:00:00. > :00:00.and on BBC one we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.
:00:00. > :00:07.Welcome to BBC Points West with Alex Lovell and David Garmston.
:00:08. > :00:09.Our main story tonight: The Conservatives in the clear
:00:10. > :00:15.These five West country candidates who were under police investigation
:00:16. > :00:30.You know in the back of your mind that it is hanging over you and the
:00:31. > :00:31.penalty for the allegations we were facing was potentially a jail
:00:32. > :00:32.sentence. The inquiry related to costs
:00:33. > :00:35.of a party battlebus - Our other headlines tonight:
:00:36. > :00:46.When the music stops. Big names from the world of rock
:00:47. > :00:49.and pop help fulfill the dying wish of a Bath drummer to record
:00:50. > :00:55.one last single. The centre celebrating 50 years
:00:56. > :00:58.transforming the lives of young people with physical
:00:59. > :01:01.and learning difficulties. And mine's a pint -
:01:02. > :01:17.why some pubs are offering I'll be live with the landlords
:01:18. > :01:18.finding out if his new incentive has persuaded anyone to register to
:01:19. > :01:31.vote. Five West Conservatives got the news
:01:32. > :01:35.they'd been waiting for today - no charges to answer over their 2015
:01:36. > :01:38.general election expenses. James Heappey from Wells was one
:01:39. > :01:40.of those under investigation He's been talking to our political
:01:41. > :01:43.editor, Paul Barltrop. Not all battlebuses are the same -
:01:44. > :01:46.and the electoral rules On the left: the 2015 bus that
:01:47. > :01:49.carried David Cameron, On the right: a bus full of Tory
:01:50. > :01:55.activists taken to marginal seats... Five West country Conservatives,
:01:56. > :02:02.who won, got a visit - and should have included it
:02:03. > :02:05.on their election expenses. But Yeovil's Marcus Fysh,
:02:06. > :02:07.James Heappey of Wells, Stroud's Neil Carmichael,
:02:08. > :02:09.Luke Hall of Thornbury and Yate and Alex Chalk
:02:10. > :02:11.of Cheltenham didn't realise. Today in his office
:02:12. > :02:14.James Heappey showed us They'd sent a file to prosecutors,
:02:15. > :02:22.who've decided he and his fellow All today have
:02:23. > :02:38.expressed their relief. I can't tell you what a weight has
:02:39. > :02:43.been lifted from my shoulders. We knew we didn't file a false return
:02:44. > :02:47.and had done as we were told but the result was that nagging doubt, what
:02:48. > :02:51.if the bottle at or handed over to the courts because it is too much of
:02:52. > :02:56.a political hot potato. I am so relieved.
:02:57. > :03:00.was the culmination of two years of campaigning, with a million
:03:01. > :03:06.By contrast, the battlebus was around for just a few hours.
:03:07. > :03:15.They spoke to a few hundred people at most and I won by 7500 votes. The
:03:16. > :03:18.battlebus was not decisive in any way whatsoever.
:03:19. > :03:21.His Liberal Democrat rival hopes all can now focus on the issues.
:03:22. > :03:26.Her party also fell foul of Electoral Commission rules.
:03:27. > :03:34.Every party was criticised but it is really important money doesn't come
:03:35. > :03:40.to the fore in any election. It is important it is focused on ideas and
:03:41. > :03:44.policies. There will be plenty of battlebus is crisscrossing the west
:03:45. > :03:47.country over the next few weeks. All parties will be campaigning but
:03:48. > :03:48.making sure to stay within the rules.
:03:49. > :03:51.A campaign aimed at encouraging people to vote is offering a free
:03:52. > :04:00.pint to anyone who's recently registered to vote.
:04:01. > :04:05.It starts around 5 million people in the UK are signed up on the
:04:06. > :04:08.electoral roll, so is this the answer.
:04:09. > :04:12.Fiona Lamdin is in the pub in the center of Bristol this evening.
:04:13. > :04:20.This is the poster around it is pretty clear that if you register as
:04:21. > :04:26.a new boat you qualify for a pint. This is the landlord and it is all
:04:27. > :04:33.his idea. Tell us how it works? Register, bring your confirmation in
:04:34. > :04:39.and we will give you a free pint. I didn't used to vote for years and
:04:40. > :04:42.today it is so important in the current political climate that we
:04:43. > :04:48.thought we had better get people to vote. Has there been much take-up?
:04:49. > :04:52.Really good. Five people in already and the gentleman has just done it
:04:53. > :04:55.just now and we have 24 different pubs doing it across the country and
:04:56. > :05:00.they are all getting people to register to vote. Jack has literally
:05:01. > :05:06.just been given this pint and you didn't pay a penny? Tellers, would
:05:07. > :05:12.you have registered had you not had this incentive? I was considering
:05:13. > :05:18.it, but it is always good to have the extra kick to make you actually
:05:19. > :05:24.get off the sofa and do it and get yourself down better. Thank you very
:05:25. > :05:27.much. Obviously a first-time voter. We can meet Vicki who doesn't have
:05:28. > :05:34.free pint because she alleges that the couple of weeks ago but you are
:05:35. > :05:37.new voter? What was the kick? The referendum. I feel like now is the
:05:38. > :05:42.time to exercise your rights. Would-be pint have helped? Edward
:05:43. > :05:48.have made me think about it but not necessarily sign up. People are
:05:49. > :05:53.talking about this and if you haven't registered yet, the clock is
:05:54. > :06:00.ticking. Just two weeks left for new people to register. We've just
:06:01. > :06:05.registered and will be deleted on! It's been a beautiful day
:06:06. > :06:08.and it's a lovely evening - Stay with us as there's much more
:06:09. > :06:20.still to bring you tonight. For the last 50 years they have been
:06:21. > :06:22.changing the lives of young people with disabilities.
:06:23. > :06:27.We want young people to make us a film for our 60th birthday -
:06:28. > :06:33.An inquest's heard a 70-year-old woman was stabbed to death
:06:34. > :06:36.in bed by her husband - who then died when his car hit
:06:37. > :06:40.a tree at high speed near Weston-super-Mare.
:06:41. > :06:43.The body of Ann Furneaux was found at the couple's home
:06:44. > :06:51.Her husband Edward had told a GP he was feeling anxious
:06:52. > :06:56.His seat belt in the car was undone - but the coroner said he couldn't
:06:57. > :07:01.A man from Chippenham has been arrested on suspicion of murder
:07:02. > :07:03.after police and paramedics were called just after
:07:04. > :07:08.A 32-year-old man was found critically injured
:07:09. > :07:14.on the road and later died at the scene from injuries.
:07:15. > :07:18.The police say that they believe that no else was involved
:07:19. > :07:19.but they are appealing for witnesses.
:07:20. > :07:22.The busy London Road has been closed for investigations but they hope
:07:23. > :07:28.BBC Points West can reveal that men in the region whose sex lives have
:07:29. > :07:30.ended because of prostate cancer are suffering in silence
:07:31. > :07:33.As our Health Correspondent Matthew Hill reports,
:07:34. > :07:44.it's now emerged more patients are now being refused funding.
:07:45. > :07:47.This man was in his 40s when he was told the devastating news he had
:07:48. > :07:54.An operation to remove his prostate cured him but had
:07:55. > :07:57.I didn't go into any conversation that might
:07:58. > :07:58.lead down to any form of
:07:59. > :08:08.relationship, just in case we got to the stage where she would realise
:08:09. > :08:11.that I didn't have any use of my appendages.
:08:12. > :08:13.When medication fails and as a last resort,
:08:14. > :08:15.there is a remedy that involves major surgery.
:08:16. > :08:24.It involves an inflatable penile implant.
:08:25. > :08:27.FLuid is taken from the reservoir inside the patient's abdomen.
:08:28. > :08:28.The operation costs between nine and ?10,000
:08:29. > :08:36.The confidence I have in talking to women and stuff is priceless.
:08:37. > :08:38.Where you live has a big impact on your
:08:39. > :08:50.In 2015-16, hospitals there performed just six operations,
:08:51. > :08:53.compared with 53 in the north-east, so men are 19 times more likely to
:08:54. > :09:02.have surgery in the north-east converge with the south-west.
:09:03. > :09:04.It means patients are facing delays in getting treatment.
:09:05. > :09:06.It has quite significant psychological, physical
:09:07. > :09:09.and social effects, relationship breakdowns.
:09:10. > :09:12.If you have had breast cancer surgery, the NHS on the whole
:09:13. > :09:15.will fund reconstruction but it is not true for men who have
:09:16. > :09:21.And this man says it is seriously affecting
:09:22. > :09:31.Apart from that, I am thinking about it constantly and get
:09:32. > :09:34.very depressed and it is difficult to talk about even as a married
:09:35. > :09:48.It is not once a month or once a year, a daily
:09:49. > :09:51.NHS England want to put an end to this lottery -based
:09:52. > :09:55.setting up a designated centre in the South.
:09:56. > :09:57.Until then, it says patients will continue to be seen
:09:58. > :10:01.But surgeons I have spoken to say in reality there simply is
:10:02. > :10:16.not the funding so it seems men will continue to suffer in silence.
:10:17. > :10:19.It is good when people talk out about issues like that.
:10:20. > :10:21.The National Star College in Gloucestershire has been
:10:22. > :10:22.celebrating its 50th anniversary today.
:10:23. > :10:24.For half a century it's helped transform the lives
:10:25. > :10:26.of hundreds of students with physical and
:10:27. > :10:28.Our Gloucestershire reporter Steve Knibbs
:10:29. > :10:46.A beautiful evening as well. This is where it all started back in 1967
:10:47. > :10:51.with just ten students but it has transformed over the last 50 years
:10:52. > :10:53.right across the country. The birthday celebrations have been in
:10:54. > :10:58.full swing with lots of dancing and full swing with lots of dancing and
:10:59. > :11:04.singing and I can tell you this lot know how to dance. Over the last 50
:11:05. > :11:09.years, attitudes, opportunity, technology has changed, and we have
:11:10. > :11:12.been to meet two students whose lives have changed by coming here.
:11:13. > :11:16.Alongside arts, English and social studies, typing was a vital subject,
:11:17. > :11:18.officially recorded as useful therapy and an important means of
:11:19. > :11:25.The fire escape was also pretty basic.
:11:26. > :11:27.Ranjit Bhamra was a student here in the 1970s and
:11:28. > :11:30.remembers attitudes to him and his friends in wheelchairs were often
:11:31. > :11:36.I went to the cinema and they had no seating for
:11:37. > :11:43.I had to be taken out of my chair, sat in a normal
:11:44. > :11:48.seat, and the person with me said what happens if there's a fire?
:11:49. > :11:52.He said, you will be the last one out.
:11:53. > :12:01.That was the sort of attitude in the 1970s.
:12:02. > :12:04.But what Star gave then and today is opportunity encouraged by
:12:05. > :12:07.his art teacher he fell in love with painting and has become
:12:08. > :12:17.It gae me the confidence to stand ony two feet.
:12:18. > :12:19.I have never stood on my two feet but it does.
:12:20. > :12:22.In the Star you had to be a strong character
:12:23. > :12:24.because there were a lot of strong characters at the time.
:12:25. > :12:27.Being able to stand up for yourself and being
:12:28. > :12:29.able to fend for yourself, put your point across.
:12:30. > :12:31.It's what gives you the confidence later on in life to
:12:32. > :12:39.be able to achieve whatever you want to achieve.
:12:40. > :12:41.From its early days, National Star has helped
:12:42. > :12:44.to pioneer assistive technology.
:12:45. > :12:47.What was once large, slow and clunky is now portable with
:12:48. > :12:51.software helping students with everyday tasks.
:12:52. > :12:54.Lorna was a student in the 1970s with aspirations to be
:12:55. > :12:57.a typist but only having one hand meant holding
:12:58. > :13:03.So one engineering apprentice was broken to design a
:13:04. > :13:06.special pedals you could use and today they have met for the first
:13:07. > :13:12.When you took your foot off the spring brought it
:13:13. > :13:17.I couldn't believe it would work but it did.
:13:18. > :13:19.It wasn't long at all before it made all the
:13:20. > :13:23.difference to me and I used it right through the Star centre and the
:13:24. > :13:26.first few years of work until I got an electric typewriter.
:13:27. > :13:30.To listen to what she has done and the difference
:13:31. > :13:33.it made to her working life, and she could hold down a job
:13:34. > :13:42.Today it has grown working with 1,500 students a year
:13:43. > :13:44.right across the country, but the focus hasn't
:13:45. > :13:45.changed in half a
:13:46. > :13:47.century, offering opportunities for everyone to fulfil their
:13:48. > :14:05.With me as the chief executive and first-year student Alicia Williams.
:14:06. > :14:08.It is difficult to sum up the achievements of National Star and 50
:14:09. > :14:12.years but give it a try. You look at the numbers and we started with ten
:14:13. > :14:19.students in 1967 and this year we have over 1500, so it is the scale
:14:20. > :14:22.of the operation that has increased significantly. We talk about
:14:23. > :14:27.attitudes and technology and opportunity changing, but the
:14:28. > :14:32.provisions are still in great demand. How do you make it more
:14:33. > :14:39.available? It is in great demand and we usually have a waiting list. Part
:14:40. > :14:41.of it is National Star supporting local providers to skill up the
:14:42. > :14:46.staff in mainstream colleges and schools. Part of it is about
:14:47. > :14:50.National Star expanding its work and we have opened up new services in
:14:51. > :14:55.Hereford and Wales are looking at other areas we can open up a new
:14:56. > :15:01.National Star premises. You made it in. Tell us the difference it has
:15:02. > :15:05.made to you. It has made a spectacular difference because I
:15:06. > :15:10.have achieved a lot, met a lot of new friends and that kind of thing.
:15:11. > :15:13.And what will it mean for you in future? This is all about
:15:14. > :15:18.independent living in integration and living your life? Yes, and I am
:15:19. > :15:23.doing this interview today and I want to carry on campaigning for
:15:24. > :15:34.people like me and telling them that it is OK, because people will be
:15:35. > :15:38.there to help you at the end and somewhere like National Star helped
:15:39. > :15:45.me. I was in the same school for about ten years, so it was a big
:15:46. > :15:50.move for me to make that I decided to leave a year earlier because I
:15:51. > :15:54.thought if you don't you're not going to do it. I know it has made a
:15:55. > :15:58.big difference to you and all your friends and colleagues. Plenty of
:15:59. > :16:05.inspirational stuff and all that campaigning as well and there is
:16:06. > :16:06.more on BBC Breakfast tomorrow. Recognition indeed.
:16:07. > :16:09.Now what do Eric Clapton, Tears for Fears and the
:16:10. > :16:15.Jimmy Copley has played for all of them - in fact he's
:16:16. > :16:17.widely regarded in the industry as one of the country's
:16:18. > :16:22.But two years ago he was diagnosed with Leukaemia.
:16:23. > :16:25.Now he's recorded a single to say thank you to the doctors
:16:26. > :16:43.It's called Live on Through the Music - and this is it.
:16:44. > :16:49.Our Bath reporter Imogen Sellers was invited to go
:16:50. > :17:00.and talk to Jimmy who's now sadly dying.
:17:01. > :17:08.From playing with Paul Weller, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton,
:17:09. > :17:13.From performing live in front of thousands at Knebworth with Tears
:17:14. > :17:17.for Fears, Jimmy Copley is considered one of the Uk's
:17:18. > :17:26.But in December of 2015, he was told he had Leukaemia.
:17:27. > :17:30.Chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant both failed -
:17:31. > :17:36.Jimmy may now only have weeks to live.
:17:37. > :17:39.But, with a little help from his friends -
:17:40. > :17:41.who just happen to be musicians from Dire Straits, Manfred Mann,
:17:42. > :17:44.Bad Company and Goldfrapp as well as his son -
:17:45. > :17:49.he's recorded his final track called Live on Through the Music.
:17:50. > :17:52.He wants all the money raised to go to the Haematology wards
:17:53. > :18:11.I've known since last August that I was going to die. I just thought I
:18:12. > :18:19.want to leave something new, new music, and all proceeds are going to
:18:20. > :18:22.the wards. That was my dream and I have pulled it off!
:18:23. > :18:24.So determined to get it finished Jimmy recorded
:18:25. > :18:29.And with a final contribution from actor Anthony Head who has sung
:18:30. > :18:42.A remarkable soul, a remarkable drummer, a remarkable man. His
:18:43. > :18:47.contributions to rock and roll, phenomenal. It is worth buying
:18:48. > :18:52.anyway just because it is a great piece of music. It is also worth
:18:53. > :18:55.buying because whatever it raises will find its way to people that
:18:56. > :18:58.matter. Modest to the end, as we're
:18:59. > :19:01.finishing off of our interview he casually mentions running
:19:02. > :19:13.into a young David Bowie. He wrote Ziggy Stardust at my dad's
:19:14. > :19:24.studio in north London. They kept rehearsing. I thought, that's a nice
:19:25. > :19:30.riff, and they kept rehearsing over and over and all of a sudden I
:19:31. > :19:32.heard, Ziggy plays guitar. I thought, what a load of rubbish!
:19:33. > :19:36.you to all the staff that have cared for him.
:19:37. > :19:49.And a thank you for the music that has always been his passion.
:19:50. > :19:52.Fought a remarkable man. Inspirational.
:19:53. > :19:54.We're in the business of telling stories here at Points West -
:19:55. > :19:57.and as part of our 60th anniversary celebrations, we'd like young people
:19:58. > :20:01.Tonight, we're launching a fabulous new project -
:20:02. > :20:03.it's called 'What's Your Story?' and here's Sarah-Jane
:20:04. > :20:29.It's all summed up in the three words behind me, What's Your Story?
:20:30. > :20:32.We are looking for young people to tell us their stories about the West
:20:33. > :20:38.Country in a short film. You have to be between the ages of 16 and 30 to
:20:39. > :20:43.get involved. The film needs to be a story which relates to the West
:20:44. > :20:47.Country, the points West transmission area. It can be about
:20:48. > :20:50.anything, what makes this alias special or perhaps it is something
:20:51. > :20:56.that frustrates you? Perhaps you want to tell us about yourself
:20:57. > :20:59.somebody know. Short and sweet is best, no longer than 90 seconds. We
:21:00. > :21:06.thought you might need some inspiration so I asked cIARA, a
:21:07. > :21:15.young film-maker from Bristol to tell us her story. I'm 24 and live
:21:16. > :21:20.in Bristol, these are my two dogs. A year ago if you asked me if I could
:21:21. > :21:24.film and edit my own film, I would have told you I couldn't but then
:21:25. > :21:30.something happened. I experienced loss. My friend passed away due to
:21:31. > :21:35.cystic fibrosis. I also have cystic fibrosis. I have been taking photos
:21:36. > :21:38.documenting my life and as long as I can remember and in one moment I
:21:39. > :21:41.went from being behind the camera to in front of it and decided to make
:21:42. > :21:45.it public statement about my condition. I don't think enough
:21:46. > :21:48.people know about it and that is the reason I decided to make videos. To
:21:49. > :21:53.raise awareness and get a better understanding of what life is like
:21:54. > :21:57.living with a chronic illness. Although my life is determined by a
:21:58. > :22:01.strict medical regime, I am embracing my life in a way I never
:22:02. > :22:06.thought I could, and most of all I am having fun doing it. We're living
:22:07. > :22:10.in a digital age that enables us to sheer so much. We have the ability
:22:11. > :22:12.to tell stories which can in turn inspire change and motivate others.
:22:13. > :22:15.This is my story. What is yours? And Ciara is with me
:22:16. > :22:27.now - a great film - I use this camera and also my phone
:22:28. > :22:34.but the good thing about this issue can flip it up and I am recording is
:22:35. > :22:39.right now. And how easy did you find it to get into film-making? It was a
:22:40. > :22:43.natural progression because I studied photography and a year ago I
:22:44. > :22:46.went through some personal loss and I decided to put my grief into
:22:47. > :22:52.making videos about my condition, cystic fibrosis. I know some of your
:22:53. > :23:00.pictures have gone on your YouTube channel, so what reaction have you
:23:01. > :23:03.had? It's been incredible. The support from my friends and family
:23:04. > :23:08.and people all over the world has been overwhelming. People relate to
:23:09. > :23:16.my story because it is personal and authentic. The film is on the points
:23:17. > :23:18.West website this evening and also the BBC page and that is how you get
:23:19. > :23:21.involved. Ten films will be selected to be
:23:22. > :23:23.shown at the Encounters Film Festival at the Watershed in Bristol
:23:24. > :23:43.- And we'll be showing My camerawork is awful. You haven't
:23:44. > :23:49.seen it back yet! Thank you for coming in. Thank you. So talented
:23:50. > :23:59.and lovely to have you here. We will hand that back. It has been a
:24:00. > :24:06.gorgeous day, as we have mentioned. However, is it possible?
:24:07. > :24:11.A gorgeous day if you're after sunshine and try and find
:24:12. > :24:15.conditions, you would have been quite certain. The forecast
:24:16. > :24:18.tomorrow, for some of you, a different story by about this time
:24:19. > :24:24.tomorrow with the likelihood of seeing some showed early in around
:24:25. > :24:29.to the course of the morning but the amounts not of great consequence.
:24:30. > :24:32.Further into the afternoon, we start to see the desk of some heavy
:24:33. > :24:40.downpours and the risk of turning thundery but in between, a good deal
:24:41. > :24:43.of dry and noticeably warm weather. For the time being, a quiet story as
:24:44. > :24:49.we head into the course of tonight but watch the first easy of showers
:24:50. > :24:52.moving up into the early hours, drifting away to the north, and
:24:53. > :24:58.through the afternoon you will see some showers developing across some
:24:59. > :25:01.areas as well and as we head into tomorrow night, another radio of
:25:02. > :25:05.rain pushing up and that will be more widespread. The best
:25:06. > :25:11.opportunity of seeing rain across the West Country. A fine evening
:25:12. > :25:19.following on from the rest of all other regions, and through the
:25:20. > :25:23.course of tonight, cloud moving up, fairly high up, so the showers
:25:24. > :25:28.ranging from light to moderate and a very low risk of lightning. The
:25:29. > :25:34.temperature broadly in the range of 6-9. Tomorrow morning, the showers
:25:35. > :25:39.drifting northwards, not everywhere are seeing those, and a fair part of
:25:40. > :25:44.the day will be characterised by partly cloudy, partly sunny
:25:45. > :25:54.conditions. As we head into the afternoon, showers popping up. It
:25:55. > :25:59.could be lively with heavy downpours and through the night, rain pushing
:26:00. > :26:04.up from the south. The temperature tomorrow getting into the high
:26:05. > :26:10.teens. If we get enough sunshine, 21, 22 possible. Friday morning, the
:26:11. > :26:11.early rain will have pushed away and looking largely drive through the
:26:12. > :26:24.rest of the day. Lots of people are getting in
:26:25. > :26:27.contact to ask how they can donate towards Jimmy Copley and the money
:26:28. > :26:33.he is raising. You can buy the single and more information on our
:26:34. > :26:34.Facebook page. That's it from all of us including our film-making