:00:00. > :00:00.Good evening. on the BBC News Channel,
:00:00. > :00:00.A new service has been launched in Somerset to reduce hospital
:00:00. > :00:07.admissions and relieve the pressure on accident and
:00:08. > :00:13.The scheme involves GPs responding to some 999 calls.
:00:14. > :00:16.It's one of the first places in the country to try out the idea,
:00:17. > :00:20.and it's led to 80% of patients being treated at home.
:00:21. > :00:30.Just to let you know the GP 999 car from Taunton
:00:31. > :00:34.is online and we're available for any jobs, over.
:00:35. > :00:37.This is one of two first responders running at the weekend
:00:38. > :00:42.But they're only sent out to selected emergencies.
:00:43. > :00:44.Often people with more complicated problems,
:00:45. > :00:48.such as mental health problems, end of life problems,
:00:49. > :00:52.or complicated medical conditions which involved a lot of different
:00:53. > :00:57.It's not long before such a call comes through.
:00:58. > :01:04.An elderly woman, in a state of confusion.
:01:05. > :01:12.As a GP, he can do more than a paramedic -
:01:13. > :01:15.prescribe drugs and look up medical records.
:01:16. > :01:18.It means he can treat this patient at home.
:01:19. > :01:20.It's very likely this lady would have been taken
:01:21. > :01:23.to an emergency department for assessment by the emergency
:01:24. > :01:27.doctors there, which would have been distressing for her potentially
:01:28. > :01:31.and might have made her confusion worse.
:01:32. > :01:35.Then she possibly would have been admitted to hospital.
:01:36. > :01:38.And, in two months, 80% of those seen by the service
:01:39. > :01:44.It's improved patient care, good for the use of the resources
:01:45. > :01:51.in the local NHS, potentially frees up hospital beds for other patients.
:01:52. > :01:55.It's being funded for another year and extended to weekdays.
:01:56. > :02:00.In this case, social care took over, leaving GP 999 free
:02:01. > :02:09.Police are investigating the death of a woman
:02:10. > :02:15.Police believe she may have been hit by a vehicle.
:02:16. > :02:18.They're trying to trace it and want to hear from witnesses.
:02:19. > :02:22.Officers were called to the area an hour previously after reports
:02:23. > :02:26.of a woman walking in the road, but they couldn't find her.
:02:27. > :02:29.A vigil was held in Stroud last night for an army gunner
:02:30. > :02:32.Family and friends of 24-year-old Jack Mitchell gathered
:02:33. > :02:35.at the Baptist church until the early hours.
:02:36. > :02:37.He was a gunner based at Larkhill in Wiltshire,
:02:38. > :02:40.and died following an alleged fight at the Warehouse
:02:41. > :02:45.Researchers and leading aerospace companies have come together
:02:46. > :02:48.at the University of the West of England this weekend for a world
:02:49. > :02:54.For the first time, enthusiasts were flying autonomous drones
:02:55. > :02:57.controlled by software, not manually from the ground.
:02:58. > :03:00.The challenge was to build machines and systems that work well
:03:01. > :03:06.It's been a frustrating weekend of football for our league clubs -
:03:07. > :03:10.More joy in the National League though.
:03:11. > :03:15.Bristol City went 3-0 up in the first half at Derby.
:03:16. > :03:18.Matty Taylor scored his first goal, in red,
:03:19. > :03:23.But Derby hit back with three of their own, to draw.
:03:24. > :03:25.Bristol Rovers went in front too, through Chris Lines,
:03:26. > :03:29.but were pegged back by Bradford and had to settle for a point.
:03:30. > :03:32.Swindon's poor run continued with an away defeat at Bury.
:03:33. > :03:35.This penalty in the first half was the only goal of the game.
:03:36. > :03:37.In League Two, Yeovil looked like they'd got all three points
:03:38. > :03:40.at Huish Park against Leyton Orient, after Francois Zoko
:03:41. > :03:46.But the visitors levelled with just two minutes to go.
:03:47. > :03:49.And Cheltenham lost 2-1 at fellow strugglers Notts County.
:03:50. > :03:54.This consolation goal three minutes from time was too little, too late.
:03:55. > :03:57.Finally, Forest Green kept pace with the National League leaders
:03:58. > :04:05.Gloucester were the only one of our rugby sides
:04:06. > :04:08.in action yesterday, but were well beaten at Leicester.
:04:09. > :04:11.The home side ran in three tries and a penalty try to win 34-9.
:04:12. > :04:15.Defeat ended Gloucester's five-match winning run and left
:04:16. > :04:21.And finally, Bristol has a brand new site of special
:04:22. > :04:26.It's a 200 million-year-old cave, far below the streets of Southmead.
:04:27. > :04:30.Pen Park Hole has a deep lake which supports a nationally
:04:31. > :04:33.important community of blind shrimps, would you believe!
:04:34. > :04:36.The BBC's Laura Rawlings has been exploring, braving the tight spaces
:04:37. > :04:47.It is wow, I've just not got to feel terrified of the enclosed space.
:04:48. > :04:50.We are in a very enclosed space right now.
:04:51. > :04:55.I can touch every single bit around me.
:04:56. > :04:59.And I know that I couldn't just make it out if I wanted to.
:05:00. > :05:06.And you can follow Laura's journey down under on Inside Out West
:05:07. > :05:11.Time for a weather check now with Jennifer Bartram.
:05:12. > :05:15.Quite a cloudy night to come tonight with a few showers
:05:16. > :05:17.in the forecast at first but, heading through the night,
:05:18. > :05:20.Temperatures overnight dropping to around two or three degrees
:05:21. > :05:27.Monday looks much better than we've had over the weekend with plenty
:05:28. > :05:31.of dry, fine weather and some bright sunshine for a time,
:05:32. > :05:34.but it will be windy from the east, taking the edge off
:05:35. > :05:37.the temperatures, which should get up to ten or 11 in some spots.
:05:38. > :05:41.The rest of the week looks like it will stay mild.
:05:42. > :05:43.There will be a few showers in the forecast
:05:44. > :05:49.The wind easing down by the end of the week.
:05:50. > :05:52.We're back after the Baftas tonight, later than usual.
:05:53. > :06:09.Good evening, dull, grey, cold, miserable. And that's just me! The
:06:10. > :06:13.weather hasn't been great leader for most of us, it will be chilly out
:06:14. > :06:18.there with this nagging easterly breeze, wetter weather for Northern
:06:19. > :06:21.Ireland, by the end of the night most of the dampness across parts of
:06:22. > :06:27.Eastern Scotland and North East England, most of the high ground
:06:28. > :06:28.Luus will have faded away as well. But not warm, another chilly