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Good evening and welcome to BBC Points West.

Our headlines tonight: A victim of neglect. 10`year`old Phoebe dies

after a routine procedure in hospital ` the coroner says she

could still be alive today. The Chinese takeover ` now they re

putting money into nuclear power in Somerset.

Timetable for disruption ` teachers go on strike claiming their pay and

pension deal doesn't add up. I'd like to challenge Mr goes up to

teach for a month in a secondary school. `` Michael Gove. And, a

film about the life of the Bristol singer Paul Potts ` we meet the boy

who played him in his younger days. Mum said, you do know you're in a

film? I said, that's good, I think! A 10`year`old girl from North

Somerset would probably still be alive today if the nurse and the

doctor caring for her had done their jobs properly.

The coroner at Phoebe Willis's inquest described her death as an

accident contributed to by neglect. Fiona Lamdin reports.

10`year`old Pheobe Willis had cystinosis, a rare condition which

meant she was fed with a tube to her stomach ` a tube which had to

be changed every three months. Her parents normally did this, but last

August there was a problem so they took her to Weston General Hospital

where specialist nurse Cary Anne Nash, seen here in the black jacket,

was called in to re`insert Phoebe's feeding tube. During the procedure,

it wasn't put in properly and, instead of going to her stomach it

went into her abdominal lining, which lead to peritonitis. She died

two days later. In summing up, the coroner said that Phoebe Willis

died as a result of an accident contributed to by neglect. She said

there were a number of failures the first being the lack of

communication between the doctor and the specialist feeding nurse to

establish who was in charge ` both failing to exercise their own

clinical judgement. She said that neither doctor nor nurse referred

Phoebe to Bristol Children's Hospital was a gross failure and if

they had, Phoebe would still be here today. People are called

experts and they are not. One has to question who you can rely on in

the future. We are not going to be put into that situation again, but

others are going to and we need to do everything to protect ourselves

and our children. Tonight, Weston General said lessons have been

learnt. In future, it will send patients who need tube replacements

straight to Bristol Children's Hospital.

Detectives in Bristol hunting a man who sexually assaulted a 19`year`

old woman have released CCTV pictures of three men they'd like

to talk to as part of their investigation. Last night, police

put on extra patrols, warning women to take extra care. Our home

affairs correspondent, Steve Brodie, reports.

Officers want to talk to these three men seen inside the Green

House pub on Park Street`just before the incident. Detectives say

that, unknown to them, the three men may have valuable information

which could help the investigation. Police also want to talk to three

skateboarders, seen here close to the Whiteladies Scooters shop on

Whiteladies Road the same night The man leading the investigation,

Detective Inspector Gary Haskins, says the images are very clear and

is appealing to the men and the skateboarders to come forward. It

was a week ago that the teenager was dragged off the pavement here

in Belgrave Road, just off Whiteladies Road, and pushed into

this car park when she became the subject of a serious sexual assault.

The attack happened in the early hours of the morning and last night

the police were out looking for anyone who can help them track down

the attacker. The attack has shocked university

students living in the area. Students should walk home in groups

and take registered taxis. The university would like to emphasise

this is never the victim's fault and alcohol or drug intake is no

excuse. We don't really walk back late at night. Last Wednesday, the

streets in this part of Clifton would have been busy with clubbers

and students and it was no different last night. Officers

handed out leaflets and questioned passers by as part of the

investigation. The driver of a car transporter

remains in police custody after a crash on the M4 in Wiltshire early

this morning. The man was arrested at the scene for causing serious

injuries by dangerous driving. Three people were seriously hurt in

the accident which happened between junction 15 for Swindon and 14 for

Hungerford. That stretch of the motorway was shut for most of the

morning, but has now reopened. Eight Gloucestershire coroner has

admitted more `` stealing more than ?2 million. Alan Crickmore was

arrested by police and today the court heard he was a broken man and

will now be electronically tagged before being sentenced next month.

He was the trusted public figure of the Gloucestershire coroner but it

was in his day job as a solicitor that he stole more than two. Front

`` ?2.1 million from his clients. Others `` some were vulnerable and

others were even dead. Some could not even understand what was being

done with their money. They put their trust in him to manage their

estates. To victims, in particular, with Hine had enduring power of

attorney and he managed their estates in their entirety and used

their estates as his personal piggy bank. Alan Crickmore used the money

to fund an expensive lifestyle of cruises, holidays and a home in the

country but now he has been declared bankrupt. It was announced

in court today that he has handed in his resignation as the

Gloucestershire coroner but, before today, it has emerged he wasn't

formally suspended. Gloucestershire county council told us in a

statement: His defence team Cliff `` described

his cried `` crimes as a frenzied effort to balance books. They asked

for neuropsychological and psychiatric reports to be preferred.

He was released on bail and electronically tagged `` report to

be prepared. A new generation of nuclear power

stations will be Brent `` built in Britain thanks to a deal signed in

China. George Osborne agreed to massive

investment by state`owned Chinese companies and he said some cent

will be the first sight. So the Chinese are coming to

Somerset question marks they certainly are.

Look a little closer and this deal is really about China and France.

Britain is providing the venue. At Hinckley Point, plans for a new

power station have been approved for seven months. At Taishan power

station in China they had a visitor today. George Osborne took the tour,

shook their hands and then signed the deal. This plant is being built

by the China General Nuclear Power Company. From today, they can

invest in British power stations as well. They are already working with

EDF and other projects similar to the wind at Hinckley. They are

state owned so they have access to pretty cheap credit which is a key

element in this because the capital costs are so high. Hinckley C will

be the first joint project and will cost ?14 billion. It is about 7 %

French money and 30% Chinese. Until now, many thought the Chinese would

just be investors looking for a financial deter `` return but now

they want more than that, it is clear. They want access to the

latest nuclear technology. They are not interested in being a passive

player. They don't want to just pay for it but they want to be involved

in the running and the potential future running and design. They

already 17 nuclear power plant in China and 28 under construction

The biggest investors of nuclear power worldwide by some distance so

Somerset's nuclear backers are no nuclear novices but today is an

historic turning point. The first generation of atomic power stations

were designed and built by British engineers. This is Oldbury, on the

Severn, opened in 1969 by a young Energy Minister called Tony Benn.

And now, the next generation is about to come to life. Built in

Somerset by a French company with Chinese cash. It's quite a

turnaround. So the money is in place, almost,

which presumably means they will fire up the bulldozers at Hinckley

C. Or will they? Clinton Rogers is there now. Is this a done deal?

Well, yes and no is the short answer. Two things have been

holding at this development for many months ` money and money. If

you think this is investment money and that today has been squirrelled

away today... But this represents the amount the government is

prepared to pay for a nuclear energy and they are still arguing

over that ` a strike price. When that is sorted will that be it? No,

there are two court challenges in the wings. Quite complicated but

they will be hurt at the High Court in December `` they will be heard

in December. What if the European Union things the British government

is subsidising nuclear energy? It will be in breach of European laws

and it could be a big problem for EDF.

It is not very often we see you with your wallet out! How is the

deal seen locally? It depends on which side of the nuclear fence use

it. Anti`nuclear protesters aren't happy and people talk about the

massive destruction this construction problems `` project

will cause over 10 years. By and large it is seen as good news for

the local economy. The Somerset Chamber of Commerce says there are

1,500 companies signed up and waiting ` were waiting to build the

replacement to that behind me. There will be a number of reasons

why a numbers are lower than we had hoped.

Obviously, that wasn't the clip we were hoping to play. The Somerset

Chamber of Commerce said earlier that they expect this project to

make many millions of pounds for local companies if they are

involved in the building of it. We will have to wait and see how many

get involved. Thank you Clinton David is still with us. I expect

most people will be worried more about their electricity and gas

bills tonight, won't they? Yes a 9.2% increase from British Gas and

we know it is a decade before Kingussie produces electricity. We

have these long distant proposals for replacements and yet right now

we are short of energy. Yesterday we heard that our electricity offer

is down to 2% so it needs fixing now. The Chinese involvement has

produced a lot of reaction from the public, especially on twitter. What

have they been saying? That's right. There are 905 comments on the BBC

site from the public. One says that it is final proof that our

privatised de regulated market has failed to deliver. Another says

that profits go overseas and we keep the radioactive waste. There

are some people who see both sides. Bill Walker pointed out that as

long as we design and build, we buy this for the same reason we buy

anything else from China, it is cheaper.

Keep us up to date. You can read those comments on line

if you are surfing. You're watching BBC Points West, with me David

Garmston and Alex Lovell. Ian will be here very shortly with

a look ahead to the weather for the rest of the week. And we meet the

Bristol boy a playing a part after his drama teacher sent his photo to

film makers. Strike by teachers today affected

more than half of the region's schools. Some are closed and some

were partly opened. Members of the two biggest teaching unions were

taking action over protest of their treatment by the government.

There was a protest march in Bristol.

They expected hundreds and got thousands. Teachers from across the

south`west swapped the classroom for the streets of Bristol. One of

the unions it insists striking is a last resort. With morale as low as

it is today, I have never seen it. Overs half of serving teachers say

they want to quit teaching. We have a shortage of new entrants coming

into the profession because, frankly, they do not want the

hassle and criticism and daily denigration. Officially the strike

is about pay, pension and working conditions but it is clear it does

a lot deeper than that with great anger directed at one man, the

Education Secretary. Michael both with his revolution in education

has become something of a hate figure for teachers. He doesn't

listen. It is simple. Whatever we do we are told we are rubbish. I

would like to challenge him to teach for a month in a secondary

school. Today's government response was fronted by his less

controversial ministerial colleagues. They are wrong to blame

the government. The unions have got their members into this mess. This

strike seems to have a multiplicity of different reasons in a way few

people can understand any more. Many educationalists, though,

question the government approach. For teachers there is a continual

battering of initiative after initiative. Just stop and take

stock and concentrate on things that are working well. Sadly, they

can't do that. The Bristol much ended with a rally. Numbers were so

large it spilled out into a nearby square. They will be back in school

tomorrow but the talk is of more strikes to come.

A cull of badgers in Gloucestershire looks set to be

extended after it was found that just 30% of the animals had been

killed there. That's less than half the number

expected. The original plan had been to kill 70% as part of

measures to prevent badgers spreading bovine TB to cattle. But

those in favour of the cull insist the pilot project hasn't failed

There will be a number of reasons why it numbers are lowing then we

had hoped and we will have to look at them in the round. Some will be

to do with what is happening this year, that terrain, the type of

farming and what the badgers are doing. Protesters are clearly a

part of that. This has never been done before and it has been carried

out in a thoroughly professional manner but it is difficult and we

have learned valuable lessons. We have a long way to go yet. We have

an extension granted for Somerset and the local company in

Gloucestershire is discussing a further extension now. These pilots

run for three more years so it is a slow start in Gloucester but we

have had slow starts in other trial areas under previous government

trial. Organisers want an eight week extension to the cull.

The story of a Bristol man who rented a talent competition, one

and became a global star reads like the script of a Hollywood film.

Guess what? It is. Paul macro went on to become an opera star.

A movie of his life gets its European premiere tonight and one

of the stars is a nine`year`old from Stoke Gifford who plays the

young Paul Potts. From singing in the aisles of Tesco

in Eastville to performing for the Queen, Paul Potts has quite a story

to tell. One is about his story from anonymity to stardom. This

young boys photo was sent to a casting agent by his drama teacher.

Mum took the phone call. I was in the car going to a slipover ``

sleep over. She said, "you do know that you're in a film?". I said OK,

that good I think. His life is a story made for the silver screen

but is fact not fiction. The best performer gets ?100,000. He was

always ambitious but perhaps he would not even have imagined this

level of success. My ultimate aim would be two principal tenor for

the Welsh National Opera perhaps. Or even the Italian opera. I was

almost certain it would happen. Just like Paul, Christopher also

has a dream. I would like to be a magician. I am kind of training now,

just trying to learn the basics Most feel good films like this are

if I cried from reality `` are a fire `` far cry from reality, but

not this one. Little Christopher!

And Paul was a local councillor as well. We should deem them up with

Susan Boyle, shouldn't we? I'm sure someone has thought of

that. Now, that would be a film!

Hopefully you can see some of the Premier at some point.

It's the violin that was played to help calm passengers as the Titanic

sank in 1912. The instrument belonged to the band leader,

Wallace Hartley, who died along with 1,500 others when the ship

went down. But his violin survived and it's

now being sold by an auction house in Wiltshire. It's expected to

raise more than any other piece of memorabilia from the doomed liner.

Here's Duncan Kennedy. It was the haunting soundtrack to a

tragedy. The music back echoed across the decks as the Titanic

sank. "" nearer My God to the was the hint and this is the violin it

was played on, described as the Holy Grail of Titanic memorabilia.

It would `` belonged to Wallace Hartley, the band leader who led

his musicians as chaos engulfed the ship. It had been given to him by

his fiancee and was returned to her after his death. It spent decades

being passed down but continued to be played and always kept its

simple expression of her laugh. It is just a very modest German

instrument that today would cost a few hundred Pounds to buy. It is

nothing special. The thing that is special is that Wallace owned it

and where it has been and is history. It brings history to life.

The story of Wallace Hartley and his violin is central to every

telling of the Titanic disaster This 1958 classic is set to capture

his calm and stoic resolve that night. For those who spend their

lives researching the Titanic story, Wallace Hartley, through his violin,

represents inspiration and selflessness. They had their life

jackets on and they could see people going over the side and

there lifeboats. They also knew they were not going to get into a

lifeboat. They made it can't for people. It is very heroic. Yes, it

is. Such is the iconic status of the violin that there has been

interest from all over the world. The reserve price is between

?200,000.300 ?1,000 which would set a record for a single item from the

Titanic. `` ?300,000. Whatever it goes for, it was part of a disaster

that claimed all these lives and it is sublime and poignancy of music.

`` admits a sublime and poignant playing of music.

Now the weather. Some of you were caught under heavy

showers this morning particularly in north Somerset. For the time

being, however, it is a pretty dry story. Rain on the way tomorrow

The further east you happen to be, the less rainfall you will see. It

will be a mild day and breezy. The mild the him we'll continue as we

head into the weekend. Tonight, though, there will be some fog

around, particularly in the east. Through tomorrow morning and some

light rain. Towards the evening it will be a bit more widespread. It

will be a breezy day. On the mild side though. We continue with one

or wash `` one or two showers around at the moment. The fog will

form early tomorrow morning and there will be widespread patches.

If you are heading towards the Thames Valley you will encounter

that in the rush`hour. Towards the south`west, the breeze will pick up

and it will usher the fog away early. Tomorrow, as that clears we

wait for the first rain to arrive which will probably happen made all

late morning. In the afternoon, it will be a dry picture for many with

the exception of Somerset. But in evening we bring moderate heavy

outbreaks of rain and a focus will be towards the West again. More

patchy towards the East. Remaining breeze seep through the course of

the day and temperatures will be mild again.

Less sunshine than today. Into the weekend, the continuation of a

theme. Showers on Saturday, particularly in the West. Dry air

in the east. For Sunday, sunny spells but equally some heavy

showers, some times thundery. These Atlantic system `` systems will

rattle through for the start of next week but it looks mild right

through to the end of October. We have just heard from the red

carpet unless de Shep `` Leicester Square saying that she has just

managed to speak with the stars of that film said that will be in a

late bulletin. You can see David as well.

Bye bye for now.