11/05/2017

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:00:00. > :00:18.The family of a Swindon woman brutally murdered by her partner say

:00:19. > :00:26.they will never get over what happened.

:00:27. > :00:37.We missed out so much and our lives have been devastated by the acts of

:00:38. > :00:37.one evil, vicious, selfish, manipulative and cowardly

:00:38. > :00:40.individual. Fearing the worst -

:00:41. > :00:42.the terminally ill grandmother facing possible deportation

:00:43. > :00:51.back to South Africa. Whether you wanted it to rain or

:00:52. > :00:54.whether you wanted to avoid it, we have mixed fortunes in the weather.

:00:55. > :00:58.Details at the end of the programme. A man's been jailed for life today

:00:59. > :01:02.after setting his partner alight 32-year-old Anthony Porter admitted

:01:03. > :01:08.murdering Andraya Lyons in December. Her family's appealed to any one

:01:09. > :01:11.in a violent relationship Scott Ellis' report does

:01:12. > :01:20.contain disturbing details A fun loving and bubbly mother,

:01:21. > :01:24.someone who saw the good in They expressed their grief

:01:25. > :01:32.outside court today. We miss her so much

:01:33. > :01:35.and our lives have been completely devastated by the act

:01:36. > :01:39.of one evil, vicious, selfish, manipulative and

:01:40. > :01:43.cowardly individual. Her partner Anthony Porter had

:01:44. > :01:47.a problem with drink and drugs and a history of violence

:01:48. > :01:52.towards women, including Andraya. The court heard that on the night

:01:53. > :01:55.of the 9th of December they were at Andraya's works

:01:56. > :01:56.Christmas party at a hotel in Swindon

:01:57. > :02:00.when Porter became aggressive and Andraya left with friends saying

:02:01. > :02:04.it was over between them. But Porter got back into her house

:02:05. > :02:09.drunk and using cocaine. He beat her with an iron,

:02:10. > :02:12.broke her nose, stamped on her, before dousing her with white

:02:13. > :02:17.spirits setting the house Post Mortem examination show Andraya

:02:18. > :02:22.was unconscious but still breathing Porter gave himself up

:02:23. > :02:27.to the police, saying But the judge didn't accept that,

:02:28. > :02:32.saying he clearly intended to kill Andraya, adding what he did to her

:02:33. > :02:37.unconscious body was appalling. She had tried to separate from

:02:38. > :02:41.Porter but he was still living with her because she does

:02:42. > :02:49.want him to be homeless. I would simply say to people

:02:50. > :02:51.they can come forward and speak to the police with

:02:52. > :02:54.the confidence they will treated If they can't speak to the police,

:02:55. > :02:57.there are other agencies such as Women's Aid who will give

:02:58. > :03:08.that help and support. Porter will serve 17 and a half

:03:09. > :03:10.years in jail before being considered for parole,

:03:11. > :03:12.and will remain under licence A South African grandmother staying

:03:13. > :03:19.in Bristol with her family because she says she's too ill

:03:20. > :03:22.to fly home fears her deportation Irene Nel's visa has

:03:23. > :03:27.expired and the Home Office But her family say she

:03:28. > :03:32.won't get the treatment 73 years old and living

:03:33. > :03:40.in constant fear. For nearly five years now

:03:41. > :03:43.the South African grandmother has been fighting for the right to stay

:03:44. > :03:48.here in the UK with her daughter Desree, her three sons

:03:49. > :03:51.and seven grandchildren. I'm terrified, I can't

:03:52. > :03:56.take that any more. The day they come to arrest me

:03:57. > :03:59.and say I must go, that is going to It was during a visit here back

:04:00. > :04:05.in 2012 when Irene fell ill and was diagnosed

:04:06. > :04:07.with kidney failure. She's still very ill and needs

:04:08. > :04:10.dialysis three times a week to stay alive,

:04:11. > :04:12.treatment that the family say she But the treatment is expensive,

:04:13. > :04:21.legally Irene has no right to be here, and so the Home Office have

:04:22. > :04:23.been warning for more than a year that she will have

:04:24. > :04:26.to be deported. It has caused so much

:04:27. > :04:30.stress and worry. I am terrified they are going

:04:31. > :04:33.to come back and say, Today, Irene and Desree need

:04:34. > :04:38.to head to a police station for Irene to sign on to prove

:04:39. > :04:42.she's still in Bristol. They have to do this regularly

:04:43. > :04:46.but there's always the fear that this might be the day they get

:04:47. > :04:50.the news bad news. Although Irene and Desree

:04:51. > :04:53.dread their visits here, the visits themselves are normally pretty

:04:54. > :04:55.straightforward and don't take very long at all,

:04:56. > :04:57.sometimes just a matter of minutes. However, today, something that

:04:58. > :05:00.seemed to be different. They have been in there for more

:05:01. > :05:03.than an hour already. We don't know what

:05:04. > :05:05.is going on, we will They've done a medical

:05:06. > :05:14.assessment on mum. To me, that looks

:05:15. > :05:18.like they are trying It just shows they are not going

:05:19. > :05:27.to sit back and go, let her stay. They are going to try

:05:28. > :05:36.and get my mum out. So this evening, after yet

:05:37. > :05:41.another difficult day, there are still no answers

:05:42. > :05:46.and the future for Irene The deadline has passed to stand

:05:47. > :05:56.in the general election, and things have taken an intriguing

:05:57. > :05:58.turn in parts of the West. In our 31 constituencies

:05:59. > :06:01.the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats

:06:02. > :06:07.all have a full slate of candidates. The Greens are contesting

:06:08. > :06:09.nearly every seat. But with just 14 candidates,

:06:10. > :06:14.Ukip have far fewer than last time. And in places like Cheltenham it

:06:15. > :06:20.could be very significant as our political editor

:06:21. > :06:36.Paul Barltrop reports. It should be one of the top

:06:37. > :06:42.contests. Last year people voted to remain in the European Union. It

:06:43. > :06:46.ought to be a good prospect for the Lib Dems but it has been complicated

:06:47. > :06:48.on who and who isn't standing. When they counted the votes two

:06:49. > :06:51.years ago, thousands went to Labour, Ukip and the Greens,

:06:52. > :06:54.though they were a long way This time around the line-up

:06:55. > :06:57.of candidates will be similar but shorter,

:06:58. > :06:59.Ukip are out, but after much debate Their agent tells me

:07:00. > :07:02.their hopes of an anti-Tory deal in Gloucestershire

:07:03. > :07:14.had been rebuffed. At the moment, in Stroud, Cheltenham

:07:15. > :07:22.and Gloucester, there are three Conservative MPs and it was a really

:07:23. > :07:27.great opportunity to return three candidates from Greens, labour and

:07:28. > :07:29.Lib Dems across that seat if we cooperated. Frustrating that we

:07:30. > :07:32.didn't get to the stage of talking to the other parties.

:07:33. > :07:34.And turning Cheltenham yellow again may be made harder

:07:35. > :07:44.People and children won't have a are likely to back the blues.

:07:45. > :07:48.People and children won't have a Ukip candidate so I would hope they

:07:49. > :07:52.will look at what they want to achieve. Look at the manifestos,

:07:53. > :07:57.listen to the arguments and make the best choice for them. Brexit would

:07:58. > :08:03.be a top priority? Yes, it will. Visiting Cheltenham today

:08:04. > :08:05.and putting on a brave face, They hope to persuade

:08:06. > :08:19.people to vote tactically. The only person that can beat them

:08:20. > :08:21.is Michael Horn. I trust them to do that.

:08:22. > :08:24.Whether their candidate is also embraced by voters we'll find out

:08:25. > :08:29.Research led by Bristol University suggests that HIV patients can now

:08:30. > :08:34.expect to live close to the same age as the general population.

:08:35. > :08:38.The study, published in the Lancet, points to the success

:08:39. > :08:40.of treatments in Europe and North America over

:08:41. > :08:54.Because of better drugs, easier to take, fewer side effects, less

:08:55. > :09:01.likely to develop resistance and more drug options if the virus you

:09:02. > :09:05.are infected with does develop resistance. Patient starting therapy

:09:06. > :09:07.these days, providing they start early, can expect to live a near

:09:08. > :09:09.normal life span. Finally, today is Somerset Day

:09:10. > :09:11.and to celebrate the county's heritage and history,

:09:12. > :09:13.BBC Somerset's breakfast presenter Claire Carter has

:09:14. > :09:15.recorded her own version of the famous Wurzel's

:09:16. > :09:30.song Combine Harvester - # I've got brand-new combine

:09:31. > :09:37.harvester. # I'll give a key.

:09:38. > :09:47.# Come on, we'll get together with perfect harmony.

:09:48. > :09:48.# I've got 20 acres, you've got 43...

:09:49. > :10:04.#. The showers certainly visited us for

:10:05. > :10:09.Somerset Day. Another warm and humid feeling day and a mixture of clouds,

:10:10. > :10:18.some sunny phases and some of you sing showers. Some may have more

:10:19. > :10:24.prolonged spells of rain. -- some of you seeing some showers. There is

:10:25. > :10:27.another band of rain moving in from the south-east. That will spread its

:10:28. > :10:35.way north and north-west woods during the course of tonight. Those

:10:36. > :10:41.of you that missed the showers today may be in with some locked night. It

:10:42. > :10:46.is mild and humid night. There will be low cloud around and some areas

:10:47. > :10:56.of Lane in one or two spots but many areas starting on a dry note.

:10:57. > :10:59.Towards the west, some periods of rain in parts of Exmoor. In the

:11:00. > :11:06.north, some showers and they could be heavy where we catch them.

:11:07. > :11:06.We want to see the economy work for everybody, not

:11:07. > :11:09.Now the weather. , yes a humid dead. We have had

:11:10. > :11:20.photographs of the