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Good evening and welcome to BBC Points West. Our headlines tonight:

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The tragedy of a student's first night in Bristol. He's crushed to

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death in a waste lorry after falling asleep in a bin.

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In from the shadows ` Britain's top spies reveal what they do at GCHQ in

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Cheltenham. A degree of success! Prince Edward

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becomes the new Chancellor of the University of Bath.

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Cricketer and war artist ` Jack Russell makes an emotional journey

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to the trenches in memory of his great, great uncle.

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And we're just moments away from the official countdown to Christmas

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The family of a Canadian graduate who'd come to study in Bristol have

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heard their son was crushed to death in the back of a waste lorry after

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he fell asleep in a wheelie bin Garrett Elsey had drunk more than

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seven pints of beer and four shots on his first night out in the city.

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His body was found at a waste centre in Avonmouth less than 24 hours

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after he'd arrived in the UK. Scott Ellis reports. Garrett Elsey's

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mother and father flew in from Canada for today's inquest. They

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heard their 22`year`old son suffocated in the back of a waste

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truck ` his head and chest crushed by a compresser blade. On the 2 th

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of September last year, he was out celebrating his first night out in

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Bristol with an old friend. Medical student Gareth Lewis Jones. The two

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friends had drinks in a pub, then continued the night out at Embargo

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on the Clifton triangle. They lost each other after Garrett was asked

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to leave for being drunk. He staggered into a nearby alleyway,

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and eventually clambered into a communal waste container underneath

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a block of flats. Just after seven in the morning, the bin was emptied

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into a waste truck. His body was found at midday. He'd been wearing a

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tshirt, a hoody and shorts. Garrett Elsey had removed his shoes before

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getting into the waste container. A pathologist told the inquest there

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were signs he had hypothermia. One of the symptoms is removing

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clothing, followed by a desire to be in an enclosed space. That may

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account for why he climbed in to the bin. The refuse collectors working

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on the truck were deeply shocked. They told the inquest they now check

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communal bins more thoroughly before emptying them. The inquest concluded

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this was an accidental death. They want to ensure such tragedies are

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never repeated. So many factors seem to have conspired against Garrett

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Elsey. He was drunk and alone in an unfamiliar city. He would have

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struggled to find his new accommodation. He hadn't been here

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long enough to get a mobile phone, so his friend couldn't check up on

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him. His lack of clothes might have been down to the fact that his bags

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hadn't turned up at the airport when he did 24 hours earlier. And as for

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the bin collections, they are only one night a week. So on any other

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day, he may have survived. A 15`year`old girl who's been

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missing from her home in South Gloucestershire has been found safe

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and well. Caitlin Andrew from the village of Pilning went missing on

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Saturday. Avon and Somerset police have thanked the public for their

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help in finding her. Staff at the Great Western Hospital

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in Swindon are being offered payments to encourage them to work

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extra shifts over the winter. The hospital says it's preparing for a

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busy winter period and wants to reward existing staff rather than

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use agency staff. Payments of between ?25 and ?65 will be made for

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working additional shifts. The University of Bath secured a

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coup today ` installing a member of the royal family as its Chancellor.

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It joins an elite group of universities to get the royal seal

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of approval. One of Prince Edward's first duties was to award an

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honorary degree to Ellie Simmonds, the teenage Paralympic swimmer.

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Alice Bouverie watched the ceremony. Gown came to town with splendid

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pageantry today. Bath Abbey providing the perfect backdrop for

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the ceremony and the finery. The vice`chancellor of the University

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summed it up. Today marks a truly momentous occasion. It is a huge

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privilege. Being a university Chancellor is a purely ceremonial

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role. But clearly a slightly nerve`wracking one for Prince Edward

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too. It doesn't seem that long ago that I regarded people who were in

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this position as rather seen your and distinguished. The problem is, I

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do not regard myself as I got. `` either. As well as being awarded an

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honorary degree himself, Prince Edward also conferred degrees on two

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others. The former bishop of Bath and Wells Peter Price, and the

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Paralympic swimmer Ellie Simmonds. It is the first ever honorary degree

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I have got. I am very honoured. I am really happy. The Prince was,

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apparently, the University's first choice for the job. And he's by no

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means the first royal to take up the role. He can go to his aunt for

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advice. The Princess Royal is Chancellor of several universities,

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including London and Edinburgh. Or he can look to the example of

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Winston Churchill, who became the Chancellor of Bristol University in

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1953. Such a popular choice, he was carried shoulder high from the

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ceremony by the students. I think he will bring influence that is

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international. He also has a really good week with young people.

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Students will value that. Over the past few years, the University's

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been enjoying a meteoric rise in its status. Recently voted the best

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campus university in Britain, it also enjoys the highest student

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satisfaction rating. Securing Prince Edward as their new Chancellor is

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the royal icing on top. History was made in the Houses of

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Parliament today when the heads of MI5, MI6 and Cheltenham's GCHQ

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appeared together in public for the first time. The three men were

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quizzed about the work they do, unthinkable even just a few years

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ago. Our Gloucestershire reporter, Steve Knibbs has been looking back

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on how the once very secret world of GCHQ is now very much out of the

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shadows. The origins of GCHQ date back to the First World War, when

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listening posts were set up to intercept and decript German

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messages. The success of what is known as signals intelligence led to

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the setting up of the government's code and cypher school. During the

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Second World War, in secret at Bletchley Park, they broke the

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enigma code. After the war, it changed its name. For those who

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needed to know, GCHQ. The Government Communications Headquarters. It

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moved to Cheltenham. No one in the town knew what happened inside.

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Earlier this year, I met Sir Arthur Bonsall. He was recruited into

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Bletchley Park, and became director of GCHQ in 1973 ` when his

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organisation still didn't official exist... The government did what it

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could to avoid any reference to it. If they were asked a question, no

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answer was given. We didn't exist. His successor oversaw GCHQ coming

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out of the shadows. It was now public. It gave nothing away.

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Despite wanting to keep a low profile, GCHQ faced an uncomfortable

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time when it emerged that one of its staff had been selling its secrets

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to the KGB. It was in 1984 that the organisation hit the headlines

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again. Mrs Thatcher banned trade unions and paid ?1000 to staff who

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gave up their union rights. Very sad. I feel like a traitor. I have

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been loyal, I love Queen and country, and that is it. It prompted

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huge protests and industrial action. The ban was overturned in 1997. Ten

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years ago, a translator at GCHQ leaked details of an alleged plot to

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bug UN delegates before the Iraq war. Revelations that have been

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surpassed this year, by the leaks of Edward Snowden. It's all an

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interesting time for the man at the top, to come blinking into the

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daylight. And Steve joins us from outside GCHQ now. Steve, lots being

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made of the significance of today ` but what real difference will it

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make for the staff in Cheltenham? A significant day as the director Sir

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Iain Lobban, was seen and quizzed in public for the first time. I think

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staff will feel their boss has stood up for them after months of damaging

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revelations. He was quizzed about the threats that GCHQ tackle ` a lot

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of talk about cyber attacks ` which inevitably led on to controversy

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surrounding Edward Snowden's leaks. In particular, GCHQ's ability to tap

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into the internet. Sir Iain likened the work to focussing on small

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needles in big haystacks and that they didn't want to spy on

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everyone's personal emails and phonecalls. I feel I have to say

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this. I don't employ the type of people who would do. My people are

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motivated by saving lives. Saving lives on the battlefield. They're

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motivated by finding terrorists and finding serious criminals. By

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meeting that foreign intelligence mission as well. If they were asked

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to snoop, I wouldn't have the workforce. They'd leave the

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building. Sir Iain's admitted, because of the leaks to the press,

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that certan capabilities were weaker now than five months ago ` because

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his organisation had overheard some terrorists discussing the press

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coverage... I have actually seen chat around specific terrorist

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groups ` including closer to home ` discussing how to avoid what they

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now perceive to be vulnerable communication methods. Or how to

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select communications, which they now perceive not to be exploitable.

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I am not going to compound the damage by being specific in public.

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I'm happy to be very specific in private. I watched the hearing with

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Air Vice Marshall Tony Mason who lives here in Cheltenham. He's a

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former advisor to the commons defence committee. He said it was

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fascinating but wanted to know more reassurances about the way internet

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data is accessed. What are the overall implications? If the

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allegations are true, that the GCHQ and NSA have actually gained access

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to internet systems by allowing the communications companies a back door

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into their security systems... If that's correct, it's not just the

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good guys who can go in. Bad guys as well. So plenty to mull over and

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there will be more of these open hearings ` a lot of the more

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interesting discussions to be had in private. So perhaps we're just a

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little bit wiser tonight to how we're kept safe.

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Well this is David and Alex with Thursday's Points West. And from

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Thursday to the Saturdays... It s beginning to feel a lot like

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Christmas... Join me for the Christmas light switch on.

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Nearly two years after road improvements started on the M4 and

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M5 at Bristol, the Highways Agency is trialling it's ?90 million

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managed motorway scheme. Eventually, drivers will be using the hard

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shoulder between Cribbs Causeway and the M32 during peak times. Laura

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Lyon has been testing it out for us. Hitching a lift with the Highways

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Agency. For project manager Adrian Hull, it's the big switch on of his

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?88 million scheme. A sigh of relief as the lights flash on above traffic

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on the M4. The signals above each lane shortly speed limit. If this be

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the limit is not an, it is emergencies only. That is backed up

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by other messages. What is the point? It is to cut congestion. It

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is to ease the traffic through in one smooth flow. Increased safety as

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well. Along this section of Smart Motorway there are 99 sensors fitted

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across the different lanes. They monitor the amount of traffic that's

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passing over them, and the data is sent back to the Highway's Agency

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control centre. There, the team looks at the flowing traffic and a

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decision is made as to whether to open up the hard shoulder to

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drivers. Since a similar system started in the Midlands, the

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Highways Agency says the number of accidents on the M42 has halved and

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congestion has eased. It's hoped the next three weeks of trials on the M4

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and those that follow on the M5 will reduce queues for shoppers this

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Christmas before operating fully next year. While the technology

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can't guarantee the end of delays, it's hoped it will benefit drivers

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during busy periods. More than 00 retained firefighters have quit

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their jobs. Within three years of taking up the job. Figures show that

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around 30 retained firefighters left within a year. The Fire Service

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currently has dozens of vacancies across the country.

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Today has been the first Bristol Poppy Day. It was organised along

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the lines of London Poppy Day, which now raises over ?800,000. There have

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been events all round the city, including Bristol Temple Meads

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Station and at Cabot Circus. And also ahead of Remembrance Sunday, an

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image of Harry Patch ` the longest surviving British veteran of World

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War One ` has been transformed into a digital piece of artwork to mark

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100 years since the start of the conflict. The painting of the

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soldier from Wells in Somerset was completed by David Tucker, before

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being digitally animated. Original recordings of Harry's memories have

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been overlaid and put to a musical score by the band Radiohead.

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He's a Gloucestershire and England cricketing legend, but how many of

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you know about Jack Russell's career as an artist? Well, over the years

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he's become well known for his landscape works such as these, but

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now he's about to take on something even more ambitious. To mark the

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100th anniversary of the start of World War One, Jack will be going on

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a very emotional journey to retrace the final days of his great, great

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uncle who left his home in Stroud to fight for his country. Sabet

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Choudhury reports. Men were blown to pieces. In our regiment, some of

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their legs and arms had to be found in order to enable us to bury them

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whole. One bunch of 14 French soldiers and horses... We found them

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all dead. Others were scattered all over the place. It was, to put it

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simply, a brutal war. One that claimed the lives of millions of

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soldiers. Young men like Edward Hogg. He left the Slad Valley to

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fight in France. It was to be his final journey. I used to come down

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and play here when I was eight years old. I used to come down the lane

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over there. I came this way, down to the village. I lived over the back

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of the hill. It has always been a legend in our family that the two

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Hoggs on this memorial ` Edward and Harry ` were relatives of mine. I

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found out when I was older that they were two great, great uncles that

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went off and were killed in the First World War. I am looking

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forward to going on a journey that I have always wanted to take. I am

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going to follow in Edward's footsteps and find out exactly what

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happened to him. The regiment as well. How he was killed and where he

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was killed. His battalion was involved in action. They moved

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pretty sharply, following the Germans up to Belgium. Very little

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is known about Edward Hogg. So Jack has enlisted the help of this

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historian. He was a local labourer, who was in a large family, and lived

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just round the corner. I would say he was very much a country person.

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At some stage in his life, he decided to become a professional

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soldier. I would imagine because of unemployment in the area. This is a

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part of Slad. It's a little lane that runs down off the main road.

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Edward Hogg lived in this complex here. The cottage. He marched from

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here. He joined up with his unit and got to go to France, for the first

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part of the First World War. August 1914. This is the actual spot where

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he left his wife and daughter for the last time. Neither Edward nor

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his brother Harry ever returned home from war. In the village church

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there is a memorial to the fallen heroes. The more I look at it, it is

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becoming real. It is a journey I have never taken before in my life.

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It is interesting to see how it pans out. The emotional effects. I know

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it will inspire me to paint one of two pictures. That is generally what

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comes out of things for me when I start talking and getting emotional.

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Edward Hogg never saw his beloved Slad Valley again. But now, nearly

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100 years later, the story about what has happened to him will

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finally be told. And we'll have the story of Jack's visit to Ypres on

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Monday's programme, which is of course Armistice Day. And you can

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watch this evening's piece again on our Facebook page. We hope to put

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the paintings on bail. `` on the website. Join me on the Sunday

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Politics West this week when I'll be talking to Dr Andrew Murrison, the

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Wiltshire MP in charge of our national commemorations for the

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centenary of the Great War. That's on BBC One, at the slightly later

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time of 12:25, straight after the Remembrance Sunday Service from the

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cenotaph. And lots of money will be raised tonight for the soldiers

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charity Help For Heroes ` at a concert by the girl group The

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Saturdays. They've just turned on the Christmas lights at The Mall at

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Cribbs Causeway ` Sally Challoner is there for us now. 10,000 people are

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there. This Saturdays are now on stage. The Christmas lights are

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switched on. It looks great. These people were asked to give a donation

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of ?2 each, and that money is going to go to the charity Help For

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Heroes. The girls have helped that charity before and I spoke to them

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LOL. We've played here twice on tour so it's good to be back, and really

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good to be turning on the Christmas lights this year. There are only

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four of you this year. Tell me about that. Yes. Frankie is still

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recovering and looking after her baby. We are giving her some time.

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She will be back with us soon. She is not the only mum? Who's got

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children here? We both have children as well. How do you manage that

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going on tour? We always said we would have to get a bigger bus! We

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were out in Los Angeles, and my daughter came out there. We just

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make it work. Have you met any of the fans out there yet? We came in

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through the car park so we haven't met anybody yet. Hopefully there

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will be a good crowd for the show. I know you have done a lot of charity

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gigs. You have done one for Help For Heroes. What is so special about

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that charity? Charities in general do such great work. If we can do a

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performance just to help, we are straight there. We would always help

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out. It must be nice to be in a position to help? Yes. We're lucky

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to be in that position. It is an honour. We did an amazing show for

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Help For Heroes in Twickenham one time. What are you singing tonight?

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We will doing a few tracks. We will be doing our new single Disco Love,

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and our first number one What About Us. A few of the old ones too. None

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of you would've been around the first time disco was on the scene...

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I was! I love your single! Thank you! Have a great time switching on

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the lights and thank you very much! The consort is still going on. ``

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concert. Time for the weather! Temperatures are around eight or

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nine Celsius. To model is going to be next. For some districts, the

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maybe persistent rain. The showers have been clustered in certain

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areas. Parts of north Bristol. Things will continue as the showers

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dried across to other areas. They will tend to dry away. A chilly

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night as the skies clear. Tomorrow, there is potential for some heavy

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rain. Elsewhere, brighter spells and showers. For the rest of the

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evening, we expect the showers to restrict themselves to the West

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Inland, it will be a chilly like `` light. Temperatures as low as two or

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three. . In urban areas they will be five or six. It will be a dry start.

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As the day goes on, the showers will make landfall eventually. Fun.

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Perhaps. Thunder perhaps. Ten of 11 Celsius. At the weekend, on Saturday

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at. On a wet note. Sunshine and a few showers. On Sunday, Remembrance

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Sunday, the maybe some frost around. But a good deal of sunshine. That is

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how it all shapes up. If you want to look at our Facebook

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page just look online. Goodbye for now.

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