26/02/2017 BBC Wales Today

Good evening.

The family of a five-year-old girl from Newport,

who died of an asthma attack, are calling for her

GP to be struck off.

Ellie-May Clark was taken to the local surgery by her mother,

but her doctor refused to see her because she was late

for the appointment.

She died a few hours later.

A General Medical Council investigation found that the GP's

failure to see and assess the child did not meet with the standards

required of a doctor.

Nick Palit reports.

Memories of happier times.

These photos all Brandi Clark has left to remember her granddaughter,

Ellie-May, who died of an asthma attack.

Mum Shanice brought the five-year-old to

the doctor's surgery

in the Malpas area of Newport after she was sent home from school

early because teachers were concerned about her breathing.

She had made an emergency appointment but was

a few minutes late.

She did tell them she might be five minutes late because she had to sort

out bringing the kids here and then phoning for a lift

because she wasn't driving at the time.

And when she got in, she was a few minutes late,

because she checked her phone.

And they wouldn't see her.

And you believe that decision cost Ellie-May her life?

Yes, because she did get worse.

So she had to phone the ambulance.

And while the ambulance was on its way, she collapsed.

And that was it, she was gone.

Ellie-May died that night before an ambulance could get

to the Royal Gwent Hospital.

That was two years ago.

Now the health board has carried out a serious concern report

into the actions of Doctor JoAnn role at the Grange clinic

and confirmed Ellie-May had a history of severe asthma

which the doctor was aware of.

The confidential report confirmed that Doctor Rowe refused to see

the child because she was late for the appointment and did not make

any clinical assessment.

What would you like to see happen to the doctor concerned?

I don't know how she should be punished, struck off.

If she just said sorry, at least that would be something.

But Doctor Rowe continues to practice, now in Cardiff.

The General Medical Council investigation resulted in a warning

which will stay on her record for five years.

It states...

Your failure to see and assess this child does not meet the standards

required of a doctor.

It risks bringing the profession into disrepute

and must not be repeated.

The Gwent coroner is investigating Ellie-May's death.

An inquest is yet to be held.

The family have fight on and get justice Ellie-May as they say

she will be forever in their thoughts.

Funny little girl, bright.

Very intelligent.

So funny and loving.

Brandi Clark, ending that report by Nick Palit.

A 20-year-old woman, who played rugby for Wales, has died

in a car crash near Glynneath.

Elli Norkett, from Llandarcy,

was the youngest player to take part in the 20-14 Rugby World Cup.

Her family have paid tribute to her - and the Welsh Rugby Union

say she was a talented, dedicated player,

and popular teammate.

Police are appealing for witnesses to the collision,

on the A4109 last night, to get in touch.

A coroner has ordered Betsi Cadwaladwr Health Board

to respond, following an inquest into the death of a patient

at Glan Clwyd Hospital.

Raymond Edwards had bowel surgery in 20-15 -

Raymond Edwards had bowel surgery in 2015 -

and tests afterwards showed he had a rare disease - but the results

were never passed to his consultant.

He died several months later - and the coroner said although this

did not cause his death - a future fatality could be possible,

if a reliable protocol isn't put in place.

Any student seeking asylum should be able to finish their education

here, without facing threats of deportation.

That's according to National Union of Students Wales -

which is supporting a campaign to stop Bangor University student -

Shiromini Satkunarajah - from being deported back to Sri

Lanka.

The 20-year-old, who's in the third year of an electronic engineering

course, has been taken to a detention centre

after being refused asylum.

The Home Office says it considers each case carefully.

This is a brutal thing to do at such a valuable time of someone's

educational experience.

She is also an exceptional student, she is due

to be on course to finish her engineering degree with a

first-class honours.

At the end of this year in electronical

engineering which is something skills wise we need

in the UK and in Wales.

Despite Ukip's loss in Stoke-on-Trent Central's

by-election last week - the party's Assembly Leader,

Neil Hamilton, told Sunday Politics Wales that UKIP has

become an essential voice here.

The party was founded in 1991 with the aim of getting

the UK out of the EU.

Following Brexit - Mr Hamilton denied Ukip had now

outlived its purpose.

Carwyn Jones doesn't hold a majority in the Assembly, he can only do so

with the accommodation of other parties.

We are an important voice in Wales.

We got the best part of 15% of the vote in the Assembly

election last year and all the current opinion polls show that we

would actually do better in Wales today than we did last May.

Rugby - and Sam Warburton says Wales' players have

to be harsh on each other in reviewing their 29-13

defeat to Scotland.

He says they all need to put their hands up if they made

mistakes during the game.

It was their first loss to Scotland since 2007.

A look at the weather now and rain should clear this evening,

but more heavy and blustery showers will move in from the west

overnight - to leave an unsettled day tomorrow -

with the chance of hail and thunder in places,

and snow over the hills.

Feeling cold, with highs of 7 Celsius.

I'll be back with our next update at 10.20pm.

Until then, enjoy your evening.

Bye-bye.