:00:00. > 3:59:59first look at the papers over on the BBC News Channel, but now on BBC
:00:00. > :00:13.Good Evening: The Chief Executive of One, it's
:00:14. > :00:17.Good Evening: The Chief Executive of a hospital trust has apologhsed to
:00:18. > :00:22.the family of young man who took his own life whilst he was a patient at
:00:23. > :00:25.a secure psychiatric unit. @n inquest today ruled that Jales
:00:26. > :00:30.Pollard was a victim of neglect at Fromeside in Bristol. Warnings from
:00:31. > :00:32.his loved ones that he was ` danger to himself were not acted upon.
:00:33. > :00:38.Here's our health correspondent Matthew Hill.
:00:39. > :00:42.James Pollard as his parents want to remember him ` sincere, gendrous and
:00:43. > :00:46.warm`hearted. But after turning to drugs, he ended up, in his lid` 0s,
:00:47. > :00:57.at this medium secure unit near Bristol for almost three months But
:00:58. > :01:00.last April, James managed to kill himself using the lead to hhs CD
:01:01. > :01:04.player. The inquest heard J`mes Pollard had tried to take hhs own
:01:05. > :01:06.life several times. And that his parents had warned Fromesidd
:01:07. > :01:10.something was wrong in the days before his death. They argudd that
:01:11. > :01:13.with his history and their warnings, he should have been more closely
:01:14. > :01:18.observed, and should not have been allowed the lead to his CD player.
:01:19. > :01:20.Staff said James was being constantly assessed, and wasn't
:01:21. > :01:23.presenting as significantly paranoid or suicidal. They do acknowledge
:01:24. > :01:30.though that he would hide the symptoms of his illness. And just
:01:31. > :01:33.months before James moved hdre, Fromeside was severely crithcised by
:01:34. > :01:45.the regulator over a lack of skilled staff. And a source told us that,
:01:46. > :01:48.over last summer, there werd still problems with short staffing,
:01:49. > :01:50.leading to an air of violence, and staff being unable to build
:01:51. > :01:52.meaningful relationships with patients. Whilst the latest
:01:53. > :01:55.inspection report raises no concerns about staffing, care, or
:01:56. > :02:01.safeguarding, it does criticise record keeping. James' parents did
:02:02. > :02:12.praise some of their son's care but welcomed today's verdict th`t he had
:02:13. > :02:16.been neglected. There were failures in communication, risk assessment
:02:17. > :02:19.and patient management full is. Power chief reasons was that the
:02:20. > :02:25.internal investigation carrhed out by the trust did not acknowledge
:02:26. > :02:28.these failures. Staff are vdry difficult job, they have to balance
:02:29. > :02:35.the rights of the individual with the risk and on this occasion an
:02:36. > :02:41.error of judgement was made and if people had listened to the parents
:02:42. > :02:45.of James and this `` then this tragic event may not have h`ppened.
:02:46. > :02:48.Patients can now only have shortened CD leads ` some would say this
:02:49. > :02:52.simple measure should have happened well before.
:02:53. > :02:55.An investigation is under w`y after a nine`year`old girl was knocked
:02:56. > :02:58.down and killed by a bus in Swindon. Caitlin Hunt was crossing the road
:02:59. > :03:01.on her scooter just before six o'clock last night. Police `re
:03:02. > :03:05.investigating and bus company Thamesdown Transport says it's
:03:06. > :03:09.co`operating fully. A Bristol solicitor who admhtted
:03:10. > :03:12.leaving her dog to die in a locked kitchen has been told she f`ces
:03:13. > :03:16.jail. Katy Gammon moved out of her house but left her boxer Roxy behind
:03:17. > :03:29.with no food or water. The dog's remains were found ten weeks later.
:03:30. > :03:32.To leave an animal locked in a property to die and to know full
:03:33. > :03:41.well that that animal is gohng to die is horrendous and the rdaction
:03:42. > :03:49.from the RS VCE and particularly the officers who attended to relove the
:03:50. > :03:56.door of `` removes the dog where particularly distressed.
:03:57. > :03:59.The chancellor put a little fizz in the West Country cider industry
:04:00. > :04:03.today. Tax on our region's lost famous drink will be frozen, in what
:04:04. > :04:06.Mr Osborne called a little compensation for all the dalage so
:04:07. > :04:08.many cider farmers have suffered in the floods. Producers have welcomed
:04:09. > :04:11.the move. As a business, if it helps to
:04:12. > :04:13.protect our sales and there is a strong correlation between price
:04:14. > :04:18.increase and customers being driven slightly away from cider sales, then
:04:19. > :04:22.I think that if it helps us to improve our sales then we whll be
:04:23. > :04:25.able to reinvest in the orchards, which we are expecting to h`ve a
:04:26. > :04:30.difficult time after two difficult winters.
:04:31. > :04:33.But how will today's budget affect typical companies in the West? Our
:04:34. > :04:43.business correspondent Dave Harvey has been to Gloucester to fhnd out.
:04:44. > :04:48.From across the county, 120 business leaders consider how his work today
:04:49. > :04:53.will change their work tomorrow Do you think your businesses whll be
:04:54. > :05:01.better off? If so, raise yotr hand. Well, what would you say? Hdlp for
:05:02. > :05:07.builders was trailed, but does house`building actually help local
:05:08. > :05:12.builders? not really, most contractors get involved in projects
:05:13. > :05:21.like this. House`building is the domain of a relatively few large
:05:22. > :05:28.companies. The announcements will support over 200,000 new holes for
:05:29. > :05:32.families. Builders like Davd will not see much of that work. He is
:05:33. > :05:38.much more affected by the hdalth of the wider economy. In gener`l things
:05:39. > :05:44.are better, we are pleased. The main thing about the budget is continuing
:05:45. > :05:48.the recovery in the economy. Others considering their verdict?
:05:49. > :05:53.Retailers, manufacturers, or makers and tours, as George Osbornd called
:05:54. > :05:58.them. What caught their eye? The market is encouraging, raishng the
:05:59. > :06:06.investment allowance, research and development. The main thing is
:06:07. > :06:10.helping people in the manuf`cturing or to export is helping people in
:06:11. > :06:13.Britain. After all that, how does tolorrow
:06:14. > :06:21.it? Are you feeling richer? A rdminder
:06:22. > :06:24.that Crimewatch will have an update from police investigating the murder
:06:25. > :06:27.of Melanie Hall from Bath. They ve asked the public for inform`tion
:06:28. > :06:30.about a car from 1996, the xear Melanie died. That's on BBC One at
:06:31. > :06:37.10.40pm. Now here's Ian Fergusson with our weather.
:06:38. > :06:43.Good evening. We do have a change on the way tomorrow. The first
:06:44. > :06:48.significant green that we h`ve had in a fortnight. It will takd off
:06:49. > :06:52.while to get to us. It will progressively turn wet in the
:06:53. > :06:55.afternoon and windy as well. Temperatures tonight will not be
:06:56. > :07:03.particularly chilly. I dry night as well. A fair bit of cloud around.
:07:04. > :07:09.Some light rain showing up by early afternoon. That will be the
:07:10. > :07:12.exception. Towards mid`afternoon the cold front will bring this band of
:07:13. > :07:20.rain. Typically only about five millimetres of rain. Quite windy as
:07:21. > :07:26.well. Temperatures tomorrow, at least before we get to that stage,
:07:27. > :07:30.should still be 10`12dC. It is opening the door to a cooler day on
:07:31. > :07:33.Friday, a similar story for Saturday as well, though an
:07:34. > :07:35.This is the outlook: Bright enough This is the outlook: Bright enough
:07:36. > :07:37.for Friday and the weekend but much colder and some of the showers could
:07:38. > :07:45.have a wintry nature.