08/11/2017 Points West


08/11/2017

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That's all from the BBC News at One

- so it's goodbye from me -

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and on BBC One we now join the BBC's

news teams where you are.

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Hello and welcome to Points West.

news teams where you are.

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Our headlines this lunchtime:

news teams where you are.

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A woman goes on trial in Bristol

accused of murdering her

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ex-boyfriend in an acid attack.

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New technology gives a voice

to motor nueron disease

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patients in Wiltshire.

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And the war veteran poppy seller

from Taunton who says,

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"I'll still be doing this

when I'm 100!"

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Good afternoon.

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A court has heard how a man

was left grotesquely scarred

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after his ex-girlfriend threw acid

over him as he slept.

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Mark van Dongen ended his life

in a euthanasia clinic in Belgium

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at the beginning of this year,

15 months after the alleged attack

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took place in Bristol.

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Berlinah Wallace, who is 48

years old, is charged

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with murder and throwing

a corrosive substance with intent

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to harm, both of which she denies.

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Our home affairs correspondent

Charlotte Callen has been in court.

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For the first time today, we heard

more details in this case. We heard

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how Mark van Dongen had moved to

Bristol some five years before the

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attack and moved in with his then

girlfriend, Berlinah Wallace, who

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were some 18 years older than him

and from South Africa. We have the

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relationship was described as

turbulence at times. Just a few

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weeks before the attack, they had

separated and Mark had started

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dating a new girlfriend. He claims

that she was jealous. Boro showed a

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video of Mark van Dongen, recorded

in his hospital bed after the

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attack. In it's coming he outlines

what he says happened on the night

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of the 22nd of September 2015. He

says Berlinah Wallace says she was

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going off to a hotel, but had waited

any part around the corner. Then

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came back in what he described as

day close, and stood at the end of

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his bed and shouted at ten, if I

can't have you, then no one will.

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She then threw a glass of acid over

him. We then saw what was described

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as an unusual move from her defence

team, they claimed it was in fact

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Mark van Dongen Crewe acid in the

glass by the bed, and he was going

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to use that to poison Berlinah

Wallace. So she picked up the glass

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in a fit of rage, thinking it

contains water, and threw it over

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Hema. We as I had today how Mark's

injuries were described as

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catastrophic. Everyone in court was

moved today to hear how the last one

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eye and Lee site in the other. He

was paralysed and had the bottom of

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his left leg amputated. His injuries

were described as catastrophic and

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he decided he wanted to return to

Belgium to have assisted suicide.

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Berlinah Wallace denies all the

charges against her in the court

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case continues.

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A Wiltshire man who's

losing his voice due

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to motor neuron disease says

new technology is helping him

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preserve his own voice.

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Jon Stephens has recorded hundreds

of words and phrases which he can

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then turn into messages to play

to people via a tablet.

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He's the first patient

at Swindon's Great Western Hospital

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to use the software.

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Here's Laura Jones.

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Back at hospital, a chance

for Jon to catch up

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with speech therapist Lucie.

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All right?

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Good to see you again.

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The pair have been working closely

together for more than a year,

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since Jon received his devastating

diagnosis of motor neuron disease.

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My speech had become a little

slurred, so I went to the doctors,

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who then referred me

to the hospital, where I was told

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I had motor neuron disease disease.

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That must've been a huge shock?

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Yeah, it was.

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Motor neuron disease effects

the nerves in the brain and spinal

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cord that tell your muscles

what to do.

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It can affect the way you walk,

talk, eat, drink and breathe.

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In Jon's case at the moment,

it's affecting his speech.

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But thanks to some clever

new software and a lot of hard work

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here at the Great Western Hospital

in Swindon, he's not

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losing his voice just yet.

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This piece of software

is called ModelTalker,

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and Jon spent more than 14 hours

over two months recording more

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than 1600 phrases onto it

so he could continue to communicate

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with people, even if his speech

deteriorates further.

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Our voice is our being, isn't it?

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It's our identity.

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So to be able to give Jon

a replacement, albeit not

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exactly like his own voice,

but quite a close approximation

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to how he sounded,

I think it's fantastic.

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And I'm so thrilled we're

able to do this here

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in Swindon for people, yes.

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Out of the hundreds of phrases Jon

has recorded so far, he reckons this

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will be his most used.

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A cup of tea, please.

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And off they go, get your tea!

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At the moment, Jon is doing well.

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And whilst there are no clues

as to how his disease will develop,

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at least he'll be able

to have a say about his future

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using his own voice.

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Vasectomies and female sterilisation

will no longer be funded by the

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NHS in Bath and North East Somerset.

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That's if new cost cutting

proposals go ahead.

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The clinical commissioning group

also wants to bring down the age

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at which women can receive fertility

treatment from 40 to 35.

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There would also be an upper age

limit of 55 for men.

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Similar measures were proposed

by CCGs in Bristol,

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South Gloucestershire

and North Somerset,

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but were scrapped due

to possible legal action.

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A Somerset veteran of World War II

is doing what he can to make sure

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the sacrifices of his generation

are never forgotten.

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94-year-old Stan Tooze is out

in Taunton selling poppies.

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Our Somerset correspondent

Clinton Rogers has been to meet him.

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According to Stan,

a hat's all you need,

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even if it did drop below

freezing last night.

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Nothing deters this 94-year-old war

veteran from his outdoor dayshift.

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And so, on duty as he is most days,

in a Taunton supermarket.

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No, I don't feel the cold.

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Too young for that.

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Yeah, I'd like to know

what your medals are?

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Just the Second World War.

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Modest as well, but always

the main attraction here.

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Sombody asked for his

autograph the other day.

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He gives 100% support,

he's there for everything.

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Rain, sun, he's always there.

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Stan Tooze was part

of the sixth Airborne Division

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of the Parachute Regiment.

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He saw active service

in Belgium towards the end

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of the Second World War.

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We went out to the Ardennes

on Christmas Eve.

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Inevitably, the memories

are still vivid.

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My mate was there one second,

the next thing he was knocked

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down, dead by airburst.

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And I was still left.

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It is why he feels a duty

to help raise money

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for the Royal British Legion,

to honour the memory

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of his fallen comrades.

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How long do you think you will carry

on selling the poppies?

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94, give it another six years.

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At the very least, I'd say!

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A blue plaque has been unveiled

in Bristol at the home of a soldier,

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awarded the Victoria Cross

for gallantry during World War I.

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Hardy Falconer Parsons was a medical

student at Bristol University

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when he volunteered to fight

and was enlisted in

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the Gloucestershire regiment.

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In France, he held off a German

flame-thrower attack

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almost single-handledly,

armed only with hand grenades.

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Lets get a look at

the weather with Alex.

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Thank you, hello, good afternoon.

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What a difference a day makes.

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After a chilly start

to the day, most of us seeing

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plenty of bright weather.

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And that's thanks in this area

of high pressure building in today,

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keeping things dry and settled.

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That's the way it continues

for the rest of the day too.

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Plenty autumnal sunshine to enjoy,

the light winds feeling pleasant.

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Maximum temperature

today, 10 Celsius.

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Through this evening and overnight,

dry for a time, but we'll see

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cloud coming in from the northwest.

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That brings outbreaks of light rain.

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Temperatures around three Celsius,

so the possibility of some frost

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in rural areas overnight.

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A cloudy, grey start to Thursday.

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Patchy rain heading southwards

through the morning.

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Improving into the afternoon,

light winds and feeling milder

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tomorrow, highs around 13.

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For Friday, starting

cloudy then brightening,

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but a noticeably cooler feel

into the weekend.

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Have a good afternoon.

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That's all for now, we hope you can

join us for your evening bulletin

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just after 6:30pm.

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Have a very good afternoon.

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