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:00:00. > :00:13.question is whether the Games will deliver a lasting change

:00:14. > :00:18.Good evening. A report into the death of a three year old boy from

:00:19. > :00:22.Somerset has found the introduction of a new computer system may have

:00:23. > :00:26.played a part in his death. Samuel Starr, who was born with a heart

:00:27. > :00:30.condition, died in September 20 2. His parents say delays caused by the

:00:31. > :00:34.new system meant he hadn't had a cardiac check`up for more than 0

:00:35. > :00:37.months. As our health correspondent, Matthew Hill, reports, Samuel was

:00:38. > :00:46.not the only child whose appointment was delayed.

:00:47. > :00:53.Samuel was born with a heart condition when he was three he had a

:00:54. > :01:04.cardiac operation. But his parents were concerned that it took longer

:01:05. > :01:10.than expected. We spoke to Samuel, reading him stories, and he passed

:01:11. > :01:14.away in our arms. Despite the many questions they had about his

:01:15. > :01:17.operation in Bristol, their biggest concern was whether his death might

:01:18. > :01:23.have been prevented if there were not huge delays to his regular

:01:24. > :01:31.checkups when he was alive. Samuel's local hospital was in Bath.

:01:32. > :01:36.Sam's condition meant he was supposed to have regular scans to

:01:37. > :01:41.make sure his condition didn't worsen. Following successful

:01:42. > :01:48.surgery, his heart was scanned but that turned out to be the last scan

:01:49. > :01:53.he had for 20 months. Inside out West has discovered a key factor in

:01:54. > :01:58.these delays was the introduction of a new IT system for hospital

:01:59. > :02:06.appointments. I am disgusted that it was recognised that no action was

:02:07. > :02:10.taken on it. In a review of his death, Bristol 's children Hospital

:02:11. > :02:15.concluded these delays may have played a part. We asked how many

:02:16. > :02:21.appointments were overdue or delayed because of the new computer system.

:02:22. > :02:25.They told us there were 63 overdue appointments with some delays of up

:02:26. > :02:32.to two years before they were discovered. It's very serious. You

:02:33. > :02:37.are dealing with people's lives and it's essential if you use computer

:02:38. > :02:44.systems that you have computer systems that work. Inside out West

:02:45. > :02:47.has also discovered there were 3 overdue appointments because of the

:02:48. > :02:59.introduction of the computer system, with some taking nearly two

:03:00. > :03:04.years to discover. We have offered our sincere condolences to the

:03:05. > :03:09.family of Samuel. The inquest will be held soon and we hope this will

:03:10. > :03:13.provide both Samuel's family and everybody involved in his care with

:03:14. > :03:18.a clear indication of the circumstances surrounding his death.

:03:19. > :03:22.And you can see Matthew's film on the BBC iPlayer. A jury has heard

:03:23. > :03:24.how a Bristol lorry driver is alleged to have driven through

:03:25. > :03:28.changing traffic lights seconds before colliding with a pedestrian.

:03:29. > :03:32.Teacher Jake Thompson died of head injuries after being hit by the 13.5

:03:33. > :03:36.tonne truck at the tree lamps junction on the A4 at Totterdown.

:03:37. > :03:41.He'd stepped into the road two seconds before the red man changed

:03:42. > :03:44.to green. Paul Vowles, here in the middle, denies causing death by

:03:45. > :03:47.careless driving. The most radical reform of the

:03:48. > :03:50.benefits system to take place in decades has arrived in the West

:03:51. > :03:55.From today, single, unemployed job`seekers in Bath and North East

:03:56. > :03:59.Somerset can claim Universal Credit. The authority is one of the pilot

:04:00. > :04:04.areas for the new system which rolls six benefits into one.

:04:05. > :04:08.Winter Olympians from the West are on the final leg of their journeys

:04:09. > :04:10.home after flying in from Sochi today. Bobsleigh couple Paula Walker

:04:11. > :04:13.and John Jackson from Trowbridge joined skeleton gold medallist

:04:14. > :04:20.Lizzie Yarnold, who lives and works in Bath. They touched down at

:04:21. > :04:24.Heathrow earlier this evening. Well, bronze medal winner Jenny Jones

:04:25. > :04:41.arrived home last week. Alistair Durden was with her as she returned

:04:42. > :04:46.to Downend, where she grew up. In Downend, everyone has wanted to

:04:47. > :04:53.pass on their congratulations. Hazlitt convinced you to go

:04:54. > :05:05.snowboarding? Not quite! Soon, word was out that she was back home. And

:05:06. > :05:13.everyone wanted an autograph. It's funny, coming back here. I remember

:05:14. > :05:20.being hit when I was a youngster. `` being here. I didn't think people

:05:21. > :05:28.would recognise me or would know about the Olympics but it has been

:05:29. > :05:32.quite a big thing back here. It s two weeks since Jenny won her

:05:33. > :05:39.bronze, the first this country has ever won on snow, but her journey

:05:40. > :05:45.started in Somerset, where she first got on a snowboard 16 years ago

:05:46. > :05:48.It's not as steep as I remember Maybe that's because I was learning

:05:49. > :05:54.and it was all really scary at the beginning. She has already appeared

:05:55. > :06:02.on chat shows and has become a face people recognise worldwide. I can

:06:03. > :06:08.still cycle to the gym and back without getting recognised. It's

:06:09. > :06:15.nice to be back and be amongst Bristolians. And she will be seeing

:06:16. > :06:18.a lot more of them when the open top bus tour takes place next Monday.

:06:19. > :06:22.There's more news on the BBC Website. Also, don't forget, as part

:06:23. > :06:25.of our World War One At Home series, all this week, your local radio

:06:26. > :06:29.stations are revealing the impact of the war where you live. Tune in at

:06:30. > :06:38.8:15am for that. Now time for the weather.

:06:39. > :06:45.A slightly more settled picture than most of the weather we have enjoyed

:06:46. > :06:52.this winter. Blustery showers and strong winds but better than of

:06:53. > :06:56.late. We will also see some decent spells of sunshine, especially

:06:57. > :07:01.midweek. Rain overnight in the form of this frontal system which pushes

:07:02. > :07:09.through overnight. In its wake, scattered showers for tomorrow.

:07:10. > :07:16.Those winds will be gusting up to 50 mph. Inland as well that is a

:07:17. > :07:22.blustery story. With that cold air, and the wind, even with sunny

:07:23. > :07:26.spells, temperatures will struggle to feel ten and 11. I will leave you

:07:27. > :07:29.with the outlook for the rest of the week. And I'm settled picture.

:07:30. > :07:33.Accord night tomorrow or so. will be more rain overnight into

:07:34. > :07:42.Thursday. Good evening. We have a spell of wet

:07:43. > :07:45.and windy weather working across the British Isles. Today brought many of

:07:46. > :07:50.us some decent spells of sunshine and it brought us some decent

:07:51. > :07:57.temperatures. In fact, our warmest day of the year so far.

:07:58. > :08:03.At the moment, though, things have changed. This is the gap in the

:08:04. > :08:07.satellite picture. Now, this curl of cloud looks like a snail's shell, it

:08:08. > :08:10.is an area of low pressure that is sweeping wind and rain across us.

:08:11. > :08:14.It's pushed into the west already and is now making rapid progress

:08:15. > :08:21.eastwards, moving into eastern England through the small hours

:08:22. > :08:25.Strong, gusty winds around the Irish Sea coasts. The weather front will

:08:26. > :08:29.weaken as it gets into eastern areas. Behind the weather front

:08:30. > :08:34.things are a good deal clearer and that is the way we will start

:08:35. > :08:38.tomorrow. Our wet and windy weather, the worst of it is out of the way as

:08:39. > :08:42.we look at Tuesday. There will be some sunshine around, but there will

:08:43. > :08:47.be some hefty showers. First thing, a lot of sunshine. It is the showers

:08:48. > :08:49.that pack