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

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Our main story tonight: Is this Bristol Rovers' worst ever own goal?

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The defeat on Saturday condemns the club to non league football and

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financial black clouds. That it is the only way to describe

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it. It's a sad time for the football club. We'll be looking back at the

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rise and fall of Bristol's oldest football club.

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Our other headlines tonight: The couple knocked down by a

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disqualified driver ` now the law is being toughened up against those who

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drive when they're banned. A last mission to Afghanistan ` the

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army prepares its troops for the final deployment in a costly war.

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And Corsham becomes Cornish ` as the town forms the backdrop for a new

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version of Poldark. Good evening. The chairman of

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Bristol Rovers said tonight that the club had hit rock bottom and he

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offered his sincere apologies to the fans. Rovers fell out of the

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football league at the weekend when they failed to manage a home draw.

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The board met today as the scale of the crisis facing Rovers became

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clear. In addition to the embarrassment of failure ` the club

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is facing a huge drop in income from television rights. Will Glennon

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reports. Today is the first day of a new Europe for Bristol Rovers, but

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not one that anybody associated with the club wanted to see. Non`league

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football looms, and the planning has become. Behind closed doors, the key

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personnel at the top of the club spent all day in meetings deciding

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on the best way forward. What a contrast to Saturday, when defeat by

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Mansfield sealed Rovers' fake. Tears and despair from players, manager

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and fans that quickly turned to anger and frustration. How could a

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club like Rovers fall out of the league? Questions are still being

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asked. Wasn't enough at times. There were

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games when I felt we sacrificed space, there were balls that should

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have been won that will not work. We have to get right on the pitch

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without doubt, and I think if we get it right on the pitch we can start

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looking at other aspects of the club and start sorting that out.

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I'm still stunned, finding it hard to take it in. . It is the only way

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to describe it. I'm sure we will come back, but how long it will take

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and what a tough job it will be remains to be seen. It will be a

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very tough job. While everyone knew relegation was

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possible, no one at Bristol Rovers believed it would actually happen.

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The club has again insisted that plans for a new multi`million pound

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?20,000 seat stadium in South Gloucestershire will not be

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affected. Even if the team does not bounce straight back up next

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season. We have one season with the

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parachute payment which is financial aid from being a formerly club. The

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first season in the conference has got be really confident to go for it

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and get back into the leak. It could be a long spell in the wilderness.

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Having said that, there are 13 teams in the conference that a former

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league teams, so it is a tough ask. The board is a radical changes will

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be made, but the club does have a future and must keep doing. They are

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hoping that if this is rock bottom, the only way is back`up.

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Will, the chairman issued a very bullish statement saying that all

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options are on the table. Any decisions yet?

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Everyone associated with Bristol Rovers football club is waiting to

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hear what the chairman and Board of Directors will say after their day

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of meetings here at the club. Some fans have been in buying season

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tickets today, others say they will wait and see what the future

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direction holds. Earlier this evening, the chairman released a

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statement in which he said that he and the Board of Directors sincerely

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apologise to the fans. Mistakes have been made and the club must learn.

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But, the playing budget and cost of running the club will be reviewed by

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Rovers will keep a full time playing and backroom setup. Very important

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if Rovers are to have any chance of bouncing back up from the Conference

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into the football league. Important for him to say it. They also say

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that Darren Clarke remains as manager that looks likely to be the

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case next season. Are we expecting the departure of

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some players? Yes, also released this evening as

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the list of players who will be retained, and 12 players in or

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around the first team will be off, including some big names, David

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Clarkson, Elliot Richards going, a number of players also put on the

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transfer list. That signals Rovers' in ten. We want to cut costs but

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also want the club to survive. Relegation is not just bad news for

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the fans, it will also cost the club dear. So just how much will Bristol

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Rovers lose by falling out of the Football League? Our business

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correspondent Dave Harvey has been doing the maths.

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A bitter defeat ` and probably the most expensive in their history.

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Here's what Rovers earned this season from the Football League.

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Their share of TV rights and sponsorship ` ?392,000. The

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so`called "solidarity payment" from the Premier League ` another

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?240,000. And a grant for youth development ` ?270,000, taking the

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total pot to just over 900 grand. Next year, that pot will be halved,

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and if they stay down, it disappears altogether. Of course, there is some

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cash in Rovers' new league, the Conference. They'll get just ?50,000

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from life there, meaning tough decisions for the Board.

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Staff costs will have to fall across the board. That accounts for ?3

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million of the cost. They are split between playing staff, office staff

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and the Centre of excellence, and I think we will see cuts in all of

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those categories. Lets hope the start of the season brings success

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on the field because that can regenerate supporters, and there was

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nothing like a good promotion battle to get the supporters turning out

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week after week and that is what club desperately needs. Meanwhile,

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of course, there's this ` the ambitious plans for a ?40m new

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stadium at the University of the West of England. Experts tell me

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this is still very much on track. Its main business will be meetings

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and conferences, not football. And these days, stadiums have to earn

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money every day, not just on match days. It will seat 21,000 fans ` so

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the real question is down to them. Will they keep coming, to see

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Alfreton, Aldershot and Welling? In the Football Conference a clubs

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finances rely largely on its fans. Thanks, Dave. And for all you Rovers

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fans in mourning, we'll be taking a little look back at the club's

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history a bit later in the programme. We will hopefully cheer

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you up with some of the good times. And some people have gone together

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tickets for the next season anyway. The last group of men and women to

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be sent to Afghanistan gathered today on Salisbury plain.

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The last to be installed as, operations draw to a close.

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Preparing themselves for one last push. These soldiers are about to

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fly to Afghanistan for the final time. 12 years of military

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operations will enter in December this year. For some, the war in

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Afghanistan has spanned their entire careers. This Corporal from

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Gloucester will provide protection for engineers.

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Our job is to push out, create effectively a ring of steel to deny

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the insurgency freedom of movement. It will take months to take the camp

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apart, a settlement the size of Reading, a military city in the

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desert. There are still thousands of tonnes of equipment and vehicles in

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Afghanistan making up this camp. The job of the Armed Forces between now

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and New Year is to breakdown that can and bring most of that equipment

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back to the UK. This rifleman will help transfer

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authority to the Afghan army. We are letting them take over their own

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patrols and their own training. I think over 90 present of their

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patrols and training are self`taught.

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From the 1st of January next year, the UK will only help train the

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Afghan officers, retaining no responsibility for security in the

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country. The remaining seven months will be no less dangerous. The 12

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year conflict has already claimed 423 British personnel. No one here

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seems clear whether they will be allowed to leave quietly or whether

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the Taliban will try to chase them away.

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It's been announced today that disqualified drivers who kill while

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behind the wheel will now face jail terms of up to ten years. It's

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something that's been welcomed by the families of Ross and Clare

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Simons, the young married couple from Bristol who were knocked off

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their tandem and killed by a man who'd been banned from driving.

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We're joined tonight by the father of Ross Simons, Edwin and his MP

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Chris Skidmore, who is in Westminster for us this evening.

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First of all, Mr Simons, this has been something you have fought for.

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You took a petition to Downing Street some time ago.

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We did. We got the petition from all the people in Bristol and everyone

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back at us. Chris Skidmore and his team kept it going, and grew. When

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you think of what Bristol has done alone, well done, thank you very

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much to them all. You can tell just from talking to

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you that there is an enormous relief.

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This is by all means not the end of it, but we didn't expect it so soon,

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we really didn't. It's come really good. What is the timescale?

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The timescale is however long it takes, but so long as the law is

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changed and people don't keep going through daily what we go through.

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And it is happening daily and it has to stop.

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Let me turn to Chris Skidmore. 94 joining us. Is this not the end of

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it? What are your thoughts? I'm delighted with the Justice for

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Ross and Clare Simons campaign. We had a debate in the House of

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Commons. The courage and bravery of the family still spent all this

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time, and it goes to prove that if you fight for something you can get

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it. Many people said they would not get a change in the law, but we have

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done this. For me, this is Ross and Clare's law, and I am delighted by

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the progress that has been made. The law will come in in 2015 which is

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great, as soon as possible, but there will also be reviews of other

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sentences. This is only part of the campaign. Want to press on and make

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sure it can extend other sentences such as those looking dangerous

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drivers and the maximum you get their.

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Do you want to react to Labour's comments about reasons being too

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full? That's a shame, because when we had

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a debate in the House of Commons I wanted to make this a cross`party

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campaign and not make it party political and also make sure this

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law came in before the general election, which it will. This is not

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a time for party politics. We know it makes no sense at all for someone

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to be jailed for less than two years for killing someone when they are

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disqualified. No matter what you think of prison places, this law

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should be in place. Does this help in any way was the

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grief process? It is bound to, it does help us.

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Nothing will help us for Ross and Clare. Nothing will bring them

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back. But we have to help other people, that's what we have to do,

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and we just have to keep on. And a good day?

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A good day. And really helped, it really did.

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Thank you, and thanks to Chris Skidmore.

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Able in the West who are voting by post in the European elections will

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begin receiving their voting forms this week. Eight parties are

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standing across the South West in the European elections. Here, in no

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particular order, are four of the men and women who want your European

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vote. The European elections are not a

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referendum on our membership of the European Union.

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They are about who will stand up for the people of this region. My

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priorities if I am elected will be to bring good quality jobs to this

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region. It will be to make sure that we

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region. It will be to make sure that become world leaders on new green

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technologies that our region is so rich in opportunity for.

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And it is to have secure jobs for this region, good employment rates.

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What we stand for is an end to the burden of EU regulation on the

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British economy. It is all those laws that we here in Britain

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implement and other people don't. When we leave the EU, we will be

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able to make our own trade agreements with countries in the

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outside world, for example, New Zealand has got a trade agreement

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with China. 75% of our laws are made in Brussels. That is too many, and

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we want an end to open borders. Greens are positive about Europe and

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a part of the fourth largest group in the European Parliament. We value

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the way Europe protect our air and water quality, and dishes at work

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and also animal welfare. However, we know that there are things that need

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reform, particularly the power of corporations, and we need to make

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Europe and Europe's politicians worked better for the common good.

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This is a proportional election so you can vote for who you trust, you

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don't have to worry about letting someone else get in.

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We have had enough of interference in trade and industry by the EU.

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Farming as a way of life no longer exists, and even where farmers are

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successful, they have to operate in a way that often involves too much

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red tape. We need to engage with the Commonwealth, a Commonwealth that

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stretches across the world. 53 countries that are willing to do

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trade with us and offer us much more opportunity than the EU has ever

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done. If you did not see your party, do

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not panic. We'll meet the other four main

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candidates tomorrow. You can get full details for the European and

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local elections by heading to the BBC News web site.

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The breaking of the four minute mile 60 years ago by Sir Roger Bannister

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has been marked at his former school in Bath. Current pupils at Beechen

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Cliff took part in mile relays on the school's running track. Sir

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Roger went to the school ` then called the City of Bath School for

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Boys ` during the 1940s. On the day the record was broken the school was

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closed for an extra day's holiday to mark the occasion!

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The biggest food event ever held in Bristol is now into its second week

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` encouraging people to think more about what they eat and where it

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comes from. But can you cook healthy, local food, on a tight

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budget? Latest figures show food prices have gone up by an average

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11% during the recession. We now spend ?41 per person per week on all

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food and drink. For those on the lowest incomes that's more than 16%

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of outgoings. Yet as a nation we throw away a massive 15 million

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tonnes of edible food every year. Sally Challoner has been to an event

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offering advice on making use of every scrap of food we buy As

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as a full`time single dad, this man wants to cook his son healthy food,

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but that comes at a cost with food prices up more than 11% in real time

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is since 2007. So Rudi's come to an event in Easton, organised by the

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Single Parents Action Network, and FareShare SouthWest.

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One of the main things is lack of money, so learning things like this

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is perfect for me because I don't have the money, and using stuff out

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of the fridge and not throwing it away. Two purposes, it saves money

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and help the environment. I can teach my son some good lessons along

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the way. We're doing good things with

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leftovers, so after Sunday lunch, or on the Monday, everything in the

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pot, to get up and make little patties.

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So this is leftover potato, leftover leeks, some coriander, that tin of

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beans everyone has in the cupboad, maybe some cheese that's seen better

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days. Try to shop locally because you

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don't buy too much. Going to the supermarket and three for two, by

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this, by that, you over by, and sometimes you just want a pack of

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butter some milk and a carrot. It's certainly gone down well with

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Anthony. And Rudi reckons he can get his shopping bill down by ?10 a

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week. And that meal cost no more than ?2

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to make. Now the West is no stranger to

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popular period dramas ` we've had Lark Rise, Cranford and Pride and

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Prejudice to name but a few, all made here. Today the focus was on

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the normally quiet Wiltshire village of Corsham. Filming is taking place

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there for the hotly anticipated new BBC One adaption of the 1970s drama

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Poldark. Our reporter Michelle Ruminski had a front row seat.

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The world is round, child. So they say, but I haven't seen it

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round. Poldark ` one of the most successful

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British television adaptations of all time. Set in the 18th century,

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war veteran Captain Poldark returns to Cornwall to find his father's

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dead, the family mine's closed and his former fiancee engaged to his

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cousin. But he finds hope and love when he's least expecting it.

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When I want your comments, I'll ask for them.

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And there were lots of people asking questions in Corsham today. Many

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came to catch a glimpse of this man ` Aidan Turner. Fresh from appearing

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in the Hobbit Trilogy, he now sinks his teeth into the lead role of

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Captain Poldark. The cameras and the actors were causing quite a stir.

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It's exciting, I didn't know it was happening. I just came down to the

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jewellers and phoned us all, so it's rather exciting.

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The original Poldark sent my adolescent heart racing, so this is

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as good as the original, it will be fantastic.

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Today on Corsham High Street you can travel by horse and cart, you can

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buy a rabbit skin, and I'm told a pint at the Red Lion is the cheapest

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around. But the script says the action is set in Cornwall, so why

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are we in Corsham? The reason we're not there is the

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have modernised the whole central part, so the result of McDonald's

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and modern buildings. There are some lovely streets left but not enough,

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really, and it is not as well preserved as here in Corsham.

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It's incredible, I don't know what is real and what isn't, but it's

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fantastic, I'm so excited. The original series attracted audiences

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of up to 15 million, and versions were sold in more than 40 countries.

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The BBC hopes this new adaptation of Winston Graham's novels will be as

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much loved as the first. Poldark hits the small screen next year, and

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Corsham High street again over the next couple of days ` where only a

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few forms of modern transport are still allowed.

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I love seeing a high viz jacket mixed in with the period drama.

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I'd love to go and visit Corsham, it looked lovely.

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Now you probably can't have failed to notice that Bristol's Park Street

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was packed on Sunday with people having a go on a water slide ` it

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was all over the national news. And I was one of them, sporting a camera

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on my head so I could show you what it was like. There we are ` great

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fun. And that footage, together with loads of pictures from the day, can

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be found on our Facebook page. There I am, covered in form! It was really

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good fun. How fast you go? Adding the fastest was 16 mph.

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I think I prefer to go down on my skateboard. We would all like to say

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that! Now the weather: we will wait and

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see what happens towards the tail end

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Now the weather: we will wait and see what happens towards the of

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May. As far as tomorrow is concerned,

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mind you, a deal bright spells and showers. In breezy day, as we run

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through this evening still some showers to clear away and others

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coming in from the West over the course tonight. The focus on these

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occluded fronts will tend to be northern and central parts of Great

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Britain and further to the south we should see generally less than the

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way of showers, at least less of the heavier ones. Some lively showers

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this evening which will go ever eastwards. Some whitening attached

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as well. Through the course of the night, some clear interludes and at

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Wilton more breezy hour by hour as we had through to daybreak.

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Temperatures will be mild, aged up to 11 Celsius. Tomorrow starts

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breezy, a few showers around. Don't take the position to literally, but

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you get the general feel of things. Drier and brighter spells at times.

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The showers will pass through pretty quickly, winds gusting maybe up to

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40 mph in places. The pollen count will be moderate, still poke pollen,

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which is at its peak. Template is down a little on today, 14 or 15

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Celsius. Through the tail end of this week and unsettled theme. Into

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Thursday a lot of cloud and some outbreaks of rain. Friday has sunny

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spells and some heavy showers. Some will be thundery. Saturday does not

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look great at all. And wet and pretty windy affair.

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Heading back into work today after the bank holiday weekend was no

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doubt a tough one for Bristol Rovers fans across the west.

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For a club with such a proud history, these are difficult times.

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There were still seven minutes to go.

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There were still seven Frizzle fans have not seen anything

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like this. The centre forward scored the winning goal. For `3 in an

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unforgettable game. Both sides are all out for the

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winner. Centre half passes across and Severn Bridge slogan out of the

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cup. # Good night Irene, I'll see you in

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my dreams #. It might be good night Irene, but it

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is not goodbye Irene. They will be back. And we will be there.

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Take care everyone, that is all, .

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