:00:11. > :00:13.The new Southmead Hospital in Bristol opened today
:00:14. > :00:17.and it represents the biggest leap forward in hospital care in the West
:00:18. > :00:23.David Garmston has been there for us today.
:00:24. > :00:27.It's cost more than ?400 million and we'll be paying for it for the
:00:28. > :00:31.next 30 years, but what's happened on this site is truly remarkable.
:00:32. > :00:36.Instead, patients have the sort of experience you'd get
:00:37. > :00:42.Most of the patients here h`ve their own single rooms with ensuite
:00:43. > :00:50.Of course, it's meant the closure of Frenchay and staff have been working
:00:51. > :00:54.down the at the why the needed to be flat out, closing down the old wards
:00:55. > :01:02.The old neurosurgery ward at the old Frenchay Hospital.
:01:03. > :01:06.Emma Wright worked here for 15 years and before it closed, she ghven NHS
:01:07. > :01:09.beds have got bigger despite the, showed us why the old war hospital
:01:10. > :01:21.This is one of our shower rooms We have got to shower rooms available.
:01:22. > :01:24.have got to shower rooms av`ilable. It is not very big and there is
:01:25. > :01:30.often a long wait in the morning. NHS beds have got bigger ovdr
:01:31. > :01:32.the years. Despite the old building,
:01:33. > :01:35.Frenchay became so well, a regional centre for neurosurgery,
:01:36. > :01:45.so is Emma going to miss it? I don't want to say I am gl`d to see
:01:46. > :01:47.the back of it because I loved working here.
:01:48. > :01:51.Well, here is Emma, two days after the move to the large, wide,
:01:52. > :01:58.here to airy, bed pushing, friendly Brunel building at Southmead.
:01:59. > :02:01.The store room's bigger, of course, but most impressive are those
:02:02. > :02:07.It means privacy for patients and it should reduce the risk
:02:08. > :02:23.Largely windproof. Hate being shot in anywhere. Lovely bathroom.
:02:24. > :02:23.Largely windproof. Hate being shot in anywhere. Lovely bathrool. It's
:02:24. > :02:25.in anywhere. Lovely bathroom. It's like a first`class hotel! Jtst
:02:26. > :02:27.like a first`class hotel! Just wonder what I am having for tea
:02:28. > :02:36.Emma loves the new building, too, but admits the move was stressful.
:02:37. > :02:51.Everybody was sad on the dax of the move. But I think it is a positive.
:02:52. > :02:57.People are happy to D here. Emma and the rest of her staff deserve
:02:58. > :03:01.something much better than the old ward at Frenchay Hospital.
:03:02. > :03:04.The cost of this hospital works out at about ?100,000 a DAY
:03:05. > :03:20.but the outgoings are offset by the closure of Frenchay, a hospital
:03:21. > :03:27.Danielle had flown to Frenchay for treatment. The 17`year`old was
:03:28. > :03:35.diagnosed with a tumour in the most inaccessible part of her br`in. It's
:03:36. > :03:38.inaccessible part of her brain. It's because Frenchay has built tp
:03:39. > :03:38.inaccessible part of her br`in. It's because Frenchay has built up an
:03:39. > :03:41.because Frenchay has built tp an international reputation in brain
:03:42. > :03:44.surgery that Danny's surgeon asked for a second opinion. Treathng
:03:45. > :03:47.surgery that Danny's surgeon asked for a second opinion. Treating it in
:03:48. > :03:54.for a second opinion. Treathng it in a special way, using an endoscopic
:03:55. > :04:03.technique. This was pioneered in Frenchay and allowed her surgeon to
:04:04. > :04:11.take a sample of her chamber. The story began in 1921 when it opened
:04:12. > :04:15.with just 35 patients. Then, Stengel story buildings were built for
:04:16. > :04:25.casualties from World War IH. More casualties from World War IH. More
:04:26. > :04:27.recently, the burns unit has developed a dressing for children
:04:28. > :04:33.developed a dressing for chhldren that reacts to UV light when there
:04:34. > :04:37.is an infection. The most dramatic medical development is for
:04:38. > :04:41.Parkinson's patients. This patient's symptoms improved after
:04:42. > :04:50.the surgeon infused a growth factor into his brain. So if this can`do
:04:51. > :04:54.culture can be transferred to Southmead, there is every chance
:04:55. > :04:55.that patients will continue to benefit from the latest in medical
:04:56. > :04:59.benefit from the latest in ledical innovation.
:05:00. > :05:02.Plans to cable the proposed nuclear power station at Hinkley Pohnt
:05:03. > :05:05.in Somerset to the National Grid at Avonmouth have been submhtted.
:05:06. > :05:08.The grid connection will sed 30 miles of overhead wires carried
:05:09. > :05:11.on pylons and a five`mile section under the Mendips.
:05:12. > :05:14.Those opposed to the plans say the cables need to be buried.
:05:15. > :05:20.A final decision won't be made until next year.
:05:21. > :05:24.In rugby, Bristol face a big task if they're to win promotion to
:05:25. > :05:27.They lost the first leg of their play`off final tonhght to
:05:28. > :05:44.Two failed play`off attempts have taught Bristol to take nothhng for
:05:45. > :05:49.granted. Having finished top of the table, they were favourites and an
:05:50. > :05:54.early try under like that. For London Welsh, they gave nothced they
:05:55. > :06:01.were not here just to make up the were not here just to make up the
:06:02. > :06:02.numbers. Two tries later. A miserable first half of Bristol was
:06:03. > :06:08.capped by a couple of injuries. miserable first half of Bristol was
:06:09. > :06:10.capped by a couple of injurhes. By the second half, it started just as
:06:11. > :06:18.badly. 22 points adrift, Bristol badly. 22 points adrift, Brhstol
:06:19. > :06:22.were in danger of letting the tie get away with them. They sthll face
:06:23. > :06:24.get away with them. They still face a huge task to turn this around when
:06:25. > :06:26.the sides meet again in a wdek's the sides meet again in a week's
:06:27. > :06:38.time. One more day of this dang, jury and
:06:39. > :06:45.grey weather before things improve grey weather before things hmprove
:06:46. > :06:48.at the end of the week. Before, things get drier and brightdr on
:06:49. > :06:56.things get drier and brighter on Friday and plenty of cloud `nd
:06:57. > :07:00.showers tonight into tomorrow. Dank and grey overnight and dank and grey
:07:01. > :07:05.tomorrow morning. Those showers coming in courtesy of a low pressure
:07:06. > :07:08.system. Some breaks in the club during the afternoon which will lift
:07:09. > :07:15.temperatures and give us a bit of sunshine. That hot air will add
:07:16. > :07:18.energy and fuel to those showers. Then those showers continue apace
:07:19. > :07:21.overnight, pushing away southwards as that low pressure moves `way
:07:22. > :07:21.overnight, pushing away southwards as that low pressure moves away. It
:07:22. > :07:29.as that low pressure moves `way It is moving albeit slowly and by
:07:30. > :07:32.Friday, it moves southwards. On Friday, drier and brighter weather
:07:33. > :07:33.weekend. My colleague John Hammond will have your national details
:07:34. > :07:43.right now. Hello. Some of us had a nice day.
:07:44. > :07:47.Others of you will be wondering if the sun will ever shine again. It's
:07:48. > :07:51.been another cloudy and damp day across many parts of the country. No
:07:52. > :07:55.more so than across the heart of northern England, where, through the
:07:56. > :07:58.heart of the day, with persistent rain, temperatures were no higher
:07:59. > :08:04.than 11 degrees. Disappointing for the end of May, I'm sure you will
:08:05. > :08:07.agree. We emerged into sunshine across the Irish Sea. For western
:08:08. > :08:11.parts of Northern Ireland we reached the dizzy heights of 21 degrees.
:08:12. > :08:15.Even here, you are going to join in the phone later tonight, with the
:08:16. > :08:18.rain crossing the Irish Sea as I speak. It's turning damp, with heavy
:08:19. > :08:23.bursts of rain possible, particularly damp across northern
:08:24. > :08:27.Ireland and northern England. The cloud is lowering onto the hills, so
:08:28. > :08:31.reduced visibility later tonight, particularly on high-level routes.
:08:32. > :08:38.Temperatures staying in double figures. A very slow start tomorrow,
:08:39. > :08:39.damp and misty in many places. Slow improvements, but