28/09/2014 BBC Points West

A unique event has taken pl`ce in Bristol today designed to help

Surgeons and staff from the city's Children's Hospital

have been encouraging youngsters with pacemakers to take mord

exercise because the benefits could be considerable.

She has had heart problems since she was born,

but having a pacemaker doesn't stop her living an active life.

I like doing PE, I like lots of sports.

Trying to keep Ella calm and steady is hard work.

She seems and appears much lore active than all of her friends.

That's what I love about her, she has a fight for life, she is never

At Bristol's M Shed today, an event called Up The Pace,

where cardiac surgeons and physiologists encourage youngsters

With a pacemaker there is a lot of things you can do,

and there are some things you are better off not doing.

The aim is to try to encour`ge them to do the things they can do

And Clare Elsley is living proof that it works.

Fitted with a pacemaker five years ago, she s

since led England's indoor netball team to a World Cup silver ledal.

Being diagnosed with a heart condition is the end

of the world is irrelevant, that's not how it has to be.

I'm not saying it's going to be easy, for every step forward,

you take 10 backwards, but there is hope, there is light and I think you

just have to cling onto that, that actually there is a future

It's an inspiration to the likes of young Ella and the results produced

here could see other cardiac units across the country following suit.

Will Glennon, BBC Points West, Bristol.

A woman has died after a crash early yesterday morning

The 32`year`old from Trowbrhdge ` who was walking with her partner `

was struck by a grey Audi on the A361.

She was taken to Southmead Hospital in Bristol, but died last nhght

A 22`year`old man from Melksham was arrested

A promising young ballet dancer from Bath, who was attacked

and left for dead three years ago, has been performing at London's

Jack Widdowson was 19 when he was mugged ` his neck was broken.

After intensive treatment, he's now realising

Tonight's gala raised money for a charity set up by his parents

` supporting other dancers who need specialist treatment.

I danced here once actually before with the National Youth Ballet `

this was before the accident ` and, yeah, to be back here, it's amazing,

kind of after the injury and to be back performing on the stagd with

all these amazing companies, it's really inspiring.

Henry Winkler hung up his leather jacket long ago and is

Today he was at the Bath Chhldren's Literature Festival and tomorrow

he's teaming up with the Re`dWell charity to tell stories to patients

He's always been keen to sh`re his own experiences with dyslexia.

I didn't read until I was 30 and I missed out on so much

I thought, "I can't read all those words in between those covers," and

It is an enormous adventure and to meet these children today is

Well, the weather was a nice gift for us today!

Here's the forecast with Holly Green.

Today brought sunshine, tonight brings mist and fog.

So underneath those clear spells and light winds our air is going

to stagnate which will cause the mist and fog to form.

Mostly dry through tonight, possibly the odd isolated shower and

We will see greater visibilhty for the beginning of tomorrow,

As the day wears on, things should improve.

Some sunny spells coming through, but also the risk of a few showers.

They should be isolated, pretty hit and miss, but if you

Still decent temperatures where we do get get some sunshine.

Into the working week, available cloud, some bright spells btt also

The M5 northbound is closed overnight between Junctions 11A

It'll reopen tomorrow morning at six.

Join us again tomorrow from 6:2 am. Good night.

night. -- that is it from the BBC London weekend team, have a very

good night. This weekend was one to remember not

just because of the Ryder Cup but because of the weather, temperatures

more akin to the middle of summer, hardly a cloud in the sky across

England and Wales, temperatures peaked in the south-east at 25

degrees. Way above the average for the time of year. Clout to the north

and still a decaying weather front, producing a few bits and pieces of

rain through the night, some cloud around. Where we get breaks, we

could see further spells of mist and fog and the potential for a few

sharp showers to develop moving up through the Channel coast. There is

a level of uncertainty about family money showers we are likely to see

and where they will crop up. I suspect that by the middle of the

afternoon, some places will escape them and stay dry. Not as warm as

today. If you catch a shower, particularly across north-west Wales

and England, it could be heavy and possibly thundery. Northern England,

Northern Ireland and Scotland, you do full day in prospect, quite

quiet, largely dry with sunny spells coming through. Temperatures

responding, 15 to 18 degrees.