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Welcome to BBC Points West with Alex Lovell and David Garmston. Our main

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story tonight: A month under water. As the flooding on the Somerset

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Levels covers an area bigger than Bristol, locals demand action. It is

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complete nonsense. Everyone except the Environment Agency knows what to

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do and it needs to be done. But how much taxpayers' money should be

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spent on the project? We'll be asking a former Agriculture

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Minister. The others stories in the news

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tonight: Hands up if you want to go on holiday ` a school arranges cheap

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vacations to stop parents taking their children out of class.

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Made in Britain ` the West Country company that's bringing work back

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from China. And she's making everybody happy `

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the teenager dancing her way through the streets of Bristol.

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People living on the Somerset Levels are beginning to put together a plan

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for their future. Yesterday the Environment Secretary visited the

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flooded areas and gave them six weeks to come up a solution.

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During that time, many of them expect they'll still be under water.

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But as their plight attracts national attention, it's hardly

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surprising that not everyone is agreed on the way forward. Andrew

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Plant reports. Worms, dead animals. After a month underwater, what's

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washing up on this makeshift seashore is beginning to smell. We

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are all in the boat together but none of us can use the toilet, there

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is nowhere for the water to run It back fills into the garden. It's an

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area bigger than Bristol ` 65 square miles. This is the Somerset Levels,

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acre after acre of green fields And this is that same area now. He has

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given all of us six weeks to come up with a plan. Yesterday, the

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Environment Secretary came to see Somerset for himself And said he

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wanted a plan in six weeks. So today in Weston, the first stage in that

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process. Farmers, residents, drainage boards, councillors,

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getting together, discussing the options. Everyone it seems except

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DEFRA and the Environment Agency know what the problem is. But many

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here believe they already know what's needed. The problem is the

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drainage channels, the rivers, which are entirely man`made and they have

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not been dredged for 20 years. They are silted up. For now, Presidents

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are adapting to circumstances. It happened in the 70s but it was not

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quite as bad. That was when they dredged the river. Getting from a to

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B has become so difficult. You can drive down these roads and they seem

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fine and then very abruptly they penned in fields full of water. It

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means a two mile ten minute journey can very quickly become an

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unexpected and unwelcome 45 minute adventure. And if things got much

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worse, losing essential supplies is a real possibility. We have had to

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do another 12 miles to get around. People depend on it. It isn't

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everything, cooking, heating. Without that, they have nothing For

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many, it will feel a very long six weeks until any plan is in place.

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And that, they say, is just the very first step.

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David Heath is the MP for Somerton and Frome and was Agriculture

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Minister up until October last year. Good evening. The chairman of the

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Environment Agency said today dredging would only make a small

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difference to the problem. Do you think that is right? I think it

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would make a substantial distance this macro `` a substantial

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difference. But he is absolutely right to say that it is not going to

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stop flooding on the Somerset Levels. Flooding will happen. The

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issue is that it is covering more areas than we have ever known and it

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is covering more households and affecting more people than ever We

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cannot get the water away simply because the rivers are full. Because

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it is an entirely man`made environment, a man`made landscape,

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unless you can pump into the rivers, the water is never going to

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go. By dredging in that area, do you create problems downstream? Not if

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it is done properly. It has got to... We have got to increase

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capacity so we are way above where we are at the moment which is about

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60%. If we do it, it is a start but it is only a start. We need to get

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schemes further up the river working properly. We need to look at new

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planting and management of the whole catchment area so we hold water up

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more effectively before it reaches this area. Sorry to interrupt. This

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story has now become national. It is getting a lot of attention. A lot of

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radio talk today. Some people say, if you buy a house on the Somerset

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Levels, you know it will flood. Why should all of these millions of

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pounds of taxpayers money be spent? There are areas in my constituency

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that have never flooded in living memory. It is perfectly reasonable

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to say there are not as many people living in Somerset than in a big

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city. I understand the previous policy that money is spent on

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protecting the maximum number of properties, but we deserve a fair

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deal and we need whatever protection is available and that is the message

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finally getting through. I am very optimistic we are winning the

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argument within government and we will eventually see some real

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support. We will have to help with local financing as well. That is

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right and proper. But we do need government help and we need it this

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year. Thank you very much for joining us.

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A school academy in Bristol has come up with a way of discouraging

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parents from taking pupils on holiday in term time. They're going

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to negotiate directly with holiday companies to try and get cheaper

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deals during the traditional school breaks. It's all part of a

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Government`backed clamp`down on absenteeism. Scott Ellis reports.

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Paul knows how to get a holiday bargain. He saved ?400 on a trip to

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Spain with his five`year`old son by leaving during school term time If

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you do it in the holiday period in the summer, you have got to pay the

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extra rates. It is not really affordable for someone like me. The

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Government's clamping down on term`time holidays with ?60 fines

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for absenteeism. This league table shows the number of fines issued

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last year in our three worst`performing areas. Wiltshire,

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Bristol and South Gloucestershire topping the league, issuing five

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fines every school day combined At the City Academy in Bristol, they

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think direct negotiation with holiday companies could be the

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answer. We are going to get on the phone to holiday firms that could

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offer a special deal for parents in challenging times, help us and

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support the education system by offering cheaper holidays. What do

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you think they will say? I think some of them will say yes because

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they have ethics and morals. The travel association ABTA says it

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won't work. The only solution is a shake up of the school year. The

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long`term solution is for schools to think about the dates when they take

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their holidays, to change those states, to avoid very busy periods

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and stagger holidays. Perhaps think of taking a summer break in June or

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September. This is the way forward. Spread the demand. The city academy

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says staggered holidays would be impractical for families and

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employers. But the Government favours the idea. Paul avoided a

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fine this time round. His school issued a written warning. Next time,

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they may not be so generous and parents could eventually face

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criminal prosecution. And not surprisingly, this topic has

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attracted a lot of your comments. You can join in the debate on our

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Facebook page. Thank you for all of the e`mails as well.

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No holidays for us. This is David and Alex with all your

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local news, sport and weather. Two good reasons to stay with us. That's

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the spirit ` a campaign to save a berry in Gloucestershire that goes

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into making gin. And I've got those happy feet ` the

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young woman from Bristol taking her infectious dance moves to a high

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street near you. Lots to look forward to.

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Now, it's a big night for Bristol author Nathan Filer. He's in the

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running for the Costa Book of the Year which will be announced this

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evening at a ceremony in London s flashy Mayfair. He joins us now

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Many congratulations. You were excited when you are nominated

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before for Best first novel and this is the best short list of all, isn't

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it? It is a good place to be. What does it mean for you? You said

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before that it meant the world to you. How can this topic? `` top it?

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It means the world and a half. As I said before, what I really want is

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to show this story and I am proud of it and want to share it with people

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and being here means hopefully more people will read it. It is great to

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be here. Also, I get to work a new suit which got married in on

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Saturday `` I get to where. Double congratulations. What a start to the

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year! How will you top this with your next novel? I think I have

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peaked. It is very nice all the same. Have you practised your

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acceptance speech? Do you want all run through? I have not practice. I

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am not expecting to win which is not false humility will stop I have seen

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the odds and I do not think I need to write one. But it is lovely to

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have got this far. Many congratulations on the nomination

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and the wedding as well. Thank you. How exciting. You scrub up well I

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hope to announce the results of that in the ten o'clock news.

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The Bishop of Taunton has added his voice to opposition about plans to

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re`house the next Bishop of Bath and Wells. The Right Reverend Peter

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Maurice says he believes neither the decision to buy a new home, nor the

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way the decision was made, has been handled well. The Church

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Commissioners say the incoming bishop will have more privacy by

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living away from the palace in Wells. Laura Jones reports. Who are

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in favour of the proposition? The people of the diocese of Bath

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and Wells aren't happy. Later this year, they're getting a new bishop,

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the Right Reverend Peter Hancock. They're happy about that, but not

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happy about where he'll live. Unlike most of his predecessors who have

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lived on site in the flat at the Bishop's Palace in Wells, he is

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going to be housed elsewhere. This is what all the fuss is about. The

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old Rectory. We understand the churches in the process of buying

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this place as a temporary residence for the new bishop until the new

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permanent home can be found for him in the town itself. The house is

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thought to have been on the market for ?900,000. And the decision to

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buy it was made by a group called the Church Commissioners. They are

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responsible for managing the church's assets and investments

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However, the decision and the way the decision was made have caused a

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row. There are three bits to this. Firstly, where the bishop lives

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Secondly, where the Bishop works and praise. That is also important. And

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the fact he does that with his colleague, the Bishop of Taunton.

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Thirdly, the Palace as a visitor attraction. You cannot take any one

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of those out because if you do the likelihood is that you will on

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balance the whole thing. That is the argument we put forward and said,

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bring the Bishop in for three to five years, let us have that

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consultation, locally and more widely, then make the decision. We

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asked the Church Commissioners if we could interview them today. They

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said no, but in a statement, they said that they had found the flat in

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the palace to be inappropriate, with the bishop living in the midst of a

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busy tourist attraction. Something the Bishop of Taunton who is also

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based at the palace in Wells thinks is strange. There is an issue around

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whether or not the Bishop has proven C in his living `based `` has

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reversed the. That has to be taken into account with all of the other

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issues around. I think the commissioners are being disingenuous

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trying to push that forward as their particular case. The Bishop of

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Taunton is now considering raising the matter when the General Synod

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meets in February. They'll then have just under four months to make a

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final decision before the new bishop is formally enthroned at the

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cathedral in June. The boy who died in a collision in

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Bristol yesterday has been named. He was three`year`old Freddie Hussey.

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In a statement, his family said it should never have happened and they

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will never forget him. Investigations are continuing into

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how he died after the incident in Bedminster. The driver of the car is

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helping police with their enquiries but is not under arrest.

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The leader of Wiltshire Council has decided not to accept a rise in her

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allowances which she had been entitled to. Jane Scott would have

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been eligible to take a 40% increase following a council vote. It would

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have seen this part of her income increase from just over ?37 000 to

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more than ?52,000. Network Rail has warned that dozens

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of railway bridges across the West may have to be removed and rebuilt.

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It's to allow overhead power lines to be installed as part of the

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electrification of the mainline to London. But Wiltshire Council has

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claimed their work is already leading to communities being cut

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off. Here's our political reporter Robin Markwell. Electrifying the

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railway... This is how we'll soon be travelling

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to London and South Wales. Electrifying the line will see

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tired, old, diesel`powered trains replaced by a faster, more reliable

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fleet. Journey times and carbon emissions will be slashed. Network

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Rail's Swindon HQ is the nerve centre for this ?1 billion project.

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The new broom at the helm is a Californian, fresh from electrifying

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the West Coast Main Line and redeveloping Reading station. Good

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to see you. I would be very excited about what is coming because it will

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be much better than the system today. It will transform this great

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Western into the new era of more efficient delivery as we move

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forward into the next decade. A souped`up version of this machine

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will lay the overhead cables. It will work nights and weekends to cut

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down on disruption to rail passengers. But it's those

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travelling by road who are first noticing a difference. Dozens of

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bridges are having to be rebuilt or replaced to allow the power lines

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through. They've already started in Wiltshire and councillors say

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they're running late. We have been very disappointed in the

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preplanning. They have not planned the projects. They have not found

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out about the conditions and the wildlife which has led to delays.

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Communities are blocked from accessing the roads. There is a real

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problem. We have had enough. That's disputed by Network Rail which

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insists it has carried out the right surveys and has been open with

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councils about its plans. It was the age of steam that put Swindon on the

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railway map. Now it is hoped electrification could restore some

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of that former glory. We're all used to seeing "made in

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China" on almost everything, but that may now be changing More West

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Country firms than ever are now bringing their manufacturing back to

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the West from the Far East. We've heard today that the UK

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economy as a whole grew last year by nearly 2%. Part of that growth is

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down to more firms deciding to make their products here. Our business

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correspondent Dave Harvey reports. High`tech and high precision.

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Millions of pounds of equipment making stuff for the all and gas

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industry. I am more interested in this mysterious glass. What is going

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on? This is the same stuff you will get when you have cold spots on

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radiators. Now what is happening? It holds onto the debris. The central

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heating system is then much more inefficient `` efficient.

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Invented in Cheltenham, but until recently, made in China. Not

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anymore. For us, the design is critical. We need to be close to the

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manufacturing so we can innovate as we go along. 70 people work here at

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the moment and the new business will bring new jobs. Five or six more

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jobs, further investment and another growth market sector. It is going to

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be fantastic. There are lots of hi`tech firms like this across the

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West Country. They supply the big aircraft manufacturers, the oil and

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gas industry. And it's jobs like this that everyone wants to see more

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of. They bring real, lasting prosperity. High skills and good for

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the local communities because when you are trying to retain skills

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they have suffered. Having jobs like this coming back to our area has

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clearly got to be a benefit for everybody. So, the question is, how

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unusual is this contract and this company? This company is at the

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leading edge of what we are beginning to see around the UK more

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generally. We learnt today that manufacturing has grown, up by .7%

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in three months. And this firm is not alone in shelling out hundreds

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of thousands of pounds on new machines. But experts want more

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much more. So far, the recovery is about consumer spending and to some

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extent the housing market. It feels like a good old`fashioned British

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recovery. We need to see more investment to boost the capacity of

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the economy to grow as demand across the world grows. So, that's how a

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magic magnet made in cheltenham not china, is helping boost the UK

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economy. I hope that's cleared that up.

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A little bit of Gloucestershire could be helping in the battle to

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save a plant used in the making of gin. The juniper bush is on the

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decline and needs a massive conservation effort to survive.

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Now a major gin manufacturer has helped fund work to protect and

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increase the precious specimens on ancient land at Painswick. As Ali

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Vowles has been finding out, it s a species that takes a lot of loving.

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Lead the way. It's like finding gold. A thriving

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juniper bush. In Gloucestershire, there are only 300 bushes in the

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whole county and 40 of them are here at Painswick Beacon. And every

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effort is being made to save this plant that's been growing here since

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the ice age. I can count on one hand the number of sites in England where

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you get this. It is really extraordinary. It might seem a

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little over the top to be so excited by a new juniper seedling, but when

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you hear how difficult it is to reproduce in the wild, it all

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becomes a little clearer the female ones produce berries but they are

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not right in the first year. They have to stay on the plant for

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another two years. When they fall off, they need to years of frosty

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winter before they bother to germinate. Even then, the ground

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conditions have to be right. For the past four years, local

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conservationists have been giving nature helping hand, clearing

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grassland trees and sowing seed The money is important to help the

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conservation work continue. Ground like this is useless for Juniper

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seed. But up where they are starting to cut down the trees, fingers

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crossed, more Juniper plants will grow. In true Blue Peter style,

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here's a scree they cleared earlier. Berries sown by the volunteers a few

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years ago have sprung up all over the place. It is fantastic. It is an

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important plant because it supports a vast number of insects and birds

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and other wildlife. If we lose it, we are not just losing one species,

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we are losing the dependent wildlife as well. Progress is slow, but with

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a little bit more TLC from Gloucestershire's volunteers, maybe

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this incredibly fussy plant can survive.

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It's busy night of football for our teams here in the West. In the

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Championship, Yeovil travel to promotion`chasing Derby. In League

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One, Swindon are away at Walsall, while Bristol City could climb out

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of the relegation zone for the first time in more than three months if

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they can beat Brentford. In League Two, Bristol Rovers play host to

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Accrington Stanley. Who? Exactly. Glamorous!

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It was a concept made popular by David Bowie and Mick Jagger. Now one

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young woman from the West has become an internet star, dancing in the

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streets of Bristol. There she is. 17`year` old Levanna

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McLean has taken her northern soul dancing style across the city and

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posted the clips on the internet. Fiona Lamdin's been to meet her

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Levanna Mclean dancing down Staple Hill high street has gone viral

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Today when we took her back it was her fans who kept interrupting her

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routine. I think you are amazing! As do many others. On YouTube she's had

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more than half`a`million hits, dancing to the massive hit, Happy by

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Pharrell. When you see it on the internet, it is just a number. Once

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I realised that number is one person that has watched it, you kind of

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thing, wow. Pharrell tweeted me It is such an honour to have that

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ability to make people happy. It all started last year when she went

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through her mum's record collection and discovered she loved northern

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soul, a dance movement that emerged in northern England in the late 60s.

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And ever since, she's been popping up all over the place, Millennium

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Square, Clifton's supension bridge, and Glastonbury tor, to name just a

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few. And as you can see, it's quite infectious. People just can't help

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but get involved and today was no exception. People in this cafe just

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could not stop themselves. Someone posted a link and I had a look. I

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only came in for a copy today. I am at work. Don't tell the boss!

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Lessons on hand for all ages. And me, I clearly need all the help I

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can get. Can I have your order graph? Sure! And this 17`year`old's

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fame is set to spread. Her next online posting is due out this week.

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We are told the location is Spain, but for the choice of track, we will

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just have to wait and see. You can have a go.

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Not easy, that Northern Soul. I prefer West Country soul.

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Let us get the weather. Certainly, some change on the way.

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Tomorrow, one thing you will notice is colder feel developing. Showery

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outbreaks of rain. Might be wintry later in the afternoon. For high

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ground at least. Low pressure dominates for now. Slipping down

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through parts of West Wales and gradually relaxing its grip towards

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the south through the course of the next day or two. In turn, you will

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see how the winds back round to southeasterly and easterly direction

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towards the tail end of tomorrow. That will drag the cold air from the

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continent. A temporary blip in an otherwise Atlantic Ocean pattern.

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Showers continuing this evening Drier interludes. Showers rotating

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around the area of low pressure You tend to get them coming through in

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lines. Still showers tomorrow, particularly in eastern districts.

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Tending to be wetter further out in parts of Wiltshire. Drier in the

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West. In the south`east, we start to pull up an area of predominantly

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rain across southern counties of England. It will rotate north`east

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and we will see the signal for a little bit of white mixed in over

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high ground of Wiltshire, the Cotswolds, perhaps. It will be

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interest value only. Predominantly rain, probably sleep as well. Either

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way, feeling a good deal colder `` probably sleep. Colder night as we

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head through into Thursday. We have to be mindful of some ice on

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untreated surfaces. Thursday will be the coldest period we have seen in

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the winter so far. Different story for Friday. Warnings for further

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wind and rain. Problems exacerbated on the coast and tidal rivers by the

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high tide. Talk about that tomorrow. Collective sigh.

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It is all happening on the late bulletin.

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It is. We will have the results of the Costa Book Awards and the

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football scores as well. What else could you want? I will see you then.

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Goodbye.

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