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more on the BBC News Channel. We are back with the late news

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Good evening. Owners of small farms here in the West say they're

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struggling to expand because of soaring land prices. An acrd's worth

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more than ?10,000 in some areas ` driven up by demand from developers

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and investors. And young farmers at this weekend's Royal Bath and West

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Show say they're being priced out of agriculture, as Scott Ellis reports.

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There are no shortage of farmers wanting to get into farming, but the

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land they want to work is soaring in price. An acre has reached lore than

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?12,000 here. We are land locked because we have neighbouring farmers

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who are bigger then asked buying land next to us. Also, land has been

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sold to travellers and they have put planning permission in for housing.

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Prices are rising by 10% a year, Prices are rising by 10% a xear

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driven up by property investors and farmers who can afford to expand. If

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you are a young former who hs about you are a young former who hs about

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to inherit land, it is not a to inherit land, it is not a

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problem, but if you are not, it is. Tenancies are few and far bdtween.

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Renting land is difficult for a young person. Somerset Young farmers

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want more share farming. That means they work someone else's land and

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split the profits. Landowners are quite keen on it. Green`macro the

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former may be of an age where he doesn't want to do the 18 hours a

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day. That young farmer will be keen. The government wants farming

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to be an inspirational choice for young people and it welcomes a cap

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reform during their first fhve years reform during their first fhve years

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in business. A man's been arrested

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after hundreds of homes werd yesterday. Bomb disposal experts

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were called to Cassell Road in Bomb disposal experts were called to

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Cassell Road 42`year`old man was arrested in

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Emersons Green on suspicion of of causing a bomb hoax

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and is now being questioned. It's been a successful weekend for

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Britain's rowers at the European Championships in Belgrade, with two

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gold medals for competitors from the West. Olympic Champion Helen Glover

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added the European title to her tally in the women's pairs. And in

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the prestige men's four, Gloucestershire's Alex Gregory also

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took gold ` he now holds current And in the prestige men's four,

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Gloucestershire's Alex Gregory also Pete Reed in the Men's Eight

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came away with a bronze. And in the prestige men's four,

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Gloucestershire's Alex Gregory also Thousands of people around the West

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have been sitting down together to eat with their neighbours as part of

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the sixth annual Big Lunch dvent. It's all about creating stronger

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links in our own communities. This lot in Wiltshire's North Bradley

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enjoyed a picnic and barbeqte togetherand they tied the event in

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with their own World War Ond comemmorations ` planting poppy

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seeds and making flowers of The BBC has begun its own coverage

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looking at World War One at Home in partnership with the Imperi`l War

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Museums. Jacob Rees`Mogg, the MP for Jacob Rees`Mogg, the MP for

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North East Somerset, now lives in a house that was turned hnto

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a hospital during the conflict. The BBC has begun its own coverage

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looking at World War One at Home in partnership with the Imperial War

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Museums. Jacob Rees`Mogg, the MP for Jacob Rees`Mogg, the MP for

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North East Somerset, now lives in a house that was turned into

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a hospital during the conflhct. They had a room full of pathents.

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There is some graffiti here left by the soldiers who would have been

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patients on the balcony. We have looked at all these lovely things,

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but I have one more thing to show you. This is from the Red Cross

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archives. We have actually found a service record for your gre`t aunt

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Molly. Here it is. A nurse promoted to something nature in, but I can't

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read that. Oh, quartermaster. Thank you for finding that. That is

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wonderful. You can keep that as a souvenir. That is great. I will put

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it on display. Finally, Bristol's Park Street was

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turned into a pop`up park today Another Special Sunday for the city

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` no cars allowed and familhes were able to enjoy games, music, arts and

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crafts and a crawl on the artificial grass. It was a chance to celebrate

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the city and give traders an an opportunity to showcase what

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the area has to offer. Hello. Most of us have enjoyed at

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least one day of lovely weather this weekend. That weather will be harder

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to come by this week. It has been up and down. Yes, rain or showers at

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times. Drier, sunny weather, turning cooler. Signs are that by the end of

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the week temperatures will recover. We have seen rain today in Glasgow,

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Edinburgh, western fringes of the UK too. The cloud will spread east

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overnight, with further outbreaks of rain into the west. Temperatures are

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in double figures as Monday begins. We get the sunshine - a lot of cloud

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around. Some patchy rain.

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