30/03/2014 BBC Points West


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You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel

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You can see more on all of today's Good evening.

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Final testing has been carrhed on the River Parrett in Somersdt as

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engineers prepare to begin dredging tomorrow. It's part of a 20 year

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plan for the Levels to try to mitigate future flooding. Andy

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Howard reports. For many people living here, this

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sight is long overdue. Seeing the dredgers in action, this

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is what it is all about. Thhs is what we're wanting. This is just the

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beginning. This is just one small part of puzzle.

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Tomorrow, the river bank will welcome more equipment to rdmove

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tonnes of sediment, but it hs costly. Over ?1 million per omile of

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river to be dredged. Yes, it will be expensive the first

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time round, but after that ht becomes less expensive. That is what

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provides the solution. We h`ve to do it.

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If, on the first day, the rhver could carry 30% more capacity, that

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could mean that we would have 3 % less water across the Levels and

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that would make an enormous difference.

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Locals, though pleased, say it cannot be a one`off and needs to go

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hand`in`hand with better land and water management in the futtre.

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A poll for BBC Points West shows many people worry they won't have

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enough money in retirement. More than a third think they'll dnd up

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worse off than their parents. The government's pensions minister says

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things will improve. Here's our political editor Paul Barltrop.

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We're living longer than evdr, so our pensions are vital. But many

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don't think they're adequatd. A poll carried out for the BBC here

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in the West illustrates the challenge. A thousand peopld aged

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between 30 and 65 were survdyed by Com Res. It found that 30% were

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worried about their financi`l security in retirement. The figure

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was higher for those in thehr 3 s and for those in lower paid jobs.

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It's a crucial issue for thd government.

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The Budget brought big changes in what people can do when thex retire.

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The tax rules around these pensions are a manifestation of a patronising

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view that pensioners cannot be trusted with their own penshon pot.

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I reject that. People who h`ve worked hard and saved hard `ll their

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lives and done the right thhng should be trusted with their own

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finances. The pensions minister today told the

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Sunday Politics West he's confident things will improve.

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The basic state pension will be simplified, so people will have that

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floor just above means testhng. So that's a minimum amount to live on.

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And then you choose if you want to spread the money thinly through your

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retirement, or spend more e`rly on. It should be your choice, not the

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government telling you. From Tuesday, millions of elployees

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will be automatically enrolled into pension schemes, so future

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generations should have less to fear from retirement.

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And throughout the week on Points West and on your BBC local radio

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station we'll be revealing lore of the results from our When I Get

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Older poll ` including lots of interesting thoughts on how old is

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old! What do you call old? Anythhng over

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the age of 30 years at the loment. No, about 60, I would say is old,

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when you off `` thinking about retirement. It depends how xou live

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your life, I know people who are 65 who go out more than I do.

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In rugby this afternoonm Brhstol secured a play`off place with a

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convincing 82 points to 28 victory over Ealing at the Memorial Stadium.

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The result was Bristol's record League win and their tenth

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successive victory. Swindon Wildcats ice hockey team has

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made it through to English Premier League play`off finals for the first

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time in three years. The Wildcats, here in training, faced Milton

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Keynes home and away in the quarter finals. On Saturday, they lost the

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first leg 3`2, but hit back tonight to win 3`1, meaning a finals place

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next month. It's been a really lovely Spring

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weekend. Let's get the weather prospects now.

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Good evening. Many of us were lucky enough to see a beautiful wdekend,

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but tonight we are seeing hdavy thundery showers developing. Some

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cloud is moving in at the moment then and that is ahead of the

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showers moving into the early hours. Lows around 11 degrees, so ` mild

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picture. But that does mean that we have showers from the word go

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tomorrow. They will be heavx and thundery and they continue to be a

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possibility throughout the day. Having said that, I think wd should

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start to see fewer showers `nd more in the way of sunshine. It will feel

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quite warm in the sunshine. Temperatures getting comfortably

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into the near or high teens. For the rest of the working week, there will

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be further bright spells, btt also further heavy showers and longer

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spells of rain. Our early updates are in BBC

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Breakfast from 6am tomorrow. They'll be on the Levels for the st`rt of

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that dredging. From the teal here, a very good night to you.

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The southerly winds of this weekend will maintain some warmth into next

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week. The air pollution index in England and Wales is set to reach

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the high category. In the north east it stays chilly. In the south-west,

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it will get progressively more unsettled. Perhaps if you

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