11/05/2017 Points West

The family of a Swindon woman brutally murdered by her partner say

they will never get over what happened.

We missed out so much and our lives have been devastated by the acts of

one evil, vicious, selfish, manipulative and cowardly

individual. Fearing the worst -

the terminally ill grandmother facing possible deportation

back to South Africa. Whether you wanted it to rain or

whether you wanted to avoid it, we have mixed fortunes in the weather.

Details at the end of the programme. A man's been jailed for life today

after setting his partner alight 32-year-old Anthony Porter admitted

murdering Andraya Lyons in December. Her family's appealed to any one

in a violent relationship Scott Ellis' report does

contain disturbing details A fun loving and bubbly mother,

someone who saw the good in They expressed their grief

outside court today. We miss her so much

and our lives have been completely devastated by the act

of one evil, vicious, selfish, manipulative and

cowardly individual. Her partner Anthony Porter had

a problem with drink and drugs and a history of violence

towards women, including Andraya. The court heard that on the night

of the 9th of December they were at Andraya's works

Christmas party at a hotel in Swindon

when Porter became aggressive and Andraya left with friends saying

it was over between them. But Porter got back into her house

drunk and using cocaine. He beat her with an iron,

broke her nose, stamped on her, before dousing her with white

spirits setting the house Post Mortem examination show Andraya

was unconscious but still breathing Porter gave himself up

to the police, saying But the judge didn't accept that,

saying he clearly intended to kill Andraya, adding what he did to her

unconscious body was appalling. She had tried to separate from

Porter but he was still living with her because she does

want him to be homeless. I would simply say to people

they can come forward and speak to the police with

the confidence they will treated If they can't speak to the police,

there are other agencies such as Women's Aid who will give

that help and support. Porter will serve 17 and a half

years in jail before being considered for parole,

and will remain under licence A South African grandmother staying

in Bristol with her family because she says she's too ill

to fly home fears her deportation Irene Nel's visa has

expired and the Home Office But her family say she

won't get the treatment 73 years old and living

in constant fear. For nearly five years now

the South African grandmother has been fighting for the right to stay

here in the UK with her daughter Desree, her three sons

and seven grandchildren. I'm terrified, I can't

take that any more. The day they come to arrest me

and say I must go, that is going to It was during a visit here back

in 2012 when Irene fell ill and was diagnosed

with kidney failure. She's still very ill and needs

dialysis three times a week to stay alive,

treatment that the family say she But the treatment is expensive,

legally Irene has no right to be here, and so the Home Office have

been warning for more than a year that she will have

to be deported. It has caused so much

stress and worry. I am terrified they are going

to come back and say, Today, Irene and Desree need

to head to a police station for Irene to sign on to prove

she's still in Bristol. They have to do this regularly

but there's always the fear that this might be the day they get

the news bad news. Although Irene and Desree

dread their visits here, the visits themselves are normally pretty

straightforward and don't take very long at all,

sometimes just a matter of minutes. However, today, something that

seemed to be different. They have been in there for more

than an hour already. We don't know what

is going on, we will They've done a medical

assessment on mum. To me, that looks

like they are trying It just shows they are not going

to sit back and go, let her stay. They are going to try

and get my mum out. So this evening, after yet

another difficult day, there are still no answers

and the future for Irene The deadline has passed to stand

in the general election, and things have taken an intriguing

turn in parts of the West. In our 31 constituencies

the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats

all have a full slate of candidates. The Greens are contesting

nearly every seat. But with just 14 candidates,

Ukip have far fewer than last time. And in places like Cheltenham it

could be very significant as our political editor

Paul Barltrop reports. It should be one of the top

contests. Last year people voted to remain in the European Union. It

ought to be a good prospect for the Lib Dems but it has been complicated

on who and who isn't standing. When they counted the votes two

years ago, thousands went to Labour, Ukip and the Greens,

though they were a long way This time around the line-up

of candidates will be similar but shorter,

Ukip are out, but after much debate Their agent tells me

their hopes of an anti-Tory deal in Gloucestershire

had been rebuffed. At the moment, in Stroud, Cheltenham

and Gloucester, there are three Conservative MPs and it was a really

great opportunity to return three candidates from Greens, labour and

Lib Dems across that seat if we cooperated. Frustrating that we

didn't get to the stage of talking to the other parties.

And turning Cheltenham yellow again may be made harder

People and children won't have a are likely to back the blues.

People and children won't have a Ukip candidate so I would hope they

will look at what they want to achieve. Look at the manifestos,

listen to the arguments and make the best choice for them. Brexit would

be a top priority? Yes, it will. Visiting Cheltenham today

and putting on a brave face, They hope to persuade

people to vote tactically. The only person that can beat them

is Michael Horn. I trust them to do that.

Whether their candidate is also embraced by voters we'll find out

Research led by Bristol University suggests that HIV patients can now

expect to live close to the same age as the general population.

The study, published in the Lancet, points to the success

of treatments in Europe and North America over

Because of better drugs, easier to take, fewer side effects, less

likely to develop resistance and more drug options if the virus you

are infected with does develop resistance. Patient starting therapy

these days, providing they start early, can expect to live a near

normal life span. Finally, today is Somerset Day

and to celebrate the county's heritage and history,

BBC Somerset's breakfast presenter Claire Carter has

recorded her own version of the famous Wurzel's

song Combine Harvester - # I've got brand-new combine

harvester. # I'll give a key.

# Come on, we'll get together with perfect harmony.

# I've got 20 acres, you've got 43...

#. The showers certainly visited us for

Somerset Day. Another warm and humid feeling day and a mixture of clouds,

some sunny phases and some of you sing showers. Some may have more

prolonged spells of rain. -- some of you seeing some showers. There is

another band of rain moving in from the south-east. That will spread its

way north and north-west woods during the course of tonight. Those

of you that missed the showers today may be in with some locked night. It

is mild and humid night. There will be low cloud around and some areas

of Lane in one or two spots but many areas starting on a dry note.

Towards the west, some periods of rain in parts of Exmoor. In the

north, some showers and they could be heavy where we catch them.

We want to see the economy work for everybody, not

Now the weather. , yes a humid dead. We have had

photographs of the