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rest of the week. Thank you. That

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Hello and welcome to BBC Points West. Our headlines this evening. A

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notorious stretch of road claims three more lives. Gloucestershire

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county council demands an urgent meeting with the government after

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two fatal crashes in eight hours. It does worry people that something

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needs to be done. It cannot go on forever, having people killed. The

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teenage girl whose cancer symptoms were mistaken for migraines ` her

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mother says doctors need to be more aware. First Bridgwater now Burnham.

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After a spectacular procession on Saturday, the carnival continues in

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Somerset. And ready to go up in smoke. The ship built to be burnt on

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a bonfire. Good evening. There are calls for

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the government to act tonight, following the deaths of three people

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in two separate crashes on a notorious stretch of road. Both

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happened here on the A417 on the outskirts of Gloucester ` one of the

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West's busiest main road junctions. Tonight the leader of

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Gloucestershire County Council has written to the Transport Secretary

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demanding an urgent meeting. A devastating day on one of the

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county's most infamous roads. Just after 3am, a 54`year`old man from

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Cheltenham, was killed instantly when his car apparently veered into

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a lorry as he heading down Crickley Hill. Only an hour after we'd filmed

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these pictures another unrelated accident further up the road. Again

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involving a car and a lorry. This time two elderly women were killed.

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This is two to three miles from the one we spoke to you about this

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morning. The vehicles pulled out of the junction and it has failed to

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judge the other vehicles path not seen it. It is early days in the

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investigation. They will work that out over the coming weeks. This is a

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busy road at the best of times but produce fatal accidents to happen on

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the same stretch within hours of each other is highly unusual.

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However, it has increased calls for something to be done to make this

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road safe to delete with macro With roads closed off the local school

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closed early too ` the accidents on the road nearby all too common now.

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closed early too ` the accidents on family and staff have in the

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village. There have been a number of accidents at the junction over the

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years and that worries people that something needs to be done. It

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cannot go on for ever, having people killed. It's dreadfully sad. The

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A417 is the main route from Cheltenham and Gloucester towards

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Swindon. It's always busy at rush hour as two lanes of dual

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carriageway becomes one. There have been proposals and plans to improve

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safety on this road for many years ` but nothing's been done. Today the

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leader of the county council wrote the secretary of state demanding an

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urgent meeting to address the issues. We need a commitment from

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the government that their road, and it is theirs, will be improved. We

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need to tackle some of the safety issues we see here and we need to

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stop this being not only a bottleneck but a really dangerous

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stretch of road which has claimed more life today. Tonight the

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Highways Agency told us they'll continue to work with the council to

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try and improve the road. Recent figures showed a 61% rise in the

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number of fatalities on Glouestershire's roads. Today's

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deaths come just weeks after three people were killed in accidents here

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in one weekend. Road Safety is now being pushed up the agenda ` as more

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people are losing their lives. Joining us now from our newsroom in

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Gloucestershire is Martin Surl, who is the county's Police and Crime

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Commissioner. Thank you for joining us. This is terrible news today

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What is your reaction? It is very dreadful news. I'm saddened but not

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shocked. This is an exceedingly is dangerous as oh ` road. It's

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happened before and it will happen again unless something sorted out.

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The answer to that lies with the county and the highways agency. We

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need to sort it out. What needs to be done? This is a design failure,

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undoubtedly. The road is dangerous. I know it very well. We know what

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the problem is, it's a very fast and dangerous road. There are lots of

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side roads coming into it. It is almost motorway standard coming into

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a minor road. It will take money to sort it out. That money must be made

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available. We need all of the leaders of the Council, the MPs and

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the police, to be very clear. This does need to resolve now. We know

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what needs to be done. If not, we should be ashamed of ourselves. I

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was surprised when researching this today to find out how much lobbying

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there has already been over the last decade. The Council say they've been

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lobbying for almost a decade to the highways agency because the road

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belongs to them. The local MP has raised it in the Commons repeatedly.

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Do you think it is going to take for these deaths to have taken place for

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something to have been done? It could be. We've had deaths before.

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This isn't the first. If things don't change, it will not be the

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last. I know people who have died there. I think it is time for the

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talking to stop. What will it take? Is it for the leaders of the

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Council, yourself, people in positions of power to group

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together? The pressure needs to go on to government. The leader of the

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council is right, this is a highways agency road so we have limited

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influence. This is a highways agency matter, it will take funding to do

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it and it cannot be done on the cheap. They've made some

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improvements. They are halfway but it is not the whole deal. Government

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has to say, put up the cash or be prepared for more people to die

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A grieving mother's told Points West of her anger after her 16`year`old

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daughter died of brain and spine cancer ` which went undiagnosed for

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two years. Natasha Simmonds from Radstock was seen by 13 doctors in

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the last year of her life ` but her symptoms were mistaken for

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migraines. Scott Ellis has been to meet her mother Sarah.

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These are my two daughters, Natasha with blonde hair and Fiona with the

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dark air. Natasha Simmonds died aged 16. A teenager who'd had cancer for

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at least two years. An illness of which she was unaware. One that went

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undiagnosed. If I could say anything to her, it would be to let him know

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how brave she was. She was still going to college. She was still

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doing her job. Natasha's symptoms from 2010 onwards included

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headaches, numbness, personality change and vomiting. All put down to

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migraine. She was admiited to Bath's Royal United Hospital in June 2 10.

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But was diagnosed with glandular fever. In January of this year, a

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scan at the RUH picked up cancer of the brain and spine. Despite surgery

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at Frenchay hospital, Natasha died a few days later. In the last year of

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her life she'd been seen by doctors 24 times. She broke down in the car

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and said they didn't believe me I was pulled to the side when we went

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in on that occasion and asked if she was putting on. In a statement, the

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hospital in Bath has said the many clinicians who looked after Natasha

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said ` will be meeting to discuss what they are calling a very sad

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case to find out if lessons could be learned. But it's important to note

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that at an inquest into her death, a coroner decided there was no need to

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make medical recommendations. The Tasha 's mother says she was told on

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one occasion that scans were only for life and death situations. The

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medical charity HeadSmart thinks doctors should have acted sooner. We

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wouldn't expect the clinicians to diagnose everyone with a headache

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but when you look further, with serious migraines which continue, we

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would expect that to be treated with an MRSA ice can. Make sure you get

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Hanks is because ` you get answers. One RUH consultant said Natasha

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improved between episodes of illness. Making the illness harder

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to diagnose. The carnival spotlight switches to

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Burnham on Sea tonight. After the success of the opening spectacular

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procession in Bridgwater on Saturday, it's round two.

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And some clubs are anxious to make up for missed opportunities as our

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Somerset Correspondent Clinton Rogers has been finding out.

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Here we are, all lined up and ready for the offer. Tonight, Bernard

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Monsey hosts round two of the annual Carnival contest. These clubs have

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been preparing all year for this but it seems for some, 12 months is not

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enough. For Gorgons Carnival Club, this isn't round two, it's round

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one! They missed Bridgwater Carnival on Saturday because they weren't

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ready! You have had all year! I ve been doing fundraising as well. We

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are all trying to do fundraising at the same time. And we've got a day

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job. It is the biggest illuminated parade in Europe. It launched at

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Bridgwater but over the next two weeks it will take to the streets of

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Burnham, Weston, North Petherton, Shepton Mallet, Wells and

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Glastonbury Around 100,000 people watched Saturday's show ` it'll be

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more like 12,000 in Burnham tonight. The organisers say that's the price

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they have to pay for having a Monday carnival This entry will

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I would prefer it to be on another day but we will have to see. Shepton

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Mallet is the only other midweek Carnival. Just to let you know, you

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have a puncture. This entry will need to be revived if it is going to

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take part tonight. And a few pence spent on a new battery might help

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Griffins Carnival Club make it to the start line. All last minute

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teething problems they say ` nothing to worry about! After all the

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procession doesn't move off until 7.30!

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Fabulous creations. Just tremendous. It's the start of another week here

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on BBC Points West. Jemma will be here with the forecast a little

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later. Yes, stay with us for that and much

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more. Including... This was the moment the match was lit. We're live

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in South Gloucestershire as hundreds watch a home`made ship burnt for

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bonfire night. The Bath MP Don Foster is calling

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for government action on gambling. Campaigners say a new type of

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betting machine has proved a bonanza for bookmakers. Gamblers can put a

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hundred pounds every 20 seconds into Fixed Odds Betting Terminals.

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Tomorrow MPs will debate new legislation ` but as Paul Barltrop

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reports it won't tackle what's been dubbed the crack cocaine of

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gambling. Every walk down the high street in

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the Wiltshire town where he lives is difficult for James Petherick. He's

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lost a fortune in Amesbury's bookmakers. He's been a problem

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gambler for 20 years. I've been homeless, sleeping in car, lost

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jobs. I've tried to give up but the addiction takes hold and with these

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terminals you're doing twice as much, twice as fast. These are the

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machines that he's come to loathe. They're called Fixed Odds Betting

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Terminals. They look like other slot machines. But the stakes can be

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huge. You can plough in a hundred pounds every 20 seconds. On these

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machines, it is so quick. It's almost as fast as playing a fruit

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machine. These machines were ?1 0 a spin. They first arrived 12 years

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ago. The average machine makes ?40,000 profit per year. Bookmakers

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insist they're not problematic for most customers. But there's concern

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among MPs ` with demands for action. Will the Prime Minister consider

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banning these addictive machines as has recently happened in Ireland? It

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brought a hint there could be change. Yes, we want to have

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bookmakers that are not overregulated but on the other

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hand, a fair approach and a decent approach that prevents problem

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gambling. Back in Wiltshire James Petherick resorted to baring his

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soul online. There is no point to my life. There's no point to

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everything. I've had enough. I gambled for most of my life, 30

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years. It is only now that I have opened up to friends, family, the

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rest of the world by doing a you Tube blog. That is how I managed to

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give up. He is just about coping but thousands of others are not.

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Joining me now is the MP for Bath Don Foster. Don, why are you so

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against these gambling machines I think it is really important that we

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accept that people should be allowed to go and have a flutter, to enjoy

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themselves if they want to. But as with all types of gambling, there

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are legislative rules around them and I think the rules around these

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particular machines are not tight enough. As we have heard, many

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people call the crack cocaine of gambling. We now know that betting

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shops get something like 70% of their profits from them. We are

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seeing clustering of betting shops on our high streets, largely because

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of these machines. I think it is urgent that we have action to

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address some of those concerns are addressed like the level of the

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stake, the spin rate, how rapidly you can keep playing and also the

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number of machines that are allowed in any one betting shop. How can you

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tighten up these rules? Would it be cutting the number of machines,

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cutting the access people have to them? The important thing is we ve

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got to have the proper research done. The research in this area has

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been very limited. Sufficient to allow Ireland to ban them all

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together. I'm delighted the government has accepted my challenge

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that we should be having full research done on this and done

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quickly. In the second reading of the gambling bill tomorrow, these

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machines are not even being mentioned, are they? The bill you're

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talking about is another issue that I have been campaigning on for some

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seven years. That is to address the problem we have of overseas `based

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Internet gambling sites who don t even pay any tax here. They don t

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pay anything into research, education and treatment of gambling

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addiction and yet they can advertise here. That cannot be right. That is

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being changed. Now, for these.. I want to see is moving rapidly to

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reduce the level of stakes, reduce the rate at which you can play and

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reduce the number of machines in anyone betting shop.

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Thank you for joining us. The chief constable of Avon and

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Somerset police has said that community links needs to be rebuilt

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following the death of of Bijan Ebrahimi. Nick Gargan described Mr

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Ebrahimi's murder, in Bristol, over the summer, as an "horrific

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incident". The place that Bijan Ebrahimi lived and died.

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Beaten to death and set on fire just yards from his front door ` in what

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has been described as a vigilante attack. Some local wrongly believed

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he was a paedophile. Bijan Ebrahimi was 44 years old. He was Iranian,

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and disabled. He is described as having been a quiet man, keen on

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gardening. But to his family and friends Ben as he was known, was

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friendly and loving. No video spoken to today wanted to appear on camera

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but lots of people told me they were shocked and saddened by what

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happened here. One lady who knew him well told me the whole community has

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changed, that there is a real sense of unease and lots of people ideally

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would just like to move away. Over the weekend, a BBC radio reporter

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was able to record some reaction from local people. You cannot

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believe it. You don't think of it happening on your doorstep. It's

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disgusting, makes me feel physically sick. He was just a normal, quiet

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chap. Mr Ebrahimi had been arrested four days before his death ` after

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neighbours complained about him taking photos ` but he had been

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released without charge. Now the Independent Police complaints

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commission is looking into the conduct of officers involved. And

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Bristol city council is also conducting its own review into their

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dealings with Mr Ebrahimi. Today, the chief constable of Avon and

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Somerset police told us it was time for the city to pull together. The

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IP CC will have their say. Other reports will have their say. I'm

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sure we'll hear more sad and bad news about the case but already

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even now, we need to be starting the process of rebuilding, rebuilding

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connections, putting things right and putting ` look into the future.

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One of his neighbours, Lee James, has already pleaded guilty to his

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murder and another man has pleaded guilty to assisting him. They will

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both be sentenced at the end of the month.

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Firefighters across the West went on strike this morning as part of a

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national row over changes to pensions. The Government is planning

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to increase their retirement age from 55 to 60. The action, by the

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Fire Brigades Union, follows a strike on Friday night. Then crews

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in Weston Super Mare ended their action early to respond to reports

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of people trapped inside a building. Part of the historic Tarr Steps in

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Somerset have been damaged during the recent bad weather. The County

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Council says a small area of the bridge was affected, and repairs

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will be carried out as soon as possible. The steps were badly

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damaged by flood water last year. Rugby, and Bath's uncapped full`back

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Anthony Watson has been called into the England squad ahead of

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Saturday's Test against Argentina. The 19`year`old, seen here making a

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try`saving tackle against Worcester, was part of England's under`20 side

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who won the junior World Cup during the summer. Part of the reasons you

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want to have a look at him is so that further down the line, a player

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of his talent can come in and not feel so fazed by the experience

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It's a big step to come into the England camp. Bath are happy to

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release in to get the experience. But he has two in his place. It will

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give him that experience which is a good thing.

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On to a national sport at this time of year, building bonfires. And

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surely one of the most creative ones to be made this year has to be in

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the South Gloucestershire village of Hawkesbury Upton.

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It's a replica of the Matthew, the boat which is moored in the Bristol

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docks. And it's been set on fire this evening. Alice Bouverie is

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there too. It's gone up well then. You could say that! This is a proper

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bonfire. It was lit around 20 minutes ago. I saw people stuffing

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it straw ` full of straw and cardboard and yet it has taken only

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a couple of minutes to go up in smoke. It's a real treat for the

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several hundred people who have come out and is quite cold evening to

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enjoy this event. It's the only ` it's the only fourth time they've

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done this. It's proving a success. It came from an idea and is the

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culmination of two days of hard work and a lot of effort. All hands on

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deck, the HMS Hawkesbury. The final touches being added by a team of

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would`be master craftsmen. Do you have any boat`building experience?

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No, none whatsoever. We have an eclectic mix of skills in the

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village but no shipbuilders. I don't think this one will float. But with

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the wins on Saturday, we thought it might end up at the bottom of the

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playing food ` playing field. She's made entirely out of pallets and

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string. And is supposed to replicate the Matthew, the ship which

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discovered North America in 149 . It has got sales but it is fairly

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loosely based around the Matthew. I'm sure the Matthew didn't have

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people walking the plank. But it's good. Last year the team made a

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castle. After its huge success, friends laid down the challenge to

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build something even better. I drove past early in the morning and the

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Telegraph poll was up. I didn't even know what it was going to do. But

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the footprint was already out by the afternoon. We have got 50 metres of

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wooden boat starting to come together now. It has been a great

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community effort ever since then to get it to what it is now. The crew

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took two days to construct their craft. There's hardly been time to

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say farewell, before she set sail into the sunset on her final voyage.

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As you can see, she is well on her way on her final voyage. Any minute

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now, they are expecting the mast to topple. I'm sure that will bring a

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great cheer. Andrew, you've organised it. I described you

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earlier as the first mate. That s not strictly true, is it? It's been

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a team effort. Everyone has pulled together. We've all taken time off

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work to build a replica of the Matthew. It's fantastic for the

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village. The weather is with us tonight as well. You must be sad to

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see her go up after your hard work. We have enjoyed her sit in the

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middle of the playing field but we are sorry to see her go. There is

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only one way she was ever going to go though. This is a not`for`profit

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evening, isn't it? It has drawn everyone together. It is purely for

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the community and for the village. We put on an event with an

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affordable barbecue, affordable beer. Everyone turns out and it is a

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traditional village event. What about next year? There is talk about

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the Houses of Parliament but I'm not sure. I might have a year off next

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year. There are two little girls here who I want to introduce you to.

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They did something very special tonight. They are Amelia and Tessa.

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We made the guy. Where was your guy? On the gangplank. How did you make

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it? We got a pair of old pyjamas and stuffed them with straw. And we made

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a head out of a paper bag and stuffed it with straw. And we made a

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hat out of an old pair of socks He won the guy competition, didn't you?

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Yeah. Very, very well done. The spirit of this evening has been

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amazing. The reason why it is not being held tomorrow night, is

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because this was postponed from Saturday because there was dreadful

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weather then. They decided to put it forward to today. They have the

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perfect evening for it. A completely cloudless sky. Gemma is here to tell

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us more about the weather. Of course, weather`wise, Saturday

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was a write`off for so many parts of our region. Wet and windy for many.

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Not so tonight. It's been absolutely glorious with clear skies. That will

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change as we go through the week. If we take a look at the forecast, we

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kicked off the week in spectacular fashion. Clear skies from the word

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go. A little bit of clarity around there. If few showers here and

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there. For the bulk of us, a blue sky story. Temperatures responded

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really well in many parts of the region. We got to 11 Celsius which

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is very good for this time of year. The headline for the rest of the

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week is change after tomorrow with blustery showers on the way. Longer

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spells of rain that time and rather breezy as we get towards the end of

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the week. The reason for that is low pressure which starts to come into

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night. They have timed it well. Wet and cloudy weather will spread in

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from the South West as we go through. It clears up tomorrow. Then

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another low`pressure system comes in on Wednesday. A much better picture

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altogether. That leaves a legacy of showers for the rest of the week.

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For tonight, a clear sky story for a time until the low`pressure comes

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in. It will bring rain and cloud. They will be a big deal of

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difference in temperature between our daytime high and our night`time

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low. The wet weather will be a big overnight feature. By tomorrow

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morning, it will be damp underfoot. Slowed to clear north`eastwards

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Once it does, tomorrow is a decent picture. We will see a few showers

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here and there but they will be light, few and far between. A lot of

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sunshine once again. If you dodge the showers, temperatures will be up

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to 12 or 13 Celsius. Again, a very good value for this time of year.

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Low`pressure will pushing in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

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That will bring wet weather which will last throughout Wednesday. On

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Thursday and Friday, the legacy of that is scattered, heavy, sharp

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showers and an increasing breeze. They have chosen the right night for

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