:00:10. > :00:24.Good evening and welcome to BBC Points West on Armistice Day.
:00:25. > :00:32.Silent in respect: The region marks Armistice Day to honour its fallen.
:00:33. > :00:34.Retracing a forgotten war hero: Former cricketer Jack Russell's
:00:35. > :00:44.journey in memory of his great`great`uncle.
:00:45. > :00:51.I too think he's pleased we are here. We haven't forgotten him. `` I
:00:52. > :00:52.like to think. Other stories making the headlines
:00:53. > :00:55.tonight... A father tells an inquest how he
:00:56. > :01:03.repeatedly pleaded with staff to take his son's condition more
:01:04. > :01:05.seriously. I'm Sean Conway, the first person to swim the length of
:01:06. > :01:15.written. And after 135 days in the water our
:01:16. > :01:19.swimmer makes history. Good evening. The West went silent
:01:20. > :01:23.for two minutes today as thousands of people across the region stood
:01:24. > :01:25.shoulder to shoulder to mark Armistice Day and remember the
:01:26. > :01:29.fallen. Formal commemorations were held at military bases and war
:01:30. > :01:31.memorials. Less formal acts of remembrance took place in schools,
:01:32. > :01:35.workplaces and shopping centres all as a mark of respect to those who've
:01:36. > :01:38.lost their lives over the years fighting for their country. Laura
:01:39. > :02:03.Jones reports. The 11th hour of the 11th day of the
:02:04. > :02:26.11th month. It's a very poignant occasion every
:02:27. > :02:27.year. People take the time to remember those who didn't come
:02:28. > :02:43.back. Here in Coleford, young and older
:02:44. > :02:51.joined together to remember. Six of my schoolmates are on this. They
:02:52. > :03:01.were killed during the war. That is why I come. I come to think about
:03:02. > :03:05.those that we lost. I was, as they said, one of the lucky ones. The
:03:06. > :03:08.Memorial Stadium is Bristol is dedicated to the memory of the
:03:09. > :03:15.city's rugby players who were killed during World War I. On the other
:03:16. > :03:19.side of the city, commuters and staff at the train station paid
:03:20. > :03:37.tribute. In Bath, even the running machines at the gym stopped.
:03:38. > :03:42.Next year will mark the 100th anniversary of the start of the
:03:43. > :03:45.First World War. But with thousands of British troops still on active
:03:46. > :03:50.service, Armistice Day and what it symbolises remain as relevant now as
:03:51. > :03:53.it ever was. One person who decided to make a
:03:54. > :03:56.very personal journey to learn more about World War I is the former
:03:57. > :04:02.Gloucestershire and England cricketer Jack Russell, who's now an
:04:03. > :04:05.established painter. He travelled to Ypres in Belgium to retrace and
:04:06. > :04:09.capture on canvas the final days of his great`great`uncle who died in
:04:10. > :04:20.battle in 1914. I followed Jack on this emotional journey.
:04:21. > :04:23.They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old.
:04:24. > :04:27.Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
:04:28. > :04:35.At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.
:04:36. > :04:39.Many saw the chance to fight for their country on foreign shores as
:04:40. > :04:43.an adventure. Little did they know of the sheer brutality that awaited
:04:44. > :04:56.them. Men like Edward Hogg, who arrived in France in 1914 with the
:04:57. > :04:59.Gloucestershire regiment. This is a village in itself of Mons, which is
:05:00. > :05:10.over there. They have gone from marching up and
:05:11. > :05:14.down for a few weeks, and now to the battle is getting closer. They know
:05:15. > :05:17.the Germans are coming. It would have been a nerve wracking moment
:05:18. > :05:29.for Edward. I legs are shaky at the moment. You got to try to imagine
:05:30. > :05:32.what it was like. Jack is helped on this journey by historian Nick Fear.
:05:33. > :05:36.He's taken him to a nearby cemetery, where some of Edward's fellow
:05:37. > :05:43.Glosters were laid to rest. The graves here of the same rank as
:05:44. > :05:49.Edward. Some of them may have been his mates. His loss was certainly a
:05:50. > :05:53.loss to the regiment but it could have been personal to Edward. He
:05:54. > :05:58.must have thought, it could have been me here. I could have died If
:05:59. > :06:05.he has lost a good mate tea, why then? `` a good mate here, wife
:06:06. > :06:09.Emma? But in just a few weeks the darkness
:06:10. > :06:10.would also fall on Edwards Hogg s life.
:06:11. > :06:16.In 1914, the Gloster regiment suffered massive casulaties at
:06:17. > :06:22.Ypres, in Belgium. And during a battle in these fields on seventh
:06:23. > :06:25.November, Edward Hogg also fell This is the spot I have been waiting
:06:26. > :06:32.to get to for a long time. It has been a long time coming. I'm glad I
:06:33. > :06:37.am here. I can see ghosts out there. There would have been fired coming
:06:38. > :06:43.this way. It would have been hell out there. I hope he's looking down
:06:44. > :06:46.on us. Getting here was a tough journey. Not as tough as he is, to
:06:47. > :06:52.come to where he is probably resting, out there, I think he is
:06:53. > :06:58.pleased we are here, really, and we haven't forgotten him. We are all
:06:59. > :07:01.proud of him. Edward Hogg's body was never
:07:02. > :07:06.recovered, and his name, along with thousands of others, is commemorated
:07:07. > :07:14.here at the Menin gate in Ypres A memorial to the missing.
:07:15. > :07:18.Every night at eight, a ceremony to remember the fallen. Tonight it s
:07:19. > :07:23.the final steps in Jack's journey, laying a simple wreath with leaves
:07:24. > :07:26.from Edward's back garden in Stroud. A sentimental reminder left for a
:07:27. > :07:28.solider, a husband and a father whose Great War ended so far from
:07:29. > :07:42.home. It truly was an emotional journey
:07:43. > :07:49.for Jack. You can see more about his journey and the paintings he did on
:07:50. > :07:53.our Facebook page. The head of the Bristol Free School
:07:54. > :07:56.paid tribute today to one of their teachers who died in an accident
:07:57. > :07:59.last weekend. 30`year`old Charlotte Furness`Smith had been climbing
:08:00. > :08:02.swimming and diving along a stretch of the Dorset coastline with her
:08:03. > :08:06.brother when she became trapped by a rising tide and strong winds. Today
:08:07. > :08:17.she was described as an excellent maths teacher whose passion was
:08:18. > :08:20.infectious. It's been revealed that a Bristol
:08:21. > :08:24.man who attacked his elderly mother with a hammer warned a mental health
:08:25. > :08:27.worker he was going to kill her Despite this claim, a decision was
:08:28. > :08:32.taken not to detain him. Today a judge at Bristol Crown Court warned
:08:33. > :08:34.Andrew Deans that he now faces up to 12 years in prison. Our home affairs
:08:35. > :08:36.correspondent, Steve Brodie, was in court.
:08:37. > :08:40.Mrs Deans survived the ordeal of being repeatedly hit with a claw
:08:41. > :08:44.hammer by her son. After leaving court today, she was too upset to
:08:45. > :08:47.talk about the attack which left her with serious head injuries.
:08:48. > :08:50.It was in February this year the 79`year`old came to look after her
:08:51. > :08:52.son when he became unwell after losing his job.
:08:53. > :08:55.Deans disappeared after a night s drinking. Eventually he was taken
:08:56. > :08:59.here by the police to the Callington Road Mental Health Hospital, where
:09:00. > :09:03.he was assessed by doctors. During the assessment he said he would harm
:09:04. > :09:06.someone if he was allowed out. After a discussion between the
:09:07. > :09:09.hospital authorities, it was agreed that Deans did not have a mental
:09:10. > :09:12.disorder which warrented dentention and he was allowed to go home, where
:09:13. > :09:21.he repeatedly attacked his mother before she managed to escape. She
:09:22. > :09:31.was treated in hospital for multiple head injuries.
:09:32. > :09:40.Today Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership told the BBC ..
:09:41. > :09:47.As the court case is not complete...
:09:48. > :09:52.Andrew Deans, who pleaded guilty to causing grevious bodily harm, will
:09:53. > :10:00.be sentenced tomorrow morning. He was told he could face up to 12
:10:01. > :10:04.years in Prison. It's the start of another week and
:10:05. > :10:07.you're watching BBC Points West your regional news programme. Stay
:10:08. > :10:10.with us, as there's much more still to bring you, including...
:10:11. > :10:13.The romance of the FA Cup: Can the builders from a tiny village in
:10:14. > :10:16.Gloucestershire hammer the footballing giants of Port Vale
:10:17. > :10:27.We're live at their ground very shortly.
:10:28. > :10:30.A father has told an inquest into his son's death that he repeatedly
:10:31. > :10:32.pleaded with staff at the Bristol Childrens hospital to take his
:10:33. > :10:35.condition more seriously. Seven`year`old Luke Jenkins died
:10:36. > :10:38.after being discharged early from intensive care onto a cardiac ward.
:10:39. > :10:44.A hospital review at the time said there were not enough nurses on ward
:10:45. > :10:50.32 to cope. Here's our health correspondent, Mathew Hill.
:10:51. > :10:54.This is ward 32. It's now got a five`bedded high dependency unit,
:10:55. > :10:58.one nurse to two patients. But when Luke Jenkins was admitted here a
:10:59. > :11:02.year ago after major open heart surgery, there were no such
:11:03. > :11:05.dedicated beds. Luke Jenkins died after he was
:11:06. > :11:13.discharged early from intensive care here to ward 32. This was just three
:11:14. > :11:22.weeks after the death of another child, Sean Turner form Wiltshire,
:11:23. > :11:26.who also went to ward 32. Luke's father was today too ill to
:11:27. > :11:30.give evidence, but in a statement he says the family were told Luke would
:11:31. > :11:33.be able to stay in intensive care for at least three days after
:11:34. > :11:36.surgery for a very serious heart condition. So he was concerned when
:11:37. > :11:40.his son was discharged after one day. He says staff did not respond
:11:41. > :11:51.to warning signs, like low oxgen levels, and the loss of nearly two
:11:52. > :11:55.litres of blood. There seem to be not enough staff there. We raise
:11:56. > :12:02.concerns. They were trained to getting out of bed. He couldn't get
:12:03. > :12:04.out of bed. We ask to go back to intensive care, and every time we
:12:05. > :12:09.were ignored. A hospital report into Luke Jenkins'
:12:10. > :12:11.death was highly critical. It said low and unsafe staffing for high
:12:12. > :12:17.dependency patients played a significant part in his death. But
:12:18. > :12:20.the family's solicitor is concerned the hospital has commissioned
:12:21. > :12:26.another report which goes back on those findings. They have been
:12:27. > :12:30.waiting a long time. They thought the trust had conducted a
:12:31. > :12:34.transparent and open investigation. It has been changed. Clearly, they
:12:35. > :12:37.just want to know what has happened to their son.
:12:38. > :12:40.Today the chief executive of the hospital told me he wouldn't be
:12:41. > :12:47.making any further comments until the end of the inquest. Then,
:12:48. > :12:50.Luca's family hope they will have more answers about why he died after
:12:51. > :13:01.an apparently successful operation. A well`known footballer from Devon
:13:02. > :13:03.has pleaded guilty to causing a crash which killed one man and
:13:04. > :13:07.seriously injured another. Tom Pilling was at the wheel of a car
:13:08. > :13:11.which careered off the M5 motorway in Somerset in March. In court today
:13:12. > :13:13.he admitted he may have fallen asleep at the wheel. Clinton Rogers
:13:14. > :13:18.reports. The mangled wreckage tells its own
:13:19. > :13:23.story, a car barely recognisable. One man died in this crash. Two
:13:24. > :13:26.others were badly hurt. Police markings would suggest the Citroen
:13:27. > :13:32.Saxo, travelling south on the M close to the Somerset Devon border,
:13:33. > :13:37.just veered off the road. At the wheel was Tom Pilling, on the left
:13:38. > :13:40.here. Today at Taunton Crown Court, he pleaded guilty to causing death
:13:41. > :13:50.by careless driving and driving without insurance.
:13:51. > :13:54.In a statement read to the court, he said he accepted he was guilty
:13:55. > :14:00.because he simply had no recollection of how the accident
:14:01. > :14:04.happened. He added, in the absence of any other explanation, I may have
:14:05. > :14:07.fallen asleep at the wheel, and that caused the car to leave the
:14:08. > :14:11.carriageway. Tom Pilling is a well known local
:14:12. > :14:14.footballer, having played for a number of clubs including Tiverton
:14:15. > :14:18.Town. The person who died in the crash was a close friend, Daniel
:14:19. > :14:31.Gunn, who was just 24. The case was adjourned and Mr Pilling will be
:14:32. > :14:35.sentenced on December sixth. 800 jobs are likely to go at Bristol
:14:36. > :14:38.City Council over the next three years. The authority's having to
:14:39. > :14:41.make more savings to reduce the size of its budget by ?90 million.
:14:42. > :14:44.Bristol's mayor, George Ferguson, says compulsory redundancies will be
:14:45. > :14:47.a last resort but may be necessary. The Yeovil MP David Laws has
:14:48. > :14:50.confirmed he'll stand again in the next general election. He was voted
:14:51. > :14:54.as the Liberal Democrat 2015 candidate by party members over the
:14:55. > :15:03.weekend. He's held the post of Yeovil MP for 12 years.
:15:04. > :15:07.Now, a piece of history was made today. Our swimmer has done it!
:15:08. > :15:10.After 900 miles in 135 days, the Cheltenham adventurer Sean Conway
:15:11. > :15:13.has become the first man to swim the entire length of Britain. The
:15:14. > :15:16.32`year`old from Charlton Kings arrived at John O'Groats at noon
:15:17. > :15:24.after his mammoth swim from West Cornwall. Fiona Lamdin reports.
:15:25. > :15:31.After 900 miles at sea, these were his final strokes. After four months
:15:32. > :15:40.of sea salt in his eyes, today's champagne was a very welcome change.
:15:41. > :15:44.I took a screen grab of the harbour and I have been looking at it for
:15:45. > :15:49.two months, to envisage coming in here. That has kept me going.
:15:50. > :15:53.Sean Conway set off from Land's End on June 30th, 135 days ago. Today he
:15:54. > :15:57.became the first man to swim the entire length of Great Britain. And
:15:58. > :16:01.we've been following him right from the start. Here he is on his second
:16:02. > :16:10.day, just a few miles off the Cornish coast. The salt is playing
:16:11. > :16:14.havoc on my tongue. My tongue is swelling.
:16:15. > :16:18.We then followed him up into the Irish Sea, when his huge beard first
:16:19. > :16:23.appeared, to protect his face from jellyfish. It has been tough,
:16:24. > :16:28.physically. I lost a lot of weight in the early days by not eating
:16:29. > :16:33.enough. I have are to blame my meals for the last two months, having a
:16:34. > :16:37.liquid diet, and getting in the cold water every day has been tough. And
:16:38. > :16:40.this has been home for the crew ` a 36`foot boat.
:16:41. > :16:46.When he's not at sea, Sean lives with his mother in Cheltenham. I
:16:47. > :16:51.have got a warm top. I have got his trousers, his boot, and also black
:16:52. > :16:57.bags for the dirty clothes. Have you ever been scared about him doing
:16:58. > :17:03.this? Not at all. I was scared about him doing the cheese roller. That
:17:04. > :17:09.was ridiculous. By this, no. He was always my quiet child. `` but this.
:17:10. > :17:15.He was rubbish at sport at school. He always came last. So he was a
:17:16. > :17:23.swimmer. When he cycled around the world, he was a cyclist, either
:17:24. > :17:27.This afternoon, after a good drink and an emotional reunion with his
:17:28. > :17:31.mother, Sean was full of praise for points west. You are behind me all
:17:32. > :17:35.the way. Without you, nobody would know the story. I have been dreaming
:17:36. > :17:39.of this for 4.5 months. In case you were wondering, he's
:17:40. > :17:49.already got another plan, this time to run across Africa. Fantastic How
:17:50. > :17:53.could he failed with his mother behind him? Apparently the beard was
:17:54. > :18:04.to protecting from the jellyfish because he kept coming against them.
:18:05. > :18:07.A gymnast from Gloucester has won a gold medal at the Trampoline and
:18:08. > :18:10.Tumbling World Championships in Bulgaria. Kristof Willerton is the
:18:11. > :18:13.first British man ever to win a world title in tumbling. Afterwards
:18:14. > :18:23.he said it was an incredible feeling.
:18:24. > :18:26.By day they're plumbers, scaffolders, and IT professionals.
:18:27. > :18:30.But tonight, members of short wood United football team are hoping to
:18:31. > :18:33.become giant killers. They're playing Port Vale in the first round
:18:34. > :18:38.of the world's oldest footballing competition, the FA Cup. Ali Durden
:18:39. > :18:48.is at their Meadowbank ground now. Ali, can they do it?
:18:49. > :18:51.It is the magic of the FA Cup. That is what they say. Anything can
:18:52. > :18:56.happen. They have already beaten some size from higher divisions
:18:57. > :18:59.This is something else tonight. This will be a big step. Port Vale play
:19:00. > :19:05.in the same division as Bristol City. Short wood are five levels
:19:06. > :19:10.further down. Tonight is the biggest game in their history, ever. It is
:19:11. > :19:15.why 500 people will be packed into this tiny ground is that of the
:19:16. > :19:18.usual 100. You're right, it is a tiny little hamlet here in the
:19:19. > :19:25.Cotswolds. It doesn't have a church, it doesn't have a pub. It's
:19:26. > :19:30.never even had a shop. Tonight it could go down in footballing
:19:31. > :19:33.folklore. It may be a far cry from the daily grind of a professional
:19:34. > :19:39.footballer, but painter and decorator Tom has had a taste of the
:19:40. > :19:44.high life. Since beating Aldershot town to get through to the fast ``
:19:45. > :19:52.first round, the goalkeeper admits he hasn't touched the floor. After
:19:53. > :19:56.the Aldershot game, we got back at about 1.30, and then I had to go to
:19:57. > :20:03.work the next day. The phone was rising. It was quite strange. `` the
:20:04. > :20:09.phone was buzzing. I did get a lot of phone done `` work done!
:20:10. > :20:16.Luckily, there's plenty of support for the team. I would like to see
:20:17. > :20:20.them absolutely smash it and bring them home. We have said that if they
:20:21. > :20:26.do that on Monday, he can have `` he can have Tuesday. I'm sure there
:20:27. > :20:32.will be a few headaches around the area, Tom's included. He also has
:20:33. > :20:36.his hands full at home, although his son is helping him practice. His
:20:37. > :20:47.wife has been enjoying the experience, too. I am saying, I am
:20:48. > :20:52.almost a wagon. It has been good. The hamlet has held onto its club
:20:53. > :20:56.despite losing other facilities Eating ready for the television
:20:57. > :21:02.spotlight has taken all week. With tickets selling out in under an
:21:03. > :21:05.hour, the excitement is mounting. I shall be shaking hands with the
:21:06. > :21:09.chairman of Port Vale were wishing him the best. Hopefully everybody
:21:10. > :21:17.will enjoy the game and afterwards we will will shake hands and we will
:21:18. > :21:20.be in the next round. We are just outside the home dressing room. I
:21:21. > :21:24.want to show you this. They always say that non`league clubs have small
:21:25. > :21:32.dressing rooms. It is pretty compact in there. Alex Sykes, one of the
:21:33. > :21:36.joint managers, is with me. They look pretty relaxed. They are OK.
:21:37. > :21:39.They have got to think about the nature of the game. They have been
:21:40. > :21:46.at work all day. They are not here to do a job. A worldwide TV audience
:21:47. > :21:52.tonight. How do you feel about that? No pressure on the lads. It is
:21:53. > :21:59.their cup final. They have got to enjoy themselves. For me it is about
:22:00. > :22:11.making them enjoy it. Any new haircuts for the occasion? There
:22:12. > :22:17.were a few last week. Can you do it? I think so. If we said we
:22:18. > :22:25.couldn't, William `` we may as well go home now. All the best. BBC radio
:22:26. > :22:30.Gloucestershire will have more from the boys and commentary tonight We
:22:31. > :22:37.will have the result in our 10pm bulletin. We certainly will. Thank
:22:38. > :22:41.you. This Friday it's Children in Need,
:22:42. > :22:44.and this year the location for our event is the Roman Baths in Bath.
:22:45. > :22:47.David will be joining me and a children's choir around the famous
:22:48. > :22:51.water. One of the charities that benefits from your donations is the
:22:52. > :22:54.Bath Area Play Project, which helps teenagers with disabilities. The
:22:55. > :22:55.money you raise funds a life skills project which makes a real
:22:56. > :23:24.difference, as I found out. A rocket! I love it. It has got
:23:25. > :23:35.eyes. Did you enjoy it tonight? Why do you enjoy that? It is good
:23:36. > :23:40.exercise. The project I am working on is a life skills project, which
:23:41. > :23:44.is funded by children in need. The idea is that young people come
:23:45. > :23:54.along, disabled young people, and they learn but they don't realise
:23:55. > :24:05.that they are learning. Do you help each other? Yeah, we do. Your hands
:24:06. > :24:13.are cold. Are you warm enough? I am working for the BBC. It is about
:24:14. > :24:18.treating them as an individual and a young adult. Our job is to help
:24:19. > :24:23.these young people take responsibility for their decisions.
:24:24. > :24:31.Also, to show them that we value them as young people and as
:24:32. > :24:41.individuals. We also talk about sex and relationships, how important it
:24:42. > :24:51.is when you are in a relationship. You have also done plays? We have.
:24:52. > :25:04.We did a Midsummer night stream I was playing two parts. I was a
:25:05. > :25:14.girl! How did you find that? Funny? Yeah. UC a starting point and an end
:25:15. > :25:26.point. They have such amazing potential and we can help them to
:25:27. > :25:29.realise that. It was a pleasure to meet them and people tell you more
:25:30. > :25:34.about where the money goes throughout this week. Let's get the
:25:35. > :25:40.weather now. How is it looking? And improving story for tomorrow. It
:25:41. > :25:45.is going to be a question of a continuation of a theme for the rest
:25:46. > :25:48.of tonight. Lots of rain about. Some of its heavy into the first part of
:25:49. > :25:57.the night. Tomorrow, we reverse all about. We will lose the cloud in the
:25:58. > :26:05.morning. The rainfall radar has been epitomising how poor the system is
:26:06. > :26:11.at picking up drizzle. The doctors are so small and find that the radar
:26:12. > :26:19.can't resolve and reflect the echoes back off them. Coming out of the
:26:20. > :26:26.Irish Sea, it bit more of a signal of moderate rainfall. It is all
:26:27. > :26:29.courtesy of this front here which trails back down towards the south
:26:30. > :26:34.west. It will ease south eastwards. The cloud cover tomorrow we go with
:26:35. > :26:39.it. This is the signal for things to brighten up as temperatures come
:26:40. > :26:44.back in. That will be a recipe for tomorrow night to be colder compared
:26:45. > :26:48.to the night we are about to have. Through this evening, the hill fog
:26:49. > :26:55.will be prevalent, even at moderately high levels of the West
:26:56. > :27:00.Country, as will drizzle. As we have through to daybreak tomorrow, much
:27:01. > :27:10.of it will be squeezed to the south`east. Temperatures tonight are
:27:11. > :27:15.comparatively mild. Nine, ten, 1 Celsius. Money to be saved on the
:27:16. > :27:19.central heating tonight. Tomorrow will be a murky start. Then we will
:27:20. > :27:23.see that it gradually gets whittled away from the West and start to
:27:24. > :27:28.brighten up as the day wears on Particularly into the evening, we
:27:29. > :27:34.start `` in the day with clear skies. Temperatures at around 1 or
:27:35. > :27:36.12 Celsius. That was about it from us for now.
:27:37. > :27:41.I am looking forward to the result later. Pretty sure they will do
:27:42. > :27:43.well. They are my local team said they are bound to. That is it from
:27:44. > :27:45.us. Goodbye.