16/08/2014 BBC Points West


16/08/2014

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Hello. A ?200 million pound project for a rapid transit bus route

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through Bristol has been labelled a "white elephant" by campaigners.

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They claim the Metrobus scheme won't attract enough passengers,

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They've now taken their fight to Westminster.

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But politicians behind the plan say the latest complaints

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could lose the city millions of pounds of transport funding.

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Here's our political reporter Robin Markwell.

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Harvest time on the Stapleton Road allotments.

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But among the prize`winning vegetables, seeds of discontent with

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A bus lane is due to be built across here ` uprooting 45 plot holders.

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It is not going to be easy to move. You have all your soil.

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Katie's plot sits on one part of a ?200m scheme to deliver faster

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The Metrobus network comprises two new bus routes.

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One would run from Ashton Vale to Bristol Temple Meads.

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The other, from Hengrove along the M32 before branching out to

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It also features a new link road in the South.

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The buses would be given priority at junctions and travel

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But this week, some labelled the scheme a white elephant,

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protesting about the loss of green space and questioning how many

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Councillors, who insist Metrobus really is the only show in town,

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If these protests are listened to in central Government, we might lose

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hundreds of millions of pounds of investment in Bristol's future. We

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have invested ten years of hard work, and that can never be

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replaced. Work on the bus routes could start

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as soon as the autumn ` but with the Government still to sign the cheque,

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there's growing concern yet another plan to tackle Bristol's traffic may

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not reach its destination. The owners of the Averies recycling

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site in Swindon ` the yard that's now been on fire for 26 days `

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have failed to meet a deadline to The Environment Agency stepped

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in to insist material is removed so firefighters can properly

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extinguish the fire. It'll now take over

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the clear`up operation, and move Costs will be recovered

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from Averies. Eilidh Child has won gold at the

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European athletics Championships. The 27`year`old trains at the

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University of Bath. Two home wins

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and two home defeats for our local Aaron Wilbraham scored both goals

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as Bristol City made it two wins out Not such good news for Yeovil Town,

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who have now started the season with One amateur club in Gloucestershire

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had a special afternoon. The FA Cup came to Fairford town. The team

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started their campaign six rounds before the likes of Bristol city and

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Swindon enter the competition, and 13 wins away from the final. It is a

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tremendous scope for a small club like this, and we need to thank the

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FA for facilitating the trophy being down here. As far as the club was my

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concerned, it is a live for everybody and something the players

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will remember for the rest of their life. `` as far as the club is

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concerned. We have had a fairly bright start of

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the weekend, and there will be a lot of cloud about and then we will

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start to see a lot of showers feeding in. I think it will be a

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fairly mild night, with nose up a couple of degrees. Towns and cities

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around 14, 15 degrees. `` lows. Tomorrow we will see some rain

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sweeping in. Most will be light and patchy with the odd moderate burst,

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but it should write up nicely during the afternoon. The winds will pick

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up, giving a fresher fields to things. Highs of around 18 degrees.

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`` a fresher feel. Next week we will see a mixture of sunshine and

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showers. We will be back at `` we will be

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back tomorrow. Goodbye. The start of the football season

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reminds us autumn is around the corner and the an autumnal flavour

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for the next few days. For Sunday, north-westerly winds and some rain.

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The rain comes from this front crossing through Northern Ireland

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and northern England. As it pushes south it will pep up and the wind

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will strengthen and the showers develop in the north and west. But

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for the cloud and the wind and rain it won't be too cold at 14 Celsius.

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We start off tomorrow with a front still to clear through England and

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Wales, a disappointing grey and wet start to the morning. Behind it the

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winds is a feature with gales even inland in Scotland and some showers

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and big waves. Holiday makers take note. Some brightness in England and

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Wales after the front clears and temperatures up to 21. A cooler feel

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with the sharp showers in the north and west. That cooler feel will come

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to descend south through Monday and

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