22/06/2014 BBC Points West


22/06/2014

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Good evening. on the BBC News Channel, and I'll be

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First tonight ` an RAF parachutist putting on a display with

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his team at the Weston Air Festival has collided with an 82`year`old

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An air ambulance took them both to hospital earlier this afternoon

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This is the RAF Falcons teal putting on a perfect show yesterday.

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As part of their freefall dhsplay the parachutists fall at spdeds

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They are supposed to land in a designated drop zone on the beach.

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One of the parachutists veered off course as he came in to land

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He came across the road that runs along the seafront, crashing

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into a burger van on the other side, hitting an elderly spdctator.

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We were serving here and obviously they were landing on the be`ch.

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One minute I was serving an old lady.

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The next minute the parachutist was blown into the front of the van

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The parachutist received minor injuries and was treated

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The 82`year`old woman was more seriously injured and was flown

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by air ambulance to Southmead Hospital in Bristol.

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The Air Festival continued this afternoon.

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Police say an investigation involving various agencies will

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Trowbridge firefighters havd spent a second day working to exthnguish

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a huge fire at a scrapyard in the town.

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At its height 750 tonnes of burning scrap metal were pumping smoke

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across a wide area ` and residents were advised to close windows.

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A number of firefighters ab`ndoned strike action to carry

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It's been a successful weekdnd for some of the West's top rowers

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Bath's Helen Glover won the Women's Pair with partner Heather Stanning.

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It's the first time they've competed together since winning Gold

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Gloucestershire's Alex Gregory helped Great Britain to victory

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in the coxless four ` and Pete Reed from Nailsworth took

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Here is the weather. Lovely bright weather continuing through this

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evening. It is a lovely bright start tomorrow morning. Client will bubble

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up. There may be some showers. They will be isolated. On Tuesdax, good

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sunny spells. Perhaps rain later on Wednesday.

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Finally, the BBC has receivdd hundreds of tributes in memory

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of our friend and colleague Trevor Fry, who has died at the agd of 68.

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The award winning local radho presenter was remembered in

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My friends, as always, you're so very welcome.

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Words which thousands upon thousands would wait for every evening,

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Words which perfectly sum up Trevor Fry.

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Radio is not like playing the theatre. It is playing to one person

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After starting on hospital radio, Trevor became one of the falily

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in homes all over the West Country for 32 years.

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He was like a nice cup of hot chocolate before you went to bed. He

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wanted to include people. Wherever we were, whether recording, or in

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the garden, there were no ahrs and graces. He was always the s`me.

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Switch on the radio on Christmas Day, New Years' Day, Easter Sunday `

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This was his emotional farewell to hhs Sunday

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listeners a year ago, words which seem even more poignant tod`y.

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Because this my friends I promise is not a sad goodbye. It is another

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part of the journey. The pldasure of being with you each week is

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Good evening. After the weekend that has made many of us in

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