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That's all from the BBC News at One
- so it's goodbye from me - | 0:00:00 | 0:00:00 | |
and on BBC One we now join the BBC's
news teams where you are. | 0:00:00 | 0:00:11 | |
Hello and welcome to Points West.
news teams where you are. | 0:00:11 | 0:00:12 | |
Our headlines this lunchtime:
news teams where you are. | 0:00:12 | 0:00:15 | |
A woman goes on trial in Bristol
accused of murdering her | 0:00:15 | 0:00:17 | |
ex-boyfriend in an acid attack. | 0:00:17 | 0:00:20 | |
New technology gives a voice
to motor nueron disease | 0:00:20 | 0:00:23 | |
patients in Wiltshire. | 0:00:23 | 0:00:26 | |
And the war veteran poppy seller
from Taunton who says, | 0:00:26 | 0:00:29 | |
"I'll still be doing this
when I'm 100!" | 0:00:29 | 0:00:31 | |
Good afternoon. | 0:00:37 | 0:00:40 | |
A court has heard how a man
was left grotesquely scarred | 0:00:40 | 0:00:44 | |
after his ex-girlfriend threw acid
over him as he slept. | 0:00:44 | 0:00:46 | |
Mark van Dongen ended his life
in a euthanasia clinic in Belgium | 0:00:46 | 0:00:49 | |
at the beginning of this year,
15 months after the alleged attack | 0:00:49 | 0:00:53 | |
took place in Bristol. | 0:00:53 | 0:00:55 | |
Berlinah Wallace, who is 48
years old, is charged | 0:00:55 | 0:00:58 | |
with murder and throwing
a corrosive substance with intent | 0:00:58 | 0:01:01 | |
to harm, both of which she denies. | 0:01:01 | 0:01:03 | |
Our home affairs correspondent
Charlotte Callen has been in court. | 0:01:03 | 0:01:13 | |
For the first time today, we heard
more details in this case. We heard | 0:01:13 | 0:01:18 | |
how Mark van Dongen had moved to
Bristol some five years before the | 0:01:18 | 0:01:22 | |
attack and moved in with his then
girlfriend, Berlinah Wallace, who | 0:01:22 | 0:01:26 | |
were some 18 years older than him
and from South Africa. We have the | 0:01:26 | 0:01:31 | |
relationship was described as
turbulence at times. Just a few | 0:01:31 | 0:01:34 | |
weeks before the attack, they had
separated and Mark had started | 0:01:34 | 0:01:37 | |
dating a new girlfriend. He claims
that she was jealous. Boro showed a | 0:01:37 | 0:01:43 | |
video of Mark van Dongen, recorded
in his hospital bed after the | 0:01:43 | 0:01:46 | |
attack. In it's coming he outlines
what he says happened on the night | 0:01:46 | 0:01:51 | |
of the 22nd of September 2015. He
says Berlinah Wallace says she was | 0:01:51 | 0:01:58 | |
going off to a hotel, but had waited
any part around the corner. Then | 0:01:58 | 0:02:03 | |
came back in what he described as
day close, and stood at the end of | 0:02:03 | 0:02:07 | |
his bed and shouted at ten, if I
can't have you, then no one will. | 0:02:07 | 0:02:13 | |
She then threw a glass of acid over
him. We then saw what was described | 0:02:13 | 0:02:17 | |
as an unusual move from her defence
team, they claimed it was in fact | 0:02:17 | 0:02:23 | |
Mark van Dongen Crewe acid in the
glass by the bed, and he was going | 0:02:23 | 0:02:26 | |
to use that to poison Berlinah
Wallace. So she picked up the glass | 0:02:26 | 0:02:31 | |
in a fit of rage, thinking it
contains water, and threw it over | 0:02:31 | 0:02:35 | |
Hema. We as I had today how Mark's
injuries were described as | 0:02:35 | 0:02:40 | |
catastrophic. Everyone in court was
moved today to hear how the last one | 0:02:40 | 0:02:48 | |
eye and Lee site in the other. He
was paralysed and had the bottom of | 0:02:48 | 0:02:54 | |
his left leg amputated. His injuries
were described as catastrophic and | 0:02:54 | 0:02:57 | |
he decided he wanted to return to
Belgium to have assisted suicide. | 0:02:57 | 0:03:02 | |
Berlinah Wallace denies all the
charges against her in the court | 0:03:02 | 0:03:05 | |
case continues. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:08 | |
A Wiltshire man who's
losing his voice due | 0:03:08 | 0:03:10 | |
to motor neuron disease says
new technology is helping him | 0:03:10 | 0:03:12 | |
preserve his own voice. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:15 | |
Jon Stephens has recorded hundreds
of words and phrases which he can | 0:03:15 | 0:03:18 | |
then turn into messages to play
to people via a tablet. | 0:03:18 | 0:03:21 | |
He's the first patient
at Swindon's Great Western Hospital | 0:03:21 | 0:03:29 | |
to use the software. | 0:03:29 | 0:03:30 | |
Here's Laura Jones. | 0:03:30 | 0:03:31 | |
Back at hospital, a chance
for Jon to catch up | 0:03:31 | 0:03:34 | |
with speech therapist Lucie. | 0:03:34 | 0:03:35 | |
All right? | 0:03:35 | 0:03:36 | |
Good to see you again. | 0:03:36 | 0:03:37 | |
The pair have been working closely
together for more than a year, | 0:03:37 | 0:03:40 | |
since Jon received his devastating
diagnosis of motor neuron disease. | 0:03:40 | 0:03:44 | |
My speech had become a little
slurred, so I went to the doctors, | 0:03:44 | 0:03:51 | |
who then referred me
to the hospital, where I was told | 0:03:51 | 0:03:55 | |
I had motor neuron disease disease. | 0:03:55 | 0:04:00 | |
That must've been a huge shock? | 0:04:00 | 0:04:02 | |
Yeah, it was. | 0:04:02 | 0:04:05 | |
Motor neuron disease effects
the nerves in the brain and spinal | 0:04:05 | 0:04:07 | |
cord that tell your muscles
what to do. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:10 | |
It can affect the way you walk,
talk, eat, drink and breathe. | 0:04:10 | 0:04:14 | |
In Jon's case at the moment,
it's affecting his speech. | 0:04:14 | 0:04:17 | |
But thanks to some clever
new software and a lot of hard work | 0:04:17 | 0:04:20 | |
here at the Great Western Hospital
in Swindon, he's not | 0:04:20 | 0:04:23 | |
losing his voice just yet. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:25 | |
This piece of software
is called ModelTalker, | 0:04:25 | 0:04:31 | |
and Jon spent more than 14 hours
over two months recording more | 0:04:31 | 0:04:34 | |
than 1600 phrases onto it
so he could continue to communicate | 0:04:34 | 0:04:37 | |
with people, even if his speech
deteriorates further. | 0:04:37 | 0:04:41 | |
Our voice is our being, isn't it? | 0:04:42 | 0:04:43 | |
It's our identity. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:44 | |
So to be able to give Jon
a replacement, albeit not | 0:04:44 | 0:04:48 | |
exactly like his own voice,
but quite a close approximation | 0:04:48 | 0:04:54 | |
to how he sounded,
I think it's fantastic. | 0:04:54 | 0:04:57 | |
And I'm so thrilled we're
able to do this here | 0:04:57 | 0:04:59 | |
in Swindon for people, yes. | 0:04:59 | 0:05:00 | |
Out of the hundreds of phrases Jon
has recorded so far, he reckons this | 0:05:00 | 0:05:04 | |
will be his most used. | 0:05:04 | 0:05:06 | |
A cup of tea, please. | 0:05:06 | 0:05:09 | |
And off they go, get your tea! | 0:05:09 | 0:05:13 | |
At the moment, Jon is doing well. | 0:05:13 | 0:05:16 | |
And whilst there are no clues
as to how his disease will develop, | 0:05:16 | 0:05:19 | |
at least he'll be able
to have a say about his future | 0:05:19 | 0:05:22 | |
using his own voice. | 0:05:22 | 0:05:24 | |
Vasectomies and female sterilisation
will no longer be funded by the | 0:05:28 | 0:05:31 | |
NHS in Bath and North East Somerset. | 0:05:31 | 0:05:34 | |
That's if new cost cutting
proposals go ahead. | 0:05:34 | 0:05:38 | |
The clinical commissioning group
also wants to bring down the age | 0:05:38 | 0:05:41 | |
at which women can receive fertility
treatment from 40 to 35. | 0:05:41 | 0:05:45 | |
There would also be an upper age
limit of 55 for men. | 0:05:45 | 0:05:50 | |
Similar measures were proposed
by CCGs in Bristol, | 0:05:50 | 0:05:52 | |
South Gloucestershire
and North Somerset, | 0:05:52 | 0:05:55 | |
but were scrapped due
to possible legal action. | 0:05:55 | 0:05:59 | |
A Somerset veteran of World War II
is doing what he can to make sure | 0:05:59 | 0:06:02 | |
the sacrifices of his generation
are never forgotten. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:05 | |
94-year-old Stan Tooze is out
in Taunton selling poppies. | 0:06:05 | 0:06:10 | |
Our Somerset correspondent
Clinton Rogers has been to meet him. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:13 | |
According to Stan,
a hat's all you need, | 0:06:17 | 0:06:19 | |
even if it did drop below
freezing last night. | 0:06:19 | 0:06:21 | |
Nothing deters this 94-year-old war
veteran from his outdoor dayshift. | 0:06:21 | 0:06:27 | |
And so, on duty as he is most days,
in a Taunton supermarket. | 0:06:27 | 0:06:34 | |
No, I don't feel the cold. | 0:06:34 | 0:06:36 | |
Too young for that. | 0:06:36 | 0:06:40 | |
Yeah, I'd like to know
what your medals are? | 0:06:40 | 0:06:42 | |
Just the Second World War. | 0:06:42 | 0:06:44 | |
Modest as well, but always
the main attraction here. | 0:06:44 | 0:06:48 | |
Sombody asked for his
autograph the other day. | 0:06:48 | 0:06:50 | |
He gives 100% support,
he's there for everything. | 0:06:50 | 0:06:54 | |
Rain, sun, he's always there. | 0:06:54 | 0:07:02 | |
Stan Tooze was part
of the sixth Airborne Division | 0:07:02 | 0:07:06 | |
of the Parachute Regiment. | 0:07:06 | 0:07:07 | |
He saw active service
in Belgium towards the end | 0:07:07 | 0:07:09 | |
of the Second World War. | 0:07:09 | 0:07:10 | |
We went out to the Ardennes
on Christmas Eve. | 0:07:10 | 0:07:13 | |
Inevitably, the memories
are still vivid. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:16 | |
My mate was there one second,
the next thing he was knocked | 0:07:16 | 0:07:25 | |
down, dead by airburst. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:26 | |
And I was still left. | 0:07:26 | 0:07:29 | |
It is why he feels a duty
to help raise money | 0:07:29 | 0:07:31 | |
for the Royal British Legion,
to honour the memory | 0:07:31 | 0:07:34 | |
of his fallen comrades. | 0:07:34 | 0:07:35 | |
How long do you think you will carry
on selling the poppies? | 0:07:35 | 0:07:40 | |
94, give it another six years. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:45 | |
At the very least, I'd say! | 0:07:45 | 0:07:48 | |
A blue plaque has been unveiled
in Bristol at the home of a soldier, | 0:07:53 | 0:07:56 | |
awarded the Victoria Cross
for gallantry during World War I. | 0:07:56 | 0:07:58 | |
Hardy Falconer Parsons was a medical
student at Bristol University | 0:07:58 | 0:08:02 | |
when he volunteered to fight
and was enlisted in | 0:08:02 | 0:08:04 | |
the Gloucestershire regiment. | 0:08:04 | 0:08:06 | |
In France, he held off a German
flame-thrower attack | 0:08:06 | 0:08:09 | |
almost single-handledly,
armed only with hand grenades. | 0:08:09 | 0:08:16 | |
Lets get a look at
the weather with Alex. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:18 | |
Thank you, hello, good afternoon. | 0:08:18 | 0:08:20 | |
What a difference a day makes. | 0:08:20 | 0:08:21 | |
After a chilly start
to the day, most of us seeing | 0:08:21 | 0:08:24 | |
plenty of bright weather. | 0:08:24 | 0:08:25 | |
And that's thanks in this area
of high pressure building in today, | 0:08:25 | 0:08:28 | |
keeping things dry and settled. | 0:08:28 | 0:08:30 | |
That's the way it continues
for the rest of the day too. | 0:08:30 | 0:08:33 | |
Plenty autumnal sunshine to enjoy,
the light winds feeling pleasant. | 0:08:33 | 0:08:36 | |
Maximum temperature
today, 10 Celsius. | 0:08:36 | 0:08:40 | |
Through this evening and overnight,
dry for a time, but we'll see | 0:08:40 | 0:08:43 | |
cloud coming in from the northwest. | 0:08:43 | 0:08:46 | |
That brings outbreaks of light rain. | 0:08:46 | 0:08:50 | |
Temperatures around three Celsius,
so the possibility of some frost | 0:08:50 | 0:08:54 | |
in rural areas overnight. | 0:08:54 | 0:08:57 | |
A cloudy, grey start to Thursday. | 0:08:57 | 0:08:59 | |
Patchy rain heading southwards
through the morning. | 0:08:59 | 0:09:03 | |
Improving into the afternoon,
light winds and feeling milder | 0:09:03 | 0:09:07 | |
tomorrow, highs around 13. | 0:09:07 | 0:09:10 | |
For Friday, starting
cloudy then brightening, | 0:09:10 | 0:09:13 | |
but a noticeably cooler feel
into the weekend. | 0:09:13 | 0:09:16 | |
Have a good afternoon. | 0:09:17 | 0:09:19 | |
That's all for now, we hope you can
join us for your evening bulletin | 0:09:19 | 0:09:22 | |
just after 6:30pm. | 0:09:22 | 0:09:23 | |
Have a very good afternoon. | 0:09:23 | 0:09:25 |