26/02/2014 BBC Points West

Good evening. A coroner tod`y spoke you are.

Good evening. A coroner tod`y spoke of "lost opportunities" aftdr a baby

boy died at a Bristol hospital. Rohan Rhodes was treated at St

Michael's in September 2012, because of problems with his heart, but died

two days after he arrived. Laura Jones reports. Rowan was a very

lively baby. The he was ` Hd had a great grip. Yes. Baby Rowan was Fife

weeks old when he died at St Michael's Hospital in Bristol. He

was born prematurely in Swansea and had a problem with his heart and had

been transferred to the specialist unit for treatment. The inqtest

heard that although he was ` poorly baby and needed help to bre`the he

had been in a stable condithon whilst in hospital in Swansda

twochlt days after arriving at the hospital in Bristol, he died. For

three days his parents, Alex and Bronwen, came here looking for

answers to what happened. They blamed their son's death on a

catalogue of errors by hosphtal staff. We are happy that thd coroner

did find some lost opportunhties. We're disappointed that she didn't `

Go further. Yeah. It should never have happened. Today, the coroner

said there were three occashons on which tests should have been carried

out on Rohan. She went on to say although it's not known what the

results of those tests would have been, these were lost opportunities

which may have resulted in Rohan receiving earlier medical c`re.

Today, the Hospital Trust offered their sincere condolences to Rohan's

family and said that lessons had been learned. We care for some of

the sickest babies around the region. We had to respond to an

enormous number of cases coling through. We pulled in staff and

extra staff to help. I think the team did remarkably well at that

time. Rohan's parents hope that other families in the futurd won't

have to go through the same ordeal. As we enjoyed more welcome sunshine

today, much of the Somerset Levels still remains under water. @ huge

warehouse is keeping people from flooded villages stocked up with

food and supplies, we'll be live there in a moment, but first here's

Andrew Plant. Mark and Sarah Corthine left almost everything

behind. Can you unpack the bags What started in a store rool, now

taking the time of dozens of volunteers, sorting through piles of

clothing. This just one row in a warehouse full of help for those

forced from their homes. From food to shower gel, bottled water, to

blankets, it's not just farlers but families affected by these floods.

The water is still in the houses. You still can't drive down to your

house. I think kind of people think because it's sunny, because it's

dying down slightly, the water has gone and we are back in. It's not

the case. It will be months. Afternoon, a long walk in w`ders to

see what can be salvaged now. The photos and memories that no amount

of donations can ever replace. Paul Blackmore is helping to run that

warehouse that we've been hdaring about tonight. We can join him live

now. Good evening, Paul. How much stuff have you got there? I'm

struggling to keep track of how much stuff we have here. The don`tions

have been phenomenonal. Thex are coming in from all around the

country. I wouldn't like to guess. Hopefully, you can see in the being

ba ground, we are pretty well stocked. You say people are generous

from everywhere? Doe anywayses from Essex `` donations from Essdx and

Newcastle. It has gone out puickly. A lot of families the collecting

food and blankets. Give us `n idea, Paul, if you can of the scale of the

need? The scale of the need, we are getting hundreds of families coming

in every day picking up supplies. Lots of houses under water. Lots of

houses that are cut off. Thdre are hundreds and hundreds of volunteers

giving up their time and helping these families. It's a commtnity

response to a community dis`ster. What would they do without xou? I

don't know what they'd do whthout us. When families come in they are

in tears. Tears in their eyds to see people's generosity. To see how the

community is am coulding together and supporting each other. Ht really

has been overwhelming. To bd clear about this, it isn't a government

scheme or a council scheme, being done by people for people? That s

correct. The I got involved a couple of weeks ago. Went down sorting some

clothes. Straightaway it became quite obvious that the scald of this

operation was bigger than wd could imagine. We secured a warehouse and

we filled it. We filled the warehouse within a couple could of

days and donations are still coming in and going out. Good stuff. Thank

you for doing a great job. Thank you for joining us tonight. No problem.

Thank you. A Somali teenager from Bristol, who's campaigning `gainst

young girls becoming victims of mutilating surgery, has recdived a

promise that the Government will write to all schools about the

issue. Fahma Mohamed presented the Education Secretary, Michael Gove,

with a petition signed by more than 200,000 people yesterday. I'm

thankful for every single pdrson who signed the petition, who supported

us along the way. Ban Ki`Moon, Malala, everyone. If it wasn't for

him, he would never have, you know, met us, let alone agreed to what we

wanted, which is amazing. Jtst a reminder that our series on the

Great War is continuing herd on Points West and on BBC local radio

tomorrow. Alex Lovell will be reporting on the exploits of a pilot

who was the first man to down a zeppelin. Rex Warneford's story will

be on BBC Wiltshire at 8.15`m. Now for the weather with Ian. Thank you

very much. Rain is spreading its way ever eastwards during the course of

tonight. Some will be moder`tely heavy and fairly persistent. It

should clear out of the east of our district by the rush`hour tomorrow.

Temperatures down to four to six Celsius. Tomorrow will brighten up

through the course of the morning. The windy story of the night will

die down. We will usher in showers into the afternoon. Some of those

heavy, maybe hail and lightning It will clear up into the evenhng, but

only for a short period. Looming behind me comes a next systdm that

will feature over night Thursday into Friday. Temperatures tomorrow

eight or nine Celsius. The outlook is uncertain for Friday and

Saturday. It could be rain, it could be snow, it could be strong winds.

breeze blowing as well. Tricky into the weekend. And now we have the

national forecast. Good evening. We know it has been a

wet winter but it has also been mild and across England and Wales,

lacking in snow. The last day of the season which we measure on Friday,

might provide a bit