05/03/2014 BBC Points West

It's a Good evening. There's been a need it.

It's a Good evening. There's been a sceptical reaction from flood

victims to the proposals to prevent it happening again. A 20`ye`r plan

has been produced, outlining ?1 0 million worth of measure to stop a

repeat of the floods on the Levels. It will be presented to the

Government tomorrow and Clinton Rogers was among the first

journalists to see it. You just do not know where to start. It is the

first time Betty has been b`ck to her flooded home in Moorland for

three years. Almost everythhng here is ruined. She has no faith that the

Government will keep to any promises it makes to stop this happening

again. Do you think they will find the money for you? No way. Of course

not, all promises, that is `ll it is. When you see this kind of

devastation, it is easy to see why flood victims like here in Loorland

want action and they want it quickly. The draft Somerset flood

plan I have seen is an enorlous wish list, 23 pages long. It has got one

big price tag attached to it. To do everything that is in the rdport

would cost more than ?100 mhllion. So exactly what is in it? No

surprises that top of the lhst is dredging. To start with, at least

eight kilometres of rivers. They also want artificial channels

leading to the sea widened, that is the King Sedgemore drain. There is

also talk of raising road ldvels, including the A361 and roads leading

to communities like Muchelndy. Among the most expensive suggestions is

building a barrier across the river at Bridgwater, using its to control

the flow of water from the sea into the rivers and vice versa, to reduce

flooding on the moors and protect the town of Bridgwater. The big

problem has always been we have got an environmentalist saying that you

cannot dam rivers. But thousands of houses are under threat, so it is

basically a no`brainer. Jamds has become the face of flooding on the

Levels. Like most farmers, his business has been crippled by the

worst flood in a century. Hd says the Government cannot ignord this

report. The thing of it is, if they do not do something now, and then it

happens all over again, and it costs millions if not billions, again you

cannot afford to let it happen. You can see that they continue to dump

water the nose, but still 23,00 acres of farmland is underw`ter I

am told that the Prime Minister would get a personal copy of this

report tomorrow morning and Owen Paterson will stand up in the House

of Commons. People living hdre will be more than a little interdsted in

what he has to say. A corondr has ruled a three`year`old heart patient

died after a new NHS computdr system failed to schedule him for ` vital

scan. An inquest heard todax that Samuel Starr's heart was

"disadvantaged" by the delaxs at the Royal United Hospital in Bath, which

meant he hadn't had tests for 2 months following heart surgdry.

Sally Challoner reports. He didn't play up. He was just so kind and

gentle and he understood us. Samuel Starr was born with complex cardiac

problems. He had heart surgdry in Bristol when he was just nine months

old. But a vital follow`up scan at Bath's Royal United Hospital didn't

happen on time, because a ndw computerised booking system failed.

During the lost six months, his heart got worse, and he then didn't

survive urgent surgery. Samtel's surgeon had told the inquest his

condition would have been phcked up if he'd been seen earlier. @nd that

his heart had seriously detdriorated by the time he had the oper`tion in

August 2012. He did have a convex heart condition, and if this could

happen at any time, why was he not monitored? It is like Catherine

said, it is unforgivable. They can say what they want. Samuel was never

going to have a straightforward life, we knew that and we understood

that, but we thought there was a care plan in place that he would be

monitored regularly, seen b`ck in Bristol and we had a good as chance

as any heart child surviving. And reaching adulthood. Samuel was not

the only cardiac patient to fall through the cracks of the ndw

system. 63 had their appointments delayed. We don't know the outcomes

of those children. The RUH refused to be interviewed today, but in a

statement they offered their sincere condolences to Samuel's famhly, and

were very sorry for the del`y in his outpatient's appointment.

They added that they've now improved the booking system that had failed.

I don't think we have been `ble to properly grieve, because we've had

this hanging over us. Maybe we will have some time to take out, remember

Samuel as we want to remembdr him, rather than through medical notes

and statistics. Samuel's parents are among at least ten families

currently taking part in a review of child heart services in the Bristol

area. They'll meet with the Government lawyer leading it next

week. In the meantime, they'll get an independent medical opinhon into

his care to try and find thd answers they still seek.

Tolls from both Severn Bridges could be used to fund a third crossing in

a few years' time. Ownership of both bridges reverts to the Government in

four years. But Mark Harper, MP for the Forest of Dean, wants the tolls

to be kept and the money usdd be used to build a third Severn

Crossing. The County Council says it's thinking about it but no

decision's been made on where a new bridge would go. That's it from me.

The final word from the West tonight from the West is from Ian who has

the weather. Tomorrow will be an extensively cloudy day, and there

will be some patchy rain and drizzle, most of that out towards

the West. No chance of any frost tonight, but

there will be low cloud arotnd and indeed, some hill fog as well. That

patchy rain and drizzle out towards the West, at times creeping towards

the East, but moving east, xou're likely to have a dryer day with a

hint of brightness. A moder`tely breezy day and mild, and 10 Celsius

should be fairly typical. Looking towards the end of the week, we have

a band of light rain drifting across as during the first half of Friday.

Brightening up, thereafter. And a much improved forecast, verx mild as

well into next week. exceed 15 Celsius. The unsettled

weather will continue. With more on that, here is the National forecast.

Good evening. I would like to start by showing you simply haven't seen

the quite some time. After a three-month onslaught, finally I can

show you a chart with high pressure across the whole of the UK. Yes

things are settling down. You may have spotted, though, that says

Monday, so we have a little way to go yet. We have some rain in the

forecast. Not