09/03/2014 BBC Points West


09/03/2014

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Good evening from Points West. The for Jacquelin Thompson.

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Good evening from Points West. The wife of a cyclist from Somerset who

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was killed after hitting a pothole is suing the council which failed to

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repair it. Kate Uzzell has criticised North Yorkshire County

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Council for allowing the ro`d to fall into such a poor condition It

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comes as over ?100 million of extra government cash is being made

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available for repairs. Madeleine Ware reports.

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Martin was my soul mate, we did lots and lots of things together.

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Reliving happier times. Kate Uzzell's husband, Martxn, was

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killed over two and a half xears ago. He was taking part in ` charity

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cycle ride from Land's End to John O'Groats when he hit a pothole 0cm

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deep on the A65 in North Yorkshire. He was thrown into the path of a car

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and died instantly. At an inquest into his death this week, the

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coroner said there was no doubt that the condition of the road w`s the

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cause of the accident. The inquest was also told a police

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officer had reported the pothole to North Yorkshire County Council a

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month earlier. I'm very angry. It was totally

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preventable. You know, they had been warned, they had inspected, and they

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still did nothing. It's just appalling. The County Counchl has

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expressed its sympathies to Kate and says it will consider the coroner's

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comments very carefully. We do spend about ?20 million every

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year on road maintenance. Wd have just put an extra ?5 million in out

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of the capital surpluses we have generated on the budgets for recent

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years. Kate, from Clevedon, is now taking

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legal action against the Cotncil. And she is launching a more

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widespread education campaign. I want car drivers to be more aware

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of the vulnerability of cyclists. I want councils to keep the roads in

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repair and take reports of potholes seriously.

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It's a campaign she hopes whll bring something positive from Martyn's

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death. A fire which damaged a live music

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venue in Bath was caused by an electrical fault. Crews werd called

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to Moles nightclub and recording studios on George Street yesterday

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morning. The fire was contahned to the ground floor. It is not yet

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clear when it may re`open. The railway line between Tatnton and

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Bristol Temple Meads is due to re`open this morning. First Great

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Western says that there will be a reduced service to begin with

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because of the damage caused by flooding at Bridgwater. Thex're also

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warning passengers that journeys may take longer than normal.

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Rugby, and Bath have missed out on a place in the final of the LV Cup

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after being beaten in the semi`finals by Exeter Chiefs. The

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hosts led 13`8 at the break thanks to Leroy Houston's try and three

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successful kicks from Tom Hdathcote but Exeter hit back with two tries

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in the second half. You know, to play particularly well

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in patches and to lose by three points with a kick at the end to

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maybe force extra time is rdally disappointing. I think we whll look

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back on this and regret the chance to get finals. `` get to thd finals.

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Meanwhile, Bristol ran in sdven tries as they beat Cornish Pirates

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46`33 at home. Forward Marco Mama scored four tries for the home side.

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The result means Bristol relain top of the Championship.

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Just ahead of the weather, ht is congratulations to our Somerset

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correspondent, Clinton Rogers, and cameraman Steve Powell, who have won

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a Royal Television Society `ward tonight. It was for their coverage

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here on Points West of the trial of Jim McCormick, who sold fakd bomb

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detectors. Well done to thel. Let's get the latest weather

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prospects now with Emily Wood. Hello, it looks like we will

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continue with largely dry and settled weather for the week ahead.

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We will see Clyde at times through the weaker head and tonight

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increasing amounts of cloud moving in for the first thing tomorrow

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morning. This cloud possiblx bringing a spot or two of r`in, with

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the risk of hill fog, but a frost free night, temperatures no lower

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than four Celsius. Tomorrow which largely dry, `` looks largely dry,

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temperatures quite mild up to 1 Celsius, possibly not quite feeling

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so warm as we will have mord cloud through the day. On Tuesday at looks

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rather cloudy through the d`y, better chance of sunshine probably

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on Wednesday, particularly on Thursday. Still my own throtgh the

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day but colder overnight in the middle of the week. We're b`ck from

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6am tomorrow, good night. It is early in the year to hit 0

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Celsius. Don't get used to it just yet, but some spots in south-east of

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England got there. Gravesend the top spot, but with cloud in Scotland and

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Northern Ireland, the temperatures were held down and a wet end to the

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day courtesy of this weather front. The rain here dying a way. The cloud

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here straggling England and Wales, holding the temperatures up. Behind

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the front in Scotland and Northern Ireland, the clearing skies, the

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temperatures dropping. A touch of frost and ice over the high ground

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in Scotland. A hazard in the morning. Showers in the far north of

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Scotland, but tomorrow a reversal of fortunes. The north of northern

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England, Scotland and Northern Ireland cloudy today, will be

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brighter. Maybe a shower in Scotland, but mostly staying dry and

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with sunny spells and the

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