jessica powell passed awake while on a psychiatric ward in yeovil. line in five years. matthew hill reports. since she was in her early teens, jessica powell had a tortured existence. she had a really good sense of humour when she was well. when she wasn't well, it was awful. from the age of 13, when she tried to take her own life, jessica had been in and out of psychiatric hospital hundreds of miles away. she was eventually diagnosed with unstable borderline personality disorder. she died in august 2020 after she had been admitted to yeovil�*s a&e, where she was transferred as an inpatient to rowan ward at summerlands hospital for a few days. she was found in a critical state by staff. she didn't come out for meds, so they wennt to her room and she wasn't there. but the room she got into, she tried to squeeze out of a ten centimetres gap in the window. she squeezed, then she got trapped between her waist and chest, and that's where they found her. jessica was then admitted to intensive care, treated for oxygen starvation, but died a few days later.

marcus fysh is the conservative mp for yeovil — he's backing penny mordaunt for leader. you are one ofnot very many intensive support for penny mordaunt. would it be a good time to look at other candidates? there is a lot of support there for a penny. not all that is declared. i am quite sure that penny mordaunt is the best candidate to actually move us past the psychodrama and get us to a better place. i think we... she's the one who can bring the party together in a way that the others i don't think can. that's important... others i don't think can. that's important - -— others i don't think can. that's important... others i don't think can. that's imortant... , important... the boris johnson camp are sa in: important... the boris johnson camp are saying that _ important... the boris johnson camp are saying that we _ important... the boris johnson camp are saying that we have _ important... the boris johnson camp are saying that we have more - important... the boris johnson camp are saying that we have more than i are saying that we have more than 100 which would mean that penny mord

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she died in august 2020 after she had been admitted to yeovil�*s a&e, where she was transferred as anan two years in 2021 compared to five years earlier. somerset�*s acting coroner has declined to comment to the bbc, but has told jessica's parents that due to the pandemic that the service was unable for 18 months to progress any cases that were not covid—related. she's apologised to the family for the backlog. the ministry ofjustice have said they've provided more than £6 billion to local authorities to recoverfrom the pandemic. but charity inquests says the delays started long before the pandemic. the inquest system is a postcode lottery, and different families in different parts of the uk are facing different delays. what we fear and what is our main concern at inquest is that the longer inquests are put off, the longer people have to wait for the evidence and the lessons to be learned. but forjessica's parents and other bereaved familes, it looks like a long wait forjustice. matthew hill, bbc news. some families who've lost loved ones in difficult circumstances are having to wait y