23/08/2014 BBC Points West


23/08/2014

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There's widespread disruption for rail users this weekend

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as large scale engineering works are carried out.

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It's all connected to the Great Western mainline

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Today and tomorrow passengers are facing delays of up to 75 minutes

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By 2019 heavy duty diesels will be replaced by something more

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This is part of the biggest investment in Aber railways since

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Victorian times. `` in the railways. It is promising quieter

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and demeanour trains. Today and tomorrow they're doing

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signalling work out of Swindon. West to Bristol Parkway,

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East to Didcot Parkway, And on the Transwilts route

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down to Westbury. They're also redoubling the

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track from Swindon up to Kemble. Overnight teams usually manage to

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avoid too much disruption ` Bank holidays are the best time for

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us. Less people travel. We will only be able to tell if it is a success

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at the end. Somebody has to be disadvantaged. It just happens to be

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me. Many see the disruption as short

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term pain for long term gain ` so the West can finally enjoy a new era

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in quicker cleaner train travel. The family of

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a man reported missing in Bath have appealed for help in finding him,

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saying their ordeal is torture. 56`year`old Desmond

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O'Sullivan has dementia. He went for a walk on Thursday night

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and hasn't been seen since despite extensive searches involving

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a police helicopter. He was least wearing a mustard

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coloured Barbour style jacket. A unique photographic competition

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designed to capture remarkable and surprising images of Bristol

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has begun. Entrants are tasked with snapping

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the city from every angle, and have been given time slots

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covering a full 24 hour period. The challenge began

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at midday today and it's attracted It is a great opportunity to

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photograph another city. It is a lovely city. It is inspiring. I

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found something last night that is not on that board. It is good fun

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and if there is prize money available it is worth trying.

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Football, and Bristol City earned a point away at Rochdale.

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City took the lead through Luke Freeman after 16 minutes but Ian

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Iraqi international Yaser Kasim opened the scoring, Andy Williams'

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second half goal sealing the points for the home side.

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Substitute Kieffer Moore gave Yeovil the lead against Scunthorpe three

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minutes after coming on, but they had to settle for a point,

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the visitors' equaliser scored by returning striker Paddy Madden.

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In League Two, Cheltenham turned a two goal deficit

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Cheltenham's goals coming all in the space of six minutes.

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Revellers in Bath are taking part in an explosive celebration

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Thousands have gathered for the party at the racecourse.

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They're given a signal ` and then they let loose with armfuls

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It's designed to unite different people who'll all end up looking

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Here is the weather. A fine evening for most. But a cold night ahead. A

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cold start to Sunday. There should be sunshine in the East. In the

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evening some rain is moving in from the West. A damp start to Monday.

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There is a yellow warning in force. That is all for now. Goodbye.

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It has been a familiar story again today, pleasant in the sunshine but

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certainly a chill in the air and tonight will be unusually cold for

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this time of year. There will be some sunshine on Sunday before cloud

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increases in the West to bring some rain around on Monday. Still

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