31/07/2014 BBC Points West


31/07/2014

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The Gloucestershire man accused of killing his ex`wife and hiding her

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body in her bedroom today refused to give evidence on his own behalf.

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Daniel Spencer is alleged to have murdered Jane Wiggett

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Here's our home affairs correspondent, Steve Brodie.

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The body of Jane Wiggett wasn't found until

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weeks after she had been strangled and covered with a duvet at her flat

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A jury has been told that her former husband, 59`year`old Daniel Spencer,

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The court had already been told how Jane Wiggett had previously

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complained to the police that he'd assaulted her

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Today the defence opened its case by telling the jury that

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the defendant wouldn't be entering the witness box.

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His son, Daniel Spencer Jr, was called but then was targeted

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Prosecuting, Richard Smith QC repeatedly asked Daniel Spencer's

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son whether or not his father was the best person to tell the court

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The QC added, "You have a real difficulty in accepting what

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The prosecution claim that just over a year ago Daniel Spencer came to

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his former wife's flat, strangled her and disappeared.

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Mr Smith asked Daniel Spencer Jr why did his father take a large

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hunting knife with him and, "Why did he stop phoning your mother on the

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The prosecution say that Daniel Spencer's DNA was found

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in tiny specks of blood under his ex`wife's fingernails.

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He was later arrested at Birmingham Airport Hotel with

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Steven Brodie, BBC Points West, at Bristol Crown Court.

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A hospital trust in Bristol has defended

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its decision to pay an agency nurse nearly ?2000 to cover a shift.

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It happened on a bank holiday earlier this year.

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Several other trusts in the West also paid high amounts.

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A former director of public health has called it

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It's an issue that faces all organisations.

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Short`staffed on a bank holiday weekend, so agency cover is booked.

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Today it's emerged that University Hospitals Bristol NHS

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Trust payed ?1800 for a nurse to cover a 12`hour shift.

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It was a specialised role in a cardiac intensive care ward.

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The trust, which runs several hospitals in Bristol, has stressed

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that using outside agency staff is always the very last resort.

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The alternative ` a ward without enough staff ` is not an option.

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We would always obviously try to fill our shifts with our own staff,

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Secondly we would try to use our own temporary staff and bureau

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We would then go to our own staff to see

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We then go out to agencies which are on a framework which are locally

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The absolute last resort, and exception,

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would be to go out to an agency which is not on that framework,

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which does generally charge a premium price for that service.

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University Hospitals Bristol Trust is not the only trust paying

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The Taunton and Somerset Trust paid ?1798 for a

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And again on the same day the North Bristol Trust paid ?1297.

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Dr Gabriel Scally is a former public health director at the South West

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Strategic Health Authority and says these agency nurses don't

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It is worrying, not just about money, but also

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in terms of the quality of care, bringing in someone from outside,

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who may not be familiar with the ward layout or the equipment,

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and expecting them to operate just like an ordinary member of staff.

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That is really something that I think we should be trying to avoid

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The trust in Bristol say the nurse was employed to work

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For them, the quality of the care they deliver to patients

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is the most important consideration in covering vacant nursing shifts.

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Imogen Sellers, BBC Points West, Bristol.

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The mother of Somerset murder victim Catherine Wells`Burr says she's

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relieved at news that one of her daughter's murderers has dropped an

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appeal against his conviction and against his 32`year jail sentence.

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Tadeusz Dmyrtszyn was one of three people found guilty of

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smothering Catherine Wells`Burr two years ago as part of a plot to claim

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Catherine's family say they're glad the appeal's been dropped.

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But it opens another door that he will probably end up joining the

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others trying to go home and do a lower tariff in their own country.

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They killed Catherine here, on this soil.

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They should serve their sentence here.

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A 25`year`old man's been arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated

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assault after a Muslim woman was spat at in Bristol.

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Hasina Khan said she was left shocked and in tears

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It happened as she walked to work at Cabot Circus.

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The man is being held in custody for questioning.

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It's been a dream day for local gymnast Claudia Fragapane

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who claimed her third gold medal in the Commonwealth Games.

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Today also saw success for Eilidh Child, who trains in Bath,

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She's fast becoming one of the golden girls of the Games.

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Bristol's Claudia Fragapane has won her third Commonwealth title.

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The 16`year`old was again the outstanding gymnast,

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She got gold in the all`round yesterday and

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In an atmospheric Hampden Park, more medals for our athletes

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Eilidh Child, who trains in Bath, was the Scottish poster girl

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Could she cope with the pressure, the nerves of a nation, and take

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Yeah, I mean, I think the first emotion was relief.

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You know, it's been a nervous couple of days and I've just been wanting

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to come out and execute the race well and I felt I did that and I

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felt I left everything on the track that I could give and I'm just so

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delighted I could come away with a medal and I'm over the moon.

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Jazmin Sawyers is usually studying law at the University of Bristol.

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Tonight, she made the run and jump of her life.

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Her sixth and final attempt was legal, of course,

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What an occasion, to take a medal at the age of 20.

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At the start of the year, my goal was to make the Commonwealth

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team and then I made the team and made the final and I said to

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Not all the way to gold, which obviously anyone would have

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Let's take a look at the medals table for our West athletes. It

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stands at 13 golds, 10 silvers and 11 bronze medals.

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That's it from us tonight. We're back with you in Breakfast tomorrow.

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But for now I'll leave you with Ian who has the latest weather forecast.

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Friday will bring something of an east/west split through

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Roughly speaking, the further west you are, you are more likely to see

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more showers, including during the course of the morning.

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Conversely, further east, a good deal of generally dry weather until

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we get later into the day where we will see spells of rain or showers

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We've seen a few showers still with us this evening.

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Dying away into the course of tonight.

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We should set ourselves up for a dry start tomorrow morning

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Still some brighter spells around but you will notice the signals

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for showers and rain out towards West Somerset in the morning.

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Gradually some of them becoming more widespread into

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Further eastward, you will have the lion's share

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In the evening, showers and some of those heavy

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spells of rain will become more widespread and that sets us up

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overnight with some wet weather as we go through to Saturday morning.

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Temperatures tomorrow typically into the high teens.

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Saturday will be a day of heavy showers, some thundery in places.

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Yes, some dry, brighter intervals but they will be

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more widespread on Sunday, the better day of the weekend.

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Rain for Saturday. Now to John who will take you through the national

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forecast across the UK. Hello there. You may have to find

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ways of occupying the children. A lot of rain for some, not so much

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for others. That was the way in July but overall whelmingly warm. Not as

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warm as last year but it continues the run of months with higher than

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average temperatures. The eighth now in a row. On to August, a few

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showers around. That is across the north and the west. Lots of dry

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weather between. A mild night at dawn, the temperatures about the

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mid-teens. You may wake up to sunshine but the general trend

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through the day is for things to deteriorate across the northern and

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western parts of England and Wales where the showers will begin to

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merge into longer spells

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