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Welcome to BBC Points West with Sabet Choudhury and Alex Lovell. Our

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Sabet Choudhury and Alex Lovell Our main story tonight: Is Bristol's

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drinking culture out of control? Bristol's drunks get a makeshift

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hospital to scoop them off the pavements. It's the first drunk tank

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outside London ` but who's picking up the tab? We all are.

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Also on tonight's prgamme. Why a plane crashed into a garden in

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Cheltenham. The injured West soldiers nearing

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their goal of reaching the South Pole.

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And restoring the landscape of a National Trust gem ` by cutting down

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the trees. Paramedics in Bristol are setting up an emergency treatment

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centre for Christmas party goers who drink to the point of collapsing.

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They and the police are promising it won't be a hotel for drunks ` rather

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a camp bed and a chance to sober up. Scott Ellis is at Bristol's

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harbour`side for us now, Scott? The harbour`side's busy ` it's the run

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up to Christmas. Your entry more on facilitate you can then on a

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stretcher. Excessively drunk people are a

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burden on the NHS. From this Friday drunks in Bristol will be driven to

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a makeshift room staffed by paramedics. They will get a field

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bed, medical attention, and time to sober up. We saw some 17 patients

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throughout the night which saved 17 ambulances and many hospital beds.

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It allowed as to focus those resources. A single ambulance does

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the rounds to a temporary treatment room staff by three paramedic.

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Drinkers approved. The whole context as goods. I see a lot of people that

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cannot handle what they are doing. I have been a teenager before. We have

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all done it. It is a good idea. It is a waste of money. Get the drugs

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off the street. Keep them somewhere safe and warm so they do not die in

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the gutter as I would have done on Saturday night. The term drunk tank

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is used in the United States. Here it will be cold a recovery centre.

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Before leaving they will be interviewed by police about how much

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they have drunk and where. Custody might be the better route but

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long`term it is about getting them the care they need if they have a

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problem to alcohol. Bars found to be serving people already drunk will be

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targeted by the police. The plan is to run the centre on six days over

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Christmas. It will be funded only NHS although senior police officers

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are keen for such bunker tanks to be privately funded and the drunks

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charged ?400 per night. There are sound medical reasons for

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having the drunk tank but some people think but still has a place

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with a drink problem. We will talk to an alcohol addiction expert. Does

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this drug tank prove that things have gone too far? We are drinking a

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lot of alcohol as a nation. We are drinking too much alcohol. That is

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causing us a lot of money. Has Bristol got a specific problem with

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all the bars along the harbour side? There is a sense that Bristol does

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have a problem. We need to be doing more about it. Does opening a drug

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tank encourage people to drink more. Hopefully not. The steeds to be one

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of the policies in association with other policies. Nationally we have

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dropped the minimum price for alcohol. We introduced that

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something locally. What about the big drinks companies? Should they

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pay for the drug tank? Absolutely. There should be a contribution. Do

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we overstate the problem? Some research says that Debbie but are

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drinking less than you and I. Alcohol kills more people in the UK

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than all the other driver skills together.

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The drug tank proved that beds were freed at. Money was saved.

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A Bristol man has been found guilty of killing his four `month`old

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daughter. He had admitted shaking the baby but the night manslaughter.

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His partner denied or zinc or allowing her daughter 's death. ``

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denied causing or allowing. She was acquitted.

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The baby was just 16 weeks old when she died. Her father admitted in

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court he had shaken the baby but denied he had meant to harm her. He

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was found guilty of manslaughter. A recording was played of an emotional

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999 call. The baby was brought to this

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hospital. When she was examined by doctors she was found to be

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suffering from catastrophic head injuries. Three days later she died

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from being damaged. Often in a fit of anger someone

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shakes them vigorously and the head will jiggle accurate and performers.

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That movement will trigger findings. `` the head will jiggle backwards

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and four words. It will cause brain damage.

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The prosecutor said that the one of the parents had caused the brain

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damage. The father was described as having

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learning difficulties and was a regular drug taker.

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One of the witnesses said the couple were always rowing.

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Eventually the mother won a court order preventing the father from

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visiting her or the baby. During the trial there was evidence of a series

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of agreements. The council refused to be interviewed about those

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agreements. Although the serious case review has been completed the

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council will not make it public until the New Year.

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The judge said that the father of the baby will be sentenced tomorrow.

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The man who stabbed a Bristol teenager to death has been jailed

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for life. 17`year`old Jake Milton, from Bedminster, was killed in

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Knowle West this summer. 18`year`old Lewis Talbot was told he would serve

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a minimum of 16 years. 20`year`old Nathan Warburton has been sentenced

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to nine years for manslaughter for his part in Mr Milton's death.

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A 14`year`old girl's been left with a torn ear and severe swelling to

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her face, after being repeatedly kicked in the head by a gang of

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girls in Swindon. Police have described the attack, at a bus stop

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on Fleming Way on Tuesday evening, as vicious. Three people have been

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arrested. An inquest into the deaths of seven

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people killed in a motorway crash will take place next year. If you

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think will resume in March. It follows the acquittal of the man in

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charge of a fireworks display on the night of the crash.

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Investigators have found a plane which made an emergency landing by

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parachute into back gardens in Cheltenham came down because the

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pilot was confused and distracted. The small aircraft was heading for

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Gloucestershire airport when the pilot misunderstood the automatic

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settings. Andrew Plant reports. A giant parachute falling from the

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sky. It is a plain suspended underneath. The residents captured a

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small aeroplane. It crashed through the trees in their back gardens

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Inside the single engined light aircraft a 76`year`old pilot who

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walked away unharmed. He'd been flying from Denham Aerodrome heading

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for Gloucestershire Airport. But as he approached his runway He lost

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control and deployed the parachute system in the skies above Langdale

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Road. After lining up for landing and switching on his autopilot he'd

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then switched it off to adjust the plane. When he switched it back on

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it was in a different mode ` trying to continue to turn. Today the Air

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Accident Investigation Branch released its report. It said the

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unnamed pilot did not notice that the autopilot was operating in

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different modes from before, that the pilot was confused and

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distracted by the unexpected aircraft behaviour, and that he

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deployed the aircraft ballistic recovery system after he became

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disorientated. This type of plane ` the SR22 built

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by Cirrus aircraft ` weighs just over a tonne. Popular with charter

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companies and private pilots alike, every model is fitted with the

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parachute which almost certainly saved the life of the pilot in this

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crash in June and potentially more lives in the streets below.

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It's only 13 days to Christmas. The cube Cinema in Bristol had only

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three weeks to find the cash to survive.

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Their Gloucestershire firm which operated the helicopter which

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crashed into a Glasgow pub has grounded 22 of the same aircraft.

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In bat and North East Somerset the council has put plans to close

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public toilet blocks on hold. A peep a smart card for `` a PPA smart card

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will be trialled. The city council is working with bus operators.

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Somerset council has rejected an idea to take over debts speed

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cameras. Yesterday Bristol's mayor said the

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city would be working with the police to switch 26 cameras back on.

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Sarah`Jane Bungay has more. Nick Gargan put his thoughts in

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writing to five local authorities. With Bacon said turning the camera

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is back on `` rued the consider turning the camera is back on? The

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cameras we have are so old that they would be of no use. We would prefer

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to replace them where necessary. to replace them where necessary.

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People can have them for nothing because they are only worth scrap

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value. The chief cold to has admitted there

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could be a small surplus generated by turning the camera is back on. He

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said that could be turned into training qualified drivers.

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Two injured soldiers from the West are hoping to complete their

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challenge to walk to the South Pole tomorrow. Guy Disney and Kate Philp

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are amputees. They were both injured while serving in Afghanistan. They

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set off nine days ago as part of a team cold Walking With The Wounded.

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Alice Bouverie's been following their progress. We can see the end

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in sight. Expedition director Ed Parker

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speaking last night, on the verge of an extraordinary achievement. 11

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speaking last night, on the verge of an extraordinary achievement. 1

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men, one woman, walking to the South Pole, all of them overcoming

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life`changing injuries. Kate Philp was hurt in Afghanistan in 2009.

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life`changing injuries. Kate Philp was hurt in Afghanistan in 2009 The

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was hurt in Afghanistan in 2009. The armoured vehicle she was commanding

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was hit by a roadside bomb and her leg had to be amputated below the

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knee. After 16 months of rehab, she returned to work for the Army at

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Bulford in Wiltshire. Skiing is easier than walking. But I have to

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check for any abrasions. Research on how prosthetic limbs

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would react to the cold was carried out on previous expeditions. Guy

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Disney from Stow on the Wold in Gloucestershire went to the North

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Pole in 2011. And this was just six months after he'd had his right leg

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amputated. He'd been hit by a rocket`propelled grenade, also in

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Afghanistan. A high`profile member of this latest

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challenge has been Prince Harry. challenge has been Prince Harry.

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He's patron of the trek, helping to raise thousands of pounds for

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charity. Everyone is feeling tired but we're getting into the rhythm.

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The challenge had originally started off as teams racing to the Pole. But

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The challenge had originally started off as teams racing to the Pole But

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off as teams racing to the Pole. But last weekend the race element was

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suspended for safety reasons. They're now all walking to the Pole

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as one group and hope to get there sometime tomorrow afternoon.

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Another team of volunteers who'd set themselves a challenging target this

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year have achieved their goal. The Cube Cinema in Bristol is a

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nonprofit arts centre run entirely by volunteers. They had until the

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end of this month to raise ?185,000 end of this month to raise ?185,000

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to buy their building and secure their future. And last night they

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did it. Will Glennon reports. The time it was passed with three weeks

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still to go. All being well this building will soon belong to its

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users. It has been run on love for the last years. Does not feel real.

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We have done it before the deadline. It is a celebration. From next year

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the cube will no longer pay rent so all the takings can go into the

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programmes. The ethos will not change. Staff work for free. It is

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about the quality of the events rather than making money. Because

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nobody gets paid everybody is here because they want to be here and

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because they love it. It has got a great atmosphere. What is even more

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impressive is how successful the appeal has been given the general

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economic climate. The arts have been capped heavily. It makes sustaining

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activity difficult. When they set out now one could be certain they

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would get there. It is fantastic that they have stopped.

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The arts council chipped and ?90,000. The rest came from

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donations from people. As the cube prepares for the next big chapter.

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Wildlife and adventure presenters are getting together in Bristol this

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weekend to raise money for those affected by the Typhoon in the

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Philippines. All the money raised from ticket sales will go to the

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charity Shelterbox, which is providing tents, cooking equipment

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and tools for rebuilding homes in the Philippines. It's the brainchild

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of Monty Halls and he joins us now. I wish I could say I was the

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inspirational figure. We were all horrified by the images. I thought

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it would be nice to do something. I had the idea of doing a lecture.

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it would be nice to do something. I had the idea of doing a lecture.

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That seed of an idea has blossomed into this large`scale event. Other

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wildlife presenters wanted to be involved. It is fantastic. These are

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the giants of presenting. Ben cold me. He wanted to be involved. Why

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did you choose Shelterbox? It is a local charity. One of the key things

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that people need out there is a home. Shelterbox provides that. They

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also provide tools in the box and toys for the kids. We are going to

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follow one box and tell the story of the family it helped.

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Thank you for coming in. The National Trust says it's reached

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a milestone moment in restoring the landscape at Woodchester Park in

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Gloucestershire. Hundreds of trees are being cut down in order to

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return the area to pasture ` as it was before many of the trees were

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planted for profit. Here's Jules Hyam.

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As far back as most of us can remember Woodchester park was

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woodland. Often a single species of tree lining the side of the valley.

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But as winter sets in the landscape is changing dramatically. Hundreds

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of trees are being felled. The scenery is being returned to the

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pasture it was a few centuries ago. It is a historic restoration

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project. It will also be tree seeding areas.

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The horseshoe bat is not a fan of dense forestation. 2000 trees are

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being put down. The landscape is being returned to the grassland it

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once was. You will get all sorts of flowers growing in the grassland.

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That will increase the number of bees and invertebrates. That will

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improve the diversity of the estate. All wildlife needs a helping hand.

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It will take some time to fully re`landscape the park. This part of

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the valley is already looking difference.

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If you want to find out more details of the event that Monty was talking

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about there are details online. Here is the weather. We are going to

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head into a night that will be noticeably mild. There will be

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outbreaks of rain. Some of those could be moderately heavy at times.

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A slightly drier slot. For the time being you can see the trend to

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increase the amount of distribution of that is evening wears on.

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It will be one of those nights where you can turn the central heating

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off. Tomorrow will start with patchy rain in the East.

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Behind that things. To brighten up. A temporary ridge of high pressure

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overnight into Saturday. There will be a ridge of high

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pressure on Saturday. Next week there will be more and settled

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weather. Time to open the door on our Advent

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calendar. It is a frozen calendar. `` are

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frozen fountain. Please continue to send as your

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pictures. Goodbye.

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