13/09/2014 BBC Points West

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Thousands of students are arriving in the West this weekend `

as almost 20,000 freshers t`ke up their places for the new term.

The region becomes home to some 85,000 students this month ` which

It looks like a new London high`rise development but this is

the student village at the University of the West of England.

This week welcoming some 7000 new students,

removal teams are on hand to help students moving as they explore

It is bigger than I thought it would be.

It can be a daunting experidnce so staff are here to ease

We try to help with the movhng and provide lots of fun,

so parents can go away feelhng reassured, left them in safd hands.

The arrival of so many new faces is good for business off`campus too.

For pubs, restaurants, cinelas, September means students spdnding

They boost our business from September onwards and

If you have been at Bristol, you will notice it is heaving

and that is because there is an open dax here.

They are expecting 15,000 vhsitors and over in Bath, it is

a similar with another open day there and 10,000 people expdcted.

The University of Gloucestershire and Bath Spa make up the rest

UWE is the largest but before the studying starts and aftdr the

parents have gone, time first to make some friends and have some fun.

An Australian radio station has donated more than ?250 000 to

the family of Jacintha Sald`na, the Bristol nurse who answered ` hoax

Yesterday a coroner ruled she'd taken her own life just days

The radio station behind the prank has acknowledged

that the money won't relievd the family's sense of loss,

but said it was starting thd trust fund to help them in the future

A 29`year`old woman from Swhndon's been charged with murder after a man

62`year`old Michael Redpath was rescued from the property sden here

but died at hospital from smoke inhalation and btrns

Patricia Hindle from Crombex Street in Swindon has been charged with

Thousands of people have taken part in a rather extravagant tre`sure

hunt around Cheltenham searching for real diamonds.

The charity event was held for Maggie's Cancer centre `nd was

It's already raised over ?5,000 and all ten diamonds were found

Bristol City are top of League One after their third straight win.

Swindon aren't far behind ` victory at Bradford lifts them

Not such a good away day for Yeovil Town, losing 2`1 at Coventrx.

In League Two, Cheltenham Town's unbeaten start to the season is

And in the conference, Bristol Rovers had a dramathc three

Forest Green stay just abovd Rovers in the table,

And in today's rugby, a second`half fight back saw

Gloucester secure victory over Sale for their first win of the season.

Bath made it two out of two with a comfortable win against Preliership

Well it's not been a bad dax` dry at least for those getting `

behind the scenes tour of the BBC as part of Bristol Doors Opdn day.

And this year we're marking 80 years of the BBC being in Bristol,

But now let's find out what we can expect for the rest of the weekend.

The high pressure continues to dominate our weather. We cotld see

one or two mist patches devdloping towards dawn. Temperatures should

hold up at 12 Celsius. Tomorrow morning, we could have some fog

around. We will see some sunshine coming and going through thd day.

The easterly breezes picking up Our temperatures are managing to reach

20 Celsius. Further ahead, nothing changes. Still variable amotnts of

Hello. Some subtle changes in our weather at the start of next week,

even some rain around for some of us, but for the rest of the weekend,

it will be as you were. Try this evening, with temperatures gradually

slipping away. More of a breeze and southern parts of the UK. The

breeze. Temperatures going down to fire. It will be chilly in Northern