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Good evening. Welcome to Points West. Ahead lines: Death in a

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vicarage. A man is found dead in Thornbury.

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Police are not ruling out murder. A rower who was shipwrecked in the

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Atlantic is reunited with his family in Wiltshire.

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A new system of a justice - and fenders and Swindon face the ordeal

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of meeting their victims face-to- face.

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And you say tomato, I say "tom-ay- to". Valentine's tips on how to

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Good evening. A middle-aged man has been found dead inside a vicarage

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in the town of the Longbridge near Bristol. Police have sealed off the

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Church of St Mary's & St Paul's and are treating the death as

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suspicious. The congregation have been talking of their shock at what

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has happened after the body was found by workmen. The man's

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identity is known but we are not revealing it, because officers have

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not been able to tell all of his family.

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The discovery was made just after 10am today, when a team of two

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builders arrived at their new vicarage -- of the new vicarage.

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The a were unable to gain entry and had to get a spare key from the

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caretaker. When they entered with the caretaker, they found the body

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of a man in the hallway. Any idea how he died? At this stage, no.

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death has shocked residents and churchgoers. We are still in shock.

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I think it is terrible. It is such a quiet little area. As yet,

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detectives cannot be sure how the man died. But a Home Office

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pathologist is carrying out a post mortem. We are keeping an open mind.

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If anybody thinks they have any information that could help us,

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please call us. I would like to apologise to members of the local

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community for closing the roads. But they will appreciate that we

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need to do things properly in a situation like this. We do need

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their help and other did anybody with information to call us. Steve

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is still in the village tonight. Any developments? There has been

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won. In the last five minutes, the police have extended the cordon

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behind me. Earlier today, we were much closer to the scene where the

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body was found this morning by the team of builders but in the last

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five minutes, they have pushed it out. They will not tell us why but

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obviously, the investigation into this definitely suspicious death -

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and off the record, police are putting it a lot stronger than that

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- the cordon has been brought forward. The police seem to be

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quite vague about what is happening, perhaps deliberately, because they

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may know more, I suppose, but are they telling you they have any idea

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what might be highly -- what might be behind this? The man who was

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found is well known here in Thornbury. Everybody in the

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immediate area knows who it is and they are very distressed about it.

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People living in this rather select area, near the church, no with the

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dead man and are very concerned. The police themselves say there is

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no motive to whatever led to this death. Thanks very much indeed.

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A former employee of the luxury cruise firm Cunard has been charged

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with the sexual assault of a child and possessing indecent images of

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children. Paul Trotter worked for the Southampton travel company as a

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supervisor in a children's activity area. Cunard say they are deeply

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shocked by the allegations and an independent review is under way

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into their policies and procedures. Wiltshire police are contacting all

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the parents they need to speak to. The Wiltshire brewer has been

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reunited with his family after surviving an accident at sea where

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his boat capsized in the middle of the Atlantic. -- they will check

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roller. Simon Brown was part of 18 trying to break a world record for

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cycling from Morocco to Barbados. Back at home with his wife and

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children, Simon Brown and knows he is a very lucky man. It is amazing

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to be back. It has taken so long since the boat turned over to get

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home. Simon and the other five rowers on their boat, Sara G, set

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out from Morocco just after New Year. Their aim was to reach

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Barbados inside the 33 day world record. But 27 days in, just 500

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miles short of their target, the boat capsized, leaving them

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stranded in the ocean. It went from the guys run it to being upside

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down and everyone in the sea in less than 20 seconds. -- rowing it.

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As I looked back, we were all looking for someone to take the

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lead. I had never been in the ocean before and to be in the middle of

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the seat was one of the moments that I will not forget. -- the sea.

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Amazingly for Simon and his crew mates, it was not it. They all

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survived unscathed. Now that he is back, his wife has no intention of

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letting him out of her sight. the best thing ever. Very good.

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Love it. He is not going again! Back where he belongs. Today, Simon

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was back at work. He sells fruit and vegetables for living for this

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company near Chew Valley Lake. soon as signed and said he was

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going to do this challenge, we knew that he would end up doing it. We

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are so sorry for them that they did not get to the final marker, but we

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were so relieved when we heard that they had been it OK after capsizing.

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A sentiment echoed in the family home. As in many homes today, there

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are plenty of Valentine's cards on display. Simon's message to Jo is

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simple - a promise to stay on dry land and an apology for a rough

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start of the year, but thankfully ended well.

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Good to see him back. You are watching Points West this Tuesday

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evening. Stay with us because we have got plenty more to come,

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including: The cost of the clean-up. Work gets started to turn College

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Green green. And from this to the dancefloor.

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How Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards is launching himself into a new

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challenge. If you have been burgled at home or

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perhaps been the victim of anti- social behaviour, how would you

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feel meeting the person who did it face to face? As a way of keeping

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children out of prison, a new pilot scheme is to be tried in Swindon,

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where victims and offenders are given the chance of what is called

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restorative justice. They left their bikes here and then walked

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through here. One night last May, Debbie was woken by a noise in her

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back garden. She went downstairs to find she had been burgled. The

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child who broke in was just 13 years old. Debbie agreed to meet

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him face to face - something that he found even more frightening than

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the courts. It was quite an emotional meeting, because one of

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the things that he took from me was an iPod. Everybody has got one, and

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somebody had given it to me when I was quite ill. That hasn't really

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got to me. I said that and he said, "I am so sorry. I wish I could do

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something for Dewe". Part of his payback, or sentence, is to pay

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dividends in her garden. -- for do. A I have only got a small garden

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but he is going to have to come back and face mead and if you do

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something, you have to pay back. The government pledge to extend the

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use of restorative justice, a move that has been welcomed by Swindon's

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youth offending team. We have been doing this with young people for a

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good many years, very successfully. I believe there is a move to

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including adults in these schemes, which is long overdue. Swindon's

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new neighbourhood justice panels will be run by local people,

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tackling low-level crime like graffiti and anti-social behaviour

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on the streets. The panel will sentence offenders and bring them

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into the same room as the people they have targeted. It does not

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exclude the court. This is before court. Every pound spent on this

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save �9 in the criminal justice system and many will tell you it is

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a harder process to go through because they have to sit face-to-

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face, and take responsibility for what they have done. The pilot will

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be funded locally with the hope that face-to-face meetings will

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prove so powerful, they will stop criminals reoffending in the future.

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Police have charged three teenagers in Bristol for trying to distract a

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pilot after a laser, like this one, was shown at the police helicopter.

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The incident happened in the early hours of this morning. It comes a

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day after we reported how a train driver was injured when the laser

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was shown into his eyes. Around 150 workers at the Great

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Western Hospital in Swindon have started the first of three one-day

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strikes. Porters, kitchen staff and cleaners claimed they are being

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bullied and harassed by managers from the private contractors

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Carillon. We want to work peacefully, without any threatening

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or bullying or other things and there is no respect at all. They

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say they are going to give us a disciplinary if you forget to sign

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something. It is too much mental stress. You have to think before

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starting work, "these people are going to come," and you cannot work

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happily. Carillon says it is disappointed the action is taking

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place but has contingency plans in place to ensure the running of the

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hospital is not affected. The High Court has told the owner

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of Swindon's historic mechanics' institute that he must reimburse

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the Council for money be spent on emergency repairs. The council

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spent more than �4,000 on repairs to the Grade Two listed building,

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which had fallen into a dangerous state. The owners had argued that

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the work was not necessary, but today's ruling means they must now

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repay the Council for the work, plus interest and court costs.

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Work has begun to clean up College Green in Bristol, which the Occupy

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movement left a few weeks ago. We turfing is expected to cost �4,000

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and despite help from a local company stepping in to help keep

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the costs down, who will pay for Occupy started to their tented

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protest in the city centre last October. This patchwork of mud was

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what was left behind when they moved out just a couple of weeks

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ago. Today, the diggers moved in as a local firm it prepares to Return

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of the ground. It will cost the taxpayer �4,000. Council said this

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would cost �100,000 to repair. We are down to �4,000. Quite a

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difference. Various people had said different sums. The sum I was given

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was �14,000. The �4,000 is a lot less, so that is great news. I feel

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that people want to see things returning back to normal and a

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confidence that they can come and use the green, because it is open

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to everybody - even for protest. who will pay for this work? Occupy

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told the BBC its legacy was more than a muddy field and that it

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would pick up the tab. Were have not got all of the money that we

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will need together but we are working on it. We certainly intend

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to pay, but whether we pay the council is a different thing. The

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land belongs to the church. We would be much happier to pay the

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Dean and he could sort it out with the council himself. How much have

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you raised so far? I do not have figures. I am not part of the

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finance team. Some protesters who were on College Green have now

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occupied this house, which has been empty for months. Others are

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planning more occupations. So while this work should be complete by the

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end of the month, it seems the Occupy movement could be with us

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It was a simple bang to the head which had some devastating

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consequences. When Ashley Luckett from Somerset was 10 years old, he

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was knocked over in the playground. He went on to have a fit at home,

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due to a blood clot, which left him hospitalised for a year and a half.

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Years on, Ashley's father says he's just about come to terms with the

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fact that he now faces spending the rest of his life as a full time

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carer. Here's Sabet Choudhury. A few weeks after this photo was

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taken, Ashley Luckett's life was to Well done, good boy. Now 14, he is

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partially paralysed and unable to speak. He relies on his father - a

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single parent who's raised him since age of 2. It was all caused

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by knock to the head in school. When I got custody, I decided to

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devote my life to him. With me, it is 100% and nothing else. I decided

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I could not leave him in hospital and drive away. If he had died I

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would have been left with the guilt for the rest of my lives.

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condition is the result of a cruel twist of fate. A ban on the head

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which led to a blood clot. Now David is Ashley's fell -- full-time

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carer. He is dependent on me for everything, feeding, washing,

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bathing. It has more to both the best of our lives. It was a

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perfectly normal life and a normal boy who could walk and do horse-

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riding. He has now become dependent on everybody. David's biggest fear

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is for Ashley's future. When I have gone, what would happen to him, he

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will be in a home being looked after. And that is a very sad thing

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to happen to your son. It's awful. It is an awful reality. If someone

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said can you give him your brain, I would. I would give him what I have

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got. Yes, I know. The future may be tough but to David a life without

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his son would have been even worse. And on Valentine's Day that is what

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love is all about. Now to football and some vital

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games tonight. All our sides are in league action, but the battle for

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the top spots in league two is turning out to be something of a

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thriller with Cheltenham and Swindon right in the thick of it.

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David Passmore is here to give us a run down.

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Yes, both Cheltenham and Swindon both face promotion rivals this

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evening so the top of the table could have a very different

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complexion come tomorrow morning. Cheltenham knocked off top spot

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after Southend won last night. They play Torquay who are fourth.

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Swindon meanwhile are in 5th place and they have a chance to make up

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ground as they face 3rd placed Crawley. So it's all very tight. As

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for form, Swindon have won their last five league games in a row.

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But Cheltenham are having a bit of a wobble. Just one win in their

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last four and they could only manage a draw at Hereford on

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Saturday. So how does their chairman view the importance of

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It is a big game. West Country rivals. The manager of the month

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last month, the on form team. They always play good football. So, very

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important game. They could be level on points with us tonight if they

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get a result was and all to play for. Well, Bristol Rovers will see

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if they can extend their run of three successive wins when they

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take on Shrewsbury. A third win came when they beat Morecambe on

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Saturday. Rovers will continue to be without defenders Gary Sawyer

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and Aaron Downes. Yeovil Town will try to put more distance between

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themselves and the relegation zone at the bottom of league one when

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they play Wycombe. And finally Bristol City who did so well after

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the appointment of Derek McInnes as manager have struggled of late.

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They lost 3-0 at Hull. They are still five points clear of the

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relegation zone but need to prevent a run of three defeats when they

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take on Crystal Palace. All the results in our late bulletin in the

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10 o'clock news. We're used to seeing him launching

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himself off a ski jump but now Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards is

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preparing for something which promises to be even more nerve

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racking - dancing. Eddie is taking part in the new series of Let's

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Dance where celebs recreate famous dance routines for Sport Relief -

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it starts on BBC1 this weekend. Eddie is with us tonight and we'll

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be talking to him in a moment but first let's have a look at some of

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the performances which have left a lasting impression on us in recent

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What have you done! I will not be dressing up as a woman. That was

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one of my questions. There was a theme. Have you been watching it

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previously? Little bits here and there. Are you a good mover? I have

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danced in the past. I did enjoy it. But I have not done it in 10 years.

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Are you as successful as Olympic sports? Younger viewers may not

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remember this. I do, it is etched in my memory. You were a real

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talking point. What year was this? 1987/88. And with this theme a bee

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in your dancing? A little bit. It is a crash course

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in dancing. It was a crash course in ski-jumping 24 years ago. There

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are similarities. I am more nervous doing the dancing. You see the

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rehearsals on Strictly Come Dancing. How does it compare? I had an

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hour's rehearsal before Christmas and an hour's rehearsal two weeks

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ago. The main rehearsals start next Monday and I will be there all week,

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every day, all-day training for the show on Saturday. It is a good

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cause. Sports relief is a great cause. I'll also be walking a mile

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in Bristol on the day. Hopefully it will be good all round. It is great

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to see you and you're a great sporting hero. And people can still

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get involved. Yes, go to the website and register and they can

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do a mile in Bristol and raise a bit of money for a great cause. Get

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on the website and register. And we saw the website just then. Best of

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luck, we are excited for you. very nervous! What could possibly

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go wrong?! Well, it can't have escaped your

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notice that today is Valentine's Day. And we thought we'd seize upon

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the opportunity to investigate the secret of a successful relationship.

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Work, I am the wrong person to ask! So tonight we can meet two couples

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who have very different relationships. One couple live and

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work together running a pub in Somerset, and the other have spent

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many months living apart. Just how do they make it work?

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He is at him, she is front of house. We met in a hotel in Dublin. After

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three weeks we went out for a drink and... I had an accident with hot

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water. He rushed in and helped me out. That was how it started.

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moved in together for weeks later and had the same bank account two

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months later. 13 years now and we spent time together and we are

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soulmates. We love spending time together. The live together, work

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together and run the business together. And they have come back

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from holiday together. We have a good understanding of one another.

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We crack a joke, there is a lot of laughter. The most beautiful part

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is we evolve every day together. It is a beautiful evolution. Beautiful

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it may be but all day every day? good sense of humour. A laugh

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Dickie is everything. It really dares. Spending all of your time

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together isn't the only recipe. This is Paul and Jackie. It's not

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often you see them in the same room. I met him in church, he was

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carrying a cross. We are interested in the same things and four friends

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for some time. We moved here in 1966. Eventually, we got married in

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1969. Within three years, Paul found his calling providing

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humanitarian aid, spending months in Ethiopia and and go there and

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travelling to natural disasters around the world. Sometimes I

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didn't know how long he would be away for. Weeks, months. You have

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to make a life of your own and do your things. You know he is doing

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something that is worthwhile. And it has been needed. This has always

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been my base. When I come back, this is where I come back to.

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proud of him. I did say it very often! Yes, very proud. Very much

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so. And also I feel... I am a part of it. It works for them. And if

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you're one of those people who need cheering up on Valentine's Day,

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here's something for you. These amazing pictures of a tiny badger

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weighing just 100 grams taken in by staff at Secret World in Highbridge

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in Somerset. Staff there have named her Hope and are feeding her every

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two hours, even through the night. One day they hope to release her

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I have never seen one that small! So sweet. Let's move on to the

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weather. It was lovely this morning. The sun was out. We thought we

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would put Gemma up on the reef. It is a little chilly on the reef

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but nowhere as cold as this time last week. What a difference a week

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does make. Last week, the daytime temperatures rarely struggled to

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get above freezing. Seven days later and it's a different story.

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In Bristol, ten Celsius, elsewhere we were not far behind. It was a

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we were not far behind. It was a different feel to the day. We are

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pulling in a much milder air, we have lost the eastern air and the

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air is coming from the West. That combined with a fair amount of

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sunshine. We saw some very nice holes in the cloud. The warmth of

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the Sun combined with mild air lifted the highs. Ten Celsius is a

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huge jump from last week. The mild weather continues, this evening and

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tonight the cloud or thin. The cloud will remain mild air. The

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enough pick us in a cloud for some patchy drizzle. The breeze picks up

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but it is mild air and tomorrow morning a great picture but the

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highs climbing steadily as the mild air continues to be pulled in. We

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will see less in the way of sunshine tomorrow but everywhere

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has a chance of double figures by tomorrow afternoon. Visibility is

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still good tomorrow despite we will not see as much sunshine. With high

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pressure dominating, this is the theme for the rest of the week.

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Greasy at times, a little grey and overcast and at times damp.

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Especially towards the end of the week. Overall, the temperatures are

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holding out very well. High single figures or double figures and at

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the weekend things turn chilly again with a return to frost. You

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can get more details online. You look positively rosy cheeks.

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That is just about is on Valentine's Day. If you have a

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