:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to BBC Points West with Alex Lovell and David Garmston.
:00:00. > :00:00.Our main story tonight: Disabled by an accident at work.
:00:07. > :00:12.Jamie, who was a keen sportsman, has lost a leg and two hands.
:00:13. > :00:15.Now the community is raising money to help him rebuild his life.
:00:16. > :00:18.Frome is a great little community in that respect and everyone
:00:19. > :00:21.does pull together and, as soon as we heard, we knew
:00:22. > :00:32.we wanted to do something to help, much the same as everybody else.
:00:33. > :00:34.Our other headlines tonight: Under pressure.
:00:35. > :00:38.Six hospitals across the West are on the highest alert.
:00:39. > :00:41.A strain of bird flu is detected at Slimbridge.
:00:42. > :00:45.Vehicle restrictions are in place to stop contamination.
:00:46. > :00:50.The actor Joe Sims reports on Concorde as part of our
:00:51. > :01:02.A father of baby twins, who was electrocuted in a freak
:01:03. > :01:04.accident in Swindon, has had a third limb amputated
:01:05. > :01:11.Jamie Mines, who is 33, was working as a scaffolder
:01:12. > :01:15.when he received a severe electric shock just before Christmas.
:01:16. > :01:18.Now the community in his home town of Frome have set up a fundraising
:01:19. > :01:21.campaign to support him and his young family.
:01:22. > :01:33.A young father, a talented sportsman, a great character.
:01:34. > :01:39.But life changed for Jamie Mines in an instant and forever.
:01:40. > :01:43.He was working on this industrial estate in Swindon as a scaffolder
:01:44. > :01:47.just days before Christmas when, in a freak accident,
:01:48. > :01:54.He remains in a critical but stable condition in Southmead having now
:01:55. > :02:00.The initial target was ?10,000, which I think was achieved
:02:01. > :02:03.within about 24 hours, which is extraordinary.
:02:04. > :02:06.Friends have set up an internet fundraising page
:02:07. > :02:12.He and his partner have twins aged just five months.
:02:13. > :02:18.The timing of such an incident before Christmas is awful and it's
:02:19. > :02:21.about how it makes people realise that things can change just
:02:22. > :02:27.Jamie is very strong, fit, healthy young man.
:02:28. > :02:32.His life is going to change so we all need to be there for him.
:02:33. > :02:35.Jamie is a strong character and he is a strong guy.
:02:36. > :02:41.If he comes through it, which he will, hoping that he does,
:02:42. > :02:48.his two little girls will keep him strong and to pull through it.
:02:49. > :02:49.Jamie was a talented footballer who played
:02:50. > :02:53.for a number of local clubs, including Frome Town.
:02:54. > :02:57.Now they have joined the fundraising campaign.
:02:58. > :02:59.We are going to do a little collection on Saturday,
:03:00. > :03:01.which is our first home game since it happened.
:03:02. > :03:04.But also, we are looking to arrange a day for Jamie
:03:05. > :03:16.We will have a little football tournament and a fundraiser that day
:03:17. > :03:18.and support everything else that is going on.
:03:19. > :03:21.The circumstances of the accident here are unclear but the Health and
:03:22. > :03:24.Whatever the cause, the outcome is plainly devastating for a young
:03:25. > :03:47.The fundraising campaign for Jamie is trending. The target is ?100,000.
:03:48. > :03:49.Six hospitals in the West are tonight struggling to cope
:03:50. > :03:52.The Bristol Royal Infirmary, the Childrens Hospital,
:03:53. > :03:58.Southmead and Weston hospitals along with Yeovil in Somerset and the RUH
:03:59. > :04:01.in Bath are now on the highest possible alert and asking people not
:04:02. > :04:03.to go to emergency departments unless it's life-threatening.
:04:04. > :04:06.They're also having to consider cancelling some operations.
:04:07. > :04:10.Joining us now is one of the people trying to cope with this very
:04:11. > :04:12.pressurised situation - Dr Peter Goyder, who's the clinical
:04:13. > :04:29.I know you are on call and very busy. How bad is out there? The
:04:30. > :04:33.hospital is a very busy at the moment. The numbers they are seeing
:04:34. > :04:40.are high and the complexity of patients is very high. We have had a
:04:41. > :04:44.lot of patience in the children's Hospital and people are getting
:04:45. > :04:47.older and frailer and needing longer lengths of stay, and that has
:04:48. > :04:53.particularly been more marked in the last week or two. We have always
:04:54. > :05:02.been expecting a win to squeeze but the weather is still quite mild so
:05:03. > :05:06.what is going on? I think the weather is extremely cold. It is a
:05:07. > :05:11.prolonged cold over the last week or so and that has a big impact. We
:05:12. > :05:19.have also got a lot of other illness is about. If you are older, frailer,
:05:20. > :05:26.that has a great impact. Are people using the services appropriately?
:05:27. > :05:31.Most people are the tip we can reduce the pressure on the emergency
:05:32. > :05:35.departments, if someone has a simple matter the committee managed in the
:05:36. > :05:42.pharmacy or general practice, it is much better to use it in those ways.
:05:43. > :05:47.We know that many people will not be able to be seen in primary care but
:05:48. > :05:53.we know that GPs prioritise sink the urgent need and will always talk to
:05:54. > :05:57.someone and assess what level they need. Otherwise, there is 111 who
:05:58. > :06:02.can get you to the right place to see the right people. But what you
:06:03. > :06:05.do no want is people thinking, I must not bother the doctor, even
:06:06. > :06:14.though they may have symptoms which are worrying. Absolutely. If someone
:06:15. > :06:20.has a conditional symptom they are not sure about, talk to family, the
:06:21. > :06:25.pharmacy, the GP, 111, and through those roots, people will get the
:06:26. > :06:31.care they need. If someone does have severe breathing difficulties or
:06:32. > :06:34.chest pains or a significant broken bone, the A departments are the
:06:35. > :06:39.right place to be, but we can make sure other people are seen in much
:06:40. > :06:43.more community-based settings where their care can be effectively
:06:44. > :06:46.managed. Are you saying the conditions this week with these
:06:47. > :06:51.hospitals on the highest alerts is being made worse by people who do
:06:52. > :06:56.not really need to be there? Gives examples of people who turn up and
:06:57. > :07:01.should not be there. An example across the whole system is people
:07:02. > :07:06.often call 999 and if you have an ambulance tied up with someone who
:07:07. > :07:11.is not that seriously ill, that is an ambulance less for someone with
:07:12. > :07:16.chest pains or a stroke. We have patience with infected toenails
:07:17. > :07:22.going to the A Department only yesterday, and those things should
:07:23. > :07:29.be managed in primary care. Gosh! Are A departments on high alert
:07:30. > :07:33.safe places to be? Yes, they are. That is why we have got the
:07:34. > :07:35.escalation processes to make sure we can get in the right number of
:07:36. > :07:36.clinicians in the support. It's the first Wednesday of 2017
:07:37. > :07:40.and you're watching BBC Points West Stay with us too as there's
:07:41. > :07:44.plenty more still to bring you including: New Year,
:07:45. > :07:48.new images on BBC One. We meet some of the stars
:07:49. > :08:02.of the new idents fresh And the skies continue to play this
:08:03. > :08:07.evening into the night. That will lead to a widespread frost tomorrow
:08:08. > :08:08.morning. Your weather details at the end of the programme.
:08:09. > :08:10.A man's been charged with murder in connection
:08:11. > :08:14.The body of Mohammed Abdurezek was discovered in undergrowth
:08:15. > :08:22.42-year-old Karl Cullen is accused of killing him and is due before
:08:23. > :08:30.A second man aged 22 is still being questioned by police.
:08:31. > :08:33.And in Wiltshire, a 34-year-old man has been charged with arson
:08:34. > :08:36.and criminal damage in connection with a fire at a primary school.
:08:37. > :08:41.The fire began at the Avenue in Warminster shortly after 3am
:08:42. > :08:43.and was extinguished in about an hour.
:08:44. > :08:50.The children's centre and nursery will be open as usual tomorrow.
:08:51. > :08:54.Four birds have died of avian flu at the Wildfowl Wetlands Trust
:08:55. > :08:59.A strain of the virus has been spreading across Europe.
:09:00. > :09:03.This afternoon, Defra also announced restrictions on all poultry
:09:04. > :09:06.will remain in place until the end of February.
:09:07. > :09:08.Our Gloucestershire reporter, Steve Knibbs,
:09:09. > :09:25.It sounds serious on the face of it and staff are taking it seriously
:09:26. > :09:31.but there are thousands of birds here on the reserve. Perhaps it is
:09:32. > :09:36.not unexpected. Staff have been tracking the movement of avian flu
:09:37. > :09:40.across Europe and they have been outbreaks in Wales and Somerset so
:09:41. > :09:46.maybe it is not too surprising it has happened here. Over Christmas, a
:09:47. > :09:50.number of birds died on the reserve. They were sent to laboratories for
:09:51. > :09:54.analysis and four of them came back to have had the disease. A
:09:55. > :09:59.relatively small number but there are still a lot of migration due to
:10:00. > :10:04.happen over the winter so staff watching things very closely here.
:10:05. > :10:10.At the forefront of their minds is the risk to people not captive birds
:10:11. > :10:14.and poultry farmers nearby so extra bio-security measures are being
:10:15. > :10:19.brought in, vehicle restrictions in place as well as disinfectant mats
:10:20. > :10:23.vehicles have the drive over. The reserve is still open to the public
:10:24. > :10:26.but there will be extra disinfectant mats for people to walk over and
:10:27. > :10:32.hand sanitises for people feeding the birds here. But important to say
:10:33. > :10:36.that Defra have extended their restrictions for poultry owners and
:10:37. > :10:40.owners of captive birds to how those animals until the end of Bradbury.
:10:41. > :10:45.Those restrictions were due to end shortly but that has now been
:10:46. > :10:49.extended until the end of February, also asking owners of those birds to
:10:50. > :10:54.increase their own bio-security measures because at the forefront of
:10:55. > :10:58.everyone's minds, difficult to control wild birds but controlling
:10:59. > :11:01.the spread of the disease amongst captive birds, very important.
:11:02. > :11:05.They've ranged from a revolving globe to a balloon
:11:06. > :11:10.We're talking about the idents - the images you see between
:11:11. > :11:16.Now they've been given a makeover by the acclaimed Bristol documentary
:11:17. > :11:23.He was asked to capture an evolving portrait of modern Britain
:11:24. > :11:30.The campaign launched on New Year's Day with the image
:11:31. > :11:32.of a group of swimmers from Clevedon in North Somerset.
:11:33. > :11:35.In a moment, we'll be hearing from Martin Parr
:11:36. > :11:37.but first our reporter, Pam Caulfield, has been
:11:38. > :11:45.It wasn't a one-off just for the cameras.
:11:46. > :11:49.This group swim in the sea all year round in all temperatures
:11:50. > :12:05.It makes you feel well. If you are grumpy and tired, when people come
:12:06. > :12:08.out today, the difference in their attitude is mentally uplifting and
:12:09. > :12:16.really good for you. Lovely! Marvellous! Does a marvellous job to
:12:17. > :12:20.the brain. I get lots of back pain so it really helps me. You get in
:12:21. > :12:26.there and you cannot feel anything else. It is all about swimming and
:12:27. > :12:28.being healthy and happy and just loving what we have got here.
:12:29. > :12:31.At temperatures of 6 degrees, most are out in minutes.
:12:32. > :12:36.But not this brave lady - the last one in the water!
:12:37. > :12:41.How do you stay so long and there? Do you get better at it?
:12:42. > :12:43.The group were chosen because they're so close.
:12:44. > :12:46.They were filmed in November but didn't know their film would be
:12:47. > :12:59.New Year 's morning, I woke up with a thick head to find people phoning
:13:00. > :13:03.me and saying, do you realise you on BBC One? Then it was shown all the
:13:04. > :13:05.time. I will be swimming for the rest of my life.
:13:06. > :13:07.While it might be a short moment in the limelight,
:13:08. > :13:17.it's a snapshot of a hobby that lasts a lifetime.
:13:18. > :13:20.A little earlier, Martin Parr joined us in the studio to talk to us
:13:21. > :13:30.I began by asking him how he chose his subjects.
:13:31. > :13:37.They wanted to start with a new year swim so I came up with this idea of
:13:38. > :13:41.going to the Cleveland swimmers. I knew what a great group they were
:13:42. > :13:48.and the BBC liked this. They were very happy to oblige. It is a
:13:49. > :13:52.massive brief you were given. It it is quite difficult to interpret. The
:13:53. > :13:57.idea is to show different people who come together for different reasons,
:13:58. > :14:01.in this case, the swim together, some are work-related. But the idea
:14:02. > :14:06.is to show people who come together all the way around the UK. We have
:14:07. > :14:11.done two in and around Bristol and two in Wales and now we're going to
:14:12. > :14:15.London, North of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the whole of the
:14:16. > :14:21.UK. We started here and will work our way around the country. We had
:14:22. > :14:25.the swimming hippos and the kites and the helicopter and they were on
:14:26. > :14:30.our screens for years and yours is a very different style. Why have
:14:31. > :14:35.people been saying? I am surprised how big these have become. We say to
:14:36. > :14:39.people, you will be on the BBC and you suddenly realise, when you watch
:14:40. > :14:43.the telly, that it is a huge thing. I heard a few of the swimmers
:14:44. > :14:46.talking this morning on the radio that they were amazed to see
:14:47. > :14:54.themselves time and time again. These will run for a year. The hippo
:14:55. > :15:00.has run for 40 years. Certainly this year but they may go beyond that.
:15:01. > :15:07.Have we seen or the West Country once it? So far, yes. We have done
:15:08. > :15:12.two. Much as I'd like to do it around Bristol, we do have to share
:15:13. > :15:24.it. It is rather nice to be included in it! I think you will get an
:15:25. > :15:28.invitation from the Cleveland swimmers now! I am a bit busy.
:15:29. > :15:31.Now, as you may have heard, Points West celebrates its 60th
:15:32. > :15:33.birthday this year and, to mark our diamond anniversary,
:15:34. > :15:35.we've invited some celebrities with West Country connections
:15:36. > :15:39.Tonight, we start with the Bristol actor Joe Sims.
:15:40. > :15:41.Joe is perhaps best known for his role as Nige,
:15:42. > :15:45.the creepy plumber in the ITV drama Broadchurch.
:15:46. > :15:48.For us, Joe has been behind the scenes of the new aviation
:15:49. > :15:51.museum in South Gloucestershire, which will open this summer
:15:52. > :15:55.with the star attraction - the West's most iconic aircraft,
:15:56. > :16:15.Concorde thundered across the Bristol skies on a November day back
:16:16. > :16:24.in 2003. Ready for a final touchdown. The winter weather did
:16:25. > :16:29.not stop thousands of people turning up to welcome her in. Some risking
:16:30. > :16:35.life and limb to catch a glimpse of the supersonic jet, a performer to
:16:36. > :16:41.the end. And since then, she has been waiting patiently on the
:16:42. > :16:45.tarmac, just a stone 's throw's away from where she was born, waiting for
:16:46. > :16:50.the next episode of her adventure. She is truly like family. My dad
:16:51. > :16:52.works on the Olympus engines just over there on Rolls-Royce.
:16:53. > :16:55.216 was one of 10 Concordes built at Filton in the 1960s and '70s.
:16:56. > :16:58.It was built by an army of local engineers and designers.
:16:59. > :17:00.After her first UK flight from Filton to RAF Fairford
:17:01. > :17:07.Once in operation, the aircraft cruised at more than twice the speed
:17:08. > :17:11.of sound, flying at an altitude of 60,000 feet.
:17:12. > :17:16.Passengers lapped up the fine dining and paid thousands
:17:17. > :17:22.The fleet was eventually grounded over financial and safety concerns.
:17:23. > :17:25.But although 216's champagne days are over, she is about to be
:17:26. > :17:32.Later in the year, Concorde is going to be moving here,
:17:33. > :17:35.where she is going to be the star attraction of Aerospace Bristol,
:17:36. > :17:37.a ?19 million museum dedicated to the aviation history
:17:38. > :17:44.When it opens in the summer, this attraction will take
:17:45. > :17:48.visitors on a journey, from 1910 when Sir George White
:17:49. > :17:53.turned tram sheds into an aircraft factory in Filton.
:17:54. > :17:57.Stories about the earliest flight in box kites over the Downs,
:17:58. > :18:01.the Concorde years, and of course, the latest aerospace technology
:18:02. > :18:08.will all be captured under one brilliant Bristolian roof.
:18:09. > :18:11.The museum's taking shape but now an enormous technical
:18:12. > :18:17.Actually getting Concorde in here is going to be one heck
:18:18. > :18:20.of a piece of logistics, which means dismantling some
:18:21. > :18:22.of the building and tarring all the way across the airfield.
:18:23. > :18:24.She's got to come right into position, because all
:18:25. > :18:27.the stairs coming off here will be there ready to meet her.
:18:28. > :18:30.So she has got to get there within about a centimetre or so.
:18:31. > :18:32.That is the margin for error, a centimetre?
:18:33. > :18:36.A centimetre here and a metre or so coming in through the building.
:18:37. > :18:38.You are feeling confident, everything is ready,
:18:39. > :18:59.I feel like Jim Collins! But first, a little breather. Alan started as
:19:00. > :19:03.an apprentice in 1975. How did you feel when Concorde was
:19:04. > :19:09.decommissioned? A bit of sadness or cause I was a Bristol boy, so if
:19:10. > :19:13.flying over the house. But we have to move forward with the aviation
:19:14. > :19:17.industry. Thousands of people still work for the aerospace industry in
:19:18. > :19:21.this part of Bristol and apprentices are looking at new technologies and
:19:22. > :19:24.how they will propel us into the future. I'm excited to see how the
:19:25. > :19:29.new materials and star Mark materials or impacts both the
:19:30. > :19:32.function, design of the plane that also had a passenger interacts with
:19:33. > :19:38.the plane. There may be changes in store for the passengers on board
:19:39. > :19:39.the flight and how it might play out for them. All the best for your
:19:40. > :19:40.career. It's going to be such
:19:41. > :19:42.a big year for Concorde. Joining us now is actor Joe Sims
:19:43. > :20:12.and Lloyd Burnell, who's in charge Concorde means a lot to you,
:20:13. > :20:18.obviously. That in aviation industry is woven into the fabric of
:20:19. > :20:24.Bristolian life. This was a real hot Marsh to a lifetime's work for a lot
:20:25. > :20:28.of people. If you were a Bristol kit, you will know an uncle, aunt,
:20:29. > :20:35.father or mother involved with Concorde. That's right. My own dad
:20:36. > :20:42.worked on the Olympus engines so it personally gives me pride. So when
:20:43. > :20:49.you got the chance to do this, was this a first for you? I had never
:20:50. > :20:53.been an Concorde or ever thought I would get the opportunity. Like a
:20:54. > :21:00.kid in a sweet shop? Pumps was sweating, I did not know why would
:21:01. > :21:11.do. But to walk in the same businesses Joe Collins all of these
:21:12. > :21:15.fancy people. How many selfies? She had two. She did not like to fly out
:21:16. > :21:29.with anyone, apparently. She was won a apparently. What will it be like?
:21:30. > :21:36.These things can be dry and dull. What are you doing to make a
:21:37. > :21:39.standout? There will be a fantastic light and sound show projecting on
:21:40. > :21:43.the surface of the aircraft so that will be a big thing for when people
:21:44. > :21:49.come in. As well as all the exhibitions. In the other buildings
:21:50. > :21:55.we have got, there is all the aviation heritage and learning
:21:56. > :22:01.centre with immersive technology. It will be a great family attraction.
:22:02. > :22:07.Has your heart always been in this? Was it before or is this a love
:22:08. > :22:10.affair that has grown? It is a love affair that has grown with the
:22:11. > :22:14.determination and steeliness to see this through to its fruition. It
:22:15. > :22:21.would mean so much to so many people in the Bristol region. Before we go,
:22:22. > :22:25.what plans have you got this year? Lots of actor type things? I felt
:22:26. > :22:30.terrible for saying this, but if you chewing on the ITV take GM, you
:22:31. > :22:38.might see me in Midsummer murders! Is a long part or do you die
:22:39. > :22:44.quickly? I could not possibly say. I love that show! It is great. Thank
:22:45. > :22:47.you so much, really great to see you.
:22:48. > :22:50.Finally tonight, i9t was a bespoke limousine once built
:22:51. > :22:54.especially for Donald Trump, billionaire businessman and now
:22:55. > :22:58.President-elect, now owned by a mechanic in Gloucester.
:22:59. > :23:02.The limo may be 30 years old now but it has all the gadgets
:23:03. > :23:04.the 80s had to offer, as Tracey Miller has
:23:05. > :23:19.Designed and made for one of world's most famous billionaires.
:23:20. > :23:38.And it was actually made for Donald Trump, wasn't it?
:23:39. > :23:46.When they got made, obviously Donald Trump never ordered the rest,
:23:47. > :23:52.so there was only actually two, but only one of these Gold Series.
:23:53. > :23:55.And what is in here, because it is incredible, isn't it?
:23:56. > :23:58.It's got all sorts of things that you would have been
:23:59. > :24:03.Besides the safe to keep Donald's cash, there's a TV
:24:04. > :24:09.A fridge for Donald's ice and a specially designed drink
:24:10. > :24:13.dispenser that will give you gin, vodka - what ever you fancy,
:24:14. > :24:18.The limo is now 30 years old and was a wreck
:24:19. > :24:23.We just got it up together over the last nine years.
:24:24. > :24:25.And it's just something he loves to keep?
:24:26. > :24:29.It wasn't bought for any other reason, than he just
:24:30. > :24:34.I think it's got more sentimental value to him
:24:35. > :24:39.Yes, it's little piece of history, I think.
:24:40. > :24:48.I think it's the White House for you.
:24:49. > :25:10.I think it would have a Twitter button. Better not go there. I said
:25:11. > :25:16.it was a mild winter but I was corrected by the doctor.
:25:17. > :25:23.As I mentioned yesterday, the extreme cold will head out towards
:25:24. > :25:29.the Balkans, Greece and parts of Turkey as we head over the next few
:25:30. > :25:33.days but for us, we will get a taste of something colder and that will
:25:34. > :25:36.bring a widespread frost which will be with us tomorrow morning and then
:25:37. > :25:44.we are in for a beautiful day. Clear blue skies and remaining that way
:25:45. > :25:50.from start to finish. Here is a wider look at how things are shaping
:25:51. > :25:54.up. We have had a weak cold front today. You see the blues appearing
:25:55. > :25:59.on the map. Another northerly flow and plunge of cold air. Not quite as
:26:00. > :26:05.cold as PM Mass we had early this week but nonetheless, when you reach
:26:06. > :26:09.for the ice scraper tomorrow morning, you will think it is
:26:10. > :26:13.identical. For the rest of this evening, the last of any patchy
:26:14. > :26:16.cloud departing, the sky is continuing to click on the north and
:26:17. > :26:21.the war widely do so through the course of the night. The frost
:26:22. > :26:30.extends its reach as the night wears on. The temperatures we expect by
:26:31. > :26:35.the end of the night will be from -2 to -4, some locations getting down
:26:36. > :26:41.to minus six. The Hawthorn deposits not as a bun didn't but that does
:26:42. > :26:44.not mean it will not be a frosty start. But it means there will be
:26:45. > :26:48.the odd patch of bruising fog around, shallow nature by tomorrow
:26:49. > :26:54.morning. It will disperse quickly. Through the rest of the day,
:26:55. > :27:00.beautiful day, light winds, but a sign that through the far west, it
:27:01. > :27:04.will encroach there and that will become more of a feature as we
:27:05. > :27:09.continue overnight towards Friday. Temperatures tomorrow in inherently
:27:10. > :27:13.cold, too -- four Celsius, but the winds will be light, so no
:27:14. > :27:19.wind-chill. With the sunshine, it should be a pleasant day to be out
:27:20. > :27:24.and about. Friday, for more abundantly out towards the far east
:27:25. > :27:28.of the region and hill fog and rain pushing across as it turns milder
:27:29. > :27:34.from the south-west. It is not look that way into next week. I think
:27:35. > :27:39.that is the trouble, we have had a bit of everything. It has been mild
:27:40. > :27:43.in very cold. Anyway, the Trump Mobil is waiting to take us home.
:27:44. > :27:51.Let us hope it does not crash into any walls
:27:52. > :27:55.as he explores Naples, Venice and Florence.
:27:56. > :27:57.It's like we're walking through a giant's armpit.
:27:58. > :28:04.We can follow the escape route of Michelangelo.
:28:05. > :28:15.Mildred is our first student from a non-witching family.
:28:16. > :28:25.'I've got a good feeling about this year.'