11/09/2014 BBC Points West

Good evening. That is all from Edinburgh. There

An inquest has heard how a nurse from Bristol was fotnd

hanged after presenters from an Australian radio st`tion

made a prank call to a hosphtal in London, where the Duchess

Jacintha Saldanha told a colleague she thought it was her

fault that details of the Dtchess's treatment for morning sickndss two

Jacintha Saldanha came to Bristol in search of a better life.

She had already trained as a nurse in India before she

applied for a job here in 2002 which she got, and then she was

joined in the city by her htsband and their child a year later.

She was described by people who knew her as hard`working,

But she was ambitious too and she resigned from here in 2008 `nd took

a job at a prestigious, private hospital, King Edward VII Hospital,

My colleague in London has more of the story.

She was a meticulous night nurse who made one mistake

when she thought she was talking on the telephone to the Quedn.

Today, nearly 2 years after the death of nurse

Jacintha Saldanha, her husb`nd and her two children came to thd Royal

Courts of Justice in London to hear the full story of what happdned

Also there, Mel Greig, one of the two Australian r`dio DJs

She had come, she said, to honour a promise she had made to the

family to attend the inquest in case of any questions she could `nswer.

On the night of 3 December 2012 the Duchess of Cambridge was being

treated at the King Edward VII Hospital for acute sickness

In Sydney, Australia, the two radio DJs thought it would be funny to

ring the hospital, pretending to be the Queen and the Prince of Wales.

They did so, Nurse Saldanha was taken in by the hoax.

Three days later, her body was found in the nurses' home.

The inquest heard from Nurse Saldanha's husband Benedict.

He read a short statement about the woman he described

He was asked by the coroner if she had ever suffered

psychological problems or h`d ever tried to harm herself before.

Inside the hospital, they were protocols

for dealing with VIP calls, but Nurse Saldanha, who was in

charge of the hospital that night, put the call straight through to the

That nurse told the inquest about an e`mail Nurse Saldanha had

A woman's been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man died

62`year`old Michael Redpath died in hospital after being rescued from

Emergency crews were called to the house in Albion Street `t

The 29`year`old woman is sthll in custody.

The future of thousands of bank workers in the West could

be affected if Scotland votds for independence next week.

Both the Royal Bank of Scotland and the Bank

of Scotland announced today, if that happens, they would have to

So what impact would it havd on bank staff in Bristol?

Here's Our business correspondent Dave Harvey.

The name seems clear enough ` a Scottish bank, employing

And until today, many had wondered if independence

for Scotland might mean West Country jobs moving north of the border

As it turns out, it's quite the opposite.

Under European law, banks mtst be headquartered in the countrx where

In the case of the Royal Bank of Scotland, that's England.

So independence for Scotland would mean the Royal Bank

At the bank's extensive headquarters outside Edinburgh this mornhng,

It is, they say, just a leg`l move ` no operations or real jobs ould be

moved, but the deposits of English savers

would be placed under the protective wings of the Bank of England.

In Bristol, I met the man who until recdntly was

I think the reality is that we will see Scotland exporting employment

in financial services, that probably means opportunities for

Bristol and the West Countrx because employers will be looking for places

Along the harbourside, around 3 00 work for the Lloyds Group, which

They too announced today thdy would set up an English HQ for English

bank accounts in the event of Scottish independence.

For Mr Butler, this all offers opportunitids,

Over the years, financial services have been part

of the backbone of the Bristol and West Country economy.

So it would not surprise me if Scottish banks look at Bristol

as one of the options for moving employment from Ddinburgh

Of course before any of this happens, there's the small latter

And on that, the West Country can only w`tch

The University of the West of England has been trying out

Molly, as she's known, is part of a 20`year progralme

by the Bristol Robotics Laboratories to help tackle the rise in patients

She'll remind them to do thhngs like take their medication

The robot is currently in development, but could t`ke

another 15 years before pathents have them in their homes.

There's more news on the BBC Website.

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

thank you. Dry conditions whll prevail through the rest of this

week. Tomorrow, once again, a dry day. Variable amounts of cloud

around. And it will be warmdr as well ban today. A fairly mild night,

10`12 degrees. It should be a relatively clear start, despite that

cloud. The cloud will break through the morning, bright and sunny spells

becoming more prevalent. Brdezy towards the south, but generally

light winds in the North. Fdeling pleasantly warm, temperaturds of 21

or 22 Celsius. For the weekdnd, a good deal of dry weather around

freshening breeze and fine and dry. The national picture is with John