:00:08. > :00:12.The news here in the West tonight and first, a new service has been
:00:13. > :00:15.launched in Somerset to reduce hospital admissions and relieve
:00:16. > :00:19.the pressure on accident and emergency departments.
:00:20. > :00:22.The scheme involves GPs responding to some 999 calls.
:00:23. > :00:26.It's one of the first places in the country to try out the idea
:00:27. > :00:29.and it's led to 80% of those patients being treated at home.
:00:30. > :00:48.The GP 999 is online and we are available for any jobs.
:00:49. > :00:51.This is one of two first responders running at the weekend
:00:52. > :00:57.But they're only sent out to selected emergencies.
:00:58. > :01:04.People with more complicated problems such as mental health
:01:05. > :01:07.problems," life problems all medical conditions that involve ongoing
:01:08. > :01:09.health problems. It's not long before such
:01:10. > :01:11.a call comes through. An elderly woman in
:01:12. > :01:14.a state of confusion. As a GP, he can do more
:01:15. > :01:21.than a paramedic - prescribe drugs and look
:01:22. > :01:24.up medical records. It means he can treat
:01:25. > :01:37.this patient at home. This lady would have been taken to
:01:38. > :01:40.an emergency Department for an assessment by the emergency doctors
:01:41. > :01:45.there, which would have been distressing for her and might have
:01:46. > :01:46.made her confusion worse and then she possibly would have been
:01:47. > :01:47.admitted from there. And in two months, 80%
:01:48. > :01:59.of those seen by the service It has improved patient care, good
:02:00. > :02:03.for the use of the re-sources in the local NHS potentially, frees up
:02:04. > :02:05.hospital beds for other patients. Leaving GP 999 free
:02:06. > :02:17.to respond to another call. Police are investigating
:02:18. > :02:20.the death of a woman Police believe she may have
:02:21. > :02:26.been hit by a vehicle - they're trying to trace it
:02:27. > :02:28.and want to hear from witnesses. Officers were called to the area
:02:29. > :02:31.an hour previously after reports of a woman walking in the road,
:02:32. > :02:36.but they couldn't find her. A vigil was held in Stroud last
:02:37. > :02:39.night for an army gunner Family and friends of 24-year-old
:02:40. > :02:43.Jack Mitchell gathered at the baptist church
:02:44. > :02:45.until the early hours. He was based at Larkhill
:02:46. > :02:48.in Wiltshire and died following an alleged fight
:02:49. > :02:50.at the Warehouse Researchers and leading aerospace
:02:51. > :02:55.companies have come together at the University of the West
:02:56. > :02:58.of England this weekend for a world first
:02:59. > :03:01.drone-racing competition. For the first time, enthusiasts
:03:02. > :03:04.were flying autonomous drones controlled by software,
:03:05. > :03:08.not manually from the ground. The challenge was to build machines
:03:09. > :03:10.and systems that work well And finally, Bristol has
:03:11. > :03:17.a brand new site of special Pen Park Hole has a deep lake
:03:18. > :03:26.which supports a nationally important community of blind
:03:27. > :03:29.shrimps, would you believe! The BBC's Laura Rawlings
:03:30. > :03:32.has been exploring, braving the tight spaces
:03:33. > :03:51.for Inside Out West. It is well. I just have not got to
:03:52. > :03:57.feel terrified of this very closed space. I can touch every single bit
:03:58. > :04:00.around me. I know that I couldn't make it out if I wanted to, Kizzire
:04:01. > :04:02.don't know the direction. And you can follow Laura's journey
:04:03. > :04:05.down under on Inside Out West, Time for a weather check now
:04:06. > :04:17.with Jennifer Bartram. Quite a cloudy night to come up with
:04:18. > :04:22.the few showers for a time. Gradually as we head through the
:04:23. > :04:28.night, the showers will fade away. Quite a breeze blowing from the east
:04:29. > :04:33.and temperatures overnight down to three degrees. Tomorrow morning we
:04:34. > :04:38.should see plenty of dry and fine weather but it will be windy. That
:04:39. > :04:42.easterly wind blowing throughout the day, temperatures of ten or 11
:04:43. > :04:48.degrees but with the wind it will feel cold. The rest of the week we
:04:49. > :04:52.stay fairly mild with temperatures in double figures. Plenty of bright
:04:53. > :04:58.spells. The wind dying down by the end of the week. We are back
:04:59. > :05:08.tomorrow morning. Thank you for watching. Good night.
:05:09. > :05:15.I'm sure most of us are glad to see the back of this weekend. It's been
:05:16. > :05:18.cold, bleak and at times wintry. It provided some beautiful weather
:05:19. > :05:22.Watchers photos, like Sheffield earlier today. I suspect some of the
:05:23. > :05:28.lying snow will be blown around by strong winds starting to develop.
:05:29. > :05:35.The odd spot of drizzle into the far north-east. The wind strengthening
:05:36. > :05:37.here. Already signs of something a little bit miles, temperatures
:05:38. > :05:39.climbing up.