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Welcome to BBC Points West with Sabet Choudhury and Alex Lovell

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The crisis in our heath card ` why a chronic shortage of GPs is leaving

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It has been devastating. Thd last six months have been the most

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difficult of my life. It is not just about me but about the patidnts and

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We'll be finding out what's being done to fix the probldm.

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Raising the road and stopping the floodwater.

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Plans to save Muchelney from future devastation.

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The man who's learnt to run again in memory of the friend who saved him.

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And how your donation to Chhldren in Need is helping vulnerable

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A chronic lack of family doctors in one part of Bristol means a local

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Two part`time doctors who rtn St Martin's Surgery in Knowle say

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they're resigning, because they just can't carry on with the workload.

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NHS England now has until Sdptember to find an alternative servhce

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Dr Holly Hardy feels she can't carry on.

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She's one of only two part`time partners at this practice in Knowle.

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Between them, they have 6,000 patients.

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With this number on the practice's books, thdre

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But they've been unable to recruit new partners and have both handed

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I think it was a very necessary decision to make because we could

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not recruit new doctors. We have had some part`time people who wdre

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helping us out, but we had to difficult decision about whdther we

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could maintain clinical standards and ensure the patient safety.

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The NHS says it will try to keep the surgery open.

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While the resignations have been accepted, this doesn't mean

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But that doesn't reassure the MP for the area, who is calling

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Inevitably, there is a dangdr that people will not be able to get

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access to doctors that they need. So I have asked that there is `n

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emergency meeting of all thd doctors practices in the area said that we

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can make sure that our constituents get access to their GPs.

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I know a lot of people who tse that surgery. I think that is terrible.

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There will be some people who will lose their jobs. A lot of pdople

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without doctors to go to. This is by no means the onlx

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surgery in the West to find GPs Only last month,

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Points West interviewed this family doctor who resigned from

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his practice in protest at what he called unrealistic work pressures

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caused by Government targets. I feel really upset about it,

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because I want quality time with my patience, not giving them more drugs

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to hit targets. A recent survey

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of 1400 family doctors in the West showed that four out

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of ten practices found it dhfficult The doctor's trade union saxs

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the Government needs to act. The problem is, once we start losing

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doctors and nurses, it is vdry difficult for others to join,

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because the workload goes up. This is something that we are he`ring

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about across the country and we have raised it with the government and

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with NHS England as a matter of urgency.

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It's now a waiting game for the 6,000 patients waiting to fhnd out

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Joining us now is Hugh Pym, the BBC's Health Editor.

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These stories likely to become pattern in the future?

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I keep the becoming a pattern already. There is no clear data on

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this, but a series of reports from around the country. I was speaking

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to a GP in Rotherham yesterday he was saying that he could be the only

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one left in his practice in a few months time with others wanting to

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leave the profession. There was a serious threat of closing the

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practice. A practice in Norfolk that hit the headlines because it he

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registered 1500 patients and move them to another surgery bec`use it

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said it could not cope. Another place in Norwich which has had to

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start cutting back on the sdrvices it offers to students. So this is

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becoming a pattern. It has to be said that the government is saying

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that there is not a crisis, they have more money available through

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the challenge fund for GP strgeries who have innovative practicds for

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providing patient care, for example over the weekend.

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There is nonetheless a shortfall. Is there any plan to plug the hole

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It is difficult to get new doctors to appear if there are not dnough

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trained GPs at anyone time. But the government has been trying to raise

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the number of GP training places. It seems as if a target for th`t has

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slipped slightly, but the government says it is trying to do somdthing.

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There is the wider question about the fine `` funding of the NHS. It

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is hard not much of an incrdase over the last few years, but there are

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increasing demands. A survex showed that there was still high

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satisfaction by patients, btt it is down on the last few years.

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A man's appeared in court charged with murdering a barman cycling

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Jason Voong is accused of mtrdering Tom Rogers, as well as the `ttempted

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Flowers close to the pathwax where the body of Tom Rogers was found

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less than eight weeks ago. Nearby, the police are searching dr`ins as

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part of their investigation of the stabbing. The 60`year`old w`s

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cycling home from the pub where he was working. Earlier today, a man

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appeared before magistrates. 28 rota Jason Voong, who is British

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Chinese, is charged with thd murder of Tom last Thursday. He is also

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charged with the attempted lurder of Leanne James, a 24`year`old from

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Swindon, on the 8th of May this year on the same pathway. His falily were

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in court. One called out to him we love you more than you realhse. Stay

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strong and do not give up on yourself. He will appear at Bristol

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Crown Court tomorrow. Meanwhile the police are renewing appeals for the

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public to help with the investigations. Security along the

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pathway also remains an isste. Thomas uses this route almost daily.

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He has been threatened with a knife before and has complained to the

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police and his MP about sectrity. In the evening I cycle quickly

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through their because of my own feelings about being unsafe. There

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has been improvements to thd lighting, but I think it dods need

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extra security along that, like CCTV cameras or at least a policd patrol.

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That is visible to people to make people feel safer.

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Tonight the police reiteratdd their advice for people not to walk alone

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at night. Wiltshire Police have apologised to

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a 72`year`old woman for wrongly arresting her and locking hdr

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in a cell for seven hours. Pamela Boxford`White from Swindon

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has been awarded ?9000 in compensation for the inchdent

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in 2012. Pamela, who's a diabetic, w`s kept

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overnight at Gable Cross police Plans were unveiled today to try to

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prevent the Somerset villagd of Muchelney being cut off

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by floodwater again. For two months over the winter,

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people living in the village could only gdt

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in or out by boat or tractor. Today, the county council ptt

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forward plans to raise one of the Fiona Lamdin is in Muchelnex

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tonight. On the hottest day of the ydar, the

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road into Muchelney. Four months ago, it was a different story. Under

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water for ten weeks. Images of the stranded island of Muchelnex were

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broadcast around the world. No way in except by boat or `` tractor

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For this family, they are still living with the damp, flaking

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plaster and drying fans. It is there all the time. Wd are

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living in not a mess, but otr life is after the flood. Yes, yot keep on

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finding water in strange pl`ces We want to raise it above the flood

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level here. They have flooded twice herd in the

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last few years and are taking no chances. The article and earth bank

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around their home. The vill`gers here did not just have flooded

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homes, they were completed `` completely cut off.

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People have to go to work or to school, so they need to be `ble to

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get out. The black line is where it will be.

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So today there was great interest in the village church when plans were

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unveiled to raise the road, in some places by 80 centimetres.

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I had heard from the inhabitants that they thought it would be like a

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motorway. I do not think it will be like that, so that is very

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reassuring. I think it is a sticking pl`ster. I

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know that they are spending a lot of money, but it does not answdr all

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the questions. I have been given a huge re`ssurance

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about the height that it will be put. It will be more in somd places

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at less than others, but it will be at the maximum level of the flood.

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They hope to start building its next month and have it finished by the

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end of the year in the hope that this village never becomes `n island

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again. You are watching your regional news.

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Still to come, I am in the Wiltshire countryside finding out how your

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children in need are nations are helping these children get `n

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alternative education. And the most unusual tourist

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destination, a sewage works. Campaigners in Bristol are

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celebrating after a Governmdnt report highlighted concerns over

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female genital mutilation. The practice has been illeg`l

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in Britain for decades, The group have worked tireldssly

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for several years urging ministers Soon we will hear from two of the

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campaigners, but first this report on the journey so far.

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# We get stronger now, we whll not be silent

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# Can you hear that sound? Rising from the silence? #.

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lots of young people keen to raise awareness of a practice that goes

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# We are changing the world in which we want to live #.

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The video is the latest weapon in a campaign led from within thd city.

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Teenager Fahma Mohamed gathdred hundreds of thousands of signatures

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on a petition which she took to Education Secretary Michael Gove.

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He was so impressed that he's sent letters

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to every school in England `lerting them to the dangers to young girls.

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I was incredibly impressed by the passion and intelligence and empathy

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that she brings to this isste. I was delighted to say that her idea that

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we should contact every school in the country to make sure th`t

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children are protected is one that we are 100% behind.

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The campaign went international ` this is Fahma with

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# What are we going to do about the rules? #.

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The video is the culmination of years of work by the whole team

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They?re hoping that its message will go viral and help put

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With us here in the studio `re Lisa Zimmerman and Naz Ahmed

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You have done so much work particularly in our area to talk

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about this. What is your re`ction to this report?

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We are very pleased by many of the things that have been brought out,

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especially education. It is great to see that training of all te`chers is

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acknowledged to be necessarx. I don't know if you have read it, but

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the recommendation is that `ll teachers should be trained by the

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end of 2014 in special training days. That is fantastic. Thdre is a

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suggesting of making non`reporting a criminal offence, but first you must

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deliver the training. It was quite damning in places. For

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example it said that ministdrs, police, other agencies, the blame

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laid there. There was concern about cultural sensitivities. It hs not a

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religious problem. I have not personally come `cross

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anything, but I know that pdople do not want to interfere or get

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involved with female genital mutilation who do not come from the

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cultural backgrounds, because of the fear that they may offend pdople or

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they may be accused of racism. That is what is in the report, but

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that is the problem. By ignoring it, you are being

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racist. So whilst other isstes are being dealt with, we are sthll not

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dealing with this yet. We nded to see how much these recommendations

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are followed. In terms of it being talked about in

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schools, you are pushing for that, but for what extent, what age should

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you want to talk about it? In primary school.

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How young could children be affected by this? 65,000 children who are at

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risk. Any age. Yes from four or fhve or

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six years old or upwards. People are now performing it on

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babies because it is more dhfficult to detect.

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Is there resistance? Are saxing that you do not want you to talk to the

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children about this? In the first few years, there was a

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big battle, but now there is support. It is important th`t there

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are people who will support people who talk about this. We had support

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from the police and from thd medical people.

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Do you need to talk to the parents as well? The children need to know,

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but if you are that young, xou have no control about where you will be

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taken over the summer holid`ys. Our aim is to talk and educ`te to

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everyone. Educating the pardnts and letting them know that what they are

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doing is illegal, I think that people will have about what they are

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doing and they will underst`nd that it is illegal. They may question it

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and think that it they will not do that. They might understand that

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what they are doing is wrong. Are you proud of the journex that

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you have been on? Because that has been a monumental.

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I am so proud of all the work that has been done. We have had lany

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opportunities and I think that we will go very far with the c`mpaign.

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I know that you have not stopped. We will not stop until we h`ve had

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education in every school. 163 workers have lost their jobs

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at a furniture manufacturing company Woodberry Brothers and Hainds went

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into administration yesterd`y. The company says over recent years

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its turnover has dropped, and it's tried

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but failed to find new investment. The University of the West

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of England has won ?4 million from the government to set tp

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an Enterprise Zone in Bristol. The idea is to bring research

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students and business together to turn ideas

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into profitable companies. The organisers hope it'll create 500

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high tech jobs and generate around This is about bridging what is

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sometimes called the Valley of death between good university resdarch and

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the propositions for making things. We hope that this will be

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commercially successful and it will grow. We promised the government

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that we will generate jobs `nd income and wealth not just for the

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West of England but also for the UK. If we do not do that, they will ask

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us why not. There's been another twist

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in the on`going discussions The local council has put up

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a temporary stop notice, meaning no more work can take place

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on the building for 28 days Taking the wall away with the Banksy

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on it would now be Meanwhile,

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the local business communitx is still trying raise a million pounds

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to keep Spy Booth in the town. Now,

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if you're looking for an untsual day Wessex Water is opening up

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its sewage treatment works to While it may be an usual destination

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for tourists, the company s`ys there's an important messagd

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about what we shouldn't flush away. The last time they held an open day,

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it was very popular. There is your birthday presdnt

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sorted there. A Wiltshire soldier who was

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paralysed by a sniper's bullet in Iraq has not only learnt to walk

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again, but is now the first man in the country to run again,

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with the aid of bionic splints. Jon Le Galloudec was dragged to

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safety by his friend, Walking the dogs ` something Jon

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was told he would never do. Seven years ago,

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he was serving in Iraq when His friend Corporal Rodney Wilson

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ran back to pull him to safdty He fell to the ground dragghng me

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with him. After a couple of seconds, it was quiet. I looked over

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and he had already died. Having lost his best friend,

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Jon was flown back to England The doctor said that I would be

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paralysed and not able to w`lk. It was like being shot all over again,

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it was difficult to deal with. But a few months later,

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some feeling began to return to his legs and he began the m`ssive

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task of learning to walk ag`in. From that point on, I thought I

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would disregard everything that I had been told. I made a prolise that

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I will walk again. But his movement was limited,

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until this year when Help for Heroes funded state

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of the art bionic splints. This is a perfect mould of ly foot.

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There are no straps other than when you put it in your trainer.

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The fibreglass exoskeletons are joined together by a dynamic bar

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I started walking and then H ran for 20 metres. I had a huge smile on my

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face. Running is a fantastic achidvement

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but it's the simple things hn Jon's I can now walk whilst holding hands

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with my wife and she does not have to use slow down for me. We both

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look like, if there ever is, a normal couple.

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Jon now wants the splints to be available on the NHS.

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At a cost of ?5,000, he thinks they're worth every penny.

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A Wiltshire farm which gives vulnerable youngsters

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from the inner city a taste of a different lifestyle is

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celebrating after receiving a grant from Children in Nedd.

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Today the charity announced its latest appeal raised a record

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Sarah`Jane Bungay has been finding out what the cash given to

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Jamie's Farm at Ditteridge will mean for the children who go there.

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It is an early and a noisy start on the farm and alternative edtcation

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this week for the schoolchildren. Lessons in mocking out, feeding

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rounds and trying to control these wriggling lambs. That is better

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There was a boy who said th`t now he understands what hard work hs. That

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is important to me that children understand that putting a lot in

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gives you a lot back. Far from the urban playgrounds, this

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is a countryside playground. This boy doesn't `` has not been on the

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farm before. You have to be calm and then the

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animals will be calmer. I was a mean person and everything

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had to be about me but I have now understood that it is also `bout

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2000 children have come to the farm 2000 children have come to the farm

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to learn about caring for and feeding the animals, but also

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Haymarket `` came dashing `` haymaking and carpentry. Th`t is

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followed up. Some of these children may be having

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problems at school or are young carers. They are helped by `

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psychotherapist who helps them to take responsibility for thehr

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actions. Sometimes they arrive quite

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reclusive and negative that very quickly, even on the first farm

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tour, they get excited about the animals and the countryside and they

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start to relax and be far more positive.

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I think I have changed my attitude. I think I have changed how H treat

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people. After all that hard work, a treat of

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pancakes. And there is no shortage of positivity about that.

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We started talking about Chhldren In Need this week.

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It is amazing how much it hdlps and how much is given. It is am`zing.

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I hear that it is goodbye to the sun and hello to the rain.

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Yes, that will be happening tomorrow. But the night, thhs is how

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the clouds have been looking. This photograph was taken last nhght

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High up in the atmosphere, formed by tiny ice crystals. You may see a

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display of such clouds tonight as well, as she mean that the cloud

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gives sufficient breaks. Tomorrow will be dry and warm, there

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will be rain in the afternoon and in the evening. Before we get to that,

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some light showers and some dry weather. Here are the ice b`rs

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tightening up. A breezy day, moving eastwards during the afternoon and

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evening. Overnight and on S`turday as well. On the first half of

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Saturday, it is a bad forec`st. There will be some rain arotnd, but

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nothing of great consequencd to attract from the warm evening this

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evening. Overnight, substantial change. Temperatures in the mid

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teens. A mild night. And tolorrow the temperatures will have ` head

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start. The sunny weather moving towards the South East. Givd it

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until 4pm, the first rain already into Somerset and moving across And

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then it will move further e`stwards through the evening. Overnight,

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there will be some heavy rahn developing into the early hours of

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the weekend. Beverages tomorrow 21 Celsius. `` temperatures. Btt in

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some areas it could be up to 25 Celsius.

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The rain clears away on Sattrday, better afternoon and sunshine and

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showers on Sunday. Those clouds are stunning. Which the

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clouds that you see the in? Those are different. We will talk

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about those another day. We will continue this discussion

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online and throughout the wdek. See you at ten

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