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Caught on CCTV. different question, rebels have

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The Swindon town footballer found guilty of causing criminal damage,

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in a video where he's also seen hitting a woman.

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Also tonight, the billion dollar orders securing

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Coming up roses ` the Bristol residents using flowers

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as the new weapon against anti social behaviour.

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And getting ready for this weekend?s big festival ` but why will one of

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A former England under`19 footballer has been found guilty of causing

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Nile Ranger, a striker for Swindon Town at the

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time of the offence, was caught on CCTV kicking in the door to a lift.

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But the CCTV, taken in the small hours of the 13th April, also

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appears to show him hitting a female companion three times in the face.

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He was arrested and held on suspicion of common assault `

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Locked out of his apartment building in Swindon.

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But a few moments before this is what the cameras here captured.

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The former Swindon Town footballer appears to slap his female companion

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twice in the face and then punch her a third time.

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He arrived for trial at Swindon Magistrates Court this morning.

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Facing a single charge of causing criminal damage.

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His punishment today, a fine of ?3185 for the damage to the door.

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But many have already questioned why there are no other charges regarding

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what seems to be an assault seen in the same video.

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Today the CPS told us they'd never been asked to consider a charge

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of assault against Nile Ranger ` only one of criminal damage.

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They told us that the evidence against Ranger didn't

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meet the threshold needed for a criminal conviction.

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Ranger has played for the England under`19 squad in the past.

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He played in the Premiership for Newcastle ` before he joined

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But in May this year his contract was

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Mr Ranger do you have anything to say to us?

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Leaving court today Nile Ranger had nothing to say about the CCTV

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which was filmed in flats just around the corner from the court.

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In that CCTV when you're kicking the lift, are you seen hitting a woman?

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In May this year he was fined ?1,000 at Liverpool Magistrates Court

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for smashing the window of a taxi ` when the driver refused to wait

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Meanwhile campaigners have expressed their concerns that there will be no

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criminal investigation into what appears to be a violent

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Police in Bath are investigating a suspected sexual assault

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Officers say they believe a seventeen year old girl was

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attacked on Swallow Street in the early hours of this morning.

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They're currently following several lines of inquiry

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and are trying to identify a man they'd like to speak to.

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Police are searching for two men who robbed a post office

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Witnesses say the men took up to ?2,000

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in cash after threatening staff at the sub post office with a knife and

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They were wearing balaclavas and made off on a motorbike

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What people were told to get out of the post office. `` lots of people.

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By all accounts they had taken the money. They got on the back of their

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motorbike and drove off. A former Wiltshire policeman has

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been found guilty of offering to sell a story to the Sun newspaper

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about a colleague who he claimed The jury at the Old Bailey heard how

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PC Darren Jennings asked the Sun for ?10,000 in exchange for what

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was described as scandalous He claimed that Sgt Andrews,

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who was captured on CCTV dragging a woman along the

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floor at Melksham police station, Sgt Andrews was later cleared of

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all charges and returned to work. Jennings was convicted

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of misconduct in a public office. Sales at the Farnborough Airshow

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have topped $100 billion ` bringing work to aerospace companies

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across our region. So who's won the annual sales

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race between Boeing and Airbus? Our business correspondent

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Dave Harvey's been watching It's the transatlantic competition

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in the skies ` every year, America's Boeing vies with Airbus,

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the European planemaker. Both, of course, fly on West Country

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aerospace technology. Landing gear, for instance,

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made here by Gloucester's Messier Dowty, bring both Boeing and Airbus

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planes safely back to earth. Here are the numbers

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for the Americans. Boeing sold 201 aircraft `

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with an estimated total value Airbus are celebrating

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their biggest Airshow yet today. They've sold nearly 500 planes `

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that's since Monday morning. No wonder they're celebrating up

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at Filton. Every wing on every Airbus plane

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is designed and engineered here. These guys were cheering the first

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flight of the A350 last year ` very much the poster girl of the Airbus

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fleet, and this week she's been But the most popular plane with

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the world's airlines? The everyday A320 loved

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by low cost carriers. If you're off on your hols soon and

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the plane that takes you is orange ` That's what keeps Airbus

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in business ` and keeps West Country Will the warmer summers day

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continue? We find out later. And more to come, including, we reveal

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the appeal of this garden shed with a difference.

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The government's new Environment Secretary has said

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the controversial cull of badgers in the west country will continue.

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A second season of shooting in West Somerset and West Gloucestershire is

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That's even though it failed to meet targets for effectiveness

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The Secretary of State who oversaw it was sacked

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Today in Parliament his successor was challenged over the policy.

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I have spoken to the scientific adviser on the subject. We are

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progressing on the programme, as the farming Minister outlined. That

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reply is disappointing. She has filled her first test and missed a

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golden opportunity to put scientific evidence back where it ought to be,

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at the centre of decision`making. A homeless man has been locked

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inside a public toilet in Bath, The public conveniences in Weston

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High Street were closed for good But the man was discovered trapped

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inside more than 24 hours later. A passer`by heard his cries

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for help and called police. Bath and North East Somerset Council

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has apologised unreservedly, as has the private firm responsible

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for the closures. Hoardings put up around the Banksy

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"Spy Booth" mural in Cheltenham were The artwork has been covered up

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since last month, when a team of workmen moved in to begin removing

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it from the house it was sprayed on. Local reports say the boards were

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removed by people "fed up" Meanwhile,

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campaigners trying to buy the mural for the town met last night and say

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they're confident it will happen. I will certainly do my utmost to

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make sure it stays. All parties want it to stay. The people who can make

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it happen are in favour. That is important. All sides are talking to

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each other now and we are at negotiating terms. There has been

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huge progress. Cameras are catching hundreds of

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motorists every week breaking the speed limit, catching 1500 people

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since being opened last week. The project around the arm and very

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interchange was completed in January but only became operational on June

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27. The freedom

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of public spaces can sometimes bring out the worst in some people

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but it i claimed that planting flowers in a Bristol park has helped

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cut anti`social behaviour. People living near St Andrews Park

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say a project to cover it with A beautiful meadow, full of wild

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flowers. Bursting with colour and life. But this is in the heart of

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North Bristol. Saint Andrews Park. It is very quiet at the moment.

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Young children and mothers. But because this is in the middle of a

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densely populated area, it can be compact in the summer. `` it can

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become packed. There is a good vibe but sometimes it can be intense when

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people compete with sound systems and there's anti`social behaviour.

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That can intimidate local families. A police officer advised friends of

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the park to break up the area with slanting. A police community action

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fund provided a ?5,000 grant. `` break up the area with planting. The

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fund has ?200,000. Money from the proceeds of crime going back to help

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communities. Listening to what local residents

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proposed, I thought it was a great idea. We thought, let's give them

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the money, see what difference it makes.

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So, flowers planted to break up about their saviour, and

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irresistible riot of colour `` to break up bad behaviour.

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It's just under 30 miles from the coast of Cornwall to

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the Isles of Scilly ` but no`one's ever swum that journey before.

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A mum from Somerset is aiming to become the first to do it.

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Beth French has overcome glandular fever and ME to become an intrepid

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Going back a little bit, you overcame ME and say it defined you.

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It was a defining period in my life. The whole of my teenage years wiped

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out. I never got into my stride. Getting over that age, I had not yet

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invested in an adult persona, so I threw the script away and started

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again. I live with out it and don't have it now, but I know that certain

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behaviours could see me go back. So it still defines me.

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Let's talk about this swim. It must be very treacherous if nobody has

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ever tried it before. People have tried it, they have just

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not made it across! It sounds treacherous! There are

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people who are afraid of getting on the ferry because it is renowned for

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seasickness! I hope it won't be that rough! But the current, the tides,

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the fickle weather... But you do have the spirit of adventure, don't

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you? I do. As soon as I got out of my wheelchair I went around the

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world adventure. I lived with Buddhist monks in Thailand for a

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year. I lived in Fiji for six months. When I came back to

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England, I missed swimming in the sea very much, I had done a lot of

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it. Does your experience give you mental

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strength? Very much. Having not even been able

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to brush my hair. The fact that I know I got through that, when I am

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midway through the swim, it keeps me going. You can go further than you

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think. People do push themselves further

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and further for charity. Do you feel pressure to do it? When I was a

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child I had a compulsion to hit the water and keep going until I met

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land. I just wanted to swim. You were a fish in a previous life!

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Do you have support? I will. I won't see the Isles of

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Scilly until I reach about five miles out. An accompanying boat will

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specifically watch over me, radars, other boats, and sort of things.

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When do you go? Tuesday and Wednesday I will be

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swimming. Very best of luck.

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Investigations continue today into the murder of Gloucester

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hairdresser, Holly Gazard. The IPCC is looking at how Gloucester police

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dealt with two incidents prior to her death.

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A parking scheme has been changed to include longer pay and display times

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and more permits for local businesses but many residents remain

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opposed to the new restrictions. Two golfers from the West have

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completed their first rounds at The It was a good day for

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Swindon's David Howell who's playing at the tournament

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for the first time in five years. He went out in the first group

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and finished on level par. But Chris Wood, from Bristol,

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could only manage International cricket is a step

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closer to coming to Taunton after Somerset announced a new pavilion.

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Work will get underway in September and will bring the ground up to the

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standard required to host one`day international cricket. It is hoped

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that the facility will be fully opened by 2016.

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Now many people might dream of having a little hideaway in

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But Margaret Chapman's gone one further.

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Her pride and joy is a tower, big enough for eight people.

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But it's probably fortunate she doesn't have many neighbours.

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Alice Bouverie's gone to have a look.

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Welcome. If there is no other reason for coming here, I have the

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privilege of eating the first ever reporter to see this wonderful name

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life on earth, Marston Bigot. `` live on air. This belltower has

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eight in it and it is owned by Margaret Chapman. She is a very busy

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making sure that everything is in tune and in rhythm. Thank you for

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letting us come. Can you tell us about the history?

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It was the brainchild of my late husband. People now come from all

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over the world. How long has it been in your garden?

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20 years. How do your neighbours put up with it? It really just sounds

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like wind chimes. They put up with that.

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How special is for people to comment ring the bells?

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Very special. Fantastic. If somebody wanted to do this in their own back

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garden with any planning permission? If it is private land they can do

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what they like. People need permission from me to come along

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here, but I have regulars, at least once a week, and then the visitors

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apart from that. 13 years ago, the anniversary of

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Tom's death, so some bills will be rang, and they have just started

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practising. Away you go, tell ringers! `` bell.

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The boats are arriving ` the bunting is out ` and Bristol's waterways are

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The city's 43rd Harbour Festival begins tomorrow,

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it kicks off with a free concert in Queen Square from 6pm.

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This long`time resident is on the move.

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We are going for an inspection and refurbishment.

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It needs some time away from the spotlight.

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We need to make sure we are seaworthy, not taking on water, no

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rust, etc. The ships first sight of Bristol was

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in 1983. Two years earlier, Vivien Stan Shaw and his wife had found her

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rusting and forlorn. Every last fall was rusted. A

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terrific amount. `` every last bolt.

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This is usually shipped could barely This is usually shipped could barely

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get into the Bristol Harbour. But we will make it!

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This was the opening night. Joe Cocker and Rik Mayall among the

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names who performed. By the 1990s it had been taken over again but music

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was still at the fourth. Florence and the machine play for

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us. It was part of a clock night. There were only four or five people,

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obviously now they are doing and what you do. `` club night. `` now

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they are doing a lot better. She will be back in her usual spot

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in September. I do love seeing the archive.

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While the Thekla may not be around for this year's festival `

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another ship which is based in the floating harbour `

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The Matthew is always a favourite for visitors to the

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festival ` and we caught up with one man who works on it ` and doesn't

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I am the captain. I also live on this Dutch barge. We brought back

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from Holland four years ago. This boat is quite dear to me. It was a

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900 mile trip for me bringing it home. Not many days go by when I do

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not remember that trip. Five weeks in quite bad weather. We had to

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choose our moments. We have lived in houses, various votes, but the one

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we only now, it is probably as big as we will ever need. `` various

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boats. It is quite peaceful, there is a fantastic view. I have been

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captain of the Matthew for 18 months. I enjoy the job. We went to

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France last year. Cornwall, Gloucester. We are getting the boat

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back to its former glory. My children think that every father is

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the captain of a ship. I think they take it completely for granted and

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don't appreciate me for one minute! We will have full coverage tomorrow

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night. Sarah Jane will be down there. We can look forward to it. A

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good view. Will the weather be kind? Ian is at

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his desk in the newsroom to tell us. It has been a complicated day.

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Complicated further by developments on the radar just off the south`west

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of England. That will be the first of some thunder that will

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characterise some of the weather heading through Friday into the

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early weekend. Some of you tonight will certainly see some lightning.

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Not everywhere. But once it is out of the way, another hot and sultry

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day tomorrow. A good deal of sunshine and dry weather. Until we

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get later into the evening, particularly overnight. We had a Met

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Office warning not long ago for heavy rain. Specifically for

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Somerset. And the coastal strip of North Somerset. For the period of

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Friday night into Saturday, particularly early Saturday, we have

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another Met Office warning, characterised by the threat of heavy

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or torrential rain and thunderstorms. Frequent lightning,

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hail stones, strong winds. In combination, that could all cause

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trouble. That warming may yet escalate further. Here is the

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rainfall. You can see that arc of thunderstorms moving closer. Closer

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than the graphics even suggest. Western Somerset could be getting

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heavy downpours as the night goes on. I will run the sequence to

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Saturday morning. The first wave out of the way by daybreak. A hot day,

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then, watch to the south as we run through to the early hours of

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Saturday. A more meaningful spell of widespread thunder and rain. The

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rest of this evening and tonight, some of you will see some lightning.

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There could be heavy rain towards the West. It will clear away towards

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the north by daybreak. An uncomfortably sultry night.

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Temperatures no less than 20 Celsius in some urban areas. Tomorrow

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morning, high you the levels `` UV, light or moderate breezes, and then

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one or two shall result in the far West side, dry weather until we get

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to the overnight period. Could easily be an apart with today, 20

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Celsius. Full updates tomorrow as to the conditions.

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More on our Facebook page. Good night.

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