:00:10. > :00:14.Good evening. An inquest into the deaths of seven
:00:15. > :00:17.people killed in a motorway pile`up in Somerset has been hearing details
:00:18. > :00:21.of the last moments before they died. For the second time in a
:00:22. > :00:24.matter of months, the familhes of the victims came to hear ex`ctly
:00:25. > :00:42.what had happened the night their loved ones died.
:00:43. > :00:48.The inquest follows the collapse of criminal proceedings against the man
:00:49. > :00:55.who was running a fireworks display next to the motorway close to where
:00:56. > :00:59.the collisions occurred. Orhginally, he faced seven charges of
:01:00. > :01:04.manslaughter. Those charges were dropped and in the end he wdnt to
:01:05. > :01:07.trial, accused of just one offence under the health and safety at work
:01:08. > :01:12.act. When that trial collapsed last December, the West Somerset coroner
:01:13. > :01:16.ordered a full inquest. So, another hearing to pore over the details of
:01:17. > :01:23.why and how this happened on the night of November fourth, 2011. The
:01:24. > :01:33.families who were here said although this was a painful experience, it
:01:34. > :01:37.was necessary. There will always be something to learn from this case
:01:38. > :01:47.and any other case. You think an inquest is necessary? Yes, ht does
:01:48. > :01:52.finalise things, to an extent. It will always be a painful thhng, the
:01:53. > :01:56.pain will never go. But I al learning more through coming down
:01:57. > :01:59.here than we did at the Crown Court, I am sorry to say. Today, Wdst
:02:00. > :02:02.Somerset coroner Michael Rose said that most of the seven victhms died
:02:03. > :02:08.from crash injuries but one perished in the terrible fire that started
:02:09. > :02:10.after the collisions. As in last year's court case, there was
:02:11. > :02:16.conflicting evidence today `bout conditions on the M5 at the time of
:02:17. > :02:18.the crash. Among drivers called to give evidence, there was
:02:19. > :02:20.disagreement on whether vishbility had been badly reduced and hf so, by
:02:21. > :02:30.what, fog, mist or smoke. The coroner said what wasn't in
:02:31. > :02:31.dispute was that some drivers had become disorientated by redtced
:02:32. > :02:40.visibility, whatever had catsed it. Somerset County Council has revealed
:02:41. > :02:47.it spent ?55,000 on legal costs during the departure of its Chief
:02:48. > :02:52.Executive Sheila Wheeler. That's in addition to the ?40,000 Mrs Wheeler
:02:53. > :02:55.was paid for her notice perhod. The council says it had to follow
:02:56. > :02:58.national guidelines throughout the dispute, which saw Mrs Wheeler leave
:02:59. > :03:03.her duties on full pay last November.
:03:04. > :03:06.The West of England Local Enterprise Partnership has handed in a bid for
:03:07. > :03:11.?500 million from the Government Growth Fund. The partnership, which
:03:12. > :03:15.is made up of business people and councillors, unveiled its plans this
:03:16. > :03:18.morning. They include money for superfast broadband in Bristol, an
:03:19. > :03:23.aviation technology centre `t Filton and a scheme to harness tid`l energy
:03:24. > :03:25.in the Severn Estuary. A decision from Westminster is expected in
:03:26. > :03:29.July. The operation to start dredging the
:03:30. > :03:33.Somerset Levels is under wax. It's part of a 20`year plan to try and
:03:34. > :03:37.provide some flood relief to the area. The cost of this year's
:03:38. > :03:41.dredging is likely to be around ?5 million. It's still not cle`r
:03:42. > :03:49.whether it will become an annual event.
:03:50. > :03:55.Whether or not it occurs is a matter for ourselves and our partndrs and
:03:56. > :03:57.the communities to discuss `nd make some decisions about how we spend
:03:58. > :04:02.the money that the government have allocated.
:04:03. > :04:06.A third of people in the West are worried about funding their
:04:07. > :04:11.retirement, according to research we have carried out. The government
:04:12. > :04:16.introduces the biggest shakd`up of pensions in a generation. Wd have
:04:17. > :04:21.spoken to 1000 people aged between 30 and 65, but have yet to retire.
:04:22. > :04:28.66% are confident they will be financially secure, or 2% of Ovid,
:04:29. > :04:35.`` 30% are worried, and confidence falls the younger you are. Regarding
:04:36. > :04:36.pensions, property and savings, half think their assets will be dnough to
:04:37. > :04:49.keep them in their old age. For many, pensions are eithdr too
:04:50. > :04:58.dull or too difficult to bother with. Not this man. There are going
:04:59. > :05:04.to be millions of people who are not going to have enough money to live
:05:05. > :05:11.on. One of the UK's top fin`nce firms here, they know the p`tter
:05:12. > :05:19.backwards. What about here? Fresh from the office, junk Bristolians
:05:20. > :05:23.work`out at a city gym. There are people suffering pain now bdcause
:05:24. > :05:27.they know it will bring thel benefit later. That is a good metaphor for
:05:28. > :05:32.pensions. Are they willing to do the same sort of thing for their
:05:33. > :05:39.financial future? Not at thd moment. I probably will at some point. There
:05:40. > :05:44.is the rub. In our survey, people in their 30s were the least likely to
:05:45. > :05:47.have a pension. 40% said anx pensions or savings they do have
:05:48. > :05:52.were not enough for a comfortable retirement. I am living for everyday
:05:53. > :05:59.rather than the future. One thing to think about is choosing to delay
:06:00. > :06:05.starting a pension for five years will knock around a third of the
:06:06. > :06:10.eventual pension that you gdt. That much, just for those five ydars I
:06:11. > :06:14.know it is with me doing, btt I might have to sacrifice another
:06:15. > :06:23.area. Sacrifice, not an easx message, but has its time fhnally
:06:24. > :06:27.come? All this week, we are examining the
:06:28. > :06:31.issues surrounding getting on a bit. For football fans, Late Kick Off is
:06:32. > :06:35.coming up on BBC One at 11:25pm but for now, it's time to hand xou over
:06:36. > :06:41.to Ian, who has our late we`ther forecast.
:06:42. > :06:47.A good deal of dry weather tomorrow, but there will be some fog `round
:06:48. > :06:56.through the course of the morning, a lot of low cloud as well. Things. To
:06:57. > :07:00.improve towards lunchtime. We have some showers clearing their way
:07:01. > :07:07.north, once they do, a dry light will follow. There will be some fog
:07:08. > :07:11.around in places, especiallx through spot `` through part of Somdrset,
:07:12. > :07:18.Dorset and Wiltshire. A lot of low cloud elsewhere. The hours tick by,
:07:19. > :07:22.a lot of the fog will lift `nd break, and we are into an afternoon
:07:23. > :07:31.of dry weather with sunny spells. By the evening, showers as well. The
:07:32. > :07:32.temperatures about 16 or 17 Celsius, pleasantly warm, the warmest day of
:07:33. > :07:35.the week will be Wednesday. Some rain will clear the atmosphere
:07:36. > :07:43.on Thursday. More information on all of that. Hello, talk of the
:07:44. > :07:48.day-to-day has been the Saharan dust. If you have no idea what I'm
:07:49. > :07:49.talking about, here is an explanation for