13:33. > :13:36.vaccine, told me there was no evidence of a causal link, but now
:13:36. > :13:46.their position has shifted somewhat. In a statement they say they are
:13:46. > :14:07.
:14:07. > :14:09.working hard to better understand But Caroline and other families
:14:09. > :14:12.have had their applications for vaccine damage payments turned down
:14:12. > :14:22.by the Department of Work and Pensions, who still say there isn't
:14:22. > :14:26.
:14:26. > :14:29.And you can see Matthew's full report on Inside Out West this
:14:29. > :14:33.evening at 7.30 on BBC 1 - when they'll also be uncovering the
:14:33. > :14:36.story of the man who wrote the words to the Irish song, 'Danny
:14:36. > :14:42.Boy'. He was actually a lawyer from Portishead who'd never even been to
:14:42. > :14:47.Ireland! A war of words has broken out
:14:47. > :14:49.between councils in the West and a senior government minister. Eric
:14:49. > :14:53.Pickles went on the offensive over news that some local authorities
:14:53. > :14:57.are to increase taxes slightly. He accused them of treating residents
:14:57. > :15:05.with contempt. That infuriated Bristol's mayor, who accused him of
:15:05. > :15:08.bullying. Here's Paul Barltrop. For most of us, council tax bills
:15:08. > :15:12.have barely budged in recent years. But that's about to change in
:15:12. > :15:15.several places. Some of our biggest councils are planning a rise. It's
:15:15. > :15:19.very likely in Bristol and North Somerset, and possible in South
:15:19. > :15:24.Gloucestershire. It's similar for several smaller districts in
:15:24. > :15:31.Somerset. And how much may it leap? Because of government restrictions,
:15:31. > :15:35.by less than 2%. In Bristol, that would mean an extra 50p a week for
:15:35. > :15:38.Band D householders, while in North Somerset it equates to 33p a week.
:15:38. > :15:42.But that's not good enough for the Secretary of State for Local
:15:42. > :15:49.Government, who wants a freeze and says taxpayers are being cheated.
:15:49. > :15:57.He insists councils can save still more money.
:15:57. > :16:04.There are enormous places where savings can be made in terms of
:16:04. > :16:08.procurement, in terms of improving efficiency, in terms of dealing
:16:08. > :16:11.with the fraud. And with joint working. There's been a strong
:16:11. > :16:14.reaction. Bristol Mayor George Ferguson said he was "infuriated by
:16:14. > :16:18.Eric Pickles' inflamed language". There was much frustration in North
:16:18. > :16:22.Somerset, which the Secretary of State visited in the autumn. The
:16:22. > :16:25.leader had told him that they were harder hit by spending cuts because
:16:25. > :16:35.their council tax was already the lowest in the region - but to no
:16:35. > :16:36.
:16:36. > :16:42.avail. I think it is a shame that someone in his position makes those
:16:42. > :16:47.sorts of comments. I believe he makes them aimed at a few councils
:16:47. > :16:51.across the country who have behaved irresponsibly. Unfortunately, when
:16:51. > :16:58.somebody like him and makes those comments, we'll get tarred with the
:16:58. > :17:02.same brush. It is not helpful. Pickles has warned next year there
:17:02. > :17:04.may be a further clampdown on councils. A children's charity that
:17:05. > :17:08.helps vulnerable young people with issues surrounding poverty has
:17:08. > :17:11.started work at a school in Bristol. The Kids Company was set up in
:17:11. > :17:15.London 16 years ago - now for the first time it's taking its work
:17:15. > :17:20.outside the capital. Its founder says their work is focussed on
:17:20. > :17:28.tackling emotional and practical issues. We caught up with some of
:17:28. > :17:34.the people who are being helped at the Bristol City Academy.
:17:34. > :17:41.I just see red and I would normally describe the House and cause
:17:41. > :17:51.trouble at school. I have had very bad anger problems in the past. I
:17:51. > :18:01.find it very hard to control it. I seemed a different person. We have
:18:01. > :18:01.
:18:01. > :18:11.a number of issues here. The higher indices of poor housing, poverty. A
:18:11. > :18:11.
:18:11. > :18:16.fair proportion have poverty affect them. Some of them have got
:18:16. > :18:21.significant home difficulties. Some have got learning problems. That is
:18:21. > :18:28.preventing them from succeeding. One child was explaining to me
:18:28. > :18:34.today that because he does not feel a loft, he uses aggression to cover
:18:34. > :18:38.up the fact that he feels very small. -- loved. It takes a lot of
:18:38. > :18:41.courage to say something like that. That is why I love working with
:18:41. > :18:51.children who have needs that perhaps others have not had a
:18:51. > :18:53.
:18:53. > :18:56.chance to listen to the it. -- yet. They do not tell you what to do.
:18:56. > :19:02.Their work around you and try to get in there slowly. It is pretty
:19:02. > :19:08.nice to have somebody there to talk to. There is always someone you can
:19:08. > :19:13.turn to. Teachers just see you as being bad. But the Kids Company
:19:13. > :19:17.understand. They will pay attention and help. It is doing something
:19:17. > :19:21.about these problems in a different way. It allows them to be still for
:19:21. > :19:25.a while. We have noticed a tremendous changes in the behaviour
:19:25. > :19:30.of some students who do not know what to do with when they are
:19:30. > :19:34.having a bad moment. It's been a miserable season to be a fan of one
:19:34. > :19:39.of the two Bristol football clubs, and the rugby club have also found
:19:39. > :19:42.difficult. But at last this weekend, everyone was smiling. For the first
:19:42. > :19:49.time in over six years, all three of Bristol's professional clubs won
:19:49. > :19:56.on the same weekend. Alistair Defeats, managerial sackings,
:19:56. > :20:06.underperforming teams - who'd be a sports fan in Bristol? But finally
:20:06. > :20:15.
:20:15. > :20:20.For the first time in 74 months - yes, you heard me right - Bristol
:20:20. > :20:23.City, Bristol Rovers and Bristol Rugby all won on the same weekend.
:20:23. > :20:33.The last time - November 18, 2006 - Tony Blair was Prime Minister and
:20:33. > :20:37.
:20:37. > :20:40.Westlife were number one in the And more importantly, Bristol city
:20:40. > :20:50.were beating Gillingham, Rovers were winning at Bury, and Bristol
:20:50. > :20:51.
:20:51. > :20:55.turned over Bath at the Rec. Her nearly 2000 editions of the local
:20:55. > :21:03.paper had been published since, until finally the Bristol hat-trick
:21:03. > :21:09.happened again. They have had their individual moments along the way.
:21:09. > :21:14.Collectively it has taken this time, which overall is a snapshot of the
:21:14. > :21:20.malaise the sporting scene in the City has been in recent years. This
:21:20. > :21:25.collective weekend of success is a small step forward. City can fill a
:21:25. > :21:30.lot more optimistic now. The Rugby Club are back in the top four.
:21:30. > :21:33.Hopefully this is the start of something better. So last time it
:21:33. > :21:35.happened, City and Rovers went on to win promotion and Bristol Rugby
:21:35. > :21:43.finished third in the Premiership. That is obviously not going to
:21:43. > :21:48.happen, but let's hope it's not Well, the Bristol feel-good factor
:21:48. > :21:51.extended to golfer Chris Wood. He won his first ever European Tour
:21:51. > :21:54.event, the Qatar Masters, in dramatic fashion. He sunk this putt
:21:54. > :22:04.on the last whole to clinch the title, pick up the enormous trophy,
:22:04. > :22:11.
:22:11. > :22:14.and bank a winner's cheque of over Well, it's been a while since a
:22:14. > :22:17.piece of clothing made so many headlines - remember West Country
:22:17. > :22:19.resident Liz Hurley in THAT dress? Now a small Somerset shop has found
:22:19. > :22:24.itself in the international spotlight thanks to the TV chef
:22:24. > :22:27.Nigella Lawson. She appeared on a new cookery show in the States
:22:27. > :22:30.called The Taste. Viewers loved her dress - and when she tweeted where
:22:30. > :22:40.she'd bought it from, the clothes shop in Frome was inundated with
:22:40. > :22:44.
:22:44. > :22:52.sales! Ali Vowles reports. This is Nigella Lawson's introduction to
:22:52. > :22:56.prime time American audiences on ABC. But it wasn't just her
:22:56. > :23:00.culinary skills or her prowess as a judge that got the audience going.
:23:00. > :23:10.It was seeing her in her red wriggle dress - bought in a little
:23:10. > :23:13.
:23:13. > :23:17.boutique in Frome. It would be rude not to wear it. It feels fantastic
:23:17. > :23:21.to wear. Since it appeared on television, sales have gone through
:23:21. > :23:24.the roof. The garment is also called the billion dollar baby, and
:23:24. > :23:27.things got interesting when Nigella tweeted to her 300,000 followers
:23:27. > :23:35.where she bought it Tucked away at the top of Catherine's Hill - the
:23:35. > :23:38.shop has been quietly in business since 2008. My mother and I had a
:23:38. > :23:43.dream conversation four years ago about who are our dream celebrity
:23:43. > :23:52.would be added was Nigella. It is crazy! The last few days have just
:23:52. > :23:56.been manic. My friends and family have been roped in this week. They
:23:56. > :24:01.are coming in to help me pack and get things out as quickly as
:24:01. > :24:04.possible. All the dresses in stock have been sold and are waiting to
:24:04. > :24:06.be shipped out, with dozens more orders coming in every day. For a
:24:06. > :24:16.small trader, in tough economic times, this social media exposure
:24:16. > :24:21.is a dream come true. I cannot even begin to understand what it may end
:24:21. > :24:28.up meaning for us. I cannot believe one dress can cause such a fuss. It
:24:28. > :24:32.has been burdened. -- brilliant. The red dress costs �175. Nigella
:24:32. > :24:40.bought four of the same. For most of us that kind of shopping is just
:24:40. > :24:44.something we'd dream of. Even the one we borrow it has been sold. How
:24:44. > :24:48.many parties are people going to turn up in that dress? We've had
:24:48. > :24:57.some dramatic weather over the past couple of days. This funnel cloud
:24:57. > :25:00.was filmed by a viewer over And then there was a storm over
:25:00. > :25:04.Bristol, Bath and beyond in the evening, when this house in Cossham
:25:04. > :25:14.in Bristol was struck by lightning and had its roof damaged. Any
:25:14. > :25:15.
:25:15. > :25:22.calmer tonight, Ian? All sorts, yes. That is Canada was
:25:22. > :25:26.particularly impressive. Some lively thunderstorms. No further
:25:26. > :25:36.thunderstorms but as we head into tomorrow, there will be the threat
:25:36. > :25:40.of heavy rain. Not everywhere. It will vary. It will depend on how
:25:40. > :25:46.high you are and where you were facing. This is the story as we
:25:46. > :25:53.head into tomorrow. An area of deep pressure rattling its way through.
:25:53. > :26:01.Some of fronts bringing spells of rain. This cold spell the later
:26:01. > :26:09.tomorrow evening. Barring a few laptops in terms of rainfall, --
:26:09. > :26:18.barring some respite in terms of rain fall on... More rainfall in
:26:18. > :26:22.the West. A lot of uncertainty on the charts by Friday. I suspect
:26:22. > :26:26.there will be an area of low pressure are much more developed
:26:26. > :26:36.than the charts suggest. Late Friday, on Saturday morning we
:26:36. > :26:43.could get some snow on high ground. No threat of snow right now.
:26:43. > :26:49.Further rain. It will occur over the south coast as the night goes
:26:49. > :26:54.on. Yellow warnings from the Met Office. This caters for this warm
:26:54. > :27:00.front coming into tomorrow morning. Some of you will be seeing some
:27:00. > :27:05.heavy rain. Temperatures comparatively mild. Tomorrow
:27:05. > :27:13.morning will be characterised by a wet and windy start. Notice that
:27:13. > :27:22.the rain tends to peter out from most. Remaining quite windy. 45 mph
:27:22. > :27:32.gusts. Temperatures Tamara very mild for the time of the year.