:00:10. > :00:16.Good evening and welcome to BBC Points West. Our headlines tonight:
:00:17. > :00:19.Was he abandoned to die? This man was released from custody by police,
:00:20. > :00:22.but he was murdered and his body burnt.
:00:23. > :00:32.A new treatment for brain tumours. The knife that uses gamma rays. It
:00:33. > :00:36.is a real benefit because people are not as lucky as I am. I am very
:00:37. > :00:40.mobile and I can travel. Raising the roof. Bristol Temple
:00:41. > :00:42.Meads as you have never seen it before.
:00:43. > :00:56.And keep dancing! We catch up with Anton and Fiona as they rehearse for
:00:57. > :01:00.Strictly in the west. Patients with the West with brain
:01:01. > :01:06.chimeras are to benefit from a new treatment being offered at Bristol
:01:07. > :01:09.oncology Centre. The hospital has this morning treated its first
:01:10. > :01:11.patient with a gamma knife machine. It uses beams of radiation to target
:01:12. > :01:15.tumours with precision. Matthew Clapham is about to have a
:01:16. > :01:19.high dose of gamma radiation fired at a tiny growth in his head. It's
:01:20. > :01:22.to shrink a benign tumour on the nerve near his ear that's been
:01:23. > :01:26.causing tinnitus and problems balancing. The treatment limits
:01:27. > :01:35.damage to other areas of the brain and doesn't require invasive
:01:36. > :01:43.surgery. We can treat exceptionally small targets. It means that the
:01:44. > :01:48.treatment to the tumour is very high, but the area surrounding it
:01:49. > :01:53.has a very low dose, which is perfect. You do not want a high dose
:01:54. > :02:00.in the normal bits of your brain but you want a high dose on your tumour.
:02:01. > :02:03.This is the first gamma knife in the south`west. In the past patients
:02:04. > :02:07.would have to travel to London or Sheffield for this type of
:02:08. > :02:11.treatment. In the first year, they hope to treat 160 patients, the unit
:02:12. > :02:17.after 200. 192 tiny beams of radiotherapy are focussed on
:02:18. > :02:20.Matthew's acoustic neuroma. The ?2.5 million machine was paid for by the
:02:21. > :02:31.NHS as it replaces traditional linear accelerators. It is a real
:02:32. > :02:36.benefit because people are not as lucky as I am. I am very mobile and
:02:37. > :02:41.I can travel. Some of the older people cannot travel and in this
:02:42. > :02:45.locality it might be easier to come down and have the treatment, as well
:02:46. > :02:51.as young children who might be based in a children's award year. It is
:02:52. > :02:54.fantastic for Bristol. Matthew Clapham won't know immediately if
:02:55. > :02:57.the treatment has been successful. But he hopes he is the first of
:02:58. > :03:05.hundreds of patients who will benefit.
:03:06. > :03:16.Matthew joins me. How significant is this?
:03:17. > :03:20.Up until now they have had the linear accelerators. It is difficult
:03:21. > :03:26.to get it regularly shaped tumours with that. When this piece of kit,
:03:27. > :03:31.it is much easier. In the past, doctors have used the kit available
:03:32. > :03:35.to them and it has been difficult to get patients referred to London and
:03:36. > :03:39.Leeds at places like that. Not only would it mean they would have to be
:03:40. > :03:43.there for several weeks, and they can have it done in one day, it will
:03:44. > :03:50.be much safer and hopefully the clinical results will be better
:03:51. > :03:53.The family of Bijan Ebrahimi, the man who was murdered and burnt in
:03:54. > :03:56.Bristol, say they cannot find peace until justice has been done. Today a
:03:57. > :04:00.second man has admitted his involvement in the death of Bijan,
:04:01. > :04:02.back in July this year. Stephen Norley, 24, from Brislington,
:04:03. > :04:05.pleaded guilty to assisting an offender. Lee James, who's also from
:04:06. > :04:09.Brislington, pleaded guilty to murder earlier this month. Bijan's
:04:10. > :04:15.family say their world has been destroyed by this act of hatred
:04:16. > :04:20.It was here on the Broomhill estate in July that emergency services were
:04:21. > :04:24.called to reports of a burning body. It was Bijan Ebrahimi, an Iranian
:04:25. > :04:29.man in his 40s who lived alone. His family described him as a quiet and
:04:30. > :04:35.shy disabled man. He'd been badly beaten and his body set on fire
:04:36. > :04:39.Medics couldn't save him. We know what happened to Bijan Ebrahimi the
:04:40. > :04:43.question now is exactly why it happened. Just days before his death
:04:44. > :04:45.he was arrested after police received complaints from his
:04:46. > :04:51.neighbours that he'd been taking photos and video footage of them.
:04:52. > :04:56.Officers questioned him and released him without charge. It's thought he
:04:57. > :05:00.did it because he was feeling harassed and wanted to be moved to a
:05:01. > :05:05.different council flat. Soon afterwards he was dead. A victim of
:05:06. > :05:11.what the prosecution described today as a vigilante attack. Earlier this
:05:12. > :05:16.month, Lee James, 24, one of Mr Ebrahimi's neighbours, pleaded
:05:17. > :05:18.guilty to his murder. Today at Bristol Crown Court another
:05:19. > :05:25.neighbour, Stephen Norley, 24, pleaded guilty to assisting Lee
:05:26. > :05:30.James. He helped drag the body away and got some white spirit to set it
:05:31. > :05:34.on fire. The police themselves are also being investigated over the
:05:35. > :05:38.death. Six officers have been served with notices of gross misconduct.
:05:39. > :05:43.Three constables have been suspended from duty. The Independent Police
:05:44. > :05:49.Complaints Commission says the investigation is progressing well.
:05:50. > :05:50.The family of Bijan Ebrahimi weren't in court today but issued a
:05:51. > :06:14.statement saying: They don't feel justice has yet been
:06:15. > :06:38.done. Avon and Somerset Police responded by saying:
:06:39. > :06:48.Those two men, Lee James and Stephen Norley, will be sentenced in
:06:49. > :06:52.November. They can expect lengthy jail terms.
:06:53. > :06:55.The trial has begun of a Bristol mother and father accused of killing
:06:56. > :06:58.their three`month`old baby. Danah Vince and her partner William
:06:59. > :07:03.Stephens had been known to social services before the death. Both deny
:07:04. > :07:12.charges of manslaughter and causing or allowing the death of a child.
:07:13. > :07:15.Paris Vince`Stephens died three days after being taken to hospital with
:07:16. > :07:20.what the prosecution described as catastrophic head injuries. She had
:07:21. > :07:25.bruises on her ear, arms and right hand. The three`month`old baby was
:07:26. > :07:29.brought here to Bristol Children's Hospital by ambulance on Friday
:07:30. > :07:33.January 11th. She died on the Monday. The jury were told the
:07:34. > :07:37.doctors could do no more for her as she had irreversible brain damage.
:07:38. > :07:40.Since July last year the family were under the scrutiny of the social
:07:41. > :07:45.services following a series of incidents at their home in Fane
:07:46. > :07:48.Close in Henbury. The court was told it was either William Stephens or
:07:49. > :07:52.his partner who had inflicted the fatal blow on their baby daughter by
:07:53. > :07:55.shaking her or by bringing her head into contact with a soft surface or
:07:56. > :07:58.a combination of both. Prosecuting, Christopher Quinlan QC told the jury
:07:59. > :08:03.how Danah Vince won a restraining order against William Stephens
:08:04. > :08:06.because of his behaviour. He described the couple's relationship
:08:07. > :08:10.as volatile. That they often had arguments and had had one on the day
:08:11. > :08:14.that Paris was taken to hospital. One witness will tell the trial how
:08:15. > :08:17.William Stephens, who is 25, would become snappy and edgy while taking
:08:18. > :08:23.drugs, and that Danah, now 19, would also turn nasty if she couldn't get
:08:24. > :08:27.drugs. William Stephens told the police that when he got to Fane
:08:28. > :08:31.Close on Jan 11th Danah was at home with Paris. Danah Vince told the
:08:32. > :08:35.police that when she left the flat Paris was fine. Later she phoned 999
:08:36. > :08:45.and Paris was taken to hospital by ambulance. Both William Stephens and
:08:46. > :08:49.Danah Vince deny charges of manslaughter and of causing or
:08:50. > :08:53.allowing the death of a child. The case is expected to last several
:08:54. > :08:56.weeks. Shrien Dewani has won the right to
:08:57. > :09:00.have an appeal against his extradition to South Africa
:09:01. > :09:03.reopened. The Bristol businessman is accused of being involved in the
:09:04. > :09:07.murder of his wife Anni while on honeymoon in Cape Town. He denies
:09:08. > :09:10.any wrong doing. Meanwhile Anni Dewani's family say delaying her
:09:11. > :09:15.husband's extradition doesn't help anyone, and is taking a toll on
:09:16. > :09:23.their family. The High Court is expected to hear the new appeal as
:09:24. > :09:27.soon as possible. It's David and Alex with you this
:09:28. > :09:30.Tuesday evening, it's good to have you with us. Coming up a bit later,
:09:31. > :09:34.on the shoulders of a ballroom giant! Find out what happened when I
:09:35. > :09:43.caught up with Strictly's Anton du Beke in training with Fiona
:09:44. > :09:46.Fullerton. Yesterday's announcement that a new
:09:47. > :09:50.nuclear reactor had been given the go ahead in Somerset came with the
:09:51. > :09:54.promise of thousands of jobs for local people. At least one in five
:09:55. > :10:01.of the jobs created by the project should go to people from the county,
:10:02. > :10:04.so what are they doing to prepare? Sparking an interest in engineering
:10:05. > :10:08.that will hopefully lead to a lifetime's work. These students at
:10:09. > :10:18.the Bridgwater Academy are learning the tools of their trade from the
:10:19. > :10:21.experts. They are exactly the sort of young people the Prime Minister
:10:22. > :10:26.was talking about when he visited yesterday. The company is investing
:10:27. > :10:33.in local training in local colleges to make sure that local people can
:10:34. > :10:36.look for apprenticeships. And learn skills in engineering and
:10:37. > :10:40.construction, very valuable jobs. The energy skills centre here at the
:10:41. > :10:43.college is sponsored by EDF, the huge French company which will build
:10:44. > :10:53.the new reactor, and hopes to equip students with the skills needed to
:10:54. > :10:59.work there in the future. Of the 25,000 people who will be employed
:11:00. > :11:04.during the building of the project, 5000 of them unexpected to come from
:11:05. > :11:08.Somerset. Once these young students qualify, they will be any fine
:11:09. > :11:16.position to apply for some of those jobs. It is a good thing for a lot
:11:17. > :11:24.of us. There is going to be work for years to come. I would like to do
:11:25. > :11:28.some sort of maintenance job and I think it would be a great
:11:29. > :11:35.opportunity. Some details need smoothing out but it looks like work
:11:36. > :11:39.will begin sometime next year. It is expected to be online at generating
:11:40. > :11:43.in ten years, something these students are very much hoping to be
:11:44. > :11:46.a part of. Campaigners say they'll oppose any
:11:47. > :11:50.future proposals to build wind turbines in Somerset. New plans are
:11:51. > :11:55.being submitted by the energy firm EDF for a site in East Huntspill.
:11:56. > :11:58.The company is currently appealing against a decision by Sedgemoor
:11:59. > :12:03.District Council to reject an earlier application for two wind
:12:04. > :12:07.farms at nearby West Huntspill. EDF Energy claims the revised plans will
:12:08. > :12:15.take into account the concerns of local residents.
:12:16. > :12:18.A Gloucestershire school's been forced to close because of an
:12:19. > :12:21.outbreak of venomous false widow spiders. Pest controllers will
:12:22. > :12:26.tackle the problem by fumigating the Dean Academy in Lydney tomorrow
:12:27. > :12:30.It's hoped the school will reopen on Thursday. There have been no reports
:12:31. > :12:41.of any injuries to staff or students. I do not think we would
:12:42. > :12:45.get you there. Now, you would not.
:12:46. > :12:49.The roof of Bristol Temple Meads railway station is to be lifted off
:12:50. > :12:51.and replaced as part of a major redevelopment. Rail bosses want to
:12:52. > :12:55.make the West's busiest station more of a retail destination. The BBC has
:12:56. > :13:03.been given exclusive access to parts of Temple Meads never filmed before.
:13:04. > :13:11.You might be all`too`familiar with this. But not so this, just a few
:13:12. > :13:17.feet beneath the platforms. Thank and dingy, Time stands still in
:13:18. > :13:21.these silent faults. These once heaved with wine. Letters and
:13:22. > :13:27.parcels used to fund along here and this used to be an rate shelter No
:13:28. > :13:34.Network Rail wants to breathe new life into this. It is not just below
:13:35. > :13:38.the platform, this entire roof as reached the end of its natural life
:13:39. > :13:44.and is to be taken down and replaced. It is the start of a major
:13:45. > :13:54.programme of work. In 2015, the roof project begins. By 2016, the station
:13:55. > :13:59.will be integrated into a new rapid transport system across Bristol In
:14:00. > :14:06.27, the line to London will be electrified `` 2017. We want to make
:14:07. > :14:11.Bristol Temple Meads a destination station. So that people can come
:14:12. > :14:17.here and make it part of Bristol city centre. It is hoped a new look
:14:18. > :14:22.station motivator lies an area that has seen better days. The waistband
:14:23. > :14:27.has been earmarked as a hub for creative business and when work
:14:28. > :14:32.begins Network Rail knows it will have to tread lightly. These listed
:14:33. > :14:36.buildings are now used by 9 million people a year.
:14:37. > :14:40.They're looking for future Olympic rowing champions in Bath tonight.
:14:41. > :14:44.Just over a year ago Helen Glover and Heather Stanning won Olympic
:14:45. > :14:48.gold. Both learned to row in the city. The University of Bath is
:14:49. > :14:52.holding a talent`spotting night putting candidates through various
:14:53. > :15:00.tests. Our reporter is there with them now at the Sports Training
:15:01. > :15:05.Village. If I told you I had done half an
:15:06. > :15:12.hour on one of these VCs of equipment, you would not believe me.
:15:13. > :15:19.I would not qualify. I am not tall enough. You have to be six foot two
:15:20. > :15:25.for a man. Fortunately, some of the people gathered here do fit the
:15:26. > :15:28.bill. This is a talent identification programme that has
:15:29. > :15:31.been running since 2001, and is responsible for producing the likes
:15:32. > :15:35.of Helen Glover and Heather Stanning, who won gold in the
:15:36. > :15:38.women's pair at London 2012. Both started here at the University of
:15:39. > :15:44.Bath in this very programme, having had no proper rowing experience
:15:45. > :15:49.prior to that. The hope is that tonight we might have a future
:15:50. > :15:55.champion. Dan Harris is the Talent Development Coach. What are you
:15:56. > :16:00.looking for tonight? We are looking for the right size and very
:16:01. > :16:06.determined and very driven and basically wanting to go and compete
:16:07. > :16:15.in the Olympic Games. What are they doing here? This is a 15 rep armful.
:16:16. > :16:23.It determines strength. It is a basic test that we do. Meikle is
:16:24. > :16:31.about to have a go. `` Michael. What inspired you to come tonight? It is
:16:32. > :16:38.an opportunity to compete at elite level. I have never wrote before,
:16:39. > :16:46.nothing to lose. Inspired by last year's Olympics? Yes, seeing
:16:47. > :16:52.something like that in your home is inspiring. Training begins now for
:16:53. > :16:58.any of us that it on the programme. Have you dreamt of the Olympics
:16:59. > :17:03.Nightmares really. I am a rugby player so the Olympics was never a
:17:04. > :17:10.part, but this is a new challenge. There is nothing to stop any of us
:17:11. > :17:16.from going. Good luck. It looks pretty gruesome. If you are watching
:17:17. > :17:20.at home and thinking you could do this, there not another session
:17:21. > :17:26.planned in the near future, but get in with the University and they will
:17:27. > :17:30.see with the can do `` what they can do. A word about tonight's football.
:17:31. > :17:36.Bristol City hoping that long wait for a League win will end tonight.
:17:37. > :17:40.Brentford are the visitors to Ashton Gate. At the other end of the scale,
:17:41. > :17:43.Swindon Town will be aiming for a fifth win in a row in all
:17:44. > :17:49.competitions. Impressive results and a style of play that's drawing
:17:50. > :17:54.plaudits. Full credit to the players. They have took on board
:17:55. > :17:59.what we asked them to do. It is not easy because when we first party to
:18:00. > :18:04.put it in place we were asking players to do things that they were
:18:05. > :18:09.probably very uncomfortable with and you could see that. Over the time,
:18:10. > :18:14.they have started to really grasp it and they have started to enjoy it.
:18:15. > :18:17.In league two, Bristol Rovers will try to kick`start their season
:18:18. > :18:27.against bottom club Accrington. Cheltenham are at home to Morecambe.
:18:28. > :18:32.BBC local radio will have those matches covered and we will have the
:18:33. > :18:39.results in our 10pm Billiton. `` programme.
:18:40. > :18:46.I am sure there will be more people who wants to have a go.
:18:47. > :18:49.I hate those rowing machines. A group of children from Somerset
:18:50. > :18:52.have written and published a book about the experiences of local
:18:53. > :18:55.people during the Second World War. Inside are tales of meetings with
:18:56. > :18:59.the German and Italian Prisoners of War who were kept in the county The
:19:00. > :19:03.story begins with Heather Redman's memories of how she was given her
:19:04. > :19:11.most treasured gift by a captured soldier.
:19:12. > :19:15.I looked down and there was a scarlet red bracelet with sapphire
:19:16. > :19:21.blue and golden yellow. I stared at it and realise he was giving it to
:19:22. > :19:29.me as a present. My eyes became bloody with tears. He was gorgeous.
:19:30. > :19:34.He had blonde here and blue eyes. He was so handsome. I fell in love at
:19:35. > :19:40.six. It has been published by a group of children. It is nice that
:19:41. > :19:47.your enemy can still be your friend and give you such a wonderful gift.
:19:48. > :19:52.It is amazing she has kept this bracelet and it is in such good
:19:53. > :19:57.condition. During World War II thousands of prisoners of war were
:19:58. > :20:06.held in England and made to work on the land. Italian and German POWs
:20:07. > :20:09.were kept in Somerset. This man was also a prisoner of war. In the book
:20:10. > :20:16.they captured the couple's young romance. She had a kind face and she
:20:17. > :20:26.looked like someone you could trust. I'm armoured to my friend, one day,
:20:27. > :20:30.she will be my wife `` I said. It is about how they saw each other and
:20:31. > :20:41.make each other and the past each other romantic notes. He said, when
:20:42. > :20:47.the war finishes, make matrimony. I never thought anything of it, but he
:20:48. > :20:56.meant it. Heart`warming stories from another century retold by the
:20:57. > :21:03.authors of the future. It is nice to see you come to see
:21:04. > :21:06.you, nice. It's the Saturday night show that has many a three`year`old
:21:07. > :21:10.dancing across the sitting room and many a grown up wishing they still
:21:11. > :21:13.could. Strictly's in full flow and the competition is hotting up. Deep
:21:14. > :21:16.in the heart of Wiltshire, in a small dance studio, off the M4,
:21:17. > :21:20.former Bond girl Fiona Fullerton and her dance partner Anton Du Beck are
:21:21. > :21:31.hard at work trying to up their game, and I went along to see how
:21:32. > :21:38.they're getting on. Let us go back to last week first of
:21:39. > :21:45.all and how did the feedback feel? I really enjoyed last Saturday. I
:21:46. > :21:50.thought it was a triumph. They were quite harsh. How hard is that today?
:21:51. > :22:03.I thought everything they said was there because... The hip action was
:22:04. > :22:08.clunky. I was disappointed I did not perform as well as I knew I could.
:22:09. > :22:12.Cause I have been out of the business for so long, the whole
:22:13. > :22:17.performing thing I find completely terrifying. It is beyond scary, I
:22:18. > :22:26.cannot tell you. It is so awful because I know we can do it, or I
:22:27. > :22:29.can dance that, so much better. It is so difficult to put across to
:22:30. > :22:33.somebody how tricky that is. The difference between doing it here
:22:34. > :22:40.over and over again, even if you film it, it is miles different. It
:22:41. > :22:44.is so different. Sometimes you have done it all day and you feel ready
:22:45. > :22:52.and great and you go there on Saturday and you feel like you have
:22:53. > :23:03.only just met. It is the most exciting thing I have ever done
:23:04. > :23:16.What are you doing this week? We are discussing options. It is like
:23:17. > :23:22.knitting. It is the quick step. It is very fast. I am loving it, it is
:23:23. > :23:30.lovely, but I get hugely frustrated when I do not get things
:23:31. > :23:39.straightaway. I had not noticed Wendy you start working on it?
:23:40. > :23:53.Monday. Wendy you work on the choreography? We put it together
:23:54. > :24:01.together. It is organic. Monday afternoon I do a lot of standing
:24:02. > :24:13.around. We try things and if it works it goes in. Isn't she lovely?
:24:14. > :24:16.I think you would love to do that again. You had a little dance with
:24:17. > :24:48.him. Let us see you in training I think you need to watch your arms.
:24:49. > :25:05.The judge 's' scores are in. Seven. I feel men. Ten. `` bad.
:25:06. > :25:15.It is going to be quite lively tonight for some of you as we start
:25:16. > :25:19.to see showers. Those will clear way through the morning and as we get
:25:20. > :25:26.towards the afternoon it will be dry and sunny and less windy. We have a
:25:27. > :25:31.Met Office weather warning with the threat of heavy rain. Some of you
:25:32. > :25:43.already seeing that and some lightening. Over an inch or so of
:25:44. > :25:52.rain. Localised winds. The further east, the more of a threat.
:25:53. > :25:58.Developments towards the south`west, very heavy showers and
:25:59. > :26:01.thunderstorms, this is the current position in two parts of Wiltshire
:26:02. > :26:06.tracking to the north`east. Waiting in the wings is the main action
:26:07. > :26:16.through the course of the night and this will turn heavier. That will be
:26:17. > :26:20.crossing through parts of Dorset and Wiltshire. Once the early showers
:26:21. > :26:26.are out of the way, it is an improving picture. Pretty windy at
:26:27. > :26:33.the moment. These heavy showers grabbing your attention. As we head
:26:34. > :26:43.towards the early hours, this next cluster coming in. Across parts of
:26:44. > :26:46.Wiltshire and Hampshire, where it is going to give a lot of rain.
:26:47. > :26:58.Tomorrow, temperatures on the mild side. No more than 13 or 14. In the
:26:59. > :27:06.rush hour, more cloud around, and the showers. To feed and be replaced
:27:07. > :27:12.with sunshine, a vastly improved afternoon. Not as windy as the
:27:13. > :27:17.morning. So it continues towards nightfall. Temperatures safely into
:27:18. > :27:25.the middle teens. As we go towards the end of the week, more Met Office
:27:26. > :27:28.yellow warnings. We will find out more about that
:27:29. > :27:32.tomorrow. The final of the Great British Bake
:27:33. > :27:47.Off, filmed in a marquee in the Chew Valley, is on BBC Two at 8pm.
:27:48. > :27:49.That is it from us. I will be back at 10pm.