:00:00. > :00:11.dual fuel customers will go up by more than 9%. That is all from the
:00:12. > :00:16.Good evening and welcome to BBC Points West.
:00:17. > :00:19.Our headlines tonight: A victim of neglect. 10`year`old Phoebe dies
:00:20. > :00:23.after a routine procedure in hospital ` the coroner says she
:00:24. > :00:27.could still be alive today. The Chinese takeover ` now they re
:00:28. > :00:32.putting money into nuclear power in Somerset.
:00:33. > :00:38.Timetable for disruption ` teachers go on strike claiming their pay and
:00:39. > :00:43.pension deal doesn't add up. I'd like to challenge Mr goes up to
:00:44. > :00:51.teach for a month in a secondary school. `` Michael Gove. And, a
:00:52. > :00:56.film about the life of the Bristol singer Paul Potts ` we meet the boy
:00:57. > :00:59.who played him in his younger days. Mum said, you do know you're in a
:01:00. > :01:11.film? I said, that's good, I think! A 10`year`old girl from North
:01:12. > :01:14.Somerset would probably still be alive today if the nurse and the
:01:15. > :01:17.doctor caring for her had done their jobs properly.
:01:18. > :01:20.The coroner at Phoebe Willis's inquest described her death as an
:01:21. > :01:24.accident contributed to by neglect. Fiona Lamdin reports.
:01:25. > :01:27.10`year`old Pheobe Willis had cystinosis, a rare condition which
:01:28. > :01:34.meant she was fed with a tube to her stomach ` a tube which had to
:01:35. > :01:38.be changed every three months. Her parents normally did this, but last
:01:39. > :01:41.August there was a problem so they took her to Weston General Hospital
:01:42. > :01:44.where specialist nurse Cary Anne Nash, seen here in the black jacket,
:01:45. > :01:52.was called in to re`insert Phoebe's feeding tube. During the procedure,
:01:53. > :01:56.it wasn't put in properly and, instead of going to her stomach it
:01:57. > :02:04.went into her abdominal lining, which lead to peritonitis. She died
:02:05. > :02:07.two days later. In summing up, the coroner said that Phoebe Willis
:02:08. > :02:12.died as a result of an accident contributed to by neglect. She said
:02:13. > :02:15.there were a number of failures the first being the lack of
:02:16. > :02:19.communication between the doctor and the specialist feeding nurse to
:02:20. > :02:26.establish who was in charge ` both failing to exercise their own
:02:27. > :02:28.clinical judgement. She said that neither doctor nor nurse referred
:02:29. > :02:32.Phoebe to Bristol Children's Hospital was a gross failure and if
:02:33. > :02:46.they had, Phoebe would still be here today. People are called
:02:47. > :02:50.experts and they are not. One has to question who you can rely on in
:02:51. > :02:56.the future. We are not going to be put into that situation again, but
:02:57. > :03:00.others are going to and we need to do everything to protect ourselves
:03:01. > :03:04.and our children. Tonight, Weston General said lessons have been
:03:05. > :03:06.learnt. In future, it will send patients who need tube replacements
:03:07. > :03:11.straight to Bristol Children's Hospital.
:03:12. > :03:16.Detectives in Bristol hunting a man who sexually assaulted a 19`year`
:03:17. > :03:19.old woman have released CCTV pictures of three men they'd like
:03:20. > :03:23.to talk to as part of their investigation. Last night, police
:03:24. > :03:27.put on extra patrols, warning women to take extra care. Our home
:03:28. > :03:30.affairs correspondent, Steve Brodie, reports.
:03:31. > :03:34.Officers want to talk to these three men seen inside the Green
:03:35. > :03:37.House pub on Park Street`just before the incident. Detectives say
:03:38. > :03:43.that, unknown to them, the three men may have valuable information
:03:44. > :03:47.which could help the investigation. Police also want to talk to three
:03:48. > :03:51.skateboarders, seen here close to the Whiteladies Scooters shop on
:03:52. > :03:54.Whiteladies Road the same night The man leading the investigation,
:03:55. > :03:58.Detective Inspector Gary Haskins, says the images are very clear and
:03:59. > :04:03.is appealing to the men and the skateboarders to come forward. It
:04:04. > :04:06.was a week ago that the teenager was dragged off the pavement here
:04:07. > :04:10.in Belgrave Road, just off Whiteladies Road, and pushed into
:04:11. > :04:18.this car park when she became the subject of a serious sexual assault.
:04:19. > :04:22.The attack happened in the early hours of the morning and last night
:04:23. > :04:24.the police were out looking for anyone who can help them track down
:04:25. > :04:32.the attacker. The attack has shocked university
:04:33. > :04:39.students living in the area. Students should walk home in groups
:04:40. > :04:43.and take registered taxis. The university would like to emphasise
:04:44. > :04:49.this is never the victim's fault and alcohol or drug intake is no
:04:50. > :04:53.excuse. We don't really walk back late at night. Last Wednesday, the
:04:54. > :04:56.streets in this part of Clifton would have been busy with clubbers
:04:57. > :04:59.and students and it was no different last night. Officers
:05:00. > :05:00.handed out leaflets and questioned passers by as part of the
:05:01. > :05:07.investigation. The driver of a car transporter
:05:08. > :05:12.remains in police custody after a crash on the M4 in Wiltshire early
:05:13. > :05:16.this morning. The man was arrested at the scene for causing serious
:05:17. > :05:19.injuries by dangerous driving. Three people were seriously hurt in
:05:20. > :05:23.the accident which happened between junction 15 for Swindon and 14 for
:05:24. > :05:33.Hungerford. That stretch of the motorway was shut for most of the
:05:34. > :05:38.morning, but has now reopened. Eight Gloucestershire coroner has
:05:39. > :05:44.admitted more `` stealing more than ?2 million. Alan Crickmore was
:05:45. > :05:48.arrested by police and today the court heard he was a broken man and
:05:49. > :05:57.will now be electronically tagged before being sentenced next month.
:05:58. > :06:01.He was the trusted public figure of the Gloucestershire coroner but it
:06:02. > :06:08.was in his day job as a solicitor that he stole more than two. Front
:06:09. > :06:12.`` ?2.1 million from his clients. Others `` some were vulnerable and
:06:13. > :06:16.others were even dead. Some could not even understand what was being
:06:17. > :06:24.done with their money. They put their trust in him to manage their
:06:25. > :06:30.estates. To victims, in particular, with Hine had enduring power of
:06:31. > :06:34.attorney and he managed their estates in their entirety and used
:06:35. > :06:40.their estates as his personal piggy bank. Alan Crickmore used the money
:06:41. > :06:44.to fund an expensive lifestyle of cruises, holidays and a home in the
:06:45. > :06:49.country but now he has been declared bankrupt. It was announced
:06:50. > :06:53.in court today that he has handed in his resignation as the
:06:54. > :07:00.Gloucestershire coroner but, before today, it has emerged he wasn't
:07:01. > :07:02.formally suspended. Gloucestershire county council told us in a
:07:03. > :07:16.statement: His defence team Cliff `` described
:07:17. > :07:23.his cried `` crimes as a frenzied effort to balance books. They asked
:07:24. > :07:29.for neuropsychological and psychiatric reports to be preferred.
:07:30. > :07:37.He was released on bail and electronically tagged `` report to
:07:38. > :07:42.be prepared. A new generation of nuclear power
:07:43. > :07:46.stations will be Brent `` built in Britain thanks to a deal signed in
:07:47. > :07:52.China. George Osborne agreed to massive
:07:53. > :07:57.investment by state`owned Chinese companies and he said some cent
:07:58. > :08:03.will be the first sight. So the Chinese are coming to
:08:04. > :08:08.Somerset question marks they certainly are.
:08:09. > :08:19.Look a little closer and this deal is really about China and France.
:08:20. > :08:24.Britain is providing the venue. At Hinckley Point, plans for a new
:08:25. > :08:32.power station have been approved for seven months. At Taishan power
:08:33. > :08:37.station in China they had a visitor today. George Osborne took the tour,
:08:38. > :08:43.shook their hands and then signed the deal. This plant is being built
:08:44. > :08:46.by the China General Nuclear Power Company. From today, they can
:08:47. > :08:54.invest in British power stations as well. They are already working with
:08:55. > :08:58.EDF and other projects similar to the wind at Hinckley. They are
:08:59. > :09:03.state owned so they have access to pretty cheap credit which is a key
:09:04. > :09:08.element in this because the capital costs are so high. Hinckley C will
:09:09. > :09:16.be the first joint project and will cost ?14 billion. It is about 7 %
:09:17. > :09:21.French money and 30% Chinese. Until now, many thought the Chinese would
:09:22. > :09:26.just be investors looking for a financial deter `` return but now
:09:27. > :09:31.they want more than that, it is clear. They want access to the
:09:32. > :09:37.latest nuclear technology. They are not interested in being a passive
:09:38. > :09:43.player. They don't want to just pay for it but they want to be involved
:09:44. > :09:50.in the running and the potential future running and design. They
:09:51. > :09:54.already 17 nuclear power plant in China and 28 under construction
:09:55. > :09:59.The biggest investors of nuclear power worldwide by some distance so
:10:00. > :10:06.Somerset's nuclear backers are no nuclear novices but today is an
:10:07. > :10:09.historic turning point. The first generation of atomic power stations
:10:10. > :10:12.were designed and built by British engineers. This is Oldbury, on the
:10:13. > :10:15.Severn, opened in 1969 by a young Energy Minister called Tony Benn.
:10:16. > :10:19.And now, the next generation is about to come to life. Built in
:10:20. > :10:22.Somerset by a French company with Chinese cash. It's quite a
:10:23. > :10:35.turnaround. So the money is in place, almost,
:10:36. > :10:41.which presumably means they will fire up the bulldozers at Hinckley
:10:42. > :10:47.C. Or will they? Clinton Rogers is there now. Is this a done deal?
:10:48. > :10:51.Well, yes and no is the short answer. Two things have been
:10:52. > :10:58.holding at this development for many months ` money and money. If
:10:59. > :11:04.you think this is investment money and that today has been squirrelled
:11:05. > :11:07.away today... But this represents the amount the government is
:11:08. > :11:13.prepared to pay for a nuclear energy and they are still arguing
:11:14. > :11:20.over that ` a strike price. When that is sorted will that be it? No,
:11:21. > :11:25.there are two court challenges in the wings. Quite complicated but
:11:26. > :11:29.they will be hurt at the High Court in December `` they will be heard
:11:30. > :11:33.in December. What if the European Union things the British government
:11:34. > :11:38.is subsidising nuclear energy? It will be in breach of European laws
:11:39. > :11:42.and it could be a big problem for EDF.
:11:43. > :11:46.It is not very often we see you with your wallet out! How is the
:11:47. > :11:53.deal seen locally? It depends on which side of the nuclear fence use
:11:54. > :11:56.it. Anti`nuclear protesters aren't happy and people talk about the
:11:57. > :12:02.massive destruction this construction problems `` project
:12:03. > :12:06.will cause over 10 years. By and large it is seen as good news for
:12:07. > :12:12.the local economy. The Somerset Chamber of Commerce says there are
:12:13. > :12:15.1,500 companies signed up and waiting ` were waiting to build the
:12:16. > :12:20.replacement to that behind me. There will be a number of reasons
:12:21. > :12:36.why a numbers are lower than we had hoped.
:12:37. > :12:43.Obviously, that wasn't the clip we were hoping to play. The Somerset
:12:44. > :12:48.Chamber of Commerce said earlier that they expect this project to
:12:49. > :12:52.make many millions of pounds for local companies if they are
:12:53. > :12:58.involved in the building of it. We will have to wait and see how many
:12:59. > :13:05.get involved. Thank you Clinton David is still with us. I expect
:13:06. > :13:10.most people will be worried more about their electricity and gas
:13:11. > :13:16.bills tonight, won't they? Yes a 9.2% increase from British Gas and
:13:17. > :13:21.we know it is a decade before Kingussie produces electricity. We
:13:22. > :13:25.have these long distant proposals for replacements and yet right now
:13:26. > :13:31.we are short of energy. Yesterday we heard that our electricity offer
:13:32. > :13:42.is down to 2% so it needs fixing now. The Chinese involvement has
:13:43. > :13:48.produced a lot of reaction from the public, especially on twitter. What
:13:49. > :13:54.have they been saying? That's right. There are 905 comments on the BBC
:13:55. > :13:58.site from the public. One says that it is final proof that our
:13:59. > :14:07.privatised de regulated market has failed to deliver. Another says
:14:08. > :14:12.that profits go overseas and we keep the radioactive waste. There
:14:13. > :14:19.are some people who see both sides. Bill Walker pointed out that as
:14:20. > :14:23.long as we design and build, we buy this for the same reason we buy
:14:24. > :14:26.anything else from China, it is cheaper.
:14:27. > :14:30.Keep us up to date. You can read those comments on line
:14:31. > :14:33.if you are surfing. You're watching BBC Points West, with me David
:14:34. > :14:37.Garmston and Alex Lovell. Ian will be here very shortly with
:14:38. > :14:45.a look ahead to the weather for the rest of the week. And we meet the
:14:46. > :14:48.Bristol boy a playing a part after his drama teacher sent his photo to
:14:49. > :14:58.film makers. Strike by teachers today affected
:14:59. > :15:02.more than half of the region's schools. Some are closed and some
:15:03. > :15:06.were partly opened. Members of the two biggest teaching unions were
:15:07. > :15:09.taking action over protest of their treatment by the government.
:15:10. > :15:15.There was a protest march in Bristol.
:15:16. > :15:19.They expected hundreds and got thousands. Teachers from across the
:15:20. > :15:25.south`west swapped the classroom for the streets of Bristol. One of
:15:26. > :15:33.the unions it insists striking is a last resort. With morale as low as
:15:34. > :15:38.it is today, I have never seen it. Overs half of serving teachers say
:15:39. > :15:42.they want to quit teaching. We have a shortage of new entrants coming
:15:43. > :15:47.into the profession because, frankly, they do not want the
:15:48. > :15:52.hassle and criticism and daily denigration. Officially the strike
:15:53. > :15:57.is about pay, pension and working conditions but it is clear it does
:15:58. > :16:03.a lot deeper than that with great anger directed at one man, the
:16:04. > :16:06.Education Secretary. Michael both with his revolution in education
:16:07. > :16:12.has become something of a hate figure for teachers. He doesn't
:16:13. > :16:15.listen. It is simple. Whatever we do we are told we are rubbish. I
:16:16. > :16:21.would like to challenge him to teach for a month in a secondary
:16:22. > :16:26.school. Today's government response was fronted by his less
:16:27. > :16:31.controversial ministerial colleagues. They are wrong to blame
:16:32. > :16:37.the government. The unions have got their members into this mess. This
:16:38. > :16:42.strike seems to have a multiplicity of different reasons in a way few
:16:43. > :16:47.people can understand any more. Many educationalists, though,
:16:48. > :16:53.question the government approach. For teachers there is a continual
:16:54. > :16:56.battering of initiative after initiative. Just stop and take
:16:57. > :17:02.stock and concentrate on things that are working well. Sadly, they
:17:03. > :17:07.can't do that. The Bristol much ended with a rally. Numbers were so
:17:08. > :17:12.large it spilled out into a nearby square. They will be back in school
:17:13. > :17:15.tomorrow but the talk is of more strikes to come.
:17:16. > :17:20.A cull of badgers in Gloucestershire looks set to be
:17:21. > :17:22.extended after it was found that just 30% of the animals had been
:17:23. > :17:26.killed there. That's less than half the number
:17:27. > :17:29.expected. The original plan had been to kill 70% as part of
:17:30. > :17:33.measures to prevent badgers spreading bovine TB to cattle. But
:17:34. > :17:41.those in favour of the cull insist the pilot project hasn't failed
:17:42. > :17:45.There will be a number of reasons why it numbers are lowing then we
:17:46. > :17:49.had hoped and we will have to look at them in the round. Some will be
:17:50. > :17:53.to do with what is happening this year, that terrain, the type of
:17:54. > :17:59.farming and what the badgers are doing. Protesters are clearly a
:18:00. > :18:03.part of that. This has never been done before and it has been carried
:18:04. > :18:08.out in a thoroughly professional manner but it is difficult and we
:18:09. > :18:13.have learned valuable lessons. We have a long way to go yet. We have
:18:14. > :18:18.an extension granted for Somerset and the local company in
:18:19. > :18:23.Gloucestershire is discussing a further extension now. These pilots
:18:24. > :18:28.run for three more years so it is a slow start in Gloucester but we
:18:29. > :18:31.have had slow starts in other trial areas under previous government
:18:32. > :18:37.trial. Organisers want an eight week extension to the cull.
:18:38. > :18:43.The story of a Bristol man who rented a talent competition, one
:18:44. > :18:52.and became a global star reads like the script of a Hollywood film.
:18:53. > :18:57.Guess what? It is. Paul macro went on to become an opera star.
:18:58. > :19:01.A movie of his life gets its European premiere tonight and one
:19:02. > :19:04.of the stars is a nine`year`old from Stoke Gifford who plays the
:19:05. > :19:17.young Paul Potts. From singing in the aisles of Tesco
:19:18. > :19:28.in Eastville to performing for the Queen, Paul Potts has quite a story
:19:29. > :19:33.to tell. One is about his story from anonymity to stardom. This
:19:34. > :19:40.young boys photo was sent to a casting agent by his drama teacher.
:19:41. > :19:49.Mum took the phone call. I was in the car going to a slipover ``
:19:50. > :20:01.sleep over. She said, "you do know that you're in a film?". I said OK,
:20:02. > :20:08.that good I think. His life is a story made for the silver screen
:20:09. > :20:12.but is fact not fiction. The best performer gets ?100,000. He was
:20:13. > :20:18.always ambitious but perhaps he would not even have imagined this
:20:19. > :20:24.level of success. My ultimate aim would be two principal tenor for
:20:25. > :20:29.the Welsh National Opera perhaps. Or even the Italian opera. I was
:20:30. > :20:35.almost certain it would happen. Just like Paul, Christopher also
:20:36. > :20:41.has a dream. I would like to be a magician. I am kind of training now,
:20:42. > :20:49.just trying to learn the basics Most feel good films like this are
:20:50. > :20:55.if I cried from reality `` are a fire `` far cry from reality, but
:20:56. > :21:00.not this one. Little Christopher!
:21:01. > :21:05.And Paul was a local councillor as well. We should deem them up with
:21:06. > :21:08.Susan Boyle, shouldn't we? I'm sure someone has thought of
:21:09. > :21:17.that. Now, that would be a film!
:21:18. > :21:22.Hopefully you can see some of the Premier at some point.
:21:23. > :21:28.It's the violin that was played to help calm passengers as the Titanic
:21:29. > :21:31.sank in 1912. The instrument belonged to the band leader,
:21:32. > :21:34.Wallace Hartley, who died along with 1,500 others when the ship
:21:35. > :21:38.went down. But his violin survived and it's
:21:39. > :21:42.now being sold by an auction house in Wiltshire. It's expected to
:21:43. > :21:43.raise more than any other piece of memorabilia from the doomed liner.
:21:44. > :21:58.Here's Duncan Kennedy. It was the haunting soundtrack to a
:21:59. > :22:07.tragedy. The music back echoed across the decks as the Titanic
:22:08. > :22:13.sank. "" nearer My God to the was the hint and this is the violin it
:22:14. > :22:18.was played on, described as the Holy Grail of Titanic memorabilia.
:22:19. > :22:23.It would `` belonged to Wallace Hartley, the band leader who led
:22:24. > :22:28.his musicians as chaos engulfed the ship. It had been given to him by
:22:29. > :22:33.his fiancee and was returned to her after his death. It spent decades
:22:34. > :22:40.being passed down but continued to be played and always kept its
:22:41. > :22:45.simple expression of her laugh. It is just a very modest German
:22:46. > :22:51.instrument that today would cost a few hundred Pounds to buy. It is
:22:52. > :22:55.nothing special. The thing that is special is that Wallace owned it
:22:56. > :23:01.and where it has been and is history. It brings history to life.
:23:02. > :23:09.The story of Wallace Hartley and his violin is central to every
:23:10. > :23:14.telling of the Titanic disaster This 1958 classic is set to capture
:23:15. > :23:21.his calm and stoic resolve that night. For those who spend their
:23:22. > :23:25.lives researching the Titanic story, Wallace Hartley, through his violin,
:23:26. > :23:31.represents inspiration and selflessness. They had their life
:23:32. > :23:37.jackets on and they could see people going over the side and
:23:38. > :23:43.there lifeboats. They also knew they were not going to get into a
:23:44. > :23:50.lifeboat. They made it can't for people. It is very heroic. Yes, it
:23:51. > :23:53.is. Such is the iconic status of the violin that there has been
:23:54. > :24:01.interest from all over the world. The reserve price is between
:24:02. > :24:11.?200,000.300 ?1,000 which would set a record for a single item from the
:24:12. > :24:19.Titanic. `` ?300,000. Whatever it goes for, it was part of a disaster
:24:20. > :24:27.that claimed all these lives and it is sublime and poignancy of music.
:24:28. > :24:29.`` admits a sublime and poignant playing of music.
:24:30. > :24:40.Now the weather. Some of you were caught under heavy
:24:41. > :24:47.showers this morning particularly in north Somerset. For the time
:24:48. > :24:57.being, however, it is a pretty dry story. Rain on the way tomorrow
:24:58. > :25:07.The further east you happen to be, the less rainfall you will see. It
:25:08. > :25:12.will be a mild day and breezy. The mild the him we'll continue as we
:25:13. > :25:18.head into the weekend. Tonight, though, there will be some fog
:25:19. > :25:24.around, particularly in the east. Through tomorrow morning and some
:25:25. > :25:35.light rain. Towards the evening it will be a bit more widespread. It
:25:36. > :25:40.will be a breezy day. On the mild side though. We continue with one
:25:41. > :25:47.or wash `` one or two showers around at the moment. The fog will
:25:48. > :25:52.form early tomorrow morning and there will be widespread patches.
:25:53. > :25:59.If you are heading towards the Thames Valley you will encounter
:26:00. > :26:05.that in the rush`hour. Towards the south`west, the breeze will pick up
:26:06. > :26:15.and it will usher the fog away early. Tomorrow, as that clears we
:26:16. > :26:20.wait for the first rain to arrive which will probably happen made all
:26:21. > :26:27.late morning. In the afternoon, it will be a dry picture for many with
:26:28. > :26:31.the exception of Somerset. But in evening we bring moderate heavy
:26:32. > :26:41.outbreaks of rain and a focus will be towards the West again. More
:26:42. > :26:45.patchy towards the East. Remaining breeze seep through the course of
:26:46. > :26:57.the day and temperatures will be mild again.
:26:58. > :27:08.Less sunshine than today. Into the weekend, the continuation of a
:27:09. > :27:14.theme. Showers on Saturday, particularly in the West. Dry air
:27:15. > :27:21.in the east. For Sunday, sunny spells but equally some heavy
:27:22. > :27:24.showers, some times thundery. These Atlantic system `` systems will
:27:25. > :27:29.rattle through for the start of next week but it looks mild right
:27:30. > :27:35.through to the end of October. We have just heard from the red
:27:36. > :27:39.carpet unless de Shep `` Leicester Square saying that she has just
:27:40. > :27:43.managed to speak with the stars of that film said that will be in a
:27:44. > :27:46.late bulletin. You can see David as well.
:27:47. > :27:49.Bye bye for now.